Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1926, Page 2

9 *x THE EVENING COAL MEASURE DU ATTHIS CONGRESS fiearingé to Be Over and Bill Offered Soon—Black Urges Dictator. Coal legislation deal with pro duction of fuel in emergencies caused by strikes or fie-ups will come on* of the committee hearin st the present session of ¢ man Parker of the | on interstate and which has peen heiding hearings on the genera: cosl n with the view of presenting degisistion to pro tect the consume: when production i curtailed. announced today that the committee xessions will he «or Lo in two weeks, and a bill will he In troduced a1 the present session Congress. Severzl membeis of Con gress remain to he heard hy the com mittee. When they. conciude their testimony more than a doven oper ators and twe represeniatives of the| mine workers' union will take the| stand. A proposal the roal industry nndertake to cure itz troubles from | within the industry dtself by appoint- | ing a dictawor to have “czaristic” po ers. and to represent the entire indus- try before the Government and the | publ'e. was made 1o the commitias to. | day by Representative L. M. Slack.{ Demoerat. of New York. Mr. P‘-|4v'kl <. Chai wise rommitten relx comme that alzo suggested establishment of a pr vate corporation, financed hy the Gov ernment under Governmient rontrol | with power of eminent domain to ! seize anthracite mines in an emer- | gency and operate them for the pub. | lic welfare. Constitutionality Questioned. He wag sharply questioned hy com mittee members ast to the constitu- tionality of the Federal Government cverstepping State lines and seizing a public utility of a State. Mr. Rlack contended that the seriousness of the iesue empowered the Government to take all possible steps to mine and dis tribute coal in an emergency when , - thousands of people suffer from lack of fuel. “This committee should not be sitting now, lezislating at lon ran, he said. “You should hav sat during the strike in a cold apart- ment in New York. If there is a shadow of legal right in a national emergency we should presume that the Government has jt." Mr. Black added that any measure deemed neces. | sary by Conzress or the Executive | could be taken under the general wel fare provisions of the Constitution. Mr. Black said he was against “handing the public a sap such as a | new hurean” to handle coal matters | for the Government. He attacked the administration policy in the recent strike. declaring that hoth Con grese and the Executive should have done something to put cozl on the market “The President sald chould do something.’ ®ajd. ‘Mr. President, something.’ | | H ‘Cong And ongress should do Urges Drastic Measures. Mr. Black said the Government should take a leaf from the hooks of corporatio and proceed with the coal industry in a high-handed man. ner, even thouzh it need not neces. sarily go ahout it in an fllegal man. ner.” “The people want coal, and we thould not sav to them when they are freezing. 'Mr. Public, we can't zive you any enal. but in a few weeks we will give you a nice report on the coal indus Similar views ware expressed by Representative Boylan. Democrat, of Naw York. Mr. Roylan =aid the peo- ple of New York =uffered during the recent coal strike, physically hecause they could not get anthracite and fnancially because of the high prices they ve forced to pay for substi- tutes. “Soft coal rose from %5 to $25 a ton.” he =ajd. adding that hundreds of persons were made il hy gas fumes from soft coal. “We don’t want this thing tied up with red tape. We want coal mined in an emergency.” Mr. Bovian told the committee that he did not see a need for setting up of another Government agencr to handle coal, declaring that the De. partments of Commeree and Labor are now authorized to take rare of any eituation that may arise, even though not given extraordinary pow- ers involving seizure and operation of the mines. Mr. Boyvian has intro duced a bill authorizing the Presi-| dent to seize and work the mines in an emergency. ELDRIDGE IS DENIED RIGHT TO CUT SPEED IN COURT DECISION (Continued from First Page.) t ing if they made a turn Into the | houlevard and he upset the newly inaugurated pedestrian control regu- lation by deciding that the director | had no power tn limit the movements of pedestrians. The court holds that section 6R of the traffic act, which Invests the di- rector with power to make ‘reason- able regulations” covering various phases of traffie. would, “if taken by itself and liberally constried.” allow him to lower as well as raise speed, | but that previous court decisions, in- cluding rulings of the United States Supreme Court, which he quotes, pre- clude such generalization in the appli- cation of the statutes, the Supreme | Court having held: “In sxpounding a statute we must not he guided by a single sentence or member of a sentance, hut look to | the provisions of the whole law, and to its object and policy.” “Congress itself not only provides in section 9 () that no motor vehicle shall be operated upon any public highway in the District at a rate of speed greater than 22 miles per hour, except in such outlying districts and on such arterial highways as the director may designate,” udge Me. Mahon says, “but in section 9 (b) Congress itself has further expressly | provided that no individual shall op- | arate a motor vehicle over any public highway in the District (and this in cludee outlying districts and arterial | highways) at a_rate of speed greater | than is reasonable and proper. having | regard to the width of the public | highway. the use thereof, and the | traffic thereon | ““Thie im only another way of say- | ing that a man traveling the public highways of the District (except out- Iying districts and arterial highways) ! shall not exceed 22 miles per hour, | but ghall have the right to travel up | 10 that speed, provided it is not un- safe or unreasonable for him to do #0 under the immediate surrounding | conditiona. | “The only difference hetween such a reading of sald section 9 (a) and 9 (b) and their actual reading is that the permission to travel at any speed, not uneafe or unreasonable, up to | the maximum fixed. instead of heing | oouched in the afirmative is put in the negative. The traveler i= told: | You may not travel at an unsafe or unreasonable spesed and you may not @axceed 22 miles per hour, safe or un- safe—but any other limitation upon Yyou i prohibited.” If you need.work, read the want polumns of The Btar, | Another affice was five months behind "either the officers who had made the | when the 'BUCKNER AMAZES DRY PROBERS | RELATING RUM TRADE FIGURES ays $3,600,000,000 Business Is Done by Bootleg-| gers on Products Made From Diverted Alcohol. Courts Canght in Avalanche, He Asserts. S ner said that former Police Commia- sioner Enright had told shim that be- fore prohibition came into effect the | police had the right to inspect to | find out If there were violations of the selling faw, hut now they have | ne such right. | Mr. Buckner said that he had found few ‘cusxes against men higher up when he tonk off One case of | aleohol diversion he said was to strike the men higher up. “A Federal judgs weight in platinum sald Mr, Buckner. Can Get Convietions. Senator Walsh asked If it was pos-| sible to get convistions In good cases from New York Jjuries. and Mr. Buckner said that it was, that a rent injustice had heen done to New York Juries in such a report, Mr. Ruckner seid that one of the st casex tried was a mall order ise. in which distribition was made in 15 States, "showing that New | York was not the only place where ( liquor was in demand.” He suld| the defendants in this case nleaded guilty and were sentenced to Jail < of 18 and 12 months. he diversion of alcohol v the question, Mr. Buckner sald, ugh it was not in the picture | when he took office. Andrews has put flest spot Buckne that the drug stoy w piciure until last Che Describes Diversion Pla Ruckner described the method employed in diverting alcohol from industrial use tu the hootleg trade. “"Fhe denaturing plan,” he said, “will place on itx books ‘10,000 gallons compleisly denatured. They then will get John Jonea & Co. to pretend | 1o bny it, althaugh he nevér geis a drop. He i= paid 16 ‘eargy -on cor- spondence. - The ‘agent col around, looks at the hooks and sa. ‘Have you sold this® ~“Yes' raplies the company, ‘to John Jones & Co.' when as a matter of fact It never wae denatured and went out am pure | alcohol into the trade. The whole | inspection servic o fearfully un- ' dermanned.” ! on said. Mr. intey- rupted nator Reed, M per cent of all liquor has | traces of poison liquor, you | ever pture some of good | (Continued from First Page.) i A steno. clevieal aid seeihing mass in the dors of bartend Bondsmen and ‘Axers’ and R deqnate | | | | great num! apher Tkere was offices an, bootlegger: peddlers Many Cases Dropped. “The United St mmissione: told me that many e« were thrown out hecause the evidence could not e taken down againsi them and the officers who made the arrests could not present the evidence inter as it <hould he presented. ““The very atmosphere «f the build iz was one of pollution,” said Mr. Buackner. “Reporis were made to me that attempts were made to bribe | Jurymen even in the toflets, five 1o ninety per_cent of these weve belng throwd out, me.ely had to All out hlinks them dowm twe- Rights of worth his York,” in in 1 airsg 1 in his work, \Vhen cases Were reach- ed for trial often there was no way of identitving the violaters ot the law, arvests had heen moved away or they were unable to recognize the violators after so-long a time. No finger prints are made in the Kederal system at this stage af the proceedin; Men, he said. were provided by honding companies to take penalties m some cases. The officer of one | bonding company came to him and d4aid that it was his understanding the Government-would not force the hond- Ing companies to pay any deiault: that it was the desire of the Government 1o lear the court dockets: that if this was not the case the Tombs would be full ther- would he a seandal Hits Prohibition Plan. “I found prohibition agents were vated for prometien according to the number of arrests they made.” said | Mr. Buckner. who denounced such a | practice. Gen. Andrews. he said. had | stopped that. Arrests were made, he said. without proper evidence “Who made that rule?” asked Sena- tor Reed Mr. Buckner said he presumed that it was Gen. Andrews’ predecessor. { went to the police to find out | if they w making these arresis merely as n gesture, and to give & bad_impression of the prohibition aw." sald Mr. Buckner. he police commissioner told me that he had received 15000 com- plaints & month, or 180,000 a vear chargzing violations of the prohibition laws. He said that he could not re- ceive this greal number of plaints and do nothing xbout asked him if it would not he ter to make use of a padlock injunc- tion against the place in which the violation occurred. and whether that was not better than arresting the who served lique He cor- accepted that suggestion. 3,000 Cases Pending. his finger | in prohibi- He added e not in the tmas. Mr Buckner,” “that examined Don't the have heen found | " explained the ! usually was | 1y denature there ces of the poison witness, i liquor made with the spe le i1 fordonies c. sw, here is another astonishing faci,” continued Mr. Buckner. “In| Decemher some of Gen. Andrews | undercover men found a plant in| Jersev.” Reed Calls for Edwards. | “Send for Senator Edwards” in-| | tercupted Senator Reed. and when it} “We have district judges in|was discovered he was standing be- New York, only one holds a|hind - the commitiee, the witness room roared criminal terra.” continued Mr. Buck- ner. He sald there were about 900 Those men.” eriminal cases pending, of which |irict attorney, ahout 3000 were prohibition cases. capacity of 4.0 The most he could expect for han-|the track w dling prohibition eases was one- |pletely denatured alcohol. ‘I'h ! followed the trucks and found them | third of the time of one judge, if he 4id not get outside judges to come|after it had heen rediatilled. Here| in one plant and stll, with an an-! in and help. hie said there were two A i ’ nual business of $73.000,000. outside judges helping now, though sometimes there were none. He said )id they turn out palatable prod- asked Senaior Reed. he had found the chief justice “highly co-operafive” in the assign- “I don’t know, but they dida good | ment of outside judges. job of redistillation.” replied the wit- | “The padlock injunciion hess. “They successfully took out thei poison.” At this point Mr. Buckner invention of mine,” said Mr. ner. “There were hundreds of s informed he would file with the com- | | “scheme” for combating the! ses pending when 1 took office. padlock case Is an equity case, and | the filing of such a case is meaning- with the equity calendar two behind time. | went to the district judges and | «aid 1 could do nothinz with these Arrangements were made f a special padlock case court one week in each month. 1 said that I} would stop the arrest of waiters. and seek attack the places them- selves. Mr. Buckner sald that he kept the padlock calendar right np to date and aver 500 places of all kinds had heen padlocked. My positian on minor arrests,” said Mr. Buckner, “hag been completely misunderstond. T have praferred to attack the place itself, and not to seek the arrest of subordinate em- ployes.” Nevertheless, Mr. Buckner sald. the number of arrests for violations of the liquor laws, by the police, still run from 400 to 500 a month. Many of the persons arrested, he said, are connected with the underworld and all kinds of crime. He said the police want to clean out these dens, where they meet, and make use of the prohi hition law to arrest them. Senator Means asked if in the dens they e selling liquor or merely ng it. Mr. Buckner replied that he did not know about these detalls. Reed Enters Grilling. Senator Need asked Mr. Buckner it he meant that these dens exist hecause of the liquor, or that the liquer was only to be found in dens of criminals. “Don’t you know as a matter of tact,” said Senator Reed. “that there is plenty of lignor to he found in places where there are no thieves?" J * said Mr. Buckner. 1 the real trouble with the peo ple who buy the liquor, rather than with those who sell it?" asked Julien ! Codman, attorney for the “‘wets” at the hearing. “I suppose there would be no sale without a demand.” replied Mr. Ruckner. {agent 10 check. Senator Means asked Mr. Buckner| Senator Reed if the forelgn element in New York | “whisky cutting” was held to he largely responsible for | ing the only way this could be de- violation of the liquor laws, hoth as|termined is to examine the liguor hootlegger and consumer. sold by the druggists on prescriptions. “I don’t believe I know,” said Mr.| Smugseling has decreased ap- Buckner. “It has not heen so marked heciably in the last year or so, Mr. as to be a matter of comment.” { Buckner said, turning to this phase Mr. Buckner sald that it would of the liquor problem. Two hoats a never he possible to enforce the law Week used (o he captured, but the In New York until thex hegan tg New York polics have caught only send people to Jail. [ two in the Jast four weeks that were “It will he easy to enforce, if peo.' 'NNIng liquor into (ne eity. I don't ple do go to jail.” he said. 1know whether fhere is much smug- Tn reply fo questions hy Senator!E!nE or not.” he continued. “That Reed Mr. Buckner said that he con. ! & Coast Guard proposition. In my sidered the 50.000 arrests a year for °Pinion. th i very much less violations of the prohibition law was Whisky being smuggled in since the a mere fraction of the actual viola-| 028t Guard went into action. tions of the law. | "I wouldn't be surprised, if in the s mall fraction?” asked Senator|PMeAT future, the accessibility of boot- Reed. | leg alcohol. plus the Coast Guard's Mr. RBuckner sald he thought so. I activities. would greatly reduce smug- “Aren’t there millions of violations &N, [n other words. the two would of the law?" said Senator Reed. jCo-operate in driving out the bottles | with foreign lahel. Will Not Commit Self. | i pout in & tact concluded as the A , .. hour of noon was reached. “‘that hoot- | i b :;ucc-:‘mn:'_“ myself 'on that, lex nlcohol Ix being _exported i Senator Walsh asked If the same |{mq ong (suttoms inspectors have | dens of criminals would not exist In | glconnl cavloads of Industrial New York If there were no prohibition are being hootlegged into law, and Mr. Buckneér said “Yes.™ |Canada because of the high Canadian ““The prohibition law has been ‘:nx The dry United States is help. [ing wet € ) utilized to help break up these dens,” | m Ansiia o ‘beat ‘the govera suggested Senator Walsh. ment out of its tax.” Mr. Buckner said that the police rake the arrest of criminal suspects in these dens for a liquor violation dially six and continued the dix- “found a still with a | 0 gallons a day. On| oads of com- The men wAs no Taking up the drug stores, Mr. Buckner sald no suspicion was direct- ed against them until three months ago. when one of hia assistants de termined to find out if any liquor was ! heing sold or received fllegally. In ! hie district. Mr. Buckner explained. | there are 1.200 drug_stores permitted to sell whisky and 5,100 doctors per mitted to issue whisky prescriptions. | Theoretically the stores receive no more for distribution than the maxi- | mum quantity called for by the pre- | seriptions under the law. Stores Inspected. “My asslstant thought It would be interesting te compare the amount of liquor drawn out with the amount tasued on prescriptions. It should he even, except for a small amount used in compounding prescriptions. He found the amount the prescriptions would justify to ba 240,000 gallons & vear, and, therefore. assumed the druggists had drawn out 240,000 gal- lons, in order to supply the maximum amount the doctor may prescribe | under the law. Instead, he found the druggists had drawn out 480,000 gal- lons, or twice as much. In the last | three or four weeks some 40 doctors and 12 drug stor ar Other doctors and ave under suspicion. “Provided that liquor was cut only ance, the volume of business attached that excess amount reaches $15,. 600000, And thefe are 17 agents on duty to check up the stores and physicians. Senator Walsh wanted to know if an inspection of the hooks would dis close.the amount dispensed with. “They don’t put that extra amount on the books,” replied the witness. Senator Harreld thought M Buckner was “indicting” the druggi trade, by assuming the pharmacists “cut” the lignor recelved. Mr. | Buckner was willing to withdraw that reference to dilution, but still insisted |the volume of business still was too great for a $2,000 a year prohibition eases. o cleared up the ituation by declar- Grounded Ship Refloated. do not have evidence of | NORFOLK. Va., April 7 (#).—The | other crimes against them. They Rritish steamer Haggersgate, from have to give bail. hira lawyers, and | Constantinopie for Baltimore. which | | the result is that it breaks up the l went aground off Cape Henry at 9. particular place of meeting. o'clock last night, was floated \with- Senator Reed sald that under the out assistance at 3:40 o'clock is ol license law places where liquor lmnrnlnx The vessel was not dam- was sold illegally could have been |aged and immediately proceeded to attacked in the same way. Mr. Buck- her destination, § OFFICIALSFAVOR | washed |today a1 a hearing | of the shade | M. | b STAR. WASHINGTON, Missing From Home EDNA ) URFF. TWO-DECK BUSSES Lanham and Eldridge Re- move Main Objections by Their Testimony at Hearing. Pyevious opposition to the tion of double-deck husses on the streets of Washingion was submerged under an avalanche of approval from a score of witnesses, who testified he fore the Public Utilities Commission on ‘the applica tion ‘of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. for permission to purchase wsix new two-deck busses. ‘The only opposition récorded was contained in two communications and a resolution adopted by the Twentisth Century Club, One of the letters was ritten by Dr. George F. Bowerman librarian of the Public Library. Main Objections Overruled. The commission recently rejected the application of the transit com. | pany for authority to operate more of the two-deck busses. chiefly hecanse of reports that considerable trimming % trees wlong the routes would be necessary. Complaint als had been made that the husses inter fered .with ‘trafc Roth of these were wiped out by the testimony of Clifford Lanham, superintendent of trees and parking of the District, and Me Director M. O. Eldridge Mr. Lanham assured the commis sion that not a single branch of the shade trees alonk Sixteenth street would have to he disturbed by the | operation of the double-deckers. while Eldridge exprersed the opinion the busses would have a tend. to improve traffic conditions. No “Peeping” Protest. Exven the critica of the ribber-neck Ing proclivities of the double.deck | bus riders failed to vaise their voice | in. furilier ‘Protést al the hearing The only reference to the- “peepers’ was made by Willam McK. Clayton, chairman of the public utilities com mittee of the Federation of tifizens’ Associations. who tacetiously suggest ed the installation of hlinds on the | top decks 1o prevent passengers from | gazing into second-story windows. | Mr. Eldridge seemed to surprise th commission somewhat by, advocating #n Increasa in the number of double. deckers, In view of the complaints of the motorists. He lald down three | rules. however, which he said shonld govern their operation. The: were that the busses required stop not more than 3 feet m a curb; that they not be permitted to park abreast when held up by red stop lights. and that the near side hus stops through the automatic light ol area on Sixteenth sireet he re. storad. Street Blocking Ended. Considerable oppesition had heen made by motorists. Mr. Eldridge said ecanse the busses nsed (he middle of the street and did not draw np close to the curb when taking on or dis. charging passengers. The transit com- pany corrected this situation, he safd. by discharging a number of the of- tending driver Among the witnesses who approved the inerease in double.deckers were George Offutt. chairman of the Dis. triet Trafie Councll and chairman of the local advisory board of the Amer. ican Automobile Association: Richard L. Conner. who spoke for the public utilities and transportation committee of the Washington Board of Trade: Arthur E. Seymour, rapresenting the hourd of dlrector of .the Washington Chamber of Commerce: Horace .J. Phel chairman of the public utilitles committee of the Petworth Citizens' Association: John D. Rhodes of the Sixteenth Street Highlands Citizens’ Association: Edgar B. Hen derson, president of the Pinay Branch Citizens’ Assoclation:. A. J. Driscoll, president of the Mi: Citizens’ Association, and Mr. Clayton, Vote of Riders Given, W. D. Merrill, president and gen- eral manager of the Transit company, supported the company’s application by pointing out that the double.deck- ers relieve traffic congestion during the rush hours because they earry almost twice as many passengers as the single-deck busses and aceupy no more street space. While the cost of operation of the double-deckers is § cents greater per mile than the sirgle- deckers, he declared that the revenue per mile ranges hetween 42 and 49 per cent larger. Results of the .company’'s recent poll of the bus riders. showing an overwhelming sentiment in favor of the two-deckers, were officially pre. sented by Mr. Merrill. The final tah. ulation; _he - sald, showed that 5.056 riders favored the double-deckers and only & objected. The commission opened th~ hear- ing hy considering the application of the Washington Railwa: and Electric Co. for authority to establish a shut. tle bus line, operating from Foxhall Village to Thirty-fifth street and Reservoir road. connecting with ijts Burleigh bus line. No objection was registered. e gl Practically 100 per cant of the nitrate of soda in this country is im- ported from Chile. South America. opera phiections, however that ency ' | her |were | brown | wearing a blue poplin dress D. - C., B-YEAR-OLD GIRLS SOUGHT BY POLICE Edna Mcinturff and Evelyn Biddle Missing From Homes Since Yesterday. Clad in light =ik ps wearing no hats or cont old girls—Edna Melnty Biddle, schoolmates left the home of the Second street yesterday afternooh and disappeared. pday police were continuing search for them that was started last night hy Mrs. Samuel Biddle and Mrs James Mclnturff, but no trace of them playmates— atter at a of Mr. daughter s wash sInturff, w home. 215 street, e vesterday afternoon when' she decided to visit her play- mate, Fvelyn, and, during the ahsence ¢ her mother, betook herself to the Biddle home. She found dishwashing the prineipal occt her chum upon her arrival ther Slip Away From Dishwashing. The two youngst centered at tention for a short time on dishwash ing, when Evelyn found a chance to escape from this work hy going fo the store for o newspiper Mrs. Biddle, who had previous ex perience with the dilatory tactics sometimes employed by Evelyn on nis, decided that she would keep overcoat at home, so that she'd have a chance | v too long So Kvelyn started for the corner store without hat or overcoat—expecied by the mother just to run across the street for the paper and return. But littie Kdna slipped ont with Kvelyn. They didn’t come bhack. It was ining_hard. The air was chill; Mrs. Biddle hecame worried. Sh got in tonch with Mrs. McInturff and together last night hoth mothers combed the downtown section. They visited motion picture theaters and other public points which might tract the interest of the voungsiers but found no trac Not Their First e On It St Patrick’s day there was <imilar but milder case of wander lust -presented hy each of the two i They went together at that tim~ 15 a motlon picture house and picked up by a policewoman around midnight that night and re. turned home Edna and Evelyn 3 feet 8 inches in helght. Roth are Ad ta be artractive voungsiers Scelyn has dark brown hair and hrown eyes: she was wearing # pink dre; With # plaid tie. Edna has lighter hair and blue eves. She wax not are hoth ahout “The girls are pupile of the second rade at the Gales School. and have heen chums since they started <chool together. MACKAY DENIES TRUCE. April T (®).—Teported n hetween Clar Telegraph Ellin NEW YOR impending reconciliat ence. H. Mackay. Postal sresident, And bis daughter Mackay Bevlin, was character day in a statement by Mi. Mackay ‘only another of the irresponsihle mors that have heen print=d fr time to time in the past three months. Today in Congress nate. The Steck-Brookhart contest re. mained before the Senate today. with Senator Staphens of Missis sippl continuing his defense of Senator Rrookhart. Joint Senate and House sub: mittee heard more witness proposed revision of postal rates. Agriculture committee went on with hearings on farm relief hills. Joint committes an patents tonk further testimony sn legislation re- lating to the nuse of copyrighied songs on the radio. District Attorney Ruckner of New York City wae the chief wit- ness today at the prohibition hear. ing hefore the judiciary subcom- mittee, Chalrman Marvin of the Tariff Commission testified hefore the special Senate committee investi- gating tariff matters Senate District committes is in session this afternoon to pass on the traffic bill, the extenion of Fourteentn street and the enlarge. ment of the District jail. House, m- House welcomes Pan-American press representatives. House takes up calendar Wed- nesday program. with committee on agriculture having the call. ise Distriet committee orders orable report on Gasque school *d bill amended to broaden the election privilege, " striet committee decides A « committee does not take action before next Wednes. day on resolutions calling for in- vestigaton of Commissioner Fen- ning and other reported irregulari- ties in the District government, the District committee itself will con- sider a number of pending resolu tiona on this subject. New public utilities bill drafted by direction of subcommittee of Houge District committee approved in principle today by the full com- mittee and introduced in order that all _members of committee may study the measure hefore voting to report it to the House next Wednesdav. Joint subcommittee of Interstate and foreign commerce and ways and means continunes hearing on Mills bill on alien property. Interstate commerce committee continues hearing on’coal legisia- tion. Military affairs committee con- tinued hearing on council of na- tional defense. with Secretary Wil- bur as witnes Committee on agriculture con- tinues hearing on relief measures Immigration committee con- tinues hearink on relief for United States veterans of World War marconed abroad. Public lands committee continues hearing on bills relating fo national parks. Rules committee holds executive <ession. tha “Gold” Bars Found in Georgia Negro’s Field Cost Him $100, Mule and Buggy By the Associated Press. ALBANY, Ga.. April 7.—The dis- covery of three bars of “‘gold” by use of divining instruments cost Cleve Riley, Lee Cotinty negro farmer, $100 and a mule and buggy. Riley, who seught gold, with the assistance of. another negro. whose name he said was Green, unearthed three hars, each stamped $50,000 and dated 1784 § Green told Riley after the discov- ery that it would cost $200 to send the gold to Washington te have it assayed and offered to share the ex: pense. Riley gave him a money or- der for $100, ' Monday Green horrowed Riley's mule and ouggy. He failed to return It. Riley started an investigation to- day and tried to stop payment on the money order, hut learned it had heen cashed in Macon. Ritev first said he had plowed up the three bars while at work o farm. He admitted. however, yes that they had heen discovered by him =elf and Green with the “asajstance’” of ‘the “divining instruments,” and expressed the belief that the bars had been previously placed in the field by Green, WEDNESDAY, Third | She left the dishes half to! APRIL 7, 1926, | 8211 | To John Poole, Campaign Chairman, | District of Columhia Memarial. C | Federal-American National Bank. | between . Address as assignments can be détermined. I am willing to make a personal canvass of ‘Who Will Volunteer? In each Washington black live fam- ilies who were represented in the ed forces of the World War. those homes the veterans—or memories—are forever endeared. To commemorate the ser this city in the great conflict a jon created by Congress is g to erect in Potomac Park a ol white marhle temple at cost of $200,000. The commission wants persons to canvi ch city block for subscriptiol to the memorial. Will <ome one in your family group do this, in honor of the one whose service is to he immortalized in stone? If so, fill out the form below. responsible Acceptance of Servic street street and (Please be cxact so as to avoid duplication.) Note—Mr. Poole will send full instructions and all necessary forms as soon | AT SENATE INQUIRY :Denies He Urged High Tariff | at Hearing Prior to His MARVIN TESTIFIES | B the Associated Press | Chairman Marvin of the Tariff Com | mission was examined today by the | Senate investigating commitiee as fo 1 his activities 1or a protective tariff bhe. fore he b e & member of the com nission He said that he was general zer of the Home Market ton orzanizailon. and appeared Lefore | the sSenate House committees while they were nsidering the Un derwood tariff bill, but did net urge increased duties on any commodity The chairman said memhers of the | cluh were inierested in a {1ariff, but that he appeared in a | sonal capacity He denied the charge made by ( missioner Dennis that he had appear j &l hefore the Honse ways and means | committee for increased duties on {woolens a few menihs befors he was | appointed to the commission Under questioning ®v Chairman { Robinson of the committee, he said he ! had mainiained an office in Washing- {ton in 1913 while congressional com- {mittees were considering tariff leg lation and W ine articles there. Da yen man per- think veur activities left Ll yon fn an impartial frame of mind?" sked Senator Robinson. “If I-vated on woolens I would prob. ahly ha for protection. but the com- mission is a factfinding bhody whase {duty it i4 to ascertain the cost of pro- { duction and report to the President,” { replied Chairman Marvin. { sl [MUSSOLINI IS SHOT THROUGH .NOSE BY WOMAN IN CROWDS l { i «ontinued from First Page.) the opposition has heen active, espe. cally since the kidnaping and assas- | sination of the anti-Faseist Deputy Matteotti, in June, 1924, { rly last November a plot against {the premier was upcovered. | Zanihoni. a former socialist deputy. | was arrested in a hotel room adjoin: {ing the Chigi Palace. on the halcony (of which Museolini was to deliver a l«peech. The authorities declared he jwas equipped with a rifle with tele. | scopic sights and intended to shoot | the premier from the window of his {room. Zaniboni and others arrested (at the time still are awaiting trial. Musealini Is no stranger to wounds, Fehruary, 1917, while servidz on an front, he received the of the charge of a Ninety-eight wounds were counte® on his hody. and he was invalided home, returning to the ed itorship of his newspaper, the Popolo Ditalia. He organized the Fascist party at Milan in March, 191% with asgroup of Young war veterans as the nucleus. He entered Rome at the head of the Faseist forces on October 31, 1922 and | has heen in power since Was Going to Tripoli. Mussolinl was in the midst of nrep- arations for a voyage to Tripoli, the lavgest Italian colony. He was to ! etart tomorrow on the dreadnaught | Conte di Caveur, accompanidd by a formidahle naval squadron. The trip was hafled by the Fascist press as a sign of the naval and colonial resur- irection of Italy. | "On his progiam for today was the | induction into office of the new di | vectorate of the Fascist party. headed by Augusto Turati who succeeds | Roberto Farinacci. Turati's appoint- | ment has heen hailed as an indica- {tion of a decision by Mussolini that | Fasclsm's militant ‘and destruciive | role, as personified by Farinaccl, has has hegun. After her arrest, the woman who | made the attempt replied to the first | questions in an unintelligible manner, speaking in English. It was brought out, however, that she is named Vio- let Albina Gibson, daughter of the | late Edward Gibson and Frances Col- | les Gibson. She was born at Dalkex Island, Dublin, Ireland. in 1876, 1t was learned, too, on February 27, 11925, while she waa living In a family | hotel in Rome, Miss Gibeon tried to commit suicide by shooting herself in the breast with a revolver. At that time at_her request a Protastant min- ister was called, to whom she said that she had attémpted to kill herselt “for the glory of God.” She was then taken to a hospital where she was kept under observation for some time. The Honorable Violet Albina Gibson, {is the vounger sister- of the present Baron Ashbourne. who succeeded to the title in 1913 on the death of his father. Her older sister is Baroness Bolton, and*a vounger sister is the wife of Alexander Horsbrugh-Porter, a vounger brother of Sir John Scott Horsbrugh-Porter, senfor clerk of the House of Commons. Miss Gibson was born at Dalkey Is- land, Dublin, Ireland. in 1876. Her mother, Baroness Ashbourne. who was Miss Frances Colles, is still living. AMENDOLA, ENEMY, IS DEAD. | SPARIS, April 7 (P).Le Matin says Giovanni Amendola, leader of the Aventine oppesition i the Italian Tite | ended, and that Its constructive role | uh, a Ros | icular | protective | | | | | i | | | | l | 1 { i | zone 1¢ YOUNG ROBINSON'S CASE IS MYSTERY Is Reported Back at Harvard | Classes, But Fact Is Unconfirmed. Ry the Associated Press CAMRBRINDGE Ma Mystery surrounded the repe ppearance today <on, son of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. a sophomore at Harvard College. Althow April ted dis officially at “reported no was said 1 that he had heen attending classes this morning,” wne eould be found who had seen him. At his reoming on eet, all information « whereabouts was refused, n Miss Mulone, who manages house, say whether he had heen his room last night or during past few dayvs. Farlier in the day he had gone t 1efused to confirm or deny ment. The university that the student’s ing Was| gton by earlier intention t lane, and would arriv clock fonight. Pending his arrival the authorities said they preferred not to discuss the case further. Mrs. Robinson Leaves. Mrs. Robinson was reporied to have arrived in Boston last night and to have first learned of her son's “dis appearance.” Khe swtopped at the home of Mrs. James Jackson, Reacon street. An attempt to see her today was futile and it was said she had returned to New York. Students at Barvard, upon learning that the vouth was reported missing first gave out the report that he had New York to see a doctor haut sinus trouhle. he had returned last night and attending classes today. This repe was checked with the college author itice. who said they had heard the ame thing and that they previously had heard nothing ahout his being missing. [t was not unusual, they <aid. for a student to g away for two or three days hecause of fline or perhaps to study. It was after the authorities had given out this re- port that they said they did not wish to discuss the case until after the arrival of Mr. Robinson. hoit house, would the in the later received word father was leav train, abandoning come by naval at 1m:1a was 1 Father Goes to Boston. Unfavorable westher prevented As sistant Secretary Robinson of the Navy from making an airplane flight today to Roston. where his gon, Doug las. was reported missing. instead, the Secretary took a train a short time hefore the boy.a Harvard freshman. was located g routine duties after a she illness. el WILKINS PENETRATES 140 MILES OVER UNKNOWN ARCTIC SEA (ontinued from First Page.) ties, Navy Department. one of the pioneers in Arctic explorations with aircraft, declared toda “Capl. Wilkina' successful flight ont over the ice and water, coupled with the good visibility he had. con- clusively demonstrates the practical basis for aviation in Aretie explora- t planned to invade the far North in fiving craft, the Wilkins accomplighed the first piéce of, werk. “Capt.- Wilkins has my congratulations for the wonderful be- ginning of what 1 hope will he a more wonderful ending. constructive | Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the National Georgraphic Soalety, said: ““That's a very Important @ight. N body has ever heen farther than miles in a northerly direction from Barrow. He's made a splendid begin- ning and certainly Is to be congratu- lated. ., “There's heavy drift ice in that ter- ritory and ships have tried to pene- trate it but_never have gotten farther than 30 or 70 miles in a northerly di- rection. No ships have gotten as far as he has or nobody has seen what he did.” WIDOW OF GENERAL, DIES Mrs. Sarah Pomp McClernand, widow of Brig. Gen nand, died at Kaston, the War Department was advised today, surviving her husband less than two months, the General having Waiter Reed Hospital, Feb- . Mrs. MeClernand will be buried in_Arlington beside her hus band, at 3 o'clock, Friday afternoon. The couple lived at 2400 S:xteenth street prior to the death of Gen. M Clernand, “who had a notable rece in the army Gen. McClernand was the holdes of the Congressional Medal and was veteran of numerous ecampaigns against the indians: in the Philippin the Spanish-American and world w He also had served on many portant missions during his E Pa., yesterday, o Chamber of uties, ls dead atlservice in the United States Army. Cannes. He was 77 years pla. of Douglas Robin- | Linden | neerning his | Later they said | about his | -Ini Of all the expeditions that have | project has | i heartiest | McCler- | POOLE MAKES PLEA FORWAR MEMORIAL Says Potomac Park Struc- ture Should Be Creation of Washington People. a | | Characterizing | tumbia " lin L which shonld he the morial District of Co- 1o he erected A structure the ereation «f the peaple of Washingte John Poole, president of the Federal-American National Bank. and chairman of the campaign committee to raise $200.000, heginning next week, last night ap- pealed aver radin statign WHMAL fer contributions from every local citizen. Mr. Ponle also asked for volunteers to assist in eapvassing each block in the ity for ptions war Potomae as “nihe Quotation from Address. only short while age many of great nati f the world were rribie conflict,” #aid Mr. in untold loss of manhood of Amer young men—were From this eity the " engaged in | Paole, “resulting life. The finest ica—our hoyse znd | called Into service. alone more than 26,000 joined the military_and naval forces of the United States in defense of our na- tional henor and for the protection of our homes and property. Their courage— their spirit —their patriot- ism - have long since heen indelihly recorded in the annals of history of I peoples of the earth, for their K and hravery have never heen assed It is now the privilege of Wash ington to signalize the honor, love and remembrance in which we hold those, the dead and living. who rep resented ns in defense of onr national fdeals and security. for a memorial = ahout to he erected in Potomac Par l'in affectionate trihute to those whe | gave their services. and espacially | those who gave their lives. In Form of Doric Temple. “This memorial will he in the form of a beautiful Doric temple. erected of pure white marble In It will he inscribed the names of the 735 sans of our city who made the supreme | sacrifice. while in ite corner stone t will the names of all wha en tered the service from the Distrier of Columbia. “The site chosen by the Commis | sion of Fime Arts will he in a grove {of trees not far from the reflect] [ pool of the Lineoln Memorial. a most { appropriate setting. in which the beauty of the temple will he enhaneed by its surroundings. he temple will serve as a music d for all military band eonceris en in Potomac Park: t will be a memorial servies for { the deeds of the living whom we honor and the dead whose memory we _cherish | “This memorial will he the craation of the people of Washington alone, {indicating our deep local pride. Ta he an appreciation In the higzest | sense. it must have the heart and the <e of all of ns, \What an empiy if huilt hy v a few! Let ue in proclaiming our gratitnde. appeal. therefore. is made to every one of my listeners. and through [ vou to e of friends. Two I hundred thousand dollars is nesded {1t should be our pleasure, yours and mine. 1o respond generously and auickly. thus expressing our g gratitude 1o the men who seo nobly represented the Nation's Capital in the great emergency Contributions Solicited. has come tn send in bution. Write eut a gen make it payable ta John Poole. treasurer——and drop it in the 1 hox. - If haven't a check. pin your name and address to a hill and send it in. “It is helieved want ‘o subseriba o provide an easy we want some | t e | he tin vour cont erons chec many perseas will he it ever o little. taeility for doine one person from the it to go from e and receive thess con It you are willing to as Please send vour name and ad te John Poole. care of the Fed al-American National Rank. and in dicate the ticular square or hlack vou are willing to cover. Assign ments will he promptly made and cre- {dentials with precise instructions will he sent vou. Tt is meet that this heautiful ,tribute shauld he the ereation of every | eltizen of the Distriet of Columbia PHILIP S. STEELE DIES.’ VICTIM OF APOPLEXY Retired Pri‘n’t!;-.i B’.‘S’ Years Old, Member of Typographieal Union for 55 Years. sist, Ar | { | i | | Philip Sheppard Stesle, 85 vears nid. retived printer of the Government Printing Office, where he worked for 127 years. and_a member of the | Typographical Union for the past & | years. dled of apoplexy in Sihley Hos pital vesterday. Rorn in Raltimore. Mr. Steble served < printer's apprenticeship with the Hugerstown Almanac. Later he with the Detroit Free Prese and prior te coming ta Washington worked for the Albany Argus for many years, al services will be conduet Vermont Avenue Christia tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. Earl Taggart will offciate. Interment will he in Albany. Mr. Steele is survived hy his wife, Mrs, Mary Asusta Steele: a daughter, Mre, A. N. Gardner, and a son. Mor- | gan Steele, all of this eity Mr. Steele was a member Harmony Lodge, F. A. A. M. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. RACE—$1.200: Magnolis pures: 4+ furlongs. 109 Red Rocket ... 118 Ann [ 109 K .... 108 100 D 10n old | of Rounder PN Edith D. FGolden Pe +H. P. Whitney entry. {Woods Garth and William Garth entry. SECOND RACE—S$1.200: claiming: veur-olda: 6 furlongs. od Boy . *Forlorn Exeh el *Grand Bey Caroline & THIRD RACE—$1. olds and up: % fv Elemental *Tnsulate ris 1 “Mim Rosedals . FOURTH = RACE—$1.200: claiming: year-olds and up: 6% furlongs. Chief James McCrimmon Cateshy Johnny Jaweli ! Sun Raiah . Mabel C. . Tord Raito. FIFTH RAC olds and up: 17e Kingk of Fortune *Villager *Chique . SIXTH RACE-—$1.200: olds and up: 1 mile and 13 1 oerarth Aroon. 104 SEVENTH RACE—S$1.200: _claimin Ide and up: 1 mile And 70 yards L 108 Galata .. D 110 Dernier Sou ... 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