Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1924, Page 1

¢ Foenin ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” tar's carrier system covers every block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. WEATHER. Fair tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness, followed by showers, not much change in temperature. ure for twenty-four hour: p.m.today—Highes yesterday: lowest, 'y pm. m. today . Full report on page 7 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered as second-class metter vost office Washington, C ch WASHINGTON, Yesterday’s Circulation, 97,907 No. 1924 —FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. oy {Contest A | | Mr e -~ W, N : D. ., THURSDAY, JUNE 5, TWO CENTS. OIL PROBE REPORT "5 &6 P orirromnt somsmrren s LEADING CHOIGES J0FISCALPLAN ) IN G. O. P. PLATFORM SUBMITTED BHARGES H_A[;RANT Colladay Proposal for Members in Congress and I]UDGE EHANEE FflR / s ; ‘ AY END H. C. BI“_ I Electoral College Laid Before Party 4 p 3 3 : DISREGARD OF LAW v -~ VICE PRESIDENCY GONFERENCE FIGHT g ———— e Sune ©.—A| BIOE B of Tian uad Benetor M- | N Bastiis v HARDING A E | Cormick of Iilinois brousht about a | Hoover, Lowden, Borah and e it o Topamtican. No- | brbpaiactes; and 1SS0 950 Dawes All Cold to Proffers | Nears Head Today Over S | tional Committeeman Fdward ¥. Col- | SUgiess at, the preacnt conventinl Committee Brands Fall, Sin- lasy of the District to Chairman | ar Collaauy Faid, in support of the obn T. Adams of the national com- R . i » B " L 5 S hhk Bos Approximately half o million peo- ! clan‘ and Doheny Dealmgs,mnyw. and by Mr. Adams has be n ; referred to a snbcommittee which has Shadowy — Clears Denby | P Yorkins on a proposed platform. - trict me the right of the people t!: ‘ashington to elect presidential and Pl foasidanlat ot wAl o kst representative nd senators to rep- OF TRANSFER “ILLEGAL” | Colladay foliows ) jxrm of Columbia voting representa- $100,000 Loan and Cattle Gift| {ojleqn. ConsTess and the elsctoral Condemned—Only Passing Ref-|vears won s o i mas pro- erence Made to McLean—Stock | Fan comieres’ cactually gecepied by Speculation and “Deal” at 1920 | i G.0.P. Convention Fail of Proof. | | Plank proposing national representa- | recongigeration of the vote by which of Strong Support. New Tax Ratio. Nautional representation for the Dis. and Roosevelt. PRESIDENTIAL ORDER “We favor the granting to the I | Evades Presidency With all of the erganizaiten Re- publicans on the committee absent, the Senate oil committee today approved with minor changes the ©ili investigation report drawn up by Semator Walsh of Montana. Four Demoerats and two Repub- licans took part in the action. The Republicans were Chairman Ladd and Senator Norbeek of South Da- kotn, both of whom have consixt- ently suported throughout the inquiry the position taken by Sen- ator Walsh. Flagrant disregard of the law in negotiation of the Sinclair and Do- | heny oil leases was charged in a report to the Senate today prepared | ior the oil committee by its prose- | cutor, Senator Walsh of Montana. | The cxecutive order by which | President Harding transierred the | oil reserves from the Navy to the | Interior Department was held in the | report to have been illegal. | ie manner in which the leases | were negotiated secretly by former | Secretary Fall was described as in disregard of the statutes. | | Leases Held Wasteful. The Jeases themselves were declared “indefensibly wasteful” and based on & policy which Congress alone had . SAMUEL M. RALSTON, #uthority to determine. T i"all’s acceptance of $100,000 from i B TR R Shaetoleed g $20,000,000 BEHIND DEFENSE OF SLAYERS $1,000,000 Inmitial Fand Is Creat- to whether the payment was in fact | a loan. ed to Save Leopold and Loeb From Noose. | | | Shipment by Harey F. Sinclair of a consignment _of blooded cattle to | Fall's New Mexico raneh and Sin: ir's subsequent employment of | Fall after he left the cabinet wers cited without comment. Likewisc, without comment, the re- ort reluted how Sinclair expended 1,000,000 to clear Teapot Dome of ! Conflicting claims, some of which, at least, were “shadowy." Denby Fully Exonerated. CORPS. OF EXPERTS TO AID Former Secretary Denby of the | Navy Department and Assistant Sec- retary Roosevelt were exonerated from “any part whatever” in the ne- gotiations leading up to the leases, It was declared that despite dili- gont inquiry the committee found “no | fucts of suffcient importance to re | CHICAGO , June Jort® Th Support of the rumor that | 5 Pobiic “offitere "had | speculated in | of Nathan Leopold,sir:, loeks af the Sinclair and Doheny |Loeb, millionairee: sons, admitted companies. kidnapers and slayers of J of Robert S y ort said, “the ev dense fatiea 1o "ehiablish the ex Franks, schooiboy son of Jacob ence” of any. -‘Onsplrsry!:fl\;v "bf‘vll { Franks, millionaire real estate man, operators and others at the Republi- | s : ot : ohn national convention in 1920 for “"” be ]-":"Z""l l"> clo““t;r“:r:[ w‘;:‘fi‘l:‘ exploitation of public resources. | the carliest date s { linois procedure. i n Reference Slight. ctent Two indictments asgainst each Qoly s "““'f“."“”"T’r::l:‘::iyoum charging kidnaping for ran- fo ithe iconficiing ’,‘:lt‘n'ronn_rusonn and murder, both capital of- which it had been soug | fenses, have been prepared and await ward B. McLean with a $100,000 . . « payment to Fall, and no opinion on | the report of the grand jury, ex- that subject was expressed. pected to complete its examination The only recommendation contained | of witnesses tod in the report, aside from a reference | Arraignment is scheduled Monday. 1o court proceedings now in progress, | The grand jury will continue to was contained in the following sum- |examine witnesses after reporting v the case, however, said Robert K. | Crowe, state’s attorney, in order to Congress been observed in its spirit | get the testimony on record on oath, in dealing with the reserves: had il |and thereby prevent a changing of 110t been wrested out of all reason 1o | statements or intentional forgetful- Afford some appearance of justifica- | ness tion for the course pursued, further | When Leopold and Loeb, shackled to- action by the law-making branch |gether, were brought into criminal court might not be necessary. In view of |today for identification by a woman what has transpired it should be bank employe, Loeb collapsed and was made plain: |prevented from falling only by the “1. That no lease or other con-|shackles, when camera’ flashlight tract authorizing or providing for|bhoomed. The woman was attempting to the extraction of oil or gas from the | determine if Loeb was the person wh Teserves should be entered into ex-|under the name of ‘Morden Ballard cept upon competitive bids, for Which | opened an account in a Southside ban proposals should be duly advertised. | The state's attorney previously had said that that name was used by Loeb Cltes Basis for Leases. as part of the kidnaping plan. ws. That no such lease or contract | _Clarence Darrow, chief of counsel £hould be entered into for any pur-| for the defense, was said to be con- | sidering retention of a corps of ex- pose except to protect the reserves perts, including New York and Ch from drainage. and for such limited |cago attorneys, for which it is areas as should be drilled to that end, unless in the case of an emerg- reported an initial defense _fund of $1,000,000 has been created. Pitted ency to be proclaimed by the Presi- | dent of the United States, against them, State's Attorney Crowe, in personal charge of the case, said “3.. That every such lease or con- he would have three assistants iden- tract should be submitted to and ap- tified with the case since the finding proved by the controller general be- ! of the boy's body May 21. All wit- fore taking effect. neeses who have testified before the i. “Thal the mutherity conferred by |grand jury will be watched closely, tue act of June 4, 1920, to exchange is | Michael Hughes, detective chief, said, restricted to the exchange of crude oil |and it was announced prosecutions or gas for fuel oil or other products or { for perjury would follow changed derivitives of oil or gas.” > | statements, Conceding the danger of drainage of | Armed guards have been oil from the reserves, which has been|tne cvidence, which includes the emphasized by Fall as one of the prin- | blood-stained clothing worn by the Gipal reasons which actuated him in|Franks boy, the tape-wrapped chisel Public, Vengeful, Doubt Youths | Will Go to -Gallows. By the Associated Press, 5.—Trial July 13 and -Richard M3 Had the legislation enacted by set over +aaking the leases, the report declared | with which hp was killed. and rem- | | vould be impossible for an offi- | The Dome is concerned was “whether it is | his body was wrapped. _After the letter for the government to have | ™ Tontinued on Page 2, Column 5.) or 1,666,666 barrels in tanks at the uex-‘ |v;zrd.” This question, it was Hssefled.‘ HERR'OT REFUSES decide. =l Reviewing the testimony regarding | T0 FORM CABINET the report declared that the essentially L orrups character of a loan made under | monts PARIS, June 5.—Edouard Herriot serhaps, of any amount, under the Lcumstances,” it continued, -without Which, unless his character was cast in heroic mold, would be revealed in sub- ‘Itg sinister import is appreciated when it is borne in mind that, with- ¢ got from Fall, in April follow- T‘ne;.) lh‘: contract for the construction With it a preference right to a 'lease of a large share of naval oil rese; ‘ae crucial inquiry so far as Teapot|nants of an automobile robe in which 000,000 barrels of oil in the ground | % “howld have been leff to Congress to ihe §100,000 payment to Fall by Doheny, sch circumstances required MO €OM-| po cer to*accept a loan of such an amount 2 sense of obligation. to the lender, sequent official transaétions with him. out competitive bidding * * * Do- 4t the tanks at Pearl Harbor, and ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 1) |the radical leader has declined to | undertake the formation of a min- | istry to succeed the Poincare cabinet, it was announced this evening. ‘When President Millerand offered the premiership to M. Herriot, which he did after taking the advice of the presidents of the two houses of par. liament, M. Herriot raised the gues- tion of the president's continuation in office. President Millerand reiter- ated his determination to remain for the full constitutional term and M. Herriot then declined the task “of forming the ministry. | ple reside in the District of Columbia | ! and are taxed without representation. | A joint resolution of Conzress is | pending providing for an amendment | to the Constitution rantine repre- sentation covered Ly the plank above quoted, and has been the sul of a favorable report of the Senate com- mittee on the Distri Columbia | 1t _probably will be favorably report- -d on by the House comimittee on the District of Columbin next winter: 1t 11 be highly appreciated, and we think, the interest of the Re- publican party, that the plank sug- | Zested be embodied in the platform The plank has been included by the subcommittee in the mass of malter which will be turned over by the sub- | committee to the committer on reso- | | lutions when that committee is. ap-| ' pointed. | RALSTON OPPOSES PRESIDENCY BOOM Asks Indiana Democrats to Send | Uninstructed Delegation to New York. URGES MAN OF HIGH VISION Senator Says Need of Nation Is Honest Executives. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, June there “is something about the great- | ness of this exalted position that ad- monishes me ugainst wanging to un- | dertake the execution of its grave and solemn dutics, United Senator Samuel M. Ralston tod urged the Indiana Democratic state convention not to comsider him candidate for the presidency. “Great as this honor is, I would not peak truthfui to you should I refrain from saying that I have never aspired to the presidency | of this countr: Senator Ralston said. “If there be those who doubt my sin- cerity in what I am saying, let me lay additional emphasi on my state | of mind by declaring that this con- vention will please me most by al- lowing the delegates from Indiana to | | the New York convention to go un-, | instructed. { Wants Best Man. “I am anxious that the delegates from my home state shall go to the national convention with open minds | and perfect freedom to participate in nominating the best man to lead our party in the presidential contest this | year.” The senator said the Democratic | party should choose as its candidate for the presidency a man who is “humdn through and through: who knows America and who wants this country to do its part in establishing peace—continuous peace—among the nations of the earth.” “If such a didate is chosen.” Senator Ralston serted, “his vision will sweep the world around, and while by word and contribution he ' | will want his country to lead in the service of mankind, still he will | take care that the constitutional rights of America are not surrendered or placed in jeopardy | The salvation of the peopie and the success of popular government rest absolutely on the honesty and efficiency of public servants, the | speaker told the convention. | Without honesty, without intelli- gence and economy in public expen- | ditures no political party deserves | he public confidence,” he declared. | 'All other issues are secondary to| this consideration and it is up to the American people themselves. to say whether or not they shall have | the public_service to which thes Te | entitled. One thing is certai cannot have it unless they take theic. stand as Thomas Jefferson did in op- position to our government showing | favoritism to any class. I submit to| your judgment and your own con- | science that the - deplorable condi- | tions in our government are the direct results of the doctrine of spe- cial privileges.” Senator Ralson declared that no| government can be called honest that | fails to uphold the equality of rights | of individual citizens or permits cit- izens generally to be taxed for the benciit of a favored few. | 3.—Declaring owever. —_— PRIEST GIVING DEATH | RITES IS SHOT DOWN| | | Killed Instantly When Fired on by} Son of Man Whom He Was | Attending. 1 { By the Associated Pre: DRACUT, Mass, June 5.—Rev.| Michael C. Gilbride was shot to death | today while administering the last rites of the Catholic Church to John | King, sr., at the King home. | John King, jr. thirty-seven years |old, was arrested after he had shot Capt. David Petrie of the Lowell po- {lice in the shoulder. He will be ar- |raigned tomorrow on a charge of | murder. i | _ The police said that King admitted | shooting the priest and added he felt justified” They are at a los: ever, to understand his motive. According to the police, King en- |tered his father's bedroom while ¥a- | | ther Gilbride was administering the i how- | rites, muttered incoherently, and | drawing a revolver fired three shots, {one of which entered the priest's tem- | Ple and caused instant death. He put the weapon in his pocket, took a hoe from another room and leaving the | |house went to work in a fleld. | The Dracut police were notified and | called on the Lowell police for help, | As several officers approached the |field, King ordered Capt. Petrie. who was carrying a sawed-off shotgun, | to stop. The oflicer disregarded the | warning and King shot him. Petrie was able, however, to help the other officers overpower King. The prisoner in the scuffle sustained several scalp wounds. At the Lowell police station, King was visited by Rev. Lawrence F. Tighe, pastor of the Immaculate Con- ception Church, but the prisoner call- ed him “another traitor” and refused to_talk to Mim. Father Gilbride was pastor of the St. Mary's Church here, | from | runnin | German reparations dispute | would deliver JEALOUSIES AROUSED BY COMMITTEE’S ACTS D. C. Delegate Contest Settled. Mrs. Upton Quits Committee. Women to Get Honors. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. S Correspondent of The § CLEVELAND, June &—Lowden ntiment, with & view of making the former Governor of Jllinol the vice presidential pomince on |the Repub lican ticket, strong among the members of the Republican national committee, now assembled here. Gov Lowden is popular in the party, they say. Four vears ago the organiza- tion, built up to nominate Lowden for President, was well developed in nearly all of the states. He comes the right part the country Eeographically mate. W of But word is brought hington that Gov mated the s not wish here from Lowden twi party leaders that the vice presidential nomination. Th, ction of Secretary Hoover for the vice presidential nomination was positively predicted by one of the Cleveland newspapers yesterday President Coolidge was reported to be using all his persuasive power to prevail upon Mr. Hoover lo accept but here agiin it said that the nomination for second place on the ticket does mot appeal. and that Mr. Hoover ix disincline ept The selection Borah of Idaho would be e fitting, the opinion of some the commit- teemen, but Senator Borah will have none of it, it aid by his friends Not has to he al of Dawes, Too, Receptive. Charles G as “Hell and banker. and has done Dawes—sometimes known Maria® Dawes—Illincis 1ed the man who toward settling than any other, ‘would he acceptable to others -perhaps to a larze number, but he too, according to lilinols politicians, would with tavor the nomination I: begins to look as if it might be necessary to eatch the right man and rope him before the Republican vice presidential nomination can be made to “take,” and vet the vice presi- dency Is mot a job ordinarily to be sneezed at. It is'a job that many able Americany have held. In spite of its having been considered path to political oblivion, no outstanding American who has held that office in the past has been etherized thereby Four vears ago in Chicago Senator Hiram Johnson rould have been nomi- nated for the vice presidency sither with the late President Harding or with the late Senator Knox of Penn sylvania as the head of the ticket He would have been in the White House today had he been willing to accept the’ vice presidential nomi- nation, and even had Scnator John- son been the running mate of a President who had lived, there is little doubt that he would have been in a strategic position to obtain the nomination for President cither today or four years from now. Mrx. Upton to Retire. Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton is retir- ing as vice chairman of the Republi- can national executive committee, Wil- liam M. Butler announced today. Mrs. A. T. Hert of Louisville, Ky. Mr. Butler said, would be recommended to succeed Mrs. Upion. Mrs. Hert is the widow of “Tobe” Hert, who before his death was Republican national committeeman from Kentucky. Mrs. Upton's retirement is another not lock on | break in the presene organization of the Republican national committee. The new committee, which begins to function after the coming convention, will contain many new faces and prac- tically an entire new list of officers. John T. Adams of lowa, cha an; Fred Upham of Illinois. treaburer. George B. Lockwood of Indiana, secre- tary: all are going out of office. Mr. Butler said today there had been no selection as yet of the successor of Mr. Upham. "Mrs. Upton's retirement is at her own request, it was stated. Women to Be Recognized. The women of the Republican party will receive full recognition on the Republican national committee, if the recommendations of Mr. Butler are carried out by the coming convention. “My personal view.” said Mr. Butler today, “is that it is only fair that the Women should receive full mem- bership in the national committee. 1 hope the committee on rules and the convention will take the necessary action to bring this about.” Under the proposal of Mr. Butler each state would have a man and a woman member of the national com- mittee. The list of those who will make seconding specches for President Coolidge was increased to six today, when Mr. Butler announced thaf Representative Martin B. Madden of Tllinois, Judge C. H. Cary of Oregon, and Isdac Meekins of North Carolina, seconding speeches. There may be one other seconding speech, Mr. Butler said. It is expected | these seconding spceches will be con- fined to five minutes each. Radio Sets in Hotels. For the benefit of visitors to Cleve- be successful in getting admission to the convention hall, Mr. Butler an- nounced today, radio distributing sets and loud speakers would be in- stalled in the Cleveland, Hollend: and Statler Hotels, by which the pr ceedings of the convention would be reproduced. = Many Oppose Mondell. The anncuncement by William M. Butler, in charge of President Cool- | idge's campaign, that former Repre- sentative Frank Mondell of Wyoming had been selected as permanent chairman of the Republican national convention has not had a favorable reaction among many of the Republi- cans here. They frankly say that they_ think Mr. Butler's foot slipped. Mr. Mondell was leader of the House during the last Congress, but with in- conspicudus success. Furthermore, e was defeated by his own constitu- ents In his effort to be elected to the Senate in 1922, and as a “lame duck” ‘was_appointed to the War Finan " (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) to be the President’s| in{ the ! Davis Expects Distribution to Vet- erans to Be Made This Month. FINGER-PRINTS SPEED WORK Recipients Cautioned Against Writing to Government. The official world war bonus plication blank was made public lday by Msj. Gen. Robert (. Davi adjutant general of the Army, | will distribute them later for branches of the service concer Two unusual features of the blank as explained in an accompanring statement by Gen. Davis. are the fin- ger-print identification, and the fact that the veieran ne:d not have official discharge certificats or cther {papers indicating his service. His | memory will be sufficien:. | The application blank consists of two | sheets of business letter size, joined at the top, and printed on both s | Trere are twenty-six items {filled including the finger pri declarations by dependents. panying the blank is a single sheet of | instructions, printed on both sides. | Distribution to Be Made Soo: Distribution of the blanks wi jmade as soon as possible, Gen. Davis explained, through the American Le- gion, the American Red Cross, the | Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Dis- abled American Veterans, all post offices. the National Guard, the Or- |2anized Reserves. Army, Navy and Marine Corps stations, Veterans' Bu- 1eau agencies and other places oifi- cially desigr.ated. Although the da of distribution has not beet sct, Gen. | Davis expects it to be about the end f th monti: “It will be noted.” said Gen. Dawes, that an oath is required only in case the applicant is a dependent. No oath is required where the veteran makes his own application. Two wit- nesses, however, are necessary to the veteran’'s signature. The same blank vers the case whether | (Continued on 5 Sl =R 'RUM YACHT SHELLED; - THREE MEN WOUNDED | Cutter Seminole Opens Fire When | Smuggler Refuses to Stop With $100,000 Cargo. | { By the Associated Press. | NEW LONDON, Conn., June Three men, including the captain of the rum-laden yacht Vereign of New | York, were wounded, one severely, | when the .coast guard cutter Semi- nole fired on the vessel, which at- tempted to escape capture eight miles southeast of Block Island last night. The Vereign was brought in here early today in custody of the Semi- i nole. John Stack, aged thirty-five yvears, of Brooklyn, N. Y., a member of the crew, was removed to a_fospital severely injured- by an exploding shell which tore away a portion of his right leg and remevid a thumb. | The Verelgn's captain and another 5.— | member of the crew were treated for | | injuries aboard the Seminole. The captain and thirteen members of the crew were held for trial before | United ~ States Commissioner Earl | Mathewson today. All refused to |1and for the convention who may not | 8ive their names. Has $100,000 Cargo. The Vereign sailed out of Newport | early yesterday and took aboard a cargo of 1,200 cases of champagne, 000, at Rum row, off Montauk Point, according to members of the crew. was apparently | Connecticut shore. Ordered to stop | by Capt. Philip H. Scott of the Semi- nole, she proceeded full speed ahead, |taking a zigzag course. A blank shot failed to hait her and four solid shots failed to hit the mark. Two shells were then fired by the Seminole, the first exploding over the pilot house, where the captain was at the wheel, with Stack on the bridge. A second shot hit theNpilot house, causing injury to Stack, the captain and another man. The shots halted the rum-laden craft and the Seminole drew alongside. The injured were given first aid treatment and, with the captured vessel in tow and her crew aboard, the Seminole steamed into the local harbor. whisky and alcohol, valued at $100,- | | When sighted by the Seminole she | ! headed toward the | ! { 1 tion Powerless. LONDON, 5. —The power of the h ray materialize in tests, the House told last evening by undersecretary of the During the tests, he ministry’s experts the path of the ray only ten yards distant from the point of emanation. If the inventor's claim had been borne out, the expert ought to have disa ared, but the undersecretary was eased 10 report that he was doing ry mnicely and when last seen showed no sign of having suffered. ALL ORATORS IN CITY FOR GREAT CONTEST Box Party at Keith's Tonight Will Begin Entertainment Fea- tures of Visit. SPEAK TO NOTABLE AUDIENCE June de; “deadly failed to governmental Commons was William air ministry 4id, one of the placed himself in nt T ) P Coolidge to Present Seven Rivals Tomorrow Evening. All the high school orators who are to participate in the national ora- torical contest on the Constitution at the Memorial Continental Hall tomor- row night will be in the city today The arrival early today of the rep- resentative’of the central states, fol- lowing the arrival last night of the student representing the northeast states, is to be followed this after- noon by the arrival of the states’ contender The six out-of-town will be ready to compete tomorrow night with tuth Newburn, Central High School senior, representative of the District of Columbia, for the tional prizes. These prizes, of $3 0, $1,000 and $500, are in the custody of The Evening Star. Mixs Huber Arrives. Eleanor Huber, onc of the two girls in the national contest, arrived at Union station shortly before § o'clock this morniing frem Louisville, Ky., accompanied by her father and moth- er, Mr. und Mrs. W. F. Huber; her younger sister, Katherine Huber, and Sam W. Severance. contest manager for Kentucky. Four feet eight tall, central states’ representative comes to Washington determined to carry “back home” one of the national prizes. She is the most diminutive of the orators, but has an air of de- termination about her. She won out in her zone over high school students of Wisconsin, Mich| gan, liinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentuck West Virginia and that part of Ne York adjacent to Buffalo. She has had experience in oratory before the pres- ent contest, having won a speaking contest when she was a student in the seventh grade. She is a senlor in castern orators then inches the | the Louisville High school. Lost First Oration. After she had written her oration she lost it, but immediately wrote an- other one, and it was this draft that she gave in winning from thousands of other contestants in her zone. “I had just written it, and hadn't even begun to memorize it, and what | happened to that speech 1 will never | know, and, furthermore, to, far better than the first)’ she said today. “If it _wasn't for having to (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) g COOLIDGE TO SPEAK. President to Address Graduates at Howard University. President Coolidge today accepted an invitation to address the graduates of Howard University at commencement exercises tomorrow afternoon at 7:30 o'clock on the university campus. Chief Justice Taft and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt alvo will speak. and Secretary of the Interior Work plans to be present. Dr. J. Stanles Durkee, president of the university, will award degrees to 270 graduates. Among the recipients of honorary degrees will be Judge Fenfon W. Booth of the United States Court of Claims and dean of the Howard School 1 don't want | of 'Law; R. Nathaniel Détt, negro music | composer of Hampton, Va.; C. C. Al- leyne, Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church: Rev. Edward ¥~ Tyler, pastor, of Brookiyn, N. Y.; Melville Charlton, negro organist, of New York City, and A. Clayton Powell, of GA"b;‘\nlun Baptist Church, ew York City. ents have been made hmw‘fl-.mflm of 5,000 visitors, Told Test Proved Inven- | Leach, | PRAISE BY COOLIDGE President Addresses Delegates to Convention From White House Portico Steps. { {PROFIT IS RATED SECONDARY Deals Must Give Mutual Advan- tage, Says Chief Executive. In an address ' tod: the more than 3,000 persons attending the con- { vention of the National Association 1of Real Eswste Boards President Coolidge d that e is the biggest anw most partments of activity and that no qther business group con- tributes more cffort to establishing full appreciation of the great present and future of our country The Exccutive then called the at- tention of the large gath-ring to the idea which, he said, has been pianted throughout the structure of Ame can activities, that no business is quite justified if its sole aim is profit. “There must be a mutuality of ad- vantage.” President Coolidge added “reaching to both sides in every | truly successful business operation.” Guests at White House. The realtors and members of their to s . one of mportant de- in the nation sembled in the rear grounds of the White House as they listened to the Chief Executive of the nation address them from the steps of ‘the south por- tico of the White House, The President’s words were in the form of a waurm and friendly greet- ing. After paying a high tribute to those engaged in the real estate busi- ness. Mr. Coolidge said: “You are purveyors of cheer. confidence and soundly based optimism. You are, in a literal sense. the sellers of Amers ica. You have sold it so well that it is recognized evervwhere as the best buy in the world.” The address of the President in full fellows: Profit Not Sole Aim. “It is out of an appreciation of the marked importance of this convention that 1 have come here to extend on behalf of the national governmenl the welcome which is your due. It seems to me that this gathering is typical of the sort of unifying effort that most calculated to improve the meth- ods of business and strengthen public confidence in its processes. There can be no doubt that the widespread movement in recent decades to bring business leaders together for common and frank counsel has been paral- ieled by a great improvement in busi- ness and professional ethics. The idea has been planted throughout the structure of American activities that 1o business is quite justified if its sole aim is profit to whoever con- | necessarily | all business would be under suspicion (and w | parties enter because my second attempt was| ducts it. | “There must be a mutuality of ad- vantage. reaching to both sides in every truly successful business opera- tion. The deal in which one side ‘gets the ‘best of it' is not good busines It does not promote more business or produce confidefce in business gen- erally. Formerly there was a aurious notion that if one side in a business | transaction profited, the other mu Jose. 1f that were true, e people would stand aloof The truth is that when two into a transaction by which each exchanges something which he needs less for something he needs more, both sides are benefited. That is the ideal basis of all trade and commerce, and it is the real basis | of most transactions. Maust Maintain Standard. “It s particularly the opportunity and the duty of real estate men to maintain such a standard. their service is that of middlemen. bringing buver and seller together. They will in the long run prosper it they are guided by the aim to render a real service to both sides. The | transaction whose sole motive is the | brokerage fee, whether or not it is |earned by genuinely benefiting the prinecipals, }s not commendable. “The real estate business makes {large demands on the skill, intelli- | gence and abilities of those who suc- ceed in it. The good reaMor must make a success big epough to divide by three, giving buyer. seller and |intermediary each a share of , the | benefit. |are uctuated by from it. the ethical . con- siderations which your organization | lous {possi |Tepresents and secks. o propagate |1t makes your work & most import. |ant_one. "Your national and .local gatherings are broadcasting centers from which the best aims and busi- ness ideals are circulated and en- couraged. “Yours is one of the biggest, most important departments of activity in (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) Radio Programs—Page As a rule | | BONUS APPLICATIONS | DEATH RAY DISCOUNTED. 3,000 REALTORS HEAR - WILL BE READY SOON|commens families accompanying them were as- | | committees. This is the ideal of men Who | tee expr: ¢ | 36! Sior! | and the i not be DEADLOCK MAY HALT MANY VITAL PROJECTS 1924 Budget Likely to Be Extend- ed if Conferees Fail to Agree on Compromise. will agree to nize the principls of a lump sum s propriation, cmbodied in Cramton amendmen the Distric appropriation 1 House agree to a 7T between District for the @meantim the wil the federa) fiscal vear, and in commitiee representinz both houses of Congress will conduc investigation to determine what onstitutes a fair lump-sum appro ation from the Treasury toward mee ing the annual expenses of the Dis trict government This, it was learned today. is the opogal which may end the deadlock now between House conferees bropriation meeting probably Pending ferees. the situation t was outlined the xt n Zovernment ri- existing nate District onferee thi p of h ronts an author and ap- on tin; o me some afternoon wht from the n an unwi to come to ih em as fo! hairman Davis of House cc ngne any Housn contribution sury $8.000 expenses to be of Columbia reve- ees has sho the conferenc ment different which provided a from the federal 600,811 of the oti met from Distr nues The sentative from Senate ‘conferees and Ayres of Kansas conferee for the Ho disposed to _reach comp: agreement. Representative Funk Illinois, the other House conferee, has been otherwise engaged and spent lit tle time in the conferences Repre- demo- Asks Study by Committee, Representative Avres proposed th the principle of the Cramton amend ment substituting a lump-sum up; priation from the federal Treasury instead of the time-honored 60-40 percentage be recognized. but that the percentage method of contribu- tion be continued while a committes should make a careful study of what is a fair lump-sum appropriution from the federal Treasury The proposal of Representative Ayres that a committee of nine mem- bers be appointed to make this studs three from the Senate. three from ihe House and three representing tie citizens of the District to be appoint- ed by the President, met with the approval of the Senate conferees, 1f such 1 committee was appointed they agreed to a 70-30 proportion fc the next fiscal year, while this inve tigation was being made. Representative Davis, however, was unwilline 1o agree and conference with Chairman Madden of the Hou appropriativns committee and w other House members who have tal a_ conspicuous part in discussion o the fiscal relations between the fed- eral and District zovernments show d that it would be extremely difi cult to have such a proposal approved the House Avres Offers Agreement. Late yssterday Representative Avres went back bearing as an olive branch a proposal which it is believed will have the support of Chairman Madden and other members of the House par ticular! interested in the fiscal lations. but which Representative Davis of Minnesota, declared b intention to oppose. This new suggestion is for a commit- tee of ten. comprising five members of the Senate. to be named by the Presi dent of the Senate, and five members the Housc. to be nared by the Speaker of the House. with the understanding that the membership will be selected from members of the Senate and House District appropriations and legislative Senator Phipps was so in censed at the attitude of Representativ Davis that he was unwilling last nign' to agree to this proposed committee of ten. The suggestion, however, was left with the Senate conferees for considers tion, and it is expected that some action will be taken by them today. Only two more days remain after today. and if the compromise suggest- ed yesterday fails them will arise the possibility of the enactment of only a continuing resolution for the opera- tion of the District govesrnment afipr July 1 A C re Hi resolution would lable stih routine items as appropriations fo: salaries of employes. purchase of ‘uel and supplies. On all projects that are still under construction a continuing reso- lution would appropriate ths same amount that was authorized fne the current year. The District bill. how ever, now in deadlock. carries masv new’ and urgent appropriations ter street_improvement. rchool building= cater conduits, which would vailable under a continuing resolution. TR T T LEHLBACH BILL TABLED. Rules Committee Sees No Chance of Hearing This Session. Hopes for reclassification legisla- tion at this session of Congress went -glimmering today when the house rules committéae decided thet it could find no opportunity _for bringing up for consideration in ¢he House the Lehlbach bill mcereasing retirement annuities ang liberalizing the time for optional setirement. Every mpdber of the rules commit- Xéod himself as decidedls the Leklbach bill and any- thy it shouid have the earlies: consideration, Assurance was Biver thit it would be one of the Very fir measures given privilep. status Wen Congress reconvenes in Decembf- friendly Elecil Presbyterian Moderator, ow} SOUND, ontario, June 5. Rev. [- Clarence McKinnon of Pine Hill [e0logical Seminary in Halifax as yesterday .clected moder- fvlhe Presbyterian general asscf