Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Unsettled and slightly warmer to- ay, tomorrow fair and colder. Tem- peratures: Highest, 66, at 4 p.m. yes- terday: lowest, 48, at § a.m. yesterday. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Suniay mornitg to Washington homes at 60 per montis. Telephore Main 5000 s. Full report on page 5. 1,041.— 9,531. 0. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ! ACCORD OF ALLIFS ON SECURITY PACT 1S HELD ESSENTIAL Chamberlain and Herriot Agree Neither France Nor England Can Act Alone. POLES MUST APPROVE | DISPOSAL OF DANZIG British Minister Makes Clear England Would Oppose Any | Three-Power Pact. | aw March British Herr settle wccord v Austen i Cham- and last foreign in cretary, ir talk reached h all the British ing to a4 after urity que allies.” important state man’s visit an official this afternoon accor com- munique is This n K Bes was more than was expected after Mr. Cham- recent spedch in the House indicating how much German security plan of British toward corridor, which was ac- corded Poland on the late President Wilsc insistence that that country be given an access to the sered in connection « ons debate and the conclusion wn that England was in- nduce Poland to relinquish corridor in order to obtain a security pact re circles n's mons ed the ness the n sea, wa with the clined t gener to an Must Agree. off communique was in- terpreted in French circles as setting all doub! on the Danzig question at rest and dicating plainly that a security pact must receive full agree- ment of all the including Po- land allies, rmany’s admission the principal curity problem Cham ain and was believed to to the league detail of the dfkcussed by Mr. M. Herriot. This indicate that the al- look no more to the League | of Nations for the application of | whatev security —measures are | finally adopted | Mr. Chamberlain told M. Herriot, it learned through French sources, five-power guarantee comprising Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgiu 1d Germany, seemed | 1o hiim to be feasible and woulFbean | eptable solution. He repeated his House of Commons statement that | ratification of the Geneva protocol would impossible because of the attit the Dominions. This pact, Mr. Chamberlain is re- ported as saying, would be registered | with the League of Nations and would eventually include Poland and Czechoslovakia. He considered this idea satisfactory as a basis for nego- tiations was lies will that pact, | e of is Herriot. | however, although not tegorically, offered se- jections. The premier said expressing only his personal the cabinet had not yet onsidered such a plan M. Herriot suggested that such a ve-power guarantee would be better received by France if preceded by an | alliance between Great Brital Fr and Belgium. But this was met with the statement that the British government was opposed to it and that the British Liberals and | Jorites would fight any pact which excluded Germany, and, furthermore, en if the Baldwin government on M. Herr rejecting ric etion opinion, ‘as cepted it In the face of such opposi- |of the five | ficials plan to signed to provide modern | quate inow enrolled in the schools, as well as 11930, lana able 175 G.P.O. Employes DischargedflREAS”RY LAXNESS Lhe WASHINGTON, WITH DAILY EVENI D. G BUN Suddenly to Meet New Budget {Some Men More Than 25 ;’ears in Serv- ice Lose Jobs Without Warning— SENATE INFURMED 400 More to Go on Furlqughs Approximately 175 employes of the i Government Printing Office Were sum- marily discharged at the close. of business yesterday <without previous officlal warning as the first step in a drastic personnel reduction program mapped out by Public Printer George | H. Carter of gress to appropriate sufficlent for printing.” The second move will come row, when between 400 and 450 addi- tional employes will be furioughed for periods of six days each, operating on a rotation in alphabetical order. The employes dismissed and last night worked in the printing, binding, proof-reading anda plate- making departments, Mr. Carter an- because funds a basis ¥ ¥failure of Con- | tomor- | sterday | tO nounced. Many of them long service with the Gov big print shop, & number hav continuously in the emplo: printing office for more than ter of a century, it was learned The cut in the force will bring number of employes down to 4,000, Mz, Cartcr said, or just to keep pace with the work current appropriations. Had the reduction not been made, the Public Printer declared last night the Government would have run up a deficit of about $430,000. The first formal notice men had of their discha the form o inted them in sealed closing hour yesterday last night (Continued on I had rnment’s 12 be of seen the the bout nough within that the ge came in slips distributed welopes at the afternoon and ®, Columa 1.) BIG EXPANSION ERA FOES OF WARREN FOR D. C. SCHOOLS ' TO CONTINUE FIGHT |5 NOW UNDER WAY Dream of a Model System for Nation Near Reality With $4,200,000 Start. Preparations for launching the com- prehensive five-year school building pro- gram—the largest schoolhouse construc- tion project ever undertaken in the Dis- trict—were started in earnest yesterday by school and municipal authorities. Ap- | proximately $4,200,000 of the $19,000,- 000 appropriation authorized by Con- gress at the last session for the de- { velcpment of the schools over the five- and of- without vear period is now available, make use of it undue del A series of conferences have been ar- ranged to develop the views of those in charge of the schools as to the types of architecture and allied problems, and will be followed by a' tour of some of the principal cities where new types of schoolhouse construction will be studied. | The Commissioners, in the meantime, are expected to call in a number of pri- vate architects to assist Albert L. Har- ris, municipal architect, in the prepara- tion of the plans for the gigantic build- ing undertaking in order to expedite the | work. Tech High First Project. The new McKinley Technical School will be in the initial installment of the building program. Plans for the building already are under preparation. The new “Tech” will cost approxi- mately $2,500,000, of which $1,000,000 has been appropriated. It will be loeated on a site at Second and T streets north- east, adjoining the Langley Junior High School, and will provide accommodations for 1,800 students Briefly, the five-vear program is de- and ade- all pupils High accommodations for the annual increment up to June 30, It will eliminate all part-time oversize classes, rented struc- portables and other undesir- features which have accumu- lated since the war. tures, Record of Generosity. Approval by the Sixty-eighth Congress vear program, however, was lion a succeeding government might | only one of the epochal actfons which itself bound Chamberlain is agreed with M. Herriot allies should be in accord before zotiating with Germany. M. Her- ot. on part, laid on the inadequacy of Germany's proposed act and its danger to Poland, and declared that Poland would have to heard and that France would act nly with Poland’s approval Mr. Chamberlain sought to reassure h premier with the argu- t that general pacification accom- hed by wer pact could not Polish position. Mr his stress | L five-g | then the cuntio dealt only briefly with evacuation, preferring to tion the council of | Marshal Foch's sup- report, but it was agreed rallied conference would be called to make a final | ind that Germany should be to discuss the application of | s decisions P'remier Herriot and Chamberlain af today's talk vir- tually confined themselves to confir- of Cologne. decision allowed Secretary understood to | erosity that | schools, and brought within a step of | | realization | Supt. | educational as a model for the Nation. also compulsory education | ation In Tre | anle | gave it an unequaled record for gen- toward the District public the -ank fondest dream of W. Ballou of an system that would serve It passed salary bill, the and school at- tendance bill, the largest appropri- bill in the District's history, which includes larger appropriations for the schools, and legislation recog- ng the District’s surplus in the asury, and made this money avail- for schools, parks and play- grounds. Dr. Ballou sees in this legislation nd unprecedented appropriations substantial educational progress” in Washington, and to all those who F the teachers’ | alded in pushing it through Congress { he | statement to The Star. pai@ ‘a tribute yesterday in It follows: Tribute to Al Aiding. “The united efforts of the citizens of Washington, the unanimous sup- port of the press, the sympathetic in- terest and support of the Commis- sioners, the wise counsel of the audi- | thirds m: the first project started | 139 to 38 | against IN OPEN SESSIONS Reed to Take Up Battle This Week Against Confirmation as Attorney General. Proceeding over the leaders, in open protest the executive of Senate sion tion administra- vesterday | took up the nomination of Charles . Warren General, of Michigan but failed after three hours The fight against launched tana, Democrat committee, the nomin to be Attorney reach a v discussion to a onfirmation was Walsh the which has twice approved tion. and will ued this week by Se Missouri, another Democrat ot that committee, and possibly others Friends of Mr. Warren expect favor- able action, however. of the week. by Senator a on Judicrary be contin- ator Reed before the ena Axks Two-Thirds Vote. Mr. Warren's nomination was caliea up in executive session as reguived under Senate Tules and Senator Heed moved that the docre be opened. ator Moses, Republican. New an- since charge this in effect in Senate Jority w to_carry the motion Senator Reed appealed from the de- cision and the chair was overruled, The Reed motion then pre- vailed, 46 to 3 with dministration Republicans voting Imost solidly 1t Thirty-three Democrats, twelve Republicans and the Farmer-Laborite, Shipst 1, Minne- sota. supported the motion The Republicans were Borah, Idaho; Brookhart, lowa: Capper, Kan constituted procedure. ald be a two- necessary Couzens, Michigan: Frazier and Ladd, ! North Dakota; Howell and Nebraska: Johnson, California; Lean, Connecticut; McMaster. Dakota, and McNary, Oregon Norris Me- South Brings Up Trust Data. Practically all of the three hours of debate yesterday was taken up by Senator Walsh in presenting his argument against confirmation and in its course he had read to the Sen- ate long abstracts from the testimony of Mr. Warren in the investigation a decade ago. Summing up his argument, the Sen- ator from Montana declared that if the Senate consented to the nomina- tion of Mr. Warreh there would be left only one consistent thing for Congress—the repeal of the Sherman anti-trust act Invitation to Monopoly. “Confirm this nomination,” he said, nd you may well hang out a sign that for the life of this adminis tration the Sherman act is suspended. Confirm this man and extend an in- vitation to every plundering mo- fn this country to do what it the outset Senator Walsh p; Senators Couzens, Ferris, Democrat, judiciary committee. tor Couzens said: “I belleve him telligent lawyer.” Senator Ferris wrote that hoped the new Attorney would be selected from a high-grade, active -lawyers. “I appreciate the fact, of his 4 ented lett Repub Michigan, That fre gument, rs from an, and > the n Sena- to be a bright, in- he had General roup of he added Mr. quar- ( of Mon- | Hamp- | shire, President pro tempore, held that | one | “sugar trust” | | COSTU.S. MILLIONS, | Committee Reports Ship Firm | Settled $9,913,841 Tax for $2,600,000. PARTY LEADER FAILED TO MAKE RETURN, CLAIM Members Assert William Boyce Thompson Concealed $600,000 Profit on Sale. | Evidence designed 5 | the two show in additional cases to laxness in the Department in protecting the Government in big taxy has been the Senate by its Special investigating committee. | Ome cuse is that of the Atlantic, | Gulf and West Indies Steamship Co. | and its subsidiaries, which were per— {mitted to satisfy an assessment of | [ 39,913,841 for $2,600,000, despite at- | | tempts which, it was charged before | the comnMttee, had been made to con- assets in an effort to evade a period of four y through 1920 ury interests lections presented of |« from to vers ceal P from yments ove 1917 Cane of 1 The is that of William Boyce | Thompson of Xew York, a former| chairman of the finance mmittee of | the Republican national committee, | | and his associate, 0. J. McConell, who {are alleged to have falled to make returns on a profit of $600,000 in the | sale of mineral lands in Kansas, Mis- | | souri and Oklahoma in 1917 and 1915 The committee was told that See- retary Mellon had approved the set-| tlement with the Atlantic, Gulf and | West Indies Steamship Co., but, ac- i cording to the evidence, not even the solicitor of the Internal Revenue Burcau passed on the Thompson in which is involved also his cla for losses on the sale stocks {bonds azgregating $597,479. { | Chairman Couzens directed Internal | | Revenue Bureau officials to bring this case to the immediate attention of Secretary Mellon, adding that it had | developed “a most astounding condi- tion.” ompson. other i | ¢ m | nd | Heads Knew Nothing. ! think,” he sald, “that the mem- the bureau here must be im- with the power of an indi- vidual 50 to route a case through the bureau as to obtain anything he de- sires, and yet the head of the bureau or the solicitor. would know nething about it | Whatever supplemental reply of- | ficials of the bureau may have made in | these cases in the secret sessions of the committee is not known publicly since none of ‘hose connected with the | committee will discuss what trans- | pires even after the evidence has been | submitted to the Senate. Chairman Couzens has expressed | his doubt as to whether publication of detalis of the testimony is authorized | under the law since it has to do wth | come tax matters and there al general statute which would seem to prohibit their publication. Internal Revenue Bureau told the committee that ment with the Atlantic, Indies Co. the controlling factor was | | now much the company could pay | without being forced into bankruptey. | _“The stock was widely held,” said | Nelson K. Hartson, solicitor ‘of the Internal Revenue Bureau, “It was {big company: it was the largest| ! American-owned shipping company, | and that was brought home to us |very strongly. | Chairman Couzens said he thought | this was the most astounding case he could possibly conceive of. Advantage of Fraud. “After all these attempts at fraud | that were made by the taxpayer as| disclosed by the records of the final settlement,” he added, “they got ad- | ge of their attémpts at fraud | were made and no criminal | prosecution, at least of record be- | fore this committee, has been had.” | L. C. Manson, counsel for the com- | mittee, stated for the record that an examination disclosed “that the tax- payer’s income had been understated nd the payment of taxes evaded by failure to report profits on .sale of ships; reserves set up out of in- ome, the failure to capitalize per- | manent improvements, instead of | which they were charged as e pense excessive depreciation charges and the failure to report on income profit resulting from liquida- tion dividends paid by the Mexican Navigation Company.” According to memoranda and state- ments placed in the committee rec- ord the liquidators for the Mexican Navigation Company—A. R. Nicol, then president, and Albert G. Smith, then director of the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Company, and Gon- zalo Abauno—declared a liquidating 1 bers of pressed ofticials in the settle- iulf and West | ,\ DAY MORNING, | of the mysterirous disappearance of NG EDITION MARCH 8, 2 § o R l OUR Pos’CARD NOPE, e S 18 ONABL CARRIER SAYS HE IN ON THE " CONGRESSIONAL SQUASH SLAIN DRY RAIDERS AREFOUNDIN AUTD Agent and Deputy Sheriff Are Shot to Death—Three Brothers Held. | - | CENTER w. By the Associated Priss LAKE CHARL The bodies of L. G. Collins, Federal | prohibition agent, and Samuel E. Duhon, deputy sheriff, missing sinc they left here for a liquor raid last night, were found late today in an old cemetery near the town of Starks. The bodies lay on the back seat of Duhon’s automobile and were riddled with shots. Collins and Duhon were to have met other deputy sheriffs last night for a search of the home of the Dunn brothers some 2 miles from Vin- ton, and the latter are held in the parish jail here pending the outcome La., March 7 the two men, and also of the burning Dunn’s home, which occurred last night. The brothers, Robert, Byron and FEustice, refused to make any statements, according to officers, who would not permit them to receive visitors The search for Collins and Duhon | had been extended tonight to more | distant parts of the parish on orders| of Sheriff Lyons, after almost every foot of ground around the Dunn home had been gone over, and the ashes of' the place examined. Two shotguns, a pistol and # quantity of sour mash and two keg that had contained liquor were found r the house, officers said, and they learned from neighbors that shots were heard near the place last night Vietim Was Minister. SHREVEPORT, La., March 7.—W. E. Col federal prohibition officer who with Deputy Sheriff Sam E. Duhon, was | killed near Lake Charles, presumably by moor . was a Baptist minister | and resi hreveport. SCHOOLBOY IS SLAIN AS GROCERY BANDIT Companion Wounded by Police. Two Others Captured When Auto Is Wrecked. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March Christian, 18-year-old high student, was shot and instanly killed, and Jimmy Hammonds, seriously wounded, by police in a running bat- tle, following an alleged hold-up of a chain grocery store here tonight. Earl and R. Hooten, said to have accompanied the two boys in the rob- bery, were captured by officers when the high-powered machine in which they were speeding from the officers crashed into a negro house, both struc- ture and car being demolished. The machine, officers say, was com- mandeered from the daughter of Pro- bate Judge F. M. Gutherie, according to the story told police by Miss Guth- erie, the four boys in a smaller machine, drew up alongside her automobile and with drawn pistols demanded that she alight from the larger and more power- Pil [ Di: e Y. w | { | | —Dan school Wi w ta W se: it, to in in re: | Twenty-five thirteen of them seriously, when completed one side of the roof began to sag and | then fell, COMMENTS CLOSE TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—36 PAGES. 1, “The Astonishing Jane Smith"—Page 29. and 31. . C. T. U.—Page 31. General News—Local, National, Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Pages 20 and 24. Current News Events—Page 25. | seri Adventure of Financial News—Pages 32, 33 and 34. PART T“’O—TG PAGE PART THREE—I12 play. Music in Washington—Pag and - Motoring—Page otors 8 and 9. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 9. | At the Community Centers—Page 10. D. A. R. Activities—Page 11. Boy Scouts—Page 11. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 11. News of the Clubs—Page 12. ©|Notes of Art and Artists—Page 14. Around the City—Page 15. Veterans of the Great War—Page 15. PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- . 6 7, Fraternal News—Page 10. Reviews of New Books—Page 11. Army and Navy News—Page 11. Spanish War Veterans—Page 11. Civillan Army News—Page 12. PART FOUR—4 PAGES. nk Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAG Magazine Section—Fiction and Features. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX assified Advert, strict National W. C. A.—Page 8. —8 P ES. AGES. Guard—Page 8. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. orld Events in ctures. COMIC SECTION—{ PAGES. r. Straphanger; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. 25 HURT IN COLLAPSE OF ROOF OF TABERNACLE Church Members Were Building Structure for Union Services in Torrington, By the Associated Press. TORRINGTON, Conn persons the roof of a eight caused ay. The 13 ken to a hospital. Members of the Meth hich they rvice soon. intended t when, carrying a The work without sidewall Conn. March ere injured, late today, tabernacle being erected by volunteer workers collapsed. Sixty persons were on the roof at th time, and it is belleved the excessive the timbers severely to giv, hurt were odist. Baptist and Congregational churches were en- gaged in completing the tabernacle in o hold union was nearly warning, Radio News and Programs—Pages 30 | Sunthwyg Stae 1925.—~NINETY-SIX PAGES. | with | Many of those on the roof jumped | safety, but 25 the wreckage. the debris, and were, ach them. Many it was some time before police and other workers'could | It was the second acci- carried down were buried | | city | which are of importance, and service w 1! start immediately. * DID THEY SENDANY, OF CONGRESS. CAPPER QUTLINES D. . VOTE STEPS |Full Voice in Congress Held| Dependent on Success of House Representation. “A plan of government more re- sponsive to the needs of the growing is patticularly d in Wash- ington,” according to Senator Capper of Kansas, newly designated chair- man of the Senate District committee, need | who yesterday discussed some of the |discord in the bu jproblems confronting the District of Columbia. Senator Capper enumerated steps which he believed would bring about a change for the better, as fol- lows: First. The election of delegates or members of Congress to represent the District, and to act as its spokesmen on the floor and in committees. Second. The delegation of greater power to the District Commissioners over certain legislative matters but which Congress could well leave to the Com missioners. Third. The consideration of District legislation by joint Senate and House District committees or subcommittees, following the plan which was adopted with so much’success during the last session of Congress with respect to many bills Finds Capital “Washington is municipalities in its development Senator Capper said. “I say this in no way to condemn the District Com- missioners. The trouble lies in the cumbersomé way we have of govern- ing the Capital City. The fault lies h Congr if anywhere. “Congress, with its multiplicity of duties and interests. cannot give the time which is demanded of it with regard te the District. There are many matters, such as opening streets and closing others, changing the names of streets, and so forth, which could well be left to the Com- missioners. Congress has to attend to these matters now, which occuples much of the time which its committe: on the District, and the two houses themselves could otherwise spend on matters involving great policies for the Capital @ity. Senator Capper ally he was granting ‘o representation, Trailing. trailing oth said strongly that person- in favor of the District national by which the people of the District would be authorized to elect members of the Senate and House and to vote for presidential and vice presidential electors, House Delegates First. “While I believe the should be amended so as to give the people of the District these rights,” said Senator Capper, “I believe that perhaps we will first have to provide for the election of a delegate or representative in the House, or per- haps more than one. While the States undoubtedly would agree to the pro- posed constitutional amendment, T be- lieve that the opposition in the Senate to giving Washington the right to elect two Senators is too strong to be overcome now. “The most important thing, to be- Constitution | FIVE CENTS. GAPITAL BUILDERS COMBINE T0 BLOCK ANY PAY INCREASES Organize to Fight Union De- mands by Tieing Up Money for All Subcontractors. SEEK TO KEEP COSTS OF HOMES REASONABLE Decision Comes in Face of Pros- pective Demands From Three Local Crafts. Determined to prevent any ralse In wag the part of the building trade unions in the District of Colum- bia, 34 the leading builders and con- struction financiers of Washington | have organized to maintain the pres- ent standard of wages. Claiming that pending increases asked by four of the leading build- ing trade unions here and any other increases which might be asked are | at present economically unsound and would add materially to the cost of homes and bring increased rents, the Operative Builders' Association of the | District of Columbia, as the new or- ganization is called, passed the fol- lowing resolution Text of Resolution. Resolved that no member of this association or a sub-contractor em- ployed by any member be permitted to pay a higher wage rate than that fixed at the present time by the dif |ferent crafts for their members I This resolution was recently adopted by the 34 members whose names have heretofore been withheld from pub- | tication. | The officers of the organization | state that the present move on their | part is no attempt to reduce the pres- ent standard of wage in the building trades here, but merely to prevent in- s on 1 the increas their tive, view of the fact that four of leading local unions have asked s and have set dates by which rdemands must become opera- there possibility of grea ding trades here { Officials of the association state that they are entirely against a large gen- eral lookout and would do everythi {to prevent one, but point out that they consider the state of things hes {®o ‘serious to warrant a “sho down” if the local bullding trac unions insist on a raise in wages. | Not only will these firms refuse 1o pay increased wages, but they w i not give any work to sub-contracto who meet the demands of the union on the question of increased pay. a Tie Up Finances. of the organization also say that they have taken counsel with those who supply finances for the construction of buildings and state that at present approximately 60 per cent of the money available fo building in_the National Capital would inot be available for increased loans to those who h granted incre i wages over the standards of tod At present the situation in the building trades here is as follows Painters and paperhangers have ask- ed for a raise from $9 per day to $10 and have set the date for this to go into effect as of April 5. The master painters’ association has refused the increase. The plumbers have asked a ralse from §10 per day to $11 per day and have asked this be effective May 7 The master plumbers or employer subcontractors will decide upon the question Tuesday. Under the pia of the organized builders, if they d cide to give the increase no con- tracts would be let to them. The rough-stone masons have as ed for a raise from $10 to $11 per day. which they demand to be effective b April 1. The master stone masons association will decide upon the | question tomorrow. | omcials Alarmed At Report. Alarmed at increases in New Yort City, where officials of the Operativ Builders' Association say one union has demanded $30 per day and a five- {day week, the organization of local | builders states that its members | “absolutely will not pay any further increases here.” Rufus S. Lusk, executive secretary of the operative builders, states that if the increases demanded by the unions, as shown above, are granted it would mean that more than $1,000 - 000 would be added to the cost of con- | struction in the District during the | year. " In a prepared statement for the i monthly publication of the organiza- | tion the following lines appear in | reference to the charter of the or- ! ganization: “We are chartered to fos- | ter and improve the building indus- try of Washington and also so far | Bin with, I belleve, is to set up elec-|as within our power, to protect the Stion the terms of the commu. | tor as budget officer of the District, ue. Both expressed satisfaction at | the helpful assistance of the Bureau the conversations and | Of the Budget, the kindly consideration erned hope in the outcome of | of the House and Senate committees forthcoming negotiations { on appropriations, and finally the ap- Asked specifically if there were any | Proval by the Congress and the Presi- prospect of finding a scheme accept- | dent, haye united to make the efforts ble at the same time to Germany |of the Bpard of Education .and the Poland. Mr. Chamberlain replied | school officials productive of so much ere was no inherent reason which | favorable Jegislation relating to pub- £ “that Warren dent of the day at the tabernacle. In the morning a scaffolding collapsed, carrying three veolunteer with it. They wewre taken t pital. £ is a high-grade | dividend aggregating $3,941,223 on politician.” i 3 3 3,409 shares of the Mexican company | Chairman Cummins of the judiciary | held by the Atlantic, Gulf and West | committee frequently interrupted | Indies Company and the Ward Line. | Senator Walsh in the defense of Mr. | piisci ’(.'mvm_md Warren and Senator B e - )f a stipulation made by & representa. | tod the committee, “that the Atlan- 4 ot Tuaia [ tie, Gulf and West Indies Company tive of the Department of Justice | !i¢ | ) durfng the Wilson administration |TeCeived $3,941,223, the amount of the | tion machinery in the District and|general public's interests. We would % | prove its success. If the District|be going very much amiss from the \‘°rk'r5;“~ere permitted to elect a delegate or| very structure of our association if © @ hos- | delegates to the House, this machin- | we were to fall to view with genuine jery would be developed and I think | concern the anticipated increases in | a long step would be taken toward | ynion wages about to be demanded | the national representation which {in our city. The following appeal is ‘Woman Nabbed as Dope Runner. | many citizens of the District desire. = ‘Furth 1 R | made to the unions, not to make = v * +7,— Furthermore, I think it of the gemand for increased wages, not to O Masolia 1, FTancas | L, satest fmportance that the Diatace 3 ful car. She said they then sped away. THIEF KILLS. PAYMASTER. North Carolina Logging Foreman Shot and Robbed of $2,000. ould make generally would be con ¥ work necess: itors can get of actual propc accepted, however, iderable pre- ry before the down to consid- itions eration NORTHCLIFFE IN TRIO, LINKED BY DEATH CURSE| By ¢ 1o The Star wnd New York World PARIS, March 7.—A “death curse” | placed upon the late Lord Northeliffe, Maurice Long, late Governor of Indo- China, and Andre Tunesqu, prominent urnalist, by a Buddhist priest, when ey committed the sacrilege of en- a forbiddén temple, has claimed | ts last vietim, This revelation is made by the president of the Freneh press of Indo- China, who s Tunesqu, on his marked. There are holy laces which one dare not violate. When Lord Northcliffe and I entered temple, despite the efforts of a priest to prevent us, he cursed us and predicted all three would be dead | thin fve years. Long has been murdered. Northcliffe died. Now it s my turn. It is the fourth yea (Coprright, 1925.) teris I am “the such a result impossible. | (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) Special Dispateh to The Star. . CHAMBERSBUF Md., March 7.—A friendless old colored man finished - the fourth day of a month’s jail sentence here today for harboring a hungry dog—tax unpaid. But the severe sentence has heen. mellowed for Jim Fox because the.dog's life has been saved. Dog and master were hustled off to jail several'days ago in a drive an stray dogs, following a hydro- phobia scare. Warning had been issued that persons keeping dogs without a license tag would be punished, the magistrate explained, and several fines had been pald when' it came to Fox. The law insisted on a fine of $5 to $100. “Aain’t got no money,” jedge, the prisoner moaned; “can't even buy a tag for this old dawg. He jes come to my house, hit war. (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) \0ld Jim Fox’s Cur Dog Is Saved, So What’s 26 Days More in Jail?| cold and Ah jes couldn’t turn him away.” The court was moved, so Jim was given an opportunity to get the money. He tried had, but he cowldn't raise it, and the officers brought him back. Thirty days! So they took the prisoner off to a cell with his head hanging low and the poundmaster marched away to the execution chamber with the cur, just a dirty-looking thing on four queer legs. Sallie Parker, colored, at- whose home Fox had been living, heard the dog was to he put to death. She hustled to the pound with a corner of her apron in one wet eve and a lump in her throat, Whar am that dawg?" Sallie. There he stood, t _ging_a pitiful welcome. is. Come 'ere. Nobody ain’t gwine shoot you.” So she pald the tax and the law will be satisfied when old Jim Fox serves 26 more days for harkoring a hungry dog. called 1 wag- “Dar he | liquidation dividend, during March, 11920, However, in order to secrete the profit and avoid the payment of tax thereon, it issued to the Mexican Navigation Company three non-inter- est bearing demand notes_ for $3,941,- 3. This was all uncovered and this formed part of the taxes compro- mised. Manson we: (Continued ATTACKS GOD, FINED. Swiss Calls Deity ‘“Scoundrel” Penalty Is 200 Francs. | BERN, Switzerland, March 7.—M. ! Canova, a member of the natlonal | council, was convicted as a blasphem- | er today for describing God as a| “scoundrel” in-his _Soclalist newspa- | per. Volkswacht. He said in his de- | fense that “as there Is no God there | is no offense. francs, with jail as an alternative, and announced that he would enter an | appeal. The sentence roused a demonstra- | tion by Canova’s friends in the court- room ‘at Colere, capital of the Depart- ment of Grisons, where the trial was held.. He was showered with flowers s he left the room. i i He was fined 200 ] NEWBERN, N. C,, March 7.—A high- wayman today shot and fatally wounded Henry Banks, logging fore- man of a local lumber company, and robbed him of a $2,000 pay roll. The hold-up occurred on the More- head City road about 13 miles from here. in Ryan, said by the police to be a senger for a_drug ring .which ope New York, - Albany, Calvin Coolidge Becomes the Thirtieth President The Rotogravure Section of . Today’s Star Contains photographs of the inaugural ceremonies in Washington last Wednesday—the President taking the Capitol and the features o f the inaugural Montreal ond Pittsburgh, was arrested here today charged with illegally possessing nar- cotics. Drugs valued at $10,000 were found in her room, aceording to the police. oath and making his inaugural address, crowds at the parade. Today's Star will be mailed anywhere in Maryland or Virginia for 5 cents; other States, 10 cents. When ordering by mail ad- dress Special Mailing Department, The Star, Washington, D. C. mes | rafes { i should have spokesmen in Congress without further delay—men who rep- resent the people here and can speak for them. Syatem Now Outgrown. “The present system, with Congres as the board of aldermen for the Di trict was all very well when the city and when Congress were both much smaller. There is no other munici- pality that T know of which has such a large governing body as this. It | is impossible for members of the | Senate and House all to acquaint themselves with the needs of the city and the problems that come up for solution.” Senator Capper said, however, that " (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) SEVEN MUTINEERS SHOT. Execution Carried Out in Russia Despite Mercy Plea. LENINGRAD, Russia, Seven prisoners accused of mutiny against the prison administration were exscuted here today by shoot- ing. The prisoners made a passionate ples. for mercy to the revolutionary March 7.—| pass restrictive regulations or at- | tempt to reduce the working days.” Time to Stop Now. In the monthly publication of the lorganization the members are told in regard to further increased wages: “The time to stop is now. Grant these increases and soon we shall be faced {with prohibitive building costs. It {the building mechanic does not see {this simple truth by using his head !in a very .modest thinking effort, the ibuilders and contractors, by taking a {firm stand, must make him not only |see the truth, but feel the truth.” | *“Ofmicials of ‘the orizaixation in ex- | pressing their determination to pre- | vent any increases will use the fol- {lowing methods: i 1. Refuse to grant increases them- selves, 2. Refuse to contract with subcon- tractors who grant increases. 3. With the support of those who supply money for construction, refuse to glve increased loans where a raise |above the present standard of wage {is involved. | It was also explained that this is {not a fight against the unions or |against any one in particular, but | merely to prevent higher wages. The Operative Builders' Association lof the District of Columbla was formed here and incorporated under ““(Continued on Page 4, Colums 1.3 .