Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Increasing cloudiness, probably fol- lowed by rain late tonight and tomor- row; somewhat colder tomorrow. Temperature for 24 hours ended at 60, at noon to- lowest, 38, at 6:30 a.m. 2 p.m. today: Highe: day Full report on page 7. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 Entered post _offic No. 29,193, : Wa second-class matter shington, D. C @b WASHINGTON, D. C, ¢ IFh FRIDAY, enin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION APRIL Star. 4, 1924 -FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. as fast as t The Star’ every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washingtonvhomes “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers he papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,120 * TWO CENTS. - DRUG SMUGGLING ' AND PAROLE DEALS 0LD 0 SENATORS Former Atlanta Prison Ward- en Says Daugherty and Votaw Were “Cold.” | BUTLER SAYS K STREET HOUSE GOT MUCH LIQUOR Weeks Sends Aircraft Data, But Requests Secret Inspection to Protect U. S. ahead at express train Daugherty investigating committee today left in its wake an- ether glittering trail of disclosures, &harge picions and controversies Bicre are a few of them: . . Dyche, once warden of tha At- fanta prison, testified that Heber Vo- taw, federal superintendent of pr @ns. stopped an investigation of e Tenive smusgling of drugs to y pners. W. J. Burns, director of the Justice Wepartment's ' investigating t gorroborated Dyche’s statement, and @sclared his men were on the trail ©f the “men higher up” when they mwere called off. Beck Holds Up Papers. Acting Attorney ( Beck Rused to send to the commictee mecord of the Atlanta drag ®ations, saying President desired first to get the opinicn > ®ew Attorney Sweeping Bpeed, the neral re. th inve Coolid General Daniel Smith, formerly negro but- | Zer at “the little green house on K street,” testified that liquor was de- livered at the house under gua man with a badge and a_gun that those who foregathered included Harry M. Daugherty, inclair and “Mr. Christian enator Wheeler, tho prosceutor, produced copy of what purported to'he a con- tract by which FElias H. Mortimer was to receive $30,000 if Charle cente of Baltimore was released from the Atianta prison before his term expired. The records show the fuli term. Heard of Parole Deals. Dyche s Harry 1id he had heard “prisoner talk” of corruption in uring paroles, but had no knowledge of his own on the subject Burns revealed that Fred W. Up- ham, treasurer of the republican na- al Elrlm«'nl. ¥ Pad resign: held by him. The committee decided to send Sen- ator Wheeler to Washington Court House, Ohio, to examine M. S. Daugh- erty, a brother of the former Attor- ney General, and the books of his Midland National-Bank. At first the whole cc had planned to go. Secretary Weeks sent in the Army air service records askes the basis of yesterday's the committee tary’s request to exam hind closed doors. Objected to Publicity It was brought out that an inspec- tor of prisons went to Atlanta to “in- timate to Dyche that Daugherty wanted him to get out.” The inspe: tor said the Attorney General “w. in a jam,” Dyche sald, and he re- signed The witness said he the drug traffic condition: to Attorney General Daugherty but that “he already knew it/ “The thing that seemed to be wear- fng on the Attorney ct of the publicity, He objected to the publicity Dyche said he had been associated with Jake Hamon of Oklahoma in political matters, and was appointed warden at Atlanta July 1, 1021 Daugherty, he said, was instrumental in obtaining the appointment. He re- signed after twenty-eight months of service. The witness said there were 650 wviolators of the narcotic law in the prison when he went there. Druss ‘came into the prison in various ways, he said, and many convicts became sddicts after their conviction. There was evidence that some of the guards ook in the narcotics, he said. After he had urged Votaw for a wear to do something, he declared, . J. Burns finally sent three “under- eover” men. Four prison guards Tinally were indicted, but none of fthem was convicted. Votaw came down when the guards ~vere indicted and Insisted to the Tnited States attorney in his hearing &hat the investigation cease until ghe four were tried, Dyche said, . “Did he assign any reason,” asked Benator Wheeler. “Unfortunately the matter insisted ©n getting into the papers. His ob- jection seemed to be to the publicity. je gave another reason, that it would Qisorganize the prison, but there was nothing to that.” *And the traffic was still going on?* on?" comni was “dollar- t of the Jus be- had reported personally t's going on today. Guards Opposed Ingmiry. Half the guards at Atlanta, he said, #were opposed to the investigation #nto drug smuggling.” “What was the treatment of the| gwitnesses against_the four indicted &uards?” Senator Wheeler asked. “There was constant complaint that the deputy warden and the guards discriminated against the witnesses. The deputy warden, ¥letcher, was in charge of discipline. At heart, Fletcher, like Mr. Votaw, turned against the investigation. XWhen the superintendent of prisons in- sisted that the investigation cease, the Burns men left the city The witness said there should have been ‘“eight or ten” indictments, and when “Mr. Votaw blew in and took the position he did 1 was perfectly astounded.” ‘He is a minister of the gospel and brother-in-law of the. dead Presi dent,” said Dyche. “I couldn’t see why the investigation shouldn’t go on, no matter who it involved.” “Did_the evidence point to_some- body higher up?’_asked Senator Jones, republican, Washington. ‘ou mean as to the selling. I don't think so. 1 remembered that Mr. Goldie (a Burns agent) was Very enthusiastic and said they were tting the source.” E€Ana that's where they stopped?’ Senator Wheeler put in. Yes.” Senator Wheeler had the committee tlerk telephone Burns' office for rec- ords of the investigation at the At- lanta_ penitentiary. Dyche insisted that Burns himself had done every- thing in his power to stop the traffic. Called by Daugherty. The witness said Daugherty called }im to Washington for a conference ,on the situation, and that Votaw was (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) in his opinion | | committee | with the President included hotostatic | smoot le Vin- | tions he served | { | | Rumanian Rulers, Spurned by Spain, Invited to Belgium By the Associnted Pres BUDAPEST, April 4. —The Span- ish government has suggested can- cellation of the contemplated visit of King Ferdinand and Queen Maric of Rumania to Madrid this month, _BRUSSELS, April 4—The for- eign oflice today confirmed the re- port that an official invitation had been extended to King Ferdinand nd Queen Marie of Rumania to visit Brussels. The exact date of their arrival has not heen fixed, but probably will be early in May. The visit of the Rumaniaa ki and queen to anceled, supposedly of friction between tions over the Rumania Italy. The Spanish forei has £ an to follow that of Italy recent visit to Rome and Gen. P'rimo military dictator. PRESIDENT CALLS SENATORS IN AGAIN Talks Over Legislative Pro- gram at Breakfast—Farm Relief Taken Up. Aebt n_po! inclina ince The Senate legislative program was the subject of another White House breakfast conference today, attended by eight republic ators. The conference the second of its kind within days for the E three o | purpose of agreeing upon a concrete | America for the remainder of the on and speeding up legis- lation to allow Congress to adjourn by June 1. Senators attending sald the situation was dis seneral way program Senate s Farm Relief Up. Those invited to take breakfast of the finance committee, airman Warren of the appropria- committee, Senator Capper of head of the farm bloc, and Oregon; Weller, ew Jer: Cou- Kansas, Senators Maryland; zens, Michigan, Otie of th considered w ure. The hope that ive farm rel ident expr Sort of legis an agricultural nature would be en- acted, and the discussion turned to the McNary-Haugen farm export cor- pration bill, which the President pus far has declined to support, b wh ated by the Depart- ture and most of the embers of the farm bloc. DRASTIC RULE HALTS EXODUS OF GERMANS Minister of Finance Orders Visas Refused and Frontiers Closed Against Emigration. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 4—The ministry of finance has ordered that visas be re- fused and that the frontiers be closed to Germans seeking to leave the country. The intention is to check the exodus of Germans to Italy, Bel- gium, Switzerland and other coun- tries, which has been in progress for a long time and has aroused adverse comment in the German and foreign press. The newspapers here have charged the temporary emigrants with taking money out of the country to live prodigally where the cost of living is cheaper, thereby deptessing the mark and giving the impression abroad that the cry of suffering on the part of the German populace is unfounded. The order to suspend visas is only temporary and will be replaced by a decree signed by President Ebert re- stricting pleasure trips abroad. The decrée stipulates that only 200 gold marks may be taken out of the coun- try by each traveler, who, however, is allowed an additienal limited sum of foreign currency for traveling ex- penses, this currericy to be bought in Germany at the current rate of ex- change. Every traveler will in addition be taxed 500 marks, exceptions to be made only in the cases of traders and other legitimate travelers. P BELGIAN BANDIT GANG MEETS HARSH JUSTICE Ten Given Death; 7, Life in Prison; 5, Twenty Years; 4, Fifteen Years in Record Trial. By the Associated Press. GHENT, Belgium, April 4—A trial which surpassed all records in the history of Belgian justice has just been concluded in the esatern Flan- ders assizes with a verdict condemn- | ing ten men to death, seven to life imprisonment, five to twenty vears, four to fifteen years and one to twelve years, The men were members of a band of thirty-six criminals who operated with practical impunity throughout Belgian Flanders in the period imme- diately ~ following the armistice, profiting by disorganization of the police at that time. Forty distinct crims were charged against them and the jury in its verdict had to pass on 343 questions, Only nine of the defendants were acquitted. The trial lasted a month. By the Associated Press. ‘WICHITA Kan, April 4.—The unusual case of a banker who wishes to be arrested for an alleged short- age in his accounts, but who cannot be arrested because no one can prove the crime was committed, although government authorities have been working on the case for weeks, is presented by L. P. Weaver, former cashier of the First National Bank at Lewis, Kans. A month ago, Weaver confessed to the prosecuting attorney there was @ $21,000 shortage in_his bank and asked to be punished. He was unable cussed only in a| Chairman | U. . BANKERS RUSH LOAN PLANS BASED ON DAWES REPORT Anticipate Experts’ Recom- mendation of Big Credit Extension to Germany. ALL FINANCIAL HOUSES READY TO EXTEND HELP ‘Way for Vital French and Belgian Money Aid to Be Opened, Leaders Believe. } B the Assoclated Press, NEW YORK, April 4.—American bankers, anticipating recommenda- tions of the Dawes commission for financial assistance to Germany. | making active preparations to rais | capital for a German International credit bank. While official action has been withhield pending publication of the report, steps already have been taken to assure American leadesship in financing such an institution, whose needs would absorb a large share of the proposed international loan. 2 Subscriptions to the bank's capital would be made by virtually all of this country's leading financial insti- tutions, it appears. Prominent inter- onal bankers have indicated their to assist in raising s quota, although the man- [ ner and extent of their participation will be determined by the nature of the Dawes report To Open Way to Others. German it establishment of the bank, American financial intere: is believed, will open the way | participation by France, Belgium and other foreign nations, whose assist- {ance in financing the rehabil 1 of Germany is one of | conditions on which the Dawes report | has been framed. i The $100,000,000 credit recently es- ‘hed here for the Bank of France strictly limited to measures change, although ed. TH gold, which forms for the |!m|n. it is believed, can now be ized to enable France to assume her share of the rman bank undertak- Ing. A proposed loan to Belgium would accomplish a similar purpose. Through this country’s participation in the project, vast stores of American | gola would find an outlet Into pro- ductive channels. Bankers, in dis- cussing the situation, said this would ! be one of the prineipal benefits to the ! United States and also pointed ocut that the granting of an International credit to Germany would open a large field for the export of American goods. By assuming leadership in the ac- tual restoration of Germany che United States, they predict. would I further enhance its financial prestige, giving it a position of the ation days of the war. EXPERTS RUSH REPORT. Presentation Tomorrow or Sunday Is Expected. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 4.—The feparation experts’ drafting committee; of which Owen D. Young is chairman, is sit- ting all day today in an effort to have the experts’ report ready for presen- tation to the reparation commission late tomorrow or early Sunday. No date has been set for the final plenary session of Brig. Gen. Dawes' committee, but this meeting, which will be purely formal, for the attach- ment of signatures and similar busi- ness, is expected to occur some time tomorrow, The second committee, un- der Reginald McKenna will meet at the same time. The semi-official Temps, comment- ing today on the virtual completion of the work of the experts, says the men who devoted so many days of intense work to this tremendous task must be sincerely thanked, but it feels that although the experts have finished their labors, the real work in the problem has just begun. “As soon as the reparation commis- newspaper, treaty of Versallles recommend that Germany be extended an equitable chance to be heard. The reparation commission must first hear the repre- Sentatives of the reich, and then, thin the limit of its power, pass upon the conclusions in the experts’ reports. The creditor governments cannot enter into negotiations among themselves without knowing evactly what Germany's attitude will be, and if certain official German declarations are to be believed, the government of the reich will not be prepared to state its opinion concerning the report be- fore the elections of May 4. All in all, the Temps concludes, a settlement of the reparation problem is still probably very far away. FLORES RESUMES FIGHT. CULIACAN, Sinaloa, Mexico, April 4.—Gen. Angel Flores, Governor of Sinaloa, has officially announced the resumption of his candidacy for the presidency of the Mexican republic, He will leave immediately for Mexico Gity in_the interest it his campaign. Gen. Raoul Madero, brother of ~former President Francisco Madero, was appointed national cam- paign manager for Gen. Flo; {Banker Tries in Vain to Cause Ouwn Arrest on Shortage Charge | to explain the shortage, save that he! had “juggled” the accounts. After his confession, bank examin- ers .closed the bank and went over the books. A few days later the bank reopened and was pronounced sound by the examiners, who said they were unable to find a shortage. Weaver was told by the prosecuting attorney the case was not in his jurisdiction and that if an arrest was made it would have to be made by federal authorities. He then came! here while federal court was in ses- sion, kept the authorities posted on his movements and awaited the sum- mons of an officer. No summons came. Weaver was advised to forget the case and get himself a job. Today he started work for & local firm. In addition to supplying funds for | for | the essential | util- | importance | even excceding that of the critical | settlement of the reparation sion receives the report,” says the | “the stipulations of ‘the | CLAIMS 625 VOTES FOR GOOLIDGE NEAR Butler Says Nomination of President Will Be Made Certain April 22. { President Coolidge, by | have 625 delegates to the republican { tional convention, or seventy more than enough to nominate him, according to a statement made today by Willlam M. Butler, his pre-convention algn { manager, who Is in the eity conferring | with the Coolidge forces. Including th ! delegates who have been chosen this week, he had 385 up to today. serious contests are seen in the | future months, with the possible excep- {tion of Nebraksa and Californ | Butler said it is evident that President | Cooliage is growing stronger all time, and that no adverse influences { have affected him. |, Mr. Butier had nothing to say about !the organization of the comeetition, the iselection of temporary and permanent ichairmen and keynote sounder. Those {are_questions to be worked out later. When he was asked about his own | course after the nomination was made, {he =id he expected to have something | to say in the conduct of the campalzn i for election, although as he expects to run for the Senate in Massgeffusetts he did not indicate who would be the prob- able chairman of tire_republican national committee. April BEAT, THEN DROWNED GIRL, 14, BOY ADMITS Prisoner, 17, Declares Murder Fol- lowed Attempt to As- sault Vietim. By the Associated Press. CHICOPEE, , April 4.—Boats are dragging the Connecticut river in ! this vicinity for the lody of Sophie Kupek, fourteen years old, believed to have been murdered. Stanley Za- |lewska, seventeen, was said by the [ police to have confessed that “he !lhl"?\\' the girl's body into the river 1 after an attempted assault. | According to the boy’s alleged con- | fession, the girl was passing his house on her way home, when he en- ticed her into the house and to the cellar, on the subterfuge that his S ter wanted to see her. There, he told | the police, he beat her with a club until she lost consciousness. Tried to Hide Body. Thinking she was dead, he tried to dig a hole in the cellar to conceal the body, but finding that he could not complete the task before his parents returned from their work In a nearby | factory he wrapped the body in an fold carpet and towed in toward the i river on a toboggan. | Betore he had completed the quar- | ter mile to the river, the girl showed |signs of life. He told a suspicious | passerby that the carpet contained | kittens he was going to drown, ac- | cording .to the police, who said that {farther ‘on, when the body rolled {from the sled, Zalewska was seen to club it with his fists. Fearing that the carpet might lead to his detection, according to the confession, Zalewska removed body from its covering at the bank of the river and shoved it into_the | stream, then rowed to the middi& Zalewska is said to have a police record. POLE FLIGHT BY NANSEN_ IS REPORTED PLANNED Norwegian Explorer, Sixty-Three Years Old, Would Accompany Rossinsky, Russian. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, April 4—It is reported that Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, famous Norwegian explorer, has consented to undertake with the Russian airman, Rossinsky, a flight to the north pole. According to the latter, while ap- proving the plan, Dr. Nansen has cabled that he will shortly arrive here to discuss the full details of the expedition. A specially designed airplane would be used. Dr. Nansen is sixty-three years of age, and has not engaged in explora- tions for many years. ~Since the war he has devoted himself to relief work under the auspices of the league of nations, of which he is a staunch advocate. He is known, however, to believe a flight to the pole feasible, and was one of the first to suggest such a venture. the | the ! Tons of Cocoanuts Shaken Off Trees By the Associated Press. MANILA, April 4-—An earth- quake that shook many of cocoanuts to the ground from their trees was reported today from the province of Tayabas in northern Luzon. No serious damage reported tons, was phs here registered - quake and indicate it was not BELGIAN e o S T0 BORROW to Assist in Move to Pro= mote Industry. | Br the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, April 4—A big financial operation, designed to enable elgian contracts without fear of the effects of wide fluctuations in the exchange market, mow is under way, according to the Vingtieme Siecle. _ The Belgian bank. Societe Nationale de Credits a Industrie, is understood to be ready to use 1,000.000,000 francs of its assets to permit it to obtain for a period of twenty years credits in dollars and sterling sufficient to sta- bilize Beigian currency, the ording to the Nation Belge, an rican bankinz syndicate has med to place credits amounting to 00.000.000 at the disposal of the So- te Nationale. BOY IS SHOT TO DEATH IN MOCK COWBOY DUEL Sons of Wealthy Families Were Playing With Guns Believed Empty. By the Associated Press. SUMMIT, N. J., April 4—Two boys. sons of wealthy New York and Sum- mit families, stood on opposite sides of a bed in a mock cowboy duel with revolvers, and at the word “draw,” fired at each other last night. Unknown to them, one of the guns was loaded and ' Noel Danforth, fifteen, was shot through the right breast by his playmate, Andrew Magrauth, fourteen. He ran from the room'screaming “I'm shot,” and died before an ambulance arrived. The tragedy took place in the home of Joseph Walker Magrauth, New York lawyer, where the boy killed had come to visit. The latter was the son of George H. Danforth of the American Bank Note Company, New York, who died a year ago. Mrs. Danforth is traveling in Europe. WOMAN CUT TO DEATH. CLEVELAND, April 4—A woman identified as Miss Pauline Loefler was found with her throat cut and her wrists ripped, in a gully in the outskirts of the city, this morning. Two workmen found the body. No razor, knife or other instrument was found. The throat was slashed in three places and the wrists encircled by deep welts. Detective Capt. Cody, after examining the body and scene of the crime, was Inciined to believe l?da,l the woman had committed sui- cide. EVERY-DAY RELIGION By Rt. Rev. James E. Free- man, D. D., Bishop of ‘Washington. A series of articles by this eminent ichurchman comes at a time when the world is looking as never before for a practical and workable religious philosophy. His writings will not be con- cermed with denominational or factional creeds, but wiil present briefly and clearly the kind of every-day re- ligion which the world finds most useful. Bishop Freeman's articles will appear every Sunday in the Editorial Section of The Sunday Star By Quake in Luzon,| $200,000,000 IN U. S.| | Banking Syndicate Reported Readyl commercs and industry to enter into| paper | ton, PLEAD NOT GUILTY Representative, Arraigned Today, Denies Charge of Conspiracy Against U. S. | | | John W. Langley, Representative from Kentucky, was arfaigned today { before Justice Hitz tn Criminal Divi- sion 1 and entercd a plea of not Fuilty to two indictments charging | him with- conspiring to commit 100 offenses amainst the United States through the ill removal of whisky [from government warchouses to be | sold for beverage purposes. | Millard F. West, former deputy | commissioner of internal revenue, | who named in one of the | ments with Langley, was also ar- raigned. He entered & plea of n | guilty, and his counsel, William A. Leahy, asked for twenty days in which to decide whether or not to | attack the validity of the indictment. | “Attorney Henry E. Davis, represent- ling Mr. Langley, reserved the usual twenty days for filing a demurrer, but {later told Justice Hitz that he did Inot expect to attack the indictments. |"We want an immediate trial” said | the lawyer. “We want to go to the {‘mat’ with them on the merits," he said. Assistant United States Attorney | Bilbrey told the court that there are ifour other persons included in one of the indictments, and if Mr. Davis | could arrange with the attorneys rep- resenting them, the sovernment would I|be able to assign an early date for !the trial. He informed the court that !some of the other defendants, being | non-residents, are arranging today to give bail before United States com- missioners at their home tow He suggested that by Monday he will have heard about these bonds and would then confer with Mr. Dav's. PIRACY AND MURDER LAID TO 36 JAPANESE Gang Indicted on Charge of Seizing Raussian Ships and Slaying Thirty-Five of Crews. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, April 4—Rekiichiro Ezure and thirty-five of his followers, who, after an unsuccessful hunt for gold in the Okhotsk region of Siberia, turned pirates, seized two Russian ships and, it is charged, killed the crews, numbering thirty-five Rus- | sians, were indicted today for piracy on the high seas. All defendants are Japanese. The motive for the piracy, Ezure declafed, was a desire to avenge the Nikolaievsk massacre of 700 Jap- anese by Russians in March, 1920. After slaying the seamen the only loot the craft offered was fish oil cargo, valued at 60,000 yen. This was disposed of in Hokkaido. When the spoils had been divided the men scattered. Subsequently all were rounded up. Ezure and his companions will go on trial in Tokio late this month. $1,000 Silver in Bank Haul. WARSAW, N. Y, April 4—One thousand dollars in silver and an un- determined number of liberty bonds and other securities were taken from !the Bank of Wyoming, seven mil from here, during the night. Acety lene torches were used to cut into the vault, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 4—From the head a robber facing a charge of accessory to murder within a year. is the story Cleveland and Toronto, Canada, held Joseph Maurer, a drug clerk, store in the heart of the business district Wednesday night. pany, Ltd., of Toronto, branches in a dozen cities and a pay roll of 800 names. He helped to pro- mote the Detroit-Windsor interna- tional bridge, he says. When a Bos- ‘woman & LANGLEY AND WEST 1 indict- | of & $30,000,000 promotion concern to told by Russell T. Scott, formerly of in connection with the killing of in a Scott says at one time he was vice president of the R. T. Scott Com- which had filed a $50,000 ARDUSED SENATORS SEEKING EXTENSION OF RENTAL INQURY King Declares Matters Al- ready Uncovered Warrant Grand Jury Action. WILL PROBE ALLEGED SENSATIONAL CHARGES “Secret” Report Cites Conspiracy to Keep Up Prices—$5,000 More Funds Asked. Aroused by a secret report submit- ted to the District committee yester- day afternoon which, it is said, sub- stantiates charges of a conspiracy to keep up prices of real estate in Washington, the committee today is asking that the Senate appropriate vestigation into the housing condi- tions here and that the committee be given until June 1 to complete its report to the Senate, instead of April 7. Senator King of Utah, a member of the committee, said today that if the | facts developed by the investigation | warranted such action the United | States attorney for the District of would be asked to take up the grand jury the charges so made. sald that in his opinion some of the matters already un ered warranted such action. King Changes Stand. One probable result of the inves gation so far made, it was indicated v, wHl_be to line up many of the strict_committee mentbers in favor of a continuation of the Rent Commission act. Senator King, who has always strongly opposed a rent aet in the past, declared today that he would Dot Now oppose a continu- ation of the Rent Commission after Ma { Columbia with | | i e olution asking for additional funds to carry on the investigation was introduced late yesterday by Senator Jones of Washinzton for Senator Ball, rman of the District committe was referred to the and control of the of the Senate, from w be promptiy asked. Calls Report a Rumor. Characterizing the rep estate combine here as a recurrence of a “rumor” which appears periodi- Iy, and denying the cxistence of any ring or combine among the real estate dealers, John A. Pe 3 ltive secretary of the Washington ued on Page 2, Column 2 0IL PROBERS CALL FRIENDS OF HAMON 1Zent expenses hich a report will Alleged Deals at Chicago Convention. Three additional witness who are to be questioned about reports of | “oil deals" at the Chicago republican national convention in 1820 were | summoned today by the Senate oil committee. They are H. Angeles, Calif.; Tex., and J. lingen, Te late Ja W. Ballard of Los John Smith of Par F. Baughan of Har- who were friends of the ke Hamon of Oklahoma CHORUSES AND BALLETS GO ON STRIKE IN GERMANY Performers State Supported Operas Want Pay Virtual- 1y Doubled. BERLIN, April 4.—German grand opera: patrons who attend the state opera house and the Kroel Opera House must content themselves in- definitely with productions which have neither choruses nor ballets, Dancers and singers of these two in to have their salaries raised from 170 gold marks to 300 gold marks monthly. Programs have been ar- ranged for ten days which require neither choruses nor ballets, and negotiations are progressing with the dancers_and singers. The Peoples Opera House and the German Opera House, both of which are also presenting grand opera and which were faced with similar de- mands, have effected settlenients. BULL KILLS FARM HAND. Victim Gored While Exhibiting Animal. LOCKPORT, N. Y., April 4—While members of a ladies' aid society look- ed on, John Stahl, a farm hand, was a farm near Wilson. The society members, after a meet- ing at the home of the owner of the farm, Willis Wilkins, asked to sce the prize stock. Stahl, {n conducting the party through the stabies, jump- ed into ‘the bull pen to turn the animal around for inspection. The bull charged and killed the man almost instantly. Once Head of $30,000,000 Business Firm, Murder-Bandit Suspect Says breach of promise suit against him, | Scott, already married. left Toronto ! and the business went into a re- celver's hands, he says. Blames His Broth ~ He has admitted being a partner of his brother Robert in the drug store | holdup, which occurred within two | blocks of the detective bureau and across f{rom the city hall, while theater crowds walked by, according to the police. He first admitted the shooting, police say, but later de- clared it was done by his brother. He admits, police say, robbing more than two score drug stores and haber- dasheries during the past few weeks, Arrested with Scott was Helen Bullard, who is held with her brother, Rex Bullard, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Devine, but' police have not disclosed any results of questioning them, | $5,000 additional to continue the in-| rt of a real | Three to Be Questioned Regarding | state-supported houses have struck | gored to death by an angry bull on | ROBINSON ACCUSES LODGE OF BLOCKING WORLD COURT MOVE Charges Measure Effectively Pigeonholed by Foreign Relations Chairman. DENIES MINORITY GUILTY OF LEGISLATIVE TIE-UP Answers Attacks of Pepper and Longworth on Democrats’ Probe Demands. Senator Lodge of Massachuset the republican leader, was directly harged on the floor of the Senate to- day with pigeonholing President | Harding’s world court proposal in the foreign relations committee, The charge was made by Senato ohinson of Arkansas, the democratil ader, during a denial of charges that the democrats had by continuing® investigation delayed legislation. He also charged Senator Pepper, republi- can, Pennsylvania, who attacked the democrats in a speech yesterday at Portland, with “trying to hide him- If and his political associates be- hind the dead President.” “That is one of the measures I had {in mind,” Senator Robinson sald in | the course of his speech, “when I |referrea to those the senator from Massachusetts wanted to block. I say now the chairman of that commit- tee (Senator Lodge of the foreign relations committee) has effectively and I think permanently pigconholed the world court proposal.” a Charges Propaganda. Charging that Senator Pepper and Representati Longworth, Ohio, re- publican House leader, who attacked the democrats last night in Philadel- phia, kad loaned themseives to an or- ganized propaganda, Senator Robinson insisted that the efforts to charge the democra minority the Senate with obstructing legislation was un- supported by the fac meas- ures pending before the Senmate had not been acted upon. he said, becanse the republican majori did not want action. “It investigations into the hon- ¢sty and efficiency of public offiefals to be characterized as scavenging.” ferring to Represental e Longworth's speech, | “then I respectfully commend to Mr. Longworth that he, having a ma- ority of which he boasts, stop the process in the House and get down to_legislation.” Investigathre is not confined to the Senate, Senator Robinson said, adding that the House “is now engaged in the process of making an investiga- tion into the conduct of members of that body which involves questions of common honesty.” in ome Replies to Longworth. Referring to Representative Long- worth's assertion that the democratic emblem should be a buzzard, Senator Robinson said: | “1f 1 was disposed to descend to the | same level, I would ask what kind of a bird he thinks he is: a cock-robin or a sparrow?’ The charge that the democrats iwere responsible for the creation of a third party was denied by the Ar- kansas senator. Long before the present session, he | said, there was a working organiza- | tion in existence under a third party emblem, and “the Senate already is | graced by two members of that party |from formerly strong republican £ he means.” he continued, “that by exposing fraud and corruption in the administration of which he is a member the democrats have influ- {enced leading republicans to dis- sociate themselves from the party |then I cannot view his statements | with any great alarm.” Senator Robinson declared the only | important measure reported by com- | mittees was the immigration bill now | under consideration. He called atten- { tion that those in charge of that measure had asked yesterday for a postponement of action on the two most vital features’ because they were not ready for a vote and that | the Senate then took up the calendar and disposed of all pending measurcs upon which it desired to act. | Denies Legeslation Delay. “In view of these facts which no nator challenges, and the chamber is full of members,” Senator Robinson | continued, “I assert that whatever | may be your view of the necessity of | the investigations the Senate com- mittees are conducting those investi- gations have caused no delay in legis- lation. “We on this side are ready to legis- | 1ative, but we do not commit our- | selves to the theory that in order to | legislate it is necessary to withhold | important facts from the people re- | garding the integrity of public of. ficials.” Senator Pittman, democrat, Nevada, res viewed in detail the important legis« |lation pending before Senate com- mittees, and declared in each case that the individual committee had not been delayed by the Senate investigations. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republican leader, interrupted to say | that_the foreign relations committee | had been delayed by reason of difficulty in obtaining @ quorum. Lodge Denies Charge. “I make this statement of personal knowledge,” Senator Robinson as- serted, “that nothing has been de- layed in that committee except what the chairman desired to delay.” “Why this sudden attack on me?" asked _ the majority leade: “You know I have'nt delayed anything. “What measure before the foreign elations committee has been delay- a7 asked Senator Robinson. 'We have succeeded in keeping up with our schedules,” replied Senator Lodge, “but only with difficulty.” Senator Bruce, democrat, Maryland, asked if the inquiries had interfered with consideration of the resolution proposing American participation in the world court. “That {s one of the measures I had in_mind,” Senator Robinson said. “When 1 referred to those the sena- tor from Massachusetts wanted to block. 1 say now the chairman of that committee (Senator Lodge) has effectively, and I think permanently, (Continued on Fage 2, Column 6.