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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Unsettled tonight and warmer tonight; minimu: ture above freezing: Temperatures—Highest, & yesterday; lowest, 40, at § Full report on page 7 Forecast.) tomorrow, m tempera- colder tomorrow. at 3 pam. a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 No. 29,533. post_office, Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. PROTOCOL DOOMED [N PRESENT FORM, - GENEVA BELIEVES Chamberlain to Give British Views Thursday—France Wants Compromise. BERLIN EXERTS PRESSURE FOR FRONTIER CHANGES Poles Restive Over Prospect of Al-| terations—Austria Rebuked by League Council. BY A. R. DECKER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. GENEVA, March 10.—By agreement outside the council arranged not to bring up the Geneva protocol before Thursday —morning. Austen Chamberlain probably will ex- the British viewpoint. Mr. Chamberlain already has received privately M. Briand and other states- men, but it is explained that too much political importance should not be at- <ached to that fact. Upon Mr. Chamberlain’s return trip will Paris with Premier is morally certain pact and the proto- doomed. in he stop at Herriot. Hence it that the security col in their present forms are Germany to enter a Eu- agreement both in the shape a guarantee pact and the League f Nations, but Germany feels that it is too much to ask for guaranty of | her n frontiers without certain alterations being made. is ready ropean easte Poles Called Aggrexsive. Germany cannot be asked to per- petuate splitting the Reich into two partly because the Poles' are showing themselves more and more aggressive daily to the point where Poland's outlet to the sea threatens isolation of milions of Germans from the fatherland The logical way for the Poles and parts, Germans to get together, the British| making political and This should be all the easier because of the fact that Germany takes 40 per cent of Poland's exports and is, with England and the United States, the equal financier of Yoland. England finances her timber exports. The United States finances her state and city public works. Ger- | many finances the Lodz textile indus- try and the iron works in Upper Siiesia. But the Poles are supersensitive re- garding anything that threatens the integrity of their present frontiers, whether it is from the German, Rus- sian or Lithuanian side. As a Polish diplomat said to the writer: think, Is by trade agreemen Change Declared Risky. ‘It would be almost impossible tor any government in Poland to change the frontiers one inch.” Great Britain does not care to guar- antee the eastern frontiers as now outlined, but Great Britaln is not ¥ Poland’s enemy, as many Poles think. It seems that Great Britain belleves Poland would be stronger if her neighbors were friendly. As a British statesman said to the iter: The powers are just looking at the cards to see if they need to be shuf- fled. 0 it is too early to predict what will happen. But negotiations will proceed slowly.” (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) BRIAND BACKS PROTOCOL. France Willing to Adjust Views, But Not to Drop Plan. the Associated Press PARIS, March 10—Former Premier Briand, who Is representing France a1 the present meeting of the League of Nations council at Geneva, will stand for application of the securit protocol adopted by the league as sembly last September, it was sald to- | day in official circles. He will declare that security is a| matter affecting all countries, and that all must participate In the meas ures necessary to assure it He will say that France is willing | to postpone final discussion of the | Drotocol until September it British | Foreign Secretary Chamberlain asks! for such postponement, and will agree 1o study in a spirit of compromise any modification that may overcome the objections of the British dominions. Holds Hope for France. the moment w B But for the protocol Tepresents in France the accépted chart for future security, and the ¥rench vlew remains that the signa- ture of Germany to a partial pact cannot replace a general covenant even though it is indorsed so as to make it dependable as far as it goes. There is said to be a suspicion in French and Belglan official circles that Germany does not want to go into the league under any conditions until she has had time to bring about revision of her Eastern frontiers. This impression, it is added, Is partly responsible for the abandonment of ®11 haste in considering the question of disarmament, the allies preferring to wait until Berlin shows its hand Bl the September session of the league mssembly AUSTRIA IS WARNED. Council Wants Better Attention to League’s Advice. Ry the Associated Press. © 'GENEVA, March 10.—Austria came in for another chiding today by the Council of the League of Nations. Her failure to carry out various features of the League's financial reconstruc- tion plan was reproved. The financlal committee reported that the Austrian budget for 1925 end various bills necessary to effect several fiscal reforms had not been adopted by the parilament. Further- more, the general administrative, im- provements recommended had not been brought about, while the cen- tral bank of issue had mot centralized its receipts and expenditures, nor furnished periodical information. Austen Chamberlafn, British for- eign secretary, presiding over the council session, diplomatically warned Austria of the urgent necessity of fulfilling all the league's require- ments. A general debate followed. Foreign Minister Benes of Czecho- rlovakia explained that his nation was doing everything possible to ald Austria, recentiy signing a commer- _ (Continued on Page 3, Column 2 session it has been | Tucker Declines To Take Raise in Congressional Pay Representative Tucker, Demo- crat, Virginia, has refused to ac- cept the $2,500 increase in con- gressional salaries, on the ground that members of the last Congress Who are re-elected to the next House should not accept the in- crease, as they were chosen to a vosition carrying $7,500. Mr. Tucker's grandfather, Judge Henry St. George Tucker, a Rep- resentative In the Fourteenth Con- Bress, refused an Increase in sal- ary for the same reason, and the money has remained to his credit in the Treasury for 108 years: - PRIVATE SCHOOLS FIGHTING FOR LIFE Supreme Court Hearing Ar- guments on Oregon Law Re- quiring Public Education. | | i | BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Does the child belong to the State or to the parent? Shall parochial schools and private schools, including girls' schools and military schools, be’ subject to abolition by the States of the Union. These are the issues before the Su- preme Court of the United Stated after two years of wrangling In the lower | courts. Argument is being heard this | week on two separate cases, one | brought by the Catholics and repre- sentatives of other religious bodies, who belleve they shall have the right under the Constitution to teach re- ligion along with the regular curri- culum prescribed by a State, and one brought by Protestant and non-sec- tarian groups. including the Assocla- tion of Military Schools and Colleges of the United States, Assoclation of Principals of Girls' Schools, Associa- {tion of Private Schools of Central States, Association of Private Schools of Oregon and Headmistresses' Asso- | ciation of California. Passed in 1922, The two cases have been consoli- dated for argument because the issue is more or less related. The whole thing grows out of a law adopted In Oregon in November, 1922. The Fed- { eral Court declared the law unconsti- | tutional, and the State of Oregon has appealed to the Supreme Court here to settle the issue once for all. ~ The law wouldn't have taken effect any- how till Sptember, 1926, but the pri- vate schools claim they already have | lost business. They waived claims to damages. * Spectfically the Oregon law would raquire all children. between the ages of 8 and 16 to attend public schools unless physically unable or taught in the home by parent or guardian, but even so the latter must take exami- nations showing they are competent teachers, and their children are re- quired to attend public schools if the parents are unable to keep up with the professional teachers. Amnother exception was made in the case of children llving at too great a dis- tance from. a_public school, but if the State furnished transportation the youngsters were to be required to attend public schools, In short, Oregon took it upon itselt to say which schools its children should attend, arguing that States have absolute power to regulate edu- cation. = The military schools. and | amliated organizations do not base their contention on religlous grounds, but on another article of the Federal Constitution which does not permit private property to be taken without due process of law. The complainants say that saloons and other businesses which can be proved to be a public evil can be stopped, but. that busi- nesses which cannot be proyed harm- ful and are obviously helpful should not be ruined. Law Contention of State. The State of Oregon contends that the private schools would not be abolished, but simply deprived of stu- dents between the ages of 8 and 16, but the private schools answer that they would be losing business they now have, so the principle remains the same, and If it is once conceded that the State can make the age I limits 8 to 16 the State could at any time make the ages from 6 to 23 it it chose. The religious groups fighting the law bage their argument on the ground that the Constitution guaran- tees freedom of religious worship, and that to interfere with a Catholic, Eplscopalian or a Lutheran, or any one who attends a private school in which the parents wish religion taught, is to violate the Constitution. According to counsel for the private schools, the census for 1920 shows that there were 23,777,705 school children In the United States, while the Bureau of Education of the Department of the Interior of the United States shows an enrollment in all private schools of 184,153. - Of this number 130,019 were in private schools conducted by religious de- nominations. “What effect on religious prejudice,” says Joseph A. Hill, principal of the Hill Military Academy of Portland, WASHINGTON, WARREN DEFENDED AS SUGAR INDUSTRY ROLE IS OUTLINED Cummins Declares Nominee | Put Michigan Company on Producing Basis. SELECTION OF CABINET HELD PRESIDENT’S RIGHT Reed and Walsh Lead in Attack | on Confirming Choice for | Attorney General. i | it | The dispute over Charles B. Warren's nomination to be Attorney General was resumed today in the Senate. | Chairman C#mmins of the judiciary | committee defended the nominee against the charges that have been brought against him, while the burden of the | opposition was taken over by Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, and Walsh, Democrat, of Meontana. Opening the debate, Senator Cummine declared the whole argument of those who - oppose confirmation rested ‘on a supposition that Mr. Warren would not faithtully execute the laws. Just be- | cause he had been faithful to one client in private life, the Senator sald, his enemies appeared to believe he would not be faithful to another. “If he is an honest man,” he con- tinued. “he will execute the laws of the United States just as faithfully and just as diligently as is in his power.” Free Cholce Urged. Senator Cummins said the Presi- dent should have “a free choice” in the selection of members of his of- ficial family, and “should be held re- | sponsible for the faithful execution of the law."” Reviewing Mr. Warren's connection with the sugar interests, the Iowa senator declared the nominee’s “sole | interest in the sugar interests was | to place the Michigan Sugar Company on its feet so that it could produce sugar.” “In my opinion,” he continued, “a combination intended to cheapen the cost of a product is never a viola- tion of the anti-trust law except when it stifles competition so that it can fix the price. . Causen Are Cited. Senator Cummins said it was urged that Mr. Warren was not a fit person to become Attorney General, because in 1902 he acted as counsel for per- sans connected with the "American Sugar Refining Co. in the purchase of a large amount of the stock of beet sugar corporations in Michigan; that in 1806 he participated in the organi zation of the Michigan Sugar Corpo- ration, of which he became counsel and afterward president, and that the American Sugar Refining Co., to- gether with the Michigan Sugar Co. and certain other {ndividual defend- ants, of whom Mr. Warren was one, were prosecuted later by the Govern- ment for violation of the Sherman ant{-trust law. “In 1902, Senator Cummins said, “there were at least seven beet sugar factorfes in the State of Michigan, owned by as many separate corpora- tions. Most of them, probably all of them save one, were losing money in their operations. Acted as Counsel. “About that time the American Sugar Refining Co. or persons con- nected with that corporation began buying stock in some or all of these Michigan corporations. Mr. Warren acted as an attorney for the buyers, passing upon the validity of the cor- porate organization and the validity of stocks being purchased. “A part and I think it may fairly he said, a large part, of the stock 80 purchased was issued or trans- ferred to Warren and he In turn indorsed it in blank for delivery to the purchasers.” “This operation continued for about | four years until the American Sugar | Refining Co. or persons connected with | that company, notably H. C. Have- meyer, owned about 37 per cent of the stock of these Michigan companies. Their management, however, continued to be inefficient and the results un- profitable. In the meantime Mr. War-, ren had acquired in his own right a very considerable interest in the stock in some of these Michigan corpora- tions. Brings On Consolidation. “All this resulted in a movement for the consolidation of six Michigan com- panies, which culminated in 1906 in the organization of the Michigan Sugar Co. “Two men were selected from the board of directors, or stockholders, of each of these six Michigan com- panies—men of considerable promi- nence and ungestioned integrity—to make a valuation of the properties of these six companies. Mr. Warren was not a member of this joint company. “When the valuation was completed, all the properties of these companies were transferred to the Michigan Sugar . Co., and it is not suggest- ed that there was any unfairness in these valuations or that any stock- holder complained of the transaction. “These properties were paid for in (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) | By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 10.—The Prince of Wales, acting In the place of King George, today is presiding for the first time at a “levee,” one of the medieval pageants of swords and silk, gold braid and gleaming epau- lettes, staged by British royalty in accordance with long-standing cus- tom. Ambassadors in all the finery of their -full dress costumes will join richly uniformed : military men of high rank in making obeisance to the prince, their - gorgeous attire, be- spangied with medals and ' decora- tions, brightening the courtyard and reception rooms of St. James Palace with an_ensemble: of color hardly to be equaled elsewhere these days. Levees are. exclusively masculine affairs, and to the man of social am- bition 'they mean quite as much as court presentations do to matrons and their daughters. Unless one is summoned to a levee or court, one cannot procure a ticket for the royal inclosure at Ascot, and unless one watches. the racing .at that aristo- cratic course from the royal inclosure Prince of Wales Revives Gorgeous Ceremony Founded by His Father (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. one most certainly has not “arrived” in London soclety. Levees are by no means sprightly affairs such’as the prince usually en- joys. For the most part they are slow and formal functions, centering around the presentations of the mem- bers of the diplomatic corps, and those of the Army, Navy and Air Service who have attained field rank or held certain appointment; Full dress {s usually worn, but since the war it has been permissi- ble to appear In service dress, Be- fore one is presented, one's garb is severely: scrutinized by functionarles, whose sole.duty is to see that every- | thing Is correct. For those ‘not of military station the cost of attending a levee is con- siderable. Sometimes the gold-braid- ed coat of a diplomatic uniform costs £100—and the rest of the costume | must harmonize with this splendid garment. In holding the levee the prince is renewing a custom which his grand- father, as the.Prince of. Wales, tablished after the death of Albert, the prince counsort. .- i & ¢ D. C, DEMOCRACY'S TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 192 DREAM OF H SECRETS OF REMOTE CENTURIES MAY BE YIELDED BY NEW TOMB Sarcophagus Discovered Near Giza Is Believed That of Pharaoh Seneferu, One of Founders of Egypt—Reigned in 4,000 B. L. By the Ausociated Press. LONDON, March 10.—Egyptologists here agree that if the tomb found by the Boston-Harvard expedition deep down in the rocks near the great pyramid at Giza proves to be that of the Pharaoh who immediately pre- ceded the renowned pyramid builder Cheops, its importance is far greater than that of Tut-ankh-Amen, be- cause it Is some thousands of years older and the contents may throw light upon that remote period about which very little is known. The Pharaoh Seneferu—whose name is variously spelled by English egyptologists—was the first king of thre fourth dynasty (about 4000 B. C.), while Tut-ankh-Amen reigned as late as the eighteenth dynasty, the his- tory of which Is falrly familiar. Moreover, Tut-ankh-Amen was a rel- atively unimportant king, while Seneferu was regarded as one of the founders of the Egyptian empire and a man of great enterprise and energy. May Be of Great Value. Sir Wallis Budge, who lately re- tired from the post of Keeper of Egyptian antiquities in_the British Museum, told the Daily Express that if the tomb proved to be that of Seneferu, and had not been plunder- ed, it was almost certain to yield ob- jects of priceless value. (OOLIDGE UPHOLDS (The Cairo dispatches tellfng of the discovery sarcophagus had been unearthed in- tact, with much funeral furniture in- side. Near the sarcophagus was a large one of marble, with gold deco- rated columns, and resting upon what seemed to be & plate was the seal of Seneferu.) r Wallis described Seneferu as be- ing “genealogically a nobody who came from nowhere” He probably came from Northern Italy, the sci- entist added; certainly he was not an Egyptian, and none of the really great Kiings of Egypt was of Egyp- tion nationality Tried te Builda Empire. Seneferu, one of the greatest of them, was the first sovereign who, 50 far as known, attempted to make a colonial empire for Egypt, as his ex- peditions to Sinai and the Sudan show. Also he gained control of the Red Sea and built.a fleet to navigate the Mediterranean. There are records of part of this fleet taking cedar wood from Lebanon to Egypt. Seneferu built the monument com- monly known as the pyramid of Me- dum. His wife was Merit-Tefs, who, when widowed, received honorable protection from the succeeding Pha- roahs, Cheops and Shephren. Dr.” Alan_Gardiner, another noted (Continued on Page 4, Column 2,) VETERANS PROTEST INSURGENT BAN; PRINTING OUSTERS Believes Party Should Have Chairmanship and Control of Committees. President Coolidge fully supports the action of Senate Republicans in replacing insurgents in important committee places with regulars, and considers that the question at issue is one of making it possible for his party to govern the country. The whole question, as the President sees it, was whether Congress was to Dbe organized in such a fashion that the Republican party could carry out its campaign pledges. The chairmanship of the important committee, and a majority of each one, he belives, should go automatically to members of the dominant party, and there should be no objection to the exclusion of others from the respon- aibilities. CHAPLIN’S MOTHER MUST LEAVE U. S. Extension Given to Woman, Here for Treatment, Is Not to Be Renewed. Mrs. Charlie Hannah Chaplin, mother of Chaplin, the motion picture actor, must leave the country 'by March 26, under a ruling by immi- gration officials. Attorneys for Chaplin were in- formed today that the exXtension granted Mrs. Chaplin a year ago to remain here until March 26 will not be renewed. She came to this country several vears ago from England to undergo medical treatment, and has been held inadmissible as an alien under the requirements of the immigration law. S TS AL T STERLING GETS LICENSE. Former Senator Will Wed Mrs. Mayme .E. MoCaslin. Thomas Sterling, 74 years old, for- mer United States Senator from South Dakota, today secured a license to marry Mrs, Maymo E. McCaslin. Rev. George L. Harnham is named as the officlating clergyman. Senator Sterling has been married twice before, both wives having died. Mrs. McCaslin has been married once. The residence of Mr. Sterling is given as 2700 Thirty- sixth street, while the bride-to-be re- at@es. at Falkstone Courts.. . RETT % K $ Foreign Wars Society Tglls Coolidge Preferential Em- ployment Order Is Ignored. Formal protest against the alleged discharge by Public Printer George H. Carter of “many” war veterans in the sudden lay-off Saturday of 175 employes was made to President Coolidge today in a letter signed by Willlam Homer Carroll, department commander of the Veterans of For- eign Wars. The letter also deplored the dismis- sal of other men, not veterans, but who “have faithfully served in the Government Printing Office for a number’ of years.” The President was urged to take steps to see that the Executive order giving preference to veterans in mat- ters of personnel reduction was thor- oughly adhered to, “in justice to the men who have served their country faithfully under duress of war.” Mass Meeting Tonight. At the same time it was made known that the Veterans of Foreign Wars has called a mass meeting of veterans' organizations tonight at 1744 F street to “make ready to pre- sent a united front on behalf of our comrades,” The letter sent to the White House by Mr. Carroll follows: “I _have been informed that quite (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) q Star. 5.—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. The Star's tion is deliver Yesterday’s “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi ed to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Circulation, 104,374 * TWO - CENTS. RMONY GOOLIDGE CAUSES ARREST OF RABBI Head of Jewish 70 Elders Is Accused of Annoying Presi- dent by Letter Barrage. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 10.—Rabbi E. B. M, Browne, head of the American- Jewish Seventy Elders and pastor of Temple Zion, in the Bronx, was ar- rested today on & warrant, in which’ the complainants, Calvin Coolidge, Mrs. Coolidge and Frank Stearns, charged him with annoying the Pres- ident. The rabbi is 72 years old, It is charged fhat the rabbl in- flicted upon the complainants an ava- lanche of letters demanding that he be reimbursed for half of $25,000 he asserts the American-Jewish Seventy Elders spent in_ campaigning for President Coolidge last Fall, Rabbi Browne was arrested by se- cret service agents and arraigned in Yorkville Court. : When the rabbi produced apparent- ly authentic letters from former Presidents McKinley, Harrison, Roose- velt and Harding, he ‘was paroled in his own eustody, without bail, for examinatiop next Monday. ‘The Department of Justice agent tes- tified that the Coolidges and Mr. Stearns had received a great number of let- ters from Rabbi Browne demanding that they pay him $12,500, and that they had replied to many of these letters. WELL KNOWXN HERE. Rabbi Browne Said to Have Sent Letters to Many Presidents. Rabbi Browne I8 a familiar char- acter to the older attaches at the White House. Threatening letters, sim- flar to ones he is alleged to have sent President and Mrs. Coolldge and Mr. Stearns, have been received by every President during the past 25 years. According to one of the higher officials of the White House, Rabbi Browne is apparently harmless and would not commit bodily harm. The letters to President Coolidge began arriving at the White House carly last'Summer. The campaign was on then and Rabbi Browne is al- leged to have promised all sorts of help in the election if the President would guarantee certain reimburse- ments. White House attaches were unable to understand the warrant; said to have borne the names of the Presi- dent, Mrs. Coolidge and Mr. Stearns. Such letters. neyer reach the Presi- dent, it was explained, but are turn- ed over to the Department of Jus- tice as a measure of routine. The Department of Justice today Imme- diately got In touch with New York over long-distance _telephone upon the receipt here of ‘the New York dispatch to find out the nature of the warrant. As the campaign progressed Browne communications to the White House came more frequently and more ob- noxious. After the election Browne is said to have been among the first to congratulate the President and at the same time to make demands of reim- bursement " for foney spent by him and.his associates of the alleged organi- zation. As fast as these letters were received, they were turned over to the Department of' Justice to investigat World’s Master Swordsman Wounded In Duel With Olympic Champion By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, March 10.—Luclen Gaudin, generally regarded in France as the world's ~ greatest swordsman, was wounded ‘today in aduel- with Armand Massard, Olympic epee cham- plon at Antwerp in 1920. Massard sword traversed the flesh of Gaudin's sword hand during their first pas- sage:at arms. The wound was slight, but Gaudin was unable to continue. Gaudin and Massard have been cold toward each other for some time, Massard refusing to compete in last year's Olympic events. Massard re- cently published criticisms of Gaudin, asserting he had been picking “easy marks” to meet to avold jeopardizing his great reputation, and It is as. sumed this was responsible for t! . Gaudin is a left-hander. He had been matched .to meet Charles Del- porte, .the Belgian, 1924- Olympic champion, at Brussels the' coming Friday. This would have marked his. reappearance in big matches after his withdrawal’ during the Paris Olympic games, because of neuritis, which caused much caustic comment, as he.was being hard pressed in the competition at the tim 3 Gaudin’s : seconds ‘ were Rene La- croix, secretary-general of the Inter- national Fencing Fedeération, and Rene Prejelan. . Massard's seconds were the Comte de Cugnon D'Alin- court ‘and Charles .Latotan, former sword champion of France. » Three doctors attended the wounded duelist Radio Programs—Page 28, Fire Engine Fire And Balky Engine Balk Fight on Fire It was all-fired tough luck, but fire engine No. 14, on the way to a fire, back-fired arfd caught fire, and I the firefighters forgot the fire to | fight the fire in the fire engine Firemen of No. 4 fire engine stop- ped to help the firefighters of fire engine 14 fight their own private fire. When the fire was success- fully fought they both proceeded, but fire engine No. 4 immediately Tthereafter developed engine trou- ble and the engineers of No. 14 fire engine had to co-operate with “the engineers of No. 4 fire engine to repair the engine trouble before they could engineer the continua- tion of the trip. The original fire that started all the trouble was in the bedroom of Dr. John Johnson, 1021 Sixth street southwest, about noon to- day. Notwithstanding all finter- ruptions, the two engines arrived | at Dr. Johnson's fire in time to | extinguish the blaze before more than $100 damage had been done. ACCUSED OFFICERS DENY HITTING DAVS Counsel Admits Prisoner Was Whipped, But Claims In- dicted Police Absent. | i 1 Testimony tending to show that Ar-| thur A. Davis, a blacksmith, was se- | verely beaten while a prisoner at No. | 7 precinct station September 27 last| after he had surrendered following his | attack on Officer Musselman earlier in | the day was offered today at the trial | before Justice Hoehling and a jury In | Criminal Division 1 of Joseph W. Pier- | son, lieuténant of the precinct, and | Ralph G. Proctor, a private assigned | to the station, on a charge of assault | with a dangerous weapon. The case &Tows out of an inquiry by the grand | jury into alleged “third-degree” meth- ods of police. The accused officers, through Attor- neys William E. Leahy and Lucien H Vandoren, in outlining their defense to the jury admitted that Davis had | been beaten, but denied they had any part in {t Plerson, according to counsel, was out of the station at the time. anq Proctor was at the third precinct station delivering ‘a prisoner. Counsel for the defense also pointed out that Davis had made contradictory statements, declaring positively at one time that Proctor had nothing to do with the assault, and later saying he had recognized him among his as- sallants. | Ideatify Marks on Body. | Assistant United States Attorney Fihelly, who is in charge of the prosecution, today called to the wit- ness stand Dr. Waldo Zambrano, who received Davis in Gallinger Hospital| the afternoon following .the assault; Miss Hallle Frame, a nurse at the hospital,, and Mrs. Mary Ryan and Mrs. Iréne LaDain, sisters of Davis, who visited, him at the nospital and told of the wounds and bruaises re- sulting. from the assault. A photo- graph of Davis, stripped (o the walst, was shown to the witness, who iden- tified the marks of the bruises. Dr. Zambrano said he treatad Davis and his examination disclosel three| or four bumps on the head, apparent- | ly from a blunt instrument use:d \\'i‘h-' in 24 hours. There were seven or| eight bruises on the body of the| patient which might have b2en caused by a rubber hose or soma blunt in- strument, he declared. Davis showed signs of increased pain when taking a long breath and comofained of pain | when asked to move his arms. Miss Frame, the nurse, pave similar testimony. When asked whether a) policeman was left on guard over| Davis the nurse could not recall. “Would you not be able to Bay whether a big, burly officer sat at the side of the bed? torney Leahy. “Oh, we don’t pay any attention to them,” responded the witness. The | answer drew a ripple of laughter | from the spectators and the bailiff| had to rap for order. i Sinter Identifies Wounds. Mrs. LaDain, sister of Davis, told of seeing her brother at the hospital on the Sunday after the assault. She described the wounds and identified the photograph displaying them. Two days later she called with her husband and took Davis from the hospital to his home. On that occa- sion she was given the undershirt and top shirt worn by her brother, which she also identified, and which contain marks of dirt stains, indi- cating, ‘according to the prosecution, that Davis was dragged along the floor by his assailants. The witness told of accompanying her sister-in-law, the wife of Davis, to the station to ask for an inter- view with her brother. Mrs. Davis, the witness said, inquired of Police- man Poole at the desk about Davis| and was answered from an adjoining room by Ralph Proctor. Mrs, Davis| told Proctor, she stated, that he should not use such language toward her, declaring, “I am a lady.” Proc- swered, according to the wit- “You cannot prove it by me. When reference was made to send- ing Davis to the hospital the witness serted Proctor remarked, “If he was dead it would not be too good for him.” Testimony Is Conflicting. Mrs. LaDain on cross-examination by Attorney Vandoren denied that Proctor had stated “I don't want. to get into an argument with you. I know what is your game.” Mrs. Ryan identified the photograph depicting the wounds on the body of her brother. She sald she was at his home visiting when Davis returned before surrendering, to the police. She said he was then in good health, showed no signs of physical hurt; walked straight and was not drunk. On cross-examination Attorney Leahy had the witness sgy her brother was not ‘wearing a jersey when he left the house to go to the pdlice station. He then showed her the testimony be- fore the trial board, where she had sald that he was wearing a jersey. inquired At-| Prof. J. F. Hayford Dies. CHICAGO, March 10.—Prof. John Fillmore - Hayford, director of the College of Engineering at Northwest- ern University, whose measurements | bee: TAX INVESTIGATION T0REQPEN MONDAY WITH MORE CASES Couzens Says Committee De- cision Is Not Affected by His Charge of Revenge. REVIVAL OF HIS CASE ASSAILED BY SENATOR Engineers of Revenue Bureau and Superiors Clash Over Settle- ments of Gravel Co. Case. Resumption next Monday of its Quiry into tax settiements was deter- mined upon today by the special Senate investigating committee. Chairman Couzens said the commit- tee's decision was made without refer- ence to his charge yesterday in the Sen- ate that the Treasury was seeking. to “discipline” him by re-opening his 1819 tax return. “That matter was not discussed,” he said.- “Our staff has been at work pre- paring cases, and will be ready to pre- sent them beginning Monday. In Aprit the staff will prepare further cases for presentation in May before the hearings finally are brought to an end on June 1 by Senate order. Since the Senate will not be in sion during the remainder of the hear ings, the testimony given in secret will not become available to the public until the new Congrees assembles. in- Dixagreements Disclosed. Sharp disagreements between valu- ation engineers in the Internal Rev- enue Bureau and their ‘superior offi- cers regarding tax settlements are disclosed in evidence before the com- mittee in the case of the Penn Sand and Gravel Co. of Philadelphia. Frank H. Madison, an engineer took {ssue with the decision of the board of appeals and review fixing an allowance to that company three times as large as that fixed by en- gineers. Whereupon on February 18, 1924, S. G. Greenidge, head of the en- gineering division, wrote to J. H. Briggs. chief of the non-metals valu- ation section: “Throughout this division at the present time there seems to be a de- clded inclination on the part of some of the engineers to disagree with their superior officers. It is my opin- ion that something must be done to curb the tendency of ' engineers toward the taking issue with the de- cisions or instructions of their su- perior officers.” Disclosure that the department had notified him of its intention to re- examine’ the tix valuations on fhe sale to Henry Ford of his minerity stockholdings- in the Ford Motor Co. was made by the Michigan Senator in the Senate late yesterday after a series of charges and counter-charges following publication of testimony in the committee investigation. Senator Couzens, who said Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair had per- sonally presented to him written no- tice of the Treasury's intention, told the Senate he had declined its re- quest that he sign a waiver under the statute of limitations by which the period in which action may be taken expires next Friday. On the basis of the ‘“ridiculous” calculations upon which he was informed the Treasury would proceed, he said. the action would involve an additional tax assessment of between $10,000,000 and $11,000,000. Wants Proper Tax. Secretary Mellon, in a subsequent statement, after two others issued by him during the day relating to the committee testimony, declared the “only question between the Treasury and Senator Couzens with respect to | his 1919 taxes is whether the proper amount of tax has been collected.” The Secretary announced that unless the waiver requested of Senator Cou- zens was signed before Friday ‘it will probably be necessary to make an arbitrary assessment,” which will serve to hold the case open. Senator Couzens explained to the Senate that the tax on the stock sale had been paid on the basis fixed by the Treasury during the Wilson ad- ministration and that the matter had been closed for three or four year: “Only Ome” Named. Describing the contents of a memo- randum accompanying the formal Treasury notice given him, the source of which, he said, Commissioner Blair had refused to disclose, but which ap- parently had been prepared in the Treasury, Senator Couzens called at- tention that he was the only minority stockholder in the Ford Co. to whom it made reference. Secretary Mellon stated, however, that waivers already had been ob- tained from the other minority stock- holders. The memorandum presented to the Senator, Mr. Mellon said, had received by mail last week from a “responsible person,” whose iden- tity was not disclosed. In stating that to “protect the inter- ests” of the Government it probably will be necessary to make an arbi- trary assessment, the Treasury head added that before this is done “Sena- tor Couzens, as any other taxpayver, will be given every opportunity he may desire to present the facts to the bureau.” GIRL DIES IN PLUNGE FROM MONUMENT “Margaret Kuntz’’ Name on Card Found on Victim at Foot of Wash- ington Shaft, Baltimore. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, Md, March 10.—A richly dressed girl, apparently 20 years old, plunged 180 feet to her death from the balcony of Washing- ton Monument, Mount Vernon place, here today. A card bearing the name “Margaret Kuntz, 417 North Charles street,” and the notation “Y. W. C. A." was found in her clothing. She wore a gold class ring having the initials “C. H. S.” and the date “1917." Inside was engraved, “Loyalty, June 20.” The attendant at the monument sald there was nothing unusual in her de- of the dlameter of the earth have Just! been accepted as- the interna- tional standard, died unexpectedly to- day, aged 57. meanor when she entered the monu- ment and proffered the fes for the right to ascend, smiling pleasantly as she did so.