Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Falr tonight and tomo change in temperature. for twenty-four hours p.m. today: Highest, 67, Full report on’ page 10, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 Temperature ended at at noon to- day; lowest, 43, at 5:30 a.m. today. rrow; little 2 e X - 3 o Entered as second-class matter hington. D C. SEARCHERS COMB ALASKAN WATERS FOR MAL MARTIN Land Party Aids Ships and Fishermen in Hunt for New York Cily- Ruled Half Hour By Seven Boys By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. May 2.—Seven boys today went through the routine of governing New York city for half an hour. | The first official act of George Bronz, the thirteen-year-old mayor, w4s to sign a proclamation calling upon all youths of eligible age to enroll in the Military Training Corps this summer. He also de- World-Flyer. CARRIED DAY’S FOOD ON LEAVING CHIGNIKi Companions Fear Flight May Be| Made Impossible Unless Weath- er Conditions Change. ABOARD COAST GUARD CUTTER HAIOA, RCHING FOR MAJOR MARTIN, May 2 (by wireless to the Associated Press, Es B. C)— Frederick L. Martin, American world flight com- | as been divided into four ud early today was proceeding natically NORTHERN WATERS COMBED. Search for Missing Flyer Renewed | With Fresh Vigor. clared himself in favor of better recreation facilities for the city's children, improvement of transit conditions and an increase in building. The borough presideuts and the city controller also turned over their desks to boys for the half- hour period in = recognition of “Boys' week.” SINCLAIR SAYS SUITS VOID SENATE POWERS Arguments Presented on Demurrer to 0il Probe Contempt Indic ment. ASKS CASE BE QUASHED Capital of Affair Charged. Justice Hoehling of the District | Supreme Court today heard argu- By the Ass BF Sea ed Press. MERTON, Wash., M 2 for Maj. Frederick L. Martin, nander of the United States Army nd-the-world flight, and his micchanician, Sergt. Alva Harvey, ing since their departure in the cruiser Seattle from Chignik, ka, Wednesday morning, was re- umed with fresh vigor at dawn today coast guard cutters and all avail- able cannery vessels between Chignik and Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Ships not equipped with search- lights were halted during the nigh b coast guard cutters Haid; Algonquin and the c survey Pioneer crept tarough the rkn with lights trained along rugged north Pacific shoreline. est - wireless advices gave the quin's position as between te Cove. in the Shumagin Islands, d Chignik Mariners believe that is ¢ the point where Maj. Martin may have been forced down. con Gales Subside, Hope Grows. wed hope for Martin's rescue has come with cessation of furious | gales which have been lashing the | Alaska peninsula shore and the Aleu- | tian Islands for a week. Owing to poor radio communication with northern points during daylight hours it was thought here that any | ton Gordon and Attorney Owen J.| word concerning what befell the | plane would be delayed many hours. A wirele: message from Cordovi received h. at midnight, the latest| communlcation, said no trace of the | missing airmen had been found up | t0_3:30) p.m., Alaska time. Numerous minute islands, many of | them not even charted on the largest | of marine maps, dot the territory | e search is in progress. So | known here, the Seattle did re than a day's supply | food. Unless Martin and Harvey | are in a sheltered and inhabited place, | it was pointed out, the two may hc‘ suffering from exposure and hunger. | Other Pllots Concerned. ‘Uhe three pilots at Dutch Harbor bave become concerned over whether their adventure will succeed, Capt. C. E. Rolstad, master of the steam- ship Brookdale, declared upon ar- rival at Seattle yesterday from Dutch | | | ments of counsel on the demurrer of | Harry F. Sinclair, lessee of Teapot |Dome, to the indictment reported agalnst him recently charging a con- tempt of the United States Senate by refusing to answer questions pro- | pounded by the oil investigating com- | mittee. Mr. Sinclair did not claim !that the answers would incriminate | him, but questioned the authority of | the committee to inquire into what he | ed a personal matter. If the e had the authority, it had di- d itself in the present case, he ed, by directing the institution by government counsel of suits to | cancel the oil lease In addition to & for Mr. Sinclair | auash the indictment [To this motion the prosecution inter- poscd a plea for a dismissal of the motion. Both attacks on the validity |of the indictment were covered in | the arguments. Justice Hoehling as- signed four hours on each side, leav- |ing the different counsel to make division of the time as they see fit. The argument is expected to occupy two days. Littleton Opens Argument. Littleton of New York, chief counsel for Mr. Sinclair, opened the argument. He will be followed by Senator Atlee Pomerene, Maj. Pey: emurrer counsel iled a motion to the facts Martin W. Roberts. The closing argument for Mr. Sinclair will be made by George P. Hoover of the local bar. Col J. W, Zevely of Washington and Atto ney G. T. Stanford of New York are also assoclated In the defense. Mr. Sinclair did not sit with his counsel but took a place among the spectators to listen to the argument. That a “partisan effort to make political capital concerning the mat- ter as an Incidental object” was ap- parent in the oil inquiry was assert- ed by the Sinclair counsel. Some of the questions asked Mr. Sinclair by Senator Walsh of Montana, describ- od 48 the committee ‘prosecutor.” were declared to be “obviously pure- 1y attempts at political muckraking. Counsel for the government con- tended that there was no constitu- tional privilege which protected Mr. Sinclair since he had waived the question of self-crimination and that avowed that his answers would not @h ; Partisan Attempt to Make Political | WASHINGTON, D. C, GROSSVAN PARDON BAFFLI, LANDS TESTFES N PROBE Cannot Understand Action of President, Daugherty In- quiry Witness Says. DISCUSSION OF LIQUOR | SITUATION PICTURESQUE Famous Former Judge Makes Col- | orful Appearance—Slaps Po- litical Influence. With the pleturesque emphasis that made him famous long before base ball took him from the federal bench | to become its high commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis today gave | the Senate Daugherty committee his | opinion of prohibition enforcement and other administrative questionsas | they have been dealt with in recent | vears by the federal government. At dinner parties in Chicago, he aid, “pre-war stuff” still appeared to | be holding out remarkably well, and he confessed that he himself had not been able to resist the enticing invi- tations of his hostesses to try some of it. But he added that the Depart- | ment of Justice appeared to be doing the best it could in view of the fact that it didn't always have the best of lawyers on its pay roll. Can't Understand Pardon. Called to testify about the house | of correction sentence he imposed | on Phillip Grossman for liquor law | violations, he said he couldn't under- | | stand to save his life how Grossman | | got his pardon from President Cool- ;ldge. He thought Fred Upham, treasurer of the Republican national | committee and other Republican leaders in Chicago were to be criti- cized, and he told the committee in |a way no one could misunderstand | that he believed politics should have | no more to do with executive clem- | ency than with decisions handed | down from the bench Then, under the urge of a sharp| cross-examination, he got up from | | the witness stand and strode up and | | down the room and, between pufts on | i a long, black stogie, summed up and | reiterated all of his statements about | the Grossman case and the conduct | of the Department of Justice in gen eral. When the committee was sat isfied he departed with an invitation | 10 all of its members to come along with him and see a ball game. Grossman's_conviction, Judge Landis said, resulted from the testimony of | six witnesses who said he sold whis- ky. The court added a charge of contempt of court. Previous wit- nesscs have testified that although a sentence (o theshouse of correction was imposed, Grossman was able to forestall actual incarceration and | finally was given executive clemency by President Coolidge. The activities of Fred Upham, treasurer of the Republican national committee; Homer Galpin, Coop coun- ty chairman, and others of political power were to be criticized, Judge | | Landis said, in the Grossman case. Bafled by Pardon. Asked whether he meant to eriti- clze the exercise of executive au thority in the case, the judge replied | that he ‘“couldn't understand how | Grossman ever got his pardon.” “If you want to call that attitude | criticism,” he added, “I guess I'l have to let it stand WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SENATORS DEFEAT “TAX-EXEMPT” BAN Votes 37 to 36 to Reject Effort to Prevent Evasion of In- come Levies. PROMPT ACTION SOUGHT | Democrats and G. 0. P. Join in Ef-| fort to Speed Bill. A Treasury provision in the revenue bill limiting tax deductions in rela- tion to income from tax-exempt se- curities was rejected today by the Senate, 37 to 36 The proposal was bitterly assailed | as an indirect levy on tax-free fed- eral, state and municipal bonds, while | its proponents argued it would bring | in $35.000,000 additional revenue an-| nually by checking tax evasions by | holders of large incomes. Will Demand Another Vote. Chairman Smoot of the finance committee announced he would de- ;n:nd another vote on the proposition ater. Senator Jones, Democrat, New Mex- ico, today introduced his proposed corporation tax provision, which has bLéen agresd to by a conferemce of Senate Democrats. It would provide for a reduction in the present flat corporation tax of 12% per cent to a normal tax of § per cent, with a graduated surtax rate appiied on undistributed profits. It would give an option, however, al- lowing a corporation to be taxed un- der the law applying to partnerships upon unanimous agreement of the sharehoiders. Opening of tax returns to examina- tion by certain congressional com- mittees was approved without debate. Seeks to Speed Up. Entering the second week of con- sideration of the tax-reduction bill, the Senate tried again today to speed up the OH, B CITizZEN S, SR SPARE ly PROBES BATTLEFIELD DESECRATION REPORT French Government Investigates Charge Human Bones Are Used for Fertilizer. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May Reports that bu- man bones have been cted by the wholesale in the Mort d'Homme and Verdun battlefield districts with a view of being ground up for indus- trial use, have moved public opinion to such a degree that an official in- vestigation has been completed by the subprefect of Verdun He submitted two reports prefect of the Meuse depart later issued a decree that no for bones, human or ani be made on the battlefield officials of the graves serv Junk dealers have made collections of bones in addition to other things in these districts, so the subprefect sent doptors and police officlals to take spdcimens from the collections for examination. The doctors re- ported they could find nothing which could be identified as human hon and the subprefect’s report states that he found no evidence supporting rumored wholesale collection. COMMANDER HAMLET TO HEAD DRY FLEET Veteran Coast Guard Officer De- tailed to Supervise Reconditioning of Vessels. to the nt ar ght $1,500,000 CONTRACTS LET | Vigorous Fight on Rum Smugglers | Is Promised. by | the | ¢ Foening Star. FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1924-FiFTY PAGES. 8 WINNERS CHOSEN { IN ORATORY CONTEST | Best of District School Speakers to Be in National Event | 1. June 6. ELIMINATIONS NEXT WEEK| Judges to Hear Miss Newburn. | Star's Prizes of $100 Sent Out. s of the eight Washington prizes in The Star’s orator- | |ical contest, all potential candidates will be awarded to the champion | States at an auspicious meeting at Memorial Continental 1iall here on June 6, were znnounced today by the board of judges. The Star's check for $100 Is being mailed to each of these eight successful candidates, se- lected as the best orators in the dis- | tricts in which they represent. Eight Distriet Winners, The winners are: District 1, Business High School— Edith Miley, 20 Adams street north- rict 2, Central High School— Newburn, Wardman Park An- | | District 3, Bastern High School— | Ruth Greenwood, 601 14th street | northeast District 4, McKinley Manual Train- ing School—Frank Ingersoll Winant, Mount Rainier, Md. District 5, Dunbar High School— | Lillian L. Washington, 1709 T street. District 6, Western High School, Dorothy B. Smith, 3740 Kanawha street. Distri ing School—Rozier Gaddis, 1330 18th street. District 8, chools—Ruth Academy. Craven, Holy Cross for the national prizes of $3,500, which | secondary school orator in the United | Armstrong Manual Train- | private and parochial | as fast as t! * GOOLIDGE PLACES EBARGO ON ARMS SHIPMENTS TO CUBA Acts on Request of President Zayas, Who Cites Violent Conditions in Island. CIENFUEGOS REBELS SOUGHT BY TROOPS Warships Patrol Goast in Vicinity of Uprising—War Secretary Gets Leave. President Coolidge issued today a proclamation declaring an embargo on arms shipments to Cuba, effective immediately. The action was taken at the re- quest of the Cuban government, | which formally called the attention of the Washington government to the | “condition of violence existing in | Cuba.” | The proclamation foliows: “Where- as, section 1 of a Joint resolution | of Congress, entitled a ‘Joint resolu- | | tion to prohibit the exportation of | arms and munitions of war from the | United States to certain countries, |and for other purposes’ approved | | January 31, 1922, provides as follows: * “That whenever the President finds | that in any American country, or in| ny country in which the United | | btates exercises extraterritorial juris- | | diction, conditions of domestic vio- lence exists, which are or may be promoted by’ the use of arms or muni- | tions of war procured from the | United States, and makes proclama- | tion thereof, it shall be unlawful to ©XDOrt, except under such limitations | and exceptions as the President pre- scribes, any arms or munitions of war | from any place in the United States to such countries until otherwise or- dered by the President or by Con- | gress: | nd whereas it Is provided by | section 2 of the said joint resoluticn | that ‘whoever exports any arms or munitions of war in violation of sec- tion 1 shall on convietion be pun- shed by fine not exceeding $10,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both.’; Finds Domestic Violence. | “Now, therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, | President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue ©0f the authority conferred in me by the said joint resolution of Congress, do_hereby declare and proclaim that | I have found, as has been formally Tepresonted to this government by the government of Cuba, that there exist in Cuba such conditions of do- mestic violence which are or may be promoted by the use of arms oy mu- ritions of ‘war procured from the | United States as contemplated by the sald joint resolution; and I do hereby States and every person to abstain from every violation of the provisions of the joint resolution above set forth, hereby made applicable to Cuba, and I do hereby warn them that all violations of such provisions will be rigorously prosecuted “And 1 do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States, charged with the execution of the laws there- of, the utmost diligence in prevent- ing violations of said joint resolu- tion and this, my proclamation issued thereunder, and in bringing to trial and punishment any offenders against the same. Exceptions Prescribed. “And I do hereby prescribe as an exception and limitation to the fore- going restrictions such exportations admonish all eitizens of the United | “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 he papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 98,949 TWO CENTS. SENATE OPPOSITION 10 GRAMTON PLAN FORD. . FORECAS Amendment Substitutirg Lump Sum for 60-40 Ratio Held Unwise by Leaders. 'HOUSE MAY REVERSE | VOTE OF 28 MEMBERS | | Moore Proposal of Joint Commit- tee to Study Issue Favored by Commissioners. the House was preparing to e its consideration of the Distric appropriation bill today indicatiors came from the Senate that should thy House pass the measure with the Cran: ton amendment, which does away with the €0-40 plan and substitutes a flat sur% of $8,000,000 as the federal governs ment's contribution to the upkeep of tha Capital, the Senate will vigorously re: sist such change in existing law. The House in committee of the who.} yesterday afternoon adopted the amend ment by a vote of twenty-eight to five. | The bill would increase the local tax rate by more than 30 per cent. Senator Phipps of Colorado. chair man of the Senate appropriatione subcommittee, which will have charge of the bill, is known to be strongly opposed to upsetting the present fiscal relations between the federa! government and the District. Other members of the Senate are alsu known to be opposed to abandon- ment of the §0-40 plan. The hope was expressed from these quarters today that the House itself wouls reject the amendment. Against Amendment Method. | The action of the House, should : accept the Cramton amendment, would be to enact general legislation on an appropriation bill, it was de clared today. If there is to be any change in the fiscal relations between the federal government and the Dis- trict, it was stated, it should & accomplished through a legislative bill, and not tacked onto an a tion bill. el . When the 60-40 plan was adopted it was made the permanent law. In this connection it was pointed out that the law provides for the crea- tion of a fund which will enable the District to be at all times on a cash paying basis. The adoption of the Cramton amendment would throw out of gear the operation of this plan. | Opposed by D. C. Heads. | The District Commissioners are { opposed to the affort to change the | fiseal relations existing through hasty enactment of a rider on an ap- propriation bill, it was said at the District building today. They have | already made known their position in a letter to Representative I Walton Moore of Virginia, in which Ithe)’ indorsed his proposal, as em- bodied in -a separate measure intro- {duced in the House yesterday, for the | abpointment of a joint committee | the Senate and House to consider care- fully the question of how much the federal government should contri ute toward the upkeep of the tional Capital. Although Commissioner Rudolp! chairman of the board, is in favor | Har of arms or munitions of war as are | approved by the government of the | United States for shipment to the | government of Cuba, which has been | recognized by the government of the | TUnited States. and such arms and Harry (5 Y coast gu veteran of world-wide experiencc ca and | captain of the United States gunboat Marietta in European waters during Commander United States First Stage Completed. The selection of the eight district prize winners marked the finale of | the first stage in the contest which has aroused more interest and keener discussion with spokesmen of both par- ties urging prompt actfon. Democrats at a conference last night went on record favoring a speed-up pro- gram, while Chairman Smoot of the Representailve Cramton’s theory of & lump sum contribution from the fed eral government in lieu of the exist- ing 60-40 ratio, he stated today he i not in favor of the plan if it onl | calls for $8,000,000. Harbor. The committee was confused as to “The people have no idea of the courage the fliers have shown in their battles with the clements in the north.” Capt. Rolstad said. “They tend to criminate him. Power to Investigate. how Grossman's conviction showed S on the records as being for contempt They argued that it was clear Con- | oF gourt. gress had the power to investigate in| “The contempt of court was do not deny that they are fearful that if weather conditions do not im- mediately improve they may be un- able to circle the globe this season. “Lieuts. Lowell H. Smith, Leigh rade and Eric Nelson, in the planes | ago, Boston and New Orleans, made a thrilling flight from Chignik to Dutch Harbor. ieut. Nelson 1o battle their said the planes had | ay through the storm | some times as low as 100 feet above the surf to follow the coast line. The ow made it impossible to fly higher | without losing the! | SEARCH TURNS INLAND. | Likelihood of Martin Changing | Plans to Be Investigated. the Associated Press. | FALSE PASS, Alaska, May 2.—Like- | lilwod that Maj. Frederick L. Martin | urned the nose of his cruiser over the | Aleutian range of mountains instead | of taking the longer route of skirting | Alaska Peniusula after his de- | from Chignik, Alaska, for Harbor, Unalaska, caused | earchers today to turn inland in the | wnt for the world fight commander and his mechanician, who have been ing since Wednesday morning. s to leave Chignik shortly. e ESTS PLANE VIBRATION. Dficer Finds Auto Vibrates Twice as Much'as Aircraft. NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 2.—The ibration of a speeding airplane is pne-half that of an automobile trav- ling thirty miles an hour on con- rete, according to tests made here y Lieut. F. L. Parks of the United | States Tank Corps, now studying at rale University, who has announced he result of a recent flight to test he amount of vibration and the se- erity of “bumps” that an airplane hust withstand while in the air. The reasurements of the vigration were | hade with the ald of a seismograph daptéd for the purpose by Prof. F. 1. Lockwood of the Mason laboratory f mechanical engineering, Yale. HREE KILLED IN CRASH. ragedy Occurs When Automobile rashed Into Pole in Pittsburgh. PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 2—Three fen were killed and three others ere injured, one seriousiy, today, hen their automobile crasird into a Tee dead th, Austin amas, all of (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) T e R DEATH THREAT MADE TO ITALIANS’ JAILOR Phone Call to Louisiana Prison Head Offers $50,000 to Let Condemned Men Escape. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEAN May —Capt. Archie Rennyson, superintendent the Orleans parish prison where six Italians condemned to die at Amite, May 9, are held, received today a letter informing him, “We will get you sure if the men hang. The superintendent reported Wednes- day receipt of an offer of $50,000 to permit escape of five of the prisoners. Last night an anonymous caller on the telephone, speaking in broken English, asked Capt. Rennyson if he had re- ceived the communication relating to the bribe. THAW’S SISTER NAMED IN DIVORCE PETITION Countess de Perigny Gave Husband Auto and $4.000, Charges Wife of Newark, N. J., Man. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 2.—Countess Mar- garet Carnegie de Perigny, sister of Harry K. Thaw, was named core- spondent in an action for absolute divorce filed by Mrs. Madeline Helen Modica, against her husband, Eman- uel Victor Modica of Newark, N. J., it became known today. Modica was served with notice of the action when he appeared before Supreme Court Justice Lewis, where he was making an effort to obtain custody of hi daughter, Madeline Dorothy Modica, sixteen_months old. Mrs. Modica, in her action, charged indiscretions on the liner Homeric on a trip to Paris. She asserted the ~ountess had given her husband a motor car and $4,000 in cash. Mrs. Modica in February began suit against the countess for $500,000 damages, charging alienation of the affactions of her husband. She main- tained the countess won her husband (Modica) between October, 1922, and November, 1923, The count and countess were married in Paris in November, 1923, A week after the suit was filed Count and Countess de Perigny sailed } for charged,” Judge Landis said, “because (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) LIBERAL MEASURE BEATEN IN COMMONS Proportional Representation Bill Rejected, 238 to 144—Curzon Sees Conservative Ascendency. By the Associated Pre: LONDON, May The House of Commons this afternoon rejected by a vote of 238 to 144 the proportional representation bill sponsored by the liberals. In the course of a speech today at a great gathering of the Primrose League, the conservative organiza- tion, Marquis Curzon, former secre- tary for foreign affairs, gave his first views of the Labor government, and incidentally predicted that the Conservative banner would before long be again flowing high in the sky. He declared that the Conserva- tive party was preparing itself “with | all the energy in our power for the renewed struggle that cannot long be delayed” Regarding the Labor government Lord Curzon said: ““There i{s a government in power which has only conformed to its title in so far as it is laboring in very deep water. The Socialist government | was going to give us the pure milk of socialism, but so far the cow hasn’t provided much beverage. In foreign affairs the only thing the government has done has been to sit in a friendly conference with repre- sentatives of the most cruel and bloody government that Europe has known since the French revolution.” JAPAN REPORTED BUYER OF SUBMARINE PLANS Cruiser of 4,500 Tons Ordered Built by German’s Specifications, * London Hears. By the Associated Pre: LONDON, May 2.—The Japanese ad- miralty recently bought from the German naval designer, Prof. Os- wald Flamm, his plans for 2 giant submersible cruiser, according to a report quoted by the diplomatic cor- respondent of the Daily Telegraph. The writer adds that Japan is be- lieved already to have ordered the building of one of these craft dis- placing 4,500 tons. | of the measure. |an extended fight for greater pub- | finance committee, in charge of the bill for the majority. late yesterday (hreat- ened night sessions to expedite disposal As a result of two conferences, the Democrats were prepared today to make a practically united stand for the Simmons income tax schedule and changes in the corporation and es- tate tares. The main contents will center on these provisions, although licity of tax returns also has been | indicated. Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, in a speech shortly after the session began declared that “there is no use arguing this tax proposition with only nine or ten senators present.” Recalling two roll calls were nec- escary to get a quorum when the Sen- ate sought to convene an hour ahead of regular time, Senator Reed de- clared “the senators seemed to have almost immediately adjourned. one by_one Senator Stmmons, Democrat, North Carolina, sald attendance was re- quired of senators at the committee Mmeetings during the morning hours. Reed Attacks Mellon. Senator Reed turned upon Secretary Mellon. “Qur Secretary of the Treasury,” he said, “is thinking more about his own fortune and those of his asso- ciates when he writes a tax bill than of the best interests of the whole country. In fixing this measure he proposed @ greater cut on taxes af- fecting his income than on the small- er income taxpayers. He has no more right to hold his office than a judge would to try his own case U. S.]ru‘sts, Wrath Aroused, Rebuke Paris Salon Heads By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 2—The hanging committee of the Societe des Ar- tistes Francals, commonly known as the old salon, is coming in for considerable cemsure in connec- tion .with the present exhibition, this criticism finding vigorous echo in the press. The works of foreign exhibitors particularly have been badly placed, according to the critics, being relegated to the passages and corridors. F. A. Bridgman, dean of the American artists in France, found his canvases hung in such a dark place as to be al- most invisible. Another American exhibitor relieved his feelings by withdrawing all his pictures. The French artist Marlo de Goyon failed to find one of his canvases hung at all and after a long search discovered it lying in a corner where it apparently had been forgotten. He put it under his coat and walked out. with it, no one paying him any attention. the world. war, will command the new §14,000,000 coast guard dry fleet, to fight the illicit rum traffic. This was learned today when it was announced that the coast guard has also let contracts for more than §1,- 500,000 worth of ships and equipment for the mew rum-chasing armada. Commander Hamiet has already been detailed to Philadelphia, where he will supervise the reconditioning and equipping of the twenty destroy- ers which are being taken over by the coast guard from the Navy Has Had Varied Career. The new chief of the dry fleet, who will operate under direction of Rear Admiral F. C. Billard, commandant of the Coast Guard, is about fifty vears old, and has a successful record of thirty years with his chosen branch of the service. He was picked to open the first activities against smugglers, on account of his equipment in many particulars for the position. Commander Hamlet's most recent assignment, before going to Philadel- phia, where he is now at work, was cap- tain of the Coast Guard ship Mojave, stationed at Honolulu. SENATE IS ROUSED BY POLITICAL DEBATE Harrison Starts Argument by Twitting G. 0. P. for Speeches in Other Cities. The Senate was goaded into a po- litical debate yesterday by Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, who assailed the Republicans for going outside Washington to “condemn” the Senate Investigations, and twit- ted them on government expendi- tures and for their “desertion” of the Mellon tax plan. The Mississippi_senator particularly the recent speech made by Senator Willis, Republican, Ohio, in Pittsburgh, and Senator Willis re- plied that he had made speeches elsewhere than in Washington in the bellef that the time of the Senate should be reserved for legislation. He repeated his charge of “damn- ing incompetency” against the Demo- cratic party and said. it was worth noticing how often the name of Wil- liam G. McAdoo and other Democratic leaders had appeared on lists of former government officials who had acted as attorneys for claimants against the government. “Didn't you notice the name of Manager Good of the Coolidge west- ern campaign headquarters on one of those lists?"” asked Senator Harrison. “No, but I saw the names of Greg- ory and Palmer,” replied Senator Willis, “and an average of four Democrats to one Republican.” attacked euthusiasm than any similar competi- tion ever held in the District for school children. | The second step, in the contest will | be taken on Monday by the board of | local judges, when they begin the vis- | itation of the schools in which the eight district prize winners are stu- dents to determine the District's grand prize winner. who will be the recipient of the $300 District prize. | The winner of the grand District prize will be pitted against America's best school orators for the national | prize on June 6. | " The judges will make their first visit to Central High School Monday, to listen to the oration of Ruth New- | burn, winner of the second District prize. Miss Newburn, as well as the | other District prize winners, will de- | liver her oration before the student body and friends. The judges are expected two weeks in tions of the eight District prize win- ners. The grand prize winner of the District will be announced at the con- clusion of their visitation to the eight schools. The board of judges is com- to take Coy and Justice Robb of the District Supreme Court. | UKRAINE OUSTS B_ISHOP. Mgr. Procopius Expelled for Rev- olutionary Activities. ODESSA, Russia, May 2.—Mgr. Pro- copius, Bishop of Kherson, found guilty of counter-revolutionary activ- ity in assisting the Denikine forces, has been ordered expelled from the | Ukraine and his property confiscated. The bishop was originally sentenced to death, but the judgment was mod- ified in view of the fact that the' al- leged acts took place five years ago. The court also said it took into ac- ccunt his “inability to harm the pres- ent regime. L “UNCLE JOE” TO SPEAK. Still Alert, Is Expected to Touch on Public Affairs. DANVILLE, Iil, May 2—“Uncle Joe” Cannon, eighty-eight years old next Wednesday, still chipper and alert and still fond of cigars, will come out of retirement long enough on May 16 to make one speech at a trade rally here. Intimates of the former veteran Speaker of the na- tional House say “Uncle Joe” has some conclusions based on recent public happenings that may be his theme. e s Vote Entertainment Fund. NEW YORK, May 2.—The board of cstimate today appropriated $100,000 for the entertainment of delegates to the Democratic national convention next monti, A listening to the ora- | posed of Justice Siddons, Justice Mc- | munitions for industrial or com- mercial uses as may from time to time be exported with the consent of the Secretary of State. “In witness whereof I have here- unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this second day of May, in the vear of our Lord one thousand nine hun- dred and twenty-four, and of the in- dependence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty- eighth ' (Signed) “CALVIN COOLIDGE.” The State Department announce- ment also said information had been received that “certain arms and mu- nitions were being accumulated in rious parts of Florida for possible export to Cuba, to be used in an insurrection REBELS ARE TRACED. Troops Comb Vicinity of Uprising for Leaders. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, Cuba, May 2.—The gov- ernment today had 500 troops around Cienfuegos, near the chief center of the anti-Zayas movement, its war- ships were patrolling the coasts, and some morning papers declared that President Zayas had sent an urgent request to the United States govern- ment for ten airplanes to be used against the rebels. The latest word from government officials was that the island was quiet everywhere except around Cienfuegos and Trinidad on the south coast of Santa Clara province, where, it was clalmed, not more than fifty to dixty men are in revolt. However, El Sol, a morning paper, temporarily suppressed mome Wweeks ago for say- ing a revolution was being started, declared that the Veterans and Pa- triots’ Association had ordered an up- rising throughout the island. Tt was believed to be in an effort to forestall such a movement that the government arrested five leaders here and several score of others in Santa Clara. Gen. Montes, secretary of war and navy, has asked for a leave of ab- sence and his place will be filled temporarily by Gen. Betancourt, sec- retary of agriculture. commerce and labor, it is stated. While no official explanation was given, it is under- stood that Gen. Montes was moved by the alleged connection of his brother-in-law, Fredrico Laredo Bru, with the rebellious movement in San- ta Clara province. Senor Bru is re- ported to have fled from Cienfuegos with a dozen others to evade arrest. British Mail Strike Ends. By the Associated Press. CROYTON, England, May 2—The strike of the pilots and mechanios employed by the combine which handles the British mails was set- tled today and the men will resume work Monday, The strike began March 3L Changes Rudolph Favors. Mr. Rudolph said he believes tho lump sum should be $10,000,000, and that Congress should at the same time take District estimates out ot the hands of the budget bureau and allow the Commissioners to spend o municipal improvements each year as much above the $10,000,000 as they deem necessary to meet the needs of the city. Maj. J. Franklin Bell, Engincer Commissioner, is not convinced that the lump sum plan should be substi- tuted for the present law, und which the United States pays 40 per cent of the cost of running the fed- eral capital. “My mind is still open on the mer- its of the proposition,” said Maj. Bell, “but I do feel that no change should be made hurriedly by placing a rider on the appropriation bill. I think the proper course to pursue is to adopt Representative Moore's suggestion and appoint a joint committee of Con- gress to study the matter carefully. Matare Judgment Desired. “I am always reluctant to change an existing arrangement until it is clearly shown that the new one is better. It would be most regrettable if the question is disposed of as u rider on the appropriation bill.” Commiissioner Oyster said he favored the 60-40 ratio, but if it had to go would not be content with a lump sum appropriation of less than $10,000,000. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer of the District, is op- posed to an $8,000,000 lump sum, but is disposed to favor the plan it brought up to $10,000,000. He says this could be accomplished by mak- ing the lump sum $9,000,000 and gi ing the District full credit for ap- proximately $1,000,000 of miscella- neous revenues collected. Tax Rate Raise Seem. Calculations made at the District building show that the adoption of the $8,000,000 lump-sum plan would increase the District tax rate after July 1 by more than 30 per cent. The present rate is $1.20 per $100 of assessed value. Under the Cram- ton plan the rate would go up to ap- proximatly $1.65. Work on the appropriation bill pro- gressed slowly yesterday, owing to frequent points of order by Repre- sentative Blanton to cut off all legis- lation not authorized by law. He al- lowed to remalin in the bill, however, an increase in pay from 30 to 4§ cents an hour to cleaners in the Dis- trict building. Engineers Salary Hit. One of his points of order reduced the pay of the Engineer Commissioner from $7,500, as carried in the bill, to about $7.000, as carried in the Army (Continued on Page 2, Column W