Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight; tomorrow cloudy and somewhat cooler; moderate variable winds. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 78, at noon today; lowest, 62, at 5 am. today, Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 29,225. GOOLIDGE DISLIKES SOME OF TAX BILL CHANGES INSENATE Lets It Be Known He Disap- proves Corporation and Publicity Provisions. REPUBLICAN LEADERS WILL ASK COMPROMISE Plan to Make Stand for Maximum Surtax of 32 Per Cent at Beginning. President Coolidge let it be known today that he regards as very unde- sirable some of the amendments made to the tax bill by the Senate. At the same time Senate organiza- tion Republicans agreed at a confer- ence to seek a compromise on the Democratic surtax rates voted into the revenue bill yesterday at a max- imum rate of 32 per cent and, if this fails, to go to 37% per cent, the House schedule. Wants Mellon Plan. ‘The position of the President on the revenue measure was declared at |- the White House today to be sub- stantially unchanged, namely, firm adherence to the Mellon plan, with- out compromise of its essential pro- visions. Inquiry as to whether the Senate changes might lead the President to ¥sto the bill brought the reply that Mr. Coolidge does not feel that an announce- ment of executive action should be made until a bill is before him for considera- tion in its entirety. Any announcement would be particularly inopportune at 'he present time in the President’s be- lief because of the possibility that the ineasure may yet undergo considerable change not only in the Senate but in conference. Changes Disliked. Amendments viewed by the President as particularly undesirable are those re- lating to taxation of corporations and o publicity of income tax returns. These amendments he regards as more undesirable than the substitution of the Simmons surtax rates for the Mellon rates as voted vesterday by the Senate. The Republican insurgents who made possible the Democratic victory in the Senate yesterday were not present at the party organization conference today. The compromise move decided upon at the conferemnce will be made when the bill is up for final passage. Sen- ator Watson, Republican, Indiana, liemanded that an effert be made for the 32 per cent rate, while the House schedule then was agreed upon as the next and last step in the compro- mise maneuver. Democrats Confident. Final decision on what compromises there will be on the ticket rests in the hands of Republican insurgents who voted with the Democrats yes- terday, and the Democrats were con- tident today that their schedule, call- ing for a maximum surtax rate of 40 per cent, would stand against any compromise offer. In support of this claim they pointed out that they had Tiore unpaired absentees than the Re- publicans in the vote yesterday, which resulted 43 to 40 against the ellon rates. A like vote was cast when the Democratic rates—drawn by Senator Simmons of North Carolina—were Ut to @ direct test against the Long- worth compromise rates adopted by :he House. The House rates and the Senate Democratic plan differ so «lightly, advocates of the latter as- serted, that a Republican compromise will be difficalt. May Vote This Week. There is a prospect that the vote on passage of the bill will come by the end of the week, although some time was lost today by consideration of other messures brought up by previous agreement. Flushed by their victory, however, the Democrats were prepared to push through their substitytes for the corporation and cstate taxes which they have indorsed in party conference. much-discussed Mellon tax plan, it seems, has been laid to rest with the adoption by the Senate of the entire Democratic income tax substitute. Retention of the Democratic rates would leave little to be worked out in conference between the Senate and House. 'The surtax rates vary by less ihap 1 per cent at almost ail points of difference, while the normal rates in the two schedules also are similar. Both provide for a 2 per cent rate on incomes up to $4,000 and 6 per cent on incomes over $8,000, while the Semate Democratic schedule would make the rate on incomes between $4,000 and $8,000 4 per cent, as com- pared with the House rate'of 5 per cent. . Both Surtax Schedules. The surtax schedule in both plans would start at $10,000, the Simmons with & rate of 1 per cent and the ‘House at 1% per cent. The House maximum is 37% on incomes over 5200,000. The Simmons plan provides for a rate of 38 per cent on incomes between $200,000 and and $300,000 and a maximum of 40 per cent on incomes over $500.000. Aside from the corporation and es- tate tax substitutes, more than forty other amendments to the bill are pending, offered by individual mem- bers. Although considerable talking i8 expected on these, it is believed a majority will stand by the committee measure, which was worked out on a non-partisan basis except for the in- wome and corporation rates. Vote Proved Surprise. The vote on the income tax sched- uls eame with considerable surprise 10 leaders of both sides. Throughout disoussion of the .bill less than a score of senators were on the floor, and when Senator Jones, Democrat, New Mexico, suggested a voge and no ipeakers appeared the leaders: sub- itted. ™ ifhe surtax rates written into the bill yesterday provide for a reduction of the present maximum of 50 per cent 0.2 maximum of 40 per cent and for .orresponding revisions all along the Jine. ‘They are almost similar to those adopted by the House. The normal rates accepted were 2 per cent on the fi $4,000 of income; + per cent on the second $4,000, and 6 S Sl e m wi presen es n‘;r cent on the first $4,000 and § per Lent above that amount. Entered as second-class matter poat office Washington. D C, HUNTED IN KIDNAPING. Woman Sought Once Arrested on Similar Charge. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 6 —The police are searching for Mrs. Ada G. Kell, alias Ada Huff, for the kidnap- ing yesterday of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Modell. A picture of Mrs. Kell, taken by the police four years ago, when she was arrested on charges growing out of the disappearance of another baby, is sald to answer the description of a woman seen with a baby in her arms in the neighborhood of the Modell home shortly after the kidnaping. Mr. Modell, a hardware dealer, told the authorities that he knew of no one who might be prompted by ill will to steal his baby, and he was certain the kidnaping had not been done with the hope of collecting ran- | som. He said he had received no threatening letters and bhad no known enemies, e e CUBAN SOLDIERS | ORDERED TO ORIENTE Revolt Movement Spreads . Into Province, 150 Men Taking to Field. OTHER MINOR OUTBREAKS Troops Pursuing Bands in Havana Provinee. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, May 6 — Government troops have been ordered out in Ori- ente Province, to which the rebel- lious movement which began in Santa Clara last week has spread. About 150 men revolted yesterday at Baire, 4 historic town on the Cuban rail- road, about sixty miles west of San- tlago de Cuba, capital of the prov- | ince. They took to the fields without doing any damage in the town. Three minor outbreaks in Havana Province were reported late last night in dispatches to El Mundo, which declared that twelve men had gone out near Jaruco, eight at San ‘Antonio de las Vegas and four or flve near Mangua. Pepe Gonzales, former mem- ber of the Cuban lower house, was said to be leading the rebels near Jaruco. Soldiers are pursuing all three bands, it was stated. Planes Seised im February. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 6.— Authorities here last night professed to see in the confiscation here last | February of six machine guns and | 120,000 rounds of .45-calibre ammuni- tion a phase of an alleged plot on the part of Cuban insurgents to arm their forces for the revolytion which began in Cuba last week. The ammunition and machine guns seized were consigned to Johnny Green, a local commeércial aviator, officers sald. - The nl?lm‘ seized in Oecala, authorities sald, were the property of Green, who was said to have purc! them in Texas last February and hi men to drive them to Ocala. Held in Conspiracy. OCALA, Fla., May 6—J. Fernandez, Ray G. Garcia and Robert Martines, three Cubans, arrested here by United States Marshal Brunsdick, were ar- raigned late yesterday before United States Commissioner C. A. Savage, jr., on a charge of “preparing the means and setting on foot a military expe- dition within the United States against Cuba and certain other countries of Central America,” and of conspiring to violate the recent proclamation of President Coolidge dealing with the exportation of arms and ammunition to Cuba. 3 The three men pleaded not guilty, and were held in default of $2,000 each for a plenary hearing May 15. BRITISH RUM TREATY SENT TO WASHINGTON Pact to Govern Seizures to Be Ef- fective When Ratifications Are Exchanged. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 6. — The Anglo- American treaty allowing seizure of British rum-running vessels within an hour's steaming distance of the American shore is being forwarded to Washington today and will become effective upon the exchange of rati- fications by Secretary Hughes and the British ambassador, Sir Esme Howard. The formalities of placing the treaty before the House of Commons for discussion caused some delay in forwarding_the British copy for rati- fication. King George last week attached his signature as one. of the steps in the customary formalities. | Actual physical assault is not necessary to sustain a charge of cruelty in a suit for separation be- tween husband and wife, according to an opinion of the District Court of Appeals rendered by Justice Van Orasdel. The court under this view of the law reversed the decision of the District Supreme Court in the suit of Mrs. Thelma S. Waltenberg against Romalne 8. Waltenberg and remanded the case for further pro- ceedings. ‘The husband is employed in the bu- reau of standards and the wife sings in a church choir and both are shown to be intelligent and refined, the court points out. Under the circumstances, the court says, the degrgee of abuse imposed to constitute cruelty may be such as would be regarded of less im- portance under other circumstances. The conduct of the husband toward his wife, in this case, justifies the in- tervention of the court of equity to afford her relief, the court declares. Actions of Cruelty. Mrs. Waltenberg charged that her husband called her and referred te her ar the “servant in the house” in £ WASHINGTON, D. C, G. 0. P. DROPS FIGAT T0 THWART SENATE PROBE OF MELLON Watson Announces Intent to! End Opposition to Revenue Bureau Inquiry. JONES RENEWS EFFORT TO OBTAIN OUTSIDE AID Pushes Resolution Authorizing Employment of Counsel—Pro- posal Up for Action. £ the ecre- The fight over investigation internal revenue bureau and tary Mellon was suddenly resumed on the Senate floor today, with Repub- lican organization leaders indicating they were not disposed to further object to contfnuation of the inquiry Senator Watson, Republican, In- diana, chairman of the special in- vestigating committee, told the Sen- ate he had “no present intention of «ever pressing” the resolution he pre- sented sometime ago, designed to end the investigation. Jomes Pushes Amendment. This statement was made soon after the Senate had taken up the resolu- tion by Senator Jones, Democrat, New | Mexico, a member of the committee, which would authorize the employ- ment of special counsel and “such other agents as the committee deems necessary. Announcing he had “no objection to passage of the Jones resolution.” Senator Watson added. when ques tioned, that he had no intention of pushing the fight to close the com- mittee hearings, which he had pre- viously condemned as designed sole- 1y to further a personal controversy between Senator Couzens, Republi- can, Michigan, and Secretary Mellon Caused Coolidge Rebuke. - Both the Watson and Jones resolu- | tions resulted from the action of Senator Couzens in securing commit- tee approval for the employment, at | of Francis J. his personal expense, Heney as committee counsels. Secre- tary Mellon called this action to the attention of President Coolidge, who on April 11 sent the Senate a special message advising it to keep its com mittees within constitutional limits. Sipce that time the committee hear- ings have been suspended because of the lliness of Senator Couzens, who is in a Baltimore hospital. The Jones resolution, which was desi to legalize the employment of ney by alhg for payment of his fee by the Serate instead of by Senator Couzens individually, came up today under a unanimous consent agreement. VETO OF BONUS BILL IS SEEN AS ASSURED Strong Intimation of President’s Action Given as Measure Reaches Him. The soldiers’ bonus bill as it finally passed Congress and agreed to by the Senate and House conferees has been received at the White House for the President’s disposition. In order to de- termine certain claims made by those advocating the bill regarding the fiscal feature, the President has referred the measure to Brig. Gen. Lord, director of the budget, to make a survey of it for him. The President will also receive a complete review of the bill and what it means to the government in the event of its becoming a law from Secretary of the Treasury Mellon before he finally acts upon it. There is little doubt in the minds of those who have talked with the President but that he will send the bill back to_the Capitol without his approval Speculation of this sort was materially strengthened today when one high official very close to the President intimated that he thought the President’s mind already was made up and that he will not be long in disposing of the bill. Gen. Hines, director of the Veterans' Bureau, who called at the White Housé today to ask whether he should not make some preparations in his organization in_ anticipgtion of this bill becoming a law, is known to have been told by the White House official with whom he talked that there is little need for taking any such step, indicating that there is no probability ol“'t.hu President signing the bonus bil Judge Holds Words Without Blows Might Be Legal “Cruelty” to Wife his conversation with others. When she asked him for a new dress, she stated, he replied he was “not in‘the habit of buying clothes for servants.” The husband refused to buy coal, it was said, causing the wife to take the child elsewhere for its health, and in her absence the husband boarded up the windows of the house, and the aid of police was necessary for the Wife to gain admission to her home. The lower court dismissed the suit on the ground that cruelty under the law had not been shown. Justice Van Orsdel points out that the conduct of an offending party in the absence of assault may be such as to make life intolerable and there- by amount to such cruel treatment as to justify a decree for separation. To bring the case within the statute, the court declares, it is sufficient if the evidence in the absence of physi- cal _violence estallishes conduct Sreates state of mind which, operating upon the puysical system, produces bodily injury. Earthquakes A-Plenty. MANILA, May 6.—Since September 1 ‘18 earthquakes have been recorded in the Philippine archipelago, accord- to the weather bureau. large number of shocks,” says a report, “probably indicates that adjustments ocourred along the entire west Pacific corresponding to the great disturbance in Japan.” | | million registered Republican voters, | out of a total registration of 1,499,695, | mayor of Lafayette. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening o, NEWS NOTE—It is announced from Vienna that fragments of the original tablets of the|on the Disrin b Decalogue have been discovered JOHNSON IS FACING REAL TEST TODAY Californians Go to Polls to Express! Choice for Presidential Candidate i INDIANA PRIMARY ALSO ON| Fourteen Candidates for Governor’s Office Appear on Ballot. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif, May 6.— Today is presidential preferential pri- mary election day in California. On the Republican ticket, voters were called upon to register preference for President Coolidge or Senator Hiram W. Johnson. With more than one interest centered in that contest. On the democratic ticket delegates preferring William G. McAdoo, former Secretary of the Treasury, opposed delegates on a “no preference” ticket, sponsored by anti-McAdoo forces. The Democratic registration was 339,300. There were no contests on the Pro- hibition or Socialist tickets, though both parties were recognized in the election, with 18,281 and 17,588 reg- istered voters, respectively. | VOTING IN INDIANA. Johnson and Cool:ige Contest for Supremacy. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 6 — Indiana’s state-wide primary election is in progress today, with the voters balloting for a wide field of candi- dates. State, congressionel and county nominees are to be selected by both parties and Republicans may express a preference for either President Coolidge or Senator Johnson of Cali- fornia_as their party’s presidential nominee. No presidential candidates appear on the Democratic ballots. In Gubernatorial Race. Fourteen candidates are in the gubernatorial contest — eight Demo- crats and six Republicans. On the Republican side Ed Jackson, present secretary of state, expects the Ku Klux Klan support, while Samuel Lewis Shank, mayor of In- dianapolis, an outspoken Klan oppo- nent, hopes for the support of anti- klansmen. Others who have ex- pressed antagonism to the Klan are Ora D. Davis, a Republican, mayor of Terre Haute, and George R. Durgan, Edward C. To- ner, Anderson newspaper publisher; Edgar D. Bush of Salem, former lieu- tenant governor, and Elias Dulber- e an® Indianapolis _attorney, are other Republican candidates. The Democratic gubernatorial ean- adidates are Mayor Durgan, Dr. Carle- ton B. McCulloch of Indianapolis, the Democratic nomine in 1920 defeated by Warren T. McCray; Dale Critten- berger, publisher of an Anderson newspaper; Charles S. Batt, state senator, of Terre Haute; Joseph M. Cravens, state semator, of Madison; 0lin R. Holt of Kokomo, James Kirby Risk of Lafayette, and Dr. F. A. Priest of Marion. Seven Entrants Unopposed. Candidates for seven of Indiana's thirteen congressional seats are un- opposed. They are: Lindley Barlow, third district, and Noble J. Johnson, fifth district, both Republicans, and the following Democrats: William E. Wilson, first district; Arthur H. Green- wood, second; Harry G. Canfield, fourth; John A. M. Adalir, eighth, and Samuel E. Cook, eleventh. Wilson, Greenwood, Canfield mnd Cook are now members cf Congress. FIRING SQUAD KILLS 38 CHINESE PIRATES By the Associated Press. HONGKONG, May 6.—Thirty-eight Chinese, convicted of piracy of the steam launch Kwongtak, were shot to death today by the Chinese author- itles. Representatives of the Hong- kong police department were pres- ent at the executions. The pirates recently seized the Kwongtak in Hongkong waters and TUESDAY, a’tempted to escape with their prise. A Chinese customs cruiser pursued, attackerd and sank the vessel and cap- turea tne Biraten, s Star. MAY 6, 1924—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. “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 * as fast as the papers are printed, Yesterday’s Circulation, 99,015. TWO CENTS. ADMITS SLAYING WOMAN. Man Kills Wife of Another With Iron and Knife. MOUNT HOLLY, N. J, May 6.— Using a flat iron and a large butcher knife, Francis Green, forty-five, em- ployed by a Philadelphia druggist. yesterday afternoon killed Mrs. Belle Hopkins, sixty-five, according to Ellls Parker, Burlington county de- tective, who said Green calmly walk- ed into his office last night, admitted the slaying and took him to the house where the deed was committed Green, in a cell in the county jall, refused to give a motive for his act other than to say it happened during an argument. Mrs. Hopkins was said to have been separated from her husband. and deciphered Would Refuse To Be President, Marshall Says Dyt ted Press. YOUNGSTOWN., Ohio, May 6.— Declaration that he “would not be @ President, if they handed it to me” was made by Thomas R Marshall, former Vice President of the United States, in an address the annual banquet of the Youngs- town Youhg Men's Christian Asso- ciation last night. “I never knew a President who wus happy after he got into the White House" Mr. Marshall said. “The President today, in addition to the duties of office, is expected to be a leader and keep together a great political party. It cannot be done.” Mr. Marshall assailed the pref- erential primary ying it wus never intended by the founders of our government, and sooner or later “the people will wake up and get rid of it -— PRESIDENT 12-T0-1 MARYLAND WINNER Carries Every Precinct in State, While Zihlhan Has As- sured Victory. VOTE GENERALLY LIGHT All Other House Members Renom- inated Automatically. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., May 6.—President Calvin Coolidge will have the solid vote of the Maryland delegation at the Cleveland convention as a result of yesterday’s primary election. Mr. Coolidge, who was the only presi- dential candidate to file in Maryland, was overwhelmingly Indorsed in the most apathetic primary in the state's history. Not more than 10 per cent of the Republicans voted. ‘Wins Twelve to One. The ¥ote was in a ratio of about twelve to one for Coolidge. His total vote in Baltimore city was 4,313 against 530 for an uninstructed vote. The county returns are incomplete, but Galen L. Tait, chairman of the Republican state committee, esti- mated the entire state vote at up- ward of 25,000 for Coolidge and only about 2,000 for an uninstructed dele- gation. “The President has carried every précinct, city, ward and county in the state,” said Mr. Tait. “This vote is an unequivocal indorsement of Presi- dent Coolidge by Maryland republi- canism. Our state's nineteen “dele- gates will be sent to Cleveland with binding instructions under the pri- mary law to vote for President Cool- idge. Zihlman Seems Vietor. Indications pointed strongly to the renomination of Representative Fred- erick N. Zihlman, Republican, in the Continued on Page 4, Column 5. ————— ESCAPING GAS FATAL TO REUNITED COUPLE Mr. and Mrs. Lydis Larson Soc- cumb Day After Arrival of « Husband From Sweden. By the Amociated Press. NEW YORK, May 6—Reunited but oné day, Mrs. Lydis Larson and her husband, Henry, who arrived yester- day from Sweden, where they recently were married, were asphyxiated early today by illuminating gas in Mrs. Larson’s furnished room in East 51st street. Married a short time ago in Sweden, Mrs. Larson came here recently and worked as a clerk while awaiting eagerly the arrival of her husband. Yesterday she welcomed him at the pler when he arrived on the Drot- tingholm. After a joyful shopping tour, they returned, tired and happy to the furnished room, where Mrs. Larson lay down on the bed while her hus- band sat nearby on a chair, talking to his wife of their plans. As they talked far into the morning, gas escaping from a. heater gradually put them to sleep and then killed them. - Larson was found on his knees by the bedside, his body across his wife's body. Police said death had bean accidental. Both webe- twenty-eight years old. |RIVALRY INCREASED IN ORATORY CONTEST, Eastern “Scouts” Keep Close Tabs on Work of Other Dis- trict Winners. TWO ADDRESSES YESTERDAY Judges Hear McKinley and Central | Contestants. ! Rivalry among the high scliools in The Star's oratorical contest became intense yesterday with the first round | of judging at the McKinley Manual | Training School and the Central High School. Principal Hart of the Eastern High | School and that school’s winner, Ruth Greenwood, were in the audiences which yesterday afternoon listened to Frank I Winant at “Tech” and Ruth Newburn at Central deliver their ora- tions before the judges, Justices Robb, MaCoy and Siddons. + Forming themselves into a commit- tee of “soouts,” the principal of East- ern, their orator and a number of | teachers are determined to keep close | tab on the other seven local District | winners in The Star's zone of the na- tional oratorical contest, designed to | quicken interest in the Constitution. Healthy Rivalry Benefit. This healthy rivalry insures the| highest grade of work on the part of the contestants, from whom lhe’ judges will select the grand pruel winner, who will represent the Dis- | trict of Columbia in the national con- test to be held in Memorial Conti- nental Hall, June 6, with President Coolidge presiding. The fact that another competitor | was in the audience seemed to add resonance and determination to_the voices of Mr. Winant and Miss New- burn, who, at their respective schools, delivered their orations before the distinguished board of judges. are real judges in their daily life as well as judges selected by The Star in the present oratorical contest. Trip to MeKinley. | The justices were met at 3:30 | o'clock at the courthouse by an au- | tomobile of The Star, and in company with the local managers of the con- test were taken first to the McKinley Manual Training School. At this school the judges had op- portunjty to see and hear a young man who yesterday proved himself a true sportsman as well as orator. Mr. Winant was not scheduled to ap- pear before the judges until Thurs- day. Kil” Dorothy B. Smith of Western High School, who was to have been heard by the judges at 3:45 o'clock vesterday afternoon, was seized with a severe cold yesterday, and Principal Newton of the Western school asked that she be given another time. In_the emergency Mr. Winant of the McKinley School volunteered to forego the three extra days of prep- arations which would have been his and also the privilege of drilling with his cadet company in the an- | nual regimental drill. Few Students Present. At the McKinley School the judges were met by Frank Woodward, as- sistant principal, and a committee of judges and escorted to the school auditorium. On account of the last- minute character of Winant's efforts but a small gathering of fellow stu- dents was present to hear him. ‘This, however, seemed to make not the slightest difference to the young man, who is a senior at the school. He took the rostrum and plunged at once into the delivery of his oration, “Madison and the Constitution.” ‘The judges listened to the youth from seats well in the rear of the hall. At the conclusion he was greeted with applause, following which Mr. Woodward delivered to him the check for $100, presented by The Star, for his winning first in the fourth district of the local zone. Following this, Winant was congrat- ulated by the judges. His address, of approximately 1,500 words, took exactly twelve minutes for him to deliver, the time generally allowed Continued on page 5, oolumn 2. GIRL ADMITS THEFTS. 14-Year-0ld Bnbbod—mred. Pupil Confesses Guilt. WATERBURY, Conn., May 6—A fourteen - year - old bobbed - haired grammar schoolgirl has confessed to eight burglaries. She carried a full kit of tools, according to the con- fession. In.many cases she gained entrance to sto! by breaking Into the cellar and olimbing up through | Representative Cramton Vigorous- | Rebuked for Indulging in Attacks | | school | subcommittee in charge of this meas- | then it took until April 22 to let the |BILLS MAY RETARD trap doors A 35 gold piece, care- lessly shown to her mchoolmatos led to her arrest in school yesterday. DELAY IN SCHOOL BUILDING ASSAILED ly Raps Tardiness After Money | Is Appropriated. | EDUCATION HEADS l?lLAYE])1 on Congress. | andalous delay” in having new buildings erected after Con- | gress had appropriated money was | censured vigorously in the House this afternoon Representative | Louis C. Cramton, Republican, Mich- | igan, when consideration of the Dis- lflr's appropriation bill was resumed. When the House left off debate last Saturday Representative Byrns of Tenness: ranking Democrat of the appropria tions committee, had criticized the by ure and District officials because ade- | quate provision was not being made | to enlarge the school facilities to| meet inevitable requirements, as shown by the rapid building in cer- tain localities, Cramton Resumes Remarks. Representative Cramton resumed where Representative Byrns had left off. He said that at this season of the year school officials were in- dulging in attacks on the niggard- of Congress. “After appropria- have been given by Congress there is scandalous delay in the erec- tion of school buildings,” said Rep- 1escntative Cramton, who told the House that he wished to challenge the | attention of the Washington news- Papers to this situation. He called particular attention that in the appropriation bill a year ago there were two items of substantial | amounts for increasing school factll- | ties. That became law on February 28, a vear ago. One item was $123,000 to provide 36 additional seats in the Raymond hool. Representative Cramton em- | phasized that the District officials did not advertise for bids for ten months after the money was available, and contract, and it is expected that the building’ will not be completed until February, 1925, two years after the money was available. Gave Second Illustration. A second filustration je gave “e- gurding Tenleytown. An appropria- | tion of $160,000 was avallable for 336 additional seats. “The latest in- formation I can get from the super- intendent of schools is that ‘plan are being developed.” That is one year and three months after the money was available. And it is not con- templated that the building will be | ready for occupancy before January, | Representative Crampton impressed upon the House that this delay was not caused by CongMess, but by the District officials in not promptly | using the money given by Congress | for the specific purpose of enlarging the school facilities. ADJOURNMENT PLANS Democratic leaders of the Senate decided in conference today that there is too much important legisla- tion remaining undisposed of to de- termine at this time whether an ad- journment of Congress béfore the national political conventions would | be wise. There has been a division of opin- fon among the Democrats, both in the Senate and the House, as 10| whether adjournment should be per- mitted before the time of the Re- publican convntion at Cleveland. Re- publican leaders have indicated a de- sire to adjourn by June 1, and have | informed the President that this will | be possible. | “The whole legislative situation was | canvassed by the Senate minority | leaders at a session lastin, | an hour. If there was an! | cision with respect other legislation it known. more than formal de- to farm aid or was not made e BOBBED-HAIRED BANDIT GETS 10 TO 20 YEARS | Celia Cooney’s Husband Given Sim- ilar Sentence—Go to Different Prisons. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 6.—Mrs, Celia Cooney, bobbed-haired bandit, and her husband and partner in crime, Edward Cooney, were sentenced to- day to serve from ten to twenty years each in prison by County Judge Martin of Brooklyn. Mrs. Cooney was sentenced to Au- burn prison and her husband to Sing Sing. They had pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and robbery. The young woman, who was arrest- ed in Jacksonville, Fla., with Cooney April 21, held her head high as she walked into the court room to hear her sentence. Half an hour before she had told the jail warden she hoped Judge Martin would be lenient and that she and her husband could be sent to the same prison. Cooney was sullen and watched his wife closely as the pair stood before the judge. i Judge Martin addressed his remarks to_the girl, saying: “T have discussed your case with you in my chambers and you have told me about all the jobs you com- mitted. I have had a commission in- vestigate the mental condition of bath ot you. You were sane and you are sane now. You must be taught that such acts as you committed cannot be com- mitted in this community and go un- punished. I send you both to prison for from ten to twenty years, you to Auburn and your husband to Sing Sing” - Mrs. Cooney bit her 1ip, stood for a moment motionless and then turned slowly to glance at the spectators who fillad the Iittle court room. Then, praceding a dep@ty sherifl, she walked R briskly out of the thambef 88 wha had enterad a faw minutes betor Her husband followed a bebind, | Strong, | mark that the committe ewas mnot I | terested in a quarrel between Brewer | and Secretary Mellon. PROOF OF §1,000,000 BOND DUPLICATION, 15 BREWER'S OFFER Also Charges Thefts Treasury, as Engraving Bureau Probe Opens. in EFFORTS TO INVESTIGATE BLOCKED, WITNESS SAYS Declares He Was Aided by Hard- ing and Coolidge, Despite Opposition. Sumnfoned as the first witness fore the House committee investiga ing alleged irregularities at the Bu reau of Engraving and Printing Charles B. Brewer, special assistan’ | to the Attorney General, declared to- day that he could prove there hac been duplication of government bond- to a value of “about $1,000,000.” “I've never said that hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of bonds were flooding the country,” Rrewe said. “I have insisted that I know ¢ duplicates to a value of about $1,000 000, and part of them fradulent, an will prove it."” Makes Charge of Theft. Brewer read a long statement in 1e ply to a recent Treasury report wh declared there was no foundation fo many of his charges. He insisted he had spent nearly three years investi- gating conditions at the bureau, anc had uncovered “both carelessnessand fraud,” and could prove that “man: government securities have bee stolen from Treasury vaults.” There had been irregularities, he said, in the destruction division of the bureau, and many bonds supposed tc have been cancelled and destroyed were, in fact, retained. He charged also that the Treasury has done it< utmost to block and discredit him and that “vigorous attempts” made to override Presidents Harding and Coolidge in their efforts to get u the truth. Brewer first appeared before the committee. which went over the sit wers | uation with him in a preliminary wa at an executlve Session. After a half hour the committe: room doois were opened and exam ination of Brewer began. Brewer testified he had undertake: the investigation at the bureau i: March or April, 1921, at the reques of Guy D. Goff, then first assistan: to the Attorney General. The case was laid before the department by Representative Roval Johnson, Re publican, South Dakota, Brewer maid adding that Johnson's attention to conditions at the bureau was called | by a constituent, J. W. MoCarter, for mer assistant register of the Treas ury. The committes got into a row as to | how far afield Brewer could go in h testimony. Witness Is Rebuked. Charges by the witness that the Treasury had unjustly attempted to misrepresent him led Representative Republican, Kansas, to re Representative King, Republicar Illinois, who proposed the inquiry into Brewer's charges, insisted tha the witness’ statement regarding the Treasury and Mr. Mellon had a bear ing on the case, and showed “animus of Treasury officials toward the wit ness. A majority agreed that Brewe should be allowed to proceed without restrictions, DOHENY’S SON CALLED BEFORE GRAND JURY Carried $100,000 to Fall and Re- ceived Note, Father Had Declared. Edward L. Doheny, jr, of Lo« Angeles, Calif., son of the lessee of Naval Reserve No. 1, was called today | before the federal grand jury investi gating charges of fraud and corruption | in connection with the naval oil leases He was in the grand jury room just eight minutes, and then was directed | to remain within call. According to testimony given by hic | father before the Senate oil committee young Doheny brought to Washington in a black satchel the §100,000 which the senior Doheny says he loaned tn Albert B. Fall, then Secretary of the Interior, on November 30, 1921. Frank' J. Hogan, counsel for both E. L. Doheny and his son, met his client as he came from the grand jurv room, but announced there was no statement to be made. Signature Torn From Note. The oil magnate's testimony beforr the Senate committee was that the $100,000 was a loan to Fall, and tha: the son took a note from the Interio* Secretary for the amount, without in terest. Doheny never produced th: complete note before the committer He presented a note. with the signs ture space torn off, and said that was what Fall had given his son. Efforts were made by the Senate committee to call young Doheny be fore it, but service could not be ob- tained on the subpoena. At that time information coming to the committee ‘was that he had left on an extended cruise to the South Sea islands. This information proved erroneous, how- ever, as he then was on an inspec tion tour of the Pearl Harbor, Ha wail, oil tankage base which the Pan- American Company is constructing under its contracts with the govern ment. A ‘Will A. Orr of New York, who ap peared some time ago before the Sen- ate Daugherty committee, also was « witness today before the grand jury His testimony before the Daugherty committee related to his connection with the Dempsey-Carpentier fight films, whisky withdrawals and fed- eral appointments in New York state Other 'llk'lB!!G!Lflé‘l“k durln‘lde Were Amos eaty, president A8Yine Fexas On Company, and Wik 1am J. Lee, both of New York.