Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Snow tonight and tomorrovw, possibly changing to rain; little change in tem- perature; lowest tonight about 28 deg. Temperature for 24 hours ended at 2 p.m, today: Highest, 31, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 22, at 2:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 10 Entered as second-class matter post_ofice Washington, D. :: _No. 29,152, BONUS IMPOSSIBLE UNDER 3 TAXPLANS, - DECLARES MELLON Cites Estimated Surpluses to! Stow Proposed Reductions Would Leave No Funds. NEW SOURCE OF MONEY . NECESSARY, HE INSISTS Xahn, Revising 1920 Statement, Backs 25 Per Cent Surtax. Vote on B.ll to Be Delayed. retary Mellon today made public etter replying to presentative Guardia, republican, of New York, which the Sceretary declared the tdiers' bonus could mnot be paid in the estimated surplus if either of the three tax-reduction proposals, “e Mellon plan, the Garner plan or o House ways and means commit- tee recommendation, were adopted. The Secretary further said the bonus could not be paid if the tax rates were changed as suggested by cpresentative La Guardia to make normal tax rate 2 per cent and § per cent, and the surtax rate grad- d up to 40 per cent. Mr, Mellon forwarded to the New resentative copies of the effect of ommendations for tax reduc- tions in the form criginally submitted posed.” e to the govern- der the various three plans was summarized by Mr. Mellon, show- ing that the Mellon plan would cause the smalie loss of revenue, a total ¢f $£322,900,000. The Garner plan, Mr. Alelion pointed out, would bring a loss of revenue of $620.017,000, while e ways mmendation would cause a loss to Bhe government of $341,440,000. Cites Estimated Surpluses. estimated surplus,” said the 28 appears in the budget sage of the President to Congress for the fiscal year 1924, is $329,639,624 end fofr t $395,681,- The estimated cost of the bonus bill in the form vetoed by President . Marding is shown in my letter of De- eamber 1%, 1622, te Representative copy of which is inclosed.” id ‘means committee rec- | A substitute gasoline tax bill for the District of Columbia, providing ffar 2 2 cents a gallon tax on gaso- line, full personal property tax and a $1 registration fee, was suggested to the special joint civic committec by Senator L. Heisler Ball, chalrman of the Senate District committee, when the committee appeared before Lim today for discussion of the pro- posed bill. In presenting the substitute meas- ure Senator Ball urged that the cit- izens of the District give it their support, inasmuch as it was prob- ably tlie most favorable legislation that could be obtained at this time. Ho pointed out that the temporary reciprociy arrangement with Mary- land was due to end March 1 and that immediate action was necessary Following some discussion and re- marks from members of the special committee, it was decided that vommittee should go into executive session on the substitute measure and report back to Senator Ball, Edward ¥. Colladay, president of the Washington Bourd of Tradc and chairman of the special committee, was the spokesman for the automo- tive and civic interests represented POINCARE TAX PLANCOOLIDGE ENTERS NS 354 TO 28 iDeputies Give Approval to Entire Revenue and Economy Program. By the Awsociated Press. PARIS, February 23.—The chamber n. The vote was 33¢ to he sitting was the exte; session lasting all day yest®rday, and was the longest'in the annals of the French parltament. The deputies hundred-odd article: land adding to othel iback to those clauses which the Ireserved ax reauiring {eration. The articles debated | with measures to make the {profiteers disgorge their profit to catch and punish dodgers, and prevent the exchange market. 18, Gded odi through war ment to-i§sus treasury notes stipus the | SUBSTITUTE GAS TAX MEASURE PROPOSED BY - SENATOR BALL Suggests $1 Registration Fee and Full Property Rate. Says Plan Is Best Obtainable at Present. t ¢ Foening 4 W 00, i * WASHINGTON, Ds C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1924 _TWENTY-SIX PAGES. on the committee. 1n regard to the substitute measure he asserted that thre was some cause for alarm in his mind in the setting up of a special fund as provided in the bill outside of the participation of Congress. Senator Ball, in explaining in full the substitute measure, said that it rovided for the total receipts of the -cent-a-gallon gasoline tax going to the credit of the District in the fed- eral Treasury, to be expended by the Commissioners. This special fund, he said, would in no way cut off the regular appro- priations of Congress on the 60-40 basis for road repair and mainte- nance, but would merely give to the Commissioners without restriction ap- proximately a million dollars a year for maintenance of streets and im- provements of the lighting condi- tions. The personal property tax and the $1 a car regisiration fee would be handled in exactly the same manner, he said, as at present. . Pointing_out that by means of this me: on could go ahead as size should do, in de- velopment of its streets and lighting conditions, Senator Ball said that he | feit that Washington citizens shouid get solidly behind the plan, PRIMARIES IN OHIO Files Declaration Today. Voters to Make Choice on April 29, 55 the Aviciated e ; of deputies approved Premier l'oh.-.’K President Coolldge formally entered care's entire taxation and economy | today the Ohio republican presiden- plan this morning after an all-night | tial preference primaries for Presi- | on cf @! Secretary of State Brown. Th ad thecial consid- ! dealt | pri el o tax | Garford aiso filed with the secretary | peculation on jof state formal notice of the desig- The clause authorizing the govern-! Marion, COLUMBUS, Ohlo, February 23.— dent by fillng his declaration with | | Simultaneously with Mr. Coolidge"s filing, Arthur L. Garford of Elyria,| Ohlo, algo filed with the secretary of | tate an authorization for the use of name as a second-choice candi-| date, in compliance with the O ry law Both Fresident io | Coolidge and Mr. | nation by them of Hoke Donithen of | Ohio, President Coolidge” “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Star. as fast as t! * he papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 86,815 TWO CENTS. POLCE RECAPTIRE GASSED BURGLAR Blackjacked and Shot Twice, “Ventriloquist” Who Es- caped Is Trapped. Twenty-four hours after he was blackjacked, gassed and shot twice | while making an effort to escape from the police at the Quality Phar- jmacy, northeast corner of 5th and I} streets northwest, John Thomas Fletcher, colored, 736 Columbia road | northwest, alleged confessed burglar, vas captured at the home of h A WILLING WORKER. POLAR FLIGHT HOPE ABANDONED, NAYVY MAPS SHENANDOAH PLANS Admiral Moffett Confers With Lieut. Commander Lansdowne on Future Use of Dirigible. Repairs Discussed. With all hopo abandoned that Con- | informed that information given the gress will approve the > Department by congressional expedition into the north polar re-;le indicated there was no ehance gions in time for the proje would give the necessary aunched this summer. Rear Admiral that soon. It would be Moffett, chief of the Navy bureau of in order for the expedition aeronautics, began today to map out|to start this summer, for Cong with ~ Lieut. Commander chary { to act within two weeks and thus Lansdowne, commander of the di permit the preparatory work for tha idle Shenandoah, plans for the future | flight, stopped by Iresident Coolidse. 1 use of the big craft. | pending approval Ly Congress, to be In the conference between the two |again resumed. air cervice officers. questions con- cers at the Navy Department cerning the repair of the Shenandoah, were busy explaining today that made necessary by the gale which |Lieut. Commander Bartlett, attached tore the ship from its mooring mast|to the polar board in an advisory at Lakehurst, N, J. - | capacity, had been in error last night ‘ ters of detail relative to its pers when he announced in an addr nel and general condition of the ship ast by radio that the Shenan- 500 Food Packages Reach Hamburg for Starving Doctors By Radio to The Star and the Chlcago Daily News. Copyright, 1924, BERLIN, February 23.—Five hundred $10 food packages for half-starving physiclans have reached Hamburg and will be dis- tributed to the neediest cases through the Allen committee. The packages are the gift of an anonymous American donor. Each contains 120 pounds of staple food- stuffs. The plight of German physicians 1s pitiable. The secre- tary of the Chamber of Physicians of "Berlin and the province of Brandenburg says not one-tenth of its members are able to support their families on their profession incomes. Many are doing meniz jobs and more help of this kind will be greatly appreciated. e e ] DAUGHERTY ‘BREF PUT BEFORE L. Volume Issued After Failure of Impeachment Contains Full Record of Case. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. H Harry M. Daugherty's case before i “the bar of public opinion™ has al- ready been submitted. It exists in | the form of a virtual “brief.” A vol- iume entitled “Facts of Record and | Editorials” was issued by an anon | mous committee of Mr. Daugherty’ i friends last autumn. It consists of 127 pages, dealing with the impeach- ment proceedings initiated by Repre. | sentative Oscar E. Keller. republic: jof Minnesota, on September 11, . {Then, in chronological fashion, there are recorded the succeedinz steps taken in the Hous tives. These ended on J 11922, when by a vote of 204 to 77 th: House adopted the report of tl judiciary committer exoneratin tDaugherty from charges of 1 feasance in office.” The volum inscribed “Compiled for the Informa tion of the Publi It was distrib- 2 . uted privat ees Vindication. The Attorney Geners (the thoroughgoing investigatic his administration of the Department of Justice, extending over a period of more than four month plete vindication. The judiciary c mittee of the House, at the end of its inquiry, submitted a report ) | was adopted sixteen days later . in part, as follow BORAH JOINS FIGHT TOOUSTOAUGHERTY HTTING. COOLIDRE ATTITUDE ON ISSUE Declares Responsibility for Retention Is One for Which President Must Answey. Urges Impeachment Action i'SAYS PUBLIC INTEREST DEMANDS RESIGNATION {Robinson Defends G. 0. P. Sena- | tor’s Demand in Face of Criti- cism by Adams—Says Justice | ‘Department Could Impede | Progress of Probe. i Leading a renewed attack on | Attorney General Daugherty today |in the Senate, Senator Borah, repub- | lican, 1daho, declared he was willing | to help lay the foundation for im- : peachment proceedings to get Mr. Daugherty out of the cabine The Idaho senator’s o was | made during a general debate, { which the position taken by the re- publican Senate leaders who has ;dn-maudcd Mr. Daugherty’s imme- {diate retirement was defended by ' Democratic Leader Robinson, who declared Republican National Chair- man Adams, by taking an opposing position, had sought only to confuse the issue. “Mr. Daugherty should realize.” Senator Borah said, “there are tim vhen a man must make personal acrifices for the public good. I e no present interest the rges made against him, but the tuation calls for a man at the head that department of transcendent ability. personal health and vjj and holding the utmost of public in \ > e = ncle, 623 B street portheast, early | its ‘ro & s e Labaires 5 : - Andraws' letter the Seeretary {lates that the amount shall not Ohlo campiign manager as thelr rep- | U § sixcel paythenst, BAEl | lingi ware discuned. doah would leave Lakchrust June 1 “wRegolved, That your committee has yoir ut what the borus would be under three options, which estimated the 1otal direct cost of the bonus would 637, With an average for four 'vears of more than 000,000 a yeq e aid Secre- to Repre- is obvious paid within the estimated surplus, if any of the three plans is adopt, estimated surplus justify the pay- ment of such a bonus if any of the three plans were changed in the re- ~pect of mak he normal tax ratc 2 per cent and 5 per cent, and the sur- tax rate graduated up to 40 per cent, which are the figures specifically mentioned by vou. Lists Probable Lowses. “You ask me what rate would have to be adopted in order to pay this bonus. You have the estimated figures before you. It is obvious that if all tax reductions be foregone & certain amount of revenue would be available to the government for such purpose as might be determined. If any plan of tax reductions be adopted and additional taxes of other charae- ier be imposed the effect on the Zovernment revenue could only be Zetermined when the specific nature wof the proposed taxes was given. 1 regret that unless you can present some comprehensive plan by which You propose to raise the neces- Sary money, or in what particular you propose the taxes shall not be re- duced, 1 am unable to give you spe- cifie figures.” In showing the loss of revenue to the government, Mr. Mellon compared the three p'ans, revealing that esti- Tuates showed a loss of personal income tnder the Mellon plan would be $222,- 00,000; under the Garner plan $511,- 1000'and under the ways and means ommittes recommendation $233,400,- 960. The loss of revenue to the gov- crnment from special taxes, it was pointed out, would be under the Mellon n $100.000,000, under the Garner 1 $108,040,000 ‘and under the ways nd means committes recommendation 108,640,000. Kahn Backs Mellon Plan. Representative Mills, republican, New York, made public a letter today from Otto Kahn, New York, financier, ndorsing the Mellon plan, and revising tatement he made in 1920, which was yuoted in the report on the revenue bill nade by democratic members of the says and means committee. Mr. Kahn was quoted as saying hat “the maximum a man ought o in surtaxes ought to be ome- third of his income and of course that means that the highest brack- c¢ts would be higher than 30 to 33 3 hn said he was correctly quoted, “but there is no inconsist- ency in my having expressed these views more than three years ago under the then prevailing ciroum- stanceg and in my now supporting the Mellon pian as I do’ He said that under present conditions surtax ates higher than the 25 per cent goposed by Mr. Mellon, “would be regarded as being dictated manifestly Ly considerations of politics or by « disposition to penalize success.” Changes Delay Bill Further changes in the revenue bill sought by democrats and supported by some republican leaders again slowed up its progress in the House today, with spirited debate that has marked its consideration continuing. As a result of delays encountered vesterday, little hope was held by Chairman’ Green of the ways and means committee, in charge of the acasure for the republicans, that it ould be brought up for a final vote Tuesday, as had been planned. It wus decided, however, to hold the asure before the House without nterruption if a vote appears pos- sible = little later in the week. “onsiderable time was spent yester- day on an amendment, which was ap- proved by a vote of democrats and republican insurgents, to open tax returns to special congressional com- mittees and the House ways and means and Senate finance committees, Another amendment adopted would uke the corporation tax returns (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) -\ 5 K resentative “to sign all declaratio 7.000,000.000 francs, as comparcd ‘and statements required of me to con- vith the 11,000,000,000 contemplated. form with the primary clection laws | Finance Minister de Lastevrie took! of the state of Ohio.” i cecaston to deny , nor would the | that the government intended con- solidating the national defense and treasury bonds or reducing the rate on_then whole, the measures ¢ expected to yield more 500.000,000 francs, including 11.000,000,000 in economies: 1,000,000, 000 frdm the application of sharp measures _against tax dodgers, and 4,000.000,000 from new taxes, and a 0 per cent increase in existing ones. | Abolition of the match monopoly also i will bring in a round sum. o current report| i i In his declaration of his candidacy Mr. Coolidge also requests that his name be printed on the official pri mary ballot, thus officially entering himself in the preferential primary of April 29, at which delegates to the national convention will be elected. Mr. Coolidge’'s declaration was signed at Washington, February 14, and is witnessed by Edward T. Clark and Edwin C. Geisser, White House secretaries. Mr. Garford's au thorization for the use of his name as second choice by Coolidge candidates | for ‘delegale wus signed here today | and witnessed by Stella O'Neall and | Virginia Chadwick, clerks in Coolidge | headquarters. i A full complement of Coolidge can- didates for delegate, both delegates at large and by districts, have been | selected by his managers and are ex- {ment at home, pected to besfiled within a few days. Candidates for delegate at large will file with the eecretary of state, McADOO TO ENTER OHIO. | 'BANK PRESIDENT - CAPTUREDIND., | ! | {Ely, Nev., Man Who Eluded U. S. Agents Three Years, Held Embezzler. Will File as Candidate for Nomi- nation Next Week. Br the Assnciated Press, COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 2: |Willlam _G. McAdoo will submit him- | self to Ohio voters as a candidate for | the democratic nomination for Presi- dent, probably early next week. = This was determined here today at After eluding Department of Jus- a conference of McAdoo supporters tice agents for three years, and hav- | with Secretary of State, Thad H. 5 {Brown, W. D. Wilkin, Clevtland at-{ ing made a spectacular escape in 1922 | FroW W, D Whkin, Clevtiand at at the point of a gun, Arthur B.!Columbus were advised by the sec- Witcher, former president of the Ely |retary of state that it would be nec- Natlonai Bank of Ely, Nev, was ar. SSary to obtain written consent of s Nev. McAdoo in order th rested here today, and was to be ar- o0 in QHac suat e TRl entel the race and they immediately wired raigned this afternoon for violation |him at Los Angeles to forward the of the national banking laws. necessary documents. While McAdoo Witcher, 2 man of more than fifty had expressed willingness to enter the yeurs of age, is charged with embez- Ohio campaign, it was said, he had i zlement, misapplication of funds and [not consented in writing. { false entry by which he is alleged to | In order that there might be no {have absconded with more than |difficulty through delay in the mails, $16,000. Brown said that he would permit the | He was to be arraigned before|McAdoo declaration to be filed upon United States Commissioner George [receipt of telegraphic consent from H. Macdonald late today. An order|the former Treasury secretary, pro- of removal was to be asked of the viding written confirmation foliowed. District Supreme Court for his trans-| While no definite date was set for fer to Nevada, where he is wanted. the filing of the declaration, it was Witcher is sald by government of- |indicated that it would be submitted ficials to have a record as a spec-[to tho secretary of state early in the tacular two-gun man. He at one week., Next Friday is the final filing time wore a vandyke beard, had an date. erect and soldierly bearing and e pleasing personality. He spoke fluently both English and Spanish. i ol A o Sl | BELGIUM APPROVES ii’fi:d"%“e“e;"&:‘n‘efma a room by a PH'LI.IPS AS ENVDY King Albert Declares Undersecre- Denver. T e Show thai the fugitive tary of State Is-Acceptable as Fletcher’s Successor. ed his pursuer by pretense, hold- | e his hand and saying that he | would make no trouble under arrest. | When_ the agent's gun had been re- | turned to his pocket, however, | Witcher, according to the record, ! backed skillfully to his dresser, from { which he flashed a gun. With this ! weapon he backed his pursuer across | the street and into a woods, where i he made his escape. | ™rhe Ely Natlonal Bank, according ito the reports of the controller of currency, is now capitalized at $25,000 and has deposits of about $350,000. IG. 0. P. Veterans In House Demand | Action on Bonus H | Republican members of _the House who are former service men renewed their fight today for the bonus. ‘A delegation headed by Repre- sentative Fitzgerald, Ohio, was au- thorized to call on Representative’ Longworth, the party leader, with a demand that the bonus be taken up by the House as soon as it dis- poses of the tax bill. The veterans’' bloc, expecting the revenue bill to reach a vote by the middle of next week, is insisting that the ways and means committee immediately report an adjusted compensation measure for considevation by the House ahead of general legigation. Ty the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, February 23.—The se- lection of William Phillips, under- Secretary of state, as American am- bassador to Belgium, in succession to Henry P. Fletcher, who 1o taking the ambassadorial post at Rome, would be acceptable to Belglum. King Albert. in_response to the usual inquiries as to the pro SPeptive envoy, has indicated that the naming of Mr. Phillips would meet with Bel- gium’s favor. - | SIX FIREMEN TRAPPED. New Orleans Assistant Chief Suf- focated and Others Hurt. NEW ORLEANS, February 23.— Jules Pujol, assistant fire chief, was suffoeated when trapped In the'ware- house of the Marks-Isaacs Company, Canal Street Department Store, which was destroyed by an early morning fire. The fireman was in the building when the floors and walls collapsed. His body was removed after the fire had been extinguished. Five other firemen, two of whom may die, were hurt by falling walls. They Were removed 10 a hospitai today, where he wae fourd with his wife. Fletcher, whose police record gives him the allas of “Possum," was fow to be suffering from bullet wounds in the left shoulder and through the thigh. Rather than_seek hospital treatment and chance being captured, the wounded man had received treat- The wound in his thigh was bad, however, and physi- cians think rerious results soon would have followed had he not re- ceived surgical aid. Wounded Man Quietly Submits. The wounded man was taken with- out any show of violence on his part, and while being conveyed to Emer- gency Hospital he made no attempt to escape, in sharp contrast with his action yesterday in holding at bay |a squad of police armed with pistols, blackjacks and tear gas bombs when he was cornered in the basement of the pharmacy, and in escaping from a patrol wagon en route to the hos- pital after he eventually had been subdued. Accomplice is Somght. Convinced that Fletcher had at {least one accomplice, quantities of liquor, candy, perfumery and other | articles having been taken from the store, police arrested four other occu- pants of the Columbla road house and are holding them for investigation. The men arrested were recorded as Cheater Ellis, Edgar Lucas, Walter Harris and Wilson R. Lucas. They denied knowing anything of the do- ings of Fletcher in the drug store, Lieut. Frederick M. Cornwell of No. 6, and Lieut. Guy E. Burlingame of No. 9 accompanied Policeman Ma- haney to the house in which Fletcher was captured. Prisoner ix Reticent. When placed under arrest, the prisoner showed no inclination to dis- cuss yesterday morning’s exciting af- fair. He at first denied being the man wanted. Llater, It is stated, he admitted having been there and ex- plained that the first wound, that in the thigh, was received while he was in the cellar, the second being re- ceived when he was in the store. Fletcher’s record at police head- quarters shows he was arrested Feb- ruary 27, 1921, by Precinct Detective Thomas Nalley, charged with house- breaking and given a sentence of ten months. A similar charge was filed against him today. CONTESTANT SUES BOK FOR $1,100,000 hwyer Declares His Peace Plan, “If Fairly Considered,” Would Have Won Prize. By the Ascocisted Press. NEW YORK, February 23.—A sum- mons and complaint for $1,100,000 damages was filed against Edward W, Bok, donor of the American peace award, today by Frank Hendrick, a lawyer who was one of the more than 22,000 persons to submit peace plang in competition for 2 $100,000 prize. Hendrick based his suit on the con- ention that the plan submitted by im, “if fairly considered,” would have been unanimously selected. as the prize winner. The demand for $100,- 800 Is for the prize offered .by the former publisher and_the suit for $1,000,000 repredents, Hendrick con- tends, the value of the publicity Mr. Bok has received as a result of the prize award. Ecuador Bevolt Crushed. GUAYQUIL, Ecuador, February 23. —An insurrectionary movement in north Ecuador has been suppressed by the government. Troops are pur- suing the insurgents, who have taken refuge in the Cordilleras mountains. » Commander ~Lansdowne expressed confidence that the Shenandoah could be put in condition ir time for the trip to thq pole this summer, but was for the polar flight. Commander Bartleit prepared his speech some time ago and fziled to correet i in the light“cf later developments. ) ‘BUYS ROCK CREEK TRACT AT $80000 Commission Acquires Lyon’s Mill Area, South of Mas- 0K, INALEURATION AT EARLIER DATE Norris Resolution for Con- stitutional Amendment Re- sachusetts Avenue. Sixteen acres of land on the north bank of Rock creek, midway between the Q Street bridge and the culvert under Massachusetts avenue, directly opposite Oak Hill cemetery, have just been purchased by the Rock Creek Parkway Commission for $80,000. The purchase includes the site of |the historic Lyon's mill, built of stone in the early days of the District and now a romantioc ruin. The tract is the largest level area in the valley of Rock creek south of Massachusetts avenue and is an es- sential part of the proposed Water- side drive which is to connect Po- tomac Park with Rock Creek Park. It comprised three parcels of land and was part of an old estate. Negotiations are being conducted by the Parkway Commission also for the acquisition of land on Pennsyl- vania avenue between 26th street and Rock creek for inclusion in the park area. Included in that section is lot $01 in the square west of square 14, improved by a large building, No. 12613 Pennsylvania avenue, occupled by the Columbia Transfer and Stor- .age Company. The owner has fixed | the value of that lot at $40,000. The commission. composed of Secretaries Mollon, Weeks and Wallace, consid- ,ers the valuation excessive and prob- {ably will institute conderhnation pro- ceedings. £ MURDER SUSPECT FREED. Slaying of School Teacher in Ken- tucky Mountains Unsolved. RICHMOND, Ky., Jerry Reed, negro; ex-convict, charged with the murder of Miss Lura Par- sons, Pine mountain school teacher, late in 1920, was found not guilty by a jury in circuit court here yesterday. The case was given to the jury Thurs- day forencon. The verdict closes the second chap- } ter in the murder mystery which may g0 down through Kentucky mountain history as unsolved. Dr. C. H. Winnes, assistant state veterinarian, first was charged with the crime. When his case was called, however, it resulted in' a mistrial. Miss Parsons was beaten to death with a club. Her murder stirred the people to a high pitch in the mountains. HELD IN MAIL THEFT. Bond Dealer Accused of Part in Los Angeles Robbery in 1921. NEW YORY, February 23.—Max Neuman, thirty-one, a bond dealer, was arrested 1ast night on g certified copy of an indictment found in Los Angeles charging him with conspiracy in connection with the robbery of more than $70,000 in securities from a United States mail truck in that city in 1921. He is to be arraigned before a federal commissioner today. February 23.—} ported to Senate. The Norris joint resolution prop: ing to amend the Constitution so that the President and Vice President shall take office on the third Monday in January, after their election and that the newly elected Congress shall assemble for its first session on the first Monday in January was report- ed favorably to the Senate today by the Senate judiciary committee. A similar resolution was passed by the Senate during the last Congress, but failed to be considered in the House. There has heen much senti ment in favor of the proposed change, in the bblief that it would result in making the government more quickly responsive to the will of the people as_expressed at the polls. The resolution s reported today provides that if the House of Rep- { resentatives has not chosen a Presi- dent, whenever the right of choice devolves upon it before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, then the Vice President chosen for the same term shall act as President un- til the House of Representatives chooses a President, and the Con- gress may by law provide that in the event the Vice President has not been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, what of- ficer shall then act as President, and such officers shall act accordingly until the House of Representatives chooses a President, or until the Sen- ate chooses a Vice President. 1t is proposed that this amendment to the Constitution shall take effect on the fifteenth day of December aft- er its ratification. “Under existing conditions, a new Congress does not actually convene in regular session until a year and one month after its members have been elected,” Senator Norris said in his report submitted on behalf of the ju- | diciary committee. “When our Con- titution was adopted there was some new Congress. “We had neither railroads nor tele- graphic communications connecting jof the country. Under present con- !ditions, however, the result of elec- tions is known all over the country within a_few hours after the polls alose, and the Capital city is within a few days’ travel of the remotest portion of. the country. “Originally senators were elected by the legislature, and as a rule the ilegislatures of the various states did ! not convene until after the beginning iof the new year, and it was difficult and sometimes impossible for sena- .tors to be elected until February or i March. “Since the adoption of the seven- |teenth amendment to the Constitution however, senators have been elected by the people at the same election at i which members of the House are elected. There is no reason, therefore, why the Congress elected in Novem- ber should not be sworn in and actu- ally enter upon the duties of office at least as Soon as the beginning of t|l|e new year following their elec- tion. the citizens of the country have to express their ideas and their wishes in regard to national legislation is the expression of their will through the election of their representatives at the general election in November. Under_existing conditions, however, more than a year elapses before the will of the people expressed at the flecu!ll oag be put into statutory aw.” reason for such a long interval of! time between the election and the ac- | tual commencement of work by the tthe various states and communities | “The only direct opportunity that| mude an examipation touching the matters charged, to ascertain if there : is any probable ground to believe ! that any of the charges are true; and | ion consideration of the charges and | the evidence obtalned it does not ap- pear that there is any ground to be- lieve that Harry M. Daugherty, At- torney General, has bren guilty of any high crime or misdemeanor re- quiring the interposition of the im- ipcm‘hmflll( powers of the House; and Resolved furt That the ‘com- mittee on the judiciary be, discharged {from further ~ considcration of _the | charges and proposed impeachment of iHarry M. Daugherty. Attorney Gen- |eral of the CUnited and that House resolution 4 table.” The vindication “brief” includes speeches in the House on the judiciary committee's report by its chairman, Andrew J. Volstead, afd by Repre- | sentative 4 jof Pen i Montague of Virginia, Goodykoontz | {of West Virginia, Michener of Mich- {igan, Yates of Illinois, Tavlor of Ten- | nessee, Clouse of Tennessee and| Hersey of Malne. Messrs. Blanton, | | Montague and Tarlor democrat: | The committee report deals in full | with Representative Keller's refusal | to be sworn as a witness and his! later failure to appear beforé the committee in response to a subpoena. | Editorial Digest Given. The Atterncy General's friends con- sider that the most convincing section | of the above described “brief” filed before the “bar of public opinion” is| the digest of editorial opinion from | the American press. The digest is| divided into nine different geograph- ical groups, comprising practically every section of the United States. Both republican and democratic news- papers are quoted in extenso. Prob- | ably the Attorney General's adherents | point with pride to editorials favo! able to him in certain republican newspapers which are now clamoring for his head on a charger. One of the most important of these journals, fe- licitating the Attorney General on his vindication, deplored the attempt to ! condyct “government by slander.” In shington during the past twentyxfour hours it has been easy to detect a definite reaction in Daugh- erty's fa in consequence of his | fighting rejoinder to Senator Pepper's invitation to quit under fire. _ There are, of course, vital political equations involved, which President Coolidge's political managers are not | Tikely to ignore. Daugherty is still a factor to be reckoned with in Ohio | republican _politics. Only recently, | mainly under the President’s direc- tion, Daugherty and some of his in- veterate republican foes in Ohio buried the hatchet. It was arranged { that the Attorney General should this year not be denied the privilege he Sought in vain in 1920 of becoming a delegate at large to the republican national convention. These sores are not so long healed that they could not be easily reopen- ed. How the President, his political chiefs and the other high priests of i the G. O. P. will meet the situation, hav- ing an eye to the pivotal state of Ohio and its importance in the electoral col- umn, remains to be seen. (Copyright, 1924) FANATCS’ REBELLION IN INDIA IS GROWING 1,000 Akalis Beported Forming to Join Raiders Incensed at Maharaja’s Ousting. By the Associated Press. LAHORE, . British India, February 23.—The outbreak among the Akalls, or Sikh fanatics, in one region of Jaito is growing, according to ad- Vices received here. A band of one thousand men is- being organized to proceed from Amritsar as soon as possible and join the raiders. A Delhi dispatch yesterday said that fourteen Akalis had been killed and thirty-four wounded in a colli- sfon with Nabha troops, under the British administration. The trouble arose from agitation by the shrines committee of the Punjab, based on the enforced abdication of the Ma- baraja of Nabha. upon tie | gl {the oil scandal a political issue. confidence.” Scnator Borah agreed that sponsibility now lay with th ent. Responaibility Presidené's. “Mr. Daugherty canmot remain is | the cabinet an hour uness the Pres- |ident desires” satd Senator Borab. “The responsibility is his. He must answer o the people of this counts | for retaining Mr. Daugherty or any |one else. I assume that the Presi. dent is ready to assume that re- sponsibility." | . In his opinion, Mr. Borah added, t Attorney General should resign unce “in the public interest.” ! gardless of the basis of the {against him. Defends G. O. P. Senators, Republican Senate leaders who | want Attorney General Daugherty to retire immediately from the cabinet were defended against the criticism of Republican National Chairman Adams today by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the democratic Senats leader, and Senator Borah, republicar. Idaho. _ Senator Robinson declared in the Senate that the republican chairman Was attempting to confuse the fssue, and said that Senator Lodge of Mas- sachusetts, the republican leader, had sought to serve both his country and his party by urging Mr. Daugherty's retirement. ) e only effect of Chairman Adams’ statement regurding Mr. Daugherty, Senator Robinson sald, had been to bring into the open “the conflict be. tween the republican organization a: the Senate leaders of the party.” Quotes Dangherty. He quoted Mr. Daugherty's open letter to Senator Bopper, Tenur. lican, Pennsylvania, and added tha one can't fail to admire the courage displayed by the Attorney General in had made question of Mr. Daugharty & poiltioe; issue, the Arkansas senator continu- ed, and also was attempting to make H suggested that Mr. Daugherty might use " thousinds of secret agents or the Department of Justice to “ham- per, restrict and embarrass” the pro- posed investigation, and continued “Mr. Daugherty is entitled to fair investigation before a just and im- partial tribunal. Meantime, let it be remembered that the Executive is re- sponsible for who constitutes his cab- inet members. He invites the re- sponsibility that Senators Borai Lodge and Pepper sought to avert.” Slemp to Testify Monday, Bascom Slemp, secretary to President Coolidge, agreed today to appear before tho Senate ofl com- mittee Monday. Senator Walsh, dem- ocrat, Montana, chief prosccutor in the oil scandal, called Mr. Slemp on the telephone and the secretary read- ily agreed to appear. While Senator Walsh declined to indicate the subject matter on which Mr. Slemp would be questioned, it is understood thal iha committee de- sired to ask about the cx2ant of any commurication he has had with the government officials and others concerned regarding the oil inquiry since the beginning of the startling disolosures a month ago. ‘Wait on Acrountants. The program of the committea thus far has been mapped only for next Monday. The order in which witnesses will be called after that time will depend on the reports from the expert accountants now examin- ing the books of stock brokeragh firms in_Washington, Cleveland and New York. Senator Walsh expects to confer late today with the chief accountant who has been conducting the exami- nation of the books of Harry Payne Whitney and J. P. Benkard & Co., at New York. Chairman Lenroot announced today he would lay before the committee the letter written him by E. L. Do- heny, and demanding that Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, be call- ed to give the facts on which he based his recent charges in the Senate against Attorney General Daugherty. The committee, Mr. Lenroot said, could take whatever action it might deem appropriate. o 2