Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. and colder today: “From Press to Home ~ Within the Hour” _The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast 3 tomor- in. rature for twenty-two hours 10 p.m. last night—Highest, 32.4. onded at lowest 0. 928 —No. 28,741 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. TURKS PUT ISSUE " OF WAR OR PEACE - IN ALLIES HANDS After Refusing All Sugges- tions on Courts, Ishmet Pasha Is Defiant. CURZON RETORTS WITH SETTLEMENT DEMAND Lausanne Parley Adjourns Without Accord and With No Date Set for Next Session. £ the Associated Pre + LAUSANNE, J 6.—Peace or war was the tssue placed aquarely before the near eastern con- ference today. Ismet Pasha for Tur- Ley brought this Issue concisely be- ,fore the delegates, when, after re- fusing all allied suggestions concern- ing special for forelgners in Turkey, he declared solemnl. “Gentlemen, the to peace ha Curz nuary grave courts key lies n vour word accepting the chal- retorted "If peace is to e at Lausanne ential that some arrangement on the question of foreign tribunals Le arrived at.” He then added significantly: We hope that time will soften the Turkish attitude and that Turkey will not maintain her position of to- it is es day No Decision Reached. took place before The discussion the full commission on capitulations, | adjourned without reaching »rd on the most vital question Agenda and with- for the mext meet- debate on capitulations, ch Ismet Pasha praised erican ambassador, Mr. Child, recent “eloguent address” to & conference on the question of the forcign judicial system, was dignified throughout and marked by no evi- dence of ill feeling. In this respect it "differed greatly from the morning session, which took up the problem of providing a natfonal home for the Armenians, Angry at the alffes’ attempt even to bring the Armenian question into the official discussion, Riza Nur Bey, the second Turkish delegate, delivered w short but violemt attack on the a then brusquely marched out of tho meeting hall. which any on Lausanne ng out 1 dute ing du t for ing Am Curzon Protests. In consequence of this, Lord Cur- Zon, M. Parrere and Marquis Di Gar- roni forwarded a strong letter of protest to Ismet Pasha, requesting the head of the Turkish delegation to write some explanation of his col- | conduct. Riza Nur Bey, who Iy says the caustic things for| Turks when the Turks believe | / miust be said, was not daunted by the allied protest, but appeared | smilingly and gracio at the after- noon meeting when the fateful prob- lem of capitulations was discussed. .| ‘The Turkish delegation replied this evening to the allied protest by de- fending Riza Nur Bey's procedure. The Turks assert that the Armenian | Question was not on the conference agenda. They seem determined not to grant an Armenian national home, but expressed the hope that today's fncident would not embitter the Lausanne negotiations. French and Italian ecircles tonight are pessimistic over the Turkish re- fusal to accept a provisional regime | of special tribunals for foreigners. 1t was declared by the French and Italians that capitulations queéstion on which they yield The was one| would not . unfortunate incident of the morning, which followed the allies'| request that Turkey give her atten-| tion, from the humanitarian point of view, to the question of providing a national home for the Armenians, pro- duced a bad impression. Ismet Pasha's dignified rejection of the allies’ pre 1 on capitulations only served to aggravate this impression. Charge Intrigues, Piza Nur refused to listen to the suggestion regarding Armenia and; sccused the allies of intriguing with the Armenians and Assyro-Chaldeans during the great war. That is why the allies felt morally bound to do something for them, In refusing to accept the transitory period in which Turkey would permit Torelgners to be tried before Turkish courts with foreign judges present on the bench, Ismet Pasha declared that this would be cofinter to Turkish sovereignty. He went 5o far as to guy that this suggestion of the allies was even worse for Turkey than the old regime of capitulations or privi- Jeges for foreigners under which cases were tried before consular ourts. No country in the world, he pointed out, permitted forelgn magistrates to edminister justice, and the Turkish judicial system offered ample protec- nion to foreigners desirous of carrying on pusiness in Turkey. Turkey stood veady to make separate agreements swith the various powers concerning foreigners, with the understanding that they be based on the kind of stipulations agreed upon with other nations May Leave Loophole. Turkey, continued Ismet Pasha, ‘sould permit all cases involving mar- riage or divorce to be tried in the home countries of foreigners instead of in Turkey, and in general was dis- { Nelson Troops on Guard Over Crown Gems Hidden in Grave By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 6.—A de- tachment of soldiers from Fort Hamilton reservation tonight was ordered by Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard to Cypress Hills cemetery, to guard the grave of Seaman James Jones, in whose coffin $4,- 000,000 worth of the crown jewels of the Romanoff dynasty of Russia are reported to have been hidden by smugglers. g The soldiers, in charge of Sergt. Lrnberg, were detailed under or- ders issued from Governor's Island, which directed Col. E. H. Wagner of the Fort Hamilton reservation to maintain the guard “until further notice.” 5 Soldiers of the 1Sth Infantry, many of them world war veterans, were assigned to the job under sealed orders. Col. Wagner professed ignorance of what may lay back of the order, saying all he knew was that he had been commanded to maintain the guard at the grave “to keep away unofficial visitors.” DESIRE OF SENATE TO KEEP U. 3. OUT OF EUROPE SHOWN i Resolution for Troop With- drawal Passes, 57 to 6. Lodge Pleads Neutrality. Desire to keep the United States out of embroilment in the European tangle over German reparation was forcibly .demonstrated twice yester- day at the Capitol. First, the Senate adopted a resolu- tlon offered by Senatér Reed of Mis- souri, democrat, expressing it as the sense of the Senate that the Ameri- can troops now on the Rhine should be withdrawn immediately. ‘The resolution was adopted by an over- whelming vote, fifty-seven to six. Second, Senator Lodge, chairman of the foreign relations committee, following a conference with Secrgtary Hughes carlfer in the day, on the floor. of the Senate declared: “I for one, have no desire to see the Unfted States drawn into taking part in any attempt to settle the question of reparations, which con- cerns altogether those who are seek- ing the reparations.” Senator Lodge's statement is inter- |preted as sounding the death knell of the Robinson bill, recently intro- duced, authorizing the President to appoint a member or members of the reparations commisslon to represent the United States in that body. It is known that the administration is opposed to the discussion of and enactment of the Robinson bill at this time. President’s Action Uncertain. Whether the President will comply with the suggestion contained in the Reed resolution and withdraw the American troops, approximately 1,200 officers and men, from Germany re- mains to be seen. There is nothing mandatory about the aftlon of the Senate yesterday. The President may act as he sees fit. But the Senate has Eone on record in favor of the fmme- diate withdrawal. The Reed resolution was voted for by practically all of the so-called ad- ministration leaders of the Senate, as well as by “irreconcilables” and democrats. The £ix senators who op- posed the resolution on its passage were Myers of Montana (democrat), of Minnesota, (republican), New of Indiana (republican), Reed of Pennsylvania (republican), Sterling of South Dakota (republican) and Wil- !liams of Mississippi (democrat). The resolution was pressed largely on the ground that the French rep- arations policy. contemplating mili- i | | i ] WASHINGTON, D. C, (CABINET INDORSES | POINGARE PROJECT FOR RUHR SEIZURE Minority Urges Immediate - Action Without Declara- tion of Default. BELGIAN ARMY DIVISIONS TO HELP IN OCCUPATION New Political Bloc Sensed in French Interchanges With Small Nations. BY WILBUR FORREST. | By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune. (Copyright, 1923.) PARIS, January 6.—After lively discussion. the French cabinet today put the final stamp of approval on the government's plan for occupation and control of the Ruhr industrial| basin. A small minority of the min- isters, including Letroquer and Min- ister of War Maginot, urged imme- diate action, without awaiting fur ther preparations or a further default declaration against Germany by the reparations commission. Influenced by the premier and president, how- ever, the more temperate pian pre- vailed and the actual setting in mo- tion of French troops from the Rhine- land toward Essen may be delayed sev- eral days. Germans Granted Hearing. The reparations commissidbn today held an official meeting with Sir John Bradbury, the British representative, present for the purpose of consider- ing the default declaration against Germany for non-delivery to the allies of coal in 1922. Late today the commission issued a communique saving: “The German government having requested a hearing in this matter, the commission has decided to hear representatives of that government Monday at 3 p.m.” It was part of the agreement whereby Italy and Belgium joined France as a continental allied bloc for the purpose of bringing pressure to bear upon Germany that the reieh should be given ample means to ex- plain the lack of coal deliveries be- fore the commission took any action in this matter or the French govern- ment made any move toward the Ruhr. Essen First Objective. The policy approved by the cabinet today—occupation of Essen first and French administration of the Ruhr from there, with opportunity given Germany to negotiate against em- ployment of further military meas- ures——is under the circumstances, one of moderation. It is firm, but not abrupt. The truth is that the withdrawal of Great Britain into political isolation | 80 far as the reparations issue is con. cerned has begun to produce a some- what sobering effect here, and, while there {s no expectation in officlal cir- cles that the United States will come forward with counter proposals at the present time, Poincare is trying to keep his feet on the most solid ground possible. New Balamec of Power. Active interchange of communica- tions between Paris and the capitals of the little entente are now going on, and Rumania, Jugoslavia, Czechoslo- vakia and also Poland—which already has a military alliance with France— may within a brief time form part of a continental political bloc, which the withdrawal of England makes Poin- care feel would be a wise precaution at this time. . Alarming reports now cropping up of assistance to Germany in the Ruhr makes it necessary for Poin- care at least to consider the interests of the smaller eastern countries, espe- clally Czechoslovakia and Poland, | (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Possibility of U. S. Aid Fades | As France Maintains Defiance| Attitude Here That of Sympathetic Spec- tator With All Efforts Turned to 'Keep- ing Air Clear of M isunderstandings. By the Associated Press. The possibility of any development abroad to change the policy of France and bring American aid into the repara- tions breach in Iurope appeared last night to be fading hour by hour. There is reason to believe that the Washington government not only sees no further opportunity at this time to suggest a way to Franco-British rec- onciliation, but lacks also any intima- tion that its good offices will be sought from across the Atlantic, at least in ad- vance of an actual test of the French theories on reparations. Once the French plan has been tried and its results demonstrated, the situa- tion with respect to American ald may change. But there is no doubt that American official opinion is gravely con- cerned lest political chaos and a com- plete economic breakdown come In Ger- many before that point has been reached. Strive to Keep Air Clear. The official attitude In ‘Washington still 18 that of sympathetic spectator, posed to adopt detailed regulations ahich would afford advantageous pro- tection to forelgn residents. The {Continued on Page 3, Column 3J N N friendly to all parties to the, crisi and with American good offices and economic strength available at any time to allied leaders if they cah find (Continued on Page 3, Column 4. a way of reaching helpfulness. It is certain that no move Will be made here prematurely, or In any way that might create hos- tile impressions abroad to embarrass a later tender of American help. The complete official silence at this time In Washington probably is significant ol a desire to keep the international air clear of misunderstandings and the way always open for French or British Initlative to seek the aid of the United State; But while official activities are thus hampered by considerations of the most delicate nature, American busi- ness, working along its own line of approach, apparently is preparing for new attempts to substitute business diplomacy for intergovernmental ex- changes in working outia new proposal on reparations. Officials of the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States, it was learned yesterday, are consid- ering renewing their activities to that end, halted temporarily while the statesmen debated and agreed to dis- agree in Paris. May Form Liaison. The foreign affairs committee of (Continued on ¥ out for American SUNDAY MORNING, OH, Howg g HARVEY'S HELD UP, BANDIT GETS §700 Lone Robber Enters Restau- rant and Takes Night’s Receipts From Cashier. ESCAPES IN AUTOMOBILE Chase Is Abandoned After Machine Disappears Over Highway Bridge. While diners were quietly enjoying midnight suppers In Harvey's res- taurant at 11th street and Pennsyl- vania avenue, an audacious hold-up man walked in, leveled a pistol in the face of Cashier Gordon Brown, who emptied the receipts of the cash register, amounting to about $700, into his waiting hand, and then he calmly departed through a side entrance, making his escape in an automobile. 8o surprised were those who wit- nessed the hold-up that they were unable to utter an outery until the “stick-up man” disappeared out of a door on the 11th street side of the restaurant, with the gun In one hand and the money in the other. Barney Robbins, 1443 Kennedy street, and Max L Kay, 429 Sth street, two patrons of the restaurant, ran out into the street in time to see the robber jump into a machine driven by his accomplice, which was parked nearby on 1ith street, and speed away. They followed the hold- up man's car In another machine as far as Highway bridge, but lost trace of it when it entered Virginia. Dencription of Robber. The robber, who is believed to be a foreigner, was described as being about twenty-nine years old, of dark complexion, athletic build, approxi- mately five feet nine inches in height, and wore a heavy fleece-lined Army coat. Hoe was seen by hackers and others parading up and down In front of the restautant three-quarters of an hour before the hold-up, although at that time he wore a long gray overcoat and a fedora hat, pulled down over his eyes. Before staging the bold-up, the police believe he ‘went to the machine and changed his topcoat. The hold-up man entered the front door of the restaurant, went directly to the cashier’s stand, tossed a card in front of the cashier, inscribed et it out and keep quict,” which was signed i . Cashier Brown looked up and gazed into the barrel of a revolver. “Give me the money and shut up,” Brown said the robber commanded in a disguised voicé. The cashier then opened but one drawer and handed him some bills. Bandit Encape: “Open the other drawer,” the hold- up man demanded, pulling back the trigger on his gun. The cashier then emptied the contents of the cash register into the hands of the man. After robbing the restaurant the “stick-up man” walked past Phil Friedlander, 428 9th street, who was sitting at a dining table with Rob- bins and Kay, and slipped out the side door. Police and Headquarters Detectives Kelly and Scrivener were detailed on the case, but at an early hour had not trailed the robber's car into Vir- ginia. Harvey's restaurant, one of the old- est and best known ‘eating places in the capital, for many years had a national reputation both as a gath- ering place for statesmen and celeb- rities of various kinds and for its excellent cuisin —— SAENGERBUND FOUNDER DIES CINCINNATI, Ohlo, January 6.— Henry A. Rattermann, last surviving founder of the North American Saen- gerbund, a German soclety composed of German singing societles of the United Stats and Canada, which was founded in 1848, died here today after a short illness. He was ninety yunlefl““ accepted a section of the re- | marine | Hospital of age, Che Swnda Star. - i JANUARY BN ¢! w @ HER! ¢ 1 Can DEBTFUL DAD. TODAY’S STAR _ PART ONE—36 Pages. General News—Local, Natlonal and For- elgn. Aviation Activities—Page 15, | | Community Center Activities—Page 20. | | Schools and Colleges—Page 23. Sertal, “A Son of the Sahara—Page 26. | Radlo News—Page 34. | Financlal News—Pages 25, 27, 28. | | Musical Mention—Page 35. ! PART TWO—14 Pages. Edttorial and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Soclety. Boy Scout News—Page 12. World War Veterans—Page 12. D. A. R. Actlvities—Page 13, Girls and Their Affairs—Page 13, News of Arts and Artists—Page 13. Spanish War Veterans—Page 13. PART THREE—10 Pages. | Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Motarists and motaring. Fraternitiés—Pages 6 and 9. Book Rewews—Page 10. PART FOUR—4 Pages. Pink Sports Section. | PART FIVE—S Pages. Magazine Section—Features and Fiction. ROTOGRAVURE SECTION. Eight Pages of Pictures, COMIC SECTION. Four Pages.of Fun for Young and Old. | | { | | { { | PLEAD FOR CUT “IN LIGHT RATES Pepco Earnings “Unjust,” Says Federation of Citi- zens’ Bodies. Contending that the present rate of return earned by the Potomac Elec- tric Power Company {s “unjust and un- reasonable,” the Federation of Citi- zens' Associations at a meeting last night In the District building went on record in favor of a reduction in elec- tric light rates. The public utilities committee of that body was instruct- ed to appear before the Public Utili- ties Commission at the forthcoming hearing on electric light rhtes and urged that they be decreased. Action of the federation was taken on a resolution presented by Willlam McK. Clayton, chairman of the utlli- ties committee, who pointed out that the rate of return enjoved by the electric power company for the vear of 1922 approximated 10.13 per cent. Another resolution introduced by Commissioners in favor of the repeal of the Borland amendment assessing one-half of the cost of street im- provements against abutting prop- erty owners, was unanimously adopted. Committee Report Adopted. The federation also adopted unani- mously the report of the utilities committee, which— (1) Reiterates its opposition to the use of oneman street cars on. the lines of the Washington Railway and Electric Company in the District; (2) Renews its request for the sale of three tokens for 20 cents by the respectlve street railway com- panies; +(3) Again requests the traction companies to sell tokens or ticketsat half rate to school children going to and from school; 4. .Renews its request to the Chesa- peake and Telephone Company ‘that the number of calls allowed to limited residence subscribers be increased from 50 to 60 a month. 5. Asks that the Potomac Electric Power Company -render. all bills for services on a fixed and ‘certain day each month, following the practice of the Washington Gas Light Com- pany, and 6. Reports that the rate of re- turn earned by. the Potomac Electric | Power Company for the year 1922 ap- proximates 10.13 per cent. After protracted . debate, the fed- *. 4Coutinued 9 Rage & Coluan 32 . 1923. —EIGHTY-FOUR PAGES. EBBITT HOTEL SOLD INBIG REALTY DEAL Hooe and Willard Buildings Also Involved in $2,500,000 Transaction. BUYER’S NAME WITHHELD Acquired Only for Investment Purposes—Area Contains 42,000 Feet. Sale of tke historic Ebbitt Hotel, the Hooe building and the Willard building, comprising extensive un- broken frontages at the southeast corner of 14th and F streets north- west, to an out-ef-town investor, whose name was withheld, for a con sideration of $2,500,000, nounced last night. The deal, which probably constitutesa record in local real estate circles, in- cludes all of the property eastwardly on was an- as the papers are printed. No Spring Strike, | Chief of Miners In Illinois Says By the Assoclated Press. WEST FRANKFORT, Ill, Janu- ary 6.—Assurance that there would not be a coal miners’ strike next spring was expressed by Frank Farrington, president of the | Illinois Mine Workers, in a tele- gram this afternoon to Lon Fox, president of the West Frankfort subdistrict of the union. Mr. Farrington's telegram stat- ed that while the conference of operators and union officlals failed in Chicago, he had every reason to believe that agreements satis- factory to the miners would he reached at future conferences, and advised the miners to remain | | | | “calm.” There is no cause for alarm as a result of the failure of the Chi- | cago conference, the telegram add- ed. and indications are that a fa- vorable agreement might be reached at the forthcoming con- ferences in New York. THO HEN WHPPED BY MOBINPLIGAT KOS FRENDS Klan Mentioned for First Time_in Probe of Lake Tragedy. By the Associated Press. BASTROP, La., Janudry 6.—Watt| Daniel and Fletcher Richards were put to death on a rack of torture, the victims of a black-hooded mob, last| August. according to testimony of two pathologists, put into the record | today in the state's investigation into masked band outlawry in Morehouse parish. Exhibiting crushed bones as evidence, Dr. and Dr. John Lanford testified that sclentific examination of the bodies of the two men showed they had been tortured on a device “specially con- structed for inflicting punishment.” and broken Charles Duval | Vietim's Story. Two witnesses, J. L. Dantel, father | of Watt, and W. C. Andrews, de- scribed members of the méb which | halted the party en route from Bas- trop to their homes in Mer Rouge on the evening of August 24 last, as| black hooded. { Both Daniel, a man nearly seventy vears old, and Andrews, twenty-five, | declared they were flogged. The father of Watt Danlel, one of the alleged victims of the kidnaping last August, today testified that sev- | eral days before the kidnaping klans- | FIVE CENTS. D, SCHOOL BUDGET SLASH OF $630,000 1S DUE TO BLANTON Senate Expected to Restore Items Blocked in House to Measure. NIGHT SCHOOL ADULT STUDENTS WIN TUITION Two Playgrounds Provisions Lost on Point of Order Raised by Texan. Projects aggregating $630.000 in the $1,200,000 public school building and grounds program recommended to the House by the appropriations com- mittee in the District appropriation bill for the fiscal year beginning July 1, next, were stricken from the bill yesterday on a serles of points of order by Representative Thomas 1. Blanton, democrat of Texas, that they represent new legislation on an appropriation bill. Appropriations totaling $25,000 for purchase of sites for two new play grounds similarly were stricken frow the bill. There Is every assurance that th items will be, restored in the Senate and agreed to in conference betwecn the two houses. Adult Bar Eliminate The provision, which would have compelled adults over twenty-o! years of age to pay tuition in the night schools, was eliminated fr the bill on an amendment by Repre sentative John Q. Tilson of Connec cut, who, because of his own delay | getting an aducation in early life, e phasized that this government should extend every encouragement to per sons of any. age anxious to get scho ing. The provision for assessing jurors fees against unsuccessful litigants in all the courts of the District was the subject of controversy between Rep- resentative John Philip Hill of Mary- land, who raised the point of order that it was new legislation, znd Rep- resentative Ben Johnson of Kentucky, who contended with Representative Cramton of Michigan, in charge of the bill, that it was a limiation on an appropriation, which the committce has every right to make. Quoted Justice McCoy. Representative Hill quoted from the testimony of Justice McCoy be- fore the subcommittee which drafted the bill, who argued that matter should be considered at hearings be- | fore the District legislative commit- tee. Representative Hicks of New York, presiding in the committee of " street from the 14th street corner to | men had halted him and several com- | the whole House, reserved his deets- fthe 2lley located about half-way to 15th street and south on 14th street to about midway of the block Title was taken to the holdings by Edward F, Colladay and J. Eris Pow- ell, trustees, The puréhaser was rep~ resented by the F. H. Smith Company, of which Mr. Powell is the president,| while the seller, the C. C. Willard estate, was represented by H. Rozler Dulany. Development Plans Not Announced. It was stated that the F. H. Smith Company will manage the newly ac- quired buildings for the investor. No announcement of the plans of the purchaser with regard to future de- velopment of the property, if there be any such plans, was made. The purchaser acquired the vaiuable cor- ner solely for investment purposes, it was pointed out. The entire area covered by the pres- ent improvements comprises square feet. This would indicate a sale price of nearly $6 per square foot. The Ebbitt Hotel and the Hooe and Willard buildings are six-story structures of brick and stone. Sepa- rating the hotel and the Hooe butld- ing are two small one-story brick bulldings used for store purposes— 1336-1335 ¥ street. Alleys extend around the property on the east and In the rear to the south. Among Oldest Hostelries. The Ebbitt Hotel is one of the old- est hostelries in the National Capital.| Clayton, approving the stand of the!portions of the building having been|knew nothing of It; that I was erected long before the civil war. Its history is closely associated with the development of Washington from a small community and with the trend of national events from eivil war days. Many statesmen and mili- tary officials whose names today are found written in public school his- tory books resided there during their careers. President McKinley occupied a suite of rooms in the hotel throughout his congressional career, and it was from (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) FIND RETIRED ADMIRAL WITH THROAT SLASHED Nervous Breakdown of Admiral Leopold Precedes Serious Injury in Bathroom of Home. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 6.— Rear Admiral Jlenry G. Leopold, U. 8. N, retired, was found today in the bathroom of his home in Lake- wood, a suburb of this city, with a deep wound in his throat. His head rested on a pillow and a razor blade layzon the floor. He had lost a large quantity of blood and physicians at a hospital say his recovery is doubt- ful. Admiral Leopold, who is sixty-three, suffered a nervous breakdown and re- turned home recently from the at Mare Island. He asEved under Rewey in Manila bavs .. 42,000/ panions and taken's Daniel's pistol. | The father testified that Watt said | hq recognized among these men, who later returned the pistol, Dr. B. M. McKoin, formerly mayor of Mer Rouge. and Capt. J. K. Skipwith, ex- alted cyclops of the Morehouse parish klan. Tells of Capture. Andrews testified he was beaten until he was numb. The elder man declared he was not given more than four or five blows. The testimony of the two men was along much the same lines. They 1 declared they were returning from { Bastrop, where they attended a bar- | { becue and base ball game, and were | | halted by an automobile parked across the road. “We were stopped at a cross-road,” Andrews tostified, “by a crowd of men—fifteen or twenty—who wore | | black hoods. H “One came to the car in which I, was riding, covered me with a gun| {and ordered me to the road. I was| | blindfolded with a red bandana hand- kerchief, my hands were tied and I was taken to the side of the road. Soon after the elder Daniel was taken prisoner and seated beside me. I heard a voice which I recognized as that of Watt Daniel saying ‘Wait a minute, don't be o fast. | | “Then I was questioned as to an| | attempt which had been made to as- | sassinate Dr. McKoin. 1 told them I| in an- | other part of the parish at the time. They said they knew 1 had something to do with it and were going to whip me to make me tell Klan Is Mentioned. Andrews declared he did not rec- ognize any of the men. “Whom do you suspiclon asked. Andrews said he had no suspicion | | as to the identity of the men, but ex- pressed a belief “it was some mem- | | bers of the klan if not the klan or- | | ganization” This was the first men- | tion of the klan in the testimony given at the hearing. “They took me down the road, but wouldn't say what they intended to | do with me” Andrews said. It seemed that we passed through Bas- trop. Then I was taken from the car and questioned as to an attempt on the life of Dr. McKoin.” Andrews said that he knew nothing | of it, but that his captors expressed themselves as doubting his statement. “They said they Were going to whip me and make me tell. Then they whip- ped me." Andrews said that the men next threatened to hang him, but finally released him at Collinston, a town a short distance from Bastrop. He was told-to “go back home and be a good boy,” Andrews testified. ‘Whipped by Mob. Andrews said apparently between thirty and forty blows were given he was ion on this question until the House resumes work tomorrow afternoon. Two-thirds of the bill had been considered when the House adjourn- ed last night. Representative Blanten was over- ruled on his point of order against the items of $200,000 for continuing the construction of an addition to the Armstrong Manual Training School. 360,000 Objection Sustaimed. The items of $60,000 for purchase of a site on which to locate a six- teen-room building between Georgia avenue and 16th strect northwest. north of Park road, was objected to by Blanton and his objection sus- tained. The chair also sustained Repre sentative Blanton's objection to the item for $215,000 for the purchase of a new site for the McKinley Manual Training School. In this case Chair- man Cramton of the subcommittec in charge of the bill promptly offered a substitute, as follows “For the purchase of additional land for school purposes adjoining the Langley Junior High School, $215,- 000.” Overrules Objection. Although it was made plain that this was a subterfuge covering the same property to be acquired the chair overruled the objection made by Representative Blanton and sustained the amendment of Chairman Cramton Representative Hicks also overruled an objection by Representative Blanton to an item of $25,000 for purchase of u new site on which to erect a sixteen room building in the vicinity of and to relieve the Tenley School. This decision of the chair was based on the fact that the land to be ac- quired adjoins existing school prop- erty and is a continuation of public work already begun. Representative Blanton's objections to the item of $130,000 for the erection of an eight-room extensible building on the site to be purchased in the vicinity of Georgia avenue and 16th street, north of Park road. was sus- tained. Representative Blanton's objection to the item of $160,000 for the erection of an eight-rodm extensible building, in- cluding the combination assembly hall and gymnasium on the site to be pur- chased in the vicinity of and to relieve the Tenley School, was sustained. Other Objections Sustained. Representative Blanton's objection to the item of $250,000 for beginning the erection of a sixteen-room building in- cluding a combination assembly hall and gymnasium to replace the old John F. Cook School was sustained, Representative Blanton's objection to an item of $50,000 for purchase of additional land in the vicinity of the Slater-Langston (Cook) School was sustained, but Representative Cram- ton, by an amendment changing the words “In the vicinity of” to “ad- joining,” succeeded in having the item retained. Representative Blanton's objection " iContinued ea Pags 3 Columa & T AContinued on Page 2 Columa 29 he