Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1926, Page 2

2 * WOODLOCK GIVEN CONRMENG VOTE Senate Regulars Put I. C. (:.I Nominee Over With Aid of Democrats. Thomas F. Waodlock of New York wes confirmed as a member of the interstate Commerce Commission by he Senate late yesterday by omfortable majority of &2 to 26. The ote came afier a day devoted to de- hate in executive session and marked the final chapter in a contest which been pending since A few weel Woodl tions that vised the Pres name. , however, and shortly afterward the Senate interstate commerce commitiee re- ported adversely on the nomination. A poll of the Senate then showed a small majority against confirmation. Southern Senators Appeased. From then on_developments fol- lowed rapidly. The nomination of Richard V. Taylor of Alabama, 28 a nember of the commission, softened he opposition of Southern Senators to Woodlock, and the recent an- louncement from the White House hat Pennsylvania, the South and the Soufhwest woild be given con siderntion in filing vacancies re- moved further opposition based on grounds of sectional representation enator Reed, Kepublican, Penn- sylvania, who had opposed Wood- ock because Pennsylvania, with its huge ralivoad trafic, was not given ‘epresens lined up, after this snnour the forces for were further ator Robinson, > Jeader, in- osition to 1 propor- appe idraw his dorsed him. Fight to Finish. At the execut Chairman W commerce commitiee lock's defepse and fough: the opponents Senator W heele tara, who acted as prosecutor wodlock At the committee heartng. the appoinies was not itted to serve of his as- Sef-tors Walsh, Demc Democra! supported b crat, Montana Texas, and oth AUTHORITY ON RAILROADS. Woadlock Well Known as Finance and Transportation Writer. NEW YORK, Merch 27 (). —Thomas . Weodlock, whose nomination as & the Iutersiate Commerce hus been cosfirmed by « finan- membe; London, »mber of 2 member of the ixchange. Previous- he was editor Journal, At th tion Mr. Woudlock the St. Louis-San and of the Pere time of his vas a dire Disirict of Columbia—Partly cloudy and slightly colder tonight; min‘mum emperaiure ubout 28 degrees. Tomor: ow fair, gentle to moderate nort west wind: cloudy and s ught- Tomorrow falr; st winds. - tonight and pertion. To- e northwest Partly cloudy to- colder in northwest smarrow fair, Records for 21 Hours. midrixht, 40; 4 a.m. 1am. a4 Burometer—4 pm., : 8 pm., midnight, 29.81; 4 a.m., 28.90; ; 11 a.m., 30.02. ure, 44, occurred Temperature lighest, 67; lowest, 41. Tide Tables. Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 1:10 a.m. and 1:30 : high tide, 3 am. and T:14 “Tomorrow—Low tide, am. and 22 pam; high tide, 7:33 a.m. and 55 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun roge 6:02 a.m.; sun sets 6:28 pan Tomorrow—Sun rises ¢ a.m.; sun sets, 6:27 p.m. Moon rises 4:52 p.m.; sets, 5:30 a.m. Automobile lampe to be lighted one- balf hour atter sunset. Temperature and condition of the water at Great Falls at 8 am— Temperature, 47; condition, clear. ‘Weather ia Various Citles. a4 H . § u i ‘19310 1eep Uinsiedy * ++3930 vosey [TFes wego) ure o rsetcnocs R ERRLE SRR 965813 p0 ks RN I i z SR 1 Sad or 330 EERE AT BEEpi ] e S 9 W oies enss EEA e TRt R 4 5 FOREIGN. .m.. Greenwich time, todar.) Temperature. Weather. vergtire: Fot doady Curling frons are in general use in Madrid, while in Barcelona they are almost a curiesity. [] the last Congress. | -|and Telegraph Co. she {and found that his name was not list- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 192 msnmmm NEEfli Supervise Oratory Contest at Maryland School OF ADDITIONS TOLD But Grave Dangers of Mak- ing Changes to Code Are Again Emphasized. THOMAS F. WOODLOCK. §430000 SWINDLE IS LAID TO WOMAN Paid “Dividends” to 15 Aft- er Pretending to Buy Stock, Police Say. By the Assoclated Prese. NEW YORK, March 27.—Mrs. Grace Ott Bange, 26, and her husband were under arrest today charged with swindling friends and relatives out of nearly in fletitious stock transacti Mrs. Bange admitt say, 1 to police, they that she told friends that as an employe of the American Telephone ould buy the company’s stock at par, which is un- der the market price. They flocked to her asking her to invest money for them, and she gave them receipts, but | no stock. From time to time she pald “dividends” and spent the rest in luxurious living for three years. Oil Man Paid $75,000. The heavicst loser, police beliave, is H. A. Denniston, an executive of the Standard Oil Co., employer of the hus- Land, Cnarles a $40-a-week clerk. Mr. Denniston, police were told, paid the couple $75,000. “She appears to have out-Ponzied Ponzi” swid Detective Lieut. August Mayer, who believes the woman was | the brains aof the pa Licut, Maver has lucated 15 ways. The firs. was Wil Clark, Mrs. Bange's brother v, who caused the arrests. Mrs. Hange | borrowed $700 from Clark In 1922, Lieut. Mayer says, and when Clark wanted it returned she was unable to pay it. She suggested that she buy stock with the money, getting it at re- duced prices throush her employment in the Bronx office of the telephone company. tims, he £ All Got “Dividends.” He gave her $24,000, with which she bought other securities in _her .own ame, and when divicend day came | around sold some of them to pay Clark. Clark told relatives and friends, wio nsked Mra. Bange to buy stock for them. All were satisfied with re- ceipts for their money, and “divi- dends” when due, until Clark decided | he would like to see his stock. He went to the telephone company | | | ed as a stockholder. The company | got in touch with the police. Lieut. Mayer doubts Mrs. Bange's | ussertion that all the money has been | | spent except about $1,000, and is look- | ing for mure put away in safe deposit | | boxes. | 1$2,300,000 PETER SECURITIES SAFE, ATTORNEYS SAY (Continued from First Page.) {can Telephione and Telegraph Co., 66 |chares American Tobacco Co., prefer- red; 75 shares Anglo-American Oil Ltd.; 200 shares Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, preferred; 10 shares Atlantic Refining Co., 4,170 shares Corn Proaucts Refining Co., 1,000 |shures Great Nor.hern Railroad, 100 shares Umon Pacific, preferred; 192 shares Standard Oil of Callfornia, 140 shares Standard Ofl of New Jewsey, {180 shares Standard Ol of New York, 350 shares Pullman Co., 100 shares Pierce-Arrow Motor Co., 925 shares Pennsylvama _ Railroad Co., 2,015 shares Ninth Avenue Rallroad Co. of New York, 5,900 shares New York Cen- tral, 199 shares Liggett-Myers Tobacco Co., 100 shares International Harves- ter Co., 500 shares Illinois Pipe Line, 560 shares Glen Alden Coal Co., 2,245 shares Eighth Avenue Railroad Co. of New York, 1,120 shares Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Notes—Two promissory notes, pay- lable on demaad, amounting to $80,000, | trom the Eighth Avenue Railroad Co. |of New York. Family Long Prominent. ‘The Peter family tree is one of the proudest in America. The first of the family to come to America was Rob- ert Peter, a Scotchman, in 1763, He had three children, Maj. George Peter of whisky rebellion days, grandfather of the present owner of Tudor Place; Margaret and Thomas, who married Martha Custis, a granddaughter of Martha Washington, wife of the first President, and who was a sister of George. Washington Parke Custis, builder of the historic mansion at Ar- lington and whose daughter became the wife of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Thomas Law and Thomas Peter each married granddaughters of Martha Washington, and Gen. Wash- ington frequently recorded in shis diary the fact'that he dined with Law or lodged with Thomas Peter. A child of this Thomas Peter is buried in the Washington vault at Mount Vernon. Other Historic Connections. Thomas Peter had several davgh- ters, one of whom, Britannia Welling- ton Peter, married Beverly Kennon, a naval officer, who was killed in the explosion of a big gun on the old gunboat Princeton on the Potomac River below Washington February 28, 1844, and which not only killed two cabinet officers but nearly cost the life of a President. Mrs. Beverly Kennon, who was the granddaughter of Dr. Armstead Peter, was born at Tudor Place, danced there as a child with Gen. Lafayette when he visited the historic Georgetown estate in 1825 and died there. She lived to be over 90, and had always lived at Tudor Place. Her daughter, Martha Custis Kennon, was the mother of Armstead Peter, present owner of the estate, which has never been outside the Peter family since the mansion was. bullt—about 1800. The Peters were related to the Vir- ginta families of Custis, Lee, Dunlop, Lewis, Clark and others. B (O T M miles of dirt roads are being eon:rxu,m.od in Peru by hand labor un- der & road-conscription law, {if there should be Thie (s the seventh and last in @ series of imend the Cons:itu- T B T e e o) m ares affect erns oF "Congrees, the. President and ¥ics oo BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Any attempt to change the Comsti- tution of the United Stutes, though it may be to supply well recognized omis- sions, is a very serious undertaking and requires the most careful study and deliberation of the best talent the country can muster. Having gone micrescopically over the pending proposals to amend the Constitution as embodied in the so- called Norris and White amendments, and welghing the probable and pos- sible results, the House leadership comes flnally to a new proposition, passing over without comment the ef- fectlve date provision in segtion & (November 30, as suggested by the House committee, being preferable to the Senate date of October 15). The proposition provides: “If the President-elect dies before the time fixed for the beginning of his term. then the Vice President-elect shall become President; and the Con- gress may by law provide for. the case of the death both of the Pre dent-elect and the Vice President-el before the time fixed for the beginning of the term; for thecase of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President, whenever the right of choice devolves upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice devolves upon them.” Possible Dilemmas Noted. This, possibly, may supply omissions In the Constitution, what the lawyers call “casus omissus.” Some such pro- vision would seem to he necessary. But while Congress is on the subject it would be just as pertinent and de- sirable to deal with other constitu- tional omissions which time and cir- cumstances have revealed. For instance, suppose it should hap- pen—and this question was ral by John G. Carlisle, Speaker of the House, Senator and Secretary of the Treasury—that more than three per- sons voted for as President should re- celve the highest number and an equal number of votes in the electoral col- lege? Suppose there were six candl- dates, three of whom had an equal number; who is to_be preferred? And | more than two of | the candidates for the vice presidency | in a similar situation, for how many and for whom would the Senate vote? { These and many other questions con- | stitute serfous defects in our electoral | |system which are apt to arise to lague at any time. | PEEAC once here Is embarkation on this subject, the problems are too many and too grave for any tinker- ing with the Consti:ution. The whole realm of controverted and supposi- tious questions must be gone into studiously and dispassionately without regard to partisanship or personal pre- dilec:ion or opinion. The subject 18 of such vast importance to the sta- bility of government and of the coun- try apd to the welfare and tranquillity of the people that it should not be en-| ! tered upon lghtly, but should be con-, sidered from every angle and view-| point by legal minds, by recognized students of the Constitution, taking | pienty of time to bring forth recom- mendations, if any, that would be ac- | cepted at once and without question as solvents for the problems involved. | This could be done by a joint commit-, tee of Congress composed of men emi- | | nent in the legnl profession, whose | ! conclusions would be received with | practical unanimity of opinion. It is not eough to demand change for the | sake of change or in the name of progress. Senator Reed's Statement. This could hardly be expressed or epitomized better “han in the language of Senator Reed of Missouri, who said on March 15, 1924, at the outset of | the constderation of the instant prop- osition: “The old Constitution was written hy some very wise gnen. It has served the country m lously well. There has been no emergency in the life of the Nation or in the condition of the people which it has not been found adequate to meet. When we propose to change such a Constitu- tion it =hould be done only in the presence of some great and iny g _reason. “] know this is the of change, of alteration. The idea of progress seems to be that if you change a thing you have progressed, and hence to be progressive you must insist on change; but, Mr. President, putrefaction is change, but it fs.hardly | progress in the right direction. It is the progress toward death and disso- tution. u"If ‘we were to amend the Constitu- tion of the United States and destroy the Supreme Court, it would be a change, but it would be retrogression, not. on. If we were to change the Constitution of the United States and provide for the election of a king, it would be a change, but It would be a change that would destroy the republic. “So 1 beg to say that those who confuse change with progress and who believe that they can occupy an ex- alted place in the forward march of progressivism only by _proposing changes frequently make the mistake of thinking that everything ought to be changed and confuse that with real progress. “'fl':sn ‘has been no system of gov- ernment ever conceived in the brain of man that will not at times be found to fail to meet every possible exigency; and when some obstruction 18 met with, there is in these modern days always some well intentioned Oratorical left to right: Miss Ma o committee and principal of Hyattsville High School. Upper, rlon Snielman and Miss Kathleen Smith. Lower, left to right: Miss Day Wolfinger and Prof. K. J. Norris, prin- [5-YEAR SEiiENGE GIVENTO SLAYER W. A. Lumpkins Gets Maxi- ‘mum—Others Get Long Terms for Varied Crimes. Willlam A. Lumpkins, colored, was sent to the penitentiary for 15 years yesterday by Justice Bailey in Crimi- nai Div.sion 1. ‘The sentence is the maximum penalty for manslaughter. Lumpkins stabbed to death Levy ‘Washington, also colored, at Eleventh and R streets, last July. The indict- ment charged murder in the first de- gree and the court suggested that the {Jury had extended all the clemency possible to the prisoner in reducing the crime to manslaughter. Charles H. Baker, colored, who was convicted of manslaughter in connec- tion with the death of Kelly Saxton June 11 last, was given a term of seven years in the penitentiary. Robert Thomas, colored, who shot Isader Koblen, a grocer, February 27 last, on South Capitol street, during an argument, was sent to the peniten- | tiary for five years. A similar term was imposed on Charles Jackson, col- ored, who broke into the same house on January 16 and 22. The court made the sentence flve years in each case and allowed them to run concur- | | drivers’ per: rently. Percy J. Russell, colored, will spend four years in the penitentiary for | He is only 21 years old, but | bigamy. had married twice without divorcing the first wife. was in August, 1923, and the second last May. Ieon Bolden and Raymond West, both colored, pleaded guilty to three charges of housebreaking. The court imposed a sentence of one year each at Occoquan in each case, but allowed the sentences to run concurrently. Probation for one year was extend- ed to Josephine Hamilton, colored, who cut her brother, Willlam, across the cheek when the latter cursed their mother during a quarrel. BALLOON TEAMS NAMED. War Department Chooses Four Groups for National Races. The War Department announced yesterday the personnel of four Army teams which will take part in the national elimination balloon races to be held at Little Rock, Ark.. be- ginning April 29. The teams will be as follows: Number 1 (from Phillips Fleld, Mad.)—Lieut. James F. Powell, pilot: Lieut. James F. Early, aide. Number 2 (Langley Field, Va.)— Lieut. William A. Gray, pilot; Lieut. Rowland Kieburtz, aide. Number 3 (Scott Field, Ill.)—Capt. Hawthorne C. Gray, pilot; Lieut. Douglas Johnston, alde. Number 4—Capt. Lawrence F. Stone (McCook Field, Ohio), pilot; Capt. Guy R. Catman, Reserve Corps (St. Joseph, Mo.), aide. The races will decide the American entry for the International Bennett Cup com- petition. — e terations which will impair the en- ergy of the system, and thus to un- dermine what canmot be directly overthrown. “In_all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of govern- ments as of other human institu- tions; that experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution of a country; that facility in change, upon the credit of mere hypothesis and opinicn, exposes to perpetual change from the endless variety of hypothesis and opinion, aMd remem- ber, especially, that for the efficient management of your common inter- ests in a country so extensive as ours, a government of as much vigor as is consistent with the perfect security of lberty is indispensable.” In view of the divers and diverse gentieman ready to come forward and propose a new system. He invariably proceeds in this wise: There are cer- tain defects discovered in the pres- ent system; therefore it should be altered or destroyed, and thcre should be substituted for it a mew system which its proponents solemnly assert will work perfectly. And yet when the new system is tried, it almost in- variably develops defects worse than those of the old and tried svstem. So we go on following the will-o"-the-wisp that ls labeled ‘Progress’ and in many instances we find that instead of mak- ing _progress we are making trouble. “*The spirit of change broods over the land. If the Ten Commandments had not been written upon tablets of stone the modern progressive gen- tlemen would have moved an amend- ment, and if any of them had existed in the days of Moses they would have insisted within 30 days on changing at least ome-half of those immortal mandates.” ‘Washington's Stand Quoted. Nor could we do better than heed the admonition of the Father of Our Country, when he admonished in his Farewell address: “Toward the preservation of your Government and the permanency of vour present happy state, it is requi- site, not only that you steadily dis- countenance irregular opposition to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles however ous the pretext. One method of assault may be to tn the form of the Constitution, al- opinions on this subject of the pro- posed amendments, based largely upon hypothesis, as developed in the brief period of the last three years, the House leaders who have been carefully studying the problem along the lines discussed in this series of articles, have this very grave and serious question in their minds: Can it be sald with the assurance of absolute accuracy, and the conelu- slon be reached definitely, that the last word has been spoken in the pending proposition, or that it would not in practice disclose greater evils than those it seeks to cure? ‘The first ceremony | PERMIT EXTENSION APPROVED INHOUSE Subcommittee Reports Joint Resolution as City Heads Urge Action. The joint resolution introduced by Chatrman Zihlman of the House Dis trict committee which would extend for one year the time for relssuance of automobile drivers’ licenses was or- dered favorably reported by the ju- @iciary subcommittee of the IHouse District committee today. This meas- ure was introduced to expedite action allowing an wxtension of time bevond April 1, when, under the traffic law, new permits to automobile drivers are to_be issued. The traffic director has advised Con- gress that it is physically impossible to get the permits out before the date set in the law. This situation is cov- ered in the pending bill, which al- ready has the House and Is now beiore the Senate, to amend the traffic act. It is not believed possible, however, for this bill to be passed in ©me, so the joint resolution is being rushed through. 1:aimic Director M. O. Eldridge has held in abeyance for some time his plans to reissue more than 200.000 s pending action on the Joint resolution. Some time ago Mr. Eldridge com- plained that the task of issuing that many permits at one time is an almost impossible one. He asked Congress to “stagger the load” by permitting equal numbers of the permits to ex- pire each month, so that reissue will take place constantly throughout the year. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 (Spe- cial).—Local fishermen expect to leave this week for nearby fishing shores. Most will fish for shad and herring. ‘The majority of the fish caught will be sent to Washington and Baltimore markets. Comparatively few are brought here. In bygone years most of the shad and herring caught in the lower Potomac were brought here and packed for Winter trade. James R. Caton, attending the an- nual meeting of the Baltimore confer- ence of the M. E. Church South, has been elected one of the aix lay dele- gates regarded as favoring unification of the Northern and Southern churches. After deliberating more than an hour vesterday afternoon, a jury in the Corporation Curt announced fits inability to reach an agreement In the case of James Jackson, colored, in- dicted for-shooting Mrs. Alma Cheat- wood, and was discharged by Judge Howard W. Smith. The shooting occurred the night of January 81, on the street. Jackson's arrest followed a short time after- ward. Fred Smith, colored, indicted for alleged theft of an automobile from Dr. George T. Klipstein, entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $200 and costs. Free clinics for children of the poor are being held by Dr. F. M. Dillard every Thursday at the local hospital. Last Thursday nine children were op- erated on for tonsilitis. ‘The third complimentary dance of the season will be given Monday night by Alexandria Lodge, No. 7563, Beneve- lent and Protective Order of Elks, at its home. POLICEWOMEN BILL WINS FIRST GOAL IN SUBCOMMITTEE (Continued from First Page.) courtesy by Mr. Blanton at a previous hearing. At the close of the hearing last night Mrs. Van Winkle told Mr. Hammer to his face that she "had never been so insulted in her life.” Previously, Mr. Blanton and Mr. Ham- mer had volleyed each other verbally in a debate over the attitude of Judge Sellers. Mr. Blanton emphatically declared that he was going to get the bill through Congress, and Mr. Hammer retorted that it was not golng to be railroaded through. Matthew E. O'Brien, appearing for the Board of Trade, said it did not in- tend to get into the controversy over the Gibson bill. The Board of Trade, he sald, is not o-posedl to a woman's bureau, but takes the stand that po- licemen and policewomen should all come under the one general police Chinese Reds Attack U. S. Missionary Compound; Threatening Americans By the Associated Prees. HONGKONG, March 27~—A Com- munistic movement directed against American missionaries caused a flare-up in Kweilin, approximately 600 miles northwest of here, today, when a mob stormed the American missionary compound there and seized and bound the Chinese Chris- tian in charge. Soldiers were rushed to the scene and they fired a warning volley in the air, at which the rioters dis- persed. Later a proclamation was 1ssu caiming a victory over the Christlans whom they threaten drive out of Soutbern China. The pally to| both of which are ‘province, American gunboat Pampanga is at present at Wuchow, a river point midway between Hongkong and Kweilin. The Communist committee, which styles itself “The Union for the Pro- tection of the Gospel,” has seized an American mission bookstore at Wu- chow, British missionaries have not been ‘molested. Private advices received here from Wuchow predict an impending sweeping Commun’st movement di- rected at missionary bodies, princi- those at Wuchow and Kwellin, located in Kwangel BODST 10 CORTEST High School Pupils Eagerly Work on Constitutional Orations. The pupils of the Hyattsville High School have responded enthusiastical Iy to the invitation extended to high schools In Prince Georges, Monigom- ery and Charles counties, in Maryland, to participate in the National Orator- fcal Contest this year, and a large number of excellent contestants are now “working eagerly” on their ora- tions. Report to this effect has been received at the office of the contest committee in The Star Building from Miss Day Wolfinger, chairman of the faculty contest committee of that school. All Are Co-operating. In the various features of the contest work the faculty committee, with the cordial co-operation of the school prin- cipal, Prof. K. J. Morris, is offering helpful advice and suggestion. The value of note taking and technique in writing orations are prominent among points stressed in the general work of preparation. Miss Wolfinger's report says: “l am glad to be able to report progress in the Hyattsville High School in connection with the prepa- n for the oratorical contest. 'he students have entered the work eagerly. A speclal committee of faculty members 18 working with the students, and helpful suggestions have been given in the use of reference ma- terfal, value of note taking and in the technique of writing orations. Many of the students have availed themselves of the opportunity of hear- ing James M. Beck at the National Museum in Washington, “Pamphlets published by the Na. tional Association for Constitutional Government have been of splendid aid, and our contestants have used them extensively. “Our policy as a faculty committee has been to create as much interest and ‘enthusiasm as possible among the students, because we belleve that they are prepared to do the work and need only encouragement.” Co-operating with Miss Wolfinger and Prof. Morris in the work of facul- ty supervision of the contest are Miss Kathleen Smith and Miss Marion Spielman, TWO SLAIN, T DYING INFOILED HOLD-UPS Bandit and Conductor Fatally Shot—Policeman, Investi- gating, Is Wounded. By the Associsted Press. DETROIT, March 27.—A street car conductor and a rebber were fatall - wounded and a policeman probabiy fatally injured in three shootings here late last night and early today. The robber, Leo White, 30 years old, was shot and killed shortly before mid- night by a policeman in plain clothes while he was In the act of holding up a cigar store. It was the fifth succes- sive night that a robber had held up one of a group of chaln cigar stores in the downtewn district, and police- men in plain ciothes were on guard at all stores. Just after midright, Le Roy Coble, a street car conductor was shot and wounded fatally by two negroes who attempted to rob him. Qoble resisted the robbery and the negroes fired six shots, two taking effect. They escaped. Two hours later Boyd Bedore, a po- liceman, was found in an upstairs room of a place sald by police to be a gambling house. Ifls empty revolver and his hat and coat were found down- stairs. He had been shot three times through the stomach and it is believed he will dfe. The patrolraan was seek- ine the negroes who shot the street car conductor. A;eu Wins Divorce. LOS ANGELES, Callf., March 27 P).—The matrimonial ties of Ethel Shannon, actress, have been severed. Alleging desertion, the actress was granted a divorce here yesterday from her husband, Robert J. Cary. Senate. ‘The comme: -5 subcommittee held a hearing on the bill to permit a bridge across the upper Potomac in connection with a proposed belt- line railroad, against which pro- test wae raised by local organiza- tions and cltizens of Maryland and Virginla. Proposed regulation of interstate busses and trucks was heard by the interstate commerce commit- tee. The manufactures committee considered the resolution propos- Ing an inquiry into the strike at Passade e, N. J. Plants uarantine legislation fore the agriculture was again committee. Needs of the playgrounds sys- tem were among the questions con- sidered by the subcommittee han- the District appropriation A Judiclary subcommittee held a final session on the nomination of Maj. Pevton Gordon as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Indian affairs committee is In executive session on routine bills. House. House considers special rule brought in by rules committee for sending independent offices appro- priation bill to conference. Fol- lowing this, House will take up bllls on the private calendar. Subcommittee on police and fire- men of House District committee orders favorable report to full committee on bill _giving legal status to Women’s Bureau in Po- lice Department, with large in- crease in personnel. Judiciary subcommittee of House District committee orders favora- ble report to full committee on resolution introduced by Chairman Zihlman to extend for one year the time for issuance of drivers’ permits. Subcommittee on judiciary starts hearing on Blanton bill to prevent frauds in real estate transactions by a system of licensing real es- tate dealers. Committee on agriculture con- tinues hearing on relief measures. Military _ affairs comm.ttee, through subcommittee, in execu- tive -session, considers private bills. Interstate commerce committee, in executive session, considers b lation affecting lighthouses. T eyteation reguRding ou cases ers legislation on Indisn lands. L'xper: Richard Reese Whittemore, I r of criminal band rounded-up in New York. Lower: William G. Unkleback, youth- ful gunman, who “squealed” on the gang. FENNING'S COURSE KNOWN T0 CHIEF Law Practice Might Be Con- tinued, President Told Appointee. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. The White House has let it be known officially that the President had no objection to Frederick A. Fenning continuing his legal work, when he ap- pointed the latter to the board of District Comm ssioners. This matter was gone into thor- oughly that night nearly a year ago, in the President’s study at the White House, when the offer was made to Mr. Fenning to appoint him to the vacancy caused by the death of Capt. James F. Oyster. After conferring with Mr. Fenning for more than an hour the President was satisfled that he measured up to the standard he was looking for in the man to fill this fmportant post, and when the ques- tion of Mr. Fenning continuing his law practice was discussed the Presi- dent offered no objection. In making this known officially at the White House the President's spokesman pointed out that President Coolldge had no personal objection to Mr. Fenning continuing his private work, and knew of no law govern- ing the appointment of a Commission- | er that prevented !t. Besides, the President, rea'izing that the $7,500 =al- ary of a Commissioner was not sufi- cient to attract the caliber of man he wanted, sald at the time that he wanted the appointee to make as small a personal sacrifice as possible. Ignores Part of Query. ‘The President’'s attitude was made known at the bi-weekly conference of the President and the newspaper cor- respondents at the Whitc House late yesterday afternoon. In answer to a question 2s to the President’s attitude toward the fight being made on Com- missioner Fenning by several mrm- bers of the House, and if he knew of the nature of Mr. nning’s law prac- tice and approved his continuing it, the President's spokesman Ignored that part of the question relating to the fight being made on Mr. Fenning, but frankly discussed the remalnder of the question. ‘The explanation was to the effect that the President and Mr. Fenning ihad a talk at the time the Commis- | sionership was offered to the latter: that the question of Mr. Femning's dent knew of no legal bar to a District Commissioner engaging in private business while serving on the board, and not wanting the man he appoint. ed to make too great a personal sacrifice to engage In this public service, he offered no objection to a continuance of the law work. Spokesman Is Candid. ‘While the President’s spokesman an- swered candidly, he did not go into any great detail. He therefore omitted stating specifically whether the exact nature of Mr. Fenning's law work was divulged during their conference at the White House. The President's spokesman did state, however, that the President could not at this time definitely recall all the details, and could not at this late date repeat the exact conversation. However, there was no uncertainty in the mind of the President about agreeing to Mr. Fen- ning continuing his outside work. ‘The President also was represented as being informed that it has been customary for civillan members of the Board of Commissioners engaging in private work,‘so long as their dutles as Commissioner were not neglected. BELT LINE BRIDGE IS ATTACKED AT | SENATE HEARING (Continued from First Page.) | E. Smith, a consulting engineer of St. Louls, sald the belt line company, was testifying on behalf of the proponents, and E. F. Colladay of the Washington Board of Trade was prepared to register objections to the measure, as were representatives of the large railroads whose lines now pass through the Capital City. The committee room was filled with representatives of clvie bodies of Maryland, Virginia ana the District of Columbla, all prepared to testify, but the limit placed on them by the committee will prevent this. Senator Bingham urged all of the people to file briefs outlining their views on | the matter, and this is being done in & number of cases. Members of the Virginia and Maryland delegations in Congress also were present at the hearing, including Senator Weller of Maryland, Senator Swanson of Vir- ginta and Represntative Zihlman, chairman of the House District com- mittee, whose resolution was passed by the House yesterday recalling back to that body from the Senate the measuré as it was passed sev- eral weeks ago. Elghteen American-made fire en- snu. with a value of $24,000, were ipped for use abroad lust year. law work came up, and as the Presi- | he was engineer of | ;¥ HYATTSVILLE GIVES | [_t= oime o] BITTER FIGHT SEEN IN PENNSYLVANIA Three-cornered Battie Ex- pected by Republicans at Primaries in May. By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, March 27.—The campalign for preference in the Re- | publican_and Democratic primaries | on May 1% promiscs to be one of the most bitterly contested in the tory of the State. Although only one faction of the Republican party has put forth full ticket, including candidates f United Staty Senator, go leutenant governor and secret. f internal affairs. a three-cornered fight all along the line was in pros- pect. This is assured so far as the senatorship is concerned. with Sen- ator George Wharton FPepper. Gov. Pinchot and Representative Willia 8. Vare as the opponents. Mr. Vare is making the fight on a light wines and beer platform. Pepper Indorses Fisher. Indorsement by Senator Pepper of John 8. Fisher as a candidate for governor cemented an alliar soon will launch a vigorous ca paign. The Senator welcomed Fisher, a former State banking commis- sloner, as a running mate after conference In Washington with hi colleague, Senator, Di Secretary of the hia- y has announced that he would headed Pepper for Senator, and including isher for Governor; Col. Ernest ¢ Smith, WRkes-Barre publisher, fo Lieutenant Governor, and James Woodward of McKeesport for anoth term as Secretary of Internal Affair: Three Other Candidates. There are three other candidates f Governor, but so far there has been no alllance witly either Gov. Pinchot or Mr. Vare. The Democrats face a fight for the nominations for Urited States Senator and Governor. lam B. Wilso Secretary of Labor in President W son's cabinet, has announced his can- didacy for the Senate, and Sedgwick Kistler of Lock Haven is expactad to oppose him. Mr. Kistler's friends pre- dicted he would make the race h Judge Eugene C. ernor. Judge Samuel E. Shull of Mo roe County and Judge W. E. Porter Newcastle also seek the gubernatorial nomtnation. e EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY SOUGHT FOR M’CRAY President Told Imprisamed ex-Gov- ernor of Indiana Is in II! Health. By the Associated Press. President Coolidge today was asked to extend executive clemency to former Gov. McCray of Indiana, who is serving a term in the Atlanta peni- tentiary for misuse of the mails, by an Indiana delegation, headed by Senator Watsom. After a White Houss conference, during which §ll.health was pleaded on behalf of the governor. Senator Watson said there was no indication of the President's intentions. George M. Folard of Hammond, Ind., and John L. Moorman of Knox, Ind., accompanied Senator Watson. GIRL SAYS SHE WED MAN, 63, FOR MONEY Testimony of 14-Year-0ld in Rook~ yille Holds Eagene Bowen in $500 Bond. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., March 37.—Nsé love, but money, was the incentive for her marriage several days ago to Bu gene Bowen, a farmer, 63 years oid, Mary Yowell, 14, testified in Polios Court today. Bowen was held under $500 bond for the November term ef court on a charge of perjury. It is al- | leged he gave the girl's age as 11 and his own as §1 in for the | marriage license. Mrs. Pearl Yowell, the mother, who lives at 4615 Kansas avenue, Wash. ington, testified that she had forbid. den the marriuge. Her daughter, she said. met Bowen at Culpeper when she lived there with an aunt. MRS. V. C. FRIES EXPIRES, VICTIM OF HEART ATTACK Claimed by Death Soon After Reaching Hospital—Funeral Serv- ices Monday Afternoon. Mrs. Vandie C. Fries, wife of Clar- ence E. Fries of the firm of Fries, Bell & Sharp, was stricken with heart dis- easo while shopping ves'erday and died soon after she had been rushed to the hospital by her husband. Born in Princess Anne County, Va., March 22, 1873, Mrs. Fries had been & resident of this city for the past 35 years. She was a member of Waugh M. E. Church. Funeral services will be conducted at her late home, 1614 Longfellow street, Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev. Willlam M. Hoffman will officiate. Interment will be in Winchester, Va., Tuesday. Mrs. Fries is survived by her hus- band and three daughters, Mrs. Reo- gania E. Hickman, Miss Mazie . Fries and Miss Cornelia M. Fries ‘Thres sisters, Mrs. M. Hopwood of this eity, Mrs. Mattie Briggs of Rochester, B and Mrs. Della Willlams of X folk, Va., also survive her. HELICOPTER AIRPLANE INVENTED BY JAPANESE 16-winged Mechine With New At- tachment Designed to Make Flying Safer. Correspondance of the Associated Press. TOKIO, March 14.—Invention of an rplane with a helicopter attachment, which it {e hoped will make aviation safe, has been announced by Lieut. Comdr. Matsunaga, professor at the naval college. The new machine has 16 wings, & long and 8 short, attached to a rotat- ing mast. The plane is expected to rise without moving forward. On at- taining the desired height, the inven- tor said it could be directed horizon- tally in any direction by two rudders attached to the rotating pole. Asserting that the airplane could bo operated from small ground space, Mateunaga expressed the opinfon that within a decade the new Ine would be as popular and cemmen Japan as the automobile at present