Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER (U. S. Weather Bureau F nd slightly cooler morrow fair; gentle norf north winds. Highest, 89, vi lowest, 66, at 4 an ull report on page 9. orecast.) tonight: to- thwest and at noon to- ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The only evening paper in Was| Associated Press service. the news hington wit Yesterday’s Circulation, 97,622 WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY JUNE (P) Means Associated Press. "TWO CENTS. TAX RATE INCREASE EXPECTED, TOMEET NEEDS OF DISTRICT, Auditor Probably Will Urge This Means of Raising $600.000 Surplus. REPORT TO BE MADE PUBLIC TOMORROW “G. B. S.” Refuses | To Assist Women In Equality Fight Br the Associated Press. LONDON. June 30.—George Ber- nard Shaw is determined that there shall be no doubt as to his attitude to! rd poiitical movements by women. b For a second time he has de- clined to aid them in their fight to do away with the suffrage law which prevents them from voting until they are 30 years old. Ieplying to a request that he aid the equal political rights demon- « held by 40 wom July 7, his secretary Shaw desires me to say women must fight their own battles. lle is not to be lured into the ridiculous position of their Schedule of $1.75 or $1.80 on $100 | | | | Is Likely to Be Recommended. Present Figure Is $1.70. istrict Auditor Daniel J. Denovan began the preparation today of a tax schedule for the new fiscal vear be ginning tomorrow which will yield | & jent revenue meet the ex pensas of the municipal government | As well as provide the $600.000 annual Enrplus preseribed by Congress in ! 1923 in order to put the District on | a cash-paving basis by July 1, 1927, While the auditor declined to indi cate the tax ra he would recom mend to the Commissioners. those in close touch with the financial affairs of the District government express the opinion that there will be a ma- | ial e over the current rate of on $100 of assessed valuation. A rate as high as $1 has been pr 2| dicted Ly some, but a more conserva- | tive pate places it at either $1.75 | or § to ! | | | m ‘tor of ill not complete his report on | the i ie for the current fiscal year | until late this afternoon, but Auditor Donovan plans to place his new tax rate recommendation before the Com issioners tomorrow morning, a which time it will be made public. | <ed on reports at the close of busi- | Mr. Towers believes | Anno Chath: taxes, W that the District’s in rent fiscal yvear will pass the § 000 mark, as compared with §: £36.14 last year. when the tax r was $1.40 on the sed $100 valu- | a tax rate for the new| vear, Mr. Donovan also will| to the Commissioners tomor- row morning a series of tentative ta schedules for the 1927 fiscal year | e used by them as a guide in sideration of the estimates of the; rtment heads for that year. arly All Virtually all of the estimated needs of the sundry departments of the Dis- triet government are now in the hands, of the Commissioners, and indications | are that the y ning process will be- gin just as soon as the auditor's tax | schedules are completed. The only ates missing_are those of the | or of the office of public build-| and parks, and if its requests! or exceed those submitted last| the aggr 1te needs as outlined | District azencles probably will | pass the $£40,000 0 mark. AL the of the new fiscal ves the District will have a surplus of | $3.000.000 and will be on a firm cash ing basis. ording to Auditor | surplus _has been g aside $600,000 an- | ABORITE ASSAILS BRITISH ROYALTY House of Commons Tense as Member Declares His “Contempt” for King." fiscal submit o dey Estimates In. year. by anl o ac By the Assoviated Presa LONDON, June 30.-A sensation was caused in the House of Commo this afternoon when George Buchan- b who republi- m, declared he had “no respect wihing but contempt for royal- te. professes It was moment, and there were loud protests from the Conserva- tives, but the thrust at the King was quickly passed partly - hecause There probably few in the Com- mons who care 10 have such a subject discussed partly because under the House s the King's name must not be brought into debate. The House of Commons favors in- asing the working day of pers from 7 1o & hour: 1 second reading L tense over, are e Pre mier Baldwin was accus { owning 00,000 shares of stock in an iron neern and being personally interest- ed on the side of the coal mine owners in their controversy with their men. A Laborite threatened to throw a shoe at Secretary for Mines Lane Fox, | who was or of the bill | and who zed by the dirty cow- alty Bridge. The Pre having a large block res in Badwin's Limited. vid that during the war he could have realized a fovtune on_them, but that for five ye.rs he d received no earnings from them. he shar quoted on the stock market at a few shillings. MANY HURT IN CANTON. Anti-British Strikers and Boatmen Again Clash.Over Boycott. CANTON, June 29 (A).—Many were tnjured here in « fight here today be- tween antl-British strike pickets and boatmen. Ther eral arrests of s are Tt 18 presumed the boatmen involved | in the fight were atter to toke Chinese passengers to Iongkong which is forbidden under strike regu. | Jations. The antl-Rritish strike and baveott has been in effect more than a year. Five Chinese were killed and wounded last Saturday when they at- lStayton Tells Senate Group ja i mittee held male champion.” he letter suggests that w ate f ising the voting hales to 30 ve: WET ORGANIZATION HEAD TAKES STAND men age of Activities in Pennsyl- vania Primaries. By the Aseociated Press The Association Against the Pro. | hibition Amendment was put on the dissecting table today by the Senate campaign funds committee, and these closures were the result The national wet organization and its State branches have a membership of about 726,000, and are handling an average of about $480,000 a vear. The money is used in part to in- fluence the results of elections, with a view to the selection on a non- partisan basis of public officials who favor repeal of the dry laws. ‘Worked for Vare. During the recent Pennsylvania Re publican primary campaign, officials of the association worked for Willlam | 8. Vare, the successful candidate for the senatorial nomination, sending out a form letter asking for contribu- tions from the 30,000 members of the organization in that State. Some mass meetings were held for ! the purpose of aiding Vare, and the expenses, amounting to $3,500, were aid by the assoclation. The committee called Capt. William | | H. Stayton of myrna, Md., founder and national chairman of the Associa- tion Against the Prohibition Amend- ment. To complete the contrast between the day's session and those which have preceded it, Chairman Reed turned the witness over to dry mem- bers of the committee for question- ing regarding the activities of the wet organization in politics, its h tory and its finances. Wheeler's Charges Heard. “It_has been slanderously stated that T am a wet.” said Reed. are several drys on the committee and 1 shall turn Capt. tayton over to one of you for examination. Then there won't be any charge that 1 am covering anything up. The dry Senmators had come into the committee room fortified by voluminous information presented by Wayne B. Wheeler of the Antl-Saloon Peague, who has charged expenditures by wet Interests in the recent Penn- sylvania primary st before Stay ton was called to the stand the com- a long ex at which it examined the dry leader's | information on that subject. i Wheeler himself was on hand for | the public session, taking a seat in the front row. His examination will be resumed after Hicklin ¥ tary of the committee, of ters of the dry Ohin, where they are making from the hooks of the Anti League over the perlod subsequent tol 1916, league at Wester Outlines Organizatios Purpose. When Senator Reed withdrew from the questioning of Stayton, examina- tion of the witness was taken over by Senator King, Democrat, Utah. Stayton said the purpose of the or- ganizatlon he founded in 1918 was to encourage obedience to the dry laws so long as they were on the statute hooks, but to do everything that could be done “decently” to bring about the vepeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead act. “What's the membership of your rganization”” King asked. 1 think it is 726,000 “Distributed over the States “Yes, fairly generally; a little larger in Ohio and New York than in other States.” ayton said when the association was organized there was a discussion about Its taking part in such politi- cal activity as might bring about the repeal of the dry act “Does your assa newspaper?” “The parent organization does not, hut some of the State bodies have ation conduct a | done so.” Paper Was Launched. The witness said that William H | Fish, while with the association, had launched a paper in New Jersey, which is now a private enterprise. He testified that Dr. J. J. Sellman of Milwaukee ts vice president of the | national association and that Gordon C. Hinkley of Washington is secre- (Continued on Page 4, | tion of smugsling. | this effect | acting utive session | | the | ernment saves $11,503.02 as a result | CANADA'S MOUNTED POLICE CALLED OUT T0STOPSMUGGLING Cordon Stretched Along the Border From Atlantic to the Pacific. NEW GOVEI;EMENT WINS IN CUSTOMS REPORT TEST Meighen Regime Supported by Vote: of Censure to Liberal Party on | Conditions Recently Bared. | | Br the Associated Press OTTAWA, June 30 val Cana dian mounted police are being sta tioned af all vulnerable points on the Camadian border from the Atlantic to the Pacific 10 aid in the preven Announcement to | made today by the | of customs, H. H.| | | | | Wi minister Stevens, The action comes as an immediate | sequel to the adoption by the House of Commons this morning of the re-; port of the parliamentary investiga tion into customs frauds. The mount- ed police definitely instructed td| co-operate with all customs and pre- ventive officers. Mr. Stevens declared that there U s s o [NEVER SID TWAS SPORT FOR Boys JONLY ) Report on Fenning Is Due Tomorrow From Committee The full judi the House is ary committee of to meet tomorrow morning in executive session. at which time it is believed the Fen- ning case, growing out of charges of impeachment against Distriet Commissioner Ie will be dis- posed of The D, subcommittee of 12 Jawyers, which heard the testimony in support of and in refutation of the impeachment charges, was in_ex- ecutive session for two and a half hours today considering a prepared report On instruction from Graham of the full committe Chairman Dyer of the subcommit- tee stated that no report of action by the subcommitte would he made public until the full commit- tee had acted. He expressed the opinion that the entire case would of at tomorrow’s ses- » full committee. CLBERT LAUNCHES ATTACK ONFENNING 1Puts Issue Un to President, Scores Rudolph, Schools, Chafrman will be & complete reorganization and | strengthening of the preventive serv. | ice. in accordance with the sugges-| tions in the report of the customs in vestigation committee, Meighen Wins Victory. The new government of Arthur Meighen, Conservative, earlier today won a victory in the House of Com- | mons over the Liberals, led by Mac- | kenzie King, who resigned the pre- | miership Monday. A majority of 10 was given the Melghen regime on the Conservative | party’s amendment 1o the report of | the commussion which recently in-; vestigated charges of gross iregulari- | ties in the customs department i | | PLAZA DEAL SIENED FOR93,12959724 Government Buys Land After| 14 Years’ Negotiations With B. & 0. R. R. The Plaza Commission and of- ficials of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad today signed an agreement in the office of Vice President Dawes under which the Government will quire the remainder of Union St Plaza for $3,120.567. 24, The only condition attached to the contract is | that the title to the seven squares involved shall b tisfactory to the | Attorney Gen This is merely a | legal precantion. When Vice President Dawes, < of the House Longworth hitect of the Capitol David tached their signatures to eement they concluded a negotiations which was started more than 14 years ago, and which is ex- pected within the next few result in one of the biggest ph tion Lynn the Nations United States Saves v that the G of the action of the railroad company, in agreeing to close the transaction as of the date of April 3, 1926, at which time the tentative offer was made The saving represents the interest that would have been due the rail road had the offer been as of toda The final price of $3,129,597.64 arrived at by taking the award of the District Supreme Court in the orfginal condemnation proceeding in Januar 1913, plus taxes to April 1, this year, and 6 per cent interest, less the amaunt pald to the railroad in the past few vears as rental for that part of the land occupied by Govern- ment dormitories. There is in the Treasury an unex- pended balance of $1,798 of the original appropriation made for this purpose, and the last deficiency bill, which passed the House yesterday, contained the halance of $1,331.458.37 needed to complete the purchase. The only step remaining, therefore, is for the Senate to approve the item in the deficiency bill. Hotel's Fate Unsettled. The law enacted by Congress a few weeks ago authorizing the Plaza Com- mission to close the transaction did not touch upon the question of the removal of the dormitories and the actual transformation of the grounds into an attractive parkway. This action today, however, practically as. sures the (Government of this land to beautify the gateway of the city in front of the Union Station. The agreement was signed present owner by George E. Hamil. ton and mund Brady, attorneys for the Baltimore and Ohlo, and by C. H. Moran, representing the Rea! Estate Improvement Co. of Baltimore, agents for the railroad. ; for the Threatening Huge By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 30.—Technical engineers and draftsmen to the num- ber of 573, employed by the city, went on strike today in an effort to enforce a demand for a 30 per cent salary increase, the first strike of professional engineers in the his- tory of the city. Clty officials discounted statements of union chiefs that public improve- ments would be halted and that new construction by private interests would be blocked for want of ap- proval of plans in the building and tempted to board steamers for Hons- kong. health departments. All city work vomml‘l!d for would Chicago Technical Engineers Strike, Construction Tie-Up proceed, as well as public improve- ment for which plans have been completed, city officials said, after union meh claimed construction work on Wacker drive, the great double-deck houlevard along the Chicago River in the central business district, and other important public works would be tled up. Department and bureau heads who are members of the union are permitted to remain at work for emergency matters only, and may in urgent cases call from union head- quarters the engineer famillar with the work. Fresent salaries of engineers range from §160 to §600 a month. { runs. NATS LEAD RED SOX, 2100, IN3DINNING Goslin’s Homer Gives Harris- men Early Advantage. Taylor in Line-Up. BY JOHN B. KELLER. BOSTON., June 30.—The Nat leading the Red Sox in the third in ning here this afternoon. The score w to 0. After two successive defeats here the Nationals decided to send a re. ruit pitcher against the Red Sox. Willard Morrell. whose home is in Medford, near this city, was Manager {arris’ pitching_choi Ered Wing- field, one-time Natjonal, was the Bay State boy's slab opponent. Zach Taylor. outfielder who re ported to the Nationals here this morning, wa rted in center field, Rice being shifted to right. FI ' INNING. WASHINGTON —Regan_threw out Taylor. Harris lofted to Shaner. Rice grounded to Rigney. No runs. BOSTON —Flagstead flied to lin. Bluege threw out Haney. fanned. No runs. s were Gos Todt slin drove homer high into the right-field bleach ers. Judge lined to Todt. Bluege alked. Peck singled to right center, ending Bluege to third. Haney threw out Ruel. Peck took second, while Rluege remained at third. Wingfield threw out Morrell. One run. | BOSTON—Jacobson flied to G Regan singled over second. forced Regan. Bluege to Harris. trying for a double play Harris threw wildly past Judge ~and took second. Rigney flied to Ri THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON—Taylor hit ,a homer in the right-fiell bleachers, Harrls fouled to Haney. Rice walked Goslin looped a single to right, send ing Rice to third. Judge grounded to Regan. who threw to Stokes, getting Rice trying to score. Goslin stopped at second. Bluege lined to Shaner. One run. BOSTON—Bluege threw out Stokes. Peck threw out Wingfield. Flagstead went out the same wa No runs. BERLIN-TOKIO PACT SOON TO BE SIGNED BY J. RUSSELL KENNEDY. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News, TOKIO, June 30.—The tedious nego- tiatlons over a Japanese-German trea will shortly be brought to a successful conclusion, to the consider- able mutual advantage of the two countries, according to Herr Wilhelm Solf, German ambassador. Herr Solf has Informed newspaper men that he expects conclusions to bhe reached shortly in the final sessions commenc- ing today. Both sidés express satisfaction and rellef, though the Japanese assert the advantage lles on the German side, because Germany will be enabled to export dyes which are their main item of export, while for Japan soya beans and soya oil likewise will be unre- strained. German exports to Japan in 1925 totaled 356,000,000 yen (about $142,- 400,000): Japan's exports to Germany, 60,000,000 yven (about ~$24,000,000). (Copyright, 1826, by Chicago Daily News Co.) FLEET TO VISIT MANILA. City Will Welcome Japanese Squad- ron Next January. By the Associated Pres A Japanese traffing squadron will visit Manila next January, with two members of the imperial family among the naval officers in command, Arrangements for the reception of the fleet have been placed in the hands of the commanding general of the Philippine Department, who has been ordered to extend courtesies. Danube Swollen by Rains. BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, June 30 (P).—The Danube River is badly swollen In consequence of _heavy rains. Twelve thousand peasants.are working with 5,000 carts reinforcing the dikes above Belgrade. | ticatic Blacksnake ‘Hired’ To Fight Rattler, Sleeps With Enemy By the Associated Prees HOUSTON, Tex., June 30 Missouri blacksnakes probably will not be used in an attempt to an nihilate s rattlesnakes as re. cently proposed by Missourt student of the fighting merits of reptiles. A widely ath™ heralded “fight to the between a giant 2 tler and a Missouri blacksnake fizzled here last night when the reptiles coiled in their respective corners of a huge glass cage and siept while hundreds of spectators ;u'm-d the promoters to start the hattle, The Humane Defense league agreed to the test fight on a plea that it might be possible to rid the State of rattlers. d BUS FARE INCREASE 10 BE REQUESTED Rapid Transit Line May Of- fer Cost Plan Service as Alternative. ‘The Washington Fransit Co will apply to the Public Utilities Com in July either for an n rease in fare or the establishment | ice-at-cost plan of operation, < announced today by . D. Mer- . president and general manag: . Merrill's announcement followed ction of Engineer Commissioner anklin Bell in releasing for pub- a report submitted to the ssion by B. M. Bachman, its accountant, show that the of §24,- months comm chief of the current calend pressing the opinion that litte prospeet for future gross earn- ings under present conditions.” Mr, b report was based on an investigation and analysis of the com- pany’s accounts. The ature of the company's plea to the commission for relief probably will be definitely decided at a luncheon of the board of directors at the W lard riday afternoon at o'clock. Merrill =aid plans been made Lo consider at this lunche: the history of the company under its new management as well as the policy to govern it for the next six months. Losses Are Disclosed. report is compre- hensive and goes into considerable de tail as to the company’s financlal con- dition. The Silver Spring line alone, it showed, was responsible for a lo of $11,842.57. The lines in the Dis trict lost § making a total of $24,638.85. These losses, Mr. plained, “indicate that the four of operation of the curi been very disappointing. he added. “hopes to realize pecuniary benefit from a revi- sion of its schedules, but even with the savings here I can't see any pros- pect of the future gross earnings of the company under present conditions but little exceeding their actual ex- penses. We must,remember that last year, when the earnings were high, weather conditions were favorable, the busses were new, the double deck- ers were novelties and the company had a clear field to the cherry blos- soms.” The commission’s acountant said that he intended to analyze the four months, February to May, inclusive, but owing to the system used in February and March he had to large- ly forego any work on these two months 4nd the books for May had not been closed. Therefore, as a basis of the calculation of actual re- quirements of the company he took Column 5) Mr. Bachman’ The com- ntinued on Page SUREL‘, there are 100,000 Washingtonians who will gladly send one dellar or more to honor the living and the dead of the 26,000 from the District of f'olumbia who served their country in the armed forces in the Great War. ‘Send to John Foole, Treasurer, District of Colum- bia_ Memorial Commission, Federal-American National Bank. Radio Pgograms—Page 37 COOPERATIVEBILL ONLY FARM RELIEF | | | Defeat of Fess Measure by| Decisive Vote Leaves Bu- reau Plan Standing Alone. | By the Associated Prese With surplus crop crushed beneath the weight nomic and political controversy, administration’s co-operative market ing Dill stands today as the only farm relief measure likely to be en- acted at the current session of Con gres Struggling i bitter 10-hour Senate late in the day the Fess credits measure, | the co-operative marketing bill, had the avowed support of President Cool- |idge, by a majority of 28 votes—a | margin nearly five times as great as that by which the McNary equaliza tion fee rider was defeated last week Then, in rapid succession, one sub- stitute proposal after another was re jected until, with only a relatively small part of the Senate membership remaining in the chamber, the co- operative marketing bill was passed | without a record vote, Establishes New Division. legislation | of eco- | the | in a the with the probien er This measure. which would estab- lish a new division in the Department of Agriculture to handle co-operative | five | against | on voted down ! which, like | Judges and White. sing to President Coolidge re- | sponsibility for continuing Commis- sioner Fenning in office and vigor- ously at ing Commissioner Ru- dolph, the school administration, the conduct of the individual members of the Supreme Coyrt of the District and the administration of Dr. W liam A. White at St. Elizabeth's Hospita! for the Insane, Representa- tive Giibert, Democrat, of Kentuck addressed the House for 40 minut today. Immeaiaerly following Mr. Gilhert, irman <raham the judiciary mmittee tddressed the House for minutes, vigorously protesting | the impropriety of Mr. Gil- peech at a time when the judiciary committee is sitting as jury on the Fenning case Mr. Gilbert w a minority member the Gibson subcommittee, which held extenstve hearings under a reso lution adopted by the House District committee authorizing an investiga- tion of Commissioner Fenning, of others associated with him and a. gen- eral survey of the municipal admin- istration. bert's Scores Fenning's Acts. | bert said: ‘“This particular Commis- sioner has heen in the public eve much throughout these investigations that there 18 no new phase to call at- tention to. The able members of the | judiciary committee may agree or dis- ce as to whether or not he i | officer of the United Stat | whether or not he is impeacheable, but no one of them will disagree with such facts us 1 deem proper to state as to conditions existing in the Dis- | triet “Mr. and r by adver- Fenning a law deliberately nd otherwi. system b | professional guardian for linsane wards. His sole purpose was not to render service, but to exact the marketing problems and authorize an | appropriation of £223.000 for its work, sed by the House, ate amendments, including one eliminating naval stores from its provisions. it must go t conference between the two chamb for adjustment of these differences. Littie delay in final enactment of the bill. however, is expected to ve- | wult from these changes, and House | leaders held today's program open to f expedite the progress of the measure toward the White House. Nothing | else of major importance ns on ! their slate fbr action p o ad-| because of i of this week or about at the end early next week. Practically no opposition to the co-| operative marketing bill has develop- ed since it was passed by the House some weeks ago, the principal criticism of it by members of Congress from agricultural sections being that, in their opinion. it was inadequate’ to solve the farm problems. Served As Debate Vehicle. In the Senate, its chief function was to serve as a vehicle for the proposals which provided the issues for the bat tle over surplus crop legislation. It was the “unfinished business” of the Senate for three weeks before it was passed, but recelved scant attention in the flood of discussion which cupled the chamber during period. First, Senator McNary, Republican, Oregon, brought forward his equaliza- tion fee proposal as an amendment. Similar to the Haugen bill, which had been rejected in the House, this rider produced most of the discussion in the Senate, but, although numerous changes were made in it, the equaliza- tion fea principle, strongly opposed by administration forces, remained, and it was voted down last week by a majority of six. Senator Fess, Republican, Ohio, then | offered his measure. It resembled the | credit bill offered in the House by Representative Tincher, Republican, Kansas, but withdrawn by him before the vote was taken on the Haugen measure. Both called for appropria- tion of $100,000,000 for loans to tarmer-controlled co-operative market- ing associations to assist them in handling crop surpluses. Margin of Defeat Large. Defeat of the Fess rider margin which astonished even its most vigorous opponents was at- tributed to various causes. Until yes- terday's battle got under way, both camps_had been doubtful of the out- come. The tide turned against it when the word spread that several Sena- oc- that by a journment, which they hepe to brinz o | utmost farthing of compensation. In his grasp for gain he did not in all ins s stay within the law. the connivance of Dr. White, he per- |fected this system and reaped an un- | conscionable reward of approximately 1£100.000 and no man who plans to be- |come rich out of the miscrable pit- tance of the poor and unfortunate hell-shocked defenders of this coun- try’s honor is fit to guard the des- tinies of the tion's Capital, and in the name of an outraged community T place squarely before the President of the United States the responsibility of leaving in office_one who has lost, (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) NAVY TEAM REWARDED. e L:ech Tennis Wilbur Presents Trophy to Capt. W. S. Anderson. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur today presented the Leech tennis trop! which was woi by the Navy team at Germantown on June 19, to Capt. W, Anderson, captain of the Naval | The trophy offered by | eech. jr., of this city, to be annually by Army and The Army has won up twice and this is the first time ¢ has captured it. embers of the Navy team fol- Aiott, seaman: Lieut. ), Richard M. Watt, jr.. rles H. Lyman, Capt. Wal. Lieut. Comdr. Vin- cent H. Godfrey, Lieut. Stewart S. Reynolds, Lieut. (junior grade), Ralph B. Hunt, Lieut. Roy W. M. Graham, Lieut. DeWitt C. Redgrave, all of th Navy, and Second Lieut. John S. Young. of the Marine Corps BLAST DAMAGES HOME. Wheeling, ;” Va.. Publisher Ab- sent in Supposed Bombing. WHEELING, W. Va., June 30 (#). —-The home of H. C'. Ogden, publisher of the Wheeling Intellixencer and the ‘Wheeling News, was damaged by an explosion early today. Police hegan an investigation on ‘a_ theory that a bomb was exploded. No one was in- jured. Mr. Ogden was en route home from Charleston at the time. A small section of what police be- lieved was bomb casing and a plece of fuse were found under a rear portico. Mr. Ogden, after viewing his partially wrecked home, said it ap- peared to be an attempt to blow up the house, but was unable to advance| (junior g Ensign Ch; ter S. Anderson, | tors_usually lined up_behind adminis- "(Continued on Page 4, Column 4. a possible motive. The damage was estimated at $2,000. AUBURN, N. June 30.—Air- planes fly faster than pigeons. This was demonstrated today in a race between two planes and 50 car- rier pigeons from Hammondsport to this city. The start was made as nearly simul- _tanepusly as possible. The airline dis- . Pigeons, Given 12-Mile Handicap, Trail Plane iq Race. for Supremacy of Air tance which the pigeons were ex- pected to follow was 50 miles, while Speaking of Mr. Fenning, Mr. Gil- | an | which he would | With | PROBE OF DISTRICT GOVERNMENT GIVEN COMMITTEE'S €. ¥, Gibson Joint Resolution for “Thorough” Inquiry Backed by House Members. NEW GROUP FAVORED FREE OF FENNING CASE Would Avoid Indication of Plan to ““Get” Any Official—Could Subpoena Witnesses. The House District committee agreed today that there should be a complete and thorough investigation of the system of municipal government in the District of Columbia and that the Gibson foint resolution now pending in the House should be passed. As a stop-gap measure, with the Gibson subcommittee, which for seven weeks investigated Commissioner Fen- ning and the administration of the municipal government, automatically expiring at the close of the present session, a new subcommittes of seven members was authorized to inue an investigation of the system of gov ernment in the District. It was un derstood that this new subcommittee would nat function if the joint com- mittee of House and Senate proposed in the Gibson resolution is organ ized. The new subcommittee of the House District committee authorized in- stead of continuing the life of the Gibson subcommittee to remove from the minds of Cor nd the people of the District any feeling that the subcommittee was set up in order to “get"” any District officials It was thought that the Gibson subcommittee, as it at present exists, was_branded too conspicuously with the Fenning case and that a new com- mittee would appear to approach the subject with more open minds. Motion Carefully Worded. The motion for the appointment of this new subcommittee was carefully worded to aveid the use of the word ‘investigation,” but on _motion of Representative Hammer, Democrat. of North Carolina, an amendment was adopted carrying these words—"and ito make such investigation as they deem necessary.” The Gibson motion for the new sub committee of seven was “to make a | study of the government of the Dis i trict of Columbia and all its agencies |for the purpose of ascertaining any {needed changes in existing law and the administration thereof, and to re {port its findings to the full District committee with such recommenda- tions as it deems necessary to improve the municipal admir tion at the first meeting of the committee in the next session of Congress.” The motion also provided that this subcommittee should have full author ity to subpoena witnesses and for the production of documents, Complete Study Favored. During discus n as to how tha committee should proceed In its ef forts to have a more compiate stud made of the muni 1 Mr. Hammer expressed the that it would he Alamity work were not continued. \While ! condoning the way in which Rep sentatives Blan kin of Mississippi, botl | conducted the recent prosecu the Fenning case bhefore the judiciary committee. Mr. Hammer vigorous censored the attitude of the chisf al- torney for Mr. Fenning. He declared that Mr. Fenning had been ‘“commercializing the soldiers— not robbing them under the letter of the Jaw. but taking every cent he could in a way that no one of pro- fessional reputability could approve.” He said bis conduct was “so repre- hensible, o out of type with the fit- ness of a man for public office, that he ought not to be allowed to con- tinue in office,” and that “his conduct has been reprehensible, and if the President does not remove him he is making a serious mistake. History ot D. C. System. Representative Reid, Republican, of Tllinois, advised the committee that preparatory to introducing a bill for home-rule for the District, he is mak- ing a careful study of the history and administration of the District gov- ernment. He said he is very anxlou: to ‘have all the information that subcommittee can produce, especially on the question of taxation, the work of the auditor’s office, etc. Mr. Reid reminded the committee that the Dis- trict of Columbia is not being treated right by Congress, is being treated as a step-child, and that it is hard to get serious consideration for District measures in the House. “I do not want to get any official; I want to get the system,” sald Mr. Reid. “Half the time we do not know what we are legislating_about.” Mrs. Mary T. Norton, Democrat, of New Jersey, agreed that a survey should be made and stated that many matters had been called to her at- tention which should be studied. ~— WORKERS TO KEEP JOBS. Eleven District Employes, 70 Years 0ld, to Remain Two Years Longer. Eleven employes of the District Government who have reached the legal retirement age of 70 years will be continued in the service for two years longer under a ruling today of the Civil Service Commission. They are: Dr. William Tindall, former secre- tary to the Board of Commissioners and now a clerk in the executive office; Richard Hamilton. a clerk in the assessor's office; Alexander Me- Kenzie, an assistant assessor; Philip H. Ward, a clerk in the office of the collector of taxes: Jane R. Greene, an assistant in the Public Library; David E. McComb, District engineer of bridges; Rokest W. Lamb, an inspector in the sewer departmeni; Georgs W. the planes followed a route covering 62 miles. One plane made the flight in 42 minutes, while the first pigeon reached its Auburn cote in 45 minutes. The second plane was obliged to land - cause of " propeller troubls, Beall, an inspector in the engineering department; Henry N. Moss, superin. tendent of streets; Lemuel Norris, en- Fineering assistant in the office of municipal architect, and Michael F. Boyle, assistant foreman in the water department.