Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness today, followed by rain tomorrow z Temperature —Highest, vesterday; lowest, 23, vesterday. Full report o 1,087 — No. 29,846. and warmer tonight and 41, at 4 pm, at 8 am. n page 7 Entered as second class matter post offices Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sunthy Star. | Sunday morn and service wi 60 cents per month. ‘From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and ing to Washington homes at Telephone Main 5000 ill start immediately. D. €, SUNDAY MOR NING, JANUARY 17, 1926.—116 PAGES. * ®) Means Associated FIVE CENTS Press. TAX BLL REPONT TEDAS CLOTURE ON COURT LOOMS Firance Committee Approval of Measure Comes at Sen- ate Fight Climax. JSSUE TO BE THRASHED OUT EARLY THIS WEEK Course May Still Be Attempted. Surtax Compromise Reached by Parties. | Arts | meeting, the decision GREAT CARILLON Daniels Announces Decisi The great bells of a carillon will ring out over the National Capital as a memorial to Willilam Jennings Bryan from a tower to be erected on the proposed Bryan commons here, 1t was decided at a meeting here yes- terday of the Bryan memorial &om: mittee, Announcement of the committee’s decislon to erect a great carillon as one of the main features of the me- morial was made after the committee meeting by Josephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, who was ap- pointed chairman of a committee on ation and design for the memorial. ‘harles Moore, chairman of the Fine Commission, who attended the was sald to have favored to make the carillon a BY G The tax posted to the Senate GOULD LINCOL] i reduction bill was ordered | late vesterday { bi-partisan vote of the Senate inance committee. This action fol Lw.,\ rlose on the heels of the adop. Yion by the committee of a compromise grtax schedule of rates on incomes Panzing from $24.000 to $100,000, { The effect of this action of the com-| e ta expedite very greatly | of the tax bill hy the! i the same time that the finance | fommittee was taking this course with the tax bill, 4 movement was started 10 invoke the two-thirds cloture rule| ©f the Senate on the World Court The proponents of the cloture on court have two objects in mind First. to put through the World | Court protocol without further delay ®econd, to insure the speedy passage of the tax reduction bill, which, It is feared, may be delayed by opponents | »f American adherence to the World ©ourt. who may prolong the debate on | the tax bill in order to forestall con- | sideration of and action on court pro-| po; ! | the Would Put Court First. If this program is carried out, it meangiction on the World Court | resolfition prior to taking up the tax | bill in the Senate. It requires a two-thirds vote adopt a_ cloture rule in the Se But it also requires a two-thirds vote 10 ratify the World Court protocol. | A petition signed by 16 Senators neces: initiate the move cloture. snator Lenroot of Wisconsin, in of the World Court. admitted | Jast night that the matier of a cloture rule had heen broached. He denizd, however, that he had vet taken any steps in’ the matter. It will be gon-| sidered tomorrow by supporters of | The court. In reporting the tax bill, | wie finance committee struck out the | estate tax by a vote of 15 to 1, Sena-| tor King of Utah. Democrat, being only member to cast his vote against | this action. i $350,000,000 Cut Seen. It was estimated by Chairman Smoot that the bill as reported would provide for a total tax reduction of | Trom $330.000,000 to $360.000,000. The | House bill calls for a_total reduc tion of $330,000,000. The proposal ad vanced hy the Democratic members of the finance committee was for a total tax reduction of approximately $500,000,000. The compromise on the surtaxes on { $ncomes ranging from $24.000 to $100,- 000, which really brought about the greement resulting in_a hi-partisan t of the bill, was offered by Sena moot nator Smoot fotal reduct his compr ‘he Demc or 7 1o are. | to the Sen-| estimated that the income tax due to mise would be §1 00,000, proposul had called n of $44,000,000 on me tax on incomes ranging | 000 to $100,00 » compromi: *hedule of surtax rates on incomes from $24,000 to $100,- o0 is as follows: From $24,000 to F28.00 per cent: from $28,000 to per cent: from § 000 to per cent: from $36,000 to per cent: from $40.000 to per cent: from $44.000 to per cent; from to per cent; from to per cent; from to per cent: from to per cent: from to £70.000, 17 per cent; from $70,000 to &50.000, 18 per cent; from $80,000 to £100.000, 19 per cent; all over $100,000, 0 per cent. N 10 i 12 13 14 15 16 $56,000 560,000 R64000, 564,000 Maximum Unchanged. imum bill surtax remains The 20 fixed hanged 1e Democrats announced after the jueeting they were content with the compromise and that they would not now seek to increase the maximum surtax above the 20 per cent specified. A vietory was claimed by both Sen- stor Smoot and Senator Simmons of North Carollna, ranking Democratic member of the committee, because of the compromise so reached. Senator_Smoot pointed to the fact that the Democrats had demanded a total tax reduction of $500.000.000 and that the bill as reported provided for w total reduction of $350.000.000. He | pointed. 100, to the fact that the Dem- ocrats had urged a total reduction of surtaxes on incomes from $20,000 to | $100.000 amounting to $44,000,000 and | that the compromise agreement pro- vided only a reduction of $12,700.000. The Democrats, on the other hand, sted they had been successful in equalizing to a great degree the re- duction in the surtax rates, that they had succeeded in bringing about the elimination of the capital stock tax, which was voted out by the commit- tee. The committee. however, in- creased to 131 per cent the tax on cor- yorations 1o take up the reduction in revenue, which was brought about by the elimination of the caplital stock tax. This was opposed by the Demo- s per cent n in the Hous Smool Estimates Gains. In estimating the total amount of tax reduction by the bil] as reported, Senator Smool fixed the gains over| the House bill as follows: Six million dollans on_trucks, $9,000,000 on alco. hol. He fixed the loxses in revenue as follows: Admissions, $4,000,000; ex- clses, $1,500,000; estates, $20,000.000;! surtaxes, $12,700,000. Chafrman Greene of the House ways and means committee, when informed of the action taken by the Senate committes, expressed the opinion that rome of the changes recommended, if adopted by the Senate, would be re- sisted bv the House. Particularly would there he opposition to the re tate taxes, he intimated. o make formal e Column 3. ous and concerted campaign for na- | report. | the citizens' joint | dependently part of the memorial. William Gorham Rice of Albany. N. Y. also named on the committee, who has supervised the installation of several carillons in this country and has written several hooks on the history of the great bell instruments from the time of their origin in Hol- land. will have charge of the installa- tion in the projected Bryan memorial. TO BE FEATURE | OF MEMORIAL TO BRYAN HERE on to Install Musical Bells in Shrine After Meeting of Committee—Site Selection Left for Future. The committee did not attempt to make a decision on the location of the proposed memorial commons nor to determine definitely the nature of the structure or structures to be erected. The tower which will contain the carillon, however, will rise from =a structure of such a type, Mr. Daniels said, as affords space for a forum and for paintings and other portrayals of Mr. Bryan's life and probably for relics of various sorts associated with it. The paintings, Mr. Daniels said, would portray various important ac- complishments and stages of Mr. Bryan’s career, such as his signing of the peace treaties Secretary of State and his service as a member of the House of Representatives. The other members of the commit- n location and design nnounced Mr. Daniels are Charles A. Doug- las of Washington, Rev. Peter J O'Callahan of New Jersey, Dr. John Roach Stratton of New York and Thomas Reese of Springfield, Mass. A committee on finance will he named soon, Mr. Daniels said, to co- operate with the State presiden the memorial association, alread: lected in each State, in raising hy popular subscription the fund of $1.- (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) 1 FEDERATION BEGINS RENEWED EFFORTS FOR D . SUFFRAGE Citizens’ Body Acts After Report on Survey of ‘Present Status. Definite steps for renewing a vigor- tional representation in Congress for the District were taken by the Federa- tion of Citizens’ A atlons last night on the recommendation of a | special committee, which reported the results of its comprehensive survey of conditions respecting the present status of the movement. The committee’s 11-page typewritten containing five recommenda- fons, was adopted with but one dis senting vote cast by Delegate G. W Ayres of the West End Citizens' Asso- ciation. They provide: 1—Creation of a standing committee of not less than seven members, to be known as the committee on national epresentation, which will co-operate ith other organizations “in further- ing iw every legitimate way” the passage by Congress and the ratifica- tion by the States of the joint resolu- tion giving Congress the power to grant national representation to the District. 2—That the committee shall take up with the citizens' joint committee the question of strengthening, enlarg- ing and quickening the activities of the speclal campaign committee of the joint committee. | 3—That the committee urge upon | committee the ad- visabilit through its finance com- mittee, raising funds for the pur- pose of establishing and maintaining headquarters until the Victory is won. Overtures to Labor. 4—That “urgent overtures” be made to the Central Labor Union and to organized labor, both local and natural, designed to cause the local body to r sume its place as a constituent mem- ber of the citizens' joint committee, or, as an alternative, to co-operate in- with the citizens' joint committee through both local and na- tional bodies In the common cause. —That steps be taken to have every civic organization in the District not now on record on the question of national representation take “a pos- itive and earnest stand in its favor.” The report, submitted by James W. Murphy, chairman of the special committee, contained a historical re- sume of the progress of the move- raent for national representation and ! pointed out the necessity for a vigor- ous campalgn of education in the in- terest of the passage of the joint resolution. Speclal reference was made to the purported position of President Coolldge regarding national | representation for the District and the report explained that the Pres- ident’s statement on this subject was issued under a misapprehension and that it was misinterpreted. Suffering in Vain, Mr. Murphy opened his report with a verbal picture of the Tevo- lutionary heroes fighting for lberty and sald: “Should they reappear on earth today and visit the seat of the Government which they founded on the principle that ‘governments de- rive their just powers from the con- sent of the governed' they would probably wonder whether, after all, their bravery, fortitude, sacrifices and sufferings had not been in vain when they contemplated the voteless, voiceless and helpless condition of those who lived in the Capital City."” “It is strangely pathetic that after all these years,” the report continued, “it becomes necessary to plead. to struggle, to take council in an effort to secure for 500,000 intelligent, pa- triotic, law-abiding people those rights (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) | LARGER ANNUITIES NEEDIS CHARGED T0 DOLLAR SHRINKAGE Research Chairman of Joint Conference Points Out Money’s Value. The shrinkage in the purchasing fact that annuities of retired Govern- ment employes are computed on the average salary for the past 10 vears were cited as the real reasons why a more liberal retirement law is needed by Ulrey J. Biller, testifying before the joint committee of the Senate and House yesterday afternoon. As chairman of the research com- mittee of the joint conference of civil service employes, Mr. Biller presented to the members of Congress an ex ment law has worked since sage in 1920, With the taking of Mr. Biller's tes- timony, the hearings, which lasted three days, were completed, and the Senate and House committees on civil service will now take under ad- visement the question of just how the retirement act is to be liberalized. Representatives of the various groups of Government employes were confident as the hearing ended that the Senate and House committees would report out a bill in ample time to be acted upon at this session of Congress. There were strong indications yves- terday that the legislation finally ap- proved by the committees will specify some age limit that must be attained by an employe before he can exercise the option of voluntary retirement after 30 years of service. The employes have advocated op- tional retirement after 30 years' ser ice regardless of age, but some mem- bers of Congress indicated during the hearings that they wanted some age restriction to prevent a person who enters the service at the age of 18 or 20 years from retiring at the age of 48 or 50 years and then seek other employment while drawing an an- nuity its pas- Agree On Computation. It was generally agreed by wit- nesses at the hearings that the an-| nuities should be based on the average | salary for the last five instead of the ! last 10 vears of service, but there was a difference of opinion among | those who testified over the other elements that should enter into the fixing of annuities. One proposed bill would use the average salary of the employe up tc $1,800, multiplied by the years of service and divided by 45. The other bill would use the average salary up to $1,6000, muitiplied by the years of ervice and divided by 40. This is one of the important features that must be passed on by the committee. Another important point to be de- cided in committee is whether the present law permitting department heads to grant employes extension of time after they have reached retire- ment age should be retained or abol- ished. It is hardly likely that the commit- tees will be in a position to make a report before some time in February. Shrinkage of Dollar. The outstanding point in Mr. Bil- ler's testimony was his comparison of the dollar today and in 1913 in relation to the annuity of a retired employe. He said: “The present annuities are based on the average salaries for the last 10 vears of service, and as the retirement law became cffective on August 21, 1920, the salaries involved extended back to 1910. It should be noted, too, that 43 per cent of those retired were placed on the roll within the first year the law was in operation. “'As the cost of living since 1913 has (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) 1 {“Take My Furniture, It’s All T Have,” Who Says Man By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, January 16.—Em- bezzlement of $10’ 0 from Robert Garrett & Sons, banking and broker- age house, was disclosed today with the arrest of Clarence O. Dix, 38 years old, teller. Dix previously had con- fessed to officlals of the firm and re- peated his confession to police. First suspected with the ::,zhmmg of an audit at the close of-Business Decem- ber 31, Dix had been under observa- tion in the hope that his movements would disclose the whereabouts of the money. He told the police he lost it in stock speculation and horse racing. T am glad they caught me' he said. He declined the ser of a Embezzled $107,550 lawyer and expressed a desire to be sentenced as soon as possible. As he completed his confession he handed to Detective Captain Burns his watch and chain and bank books showing total deposits of $3,000. “Now you can go to my house and take the furniture,” he said. “That’s all 1 have.” Dix is married. Robert Garrett & Sons in a formal statement explained that no securities held for their own account or for the accounts of customers had been af- fected, the loss being covered partly by bond, with the remainder charged off ‘rom profits of the past year. ‘Audiio'! sald Dix had been “kiting checks ™ power of the dollar since 1913 and the | haustive analysis of how the retire- | PERSHING FLATLY BLAMES CHILE IN PLEBISCITE CRIGI General Can See Little Hope for Success of Plan Withi- out Reform. WILL MINCE NO WORDS IN REPORT TO COOLIDGE Violence Toward Peruvians Is Held | Indication That Just Decision Is Not Objective. | By the Associated Pres ] ARIC Chile, nuary 16 —Gen. | Pershing is returning to the United | States without much hope that his | successor, Maj. Gen. Lassiter, due| | here in a few days. will soon see |affairs to shape themselves that a | Dlebiscite can be carried out In Tacna | | and Arica. He is said to feel that| | fajlure can be the only result, unless | | there 1s a decided change in the con- | duct of the Chilean residents of this | | territory, to bring about which a | restraining influence by the represen tatives of their government seems necessary. President Coolidge's denial of Chile's | ppaal leaves the situation just as| Wi month ago when the Chileans, | fore appealing. frankly sought to end the plebiscite by withdrawing from the plebiscite commission. Rul- ! ings laid down by Gen. Pershing to { which there was such a vehement "I»‘ | jection_on the part of the Chilean | | representatives will stand. [ Pershing Long Silent. The correspondent of The Associ-| | ated Press came here with Gen. Persh- | | ing and since last August has been observing the whole course of the ! proceedings. The American commis- sioner has from the first spoken re- servedly of conditions denying com-| ment for publication even when he has himself been subject to verbal! | attack. Only once has he given the| | correspondents permission to express | his views. This occasion was to an-! nounce his objections to the participa- | tion of unofficial Americans on either | side of the contest i |1t 1s understood, however, by those | familiar with the generai's views, | | that the whola story of the difficulties he has encountered with the Chileans will be given in the utmost detail to his successor. Tt is believed he will not mince words in this recital, which it is forecast will run very much as/ follows: | He will ascribe to the Chileans the | establishment of a reglon of terror;| he will set forth to Gen. Lassiter his conviction that the Chileans have not | sought to promote conditions that would create a chance for a fair de- jon at the polls, but to the con- trary. He will tell his successor that in his opinion the Chileans have given no evidence of a wish fully to cor-! rect the undesirable conditions which their method of administration of local | government has made possible. Sees Peru Withdraw. Gen. Pershing will explain that un- | less the hostlle acts against the Pe. | ruvians cease, he fears the latter will withdraw from the plebiscite, thus in any case, putting an end to an attempt to solve the Tacna-Arica plob- | lem by the plebiscitary method. 1 As far as the members of the Ameri can delegation are concerned, it is un- derstood that he feels that the only plebiscite in which they can partici- pate must be able to stand the closest scrutiny of justice to both sides and | that this is not possible without a | change in the present conduct of the ! Chileans in the plebiscite territory. Gen. Pershing on his arrival in Washington will see the President and will report the situation to him in | detail. Tt is understood he will urge upon the President that three princi- pal requirements, necessary to insure the Peruvians freedom from molesta- tion, ought to be fulfilled before the plebiscite proceedings. beginning with the registration of the voters next month, are permitted to continue. Would Return Exiles. These requirements are that Peru shall be able to return exiled Peru- vian voters to Tacna and Arica with- out danger of violence from the Chil- eans; that Peruvian electorate agents shall be able to travel throughout the | territory without molestation. and that Peruvlan residents be freed from coerclon against expressing thelr opin- ions or from any penalty for entering into relations with Peruvian electoral canvassers. In presenting the situation to Gen. Lassiter and later to the President, it is understood that Gen. Pershing will cite as a glaring violation of the first requirement the recent descent by a Chilean mob upon Peruvian voters who were being landed from a steamer at Tacna. He will cite as a violation of the other requirements the con- tinued annoyance to which the Chil- eans subject the sellers of a Peruvian newspaper as well as Peruvian resi- dents, and the activities of Chilean patriotic organizations which watch a it 1 | | | the actions of all potential Peruvian | voters and which, he will explain, ex- ert great pressure on the inhabitants not only of the cities but in the re- moter country districts where the dominance of the Chilean authorities is complete. While Gen. Pershing views as a hopeful sign the forceful measures taken by Agustin Edwards, the Chil- ean commissioner, to prevent repeti- tions of violence against returning Peruvian voters, he does not consider that freedom for the Peruvians to con- duct an election campalgn in safety vet exists. }ndex to Classified Advertising For the convenience of our readers an alphabetical in- dex of classified advertise- ments appears on first page of classified section. The page and column of each clas- sification is given, making it possible to locate at once the advertising in which you are interested. T A MIDWINTER NIGHT'S DREAM. AUTHORITY TO END COAL STRIKE ASKED Copeland Resolution Would Give President Power to Seize Mines. By the Associated Press After President Coolidge had been attacked and defended yesterday in the Senate for inaction in the anthra- cite suspension, a proposal was put forward that would give him full au- thority to bring about a resumption of mining. It was in the form of & foint resolu- tion by Senator Copeland, Democrat, New York. and would empower the President to seize the mines, fix the price of anthracite at the mines as well as wages of employes, and com- pensate the mine owners Opposition Is Indicated. At the request of the author, the measure was sent to the Interstate commerce committee. The running fire of discussion as to whether the President can do anything now indi- cated rather widespread opposition to any such legislation. Before offering the resolution, Sen- ator Copeland sought action on an- other requesting the President to act to end the suspension, but after an hour and a half of debate it went to the calendar under the rules at the conclusion of what is known in the Senate as the “morning hour.” Have Framed Measure. During the debate Chairman Oddie of the mining committee disclosed that his committee has sent to the Commerce Department for expert p- inion on a measure designed to carry out the recommendations of the Presi- dent’s Coal Commission by giving the Government a greater measure of au- thority to deal with emergencies both the anthracite and soft coal in- dustries. Senator Oddie told the Senate he did not think this was the time to consider that legislation because of the present situation in the anthra- cite field. Conspiracy Is Denied. Intimations in the debate of a pos- sible combination between aperators and miners to bring about the sus- pension drew denial from representa- tives of the miners here, who declared there could be no such conspiracy as was hinted at in the Senate discus- sion. Incidentally, these representatives, W. J. James and George W. Lewis, legislative representatives of the Unit- ed Mine Workers of America, said the miners would welcome an opportunity to negotiate with the Government in preference to the operators. “We are ready to negotiate with any one who will give us a square | deal,” they added. While Senate discussion was in progress, four members of the House from New York City joined in a re- quest to Chairman Parker of the House interstate commerce commit- tee, that this committee take imme- diate action on the recommendation of the President 4in his last annual message that he be given power to act when an emergency exists in the {anthracite field. Precedent of Roosevelt. During the debate Senator Pepper of Penneylvania declared that “This | resolution calls upon the President |to think of something to do, which the Senate has not been able to think {of. T am not opposed to a definite { resolution, and I am going to move to refer this resolution to a com- | mittee in the hope that something may be worked out which will be of value.” Senator Copeland asked i Senator Pepper did not recall that Theodore Roosevelt during the big anthracite Strike of 1902 had called the miners and operators to the White House and found a way to settle the strike. “I want to ask the Senator from Pennsylvania if he does not think that If the President calls the miners and operators into a conference now, | Senator Copeland. “I should like to ask the Senator | from New York if the 'big stick’ had not dwindled very perceptibly,” said Senator Reed of Missouri. “I think we have a wand instead of a big stick,” replied Senator Copeland, “and a big stick is needed in this case.” Reed Opposes “Big Stick.” Senator Reed dissented from this view, however, saying that he thought that perhaps ‘it would have been a good thing if there had never been A big stick in this country. He said ntinued cn lage 5, Co'umn in | the strike could not be ended,” said | -TODAY’S STAR | PART ONE—I8 PAGES. | Gieneral News National Foreign. iirl Scouts— Current News Parent-Teachers chools and C nd 27. rmy and Navy News—Tage 30. Sons of Veterans—Fage 30. News of the Clubs—Page 32. serial, “Monte Carlo”—Page 33. ", C. A. News—Page 33 National Guard—Page 34. age 34. Radio News and Programs—Pages 38 | and 39. At the Community Centers—Page 41. Fraternal News—Pages 4 Around the City—Page 43 Financial News—Pages 44. 45 and 46. | Spanish War Veterans—Page 4. . PART TWO0—20 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Reviews of Midwinter Books—Page 4. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 17. D. A. R. Activities—Page 18. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music in Washington—Page Motors and Motoring—Pages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. PART FOUR—1 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. PART S 0 PAGES. Classified Advertising.. Veterans of the Great War—Page 8. Civillan Army News—Page 8. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 PAGES. : Reg’lar Fellers; Mr. and ) Mutt and Jeff. WADSWORTH FORESEES IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT Dclares Modern Tendencies Are for Centralization—Calls Dry Amendment Revolutionary. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 16—Giving an estimate of the tendencies of Gov- | ernment and renewing functions since the Roosevelt administration, United States Senator James W. Wadsworth, jr.. today predicted a “great imperial government at Washington,” if the tendency toward centralization of power there is to continue. He wa: the principal speaker at the fifth an- nual luncheon of the Woman's Na- tional Republican Club. As instruments of the extension of | power, he cited the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Farm Loan Board, the Shipping Board, Federal Water Power Commission. the Fed eral Reserve System and the organi- ation for supplying Federal ald in d building. Senator Wadsworth characterized the prohibition amendment as a ‘“rev- olutionary expansion of power.” Local, and | | | | Page Page 2. leges—Pages . 26 $25,000 PE\RLS;BUND. Negro Returns Necklace Lost by Warrenton, fVa., Woman. Special Dispatch to The Star. WARRENTON, Va., January 16.— A pearl necklace lost by Mrs. Mitchell Harrison on January 9 was returned today by George Freeman, a colored man, who found it the day it was lost. At first he thought it was only a valueless string of beads. The necklace, said to be valued at $£25,000, was advertised all the week, but today posters were circulated of- fering $1,000 reward. Freeman had not noticed the signs until his atten- tion was called to the large reward. The necklace was dropped on the street near the Warren Green Hotel. The snow made it less conspicuous. It consists of 76 pearls, with 14 dia- monds In-the clasp. DRY ANNIVERSARY STIRS SENATE ROW Bruce Declares Arrests District for Drunkenness Are Growing. . The sixth anniversary of the rati fication of the eighteenth amendment as marked by a debate in the Se yesterday afternoon in which the Volstead law was defended and at- cked, and in the course of which Senator Bruce of Maryland again de- clared arrests for intoxication are in creasing in Washington While one of his colleagues wi speaking on the subject, Senator Bruce, who was recently named member of the District committee, said: “In that connection T would like to call the Senator's attention to sc figures 1 obtained from the chief police of the City of Washington t day. The Senator will recollect that a short time ago I called attention to the fact that every year for a consid- erable number of vears there hi been registered a steady increase in arrests in drunkenness in the ( nt Washington.” udience” Walks Out. He then stated that the figures ob tained by him showed 10,853 arrests in 1824 and 11,160 during 19 The debate was opened in midafter- noon by Senator Jones. Republican, Washington, who defended the en forcement act, and before it ended the night was well underway and the Senate chamber had hecome almost deserted. only § or 10 Senators being on hand. Senators _Jones and Sheppard Democrat, Texas, a dry leader, car- ried the burden of defending prohit tion_with the assistance occasionally of Senator Fess, Republican, Ohio. Senator _FEdge. Republican. New Jersey: Bruce, Democrat, Maryland and Broussard, Democrat, Louisiana moved vigorously to the offensi Sharp Exchanges Frequent. Sharp _exchanges were frequent Senator Fess said he wanted to amen. the Volstead act. but only to make it more stringent, and that amendments to that end would he offered in due time. Senator Broussard wanted to know if the Ohio Senator favored capital punishment for violations of the Volstead act. Apparently some stood him to say later he denied Senators under- that he would, but it, ing he had { thought the inquiry was as to whether he favored capital punishment for any crime. “The record of what vou said will show.” retorted Senator Broussard, who declared Senator Fess was ad- vocating a return to the ancient cu tom of hanging a man for stealing a loaf of bread. When Senator Sheppard in his pre- pared anniversary address quoted Judge Elbert H_Gary of the United States Steel Corporation as saving prohibition was a good thing, Senator Bruce inquired if Judge Gary did not drink himself, adding that it had been o stated publicly without subsequent denial. Differ on Results. “Is Judge Gary the only man the Senator knows who is in favor of prohibition for other people and drinks | liquor himself?" inquired Senator Blease, Democrat, South Carolina. “1 sometimes doubt that anybody consclentiously is in favor of prohibi- tion except the Senators from Te: and Washington,” Senator Bruce re- plied. Senators Sheppard and Jones drew a picture of marked economic and social improvement under prohibition, but Senator Edge painted a very different | one. He declared the conditions in this country now are deplorable, with | even young bovs and girls carrying | flasks and_hecoming intoxicat (Continued on Page 4, Colum d {Dead Body of Boy Found Beside Gun Glowing with enthusiasm after finding & mink in a trap on his father’s farm near Mitchellville, Md., 14-year-old Edward Stebben Walker, jr., raced to tell the good news to his mother and father yesterday morning and to get his gun and grub- bing hoe to extract his prey. A few hours later, wearied from search for him, the father found his son's lifeless body sprawled on an icy Tedse with a builet wound under his chin. The mink was still in the trop, while the gun and grubbing hoe lay at_his side. Carrying the body in his arms, Mr. Walker rushed to his home. Dr. John E. Stansbury of Forrestville, Md., said the boy had been dead two or three hours. He believed the gun was discharged within a foot of the boy’s head. It is belleved the youth in his zeal to capture the mink slipped and that = accidentally discharged t will be held. in, ACCUSES CODLIDGE OF BARTERING POST ON TARIFF BOARD Senator Norris Says Lewis Got Place With Blanket Resignation Demand. REQUEST WAS REFUSED, DATA OFFERED SHOW Chief Executive Disturbed, But 0.K.'d Commission, Story of Clash Reveals miscon of the t He {appointed of Maryl | Before the app: Nebraska Senat (uested L letter of | President wor { cute at any | fused | added 1 A | son | Costigan of {the commi pointed yester ston Su een in my off morning before I v President. The r view is covered by i cop which I inclos Says Lewis Refused. “When I returned took the Preside | with Lewis | decision that |letter of resig { President. He the President, and I p details of w this i natec to read lows ““Shortly his uest over t the White Hou T went ove: dent_was r ho duri ment. Lewis the tariff commis terday. The Pr intended to reappoi that he de pare and give to mission prehend the n “I spoke | already expi xplained th: to submit his | new commission ta b he (the President) « lin the future to Ordered Commission Drawn “The President in Mr. Forater, and in Lewis' commission as & member of the effective today “The President th sheet of White House | could take down the ter ter which he wished 1} | write. I wrote down words. “I hereby resign as a member of the Tariff Commission, to take effect upon vour acceptance.’ “I raised the objection at this point that an unqualified 1 of this kind would imply on the r d that | Mr. Lewis did not des |as a member of the Ta The President replie for: Ny | s point « aric to | | sion. { was a_matter |cide. In explanati d that I | the President sz be free after the n ‘.\.I(d t re not Democrats undert hold | up other appointments which he made during the next session of the Senate, and he implled that he.desired to use | the appointment of Mr. Lewis for trading purposes in case of necessity Refused to Commit Self. “1 thereupon asked the President whether I could have his assurance that if he were re-elected Mr. Lewis | could be continued as a member of i the Tariff Commission. He said that | he could not at this time make any | commitments. “We then talked of other matters, | and at the end the President asked me to have Mr. Lewis see him during the | afternoon, when he would give him | his_commission.” | The remainder of the letter follows “He (Lewis) went in to the Presi- dent’s office and the President had be- | fore him the commission. He took up | his pen and signed it in Lewis' pres- ence. He then turned to Lewis and asked him whether h® had ‘that letter.’ Lewlis then explained that he did not feel free to furnish the President with the letter which he requested. Lew said that the President was visibly disturbed and said with a little heal (Continued on Page 5, Column | 7)