Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Generally cloudy tonight and morrow; oooler tonight; erly winds. n Temperature for 24 hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 68, yesterday; lowest, 59, at § Full report on page 7. to- resh wes , at 2 pam. a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 29,228, post office Was| Entered as second-class matter hington, D C. . W1 BURNS RESIGNS AS HEAD OF BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Has Been Storm Center of Several Senate Inquiries in Recent Months. BORE BRUNT OF ATTACK AIMED AT DAUGHERTY Retirement Often Reported Since Passing of Chief, Who Named Him Three Years Ago. William J Bave been a Senate investigations, - chief of ‘the Justice Teau of investigation Selected for the post three years ago by Attorney General Daugherty, the world-famous detective has borne the brunt of much of the eriticism leveled at the administration of the chief he now follows into retirement. Under Fire Repeatedly. Not only before the Daugherty com- mittee, but in the oil and Wheeler in- dictment investigations of the Senate as well, Burns has been under fire re- Peatedly. - He was before the oil committee to explain references to his acti in the famous Mary Duckstein tele- ms relating to_efforts to prevent he appearance of Edward B. McLean the witness stand, and wa also usked about McLean's enrcllment as a ®ocret agent of the Justice De 1 ment | Before the Daugherty committee he has been questioned several times about charges made against the | secret agents under his supervision in | relation to liquor and er cas and on Wednesday he was grilled b h: €ommittee ahout reports tha a large number of department agents were | sent to Montana to “get something on Senator Wheeler” He was asked, too, about the disappearance of Gaston B. Means' famous diaries, but denied that the department detective who Wwas shadowing Means had anything to do with the incident Ever since the resignation of A torney General Daugherty, who ap- pointed Burns three years ago. there have been reports t he would follow his chief into retire- ment. Burns' letter of resignation, laid be- fore Attorney General Stone today, asked that his retifement from office be effective immediately. The resi Dition was accepted by the Attorney General on those terms. Somght to Resign Before. The bureau chief said he had in- formed Mr. Stone when the latter came into office that he wanted to Quit upon the ronclugion of several important investigations now com- pieted. He also had asked former At- torney General Daugherty to be r licved of his duties on two occasions, Be said. but Mr. Daugherty requested him to remain, He declared he had realized a “life | ambition” in organizing a divisjon of | identification and information in the | bureau, which he predicted would stand as a monument to his services. Text of Letters. The correspondence between the At- torney General and Mr. Burns bears today's date. Mr. Burns' letter of resig- mation follows: “As indicated by me in our previous conversation, 1 desire to be relieved of the duties bf director of the bureau of investigation, and I hope you will be| &ble to make it cffective immediat “T also desire to express m. preciation for the courteous ment 1 have received at your hands and hope that you will always feel at liberty to command me if I can be of service to the bureau or the de- partment at any time. “I feel that I can very frankly state that the bureau of investiga- tion Is today functioning at the high- est _degree of efficiency in its his- tory. My one great hope and wish has been gratified in_the organiza- | tion of the bureau of identification, | #nd T know that under your admini: tration it will continue to flourish and become a monument not only to e detection but to the prevention of crime. “T wish for you a very successful administration.” Reply of Stone. i The Attorney General's reply said: | I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of even date confirming | our previous conversation and in which you express a desire to be re- lieved of the duties of director of investigation and the hope that I will be able to make vour resigna- tion effective immediately “In accordance with vour desire, I accept your resignation to take effect immediately. “I appreciate and thank you for your expression of good wishes and vour offer of co-operation, which 1 whall feel froe to avail myself of if occasion arises. I desire to thank you for your service to the government and to wish you all future success and happiness™ Under Fire in Senate. The bureau chief has come under firo successively in three of the Sen- ate inquiries, and much of the recent criticism of the Justice Department has been directed against the force of secret agents over which he pre- sides. He was called as a witness in tne ofl inquiry after references to him had been found in the McLean telegTams; several times he has been on the stand before the Daughorty committee, and recently the charge | has been made and denied by him that his men were active in Montana in searching for evidence against Senator Wheeler. e, MACDONALD IS READY TO TALK TO POINCARE By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 9.—Prime Minister MacDorald is ready to meet Premier Polncare as soon as the French elec- tion i8 out of the way to discuss plans for making the Dawes reparaticn pro- posal effective. It became known today that Mr. MacDonald is willing to go to Paris or to entertain Prenflar Poincare at (Chequers Court, for the rabor premier believes that a conversation with the French minister. sucn as he lLad last weelc with M. Theunis of Belgium, is necessary before a full alied con- ference can be held. It is believed here that Brussels will probably be selected for this allied conference, inasmuch as a similar meeting which was to have been held there was ropped when the French ocoupledy uhr Burn ap- | treat- | west-bound Baltimore and Ohio pas- | 1andslide near Harpers Ferry, the Po- | in the machine | morning when nearby residents found | fishing trip. | peake and Ohio Canai in a regular tor- Follows Daughert; §e«; S & 1AM J. BURNS, Who Resigned Today. SIX IN FAMILY DIE IN AUTO IN FLOOD: RAILWAY BLOCKED Rains of 36 Hours Do Great | Damage in Maryland and | West Virginia. | A family of six was swept to death when flood waters carried away a bridge near Martinsburg, W. Va., a| senger train from Washington was nearly wrecked under hundreds of tons of rock early this morning by a tomac River is again over its banks in western Maryland and much dam-; age has been done to property and crops as a result of thirty-six hours of continuous rainfall in Maryland and West Virginia. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Miller and their four childrenm, ranging in ages from two to eight years. Miller was an orchardist liv- ing about ten miles south from Mar- insburg. He drove his automobile @long a mountain stream yesterday on a fishing trip when the storm broke. The entire countryside was deluged and the Miller family was trapped on a bridge by the rapidly rising waters. Their automobile had just been driven on the bridge when it was swept away, drowning the six All Bodies are Found. The tragedy was discovered this the overturned shore. They automobile near instituted a search for Miller and soon located the body of one of the children. A further search resulted in the finding of the other bodies. But one member of the family re- mains, a young boy, who escaped the ‘ate of the others by going on a visit to relatives instead of on the Rail Tracks Blocked. Without warning, hundreds of tons of rock and dirt tumbled down upon the main line tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio railway about 2 o'clock this morning from the high moun- tains surrounding Miller's Bend, be- tween Harper's Ferry and Weaver- ton. A passenger train of twelve coaches was just rushing through the cut when the landslide began and one of the first falling rocks struck the Side of a coach, badly damaging it. No one was hurt, however. N6 enomous stonts which blocked the tracks were nearly fifteen feet in ciameter and were estimated to weigh 100 tons each. Resumption of traffic was not expected before late this afterncon. In the meantime trains are Deing cent over the Cumberland | Valley to Hagerstown and thence back to Weaverton over the Balti- more and Ohio line. Rainfall Four Inches. One of the heaviest rains in many years fell in the western Maryland section. In severar 1ocalities the downpour was nearly four inches. At Cumberlard the Potomac River s four feet over its banks and Wills Creek, which flows through the heart of the city, has flooded many homes along its course. Wills Creek caused mucn of the trouble of the flood of March 29, but a repetition of this damage is not feared. At § o'clock this morn- ing the water was at the same height as ai the same hour of the Saturday of the March flood. Up to noon, how- eve-, there had been a slight fall, Every precaution is being taken to prevent the washing away of the tempo- rary bridge between Piedmont and West- ernport. A force of men have been placed on the bridge, and with long poles are stopping the driftwood Som lodging against the structure. This bridge takes the place of the one washed out in March. The rushing waters about Cumberland have washed out completely the new work ‘under construction in_the abut- ment below the Potomac River dam, causing the river to run into the Chesa- rent. The section torn out is about thirty by forty feet. Other repairs to the breaks in the canal caused by the March flood have been weakened, and this will mean a delay in the beginning of canal traffic.to Washington. The time for this opening had been set for May 15, but this will now be consider- ably postponed. At “Willlamsport 'the. Potomac , was reported as being seven feet above normal. Early this morning the wa- ters rose atsthe rate of ten inches an hour. At noon, however, there was Do further perceptible rise. At Harpers Ferry the river also was ap- proaching flood stage as- the waters from the west were finding their war downstream. From many localities come reports of heavy damage to spring crops. The overflowing of many of the tributaries of the Potompac kas in- undated the low farm lands and washed away the crops. 3 John_Williams, nineteen, son of R. Gray Williams, prominent Winches- ter lawyer and bank president, who was struck by lightning last night on the Stuyvesant School campus, at Warrenton, Va. during the storm which swept Virginia, recovered con. sciousness this morning and is ex- pected to recover. School authorities reported that a ciassmate found Wil- liams unconscious in_a bungalow shortly after a flash of lightping. h | ington detailed data about the Camp- | take them up inteiligently with the ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1924 —FORTY-SIX PAGES. WHEELER DENIES GUILT IN FACE OF GRAND JURY DATA U. S. Prosecutor Produces Copies of Letters Purport- ing to Show Aid to 0il Man. SENATOR ADMITS HELP TO CAMPBELL IN 1923 Declares, However, Service Ended Before He Took Office—One “Note” Dated March 3, 1923. In the face of documentary evidence relied on by the Department of Jus- tice to prove the charge brought against him in Montana, Senator Bur- ton K. Wheeler today denied on the witness stand that he had been guilty of any wrongdoing in his relations to Montana oil land permits. Appearing at his own request be- fore the special Senate committee in- vestigating his indictment on charges of receiving money for practicing be- fore the Interior Department, the Montana semator testified that al- though his law firm had handled busi- ness in the state courts for Gordon Campbell, the ofl operator indicted with him, he never had performed the services charged in Washington. Many Letters Filed. Department of Justice records, sub- mitted to the committee just before the senator took the stand, included a large number of letters alleged to have passed between Wheeler, Camp- bell and others relating to oil land permits. One, purporting to have been sent by the senator after his election, asked Campbell to forward to Wash- | bell claims so that Wheeler could Interior Department Another, said to have come from Campbell to Ed- win S. Booth, former Interfor Depart- ment solicitor, offered to give Booth and another department official forty acres of land each if oertain permits were granted, John S. Pratt, the special assistant attorney general who assisted in se- curing the indictment against Sen- ator Wheeler in Montana, laid the decumentary evidence on which the indictment partially was based before the committee. The material consisted of photo- static reproductions of correspond- ence said to have passed between Senator Wheeler and Gordon Camp- bell, the Montana oil promoter, for whom the senator is alleged to have unlawfully appeared before the In- terior Department. One letter, ostensibly from Wheeler to Campbell, dated March 3, 1923, asked Campbell “to have your office send me details of permits in order that when I take it up I may be able to discuss it intelligently with the Department of the Interior.” Sald to Have Offered Share. Pratt produced also what purported to be a letter dated May 5, 1923, in which Gordon Campbell offered E. S. Booth, the solicitor of the Interior Department, forty acres of land out of one oil permit, and suggested that forty acres additional be assigned to F. M. Goodwin, assistant secretary | of the interior, if the permit could be granted. The letter said that “if Campbell could get his hooks” on the land, the two officials assisting, they ‘“could make more money” than they “other- wise would make in a long time." Booth, responding on May 19, ac- cording to the record, said he would take the matter up with Mr. Goodwin, though he himself had left the De- partment of the Interior May 1. Hints at Other Data. Pratt told the committee he had | with him all the documentary evi- | dence in the possession of the De- | partment of Justice concerning the charge against Senator Wheeler, but added there was other material as to Senator Wheeler in his hands, “which | had no bearing on the present charge.” - Many of the letters he put in were exchanges between Campbell and (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) CITY HEADS 0. K. BILL TO IMPOUND AUTOS Approve Measure Designed to Remedy Continued Parking Rule Violations. A bill to impound automobiles in violations of parking regulations re- ceived approval of the District Com- missioners at a board Session today. The bill provides that after im- poundment the motor vehicles may be redeemed upon payment of the fine imposed. The Commissioners drafted a letter to Chairman Reed of the District committee of the House stating their opinion that if power is given them to revoke operators’ permits when- ever in their opinion continuance of the permit would become a menace to public safety the parking situation would be solved. In addition, Low- ever, the Commissioners stated that “in order to cope successrully with the patking situation as it now ex- ists in the congested section they believe that the power given in the proposed legislation will be greatly Leneficial. Suggest Change in Bill The Commissioners, however, sug- gested amendment of the McLeod bill, as the impounding legislation is known, to include Sunday as well as week days in the operation of the law. The police department works Sunday as well as any other day, they say, and a violation on week days should be a violation on Sunday alsd Another amendment suggested is that in case a person is found guilty under this bill nothing contained in the bill shall prevent the trial judge from im- posing a fine for such violation as now provid Other minor adjust- ments of the verbiage and provisions of the bill are suggested. One of them is that all moneys derived from impounding automobil be paid weekly to the collector of taxes to converted into the. Treasury. READY SALE AWAITS GREAT FALLS POWER House D. C. Committee Told Car Fare and Other Costs Would Be Reduced Here. MAJ. O0'CONNOR IS HEARD Testimony Features Opening of Hearings on Project. Washington and adjacent territory affords a ready market for all th hydro-electric power that can be de- veloped from the Potomac River at Great Falls and Chain bridge, with three reservoirs further up for im- pounding the water, and this devel- opment will result in lower costs, not only for lighting, but street car traffic, lower prices in department stores and an abatement of the smoke nuisance, the special subcommittee of the House District committee told today when hearing on this sub- Jject opened. ‘With Representative Fred N. Zihl- man of Maryland, who, with Represen- tative R. Walton Moore, Democrat, Virginia, introduced the resolution for Great Falls development, presiding, and Representative Moore present and taking notes, and with representatives of the public utilities corporations and prominent Washington, Maryland and Virginia industrial leaders taking au keen interest in the proceedings, the importance of the proposed legislation was emphasized. Maj. O'Comnor Only Witness. Maj. J. A. O'Connor, who has been detailed to continue this study on which Maj. M. C. Tyler made a very encouraging report in 1921, which was supported by the board of Army engineers in charge of river and harbor improvements and by the federal power commission, was the only witnes heard today B 0. C. Merrill, executive secretary of the Federal Power Commission, with Col. Kelly, chief engineer for the Federal Power Commission, and Maj. Darlington, one of the best known hydro-electric engineers in the United States, are expected to testify when the hearing Is umed tomorrow morning, especially with reference to the Potomac River development as a very important link In superpower development. Representatives of the Potomac Electric Power Company, which claims water rights at Great Falls through owership of land on both banks of the river, have assured the subcommittee that they are not op- posing the Great Falls development if it can be shown that they can get power cheaper which they can pass along at reduced price to the consumer. Power Consumption Assured Washington will be able econom- fcally to use a very large percventage of all the power that can be develop- ed at Chain Bridge as a first stage in the Potomac River development when that power is ready for con- sumption by 1930. The publio util- ities in Washington alone at their present rate of increased consump- tion can use all the power from the Chain Bridge development by 1948, it was testified. There will be a market for all the power from the full development contemplated at Great Falls and Chain Bridge with the three reser- voirs estimated for at Great Cacapon, the north fork of the Shenandoath River and the south branch of the Potomac River, by 1935. It was emphasized that the cost of hydroelectricity is about the same as the cost of coal. The present cost of power in Wash- tngton is 10 cents per kilowatt hour. Of that approximately 11 mills is the cost of generating and the other cost, 8 and 9-10 mills, is for distribution, general expenses and profit on private investment. Saving on Generation. As the plans for Potomac River de- velopment do not contemplate the federal government's engaging in dis- tribution of the power to private con- sumers, the only saving that can be figured upon is on the 11 mills cost of generating. Maj. O'Connor pointed out that of this 7 mills is the present production cost and 4 mills represents fixed charges that continue whether there is consumption or not. “It is es- timated that the Potomac River de- velopment will immediately reduce that 7 mills cost to 5 and 2-10 mills, which gives an immediate saving of 1 and 8-10 mills per kilowatt hour and eventually a saving of 5 and 8-10 111 "'With Potomac River development there would be a much greater sav- ing to the public utilities in Wash-~ ington than is represented in these figures, because they get a special rate for quantity consumption, which guarantees a steady load for the generating plants. ~ Therefore, the people of Washington would not only get cheaper electricity in their homes, but the river development would make Ble car fares, and as the was | King Saves Time By Signing Rum Pact Informally By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 9.—The king's signature to the Anglo-American rum-running treaty came to be affixed in an unusual way, says the Daily Sketch. The treaty had been lying on the table in the House of Commons for more than six weeks without any question being raised concerning it, and Premier MacDonald thought that was long enough, according to the Sketch. Therefore, to avoid further delay he took the treaty to the king, told him all about it and suggested that he sign it there and then. The king com- plied. This novel procedure, the paper says, meant saving of several days' time. ——— GIRL ORATOR MAKES HISTORY LIVE ANEW Judges in Star's Contest Hear Miss Edith Miley, Senior at Business High. OTHERS SPEAK NEXT WEEK Five Contestants to Be Heard Be- fore Winner Chosen. Memories of great Americans of the past who gave their lives' devotion to the Constitution hovered over the Business High School yesterday aft- ernoon, when Miss Edith Miley, popu- lar senior, presented her oration be- fore the judges in The Star's oratori- cal contest. It was as if the long line of con- stitutionalists — Washington, Frank- lin, Madison, Hamilton, Lincoln and the rest—stood within hearing as the modern girl outlined her conception of the immortal document upon which this country rests The high school auditorium was crowded with the pupils of the late afternoon classes when Miss Miley, chosen as the winner in her school, in The Star's zone of the national con- test, was escorted to the platform by Principal Allan Davis. Outlined against maroon curtains, the slender girl launched at once into the delivery of her oration, “The Con- stitution.” In the audience, half way back in the auditorium, sat the judges, Justices Siddons and McCoy of the District Supreme Court and Justice Robb of the Court of Appeals. Judgen Leave Tasks. The judges had left their impor- tant tasks at the courthouse a few minutes before, and, in an automobile of The Star, been taken swiftly to the Business High School. From the days of the constitutional convention to May 8, 1924, the years unrolled before the judges, the teach- ers and the pupils as the girl orator presented her “case” to the judges. She is one of the eight local con- tenders for The Star's grand prize of $300. The justices are hearing the eight contenders one by one. When the last is heard next Tuesday they will select the winner and the alte nate. President to Preside. President Coolidge will preside at the final national contest, to be staged at the Memorial Continental Hall, scene of the great conference on the limitation of arms, on June 6, when the six other zone winners will | compete with the winner in this zone. Perhaps it was owing to the faet that Miss Miley was the only con- testant heard yesterday that the sim- ple grandeur of the Constitution of this country seemed to impel every one in the audjence to the deepest silence as she recited her oration. In the past two contestants have been heard cach day and next week three will be heard on one day. But yesterday there was but ane con- testant to be listened to and her theme epitomized the contest: “The Constitution.” Heroes of Past Live Again. She stood alone, telling of the his- tory and clauses of the great dotu- ment, on which a nation is founded, and as she did so, history rolled back- ward, and the heroes of past decades moved in their busy lives again. At the conclusion of the address the audience vigorously applauded the girl orator, who represented the hopes of her school—that she may be winner in this city, and then winner in_the national contest. Being the only orator of the day, as stated, she stood as the symbol of the efforts and hopes of the other seven local contestants, who are be- ing judged silently day by day. Those close to this contest declare, that never_ before in the history of the possil Do (Continusd on Pagy 4, Column §) (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) | SEEES SEAT HELD BY WALSH |the executive offices and also has SPEAKER GILLETT TO RUN FOR SENATE Representative Announces De- cision After Conferences With Republican Leaders. New Alignment in House on Res- igmation. Speaker Frederick H. Gillett of the House has decided to become a can- didate for the Republican nomina- tion for Senator from Massachusetts. The speaker reached his decision after a number of conferences with Massachusetts political leaders here, indluding those in charge of the national campaign of President Coolidge. A formal statsment announcing his candidacy was prepared at Mr. Gillett’s office after he had visited the White Honse this morning. He will seek election to the place now held by Senator Walsh, Democrat. During the past week the speaker has been an almost daily visitor at conferred frequently with William M. Butler, Republican national com- mitteoman for Massachusetts and manager of Mr. Coolidge's campaign for the presidency. He also has talked over the Massachusetts situa- tion with Frank Stearns, a close friend and political adviser of the President. A decision s understood to have been hastened by the announcement last night by Gov. Channing Cox that he would not be a candidate for the senatorship. Previously there had been indications that some of those high in the Coolidge counsels here hoped the governor would enter the race. Coincidently with Mr. Cox’s an- nouncement Representative Dallinger issued a statement saying he was “ir- recovably”” in the running for senator. Louis A. Coolidge, a former assistant secretary of the Treasury, already was a candidate, and several others had been mentioned prominently. Speaker Gillett has been a member of the House from the second Massa- chusetts district since March 4, 1893, his sixteen continuous terms consti- tuting a record of unbroken service not equaled by any other representa- tive now in office. He has been Speaker since 1919, but was re-elected to that post last fall only after a long deadlock forced by the fight of the insurgent Republicans against the party organization, His withdrawal from the House after March 4 next, regarded as a certainty, no matter how the sena- torial situation develops, means a realignment of the party organization there and probably a renewed effort by the La Follette followers to se- (Continued on Page 2, Column Business Women To Erect 18-Story, 1,000-Room Club By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 9.—Eater the “tired business woman.” Envious of the tired business man’s club, where he has sought and found shelter from care, New York's business and professional women have deter- mined upon a clubhouse of their own. 1t is to be an eighteen-story, 1,000- room affair, and exclusively for the use of professional and business women. The American Women's Realty Corpo- ration, Inc., has an option on a West 23 street site and has arranged, It was announced today, to get the $4,000,000 to be spent on the project. Most of the 1,000 single bedrooms will have private baths and will rent at $10 10 $15 a week. Each floor will have a Jaundry and tea kitchen for use of mem- bers. Other features include a dining room, a terraced garden, a clinic, a swimming posl and gymnasium, a large lounge and several reception rooms. | retary of the Interior, was certified | his client was acting under his di- | as fast as t Yesterday * GRAND JURY SEEKS 10 FORCE SON OF DORENY TOTESTIFY Appeals to Court in Oil In- quiry—Witness Pleaded Constitutional Rights. ARGUMENTS ON ISSUE | TO BE HEARD FRIDAY Inquisitors’ Report Discloses That Action Is Directed Solely Against Fall. Refusal of Edward L. Doheny, jr. of Los Angeles, son of the oil mag- | nate, to testify last Tuesday before | the additional grand jury which is inquiring into alleged criminal ac- | tions of Albert B. Fall, former Sec- | to the District Supreme Court today by Gratz L. Dunkum, foreman. Fore- man Dunkum, with the ofher mem- | bers of the grand jury, accompanied | by United States Attorney Gordon and Attorneys Pomerene and Roberts, | special counsel in the oil cases, filed into Criminal Division 1, at the| opening of court, and presented to Justice William Hitz a petition for a rule against Mr. Doheny to show | cause why he should not be com-| pelled to testify. Attorney Frank J. Hogan appeared | for young Doheny and toid the court | rections in clalming his constitu- tional right not to be obliged to bear witness against himself. Mr. Hogan pointed out that the witness had ex- plained to the grand jury that, while neither he nor his* father, nor the company in which they are interested had been guilty of any crime, yet statements made by his father had been used as a basis of proceedings against him, and the son feared that similar use might be made of his| statements. He therefore contended | the answers requested might tend to incriminate him. Argue Case Next Friday. Mr. Hogan told the court that from | the report of the grand jury itself it was patent that no rule should be issued, but if the court desired to hear argument he would be prepared at the time set by the court. Counsel then agreed to argue the matter next Friday. Justice Hitz cited young Do- heny to appear at that time and show cause why he should not answer the Qquestions. _The report of the grand jury today discloses for the first time that the inquiry in progress before it is almed solely against former Secretary Fall. The object of the inquiry has hereto- fare been safely guarded. ‘The report of the grand jury sub- | mitted to Justi¢e Hitz reads: “The grand jurors of the United States of America, in and for the District of Columbia, certify the fol- lowing facts to this honorable court: Probing Fall’s Acts. “l. On Tuesday, May 6th, 1924, in | the District aforesaid, the grand jury aforesaid, were considering, among other things, offenses alleged to have been committed within the District aforesaid by Alfred B. Fall, for the | violation of several sections of the | Criminal Code of the United States, and duly and regularly laid before them for investigation. “2. _On the day last a (Continued on Page e e SIX ITALIANS TO HANG TODAY FOR OLD MURDER Extensive Preparations Made to Prevent Escape of Louisi- ana Slayers. By the Associated Prese. AMITE, La, May % —Roy Leona and Joseph Giglio, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Joseph Bocchio and Andrea Lamantia, Chicago, and Natale Deamore and Joseph Rini, New Orleans, were to hang at the Tangi- pahoa Parish jail here today for the murder three years ago yesterday of Dallas Calmes, Independence, Wwhen Calmes frustrated an attempt to rob a bank at that place. The executions were | to take place between noon and 3 p.m. Sherift Bowden planned to begin them at 12 o'clock. Tt was estimated at least an hour and a half wouid be required to put the men to death, inasmuch as the law requires each man to hang twenty minutes after the trap falls, even | though he might die instantly of a broken neck. Should any of the prisoners become violent prior to hanging they would hang first, otherwise they would go to their deaths in alphabetical order in pairs on the double gallows, the sheriff said. = The jail and courthouse, in the center of a large lawn-covered square, was surrounded with patrols of jnational guardsmen. Unauthorized pefons were not permitted on the square. Another line of guards paced back and forth along a rope barrier strung about the jail at a distance of about thirty feet The square is surrounded by a ditch and, to make any possible at- tempt to rescue the prisoners more difficult, Adjt. Gen. Toombs had them filled with water yesterday. It made a moat around the square from-a few inches to two feet in depth and from four to ten feet in width. There were many persons in_town resaid, and Column 7.) Officers of the corporation include Judge Lindley M. Garrison, presiden and Anne Morgan and Felix M. War ] burg, vice presidents. By the Associated Press. GLASGOW, May 9—O0ld Mother Earth has a permanent wave. She has had it all along, but it was noticed only recently by a mere mor- tal—Ludovic MacLellan Mann. Mr. Mann, who is a member of the Royal Anthropological Ifistitute, the Prehistoric fociety of East Anglia and other sclentific societies, told about his dlscovery In an address last night. Mother Earth’s Permanent Wave, Causing Climate Changes, Found from all parts of Tangipahoa Parish and the business section was crowded with automobiles which had brought wany of them'to Amit There is a large wave, in slow mo- tion, within the body of the earth, according to Mr. Mann. It moves around the planet once every 8800 years, causing a slight motion in the Dosition of the axis and the poles and giving rise to changes in climate. The wave causes the terrestrial crust_to=pulsate, which accounts for raised and sunken land surfaces. The velocity, direction and amplitude of “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delive: red to Washington homes he papers are printed. ’s Circulation, 98,609 TWO CENTS. ‘SENATE RENT PROBE 'DATA TURNED OVE T0US. PROSECUTOR |Ball Gives Findings in Searct for ““Combine” to Gordon for Further Action. ACTION ON MEASURE IS EXPECTED MONDAY Reported in Same Form as Passed by House—Teachers' Raise Approved. The sccret investigation which has been going on for several weeks un der the direction of the Senate Dis- trict committee into reports of an al- leged combine to affect high rentals and real estate prices in Washing ton passed today from the hands of the committee to the office of District Attorney Gordon. Senator Ball, chairman of the Dis- trict committee, made it known that confidential information gathered b: his committee has been turned over to Maj. Gordon for further inquiry in the district attorney's office Senator Ball stated that he was prepared to disclose at this time | nature or extent of the data that has been quietly collacted The chairman of the committee dicated, however, that he may rev some of it to the Senate when resolution extending th two more vears is called up fou: action on the floor of the Senate May Come Up Monday. The situation in the Senate today with the tax biil still under discus sion, makes it unlikely that Senato Ball will be able to call up the rer resolution before Monday, which calendar day. There is 4 bare poss bility that the rent measure might be considered if a lull in the Senate pro ceedings should occur before Monda: . but Senator Bail is not disposed (o endeavor to break in on the tax bi by asking unanimous consent. The Senate District committee at & meeting yesterday afternoon voted U ent law 1. | favorable report to the Senate on th rent extension resolution and Senato Ball bad it placed on the calendar thi morning. Although four amendment to the resolution, one of which would have cut the extention to one year, were asked at the last minute, ti District committee rted the ure exactly as it passed the This will eliminate the nec sending the bill to conferenc passes the Senate in the same foru which the House approved it. Nature of Date Withheld. It is understood that Senator Il had a conference with District A torney Gbrdon at which he placed ‘1 the latter's hands the material gt ered by t ved by the mittes to m tudy of the ren and real estate situation in Was ington. The exact character of t contents of the confidential repo apparently no: be revealed ur Chairman Ball gets the rent reso tion before the Senate Next to the rent extension reso! tion, the two measures which (s Senate District committee is mo anxious to put through are the salar bill for the schiool teachers and men: bers of the police and fire dep: ments. Both these bills have passed the House and are now on the Sen- ate calendar, and Senator Ball is confident he ‘can get action on them after the important tax reduction bill out of the way. 0. K. Teachers’ Bill The District committee yesterda: afternoon ordered a favorable repor. on the Keller bill for increasing school teachers' salaries, twit change increasing the sala H | superintendent of schools from § a year in the House bill to a minimum of $8,000, with a ma. um of $10,000 after twp years The Keller bill gives the teacher more of an increase tham the Reed bill recommended by the bureau of the budget. The Senate District committee also reported out 3 erday the bill to safeguard the milk supply in Wast ington and to require the tubercu test for cattle. PRESIDENT FAVORS BILL Senator Ball Represents Him as Realizing Necessity. Convinced that the housing situu tion in the District of Columbia war- rants an extension of the Ball rent |1aw and the Rent Commission, Pres dent Coolidge will approve this legis- lation when it comes to him. Senator Ball, chairman of the Sen- ate District committee, made this known following a long talk with the Chief Executive ut the White House late vesterday afterncon, during which time he explained certain fes tures of the bill and presented In- formation regarding the housing si uation in Washington. The latter, according to Senator Ball, enabled the President to be convinced there is still need for the functioning of the Rent Commission and for that reason he will approve the bill. The President was informed by Sen: tor Ball that the resolution which pas the House which provides for a o tinuation of the present rent law for a period of two years has been a proved by the Senate committee and was reported out today. He assured (he President that he hopes for favorabi: action upon this measure within t short period left, and intimated th the President may lend some assistanca in getting the legislation enacted. The rent blll was favorably reported by the Senate District committee yesterday COURT HEARS ARGUMENT. Landlords’ Claim Emergency Pass- ed lenied by Brown. | Justice Stafford of the District | Supreme Court today heard argu- | ments of counsel on the question of the existence at present of a housing emergency in the District of Colum- bia. Suit for an injunction was pend- ing before the court on an applica- tion of Harry Norment, owner of a house on New Hampshire avenue, against his tenant, Abe Bower, and the members of the Rent Commission to prevent the commission from pro- ceeding with a determination of complaint of the tenant. Attorney Charles Linkins for ths owner asked the court to take ju- the wave have been ascertained. Thus the ages in years of ail ancient land' surfsces and of -prehistoric periods can be determined. . dicial notice of the large number of houses, rooms and apartments forl rent In Washington as indicative of (Continued on Page 2, Column |