Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER s cloudy and minimum temperature grees; tomorrow, Temperatures, today: lowest, terday. Full repe highest, at Weather Bureau Forecast.) colder tonight fair and colder. 9:40 p.m., t on page 7. tonight; 22 de- at noon yes- Closing N. Y. 5(6£ks and Bonds, Page 24 Entered as post office, No. 29,477. second class matter Washington, D. C. ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, - HOUGHTON SLATED AS LONDON ENVOY: U. 5. POLICY STANDS White House Denies With- drawal of Hughes Will Change Foreign Relations. NO ADDITIONAL SHIFTS IN CABINET EXPECTED Davis Remains as Labor Secretary. Further Diplomatic Trans- fers Talked Of. | 0 s a change in the| Houghton | Frank Kelloge to London | when Mr. Kellogg becomes Secretary | of State M 1. No announcement | of ection is expected immediate- | 1y, ard it | hat oice may else. A will At plan bassador rlif succeed as bassador swever still fall is possible c somewhere Officials would not discuss the con- siderations are , delaying announcement regarding Amb: | sador Houghton. Cable inquiries r garding his availability for the Lon- | don have exchanged be- | which an post been tween Washington in Berlin, and early received here that the b tisfactory to Mr. Except for retary Hughes Gore. who leaves the ment March 4 ¢ or of West Vir in cabine at est lidge hdrawn ignation No Neither as a retary en and the | today word was | transfer would | Houghton retary Agr tary Davis, dent C e the has req of Change in Policy. does the President in American foreign pe t of the retirement of Hughes atement Whit foresee | was authorized House that there 0" reports t modification s as followed by Department Coolidge has h regard to to Congress to-| is the ad the foreign Hughes in Mr President his mind wi the m Secretary Hughes i tion which called o ing Russian recognition The President is hopeful Russian people will point where they can place among the nations that developments of the show that progre: ingly slow Secretary electior th Russia since in 1923 to al him urg- swer that the | progress to a resume their last Davis after the November informed the President that order of Moose, with which was ively associated prior to entrance into' the Harding cabi- him to again as- its activities. The | informed his chief that officials of the insist on his return | his anc e requested ection of Secretary tod oweve order would at once. Nomination Is Expected. Houghton, i nate confirmation post, although pointm is not m require | London | to the | a recess ap- | nomination | March 4, when | in session. On Ambassador Kellogg come here eral Secretary Hughes re- to become uaintea Departme; is expected forward before Bress named, will the open for there is avenpe of i, provided the wde until after will not be otlher h $ t that reason nges the shift ead although ther that Ambassador might and Ambass; sent to Rome posts might to was today talk Rome Brussels, v Had Dificult Task. was appointed to the President Harding. At is se for the dipio- was serving as a mem- House from New York. Dur- wre of office at the German ad the advantage of ciation with the problems that and qualificati ndon post are considered on ing his capital he h hav the I highest » Mr. Houghton, on his a Berlin post, fell the difficult tas) irect there the resumption of time intercourse between £0 recently at war. has attended many n Dean car the of rehabili- and has first-hand knowledge of every blem in which this iter He is 61 years mtinued on Pag: norma t two nati Mr. Houg onte Column 1.) POISON LIQUOR KILLS 2 ATWEDDING FEAST Metal Polish, Drunk by Mistake for Gin, Believed Placed by Joker. By the Assoclated Press POTTSVILLE, Poison, 1 polish, ¢ Pa to January have 18- metal | for gin at| ville, the d d the been mistake party in Ma here, last night, cansed two of the guests ness of four others The county coroner said today that some of those at wedding feast expressed the belief that the poison had been mixed with | the uor deliberately; others said it | was done as a joke by one of the| guests who did not know it wj poison, while still others said ber of the party had gone to a nearby | saloon and picked up a bottle of metal polish believing it was gin. Joseph fa and died_shortly aft Those made Vims a wedding h of | serious ill- nd State polic La George Aleck- drinking the il were William William Smoukis, Pa. The br Margaret Vimski chief of police of not partake of the liquid and onis Shen: George and ndoah, bom, Miss lohn Conchis, Maizeville, did 1atal potion. Aleck- all of and, | May Succeed Kellogg . | early | a message i which | frc not changed | interference being or | merged recent communication | of but- fewds prushed vear | with to be disappoint- | the | submarine near | py the Ass Joseph | ¢ and | minister A. B. HOUGHTON, WAVESBLOCK D 1,Heavy Seas Crashing Over| S-19, Already Listing Dangerously. CHATHAM. Ma S-19, ss., January 13.—The which ran aground on the outer bar at the to Orleans Harbor, sent out shortly after % o’clock that ition dangerous due seas. Waves were breaking the bridge the. submarine, ad a list of 20 degrees. e was the first received 19 for time, the xplained by the submarine was sub- an extent that part antennae was under The vessel reported that she was rolling in mud, while the heavy seas raked over her. Two coast guard cutters are stand- ing by. The cutter Tampa, which to the aid of the submarine the cutter Acushnet as soon as plight of the S-19 became known, reported at that conditions seemed favorable for pulling the vessel off. Becaus ine today entrance er po was ove of Th some fact that the to such her radio water. noon the dense fog of the early morning the ct position of the vessel was not known here until 9 o'ciock, when she was sighted by the Orleans Coast Guard. She lies 5% miles south of Nausett Light The Coast Guardsmen believe ¥ too far out to be reached e lines, while the high seas made ible to approach her vessel in 40 on Board Craft. The S-19, commanded by Lieut, C. F. in, has on board five officers and nlisted men. She was bound from e repair base at Portsmouth, N New London, Conn The submarine had been at Ports- mouth for three months for general overhauling and was returning to the hase to be placed in commission again Besides Lieut. Martin, the other of- ficers aboard are Lieut. C. E. Lewis, Lieut. A. S. Edwards, Ensign W. L. Ware and Machinist M. B. Cartnell. A joint crew of Coast Guard men from the Cahoon Hollow and Nausett stations attempted to reach the sub- marine shortly before 11 o'clock, on to be capsized by a heavy roller when within 100 feet of the ship. The men succeeded in righting their craft and making their way back to shore. At that time the sea, which was pound- ing the $-19, was worse than it was earlier in the morning. The subma- rine was being struck broadside by the heavy seas, which washed com- over her top. ators on shore, however, could make out the forms of two or three members of the crew, who mounted to the turret and attempted to signal the rescuers before they were thrown into the water Structure Still Intact. Infrequent radio messages from the were Interpreted as indi- cating that the structure of the ve sel was intact: She was partially sub- merged, wallowing in mud and swept by heavy seas, which beam, at times covering the bridge rom time to time radio signals were sent out apparently to let shore sta tions know her machinery still was functioning The submarine, way from where she don, Conn., k which was on Portsmouth na yard, was refitted, to New Lon went aground on the clay miles south of Nausett the thick fog of the early her 5% in morning. AMERICAN DES TROYERS SUBMARINE CAUGHT ONBAR.OIN PERIL: to | the | . | been H, | struck her | COOLIDGE VETOES INAUGURAL BALL: PARADE SIMPLIFIED | Committee Informed Any So- cial Function in Evening Is Inacceptable. [CHARITY DANCE IS NOT | UNDER BAN, HOWEVER Colorful Event Still Assured From Military Units—Exercises to Be Broadcast. President Coolidge today vetoed suggested plans for an elaborate inauguration next March and in- formed Willlam T. Galliher, chair- {man of the general committee, that he preferred a modest ceremony: “the more simple the better.” The President reiterated his unal- terable opposition to any evening so- cial function that would come under the scope of direction of the inau- |Bural committee of which Mr. Galliher | Is head. Although this announcement precludes the possibility of an official reception, it does not stamp the pro- | posed charity ball with the Presi- | dent's disapproval. Military The parade too, the President point- ed 6ut to Mr. Galliher should be strict- ly militar: character, but open to the governors of the States, their staffs | and their official escorts, the latter to number not more than 50 men, all of whom probably would be officers ofsthe | State guard organizations. President Coolidge made his ideas known in a communication to Mr. Gal- liher, which the latter made public shortly before noon today, following a two-hour conference with his lieuten- ants. Mr. Galliher said that the In- augural committee would abide strict- ly by the wishes of the President. Parade Approved. Will Brondeart Exercises. Another development in plans for the inauguration came today with a meeting of the joint inaugural com- mittee of Congress at which arrange- ments were approved for building a low stand facing the center steps on | the east front of the Capitol from | which President Coolidge will deliver | his inaugural address and providing [for arrangements to brodacast the I exercises by both the Radio Corpora- | tion i and Potomac Telephone Company. The stand to be built on the Capi- tol Plaza will be not more than 18 {inches from the ground and provide seats for 8,500 persons. | " The tickets to this stana will be | distributed by the joint congressional | committee making arrangements for | the inaugural exercises. They will ap- {portion a certain number to each | Senator and each Representative. | Davia Lynn, architect of the Capi- | tol, was directed by the joint commit- | tee headed by Senator Curtis to pro- | ceed with the erection of the stand in | accordance with plans previously sub- | mitted. Mr. Lynn will call bids next | week for the erection of this stand, to | be completed by February 20 | ent To Be Attractive. Although the proposed program has somewhat curtailed, it was pointed out that the ceremonies at- | tending the inauguration of Presi- dent Coolidge on March 4, will still be extremely attractive and that | Washington may look for thousands of persons to come here on that day from every part of the country. [ Mr. Galliher was invited by | President to come and discuss inaugural plans in greater detall, !:md the committee chalrman sald, he |\\'uu|d seek an appointment with Mr. Coolidge sometime before noon t | morrow. At that time Mr. Galliher | will lay before the President some ad- ditional plans he has in mind, which it is believed he will not disapprove. The parade, Mr. llihgr said, prob- i ably would be confined to the mili- tary units stationed within compara- | tively easy distances of Washington There are thousands of troops from | all bMinches of the service, however, | within a day or so of the National Capital, so that under any circum- | stances a really gorgeous pageant ls |assured. with the aid of the stais of | the State governors. the the ! Bars Cadets and Midshipmen. | One aisappointing fact, however, | will be the absence of the Annapolis midshipmen and the West Point ca- | dets. It has been definitely decided |that neither will be in line. “Although | the Naval Academy midshipmen are near enough to be brought here on electric cars, it was pointed out that it would be unfair to the Military Academy to permit one organization to be in line and nct the other. Mr, Galliher will talk further with President Coolidge on the question of the parade before making additional announcements as to its personnel He will particularly inquire as to the President's view on the proposition of having any of the States repre- sented in the procession by contin- gents other than the official escorts for the governors. Mr. Gallther said that although the President has vetoed the suggested inaugural reception, there probably will be an claborate display of fire- “(Continued on Page 4, Column 1) of America and the Chesapeake | Boys, Our FooTiN'S BAD ENOUGH WITHoUuT ALL KANSAS SLANDAL HITS NEW OFFEAL State Bank Commissioner Accused of Agreeing to Take $2,500 for Pardon. By the Associated Press TOPEKA, Kans, <ansas today had a new sensation | involving another State official in charges of soliciting money for a pardon. Carl J. Peterson, State bank commissioner, was the official hit Jonathan M. Davis, who retired as Governor of Kansas vesterday, shortly after he had been arrested jon a warrant charging he had ac- cepted $1,250 for issuing a pardon, was further involved in the new allegation. Peterson would be the subject of immediate ouster proceedings, said C. B. Grifith, attorney general, last night when the bank commissioner refused to resign Accused by Attormey. Peterson was charged In an affi- da-'t sworn to by A. L. Oswald, young attorney of Hutch on, ans., with having asked $4.000 for a parole for Walter Grundy, convicted Hutchinson banker, and later agree- ing to accept $2,500 for a pardon The affida brought former Gov- ernor Davis into the case as the man who took Oswald to Peterson when Oswald, as an attorney, was seeking clemency for Grundy. At the meeting with Davis, the affidavit stated, the governor first told Oswald there yas ““absolutely no chance in the world” for favorable action in the Grundy case. The affidavit continued: “I then said, ‘Well, then, I suppose the only way open to Grundy is the Peterson route.’ January 13— Reports Governor Changed. -“At this point the governor, whose manner had been very brusque and crusty, immediately changed. He arose, took me by the 1 and led me to Peterson’s office. ** “This is Oswald,’ the governor said Peters nd thereupon left.” The affidavit related negotiations with Peterson alleged to have led to }an agreement that $2,500 would be accepted for a pardon for Grundy. Through telephone connections wit- nesses listened in on the conversa- tions, Oswald stated The affidavit related plans were laid by the attorney general to trap Peterson, the State to furnish the 182,500 bribe, but that the plans fell through when the scandal broke in- volving Rissell G. Davis, the former governor's son, who it is said, was caught accepting $1,250 for the de- iivery of a pardon to Fred W. Poll- man, former bank president and con- victed forger. Peterson to Fight to arge. The latter transactions formed the basls of the charges of accepting a bribe against Davis and his son, upon which they were arrested yesterday just before the elder Davis wound up his term as governor. Preliminary hearing on the charges was set for January 23, and they were released on bonds of $1,000. Peterson, announcing he would fGght the ouster proceedings, denied the charges made by Oswald. He as- serted Oswald had proposed to ad- vance money to free Grundy, but that he had refused to participate in such + deal. Da | RUSHED TO SHANGHAI Heiress Freezes to Death After Feat of | Warships Sail to Chinese Port. | Others Held in Readiness for Further Outbreak. ted Press. Junuary stroyers and John MANILA, States d on 13.—Th Trac, D. United Smith wards of | the Asiatic Fleet, left for Shanghal | he | today as a result of the fighting re- ported there between rival Chinese factions Other warships are under orders to proceed to the Chinese port in the event of their services being required a mem- | there. Mexican Official to Visit D. C. MEXICO CITY, January 13.—The minister of instruction, Jose Puig asaurano, has accepted an invitation from the Republican party to attend the inauguration next March of Pres- ident Coolfdge. During his trip the intends to visit various American universities for the pur- pose of arranging the interchange of pupils and teachers. By the Associated Press. | DENVER, Colo, January 13.— ! An effort to scale the east face | of Long's Peak in unfavorable weather, a previously umaccom- | plished feat, cost the life of Miss | Agnes Vaille, secretary of the | Denver Chamber of Commerce, in- | trepia mountain climber and daughter of F. O. Vaille, retired Denver millionaire. Herbert Sortland, member of a scarching party, was lost in seek- ing Miss Vaflle and other parties | plowing through snowdrifts in the ! face .of a raging blizzard and temperature of 50 degrees below | zero In search for him today had | but little hope of finding him s Vaille's trip was started Sunday with Walter Kiener of Denyer. Their upward Jjourney Scaling Peak; Searcher Lost in Storm| met with success. scending the north face of the peak when the blizzard arose. Blinded by the blizzard and stun- ned by the cold, Miss Vaille was forced to halt, while Kiener push- ed ahead to summon help, After a hazardous journey Kiener yes- terday reached a timber line house half way down the peak and led back a searching party. Forced to travel at a snall's pace the party reached Miss Vaille too late. She was found huddled in a crevice partly covered by snow. It was from that party that Sortland was lost. Miss Vaille had scaled all but sixteen peaks of more than 14,000 feet elevation in America as a members of the Colorado Moun- tain Climbing Club. She was grad- uated from Smith College. Mr. Vaille was due to arrive in Honolulu lodn}\' on a vacation trip. They were de- JANUARY 1925 -THIRT LAN'SAKES - K THIS SKYLARKING POLITICAL Leopard’s Attack Fatal to Woman Animal Trainer By the Assoclated Press. BAY CITY, Mich., January Mrs. Dolly Hill, known to circus as Dora La Valiceda, who was attacked by a leopard she was training here last Friday, died at midnight of her injuries. She was terribly clawed by the beast, a jungle leopard which had recently been added to a group of five trained animals. COOLIDGE T0 URGE QUICK FARM RELIEF President Believes Law Can Be Enacted in Present Congress. PAT. 13— the Farm legislation should and can be ehacted by Congress before fits adjournment, March 4, in the opinion of President Coolidge The legislation to be recommended by the Agricultural Commission is expected by the President to be worthy of such support that the sug- gested program can be put through in time to eliminate any necessity for an extra session to consider such measures, Fresident Coolidse will discuss rec- ommendations tomorrow at a Whit House breakfast, which will be at- tended by the members of the Agri- | cultural Commission, and Chairman Carey said today the commiscion's re- port might be given Yo the President at that time The President sees little difficulty in translating the recommendations into law. Particular emphasis will be placed by the commission on relief for the cattie industry, which Mr Coolidge in his recent Chicago speech declared to be facing dificulties. 'HAYES COLLAPSES, HEARING DELAYED Arraignment of Autoist Held in Fatal Accident Postponed Until Saturday. Stuart S. Hayes, who was held for action of the grand jury yesterday by the coroner's jury n connection with the death of Ralph Alberti, collapsed in the offices of his attorney, Thomas G. Walsh, and was unable to appear in Police Court for arraignment. Dr. | Harry F. Davies testified to this ef-| fect,” and the case was continued | until Saturday. 1 The bond of $7,000 was further re- | duced to $5,000, when it was learned that the assistant United States at-| torney and the assistant corporation | | counsel had imposed additional bonds | | in Police Court 0f$500 for transport- | | ing liquor. $1,000 for driving while in- | | toxicated, $500 for leaving after col- | liding and $100 for colliding. | Hayes put up the necessary $7,100 | yesterday afternoon and obtained his | release. | POLICEMA ! NTANSWERING i BURGLAR CALL, KILLED Man Held Up in Home, Summons | Officer, Then Shoots Him | for Intruder. By the Associated Press, WHEELING, W. Va., January 13.— Summoned to a Wheeling residence to capture a burglir, Ray Lazear, a motor cycle policeman, 'ast night was shot and killed by C. T Crouch, 85, son of the owner, who mistook him for the burglar. Crouch eurrender- ed to other policemen who arrived a short time later in response to the | burglar a'arm, Crouch, in a statement t6-police, declared that on entering the house he had been held up by an unmasked man who Jemanded money. - When he told the man he had no money, he | said, the man fled. Crouch_then tele-! phoned police and also obtained a pisto’. Lazear. the first policeman | to arrive, entered the darkened hall and, seeing Crouch, demanded he | “throw up his hands”” The order being the same as that given a short time previous, Mr. Crouch sald he believed it to be the same man and fired. Lazear died instantly, ¢ Foening Star. Y-TWO PAGES “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,349 TWO CENTS. HWAY WORKERS REGAIN RIGHT T0 RETIRE Federal Employes Denied Privilege, Due to Transfers, Given Former Status. Many Government emploves who had lost the privileges of the retire- | ment law by transfer from a Civil Service to an unclassified status are given back th privileges under regulations issued today by Hays Haymaker, acting commissioner of pensions, acting on authority of two decisions by Attorney General Stone. The regulations and the Attorney General's decision, it was sald in Mr. Haymdker's memorandum heads of all departments and inde- pendent - establishments, have “far- reaching {mportance in the adminis- tration of the retirement law, and it becomes necessary to adjust man cases which were administered under the terms of the original act.” Regulations Provided. Regulations are laid down provid- ing for the return to status of persons who had lost the retirement benefits and arrangements have been made whereby the financial difficulties attendant upon their re- establishment may be adjusted. “Numerous employes,” said Mr. Haymaker, “who were transferred from classified to unclassified posi- tios have received repayment of the deductions (from their salaries for the retirement fund) as provided by section 11 of the original retirement act of May 22, 1920 Amounts to Be Recovered. “These amounts in certain cases will have to bd recovered with in- terest, and collection of the current | deductions with Interest accruing since transfer will also be necessary. As to those officers and employes who have reached retirement age, it will be necessary to now apply the provi- sions of section 6 of the retirement law in respect to retirmnt upon reaching the specified retirement age, or to make proper certification for continuance in the service as therein provided. How many persons fited under the new not known today stood to be a will be bene- regulations was but it was under- large number. Two Opinions Quoted. Two opinions on the matter by At- torney General Stone were made pub- lic. in the first of which he rule, “Any person who has acquired a com- petitive status in-the classified civil service retains that status so long as he remains continuously in the execu tive civil service. although he ma: have been or may be transferred to a non-classified position. Such persons are at all times eligible for retransfer to a classified position and are en- titled to the benefits of the civil serv- ice retirement act under the construc- tion given that act by the act of March 27, 1922." The Attorney General, however, {held that the benefit of the law qid | not belong to “deputy internal revenue, who havi without collectors of e been or may be appointed regard to the civil service {law, and rules made pursuant there-! there is no necessity for passage of [to. ... . even though such persons | the may take an examination prescribed by the Civil Service Commission and | be appointed from eligible list.” Interprets Original Decision. In further Interpreting his origi- nal decision, Mr. Stone declared that the privileges of retirement were held /to belong to “those persons who have the civil service | acquired a competitive status in the | classified civil service and subse- quently have accepted appointments by the President to non-classified positions and have been confirmed therin by the Senate, so long as such persons remain continuously in the executive or judical civil service of the United States.” Formerly under the previous in- terpretation of section 11 of the re- tirement act, Mr. Haymaker explain- ed, “an employe transferred from a classified. to an unclassified position was not subject to the act, and no deductions . for that period were chargeable (against his salary).” Quention of Administration. This raised one of the first que tions of administration, it was said, as _to the date in relation to which the adjustment in funds should be made. This date has been fixed at March 27, 1922, for the beginning of deductions from the salaries of em- ployes who now will be eligible for reinstatement to retirement privi- leges. So sharply have the Attorney Gen- eral’s decisions reversed the pra " (Continued on Page %, Column 8.) Shivery Weather Tonight to Chase Snow Clouds Away Boreas will ride into Washing- ton tonight on his frigid north- west wind charlot, scattering be- fore him the snow clouds that have frowned at the paralyzed city since the beginning of the new year and dispensing a goodly supply of fair but shivery weather. With his arrival the tempera- ture will bow to the 22-degree mark, and, though it may struggle upward again tomorrow, the rise will be slow. At least this is the way the weather forecaster has it figured out. Partly cloudy tonight, he ad- vises, but fair and colder tomor- row, with moderate west and northwest winds. The slush of to- day will be the ice of tomorrow, it is predicted, adding to the dif- ficulties under foot. JONES SHOALS BLL ADOPTED N SENATE BY VOTE OF 4:33 Substitute for Underwood Measure Refers Problem to Experts’ Body. REALTORS REFUSED - CHANGE TO“CLEAN . HOUSE,” SAYSBALL Declares They Declined to Back Plan for Licensing Board of Own Members. TERRORIZING OF TENANTS CHARGED BY MRS. BROWN { League Secretary Declares People Fear to Testify After Threats of Landlords. b being terrorized people of Moscow,” of Mrs. Henry C. Brow ary of the Tenants' League, b joint congressional committee aring today on the proposed permanent rent law of the District of C. bia Mrs. Brown insisted that landlords threaten their fenants with eviction if they raise their voice against the treatment accorded them Senator Ball, chairman of the com- mittee, for the first time publicly re- vealed that the real estate tion had declined to co-ope framing a law to create a real tate board which, he said, would give the real estate people a chance to “clean house” themselves Senator Ball's statemcnt was made to the committee during Mrs. Brown's testimony. She had said Many of the-tenants are afraid to protest openly against the treatment accorded them. I ge ters and telephone calls t conditions. These people are their landlords may punish thelr names come out. Some of worse people Washington than are s the testimony , secre atah slu aniza- The Jones substitute for the Under- ;i wood bill to refer the whole Muscle Shoals question to a commission was adopted today by the Senate. The vote was 46 to 33. [ Today's action had the result of! substituting the language of the| ! Jones proposal for that of the Un- | derwood plan, leaving action on the| bill as a whole yet to be taken.| | Previously the Underwood measure | i = us let- ling of afraid them if are anonym had been substituted for the original, !n& punished now 1 Blanton Demands Names. Representative Blanton of who is opposed to the pending asked who these landlords were. Norris plan. Adoption of the Jones substitute decided the death knell of the Un- derwood bill and means the shoals Texas. biil to their former | and other officers | problem will be referred to a com- mission authorized to make recom- mendation to Congress for disposal | of the property. | The commission would be composed of the Secretaries of War and Agri- | M7 5 > s Bl [icultiie anaew ERIra ‘persine tay ve | Seuatcr Ball agreed with Mr. Blan | named by the President, who would ({00 that there are many high-class | be instructed to report not later than |[eal estate operators in the District { the first Monday In December, 1925. |He then made the charge that the The Secretary of War is authorized | 10cal real estate organization when to dispose temporarily of the power Offered a chance to co-operate, pro- {development of Muscle Shoals, while viding for a real estate board, com- the commission is making its study |Posed of real estate people which and also to construct Dam No. 3 in the | Would have the power to lic and Tennessee River. to cancel licenses of real estate oper- ators, had declined. Isese Limit Fixed. Says Board Refused. No lease could be considered by the | .y .0 T Tl o DL commission for more thamt 50 years| .o SEUL fOF Phe SSesarery of AN and the production of nitrate for|Gongregs met,” sald Senator Ball. ‘I ammunition and fertilizer is declared | ( o2l (00 ™0 "t the organization { the primary nurpose of Muscle Shoals | \iieq it, power might be granted development. by legislation to a real estate board | After the vote on the Jomes sub-| C} 1" \could let them eclean house | stitute Senator Norris, Republican. | themscives. The secretary scemed | Nebraska, introduced a new substi-|pilicod with the proposition. . He | tute. agreed to call a meeting and submit Those supporting the Jones substi- | Such a meeting was held, and in tute were a week the secretary t me back { _ Republicans—Ball, Bingham, Borah, | word that the organization was not | Brookhart, Bursum, Cameron, Capper. | willing to go into such a proposi- Couzens, Cummins, Gooding, Harreld. | tjon " Johnson of California, Jones of| The hearing on the rent bill today Washington, La Follette, McCormick, | was stormy at times. The day McNary, Means, Moses, Norbeck, Nor- | set aside for hearing proponents of ris, Oddle, Pepper, Phipps, Reed of |the measure. A session will be held Pennsylvania, ~ Shortridge. Smoot, | tonight from 8 o'clock to in the Sterling, Wadsworth and Watson—29. | caucus room of the Senate Offi Democrats—Ashurst, Copeland, Dill, | Building, when those who favor the | Ferris, Jones of New Mexico, McKel- | bill will continue to be heard. lar, Mayfield, Neely, Overman, Ral-| Mrs. Cora C. Waudby, who ston, Ransdell, Sheppard, Simmons,|at the Walraff Apartment, was Smith, Walsh of Massachusetts and |first witness put on by the Tena Walsh of Montana—16. {League. She told the committee that | Farmer-Labor—Shipstead—1. she rented an. apartment of three | Total, 46. rooms, kitchenette and bath, and she | Those voting against the substitute | had been in the apartment for five | were: | years; that the rent had been rais Republicans—Butler, Curtis, Dale,|from $32.50 at various intervals un Edge, Fernald, Fess, Greene, Hale|the last raise to & The ag | Keyes. Ladd, McKinley, McLean, Met- ' she said, was Louis A. Raebach | calf, Spencer, Warren and Willis—16.|told the committee that she had been | __Democrats — Bayard, Bruce, Dial,|informed by the agent that her rent { Fletcher, Gerry, Harris, Harrison,|was to be increased $5 a month and {Heflin, Kendrick, King, Pittman, |that she would Stwh | Shields, Stanley, Swanson, Trammell| with the following «lane: and Underwood—17. further agreed and understood Total, 33. | this party of the ond pa il Biiee {covenants and agrees it reasonable and is not Representative Blanton o questioning the witness asked ques- | M tions which seemed to Senators Cope- District Heads Tell Congress land and Ball to be covering ground already gone over. They protested, Mr. Blanton said U. S. Bureau Probe Would Be Useless. “I realize there are crooks among real estate people,” said Mr. Blanton, | “just as there are in other classes of people. But some real estate men are | moral, Christian gentlemen lives the a 50, it She ave to a that b and her just ive exc Charges She Was Threatened. Mrs. Waudby declared that she was threatened with eviction if she did not sign the lease. She expressed the opinion that the landlord wanted to get rid of her because she had complained to the Rent Commission |7 “I appear to be the only memb: of the committee who is opposed tv this legislation.” This roused the ire of Senator Ball “What's the use of attending hearing if you do,not do so with au i : open mipd,” he démanded The District Commissioners today | Senator Ball protested being pla reported to the Senate and House Dis- |in thc position of favoring the ren trict committees that in their opinfon | bill until he heard all the testimon) “I am fundamentally opposed to this legislation,” said Representative Blan ton, just as Senator Copeland said h is strongly In favor of it. 1 joint resolution directing the | United States Bureau of Education to | make a survey of public school needs | in_Washington. i The report of the Commissioners | |reads, in part, as follows: Senator Ball started to rule that i | Controversy Blows Over. “The object of the resolution is to|members of the committee would be jdirect the United States Bureau of|ajlowed omly five minutes in which to | Education to make a survey of pub- | question witnesses. This brought { lic schools in the District of Colum- | protest from Senator Jones of Wash | bia. Uuon receipt of your letter the|ington and Mr. Blanton. Senator Commlssioners forwarded the coby of Jones said that he did not believe the resolution to the Board of Educa- | that any member could be limited and tion. The Commissioners are in re-|that he did not intend to limited ceipt of a report of a special com- himself. Finally the controversy blew | mittee of that board regarding the|over and the hearing was continued matter, a copy of which they inclose | Mr. Blanton sought to show that £ox -your Information. the wages of labor had doubled a “It is the opinion of the Board of | values of real estate also sinca the Education and’ the Commissioners | war. that there 1s no necessity for the pas-| My husband’s salary has not dou- sage of the resolution. The Board of | bled,” replied Mrs. Waudby. She said Education has already made an in-|that he was a Government employe. vestigation of the matter and is now | Mrs. Waudby read a letter to the prepared to give information as to|committee written by another tenant public school needs. jof the Walraff, Miss Janet M. Win- A committee of three members of | coop, addressed to Chairman Whaley the Board of Education made the fol- | of the Rent Commission. She sald lowing recommendation, which was |she had occupled an apartment for the transmitted to Cengress by the Com- last five years: that this was the first missioners with their report: | time she had delayed paying rent until “Resolved, That it is the sense of |the 12th of the month. She pointed out | this Board ef Education that any in- |that she was employed in the State, War | vestigation by the Bureau of Educa- and Navy Department and on account |tion or any other body other than |Of the inclement weather had been such hearings as may be held by the unable to get the real estate office, Joint committee of Congress now con- o0 Ninth street. g B |sidering the five-year building pro- | _ She said she had mno bank account. gram will serve no useful purpose She complained that there was a larss and will develop no information that hole in Kitchen floor, which the land- is not at this time available to Con- |lord would not have repaired. large