Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Rain, possibly mixed with snow, to- night and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 34 degrees. Temperature for twenty-four hours ende today: Highest, 51, at 3:3 terday. Lowest 29, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page 5. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 d at 2 p.m. 0. p.m. yes- —_— No. 29,178, e second-class matter hington, D. C. RICKARD DECLARES HE WAS “BUNKED" - INFIGHT FILM DEAL Believed Muma and Asso- ciates Could Get Law Pass- ed to Permit Showing. PROMOTER WENT AHEAD - - ANYHOW, PAYING FINES" Holdridge Statement on Quotation ‘ of Daugherty Partially Con- | firmed by Spellacy. After hearing Tex Rickard, fight promoter, tell them he “got bunked” when he went into the “deal” with| Jap Muma, Will A. Orr and the mysterious “Tke” Martin to show the Carpentier-Demprey fight pictures and escape prosecution, the Dauxh-l erty investigating committee, today turned to verifying the testimony of | G. O. Holdridge, a Department of | Justice agent. Holdridge, in previous testimony to | the committee, quoted Muma as hav- ing said Attorney General Daugherty had told him (Muma) that if the! deal” went over he (Muma) ought to get a big cut out of it, at least; 50 per cent. { 1 { i Confirmed in Part. Holdridge presented his statement to the committee with an attest by | tion of the emotions of eighteen men | four men and two officers, one of them | Coolidge Victory in North TRAPPED CREW Che 41 ening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” _The Star’s cit defivered to Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1924 —FORTY-SIX PAGES. WITH 26 DEAD ! PHONES FATE FROM SEA BOTTOM | 18 Men Still Alive in Sunken Submarine Tell Suffer- ing as They Face Death From Suffocation and 10 Divers BY the Associated Press. TOKIO, March 20.—Graphic descrip- facing a slow death from suffocation are being received by underwater telephone from members of the crew trapped within the Japanese navy submarine 43, resting on the sea bottom off Sasebo Harbor, according to dispatches today to the navy office here from the Sasebo naval base. ‘Through the underwater telephone communication which has been estab- lished it was determined that twenty- PRIMARY REVEALS RADICAL LOSSES Dakota Shows New Trend in Coming Election. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge's victory in North -Dakota has had an impressive effect on the campaign of the Chief Executive. Winning a primary in the hotbed of radicalism, receiving a plurality as against Senator La Fol- lette and Senator Hiram Johnson, convinces the Coolidge managers that whatever may be the trend of politics Thomas Spellacy, a former Depart-!in gther western states, the President ment of Justice agent, as “absolutely | nag better than an even chance to true.” When the committee got Spellacy ;3¢hieve the rnomination with the on' | the stand today he confirmed backing of the so-called radical states. gome of Holdridge's testimony, but; The North Dakota situation has made a change in Holdridge's account ', of Muma’s report of the alleged con- ' ®%% ebxdflnx interest for several versation with the Attorney General.: Weeks because it has a double signifi- “As I remember Muma's statement,” | cance. Mr. Coolidge's prestige was Spellacy said, “it wasn't that M. |ga¢ gtake, of course, but something even more far-reaching than that was PDaugherty uggested nhSGL‘ per cent cut, but that he thought Muma was ©Ve interceding for Tex Rickard, and that invelved in the North Dakota vote. Dateherty’ said Muma ought to get It is the recent tendemcy of North an interest for that. Muma said he Dakota to get back into the regular P Dameherty he was going to gec Tepublican column and forsake the an interest.” inon-partisan _ league. The fight Z against the league has been waged Never Checked It U | with Increasing success in_the lst - - |two years and the victory of Mr. Bpetiacy; adwiltted on Cross eXam-'goolidge emphasizes the eyxtenz to ination that he never had ‘checked which the regulars have made inroads Go to Rescue. Commander Kuwasima, perished when the forward compartment was flooded as a result of the shattering of the conning_tower in a collision yester- day with the warship Tatsuta. Two engineer officers and sixteen men still are alive, and by means of the tele- phone vivid stories of their sufferings are being heard by rescue workers on warships standing by. Ten divers were striving to attach chains by which the sumbarine could be_pulled up with heavy winches. The collision which sent the craft to the bottom Irf twenty-six fathoms of water occurred just as the sub- marine was coming to the surface with her periscope showini FADOQ WINNER, 4701, IN GEORGIA Gets 322 State Delegate Votes Agaigst 72 for Sen- ator Underwood. | By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, March 20.—W. G. Me- Adoobs overwhelming victory over Os- ! car W. Underwood for the Georgia' democratic presidential preference was indicated today when returns from yesterday's primary gave Mc- Adoo 322 votes of the 412 that will compose the state convention, which meets in Atlanta April 23. Under- wood on the same returns had 72 | ways. although we call it beautiful,” declared Col. ASKS ZONING BODY BE GIVEN SWEEPING POWERS IN GAPITAL Col. Sherrill Proposes Law Covering Character and Ap- pearance of All Buildings. PROTEST OF CITIZENS ON APARTMENT HEARD Massachusetts Avenue Residents Score Erection of Builidng—See Drop in Land Value. The Zoning Commission should be given power to regulate the character and appearance of buildings as well as their height and use, Col. Clarence -O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, declared at a public hearing of the commission at the District building today. Col. Sherrill, who {s a member of the commission, was prompted to de- liver a stirring address on the de- sirabllity of an orderly development of the National Capital by the pro- tests of residents of Massachusetts avenue between Dupont and Sheri- dan Circles, against the erection of an eight-story apartment at the cor- ner of 21st street and Massachusetts avenue. City “Hideous in Many Ways” “Washington is hideous in many Sherrill.. “We should have power to supervise and pass on the plans of buildings before they | are erected to make sure that nothing of an unharmonious appearance is erected in a residential section.” convention votes. Reports had been received from 156 of the 160 counties. The four miss- | {ng were Brantley, Bacon, Echols and Seminole. 5 FE g our = counties, Banks, Dawson, Col. Sherrill said that every mem- Murray and Tombs, did not hold pri- marics. Quitman county reported | ber of the commission was in accord the vote tied, 48 to 48, with two pre- | With the desire of the protesting cincts missing. property owners on Massachusetts McAdoo, on the returns this morn- | &venue to keep out what they regard | 'ng, carried 120 counties and Under- | 33 uRdesirable structures. but he re-| wood 31. .minded them that the zoning com- The state convention will select the | mission needs more law. 1 128 delegates from Georgia who will, He characterized as “atrocities”| «it in the democratic national con- | 80me of the buildings that have been vention in New York city, beginning|Temodeled for commercial purposes. June 24. { He pointed out that the zoning com- mission can say that a certain street Manpager's Statement. i shall be residential or commercial, Miller S. Bell, state campaign man- ! but that the commission cannot go a up” on Muma's statements to Kold<: ridge. Rickard told the committee that he “got bunked” when he arranged with Muma, Orr and Martin to exhibit the motion pictures, “They never did anything at all for their money,” Rickard told the. committee, adding Muma had told him he could get a law passed legal- | izing the showing of the pictures, but | failed to do so. Claimed No Influemee. i Emphasizing that none of them | claimed any influence with Attorney ! General Daugherty, Rickard main- tained that, expecting passage of 2 law to legalize the showings, he went mhead and got fined instead. When he found they were not “de- | livering the goods” he revised the contract on a basis which contem- plated Orr's influence in “fixing it” | with the New York state board of censorship. Some results were ob- | tained there, Rickard said, and as the | contract finally was revised, he testi- | fied, Orr got a little more than $4,000 | for 'his share and Martin and Muma | each got a little more than $3,000. “I never thought there was any conspiracy,” Rickard said. | Rickard First Witneas. | Senator Wheeler was on the job early and called Rickard first. The fight promoter identified himself as a man In the “amusement business” He promoted the Dempsey-Carpen- tier fight on July 2, 1921, and ar-| ranged ‘with F. C. Quimby ‘of New { York to motion picture the bout. He| knew that it was a violation of the; law, he said, to transport the pic- turés into other states, but intended | 10 show them IN New Jersey. Senator Wheeler got him to say he Xnew Jap Muma and to name John Ringling, the partner to his own busi- | ness enterprises. ! Concerning Jess Smith, he said, he | “didn’t remember mecting him." “Didn’t you meet him at the prize 1ight?" Senator Wheeler asked. “I don't recollect so doing,” I said. i ickara ! Proposal From Muma, “Wher, did Jap Muma first suggest | you show the picture outside of New Jersey?” “About June “When did Muma bring the picture to Washington?” H “A few days after the fight.” “Did he tell you he showed it at Ned McLean's house?” “He did.” Rickard said he had not been_ told that President Harding and cabinet members saw the figat pictures. Mumia_said merely it was to be shown at a party,” Rickard said. Wheeler switched back to the first discussion. A man named “Martin” | came with Muma to see him. i Muma toid me he thought he could get a law passed to djstribute the | pictures,” Rickard explained. | “Get « law passed?’ Senator Wheel- | er exclaimed. “You know he didn’t,! and yet you agreed by contract to give him 50 per cent of the recelpts; i i from the picture?” “Yes. Orr Came in Later. {lots of Minnesota and Wisconsin | are regular. and since there are three | the vote would be cast for Coolidge. | member. of the board of appraisers in | would have to be a special election. | be made is uncertain at this date, but | kota Is significant. He made no gam- upon their opponents. Might Swing Elect Should the forthcoming election be thrown into {he House of Represent tives for decision, which would hap- Ppen if no candidate received a-major- ity of the electoral votes, North D: kota’s vote would be of vital impor- tance and might even swing the elec- tion. For instance, the number of re- publican votes that would be cast by state delegations would be twenty- two, as opposed to twenty-one demo- crafic votes, and five are tied. ©One state’s vote would make a great deal of difference, especially since the bal- might be cast for La Follette. North Dakota has been counted by some as doubtful, but both Representatives Young and Burtness of North Dakota representatives from North Dgkota, There has been talk of a resignation by Representative Young to accept an appointment by the President as a New York, and if he resigned there Result Encouraging. Friends of the President have not been sure that a special election would result in their favor, but the result of the primary has been en- couraging. Whether the change will the North Dakota primary may have a bearing on the decision of Repre- sentative Young whether or not to resign. The La Follette vote in North Da- paign. His name was not on the bal- Jot and he had to be voted for with stickers. His strength’ Is, therefore hardly indicated by the vote in the primaries. Farm legislation, of course will have much to do with the La Follette campaign, and an effort to win votes later on by a special appeal | to the farmer might meet with a bet- ter *response than it did a few days ago when the issues were not clear- cut. Farm Background Helps. A candidate from New England is not expected to show strength in the ‘west, but Mr. Coolidge's farmer back- ground is undoubtedly helping him. His triumph in North and South Da- kota Is counted as a good beginning by ‘his managers. The North Dakota democrats voted solidly for McAdoo, although there is a factional fight in that state. The Georgia_result, in which McAdoo won over Underwood, will be made the basis for further excursions by the former Secretary of the Treasury to southern territory. McAdoo was born in the south, so his friends are using that as an offset to the Underwood nativity argument. The fight between these two able citizens is really a contest between radical and conserva- ' tive groups, with McAdoo winning the | ager for McAdoo, in a statement made public today, declared that “from ! start to finish we made a clean fight | and ran a clean campaign in keeping ! with the dignity of the high office of President. We raised no question as to Senator Underwood's ability or in- tegrit. “A Georgla democrat is destined for the White House for the first time in the ‘history of the republic, and every loyal Georgian has a right to feel " the statément concludes i are compelled to admit,” read | 4 statement issued by C. G. Carlin, fairman of the national Underwood ; .ommittee,-and R. G. Gordon, Georgia : Jnderwood campaign manager, “that | Seorgia has been lost to Senator Un- | aerwood by the clever intriguing of | sir, McAdoo’s forces with the Knights | of the Ku Klux Kian." 1 COOLIDGE GONFERS ONREORGANIZATION Sees Walter F. Brown on| Proposed Changes in Gov- ernment Departments. President Coolidge today conferred with Walter F. Brown, chairman of the joint congressional committee on -eorganization, which is engaged in oreparing a bill for reorganization )t the executive departments. Sev- :ral features of the plan which have »een perplexing the committee were jut up to the President for his opinion. Chairman Brown said after his talk with the President that, with the exception of these several trouble- some features, the legislation is prac- tically ready for introduction In the House and in the Senate. Mr. Brown stated that it was his opinion that the bill. will be passed by this ses- sion of Congress. Both Leaders Agree. H Supporting his prediction, Chairman | Brown sald that Senator Smoot, the! ranking republican member of th committee, and Senator Harrison of Mississippi, the ranking democrat, are in accord and are of the opinion that the bill when compieted will meet with the satisfaction of Con- i i ! gress and will be passed. Mr. Brown : Sought. Maj. Bell suggested that they port of this measure. said the same optimistic view is taken | by R. Walton Moore of Virginia, dem- ocrag, and C. E. Mapes, republican, rep- | resentatives of the House of Represent- | atives on the committee. * , Step further to regulate the kind of a store or the type of home that is| to be buflt. Residents Protest, The application which brought forth the suggestion of more power for the zoning commission was that of the Dupont Circle Citizens Association o reducs the height limit of build- ings on Massachusetts’ avenue, from | Dupont eirele to Sheridan circle, from | ninety to sixty feet. Practically all of the residents of that avenue, in-| cluding many prominent persons, at- tending the hearing. It was, indicated by the protestants they were seeking to prevent the! { erection of an eight-ctory apartment a; house at 21ct street and Massa- chusetts avenue by a company known as ‘2100 Massachusetts Avenue.” The delegation was disappointed to learn from Engineer Commissioner Bell that under court decisions the Ditrict Commissioners could not re- | fuse to issue a building permit for an eight-story apartment if the own- er applies for the building permit before the height limit is reduced by the zoning commission. When A. H. Ferguson, representing the company that is to build the apartment. arose to present his ride of the case he stated in answer to a question that an application to build under the ninety-foot allow- ance has been in the hands of the District authorities for three weeks. Maj. Bell stated that if such be the fact the zoning commi sion could not, ‘even if it reduced the limit today, interfere with the issuance of this permit. Citizens Volce Views. Clayton Emig presented the petition of the property owners on Massachu- sétts avenue asking for the reduction i | i in height limit. Mrs. Archibald Hop- | kins and a dozen or more other resi- dents of the vicinity voiced their views In support of the reduction. Charles C.' Glover told the commis- slon that:in his opinion Massachu- setts avenue from 18th street to the District line should be made “a re- stricted”. area, which would prohibit | apartment houses entirely. A num-| ber of other speakers indorsed this suggestion. Mr. Ferguson ‘told the n!herlng(h that a new reduction.in the height limit would not prevent apartment houses on Massachusetts avenue, but would merely mean that with a sixty- foot - restriction four-story apart ment houses without elevators prob- ably would be built. Col. Sherrill also dwelt on this point and asked the property owners to consider carefully whether the; proposed reduction in height lmit would really accomplish the end confer after the hearing. with Wheeler, executive officer of the com- mission, as to the advisability of con- sidering at a-late hearing making Massachusetts avenue a no-apartment | house zone. i Gen. John A. Johnston, former Dis-| oo | | of social disease in the District; | this is greate: ! support of the former and Underwood i the latter. “JOHNSON CONCEDES STATE. “How much did you give Orr?" “He came into the thing thirty days later,” Rickard said. “He was to get 20 per cent. We made Muma and Martin take that up because they weren't delivering the goods—didn’t get a law passed or anything. Rickard .produced a contract dated June 30 between himself, Muma and “LN. Martin.” It provided the latter were'to recelve 50 per cent of the o8 receipts If a law was pass i‘c‘; legalize interstate showing of the'Coolldge was conceded victor in the film. This cnntr;cz. I;lck;‘rd exp{'un-'republlcln presidential _preference ¢d, was replaced, and this contract primary in North Dakota Tuesday in e kA ey by 20 |, statement issued here today by state gave Muma ‘16 per cent of the net | headquarters of Senator Hiram John- roceeds of the Interstate picture gon, one of the President's primary istribution. \Gpisainta; th I N. Martig 15 Another gave “By a minority vote,” the statement cont of tha net and a third, 20 per - Will_A. Orr. The language sald, Coolidge has been given s re’ total spili out! the presidential preference In the was fdentical. The total split out was 50 per cent of the net proceeds. | republican primary,” adding that his “When did_Muma first take -the|victory was made possible by “the picture to Washington?” Wheeler split in the vote of the anti-Coolldge went on. a 4 !nr&ehl inJN:rth kl?:-l: & 5 led me up, and asked for jen Johnson's me! as Fim s Ricuara oa sued, President Coolidge was retain- Says Coolidge Won in Nortb Dakota Because of Split. By the Associated Press. FARGO, N. D., March 20.—Calvin | Chairman Brown admitted that in, preparing . the chart . there have ' trict Commissioner, was one of those been a number of changes for the opposing the eight-story apartment plan on reorganization originally house, pointing out that the value Submitted by Mr. Brown more than a ! of land in that vicinity is such that year ago. He pointed out, however, if the lower limit was applied the that some of these changes are of & | owners would be forced to build ! minor nature. high-class apartment houses in order | AMERlc ANTROOPS e -'&lt'ln':':{-" ‘position on this| REACH TEGUCIGALPA particular case Gen. Johnston paid a | Eribute to the soning commission, ex- | | pressing the belief that it is attempt- | i fag to do, its work conscientiously. | He made special refsrence to his high regard lor mm] er udolpl EERrahom. he sarved on the board of | | Commissioners nearly ten years ago. ! He eh?“rl'c'nrtad Mr. Rudo}ph as s ood c n, lways ready to accep! EII civic duties placed upon him. PERSIAN ENVOY ILL. Minister Recalls Invitations to Re- ception Tomorrow. Arrival at Tegucigalps, Honduras, of 176 officers’ and sallors sent from the American crulser Milwaukee at the film,” Rickard sald. “Was this to promote legislation?” ‘Wanted It/ for Party. * he said it was for a party?” “Did you make a practice of let- ting these out to parties?’ 1 did to soldiers in hospitals and other places.” Senator Wheeler Af this sort. ing his plurality of 15,000 votes in the first additional returns reported today, completing the unofficial count in_1,307 of the state's 2,058 precincts. In these new returns Senator Robert La Follette gained a few votes and retained second p! the count for all the reporidd precincts Amapala, to safeguard American lives and property, was reported today to the State Department by Minister Mor- ales. He made no mention, however, of the number of persons shot down by loof navel fetachment wil Kuacd’ vhe to Thé minister of Persia, Mirza Hus- sein KHan'Alal, is seriously ill at the legation, 1720-16th street, and has re- called his Invitations for the recep- tion tomorrow afternoon whi¢h ‘he had planned In celebration of - the Persian new which is the first D! and has can- B, Ao 0., DAY INHOUSE T0 BE MARCH 31 14th Street Extension Bill Among Four on Program for Action. i House Leader Longworth today! definitely assured a special subcom- mittee of the House District commit- tee that Monday, March 31, would be set aside as a special day for con- sideration of legislation affecting the National Capital. In this conference the subcommit- tee, headed by Representative Fred N. Zihlman of Maryland, acting chair- man ‘of the District committee, and Representatives Florian Lampert of ‘Wisconsin and Thomss L. Blanton of Texas, four specific District measures were agreed upon as the program for that special District day. These four measures are: The Gil- | Dbert bill for prevention and control! The-bill fathered by Representative Zihiman for the extension of 1ith street, giving a new entrance to the National Capital and opening up ter- ritory in suburban Maryland to re- lieve housing congestion. This bill proposes to vacate certain streets na alleys within areas known as Walter Reed General Hospital. It authorizes the extension and widen- ing of 14th street from Montague street to its southern terminus south of Dahlia street; Nicholson street | from 13th street to 16th street, and Colorado __avenue from Montague street to 13th street. Capital Panishment Bill The bill fathered by Representa- tive Gasque, democrat, of South Caro- lina, to prescribe the method of cap- ital punishment. The Keller bill, establishing a new salary schedule for school teachers on | which a strong report was written by Representative Lampert. Chairman Zihlman explained to House Leader Longworth that the committee is unanimously supporting all of these measures, with the single exception that Representative Blan- fon desires an opportunity to offer an amendment to the salary proposed in the teachers’ bill for 'the superin- tendent of schools. Under the law the salary of the superintendent of schools is $5,000, but for.a number of Years Congress has been appropriat- ing $6,000 for this position. The Kel- lor bill provides for a minimum sal- ary of $8,000, with an increase of $1.000 & year for two years. As Dr. Frank W. Ballou has al-eady been two years superintendent of schools in the District, the passage of the Keller bill would give him a salary of 10,000 ¥ epresentat ive Blanton argues that r than the District Com i eceive; than members of e 3ouse and Senate recelve: than ureau chlefs in the various depart- ments receive. Minimum Salary Proposal. The Blanton amendment Propo®s a minimum salary for the superint.ad- ent of $6,000, with an increase of $50u | a year for three vears, making the| maximum salary $7.500. i Representative Blanton has agreed if this amendment is accepted he o1 stand with the committee in sup- i | SPRING HERE TODAY, | WITH RAIN OR SNOW noon with a' rainstorm which may bring snow hovering about her apron strings. ‘Weather bureau forecasters an- nounced today, despite the fact that) the baby of the season is getting ready for her annual visit, a storm started moving northeasterly over northwestern Alabama and southern Tennessee this morning at a rate which would bFing it to Washington just before spring arrives—or just afterward. The thermometer, also. showing notable lack of gallantry, ‘will be hovering between the 34 and 40 marks, and a cool day tomorrow is expected further to disillusion spring as to local hospitality. Saturday, however, probably will find warmer weather In store, after the sun on Friday afternoon starts its work. The sgow may not get here, however, the weather bureau pre- dicted, b of the tendency of meterological ‘monkey wrenches to get mixed Into ethereal machinery. Satupday is 1 i carrier system covers every block and the regular edition is Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,027 TWO CENTS. WHY, 1 I'm JUST L~/ STARTIN'! ~- President Calls Leaders in House To Dinner Parley MAY RENAME D.C. WAHLBERG FAILURE T0 TESTIFY CAUSES OIL PROBE SETBACK Investigation of Reported Gifts by Sinclair to G. 0. P. Forced to Go Over. TEAPOT LESSEE TO FACE GRILL HERE TOMORROW Stock Deals Revealed by Auditor. Ryan Denies Hs Is Involved in Buying. The Senate oil committee suffered a temporary setback today when it un- dertook to inqul-e into a story that Harry F. Sinclah had turned over a large batch of seurities to Attormey General Daughert» and Will H. Hays, former chairman ® the republican na- tional committee, t» help wipe out the heavy deficit incurssd by the party jtreasury in the camp=ign of 1920, Process servers reported that so far they had been unable to locate G. D. ‘Wahlberg, former private secretary to Sinclair, who was to have taken the stand today as the first witness in the inew line of investization. Mr. Hays | has been subpoenaed to appear later, and Sinclair probably will be ques- { tioned tomorrow. When -he was before the committes some weeks ago Wahlberg testified that Sinclair turned oves $25,000 in President Coolidge’s announced drive to speed up the legislative program will begin tomorrow night, when republican House leaders will be his guests at a White House dinner conference. Senate leaders will be summoned later. Those invited to participate in the discussion tomorrow night are Representative Longworth, the floor leader; Chairman Madden of the appropriations committee, Chairman Snell of the rules com- mittee and Representatives Dar- row of Pennsylvania, Sanders of Indiana, Anderson of Minnesota, Magee of New York, Graham of 1llinois, Tincher of Kansas and | liberty bonds to “Mr. Hay He dld HEADS IN FEW DAYS White House Authority Ex- pects President to Decide for Incumbents. There is a strong likelinood that President Coolidge will Cuno H. Rudolph and James F. Oys- ter as the two civilian Commissioners of the District of Columbia. This is based upon the belief of a 1 White House official, who is in a po- +| attention renominate j Sinnott of Oregon, members of the republican steering committee. Mr. Longworth said today he believed Congress would be ahle to adjourn before the June po- litieal conventions. From now om, |sition to speak authoritatively. His informution is that the reappoint- | ments will be made within the next few days. President Coolidge was today rep- resented as being satisfied that the | two civilian Commiissioners have been completely cleared of charges made against them by a group of local citizens opposing their reappoint- ment. Assistant Attorney General Rush L. Holland, who made a per- sonal inquiry into the acts of the two appropriation bills will get pri- ority in the House. G R % ICnmrn\snlnners for the President, es- 0 7 jpecially their activities as members iof the” Zoning Commission and the Public Utilities Commission, already has given the President to under- stand that he has found nothing to {substantiate the charges. 5 e_assistant attorney general saw Naval Officer Hero of Early the President late vesterday afi- | gfoon and on Tuesday afterncom, i _ was intimated today that i Mormng Blaze at 3525 discussing his review of the two Com. missioners 'to the President he o sc: e accusations as being triv- Woodley Road. ial. Mr. Holland may present his complete report to the President later foday, although the substance of it Through suffocating _smoke, Com-| {he prosidant cc" SIVeR verbally to mander Stewart F. Bryant, U. S. N, | Although several names have been carried the two young children of i Submitted to the President to con- % ider in connection with selecting ¢h the Very Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl of | & g Steiet Siine heivenRovic i win e Commissioners for the District. since Paul to safety early this morning| Missioners Rudolph and Oyster, it | was_thought by a spokesman ' for when. fire broke out in the laundry Of | the President today that unless there the Bratenahl home at 3525 Woodley | are some new developments between coad) 1 now and the next few days he will jcarry out his original intention of The fire was discovered by Cecelia | reappointing the incumbents. Much Holmes, colored laundress, who was'emphasis 1s given to the fact that |asleep in a room adjoining the laun- | the latter are backed by the leading dry, when smoke and heat awoke her Tepresentative bodies of the city as | well as a sentative large number of repre- at about 4:30 o'clock. Mrs. Bratenahl, - and prominent citizens, whose husband is in New York, teln- phoned the fire department and called . While the other candidates for the | ; two places have nothing like the same "hacking. ~ Morcover,” President Bt S A ® Coolidge is known to have expressed o hem o e hearters And, car- Jimself to the effect that the (wo smoke before the two companies of , incumbents appeared to have prac- fire apparatus had arrived in response . tically the unanimous support of the to the call. One youngster 1s meven civic, trade and political bodies of and the other five and one-half years of . the city. age. Neither scemed any worse for the experience, except for slight ef- fects of the smoke. ‘Three Calls for Firemen. i | After the fire was believed extin-| guished and the apparatus back in ! their quarters, a blaze, which had been | smoldering, broke out In the dining |- room and the firemen were called back. Again it was believed extin- guished, but the situation practically | repeated itself, resulting in a third, call on the fire department. 1 The stubborn little blaze, however, | caused about $300 damage, fully cov- ered by insurance. Mrs. Bratenahl and the children were abie to return after the fire was final y extinguished, since the upper portion of the house was not damaged.” The origin of the fire is undetermined. Landlords Seek to Dispo on_neighbors for help. Commander Bryant went into the Al Jennings, Former Bandit, to Be Called By Oil Investigators Al Jennings, once famous train robber of Okiahoma, ix to be w med to Washington by the ofl committee. In announcing a subpoena for Jennings Semator Walsh today sald he would be questioned in that amon, former repubiican committeeman from ioma, had w 'rtaken to put through am “oil deal” at the Chicago republican conven- tion In 1920, $Sess Recorder of Deeds for District: and ! he held up the nominations of Com- | | spring arrives at 4:20 this aeer.!Court Takes Case Under Advisement—Lease Ex- pired in June—No Place to Go, No Money to Move, If Ousted, Froe Says. Judge Charles W. Meehan of the Municipal Court today took under advisement the question of the right of Isaac Cordish and Louis Cordish | ot. Baltimore, owners of the bullding &t 412 5th street northwest, to evict the recorder of deeds, who has been occupying four floors of the building under a lease that expired last June. The new owners brought suit against the District Commissioners for recovery of the property, and a hearing was.stayed until this spring in the hope, that Congress would au- thorize a new bullding to house thl inportint :logal office. The Senate has 8¢ he appropriation, but ho -cuo‘::"h:: I:a n 1‘2‘.: in the House. hold the owners en- 3?:1‘"‘. th Poce oon. Recorder bf Deeds has | Assistant United States Attorney Wi appeared in court this morning in behalf of the recorder of deeds, and raised the point that the suit may not be maintained because it is, in effect, a proceeding against the United - States, which has not con- sented to be sped. The recorder 'is appbinted by the President, it is con- tended, and in his office are the rec- ords of incorporations, which may be granted only by an act of the sovereign, and in keeping such rec- ords. the recorder is exercising a gov- ernmental function and thereby be- comes an officer of the United States. To evict him is to evict the sovereign, it 1s claimed. ‘ swners, - pointed out that the lease was not made with the United States nor on its behalf. ‘He contended t! the lease was executed by the Dis- trict Commissioners, acting for and an behalf of the District of Columbia, and that the owner is entitled to pos- becanse of the expiration of Attorney Louls Ottenberg, for the not identify the man named, and the committee did not follow u) his state- ment. While the search for Wahlberg continued, the committee tirned its to other ramifications of its _inquiry. Former Representative Tiomas J. Ryan of New York voluntarily took the witness stand to deny that he was the man referred to in_records of oil stock transactions laid before the committee, and Louis F. Bond, i the committee’s investigator, follow- ed him to explain how the identifica- tion had been made and to further expand his report on the stock trans- actions of others. Hears Wahlberg is in Havana. i Senator Walsh said today he had information that Wahlberg was in { Havana, Cub: Jf this is the case the committee is without power to com- {pel his attendance, and since Mr. {Hays has been subpoenaed for Sat- ,urday, it is probable no further ef- {fort will be made to find Wahlberg. |, There will be further inquiry, Sena- Itor Walsh said, info the stock trans- actions of Attornéy General Daugh- erty. The senator regards it as sig- 'niticant that the first recorded trau actions of the Attorney General wac a sale of 500 shares of Sinclair Con- solidated in 1922, about the time of jthe Tease of Teapot Dome. | Whether Mr. Daugherty will be {called before the commitiee has not ivet been determined, Goodykoonts's Statement. Former Representative Goody- ;koontz of West Virginia, also men- tioned in Bond's report as having jdealt in oil while he was a member iof the House, issued a formal state- !ment today, ‘saying that his trans- actions took place before the lease of ;'le_a’pox Dome and resulted in a loss of My record in this matter is not open question, he said. “At the time I hought and sold Sinclair stock I had rever heard of Teapot Dome.” ito L | Ryan Makes Statement. | At the beginning of today's session the committee heard a statement by {former Representative Ryan, who testified as a voluntary witness to ideny the testimony of Louis ¥. Bond, ‘the committee accountant, that he 1had had transactions in oil stocks. { “I will ask an apology from the ! committee,” he sald. “There is no apoiogy due you,” re- plied Senator Walsh, the committee prosecutor. “It is merely a case of mistaken identity.” Senator Walsh added that Bond vas. inclined to think now that he was in error. Speaking personally,” the senator continued,. “1 regret that this oc- curred, but such things will happen.” i, Ryan said tuat no doubt it was an | home.t mistake. Details of the oil stock transac- tions ot Jess W. Smith, confidant of the Attorney General, as given by Bond, showed'a net profit of $1,631 (in 19; Tells of Daugherty. Buying. Questioned again about Attorney ;Genernl Daugherty's stock account, i Bond said the first transaction was | the sale of 500 shares of Sinclair Con- | solidated and the next was an out- | right purchase of the same number of | shares. The Smith account, Bond said, was ‘]isled as “W. W. Spaid number 3, while Attorney General Daugherty { had an account “W. W. Spaid num- ber 4. Spaid is a member of the Hibbs firm. Smith's oil stock trans- {actions were read into the record as | follows: July 24, 1922, bought 200 shares Mexican Seaboard for $6,430; July 25, | bought 100 shares Mexican Eetroleuns for $16,420; July 28, bought 200 shares Mexican Seaboard for $4,580; August 4, sold 100 shares Mexican Petroleum for $16,976; August 9, bought 200 shares Sinclair Consolidated for $6,- 130; September 26, bought 300 shares Sinclair Consolidated for $10,282; Sep- tember 29, bought 200 shares Sinclair Consolidated for $6,640; October 4, gold 700 shares Sinclair ‘Consolidated for $24,017; October 20, bought 300 shares Sinclair Consolidated for $10,- 245; October 27, bought 200 shares Sinclair Consolidated for $6,630. 400 Shares on Account. On Detember 7 there was left In the account in oil shares 400 Mexican Seaboard and 500 Sinclair Consoli- dated. In his explanation of the appear- ance of the mame of former Repre- sentative Ryan' in his report, Bond sald that the brokerage books showed only “T. J. Ryan,” but that the clerk at Hibbs & Co. said. it was “Thomas Jefferson Ryan,” a “man of means who traveled around.” A man at the Federal Trade Commission, he said, had told him a Thomas Jefferson Ryan at one time lived on 16th street, at another time at the Wardman Park Hotel and then for a time at the Willard. “T looked in the 1922 city directory pd saw . there Thomas .Jefferson Continued p ol 1)