Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER Cloudy, followed by rain and pos- sibly snow Jate tonight or tomorrow; somewhat colder tomorrow. Temperature for twenty ended at 2 p.m. today: Hi, 6 p.m. vesterday; lowest, a.m. today. Full report on ~four hours ighest, 55, at 34, at 7:30 page 3. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 - Entered as seco) No. 29,164 nd-class matter post_office Washington, D. C. * COOLIDGE EXPLAINS WIRES 70 MFLEAW, BENNETT'S HEARING! IN PROBE DEFERRED President Says Messages to' Publisher Dealt With Minor | Matters—Made No Men- tion of Oil Lease Situation. AUTHOR OF “PRINCIPAL” MESSAGE NOT CALLED New Telegrams Read Into Record. Duckstein Says Code Received From Burns—Lenroot Wire to Fall Says Walsh Could Not Com- pel Him to Testify. The oil committee today produced two telegrams sent by President Coolidge to Edward B. McLean in Florida, and the President imme- diately announced that one referred | to local affairs in the District of Co- | lumbia, while the other was in re-| sponse to a telegram of congratula- tion on his Lincoln day address. Referred to Commissioner. of the messages was dated y 12 and said: “Prescott is (wiy. Advise Slemp with whom I shall confer.” Within & few minutes after it had | been read Into the committee record this tatement was issued at the ite House: “The telegram related to the Dis- trict commissionership. Samuel J. Prescott is republican city chairman and the President desired to confer ‘with him regarding District matters.” The second telegram, under date of February 12, was as follows: “Thank you for your me %= You have always been most considerate. Mrs. Coolldge joins me in sending kindest regards to Mrs. McLean.” When the attention of White House officials was led to this message they gave out the following: “The telegram sent to Mr. Mclean on February 12 was in regard to a :nessage from Mr. McLean con- gratulating the President on his Lincoln birthday address in New York. The telegrams exchanged ‘were similar to others received and sent out in that connection. It amoun! ed simply to an exchenge of amenities. Statement Corrected. C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to President Coolidge, ' later issued a statement correcting the White House announcement with respect . to the McLean telegram of February 12. The statement sald: “The telegram sent to McLean un- der date of February 12 was in an- swer to a telegram received from MeLean congratulating the President on his statement with respect to the Senate resolution calling for the resignation of Edwin Denby as Sec- retary of the Navy. Owing to the date of the telegram it was first thought it related to the President's Lincoln day address at New York. “An examination of the | White House files after issuance by | the President of his statement dis- closes, however, that the McLean message related to the Denby mat- ter. A number of congratulatory messages were recelved in connec- tion with both the statements on the Robinson resolution and the New York speech.” Notified of Slemp Trip. The committee had put into the public record previously a telegram from H. E. McKenna, chief door- keeper at the executive offices, dated December 22, informing the publisher ©of Secretary Slemp's departure for Florida. It consisted of a single sentence and said: o M"r‘}“e secretary leaves here tonight, There also was antexchange of{ telegrams between Albert B. Fall ‘at Palm Beach and Chalrman Lenroot of the oil committee, in which the | former Secretary asked whether he would be_compelled to testify before | Senator Walsh of Montana, and the | chalrman replied that he would not.' Senator Walsh had been gent to' Florida to question McLean, and_he *.made an unsuccessful effort to find Fall while he was at Palm Beach. In an official telegram sent to Me- Lean and previously published, Chair- man Lenroot had said that Senator Walsh was “appointed a subcommit- tee of one to take the testimony of: Edward B. McLean * ¢ ¢ or any; other witnesses who the same sub- | committee may require to attend be- | fore him.” Mr. Lenroot was not present at the | having gone to Southern C., for a Test Bennett Hearing Deferred. After examining other telegrams! &nd questioning more of the McLean employes, and others, the committee concluded its hearings for the day without calling Ira Bennett, the Washington Post editorial writer, who was author of the message to McLean mentioning “the principal” One of those who testified was Fred Starek, a director of the Waf Finance Corporation and a former correspond- ent for McLean's Cincinnati En- quirer, who had been mentioned in one of the telegrams as being very anxious to get in touch with the publisher on an important matter. He testified that the affair had nothing to do with oil, but fhat his business with McLean related to negotiatio for purchase of the Washington Post. Means Sent Telegram. Gaston B. Means, a widely known investigator once employed by the Department of Justice, wired to Mc- Lean's secretary early in January that he was on the way to Palm Beach. “Please see Senator Jim and find out if there is disposition to make mutval friend make long journey,” id & message sent from Palm Beach, ?T:nu:ry 24, by W. F. Wiley to Ira E. Bennett. ‘Wiley is manager of the Cincinnati Enquirer and Bennett is an editorial writer on the Washington Post, both McLean publications. The telegrams read also included another “Mary” message, in which Mrs. Mary Duckstein, a sécret agent of the Department of Justice, in- formed her husband, W. O. Duckstein, :% McLean employe. that “Burns” - $Coniinucd on Pugo 4, Cotvain 11 President Denies Probers’ Right to Study Tax Returns President Coolldge declined to- day to turn over to the ofl com- mittee the tax returns of Individ- uals and corporations prominently mentioned in the oil invedtigation. The President offered, however, to co-operate with the Secretary of the Treasury in an effort to secure an amendment to the pre- vailing regulations which would permit the oil committee to “in- Spect” the returns, if it so desir- ed. Replylng to a Senateresolution making the request, the President sald he had been advised by the acting Attorney General that he was without authority to comply. DAUGHERTY CRISIS AGAIN NEARS, WITH SUCCESSOR RUMOR Retirement of Attorney Gen- erel Believed Immediate With New Developments. Developments in the investigation of the oil and other scandals have again brought up sharply the ques- tlon of Attorney General Daugherty’s immediate retirement from the cabi- net. Selection of a successor for the At- torney General is under advisement at the White House, and at least three men have been approached indirectly to ascertain whether they would ac- cept such an appointment if it should be offered. Mr. Daugherty, meanwhile, is en route to Washington from Miami, Fia, where his wife is 1. He left last night, although he had been there less than a week, after having con- vinced President Coolidge, apparently, that he should be permitted to retain his post until after the Senate’s in- vestigation of his administration. ‘White House officials have refused to comment on the new crisis in Mr. Daugherty’'s affairs except to say that no demand has yet been made for his resignation and that no one has been selected to take his place; nor did the Attorney General make any statement upon his departure from Miami. New Turmin Events. The new situation is the outgrowth of developments which have arisen since the sudden departure of Mr. Daugherty last week for Miami, by way of Chicago, where he appeared before the special grand jury that shortly afterward indicted Charles R. Forbes and J. W. Thompson in con- nection with Veterans’ Bureau trans- actions. The grand jury's report disclosed information of alleged irregularity in matters coming under the Attorney General’s jurisdiction, and, it is said, involved Individuals close to Mr. Daugherty. In addition, persons conndtted with the Department of Justice recently have been brought into the Senate oll inquiry, and, with the special imvestigation of his ad- ministration expected to atart next week, the question has been raised whether Mr. Daugherty would be able to' give adequate attention to his official duties during its progress. The men who have been asked whether they woull accept appoint- ment as Mr. Daugherty’s successor include former Senator Kenyon of Towa, who resigned to become judge of the eighth United States circuit court of appeals; Frank S. Dietrich, federal_district judge of Idsho, and Curtis D. Wilbur, chief justice of the | supreme court of California. Confer with President. Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, one of the leaders in the recent un- successful effort to get Mr. Daugh- erty out of the cabinet, has confer- red again with the President, and Senator Moses of New Hampshire, one of the administration leaders, who also called at the White House yes- terday, later had a talk with John W. H. Crim, the Justice Department's special counsel in charge of the Vet- erans’ Bureau criminal investigation. The trend of these discussions was not made known. It has not been intimated that Mr. Daugherty himself was involved in any of the charges not relating to the Veterans’ Bureau which were included in the grand jury report, but some of this evidence related to alleged improper liquor withdrawals and par- don actlvities, both of which are within the jurisdiction of the Depart- ment of Justice. A grand jury is expected to be con- vened here next week in compliance with the order of President Coolldge to Acting Attorney Gneral Seymour WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ning Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1924—FORTY-TWO PAGES. OIL GANGELLATION SUITS T0 BE FILED - BYU.S.NEXTWEEK Pomerene and Roberts to Ap- pear Against Sinclair and Doheny in West. RETURN OF RESERVES TO GOVERNMENT SOUGHT Grand Jury Will Be Called in D. C. April 1 to Consider Scandal Evidence. Cancellation of the government ofl leases to the Doheny and Sinclair in- tertsts will be sought in bills of equity to be filed by the government oil counsel next week. | The bills will ask for return of the | naval reserves to the government on | the ground that “fraud and illegality” were involved. The blills for imjunctions, being pre- | pared by Atles Pomerene and Owen J. | Roberts, will be filled In the federal district courts for Wyoming and southern California. Ask Special Grand Jury. At the request of the special coun- sel, a special grand jury will be im- paneled here about April 1 to consider the evidence so far brought out in the oil inquiry. Injunctions also will be asked against further drilling and with- drawal of ofl by the Sinclair and| Doheny companies and the court will be requested to name receivers to control the properties pending com- | pletion of the litigation. Hear: Mareh 13. Thursday, March 13, has been set by the federal judge at Cheyenne for & preliminary hearing on the Sinclair | contracts, at which the government counsel will be present. The following statement was issued by the speclal counsel: “Bills in equity in the oll cases have been prepared and are now in the hands of the printer. They will be filed in the United States courts; that against the Sinclair companies in the district of Wyoming and that against the Do- heny compan‘es in the southern district of California. “The judge at Cheyenne has set Thursday, March 13, for_the prelim- inary in the Sinclair case. Messrs. Pom. erene. and Roberts will leave Washing- ton 80 as to be present at this hearing. | As soon as practicable thereafter they will proceed from there to California, where the preltminary hearings will be held as promptly as the convenience of the court permits. Want Drilling Stopped. “The prayers in both bills ask for a cancellation of the several leases and contracts on the grounds of frand and illegality and for the return of the naval reserves to the government and for injunctions against further drilling and withdrawal of oll by the defendant companies, and the ap- pointment of recelvers to take pos- session of, manage and control the properties under the orders of the courts pending the final determina- tion of the litigation. “At the request of the government's special counsel, a special grand jury will be impaneled in the city of ‘Washington, on or about April 1, to consider the evidence In the oil cases. As the term of any grand jury called before that date would expire by limitation of law on March 31, April 1 is considered to be the earliest date that grand jury investigation can be instituted.” Expect Early Argument. Tt is expected by special counsel that the court at Cheyenne will grant the government a temporary Injunc- tion, and will fix a date in the near future for argument on making the injunction permanent pending final decision of the courts in the caua; nt of the leases. '#:‘:fiz’r‘:lhsfmixcz court for South- ; ern California, counsel believes, will follow = ssimilar course with regard | to the Doheny lease and contract. FORBES GIVES BOND HERE; DENIES GUILT Appears Voluntarily Before i that all of the incldental charges mentioned in the Chicago report be made the subject of prompt investi- gation. These include not only the liquor and pardon allegations, but the allegations that two members of Congress . have accepted money fim- properly; that one or more officials have utlilzed official information for purposes of speculation and that the file5 from a government department were entrusted to a person not en- titled to them. ¢ Crim Meets With Committee. The special Senate committee elect- ed to Investigate Mr. Daugherty's administration held a long confer- ence with -Mr. Crim yesterday, ana is sald to have recelved informa- tion from him that may prové im- portant in. its inquiry. Mr. Crim pledged further aid to the commit- tee, and it agreed to take no-action | that might prove embarrassing in the grand jury investigation ordered by the President. ~ The House rules committee, for the same reason, also has withheld action on the resolution of Repre- entative Garrett' of Tennessce, th: democratic leader, for an invest gation of the charge that two mem bers of the House were the members of Congress referred to in the Chi- cago repol Warns Wife; Kills Self. NEW YORK, March 6.—Wiliard 4 Cockley, & flour broker, shot and kiil- ed himself in = hotel last night. His body was found after his wife had notified the police that she had re- ceived a telegram from him at the dinner hour reading: . “Have malled you an important dester; it will-teld " - U. S. Commissioner—$10,- 000 Bail Is Required. Col. Charles R. Forbes, former di- rector of the United States Veterans' Bureau, today appeared before United States Commissioner George H. Mac- donald, pleaded not gulity to charges of .conspiracy, bribery and fraud: handed down recently by a federal grand jury, and gave bond in $10,000 for his appearance in federal court at Chilcago for trial March 17. Col. Forbes appeared voluntarily with his counsel, James 8. Smith. The government was repre- sented by Hugh A. Fisher, special as- sistant to the Attorney General, who ented certified copies of the three i Padicements returned by the Chicago | grand jury. [} ‘Bond was offered for Col. Forbes by the Detroit Fidelity and Surety Com- pany, represented by its Washington manager, Oscar J. Ricketts. The three indictments charged con- spiracy to defraud the United States | in the construction of veterans’ hos- pitals, conspiracy to commit bribery and acceptance of a bribe. * The three indictments in.full were presented by the government’s coun- Taken in Passport Fraud. NAPLES, Italy, March 6.—Several men, ch: with having issued false American passports; were ar- rested tod: Passports have been so0ld to -peasants for sums varying £501 2,000 19 5,000 Jirey . Easby- | P PROSECUTOR QUITS LUDENDOREF TRAL Declares He Cannot Endure | Humiliation of Defense Assaults. Dy the Assoclated Press. MUNICH, Bavaria, March 6—The trial for treason of former Field Mar- shal Ludendorff, Adolph Hitler and other participants in the unsuccess- ful “putsch” of last November was suddenly interrupted today when the chief prosecutor left the court, after declaring he was no longer willing o continue the prosecution owing to the constant humiliating attacks made by the counsel for the defense. The second prosecutor requested the court to recess until he had con- ferred with his superjor. Charges Partiality. The charge which led directly to the suspenaion of the hearings was made by Dr. Kohl, lawyer for the de- fendants, who .declared Chief Prose- cutor Stanglein had a manla for ar- resting minor individuals, but had neglected to urge the arrest of Dr. von Kahr, the former military dic- tator, and other men in the higher circles of Eavarian political life. Dr. Kohl, who has repeatedly charged Dr. von Kahr, Gen. von Los- sow, confmander of the Bavarian reichswehr, and Gen. von Selsser, for- mer chief of the state police, with responsibility for the bloodshed of November 9, when the reichswehr put down the putsch, said today he would bring out all this and more when the time came for summing up. Failure in Duty. Dr. Kohl intimated that Prosecutor Stanglein had not done his duty in falling to include Dr. von Kahr and Gens. von Lossow and von Selsser among the defendants. The latest arrests ordered by the prosecutor included Hitler's publicity agent and several other Hitlerites. After the adjournment of court the ministry of justice hurriedly called a conference to decide what action should be taken. BELL SYSTEM ACCUSED OF BROADCAST MONOPOLY Pederal Trade Commission Investi- gation or Congressional Probe Is Demanded. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 6.—Alleging that the American Telephone and Telegraph Company has obtained by “questionable and unscrupulous .tac- tics special exclusive concessions and the use of higher power’ than that permitted to other broadcasting stations, Grover A. Whalen, commis sioner of plant and structures, today urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate further the radio sit- uation. & In ‘a letter to the commission the commissioner charged that the com- pany had assumed the prerogatives of the federal government in the control and regulation of radio broadcasting. The company, . the commissioner asserted, was “refusing the lease of its land “wire to all; but its own” and was “at- ::.n:::rn- Yo secure subscriptions. to ay their artists” It was also, he pointed out, charging a minimum of $100 for broadcasting ldveru’ ing B he commission cannot undertake iry, Mr. Whalen asked for a gnm:gnll or senatorial -investi- gation of radlo broadcasting. ISMET PASHA RESIGNS AS TURKISH PREMIER President of Republic Asks Head of Cabinet, However, to Form New . Ministry. By the Asseciated Press. LONDON,. March 6—Ismet Pasha has resigned as Turkish premier, ac- cording to the Constantinople corre ndent of the Exchange Telegraph, e the prasident of .the republic: has asked Lim to Iorm SROther.cablneh. , ¢ | 1 THEODORE E. BCRTO! CONSIDERS BURTON TOSUGCEED DENBY President Has Ohio Repre- sentative’s Name on List of Prospects. Theodore E. Burton, present mem- ber of the House and former senator from: Ohlo, is one of those now be- ing considered by President Coolidge for appointment as Secretary of the Navy. White House officials refused today to discuss the possibility of his ap- pointment, but it was confirmed that he was on a list of a half dozen now before the President. The Ohfo representative is under- stood to have the support of Senators Fess and Willis ofsOhio, and despite his advanced age, is being urged as onc fitted by long experience to take over the Navy post. = All indications today pointed to the selection of a secretary to succeed Edwin Denby befor Edwin Y before the end of the $200,000 FIRE LEVELS 7 CAPE CHARLES STORES Heart of Business Section of Vir ginia Town Destroyed in Early Morning Blaze. By the Associated Presy. CAPE CHARLES, Vi, March 6.— Seven store buildings in the héart of the business district here were de, stroyed by fire of unknown ®origin early today, causing damage esti- mated at more than $200,000. The blaze was discovered in the hallway of the Central Cafe by mem- bers of a traln crew, and firemen, handicapped by low pressure in the town's water tanks, were unable to prevent its spreading ‘to adjoining bulldings. Three grocery stores, a drug store, furniture store, a naval supply store, and the building occupled by the cafe and J. W. Jones, justice of the peace and insurance agent, were destroyed before two tugs got hose into action and brought it under control. The town is without a fire engine. BILL AUTHORIZES TABLET. ‘Would Allow Daughters of 1813 to Place Memorial. The Senate today passed a bill in- troduced by Senator Caraway of Arkansas, authorizing the National Society, United States Daughters of 1812, to place a marble tablet on which will be placed the insignia of the soclety and the last verse of “The Star Spangled Banner” on the Fran- is Scott Key bridge, across the Po- at Georgetown. The bill now goes to the House for action. One Killed in Train Wreck. OMAHA, Nebr., March 6.—The Pa- .cific Limited of the Chicago, Milwau- kee and St. Paul railroad was derail- A uyd By — ‘ ' —_— . == - fi* “CONGRESS IUOR BRNGS AL TERH House Office Building Em- ploye Says Rum Was for Representative. | | | Benjamin F. Dorsey, fifty-two years old, who claimed to be an employe at the House office building, was sentenced 1o serve fifteen days In jail today by Judge McMahon in Police Court on a charge of illegally trans- porting liguor. Dorsey was arrested late yester- day by Sergt. Thomas T. Dalhouse and Private F. M. White of the sixth precinct as he was about to slip up an alley in the neighborhood of North Capitol and 1st streets northeast. He had a jug containing :‘fll( a x.?llon om whisky under 8 4 is all Ve . When* tiken to the sixth precinct station Dorsey declared the liquor was intended for a member of Con- gress from Tennessee and threatened dire punishment to the officers if they did not release him instantly. Ac- cording to one policeman, he told his daughter, who hurried to his assist- ance, he would have every one in the station “fired.” *“‘A congressman from Tennessee,’ " the officer said Dorsey declared after Leing placed in his cell, ‘asked me to get that ligquor for him. “‘I'm golng to get out of here in five minutes and then I'm going out and buy another half gallon. The congressman is waiting and I will not disappoint him.' " Dorsey, however, walted long and in vain for a bondsman, and today found him still in the station house cell. When taken before Justice Mc- Mahon the testimony against him was overwhelming and he was given his choige of paying $25 fine or serv- ng fifteen days in jail. He elected the latter. SAY PASTOR ADMITTED “FRAME-UP” TESTIMQNY By the Assoclated Press. FAYETTEVILLE, W. Va., March 6. —Testimony that the Rev. J. E. Wil- burn and his son John had fold fel- low convicts in the state peniten- tiary that they expected to get their sentences reduced by testifyl the armed march trials, and iried to induce other prisoners to testify was given today In defense of C. Frank Keeney, mine union president, on trial on a’charge of being ac- cessory to murder. The mountain preacher and his son were convicted on charges growing out of the march against Logan county. Nathan Shields, serving ninty-nine vears on a second conviction for murder, ~testified the preacher told im that he and Bert Seacrest, anoth- ¢ state witness, had “framed” Frank Xeeney and asked Shields to join them. When Shields sald he knew nothing ~about the case Wilburn promiseq to “coach” him, the witness sald. FRENCH COMPANY PLANS HAVRE-NEW YORK LINERS By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 6.—A bill authoriz- ing the French line to issue addi-| tional shares amounting to from four | to twelve million francs to ocver construction of two new liners for the Havre-New York service, was ap- proved Yy the finance commit the chamber of deputies. faotat The ships are to replace the La Sa- voie and La Lorraine, which, accord- ing to the merchant marine commis sion, must give way to faster boat: in order to compete with forelgn nes. The government guarantees to sub- scribers reimbursement within _the maximum time limit of twenty-four years, the government taking first- Class ‘mortgage on ships built for the entire amount of the shares {ssued. It is expected that the keels of the two new liners will be 1aid in the spring. They will be somewhat like the steamer Paris, will burn oil and have & speed permitting crossing the Atlantic in less than six days. e = REICHSTAG DISSOLUTION AUTHORIZED BY EBERT By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, March 6.—President Ebert of Germany has authorized Chancellor Marx to dissolve the reichstag, according to an agency di patch received by way of Amsterdam. If the dissoluton takes place this | * Claims Capital Is Most Lawless City in Country “Washington is the most lawless city in the country. You are shooting United States senators on the street in the shadow of the Capitol, endeavoring to enforce a law that is unenforceable.” Thus spoke Louis A. Coolldge of Boston, today appearing before the House judiclary committee in opposition to the child labor bill, which the committee will probably report out tomorrow. Mr. Cool- idge is a cousin of the President and has been iInsistently mention- ed as a candidate for the United States Senate and is secretary of the United Shoe Machinery Com- pany. He bas many years taken a deep interest in public affairs. He opposed the growing tendency of the federul government to pass legislation interfering with private affairs. NCOVETAXCUT BEFOREMARCH 15 AMOFSEMATORS Back Joint Resolution for 25 Per Cent Cut on Levies Against 1923 Totals. The Senate finance committee de- cided today to seek immediate enact- ment of a joint resolution providing for a 25 per cent reduction in per- sonal income taxes , payable this vear, o that it may apply to the in- stallments due March 15. Provision for such a reduction was approved by the House in the revenue bill. Enactment of that measure, how- ever, is not possible before March 15, | and leaders hope by passage of a joint resolution to avold the necessity of | making refunds on first installments, | which now would have to be paid in full. Chatrman Smoot was instructed to| confer with Chairman Green of the| House ways and means committee on the prospects for such action. i The one-fourth reduction would ap- | ply to all persdnal income taxes of | 4923, which are payable this year. | Republican organization members of the committee have indicated de- termination to reincorporate in the bill substantially the Mellon income tax schedule, knocked out by the| House. Senator Watson, Indiana, a republican member of the committee, vesterday _told President Coolidge ch an ‘effort would get support. Republicans also have declared they would attempt to eliminate the increase in the estate tax and the| gift tax voted by the House, but| demogratic leaders have announced | that they would fight to retain these| provisions and'in addition, would seek { to increase the 25 per cent reduction on earned income taxes to 33% per cent. ir. Smoot has expressed the hope thit the committee Will be able to Teport the measure to the S within three weeks. iy The revenue bill was formally pre- sented to the committee today, Mr. Smoot calling on Joseph McCoy, gov- ernment actuary, for estimates of the effect on government receipts of the measure passed by the House. The estimates were that the measure would result in a 1oss of $446,270,000 in 1925, compared with the returns under the present law. Senator Smoot said this would make a shortage of $100,000,000 in funds to carry the ordinary operating expenses of the government, exclusive of a soldier bonus of other special appropria- tions. Dally sessions of the committee will be continued, as Chairman Smoot pre- dicted & report in about three weeks. Secretary Mellon will appear to- morrow. NAMES OF ACCUSED ASKED OF CODLIDGE House Resolution Seeks Dis- closure of Members Sus- pected of Bribery. | i Representative Crisp, democrat, of | Georgla, today introduced a resolu- tion calling on President Coolidge to transmit to the House the names of the two members referred to in the Chicago grand Jury's report. This resolution will probably be consid- ered at the special meeting of the House rules committee this afternoon. The text of the resolution is as fol- lows: ) “Whereas the federal grand jury in! the city of Chicago, in its considera- tion of the case of the government vs. C. R. Forbes, late director of the Vet.-I erans’ Bureau, reported to the judge that evidence was adduced before it which tended to show that two mem- | bers of the House of Repulenmtlveu' had been guilty of malfeasance in o(-‘ fice; and “Whereas great publicity has been given throughout the United States to the effect that two members of the| guilty of corrupt practice and un- worthy of the trust reposed in them:] and “Whereas, until these two mem- bers of Congress are named, the whole body of the House is under suspiclon and a great injustice is done the House of Representatives collectively; therefore, “Be it resolved, Tl the President of the Unitec States be, and he is hereby, requested, if not incompatible with public interest, to transmit at once to the House the names of the two members of Congress referred to in the report of the federal grand jury in Chicago. After a conference in the Speaker’s office today between Speaker Gillett, House Leader Longworth, Chairman Snell of the rules committee and Rep. resentative Finls J. Garrett, who is minority Jeader and a memnber of the rules committee, & meeting of the rules committee was called for this rd to the linking ed at Persia, Iowa, early today. The|week, the dispatch says, the elections |by the federal grand jury of the names -engineer was killed and.a number of passengers slightly burt, will be held either on ‘April 6 or 13 and Wil include the occupied region. of two members of the House with fraud charges. ° “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as the papers are printed. s Circulation, 102,930 TWO CENTS. HOUSE COMMITTEE VOTES T0 PRESENT BILL TO GIVE BONUS Treadway, Tilson, Mills and Collier Oppose—Sixteen Favor Measure. FORM OF LEGISLATION/ STILL TO BE DECIDED Chairman Green Believes Bill Will Be Ready for Congress Next Week. Agreement to report a soldfer bonus bill was voted 16 to 4 toda: by the House ways and means com- mittee. No action was taken on the form of the blll to be reported. Representative Bacharach, republican New Jersey, presented his plan fo: limiting compensation to pafd-up in- surance, and other plans were discussed, but the committee decided to go intt | all the plans submitted tomorrow. Representatives Treadway, Massa- | chusetts; Tiison, Connecticut, and Mils, ew York, republicans, and Colller. Mississippi, democrat, were those v ing against approval of any bonus measure. Four Bonus Proposals. The three days of public hear brought out four proposals which rc- ceived conslderable support. Three of these were entirely different from the bili passed last session and vetoed by President Harding. They included pay- ment in cash only, adjusted compensa- tion in the form of pald-up insurance policies and a two-option plan allowing full cash payments or paid-up insurance. The third scheme wiw advanced by the | special committee of veterans appointed by the House democratic conference to confer with the committee on bonus legislation. John R. Quinn, national commander | of the American Legion, presented the indorsement of that body for the four- option bill passed last session. It pro- vided cash payments to those entitled to less than $50; adjusted service cer- tificates—a form of deferred payment; | vocational training, or farm and home ald options. Other propositions also were ad- vanced, including one by Representa- tive Hayden, democrat, Arlzona, to make the four-option plan a five- option affair by providing land set- | tlement. Expect Delay on Report. In view of the variety of proposals, Chairman Green now fears that the committee will not be able to report & measure to the House until next week, Instead of by Saturday, as planned. Members of the committee frankly stated that no definite plans had been agreed upon so far as party lin were concerned, and many sald they would have to give more study to the matter before reaching any conclu- slons. While the two-fold proposition to allow either full cash payments or the insurance policies was advanced by the special committee of veterans named by the House democratic con- ferene, the plan is not binding on the democrats as a whole, it was ex- plained, and Representative Jeffers, Alabama, chairman of the committee, asked that it not be considered as a partisan view. The proposition received the sup- port of several other spokesmen, In- cluding Representative Murphy, re- publican, of Ohfo. Cash Payment Supported. Representative Hawes, democrat, Missour!, who voted against the bonus bill last session, was among the sup- porters of a straightout cash pay-’ ment plan. Other advocates of this proposal were Representatives Bege, republican, Ohio, and Lea, democrat, California. Representative Andrew, republican, Massachusetts, also presenting a scheme for pald-up insurance pglicies, de- clared he belleved 95 per cent of the former service men would be satisfied by such a bonus. He added that if all officers were excluded, as provided in his bill, the bonus would cost about $200,000,000 less. SARRAUT AND LAFFONT ARE READ OUT OF PARTY Socialists Act When Cabinet Mem- bers Back Polincare’s Finance Program. By the Associated Press, PARIS, March 6.—Parliamen circles have been agitated by the ac- tion of the executive committee of |the radical and radical-socialist party on the eve of the elections in exclud- ing two members of the present cabi- net and seven members of the cham- ber of deputies from party member- ship because they voted in favor of the Polncare government's measure glving it power to carry out financial reforms by decree. The cabinet members are Albert Saitaut, minister of the coloAles, who headed the French mission at the ‘Washington armament conference after Premfer Briand returned home, and Paul Laffont, undersecretary of ]House of Representatives have been |posts and telegraphs. M. Sarraut an- nounces that he does not intend to be a candidate in the next elections. NEW YORKER WOULD RUN ON BOTH TICKETS IN RACE Asks That Name Be Put on Pri- mary Ballots in Keystone State, Must Have Petitions. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa, March 6.— Ernest T. 8. Lenroot, New York city. desires to become a candidate for President in the Pennsylvania spring primaries and to that end wrote the election bureau officials requesting his name be placed on both the re- publican and democratic preferential primary ballots. He weas notified to- day he would have to present peti- tions signed by 100 voters in each of ten-or more counties.