Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1924, Page 4

STRICTER WEIGHTS 4 URGED BY HOOVER Conference Told of Moral Ques- tions Retween Consumers and iy Merchandisers. TU. 8. LABORATORIES VISITED George K. Burgess Elected Presi dent by National Body. Secretary of Commerce Hoover to- day called upon weights and meas- ures officials of the United States to CATry thelr program of delineation of exact standards into extended fields Addre: the ng session of the nat conf of weights and measures officials, at the bureau of standards, Mr. Hoover d ed the moral questions involved as betwee the purchasing public and the me chandiser call for an extension of the surement to all that the public = el nal nee principle of exact m commodities in order may he protected and its interests safeguarded. He said that the hands of the weights and officials of the nation lies hility for carrying out this pr of extension of exact standards weight and measure that will prove of incalculable benefit to the nation The Commerce Secretary declared services of the character done by the wvights and measures officials should be kept out of the realm of politics, and the work should attract men of | high standards and definite attai ments. He i that as the popul finn of the ['nited States Krows state responsihility for standards of weight | and measure with the n tional responsibi less and le in ty becommng Milk Hotttex. The conference adopted @ tion urging upon states and munici- palities uniform requirements for size and filling of milk and cream hottles, adopted a resolution fav ing of post offic les, which uested hy Postmaster General At Tuesday's session Ralph W Smith of the bureau of standards de- clared much of the milk sold in bot- tles in Washington was below stand- vd in quantity and urged a national law iring filling of milk bottles to & minimum tolerance Resolutions of apprecation t retary Hoover and Dr. Geor Rurgess. director the t standards, were &lso adopted. The foilowing officers were S W. Stratton. honorary president George K. Burgess, president; I L. Miller of Indiana, first vice president; T. F. Egan of Connecticut, second vice nresident: . S. Holbrook of the bu- reau of standards, ary. and G Austin, treasurer. M. Rob- erts, superintende weights and measures of the District of Columbia, was elected a member of the execu- tive committe Following th Unitor: and alse lected spection of the lah reau of standards. DISTRICT FUi\lD BILL PASSED BY SENATE; KEEPS 60-40 PLAN (Continued from First Page.) company had heen their face value o such steals or exploitation of the people have ever been known before as found in the financing of these two compani sald Senator McKellar Senator sold at McKellar 10ld the Senate that he had a bill providing for 5- cent street car fares before the Sen- ate District committee during the en- tire session: that the hearings on this bill had been completed on Monday and that he had given warning in March that unless the hearings were expedited and the committee took ac. tion on the bill, he would offer it as an amendment {0 the District appro- priation bill. The hearings, he said, had not been printed, although he had | repeatedly urged that they be printed. Senator Had Copy. Senator Ball replied that the hear- .ings had been sent the printing office, but that Senator McKellar now had on his desk the copy which had heen sent 1o the printing off Senator MeKellar replied that official of the printing office brought them to him vesterday and told him that they could not be printed until after the adjournment of Congress tor Ball insisted that the Kellar proposal was purely a leg tive matter, and that the District committee should be given an oppor- tunity to go ahead and conclude its work on the bill to an had Me- Five-cent Fare Impossible. % tinued companies o am not pr Senator pared Ball, ild reduce to say.” “whether con- the the fare now am convinced, of these com- on a five- ckets for that the COSU of carrying each passenger on the Capital Traction line had in- creaged f1 cents in 1910 to cents In 1 was very evid therefore. he said. that a five-c fare would result in a large deficit for both of the companies The . question hefore the Senator Ball said. was whether the Senate desired to put the street car companies dut of business or to per- mit the District committec to go ahead and complete its investigation &nd report as to what reductions in fare, if any. could he made Ho Proj As soon the McKells ment was disposed of the turned, al the request King of Uwh, to an adopted _previously authorizing not. 1 that could sh f: Senator charged o however panies cent cents.” neither live A ve with six Ball said Senate, | amend- nate re or amendment the LY If You Are a Radio Fan —you'll find the adver- tisements in the Radio {Column of the Classified ‘Section interesting—be- | cause put you in {direct touch with things Advertisers in this column will see to it that Star readers get satis- | tempore | viny | Dale, District Commissioners to go ahea: and erect the proposed school for tu- bercular children on the Upshur street tract. Senator King said that he had received many protests from citizens living in that neighborhood against this amendment. Senator Phipps, in charge of the bill, replied that this is a matter that has been hanging fire for five years; that the House committee had put in this provision, but it had been stricken out in the House on a point of order. Senator King's motion to recon- sider the vote by which the amend- ment had been adopted was defeated on a viva voce vote, and the bill then passed without further debate. Cramton Plan Beaten. By a vote of 31 to 24 the Senate late yesterday agreed to the Senate committee appropriations amend- ment striking out the Cramton provision of $8,000,000 as a lump sum contribution of the federal govern- ment toward the upkeep of the District and substituting _therefor “$14.000.000. or in lieu thereof 40 per centum of each of the following sums, except those herein directed to be_paid otherwise.” The bill will therefore go to con- ference with the Senate standing in favor of a continuation of the 60-40 plan_ of appropriating for the District, ov of increasing the lump sum appropriation on the part of the federal government to $14.000000 an increase of $6,000.000 over the amount carried in the House bil Senator Phipps, in charge of the 1. sought to have adopted an amendment, which he was authorized by the Senate committee to offer, carrying into effect the findings of the * joint congressional committee that approximately $4.500,000 surplus nuex of the District now in the asury should be avallable for use the District. He was strongly Senator Curt But a point o amendment by Senator nn . on the ground that it was gene slation on an propriation bill, was sustained by Senator mmix nt pro the and the imendment iherefore was lost. Pass Surplus Bl Senate has passed a separate authorizing the use of the sur- plus revenues by the District, bill has heen reported favorably the Heuse. Senator McKellar sisted ‘that the matter should he handled in a legislative way, and not as a rider on an appropriation bill, to be handled in conference. His argu- ment was similar to that advanced by Senator Phipps in support of a retention of the £0-40 plan of ap- propriating for the District, which the House has sought to set aside through a rider on an appropriation bill. Senator McKellar supported the House contention in that case The roll call on the fiscal relations mendment, which came after a long and acrimonious debate, follows Republicans voting for the amend- ment — Ball, Brandegee, Bursum Cameron, Capper, Cummins, Curtis, Ernst, Fess, Hale, Harreld (Washington), Keyes, Lodg Moses, Oddie, Peppe eed (Pennsylvania), Spen Sterling, Warren, Watson and s, Total, 26. Democrats voiing for — Bayard, Fletcher, Harrison, Reed (Missouri). and Sheppard. Total, & Republicans against —Borah. Brook- hart, McNary and Total, 4 Democrats against—Ca Cope land, Dial, Ferri orge, Harri, Heflin, Jones (New Mexico)., Ken- drick,” King, McKellar, Robinson, Shields, Smith, Trammell, Walsh (Massachusetts), Walsh (Montana) and Wheeler. Total, 18 Farmer-Labor against — Shipstead and Johnson. Total, 60-40 Attacks Renewed. Senators Caraway of Arkansa Kellar of Tennessee and King of renewed their attacks on the 0. plan of appropriating for the Di trict during the debate vesterday Senator Phipps, Senator Ball of Dela- ware and Senator Jones of Washing- ton defended the committee amend- ment Senator McKellar of Tennessee op- posed the committee amendment, and declared that he did not see how it was possible to adopt the amend- ment since it apparently sought to do two thinge. If the Senate approved the $14,000,000 lump sum suggested in the committee amendment, he pointed out, it would approve of the govern- ment contributing 50 per cent of the total appropriation, and if it ap- proved the remainder of the amend- ment it would declare for a 40 per cent contribution by the government. Senator McKellar said he thought the eight million dollars carried in the Cramton amendment was more than the government's share of the expenditures for the District. He said that in his opinion the only fair way of dealing with the matter was to assess the government property in the District and levy taxes against it just as other property is taxed. nator Phipps announced that if Senator McKellar would offer a bill for that purpose he would be glad to support it. Jones Author of Amendment. Senator Jones of Washington took full responsibility for the form of the committee amendment, explaining that he and other senators belleved that if a lump-sum appropriation wa: made for the District out of the fed- eral Treasury. it should be more than the House provision of $8,000,000, and for that reason the Senate committee had proposed $14.000.000, or the con- tinuation of the 60-40 plan. He said that the conferees could fix the sum anywhere between $8,000.000 or $14,- 000,000 if it was found that a lump um would have to be agreed to. He alled attention to the fact that the Senate has added more than $4,500,- 000 to the House bill Before taking up the fiscal relations amendment, the Senate agreed to an amendment.’ proposed by ‘Senator Cope- land of New York, for the prevention of diphtheria in the public schools. The Jones MeKinl Phipp: W { |The amendment adds $10.000, and pro- vides for the use of the Schick test in the schools. The Senate also agreed to the com- mittee amendment providing for the purchase of three playground sites, instead of one, as proposed In the House bill. This amendment had been held up until the fiscal relations amendment was disposed of, on the request of Se or McKell | stana, | the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, CHARGES PLOT TO. PAY G. 0. P. DEBT IN LIQUOR (Continued from First Page.) amd said that he'd put Scaife under shadow, put him ail. and they did aife under surveillarce. Ibert said Scaife couldn’t get his stuff in the newspdpers said, they came mighty ne Iing the metropolitan pre “Knowing full well that Rex Shel- don had furnished the permits for withdrawing whisky' for the Green River crowd s “How did you know *that?" Senator Wheeler. “From Jess Smith—from went on and got a confes Stevens, the bookkeepar fo Mongagnes. The Treasury e him under surveillance. last act in New York. Offered $160.000. broke in owd had That was my “1 took the conféssi lark, the Attorney in New Mr. Upham—the “What way " n to John Hol- United States York. It involved whole whisky ring.’ asked Senator Wheel- ley ssista er. “Showed that | clped whisky out for the the whole Green Rive d that we would Mont they plead: ilty. Why money, shall, attorne La Montagnes offercd me “Had the La Montagnes they would have erybody—the Republican cratie administrations.” ught to Hit Vel Had the La Montagne brot trial when they caught in York. instaad of pleading guilty witne the whole would b out, involving b Repub and Democratic the nd Bt agnes We whole trials, but I wanted for £100.000 taken the and Demo- were the s dex 1 n ministrations, he money for Means said. was Jess Smith, w the inquiry at dent Harding this investig furnished hir in turn was mi he request ¢ Smith's immediate ob- jectiv@, hogever, the witness de- clared, was to discredit Mr. Mellon and get control of the whisky permit system himself Our constant drive was to attack the Treasury Department “to force the whisky business into the Depart- ment of Justice,” said Means. “Jess Smith told me that when Mellon first came to the cabinet, he had no in- fluence with Harding, but that as time went on he had grown up to an equal footing with Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty. That was the root of the jealousy and t ntagonism “How did 1S involve Upham? persisted Sena Wheeler e Report to World. “He tells the whole said. “How they Whiskies—the nsactions and the exact method. The La Montagues were very sore—they thought they working under proper protec- tion, that th would be pushed But when I got this confession from Stevenus, I slipped a copy to a report o that it would force district attorney to prosecute. instructed to do that.” “You were working then for Jess Smith?" Senator Wheeler suggestod “Was Rex Sheldon indicted?” understand he has been since investigation started and that he to Europe. Somebody told he'd come back.’ Do you know Sheldon was wo ing for the Republican national « mittee.” “I don't money, sell the permits was to get the permits and charge people who wanted to withdraw whisky $28 or $20 per case—exactly how much, T don't know. He was pay this to the Republican national committee. Fred Upham was down there with him. That the state ment Secretary Mellon made to Capt Scaife and afterward denfed.” thing, supplied Means wines and were handle Investignted Oil Matters. Senator Wheeler then asked had anything to do with oil ‘I did. The Department of Justi assigned me to Investigate oil ma ters in February, sald Means He went on to that Richa Cole, an oil man, came to Washington and entertained a number of senators Asked If Cole attorney f Esta z vas plan if he was who Loy he replied He was more a lot of correspondence with Spring for Men, Women and Children " CREDIT Moderate Prices involved ev-| I was | Association flor Protection of Amer- fcan Rights in Mexico. That body had no other purpose than to create agitation, and, necessary, revolu- tion in Mexico.” Means named E. L. Doheny and “Martin Pierpont Morgan's confidential as officers of the hussociatio You worked for Morgan, or Wheeler put in Hun-in With Morgan, ‘I had a run-in with him replied. The association,” ploys ministers lor to hetp | M too?" Means “em- in he said, teachers, anybody, d the masses astray ans said he was suspended from tment of Justice staff just t the time he was investigating the sowiation, uspension, nt of Justice ght there, th Thiat ports to Georgy I3 Daugherty Fosy lots of de ' them on vestigagion” “Durdy ings in the erty wa Burns? me making re- along?” asked Chamberlain them,” Means the bread p the inipeachment House against My 't vou working for nator Wheeler asked. Mentions Previ pr Daugh W ntement, Means sald. “The night chamges were drawn up by that erowd in the House 1 had them under surveillance, 1 of the Panl waus 1w, | the walked into a room Department of Justice where Howland, Daugherty's attorney, 1d handed him a copy of the they I also had five tl took me That Mr. How- dreaw up. the charg car—bo which f Justic ever saw m the n whic 15 Day Vacation will delight you! Ocean Breezes! 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Means sald he was referring to Jess Smith. “What do you swear to now?’ Sen- ator Ashurst asked. “I handed Howland tke charges,” said Means. “I'd seen Mr. Howland many -times.” Says Several Present. W. J. Burns, W. F. Martin, secre- tary to the Attorney General, and four or five others” were in the room with Howland when Means presented the House charges, the witness as- serted. “I reported on the House impeach- ment proceedings many times prior to the hearings,” he said, “to keep in touch with what the labor crowd was doing. They were helping Congress- man Kellar, who brought the charges. 1 went up to Attorney General Daugh- erty’s apartment and gave reports to Jesy Smith Means Joked “never saw Mr. He declared the “real bootleggers” were the big bankers, “who lent the money on whisky.” “They wanted to go right into the prohibition unit and get Blair out, but Secretary Mellon stood back of him he said. Smith said that if they could show Blair and Hayes incompetent they could be forced out and that they could name new men. Then, he said. they could vontrol the whisky | as an old-time associate of Daugh- | Situation. 5 - There were “carloads of whisky erty. (A A arghtstepping bIrd | pormit forms” stolen at a time, Means went on. Mellon Backed Blair. “Oscar Cummins sald that Sexsmith got them,” he add The Guckenheim case, Means said. led him “to the big bootleggers in Moses was quite a progressive,” sald Means, The committee prosecutor asked Means what he knew about Dempsey- Carpentier Wght films. “I talked to John W. H. Crim, as- sistant attorney general, about that,” the witness sald. “Crim said it was an outrage that these people could get away with that. I asked him why he dldn’t get an injunction and he said he didn't want to tackle too much.” Means described Alfred Urfon, at- torney for the fight film distributors, “Sexsm hand man. Went 1o Work for Smith. ss said that on August 31, , he “went regularly 1o work f Smith.” opened o \ired @ stenographer . ith furnished the He named a Jaura .| “to find o | tor Caraway is Mr. Mellon's right- mones — s Two Named to 0. R. C. Daniel D V. Stu; street, has been and Everett M street ptain, both Senator I Q ajor M "2l The n the Med “Who's' that?' asked serves or Wheeler. with Senator Moses. Republican, New Hampshire, about the latter’s Interest in seeking to get car fraud investigatfons. oh, 1 know abo® @t Senator Moses told him time 1 had a snference in my you reported it down there.” “Certainly 1 did,” Means returned why Senator Moses didnit any appointments at the Depart- G said Senator Wheeler Thought Moxes Progressive. “Well, dess Smith thought Senator EXCURSION Endless Caverns Sunday, June 1 Round Trip Fare, $2.50 SouthernRailwaySystem 1510 H St. NW. Phones Main 5633 and 7063 COTTAGE CHEESE Supply the Demand! OT weather demands double from your body and mind. 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