Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) cloudiness, followed by rain Jate tonight and tomorrow; rising temperature tonight. Highest, 58. at 2:30 p.m. vesterday; 35. at 7 a.m. today. Full report on Page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 [N Increasing enit j * C: V: WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour™ The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular ed tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed Yesterday's Circu'ation, 103,097. Sntered wost offic FRANCE TO SETTL second class matter Washington, D, C. o. 20918, ng, PAYS, SAYS PERET Frank High Can Make No Debt A~ree- i wi the Central i mot_equip- statement that School Auditorium the proper safe: protect of people who .n.--omhlvl ment Not Based on Repara- ‘v,'f..‘] e et .;"“;‘,‘.‘T "".';‘.“.'?» tions. Minister Declares. irds in the public schools of made afte 1 buildiy a minute examination of s over i Deputy i e M Achstet WANTS SAFETY CLAUSE FIRE HAZARDS IN CENTRAL HIGH AUDITORIUM CITED BY MARSHAL ONLY IF CERMANY. tave woutt tmper tive o Awtince ana muitc-| HIGHER ANNUITIES, He Declares, Following Tour of In: tion——22 Recommendations Made. uards for the | marshal on the situation in the aute-, city. | ot adjoining the school. period of weeks | | | broang I3 E. Le an of the ik Decl very little has been IN CASE OF A DEFAULT |donc' at”tne” central Tizn Sehaol {since the last annual inspection, the P TS report sets forth that the auditorium S 211 IS not equipped in accordance with Speech Orens Debate on Financial | (n. District ordin 1 “Should a fire occur on the stage Measures in Chamber—Red amonz the hangings and shifting 2 seenery, or stage sel the report Outbreak Halts Session. continues. “in all probability it would o w5 prove to be disastrous to the people | assembled in the hall, to the hall itself By tne Atcoiated Press and probably 1o other parts of the SARIS, March nee ean | building.* make no settlement of the interallied Twenty-two specific recommenda tions are n rshal for ade hy the fire ma debte that i= not based in some meas ure on reparation pavments from Ger- | the correction of the fire hazard in the e Tinimee Minister Potet de. | suditorium and other portions of the clared in the course of his speech| “Gyigide of the situation at the Céh- opening the debate on the financial | tral. High Schoob, perhaps the mos measures in the Chamber of Deputies | disconcerting phase of the annual re- tday port is the condition prevailing at These terms. the finance minister | Armstrong Technical High School Numerous fire hazards are cited at the Armstrong Technical High School, to eliminate which will cost approx added. should include a safeguarding clause that would give ance protec. tion should Germany at any time de- | 1o & 0 O O A fault. | fact that new fire exits and other | some of which, the report states, are WASHINGTON, D. €, TUESDAY, COOLIDGE FAVORS pec- | BUT FEARS OST struction work is recommended | _— S | As a result of the report of the fire | i Wants Chance to Study Fig- hop of the Armstrong, mohile repair €. Wilkinson has aban- | e i o has tme mu- | ures Before Expressing pils studying in zarages oy a vacant Any Opinion. Conditions Generally Good. I Despite’ the disquieting tenor )h{ i ‘ St i S Yt | CONFERS WITH TILSON that “condit s ih the varivus sch in'the District were found o be ON PENDING MEASURES improved since pre i “There still rem: {. ¥ :I\llrm IS “ho 3 ol for rther improve: n:lv*:‘! e Wil e nated! fom the va. | Tells House Leader No Steps | rivus recommendations mentioned ¢ Should Be Taken to Abandon where fn this report under the names of the schools to which they refer. A 3 L ‘ We decm it wise. however. to invite Retirement Legislation. | special tention to hasements in the i H schools, stair s. waste paper and ashes, heating plants and electric Wi BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. portable build ‘arefully the figures of the actuaries In the ijtemi list of the steps imating the annual cost of retire- which should be taken to eliminate ment under the Federal plans of lih- fire hazards in the scheols several aralization hefore he will announce hundred recommendations ave nade his approval or disapproval of any averaging two o e to eac alfor s : mentary achool and 10 or 12 to each | O plan. The President has not vet junior and senior high school. | %een the actuaries’ estim; but ““The renort calls special attention | it has heen reported te him to 16 old-type three-story brick they provide a considerable in- schools having combustible floors, se in the annual appropriations and he wants to satisfy his own mind the ! {hat these increases can be afforded ) not _properly _equipped _with (Continued on Page 2, Column Teret's speech and to the speech of | Al Dz Chappedelaine, reporter of the finance commission, which preceded it Reids Cause Demonstration. i The first incident ame when the fwn Communist Deputies-elect from the second district of Paris Sunday | took thei® seats amid anpl from | the Communists ard whistles and cat- | ealls from the Rizht | Tinaily. when the Commun he. g singing the “International.” M I Tterrot. president of the (hamber nd it necessary to suspend the ses The dehate was resumed affer a - brief suspension. durinz which it was | slished that the whistling came | - The atieries and mat reom e SUbpoena Served on Com M. Herriot, president of the amber. announced that if this hap. »d again he would have all spec- rred. discussion confusion, ruling the debate | mission at Hearing Includes Sugar Schedule. was resumed amid with entire uncer- as to the outcome of In most quarters. how- T o i+ aaerave | MARVIN SAYS MEMBERS vote on the government's financial APPEALED To CDOLIDGE program would be obtained tonight. The financial debate, by which an at tempt will he made to reach some zreement to strajchten out the finan. Al crisis, began this afternoon. It is not likely that it can he finished be fore Wednesday nizht. It was to have ecun this mmarning, but a postpone ment was RHERER buwing . 1o the Chamber having sat until late last nizht to vote the rent restriction hill, the twentv.sixth measure of fts kind | mince the war Foreigners Are Excluded. The Senate had previously passed great tainty | Committee Action Taken After | Chairman Tells of Effort to Ob- | ~tain Publicity by President. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. A subpoena calling upon the United States Tariff Commission to furnish the Senate investigating committee the bili with modifications. Like the | copies of all reports made by the com- fenate the Chamber insisted on re-; mission which have not hitherto been taining the clause excluding foreign- | made public was issued by the Senate ers from the henefits of the bill. al thouzh Premler Briand repeatedly pointed out that as far as the United States, Great Britain and most other nations were concerned, ft would he in violation of lonz-existing treaties and therefora inoperative. The principal persons affected are | committee today | The reports so demanded include the | Tariff Commission's majority and mi nority reports on the sugar schedule. made to the President the Summer of 1924, which have never been published, | although Chairman Marvin of the Tar- o e Fiens, Mallans. Belsians. |ift Commission today testified before not protected against the Q\u!')lililnl“h‘ Sl e el A Aeinnas of Meraor s | bers of the commission had unani- During the early evening the Cham. | mously urzed the President to make ber voted the provisional credits for them public i ] Other Letters Demanded. BAR TO PACT SEEN. The committee also issued a sub- kT poena calling upon the secretary of the commission to furnish the com- mittee with copies of the letter sent Oclils Balisxe, to the President in July, 1925, asking | that the sugar reports he made pub- to link German | lic, and of a letter which Chairman its debt oblizations ! Marvin testified he had written the promises to set up a President within a month urging that S. Attitude Not to Be Changed, France's intention reparations with tn this countr veal stumbling-block in the reniewed | the reports he made public. negotiations a Franco-America The subpoena was served on Secr deft-lunding azsreement tary Bethune of the commission at Similar proposals hy other debtor | the hearing. natins have heen refused and there | AL the outset of the hearing Chair- were indications tod: t the Treas- ' man Marvin said that the members of ury that this attitude of the United | the Tariff Commission had asked the States would not be modified in the | President to make public the commis. cage of France | sion’s reports on the sugar schedule, The Caillaux commission which | submitted to the President in 1924. visited the United States last Summer | These reports, majority and minor- proposed that the French debt pay- | ity—the one recommending a greater ment to this‘country he coupled with | reductidn in the sugar duties and the eontinuance of the German repara.: other a lesser—have never yvet been Hons payment to France, but the | made public. President Coolidge on American Debt Commission refused | June 15, 1925, however, announced his | decision against changing the sugar tariff and gave his reasons for his po- | sition in the matter. Urged Publicity. Chairman Marvin told the Senate committee that within a few days after the President’s announcement | the commission had sent a letter to Toledo Police Belleve Well Dressed | the President urging the publication {of the commission’s reports. Man, in Lake Since December. | .\\'hat reply have you had?" asked s i- e Senator Robinson of Arkansas, chair. e i A man of the investigating committee. Br the Ascociated Press Mr. Marvin answered that there had TOLEDO. Ohio, March 30— Cuts an heen no reply so far as he knew. If the head of an unidentified man cast to listen to such a plan BODY IS CAST ASHORE; MURDER IS SUSPECTED in ithere had been any acknowledgment | of the commission’s letter, he sald, it ashore by wind-driven ice of Lake el 3 had gone lo the secretary of the com- B a e Monday niz B e e Ay, TMSht Doint (0 | iission. but that he did ot know. | Mr. Marvin said that every member of the commission believed the sugar eports should be made public. They | were tiansmitted to the President dur- ling the Summer of 1924, body was clothed excellently, but was coatless = | his. officials contend. prove that the man either drove his automobile through a hole in the ice and removed - why 't vo blish them?" his coat in an effort to save himselt, = “Why didnt you pu or he was slain by hi-uckers and hjs | demanded Senator Robinson. i coat removed to thwart identification. | _ Mr- Marvin said that the commis Column 2.) The latter theory is held most prob (Continued on Page 11, | in the Government's revenues brought about by the new tax provision law The President today during a con | ference with Representative Tilson of Connecticut, Republican leader of the House, regarding pending legislation, RAILWAY IS WARNED. Will Be Sold if Debt Is Not Paid, City Heads Assert. discussed at some length the proposed liberalizatio of etirement act The District Commissioners warned | ji< alizulon of the vetivement ant the Washington and Marviand Rail- | 16 Nofived emploves of the Govern- way Co, today ”M_‘d'f ft ‘_"l”* 10 PaY | ment. He told Mr. Tilson today that B R I ARt I ts | thes should be taken jcare of as lib- satisfy debt of $302 1l Droberty | cpajly a5 possible for the Government will e sald jat) public auction afteralls tas o He hopes it will be pos- year, sible to cre; e & t The Commissioners explained that i T ¢ The President, however, is extreme- Iy fearful of the possibility of a the lien involves the non-paymen: the §302 for the eXxpenses ancurred deficit in the Treasury because of the hatwenn. the tracks of the company reduction in revenue, and before he e trin T faat “wide: o elther | Will put h stamp of approval upon this proposed increase in expenditure he wants to give it serious thought. It is understood, however, that he im- pressed upon the House leader that steps should not be taken at this time to abandon this legislation and asked that it be given a preferred place on the legistative program to be followed during the remainder of this session, The President’s position regarding this proposed increase in annuities is peculiar in a way, inasmuch as he has so frequently stated his approva! of the principle and that he is thorough 1y convinced that the employes should | have higher annuities, and yet he has | several times since the enactment of the tax revision law warned Congress 4gatnst réckless appropriation of pub- ! lic money and has several times point {ed out the fear of a large deficit at | the end of the next fiscal year. While side of the tracks on Kennedy street between Fifth and Eighth streets FARM RELIEF BILL PROVISIONS SCORED Does Not Represent United View of Organizations, Op- ponents Declare. Members of Congress today ave in- tently examining the rewritten Dick-| By the Associated Press, The @int congressional postal which was formally Indorsed _\mer.‘FOR RAPPING SENATOR day in a long memorandum presented six farm organizations. Is Barred Forever From Hearings Some members of the House were been openly and publicly made that if Congress failed to enact the legisla- | = “political consequences.” Tt Was as-| ., mjitee set a precedent today by serted by signers of the memorandum | IR HEE S T FPREECRI KOTEY BN | “{Continued on Page 4, Column 1) inson farm relief hill, known as “Com- | Al IORNEY PUN'SHED mittee Print 1" 1t was this bill | to the House committee on agricul- ture. signed by the representatives of of Joint Congressi disposed to regard the memorandum | Congressional Postal as an ultimatum, as the statement had | Committee. tion upon which these organizations agreed it would have to suffer the that the document was a complete an- g 8 swer fo the challenge of leaders in| H. Lee of New York. attorney for the the administration and in Congress | National Council of Busine Mail that the farmers should agree among | Users. themselves as to the legislation which | The action was taken by unani- should be enacted for the relief of agriculture. Claimed Not United View. Emphatic denial was forthcoming| at the Capitol today that the rhemo-| randum constituted a demonstration of agreement among farmers. Atten- tion was called to the fact that it was not signed by two of the largest and most influential of the farm or- ganizations which are national in| scope. the National nge and the National Council Co-operative Marketing Association. Signers of the memorandum are the American Farm Bureau Federation, by S. H. Thompson, president; the ational Farmers' Educational and Co-opera- mous vote after committee members had read a letter sent out hy ILee urging a campaign of letter, writing to Senators and Representatives In the interest of lower postal rate and declaring that Chairman Mo: ing or tion at this session of Congress. chairman also was accused of “unfair and dilatol Committee members said the reso- lution barring the lawyer from ever appearing before it again was in the nature of a punishment for contempt, The being tory. By the Associated Press. FAIRMON Minn,, Protesting innocence, March 30— Arthur his | today charged with first degree mur- | der in connection with the death of his nephew, Raymond Atz 3 year old, on December 14. Goerndt was arrested on a warrant e tive Union of America and the Na- tional Board of Farm Organizations,| MAN HELD AS SLAYER by John Tromble, vice president: the | Corn Belt Farm Organizations’ Com-| OF 5-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW the American Council of Agriculture, o by Frank W. Murphy, chairman of | Mother Swears Out Warrant When board, and the North Central States Peek, chairman of the executive com ? mittee of twenty-two. | Bengm oy These are the same organizatio mous Des Moines conference in Jan- uary, where they indorsed the Dickin. son bill, with modifications. It is con- more agreement among farmers today than there was in January. A great deal of emphasis is lald on the. fact mittee, by William Hirth, chairman Agriculture Conference, by George Poison Is Found in which were represented at the now fa- tended, therefore, that there is no that the National Council of Co-opera- ; Y t by Mrs. Esther Atz tive Marketing Assocations is mot | U010, of the bov, who also is held gzr':nz the signers of the memoran- | (o his death. Her decision Three Billions Represented. a long conference with her mother This_council represents 12000 co.|aNd Sheriff W. S. Carve Meanwhile the county attorney awaits a report of toxicologists re operative marketing associations, do- ing an annual business of more than 050 000508 i tive to the exhumation of the organs $3.900.000.000 a. year. Ostensibly, the | o *plorence, o years old, who died age 4. Column 4) |last May. Her death occurred under able, since Coroner Charles Henzler said the body had been in the water aince December and it was during that month rum runners were often ‘Burbank, Waging a Valiant Struggle similar r'h'('umsm?ces with that of Raymond. authorities charged. Poi- son was found in Raymond’s body. The father of the Atz children, a | MARCH in view of the tremendous reduction | 30, 1926—FORTY-I'OUR PAGES * 7] TWO CENTS. * FENNING DEMANDS PROBE OF CHARGES - MADE AGAINST HiM |Declares He Is Ready to Answer Every Criticism \ or Accusation. Means Associated Press. | HOUSE D. C. COMMITTEE | T0 DECIDE TOMORROW Zihlman to Bring Up Question of | Investigation—Commissioner 1 Explains His Silence Commissione | announced come a congress I ivestigation ¢ | | the affaire of t Demor ning ha | than te | has arrived e has den Kills Self to Pay ' Debts With Money From Insurance SALE TO JAPANESE | DENIED IN MEXICO Official Says Reported Grant | of Concession Is Scare. By the Ascociated Pre BLUEFIELD, W. Va. March 30, that his debts could be paid from his life insurance policy, Charles E. Marshall is dead here. A sulcide. | In a_letter found after his hody | I i with the throat cut. was discover- Dealmgs Admitted. ed, Marshall said he was bank- ——— rupt and that rather than fall to pay those he had promised, he By the Associated Press. would sacrifice his life, since the MEXICO CITY, March 30.—The | insurance policy was his only as- Mexican minister of agriculture and | set | development, Luis Leon. today em | auez was represented as being eager of the committee “intends to do noth- | do something too late for ac- | 1 | fan said. and was unique in congressional his- | i | | Goerndt, 38 years old, was in custody” ! Gulf of California. on which the “Or- | 10 | cession, 3 swear out the warrant came after |the government at the end of any one: 4 the prey of hi-jackers, who captured A 2a “ 9 | garage mechanic. was killed in an mant Tavorinden awomonies on e For Recovery; Condition “Doubtful” |5 st rea e, Myt | ice of La e ST S N Goerndt. a sister of Mrs. Atz de- Eighty-five cents and a pair of euff links were found on the body. It is theught prodable that all papers were | removed to erevent identification. - . By the Associated Press SANTA ROSA, Chlif.. March 30.— Luther Burbank, world-famed horti- culturist, is waging a valiant battle | against a persistent illness, which has confined him to bed at his home here for the last few days. Extreme nervousness of the patient and a seemingly constant desire to re- Chinese Fire on Japanese, HANKOW, China, March 30 (#). ~-The Japamese steamer Yuenkiang from Changsha, arrived here to- day riddled by shot fired by Chinese [ tyrn to his work in the garden com- troops who were apparently under|pjned to make his condition “‘doubt- the impression that the vessel carried | fy)" last night, his personal physician, military leaders. Eight Chinese were | Dr. Joseph H. Shaw, said. wounded. No forelzn passengers | Dr. Shaw's bulletin, issued verbally were hurt. | at 11:30 p.m., said: | " “Mr. Burbank is resting fairly com- ~~ | fortable, with short periods of re- 34/ freshing sleep, more or less disturbed “ by oeeasional hiccoughing. Owing to 4 Radio Programs--Page L clared the “ridiculous.” his extreme age and intense neurosis, | his condition-is_doubtful,” | This statement was taken to mean that the length of time for Mr. Bur- bank's recovery was uncertain, His temperature last night was given as 99, pulse 104 and respiration 18. Dr. Shaw said Mr. Burbank was suffering no pain. Two nurses are in attendance at his bedside. Mr. Bur- bank is 77 years old. The plant wizard has received nu- merous communications commenting on his recent statement that he was an “Infidel” and he attempted to give these his attention. Mr. Burbank was seized with a heart attack last Thursday night and has been confined to bed since. ties “Must Die Natural Death.” ROME, March 30 (P).—Premier Mussolini today reiterated his declara- tion that there will be no parliamen- tary elections to replace the Chamber of Deputies. \ While visiting the Chamber he said emphatically: “No elections! This legislature must die a natural death.” Mnneniinl In. leaving: At ns Milan to spend Baster with his family. ~ £ ey arrest of hef husband |formed a cabinet to succeed that of | | | MUSSOLINI BANS BALLOT. {2 0aih of office at noon. : phatically denied the report published in the United States that the Mexican government was selling a concession to a Japanesc syndicate on Magdalena Bay, Lower California. In dismissing the report the minis ter said that American jingoes were always attempting to use this subject to start a Mexican-Japanese scare in the United States. No Agreement Signed. SAN DIEGO. Calif.. March 30 (P).— SPEED LAW HINGES * ONTEST INCOUAT Involves Eldridge’s Right to| Col. A. R. Vasquez, who has obtained a concession from the Mexican gov Senmene o, 200000 acres of tand| Regulate Travel Under around and to the north of Magdalena 5 | ay, Lower Califorria, has not vet en 22 Miles an Hour. | tered into an agreement with a Jap- | anese syndicate for the cxploftation of the concession, | This announcement [ by Robert Farfan, representative of | Col. Vasquez He said that negotia ‘ The right of Traffic Director M. O. dridge to regulate the speed of ve- hicles in the District of Columbia un der miles an hour will he deter- mined in Traffic Court tonizht. when Judge John P. McMahon decides the | case of George L. Gloscoe of Hyatts- | ville. Md. who was arraigned last nicht on a charge of exceeding the 15 mile speed limit on a certain section of Bladensburg réad northeast. In continuing the case until tonight. Judge McMahon declared Mr. Eldrigze has no authority to reduce the speed limit of 22 miles an hour. although the traffic act of 1923 permits him to in crease the speed on boulevards. arte. rial highways and streets in outlying sections of the city. Inconsistent With Law. was made here | tions with the Japanese svndicate. which is represented in tha United States by Dr. K. O. Osawa of San Pedro, have been completed. hut that final agreements have not been signed. Farfan said that no action would be taken to close the deal until the end of a 30-day period of grace allowed hy the Japanese. who have azreed to| operate the concession with a backing | of $2.000,000, which may be increased 5,000,000, Offer Is Best Made. This offer. Farfan said, is better | than any other that has heen made, especially regards royalties, the | Japanese agreeing to pay 10 per cent as against 4 high bid of 6 per cent hy | west part of the State Greenburg and harges against an SOUTHWEST AREA NDERDEEPSHOW = st upon President ing said confident Blizzard, Bringing Low Tem- | i, ihe wheie s peratures, Sweeps Over Bigi s Many States. Commissi he is in a pletel possible char v he shall be glad to go before By the Associated Press hoard of inqv of the | KANSAS CITY. March 30.—With | Senate and answer all ques Easter less than a week away, vir-|tions. He explained t iderable tually all of the Southwest was cov. | importance F beern tached by ered with snow today. The storm | those Representatives who have been which has held the Rocky Mountain 3tacking him to hie usrdiar the case of Fred C. Ha region in its grip since last Wednes- veteran. day spread eastward over Kansas. Mr. Fenning stated that the pape Oklahoma, - western Missouri and |in the Hall ca x northern Texas, bringing a twhite | by more than one blanket, in some places 10 inches and that Represent: deep, with the snow still falling. A | Democrat. of North Carolina. wh troduced one of the two resolutions the House calling for a congressional | investigation, stated on the floor severe drop in temperature accom- panied the blizzard Some damage fruit trees was | after examining the Hall reocrds he reported. Winter wheat. however, is | was satisfied in his own mind that believed to have been benefited everything was regular and prope: The heaviest snowfall was report. | Mr. Fenning mated that w! ed in Kansas. At Topeka the depth | Other cases which have been measured 9 inches this morning and | tioned bave been examined or it still was snowing. In the south [“f,;j‘,’a"r,m too, w | Bucklin reported from 8 to 10 inches. | YWhen asked to ks Rain fell over western and centrai | }/eN® upon an invests o Missouri last night, turning to snow | ACHVith iy B ST as the temperature dropped. In Kan. | “as hatural for any p sas City snow still was falling this 'f““d"f‘ R e morning. after the ground had been | ¥, O AU WHCCSt covered to a depth of about 4 inches, | pa0 10} diFeussed Oklahoma Record Falls. silent and to save Oklahoma reported the heaviest | the proper time ca snowfall of the Winter. Five inches Wants Further I was reported at Woodward, in the| ... northwestern part of the State, and teesskrd the depth was 1 inch at Bartlesville, | [h'|"" 5! in the northeast corner swarifts 1t ing comp from 5 to 7 feet deep were reported | L= “OM 5 st of Comm in western Oklahoma. which was s i against th atened with a need for snow. (R HS plows to clear the railroad tracks. o unen At 7 p.m. last night Amarillo, Tex 'm,‘r Teicltion was reported to be the coldest point | Mol FEEE R (Y in the country, with the mercury at 16 degrees above zero. With the heaviest snow for March for 2 years already dn the ground, fine This same disposi by other me mittee. intim ihers of 1 ung that ! vegetable dye | P —Gen. American promoters, Despite the Japanese offer. Col. Vas. to turn his concession over to Ameri can interests. But he will exercise his right to close negotiations with the Japanese syndicate if no other bids for the concession are made, Far- The concession, Farfan said. two part. The first over to Col. Vasquez by Luis N. Mo- rones, secretary of the Mexican de- partment of industry, commerce and labor, gives title to the oil rights on all the land between the twenty-fifth degree of latitude, which is, roughly, Cape San Lazaro, the northern tip of Magdalena Bay. and the twenty-sixth degree twentieth minute of latitude, near Santo Domingo, and from the shore line to approximately 40 miles inland. is in grant, signed Dye Plant on Grant. The second grant. which refers to the exploitation of vegetable and tim- ber products, runs between the twen- ty-third and twenty-eighth degrees of latitude, and takés in all the territory bhetween the Pacific Ocean and the chilla” plant—used for an important is fourd. This second concession applies only to vegetable products, and chiefly to the Orchilla plant and the Guayule, or rubber plant. It is a 10-year con- which may be abrogated by (Continued on Page 5, Column 2. GENERAL NAMED PREMIER. e | Averesco Succeeds as | Head of Rumanian Cabinet. | BUCHAREST. Rumania, March 30 Fofoza Averesco today| Bratiano Premier Bratiano, which resigned last Saturday. The new ministry was presented to King Ferdinand to take | Gen. Averesco commanded the 1st Insists Present Chamber of Depu-| s.my Corps during the greater part of duce the speed from 30 miles an hour the World War. The last action of the government | of Premier Bratiano before quitting office on Saturday was to drastically | m‘esenllmm'el!e the import tariff. The new rates, which become effective next Thursday, increase by several hun- dred per cent the duties on.automo- biles, textiles, metals, agricultural machinery, building materials and jeatlers, | than is reasonable and proper, having 'nln(‘!d on Bladensburg road just be. | “There had been several accidents and Judge McMahon contended that the reduction of the speed limit on the Biadensburg road was inconsistent | With an act of Congress. which that no person shall operate a motor vehicle over any public highway in the District “at a rate of speed greater regard to the width of the public high- wayv, the use thereof, and the traffic thereon.” Tt is the duty of the court or ¥ to decide when a speed is rea- le and proper. and the director of traffic exceeds his authority when e attempts to do it, the jud - plained. i Assistant Corporation Counsel Ed- ward Thomas last, night argued that under paragraph “b" of section & of the act, the director is authorized to “make reasonable regulations with respect to brakes, horns, lights, mufflers and other equipment, the speed and parking of vehicles, th, registration of motor vehicles A Judge McMahon allowed Mr. Thomas until tonight to look up precedents on the subject. To Appeal If He Loses. Mr. Eldridge today declar Judge McMahon's decision 18 Againe, the i5-mile limit on Bladensburg road, then vehicles of all description may operate over streets, alleys and bridges at 22 miles an hour. Such a decision would completely undo_the effective- ness of the present traffic regulations, | he declared, but added that a writ of error would be applied for to Court of Appeals. i The present traffic regulations wer: drawn up from the traffic act of 19 M. Fldridge explained, ruled on b e corporation counsel and a. y by the District Commissioners " | As interpreted by these two revie Ing authorities, Mr. Eldridge say that under that section of the act re. | ferring to the regulation of “speed and parking of vehicles” he had the authority to reduce speeds at certain places about the city in the interest of public safety. “The 15-mile speed-limit was | sign fore a bottle-neck in the road which | goes under a bridge,” he exptained. | one death at that point over a year's period, and it was necessary to re. at this point. . . Sign at Cemetery Gate. “Then coming in from Baltimor and near Mount Olivet Cemete there is another 15-mile limit sign at the crest of a hill. A few feet further | on down the road s the entrance to the cemetery, where dally there are funeral processions making left-hand turns to_the entrance. the | 4T | reported thus for | winds, flakes still were falling there late last night. The cold wave moved Southward | to the foot of the Texas plains. Montana cities have been experienc. ing the coldest weather for some time, and one Treasure State city—Living: f&lon—had the two coldest day Sun. day and Monday, on record since December 27, 1924, when the mercury dropped to 10 degrees above zero. Arizona Has Heavy Rain. In Arizona the cold wave has heen felt, and at Phoenix the storm took the form of recordbreaking rains. A rainfall of 1.19 inches on Mon was the greatest single day's p cipitation registered during the month of March in that city for 31 years. Alburquerque reported the “bleak est day of the Winter" with cold winds and snow. In Colordo Springs. wild ducks, chilled by the sudden change. dropped down to wading pools in the parks and refused to he disturbed even by the close approach of chiidren. Chicago March No Lamb. CHICAGO, March 30 (#).—A pet rule of the weather sages will be proved unreliable this vear unless the next 24 hours bring a marked change. March came in like a lion. It is sup. posed to go out like a lamb. but there were no prospects of a sheepish exit here today. snow, the second since §; . began falling earl MEASLES SET RECORD. 118 Cases Reported Today. Raising Year's Total to 1,882. hundred eighteen new cases 6f measles were reported to the District Health Department today One and This is the largest on any single day number reported since the outbreak of the epidemic. The previous daily high record was 107. 3 The total number of measles cases this year, accord ing to the Health Department's rec- erds, is 1,882, Spanish Area Is Flooded. MADRID, March 30 (®).—High accompanied by torrential rains, have swept the provinces of Andalusia, Seville, Cadiz, Huelva, Jaen and New and Old Castile. Several rivers are out of their banks, flooding the lowlands and causing much prop- damage. Northern Spain reports heavy dam age to crops by the rainfall. 1 prelimina blish the stify real thorough investization sho by the House D subcommittee ¢ committee Chairn Reed. Republ members dicated today bhe taken up committee ton made to author beammittee to make a preliminary investigation. to gee how much ground was for criticism which has come to many members of Congress that there is something wrong in the administration of the District governme: Representative Blanto declared em- ally today that he will oppose effort to have any estigation of Commissioner Fenning or the ad ministration of D titutions made by the House Dt commit tee. He will demand th: v investi gation shall be made hy a committec with authority to subpoe: and documents, to administer | and to compel witnesses to answer ! and all questions incident to the sub | ject matter of the investigation. Authority Is Questioned. This raised the question whether the District committee has sufficien authority fo pursue an of this kind. Chairmar resentative Reed and investigation Zihlman. Rep mer membe of the District committee expres: confidence that the Di commit | tee has sufficient authority and that it would want to summon no witnesses but would be willing to testify. In other words they expressed certainty that no officials would refuse to te | tify fully if invired before the cor mittee This raised the question whether the | District committee ought not to | given broader and more positive au- ! thority so that it could compel wit nesses and ce exhaustive and re liable investigation of any subject af fecting the conduct of District busi ness which is believed should be look | ed into. ) Personal friends of Commissioner | Fenning. who have resented what they desoribed as the viciousness of | some of the attacks that have been | made upon the Commissioner on the | floor of Congress, when they learned | today~ that the Commissioner had | sent word to friends of his at the | Capitol that he wanted the House to 2o ahead and invesigate him, express ed themselves as being highly pleased with this step and siated that there was no doubt in their minds about the outcome of the inquiry. | —Some of Mr. Fenning’s friends sata (Continued on Page §, Column 4)