Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (T, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain this afternoon and tonight, colder tonight: tomorrow fair and cold er: lowest temperature ahout 34 de- grees. Highest, at 4:30 p.m. ves. terday: lowest, 40, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 No. 29,922. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. MERGER GIVEN 30 DAYS TO DISSOLVE Federal Court Orders Ward Corporation to Suriender : Charter to Maryland. er the Potomar and ' el line railro o* Commerce. Roard nf Trade and other ri notential menace (o logical carrying out or Aslinet menace” 1o A veniure' By e nrihesi stretch of imagin THs Siar vx ‘printing the testimony o helt line raiiroads "thoy iting the damage Interorence 1ith ety planning | Soecial Dicpateh 10 The Star | OMAHA. Nebr., April 3. The big-| zest problem that faced the City Plan- | | ning Commission of Omaha, when it/ |drafted a new zoning ordinance, was | the belt line railroad, which encircles | the city. The first section of this belt {line was built in 1883, and extended again in 1892. The original grant was Complete Separation of Three Con-|made to what was known as the Omaha Belt Railway Co. Later it was cerns Also Provided Under taken over by the Missouri Pacific Consent Decree. DIRECTS CAPITAL STOCK CUT IN GENERAL BAKING | Railroad Corporation of Nebraska. | When the belt line was created it | skirted the eity, but Omaha de sped and grew in population the belt line was hurdled, until now the greater part of the better residential | sections of the city lie outside the belt | line. . As a result there is in Omaha todays a sharp hreak. with the resi BELTLINE SCHENE | IS HRDBLON Senate’s Hands Off Until i 1. C. C. Rules on Question- able Need of Project. as Bv the Associated Prass RALTIMOR Md April Ward Food Products Corporation corporated under Maryland laws with an assessed capitalizution of $2.000 urrender The in | to dissolve within its charter a consent decree is A. Soper, in today 30 dave and 0 the sned by udge Morris Federal District Court he capital Corp that the Raking e provides also stock of the General tion shall he decreased and orders complete separation of the Ward Bakinz Corporation, the Gen- eral Baking Corporation and the Con- tinental Raking Corporation. Result of Government Suit. The decree is the outzrowth of petition in equity filed by the Govern- ment against seven corporations and eight individuals last February, al lozing a “huze combination in the | haking industry.” Answers filed on | March 24 and Apsil 1 by the accused | corporations and individuals uniform- Iy denied the Govirnmen tions, declarinz a me seribed 10 Le rendered imy by the nature of the indusiry The cases never came to trial deer is Representatives of husiness and interests of the District of o of Montgomary and Prince « Countles, Md.. and of Arling. | ten County. Va., have expressed ela and | tion over the action of the Senate todav's decree. entered with the con. | committee on commerce in taking the sent and knowledze of the accused | stand that all bridge bills first must corporations. ix expected to end the | he passed upon by the Interstate Com- | litlgation. It follows conferences be. | mgrce Commission, for this stand | Z‘;T?.l.’:fi‘:{‘;‘,',,'“',.,‘;',',?,’.’;'Z.‘,\Zji,,’,'}?}; K.T.;i\ilml\ affects the proposal of the the alleged “bread trust | \Washington and Loughborough Belt | e and Terminal Co. to erect | i'road hiidge across the Potomac just above Chain Rridge as A" part of the proposed belt line skirt ‘ = the National Capital. but just suit { across the line in Maryland and Vir dineoeally, in Sdaition to complets | KUt the project {s ot forever killed by | ucts Corporation. the decree provides | the action of the commission. the ac for the following: | tion of the Senate committee will se. Reduction of A non.voting | riousiy impede it progress, as doubt stock of the General Bakinz Corpora. hae been expressed that the lmernla'; tion from 5.000,000 shares tn 2,000.00) | Commerce Commission can compiste | shares. the corporation heinz enjolned, | 18 Study of the scheme in time for | oieq! the 000,000 shares 1o be can: | FOC qaion find no ohjection to the Certification by counsel to the court | 1egislation it is exceedingiy question- that William B. Ward has completely | able that it ever could run the gaunt Vquidated his heldinzs — 1.000.000 ' let in Congress. Past decisions of the shares—in the capital voting stock of | Commerce Commission in belt line the General P Corporation caxes. hawever, cause opponents of Increaze of the number of di I the line tn helieve that the fatal blow of the General Bakin: e Wil be struck by the commission from three to seven itself. William B, Ward Enjoined. ] New Policy Annos njoining the Ward Baking Cor-| Senator Hiram Bingham of Con ion. General Bakinz Corpora- | necticut vesterday announced to the nd Continental from acquiring, Senate a new policy in the n_\a!ur of or exerci control of each |the consideration of bridge bills com- capital stack the capital ing before his subcommittee on &tock of any other corporations en-|hridges of the Senate committee on gaged in interstale commerce, where commerce. the effect will he to substantially limit “1 asl competition: and from enterinz into | order, contracts or agreements for purchase floor yesterday, “to make an infor:| of supplies. materials or equipment of mal report from the committee on for common prices or common mar-, commerce with regard to the new pol- keting policies. fey on bridges. in =0 far as to sav ining William B. Ward. George | that Senators who are interested in G and Paul H. Helms. char- | bridge bills concerning railroad acterized by the Government the | bridges would be interested to know triumvirate controlling and directing | that It is the opinion of the commit- the bakinz industry” from acquiring | tee that betore a bill zranting the or holding voting stock in more than | consent of Congress for the construc- i or e o) e d fan tion of a ranread bridge over a nav The petition as rezards individual | jgable stream should be reported by defendants other than Ward, Barber the committee the proponents of the and Helms is dismissed. they being re- measure should be a railroad com- garded as “merely nominal factors in ! pany now in existence, with a proper S Idustcy charter, with a proposal approved by These are Howard B. Ward, Wil the Interstate Commerce (' mmission liam Deininger. J. W. Rumbough, R. | for an additional line which would | E. Peterson and George S. Smith. [ concern a bridge. or else they should " o) br to the committee a statement SMBED ATION. ehowing that the Interstate Com. | merce Commission has considered the | I new railroad propesed and approved | of it. and that hefore it can be con- structed the bridge must necessarily be approved by Congress.” This new policy, it i understood, is a direct outgrowth of the efforts of the Loughborough belt line propo- nents to get authority for the bridge tor their proposed, lifie. it having been chown at tne hearing on the meas. ure iast Saturday that the line was not one in éxistence. but that all it had was a charter from the Corpora- dis-| yjon Commission of Virginia. Sen and indi- ator Bingham also pointed out that denied the the application should be a rallroad combination now in existenc Government Railroads Oppose Move. tion." He & that such combina- | the Ward K Products I'n”lvnannn.‘ \.h,':.;: ’:.2‘: As a_marter of fact, representatives ordered dissolved in the decree, “was | Of the big raiiroads now in existence, not designed to combine several baR. | And whom it was suggested by the ing companies. but 1o bring into one | Proponents would use the proposed ownership various mplementary, | line, have put their roads on recor non-competitive enterprises. By the | A8 being unalterably opposed to the decree this plan ix abandoned | proposed bridge and its consequent Disposition of vequired | belt line development as being a de- i the decree has 3 : been made, velopment not needed or required ne said ' under any circumstances around the sion, it is sald, has heen most slow . National Capiial. COMMITTEE GIVES 0' K' in the p: 10 approve belt line de. | eivic Decree One of Most Sweeping. '3 The decres was re. River Court and hy Department of Justice representatives as one of the most | sweeping ever entered in an anti-trust ed in Federal class tors Ca tion ced. po tion holdin other o unanimous consent. out of said Senator Bingham. on the as Chairman Says Merger Accepted Or- dor t0 Avert Expense. YORK. April 3 (). —The con decree 1ssued in Balimore today orderinz separation of several large baking companies was accepted ‘he. cause it relieved all of an annoying and expensive litization.” George Barber. chairman of the hoard of the | Continental Baking Corporation, an. nounced in a statement In the answers of sentents. hoth corporate #dual.” he said. “each existence of any such as charged by the and any plan for any all the ¢h ODIDIORIND s, Fesmovma, ameas, |Grade Crossings Menace Life—City Planners Find Serious Problems as Result of Railway 1/1er'y opposed by vesidents and ‘oficials of Virginin ond Maryland and (he (hambe | posed in Congress WASHINGTON, [} | | | Nuisances Are Created. Editor's Note.——Ceriain interesis avs asking for authority to ronsiruci a bridge ad _around Washingion — They are heing ivic organigations of Washinglon, 1who see Greater Washington aevelopmeni pl $125.000.000 esiablished residential values and insist (F ration is not needed ! nther cities as to their experience with wrought ‘1o residential property valuss and Al 0f “these cities are indusivial in character. dential areas of the city cut almost in two by the industrial district that run along on either side of the bheit line. When the City Planning Commis sion drew up its new zoning ordinance in 1924, it had no alternative. The only thing that could be done was to declare all property along the belt line industrial property, open Lo practicaliy | any kind of business enterprise. This has already brought one court action. Following passage of the new zon ing ordinance a paving contractor es. tablished an asphalt plant on a belt line site. This site was only a few hundred feet from what 10 vears ago were residential properties. I’roperty | owners in the neighborhood com plained to the City Council that smoke | (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) PROMBITION FOES START HOT FIGHT Hill Leads Opposition to Giv- ing D. C. Police Right of Interstate Pursuit. Indications that the Treasury's legislative proposal tg,authorize Wash- ington police to cross State lines in pursuit of bootleggers will he op cropped out today as arangements were heing ed | forward for hearings opening Mon day hefore a Senate subcommittee on bills to modify the Volstead act. Prospects today pointed to a merr) hoiling of the legislative hopper. as both wet and dry measures are under consideration and Congress is to bhe pressed for action hefore adjournment Opposition 1o the Treasury bill. in troduced vesterday afternoon in the Senate by Senator Goff of West Vir- ginia, was voiced by Representative Hill of Maryland, head of the unof cial modification committee of the House. who always has been opposed to Washington police operating in Maryland, even under Federal au- thority. Maryland Pry Raids Stopped. At the present time Capt. Guy F. Burlingame and about 30 other Wash- ington police are armed with badges and the authority of agents of the In- ternal Revenue Rureau prohibition unit. In the past they have made ex cursions into Maryland, where they say much of the corn liquor for Wash ington originates. but Representative Hill «nd others volced such vigorous protest that this practice substantially has been stopped. it was said today Federal prohibition agents. however, operating out of the local office. have heen making raids in Maryland. Un der the new hill presented yesterday. with eight amendments to prohi bition act tightening up enforcement Washington police would he permitted to follow violators across the District line in any direction ‘11 is proposed.” said Mr. Hill. “that the District of Columbfa. which in Federal jurisprudence occupies the position of a sovereign State. may | send its police officers, with power to execute writs, into another sovereign State. “It is a fundamental principle of Federal law that the police of New York have no authority in New Jer- sey. 1t is an equally fundamental principle of Federal law that the po lice of the District of Columbia hav absolutely no power in Maryland. | The Distriet of Columbia authorities admitted this to me some months | ago, and promised to discontinue the | very course of action Gen. Andr!\l!; proposes. i Sees Principle Violated. | “If a_ person commits an offense | in the District of Columhia and zoes imo Maryland he can be returned to the District only through extradi tion proceedings. Gen. Andrews' pro posals wipe out the fundamental guarantees of State self-government. The proposals show that Gen. An- drews knows even less about the fundamental principles of constitu tional law than I supposed he knew." | In the hearings to open Monday on bills by Senators Edge of New Jer-| sev and Bruce of Maryland, the modi- | fication forces have been allotted the | first week of the hearings to present | thelr case. The drys have been al- lotted the second week, and are ex-| pected 1o urge a favorable report | on the prohibition law amendments recommeneed by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews to increase | enforcement. The amendment presented by the | Treasury of most direct interest to Washington concerning the power of local police was commented upon by | Gen. Andrews. in his letter of trans-| mittal to Congress vesterday as fol-| lows: 5 At present the national prohibition | act is the only dry law for the District. This section is designed to enable local authorities to exercise local police power in the matter of violations of this Jaw, and will be most helpful to (Continued on Page 4, Column 4. | i | | | The Interstate Commerce Commis- TO ARBORETUM BILL (Continued on Page 4. Column 6.) Tomb of 2,111 Unknown Union Soldiers' Will Favorably Report Meas “e, : But Reduces Proposed Expenditure From $500.000 to $300.000. To Be Kept by Da Impressive services will he held | | tomorrow at the tomb of the un- A bill to establish a national arbore. | oo " Gaiere of the Union arm: tum In Washington was approved to-| "\ o civil War in Arlington day by the House agriculture com- | y v ¢, Care of the sar- mittee. The proposed expenditure was | 1onal C'mfl"",“ B Ret AL e cut by the committee from $300,000 to | cOPhagus, in which rest 2. al $300.000. ‘wlll be turned over by the Grand The same measure. carrying $300,-| Army of the Republic, Department 000, has been reported favorably by a ' of the Potomac, to the younger hands Swateioommiies of the Daughters of Union Veterans | of the Civil War. | At the services marking the forma! transfer of this trust, which all pa- | triotic organizations are invited to degrees in the shade yestarday Buenos | attend, the Daughters of Veterans Aires sweltered under a great heat | will place on the tomb a wreath, wave. Thie temperature is most ‘un- | which will be replaced the first Sun- usual for the drgentine Autumn. day of each month, and thus kept ) Buenos Aires Hit by Heat Wave. BITENOR AIRES, April 3 (P).— With the thermometer registering » 1 | trust. ughters of Veterans in perpetuity as an emblem of their | The services will include a short| program by the Daughters, members | of the G. A. R. and the Sons of Veterans. The Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent, comprising nearly 300 mem- bers, and of which Miss Anna Hage is president, will have charge of the program. Services also will Tuesday, at 1 o'clock, by the De- partment of the Potomac, Woman's Relief Corps, at the Stephenson Mon- ument, on Seventh street near Penn- sylvania avenue, in honor of the G. A. R. founder. Mrs. Caroline M. Gury, president of the department, har asked members of the order to attend. he held next | ¢ Foend | Coune | Couneil L on and | Swanton |dral | the WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “© 3, D. C, SATURDAY, APRIL FEDERATION MEETS TONIGHT TO ELECT SIX COUNCILMEN Field of 17 Candidates From Which to Pick Remaining Members of Board. INVITATIONS LIMITED TO CITIZENS’ SESSION Dr. George H. Richardson and G. T. Beason Already Renamed as D. C. Colored Representatives. colored representa- the Citizens' Advisory | for the next vear already | the Federation of Citizens tions will meet tonight in the Building to elect the six re- councilmen. The Federa Assoctations last night two men who have| reprasented the colored population | the council since its creation George H. Richardson and George | Reason | Final arrangemedts for the hallot-! With tives the on chosen, Assocl District maining tion of « re-elected the ny Star. 1926— FORTY The Star's every city bl Yesterday's PAGES * (#) Means Associated | vears—firet | ment and ing tonighi have heen completed, it! was announced today by Jesse .| Suter, president of the federation and ex officio chairman of the coun oil. The only detall not vet com-{ pleted is the appointment of the tellars. and that will he done im-| mediately preceding the election. | Ballots Turned Over. The two glass-paneled ballot hnxp«; hich have heen stored away since the last election were hrought out ind dusted off this morning hy David Rahp. secretray of the federation My, Bahp alse turned over to Mr Suter the printed hallots and the 1allv sheets. The meeting will start promntly ai | o'clock and the election will fol- low immediately after the readinz and annroval of the minutes of the last session of the federation as the special order of husiness. Recatse of the limited capacity of the hoard- voom in the District Building, cards of adrals have heen issued to)ing under obscurity of furs the 26 dahz.\uq,‘unh ane visliors | and overcoats s Rt card to each delegate in addition. | 0 CEERIAALE FINTE teR Special invitations also have heen | nent l:‘r\ Senators Phipps and Capper | hreeze are horne put and the popu Renresentatives Zihlman and !lace casts aside vinity for prudenc the District Commissioners | “Fair and colddr the forecast Td F. Colladay and Charles | for tomorrow, with the thermometer S, Shreve, as well as a few others | expected to creep down te prominently Identified with eivie | fIEREEET 10 SISER B0 10 & i SN e morning. With a northwest wind Committee Appointed. holding forth throughout the day ting will be In charge of [ the temperature s not expected to a enmmit‘ee appointed today by | R0 much over 40 degrees during the Chaleman Suter. It is composed of | midafternoon hours of the wonted Dr. Charlas B. Campbell of the Mount | fashion parade through the Capital's Pleasant Citizens' Assaciation. Tim- | select thoroughfares. The Weather othy §. Tincher of the Petworth Citi- | Byreau, however, was willing o bank 7ens’ Assoclation and Selden M. Elv [on the prediction that no rain or of the North Capitol Citizens’ Asso- | ather form of moisture would add ciation it= hlight to the chill air in prospect g The District’s inopportune relapse election. it ia expected there will be ({o near-Winter weather will he shared little. if any. delay m selecting the |hy practically six who will complete the composition | of the country, with freezing tempera of the council. Those who have been | tures predicted generally for the sec. following closely the campaigns of the [ tions north of Maryland and snow various nominees predict that four of | flurries in the offing for the lower e 413 WO ars candldates T0r realec: |'Talke vekion, . Father wekt the fresse tion will be returned. They are W. I Harry N. Stull, George R Wales and George C. Havenner. Mr. Swanton is supported by the Columbia ! Heights and Mount Pleasant Citizens’ | Associations and the Washington Chapter of the Engineers. Sponsoring | ca Mr. Stull are the Lincoln Park. Stan- | will continue fo blow more or less ton Park and Brookland Citizens’ As-|lustily throughout the night and soctations and hvh- Jii'.l‘&‘:!-é.?“"k'«’r’ | tomorraw. '\‘\'-.{.Z"JL’, :r?- ?:nr*klng of the he-| ATLANTIC CITY REJOICES, Helghts Citizens' Association. ek while Mr. Havenner is supported by Anacostia, FEast _Washington. Kenilworth, Benning. Randle High-| lands and Congress Heights Citizens’ | Associations. The remaining nominees include F. M. Cannon, sponsored by the Wash- ington Highlands Citizens' Assecia- tion: Proctor L. Dougherty, Chevy (Continued on Page 4, Column 2,) BRITISH REPULSE TRIBE ONSLAUGHT Full Many a Frock of Ray Serene Beneath Fur Coat Will Blush Unseen. | i a2 | The varicolr som out | of new raiment wil' do their hlossom ed frocks due ta hlos wrape man’s Funk is and Edw: to a The = 17 eandidates will stand for | southern Mississippi The northwest winds that are hear ing the colder weather this way are due to set in tonight. They will clear the skv of clouds which promised to cause showers here this afternoon and Fine Weather in Prospect and Plans Made for Visitors. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., April | P).—Atlantic City and its famous E: 200,000 persons. With a dav of sunshine expected, hotel men and eity authorities have {eooperated to take care of a swarm of visitors, the Lifeguards’ Reneficial Association even preparing to stand hv any venturesome souls who take an early plunge in the surf. “The Boardwalk Reauty Squad.” 17 policemen selected for their dashing appearance in uniform. will patrol the (Contirmed on Page 2, Column 4. RUM RUNNERS FACE AIR WAR IN SOUTH | Three Planes to Fight Prohibition Cause in Florida—One in Georgia. Armored Cars and Planes Used in Resisting Force of 2,000 at Irak Border. By the Associated Press BAGDAD, Irak. April 3.—Two thou sand Syrian and Arab tribesmen have been repelled by British forces. The tribesmen planned a surprise attack on troops of the Kingdom of Irak, guarding the frontier. Learn-| ing of the intended foray, the British: | who hold the mandate over ak | brought up armored cars to reinforce po 1 4 oriated Pre the native guard i When the tribesmen swept ac 3. Fed. officers PENSACOLA, Fla.. Apri eral prohibition enforcement the frontier, hent upon quickly seat- | oo P S HOL L eampaign today | tering King Feisal's men. they were ;g ing jjjjcit liquor distillers and run soon thrown Into disorder as ners. Planes of Navy type will he guns In the British armored cars be- | qqyippeq for warfare on both land and gan to bark and the machine: RUN® | ¢op “anq will hunt the liquor law were opened upon them. To add to!violators in the glades as well as along their discomfiture British AIrpIANes | the bayous of the coast carried out hombing operations. The Philip F. Hamback, Federal prohibi tribesmen fled in disorder. They left |tion administrator for Florida. with 45 dead on the field. wounded were taken away in the re- | taday to complete negotiations for the treat. |airplanes. Four planes will he honght The British say that prior to the at- {403 qjstributed in Florida and Geor tack they instructed the Irak guard |50 Xl ECE B g dquarters for TOGREET PARADERS for Easter Sundayv's parade northwest | mini- | Many of their | five members of his force, arrived here | | men appeared. when the tribes. B h"!(”‘l::t:r the tribesmen were defeated the British prevented the Irak guard from pursuing them across the frontier. FRENCH DEFFEAT DRUSES, Hermon Ridge Cleared of Rebels, With Heavy Losses. BEIRUT, Syria, April 3 (. Hermon Ridge has been completely freed of the rebels, who suffered heavy losses, according to French ad- vices received today. The French lost 10 killed. Mount Hermon fs about 40 miles southwest of Damascus. It was in this region. centering about the town of Kouneitra, that the French yester. day opened their long heralded offen. sive against the Druse tribesmen. 4 |the aerial prohi-squadron, one plane | being maintained there, while at { Miami two planes will do duty. The other ship will be stationed at Savan- ! nah, Ga. | Tracking the liquor manufacturer lon land has proved a hard task in Florida because of the inaccessible na- |ture of many swamp and glad sec. tions. Lonely nooks along the coast have also provided cover for the rum | runner, and it w: use of airplanes will enable officers to | hunt down liquor hands that otherwise | would escape. : IO the B type. the airplanes HS-2 have a speed of 90 miles an hour, and will be piloted hy experienced fiyers with records in Army and Navy avi ation. age 32. s believed that the | the entire Eastern half | is expected to extend down as far as | l 4| him in the House. Boardwalk are looking to an annuai|Of Vermont. who is a long-time friend ster parade of fashion tomorrow of | of President Coolldge, and who s act- | | | { | | 1ast Famed Last Man’s Club Dwindles to w5 MemberGET RN ASH Bt et Nusociala STILLWATER. Minn., April 3 The l.ast Man's Club, with a roster of 34 Minnesota Civil War Veter ans four decades ago, has dwindled to three. Death of Emil Graff at St Cloud Fla leaves but John S&. Goff, St Paul Minn. Charles Lockwood Chamberlain, S Dak., and Peter Hall, Atwater, Minn., to carry on for the merry group that first met here July 21, 1885, Al were soldiers in the st Min nesota Volunteer Infantry, and an. nually since then members in di minishing numbers have gathered here for a hanquet A hottle of wine which has re. posed in a bank vault since the first meeti il be opened by the last survivin member to toast his departed comrades. Goff, Lockwood and Hall plan to gather here next July 21 The bot- tle of wine will he hrought forth and placed on the festive board, but ot opened. PROBE OF FENNING MONDAY 1S SOUGHT Gibson Expected to Insist on Inquiry by House Dis- trict Committee. Leaps Curb and Pounces on Quarry With Crash—Pe- destrians Flee. | A wild dash by a speeding rum car. with a police car in close pursuit, | | startled hundreds of Government em ploves en route to work this morning | and ended when both cars piled up on | a vacant 1ot in South Washington The alleged bootleg car, with 4% | quarts of liquor and three colored oe. | cupants were taken | A new contrivance devised to make the police car hackfire and produce a | succession of explosive noises. similar | |10 pistol shots. was emploved in the | {rhase. and scores of pedestrians along {the route of the flight ducked for| cover in fear of fiving bullets. Not a shot was fired. however, aceording tn | | Detective Howard Ogle. who engt | | neared the pursut. Ogle started in pursunit of the sus pected machine shortly before 9 |oclock the speeding cars whizzing | along Fourteenth street past the De partment of Agriculture and Bureau of Engraving to B street and then skidding east to Southwest Washing ton. Ogle stated that many persons had to jump for their lives to xet out of the way of the flesing car. and | parked cars at many points wers in | danger of being sideswiped Ogle finally overtook his quarry at Sixth and X streets southwest, where he followed the alleged rum carrier over the curh and onto a lot. Both _ With the support of the Republican | “#fi.f"!'::i-{"-'éd s dr:l‘::::-ed as eaders in the House and in the rules| Marion Jackson. 28. of 509 Gibbons (policy and program) committee, a de. : Anna Farrar termined effort will he made Monday and Loufs| at a special meeting of the House Dis- of Alexandria. Va. All wera| trict committee to start an investiga- {:fl”"'%;"‘"" ”f‘:!ll e o 2 tatio ;i ansportation of liquor, and Jackson. e e e | dFiver of theicar, was gives an add) ss 4 INE. | tional charge of reckless driving. as a result of charges made against WASHINGTON GIRL WINS. | Representative Gibson, Republican, NEW MacKay, YORK. April A 16-year-old Western High School, D. C.. today won a_poster contest | sponsored by the National Plant, Fruit and Flower Guild, in which sev. | eral thousand high school students | | participated. The award carried a cash prize of $50 “Share yvour flowers chosen by the guild for the poster which will be exhibited throughout | the country as an appeal for flower fruits and’ delicacies for institutions Second prize of $25 was awarded Raymond C. Bertrand, 17. of Poly. technic High School. San Franciseo, 3 (®).—Jean student of | Washington, | ing for the Republican House organi zation. is expected to lead the fight for an investigation by the District committee. Representative Blanton Democrat, of Texas, who first made the charges in the House against Commissioner Fenning. who has a resolution of investization pending he- fore the rules committee, and who at the meeting of the District committee Wednesday stated that he had been encouraged by leaders in the House to believe that he would he granted an investigation by the rules or some other committee, with author- ity to subpoena witnesses and force testimony from recalcitrant witnesses, has announced that he will oppose an investigation by the District commit. | e |Proud Owner Gets Fatal Kick When He Exhibits Mule' Br the Associated Pre VILLISCA., Towa. April 3. -A friendly slap on the haunch of his mule resuited in the death of Emil Hecke. a farmer living northwest of here, Hacke took some friends Into the barn to show them his mule: Pausing near one. he slapped t animal fondly on the haunch and said: “Here's a real mule.” The mule drew up his hind feet and kicked, striking Hecke in the abdomen. He collapsed and died almost in stantly, was the title Other Matters Up First. The attitude of the rules commit tee is that it has many other impor- tant and pressing matters before it that it would look with faver on hav |ing a preliminary investigation made |. to see if there was reasonable cause for a thorough investigation. The first effort Monday will be to have the investigation limited to Mr. Fenning's administration, but this will lead to an effort to broaden the investigation to include any irregu- | larities in the District government that the committee might deem ad visable to study and report recom mendations for remedies. The failure of the trafic director and other District officials to obey the law rezarding the issuance of au tomobile drivers’ permits will come up for attack as an il tion of (Continued on Page 2, Column ( N en. Feng to Exile Self for Seven Years | As Common Laborer, Atoning for Sins . BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. | By Cable to The Star and Chieago Daily N MOSCOW, April 3.—Feng Yu- Hsiang, the so-called Christian gen- eral, intends to emulate" the biblical atonement, serving seven years of | before returning to resume active self-imposed exile from his beloved | part in the political Iife of China, car. China, according to a dispatch to the Soviet News Agenc ! Yat-Sen through the Kuomintang." The dispatch says Feng proposes to | serve his banishment in Russia. 1 positively intend to zo to Moscow and secure employment as an ordi nary werkman in a factory or mill the' dispatch quotes him. labor surroundings I expect ‘to ac- quire a poliiical education and inves. | the combination of Wu Pei-Fu tigate all phases of the political and | Chang Tso-Lin. economie eituation in Ruseia. (Copyright, 1976, by Chicago Daily News Co.) A A “This will not mean changed condi- tions .for me, because 1 was born in a humble stonecutter's famil {his wife and children in the capital of Mongolia. which Russia recognizes as a republic. He says the repuise of the People's army was not a de- and Maximum Annuity Raised | Service Commission ( | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers ock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed Circulation, 102,142 TWO CENTS. RETIREMENT BILL HELD SURE T0 WIN COOLIDGE'S ASSENT Press. ‘Slight Changes in Measure | Believed to Bring It Beyond His Objections. COMMITTEE TO PRESENT REAL COST TO PRESIDENT to $1.200. and Figure 40 Is Chosen as Divisor to Be Used. BY W1 P. KENNEDY. The liberalized retirement bill or dered favorablv reported the Houge vesterday bv the commit on the civil serviee. and which he reported on Mondav, In its mast important provisians me the wishes of the Government employes as urged by the ioint conference nn civil mervice retirement. which h heen working for than zet retiremant principle accepted the Govern then the liberaliz- equali provisons tn more the by to zet ta ing or d ed he chairman and members of the committee helieve that President Coolidge has been ill-advised as the cost of liberalizing provisions and they express confidence that when the actual figures are shown him he will find the bill as reported not in conflict with his financial policy Several Changes Made. They believe that this trie, because the committ made several minor amendments to the bill which have the effect of re ducing, by several million dollars, the obligation that the Government as sumes and generally lowering the cost to the Government materially Chairman Lehlbach and other mem bers of the House civil service com mittee are to confer with the Pre: dent and with the director of the = ap especially vesterda | reau of the Budget to show what they figure will be the actual cost of the liberalized retirement bill The liberalized retirement bill would apply from the date it becomes af fective (which is the first day of the second month next following the pas. sage of the act) to the benefit of the more than 12.000 persons now on the retirement roll. many of whom are in actual need Thera are now employes undar retirement law, actuaries’ report 388622 Government the purview of the according to the who would be di | rectiy benefited by the liberalized pro visions. Tt previouslv was estimated that there were 425.000 affected by the retirement act E The most ‘mpo bill as reported mittee are (1) An increase in annuity from $i° ' uncer the present law. to $1.200 with proportionate in- creases all alone tke line (2) Acceptance ot the figure 4n as a diviser in_ omputing annuities, instead of 45. The salary of an em- ploye for the last 10 year- of his em ployment by the num's. of vears of service and then divided by 40 to com pute the annuity. This change to the 40 divisor is of great importance, especially to the low-salaried e ploves t features of the the House com- the maximum Age Limits Are Fixed. 3) The age for optional retiremen Aafter 30 vears of service, is placed 60 vears for railway mail clerks. for mechanics. letter carriers and la borers. and 65 for departmental. Ther 18 no provision in the present law for optional retirement. (4) The retirement age in the pres law is 62 for railway mail clerks. 5 for mechanics, letter carriers, post office clerks and laborers, and 70 for the departmental clerical forces. The bill to be reported makes no chanze in this reticement age. This is gen erally referred 1o as “compulsory re. tirement.” The new hill was designed to ecove, in the retirement law certain groups of emploves who have not heretofore been within the purview of the law These include the American employes of the Panama Railroad in the Pan ama Canal Zone, which is Government owned and operated: employes in the offices of the solicitors for the several departments of the Government: the | employes of the office of the Ragiste: of Wills and the Recorder of Deeds, Present Weakness Cited. It was brought out at the hearings before the joint committee of House and Senate on the question of liberal izing the present law that the meager | annuities now provided in a large de- gree defeat the real purpose of the act This was laid to the fact that when employes reach the retirement age or become disabled. realizing the meager annuity they would he entitled to, use every influence they can to remain in | the service. Administrative officials in a report replyipg to a questionnaire of the Civil four years ago testified that the law defeats its pur- pose by not making the Federal serv ice attractive to the type of workers who should prove valuable to the | Government if they could be induced to make Government service their life work. And because it tends to retain in ! the service those who have outlived their usefulness. Will H. Hays. then Postmaster GGen eral, said, “The retirement law has not had that stabilizing effect that might have heen expected by reason of | the fact that the maximum amount ox the annulty is so low as to be entirel inadequate to provide for the neces sities of the annuitant and those de. pendent upon him for support.” Outside Competition Keen. ‘The chief of finance of the War De- partment reported that “the induce- ments in the way of annuities are too and | joy to hold the younger employes if started life as a plain soldier. I in- | gpportunity arises for employment in tend to remain in Russia seven years | commereial concerns.” The lowest annuity at present is about $8 a month: many run from $15 ying out the principles of Dr. Sun to $20. which is held quite evidently not enough. The maximum annuity is Gen. Feng now is a refugee with | now §720, for those who have received $1,200 for the last 10 vears of their service, and have served 30 vears. The maximum under the proposed liberalized act would be $1.200, while “Amid | feat. but merely a strategic retreat, |the minimum annuity would be §1% and prophesies an early break-up of (A month, with proportionate increases all_up the line. The committee has agreed upon 40 Tontinued on Page 2, Column