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" « WEATHER. Showers today or toni clearing tomorrow morning; ght, probably some- what cooler tomorrow morning. ‘Temperature for twen ended at 10 p.m. last ni ki lowest, & No. 947.— No. 28,874. DEATH DRAWS NEAR FOR CAPTVES HELD BYCHIESE BANDITS Americans and British Pris- oners Face Firing Squad If Negotiations Fail. HAVE SUFFERED AGONY IN LAIR OF BRIGANDS| i U. S. Envoy Demands Peking| Government Act at Once or Face Consequences. B tne Associated Press. PEKING, May 19.—Fifteen eigners, six of them Americans, some of them ill, all of them weary, ruised and footsore, poorly fed and worse clad, tonight are looking death in the face in the Paotzuku hills of . Shantung province, as they approach the end of their second week as captives of the bandits who ralded the Shanghai-Peking express near Suchow, May 6. 1If the foreign and Chinese gov- ernments are unable to satisfy the brigands by Tuesday that their terms release of the prisoners will met, 1 the robbers' chieftain . good his threat, two cof the Americans |and two Britishers have | little more than forty-eight hours m; live They wiil be shot as a warning that the’ marauders mean to force compliance with their demands un- der their chief's ultimatum sent out \ Sat “We are pleading for our lives. and unless Peking, Washington and London realize that the bandits are ready to sacrifice their own lives and those of all their captives in their fight for reinstatement ‘in the Chi- nese government, immune from pun- ishment, arc doomed.” is the statement made Leon Fried- man, one of the Americans, speaking for all. for- | for tie be “we surely by Plan Mass Meeting. Pricdman’s message, seat to his brother in Shanghai, has stirred the foreign communities of China. In Shanghai tomorrow a s meeting will be lield 16 Pass resolulisns.de munding that American and British governments ‘guarantée the promise of the Chinese government to the out- laws and win the. freedom of their imprisoned nationals. The shadow of death has descended meven times this weck on the bandit| prison corrals Paotzuku hiils. Two of the Chinese prisoners were thrown from the clifs because thelr promised ransoms had not been paid. and five others were shot in cold blood for failure to obey orde One man, Marcel O. Berube, & Frenchman of Shanghai, vesterday was given his freedom with Instruc- tions from Wang, the bespectacled, scholarly young bandit leader, to go to Peking and lay before the Chin:se government and the foreign diplo- matic corps the desperate plight of | the fifteen others. Berube, will tell his story and present the ultimatum of the outlaws to the diplomats, includ- . ing Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman,| American minister, who has returned to the capital from Shanghaj and the bandit zone. Two Factions in Case. Two factors apparently have clogged negotiations for the release of the captives. One is the bickering be- tween Chinese officlals at Tsaoch- wang, who have poured in there by the carload to treat for the prifoners’ release. The other is the bandits' de- mand, repeated again and again, th: because they cannot trust the prom- ises of the Chinese government, guarantee that their terms will be met must be given from some re- sponsible source. Opposed to this lat- ter position is the stand of the for- elgn diplomats that the Chinese gov- | ernment is held responsible for the safety of the prisoners and it must obtain their freedom. And Friedman says, and Berude says, that unless the captives are released soon they! are doomed. | tomorrow, Action Demanded. The diplomatic corps, headed by its dean, J. B. De Freitas, the Por- tuguese minister, twice has called on the Chinese government to speed up negotiations for release of the fifteen . foreigners held in the temple prisons of Paotzuku. The last time repre- sentations were made the government was informed the ministers were “awaiting with impatience” action by the Peking:regime. On Ms way from Shanghai to Peking, American Minister S¢hurman stopped off at Tsaochwang long “enough to tell the Chinese officials there to get results and get them quickly, or “drastic action” would be taken. “Get the prisoners out and tulk ferms afterward,” was the keynote of Dr. Schurman’s demand. Still the negotiations alternately progress and lag. The Chinese offi- cials at Tsaochwang, comfortable in the twenty-four sleeping cars, park- ed on the railway sidings, argue among themselves as to how this or that shall be dore to free the fifteen who aro sleeping on the bare ground in the Shantung mountains, clad in thin rags and tatters, underfed and rome of them in urgent need of medi- cal and hospitai care. And so the situation stands tonight, after four- teen days have dragged along, since ‘1lhe train rald near Suchow. Four- ‘tcen men and one woman, a little Jexican senora, wife of Manuel A. Verea, one of the prisomers, who re- “uses to leave her husband’s side, are Waiting, they hope, for freedom. e and | an ty-two hours ght: Highes . Full report on page 9. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. ONE SHOT T0 DEATH, 3POLICEMENCUT N ALLEY GUN BATTLE Bullets, Knives, Rocks and Dishes Fiy in Two Similar Riots. ———— VICE SQUAD ATTACKED MAKING LIQUOR RAID Drawn Weapons Hold Off Negro Mob After Two Arrests in Grocery. Two riots by negroes in aifterent| sections of the city early today re- sulted in the shooting to death of one negro, the injury of three policemen and two negroes and the arrest of half a dozen of the alleged partici- pants. Reserves from nearby pre- cinets with leveled automatics quelled the disturbances, after promiscuous firing had taken place. Gordon avenue northeast was the scene of the bloodiest of the battles and it was there that the negro Ed Walters of 10 Gordon avenue was killed by a bullet which cntercd the top of his head. The other mob scene enacted in the northwest, when revenue agents and members of the vice squad raided the grocery of Sam- uel Naiman, K street. for alleged violation of the Volstead act. About forty shots mingled with the crash of thrown bottles, dishes, plates, bricks and a variety of all kinds of missels in the northeast battle, ac- cording to one officer, who said the alley was littered with evidences of the fray following the fight. | Starts Over The trouble started when Sergt.| Horton and Privates Quade and Thompsou. the injured officers, earlier in the evening arrested two negroes } George Addison of 615 Gordon avenue | Willlam Willlams of 629 3% street northeast, on charges of dis- | orderly conduct. Hardly had ‘these | prisoners been turned over at box 13, at 3d street and Gordon avenue, po- | lice said, than & great sound of battle | was heard from the afley. Roturping: to.ihe. Beene, the officers were reported to have found a free- for-all fight in progress. A riot call sent In to No. 9 precinct brought out on the run Sergt. Harry, acting lieutenant, with Sergt. Thompson and Officers Perkins, Horton, McDuffie, ‘Ward and Rosson and Detectives Wil- son. Davis and Kuchling. Johnny Jones. ‘colored, $19 13th street northeast, and a woman who ' gave her name as Myrtie Butler, col- | ored, 330 B street southwest, were taken by police to Casualty Hospital, where wounds were dressed. Officer Quade was found to be suf- fering from a cheek wound from a bottle or sharp instrument, while Of- ficer Thompson was hurt about the leg. Arrests. Jones and Woman Held. Jones and a colored woman, who gave her name as Bessie Suttlers of 403 E street, were held by the police at No. 9, and at a late hour it had| not been decided what charge would be preferred. George Addison, the first man to be arrested, was later released on $35 collateral. He was said to be the employer of the dead man. Headquarters Detectives Kelly, Robey and Nicholson arrived on the scene shortly after the battle. The mob on K street northwest brought Capt. Peck and his reserves from the second precinct, while tae vice squad, with drawn guns, held the negroes at bay. Several bricks and sticks were thrown by the ‘mob, intent on pre- venting the officers from completing their raid. With assistance of the re- serves from the second precinct, three negroes veere arrested and locked up at No. 2, where they were charged with disorderly conduct. They were Robert Brooks, 1009 4th street north- west; Sarah Sims and her mother, Rachael Sims, of 913 4th street. Liguor is Confiscated. Naiman was charged with illegal possession and selling of liquor and ‘was released on $1,500 bond.” A large quantity of peach brandy and other liquor was confiscated. The raid was the first of a series conducted by Revenue Agents Asher and Von Hertzig and the vice squad, consisting of Lieut. Davis, Sergt. Mo- Quade and Detective Bauer. These officers also arrested Ben- (Continued on Page 2, Column ) | guilty of a legal blunder. he S N WASHINGTON, D.-C, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1923.—NINETY-TWO PAGES. |Ford Boom Growth Strikes Fear Into Hearts o TROUBLESOME TRAFFIC TIE-UP. [ won’t run as an independent. I do not know whether I wil I am, perhaps, too busy to run at all. BONAR LAW TOD L. TO ANSWER CHEERS Noted Specialist Called as Soon as Premier Returns to London. LONDON, May 1 reat secrecy is belng maintained regarding Prime Minister Bonar Law’'s condition, which is causing his friends grave concern. The premier, who' recently left on an announced vovage of one month for his health, looked tired and worn- | out when' he reached London this aft ernoon from Paris and was compelled to rest beeause of his exhausted con- dition when he reached the private house where he Is staying. Sir Thomas Horder, the noted spectalist, was called upon the premier's arrival and remained with him a long time. 1t was remarked. that the premier| was so fatigued when he alighted from his train that he failed to re- spond to the cheers of the crowd that had gathered to receive him. At Sir Thomas Horder's residence it was stated that no information in regard to the premier's health will be given out for the present, “ut it is learned that absolute rest and free- dom from political strain have been ordered and that during the next few days Mr. Bonar Law will be unable to meet his cabinet members. CABINET WORRIED. (By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune. Copyright, 1923.) LONDON, May 19.—The Bonar Law government is passing through as troublesome times as Lloyd George experienced in his long premiership. Curzon, as first mate to the premier, has proved an unsatisfactory pilot, and his comservative supporters are becoming more and more worried, Three leading Indictments arc brought against the government First, there is the deportation of 100 Englishmen and Irishinen to the Free State, and a consequent ruling of the high court that the government was Second, came the note to the soviet govern- ment couched in language, calculated, according to critics, to embroil the country in war, because it amounted to an ultimatum. Third, is the note to the German government, which the great majority considered inade- quate in that it ignored the question of the international commission first raised by Secretary Hughes and ac- cepted by the Germans. Curzon is held responsible for both notes. Al these things have served to lower the Bonar Law ministry and to handicap it severely in the in- troduction of fresh legislation. Al- though Premier Law has had a holi- day he is still ‘in far from robust health and if he returns to London now it will only be because parlia- mentary affairs have reached a high- 1y critical stage. His cabinet is ex- tremely weak and Curzon {s consid- ered to have failed, even in the judgment of his own party. CLARKE STILL LOVES NANCY HOYT, HE SAYS AS HE SAILS FOR HOME By/the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 19.—Forsak- ing the Olympic, on which he had reserved a honeymoon sulte for his intended bride,” Lieut. Frederick ‘Wiseman-Clarke, R. sailed home today on the steamship Orduna, declaring he still loved Miss Nancy Michael Hoyt, Wash- ington society ' belle, whose en- gagement to marry him was brok- en off last Wednesday a few hours before the time set for the wedding, The Olympic's passenger list still carried the names of “Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Clarke,” but it was ex- plained the reservations had been canceled a short time before the breaking of the engagement was announced. Clarke sald he had changed it to the Orduna because his parents, who came to attend t;‘l‘; wedding, had passage on that ship. “1 dom’t think we will ever be “married,” ‘he said, when asied'if there was any likelihood of a later wedding. “Are you bound for home, broken-hearted,”” he was ask “Broken-hearted?’ Well, it's a terrible blow to m he replied. “I don't want to say anything about the controversy between our parents. It was a complete sur- prise to me. The wedding was to have taken place on the 16th. We saw each other on the 15th and had luncheon together. The wedding was postponed at_ 6:30 that night. I still love Miss Hoyt. 1 would do anything for her, and I would give anything rathér than to_have had this happ Lieut. Clarke said he wanted to deny emphatically that the matri- monlal affairs of Miss Hoyt's sis- ter, who eloped eral years ago with Horace Wylle, each leaving behind a marital partner, had any- thing to do with the break. “My folks knew about' that,” he sald. Asked if Miss Hoyt had returned his_ ring, he exclaimed: ‘It's a damned rotten show all'around.” ' TODAY’ PART ONE—38 Pages. | General News—Local, National, Foreign. | Radio News and Gossip—Page 21. | Schools and Colleges—Page 22. | Financial News—Pages 28 and 29. Veterans of the Great War—Page 29. | Glassified Advertisemente—Pages 30 to 3. PART TWO—16 Pages. Editorials and Editorlal Features. Washington and Other Society. [ The Civiian Army—Page 13. | Army and Navy News—Page 14. I Notes of Art and Artists—Page 14. ! Girls and Their Aftdirs—Page 15. | Boy Scout News—Page 15. Aviation Activities—Page 15. | At the Community Centers—Page 15. Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 15. | { | PART THREE—I4 Pages, Amlvi-mmn—'fhnun and the Photo. play. Aroufd the City—Page 2. Seriat, “Jii-Bett"—Page 4. Music In. Washington—Page 5. Moters and Motoring—Pages 6 to 10. Review of New Books—Page 11. Fraternities—Page 12. Trade Union Activities—Page 12. Spanish War Veterans—Page 12. | Boys and Girls’ Page—Page 13. PART FOUR—4 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—S8 Pages. Magazine Section—Features and Fiction. ROTOGRAVURE—S Pages. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 Pages Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers. Mr, and Mrs. WOMAN IDENTIFIED AS CLARA PHLLIPS Honduran Prisoner Sobs De- nial of Hammer Murder. To Be Brought to U. S. Betty; By the Associated Press. TEGUCIGALPT, Honduras, May 19. —The woman being held here as Clara Phillips, the California “ham- mer murderess” has been definitely identified by Deputy Sheriff Walter J. Hunter, who arrived here from Loy Angeles. She will be taken back to Los Angeles where she escaped from jail last December, by the steamer Colombia, leaving Amapala, May 30. The prisoner has completely broken down. All day she made offers to the police officials to help her to escape. In an interview with the Associat- ed Press correspondent, Mrs. Phillips today said, weeping, that she was in- nocent and charged that Albert A. Meadows had been Killed by Peggy Caffee. She declared her husband.had turned state’s evidence. He and Peggy, she asserted, were responsible for her, convietion. - In Mexico she declared she met a former friend, Jess Carson, who is now in the Tegucigalpa penitentiary and that he compelled her by force to leave with him, telling her - that Honduras. had no extradition treaty. —_—— SOVIET’S BITTER NOTES STIR LAUSANNE PARLEY By the Associated Press. LAUSANNE, May 18.—Two strongly worded protests from M. Tchitcherin, the Russian soviet foreign ministef, to the Swiss government and the near east conference regarding the assas- sination’ of Vorovsky, head of the Russian'delégation at Lausanne, con- tributed to produce another day of al- most violent controversy. The con- ference ifself is struggling along groping \fon peace against numerous discouraging obstacles; such as’the threatened open clash'between Greece and_Turkey over reparations and the deadlock on the problem of foreign- ors resident in Turkey, I run as a democrat or republican HENRY FORD. 5/ DERY WINNER TS OWATEH RAGE Greatest Race Crowd in His tory Sees Sinclair Thor- oughbred Win. Associated Pre LOUISVILLE, May 19.—Zev, Harry Sinclair's brown colt—the horse Wflbhth ing next to Taxt In ‘the $50,000 :Fu’ n‘ed-;- week ago—today entered the racing hall of fame when he won. the lnru‘~nin$ Kentucky Defby Befofs & ¢fbwn 75,000, the greatest-throng that ever witnessed a horse race fa America. The littie brown colt by the Finn-Miss Kearney, defeated twenty of the best jthree-year-olds in the nation, the |largest field that ever started In the classic. Starting from tenth position from the Inner rail, Zev shot into the lead @ few feet after leaving the barrier and led until the fall crossing the wire a length and a half ahead of Martingale, owned by J. . Cosden. Walter . J. Salmon's Vigil, {winner of the Preakness, finished | third, one length behind Martingale. { { H Il Track Lightning Fast. | jwas run over a track lightning fast, the time being 2.052-5—two seconds set by Old Rose Bud In 1914. Nassau, owned by Frederick Johnson, pulled up in fourth place by a nose, while { Chittagong. owned by Mrs. John F. Hertz of Chicago, was fifth. In the fighting bunch back of Chit- tagong came Harry Payne Whitney's Enchantment, who captured sixth ‘vlme, while Rialto, owned by Mrs. { The race was worth $53,625 nct te Mr. Sinclair, who was not present to witness the brilllant victory of his ! sterling colt. Martingale's owner re- ceived $6,000 as second-place money, while $3.000 went to Vigil for third place and $1,000 to Nassau for fourth. $40.40 on Zev's victory. The price on Martingale was $25.80 to place and Vigil's show price was $12.30. The fleld went to the post.at 4: o'clock, and after & delay of six minutes, due to the unmanageable Nassau, starter Willlam H. Hamilton Harry Payne Whitney, finished sev- Pald $40.40 for $2. enth. i A $2 ticket in the pari-mutuels paid cheer rose from the.crowd as the horses plunged. into & stride. Martin- gale momentarily snatched the lead as the fleld started its dash past the grandstand, but' little Earl Sande, riding Zev, quickly jerked his charge ‘into a’ commanding position, sending him to the front with all the speed for which he s famous. Kept Close to Rail. Jockey Sande, laying his head close to Zev's steaming neck, kept his Norse, hugging the rail as he swept past the grandstand, two lengths in the lead, with Martingale trailing 4 and sau fightnig back In third place. Vigil was tenth at the quarter, eighth at the half-mile, ‘sixth at the three-quarter 'pole, “fifth into the stretch, and with Jockey Garner vig- orously applying the whip, started #-dash for the wire a lenkth behind Martingale, with Nassau fourth. With' a lead of two lengths Jockey Sande piloted Zev around the back stretch and straightened out for the wire. Martingale continued the fight to.retain second. place, having the ad- vantage of a length over Vigil, gain- ing at every step and making a valiant bid for second place. Running like mad horses, Zey and Martingale shot under the wire, a 1éngth and a half separating them. The crowd became hysterical, lifting the winner's name in a might; and surging around the judges' stand ‘to get a close-up glimpse ‘of Zev and his little -blende jockey, 1 of the flag, | The race, at one and a quarter miles; | slower than the records for the event | sprung -the barrier and a hysterical | Political Flood for Auto Maker Strongest and Most Difficult Problem Modern Politics Has Faced. The shadow of Henry Ford, richest man in the worl lies athwart the Natlonal Capital—if not the White House itself. There no longer is a disposition among national political ' leaders to treat lightly the “talk” of Henry Ford for President. The miracle man of the motor world has both old par- ties worrled to something approach- ing a panic. | The democrats frankly are worrled, lest Henry Ford run away with their presidential nomination. The republicans are worried for the very same reason. They fear Henry Ford as a candidate against Presi- dent Harding in 1924. { Nor do the worries of the leaders| stop here. They believe that even if the democrats opposed to him are successful in blocking his nomination at the next national convention, Hen. LOWDEN ATTACKS | .. OV SERVICE Former lllinois Governor Is| 1 Speaker Before Social Work Conference. Before an audience of more than 12,500 delegates to the National Con- | terence of Soctal Work, meeting in general session last night in Me- | | morial Continental Hall. former | !Gov. Prank O. Lowden of Illinois,| | attacked the civil service system.| declaring if it can be called suc-| ces=ful, “then yYou can select a wife v the same method.” | The former Tilinois executive digressed from bis impromptu ad- dress on the growth and success of {social work in Illinois and launched |into a criticism of civil service ma- chingry, when his discussion came to the cxpansion of soclal worlk in the government and the difficulties # practical administration, owing to he Tack of securing those best fitted for the work. “The ecivil service examinmations.” he stated, “do not discloss the quali- ties for suocese. Temperament, hu- man sympathy and sound judgment {are as much needed at the technical qualitics.” Fifty years ago, he continued, “we were obsessed by the spolls system. | A bi-partisan commission was formed to select employes for the govern- ment. But it never followed any one beyond the entrance hall and the employes were left to the mercy of the law.” Mr. Lowden called the attention of !his audience to the report of the American Institute of Public clency, which recently investigated the machinery of the civil service. He recommended it to the del:pates | for stuey. » Comparing the systems maintained today 'by business concerns and the government for selecting and caring for employes, Mr. Lowden satd: “Blg business has employment divisions and heads who- follow the applicants throughout their course. Committees are appointed repres t- g ing employes: salarles are studied, | promotion 1s made easy to the wortny | |and deserving and the injustices of{ the civil service are closely watchud —not stified by the cold letters of |the civil service law.” | “Limed Witk Secial Workers.” | In introducing thc speaker Homer | Folks, president cf the conference | and the presiding officer at the meet- | ing, stated that improvements in pub- |lic soclal work were brought about in Tllinois under Mr. Lowden’s direc- tion. Governor Lowden, in discussing these changes, gave it as his opinion that no governor can see a successful termination of all paths into the fu- ture “unless they are lined on both sides with social workera.” | | He traced the development of social i 1 | work .through the discoveries of the tional therapy by which it was given | {renewed impetus. Urging the segregation of the feebleminded from society, Mr. Low- den sald: “If we go on in the future we have in the past and do mot clety, then the burden will be for soclety to bear and soclety will break down. Men and women have got to have,courage to face these problems. We now do all the things we need to except provide for our own fu- ture.” g Dean Roscoe Pound of the Harvard | Recorder Arthur G. Froe has no place sciences of psychiatry and occupa- ! segregate the feebleminded from so- “From Press to Home Within the Hour” 2| N f Party Leaders | ry Ford may run on a third party ticket and so muddle the political stream that no one can say who will rise successful from the darkened waters. Another specter on the political horizon is Senator Willlam E. Borah of Idaho. He is about to undertake a “swing around the circle” on his own hook to see if there really is any sentiment in the country for a third, or possibly a fourth party. All of these moves make for politi- cal disorder and if there is one thing the professional politician dreads it s disorder. He much prefers to have everything stated and understood in advance, so that he can lay his well lald plans accordingly and scramble aboard the leading band wagon at the best appointéd time. Leaders of both the old parties will “(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) WIFE “SQUEALS,” PAYING PENALTY WITH HER LIFE Michigan Farmer Who Made Threat Cuts Woman's Throat, Then Own—Has 7 Children. LUDINGTON, Mich.. May 18.—"If You squeal on me to the court, see if T don’t kil you.” Adolph Musil, Sum- mit townshlp farmer, is alleged to have often said to his wife, Frances. She ‘“squealed” Friday, bringing about his conviction on a charge of on-support, and also started divorce proceedings. Within twenty-four hours her body lay on a hilltop near her home, whence she fled and died after her husband had lashed her throat with a razor. Musil cut his own throat pocket knife, but a chance to recover. A coroner's jury found Mrs. Musil's death was the resuit of murderous attack” Dby her husband Prosecutor Virgil A. Fitch has issued | a warrant. charging Musil with first| degree murder. Musil is in a hos pital, under guard wig a nineteen years. arc motherless result of the tragedy. RECORDER ORDERED 10 GIVE UP OFFICES Notice was served on:the District| Commissioners ~ vesterday = that the owners of the Century building. bth| street between D and E strects| northwest, will not lease office space | to the recorder of deeds after July 1. According to Commissioner Rudolph, as a into which he can move his priceless records of real estate ownership, which means that a court battle may ensue. Attorney Louis Ottenberg, counsel| for the owners of the building, stated | last night that he could not say at this time whether his clients will seck to evict the recorder in July if he does not move voluntarily. The Commissioners cannot pay more rent to house the recorder's office, as the allowance for that purpose is fixed In the appropriation act. At the same time, they cannot comply with the re- quest to vacate July 1, they say, for there is no other available space. The butlding is owned by Louis and | Isaae Cordisch of Baltimore, an Attorney Ottenberg will have to out line the situation to them before he| can say whether or not an evictment | proceeding will be instituted. Such| a proceeding, if decided upon. would | originate in the Municipal Court. | | ‘Yesterday's developments served to bring to light once more the need| for a suitable government-owned building for this important bureau. Congress at the last session took steps to have plans prepared for a home for the recorder adjoining the District Supreme Court in Judiciary ! square. No appropriation for thel structure was made, however. Even| if the lawmakers provide the funds| in the next District bill, several years will elapse before the structur could be completed. NEW ORLEANS HIT | BY COSTLY WIND| By tie Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS. La. May 19— Thousands _of dollars damage to houses, street car tracks. telephone and electric systems was caused here today by a severe rain and wind- storm, which in some section of the city reached the proportions of a| cyclone. i No lives were reported to have| been lost, but dozens of m'nor in-| Juries from accidents to automobiles | i (Continuéd on Page 4, Column 3.) ' By the Associated Press. . | 'SAN -FRANCISCO, May 1% —A miniature Diesel engine for ‘automo- biles has .been perfected by en- gineers of the Bethiehem Ship- bullding Corboration here, Joseph J. Tynan, vice president and general manager of the concern on the coast, {announeed today. “The engine will propel a small worth ‘of fuel,” Tynan said. “It is already ' in operation at our plant. One’of: ifty. horvepower was installed Foe 21t et g i attempting to navigate flooded streets | {were recorded. NEW AUTO ENGINE MAKES 50 MILES | AT COST OF 2': CENTS, MAKERS SAY in an old automobile of Standard make. We have run it several months | and have eliminated all of the dif- flculties that originally appeared. “The fuel burning fs'a light oil, the same as that now used in naval sub- marines. Such.an ofl has far more heat units than gasoline, and our devices enable the use of these units. Seven childref, ranging from two to| q, { matters involving payments by | federal department, representing Con- {In addition, it has greater stamina hout | automobile fifty miles on 233 cents, |and durability than the automobile engine.” An added advantage is the elimi- nation of the gear shifts. % - FIVE CENTS. HELP OF PRESIDENT SOUGHT T0 DECIDE POWER OF NFCARL Controller and Department of Justice Deadlocked Over Decision. EMPLOYE COMMISSION CAUGHT BETWEEN FIRES Occupnfiun.al Discase Payment May Make Disburser Liable in Full President Harling will be called upon early this week to heip the United States employes commission out of a dilemna into which it has been precipitated by opposing defini- tions of its powers in the decision of Controller General McCarl, and the opinion of Assistant Attorney General Sevmour. McCarl held that the commission could compensate only for personal injury, determinable in point of place and time Seymour, in an op President during the that the commission had broader powers, could pay for “occupational disease,” and “has the power by vir- tue of the act under which it was created to construe the terms of said act, and that any construction o rendered is final and beyond inter- ference by other government offi- cials"—meaning McCarl. on, sent to the week past, held Between Two Fires. When the Department of Justice opinion was delivered the commis- sion. at first jubllant, felt that it could go ahead and add on “occu- pational diseas But, on furfher consideration, the commission dis Mc€Carl decision - prevented pay- ment for occupationa! diseases was )l standing. in spite of the Attor- ey General's opinion. and that 1d the disbursing oflicer of tho ni pay out thousands of occupational diseases there would be the possibility that McCarl would disallow the paymepts and collect from the disbursing offi- cer or his bonding compeny. The commission, not knowing Jjust what to do, ‘will put the wholé mat- ter again up to the President; wher Mrs. Bessie T..Brueggeman, chair- man of the commission, calls at the White House early this week. It was to the President Mrs: Bricgge- man had appealed when confronted with the MeCarl decision, and it was the President who asked the Depart- ment of Justice for the opinion ren- dered last week. Question of Right. Legal experts of the government differ widely in the latest controversy into which the cuntroller general has been drawn, some declaring the con- troller is the court of last resort'in the gress alonc, while others contend that the controller has made a deci- slon in a matter beyond his jurisdic- tion Those who side with the Attorney General's opinion feel that Judge Mc- Carl has been overreaching himself in not one, but several matters which have come to him for decislon, and predict that In some he will not be ablo to enforce his decisions. The Department of Justice opinion holding that the compensation co mission has final authority to decidg problems in its jurisdiction was the second in which that department has advised 2 branch of the exccutive de- partment that it was not necessary to abide by a ecific decision by the controller. general The first con- cerned the War Department, where Secretary Weeks now is refusing to conform to the orders of the general accounting office to submit’ ail bills for transportation, to be audited be- tore being pald, instead of after be- ing paid. May Try to Collect. Opponents of the controller aver hat he may -attempt in the case galnst the compensaticn commis- ion to disallow the payments for oc- cupational diseases if made and then attempt to collect the funds from the disbursing officer himself, or from the aisbursing officer’s bonding company. When the matter reaches this stage, it is explalned by McCarl's opponents, he must go into the courts, The Department of Justice, the say, must file the suit for the controller general. And there comes a rub for the controller, it is pointed out. When he asks the Department of Justice to file suit for recovery of the funds from the disbursing officer's bonding company, the De- partfment is ‘sald to have right of {refusal to file such a suit. 1t has been known in the past to refuse to flle suit for controllers of the Traasury, predecessors to the controller general. Former Decision. As for the compensation commissin | powers, it was pointed out yesterdsy by an eminent legal expert that years ago when a similar question concern- ing the powers of the commission came before the then controller of the Treasury, the controller ruled that the matter was beyond his Jjurisdiction, that the commission had full power to malke its own decisions under the law. In this, the former controller of the Treasury was in agreement’ with' the recent ‘opinion from the Department of Justice. On the other hand, friends of Con- troller McCarl point to the budget R e ae (Continued on Page 2, Column 1)