Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1924, Page 2

2 * LODLGEISFIRN FORNEW BULDINGS iWhite House, Says Action i to Come Soon. DOUBTS CONGRESS’ STAND | Representative Believes Plans Must | Be Included in General Con- struction Measure. Following a conference with Presi- dent Coolidge today, Representative John W. Langley of Kentucky, ¢hairman of the House committee on Dublic buildings and grounds said hé will call a meeting of his com- mittee within &gree definitely upon of public buildings bring before Congress this ses: Representative Langley that he did not give President Cool- fdge positive assurance that there would be separate bills for the sev- eral new department buildings pro- posed for crection in the mall in Washington. Whether not these buildings will nrovided for by fndividual legislation or in the gen- eral public buildings bill. which Chairman Langley personally favor: will be determined when the commit- tee next meets Representati what manner ion. or be > Langley was accom- panied to the White House by Rep- ! resentative Frank Clark of Florida, democrat, on Mr. Langley's commit- tee. He admitied after Seeing the President that after going over tha | public buildings question with him Lie found him to be xtill insistent that there be some provision made by this Congres for the erection of buildings in Washington to relieve the crowded conditions of the State Department, the Department of Justice, the Agricultural Depart- ment and the bureau of internal venue. The President was repra nted also as being strongly in fa- vor of an archives building. While Representative Langley ad- mits that there is a great need for these new government buildings, he doubts whether members of Congress generally would agree to separate legislation. for them. He of the opinion that the sentiment of Con- T is strongly in favor of a large general public building bill cire of the needs of the federa ernment throughout the entire United Btates and that these buildings pro- Posed for Washinzton should be ir cluded in it. Representative Langle #aid, however, that he would be guid- ed entirely in th f by gentiment of his committee when it Dext meets. During his co President, Represe a member of the ngton bridge commission, of whic Tresident is the head. infe that he has completed specting the land that will be neces sary to acquire as a part of the ap- proaches to the proposed bridge. The details of this survey will be sub mitted to the commission it next meets. Mr. Langley President informed him that he will call a meeting of the commiss probably nest week. when the plans for the des the bridge itself and for the ches will be ap- proved. ference with ative Lan: the ] appry win Al gh tomorrow Mo holiday and the foree will be on a val Conlidg xpects to for several hours. There will be no cabinet meeting tomorrow and the President will take this opportunity to dispose of con- siderable routine and will attention to a number of important appointments to be made. including that_of a s the Navy tay at Denk, will b re be Rico con Jor the first time bas been in office. the former, he d he latter X according to ssed in some de- il the conditions in that insular dossession. Gov. Towner said aft- srward that he was appy to b able to report to hix chief that the island is prosperous, that the citizens are contented and that there is every indication of a bright and successful future. He alse took up with the President some of the legislation. that has been propused for Povto Rico, emphasizing especial the im- portance of legislation extending to the island various welfare as the maternity law. heartily approved the provosal 1end the organic act of the island, hich would permit the citizens to elect the governor. to the next day or so to legislation to sindicated | the | n give his! olidge today | | | A Bit of the Past By Stax's Forner Carriers,’ ¢ JOHN M. RIGRDAN. Johu M. Riordan, Bank of Commerce {writes that as a boy he delivered Stars on a route between B street southeast and Maryland avenue northeast and 1st street and 4th street southeast. dan, who resides at 401 6th street southeast, near the scene of his outhful labors, says he has been a ;;‘_l;llslaul reader of The Star all his ife. | Charles W. Heider, connected with lthe firm of W. B. Hibbs & Co., says he was carrying a Star route mai @ day before the present Star build: ing was erected. This was while the “new” Post Officc Department | building was in leisurely process of jerection. “That was quite a few | years ago.,” adds Mr. Heider, but does | not say how many. Robert C. Lester, {northwest, served a route in Tenley- town in the early nineties. His pa- {pers often reached him rather late, owing to poor car service. One night. when they did not come until 9 p.m., the leading article, he recalls di tinetly, describes the burning of the rmer Star office, and was headed ‘The Star Still Shines. VANDERLIP-PLEASED BY BIG LIBEL SUIT (Continued from First Page.) cashier of the Mr. Rior- | There are other directions in which !court proceedings would be admirable. i “Congress today is spending its {time solemnly and partisanly debat- {ing an income tax measure. It is {like discussing the size of a faucet »u would put in a barrel leaking | between half the stave 1f we can have honest administration of the taxes that are collected. the rate of | income tax will take care of itgelf. 1f this country were invaded by and Savings, | northeast j 146 W_ street’ STAR'S ORATOREAL CONTEST PRAISED ‘School Principals Approve Plan—Students En- thusiastie. The Star's oratorical contest is a suc- cess. So much may be stated with | confidence, even at this carly date. Al-| i ready it has gone far toward achieving !its object of increasing: interest in and the study*of the Constitution among | | students in'‘the District high schools. | Moreover, now that the preliminries | of the contest are in full swing, those | {most intimately connected with educa- {tion in the District are loud In fts praise, as is evidenced by the charus of approval recelvgd by The Star from day to day from Washington sehoal orincipals. Some ‘of their comments | follow: 3 { “The training in public speaking, in { historical research, in composition and {the estimate of historical and literary | { values has been of great value to gur | senior pupils, who chiefly participate {in such contests. Your present sub-! | jects, dealing as they do with vital { historical topics, will prove both inter- esting and profitable. Seek Forum Here. “However, 1 find that I appreciate chiefly the effect of such contests in that they lead to a critical reading and judgment among the immense |\'olunw of new which the modern newspaper presents. We have been striving in Washington to arrive at some kind of forum wherein public views can be molded and expressed. Your effort to make the newspaper {helpful in this respect is to me one Jof the most worthy efforts of modern journalism."—Allan Davis, principal Business High School. “I am writing to express my great interest in the proposed contest. I believe that the successful carrying through of your plans will mean very much to the pupils in our schools. “The directing of attention and study to patriotic themes is an en- deavor whick should arouse the in- y_co-operation of the public In the Central High | School we are undertaking to give | | the fullest amount of encouragement ito pupils who are interested in this | contest. The proposed plans have .been carefully presented to us by the head of the history department and one of our history teachers has been made school manager for the eontest in our high school.”—S. E. Krame-, principal, Central High | Schooi. | l ¥ i | | | Many Will Take Part. teachers of astern High especially the English and t hers iook upon The Star oratorical contest as « real opportun- ity to advance the interests of public speaking in the school: Not -only the teachers, but the pupils are show- ing a d ded interest in the contest, |as” evidenced by two facts: First. ithe increasced spirit manifest in the discussions that have taken place in the classroom. Second. the large number of pupils who have an- {nounced their intention of taking “The | 5 | Part in the contest. {defense. It has been attacked by | Something ‘more dangerous than a military _invasion by a foreign foe. 1l‘nrrun n has attacked the govern- {ment at its heart. I believe [ am a | patriotic citizen, and T propose to {offer the same service in fighting th: ! danger that a young man should of- or in fighting & military invas 1 eally cnijsted in tl e of profound conviction. attitude hides no motives of sip...1-have been a lifelong | republican. T believe ”‘“‘1 the fa‘fu e ne Ny -presented to the country are not full e oy Te & arted on. £600,000 SUIT IS FILED. | Marion Star Owners Claim Dam- | ages Against Vanderlip. { By the A: ted Prese. ! NEW YORK, February 21.—Roy D. ore and Louis H. Brush, joint own- {ers of the Marion Star, are plaintiffs {in federal court against Frank A. | Vanderlip, retired banker, for $600.009, | alleging slander and libel &s the re- | sult of the banker’s purported utter s in an address at Ossining, N. ¥ jon February Three separate t eruses of action, each asking $260,000 | damases, are cited in their petition, !on file today. 3 PR pers ussert that Mr. Vande: p wickedly and maliciousiy charged . anc Brush and Moore with bribing former | He said he | Attack on Harding. ‘he Vanderlip speech, it was charged, Wag an attack upon the in- tegrity of the late President by im- plying that the sale of his newspaper { was involved in l'he naval reserve oil s investigation Ilelrewa‘: furlger charged the Vander- {}ip statements accused the plaintiffs of “being financially irresponsible and insolvent and not able to meet their | inancial obligations and not entitled to credit”” In consequence * { ket value of the preferred and com- o Stock (of the newspaper) has nd_the plain- t damage be- DROVISIONS BF TAX ON STOCK PROFITS CHANGED BY HOUSE (Continued from First Page.) Fears is subject only to a tax of 12 Der cent. Urging adoption of the amendmen Representative Rainey. demoerat, 11 nois, declared it won increase gov ernment revenue sufficiently to per- mit a reduction of the automobile exclse taxes. Representative Mills, | Tepublican, New York, opposed it. | mu. secgnd cause of aection was Earned Income Sectiom based upon the charge that Mr. Van- The amendment to the earned in- | derlip caused his speech to be printed ¢ome section, also proposed by Mr. In the New York Tebuit, o ire Garner. was adopted on a tellers' | jgmission of Mr. Vanderlip before the tote, 141 to 134 record votes not be- | Senate investigatimg committee that cause thereo! Secopd Camse of Action. he mare | ing possible under the rules. It pro- vides that earncd incomes, allowed a 25 per cent reduction in tax by the ill, shall include in _addition to wages, salaries and profeszional fees and other compensation received for ersonal services, ‘reasonable com- nsation or allowance for personal service where income is derived from gombined personal service and capital fn prosecution hy unincorporated persors of agriculture or other bus- iness. i The amendment is designed to in- &lude Incomes of merchants and far- mers for purposes of this reduction, Mr. Garner said. Representatives Mills, New York, and Begg, Ohio, re- ublicans, insisfed the provision in he bill _declaring all incomes of $5,000 earhed for purposes of this re. uction took care of the farmers, vhereas the amendment complicated administration of the provision “to an almost impossible degree.” The amendment then was amended on mo- tion of Representative Ttlson, repub- lican, Connecticut, to provide that only 20 per cent of such incomes as the amendment included shall be eligible for the reduction. The bill already restricted the amount of in- eomes on which the 25 per cent re- duction might be made to a maximum of_$20,000 * The section on evasion of surtaxes B incorporation, which was amended n committee from the original Mel- og bill draft to require the Secretary 1 the Treasury to impose penalties if. “unreasonable” profits are with- »eld from distribution, was read over ! without question and automatically approved. The section in the origtnal Mellon draft required that the Secre- tary find first that a corporation was evading the law before imposing the penalty. e e farmer of Frederick county, Va., who lost & pocketbook Contalning §117, found it several weeks later as a result of following directions given by his wife, who said she had dreamed about the pocketbook “and Zould see it 1ying near some at the edge of the he approved the cupy of the speech Which was presented to him in his office in New York February 13 by a representative of the Associated Press, and which speech later was transmitted to the Associated Press mbers. A statement issued by Mr. Brush and Mr. Moore read: - | *“our decision to file a damage suit agamst Mr. Vanderlip was reached |after very serious and mature delib- teration. By initiating these proceed- {ings, it 1s our desire not only to clear iour own records by legal process, but {to wipe out the defamation of the | name and memory of President Hard- ling. No Legal Distimeti: did not broadeast a rumor, but that the ‘merely broadcasted the fact that rather fine distinetion has had no ameliorating effect on the slander and we are advised by our counsel that there is no legal distinction, “Although Mr. Vanderlip had full opportunity to retract his statements when he appeared before the Senate committee, he tailed.to do 50, and has endeavored . to _excuse his ' utterance on the sround- that he was only broadcasting the fact that ugly ru- mors were bieing broadcast.’ “The only sure and satisfactory vindieation we can obtain is in the courts through the action we have { brougxi.” MORSE CASE DEFERRED. stice Siddons of the District Su- lvr:;e Court today deferred until {Bfarch 3 hearing on the habeas corpus | proceeding by which Edwin A. Morse, /Jon of Charles W. Morse, shipbuilder. [»wek- to prevent removal to New York eity to answer an indicement charging the use of the mails to de- fraud, Attorney Nash Rockwood of New York asked for the delay, but was opposed by A. T. Warner, special assistant to, Attorney General Daugti- erty. e Boaring had been ached- uled for todax. “Mr. Vanderlip has insisted that fe | a rumor was being broadcasted.’” This | ar in this school in the junior land senior years more than fifty stu- dents have definitely become con- testants. The Debating Society is {@iving special attention to this par- | ticular subject and is directing its iefforts along lines of public speak- ing and thus furthering the chances of our high school becoming the win- ner in this contest.”—Charles Hart, principal Eastern High School. “Both our teachers and pupils are very much interested in the proposed contest. We are taking note of i lin our school paper and there is gre: enthu. sm and speculation regard. ultimate winner in our dis- tri -F . Danie principal i MeKinley Manual Training School. “We trust that the contest will realize the hope of its promoters in | ing ot encouraging the study of the Consti. tution and that interest in public speaking will be created, which will |¥esult in the adoption of such a course jin the high schools.”—Dr. E. S. New- {ton, principal, ern High School. Students Enthusiastic. “The main purposc of the public schools is to train for cfficient citi- lzenship. A thorough knowledge of, ia wholesome respect for and a de- itermination to maintain and defend the provisions of the Constitutien of the United States are fundamental principles of American ecitizenship. I am _of the opinion that the ora- torical contest will be a large factor in the development of these prin- ciples; the contest has my unqualified 1indorsement.”"—Capt. Arthur (. New- principal, Armstrong Manual ning High School . 'he students ure entering into jthe work of preparation. for the con- test with overflowing enthusiasm {and high hopes. No less enthusiastic jare the teachers, and the in_charge is working ear! ‘Irrespective of the outcome, our young people are actuated by the de- sire to give a good account of Dun- bar_when the test comes."—Walter C. Smith, principal of Dunbar High School. | i | i e MONUMENT RITES GIVEN UP THIS YEAR There will be no formal ceremony | lat the Washington Monument tomor- iTow, as has been the custom for the ipast several years, according to an- nouncement today by Col. C. O. Sher- rill, in charge of public buildings and grounds. Organizations or individuals, how- ever, desiring to pay tribute to the memory of George Washington are authorized to place floral tributes at {the base of the great shaft at any time tomorrow. “There will be no formal ceremony on this occasion,” Col. Sherrill's brief announcement declared. As far as could be learned today, it is likely organizations which in the past met annually at 9 am. at the shft will send flowers to the Monument tomor- TOwW. > Last year the entire ceremony, for {the first time in history, was broad- cast from the shaft by radio, and per- sons all over the United States listen- ed to the address delivered by Fred- ! erick L. Harvey, noted authority on| the Washington Monument, and sec- } retary of the Washington National | Monument Socl: Mr. Harvey died several da: jthe celebration last year, following a | { cold caught from standing in the chill jwind that swept the Monument grounds the morning of the exercises. NOLAN RITES TODAY. Funeral services for John H. Nolan, wha died Sunday at Walter Reed Hos- { pital, were held at 10 o'clock this morning_at Immaculate Conception Church, 8th and N streets northwest. Interment was in Mount Olivet ceme- tery. The pallbearers, members of the ! Gridiron Club, of which he was a | member, were! Willlam E. Brigham, | Henry Hall, Henry L. West, Leroy T. { Vernon, Herndon Morsell and J. Harry ! Cunningham. EULOGY ON WASHINGTON. Eulogy of George Washngton mark- ed the weekly Juncheon of the Lions Club at the New Willard Hotel yes- ferday. Roger Whiteford, member of the club, deplored the lack of out- standing men in this age of the same ‘cl.m»r as the nation’s first Presi- ent. Musioc and entertaiomeat were vided, and the club Joined fn thaAOR: ing of old-time gonga, = ~ - {large that Charles W. Rippey, pria- |NETHERLANDS BODY 4Dr. ! tom with memorial picces, they will | Old and Young' of Both Sexes Rush | To Be Among 300 in Radio Course Night School Class Enrollment Breaks All Records, 20 Per Cent of First Students Are W omen. Instruction to Be Broad. ‘With the enrollment larger than any individual class in the school system, the new class In the construction and operation of radio receiving sets was organized last night at McKinley High Night School. More than 300 Persons—men, women, boys and girls —all anxious to learn more about the fascinating science of radio, regis- tered for the course, which is destined to be the most popular in the night schoal curriculum. 2 Appraximately 20 per cent of those who enrolled are women. The m: jority are men, many of whem con- Tessed that they have just become radio enthusiasts. The class was so cipal of the McKinley Night &chool, was farced to organize it in the as- sembly hall. e new class, so far as school ofiicials have been able to ascertain. 1s the only one of its kind formed in the public night schools of zhe coun- try. L. M. Heron, an authority on radio. has been appointed as chief Instructor of the class. He will be CALLS ON COOLIDGE Tercentenary Commission Delega- tion Presents President With First Memerial Coin. President Coolidge today recéived a committee representing the Hugue- not-Walloon-New Netherlands Ter- centenary Commission, which pre- sented him with the first of the new 50-cent pieces issued in commemora-~ tion of the 300th anniversary of the coming of the French, Walloons and Belgians to the middle Atlantic states. It also commemorates the 300th anniversary of the founding of New rk state. Those in the delegation were Dr. Charles S. McFarland, chairman of the executive committée of the com- mission; Dr. John Baer Stroudt, direc- tor of the commission; Dr. E. 6. Wat- . Washington secretary of the Federal Council of Churches; Arthur | . Hungerford, Baron de Cartier de archienne, the Belgian ambaasador: Ambassador Jusserand of France and e CGraeff, minister from the Netherlands. Only 100,000 of these coins hav been authorized, and, as is the c be sold at $1 each, the profits to be devoted to the expenses of the cele- bration. It was cxplained that the coln was presented to Mr. Coolidge not only because he is the President of the United States, but because he is one of the four honorary pres dents of the commission and has shown a deep interest in the project. The other honorary presidents are the Queen of the Netheriands, the King of the Beigians and the President of the French republic. This coin, conceded to be one of the most interesting and beautiful of the memorial issues. shows on one side the profiles of Admiral Co- ligny and W] New Netherland. which brought the Walloons to New York. was approved by Charles Moore, n of the fine arts commission. Celebmtion Gemeral. The celebration of this anniversary | will be an extended affair, reaching | from Florida to New York. Special exercises and days will be observed in different sections. It will be fol- lowed by a Protestant pilgrimage to Europe, where descendants of the early settlers will visit the homes and points of interest of their an- cestors. This part of the celebration plan bas the enthusiastic approval of President Coolidge, who is quoted as saying: “It has been particularly interest- ing to know that as part of the pro- gram of observance it is proposed to conduct a Huguenot pilgrimage to Europe by the descendants of the early members of the Huguenot-Wal Joon colony. Every such effort at reviving and maintaining the interest of our people in the story of our na- tional beginnings is calculated to the promotion of the truest patriot- ism.” A number of names have been sub. mitted to the President for consider: tion in selecting a successor to Vic- tor Murdock as a member of the Federal Trade Commission. These candidates for this important and ell-paying federal positions began pearing immediately after it was announced yvesterday that the Presi- dent was withdrawing the nomination of George B. Christian. Senator Magnus Johnson of Minn., has a candidate for this place in the person of William A. Schaper, -form- erly professor of political science at the University of Minnesota. The senator brought Mr. Schaper to the White House today and introduced him to the Presidegt, but upon lea: ing the White House he did not in- dicate that he had received any en- couragement. Senator MeCormick has indorsed Arnold Joerns of Chicago, who heads an advertising agency, and who was publicity director for Gen. Wood dur- ing his precomventional campaign four years ago and afterward was in_the pubilicity department of the republican national committee. == EXHIBIT OF EDUCATION. A general exhibit of character edu- cation will be held in Chicago during the convention of the department of superintendence of the National Edu- cation Association, which opens Sat. urday and will continue until Febru- amlsted by H. P. Noble, a radio en- gineer. Instruetion Broad. Mr. Heron explained to the new class that the instryction in the con- struction of _radio receiving wets would range from the simplest crys- tal recelver to he comnlicated hetro- | dyne and super-hytrodyne. One of, the prinoipal atms in the operation | instruction, he pointed out, would be | to teach the proper method of tuning | in regenerative sets in order to elim- {nate howling. Instruction also will | be given in the theoretical principles of_radi The class will meet Monday, Wed- nesday and Friday evenings. Labo- ratory work will be conducted from :30 to 8:30 o'clock. The theory in- struction will be given from 8:30 to 9:30, Fifteen nurses from Gallinger Hos- pital have completed a course in die- tetics at the McKinley Tigh Night chool, It was announced today by Charles W. Rippey, principal. All but three of them won credits. The nurses began their course October 1 The ciass was instructed by Miss Gertrude Brown ESCAPING PRISONERS | HOLD UP POLICEMAN | Saw Bars of Cell and Overpower City Jail Guard in Rich- mond. | i Dy the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., February 21.—Os- car Brooks and Benny Valentine, ne- groes, described by the police as “desperate characters,” under sen- tence to long terms in the state pen- itentiary here, sawed their way from cells in the city jail early today, overpowered the guard, then held up the patrolman on the beat outside and made good their escape. The fu- gitives are armed with pistols taken trom the guard, Frank Silva, and Pa- trolman P. R. Akers. Brooks was under sentence to twenty-six years' imprisonment and Valentine, his confederate in a series of highway robberies here last fall, had been sentenced to nine years and had two more indictments pend- ing against him. ‘They were being held at the city jail awalting trans- fer to the penitentiary. Police officials are of the opinion | t the bars of the cell were sawed days aml that the two negroes awaited the opportune mo- ment for their dash. About 4 o'clock this morning, it is thought, they got out of the cell and atiacked Silva while he was making his rounds. With the guard’s pistol in their pos- session they slipped quietly from the jail. while one of them held up Policeman Akers, the other struck him on the head with an _old &hoe. They then took his pistol. fired three shots at his feet and disappeared in | the darkness. Another prisoner in the same cell tiam the Silent and on | tried o follow Mrooks and Valentine, {deThill to be goo | the other cide a picture of the ship|but became wedged between the bars, | tined to As &oon as the alarm was sounded bout the city and thej authorities of other places in Vlf-' ginia and nearby’ states were noti- fied. A reward of $100 each was| offered for the capture or information leading to the capture of the fugitives. FAIL TO IDENTIFY DRIVER OF CAR THAT KILLED MAN Police Seeking Motorist Who Struck John Richardson—Four Others Hurt. Identity of the driver of the auto- mobile that fatally injured John Richardson, forty-two years old, 1220 Kirby street northwest, at New Jer- sey avenue and N street northwest last Sunday night has not been estab- lished ‘'by the police. Coroner Nevitt held an’ inquest at the morgue over Richardson’s body vesterday after- noon. The jury merely reported a verdict that® Richardson was killed by an automobile driven by an un- Identified person. While crossing at the intersection of 11th and U streets northwest yes- terday afternoon Jennie Cross, col- ored, forty-six years old, 2226 Sth street northwest, was knocked down by an automobile and injured about . THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1924, CLASH AT HEARING ON WORKERS' BILLS Underhill and Fitzgerald Sponsor Rival Measures Before Committee. Moro than 100 members of the Washington Insurance Club who crowded the House District commit- tee room today on invitation of Rep- resentativa Charles L. Underhill of Massachusetts at the hearing on com- pulsory workmen's compensation leg- islation were treated to a lively ses- sion during which they repeatedly cheered Representative Underhill in bis sallies against Representative Roy G. Fitzgerald of Ohio. Representative Underhill bas been sitting back quletly and asking but few questions, while Representative Fitzgerald, in charge of the hearings, has been putting into the record statements favorable to the Fitzger- ald bill ard antagonistic to the Un- derhill bill, Both of these measures favor com- pulsory workmen's compensation in the District of Columbia, the split between them being that the Fitzger- ald bill would establish a govern- ment monopoly and administration through a governmental agency, while the Underhill bill declares for open competition, with the business of insurance preferably in private concerns. Representative Underhill declared that it is easier for employers to in- sure their workmen under a law which allows the business to be car- ried by private concerns. If there are evils in the private insurance companies and If they attempt fraud this could promptly be eradicated through steps taken by Congress, Representative Underhill argued. Reads Newspaper Articl Then he started the fireworks by reading an article in & Dayton news- paper. which, he declared, was .in- spired by Representative Fitzgerald, regarding a fire in a Russian cafe in New York, at which Representative Underhill was the guest of F. Rob- ertson Jones, who represents private insurance companies in their fight against the Fitzgerald legislation. “I do not know whether it is the atmosphere of Washington or the in- decency of Mr. Fitzgerald which caused that article or caused him to stoop to this kind of tactlcs” said Representative Underhill, He cxplained that he was in New York with his son-in-law and daugh- ter, whom he had met for the first time since their marriage, and that Mr. Jones was returning courtesies which Representative Underhill had extended to liim when they were stop- ping at the same hotel in Washing- ton. his is an illustration of the per- fidy of action of Mr. Fitzgerald, who gave me documents and meeds to help in my campalgn for re-election, and now he turns to the dirty, contempt- ible action of the muck-raker and at- tempts to assassinate my character. Representative Ralph Gilbert, dem- ocrat, of Kentucky, another member of the investigating committee, who formerly was a judge. acted peace. maker by threatening that he would not attend any more meetings in the members were to indulge in a contest of personalitie; He declared both Representatives Fitzgerald and Un- fellows and des- be leaders if they did not allow their feelings to run away with This coin | by Policeman Akers, a dragnet wu""cm' Interest of Employers. _Representative Underhill empha sized as illustrating the fact that employers will take care of their men cven though they are not com- pelled by law to do so, that today therc is not the arbitrary heartless feeling that used to be. Employers are more interested in the welfare of their employes. Representative Un- derhill told stories from his own ex- perience as a poor boy striving to make his way in the world. “The old idea that vou can let human machinery go to waste or re- place it has gone,” he said. He com- mended the very effective work that the United States government is car- rying on for its employes in the Dis- trict of Columbia, but all federal bu- reaus are surrounded by red tape, he said, and there is even now a con- troversy over help compensation as to whether the government has auth- ority to pay He said that this would hamper the operation of such a law as Representative Fitzgerald proposes. Representative Gilbert then ques- tioned Mr. Underhill. “Your whols opposition is that you consider the Fitzgerald bill would set an unwise precedent Representative Underhill replied that he never would have objected to the Fitzgerald bill if Mr. Fitzgerald had adopted the policy that operates in many states of giving private con= cerns a legitimate opportunity for free and fair competition. Favors Principle Involved. the head. arm and knee. She was| Mr. Underhill said that any de- given first aid by Dr. M. T. Walker.[partment of the government could George Bouis of Baltimore and|be operated cheaper by private con- Frederick Violet, Ballston, Va, were | cern, not excepting even the Post drivers of automobiles that collided | Ofice Department, and incidentally at Pennsylvania avenue and 13th | he critized government cle; for in- strect northwest last night. Mrs | eficiency and time wasting. Elmer Violet and Charles Violet, res- . “Robertson .Jones was to have idents of Ballston, were thrown from | been heard in opposition to the the latter car and injured. They re-| Fitzgerald bill. but H. P. Janisch, fused hospital treatment. Police | representing the Mutual Insuranc charged the Baltimorean with col-|Company, wished to address the com- liding. mittee so that e could kecp im- st portant cngagements clsew i 3 B e e A Har | Tl That the Kitagerat bill “legal: Juries last night as a result of ajizes diserimination against worltd Collision between two automobiles on | war veterans, which i» a contempt: Pennsylvania avenue between 13th|ible thing’ —Hi Ared fnat the : streets northwest. She re- | Mutual s B OBBomtl snaave Fitzgerald bill for this reason. fused hospltal treatment. ' Both cars|™'the hearings will be resumed Mon- were damaged. police reported, and | o TRO Bearines Wi BE TORLn the accident will be investigated in court, o mgma Among the recipients of Legion of Honor awards just made by the President to Speak ! By Radio Tomorrow From White House President Coolidge .. tomorrow night will deliver the second radio address he has made from the White House since he became Chief Executive. It will be in commemoration of the anniver- sary of the birth of Washington and will be broadcast through stations WEAF of New York and WCAP of Washington. While given in acceptance of an invitation from the International Rotary Club, the address will be general in nature and addressed to the American people. CONFESSED SLAYER ONCE D. C. STUDENT (Continued from First Page.) | siding in another city. McDowell was promptly denied the opportunity to withdraw from George Washington University and was dishonorably dis- missed. Many younger residents of Wash- ington remembered the young student and told how he had deceived them into believing he had been graduated from the university with honors and was writing _stories for magazines. Fle made his home with an aunt, Mrs. Grace Putnam Meredith, on Maryland uvenue. Mrs. Meredith now lives in Virginia. McDowell gave no outward demon- istration of an abnormal nature—the inature said to have prompted him to forge his way into college, deceive his, friends, burn his sisters to death and finally bring his carcer 1o a staggering climax_ by shooting to |dcath his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. McDowell. Among his acquaint- ances he was accepted as a handsome young man with a remarkable intel- lect. TELLS OF FOUR MURDERS. By the Associated Press, ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., February 21.—Frank McDowell, nineteen-year- old youth, former George Washing- ton University student, held in jail here for the murders of his mother and father Tuesduy night, also has confessed he burned to death his two sisters. His_sisters, Williamateen, sixteen. and Marion, eighteen, were burned, McDowell said in a signed confession, to atome for a “blasphemy against the Hcly Ghost” committed when he was twelve years old, and the mur- ders of his mother and father were as a sacrificial penance for killing the girls. The deaths of the girls )had remained a mystery until Me- Dowell's confession. The girls were burned to death in their bedroom at Decatur, Ga.. where the family then lived. Authorities there say that from the first Frank was suspected, but that the invest gation was dropped at the behest of Mrs. McDowell. “The officers enzaged in the inve tigation concluded that the ‘family knew a great deal more about the tragedy than they cared to divulge,” said Robert C. Ramspeck, solicitor of the Decatur city court. Mr. and Mrs. McDowell were killed by builets through their right tem- ples as they lay asleep. Frank then bruised his head and summoned as- sistance, saying that a stranger had Xilled his miother and father and had Knocked him unconscious. That action was explained by his statement that, his mind again ra- tional, he realized his crime would incur 'consequences. Jury Charges Murder. A jury last night returned a ver- dict that Mr. and Mr=. McDowell had come to their death from bullet wounds inflicted by their son. The jury recommended that the youth be held without bail on a charge of mur- der. Placed between the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. McDowell authorities found a note typewritten on paper cut out in the form of a heart, containing the Lord's Prayver and ‘excerpts of Bible phrases, which young McDowell told officers were intended to refer to his sins. It was the end of the first year of sin with me and the end of mine sin before the spirit; and now in the mouth of the father of the house of satan do I offer up this prayer of mine heavenly Father writ on the likeness of mine heart,” the note read “It is the end of the second year of sin in me and the end of mine sin before Thee ,and, likewise, in the watery sepulchers of the son of the house of anti-Christ shall I mingle | this prayer,” was another phrase. Tells of Startiag Fire. Describing the origin of the fire in [Decatur, Ga. McDowell said that he crept into the room in which his sis- ters were sleeping, saturated the bed clothing with gasoline and_set fire ito the material, fleeing from the ihouse after first locking the door to the bedroom and the entrance door to the house behind him. The bodies of the two girls were found near the door to their room. S DeKalb county, Georgia, authorities revealed when the t. Petersburg tragedy was made known there that burns on the feet of the elder McDow- ell. who they said, had insisted he had not entered the room in which the daughters died, had never been e plained, and that he gave evasive an- Swers when questioned. The blaze, of- ficers said, had been confined to the rls’ room. 3 B aune McDowell, according {0 Solici- tor Ramspeck at Decatur, had been re- garded as an infidel, and_was a _close udent of the works of Robert C. In- gersoli. VETERAN HONORED DURING WAR DEAD i Heffernan, forty-five years master sergeant of the United States Army, who was in charge of the fifty overseas veter- ans that Gen. Pershing picked out to Irflurn from France to boost the third liberty loan drive. died at his lreuldcnce. 1013 4th street southeast, last night. i - Funeral services will be conducted {at the residence Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Burial will be in Ar- lington cemetery, at which place the procession will be met by a mil- | | ! y John J. old, retired joperate French government to woman farm- ers for “attachment to the land an the upbringing of large families” is one farm woman who has had twenty-three thildren. Three died on the battlefield and nine others are working with their mother on the farm. ary 29. The exhibit will be under the direction of Milton Fairchild, chair- man of the Character Education In- stitution of Washington. It contains contributions from the leading think- ars of America and gives the results of most recent researches into the problems of character education. RADIO FANS! What Is Your DX Record? ‘When you pick up KFKX tonight will you know whether you have broken the long-distance record you made the night you got PWX? A complete, up-to-date Directory of Broadcast- ing Stations to be published next Sunday in THE SUNDAY STAR —will enable you to check up on yourself and your friends, and will settle once for all questions which have caused many a dispute. The Directory will give the location of every Broadcasting Station in the United States, Canada and Cuba; the call letters and wave length of each station, and the air line DISTANCE IN MILES from Washington. No such Directory of Broadcasting Stations ever before was compiled. Every radio fan will want to cut it out and keep it, with the Supplementary Directories which will be published in The Star from time to time, as new broadcasting stations are established. I itary escort and will accord Sergt. Heffernan military rites. Sergt. Heffernan was born in Salem, | Mass, October 31, 1878. He enlisted in the 1st Wield Artillery during the Spanish-American war and was e o FUR '“FE MURDER with Maj. Gen. Funston when he cap- tured Aguinaldo in the Philippines. | Sores. Hemernan after serving in the : i 1st Fleld Artillery for several years Alleged to Have Tried to Take]m transferred - to the 2d Field Artillery ‘and later to the 3d_Tield i Artillery. During the world war he Own Life After A e ™ the < {12th Field Artillery and was cn- | gaged in carrying ammunition to the Shooting. i Front durimg several of the bi | drives. He is survived by his wife, | Mrs. Florence O. Heffernan. Murder in the first degrec 8| charged in an indictment reported|,qper teller at the International Ex- today by the grand jury against Dr.|cpange Bank. He Is twenty-six years Clinton David Miller, sixty-five years! 613 ana Is said to have appropriated old. a chiropractor, residing at 1381 10" nis own use funds of the bank B street northeast, in connection with totaling $2,035 in July and December the death of his wife, Emma. Miller. | :2"Jast vear. sixty-five, at their home August The grand jurors exonerated John last. !¢, Owens, colored, who was held by Roomers in tho house declared they| ;"coroner's jury as responsible for the heard quarreling between the couDl€. [ death of Iidward White, also colored. followed by sevgral shots = Police|mpe. tragedy occurred November found the body of the wife in thelj ¢ at 2315 Stevens street northwest. hallway and later discovered the doc- | & "charge of robbery against Mary tor lying on an operating table in{3yijiis and one of housebreaking his office with DBlood flowing from a! e, Sy aw ‘Green were also ig- wound Supposed to have been self- ! netl8® AN N Sury. inflicted. Miller has recovered. Others indicted and the charges Idward Johnson, twenty-four, col-{against them are: William A. Wilson, ored, was indicted for manslaughter. aSGult with dangerous Weapo 1t is alleged that he threw a brick ! Beatrice Johnson, grand larceny: Wi into & crowd of boys on Clark street,jjam Adams, assauit with dangerous southwest November 26 st and | weapon: Cornelius Johnson, house- struck Norman Canada, twelve vears!breaking and larceny: Walter Oliver, old, on the head. The wound is sald | grand larceny: Rodney D. Harrison to have been fatal. olating postal la l';rneltl Je: Manslaughter also is _ alleged i kins, assault with dangerous weapon: against Edward Taylor, colored; in | Henry C. Washington, housebreaking conmection with the death of Albert|and larceny: Willlam D. Hoban, non- Brown, also colored, November 28 of wite: Walter Oliver. ‘srand last. Taylor is sald to have opecrated Lee Nolan and James Ed an sutomobile which ran over Brown | wards, ‘Tobbery William B McPher- on New Hampshire avenue near I|son, grand larceny; Adeline n, Adelaide Jackson, Benjamin Hawkins | and Mabel Anderson, violating Har- 3 Embeszlement Charged. rison anti-narcotic act, and Linwood Embezsiemsnt s charged in an in- | Gaffney and Augustus Jackson, rob- dictment agalnst James A Daorrites, § bery. E sl {in { which will be shot to Kill FIND3WHOSAW - BREENE SHOOTING Detective Bureau Investiga- tors Fail to Confirm Dry Agent’s Story. Three witnesses to the shooting af- fray between alleged bootleggers and dry raiders in the alley near Pennsyl- vania avenue and John Marshall place. when Senator Greene of Vermont was Struck by a stray bullet, have been located by investigators from the de- teotive bureau, and none of them con- firms the contention of Prohibition Agent Otis Fisher that he and po- licemen accompanying him were fired on before he used his weapon, it was learned today. Meanwhile Scnator Greene's condi- tion at Emergency Hospital was said this morning to be more favorable than at any time since the l&St op- eration Monday night. This statc- ment was made by Dr. Linville, the Senator's family sician, today as he left the hospital, Inquiry in Progress. Headquarters investigation has heen going on in earncst. Detectives cene. d_Waldron, ‘Fowler and L. Vermillion and_ Thompson h been combing every possible field for data on clreumstances. sur. rounding the shooting, 1t was learned today that they had discover- €d three or possibly four witnesses tn the shooting in their canvass of houses in the all None of these witnesses has told a story about the shooting. which includes the angle that the alleged bootleggers fired upon their pursuers, but each maintain: Fisher was the only Inspector Grant has given order: that the probe is to be thorough- €0ing and that any possible tangibls clue is to be followed to the cmi The detectives have a complews i of houses in the alley and of pamoe in the neighborhood where witness might possibly have secn the maoot ing, and the canvassing is stil! goins on. Data Given U. S. Attorney. As rapidly as data accumulate they are turned over to Maj. Pevton Ger- don. district attorney. The special agents of the intelligence unit of the bureau of internal revenuc, under Eimer Irey, who arc also conducting an_investigation, have thus far u covered nothing startling, it was stated at their headquarters. The dis- pvosition there is to allow the police full sway in their investigation, since the case is regarded as a matter of local interest as much as of intere. to those supervising the activi prohibition agents. 158 SHIPS FLOODING COUNTRY WITH LIQUOR; SMUGGLING UNCHECKED (Continued from First Page.) to secret sources of information to this government, that it intends to engage in smuggling. The entire results of the coast guard in operating its present force to the maximum of its capacity has resulted in the capture o 149 v sels, mostly small boats: 30,847 3 of beverage, liquors and alcohol, and 812-1% pounds of narcotics. One the difficulties experienced by coast guard is said to be the fact that many of the boats captured been released on bond., and therc is one notorious instance where one cer- PR L e et Tocceasive UMt . One of the big operatives has been reported to be a’ syndicate running from . Pierre and the Bahamas to nited States ports. New York city is said to be the head- quarters of the huge syndicate, which s now known to own a fleet of nearly a hundred craft, including steam, motor and sail boats. On the Island of St. Pierre, Mique- lon, it has been authoritatively re- ported that the government ice plant there has been leused to a big New York concern with the ostensible pur- pose of engaging in the fishing busi- ness. Confidential reports to the United States government, however, indicate that because of a clause in the agreement allowing the storawe of hquors the fish business may be only a subterfuge under which to gigantic smuggling opera- tions. Liquor Baxes Shifted. A strange shift in the liquor export ing business from Nassau to the islands of West End, Grand Bahama, and G Bay Light House Anchorage is Tepo from another source. At Nassau, it faid, the business to the states has fal- len off by at least 75 per cent. On the other hand, the exportations from the other islands mentioned above are au- thoritatively said to have increased by 100 per cent. At the port of Gun Bay. it is reported that there are about thirty vessels owned by Nassau men. From ten to twenty boats are said to be calling at West End able to carry from 200 to 1,000 cases each. Detailed reports as to the names and locality of the boats in the rum fleets are in the hands of this government, with charts revealing the latest line- up on the battle fronts. Havana, Cuba, bas recently in- creased its exports of liquor heavily, according to some reports, whicl charge also that sugar cargoes arc often used s a blind to conceal lar: shipments headed for prominent sugar |importing eitics in the states New Companies Organixing. New companies are reported to he organizing in rope for the purposc of rum smuggling to the United States, one prominent member of the British peerage having been reported by name as offering a profit of 20 per, cent to investors. From a newly organized system of information the government is keep- ing track of vessels headed from foreign ports for the United States with liquor. The latest statistics show that this week it is estimated there are twenty-eight vessels under way teward the great Amreican thirst. Smugglers have grown to be some of the hardest, toughest daredevils on the sea, getting worse with perience, it is said, until now th longer stop at the whistle of American government boat, nor at its blank shot from a gun, nor even ut gunfire which lay: hells down around. Killed and Wounded. With their speedier and speedi boats, the rum runners have time and agalm attempted getaways, and fre- quently do cscape by mere speed, in the midst of shot and shell. One rum rTunner is known to have been killed along the western coast, while some of the coast guard men have been wounded. On the Atlantic battle front. how- ever, the game seems to be waging with fiercer and flercer heat. Within a month one coast guard boat not only laid down shells all aronnd a Tum runner. She sent two shots clea through the ship just above the water ne. Should the illicit “sailors contfaue to defy the govérnment boats, it 1 understood the war will be ¢oeneg u deadly earnest. with the coast guard ships equipped with shrapne, Ahe namay hi-jacker does not appecar 16 any government reports, but officiyl formation points to & concern a1 to have headquarters in New Yore, which has resorted to the same gricks used by the hi-jackers, who rop tnc bootleggers on land. Many smug- glers have complained of being rob- Dbed by the New York gang. S el Loulsiana’s first woman sheriff is Mrs. Eila McCoy Gllbert, ‘who has been appointed to the ofics In Fraak: Un* e