Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1926, Page 2

BUTLER JUSTIFIES Davis Tourney Cup Drawings ACCUSING COLONEL| Pe Wednesdey Tells D. A. R. Dry Law Is “Class Legislation and . Must Be Cured by Force.” By the Associated Press. ' 1LOS ANGELES, March 12.—Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler “sticks to his guns,” stoutly defending hfs action in placing a_charge of intoxication against Col. Alexander Willlams short 1y after that officer had acted as host at a dinner party at which Gen. But- ler had been the guest of honor. Altering a previous announcement that he would have nothing to =ay. Gen. Butler, who is commandant of the United States marine base at San Diego, took occasion twice yesterday 1o justify the act which has prompted ide comment in official and ay to Gen. Butler to learn just what A xeomt When it was reported in newspapers he declared before the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion last night that “the liquor law is the higgest piece of class legislation ever passed and it can be cured only by rough stuff.” Attitude in Doubt. Curious-minded persons i the general meant by this declaration that he was opposed to prohibition. His address was an attack on law violators and emhndied a series n_f aphorisms on law enforcement, r‘r!n(‘l. pal among them being the following “Men of money and influence have come to regard laws as a joke, and the only way they can be cured is ple like you and 1 to see that are enforced “Laws won't work, but a club will. When we get gentle we perish. “"There are two things necessary to clean up a town—get the thugs off the streets and close up the dens of vice. So long as you have vice, you shall have crime. Hospitality Not Considered. In an interview late in the after- noon he sald that the matter of hos- pitality and its possible breach had never entered the arrest of Col. Wil- llams. “It is according to naval regula- tions. 1 simply followed naval regu- lations,” he asserted. “The case is similar to hundreds that have occur- red in the past.” ) Earlier in the day Gen. Butler ‘is- =ued a written statement denying that Col. Willlams had been arrested while he was a guest in the colonel's home. Whatever happened in his home had nething to do with the case, the state- ment said, and explained that “the un- fortunate incidents which caused my action took place in a public hotel when I was not a guest of this offi- cer.” ondered 1f ‘Witnesses Differ. At San Diego, where Gen. Butler filed his charges of intoxication against Col. Willlams, efforts were made by the accused officer’s friends to assemble evidence to combat the charges. Some officers who were with Col. Willlams at the Ceronado Hotel, where Gen. Butler alleges he was in- toxicated, declared the officer was not intoxicated, while others asserted he was. A Boston woman, whose nams was withheld, was quoted as having de- clared that she had danced with Col. ‘Williams at the hotel and that she had not noticed any indicationssof .dntoxi- cation. = It was brought out vesterday that the “arrest” of the colonel. ordered by Gen. Butler consisted ® of his removal from command of the 4th Regiment of Marines. He is not re. strained in any way. Should the colonel be court-martialed the maximum sentence that could be imposed, it was stated, would be ex- pulsion from the service. LEJEUNE CAN DROP CASE. Authority for Court-martial With Secretary Wilbur. Brig. Gen. Smedley Butler's charges of intoxication against Col. Alexander Williames, filed after the latter had tendered Gen. Butler a dinner party at the San Diego marine base Saturday, probably will not oM- cially come to the attention of Maj. Gen. Lejeune. commandant of the Marine Corps, for a week or ten days. It is expected to take this long for the report to pass through the vari- ous official channels. On receipt of the report Gen. Le- feyne, under Navy law and regula- tions, will have the power either to disapprove the report and thus close the incident, or to submit the report to Secretary Wilbur and recommend & court-martig] Authority Rests With Wilbur. Autherity to eonvene a court-mar- tial in such a case rests only with the Secretary, since in continental United States Navy and Marine Corps com- mandants are limited to placing of fending officers under arrest for not more thgn 10 days. In case of an offense which they %.nldrr ‘Warrants more severe pun- ighment they may recommend court- martial, setting out in a report the charged and specifications, with state- ments from witnesses. To this the acoused may also attach his state- ment in defense and those of wit- hesses. In the San Diego case a report would go to the rear admiral com- manding the eleventh naval distriet and to the Marine Corps general offi- in eommand on the Pacifie Coast. h would have oprortunity to ex- amine the charges and statements and return them for amplification and cor- rection hefore forwarding them to 8en. Lejeune. Law Is Broad. Navy law 1s very broad. officials ex- plained, in the general responsibility xmg on commanding officers to on! law, maintain good order and suppress “dissolute and immeral prac- tices” ynder plain of court-martial themselves. Officials here disagree with the opinion that a certificate by a na: doctor is required in the event that a specification of intoxication is to be lodged under a general charge against naval or Marine Corps per- sonnel. While it has been customary to attach a doctor's certificats in such cases, they said, it {9 not required by the regulations. e MORE;NOW PREDICTED. Flurries Expected, With Drop in Temperature Tonight. More snow flurries are expected for the Capital late this afternoon or to- night, but the Weather Bureau be- lieves the fall will not he enough to whiten the streets. With Winter still hanging around, the temperature is expected to dive down to ahout 20 de- grees tonight, und the chilly weather will continue through tomerrow, prob- ably with eloudy skies. The minimum temperature in the early hours today was 26 degrees. ‘Washington is feeling the southern thrust of & ceid wave now over the Northern and Canada. Tem- peratures of 20 below and colder were reported today from a number eof points in the northern Canadlan prev- inces. Rests Drawings for the Davis Cup in international tennis competitions will be made by Secretary Kellogg at the Pan-American Building next Wednesday at 12 o'clock. Diplo- matc representatives of all the challenging nations are expected to be present. Entries for the matches have heen received from the fallowing countries: Canada, Argentina, Belgium. Czgchoslo: vakla. France, Great Britain, Aus- tria, Hungary, Indin. Italy, Nether- lands, Portugal, Paland, Rumania, Sweden. Switzerland, Mexico, Cuba, Japan end Ireland. CAREER OF DR, HAL ENDED BY SUICIDE Identity of Former G. W. U. Professor Fixed by Fin- gerprints, By the Assaclated Preas VIENNA, March ended the vavied Hau, alias Stau, Washington, D. ( in Germany in 19 his wife's mother. The Vienna police have established through comparigon of fingerprints tha himself at Tivoli, 6, was Hau. Sentenced to Death. In addition to_practicing Washington, Dr. Hau for professor of Roman law in George Washington University. His mother- indaw, Frau Molitor, was murdered at Baden-Baden, November 5, 1908. Hau fled to England, but was extradited, convicted and sentenced to death, the sentence later being commuted to life imprisonment. He was released in 1924, but was for- bidden to write a book on his prison experiences. This prohibition he ignored and an_order for his arrest was issued last November. ning of the order he fled to . whence the news of his sulcide now is recelved. 12.—Suicide has reer of Dr. Karl once a lawver of who was convicted 6 of llle murder of law in time was Ask Report From Rome. BERLIN, March 12 (#).—The Berlin police mnd the Stuttgart state's at- orney have requested the Rome police to furnish detailed information regard. ing the reported suicide of Dr. Karl Hau at Tiveli. Hau's atterney. Karl Alsberg. savs that his client repeatedly had declared he war tired of life, these express: being more frequent after the wa for his rearrest was vember. ENT “ICIDE CYCLE. Death of Hau Follows ';'lmu of Wife and Daughter. Karl Hau's death completes a sui cide cyele that has wiped out the en- tive family. Mrs. Hau and her daugh- ter ended their lives after Hau's con- vietion by jumping into a lake near Zurich, Switzerland. Hau was a student and teacher at George Washington University from 1801 to 1905. He was graduated from the George Washington University {to the local bar. Afterward he lec | tured at the school on Roman law and {#ls0 taught German Hau wus very popular at the local university and In legal circles, and bis trial and conviction in Germany were a great shock to his friends here, niany of whom refused to believe him gullty. It was said he was convicted on_circumstantial evidence When in Washington Han resided at the Highlands apartment house. He went to Germany in 1905 to obtain funds. His friends here received no word from him after that. Hau was charged with murdering his mother-in- law because she was an obstacle in the way of obtaining money from his wife. The death sentence was imposed, but this later was commuted to 20 vears’ imprisonment. He was pardoned Sep- tember 2. 1924, by the Grand Duke of Baden. at which time he announced his infention of settling down in Ger- many to write his memoirs. In aceordance with this decision he wrote a book outlining incldents of his trial and Imprisonment and seath- ingly denoyncing officials responsible for his arrest and conviction. Last November the police conducted a wide seareh for him, during which he an- nounced through his publishers that he would never give himself up, be- cause he was the ebject of revenge by a state’s atterney. NEW LEGISLATIVE PLANS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT ___(Continued from First Page.) the major items set down on the program. Wheth; this was dellb- erate or an oversight was not ex- plained. It is thought possible that the President removed his insistance on this legislation because of advices from party leaders. It is understood that the Senate and Housesleaders are fearful of long debate. Senator Willls sald the pra- posed reorganization would not have a chanee in the Senate this vear. Senator Smool of Utah, ce-author of & substitute reorganization bill, which | is conceded generally to he the sim- plest and most practical proposition of this kind vet placed before Con- gress, stated recently that it would be possible to pass this bill if it is given a chance to be voted on. Mr. Tilson said it is not improba- ble that the House may consider it before adjournment. ‘The proposed liberalization of the retirement act governing Government employes also was omitted from the program. It was pointed out, how. ever, that the fact it is net included does not mean that it will not have an opportunity to be acted upon. Both leaders indicated that the pro. hibition question was not touched. Senator Willis, the recognized dry leader, declared that there will he no change in the enforcement laws which would permit the sale of light wines and beer. He can see no rea- however, why the Senate judl- ciary committee should not conduct open hearings on this subject. RRRE TARIFF HITS BEAUTY AIDS. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MOSCOW, March 12.—The use of face powder, lipstick and perfumery is expected to wane in Russia foi- lowing application of the new tariff next Monday, placing a duty of 175 roubles a kilogram on perfumery, ineluding the hottle, and 70 roubles a kilogram on other adjuncts of the feminine toilet. Connoisseurs say that the local products ruina the complexion. The new tariff, in addition to levy- ing prohibitive taxes on all luxuries, puts extremely high rates on all n cessities except raw materials. (€3pyright. 1026, by Chicago Daily News Co.) Law School in 1904 and was admitted | THE _EVEN WIFEADNIT PART TV POISONINGS On Way to Prison for One Death, She Breaks Down and Tells of Others. By the Associated Pres FLORA, I, March 12.—Mrs. Elsle Bible Malinsky, 44 years old, under life sentence fcr the poison murder of the wife of her third husband, has substantially admitted having com- mitted two other poison murders and an attempted poisoning, State's Attor- ney Harald S. Williams announced last night. Her other victims, the State's attor- ney told the Associated Press, were a husband and the former wife of a former husband. The woman's confession came on the eve of her departure for Jollet prison. Authorities sald she broke down under the weight of strong circumstantial evidence, but did not make a complete confession. Bacame Dissatisfied. The information made public by Williams, which, he said, is practically the substance of her confession, is that about 15 vears ago she poisoned and killad the wife of Havill Bible in order that she might marry him, and that about three years ago she fatally poizoned Bihle when she became dis- satisfied with him as a husband. Her first hushand, Wilbur Cope. di- vorced her about 18 years ago. after, it was alleged, she had made an unsuc cessful attempt to poison him, the State's attorney said. Poisoned His Wife, Charge. Later she was convicted of living in adultery with Bible, and, according to Williams and her alleged confession, she poisoned Bible's first wife and then married him. His death occurred in December, 1923, but was not in- vestigated at the time. The woman hecame housekeeper for Ernest L. Malinsky, her present hus- band, and gave poison to his wite. it was charged, causing her death last September 26. She then married Ma- linsky and her arrest recently follow- ed exhuming of the hody of the first Malinsky and a chemical examl- of the viscera. Malinsky s held in the murder of his first wife, but the convicted woman has absolved him of blame. No new charges will be filed against her, LA FOLLETTE GETS PLACE IN INQUIRY IN TARIFF BOARD (Continued from First Page) lette. father of the present Senator. the charges which have now been made against the commission. dealing with the so-called flexible provision of the tariff act. In consequence, the junior Senator from Wisconsin has a considerable amount of information already., TARIFF SPLITS PARTY. Definition of “Progressive Republi- cans” in Senate Weakens President. BY. PAVID LAWRENCE. (Copyright. 1926, by The Star.) ‘The action of the Senate in order- ing an investigation of the Tariff Commission demonstrates two things: First. that Mr. Coolidge has a tenuous hold on the upper house of (‘ongress and that a coalition of Democrats and insurgent Republicans can thwart his will, and, second, that Congress is more or less repentant that it ever delegated to the Chief Executive any discretionary power with reference to the operations of the tariff law. The debate ovar the insertion of the words “Progressive Republican’ in a Senate resolution is significant of troubles ahead for Mr. Coolidge. The Democrats joined with the insur- gents in definitely using the classifi- cation “‘Progressive Republican” to apply 1o that up which is infor- mally led by men like Senators Rorah of Idaho and Norris of Nebraska, for the “progressive’” group is not organ ized as such. and untii the resolution was adopted on Thursday there had heen no attempt to designate the dif- ferent types of Republicans. Under the new resolution, the Vice President is supposed to seleet the in- vestigating committee and must choose at least one “progressive Republican.” This means that Mr. Dawes will have task of deciding who is a progres- sl It .places the issue squarely be- fore him. Tmplicit Meaning Used. There are several Senators who are not necessarily followers of either Mr. Norris or Mr. Borah who consider themselves “progresives,” but It is a question whether they would care to have themselves separated in any classification from the “regular Repub- licans,” which term has come to mean supporters of the administration. It is therefore not the explicit, but the implicit, meaning of the word ‘‘pro- gressive” which is employed, Some of the ‘“progressive Repub- licans™ realy consider themselves “in- dependent Republicans” in the sense that they are not bound by party tie to follow the administration on most questions. Typleal of this group is Senator (‘ouzens of Michigan, who is listed as a progressive hy members of the Norris group, but who i really and independent Republican. He an- nounced in his campaign a yvear ago that he would support Mr. Coolidge whenever he helieved the President was right and would oppose him when ever he thought he was wrong on public questions, Couzens Supported Move. It s significant that when Senator Bingham of Connecticut moved- to strike out the words “progessive Re- publican” from the resolution, twe Renators—Mr. Couzens of Michiban and Mr. McMaster of South Dakota— voted to strike out the twe words. The Republicans whe supported the classification were Borah of Tdaho. Brookhart of Towa. Frazier and Nve of North Dakota. Howell and Norris of Nebraska, Johnson of California. Jones of Washington, Me- ary of Oregon and La Follette of Wisconsin, who, together with Ship- stead of Minnesota (KFarmer-Labor), made a total of 11. Twenty-eight Democrats followed the customary policy in politics of adding to the discomfort of an oppo- site party so that the total vote was 89 to support the language “pro- gressive Republican” as against 29 Republicans who did not want any classification made. May Relieve President. The investigation of the Tariit Commission was really not desired by the administration, but now that it has come, Mr. Coolidge probably will view it as not an unmixed evil. He has had his troubles with per- sonnel. He has tried to reorganize the commission. He has had the embarrassment of trying to. decida which recommendations of the com- mission should be approved and which should be ignored. On the whole, Congress appointed a tariff commission, which for partisan and academic tariff ressons, has been unable te fumetion, but in effect .the whole responsibility was ultimately NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Mother Spanks Daughter for Gayety When Her Fiance Leaves With His Wife By the Associated Pre CHICAGO, March 12.—A Persian prince’s princely gifts to his American fiancee and a maternal ypanking were related by Mra. Gertrude Dolan White- more of New York and her mother be- for here, in the s suit for divorce. Mrs. Whi more, before her marriage to Horace Whitemore manager of a sugar refin- ing company in New York, was a dancer and ‘the daughter of Thomas Dolan, head of a printing company here, Who is being sued by his wife tor divorce. The point of contention in the suit is a $50,000 home in River Forest, & suburh, which the daughter testified was one of the gifts of Prince Vittor ciji, whom she met in Bombay while F‘EIn' tour. He followed her to ondon and finally to Chicage, Mrs. Whitemore said, and, in addition to the house, gave her $25,000 and two nsl utomoblles, while they were The prince’s wife appeared and the engagement wi ‘Whitemore testified that she gave the home ta her mother, but in- tended that it should be owned jointly by her father and mother. Dolan seeks a half interest in the property. Mrs. Dolan said she spanked her daughter because of a series of parties the young woman ve after the princé's departure, and singe then she and ber daughter had been estranged. OFFICIALS CANCEL VOYAGE TO ARICA Breakdown of Arbitration Plans Seen in New Peru- vian Protest. Associated Press. reservations for Assistant Solicitor Vallance of the State De- partment and other members of the American group selected to assist Maj. Gen. Lassiter in the conduct of the Tacna-Arica plebiscite, wera sud- denly canceled today. No explanation for the cancellation was forthcoming. Vallance, with assistant legal coun- sel, three finger-print experts and 15 clerks and stenographers, had hooked passage on a Chilean line ship depart- ing from New York tomorrow. Move Regarded Significant. ‘The incident is regarded as possibly significant in view of Peru’s effort to kave the registration for the plebl- scite, scheduled to begin Monday, post- poned. Tt was also thought it might bear possible relationship ta tiong which are believed to ha made by Paru that unless the regis. tration Is postponed and Chilean guar- antees enforced Peru would withdraw from the plebiscite. Arica reports yesterday recarding receipt of important communications from Washington is believed here to be a development of Gen. Lassiter's quest to the Department for instruc tlons regarding Peruvian demands While complete slience as to the present gituation Is maintained by the State Department, it was pointed out today that the arbitrator in the &i tion could auth . in_the event of withdrawal by elther Chile or Peru. the naming of the withdrawal party plebiscita to proceed. PERU ASKS DELAY IN VOTE. By the Tri and order the Declares Safety of Voters Is Not Suf- ficiently Guaranteed. By the Associated Press. ARICA, Chile, March 12.—A new crisis has arisen in the Taena-Arica plebiscite proceedings which again {hreatens to bring to end the effort to settle the territorial controveray between Chile and Peru. In which President Coolidge is acting as arbi- trator. ‘With the registration of voters for the intended plebiscite Axed for March 16, P complaining that sufficlent protection for her voters from Chilean violence has not vet has demanded of ter, neutral chalrm o tion be indefinit postponed. The American commission has been told, it is understood, that If it is not posi- poned Peru proposes to withdraw fram the plebiscite proceedings. Gen. Lassiter thus far has taken the position that the registration of vaters should pr ed as scheduled and the Chileans insist upon it. Grievanees Cited. The Peruvian d!lff!(l accompanied his formal motion for the postpone- ment of the registration with a list of grievances against the Chileans in- tended to prove that the guarantees which Gen. Pershing had required had not heen made effective. The latest incident of alleged Chil- ean violence occurred Tuesday night, when Jose Oviedo, a Peruvian, and members of his family were heaten by seven masked mefi with riding whis Another ineident under investigation is a recent frontier elash between Peruvian guards and Chilean earbin- neeros. Reports are becoming more insistent every day that efferts are being made for direct settlement of the Tacna- Arica problem. SENATE COMMITTEE 0.K.’S McFADDEN BANK BILL Measure Designed to Put National and State Institutions on Parity in Maintaining Branches. After practically rewriting the House measure, the Senate banking committee today finally agreed to re- port favorably the McFadden branch banking bill. ‘The measure is designed to put the national banks on a parity with State banks In the matter of maintaining branches. An Important feature is that State banks may come into the Federal reserve system with all of the branches they possessed at the time the bill became law. WOMAN APPOINTED DRY PROSECUTOR IN DISTRICT COURT (Continued from First Page. ment for several vears as a clerk at Hi also married. s husband and father were recently in Government work, both béing employed in the Agri- cultural Department. Her husband lately gave up his Government work and entered the gasoline and oll busi- ness. Maj." Gordon, when questioned to- day, declined to comment on Mrs. Greathouse's promotion, but said an increase had been given her. He stated that her work did not necesse. rily put her over the other two assist- despite the fact that she receives her salary. She has not taken part in any important cases, it was vtated. Two Children Die in Fire. LABEMARLE, N. C, March 12 (®). —Two negro children, aged 3 and 6 years old, were burned te death when the home of Lewis Gerry, their father, was destroved at Badin, near here. The father and mother both were away from home and did not know of the tragedy until it was all over. S ————— placed on the President, who has by no means enjoved the job. Mr. c”“d.:h will ;;lad‘o ny |!.:‘p bll some other m ugges! y ‘'ongress to operate the flexible pre- visions of the tariff law. | fear WOMAN IS MISSING AFTER POISON DOSE One Death and Three At- tempts at Suicide Start Po- lice on Investigation. One death from self-administered polson and three dramatic attempts at suiclde last night brought the poison cases Involving women to a total of 13 In this city during the last three weeks. with two deaths resulting. Mel ancholia was assigned the motive for the sufcide that was successful: of consequences of playing “hookey” from school is helieved to have prompted the attempts of two 15-yeur-old schoolgirls. while in the third attempt of last night the motive has been undetermined and a viel of ry was thrown about the case re to locate the woman today. Neither of the schoolgirls is in serious condition. The auicide was Mrs. Susie Bogle, colored, 43 years old, who died at Freedmen's Hospital yesterday after noon. The schoolgirls are Lillian Miller of 700 Sixteenth street northeast and Margaret Carragher of 1307 F sireet northeast, pupils in the second vear High School. who drank Poison from the same bottle in the vestibule of Holy Comforter Church, Fourteenth and Fast Capitol streets, early last night. They left the hottla In the vestibule. walked a short dis- tance and callapsed. Picked up by a passer-by, (hey were tuken to Casualty Hospital, where Drs. Law- tan and Villapiane administered treatment that prodiuced a speedy re- cavery. Sent to Detention House. e then sent the Detention, where they spent the night. Taday Policewoman Ruby Brandt took them over to Eastern High School for a conference with their teachers and their moth- ers, after which it was expected the girls would return home. Discovery of their absence from school, police- women were told, had been made by their teacher, who requested that they ask their mothers to confer with the teacher. It was the fear of the consequence. aceording to the story told by the girls to policewomen, that led them to drink poison. In the third attempt recorded by the palice the report obtained at the third precinet was that Miss Evelvn Me- Lane, 24-vear-old artist's model, room- Ing at 1223 K street, swallowed sleep- Ing tablets, poisonvus in overdoses, while at the studio of Eugene Welss, 5156 Twentieth atreet, vesterday. She was treated at Ewmergency Hospital while in w seml-conscious state, go- cording to hospltal records, and left the hospitul. ENorts to located her today were futile. Mrs. Bogle, who died from a dose of poison diginfectant at Freedmen's Hospital vesterday afternoon, was sald by police to have heen a patient there since early Wednesday. she was taken there after a reported at- tempt at suicide by swallowing kero- sene. Under treatment hy Dr. T. E. Jones her condition improved and ar- rangements were being made to take her home when she got passession of a hottle of disinfectant. Jackson Bogle, colored, 340 Hryant street, her husband, survives her. Aroused by the suicide wave appar- ently sweeping over the city recently, detectives began to take avery step to check up en possible laxities in the preventive regulations. Aeting on this ba Detective Charles Warfield te. day was andeavoring to locate the druggist from whom the twe school girls obtained the peison yesterday afternoon. They gave policewomen the name of a northeast druggist. Warfleld instituted an investigation to determine hew the poison came to be sold te minors in vielation of the regulation prohibiting such sale. The poison, which is a type used as a caus. tic germicide and remedy for cuts, brulses and sprains, it was said, could be sold to adults without registration in poison sales hooks, but ix prohibited z:. be sold to minors under any condi- tions. GOADED BY RIVALS’ TACTICS, DRYS PLAN COUNTER OFFENSIVE to (Continued from First Pag in the Atlanta papers from the records of the Pelice Court, showing that arrests for drunkenness had in- creased enormously within the past ‘The persons arrested, I were not of the wealthy s, | merely mention this te prove that drinking is not confined te the rich. “Therefore it seems to me that the eighteenth amendment has been a very unwise thing, it has net im- vroved the morals of the country or diminution in Any one can see from the that murders, suicides and are more prevalent new than ever before, and the court docke are overcrowded with vio- lators of eriminal law. The Federal prison which is located adjacent to Atlanta s full to overflowing. FEver since I have been a voter I have heard prohibition orators proclaim if they could pass a prohibition law it | would save the expense of fewer po- licemen, and the jails would be prac- tically empty. Such hax not proved to be the case. “Besides the facts which T have L d, the elghteenth amendment hus developed the bootlerger. which did not prevail lw!ml when only the tes had prohibition. m“‘l’ MIIW: that one of the worat features of the eighteenth amend- ment is that it has created & nation of lawbreakers from those in m‘rf stations to low stations, and many of the Congressmen who vote for prohibition, from accounts that I read In the press, are breakers of the prohibition law themselves. The jurors who sit in the courts are, I understand, violators, and what a travesty it.is for men to try others for breaking the laws that they them- selves violate. The whole situation is intolerable, and it seems to me our legisiators should ‘recognize this fact and make a change that would save us from the enormous expense that our Government is experiencing and aleo from & law that is underm! the reapect that all citizens sh have for the law of the land, | proved |ing that FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1926. GOAL MEN CALLED 10 ACT ON PROBE Will Plan Next Step in Re- ply to Charges Made by Committee. Members of the Washington Retail Coal Merchgnts' Board of Trade will meet in executive session this after- noon to consider their next step in cannection with the Senate District committ audit of their books This was decided at a meeting of some members of the board In the offices of Leland & Beck, public ac- counts, in the Southern Building, to- day. Leland & Beck, together with Harry T. Peters, with offices in the Woodward Bullding, have been re tained by the local coal men to assist accountants from the office of Con- troller General McCarl conduct an audit of the merchanty’ books. The Semate District committee an- nounced late yesterday afternoon, after an executive session, that it had exar@ned the information oblained by the auditors from three local com- panies, and that there was still some data to be obtained. Senator Capper said he would invite the coal men to anotb8e conference i March 22, 1o ask them to supply the auditors with the additional information desired. Subpoenas Considered. Senator King of Utah, a member of the District commitiee, today ap- the decision reached yester It the proposed meeting should bring an agreement under lers would furnish the figures the committee wants, Senator King believes the committee then should consider issuing subpoenas. The committee has authority from the Senate to compel the dealers to submit their books. Members of the firm of Leland & Beck said at the meeting today that the auditors from Mr. McCarl's office had been supplied formation definitely District committee, both and by verbal suggestion. They also xaid they never had been asked to give statements on the business of the J. Maury Dove (o.. which the Govern- auditors are said to have re- 1 was declined. er J. Whiteford, who was re tained as counsel for the coal dealers. will he present at the meeting this afternoon. Jesse C. Suter. managing diractar of the Coal Merchants' Board of Trade. said that the dealers had-ex- pressed a readiness te do evervthing in their power to assist the Senate Dis- trict committes investigate charges of gouging llowing an executive session of the Senate Mstrict committee vester- 4ay aftérnoon, Chairman Capper an nounced that the anditors of the Con- troller Generals office had net heen able 1o obtain from local coal dealers all the information the comnrittee re quested in connection with the inves- tigation into fuel prices in Wash- ington. Senator Capper declared that the Treasury Department auditor assigned to assist the committee had an unsat isfactory experience in seeking to col lect the facts the committee asked The committee will meet in open ses- ston Monday, March 22, at which time the coal dealers will he asked to at- tend. Senator Capper stated that the com- mittee at that time would endeavor to find out from the coal dealers whether they are willing to give the committee the informatlon being sought. Presents Data Obtained. H. A. A, Smith, the Government auditor, presented (o the committee Agures which he obtained from three dealers —namely, the Griffith Coal Corporation, J. P. Agnew & Co. and Willlam King & Son. According to Senator Capper, Mr. iith reported that the Griffith Co and William King & Son gave figures for the last nine months of 1925, but did not furnish data for the flrst three months of the vear. The Sena- tor said he understucd this course was taken on the ground that their books ran for the vear from March 31. The Agnew Co., Senator Capper sald, gave « for all of 1925. but the Sena- added that the Government au - was not given access hy any of the dealers to the general ledger or the halance sheet. He said that the informationi that was furnished did not show the amount of capital i vested and was not as complete as the committee desired. Would Continue Inquiry. Senator Capper stated that the J. Maury Dove Co. did net furnish any data teo Mr. Smith of the centroller general's office. The chairman of the committee stated that he gained the impression at the conference which the commit- tee held with representatives of the dealers several weeks ago that Mr. McCarl's representative would be glven access to all of the figures re- quested by the committee. The Sen- day. | ator said it was the opinion of the mem- bers who attended yesterday's meet- the committee should hold the later meeting and invite the coal deulers to be present. Ile said the committes recognized that the situa- tion no longer constitutes an emerg- ency since the Winter is practically over, but that it was felt they should pursue the inquiry further in an en- deavor to get the figures they hud re- quested. MRS. BUCKLEY DIES. Mother of Rev. J. V. Buckley Ex- pires in Baltimore. Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Nolan Buckley, 86 years old, mother of Rev. Joseph V. Buckley of St. Francis Xavier's and St, Teresa’'s Catholic Churches of this city, died at her heme, in Baltimo: early today. Funeral services will be held in St. Edward's Catholic Church, Baltimere, Monday morning at 9 o'cloek, w solemn requiem mass will be cel brated by the son. Interment will he in Bonnie Cemetery, Baltimore. Mrs. Buckley was a lifelong resident of Baltimore. She leaves her husband, Daniel B. Buckley of Baltimore: three sons, Father Buckley, Walter 8. Buck- ley and Francis Ruckley: four daughters, Miss Mary E. Buckl Mrs. Dorothy I. Kirkpatrick, Miss Ce. clle A. Buckley and Mrs. Regina E. Berger, and a sister, Miss Mary A. Nolan., PLAYS 15 SPADES VRIGHT. Man Fails to Become Flustered, as Is Usually the Case. ROCHESTER, N. Y., March 12 (#), —Finding_he held 1§ playing bridge with frie est L. Brown acted strictly to Hoyle" and bid make 378 points. Brown's first bid was seven spades. | No other plaver was willing to risk seven no-trump, the only play of higher value. The score for Brown's hand was 125 for game. 100 for grand slam. 90 for 5 homors in one hand and 63_points. Experts say few hands containing entire sults are dealt in bridge and when they are the player usually be- comes a0 flustered he bids one of the suit, the hand is taken away by con. ventional bidding and the same opper- tunity never comes again. Feeding of a Cat Shows Ownership Under English Law By the Assoclated Press. WIGAN, England, March 12— If a person feeds a cat this act {n itself is accepted in English law of assuming the responsibility of ownership. That was how the law was in- terpreted to John Henry Draper, when he was sued for tha value of two pigeons alleged to have heen worried by his cat. Draper denied ownership of the ecat, but admit- ted that he had given it milk. BASQUE BILL NEAR ITS FINAL HEARING House Subcommittee, at Meeting Tonight, May Con- clude Public Discussions. ‘What promises to be the final hear- Ing on the Gasque elective school hoard bill will be held tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the caucus room of the House Office Building. Charles F. Carusi, member of the Roard of Education, and Brig. Gen. Amos A. Fries of the Chemical War- fare Service. are expected to be two of the prominent men to tastify. Mr. Carusi fa opposed to the Gasaue bill, subseribing to the report of the Board of Kducation, which put the bady on record as against the projected leg islation. Ger. Fries, who maintains a strong interest in the local school system, is expected to heartily sup port the Gasque bill, Colored People’s Protest. Stagements are also expected to be made" tonight by representatives of colored organizations. It is known that many of the colored residents resent the provision in the Gasque il which would limit their race to voting for the three colored mem- hers of the hoard. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, in his testimony before the suhcommit- tee last Wednesday night made it plain that he did not think this limit- ing of suffrage was fair. Outside of the first two hearing which were held the same dav. th has been a material space of tim between the gatherings and it is new the determination of Chairman Frank R. Reid of Illinois to push the takingeof testimony to a prompt con- clusion. Despite the fact that Commissioners have placed 4bem selves on record hefore the sifcom mittee as opposing the Gasque bill and the Board of Education has done likewise, there is a marked sentiment among the suhcommitiee members to support the Gasque bill Mr. Gasque tonight is expected to give the subcommittee notice regard. ing his decision concerning legisla- tion designed to increase the powers of an elective hoard. lle states that he will either amend his present bill or make it & separate measure. While Chairman Reld has often dur- ing the hearings voiced a desire to have the District Commissioners and the Budget Bureau officers come be fore the subcommittee and give their opinions concerning the financial status of the school system, it was stated at the Capitol today they have not been formally notified. John 2, president of the Home ) n Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. died today at his home here following an illness of more than & month. Heart disease superinduced by prolonged influens and pneumonia complications, wi assigned as the immediate cause of his death. Today in Congress Senate. The long and short haul freight rate bill was taken up on the Aoor, with Senator Gooding of Idaho opening debate in its favor. The bill fs intended to prevent rail- roads from charging more in pro- portion for a short than for a long haul. A subcommittee of the judiciary committee met in executive session te consider the nomination of James A. Cobb, colored, for ap- pointment as a judge of the Munieipal Court of the Distriet. A subcommittes continued hear- ings on the appropriation bill for the State, Justice, Commerce and Labor departments. senator Capper’s bill to prevent diserimination against farmers’ co- operative organizations by boards of trade again was before the agriculture committee. The Colgrado River basin proj- ect was considered by the commit- tee on irrigation and reclamation. The committee on military af- fairs met In executive session to consider routine bills. House. House takes up consideration of White radio control bill. The judiciary subcommittes of committee to- ble report on the McLeod bill for increased ac- commodations at the Distriet jail Hearings on the Zihlman hill for selection of a distinctive design for a District of Columbia flag were postponed. William H. DeLacy. for seven vears judge of the Juvenile Court by appointment of President Roosevelt, and Mrs. Louls Otten- berg, representing the Monday Evening Club. were witneas hearings on Zihiman and Under- hill Juvenile Court bills before the Judiciary subcommittee. Hearings are to be continued late next week. Subcommittee of appropriations committee continues hearings in executive session on legislative appropriation bill. Hearing resumed before affairs committee on partment bill for equaliza rank us between xtaff and utficers. Iuterstate commerce committee continues hearing with Commis- sloner Eschof the Interstate Com- merce Commission as witness. Military uffairs committee holds regular meeting in executive ses- sion, Agricultural relief measur subject of hearings before com- mittee on agriculture. Hearing on convict labor before lahor committee. Ways and means committee, in executive session, considers ad- justed compensation. Foreign affairs committee con- siders Lake of Wonds. The judiciary committee holds hearing o Wadsworth resolution regarding constitutional amendments. Retirement bill considered in executive session by.civil service committee. Committes on mines and mining continues hearing on mine rescue station. F naval De- L of line ADOTTONTO AL MNEEF WITH FAVOR House Subcommittee Votes for 200-Bed Increase—To Cost About $125,000. The judiclary subcommittes of the House District committee today order- ed a favorable report to the full com- mittee at its next meeting on the Me- Leod bill authorizing the erection of 4 new wing at the District Jail to re- lieve the overcrowded condition ex- posed by “Pete Martin" fn The Star last Sunday. On motion of Representative Blan- ton, the favorable report was ordered with an amendn striking out the lmit of cost of $125.000. Mr. Blanton explained that he had n advised the cost would be in excess of that amount, and the members of the sut committee agreed that ther object to be gained in hampering District Commissioners or the apprc priations committee by placing the it of cost in the legislation. The measure as reported provides for a two-story structure sufficiently large to accommodate 100 heds to a floor. As the District committee is to be in sesston Mondav, Tuesdav and Wednesday, Mr. McLeod said that he expects to get a favorable report from the full committee on one of these days, May Be Made as Amendment. It s planned that this m Will he offered as an amendm: the District appropriation hill w that measure comes up for consid eration In the House early next week vas 1o the as the Distriet’ The District Comp ioners today designated three officials of municipal government to prepare estimate for a proposed addit which would house at least 200 m prisoners. These officlals are: M William H. Tlolcombe, ginear Commission tect Albert L. liars Wilson, secretary Charitles The erection of in the rear of the jail was re; ed to the Commissioners i L. Peak. superintendent after the publication in T “Pete Martin's” graphic description of his personul experience in one of the congested cells. Maj gested a brick hullding a dormitory, and exp: that it should accommod 204 prisoners. Cost Ahout §! Whila ne accurate heen made as to the o ddition. those familis ith hu construction at the Distric that it would not §12 Maj. Peak informed t} sioners that an addition & ing 200 prisor would overcrowded condition indefinit One sectl jail. f occupied hy ton Asylum Hospital. which was dar aged by fire last vear, is now hel remodeled into a dormitory and w completed will be used as sleeping quarters for prisoners. It will accom modate about 40 and Is expected to be ready in about three months. The Commissioners did not discuss any phases of the jail situation at their semi-weekly board meeting to- day outside of appointing a commit- tee of three 1o estimate the cost of the proposed addition. Assistant 7 ate at leas exceed Commis ZIHLMAN AND CROWTHER Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md. March 12.—At a meeting of the Montgoniery Count Republican Voters' Club at the Cou- try Club here tonight Representative Fred N. Zihlman of Maryland and Representative Frank Crowther of Schenectady, N. Y., will be the prin- cipal speakers. Mr. Zihlman will outline the Alle gany County system of organizing subclubs, or commitices, to handle election matters in precinets, with a view to its application in Montgomer County this ye Numerous ather apeakers are listed, and music and re freshments will he on the program, which begins at & o'clock. Still Seized in Alexandria. ispateh to The Star. ANDRIA, Va, March 12 Polfce shortly hefere noon todas seized a 150.gallon still in a shack ar the north end of Roval street and arrested Thomas Jackson, colored. watehman of the Virginia-Carol Chemical .Co. Tt is alleged the st was being prepared for removal acro the river to Maryland. Jackson's hond was fixed at $500. SWEDISH PREMIER FOILS SCHEME TO ENLARGE COUNCIL (Continued from First Page) what gurbled form, every one around the gue. Nir Austen, summoned untimely from a pleasant reception given to the league by the new assembly president, ¢ rushed hack to his hotel and iss statement denying that he had used “violent or coercive languagze to Dr. nden, a statement in which the Swedish foreign minister L eurred. The truth is that Mr. Chamberlain and M. Briand tried to mobilize the council against the German pesition and failed. Today further meetings are being held. It would seem sither that the great powers must vield and let Germany into the league and coun- cil alone, or the meeting will break up and all decisions will be postponed indefinitely. The latter would mean the end of the Locarno agreements and_possibly the political eclipse of the Locarno statesmen. Therefore, it is distinctly prebable that within a day or two. the German thesis having prevailed, the assembly will be sum- moned to elect Germany to member ship. was known to con- Support Promised. Brazi! and Spain, have waited for a long time to bave their prexent places in the council made permunent. At the end of the Locar no conference Poland made the claim for @ permanent seat, and France, Italy and Austen Chamberlain prom- ised to suppoert the Polish. Spanish and Brazillan claims, wishing, for po litical reasons, to offset the foreseen German Influence. Reaching Geneva, the French, Ital- fans and English saw that the ob- stacles to their little gume were in- superable. The German position was t and the objection of insuperable hostility were too manifest. | tors” sought o withdraw untenable position, but found three candidates whom thev h: couraged completely unwil withdraw their claims, they were eaught in an impossible v sition, from wh they ha been vainly trying to extricate themselves by means of a compromise, which ob- viously s impossible. (Copyright. 1926. by Chicago Daily News €&) Two states, o strong, the