Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Light rain this tonight; tomorrow above freezing. fair, afternoon: cloudy temperature Temperature for twenty four houcs ended at 2 pm. today: at 3:30 pm. yesterdat 2 a.m. today. 57, Highest lowest, 36, at Full report on page 2. Closing N. Y. Stocks s and Bonds, Page 23 29,128. post office Wa; Entered as second-class matter shington, D. C. ¢ Foeni WASHINGTON, D. ,FALLAT BREAKING POINT, 4 DOCTORS TESTIFY N PROBE ;Committee Flatly Told For- mer Secretary Too lll to Appear Before It. HEARING IN SICK ROOM PROPOSED BY COUNSEL Annulment Measure Expected to Pass Senate Today—House Hears Officials. A3 the' throuz of Pointed special prosecutors to open vrosecution of the Teapot Dome oil » case four physicians appeared before the Senate investigating con 1dttee and announced that Albert Fall, on the verge of a complete nerv- us collapse, canmot testify at a pub- hearing. At the same utes before the s sideration of the W resolution Silas H. Strawn, who, with former Attorney General Thomas W. BOTY, will act as cial government pro: €cutor, conf 1 at length with # President Coolidge upon his initial step 1 the launch * into cer Dohen moved today newly an- nment its Eove une two e, just a few min- nate renewed con- G in the me the H 1 uron an inquiry ot it in plh the Sine R eRoTy dnd ¢ closely ction at Many Measures Wait Walsh Vote. sides the lution, passage of which is expected today. The Senate has on its waiting list resolutions asking for removal of Sccretary Denby and Attorne Yceneral Daugherty: one proposing reassert title to oil land in held by propri to 1l ndard Oil; 00 “nd one ap- or court 1 tod gounsel employed must b flatly told th the former tion to appear before The hearing was behind closed doors and det; were not divulged. It was learned, however, that the do tors related how Mr. Fall had re- mained in his room continuously since his arrival in hinztc Thursday ni hown any, improv and had rc nervous exhaustion threatening collapse. Oppoxed Questioning. Committee members questioned the witnesses at length re the cause of this condition, but the re plies were not made public. Th physicians insisted that it would b advisable under all the cum- ances to attempt to take the former ccretary to the for ques- ning.” The the hearing as to enable the committee to de cide whether it would call Mr. berore it or appoint a subcommittee to examine him in his sick room, as suggested by his counsel ince h e to Washington one-time of the Interior partment has been in the W. Zevely, counsel for Harr in an exc apart; Northwe: shington. yiving Jate at night from {L*flus in company with Mr. v, he was taken to the apartment to remain until morning and it wa d he then would 20 to a hotel. He has not, how- ever, left the place since. is in no ¢ it and testif: the Di- liou: Asks Sick Room Hearinz. melusion of the examina the physicians Mr. Cooke newed his request to the committee that it go as 4 whole or send a sub- committee to question Mr. Fall at home of J. W. Z Sinclair's personal counsel, who testificd that he arranged for a of $25,000 from months after abinet. The e John Wharton, all and his thr, William Mercer all ree disin a and. T condition. » phy lected by Senator W ontana, who has 1 $inent in the investigation, and S Sm t, republi Utah. Doheny Returns to City. While the committee was determin- fng upon its course with respect to the examination of Mr. Fall, Bdward 1. Doheny arrived at the committee yoom with his attorney, Gavin McNab. It was explained that he had returned voluutarily, but he would not discuss ‘ advance what new evidence he hight give. He and his counsel wait- ed in an anteroom, shielded from photographers and collected in the corridors. Mr. Doheny was not heard, however, and the com- suittee adjourned untii Friday, when the physician fter he had conferred dent, announced he immediately with his tion matters will await 1 Friday of Mr. Gregory. directions r ived from the Mr. Strawn nid, 2weie to cordance with the Execu- jive's statement of last urday mid- hizht. This statement declared coun- 1 would be instructed “to prosecute Liese cases In the courts, so that if ere is any guilt it will be punished; there is any civil liability it will be forced; if there is any fraud it will vealed, and if there are any con- cts which are illegal they will be canceled.” To Meet Committee. Mr. Strawn also made’ appointments o confer today with members of the Senate investigating committee, and to secure from the Department of Justice all evidence it has collected since it was instructed by the President to observe the course of the Inquiry. Both republican and democratic lead- ers in the Senate pressed for a vote to- day on the Walsh ofl lease annulment wesolution. Debate was renewed immediately after 1o Senate convened, Senator Norris, Japublican, Nebraska, a former member ) the ofl committee, making an im- pressive exposition of his view declared _he _approached (Continued on Page 5, He ubject * | party at the polls it is, of course, Fall | Harry | to Fall { lett | a crowd that had | report. | 1 2.) ddelivered by tank wagon. 'Senate Approval - Of Counsel in Oil Cases Specified In approving the House bill which would appropriate $100,000 for prosecuti of the oil lease cases, ppropriation committee today amendsd it to make appoint- ment of counsel subject to confir- mation by the Senate. The only other change made by the te committee was to modify the phraseology of the preamble which had referred to reports that the President contemplated em- ployment of outside counsel, so as to make it conform with the ac- tion already taken by the Execu- tive. COOLIDGE'S FUTURE Republican Leaders See President Handling Awk- ward Situation Well. WY DAVID LAWRENC | President Coolidge's political future | has become wrapped up in the Teapot | Dome controversy. There no longer | is any question, from the action of I hts friends both inside and outside | of Congress, that upen the steps he | takes in the immediate future will | @epend to a large extent the oppor- | tunities he has for nomination and | election i Whether the is | force the defeat ue is big enough to of the too vous activity ders indicates no un- to say, but the n of the republican le | that they will leave turned to prevent the Te aff; from achieving an importance politically. To date the supporters of President Coolidge feel he has handled an awk- | ward situation well and tnat his se- lection of Thomas W Gregory, for- { mer Attorney General in the cabinet of a democrat President, together { with Silas H. Strawn, republican, is | & shrewd move Leaves Out Cabinet Inwue. But th stone pot ggerated | two men will only in- izato the criminal features of the —whether there has been They have no right to pa the competence or incompe- © of the Secretary of the Nav the Attorney General in Mr. Cool- i lage’s cabinet. | _The mere fact that the Attorney is not sonsidered an unpreju- prosecutor, according to viewpoint of the democrats, and that ! Mr. Coolidge has appointed special , has mply given the demo- bre @mmunition for their bom- bardment of the republican adminis- | tration. | Almos ! that one the Teapot Dome scan- day being discussed and the que: | tions usually asked relate entirely to { the effect of the controversy on Mr. Coolidge’s chances of election if he l'is nominated. | At first, in the Senate debate there | Was effort to drag Mr. Coolidge cor- affair by pointing out that he | ¥ eetings unde s been in ding and must h; sition to utter a protest against making of the oil leases. The ident let it be known that | as no recollection of cabinet dis- | cussion, but that if it took place the artment | consideration glven was quite casual. |rected to designate a site for each Fall Mentioned Cabinet. Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of | the Interfor, in his report to President | Harding, speaks of frequent cabinet discussion, but it is possible, of | course, that Mr. Coolldge was absent | s it will be recalled that he accepted | many speaking engagements as Vice | President, which Mr. Harding was un- able to 3 " But the answer given to the charge that oolidge was jointly re- sponsible for what was done is that he did not knbéw of any irregularity and that the debates to which he listened in the Senate. over which ~ (Cont ge 2, Col D U.5.MAY USE 0L FORHEATIVG HERE |Changes Will Be Begun in i Summer, Col. Sherrill ; Announces. The government will change from coal to oil in heating some of its | buildings, beginning next summer, it | was announced today by Lieut. Tol. . 0. Sherrill, superintendent of State, | War and Navy department bulldings. The first changes will be made, he jannounced, only where the prospec- | tive saving could pay for the cost of {change within two years. The principal moves already made Dby Col. Sherrill have been as follows: Plans are under way for construc- tion of a temporary oil burning plant |to supply the Navy and munitions {buildings, the temporary group of buildings west of 1Sth street and north of B street, the Interior De- partment building and the building at 1800 E street, some of which now are being heated by steam from the Potomac Electrio ~Power Company Plant, at 1ith and B streets. Specifications Drawn. Specifications have been drawn and proposals requested for installing ofl- k. & equipment in the old gen- cral land office bullding to heat the iand ofce building, the patent office building, the pension office building and the courthouse buildings, bids to be opened February 1, 1924, The Shipping Board has agreed to transfer a concrete tank ship, now at Pensacola, Fla., capable of storing 40,000 barrels 'of fuel oil, to be anchored in Washington channel for use as an ofl storage Teservoir. Advertisements have been issued re- questing bids from oil companies operating in this section for supply- ing oil to this concrete tank ship by barge deliveries, through which the government hopes to get the oil at 55 cents a barrel less than if it were N PERIL BY PROBE republican | Dome | the | rywhere in Washington | FEDERAL BUILDING PROGRAM PROVIDED BY SMOOT MEASURE Bill Would Appropriate $50,-- 000,000 for New Govern- ment Structures Here. EXPENDITURE LIMITED i T0$10,000,000 YEARLY Commission Directed to Make Study of Present Needs of Services. A uilding program for the govern- ment departments in the District of Columbia is outlined in a bill intro- du today by Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the public build- ing commission. The bill authorizes the appropriation of $30.000,000, of which not more than $10,000,000 is| to be made available In any fiscal| vear. Under the terms of the bill the pub- lic buildings commission is directed to provide for the construction in the District, on lands now owned or which may hereafter acquired by the Eovernment, of suitable buildings for | {the following government establish ments New Bulldingx Proposed. | (1) The bureau of internal reve- {nue and other bureaus and offices of the Treasury Department not suit-| bly housed in government-owned ! buildings. (2) The Department of Justice. | (3) The generai accounting office. (4) The Department of Agricul-| ture, including completion of the; {main building of the department and {the construction of such additional [buildings as may be necessary. (3) A national archives building, {for_which the commission is author i to procure a site without re the provisions of existing |1a rding a site for an archives | |buildiz i | General Supply Building. (6) The general supply committee and other governmental purchasing | agencies. This building or buildings o be of warehouse type and conven- iently located with respect to railway | facilities. . { (1) The D nt of Commerce. | (8) The D nt of Labor. (9) The Interstate Commerce Com- { mission, and 17(10) The various independent gov. {ernment establishments and acti | ties whieh are not-suitably housed: { government-owned buildings. | “The Public Buildings Commission {would be authorized to cause the | Gemolition of buildings now located on land owned by the government or hereafter acquired, where such land is needed for the construction of | these proposed buildings. | Study is Directed. | The commission is directed to make ' study of the requirements of all! | government establishments for which {it is proposed to construct a build- | ing, with a view to determining the | | floor area and type of building nec- | | essary in each case. It is further di- | } | i the work of plans, estimates, | etc. The plans umn 1.) building: to allocate | preparation of awarding of contract nued on Page © BULGAR BACKS HURHES ON ST Documents Given to U. S. Le- gation to Show Efforts to | Disrupt Sofia Regime. By the Associated Press. SOFIA, Bulgaria, January 30.—The Bulgarian foreign office has supplied the American legation here with large quantities of documentary evi- dence of Russian soviet activities in Bulgarla, alleged to be aimed at the destruction of the existing order. The information is designed to sus- tain Secretary of State Hughes in the affirmation regarding Moscow propaganda in_his note to Forelgn Minister Tchitcherin. “More serious is the propaganda to overthrow the institutions of this country,” sald Premier Zankoff in an, interview today. *I heartily sympa- thize with Mr. Hughes' resentment of soviet interference or attempted in- torference with the present form of government of your great country. We appreciate his refusal to treat with the soviets so long as this in- terference continues. “We also in Bulgaria are the vic- tims of bolshevik enterprises exert- ed under orders from Moscow. It is amazing ‘that this third interna- tional, as Mr. Hughes points out, should employ in great, rich, power- ful America the same impudent meth- ods which it employs in weak, de- fenseless Bulgaria. Secretary Hughes' denunciation of soviet methods de- serves the gratitude of Bulgari: The circulation of The Evening circulation of last Sunday’s Star was day Star now have passed the 100,000 WITH SUNDAY MOPNING EDITION C., WEDNESDAY, COURT EXONERATES CRONELLOF FRALD Former Assistant War Secre- tary’s Indictment Killed. Phillips Loses. The government won and lost to- day in two indictments growing out| of its prosecution of alleged fraudu- lent transactions in connection with construction of Army cantonments which were the subject of decisions by Justice Hoehling of the District chm« Court. Jchn L. Phillips, former state com- mitteeman from Georgia, persons indicted in February for conspiracy United States through the sale of surplus lumber from Army canton- ments, must stand trial in the crim- t atvision of-the District Sunreme Court, Justice Hoehling held today in overruling demurrers to the in- dictment. Crowell Demurrer Sustained. In his other decision, Justice Hochling sustained demurrers to the Army can- tonment conspiracy indictment reported December 1922, against Benedict Crowell of Cleveland, Ohio, former as- sistant secretary of war in the Wilson administration and six others charged with defrauding the United States, by prejudicing the orderly administration of its laws by its regularly constituted officers and agencies. 1t was alleged, in this case, that the accused had overreached the Army en- gineers and attained for their friends and former associates contracts for Army cantonwments without competitive bids. More han $80,000,000 of such contracts, it was claimed, were awarded under the cost-plus system. In the Phillips case, the accused had filed pleas in abatement because of the presence in the grand jury room of a sStenographer in the employ of the Department of Justice, which Were overruled last September. They then demurred to the sufficiency of the indictment, which the court now overrules and directs the defendants to plead within twenty days. Court Withholds Reanons. The court does not discuss the rea- sons underlying his opinfon that the indictment is sufficient, remarking that he considers it necessary to do no more than announce that the sev- eral demurrers and motions to strike should be overruled. Those indicted with Mr. Phillips are Ernest C. Morse of New York, for- mer sales agent for the War Depart- John Stephens of Jacksonville, Charles S. Shotwell of New George M. Chambers of New- J.; Frank T. Sullivan of Buf- ¥.; Roland Perry of Wash- ington, D. C.; Charles Phillips, jr, of Atianta, Ga.: Gus Eitzen and Mitchell A. Touart, jr., both of Pen- sacola, Fia. In sustaining the demurrers to the Benedict Crowell indictment the court finds that the indlctment fails to mention the ‘“important fact that Secretary of War Baker, both for- mally and_informally, approved the st-plus form of contrac G Mso points out that by order of April 12, 1917, Mr. Baker issued an order declaring the existence of an emergency due to the war and sus- pended the operation of the law re- quiring competitive bidding before making contracts. There is no allega- tion In the indictment, the court says, that the Secretary of War was misied or overreached, and nothing to show that the accused had anything to do with the issuance of the emergency order mentioned. Conclusions Unsupported. “The court is of the opinion,” says Justice Hoehling, “that while the in- dictment abounds in the statement of conclusions, it falls to support the same by facts alleged as required in a criminal proceeding; and therefore (Continued on Page 2, Column b.) 30, Over the Top Dafly and Sunday Star yesterday was 100,238. As the 101,929, both The Evening and Sun- mark. The circulation in Washington and suburbs of no other daily nor Sunday paper approaches these figures. The great bulk of The Star’s circulation is delivered by regular carrier every evening and Sunday morning into the homes of the best people of Washington. That The Star is the great “market place” for Washingtonians is attested’ by the great volume of advertising appearing regularly in its columns. During the month of December The Star, daily and Sunday, printed a greater volume of advertising than all of the other daily and _ Sunday papers in Washington combined. o to defraud the | ny Star. \Mother Travels | 1,600 Miles Afoot ! To Help Sick Son Associated Press, | DETROIT, Micl, January 20.—! Mrs. Mary Hansen watches at the bedside of her Joseph here today, after walking more than 1,000 miles, from Sioux Falls, 8. D., to take care of him. Three weeks ago received word tnat ill “somewhere in started out on foot aid of motorists. arrived late ves- terday. Mrs. Hansen's eldest son illed in the world war. his is the second trip Mrs. Hansen has made on foot for her | gon Joseph »me time ago she | alked from M\ tana to Washing- | ton to appeal to late President | Harding in behalf of the young man when he was a prisoner at eavenworth, Kan., federal prison. he says sh a former res- nt of Ma Ohio, and knew ! the late Pr Byt son Mrs. Hansen her son was Detroit.” She and with the on, 1 i i 2. APPEAL EXPECTED Convicted by New York Jury on Forgery Charge. | By the Associated Pre: NEW YORK, January 30.— Dry leaders today intimated that William H. Anderson, state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of New York, convicted by a jury before Supreme Court Justice Tompkins last night of | third degree forgery, probably would appeal the verdict before February §, the date set for Ppronouncement ofi sentence. Anderson received unflinchingly | the verdict which was returned after the jury had deliberated an hour and forty minutes. With the consent of Assistant District Attorney Pecora, the prosecutor, bail of $5,000, in which the dry leader has been at liberty since the indictment was returned, was-continued. Dente= Loss to League. Former Gov. Chdrles S. Whitman, chief defense counsel, in his summa- tion declared that changes in the league’s books, made at Anderson’s direction, meant no 1oss to the league, while Mr. Pecora argued the changes were made for income tax evasion, and that the federal and state gov- ernments and tne league had been de- frauded. The charges on which the indict- ment was based involved transfer of $4.400 from the salary account of O. | Bertsall Phillips, a collector for the | !league, to Phillips’ expense account after it had been agreed that Phil- ‘1ips and Anderson were to “split” the former's annual commissions in ex- cess of $10,000 annually. The “dry” leader may be sentenced to a prison term of from two and jone-half to five years for conviction under the third degree forgery charge. Demonstration Is Barred, There was no demonstration, for the court, before the jury had filed {into the box with its verdict, solemn- ‘ly warned that any demonstration iwould meet instant punishment for ; contempt. The jury discharged, there was a departure from the usual procedure. Anderson was not required to answer the questions usually put to convict- ed men as to their age, occupation and various other items concerning :themselves. The brief scene ended with the excited crowd surging ; through the doors. It could not be learned whether or not Anderson would be tried on the four indictments still pending against him, charging grand larceny and extortion. These indictments were based on the “split” commission episode and on Anderson's collection from the league payments on the $24,700 which he claims to have ad- vanoed the organization for publicity purposes in 1913-14. TWO SOLDIERS IERS SLAIN. Mob Kills Men Near Jerusalem, Is Report. JERUSALEM, January 30 (Jewish Telegraphic Agency).—Two non-com- missioned officers from the Duke ot| Wellington’s regiment in Jaffa to pur- chase ‘goods were murdered by & mob near Ramleh. The men, Sergts. Walker and Dunn, were returning to Jerusalem in an army automobile when they were held up and slain after a quarrel, | [by either the czarist or Kere: JANUARY 30, 1924_THIRTY-SIX PAGES. 300,000,000 DEBT OF SIVETTOU.§. Restitution One of Conditions of Recognition by This Country. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Soviet Russia has confiscated more than $400,000,000 worth of American property. Until restitution for it is made to our citizens, recognition of the Moscow government is not considered debatable at Washington. There has been as yet, in the language of Presi- dert Coolidge’s message to Congress, no disposition to compensate our citl- zens' who are despoiled.” Russian affairs now under investiga- tion by Senator Borah's subcommittee have not included the American prop- erty confiscated by the soviet. The tatal amoutit "o 'fe—Tnited States™ clatms is between $700,000,000 and $800,000,000. This sum is made up partly of $241 903,072, which is the debt contracted with our government by the so-called Kerensky republic of Russia (principal and interest to Novémber 15, 1923), and ,000,000 of bonds floates on the American money market by the Keren- sky regime. These debts were officially repudiated by the soviet authorities in a formal decree, which disavowed lia- bility for all foreign loans contracted Y gov- ernment. U. S. Property Selzed. The repudiated indebtedness ag- gregates $316,903,072. The American property which has been confiscated aggregates a value approximating $433,000,000. This property, along with the property of other foreign nationals, has been scized by the soviet progressively during the past seven vears. In the case of the Americans who have been despoiled, it includes actual cash on deposit in Russian banks or in the Russlan branches of American banks: real estate; timber lands; warehouses, factories and office buildings; stocks of goods, and mobile supplies and chattels of all kinds. The right to confiscate property of foreigners was incorporated in the first constitution of the soviet republic and thus be- came a fundamental law of the land. The looting process, therefore, is con- stitutionally authorized. Restitution of confiscated property accordingly cannot take place until the constitu- | tion is revised or repealed. Bank Assets Taken. One of the heaviest American suf- ferers through soviet confiscation is the Natlonal City Bank of New York. It maintained important branches in Petrograd, Moscow and other cities. When the soviet usurped power the National City's assets of every de- scription were pounced upon, includ- ing _cash, securities and everything (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 100,238 * % TWO CENTS. Pay Theft Reveals BoyWas Stowaway; | Faces Deportation Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., January 30.— Oscar Kowalski, sixteen years old, Who came here as a stowaway, left Lehe, Germany, when it was im- possible for him to obtain work and support his mother. An uncle found Oscar a position in a lunch- room. All was well; Oscar pros- pered and was able to send his mother in Germany a little money cach week, until Saturday, when he reported his salary had been stolen. Patrolman Nelson obtained the story of his trip to Ameri Im- migration authorities, who were notified of the case, say Oscar will probably be deported. The change from fortune to despair has been too sudden for Oscar to grasp. His only answer to every question is a blind lunge of his body against the iron bars of his cell. MACDONALD SEEKS ACCORD WITH PARIS Poincare Sympathetic With Premier’s Step to Eradi- cate Ill-Feeling. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 30.—Prime Min- ister Macdonald recently sent a per- sonal letter to Premier Poincare, in which he expressed a desire for a settlement of the difficulties between Great Britain and France and for a complete Anglo-French understand- ing, and M. Poincare replied sympa- thetically, according to statements inted by the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Express. The letter informed M. Poincare with perfect candor that relations be- [tween the two countries, for several well understood reasons, had ceased to be as friendly that public opinion in Great Britain viewed the French policy with a cer- tain degree of suspicion, being som: what nervous about what might hap- pen in Europ [ | to the daily Telegraph, expressed a willingness “to meet Pofncare half way in an attempt to achieve a final. somplete and clear settlement.” He so voiced the hope that the French governmnent, in the same conciliatory epirit, would he to a outstanding qu. M. Poinca a asserts the newspaper, was awaited with some v lest the approach should not a been well received. Dut it seems that the answer was sympa- {thetic, giving rise to a hope for a |better atmosphere. ready estior us: American Held for Attempted Kid- naping of Grover C. Bergdoll to Return to U. S. Corlis H. Griffis Ireleased from prison by the Ger |government. The State Departme was so advised today. It is understood |government acted after it had informed of sentiment in the United |States. Griffis ito th artment's {embassy £ his land Bergdoll will be returned United States. at The State De- cable from the Berlin ely reported the fact adding that he would : ailable transi from Germany to this copntry. | GIRL OF 13 A SUICIDE. Drinks Poison Because ‘‘Forced to Work in Cotton Mills.” | Ference. by drin thirteen, g | on at her home here cotton mill, according to a note she left for her parents. The irl died in the Passaic General Hospital. In the note she blamed her parents for unpleasant home conditions and | for fqreing her to work. ool EX-REPRESENTATIVE DIES cumbs in California. LOS ANGELES, Calif, Janwary 30. —Frank Cunningham, former repre- sentative from Ohio, died at his home here after an iliness of several weeks, Sokolowski Quits Capital Teetotaler Congenial With High | And Prohibition Worker, Says U pshawi i Declares i’olish Diplomat Holds He Could Not Be U. S. Officials Beyond Their Social Drinking Custom. Dr. V. Sokolowski, transferred from the Polish legation to Warsaw, fol- lowing seizure of a quantity of liquor in the apartment house in which he lived, left Washington a total ab- stalner as the result of his ex- periences here, according to Repre- sentative Willlam D. Upshaw of Georgia, who went to Union station to tell him good-bye. “I go back to my country with a disgust for social drinking that I cannot put Into words,” is what Rep- presentative Upshaw declares Dr. Sokolowski told him, with emotion. “I go back to take my place by my beloved father's*side, not only as a total abstaingr from liquor, but as a lifetime worker for the cause. Says He Followed Custom. “I have seen so many high officials in Washington drink liquor that their government has outlawed, and secure liquor for each other,” Dr. Sokolow- ski_continued; “what could I do if I wished to be congenial and a good entertainer, if I did not fall into their custom? Representative he Upshaw says went to the depot to bid Godspeed to Dr. Sokolowski “on purely personal grounds.” ¥I had met him in a social way through a friend and had been deep- 1y impressed with his culture and his engaging personality as that of a high born, patriotic gentleman.” Defends Sokolowski. “Without condoning any legal or technical offense with which he may have been charged, 1 had become con- vinced that he was no gulltier than many others in similar positions—in- deed, that in keeping with the loose and ‘liberal’ ideals and practices of a large part of official and social Washington, he was not regarded as guilty at ail.” Mr. Upshaw sald he had learned that Dr. Sokolowski's father, who is sev- enty-four years old, has been a tem- perance worker for more than fifty years. Announced In Warsaw. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, January 30.—Announce- ment of the recall of Dr. Venceslas Sokolowski, first secretary of the Polish legation at Washington, was (madc last night by the foreign office, as formerly and| The prime minister then, according | ailj \GRIFFIS IS RELEASED | BY ORDER OF BERLIN| CLIFTON, N. J., January 30.—Anna | committed suicide | because she was forced to work in a | Frank Cunningham of Ohio Suc-| | the American who | Ball |attempted to kidnap Grover Cleve-|changes in Germany, has been | 1| proposal tgestion of the subcommittee to draft that the Berlin|froni Senator Jon been | once | anil |of the { | | i |: Congr wher {minist SENATORS PROPOSE MORE POWERS FOR 0. C. GOVERNENT House Committee to Fight for Inviolate District Day on the Floor. FAVORABLE REPORT FOR 14TH STREET EXTENSIO? Move Launched to Replace Chei Bridge With More Mcd- ern Structure. Two important movements for b terment of the District were launch ed today at separate meetings of the Senate and House District commitie 1. The S committee heard proposal that greater authority granted the Com ioners that th may handle street improvements and other strictly local matters, and Sen appointed chairman o committee consisting of Sen ators Capper of Kansas and King Utah to consider the proposal draft a bill granting such autho: to the Co toners. The committee decid upon a determined effort to preve the regular District days in the Hous being ‘set aside and used for othe iess. A resolution by Repres Florian Lampert of Wis: republican, 4 chairman before rules committ with the unanimous bac of the District committec support of his amendment to es which wou a rds vote nec cate an District House. , Tepub- resota, a member of the group. announced thaut 1 group already has indorsed the proposed amendment re- iring a two-thirds vote to set asid Commissioners' Views Sought. The & subcommittee will cail upon the ymmissioners and the counsel for their views. nt may result, it is said. a greater asure of local self government through the Commission- me Senator Jones of and Senator King e sed the opinion that many ma ters now brought before Congre could better be handled by the Dis- government. At the same time they sald such a course would T Tteve ToONgress Trom many small-de tails. rman that where matters of policy were concerned ss should be consulted, b the matters were purely ad- ive they should be handled issioners. n Ball Ball said by the Jones Suggested Move. The proposal to enlarge the pov. ers of the Commissioners were sub- mitted to the committee by Senat: particularly with reference in the streets. Senator urged that the scope of the be widened and the sugz- King a bill dealing with the matter came should character and fide residents “The Commi District and should be Distri Th n_be commensurate ies which they must per- nator Jones. rds of New Jersey ed the opinion th sione ould be permitted to deal with many local matters which now are presented to C s, he District commi 1 a favorable report on Sen bill to ext vi through the The bill also provides for the vac s and alleys will give the be inere with th, ttee today author- r Bal street (Continucd on Column 8.) WORLD ENCIRCLIG FIGHTDATE ET Will Start About March 15 From Los Angeles, Oil Chief Says. Los Angeles, Calif, has been se- .d by the Army air service as the starting point for the attempted around-the-world flight. Original - flight from Seat- tle, W hington, D. C. have been modified accordingly. Maj. Gen. Patrick, chief of the Army air service, announced the aitered pro- gram today, and said the attempt to encircle the globe would begin about March 15 from the California city. The probable route from Los Angeles to Seattle, he said, would be along a line east of the Mojave desert, over the San Joaquin valley to San Fran- cisco, to Sacramento, and from there to Ashland and Eugene, Ore., to Seattle. “This decision was arrived at, Gen. Patrick sald, “because the air- planes to be used in the flight are now at Clover Field, Santa Monica, about fifteen miles from Los Ange- les. By starting from this point about March 15 the aviators will have the opportunity to test their motors, planes and instruments -in | flying up the coast and they will be at the farthest possible point in Alas- ka to hop across the Pacific at the first open weather."” BREAKS FLIGHT RECORD. PARIS, January 30.—The indefatig- able helicopterist, the Marquis Pes- cara, succeeded yesterday in breaking his own record for sustained flight. He kept in the air 10 minutes 33 3-5 seconds, covering 1,000 yards. About two weeks ago he succeeded in stay- ing,aloft § minutes 13 seconds.