Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1924, Page 2

) * ATTACKING COUPLE, BANDITS GET §1.500 Aged Mother and Son Beat- en and Robbed of Fu- neral Money. Aroused about 2:30 this morning by the breaking down of the door of their bedroom, William B. Simmons, fifty-eight years of age, of Capitol Heights, Md, and his mother, Mrs. Evelyn attacked at the home of mother at Sidney, badly beaten, and robbed of enrrency totaling between $1,500 and $2,000. The assailants were three or four white men, and were masked, sccording to the meager description Simmons could give Two shots were fired by the robbers, but neither Xrs. Simmons nor her £on was struck by bullets. Aroused as the door broke, Sim- mons said, two men leaped upon. him, ing with “him. inquired s that money mmons said he had no money, and struggled with the men. He had one man down on 1he floor, he added, choking him. when the other struck him over the lead wi blunt weapon, and knocked uneonselous. His mother. in another bed, was also knocked un- conscious by a blow on the temple. Took Funernl Money. The assailants then went through imons clothes and took more than $1,500 in bills which he had intended 1o use for payment of expenses in- cident_to the funeral of his brothe who died last Saturday, $90 of hi own money, and a gold watch chain with & diamond set in the fob. Fifteen minutes later Mrs. Simmons became conscious, and she and her son walked to the home of Charles Gladman, & neighbor, 150 yards dis- tant, where they were treated for head cuts and lacerations. Their wounds were declared not to be seri- ©us by a physician. John O. Simmons, brother of Wil Yiam, who died last Saturday, left. ac- cording to neighborhood gossip, a considerable sum of money in the liouse. He was buried Tuesday, and since that time William had been staying with his mother at the family home. Tore Woman's Clothes. During the struggle Mrs. Simmons’ elothing was partly torn off, as the robbers, temporarily bafled in search, hunted everywhere for money They 'tore Simmons' clothes after had located the money in the pockets. John Simmons is said to have left between 314,000 and $15.000, most of which was in a Washington bank. The robbers left as clues only the Uning of a man's felt hat, size 6%, and a footprint in a pile of ashes where one man jumped from the porch. Neighbors said they heard a small automobils start about 2:45 this morning. a few moments, accord- ng to Simmons, after he zttacked Unable to Reach Gun. Behind the bed on which Simmons lay was a loaded shotgun. but the men were him so quickly he had no time to get it Deputy Sheriff Fugitt of Prince Georges county is investigating the affair, trying to link it up with an attempted robbersy of John mons about onths ago. Detective Sergt 2 Mansfield of the Washingtos force visited the today. Mansfield was unable to cate any fingerprints or other marks made by the assailants. He found an empty _32-caliber revolver shell and an unexploded cartridge Wi, CHURGH RADID STATION, SLENCED Rev. Earle Wilfley Told Boyer Company Action Follows Phone Suit. The voice of WJIH, ington's pioneer radio stations, has been silenced, ending temporarily, at least, the religious broadeasting service of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church The only explanation given for the “signing off” of WJH by Bover of the William 7 pand, owners of the sta his operator advised him to stop. Tiarle Wilfley. pastor of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church, however. ascribed the cessation to the “exis tence of an apparent monopoly Dr. Wilfley declared that the Boyer Company had informed him that WJH had been compelled to discontinue broadcasting in order to avoid prose- cution by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, which in- stituted a suit in New York recently to protect its patents affecting radio telephone broadcasting. Pastor Resents Move. “There is a growing feeling that a monopoly exists to put the inde- Dendent broadeasters out of business.” said Dr. Wilfley. “I strongly resent this idea if it is true. T feel that the American veople will never stand for 2 monopoly in the great science of radio broadcasting.” The Sunday evening services of the Vermont Avenue Cnristian Church have been broadcast for more than a year by WJH with the result that urch has built up a large in- congregation. Dr. Wilfley is anxious that the religious services continue to go out on the ether. and the publicity committee of the one of Wash- broadeasting church is planning to take some ac- | tion that will make this possible. The action of the Boyer company in closing its station under fear of prosecution was viewed at the Ch apeake and Potomac Telephone Com- pany today as an excuse for Stepping out of the broadcasting service. 1t was explained that neither the com- pany nor the American Telegraph and Telephone Company had indi- cated that it would take any steps 10 close WJH. A statement issued by the American Telegraph and Tele- phone Company in New York several days ago, it was pointed out, declared that “a_monopoly either of broad- casting for entertainment of the pub- lic or for hire is not desirable from any point of view" “there has been no danger of such a monopoly.” One Voter AEll:gAible, All Others Forgot i Election Was Near ! By the Associated Press. ! ONTARIO, Calif., March 28.—To- day is election day in Camp Baldy School district, and yet, aithough every one kmows the “vote which can be cast and knows that the whole vote can swing only one way, no one knows how the elec- tion ‘will come out, or whether, in- deed. there will be any. Only one eligible voter remember- d to register early enough to give him the legal right to cast a bal- lot, it developed in a check of the registration list_and at an early hour today it had not been decided rhether he could legally act as i n;mhn Jjudge and inspectsr as well e sole voter, 3 Simmons of Sidney. Md., were | their | ad been | CH RADID William ln' I Beaten and Robbed ' e —————— | 1 William Mrx. Evelyn mmonx and hix mother, Simmons, vietims of ter, at Sidney. Md., early today. VALET DESCRIBES PARTIES HELD IN ! DAUGHERTY’S HOME | ) refused to co-operate with investigation, *‘withhoiding records | refusing access to books. What other cases have you investi- gated down there?" Wright-Martin, Duesenberg Nordyke and Marmon, and al others.” “What reports did you make as to the Wright-Martin Compan “That they return to the govern- ment $3.000,000." From the Duesenberg motor, he re- | ported. .the government should re- ceive bac As to the others he did not The Wrignt-Martin itted to the Department which started an actic stopped it." Pickering said. Col. Haywood, down in New York i started a_case, and it was called down to Washington and stopped.” { Believes Cases Delayed. “Isn't it a fadt ‘that all these mat- (Continued from First Pag Company. Lhis case was sub- of Justice, and then t leas until all of the men in the service | had gotten scattered around the { country and resigned? Senator | Wheeler asked. i “That was m understanding of what was done,” Pickering said The Lincoln Motor Company, he d. was charged with an “overpayment of $4.825,000. At Mitsui & Co., Pickering said, the people were Japs. Mr. Howland tock him over for examination. Pickering sajd went to the War Department ac- counting service in 191 Cases that he took and investigation w that had been “closed” Pickering agreed. Checking Old Accounts. “What you were often doing. then, was checking over ttlements that ihad been previously made?’ Mr. { Howland asked. Pickering said. ¥ as to the andard Aircraft and Wright-Martin cases, As to the Lincoln Motor Company’s final settiement, Pickering said he was not_informed. Mitsul & Co. had nanced” the ! Standard Aircraft, Pickering explain- led, “and then taok it over after the W The Wright-Martin case, he concluded, was the only one in which he had worked after the Department {of Justice todk charge. excused. d of duties did these men Chairman Brookhart _asked. “Investigating employes of the Wright- Martin Company—investigating sub- contractors,” Pickering said. Was this work done under a profit- contract?" enator Jones in- during 1918, i perform Walter Miller, former negro valet to Attorney General Daugherty, was called. He went into service with E. B. Mc- lean before President arding’s in- auguration, Miller said, and met Attor- neral Daugherty while so em- ployed. He told of “going to the H street house, 1509 H street. to take charge for Jess Smith and Mr. Daugherty, and later of working for them us messenger for the Department of Justice. “Was Male Chambermaid. Jess Smith paid him his salary {he was employed as | “valet, chambermaid.” i Th and everything, Miller “said. witness said Albert B. Fa i Col s (. Darden J. W. Zev ‘h.nll « r were calle ‘at our hov | He also saia Orr brought liquor in Iress suit case” several times. There was “a week's suppiy” in the wall |safe usually, he added. Sinclair had frequently “tipped” him in amounts of “over $10 and less than $190,” he said There was “plenty” the H street house, kept in in_the wall.” Miller said. He had seen “Will Or: house “half a dozen times, he added | and Howard Manington was “a very welcome visitor. “Simelnir Was Visitor.” Miller said Harry F. Sinclair vis- ited the Daugherty house “whenever {he was inh the city,” and “discussed | business. R Smith paid all H street house bills with checks on Washington Court House and other Okio banks. Miller_said “everybody,” including W. J. Bugns, Will H. Hays., Ogden Armour, Thomas B. Felder and many others, came to thé house. Felder came “frequently,” he added. Many “seeking” government pointments called at the Daugherty house, the witness said. Richard Washburn Child was one of the call- ers, he added, and he knew of Child's appointment to the Rome embassy “before it came out in the papers.” “Discussed Prospective Appointees.” Miller said _he had often heard Daugherty and Smith discuss qualifi- cations of prospective federal ap- pointees. He identified John Ring- ling, the circus man, as among those who “had dined” at the H street house, The discussion at the Ringling dinner involved a plot of ground in Pittsburgh for the circus,“which, it seemed, the Attorney General's broth- er owned.” Miller said he knéw nothing of & money bell worn by Jess Smith. After “his operation” Smith wore a silk and rubber” belt to protect the wound, Miller_said. He also recalled Pure Oil and White Motors as among stocks Smith' owned. “Who came to play cards?” Senator robbers, who entered home of the lat- | al! | ters were delayed from time to time! “all | b, ap- ! THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©. FRIDAY, MARCH 28 GIRL FOUND IN RIVER IS DECLARED SUICIDE Body Recovered Todsy ldentified as Helen Smoot,~18;-of Kensington, ¥d. Relatives identified the body of a girl found in the Potomac this morn- ing, under the government wharf, at the foot of P’ street, as that of Helen Smoot, cighteen vears old, of Ken- sington, Md. Following a report by Detective Sergt. Thompson, who in- vestigated: the case, Coroner Nevitt issued a certificate of suicide. Detective Thompson reported that Sergt. John O'Grady, in charge of the wharf of the Washington bar- racks, had reported seeing the girl | yesterday, when she talked with him about her fear that relatives were preparing to send her back to a sanatorium for treatment of mental disorders, A brother of Miss Smoot visited. the morgue this afternoon and identified the body. man Park_when Col. Zevely, Sinclair, Secretary Fall, Smith and Mr. Daugh- erty played,” Miller said. At the H street house, he said, “I only remem- ocial games.” did not know passed. Miller named other visitors. “Did_you ever receive any goods from J. Oxden Armour?” “I wouldn't say it in those terms “The Washington repre- us hams, No bills ever . how much money acon and such things. came with them.” i “Did you know Alex Moore?" Yes, he came from Pittsburgh.” Saw Burns in Bath. “Did you ever hear Mr. McLean and Daugherty dlscuss Peyton Gordon?" “Nothing that would impress me— he was seeking appointment.” Miller suid he saw W. J. Burns March 15 last in a Turkish bath. “I told him some one was trying get information from me and he said: ‘Oh, tell ‘em to go to hell,’ and 1 walked away. Millor sald ie went to the Attorney General to report that “a person was trying to get information from me.” “Mr. Daugherty didn't seem to be imuch interested,” Miller said. “He was at Wardman Park. He got Mr. { Howland.” “1 was present,” Mr. Howland put | to n Miller did not want to say who the ‘person seeking _information was" until he had opportunity to “tell that person.”” The “information” sought concerned the investigation of the | Attorney General. Names Harvey Phelps. “The person is Harvey Phelps. Miller finally said. “He is an investi- gator.” Phelps worked for Shingle & Co." Miller said—a private detective agency, “and ran across me in a hap- hazard way." “1 know he wasn't looking for me.” Miller asserted, “but be asked me what 1 had been doing, and I told him, working for Mr. Daugherty, and right away he grabbed at it Concerning Harvey Phelps. “Now this Harvey Phelps—it is Phillips, isn't it? He is working for Frank A. Vanderlip, isn't he? asked Mr. Howland. Miller did not know. He told of “going to New York with my lawver, Mr. Beckett, Lo see this firm of de- tectives” and of making a statement in New York ou have testified that you rushed right up to the Attorney General as soon as you got this,” Mr. Howland went on. “You were tight as a lord—under the influence of liquor ” “No, sir, T was not." “You looked that way to me,” How- land countered. “Didn't you hint to the Attorney General that'you wanted a little piece of change? “He gave me a dollar,” Miller said. Howland asked for 'the afidavit Miller made in New York. Senator Wheeler said he “had it “But No Tunnels." There were two entrances to the H street house, Miller went on, “but no tunnels.” Chairman Brookhart asked for the rental of the hotel apartment to which the Attorney General moved, but Mil- | ler did not know it, and when m—_| Howland offered to furnish the fig- ures there was a wrangle. “The trouble with vour client fs {that he'll furnish us anything afte we get it from somewhere else first,” Senator Wheeler explained. Miller _expressed the opinion that {Jess Smith had strong influence in |the making of appointments, Sayws Elkins'Was Visitor. Senator Klkins, republican, ricinia, was a frequent visitor. Scnator Wheeler asked if he had lever seen Mr. Daugherty, Harry F. iSinclair, Secretary Fall and Mr. |Smith playing cards. Miller said he had—at the hotel apartment—and that Col. Zevely was there. A “Mr. Todd from Ohio” Miller sald, was another frequent caller whom he thought might be “a former partner of the general’s.” Senator Ashurst got Miller to re- peat that “Howard Mannington wi a frequent and welcome visito: Mclean Not Present. Senator Wheeler got Miller to say that E. B. McLean was not present | at the card game described and then turned the witness over for cross- examination. Mr. Howland asked first abeut the alleged gifts of meat from Armour & Ce. “You don't mean to msay they weren't paid for?” Howland asked. “I said no bill accompanied them— 1 wouldn't know whether they were paid for,” Miller said. V. H. Marcum, a special assistant to Attorney General Daugherty, was calied to tell of an official trip’ Feb- ruary 20 to Butte, Mont. He denied that either he or E. E. Dougherty, & department agent who accompanied | | him, had made any investigation of | Senator Wheeler.. i Questions Montana Trip. ! “Do you know of any other men 1 Montana investigating me?” asked enator Wheeler. “No,” #aid Marcum. “I see in a aper that there were five men out there.” “You told me you went out to i vestigate the prohibition situation Senator Wheeler put in. “Yes, charges filed against the United States district attorney there.” Marcum said he had talked to of cers of the Anaconda Copper Com- pany. West Alleges “Wild Stories, “I told you that a man going out !there could be filled full of wild {stories,” Marcum sald. He met news- | paper men, he said, and also “Mr. | Abe Cohen, who said he was a news- |paper man from Chicago.” | " When they left Great Falls, some- | body handed a package of news- | paper clippings to Dougherty, Mar- | cum said. Senator Wheeler suggest- ed the “cHppings were from news- papers used agaixst me in the cam- paign.” but Marcum did not know. He aid he turned the clippings over to the Department of Justice. Dougherty, his assistant, had ‘a great many friends in Montana' Marcum said. no relation to there?” Senator Jores asked. “They had nonme.” Knew Nothiag Against Wheeler. He said he never talked to Daugh- erty about the source of the clip- pings. airman .Brookhart -asked if he heard stories about Semator Wheel- Yoir Kiotw you can hear what you want to hear in Montana,” Marcum | said. | “All that i wates under the dam. If my life depended on it, I couldn’t say 1 know a thing against Senator Wheeler." “There have been Seven other re- ports on me filed with the Depart- ment of Justice,” S¢nator Wheeler ob- served. PRESIDENT FAVORS ARMORY FOR D. €. Weeks Urges Replacing of Present Inadequate Rent- ed Quarters. Prospects for an armory for the National Guard of the District of Co- lumbia to displace the old, delapidated and unsuitable rented quarters it now occupies were brightened today, when Secretary of War Weeks made a recommendation in favor building, and President dicated that he was favor: Secretary Weeks called at the White House today and recommended to the President that he lostruct the director of the bullget to pre an estimate for a suitable armory for the troc of the National Guard of the.District of Columbia, in_order that the troop: here may be sufclently and adequate- 1y housed, and proper provision made for their training. The President was representcd s strongly in favor of doing this. Both the President and Secretary Weeks, it was indicated, are strongl convinced of the necessity for i roving the conditions of the loc National Guard troops, who for have had to obtain their training un- der most unfavorable conditions. The facilities arc so unsatisfactory that the War Departmont refused to rec ognize certain troop -organizations which had been formed with much ef- fort here simply because there wer not suitable armories to house the expensive equipment furnished by the War Department. Following representation some time ago that the President was op- posed to' a local armory as a part of the public buildings bill, Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, commanding the Distriot of Columbia National Guard, called on Secretary Weeks and point- ed out that the federal government would not be asked to const the building in_{ts entirety. buf that the armory bill now pending in Cofi- gross provided for its construction on the 60-40 basis of payment as other expenses of the government are paid. This feature, 1t was pointed out, was laid before the President, Ro- gether with the fact that the Na tional Capital certainly should have a proper armory for its militia. Just how much of an appropria- tion might be ordered in the pro- posed order to the director of the budget was not learned, as Secretary Weelss merely asked for a suitable armory, to include a large drtl hall and company and store rooms, to- gether with offices for the headquar- ters. 1t e RESIGNATION SEEN AS AID TO PARTY Elimination of Daugherty Is Termed Ending of “Intoler- able Situation.” BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge has ended an intolerable situation for himself and the republican party by heeding the demand of Congress and requesting the resignation of Attorney General Daagherty who complied immediate- 1y. Mr. Daugherty furnished: himself the ground on which the resignation was requested by refusing to dis- close the files of his correspondence and the records of his bureaus, which the Sneate investigating com- | mittee demanded. Mr. Daugherty’s retirement was urged many weeks ago by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, republican lead- er, on the ground that the country must have oconfidence in the De- partment of Justice and would not fael that confidence If the conduct of the Attorney General were himself under invesiigation. Letters Urged Aection. From all parts of the country latters have been coming telling the admini- stration that every day Harry Daugher- ty stayed in the cabinet, the democrafs were making votes and that Mr. Cool- idge's strength was diminishing. Mr. Daugherty is a forceful personality. He is one of the “wheel-horses” of the republican party. He is influential in Ohio politics. He was instrumental in having Warren Harding nominated to the presidency. Such a man wasn't easy to eliminate and Mr. Coolidge" New England conscience battled hard with the expendiencies of pre-conven- tion politics. Today the friends of the President were pointing to his action as a sign of the real Coolidga who dared to fiy in the face of the party zealots. It {s an act of repudiation of one of the original Harding men which will, no doudt, cause considerable resentment in the republican ranks, but the losses may be offset by the gains and Mr. Coolidge's friends are supremely con- fident that on the day after the defeat | in South Dakota, their chieftain has expressed himself forcetully for clean government. The incident tragic_aspects. is not without its Harry Daugherty is a likabie individunl who has many friends in official life, . voted to him and believing in his integrity. When the investigation is completed, they contend it will be found that he was & victim not of per- sonal greed, but of eagerness to serve his friends. To their impositions he was blind. To their pleadings he gave ready ear. Oarried Heavy Lead. Life in Washington has never been happy for Harry Daugherty. He car- ried from the beginning a load of responsibility. He felt he was re- sponsible for Harding’s nomination and for his success in office. He hoped for @ second term for Mr. Harding. He saw only the opposi- tion of La Follette as u factor. appoifitment as Attorney General was the subject of criticism, but Mr. Harding felt that to' do otherwise would be “an_act of ingratitude on his part. There were those who counseled Harry Daugherty not to accept on the ground that he had been so active in politics that there | Wwould not be the necessary confi- dence in his administration of the Lepartment of Justice. Of home life, Harry Daugherty had none. His wife has been an invalid throughout the time the husband has been wrestling with the multiplex problems of the Department of Jus- tice. Mr. Daugherty's own health has broken down several times. He clung to his portfolio largely in defiance of his enemies. He would have retired long ago, but for a feeling that he would be confessing defeat. ‘He ac- cepts Mr. Coolidge’s decision as iA- evitable, but with a heavy ‘heart and a feeling of disappointment that the new President did not stick to him in a fight waged, & he sees it, not against an individual, but the entire cabinet and the republican party. EARTH SHOCKS CONTINUE. SAN SALVADOR, March 28 —Ac- cording to reports received here earthquakes continue to be feit in Costa Rica. Business _is seriously by reason vf‘ the disturb- " | Miller friends de- | His | RUDOLPH OUSTS MILLER IN INSURANCE CODE CASE (Continued from First Page.) Blanton charged in the House yester- day that varfous insurance companies have paid $6,820 for pushing thix bill. Representative Blanton says that fourteen companies contriputed to this fund, that $4,600 was for propa- ganda in the interests of the pro- posed new insurance code, that 82,200 was for maintenance of an unoificial bureau of information and that $I. 500 was paid by Miller to L. A. Dent | for drafting the insurance bill |, Regarding the antecedents of this i { bill Representativ, Blanton Polnisl out? “This present bill now before us, H. R. 3689, was introduced in . this | : Congress by Mr. Bdmonds on Decem- | ber 14, 1923 Tt is_an exact cOpY |of a bill which in November, 1925, 1 | Supt. Burt A. Miller had printed in | | Baltimore by Kuehn Bros, & Co. i (Inc.), and for which printing they | charged him $1,300 for 500 copl | In v of the fact that Supt.’ paid Mr. Louis A. Dent §2 | he claims was paid for draft: I respectfully suggest to my colleagues that they compare | this H, R. 3689 with the bill which Senator Pomerene Introduced i the | Senate on July 11, 1921, being Senate bill 2229, and they will be comvinced that It was copied from the Pomerenc bill. Salary Raise Sought. In giving the result of his investiga- tions to the House, Representative Blan- ton says: “In the former bill Supt. Miller was seeking to raise his own salary only $1,000. In this bill he seeks to raise it | 1$1,700. Ard in this bill he seeks to giv himself the following emploves in ad- {dition to the ones authorized by the ac! jof March 4, 1922 “*A deputy superintepdent at SLM\OE !per annum: an actuary at $4.500 per an’examiner at $2.500 per an- chief statistician at $ an assistant _statistician —at $1,860 per annum; a license clerk at $1.860 per annum; & clerk-stenographer | at $1,800 per annum ; a stenographer at $1,680 per annum; four clerks at $1,500 annum.’ ‘And, in connection with the above, T will state that I have lately had evi- dence satisfactory to Majority Leuder Longworth and Appropriations *Chair- man Madden to testify before them con- vincing them that no additional em- ployes are needed by said department, but that at least one of those now em- ployed could be dispensed with without | injury to the service. “In the former bill Supt. Miller asked that there be allowed him ‘a fund for contingent and miscel- laneous expenses of not less than| $2,000 per annum’ Notice the way that it was drawn—not L than.’ | Thus, so long as he spent more than | $2,500 miscellaneously, he would be | complying with the law. | “And when, in November, Supt Miller had Kuehn Bros. print the 500 | jes of his propaganda bill—for | $1,500—it provided, and so did Mr.{ Edmond's bill, H. R. 3689, which hg| introduced on December 14, 1923, provide: ““The department shall also be al- lowed a fund for contingent and mis- cellaneous expenses of not less than $2,500 per annum.’ Limit to Expenditures. “And to prove that Supt. Miller considered that under such language | be would be authorized to spend any | sum so long that ‘it was not less than $2500," when the committee re- ported the bill on February 26, 1924, they limited him to $4,500, for they provided: ““The department shall also be al- lowed a fund! for contingent and ! miscellaneous expenses of not less | than $2,000 or more than $4,500 per annum.’ “In my fifty-one years 1 have never before witnessed that language as a limitation on expenditures. It is usu- ally framed ‘not more tham.' “And in his copy sent for his propa- | ganda bill to Kuehn Bros. for print- | ing. and in the first print of same | | they made for him. where it author- ized him to appoint actuaries and ex- aminers, without limitation as to number, except that whenever ,he deemed it necessary it provided: “That the amount charged for such compensation shall not exceed $75 per day for an actuary and 325 per day for an examiner.’ “But before the printing job was completed he had this language | | changed so that_in his propaganda | bill (for which Kuehn Bros. charged | him $1,500 for 500). and also in the | copy he had Mr. Edmonds introduce | for him. it appears as follows: ““That the amount charged for such compensation shall be in accordance with the rules of the National Con- vention of Insurance Commissioners.” “Which means identically the same thing, because the present rules of ; the National Convention of Insurance { Commissioners, in force when this bill ! which fng this bill, i | i | 1 i was introduced, provided pay of $75 per duy for an actuary and $25 per day for an examiner. But Supt. Mil- Y hougnt It wiser to veil the provi- | sfon in language that would not ap- prise Congress of the fact that he was being given authority to appoint am unlimited number of actuaries at S'ISX per day for an unlimited number of | days. and to appoint an unlimited | number of examiners at $25 per day for an unlimited number of days.’ Letters and Documents. Representative Blanton supplements bis charges with voluminous letters | | and othter documentary evidence, Regarding the “propaganda’ lund‘ collected from insurance compaunies, Representative Blanton said: L“Supt. Miller admitted that he had | collected from insurance companies quite a large fund which he had spent | since last August trying to get th i bill passed. When I insisted on his giving me the names of all such | | companies making such contributions | | ind how he had spent same, he gave me the following: Statement of special contributions land disbursements in connection with |the legislation now pending for the purpose of bettering and stabilizing the Insurance conditions in the Dis- trict of Columbia by means of a mod- ern and adequate code. CASH RECEIVED. te Life Insurance Co. of Wash- ington, D. ¢, Continental Life insurance G ‘ington, D. C. Peopie’s Mitual “Benefit *Tnsurance of Washington, D. C. Provident_Relief Associa ington. D. C. .. Acacia Mutual Life A ington, D. C Mutual Fire I ton, D. C. Matual Protection Washington, D. C. . | Mutusl Investment Fire insurance Cv. of Washington, D. C. . ational Union Fire Tusurance C: Washington. D. C. . i Piremen's Insurance Co. of Washington, of Wash- 383§ & Fire ‘Insurance Co. of a | Potoma ¥ire' insuraace Co. of Washiig- Nation! Capial Fife insurance Co. " of Washington, 1. €. American Fire Insuran ington, D. C. ... Corcoran’ Fire Tnsuran: ington, D). C. i Buort A. Miller, superintendent of fosur- ance, District of Columbia ........ {H. P." Janisch, for various mutual fire insurance companies Gparles M. Howell, for various reciprocal insurance companies Total : Question of Contribution. “Note in the foregoing statement that Supt. Miller gave me of the con- tributions made, that he claimed that he himself contributed $500. I will show you a little later on that I se- | cured “évidence to the contrary and | made- Supt. Miller admit that this claim was error. - Also note later on | what Supt. Miller says regarding H. P. Janisch and Oharles M. Howell, each of whom contributed $300. “Supt. Miller admitted to me that to all' companies engaged in the in- dustrial life, health and accident busi- ness in the District of Columbia he had sent a letter from his department that he was establishing a bureau of information, in which letter he used this Janguage: was be “‘Due to lack of funds, it Co.” of ‘Wash- of "Wash- Ca. I | | introduced | ed by Supt. ! ciety 1924 BURT Superintendent District, who A. MILLER, of inxurance of the rexigned {oday at the request of Commissioner Rudolph. business in the District of Columbia not to exceed $125. “And when I insisted on his giving me a list of all companies who had made him contributions in response to such letter, he gave me the follow- ing list: Eouthern Aid Society of itable Life Tnsurance Co.. Life Insurance Co, of Ameri; Prudential Insurance Co. of Amerien Baltimore Life Tnsurance (v,. Continental Life Insurance Co.. Al Axsociation. .. Home Friendis Insurance Co.... Life and Casualty Insarance (o | People's Mutaal Beneft Lite Insurancs Co. Provident Relief Association Richmond Beoeficial Insurance 0o.. Reliance Life Insurance Co, Supreme Life aud Cwsualty Co..... Shangadoah Life and Casualty Co. North Ourolina Mutusl Life Insurance Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co.... “Co. 40 Representative Blanton points out that $1,600 alleged to have been paid to a Baltimore concern by Miller for printing the bill was “wasted,” and letters to show that $250.65 is still owed on this account. Representative Blanton asserted that as a result of personal inquiry he found other contributors to the “propaganda” fund besides those list- Miller. and said: “Until I forced it out of him with a corkscrew Supt. Miller never ad- mitted that he rece ed the $300 con- tribution from the outhern id So- of Virginia, an outside com pany entirely. And up.to this good hour he has neyer admitted that the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Asso: ation has contributed more than $340, when, in fact, it contributed $790, or $250 that he has never in any- way listed.” Included in Representative Blan- ton's indictment is a letter from W Gwynn Gardiner. a former District Commissioner. who In replying to a letter from Mr. Blanton stated that upt. Miller “was indebted in some man to Louis A. Dent, in the Southern building, sulted in Louis A, Dent being pyed by Burt A. Miller to an insurance law. which he did, and which bill presented to Congress was so drafted. Mr. Miller called upon the insurance companies to contri- bute to Mr. Dent for his services, and 1 am reliably informed that Mr Dent received from the insurance companies $2.500 for his services in drafting th biil. “I am reliably informed that all bills contracted by said Miller for printing incident to the work in con- nection with-this bill were paid for by e indirance companies nd t XA acsmns product. \tres “lll“ W}Ifl"?ml'%"flllflm‘ i U s | JUDGE MATTINGLY 1S REAPPOINTED Municipal Court Jurist, Dem- ocrat, Renamed by President. President Coolidgs today reap- pointed Robert E. Mattingly as a Jjudge of the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia. This nomination, which was sent to the Senate for confirmation, had been expected, inasmuch Judge Mattingly's administration during the four vears he has been on this bench is understood to highly satisfactory ause of the nature of his indorsement for reap- pointment Judge Mattingly, & democrat, and native of Washington, was appointed to the Municipal Court four years ago by President Wilson. At the time of this appointment he was serving as supervisor of the fourteenth dis- trict of the ceney with Washingten, Besides the indorsement of a large number of repreeentative citizens who voiced their fidence Judge Mattinziy's qualifications there were unanimous indorsemens from District Columbia _ Bar ciation, the Barristers' Club District Colored Bar Assoc the Mid-City Citizens which hs has been member. .Iudzn‘\la.umxr!.\ was born in South- west Washington and received his rly education at the Jefferson pub- school. He later graduated from the orgetown University Law School During his practice of law Judge Mat- tingly has held the esteem of the courts and of the members of the Jo- cal | Ho also has always taken an active part in ecivic matters, at all times standing ready to assist in the advancement of the Capital's inter- ests. During the four years he has sat in court has has been frequently assigned by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District to sit in both branches of the local Police Court. Becau; of the nature of Judge | Mattingly's record and because of the practically unanimous request for his reappointment it is thought that the nate will readily confirm tne nom:i- nation. have b offices in of Asso- d the ion and a prominent MRS. MARY SNELL DIES. Mrs. Mary C. Snell eighty-one years old, widow of Iiev. M. Porter Snell of this city, and'for many vears u resident here, died Tuesday, eral services were dence of her son, William A. Snell, corner of Hawthorne and Jewett streets morthwest, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. W ter M. Eagleson, pastor of the Sherwood Presbyterian Church, officiated, assisted by R George M. Cummings. pastor of the rden Memorial Church. Interment Wwas in the Congressional cen ery. Mrs. Snell was for many vears prominent in the work of the local Woman's Christian T having be | zation S was the the late Gerard Hailock of New Ha- ven, Conn.. who was at one time prezident of the Associated Pre fosr a long time editor of York Journal of Commerce, he is survived by two_ daughters, Mrs. Joseph M. Long of Hyattsville, Md., and Miss Cora L. Sneil of thi: city’ four sons, Theodore T|, Charies J. and William A. Snell of thi i and Clarence E. Sneil of Richmond, Va, also by fifteen grandchildren nd .two great-grandchildren. held at the resi- | daughter of Auth’s bacon, however, The keen, rich pork flavor with the pungent smoke essence still retained—well, it’s a com- bination a man doesn’t forget. What's more, it is something he is going to want soon again. There’s a reason for its inimitable goodness—50 vears’ adherence to family ideals and pride of To get acquainted, ask vour grocer, and make certain to say the | Association, of | Fun- | perance Union, | n a trustee in the organi- | From Yesterday's5:30 Edition of The Star. CIVIL ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICERS ASKED § Coolidge Wants Law Clari- fied to Meet Objection by Controller McCarl. Legislation which would azuthorize the President to appoint military of- ficers to civillan positions in the in- tertsts of public service in spite of | the recent ruling of Controller Gen- | eral MeCarl and the ruling of the Attorney General was asked yesterda | from Congre: s possible in | the by President Cooli 1o Speaker s early n letter present s “ The legislation asked by President | Coolidge would permit officers in the | military service to be assigned to | such positions as director of the bu- |reau of engraving and printing, Dis- trict Commissioner and wherever else the President dcemed that more efficient service could be rendered. Letter of President. The President, in his letter, asks that | “officers of the United States, civil and | mititary, inciuding retired officers, m at any time specially assigned b the head of department concerned | for limited periods, to duty, or with or American National Red emergency relief organiza er,* the proposed bil signed without vacating 1t commission is hereby authorized to hold an public office, the exercisé or administration of which is involved in the execution of the as- signment hereunder made. Sections 12 and 1224, Revised Statutes, and the final sentence, beginning with the words, “No person who holds” and ending with the words, ‘Consent of the Senate,” of sec- tion 2 of the acz of July 31, 1834, are hereby repealed. The President quotes the opinion of the Attorney General rendered Sep- tember 1922, on the subjct of the use of the naval forces in the enforce- ment of the national prohibition act in which the constitutional provision involved were thus expounded, Limitation of Power. “The clause the Constitution authorizing Congress to provide and maintain a navy confers on it the power of determining when and for what purpose the naval forces of the United States may be used. It follows that the constitutional provision con- stituting the President the command- er-in-cnief of the Army, Navy and Mi- litia, would not give power to use the Navy in a manner other than as au- thorized by Congress. “Assuming the soundness of this view, and applying the language of the Attorney General to the Army clause of the Constitution correspoud- ing to the Navy clause cited by him there would re the doctrine that {in time of peace the President may {not under any circumstances put ans part o or navy person- nel to a use ¢ the briefest dur- ation for wl ther the Const on nor act of Congress provides. | “The controller general's actior | raises a practical question in govern- ment administration, which I deem it { advisable to Congress disposition by enactment of suitable legislation very few "officers now on such special assignments are rendering _highly valuable service by reason of the nature of the duties involved and their requisite equipment of knowledge and experi- ence, and the Executive should not be disabled from so utilizing them, for limited periods, in the public of | to present Auth’s Bacon Is More Wel- come Every Time 1t’s Served HERE are mighty few dishes, no matter how delicious, that can stand the test of constant uses day in and day out without becoming tiresome. one of the few. 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