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WEATHER. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) [ Fair tinued row. lowest, Full report on Page 9, tonight and cool tonight; Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 tomorrow; warmer Highest, 64, at 2 p.m. 43, at 6:10 a.m. today con- tomor vesterday; @b ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION . o Star. Associated Press service. The only evening paper in Washington with the news Satur Sunda v's Circulatio Circulation, 110 Lntered post offi 29,945, U. 5. TURNS DOWN FRENCH DEBT PLAN AND ASKS REVISION $25,000.000 Initial Payment second cla . Washing Effort to Murder Anti-Bolshevik Head Is Failure By the Associated Pre GENEVA, Switzerland, April 26. ~An unsuccessful attempt was made today to assassinate Theo- dore Aubert, president of the In ternational Anti-Bolshevik Associa- tion. An unknown man ired a revolver WASHINGTON, D. C, MAXIMUM ANNUITY REDUCED 70 §1.000 IN COOLIDGE PLAN {Lord Retirement Proposal i ;‘fl M. Aubert at his lvm‘ms hvret Provides Stumbling BIock | teiged henind s aceeen. and was | Submitted by President to not hit. M. Aubert was one of & to Berenger Offer. (.";*;u';‘;,‘.‘-"_;f:;, ‘? ";‘,,%,”,‘,:g;.'f"“ o “ Stanfield Today. S cauitied after shootinz and kill ing Vaslav Vorovsky, Soviet en- AGREEMENT HOPED FOR Showdown Expected Before End of Week—Early Approval of Belgian Pact Scen. By the Associated Press France must revise its new offer for =ettlement of its war debt to this coun R DRY ENFORCING PUT P T0 CONGRESS oiid o | Andrews Urges Legislation BETWEEN TWO VIEWS Measure Aimed to Liberalize Law Keeping Within $17,815,930 Limit of Cost to U. S. The administration retirement plan, laid before President Coolidge several days ago by Gen. Lord, director of the try, the American Debt Commission| 10 Strengthen Law—Five |budget. was presented to Senator decided todav | . Stanfield or, Oregon by President The decision was reached at the| Bl"s |ntroduced‘ Coolidge today. Senator Stanfield is second meeti mission to study the proposal put for ward Jast week by Freach Amba dor Berenger. Mellon a Secret o i o bassado) | nfer with the Ambassador before | pronibition enforcement conditions negotiations are resumer. of the American com- | will | By the Associated Press | Responsibility for improvement in now rests with Congress in the opin- sponsor for a measure now pending in the Senate to liberalize the present retirement law, The Lord proposal would intreass the maximum annuity from $720, the present maximum, to $1,000. Although France will be asked to! o or Assistant Secretars Andrews,| It would increase the annual deduc- its offer. it was emphasized to- | y1"harge of enforcement. tion from salaries of Government day by the American commission that | - o9 B SRR o nent, | emploves from 214, the present rate, _the late termina discussions have not been Initial Payment Gives Trouble. One of the principal hitc s is how | designed Chafrman Cummins of the Senate | to 3% per cent. judiciar committee, introduced five bilis ¢ i awn by the enforcement chief | to *izhten the prohibition | It would increase the emploves’ an- nual contribution by 40 per cent and raise the total payments to employes by 39 per cent. much France shall pay at the outset. | laws, S 7 Alr. Berenger proposec 1payment | AR e BeREE Sl o L ooent: malitergent fHgea IOt 70, 165 of $25.000,000 annuatly. hut the €OM- | tha Hesr e somdiored 1ns the Sen.{and 62 would be retained, with an mission is understood to desire higher | ata investi O e whid 1hat | ODtional extension of four years in first payments. The commission hopes | . i e K 4 SAImnRSHON oL | fiane Khan long, it must be each case. 1o work out an agreement on a trading | pote e ek . % basis without formally submitting a | o"gy (P41 (HIUE alone 12 1hust i Divisor of 48 Provided. founter proposal; pending submission | gl egted. - It would provide for computation of ofter Ambassador of a new Reviewing activities of his forces|annuities with a divisor of 48. The negotiations do net depend on the controversial safety clause. whicl would relieve France of its debt re- ponsibilities in the event of failure of Germany to meet its reparation in the last vear, he called attention | ditions. Gives His Recommendations. { The Lord measure, as laid before h | to those developments which he be-/the President, would not increase the the present figure. 1 | | | MONDAY, News Note: APRIL 26, WouLD STRIKE A HELPLESS FELLOW 1926—THIRTY-FOUR PAGE Senator Frazier of North Dakota introduces a constitutional amendment to strip | Uncle Sam of every means of defense, believing that it is the straight cut to everlasting peace. STRAY SHOT HITS WOMANBYSTANDER | Elevator Starter, Attemptingi lieved had considerably improved con-| total cost of retirement payments by | V:“ n]':‘?m‘.j The Am"!‘l([‘. = I“‘( Y“('(‘llll' Reorganization of the prohibition| “The Board of Actuaries ilas esti mies as expresses se] rmly ' unit and policy so as to permit con-|mated $17,815,930 hy 1 *1 against this and An sado ren- | ra a i affic Lo . £55 1 ot fexpected. 1 in 1:‘“Rt‘lph‘}(9htld(xnn against the liquor traffic|tne proposal presented to Semator n antee pwhile swift progress in dispos- other ttlements of fore the Senate’is in prospect in; ready be-|internal revenue to prohibition unit. and place responsibility for local en-| forcement on local officials. Trz ontrol nsfer of alcohol from | {not exceed that figure.” Stanfield said. “On the same basis of amortization the annual cost would The measure | ployed as an elevator starter at The | .o Co-ordination of the Coast Guards,|does not consider the less important | |the Government bvevond $17.815,9%, to Escane With $125 Pay Roll, Fires at Hacker. Carroll Elgin, 24 years old, Star Building. in an attempt to escipe today with the pay roll of $125 for ol WA N AR Tre sl S e, collectors of customs and prohibition | provisions of the Stanfield and Lehl- | !0 : The Belaian agreement had right of | Wit to reduce smuggling, resulting|bach measuresthat relate chiefly o)) Slexplor yoperatons in | /] e e e Man. | in “practical elimination’ of Rum|administration features. {shot at a taxicah driver in front o manian, Latvian, Esthonian and [BOVI 1" Government emploves with salarles | the Raleigh Hotel, hia shot golng wild Czechoslovakian funding pactg to fol- | 0" HASUEY ouders for annual review | .11'61 600 up would receive the same |and striking Mrs. Mary C. May o low. Some opposition to the Belgian all permits. new control of sacra- !annual annuity under the Lord pro-| Wilmington. Del., who was standing acreement has heen expressed hecause of the liberal terms and special treat- | ment accorded t na Lut favor-, able action is @xpeeted in & few .days. | The debt commission already has made In comparison with the best proposal [ whisky in the manufacture of patent | Those with study of the Berenger offer | . mental wines and limiting the use of medicines. Organization of the special alcohol | and brewery squads. | Negotlation of treaties with Mexico | nd Cuba covering smuggling and ex- tradition. posal as than under the Lehlbach bill. Stanfield to Compare Bills. Senator Stanfleld said he would lay advanced last Summer by the Call- " 3 the administration proposals before laux mision and has found basis for | The Assistant Secretary said the |ipe senate, aithough he did not see optimism in_the new plan. Some | POUCY of cobcentration Is having “@|how “the bill could provide greater members. however, are not prepared | > et on the restaration of | jiperalization of the present law and to accept it in its entirety, and ex tended discussion may be necessa to work out an agreement Points of difference that are Hkely to be ziven serious consideration lie | respect for Iederal law and Federal | law enforcement.” i | The tumult and the shouting of the Senate prohibition hearing ceased, but the echoes continue to | have | | ernment. still keep within the limit of $17,00 000, as figured by the Board of Ac- tuaries as the annual cost to the Go not favor the Lord measure, but said rumble through the capital and else- | that before he made up his mind fully | Shie elnnnatinn. of i feeine [where. he would investigate it and compare elause. of the same iden in modified | BOth sides apparently were satis- | it with both his own measure and the form And in the suggestion that pay. | Sed With their showing during the | Lehibach bill. e Enis M pin et = ‘ll.n'_Pe weeks of testimony. The drys | =~ The general retirement age for Other features, h have pr were confident that some of the bills | clerks in the Government service now pleasing to the Americans, and a |{he¥ favored to put more teeth in the iig 70 years. For meghanics, laborers chowdown is expected hefore the|'olstead Act would be recommended |ang others who perform hard manual week ends POINCARE HOPES FOR DEBT. [to the Senate. The wets were con- | they had placed their tident that case against prohibition before the | i | ! whose occupations are rigorous fl"fl\,,, passing countrs they would be as greatly | astonished as the drys themselv it | the retirement age is 65, while mail clerks and others abor for railway classed as hazardous, the retirement | | | | Chides French for Abandonment of | 5 i g age s 62 vears. The retirement ages : the committee should make a favor-|would not be changed under the Lord | Safety Clause in Pact, However. | able report on any of their liberaliza- | proposal. tion bills 1 -+ VIGNEULLES, LEX HATTON.| The shower of statements that was | Amortization Not Touched. CHATEL, France. April (#).—M. [ to be expected after the conclusion of | sy - . Toincare, former premier, dedicating |the hearing, began Saturday and con | sunmiied: te omeor Stabfel ad. A war memorial vester chided the French government for its abandon- ment of the safeguard clause in the tinued yesterday. Representative La- Guardia, | Progressive-Socialist, New “would make unnecessary any pre- scription in the law defining how the York, offered a suggestion which he | fynq is to be amortized and would | debt negotiation with the United |predicted would force the prohibition. ! o - | leavi amort tor States. Hle. expressed the bellet, ists to “admit that the prohibition | S2VS, e matter of amorsaont o however, that the memories of |law cannot be enforced, and must be | Fioe 1ty budget. " September, 1918, when French and |modified.” e othe g, Japonfini .on 1he) American soldiers fought together for the deliverance of the village, would inspire a just and equitable settle- ment M. Poincare warmly thanked Ameri- La Guardia’s Proposal. liis proposal was that Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti- Saloon League, be made prohibition | Stanfield bill, Séeretaty of the Interfor Work recommended a maximum an- nual annuity of $960. The annuity recommended in the Lord proposal is $200 less than the maXimum recom- cans whose generosity had made | director with a staff approved by “ex- & restoration of the village possible. ! treme dr: adeales"p‘;nd amhoruy”fifi';,d?ge‘:,:fi:the SHmnEllanIiCan! Part of the ceremonies embraced | to “do anything they desire to enforce | President Coolidge is sald to have the dedication of new municipal | this law" between now and January | approved generally the principles em: villages, the construction of which |or February. bodied in both measures, but thought was made possible by American| M. Wheeler explained that he did | their total annual cost to the Govern- ey | not take the stand, as he had planned, | ment was too high. He has also reg- . | because of the “wets’ plan to use | igtered opposition to the proposal to | up the drys’ time by my cross-exam- | retire employes under 70 years of age. SECOND PLANE TODAY ination. As it was, he said, “a large| jje has told groups and individuals WILL SEEK WILKINS Loading of Detroiter Hastened, as No Word Comes From Leader, Gone Eleven Days. Br the Associated Press FAIRBANKS, Alaska. April 26.— part of the drys' time was by _filibuster cross-examinatie James MacGuire, chief a Julian Codman of Boston, the wets, counsel for had expressed disappoint- ment that Mr. Wheeler did not “‘sub- ject himself to cross-examination by Senator Reed,” the Missouri Demo- crat, whose questioning of dry wit- nesses added many a colorful passage | to the long record of testimony. | Senator Reed, said Mr. MacGuire, | wanted to question the Anti-Saloon | League counsel about reports that his | organization tempting to_collect who have conferred with him on re- tirement legislation that as a result of the tax reductions the Government is close to a deficit and some thought must be given to every piece of legis- Jation which would authorize expendi- ture of public money, especially {f the authorization is to be for an annual expenditure for an. indefinite future period. Stanfield Sees President. Senator Stanfield was with the Pres- ident a quarter of an hour, going over with him all angles on retirement leg- Failure to hear from Capt. Georse |a million dollars to be used in electing | jiation, The Senator gave no indi H. Wilkins, who left here 11 days|dry members of Congress. | tion when he left the executive offices azo for Point Barrow with the first | Report Denied by Wheeler. ! whether he believes some form of re- plane of the Detroit Arctic expedi- tion, speeded the loading of the sec- ond plane to follow him today, it is reported by the North American Newspaper Alliance. Capt. Wilkins and Ben Eileson, his pllot, hopped off for Peint Barrow April 15. Although Maj. Thomas G. Lanphier, commander of the second section of the expedition, expressed confidence that the advance plane had reiched B: ow, efforts to pick up radio siznals (|'nx’\ them yester- day were not successful. Capt. Wil- kins carried a short-wave radio set helieved, would enable him to send k messages despite the fact that rrow now has from 18 to 20 hours of daylight. Capt. Wilkins and Eileson flew the single-motored Alaskan. A test flight of the larger plane of the ex- pedition, the three-motored Detroit- er, to try out new compasses, delayed her contemplated departure yester- day. The Detroiter weighs 5 tons loaded. which, it wa Paintings Lost in Fire. CHICAGO, April 24 (P).—Valuable paintings amd ecclesiastical objects of zold were destroyed by fire today in St. Constantine’s Greek Orthodox Church here. mated at §125 “rossed electric wires started the fire, | lons, ‘x was belicved. | | ifrom it the output of a prewar year The damage was esti- | crease established in that period, he 000, the roof caving in.|showed a difference of 60,000,000 gal- | with a | | Taking the amount of denatured al- The million-dollar fund charge was! denied by Mr. Wheeler, who countered | statement saying he had let- | tera and literature showing that the wets “ask for $300,000 for this identi- cal purpose in addition to the $300,000 | which they claim they have regular-| Iy.” The league's legislative commit- | tee. he added, “has sent out an ap-| for $50,000 to offset this,” feel-! ing that “we can make one dollar go | about as far as twelve of theirs.” i United States Attorney Buckner of | New York, whose estimates of the| cost of enforcing prohibition in that State drew fire from the drys, for- warded to the committee detailed memoranda to support his figures. On the basis of these, he calculated that, with trial by jury eliminated, the cost would be $20,021,750, or, with jury trial continued, it would be $70,- 076,125. Defends His Estimates. He also defended his estimates that a bootleg business of more than $3,- 000,000,000 a year was based on di- version of industrial alcohol alone. cohol produced in the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 1925, and subtracting multiplied by the normal rate of in- vhich he held was not reason- quired by indus ably tirement legislation will be enacted at the present session. He said he was not opposed to the Lord proposal be- fore he had studied it, but did not belleve it would accomplish the dou- ble purpose of liberalization without greater expenditure of public money. Officlals of the budget bureau felt today that the Lord proposal would offer a common meeting ground for those who favor the higher annuities and those who are against increasing the annual payments above $300. | | on under the Lehlbach bill. |at the Twelfth street entrance to the | salaries below $1,600 would | hotel |receive less under the Lord proposals immediately after having checked out with her hushand. She was taken to Emergency Hos pital, and Elgin was arrested a few minutes later as he was trying to get away in a taxicab. Elgin received the money from the cashier for the elevator operators to- day as usual and a short time after| ward, when it was found that he had been drinking and brandishing a re volver police were notified. He indicated that he did| RBullet Passes Under Driver's Arm. In the meantime the man returned to The Star Building. No. 1 precinet were notified to send over policemen, but before they arrived he I Pennsylvania venue and ed to the Raleigh Hotel entrance on Twelfth street. Some argument sued about the taxicab he was to take and without warning he drew a pistol and fired at the driver, C. A Pepper, 1010 Columbia road, the bul- under the i driver's {Continued on Page 4, Column 5) NEW QUEEN OF GYPSIES ARRIVES IN AMERICA Bride of King Frank Kaslov, Wed in Marseilles, Chosen Over 500 U. S. Girls. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 26.—A queen, attired in the colorful finery of a high- born gypsy woman, arrived on the Leviathan today to prepare for the o tion which will mark her place. O e queen was the bride of Frank Kaslov. king of the American gypsies, who met his bride in Marseilles, pro- posed in the American way and was Prarried shortly afterward. The queen. daughter of one of the wealthiest families of Greek gypsies, was Paras Jeevt. She will live at the Philadelphia hame of her husband, presiding occa- Homally with him at the gypsy head- Qquarters here in the Bowery. A large crowd of subjects greeted the pair, as it marked the end of a suecessful quest for the proper queen Since King Frank was widowed more a year ago. B oarch had spread abroad after it was found that among the 500 cligible gypsy girls in this country :he‘re was none of the proper parentage. A honeymoon on the Nedil'@rrflneap‘ preceded the return to the “throne. o SEVEN ADRIFT SAVED. Speed Boat Bearing Pleasure Party Found Stranded. CLEARWATER, Fla., April 26 P). __Seven persons adrift in a speed boat were rescued early today when the vessel was found strangled on a coral yeef 10 miles off shore. Search had been carried on all night when the boat did not return from a pleasure tr) em- | start- | en-! | | the building, | known, but phy: | had been making over Southwest Gov- | \WORK IS TAKEN ILL | ON INSPECTION TRIP| Secretary of Interior Leaves Party | at Dallas to Return to Los Angeles. By Associated Press YUMA, Ariz., April 26.-—Secretdry of the Interior Hubert Work, who was taken ill yesterday during a trip he| ernment projects with Dr. Elwood Mead, reclamation commission, s | scheduled to ive in Los Angeles this morning. | Secretary Work was forced to can everal engagements and left his | party at Dallas, to return to the coast. | The nature of his illness was not made cfans permitted him to start the trip after a brief rest. Dr. Mead spent the day here con- | ferring with business men and ranch ers and being escorted over the Yuma irrigation district. HOUSE AGAIN VOTES BILL FOR BEACHES Concurs in Senate Amend- ment, and Measure Now Goes to Coolidge. The House today concurred in the Senate amendment to the bill provid- ing for the econstruction of two artificial bathing beaches for the use of people of the District of Columbia This action by the House has the effect of sending the bill to President Coolidge for his signature. The bill authorizes the expenditure of $345,000, for the construction of the bathing beaches. The location of the beaches, vet to be decided upon, probably will he designated when the money for thelr construction is actually appro- priated. The nfotion to concur in the Senate amendment was made by Representa- tive Zihiman, Republican, of Mary- land, chairman of the House District committee. The Senate had amended the bill as passed the House by inserting a pro- vision that one bathing beach should be for the use of white people and the other colored people. It was generally understood when the bill was befo the House that one beach would be for the white people and one for the col- ored. The Senate, however, inserted an amendment to that effect. Representative Blanton, Demaocrat, of Texas, suggested that the bill be al- lowed to go to the committee, declar- ing that in any event it would not be possible to construct these bathing beaches in time for for us this Sum- mer. Mr. Kihlman replied that the Senate amendment had been adopted on the motion from a Senator from the South and-that he saw no reason for delay. ing the bill. By a vive voce vote, Mr. Zihlman motioned to concur and the Senate amendment was adopted. e ot UG MRS. CAPPER GRAVELY ILL Slightly Better Today, But Condi- tion Regarded Critical. BALTIMORE, Md., April 26 (#).— Mrs. Arthur Capper, wife of Senator Capper of Kansas, was reported to be in a critical condition at the Maryland hospital for women today. Senator Capper was at her bedside. . Mrs. Capper who underwent a major operation several weeks ago, suffered a relapse a few days ago. She rallied, however, and last night was reported to be slightly improved. ESCAPED, TERM DOUBLED. Philadelphia Convict Must Se: 50 to 120 Years in Prison. PHILADELPHIA, April 26 (#).— “Scotty” Campbell, who escaped from the penitentiary here in January, 1925, was today sent back to the prison to serve a term of “50 to 120 years.” Campbell, who is 25, and was serv- ing 25 to 60 vears for highway rob- bery, escaped in a load of hot ashes and was arrested in Los Angeles, Calif., last month. A State law per. mits doubling a prisoner's sentence if he escapes. Radio Programs—Page 22. “The Law of the Talon” By Louis Tracy Begins in Tomorrow’s Star A story from the pen of a world-famous author, appearing serially in The Daily and Sunday Star— Beginning Tomorrow. 2 || successful preliminary peace negotia- HOUSE 0. K.'S PLAN OF NEW PARK BODY Enlarged Commission Originally Sought Now Up to Coolidge. as The House today adopted the con-| ference report on the bill amending the act providing for a comprehensive development of the park and play (P) Means Associated Press. Review of District Zoning Law Denied By Supreme Court The United States Supreme ¢ today denied a petition for a of certiorari to | of the action of the Court of Appen of the Dis et of (' missing the proceeding | A property owne slon of the Zonin inere s the hei erection of the apa ve a revie umbla in di ngzht by the deci ion in t limit for the ment house at 2100 Massachusetts avenue. The District Supreme Court dis missed the ¢ e, which had been brought by Edmund A. Varel e B. Walsh, and triet Court of Api s that action. he petitioned applied to the United St preme Cou the wri tiorari. eiting a number sons why they believes est_court should review < The building. the height of which was invelved in the jroceedings, already has heen completed INCREASE N D.C. FUNDS EXPECTED | Conferees May Restore Some Appropriations Cut by House or Senate. Indications are that when the Dis Wil emerges from it trict appropriation conference within a probably will carry a total so in excess of the amount of t passed by the House As approved by the ure appropriated $33.739 House the meas W the Senate voted for a number of ditions and subtractions, the net ference was only about §30,000 under the total of the Homse, or, in ronud numbers, $33,700,000 May Be Less Than Budget. be known The final until the confe completed their work, bu their reco nendations will raise the total. Even with these adju nts { upward, wever, it is likely the final figure will be less than Budg reau approved Reports are that the cor disposed to e on the £400.000 1 ground system of the National Cap-| ital, approved June 6, 1924 | The bill broadens the powers of the | National Capital Park Commission | and authorizes the commission to act | in conjunction and co-operation with | representatives of Maryland and Vir- | ginia to carry out the provisions of | the-lgw, : Officials on Commission. The bill as it passed the House pro- vided that the commission should con- sist of a chief of Engineers. United States Army: the kngineer Commis. sioner of the District. the director of the National Park Service, the chief of the park service. the director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of | the National Capital. the chairmen of | the committees on the District of Co- lumbia in the Senate and House, and four eminent citizens well qualified and experfenced in city planninz, one of whom shall be bona fide resident of the District, to be appointed for a term of six years by the President. | The Senate amended the bill to provide that two of the citizen mem- | bers appointed by the President | should be hona fide residents of the District. In conference, however, the Senate receded from this amend- mgnr. and as agreed today the bill will carry the original House provi- s1on for one resident member, Absorbs Present Board. | The commission provided for in the bill absorbs the present National Capital Park Commission and changes the name to the National | Capital Park and Planning Commis- | sion. The commission is given au- thority over all matters pertaining to city planning for Washington, but it is not given authority over utility | matters and zoning. 3 The Senate has already adopted the conference report which was agreed to by the House today and the bill will become a law as soon as it is approved by the President. | HONOR BAN ON SMOKING | AT MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE All Students at Girls’ School Who | Register in Fall Considered | Bound by Promise. By the Associated Prees. | SOUTH HADLEY, Mass., April 26.— | Students at Mount Holyoke College, with the beginning of the academic vear in September, will be considered as having given their word of honor not to smoke while under college juris- diction, according to a new rule just promulgated and signed by President Marsy Woolley and Dean Florence Purinton. This rule reads as follows: Mount Holyoke College disapproves of smoking by college students and has made the regulation that no stu- dent may smoke while under its juris- Every student entering or re-entering college will be considered as having given her word of honor that she will keep this regulation. A student failing to do_ths will be asked to withdraw from college." A footnote explains that a student is ‘‘under the jurisdiction of the college™ from the time she takes possession of her room in September until the col lege closes In June. Exceptions are the Christmas and Easter vacations and times when at her own home, ab- | sences when not under the care of a college chaperon and when visiting at the home of a friend out of town or | when in company of her parents out of town. Mount Holyoke is virtually the only large women's college in the East where smoking is forbidden. diction. RIFF PEACE PARLEY OPENS Preliminaries Concluded, France and Spain Agree Officially. OUDJDA, French Morocco, April 26 (P).—Spain today agreed to the French plan of terminating the un- tions with the Rifflans, and the official peace conference will open here this evening. The Riffian delegation was due at Oudjda at 5 p.am. The first meeting | will be ;r.\led immediately afterward. L ling streets | Agency. | the cas i Indians lump sum tions they n many specific street-paving items passed by either the House or Senate School Money Cut. When the Senate passed the bill it made a net reduction of about $370,000 in amount for schooi buildinas, but the probabilities are the conferees restore a t of this sum also. Two important features of the hill relating to th ne se in water and the proposed limitation of 25 per cent ahove assessed value on the price of sites for school and park purposes _are still undecided and are expected to ha thoroughly considered by the conferees another meeting this afternoon. Both of these proposals were in serted hy the House and eliminated by the Senate and were opposed by the municipal authorities and by the leading civic organizations. INDIAN AGE.NTS ASKED TO VACATE OFFICES |Heads of Five Tribes Bureau ini,. Oklahoma Face New Investigation. Br the Associated Prese MUSKOGEE, * Okla., - April 2. Supt. Shade E. Wallen and Asst. Supt. C. J. Hunt of the Five Civilized { Tribes Indian Azency have been | ordered by Acting Secretagy of the Interior Finney to vacate their offices. pending an invesiigation The invest it is understood on divorce procees is wi h Exie Fife, wealthy Creek Indian of Eufaul Okla.. settled with Berlin son, her white husband, for $30.000. Supt Wallen honered the requisition for | | the money from the agency restricted | funds and Hunt delivered the check to Jackson. Supts Wallen was | cleared of charges in connection with by the United States Indian commis which conducted an investigation here last Fall. o reason was given for requisition. Approximately 100,000 comprise the Seminole. Cherokee, Creek, Chicaksaw and Choctaw tribes of the agency. - NEGRO CHURCH BURNED AFTER ATTACK BY MOB Arrest of Man for Slaying Leads to Threats of Riot—Worship- ers Driven From Building. the new By the Associated Press. CARTERET. °N. J.. April The church of the First Baptist negro congregation, from which negroes were driven by white mob vesterday, was destroyed by fire early today. Race riots were threatened when Robert Ducaeft, a negro, was arrested late yesterday, charged v stabbing of John Car boxer. Shortly after Rev. George H. Reed, pastor, began the usual Sunday eve- ning services in the negro church bricks and stones were hurled through the window. The worshipers fled from the building and several were struck by stones thrown by the putsuing whites. i, a white Engine and Five Cars Semiled. PITTSBURGH, April 26 (#).—The engine and five cars of westbound Pennsylvania Railroad mail train No. 11, on the Panhandle division, were | derailed near Cadiz, Ohlo, yesterday afternoon. The damage caused by the derailment was small, a company statement said. Neither the engine nor the cars was overturned, and the tracks were cleared early last night. No one was injured. The cause of the trouble was undetqrmined. will gation of the Five Tribes | 11 center | ioner's committee of inquiry, th the fatal | CENT DAVIS PROBE OASES ‘Commissioner Quizzed for an Hour—Due to Appear Twice More Today. TWO By el TESTY I OFLUMACY | AUDITOR DECLARES LAW DOES NOT LIMIT FEES Upholds Contention of Accused Of- ficial—Latter Questioned on Specific Cases. n" con the House veter. the Gibson sub. strict com Tt tinued ans’ com and House T committee of the mittee vas the subeommit anton ment ch { for one h tor of the e ttee is continu ernoon, start- * comm fa 1S 10 ) o'clock tc of the He subeor on the fl prohibit he is an horation. Dur Fenning Mr. Blan | in regara cases of en Sauter, Cudora 8. Fletcher, Philip Byrd, M Isaac il how often who have to Den He had ju Fenring r wit cquaintance nd when the closing the meet upon ived Puts Letters in Record. the this morning, the record a ing hearing anton pi letters | twen | proceedi {record a f Fenni com |ing a cour ictment put into the ndence hetween Represen: and others, includ in the Roley Lee { tee today L & of the Supreme Court of the Distri | who passes upon the accounts of Mr | Fenning and ot lding guardian- ships, testified pport of Mr. Fen- { ning's ant contention in his defense Saturday that there is | no law in District in regard to { the amount ymmissions allowed in | lunacy cases. Mr. Davis said that there isa law in regard to minors, al- lowing a maximum of 10 per cent, | that in luna ishes one-third of the | time the court fi the amount, and {the other two-thirds of the time the auditor is instructed and aut to tigate and to deterr | percentaze allowe At the cpening of the hearing today Chairt Gibson of the subcommit- tee, wh making the investigation for the committee, House | stated his plan for a more orderly pro District | cedure than h | at this hearing cence from Mr heretofore prevailed He received acquies- Blanton that he would finish his cross-examination in one | hour's ti following which it was | agreed that other members of the committee should be aliowed proper witness questions. aid he would ask < had not been i time tp ask the | Chatrman Gibson { only such questions i covered by others. He stated his pur- | pose to avoid thrashing over repeated- | Iy the same charges and questions. | Will Appear Tonight. Gilbert, Democrat, of Kentucky, called attention of the committee to the fact that this is Dis- | trict_day in the House, and it was agreed that the committee should ad- journ the hearing at 11:45. At the sug- k lepresentative zestion of Mr. Blanton, it was agreed 1 at there should be at least one other ession of the hearing. M Gilbert sked if it would be convenient for | Mr. Fenning to be present tonight and the latter relied that he would gladly accommodate himself to the w ishes of the committee. Mr. Fenning then asked permission to add to his statement in defense on Saturday. He then id, “In my statement at the last session I said, with respect to charge 20 that 1 con- sider 1 had answered -the same in answering charge 5. In view of the newspoper report to the effect that 1 apparently overlooked charge 20, I now repeat the foregoing and add that I did not ‘solicit the help of one Henry P. Fellows and through him financially influence the said Mrs. Eudora S. Kelly to break ner contract and power of attorney with Lyon & Lyon and to_ discharge them and to employ said Fenning.’” Cross Examining Begins. Mr. Blanton then took up the cross- examination. Blanton: ‘“Are you committee for Philip Byra?" Fenning: “I_am guardian in that cause; Phil Byrd is dead. Blanton: “When did he die?" “(Continued on Page 4, Column 2 B ——— }