Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow, warmer tonight. Temperature—Highest, 57, at noon to- day; lowest, 32, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 29,561. Entered as second cluss matter post_office, Washington, D. C. CAPITAL LEVY BILL OFFERED IN PARIS; DEBATE TOMORROW Increase in Circulation Also Proposed to Ease Bank of France’s Situation. CHANCE GIVEN TO PAY EXACTION VOLUNTARILY Compulsion Will Be Applied if Re- sults Are Inadequate—Lines Taut for Discussion. By the Associated Press. PARIS. April 7—The government's financial bill, embodying the provisions for the proposed capital lavy, or forced loan, was introduced in the Chamber of Deputies this aft- arnoon by Finance Minister de Mon- wie. The measure was agreed (o by the cabinet this morning. He asked its immediate reference to the finance committee and a report 6n it before the end of the day. The government's financial plan wlso Includes regularizing the cur- rency situation by raising the limit of the bank bill lssue by the Bank of France from forty-one billion to a total of .forty-five billion francs “nd increasing the limit of advances by the bank to the state by four billion francs. M. de Monzie asked the chamber to «ct aside tomorrow afternoon’s sit- ting for examination and discussion of the finance bill and the chamber agreed to this. new Premier Will Appear. ‘Owing to the extremely important nature of this bill and the public anxiety which must and will be re- awsured,” said the finance minister, “the government will be at the chamber's disposition tomorrow.” It was announced that both Pre- mier Herrlott and Finance Minister de Monzie would appear at once be- fore the finance commission. Then in an atmosphere still heavily charged with suppressed excitement the chamber turned to the discus- sion of woman suffrage. By this afternoon’s action what was virtualy a 24-hour truce was arranged hetweew the government and the op- vosition, Jeaving the real battle on the movernment's bill for the adoption of the monetary circulation to be staged temorrow afternoon. May Divide Proposal There is a probabllity that the part of the bill asking authority for the issue of four billion francs in addi- tional paper circulation will be -ge) rated from the ‘voluntary forced loan or capital levy,” paft of the measure: ‘The circulation increase must be votéd before Thursday, while the other part of the bill need not be acted upon for ® few days or perhaps weeks. The mechanism of the system as ex- plained by the finance minister after adjournment of this morning's cabinet meeting is intended to afford property owners and capitalists of France a chance to come forward and contribute proportionately to their wealth to the renovation of French finances. 1t contains provisions obliging them 1o do so if they refrain from velun- tary subscription. Circulation In Raised. Section 1 of the financial bill reads: “The maximum of paper cir- culation by the Bank of France and its branches, which was fixed at 41,000, 000,000 francs in 1920, is raised tempo- rarily to 45,000,000,000 francs. It may be diminished by decree.” The convention made April 7, 1925, between the minister of finance and the governor of the Bank of Franc is sanctioned. “Said convention exempted from stamp dutles registration.” The first article of sectlon 2 say “The minister of finance is author- ized to accept subscriptions giving the right to government perpetual stock, which will be inscribed in a special section in the public debt record.” is and Interest 3 Per Cent. The remaining six articles in this section fix the interest on the stock thus issued at 3 per cent and give a list of securities which will be a cepted in payment of the voluntary Joan—Treasury bonds, short and long term Government stocks and com- mercial paper with three signatures sccepted by the Bank of France. The third section of the bill de- fines the classes of wealth which must pay the exception subscription, such as real estate, agricultural prof- its, industrial and commerctal profits, mines and stocks: the text thus con- firming the forecasts that salaries would not be fncluded in this category. Penalty For Not Paying. The bill says that those failing to pay the exceptional subscription to the extent of one-tenth of their wealth will be subject to an éxcep- tional tax to that amount or to the amount they fail to pay. The preamble to the financial bill admits that the authorized amount of paper currency issuable by the Bank of France has been exceeded, #s the bank has made advances to the state beyond the legal limit. The excess In circulation, it is declared, was scattered among various items ©f the bank's weekly statement. “It {s a plebiscite on the question of free, voluntary contribution, each ac- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Treaty Obeyed in. By the Assoc'ated Pres CAMDEN, N. I, April 7.—Speaking at the launching of the aircraft car- rier Saratoga here today, Secretary Wilbur declared that the ship “is not only a concrete evidence of ‘the effect of the agreement limiting naval arm- ament, but is also concrete evidence of the fact that at the Washington conference the question of alrcraft was under consideration and that one of the methods adopted for limiting the effect of aircraft in transoceanic warfare was by limiting the size and number of aircraft carriers The Saratoga, he added, “is signifi- cant because it s a concrete evidence of the existence and purpose and ef- fect of the agreement for the lmita- tion of naval armament, and also be- cause of its scientific equipment. Embodies Best Idean. “The mortal mind.” he declared, “has conceived and put into execution nothing which embodies more of the accumulation of human knowledge than the vessel being launched toda: Speaking of the historical singi cance of the event and mentioning the ships of that name which have pre- ceded her in the American Navy, the Secretary mentioned particularly the Saratoga’ which participated in the War of 1812, “which was to determine whether or not there should be free men and free ships upon the inter- national highways,” and added: “Incidentally it may be noted that our participation in the World War was also the result of a firm con- viction on our part that this Nation had a right to the free and unre- stricted use of the high seas for transportation of commerce except as FOUR FLYERS HERE MAY GO T0 POLE Volunteer With 39 Others to Accompany MacMilian Expedition. Three Navy dirplane pilots and an enlisted man on duty here are among the 43 Naval and Marine Corps of- ficers who _have volunteered to fly the two airplanes that will accom- pany the MacMillan Arctic expedition to be made under the auspices of the Geographic Society. They Aare: 5 Lieut. H. F. Councill and i.eut. Ben. R. Holcombe of the Bureau of Aeronautics and Lieut. G. T. Owens of the Naval Air Station at Ana- costla, and Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate M. P. Soinsen, also of the sta- tion. Lieut. Frederick W. Neflson, re- cently transferred from Washington after a four-year duty here, also vol- unteered for the trip. The pilots and mechanics will be selected from the volunteer list in the near future. Will Fiy From Etah. The complete list of volunteers em- bodies officers and men from virtual- ly every naval station and fleet air- craft organization. The expedition on which these men are anxious to go will begin about June 15 and will proceed northward from Labrador and Greenland to Etah, where MacMillan's boat will halt and then the work of the air- craft begins. Axel, Helberg Land, several miles to the west, where an aviation hase will be established, from which the planes will operate over unknown territory. The planes to be used are known as Loening amphibians, a craft recently developed by Grover Loening after several years of secret study and re- search, The first one built recently was tested at Bolling Field, where it landed on the ground and in the Potomac River with equal facility. The amphibian is fitted with an in- verted 400 horsepower Liberty en- gine. It welghs 3.300 pounds empty, and carries a load of 2,300 pounds, including pilot, observer, cameras, radio and 250 gallons of gasoline, which Is sufficient for a flight of more than 1,000 miles. This plane has recently demonstrated a speed of 122 miles an hour and a maximum altitude of 14,000 feet. Can Land Anywhere. It can be readily hoisted aboard a ship and launched In the water, and may elther be moored in the bay or, with its wheels down, run up on a beach. The hull is exceptionally strong, entirely covered with metal and s0 shaped as to glve it seaworthiness in the roughest water. The crew sit well back in the upper part of the body, where they are protected from spray and in a much safer position thar” has been ‘heretofore found pos- sible on fiying boats. Since this type of plane can land with equal case on snow or hard ice by merely carrying retractable skees instead of retractable wheels, it is regarded as an ideal plane for polar expeditions. Both the Army and Navy have or- dered several of these machines, and a group of 16 is now in process of delivery. Fire and Theft Menace Feared If Americans Occupy Art Palace By the Associated Press. PARTS, April —An against the installation of an American conservatory in the Palace of Fontainebleau is being raised by the newspaper Presse, which says that a few weeks after the polite, but firm, refusal of the United States Government to ex- hibit at the Parls Decorative Arts Exposition the Washington au- thorities asked for the establish- ment of an American conserva- tery in the Louis XV wing of the palace. The newspaper emphasizes the xrave danger both from fire and theft which the whele palace runs from occupancy by Americans. outery “All lovers of our artistic inher- itance,” it says, “must tremble at the thought. While young hope- fuls of both sexes smoke like chimneys in the rooms floored with overdry - planks, kitchen stoves roar - under the famous apartments 6f the Pope. The cu- rator repeatedly has drawn at- tention to the danger, but with- out result. “As for the theft peril, if the staff attendants are hardly suffi- clent to. make the rounds when all the gates are closed, now that one door remains ajar night and day the watch becomes purely illusory Radio Programs—Page 22. 4 Carrier Saratoga Is Launched; Wilbur Sees U. S. Defense Aided Aircraft Ship, Says Naval Secretary. Will Carry 72 Planes. 1t is proposed to fly to|. WASHINGTON, D. C Building 33,000-Ton that right was limited by national law. From the Saratoga’s 33,000 displacement, her complement planes, of which 31 will be bombing planes, or about one bonbing plane to ahout 1,000 tons ship weight. Bndi her total cost of about $15,000,000, the Secretary drew some conclusions as to what an increased alr force re- quires in complementary carrier con- struction. “Thus, for each bombing plane,” he =ald, “she will have to have more than 1,000 tons of displacement, costing over a million dollars. As an {llus- tration of how these facts may be overlooked, in a recent examination of a retired naval officer before a con- gressional committee, he was asked. ‘Would yvou rather have a $45.000,000 battleship or a thousand bombing planes? The questioner undoubtedly assumed that a bombing plane cost $46,000, and vou could build a thou- sand of them for the cost of a battle- shin, but the admiral may have made a calculation something like this: “It takes a thousand tons of an aircraft carrier costing a thousand dollars a ton to carry one bombing plane; to carry a thousand bombing planes would require a million tons of shipping. This would be almost equal to the combined tonnage of Great Britain and America in capital ships under the treaty for the limi- tation of armament. It would re- quire, in addition to the 135,000 air- craft’ tonnage authorized by the treaty, 86 aircraft carrlers of 10,000 each. “Thus, to take care of 1.000 bomb- Ing planes we would have to add 91 afcrraft carriers to the Navy ® * ““The_addition of 90 aircraft carriers (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) U.S. SYMPATHETIC- INFRENCH CRISIS Effort to Be Made to Avoid Any Incident Making Sit- uation Harder. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. France's cabinet crisis and struggle with financial problems has produced a sympathetic impression here to the extent that no move will be made by the United States Government, for the present at least, which might complicate the situation. All reports that America is about to send a drastic note to the debtor nations demanding payment on war debts or that economic pressure fs planned for the next session of Con- gress, through a restriction of private loans, are wholly untrue so far as the President and Secretary of State are concerned. ~ p It may be stated positivaly that thére is an appreciation in official quarters of the difficulties in which the Fremth find themselves, and that there is-the most profound hope that Francé will soon find a way out of her teéubles. TIncidentally, while it is furthest from American purpose o offer advice, it cannot be denfed” that officials look askance at the suggestion of a tax on capital in Frange. They fear the French will then expérience a flight of capital such as Germany had to contend with and that fn the end more harm will be done to French credit than could pos. ;‘rh;;os;l.olf!(’l by any income from the German Case Cited. The experience of German capital levy is considered a case in point. So long as the tax lasted Ger- mans deposited their money in other countries, and it was not until the Dawes plan was put into operation and the currency stabilized that the | capital began to come back. o long as France has such | market for her domestic burr:w‘l:;‘;l !n her own country the idea of a cap- ital levy, to disturb that situation, is considered, from an economic view. point, most unwise. Should capital begin a flight from France there is every reason to believe the French would have even greater difficulty re- funding their present internal obli- sations which are shortly to mature. The American debt commission is aware of the situation in France and would not undertake at this time any communication which it was obvious could not receive attention until the French financial problem had cleared | up. President Coolidge incident] let 1t be known that he is not aware of any over extention by Americans of private loans and that while the Government has always had a policy | of advising private Interests x‘llns" loans for military purposes there is no eviderce that any suck loans have been projected. In other words there has been no objection from the Amer- ican government to any important loans. with a | Private Lo Unhampered. |, With respect to congressional ac- tion on loans made by private indi- ’vlduuls‘ the proposal is not being given consideration by the adminis- tration. It s assumed that private bankers know the American investor well enough not to float any loans which have for their object military {eggrandizement, or which do not as- sist the French in stabilizing their currency situation. America has been compelled to adopt a policy of watchful waliting with respect to the French loans, but as soon as the fiscal crisis is passed | and France adopts a plan to refund| her internal debt, some diplomatic con- versations will be begun looking toward an_exchange of views with the debt commission again. It Is inaccurate to de- scribe the United States as a creditor | pushing France in her hour of extrem- | ity, but it is accurate to say the United States will discuss the war debt problem just as soon as France s in a position {really to do something about her ex- ternal obligations (Copyright, 1925.) i Seeks Shortridge’s Seat. FRESNO, Calif, April 7.—Repre- sentative Walter F. Lineberger of Long Beach announced his candidacy yesterday for the United States Sen- ate as A successor to Senator Samuel M. Shortridge. i will ¢ Foenit WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TUESDAY, g Star. APRIL 7, 1925 —FORTY- TWO PAGES. LABOR ASKS BANKS ATTITUDE ON LOANS INPAY BOOST FIGHT Queries if Money Was Denied to Builders Granting Wage Increases. REPORTED REBUKED BY REPLIES OF. SOME Master Painters Threaten “Open Shop” Unless Settlement Comes This Afternoon. Banks of Washington were asked by the Central Labor Union today to state their position regarding loan- ing of money for building enterprises In connection with the strike of painters and paperhangers, which went into effect vesterday. The labor organization sent a let- ter to these banks demanding an “im- mediate answer” to the question: “'Is vour bank a party to any plan which has for its purpose the refusal to loan money for building enterprises based on the amount of wages paid to mechanics performing the labor on same? Fallure to receive the answer in the nest few days would result, the letter said, in the bank being “listed” as acquiescing in the plan. Open Shop Threatened. With the painters and paperhangers still out, the master painters have de- clared that unless they return to work upon the present wage scale by 4:30 this afternoon the entire citr, as far as painting and paperhanging is concerned. be “‘open shop.” and men will be imported from other cities. The letter from the labor union to the banks was signed by Secretary A. M. Rogers, and read as follows: “During the past few weeks articles have appeared in the public press with reference to contemplated wage increases in the building industry, in which it has been stated that building contractors have been notified by fi- nancial institutions of this city that, in the event that they accede to any increases In wages above the present scale as now being paid to building tradesmen, that no loan would be made for any building project calling | for increased wages. Call for Explianation “Before taking any action on these alleged threats on the part of fman- clal institutions, we are desirous of ascertaining whether we can place any credence in them and for this reason I am Instructed by the Wash- | ington Central Labor Unieh to inquire if_your bank is a parw’ to any plan which has for fts pyrpose the refusal to loan monéy for building enter- prises, based on the amount of wages pald 16 mecinics performing the labor on = “Dus broughl about by these .newspaper repop(s, an immediate answer to this leptér, giving us the attitude of your pank on this question, enable us to so notify our member- ship, will be much appreciated “Failing to hear from you in the next few days will be cause for as- suming that you acquiesce in thi plan, and we will so list your tution Strong Replies Indicated. One bank replied, it is understood, that e would look with dis- favor ypon any group of men or any | | organization which would act in any manner that would be detrimental to the interests of the National Cap- ital. It is also understood that other banks were stronger in their replies and that some would not reply at all. | It is possible that officials of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3:) |KURD REVOLT SPREADS ACROSS PERSIAN BORDER Teheran Government Rushes Troops—Number of Turkish Towns Are Looted. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Constanti- nople reports that the Kurdish insur- rection movement has spread over the Turco-Persian frontier. the dlspatch says, ernment has sent troops to that lo- cality. The Kurdish insurrection in Tur- key, which began in mid-February has been reported from Constanti- nople as having among its aims the establishment of an independent Kurdish state and the restoration of the caliphate. The insurrectionists are led by Sheik Said. A number of towns in Turkey have | among | been looted by the Kurds, them Mush, 80 miles south of Erze- rum; Boulanik and Melazkert. The: have made determined efforts to cap. ture the important town of Diarbekr, but unsuccessfully. Sheik Sald was reported in one dispatch to have is- sued a proclamation declaring his in tention of making one of the late Sultan Abdul Hamid's sons king of Kurdestan. \ BRIBERY AND EXTORTION INDICTMENT IS UPHELD Frank T. Vermillion, Ex-Assistant Building Inspector, ‘Loses Fight on Charges. Frank T. Vermillion, former as- sistant bullding inspector, must stand trial on an indictment charging ex- tortion, bribery and soliciting a bribe in connection with the inspection of elevators in business houses. Justice Hoehling in Criminal Division 1 to- day refused to quash the indictment on the plea of counsel for the ac- cysed that it is too vague, complicat- ea and indefinite. The indictment covers 15 counts, alleging one extortion of $300, and another of $150, from John H. Miller, owner of a building at 1723 G street. Walter 1. Evang, another former assistant, who was jointly indicted with Vermillion, in one case, has al- ready admitted guilt and his case is pending before Probation Officer Steele for Investigation. the aggravated situation ' which will ! insti- | Therefore, | the Teheran gov- | | | | APPONTIENTS HT * BYWCARLRULING {Controller Warns Against | Haste in Filing New ! Federal Jobs. | | | | | Controlier General McCarl today | Put an effective stop to the trouble- | | some practice of appointing Govern- | {ment employes fo new positions be- | fore those positions have been al- {located by the Personnel Classifica- | tion Board. | The decision of the controller gen-| {eral in the case of a lawyer, Thomas | {E. Brown of the Veterans' Bureau,| has far-reaching effect on all the| sovernment departments and estab- | hments, according to officials. It = edpected to clear up difficulties| which have in the past arisen in| many Instances<yyhere - Government | jemployes' pay has been withheld {pending final settlement of their cases. It also lays down a ruling that after April 1 no Government money may be paid to anyone in a new position unless the position has first been allocated. The lawyer involved in the ques-| tions submitted by Director Hines of | the Veterans' Bureau to the Control- | ler General, will, under the decision made public today, receive the higher salary of $4,000 after protracted ne- gotlations between the bureau. the! Classification Board and the Control- | |ler General's office. He had been ap- | pointed at $3,800, raised to $4.000 by | | the bureau, reduced to $3,600 by a| new allocation of the Classification | Board, raised back to $4.000 on an appeal decision of the board., and finally, allowed Ly the controller. a { straight salary of $4.000 back to his {original date of appointment in Sep- tember of last vear | While a vindication in one sense | {for the lawyer involved and for the frank position of the Veterans' Bu- | reau in asking for a determination, | the decision of the Controller General |is a sharp warning to all Govern- ment departments and establishments | that they must cease the practice of | appointing persons to new positions | unless those “positions” have been located The language of the decision savs | “Credit will not be allowed for any ! payments made as compensation for | service between date of appointment land date of final allocation in the case of appointments hereafter made {to positions which have not first | heen allocated by the Personnel | Classification Board.” OBJECTORS GET LEEWAY. Can Escape Army Service by Civil Work. Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. | OSLO, April 7.—The cabinet today! presented a bill making refusal to serve in the army unpunishable if military service is in conflict with the objectors’ convictions. The objectors, however, are com- pelled to do civil work in the govern- ment's service during a normal mili- tary period. If they refuse they will be considered deserters and put in the penal workhouse. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) Five Bandits Hold Up 200 Men. | CHICAGO, April 7.—Nearly 200 | members of Local 147 of the Tailors Union, meeting in heir hall in the business section, were held up last night by five men armed with shot- guns and robbed of more thap $1,000. The robbers operszed similarly to those who obtained $20,000 in money and jewelry from 40 members of the Showmen’s League at a downtown ! meeting_Friday. Lithor Bodisak “Master Gardener of All Time,” Will Tell Washingtonians About Plants and Garden in a Series of Dally Articles Beginning in Tomorrow's Star Mr. Burbank is the world's gTeatest authority on mat- ters pertaining to plants, &nd the amateur gardener will- receive his special at- tention. 1) | where eight men, alleged to be sub- | $287 In Tomorrow's Star NEXT! IF THERE'S To The Star's as fast Yesterday’s “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes &5 the papers are printed. Circulation, 102,018 TWO CENTS. * \BE ANY SPEEDING IT’LL BE D N Nwany o SRR R RSTNNNONY, IN . THE - TRAFFI€ COURT. Alliance of Russia And Germany With Japan Is Proposed he Associated Press HARBIN, Manchuria. April | An alliance between Russia, Ja- pan and Germany was advocated by Viscount Shimpei Goto, a for- mer minister of foreign affairs of Japan, in an interview upon his ar- rival here today Viscount Goto said the alliance must be founded upon commercial, not military, principles. He sald | the hesitancy of Japanese indus- | trials to invest capital in Russia | was hampering the exploitation of concessions resulting from the Russo-Japanese agreement, and already had caused the failure of the project to organize a Russo- Japanese bank. B GANTIC RUM ANDVICE FIRM Chicago Dry Officers in Raid Find Books Revealing Enormous Business. | By the Associated Press CHICAGO. April —Evidence of a| liquor and vice syndicate which the | police said has been doing a business | cf millions of dollars a year was found here vesterday in a raid on headquarters of the organization ordinates, were arrested. - | Records of wealthy liquor custom- ers, names of bribed prohibition en- | forcement officers, accounts of beer deliveries and details of the channel whereby liquor was brought from rum fleets off New York, Miami, Fla., and New Orleans were confiscated. The raiders said they found an accounting system as eflicient as that of a big business concern. Big Checks Found. Several thousand dollars in checks of saloon men and druggists, includ- ing one for $15.000 from a North Side drug store, were seized. Among the papers was a telephone toll bill of for calls to New York, Miami and New Orleans. John Patton, former mavor of Burn- ham, a suburb, one of those arrested, was charged by Sergt. Edward Bir- mingham of the raiders with having offered him $5,000 “to forget the bookkeeping system.” The others arrested, the police said, were underworld leaders. Like Doctor’s Office. The office suite had a doctor's name on the door, and the first room en- tered was fitted up like a physician's reception room. Shelves were stocked with half pints of various brands and kinds of liquor, avallable for prospective customers to take to their own chemists for analysis. In the itemized account books and loose-leaf ledgers, detectives said, were listed names of more than 200 well known Chicagoans and many large hotels here as patrons, custom- ers for ale, beer and liquor here and in outlying towns, details of the management of four large breweries here, accounts of deliveries of car-| loads of beer and liquor, and the cost | systems used in disorderly houses. Search was made after the raid for the alleged heads of the syndicate, | whose names, the police said, were revealed through the records. PACKER DEFENSE_HEARD. Arguments fqr Merger Are Before Jardine Today. Arguments for the defense of the validity of the' purchase by Armour & Co. of the business of Morris & Co. meat packers, was brought to the at- tention today of Secretary, Jardine, who is to decide whether the merger violated the packers and stockyards' act. _ Counsel for the two packing concerns prepared an analysis of the testimony of several hundred witnesses taken in preliminary hearings in Kansas City and other meat-packing centers. At the.opening .of the hearing yes- terday, Government counsel urged Secretary Jardin to issue a rule against the merger and allow the courts to dects the questio; | Business Bureau Accused of | wil | position that had alreads | case stand on whether the law under | which | plies to all laborers or only to com- | | | i | ONE l EXCESS-FEE CHARGE TRIAL TOMORROW Unlawful Demand on Per- sons Seeking Employment. | The case against John D. Kendall, president of the Washington Business| Bureau, by which the corporation counsel's office hopes to Rest the seope of the law fixing the rates em- | ployment agents charge job- seekers for placing them in positions, be tried before Judge Gus A. Schuldt, in Police Court, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Although four counts are charged against Mr. Kendall, only two willf be brought up at this time. They al- | lege that he violated the law by charging & young woman a fee of more than $2 for finding employment for her, and that he failed to print on the reverse side of his receipts that section of the statute fixing the fees. may Counts “Held in Abeyance.” The two counts that are to be “held in abeyance,” according to Assistant Corporation Counsel Thomas, alleged that he sent another jobseeker to a been filled. and that he operated without a proper license. Mr. Kendall took out a icense in his own name, but the| orporation counsel's office believed | it would not also cover the operations | of the Washington Business Bureau. | Mr. Thomas announced today that . no witnesses will be called in the| trial tomorrow. Mr. Kendall's at- torneys, the assistant corporation counsel said. had admitted the prem- ises of the arrest and would let the the defendant is accused ap- mon laborers and domesti Under this plan the prosecutor and the lawyers for the defense will simply argue the meaning of the law before Judge Schuldt and ask him to give an opinion. Should the court decide against the employment agent, it is considered certain that a higher court will be asked to make a ruling on the verdict Many of the larger emplovment agencies in Washington are support- ing Mr. Kendall in the fight and a| meeting was held recently to or-| ganize them for the battle in the | courts that is anticipated. An ad-| verse decision, it is considered, would | affect all employment agencies in Washington, of which there are more than a score, and they are prepared to stand solidly behind their inter- pretation of the statute. COOLIDGE WILL UPHOLD CARTER ON DISCHARGES President Reported Satisfied G. P. | 0. Head Violated No Law in Making Dismissals. The White House in the next few days will make public the report from George H. Carter, Public Printer, in which he explains reasons for recent- ly dismissing 167 employes at the Government Printing Office. It is stated on good authority Mr. Carter's report is entirely factory to the President and that the Public Printer has in no manner tech- nically violated any law in making these recent dismissals. Rogers’ Widow to Run. LOWELL, Mase, April 7.—Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, widow of Rep- resentative John Jacob Rogers, announced today that she would be- come a candidate for Representative from the fifth Massachusetts district to succeed her husband. Red War Chief W RUMOR OF MURDER 1S GOUPLED WITH ATTACK ON WONAN Order to Exhume Samuel Thoman’s Body Follows Assault on Daughter. WIDOW, AGAIN MARRIED, TELLS OF FAMILY ROW Letter in Hands of Police Said to Charge Poison Plot, Nam- ing Accused Person. rivaling in plot of A detective mystery ramifications the weirdest dime novel came to light today when headquarters detectives, who have heen probing with secrecy trange attack, about two weeks ago on Mre. Fleta Motherwell in her hame 1205 C street northeast, climaxed their investigation exhuming the body of her father, Samuel P. C. Thoman, prominent Mason and Bureau of Standards employe, who died near- 1y a year ago The effect of this move rect the attack on Mrs. Motherwell detalils of which have been carefully zuarded, with the death of her father, who, Health Department records show, succumbed May 23, 1924, at his home, 1372 South Carolina avenue southeast, from ‘“‘encephalitis (inflam- mation of the brain), following grip, and heart failure.” Police Have Letter. Detectives are tracking down sistent reports that the “unknown person or persons” who bound and blindfolded Mrs. Motherwell w er ouse was being ransacked on March 4 were after an incriminating letter bearing on Mr. Thoman's death. Such a letter now is in the hands of the police, it is claimed. The letter is said to make direct accusation against a named person It is the belief that “un- known™ parties may be able to set at rest the rumors that Mr. Thoman was poisoned fatally while suffering with &rip. The widow, now Mrs. John J. Bell wife of a Marine Band musician, when questioned today regarding the case, made the statement that the whole agitation for the exhumation of Mr Thoman's body was started at the time of his death by Mrs. Motherwell and Policeman John Lewark of No. 5 precinct, who rooms at the C street address. Scores Her Daughter. et a by these “My own daughter, my own flesh and blood, is responsible for this terrible dif- grace,’ Mrs. Thoman-Bell declared. “‘She and this policeman have been say- ing 1 wrote a letter about Mr. Thoman's death and made certain statements o a doctor at Casualty Hospital at the time of an attémpt to commit suicide I made last November. “If T wrote any such letter or made any such statements it was while T was in such an upset state that I didn't know what I was doing. It's a wonder T didn't go crazy, what with her con- stant nagging about Daddy having been poisoned. 1f I wrote any incrinvinating letter T was driven to do it in a state of nervous collapse from Fleta’'s and Lewark's incessant talking to me abo their belief that Mr. Thoman was poisoned. Claims Jealousy Motive. result of malice and the way 1 treated “1t jealously, them, too “But I'm glad thé police are going to open the grave this afternoon and settle all this talk. They will find out that Dr. Hart knew what the matter with my husband. He is one of the best physicians in town and was a dear friend and fellow lodge member of Mr. Thoman. Do vou think he would have let them bury him if he had thought there was anything wrong? No, I didn't give them permission to exhume the body. He shouldn’t be disturbed like that, anyway. I would have disenterred him myself, how- ever, before this, if 1 had had the money to do so. Him Like Baby. best kind of a wife in Mr. Thoman. After he for 6 months 1 treated him like a baby, and nursed him night and day. And when he died I was left without any means of support. “When I took that poison last fall T was actually starving. I hadn't eaten anything for a long time. 1 was physically and mentally ex- hausted. “Certainly shouldn't 1? baby somehow. Mrs. Thoman who is 42 years old married Mr. Bell, who is 34, on March 5 last at the residence of Rev. Freeley Rohrer, pastor of the Metropolitan Memorial Presbyterian Church is all the after 1 Nursed “I was the the world to had the flu I married again. Why T had to support my Attack on Daughter. The story of the attack on Mrs Motherwell has heretofore been kept from publication. although it in it- self is of the “front page variety Police to whom the incident first was reported were ordered by the De- tective Bureau to “lay off” the case and keep all news of the affair from the press, it was learned. 1t is known, however, that the records of the ninth precinct con- tain, substantially, the following statement under date of March 24 Text of Record. “Mrs. J. F. Motherwell, 1205 C street northeast, reports that at 4 p.m., while in the Kitchen of her home, she was attacked by unknown persons who grabbed her from bhe- hind, blindfolded her and carried her (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) arns Russians Attack May Come at Any Moment By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, April 7.—Gen. Frunse, commissar of war, warns the Rus- sian people to be prepared for war, which he believes may come as unexpectedly as in 1914. Addressing a large gathering of supporters of the Russlan volun- teer air fleet last night, the war chiet declared that the recent meeting of the general staffs of the Baltic states at Helsingfors, together with the murder of two Communist officers on the Polish border, showed that Russia must be prepared to meet attack from any quarter at any moment. Al- though he believed the entente countries were too occupied with economic affairs to engage in im- mediate warfare, he did not rule out the possibility of attack from them in the future. “The International situation,” he sald, “is such that a conflict may arise at any moment; therefore we must go on preparing the forees of war®