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tonight. followed by rain tomorrow. Highest, 48, at 3 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 36, ‘At m. today. I Full report on page 9. New York Stock Market WEATHER. (U. & Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness and warmer and warmer Closed Today No. 29,921. Dt "Chce. ENGLISH REFUSE TRIAL BY SENATE Federal Judge, Impeached by House, Certain of Acquittal, His Counsel Declares. ACCUSATIONS ARE VOTED, 306-62, IN WARM DEBATE Lower Branch of Congress in Tur- Over Charges—Next Step in Case Delayed. moil By fthe Associated Press EAST ST. LOUIS, Il Rruce Campbell, attorney al Judge George W, English impeached by the House Issued a statement today there was not a chance earth’” the jurist would resign. and that he would “fight all the way through.” The idea that Judge Enzlish might resign, Campbell said, is “only propa- ganda by those to whom the wish is father of the theught and who realize that there is not a chance of con- viction in the Senate. His counsel have every confidence that with the Senate sitting court of impeachment Judge will receive a fair and impartial trial at the hands of men of high character and ability, whose oniy considetation will be the law and the evidence. With April for Feder who was vesterday declarin on that kind of a trial, before such a tribunal. we have no fears as to the result,” HOUSE SION WARM. Impeachment Issue Comes to Climax in Bitter Debate. By the Associated Press. Federal Judge English of the east- ern Illinois district must stand trial hefore the Senate on charges of high misdemeanors in office, or resizn His impeachment on five counts was voted by the House late yester- day. 306 to 62, after three days of de bate, during which the frank use.of a loathsome epithet he was accused of having voiced in his court startled the galleries and brought admonition to members from Speaker Longzworth. The next step in the move to unseat Judge English cannot be taksn until next week, sincé the House zdjourned until Monday after approving the charges without appointing the seven managers - who will. represent it as prosecutors before the Senate. which will be called upon to it as a court of tmpeachment for the tenth time in its history. Managers’ Choice Delayed, Selection of the manazers was put off vesterday when differences arose over thelr. political line-nn. the jndi clary committee slate callinz for five Republicans and two Democrats, and Representative Garrett of the Democratic floor leader. ing a four-three ratio instead the managers have been their first duty will be to re impeachment to the Senate, must 1 p.m. on the following day. Judge English will be summoned hefore the bar of the Senate after it has resolved itself into a court of im- peachment by the application of a special oath to each member. When he has made thik appearance with rounsel he will be allowed a specified time in which to file a brief in answer | to the five articles of imneachment, | which accuse him of wronzful manipu. lation of bankruptey funds. uneu tion of authority over State officials, use of profane language and threat- | ening of juries and counsel in court Afterward, if precedent followed, | the House will present a replication ! to his answer and the trial itzelf may proceed »pointed ort the which is Two Courses Are Open. Whether the case will be tried | hefore Congress adjourns or at a special session of the Senate follow- inz adjournment remains to he de- termined. House leaders have sug- gested the latter plan and President all Coolidze is ready to Senate sessfon If this is adopted, [the same thing will happen this year wit «:yuh! ,;{\ t: lts' lp:]' 1|m' has been 'that happened last session, when the | By the Associated Press. raised in the Senate judicizry com- | House kept out of the bill the ob.| (. (0. , e mitice and it has turned the aues- |nox| : > he @b | VANCOUVER, B. C., April 2.—Vir- | f o noxious provisions only to have the| .i\i\"fyranti of Vancouver was at Entered as second class Washington, When | take it up for consideration at | lto the s matter D, C | n |, William Mitchell helieves he had j the last laugh in his set-to with the | Army Alr Service which resulted in | hix courtmartial and resignation. | Just before he resigned Col. Mitchell slipped over to Bolling Field, made |37 in one day and collected £1,027 extra flying pay covering the three months he was under arrest. | Controller General McCarl has put his | 0. K. on the payment. 2 The case was submitted to Mr. Mc | Carl for ruling in advance of payment |by Capt. Carl Halla, finance officer, | United States Army, stationed here. {Capt. Halla was uncertain as to whether under the circumstances of Mitchell's arrest, later release from | arrest, court-martial and sentence, the {additional flving pay would be forth | coming. | o flights were performed by Col. Mitchell during the months of No- vember and December, 1925, said | Capt. Halla in his letter to Mr. Mc- Carl, “but 37 him on Januar, law M pay was due Mitchell. At Bolling Field it was learned that flichts were made 16, 192 Under the by the officer, who at that time was oc- | the center of had climhed cupying spotlight, the Nation's into a plane ¢h 'MITCHELL FLEW 37 TIMES IN DAY | TO ADD $1,027 TO LAST U. S. PAY| McCarl Rules Big Check Due for 70 Minutes in Plane. McCarl ruled the additional | WASHINGTON, D. the ground at the field for a period during which he performed the 37 flights necessary under the law and regulations to allow him “flying pay” for the period from November 1 to inuary 26. he arrest of Col. Mitchell from Oc- | tober 27 to December 18, the court- martial and sentence did not affect | his flying pay, Contsoller General Mc- Carl said, According to the operations office | at Bolling Field, Mitchell, in one of the Army’s new Douglas 0.2 observa-| tion planes, made the 37 flights on January 16 in 1 hour and 10 minutes. Under the law, In order to draw |fiving pay airmen must spend a min-| | imum ‘of four hours in the air per | month or make 10 flights. The “flights” consist of taking off, fiving | about - the field, touching the wheels | on the ground, and repeating this maneuver for the desired number of WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C., FRIDAY, JACOBSTEINURGES COAL MERGERS 10 AID U. 3. CONTROL Would Suspend Sherman" Anti-trust Law as Means to Lasting Peace. e | SUGGESTS INDUSTRY { BE HELD AS UTILITY Denies His Plan Would Establish| Enormous Federal Price- Fixing Machine. landings. | The law also specifies that a pilot, | | absent from fvink. cannot make up | more than three months' absence from the air. If a phot is ahsent three | months. in the beginning of the fourth he can make 30 flights or landings or spend 12 hours in the air. In_Mitchell's case the fying pay was 75 per cent of the hase salary, a | and whipped through the air and on | special congressional provision. | PROBE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS LOOMING Bill to Lease Land May Bring Old Issue to a Head in House. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The American Indian at last is coming into his own. He is responsi- ble for one of the most sensational situations that Congress has had be fore it since Teapot Dome stirred up a spirit of suspicion and investigation For now it is proposed in a bill just reported to the House that 23.000,000 acres of valuable oil and gas lands shall be opened to development. Will the potential royalties of the Indian be taken from him in larger quantity than is customary in ofl areas” The outeries of irrezularity are beginning to be heard ovey the noise of other debate. In 1924 act of Con the Indian was declared by ress to be a citizen. There. fore he is beseeching Congress for equal treatment with other citizens, He wants the right to gzo to court, which right he does not possess, for the Indian Bureau of today still fol- ic ding the wrdian, Indian as in need The acts of the Indian review. Probe Held Necessary. There has sprung up an Indian Rights Association, which declares the ! Indians’ liberty is absolutely in the hands of the Indian Bureau and that buses have occurred which demand a ongressional investigation. ntircly apart from the question of ill-treatment, however, is the material problem of property rights. The Inaian lands contain valuable mineral resources. White men wish to exploit those resources. The Indian Bureau has favored legislation where- by 3713 per cent of the royalties from oil produced on Indian lands shall go tates and exempting the oil producers from taxation. The friends of the Indian insist that the customary royalty for white men is about 1273 per cent, and in rare instances goes up to per cent. The Navajo Indians. whose lands are involved. have been in debt for several yvears. It is said that it would | take seven years to get them out of it. Their funds have been obligated for them by the Government in the build ing of tourist bridges and other im provements. The House of Repre- sentatives has struck out the 371, per cent royalty for the States and has ziven the Indian a better share, but he special {the friends of the Indian are afraid | i 1 SENATORS INSPECT - CAPITAL STREETS |Approval of Most Paving Projects by Subcommittee Expected. With few exceptions the paving item passed by the House in he District appropriation bill will be ipproved by the Senate subcommittee, it was indicated this afternoon, after members of the subcommittee had made an automobile tour of part of he city. Asked what he thought of the con dition of the streets generally, Sena tor Phipps of Colorado, chairman of the subcommittee, pointed out that in street | | ommended for pavinz, the members | naturally saw highways that were in a bad condition. Me said, feel that the streets of Washington | generally are tn bad condition. Members of the subcommittee real ize that, aside from the need for new paving in outlying sections that are just developing. the city is several vears behind in its program of re committee may recommend funds for next vear he allofted to re surfacing in an effort to catch up on Tour to Be Continued. It was made plain today that the subcommittee has not reached the point in consideration of the Dis- trict bill where any definite decisions have been reached on these important items. In fact, the subcommittee did not complete its survey of the streets today and will make anotheer tour tomorrow morning. The members of the subcommittee two far-reaching provisions inserted by the House, one to increase water rates authorities from paying more than 25 per cent in excess of assessed value for land to be purchased for school or inderstood the subcommittee Column 2 ued on Page [t MAN SHE HAD JAILED IS FREED BY WOMAN Refuses to Pay $7 a Week to Keep Than 1,278 Days. | commerce | making a tour of streets that are rec- | however, | that he did not agree with those who | | surfacing worn-out asphalt pavement | s the policy of past generations In |in the older sections of the city. There of | have heen some signs that the sub- that a | 1u are final and not subject to | larger proportion of the streel-paving | this class of work. | also are still making inquiry into the | per cent, and the other to prohibit | park sites | ? Him in Cell Any Longer | Three remedies almed at stabiliza- | tion of the coal industry and the | curing of permanent peace in that industry were outlined to the House committee on interstate and foreign today by Representative Jacobstein. Democrat, of New York Outstanding among the recommenda tions Mr. Jacobstein proposed to estah lish uniformity of production of coal| at a reasonable price was one tp sus- | pend for benefit of the coal industry alone the Sherman anti-trust law. to enable the industry, and particularly the anthracite branch, to unify itself | and to group its producing organiza- | tions into several great corporations ! which would be rigidly supervised by | the Government. i The second remedy for the coal industry proposed Jacobstein would involve a complete | re-examination of the freight rate. structure of the Natfon's rail carriers to s reacjust the rates applying on | transportation of coal as to make them favorable to the industry. Favors Utility Status. His third remedy would place upon | (ongress the duty of declaring coal | to be a public utility. —Congress, having put coal upon this basis, would then be able to threaten Government | interference when a labor dispute is forecast Under this provision Mr. | Jacobstein proposed establishment of | an emergency coal hoard. to include a permanent fact-finding commission, which would decide when an emer- goncy existe and recommend to the | President what action should be taken in such a crisis. The President would be empowered to declare a state of emergency. take over such mines as | would be necessary to maintain ade- quate production and turn them over to private operators for operation | | | the ills of by Mr | Proposed suspension of the Sher | man law. to apply only to the coal | {ndustry, would place the industry | under the strictest survelllance of the | Department of Justice and the Fed. | { eral Trade Commission and give these | ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 4) | IMLLE. LENGLEN TO WED | GRANDSON OF COM}’OSERE | e | Jacques Offenbach. Poet.. Is Pre.} ferred by Tennis Star to | Noblemen. | | PARIS, April 2 (). —Suzanne Leng- llen is engaged to be married to ! Jacques Brindejones Offenbach. poet and writer and grandson of Jacques | Offenbach, the famous composer of | the “"Tales of Hoffman," it was learned | today. M. Offenbach is considered one of | the most delightful poets of the younsg- | er generation of French letters. In spite of official denials. Mile | Lenglen is known during the last five | vears to have frowned upon thé pro- posals of dukes. counts, earls and American millionaires. This engagement is hailed as a real love match. Suzanne will he 27 vears {old May 24, while M. Offenbach is 36. | DRUSE TRIBESMEN FLEE | BEFORE FRENCH TROOPS | Offensive Drive Results in Disorder- Iy Retreat. With Many Slain, Is Beirut Report. however, | APRIL |last week it developed that Mr. Smith Arctic Base. | By the Associated Press. FATRBANKS, Alaska, April 2.— This little outpost was anxiousl tion over to a subcommittee for fur- ' Senate tack them on, and but for a ther consideration. | point of order by Mr. Dallinger the Only 10 Federal judges and 3 other |conference report would have. carried. Federal officials have been impeached by the House prior to its action ves- | Hold Price Is Too High. terday on the English case. Of | these only nine were tried before | ‘The Indian Rights Association hopes the Senate, the others resizning and |ty be able, under the rules, to defeat thus obviating the necessity for |hostile legislation. All sides are agreed trial, since the penalty upon con- |that some legislation is necessary, but viction is expulsion from office. Five |jts champions say they will not pay of the nine, including President |as the price of the needed changes a Andrew Johnson, were acquitied. royalty that is out of line. The Tilinois jurist has served on the |y ' 2ue o course, good Indians bench since 1918, when he was ap-| 4,4 pad Indians. Strict laws to obtain pointed by President Wilson upon the | 810, i o ™or g ohedience are neces- rnnmmendxn;n of Samuel unmpeiu. sary for many, but under the existing Jate head of the American Federation | 5o} 4 3 of Tabot. - His, contuct, during Ny 1y areri EheMLRREIe of SIEyERIE [ . " o | bureau is all-inclusive. The pending shopmen’s strike of 1922, to Which |joziqiation would do one thing that strikers objected, figured prominently | (#EISHION WERRC TR OT would es- in the discussion of the ‘chatseytablish beyond doubt his legal titls to against him, it being charged that he {ine property in dispute. MHeretofore ordersd waaDOnkC ERelOred L o oany It ihas beeniArgun the ciirts that men” who had been arrested In con by Executive order the lands could be g D] |leased to anybody. Under Secretary S | Fal's regime this was done and there Debate Brings Near-Fight. |is a case before the Supreme Court of . % the United States to determine the The impeachment vote came at the | \alidity of his action. By legislating and of three days’ debate and culmi- i“hal shall be done with the Indians’ nated in a near fist-fight. | royalties, the question of property After proponents and opponents of4 yights of the Indian is definitely estab- the resolution of impeachment had |jjshed. Some of the legislation would talked themselves out, the Democratic | retain 4 cerlain hold nevertheless on floor leader, Representative Garrett of | — ————— —— o Tennesseé, put forward a motion to| (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) days in Oakalla prison, where his board bill was paid by Mrs. Jeanne | Viennet, a former business associate, to prevent him from leaving British Columbia. Mrs. Viennet arranged to have Du- she pay 50 cents & day for his upkeep, | ed to flee the country with what she | profits. She intended to keep Duranti in jail until he paid her $3,000, which she said he had in a bank. but ordered prisoners was raised to $1 a day, Jan- uary 1. On leaving jall Duranti told friends ne had won his “strike.” SUBMARINE LAUNCHED. 2,000-ton Craft Is Largest Jap- anese Underwater Vessel. TOKIO, April 2 (®).—A 2,000-ton submarine with all the latest devices arrived today at the Yokosuka naval station. near Yokohama, after its launching at the Kawasaki dockyard, it was learned officially. It fis the largest underwater vessel in the Japunese navy. recommit the reselution to the judi- | clary committee to hear additional testimony. Out of the usual hubbub and din | atiending House roll calls, the an- | nouncement came of the rejection o(i this motion, %0 to 275. Speaker Long-, werth then announced that the vote | was on the impeachment reseolution itself. There were a few scattered “aye and as equally few scattered ‘‘na The Metropolitan police shattered the record for the number of urests in_any one month during March, and gave substantial support to Chief it was plain the House did not know | Bawin B, Hesse's prediction of sev- on what it was voting. When the | eral weeks ago that when the year Speaker announced the adoption of | 1425 ix over at least onefilth of the he resolution a half a dozen members | (gtal population of the Capital will yrere instantly on their feet with cries | have come into confiict with the law, f "No, no. . 1% | A statistical report compiled tor “What have we voted on?" de-|ihe information of Maj. Hesse today manded Representative Holaday, Re-|ghowed that 11,275 persons were ar- publican, Tilinols. | rested last month—an increase of There was so much approximately 3,000 over each of the (Continued on Pase two preceding months, and a new re- 4 turmoil_that + Column 2.) Police Shatter Record for Arrests, Taking 11,275 During Month of March ord for the Police Department. The total number of arrests for the first three months of the year stands at 27,689. If arrests continue at the present rate Maj. Hesse has figured that the records at the close of the current calendar year will show a total of 110.756, or more than one- fifth of the District’s population. As in previous months, the greatest number of arrests in March were for violation of the traffic regulations. An analysis of the figures for the first three months shows that of the total 15,454 were for traffic offensies. iiberty vesterday after spending 1,278 | ranti jailed in 1923 on, condition that | after she proved that Duranti intend- | contended was her share of their foint | his release when the boarding rate for | | By the Associated Press. | BEIRUT, Syria, April The | French began an offensive against the Druse tribesmen in southern Lebanon this morning. French Aauthorities hers say the movement opened under the most fa- | Vorable auspices, and that the Druses | are fleeing in disorder, leaving a num- | her of dead. A French column march- !ing from Arnous toward Kouneitra (40 miles southwest of Damascus) drove off the rebels after a serious engagement. A column moving on Kouneitra from Ezraa routed another Druse band which, according to French advices, left many dead, to- | | gether with quantities of arms and | ammunition. | Grip Epidemic in Austria. GRAZE, Austria, April 2 0®.—An| epidemic of grip, accompanied by | pneumania_and ear inflammation, is | raging in this region. The regular hospitals are filled and patients are being conveved in a constant stream to improvised wards. | ';I‘he Vision at the Tomb While Mary Magdalene wept at the tomb she beheld her Master. The story of her vision is E told ‘simply and eloquently in— “Dramatic Events in Bible History” Each Saturday one of the dra. | matic incidents of the Bible will be told in this graphic form by Harlowe R. Hoyt and Walt Scott on the Church Page of— 'a few minutes after it :opened at 9 | were handc! 1926—FIFTY-S 2, ¢ Foening Star. IX PAGES. * The only evening : in Washington witl Associated Press news service. Yesterday's Circulation, 102,284 TWO CENTS. SUBPOENAS DENIED - FOR WITNESSES AT - HEARINGS OF WETS | Subcommittee Votes to Call Only Government Officials to Testify. s Associated Pre LIST OF 21_SUBMITTED | BY ANTI-PROHIBITIONISTS | Andrews and Buckner Already i Ordered to Appear—Bullard an: | Wellborn May Be Sent For. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | The wet Senators. at whose instanoe | the Senate hearings on prohibitien «® {to be hegun Monday, today recet ebuff at the hands of the judiciar | subcommitt which is to hold thg hearings. By a vote of 4 to 1 the subcommi% | tee decided not to issue subpoenas fc' | witnesses. A list of 21 names had |heen submitted by Senator Edge o° New Jersey, acting for himself and Senator Edwards of New Jersey and COAL MEN'S BODKS' OPENING ORDERED District Committee Instructsi Auditor to Study Five | Dealers’ Records. | In accordance with the decision | reached last week, the Senate District committee today transmitted to H. A. A. Smith, Treasury auditor, a letter | nstructing him to seek access to such | hooks of local coal dealers as he deems necessary in arriving at conclusions as | to. the reasonableness of prices during | the past 12 months | The committee’s instructions to Mr Smith are to make a study of the rec. | ords of five dealers. It is not the pur pose of the committee to direct the | price inquiry at particular firms, but | that number was decided on, it was | explained, in order to furnish an indi- cation of prices generally. At the meeting of the committee i and the accountants for the coal deal- | ers had been unable to agree as to | all the figures that should be made | avalilable to the committee under the original plan of procedure outlined | several weeks ago. The committee | then decided to have Mr. Smith seek | new reports from the dealers, based on the 12 months ending March 31 | Mr. Smith said today he had not | vet taken up the gquestion with the | dealers, but expected to do so soon. WORD BEING AWAITED FROM WILKINS' PLANE Left Fairbanks, Alaska, Wednes- day, With Supplies for awaiting word today from the Alaskan, an airplane which left here Wednes- day morning carryving supplies des- tined for a base at Point Barrow to be used by a proposed Arctic air ex- pedition of Capt. George H. Wilkins. Since an Associated Press corre- spondent at Wiseman. a small village which marks the halfway point of the flight, reported the Alaskan as pass- ing over there two hours after its de- parture, there has been no authorita- tive news of its whereabouts. Maj. Thomas G. Lanphier, U. 8. A., whom Wilkins left in command here, said yesterday that he did not fear for the safety of the pla He explained that he had not expected any word to come from Barrow, as a small radio set there of unknown range is the only means of communication. Capt. Wilkins was a passenger, and Lieut. Carl B. Efelson piloted the plane out of Fairbanks. Barrow is 500 miles northwest of here. BANK STAFF MANACLED, BANDITS TAKE $20,000 Masked Quartet Holds Up Phenix, R. I. Trust Company—Escapes After Pursuit in Auto. By the Associated Pres PROVIDENCE, R. 1., April 2.—Ban- dits entered the Phenix Trust Co., at Phenix, R. I, this ‘morning, held up the attendants, handcuffed them, pro- cured about $20,000 and sped away in an automobile, according to a report to the Providence police. The robbers. four in number, wore raincoats and were masked. They entered the bank A A ‘our employes were there :rdt‘;fekumi;, Albert Hudson, a deposi- tor, appeared while the robbers were at work and also was forced to throw up his hands. One of two telephones was put out of c?mmxsslnn. ‘The other > esca notice. on’:‘he ha‘::kd employes and Hudson all uffed, and It was necessary file the metal from their wrists. | The bandits' autorobile was followed as far as the adjoining village of Har- ris, but there trace of it was lost. Bergdoll Trial April 14. A CH, Germany, April 2 (). "}l‘fisfi:‘&a‘ of Grover Bergdoll, Amer- i draft dodger, on charges of se- Hoation and Impairing the morals of minors, has been set for April 14. The press ‘and public_will be excluded. | George Denison, House Committee Orders O.K. Report On RetirementBill The House civil service committee oday ordered a favorable report on liberalized civil service retire ment measure. This report will he nade to the House the first of the week, just as soop as Chalrman Lehlbach has had time to draft it The bill as reported will not dif fer very materially from the bill tentatively reed upon a week ago while the committee was awaiting the repot of the actuaries. In other words, the report of the actuarfes s had little or no influence in iding_the committee in its pro. posals for liberalizing the present civil service retirement law. he commitiee has rejected the new proposal made by the board of actuaries of its own initiative. b Chairman Lehibach announced later he will make the report to the House o Monday. Until that time. by azreement, the terms of the bill will not be made public. The committee apparently fears that the bill might be misinterpret- ed, in the light of the actuaries veport, COOLIDGE ORDERS PHILIPPINE STUDY Will Send Carmi A. Thompsca as Special Commissioner to Islands. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. For the purpose of making a thorough survey of economic and all other internal conditions in the Philip- pine Islands. President Coolidge has commissioned Col. Carmi A. Thomp- son of Cleveland. Ohio. to go to the islands as a special commissioner. In the official announcement of this appointment at the White House to- day, it was explained that the Presi- dent’s decision to send Col. Thomp- son on this Important mission was because of the intense interest in Congress at this time In regard to the Philippine Islands. Moreover. the President feels that an intensive study of the entire situation .would be help- tul, not only to the United States, but to the Filipino: as well. Also. the President wants his commissioner to look into the possibilities of these insular possessions with the view of increasing their development and the promotion of their natural resources. Reports Are Conflicting. From what information he has re- ceived through the natural govern- mental channels the President also has had, within the past half year, conflicting reports from individuals. Although he has every confiderce in these official advices, he is desirous of obtaining further information — infor- mation gathered by a man in whom he has every confidence and whose practical experience will enable him 1o give to the President a very com- prehensive and accurate account of the state of affairs in the islands. It, therefore, was for this purpose that he selected Col. Thompson, whom he has known intimately for a long time. Col. Thompson, besides being an. in timate of the President, is a close friend of Gen. Leonard Wood, Gov- ernor General of the Philippines. . He is prominent in Ohio and national pol- itics as well as being an outstanding figure in the iron indust He has served as Assistant Secretary of In. terior, Treasurer of the United States, secretary to President Taft. and is (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) DRIVERS' PERMITS Senator Bruce of Maryland. In this list were the names of Gen Lincoln C, Andrews, Assistant Secre tary of the Treasury in charge of prohibition enforcement. and Emory R. Buckner, United States attorney in New York. Both of these Govern ment officials have been summoned to appear by the subcommittee at the re quest of the wet Senators. To Summon Only Officials. STILL NECESSARY Senator Means of Colorado, chair Hesse and Eldr'dge war" man of the subcommittee, said thil' That Operators Must Have | G oinment ofciale. ot iR wetn | Licenses, Though Void. lor the drys might wish to have testi fy. that the subcommittee differenti | ated, however. between Government officials and other persons. Senator Edge appeared before the subcommittee this morning _and strongly urged that subpoenas be is- sued for a list of proposed witnesses which he presented. He argued that the wets were entitled to this consid- eration at the ‘hands of the sybcom- mittee. Senator Edge’s list follows: Joe Toye, Boston Traveler, Boston: Dr. William Regardless of the action of Traffic | Court Judge Hitt in refusing to fine a | motorist for driving without a permit because of the muddied permit situa-| tion, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superin- tendent of police, announced today that the arrest of persons who oper- ate motor vehicles in the District with- | out local permits will continue. | H. Robey, Dr. Hugh Barr Gray and | Maj. Hesse explained that while the Miss Eva W. White, all of Boston; | permits now in use may be regarded |T. Pope Shepherd. Chattanooga, | Tenn.; Judges Alfred J. Tolley and as invalid, due to the failure of Con-| es A o . Srens 10 adopt the joint resolution ex- | O1f0 A, Rosalsky, both of New Yotk tending the time for their reissuance, | p ¥ AVCR (o B ith commis: the traMic law which requires a new | qjoner, St. Louis, Mo.; Frank La Page, driver to get a permit has not been Dover, Ohio; Miss V. Gordon Gray, chahged, and those failing to get the | Philadelphia; Rolland Curry, sheriff temporary pérmits are subject to ar-| Moaroe County, Key Waest, Fla. | rest. Robert Baker,” sheriff, Palm Beach | County, Palm Beach, F erman Eldridge Writes Hesse. F. Rikhoff, chief of police. Indiana- polis: Police Chief Graul, Cleveland. Dry Heads on List. B. Wellborn, governor Federal Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge be came somewhat alarmed today over! Judge Hitt's action and sent a length. communication to Maj. Hesse, poini- ing out that the Traffic Bureau is con- ' Reserve Bank, Atlanta, Ga.. Mrs. tinuing to 1ssue temporary permits to| Viola Anglin, New York: Father John all qualified new drivers and that!| [, Belford. Brooklyn: Rear Admiral |there is no reason why a person duly | Bullard. commandant of the Coast | qualified should not procure one | Guard: Gen. Lincoin C. Andrews, as | “The newspapers indicate that one | sistant secretary of the Treasury, and of the Traffic Court judges last night | Emory R. Buckner, district attorney, took the personal bond of a person New York City. who was charged with driving without | 1f the committee carries out its an- a permit,” said Mr. Eldridge’s letter. | nounced purpose in regard to Govern- “Apparently this young man had a ment officials it is expected that Rear Maryland permit, but was driving a | Admiral Bullard and Mr. Wellborn | car “with District of Columbia tags also may be summoned before the sub- and did not have a District permit as | commitiee. required by law. Chairman Means, in announcing the “The State of Maryland will not action of the subcommittee, said that permit drivers from other States, in-|the authority given it by the full cluding the District of Columbia. to |judiciary committee to hold hearings. operate cars in that State bearing limited the hearings to 12 days, 6 davs Maryland plates unless they have a | for each side on the prohibition ques- Maryland permit. The same proce-|tion. The purpose was to give both dure applies in many other States. |sides free rein to present such argu This rule applies conversely in the | ments as thev desired, and if either District of Columbia, in accordance |side did not care to use all of the time with a law .laid down by Congress. ‘flllml-d that was their lookout. Each Consequently, a Maryland driver can. | side, under the plan, was permitted to not operate a car bearing District |call whom it chose plates without obtaining a District| The vote of the committee was as operator’s permit. follows: Against issuing subpoenas: We are continting to issue permits | Senators Means, Goff, West Virgini in the District of :.Um*a to all those | Harreld, Oklahoma. and Walsh, Mon who are qualified, a ©~ is, there.|tana. Senator Reed of Missouri voted fore, no reason why .1, person duly |alone for issuing subpoenas. ~_| Senator Means said that the action of the committee today in declining | to issue subpoenas at the request of | the wets still left the committee with the power to summon witnesses after M “{Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) BROOKHART-STECK CASE IS POSTPONED ‘Senate Defers Action Until Mon- day When Majority Is Unable to Make Report. | Senate consideration of the Brook- | hart-Steck Iowa senatorial contest | was deferred today until Monday. | The agreement to postpone consid- | eration was reached because Chairman Ernest of the Senate elections com- mittee was not prepared to present | the majority report. Senator Stephens, | Democrat, Mississippi, author of the | minority report, said he favored pre- | senting his argument after the ma- | jority side had been heard. Seniator Borah served notice on®&he Senate last night that he would in- sist on taking up the case at 2 o'clock | today, and it then was agreed to go | ahead with the minority argument re. | gardless of whether the majority was | rveady. This position was reiterated | early today. but after a series of con. | ferences agreement was reached to | bring it up next week. ! Dancing Phantom With Cry Like Child’s| Haunts Farmhouse Occupied by 2 Girls By the Associated Press. : STONINGTON, Conn.. Aprill 2. game warden of Mystic, today undeértook a search of the Horace D. Miner farm here for traces of a strange areature said to have been molesting Mildred - and | Murjel Miner, voung girls living alone in the old Miner farmhouse. The search was to cover the woods and wamp of the 2,000-acre estate, The girls, whose father died about a month ago, reported that a fear-in- spiring figure, scarce human in ap- pearance, lurked about the house, danced on the summit of a rock 300 feot from the doar, Aad uttered cries i like those of an infant. They pro- fessed to believe that an attempt was being made to force them to leave the place and sell the farm. The young women are living alone in the farmhouse. An aged caretaker resigned yesterday. Muriel Miner sald today that the man believed in ghosts and was terrified at the situation. “Every time a blind blew with the wind or the cowshed door squeaked he persisted in saying it was a ghost,” the girl sald. “When the strange creature was first seen we told him it ‘was a real ghost. He was so frighten- ed that his teeth chattered and his knt knocked together.” 4 | completed. the 12 days of the hearing had been if there are any points brought out at the hearing which the subcommittee itself desires to clear up. Drys Favored, Says Edge. Senator Edge said after the com- mittee meeting that it was parent the subcommittee’s action had been in the interest of the drys and to pre- | vent the wets from bringing out all the evidence which might be obtained for modification of the prohibitien law He said that in the list of wit- | nesses which he had submitted to the subcommittee were many State and municipal officials who could not well leave their jobs and come to Wash ington to testify. Fie said that they had valuable information to offer. but could not be expected to volunteer ft. The position taken by the major ity of the subcommittee in declining to iesue subpoenas was that this is to be a hearing earnestly asked for by the wets, and not an investiga- tion initiated by the Senate commit tee itself. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, said that for weeks the wets have been clamoring for a hear- ing and had represented to the Senate committee that there were plenty of men and women of high character and standing who would appear to testify on their side. Senator Edge said there was no’ rpose on the part of himself or the Other Senators who believe in modifl cation of the prohibition laws Aot to go ahead with the hearing. evan though the subcommittee had declinee to summon the witnesses they desired. He insisted ‘the subcommittee ‘was splitting haifs to favor the drys. A tentafive schedule for the hear- ings, which begin Monday, has been set by the subcommittee. They will run from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. and from 30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. each day. Man Killed in $35 Robbery. NEW YORK, April 2 (#.—Leuis Rothman, superintendent of an East Side building. was shot and-killed to- day by two robbers making their es. cape with $35 after holding up a laun- dry. The robbers fled in & walting taxicgb. ¢