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it 5. 1926. 4 THFE EVFNTNG STAR, WASHTNGTO , D. C., MONDAY, APRIL e e e e ATIONAL PARK BILL RAFTIYG S BEGU Commission Starts Wor With Money for Purchase Already Subscribed. "he Southern App rk Commussior med that suflicient money »scribed by the public for t.c 1se of both nreas, today b k of formally drafting ti ich it is expected will rks in ihe Park Blue Ka and the Gre located in t Caro.in en it ? i ndoah the ne s of Virginia ational Park, of North i unta.; ¥ this of the from in charge > commission tment reports at have beer gn in Virgnia, No «roling and Te e rais ugh money ch a public a 1 to purchase the two areas ar sint them to the Federal Gover nt as the outstanding type ea the Rocky Mountains tor ks. Virginia Oversubseribed. Col. M. J. Benchof?, president Shenandoah National Park A ation, Inc., informed the comm Virginia alone had o s quota of $1,200,000. 1 ! subscriptions of $1.24¢ ed that the Old Dominic completed its drive to make ccrt ndoah National P: hed before the pres adiourns. These figures into_consideration the District of Columbia h ) suhseribe. pman, of dire Mountain Ce ind head of the joint commi raise the necessal eat Smoky rolina Tem 00 et rec:.ved ttecs *hoard Ky and Tei 1 that 1 8843 0 nd these two is a trife ‘hat the hain Park Commis- he supporters of the would have to wwm quota rn Ap had told p: ala lge they Ternessee Offers Help. yas shown, however, that o Tennesse had far oversu ed its s of faced with t Carolina indicating that (pman towd the commission that rik failed the time ion in Congre: ennessee would accept antee the | the 00,000 that must be pledged before rdded burden and g necessury to make up park can be created. was pointed out by members of the at the fact that the min- im quotss have now been passed in the slightest degree imission t S not lesger tional | rning nauona er chairman of ors of the Great ervation Com- Nationa! | ee alone North the e burden, and figures trom there be a substantial sho-tage, Col. to subscribe the bill Yfl'l"léd many times t the great prosperity in the Uni.ed Siaces Is duc { +0 p-ohibition. ~ He insisted that there | WAS NOWLNE. W prove Jus wed wuded. “Prohib.t.on does not exist in Can | #da outside or some of ity maritime | provinces in Untario, which, however, } 40 not lack 4 per cen, bee Yec tue | cconomic weitare of Canada during he last fow years, as evideiced in its oullding wnd other ucwLyiies, is 8o 1zing tha. at times the Canadian dollar has ccmmanaed premium ves our dotlar.” Senator HBruce recomman: emed.es fo, the y At .here be rrank r human appeties of dr | saural as teat for food. Asks Ca~adlan System. s recommended that the Volstead act be amended 30 as to permit 2 1| per cent beer anu .na. e s ea. {Consutution ve amended so ths he | Government shali taks over the entire mansgment wid control of the liquor waffic, but st permit Staw ocal {ortion. He descr.bed toe operation of he Canadan governm it s control of | Liguor in the ice of Quebec and that Wisam P. Buo of Wasa ington in 1924, i €. eout -ty {claced thai ac.ests for drun.enness 100,000 population were eight d uition of the ese o0, ke e nd iy, were in Monireal. nator Ldg: insisted that in the o | udsment "o, a large majority of the {1 | PeOD-€ of this couniry prolibition has se | 10U omy iailed to prohibir, but p. | ¢.eaed an atmosphere of protest and \c | challenge, a.most defiance, wh ch. n | mands congressional consid nt st| “Any law that brings in its wake such wide corruption in_its p service,” sa.d Senator Bdi creased aicoholic Insanity, iucrens jarrests for drunken home bur of | room nd den elog among young s | 9O¥S anG young woimnen of Lne use of | the flask, mever heard of beiore pro | Babition, "cunnot il nded Not Drive for Intoxicants. n- | nt 1¢ ), n tc| Senator Edge said this was not a r|campagn to bring back intoxicaung aquor, as is so olien claimed by tac tanatical dry. siwaicaung liquor is with us 1o day and practicaby is as accessib.s 5 it ever wus, said Scuawor Luge nator kdge in support of his bii, wnich he beaeves would leguiize hi wines and veer, suid he be.ieved i« wou.d greatly reduce the numoe of law violations. ““T'his coun.ry was not a whisky- drinking counury before prohivition,” suid Scnator uge. “This contendon .5 worn out by suateme! repre- sentatives of the Anti-Saloon League . Se. Senator Dia WaaBi.cs%0i in a radio specch in February, stated that ‘92 pe e Of Wie B4.00l busl- iess in e Uniced States belore pro- ition was bLeer business.’™ Senator Edge inisisted that there wiis 1o intenuon ever to bring back the saloon. The New Jersey Senator recome menued .0 the commitiee ithat it re- peal the iimitation now placed by {law regarding the amount of liquor wuich may be prescrived by physi- cians, suying “Perhaps one of he most indelensible provisions of th3 Voisteau act s the de.e.uuinauon of Congress to write prescriptions for wie medical fratermity of the coun- ry.” Believes Referendum Possible. After Senator Edge had recom- menued tha. ws reso.ution providing a¢ t n b- it 88 viuon Le ravorauvly repurted by (he commitiee and passed by Longress Chairman Means uemanded under Wik ne Constituuon as | the | «mes as many in dry Bos.on as they’| has | .ur & natonai retercuuum on prons- ! necessity of raising the remaining auihoriy of . that will be necessary to pur- se the entire park area as p'anned. the case of the Shenandoah Nat- | i 1a K, at lens Congress couid pass & law for sucn recer®ndum. senator Edge replied that he d.d noc tunk thut Congreus coud lorce ed for | States to include on their offic 4 e o e e ot end. llot & referendum of this kind. But ad its campaign. those in charge | 88 & practichl thing, he said, he be- ar- that 10 Wil be mecessary for lleved lnal if Congress puc througn “ons oursde of Virginia to sub. his resowtion for a referendum tne be considerably more than §l,. | Siates wouid carry it out. Senator 000, " | Means suggesl;ed :huha pll'oper !;:‘m- t the p strict | cedure wouid be tor the States indi- e e e e oyt s | vidually to hold @ referendum. \peign to raise $250,000 toward | Mr. Codman was closey questioned omal fund. At least $100.000 | by Senator Walsh of Montana as to .t has aiready been pledged and | Whom he reprusented. Mr. Codman N. Flarper. chairman of the |Sad that he was under a retainer by Mington earmpaign committee, has | the Constitutional Liberty League of ared that there is no longer any | Boston, but that he receivid no pay bt but that the people of the Dis.|{rom any one else for his appearance t of Columbia will meet their|in Washington. The compensation gation | designated, ne said, was only lo pay A his expnses when away trom Bosten Naztional Drive Planned. Mr. Codman gave notice that he lanned i |'woula ask he committee to recon % mianmed 1o Sromene dmme | e he- oetion S8 “lecliving te n & national drive fc subpoena witnesses whom Senator > for the Shenando Fdge had requested the committee k. but f r the Great Smol summon. Some of them, he said,, el ATl monev subserihed i | Would be necessary for the antipro shington and points border'ny Vir- hubition case a in Mary'and and West V €zinia Questions Andrews. he devoted exclusively to the nandoah Nationa! Park. BEnt sub.| When Assistant Secretary Andrews b ions from New York and else.|took the stand Mr. Codman asked sre will be divided evenly between | him if he had made an investigation two parks, which Secretary of the | of the prohibition unit after he took Work is anxious to see estab. | office, April 1, 1925. g ed at this session of C-ngreas. | “I made a study of it,” sald o this end a committee hns been med ting of Maj. Willlam A. h neral manager of the Pal ies Inierstate Park and a_member | fore n he nern Apnalachian Nationn] | poliey as to procedure. { k Commission; Benchoff Col.| *What defects did you find?" asked | pman and Mark S uires of North | Mr. Codman. g | olin This committee plans to| “The responsibility for enforcement ; ¢ the appeal for funds for the two | of the law was not definitelv enough | shout the East. {found in emplo-es in the field. and h Andrews, “and I came to the conclusion that recrganization was necessary, particularly of “he fleld and the adoption of a definite Gen. JOHN BARLEYCORN BOBS UP FOR SENATE HEARING members (si‘ting) are as follows: | tann Modificationists in Congress assembled their bizgest Senctor Harre!d of who will be the ch'ef crossex miner. and Senator Coff 0f West Virzinia. Representative HI'l of Maryl"nd, Sent'or Edge of New Jersey, Senator Bruce of Maryland an? Senator Edwards of New Jersey. uns for the opening of the liquor hearin, this morning at a meeting of a sub~ommittee whose klahoma, Senator Reed of Missouri, Senator Means of Colorado, chairman; Senator Walsh of Mon- Their ascociates (vtand'ng) who are backing the liberalizing move are: a Federal function. If the States vou'd exercise full responsibility for local police work—that wou'd be very wlpiul. 1 mean in the matter of listribution, the prosecution ‘of speak- ete.” Gen. Andrews emphasized his be- fef that the great function of the Federai forces was (o coatrol the source of supp.y. Questioned a5 to whether the Fed- era agents were receiving greater co operation in the rural than in the city districts, Gen. Andrews repued hat the question was too broad to b= easily answered He said that the polce force in some ciues had be:n very heipiul in wiping out bootleggers. “Our policy is to concentrate upon the traffic,” sald Gen. Andrews, “to concentrate upon the manufacture, sale, transportation and importation of liquor, and I think that policy will o effective and win the approval of tha people.” Mr. Codman, designated by the wets to take charge of putting their witnesses on the stand, himself made A statemient to the committee strong'y the Volstead act be t to the extent of per- sale of beverages non ating in fact. Mr. Codinan iold the committee that he represented the joint legis lative committee of the Association \gainst the Proh’bition Amendment the Amcrican Federation of Labor the Constitutional Liberty League of Massachuset and the Moderation League. Inc., of New York. “The time has come when Con zre@s must consider, If it is to do it dutv to the people,” Mr. Codman said. “In what way it best can x¢ wt of the terrible mess into which this il-considered legislation has plunged us. All over the country the ery for relief is heard and some con crete plan is demanded. Crutious Steps Planned. “It i Impossib'e to lay before Con- grese anv one bi'l which, while clear- 1v within the provisions of the Con- sti*ution, will be a panacea for the “ilq that the Voletead act has caused. With the Volstead law as a warning, it behooves us to proceed with cau- tion one step at a time, to climb out of the legislative well into Wwhich we have been pushed.” “We are asking for modification of the national prohibiti'n 'aw.' Mr. odman said, ‘“not only because it exceeds the mandate of the eig"teenth amendment by defining as intoxicat- beverages which are not intoxi cating, but also because it has heen shown—nand we wi'l produce addition- al evidence on this point—that it is not apnropriate legislation to enforce the eirhteenth amendment; that it has done incredible harm instead of good: that as a temperance mea=ure it ha® hean a pitinble fallure: that it has “n"'aq to prevent drink'ng: that it has fai'ad 1o ecrease crime: that as a matter of fact It ha< increazed hoth: “hat it has promoted bontlegzing an? smuecling to an extent never known afore In the h'storv of the world: *har it has spread icit distilling over is eonntry until no part is free from the taint.” MALT PERMIT DEPLORED. Methotist Boar1 Belleves An‘rews Will Discover Po ley to Be Mi-take. The Government's new permit to allow the manufacture of malt and wine tonics was characterized today hy the Board of Temperance, Pro- hibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church as “very questionable s to its expediency. The experience of the Government with permitting the sale of beer as a medicine,” said a statemen: by the board, “has been that it resul‘ed in troublesome diversions to beverage uses. Vhile the new ‘tonic’ beer is expensive and may not in itself be | there was no one to h-1d responsible,” | said Gen. Andrews. He added that he | | had found there was need of greater | | co-operation hetween ‘he lo-a! au- | thorities and the Federal and be:ween | | the officers of the Department of | ON DRY LAW WITH ' piriment ot | SCATHING ATTACK | Therefore. e s, he had adopted & policy of decentralization, with au- ! thority localized in different judicial | divisions of the country. | | When Gen. Andrews became As- | common as spinning wheels once sistant Secre'ary of the Treasury, he | e said, here been 3 620 employes In | Jithdrawals of denatured alcchol, the enforcement uni:, including 350 ch Semator Bruce said the boot- dealing with narcotics. The total been 8o successful in re- ' number, he said, had been increased 22 38% 824 wine , by 200 in 19°5.! Owing to the fact that the Brook- ive Rainey | hart-S'eck senatorial contest was to mated that | be taken up in ‘he Sena‘e this ater- proof gallons of this alco- noon. the ~ommittee announced that had been converted for beverage | there wo-ld be no further hearing too. that | until tomorrow at 10 o'clock. antity of pure grain alcohol po n diverted for the same pur- Gets “Hopeful Co-operation Gen. Andrews was asked about the i _(Continued from First Page) | zer hae uring jumped from ons in 1921 to 81.808 1t Represen 1d recently e Hits Spy System.’ ien. Andrews, Senator Bruce sald, o move on llquor mak.ng in the » after he has dried up the sources supply outside Senator Bruce 1 it was had enough for the Gov- ment to employ a “'spy de luxe” at | Tjon.» Mayfower Hotel in Washington | Questioned as to the needs of the had been done, but that the end of | order patrol on both the Canadian ier.can liberty would be in sight ignd Mexican borders, Gen. Andrews an organzed system of espionage said that a torce of from 1,500 to 1,600 men, which woull include he cu’ toms “Do you get sati:factory co operation ifrom local authorities?”” Ir. Codman asked him. “Very hopeful co-operation,” was his reply, “and the encouraging thing is that there is an increasing co-opera homes was set up. Bruce said that prohibi-| seryice, and the prohibition uait would ! had brought the church into poli- | be gdequate to stop the liquor traffc, in this country for the first time, | ceneral smuggling and illegal immi- 1 he quowed John Randolph a3|gration on these borders. ing that " country governed by |° wwill it stup the supply now com. enforcement in the varifous districts. | palatable, it is susceptible to umes which probably will increase he consumption of Intoxicating malt heverages. There is little doubt that Gen. Andrews will find this pol- icy a does, there Is jus. as little doubt that he will act promptly to safe- guard the interests of the prohibi- tion law.” . ACCH;ED OF FRAUD. Postmaster General Bars Greene Laboratories From Mails. Postmaster General New today is- sued a fraud order against the Greene Laboratories and C. H. Greene, at Kan.as City, Mo, charging that money was obtained hrough the mails by faise and fraudulent pretenses by meang of a mail order business oi an aileged cure for deainess called “K-17," formerly called “Rattlesnake O1l." Operaiions have been conducted three years and evidence .howed gross receipts to have been between $75,000 and $100,000 annua.ly. ‘Daugfxlers of Union Veterans Pay Honor To ‘Unknown Dead’ The care of the Arlington Ceme- tery tomb in which rest 2,11} un- known 8o diers of the Union Army s the worst governed in AL L Stop bR : worla. Both Fresident Coolidge | ™S ! m"‘r;‘on‘l ?;n h; u::e asked & s Main Soi N i the late President Harding had e their best to enforce prohibition “I do not think the supply is com- i had called the governors of the|ing acruss the border,” said Gen. An- tes here to discuss prohibition en-, drews. “The principal source of the cement, but without avail. The|ljquor supply is the diversion of aico- of prohibition, he sald, and | hol in certain parts of the country vio.ation has been to bring all| .o other than indusirial uses, and this s into more or less disrespect.! dlversion is the backbone of the boot- rthermore, it has increased drink-| jeg traffic. 1n some of the Southern among the women of the country | States moonshine {s the source of supply.” i the boys und giris. he said pro- ition had fostered “‘tyranny, deceit, 'Would it help law enforcement if the States should take over in.ra. fidy and espionage. “The Volstead act has settled like a | state enforcement?”' esked Mr. Cod- man. zht upon the etire joyous side of nan existence and its acid and In-| “It would relieve me of tremendous erant spirit, at times by a perfectly | responsibility,” replied Gen. Andrews. tural process of transmigration, re. | “But, as a practical matier, the pros sears in the shrouded activities of 'ecution for the illegal manufacture of bigoted Ku Klux Klan,” Snmwr|llquer would have to remain in the uce sald. Federal Government, The control of senator Bruce sald it had been as- alcohol in induswry wouid still be A was formauy turned over to the Daughters of Union Veterans by the Department of the Potomaic, Grand Arwy of the Repubiic, at coremon.al services held there yes- terday. A wreath placed on the tomb by Mrs. N. North for .he K. Muss ‘ent, which conducted the ceremoay, signfidd ‘h> .orma ac- ceptance by the Daughters of the trust 8o long held by ihe o 1 - ment of the Potomac of the G. A. R. The wreath to be rep.aced the first Monday of each month will be kept there in perpetuity. Preceding the ceremony, a brief address was de fvered by Past De- ' parument Comdr. John W. Reld. A prayer was offered by Mrs. Edith Bugbee, and a poem, “The Grand Review,” was read by Mrs. E. He'en T-mpleton. - The singing of “America” concluded the program. mistake, and, if and when he | JDURNALISTS HERE | ORANNUALPARLEY Delegates Arriving for Pan- American Congress, Which Opens Wednesday Evening: While feverish haste today marked completion of preparations for the \| torma) opening of the first Pan-Amer. fcan Journallstic Congress at the Pan. American Union on Wednesday eve ning, the first of the large group of delegates that will attend from al! of the South and Central American re- publics began to arrive in Washing ton. All of those now in the city ar rezistered at the Willard, Mayflower and Shoreham Hotels. Officers of the Pan-American Unfon have heen formally advised that man more of the Latin American de'egate. have already disembarked in New York City, bul that they are attend in to pers nal affairs in the metror olis before proceeding to Washington A few, however are s at sen and it 18 not expected that the rep rasentation of Latin America will be complete before the opening day of the congress. Noted Delegates Attending. Among those now in Washington i Dr. Jorge Mitre, editor of La Nacion of Buenos Alres, one of the large newspapers published in the Wester: PBLEST SCINTISTS . VILL BE SELECTED ‘mmediate Aid to Increase America’s Scientific Work Sought by Academy. The ablest and most effective in vestigators In pure sclence In the United States will be selected by the National Academy of Sciences to con- duct research in fundamental sclence it a plan now under way to obtain mmedate support is successful, it was anncunced today. An outiine of the purposes of the undertaking, made public by a spe cial board of trustees, whch has heen appointed bv the National Acad- emy, with Herl Hoover as chair- man, to secure financial atd for pure sclence research, indicates that it is hoped to be able to make such pro vision fthat the most skilled scientific nvestigators will be able to work olely to the end that there will be in increase and strengthening of \merfcan contributions to the mathe matical. physical and blological ciences The bul'etin outlines the purposes of the fund. which has been given *he indorsement of 30 university heads, and which would prov'de for “ose co-operation with universities 'nd other institutions in the effort o increase interest In science for Hemisphere. Others, all of whom ar registered at the Willard Hotel, in clude Franelsco Escovar, Colombia Tene Fialo, Santiago, Cuba; Julic Herrera GConzales, San Pedro d Nacovis, Dominican Republic; Fredic Daveriss Peru; Luis Nunez, Vene zuela; Rosada Vega, Merida, Me ‘co; A. Villegas, Panama, and Jua Francisco Rojas, Guayaquil, Ecuador Few events in all the history o the Pan-American Union have arousec more enthusiasm in the officers o that assoclation of the nations o the Western Hemisphere than th iournalistic congress. The meetir here of the editors and directors c the largest newspapers of this side o the earth i8 hailed both in and ou of the union as one of the mo promising steps toward continur « peace for this hemisphere in all hi: tory. Friendly Exchange of Views. It will be a gathering for a friendiy \xckange of views between the men it has been poiuted out. who c#n d more to instill a desire for permanen peace in the minds of the people of Il the countries involved than an: ther assembly in the world. The ‘an-American Umion has summoned ongresses on trade, on science, on overnment and on many other sub- acts, but none bave encouraged more \ntrusiasm than that which will now e convened for the journalists of North, South and Central America. A program that will occupy every minute of the delegates' time, fron next Wednesday evening until the fol- towing Tuesday, has been arranged “uring that period the visitors will ave discussed the task of the news. apers in molding world thought, and they will have been shown everythin- \f popular interest in the National Capital Immediatelv after the con “-ess adjonrns however, the foreign delegates will become the guests of the Federal Government for a tour of America's great industrial centers. Probobly nothing the visitors see n Washington will prove of greater ‘nterest than an exhibit that has been | especially arranged for them in the Library of tongress. It is the story of the evolution of journalism in the Western Hemisphere, told in graphic fashion by sume of the oldest volumes still existent, and most of it will prove especially interesting to the delegates renublics Prominent in the display is a copy of a magazine published in Buenos Aires more than a century ago—El Argus de Buenos Aires of 1825. Be- slde 1t are coples of La Clave of San- tiago de Chile. 1827, and a publ C'.“Hon bearing the burdensome title of “The General Magnzine and Historical Chronicle for All British Plantations n America.” dated 1741. In the case gection are editions of the American Magazine. 1741; Gaze'o de Guatemala, 1802, and Diario de Mexico, 1805. Copy of Early Laws on View. | another section is a copy of 'th:nmrllen compilation of the laws of Portugal, dated 1528, and a treatise concerning the laws and zovernment of the New World under Spain, dated 1609. Dr. Vasco de Puga's earllest printed summary of Spanish colonal Ilaws of 1563 and laws covering the treatment of the Indians, as pre- | seribed by Cherles V, dated 1543, are ! other volumes in_ the collection. A manuscript by Secretary of State Rush, detailng some conversations with the famous leader, Gen. Miranda, {dated 1805, is another interesting exhibit. The United States Army Band, which will furnish music at all of the score of fetes that have been ar- ranged for the delegates to the con- gress, has been rehearsing for months the selections it will render at these functions. The entire musical pro- gram represents the pick of Latin 860 scores in all, representing proba- bly the most complete collection of Latin American music on this con- tinent. A Practically every delegate will hear most dear to his country. Manv of the selections had to be taken from the manuscripts, which were bor- rowed and tien photographed for d's- { tribution among the muticians o° the Army Band. It is said that there will be 20 different nationa. anthem | alone to be played, not to mention the scores of other musical numbers be- speeking a phase of life in the coun- concerned. tries from the Latin American | American music and there are some .| cence’s sake. The bulletin reads Wou'd Increase Investigations. “The general purpose of the Na- ional Research Endowment {s to in- rease and strengthen American con- butions to the mathematical, physi 1l and blological sciences by the reation of a national fund to aid killed investigators. The principal vlan of accomplishing this involves he selection by the best qualified uthorities in the National Academy ' Scences of the ablest and most ‘oductive investigators engaged in Yective research in pure science. hose investigators who desire as. stance will be requested to present seir plans for research, stating their act needs. such as more time for search, the ald of scientific assist 1ts. computers or technicians and neclal instruments or accessories. \ppropriations will be made for fixed oriods of years, subject to renewal circumstances warrant it. “The universities and other institu- ons with which these investigators re connected will be expected in all 1868 to co-operate to the fullest ex- ant by assuring complete sympathy ith research; relief from excessive emands of teaching or administration nd laboratory, instrumental or other acilitfes. In short, these institutions i1l be asked to contribute their just hare to a national enterprise, in har- mony with their own highest purposes nd certain to advance their best in arests. Would Facilitate Work. ““The National Research Endowment will thus be used to facilitate and ex- nand the work of experienced investi- “ators in directions Indicated by thelr yroposed programs of research. By -endering the career of research more nroductive and thus more attractive, |it will also draw into graduate work many brilliant students who are now ‘ost to science, strengthen the system of National Research Fellowship, and enable young men of demonstrated vestigations in pure sclence." <oring the National Research Endow- ment _ includ Herbert Hoover. E'lhu Root, An- drew W. Mel'on, Charles E. Hughes Edward M. House, John W. Davis | Jullus Rosenwald, Owen D. Young. Henrv M. Robinson, Felix Warburg, Henrv S. Pritchett, Cameron Forbes. Albert A. Michelson, John C. Merriam, Robert A. Millikan, Gano Dunn, Ver- non Kellogg. Willlam H. Welsh, Thomas H. Morgan, John J. Carty 8imon Flexner. Oswald Veblen, James H. Breasted. Lew's R. Jones, Arthur B. Lamb and George E. Hale. | ARG Dl | VELARDE NAVED BY. PERU. ' By the Associated Press. Hernan Velarde, the Peruvian ambassador has been designated to represant Peru in the direct diplo- imatie neeatiations heve for settlement |'of the Tacna-Arica controversy. Chile. the othe- disnutant will he represented bv the Chilean Ambassa- dor here, and Secretary Kellogg will | act for the United S‘ates. Far : {5\ Philadelphia $5.00 Bus Pa. Ave. W. '6'1"-4:%' " "9 AM. Dally DER MITTEN M*° ¥ .7 NO EXAMINATION .r"_ Ase 30. Send Date of Birth for LeROY GOFF i in Comfort 5,000 - $42:40 at some time or another the air! Get BAUM ANALGESIQLY research ability to continue their in- ||| The special board of trustees spon- | "HAPI'AN DENIED COMMUTATION BY PARDONS BOARD (Continued from First Page) conviction, when he was asked for a statement, the condemned man said: “I have nothing to say.” Governor Assembles Board. Gov. Trumbull called the board to order at 10:30 this morning to pass on the petitlon of Chapman, who wants to serve a life sentence instead of being hanged for murder at mid- night tomight. Gov. ‘Trumbull asked Warden H. W. K. Scott to produce Chapman be- fore the board. Frederick J. Groehl, Chapmad's de fense chief, was on d with the vitnesses and affidavits by which he honed to obtain commutation Chapman was not visibly nervous when he entered the room. He sat beside Mr. Groehl as the latter began his plea for mercy, calling the gov ernor's attentlon to ‘reasonable loubts” which, he asserted, had ex sted throughout the trial Attacks Prosecution’s Plea. “When you take a life you can't return it,” Mr. Groehl pleaded. “When ou say,” looking toward State's At orney Hugh M. Alcorn, “that this nan ought to be hanged to keep him rom breaking out of prison, it's non anse and bunk. “There has been a strong, deter- mined effort against this case. I say hat advisedlv and I hope the press ts it strongly.” “The United States did not pass on ’h:\d merits of this case,” Mr. Groeh! Referring to the action of President “oolidge in signing a commutation of Pederal sentence that Chapman migh he turned over to Connecticut, Mr Groehl said “When he said ‘Thumbs down!" it was thumbs down all along the line Bad as Chapman may have been, an enemy of society, if the laws were fo! lowed he would have served his 25 year mail robbery sentence before be- ing hanged.” New Evidence Presented. The attornev then began presenta tion of affidavits of new witnesses One was made by Gertrude O'Neil of | Brooklyn, N. Y. who sald she saw “hapman about 9 o'clock on the night of October 11, 1924, the night before Policeman Skelly of New Britain was killed. Chapman will be the first victim of Connecticut's new hanging machine shortly after midnight tonight unless pleas for commutation succeed. The | achine yanks a man to the ceiling ind then gives him an additional jerk a8 he comes down. Chapman will walk down the stalrs 1t 6 o'clock this evening and ta his place in a cell next to the gallows -oom to await his appointment with death. A new rope hangs from a pulley n the center of the ceiling of the death chamber,” From this pu'ley the rope leads into another room and to another pulley. At that end of the rope is a heavy sand bag. A trigger in the inside chamber releases the bag. A peephole in the wall gives room for the executioner to see the ignal given by the warden. The governor refused a repriev last week and Chapman signed a plex | for commutation Saturday when | judges refused a new trial. Chap- | man’s counsel had presented aMdavits | regarding new evidence, which they | { Reck Creek Pharmacy Ga. Ave. and Rock Creek Church Road Is a Star Branch Your Classified ads : for The Star left with the Branch in the Rock Creek Pharmacy —or any other of the Branches—will ke given. prompt atteniion. These Branches are maintained for your convenience — without fees of any kind. Only regular rates are charged. The Star prints MORE Classified Ads every day than all the other papers here combined. Star ads are read—and are therefore resultful. “Around the Cornzr"is a Star Branch Office. | | | g asserted showed he did not kill policeman in New Britain. The most the Boa:d of Pardons can do is commute the death sentence to life imprisonment. Invites Reporters to Death. Chapman and his counsel have made plans In expectation of an un- favorable decision. Counsel is to claim the body and have a funeral in Hartford, lest the body go to the Yale Medical School for dissection, as the law provides for unclaimed bodies. Chapman sent invitations to three reporters to witness his hanging. He s permitted to {nvite three persons vy law. The revorters had been un- a]ble to obtain permission to see his death apman spent Easter Sunday In his cell smoking manv cigarettes. He ate heartily. Rev. Michael P. Barry ‘atholic chaplain of the State prison visited him. Chapman's real name is Georg: Chartres. It is understood rela ive have had nothing to do with hu since he began a career of crime tha included a sens:tional mail robber in New York and escapes from A lanta Federal Peniteniiary. He w. at large from Atlan a when the po liceman was killed in ew Britain Chipman is 39 vears old. There seemed little doubt thi morning about Chapman’s long figh fer life being near the end. A unani- mous verdict of the board of nardon: is necessary for commutation. Gov. Trumbull made public the opinion sent to him by Judges Jen nings and L. P. Waldo Marvin. who refused Saturday to entertain Chap- man's motion for a new trial. ‘The judges in regard to the con- vict.on of Chapman for mu.der said “Seldom is a charge of this character so completely. and conclusively proven.” ACTION IS EXPECTED ON TRACTION MERGER Discussed at Three-Hour Parley Today—Proceedings Veiled in Secrecy. The proposed merger of the Wash ington traction companies was dis ussed at a three-hour conference to lay between F. W. Doolittle, vice resident of the North Ameriean Co. * New York; Engineer Commis ioner J. Franklin Bell, chairman p he Public Utilities Commission, ane Maj. W. E. R. Covel!, Assistant Engi reer Commissioner, assigned to public utitities. Like a similar conference with rep :sentatives of the Washington Rail and Electric Co. last month, the leliberations were veiled with secrec nd no announcemnt was forthcoming s to its significance. Col. Bell ad mitted, however, that a merger plan had been considered, and indicated | ‘hat fmportant developments might be xpected within several weeks, The North American Co. is owner of the Washington Rapid Transit Co ind also owns stock in the Washing ‘on Rallway and Electric Co. and the | Capital Traction companies. It is un lerstood to have a controlling interest n the former traction company Medical Officer Shifted. Maj. George C. Beach, jr., Medical Corps, on duty at the Letterman Gen- eral Hospital, San Francisco. has been rdered to take a course of training for four months at the Mayo Founda- tion, Rochester, Minn., which he will come to this city duty in the Army general dispensary. S 2300233TTITIIISRLIIITIIL SOL HERZOG—The ROWDYISM BRINGS MOTHERS' APPEAL Women of Hertford, N. C., Ask Chamber to Aid in Sup- pressing Drunkenness. By the Associated Press. HERTFORD, N. C., April 5. )runkenness among the youth of this own and county has reached such age that the mothers of the town uve appeared before the Chamber of ‘ommerce to ask aid in their effort ar treets of Her ess, drunkenness, cur 1] miscondu ions, 1o @ the pest of w from tl own of Hertford." After a number of persons had poken, it was voted to appoint a com. mittee as sugs y Mr. Monds, and the latter was appointed as a com- mittee, with power to select as many 18 he wished to ald him in starting his law enforcement The questior ment with but it he suggs and will 2 town co s to how the enforce. uld be attempted has been left Monds and committes, ¢ will follow Mr. REDS CLOSE HOSP[TALS. American - Controlled Institutions in China Forced Out. LONDON, April 5 (#).—The Hong kong correspondent of the Daily Mai reports that two of the largest al institutions in South China American-controlied, have, beer closed thro itude of the ed labor Having ed in their attempt bring out the whole of the Chinese Aff of the Canton hospital, whic has been operated for many years by the American Presbyterian Missi the union established an ne blockade and eut off food supplies and electricity The Ameri also was sim down. 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