Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fait* tonight and tomorrow: slightly warmer tomorrow; gentle northeast shifting to South |winds. Highest, at 4:30 pam. vesterday; lowest, 46, at 3 a.n. today. For full report, sée page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 1 post tered offic second class matter Washington, D, ¢, i RIOTING CONTINUES IN'BRITISH STRIKE; BOTH SIDES “DIG IN" 'FOR LONG CONFLICT « Minor Disorders Reported. Rumors of Peace Moves Flatly Denied by Govern- ment and Labor Leaders. 29,955. Reported Mediator | LLOYD GEORGE IS HELD PLAYING MEDIATOR ROLE DAVID LLOYD GEORGE. BRITAIN MAY NEED DEBT PACT CHANGE IO AVOID COLLAPSE third day in full forc al- irmed _ rumor of | Whole Structure of Nation In- ers n: volved in Tremendous Fi- nancial Problem. reiterated its will not be general strike or- Jabor leaders say )WARD PRICE BELL. 2,300,000 3000000 workers Correspondent of The Star and will stand fast until suc- Chicago Daily News Leaving out of account 1ltural problem, which great W vital one, with no accepted scheme of reform in sight; forgetting zht of the coal industry, over- the depre: m in cotton, wool and linen, passing by unemploy- ment and doles, a consideration of the | financial situation shows it to be a one, which may be calami- | | *Food Supplies Are Adequate, With Some Hoarding and Little Price | Rise-——Workers Exhorted to; Avoid Violence—Saklatvala-Sen- tenced to Two Months. rumors parleys fle or sporadic regotiations til the — | BY E to ! London ingland 1 Briti st Worker, labor kers to refrain asked fror Ic vio- The 4 government supplies were hoarding and that with in reported adequa little r e Labor Party Heads Meet. Parliamentary Lab arty met at 4 the He of Comm to review the situation. Leaders expected to confer with miners’ executive later. Transportation hecame casier, with railw running more trains, and one London subway announcing fnll service. Light and power service has been maintained. Amc peace rumors is one that Liovd George is essaying the role of mediator. { sources is what is creating increasing- Many newspapers. tied up by the | ly_ perilous emotions in the Britis strike, announced they expect to is- Reliet in one direction or an- Bt il litor oon | is indispensible to the existing + social and economic system | grave tons. his situation—the state of Great Britain’s finance related directly to the funda s of the countr troubles. Her industry and c merce World W plications that she faces the possibil- ity, not the probability, of national bankruptcy. This is the fact, pointed out by ssme Howard, Sir George Hunter, Allan Smith, and many others, Relief Held Imperative. Pitiless pressure upon British re- m- Sir Finish Fight Planned. Br the Associated Press, LONDON. May 6.—The grip of the general strike gives no signs of les. fening. The thi finds both gov ernment officials and labor chiefs pro claiming their determination to fight to the end. The admin The pending crisis may be con- lled. Disaster may be averted. | only a profound improvement in | industrial, commercial afd fi-| al situation can end discontent | fortity the bases of democratic | the nanc and rule. I do not ish workmen and their families behave in this way for any trifling reason. These workmen ave | not Bolshevists. They are proud of | Britain. British wor e in their nationalism as say: “You ask us to respect the pri | ciple of private property. Very we! work out an economic arrangement it will give us a little of it. It will be much easier for us to believe in nd to defend the principle of private | property if our labor enables us to| own somethin s new mouth zette, declared » compromise of any ¢ the cou will break strike the general the country.” munique at noon re- there would be no nego- the men returned to An offic iterated tha tiations until work The Tr has received rey Congress savs it ris that the steam wre considering im vican and South African - service stevedore Rritish ports. a A n received by the gross the organization for mainte of supplies at New has broken down, and that has 1 to have the tr food distribution. fused to do unless wrantee the removal naval and military contingents. Attorney General in a stat ent in the House mmons, de ed there no truth whatever” reported bre of the vol serviee at Per Capita Tax Huge. But consider the particulars in the financial load the British nation is carryving. Its_national incom 374.74 per capita. xation on th income amounts to per cent, or $86.94 for evel inhabitant. Of this taxation a vast amount is accounted by war debts—by the fact that tain is paying her debt to the | United States while thus far unable Lo collect a vastly greater debt owing her by continental countries in rope. For more than two generations, ac- cording to figures of Mr. Churchill, British chancellor of the exchequer, 1 will be paying the United 3 just a half million dollars a Lday She paying us now about £170,000,000 a year and the amount will rise soon to $190,000,000. Of the huge sum owed here by Kurop nearly $11,000,000,000—she has 1 ceived only $10,000,000, this trifie paid her by Italy the other da “Wipe it off the slate,” was Lord Oxford’s dvice in the t d year after the war, concerning interallied war indebtedness. We have wiped a part of England's debt off the slate, but far less of it than the debts of France, Belgium, | Italy and others. ! "We thought kngland could pay. She | thought she could pay. But can sh Developments across the Atlantic dur- ing the past few vears, and particu- larly the past few difys, scarcely sup- port an affirmative answer. It is not improbable that wisdom will dictate a reconsideration of the whole subject. (Copyright, 1926, by 20 Daily News Co.) con the astle a requ . i oned his they the hav thorities ] union peace rumor The situat Meanwhile pathizers portation services A ders were in Clyde, t officials, denying ter tory ttempts of strike sym It the volunteer trans. ave rise to further the worst of the otland inlly Mer Jahe i hefor espe b y radicalism rain Is Attacked. At Mus train w were hurgh, near 1d ; wcked and passengers injured by the smashing of the | In the wera san coteh uinary capital itself there troubles during the with police wielding thef n mass charges to clear the e of rioting g which sought stop the emerzeney tramway service 4 One vehicle was passengers just n clear in time gang in a baton charg Determined attack in other police w reinforceme order. Five v were and marched through which were secthing with overturned anaging to sc Police the mble | 1 the | ' 30 DROWN IN BLACK SEA. 6 #) i pas are reported to drowned by the sinking of a Ru: s ade on Gl W handled ind and nntil stored ted e severely arrvived ¢h and | ce been hit so hard by the | ar and its after crop of com- | gy S WASHINGTON, CONVICTS SHOOT 2 IN GUN DUEL WITh After Killing lllinois Prison Official Wounded. VILLAGE TERRORIZED BY DESPERATE GANG Man Hunt Pushed by Police and Citizens as State Launches State- ville Investigation. By the Associated Press. LEONORE, 11, May f.—Two con viets, who escaped with five others from the State penitentiary near Joliet, were captured today on the farm of John R three-fourths of a mile northwest of here. They were found buried under the hay in the loft of th LEONORE, T viet, a business ma were wounded here today when officers and vigilantes attempted to capture five men who escaped from Stateville prison after slaying a dep- uty warden. The wounded, all of whom were taken to a Streator, Il.. hospital early today, are George Katanach, ator business man, who may die from wounds in the leg and the stomach; Harry Miller, Streator liceman, who has a minor cheek wound, and Bernardo Roa, one of the conviets. The latter has a eg and buckshot wounds and one arm Robert Torrez, one of the four vivors of the gun fight, was captured. the other three escaping after a run. ning battle with the posse. An or- ed search by 500 men in progress throughout the territory, which is about 50 miles southwest_of Stateville. One con- policeman Assistant Warden Siain. ven convicts, five of them serv- murder sentences, es: 1 from ateville prison shortly before noon ves after killing Pete 1t warden, and wounding a nd trusty, and forcing the captain of guards to lead them safely outside the walls and into the war- den’s automobile. Two of the seven separated from their companions not far from Mar- seilles. The other five continued in the warden's automobile, had pro- gressed as far as Sandy Ford, a creek that crosses the highway three miles southeast of Lenore. There the au. tomobile skidded and landed on its side in a ditch. The five men St took to the woods. Shortly after dark they encountered a farmer with a shotzun, who had been scouting for zame. Rushing upon him with spear bl ind pipes, with which they had accomplished the earlier murder, they threatened his life, and took his gun and ammunition. The farmer heard the quintet talk- ing about halting the first passing utomobile. nd telephoned Chief of Police John ator. Chief Hopkin: (Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) RUETHER OPPOSING SHOCKER ON HILL Warmer Weather Fails to Bring Out More Than About 8,000 Fans. Line-up. WASHINGTON, NEW YORK. Umpires—Messers Dinneen and McGowan. BY JOHN B. KELLER. YANKEE STADIUM, N. Y., May 6. ~Walter Ruether, portside pitcher, took the hill for the Nationals today against the Yankees. Urban Shocker started on the slab for the home club. While the day was warm, no more than R.000 fans came to the Yankee Stadium for the contest. Goslin clouted out a homer in the first after Rice had gotten on with a triple. Tt wa Goose's fourth homer of the FIRST INNING WASHINGTON — Koenig fumbled McNeely's grounder. McNeely was caught stealing, Collins to Koenig. Harris flied to Combs. Rice tripled down the right-field line. Goslin drove a4 homer high into the right-field stands, scoring Rice ahead of him. Judge fouled to Dugan. Two runs. NEW YORK—Koenig fouléd to Ruel. Combs hoisted to McNeely. ship near Kustenje, on the Black Sea, vs a dispatch to L'Information from Buchare ittacked at Paisley. other Scoteh city. an- Gehrig walked. Harris went to the right-field box for Ruth’'s foul. No runs, Mounted polica were enl fion in the southeastern ndon, at the euphoni and Castle tavern and nter, where stri.e sympa \ttacked and set fire to a motor d into ac. etion of named Shapurji Saklatvala. t? ne Com munist member of Parliament, was sentence to two months imprisonment today for making a tiov speech, given the alternative of pro. sureties to keep the peace, but the prison sentence. By the Associated Press. CASA GRANDE, Ariz, May 6.- #aced by the prospect of a slow an horrible death for herself and starv. tion for her two small daughters, aged months and 3 vears, Mrs. A. J. Cox shot and killed her offspring and then ended her own life with a rifle on a lonely ranch, 23 miles from here, Tuesday. The tragedy was dis- covered by Cox when he returned to | his desert homestead Wednesday af- ter an absence of more thgn a week A blood-stained diary g]ld of the es are ex-|tragedy that had its inception Sun- {day, when Mrs. Co; s’ bitten on the foot by a rattlesnake. Failing' to zet relief from the pain by heme remedies, the woman slit the wound Food Supply Adequate. The zovernment continued its ef-| forts to assure the food supply of the | population, and it became known that | soldiers and sailors will be used in this work if necess: T ountry’s sup- plies of tinned and smoked meats and wheat flour are sufficient for a month, | while more wheat pected. Further movement of na ftary. forces was sported tinued on and mil eru 4, Column 2 'Woman, Dying of Snaké Bite, Kills Two Babies, Fearing Starvation; Ends Life with a penknife the diary said. In doing so she severed an artery and suffered the loss of a large amount of blood. She was too weakened to crank the automobile and go for aid to.the near- est neighbors, 7 miles away, the diary said. She fired many rifle shots into the air in a futile attempt to attract atention. Knowing, the diary declared, that she would be dead and her children starved. to death before Cox would return, she fired a bullet into the heart of each of her children and then turned the rifle_on_herself. Radio Programs—Page 36 POSSE INDARKNESS One of Seven Who Escaped| po- | M. Klein, | He hurried to his home | ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION B THURSDAY MAY ny Star. * P) Means 6, 1926—FIFTY-SIX PAGES. BY GOSH, 5 1 CAN DO : IN _AWAY WITH £ 2 WEATHER THE N Russian Three THEN, AN (] M » By the Associat MOSCOV important officials, Rabinowitch, by order of th tical police.) The trio busing the t by the gove their own int lation in the to hav professi A ors ned, | Huge Dirigi 20,000,000 VOTED OR D. C. BUILDINGS *IBill Goes to Conferenec in| Few Days, With Senate ! Changes at Stake. The bill autherizing $50,000,000 for urgently needed Government build- | ings in Washington and $115,000,000 | for Federal structures throughout the | country was passed by the Senate late | {vesterday and will go to tonference | I hetween the two houses in a few days, for consideration of changes made in it by the Senate. The Senate accepted the amend. ment of Senator Bruce of Maryland, which, if retained by the conferees, will require that the structures in Washington be located within the area south of Pennsylvania and west of Maryland avenue. The Bruce amendment further stipulates that the buildings _in _ Washington should gratify “the highest standards of architectural beauty as well as prac. | tical utility.” | Supreme Court Building 0. K.'d. | _At the last moment vesterday the | Senate also inserted in modified form | the proposal of Senator Moses of New | Hampshire to include in the local {program a separate building for the | United States Supreme Court, now oc | cupying cramped quarters in’ the cen- | tral part of the Capitol Building. Two |days ago the Senate rejected a clause | offered by Senator Moses, which would have made it mandatory to erect a | Supreme Court building “immediately. | Senators in charge of the bill felt i the need for new office buildings for | the executive departments more jurgent than the court situa n, and | were unwilling to glve a preferential status to the court structure. T} amendment as adopted would author- ize a Supreme Court building, but would not place the project ahove other governmental needs in the Dis | trict of Columbia. $10,000,000 Yearly. | The $50,000,000 for the District is to be appropriated at the rate of £10,000,000 annually, and Senator Smoot, chairman of the Public Build- ings Commission, is confident the first _installment will be included in the last deficiency appropriation bill before the present session ends. Decisions as to locations and order of construction in_Washington are left to the Public Buildings Commis- sion, and, while that body has not made known its plans for the first vear, it is more than likely that the Internal Revenué Bureau and the General Accounting Office Wil be among the offices serfously considered for new buildings the first vear. The Department of Agriculture, scattered as it is in 45 places, and the Depart- ment of Commerce, occupying a large private office building, also are among the branches of the Govern- ment to be considered. In offering his amendment to the local ‘program, Senator Bruce declared his object was to prevent the scatter- ing of Governmenf buildings over a wide territory. He modified it yester- day by eliminating the restriction against buildings going north of New York avenue. As agreed to, amendment follows: Text of Amendment. “That aside from land that may be acquired for enlarging the site of the Government Printing Office, or a ware- house,- the sum of $50,000,000 herein- after ‘made available for projects in the District of Columbia, shall be used exclusively for the purpose of acquir- ing by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, south of Pennsylvania ave- nue and west of Maryland avenue protracted in a straight line to Twin- ing Lake, such sites or additions to sites as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary to provide such sultable office accommodations in the District of Columbla as are hereinbe- fore mentioned, of constructing ade- quate and suitable buildings for the furnishing of such office accommoda- tions on sald sites or additions to sites, or on sites already owned by the Government south of Pennsylvania avenue and west of Maryland avenue as above mentioned, and of providing | suitable approaches to said buildings, | and beautifying and embellishing their surroundings; it being the sense of Congress that the haphazard practice heretofore pursued by the Govern- ment of erecting or purchasing build- | ings_for such office accommodations north of Pennsylvania. avenue should come wholly to an end and that suit- | able provision for all such office ac- | commodations in the future should, as nearly in harmony with the plan of Peter Charles L’'Enfant as may practicable, be e in the territory | south of Penngfivania avenue and west of Maryland avenue as above mentioned, and in_such_manner as “(Continued on Page 7, Column 2) _ ENGLISH TRIAL SET. |Impenchment Proceedings Delayed by Senate After seve nsuccessful hment zlish of v v t K 1 [ S er as_the date This date w for Judge | not undertake to discharge the func | tions of his office pending the tr | Managers on the | who are to | nounced that would be cont the date of t Chajrma judic postponement senators Joh Borah of Iraho, Republ | lead in opposing delay. ORATORY FINALS TOBE TOMORROM Judges Wi Champions in This Area Duri The Star regional finals in the tional Oratoris tomorrow mo as in previou rious contest and hea of the 10 dist of the various districts will be made | automobile by o'clock and en The finalists from picked the representative of The Star region who will compete in the na- tional finals, Washington champions of in the Distri ner in the priv group of the District of Columbia and the selec newly des ihe schools o Virginia and The order speakers will tomorrow mor ern, Dunbar, ed Central, Wester, Alexandria and Hyattsville. Speake The schoels of their respective representatives and their subjects Kettley Canfield Mare Eastern, My Contribution t ment The Constit vans, ‘“‘The irlam Hutchins, “The Constitution Armstrong, A ica’s Contribi Government"’; parochial school. Paul's Academy, Virginia_dist andriaHigh, stitution™; Maryland district, Bernard Nees, Hyattsville High School, *‘Mar- shall and the The judges Dr. John J. Ti missioner of education; Mrs. Edna M. Colman, nationally prominent in the women’s literary field, and Judge Mc- Kenzie Moss, *he Treasury. During the prising the interim between the clos- ing contests the regional finalists have making ready for the ultimate battle which means their families and their friends and which _involv possibility of $2 national _final (Continued $600,000 PURCHASE BILL SIGNED President Coolidge today signed an act of Congress providing the pur- chase of land Potomac Parkway at a cost of $600,- 000. The acquisition of this tract will serve as the West Potomac Park and Rock Creek Park. The cost of this property is to be borne entirely: by the District of Co- lumbia. During the discussién of this legislation in ate efforts were made to have the Fed- eral Governm but these attempts were unsuccessful. Cummins of the Senate committee, hools gnated districts comprising “The Constitution”; Central, McKinley, Joseph E. Sorrells, 0 in cash, participating in_the BY FRI VADSO, Nor: Russian t Ki p.m. | | Trotz Until November 10. ral Senators had made | efforts to have the im-| rial of Federal Judge PRESIENT URGE S EATHINRELRIN fay fixed November 10|\ S, Founded on Reliance in s acceptable to counsel B ; Divine Providence, He Tells Bishops. glish, who said he would | Arctic wastes v On the last wind was fave sped along at We shall leave hours after ref During the fi | dent and no si the dirigible. (From Vi Norge faces i Aretic sea. The the Arct (Coyrizht. 1 and St NORGE h, | 1| art of the Hou ‘ prosecute the case, an- in view of this they | ent to let the Senate fix | vial If the United States is to maintain |its national existence, the people of | this country must continue to cherish | rvember 15, |and foster religion, because it under- lifornia. and | lies and pervades all enduring achieve ans, took the |ment, President Coolidge declared in }u brief address delivered today to the; Ship Ea: Board of Bishops of the Methodist | Episcopal Church, sathered'in Wash.| iangar De ington from all parts of the world | for their semi-annual meeting, and who called at the White House to| 1 greet the executive. ! The President reminded his audi- ence that the signers of the Declara- tion of Independence declared their | reliance upon the protection of a| Divine Providence which, he said, | was in accord with the basic truths | of the universe. Because this Gov-| WS drawn out ernment has been founded upon reli- | 210 SUCCESS gion, the President declared, it has Sahed 2 derived strength and stability from the religious nature of the people This spirit must be perpetuated, the President added. Amplifying that so long the people adhere to the eternal varieties of religion they will not fail to keep that inspiration which has carried the Nation through nearly 150 years. Replies to Bishop Berry. truck. There w The President’s remarks were brief |and deep mu and were in response to a short ad- | road coated w dress made by Biskop Joseph F. Berry senior bishop of the board. The latter | hig] reminded the President that it has | leave. first proposed until’ N nson of ( By Cable to The St rROTZK Ellsworth-Nobi excellent start most Norway day morning. hour wind whic Il Hear Ten School At midnight received a met ng Morning. o Of ey that the wind W eas but likel day passed. cal Contest will be held bers of the e rning when the judges, us years, will visit the | represented in the| r the champion of each The tour | h that the ricts in turn. and will start at 9 nd shortly after noon. whom will Jishops since the time of Washingtos all upon the Chief Executive to | their respects whenever they meet \ in the Capital and pledge their faith | and _allegiance. He praised high- | Iy the administration of President Coolidge, saying that in the name of | nearly 20.000,000 of members and ad- | herents he and his associates admire | his consistent devotion to the duties | of his office. In this connection he congratulated the President upon his economy program, the reduction of | the tax burden, his steadfast stand in behalf of world péace, his advocacy of American adherence to the World Court and his insistence upon the en- forcement of the laws of the land. The President spoke in full as fol- | lows: It is a pleasure to receive the | bishops of the Methodist Episcopal "Church. ¥or the kind words of a personal nature which Bishop Beery has spoken on behalf of your great and influential organization I am ! thankful. Refers to First Visit. “With the keenest gratification I have listened to the renewal of vour pledge ‘to prognote with increasing devotion the spirit of true patriotism.’ I am not unmindful of that historical occasion in_May, 1789, wnen Bishop Coke and Bishop Asbury, on behalf of the first Christian chuch to for- mally greet the President of our new Republic, called on George Washing- ton and besought for him that divine guidance and support without which the efforts of the founders of the Re- | public would have been in vain. “I am told it has been a custom for your Board of Bishops whenever they have been in Washington to call | upon the Chief Execuive of the United | States and to declare to him their | faith in that Power which guides our | ‘destinies, and to assure the President | been ra of their unswerving allegiance. “From the days of Asbury, whose services in carrying the word through the length and breadth of our infant Nation are commemorated in a statue in this city, your bishops have been consecrated, upstanding men, fighting for the cause of righteous- ness, justice and humanity. “Other ‘denominations ~and * sects have developed courageous, patriotic leaders whose striking services to hu- manity and country shall not be for- gotten. We have been particularly blessed in that our Government al- ways has been able to count on the earnest and active support of the gov- erning bodies as well as all the mem- bers of the various faiths enjoving the benefits of the religious freedom guaranteed to them by our Constitu- tion. Reliance in Divine Providence. “It was in accord with basic truths of the universe that the signers of the | Declaration of Independence declared \théir reliance upon the protection of a Divine Providence. Founded upon religion, our Government has derived strength and stability from the re- ligious nature of its people. If we are to maintain our national existence, we must continue Vo cherish and foster thig spirit which underlies and per- vades all enduring achievement. So long as we adhere to the eternal veri- " (Continued on Page 2, Column juring the del drawn out of Wind Re At 7:30 the W Col. Nobile rec: from Vadso t northerly wind ecided, nevert! ock the be which will be held in June 4, comprise the each public high school of 'Columbia, the win te and parochial school representatives of the hour wa ance of the shi f adjoining counties of ordered the wor Maryland. in which the various be heard by the judges rning is as follows: East- Armstrong, McKinley, , St. Paul’s, At the bow t| guide ropes, hundred Red sc work. The mc tried out and G order. bjects. represented, the names gust. The trc feet, and Comdi the aerodrome, sian. The Norge's are: Business, Virginia ch, “The Constitution’ rtle Posey, ‘‘America’ o Constitutional Govern- i | i | ution *; Western, ship rocked bef Constitution’ Philip Dunbar handles of thei nnie B. Wheeler, “Ame; ution to Constitutional District private: and seph Haltigan, Si ““The Constitution ict, Viola Barrett, Alex- Marshall and the Con- cial ageney cor | certainly made stocky person, rom feet to he: contrast with tion. The oth nary clothes w Conslitution: Italians wore of the contest will be igert, United States com- to Assistant Secretary of last several days com- in the 10 districts and THHEE co finals, surviving district been at a_ high tension so much to their schools, ves for themselves the winning an additional e < and_enjoying a_won- on Page 3, Column 6) ACT PARK TR Three negroes, held in conne 330 cases of | eral Building, plicated a whi | been arrested. Joseph Shore: for 22 years; Janitor there for the Rock Creek and connecting link between when _expendi with their inc vestigators. ‘The whisky five years ago last year. layed pending moval. both the House and Sen- ent share in the expense, Volin, Moscow {igible Norge landed at where the fligl dso make maneuvering di! penultimate lap of her Pa the weather was improvir yesterday. i as milder from north- At Fortunately, be s 4 of | faces northeast, so e s the. tine of WasM1 fln\“!lle danger of a side current in- and a number more the hangar there came a nose was visible. " (Continued o | fessed a part in the theft. “From Press to Home The Star” every city bloc! Within the Hour” carrier system covers and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as th he papers are printed Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,191 Associated Press. s Execute Officials For Speculating, ed Press. v, May 6.—Three finance ministry Chepeliovsky and were executed today e G. P. U. (state poli- were charged with rust imposed in them ernment to advance erests through specu They are n league lators on and Leningrad number of these were recently im chervonetz e worked fonal spec 'NORGE IS LANDED "VADSD AFTER IGHT WITH WIND ble, Blown to Side | During Part of Trip, Finally Aided by Air Currents. EDRIK RAMM, | Special Correspondent_of The Star Aboard May 6.—The dir- Vadso at 6:30 ime, on the flight from ngs Bay, Spitzbergen ht into the will begin. part of the flight the prable and the airship 90 kilometers an hour. for Kings Bay in a few ing some petrol tanks ight there was no acci gn of ice on the top of way, to Kings Bay the ts first test r an final jump is 700 miles ic Ocean.) by the New York juis Globe-Democrat. KES GOOD START. Times Taken Trotzk spite Strong Wind. From BY WALTER DURANTY. 5 AERODROME, | e dirigible Norge of the Amundsen- | o\ le expedition made an for Vadso, in northern: at 9:40 o'clock yeste Despite a 20-mile-an. h it was feared would of the hangar rapidl slly and immediatel. v from Leningrad on the| flight Col. Nobile report that sky like- and Tuesda. eorologic: morni to freshen as the 5:30 xpedition 1y jolted awa to Gatchina Palace in an army motor vere 10 degrees of {rost | along the the wind d ith puddles ice, but | was hardly perceptible and hopes ran ship would be able to that there was s it was icate the han ported in North. s stronger, and cable message hat a 30-mile-an-hour was blowing there. He hel to start, and by final s of hydrogen as abo; The crew at 8:45, and half an in adju the bal- . At 9:17 Col. Nobile rk of d bri wind w eived here were a number of x others along the body t the stern. Two oldiers took part in the otors had already been found to be in perfect | As the Norge emerged from sudden, sharp bops_ swayed on r. Alturin, in charge of volleyed orders in Rus- mascot, the little white | terrier Titina, yapped excitedly as the | ore the wind. The Rus sian_movie photographers whirled the | r machines while their colleague, Lebedenko, the Soviet offi- respondent, pushed for- ward to the door of the gondola. He a fine picture—a fat, so enveloped in fur d that little except his He was in sharp the rest of the expedi- ers were wearing ordi- ith overcoats, and the their uniforms. Col. obile wore a fleece-lined coat over his uniform and knee-high flying boots. The temperature _f the g dola had hre 47 de n Page 3, Column NFESS SHARE IN BIG LIQUOR THEFT Negro Employes of U. S. Implicate | ‘White Man in Indianapolis Case. Jury Acting. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., M , two of them veteran employes of the Federal Government, ction with the loss of | whisky from the Fed- are said to have con- They im- ite man, who has not s, post office watchman ; Lander Dearson, a 18 years, and William H. Marshall, a fireman, were arrested tures incommensurate omes attracted the in- was part of the W. P. Squibb stock seized at Lawrenceburg and ordered destroyed The destruction was de- investigation of the re- A grand jury yesterday began considering the whisky theft. uncharted | | vears flicult, the ship | .m. the mem- | so, the hangar | awing the Norge | from her hangar to begin. their | TWO FENNING INQUIRY RESOLUTION GIVEN HOUSE APPROVAL ‘Blanton Request Approved Without Dissenting Vote. “Showdown” Sought. CENT JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO STUDY IMPEACHMENT Rankin Asks for Fuller Opportu- nity to Make Charges on Floor of House. Without the House to ny voice or vote in oppo- ay adopted the resolution favorably reported from the House judiciary committee, com- posed entirely of lawyers, authorizing the judiclary committee to proceed with an investigation of the charges impeachment, made in the H 1inst Frederick A. Fenning, trict Commissioner. presentative Luce, Republican. of Massachusets, was allowed 15 min utes by Chairman Graham after he ! had.called up the Blanton impeach | ment resolution. Mr. Luce said he would vote for the adoption of the resolution in order that there might be a fair trial of the chasges. In his | speech he bitterly 4 ed Represent ative Blanton, Democrat who had presented the cha House. | Mr. Blanton was allowed five min utes, in which he reviewed some of the evidence he laid before the House in regard to Mr. Fenning's ac- tivities as rdian In the meantime, ns' committee temporarily laid aside its investigation of guardianship | of incompetent” veterans in the Dis |trict of Columbia and the United States, and held an executive session and ordered :mendments the World W ans act of 1924, | reported the THouse. Luce Asks to Speak. I desire to present certain reasons | why this resolution ought to be adopt ed.” said Mr. Luce, taking the floor. 2 proceeding of this gravity in my judgment go forward without some Statement of the cir | cumstances involved. I have been, and n of the opinion that there is grave out whether an official of the of a Commissioner of the Dis of Columbia ought to be im peached. Precedents inform us that many ago in an analogous case a committee expressed such doubt by reason of the fact that the person s appointed for a limited land definite time, that he was sub- ject to removal and that he was of rank that did not warrant the use {of the solemn proceedings of im- i peachment which meant to concern itself with high crimes and mis- | demeanors by high officials. In this there is the added reason rganic law of the District that a Commission- 1 officer, which would expose in ¢ the precedent | set, to having our time encroached upon by demands to impeach other appointed officials, such as members of the school board, the chief of the police or of the Fire Department or 1v one else in the service of the District. The committee on the judiciary, however, has seen fit not to face this issue before it has the authority to proceed. 1 have no doubt it will con- sider that matter early in its delibera- tions, but should it still continue, there will be benefits accruing from the second investigation that will be of great value to the House, to the people and to the cause of justice. Rankin Protests Plea. “Before this episode confronted us I had never met the man whom it is sought to impeach. 1 never saw him until he entered our committee roomi. 1 hardly knew of his existence, but I have been in all my life perhaps handicapped by some sympathy for the under do; From my earliest days, when I could acquire any knowl- edge on these subjects, I was taught that every man is presumed to be in- nocent until he is proven guilty, and that every man charged with crime has a right to his day in court. I found myself confronted by a body of associates, a large number of whom seemed to me to have forgotten the right of every man to be deemed innocent until he is proven guilty, and the right of evwy man to have his day in court, and I found a populace, inflamed by passion and prejudice, ready to crucify this man.” Mr. Rankin protested that Mr. Luce was taking all of the time to put other members of the veterans' committee “in a wrong light,”” and arguing that | time should be allowed “in order that we can get the facts before the House.” Holds Charges Unwarranted. Continuing, Mr. Luce said: “I have no strictures to pa upon the mem- bers of the committee (veterans) with whom I have for nearly three weeks been considering this 1 do not ropose to defend this man. He must | stand his chances. If he is to be |crushed to serve some purpose that I1 cannot conceive, that is his fate {and he must accept it. I rise for : wider and a broader purpose. I rise to' inform those unhappy men who are confined in our hospitals, to in- form their parents, relatives and friends; aye, to inform more than 4,000,000 men who seved in the late war that the —cis. laid before our -ommittee, which has concerned itself only with the aspects of the case that irelated to veterans, do mot warrant |any judgment condemning this man. He has violated no law. Every act that he has performed has been per- formed by sanction of the court. “The justice of the court has been quoted Within a few days as accepting the responsibility. Mark you, what I ¢ now and spread it abroad, if you will. Not one veteran has lost one penny through the conduct of this man. No_estate has. Again Mr. Rankin tried to get recognition, saying, “There is no evi- dence to back up the statement of the gentleman from Massachusetts Mr. Luce answered, estate has been diminished by one dollar. No law has been broken.” Mr. Rankin then appealed to the Speaker on a point of order: “The sthtleman from Massachusetts, who is taking up practically all of the time allotted on this resolution except fi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) sition Dis of Texas ‘ges in the the House Vet is