Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1922, Page 1

1 Cloudy, followed by rain or snow late tonight or .tomorrow; little change in temperature, lowest tonight near freesing. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 46, at 0 p.m. yeésterday; lowest, 31, at a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Foening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION / The Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 91,403 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1922 _TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. No. 28,719. FRENCH WELCOME ANY .S, PROPOSAL ON REPARATIONS Would Examine Carefully and Appreciate Plan to Aid in Crisis. RUMOR OF WORLD LOAN EARLY, LONDON’S VIEW Possibility of Aid Greeted With Enthusiasm in Berlin—Many Skeptical. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 16.—The French Government would examine carefully and appreciatively any proposals made by the American government which might prove helpful in obtain- ing reparations from Germany, it was said today, in oconnection with reports from Washington that such proposals were being considered. While the dispatches received here dealing with the supposed purposes of the Washington' government lack- ed any sort of definiteness, the im- pression gathered in French official and interallled reparations circles from their first examination of the reports was that the ideas of the international bankers' committee which met last June were being closely followed. Delacroix Working Steadily. Former Premier Delacroix of Bel- gium, now head of the National Bank of Belgium, and Belgian member of the reparations commission, who is chairman of the bankers’ committee, has been working steadily since the adjournment of the committee last summer with the bankers of the various countries and with represent- atives of interested governments. ‘Che purpose has been to have the committee reconvened to work in co- operation with the allied and neutral governments and so fix the total sum of German reparations as to enable Germany to pay by me: of an in- ternational loan issued in install- ments. Has Had Support. M. Delacroix has had the active support of British and Belgian finan- cial and governmental opinfon, and he has carried with him such influ- ence as was derived from the support of Dr. Vissering, head of the Dutch etate Lank, and to some extent, it is understood, of prominent New York financlers. The general 1dea of these powerful European financial grou; working in co-operation with their several governments is that no tlement can be obtained until the sum of German reparations has been final- 1y fixed at & total of somewhere be- tween forty and sixty billlon gold marks. % Total of Slight Importance, In speaking of these great sums slight importance apparently is at- tached to whether the total Is five billion or ten bn}lon more or less. The favorite figure is 50,000,000,000. The second fundamental considera- tion in the view'of these groups is that such political arrangements shall be made as shall guarantee there will be no impairments of German assets or of German faellities for payment during a long term of years. This involves political declsions of the highest importance for the govern- ments concerned. French Officials Informed. French officigl minds, from Premier Poincare dowrdward, have been thor- oughly informed as to the scope and details of these plans. The premier and his associates in the French gov- ernment rejected them last June and have been constant critics since_of the fresh formulas proposed. Yet there have been indications unoffi- clally of certain regrets in French governmental quarters that the whole question could not have been settled Jast summer under the bankers' sug- gestions before German credit was 50 cnormously damaged by the fall of the wark. RUMOR STIRS LONDON. . Financial Experts Think Loan Talk ‘Premature. ted Press. LONDON, December 16.—The diplo- matic and financial experts of the London morning newspapers are of the general opinion that the rumor of an American or an International loan 1o Germany runs far ahead of the fact. fact. ‘Reports of possible financial as- sistance to the Germans, together with the departure of Ambassador Harvey to Washington next week and intimations that the Harding ad- ministration is disposed to exert a helptul influence in European affairs, attract wide attentlon here and Wash ingten, and New York dispatches bear- ing on these questions fill the leading columns of the press. Experts Are Skeptical. The experts, in viewing the sugges- tion of a loan with considerable skep- ticism, reflect the attitude taksn yes- terday in responsible circles in the money market. The Morning Post's financial editor writes that financial quarters “consider it unkkely that confidence in Germany can be suffi- ciently restored to render an interna- tional loan to that country at all probable for some time to come, al- though some day, under favorable conditions, it will be possible.” Equally emphatic doubts sre ex- pressed by several other newspapers, although It is clear that the opinions of their experts are not necessarily based on suspicion of Germany. The Daily Telegrpl diplomatic corre- spondent that one of the condi- tions precedent to any loan to Ger- many must be the scaling down of the German indemnity. S None of the newspapers discuss the question editorially. Free of Sentiment. Commenting editorially on the mis- sion of Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of the exchequer, the United Stat the Daily Mail insists that his discus- , sions with the American authorities on the debt question must be free from sentiment. “We cannot be sentimental toward others,” the newspaper says, “when our own standard of living for & | generation and our future existence as a trading hation are at stake. If (Cont on lumn Y Entered_as second-cluss matter post office Washington, D. C. Reign Cut Short By Assassination NARUTOWICZ. GABRIEL CONFERENCEHERE ON DEBTSLOONS Idea of Meeting Early New Year Appeals to Administration. tU. S. AID IS FIRST TOPIC America May Undertake Task of Fixing Definite Figure on Reparations. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Harding and his cabinet have thus far been discussing two broad phases of the European situa- tion—the attitude the United States government should assume in the event that France and Great Britain request this country to mediate or arbitrate the dispute as to the amount of reparation Germany should pay and the affirmative measures that should be taken on the (initiative of America to ease the economic bur- dens of Europe. Appeals to Administration. ‘The {dea of an international eco- nomic conference to be held in Wash- ington shortly after the mnew year begins appeals strongly to the ad- ministration, which feels it will make greater headway with American pub- lic opinion in the long run if the conference is held where all 'the moves and all the facts can be seen at first hand. But an economic conference is an ul- timate and not an immediate step. The first problem is really what shape American advice shall take. For that's Wwhat Europe is asking for. Ambassa- dor Harvey was appealed to in Lon- don and there is reason to believe other powers asked American diplo- matic representatives for guldance in | other capitals. The cabinet here spent' its Friday session almost entirely discussing just what America should advise. Agreement First Advice. There is unanimity of opinion that the first piece of advice should be to get a definite agreement on the amount of German reparations. If France is willing to leave the fixing of this sum to an American commis- sion, this country may undertake the task of arbitrating the dispute be- tween France's idea of what Germany (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) ASSASSIN NURDERS POLISH PRESIDENT AFTERDAY REGN Gabriel Narutowicz Killed While Visiting Art + Exhibition. MET BITTER OPPOSITION WHEN HE WAS ELECTED Nationalist Deputies Refused to Support His Cabinet—Held Non-Poles Chose Him. | i By the Asnoc’s = ! WARSA 16.—Gabrlel Narutowiez, first President of Poland, was aseassinated today. Narutawicz jwas killed while visiting an art exhibi- tion.. There have been continuous disorders ever since President Narutowicz was elected by the national assembly one. week ago today, On that occasion there was tumultous clamor growing out of his unexpected choice to succeed Gen. Pilsudski, the battle between the rival factions and the police resulting in four deaths and thc injury of more than 100 { persons. The assassination occurred exactly at | noon. The president was shot, dying & ‘few moments later. M. Narutowlcz was killed by an artist named Niewadomskl, who fired three shots. Every shot took effect. Innugurated Two Days Ago. President Narutowicz took over the supreme executive authority from Mar- shal Pilsudski only two days ago, the ceremony occurring at noon Thursday, at the Belvedere palace, the official home of the presideat. The opposition -of the choice of M. Narutowics as first President of Poland came mainly from the na- tionalists, representing the purely Polish populatien, the members of this party resenting the election of a man who they declared represented | the non-Polish and radical elements. Nationalists Refused Support. The nationalist deputies after the election announced officially that they | woula refuse to support M. Naru- towicz or any cabinet appointment of him, They asserted he was elect- ed by the votes of the Jews, Ukrain- fans, Germans and Ruassians, receiv- ing only 186 Polish votes, while 227 Polish votes were cast for Count Zamoyski. Under the constitution the Speaker of house, Maciex Rataj, aots a: Dresdemt In chss of the dedtH of th president, and is required at once to convoke the national assembly to choose a new chief executive. M. Rataj was elected speaker a week ago, and is a prominent member of the party supporting former Premier Witos. Gabriel Narutowicz was born in 1865 at Telsze, which is now within the borders of Lithuania, and was edu- cated at Libau, the Technical Insti- tute of Petrograd and the Polytechnic Institdte of Zurich. From the Zurich institute he received a diploma as en- gineer of waterpower, and this_pro- fession he practiced in France, Spain and Switzerland. He was recognized las an expert in this line, and after the world war was appointed 8 mem- bers of the international commission for the utilization of the waters of the Rhine. He first became a member of the Polish government in June, 1920, when he was given the portfolio of minister of public works under Pre- mier Grabski, and was reappointed to this office by the succeeding prémier M. Ponikowski. When elected presi- dent he was the minister of forefgn affairs. U. S. Help in European Situation Not Progressing as Expected Light on the course of administra- tion effortsi to find a ‘way to make American help available to Europe in connection with the German repara- tions crisis was still lacking today except for a warning that press dis- cussion seemed inclined to exaggerate the degree of progress already made. It wi indicated very clearly that decisions vital to the employment of American influence in the reparations tangle still were in the future so far as the Washington government is con- cerned. There was no tendency, how- ever, to withdraw in any way from the reiterated declaration that the United States government is anxiously seeking a way to be helpful in the crisis. 4 Administration officials continued today to welight jealously every word they uttered that might indicate di rectly or indirectly the steps that ai being taken in a diplomatic way. It }was again said with authority, that the recent conference between Bec- retary Hughes and J, P. Morgan had little significance in the reparations situation and that too much impor- tance should not be attached to the forthcdming conferenc here for which Ambassador Harvey has been called home. . Preposterous' Conjecture. Some of the conjectures drawn from the series of seemingly highly sig- nificant incidents of the last few 'dw. were described by ‘those who know the government's aims and pur- poses as ‘“preposterous.” The care with which officials are considering what they say was sharp- 1y Indicated, however, by refusal to point out even the clasg of reporis that were thus said to be without any basis in fact. Apparéntly such negoti- ations as the government has in prog- ress with European capitals, or plans to initiate, are of such a delicate char- acter that it was desired not to afford any clue to thelr. nature, even by a process of elimination. S There is still some evidence ‘that oficial thought leans toward . the necessity - of bringing about agree- ment between France and England as to unl‘mount of reparations it is or possible ‘to e attempting to_evolve l_tox;'::;u “cov- ering the method and means. of pay- ment. What part the Washington government believes it can helpfully play, either in this determination of facts or in a subsequent agreement upon a formula of solution for the preblem, has not been disclosed. Further information concerning Germany’s acute economic_situation received today in official dispatches, disclosed a rapidly tightening credit condition, with the natural resultant increase in prices and shortages in essentials. The Reichsbank has increased its rediscount rate to 10 per cent, and hat instituted strict supervision of al’ rediscount operations in an effort to | curtafl credit demands, according tc cable dispatches from Commercial At- tache Herring, at Berlin. * Huge Debt Increase. A tremendous increase in the na- tion's floating debt, now aggregatinp 1,166,000,000,000 marks, was reported Of this gigantic sum, 839,000,000,000 ,marks is in treasury bills which have been rediscounted, a fact showing according to officials, the straits o: the government's finances. ' The Reichsbank not circulation at the begininng of this month amounted tc 754,000,000,000 marks, 101,000,000,00: !larger than it was thirty days pre viously, the advices stated. * Living vosts have taken unprece- dented bounds uwpward, and unem- ployment is increasiag rapidly. Lacking credit.to make purchase: on, the outside, many of Germany's business and industrial firms are saic to be suffering severely. This situa- tion, Department of Commerce re- ports disclase, is particularly noted in . the iron and steel industry, where the continuous shortage of.coal and coke has forced the closing of many blast furndces. The lack of gredit was re- ported tq be smbarrassing to this in- dustry, for it has found it difficult tc obtain forefgn ores and scrap to make m for the loss of ore resources in Lorzaine basin. Although details of the October forelgn trade of Germany ‘are not yet available, the total imports have been announced. as 5,560,000 metric tons, - against total exports of | 1,640,000 metric tons, showing that the ind: s of the country are not | producing at anything Iike & normal rate. Commerce Department officlals calied attention, however, to what s ‘mis) ‘were desc st in. the cal lon - th 3 ‘trade figure. which may ha ;sfven a wrong impression, 4 Lin¢ ed ¥ nnfi’;’ wm!'n‘ ‘the- town PREHOLIDAY I £ * a0 6 29 OVERNORS TOSEF | Middies® “Spree” Probe Closed y Department Report HARDING MONDAY, B ™ Fifteen State Executives At- tending Conference Ac- cept Invitation. MAY TALK PROHIBITION Gov. Allen Enlivens Closing Ses- sion of Parley With Denuncia- tion of Klan. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va., December 16.—The chief execu- tives of fifteen states attending the fourteenth annual conference of gov ernors here were preparing to leave for Washington after the final ses- fon today for a luncheon conference with President Harding at the White House Monday, presumably on the subject of prohibition enforcement. Govs. Sproul of Penunsylvania and Preus of Minnesota, through whom the President personally extended his invitation for .the conference to fhe other governors over the telephone iast night, sald Mr. Harding had not indicated to them the questions to be discussed. As the chief executive, nowever, had previously announced his Intention of calling the governors to Washington to discuss the liquor question next month, the opinion seemed to prevail among those here today that either the date of that conference had been advanced or the meeting Monday had been called as a nossible preliminary to the January session. Preus Due Here Tod Gov. Preus, who was due in Wash- ington today to have luncheon with ‘he President, was expected to ‘take with him a list of the governors who will follow him from White Sulphur. The governors definitely accepting the nvitations were: Kilby of Alabama, Campbell of Arizona, Denney of Dela- ware, Davis of Idaho, McCray of In: dlana, Allen of Kansas, Cox of Massa- ‘hueetts, Ritchie of Maryland, Preus of Minnesota, Hyde of Missouri, McKelvie )f Nebraska, Olcott of Oregon, Sproul 't Pennsylvania,” Hartness of Vermont and Trinkle of Virginia. Gov. Parker of Louisiana, who in- jected the prohibition question into the onference by asking his conferees to sonsider the enforcement question at his_opportunity instead of waiting un- il January, when the meeting of state oglislatures might prevent many from eaving their states, expressed pleasure at receipt of the President’s invitation, out atated that pressing problems would ompel his return to Louisiana. In Session Today. Gov. Morrison of North Carolina, who luring the conference took sharp ex- -eption to the statement of Mr. Parker hat prohibition had proved a farce _hroughout the country, also sald he would be unable to attend, as did Gov. dardee of Florida and Morgan of West Virginia. The official program for the conclud- ng session today included only one ad- iress, that of Gov. Allen of Kansas, on .he Ku Kiux Klan. After its delivery, the governors were prepared to go into ixecutive session for the elecjion of a hairman and other formal conference business, with the meeting then being arown open for discussion before final djournment. 3 Kansas will not drive the Ku Klux Zian from the state by force, but will xpelrit by refusing to permit It to fo business within the state’s boun- laries, Gov. Allen declared in his .ddress, prepared for delivery today. A writ being sought in the Kansas suprqme court, he said, would make (Continued on Page 9, Column 2.) COLD BLASTS HIT ‘LEGAL RESIDENCE’ ON OPEN PORCH By the Associated Press. FRESNO, Calif., December 16— For several months W, C. Lindley, clty trustee of Porterville, has maintained his legal right to office by occupying a sleeping porch which projects over the line just within_ the city’ limits, while the rest of his home is outside. - But recently Porterville was hit by cold weather @and he B3ought warmer quarters within his home. Yesterday & committee of fellow townsmen waited upon him with the a:ud ‘n.. nt-m:hto the porch. and e weather. Mg to another house Jimits. l ' l | Required End”~To Guard Against Recurrence—No Recommendations. The incident at the midshipmen's ball at Philadelphia after the Army- Navy game, which prompted Secretary Denby to order an official investiga- tion, apparently was closed by the Navy Department today with publica- tion of the findings of the investiga- tion board and the department's con- clusions holding that while in the light of previous experience the meas- ures adopted to prevent disorderly conduct should have been sufficient, “it 18 to be regretted if the steps tak- en did not meet the required end.” The Navy Department found that, in cordance with custom, no officer of the Naval Academy had been spe- cifically detalled to supervise the con- duct of the ball. In an indorsement d to the findings, the bureau ation recommended that in ‘responsible Naval Academy officers” be assigned to such duty. No Recommendations. The opinion of the investigating board, which made no recommenda- tions, held that Rear Admiral Wil- son, as commandant of the Naval Academy, was responsible for the conduct of the midshipmen’s ball, but Sccretary Denby said that this was “a mere reiteration of a well known | military law.” “In future necensary will be such incidents do not occur,” Denby said. The report of the board of investi- gation, which sat at Annapolis, mere- ly stated the facts and said arrange- ments for the ball had been made by the hop committce of midshipmen with the advice of the commandant of midshipmen and his officers, and that Naval Academy officers in Phila- delphia on the night of the ball re- NEW DEPARTMENT PLAN IN 30 DAYS President Is Expected to Act Quickly in Matter of Re- organization. whatever steps are taken to see that Mr. While best informed leaders at the Capitol are expecting President Hard- ing's program for reorganization of the administrative branch of the fed- eral government to be sent in within thirty days, they admit there is no chance of its being taken up at this Congress. Beyond this they say it is impossi- ble to make any forecast as to when hearings may start before the joint congressional cammittee on reorgan- ization, because the committee has never had a meeting to consider its| course of procedure and does not ex- pect to hold a meeting until after the President’s recommendations are re- celved. 3 As already pointed out in The Star, the scheme of reorganization urged upon the President by Walter L. Brown, the President’s personal reprosentative on the reorganization committee, involves attaching all agencles as far as logically can be done to existing departments or to the proposed new départment of edu- cdtion and welfare. Carrying out this policy, the Brown acheme of re- organization -would maintain only such independent agencles are of somewhat judicial cl ot ke the Federal Trade Commission, or which have relation to two or more depart- ments, The ipplicatio of this theory obviously. will se many ' questions, which _doubtless will mean that cab. inet officers and .other officials of the roment wil called - before' the ,:lnl congressional committee, as will be outsiders qualified by experi- 'ence and s sations to Submit views of value, Leaders in Congress say they expect .gunl“ proposal for ‘oblon them as unfin- T several years to PRESENTIMENT. dy of government organi-| - | Vs, N -(; :{.}%{/ | -‘“j ' s “Regret If Steps Taken Did Not Meet garded themselves as on duty al- though not specifically assigned. A change of the invitation system to the ball resulted, the board said, in “the admission of uninvited guests and some undesirable persons.” Precautions Taken. The board also found that the hop committee and advising officers had taken proper precautions, judging by conditions encountered with previous arrangements for similar entertain- ments, to see that no disorderly con- duct was permitted. The indorsement of the bureau of navigation eatd: “Jt appears from. the testimony that arrangements, ‘considered to be amply efcient, were made with the hotel ment to prevent the entry into the ballroom of people not invited, or who might be deemed undesirable. - It does not appear that there was any reason to anticipate any conduct or behavior on the part of those attending the ball different from that on prior similar occasions.” No Report on Disorder. Nowhere in the report or the in- dorsement is there any statement as to what transpired at the ball. The board was not authorized to investi- gate that question, but only to deter- mine whether adequate precautions had been taken by Naval Academy au- thorities. Secretary Denby’'s policy is under- 5tood to be that the use of liquor about the ballroom and other incldents which { he noted personally demanded that the attention of naval officers and of mid- shipmen be focused upon their respon- sibilities as government officers for the upholding of the prohibition or any other laws, and in ordering the inves- tigation his purpose was rather to im- | press this view than attempt to seek out and punish individuals. §3.20 MARGIN FIXED, OND.C. COAL SALES Commission Notifies Dealer That Proposed Increases Will Not Be Allowed. | The Public Utilities Cofmission re- gards $3.50 as a fair margin for local i coal dealers between the carload and selling price. This became known today when the commission made public correspond- ence with the B. Frank Joy Company. This company several days ago sub- mitted a list of increased prices to the commission for approval and the | commission today replied to the let-! ter, disspproving some of the in-| creases on the ground that they lndl-! cated a margin of more than $3.50 above the carload price, Letter te Company. S. P. Agnew, an official of the Joy | company, told The Star today that the ! (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) ! Uncle Joe Cheers President; Gets Big Black Cigar President Harding was ‘“cheered up” by Uncle Joe Cannon and Repre- sentative C. M. Stedman, democrat from North Carolina. At least, that was the explanation made by Uncle Joe when he was asked the object of a conference at the White House rmer Speaker pulled a large black cigar from his vest pocket. which he said the President presented to him and which he said was evi- dence that he and Mr. Stedman had succeeded in their errand. ““We thought that Mr. Harding was getting lonely,” Uncle Joe ex- plained, “and we merely called to try to cheer him up and I think we succeeded fairly well.” WOULD STOP SALE OF KNICKERBOCKER Transfer of Property to Crandall Opposed by Vic- tims of Disaster. DAMAGE SUITS FILED Plaintiffs Claim Their Interests Are Jeopardized by Recent Deal. The District Supreme Court is asked today to set aside the transfer last June of the Knickerbocker Theater property at 18th street and Columbia road to Harry M. Crandall and to com- pel an accounting by the company and by Mr. Crandall, its former president, of a loan of $150,000 made on the prop- erty by the National Savings and Trust Company. The court is also requested to require the trust company to show how much of the money was turned over by it and to whom and how much remains in its hands. The sult is flled by William J. For- syth, administrator of the estate of Mary Ann Forsyth; Josephine T. Ly- man, administratrix of David Lyman, and Mary Young. The latter was in- jured in the Knickerbocker disaster, and Miss Forsyth and Mr. Lyman were killed. Separate Suits Filed. The three plaintiffs also, through Attorneys Archer, Chamberlain’ and Smith, and Godfrey L. Munter, filed separate suits on the law side of the court for $10,000 damages, each, aguinst the Knickerbocker Theater Company for the death of Miss Forsyth and of Mr. Lyman, and for the personal injury sustained by Mary Young. 5 Named as defendants in the equity suit for the accounting are the Knickerbocker Theater Company. Harry M. Ciandall, National Savings and Trust Company, and Reeves T. Strickland and Charles T. Pittman, trustees under the deed of trust se- curing the loan of $150,000 made by the trust company. The transfer by the directors of the Knickerbocker Theater Company of the theater site, the plaintiffs tell the court, leaves the corporation “denuded” of any real estate and “with fliclent to pay the ets just claims agaist it.” growing out of the collapse of the roof of the bullding. It is claimed by the plain- tiffs that notwithstanding the re- sponsibility of the company for the death and injuries sustained, a meet- ing of the board of directors was held April 5 last, and the property sold June 6 to Mr. Crandall for a nominal consideration of $10. ‘Would Protect Interests. Mr. Crandall, the plaintiffs say, was s{not only the president of the com- pany and its largest stockholder, but was its active head. It is stated in the petition that Mr. Crandall on the same day that the property was conveyed to him -trans- ferred it to Strickland and Tittman, trustees, to secure $150,000- loaned by the trust company and payable in three years at 6 per cent Interest. The plaintiffs declare they are without knowledge or information as to the disposition of the proceeds of the loan, and request the court to re- quire a discovery, in order that their interests and the interests of other victims of the disaster may not be Jeopardized. BRUNEN JURY VISITS “HOUSE OF MURDER” Follow Route of Confessed Slayer. Trial to Be Resumed Monday. By the Associated Press. RIVERSIDE, N. J., December 16.— The jury before whom Mrs. Dorls Brunen and her brother, Harry C. Mohr, are belng tried for the killing of “Honest” John T. Brunen, ed the house here today where the shooting took place. The jurors, who were under heavy guard, then went to the Cambridge trolley station, following the route harles M. Powell, confessed slayer, says he took after the killing, to re- join Mohr. They returned later to Mount Holly, where the trial will be resumed Monday, with the defense opening its case. Man Pinned Under Train Directs } Caught under the steel pilot of one of the big cars of the Wash- ington, Baltimore and Annapolis rallway here today, John A. Smith, twenty-one years old, of 1265% Morse street northeast, calmly talked fto mechanics as they worked feverishly with hacksaws to release him. % The accident occurred at the local terminal of the railway com- pany, New York avenue and 12th treet. Smith was working under . & car that was attached to a train in the terminal. In some unde- the train started i Rescue by Crew With Hacksaws by the car until he was caught under the pilot, which clears the ground by only four inches. Police, firemen and an ambulance answered calls for help, but me- chanics arriving on the scene real- ized thiat the only hope of releasing Smith was to saw the heavy steel pilot from the car. It took severai men twelve minutes to complete the task, but during the whole operation the suffering man brave- 1y smiled at his rescuers and offer- suggestions as to how they could work fuster. ‘When ' the man was finally re- moved he was still consclous and talked to the surgeons at Emer- gency pital, where he was -rushed in the ambulance. The full extent af S8mith's injuries have not yet been & = . | the filing of the impeachment charges, TWO CENTS. SUBPOENA SPURNED AGAIN BY KELLER IN HOUSE INQUIRY Counsel Announces He Ad- vised Client Committee Exceeded Authority. DECISION ON NEXT STEP DEFERRED TO MONDAY Hearing on Daugherty Impeach- ment Charges Will Be Re- sumed Tuesday. Formal notice was given the House Judiciary committee today by Repre- sentative Keller, republican, Minne- sota, that he would refuse to respond to its subpoena to appear and testify under oath as to the information on which he based his impeachment charges against Attorney General Daugherty Decision as to what action the com- mittee should take was deferved until Monday. Representative Graham, re- publican, Pennsylvania, and several other members wanted an immediate report made to the House with a view to contempt proceedings, but Chair- man Volstead advised that the com- mittee go slowly and a motion tc defer action finally prevalled. Hearings Resume Tuesday. At the same time the committee voted to resume public hearings on the impeachment charges Tuesday, with Representatives Woodruff, re- publican, South Dakots, as probable publican ,South Dakota, as probable witnesses. It was explained that they would be asked to testify regarding their charges that the Attorney Gen- eral had failed to prosecute vigor- ously war fraud case: Keller's counsel, Jackson H. Ralston, announced he had advised his client that the committee -had exceeded its authority, and that he was not re- Quired fo appear in response to the committee summons. Acted for House. Chairman Volstead sald that the subpoena served on Mr. Keller had been signed by the Speaker of the House, and that in ordering the ap- pearance of the Minnesota representa- tive the committee had acted for the House., He added that the committee could now report Mr. Keller back to the House for contempt. This position also was taken by Representative Graham, republi Pennaylvania, who clied authorith as to.the rights of a member of Con- gress, and moved that the committee report Mr, Keller for contémpt. This motion was seconded by Representa- tive Bird, -republican, Kansas, but some members wanted to hear Mr. Ralston on the question of the com- mittee’s constitutional rights, and a long argument followed. Records Show Absence. ‘When Mr. Ralston announced that he appeared for Mr. Keller in the latter's absence, members demanded that the record show that Mr. Keller bad again failed to appesr. This was dohe with the final calling of Kel- ler's name by the House sergeant- at-arms. 1 have advised Mr. Keller.,” said Mr. Ralston, “that in the issuance of a process requiring his presence, he being a member of Congress, with the implied threat behind it, the com- mittee exceeded its constitutional powers, and that being true, he can- Lot by any such process be required to appear before the committee.” After Chairman Volstead had ad- vised that it go slowly in reaching a decision, the committee deferred until Monday any action with re- spect to Mr. Keller's refusal to appear. Chairman Volstead stated during the day that Representatives Wood- ruff of Michigan and Johnson of South Dakota, who have attacked Mr. Daugherty in the House on charges of failure to prosecute war fraud cases, might be summoned. Learning of this, Mr. Woodruff said he was glad the committee was taking cognizance of his charges. Differ on Authority. There was a difference of opinion among the members as to the author- ity of the House to take action against Mr. Keller, and much of today’s com mittee session was taken up with an argument of that question and with denfaly that the committee had been unfair to Mr. Kelles or had sought to “whitewash” Mr. Daugherty. Representative Jefferis of Nebraska declared he had not seen “any buckets of whitewash around here” and Chairman Volstead denled the com- mittee had been “packed.” The chair- v man also denied he had said that, judged by the character of the evi- it would dence thus far submitted, not be possible to *i out of the charges. say, he declared, was that the evi- dence regarding the fourth Keller specification was of such a character, relating aimost wholly to events after that it appeared there was not much prospect of sustalning that particular charge. Objects to Su Representative Sumne: democrat, Texas, and other members, - insisted that before the committee act it hear arguments as to its authority from Mr. Ralston. This was agreed upon, but Mr. Ralston said he wanted it understood clearly that he was speak- ing at the request of the committee. At _the outset he declared that if Mr. Keller felt the committee had been entirely impartial he would “be bere undoubtedly to submit himself to the committee. Launching then into the legal argu- ment, he said the situation presented by the serving of a subpoena, which carried a threat of punishment, was barren of precedent, and that “very fact ought to make the committee hesitate as to its action.” Mr. Ralston declared that under the Constitution & .member of Congress could. be arrested on only three charges, treason, felony and a breach of the peace. He said there was no authority anywhere for the House to punish members for refusing to re- spond to a subpoena. —— JUSTICE PITNEY RESIGNS. Sends Resignation From Supremie ' Court to President. A Associate Justice Pitney of“the Su- preme Court today sent his resigna- tion to Prebident Harding, to take ef- fect January 1. ons.