Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1924, Page 1

¢ WEATHER. Fair tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness, probably followed by showers; little change in tempera- ture. Temperature for 24 hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 69, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 53, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 29,252 - LEOPOLD AND LOEB MILLERAND 10 QUIT COUNSEL WIN FIRST SKIRMISH N COURT Con-, of Franks Get Right to A:lvise fessed Stayers Bov on Precedence. YOUTHS MAY BE KEPT OFF STAND AT INQUEST i i | Defense Seeks to Halt State Eflortj to Establish Sanity i of Youths. By e ated Press, CiliCAGO, June 2. —State's ney Crowe announced today as attor- | n their b in bel f ofl Richard Loeb, | and ayers of | Robert Franks, | seek two grand ainst them tomorrow ney announcement when petitions for writs of ha- | were presented in crimi- | 1 employed by the Leopold and isoners | into court. kidnaping murder, both | will be 'asked, N immediately wents charging ransom and for ~]v‘4h.‘» by death, trowe said. i Tho le ?\l,blullii‘. into which the | stimated as high as $25 , of the Leopolds and the Locbs | ! be thrown in an effort to save e boys from the gallows, is in- iended merely to permit legal counsel 1o consult with them. The attorneys 843 they do not expect to free them. Hearing Continued. Chief Justice Caverly continued the ! hearing on the writ until June 6 and ! ordered the boys sent to jall without | bond, placing them in the custody of | the sheriff as sought by the defense ! attorneys. Having won their first legal skir- mish, counsel immediately went into conterence with the prisoners. They | intimated that the two youths would | not be allowed to testify at the in-| quest. Leopold was unbroken and appar- ently still unffected by the tragedy. Loeb is the son of a vice presiden: of Sears, Roebuck & Co., and Leopold | is the son of a box manufacturer and | lake shipping magnate. were | post-graduate students, Leopold In | law and Loeb in history, before their arrest. Defense counsel apparently were | satisfled with the continuance of the hearing as their_intention was to take the bovs out of polfcs custosy so they might have acoess to them, te's attorney Crowe opposed. the tinuance or removal of the pris- oners. “Holding these boys since Thursday without color or law amounts to kid- naping,” Attorney Clarence Darrow of the 'defense declared. Judge Caverly interposed that was no evidence that the boys n abused by the police. Attorney Crowe sald today case was complete except for the of the typewriter on which | ym note was written. He 1 that two revolvers had been 1 in Leopold’s room. ran detectives today still re- mained perplexed by the attitude of the prisoners notive than a desire for a thrill, or for adventure, for the crime. They lielieve the boys were lured by a possible trip to Europe this month which Leopold had discussed with his father, Teopold had told a young woman, according to investigators, that his father had promised him $3,000 for the journey, but that sum he con- sidered inadequate. Hope to Halt Sanity Test. sttorneys Darrow and Benjamin Bachrach, for the defense jold the court they were principally interested not only in obtaining authority to confer with the boys, but to prevent iheir examination by alienists. Sev- eral alienists already have questioned the prisoners at the instance of the 's attorneys. tate's Attorney Crowe expressed no dissatisfaction with the ruling of Chief Justice Caverly, although he had desired to retain custody of the prisoners. He continued his plans o g0 before the grand jury which convenes tomorrow and ask indict- jnent of both boys on the separate (harges of kidnaping for ransom “nd for murder. While the maximum bunishment for either offense is death, ‘he minimum penalty for kidnapping for ransom is five years imprison- ment and the minimum for murder is fourteen years in prison. Attorney Bachrach said he had not talked with the boys sufficiently to know whether they would repudiate their alleged confessions. Asked if he thought third-degree methods had been used to obtain the confessions the lawyer said: No physical violence was used, but continued questioning and duress are just as important as physical force. “Nothing to sa would say as the; quest. Both was all the boy started for the i Inquest Continued. The inquest was continued until June 27 without hearing testimony, by agreement of counsel. The two prisoners, who have be- come enemles since the confessions, cach accusing the other of having struck the Franks boy with a, chisel, ware separated for lunch. Miss Susan Lurle, - a university senior, ‘at whose home Leopold had lled' several times, went to the ate's attorney’s office today. She is an attractive young woman of a very prominent fanmly. She said she met Leopold only & year ago. Leopold and Loeb smoked cigar- sttes during the short session of the inquest. They showed no emotion. The defense attorneys contended that the youths have not been per- ted to discuss their predicament h_counsel chosen by the Leopold and Loeb familles, and that the state has had alienists examine the boys in 1 effort to forestall a possible plea of insanity. The inquest into the death of the Franks 1ad also was set for today. Through_confessions made public by Robert B. Crowe, state's attorne: and newspapers, it has been esta lished that the child was enticed into an automobile occupied by Leopold and Loeb ' on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 21, struck on the head with a tape-wrapped cold chisel, rolled into & heavy blanket with a xag_rammed down his throat and left to die. His body, some five hours later, according to confessions by i,eopold and b, was stripped and jammed into a culvert in & wild, iso- | jated spot on the far South Side, | where it accidentally was found the next morning by a passing Jaborer. | The youthful’ kidnapers—slayers. who elaimed they killed the lad " {Contnupd oR. Page 3, Column 3.), {in the Unitea in offering no other [, 7 IDENT ML RANCE AMERICANS GUARDED BY JAPANESE POLICE Precautions Due to Rising Indig- uation Over Exclusion Clause in Immigration Law. PUBLIC RITES FOR SUICIDE Man Ends Life as Protest to Act Passed by Congress. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, June 2—Precautions o protect American residents here and States embassy, in- stituted because of high feeling in- cidental to American prohibition of Japanese immigration, are being rigidly maintained in view of the rising public indignation against Americans, according to the chief of police. A speclal police guard will be pro- vided along the route to be taken by Cyrus E. Woods, retirihg ambasshdor, when he leaves the embassy for the railroad station to depart from Tokio | late this week, aithough it is expect- ed any demonstration at_that time would be friendly to Mr. Woods and only one more manifestation of the high esteem in which he is held in Japan. Public Funeral for “Hero.” Leaders {n the “national spirit" move: ment who have been jolned by several retired generals, today announced plans for a public funeral on Juné b for the “nameless subject of the mikado” who committed suicide by hara-kirl Satur- day as a protest against enactment of the American jmmigration law ex- cluding Japanese. The public obsequies will be fol- lowed by a parade to the great wrestling hall at Ryogoku, where a mass meeting in protest against the exclusion measure will be held. Authoritles, belleving that it would be dangerous to suppress the dem- onstration, declared today that they would take special precautions to guard against any outbreak of vio- lence. Schurman is Opposed. The English edition of the Nichi Nichi, owned and edited by Japanese, says if “America wants to patch up her broken friendship with Japan she had better choose some one else” in commenting on_the report that Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, American minister to China, is to be appointed ambassador to Japan in succession to Cyrus E. Woods. ‘Schurman, as minister to China, has so acted,” says Nichi Nichi, “that his absence from Japan would be more welcome than his presence here. Washington should know this. This criticism is not intended as a reflec- tion on the character or persomality of the learned diplomat, but. the United States would do well to keep him where he is. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT ILL. Kept From Colleagues Today by Stomach Trouble. Chriet Justice Taft notified his office this morning that tecause of illnes. he could not attend today’s session of the Supreme Court. He has re- mained at his residence for several days on account of stomach trouble. it was sald his iliness was not ee- rious and that he would resume his judicial duties within a few days. ———— DOCTOR SHOT IN OFFICE. HARRISBURG, Pa., June 2.—Local police investigating the double shoot- ing yesterday here in which Dr. Cor- nelius M. Dailey, a phyisician, was wounded and Mrs. Anna Manbeck, a patient, was killed, sought a motive for the crime in the belief that the woman shot the doctor and then took her own life. Dr. Dailey's condition was reported as serious, although physiclans believe he will live. The physician was shot early in the morning. A short time later he stag- gered to a neighbor’'s house and called for an ambulance, declaring, according to persons who attended him, “that a woman shot me.” Mrs. Manheck was found dead in a chair in the physicia: office, a revolver on the floor nearby. Indicted in Murder of Husband. RICHMOND, Va., June 2.—Mrs. Julla Dorft Stull of Houston, Tex., was indlioted today for the murder of her seventh husband, Raymond Sylvester Stull, here several weeks 280. German Singers Refuse to Aid Ship Concert for Children In BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyrighr, 1924. BERLIN, June 2.—Three German singers who recently returned from the United States have excited the ire of German musicians through their avaricious and unpatriotic at- titude displayed while crossing the ocean ou the stcamship Reliance. According to Jules Datber, the well known murical agent, the psual con- cert abosrd the steamship was given upon this occasion or the benefit of sulfering Gevman shildign. The Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1924—FORTY PAGES. INNEXT TEN DAYS DEPUTES ASSURED Ex-Premier Painleve and Doumergue, Head of Sen- ate, Rivals for Office. POINCARE RESIGNATION HANDED TO PRESIDENT Senate Move for Defeated Leader Feared if Chamber Becomes Too Bitter. PARIS, June 2—The lobbies of the chambers were dominated today by discussion of the possible candidates for the presidency of the republic, the deputics being’ generally agreed that no matter with what resistence President Millerand may offer the offensive of the Radical Soclalists, the Elysee Palace is bound to be va cated within ten days. The presidents of the senate and of the chamber are always the first per- sons to be thought of in connec- tion with the presidency of the re- publie, although tradition was brok- en In the cases of both M. Millerand and M. Poincare, both of whom were premiers when they were elevated to the highest post in the republic. | i i May Go to Painleve. Former Premier Painleve, the choice of the new majority for the | presidency of the chamber, is thought | to be the preferred candidate to suc- | ceed M. Millerand of a great propor- | tion of the Radicals and Socialists, | but it is pointed out that Gaston | Doumerisque, president of the senate, | has a wider circle of political friends and is likely to be pushed vigorously | by the Radical senators. The soclalists, it is expected, will | support M. Painleve solidly in order to promote a vacancy in the presi- dency of the chamber, which might be filled by the cholce of the soclal- 18t leader, Paul Boncour. It is point- ed out that the vote for president of the republic s secret; that party dis- cipline is less opérative than under other’ circumstances, and thus ‘that surprises are possible. It is even sug gested that the senate, resenting the violent attacka made by the new chamber on the government presided over by one of its honored members, Tmight make & manifestation o tavt | . Might Tara to Potacare, The senate, which 18 generally op- posed to all useless manifestations, | is thought likely to give the leaders of the chamber the advice that they had better go slow in setting prece- dents. The mejority in the upper house Is radical, but of a more con- servative tint than the radicals of the chamber and strongly inclined to favor Poincare. The outgoing pre- mier is known to be stoutly loyal to M. Millerang. Many leaders of the old majority, which now has become the opposic tion, while regretting the campalgn against M. Millerand as president of the republic, rejolce in the thought that if he is forced out of the Elysee the president will surely return to parliament, and thus the radical so- clalist coalition will have rendered a service to the national bloc by gliving it the leader which it now lacks. The election of M. Doumergue would make vacant the presidency of the senate, and for that post again the name 'of M. Polncare comes up irrepressibly. The outgoing premicr has had all the honors he could pos- sibly expect from France, excepting the presidency of the senate and eof the chamber and the head of the law- yers' association. Offers His Resignation. Premier Poincare tendered his resig- nation and that of his ministry to Pres- ident Millerand yesterday. At the same time the new chamber met in a stormy atmosphere amid recriminations, menaces and warnings and began its record by creating a presidential crisis. The more patient and cooler headed leaders of the new majority, overwhelmed by their im- patient, impetuous, aggressive follow- ers, failed to prevent the outburst, which, in the judgment of the most competent and impartial judges of the situation, makes it impossible for M. Millerand to remain long in the French white house. Spokesmen representing Elysee Palace, say that the president will yield only to a formal vote by both houses of Par- liament, and, further, that he will re- tire voluntarily only under three con- ditions—namely, if the Ruhr is evacu- ated, if the new political situation in France brings on a conflict in the inte- rior, or if the new chamber fails to pro- tect the franc. Method of Procedure. M. Millerand's partisans in the cham- ber point out that the passage of reso- lutions would not be sufficient to force the president to resign, and contend that a ‘method must be found to do it legally, and. that the senate may be less inclined to complicate the political situation by consenting to elect a new president before the new government is constituted. The Communists joined in the anti- Millerand movement immediately after Dr. Pinard, dean of the chamber, had umade the opening speech, introducing a motion that the chamber pend ita (Contlnued on Page Much to every one's astonishment, the three singers, namely, Maria Ivo- gun, Slegfried Onegin, a Swede who lives in Germany, and Kurt Taucher flatly refused to give their talent gratis, even for suffering children, alleging that their volces were tired. Géorge Meader, an American, aid- ed by two American amateurs, car- ried out the concert and reeeived from the passengers the sum of $1,250. Americans in Berlin are won- dering at the interest America dis- plays in suffering German children when many Germans seem 80 cal- HOUSE ADJOURNMENT VOTED FOR JUNE 7 | sine Die Proposal Passes, 221 to 157—Concurrence of Senate Required. FARM BILLS’ ACTION URGED Republican I..eulerl Fear La Fol- lette Group May Object. While the House wax voting t day to adjoura Saturday, Semater La Follette, Republican, Wiscon- slu, opened a fight to have Com- Sress resume its nesalons after the national political conventions. The Wisconsin senator, leader of the Inwurgent group, introduced = resolution wnder which a recess ‘would be taken untll July 9, after which s spceific agvienitural snd tramspertation program weuld embarked upon. The House today adopted a, resolu- tion calling for sine die adjournment of Congress at 7 p.m. next Saturday. Senate comcurrence is required. The vote was 221 for and 137 against the proposal. The resolution was Representative Longworth, can leader. Scant encouragement was given at first to the recess proposal. Both the Republican. and Democratic Senate leaders wera d to be conyinced that a nen-partisan majority was in favor of adjournment. Oppesition From Democrnts. The opposition came chiefly from Democrats, Republican insurgents and other Republicans from the middle and far west who have been demanding action on farm reclama- tion and railroad legislation. Senator La Follette, leader of the ublican insurgents, took steps to- to ascertain to what extent the Democratic leaders are in harmony with the adjournment plan, and it was indicated that some move to make clearer the position of the in- surgents would be made soon. The La Follette group desires that agricultural and railroad legislation be made @ part of the accomplish- ments of the session, and some of the organized Republicans fear the pres- ent adjournment program may en- counter either an open filibuster or be wrecked by a parliamentary at- tack engineered by the Wisconsin senator. May Introduce Substitute. A propcsal for a recesp for a month or six weeks, and a return to consider a definitely outlined program being _discussed meantime by Terbers of the Senate farm bloc and some Progressives It was ex- pected the suggestion would be in- troduced in the Senate as a substi- tute for the adjournment resolution. S rgemleniits ITALY DENIES LANDING TROOPS ON GREEK ISLE By the Associated Pres ROME. June 2.—The veport from Angora that Italian troops were being landed on the Island of Rhodes, in the Mediterranean Sea, off the southwest coast of Asia Minor, was said to be unfounded in fact In official quarters here today. It was asserted that the report was one of those circulated by the Turkish and Greek press in accord offered by Republi- | with a plan to arouse suspicion about Italy's attitude and intentions in the ar east. " Reports that Itallan troops had sailed for or landed at Valora, Albania, and that the Italian goyernment was con- centrating many troops and large sup- plies of arms and ammunition in Sicily for a strong expedition to the near east also were declared to be without foun- dation. ‘According to responsible sources here Italy has no intention of undertaking any of the steps suggested in the re- ports, and does not wish to disturb the peace of southern Europe, although she is ready to protect her own interests if_they are menaced. “Favorite Recipes of Well Known Women." A’ feature of special in- terest today on The sta Stars mf:'nn. page. The first installment is & favor- ite recipe of Mrs. Coolldge. Beginning in Today's Star THE JEALOUS DUCK World Court Vote Soon, Is Asked by 23 Prominent Men By the Associated Press. i NEW YORK, June 2.—A letter addressed to the foreign relations committee of the Senate by twenty- three prominent advocates of American adherence to the world court, made public here today, urged that the Senate vote before adjournment on the plan proposed by Presidents Harding and Cool- idge. It was suggested that in case no action was taken the President call a special session of the Senate. _The letter was signed by Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard Unlversity; Ernest de W. Burton, president of the University of Chicago; John W. Davis, former ambassador to Great Britain; New- ton D. Baker, former Scoretary of War; William Allen White, Lyman 1. Gage, Samuel Colcord, Charles* H. Levermore and others. All but five were listed as Republicans. ORATORS WILL VISIT COOLIDGE SATURDAY ‘Participants in National Oratory Contest Also to View Airplane Exhibit. i COMPETE FRIDAY NIGHT Box Party and Parade to Precede Competition. | A reception by the President at the ‘White House and an Army and Nav exhibition at Bolling Field will be two | high points in the entertainment pianned | by The Star for the seven orators who will compete in the national oratorical contest Friday night at Memorial Con- tinental Hall. As guests of this paper, custodian of the prizes of $3,500, $1,000 and $500 in the contest, the young high school ora- tors will be taken on an all-day sigh[-| seeing tour of the city Saturd: the | day following the contest. | The airplane exhibition will be staged at 10:30 o'clock Saturday morning at Bolling Field, the first stop of the | visitors in 'the day's entertainment | pianned for them by The Star. | President Coolidge will receive them | at the White House some time between | noon and 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon, the exact time to be announced later. Alrplane Feats Planned. The air exhibition will be staged by vilots of the Army and Navy on duty here, and will furnish the.young visitors a half hour of thrills. Details are being worked out today by air officials of the |. War and Navy Departments. When com- pleted the full program will be an- nounced. These two major events will be in- cluded as part of the day's tour to points of interest in and around the District, when the orators will be shown the beauties of the National Capital, its parks, buildings and other 'places of historic -interest Luncheon and_dinner, as guests of The Evening Star, will be included in the trip. i Although the primary interest of the seven contenders for national oratorical honors, six of whom are coming hers from throughout the United States; is to take home one of the grand prizes, it is realized that they also will want to take home memories of the city founded upon the Constitution. The orators| will speak upon the Constitution, the contest having been held throughout the nation, and culminating here Fri- day, for the purpose of exciting In- terest in and respect for the great document upon which the country rests. The out-of-town -competitors ar- riving here this week before the con- test, will not be in a position to do much sightseeing, before the contest, it . was realized, being busy wi luncheon and other events im their honor. For this reason the day after the event was selected to show the boy and girl orators the sights of the city. Don’ Tyler, coming from Los Angeles, as representative of the Pacific zone of the contest, is sched- uled to arrive-here at 9 o'clock to- morrow. morning, .accompanied by fifteen friends. Parade to Precede Contest. .Jack Turner of Birmingham, repre- sentative of the south, is to arrive some time tomorrow afternogn. John M. Dallam, 3d.. will arrive Thursday from Philadelphia. Others to come to Washington to take part in the co: test are George Chumos of Topeka, Kan.; Eleanor Huber of Loulsville, Ky.. and Vail Barnes of New Brighton, N ¥. Ruth Newburn, Central High School senfor, will represent the District of Columbia, having been awarded the <. TWO HELD AS HEADS OF D. C. DRUG RING Raid at 516 G Street Follows In- vestigation by Special Treasury Agent. ACCUSED OF SELLING HEROIN John Cunningham and John Delfo Fail to Make Bond. Headquarters of what officials charge to be a “big drug ring” were rounded up today and two men, sald to be the principals, arrested by nar- cotic agents and police, at 516 G street. They were John Cunningham and John Delfo, alias Johnny Black. They were arraigned before United States Commissioner George H. Macdonald, | charged. with yiolation ef the con- spiracy sectien of the criminal code #nd the Harrison -narcotic act. Hearing was set for June 4. Bond was placed at §5.000 edch By the com- missioner, but the men had not made bond early this afternodn. Further developments are expected in the case, it was hinted at the nar- cotic division headquarters today. The case was developed by Joseph J. Murphy, a &pecial operative of the nareotic “division, brought here by Col. L. G. Nutt of the narcotic divi- sion from Cleveland in order to work on the drug situation here. Before daylight this morning Murphy, who had been scouting 4mong the likely haunts of the drug addicts, purchased $7 worth of | cocaine and heroin from the men at the G street address. They were ar- rested shortly after by Murphy, ac- companied by Officers John C. Baum and- Sam Hughes of the First Pre- inct. i arraigned before onald about noon. sovernment was represented before the commissioner by Asistant District Attorney A. N. Presmont, and the accused were represented by Attorney Harry Whelan. GLOBE FLYERS REACH LAST STOP IN JAPAN Complete 350-Mile Hop Down Coast in Six Hours After Start Delayed. By the Associated Press. KAGOSHIMA, Japan, June 2.—The American round-the-world aerial ex- pedition arrived at Kagoshima, its last stop in Japan, at 7:02 o'clock this evening. z The Americans made the 350-mile trip down the east coast of Japan from Kushimoto in six hours and twelve minutes. Their start was de- layed until this afternoon on account of bad weather. ; KUSHIMOTO, ~ Japan. The visit of the American round- the-world aerial expedition, in the view of the inhabitants here, has brought this small fishing village into international fame. Local au- thorities and people anxious to honor the American fiyers held a formal ceremony today before the aviators hopped off, and presented them with flowers, medals, sou- venirs and a formal address from the tocal governor. The weather, when the Americans came down yesterday, was almost Tike a typhoon. Because of this the fiyers were forced to abandon their plan to go on to Kagoshima after refueling. They spent the night aboard the American destrover Pope, which more than once had been their lodging place: before during the flight southward from the bleak Kuriles. _This ‘morning the rain and wind had stopped, and a large crowd gave the Americans an enthusiastic send- oft av the big planes gracefully took the al A Police Search Woods for Couple Trying to Live by Own Hands By the Associated Press. MOUNTAIN LAKES, N. J., June 2.— A note saying that she was going to demonstrate -they could live by their hands alone In the woods, was left early yesterday in the home of Mrs. James R. Crowle by Miss Helen Cole, a week end guest, who, with Charles Carter, disappeared after the family retired Saturday night, Mrs. Crowle said today. State police are searching the woods for the couple. AMrs. Crowle said she had known two years and that her “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 Coolidge to Act On Tax Today Or Tomorrow President Coolidge probably will dispose of the tax bill, awaiting his signature, today or tomorrow. He has virtually completed his study of the measure, along with the report sent to him on Satur- day by Secretary Mellon. The President had another con- ference today with Secretary Mel- lon for the Kurnou of clearing up several of the points arising from his study of the measure. DEADLOCK ON 60-40 RELATION CONTINUES Conferees Announce Disagreement. House Members to Ask for New Instructions. SENATORS STAND FIRM ! Say Rejection of Cramton Amend- ment Entirely Fair. i Following a second conference to- day on the fiscal relations amend- ment to the District appropriation bill the conferees of the Senate and House announced a disagreement. The House conferees will report to the House this disagreement and ask further instructions. The House conferees proposed as a compromise at today's meeting that the lump-sum appropriation to be made, under the so-called Cramton amendment as the government's con- tribution to the upkeep of the Na- tional Capital be made $9,000,000, an increase of $1,000,000 over the Crlm-1 ton proposal, and that the miscel-| laneous receipts collected in the Dis- | trict, now placed in the federal Treas- ury 60 per cent to the credit of the District and 40 per cent to the credit of the federal government, be_placed entirely to the credit of the District in th8 future. It is estimated that these receipts would swell the funde available for the District by about $1,000,000. Proposal Rejected. | This proposal, however. was reject- ed by the Senate conferees, who are insisting upon the retention of the 60-40 plan of appropriating for the District of Columbia. After a session that was reported to be stormy the conferees adjourned. They do not expect to meet again un- til the Housc has taken actior on the reported disugreement. Chairman Davis of the House con- ferees today offered in the House a report that the conference had been | unable to agree. Representative Davis intended to ask the House for instructions on the Senate amend- ment govering the flgcal relations be tween the federal and District gov ernments, but was shut off when the chair_recognized other members be- fore R itative Davis had had an opportunity 'té ask for ote on the Cramton amendment. Senate confereces maintain that io throw over the princivie of propor- tionate contribution by the federal government to the :xpenses of the District—a principle that has been in force since the organic law of the District was enacted in 1878 cither under the §0-50 or the 60-40 plar without any adequate investigation | of what the government should con- tribute under a lump-sum plan is beyond reason. The Senate conferees will continue to insist that the 60-40 plan be con- tinued in operation, at least for the rext fiscal year. During the coming year, they belleve, a commission should ‘investigate thoroughly to as- certain what changes. if any, should be made In the fiscal relations of the | District, and what lump sum_ should be contributed annually by the fed- | eral government if the 60-40 plan 1s | to be abandoned. Could Name C It was said today that provision | could well be made in the pending District appropriation bill for the ap- pointment of such a commission, with instructions that it report at the next session of Congress. o The Senate conferees believe that their position is entirely fair to the House. It is pointed out that the Cramton amendment was offered from the floor of the House, not as a com- | mittee proposal, and that it iwas| adopted in committee of the whole, | with only a few members of the House present. It pointed out also that the pro- | posal to continue the fiscal relations of the District and the Federal gov- | ernment under the present arrange- ment. with & commission to report at the next sessfon, is fair. To adopt an arbitrary lump sum as the govern- ment’s contribution to the expenses of the District, without any investi- gation, 18 fair. neither to the District nor to the Federal government, it was said. The conferees are not predict- ing a_complete deadlock between the two Houses, but should such a dead- lock arise, and the District bill fall, a continuing resolution for the next fiscal year would merely keep in force the present 60-40 plan, without granting much needed items of ap- propriations now carried in the Dis- trict bill. VILLA HERMOSA FALLS INTO FEDERAL HANDS By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, June 2.—Villa Her- mose, capital of the state.of Tabasco and considered the last rebel strong- hold, fell before a federal attack in the early hours of yesterday, accord- ing to a war department announce- ment quoting advices from Gen. Vi- cente Gonzalez. The rebel garrison under the com- mand of Fernando Segovia was dis- Persed, suftering a large number of casualties. the total of which was not given home had been in California, but recently she had lived In New York city, . where she was an art student in Greenwich Viliage. During a week-end perty, discussion of a novel of two people ifving by their hands in the wilderness led Miss Cole to declare she could do it. She is be- lieved to have induced Carter to ac- company her in the experiment. ! Miag Cole is twenty-four, bobbed | haired and wore a yellow evenln | gown when she left, a check-up con | clothing In her room showed. She is ’md t6 heve been @ Jover of the out- doors and believed to be capable of taking of herself. Itew years older. ) Carter is a | conclusion that it was hopeless | of the conventions doing th as fast as the papers are printed. Sunday’s Circulstion, 101,733 TWO CENTS. A FOLLETTE SURE 10 MAKE RACE AS THIRD PARTY HEAD Decision Is Declared Final Regardless of G. 0. P. or Democratic Actions. WOULD HOLD CONGRESS HERE TO PASS FARM BILL Plans to Nominate Wisconsin Sen- ator to Be Pushed, Following Talk With Villard. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Robert M. La Follette, senior sei- ator from Wisconsin, has decided definitely to make the race for the presidency as an independent, irre- spective of whether William G. Mc- Adoo is named on the Democratic ticket or Calvin Coolidge on the Re- publican ticket, for he has given up hope of “boring from within" the two old llne parties to secure the enactment of a progressive program. Mr. La Follette believes Congress should not adjourn now but should stay in session all summer if neces- sary to accomplish agricultural relief and other needed reforms, and is urging his followers in the Senate and House to block adjournment so far as is possible and to make the: record clear on this point Pushes Convention Pla; These are the opinions expressed by Oswald Garrison Villard of New York city, editor of the Nation, lib- eral weekly, after a conference with Senator La Follette today. Mr. Vil- lard goes back to New York to com- plete the organization of a commit- tee to be affliated with the confer- ence for progressive political action which is to meet iIn Cleveland on July 4 for the purpose of nominating Senator La Follette for the presidency “The friends of Mr. La Follette, said Mr. Villard, “are convinced that in taking the stand that he does he is far less actuated by any effect it may have upon his own personal for- tunes than by his desire to give the voters of the United States an alter- natlve to voting for either of the old parties, which we deem hopelessly corrupi. We feel that the great need of the country today is a progressive political party with a clear-cut pro &ram of reform much along the lines of those urged by Woodrow Wilson in his first campaign for the presi- dency, when he called for radical re- form and declared thet the President of the United States theretofore had to go hat in hand te Wall street for orders. Despairs, of Reform. “1 believe that Mr. La Follette finds himself in the same position as Sena- tor Norris of Nebraska, who, it will be remembered, did not wish to run again for the senatorship because after twenty-five years of experience in Washington he had come to the to ‘buck the system' as it functions in Washington. Mr. La Follette has tried for more than thirty vears to reform his party from within. He has never bolted the Republican par- ty and did not leave it in 1912, when Roosevelt cut loose. “It is therefore tremendou wrench for him to do what he has said he will do if the two mational conventions do not.afford him the ground for believing that they to purge themselves in dead Since there is no Jikelihood whaiere . T ca not escape the belief that he will an nounce his candidacy &s soon conference for progressive po! action h met. “I am frankly astounded at the of fers of support Mr. La Follette has had for an independent movement, not enly from important labor organiza- tions but from men who_were ard: followers of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, T do not think it will be hard to organize a non-partisan comm tee in New York composed of propl of varying political viewpolnts, whe feel that they must have a that they can vote for withou gies. Loking Years Ahead. “0f course, people who feel this way are not merely thinking about 1924. We want to see a permanent organization come into being which shall eles the whale tone of our political and give us a new-old leadership along the lines of the progressivism of the Theodore Roosevelt and Wood- row Wilson of 1912. It would be great misfortune, of course, if out of this movement there should be noth- ing definite left on which to build rears to come. I Jne Can deny that there | essential diiference whatsoever be- tween the Republican and Democratic parties as they are constituted today. It is just like the fight over the fn- come taxes—a question whether they should be fixed at 30 or s2 or 40 cent and not a difference of principle or policy. The same is true of the tariff situation today. As the souih becomes a land of manufacture more and more Democrats are going over to the protective theory, so that the former distinction between th« two parties along tariff lines is rapid- ly being obliterated. What other {ssues differentiate them? None. Vice Presidency Discussed. Mr. Villard was asked 1f he knew who would be considered for the vice presidency on the La Follette ticket and he said probably an eastern labor man, -but the matter is being vers seriously debated because of the pos- sibility, remote though it may be, of the electoral contest going after March 4 next Into the Senate, in which case the upper house must choose from the two leading vic- presidential candidates. He believ t {8 impossible to fore cust how many states La Folleti¢ will carry, but he is surprised at the uumber of politicians and journalists who say to him that the Wisconsi: senator will capture at least nine o ten atates. Because of the close friendship 1. tween Mr. Villard and Senator | Follette, the foregoing views may i considered significant. (Copyright, 1924.) Earthquake in French West Indies FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique. Freuch West Indles, June 2.—An earthquake of considerable violemes was felt here vesterday evening. No damage was reported.