Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1924, Page 2

ROWDYISM MARKS BRITISH CAMPAIGN Conservative and Liberal Meetings Are Particular Objects of Attack. | | | 3y the Associated I'ress. | LONDON, October 23.—The tendency toward rowdyism in the present elec- | tion campaign. with the consequent | breaking up of Conservative and| Liberal meetings, is deplored by the London newspapers, which today call upon the leaders of the Labor party 1o use their influence to stop it Labor headquarters, however, di and the agent , which has of disturb- an appeal for the party followers to act in a sport manlike manner and give their versaries a fait hearing The charge ters that the disturbances are due to gangs of paid hoodlums, often vouths not possessing the franchise, but the instigators are unknow Great Britain has a law defining freedom of speech and public meet- ing, but it seems unpopular, and| peakers who have invoked it in the | vast have found that it on served 10 embitter the situation. The chair | ;ian of a Conservative meeting at | Lambeth last night, however, read| the law, with a pacifying effect on the audience, | The rowdylsm is in nowise uni-| versal. There were many hundreds| of election meetings throughout the | country vesterday, and not more lh.\l\z four or five are reported to have heen | Lroken up. One of these was a Labor | ineeting at Maryport, where Con- | servative women downed the speak-| ers by singing the national anthem ‘The ' others were Conservative or Liberal gatherings, which were stopped by catcalls and the singing of “The Red of the party at been one of the c nee, has issued nters d- ts made in some quar- lag. MEETINGS BROKEN U® i Tahor Party Is Blamed, But Denies | Responsibility for Disorders. BY HAL O'FLAHERTY. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News LONDON. October 23.—Rowdyism and misrepresentation mark the clos- ing stages of the British general election, which will be remembered in years to come as “the dirty elec- tion of 1924 Meetings which had been arranged by the older parties in nearly every portion of the country were broken up last night, even in cases where the _speakers had loud, stentorian volcs From Plymouth, where Lady Astor faced a savage heckling for an hour before abandoning her attempt to speak, to Scotland, where Sir Robert Horne gave up his attempt to restore order, the hooligans, many of them too young to affiliate with any party, made a joke of free speech. Since the war there has been a growing tendency in this country to turn politi meetings into rougn and tumble fights. Mere heckiing, which {s a time-honored custom, has been perverted into a demonstration of class hatred, accompanied by per- sonal threats and an unbearable din of tin pan beating, bell ringing and horn blowing. The Labor party disavows connec- tlon with the rowdies, but in gome cases it was too evident that Libor supporters were active Some remarkable statistics regard- | ing unemployment in the United States appear in the Labor paper, the Daily Herald, today. They were pub‘ lished with the intention of counter- ing the statement of the Conservative organ that such a thing as un ment is non-existent acro: lantic i According to the Herald. the United ; States is suffering the worst period of industrial depression in many years, | with five million people unemployed, three hundred thousand of whom are in New York City alone. Declares Many Idle. On the authority of the Chicago {ly Worker it is declared that( there are more factory workers out | of work In America than the total| number of unemployed in all British industries. The further astonishing fact Is revealed that over half the registered trade unionists are unable to find work. This disastrous state of affairs is attributed to the fact that the United States s governed by anti-Labor férces. As the campaign reaches a climax the feud between the Liberal party and the Soclalists becomes more bit- ter. The leaders of the Labor party acknowledge openly that it is their hope to kill liberalism outright, tNereby removing the difficulties of the three-party tangle in the House of_Commons. The enraged Liberals realize now that they can never again support soclalism in office, no matter what grave reasons may arise. They regret | their complacency in allowing. Labor to take over the government, even for a short period of elght months, and they vow vengeance at the ear- liest possible moment after the new Parliament meets, should Labor try to maintain itself in power. The Conservatives are using this Liberal- Labor party controversy to good ef- Tect. Surprisingly little is heard of the graver questions facing the British pire or the great domestic issues which the forthcoming Parliament must tackle. It is a narrow partisan fight, emphasizing more than ever the absence of stability in Parlia- ment. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) SOS CALL ON RADIO PART OF FRENCH PLAY Position of Sinking Given as Mid- dle of Sahara to Allay Fears of Listeners-In. By the Associated Pre; PARIS, October 23.—The “SOS mes sages” picked up Tuesday night by Parislan radio fans now prove to have been part of a play which was being broadcast in rehearsal from a French wireless studio. The name of the ship was given in the play as the Ville de St. Martin and the position where she was sup- posed to be sinking was purposely placed In the middle of the Sahara Desert to prevent distress calls from being taken serlously. Nevertheless, quite a number of radio fans got ex- cited and began telephoning the au- thoritles arking that something be done to help the ship. Soldier Put on Probation. Sergt. Thomas Paull, stationed at Walter Reed Hospital, was given a suspended sentence of one year in ja. by Judge Schuldt in Police Court tos day on conviction of a charge of as. saulting his wife, Mrs. Opal Paul who lives at the Vendome Hotel. Mr: Paull testified that her husband choked her and otherwise maltreated her about a week ago. It was brought out that Sergt. Paull had been injured in an accident some time ago and that he may not have been fully recovered at the time of the assault. He, was - ‘placed on probation under supervi- = pion of the military authorities, | bassy, TWO MORE EMBASSIES PLANNED ON SIXTEENTH STREET SITES Great Britain and France to Erect Structures on 'Heights—W ill Leave But Two in Down- town S New embassy buildings for the Zovernments of Great Britain and France are to be erected on sites in xteenth street, it was learned today the former to be located between Kalorama road and Euchd street and the latter on the tract adjoining the studio residence of Maj. Totten, which extends® from that point to Euclid and back to Fifteenth street. Build- Ink operations are expected to begin next year. The Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard, on behalf of the British government soon will close a deal with’ Mrs. John B. Henderson for the purchase of ground. Ambassador Ju rand of France, soon to retire, purchased the Sixteenth street site in which the French government is interested, from Mrs. Henderson several years ago. M Jusserand had intended to begin preparations for the new French em- which will be the first the French Republic ever has possessed in the American Capital, but since his retirement from the diplomatic corps here, this work will be turned over to his successor who is due to arrive some time in February Scoks to Sell Present Site. Before Sir isme concludes the pur- chase of the site from Mrs. Hender- son, he plans to dispose of the pres- ent embas buildings at Connect avenue and N street, extending back to Nineteenth street. It is said that Sir Esme will retain the privilege of | keeping all the building material of the old brick mansion and chancellery. The rear buildings, which face Nine- teenth street, were erected during the World War for the convenience of the spec minister, Sir Richard Craw- ord, and his staff, who were in charge of munitions and other war activi- ties The British Ambassador is said to be considering three different offers for the property, and one is said to come from a Canadian source, with an eye to erecting a big commercial and industrial establishment in Wash- ton with accommodations for diplomatic and consular offices. Just as soon as the Ambassador accepts any of these several offers for the property he will close his transaction with Mrs. Henderson. The present British embassy represents the peak in building and general real estate speculation in the American Capital which began immediately after the Shepherd improvements and practical remaking of the city, which occurred in the early seventies. Gov. Shepherd and some of his business associates bought heavily along Connecticut avenue and improved the thorough- BOY IS INDICTED ON ARSON CHARGE Alleged to Have Set Fire to Takoma Park Home to Provide “Thrill.” The grand jury today indicted Ray- mond C. Johnson, 14 years old, on a charge of arson. The boy is charged with setting fire to a house in ‘Takoma Park September 9 last. ‘When ar- raigned in Police Court Johnson de- clared he “wanted to give the volun- teer fire-fighters a thrill,” it is said. The building belonged to David Feld- man, and is sald to have been dam- aged to the extent of $300. Johnson used to hang around the fire engine house and listen to the stories of the fire-fighters. na i £ ch: gainst urors of charges a :rrl:lng Jlolfll of 13 were indicted. The cases dropped were: Pablo Ortiz, rape; Thomas S. Kirk, joy-riding: Frank Jennings and Earl Smart, assault with dangerous weapon; Percy Alien, grand larceny, and Stephen J. Morris, robbery. Those indicted and against them are: ‘Amy E. Bell, assault with intent to kill; George Harper and Noble Duck- ett, housebreaking and larceny; James Morris, robbery; Augustine B. Crovo, mon-support; Walter Thomas, William Roberts and Katie Diggs, grand larceny; Archie Harris, Henry Smith, and Cornelius Brooks, house- breaking, and John Driver, assault with dangerous weapoms. ns were exonerated by the hem, the charges COURT ORDERS DELAY IN WAN'S EXECUTION Tudge Issues Writ in Absence of Formal Decree of Higher Tribunal. Justige Siddons in Criminal Court today postponed until “further order of the court” the execution of Ziang “un Wan, the young Chinese student, eonvicted in 1920 of murder in the first degree in connection with the killing of Ben Sen Wu, an under- secretary at the Chinese education mission in 1819, The hanging of Wan had been scheduled fdr tomorrow. The United States Supreme Court early this month set aside the con- viction of the Chinaman and granted him a new trial because of the ad- mission of a confession extorted by “third degree’ methods of the police. As the mandate from the highest court In the land has not reached the District Supreme Court the latter tribunal technically knows nothing of the new trial and Attorney James A. O'Shea representing the prisoner with United States Attorney Gordon had to secure the temporary order of the court to relieve the superintendent of the jail from the responsibility of carrying out the death warrant. On the receipt of the formal notice trom the United States Supreme Court concerning the new trial United States Attorney Gordon will ask one of the justices sitting in the criminal divisions to set a date.for a re-trial of the case. Grasshopper Army ection. fare to the last word of municipal elegance. The late Hallett Kilbourne and Adolph Cluss had handsome resi- donces there, and the neighborhood bogan to take on the cul- tured, well built city. Sir Edward Thornton was Minister from Britain, and he had for some | years occupled the residence of Charles Knapp on the northeast cor- ner of Seventeenth and 1 streets. Elisha Riggs, brother of the banker, George W. Riggs, bought this house in 1871, apd the British Minister omewhat exasperated at having to move in the midst of a busy season, and late in the same year he bought the large tract of land where the loin and the unicorn guards the mas- sive iron gates to the cuanclery and is wrought in stone over the porte cochere. Many Gifts From Queen. It was towards the close of 1873 that this mansion was completed and furnished entirely from London Queen Victoria made many personal gifts, and for many years the china dinner and tea service with the silver plate were the wonders of Wash- ington. No details of the style of the new British embassy have been decided other than _that | chancelry will be in a large spactous bullding which will ably face on Kalorama road, other necessary subbuildings garages and servants’ quarters the rear of Euclid street. 1t has been published in Paris papers that the traditional urban style of French architecture will be followed in the new French embassy here, and this is much like the present embassy | building, which is leased from Mrs Henderson. It will have a commodious | chancelry and storage room on Fif- air of a and proh with like to {be divided by a walled garden. ¢ The | German government still owns a t of land opposite that which the French Ambassador recently sold. This has been placed on the market and will be sold at the first opportunity. The | plans, however, for a new German em- bassy, that on Massachusetts being in- adequate, are all yet to be perfected. Previous to strained relations between this Nation and Japan, the Amba: dor, M. Hanihara, was considering site on upper Sixteenth street for a new home for the emperor’s The German and Japanese embassies are the only ones remaining in the | downtown section, and it would seem their tenure is to be short. The Braz- zilian embassy, on H street, was leased and the term has expired and will not be renewed. TONGS IN CHICAGO - RESUME WARFARE Bomb Explosion Wrecks Laundry in Territory of On Leong Faction. By the Associated Pre CHICAGO, October 23.—Chinese tong warfare here, at a lull since Monday night when five separate attacks re- sulted in one death and two serious woundings, resumed activity early to- day, when a laundry in On Leong ter- | ritory in Chinatown was wrecked in | a bomb explosion.- | Police squads in Chinatown were doubled last night upon reports that |one tong had said At least eight more must die.” : . Co-operating with Eastern authori- ties, detectives started a search for Chin Jack Lam, leader, who stirred up much ill feeling between that tong and the Hip Sings. Lam was arrested here last week and re- lcased after he exhibited a deputy sheriff's star. He was indicted re- cently in Cleveland for extortion. Twelve Chinese, arrested in a bar- ricaded hotel room yesterday, were Leld as suspects in connection with the recent shootings. GORDON TOREPORT ON HOUSING PROBE pects to Get Local In- i formation Today. The Department of Justice was ex- pected today to recejve from District Attorney Peyton Gordon his full re- port_on the real estate situation in the District of Columbia. The report follows investigation into the records of the Senate com- mittee alleging a combine among cer- tain local real estate men to the det- riment of renters and property owners of the District. Whether the Gordon report to the Attorney General will be made public at the Department of Justice or be sent on to the White House, which recently requested it, was not certain today. Tt was considered more likely. however, that the Attorney General, upon receipt of the Gordon report, would give some time to the study of it, and perhaps transmit the import of it at least to the White House be- fore making public any intimation as to what recommendations were made by the District attorney. No definite indications as to what the Gordon report contains could be obtained from any source. ' It was said at his office, however, that it was fully expected the documents would be transmitted to the Attorney Gen- eral before nightfall. The Department of Justice itself has taken no active hand in the problem since publication of the Senate com- mittee report on the local situation, but has been awaiting action by the district attorney, Whose responsibility it was said to be. Eats House Roofs, Attacks Rancher, in City in Mexico pebil Sl ol il By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. “MEXICO CITY, October 23.— Tierra Blanca, a city of 10,000 in- habitants in the state of Vera Cruz, has been Invaded by a swarm more than four miles long of grasshoppers, which have eaten up the straw roofs of the city's houses and have started a reign of terror among the people, who are flocking to the churches to pray for delivery from the pests. e ‘city is totally lacking in means of fighting the pests, which havi invaded the homes of the ' . people. These are unable to find any shelter from the swarms of grasshoppers, which form a black blanket entirely ~covering the houses and atreets. One report has been recelved that an intoxi- cated rancher who .had fallen asleep had his feet eaten off be- fore ald reached him. The grasshoppers have com- pletely devastated the entire re- glon about Tierra Blanca, which is Jocated in southern Mexico's tropical country, on the raliroad between Vera Cruz and the Isth- mus _of Tehnr.v;:cpee.‘ €opszight . ;’5 the | | teenth street, and the two parts are to act | aj envoy. | former On Leong | is 'accused of having| Department of Justice Ex-| AR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DR. WILMER WINS LEGION OF HONOR Notable Service in War and Peace Is Recognized by France. Di. William Holland Wilmer of 2101 R street northwest, famous eyve specialist, was decorated with the cross of a commander of the Legion of Honor of France last night high service to sclence and special service to France in the World War.” 1Tt is the second highest honor within the gift of the French Republi ENGRAVING BUREAU DIRECTORS 0 MEET Unofficial “Board” to Dis- cuss Policy Changes at Session Tomorrow. For the purpose of putting into further effect the new scheme of reorganization of the administration at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing there will be Inauguraed at noon tomorrow the first of a serles of weekly conferences of the “board of directors” of the bureau. Although not officlally named the The ceremony ingident to the formal presentation of the decoration to Dr. Wilmer k place in the French embassy, in the presence of a small but internationally prominent group of persons. Many of those present represented the medical profe i hose service Dr. Wilmer hs { lished such a reputation. that | formally recognized by France ferred by Jusserand. “board of directors.” the board, or | committee, composed of seven men, | who will meet at noon luncheon fn { the bureau, will be the governing. | body, and will discuss at its weekly gatherings all problems concerning | the big money-making plant. They will formulate po s and programs to be carried out under the Secretary of the Treasury Members of Board. ! M. Jusserand, Ambassador | France, placed the ribbon and cros of the order around Dr. Wilmer neck. after re which it was irded. M. Jusserand delivered a vt address in which he paid the highest tribute to the work the famous surgeon has done, both in war and in peace, Dr. Wilmer replying with a few words in ac- ceptance. Provious to the Ambassador and Mme tertained Dr. and Mrs. Wilmer at dinner at the embassy. The dinner was strietly a family affair at which were present besides the Ambuassa- dor's nd Dr. and Mrs. Wil- ‘illtam Holland Wilmer. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Wilmer and Dumont, military attache at the aw ceremonies Jusserand en Hout 100 guests pres ent at the decoration ¢ cluding only a few pe invited by the emba standing in the medical seience {2 number of close. personal {of Dr. and Mrs. Wilmer. The affair }\\’ s entirely informal and was car rled out with the utmost simplicit W Dr. Wilmer 1s now a brigadier gen- eral in the Medical Officers’ Reserve Corps. As surgeon in charge of the medical research laboratories of the r servie an expeditio force, he rendered invaluable | tific service to the allied air service in France, personally serving in h officfal capacity in that country For his achlevements in France and his solution of serious medical problems affecting the allied airmen, Dr. Wilmer was early recognized by this Government and was among the first to receive the distinguished service medal. His selection to | wear the cross of the Legion of Honor is further recognition for the same work Dr. Europe. where he went liam Holland make a surve {clinies with a whether any of the methods used Jabroad would be available for em- bodiment in a great institute of oph- | thalmology which. it is expected, is |s00n to be estab Dr. Wilmer achieved such heigh in his profession that he was per- suaded by a group of prominent men and women to make his knowledge available for future generations through the medium of a thoroughly equipped eve research laboratory and school of ophthalmology. Of a retir- ing nature, Dr. Wilmer at first refused such a high honor. but eventual agreed to lend the movement his sup port ons especiall lmer Now General. for the Wi Wilmer Foundation of ophthalmoloy view to determi to ical ing School to Be Founded. As a result, the William Holland Wilmer Foundation was incorporated in the District of Columbia two years ago, and it the movem t will see the beginning, before the end of this year, of what |is to be the world's greatest school {devoted solely to eve research work and ophthalmology. Just where the school will be es- ‘la\:huhcd has not been decided. Three cities are being most seriously con- sidered, it is said—Washington, Bal- timore, seat of the famous Johns Hop- kins University and Hospital,” and Philadelphia. also a center of medical research. The presence of such a fa- mous institution as Hopkins in Bal timore i said to be inclining the de cision toward that city. An eye hos pital would be erected in connection with the school. THREE CAPITAL MEN DIE BY ASPHYXIATION Grocer, Auto Salesman and Heat- ing Company Worker Are Gas Victims. Three deaths from illuminating gas occurred in the northwest section of the city yesterday. The victims are William G. Wid- mayer, 65, grocer, at 3321 Georgia avenue; James C.’ Carroll, 22, auto- mobile salesman, at 935 O street, and Joseph Alton Ward, 20, former Marine and employe of a local heat- ing firm, at 403 G street. A coroner's inquest ‘will be held this afternoon. Mr. Widmayer was a native of this city and was the son of the late John Widmayer, a butcher in the Northern Liberty Market. He is survived by his wife, three sons and three daughters. He hd suffered a slight stroke of paralysis Some time ago, Detectives Springman and Darnall in- vestigated the case. Mr. Widmayer was found dead in his bed, with the gas turned on. Mr. Carroll was a native of Harri- sonburg, Va.. where his mother, Mrs. Sallie Carroll, resides. Last Tuesday his machine, which 'he was driving, was in collision with another car, in which Lillian Glascoe and Emma Walker, colored high school students, were injured. His car ‘was badly damaged and was taken to the second precinct to awalt word from him. Carroll was found in a gas-filled room at his home. Mr. Ward was a former member of the Marine Corps, from whiéh he re- celved an honorable discharge. Some time ago he had received treatment at an_Army hospital for an injured leg. He has been engaged in business lately with the heating firm. His mother, Mrs.' Alvin Ward of Cochran, Ga., was notified of his death. Ward was found in bed, a rubber tube at- tached to the gas fixture extending beneath the bed clothes. . ROBBER GAGS WOMAN. ‘Wife of Policeman Victim of In- truder at Norfolk, Va. Special Dispatch to The Star. NORFOLK, Va., October 23.—Police- man G. Carter, arriving home fromr duty early this morning, found his wife bound and gagged and $2 gone from her purse. £ The home wps visited by a robber during the night, and when Mrs, Car- ter attempted to foil the intruder in his search for money she was impris- oned on a chair. ~She was. suffer-| from | ading the citation upon men of high | Wilmer has just returned from | shed in this country. | confidently believed that | 1e board consists of the following: ‘hairman, Charles S. Dewey, assistant ry of the Treasury in charge scal affairs; vice chairman, Maj. | Wallace W. Kirby, director of the bureau; recording secretary, Charles | R. Schoeneman, executive assistant to Mr. Dewey; Alvin W. Hall, formerly of the Bureau of Efficiency, now | chairman of the new planning unit | of the bureau, and the three assistant | directors of "the bureau, John J. viny, Clark R. Long and Paul E. | Twyman | The skeleton organtzation {planned to continue | change of personnel the future through change of | directors, or of any other members of the so-called “board of directors.” [t is believed there would always be | enough of them left to insure sta- | bility and prevent some of the sensa- |tional disruptions in morale and | working ability which have so hurt | the big plant in the past. The question of a director to suc- ceed Maj. Kirby, whose assignment | from the Army to the post by spectal act of Congress expires December 16, | has not heen decided. There have | been indications, however, that the | Treasury would like to keep May. | Kirby if possibie. 13 also through any which may come lin | New Unit Held Vital, | of the “planning unit” in tion scheme is believed one, as well as entirely bureau. Mr. Hall has been of the committee of experts which for months has been studying [the bureau and fts methods in co- operation with Director Kirby. He continues at the bureau as head of |the planning unit, and will be charged {with no administrative duties what- ever. He will give his time and at- | tention to co-operating with all other {factors in control to strengthen the | weap spots, should any develop, and |help work out new and improved methods. No such assistance had ever {been given to a director of the bureau before. SENATE PROBERS TURN INQUIRY TO “CONCEALED” GIFTS (Continued from First Paj | | | Edward T. Stotesbury and others, con- I-'iur‘u)d a campaign for contributions | independent of that of the Pennsyl- | vania w and means committee of Elhu Republican national committee. Stearns Gives $10,000. New contributions of $10,000 each reported came from Irene du Pont of { Wilmington, Del; Frank A. Munsey, New York publisher; Representative Ogden Mills of New York, and Frank | W. Stearns, of Boston, a personal | friend of President Coolidge. | Contributions of $5,000 were made | by Senator William B. McKinley of | llinols, Max D. Steuer of New York City, Mr apd Mrs. Larz Anderson of f“;‘ hington, and W. P. Murphy of | Chicago. Miss Helen Clay burgh is listed as glving $2,000 and Alaneon B. Houghton, American Am- bassador to Germany, $2,500. | _Other contributors include H. S. | Bevard, Greenburg, Pa.. $3,000; John M. Jamison, Greenburg, Pa., $3.000; | H. Emlen Roosevelt New York, $1.000; W. B. Draper, New York, $2.000; B. | G. Dawes, Pure Ofl Co., $1.000; Mrs | B. G. Dawes, Columbus, $1.000; Theo- | dore Gary, Kansas City, $2.500 ; Hunter L. Gary, Kansas City, $2,500; A. I. | Adams, Kansas City, $2.500; William i Volker, Kansas City, $2,000; F. H. | Lathrop. Birmingham, ~Ala., $2.: { nt Ridgway, Chicago, $1,50 Terry, Cleveland, $2.658; B. . {Termaine, Cleveland, $2.658: E. L. Ford, Detroit, §1.000; J. B. Ford, De- troit, $1,000; A.'W. Goodrich, Chicago, |$1.000; Edward = Mallinckrott, St Louis.” $1,500; Charles Deering, Chi- cago. $1.400; James Deering, Chicago, | $2,500; Warren Wright Chicago, §: 1500; Willlam C. Sproul, Philadelphia, 1§1,000; Marshall Field, $5,000 Reports on Dishursements. _The disbursement report of the New York and Chicago offices for October |11 to October 15, inclusive, shows i that the Chicago office spent $168.- 742 and the New York office §85,444. Chicago office expenditures include an advance of $10,000 to the Repub- lican committee of Cook County and $10,000 to the Cook County campaign | committes and $14,800 to Bert O. Cary, chairman State central commit- tee of Michigan. The New York expendi- ture included $50,000 to the New York | State Republican committee, $15,000 to the Republican senatorial commit- tee and $5.373 for moving pictures. Bankers Are Called. Pushifg its inquiry into charges of Senator Robert M. La Follette that a huge “slush” fund is being raised to swing doubtful States to the Re- publican ticket on November 4, the Senate committee turned today to the examination of bankers and others from New York City. George W. Stmmons, vice president of the Mechanics and Metals National Bank, was under subpoena for ques- tioning with particular reference to letters he wrote to other bankers urging campaign contribution for the conduct of a fight {n Western States to “kill off” the La Follette move- ment. Simmons slgned himself as acting “for bankers committee. William B. Knox, president of the American Bankers' Assoclation, also was summoned today. He denied in a telegram to the committee yesterday that there had been any proposal that member banks contribute i sum equal to a certaln percentags of their capital to aid in the Republican cam- paign. Frank P. Walsh, counsel for Senator La Follette, told the commit- tee at Chicago that such informa- tion had reached the Wisconsin Senator. Frick of Pitts- Rail Head Called. Other witnesses on_the day's list included Charles D. Hilles of New York, a vice chairman of the Re- publican national committee, and W. W, Atterbury, president of the Penn- sylvania Railroad. Counsel for Sena- tor La Follette requested that Mr. Atterbury be called for examination as to the source of funds used by the Pennsylvania 1 to print “Re- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, | the money to pay thel 1924. General Attempts Suicide; Rumanian Government May Fall in Passport Fraud| By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumanja, October 23.—Discovery of an extensive or- ganization for the issuance and sale of bogus passports to the United States resulted last eve ning in the attempted suicide of Gen. Viatolano, brother of a mem- Dbebr of the Rumanian cabinet, and today threatened a cabinet shake- up. The passport frauds were re- vealed by the Amerlcan consul at Cherbours, France, who reported there were irregularities in the papers of Rumanians attempting lette charges, the committes ex- amined a number of financiers and manufacturers from Philadelphia, as well as Chairman T. V. O'Connor o the Shipping Board. The sesslon was marked alternately by heated ex- changes between committeemen and counsel on the one hand and witnes- ses on the other, and repartee about Congress and other matters which kept the investigators and spectators amused much of the time, From Mr. O'Connor the committee developed that the labor leaders who came to Washington to hear Presi dent Coolidg: Labor day speech did so at the invitation of the Sh ping Board chairman, who advanced hotel and taxi- cab bills here. O'Connor sald he turned the sum, some $360, over to Joseph Ryan, a labor leader in charge of the visiting delegation, who sub- sequently repald him after collecting from the men. Joseph R. Grundy, Edward T. Stotesbury, Samuel L. Vauclain, Na- than T. Folwell and Chester W. Hill, all of Philadelphia, were asked about campaign fund collections in Penn- sylvania. Grundy testified that his committee, that of ways and means for the Republican national commit- tee, had received up to yesterday $365,000 in contributions. = Willlam M. Butler, chalrman of the Republi- can natlonal committee, testified at Chicago that the receipts from the committee up to October 10 had been only $78,000 i} From none of the witnesses did the committee receive any Information that there were organizations of bankers and business men collecting funds independently of the Republi- can natlonal committee, as counsel for Senator Le Follette has charged. It was disclosed that the Manufac- turers’ Club of Philadelphia had re- ceived $10,000 from its members, and that the Union League Club had col- lected funds and sent them direct to the national committee and not through Grundy's committee. Grundy’s testimony was that the $365.000 his committee had colkected came from the 53 counties outside the Pittsburgh district, which comprise 14 counties. He said W. L. Mellon, a relative of Secretary Mallon of the Treasury, was in charge of the collec tions in’ that district. Mr probably will be called later. Vauclain Gave $6,100. Asserting that he, himself, had made no effort to raise campaign funds, but had loaned his name to the Grundy committee for what it might be worth, Vauclain, president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, testified that he had contributed $6.100 of his personal funds. He told also of do- nating $10,000 of his company’s funds to the American Economic through Julius Kruttschnitt, presi- dent of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and in that connection insisted that big business interests had a right to employ people to influence sentiment as affecting legislation. Mr. Vauelain told the committee he would not approve of the use of any of the $10,000 to fight Senator La Fol- lette, and added that he was not afraid of La Follette; that no “true workingman” would vote for the Wisconsin Senator, and that “it will not take more than one hay wagon to carry the La Follette vote” He also suggested a four-yvear recess of Congress, saying that President Cool- idge, whom he described as a “good President,” could run the country meantime, “Then you don’t believe in repre- sentative government?” he was asked. “Yes, when we are represented,” he retorted. Folwell, treasurer of the Philadel- phia Manufacturers’ Ciub, who testi- fied that organization had raised $10,- 000, presented a list of contributors. The money, he said, was turned over to the national committee. He also said he had been charged by the Grundy committee with looking after contributions from the weavers of his State, but that only about 15 per cent of those appealed to had responded favorably. From Hill, secretary of the Grun- dy committee, the investigators re- ceived a list of larger contributors. They included Joseph E. Widener, Philadelphia, $25.000; J. H. Bromley, Philadelphia. $10,000; Bioren & Co. Philadelphia, $10,000, and Joseph R. Grundy, $10,000 In their examination of most of the witnesses, counsel sought to develop that most of the large contributors to the Republican “war chest” are “bene- ficiaries” under the Fordney-McCumber tariff act, and that a continuance of tariff protection was one influence in the matter of making contribution In this connection, special emphasis was laid on passages from some of the letters written by Grundy appeal- ing to Pennsylvania citizens for funds. LAUREL ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY. FIRST RACE—Purse. $1.300; Qllies; 2-year-olds: 53 furlong Miss Greble...... 115 {Mary Ann. Tady Glassen..... 115 Rin Tin Tin Frown Stont 115 Out of Sight Slow and Easy... 115 tFlivver . for maiden tBelair Stud entry. SECOND RACE—Claiming: purse, for 3-year-olds and up; 6 furiongs. *Avispa 106 *New Rival *Wild Goo: .105 Hidden Jewel *Mabel K... 108 *Viola Burton *Arlington $1,300; 105 14 14 D14 . 109 18 18 102 114 [T THIRD RACE—Claiming; purs 2.year-olds; 1 mile. Fiery Flight.. No. FOURTH RACE—Purse, $1,300; for 3-year- olds and up: 1 mile, Best Beloved..... 103 Erica Quotation ........ 102 Pirate Gold.. Sun Lady. 102 Lieut. 1L FIFTH RACE—Handicap; purst, $2,000; 6 furlong: G Rule 15 Champlain oo Norcic: 72 103 Caryantin tRed Wingfleld... 95 Will Land {Three pounds claimed for rider. for all S1%TH RACE—Clajming: purse, $1,300 for 3-year-olds and up; 1+ miles. *ducques Red Wine.. Yoshimi ... 00 *Wood Lady. Joaquina . *Watch Charm. Also eligible: Our Btar..... *Mary Agnes Dream of Valiey. *Vice Chairman. uecreek *Faith . SEVENTH RACE—Claiming: purse, $1.300; ids and up; 1% miles. Rose’ 11100 *Polly Leighton... ey 108 Gimatron ™ 106 invigorator . 101d - Faithful. Mellon | League | | | mer pres amers for the United States. eports resulted in the unearthing of an elaborate scandal and prompted the Rumanian au- thorities to order the arrest las night of Gen. Viatoiano. When an attempt was made take him into custody, howev he shot himself and ®as t hos- pital, where it was said his condi- tion was grave. The scandal is considered in po- litical eircles as certain to result in the resignation of the general's brother and the reorganization of the cabinet, particularly since other cabinet members are report- ed to be involved. ! Commits Suicide As St. Elizabeth’s Doors Open toHim| Waiting in the receiving room at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital today to be turned over to the hos; itles, Joseph L. Smith who had served 22 years i Army, placed revolver 1o head and shot and killed himgelr. Smith was admitted to Soldiers’ Home here July 1 and this morn- ing was taken to St. Elizabeth's by attendants from the former in- stitution. In the receiving room he opened a suit case, took out a silk shirt, in which was concealed a revolver, and before attendants were aware he had sent a bullet into his b Smith's neare r relative is iisted as a brother, Arthur Smith, Jack- sonville, I11. Just as Smith was diers’ Home with his att he asked permission to re his room and get a shirt left behind. Hixs granted. His deat) had concealed the shirt. al author- old, the | his ain. leavi to he had request was revealed h revolver in this MRS, WILLEBRANDT | HITS BACK IN ROW. Tells Pennsylvania Dry Body; Head Alleged Charges | Are False. i The long series of disputes over pro- hibition enforcement in Pennsylvania received an added chapter today when Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, As- sistant Attorney Genera!, made public | a telegram to Joseph M. Steele, for- dent of the Law Enforce- ment League of Philadelphia, which | she said was not given out wh other correspondence was made pub- lic by the league The telegram, sent on nied that Mrs. Willebrandt #iad made charges in a letter to Stecl: the Pennsylvania Senators, serted that she had at over the work of United States 'v-’ torneys with either President Hard- ing or President Coolidge. July 30, de- no time Involved in Dispute. The letter to which Mrs. Willebrandt referred dealt with enforcement condi- tions in the State and was involved in a controversy between Mayor Kendrick of Philadelphia and his director of | public safety, Briz. Gen. Smedley D.| Butler. Some phases of this contro- | versy. together with the attacks on prohibition enforcement officers, finally | were called to the attention of Presi- dent Coolidge, and resulted in Attorney General Stone inviting officlals of the | Law Enforcement League to come here | for a_conference. Nothing tangible | came from that conference. | Mrs. Willebrandt told Mr. her telegram that she r letter to him concerning policies in Pennsylvania prohibition enforcement as confidential, and that publication of it at the time it was written was un- justifiable “on the round that public tion will at this time be put to unfair | and partisan uses | “I stand square sincerity of the letter,” the teleg Steele rded her | on the truth and statement in my am added. “But if it is intended for publication it should have gone into more detail I have never personally discussed the United States attorneys with either President Harding or President Cool idge, though in every instance where facts have developed indlcating dere- liction of duty in offices United States attorneys 1 have th same to the attention of my superior. | i Made No Charges. “My letter made no charges against your Senators, but it was intended to suggest that if you believed any Federal official who is appointed by Senate ratification is unfaithful in office your best procedure is to take the matter up with your Senator: and get them to appeal to the Presi- | dent in a dignified manner rather than for You to engage in public| sniping accusations “Lax enforcement by county munijcipal authorities in Pennsyiv cannot be excused on the that evasion of their duty tified because the Federal Govern- ment is not doing its duty. If you disregard the courtesy of my request and reasons therefor and publish per- sonal correspondence, I request in the interest of fair dealings that you | publish this wire as well.” Publication of the telegram on top of a renewed as: administration's ana | ania grounds was jus- came ault on the prohibition enforce- ment activities made last night by Samuel Untermyer, New York law- ver, who gave ouf a lengthy state- ment. including Mrs. Willebrandt's letter to Mr. Steele. Coincident with Mrs. Willebrandt's action, Secretary Mellon declared in discussing general prohibition condi- tions that the efforts at enforcement were becoming “more and more suc- cessful” Mr. Mellon said. however, that the enforcement officers were having great difficulty in checking smuggling, and expressed the view that prohibition could be successfully and thoroughly enforced if the gov- ernment were able to check the il- legal imports. ENGLAND WILL STAND ON LAUSANNE TREATY Representatives Picked for Leag\'xe Council Session on Dispute, ‘With Turkey. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 23.—The British government will be represented at the special meeting of the council of the League of Nations, at Brussels Mon- day, when the differences between Great Britain and Turkey on the Irak question will come up for considera- tion, by Lord Parmoor and Sir Cecil Hurst, legal adviser to the foreign office. Lord Parmoor, who was at the head of the British delegation at the as- sembly of the league in September, was largely responsible for bringing the question before the league. It is understood he will stand firmly on the | the | revenue law SEMAPHORE T0 GET TRYOUTIN CAPITAL Three-Colored Light to Direct Traffic Waits on Bill Pending in Congress. A three-colored semaphore with an amber light added to the red and green Lo warn traffic to get ready for a change of direction probably will be given a try-out in Washington early next year if Congress grants an appropriation that is pending in the second deficiency bill The use of this “get-ready” light in Dbetween the red and the green would be an elaboration of the plan now being followed by trafic officers of giving & warning on their whistles a few seconds before turning the go sig: Ma the that wh enot . W. H. Holcombe, chairman of District Traffic Board, stated today he is in favor of the principl having traflic officers blow the: tles _and then waiting lonk I for vehicles and pedestrians in the middle of the intersection to Fet across before turning the sema- phore. Headley Gives Instructions. The major added that he thought an interval of from § to 7 seconds be- tween the blowing of the whistle and the turning of the sign should be sat- E st crossings. Headley, chief of esterday Inetructed to give the advance warning on the whistle and to make the interval of time long enough to meet conditions prevailing at their respective crossing According to Maj. Holcombe, the Traffic Board is not considering the in- stallation of the so-called synchronized light system, under which the signals simultaneously at .l intersec- on_ certal thoroughfares. He d the Traffic Board is seriously con- templating the purchase of the three colored signal light for individual cros: ings. May Ask Appropriation. Although t uld resemb & tri-colored semaphore a lamp post In the mid dle of busy intersections, Maj. Hol- combe said, they can be crected on demountable base and removed for pa- s and other special occasions. second deflciency bill, which ca est for the v to signal methods, failed the cl of the last probably will coms up fo in December. RECORD OF INCOME TAXES MADE PUBLIC Revenue Bureau Explains New Law Is Complied With to Full Extent. passage session and ion carly Reversing of the secr its time-honored policy of income tax records Bure of Internal Revenue. under the new revenue act of 1924, has opened to the public the “official assessment lists,” in the offices of collectors of internal revenut. Records of Washington taxpavers, along with the records of all tax payers in this collection district, are in the office at Baltimore, it was ex plained by officials here. No perma nent records of local taxpayers are kept at the local subdistrict office a 2 Pennsylvania avenue, where only s and counter business for the Government are transacted Data Made Pablic. In the official announcement toda: from the Bureau of Internal Revenue it was explained that the matter re quired by law to be made public not only had been made available to the public, but that “the collector has designated one of his employes to assist all persons making inquiry to obtain the information to Which they are entitled virtue of the new The records announcement, tory of in_question, says the “show a complete his- person’s transactions with the nment in regard to his income tax matters. The name and post office address appear on the lists as well as the amount of tax all original and additional ments; also penalty and interest ments. It is the desire of the Internal Revenue rvice to afford every facility to persons seeking the' in- formation to which they are entitled and the bureau is prepared to co- operate with the public to the fulle DURETBIA extenty 1t is explained that the matter made public is restricted, however, “to all returns of income made after January 1924, whether filed under the pro- visions of the revenue act of 1924 or prior income tax acts.” Reports of individuals, trusts, es- tates, partnerships or corporations are alike available. “The assessment lists," statement, “are, of course, for all the collector's transactions, and any additional in- formation that might be compiled would have to be taken from these lists. The opening of the official as- sessment lists to the public eliminates all possibility of errors that might be made in transcribing the informatign, and there can be no question what- pever as to the authenticity of the information given to the public.” 2 HELD IN SMUGGLING SAWS INTO D. C. JAIL Father Alleged to Have Taken Im- plements to Son in “Piracy” Book. Frank R. Porter and Paul charged with “prison breach” in cor nection with an alleged attempt to assist White's son, Ralph, to saw his way out of the District Jail, were held for the grand jury under bonds of $1,000 each in Police Court today It was testified that three bars of young White's cell had been sawed’ through when the authorities inter- fered. It is alleged by the police that Porter and the elder White ar- ranged to smuggle hacksaw blades into the youth’s cell in a book. The title of the book selected was “Piracy.” GRAIN SMUGGLING VAST. WINNIPEG, October 23.—Extensive grain smuggling from North Dakota and Minnesota to Manitoba points is being carried on, according to infor- mation obtained here last night from grain dealers. The price of wheat is several cents higher in Canada, and this. has proved an Inducement tu many south of the line to get their grain sold through the Winnipeg market, they sald. In former years prices were higher in the United States and grain was smuggled in from Canada. - P.-A. Lee, secretary of the North Dakota Grain Dealers’ Association, sald last night that grain smugghing: . was a yoearly occurrence. ' says_ the the basis bookkeeping Whit \