Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow warmer: gentle variable winds becoming mod- erate southerly Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Hi noon today; lowest, 40, today. Full report on page ghest, 85, at at_5:40 a.m. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 Th \ 90 99, : =J 2=t s Entered as second-class matter office Washington, D. C. LBERAL COALTO ASSURED CONTRO . INNEW REICHSTAG 4Dawes Plan Supporters Gain Probable Majority of Ten Seats Over Radicals. TWO-THIRDS OF VOTERS TAKE PART IN ELECTION Monarchists and Communists Fail to Make Expected Gains—All Leaders Returned. liumer Dawes ntly the the i Foreign M based their and execution includin \eptior < u sure A eure ents. of Reichstaz. Leichstug, based to the ed up o'l nd Peor 229 seats, or ten more the her parties com- £ all seats rehists Fall Off. and gains, but t Ludendorft not come nalists Communists ultra-mon- up to expecta- indicates ,de reactionary result the 1d ons. ng was heavy and it is at least fifteen new be added to {he Reich- ng the membership to y-twe of the ts show- . includ- Democrats, 33 Com 19 Centri: irty, 42 Bavarian from twe “lectoral munis thonalist Peoples’ Pai k nder were distributed among t her various part Per Cent Vote. r cent of the electorate shout the Reich. notables elected are Bernstorff, former ambas- United States; Gen. Lu- «d of the extreme N Chancellor Marx, former Wirth, the young Prince irck, grandson of the Iron and Admiral von Tirpitz, of navy during the dendar tionali Cha von Char Sacinlists Keep Strength. are sufficient how the new reichstag ed. The Socialists lost ind 60 seats, chiefly to the s, but are still the strongest the House with about 110 s compared with 172 before Ava show will be hetwer ble results Commur, ATty Geputie e elec The next in = zain munis serman Natfonalists will stand h with 90 deputies, or a to 25. The Com- ave 45 or 50 deputies, an fnerease 0 to 35, and the extreme Nationalists probably will have 20 seats as against 3 in the last reichsta There jerman every indication that the onalists will be the decid- 1 the new government. Ternstorft Elected. Von Hernstorfl was returned Democratic deputy. His vote in a Schleswis-Holstein district was practi- cally the same n 1920. The Ger- man Nationalists there showed a gain at the expense of the People's Party, wh ultra-Nationalists gained to the 105 of the Socialist: Von Bernstorfl’s district returns three Gierman Nationalists, two mem- pers of the People’s Party, one Demo- crat, four Soclalists and one Com- munist All ollern voted, rich, August TWO members of the Hohen- family living in Potsdam including Prince Eitel Fred- Prince Oscar and Prince Wilheln intimate enzollern famil Eulenberg, former monies at the imperial court, and Dr. Von Dryander, the son of the late court preacher, will be among the newcomers in_the Reichstag, both haviMz been returned on the na- tionalist ticket. Pacifist Wins Seat. On the other hand, Prof. Walter schuecking, Democrat, and among the carliest opponents of the Hohenzol- jern policy, was re-elected. Prof. schuecking, a world known pacifist, suthority on international member of The Hague court of arbi- tration, was persecuted during the war because of his pacifist views, put became one of the five German plenipotentiaries at Versailles. The exploits of the German cruiser. Pmden are recalled by the election of Capt. Hellmuth Von Muecke, commander of the vessel during part of the war period, on the ultra- Nationalist ticket 4 Among the Socialists returned are " ¥rau Tony Sender, reputed the most peautiful woman in the last Reich- stag and a remarkable linguist, and Herman_Silberschmidt, who led the ¥ranco-German ‘workers’ negotia- tions in 1920 for the rebuilding of northern France on a co-operative basis. iy Among the prominent Nationalists s Prof. Otto Hoetzs: —{Continued on Pag friends of the Ho- Count August Zu as a| master of cere- |~ law and| 24 Duels Result | From Election in | Cracow Red Cross By the Associated Press, CRACOW, Poland, May Twenty-four duels have taken place between gendarmes, mem- Lers of the Cracow Chapter of the Red Cross and civilian mem- bers of the chapter as the result of violent controversies over the annual election of officers of the Cracow Red Cross. The entire regiment of gen- darmes, all members of the Red Cross, emtered the hall where the meeting was being held and voted for and elected a ticket entirely composed of gendarmes. Protests against this action were made in such a form that the gendarmes felt insulted sued challenges. No fatalit uited from the duels. The ming Cross Cl nati R rsaw for clection TRAPPER GIVES CLUE "IN MARTIN SEARCH Saw Plane Over Lake Chignik. Rescue Party on Behring Coast Not Yet Heard From. ority of the Cracow Red iter has applied to the authorities at cancellation of l ! W the OTHERS TO RESUME FLIGHT War Department Advised Hunt Futile to Date. 1 Associnted Pross CORDOVA, Alask r living on an isl May 5.—A trap- nd in the middle Luke Chignik saw an airplane, be- 1 i to that Maj. Frederick L. Martin, misgsing commander of the American world flight squadron passing over the lake about 400 fect up toward the Bering Sea last w according to advices from the guard cutter Algonquin at Chignik A second party of two natives left Chignik for Bering Sea Saturday and have not been heard from, noon, the mess; The Chig 0 states, quin will remain at Wednesday night return of the natives. her Flyers to Hop Off. Lake Chignik almost directly the territory over which the natives will search is on the Alaska Penin- sula northwest of Chignik and in the direction in which the trapper's re- port indicates the plane he saw was traveling in meantime cago, New Orleans and Boston at Atka Island were preparing to hop off today for Chicagoff, Attu Island, Fa~distance of 530 m Upon reach- |ing Attu Island, final preparations will be made for the longest flight of the entire 27.000 miles' trip, a jump of 878 miles to Shamushu Island in the Kurile group, near Japan BAY SEARCH FUTILE. L& Algc nik iting « the is about sixty st of Chig: miles the planes Chi- Advance Officer Recommends Haida Leave With Flyers. Lieut. Clayton L. Bissell, advance 1 oflicer of the Army’s around the world flizht squadron, advised the War De- partment that outh of | searched and no word of Maj. L. L. artin, the flicht commander who has been missing since April 28, had been found." Lake from Unal Ugashik, while other searching parties are proceeding directly across moun- tains from Chignik to Portage, the message sajid. The coast guard cutter Haida has been ordered to Dutch Har- bor to continue westward with the three airplanes which are continuing the flight under command of Lieut. Lowell H. Smith. | ~The cutter Algonquin will remain in | the vicinity of Unalaska, from which the search for Maj. Martin will be | directed. | Lieut. Bissell recommended that the | cutter Haida be authorized to continue | with the fiyers as far as Tokio. The | presence of the Halda, the message id, “would greatly help chances of | success and safeguard lives of per- sonnel.” | MARTIN NOT SUPERSTITIOUS. Carried Many Luck Omens of Ad- mirers, But Doubted Value, BY EVAN J. DAVID, (Correspordence of The Star and the North American Newspaper Alliance.) | ON BOARD THE COASTGUARD | CUTTER ALGONQUIN—BY WIRE- LESS, VIA CHIGNIK, Alaska, May 4.—After nearly ninety-six hours of constant search along the desolate coast line of the Shumigan Islands, we are still without trace of Maj. | Frederick L. Martin, commander of the round-the-world flight, and his mechanic, Alva Harvey. The watch every two hours and most crew are on deck scanning the blue | waters of the Pacific with telescopes and binoculars. As the Alogonquin steamed into the dozens of unexplored coves and | inlets I often imagined that I saw a flashlight signaling to us, only to find, when we ran in and explored the shore, nothing but barren rocks (Continued on Page 8, Column 3.) SENATE T0 SPEED BILLS FOR FARM AID Night Sessions Planned After To- day to Finish Work Before Convention. Farm relief legislation is to be given right of way In the Senate after the tax and remaining appro- priation bills are out of the way, under a decision reached today at a conference of Senate Republicans. In order to speed up the program with a view to adjournment before the Republican national convention at Cleveland, it was decided to hold night sessions, beginning tomorrow. The Mellon income tax rates came in for only very general discussion and there was no effort to put the conference on record with respect to them. It was indicate¢/ that the party leaders would shdeavor to foren a vote first on {the Mellon schéfule, and should thq Senate re- ject it, another conferegite probably will Le called to discials g com- , and | in the crow's nest has been changed | of the | WASHINGTON, D. C, ALLIED CONFERENCE - ON DAWES PLAN IN JUNE IS FORECAST MacDonald-Theunis Parley Gives Impetus to Repara- tion Question Settlement. LONDON AND BRUSSELS OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC | | French Elections and Mussolini Views Two Milestones Yet to Be Passed. | By the Associnted Press, LONDON, May 5.—As a result of Prime Minister MacDonald’s confer- | ence with Premier Theunis of Bel Eium at Chequers Court over the ! week end new for tion plan a making the Dawes repara effective is closer at hand | than has been generally expected, cording to the view of British offi cials who have had an oppertunity to learn something of the informal con- versations held at the premier's offi- | cial country residence. The British view is that another milestone has been passed on the long road toward a reparation settlement and that two s are visible ahead These are the French elections next Sunday and the Belgian conf with Premier Mussolini at Milan May |18, 1€ these are passed successfully | Premiers MacDonald, Poincare, Theu- {nis and Mussolini are likely (o meet in London or Paris during June Parley Rewults Pleasing. The British foreign office considers the results of the chequers court con- ference satisfactory. For the first time the Ruhr was occupied personal contact between the British and Belgians and indirect contact with France was established. The whole tone of the conversation was such that officials today were opti- istic despite the divergence of French and British view which de- veloped as Premiers MacDonald d Theunis explored various pha of | the reparation problem. Having conferred with Premier Poincare in Paris last week, the Bel- | gian premier was able to explain fully the French argument for guar antees under the Dawes plan against | possible German default. In reply | M. Theynis had from Mr. MacDonald's |own mouth the British criticism of | such a policy. g 0 believed, however, that Mr. | MacHonald madé a favorable impres- {slon upon the Belgian emissarie | Premier Theunis and Foreign Minis. ter Hymans, who are said to have left London confident that the Eng- lish views could be reconciled ay an |allied conference table. BELGIANS SATISFIED. since Optimistic as Result of MacDonald- Theunis Parley. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, May 5.—Optimism pre- vails in the Belgian foregn office as very bay on | the result of the week end confer-|bhonds. peninsula has been | ences between Premier Theunin and | Railway | Foreign Minister Hymans of Belgium and Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain. M. Theunin and M Doz teams are proceeding to Black | Hymans are expected to be received | bonds, ska and from there to | by the king shortly to report on their | visit to Chequers court, which was the principal subject before the cabi- net at this afternoon’s meeting. Vicomte D'Avignon, secretary to M. | Hymans, who accompanied the mini- sters, declares that the visit to Lon- | don, like the recent one to Paris, al- | lows the expectation of an early ar- | rangement for putting into practice the reparation experts’ conclusions. Existing_differences are not funda- | | mental, he declared, and the inter- views at Chequers Court and in Paris | and the projectéd meeting at Milan | with Premier Mussolini of Italy were | designed to smooth away the sec- | ondary difficulties which application of the Dawes' report has been meet- ing and will prépare the way for an | interallied conference at which a general agreement will be reached. | Etoile_ Belge gives the end of May for this conference, but the second | fortnight in June is believed to be | the more probable date. | e 'TAX BILL DISPUTANTS SEEK INSURGENT AID Democrats Hope for Support, While G. 0. P. Leaders Work for Compromise. The lipes in the income tax re- | duction fight became more clearly defined second day of debate on the provi- sion in the revenue bill got under way, with leaders of both parties publican insurgents, who hold the balance of power. Some of the Insurgents have de- clared against any reduction in the present maximum surtax rate of 50 |per cent. As a result, Democrats have anticipated receiving their sup- port for the Simmons plan, which calls for a maximum surtax of 40 per cent as against 25 per cent recommended by Secretary Mellon and approved by finance committee Re- publicans. With the issue developing prac- ticlaly to a straight party proposi- tion, however, Republican organiza- | tion leaders have expressed hope of working out an agreement similar to the schedule adopted by the House. Trading ¥s Attempted. This placed the maximum surtax at 373 per cent, and was supported by Republican insurgents of that chamber when the normal rates were cut below those provided in the Mellon plan. Some of this bargaining has_been made on the basis of Re- publican organization support for the McNary-Haugen farm bill in return for insurgent and farm bloc votes for a Republican income tax schedule. Leaders of both parties are striving to dispose of the entire measure this week, but the probable loss of a full day 'tomorrow in consideration of resolutions dealing with the internal revenue bureau investigation has some- what dampened their hopes Senator Watson, Republiian, Indi- ana, submitted to the Senate’ today a list of 8,555 bankers who had filed indorsements of the Mellon surtax rates with the finance committee, crence | in the Senate today as the | still negotiating for support'of Re- | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION interallied confer- ! | 'CLASH MARKS FARE | HEARING AT CAPITOL Capital Traction Head Denies Mc- Kellar Charges of Watering Stock in Company. HITS FARE REDUCTION Hamilton Fights Cut—W. R. & E. ! Heads to Be Called. | President George E. Capital Traction Company and Sen- ator McKellar of Tennessee, author of the 5-cent street car fare bill for the District, clashed today at the hearing on the fare bill the original financing of the company and the ht of Congress to disregard arbi- trarily the findings of the Public Utilities Commission and provide a 5-cent fare. Senator McKellar renewed his charge | that the bonds of the old Washington and Georgetown Railway Company had been “watered” to the extent of | double their face value in the sale of | that company to the Rock Creek Rail- way Compan tion of the apital Traction Com- pany. He insisted that the bonds of Hamilton of the over MONDAY, MAY | first monument to Woodrow Wilson, | | | and the_ultimate crea- | the Washington and Georgetown Com- | | pany, whose face value was $4,000.000, had been reckoned at $5.000,000 in | making the transfer of the property. ! Hamilton Denies Charge. | Mt Hamilton denied there had been any “watering” of the value of the He said that the Rock Creek Company had purchased |the Washington and Georgetown ¥company for what it was worth, that | it had not purchased stocks and that the transaction had been made in accordance with an act of Congress. He of the Washington and company in making the sale of their property, had measured its value on the value of its securities |and the earning capacity of the road. Senator Mc llar wanted to know if it was a “mere accident” that the sale of the Washington and Georg: |town company to the Roc company, was made for $1 | which was twice the face value of the bonds of the company plus_10.000 | shares of stock valued at $275 a share. Hamilton replied that it was [not an accident and then proceeded | | | | | | Georgetown Mr. to explain that the_ securities of the Washington and Georgetown Com- pany were highly regarded in Wash- ington; that the assessed value of the stock was $275 a share and that ther¢ was the expectation that the bonds would be exchanged for the stock. Senator McKellar pointed out that within two or three years from the date of the sale the bonds could have been redeemed by the Wash- ington and Georgetown Company for their par value. Mr. Hamilton finally insisted that the sale price of the Washington |and Georgetown Comipany was not considered by the Punlic Utilities | Commission in_fixing the fair valua- | tion of the Capital Traction Com- | pany, and, therefore, had no con- | nection_with the present rate of fare |in the District. | At the opening of the hearing to- day, it was determined fo hear the |officials_of the Washington Railway | ~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) Gl | ARNSTEIN AND COHN BONDS ARE FORFEITED Bondsman Loses $20,000 Posted. Justice Hitz of the District Supreme Court today forfeited bonds of $10,- 000 each furnished by George W. Ray of this city for the appearance of Jules, alias Nicky, Arnstein and Isa- dore, alias Nick, Cohn, both of New York, when they failed to appear to- day in Criminal Division 1 to begin the service of seéntences of two years each in tne penitentiary. The men are also ordered to pay fines of $10,000 each for bringing into Wash- ington stolen securities from Wall street for hypothecation with local banks. Bench warrants for the arrest of Arnstein and Cohn were issued. Norman S. Bowles, Washington law- yer, and David W. Sullivan, former iocal saloonkeeper and later a stock- broker in New York, convicted with Arnstein, surrendered today and were committed to jail to await transfer to the penitentiary. Bowles object- ed to being held in jail and the court directed that arrangements be made for an early transfer. ‘Wilen W. Easterday of Washington and New York is aiready in custody, being under sentence of three vears on a forgery charge. Easterday was convicted with other four men in 1921, Two Fail to Surrender to Court and‘ said that the owners | | present outbreak, it was announced 1 CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH THE PooR. FELLOVY For 1M UNVEIL WILSON BUST. Ceremony for War President Held | in New York. | W YORK, May ‘Ten thousand xons participated yesterday in the remony of unveiling ew York's # bust donated by real estate operator. The limestone and was made Kileyni, a Hungarian sculptor. unveiling took plac in Devoe the Bronx. Conrad er, a bust is of by Julio The Park, EARLY ENDING SEEN FOR CUBAN OUTBREAK Rebels Routed in All Sections Bn!; Cienfuegos District, Embassy | Here Says. | | C‘nbnn Flying Students Arrested in I Florida. ZAYAS OFFERS AMNESTY ¢ Foening Start. 5, 1924 —THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. GIVES UP ADVANTAGE IN ORATORY CONTEST Tech Boy Will Speak Three Days Earlier Than Schedule in Place of Western Girl. FOREGOES EXTRA STUDY Central Contender Also Will Be Heard Today. Gallantly giving up three extra davs of preparation, Frank Ingersoll Winant of the McKinley Manual Training School, winner of the fourth district prize in The Star's zone of the na- tional oratorical contest, this afternoon before the board of judzes in the place of Dorothy B Smith, Western High School winner, scheduled to appear today. Miss Smith appeared at her school today suffering with such a severe cold that Dr. E. S. Newton, principal of Western, saw at once it would be impossible for her to go ahead with the presentation of her oration in a | manner to do justice to herself. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, May 5.—Cuban rebels | have been routed by government | troops in all sections of the island | except the Cienfuegos district, ac- | cording to a telegram received today | by F. Taboada, Cuban consul general, from the Cuban embassy in Wash- | ington. The consulate is in receipt of or- ders from the War Department at Washington releasing army supplies for use by the Cuban regular army. The material will be shipped Satur- day. Early Ending Forecast. HAVANA, Cuba, May 5.—Predic- tions that the armed outbreak in Santa Clara province would be ended within two or three days were made freely hare today by government offi- cials following the return of Presi- dent Zayas from Santa Clara prov- ince, but coincident with the demon- stration accorded him a printed cir- | cular was sent to the Associated | Press office here, headed “National Association of Veterans and Patriots' and declaring that the “definite hour for action and sacrifices has come.’ The proclamation bore the printed aame of Dr. Oscar Soto, secretary general of the association, who, with four other leaders, was arrested Tues- day, when the Santa Clara movement started. There was nothing, however, in statements by high government offi- cials or in reports to the American embassy and consulate general and offices of the United raflways of Ha- vana to_ indicate outward threats against the government or immedlate plans for outbreaks. 200 Men Operating. Not more than 200 men are operat- ing in small bands near Cienfuegos and Trinidad, Acting Secretary of War Betancourt sald on returning with the president, and the latter, de- claring the movement a small affair told a crowd that gathered in front of the palace that he had offered com- plete amnesty to those that gave themselves up at once. He made a plea for national untiy. No more reports of clashes between rebels and government troops were reported during the night. Luis Guillermo Gallo, arrested here 1ast week on his_arrival from St. Petersburg, Fla, has been sent to Santa Clara province for investiga- tlon of charges that he conspired with the veterans and patriots in the today. Arrest Aviation Students. OCALA, Fla, May 5.—At the re- quest of the federal government, Sheriff Thomas today arrested three Cubans who came here to learn fly- ing from an aviation squadron which has been located near Ocala five weeks. —— 4 ARTISTS HURT IN CRASH Noted Britons Occupy Auto Hit by Lorry. LONDON, May G5.——Four famous British artists have been injured in a motor car smash. Sir Ashton Webb, presidet of the Royal Academy, and Sir Luke Fildes are In a hospital badly hurt, and Sir William Llewellyn and S. Melton Fisher are being at- tended at their homes. | district twe | miliarly She was scheduled to deliver her address. “John Marshall and the Con- stitution,” at 3:45 o'clock in the as- sembly at the Western School, the hoard of judees, consisting of Justices Siddons. McCoy and Robb, to go from that school to the Central High School to hear Ruth Newburn, winner deliver her oration, “The Constitution. Despite the fact that he was forced to forego a drill with his cadet com- pany this afternoon, and also three days of preparation, he not being scheduled to appear before the judges until Thursday afternoon, Winant volunteered to take Miss Smith's place and allow her to speak later in the week, when it is hoped her cold will have disappeared. Accordingly, the first eight local district winners will heard this afternoon by the judges as follows: At 3:45 o'clock, Winant, at the Training_School. At _4:15 o'clock, Ruth Newburn, at the Central High School. two of the Frank McKinley Ingersoll Manual for the three judges at the court house and take them first to the Mc- | Kinley Sehool, where Mr. Winant will be heard. The plan for the final juds- ing, to select the representative of the District at the national contest, to be held here June 6, calls for hear- ing the eight local district winners separately. Principal Frank C. Daniel of the Tech High School, as the McKinley Manual Training School is more fa- known, made preparations today for the oration this afternoon. Is Prominent Senior. Winant, who is a prominent senior of the school, is the son of Dr. Frank I Winant of Mount Ratnier, Md. He is a distant relative of the late Col. Robert Ingersoll, the great lecturer, and his middle name is after Inger- soll. Fellow students, tion of those drilling companies, in_which (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) COOLIDGE ALONE IN MARYLAND PRIMARY President Without Opposition in Voting Today—Contests for Representatives. with the excep- in the cadet Winant _is _a By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md, May 5.—Presi- dent Coolidge is the only presiden- tial candidate in the Maryland pri- mary today, but a vote is being taken in-every precinot to comply with the election law. Republicans may vote for him or they may mark thelr ballots for 21 uninstructed delegation to the uational conven- tion at Cleveland. - There are contests for representa- tive in the second, fifth and sixth congressional districts, the most im- portant being in the sixth, where Frederick N. . Zihlman, Republican incumbent, is secking renomination, with two Republicans in the field against him. Four candidates are striving for the Democratic nomination in this normally Republican district. All of the other Maryland members of the House are seeking renomination. President Coolidge is backed by They were returning from the an- nual banquet at the Royal Academy Saturday night, when a lorry crashed into their automobile. i the Republican state organization, and pamy leaders regard his victory o the es as a foregone con- clusion. A Nght vote is expected. will appear | in | An automobile of The Star will call | as fast as t The Star’ every city block and the regular e tion is delivered to Washington homes. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carricr system covers he papers are printed. Saturday’s_Circulation, 96,155 Sunday’s Circulation, 103,176 * TWO CENTS. \Professorin 1.W.W. 8 Months Seeking Data for Text Book BERKELEY, Calif., May 5.—For eight months Prof. Fred R. Wedge of the University of California de partment of education has been a member of the Industrial Workers of the World in order to obtain first-hand material for a text book on the I. W. W. which he is pre- paring, it became known tod Stevedore, Iumberjack, seaman and railroad worker are among the occupations he followed. He obtained interesting data, he said, while lodged in jail at San Pedro with other I W. Ws. PARK COMMISSION FOR DISTRICT VOTED | Senate Approves Measure for Group to Extend and Improve System in Capital. PROVIDES $1,000,000 A YEAR | | Bill Sets Appropriation at 1 Cen | Per Capita in Nation. t The Senate today passed the bill creating a commission to provide for the systematic extension and im- provement of the park system of Washington and authorizing an ap- propriation in the District bill each year to carry out the plan The new board is to be known as the National Capital Park Commis- n, composed of the chief of en- gineers, the Engineer Commissioner of the District, the director of the national park service, the chief of the forest servi the officer in charge of public buildings | grounds and the chairmen of the committees on buildings and grounds of the Senate and House. Big Appropriation Provided. The commiss authorized to acquire lands by purchase in or near the District of Columbia for exten- sion of the park and playground s: tem. The annual appropriation, ac- cording to the bill, shall be at the rate of 1 cent for each inhabitant of the United States, which would amount to approximately a million dollars. Whenever these funds are | for park sites within the District of Columbia, the appropriation shall be paid from the revenues of the Di trict and of the United States on the 60-40 ba: When the measure was called up for action Senator Ball, chairman of the District committee, ‘declared that unless something is done soon Rock Creek will deteriorate. He spoke particularly of the contamination of sewage, which is destroying the creek itself. McKellar Hits Tax Rate. Senator Lodge referred to Rock Creek Park as one of the most beau- tiful of parks he had ever scen and urged passage of the bill. Copeland also spoke in favor of the measure. While the bill was under discus Senator McKellar of Tennes: said the tax rate in the District of Colun bia is lower than in his and oth. tates and suggested that this considered when appropriations the nature contemplated in are under discuss Senator Ball exy | o s xpended n, be of this bill ained that the tax rate in the District is fixed by the | Commissioners to meet the annual appropriation bill and that if the ap- propriations for the District were in- creased the tax rate would be raised FRENCH COMMISSION GOLF PAIRINGS MADE First Round in Annual Cup Con- test to Be Played Wednesday. be | Pairings for the first match play round in the annual golf competition for the French High Commission cup at the Chevy Chase Club were made public today by the golf committee of the club. The first round will be held Wednesday, with the finals scheduled Saturday. The pairings follow: Robert r, 9, vs. F. P. Waggaman, 12; H. A. Gardner, 1 vs. W. G. Peter, 1 H. B. Davidson, 13, vs. W. S. Reyburn, &: W. J. Flather, jr, 15. vs. C. D. Drayton, 14; T. M Foley, 15, v Georges Thenault, 16; C. E. Courtne: 8, vs. C. G. Treat, E. P. Porcher, 12, vs. Baward Clifford, 18; C. Hall, Stead, 1 Childress, 11, vs. J. J. Hamilton, F. W. McReynolds, 18, vi g Garnett, 12; R._A. Loftus, , vs. & Brantley, jr. 12; H. M. Southgate, 16, P. 5. Ridsdale, 13 Dean Caldwell, 18 Minor, 17; G ter, 17; G. E. ¥ M. Talcott, 10; C. R. W. McNeely . C. Ransdell, | H. Ellis, 6; Chester Wells, | H. A. Gillis, 11. 12, vs. J. L. jr., 14, vs. K. 18, and CHLORINE GAS CURES | INFLUENZA OF HORSES Successful Experiment Tried in Army Stables at Fort Hoyle, Md. By the Associated Press. | BALTIMORE, May 5.—Chlorine as |a remedy for aniral influenza was successfully demonstrated at Fort Hoyle, a 3d Corps Area Army post, it was learned at the corps headquar- ters here today. Two cases of influenza_broke out among the horses at Fort Hoyle. The disease spread and within a week forty-one animals were on the sick report. Then chlorine was used. The animals were isolated in a stable which was made practically airtight. Chlorine gas was released through water from a seventy-five-pound cylinder and distributed through the stable by electric fans, The treat- ment caused intense coughing and profuse nasal discharge from the horses and mules. The period of treatment continued for an hour. The next morning half of the ani- mals displayed no symptoms of in- fluenza_whatever, it was said. The remaining cases were “gassed” again and showed improvement the follow- ing day. At the end of four days only one case remained for treatment, the others all being cured. Today, it was declared, there Is not a single case of influenza in the fort stables. 1 l and | Senator | 16, vs. A. McCook Dunlop, 5; J. W.| $4433,000 SURPLUS VOTED O DISTRICT: BILL GOESTOHOUSE {Senators Adopt Phipps Measure With Little Debate. Called Act of Justice. | | D. C. ALSO GIVEN CREDIT FOR 1922 ACCUMULATION llBig Sum in Treasury to Be Used | in Future Appropriations for Capita] Expenses. for th revenues of the federal Treasury approximately $4,500.000 was passed by the Senate te practicall without debate. Senator Phipps hal discussed the bill ons, however, in the The bill now g for consideration The Phipps bill the recomimendation of the j e which last Congress made an exhaustis vestigation of the fiscal r {tween the federal government the District of Columbia | This committee found that the & | plus revenues of the District {ing over a number of years and n | in the federal Treasury, to which t! | District was entitled | tions haa | 154.92. The should be made ava of the District be made by Guards 1922 Accumulation. Before passing the bill today nate agreed to an amendn ommended by the committee at the sugges ator Phipps providing that contained in the bill shall strued to deprive the Di dition to the sum for the surplus and deposited in t the fiscal year 19 unexpended balances of District a propriations covered into the surpl funds, or of cred r the proportior the District may entitled to of miscellaneous receip into the Treasury vear P22, or of credit for the | erroneousl charged against | revenues of the District for the fisca year 1 on account of appropria- tions made by the third deficiency a of 1922, totaling the sum of §819,37 Further Inquiry Ordered. The controller general of the United States is directed to determine items mentioned in this | amendment were improperly taken into account in arriving at the net | balance of $4,438,154.92. The troller general is directed to to Congress at it§ next regular ses- sion a detailed report of his deter- mination and action as authorized. » passage of the Phipps bill was hailed today as an act of justice to people of the District of Columbia by the senators who have been support- ing the measure. 'INSURANCE HEAD'S DISMISSAL UPHELD D. C. Court of Appeals Backs Com- missioners in Grif- fith Case. Phipps bill makin the Distr District nov use of vy Senate to the and action rries o veral oec es Ho; committee aceru- rs ter all deduc- been de, was §4.435,- committee held thi ilable for the appropriations Congress m; noth be con- trict, in ad- d, of credit whether the The right of the District Con missioners to dismiss the superin- | tendent of insurance was upheld to- | day by the District Court of Appeals in a decision by Justice Charle H. | Robb. The court, accordingly, af- | firmed the action of the Ditrict Su- | preme Court, which refused a ma damus to Dr. Lewis A. Griffith, who had been removed from that offic | by the Commissioners June 21, 19 without charges or an opportunity to | be heard. | Justice Robb points out that offi- cers and employes of the District are not within the civil service of the United States unless brought within it by the act of 1920. The declara tion of that statute, the court as- serts, that employes of the District shall be i the provistons of this act was intended to mean nothing more than that such employes are entitled to the retirement privileges contained in the act."” Ruling Ix Explained. “Had Congress intended,” says Justice Robb, “to make. applicable to these municipal employes the gen- eral provisions of the civil service law, apt language to that effect would have been used. | No reason Is perceived why | Ployes of the District who are per forming a public service under con- | ditions ~ approximating those sur- rounding employes of the general government should not be brought within_the protection of the salutary provisions of the civil service law. But these considerations should be addressed to Congress, since the duty of the courts is to interpret and mot to make the laws. The court refers to the general proposition that the power of re- moval is incident to the power of appointment and to section 3 of the act of June 11, 1878 (20 Statutes, 102), which confers upon the Commission- ers authority to abolish any office, to | consolidate two or more offices, re- | duce the number of employes, remove | from office, and so forth. The superintendent of insurance, the court concludes, is a subordinate official appointed arnd amenable to the above cited provisions of law The court also rules against the con- tention of Dr. Griffith that he had a “vested right” in the office by reason of deductions from his salary to the retirement fund. The court quotes section 9 of the retirement act, which provides that the curtailed payments (salary less deductions) shall be ac- Jcepted by the employe in full dis- charge of claims for salary, | | &