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tonight. ahout Highest lowest, Full lowest tempera degrees. 33, at at report 18 30 toda on page 9. WEATHER. (T. S. Weather Bureau Forecas Fair tonight and tomorrow Temperatures— 3:30 pm. colder ture tonight vesterday; New York Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 24 Entered as post ofMice, MUSSOLINI WARN GERMANY HE WILL STANDBY THREAT Stresemann Can Interpret Ukase “as He Chooses.” Fascist Chief Asserts. seco Wa No. ),870. REFUSES TO ARBITRATE TYROL CASE ANYWHERE Reference Taken Include League—German Leader Makes Conciliatory Speech. to ROME the lta address mann Febiuary 10, -Replyin in an Sonate todiy day s of Germany by n Minister Strese Premier Mussolini previ M the letter and spivit of < speech. not excluding the my veferrin the possibility of the lalian flaz bevond the Rrennero frontier Etresemann interpret chooses. Stresemann in his speech merely confirmed all the points I made,” the premier eontinued n Accent upon phrase g which he con as Says Charges Stand. Mussol to 1 1 1 asserted interpret his ph Brennero Pass s meaning the would never endure vioations the treaties of p Fuarantecins rontier won by by ie suid that in had oot denied a the charses e had Ch of lasi Saturday categoricaliy that lay ask for a supplementary pact in rezard to the frontier. The premicy de was impossidie 1o compare the Itulinn minority h that of the ( n t Adige tha Italians se in regard Aly 1 Stres one in his denied would nte ever gua Rrent the que man m territory It is hardly » repeat that Adige. which T call will be continued He concluded by decluring that th German population in the terr did not constitute a national mi that Italy would net accept cussion of the matter in any or council (an ajmar the Leuague of Nations). Fascist government would maximum ene: inst this nature. ority the hper necessary,” he policy in Roman added, Upper = he rence to ind that the react with any plan of Spent Nizht on Speech. Mussolind spent the night preparinz his speech Official civeles predicted that it would constitute one of the most important declarations of Italy's international poiiy e the advent of the Fascis rezime Gathering the sreater part of s number of advisers in his offices in the Chigi Ialace, the pre- mier went over i, emann’s &peech. word for word. the text having been translated by the Itilian embassy in Berlin Annotncement e that the premier in tended to reply held in check the vio. lence of the mdiznant protests voiced everywhere in political circles as the text of Dr. Stresemann’s speech was studica Absence of the Italian Ambassador 1 Berlin, conhirmed today. has no ink on and is not related o the present controver The ambassa- Aor De Bosdari Berlin twor ago. and the counselor embassy Guarneri, left a h azo. ¥ came 1o Rome on ar leaves 1hsen: and were before the wition de. il fro Count weeks 1 A of present Evoked Italy depends ances of govern Two Opinions How much Fascist upon the public utte ment officials and ofiicial newspapers wae never better illusirated than last nizht when the text ol Siresemann s speech evoked two amost opposite currents ot opinion One section among those congre- gated by the thousands in the news. paper offices, cafes and other meeting places of politicians maintained t the Stresemann address, by complete- 1y recognizing Itahan sovereignty in the Upper Adize had “closed the in cldent The other was more num Fascist views Epeech As “a which Mussolini answer The extremists nant over the suggesiion of A German cultural maintaining that Germany must back down farther on the issue of interfer ing with Italy’s domestic sovereignty. One point found both moderates and extremists in agreement —the reter ence to a possibility of appealing to the Leasue of Na ling tential disturbance « Teaace frequent mention of the word sion” i< considered oftensiye reference he guaranteed liberty of press is held to he unjustitied hackhand slap at Ialy, since t ton prevails here that liberty of the press does not mcan permission tor the press of one nation to insult and calumniate the zovernment of an other faction. which apparently sided with the rvacterizing the turiher arfront, knows how to ara violently indig Adize as protectorate.’ s resi the oppres while the ditutionally erman nd a in- Resentment is Stronz resentment pressed at what D Stresemann s open adnuss rmany’s meddling in a purely inter nal talian affair. 1 is ashed why, if Germany desired to sponsor the citise of culture, she did not do so long in Czechoslovali and Poland, Where a greater numiber of German-speaking people reside. and why the Germans take upon themselves the defense of 4 territory which never was th The German foreisn minister's declaration that his sovernmeni has “no connection with irresponsible ele. ments of the p s and agitators, it is contended. ix untenabie. since it is the governmen duty 1o repress such manifestatic paralle] case heing the [ltallan gzovernment's im mediate repression of atiempts to demonstrate outside the German em- bassy in Rome It is refterated that no step taken by the Italian government against the German speaking people in the Upper Adige can justify the charge of op- pression or support the claim that Italy fs trying to destroy German cul- ture. Not only do the Germans fail to ofter proof of the latter claim but, it is asserted, Italy can prove (Continued on Page 4 Column-1) \ is, @ ‘lon education and labor called b ond class matter Singion, WASHINGTON, D 'WINTER’S HEAVIEST SNOWSTORM CONQUERED BY PROMPT ACTION [ Traffic Only Slightly Delayed Due to Quick Work i in Clearing Streets and Tracks—Four Deaths in Wake. D. C. transportation moved with little break in regular schedules this morning, due entircly 10 the successful operation of the new system of snow removal. | worked out in detail last Fall by city officials and business men. {of the storm to the city ha | 4L $30.000, and the mioney is beinz spent immediately out of appropria- tions made for the Refuse Department. District_officials rely on Consress Lo make the necessary deficiency appro priations Traffic Moves Easily. Thut the money will be well spent | was indicated by the ease with which | truttic of all sorts, except in the o 'lying areas, moved over streets which early today were covered by snow. ir sume cases 12 inches deep. car_officials ‘said none of their linex were tled up completely, although service vas delayved on u few of the suburban_sysiems. Chief clerks in| the Govefnment departments reported there was only & slizhtly larzer pet centage of tardiness Iey Streets Feared. The streets of the District will he ! transformed into an even more dan | gerous condition tomorrow. it teared. when freezing temperature tonight. following meltinz of the snow | today. will bring sheets of ice and packed snow. The thermometer will drop to 18 degrees tonight, Forecaster Mitchell said today. Warmer weather | is expected by the end of the week By Saturday the snow will mostly he Marshaling its forces while the eity slept and the snow beat down, Wash- ixton’s snow-removal army fought a Vietorious fight today ainst the | heaviest storm here <nce 1922, and when the flukes stupped falling early today it had set a record for clearing Wit the cight and one-half inches Which came down durinz the night. \ number of serious automobile ac- [ cidents marred the otherwise unusual record for severe . storm. One child was killed and two other persons ‘were injured in an automobile crash list night which caused one machine to rurn turtle, pinning it< occupants | underneath. A woman hurt last night i another aceident died today. Other less serious accidents were reported. Two Deaths Reported. Two deaths, indirectly attributed to ;hw storm, were reported this morn- n been [Zdzar Lecht, enzineer of the Balti nd O o Rdiroad. while work- n othe Ponie Yards, Va., slip tnd fell, injuring his head. e Ken 1o Union Station and then | to Casualiy Hospital, wh he died He was 30 vears old and lived at | Brunswick. Md While removing nz ed Snow from his rear yard this morning. Kobert Lee Budke, . vears old. of 611 Seventh streel | northeast. was stricken with a heart | attack and dropped dead. When Dr. | Villapiano of Casualty Hospital ar | rived in response to a telephone call | he found life extinct. | For the first time fn the city's his ry of heavy snowstorms, officials | said today, street car and automobile COAL LEGISLATION PROGRAM MAPPED l (Continued on Page 3, Column RIOTSQUADISSENT T0 SCRANTON MINE Senate Committee to Tackle;Workers Reported to Be Us- Question Tomorrow—House | . ing Dynamite to Get Coal Grouns Also Active. | for Own Use. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Consideration of legislation to deal with the coal industry will Beygiven ai a meeting of the Senate committee its chairman. Senator Phipps of Colorado, for 10:30 a.m. At the same time that Senator Phipps was arranging for this commit- tee meeting, Demoeratic members of | the House were preparing a petition for & party caucus to deal with the coul situation. Representative Somers, Democrat: of New ~aid that he had a petition containinz the neces. sary number of names already signed !and ready for presentation. It re. |!W0 washerles in protest’ against' the | quires only 25 signatures. | hydrauiic production of coal. Mr. Somers said he hoped the con. | . z ference would be called within a_few Fquipped With Tear Hombs. days. The purposo of the New York | ~The squad, whick will be on duty Democrats i to put the party on rec. | till the strike ends. hae shotguns and | ord favoring immediate action on | teAr gas bombs. i legislation designed to prevent co: The police received a call to break strikes, and also as favoring interven- [ ID a disturbance late last night. when tion by the Government in the present | 300 strikinz miners enzazed in a free for all fight at Throup. near here ! anthracite strike. Lor s Fhroo . wo. rs were slightly injured. N Republicans Ask Actlon. Steate merr D njured. No Some of the Republican members | The trouble started when autamohile of the House under the Iradership of | trucks, bearing New Jerses nomiet Representative Hamilton Fish of New | tion plates, appeared (0 carry: s i York and Representative Treadway of | coal. One groun of miners nccnsed the 1 Massachusetts have appealed 1o the |other of “hootlezging” coal. The trot | Republican steering committee 10 |sle was not connected with the demon. {move in the interest of prompt ac-|stration at the washeries tion on coal legislation. The steering 5 Deny Inciting Riot. jcommittee met last night. but so far has taken no action on the propesal, 1'nion officials today denied charges oal legistation made by Steve McDonald, former The Senate commitiee on education | president of the Central Labor Union, and labor has before it the bill intro- |and the owner of one of the washeries duced by Senator Robinson of Ar-|that the officials instizated the demon- Demoeratic leader, creating a | stration, which ended when the miners ard of industrial adjustment. author- | Were dispersed by police, armed with zing the President’ to declare an |<hotgun emergency in the event of a coal| At Wilkes-Barre trike and providing for the collection | president of the United Mine Work and publication of information regard | ers, has refused to comment on the ing the coal industry. Senator Phipps|action of the Sengte. in requesting said his committee a5 probably | President Coolidge to Intercede in the would consider other measurcs which | strike have been proposed dealinm with the | Thomas Kennedy, internati coal industry. Among these is the | retar Oddie bill creating,a bureau in the | Amdrew (Harrington) Horoka of Ma- Department of Comerce to deal with | hanoy City. a striker's wife, died of s _ - |starvation Sundav. He sald inquiry Whether the committee will have | had revealed thar she had heen sup- public hearmzs on the proposed coal | Dli#a with food and given medical at- legislation will be determined later. | “rtion. The committee has available the | Deputy Coroner Senor at Ashland voluminous report made by the United | %2id he was convinced the woman's States Coal Commission. | death was dus to starvation. Problem Is Difficult. TRIKE WILL SET RECORD. Senators today said frankly tha the problem of coal legislation which | Will mizht be held constitutional is a diffi- cnlt one. Congress has authority only over interstate commerce. Coal | mining 1= an intrastate industry. What the committee desires is to work out, if possible. a bill which will be both effective and constitutional. If the Senate committee decides to have public hearinzs, it is expected that the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Commerce will be among those first called. One reason given for Iegiglation In recent weeks is that if public hegrinzs were started by con ! gression®® committees the mine oper- ators and the miners would he called lto Washington and the controversy |would be awed at great length here. | There has been n feeling In some {quarters that such i course might (iurther delay an azreement dbetween |but it was confined to the lower end of the operaiors and the miner: {the anthracite fields, The Robinsen bill creating u hoard | parts of the Schuylkill and Lehizh re- of fndustrial adjustments has been slons. introduced in the House by more than | After an interval of 40 vears. a score of the Democratic members jney sweeps have again of that hody. They plan to urge |the streets of Phitadelphia, I prompt action on that measure. | Cries of “Sweeps! Sweepo!™ from the FOUR DIE IN FIRE. | throats of sooty individuals, carrying hundles of sweep matorial, are bring. COATESVILLE, Pa.. 3 (). —Four children of Benjamin ing back memories of davs when wood and soft coal | of fuel obtai; ters, the eldest 8 years old. were burn: | ed to death today when fire destroyed the Etters home at Goosetown. near 10/ ——— . DEAD MAN ON ENGINE. here. Bt | Body Found on Pilot of Locomotive The fire was discovered by Mrs. Et- | ters. alone in the house with her six | in Macon, Ga.. Station. hildren. Her husband, a night worker,| A ACON, Ga. | had not vet returned from his work. pglice and railway oflicials were mysti- | The mother managed to save two chil-| fied early today” when o Central of i dren, but was unable to re-enter the|Georgia Railroad passenger train. Co- house to reach the others. lumbus to Macon, came into the sta- | u:: y..hxr‘ with !l;eodboddy of aa un};lenti'-’ | o fled white man lodged on the pilot of Belgium 0. K.’s Debt Pact. the engine. Trainmen said the body BRUSSELS, Belgium, February 10|was not there when the train stopped { (#).—The Chamber of Deputies today |at a station a short way out of Macon. |approved the Washingion azreement S the Associated Press. SCRANTON, Pa.. February Police today sent the newly strike riot squad to the Gibbons Coal Co.. an outside working on the south side of the city, following complaint of the owners t number of miners were dynamiting coal.” At police that the miners were 10 tomorrow “ zetting coal for they had gathered demonstrations The rion squad duty as the result of 500 striking anthra cite miners marching vesterday on was on today | = | John 1,.aTewis, nal sec- reasurer, has denied that Mrs, Equal 164-Day Suspension of 1902 Tomorrow. PHILADELPHIA. February, 10 (P).—The present anthracite suspen- sion goes into history this week as the longest hard-coal general strike since the black diamonds were discovered in Pennsylvania more than 100 years ago. Today the strike has lasted 163 equaling the record of the snus. pension of 1922, vhich continued from is deiay on coal : Tomerrow the suspension will equal the great strike of 1902, when, under the leadership of John Mitchell. the mine workers remained idle 164 days, from May 12 to October 23. Back in 18§ there was a strike con- ducted by the Knights of Labor about six months, from September to March, chim- the chief articles Februg for the funding of Belgium's war debt 1o the United States. The vot : was 76 to'5, with 18 abstentions, . Radio Programs—Page 30 The cost | set | Street | formed ' headquarters it was said | their own use and it was not belleved | 1 plained after the meeting that Mr. Pe- composed of | ppeared on | 10 ®.—| WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION . C., WEDNESDAY, | COAL AUDIT BASIS AGREED BY SENATE BODY AND DEALERS Obstacles to Inquiry Remov- ed at Brief Parley—Full Data to Be Revealed. | | | | |PRIVATE ACCOUNTANTS | TO AID McCARL'S STAFF i == !‘ Will Prepare Profit Statement to Be Used in Official Study of Prices Here. An amicable agreement was roachad by the Washington retail coal mer chants and the Senate District com mittee at a conference this morning | A4S 1o the manner in which zovernment | investizators <hould ohtain data that 1s expecied to determine whether nat profitesring has heen practiced hy | the fuel dealers The agreemant was attained with lit tle trouble and within less than an | hour after the conference hegan. Under the terms of the arrangement egularly certified commercial aceount ants are (o he smploved by the coal |dealars to work out a uniform profit and loss statement for five six, ihoth large and small, coal companies tin the Die of Columbia. This hasts is then be to determine the profits and loseas of the merchants for the entire vaar of 1025 MeCarl Audi Although the nniform statement is to he prepared entirely bv the com mercin] accountants. auditors from the office of Controller General Me Carl will sit_in when the task of work inz out a definite statement for th vear of 1925 Is begun. it was It also was agreed that ths Gov ment accountants shou'd e vrivileze of confirming. from books of the dealers. the nzures cluded In the profit and loss sheer The coal ‘dealers wers represented by W, W, Griffith, chairman 1he legislative committee of the TRerail Coal Merchants” Roard of Trade: Le. roy King, one of the city larger deal- ers; Jesse C. Suter. manaxing direct of the Retuil Coal Morchants’ Board of Trade, and Reger 1. Whiteford. | retained as counsel for the coal mer | chants. Harry T. Peters. public ac | countant and auditor, and (ilena I Leland of the firm of Beck & Leland, certified public accountants, alsn ac companied the dealers Full Committee Present. The full sat in the Capper presiding | | | | | ar ! | or to used s to A the the in for any hostile | Senate District committee nference. vith Senator | The dealers ex.| ters and the firm of Beck & Leland.| Already serving as accountants for | most_of the local coal dealers. would | handle the task of making up the profit and loss sheet and also assisting in the determination of profits, to-| gether with the Government auditors, | when that phase is reached nator Capper explained after the session that these commercial account ants were entirely in the employ of the dealers and that the controller general’s o on their work for the Government. A. A. Smith. chief investigator attach. ' ed to Mr. McCarl's office, represented the controller general at the confer- ence, and the Senate District commit Juditors from the | e would carry |tee’s end of the investigation has been placed in his hands so far as the ex- amination of. the books is concerned. | Both the committee members and | the dealers felt confident after the | hearing that a lasting amicable | agreement had been reached. Senator | M. M. Neely of West Virginia. who took an active part in the public ' hearing during the earlier phases of the coal investigation. expressed satls- faction with the plan and he and Senator Capper agreed that it should not require more than 10 days or two | weeks to get the information the committee is seeking. Senator Capper | {added that the committee and the| dealers had agreed as to what this | information should he. Procedure Is Outlined. According to Senator Neely. this information is to take into consider- ation all of the items that enter into the cost. handling and final sale per { ton of hituminous coal. He explained, | for instance, that If a dealer handled 00 tons of coal. the profit and loss sheet should show all data per- | taining to the entire lot and not to | scattered tons. Senator Neely sald he | thought the proposition of the coal { dealers was an entirely fair one and that no objection had heen raised to Its acceptance by committee mem. | bers. The merchants, he sald, were { unanimously for it. { _The queation of the legality of the | | Senate District committee using Con. | troller General McCarl's auditors for | the work was raised by a member of | | the committee, it was said. This! | Senator pointed out that there was no | | real law authorizing the committee to | | se the controller general's staff. The coal dealers, however, walved this | technicality, for the present at least {and sald they were not so much con. | cerned over who conducted the audit jas 1o how it was conducted. Committee Status Cited. | The question as to legality revolves iaround the law passed in 1921 creat- ing the controller general's office, in | which it is stated that he may make | | investigations and reports. ordered | 1 “by elther house of Congress or by any committee of either house hav-| ing jurisdiction over revenues, ap.| propriations or expenditures.” It was ' pointed out, according ta those who ! attended the conference, that the Sen.! ate District committee, having no| | jurisdiction over “revenues, appropria- | tions or expenditures.” had no author: ' ity under the law to use the con | troller general's office for the inves.|' tigation. | 1t is not believed, however, hy those | representing the coal dealers that any | further controversy will arige, the dealers and the committee members expressing themselves as satisfied | with the result of the conference. Th meeting Was in executive session an statements as to what transpired were | made by both sides afterward. Capt. Ogle Killed. BOSTON, Mass., February 10 (#).— | Capt. Alfred W. Ogle, attached to the | Marine Corps Barracks at the Boston Navy Yard, apparently blinded by driving snow. was killed today when he stepped in front of a yard loco- maotive. FEBRUARY | machine gun operated by 10, ¢ Foening Star. 1926 —THIRTY-SIX The Star “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are nted PAGES. (#) Means Associated Pres: Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,894 TWO CENTS. PRACTICE THREE OF CREW G0 DOWN WITH WRECK Eighteen Saved From Schooner See Comrades Perish as Ship Sinks. Br the Assnciated Press GLOL TER. Mass Three members of the crew fishing schaoner Ralph Rrown their lives today when the vess driven ashore in the blizzard off Bri Neck. Eighteen others. inchud captain, reached shore safely sufferinz from exposure and “old The three men who lost their lives were drowned, when they, with other members of the crew. went back 'n the schooner to get their clothes and ofher belongings after she had heer washed “lose Lo the shore. The others manazed 10 get off before a huge wave strick the 100-foot craft and drove her far her out to sea, but the vietims found themselves helpless as the ship wa battered by the roaring hreakers. The vessel wa Febrnary 10 s pounded 1o pieces The men wha were killed were Tohn Gravata, John Loops and Manuel Mitchel Their companions shure saw Gravata and Mitchel grab a line which they apparently thought led to safety. As they started to work their way ont on this line watching from Lopes stood by on the deck hoping for rescue, but the ship was w before help could reach him. NORWEGIAN CREW SAVED. Marked by Heavy Weather—Vessel Found Sinking. Br the Associated Press. LONDON. February American eamer has effected the Tescus of the crew of a distressed essel in stormy weather. according 0 a message to Lloyvds from Staven ger. The United States Shipping Board steamer Casper came across the Nor- wegian motor v el Pinto, which was sinkinz, about 120 miles off Lyndenaes. the southernmost tip of Norway. at noon vesterday and 100k off the crew. the number of which was not given in _the message. Steamers arriving in port today re- port very heavy weather. USE MACHINE GUN 70 SHOOT UP SALOON Heroic Rescue 10. —Another Gangsters Spray Chicago Resort! With Bullets, Wounding Two. Beer Feud Hinted. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, February 10— A light gangsters sprayed bullets into the saloon of fartin Costello. on the South Side, wounding two men, one probably fa tally. William Wilson, a former pugilist may die. John Foley.” fce wagon drivers’ union official. was the other victim. A barkeeper saved him- self by ducking under the bar. Struggle for control of a_ beer-run- ning gang motivated the attack, po. lice said. PROH|—BITION DEFENDED. Greater Boston Federation of Churches Votes United Support. ROSTON. Fehruary 10 (@) _Ap. proval of the present prohibition laws Was expressed vesterday by the di- rectors of the Greater Boston Federa- Uon of Churches. representing 12 de- nominations. A resolution that they ‘stand as firmly as ever behind the prohibition amendment to the Consti- ution of the United States” was nanimously adopted. S ‘ Former Senator Better. The condition of former Senator George FE. Chamberlain is steadily improving, and no alarm now is felt oy his family and close associates. The former Oregon governor suffered a stroke of paralysis last Friday, and because of his advanced age it was thought his condition was critical. | | W | struck them and they sank from sighr. | ked | | social workers cream | | with the zeneral welfare work | places the administration of mothers’ !upon discovering that they ja newl Rome to Punish Autoists Violating Esthetic Sense” HOUSE COMMITTEE T0BACK ELDRIDGE Blanton Measure May Be Put at Head of Calendar for Next D. C. Day. By ROAT heset I cated trafic chauffenrs (zainst fined demeanars Already compli Roman ra ing committin One the act of chilly wen 1 sheet esthetic emean [ the radi ther it \f newspaper or other Cremonesi ni tion of the House Distriet e to give TrafMe Eld to revoke automohile stiffen ement of ay when committee made an order of special the next meeting hour for the meeting tn the intention of mal- this Dbill head the calendar for next District day in the Ho Representative Thomas L. Blanton Democrat. of Texas, announced that he is in sympathy with the Zihlman bill introduced vesterday for abolition of the four grade crossings, hut he pointad out that every vear only five persons are killed at grade crossings. while ahout 100 are killed each vear in Washington by automnbiles Authority Held Urgent. fic conditions are such that ity must be ziven tn the traffic he said. declaring that tha istrict Commissioners disagreed with some of the provisions of his hill. but that he willing tn accept -every sugzestion made b the Commission. ers” Ome of the most important is that the trafic director should he subject to the Police Department Representative Gibson. Republican. of Vermont said that there could be “nn efficient affic enforcement under divided authority Mr. Blanton told several glaring cases of in which the traffic paper constitute ament. It conditio the effectad means s Gov Director most antharits permits and otherv administration and enfo e traflic laws was shown to | the District the bill n ordinan render 1 this proper special sary covering should he technical radiator hy th House Blanton for advanced the 10 o'cle ing the CAPPER MOTHERS BILL IS APPROVED Senate Committee Prefers Measure to One Passed by House. business and he rectors allving 1o the support of the people of Washincton. the Senate Distric committee today approved the Capper hill to provide for mothers’ allowances in preference to the lezislation on this subject recommended by New York The House on M hill embodying the administering mothers through & te dependent of all other The welf; and eivie organizations of Washington were practically inan imous in advocating the Capper bill because it would co-ordinate the ad ministration of mothers allowances of the District government. in keeping with the efforts of the District to bring about consolidation of all similar tivities. day passed the k plan of allowances ageney in welfare work the committee of trafic viela director is tors seprt until he is hrought victed. One man to trial and con has heen arrested 16 times, he said. Two vears ago a bootlegzer killed a charwoman in the House Office Building and has been arrested time and time again since then. but never brought to trial Last Year Provision. was called in the | the fact that when affic law was put through last e House had included a which would care for such a condition hut this was stricken out by Senator and on that very evening the Senator himself was struck and in jured by an automobile while standing in a safety zone. Mr. Blanton said he could not say that this was not just ibution Representagive Charles L. Republican. of Massachusetts, also | discussed the elimination of this pro vision from the bill last vear and forcefully of the need ater authority to be vested in the flic director. Mr. Gibson said “literally thousands of men who are on the shady side of the' law, criminals. are driving here Br fhe Associated Pross | who conld not obtain licenses in other WOODSVILLE. N. H., February ates.” He put the record of some 10.—Daughters have heen born to these individuals in the hearing a mother and daughter here almost year simultaneously. The four are in the same room at the cottage hos. pital and comprise a grandmother. granddaughter, two mothers, three daughters, two sisters, an aunt and a niece. Here is how: Mrs. Nottie Maynes Greenwood is a daughter of Mrs. Carl Maynes. Mrs. Greenwood's daughter is a granddaughter of Mrs. Maynes. while Mrs. Green- wood herselfl acquires a new sister in little Mildred Maynes. The Maynes child. in_turn. becomes an aunt of Mrs. Greenwood's baby, Madelyn. ' Attention | mittee to com the Administration of Aid. year The Capper bill. which will now he reported favorahly to the Senate, aid_in the Board of Charities There is also penging in hoth Sen ate and Hanuse another piece of legis (Continued on Page 5. Column 5.) Mother’s Sister Born Same Day as Niece of Latter |of last To Consider Measure, The committee, by a formal vote, instructed the subcommittee which is considering the Blanton bill to report |it to the full committee at the meet ing next Wednesday with all of the rhanges recommended by the District Commissioners, and the committee voted to meet at 10 o'clock to con- sider this measure. he is having prepared a bill which will do away with monopoly by one taxicab company of space at Union Station and will stop the hotels (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) Knotty Traffic Puzzle Involves Three District Government Bureaus . Three departments of the District |without an official order from the Pub. overnment hecame involved today in |lic Utilities Commission :n unusual traffic puzzle. | The Water Department and Traffic About to undertake the work of tearing up F street between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, the Water De- partment, mindful of an inevitable| Engineer Commissioner Bell. chair traffic tie-up, recommended that the|man of the commission, said he hoped thoroughfare be designated temporar- | Lo find a way to untangle the problem i1y for onewway westbound traffic. The | It i8 likely' the busses will be rerouted " . E .way While the Water Department is at Traffic Bureau; agreed and One-way| oo e byt the commission may, i€ street signs were put up today. was said, permit the busses to con- Some motorists hecame confused | tinye to use E street despite the one. were upon | way order. The act creating the com- created one-way street. but | mission. it was explained. gives it turned around and proceeded in the|authority to ignore the orders of any right direction. Two bus lines which | other District department if they be- use E strest on eastbound trips re.|come inconsistent or repugnant to the fused to change their routes, however, | commission’s wishes. i bus lin Utilitie: change. and did not consult the Commission in arranging the powerless to revoke the driver's license | provision | one | Underhill. | for | Blanton notified the committee | Bureau had completely overlooked the | WAN JURY FIGHTING 22HOUR DEADLOCK - TODECIDEHISFATE |Haggard Faces Give Evi- dence of Long Struggle to Agree on Verdict. PRISONER ANXIOUSLY TRIES TO READ EYES Instructions Are Repeated Before Talesmen Return to Continue | | Efforts at Agreement. The | with | Wu | sion in the h this f Ziang Sun Wan, charged of Ben Sen Educational Mis- 1919, was sti!l jury at 2 o'clock it hours after it received the case from Justice Stafford ye | Positive evidence that the jury had battled many ho for and against |the life of the 31.yearold Chinese was gl the courtroom at 1107 o'clock when the 12 box and, WwW. W. Up the Washing asked the he defense and the prose them 2 men were drawn were hiood h slow, de- k their places his chair marshal aftern yore than erday afternoon this menning, men * through church filed into e it an, thelr forer Terminal (o that read to <h liberate and Wan w i Ceremile the [ deputy Instructions Reread. Bave da 1stice Mr. Foreman the a | 3y a verdiet? We have not rem: tothe vour honor The jury of n read the 24 in by each side, on arriving at a de fonless, with he court. Wan from the running t serious sign of hope or the conclusion of Stafford added of the jurors to es in an effort to verdict. “Wher in disch Justice replied ¥ desires th wall Upehusor pravers i what their constant bench to the jury them up and down faces, looking for a discouragment. At the reading Justice that it was the duty exhaust their reso {agree honestly you have ex The freque: sted ‘fed bhefore, vou, and declared | Foreman Upchurch then was asked { to present quastions the individual members might wish to ask. B. J Hamm whispered to Mr. Upchurch latter asked this question s that the mind be clari- to what the essent are Essential Points Cited. as ments | Taki fford up the said th whick indictment. “The the Governmer bound to prove are these: Tha death of Ben Sen Wu was the res »f the felonious killing by somebod You mu first be sat d beyvond reasonable doult somebody killed him—that it not suicide or accl but one kilied him If any re ble doubt arises, the first step w not be taken 1f you are satisfied that the Gov- ernment has satisfied vou that the defendant did it. in the way describ- ed th indictment. that he did it intentionally and purposely The thing that the Govern- ment is bound to prove is that it was done m not because he hated him. of the wi purpose rt beca ed to accompli was unlawfnl be murder In order in the first would have reasonable d deliberate and p not the result of These are essentia crime Justica 1 is the was ntal some 1 ali but ously se he w; some purpose that D to that point would second degree we guilt of T urder 1tisty neditated and was sudden impulse. elements of the Locked Up Again. The jury returned room on second floor at o'clock and Wan was returned to his cell on the floor below The court did not convene until 10 am.. at which time the transaction of other business hegan. It is under- stood some <word was sent 1o the jury by the court regrading any ins tions they might want a short time | later. The members were taken to breakfast about $.15 o'clock, and re turned to continue their deliberatior about 9:15 am A large crowd of spectators gathered about the entrance of Criminal Di- vision nearly an hour before the doors were npened, and when all the seats had been filied, many persons were left standing in the ridors They milled about the halls, some go- ing to the rear of the room to get glimpses Wan he was taken from his cell, and also to see the jurors. After the jury left the court- room, the routine business again was taken up. the 3 Took Case at 3:! received the case yester- day afternoon at 3.12 o'clock, or 1 hour and 10 minutes after Justice | Stafford_began his charge. The 12 (Continued on Pa e 2, Column 3. FIGHT RENO!VI.INATI6N OF NYE FOR SENATE { e | Enemies Active as North Dakota | Non-partisan League Members l Gather for Session. The jury | i | Br the Associated Prese RISMARCK., N. Dak., February 10.— { A fight on the renomination of Gerald P. Nye as United States Senator from | North Dakota was in prospect as members of the State Non-partisan League gathered for their State con- vention today | Names of two other candidates for [the senatorship were brought to the jfront in pre-convention campaigning, | William Lemke of Fargo and James | H. Sinclair of the third congressional district Those in charge of convention pro- ceedings expressed confidence that both Senator Nye and Gov. A. G. Sorlie would be indorsed again by the leaguers.