Evening Star Newspaper, May 2, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. i Fair and warmer followed by thunder showers ‘ate to- night or tomorrow: cooler tomorrow. Temperatures: yesterday: terday. : lowest, a Full report on No. BRITAIN IN GLOOM, WAITING STRIKE OF 29,951, ' 2000000 WORKERS King Proclaims Emergency Giving Government Wide Powers—Troops Placed. OLUNTEERS ARE READY TO KEEP FOOD MOVING Faint Hope for Peace Hangs on Conference Between Unions and Baldwin. Wr the Acsociated Press LONDON, May 1 i< of industry in ¢ P of the coming week unless Tefore Tuesday some agreement is yeached for settling the coal strike which hegan today. One million miners are affected by the strike, they will he backed up, if the strike con finues. by some 5,000,000 workers be- Yoneing to 203 trades unlons. The representatives of these union® @ecided today to put all their strensth %0 the task of helping the miners, for Rhe issue is characterized by lahor as 0 longer one between the owners and the miners, but as affecting all labor. A proclamation by the King which fives the government almost unlimit- ed powers and establishes a ‘“'state of emergency,” which while not so far reaching as the proclamation of gnartial law, vermits the authorities A0 use all the resources of the state to guard the nation’s vital interests. Complete paraly at rspect Troops Are Dispatched. as a precautionary meas- wre. dispositions of troops have been made in the coal mining areas o south Wales, Lancashire and Scot- Jand. The orzanization for the main- tenance of supplies is prepared to goin with the government in hundreds Already of centers throughout the country in| anaintaining essential sel , while there are indications that the govern: ment itself is getting ready to take ever the control of coal, both in the mines and aboard ships. Yet in the midst of the overpower- ing gloom of a possible gen ke there is a ray of hope, for iute tenight ® committee from the Trades Union Congress resumed negotiations with Premier Baldwin and his ministers at Downing street. The labor men Jeft the premier's residence "shortly before mi . and it was under- stond the; ne 1o confer with ives and might ve-| turn late A conference of the trades congress in afternoon thoroughly into the question at issue and late tonight a communique was fssued from the prime minister’s of- fice announcing that th> council of the congress had written to the premier informing him that the miners had entrusted the council with | all further negotiations in their be- half, and stating that they were ready @l any moment to enter into a d cussion with the government. premier immediately invited repre- sentatives to meet him, and Georse Hiel Ben Tillett and A. Pugh then went into conference with the min- meeting ended at 1:30 o'clock unday) morning. J. H. Thomas secretary of the railwaymen's union, announced there was still hope that further negotiations on the strike situation would take place later in the day. Streets are Thronged. A great crowd of people waited out- side in Downing t and not for had such activily been seen vere on Saturday n 1t is unofficialiy serted that the delegates intimated to the government that if a resumption of the negotia- lons were in immediate prospect even when the general due to hegin, Monda threat would not be con- tention was that = 10 the lateness he mine ow: conveyed to them late Fri . there was no time left for real negotiations. This offer was for a_ reduced wage on the hasis of the settlement In 1921. namely a 20 per cent increase over the standard wages prevalling in 1914. This was conditional on an elght-hour day. instead of a seven-hour day. The miners absoluteiy refused to ac- cent these terms. A special meeting of the full Labor party has been summoned for Mon- in the House of Commons to dis- cuss how best to support the miners in their struggle. Although there is a prospect of a renewal of the negotia- tions, the trades union congress has made all possible prepavations to carry out a general strike. What support 1he continental workers would give to such a strike is not known in detall, but the international body has voted its general support. Ireland Not Affected. The strike in no way effects Ireland, either north or south. J. Ramsay Macdonaid, former labor premier, in' the course of a speech, We have been charged hy some of the newspapers with wanting war. It i= my cons nt belief that I have never heen associated lih a body of men who have siriven m h greater desire to make peace. “The decision of the government late last night to break off negotia- tions was a crime against socle Thie fight wicked and criminal fight. o ernment has dreaded the fight on the siandard of life of our people, and the battle cannot be kept off the floor of the House of Commons. Assails Government. "he sword was not drawn by J. H. Thomas, or Herbert Smith, or any rep- resentative of the trade unions, but by the government, and it is the govern- ment which 18 now flaunting the «word in the faces of the people.” Former Premier Lloyvd George, in a speech at Cambridge, sal ““There is one thing I dislike about the situation. There is too great a similarity to the method that led to the great war—desultory and dilatory diplomatic interchanges, leisurely ne- gotlations never touching the real is- sues, and then the parties hurling ul- timatums at each other. T do not like the analogy: it is a very ominous one. Under the provision of the emer- gency act, the Board of Trade has on methods S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) today. probably pm. yes. Britain is a | union | went | e patiently | fighest, 80, at t 6 am. page Kntered as second class matter post_office, Washingt 5 Blast Kills Sailor Distilling Shellac To Secure Alcohol Special Dispatch to The Star. SAN DIEGO, Calif., May Dewey C. Blyckert, 35, of Iron Mountain, Mich., a seaman attach- ed to the United States destroyer William_Jones, anchored in San Diego Bay, was fatally burned last night when a still, in which he was endeavoring to extract alcohol from a gallon of shellac, exploded, it was learned today. The bluejacket was burned about the head, face, arms, body and legs, the flaming liquid evidently enveloping him from head to foot. A blow torch is said to have caused the blast. The explosion took place in_ the fire room of the destrover John Francisco Burne, which was moor- ed alongside the William Jones. Rear Admiral Schofield, de- stroyer force commander, immedi- ately ordered an investigation. NORGE PREPARING TOSTARTTODAYON 1 | Col. Nobile Says Dirigible Can | Start if Island Reports | Good Weather. BY WALTER DURANTY. LENINGRAD, May 1.—Col. Um- berto Nobile, commander of the Norge, announced tonight that the Norge will likely leave tomorrow. He received today a telegram from Amundsen saying that everything is eady at Spitzbergen. If Spitzber- gen cables tomorrow that weather conditions are favorable, which is { probable, the Norge will leave at ¢ | about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. | (Copsright. 1926. by New York Times and i St. Louis_Globe-Dema Released through { Current News Features. All rights reserved.) | BYRD PLANE IS LANDED. | Braves Heavy Ice Floes to Reach | Shore With Big Craft. BY RUSSELL D. OWEN. | By Wireless to The Star. | KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, May 1.— | Comdr. Byrd's airplane has heen land- ed safely ashore after a hazardous trip through the ice floes, against the advice of everybody aboard, including the ice pilots, who feared the small boats would be crushed. Comdr. Byrd, determined to take advantage of a beautiful day, forced his way to the white shore of Spitzbergen, from | which his plane will rise for a dash t0 the Pole. | Comdr. Byrd stood in the prow of | the pontoon carrying the plane during the trip ashore, directing the rowers jon each side like the crew of a Ro- | man galley, or an old ship of the Vi- !kings. Isak Isaksen, ice pilot, christ. ened the “viking,” stood at the bow, shoving huge cakes of ice aside with thrusts of his powerful arms. Those not needed for rowing fended " the ice off with boat hooks, and slow- |1y and steadily the pontoon was | forced through the white fields of ice ! blocks, many 5 to 6 feet high. i Crew Cheers Event. } “I felt like Washington crossing the | Delaware,” sald Byrd, laughing. There 1“35 no laughing, however, till the pontoon reached the icy edge of the Ishore. The crew of the Norweglan ship, Heimdal, gave a rousing cheer |at the successful daring as the plane, like a blue and yellow bird, moved { through the fce. Word quickly spread to the village | that Byrd was coming ashore, and | the men and women on skis raced to | the water, workmen leaving their jobs 10 see the fascinating sight. The Americans heaved a sigh of relief when the shore was reached and a rope lashed the pontoon securely. Beams were thrown ashore from the pontoon, with hatch covers spiked to them, making a runway up the snow. A rope was thrown about the landing | kear and men on each side of the ! fuselade, with a shout, ran the boat { and plane quickly up the bank and the plane, named Josephine Ford, settled 'its wheels into the snow as if to |anchor herself to the solid greund. | The tail of the fuselade was still on | the pontoon, dropping with the tide, | s0 the giant plane was jacked up and i skiis put under her to run her safely ! away from the shore. ! Villagers Admire Americans. 5 Comdr. Byrd was happy and patted { the men's shoulders and thanked them for their efforts. Work was immediately begun to get the motors ashore and installed in the plane. The Americans’ suc- cess In overcoming conditions they were not familiar with aroused the admiration of the villagers. The actual presence of the plane ashore makes the situation take the character of a race between Byrd and Amundsen, although Amundsen smilingly says there is no possible conflict between them and it doesn't matter which is first. But there is ntinued on Page 12, Column ' By the Associated Press. * ASBURY PARK, N. J. May 1.— The idea that the average man has a secret and -perhaps shamefaced de- sire, if not actually to don an apron and a. nurse's cap, at least to assume the tasks generally associated with such a uniform, was broached this week at the annual convention of the New Jersey State Federation of Women's Clubs. Several women prominent in the convention expressed their views on the matter. Mrs. Frank Gilbreth of Montclair, an industrial engineer and the mother of 11 children, sald: “I've known many men suffering from a long suppressed yearning to get into the kitchen and cook the dinners, while their wives and daughters were worn out with the drudgery of it. I know a wife who for years wore herself out sitting up all night with crylng babies in or- der that her husband should not be | disturbed. He finally took over management of the last baby and it | was the best one they ever had and never cried at all.” Mrs. Clayton D. Lee, retiring presi- - SPITZBERGEN TRIP he WASHINGTON, CONGRESS FACING A CRITICAL TEST ON FARM RELIEF Haugen Bill, Which Is Strong- ly Supported, Regarded as a Serious Menace. PLACES PRICE OF FOOD IN HANDS OF PRODUCER | Claim Is Made That Measure Fails to Afford Protection to Consuming Public. A good many members of both, houses of Cogress are “viewing with | alarm” the situation which has arisen | with respect to farm relief legislation. | {The outlook today is that the House the Haugen bill, involving subsidy to agriculture | and Government price-fixing of farm products, and send it to the Senate, where the battle will be fought out. A week ago it would have been con fidently predicted that the Senate! would reject the measure. But de-| velopments of the last few days make it seem not improbable that the Sen ate will fall into line and “pass the buck” up to President Coolidge. Should the Haugen bill, in anything like its present form, run the gantlet of the two houses of Congress and go WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION D. C, SUNDAY Yo & Ea ” &) 2 “i MORNING, MAY THE DOGWOOD VANDAL 1926.—128 PAGES. to the White House for approval or disapproval, Mr. Coolidge would be | in an exceedingly embarrassing posi- tion. For the Haugen bill involves| the identical program of farm relief against which the President has de-| clared himself in unequivocal term: 1t is the old McNary-Haugen program | of two years ago, with minor changes; changes which, in the opinion of many | members of Congress, make it even| more objectionable. Basis of Price-Fixing. | The chief difference between the; two measures seems to be in the bas of price-fixing. 1 bill proposed to maintain the p of farm products on a parity with the prices of other commodities as dl closed by index figures covering a period of years. The pending Haugen | bill proposes to maintain the prices; of farm products at a level with world prices, plus the protective tariff, plus | transportation charges from the prin- | cipal competitor among producins na tions to the principal American port | of entry:. Thus, if the world price of | wheat was $1.50 a bushel at Liverpool | and the principal competing crop was | in the Argentine, the effort would be | to maintain the American price at| $1.50 a bushel, plus 42 cents a bushel ! laviff, plus 12 cents transportation | om Buenos Aires to New York, or $2.04 a bushel to the American con- sumer. The Haugen bill creates the famil: jar Federal farm advisory council and Federal farm hoard, the latter to be a part of the Department of Agr culture and to consist of 12 member with salaries of $10,000 each. An a propriation 000,000 from the | United States - is placed at| the disposal of this hoard, and after | it gets the monev its conscience is to be its guide. The money is to be loaned by the hoard to co-operative assoclations or other agencies for the purpose of buying up crop surpluses in order that prices shall be main- tained at the world price—plus tariff, plus transportation—level. If these | agencies suffer losses as a result of their transactions the Federal farm ' board will foot the bills out of the Treasury appropriation. Two Years on This Basis. 1t is on this basis that the board is to function for two years after the passage of the act. There is nothing | to prevent the entire appropriation | being used up within that period, and | there is no provision for the recovery | any losses, whether of the entire | mount or of any part of it. The bill | provides for the levying at the end of two years of an “equalization fee” | upon “basic farm commodities,” but | it is_expressly provided that ‘‘the (Continued on Page 8, Column 3. MOVIE MEN DEADLOCKED. No Promise of Settling Dispute Over Form of Contract. _ NEW YORK, May 1 (P).—Difficul- {Idea of Man Cooking and Minding Babies 'Finds Woman Backers—and Opponents fies between motion picture producers, | distributors and exhibitors over the form of contract that shall be used in thelr dealings, have reached a. stage of deadlock, the Motion Picture Theater Owners of America an- nounced tonight. No relief is in sight before their annual meeting at.Los Angeles in June. The announcement followed a meet- ing of 40 New Jersey independent theater owners, Whose sense it was that the standard exhibition contract should be banned in cases where any additional clauses are added by pro- ducer and distributors. Similar meetings have been held in | Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan. dent of the federation and mother of four children, said: “I think the men of today and their children are proud of the public activities of thelr wives and mothers, They are voluntarily lifting many of her burdens in the home, to leave her free to carry on outside.” A bit skeptical of man's household abilities was Mrs. John Hawes of Ridgewood, third vice president of the federation and, the mother of four children. “An’old rhyme,” she said, | “states that a man told his wife he could do in one day the work she did in seven, but when he tried it it took him_seven days to do her one day's work." Mrs. J. Yardley, 82, said: “I have seen happy homes in which the men were the real homemakers. That is all right, but T wouldn't want it.” The younger generation also ex- pressed doubts. Miss Helen Campbell, junior delegate of the Keyport Im- provement Club, said: “I think men like the company of thelr bables when they are all clean and dressed up and quiet, but T don't think they would like to wipe their noses and walk them up and down all night," | ANGDON RESIGNS, CRITICIZING POST Maj. Grant Says Salary Was Cause—City Planner Assails Drafting Room Status. Asserting that “lack of authority, men, money or facilities, and the de sire of others that I confine myself to drafting room activities, create a con- dition under which I am unable to ac- complish any results worth while, and therefore a situation that no man of my accomplishment wouvld care to vecupy, from either a professional or a financial point of riew,” James G Langdon has resizned as landscape architect and city planner of the Na- tional Capital Park Commission. The resignation, which hecame ef- fective vesterday, has< heen in the hands of Maj. U. §. Grant, 3d, execu- tive and disbursing officer of the com- mission, since February Accord- ing to Mr. Langdon, it has never heen presented to the commission for ac- tion. He first suggested April 1 as the date for it to herome effective, he sald Jast night, but was prevailed upon to remain another month. Maj. Grant, asked vesterday for a reason for Mr. Langdon's resignation, tated that it was because of the sal- ry paid. Text of Letter. Mr. Langdon’s letter of resignation, under date of February 20, follows in ful “I hand you herewith my resigna- s proper that 1 state some asons therefor: “The position that has been assign- ed to me has not proven to be that widely advertised by your commission on March 21, 192 under the influ- ence of which I severed all my busi- ness connecticns in California. “In my work for the McMillan Com- missign of 1901, whose Washington park planning office was under my charge; in the preparation of the re- port and purchase of 60 per cent of the land for the Rock Creek and Po- tomac Parkway Commission; in_in vestigation, design of forms, proofing, | editing, assignment of areas, of the report of the First Public Bullding Commission, all of the activit whose executive officer’s office were placed in my full charge, and in in- vestigation and organization of an at- tempt to promote a National Botan- ical Garden in Washington, I was giv- en the problems to work out along the lines which seemed best, unhamp- ered by restrictions or interference. Lack of Authority. “Lack of authority, men, money or facilities, and the desire of others that I confine myself to drafting room activities, create a condition under which I am unable to accomplish any results worth while, and therefore a situation such as no man of my ac- complishment would care to occupy, (Continued on Page 8, Column 2.) WOMAN WET SEEKING |TEXAS GOVERNORSHIP Mrs. K. M. Johnson to Run for Democratic Nomination on Modi- fication Platform. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., May 1.— Volcing her disapproval of the pro- hibition laws, Mrs. K. M. Johnson of San Antonlo, today made formal an- nouncement of her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor. She seeks to succeed Miriam A. Fer- guson, whose office also 1s sought by Mrs. Edith Wilmans of Dallas and several men. Mrs. Johnson, formerly operator of hotels in north Texas and now owner of a ranch in Mexico, declared she was opposed to prohibition because it had proved “an utter failure.” “I have been temperate all my life,” she stated, “and have never taken a drink of intoxicating bever- ages, but I disapprove of prohibition because it has proved an utter failure. It has been impossible for the number of officials who would enforce the law to do so. It has been making drunk- ards, invalids and imbeciles of the boys and girls of our country, almost yet in their infancy. It has made open bootlegging rendezvous of some of our highways, homes, hotels and clubs.” PART ONE—38 PAGES. General News— Local, tional oreign. hools and Colleges—Pages 26 and 27 Boy Scout News—Page 36 At the Community Centers—Page 37. y 3 o News—Page 37. Girl Sce “The Starry Parent-Teach: and PART TWO—16 PAGES. Fditorials and Editorial Features, Washington and Other Soclety. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Reviews of the Newest Spring Books —Page 4. Tales of Well Khown Folk—Page 11. Current News Events—Page 13. Army-Navy Union—Page 13. News of the Clubs—Pages 14 and 15. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- in Washington—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6, and 10. Serial. “The Law of the Talon"— Page 11. District National! Guard—Page 12, Spanish War Veterans—Page 12. Fraternal News—Pages 13, 14 and 15, Civilian Army News—Page Army and Navy News—Page 16, 7. 8 PART FOUR—{ PAGES. Pink Sports Section PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—12 PAGES. GRAPHIC SECTION—10 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 PAGES. Betty; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs; Mutt and Jeff 4,000 ACRES SWEPT BY FIRE IN VIRGINIA Sawmill, Many Shacks and Wild Game Are Destroyed. School, Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., May 1.— More than 4,000 acres of valuable timber land were burned over by a forest fire Friday and Saturday in the Wilderness neighborhood in Orange County. The fire start- ed at a sawmill It swept over a large area from Wilderness to the Rapidan River, overcoming efforts of hundreds who' tried to check it. A schoolhouse, ~sawmill and man: shanties and cottages were destroyed. Property burned over was owned by J. W. Masters, W. J. Ford, C. A. MacHenry, Vauclus Mine ' tract, Greenwood Mine tract, Dr. Lee Cooke and others. Considerable wild game perished in the flame: WOMMT ASPHYXIATED KNEELING IN PRAYER Mrs. Cecelia Walsh, Overcome by Fumes Before Retiring, Dies Before Aid Arrives. Kneeling in prayer at the side of her bed, Mrs. Cecelia Walsh, 70 years old, of 25 Fifteenth street southeast, was asphyxiated last night by fumes escaping from a gas stove. She dled before Dr. Joseph Larkin of Casualty Hospital could reach the house. Mrs. ‘Walsh was found by a relative in the house who entered the room to see if she had retired. Coroner Nevitt gave a certificate of death from accidental gas poisoning. —_ CHILE’S POLICY BACKED. Native Senate Votes Confidence in Tacna-Arica Plebiscite. SANTIAGO, Chile, May 1 (#).—The Chilean Senate has voted confidence in the government's past policy on the Tacna-Arica plebiscite question and in favor of going ahead with the plebiscite proceedings. COOLIDGE PRAISES SCOUT MOVEMENT Declares Organization Goes Far Toward Training Boys in Public Duty. Parents are to be comgended for teaching their children tRe doctrine of self-reliance, as exemplified in the Boy Scout movement, but they must not forget that there can be no sub- stitute for the influences of the home and religion, President Coolidge an- nounced last night at the closing ses- sion in D. A. ™. Hall of the annual convention of the Roy Scouts of America. The_ scouting movement, the Presi- dent explained, is not a substitute for these influences, but an ally to them. Strict parental control, he said, to- gether with family life under religious influences, is foremost in importance. Mr. Coolidge, as honorary president of the Scout organization, and Sir Robert Baden-Powell, ““Chlef Scout of the World,” were the principal speak- ers at the concluding session, which was attended by about 2,000 delegates, Says Parents Must Rule. “Parents cannot shift their re. sponsibility,” the President declared. “If they fail to exercise proper con- trol, nobody else can do it for them.” Reminding_his audience that much talk is heard of “the decline in the influence of religion, of the loosenink of the home ties, of the lack of disci- pline—all tending to break down reverence and respect for the laws of God and man,” Mr. Coolidge contin- ued: ‘Such thought as I have been able to give to the subject and such ob- servations as have come within my experience have convinced me that there is no substitute for the influ- ences of the home and of religion. These take hold of the innermost nature of the individual and play a very dominant part in the formation of personality and character. “This most necessary and most val- sable service has to be performed by {he parents, or it is not performed at All. It is the root of the family life. Nothing else can ever take its place. These duties can be performed by foster parents with partial success, but any attempt on the part of the government to function in these di- rections breaks down almost en- Ay > . Praises Scout Movement. “The more I have studied this movement, its inception, purposes, or. sanization and principles, the more { have been impressed. Not only s it based in the fundamental ruies of right thinking and acting, but it seems to embrace in its code almost svery virtue needed in the personal and soclal life of mankind. It is a wonderful instrument for good. “If every boy in the United States between the ages of 12 and 17 could se placed under the wholesome influ- ances of the Scout program and should live up to the Scout oath and rules, we would hear fewer pessimistic words as to the future of our Nation.” Recognizing the training the Boy Scouts and kindred movements give for community life, Mr. Coolidge l >xpressed the opinion that it has been (Congintied on Page 6, Column 5. “From Press to Home Within the ‘Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5 and service will start immediately. * P) Means Associated Right or Wrong, Phone Numbers in Paris Cost Same By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 1.—Even wrong numbers of Paris telephones cost money since the rates were in- creased, and in big hotels it is just as expensive to get a Wrong num- her as the right one. The new rates have done away with all free telephoning, or even reduced rates for customers in cafes and restaurants, most of which carry a sign warning reg- ular customers that all former ar- rangements are ended. Distracted Parislans feel that paying the same sum to talk to an’ unknown, and usually fll. tempered subscriber as to the per- son asked for, is the logical but bitter climax to their admittedly poor telephone ¢ 3 PRESIDENT SIENS PENSION BILL WITH ECONOMY WARNING, Spanish War Veterans Will Get $19,000,000 Larger Sum Annually. By the Associated Press. President Coolidge late vesterday signed the bill to increase pensions of Spanish War veterans and their de- pendents nearly $19,000,000 annually. At the same time, in a formal state- ment, he said his approval was not to be taken “as an encouragement to fur- ther laws for large continuing appro- priations.” He gave a warning that | it might be necessary to increase | axes if governmental expenditures are greatly increased. The President waited until late in the last day on which, under the law. he could act on the measure. He made it clear that he had delayed his decision solely on account of the Gov- ernment financing involved. Although he had been of the opin- ion the increased outlay would raise the expected deficit for the coming fiscal year to approximately $40,000.- 000, Mr. Coolidge said savings un- doubtedly could be devised to absorb the increase carried in the bill. Text of Statement. In his statement the President said: “It has been necessary for me to delay approving the bill increasing the pensions of the Spanish War veterans and their dependents on account of the Government financing which is involved. 1 have recognized that| those connected with the Spanish War | have always fheld a position of in-| equality, so far as Government! bounty is concerned, compared with ! those connected with other wars. It| cannot be denied that they are en- titled to be placed on a higher rate of pensions than they are now re- ceiving, if others are entitled to what the Government is doing for them. “According to the best estimates that can be secured, the results of the present financlal year. which ends June 30, will show a moderate surplus. This can be used to meet moderate expenditures that are not continuing in their nature, but require but one appropriation. ~For the next fiscal year, present indications show a_defi- cit of a little over $21,000,000. When the requirements of the Spanish War pension bill of nearly $19,000,000 are added, the deficit becomes $40,000,000. Law on Usual Basis. “This bill calls for continuing ap- propriations, once it becomes law, and each budget must be made with a recommendation for sufficient funds to pay these additional pensions. If it were in the nature of a law for building _and construction work, when the budgets are made up in the future the state of the finances could be considered. If the money were not available, such building and construc- tion would be delayed until there are funds in the Treasury. Such laws are on a different basis than laws for pen- sions. “It_has been necessary to consuit the Treasury. I understand that means, in all probability, can be de- vised by savings in other directioas to meet this moderate additional expendi- ture. It has also been necessary to confer with various members of the Senate and House as to further addi- tional legislation calling for continu- ing expenditures. I did not wish the approval of this bill to be taken as an indication that other legislation of that nature could also be financed, or to have it considered as an en- couragement to_further laws calling (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Swnwy Stae. == FIVE CENTS. Press. GOV UNWILLING 10 SHIFT BLAME OR JUDIGIAL AGTS Stands Squarely on His Rec- ord and Offers to Help Fenning Inquiry. GIVEN 5-HOUR GRILLING ON D. C. COURT AFFAIRS Says He Will Uphold His Signa- ture on Veterans' Case Papers in Any Event. Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy of the Supreme Court of the District formerly a member of Congress and a Justice of the District Supreme Court since 1914, was a witness for more than five hours vesterday under tense strain of close eross-questioning by members of the Gibson subcommittee. which is inquiring into guardianship administration of Commissioner Fred erick A. Fenning und any and all con ditions affecting the conduct of mu nicipal affairs in the District Justice McCoy was examined re garding his appointment of a son of Justice Stafford to a fiduciary posi- tion under the court and the appoint- ment of his own son by Judge Staf. ford to a similar position. He had a section of the code quoted to him. which members of the subcommittee id in letter and in spirit forbade such appointments. Will Stand by Guns. Judge McCoy testified that he did not know that Mr. Fenning received a 25 per cent commission on bonds paid for from the estates of his lunatic wards or that he received fees hoth as attorney and as guardia: He de- manded to be shown the official papers which members of the committee told losed this fact. He refused to submit himself to"being vellow” by hiding behind Mr. Fenning when he is facing serious charges and said that he would stand on his own responsibility behind any papers he had sizned. He admitted that he had signed an order for a commission of 10 per cent to be paid Mr. Fenning with the amount, $213.04, computed, and writ ten into the order sent to the auditor, and defended this even though mem: bers of the subcommittee argued that he had both set the fee and audited the account of Mr. Fenning, and pre. cluded the auditor from disallowing the 25 per cent commission on the bonding fee. Justice McCoy defended his appoint- ment of Mr. Fenning as trustee in a case where $1,400.000 assets were on deposit in local banks, when attor neys for parties to the litigation bit terly opposed such appointment. He contended that he had first tied up the assets so that they never would come into the hands of the receiver. Replies to Bar Report. He replied feelingly to a report made three years ago by a committee of 10 leading members of the bar, ap proved with only one or two dissent- ing votes by the entire Bar Associa- tion, which complained against the existence of “a quite general feeling at the bar of a want of fellowship between the bench and the bar, and want of that respect by the former for the latter, which is indispensable to any harmonious, or even proper sense of relationship between the two sets of functionaries upon whose mu- tual confidence, respect and co-opera- tion, not to say amity, the proper con- duct of the legal affairs of the com munity depends.” At the end of his five hours grilling. Justice McCoy stood up and made an emphatic statement, which he sald was not intended to arouse sympathy. but was provoked because he had been made to appear as being heart- less regarding veterans. He repeat- edly told the subcommittee that he would be glad to answer all questions frankly and fully and promised his co-operation in executive session with the committee in devising ways in which the administration of justice through the District courts might be improved. Reassured By Gibson. On behalf of the committee, Chalr- man Gibson assured Justice McCoy that the committee had no suspicion, but rather the utmost confidence re. garding his integrity in his judic capacity. At the outset of the hear ing Chairman Gibson made a state- ment regarding the purpose of the committee, and the scope of its in- - DUCE HITS NAME’S USE. Orders Streets Called for Him Changed to Former Designations. ROME, May 1 (#).—Premier Musso- lini, a cabinet action today indicated, prefers to have history judge the durability of his name rather than his enthusiastic contemporaries. The cabinet has recommended that Fascists refrain from renaming streets, towns and assoclations after the premier and other living persons. The restoration of previous names has been ordered in all recent renamings. 4,000,000 Americans By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 1.—Some 4,000, 000 persons in the United States awoke this morning in new homes, following the May moving season. Total cost of the Spring hegira is esti- mated at $68,000,000. Reports to the American Gas As- sociation in this city show that gas companies executed approximately 800,000 turn-on gas orders from cus- tomers in principal cities. As usual, Chicago led all other cities in the May scramble. The Spring moving season in. that city compares with the October season in New York. A report from the Peo- ples Gas Light & Coke Co. of Chicago shows that about 80,000 families changed residence there. Of the $68,- 000,000 spent by American nomads to change thelr places of residence, $20,000,000 was paid to truckmen for Moved Yesterday At Estimated Cost of $68,000,000 the actual transportation of goods, the average moving bill being con- servatively estimated at $25 a family. Dealers in furniture and household utensils also share in the profits from the changes in address, a total of about $40,000,000 going into new fur- nishings and domestic appliances that appear indispensable when new quar- ters are occupied. Another $4,000,000, it 1s estimated, was paid to plumbers and ficters for connecting up the various household facilities, and meals purchased in restaurants while the process of moving was under way cost about $4,000,000. To get gas, electriz and telephone services installed cost the public util- ity companies about $1,750.000. Of that amount the gas companies of the country were liable for §599,u00, repre- senting additional help to take care of meter readings, cut-offs, turn-ons, special computing on bills and a vast amount of bookkeeping work. vestigation, which is not designed as an attack on the judiciary, but to gee what remedial legislation is desirable. Mr. Gibson said: “The chairman does not wish the picture to go out that this committee is directing any attack in the courts of the District of Columbia. It would be a lamentable thing to have any statement enter in headline or text from which such an inference can be drawn. “We are proceeding under a resolu- tion which provides for an investiga- tion of the -charges made against Frederick A. Fenning and others, and any conditions shown to exist through appointment of committees, guardians and receivers, and if any conditions are found to exist in connection there- with requiring legislative remedy to find the remedy and apply it. Wants to Get Facts. “We are further directed to look into other conditions existing in the District, and if any are found requir- ing a remedy to apply it through ap- propriate legislative action. It is upon those portions of the resolution that we are receiving this testimony. ‘We desire to know if conditions exist which need changes in respect to the appointment of guardians, committees or receivers, and as to fees. “Let the chairman say in passing that judges are usually men of the highest integrity, men of honor, men of learning. They have important and trying duties to perform in dealing with all the trying complexities of ‘human fairs. As the gentleman from West Virginia has said, judges are human. They err at times, but are ever willing to correct those errors. Your affairs and mine are in their keeping. They are the protec- tors of American liberty. I belleve the judges of the colirts of the District of Columbia measure up to the high standards set by the judges of the country. It must not (Continued on Page 4, Column )