Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and slightly cooler tonight; to- morrow showers. Temperature for y-four hours ended at 2 p.m. Highest, 74, at 4:15 p.m. yes- lowest, 54, at 4 a.m. today. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 Entered post office Wasl No. 29,218, second-class matter hington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. (., 43 DEAD TAKEN OUT ~ OF BENWOOD MINE; 6 STIL MISSNG N BASFLLED All Hope Abandoned That Any of 111 Caught in Vulture Hollow Explosion " May Still Be Alive. ; RESCUERS PENETRATE SHAFT AT GREAT RISK Twisted, Broken Bodies Indicate Force of Blast—Many Stricken With Picks in Hands—Unex- | plored Tunnels Filled With Deadly Vapor, Balking Workers BY HAROLD K. PHILIPS (Staft Correspondent of The Star.) BENWOOD, W. Va, April 29— ~—The smoking mouth of Vulture Hollow mine today began to give up | 1ts shattered victims. Rescue squads, | after penetrating more than hali way back, sent out word that prob- | ably not a soul had lived to tell of the cexplosion yesterday. One hundred and eleven men had been checked into the pit only a few minutes before the blast thundered | through its darkened tunnels All| that was leit of forty-five of them| had been found at dawn today, burn- | ed and broken bodies, sprawling| where th had been trapped with- out a minute’s notice. Rescue squads gathered here from Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylv nian and Ohio were Straining anew to disentomb the seventy-one others, but | the farther the sappers penetrated | the more hopeless became the pros- pect that any could have lived. All| but two of the victims found thus far died in their tracks, many with their vicks in their han Deadly Gas Inside. ‘Ilie blast that swept through the mine, which is operated by the Wheel ing Steel Corporation, was accompanied by a momentary but terrific fire, and the bodies of the men were seared hor- ribly, besides being battered by the im- pact of the explosion. What mine experts declare finally seal the doom of any pessible survivors are choking vapors of deadly gases. Only two of the men found thus far showed a sign of life. They were | discovered only 300 feet from the air | shaft through which the rescuers are digging their way. Both were breath- ing faintly, but before Dr. A. B. Rhinehart could get them out to the | fresh air they died and their bodies were left where they were found. Working Near Shaft. | Those two miners had been work- | ing close to the air shaft and the | explosion had been sufficiently spent | when it reached them to spare them instantaneous death. They had drag- Zed their battered bodies several hun- | dred feet after being felled, but before | they could reach the safety of the | shaft the deadly gases that followed killed them. veral hundred feet back the first rescue squads to penetrate the wall | of debris the explosion piled up came upon the bodies of a section boss and his son. The boy had been holding a light for his father while the parent hacked at a vein of coal with his pick and cach was found stark dead just as he had worked. Bodies Crowded Together. As the penetrated yards at a time the bodies ~found at closer intervals and rews of five men each were lying together in death; even in the side passages, where mine officials had | hoped some of the men may have had time to barricade themselves, | only twisted victims and staggering | as fumes awaited the anxious calls of the rescuers. Vulture Hollow, where the air shaft sinks three hundred feet into the bowels of the earth, is at the end of a road that is so precipitous and so muddy that it is impassable to all but even the hardest hikers. There the | ryescue squads have pitched their tents and are working in shifts. Tell Horrible Stories. Every few minutes a rescuer was @ragged out more dead than alive and between gasps they told stories that staggered the imagination and left their listeners pale. One carried in his hand a bit of twisted tin that was once a miner's lunch pail. Scarcely able to talk, he gesticulated toward the crushed pail and said: “Look in it, look in it must have been awfu Inside were several sandwiches and two hard-boiled eggs. The bread of the sandwiches virtually had been toasted and the eggs were smashed to bits by the explosion. Others carried out pieces of lunch pails that had been blown to bits. Even pick handles wwere snapped off short and .the roof of the mine was blown down' into the passageways in many places. Gas Overcomes Birds. sappers a few were two My God, it Half a dozen canary birds carried §nto unexplored tunnels by advance squads were brought to the surface Yying unconsctous in their cages. All, Bowever, had been hurried out into the air before life had ceased to exist and they were soon revived, and 2ach Prought a mute guessage of the hope- Jessness of the Situation. “There isn't a_ chance that any of #hese men are alive,” was the unani- mous verdict of the rescuers as they ~were helped to the surface to rest for a few minutes beside a warm camp fire and drink hot, stimulating Toffee before donning gas masks again 'and return to .the dogged task of Poring & new tunnel through the debris. Carry Rells of Canvms. Then came dawn, gray as the| graveyard mist, painting the muddy Sille of Vulture Hollow in sullen hues and with the day came the painful, Dog Saves Eight In Burning House, Then Loses Life By the Associated Press LAMBERTON, N. Y., April The lives of eight persons were & by a collie dog when the farmhouse of Leslie S. Morrison burned to the ground early today. The dog sacri- ed its own life. Morrison was awakened by the dog’s tugging at the bedclothes to find the house in flames. With the hep of his wife and his cousin, James Morrison, he carried five chil- dren, ranging in age from three to nine’ years, to safety. Two of them Robert and Richard, had been over: come by smoke. When the embers cooled the body of the dog was found buricd in_ the debris. 'M'CRAY, CONVICTED, EXPECTED TO RESIGN 1 i | Indiana Governor, Found Guilty of | Using Mails to Defraud, May Not Appeal. IMPEACHMENT IS POSSIBLE | Legislature Is Not Likely to Act if He Retires. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 2 Warren T. McCray has written his ation ®s Governor of In- diana and will present it either this afternoon or tomorrow, it was learned unofficially at the state- house today. The governor was convicted in federal court yester- day of using the malls to defraud and will be sentenced tomorrow. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. April That Gov. Warren T. McCray, found guilty of using the mails in further- ance of a scheme to defraud in fed- eral court yesterday, would resign during the day was the general be- lief here today, although Republican state leaders, the governor's attorneys and the governor himself stead- fastly declined to make statements gf any kind. The governor spent last night in the Marion County jail and was to remain in confinement there until 9 o'clock Wednesday morning, when he was to appear be- fore Federal Judge A. B. Anderson to be sentenced. Republican leaders gathered here today to discuss the situation. Ray- mond C. Morgan, speaker of the house of representatives, arrived this morning to_ confer with Attorney General U. §. Lesh. Clyde A. Walb, chairman of the Republican state committee, came to Indianapolis last night from his home in La Grange, Ind. 29— Impeachment Ponsible. A series of conferences were held by Republican leaders when McCray's financial difficulties first became pub- lic and the opinion was expressed | then that impeachment proceedings would be instituted if he was found guilty of the charges. The attitude of the leaders at the present time, however, is that no immediate action‘will be taken, the beliet apparently prevailing that Me- Cray will resign. i It is up to McCray or the legisla- tura to act, Mr. Walb said over the long distance telephone last night, in declaring that he saw no reason why the party should take action at this tine. Mr. Morgan declinea to make any statement, saying that he wished to confer with the attorney general before suggesting any, plan of action. Appenl Held Unlikely. Tt appeared unlikely early today that Gov. McCray would ask for an appeal. M. A. Ryan, one of the gov- ernor’: attorneys, gave the only definite hint that McCray would not appeal when he said yesterday that while he was not sure he “guessed” that no appeal would be taken. Linus P. Meredith, United States marshal, hinted last night that Mc- Cray would ‘leave with him Thurs- day to begin serving whatever sen- tence was imposed upon him, thus in- dicating that federal officials were not expecting the cgse to be appealed. Warren T. McCray, the first man convicted while holding the office of Governor of Indiana, was inaugurated January 1, 1921, having been elected on the Republican ticket. Previous to making the race he had participated only slightly in politics. Much of his time had been devoted to banking, cattle raising and grain dealing. Began as Bookkeeper. His business career was begun as bookkeeper in a country bank. Then followed a slow climb to for- tune. He was rafed a wealthy man years before he sought the governor- ship. Mr. McCray was born February 4 1865, He went to work as a book- keeper in a Kentland bank at the age of fifteen, after attending public school in Kentland. Mr. McCray later became president of the bank. Streng for FMueation. The fact that his schooling was limited did not hinder McCray, for he studied hard later. While gov- ernor he proved a strong supporter of educators in the state. McCray’'s pride was a 3,000-acre stock farin near Kentland, called Orchard Lake Stock Farm, the birth- place of many of the world's greatest Herefords. During the world war, McCray was a member of the live stock advisory committee. The governor's conviction appar- ently will have no bearing upon the Indiana primary election May 6. His affairs have been ignored by the gubernatorial candidates of both major parties and he has taken no part in the campaign for the prefer- ential vote for President being waged by supporters of President Coolidge and Senator Hiram Johnson. e KIRBY IS APPROVED. Senate Committee for Restoration to Engraving Bureau. Favorable action on the proposal to restore Maj. Wallace W. Kirby as director of the bureau of engraving and printing as provided for in a Senate resolution was taken today by the military affalrs committee which ordered a favorable report on TUESDAY, Denin 'H SUNDAY MORNING EDITION APRIL AGAIN “THE LADY OR THE TIGER:?” | ‘GERMAN APPOINTEES ' LIST BEFORE ALLIES Reparation Body to Decide on Fit- ness of Committeemen Under Dawes Plan. | TOKIO AND BELGRADE REPLY Views on Experts' Findings May Be Published Tonight. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, April The reparatior commission met in formal session at 3 o'clock this afternoon to examine | the French, British, Belgian and Ital- lian replles regarding the experts’ re- ‘ports and to proceed to an inter- change of views as to the procedure to be followed. | Approval of the list of German del egates on the various bodies provided for {n the Dawes report to begin the carrying out of thc experts' recom- | | mendations was also on the program. This list was submitted by the Ger- last night. Other Replies Received. The Japanese and Serblan replies | with regard to thc experts findings | were received today by the commis- | sion, which is expected to make them public this evening.~ The commission decided to post- | pone official discussion of the replies | of the allies until a later date. Mean- | while the delegates will confer un- officially. PARLEY IS PRELIMINARY. French and Belgian Leaders Arrive at No Conclusion. By the Associated Prese. BRUSSELS, April 29.—"Simply pre- liminary conversations” is the way yesterday's consultations in Paris be- tween Premier Poincare of France and Premier . Theunis and Foreign Minister Hymans of Belgium are de- scribed in official circles here. No de- cisions were reached at these confer- ences, it is declared. this action be- ing reserved for further meetings to be held after the French elections, notably the meeting between Premier Poincare and Prime Minister Mac- Donald of Great Britain. 1t was learned today that yester day's conversations included discus- sion of many questions not included in the experts’ deliberations, but it was denied that the question of inter- manner. German Selections Liked. Belgian official circles express sat- {staction at the selection the Germans have made of delegates to the organi- zation provided for in the experts’ report, natably for the committees on railways and industrial mortgages. Premier$Theunis and Foreign Min. ister Hymans will go to Milan to in. terview Premier Mussolini, it was an- nounced today, immediately after the visit of the Rumanian sovereigns to Brussels. The ltalian premier has re- quested this visit, it was added Roparation questions such as those discussed by the Belgian statesmen in Paris yesterday are to be gone over by them with Premier MacDonald this week end, and_will be taken up with Premier Mussolini. s ouT REVOLT BREAKS IN CUBAN PROVINCE Rural Guard Quits Post, Shout- ing, “Down With Zayas’—Gov- ernment Stirred. By the Associated Pre HAVANA, Cuba, April 2§.—Disaffec- tion long smoldering In Santa Clara province came.to a head today when a detachment of the rural guard re- volted and fled from their post near Santa Clara. 5 Dispatches published by Heraldo de Cuba sald the men marched out shouting, “Down with Zayas! Down with re-election The dispatches were confirmed at the offices of the secretary of the in- terior, where it was said it was fear- ed similar movements might break out in other parts of the province. Recelpt of the news was followed by scemes of intense detivity at the palace and the offices of the secretary of the interior and secrétary of war {man war. burdens commission here | allied debts had been raised in any GIRL WITH HAT PIN STABS BOY TO DEATH By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Neb., April 28.—Jabbing {at neighborhood girls with a pin- | tipped stick cost the life of Robert | Effenberger, fourteen, last night | when Aileen Ralph, thirteen, plunged |a hat pin into his chest, puncturing | blood vessel. The lad died in ten minutes. ¥ night the boys in the | neighborhood have been sticking the | girls with pins on sticks,” Afleen told lice got a hat pin and told | the other girls that if they came near me any more I was going to stick them good.” | gigpvenile authorities are holding the girl. 'CLEAN-UP | PLA N SENT | Cramton and Blanton Get Oyster's Local Dry Law Pro- gram. Commissioner Oyster's program for rigid enforcement of the dry law in Washington today was laid before | Representatives Cramton of Michigan and Blanton of Texas. Briefly stated, it provides for the following: nactment of a statute giving mem- bers of the police force the same | powers now held by federal officers to enforce the liquor laws. Appropriation of $50,000 to be used by the police in buving evidence and otherwise making cases against boot- | teggers. Additional Judges. Appointment of two additional judges and one new assistant district attorney for the Police Court to make possible speedy trial of violators of the prohibition act. The lettter to the representatives was accompanied by a report from the corporation counsel on a pend- ing bill designed to revive the Shep- pard_law, which made Washington dry before national prohibition be- came effective. The corporation counsel points out that, with the possible exception of two clauses, the Sheppard law was uperseded by the national prohibi- tion act. He suggests that instead of passing this bill a simpler process would be to enact a brief clause con- ferring on policemen the same powers vested in prohibition officers. Axks Change § 1f Congress prefers to re-enact the heppard law, the corporation counsel advises that it be amended to pro- vide that prosecutions under it be conducted by the United States Dis- trict Attorney, except for drunken- ness and driving while intoxicated, which are handled by the assistant corporation counsel at Police Court. In his letter of transmittal, Com- missioner Oyster said: “I hope I can impress upon you gentlemen the necessity for not only an increased personnel for the proper enforcement of whatever liquor law s in force in this jurisdiction, but also an appropriation to the members of the metropolitan police force to be used in the enforcement of such law. T am of the opinion that at least $50,- | 000 should be appropriated for this purpose alone. “In the enforcement of the prohi- bition law it becomes necessary to expend money for the purchase of al- coholic _liquor- in .order to prove a case before the courts. Sometimes it requires small sums for such pur- pose, but in the vast majority of cases where the bigger operators ply their trade small \quantities are not sold, and, therefore, an appreciable sum of money must be expended by an_enforcement officer in order to se- cure the proper evidence.’ —_—— 2 KILLED, 7 INJURED IN UNION HALL FIGHT Law. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, April 29.—Two men are dead and sevem others slightly wounded as a result of a mysterious shooting at a labor union hall last night, believed by authorities to have been caused by, a factional contro- versy. Samuel S. Bills, a business agent for the Ice Cream Wagon Drivers’ Union, was killed and Robert Devere was fatally wounded. The scene of the shooting was the hall_of Electrical Workers' Union No. 134, of which Michael (“Umbrella 2ike") Boyle ia the head, TO HOUSE MEMBERS | i | | | Senators Believe Data Indicating'i: | | | | SENATE APPROVAL OF RENT ACT SEEN King, Who Opposed Measure, May Drop Fight, as Reports Rouse His Ire. PROSECUTIONS ARE URGED Combine Warrant Step. The House joint resolution adopted vesterday providing for the extension of the District rent act for a two- year perfod, from May 22, 1924, to May 22, 1926, will be passed by the Senate also, in the opinion of Senator Ball, chairman of the Senate District committee; Senator Jones of Wash- ington, another member of the com- mittee, and many other senators. Senator Eing of Utah, ranking Democratic member of the Senate trict committee, who has been op- posed to the rent act in the past caid today that he had not finally de. termined what his attitude would be e has been much aroused over tle reported activities of real estate | dealers and owners in the District to maintain high pr both sale and rental, and for that reason is inclined not to fight the resolution extending the life of the rent act. He said, that he would certainly propose ' that the resolution b amended so as to provide for ome year's extension instead of two. ~Reference to Commissions. The joint resolution, it is expected, will be before the District committee of the Senate when it meets tomor- Senator Ball said, however. that action on the measure probably would be deterred until a meeting to be held next week; that it probably would be referred to the District Com- missioners for their report and recom- mendation. The Senate District committee is now conducting an investigation of hous- ing conditions in the District Shortage Still Exists. That part of the -investigation showing the number of vacant apart- ments and houses for rent and sale, and the prices demanded for them, has been completed and Senator Ball | said today that it*bore out his con- tention that there does exist still a housing emergency. That part of the investigation dealing with alleged conspiracies and combinktions to maintain high prices of real estate is still ynderway. A preliminary report |on this phase of the investigation so aroused Senator Ball, Senator King and others that they declared the in- formation should be turned over to the United States attorney for the District for submission to a grand jury. The details of this report have not been made publi FILIPINOS DENOUNCE WO00D’S CABLEGRAM | Message to Coolidge Says Governor General Insults Aspiration of People. By 'the Associateq Press. MANILA, April 29.—Messages have been sent to President Coolidge, Con- sress and the Filipino independence mission now at Washington inform- ing them of the action of a mass meeting here yesterday, which adopted resolutions denouncing Gen. Wood's cablegram to Secretary of War Weeks, wherein Gen. Wood de- clared that granting of immediate independence to the Philippines would be “a heartless betrayal of the Filipino people.” Explaining that the mass meeting was not intended to indicate dis- loyalty to the United States or to at- tack Wood, speakers asserted the governor's cablegram was “inac- curate and an insult to the sentiment, character and aspirations of the Fili- pino people.” FALL'S SISTER ARRESTED. Charge of Carrying Concealed ‘Weapons Made by Police. SANTA MONICA, Calif.,, April 29.— Mrs. Katherine Petty, forty, who. ac- cording to police, is a sister of Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the In- terior; was arrested here last night and charged with carrying, concealed weapons. Her identity was established by letters and telegrams signed with Fall's name, found by police in her apartment. She was transferred to the psychopathic ward of the General for 29, 1924 —_THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. MRS. JAKE HAMON CAUSES REAL ROW INOIL COMMITTEE Senators Engage in Heated | Argument and Witness Leaves Without Testifying. CALLED TO THROW LIGHT ON HUSBAND’S DEALINGS Investigators Wrangle Over Who Summoned 0il Man's Widow Here. Mrs. Jake L. Hamon lah oil man pelitician whose 1 ed with widow of the and Republic me n link- unusual stories about | political financing in 1920, had | fleeting day in court today before the Senatayoil commi She was not asked tion and was excused ol a has 1 many a single ques- r a quarter of an hour of waiting on the witness stand while the committee Senators wrangled and fin completely dis s to who was responsible for her summons to Washis Called here from Hamon had agreed inside he Re prove or how he sminate to have of the pubiican party machinery shatter the dramatic story spent a million dollars o Harding and in return was been appointed Secretary Interior. Creates Sensation. stir swept the . packed with a crowd in- swept ssed over com- up o th ina % in Another & g black gown her hand a single calla reserves, but she ap- erk call- «1 formations in was excused peared and the cor ed_her to the stand Then began one of personal rows that have the long and turbulent sessio! il committee. Senator Spencer, Re publican, Missouri, objected befo: to the admission of her testi- and Senator Walsh, Democrat a, the committee prosecut he “bore with gdue I the rebuke of the Missouri enator. Mr. Walsh added, however, that all_responsibility for the visit of Mrs. Hamon to Washington must rest on Senator Stanficld, Republican Oregon, who in turn retorted that | Senator Walsh was not stating the | facts. mittee ¢ te the bitterest characterized s of the To Run Down Stories. He only has mentioned her name, Senator Stanfleld said, in suggesting how the committee might run down some of the senational stories told it about Hamon by Al Jennings and others | Then | the there was a dead silence and mmittee chairman, finding that {no senator wanted to ask a questi |told the witness that her further presence would not be required. | Tmmediately Mrs. Hamon had taken her departure committee members in- |dulged in another row over admis sion to the record of one of a group of telegrams bearing on the oil deal sto Further Witnesses. Referring to the recent testimony of H. W. Balland of Los Angeles, in which he stated that Harry Chandler and William Randolph Hearst could give information about a “conspirac to control the Republican national tion in 1920, Senator Stan- ficld announced that he had tele graphed the substance of Ballard atement to Chandler and Hearst nd had their replies. The rep | deny knowledge of the matter have been published. Senators Walsh and Adams crat, Colorado, objected to placing in the record a telegram which Senator tanfield asserted showed Ballard had a police record. They insisted if w nesses were 1o be called to impeach Ballard the members of the com- mittee should have a chance to ex- amine them and should not accept hearsay evidence. It was decided finally to admit the records the telegrams sent andler and Hearst and their re- plies, but to exclude those referring | to_Ballard. The committee then adjourned and Demo- to ' DANIELS TESTIFIES ~ BEFORE OIL JURY Former Secretary Presumed to Have Outlined Policies on Leases. | Josephus Daniels, former |of the Navy, was a witnes; Secretury today be- began its inquiry into alleged crimi- nal phases of the oil lesses. Mr. Daniels arrived at the courthouse shortly before noon and was imme- diately ushered before the grand jury. It is expected that he outlined to the grand jurors the view he entertained e at the head of the Navy De- | partment as to the conservation of oil for naval use and his opposition to a transfer of the naval reserves to outside interests by lease or other- wise. - Other witnesses summoned today to testify were Assistant Secretary of the Interior Finney and other officials of the Interior Department. who were loaded down with documents. They are expected to show the authenticit of the doguments-and display the oil leases and other papers to the grang jurors for their consideration. The testimony of Mr. Daniels and the ex- hibition of the documentary evidence are expected to occupy the entire session of the grand jufy today. United States Attorney Gordon i§ being assisted in the presentation of evidence to the grand jury by'Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, spe- cial counsel for oil prosecutions, und by Asistant Attorney General Pagan. COUZENS UNDER KNIFE. BALTIMORE, April 28.—Senator James 'Couzens of Michigan underwent a_surgical operation at Johns Hopkins Hospital today for the removal of a long-standing gall bladder affection. 10:30 o'clock the senator was back in his_room shortly before 1 p.m. and was declared by hospital ‘in, very. good. ahapey’ Star. fore the additional grand jury which | Going on the operating table at about | _-nmu- to hi as fast as t he papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 98.988 & TWO CENTS. iDr. Nichols Dies Reading Paper to Science Academy Dr. E. F. Nichols of the Nela Research Laboratory, Cleveland, died suddenly today while reading 4 paper to the American Academy of Sciences, on the occasion of the inauguration of its new building. Dr. Nichols had acquired world- wide fame because of his re- | searches on light pressures and of | his radiometer, an extremely deli- | cate instrument to measure such | vressur he academy stopped all mect- ings on account of the death. | STONE BACKS SENATE | IN DAUGHERTY CASE Attorney General Will Assist Ef- | fort to Punish Ohio Banker for Alleged Contempt. DRY ACT PARDONS ATTACKED Chicagoan Given One Year Never Served Time, Is Charge. \ttorney he Senate committee General Stone has agreed Department of aid investigating in litigation arising from to punish M. S. Daugherty rother to the former Attorney General, r his refusal to testify. arrangement understood to been effected after several con- erences between committee of the after he that the Justice Daugherty ttempt The is ¥ f mem Depart- took office Mr. he was willing ry practical way the full facts as der investigation. ers nd officials Justice nt. Soon indicated in rd disclosure to the questions u Arrested in Cincinnati. M. S Daugherty, who ignored two ittee subpoenas and also failed ords of his Midland Washington arrested yesterday on a warrant issued un- solution o 10 produce the re tional Bank at ourt ntempt @ secured his freedom on a habe us writ and is to appear in leral court at Cincinnati on Ma: artment of Justice attorney present at that hearin after the interests of th and of the Senate is 10 Brookhart that he sought Mr. Stone's after the federul « had acted. Th At today istance art Attr rney Gen ed atter department ht to arrest defend and hold the Bank Refuxed Inspection. The Midland Bank straining order returnable at Wash- ington Court House on May 10, be- fore preventing the committee into Dooks. The also witness. has a‘ re- at a local court, from going Department re of th The Western Union Telegraph Com- pany refused to give the committes telegrams it is seeking, but procedure against that corporation has not vet been called to Mr. Stone's attention. Further testimony bearing on the prohibition enforeem policies of the Department of Justice under | Harry M. Daugherty heard to- day by the of Justice m was Releaxe Ix Question James A. Finch pardon attorney, was questioned about the release of Philip I Gross- man, sent to jail by Judgze Landis at Chicago for or violating a cour on in liquor sales. Tk witness agreed that Grossman never served any time. Attorney General Brundage of Illir t a letter to the Department of Justice, he said, recommending _ executive clemency but in 3 President Harding re- fused to consider it until some part of the sent a served Winch also wed (W, Middle- kauf. a special assistant to the At- torney General: Fred Upham, treas- urer of the Republican national com- mittee, and Homer K. Galpin, chair- man of the Republic “00k county ventral commitiee hay urged clemency. In December, 1923, Presi- dent Coolidge commutéd the sen tence and meantime Grossman had | kept up appeals and other Jegal in- terference which proved adequate to | prevent his impriscnment. Finch | agreed the case was unusual Be Called. The committee agreed to subpoena former Judge Landis, now base ball commiss He has also been mewticned in several other branches of the committee's inquir Senator Wheeler tried to get Fi to concede that Jess Sr ard Manington were ac pardons. Smith frequently lin petitions, Finch s. ton did not. | by Senat | files on | Tenn.. the department’s one year Landis to ioner. neh th and How- in urging brought id, but Maning- The witness was Whee to look up “Lou Frank of N | who pleaded guilt | frauding the government out of taxes, got a sentence of six months and never served a day, according to my_information.” B. Wooden. attorney for :ral Trade Commission, was oA about anti-trust cases, and | particularly about the conduct of the | Michigan Hardwood Lumber Assoclu- | tion to de- the qaes- Gave Department Case. The trade commission, Wooden said turned over to the Department of Justice in July, 1920, “evidence as to | the typical activities of the associa- | tion in fixing prices” A “market | conditions” committee of the asso- | ciation_was the “price list” organiza tion, Wooden said, and in January 11920, its chairman wrote letters which, | he declared, showed price fixing con trary to the anti-trust law. The Northern Pine Manufacturers Association of Minnesota was en- gaged in similar activities during 1919 and 1920, the witness said, and |the Shevlin Carpenter Company of | Minneapolis had characterized the | association’s price list as “indefen- |sible” and had refused “string |along." Data as to the Georgia-Florida Saw Mill Association and the North Car- olina_ Pine Association, Wooden said, likewise went from the trade com- mission to the Department of Justice, in 1920 and 1921, as the basis of con- templated anti-trust prosecutions. The statute of limitation had run in most of the lumber cases now Wooden said, and no criminal prose cutions could be instituted whatever facts developed. The Southern Cypress Association, in January, 1920. held a meeting at Jacksonviile, Wooden continued, and to 'HOUSE CONSIDERIG D.C. APPROPRIATION; - DEBATE IS LIMITED | Four and Half Hours Allowed | for Arguments—Action to | Come Today. DAVIS DEFENDS BILL; SAYS DISTRICT GAINS Declares Total in Reality Is Great- er Than Figure for Cur- rent Year. The District appropr the fiscal year beginning Juls which amounts to §: fore the House today for consid | tion, with an agreement on four hour and a half of general debate. In presenting bill Represents tive Charles R. Davis of Mississipn alrman of the subcommitter wh conducted hearings on the Distr budget and framed the appropria bill, declared that while in some qu ters he is accused of “bearing dow upon the District, he would prove t the House that his attitude the District is in no sense nistic. this tow antazo. Made Up in Salaries. He emphasized that while the as reported, is $803.456 less than appropriation the Year, the reclassifi will more than offset so0 that the tions are re yeur. he sa Representative Davis discussed the school budget, the question of street nprovements, water and seweragr Xte: ons and the entire salary schedule to justify his contention that the subcommittec had endeavored fo deul liberally with the Dist in providing the most urgent ne H alled attention particul that e bill of '$80.000 for from forty to eighty feet idth of 13th street northwest to I street, although it was included in the budget. T item wa urged by the Thirteenth Street Bus n Men's A ciati which pro- pose that abutting property owners be charged with 40 per cent of the cost. and the appropriation bill or such a disiribution of Ithough under the law abutting property owners would b assessed only 23 per cent of the cost excluding street interscctions. for current fisca ion of saluric that difference recommended appropria ¥ an increase over last includes tl fron Urges School Program. Urgeut there and prescing be enac comprechensive program for the bia need tha well studied development District of Colum was urged, particularly upon the menibers of the District committe Chairman Day “We have b a number of years to appre alt Iding here and a bulidir there or @ site k 4 for a site none a part of any legally rec zed plan to build up a system hich will properly and adequately e the various communi is 15 a most unbusinessiike way to ed, and one that should nof be longer tolerated. In recent years what s termed the jun school has ome into existen have of them now. I am not comn: of Congress eret whet) or rnot a junior high school should be part of the school system. I an, certain the question as to the num- er of them whicl been o & for Tor here ria procerdi e as not ti or the be built. is time to call this haphazard method of for local educationa 1 1 earnestly hope that the Distric ittee will cail on the school au- present a program to ex- period of years and give fon, and bring in a bill he which the appropriations committee can be guided in consider- ng requests which are presented to it for funds.” locali- submit_it a halt provid- facilities Urges New Law Compilation. Another which Rej the attention there not Llaws very important matter utative Davis called to the House is that been a compilation of relating to District of Ce lumbia since 1889, “I am sure that members District committee will said. “that this makes it in giving consideration to the many questions constantly arising where it is necessary to consult the law on the subject. Quite recently Congress authorized the preparation of a com pilation of laws relating to the Navs The work has heen finished and it a nost excellent and valuable refer- ence book. 1 propose to offer an amendment to this bill at the proper time to provide for the preparation of similar work covering the laws ating to_ the District of Columbia.* While discussing reclassification Representative Davis pointed out that the appropriations proposed in | this bill following the form employ- ed in other annual appropriation bills previously presented at this session, | the total amount carried on account of reclassification over the present base pay plus the $240 bonus is |$ 3.80, or an increase of 12.25 | per_cent, distributed over 2,230 em- | ployments | Representative L. C. { souri cngaged in a Representative Davis, in which he | brought out the fact that the judi- | clery’ committee is now considering | special legisiation increasing the sal. | aries of employes of all the courts in the District. because such employe: salaries would in effect be reduced | owing to the $240 bonus being discon- tinued following the passage of re- classification. | | Citex School Salaries. | [ the of th agree,” he most trying Dyer of Mis- dialogue with With reference to the appropria- tions for schools, Representative Davie said that “at first blush it would appear that the committee is proposing rather drastic action.” Teachers, librarians, school attend- | ance officers and community center employes are exempted from the pro- | visions of the classification act. They have been estimated for at their pres- ent basic salaries without increased compensation. To pay such employes the $240 |bonus this year requires an appropria- | tion of $629.320. “As we are obliged | to provide increased compensation in {one form or another for these public servants in some subsequent measure. |instead of the present appropriations | aggregating less than the current appropriagion, we are in reality : |suming that the increased compen sation_later will amount at least to (Continuad on Page %, Column T3 A (Continued on Page 2, Column