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\WWEATHER. Mostly cloudy tonlght row: little change in mperature _for ded at 2 p.m. 20 vesterduy s.m. Lo Full report on page 7. twenty- today: Highest, 62 iowest, and tomor- temperature. four hours at %, at 1 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 29905 o. 29,205 office Was| SUDDEN FLARELP ISNOT EXPECTED N APAN BY CODLIDGE Forthcoming Elections Might Be Used by Politicians There | to Strain Relations. post AMERICAN INDUSTRIES COULD BE HARASSED! 0 [ Word Is Awaited Here on Presi- dent’s Attitude Toward Ex- clusion Measure. B) FREDERICK WILLIAM WILE. ted on high authority that he Coo ot anticipate migr ¥ “grave Japanese Nothing savor- extremity of war. either the immediate future, is cven being considered that is looked for, at prompt reaction to the m of Congress, is an excited state opinion in Japan. Japanese are experienced in coping of thing. most «pected ¥he wor les a © as a public tesmer sort the tmmediate disagreeable tmportance is of géneral elections | These are scheduled for ] week of May If either of two dominant pawties—the Sei- | Su-kai or the Ken-sa i—should decide to go to the country on the rie: affront” issue, a tense sit- n might created. Might Bring Trouble. in power. dominated by ‘eers. It is the in- Premier Viscouut | Ambassador Hanibara | in Washington order to retain power in May on a popular platform, the Kivoura pariy and government appeal to the Jupanese clectorate on an issue call- x for “strong action” on the immi- | £ration issue the agitated state of | Jupanese public opinion might result | 40 eiving the Sei-yu-kal a mandate | it would sooner or later have to exe- cute. Polities is politics in the east | W i1 is in the west. Politicians are potiticians, too, as here. If | certain Nippenes see politi- cal sulvation in showing Japan's tecth to Uncle Sam, they might be poiiticians enough not to resist the | temptatior What Coolidge administration lead- | ers do fear, in any event, as & result of new American exclusion legisla- tion, is that it will usher in an ere| of “pin pricking” in the far east. It Wil put Japan, in other words, in | bad hamor. It will incite successive | Japanese governments to frustrate | ‘American policies and programs in the Pacific and the orlent, instead of co-operating_ with us in carrying ‘iiem out. It will destroy. fn large mcasure. American officials feel, the fine spirit of teamwork inaugurated | au the Washington conference. ai largely is now is that just carried out Kiyoura 1 | Fear Japanese Hostllity. he carrying out of even the most solemnly concluded international pacts depends mainly on the heart and spirit contracting parties put into them. What Is now feared in| Washington is that our exclusion law il take the heart and spirit out of Japanese in so far as working and in hand with America is con- «d. They will be in hostile, in- of in helpful. mood. | The ways in which Japan can be \structive in the far east are coun Jess. In the first place. it is within Jier right and power to pass drastic ¢ sciusion laws of her own, of which | America and Americans would be the Vietims. A policy of economic re- pri might be invoked. Our va business interests throughout the Jupanese cmpire could be harassed | in various directions. Japan might enaci some coastwise shipping laws | that would be cumbersome to the | American merchant marine | It ‘would be comparatively easy for the Jupanese to circumvent the poliey of the open door in China, | She might continue nominally to live u the spitit of the open-door tgea- effected at the Washington con- nce, but there would no longer that sincere determination tg ob- « them which Japan has evinced & the past two vears Source of Trrit lon Seen. 1t is this policy of systematic pin- pricking and back-biting that Ameri- can governnient ofiicials deplore and foar rather than any peril of war on the part of Japan. For many months past, as an example of what is meant, the Federal Telegraph Company of | California has been trying to carry out an extensive concession mranted by the Chinese government. f It virtually gives the American | corporation and monopoly of radio fa- | cilities in and out of China, especial- | \cross the Pacific. The Japanese | vernment has been ‘combatting the cssion, and, to date. frustrating | Lused on an alleged prior right owned by the important Mitsuf group, | the Pierpont Morgans of Japan. Henceforward, Washington is con- | vinced. Japan wil! conduct svch con- tests not only with legitimate vigor, but with downright bitterness, where American interests are concerued. Perhaps the real promise that Japan will not g0 to extremes over immi- gration is her domestie situation. This i< grave in many directions. Over- population and unemployment never presented such serious problems. The ood supply is giving the government cnuine concern. All of these condi- tions, resultant in large measure from ihe 1928 carthquake disaster, have ziven new impetus to the socialistic Wovement. There Is an embittered suffrage struggle in progress. The Japanese jitases resent the existence of Viscount Kiyoura's so-called “‘super- cabinet” and its alleged contempt for proletarian susceptibilities. These are tilngs that are giving Japanese statesmen and politicians plenty to hink and worry about, without plan- ning or_plotting war with the United States, Yet the Japanese Diet has just Voted & gigantic new naval budget, to repair the damages done to Yo uka, the empire's chief war harbor, by the September disaster. WAIT ON PRESIDENT. it Opinions Vary as to Stand on Ex- clusion. J The Senate having made doubly clear its emphatic rejection of Ambassador Hanthara’s protest against exclusion of Japanese from the list of Immi- ants admissible to the United States, | similar documents Iintered as second-class matter hington, D. C. TO END AIR A Premier Tells Commons vit WASHINGTON IMACDONALD FOR GENERAL PACT | RMAMENTS RACE| POLICY IS FORESEEN That He Will Welcome In- ation From Any Other Power to Call Conference. ssociated Press DON, April 16.—Prime Minister MacDorald, regponding today to & speech in the House of Commons by faj. Gen. J. E. B. Seely, former presi- ent of the alr council, who advo- cated that the premler call an inter- | national conference for air disarma- ment, declared he would welcome an invitation by any other power to take up the whole question of armaments. The premier said he had “at the back of my mind, and not very far at the back, the intention that as soon as we have cleared away some of the present difiiculties in Europe we must face quite seriously this question of armaments, not ounly in the air, but all other forms of armaments.” He added that if he felt there was the least chance o£ receiving a wel- come should he make such approaches he_was prepared to do it. This statement evoked cheers from the House. “To put the other way.” it con- tinued the prime minister, “1 am sure | when the ASKS D. A. R. TO BACK JAPANESE EXCLUSION Maryland Delegation Offers Reso- lution at Continental Congress whole House is with me URGES PLEA TO COOLIDGE | Nominations Tonight Are Drawing Attention. Immediate indorsement of the Jap- anese exclusion section of the immi- Zration measure, as voted by Con- gress, is asked of the Thirty-third Continental Congress of the D. A. R., in a resolution presented in Memorial Continental Hall today by the Mary- land delegation. Coming from a distinctly eastern delegation, the resolution created a profound sensation among the repre- sentatives from western states, and it was later learned that at least two were bLeing pre- pared by delegates from the middle west and the Paclfic coast. It was re- ferred to the resolutions committee. The hour for offering vesolutions had passed and the congress was in the midst of commitice reports when Mrs. Adam Denmead, chairman of the Maryland delegation, took advantage of a‘momentary lull in business while late-arriving delegates were being admitied and agked for the privilege of the floor. Given recogmition, She submitted the resolution which reads as follows: * Text of Resolution. “TWhereas, the Sixty-eighth Con- aress of the United States, assembled, has found it fiting and proper to pass by a large majority legislation excluding unassimilable allens, - not students, ministers, commercial and minor children of American citizens. Be it “Resolved, That we, the Thirty- hird Continental Congress of the D. A. R. having always favored the principle®of restrictive immigration and particularly ghat restricting orientals, do hercby®indorse without qualification the action of the Senate and Housc of Representatives in passing the bill by almost unanimous vote, and do hereby respectfully urge President Coolidge to attach his sig- nature to the bill as passed.” International matters occupied the attention of the congress consider- £bly this morning. sing, w of the former Secretary of State, chuirman of the committee on international relations. included in her annual report a resolution which would have the D. A. R. ask Congress to sponsor a school of diplomacy as a part of George Washington Univer- sity. Nominate Candidates Tonight. is afternoon committee reports will py the sttention of the delegates o occ for To: ht the state regent: will make raport, and immediate'y after the overshadowing problem of politica will assume prime importance in Memorial Continental Hall. Eight vice presidents gencral, one honorary - vice president | general and a chaplain general are to the arduous from a host virtually the be nominated. Tomorrow task of selecting the officer of candidates will occupy entire day Already lobbying for the different candidates has reached into the very orridors of Memorial Continental HaN. and oul of w tangies faks of rumors whisperings and frank open statements the one thing that stands most apparent i that the hottest fight will center around the candidacy of Mis: trane, candidate for vice president gen eral from.North, Carolina. May Seek Presidency Miss Coltrane i pressing ever for- ward as a possible candidate for the office of president general two years hence. The factions that are smbi- tious to see other persons elected to that office in 1926 fear that it Miss Coltrane were advanced to the office of vice president general it would improve her chances in the big ele tion 100 per cent. She is popular, decidedly attractive and above all 1s Said to have the ideals of the D. A. . at her very finger-tips. Incidentally Miss Coltrane is recelv- ing the more or less unanimous sup- port of the south and considerable from the faction that supported Mrs. G. Wallace W. Hanger when she ran for the office of president general against Mrs. A. W. Cook — These facts have drawn the lints rather tight and the observer sees in the situation the national political situa- tion in miniature. It ls as though the solid Democratic south were mak- ing rather alarming gains in the Re- publican north, with the west torn between both issues. Enlarged Opportunities. : The resolution pointed out that the efiiciency of the diplomatic and con- sular services would be improved by eniarged educational _opportunities for young men contemplating a dip- lomatic career. Continuing, the paper road: “Since the city of Washington has_facilities in men, in.libraries, in archives superior to those of any other city in the United States, we believe such a school should be established here. “Becausc George Washington U versity, which was chartered b {Continued on Page 2, Columa .) TContinued on luge 4, Culbuin 1 lact time during this congress. | Senn Col- | 1 say that if any invitation is ex- tended to me by any other power to help bring about such an arrange- | ment my door is open to that invi- | tation, | “I would ilke it to be general It is of the greatest importance that there should be no reason for a mis- understanding—not merely no reason for quarreling, but no rcason for a | misunderstanding between France and ourselves. 1t is most important that that should be so. “But as the House knows. are other powers taking part in this unfortunate air race that has already Legun, and it would be far better if we could munage to get a sort of Washington agreement—not merely a bilateral agreement, but a multi- lateral agreement, so that France. Italy and ourselves und everybody else could feel some measure of se- curit “The great | feeling of | mainly a ps problem is to create a curity, and securln, is chological problem. What Column 3. (Continued on Page 12, |GLOBE FLYERS’ CHIEF | LOST IN ALASKA BAY | Plane Believed Forced Down in Water—Others Backtrack in Search for Leader. | DESTROYE AID HUNT | Next Hop Delayed Until Maj. Mar- f tin Is Found. By the Associated Press. CHIGNIK, Alaska, April 16.—Three of four Army fiyers who set out March 17 in California to go around the world, and who arrived here | yesterday were preparing to back- track their commander. By the Associated Presk. CORDOVA, Alaska, April 16.—The airplane Seattle, In which Maj. Fred- erick L. Martin, commander of the United States Army alr squadron [ left Seward. Alaska, yesterday morn- ing, is the object of a search tgday in the viginity of Kialagvik Bay, { northeast of Chignik on the south- United States naval destroyers Corry Maj. Martin is believed to haye been forded dowh dnd compelled to alight on the waters of the bay. The three other planes, the Chicago, Boston and New Orlean sufely at Chignik, 45 Seward. late yesterday, accordin wireless advices reeeived here. Martin had been fcrced down. | “The destroyers and | was in the vielnity were notified of the missing plane last night, and im- mediately started full speed for Kia- |lagvig Bay. They'will search Kialag- vik, Cold and Portage bays thor- oughly. Maj. Martin last was seen headed | west of Cape Igvak, the western en- Ilrnnco to Portage, or Kanatak Bay, west of Kodiak Island. in hopping off at Seward. and cuity was preceded by several minutes The next scheduled stop of the fiy- | ers is at | miles from Chignil, 'but departure | from that point will be delayed until | the arrival of Maj. Martin or the dis- covery that he is safe and able | here said. | e 'NEW URGES HIGHER ! PARCEL POST RATE | 1t is proposed to increase the rates on parcel post 5 cents on Packages | weighing over cight ounces and up | to four pounds in all zones, according to the terms of Postmaster General | New's substitute bill reclassifying | the salaries of postmasters and em ]ploym of the pstal servic. | This was made public today by the Postmaster General, In giving out at a conference with newspaper men the complete recommendations of the Post Office Department for & bill as| ganization of which we are not a an alternate for the Kelly-Edge bill. The latter would entail increases of 9Derate whereas the alternate would cali’ for only $43,000,000, of | which about $30,000,000 would be raised by increased parcel post rates. | The aiternate bill calls also for an increase of 5 cents on all packages | over five pounds and up to and in- } $150,000,000, cluding seventy pounds in all zones| poreafter there will be no attempt to up to and including the third zone. Mr. New made it clear that he has been on record at all times in favor 1 of increased salaries for the postal | workers, and that, in his opinion, the | money to pay for the increases may |come” from legitimate increases on second, third and fourth or parcel post inatter in the main. It would be a “manifest absurdity” to raise the rates at this time on first-class T letter mail, he sald. the other fivers by | ¢ Foening Star. there | | proxe that the United States | | late | 120 miles today in search for | | would desire in each cas | winging its way around the earth.| | western tip of Kodlak 1sland, by the | to give jnstructions, and you can well snd Hell-and steamship SUArr:= w4 f) ' ced Co-Operate at all arrived 4o rate with @ facility and elasticity miles from | which might be impaired or lost in no | the eyent of association in a formal 1 organization, ! dispatches did not explain why m’-\lkv';s lmpfln‘m] through e Starr, which | such an association would afford.” He had diffi- |t Dutch Harbor, Unalaska. 400 | or unofficial representatives who have | to | terests or the humanitarian concerns Mrs. Robert Lan- | continue his journey, advices recetved | yonjch appeal to us.’ | the sense that they are and cannot | {and | authorizes in the conduct of our for- other governments until they are ap- | of “nations as "dead,” the Department WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., WEDNESDAY, DEATHOF SOLATION INHUEHES SPEECH Detailed Explanation of Form | of Co-Operation With the League Held Significant. U. S. GAINS ARE SAME AS THOSE OF MEMBERS ' | Address Declared Effort to Fore- stall Democratic Attack in Presidential Campaign. BY DAVID LAWR Entirely apart from the purely po- litical phases of the speech made to| the Republican convention of the state of New York by its former governor, Charles Evans Hughes. | now Secretary of State, the greatest significance attaches to the first com- prehensive explanation made by him | of the form by which the United| States has co-operated and intends | to co-operate hereafter with the League of Nations at Geneva. Knowing full well that the Demo- | crats plan an attack on Republican- | Ism this coming campaign for having failed to make good the pledge of an association of nations as a sub- stitute for the League of Nations, Mr. Hughes makes the first attempt to in its present temper toward participation in European political controversies is | accomplishing just as much by means | of “unofficlal observers” as it would with fully authorized representatives | sitting officlally in the committees | #nd councils of the League of Na-| ions. NC | Compares Methods. It is frequently overlooked.” said Mr. Hughes, “that even if we had a representative at Geneva. he would not speak when our government de- sired him to be silent. His presence there would not permit him to par- ticipate in discussions or action when our government did not wish such participation. What our government would de- pend on the subject matter. our tradi- tional attitude and our conception of national interest. It would depend | npon sentiment here, not upon sent ment abroad. Moreover, if Congress undertook to authorize’ such repre- sentation, the Congress itwelf most probably ‘would reserve the authority imagine' what the debats would be and_what the Instructions would be fcaxes where European political uestions were involved and matters fovtian to our interests. Werd. oome cernéd. * The truth is that we co- operats now. where the subject mat- ter is such that we would be able to Indeed, we co- f this led to restric fear of the possible abuses of opportunity which says Form Vot So Importanmt. Secretary Hughes insists that the form of our co-operation Is not so important as the substance. He | points out that while the United States cannot appoint its representa- to slt as members of the league’s council. assembly or com- mittees, this fact is recognized in the appointment “of so-called observers appropriate contract with such com- mittees in matters affccting our in- It is at this point that Mr. Hughes explains the status of the observers, saving: “They are unofficial simply in properly become members of the league organization or committees But so far as our government is con- cerned they represent it just as com- pletely as those designated by the President always have represented our government in the conferences negotiations which he properly eign relation: “0f course, such representatives can- not enter into any agreements with proved in accordance with the re- uirements of our Constitution. There is no more difficulty in dealing with the organization of the league in this way for the purpose of protect- ing our interests or furthering our policies than there would be in deal- ing with the British empire. Because several nations have formed an or- part is no reason why we cannot co- in all matters affecting our proper concern. We simply adjust our forms of contract and negotiation to | the existing conditions.” Hold Ambassador Statas. The foregoing utterance, approved by President Coolidge, means that lessen the prestige of American com- missioners abroad by the use of the words “unofficial observer.” They will have the same status and authority as any ambassadors or ministers ac- credited to a particular government or a federation of nations like the British dominions. ¥ar froni considering the league | eollecting APRIL 16, DAUGHERTY DIRECTLY ACCUSED BY MEANS Declares Smith Told of “Dividing’ ‘With Justice Head, Who Re- fused to Refund Later. SAID PALMER INVOLVED Stated Indictment Withheld as “Blackmail,” Ex-Agent‘ Avers. New charges of crookedness in the Department of Justice, this time reaching up to Harry M. Daugherty himself, were brought before the Daugherty investigating committee today by Gaston B. Means, former department agent and man of many connections. He testified that Jess W. Smith, on the night before he committed sui- eide |n the Daugherty apartment here, acked Means to “return” $200,- 000 to-a New York whisky ring. “Didn’t Smith tell you he had made 4 diviston “with the Attorney Gen- eral and the Attorney General wouldn't return it?” asked Senator Wheeler. the committee prosecutor. “He did,” replied the witness. Means aleo declared Smith had told | him that Daugherty knew he could indict A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney General under the Wilson adminls tration. but decided not to, because he wanted to “blackmall” him into using influence in Congress. He de- scribed a méeting between Daugherty and Palmer. from which he said the latter emerzed “scared to deatif’ at the proposition Daugherty had put up to him. Telln of Wheeler Indictment. Switching to the indictment of Sena- | tor Wheeler in Montana, the witness asserted he had information not here- tofore disclosed regarding the activi- ties of the Department of Justice the ington in case. The men sent from Wash- who really did the work of évidence. he said, worked under cover and their identity had not becn revealed. “Did Daugherty tell you to orders from Jess Smith?” asked Sen- ator Wheeler. “He Smith ordered me to do and he said he liked me because I never let my left hand know what my right hand was doing.” “How did money?” “In a roli—the most him have was $100,000- that to him.” “How much did you pay him alto- ether?" B Oh. . anywhere from $225,000 to $250,00. The night before he died Smith told me that he wanted me to return some money to New York bootleggers. 1 wouldn’t have any- thing to do with it, and told him to see their lawyers. ) Manington, on other deals, did turn back 320,000, The bootleggers wanted $200,000. Everybody knew Manington and Smith represented the Attorney General in the whisky per- mits.” 5 “1 wish you'd be a little more par- ticular,” Senator Jomes, Washington, remonstrated. mean everybody in the twhisky ‘Will Orr, Tom Felder, Gorini," said Means. Senator Wheeler then brought up the. subject of his own indictment in Montana. “Mr. Daugherty says he had noth- ing to do with my i=dictment,” he ob- served. “Oh, Burns told me he had advised Daugherty against getting that in- dictment weeks ago,” Means said. “The Attorney General went ahead with it againet his advice.” “Do you know anything of searches of Senate offices during the tariff fight?” EWe had the whole Tarift Commis- sion under survelllance. We followed Jess Smith handle I ever saw brought | DEFERS LANGLEY TRIAL. John W. Langley, representative from Kentucky, who is charged with conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States in connec- tion with the withdrawal of whisky from bonded warehouses for bev- erage purposes, will not be tried in ‘Washington during the week of April 28, Following a stipulation of coun- sei, Justice Hitz, In Criminal Division 1, today deferred the trial here until the completion of the case against Representative Langley in the Ken- tucky courts. Trial under the Ken- tucky indictment has been scheduled for May 6. Mr. Langley appeared before the Kentucky tribunal at Covington yes- terday and was informed the tirfal could be had there April 21. His counsel then urged that the trial be postponed until May 6. The Ken- tucky judge agreed to this date, it was stated, on condition that Justice Hits would not call the case here ! before than time. United States At- itorney Gordon consented to the post- nonam:nt of the Washingt whed vatis AL v s s, (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Q22222 P, N N N N N N paper publication. the guidance of well informed of the world to the reader. Business Office. 7 A T2, \ How a Newspaper Is Made OUSANDS cvince interest in the processes of news- That The Star’s readers and friends may have oppor- tunity to witness editorial, business and mechanical proc- esses, groups of visitors will be conducted through The Star building twice daily, at 10:30 a.m,, and at 2:30 p.m., under * detail the amazing intricacies involved in speeding the news Application should be made at the counter in the (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. R T e 727222 employes, who will explain in DILrI72701 1117172711717 I 1114 P12 LI LI 1L P L L P TS 7 A7 1924 —FORTY-EIGHT had | take | told me to do anything Jess! Republican, | John | PAGES. AL'S ATTITUDE. jCarpenter Sails | 73 Days in Pacific } In 23-Foot Boat | Py the Associated Press HONOLULL, April 16 who left here January 9. alone in a twenty-three-foot boat, en route “to the Holy Land to take up the work of Moses,” landed in the Philippine: Islund of Mindanao, March 22, cording to a special dispatch to tar-Bulletin. The dispatch &aid Sparks was on the open sea seventy- three days without sighting land. Sparks, a carpenter from Indiana, attention last year by ship- ping himself in a packing box from San Francisco. He was found sev- «l days after the vessel left the ‘aiifornia port and put off at Hono- lulu. Here he built a boat and tinued his journe: When he left in his diminutive craft it was predicted he never would be heard of again ~Ira Sparks, 9. ac- 'W. R. & E. TO DECIDE PAY INCREASE TODAY | Directors to Take Up Question of ! Adopting Scale Approved by Capital Traction. 1 The board of directors of the | Washington Rallway and Elect | Company, probably will decide at a meeting this afternoon whether the motormen and conductors of system will Teceive the pay increase of 2 cents an hour granted trainmen lof the Capital Traction Company yesterday If the directors conclude to adopt the new Capital Traction scale it will have a meore far-reaching effect | on the financial condition of the W. R. & E. than on the Capital Trac- | tion because of the lower earning | power of the former. | William F. Ham., president of the |W. R & E declined to discuss today the pending meeting of dirsctors or what action they may take, Up t time, however. the w L & B maintained the same wage scale. “I do not see how this company can g0 on indefinitely increasing ex- penses with falling revenues as the result of decreased traffic,” said Mr. Ham. He would not go beyond this statement. There is a possibility. however, that if the management of the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Company grants the higher wage it may en- r to offset the resulting loss by ng a modification of the present rds of service before consider- ing a change in the rate of fare Claim Standards High. Railway officials past hearing before | Commission that they regard 1slandards of servis required have the stated at Utilities the here as among the most ringent country. They are said to feel this is especially true in the non-rush | periods of the day, when service is required on a basis of 100 seats per 80 passengers at the maximum load- | ing point on a line. Persons in touch with the situation to- day suggested that the necessity for economy that would follow a wage in- crease by the Washington Railway and Electric might be brought about through a lessening of these car service rules. It was estimated today that the two- cent-per-hour_increase would cost the Washington Railway and Electric tween $65,000 and $75,000 a year more in-operating expenses. 2 At present the company. according (o officials, is earning only 4.24 per cent return on its physical valuatiod. The addition of $75.000 to the cxpense of wages would, it is estimated, bring the company's return down to a fraction un- der 4 per cent on valuation. Officers of the company - had hoped that the falling off in passengers that has been going on gradually for several years since the war would &top and that Gonditions would stabilize. Figures obtained today, however, show that dubing the first_three months of 1924 the Washington Railway and Elec- tric showed a decrease of 492,240 in passengers’ carried. GENERAL’S BED ON FIRE. While he was sound asleep earl. last night the bed of Brig. Gen. George Richards, U. 8. M. C,, caught fire. Mrd. Richards, going to the room to bid him good-bye before leaving for a theater, aroused him. He es- caped with a burned foot. Gen Richards had been piaying golf yesterday afternoon and he retired shortly after dinner. When Mrs. Rich- ards entered the room she found him sound asleep with flames licking about his feet. She summoned assist- ance from neighbors and they suc- ceeded in keeping thé blaze checkea until the arrival of firemen, who ex- tinguished it with chemicals. Fire- men estimated the damage in the one “oom of the houn;. J619° 3 strect. snlaate’y $130, that | the | in the | that | be- | as fast as tl FORBES IS INDICTED ' IN ARMY SALE PROB | Two Others Also Held to Answer for Transaction at Perry- ville, Md. ; SIGNATURE ON CONTRACT |Grand Jury Charges $3,000,000 | Supplies Went for $600,000. By the Asociated Press. BALTIMORE, April 16.—Charles R. | Forbes, former director of the Vete- | rans’ Bureau, was indicted by the federal grand jury here today at the of an investigation into the e of Army supplies alleged to be worth $3.000,000 to the Thomson- | Kelly Company of New York and | Boston for a price said to be $600,000. Twe Others Indicted. Nathan Thomson, head of the com- | pany which bought the supplies, and Commander Charles R. O'Leary of the United States Navy, who was chief of the supply division of the Vete- 4r:ms' Bureau, at Perryville, Md, at the time the goods were cold, also | was indicted. The contract bore Col. Forbe: | The charge against Forbes, son and O'leary is conspiracy fraud the government | "Federal Judge Soger will begasked to issue immediaté bench waPrants |for the arrest of Fdrbes, Thomson and O'Leary. | The grand jury session here si; erated less than ing to return the three indictments. The bills specify Forbes defrauded {the government when, in his capacity lof director of the Veterans' Bureau, |he represented the goods sold to the | Thomson-Kelly Company a8 unserv- reable and used and worth only 19 ents on the dollar of their original | cost. to seil the signature. suppiies Thom- to de- ch has been in e Monday, delib- Appraixed by Experts. Actually, according to the terms of the indictments. the supplies were worth 44 cents on the dollar, as they | were subsequently appraised by ex- | perts. Practically all the supplies sold | were new and unused, the appraisers reported.. These supplies included blankets, sheets, towe cotton duck, surgical supplies and other miscel- lany of the Army and Navy. Five million dollars’ worth of these supplies were stored on the govern- ment reserve at Perryville, and goods totaling $3,188,000 were sold to the Thomson-Kelly Company for slightly less than $600,000, it is alleged. GERMANY ACCEPTS Reply Handed to Reparations Com- mission Unconditional, They Declare. By the Associated Presa. | PARIS, April 16.—The German note in reply to the reparations commis- | sion’s invitation for German repre- | sentatives to be heard on the expert | committee’s report was handed to the commission at 6:05 o'clock this morn- | ing. | The German reply is an uncond | tional acceptance of the experts' plan |as a basis for negotiations looking |to a final settlement of the repara- tions question, the German war bur- dens commission dec)ared. UNANIMOUS ON ISSUE. Germans Agree Acceptance of Re- port Is Necessary. By the Associated Press. . BERLIN, April 16.—Formal notifica- tion of Germany's acceptance of the experts’ reports as a basis for renew- ed reparation parleys was sent to Paris yesterday afternoon, and will be transmitted to the reparation commission by Secretary Fiacher of the German war burden commission. The German action reflects the con- curring opinions of the Marx-Strese- mann cabinet the premiers of the Federaled German States and Reich- stag party leaders, and although the conferences which have been goin on for the past two days develop diverging _opinions with respect to some of the essential féatures of the reports, there was unanimity on the final issue that Germany must forth- with indicate her readiness to accept the reports in their entirety as af- fording a comprehensive groundwork for renewed deliberations, an hour before vot- | FULL EXPERT REPORT| “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system cove: every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington hames he papers are printed. Yesterday’s - Circulation, 100,320 ° TWO CENTS. COOLIDGE PROTEST MERITED BY SENATE L ODGE DECLARES ajority Leader Answers Critics of President—Raps | Heney Employment. DECLARES PROBE WENT BEYOND LEGAL LIMIT Says Inquiry Designed to Inmjure Mellon as Tax Measure Author. Replying to eritics Presiden loolidge for his letter of protest | 2zainst the trend of Senate investi- | gations, Senator Lodge of Massachu getts, the Republican floor leader, de clared today in the Senate that ti Chief Executive had acted within hi rights in communlicating his view that body. “This message,” said Senator Lodse relates directly to the conduct o public business, with which the Presi- | aent is charged as Chief Executive | nator Lodge smid he regretted to | take up the time of the Senate be of cause of the important legislation pending, but could not allow to pass without reply an address of “such ir- poriance” as that delivered yester- day by Senator Gloss, Democrat, V. ginta. Sees No Complaint Justified. “I do not think there is any grou for finding fault with the President | on communicating his views on mat- ters like this continued. “His tory shows that the Presidents never | have hesitated to communicate with Congress to give thair views on many subjects, especially those affect- ing the administration of the gov- ernment. 'he Presidents have exerc vide discretion in the subjects which they have communicated the Senate. President Wilson ad- dressed the Senate on constitutionai amendments with the enactment of which under the Constitution he hac no part. 1 do not find fault with thal he had a perfect right to do so." Calls Attention to Law. Calling attention to that section of the message stating that the interna revenue bureau investigating com mittee was seeking Ltion | which could not be helpful in fran ing legislation, Senator Lodge pointec | out that there were laws makir vidual tax returas, including of Seeretary Mellon, inviolate | “There can be no-question in any- | body’s mind,” the majority leade | said, “that the purpose could not | otherwise than to seek something | relation to the character of the Se retary of the Treasury himself. Adverting to the internal revenu bureau investigating committee, Ser ator Lodge deciared that committee “clearly went beyond {ts authority in approving the empioyment of coun- sel to be pald by a member.” I certainly has not been the practice |since I have been here” he said I cannot believe it was or is in the |interest of the Senate to authorise | such a procedure. When President Coolidge referred to objectionable “intrusions.” the sen- tor said, he had reference to the apparent employment of an out- sider” to dig, into official files. The | Republican 1éader read the messaz line by line, giving his interpretatio as he proceeded. “The language is strong.” he agreed, “but it was necessary. The | Senate has extended its functions and. in newspaper parlance, had | created a new office in the person of “committee prosecutor.” The internal revenue bureau ir quiry_really was intended to “break down” Secretary Mellon, Senator | Lodge said. | *“There is much more in this than | politics,” he declared. “It is aimed al {he Secretary of the Treasury because |he is the author of a great bill in iwmch the whole country is interested. Hits Hemey Employment. It was against the unlawful employ ment of special counsel by an indiv | idual senator for these purposes, tie that the President had * he those be | senator said, protested. nator Robinson of Arkansas, the | Democratic leader, remarked - that Senator Watson, Itepublican, Indiana. had declared the protest was based | upon the bellef that “an investigation was intended of prohibition enforce- ent.” “I know nothing of that” nator Lodge. The Democratic leader asked i Senator Lodge would approve the adoption of the resolution authorizing the committee itself to employ counsel “Adequately restricted,” was the reply. “How?" | By making appointment of coun- | sel subject to Senate approval,” Sen- ator Lodge replied. | “The senator knows" persisted Senator Robinson, “that the counsel mentioned was suggested by Gou Pinchot, & prominent republican. | “T don't see where that makes any difference,” said Senator Lodge. | “Then the objection is to that in | aividual?® (Francis J. Heney “Yos, and perhaps to other possi- ble selections.” Praises Mell Record. Declaring that the administration of Secretary Mellon was “eminently ‘wise and successful,” Senator Lodge said that if the Senate “unchained a criminal lawyer in that department we can well understand why the §4,000 employes could not do their work g0 well, knowing a spy was al their shoulder continuously. "I am glad Secretary Mellon has | made this protest. It involves-future tax bills and sound policy.” “The Secretary of the Treasur: knew.” Senator Lodge said in reply ing fo an inquiry by Senator Me- Kellar, Democrat, Tennessee, “that this whole investigation was aimed at him. He has been treated, .in my judgment, in a way which if applied to my friend, the junior senator from Virginia, who was an admirable Sec- retary of the Treasury—his integ- rity never was questioned—if he had been subjected to this I think .he would have resented it in language that would long have been remem- bered.” . Immediately after Senator Lodge conclud>d his address of more than an hour Senator Robinson of Ar- kansas, the Democratic leader, sought unanimous consent for a vote next Friday to discharge the audit and control committee from consideration of the resolution giving the investi- gating committe authority to employ counsel, but Senator Bruce, Demo- crat, Maryland, objected { i replied | se

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