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.~ @ Fair and slightly tomorrow partly southwest winds 1 WEATHER. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) warmer tonight, moderate . 79, at “11:45 pam. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Sfar. “From P tion is delives as fast as th Yesterday’: ress to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- red to Washington homes e papers are printed. s Circulation, 99,957 9QI0R No. 29988. [Ui"ohee W Entered as second class matter ashington, D. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1926—FORTY PAGES. (®) Means Associated Pre: TWO CENTS. BRODKHART WINS: COMING HERE T0 PUSH FARMBILLS Ex-Senator May Leave To- night to Enter Fight at This Session. HAS LEAD OF 47,891, WITH 1,800 PRECINCTS IN Result Considered Blow to Both President and Congress for Failure of Legislation. Towit, okkhart Albert B. Cummins s senatorial pr fts principal plank, has accepted the voters’ mandate on that is he an- pounced here toda leave for 4 prol in an rt to obtuin farm legl bl s sess “And 1 it pos ation that 1 take wm problem, not a makeshift,” he added. Col. Brookhart will work corn lelt committee. repr ed an effor in the House an agricultur: 5 principle embodied measure, recently defeated House, although before he seated two months ago he a measure a cultural 1 Col. F directly ing with the still s apital, in ctions her on rs the Haugen in the was un- rtroduced large agri the proposing n fund. ookhart declined to comment upon the primary this morn- Brookhart Far Ahead. DES MOIN. Returns in Iowa f publican) Clark, 50, incts of 2,447 Senator (Re- pokhart, 160,931; immins, 113,040; ardon, 3,781 d4 and two precincts for the Den 1l nomination gave: I tagh, 4 the party Towa and in tt ‘ Brook ross the of dis daministra tion and s group came in than four years a vociferous and valued member. Read out of his party in 1924 by sntral committee of lowa and in 1925 by the Republican Senate aucus, assailed by his colleagues er his denunciation the 1924 camy of Charles G. Duwes as the party’s vice presidential nominee, and his support of La for the presidency. Brookhart wor by a w pproximating tremest claims of his adherents Renominated with him. on the face incomplete returns, is Gilbert N. ihlican congressional the fourth district es authorship of the Me! » iaugen bill of 1925, which has served as the model of all subsequent rensures which the West has hoped to obtain agricuitural succor. of Ha Cummin<’ Career Distinguished. Six Republican representatives were renommated without opposition and the five who face contests appar. ently have been renominated over their oppone! The Republ left in the triumph the honored It Cummins had ser as governor, had b for three terms tion of a four Republican lidate nd had com presiden the ool i of in 1923 o nate when The re- + pro- sion to Republi- from the of- can sena- { Cummins vears later A4 trom the Sen < nominated Q@ him, vas nomi- after the eo openly Demo- vote which rookhart's Brook man h fice. He torial from a ficld 1 ain nated for primar indor eratic fo tested befor had greatl supporters | Brookhart campaign of ate, and him a vote « ponents coull tory. althou: raised his voice cipal opponer r porters as a setback tration which is ev than the overturni Lllinois or Peeper in Penn Senate & surprised ch his op- ilis vic of his p his adminis. definite Democrats are Hopeful. The Democratic cont warmer than normally be good fortune of Steck in 1924 belief of pa fnation of situation 1924, when Steck went to the Senate as his party’s first envoy to that body from Iowa since Civil War days. Intimation was seen by some in a statement issued today by Howard J. Clark, third candidate in the Repub- lican , that he mizht oppuse Brookhart independently in Novem- ber. Recalling his fight for agricul- tural relief, he said “This campaign will continue until we have succeeded. The campaign for State officers re- eulted In renomination without opposi- tion of Gov. John Hammill on the Re- publican ticket. John Fletcher of Des Moines led Republican seekers of the nomination for attorney general, and Miss Agnes Samuelson and Miss May Francis, incumbent, were running osely in the Republican quest for the tate superintendency of schools, with Miss Samuelson slightly ahead. much of the and the L - | Freder: | hear 'TWO ISSUES BEL Resentment of Farmer Legislation and Voters’ BY G. GOULD LINCOL lowa, on a rampage again, day nominated Col. Smith W. Brook- hart in the Republican senatorial pri- maries by an impressive vote, accord- ing to the returns now received. The corn belt spoke, and in accents that apparently unmistakable. Notwithstanding the fact that Sena- tor Albert B. Cummins, who wa seeking renomination earnestly augen bill ef. the Towa farmers and 3 men who have heen hard hit agricultural depre: sion determined to throw a bric through the window in Washington and ed Col. Brookhart as the brick. The corn belt is entirely out of sympathy with the administra- | tion’s attitude toward agriculture and its program Another fmportant factor in the nomination of Brookhart and the de- feat of Cumming was the resentment felt among the voters of Towa at the tment_accorded Brookhart in the Senate, when, some two months ago, he was unseated and Senator Daniel eck, Democrat, declared elected Brookhart had heen re- his State to the with duly certified _certificate 3 people in Iowa believed that in the unseating of Brookhart the Senate | had disrezarded the lowa law govern- ling elections. { Brookhart was bitterly opposed by the stalwart or regular Republicans in Iowa in 1924 and thousands of them threw their votes to Steck rather than permit the election of vester- OF NOMINATION OF BROOKHART Steck, Held Causes of Cummins Defeat. IEVED BACK Over Lack of Farm Aid Anger Over Seating of Prookhart. He also was bitterly or} posed by many Repubfican regulars in the Senate and about one-third of the Republican membership of the Senate voted with the great majority of the Democrats to oust Brookhart. The probable net result of these efforts has been to substitute a Steck for a Cummins, a Democrat for a regular Republican. For it is un- likely that the Democrats will be able to elect a second Senator from lowa next November, even though many of the regular Republic should vote for him. Should they do o how would it benefit the Repub. lican organization of the Senate and the administration in Washington? They would merely cause Towa to be represented by two Democrats instead of one Democrat and Brookhart. In the matter of organizing the Senate Brookhart has voted with the Re- publicans, even though he was read out of the party councils in 1924 after he had supported La Follette for President. He insists he is a Republican. With the Republicans struggling desperately to retain con trol of the Senate in the next session Brookhart would be far better than a Democrat. The administration had no candi- date in the field supporting its agri- cultural policy in the lowa senatorial Senator Cummins had ent and Secre- ry Haugen bill. Howard J. Clark, who is running third in the primary, had a farm program all his own pro- (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) FENNING DECISION EARLY NEXT WEEK Klnquiry Concluded — Two | Briefs to Be Filed on Ques- tion of Impeachability. The investigation by the special subcommittee of the House judiciary committee into the impeachment arges made against Commissioner k A. Fenning by Repres ve Blanton, Democrat, Tex sed yesterday afternoon and tion on the case will be taken by the full committee early next week. In nel it session, begun May the committee, through Chairman G Republican, Pennsylvania, announced that before concluding its consideration it would briefs from the proponent and the respondent on impeachability of the office of District Commis- sioner. Mr. Graham gave Represent- 'ative Rankin, Democrat, Mississippi until Thursday night to file h iud at the same time furnish J. Hogan, chief defense counsel, with 2 copy. Forty-eight hours after re- ceipt of this, Mr. Hogan and his as- soclates 9 smas P, Levi Cooke, will file thel Mr. Graham explained that inas- much as the committee is composed entirely of lawyers its membe would need no summing-up argu- ments on the facts, which they will take from the record themselves. When the two b are In hand the committee will “dispose of the cases in executive session early in the week,” Mr. Graham added. Repre- ative Dyer, Republican, Missourl, chairman of the subcommittee, then wmnounced the investigation as closed. Spectators Are Barred. Chairman Graham's instructions to Mr. Rankin included this clause Suppose we reach the conclusion Mr Fenning is not an officer of the United | ites and, therefore, not impeach- | : then, if you desire, you may set | h whatever action should be taken the committee.”” Mr. Hogan served | tice that his brief would declare Fenning is an officer of a munic- mporation and, therefore, not apeachable by Congress, and that he also would give his views on the ap- ition of the Magruder vs. Drury me Court decision to his client’s ce of accepting commissions on 1 premiums paid by lunatics for whom he is guardian. The afternoon session yesterday was held before a select audience and under the rules of decorum. Only t} 1 directly connected with . admitted by Lieut. H. in command of the Capitol Po the House Office Building, on orders of the committee. This step was occasioned by the participa- tion of sever: of the spectators in the riot shortlv after noon vesterday, “in which Mr. Rankin and Mr. Hogan were the principal When the Fenning party returned to the committee room after luncheon were accompanied by Headquar- Detective T. F. Sweeney, who “counsel row.” one chair away from Mr. Hogan. The chief attorney, his forehead hearing an increased | wwelling from the blow of the Inkwell thrown by Representative Rankin, frequently bathed the wound with the | contents of two bottles which he set. out on the table before him. « 7. Warne BRAZILIAN RUMORS SURPRISE LEAGLE Nation’s Delegation at Ge- neva Has Received No Word of Withdrawal. 5% A, June S.—Members of the lian delegation of the League of Nations told the Associated Press t day they knew nothing about the r ported Intention of their country to re sign from the league, as suggested in a dispatch from Rio de Janeiro. (A Rio de Janeiro dispatch late last | night quoted the newspaper O Giobo | announcing Brazil's withdrawal | from the league. The paper said | formal notification of the resignation would be sent to Geneva within a few as Afranio Mello Franco, the chief Bra- zilian delegate, who did not attend ves- terday’s council meeting because of illness, was still indisposed today and was receiving no one. Still Active. ltan dele- was still taking | ague’s activities, includ- rmament pourparlers, in which_ the republic_is represented by two delegates, and that it seemed Mello Franco would attend ssion of the council. he spokesmen added that Dr. Mello nco might even attend this after- noon’s meeting of the council’s sub- committee, and pointed out that all this did not indicate that Brazil had virtually severed connection with the league, as stated in the dispatch from Rio de Janeiro The report that Brazil was to resign created a tremendous stir in League circles. It was remarked by some that the Rio de Janeiro government might have taken such a decision, the Bra- zillan delegates here not vet being aware of it. No Word Sent to League. League officials declared they had elved no information confirming the tio de Janeiro report. They remarked that under Article I of the covenant, no member can leave the League without giving two years' previous notice of its intention to resign. Thus, even if Brazil announces her resigna- tion. she will automatically continue | in her rights as well as duties of mem- bership for two vears more. League circles have generally re- | garded Brazil's present policy as di- rected toward receiving pledges that the great powers will support her con- stant re-election to her non-permanent seat in the council. Notice was sent to Dr. Mello Franco of this afternoon’s session of the council’s subcommittee on minorities, of which he is a leading member. SENATE CONFIRMS 16 | TAX BOARD MEMBERS; Brazil Spokesmen for gation said part in the I ing the d | | Nominations ‘Were Made Last Month by President Coolidge. By the Associated Press. i The Senate today finally confirmed | | date of the report, April 22, Mr. Smith i Disagree Over Term. ! the nominations of 1¢ members of the | of the Attorney General attend the VATER AND FARH BLS MAY HOLD P ADIOURAMENT Senate Threatens Filibuster if Needed to Kill Rivers and Harbors Measure. PRESIDENT IS SOUGHT TO PROVIDE SOLUTION Further Trouble Expected, How- ever, in Agriculture Muddle as Bloc Gains Strength. BY J. RU LL YOU) Politics centering around farm relief legislation and the rivers harbors bill, the latter described as the choicest bit of political pork that has passed either house of Congress in years, threatens to interfere seriously with an early adjournment of Congress, President Coolidge, who is known to have been especially anxious to see Congress through and away from Washington as early this month as possible, has been advised of the gathering of the storm clouds at the Capitol, which warnings are now be- ing looked upon with considerable con- cern, if not downright alarm. Notice has been served on the Sen- ate that a majority of the House mem- bership is insistent upon the enact- ment of the rivers and harbors bill which passed the House lust k. before this session of Congress is con cluded, and some Senate leaders have retorted that the only ¢ this can be accomplished is for the House to prove that it can st in Washington just as long as the Senate. In other words, the opposition in the S J to certain pro 1« of the House rivers and harbors bill is so pro- nounced that there is said to be no chance for its passage To attempt | this means of expediting adjourn ment would result in well orginized | filibusters, it was explained tod: i Madden and Dempsey Confer. Represent Madden of 111 one of the wders of the House, and wative Dempsey of New York, mun of the rivers nd harbors committee of the House. were closeted with the tresident for more than half an hour today, during | which time the situation in the House | regarding rivers and harbors legisla tion was gone into at some length It was said after thelr audience with the Executive that they declired there should be no adjournment of Congress until this legislation is disposed Other than to say that the Presiden is greatly interested in the develop- ment of the waterwayvs of the Nation they would not say what comment he | made in answer to their reference to delaying adjournment. They Inti- mated that the President was asked to assist in getting action on this legisla- tion in_the Senate. | An hour later Senator Jones of | hington, chairman of the Senate 10is, ive (Continued on Page 2, Column 2,) COMMITTEE ASKS COALINQURY AD Attorney General Requested to Send Advice on Means of Procedure. de rict Acting in accordance with the cision reached by the Senate Di comittee yesterday afternoon, Chair- man Capper today transmitted the re- quest that Attorney General Sargent designate a member of his staff to ad vise the committee how it may pro ceed further in obtaining information from local dealers as to coal prices in Washington last Winter. 8 The committee was prompted take this step by the last report it received from H. A. A. Smith, of the office of Controller General Me- Carl, who has been assisting the com- mittee since it began the coal inquiry more than four months ago. Mr. Smith had been instructed by the committee to ask a number of dealers to permit an inspection of {heir books. The committee did not have any particular dealers in mind, bat wanted figures to serve as the basis for conclusions to the rea- sonableness of prices. Mr. McCarl's representative report.| od that he wrote to nine dealers, two ¢ Shom replied they would permit| o examination of their books and a| third stating that his records had | been inspected by the United States | Conl Commission several years agol| &nd e did not feel he should be sub- jected to another examination. At the to said six of the letters had not been| nswered. Senator Capper said today the com mittee wants to have a representative | business life of W |e | the Me | Ar. Rankin continued his cross-ex- Board of Tax Appeals made last|pext meeting of the committee Mon- | day to advise it whether it has author- month by President Coolidge. The board, which went out of exist- ence by reason of the failure of the Senate to act by June 1, now will be able to organize and function. Senate opposition was based on the appointment of three members who ! were employes of the Internal ! Revenue Bureau at the time of their selection. Preparatory to the action today the Senate adopted a resolution by Sen- ator. Glass, Democrat, Virginia, de- claring it to be the sense of Con- gress that hereafter no person who has been an employe of the Revenue Bureau could be appointed to the board until two years after the de- termination of such employment. R R A HELD IN $200,000 THEFT. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 8 (®).—H. E. Jones, alleged to be Ed Dolson, cashier of the Farmers’ State Bank of McCune, Kans., when that institution was robbed of $200,000 more than five years agc, and sought in connection With the robbery, was taken inio cus- tody, hers last night, miration of Mr. Fenning's activities zuardian, laying stress on his per- are and attention to the large of wards at St. Elizabeth's Hogan objected fre- a sonal | number Norge Story Delayed The last installment of the official narrative of the voyage of the airship Norge across the North Pole from Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, to Teller, Alaska, which Capt. Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth are writing in Nome, has been de- layed by interruption of wire- less communication, and could not be printed in The Star to- d This installment, dealing with the principles of navigation adopted on the Norge, is ex- pected in time for an early 1ssue. ity to take any further steps toward obtaining the informatjon requested. Yellow Cat~ é;uses 450-Mile Auto Trip ToBeMadein Vain Pa., June 8.—Two men from Atlanta, Ind., were on their way home today after a futile 450-mile automobile trip here in search of a yellow cat. The men obtained a search warrant here and with a justice of the peace searched the home of James E. Stillwell, but failed to find the cat. The men said Stillwell, during a visit to Atianta, had admired. the cat and they thought he had taken it home with him. ° Stillwell said he had taken only a passing interest, and not the cat. He took the search philosophically. COMFORTER. FORMER D. C. MAN S FOUND KILLED Lyman F. Campbell Believed to Have Been Slain in Cleveland. vears old, n the F. Camphell, 46 vears prominent hington and liv- here at 1007 Montana avenue ast. was killed in Cleveland Sunday morning under mysteri circumstances. It is suspected that Mr. Campbell was beaten to death by robbers. who disappeared without leaving a trace to their Lyman for many ing north | identity Mt was manager Campbell. who assistant of the Washington office of ray Refrigerator Co., went to ‘leveland about two weeks ago to as ume managership of the same com pany’s Ohio branch. His body was found lying in the middie of one of Cleveland’s busiest thoroughfares about 2 o'clock Sunday morning di- rectly in front of the Central Y. M. C. Building Police of the Ohio city, it is said, have been unable to trace Mr. Camp- bell's activities from the time he left his hotel early Saturday evening to £o to his office to straighten out some details. It is believed, however, that he left the office sometime about 1 o'clock Sunday morning and deter mined to walk the short distance back to his hotel Believed Beaten to Death. The next time he was seen was when pedestrains found his body lying in the middle of the main business thoroughfare. At first it was be- lieved he had been run down by a street or a motorist, but an autopsy disclosed that his injuries were confined to his head, indicating that he had been slugged with black The fact that his watch and sibly a brief case and some money were missing lends substantiation te { the homicide theol Conflicting reports were received by Campbell’s family here Sunday and Jay Keegan, a brother- iving at 2540 Massachusetts went to Cleveland to claim the hody. He brought it back to Washington today, having been de- ned in Ohio by an official autop and the necessary coroner's inquest. The inquest, it is said, left the cause of death for further investigation. Born in Canada. Other members of the family de- clared today no additional details had been discovered, but they said the McCray Refrigeration Co. had de- anded that the police push the mys- an early solution. The coro- ner’s jury i s ambiguous verdict, declaring, in sub- that Mr. Campbell had met dental death due to unknown venue, Mr. Campbell was born in Ontario, Canada, but had lived in the United States for more than 20 years. He had been attached to the Washington office of the McCray Refrigeration Co. for many vears and was well known in local business circles. Besides his wife, Mrs. Mamie M. Campbell, he | leaves his mother, a brother and three sisters. All but Mrs. Campbell live in_Canada. Funeral arrangements been completed, but interment be in Glenwood Cemetery. FOUND DEAD IN RIVER. British Captive of Bandits Believ- ed Slain by Them. HONGKONG, June 8 (A).—The body of J. M. Phillips, British manager of the Aslatic Petroleum Co., has been found in the river at Nanking. Mr. Phillips was kidnaped by bandits sev- eral days ago. Soldiers were sent to try to effect his release, and it is pre- sumed the bandits killed him. KRIM AWAITS FATE. Spanish Leader to Discuss With French What Is to Be Done. MADRID, June 8 (#).—The fate of Abd-el-Krim, leader of the Riffian tribesmen in Morocco, who recently surrendered to the l-“rench, 18 to be de- i hortly in Paris. Nd;fd ;mms!l’a delegation, headed by Gen. Count Gomez Jordana, director general of Moroccan affairs, will leave for Paris on Friday to discuss with the French what is to be done with Krim. L Radio Programs—Page 22. have not will [Man Returns Home Too Late to Attend His Own Funeral By the Associated Press JOHNSTOWN, Pa. June §.- When Edward Liberty, 69, disap peared last September his family conducted a search and finding the body of a man whom they identified as Liberty, buried it as that of their kin. Liberty now re turned to his home near here, ex plaining that he had been work ing in Ohio. Money collected on life insurance was used to inter the body thought to have been Liberty’ Liberty's wife absence in Ohio. FRANGE HOLDS UP hi died during his American Accused of Desert- ing in Syria to Have Case Reviewed in Paris. By the Associated Press PARIS, June 8.—War Painleve intervened today to the life of Bennett J. Doty of Mem- phis, Tenn. tary authorities in Syria, where Doty is held for deserting the Foreign Legion, ordering them to send docu- ments in the case to Paris for ex- aminatfon and to suspend the exe cution until the war ministry has time to pass on the evidence. This action was taken upon recommendation of American Amb sador Herrick. The foreign office assured the Am- bassador it would do all possible to straighten out the case, in which Doty, who enlisted under the name Gilbert Clare, is charged with deser- tion from the Foreign Legion. and re- bellion. save the A Damascus dispatch yesterday said Doty would be courtmartialed as soon as the proper papers could be drawn up, but that this would prob- ably require 10 days. Doty, fighting with the French in southern Syria is alleged to have engaged in an al- tercation with his sergeant and then to have deserted with five other mem bers of the Foreign Legion. He was taken to Damascus Sunday night un- der heavy guard. g LIFE LOSS IS SMALL IN RUMANIAN FLOOD Main Damage to Railroads and Bridges—Mesopotamia In- juries Heavy. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, June 8.— Fears of a great flood disaster in Ru- mania in consequence of torrential rainstorms Friday and Saturday are fading as full and authentic details arrive in the capital with the reorgan- ization of the telegraph and transpor- tation services. ‘The loss of life seems to have been very small, with damage to bridges, railway rolling stock and roadbeds the most serious feature, The main vio- lence of the storms was concentrated in the Kingdom of Rumania proper, although Transylvania and Bessarabia also felt the effects. ‘The flood waters in the towns of Buzen and Ploesti are rapidly subsid- ing with the cessation of rain. The ministry of agriculture states the storms did little damage to farmlands and that crop conditions are excellent throughout the country. BASRA, Irak, June 8 (#).—Floods along the banks of the Euphrates River are playing havoc with many towns and villages, and the center of Mesopotamia is now like a huge lake. An important bund protecting the Basra-Bagdad Railway was breached, but the onrush of water was stopped by an old military dyke built during the war. The inhabitants of the Samawah dis- trict are in a sorry plight, villages here and there being completely swamped. Several families, with their cattle, have been marooned on but a few square yards of land. ! - DOTY DEATH ORDER Minister | He telegraphed the mili- | 'WIDENING OF BLAR Park Planning Committee Alsc Urges Two Highways in Anacostia. ROAD SUGGESTED WADSWORTH HURLS DEFIANCE AT DRYS TRYING TOBEAT HIM New York Senator Boldly Ad- vocates Repeal of 18th Amendment. WOULD ADOPT QUEBEC LIQUOR SYSTEM IN U. S. Modification of Volstead Act Not Enough to Cure “Evils” of Pro- hibition, He Declares. Senator Jumes W. Wadsworth of ew York today threw down the gauntlet to the “drys’ who are try- ing to bring about his defeat at the polls next Nevember. He declared today that prohibition has “deluged the country with hypoc risy and corruption” and that “to abstinence through legal compulsion is tmpossible of attainment.” He de | manded the repeal of the eighteenth {amendment to the Constitution and the substitution of the Government sale of liquor in the States that de- stre it. Senator Wadsworth's statement was contained in a letter written by him in reply to a request th&t he state his position on the prohibition ques tion. The request came from a Re publican county chairman in up-State New York. Faces Strenuous Fight. Facing the most strenuous political fight of his career, Senator Wads | worth, Republican leader of New | York, thus burned his bridges behind him. as a candidate on a wet pla without the slightest equivocation. This will be his per sonal form on the wet and dry ue. of what the Repub. do in the tate co drafting a pl The New York Senator, criti from Pea- to 90 feet Widening of Blair road body to Underwood street for this purpose was recommended today by the city and park planning | committee of the National Capital City and Park Planning Commission. The committee also recommended the establishment of two new highways west of Nichols avenue, in Anacostia, and extending from the south bound- ary of Elizabeth’s Hospital | Blue Plains, 1. C.. and the designa tion of the strip of land between the two for ultimate acquisition as a part of the park system of the National Capital. Under the present highway plan, Blair road is now laid out to follow the tracks of hte Metropolitan divi- sion of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail- road. However, the roadway as now imme- | railroad track and the area is diately adjacent to the railroad | zoned first and second commercial it is the purpose of the commission to abandon the tentative location on the highway plan and keep it in the lines now being used by traffic, which mercial activities separated from the residential section on the west side of the present highway. Urges Modified Plan. As this section is rapidly being built up, the committee will recommend to the District Commissioners that the highway plan be immediately modified and that steps be taken at once to a quire the necessary land by con- demnation, purchase or dedication to carry out the scheme at a time when the land can be obtained at a reason- able figure. It was pointed out that this is a very importent section of roadway from a traffic standpoint, as 1t will connect with Kans and South Dakota avenues at Peabody street. The distance recommended for widening is six city bl s and ex- tends from Peabody street to the La- mond grade crossing Before Commissioners rry into effect the committee’s recommendations it will be necessa for them to hold a pul lic hearing for the abutting property owners within the area concerned. The committee has been studying for some time the area in Wilson Park and an adjacent area, west of Nichols avenue, in Anacostia, and today com- pleted its recommendations for the laying out of two highways and estab- lishment of a park which will carry the Federal park system from Bolling Field and Anacosti: Park to Blue Plains, where the District poorhouse is located. This area a bluff, and the committee recommends that one highway be placed along the top edge of the bluff and another be laid out at the bottom. The land between these two roadways was said to be suitable for park purposes and would furnish one of the connecting links between Anacostia Park and Forts Foote and Washington. It recommended that the land be laid down on the park plan for ultimate acquisition. The plot is about 300 feet wide and about one mile long. The committee also recommended a change i nthe line of Yuma street east of Connecticut avenue and in the vi- cinity of Soapstone Valley, which was recently ordered acquired by the Park and Planning Commission as a part of Rock Creek Park. The changes ordered in this street were made to avoid the necessity of so much cutting and filling, which might have destroyed some of the nat- ural beauties of Soapstone Valley. Seeks Building Plan. Foundry Branch Valley was also dis- cussed by the committee today, par- ticularly that part of it south of Res- ervoir road, which the Park Commis- slon wants to acquire to connect the Archbold and Glover parkways with the Potomac River. The committee is endeavoring to work out some suitable plan for building development on the east side of Forty-fourth street which would not mar the proposed parkway in the event that the Park Commis- sion finds it impracticable to acquire it in its entirety. However, no de- cision was made at today’'s meeting, but it is hoped that a satisfactory con- clusion will be reached within the next week or two. Maj. Raymond A. Wheeler, who is being relieved as Assistant Engineer Commissioner of the District of Co- lumbia, today attended his last meet- ing as a member of the city and park planning committee. Capt. H. C. ‘Whitehurst, his successor, met with .the committee tpday. and the immediate acquisition of land | ! used runs some distance west of the | will result in keeping all of the com- | the | Iment for em tatute in the the Vol | the eighteenth am bodylng a sumptuary tundamental law, attacked act for what definition of intoxicating I shall be perfectly . while I advocate n do not believe the moc Volstead act with limits will solve the problem perma nently. I think we must go back to the eighteenth amendment itself and substitute for it a simple grant o power to the Congr That done, 1 ould hope that Congress and the hority of the Congres in this country, in accordan scal sen timent and desires, some such system as prevails in the province of Quebec Calls Quebec Plan Sound. “The principles of the Quebec plan I believe are sound. The plan, as sult of the government taking the sale exclusively of all alc beverages and forb the con sumption of those beverages upon the | premises where sold way with the fic. permit t} ment liquor st the an does not ablishment of a govern in any community which has voted that it does not want such a store. Thus the people them selves decide what they want and they attain it vnd strict government regulation and in a way qu from the evil conditions so pr in the old days. *1 believe that some { this (and th may be improvements upon it) will achieve more for the se of temperance than the scheme | we have been trying for the last six or seven vears. Su v every observ nt and fair-minded person must real ize the a_result of the attempt of the Federal Government to force total abstinence upon al. our people the country is today deluged with hypoe visy and corruption—a condition_that (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) SOVIET LAéBHvafiAfiDS BRITISHERS AS TRAITORS Ramsay Macdonald and J. H. Thomas Yenounced for Course in Recent General Strike. system as By the Asvciated Press. MOSCGW, June §.—Ramsay Mac donald aad J. H. Thomas are branded as traitits to labor's cause in a letter published iy the Soviet Labor Fed { ecation this morning and addressed to the “international prole Calling for world-wide | the letter reads, in part is our duty to tell the | proletariat that the defeat of the Brit ish (general) strike resulted from the traitorous tactics pursued by the black Friday heroes—the Right lead ers of the Labor party and the Gen eral Trades Union Council. J. H Thomas and Ramsay Macdonald. as well as Albert Purcell and the Left wing. They are still responsible for the defeat; they trailed in the foof- steps of the capitalists and sur rendertd."” POLICE CURFEW LAW DIMS BROADWAY CLUBS ar lahor unity We think it international Some Night Life Resorts Run by Criminals, Official Says, in Explanation. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 8.—Some of New York's cabarets and night clubs are operated by criminals and for this reason all honest people should be out of such places by 2 o'clock in the morning to prevent their being vic- timized, Police Commissioner Me- Laughlin asserted today in telling why he had put a 2 a.m. curfew into effect in the bright light district. “We know what has been going on during certain hours in the night clubs,” said the commissioner. “And for this reason we decided that 2 o'clock was the hour for all decent people to be out of such places.” Broadway was almost deserted as Main street in a small town in the small hours this morning. Police inspectors were busy from midnight on, going from club to club in the bright-light section, explaining the order, which was obeyed without protest in most instances.