Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1924, Page 2

FINAL RENT BILL HEARING ORDERED Reporting of Revised Meas- ure by Week From Tomor- row Is Probable. The revised bill for continuing the lite of the District Rent Commission, which automatically expires May 23 will- be the subject of a: hearing next Wednesday before the Hou District committee, with Edward Colladay and other representatives of the Washington Board of Trade granted time to speak In opposition. It the committee finds by 11:45 o'clock that it cannot complete con sideration of the reat bill so as.to favorably report it to the House, the committee will facet Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock to complete action upon” the measire, This was decided after a spirited scussion in the' tommirtee while members of the Rent sion and their attorneys. with repre- mentatives of the landlords and tenants, also were present, Report Not Unanimon: When Representative Lampert, who was che‘rmant of the sabcommittec that coducted the rent honri who fathering the started to wake his report fromw subcomraittee he mentioned that Teport was not unani here- upon Representativ hill, re- Ppublican, Massachusetts, said that it was not un tmous and as hearings have not been printed, h advocated postponing action for one week until the hearings could be printed, copies supplied to all mem- bers, so that they could see what amendments thev desi®ed to propose, Represeniatives Lampert and Blan ton, both members of the subcommit. tee, told the committee that the hear- ings were voluminow Represent- ative Blanton sugzested that it would cost about $1,200 to print them and that he did not believe the mer bers would read them. Kepresenta- tive Underhill argued that the gov. ernment printing would not have to employ a single extra man to print the: hearings and that the committee could not fairly be asked o vote on a proposition before it had an opportunity to inform itself b: reading the hearings. Represent Rathbone, repub- lican, illino that the bill in its present al different from t 0 intro- duced ie supported the proposition for a week's delay, and <aid that re quests had been' made for soma spokesmen from each side of the con troversy to appear before the full committee. Argues Against Delay. Representative Lampert argned against delay, because the Rent Com mission on May . Representative Hammer, democrat. North_Carolina, explained at_length how the bill was revised and discuss- ed the new features, Representative Blanton served notice that he would not vote for the bill un- Commis- the der any circumstances, He declared that | it grants authority for appoirtment of a large number of empios exempts them all from civil service requirements. He said he is not in favor in peace time of any such com mission, and that he believes the old principle of supply and demand will decrease rents at least 25 per cent within six months after the commis sion ceases to exist. Representative Blanton commended the Washington Board of Trade for icompuny to erect a store much higher | its opposition to the bill he admired that organization of civie and said leaders for making the fight. He today, | yould automatically expire CITY HEADS DEFEND CONTRACT AWARDS AND ZONING POLICY body of residents technically qualified to offer valuable opinion. No Law Governs Cases. “There is no law permftting control of private architecture, and no au- thorized body to pass cu architectural plans of private buildings, similar to the Fine Arts Commission in respect to. public buildings. However, unoflicially architectural comments made weekly upon pri- { vate building plans by a council, con- sisting of @ committee of architects f the Washington Chapter. Ameri- an Institute of Architects, and a presentative of the Comn isloners. e comments arg mailed to the nors or designer of the: building ‘under review. The excellent progress made in improving the beauty of th by this work is most note- in the cases of apartment hous: nd row houses.” { The Commi ners called attention to “one conspicuous stance where the goyerpment departed from its policy of low buildings. The war !rl.\l; building, on the old Arlington ite at the {fayette Park, is 130 feet high. Thera {has been severe and almost universal seriticisma of this structure too Ligh for its surroundings, hizh for its use snd entirely harmony with existing developments. The zoning commission considered thit the maximwn height limit of 110 feet wo SOrVe every necessary pur- 098, tend to prevent undesirab e conges- n'of traffic, extend and stabilize the and thus, in intent of the law, pub’ic hea'th, secure G protect Property bia | worth too | it {v th | i The Comm! ful attention is given to the development | of residential seetions, and that “instead jof d |tions the pressnt zoning commission has created districts where ersction of apirtment houses 18 prohibite ,thus forever s la beautiful character of residential de- | velopment.” | The Commissioners pointed out that neither the zoning commission ner he Comm oners can control the cost of apartment houses. Repiying to a suggestion of Senator |King that subdivisions and additions {are ocing added to the city which do \not conform to the general plan of he cty as they should, the Commis- sioners said: 1%R6 “such addition or subdivision be craated unless it conforms the highway plin, the regnla- ions and | ma {with tion pertaining to subdi the zoning regulations. Deny Pressure Used. I’ To the sugigesiion of Senator King, {that zoning permits are “improvi- j@ently issued. that oftentimes pres- sure is brought to securc permits which contemplate buildings and structures not warranted by the let- or spirit of the law, or regula- which are enforced in the Dis- ict,”" the Commissioner said “This eclaim is completely incor- |rect. No change is made except after public hearings, advertised for consccutive days in a Washington {newspaper. Within the past year he Soning Commission determised, in ddition to the newspaper advertise- {ments, to notify all citizens of the : proposed ch: s and to notify resi dents in the vicinity through the po- {lice department. i Y i The Commissioner denied also that juny favoritism has been shown in granting zoning permits, Senator King, in_ his letter, said [that complaint had been made that { permission was granted a certain (than the patent oflice, which js sit- uated opposite the store and that uch permit was not consonant with northeast corner .of La- | as being | out of | con- | and has | ten | [FAILTO GET CLUES TO WBRIDE CASE Detectives Interview Prison- ers in Maryland, But Mur- der Unsolved. By a Staff Correspondent. BALTIMORE, Md, March 19.— Statements obtalned today by De- toctives Keliey and Scrivemer from James John Iorsythe - and Ernest Perry, prisoners in the house of correction, falled to furnish a single clue to the solution of thoe Forsythe asserted that Perry had he knew who killed MacBride. Perry denied having made such a statement. Several prisoners in the house of 'ned of Forsythe's hav- ten of the alleged statements to Capt. Charles Burns of the Balti- |more detcciive force and Forsyth {now says life in ¢ prizson is un- !bearable. He has asked the warden | to_trunsfer one of them to the Bal- timore penitentlary and this action probably will Lo taken tomorrow. Examined by Detectives, The detectives, Serivener and Kel- {ley, and Detective Charles Kuhler of { Baltimore examined the two pris- oners tods Forsythe made it clear { that he had complained to Perry that the Jatter was a “squealer” and it Was at this time he claimed Ferry t0ld him of knowledge of the Prince Georges county murder. Incidentally, the prisoner known as Perry admitted Lis name was Ernest { Du Plessis. He has served in the | Army overseas, been court-martialed for absence without leave, senten: for five years' imprisonment on Gov ernors Island and given a dishonor- le discharge. He said in his talk with Ca; tive Kah- le that he was living only a few doors from where Ma | Bride was roomine at the time of the { murdor, and, in. view of his past rec | ord, he ‘thouzht the police might pick { him up. He he had been sellin { dope and had spent one day at Occo. { anan, having been fined for assauit- {ing two policemen in this city. { _Forsythc toid the detectives that Perry had threatened his lifa siuee 2 of the letter he had sent (o { the Baitimore police. Other prisoners |in the jail had learned of the send- iing of the lctter through the ne ipapers ond were hissing him and making life otherwise u..comfortable in the prison. Wants to Leave Prison. Forgythe implored the detectives | from Washington and Baltimore to sist in getting him out of prisonm, that he could return and look after his wife and two children. This was the first time he had ever been Arres and his arrest was the result of drinking and bad com- pan: pt. Burns and Dete: | so afternoon the detectives will nterview another prisoner named {Abbott, who Js servinz a two-year ntence in the Macyland penitentia { for participation in the theft of bag- |gage in Baltimore with, Perry and i Forsythe. o | Detectives Scrivener and Kelle: think Perry probably made the state. {ments about the MacBride murder for jthe purpose of Inducing his fellow ! prisoner to belleve he not | “squealer. — Am { eried what he said was violation of |the iaw or with existing regulations. | sacred property’rights. In replying to remarks by Repre. sentative Hammer, Representative Josi of Misouri said he considered it an amazing proposition to create an agency of government to take care of such trifiing matters as controversies between landlord and tenant, wran ling over torn wall paper or wain- Bcoating to be painted. Ths committee ordered the steno. graphic report of the rent hearings not violate the zoning law or regu-| to be printed. SUIT AGAINST MD. U. BY GIRL GOES TO TRIAL Court Refuses to Set Aside Action of Co-Ed to Compel Reinstatement. BALTIMORE, Md, March 19.—] forts by counsel for the University of Maryland to set aside the man- damus petition of Miss Vivian Simp- son, co-ed at that institution for two vears, to compel her reinstatement as a student failed today in city court. A demurrer was overruled and the case went to trial on its merits, Assistant Attorney General Edward H. Burke argued that Miss Simpson ‘was not eligible as a student because she is a non-resident of Maryland. Her home is at Takoma Park, D, C. Complaining with Miss Simpson is Miss' Virginia Flanagan, McKeesport, Pa. Hearing in her case is to follow (h;‘; of n;» other ro-ed. e action is directed against Dr. Albert F. Woods, president of the Tniversity of Marvland. who in an answer accuses the younz women of | an open attitude of rebellion, causing | discontent among the students. The Eirls also are accused of refusing to resign from Chi Omega Sorority, an organization of students not tecog- nized at’the university. SEES WORLD SALVATION IN JESUS’ TEACHINGS Tt the world is to be saved eco- momically, industrially and govern- mentally, it will be “becanse you and I and all the rest of us pu Dractice the teachings of Josgs of Nazareth,” Representative Homer Hooh of Kansas doclared at the Len- ten services at Keith's Theater this afternoon, Taking up the general considera- tion of the question, “How are we getting on in this business of liv- ing?" Representative Hoch recalled the mystery of the world about us, and especially the mystery within u - “The first duty of living is to grow,” he said. In the moral life, he continued, most men are “trying to beat the game. The solution lies in meeting the conditions of moral owth set forth in jthe Bible and e teachings of Jesu The quartet of the Mount Vernon Jace M. E. Church South sang. Col. uy Withers presided. The services are held every weekday at 13:30 ‘clock except Saturdays. . ~~:NOON-DAY ‘LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 0’Clock SPEAKER TOMORROW ‘Rev. Jas. Shera Montgomery 0 this the Commissioners replied: “A change in_height zoning from 5 feet to 110 feet was _made ¥ the zonming commission on March , 1 , of the frontage of 124 feel on Tth street and 1543 on F street, at the southeast cormer of 7th and F streets northwest, for the erection of new building for the expansion of use as a department store by the Hecht Company. This change does {1ations, nor the act of Congress, June 1, 1910, prescribing limit of height | surrounding public buildings.” {"The Commissioners Inciuded in their {letter a list of changes in zoning isince the adoption of zoning, August 120, 1920, to February 1, 1924. | In Senator King's letter there was !a request for information on the pur- Ichase of school sites, of Which no {mention was made in {sioners’ reply made public today. It vas explained at _the District build- |ing today that Senator King's re- quest required information Iback over a period of twenty years, and that the Commissioners did not care to delay answers to other ques- {tions while walting to get it up. The information concerning {school sites has now been compiled jand will be forwarded to Semator {King this afternoon, it was stated. WILL REPORT SOON. i { { Assistant Attorney General Rush L { Holland expects to make his report } within the next day or so. | The assistant attorney general ex- pressed himself to this effect after | conferring with President Coolidge at { the White House late yesterday after- { noon. He intimated that he has gone quite thoroughly into the official acts of the two civillan Commissioners, especially as applied to their service as members of the District Zoning | Gommission and the Public Utilities { Commission, and their method of pur- chusing supplies for the District gov- ernment, He said that Commissioners Ru- doiph and Oyster have explained to |him certain points about which there {has been considerable contention | raised by citizens opposing their re | appointment. Mr. Holland indicated | that the two Commissioners were { trank and courteous and helpful in answering questions. all _of which i made it possible for Mr. Holland to j complete his_ inquiry much more | fapidly than he anticipated. i Is Awaiting Report. |, The President has let it be known that he will give no comsideration to these two appointments until he {has studied Mr. Holland's report. ! While he is reviewing the report, h | will also give his attention to 'the half-dozen or €0 names that have been suggested to him for appoint- ment in the event he decides not to Teappoint thé incumbents. . Most prominent among those sug- gested to displace either Commis- sioner Rudolph or Oyster is Charles A. Baker,- pre: tion of Citizens' Associations. imost recent indorsement o Mr. RBaker was received at the te House late yesterday from Rev, W. L. Darby, secretary of the District Federation of Churches. ~Dr. Darby said today that in his letter he sug- | gested to the President that he select ithe best possible men. for the two Commissionerships, and that in the event he decided not to appoint one ar,both of the Incumbents, that appoint_ Mr. . who, 'he pointed out, was well qpalified t0 serve.. . Dr. Darby made plain that he was not opposing the reappoinfment “of either ~Commissioner Rudolph or The i Oyster, nor was he reflecting the Tlews of the Federation of Churches e was mere! . ting' ly 43 an CHILD BURNED TO DEATH. Bpecial Dispateh o The Star. "HAGERSTOWN, h 19, the Commis- | going | the | dent of the Federa- | | | SCANDAL TOG.0.P. Wilson Administration Can- not Be Accused in Any Sense, He Asserts. | | { 1 { | By the Axsociated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 19.— About 3,000 persons crowded Union ation here late yesterday to- hear William G. MeAdoo, candidate for tha democratic nomination for President, {In a brief address. Blaming the republican administra- {tlon for the Teapot Dome scandal, Mr. {McAdoo said: i “This is exclusively a republican scandal, and they will never be able to put one blot of it on the Woodrow Wilson administration.” “We fought the war so efficiently that it ended one year before the military experts of Europe sald it could end,” he sald. know that to {be a fact, because I was handling the finances 'of the nation. and I know vhat they: told me when we loaned them the money. The war was cost- ing sixty millions a day. 1f it had lasted one vear longer it would have cost us twenty-two billions more than it aid. Is not that a credit to the Woodrow Wilson administration? “This exhibition of graft in the Capital is the most flagrant in the history of the world. If ‘normalcy’ had fought the great war in the same inefficient manner it has operated the government, it would have cost us bundreds of billions of dollars and millions of American lives. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., March 19. villlam G, McAdoo made a short address to his old home town folk here today, in which he again an- nounced that should he be clected he | will see that no Wall street man is pointed Secretary of the Treasury and that no man of sinister influence will be allowed to take charge of the federal reserve system. GEORGIA VOTE AWAITED. McAdoo and Underwood Managers Each Expect Victory. By the Amsociated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., March 19.—Georgia voters went to the polis today to ex- | press their presidential preference in |a statewide democratic primary, with William G. McAdoo, native Georgian, and Senator Oscar W. Underwood of {Alabama in the field. {” Miller S. Bell, in charge of the Mo- 1 Adoo campaign; declared early today that ‘the former Secretary of the ‘Treasury “has made such progress in {Georgin since his recent speaking { tour that his success is assured. R. C. Gordon, campaign manager for Senator Underwood, declared he {would win by a large majority. of 246 county unit votes oOf 412 in the state. There are 160 counties in Georgia and the candldate receiving the ma- Jority popular Vote In each will be |entitled to the county's unit vote. he | Bach unit vote calls for the selection of a-delegate to be named by the county’s executive committee. The 412 delegates selected will meet here iin"a state comvention April 23. BLAIR NOT ASPIRANT, Refuses to Go Before G. 0. P. Ses- sion at Raleigh for Delegats. RALEIGH, N. C, March 19.—On the eve of the republican.state conven- tiop,, which will be held: here, tomor- Maryland | Barney A MacBride murder mystery. ! told him in .the Baltimore jail that| al $500,000 Emergeney- winner of the women’s banne: COOLIDGE UNLIKELY | TO VETO INSURANCE |3 BONUS PROVISIONS ' & ——— i, (Continued from First Page.) borrowed as the pollcy approaches the end of the twenty-year period than at the beginning, for the policy | will be worth more as it nears m: turity. Fifth, security must be given for loans made and no borrowinz is per- mitted un sage of the bill. Provision 'is mad to prevent these loans gom becos ing “frozen assets” at the banks. le I mittco estimated that the average ' (s amount compensation for those i who serded over 110 davs (the max- ¢ jimum service being 360 days) would!c be about $352. About $14,799,470 woald be pavable to those now iiv ‘ing. About " $50,000,000 wouid take care of the claims of families in which | veterans have died since the war and | Pprior to January 1, 1924 Some of the cash payments may, {be made during this year, but owing | to the labor involved In settin; {the ~ machinery of administration. {the War Department doesn't it will be able to issue certifica: make payments before next January. SEES BONUS BACKED. D st o of Georgia, Lilly, Lin The huge majority attending the pas- | {ffcum. ‘Lgri 3 sage of the House yesterday of the| M adjusted compensation bill is evidence | that the representatives of the people | know that sentiment through tge na- | j {tion has been cor y growing. an ihas finally become insistent that Con- | gress delay action on this measure no! zer. said John Thomas Taylor, Amer- ican Legion national legislative commit tee member, in a statement today. “Th members of the House come up fo: election every two years, and are therefore responsive to the desires of their constituents,” he added. Paul J. McGahan, department com- | {mander "of "the District American Le- sion_also commented on the passage of the measure, saying, “Whother it| is a satisfactory one remains to be seen” He assorted few of the vet erans have had time to consider the provisions of the legislation. The House vote on the measure yes- terday was 355 to 54, The margin over the nece: two-thirds was £2. The result indicated there are votes in the House to override a presiden- tial veto, The vote came after forty minutes’ debate under rules requiring a two- thirds majority and barring amend- ments. The following voted for the bill: Republicans — Andrew, ¥ Bacharach, Barbour, Beers, Begg, Bixler, Ohio. Browne of Wiscon: Burdick, Burtness, Cable, Campbell, hristopherson, Clague, Cole of Tow. Cole of Ohio, Colton, Connolly | Pennsylvania, Coeper of Wisconsin, Cooper of Ohio, Cramton, Crowther, | Curry, Dallinger, Darrow, Davis o Minnesota, Dempsey, Denison, Dick inson of "Towa, Dowell, Dyer, Ed- monds, Elliott, Evans of Towa, Fair- |« T S| S o i Beck, Beedy, ald, Fleetwood, Foster, Frear, Free, French, Frothingham, Fuller, Funk, Green of Towa, Haugen, Hawley, Hersey. son, Hull of Iowa, W. E. Hull of | Illinois, James, Johngon of Washing. ton, Kearns, Keller, Kelley, Kendall ! ! La Guardia, Lampert, Langley, Lar- son of Minnesota, Leatherwood, Lea- vitt, Little, Longworth, McKenzle, McLaughlin ‘of Michigan, McLaughli: of Nebraska, McLeod, MacGregor, MacLafferty, Madden, Manlove, Mapes, Michener, Miller of 'Illinois, Miler of ‘Washington, Moore of Illinois, Moore of Ohio, Morgan, Morin, Murphy, Nel- on of Wisconsin, Newton of Missouri, Nolan, Paige, Patterson, Peavy, Perl- man, Porter, Purnell, Ramseyer, Ran- sley. Rathbone, Reece, Roed of New York, Reld of Illinois, Roach, Robin- son, Robsion. Rogers of Massacha- setts, Rosenbloom, Sanders of In- diana, Sanders of New York, Schafer, Schali, Schneider, Scott, Sears of Nebraska, Shreve, Simmons, Sinclair, Sinnott, Smith, Speaks, Sproul of Tllinois, .Sproul of Kansas, Stalker, Stephens, Strong of Kansas, Strong of Pennsylvania, Summers of Wash- | i It | ®an, Willlams of Ilinois W il two years after the pas- | Bloom. Georgla, Byrnes The House ways and means com- | Cannon, ouri, zana, Favrot, Fisher, mer, Gardner, Garner, Gasque, Geran, Gilbert, ! Greenwood, Griffith, Hammer, Hfrri- g up | P - | Oklahoma. think D ses or | Hull of Tenmess Kindred, Swain, z Major of Missouri, Mansfield, Martin, | aln or snow tomo; New Richards, Romjue, {ath, Salmo wood. { Kentue! 1 wood, Vinson of Georgia, Vinson of Kentucky, Loulsiana. s Wilson of Indiana, Wingo, Wright. child, Fairfield, Faust, Fish, Fitzger- | Browne | Tennessee, Colller, 3 Tennesses, eal, Garber, Gibson, Graham of Tllinols, | Garrett of Texas, Garrett of Ten- iriest, Hadley, Hardy, | nessee, Hooker, Humpghreys, Lanham, Hickey, | Montague, Hill of Maryland, Hech, Holiday, Hud- | liams of Texas, Woodrum. Kahn, Reed of West Virginia—7. Chariles 1. Corby, twice winner of the men's championship Banner in the ‘asualty Howpital campaign, nnd Mrs. Rose D. Merriam, at yesterduy's rally lunch in the New Willard. Mr. Corby's team reported $10,000 yesterday, Mrs. Merriam, $9,286, Ington, Sweet, Swing, Swope, Taber, Taylor Thompson, Timber] of Thatcher, nche Vestal, Vin olght, Wat- Welsh, Wertz, White of Kanshs, te of Maine, Williams of Mizhi- Willlamson inter, Wood, Woodruff, Wurzbach, nt. Yates, Young, Zihlman. Total republicans for—1 Democrats for Bil Democrats—Abernethy, Allen, All- ood, Almon, Arnold, Aswell, Ayres, nkhead, Barkley, Bell, Black of Tennessce, Jare, os, | Texas, Black of New York, Blanton, | Farily denied a motion of counsel for of Bu- Bnsby, Boylan, Brand rowning, inkle, Bowling, Brigs: Buckiey, B South Carolina, Canfl ‘arew, Carter, Casey, Celler, lancy, Clark of Florida, Cleary, Col ns, Connally of Texas, Connery, ook, Crisp, Croll, er, Cullen. ummings, Davey, Dickinson of M Dickste: Doyle, Jrane, Driver, ivans of Mon- ulbright, Ful- hanan, latfelter, ' Goldsboroggh, Hawes, Havden, Hiil Hill of Washington, Nebraska, Howard of Huddleston, Hudspeth, Jacobstein, Jef- ntucky, Johnson Johmson of Texas, Kerr, Kincheloe, Lankford, Larsen f Georgia, Lazaro, Lea of Ifuriy‘l‘m, n. Lowrey, Lozier, Lyon, McNulty, McReynolds, Mc weeney. Major of Tilifiols Hastings, Alabama, oward of feK eown, Mo igan, Minahan, 'Mooney, eorgia, Morehead, Morris, O'Connell of New of (Rhode Isiand O’Connell O'Connor of or of lLouisian! t New York, Park of Georwia, Parks f Arkansas, Peery, Pou, Prall, uayie, Quin. Ragon, Rainey, Raker, ankin, ltayburn, Reed of Arkan Rouse, Rubey, Sanders of Texas, Sandlin, wars of mithwick, Stedman, ullivan, Summers ‘ague, Taylor of of West Virginia, tengle, son, f Texas, Swank, Tillman, Ward of North Carolina, atkins, Weaver, Weller, Wilson - of Mississippi, Total democrats for, 176. Socialist—Berger, 1. Independent—ikvale, 1. Farmer-labor—Wefald, 1. Total, 3 The following voted against the bill: Republicans— Ackerman, _Aldrich, Anthony. | padon: Rurton, Butler, Ciarke of New Boles, Brand of | O sin, Brumm, | 1i]inois, | Pennsy A+ Merritt, Mills, of | son_of "Maine, { Parker, Perkins, Phillips, Seger, Sny- der, Temple, Tilson, Tinkham, Tread- | way, Underhill, | N Freeman, Gifford, Gra- vania, M. D. Hull of Lehlbach, Luce, Magee of vania, Magee of New York, oores of Indiana,.Nel- Newton of Minnesota, Fenn, vainwright. Ward of ew York, Watson, Winslow. Total republicans against, 34. Democrats—Bland, _ Box, Boyce, of New Jjersey, Byrns of , Corning, Davis of Dominick, Drewry, Moore of Wirginia, Wil Total democrats against, 20. Total, 54. The following were paired for the Freder- Ketcham. Kless, King, Kopp, Kurtz, | bill: Republicans—Chindblom, icks, Greene of Massachusetts, John- on of South Dakota, Lineberger—5. Democrats—McClintic, McDuffie, Rog- ers of New Hampshire, Steagall, Up- shaw—S5. Total—10. The following were paired against Republicans—McFaden, Snell, Wa- on—3. Democrats—Gallivan, Tucker—2. Total—b. The following were mot recorded Britten, Mudd, Alabama, the bill: as_voting: Republicans — Anderson, Knutson, Michaelson, Democrats—Oliver of Wise—32. ‘Total—9. There is one vacancy in the House and Speaker Gillett did not vote. Is Your Conscience Clear? There goes the Emergency Hospital ambulance! ‘Who has been burt? It may be one of your dear gnes, a friend or an un- known.. A life is hanging in the balance,sand that life will be saved if real ambulance service and able surgeons on. duty every minmte ‘of the day and night can-de it hh-yoadnytobdp’mmmlmyud'c-nhy hospitals. © Mail ymuha—wfiom ‘to the Emergency Hospital headquar- ters, 14th and G Sgs. N.W. Your payments may extend over three ‘years. CONDUCTED. B‘Y Clothing Catobims 7S While She Los ¥ Mu T. Endicott : her three younger brothers were o o playing in the kitchen at their home : s at Mount Lena, ‘east of mh'el.t;. ‘| Grace. six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Summers, was burned to.death. The child dashed from the house in a vain effort to 4 fames, escape the row, Commissioner of Internal Rev. ue_ David H. Blair announced that ‘would not permit his name to go' w«r the convention as & lelegate-at-large to the convention at Cleveland. Col. Thom: B 1d. § ork, O’'Suilivan, Oldfleld, Oliver | “lorida, Shallenberger, Sher- Ison of | SULLIVAN'IS SILENT "ON BUTLER PARLEY Declines to Discuss Conference Held With Police Czar in Philadelphia. i ANOTHER TRIP PROBABLE Friends Not Sure He Would Ac- cept Quaker City Job. Although Maj. Daniel Sullivan, | superintendent of polics, will prob- i ably make another trip to Phila- delphia within the next few days, he continued to remain silent today as 10 the purposes of his conference with | Gen. Smedley D. Butler, director of {public safety tn that city. | The report gained circulation yes- | terday that the local police head had ybeen asked about a position in the | Philadelphia department when he {was in the Quaker city Monday. | When asked reganling the reports yosterday, the major said he could ! not discuss 1n any manner the con- | ference he had with the director | ot public catoty. , i It was re Marine' Corpe to enter the municipal | service of Philadelphia, may be | seeking the advice and experience of {Maj. Sullivan a3 a seasoned police- | man ing some police adminis- bir rs. | he local police chief has re- frained from discussing his trip, some {of his friena ve that if 4 defl- {nite offer was made he would con. | sider it and carefully before | leaving Washington, where he has {spent the greator part of his life. 'KNUTSON AN ON AND HULL HELD IN $3,000 BOND Judge Reduces Security for Ap- pearance on Third Monday in ApriL | Representative Harold Knutson of lMlnnmo!a and Leroy M. Hull, twenty- | nine-year-old government worker, ! charged with a statutory offense, yes- terday were held for the action of | the grand jury by Justice Harry R. Thomas, sitting in police court at Arlington courthouse. Although * Judge Thomas tempo- | the defense to reduce bond from | $5.000 to $2,000, he took the m under aavisement and this morning fixed bond at $3,000. The case will ! be called before the grand jury a its next term, the third Monday in witnesses were heard yester- | | day, one for the state and the other jthree for the defenme, Mr. Knutson' attorneys having decided to use the | prosecutor's witnesses as their own | in an effort to exonerate the rep: ntative and his friend withont f: ther trial Justice Thomas his decision without deliberation after the defense had closed its case. THE WEATHER | _Fair tonight, | fure near freczing: tomorrow cloudiness, followed by i rain ; fresh north shifting to e Maryland—! { increasing cloudi : tomorrow | followed by afternoon or night: no change in temperature: moderate north, shifting to east, winds tomorrow. Virginia — Tncreasing _cloudiness followed by rain and possibly snow tomorrow in extreme southwest portion tonight: mo change in temperature; fresh north, becoming east, winds. West Virginia—Increasing cloudi- ness, followed by rain and possibly snow late tonight or tomorrow; no { change in temperature. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Themmometer—4 p.m., . 12 midnight, 46; 4 12 noon, 45. hermométer—t p.m., 12 midnight, 29 $am., 29.85: 1 Highest temperature, .60, occurred at 3:30 p.m. vesterday; lowest temper- ature, 37, occurred at 7 am. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 54: lowest, 21. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at § Great Falls—Tem- { perature, 38; condition, muddy. Tide Tables. i i 53 38 | o { BERGDOLL OFFERED NOTHING TO RETURN Any Proposal for Commutation of Sentence Will Be Rejected, Officials Say. OFFERS T0 ASSIT STAR CONTESTANTS Constitutional Goversment Body Tenders Publications to Orators. .~ Grover Cleveland Bergdoll has been offered no inducement from the American government to return from Germany, to which he escaped as a draft evader. This was made known by both the Stal and War Departments last night, when it was said that any pro- posal for a commutation of sentence would be rejected. 1t was pointed out that Bergdoll had served less thun two months of his five-year prison tence and it was altogether improbable t any re- duction of the remaining sentence would be allowed in the event he r turned. All that was possible to promise in_the way of commu it was said, would be the usual al- lowance for good behavior and that would depend entirely upon the con- duct of the prisoner after the major part of the sentence had been served. ELES SR P CASHIERS TO TESTIFY IN BRIBERY PROBE Bank Officials From Zihlman's Home Town Summoned as - Witnesses. The National Assoctation for Con stitutional Government is the lates: local organization to come to the as sistance of participants in The Star Oratorical Contest. Its offer, mad through the secretary, Charles Ray Dean, is of special interest, inasmuch as, while theyoratorical contest is the most recent, o the founding of the National Association for C stitu Government was the very first ered effort to direct attention to titution and the re 'm of govern ot association generously agrees to place at tho disposal of bona fide contestants in the oratorical contest such of their official publications as will bo useful to students writing ora- tions. List of Publications. These inciude the following: “Pocket Edition of the Constitution of the United States” introdus- tion by Dr. Merrill E. Gates “Experiments In Government—Parg sentials ‘of the Constits tion—Part 11" Lecture by Elihu Root “Washington as a Citize by Dayid Jayne Hill. “American of the Morrow the Constitutic olution,” by Gaillard H W the Cons s for th by Henry A, by : Constituy Cashiers of four banks in Ci land, Md. the home town of sentative Frederick N. Ziblman, have i as witnesses in ex- 'n_ before the -« 1 House ecommittce which Js investiga bribery charges against iwo members of the Lious: The committee questioned Sam Col- lins, prohibition director for Ken- tucky, and P. Green Miller, prohibi- tion chief for the Kentucky-Te nessee_division, behind closed doors yesterday. The nature of the tes- timony of the two men, who have o appeared before the fed erand jury here, which is conducti an investigation of the cases, wi ot disclosed. Edward Robinson, former whole- sale merchant of Baltimore, and Ro ert McKean of Orlando. Fla, were called before the committee, but their examination was deferred. 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