Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1926, Page 1

Wi \THER B Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carricr system covers ~very oty block and the regular edi- tion is delivered 1o Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,621 u au Foreiast.) “From i cloudy tonizht: minimum ees; tomor far Hizhest at 2 am. on pace 3, 41 2t noon today. Closng N. Y. Storks and Bonds, Page 30 ¢ Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Entered as second class e. Washington. matter COURT FILIBUSTER |Mjusotini Five. OPENED BY RLEASE IN SENATE DEBATF Admits He's Not Best Reader. But Tries Washington's Farewell Address. 20.8H. Made Permanent By the Assocrated Prese ROME. —Premier tenureship January Mussolini's adinter| of the ministries of war, aeronautics has been changed into permanent confermeni of these portfo the F; chief. who five nent posts in the cahinet The siznificance of this deyelon ment which was officially an nounced today is the de fucto crea tion of a Ministry of National De- fense since wll three military port- | folios now are vested in one person. HOUSE COMMITTEE VOTES HAUGEN BILL s unon el now holds perm LENROOT BEFUéES PLEA TO LAY QUESTION ASIDE Will Insist Foes Keen Speaking or Let Reservations Come to a Vote. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Measure Would Establish Federal Co-operative Mar- ket Division. . irater against the Debate zave place B the Asec Proes The House Agrify today tproved the rstablich & division marketinzg the Agriculture The measure backed by the admin istration would appropriate $2 carry on the work of the new division. Duties would include aiding co-opera- tive inarketing associations in dis eauld posing of crops and spreading techni cal information among the farmers The department would employ ex perts on grain, livestock, fruits, vege tables, cotton, tobacco and other staple erops. Mr. Haugen said he expected 1o zet the hill before the House next week After it is disposed of. the commitiee will take up other measures intended for the more ihmediate relief of agri culture, including bills to dispose of surplus crops by an export corpori | tion Shortly following action by the House committee. the Fourth National Co-operative Marketing onference went on record as unanimously in fa vor of the bill and recommended the creation of a special committee to tural committee Haugen bill of canperative Department of willing to e world in that he affairs of impertance of his own. e hed to read Aistinzvished 2 he w messaze ielivered by 1 n considered which he thought &ontlem well Senate at thi= et off address intexpret Washingten an he time to time shington’s Blea the adin and delivered rema = the lanzuaz supplementin= it ‘T am for world peace, hut T refuse ta indorse ‘peace at ce’ Tam| for American independence not isola ton.” declared Senator Fernald of Maine. Republican. speaking today in apposition to the World Court. Sena- Fernald is one of those who strong- opposed entrance o 1 d States into the League of Nations 1919, The Senator from Maine teday that the World Court as now constituted is the “league court.” Hr consider the surplus crop problem. contended that the United States eould not iein in the court without SYSTEMATTACKED welding some of its independence The claim is made by some of my friends,” said Senator Fernald, “that | League Demands Dismissal of Brown, Curb on Smoot’s Power and Probe. % awn any declared my party platform. adopted in na tional convention. deciares in favor of the World Court. 1 submit that this plank in my party platform was | fhrust in without consideration. with- out knowledge of the fgets, and with-| out the knowledge of fhé members of | my party. It was not properly a party measure or subject. I vefuse to be bound by it under these circum- stances.’ Holds Need Urgent. 1t is a matter of serious considera- tinn for an orthodox and conservative Senator to gpeak and vote agzainst his | party's President and many of his party leaders,” said Senator Fernald. “Nothing but the most urgent neces- sity will justify such a position Senator Fernald said that thought welfare of his coun iemands positive action on my part in opposition to what 1 have no doubt i= the honest conviction of other men hers of my party 1 am pre-eminently a nation: said Senator Fernald. “I believe in 8 strong national authority based on the Federal Consiftution—a noble dorument amed and amended in the pirit of nationalism.’ Senator Fernald quoted America s ost_eminent leaders of the past, In-|anq Charles E. Hill. iding Washington. John Adams. | \yrually demanding the President Monroe. leffer ncoln, Cleveland | gigmiss Mr. Brown and take such ac- nd McKinlev, showing that they had Uyjon as may serve lo offsel the “pecu 211 stood four-sg; for complete in- | }ja) and special, almosi proprietary in dependence the ed States and | of Senator wi, who Is In opposition glements with ep, with Dbeinz “permitted auto- Furopean politic cratially to usurp hoth the functions ¥ Tocl of Congress #nd of the P’resident an [Woulngnenracga %o run the civil service of the United nfortunately there are many in States,” the league made three specific 1 sa-calle progressive days who ' recommendatic argue t doctrines and beliefs 2 - Sy - f i S atesiaen and-thelr fal. Wants Functions Changed. lowe! old fashioned,” sald Sen- ., -pay the President support les- ald: “that conditions have g, jo; 1o secure the trausfer of the that the old rules do Mot| g noions of the Personnel Classifica: YL EIeTR R € O Yion Board and the personnel func- and. pr andists speak-| yone of the Bureau of Efficlency to the of natlonality | po(4yil Service Commission, where he States logleally they belonz. in or Now proposed mote efficient and economi RO nds of the istration. m in T2 TThat as 4 matter of executive routine, the Civil Service Commission be called upon for an official state- ment of its cpinion in all matters re = to genera] matters of personnel tion. Fhat appropriate be taken toward those officlals by the record flagrantly to disregarded provisions of the Criticizing Herbert D. Brown, chief of the Bureau of Efficiency. Senator Smoot. Republican. of Utah and the whole personnel system of the Fed eral Government. including the Per- sonnel Classification Board itself, the Civil Service League has appealed di- rectly to President Coolidge to assume the leadership in revising what is termed “such absurd. illogical division of functions as exists in no other im- portant zovernment. The league made public today a document of 14 pages. including a pre vious letter to the President, which was presented at the White House January 6 by a delegation comprising Dr. Ellery C. Stowell, president of the league, Mrs. Lyman G. Swormstedi ang he 1 10 entan ed = ns at i 1 Ationali nalism nate chamber the League o Amer in sup Senator Fernald £ 1920 vindicated 3. ‘e of the opponent: actisn into the League of Na-| anown » veferred to the stand taken pave senator Lodge of Massa who Ted in the fight against | e election isciplinary Hie law.” Further broadsides pected at a dinner of the league tonight. Representative Lehibach, Republi- n, ew Jersey, most severe critic and opponent of the present system {n Congress and author of the bill to abolish the Person assihcation Board, turning the functions over to the Civil Service Commission, will be one of the principal speakers. Charles P. Messick. chief exaininer and sec- retary of the New Jersey Civil Serv. jce Commission, will speak on “The Practical Uses of Fersonnel (lassifi- ,eation in New Jersey.” The dinner (Continued on Page 2, Column ) Mystic Word ‘Peace.’ “The ostensible background of the covenant of the League of Nations and its child, the International Court of Jusiice, is the mystic word ‘beace, said Senator Fernald. lie referred 1o the many efforts in the past to pro mote international peace and the pro incement hv Americans in favor of some mode for the peaceful adjust internztional disputes. ~ He ever, in the past it demanded that the insisted heen " ) WASHINGTON BODIES OF 8FOUND -AFTER MINE BLAST: - JDOTHERS MISSING Hope Held That Some May Be Alive in West Vir- ginia Shaft. D. FRIDAY, RESCUE WORK PUSHED: CAUSE NOT YET FIXED: Remains of 81 of 91 Killed in Ok-| lahoma Explosiowr Removed. Five Unidentified. By the Ascociated Pr W. Va., January 15 ies of S miners. including a nd his son, have heen located in the No. & mine of the Jamison Coal ind Coke Co. al Farmington. neat here, which lite last night was par tially wrecked by an explosion. There are still 30 men unaccounted for in the mine The condition of the hodies. badlx bhurned but not mutilated, led miners and some of the rescuers 1o express the hope that at least a few of the men still are alive. Two of the bodies found have not been identified. Two athers are those of W. E. Myers, 33, and his son, Her bert Myers, 27, hoth of Westchester a town near Farmington The bodies were found in & heading in which 2. miners are believed tn have been at work. Rescue efforis are being rushed in this heading. while another in which 15 men were engaged, has been blocked off to en able the air currents to be directed toward the area where the rescue crews are at work Bodies Not Removed. Na effort has been made to remove the bodies pending the arrival of the county coroner. A small tire at DEMOGRAT HEADS TARR BODY TODAY ' Dennis, However. May Re- tain Post Only Until Mid- night Tonight. the bottom of the e shaft necessitated the calling of fire truck from Fairmont which is eight miles from the mine. The blaze. however. s declared to be under (ommission met today thalrman control and did not hinder the rescue Marvin of Massachuset Repuh work. , lican, retired in favor of Vice Chair A numtber of horses stabled in the man Alfred Dennis of Maryland. Dem mine were taken out alive this morn : ¢ ¢ ik hut at the White House was Ofcials who entered the workings Siated that President Coolidge had after the blast said the mine appeared until midnight tonight under the law badly wrecked In the viclnity of the to desiznate a new chairman seventh right heading and that debris | The Incident ix of national tm would likely hinder the rescue work portance. hecause on the appointmen A group of six trackmen wWho Werc of 3 new chairman may depend 1he working not more than 300 feet from po; 5 b raaitedis the bottom of the entry sald the ex. WOl Dolicy of the commission plosion ereated hut a slight ghock, '7Ward tariff changes SR after which the mine filled with gmoke =on is bi-partisan—three Republicans and the air became bad. They were and three Democrats—but the [i- ablé to reach the sHaft. howevér, anc publicans have had the aid of a Dem gave the signal which broughi the :oeratic member. lenry Glassie of the hoist to the top. Persons who were Disirict of Columbia. so that by a near the mine sald the blast was fel! majority of 4 they have made most of the decisions in recent months. hut slightly on the surface. Chairman Fias Wide Power. BY DAVID LAWRENCE When the United States Tariff it Cause Undetermined. No reason has been advanced b officials or rescue workers as to wha might have caused the explosion Nearly 10,000 feet of telaphone wire trinsported from alrmont 10 rmington and taken into the mine. xperienced linesmen then went down and placed teiephones as far hack as the smoke would allow. This provided meane of communication with the surface The Jamison mine is operated der the non-union plan. and is one of the largest In the district The names of the men helisved be in the mine were given out as fol lows Ned The chatrman wields & good deal of power in savinz what eases <hall he considered and in exneditir nending 1 Two new nomina tions hav o he sulmitted o *he Senate as a sequel to recess pndint ments sa that in effect zaniza tion of the commission is in nr ss Mr. Dennis. who ¢ “h is a Democral. hu sonal friend of Mr for a magazine Auri dential campaign 1 hiographica sketch of Mr. Coolidze. which was re zarded as the hest picture of Mr. Cool idge’s personality that had heen pre sented up to that time. Mr. Dennis was commercial attache in Rerlin and London for ‘he Department of Com merce and was then made istant 1n Secretary Hoover, so his exnerience ong economic lines s in conformity with the work hefore the Tariff Cnm mission. If Mr. Coolidze permits Mr. Dennis to remain as chalrman it will he third governmenta! commission which by the rotating process has a Demo crat in charge. Thus Mr. Nugent is at the head of the Federal Trade Com mission and Mr. Eastman is the new chairman of the Tnterstate Commerce Commission. In the latter 1wo cases however, the commissions do not im- nose =0 much power in their chair manships. fze per is He wrote McCormick. Walter Frank Snapp. Willlam Flicker. nie Bell. all negroes: Mike ‘Trotzy, Clarence Fonbir. Neil Mah Lee " (Continued on Page 3. Column 3. |CLARA BARTON HOME AWARDED HUBBELL Maryland Supreme Court Affirms Decision is Favor of Glen Echo Man. Neal Lon- ne: ass Change Held Imminent. My he Special Dispatch to The Star ROCKVILLE. Md.. January 13.- Circult Court officials here recelved word from Annapolis today that the State Supreme Court of Appeals had affirmed the declsion of Judge Ham mond Urner in favor of Dr. Julian B Hubbell, who sued Mrs. Mabelle Raw- son Hirons for possession of the prop- erty at Glen Echo and elsewhere of the late Clara Barton, founder of the Tted Cross. This means annulment of the trans- fer of the property to Mrs. Hirons, made by Dr. Hubbell under the belief he said. that it was to be converted into a memorial. Dr. Hubbell was Miss Barton's private secretary. 1le charged that Mrs. Hirons' pretended communications with the spirit of Miss Barton led to the transfer of the property, which consists of 150 build- ing lots, 12 dwelllngs and the town hall at Glen Echo. valued for 1axatlon purposes at £39.460: 72 lots in a neigh- boring community and personal prop- erty valued at $7.000. Dr. Hubbell lived in the Clara Barton home, where Mrs. Hirons also occupled quarters, | | when the transfer was made in 1920. | There are evidences that Cool- idge would like to cure tariff azliation hy making the flexibhle pro- Visions of the 1ariff law effective M. Dennis has recently taken issus with his colleagues on the =round that they never permitted a he lowered and always advocated in- cre: The commission recently advocated an increase in the duty an cotton =laves, hut President Coal idge refused tn accept the recommen dation. Under the law he regards the recommendations of the Tariff Com. mission as purely advisory. It is indi cated that he does not want the com- mission to look at its task In a one- sided way and that he really wants the oninfons of economists rather than politicians to govern ' The mere change in chalrmanshin will be taken hv the commission as 4 sign of changing policy and as an index of the White House desire to make flexible provisions of the ta remarked. Undouhtedly there will be a_con ssional investization of the Tariff ommission. Mr. Coolidge knows: this and realizes that some change T'nited States shall mainiain complete independence and that it should not he vielded in the shment of any for the setilement of disputes Refer: the efforts of the late Prestdent tn have the United ente Leizue Nations. | of the chary rulns and broken he there came a Spanish Intellectual "Siteon iy smoking of the World reaction quite as By the Associated Press. BILBAO. Spa January 15.—A war. It was; gz fighter the intellectuals of o1 the part of high | gilhao are at_odds over the question < ide Amer- | hether the fighter should have been of porridse, falsely | given an honor seat at a banquet. | The Atheneum of Bilboa, made up | o intellectuals, recently gave a din- {ner in honor of Ignazio Zuloaga, fa ! mous Spanish painter of bulls and {women. At the rizht of Zuloaga sat {no less a celebrity than Taolino W Va.. Jan- | Uzcudun, the Spanish heavyweight champion. This brought a protest several members of the Athe- “ut miszuided offie for a_m called world clari ntinued on Town's Only Baker in Jail. TER SPRINGS, (f).—There is an abundance haked goods in homes here | from X e Bennet. allezed Klansman. [eum. who declared Paolino’s pres- yilzned before Judze Jake Fisher, |ence did not correspond with the dig- clused to answer questions relative | nity of such a cultural society as the KIap activities and was sent to jail | Atheneum. ; rontempt of court. Bennet s the | i “The kei in Webster Springs. combines Tiger of wood- known as who Paid Boxer at Dinner for Artist initiative i= his than when the con. sressonal committee hy Its di closures forces a change in personnel Tt is possibla that Mr. Coolidze will | designate a Republica ! paming a new man vacancies on the hoard s Resent Honor chopping with pugilism for his living, promptly hit back at the savants in | a letter to the newspaper 13l Pueblo | Vasco. i | “I never helieved.” he said. “that to | be a boxer was dishonest, and there- ' | fore never thought that my manifes- Reported Second Marriage for Mus- solini and Wife Disputed. | tation of sympathy and admiration | [for my countryman, Zuloaga. at the | ROME, January 15 ()—Official quarters today denied the report pub CHURCH RITES DENIED. | dinner was sufficient to make some {of the members of the Atheneum | feel so degraded because of my pres- |lished in London that Premier Mus- | ence as to resign from that body. |olini and his wife. Rachele, who were | _“What I Dhelieve. however, ané of |ynited by a civil marriage. had gone this T am convinced. is that I, a boxer, | through a religious marriage cere. native of Spain, never could have |pony during his recent visit to Milan. adopted such an attitude of enmity | 1In any case, it was stated, such ac- as was shown against me by the |ijon by the premier would have no Atheneum members, an attitude to|connection with his desire for a com- {'which T could only properly answer |nlete rapproachement hetween the * with a knockout. church and state. law reallv “flex.” as one member has | to one of the| JANUARY duty 1o, ljetters and sworn statements, which | 15, 1926—FI FTY PAGES. ® ATOR | To ™ RIY T 's PRINCI— FORTY SEN MPEALS N PA g%x To T PLES OF (#) Means Associated Press. Priests Arrested, Claiming to See igure of Christ By the KIE\ Several priests the Demidavka rested today, plofting the peasantry Two of their number anna the Iocal populatinn that they had perceived in the heavens ihe figure of Christ, with the face sur- rounded by an aureole. The untutored villagers gathered to view the supposed apparition and the clergy held open-alr sery ices celebrate “rhe Savior's reappearance.”’ not forzetting 1 collect offerings. The appearance the suhsequent the services 1o Assoriated Press Russia. Janua shepherde | distriet charzed superstition= and were with of ex the need to of arrests police and brought a sudden close. FOULPLAY VICTIM Stray Dog Finds Oil in Old Well Closed 11 Years Br the Assaciated Pres MUSKOGEE. Okla.. January 15 -Furinus dizging by a stray dog on the Katherine Lee Oil Co.'s lease near here led to the discovery of oil in a well that has been abandoned for 11 vears W. R the oil ¢ the mmerville. president of mpany. was attracted by of the and upon investigation found a plank cover- ing 4 10inch casing standing al most full of ofl. The well had been plugged Artual measurement showed 1.425 feet of oil in the well. which be equipped for pump- ing The dog turned for him actions dog il not re. awalts fled. and has the reward that ALUMINUM PROBE BASIS EXPLAINED Sargent Aide Says Doubt of Trade Commission Study Led to Inquiry. By the Assocrated Press An independent investization of the uminum Co. of America was or deved the Department of Justice hecause the accuracy of the report of (he Federal Trade Commission had heen challenged. the Senate investi za committee wax iold today Tohn L. Lott. a special assistant the Attorneyv General. Lott said he was employved to take charge of the inquiry. ile assizned Joseph K. Dunn. a special agent. to make the field investigation and then directed William R. Benham. another <pectal assistant, to co-operate with Dunn in inspectinz the books of the ~ompany at Pittsburgh Both Mr. Lott and Mr. Benham pralsed Dunn as an efficient investi- gator and a careful and reliahle man Senator Walsh. Demucrat. Montana, prosecutor of the inquiry as 1o whether the Department has proceed- ed with due dillgence in investigating charges that the Aluminum Co. has violated a Federal court consent de. cree. remarked that he would not care employ Dunn to investigate a “hootleg™ case. it said he personally knew of no investigations save the zluminum in quiry where the Attorney General had directed that him be Ny publicity given Procedure Attacked. Pressed by Senator Walsh why the department did not copies of the documents and other evidence hefore the Federal Trade commission, Lott said he expected to get all of that evidence after the ex- amination of the hooks and files of the Aluminum company is completed. Senator Walsh was insistent that hefore Dunn made the fleld investi- zation he should have armed himself with all of the evidence, particularly by to ng a we action was taken ar as 10 obtain the Trade Commission agreed to fur- nish to the department. Lott said he did not know iwhether the sps- cial agent had done so. Vigorous assault on the methods of | | ihe Justice Department was made by Senator Walsh and Senator Norris, Republican. Nebraska. They com- plained especially of Dunn's failure 1o ; arm himself with copies of complaints might betfer he made now while the i [} n as chairman, | vestigation made to the Trade Commission. “You sent this man to the Federal Trade Commission and he got you ahsolutely_nothing.” declared Senator Walsh. Do vou think that's an in- returned Mr. Lott observed “That's & start,” es, hut a poor start, Senator Walsh. Senator Norris declared that any {lawyer in proceeding with such an in- quiry would have obtained letters and statements. ——e War Minister Resigns. BRUSSELS, January 15 (#).—King Albert today accepted the resignation of Gen. Kesten as minister of war be- cause of his opposition to the 10-month military service bill now before Par- liament. Wolf Killed Near Rome. MENTONA, Italy, January 15 (P).— A huge wolf, driven from the moun- tains by cold. has been klilled 15 mlles {rom Rome. eport he made 1o | 1,000 ARMSTRONG - PUPILS WALK 0UT Strike as Protest Against De- motion of Newman as School Principal. Slightly more than 1.000 pupils of the Armstrong Technica! High Schoo! ‘walked out” this morning to signalize | disapproval of the scheduled demotion of their prineipal, Capt. Arthur ¢ Newman, to the post of military in structor of the colored elementary di visions at a salary sacrifice of $1,300 4 vear Action of the students foliowed zeneral assembly. during which Capt. Newman attempted to distuade the pupils from carrying out their avowed intention ro strike from their studies until the personnel committee of the Board of Education rescinds its order. The exodus of the pupils was accom- | plished without disorder. Students contend that the removal of Capl. Néwman on the reported grounds that he has not maintained an academic atmosphere at the shool o1 that he is “unprepared” and “iacking under the merit syetem’ is virtually a reflection on the scholastic standing of every student and graduate of the school Walk-out a Surprisc. he actual “walk-out engineered hy officlals of the Student Council. ac- cording to Capt. Newman and Arm strong teachers. was a surprise, #s it was felt they would return in their | classrooms after the ascembly period Shortly after the “walk-out” a com mitiee for the punile composed of the members of the Student ¢Council went ‘0 the Franklin Schoo) and made an attempt 1o see E. (. Graham. pres! dent of the hoard of education, who is out of the city. They later sent a letter outlining their grievances. Mem- bers of the council are: Manning John. son. president: Philip Brooks, vice president; Throlia Alexander. secre- tary: Helen Boling. treasurer. and Ulysses Prince, jr.. sergeant-atarms arnet C. Wilkinson, assistant su perintendent of schools and in charge of the colored school system. spent a good part of the day in an at tempt 1o adjust the situation at Armstrong. 1le reported that at least 100 of the 1,115 pupils did not follow the example of the majority and he had ordered that thex be given ex aminations to test their semester learninz. Asks Newman Report. “1 have called upon Capi. Newman for a report of the trouble at the Armstrong,” said Mr. Wilkinson. “and until 1 receive it 1 do not care to announce my course of action.” That a demonstration was impend ing was svident when the Armsirong hovs and girls reported this morning Many of them carried placards out- lining their support of Capt. Newman and when they entered the building they did not take off their hats and roats, When Capt. Newman went on the stage to talk It was the signal for an outburst of applause which | lasted for some momen! and left no doubt as to the estimation in which | he is held Capt. Newman said today he is hope ful that the pupils will “cool down" | aver the week end and return to their | Studies on Monday. He pointed out | that it would have been folly to at- tempt to use force in keeping the | voung people ir. the building. | Mrs. H. W. Lonesome. represent- ing a parent-teachers’ association and who declared she had sons who were heing taught At Armstrong to her sat- isfaction, visited the school today to assure Capl. Newman that the ma- jority of the parents are behind him Only a few dayvs ago the Barry Farm Citizens' Assoclation indorsed the ad ministration of Capt. Newman and protested the campaign afoot to dis- place him. MEXICAN FLOOD DEATHS ESTIMATED AT 2,000 Nine Thousand Homeless in Na. arit—Relief Problem Pressing. i By the Associated Press. | NOGALES, Ariz.. January i5.—| There is intense suffering in flood-dev- astated districts of the State of Nay- arit, Mexlico, and hundreds of homeless | persons are without proper food, cloth- | ing and shelter. i Telegrams say that although flood | waters have subsided after the most ! | disastrous flood in the history of that | | region, the relief problem is a serious one. ! Estimates are that about 9,000 per- | | sons are homeless and the loss of life| is now placed at 2.000. Property loas lis estimated at $5,000,000. ] ) CLAIMS MILLIONS Backer of Gun Inventor in Hospital—Believed Poisoned. Still steads < on the eve of ohtaininz - 25 per cent share in $136.000.000 clain money he due of the antisubmarine hurling depth hombhe, W. H. Earles of Flint. Mich. today told from in Emerzency which revolved ahout the mysterious disappearance of his partner-pate and his last $2.000 in a Harrisburg Pa.. rooming house Wednesda: From what he said. Mr. dently i< deeply sincere in that within a short time he should have $35.000.000 coming back to him for his expenditures in financing his partner, David Griffin Downs, in his supposad claims against the Goverr ment for the ¥ zun. Al told. Earles said. he had spent $3.000 in addition te the $2.000 in Harrishurz Wednesday night Regardless of other phases of the case. it is certain that the man is suf fering from stomach trouble. which physicians at Emergency Hospital be lieve was caused either hyv poison knockout drops placed in a glass wine. st in helief that he rightfu the Y patentee sun. for his belie? s lost of Found 11l at Hotel. He wax discovered ill Jast nisht a1 the Endres Hotel. Twelfth and I streets. by detectives who had heen looking for him in response to a tele gram from his father in Hudson Mich., inquiring ahout the son. He was taken to Emergency Hospita He told hie story fo the police under the seal of v. hecause he he lieved that hefore many davs congres sional action would force payment of the claim. His story dates three months back to a roadside in northern Iowa. where he picied up a stranger. This stran ger. he said. had a hadze showing him fo be a Government investigator. The lift. which Earles gave him in an automeobile. culminated in a close ac quaintanceship. a tour of the Middle West. during which time Col. Downs as the stranger was known—delivered Tecturcs at varioue towns. and ending in a trip to Florida to lonk over some land. Meanwhile. Cal. Downs hinted that he was in need of monev. He showed Earies, the latter sajid. the patents which were stamped with the GGovernment seal of the United States and paients from a dozen foreizgn gov- ernments. Earles said he was con vinced the patents were genuine be. cause ke gaw the seals. and recognized them as the real thing The hint as to need for finances led 10 an agreement, drawn up, wit and <igned in triplicate whereby rles would share in x 25 per cent portion of the claim when finally awarded. The pair came to Washington. stop. (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) HEIRESS ATTACKED BY MAN WITH WRENCH Assailant Flees When Girl Screams After Blow on Head. Br the Assaciated Press CHICAGO, Januars Milliken. 14-year-old heiress. was at tacked with a wrench and knocked senseless a hiock from her home. as she returned from a heauty parlor an fashionable Sheridan road last nizht Her ilant. helleved by the po- lice to he either a kidnaper or a mo- ron, fled when she screamed. A wom- an who witnessed the attack drove away in a taxicab before the police arrived. The girl is the daughter of A, O Milliken, wealthy head of Armour & Co.'s foreign accounting department. and is the granddaughter of William 1. Scown. president of a building com- pany. She told the police she no- ticed a man, about 40 yvears old. working over the engine of an auto- mohile parked at the curh as she passed. A moment later he ran be- hind her and struck her on the head with a wrench e screamed and struggled. “She's too tough, heard her assailant say. I ran't put her out. We'd hetter heat it When the police arrived. summoned by the irl's mother. who heard her scream, the automobile had disap- peared. SMALLFEX EPIBéMIC. 15.—Marzaret she said she | Deaths of 216 Reported as Dissase | Sweeps Russian Districts. VLADIVOSTOK. U. S. S. R., Jan- vary 15 UP).—Smallpox is spreading alarmingly throughout the Pirmora and Spashkey districts. Thus far 216 deaths have been reported and 511 persons are serfously ill. There are only four hospitals with 75 beds at the disposition of the au- thoritles in the two districts. Twelve thousand vaccinations have heen made in an effort to check the epi- dem’ Radio Programs—Page 36 TWO CENTS. ANNUTTIES TODLOW, WITNESSES ASSERT, INPENSION HEARING | Postal Workers’ Spokesman | Favors More Liberal Re- tiring Pay. SEES LAW STABILIZiNG STATUS OF EMPLOYES Representative Gorman Scores Amounts Now Paid—Asks Sup- port for Bill nadeqt CGovernment ret employes 0 anne hef hearinz of committees he joint the al retirement Representati lation of Tline upporting the Lehlbach-Stanfield hill old the inint commitiee that amourts paid retired are and do. provide for a decent standard of Americ living. as poinmt ed out in reports made hv several of the departments. He said the pro- posed lezislation provides more equi table hasis of computing annuities and expressed the hope that both the and serfous ideration 10 this Thomas es Gorm now employ ton Senate House will zive islation representing he National Federa of Post Office Clerk=. testified today in support of the Lehlbach-Stanfield bill. It is no Ionger necessary. he said. to defend the philosophy retirement legisla tion. hecause during five vears it has been in effect it has demonstrated its value hoth to the Government and ploves. He expressed belief tha* e retirement law stabilized vernment employment eonditinns removed haunting fear from minds of Federal workers of ho eir old age. nt ang the the ¥ ing in want in t Inadequacy of Annuities Mr. Flaherty the past five strated the under 1he that the added. however, th: vears has also demor inadequacy annnitie original law reca average annuits be 2355 a sin a week. He said th; las fizeal ear 2.068 who had reached retirement a exte sions of time. indicat his opin on, that th : Zer to enahle them tn jce. Mr. Flaherty said 40,000 post office employes embers of the committee question ed Mr. Flaherty as to what would be the average-age at which emploves would be able to retire If the bill enacted 1o permit optional retirement after 30 vears of service without any age limit beinz specified. The witness replied that age age at which persons enter the vernment service is said to be I8 vears and that in the posta! service the average age of entrance is vears, which would mean that the 20.year option would make it possille for some at 55 or 38 vears of age. TRepresentative Manlove of Missouri brought out fact that Since persons may enter the Govern ment service at 15, they might reti P’ e about ng the emnloves e sought S were 100 mez leave the ser spoke. fol ties he the aver 5Year Age Restriction. Mr. Flaherty said such would lLe an extreme case. He said that last vear the House specified 35 vears as a minimum uirement for retire ment after 30 years' service. and that the Senate Inserted age limit of 2 years in order to take advantage of the 30-vear option. This 62-year re quirement also is written into the Garber-Harreld bill. which is being urged by the Pension Bureau of the Interior Department Mr. Flaherty said emploves would be satisfied if the mittees should report out a biil carryving a cear age restriction in connection with the optional retire ment At this point Representative Lehl- hach. chairman. announced that survey is being made to show the crage ages of the emploves of Government and would be ava i hefore the committees of Congress complete consideration of the ques he thought the as learned today tions. including United Association of Post Office Clerks, and groups of supervisory en ploves in the postal service., are Di pared ta advocate the bill of Represe ative Hudson. which would provi 2 sliding scale of pensions more nearly in proportlon to the amount paid into the retirement fund. Under esisting law, @1l emploves are limited to a maximum of $790 a vear. and under the proposed Jegislation the maximum annuity would be $1.200 a vear sever:| mal Sliding Scale Plan. bill com maximum The Lehlbach-Stanfield putes the annuities on a salary of $1.800 a vear. C. P. Franciscus of the United Na- tional Association of Post Office Clerks will testify in support of ihe sliding scale method provided for in the Hudson bill Mr. Flaherty told the committee he thought that the fear of the high er paid employves in regard to the amount of annuity they should re- ceive was more fancied than real. M: Flaherty said that of all the emploves now retired, only 7 per c t recefved salary in excess of $1.500 a vear which is the maximum used in con puting annuity Mr. Hudson ashed why in the proposed legislation the amount to be paid into the retire ment fund by employes is increased om 21z per cent to 3 per cent of salary. Mr. Flaherty Maximum Annuities. Mr. Flaherty replied the only rea- son for doing so was in the hope of obtaining passage of the bill, express- ing the belief that the economy pro- gram of the Government might work against passage of the bill otherwise. r. Flaherty added that if “we have underestimated the generosity of Con- zress we humbly apologize and assure vou it will not happen again.” enator McKeller of Tennessee asked the witness what the average annuity would be under the proposed | new legislation. Mr. Fiaherty re: plied that in the postal service it would not bhe many years before all would be in the $1,200 maximum class | He =aid other u following him (i Br. W