Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) cloudy and slightly colder and _colder; Jowest temperature tonight about 35 Highest, 54, at noon today; 39, at 4 a.m. today. . Mostly tonight; tomorrow fair de low ull report on Page 9. rees Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 No. 29,933. post office, BEER WOULD HELP RYEAFORCENENT ANDRENS ADWITS Many Would Drink It Instead of Bootleg, He Tells Sen- ate Committee. KETTLE AND TOWEL WILL : MAKE STILL, SAYS REED | Prohibition Chief, in Shadow of | Distilling Plant, Agrees They i Seem to Be Increasing. Recalling Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews, ant Secretary of the Treasury, | §n charge of prohibition enforcement, to the stand as their last principal | witness and receiving from him the Rdmission that the return of beer for home consumption with a low alco- | holic content would “be helpful” to | enforcing the present act, the Wets today practically rested their case ! JWith the Senate judiciary subcommit- | tee inquiring into proposals for modi- | fication of the Volstead law. While Gen. Andrews, under a bar- gage of questions from Julian Cod- nan, representing the wet sentiment, #nd Senator “Jim" Reed of Missouri, the avowed wet member of the com- , contributed much toward the - of the modificationists by ad- | sions of widespread disregard and | disrespect for the law, the Missouri | Senator carried away the honors of | 1he day with his illuminating and elo- quent observation that any man who | yossessed a tea kettle, a bath towel | ' mnd a_quart of corn meal could make enough alcohol on which to get dead drunk. Demonstrates “Oregon Still.” The Senator also brought to the at- | tention of the entire committee room | &n “Oregon still,” which he sald was described to him by a marine. After showing the ease with which alcohol | could be made “In camp,” Senator ! Reed told Gen. Andrews he hoped he | would use it if he ever got back into | the service, “but not while Smelly Butler is around.” | Under questioning Gen. Andrews | thought a “great many people” would | be glad to get beer of low alcoholic | content in place of whisky they now are buying from the bootlegger. Gen. Entered as second class matter Washington, C. D. Coolidge Approves $3,000,000 More for | Dry Enforcement By the Associated Press. A $3,000,000 additional appropri- ation for prohibition enfor next year, to take caie Secretary Andrews' reorganization program, was approved today by President Coolidge. This would supplement the $11,- 000,000 alr for mext year. In addition about $10.000,000 also has been appro- priated for the Coast Guard, which is defending the borders from smuggler The $3,000,000 would be used prin- cipally in meeting the cost of ad- ditional forces which Mr. Andrews proposed to employ on the border patrol and in the2specialized which he has recently org COVEY IS OPPOSING HARRIS O HOUA i Better Weather Prevails as Nats and A’s Clash in Second of Series. Line-up. ADELPHIA. WASHINGTON. 2b. Rice. ef. ykes, 3b. Galloway, ‘ss. Harriss, . Umpires—Messrs. Nallin, Geisel, Connolly. GRIFFITH STADIUM, April 14— ather vastly improved over the retic variety prevailing for the sea- son's opener yesterday was on tap for the second battle of the campaign between the Griffmen and Athletics this afternoon. Manager Bucky Harris delegated the pitching assign- ment for his champions to Coveleskie, his veteran spit-ball ma- nipulator, while Pilot Connie Mack in- trusted mound duties to Bryan (Slim) Harriss, Young Buddie Myer again was placed at short for the Griffmen, in place of Roger Peckinpaugh, who is awaiting real base ball weather be. fore making his 1926 debut. Neither side had scored in the sec ond inning. FIRST INNING. PHILADELPHIA —Stan Harris W @h Stan | WASHINGTON, VS EFEAT SPURSCOURTFOES TOMDENATIAGKS Smith Apparently Victorious by Substantial Margin in Primary in lllinois. FRIENDS OF TRIBUNAL DENY ISSUE INVOLVED Lenroot and Cummins Listed as | | Next Adherence Backers to Face Fire of Antis. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The victory of Col. Frank L. Smith on the returns so far received, run- ning on an anti-World Court plat- form in the Illinois Republican sena- | torial primary, was hailed by the ' court Senators here today as evi- dence that they have the sentiment of | the country back of them. Encouraged by the apparent nomi- | nation of Col. Smith, the anti-court group today were preparing to carry the fight against other Senators whd supported American adherence to the world tribunal. Senator Brookhart of Iowa, who has just been unseated by vote of the Senate and his place given to Sen- ator Steck, Democrat, will receive the | backing of the anti-courters in his ! contest against Senator Cummins for the Republican nomination. i Already the banner has been rafsed | by the antl-courters against Senator | Lenroot of Wisconsin, who led the | fight for the administration to bring ! about the ratification of the World | Court protocol in the Senate. i 1 Illinois Test Was First. i The defeat of Senator McKinley in ! lilinols yesterday was the first test | of popular sentiment in the primary | elections this year on the World Court | issue. | ‘While the apparent failure of Sen- | ator McKinley to win renomination is | beir~ claimed as a significant victory | or the anti-court group, the pro-court senators are declaring that other ele- ments, far different from the World | | Court, were responsible. They point | | to the factional differences in Chicago, {where county officers were being WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1926—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. e R WEATHSS ;onE//—— PERMANENT PRES ASSOCIATION URGED Meeting Next Year Planned as Pan-American Editors Leave for Tour. After passing by acclamation reso- lutions recommending the creation of a permanent assoclation of American Journalists, the adoption of laws in all nations of the Western Hemisphere guaranteeing the freedom of the press and upholding arbitration as DAD’S DISGUST. Friend Is Killed By Truck, Owner Commits Suicide v the Associated Press. NEW CASTLE, Pa., April 14— After his automobile truck had struck and killed a friend, Mrs. Molile Harris, here last night, Frank Roble, 64, wealthy merchant, drove to an isolated country road and committed suicide. His body, with a bullet in the head, was found today. Moses Harris, 68, husband of the victim, was injured serfously by the truck. A FORMEMORIAL ¢ Foening Star. WORK ADVOCATES RETIREMENT ATT0 | Suggests 65 as Optio:.al,‘ * service. Yesterday’s UP) Means Associated Attempt to Send Whittemore Saws Foiled by Jailer By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 14—An attempt to smuggle two hacksaw blades to Richard Reese Whitte- more, robber gang leader, has been frustrated by Jailer Charles Leib it became known today. The hack saws were concealed in a box of stafonery which had been mailed, special delivery, in Buffalo. Enclosed in the box was this note: “Rich—Fondest regards and best wishes from J. N. and S.” The note apparently w in_u feminine hand. Whittemore is awaiting trial for the murder of two Bank of Buffalo employes in a $93,000 robbery here last October. as written ACTIONON FENNING SET FOR FRIAY | Rules Committee Given Until| Then to Consider Charges Made by Blanton. The House rules committee today was given until Friday to act on pending resolutions calling for an in- | vestigation of the administration of | Commissioner Fenning as guardian for mentaliy incompetent beneficiaries of the Veterans' Bureau and other ir- regularities in the administration of District institutions. By a vote of § to 3, the House Dis- trict committee voted to postpone un- til a special meeting on Friday its pro- posed consideration of five resolutions offered by Representatives Blanton of | Texas, Hammer of North Carolina, Bibson of Vermont, McLeod of Mich- With Maximum Annuity ; of $960. i Criticizing several provisions of a | retirement bill prepared by the Sen- | ate subcommittee on civil service, | Secretary of the Interior Work, in a | letter today to Chairman Stanfleld of the committee, recommended com- pulsory retirement at 70, optional re- tirement at 65 for persons in all | clared: igan and Reld of Illinois. Representative Blanton said he con- templated filing impeachment charges against Commissioner Fenning and | the prospect and procedure for im- peachment was discussed generally by | he committee today. Mr. Blanton | stated that if the District committee acted today in ordering an investiga- tion, as several members urged, it would precipitate his filing impeach- ment charges. Representative Ham- mer, Democrat, North Carolina, de- | “I want to impeach him and | |everyone connected with him, and if | the rules committee does not act, this | 1 1 | council The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Circulation, 103,984 TWO CENTS. FLDRDGE PLEAT FORPUBLIESAD INCOTTNGRULES Begins Study of Traffic Reg- ulations to Reduce Numer- ous Arrests. Pres: PARKING BAN IS SEEN AS ONE POSSIBLE CURE Elimination of Parking Light Reg- ulation Also Seen as Relief Measure. With the theory laid down by the Commissioners that because too many people are being arrested for violation of traffic regulations the number of traffic regulations should be reduced, the traffic Girector se about the task today of finding which ones could be culled At the same time, he opened every citizen of the 'District inte ted in traffic law promulgation and enforcement, an avenue of sugges tion through which the voice of the motorists of the city may be heard as to their desires on traffic. The director declared he has asked the District traffic council to go throush the present traffic code with a fine tooth combs and recommend to him any regulations which could be elim inated or modified He also requested that any indivi ual who wishes to do so, make areful analytical study of the traffic regulations and make suggestions toward simplifying the regulations and cutting down arrests “without detriment to the traffic situation.” Asks Public Aid. His statement follows: “In_view of the request made I§ the Commissioners that an effort b made to further simplify the traffi code, and to eliminate the superfluous regulations, I have asked the trafii to go through our present traffic code with a “fine tooth comb.’ {and recommend to me any regulations which in their opinion could be elimin ated or modified without detriment to the public safety. “In this connection, T should like to request, through the press, tha any individual who desires to do so make a careful analytical study of ) . a0 where the Republican | the logical means of settling Interna committee should.” Andrews was seated botween the com- | tossed out Bishop. Lamar singled to | ¢lected, and “wh D A et branches of the service, a mnx(mum} the traffic regulations. and make any mittee and a 20-gallon still completely equipped, which had been ‘sub- poenaed.” The still still possessed an droma gthat many witnesses in - the room déclared to be not unpleasant. Calls Saloons “Disastrous.” Gen. Andrews thought that if beer mnd light wines were sold in public places _corresponding to saloons, op- portunity would be given irresponsible people to sell hard liquor from those places, and this change in the law *would be disastrous.” The foregoing statement was made o Senator Harreld of Oklahoma, the wonly other member of the committee present today, and an ardent dry. “Let me get you straight,” said Sen- ator Reed. “Your opinion is this, that in view of the bad hard liquor now ‘being consumed, if good, healthy beer were manufactured, a beer non-intoxi- cating In fact, and distributed by the Government under regulations and ot allowed to be sold in saloons, pub- ic places or drunk on the premises, that the people would take to that and it would aid you in suppressing the il- Meit still?” i “1 do believe it would be helpful,” eplied the witness. “Now, if saloons were opened and | beer and wine were permitted to be gold, they would be used as a cover by certain proprietors to slip illlcit whisky."” “I think,it would be disastrous,” #ald Gen. Andrews. Reed and Harreld Tilt. As the committee was evenly bal anced on the subject today—one wet | ahd one dry—several occasions arose when Senator Reed and Senator Har- | reld disagreed markedly on prohibi- | tion. Senator Harreld thought the harboring of a still in a private resi- dence should be made a “felony” and | Senator Reed, in view of his col-| league's other outspoken suggestions for prohibition, suggested that ‘we tear up the Constitution and the Mag- na Charta.” Mr. Codman opened the question- §ng of the witness. “I understand that | one of the large problems of your de-| partment concerns illicit stills and | dlstlll.erles.” he said. “Is that cor- answered Gen. Andrews, “and it Is becoming more Mr. Codman read records Internal Revenue Department ing to still seizures in the 1 years. In s 95,983 stills, including distilleries, stills, still worms and fermenters were | seized: in 1922, 111,155; in 1923, 158,132; | in 1921, 159,166, and sn 1925, 172,537, of the| stills Apparently Inereasing. | “There seems to be a continuous | mounting up,” remarked Mr. Codman. “Is it @ fair iInference that the num-| ber of stills is actually increasing?” | “I don’t know whether it is that or better activity on the part of the] agents. It's a fair inference, T'll grant you that.” ! Mr. Codman ‘thought the large fig- | ures should have heen reauced an- instead of having showed ani e. “I agree that it means a great many people are distilling,” said Gen. An- drews. i nese figures show only a small | part of the stills you can apprehend? There must be a great many you don't know anything about.” “There must be some,” said the witne: “I am _depending very targely on local enforcement for the capture of stills.” “Fair Percentage” Captured. ‘ihe witness thought “a- fair per- | centage” of stills were captured. He referred to “large commercial stills,” which he explained were used by persons to make liquor for the liquor traffic. “In quantities or four or five gal- | lon lots?” asked Senator Reed. “Gen- eral. I want to be frank with you and T know you wanf to be with us.” “I ecertainly do,” sald Gen. An- drews. “Does the ‘fair percentage’ include everybody who may-make a little in his home?” 7 “My agents have very little con- tact with the smaller classes. Mat- center. Lamar stole second, aided by Ruel's low throw. French took a third strike. Simmons flied to Joe Harris. No runs. WASHINGTON—Bishop leaped high to stop Rice’s liner and juggled the ball, but caught it before it drop- ped. Stan Harris roiled to Galloway. Goslin bounded to Hauser. No run: SECOND INNING. PHILADELPHIA—Hauser singled sharply through the box. Cochrane forced Hauser, Stan Harris to Myer. Myer's "t to double-up Cochrane was too wide. Dykes popped to Myer. Galloway flied to Joe Harris. No runs. WASHINGTON—Joe Harris lofted to French. Bishop tossed out Judge. Bluege fanned. No runs. PROBE OF KILLINGS IN HERRIN STARTS Troops Guard Town as State Seeks Cause of Feud Fatal to Six. By the Associated Press. HERRIN, Illinois, April 14.—Her- rin was again under military control today as official machinery was put in motion to investigate this city’s latest renewal of Klan-anti-Klan fac- tional strife which yesterday, at the municipal election here, resulted in the death of six and injury of more than a score of persons. The bodies of the six men lie in und-~rtaking parlors here today and an \uest was expected to be held this 'morning, arrangements having already been made toward empanel- ling a coroner’s jury. Coroner George Bell of Marion arrived last night nd, with State's Attorney Arlie Bos- well, conferred with Lieut. Col. Davis in charge of the situation, and John Ford, only known eye-witness to the shootings, from whom they obtained a resume of the day's dis- orders. Brothers Among Dead. The dead are: Aurb Treadway, 28, Harrisburg. Charles Briggs, alias “Brown,” 30, East St. Louis. Jack Sibemore, 54, Alderman. Ben Sizemore, 52. Harland Ford, &0 Ford, fofmer chief of police, deputy circuit clerk. Noble Weaver, 32, fort. Three of the men, the Sizemore brothers and Ford, are Klansmen, while the others are anti-Klan, The shootings are believed to have been incited as a result of an episode Tuesday morning when John Smith, garage proprietor and Klan leader, was accosted by a man, later identi- fied as “Blackie” Arms, at about o'clock. The men conversed for a fe' moments and Arms_searched Smith, removing two guns from his pockets. He then took a gun from his own 0, brother of John and West Frank- | pocket and struck Smith across the race, the latter said. Smith In a_statement, declared that he then ran into his garage, close by, follewed closely by his brother-in-law, Eugene Vincent,®and two other men, | who had not been identified. Then the shooting began, Smith and the three other members of his party harricading themselves within the garage. More than 500 shots were fired from both within and outside the garage, it is reported, and scores of cars pass- ing the garage slowed up as they passed to fire shots into the structure. Machine guns were also brought into play and men stationed as far as two blocks away, fired volle; into the (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 2. ¥ factions were lined up for or against |tional disputes, the first Senator McKinley in a most unusual | can Congress of Journalists adjourned manner. They insist that the control | gine die late yesterday afternoon. of Chicago politics was the real goal | in the primary election in that city. They say, too, that the pro-courters really never put their side of the World Court argument before the peo- ple of Illinols, although speeches were mude in the State by Senator Borah of ldaho, Senator Reed of Missouri and_Senator Shipstead of Minesota against the World Court, and the speakers for Col. Smith discussed the Court on all occasions. There is no gainsaying the fact, nowever, that the World Court issue was the big talking point in the Re- publican primary campaign. Even in the fight for county offices in_Chi- cago, local in the extreme, the World | Court issue was injected. ; Court Warmly Attacked. 1 The foreword of the campaign docu- ment issued by the campaign in the interests of the candidates indorsed by the committee “‘regular Republican Cook County convention” proclaimed in large type: “America first! No World Court!" This was the Crowe-Barrett-Thomp- son faction, or factions. In reply the Deneen faction—the “national Republican party”—put out a document which claimed that a vote against the World Court was a vote against President Coolidge, who had supported American adherence to the ‘World Court with reservations. This, t0o, was the keynote of the advertise- ments inserted in the newspapers by | Senator McKinley. { Col. Smith in his campaign not only appealed to the anti-court senti- ment in the State, but also tackled | McKinley on the agricultural situa- tion. He pledged himself to work for | measures which would tend to make | the farmer’s dollar equal in buying value to the dollar of the industrialist. This was an effective line of argu. ment in part of the State where the producers of corn were hard hit last vear and where there has been much discontent. Defeated Smith Before. Six years ago Senator McKinley de- feated Col. Smith for the Republican nomination by about 11,000 votes, and at one Hme, before all the votes ware | in, McKinley conceded the election | of Col. Smith. But the later votes: | from downstate, where McKinley vras | s gave the victory finally to . i Senator McKinley, who returned | here today from his home in Cham- plain, said, with his quiet smile: “I'am glad it is over.” He continued: “The people of Illinois have sent me to Washington for 20 years—14 years in the House and 6 in the Sen- ate. In this primary I was recom- | mended' for renomination by all the | Republican newspapers in Chicago. | i1 was supported for re-election by | {nearly all of tHe daily downstate; papers. The only pronounced oppo- | | sition, that T know of was by the Hearst papers and by the Smith-Small | | combination. T was indorsed by near- | | 1y all of the church societies, women's | ! "(Continued on Page 6, Column 2,) TR SHANTUNG TROOPS ROUTED AT PEKING By the Associated Press. TIENTSIN, . April 13.—The allied Manchurian-Shantung forces are re- ported to have sustained a serious reverse today in severe fighting| with the Kuominchun troops which have been supporting the Peking gov- ernment, recently overthrown. The conflict took place at Tungchow Chi, six miles eust of Peking, and has re- sulted in the capital being cut off by road and rail. The allies are believed to have at- tacked the Kuominchun troops has- tily whep they received news of the coup e'tat by which Chief Executive Tuan Chl-jul was ousted from office. The harassed Kuominchun forces turned upon them, punishing them severcly. | Alexandria, the first stop. The final gavel did not fall, how- ever, before the delegates had sin- {cerely urged the officials to recall {them to a similar conference next | year. This congress probably will be \summoned by the Pan-American | Union to meet in Buenos Alres and, | adopting .the suggestion of President | Coolidge, will likely alternate between North and South America every year thereafter. Last night the visiting delegates said their formal farewells at a re- ception given in their honor at the Pan-American Union by Secretary of State Kellogg and Mrs. Kellogg. At- tended by most of the President's cabinet, many members of the resi- dent diplomatic corps and Washing- ton society, the affair was one of the most brilliant receptions of the season. Tour Starts Late. It was early morning before the guests found their wr back to ho- tels and places of -abode. Conse- quently, the start on the tour that will carry the visitors through Ame; s industrial centers was more than an hour late today. Special cars provided by the Vir- ginia State Chamber of Commerce called for the delegates at the Pan. American Union at 10:30 o'clock, but it was nearly noon before they headed out over the Highway Bridge toward Later the will visit Richmond, Wil- liamsburg, Norfolk and other cities in Virginia. In Norfolk the visitors will be turned over to representatives of the Baltimore Sun and brought to Baltimore on a special steamer. Philadelphia and New York will be caravan jnext and from the metropolis the dele- gates will start for the big cities of the Middle West, the tour taking in Detroit, Akron, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and other citles. Twenty-nine resolutions were passed by the congress before adjournment yesterday afternoon. The first dealt with_the creation of the permanent |, (Continted on Page 6, Column 4, MICHIGAN AVENUE BRIDGE BILL PASSED Another step toward the elimina- tion of railroad grade crossings from the District of Columbla was taken this afternoon when the Senate passed a bill for the construction of a bridge across the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Raiflroad on Michigan avenue, Brookland. The bill goes to the House for action. Another important measure passed by the Senate this afternoon was the bill giving the Commissioners the power to proceed with the opening and exlenslog of _streets in cases where benefits equal to the damages cannot be found. The bill passed by the Senate authorizes an appropria- tion to be used to make up the differ- ence between the damages and bene- fits in cases wh?re the city authorities decide the public interests necessitate the opening of the street. The bill to provide financial aid for mothers with dependent children came up on the calendar, but went’over for later consideration. The Michigan avenue grade crossing bill authorizes an appropriation of $275,000 for the elimination of that crossing. . KILLS WIFE AND SELF. BLAIRSVILLE, Pa,, April 14 (P).— Raymond College, 23 years old, killed his wife, Lilllan, 21, with a hammer in their home at Cokeville late last night, and then committed suicide. Three hours. after the woman's body was found on a bed, police located College's body, locked in a clothes press. He had shot himself. Letters, found in the house, in- dicated that College was despondent because of iliness. He wrote, “Lillian has said she was going to kill me, so I dope it.,” ASKED OF CLERKS Government Workers, to Be Paid Tomorrow, Start Donations to Fund. The District of Columbia War Memorial Commission today issued an appeal to the Government worker to take part of his or her pay which will be disbursed tomorrow and turn it over to the fund which is being raised for the marble temple in Potomac Park. % Facilities for collecting these funds already have been provided at direc- tion of the President's cabinet, through the numerous chief clerks, and President Coolidge himself has set the example by contributing his personal check to the cause. Several million dollars will be dis- bursed throughout the various Gov- ernment buildings tomorrow and as the workers go about their rooms and halls they will be faced by bulletins with the signature of President Cool- idge on his letter transmitting his own contribution and commending the patriotic proposal to all people in the District of Columbia. Any Sum Acceptable. Any sum will be acceptable to the movement, it was announced by the commission, a it is hoped that no Government worker will feel that the part he could take in the memorial ‘would be too small to count. No stated sum is to be asked of the Govern- ment workers, who, on account of their varying salaries, would be able to give on a graduated scale. Several chief clerks, however, report that the rank and flle of clerks already have started contributing $1 each. Some have been giving more, according to their interest and their desire to give as a tribute to some member of the family or some friend who represented i '\:I'?l’“ in the armed forces of the World | War., The chief clerks of the departments land establishments or their represen- tatives have been authorized by the cabinet to receive such contributions, and have worked out plans in con- Jjunction with the Memorial Commis- sion and John Poole, chairman of the campaign committee and treasurer of the fund. Citizens Join Movement. Further evidence that the citizens’ assoclations are falling into line in the constantly growing list of organ- izations backing the movement was seen last night by the action of two ! more associations, the Barry Farms and Burleith Citizens. The memorial project was approved by both, and a collection was taken at the meeting { of thé former. Radio appeal to the public went out over station WMAL last night by Charles J. Columbus, director of the ‘Washington Radio Forum. Presenting the official request of the memorial commission, Mr. Colum. bus described the memorial and lfi “We appeal to every Washingtonian to contribute to this memorial; ‘to those for whom some one near dear served, and to those not so fa- vored. “Your contribution to the $200,000 cost of the memorial, whether it be for $1, $10, $100 or $1,000 or any in- termediate sum, should not be a bur- den, but a personal tribute to the one {out of all the 26,000 names to be en- | shrined who means the most to you.” SENT T0 OPIUM PA_RLEY. GENEVA, April 14’ (#).—S. Pink- ley Tuck, United States consul at Geneva, has been instructed by the Department of State to attend as ob- server the meeting of the League of Nations’ advisory committee on oplum and other dangerous drugs, May 26, annuity of $960 and increase in de- | duetions from salaries from the pres- | ent 215 per cent to 3'; per cent. . The &ecretary's recommendations he believes, would relieve the Federal Government from any contributions | whatever to the retirement fund for | a period much longer than the 25| years which it is now estimated the | fund would support itself entirely from Government workers' contribu- tions. ] Sees Gain of $5,208,000. Secretary Work’s recommendations, | he sald, based on the increased de- ductions from employes salaries, would bring a net gain into the retire- ment fund of $5,208,000 annually. “There are now 12,000 annuitants on the roll,” he said, annuity of $544, requiring an annual expenditure of §$6,628,000. If the max- imum annuify should be increa:vd from $720 to $960 per annum, it is estimated that the average annuily | would then be in the neighborhood of $725, whick. would make the average annuity equal to the present maxi- mum annuity. “The 12,000 annuitants now on the roll, therefore, would receive a total | of $8,700,000 annually. The conclu- sion as to the new average annuity is based on the present ratio of the average annuity to the maximum by Increasing the maximum annuity 33%.{ that the right way to correct the sit- per cent, it would seem to follow that the creased by 33% per cent.” One of the principal points of differ- | ence between Secretary Work and the committee was over the matter of a graduated retirement age, favored by the latter. Secretary Work favored 65 as a uniform retirement age. The Secretary also disapproved the pro- posal to give deferred retirement status to employes {involuntarily separated from service after 45 years. The present age for involuntary separation is 55 years. Keeping of Accounts. The duty of establishing and main- taining an account showing liabilities of the Government, which the com- | mittee thought should devolve upon | the controller general of the United ! States, should, in the opinion of Sec- | retary Work, remain in the Treasury | Department, where accounts of the re. | tirement fund are kept at present. Secretary Work's recommendations | were sald to follow the general line of the recent pronouncement from the White House, in which it was indi. cated that President Coolidge felt there should be less burden laid upon Government expenditures in any new retirement act, although the Chief | Executive was in favor of liberalized | retirement. | The ' maximum annuity fixed by | Secretary Work at $960 stands in mid- dle ground between the present max- | imum annuity of $720 and the com- | mittee's proposal of $1,200. Secretary Work's proposal for flat retirement age at 65 for all em- ployes differs from both the present law, which is.graduated into three groups, and the committee recom- mendations. The present graduation, he éxplained-in his letter is 62 years | for railway mail clerks, 65 years for mechanics, letter carriers and post of- fice clerks; and 70 ‘years for clerks and others. The total number of employes at present affected by the retirement law, he said, was 388,622, JUDGE CONDEMNS AUTOS. Fines' Mother of Small Child for Transporting Liquor. CLARKSBURG, W. Va., April 14 (P).—The automobile i§ the “damna- tion of 'this country,” and young people run “riotous,” declared Federal Judge W. E. Baker in sentencing Pearl Liberger of Morgantown, mother of ' a..3:-months-old. child, to pay a fine of $100 and ordering confiscated the automobile il which the woman is said to have transported liquor. Radio Programs—Page 34 Hammer Says He Has Proof. Mr. Hammer added that he had specific suggestions which may occur to them, which will have the effect of simplifying the regulations and_the I proofs that Mr. Fenning violated both { the legal and moral code and said, “I cutting down of arrests without detri ment to the traffic situagion. !make the charge here and now that |of cases received fees for the pur- this man Fenning bas in a number | “Particular attention *is called to the et that approximately two- thirds of all the arrests for t violations during the month of Mareh were for parking lights and over-time parking. Any suggestions relating to these two phrases of the subject will be particularly appreciated.” chase of notes.” Representative Gibson, Republican, | of Vermont advised the District committee today of the action by the | ‘eteran’s commitee vesterday in or- d a \with an average | M. Blanton asked if this action was | average annuity would be in-; ering survey of guardianship | cases all over the country, explaining | that this has no bearing on the prob- | able action by the rules committee on | the Blanton and Hammer resolutions for an investigation of Commissioner | | Fenning's activities as guardian in | | more tan 100 cases. | not predicated on the thought that if an investigation of Mr. Fenning was | started there would be no time for ing else, declaring that it would good six months' work to in- | vestigate.” Representative Houston, Republican, of Delaware, expressed the opinion | that an investigation by the veterans | committee or the District committee or the rules committee or by a special | committee of the House would not cure | the evils complained of. He pointed out that Mr. Fenning was appointed guardian by the court and claimed j uation is to apply to the court to set aside the appointment and to remove Mr. Fenning from guardianship. Cites Alleged Admission. Mr. Blanton said that Dr. White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth’s Hos pital, had admitted that he had made | more than 200 applications asking for | appointment of Mr. Fenning as guard- ian. He said that not very enthu. siastic action by the court to oust Mr. Fenning from guardianships could be expected because Mr. Fenning “waited on the chief justice during the Sum- mersin Maine.” Representative Reid. Republican, of Illinois asked what action, if any, had been taken by the rules committee. Mr. Blanton replied that the chair- man of the rules committee said he was waiting for evidence. “I have al- ready given him the Capitol full of evidence and I don’t know how much more he demands.” said Mr. Blanton. Mr. Reld then questioned Chairman Zihlman as to whether there has been any action by che District committee seeking an _investigation. Mr. Zihl- man replied that the District com- mittee has been waiting to allow Mr. Blanton to get action, if possible, from the rules committee. Mr. Blanton stated that if the District committee had power to force recalcitrant wit- (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) PRESIDENT RENAMES HOOPER AND HIGGINS Two on Raii Labor Board, Whose Terms Expire Tonight, Again Chosen. President Coolidge today reappoint- ed Ben W. Hooper of Tennessee and Samuel Higgins of New York as mem- bers of the United States Raflroad Labor Board, the former as the rep- resentative ‘of - the public group and the latter as the representative of the railroad management group. Their present term expires at mid- night tonight. No recommendation was made to the President from the labor organiza- tions regarding the filling of the labor Problem Concerns Grave Cases. At the outset there were difficulties “hi agreed that there I ial regulations that serve to befog the already dazed mind of the motorist, the problem of too ma arrests does not concern the trivial regulations, but those which are not regarded as trivial. In other words arrests are for violation of important regulations—not trivial ones. Two traffic regulations stand out as those on which more than two-thirds of the arrests are made, in the view of Police Commissioner Fenning and Traffic Director Eldridge. These are overtime parking and parking at night without light: Only three courses are open to ve. duce arrests, if that is what the Com missioners want to do: First—Total elimination of all park ing in the congested area between % a.m. and 6 p.m., a course which Com missioner Fenning believes the people of Washington are not yet ready for Second—Lifting of the rigid sy | of police arrests for first-time v | tors and replacing it with a warning Third—Permitting cars to be parked at night without lights. Too Many Cooks Blamed. Whether the Commissioners will ap prove any or all of these steps re mains to be seen. In the meantime the most interesting part of the prob lem to many Washington motorists to day was the fact that the traffic di rector, who admittedly has been hampered from the first by “too many cooks,” who have put their fingers in a ple for which he is directly re sponsible, now faces another task— ct a_situation onsible. The policy of making arrests for ever: violation has been inaugurated by the Police Department and not by the traffic director. Mr. Eldridge and Assistant Traffic Director Moller went over the regula tions today, seeking to eliminate those on which unnecessary arrests are made. They confessed themselves un able to find any ground for cutting out those regulations for which more than 66 per cent of the arrests were made in March—namely, the two parking regulations. So they proceeded to consider elimi nation of the more innocuous parts of the traffic law, the regulation which provides that motorists shall operate a vehicle on the right side of a stree! which has center parkways, for exam ple, and others for which few, if any arrests have been made. Commissioner Fenning said the Po lice Department has no intention to harass drivers of automobiles, bu: given the regulations to enforce, hasx see how arrests can be cut down except proceeded to enforce them. He dos not either by eliminating all parking from the congested area or by permitting automobiles to park at night without lights. Mr. Fenning added that the suggestion that the police enforce the parking light law came from a Sen ator, and called attention to a serious accident in Boston when the car own. ed by the mayor of the city collided with a car parked without lights, re. sulting in serious injury to the mayor and his family. Must Guard Safety. “Ppossibly some of the regulations Mr. Eldridge drew up shortly after he became director of traffic are not now group membership on this board, which also expires tonight. W. L. McMenimen is at present the labor group member of the board. necessary,” Mr. Fenning said. “If this 1s so, we will attempt to eliminate them. I refer to some of the one way streets and other minor regu to Labor representatives recently in-|lations. We intend reasonably formed the President that it was not | regulate traffic in the interest of the likely they would make any recom-|largest number, with every regard to mendations to him in view of the fact | the safety of pedestrians and motor- that the Watson-Parker bill, which | ists. If the number of regulations can provides for the abolishment of the|be reduced, it is possible conditions Railroad Labor Board, would be enact- ed at this session of Congress. (Continued on Page 4, Cotumn 3)