Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1924, Page 2

o — » OTE 10 EXTEND | G W. U. FUND DRIVE Workers to Continue Efforts for Endowment Until February 29. $388,720 SUBSCRIBED 500 Seeking $1,000,0C0 Total En- thused at Prospect of Raising Money Here. Amid scenes of enikusiasm cam- paign workers this ufternoon voted to continue the campaign for the million-dollar endowment fund for George Washington University until February 2 “We sinning the cam- paign today,” said President William Mather Lewis at the luncheon at the New Ebbitt Hotel, which had been planned to ol rt A grand total $383.720 wes reported for the campa with $98,748 ported by tes unanimous feeling of ti seemed to be that th dollars will be raise with the extended time which wiil be given them to approach the resi- dents of the District in behalf of the university. The teams captained by Soterios Nicholson, today retained the fean flag by reporting the largest sum, $11,165, of any one of the cam- paign teams. Decision was reached at the cam- paign luncheon today to hold two more luncheon meetings in connce tion with the c dollar endowment for Washington University luncheon was to have been cluding mecting. It is felt by those in two more mectings will naign worl to see hundreds ersons who might like {o subs Wwho otherwise might be missed such undertal n. re- The entire million in this city the George that m- at ednesday ut v and the re- maining divisions Friday noon at the Willard. Believes Success In Sigh “We are encouraged by the returns 8o far, ude W. Owen, chairman or the city of Washington, said this fternoon. ~ “We believe that suce merely a matter of hard work. If ¢ keep going, we will casily go over the top." Mr. Owen pointed out that pledges have been made so far by over 1.50 residents of the city outside of Wash- ington, but that there are without question 10,000 who are ready to help in the establishment of the greater George Washington Universi their community, If all of these are reached, Mr. Owen the result will be more than ory. In Buffalo recently 24.000 citizens subscribed toward the University of Buffalo, Outxide Alumni Help. Two or three thousand alumni out- gide the city of Washington are wait- ing to see what the Capital City will do toward the cstablishment of an adequate university plant, E. J. Hen- ning, national chairman, said toda: Many of these alumuni have already sent in _subseriptions, varying in amounts from $300 to $1,000. “Organ: zation work is under way in New York, New Jersey, eastern Pennsyl- vanis, New Kngland, Cleveland, De- troit, Chicago, Cincinnati, und San Francisco. Among the letters received by Mr. ven from other cities, telling of the o | Amer- | mpaign for a million- | jismiet committee tand of | "}‘-‘ | the I witness, while “will report | mission was present, accompanied by in | St. Louis value of the Urban University, is the Jllowing from Albert H. Zink of the Kiwanix Club of Buffalo, “An Urban ably affects the business life of that this opinion Buffaloans, because sity of Buffalo. In every city there are a great num- ber of voung people desirous of a col- lege education, but are unable to secure one because it means leaving home, and so many of them cannot afford to do this. With a university in one's own city a college education is made possible. Evening Classes Praised. Many urban universities also pro- ide educational facilities for stu- dents by establishing exening classes and some of them late afternoon classes. This reaches another group who, without this, would be denied an education which they so much desire. From a mercenary standpoint, I do think that there is no better ad- vertisement for a city than spreading the knowledse that a university is located in_that city. It means that the citizens of that city are wide-awake 10 the spirit of the times, and financ- ing @ university brings all the citizens of the community into a common and more worthy undertak- ing. This inevitably establishes a unity of the people which means much to the welfare of a communit; “There are many intangible bene fits, and I am at a loss to know how to express my thoughts as to these. These in time will influence the stand- ards of taste in all intellectual inter- eosts, and unquestionably develop our love for the arts, literature and mu- sic. “Y can assure you that the people of Ruffalo are very proud of the univer- ity located here, and can also assure yom that were it removed tomorrow the Joss would be keenly felt by every one” URGES NAVAL BASE -AT ALAMEDA, CALIF. Mage Island Commander Points to Inadequacy in Pacific Coast Situation. social, spiritual and ny city. and 1 know is_shared by all of our own Uni- N Declaring Mare Island had all the wark it could bandle in looking after ships of less than thirty feet draft, Rear Admiral McKean, commander of the Mare Island navy vard, today told the House naval committee that a base should be placed at Alameda or the project abandoned. In the event of war, Rear Admiral McKean said, the island would not be able to do more than one-fourth of the repair work needed, and that even with the Alameda base, every port onthe Pugific would be taxed to ea- paeity. Required for Defeuse. “ofense of the Pacific, he added, défended upon central base in San Francisco bay with Puget Sound and San Diego as flanking stations, and Péarl Harbor, Hawall, as an advnce poet, adding that Pearl Harbor Drop- erly_supported with coast bases % hold a hostile fleet from. the & P 1 % Admiral McKean said the Navy ocould not depend on Guam and Mznila, as these ports were fort ag s strongly as ssible 5-5-3 treaty, and. in the e 1he: possession overnight. This, he added, trengthens the need of developing Yearl Harbor as an advance base, University unquestion- { between | | [ i might come into the ememy's| cl RETEMTON URGED Whaley Tells House Members Need of Body Still Is Great Here. More than 100 persons were pres- ent when hearings started today by- fore a subeommittee of the House on the Lampert Rent Commission include all hotel within a the [ property bill “to permanent bus i Jusisdiction Richargd Rent make and ne chairman of was the first Rent Com- Whaley, Commission, the entive the secretary and counsel. “It would be a crime tinue the Rent € be a great injury tenants to withdraw of this act. 1 bellc don’t continue this law, the rent: in the trict on May 23, will be incre; said Whaley in reply to a question from Chairman Lampert. not to con- mmission. [t would the protection e that if you Need of Commission. e explained that his conviction is based on more than 200 cuses which he has heard personally and said that tenants quite generally have been told “if you are not satisfied, why don't you get out; we can get more some else.” He said law of supply and demand not caught up with the requests br smaller apartments. Mr. Whaley quoted from testimony in one case by one of the largest realtors in Washington. Harry Wardman, who. he said, had alwuys been absolutely fair with the commission. Mr. Ward- man, he sald, testified that he was now building apartments to rent from $15 to $25 a room, for which he found there will be a big demand. Questioned regarding the cost of sec- ond trust notes, Mr. Whaley read from Mr. War@man's ‘testimony saying that those notes were bought as high as 20 to 40 per cent. and that he himself had paid the latter figure. In this connec- { tion, Mr. Whaley emphasized for the in- formation of Mr. Blanton the difference interest on these notes at per cent and the 40 per cent cost which represented discount. Wardman Denies Statement. Later in the meeting, Harry Ward- man appeared in person and denied em- phatically after it had been read to been 1511 quoted in the record of a case at 22d street. “You are all wrong. That is not my testimony,” Mr. Ward- man declared. “Never in my career have I paid more than 10 per cent ex- cept on very long-time paper. 1 have never known of second trust notes bring- ing 40 per cent in the city of Washing- ton.” Mr. Wardman demanded that the record as quoted be stricken out. “No man in the world has supported the rent com sion as [ have. When the | rent commission was first orgunized I favored it in opposition to practically the entire real cstate board in the District. hawr outlived the law of supply and de to be allowed to function.’ Representative Bianton of Texas, asked if the rent commission had made any’ survey,to see how many vacancies there are now. Mr. Whaley replied that the landlords had not been able to prove vacancies as a cause for higher rents and that a shortage of funds to conduct its work prevented the rent commission from making a survey. Objection by Blanton. Representative Blanton called at- tention that the armistice was sign- ed flve years and three months ago. The Rent Commission grew out of a and ought would never have been passed under normal conditions, he argued. He thought “we ought to get back to normaley.” Chairman Whaley said he favored giving the Rent Commission in- definite life in order to take the club away from the landlords who now say to the temant, “you go to_the Rent Commission and when the Rent Commission goes out of existence, we'll fix you.” He sald he wanted to put on the its | to at least $0,000 him, that he had ever testified us he had | T am now satisfied that it! its usefulness and that | THE HRVENING ISUSPENDED DEPUTY MARSHALS BONDED Four Appear Voluntarily in Answer to Liquor Con- spiracy Charge. The second step in Washington's latest liquor sensation. involving five doputy 1'nited States mourshals took { place today i the office United States Commissioner George H. Mac- donald, when four of the five ap- peared voluntarily to answer charges Ly Treasury agents of conspiracy to vielate the Volstead sct. They were reteased on $1,000 bond each. The suspended deputles appearing early this afternoon were John B. Newman, Earnest J. Weaver, Charles H. Marshall and John J. Clarkson. The fifth man, Patrick H. Barteman, was expected to appear later in the day voluntarily. ol Flled Bowble Complain The charges agatnst th deral oflieers are compluint filed by bert Cox cifgence anit o ral revenue bureau. They are iden- teal in wording. The reaxon for fil- | i the two complaints was not made | clear Defore the commissioner this { morning. Following the appearance of the men und their makir® bond. it was announced by the cornmissioner that he would not at present set a date or the preliminary hearing. He would cousult. all parties concerned. he said, and announce ghe date later. Atterney Appears. Appearing for the suspemded officers iwas Attorney L. H. Vandoren, who is ssociated with William (E. Leahy of this city, who will handle' the case for the accused. The complaint, which reads same on both documents bled against the various marshals, clwrges violu- tion of section 37 of the cyiminal code of the United ates and of the na- tional prohibition act. Section 37 is the conspiracy clause of the criminal code. The language of the complaint alleged that these men “did unlaw fully conspire together and with each other to viola the Nat#onal Pro- hibition Act as amended, in that they did transport, furnish, deliver, barter, sell, and possess intoxicating liquor, all of the foregoing acts lwing done in furtherance of said comspiracy. Details Not Reveal:d. Details of the charges suspended officers were not today Representatives of intelligence unit which mad uld not reveal further details. The men are divided by the com- laint into two groups. The first in- ’lpludvfl suspended Depuiy Marshals Clarkson, Barteman and Weaver and othree other persous: Bugenc Gibson, ‘Ann Gibson and J. J. McCarthy. Who the two bsons and the Mec- Carthy mentioned in the complaint are was not explained todas. The other complaint names sus- pended Officers Barteman, Marshall and Newman and also James J. Hunter, against whom a prohibition case was recently made. The men appeared before Commis- Macdonald without the nedes- of arrest. It was understood Marshal Snyder got in toucly thé suspended men during the and notified them they appear before the commissioners at lock, The delay in the ap- pearance of Barteman under- suspended talned in a . 1. Gold- enis of the douhle ing and J speeiai in tainst the revealed that h e had been u et @ me: to him. The deputies ex comfidenc Barteman would show up later day. | e bl to other that n the { marshal's {and they would never have to pay. Mr. Whaley gave as an illustraiion the case of a former Municipal “ourt judge, who had been collecting 318 month on property occupied by colored man with eight children. {“°The other day this man came be- fore the commission and told them that four years ago the rent had been reduced to §14, but that he had been i collecting $18 ever since and wanted |the commission to issue an order which would allow him to keep the 184 a month. Mr. Whaley said that they had eollected this refund mwney for the |éolored tenant and declared that {that former judge ought to have been sent to Occoquan and that he had | committed larceny just as much as { though he had stolen a pocketbook. | Need of Field Agents. { Mr. Whaley urged that the Rent Commission, besides being given un- limited duration, ought to be supplicd with two fleld enginecrs to supply testimony for the four courts to off- set testimony of experts employed by landlords to boost values. When questioned by Representa- tive Blanton as to the awerage fair {return allowed on rented property, | Mr. Whaley said 6 to 9 per cent. Rep- {resentative Blanton then suggested {an amendment which would make the value claimed by owners the assess- ment value for purposes of taxation and that all received over 9 per cent | P Y war emcrgency and the legislation ghould be paid in as additional taxes. Mr Whaley explained that the Rent Commission figures that the taxes are | absorbed by the tenant and that the | Rent Commission, in allowing 6 to 9 per cent on high-grade property, is endeavoring to encourage th: lanc- lord to keep his property in sood shape and to furnish . satisfactory service to the tenant. . Mr. Whaley said that during 1923 the Rent Commission had disposed of 1,640 cases, of which 1042 are small houses and 548 apartments. He said that money coilected on refund cases, a portion of which has been the inter- | the | wera to| Stood to be due to the fact thag the | landlords the necessity of Proving; paid to the tenant and part to the an emergency exists rather than on|Treasury, has reimbursed the Treas- the unorganized and fearful tenants. |ury three times the salary of the us- He invited Representative Blanton to | gistant attorney who handled the sit in at some of the hearings and go with members of the commission to visit some of the places which he de- scribed as “‘uninhabitable. Representative Blanton called at- tention to the fact that the presi- dent of the Hotel Men's Association was present, saving that the hotels are charging $10 and $15 a day and the Rent Commission s not-stopping them. He favored including all under the Rent Commission act and com- mended the Rent Commission for having done splendid work within its restricted area. Representative Blanton was vigorously applauded when he said “we ought to give the property back to the people” and ‘predicted that rents would be re- duced 50 per cent within six months. Mr. Whaley said that the Rent Commission had heard 8.000 cases in four vears and cited that as a direct benefit. There are 80,000 tenants who have been protected by’ the Rent Com- mission. He sald in reply to a com- plaint by Mr. Blanton that the in- terest of folks living in Wardman Park and Meridian Mansions had {fied | been protected rather than the “small nder the | men.” that the commission had inter- vent of war| ested itself mostly in the medium ass apartment. Collection of Refunds. Mr. Whaley said the Rent. Commis- ivhich must be supported from the | o ought to be made permanent, be- oast. Denies Atlantie Nexieet He denied that the coast south of Charleston, S. C., had been neglected, cause Congress has the power to abolish it at any time it wishes. He explained that the services of an as- us was questioned recently by Rep- |sistant counsel had recently been de- resentative O'Connor, democrat, louisiana, saymg that at present naneuvers were being conducted in southern waters to develop plans for|landlord held im siefonse of U voted to collecting money in some 600 or 700 refund cases, which the e A g4 cases. Plan Night Sessions. Chairman Lampert assured Mr. Wardman that the committee would welcome any statement he cares to make and allow him “plenty of time.” Representative Blanton served no- tice that he would oppose on the floor of the House any effort to hold hear- ngs by the subcommittee when the House was in session. It was de- cided to hold night sesslons starting { with 7:30 o'clock tonight. { _ Representative La Guardia of New York told the subcommittee “there is nothing of greater importance before Congress_than this legislation.” He sald it-affected every big city in the country. He recalled that in the state capitol at Albany, where favorable action is now being taken on exten- sion of the rent laws, all arguments in opposition refer to the District of Columbia. “All the profiteering land- lords of the country hope that the rent commission in the District will be abolished.” He declared that the {law here is better than in New York state. % "We have reached the condition in this ocountry Where we must have permanent legislation on housing,” said Representative La Guardia. As a former city officlal of New York and having studled the housing ques- ticn' extensively. he said that rents will be increased 50 per cent within six_hours after the law ends. This {8 the first time In centurles that any change in laws governing real prop- erty, which were made by the land- lords, has ever been made-in the im- terest of the temant, Representative La Guardia said. “I ask you on bended knee for God's sake to continue this Taw and put more teoild iy iS” e sl . STAR, WASHINGTON, Speaking in the Sénate toduy on the resolution callfng for the resigna- tion of Secretary Denby, Senator Rob- inson of Arkansas, the minority leader, said, in part: “Secretary Denby has repcatedly afirmed that he Initlated the move- ment (o transfer the, naval oil re- serves from his own dontrol, where | Congress had invested it, to that of {the Seeretary of the Interior. He must have known—every one else knew— that the last fiftcen years had devel- oped sharp conflict between the policies of the two departments, and that Congress and the public gencr- ally were in sympathy with the plan established by former Secretarles of the Navy. He must have known—no one else was lacking in. the informa- tion—that Secretary Fall was utterly opposed to the conservation of nat- lural resources, and a mere. analysis of the terms and effects of the leases discloses that they will not provide an adequate supply of oll for use by the Navy in possible emergencies, More- over, the cnormous profits which both Sinciair and Doheny expected to re- ceive—g§100,000,000 each—eoupled with i the inadequacy in amount of the oil {10 e stored under them. impeach the transaction as either senselessly fm- provident or damnubly corrupt. The Secretary of the Navy s that he arted the whole program which li resulted in nation-wide scandal d - which ught humillatior sry one connecte 0 has to Denby's action regarding #ex is inexplicable and incom- ible. The Sepate hus unan mously and solemnly affirmed that he acted ‘without authority of law; that he violated the law; that the leases and contracts which he caused to be made were In defiance of the settled policy of the government and against the public interest. ‘cretary Denby has offered no ex- planation for this disregard of his officfal duty, this wholly defenseless breach of trust. Blindly, if not de- lberately, he caused the sale of the nation's resources intrusted to him to be conserved. Recklessly. if not pre meditatedly, he violated the law {Which defined his duty to his country Iwhich he had sworn 1o serve Plan Opposed. recklessness marked step in the whole ne- fartous eding. After some dis- cussion of comparatively unimportant amendments, in the' face of bitter and unylelding opposition from Ad- miral Griffin, head of the burcau of engineering, and from Haltigan and Shafroth, whose statements clearly denounced the transfer and proposal to lease ax i violation of law and of sound public policy. without even accompanying the ~executive order with @ létter to the President, As- sistant Secretary Roosevelt wus sent to the Chief cutive with the mere verbal statement that the order was satisfactory 1o both Sceretaries. The % Who opbosed Secretary his poife deprive his department of control over its own reserves were all d to foreign A queer coinc to say the i ! ¥ strange | nby in to 3 ws that the way the subject wa ndled was un- usual. B Senator understands that the pr for many vears h heen o transmit xuch subjects for the considerition of the President in formal and explanatory munic Assistant Sceretary Roosevelt ned the consummation of the ne in every way. When Admiral | Griflin_ suikested amendments to the jexceutive order. he reported after a jconference with Seerctary Fall thut {as soon as the adjusted their hastencd to the nator President with only an oral statement concerning t transaction and procured the signa- ture which consummited the nation's betrayal by the unworthy and un- { faithful_guardians of its honor and its wealth-—-Secrctaries Fall and Den- v Ncores Denby's Stand. . cretary Denby had inanifested Lregret for his error which has { brought shame to every one: if he had { subsequently shown respect for the 1laws which define his duties; if he !had manitested a willingness to re-| gard his public office as u trust and to correct in o far as possible the wrong which he has so unblushingly committed, senators might itheir attitude in supporting { Walsh resolution and at the same time in voting to reject this resolu- i tion, thus giving bim a chance to j re-establish the henorable reputation which he has previously borne. Let senators, however,.be reminded that notwithstanding the natural inclina- tion which all fair-minded men dis- play to exemplify leniency and merey {to erring friends no h: jey can be found in Secretary 's present attitud, “Notwithstanding the embaTTass- ment and humiliation which his course has occasioned every friend, h of resigning because e has done the right thing, obeved the law and con- served the public interest. So un- mindful is he of every propriety that jin the face of the resolution umani- 1 mously adopted by the Senate out- {lawing the whole transaction, Secre- tary Denby proclaims to the world he would repcat it tomorrow, regard- lless of circumstances—regardless of the shameful disclosures of bribery {and corruption which have touched the cabinet officer whom Secretary Denby swears he caused to assist in {bringing about the transfer and lease {of the naval oil reserves No Evidence of Crime. “No evidence couples Secretary Denby with briber either on the part of Doheny or Sinclair. and thi circumstance apparently prompts the Seoretary of the Navy to assume the role of a martyr and to challenge senators to invite his resignation be- cause he has not. been indicted or convicted of a orime. Not only was the Secretary of the Navy blind to his trust when he ini- tiated its transfer to one certain to disregard it: not only was he forget- ful of his official responsibility when {he transferred without autherity of 1aw fucl oll reserved for the Navy in case of war, but with the knowledge that without his own negligence and incompetence the alleged crimes of others who participated in the trans- action could not have occurred. he is still unable to appreciate that the most favorable thing that can be said {of him is that by negligence or in- difference to plain duty he has ter- minated all capacity for usefulness in the cabinet. If Secretary Denby had declined to advise the President to sign_ the executlve order, it never would have been issued. If he had respected the settled poliey of the government, if he had observed the | statutes governing his duty, the leases would never have been made. But in spite of the law and in spite of the settled policy of the govern- ment, he made himself a party to the secret transaction which could never { have been consummated had he and ! Secretary Fall dealt fairly with the public and published the intention to oxecute the leases. A storm of pro- test would have deterred them. Quotes Other Senntors. “The senator from Maine (Mr. Hale) in an address some days ago char- acterized this resolution calling for Secretary Denby's resignation as un- just and oppressive, because it con- templates no additional testimony or hearings. The senator from Massa- chusetts (Mr. Lodge) has character- ized it ws ‘dynch law.’ Yet on the same, or the day following his speech, newspaper reports declared the sena- tor from Massachusetts had urged the President to get rid of Denby. How get rid of him? By calling for his resignation, just as this resolution re- quests the President to do. Why does. the senator from Massachusetts char- |acterize a proposal publicly to ex- the opjnion: of the Senate that Sesretary ahould resign as Tyuch| s for such | defiantly declares he has no intention | D, C.,. Robinson Scores Denby’s Attitude - In. Urging Resolution’s Adoption iaw.’ while he Bimself at the same time privately urges the President to drive Secretary v qut of office? Is it not franker, is it not better to (proceed publicky than privately in isuch matters? “The Senator from Alaine, yielding no doubt to feelings of sympathy and friendship, charactertzes a resolution calling for an officer’s ru signation as oppressive and unjust, amd vet he has voted with all other senafors to char. acterize that officer’s conda ct a8 with- out authority of law, as iy violati of law, ns against the seghled policy § {of the’ government, e contrary | jto the public {nterest What wiil be | accomplished by passing the Walsh | substitute for the Caraway res dlution: [if we whitewash the officer wiw: llult{- Iy takes responsibility for (he 1 rons | ) denounced. und who affirms hix will- ingness and determination to m beat | the acts regardless of circumstam es— repeat the acts which we say are \wio- lative of law and well settled pulilic policy. Senators are not urged to ac- cept another’s Interpretation of dut.yv. The call is that every heart and con- science here should be loyal to the highest standards of public duty, nd these standards must be erected and adhered to by senators for themselves. The light of publicity gleams upon every one of us, and before the bar of public opinion our sincerity wilk be judged. and | Questions Cournt “How can you denounce an act as and subversive of public interest by | one vote and by anotlier sustain andj justify the officer who performed that | det? Half-way measures must be re-! jeeted in times like these. Every man, without impartiality, no matter | how high the oflice he holds, or how strong the ties of friendship that bind us to him, must be called to.ac- count, if he is responsible for the e- trayal of his country through this disgraceful transaction. inexplicable unless due efther to corruption or negligence and ineficiency. Having solemnly voted that the acts for which Secretary Denby admits he is w-rimarily:responsible are without au- thority of law, unlawful, and against the public interest and well settled public policy, it follows that only favoritism and sympathy can retain him in the cabinet, especially in view of his defiant declaration that he act- cd right and would repeat the per- formance upon opportunity without regard to circumstances. COOLIDGE CONFERS WITH PARTY CHIEFS AS SENATE NEARS DENBY OUSTER VOTE (Continued from First Page.) Lill." replied the Missour! senator. Another interruption from the re- publican side came from Senator > ris, Nebraska, who sald the pohcy of the government was designed to deal with an emergency. Nobody claims the |were not necessary.” said Senator NArris. “but the leases provide for taking all oil from the reserve: What I want to emphasize.” said Senator Spencer. “is that we instruct “d the Necretary to ‘store the ofl God stored it in the ground: die only action he could possibly conceive un- der this language was o store it {above the ground. Senator Robinson asked why the speaker “omitted the very significa nstruction in the law to ‘conserve. “I cmphasized that at first,” Sen- ator Spencer said, “but the power un- der controversy that ‘to develop. lease, store and exchange,’ and I am dwelling upon it ers Only One Criticinm. “If the purpose of the law is clea he only eriticism of Mr. Denby is hat he allowed thg tfansfer of such duties. I do not believe he had any right to make that transfer. or that | the cxecutive had any such right. But {the reason for it is obvious. The In- i terior Department had about ninetecn {inillion acres of public lands alread |in charge and it seemed logical that | it could better supervise these, | "“But that question is in doubt. T | would not Le surprised if court held | | there was such autherity."” i Courens Defends Navy Hea: i Senator Couzens, republiean, Michi- { gan. also oppossd the resolution on | the ground that reasonable doubt ex- isted at to whether Secretary Denby ’dm not have full authority for the leases. ™51 submit there is mo evidence to indicate a doubt by the Secretary | ! that he had such authority,” said Sen- ator Couzens, “If Secretary Daniels’ letter had a bearing, it is not so stat- ed in the law. | ““he Michigan senator said he con- sidered it “even improper for the {time of the Senate to be taken up| with this resolution. Reviews War Record. | <ing Senator Couzens reviewed Mr. Denby's record and urged that the |resolution be not voted on until See- i retary Denby has all the rights |guaranteed to all citizens. Tho action of the Semate if it |passed the resolution would be most remarkable and unwarranted,” he de- clared, “and the country will lose confidénce in any senutor who sup- ports it Urges Placing Responsibility. Delivering his first address of _th ssssion, Senator La Kollets of Wis- consin, leader of the republicAn in- surgents and author of the original oil inquiry resolution, declarod that not only Secretary Denby but Presi dent Coolidge and Attorney General Daugherty must bear tncir share of responsibility. | “Albert B. Fall must bear the re- sponsibility for his conduct,” Sena- tor La Follette said, “but he must {not be made the scapegoat, so that others may be allowed to svade ro- | | sponsibility for what they have done. | Mr. Denby must be held to strict: responsibility and accountability. He | knew' ex-Secretary Fall well. He knew the latter's record with regard to conservation. Fall's record in the Senate was ono of consistent oppo- sition to and contempt for all con- iservation legislation. Denby knew all this. It will be recalled that Denby in addition to turning over the Navy oil reserves to Fall, also turmed over to him the naval coal reserves in Alaska. “When he did this he knew and must have known that it was Fall's purpose and desire to immediately transfer these reserves to private in- terests for private exploitation. Says He was Aware of Poliey ‘So also the President must bear his full share of responsibility. He was aware of the policy of both Denby and Fall in dealing with the naval oil reserves and other public prop- erty long before the present investl gation called public attention to their | conduct. “When I introduced the oil resolu- tion the Vice President, now the President, was in the chair. When that resolution was called up for dis- cussion and the whole subject thor- oughly gone into on April 28, 1922, the Vice President, Mr. Coolidge, now the President, was in the chair and heard the discussion. At that time the revelations were foreshadowed which have since been publicly made. o that President Coolidge, long before he -became President, was given notice that the evidence was at hand to show political corruption in the leasing of the naval oil reserves. “And so also Attorney General Daugherty, of Morse pardon fame, ‘who has never raised a hand to pro- :e(‘l the public interest in these mat- ers, ‘With his hordes of assistants, with his inspectors and detectives and secret service agents, he has reveal- ed no fact to assist in bringing out the truth respecting 'the naval oil reserve leases and has done no act looking toward the punishment of those who apparently committed grave crimves ifi the consummation of ”' offset wells i | | “So it 1s fhit. T Tot emch, Dear kis swn {ciation unlawful, as violative of public policy } 5 | liot i sarding the | and David 3t i present at the hearing. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1924. GLASH AT HEARIN Statement of C. J. Columbus on Compensation Measure Challenged by Chairman. There Charle Mereh: was a sharp clash between 1. Columbus, enting the nts' and Manufacturers' Asso- and Representative Roy G Fitzgerald of Ohio, chairman of the special subcommittee conducting hear- ings on workmen's compensation for the District of Columbia at the hear- Ing today. ' Chairman Fitzgerald questioned the credibility of a state- ment made by Mr. Columbus. The latter had made a statement that the Washington merchants are in favor of a workmen's compensation Xaw for the District, but absolutely Qposed Lo the Fitzgerald bill, basing this on the fact that it is government omration and control, and that they ax4 opposed to any measure on that ground. Outlinex View of Bill. Mr Columbus said he believed the bill <A ould be written to express in detaila the damages to he paid tie Tia the emplo matter he men's qr s enforced in the Distt i use he did not know of any ca e where the employer had failed, ma ny of them assuming the liability av'd some of them paying the regular waekly wage in full and for medeal atty-ntion, depending upon in- suraace coampanies for reimburse- ment. \ Mr. Columus made the statement that many carried their own insur- ance and wer\' insured through mu- tuals. Reprasentative Fitzgerald asked for the names of these local concerns and ater mentioning two street railway -wompanies and the telephone companty, Mr. Columbus said he mmst rctuse to name the others on account of a_circumstance which hapyaned just before the hear- ng started and which he refused lo divulze. Representative tagerald said en vou mefuse to make public mex knowing that this com- is entitled to the informa- Mr. Fitzgerald told the committee that ‘he had received an_appHcation from only one apmpany which desired 10 conduct its own insurance and said that if there were a number, as Mr. Columbus had inzimated, he would be willing to modify the bill. He then offered Mr. Columbus an opportunity to withdruw his statements, saying that he might have been carr by enthusiasm. Columbus did withdraw them, however. Carl Hookstedt Tentiften. Carl Hookstedt, ap_expe: bureau of labor statistics, who has written a textbook on the subject of workmen's _compensation, spoke in favor of the Fitzgerald bill and com- ipared the rates with those in the Un- derhif] bill, which also ix beflore the comm#ztee for considaration. Representative Charles L. Under- hill of Massachuseits asked that El- H.” Goodwin, vi the Chamber of Commerce of the United States should be heard. Mr. Goodwin filed a letter for the cham- her, settiniy forth its policy opposing the Fitzgerald bill because it sets up Zovernmental monopoly. He said ihe desired to answer propaganda re- marding hamber States. He said this onganizatiom is not op- workmen's compensation in and the statement he filed the real intentions of the of Commerce of the United way represents the astitude of the cham- | ! methimg improper” and | ber at two annual mesctings. Discusses Propoxal Mr. Undarhill said. that. with refer- ence the propagandi the inference that the Chamber of Commerce has been doing denied this, explaining that the cen- tral orsumization has written to ail organizatioyn members setting forth ‘the stand and making statements re- Lill as the ceniral cham- ber understands it, asking the under- { I¥ing membership for opani Graham nd D Lew, representing the Washington Board of ‘Prade, The committee decided 20 resume heari FOUR UNDER ARREST IN BIG BOND THEFT By the Associxted Press. NEW YORK. Febru men and two bovs are being held for the theft of $106.000 worth of negoti-} the money shot able honds from the brokerage firm of Hersfeld & stern last Monday. Onc of the prisoners, Romeo For- lini. aged forty years, was said by | the police to have directed the bond | theft and to have negotiated the en- tire transaction. The others arrested were Max Kaplan. twenty-three: Max Bauman. nineteen. and a boy seventeen, who, Jack Lombardo, obtained a job as messenger for the band house two weeks bonds, Lombardo, who said his real name was Salvatore de W. Page, police Forlini had been instrumental in obtaining the bond messenger posi- tion for him. {Bondsman Thwice . ON WORKERS' LAW/ Loses When Hunt For Client Fails When a ' defendant called for trial in Criminal Court about a month ago failed to appear and when investigation at his place of business and home here revealed he had left the city, a professional bondsman, deploring the thought that a man he stood surety for had jumped his bond, started a search that took him through many cities and cost more than $100. Finally apprehended in Rich- mond, Va., the fugitive wus turmed over to the court, at which time it was found by the bondsman that a similarity of names had led him to search for u man for whom another bondsman was standing surety. S P.E.P.C0. DEFENDS POWER SITE ASSET Counsel Argues Right to Add $1,000,000 Property to Valuation Figures. The Great Falls power site ix essen- tial to meet the needs of the Potomac Electric Power Company in the future, and, therefore, the company should be permitted to have its value of $1,000.- M0 included in a valuation of the physical property of the company, ac- cording to the contention of Attorney James S. Barbour, who today begar thee closing argument for the company at the valution hearing before Justice Stafford in Equity Division 2. Conrad_H. Syme, counsel for the Public Utilities Commission nated because the property at Great Fallx has not been put to use by the company. Mr. Barbour is expected to canclude his remarks tomorrow morning when Justice Stafford will take the matter under advisement. Mr. Barbour contended that the rt from the | Diseriot e president of | i | of | by under the name of | 75 to 55. fold the police. who had directed him.y to make off with the bonds when he:tien that the only reason for a tax| was handed them for delivery to a.ion automobiles is to recover money number of brokerage offices. Two other men were arrested Fri- day in_connection with the case, when, the police said, they were found to be attempting to sell ghe stolen bonds. Bonds worth $30.800 were_obtzined from them. The ne- maining $76.000 worth of bonds hawe not been recovered. MRS. CANDLER GRDERED TO APPEAR IN COURT By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, February 11.—Mrs. Asa G. Candler, sr., wife of the millionaire Atlanta capitalist, must appear in police court tomorrow morning to answer charges growing out of the raid Saturday, in which she was ar. rested in an apartment in company with two prominent business men, Recorder George E. Johnson ruled today when the other principals offered to.waive her appearance. be no whitewashing, no vicarious atone- ments. . “But 1 go one step further. Not only must the individual, whether in .office or out of office, be made answerable for his acts, but the political party. The managers of which connive at the looting of the public and seek to excuse the mis- conduct of the members of its party in high official position must also be held to strict accountability. “I say it with shame and mortifi- cation, but it is unfortunately true, that the. political party of which I am a member, as represened by those in control of the machinery of the par- ty, has plaved as sorry a part in this investigation as it did in the Ballin- ger_investigation. “The actiori-of the leaders of the republican party in the Ballenger case as much as any other one thing discredited the Taft administration and drove the republican party from power. 3 “So in the present investigation it has been reserved for one of the op- posing party to take the lead in the investigation, and without his per- sistence and insistence upon getting after the facts, the imvestigation would have resulted in Wwhitewash- ing pudfic ‘officials guilty of the sravest g i Court of Appeals in remanding the case after reversing the decision in favar of the commission rendered by the late Justice Gould did not intend that the District Supreme Court should make the revaluation but that the case should be returned to the Pub- Ik Utilities Commission, which alone is ed away | ampowered under the law to make not | valuations. 1f the company should be dissatis- znd o fied with the new action of the com- mission Supreme Tourt for a review of the revaluation, he said. The Public Utilities Commission in- cluded only costs in announcing its valwation of the property in 1916 and eliminated items which proper should have been included in a va uation of the company's propert; Mr. Barbour asverted. The lawyer poinked out what he called a number of admissions by the expert for the commission that he had made dupl cate eliminations of items for which only one deduction should have been made. RECPROCITY FGHT CROWDS GALLERES With the House galleries crowded, the galsoine tax bill, which is sup- posid to effect reciprocity on automo- bile' license tags between Maryland and the National Capital, came up for consideration in the House today. The first hour was devoted to de- bate in favor of the bill by Acting WEre | Chairman Fred N. Zihlman of Mary- land, in charge of this legislation \gs 4gain lomorrow morning atjand in opposition by Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas, who de- clared it to be unconstitutional and an attempt to evade taxes in the District as compared with those paid in the various states in the Union. Representative Charles L. Under- nill of Massachusetts declared, “We have the most wonderful Capital city in the world,” and urged the passage of the gasoline tax bill, including an 11.—Two | amendment by himself which would impose a personal property’ addition to the tax in uld be put upon im- provement of the streets. Bianton Proposal Defeated. Representative Blanton insisted that the people of the country should not be forced to pay a tax when they visit their own National Capital. On motion of Representative Blan- ton to strike out the enacting clause, a division of the House and a vote tellers defoated his proposition. Representative Begg of Ohio de- clared that thene is no reason for ago and made off with the]axempting any part of the personal property tax on an automobile any more than on amy piece of property told the |and even less. The bill before the House proposes mn exemption up to $1,000, the same as on houséhold It also was Forlini. he furniture. Representative Begg called atten- for the maintenance of streets from the people who destroy them. The only reason for a. gasoline tax is to collect for damages done by the ma- chines, he gaidi He declared his belief that a gasoline tax {s the “only equitable tax in the world, becau the people who do the damage pay as they ride in proportion wear and tear on the roads.” had { minor ined this item should be elimi- |checked up by, the commission’s audi- i i i 1 | Capital Traction Company, by | sion of the committes, asked YKELLAR PROBES TRAGTION DUTLAY Utilities Commission Secre- tary Questioned Particu- larly.on Depreciation. Disbursements of the Capital Trac- tion Cempany, particularly with re- gard to gepreciation and expenditures for capisal charges, were inquired into today by Senator McKellar of Tennesse, autpor of the five-cent street car fare bill, at the hearing be fore the Sepate District committee, on his bill Secretary Allem of the Public Utili- ties Commission. was the witness be- fore the committee and was closely Qquestioned by Senator McKellar, who had before him the last annual re- port of the Capital Traction Company. Senator McKellar's questions related to the basis upon wrhich depreciation charges are allowpd for ways and structures, equipment, power and other items. At the conclusion of the question- ing of Mr. Allen by Senator McK lar. Viee President Hanna of the if during his seven with the Public CTtilitias Commission his attention had ever heen called by the Commisgon's uuditor or engineer to any desire on the part of the com pany to show charges for depreciation of Inaintenance expenditures in place of Gives Negative Answer. Mr. Allen replied that no such de- sire or attempt had ever been called to his attention, and that he had no reason to believe that any such at- tempt had ever been made by the company. He said there were a few matters which had been tor and engineer and changed. Mr. Allen was unable to give from s own knowledge information de. sired by Senator McKellar regarding these accounts, and it was determined, therefore, to call the auditor and the engineer of the Public Utilities Com- mission to furnish this detailed in- formation at a meeting of the come mittee Friday at 10:30 o'clock. During the hearing today Senator McKellar brought out from testimony given by Vice President Hanna that the Capital Traction Company on De- ! gasoline tax and that | paper compositors of | | | | | to thelto o prompt and satisfuctor: cember 31, 1914, had 278 active pase senger cars; that on December 31, 1919, it had ‘317 such passenger cars n December 31, 1923, 317 pas- senger cars. The number of cars has it could then appeal to the|not increased since 1919, PARTS OF PLAY ROUSE CRITICISM OF POLICE Producers of “Simon Called Peter" Called to Headquarters After First Performance. The police department this after- noon will request the management of the President Theater to eliminate certain incidents from the play, Simon Called Peger,” which opened at that playhouse last night This statement was made by Capr. E. W. Browne of the. first preci when he c¢merged from a conferen with Maj. Sullivan this morning. aid one of the officials of the theater had been requested to call at the ma- jor's office at 2:30 o'clock, when the police would make known their view on_the proguction. Capt. Browne and Lleut. Mina . Van Winkle, head of the woman's bu- reau, attended the opening perform- ance Jast night. Capt. Browne said the situations to which he took ex- ception occur in the fourth and sixth Before conferring with Maj. Sullivan the captain of the first precinct discussed the question with Assistant Corporation Counsel Wil- iams ASK HEAD OF UNION TO NEGOTIATE SCALE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 1l.—New: New York city, members of ©*Big Six™ yesterday called upon President Charles I. Howard of the International Typo- graphical Union to come here imme- diately and negotiate with the con- ference committee of the publishers in regard to a new wage scale. The decision was reached by a unanimous voto at a conference of 2.000 members attending a special mecting. Recommendation that. ne- gotiations be turned over to Inter- national President Howard was made by the local conference committee, of which Leon J. Rouse, president of the local typographioal union, is chair- man. A recommendation to send another committee to the New York pub- lishers for conference on the pro- posed wage scale was tabled by & unanimous yote. Fred A. Walker, publisher of the New York Telegram and Evening Mail, as chairman of the publishers’ conference committee, in a statement, declared: “The publishers would welcome the coming of President Howard, with the expectation that his coming will lead settle- ment of all pending questions. EVENING STAR COUPON “THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT” At Work The Boek That Shows Uncle Sam By Frederic J. 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