Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1926, Page 4

3 » EARLY DEBTVOTE ™ sewaw stanrs: SUGHTINSENTE Smoot to Urge Final Action on Italian Pact This Week. A vote on the TItalian debt settle. ment pact before next week is the aim of Senator Smoot, Republican, of Utah, chairman of the Senate finance com- mittee. It 1s probable that an effort will be made today or tomerrow to reach an agreement or g time for the vote. ‘Although a number of Seators still desire to speak on the question, the debate is nearing an end and should be concluded within a few days. Attack Brings Protests. Premier Mussolini of Italy con tinued the storm center of debate vesterday. An address opposing the settlement and bristling with attacks on the Italian prime minister was deltvered by Senator McKellar, Demo- crat, Tennessee. It brought protests from both sides of the chamber. Characterizing Mussolini as a “despot,” Senator McKellar said he was “the greatest evil that has be. fallen the Itallan people in a hundred vears,” adding that the King was putty in his hands” and that the royal household has been “‘bought off”” by large appropriations for their use. Then bringing 15 specific indict- ments inst the cisti leader, the Tennessee Senator declared he had dstroyed constitutional government in Ttaly; abolished free speech: muzzled the newspapers: in effect had abolished both houses of Parllament and had established an ‘“‘autocratic rule” as e as that of the bolshevists in A protest against the speech was voiced by Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, who declared no Sen- ator should make such an address about a friendly government. He added that one reading the Senator’s remarks might conclude that they were preparatory to a declaration of war. want it understood that the Sen- ator is speaking for himself and not for the rest of the Senate,” declared Senator Reed. “His statements are bound to wound the feelings of the italian people.” Senator Copeland, Democrat, New York, added his voice in protest, de- claring that if the people of Italy want a dictatorship by Mussolini “that’s their business.” BLAMES U. 8. IGNORANCE. MILAN, T April 14 (#).—The Popolo D'Ttal today publishes an Interview with nance Minister Volpi, who was head of the Itallan debt funding commission to the United States, in which he spoke optimisti- cally of the Itallan financial situation. Count Volpi asserted that attacks in some American newspapers, rather than being a campalgn against the financial situation, were demonstra- tlons of ignorance concerning Italy similar to an ignorance shown toward other European countries. Erroneous notions, he said, also were due to un- founded news spread in bad faith by Interested persons or Italian refugees. He explained that the large public works which had been undertaken were indispensable in order to supply means for greater industrial produc- tion, such as roads, railways and ports leading to greater prosperity. The most important problem for Italy to solve, Count Volpl said, was to improve her industrial production €0 as to be able to export In such quantities that the exports will exceed the imports of raw material. SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at_and Sailings From New York YESTERDAY. Cleveland Hamburg, April bro . ... : Cristobal. April Metapan rto - Orizaba Panama Athenia ARRIVED 850 . March .. Liverpool April 3 Aires, March 28 stobal, April . Trinidad. April 1 thampton, April 7 -Antwerp, April 2 DUE TOMORROW. Fort St. George.. . Bermuda., an Dominica Olympic Pennland DUE FRIDAY. Berengaria . . .Southampton, a Bourdonail .- Beaudeau: ‘olumbus B Mayaro Vervania Patras, Apri ples, Apri RTEAMERS. SAILED YESTERDAY. Emp. of Scotland—Southampton..12:00 M. B Sienbare e T oo A Maravel—San Juan George Washington—Brem Aguitanip—Southampion . Ala—Rotterdam Yorck—B.emen Deutschland—Ha Trujillo—San Juan. Jia—Buenos Aires Marta—Santa S EEREE SSEET SSEESES = 22 e Walt, A. Fort_ Victoria—Bermuda. ‘Araguaya—Hambiton 7 Anders—Turks _Island 5 SAILING TOMORROW. City of St. Joseph—Genoa. . Shipper—Plymouth’ Bt flufabatas Kk Sl S0 225208 Soc0sE83ssd 28 8523583823 oritis b > U RERe P RS T b KRR R SAILING Columbla—Patras o ul 232338 §gE88EssEss & St Limon—Santiago . Californta—Cristobal fivia—St_ Jonns SEESS: Ssace S | killed (@) JC Tue Hechr Co~F § TROOPS ON DUTY 3 (Continued from First Page.) garage. The shooting finally subsided and the men emerged from the gar- age. Smith was the only person in- Jjured, a bullet having grazed his neck. His injury was not serious, however. Following’ this episode, a call was sent in for the Illinols National Guard contingent at Carbondale. The feeling after the first shooting became tense and later in the after- noon, about 4:20 o'clock, the battle was renewed. Smith said that he and 10 other Klansmen were engaged in a conver- sation outside the Masonic Temple, when several cars, loaded with men, also 10 in number, pulled up to the curb. One of the men got out of the cor and started to search him, ordering him to hold up his hands. After searching him, all of the men emerged fram the automobiles and started firing at those standing on the sidewalk outside the Masonic Temple. The Klansmen returned the fire and within a few minutes five of the men had been fatally injured and a sixth killed. The dead man was brought to a morgue while the others were taken to the hospital where they dled later. Just before expiring, Ben Size- more said he was positive that he had killed one of the anti-Klansmen. Secrecy Shrouds Battle. Secrecy enshrouds the entire affair and State’s Attorney Boswell has been unable to learn the names of others who participated in the affair. Only one arrest was made, that of “Blackle’ Arms, but he was released later after identifying himself as a deputy sheriff from Marion. He was arrested originally charged with speeding. Boswell sald feeling in Herrin was intense in the county election a week ago and he had asked officials at Springfield for troops to be sent to Herrin as a precautionary measure. After a conference of officials, how- aver, Boswell said, it was decided that the troops were not needed. Disorder was reported at the school election last Saturday, the State's attorney declared. He said he anticipated at that time there would be trouble at the city election Tuesday, but had made no request for military protec- tion. Charles Briggs, one of the men kill- ed, was In the automobile with Joe Stelcher when the latter was slain in May of 1924, the day after S. Glenn Young and his wife had been am- bushed near East St. Louls. At that time Briggs was using the name “Brown” as an alias. Eighty-four guardsmen from Car- bondale and Cairo were patrolling the streets of the city, having been called here after the shooting at the Smith garage yesterday morning. Company K arrived from Cairo at 9:30 p.m. and is making its headquarters at the Elks Club. The Carbondale con- tingent arrived a few minutes before the outbreak yesterday afternoon, too late, however, to prevent the trouble. Peace Not Permanent. The latest chapter in Herrin's hi: tory of factional warfare came abrupt- 1y, engendered by political hatreds. It was written after citizens of Wil- lamson County and the country at large belleved that the “hatchet had been buried.” The supposed permanent peace fol- lowed religious meetings in Herrin last Spring, conducted by How- ard S. Williams, with the co-opera: tion of local clergymen. Members of the Klan, antl-Klan union men and non-union, wets and drys, were said to have been affected by the meet- ings and more than 1,000 persons pro- fessed faith. The county was known as “Bloody Williamson” even 50 years ago, but came into new prominence June 22, 1922, 22 men being killed when non- union workers employed in a “strip pit,” or surface mine, were attacked. The disturbances assumed serious proportions and gained wide noto- riety early in 1924. In February of that year Constable Caesar Cagle, alleged Klansman, was killed when the Herrin hospital was riddled with bullets. The next high spot came on May 12, when S. Glenn Young, Klansman and liquor raider, and his wife were wounded when their automobile was fired upon near Okawville. Young was wounded in the leg and Mrs. Young was shot in the face. She later lost her eyesight from the wound. On July 1 Jack Skelcher, one of the alleged attackers of the Youngs, was killed in Herrin when he re- sisted arrest. Seven Killed in August. Seven men, including members of both Klan and anti-Klan forces, were in fighting which occurred August 30, when Sheriff George Gal- ligan and his men attempted to seize the automobile in which Young and his wife were riding. The car was in_a Herrin garage. Young, around whom much of the trouble centered, was killed January 24, 1925, when, with a’group of fol- lowers, he “shot it out’” with Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas and several com- panions. Thomas and two others died in the spectacular gun battle, which was staged in the lobby of the Euro- pean Hotel as guests and other non- combatants scurried for safety. Following Young’s death, the situa- tion remained tense for some months, but gradually the leaders of the con- | tending groups attempted to enter into agreements’ designed to-elimin- ate further trouble. On_several occasions State troops patrolled the streets of Herrin, sent there following disorders and :o pre- vent trouble during trials, which fol- lowed the killing. FURNITURE RENTING FOR Household Receptions Drives Conventions Office Weddings g Dt g H. Baum & Son 464 Pa. Ave. N.W. Main 9136 Parties 00 R Sunday, April 18 Special Thrgugh Train via Hell Gate Leaves Saturday Night, April 17 L e rias wal. . Boston, N. (South Station) . . leave Boston, N. Y. N. | R.B. (South - vere's House: Common: Museum of Fine s merous sightseeing trips by sute. w3 Pennsylvania Railroad THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ELDRIDGE ASKS PUBLIC’S AID IN REDUCING TRAFFIC LAWS Begins Study to Cut Large Numbers of Arrests for Minor Violation—Ban on All Downtown Parking Suggested. (Continued from First Page.) might be more advantageous to every one.” The latest decision of the District Commissioners, however, was inter- preted in some quarters today as another blow at the office of the Di- rector of Traffic. In the opinion of some, it will serve further to confuse conditions in Washington. Five deciefons nullifying the power of the traffic director on important sections of the-trafic code have al- ready been handed down in Police Court. The first and most spectacular of these was the rullng against the authority of the traffic director to regulate pedestrian traffic on the downtown thoroughfares, handed down by Judge John P. McMahon on Janw.ry 7. From this decision the Commissioners did not appeal. Dismissed for Disregarding Light. Four others followed, all embarrass- ing to the traffic director. The sec- ond was a case in which the judge dismissed the first man arrested for disobeying the traffic lights on Six- teenth street on complaint of the de- fendant that since there were lights on all four corners of an intersection he did not know which to obey. The third was dismissal of a motorist ar- rested on a charge of not stopping at a boulevard or ‘“stop” signal street for making a right turn into the boulevard street. The fourth and fifth challenged the authority of the traffic director to re- duce the speed of vehicles in danger- ous places. In the former the driver of & motor truck arrested on Bladens- burg road for exceeding & special speed limit of 16 miles arl hour was exonerated, the court holding that the speed law of the District set & maximum of 22 miles an hour. The fifth case occurred only a few days ago and involved the arrest of the driver of a Capital Traction Co. motor bus on the Klingle Ford Bridge on Connecticut avenue for fallure to give right of way to a police car and speeding across the bridge. The court held that the bus could not pull over to permit the police car to pass be- cause of parked cars and was not bound to observe & special speed law on the bridge when the general speed limit is 22 miles an hour. Card Plan Rejected. Several months ago Mr. Eldridge drew up a notification card, or warn- ing of improper equipment, to motor- ists, which was to be tied to the steer- ing wheeld of automobiles. It pro- vided simply a warning to motorists found with improperly focused lights. lights out, hidden or dirty tags and other minor infractions of the traffic law, but would also make_a record of the warning in the Traffic Bureau. An arrest wourd follow on the second or subsequent offense. The proposal was rejected by Mai. Hesse on the ground that it would set up a “rogues’ gallery” of motor- ists in the Traffic Bureau. Late in February, before the Police Court ruling on the Bixteenth street lights, Mr. Eldridge sent to the Commission- ers a regulation intended to clarify the system of turning at traffic lights. It was held up for nearly three weeks, while in the meantime the judge ruled against the traffic director in holding that motorists did not know which light to obey. Friends of the police chief declare that Maj. Hesse is bound to enforce the regulations of the traffic director to the letter, a claim that they de- clare was borne out early in the Win- ter, when Eldridge made a statement in a letter to Senator Capper, chair- man of the Senate District committee, which was interpreted as charging the police were not co-operating with him in enforcing the traffic regula- tions. Immediately after publication of the letter the number of arrests hegan to mount. They reached their peak in March, and the direct re- action came yesterday, with the sug- gestion that some of the regulations might be withdrawn. Against Scrapping Regulations. The traffic director is openly not enthusiastic about scrapping some of his regulations. He bases them all on ample precedent in other citles and from a first-hand and extensive knowledge of the local traffic situa- tion. Mr. Eldridge defends the num- ber of regulations in the traffic code by declaring that the courts will not permit a blanket regulation, such as that applying to left turns, to be applicable in the entire city. Each point covered by a special regulation must be so listed in the traffic code, he says. ‘While the new move by the Com- missioners and today’'s request for suggestions by the traffic director may result in simplification and clarifica- tion of the traffic code, it is also ex- pected to bring to a show-down the strained relatioms between the traffic head and the Police Department. Mr, Eldridge today cited numerous cases of arrest and fine of motorists in the city, where a warning would ha served the purpose. The in- timation remains, friends of the traf- fic director say, that it is the Intention of the Police Department to embarrass the trafc head by making unneces- sary arrests and bringing the regula- tions into disrepute. ACTION ON FENNING CHARGES IS SET FOR FRIDAY IN HOUSE Rules Committee Consideration Causes Postpone- ment of Hearing by District Group—Hammer Says He Has Proof of Illegal Action. (Continued from First Page.) nesses, he would prefer that that com- mittee should make the investigation. He complained that his resolution had been held up in the rules committee for three weeks. Then he continued: Says Prescott Holds Power. “It is well known that Sam Pres- cott s the real boss in the District. He runs things as far as manipula- tions are concerned. He made Fen- ning. He has made Congressmen that I know of. Prescott is protecting Fenning through Edward F. Colla- day, the District Republican commit- teeman. I would move to impeach Mr. Fenning, but that would throw the matter into the judiclary committee, where the members know next to nothing about District affairs. T would rather have no action whatever than a whitewash.” “Don't you know that it's a ques- tion of what the steering committee of the House wants, and if it wanted this investigation they would tell the chairman of the rules committee what to do and he would do it?" continued Mr. Blanton. The Texas member reiterated his complaint that the District commit- tee *can’t get evidence because most of the witnesses are working for the Government and their jobs would be imperiled. They will not come until you force them under a subpoena.” Representative Keller, Republican, of Minnesota, stated that he found himself in the same position in the Daugherty matter and the only re- course is in impeachment. Mr. Blan- ton told his colleagues that ‘“near Laurel there is a blg sanitarium operated by & former doctor at St. Elizabeth's. I understand Mr. Fen- ning is interested in that sanitarium. Some things are being done there we ought to know about. I want to be able to subpoena that doctor.” Points to “Public Sentiment.” Mr. Blanton assured his colleagues that “public sentiment is going to force an investigation of this Fenning Mmatter, as sure as you live.” He said that if he was a member of the Re- publican party he would do as Chair man Zthlman of the District commit- tee had done and say to Mr. Fen- ning, “You've got to ask for an in- vestigation.” It behooves the Repub- licans when there is “something rot ten in the administration to clean it up,” Mr. Blanton advised. “If you Republicans protect rottenn in your party and shield crookedne: you will not have competent officer: he said. Mr. Hammer sald that he is con vinced that Mr. Fenning had co-opera- tion of officials in other Government institutions and expressed the belfef that “when you investigate Fenning you are going to have to deal with the most powerful influences in Washing. ton.” He expressed the balief that even the judiclal authorities, if pos: sible, would assist Mr. Fenning. Mr. Blanton asked the committee if they knew that the man who got the Leaky Gutters & Downspouts —often result in under- mined found. settiing, wi quent dama; tering, interior decora- tions, etc. 2 TEmploy Colbert to ex- amine roofing, etc., now, so defects be cor- Spring £ Work and prices that'll give you 100% satisfaction. Maurice J. 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Mr. Hammer said that as trustee Mr. Fenning had invested some $15,- 000 of the money of three or four of his wards and received a commission; that he hasn’t accounted for what he dld with that commission, which, he argued, belonged to the estates. Mr. Hammer sald the only fees that Mr. Fenning is entitled to are those which the court passes on and the law al- lows. Mr. Blanton knew the intimate de- talls of this same transaction to which Mr. Hammer alluded and said that the court has allowed Mr. Fen- ning the premium paid on his fdu- clary bond and that he himself was agent for the bonding concern. Mr. Hammer then made his charge that these activit.es of Mr. Fenning are a “violation of the legal and moral laws.” Mr. Blanton told the commit- tee that the Republican leaders in the House “are fixing to let Fenning sit in his own office and write his defense an&i put it in the Congressional Kec- ord," Pays Tribute to Madden. Mr. Blanton at this stage, in reply to questions by Mr. Reld, paid a trib- ute to Chairman Madden of the House appropriasions committee, saying that he is one man whose place could not be filled and that he is performing a very extraordinary and valuable work for the Government. £ After Mr. Hammer had stated that he wanted Mr. Fenning and every one connected with him in the guardian- ship business to be impeached, Mr. Reid proposed that the whole District committee should sit on all these charges against Mr. Fenning. It was then that Mr. Blanton stated that ac- tion at this time by the District com- mittee would precipitate his filing im- peachment charges. Mr. Blanton told the committee that if they would hold up their action until a speclal meeting on Friday he felt sure the rules committee would act, and that if it does not, “I will help you to have an investiga- tion here.” Representative Underhill of Massa- chusetts stated as he would not be able to attend a special meeting on Friday, he desired to make his views known at this time. Would Demand Inquiry. He sald in part: “If I was in Mr. Fenning’s place, I should demand an investigation. It is rather strange that he has not made stronger efforts to get an inves- tigation of such serious charges. I am opposed to an Investigation by a committes composed in part of prose- cutors. They are doing what in their hearts they belleve to be a public duty to correct an intolerable situa- tion. It is imposeible to try a case fairly under such circumstances, be- cause men cannot act as prosecutors. judge, jury and executioner at one and the same time. A special com- mittee appointed by the Speaker of the House, which would bring im- peachment charges against Mr. Fen- ning before the judiclary commiitee of the House, would be a fairer pro- cedure. ; Sufficient charges have been made to warrant an mvestigation by a special committee or impeachment proceedings before the judiciary com- mittee. My action heretofore In in terrupting charges in the House and before the committee has not been in defense of Mr. Fenning, but in the in- terest of justice and fair play. “I reiterate that this committee is not constituted to try this case, and whatever verdict might be made would be discredited, because of the attitude of certain members of the committee.” Mr. Blanton asked if Mr. Underhill believed that when a member of Con: gress had spent several months inves- v his fac APRIL 14, 1926. e ———— LAW ENFORGEMENT - SESSIONS CLOSED Woman’s Committee Re- elects_ Officers—Sargent Defends Prohibition. Re-election of the incumbent officers of the Woman's National Committee for Law Enforcement featured the finel session at the Hotel Washington late yesterday afternoon. The officers are: Mrs. Henry W. Penbody of Boston, national chalir- man; Mrs. Roswell Miller of New York, first vice chairman; Mrs. Gor- don Norrie, second vice chalrman; Mrs. Frank Shuler of New York, sec- retary, and Mrs. Hilda L. Olson of Cambridge, Mass., treasurer. Mrs. W. L. Darby, wife of Rev. W. L. Darby of this city, was elected chairman of the executive committee. Sargent Speaks. Two defenses of the prohibition law, coupled with an attack on violators and critics of it, were placed before the concluding public session yester- day afternoon. They were recited by Attorney General Sargent and one of his hssistants, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, in charge of liquor cases. The Attorney General held buyers of liquor morally guilty of bribery, and he appealed to the women to bar from their social circles those who serve liquor in their homes. Pointing out that the major “source of embarrassment” in enforcing the law rises from the fact that “so many well intentioned persons, thoughtless- ly. or following some process of un-| mound reasoning, join hands with those who intentionally violate the law.” Mr. Sargent promised that upon those who foster violations of the statute “the hand of punishment improper for him to act on_ the in- vestigating committee. Mr. Underhill replied, “Eminently unfit to act as judge or jury, but eminently qualified to act as prosecutor. If we are going to have a trial, I want Mr. Fenning to go out of the committee having had a fair oppertunity to present his case before an impartial jurs Presenting Ghe Narilyn like Marilyn herself. shall fall as often and as heavily” as possible. Warning Government prosecutors not to criticize the prohibition law, the Attorney General added that “if we go about declaring in speech and | in spirit that the law ought to be| cl , so that the acts which are | offenses against the law will not be| offenses, we thereby weaken our causes in the minds of the tribunals | before whom we must try them.” The same sub, was touched upon by Mrs. Willebrandt. Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, presi-| dent general of the Daughters of the | American Revolution, toid the gather- | ing that the security of “our citizen-} ship rests on law observance and law enforcement,” and that no law can be “flouted without serious consequence to the citizen and to the State.” ——— PARAGUAYAN ENVOY QUITS POST IN WASHINGTON Minister Ayaia, Absent From Capital on Leave, Resigns to Enter Private Business. By the Associated Press. ASUNCION, Paraguay, April 14.— Dr. Eusebio Ayala, Paraguayan Min- ister to the United States, has re signed to enter private business. 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