Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Iuir tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight; moderate west and southwest winds. Highest, 68, at noon today; lowest, 44, at 1 a.m. today. i1 report on Page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 29 0. 20040, Fntered as OHIO PROSECUTOR DECLARESDRY LAW REDUCES CRIMES A. E. Bernsteen, Federal At- torney, Urges Against Modification. NEW YORK UNION MAN OPPOSES MILDER ACT Drys Ask Additional Time to Make Up for That Used by Reed. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. aring that in his opinion the nditication of the prohibition laws so ~ to permit the sale and use for b age purposes of light wines and » would “tend to mcrease the vio 1ions of the liquor laws” instead of reducing them,+ A E Bernsteen L] d States attorney for the north trict of Ohio, including Cleve and Toledo, today described to te judiciary subcommittee the of his office and the Federal the of liquos prosecution Mr, Bernsteen told the committee at the prohibition laws were being Increasingly efliciently enforced in his district Can the Volstead law be enforced? Senator Goff of West Virginia, 10 took over the job of examining Witness rthern Ohio,” ation of the was the district ile said that he believed that crime | in his distri violations c M liquor e eral Court ct was de the Volstead ein testified ich in_Cleve The docket 5 id. At the outset of the hearing today, Senator H. eld of Oklahoma, n of the Senate committee, uced a letter addressed to the chair man from Gov. Gifford Pinchot, Pennsylvania’s bone dry governor, in Which the governor said “My three s practical experience of Jaw enforcement in Pennsylvania has proved bevond question that the law can be enforced. It is being in forced with steadily increasing suc vess fn my State. The will to enforce it has done the work. Gov. Pinchot gave statistics to prove his assertion. The letter was referred by Senator Harreld to the leaders of the “drys” at the hearings to determine whether it should b placed in the record, holding that both at the hearings had been charged with aving what should be placed in the record. Additional Time Asked. Senator Harreld announced that the “drys” still had three hours and thirteen minutes left in which to com plete their case before the commit- tee. He sald, however, that the drys had asked the committee for an addi- tional three hours, because of the time taken up by Senator Reed of, Missourt and others in cross-examining their witnesses. This matter, he said, would be settled by the full commit. tee. Senator Reed was not present at the hearings today. Charles Stelz her of the machi time a Presbyterian minister, and in ecent years a_student of social econ omy. testified that organized labor was not united in favor of modification *he Volstead law by any manner of ans. He said that the late Samuel sompers had told him he did not wish he prohibition question to come to the floor of the convention of the American Federation of Labor, be- cause it was a political question and would divide organized labor A statement to the effect that he did not think “the : denunciations f Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews are justi- jed,” made by some of the drys since Gen. Andrews appeared re the Senate committee, was issued by Dr. E. C. Dinwiddie, superintendent the National Temperance Bureau. “Presupposed False Situation.” Dr. Dinwiddie said that *1lon put to Gen. the ‘sale of non-irtoxicating beer and whose answer has raised the protest against Gen. Andrews was a “purely hypothetical one, and presupposed i situation which has never existed and in the judgment of those who know the history of the regulation of the liquor traffic, cannot exist. There was nothing in @en. Andrews' answer to he question in its entirety, nor in his position today that need disturb the friends of our cause.” that the me into the Fed e disposed is kept up mem- union, at one the ques- In his letter to the Senate commit- | tee chairman, Gov. Pinchot said in part: “The wets who have appeared be- fore your committee have produced nothing that was not known before. The politics, the corruption, the in- efficlency, the granting of permits to voncerns utterly unfit to hold them he huge diversions of denatured al- cohol to the hootleg trade as the main vource of iliegal drink, the methods by which it reaches the consumers— all_these we have long known and suffered from. But we are winnimg in spite of them in Penn nia. In the beginning of 1923, 166 brew- .ries were operating in Pennsylvania. T'oday less than a third remain. There are now but 52 breweries operating in the State, 48 of them with Federal permits. Of the 114 which are nof operating, the greal majority have cither been transformed into other ousiness, are in a condition of dilapi- Jation which makes operation impos- <ible, or are closed. with no indic ions of operating. The flood of Penn vlvania made beer which swept over | 1e State has been checked, and while e production of illegal beer has not stively stopped, the quantity is whol- insignificant as compared ~with hree years ago. New Permits Refused. ast month 1 reported to the See ar of the Treasury that 81 con or were still violating the law. Permits, he informed me, cady been refused 51 of these, while le production of alcohol in Phila- clphia has been wueduced by about ),000 gallons a month, Of 128 law- nz concerns mentioned above, permits of 91 had been revoked, ue refused, or surrendered hefore vrii 1 of this year islature passed the 1 s Col an 70 Entered as second class matter Washington, chair- | of | ndrews regarding | have al- | ¢h D.C. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, WEDNESDAY, WASHINGTON, (700 Reported Dead e Dt FENNGASKSEND e i SRR POLY By the Aseoclated Press | dispatch from Cairo, Egypt. reports 5 disastrous floods in southwestern ‘ Arabia. | Two Probes of Commission- er’s Acts ‘Move Rapidly To- day, After Several Delays. A traveler arriving from Yemen said the flood waters, piled up hy cloudbu at Yemen and Wadi Mor, near Lohedja, “had washed away 700 people.” RUMTREATY FORCE ORASTICALLY CUT BY COURT'SRULING |Seizure Pact Does Not Ex-, | tend Territorial Jurisdiction, | Federal Judge Decrees. | | | | | | i | VETERANS’ COMMITTEE BEGINS STUDY OF FEES| Veterans' Bureau Official Unable to} Supply Information on Fees. After several delays, the two inve: ations afmed at Commissioner Fen ning’s activities as guardian for men tally incompetent war veterans and | his administration as l'nmnu\.\mm‘v] of the District moving along at | a rapid pace The House delved into the By the Aesociated Press. NEW YORK, April The | fectiveness of the (reaties with G ritain, Norway and other countries permitting the United States to seize rum runners at any point within an hour’s sailing distance of the shore | greatly limited today by a de |cision in the United States Circuit {Court of Appeals setting forth that |the treaty does not make law extend Ing the limits of territorial jurisdic- tion of the United States. | The appellate court, in an opinion written by Judge Hough and con {curred in by Judges Manton and | Rogers, dismissed seizure proceedings | brought by the Government against the Sagatind, a Norwegian vessel, and [the Diamantina, flying the British i flag e committee | excessiveness and un | niblenc tees and commis | sions received Mr. Fenning as | guardian for veterans and also launch- | ed an attack on the Veterans' Bureau | permitting fraud and embezzle- | ment of the wards’ estates to go un- | noticed long as five years. This | alleged fraud and embezzlement did | not involve Commissioner Fenning. The subcommittee appointed to in- | vestigate not only Commissioner Fen. | ning’'s administration but a number of other institutions in the District, will hold its second meeting tonight. the tirst, held behind closed doors last | uight, having drawn a fire of protest from Commissioner Fenning and Dr. William A. White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, the first wit ness, who declared he was “asked to come down, treated as a_ pickpocket | and grilled for two hours.” 2 ef ans’ rease by for Seized Months Ago. The vessels seized | months ago by ard { one of them 17 122 miles off the were brought t. 1 several were st ming Hits Secrecy. lodged his of Ver Commissioner Fenning protest with Chairman mont_in writing. I observe,” he de clare at the inquiry which the subcommit of which you are chair man is now conducting, representa tives of the press have been excluded. T express the hope that when I lled before the subcommittee, the | aring will be open to citizen, to representatives of the press.’ Gibson said today undoubtedly sion tonight would be open. The Fenning matter also broke out | for a few minutes’ discussion during the meeting today of the House Dis ct_committee, when Representative | nton, Democrat. of Texas, arising | to a question of personal privilege, vigorously replied to a resolution adopted by the Northwest Citizens’ Association and made pub lic by A. P. Seiler in The Star yes- ! terday, and which asserted that Mr. Blanton’s tion in impeaching Com missioner Fenning was “cowardly, | un-American and unpatriot { “There is not a_member on this | committee,” Mr. Blanton declared, | “who will say that my action was cowardly or un-American. You all | Long_Island New Yorl office instituted proceedings under the treaties orway and Great Britain. Hough today set forth t the Government knew the vessels t be more than 3 miles off the c and that “consequently the Gove | ment’s position IS and must be t between Britain and Norway and the [ United States, thess have extended | | the territorial application of each and | | every law of the United States useful | to prevent liquor smuggling to a point | measured by the speed of boat.” | "According to the records, the Saga tind sold nothing and the Diamantina was patronized by men aboard a_se: |sled. which, the government held, | could easily have made the trip shore ward within one hour. | The Appellate Court holds that the ‘(reall s with Great Britain and Nor { way, which parallel those with some | other countries, are not ‘“self-ex | isting.” | “We are not called on to consider {international effect of our statutes or | the power of Congress to prescribe | what is commonly called the 12-mile{ypnow that T acted from a sense of | limit,” the decision stited, “nor are i we required to pass on congressional Blanton’s assertion led to gen-| authority specifically to extend our BidotEsioh anohs several ‘mem. ! customs, internal revenue and prohibi f the committee, in the course! |tion laws to a distance at sea meas Tiich thEce WEEs ipolits| o ordes |ured by the speed of a hypothetical | when Mr. Blanton began to relat | boat for nothing of the kind has been | testimony given by Dr. White of St attempted, but we do hold that no|giizabeth's Hospital at the executive uch extension of territorial jurisdic- | session last night of the subcommittee. | |tion is created by the treaties.” ! British Grant Privilege. | TONDON, April 21 (#).—The United tates Government has been inform. ed that hereafter specified, American |liquor patrol vessels may visit Ba- haman waters without formal notice, | provided a cal is first made at| Bimini to notify the Bahaman com | missioner of their intention. An an- {nouncement to this effect was made {in the House of Commons today by Forelgn Secretary Chamberlain. | This procedure adopted, he said, | because of the difficulties in the way | of giving notice through the usual | official channels of intended visits of | patrol vessels to Gun Cay and adjacent | islands. Sir Austen said there was no agree- | ! ment with the United States to ex- { tend the area for operations of Am ! can revenue officers to the Bahama: The action taken was putely an ad ministrative measure, in continuance of the policy embodied in the conven- tion between the two countries re- garding regulation of the liquor traffic. His statement was made in answer to a question regarding the reported | agreement and whether he would con- | sider obtaining some concession on re- turn, such as better treatment for | British subjects landing at Ellis Isjand or in other American ports. | “"sir ‘Austen said_the government's | action was not in the nature of a con- cession for which counter-concessions could be properly demanded. BRITISH MOVE HELPFUL. Blanton Denies Point. Several members pointed out that| the subcommittee met in executive session and that now what occurred | there was being revealed. Mr. Blanton | replied that he thought the subcom-| mittee held an executive session, but that what occurred seemed to have| come out in some way and that from | now on he wanted all the meetings open. Representative McLeod of Michi-| gan moved that all future meetings| of the subcommittee be open, but in the discussion which followed the| motion was not acted upon. | With Maj. Davis G. Arnold, national guardianship officer of the Veterans Bureau, on the stand before the vet- erans’ committee today, Representa- tive Rankin of Mississippi, Representa- tive Bulwinkle of North Carolina and Representative Milligan of Missouri sought to draw from the witness that fees pald Mr. Fenning for acting as guardian were “excessive.” In one instance, the witness clared, “if the premise, as you state it, is correct, then the fees are too much.” The premise was stated by Mr. Bulwinkle, who assumed that Commis- sioner Fenning’s work consisted of re- ceiving a Veterans' Bureau voucher of his ward for which he charged 10 per cent ‘for services rendered.” Su ceeding questions along the same line concerning Mr. Fenning's receipt of checks, cashing them and posting them in his books, went unanswered | by the witness, who declared he did i ;no%}:(notv; :he]facts in the case, | { e three Democratic members of Associated Press. o v} i \om_ ot the British government |the committee. who put the witness| ftate the visits to Bahaman |through a rapid fire of cross-examina- litate the . | tion, insisted on an explanation as to waters of American liquor patrol ves e “exces- | why he did not look into t is expected by officials here t0|gjveness and reasonableness” mive considerable aid to their cam- [GRGE 40T Stno fees granted Commissi X i paign against liquor smuggling. | & nissioner Fenning. | "“This is ane of the several proposals | on which Treasury officials have been working. It is not expected, however, | to interfere with the plans of Assist- ant Secretary Andrews, in charge of prohibition enforcement, to visit Eng- land this Summer, for the purpose of going over the whole situation with British officials. By supplemental agreements with he British government, officlals here have hoped to greatly strengthen the blockade against illicit liquor along the American coast. |Birkenhead’s Gay Jest About WhiskersE | | de- { | Says Court Fixes Fees. Maj. Arnold. in heated tones, stoutly reiterated time and again that the | courts fixed the fees and commissions, and that a minor employe of the bu- reau could not challenge the action of the court. “An gu whether the services ren- dered b Mr. Fenning were reasonable or not,” he declared, “T cannot tell you because I was not present at the hear- ing to t vha V! (Continued on Page 4, Column 2, ! By the Associated Prese. | makes the widow the chief beneficiary, LONDON, April 21.—Lord erken-! 3"{3. the papers recall Birkenhead’s d, secretary for India, is credfted [ Joke. 5 (il .|~ When serving as a member the English newspapers with hav- | ;0 " FEORE B T SEMREL Of the ng made the most expensive joke in | ite"o¢ his advanced age, always kept history. his beard a glorious blackish-blue Birkenhead was once a great friend | color. One day he made an ultra-con- of Sir Robert Houston, the wealthy | servative speech which displeased Shipowner, who died recently at his | Lord Birkenhead, who in private con- home on the Island of Jersey, | hea and Sir | versation referred to him as “the only 1 Robert was said to have mdde a will | genuine dye-hard.” leaving the bulk of his fortune, esti-| TItywas this play on the term “die- | mated as high as £7,000,000, to Birken- | hard” which is applied to the ultra- head. Conservatives, the newspapers believe, i Ho. that kept Birkenhead from sharing t larze1> n the Housion fortune. will. which vesterday, was pro- however. L | | of Engineers, now on duty | tion | tailed !lieved from duty | one Suburban | | | student at Fort Oglethorpe. G | Jackson, 8. ., | He went to Fra 9 P APRIL 21, 1926—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. ¢ Foening Star. * CAPT. WHITEHURST SUCCEEDS WHEELER Named Assistant Engineer Commissioner of D. C. as Aide to Bell. Capt. Herbert (. Whitchurst, Corps in connec Shoals project ¥ was appoint Comissioner of to succeed the Mus: e, Ala.. tod sistant Enginee the District of Columbia, Maj. Raymond A. Wheele Maj. Wheeler, who has been here three years, will be June 15, and after . will go to Leaven of with o at 1 ed de re a leave of absen worth, Kans., for year. The orders issued by the War De partment today covering the assign ment of Capt. Whitehurst to the Dis t post, in which he will be as sistant to Lieut. Col. J. Franklin Bell, Enginer Commissioher, provide that he is to report here not luter than June a school cours: Born Capt. Whitehurst ginia September 20 1885. He was graduated from the Virginia Poly technic Institute in 1906 with the de gree of bachelor of science in elec trical engineering, and in 1907 was awarded a degree in mechanical en in Virgin as born in Vir | gineering Prior to his military a wide engineering experience in civi life, From June, 1907, to September 1909, he was a draftsman. estimator and designer with Kvans, Almirall & Co. of New York, consulting engineers in central station heating and power plants. From 1909 to 1911 he was superintendent of installation, fleld representative and manager of a branch office of the same firm. He left the service of this company to become a_partner in the firm of As bury & Whitehurst, architects and engineers, in Richmond, Va On May 14, 1917, he left the latter firm to enter the military service as Later Va in transferred to Belvoir, n to American University this city. He was appointed of Engineers, June 23, Avgust-16, 1917, to May was with the 306th i nd Camp Sevier, S. (. e with his regiment in May, 1918, remaining_overseas til January 29, 1919, While overseas he was a student in the Army General Staff College, and graduated there from. becoming assistant “G-1" with the 81st Division. He was honorably discharged at Camp Meade, Md.. July 1, 1920, re- turning to resume his partnership with the Richmond architectural firm. He was reappointed captain in the Engi neer Corps and placed in the Regular Army on November 29, 1920. Sever ing connections with his firm, he was made_engineer depot officer ‘at Nor- folk, Va., on December 15, 1920 three years later was transferred to the 13th Engineers, Fort Humphreys, Va. Since September 20, 1923, he had been assistant to the district engineer on the’ Wilson dam, Florence, Ala. ST. JAMES’ RECTOR EXPIRES AT MEETIN he and aga Rev. James W. Clark, Pastor Since 1877, Dies at Cathe- dral Session. Rev. James W. Clark, fof 48 years rector of St. James' Eplscopal Church, on Elghth street northeast, between B and C streets, died suddenly in Whitby Hall of the National Cathe- dral at noon today, 2 meeting of the National Cathedral Association. He was in his seat when he suddenly toppled over. Death was believed due to heart disease. During his many years of service at St. James' Church, which he built. Dr. Clark was held in high regard| by his parishioners. Dr. Clark was born in Meriden, Conn., April 12, 1840. He was gradu- ated from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., in 1863, and five yvears later was graduated from Berkley Divinity School. He was ordained a priest in 1869. He was married to Miss Henrietta M. Gilliat of Pomfert, Conn., in 1870. He served in various parishes in Con- necticut until 1873, when he came to ‘Washington as assistant rector of St. John’s Church. In 1877 he was ap- pointed rector of St. James' Church, where he remained until one year ago, when he retired on account of 1l health service he had | and | while attending | | CAPT. H. C. WHITEHURST. 205 DIEIN PEKING GUARD'S MASSACRE Kuominchun Troops Use Ma- shine Guns on Men Who Shot at Students. ciated Press. A1, April 21.—Only 100 comprising the guard office escaped death at | Kuominchun troops |before they evacuated Peking, says | the North China Daily News. The newspaper calls it a cold-blooded ‘e, It 3 the extremists persuaded their commanders to destroy all the guard of the cabinet office, which fired on students during & demonstration last month. The men were taken heyond the Yellow Temple and machine guns were opened upon them and only five escaped alive. ‘MAN IN GREEN HAT HELD UNDER BOND ,Grand Jury to Hear Charge of Having Liquor in House Office Building. By the As: SHANC men out of of the cabinet the hands of the m: says orge L. Cassidy, sometimes known i | | the man in the greén hat,” who ias was arrested March 20 after leaving a | | brief case containing four quarts of | alleged whisky | Building, was held for the grand jury | today under $1,000 bond after a hear | ing before United States Commissioner ! of the Turnage. .~ { Officer George H. Chorley | Capitol Police, testified that he saw rC&ssidy enter the offices of Repre- sentative Lazaro of Louisiana, and Representative Burdick of Rhode Is- land, and it was after these two visits that he accosted the man and asked him what the brief case contained. During his efforts to have Cassidy accompany him to the office of the chief of the Capitol police, with the brief case behind him. | tion officers. Island told The Star today that he was out of town at the time and | had never heard of Cassidy. Representative Lazaro also denied that he had ever heard of Cassidy,and stated that he, also, was out of Wash- ington at the time of the alleged visit of the man to his ofiice. PR Polish Cabinet Resigns. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, Poland, April 21.—The Polish cabinet, headed by Count Alex- ander Skrzynski, has resigned. 24 Radio Programs—Page brief case, Cassidy left—leaving his He was later arrested by prohibi- | | | | | | must be in by tonight and tomorrow | | the ballot boxes will be open through- | | ! POLITICAL HORIZON OF D. A. R. SERENE No Opposition Develops to Mrs. Brosseau on Eve The on service. Yesterday’s () Means Associated Mine Blast Hero Killed in Tumble Down Three Steps By the Associated Press FAIRMONT, W. . April Last January Jchn H. McNeil, a mine foreman, led 21 miners (o safety following an explosion in the Jamison Coal and Coke Co.'s mine near here, in which 19 other men lost their lives. Today McNeil is dead, having succumbed to in Juries received in a fall down three steps of a flight of stairs. McNeil and his fellow were entombed for two ds nights. COVEY IS OPPOSING ROMHEL ON HILL 30,000 Fans Flock to Open- ing Game in Quakertown. Bucky Out. workers vs and | WASHINGTON Lef. -Up. PHILADELPHIA. | Bixhop, 2b. Frenel of. amar. iauser, 1h. immons, ¢ Kommel, p. MeGowan and Dinneen BY JOHN B. KELLER. SHIBE PARK April More than 30,000 | flocked here this afternoon opening of the Americ With the Nationals and Athletics, opponents in the inaugural, both | | highly rated as pennant contenders, | Ithe crowd in the huge base ball plant | was keved to a high pitch | The Nationgls went into the withont Buefly Tarris, the pilot, in the line-up. An injur hand in yesterday's game, at the time | Umpires—Messrs. PHILADELPHIA, | for the| n League seu- | son game young to his of Election. A< the hour when nominations for he national officers must be ear the political horlzon of the »aughters of the American Revolu n, meeting in annual Continental Congress in the tortum, remained serene and cloudless today. The, delegates busied this morning with hearing proving a number of important re- ports. After luncheon they will re- turn for an afternoon session of the same routine, unless squalls now un- seen sweep over the horizon to dis turb this peace fete. Tonight the zero hour for nominations will strike. Under the rules of the society all nominations for the. national officers themselves out the day for the delegates to make their choice. Ordinarily the result of the election is not made known before the morning session of F this year it is generally believed an other precedent will go into discard. Mrs. Brosseau Unopposed. Mrs. Alfred Brosseau of Connecticut, running on a coalition ticket, was still without opposition today and there was no sign of any opponent appearing. As a result of the with drawal of Mrs. George White Nash »f New York it is generally believed | that the election of Mrs. Brosseau and her cabinet i8 now merely a matter of getting the voting machinery into motion. If this ticket is elected it means that the national board of manage- ment will have two District women in its ranks—Mr li A, Helmick, | registrar general, and Mrs. John M. RBeavers. vice president general from the District of Columbia. Mrs. Her- bert M. Lord, whose D. A. R. atfili- ations are with Maine and who is running for the office of corresponding secretary general, is also a resident of the District at present. After the customary entrance of the incumbent national officer acts of this morning’s session was to recelve from Mrs. W. V. Spencer of Winston-Salem, N. C. a resolu- tion under which this congress will renew its indorsement of the national oratorical contest Backs Oratory Contest. Mrs. Spencer’s resolution. was referred by Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, the president general, to the proper committee, follows: “Whereas, leading metropolitan newspapers in the United States held in 1924 and 1925, in the high schools of this country, national oratorical contests on the Constitution, and are this year conducting a project for the third time; and “Whereas the scope and organiza- tion of these contests are so especial- ly well coneeived as to have annually attracted between 1,000,000 and 2,000,- 000 participants—young men and women soon to become citizens—to a in the House Office | thorough and comprehensive study of the fundamentals and institutions f the Government of the United States; be it therefore ‘Resolved by the Daughters of the American Revolution in congress as- sembled at Washington, D. C, on April 21, 1926, that we heartily com- mend this gratuitous contribution to- ward better and more intelligent citi- zenship, on the part of the newspa- per sponsorg of the national orator- (Continued' on Page 5, Column 2.) n drew | Washington Audi- | and ap- | ol ceremonial | and the pages, one of the first | which | not considered pained him to {such an extent today that Bucky de cided to give up his second base job | for & time to Stuffy Stewart | Harris sent his spit-ball veteran, anley Covele ie, to the firing line i inst the A’s. On the receiving end {of the Nationals' battery was Muddy ‘Rufll. Instead of using Slim Harriss las expected, Connie Mack, local leader selected 1d Rommel, who was bested by Walter Johnson in the 1i-inn Waushington opener last week, to he {gin hurling for the White Elephants, | Micky hrane did the catching for | | the home crew Weather conditions were much bet ter for the Philadelphia opening than | those that prevailed in Washington last week. When the athletes took | the field the xun was well on the job and the air balmy. | The usual opening day events were in order, except for the flag rais which was abandoned here sever: 1 v . Mayor Freeland Kendric tossed out the first ball just as he did to help the Phillies i te their | campaign a week ago. There were no other formalities. FIRST INNING WASHINGTON —Rice Hauser, unassisted tossed out Myer. Goslin drew a pass He was forced out by J. Harri | Bishop to Galloway. No runs. PHILADELPHIA — Bishop popped to Judge. French walked. Lan hoisted to Goslin. French stole ond, Ruel" W throw being stopped by Myer. Hauser Bluege tossed out Simmons. rious. | was Bishop out o well walked. | » runs. | - APPROVAL IS SEEN Administration Leaders Con- fident of Senate 0. K. on Measure Today. | By the Associated Press. The third major problem of its ses sion, the two-billion-dollar war debt ttlement with Italy—teday confront. | ed the Senate. 5 It approved the other two—the, | World Court and the income tax re {duction bill—and adfinistration leaders were confidept that they could muster | the necessary vote late today to bring |about favorable action on the agree- | mént between the American and the | Italian Debt Commissions, upon which | President Coolidge has stamped his | approval. While conceding this, opponents | were not ready to give up the fight with their chief weapons a motion to recommit and efforts to have the | | terms of settlement amended so as to | increase the interest rate. Those opposing the settlement have contended that it amounts in sub stance to a cancellation of the prine pal of the debt at the end of the 6 vear life of the agreement. On the| other hand, proponents argue that the | whole principal will be paid with some | interest in addition. \ The principal of the debt amounts to $1,647,869,197. and there has been add- ed to this accrued interest, up to the | time of settlement, which makes the | total principal $2,042,000,000. ! (Chinese Whisky, Made From Flowers And Rice, Smuggled From Canada Representative Burdick of Rhode | By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn., April 21.—Fed- eral prohibition agents now have to contend with Chinese bootleggers handling liquor smuggled from China. This was revealed with announce- ment here last night that customs agents had seized a quantity of Chi- nese whisky in a freight car just after it had crossed from Canada into the | United States at Portal, N. Dak. Seizure of 200 cases of the whisky was made two weeks ago, but an- nouncement was withheld pending an investigation. The shipment, consigned to an un- named Chinese merchant in Chicago, was billed as a Chinese sauce. It came from Tientsin and Hongkong, China, was sent to Vancouver, British Columbia, amd ®ortal. Other ship. 4 ! ments were reported (o have gone | through to the Twin Cities and Chi- cago. The consignment included 130 cases of whisky made from rice and flowers, with 36 small jugs or bottles to the case, and 70 cases, containing 24 bot- tles each, of a choice brand. The jugs and bottles were packed in rice hulls in sealed tin containers. The cases had been carefully sur.| rounded in the freight car with cases | of tea, dried meat and oysters and | 5,000 bottles of medicine. Inquiry has been started by Federal agents to determine how long the traffic has been conducted under the guise of merchandise. may be placed at ports of entry to at- tempt to block the new rum source. Mticiuls said. oth fans | | questio las to | s president of the District ITALIANDEBTPACT fan Special officers | I ly evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Circulation, 103,819 TWO CENTS. Press. COMMITTEE PLANS ACTION AS HEARING ON SUFFRAGE ENDS Seeking Way to Give District Some Representation. Graham Asserts. 140,000 LABOR UNION MEN VOTELESS, SAYS SPEAKER Women Appear in Support of Plan. Date Set for Hearing of Opponents presen repre jud sur omipliments wtion of their itation from menibers ary commit and with nee from Chairman G * members that thev are s 4 way to provide fair representatior in Government to the people of the District, the hearings for those favo representation throuxh for a const 15 closed t asked 't i s the wi national Dyer resolution ional amendment Two individuals have wrd in opposition, and the « week from today ing i In assigned a time, The judiciary committee room ywded today with officers and re entatives of practi all of the important civie, business, sufffu and welfare organizations in the C ital. The individual members of the commttee showed a sympathetic spirit and by their series of questior dicated careful and deep study « with,an inclination to some measure of suffrage to the franchised citizens. Labor Leader Backs Plan. B. Colpoys. Labor Union, the legislative explained how voting Con would be beneficial t the people of the District In reply a question by Repre entative Dyer. Republican, of Mix souri. sponsor of the joint resolutior how many members of organ Jabor in the District, for whom Colpoys appeared as spokesmi are who have no vote at pre Mr. Colpoys estimated the nun between 40,000 and 45.000. My 1id that the committee is interested in _ascertaining that nature. Mr. Colpovs ‘emphasized that the District peopie are not asking for any rights not en Joyed by itizens of other parts of the country Judge Mary O"Foole Court uppeared as ém‘ f the National American Woman's Suffrage Association of the Woman's Bar Association and the Women's City Club. She argued that suffrage would bring to District citizens self-respect greater confide d greater persua power for slation States Don't Realize Situation Mrs Alfred Ricker appear £ Colum lwague of Women Vote Sh that women throughout the Stat, are giving united port to ASU for which the association she resents Is working. She pointed out that people throughout the States do )preciate now that the people of \e District do not have a vote Mrs. Ricker referred to the appeal of the President at the opening of the D A ess to get out the vote, and & i that she expected as an srowth of that, D. A. R. Con Wil indorse the campaign to se cure suffrage for the District of Co lumbia Rep lican. toni repres he proposal an representation John Central dorsed izes Mr there ent, f the Municipal representative prestige a; ve in asking George 1 bia < explaine Repu Washing the House Rauthbone, native entative Tiinois, a and a menib Distriet committee while past 1 firm and fixed opinion t only wise, but eminently just to grant suffrage to the people of the District The whole history the United ates shows the growth of opinion that suffrage is inherent in the vidual and is a natural right steady development has been e it and to include all ps. There is no reason 0 citizens who have performe: toward the Nation bette of States should vived of that natural right of suffrage wxill work Jedly Detter conditions in Government of the National Capita Suter Presents Report. Suter, president of the of Citizens' Associations a brief report from the Advisory Council, of which airman. He explained that 1 semiofficial body of nine advisory to the Distric epresenting delegates ver The dult why t 300.0 their_duty \ a number Jessie C Federation presented Citizens’ he i this i member: Commissioner: from 48 citizen: alled attention to the fact th report was in the same form as made by the Citizens' Advisory Couneil or 4l legislative proposals, which are re ferred to it by the District commit ces in (‘ongress. This report said that “the Citizen Advisory Council has carefully con Sidered the pending joint resolutior and recommends that it have vou approval. This resolution propc amendment to the Constitution o he United States empowering the Congress to gran: unto the people of the District the status of citizens of a State for the purposes of represent ation in the Congress and in the elec toral college and a status before the Federal courts. his_proposition appears to us ofc of simple justice, so plain and fund: mental as to make argument befors a committee of American citizens seem absurdly superfluous. Surely the nearly a half million American at the Nation's Capital are by all natural right entitled to the same ticipation in their national Gov enrment as the citizens of the sever: ates. Want to Govern Home, “Furthermore, throggh this natioi! representation we should be privileged to participate in the governing of the National pital in the same manner as enjoyed by your own constituents in the government of this District which is our home. We believe that national represen tation is absolutely essential to the preservation of our right as citizens We believe that the great Lincoln was ientally right when he said:, No man is good enough to govern another man without that man’s con I w6