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Mostly cloudy and somewhat un- tomorrow; much change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours setiled “tonight and ended at 2 p.m. toda: at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lo | ©am today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Full report on page not Highest, 69, hwest, 53, at tered as s 29,261, Ente lass matter office Washington, D. C, ch WASHINGT ¢ Foening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, -PLATFORM WHIPPED INTO SHAPE FOR ADOPTION TONIGHT BY G. O.P. VICE PRESIDENCY RACE NARROWS . Recess‘F—orced After Short Session. ORGANIZATION IS PERFECTED Finishing I: ouches Given Planks in Heated Meeting. By te Associated Press. CONVENTION HALL, Cleveland, ¢ 11— The Republican convention t another brief scssion today per- ected its permanent organization, cheered President Coolidge and party regularity, and then recessed until o'clock tonight, when it will re- ceive and adopt its platform. a i the Department of Commerce. eration. By the Associated Press. Asked if he would accept the no chosen by the Republican national convention, Mr. Hoover replied: “You are asking me the same question you asked Senator Borah —the job has not been offered to me.” Senator Borah has ordered his name withdrawn from consid- MAY APPEAL TO - Hoover Again Declares He Is Not V. P. Candidate Secretary Hoover, after a conference with President Coolidge today, vigorously reiterated his previous declaration that he was not a candidate for the vice presidency. “My position has not changed one iota,” Mr. Hoover said, add- ing that he conferred with the President only on questions affecting ation for Vice President if THE PRESIDENT. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 11.—President Coolidge probably will be asked before night by party leaders here for an cxpression of view respecting the vice presidential no | Conferences among the leaders during the forenoon developed | | While the session was in progress | the platiorm committee was holding @ heated meeting in a council room nearby, but when the time for re- ng its report arrived Charles D. es of New York announced that | vas not ready and moved for a til & p.m. arge proportion of the delegates want to recess, and there loud of “no”™ when the tion was put. Chairman Mon- however, declared with a loud & of the gavel that “the ayes " and the band took the pro- izs m hand at that point and lelegates filed out. cries Women Win Fight. Among other things in its short 5 Sikn L res approved a new arrangement ation with men on the national mmittee \gain as was a when the rallying cry of regularity and loyalty to Cool- was sounded by Permanent irman Mondell in a short address. =ot the delegates to their feet— but the La Follette men from n—by asking for a Repub- ) ngress that would remain nublican after the election. sceretary Hoover's statement in Wushington saying he was not a can- ite for the vice presidency put siill another element of uncertainty into the contest for second place on the ticket and as the convention broke up and the delegates went back to tleir hotels no orne was prepared tu say just what the finai effect would L at yesterday's session there party iax « Wiscon « R before the of the s Five minutes the opening session the 't galleries encircling the con- vintion arena were almost empty and n the space on the floor set aside for legates and alternates there also many empty ats. A few of convention officials were moving t on the platform in front of the zreat American tag, which formed the hackground for the portraits of Lin- n. Roosevelt and Harding. The greal organ was pealing out a soft and quict melody. but the resounding were sufficient to drown out 1 » there was among early arrivals Overcoats in Evidence. Many of the men came in wearing ovorcoats, for a damp and gripping breeze was blowing fitfully in from nere Lake Erie. a short block away, v under dark skies ome of the old wheel horses with whom time had not dealt Kkindly in the matter of hirsute adornment were looking as though they would like sae a fifty-fifty arrangement to the cxtent at least which would give them the privileze of keeping on their hats, excrcised freely by the woman members of the convention, the crowd was filing in and some of the great open s the gallery were filling up # band stationed in a gallery over the stage played “Linger a While.” Lowden Again Declines, nwhile a fresh telegram of d-clination from former Gov. Lowden Was heini passed around on the foor. it was addressed to the Oregon dele- zation, which has been active in pro- moting the Lowden vice presidential hoom, and requested that the delega- tion Should not vote for him on any roll call But neither this nor any other of the preliminaries the buzz of comment that usually drifts up to the rafters when a na- tional convention is assembling. The drlegates were taking it all very calmly. Not only in a weather sense, hut 50 far as the outward manifesta tions of the moment were concerned ihey were following the advice of the hotel lobby posters to “Keep Cool and Keep Coolidge."” Ten-thirty and 10:40 passed, and =till the galleries were far from full, and_only scattered sections of the convention floor were occupied. The convention officials kept conferring r final details, but they showed no indication of calling for order, May Name Coolidge Tonight. ‘here was a plan afoot to hold a nizht session to nominate Coolidge, leaving tomorrow free for balloting 1 Vice President. The leaders had not agreed upon it but it was said ihat the failure to get an agreement on the vice presidential candidate hid aroused a considerable sentiment »r getting all other convention busi- ness out of .the way tonight. A contributing factor was the un- ceriainty over how much time might he taken up today by a floor fight over the platform. The La Follette delegates from Wis- consin_were cocked and primed to make as much of a demonstration as they are permitted under the conven- tion rules, although they had no hope of forcing adoption of any part of their subplatform. Out of the Indiana delegation there siso came a hint that Albert J. Beve- ridge, rated as one of the most dra- matic public speakers in the country. was preparing to take the floor io voice his opposition to some of the ~(Continued on Page &, Columna 5.) time set the L E 1y ssion the convention in adopting its | which women will have equal rep- | long and loud demoun-| aroused much of | Law Enforcement, little or no unanimity of opinion, and, as one of those high in the | | councils of the party expressed it, “We are ready to be bossed.” Coolidge Court Plank Adopted, Oil Scandal Scored, In Platform Alien Restriction, Farm Aid Demanded—F ilipino | | By the Associated Press CLEVELAND. Ohio. tentative draft of the Republican | platform was practically completed |at an all-night session of the draft- ing committes appointed vesterday by the resolutions committee after its four and a-half hours of hearing suggestions. The subcommittee meet- |ing did not break up until after 4 o'clock, when it was made known that at least the world court sec- tion of its draft would be taken up with the White House by telephone. The draft was unanimously ap- June 11—A | announced by Charles B. Warren, the resolutions committee chairman, who also presided at the all-night ses- sion. Plank on Enforcement. Prohibition, it is understood, is not specifically mentioned, although law enforcement forms the basis of one plank. The only plank which might be interpreted as referring to the Ku Klux Klan is described as a declar: tion reaffirming the party's devotion to the Constitution and its guaran- tees of religious, civil and political liberties. The oil inquiries are dealt with under_the head of “orderly govern- ment.” and men of “both parties” are assailed for dishonesty and corrup- tion, the existence of which the party condemns and deplores. -~ Investigations have shown, it is de- clared, a wilingness on the. part of men both in and out of office to BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. CONVENTION HALL, CLEVELAND, June 11.—The District's national rep- resentation plank, providing for vot- ing representation in Congress and the electoral college, hangs in the bal- ance today before the committee on resolutions of the Republican na- tional committee. W. T. Galliher, the District's mem- ber of the committee, is putting up a strong plea for its inclusion by the committee the platform which is |to be submitted to the national con- | vention this afternoon. Edward F. Colladay, national com- before the subcommittee of fifteen of the resolutions committee appointed to draft platform, at a meeting in the city hall last night. Statehood Not Asked. “For a number of years,” Mr. Col- |luday told the committee, “the Dis- | trict of Columbia has been asking for, | national representation. We do not ask that the District be made a state; |we do ask that its citizens be given representation in the ‘government which taxes them. “The District now has a popula- tion of half a million people, or more than that of seven of the states. It pays more taxes than sixteen of the states, its soldier representation in the world war was more than that of | six of the states. Only in the last week Congress has changed the fiscal relations of the District and the fed- eral government. It has done aw with Tho pian of the government ay ing a proportionate sum of all ap- przn tions made for the National Capital, and has provided for a lump sum as the government's share Representation Held Just. “If the present plan is continued the time will come when the people of the District will pay practically all of the expenses of the National Capital. It is only just that they should be given representation in the body that levies taxes on them. They should have voting representation in the House and at least one senator. | “The Senate committee on the Dis- [trict of Columbla during the last Congress reported favorably to the cnate a resolution proposing such presentation for the District in | Congress and in the electoral college. “The: District.” said Mr. Colladay in conclusion, “is Republican. The Re- | proved by the subcommittee, it was | | mitteeman for the District. appeared | Freedom, Bonus Ignored. in official have ‘shown ind persons favors. Office hald- a_ willingness _to outside of office a wiliingness to buy with money and influence, says the “orderly gov- ernment” plank.” and this must be topped hy prosecutions, as the ad- ration now is trying to do i Pledge Farm Relief. On agriculture. which wus one of | the most troublesome questions ir the subcommittee sessions, it was | 2greed to pledge an effort 1o restore culture prices and industrial commod- ity leveis. There is no reference tn the MeNary-Haugen bill sponsored in the Tecent session of Congress by Secretary Wallace and the insurgent groyp. “The plank also expresses strong approval of the flexible tariff provisions of the present law, and an- other embodies a plea for party res- ularity in Congress and the state ieg- islatures. The immigration poliey defined in the new quota law is sirongly pec- ommended, but no mention iz made of Japanese cxclusion. Onc plank is devoted to prais President Coolldge, and further tax reduction and a tax revision formulate a scientifi gestion is made of reduction or how brought about A declaration on Philippine inde- pendence sets forth that to relinquish Anterican control of the islands would be against the welfare of both the territory and the nation. is made of the soldier bonus. “The orderly government’ takes up about 300 words (Continued on Page of in another is demanded. commission to policy. No sug- ates of further they should be plank D. C. Representation Plank | Hangs in Balance Despite Plea Galliher and Colladay Show Capital’s} Weight in Tax Payments, War Enlistments and Population. publicans of the District contributed more than $50,000 to the last cam- paign; in 1916 they raised $36.000 for the Republican cause, and thsi year we have been asked to raise $100,000. We should have the recognition we ask in the party platform. Denled Voice In Affairs. “We cannot see why we, as citizens of the United States, should be denied a voice in our government.” George A, Elliott of Delaware, a member of the resolutions committee, also urged upon the committee the adoption of the District plank. calling it to the committee’s attention, while Mr. Colladay was attending a meeting of the credentials committee. Gus A. Schuldt. Police Court judge of the District and secretary of the League of Republican Clubs of the District, was a visitor at the national convention yesterday. Other Wash- ingtonians here for the convention in- clude Dr. M. K. Finley, H. S. Barger |and C."Emory Galliher, son of W. T. | Galliner. TEN BANDITS RIFLE U. S. TRUCK OF COSTLY GEMS | Drtver Slugged in New York Hold- | Up—Jewels Were En Route | Prom Post Office. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 1L.—Ten armed bandits today held up a United States customs truck, knocked the driver unconscious and escaped with twenty-seven packages of precious stones which were being transferred from the general post office, in West 33d street, to the appraisers’ stores on Washington street. The holdup occurred at 12th street and Sth avenue. As the driver of the truck turned the corner ho was crowded against the curb by a taxi- cab, from which four men alighted. Six other men leaped upon the truck from a sedan parked along the curb. A traffic policeman not far away was issuing a summons to a motorist. | When the driver resisted he was struck on the head and ceilapsed. | The bandits gathered up the pack- |ages. hustled them into the sedan nd the taxi The | Rems were |and other jewelers. an equitable balance between agri- | No mention | i by their success i jHoover Leads Field; Lowden Out of Race. HARBORD GIVEN [LEGION BACKING Farm Bloc Stands by Curtis for Second Place. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Staff Correspondent af The Star June 11. tary Hoover and Gen. James G. Har- hord—that to say, between the supporters of onc and the propo- nents of the other. In the offing is the agricultural dent candidate distinctly representa- tive of “special interest"—not the “interest” of horrific mein as nounced by La Follette, however. The bloc has a plenitude of poten- tial candidates, the list headed by Scnator Curtis of Kansas and Rep- resentative Dickinson of Iowa The curtailment of the list of po- tential candidates was by a process | candidates, Many delegates cannot ia understand this running aw. of ucceptable candidates and wonder what they were “skeered of.” lowden Defnitely Out. Lowden been the Nt has most persistent resistant of an honor gen- | | erally conceded to most likely have lhrrn his. mot for the asking, but for the taking Senator Borah I been personally | Coolidge vice t is known. had asked by President to enter the lists for the presidential nomination, but he wired the Idaho delegation mot to present his name to the convention. The finality of the campaign of Alr. Lowden’s friends to place him ih nomination was reached when Chalr- man Oglesby of the Illinois delega- tion'. after having been in cenllflffl» tion over the wire with Mr Lowden. issued a statement in which he said that howing to Mr. Lowden's deter- mination, he chall ask recognition on the floor of the convention and advise the delegates of Mr. Lowden's irre. vocable decision. So that's that, Hoover in Forefront. The Hoover boom—that fs the boom put forward by friends of Secretary Hoover, ineluding several members of the cabinet now on the scene, during yesterday and last night —this morning was as fresh as morning-glory besprinkled with dew. At this writing there is no ris- Ing sun in any quarter to wilt it, The movement in behalf of Brig. n. Harbord was initiuted st oa inceting last night of ex-service men Wwho arc delegates and alternates in the convention. They make a demand Legion be represented. Feeling them- selves a power in politics as indicated n getting the bonus, having once tasted political blood, (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) NEW SC| i { to say, HOOL BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED Mrs. William Herron and Rev. F. I A. Bennett Are Named. Graham Reappointed. Mrs. William H. Herron, former presi- dent of the Twentieth Centurs Club, and Rev. F. I. A. Bennett, pastor of the | Calvary Episcopal Church were appointed members of the board of | education today by justices of the Dis- trict Supreme Court to succeed Mrs. Laura D. P. Morgan and William 1. | Houston, respectively. whose terms ex- pire on June 30, Edwin C. Graham was reappointed for another term of three years. The two new members of the board have been interested for some time in the affairs of the District public schools. They wil be sworn in at the reorganization meeting of the board along with Mr. Graham of July 1. | tain in school circles that Mrs. Mor- gan would be reappointed for an- other term, in view of the fact that |she has been indorsed by virtually all the teacher organizations in the District as well as all labor bodies. She has been the champion of the interests of the teachers ever since she began her service om the school board. . When informed of his appointment by The Star Dr. Bennett said that he was “profoundly shocked,” in view of the Yact that he has indorsed Mr. Houston for reappointment. Under such a condition, he said, he did not know whether he would accept the appointment. Dr. Bennett has been active in school. affairs in the District for twenty years, and wus the organizer and president for many years of the Public Interest Association of North- east Washington. He is now chair- man of the school committee of that organization and is its delegate to the District Public School Association. Mrs. Herron did not know of her appointment until informed by a representative of The Star. She de- clared that she would accept the ap- pointment. Mrs, Herron is a gradu- ate of Central High School. declares that she has an unusual interest in the school weifare of the District, and will sponsor every movement for its betterment and in every way that will Increase its eficiency. She is also a graduate of George Washing- ton University. | bloc, with demands for a Vice Presi- | de- | self-elimination of the suggested | '« | Professor at the University of Detroit. early | assembled to | that the American | (colored), | 1t had been regarded as almost cer- | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1924—F CONVENTION HALL, Cleveland, | At the hop-off this morn- | ing the contest for the vice presi-| dency had narrowed down to Secre- | gy / /////1//////////,,”’,\/@'//// *“From Press to Home The - Star Within the Hour’ 's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is de ered to Washington homes s the papers are printed. Yesterday’: \CANCER CURE FOUND, MILLERAND STEPS OUT ON DEMANDS OF LEFT DOCTORS ARE TOLD | Chemical Formula Declared Ef-| fective in 40 Per Cent of | 300 Cases. GLAND THEORY IS SCOUTED Jazz Age Is Blamed for Prevalence | of Goiter. | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. June 11.—Announcement that a new ¢hemical formula had cured 40 per cent out of 300 cases of cancer was made today by Dr. C | Everett Field of the Radium Insti tute of New York before the Associa- tion for the Study and Cure of Can |cer, meeting with the American | Medical Association convention. The formula, Dr. Fleld said, was | based on the theory that cancer js a | ®erm disease. The formula, he said, |had been ‘worked out because the X-ray and radium and other pre- viously &newn forms of treztment | were inadequate. Cure In Explained. | Taking the germ theory as basic. | Dr. Field sald, the formuia had been evolved and then 300 cases of cancer {had been put under treatment | “Forty per cent of these cases were definitely cured,” he added, explaining a preparation which would kil the germs without destroying the body tisgues, The new oreparation is known as the | | Koch serum, and was developed by Dr. | William Koch of Detroit, formerly - Dr. Field made jt plain that he was | not heralding an absolute cancer cure, that it had been used only in clinicai | cases, but that he regarded it with ' high hope. i At the same time, he said thut the Glover serum. the product of a Toronto physician, announced recently at Phil adelphia, shouid be watched carefully, | although he said the Koch serum had resulted in from 40 to 50 per cent| cures in clinical cases, whereas only 15 per cent of cures had been claimed for the Glover serum. May Withhold For | Although Dr. Koch had been drop- | ped from membership in his county | medical association and by the Amer- imn Medical Association, Dr. Field said he had been instructed to in- vestigate Dr. Koch's work with an unbiased attitude. He said he had done o and had personally studied | thirty-two cases of what appeared {to him to be incurable cases. He | declared that in clinical cases sar- | coma had been cured by the koch serum, but that a cure of the serious and malignant growth had not been claimed for the Glover serum. The Koch formula. Dr. Field said. had not been published and perhaps would not be published for months or years. Subjects ranging from rejuvenation by gland transplanting and resuscita- |tion methods to the harm of face powders, rouge and jazz were on the program for today's sessions of the {various sections of e medical wsso- clation. The gland theory was called mythol- {08y by Dr. Clarence A. McWilliam. | New York surgeon, in an address pr pared for delivery before the. surgery {section. Rules for resuscitation after electric shock were prepared by Wil | MacLachlan of the National Electr, lLight Association. and Prof. H. > Cole of Western Reserve University deplored the increasing use of co: metics. The convention yesterday adopted a resolution urging legisla- tion against the use of harmful in- gredients in cosmetics. Blames Jass for Golter. This generation of jazz was blamed [for the inerease in the prevalency of goiter by Dr. G. W. Newell, who de- |clared half of the women ana girls |of the middle west are amicted. “High-powered motor cars, dances, | | theaters, cabarets, liquor, and the other innumerable factors that play a | part in the regular life of many of our urban adolescents toduy Rave set such a hectic pace that the human nervous system isn't equal to it.” he said. "It results in complete fatigue, Which prevents the natural elimina- tion of the toxins of the body, result- ing in goiter.” i Cosmetics wera described as instru- ments toward skin {lls and homeli- ness, ‘rather than auxiliaties 'of beaaty, by Prof. Cole. Poison in Oommetica. Prof. Cole deplored the increasing use of cosmetics, which he said were always harmful to the complexion, and revealed statistics showing their conssumption and data on the prev- alence of poisonous substances in many common beautifying agents. | “The girl of today is something | {that the president resign as he was tate | the chamber. { high consideration | the fature political affairs of France. | | ew French President to Be Named Friday. Painleve Backed. OPPOSITION Outgoing Chief Raps Ouster—Herriot Due to Be Premier. By 1he Associated Press PARIS. June 11 lerand resigned today Thus the new parliamentary jority of the Left has accomplished its announced object forcing M. Millerand from the Elysee Palace. The resignation was read before both houses of parliament 4his afternoon. Until the election of a new chief executive by a joint meeting of the Chamber and Semate Friday. the executive power will wielded by the acting ministry under M. Fran- cois-Marsal. M. Millerand is the sixth of the eleven presidents of the third repub- lic to leave office by resigning. but in no previous case has the means of bringing this event about been so brusque. Edouard Herrio!, as head of the new majority of the Left, emerging from the recent parlia- mentary elections, refused to accept M. Millerand's offer of the premier- ship. The new majority demanded President Mil- not in sympathy with When the Versailles elects M. Millerands' Fracois-Marsal ministry Herriot Likely ¥ is expected to Her- again called the [ Palace and tendered an invitation 10 ) form a ministry, which this time he will accept with alacrity The resignatic of M. Millerand, which followed an adverse vote in the Chamber of Deputies yvesterday. was contained in a letter addressed to M. Doumergue, as president of the Sen- and M. Painleve, as president of 1t read “Mr. President: 1 have the honor to send you my resignation as presi- dent of the French republic. Accept, Mr. President, the assura my MILLNMRA S Paul Painleve was designated the Kadicals, the Radical Social and the Unified Socialists at a cauc held this morning as their candidate for presidency of the republic A larger caucus, to be held this evening, will include about 580 senators and deputies, comprising those who voted for Herriot's adjournment motion in the Chamber of Deputies Yesterday nd those members of the Senate who voted for the postponement of Sena- tor Cheron’s interpellation in the up- per_chamber. The Communist candidate for the presidency is Deputy Andre Marty. The Black Sea mutincer, who. recent was released after a long imprison- ment its aims. congress successor the will resign Cholce. Satu is see riot by | Millerand to Fight. Immediately after the flag was hauled down from the mast on the presidential mansion at 3 o'clock this afternoon, showing that the ch eexcutive' was no longer u resident there, President Millerand gave out 2 manifesto to his “fellow citizens™ in which he served notice thut h does not intend to remain inactive i “Tn.the ranks beside good citizens who. from all parts of the country. have sent me their precious en- couragement and sympathies,” his manifesto stated, “I will. resume the fight for liberty, for the republic and for France.” M. Millerand, in his manifesto, re- | views the situation left by the war and reminds the people he was in| accord with the different ministries, | directing the efforts to bring about | real peace while watching over the execution of the treaty of Versailles and the collection of reparations with which to offset part of the 100,000, 000,000 franes France spent for re-| construction and pensions. The man- itesto continues: | “During these four years the world | has rendered homage to the impres- | sive spectacle given by laboriou tranquil France as courageous in the face of the problems of peace as in| the presence of the trials of war.” | Calls Ousting Unmjust. The manifesto states M. Millerand had intended to collaborate with the men who, the recent elections Indi- cated, would run France's public affairs. “To my offer,” it is added. “they replied by a refusal. They demanded my resigmation, an unjustifiable pro- ceeding _violently opposed to the | (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) U (Confinued on Page 3, Column 2) | | vilie-Alton PAUL PAINLEVE. ISHII MAY SUCCEED HANIHARA AS ENVOY Present Ambassador to France Well Known in America—Here Twice on Special Missions. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, June 11.— i, viscount Kijuhrio 1 who npegotiated the Lansing- Lishii agrecment, is to succeed Masanao Hanihara as United States. alle authority ambassador to the it is indicated on reli- New Cabinet Strong. The new ministry formed vesterdas by Viscount Taka-akira Kato, presi- dent the Kenseikai, is gencrally greeted as a triumph of cabinet mak- ing. The inclusion of Korekis Takahashi as minister of agriculture and Ki Inukai, minister of communi- cations, leaders of the Seiyukai and Kakushin Clubs, respectively, it is believed, will insure the solidarity of the three parties which overthrew the Kivoura cabinet. The cabinet includes four members of the Kenseikai, two of the Seiyukal. one of the Kakushin Club, one peer, Ryohei Okada, minister of education, and three non-partisans, Baron Ki juro Shidehara, minister of foreign affairs: Lieut. Gen. Issei Uguki, ister of war, and Admiral Hyo he. minister of (he na The appointment of considercd as a 3 note of s will be friendship Shidehara is th toward America Japanese. Dance Raiders Jailed. Three of the men who on Saturday night held a demonstration at Imperial Hotel, breaking up u danc attanded by Americans and other fo eigners, as a protes against American exclusion act, were tenced to three days in jail. Two vthers were fined 10 yen each. They were charged with “disturbing the peace. Peace and international friendship will_form the basic policies of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) S MAN AND GIRL SLAIN; BODIES FOUND IN DITCH that the ign policy America aly Double Murder in Illinois Laid to| Vendetta by Police—Woman's Throat Slashed. Special Dispatch to The Star EDWARDSVILLE, 111, The bodie found in a ditch along the Edwards- road, west of Rdwards- morning by a party of their way to the Ca- Indications were that June 11— ville, this fishermen on hokia Creek. the couple were slain elsewhere and | taken to the creek bank, authorities said. iy The man was partly identified as Pete Aiello, a barber of Alton, while the girl was said to be Miss Dorothy Morgan, also of Alton, who formerly lived in Vandalia, 1l Her throat had been cut from ear to ear, while Alello een hot in the lef{ temple. ison County authorities were inclined to believe that the dual kill- ing was the outcome of a vendetta. of a man and girl were| s Circalation, 97,100 TWO CENTS. MONTHLY PAY RATE SEEN AS LOOPHOLE TOMEETINCREASES Legal Experts Evolve Possi- ble Way to Start Raises for Police and Firemen. | | | | TIME ELEMENT IN LAW IS EASIS OF REASONING “Intent of Congress Considered in | Getting Around Anti-De- ficiency Measure. FExperts of the controller general's office. uctinz under personal instruc- tions from the controlier general, at !he request of President Coolidge, to a4y are studying carefully the laws which established new schedules of “laries for the police and firemen and public sehool teachers, and the ree- ords of Congress while these meas- ures and the deficiency appropriatior bill were under consideration. | They will Prepare a digest of tho | “ase. showing not only what the laws specifically provide, but also wha was the intent of Congress, and th digest will, in turn, be studied by the controller general before making h decision Connensus of Findings. The best authorities who have =i ied this same material are unanim« in their findings. which follow: The substantive law which sets un the new rates of pay should rule i a Supersedes previous statutory und bonus law This substantive law says that th police and firemen and teachers sha | be paid at certain The District appropriation bill carries a sufficient amount. specifically for p: ing salaries of the police and firem }an teachers, to pay the new rates for more than six months. If these employes are paid at the old rates of statutory pas. minus the ‘bonu« —even though the appropriation would be made o cover the entire year—it | would be in plain violation of the dire | tion of Congress that they be paid s' certain definite rates per month. Can Pay New Rates. Even if by paying the new rates per onth the total appropriation for sal aries of police and firemen and teachers should be exhausted before the end of the rear, or before Congress passes the deficiency bill when they resssemble in December, the new salaries could be paid throughout the entire year, because the President. the budget bureau and both branches of Congress have already recognized that such @ deficiency must occu Congress has shown plainly its in- tent (o have these District workers Paid at the new rates: and has never shown anmy intention that thev be Daid at some lower rate. Congress and none eise has a right to say | what rates they shall be paid There is authority to pay the new rates, and money enough fo pay the new rates until Congress has had an opportunity to carry through the de- ficlency appropriations. Decision Due Soon. | Something like this is the decision expected from Controller General Me- Carl. soon, and certainly before t and of this week. The intention of President Coolidg: Budget Director Lord, Controlier Gen- eral McCari, the District Commission- ers and all other officials is to relisve the anxiety of the unjustly suffering police and firemen as soon as possi- ble so that the decision will not be delayed any longer than is necessary Al the same time. the decision of the controller general will not be hur ried. There is no need for expeditious action as the salaries in question ara [ not to be paid until after July 1. So the controller general will study al sides of the uestion with the” ut- most care, so that when he does nounce his decision, it will be posi- {ive and will stand. rates | m Request Reaches McCarl. The formal request in writing from the District Commissioners asking | for decision on the teacher, police |and firemen's salaries reached Con- | troller General McCarl ‘ | o'clock yesterday afternoon. The controller general today re- eived from the State Departmeng certified copies of the new laws coyv- ering the salaries of the police and firemen und teachers. and the studf of them Ly cxperts was at once be- gun While the would not discuss the merits of the question or give any indication of how his thoughts run, he did explain toduy what his method of procedurs will be. He will first have the laws cxamined 1o see just what authore tion there is for payment of tha salaries in question. He will then consult_the budget bureau to see il ther: money vailable 10 meet whatever uthorization he finds Che ally, he will take up con- sid n of the anti-deficiency law | which has been somewhat emphasi by budget officials in informal dis sions of the problem. Alms of MeC; The course of procedure shows '] the controller general i3 preparing :: do what the District Commissioner asked him to do—"do his best to fin’ a way” to approve the payment (] the salary schedules. It also show that he not xoing in anticipat any blockade until he reacnes 1 other words, he seems disposed i« build up the case as strongly as i can in favor of the police, firemes | ana teachers before he tackles th objections. Those who have made a careful stuct of the ‘anti-deficiency law are oon vinced that it will not prevent jusf action in the particular case now under consideration. The — 4.000 police, firemen anf public school teachers may rest as sured that all is being dome thij can be done in their behalf by thi President, by the budget officials, bj the controller general, by the Dix trict Commissioners and by The Eve ning Star to overcome the precarion situation in which Congress lel them, as a result of a one-man fil| buster on a “rider” entirely foreig: to_ their deficiency appropriation. Assurance of rellef will be giver a about controller general | | {(Continued on Page 2. Column 2.) |Radio Programs—Page 24,