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WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow, cooler tonight; moderate west and northwest winds, Temperature:for twenty-four hours ended Highest, §: 11:30 lowest, b Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. 0. ISALSYSTEN BRTISHT0 PIGOSE CHANGE S OPPOSED | DIRECT RERATION IND.C BLLDEBATE - DEAL WARBERLIN Representatives Moore and‘MacDonal Favors Taking Tinkham Lose in Effort to | Dawesf’lm From Hands Block Amendment. of Veb’ Commission. No. 29,220. FISCAL RELATIONS INVESTIGATION PROPOSED FRENCH VIEW DIFFERS, PJINCARE INDICATES | Representative Moore Asks Probe Lsdor to Ask Business Methm‘lsj by Joirt Body of Whole System Be Used .‘_3 Against Between D. C. and U. S,/ Political. B the Associated Press, LONDON, May 1.—When Prime Min- MacDopald meets Minister | Theunis and Paul Hymans of Belgium | at Chequers Court tomorrow the Bel- When the District approprration bfl | for the fiscal year beginning July 1| * next was called up for considerafion ! undee the rule t/day five-minute | ifter passage of the Rogers bil | 3 ; e ‘(’A’ ‘_': i Micr. | gian ariee wilL e 610, ahiar] 7 ZRORy -1 | Great Britein desires to put the Dawes | offered an amendn bl B e R ] would entirely change the fical re-|Plan into effect b thE b jon the hands of the reparation commis- and dealing directly with Ger- in a new international confer- lutions between the federal And Dis- trict governm In the first here provisi (B the | | sion | sto ma In thi as conference, according to the Lot ALY 2| British view,' the allied powers will aight contribution of $8,000,000 meet Germany, not as victors over om the 1 Treasury. He point- | the vanquished, but as hard-headed 1 out th AL business men trying to settle the m th, 436,80, s in rotre ¢ reparations debt by business | political method this plan has not been offi- nnounced, it is understood | government is anx- to the policy which vhen Premier Poin- He held thAt order becaus chment Point of Order Made. W instead of While t the to inte British revert 1ton Moore, i point on amend- was & the - care orde cupation of the Ruhr, m ling that it would not and Mr. MacDonald is expected to n the Holeman rule He s finst opportunity of outlin- said that sventually the effect would Sritish desires. . be to reduce the federal contribution s is known here there are under $8.00 nd that it would tions that France shares the reduce to a um the contribu- desire for a new conference tion from the federal Treasury to- | with the Germans, M. Poincare being wird the upkeep of the Nation's Capi- | understood to favor turning the ex- tal perts’ plan over to the reparation Represent Moore argued the | commission for application in its en- Point of order at length, and a fur- | tirety ther point of order was made by Rep- e T ative € Holden Tinkham, ) M:assachusetts. a mem- TORNADO DEATH TOLL i’;\vr of t(‘nr- subcommittee “‘hh;\;\l”drz:‘f}l‘- ed the District ap) tion bi Che | A SR IN SOUTH REACHES 95 Point of Order Debated. The point of order was debated at SRS 500 Injured in Seven States, Lat- th between Representative (,rnm»; 5 ton and other prominent House lead- | est Figures Show—Increase ers. Representative Cramton's con- | tention was that this effects a re- | Expected. duction in the amount taken from =S —— the federal Treasury and that the Holman rule was designed to pro-| PROPERTY LOSS, $10,000,000 tect the fereral Treasury. He ar- TR cd that his amendment would not | disturb th original proyision anat| Women and Children Chiefly Vie- | e tims of High Winds. cturns or | By the Associated Pre. ATLANTA, Ga., May 1.—With nine- ty-five persons known to be dead, more than a score missing, approxi- amount carrie does reduce the amount o the federai govern- |mately 500 injured, some perhaps ment, ases the amount which | fatally, and hundreds homeless, the would from funds to the southeast set about today to relieve its vegions stricken yesterday and Tuesday by the worst high-tension storms in history. Tornadoes, descending with devas- 'L'nlnc violence upon widely sepa- |rated sections, caused damage esti- | mated at $£10,000,000 in South Caro- | lina, Georgia, Alabama, North Caro- lina, Virginia, Louisiana and Ar- kansas. The last two were the first to suffer, being in the area in which the disturbance originated Tuesday. cred trict government in the Federal Treasury and that there- fore it does not reduce the amount taken from the Federal Treasury. Blanton Sees Rate Raise. Representative Texas, Thomas L. Blanton, remarked that the amendment merely means present tax rate of $1.20 raised to $1.35 or $1.40. Ben Johnson, Demo- a member of the mittee and form : House District le b Cr mocrat, 1mton the committee, “I am the South Carolina Hard Hit. of the pre law de h this bill was 0. 1 was | rly today, incomplete reports de- for such a except that it | layed by crippled wire facilities dis- -I the best thing the government |tributed the total list of dead as fol- could (et under existing cireum- | \ogq: south Carolina, 66; Georgia, 13; stances. He said that he would favor a lump | Alabama, 11; North Carolina, sum appropriation, but he disputed | Louisiana, 1, and Arkansas, 1. not analogous the claim of Rep- | i resentative Cramton that in carrying | VW iih Wany points in the path of th 3; out this amendment the House would | Storms yet completely isolated, re- in effect be doing the same as it | ports of additional casualties were with river and har appropria- | anticipated hourly. E when it amount Relief work proceeding rapidly the federal t 'Shall | under the supervision of the American pay and thereby increases the amount | Red Cross, as by numerous local a state wogd have to p fraternal and organizations, mu- presentative Johnson emphasized | Nicipal _and county governmgnts and it the House must not lose sight of | INdividials. Hundreds of thefhore for- | t th atine Tt .oF | tunate survivors of the storms have it g for {we |thrown open their homes to the the Distri 3 while in virtually every ct exclusively of Columbia, which is aff 2 strict: - under the jurisdiction of in the affected districts tem porary kitchens have been set up to dispense food to the hungry. A picture of desolation and wreckage Col Tinkham Backs Distriet. was left in the wake of the storm, You proposing to vielate a|which traversed a path roughly contract with the District, be | eStimated more than a thousand 3 * ¢ | miles lo cause in the law of 1920 vou com- | ¢ > led payers of the Distriet | Mere/ Aendivie ) N kina. ko pile up 2 surplus so as to get them | Tts destructive force, however, | | seemed partly to have been spent as it sh-as-you-go b sis within five «aid Representative Tinkham |Spread eastward through Virginia last against the Cramton |evening, no deaths having occurred nt there so far as known, and but slight cntative James T. Begg of | Property damage caused compared Republican, wanted to know | With other sections in which it struck. Dead and injured and many of those unhurt were picked up by the fierce winds and hurled through the air | hundreds of feet. Miles of telephone | and telegraph lines were torn down, | hundreds of dwellings and other build- | ings were ripped from their founda- tions and demolished, trees were up- rooted and s’ live stock were killed ile bridges were washed the people of the District could any contract with Congress. presentative Tinkham replied that when Congr: erts by solemn law and ngement for five vea uch ngement should repudi proposing to klo, without any hearing and with the oposition offered from this floor with only 1ifty members present. Chairman Davis of the subcommit- TESTIFIES WHEELER PROMISED PERMITS Colorado 0il Man Tells Probers Senators Said He Would Handle Land Grants. RECORDS REFUTE CHARGE Land Office Head Denies Montanan Appeared in Case. The special Senate committee in-| vestigating the indictment of Senator | Wheeler in Montana was told today that the senator had promised when he came to Washington to take care of the land permits in which his client, Gordon Campbell, was inter- ested. W. W. Rhea, a Colorado oil man, testified that he heard such an as- surance given to Campbell in Janu- uary, 1923, and that Campbell had | told him Wheeler was to be paid for it. The Montana indictment charged | that the senator took a fee for ap- pearing before the Interior Depart- | ment in the matter. s Witness Sticks to Story. Under a severe cross-examination, | the witness stuck to his story but said he first had made these state- ments within ten minutes after, he had met Blair Coan, sent tp Monfana by Secretary Lockwood of the Repub- lican national committee, although he did not know for what purpose Coan wanted the information. Prior to Rhea’s testimony the com- mittee had received from Commis- ioner Spry of the general land office a letter saying the files of his office failed to show that Senator Wheeler ever had appeared as an attorney there in land matters. Colorado Man Textifiex, At the outset Chairman Borah read | a letter from Commissioner Spry, of the general land office, saying that a search of the files of his office ed to show any appearance as an attorney by Senator Wheeler before that office in the matter of land permits, W.W. Rhea of Idaho Springs, Colo., who' identified himself as oil man, was the first witness. He said he had met Wheeler at the Rainbow Hotel, in Great Falls, on January 15, 1923, at a conference at which Gordon Campbell and H. C. Glosser also were pr sent. The main conversation,” he said vas in regard fo the Phil McGowan permit. Mr. Campbell said it would be fixed up when Mr. Wheeler got to Washington.” What, if anything, did Senator Wheeler say?" asked Senator Borah. “He said we didn’t need to worry, that this would all be taken care of when he got back here.” Snys Wheeler Promised “Slice.” Rhea said he had an interest in the Phil McGowan permit, and that Camp- Dbell declared if the permit was “fixed up,” they would give Wheeler “quite g slice out of it.” Did Senator Wheeler make any statement when there was talk of slicing up the permit?” asked Senator Borah, “I don’t think he said a word, the reply. Rhea testified he never paid any sum to Wheeler in connection with the permit, nor did he have any knowledge that Wheeler appeared in the land office either in Washington or Montana in connection with it. Senator Borah developed that Rhea had made an afidavit in connection with the Rainbow Hotel conference. “To whom lid you first narrate this matter?” asked Senator Borah. “To Mr. Coan. Rhea said he had met Coan at Den- ver on invitation of Glosser, who for- merly was an employe of Campbell. After Probe Started. tee which drafted the District appro- |away and roads fiooded in many sec- “Was this after the investigation of priation bill explained to the House how the provision for piling up a surplus to put the District on a cash basis within five years came to be agreed upon, and Representative Cramton supported Representative Davis. Representative Tinkham told Representative Davis in response that there is s ion between the District becafise so many policies are proposed which are repudiated almost as soon as adopted. He challenged Representative Davis and Representative Cramton why two vears ago they did not propose what is being proposed today and which they now say is the right thing to do. Reads Citizens’ Petition. Representative Davis then read a etition of the citizens' joint com- mittee on fiscal relations between the United States and the District/of Co- fumbia for recognition and appro- priations on a 50-50 basis of the Dis- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) President of U. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 1.—The ambition of Jake Hamon, Oklahoma politician and oil man, was not to be Secretary of the Interior—it was to make his son, Jake, jr., President of the United States. This was disclosed today by his widow on her return from Wash- ington, where she was summoned to testify before the Teapot Dome in- vestigation committee, and then wi not asked to take the witness chair. Hamon’s Ambition Was to Make Son trict's accumulated Treasury tax sur- plus, signed by the presidents of three local business men's organiza- “He wanted to be nothing else but chairman of the Republican national committee,” Mrs. Hamon said. tions and by the presidents of many (Continued on mn 2.) *T'll get it and I'Tl hold it for years, until Jake, jr., Is old enough to take! -~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) S., Says His Widow “*“Tien I'll make him ehairman in my place and let him hold it until he is wise enough and old enough, and when that time comes I'll make Jake, jr., President—the youngest President of the United States.’" Hamon swung his support from former Gov. Lowden of Ilinols to Warren G. Harding in the 1920 Re- publicari_national convention at her request, Mrs. Hamon said. Harding, she explained, was a distant relative of her family. Then the widow, who was married to a Chicago man and divorced since Hamon's death, paid a tribute to the deceased. “I want to be known by his name; WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ZA\ | NEVER. 7z25) WAS ONCE Senators Taken From Hearings To Get Quorum There were so many investiga- tions and hearings In progress at the Capitol today that the Senate sergeant-at-arms was forced to invade some of them to round up a sufficient number of members to carry on business on the floor, where the tax bill is under con- sideration. Hoping to get an early start on the tax bill, Chairman Smoot of the finance commitice had ob- tained unanimous consent to con- vene an hour ahead of regular meeting time. Two roll calis counted only forty-two senators pre however, and the ser- Eeant-at-arms was dispatched get seven more. After a few minutes a quorum was numbered and business pro- ceeded. to M’CRAY ENTERS CELL WORN, BUT SMILING Former Indiana Governor Will Be Finger-Printed at Atlanta Penitentiary. COMPANION PRISONER FLEES New State Executive May Probe All Departments. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., May 1—Sympathy for the tornado victims in the south was expressed today by Warren T. McCray, former governor of Indiana, just before he was committed to the Federal penitentiary here to serve a lterm of ten years for using the mails to those defraud. “My heart goes out to who lost their loved ones and their homes,” he said. The former governor made this comment at Rome, Ga., early today, during a brief stop of his train, on which he came from Indianapolis. He had nothing to say directly about his case. Looks Worn, But Smiles. McCray looked worn, newspaper men with a smile. His guards were Harry Wertz, deputy United States marshal, and E. J. Fogerty, warden of the Indiana state prison. Robert Lambert, another prisoner being brought to the penitentiary by the same deputies, escaped from the train early today, near Shelbyville, Tenn; by jpmping through a wash- room winddw. He was gonvicted of automobile - theft.\ There were five other prisoners in the party, in addi- tion to McCray. No extra - preparations had been made to receive McCray at the Atlan- ta penitentiary, officials stating he would o through the same routine as any other prisoner. -After being photographed and finger-printed, he will be given a blue denim uniform and assigned to a cell. He will re- ceive a physical examination either this afternoon or within a few days. OFFICIAL CLEAN-UP SEEN. but greeted New Governor of Indiana Urged to Reorganize Departments. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 1.—While former Gov. Warren T. McCray was en route_to the federal prison at At- lanta, Ga., today, to begin serving his ten-year sentence for postal law vio- lations, Emmett F, Branch, the new chief executive of Indiana, began a survey of state departments to deter- mine if a reorganization of the ad- ministrative body is necessary. At a coriference last night, attend- ed by Gov. Branch, Clyde A. Walb, Republican state chairman, and other party leaders, the question of investi- gating state departments which were under the control of McCray was dis- cussed, it was said. Little informa- tion regarding the meeting was given out, however. Gov. Branch sald any action he may take will be deter- mined later. . Walb Wants Clean-Up. Chairman Walb, who was said to favor a thorough Investigation of state departments, after the confer- ence said the statehouse must be purged of any suspicion that may CITES VITAL NEED FOR U. S. BUILDINGS Fernald Pleads Cause of $50,000,- 000 Construction Program Here at Oxce. MORE WORKERS COMING Says Bonus Bill Will Add 2,000 to Pay Rolls Here. With 2,000 additional government employes necessary in Washington for the administration of the soldiers’ bonus law, tl enactment of legisla- tion authorizing a comprehensive building program by the government in the District of Columbia has be- come vitally necessary, Senator Fer- nald of Maine, chairman of the com- mittee on public buildings and grounds, sald today. * “The bill authorizing the expendi- ture of $50,000.000 for the erection of public buildings in the which was ordered favorably report: ed by the committee on public build- ings and grounds yesterday, should | be put through at the present session of Congress.” said Senator Fernald. He said that he was hopeful of get- ting favorable action on it before adjournment. Anked by President. President Coolidge, he pointed out, recommended such legislation to Con- gress in his annual message last December. Senator Fernald said that he believed the budget bureau also would approve. It is planned, he said, to expend about $10,000,000 a year for the construction of buildings here during the next five yea “As a matter of business,” Senator Fernald, “it is of great in- terest to the government to begin this building program in Washington without further delay. The govern- ment pays about $700,000 a vear rent for building: in the District now. Unless new buildings are erected :his rental bill will increase. “The employes who will be neeedd here fcr the administration of the soldier bonus will number from 2,000 to 2,200, I am told. It is estimated that they will require about 95,000 square feet of floor space. 1 do not know where they are to be housed. The government has not space in its buildings and it will be difficult to rent quarters for them. Like Doy Kemnels. “We have government employes here today working in quarters that are little better than dog kennels. Scmething should be done without delay to relieve these conditions. “The development of Washington along artistic and beautiful lines should be carefully guarded in the construction of the proposed new gov- ernment buildings. However, ade- quate buildings, considerably less or- nate than those demanded in the past, ! can well be erected to house the hworking forces of the government ere.” Senator Fernald also expressed the hope that the Congress would at this session enact legislation providing for the construction of the proposed me- morial bridge across the Potomac River from the vicinity of the Lin- coln Memorial to Arlington. Senator Fernald iy writing o report on the public buildings bill for the District, which probably will be sub- mitted Saturday or Monday. Bill Ordered Reported. The bill authorizing the expendi- ture of $50,000,000 for the erection of public buildings in the District of Columbia was ordered favorably re- ported to the Senate yesterday by the Senate committee on public buildings and grounds. The bill provides that not more than $10,000,000 shall be expended in any one fiscal year. It provides also that the public buildings commission shall make a thorough study of the situation and determine how the money is to be expended. The bill carries out the recom- mendations made by President Cool- idge to Congress in his annual ad- dress last December. The bill was drafted by the public buildings com- missjon, of which Senator Smoot of Utah is chairman. The bill will be reported to the Sen- ate within the next few days, according to Senator Fernald of Maine, chairman of the committee on public buildings and grounds, and placed on the Senate calendar. e Leaps From Liner Into Sea. NEW YORK, May 1.—A passenger aboard the Royal Mail liner Orduna, believed to have been Thorndike Hil- ton of Chicago, jumped overboard in midocean Tuesday evening, according said | to radio advices received today at the lled attention to a state- xist. Hecplen e offices of the line. I shall have no other. I shall hence- forth be known always as Mrs. Jake |’ Hamon.” ment, issued at the time that he de- | fces R that e SiTner manded McCray's resignation. In this| naited and circled the Spot for some (Continued on Page 2, C\?hlmn 1) time W_uhou(‘flndlr’l the body. i [= The Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1924 —FIFTY-TWO PAGES. Fear U. 8. Globe Flight Chief Is Victim of Alaskan Storm Searchers Find N Trace of Martin in Chignik Hop. slands Combed by . Wireless and Ships as Gale Abates. By the Associated Press. CORDOVA, Alaska, May 1.—No word had been received at 2:25 am. today at this station, which is in con- stant wireless communication with the north Pacific region, concerning the fate of Maj. Frederick L. Martin. Radio transmitters at cannery sta- tions along the Alaskan peninsula and the Aleutian Islands westward from Chignik, whence Maj. Martin flew at 11:10a.m. yesterday, were ex- pected to open at 9 o'clock, and it was hoped that some news might come then. Ships Asked to Search. Vessels that have come north for the annual Alaska salmon pack were asked to take up the search. Maj. Martin has been experiencing diffi- culty ever since the expedition of four planes left Santa Monica, Calif., March 17. Very few of these boats are equipped with wireless, and the number of such craft in the region between Chignik and Dutch Harbor is_small. The cutter Algonquin of the United | States coast guard, at Pirate (ove, about half way between Chignik and | Duteh Harbor, sent a message stating | that she would be in communication | with cannery stations as soon as their radio opened and that she would endeavor to communicate with all cannery vessels. The message from the Algonquin expressed the hope that Maj. Martin, whose sole companion was his mechanician, Sergt. Alva Harvey, might have alighted at a cannery station for the night. FISHING BOATS SEARCHING. Radio Says No Trace of Martin Reported on Peninsula. 1.—Radio | | advices received 5 a.m. today from | the Alaskan Peninsula stated no trace | | has been found of Maj. Frederick L. |Martin in the flag plane Seattle, {which left Chignik vesterday for 'W’CARL'S AUTHORITY | UPHELD AND DERIDED District, | Representative Madden Would Clarify Controller Genersl’s ! Powers. | OPPOSING BILLS ARE ARGUED | 2 | iSuving of $1,000,000 Claimed by Decisions of Official. Controversy over the power of the controller general of the United States was carried before the House judiciary committee today, which opened hear- |ings on a bill by Representative Madden, Republican, Illinois, to clarify, and a bill by Representative | Dallinger of Massachusetts, to restrict the controller general's authority. J. R. McCarl, the present controller | general, was praised by Mr. Madden the “eyes of Congress” and assail- ed by Mr. Dallinger as “dictator of the United States.” In the course of his discussion of the controller's powers Mr. Madden indicated he was opposed to the entire system of making , payments for claims against the government and that he shortly would introduce a bill to provide that all payments should be made by the Treasury De- partment. Recovery of $1,000,000. At the hearing were Mrs. Bessie T. Brueggeman, chairman, and other members of the United States em- ployes' compensation commission, which has been in a long-drawn-out controversy with the controller. More than $1,000,000, Mr, Madden said, had been recovered within two years on transportation bills for the ‘War Department. The loss of inter- est to the government, Mr. Madden declared, had been $126,000. Criticizing the War and Navy de- partments for refusing to co-operate with the controller general in an or- der calling for audit before payment of transportation accounts, Mr. Mad- den said that all other departments and establishments of the govern- ment except these two were co-oper- ating willingly. Abuses Are Charged. Representative Montague of Vir- ginia, member of the committee, pointed out two instances in which he asserted the controller had ex- ceeded his authority. The Madden bill provides that “dis- bursing officers shall make no pay- ments of any claim or class of claims or on any account whatsoever wher- ever the controller general of the United States has by regulation or decision otherwise directed the method of payment and all branches of the government are hereby re- quired and directed to comply with such regulation or decision.” Representative Dallinger charged that the controller general had ex- ceeded his authority and that under the Madden bill there would be nothing to prevent him from hold- ing up the pay of a member of Con- gress or from stopping the sailing of a Navy dreadnaught or the move- ment of troops. Would Review Decisions. Representative Dallinger said he had voted for the budget and ac- counting act and belleved in the sys- tem in general. But he had con- cluded that the controller's powers should be subject to review. The Dallinger bill, he explained, provided that the decisions of the controller general in case of dispute should be reviewed by the Attorney General. The present controller gen- eral, Representative Dallinger charg- § every cit tion is delive Yesterday’ “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The $tar’s carrier system covers block and the regular edi- ered to Washington homes as fast as the papefs are printed. ’s Circulation, 99,249 TWO CENTS. MAJ. FREDERICK L. MARTIN. Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island. Fish- ing boats are searching for the miss- ing plane. FEARS FELT FOR SAFETY. Terrific Gales Reported on Eastern Point of Unimak Island. PALSE PASS, Unimak Island, May 1 (By wireless to the ed Press, via Bremerton, Wash.).—Fears are expressed here for the safety of Maj. Frederick L. Martin, commanding a United States Army squadron encir- cling the globe, who left Chignik. Alaska, at 11:10 am. terday for Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, and who has not been reported pussing sidents at the small c tion here, located on the point of Unimak Island, near Ikakan Bay, have just passed through the worst five davs ever known for this period of the vear. The North Pacific Ocean has heen lashed by terrific gales, the wind fre- quently reaching a velocity of 100 miles an hour. The air at the wire- less station has been filled all day with snow blown from the mountain sides and neighboring peaks. Even the seagulls making their home here did not try to fly, seeking sheltered nooks and staying out of the cold wind. The temperature has ranged from 60 to 24 degrees above zero during the storm. The residents all believed that mistake was made attempting the 400-mile flight from Chignik to Dutch Harbor during the gale. nnery si outheaste a |LEAGUE FOR PEACE SESSION OPENS HERE Jane Addams Apologizes for “In-| tolerance” Toward Women's ‘World Group. FAVORS AIM Tells Delegates From 22 Countries Americq; Against War. Apologizing to the delegates to the fourth international congress of the | Women's Internationa} League for Peace and Freedom for ertain cur- rents of intolerance” countered they have en- in America, Jane Addams told the inaugural assembly of the congress today that perhaps it should have acceped an invitation to meet in London, here free speech and free assemblag: established.” The congress convened shortly be- fore noon in the hall of nations in the Washington Hotel. to remain in session for a week. Delegates from twenty-two countries answered the roll call and in addition there were present guests and visitors from all parts of the world, including mem- bers of patriotic organizations direct- 1y opposed to the peace and freedom | program of the league. Apologizes to Delegates. At the outset Miss Addams declared that in speaking in the dual capacity of international officer of the league snd an American citizen she did not eonsider her position in either place corflicted. “I do not believe,” she said, “that devotion to international aims interferes with love of country any more than devotion to family detracts from good citizenship. And*I am sorry now to speak a word of apology. “Ever since you landed some of you must have felt certain currents of intolerance never before encountered at our previous congresses. May I assure you that Americans are not by nature and training less tolerant than the people in those other countries who treated us with such fine and unvary ing courtesy. But a survival of war psychology is an unaccountable thing; it constitutes a new indictment of the devastating effects of war upon human character. “Perhaps it was too soon to hold our congress on American soil. Pos- eibly we ought to have accepfed the | invitation of our British section to meet_in London, where free speech and. free assemblage are once more firmly. re-established. But I beg of You not to take this situation too seriously. One thing I would very much deprecate; I should be in de- spair if you were frightened and in- hibited so that, instead of a real con- gress with a genuine discussion, we should have a sort of dress parade ocngress, with a pretended discussion and an ‘expression of half convie- tion Demand for End of Wars. Miss Addams told . the . delegates that if they spoke “from the depths of your: hearts” they would find a tre- mendous response throughout the United States. “In churches, in col- leges, in cities and on farms there is at last arising an overwhelming de- mand.that war shall cease,” she said. “And, more than that, that the United States shall lead in a movement to this end. This beautiful Capital city of ours does not always know what the people want, although it tries so hard to find out!" Miss Addams announced that Presi- dent Coolidge would receive the dele- gates at the White House at 12:30 ed, pays no attention to the Court of Claims or to the Supreme Court of the o'clock next Wednesday afternoon. It would be necessary, however, for " (Continued on Page 2, Golumn 8 £ z (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) are once more firmly | HARDING APPROVAL OF NO. 2 0IL LEASES * DECLARED LACKING Search of Records Fails to Show Fall Authorized to Make Coast Deals. TITLE TOWCRES MAY BE FOUND INVALID Remainder of California Reserve Contracted for Under Work at Higher Royalties. Turning its attention for the first time to Naval Reserve No. 2, in Cali- fornia, the Senate oil committee was advised today by Assistant Secretar: Finney of the Interior Department that a search of the records failed to show the necessary presidential ap proval of the lease of over 3,001 acres in that reserve to the Honolulu | 0il Company. | The lease was not valid, | ness sald, unless approved the wit by tr | President. because Secretary Fall hud nc thorit contract. of his own to make such Nearly Whole Area Leased. All of naval reserve No. 2 had been 11, with the exception of , and since Sec into office the leased at the Department. Ti Fall resigned carry in royalties from 61 to 50 per ce he said, which were much higher tha: those under Fall. the conclusion of Mr. testimony the cess. Navy since Finne committee took a r- | Gets List of Leases. Mr. Finney gave to the comm a complete list of all leases made on the Buena Vista reserve and re- viewed the history of each. This re- rve is known as the “checkerboard tee | reserve, because the lands held for | the Navy were in most instances al- ternating sections, with the interven- ing sections under private control Many of the early leases, Mr. Finnes showed, were for offset wells, granted to protect drainage b; s on adjoin- ing propertie While authority for making the earlier leases rested in the ry of the Interior, the witness Secretary of the Interior Payne referred applications to t the latter's approval. me Made Under Payne. Some of the leases made under Sec- retary Payne were to prevent the in- | trusion of water, Finney said. The early leases were made by act of Presi- dent Wilson, upon written reports by m were for producink rst area leased by Mr went to the Consolidated Mutuul Payne Oil' Company and covered 120 acres. First Lease By Fall Secretary Fall later granted “area leases, the witness said, to cover areas in which his predecessor had granted “well” leases to producing wells on mining locations. The first | “area” lease by Fall was for 160 |acres on naval reserve No. 2 to the | Boston. Pacific Oil Company | y Fall took the view,™ . “that on account of th rge area of patented lands and | Is upon them it was impracti to maintain the reserv 1d the lands should rd him express put that time consideri 4 plan of exchanging crude oil naval oil in storage. The development of the Fall policy with respect of naval oil reserves | wi reviewed Finney | and was absent two or three months. | On December, 14, 1921, the lease to the Boston Pacific Oil Company was approved and it was followed by other area leases, Quizzed On Reserve No. 2. The history of the lease on naval oil reserve No. 2 to the Honolulu Oil Company by Secretary Fall was ex- plainedy at the request of Senator Walsh, who said that by resolution of the Senate the committee had bee directed to go into that matter sp cially. Senator Walsh added that wanted to obtain from Finney a fou dation for such inquiry as would b made later. Fall had authorized the lease to the Honolulu Oil Company, Finney said, and it was not approved by Secre. tary Denby. He had been unable to | find any record to show that Presi- dent Harding gave his approval. Sen- ator Walsh read from the law to sus- tain his conclusion that the leass was invalid unless approved by the President, and Finney agreed. Fall granted the lease to the Honc lulu Oil Company after his predeces- sor, Secretary Payne, had denied patent to the company, the witness id. Land covered was slightly in excess of 3,000 acres. iDEMPSEY TO MEET W |FOR TITLE IN SEPTE | | ILLS MBER Rickard Announces Match Ar- rangements; Bout to Be Held at Boyle’s Thirty Acres. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, May 1L.—Tex Rickurd announced today he had matched Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills for a world heavyweight championshiy fight at Boyle's Thirty Acres, Jersey City, on September 6. So far as Wills is concerned the match is contingent upon a victory over either Quintin Romero, Chilean heavyweight, or Erminio Spalla, Ital ian holder of the. European hea weight title, some time in June at the Jersey bowl, Rickard said. ‘Wills already has signed for both contests and the promoter said b had obtained the agreement of Jack Kearns, Dempsey’s manager, to th title match with the negro. At the same time Rickard announced that he had definitely abandoned all further negotiations with Luis Angel Firpo. following the latter's rejection of the promoter's latest bid for his services, and insistence that he will retire from the ring. Rickard has in- structed his Buenos Aires agen Juan Homs, to return to this cou: | |

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