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WEATHER. Veath “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,189. TWO CENT HEAD OF CARNECIE INSTITUTE HIT IN LIQUOR HEARINGS Pittsburgh Dry Chief Says Church’s Attack Grew Out of Seizure. ton: v Bureau Forecast.) Fair d_tomorrow; some- what w s tonight: probably light frost tonight; much warmer tomorrow. Hig . 44, at noon today: lowest, 1" L. today. Full report on Closing N. Y. Stocks :nd Bonds, Page 30 Enter post a @ WASHINGTON, KELLOGG SEESPERIL INCOMPETITION FOR LESSER WARSHIPS ;U. S. Would Welcome New i Pact, He Says. at Asso- ciated Press Luncheon. ¢ Foening Sfar. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 5 Jey - P) Means Associated Press. APRIL 29.939. 1 as second class matter otfice, Washington, D, C. VOTELESS DISTRICT CITIZENS PRESENT SUFFRAGE PETITION Representation in Congress: and Electoral College Asked | v ATIENPTSSUCDE ‘PRINCIPLES OF COUNTRY’S| FOUNDERS REAFFIRMED; TOEND PAIN AFTER Plea Made by Joint Committee, | Half a Million People. 2 fon of half & miliion citizens | W_ F, Best, in Agony as Re.‘ of W ington that they be granted W o e and sult of Plunge Down Bluff, Slashes Wrist. both branches of Congress and in the | J035 TUESDAY, 20, 1926—FORTY-TWO PAGES. Il | it \ BURIED MINERS’ SIGNAL HEARD BY RESCUERS Three Taps Revive Hope of Saving Six Entombed at Quincy, Calif. 12 Feet to Go. By the Associated Prees. QUINCY, Calif., Avril 20.—Three distinct taps were heard today by the | rescuers who are digging away the | cavein that entombed six miners last | Saturday night in the Grizzly Creek tunnel near here. The rescue squad has feet of rock and dirt to re- move hefore it can reach the place in the tunnal where the miners were working. The workers are pre fully, because of the possibility of | finding some of the slide victims in the 12 feet that remain to be pierced. Due to these precautions and the necessity of timbering against more slfdes, it probably will be late today hefore they reach the chamber in which the men are trapped ] JOHNSON ON HiLL AGAINST SHOCKER Low Temperature Keeps Cash Customers at Meager Figure Today. 100 Fishers Fail To Return After Storm Off Japan By the Associated Press. TOKIO, April 20.—More than 100 fishermen are reported missing as a result of a severe storm in the Japan Sea. Considerable damage has done and there have been ties on the island of Hokkaldo and on the Kurile Islands. A destroy- er is aiding in the rescue work. i ‘"W//W/,?. THINK THIS ! 5 VALLEY -eeding care. {POINTS OUT UNSELFISH ; MOTIVES IN TACNA-ARICA BISHOP ASSAILS WET WITNESSES’ RIGHTS Declares Violators of Law Have No Standing—Debates With Reed. Frank B. Noyes Pledges Co-opera- tion in Move to Form South American Press Association. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. A charge that President Samuc | Harding Church of the Carnegie In | stitute had been actuated by animus gainst the Federal prohibition forces {in his recent testimony before the Sen ate judiciary subcommittee dealing with prohibition was made before that committee today Frederick Baird, Federal prohibition director Pittsburgh. The animus which Mr. Baird said he belleved was back of the statement | made by President Church Mr. Baird attributed to an occurrence which he | said happened about 18 months ago. | “One of his personal automobiles containing whisky was seized at that time on the Canadian border,” said Mr. Baird. “I understand that it cost | him $1.000 to pay the fine of the men | who were in the car and other inci dental charges." Mr. Baird's statement was made in reply to a question of Senator Walsh of Montana, after Mr. Baird had de- clared unfounded charges made by President Church against the enforce- | ment officers in Pittsburgh and agatnst { the young men and girls in educa- | tional institutions in and about Pitts- By the Associated Press NEW YORK. April { policies on outstanding international :hmu\ were bared today hy Secretary Kellogg In an address at the annual luncheon of th> Assoclated Press. On the question of armament limita- | tion the ate said the United mment would | ‘welcome an agreement which would | { complete the wor ington” at the 1 {ticularly as there is d at the | competitive construction which for-| merly existed, particularly with re- | spect to capital ships, may still be con tinued in a less aggravated form, it is true, with respect to crulsers and ! . projects which may be practical in FRUM D- A- R- RABE their application and realizable in their development.” To this end, he! sty sald. the American representatives S would “help to the utmost of their!§irong New York Leader | [ Gives Over to Mrs. Brosseau The pet i 20.—American | voice in | | o s in »e States, hearing ery committee on for a anting suffra ctoral college, with risl the | deral courts enjoyed was forcefully oday before the House judici 1 vesolution provid constitutional amendment e 1o residents of the by the several presented at a zing story of how a Rehind an an 3 Iving helples maimed motorist, nd crushed below the embankments of , : M€ | Snake Hill, in Rock Creek Park, after District of Columbia, fathered by Rep-|hig car had careened over a shurp resentative L. . Dyer of Missourl. |curve, chose suicide to the creeping The petition presented is as follows: | death that rode on the wings of the ! “Your petitloners, .the Citizens' | freezing gale last night and deliber- Joint Committee on onal Repre- |ately slashed his wrists to end the tor- gentation for the Di of Colum.|ture he could no longer endure, lie bia the presiden fts con- | some mystifying circumstance: stitutent and co-or organiza-| William Franklin Best, 36 vears old, | tions, whose names are subscribed | of Uhland terrace is the vietim 0w, hereby reaffirm the principles | He was found, covered with blood, 150 cviously announced by the found- | feet down a steep bluff bordering the < of our republic that xation | twisting roadway by George Tinker, : thout representation is tyranny. |colored emplove of the park i ‘movernments derive their just |before 9 o'clock this morning. < from the consent of the gov.|bly 50 feet away stood his se . and in order that ‘govern.|gine pushed through the dashboard 1uent of the people, by the people and } and its body a bent wreck. the people’ may become an accom-| An hour later Best told his strange lished fact for all the people of the | story to a reporter for The Star, as he U'nited States respectfully repre. | lay between life and death on a cot nference, “par- | DAD'S WEATHER ;-FOREST BLAZE QUELLED IN WESTERN MARYLAND Mountain Woods' Fire Threaten: DISGUS Jdohnson. . ~ . BANKDICTATORSHP = &= OF INES CHARGED : connection that the delegates from the i 1 I United States to the preliminary E armaments conference in Geneva S " | would “use their influence in favor of Town of Catoctin Furnace Before It Is Put Under Control. Special Dispatch to The Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., April 20.—A big mountain fire, which has been raging for the past 24 hours in the | mountains above Catoctin Furnace, | BY DENMAN THOMPSON GRIFFITH STADIUM, April 2 | Walter Johnson was nominated by | Manager Harris to attempt to take the odd game from the Yankees in the final of the series today. It was Bar- ney's first appearance since a week ago this afternoon, when he blanked the Athletics in a 15-inning duel with Kd Rommel with by the Washington treaties.” Secretary Kellogg pledged in this ability in preparing the way for agree- IntereSts DEtermlne Wages' | ments for the further limitation of sent: | Emergency Hospital. It was a stor Half Milion Disfranchised. hat nearly one-half million to-| disfranchised people of the Dis- | who obey national | national taxes than | who oversub- | tally grict of Columbia Taws, pay more many of the States scvibed every war-time found—includ- | ing the Red Cross and all Liberty bor i who supplied to the w « | of intense torture and human forti- tude, worn out by the cold wind and ! wounds, with hope of rescue But it was a story that was not by mute evidence the scene of the open Zone. borne out in detail police later found near-tragedy. Thought He Saw Turn. Best said he s traveling down !n:\\'ul armament at no distant date. Small Moves Valuable, ! | “Each definite move toward armament, small though it be, is of | | &reater value for the promotion of | world peace than ambitious and all- | | inclusive projects which may be ex-| cellent in theory, but which fail | to | take account of existing world prob- | dis. to Preserve Harmony. The last obstacle to the unanimous election of Mrs. Alfred Brosseau of Connect} the president general | rhters of the American Md of here, was under control arly today after it had reached poi within half a mile of the town. For time the village of Catoctin Furnace was menaced The fire burned over 150 acres of land, much { it virgin timberland. A large force »f men battled the flames throughout the night. Several big stave mills Union Secretary Tells Probe Committee. He was opposed by Urban Shocker, veteran spitball flinger of the Hugmen. | The low temperature and high wind served to keep the attendance down to meager proportions, FIRST INNING. YORK—Koenig lined to Joe is. Combs doubled to right cen- Johnson tossed out _Gehri Policies with regard to mine wages paid by anthracite operators in Pennsylvania are dictated by bank- ing interests in New York and Phil- N Ha ter. SW burgh. “What animus was back of the | statements made by President Church before this committe demanded Senator Walsh. It was in reply to this question that Mr. Baird described the capture of an automobile which he said belonged to President Church. “Was President Church in the car ore savels - | himself at the time it was captured? An inch of ice formed in the Cum- berland Valley today when the mer. cury dropped to 25 degrees, but all fruit escaped. The fruit in this sec- tion is almost a month behind and hecaus. of the fact that the buds have not even bursted saved it from destruction today, growers declare. adelphia, Thomas Kennedy, interna- tional secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers { America ‘harged before the House :interstate and foreign commerce commitiee in- vestigating coal today. Mr. Kennedy told the committee that if anthracite operators were left wlone to work out wages and work- ing conditions, conditions would be | much fmproved from the standpoint of the miners. By bank interests, he Revolution next Thursday seemed to FoRne have been removed today when Mrs | George White Nash of New York, the only remalning contender for the of fice, formerly withdrew her candidacy | “in the interest of harmony." As a result of the thirty-fifth conti nental congress, drawing to the close of its second day's session in the Washington Auditorium, faces a situa tion unparalleled in the hiterto stormy political life of the national societ Army and Navy of the United States | Snake Hill, at a leisurely speed, short- | lems. Jiearly 18,000 men in the World War | Iy after 8 o'clock last night. In the| “The questions which have been “a larger number than any one of | darkness his headlights picked up |submitted for the consideration of the seven of the States—and who are now | what he thought was a sharp curve, | preparatory commission are very living under an anomalous condition in | and he swerved his wheel sharply. A |zeneral and sweeping in character, and which they have no voice in the Na- second later he found himself tumb- funtil there has been some disc jonal Government, ave entitled to|ling down a steep embankment at it is impossible to determine wh yepresentation in Cong and in the ' right angles to the road. At dizzy | finite proposals can most profitab Electoral College, with access to the | speed the car shot into a big oak tree, | be advanced, but when the most prac Jederal Courts upon the same terms | the impact driving the motor clear |ticable line of action is determined as those enjoved by other citizens back into the car. | this Government can be counted upon of the Republic. | The tree prevented the car from |10 co-operate within the llmits of its “We, therefore, respectfully peti-| turning over and Best said he was | traditional policy in any serious effort king third. Ruth hit over | (el AF e (e ed the right-field fence for a_home run, | 5, IRERS 08 o e was not.” poosnE ombe head of him. & was| “Was any member of his family in abe's first circuit cloud o Sea- | tha car?” son. Myer tossed out Meusel. Two |' w1"g0 not know.” ""{'\f‘-\ {INGTON—Rice bou “Was his chauffeur in the car at 4 NGTON—Ric | the time? Hs e short o, Go | know, that he only learned of the oc was _credited with a_double Wwhen | currence the day before he left Pitts Combs failed to clutch his high fly |burgh o come here. He said, how. | property of President Church, and | | ded to | | an Har- after sprinting far in. Joe Harris singled to right, scoring Goslin. ever, that the car was the personal tion the adoption of S. J. R. 7 and H. | to the |toward the further limitation of the J. R. 208, proposing in identical terms | @ constitutional amendment empow- ering Congress to grant to residents of the District of Columbia repre- sentation In House, Senate and elec- toral college, with the same rights be- | fore the Federal courts as are enjoy- { £d by the residents of the States.” = | Organizations Represented. These organizations of citizens were | represented on the petition as fol-| Jows: Theodore W. Noyes, chalrman Citizens' Joint €ommittee on the Dis:. trict of Columbia National Representa- tion. | J. Harry Cunningham, president of | the Board of Trade M. A. Leese, pres ber of Commerc . of Commerce. Jesse C. president of the Fed- tion of Citizens' Associations. vs. George Alfred Ricker, president the District of Columbia League Woman Voters, Clarence Cooper,. president, Central Labor Union, R. P. Andrews, president of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion | W. Hyde, jr. president, ening Club, i mith, president of the | ent of the Cham. er of Dot sey Nonday John [ L n, president, the City | W. Noves, president, Oldest Inhabitants Clayton, president, Association. president,” North on Citizens’ Assoeiation, Donohoe. president of Real Fstate Board. Martin, president of the Ad vertising Club of Washington Burnita Shelton Matthews of the Women's Bar As. Theadore iation of William 1 District Dele; Evan H. 1 president Stevens. president the Twentieth Century Club Dr. Frances Fove, president the Women's City Clu Mre, Virginia White dent of the Federation Clubs. Anna Anthony oague. harles M. Emmons. M. D.. pre dent of the iaxt Washington Citizer Association David Sanger, president cf the As- rociated Retail Credit Men of Wash- ington. Don’t Change Relationship. The prineipal speech in behalf of the Clitize: Joint Committee was made by . Brandenburg, who em- phasized that ratification by the | States of such an mendment as is proposed to the Constitution will in of Speel, presi of Women's of the Hendley, president | oniy | bleed to death within a few minutes, ) | from the wrecked car, and the knife i Printshop at 311 hurled possibly three feet ground. He must have been knocked | unconsclous for awhile, he said, for | he seemed to awake and find him- | self unable to move. His leg wa broken and-his body was soaked with | blood. In vain he shouted to the| cars he heard passing on the road | above, Best said, but his volce was lost in_the wind. Then, unable longer to withsi the torture that racked his body, nfident that he would certainly reeze to death before morning would ! bring help from passers-by. Best said | he managed to get a penknife from his pocket and deliberately slashed | his wrist. Te had hoped he would | di nd | but fate had another ending planned. Police Give First Aid. When Tinker found the man he | promptly summoned Park Policemen | Croissant and Jenkins. They sum-| moned the ambulance from Emer- | gency Hospital and then applied re- storatives to the still conscious man until the physicians arrived. Dr. H. | W. Potter, responding with the ambu- lance, gave first aid on the way to the | hospital. By the time the accident | ward was reached Best had revived suf- | ficiently to tell this story. But he was | unable to explain a deep gash in his throat, dangerously close to the jugu- lar_vein. Further examination at the scene | of the accident revealed other appar- | ent discrepancies. The spot where | Best was found was fully 50 feet| Best said he had used in his vain attempt to destroy himself was found, not on the ground within reach but on the running board of the automo- jile. Because of Best's serious con- dition, police have not vet questioned him on the points that vary from his own story, but they are pursuing a hing investigation in the mean- time. Best's whereabouts during the night could not be ascertained by police who visited his home and talked to Mrs. Best. They did learn, however, that late vestcrday afternoon he had been at the home of A. E. Clssell, 3108 Thirty-eighth street. Had he sought a. short cut to his own home from that address the route would have taken | him through the park and probably down the road where the crash oc- curred. Best is the father of two chil- dren. He is proprietor of the Best H street northeast and is a clerk in the Labor Depart- ment. CONNECTICUT AVENUE {limitation of land armament: we shall burden of armaments Regarding_limitation of land arma- | ments, Mr. Kellogg sald this country | already had ‘“voluntarily reduced to the minimum, “We have every reason to rejoice that our situation has permitted this but it is no justification for overlook ing the different problems with which | other countries are faced. We would naturally welcome any steps which other powers might take toward the be glad if we can at any time exert a helpful influence in this direction.” Keeping Promises to Chi The situation in China has to be| viewed, the Secretary said, in the perspective of that country's history. He declared the course of the Wash. | Ington government throughout China’s troubles had been “consistent and de- finite’ in purpose. “We have endeavored, and we are endeavoring, to carry out those pro mises solemnly made to the Chinese people in the covenants adopted at the Washington conference. The tariff conference and the extraterri- torial commission are still sitting in Peking, are making progress and are carrying out the mandates dictated by the Washington conference.” As to the treaty situation between the United States and Turkey, Mr. Kellogg sald there had been no de- parture from the traditional, typical American policy. “We have endeavored to afford proper protection to all legitimate American activities in Turke: added, referring to the pendi sanne’ convention. Criticism directed against this treaty was described as “negative.” and the speaker asserted “This Government cannot conduct its foreign policy with negatives.” Seeks “Terms of Equality.” The Secretary referred at length to the arbitration and mediation nego- tiations undertaken by this Govern- ment to adjust the Tacna-Arica dis- pute between Chile and Peru. He re- minded the audience, particularly the Latin American journalists present as guests of the Associated Press, that the true policy of this country con- tained “no_desire for imperialism, ac- quisition of territory, political or eco- nomical domination.”’ The policy is “solely a desire to live and co-operate on terms of equality,” he sald, and “to promote peace, inter- change knowledge. develop trade and commerce free from selfish aims.” Mr. Kellogg took occasion at the out- set of his remarks to extend his “sin. cere congratulations” to the Associated Press, not only for its work in the | United States, but in all the world. {it Unless some candidate comes forward and completes her ticket at the last minute of the eleventh hour, the dele gates will have but a single coalition ticket for which to vote when the polls are opened Thursday. The retirement of Mr: almost with dramatic suddenne the State regent for New York long an ardent worker for the natio society. she commanded a followin that might have turned the election | ‘his vear into another political wrangle that could once more have split the ranks of the Daughters of the Amer- | jcan Revolution into two fuc was before Mrs. Anthon) y the incumbent president gen- came into office. Nash came Cooke. eral, Strength Was Demonstrated. Mrs. Nash's strength was ably demonstrated when she sought the privilege of making some remarks from the platform. As she stepped to the front of the stage hundreds of delegates arose, applauding for a full minute before they would permit their leader to begin her remarl When order had finally been res after ti seemed that the congres: would be made the scene of a political demon- stration, Mrs. Nash tendered her resignation in the following words “Madam president general and members of the Thirty-fifth Contl- nental it is as the nominee of New York State Daughters of the ‘American Revolution for the office of president general that I come before this congress asking your indulgence at this time. ‘Upon reaching ‘Washington last Thursday as, I belleve, the only regu- Jarly announced candidate for the highest office in our society I heard rumors, which were later confirmed as facts, that another candidate was be- ing brought forward. She is a woman who by ability and experience is ably fitted to fill the office sought. We have been friends and co-workers on the national board of management for the past three years. Harmony Is Needed. “At this time, when complete and absolute harmony and co-operation are necessary for the accomplishment of the great work ahead. there should be no disharmony nor antagonism oc- casioned by political division. Office- seeking at that cost is small indeed. “So it 1 that with the consent of those who sponsored me as the official representative of their State and mine that I withdraw my name as a candi- date for the office of president general and release those who have believed sufficiently in my ability for service to pledge their loyalty so long as I FENNING PROBERS T0 MEET TONEGHT |D. C. Members May Conduct Inquiry Behind Closed Committee Doors. The subcommittee of the FHouse Dis- trict committee, with Representative Gibson, Republican, of Vermont, as chairman, which has been authorized to investigate the guardianship ad- ministration of Commissioner Fred- erc A. Fenning and othe: ociated with him, as well as administraton of # number of local institutions and municipal agencies, held its first ses- son today The meeting lasted not more than 15 minutes, following which Mr. Gib- son stated that the subcommittee had talked over the Kenning case in a general way, but had not gone into the charges or taken up amy of the record. The subcommittee is to meet again tonight at 7:30 o'clock to make plans for the investigation. The subcom- mittee is seriously considering hold- a | ing executive sessions throughout the investigation, Mr. Gibson said. No action will be taken before next week by the judiciary committee on the impeachment charges made in the House vesterday by Representa- tive Blanton, Democrat of Texas, who charged Commissioner Fenning vith high crimes and misdemeanors. Chairman Graham of the judiclary committee explained today that he is engaged in conferences with the rules committee regarding action on several pending measures, that today the time of the committee was taken up with a hearing on a proposed constitutional amendment providing for national rep- resentation for citizens of the District of Columbia, and that this heari will be continued tomorrow. cause the time of the committee is thus taken up that he sees no chance of acting on the Fenning impeachment charges before next week. Statement by Fenning. Commissioner Fenning late yester- day issued the following statement in reply to the charges filed with the House by Representative Blanton: said, he referred particularly to the Jackson-Reynolds synd in New York and the Stotesbury interests in Philadelphia. “Banking Interests,” he said, “think increased wages in the an- thracite industry would react into other industries. Many persons in- terested in anthracite are also in- in non-union bituminous Freight Rate Higher. Mr. Kennedy said the railronds obtain a freight rate on anthracite coal about twice as high as that on bituminous, supporting his state- ment with figures he said were ob- tained by the miners’ union Against the board of adjustment, which has been proposed during the course of the coal hearing, Mr. Ken nedy would invoke the powers of the Department of Labor, *“a tribunal already authorized to represent the Government in matters of mediation.” He said the Labor Department ad- justed successfully every difference in anthracite from 1916 through 1920, but has done little since that time. “I don't know whether the Depart- ment of Labor has ceased to func- tion in this matter or not,” he said, adding that the department did not call the miners and operators together in the recent anthracite controversy, although its representatives attended | meetings of both | Philip Murray, vice president of | the mine workers' union, told the | committee he did not know what will | happen when the present bituminous wage agreement expires on March 31, 1927. He said mediation and arbitration as outlined in the recent railroad legislation is not suited to the coal industry “because the miners don't want it.” Government ownership of ~he mines that would deprive the union of the privilege of collective bargaining and its economic strength was opposed by Mr. Murray, who continued his testimony from a committee session yvesterday. The mine union does favor nationalization of the nation’s coal mines, he sald, but insists on preser- vation of the principle of collective bargaining and the right to strike against inequities. “If we have complete Government | ownership of the mines, we want democratic management, with repre- sentatives of the mine workers on the management,” Mr. Murray said. Proposes Licensing Mines. He proposed licensing of mines to pre- vent opening up of new mines to add | nature Combs came in fast for Judge's short fly. One run. 12 SAILORS HURT ON SUBMARINE 49 | After Battery Blows Up While Charging at Her New | London Berth. i | whether By the Assoctated Press | NEW LONDON, Conn.. April 20.— Twelve men, members of the S-49, which was moored at a dock at the submarine base, were injured this morning when the after battery in the submersible exploded. All the | men were taken to the base hospital. | One man may dle. | The submarine, which returned from | the Portsmouth Yard, Ports. | mouth, N. H., two weeks ago, had| been moored at her berth and her| battery was under process of being | charged throughout the night. Escap. | ing gas fumes are believed to have | been the cause of the explosion. | The explosion produced a tremen- | dous concussion which hurled the | dozen men in the steel-walled com. | artment against the sides of the chamber. While many of them are suffering from the effects ot ga and fire, it Is believed that fractures of limbs constitute the greatest injuries. Immediately after the explosion the submarine base fire alarm was sounded, bringing scores of men to the scene equipped with gas masks. The rescuers dropped into the sub. marine and carried out their injured comrades. | There were about thirty men in the forward battery and torpedo room, it was reported, who escaped with apparently little injury. Carbon mon- oxide fumes seeped into the forward chambers, endangering the lives of the men there. Names of Injured. Naval officials declined to reveal the of the injurles of the men, but it is known that all of them sus tained broken arms and legs and possible internal injuries. | | | stand, to the already large overproduction of The injured included: Frederick that he understood that President Church had paid the fine for the men in the car and other charges. “Matter Common Knowledge.” “Do you know that to be a fact?" demanded Senator Reed of Missouri. “It is matter of common know- ledge,” said Mr. Baird. Members of the committes wanted 1o know how far it was from the Canadian border to Pittsburgh, and it s brought out that at the time the car was seized President Church was summering near the Canadian border. Before Mr. Baird had completed his direct statement to the committee the hour for recess arrived. Senator Reed of Missouri announced, however, that he would want to cross-examine him probably for an hour. There was a wrangle in the committee as to an adjournment should be taken until tomorrow morning, as Senator Reed desired, owing to his intention of speaking on the Italian debt settlement. Finally the com- mittee adjourned to meet at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Bishop Takes Stand. es placed on the stand 3 at the hearing todav inciuded Bishop Willlam Frazier Me- Dowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church, president of the Board of ‘Temperance, Prohibition and Public Mora]s: Dr. Clarence True Wilson general secretary of the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church: Dr. Arthur J. Barton of Kan- E representing the Southern Baptist Convention, and Daniel A. Poling. president of the United Socie- ties of Christian Endeavor of New York. They all protested vigorous against any modification of the Vol- stead act and declared that conditions in the United States had improved very greatly under nation-wide prohi bition. Before Mr. Baird was placed on the nator Reed of Pennsylvania made a brief statement to the commit- tee urging further delay since his work required his presence in Pitts- burgh. The “d leaders in charge of the time at the hearing agreed to Senator Reed's request. Mr. Baird said that as Federal pro- hibition director at Pittsburgh, in of the Middle and Western of Pennsylvania, he had come to Washington to refute the statements made recently before the committee by President Church of the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. Denies Students Drink. first and most important is testimony which 1 wish said Mr. Baird, “was his “The “The organjzation s admi, B 7 v Y The organizatio mirable,” he | should need it. “In the communication which 1 France Horn, hoatswain's mate, sec. | Sweeping statement that the student no wise affect or change the relation of the District with the Federal Gov hent. here is no design or plan to nge ihe form of the local govern Yaent.” he’ told the committee. He | called the attention of the committee | the fact that the lack of repre- ntation fn Congress has been per stently discussed by the Presidents of the United es since the ad- ministration of Monroe in 1818, as well as by the people resident at he seat of Government, who have now reached the fmpressive total of 500,000 petitioners to be American- ized. Mr, Brandenburg pointed out the | claims for national representation ised on population, on Federal taxes paid into the Treasury greater than a number of States, on contri- hution of troops, on sale of Liberty bonds, on postal revenues. He di cussed the disadvantage {» which yesidents of Washington are placed because they have not equal rights with citizens of other States in the \'nited States courts. lle explained Wow voling representation in House and Senato Is necess to protect the Interests of the District taxp: ers, A, Brandenburg submitted for the yecord of the hearing a copy of & . \Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) PLATFORMS APPROVED Five Loading Stations Will Be Erected Between K and M Streets at Car Stops. Construction of five permanent ar loading platforms in the of Connecticut avenue be- tween K and M streets was approved today by the District Commissioners, on recommendation of Col. I. C. Mol- ler. ant director of traffic. The platforms will be erected dur- ing the widening of Connecticut ave- nue hetween K and M streets. They are to be artistic and similar in de- sign to the permanent platform at I street between Thirteenth and Four- teenth streets. The cost of the in- stallation is $2,750, and will be met from District funds. Electric flashing beacons on ornamental posts will be placed at one end of each platform. NEW BUILDING 0. K.'D. Authorization for erection of a new building for the recorder of deeds office passed through the final stage today when the House concurred in a trivial Senate amendment. The measure now goes to the Pres ident for his signature. _' said. “In collecting and disseminating news it does a great public service. You are animated by the highest sense of duty to the public as well as to the press. Your news is most carefully prepared, not only in the light of the duty to your members, but of that which you owe to the public, and is so recognized throughout the world.” Mr. Kellogg expressed his apprecia- tion of the power of the press in mold- ing public opinion. “1t is fully alive to my mind." he sald, “that the Government of the United States can only accomplish its purposes with the cordial backing of the great majority of the American people, and this backing is only ob- tainable when the press is able to treat these questions with understand- ing and comprehension of the broad lines which the Government has pur- sued.” Mr. Noyes Extends Welcome. Frank B. Noyes, publisher of The Washington Star and president of the Assoclated Press, presiding at the luncheon, welcomed Latin American publishers, gave a brief description of the Associated Press and offered a toast to President and Mrs. Coolidge. His remarks follow: ‘Our luncheon this year is marked a feature both pleasant and im- “This public announcement has been requested and made as the an- nouncement of my candidacy was equally public and was known to every officer and chapter.” This action, in the opinion of the delegates generally, removes the last cloud from the political horizon of the Daughters of the American Revo- Jution and it is predicted that it will mark the end permanently of the bick- ering and underground squabbles that have marked the election of presidents general of the national soclety for many years past. It is predicted that the Daughters of the American Revo- lution have left thelr stormy history behind and that in the future differ- ences of opinion will be patched up satisfactorily before election days and that the actual balloting will be ‘a harmonious occasion. Another announcement of impor- tance this morning was the completion of Mrs. Brosseau's coalition ticket. It represents the varled views and sec- tions of the entire society so that the different opinions that naturally pre- Vail in so large a society will have ample representation in “the cabinet.” 1t is, however, an out-and-out ticket in favor of hastening the erection and dedication of Constitution Hall, the beautiful new auditorium the society {Continued on Page 3, Column 2) (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) S handed last week to Representative Madden, and which he sought to have inserted in the Congressional Record, and which was published in the daily press, 1 fully answered all of the charges and insinuations made by Mr. Blanton in the specch which he delivered in the House 10 day ago. Nothing new is contained in his alleged impeachment charges pre- sented today other than the schedule which he states was prepared by the auditor of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and which he alleges shows commissions in some lunacy cases to have exceeded the rate of 10 per cent on the income. Goes Into Explanation. “An examination of the cases in- cluded in the said schedule will indi- cate that each and every one is a small estate on which the annual income was invariably considerably less than $100, in some cases such annual income being but a very small amount. In such cases the practice of the court running back to time out of memory has been allowed the judiciary _as _compensation or_as_an (Continued on Page 13, Column 1.) Radio Programs—Page 23. coal, and in reply to a question said that if the miners were given author- ity to fix wages they would be fair and equitable and would bear a proper relation to the cost of coal to the consuming public. Other than complete unionization of all coal miners, Mr. Murray said, he had no remedy for the the present coal (Continued on Page 9, Column 6.) ond class, 947 Walnut street, Freeland, | ; Sylvester Erle Matlock, fireman, | second class, 203 State street, Charles. | Ollie J. Cooke, seaman, fi class, Danville, Va.. Claire Daniel Fields, electrician’s mate, first class, 18 Pine street, Reno. Nev.. Basil S. Morris, fireman, third class, 36 Oak street, Asheville, N. Mauna Loa Dozes Off After Spilling Lava Down Slopes; More Activity Expected By the Associated Press. NILO, T. H. April 20.—With a threatening gesture of contempt for its audience, Mauna Loa, the “long mountain,” quivered, spurted forth several feeble fountains of fire and calmly dozed into a comparatively peaceful sleep last night. ‘The volcano's last gesture was to send a lava flow racing at 20 to 26 miles an hour into the sea of several hours yesterday afternoon just before its aetivity receded. The great volcano that for six days had been heaving up millions of tons of liquid fire from a half-dozen dif- ferent sources, turning its graceful long_slopes into weird, fanciful ap- pearing heaps of morass, last night was smoldering only intermittently while dark clouds of steam arose from parts of its desultory spillways and scattered over the southern side. Dr. J. A. Jagear, in charge of the volcano observatory, declined to pre- dict what further disturbances may be expected, but he was positive that the volcano had not yet completed its present eruptive period. Severe earthquakes rocked the Kau district all yesterday morning, while Halemaumau the pit of Kilauea, con- tinued its avalanches. bodies of the Pittsburgh district are violating the prohibition law. I have a son in his last year in Carnegie In- stitute. I also have a daughter who is two years in that institute. I have come into close contact with many of the students. We have investigated the conduct of the young people at the big athletic events when crowds are gathered there and we have never been able to verify the alleged gen- eral dereliction of the student body. “If there were any individual viola- tions of the prohibition law they were covered up and if our agents who were sent there specially to observe them did not see any, then it was unlikely that the ordinary observer would see them. As a body I have never seen a group of students with higher ideals. The aspersion cast upon them by President Church was particularly un- fortunate, unwarranted and unfair, as many of these students work their own way through. “The man who made these criti- cisms of the students happens to be president of the Carnegie Institute. 1f the board of trustees of Carnegie Institute do not take official notice of this incident, I think they should be investigated themselves." Mr. Baird said that President Church_had made the statement that (Continued on Page 5, Column 2. b