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WEATHER. Falr tonight and tomorre tomorrow: strong south shifting to west winds. Temperature for 24 at 2 pm. today: Highest today; lowest, 46, at 5:30 Jull report vg page 5 Wi warmer hours enaed 53, at noon m. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Lintered as s post No. 29,184, econd-class matter office Washington, D. C. - POINGARE RESIGNS | AFTER SENSATIONAL DEFEAT OF CABINET . Flatly Refuses to Form New Ministry—Minor Bill Beaten 271-264. FEW IN CHAMBER WHEN SOCIALIST OPENS FIGHT Overthrow Brings Consternation. May Affect Dawes Com- ‘mittee Findings. | | | | Py the Associated Press. | PARIS, March 26.—The Poincare ministry feil today. FPremier Ray mond Poincare, after an adverse vote 'n the chamber of deputies, handed | the resignation of his cabinet to| Tresident Millerand, who accepted it. The premier announced he had de- cided irrevocably to give up power. | “Gentlemen,” said M. Poincare to the newspaper men as he left the nalace of the Elysee this afternoon after the cabinet meeting with the | president at which the resignation had been presented, “my resignation is final.” M. Poincare raised his hat, entered his car and drove off homeward. Poincare was summoncd to the| palace late this afterncon by Presi- dent Millerand. It was understood the president desired to urge him to| reconsider his determination not to empt the formation of another stry. A motion for a vote of co in the Poincare ruled out of order in the c mber | of deputies this afternoon 1 _T'he chamber adjourned to meet on | Friday if a cabinet shall have been | formed in the interv The fall of the c had survived a long and struggle in putting through parlis ment ite program of heavily increas- ed taxation to balance the budget, during which it was constant obliged to pose the question of con- fidence, fell this morning on a com- paratively insignificant issue. Socinlist Opens Fight. The chamber was considering a revision of the civil and military pensions with only a couple of hun- dred members present. Sncialist Deputy Bouy.sou demanded that the | measures under consideration be re- ferred back to the finance commit- tee to be considered in conmection with the senate bills on the same Auestion. Finance Ministor de Lasteyrie, in charge of the measure, ohjecttd. He Dointed out that the senatefbills in- volved a heavier outlay than those in the chamber. Premier Poincare was not present, h!n the finance minister declared himself obliged, in line with the econ- omy policy of the government. fo make the guestion one of confidence. mi nfidence government < Consternation Reigns. When the vote was announced showing that the government had | heen defeated by seven votes—264 to 271—there was surprise, with con- sternation on the majority benches, while the radicals and socialists cheered and cried “Resign! Resign!” The finance minister reported to his chief. who called the cabinet together, and it was decided to resign. They proceeded palace of the Elysee nd went into a cabinet council with President Millerand. to whom M Poincaire presented the cabinet's res iznation President Millerand insisted car- nestly that the cabi appear th afternoon before the chamber, retain- ing power meanwhile. The president aid he was ready to cxplain by a spe cial message to both houses the rea- sons for this procedurc After ecach cabinet minister had given his opinion the president re- tired and left the cabinet free to de- berate on its decision. Resignation Is Final. the of Poineare to this conclusion nier It was at imeeting that Pri nounced that hi was irrevocable The Poincare ministry, comes to an end. has held power since January, 1922—its slightly more (han | two vears of life coverinz a most momentous period in post-war history Taking up the reins of government on program of a more vigorous foreign policy than had been followed by his Predecessor, M. Briand. Premier Poin- | care adopted ap energetic attitude on *he guestion of reparaticn payments by Cermany, and when the vear 192 had gone by withoui any satisfactory Ajustment the Poineare governmeni n Yanumary of last year decided upon the seizure of “pledges” feom Ger- wa Fhe occupation of the Rubr valle by joint action of France and Belgiu followed. (Great Britain was not in sympathy with thix move, and the dif ferences between the fwo nations on this and other questions relating to roparations led to something of a rift in the entente, which only laterly has bridged ~over between the nd the Poin- decision resign which seemed about to be through negotiations MacDonald government rare ministry. May Aftect Dawes’ Report. The fall of the government comes | just on the eve of the expected pres- entation by the Dawes expgrt com- mittee of its report for the reparation committee on (iermany’s financial and ceonomic status and the committee’s anticipated presentation of & program which it has heen hoped would lead 1o an adjustment of the reparation question, solve the Ruhr difficulty, start Germany gn a path of economic soundness and eventually bring about enewed economic stability in Europe. TOust what effect the -withdrawai of the Poincare ministry at this crucial time may have upon the result of the expert committee's in- vestigations and conclusions remains to_be developed. Raymond Poincare himself has for forty years been prominent in French public_life, Elected in 1887, at the ge of twenty-seven, a deputy from the department of the Meuse, he has almost continuously been in the pub- lic serviee, as deputy, senator, min- | ister, premier and as president of the republic, to which high office he was rlected in 1913, and held throughout the world war. His term expired in 1920 and he engaged in literary work on public questions for a time, takips a strong stand for a firmer policy ‘oward Germany. Finafly in 1922 he ook up the premiership and imme- i the House. | Bureau get | 875,000 | personal xery |ing { the | fiscal year 1925 Premier Overthrown RAYMOND POINCARE. INCREASES IN PAY FOR WORKERS HERE INCLUDED IN'BILL Independent Offices Appro-| priation Provides for Raises ‘ of Nearly Half Million. ! | Despite a sharp reduction in expen- ditures by the Veterans' Bureau and several other federal bureaus, the in- dependent offices appropriation bill was | reported to the House today with in-| creased compensation for government employes In the District of Columbia totaling $438,880. The bill, which was reported out by Representative Will R. Wood of In- dlana, recommends appropriations for personal services in the District on the basis of allocations established by the personnel classification board. The | increase is the direct result of salary | classification in Washington. | The appropriations coincide with the | practice adopted by the House appre- | priations committee in previously report | ing appropriation measures for 1927, several of which have already passed The restrictive provision regulating the expenditure of appro- priations for personal services in the District contained in the other bills is recommended in today’s measure, Than Less bill 4,486 Last Year. carries $398,496. less than last year's ap- and $241,741 less than ates. The Veterans' $349,065,000, a reduction | of $98,385,086 under a year ago. The| Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation are allotted $30,344,000, | or §20,607,500 less than the last bill | a. addition for The $10: budget carr n the measure provide: President Coolidgs's sa .000 for his traveling ex- $93,520 for salaries and $37.- | 000 for contingent expenses in the execntive off and $55,540 for the | pay of the White House bolice force. | In many of the appropriations for ces recommended in the independent offices bill, the amount recommended for the fiscal year 1925 is considerably greater than the ap- | propriation for similar purposes dur- the fiscal vear 1924. Chairman | Wood of the special subcommittee | explained that this is due to the fact that increased compensation ($24) bonus) was provided by a special act current fiscal year to the var- { and bureaus, as follows: Rates for Bonus. Iixecutive office, $38,000; bureau of eff $7.200; Civil Service Com- mission, $114,000; Commission of Fine Arts, $430; Emploves’ Compersation Commission, §15,840; Federal Trade Comgpission, $55,000; general account- ing officc, $504,288; Interstate Com- | ieney, | meree Commixsion, $300,600; national | advisory committee for aeronaut $24,000; Smithsoman Institution, $92, 744 State, War v 4 $309,360: Tariff Commission, $42.000; Veterans' Bureau. $3.353.280, and a transfer (o the State, War and Navy | departments building of $20.208. In computing the rates of compen- | sation. the classification act provided | that the existing pay should be the | ase pay plux any bonus the employe s receiving. 7o this amount was dded the i ease necessary to make the rate of pay for the particular po- sition come within the rates of pay ablished in the classification act of . The actual increase, therefore, under the act, not the difference bhe- tween the base pay for 1924 and the amount recommended for 1925, but the difference between the combined amounts for base pay and bonus, and amount recommended for the buildings, | Efect Shows Paradox. In several of the Bureaus and offices, the effect of this has heen that, al- though there is an apparent increase in a recommended appropriation for personal services for 1925, compared with the appropriation made for the fiscal vear 1924, an actual reduction has taken place. The hearings on the bill disclosed that statements were made showing by offices and bureaus the salaries in the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1924, separated according to base pay and bonus, compared with the initial rates fixed for the fiscal year 1925, in accordance with the classification act. Amount of Increases. . Following is a ilst showing the amounts required above base pay and bonus on account af classification for the fiscal year beginning July 1 next: Executive office, $11,080; bureau’of efficiency, $4,670; Civil .Service Com- mission, $19,340; Commission of Fine Arts, $420. Employes' Compensation Commission, $4,020; Kederal Power Commission, $1,000; Federal Trade Commission, $2,960; general account- ing office, $187,644; Interstate Com- merce Commission, $11,426: national advisory committee for ‘aeronautics, $660; Smithsonian Institution, $53,95 State, War and Navy buildings, $60, @Continued on Fage 4 (Continued on Page 2, Crmn %) el @b |nomination Gov. | ports early today from heavy John- 1 ¢ lto send an | Falls is located, gave President Cool- | Jation WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening 00LIDGE RETAINS MARGIN IN DAKOTA, BUTRAGE S CLOSE i NN OF COURSE Holds Edge of About 2,000 Hiap Over Johnson as Returns Come in Slowly. EDIER BACKERS OF OPPONENT ’ CLAIM 10,000 MAJORITY | McMaster Beating Sterling in Sen- | atorial Race by Nearly { 5,000 Ballots. By the Associated Press. SIOUX FALLS, President Coolidge held his majority of 2,000 votes. over Senator Hiram. Johnson in the republican presidential preference in the first additional re- turns received today from the state- wide primary in South Dakota Tues- day. When 631 precincts had reported out of the revised total of approxi- mately 1,825 in the state, the Presi- dent had a lead of 2,079 votes, the | count standing: Coolidge, 24,867, and | Johnson, 22,788. 1 In the contest for the senatorial | W. H. Mchsler! continued to lead Senezfor Thomas! Sterling, 662 precincts giving the governor 26,185 and Sterling 21,445. ‘ Lead Is Cut Down. i Cained largely through the cnyl vote in the southeastern part of the state, the lead was reduced by re-| ILL PUT SINGLAIR GASE BEFORE JURY | Gordon to Present Evidence on Oil Magnate’s Re- fusal to Testify. son counties, and rural precincts in the central and northeastern parts were expected by Johnson workers to cut deeper into the Coolidge lead. Coolidge workers, answering the claim of Johnson managers that the lifornian had won by 10,000 ma- ority, insisted the western part of the state and more nearly complete returns from the southeastern sec- | tion would enable the President to | hold his lead. Meanwhile the majority of Gov, W. McMaster over Senator Thomas Sterling for the republican senatorial nomination had grown to more than 5,400 eariy today, apparently assur- ing the governor's nomination, which was claimed by the Sioux Falls Press. | United States Attorney Gordon sai today that he will present to the grand jury tomorrow the evidence in {connection with the refusal of Harr. F. Sinclair, millionaire oil magnat to answer gquestious propounded him by Senator Walsh at the Teapot Niktery fon Wekian. IDome inquiry before the Senate On the democratic ticket, Dnli’cnmmulsc, Ma Gordon will ask the seattered and incomplete returns Department of Justice to designate were available. but the state head-!Atlec Pomercne and Owen J. Roberts quarters of-thes-purty s -Huron, |as special assistants to aid in the pres. backing the majority column ilagm | 105 00" 1n the prosecution of M. declared Willam G. MeAdoo had ob- |Sinclair should the grand jury pre- tained the presidential indorsement.|sent an indictment. He was opposed by a faction seeking zn“’fg‘:l ‘::)r:xl:‘s‘(?‘(s‘z:‘sl)\r'v;ikli“ra;}(l*; 1::72 uninstructed delegation | from President Coolidge, it is stated, to the national convention. would not permit them to attend ses- Minehaha county, in which Sioux |sions of the local grand jury. Hence | their appointment by the Department {of Justice as spe 1 assistants to | Maj. Gordon will sought. Maj | Gordon consulted with Mr. Pomerene and Mr. Roberts yesterday and re- ceived assurance that they would par- ticipate in the case. to id, (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) g DYED FISH FOUND BY CAPITAL DEALER Fowler Orders Check-Up of Salmon Supply—Not Held Dangerous. | ! Return Before Monday. If the case is presented to the pres | would have to be returned in court | before Justice Hitz next Monday. The | on that date. Maj. Gordon had not decided today ax to the witnesses to be summoned lin the Sinclair matter. He may call nator Ladd. chairman of the com- | mittee, and the official stenographer, or he may use only one of them. In | the case of Elverton R. Chapman, who defied the Senate sugar investigating committee in 1884, the only witness | used by the then district attorney was | Chairman Gray of the committec. Bond Action Likely. Should the grand jury present an { indictment against Mr. Sinclair for contempt of the United it is expected, the oil magnate would be immediately placed under bond. | The case will likely be contested throush all the courts, and a final de. |cision is not expected for several get samples of | CSRE I I robably vears, unless the | prosecution_should fail to satisfy a | petit jury of the guilt of the oil mag- nate and a verdict of acquittal be ren- red. 2 § |9 5 Senate committee on public ! Jands and surveys—the oil commit- | tee—suspended its hearings today to | consider a number of pending bills, Chemists of the District health de- partment today found that a sample of red salmon obtained from a local fish dealer had been colored with an aniline dye. As soon as the report of Dr. T. M. Price, chief chemist, became known, Health Officer Fowler directed his ‘ood inspectors to all red salmon being sold in Wash- ington. The food inspectors will proceed with their check-up on the local salmon supply as rapidiy as possible. To confirm his analysis, Dr. Price extracted the liquid from the fish and dipped a strip of white cotton cloth into it. The goods came out a rich swade of ergnge. tion tomorrow to question several Witnesses about reported “oil deals ‘| during the 1920 republican national | convention. R N red o Al Jennings, one-time train robber bbb spls = s ! in OKlahoma, who became an evan- Dr. Fowler made it plain that the |gelist and was a friend of coloring matter found in the fish is | Hamon, the late republican nat not necessarily injurious. He is sat- | COmumitteeman from that state, is ex- isfled, however, it constitutes a vio- | mony before the committee tomorrow of the food and drug act as about the comvention ‘‘oil deal” gos- v | sip. Several other witnesses have well as the loeal regulations, in that ! SiD. O i oateinn it would, he said, deceive a house- [ DeeR summoned in this, copneetion holder into buying white salmon in | president of the Empire Trust the belief she was getting the more |pany of New York, is to be asked expensive red variety. about the security provided for a loan § | negotiated with his institution when The health, officer fold his in-|¢he republican national committee in- spectors, under the leadership of Dr. | curred a deficit during the 1920 cam- R. R. Ashwerth, to condemn all sal- | Paign. A mon found to be artificlally colored. |y jn';'g:fgh}{::'l;f S aoday. teom: Several days ago. news dispatches | ence with Semator Walsh, tho com- from Philadelpha WORKS HARD | ent grand jury gn indictment, if any, | life of the present grand jury expires | tates Senate, | but It will get back to its investiga- | | pected to provide most of the testi- Com- | tola of the dis-|mittee prosecutor. He promised “a covery of painted salmon in that city. The next day, a Washington dealer brought a sample of fish to the health whale of a story” when he takes the stand tomorrow, but would not Gis- cuss a statement recentiy attributed office voluntarily and asked that it to him to the effect that there was be analyzed th a view to deter- a_ million-dollar “oil deal” at the mining ‘whether its bright red hue|Chicago convention in connection with was natural. the nomination of the late President Dr. Fowler said he would not seek | Harding. to prosecute the -merchant brought in the sample. Officials of the health departmént to- day called attention to the following paragraph from a bulletin issued by the Department of Agriculture: Covered by Food Law. “Section 7, subdivision 4, under foods, of the federal food and drugs act, states that a food will be re- garded as adulterated if it be mixed, colored, powdered, coated or stained’ in a manner whereby inferiority fs concealed; that is to say, artificial o T et T tonRBtaa van ey if in violation of this paragraph.” Dr. Fowler is of the opinion that the question of artificiaily colored salmon is one of concealing the grade of the fish and not a source of danger to health, Jealth office attaches red saimon costs consid than the white variety who FORMER DRY OFFICIAL -CONVICTED IN BRIBE Egan Found Guilty of Taking $500 for Permit to Milwaukee Firm. William P. Egan of New York, for- mer assistant chief of the legal di- vision of the prohibition unit, wa: convicted today before Justice Hoeh- ling_and a jury in_ Criminal Division 2 of accepting a bribe of $500 to influence his decision in granting a permit to a Milwaukee firm to sell sac- say the | ramental wines. Pending an appeal ) to the court of appeals, Egan was re- leased on $5,000 bail I'M Happy! EVERYBODY THAT'S EVER EY ¢ TICKLED TIGE. “Dry Navy” of 65 Ships and 500 Men To Hit Rum Row By the Aseociated Press. NEW YORK, March 26.—Capt. William V. A." Jacobs, divisional commander of the coast guard, to- day disclosed plans for mobilizing a dry Navy of sixty-five armed vessels and 500 men, which, he de- clared, would scatter the far- famed New York-New Jersey coast rum fleet before the year's end. He said he would assign a de- stroyer, cutter or speed boat, equipped with one-pounders and machine guns, as a day and night guard over vessels on Rum row. These craft will stand by the liquor runners from the time they drop anchor off the row until— even if it takes months—the skip- pers of the rum fleet give up in disgust and sail away, he asserted. No- boat of any kind will be per- mitted to communicate with the rum fleet, sald Capt. Jacobs. { | PUTS BONUS 00ST AT §3.300.000,000 {Legion Actuary’s Figures Giv- en Senate Committee Are Compromise. A new estimate on the cost of the soldier bonus bill passed hy the | House—$3.300,000,000—was presented {to the Senate finance committee today by the actuary of the American Legion | Herbert He: | This figure a compromise be- |tween the cost of $4.850,000,000 esti- {mated by Joseph McCoy, government |actuary, and $2,119,000,000 estimated by H. Brown, Veterans' Bureau actuary. Hess, like srown, argued the cost of the paid-up insurance policies to the government would not have to include interest on funds advanced by the government Lo purchase the policies. These P funds, he said, would take the form of 'direct appropriations. {Mr. McCoy insisted the government would be taking the money from one pocket to put it in another and there- fore it would have to account for in- trest in figuring the cost of the bonus. Committee Divided. Chairman Smoot, although defend- ing the argument of McCoy, said the jcommittes was the i | | divided as to merits of the estimates. was safne difference of opinion among the three actuaries as to the number of veterans entitled to the bonus and the average length of their service. Army and Navy officials have been asked to present these data to the com- mittee tomorrow. Meanwhile, the committee again re- Sumed consideration of the revenue bill, agreeing to several sections of adminjstrative provisions Senator Reed, republican, Pennsylvania, serv- | ed notice he would offer an amend- ment to make Interest received from tax-exempt securities taxable. This will again open the fight against tax- exempt securities. Chairman Smoot ble to tax these securities without a constitutional amendment, which al- ready had been defeated by the House. The committee will-hold another session tonight. Representative Green, republican, Towa, chairman of the House ways and means committee, Which framed the bill, and Senator Walsh of Massa- chusetts, a democratic member of the finance committee, issued statements assailing the estimates of Joseph Mc- Coy, Treasury actuary, after the com- mittee meeting vesterday. ' "Points Out “Errors.” Pointing out a series of *fund: mental and glaring errors,” Mr. Green declared “the Treasury estimates on the cost of the bonus are wrong, as usual. Senator Walsh said the theory on which Mr. McCoy based his estimates was ‘“absurd,” and asked if it was ‘another attempt to juggle figures on the cost of the adjusted compensation bill ‘and to attempt to mislead the Congress and the people of the Unit- ed States?" Explaining the means by which he arrived at his estimates, Mr. McCoy told the finance committee that he had figured the government would have to pay interest on all money ap- propriated to pay for the insurance policies under the bonus bill. Would Invest Funds. H. P. Brown, Veterans' Bureau ac- tuary, who figured the cost of the insurance alone would amount to only. $2,025,000,000, and which figure was Also there | £07 (1 interests of the poor tenante. said he believed it would be impossi- | i | | i i ! question whether { fight the bill House, if necessary. Star. WEDNESDAY, MARCH- 26, 1924 —FORTY-TWO PAGES. VOTE ON RENT AGT EXPECTED TODAY House District Committee Is Considering Commission Extension Bill. The House District committee is in session this afternoon considering the Lampert bill to extend the life of the District Rent Commission until August, 1926, and hopes to reach a Vote reporting the bill to the House. Acting Chairman Zihlman secured permission of the House for the com- mittee to sit this afternoom while the House is in session in order to ex- pedite action upon this legislation be- cause under existing law the Rent Commission would pass out of exist- cnce on May 23. Hearings Held Today. Hearings were held on the measure earlier in the day. Representative Lampert of Wiscon- sin, author of the Rent Commission extension bill and chairman of the subcommittee which conducted hear- | ings for three weeks upon the sub- ject, read a report to the committee in favor of the bill. Opponition Report Read. A report in opposition to the bill was read before the committee by Representative IUnderhill of Massa- {chusetts, who said it had been pre-| pared by Representative Yost of Mis- souri. Representative Texas also d Blanton of clared his intention to on the floor of the Edward F. Colladay, president of the Washington Board of Trade, who | said he did not represent landlords, registered the opposition of the 2,500 members of his organization, repre- senting, he said, every walk of life in Washington. Speaks in Realtors’ Behalf. Bates Warren, speaking for the real estate interests, argued at length against the Lampert bill, claiming that it absolufely destroys the right of real and earned property. He argued that continuation of the Rent Commission breaks down the rights of property and contractoral rights. Mr. Warren said he was speaking not only for the owners of property in the National Capital, but for the owners of every piece of property throughout the country. He warned that in attempting to put through this legislation the committee was about to set in motion a tide of gov- ernment ownership. Blanton Offers Objection. Representative Blanton said he spoke against the bill from the standpoint of a tenant here for the jast seven years and as an American citizen. He declared his belief that if Congress will let the old princi- ple of supply and demand operate through abolishment of the Rent Commission that within six months rents will generally he reduced 25 per cent. He believes he is acting he said, and asked the committes how far it proposed to go in taking a man's property awas from him in peace time. “You aro taking away the sacred rights of private prorerty, on which this government was found- ed.” he said. Both Representative Blanton, demo- crat, and Representative Underhill, republican, declared they would put up the strongest fight they could against the bill on the floor of the House. Majority Report Presented. Representativa Lampert, in present- ing the majority report of the sub- ocommittee whioh conducted hearings which report was authorized by a 4 to 1 vote, Representative Blanton voting in opposition, read as follows: “Your subcommittee appointed for the purpose of considering this bill held hearings over a period of more than three weeks At thesc hearings testimony was given by tenants, rep- resentatives of labor, representatives r =eral employes, the commission- ~ot the Rent Commission. owners, real estate agents and builders. In addition, the subcommittee has re- ceived letters from a very large num- ber of tenants, all asking, in sub- gtance, the ocontinuation of the pres- ont rent legislation and the Rent ‘Commission. “Your subcommittee finds that the rental condition in the District of Columbia which prompted the enact- ment of the original legislation on rentals approved October 22, 1919, and the extension thereof approved Au- gust 24, 1921, and May 22, 1922, not ouly ‘continue to exist in both dwell- ing houses and apartment properties, o2 in the luwep:flmd rental peop- erties appear to be growing worse. These conditions, which arose early in 1919, were acute and believed to be temporary. They appear, however, to have become chronic and more or less permanent, and this condition appears to have spread throughout the larger cities of the United States and throughout many foreign countrie: “After careful consideration of the permanent rent legislation should be enacted for the District, the subcommittee is of the opinion that for the present an ex- (Continued 6n Page 4, Column 3] 2 (Cblth”\’.led on Page 2, Column 2) city as the papers Yesterday’s “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star’s carrier system covers every block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast are printed. Circulation, 102,610 TWO CENTS. 3 3 SENATORS NAMED T0 HEAR PROTESTS AGAINST D.C. HEADS Subcommittee Also to Re- ceive Pleas for 0. K. on Oyster and Rudolph. WILL PASS ON MERITS OF OBJECTIONS MADE i Opponents of Commissioners Given TUntil Monday to File State- ment of Views. A subcommittee | District committee was authorized to- day by the committee to receive all protests and objections against the | confirmation of Commissioners Ru- dolph and Oyster. These protests must be written and must be signed by the person who makes them. They |must be in the hands of the sub- | committee by Monday morning. The subcommittee will then con- | sider whether these protests are suf- | ficiently serious to warrant going| |into and whether hearings should | be granted to the persons making them. The subcommittee will then report to the full committee and the full | committee will decide upon the ques- |tion of hearings and whether the hearings should be open or in execu- | tive session. Senator Bail chairman of the Dis- | trict committee, said following the { meeting of the committee today that | there was some question as to | whether the hearings on nominations | uld be open, if the rules of the| | Senate are strictly adhered to. i ! Will Hear Both Sides. | The subcommittee appointed to re- | | ceive the protests against the Com- | missioners will also receive any | recommendations that may be sub-| { mitted in favor of the confirmation | | of the District Commissioners. | | Senator Edwards of New Jersev, democrat, is chairman of the subcom- | mittee and the other members are! Senator King of Utah, democrat, and nator Weller of Maryland, repub- lican. The protests or recommenda- | tions must be sent to the office of !the chairman, Senator Edwards. | The session of the full committee | {today at which the nominatfons of | the Commissioners were considered | and this procedure decided upon was executive, lasting for nearly an hour. Protests Confirmation. ! Senator Ball today received a let- | ter from A. M. Lawson, president of | the Central Labor Union. protesting | againm confirmation of the nomina- | tions of the two civilian Commissioners, | | Rudolph and Oyster. and suggesting | | that Seator Ball, because of “busi- | ness association” with and “warm | personal feeling” for the Commis- | | sioners not oconduct the hearings on | { the nominations and not vote on the | nominations. ) | Senator Ball said that he had no intention of abdicating the chair-| | manship of the committee tempo- | 1 rarily, as suggested, and that he had | |no business relations with the Com- | | missioners which could embarrass | {him in handling the nominations. i i \ of the Senate | Text of Protest Letter. The letter received by Senator Ball from Mr. Lawson follows: | “It has come to our attention that | the District Commissioners in giving | their names and influence to stock | promotion schemes have failed to| maintain that high standard of per- | sonal conduct becoming their official position. “Cases in point are their associa- tion with the Walker Hotel Company promotion plan, Commissioner Oy ter's affiliation with many concerns, such as the American Coal Company, a mortgage and invsetment company the Hazen Oil Company and the Grand i Central Garage Company, of which you probably have full knowledge be- cause of your own close connection with the Jast three. In view of these and such other matters as Commis- sioner Rudolph's illegal granting of | contracts to the firm of Rudolph & West, Commissioner Oyster’s use of police force for private purposes, his failure to enforoe the health and nuis- ance laws, his general unfitness for! public service, and the failure of hoth Commissioners’ to enforce the build- | ing regulations, we do hereby protest against their reappointment. “Because of your warm personal { friendship for the Commissioners, and { your business assoclation with them, Wwe also ask that some other person than yourself conduct the hearings and that you be spared the embarass- ment of Voting in the matter. A list of persons who can substantiate these | statements will be placed in vour hands. 1 am for the Central Labor Unfon and its executive board, very sincerely yours. “A. M. LAWSON, Presidont.” DAUGHERTY, LODGE CALL ON COOLIDGE Both Deny Conferences Were for Same Purpose Simultaneous. | i { | | or | Attorney ' General Daugherty and Senator lodge, republican leader, | conferred with President Coolidge to- day, but White House officials sald their conferences were separatc and | that the republican leader's confer- | ence did not concern Mr. Daugherty’s | situation. Mr. Daugherty said nis con- | ference was “about routine matters. Senator ‘Lodge of Massachusetts, | the republican Senate leader, who prior to the beginning of the Senate inquiry urged the President to re-| quest ' Mr. Daugherty's resignation, | conferred with the Executive just before the Attorney General saw Mr. Coolidge. Senator Lodge on leaving the Pres- ident’s office stopped in one of the other offices and this led to the sup- position that he ands the Attorney General were in joint conference with the President. Rulers May Visit Spain. ROME, March 26.—It is officiall stated sfl:l( the king and qugenc vrllyl ;l-u pain the first fortnight in une. in | {last Memorial day an inventory of hi | the i Ash 33,000,000 PROFIT IN OIL DEAL HINTED BY ROXIE STINSON Names of Five Men Alleged to Have Been Involved Not Given by Witness. BELIEVES JESS SMITH DIED BY HIS OWN HAND Repeats Statement That Daugher- ty’s Friend Increased Fortune Materially While Here. A hint of an oil deal in which “five men made $33,000,000" in the fall of 1922 was brought before the Daugh erty investigating committee toda: by Roxie Stinson, divorced wife of the Attorney General's friend and political lieutenaht, Jess W. Smith. The witness said Smith had told her of such a transaction, and that she understood.it had to do with stock in the Sinclair interests which on Apri! 7, 1922, leased Teapot Dome. She added that Smith had said he and thr ttorney General were “sore” because the men who made the money wers friends of theirs, but had not let ther in on the deal. She could not n them. Otherwise Tame Session. The flitting reference to the 000,000 affair was made in the m of a session which otherwise b lacked much of the momentum of Miss Stinson’s previous appearances as a star witness in the inquiry Senator Wheeler of Montana, the committee prosecutor, was kept home with a cold and the exami tion for the part proceeded quite peacefully. The Witness said at the outset that she wished to disclaim any previous intimations in the testimony that she had thought Smith met his death by any hand except his own. She wa convinced he killed himself, she said but beiieved Mr. Daugherty “morally responsible” for his determination t« kill himself. Increase in Fortuns. ‘When he came to Washington, Stinson said, Smith was worth $136,000, but when he was found dead the Attorney General's apartmer Mi, some property showed a total valuation of $214,000. Asked whether she thought there were other items omitted from the inventory she said she wouid rather not reply. She replied in the negative when sked by Senator Ashurst, democrat Arizona, whether she knew that a note as found in Smith's pocket after his death and never wus turned over to the authorities. A good part of the session was taken up with the reading of letters Smith had written her on the Attorney Gen- eral's Department of Justice stationery They referred largely to personal mat ters Miss Stinson Called. Before the questioning of the wi hess began Senator Ashurst, demo crat, Arizona, read into the record a transcript of testimony beforo the oil committee having to do with stock purchases of Daugherty and Smith The stock accounts wers under the namo of “W. W. Spaid” of the stock brokerage firm of Hibbs & Co. and one of them was identified as a joint account of the Attorney General and Smith, which, ountants d might have resul in a loss o $24,000. Chairman Brookhart Rosia Stinson Smith had “put his house very carefully just the witness said judgment that he on that circumsta “It was your bel committed suicide hart reiterated “Yes, sir,” Miss Stinson said, “So far as T concerned T am sure that he did take his own life. However, [ also consider Harry Daugherty mor- ally responsible for his death.” Asked Property Details. Chairman Brookhart asked her to give details as to the property of Smith before he came to Washington, remarking that by her testimony he had left an estate of between $125,0% to $140,000 “AWhen e went to Washington Be had,” she =aid. “some coar stoek worth $10,000 and some 800 shares in nother company, appraised at 000, not worth more than that. He possessed a share of a drygoods stor which he sold for $40,000." she sor tinued, “a $12,000 house and two cat tages worth $3,500. He might hase had a few sto on margin and other minor things, inconsequential _“Now., what did he have when b died that e did not have when b came to Washington?" asked Senator d then called in order before his death. and she based her took his own life “f that Jess Smith Chairman Brook- | Brookhart “There was $63,000 in liberty hon, at the Riggs Bank,” the »\hnt,\s‘:agl “According to Your figures, on com ing to Washington nator Moses, r publican, New Hampshire, put in, ‘Mr Smith had about $136,000." =8 Miss Stinsom agreed Senator Moses then pointed it that the inventory of the estat showed he had at death $214,000. Disposition of $75,000. re the seventy-five $1,000 bills vou testified Mr. Smith had’ Jisted in inventor: asked Senator urst. ou do not know what became of them?” “I do mot.” Do you know the name of gentleman who was Jess Smith died?” “Yes. Mr. Martin, Mal Daugher!y tells me, Was present.’ Martin 'is private secretary to the Senator Moses asked if ‘money_belt” found in sonal effects. did not know. “Attorney General Daugherty has sald T am an angry woman because [ wasn't his sole heir," she remarked. “If you have reason to believe lia had other property I'd like you to state it,” Senator Jones said. I'd rather not answer.” “Was a note found in Mr. Smith's pocket when he died?” Senator Ash- urst asked. New Will Was Found. “I only know there was a will found, ail in his handwriting, made on Monday, and he passed away Wed- nesday.” " 1t appedred this will was different (Continued on Page 4, Column 23 , th: present when | Attorney General there was a smith's_per- Miss Stinson said she