Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1926, Page 1

“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. (U Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers tonteht and possibly tomor- row. fullowed by mostly cloudy: not so warm: Mc temperatur ith moderate p.m. ‘? ’ yesterd Full report on m. toda New York Stock Market Lntered L otl 30,013, eni Closed Today h WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ond class matter jon,, 1. \C. CONGRESS MEETS EARLYTOSPEEDUP' - FINALLEGISLATION Adjournment at 3. P. M. Voted—Many Proposals to Be Left Unsettled. " PRESIDENT TO SIGN MEASURES AT CAPITOL Last-Minute Action Is Sought on D. C. Utilities and Retirement and Radio Bills. of the Sixty-n 3 o'clock this sress ends at s will & for re hoth houses homes to fight for re-election mnext| memberst the ted and one-third | Members hack to their nor Fall House inat he is 10 Le e an entiy b of When the this morning publican leader, propriations o Senate Nenate met at Senator Cur reported f committee the ment resolution, which had alieady i passed by the House, with an amendment providing that the Senate £hould sit as court of impeachment on November 10 in the trial of Judge| ree W. English, Federal judge for | castern district of Ilinois. The lution provided for .'nl]n:xrnmpnll » die of Congress at 3 p.m. olution was promptly the Senate and sent to the » Where th: nate amendient w curred in 10 o'clock the Re- m the ap adjourn- | re P House, as con- | | Dr. Cherrington, Anti-Saloon Wzlshinl; M l(-ililles May Be Installed | For Idle Firemen| SLAND. Ohio, July | City firemen will be forced to w their bed clothes if | Edwin D. Barry chine be furnished every fir tic Anything at all to make bums work and quit sitting around all day doing nothing.” b de clared. “There’s nothing a fireman thinks about so much as when he’s going to be off next.” The proposal was made when Assistant Fire Chief James E. Granger requested Barry to amend the yules to permit firemen to work 48 hours and be off 48, ia- stead of 24, us at present. | \ fireman gets too much time | off s it is,” Bar Med. “He's | off three days every week. The poor cops work their time, day and | ;En.:hl without a kick, and the pub- | i forein loves &ives them the dickens for en. | public | hout | | the law. fireman But the becaus once a week he puts out : a TAPS NEW SOURCE League Secretary, Called as Witness. By the A Dr. I sociated Press nest H. Cherrington, secretary of the Anti-Saloon today provided a new source of in- formation for the Senate campaisn funds committee in its investigation of the activities of ‘the Anti- Both Senate and Ho am. today, two hours e the usual meeting time, to | permit both houses to put the finish- | ing touches on legislation comi from conference committees and upon | bills which one the other house | had already 1y | se met at 10 | rlier than | n orde 1 or Coolidge to Visit Capitol. President Coolidge the Capitol this afternoon to minute bills before the adjournment. He signed three important m yesterday, sent him by Congres: administratio rative n Department farm lexi which has come | from the present session—the war veterans bill and the Army aviation bill. The President early this afternoon sizned the second deficiency appropria tion bill, carrying a total of $51,000.- 000 The measure ingludes an ap- propriation for beginning of construc- tion of public buildings in Washing- | ton and includes an appropria- | tion ¢ 500,000 for prohibition en- | forcement. plans to go to ign ope on in —the only | Senate Has Night Session. i radio bill got tangled in the | zislative snarl in the Senate as the approached for adjournment. and nate put through hurriedly a! temporary expedient in the form of al vesolution providing that no licenses | whall be issucd for longer than 90 d; to broadcasting stations, and no licenses for any other kind of station for longer than two vears. The reso- lution then went to the House The House vesterday afternoon | shelved until December 9 the biil in- creasing the of Federal | judges. In the ’ Chairman | Borah of the foreizn relations com-| mittee obtained unanimous consent | for the reconsideration of the Lau-| ganne treaty betwe the United , ates and Turkey, when assembles after the Sumn The treaty may be consider executive session, Senato dicated. i A sion Jast PRNTREN Prior to fts dinner-hour recess the | Senat an_executive session firmed @ number of nominatior | failed to ratify the League of Nations | ireaty to outhuw the nse of polsonous | gas in time of war. As a result its| sponsors feaved it would net be ap-| proved. The Se n | in- | | as not in ses. | te met at § work until | Borah sh the Hous: ht. the Sen Wl continued e also on the 1 ure to ing mions of Civil and Mexi erans and their dependen: it to the President, and pass other bills, two House propo: gigned to curb patro It also received a long nations from President ¢ Vetoes 0il Lease Bill. Con; smpleted action se the pen- | h War vet. | sending | among | The President informed that he had vetoed a bill to autherize oil and gas mining 1 allot- ted hin executive order Indian reservations. Among the measures passed by the Senate last night were the followin A resolution requesting the new board “of mediation to attempt set- tlement of the labor dispute hetween stern: Maryland Railroad and nd firemen. A bill not passed by the Iouse au- thorizing Colorado, Nebraska and W oming to agree among themselves on | the apportionment of water from the North Platte River and other streams. in which the States are jointly inter- csted, the agreement not to be binding until’ approved by the three State Legislatures, i Favors Lease of Islands. A House bill to carry into effect the | treaty hetween the United States and the loyal Shawnee Indians. signed | October 14, 1868, and authorizing ap- propriation of $463,000 for Indian property destroyed by the Govern- ment. A House hill authorizing the lease of islands off the coast of Alaska for fur farming, amended to limit the Jease to 10 years und the area to 30 square miles. Several committees have been au- thorized to function during the vecess. The Senate campaign fund committee is expected to conduct hearings here and elsewhere thruogh much of the Summer and Fall; the House appropriations commit- tee received authority vesterday to meet during the recess to prepare | routine bills for speedy action; the| House ways and means committee already had arranged to get an early on 1 ion looking to the winding-up of the alien property cus. todian’s affairs, and the House com i in { closed_by e League and other organ active political and legislative affairs. He was summoned to supplemen the testimony of Wayne B. Wheeler. general counsel and legislative azent of the league, and to explain some of the voluminous data b back from its national headquarters at Westerville, Ohio, by the committee’ agents. Reed and Wheeler Clash. Decision to proceed along this line this phase of its work was d the committee yvesterday Senator Reed, Democrat, of Mis souri, the chairman, and Wheeler, ain on the witness stand, had wrestled in the warm hearing room for five hours over their conflicting viewpoints and masses of figures out of the league’s records. In order to be in on the wind-up, the committee canceled the morning session and decided to meet again at 3 p.m., just after the final fall of the | gavels in Senate and House, and thus | -ept without delay its accorded priv flege of sitting during the Summer recess of Congress. A brief excursion was made las ht into the congressional n chests” of the Republic: tic national committees. During _the examination, Senator | Butier of Massachusetts, chairman of | the Republican organization, said he and his colleagues had arrived at only | a tentative judgment as to the amount of money to be raised for the con- gressional campaigns. It was es. timated, he said. that about $400,000 would be needéd by both the Senate and House Republican campaign com mittees, Clem T aver of Fairmont, | W. Va.. chairman of the Democratic | national committee, told of the reduc- tion by half of a $300,000 debt which remained at the end of the 1 zn, and remarked that, “if Mi d not sent in $2,000 we would have no money for the coming campai Speaking for the Demoeratic sena torfal campaign committee. however, enator of Rhode Island, the chairman, said it had $25.000, which | led Senator Reed to exclaim that he| “did not know the Democratic party had so much money.” KRIM WILL BE EXILED TO MADAGASCAR ISLAND Former Riffian War Lord Allowed to Take Three Wives With Him and Some Relatives. in after ) By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 3.—Abd-El-Krim, the former Riffian war lord, who, but 1 few months ago lived with the ide: that he could become master of all Northern Africa and restore the Moor- h glories of the past, will be sent by the French to the island of Mada- B: considered the most remote | possession of France, where there is| the least ¢l nee of es pe or success- fully conspiring uinst the pe of Moroe Krem cently surrendered to the French. On this island in the Indian Ocean Krim will be provided with every com- fort. He will take with him his three wives and a2 number of his relati and probably will be free to go to an part of the island. Belgian Miners Strike. | ANTWERP. July 3 (®.—The Bel- gian coal miners today went on strike to support a demand for a wuge in- crease of 5 francs daily, owing to the high cost of living. 151,000,000 ASKED | made “DRY” FUND PROBE " WASHINGTON, D. ( Y 'URDA FORD. C.NEXTYEAR: HIGHEST INHISTORY $2,515,341 for Public Build- ings and Parks Final Es- timate Submitted. PREVIOUS HIGH MARK IN BUDGET $49,770,000 Grant Figures Call for Extensive New Work, Including Sea Wall Along Potomac River. District_Auditor Daniel J. Donovan public today the estimates of appropriations requested by the office of the dircctor of public buildings and public parks and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission for | the fiscal year 1 which swelled | the grand total of all departments of | the municipal government to $51,000, 000, the highest in history. The previ- | ous high mark was set last year, when | the department heads submitted esti- mates of their needs for the current « JULY IR 'HIRTY-! g Star. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,879 PAGES. #* TWO CENTS WO fiscal vear aggregating $49,770,000. The estimates of Maj. U. S. Grant, | UP PROKIBITION J0B »nal Capital Park and Planning Commission, were the final submitted to the auditor. They requested ap- Discouraged at Failure of Congress to Pass Dry Bills Held Essential. propriations totaling $2,515,341. Maj. G ked for $375,000 for personal in accordance with the cla: as compared | with ted for the cur- | rent fi 40 for salaries of the park policemen. | which will provide an increase of 18 { privates; $17.643 for uniforms and | equipment for these officers, and | §890,050 for general maintenance and | improvement of public parks and | grounds. posed of the following items: Ordinary maintenance and ex- penses, $245,000; construction of a sea wall along the Potomac, $207,100; continuing improvement of Meridian $65,000; construction of ast Potomac Park, $13,000 lation of a sewer in the Monu Grounds, $15,000; additional | his program of enforcement. m’::n ri ‘(‘:'I ‘x):\u“:m:: 1::;‘":-:;‘-0:_{:;"- Although he has reached no decision, Cirele, $15.000- laving of waike in |2nd even should he decide to resign Pk a0 2 he probably would not do so before Marfon Park, $4,400; laying of walks | in_Stanton k., $8,230: laving of | September, Gen. Andrews has admit walks in reservation at Seventh and |ted to friends that he has been B and_Massachuset: venue north- | brought to the point of giving serious east, $500: continuing lmllro\'emexll]'(hn\lghl to the matter. « rant Circle, 00; lmm'flvememj ‘While Congress has given him the of3 lly ‘.m]. mmll,- $3.000; widening of | money and men he has asked for, Gen. ronds In East Potomac Park, §75.000; | Andrews sald vesterday, If it falls to 'v‘-'lr‘ t;)m;..‘ slr:‘u'ehmlfle cllii atiact on the prohibition bill, with its c o e for jact. it will be “a serious handicap mater vard. $1.500; construction |yn the campaign we have outlined for of roads in the Mall for the proposed | tniy vear.” This legislation, he said. w public buildings, $100,000; con- i “yita] if we are golng to get at tinuing __improvement of 'Anacastia ! e yeal sources of liquor supplies.” Park, $55000, and continuing the | Organizing New Forces. Creek and Potomac Parkway Meanwhile, the Assistant ‘:"P(‘X‘P\XH‘,\ b B g 4115 busy organizing the new forces au operating expens; the "R tiann] | vear, which began Thursday, and to Zoolog 553,000 complete | Whip his organization into shape be- f i beiding G o0 comblete | fore he leaves next week for London. the third bullding in the Zoo park,|™¢o € (Qirews will head the Amer. and $25,000 for the construction of |, Se Lh bl b A iira at the SXhibition cages within and around | iUl SO faE government in an O R effort to effect close cooperation be- tween the countries in enforcement {of the smuggling treaty. There also fs a possibility that he will visit other Furopean capitals unofficially in that connection and he will not return until early August. Another factor in_the situation of his continuance in office is the health of Mr. Andrews, who has been con- siderably affected in recent months by the strain of his work. By the Associated Press. Bills Approved in Committee. N, July 3.—The Nuremburg| Among the bills which Gen. Andrews of the Wolff Bureau |proposed to Congress as m*:-exfl:ufi']t{i ’ s o (the proper enforcement of prohibi- reports that the American couple | tie , PIOIEE, GOt Siding for the cre- killed in the crash of a Paris-Prague | ajon of a separate prohibition and airplane at Rossaupt yesterday were | customs bureau, measures authorizing Mr. and Mrs. John Dawson. Mr. Daw. {more strict pr?\'h‘ion!&l of manhul“uir;;} s as 9 brewery permits, and another n was born December 13, 1890, at 2CNERY NCCHS “hroposing to put Philadelphia. His wife's given name was Emil ‘teeth” in the Volstead act. The House approved the first of these, A Prague dispatch last night said the American couple killed were on which is still before the Senate, and the others have been favorably re- their honeymoor. The pilot and four passengers met death in the accident. Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews is seriously | considering resigning as prohibition i chief because of his discouragement {over the failure of Congress to enact legislation he has recommended as sta essential to carrying ment Yational Capital Park and | TWO AMERICANS KILLED IN CRASH OF AIR LINER Paris-Prague Plane Falls, Killing John C. Dawson and Wife, on Honeymoon. ported by committees in both the Sen- Nte and House, but have not been brought to a vote. * Tn connection with his new organi- zation, Mr. Andrews W forced yes- tardny to find a new chief for the al- {cohol squad. John Koster resigned [that office and Mr. Andrews named John C. Dawson of Lake|Frank Hale, connected with the Jew Il They booked passage | York prohibition office, as acting gh a r 4 €| cupervisor, with headquarters here. [h:;'l"“‘a“l)":\\] ceglar Lot gty h‘:“?;; ébacre(ar_\' FX[H"GNS(‘F‘ Sfl(ifffll‘(}on 3 Awson is the daughter of E. | yer the prohibition situation in New . Russell, vice president of the Otis | Where he made an inspection Elevator Co. and a nlece of Charles Tle describes the New . Crane of Chicago, former Ameri. | force, uinder the direction of can Minister to Chi i Col. John Mills, as ‘efficient and The Da I s s promising of future development visit My Eoing Lo Prague | ™ \jy “Andrews expects to summon all Crane, Sousin, John | orje prohibition administrators for nd' 5o oF Charies nGl0ent |, conference here in September, at tined to stay 10 days prior to Which time he hopes to have this peturning (o bourd the liner La Savole year's campaign in full swing. or_home, They were to he accom Mrs. Curtis of wChicago, with whom they had just finished a long motor trip through southern France. The Rossaupt correspondent of the Wolff Bureau later sent a message | in which he reported that a sixth per- son was killed in the crash, dying in a hospital soon after the accident. He :‘:po:tml that |h19 plane circled over | e town several times a from a low altitude, Sl PARIS, July 3 OP).—The only Americans leaving Paris for Prague In the last three days were a Mr. and Mrs Fory to O. secretar e BANDIT GANG WIPED OUT. Mexican Troops Kill All Except Leader of Shanklin's Captors. VERA CRUZ, Mexico, July 3 (). Federal troops have killed all the members of the band which recently kidnaped J. W. Shanklin of Canyon x., and held him for ransom 11 Bandits Raid 50-Acre Chemical Plant,| and Truckload of Drugs Take $1,500 By the Assoclated Press. RAHWAY, N. J., July 3.—Ele\'cn| bandits working four hours and Il' buildings. They shot' one man, in- jured at least two others and broke open five safes in different buildings, ping with probably $1,500 in cash, together with =z truck loaded, it is believed, with drugs they ('unflid(‘l'ed‘ valuable. The 1aid siarted at 12:55 a.m. and continued wiitil about 5:20 | merca committee will 1aeet early to (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) half early today raided the plant of Merck & Co., manufacturing chemists, o'ciock. All watchmen on duty at the | plant were captured singly and bound | covering 50 acres and comprising 46 with copper wire, and telephone ;hx Shanklin was released early in June on the payment of 5,000 pesos o the bandits and returned to the ;uu ar plantation on which he is em- | Bl i wires were cut in every building en- tered. John Evans, a watchman, was shot through the left forearm and Samuel Trepicka and Henry Lambert, were beaten with blackjacks. The Merck property comprises 200 acres, extending from Scott avenue in this city into Linden. Fifty acres of the place are occupied by buildings. All is surrounded by a six-foot wire | fe with” lines of barbed i rrance is helieved to have | been gained from the wooded section of the Linden side by crawling under the wire, ER SURELY, there are 100,000 ? Washingtonians who will gladly send one dollar or more to honor the living and the dead of the 26,000 from the District of Columbia who served their country in the armed forces in the Great War. Send to John Poole, Tre pistrict of Colum. bia rial Commission, Federal erican National out effectively | | “Courtesy Cards” Exempt Tourists From City’s Laws By the Associated Press CUMBERLAND, Md., July 3.- he city of Cumberland is showing its hospitality to tourists in a unique manner. On arrival out-of-town are given “courtesy cards” Ly po- licemen, welcoming them to the city and informing them that they are exempt from local traffic regu lations. rk where you want and as long as vou want,”" the cards read. “If you are overcharged for anything, kindly inform the police department Expressions of grat- itude for courtesies shown them are received daly from tou all over the country, officials s drivers FENNINE'S FUTURE LIES IN OWN HANDS {House to Take No Further Action and President’s Stand Is Unchanged. The case of Commissioner Frederick Fenning rested with the Commis- I : A, sioner And while House were 1 state that they mation that he aon as Con them was willing used asx authorit members of the ady and willing to had “definite” infor- intended to resign as s goes home, none of to have his name for such informa- tion, and Mr. Fenning himself left Washington on an automebile trip which may keep him out of town until Wednesday, when, according to plans he made before leaving. he will return to his desk at the District Building. In the mean time the report of the House judiciary committee which ex- onerated him of any violation of law or misconduct as alleged in the articles of impeachment filed against him, but which at the same time con. demned his practice, lay on the Speak- er's tabl - Hous nothing t that it would be called up. ¢, apparently, is through. One prominent member of the House was authority for the statement today that the full report on the Fenning case has been delivered to the Depart- ment of Justice, but. nothing to_con- firm this report was available there. Tt was also stated that the report was yesterday delivered to the Presi- dent by the Attorney General himself, but this was denied at the White House by a spokesman for the Presi- dent, who asserted that there had been no developments in the case which changed the President’s origi- nal plan of action. That plan, as out- lined at the White House at the time, was that the President informaily had asked the Department of Justice to keep an eye on developments while the case was being investigated by the judiciary committee. If the De- partment of Justice found anything which was considered important in- formation for the President, it would Le so reported. Former Representa: tive Oscar R. Luhring, now an As nt Attorney General, has been fol ing the Fenning case for the De- partment of Justice. He is now out of town and has been away for sev- eral days. NEBRASKA BANK FOUND WITH $150,000 DEFICIT State Takes Over Papillion Institu- tion, Whose President Is'Missing. Deposits of $325,000 Listed. By the Associated Prees. PAPILLION. Nebr., July 3.—The State Bank of Papillion with deposits of $325,000 will be taken over by the State department of trade and com- merce today because of discrepancies in the bank's records totaling about $150,00¢, G. C. Stohl, assistant secre- tary of the State guarantee fund commission, has revealed. Edward C. Goerke, president of the bank, has been missing since mid- night Thursday. Detectives found his Omaha apartments in disorder. Police are investigating reperts that Goerke left Papillion Thursday night with an avowed intention of com- mitting suicide. . Norway Stays in League. OLSO, July 3 (#).—The Storthing (House ¢of Representatives) today re- jected a motion submitted by a Com- munist deputy _that from the League of Natlons, Norway resign’ NORRIS QUITS POST ON FARMS GROUP ' Resigns as Chairman of Sen- ate Committee—At Odds With President. | By the Atsociated Press | Senator George Norris, the Republi- can insurgent from Nebraska, who on many occasions has found himself 4t odds with the Coolidge administra- tion, resigned today as chairman of the Senate agricultural committee. As soon as it met today the Senate accepted the resignation without de- bat he retirement of Norris leaves as the ranking Republican on the committee another Senator, who has disagreed with the President on farm relief legislation, McNary of Oregon. He was the author of the McNary farm equalization fee bill, voted down by a margin of six votes with the help of administration Senators Senator Norris said he was retir- ing from the chairmanship in order to have time to investigate import- ant legislative questions, which the routine work of the committee now preven | McNary Is Agreeable. Senator McNary said he would ac- cept the chairmanship and continue his fight at the next session for farm relief legislation. This will involve his retirement as chairman of the com- mittee on irirgation and reclamation. Announcement of Senator Norris’ retirement came as a surprise to the Senate and, coupled with his recent indorsement of William B. Wilson, the Democratic candidate for the Senate from Pennsylvania, led to much dis- cussion in the corridors of the future relations between him and the Repub- lican party. Issues Statement. He threw little light on that sub-. ject in a formal statement issued [later. Tt said: “I have resigned as chaiyman of the Senate committee on agriculture and forestry because the numerous details connected with the work of that committee take up so much of my time that it is an impo: sibility for me to give attention to many’ subjects of legislation in which I am deeply interested and to which I intend to devote a great deal of my time. “I have contemplated this step for more than a year. I still retain my membership on the committee and will continue to work as I have in the past for any legislation having for its object the relief of agriculture. “The step I have taken relieves me from giving attention to the many details connected with the bills that are referred to that committee for consideration, and will leave me free to consider any questions of legisla- tion that I cannot investigate if I re- tain the chairmanship.” PHILLIPS G Minister to Belgium Joins Bank- ers on Morning Walks. NICE, France, July 3 (#).—William Phillips, United States Minister to Bel- gium, has arrived here. He joins Ben- jamin Strong of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Montague- Norman of the Bank of England in their morning walks. The local newspapers say that M. Moreau, the new governor of the Bank of France, is coming to Nice for a conference with Messrs. Norman and Strong. Both of them, however, aver ll;!\l they have heard nothing from m. A Messrs. Strong and Norman expect to remain here for two or three weeks. OES TO NICE. | ernment | Representative Lehlbach to repos | the House bill, HOUSE RETIREMENT BILL IS APPROVED BY SENATEINRUSH Conferees Accept $1,000 Plan and Speed Final Ac- tion in Closing Hours. MEASURE NOW AWAITS ACCEPTANCE BY HOUSE Agreement Reached Through Ef- forts of Federal Employes to Get Some Law This Session. An increase from $720 to $1.000 in the maximum annuity for retired Gov- smployes was practically sured this afternoon when the Senate agreed to the conference report on the House retirement bill one hour hefore adjournment. All that remains is fc t the conference agreement to the House and ask for the acceptance of certain minor administrative features of the Senate bill. The deadlock was broken just be- fore the hour of adjournment this afternoon, when the‘conferees agreed to take the House plan for a $1,000 maximum annuity and a contribu- tion of 31, per cent the ploves. One hour before the time set for adjcurnment of the session the con- ferees were signing the report. For more than a month the con- ferees have been widely apart, the Senate having approved a $1.200 annuity with a 4 per cent contribu- tion. The House bill, which the conferees have accepted largely, doe not increase the liability of the Gov- ernment. The Senate bill would have increa the Government share of the costs, and the Senate conferees— Senators Couzens, Stanfield and Me- Kellar—held out until the last against because they felt it unfair to the employes not to increase proportionatel tion of the ¢ During the by em- of retirement. t few days, however, representatives of the employes’ or- ganizations have been appealing the House bill rather than lose all legislation. They were actuated by a desire to afford relief to the 12,000 men and women already on the re- tired list, who cannot receive more than $720 under the present law. WIDOW S SLAIN DEFENDING SONS Seeks to Hold Man.Who Tried to Assault Her Boys—In- truder Fires and Runs. By the Associated Press B N. J. 3.—Mrs. Margaret Stanton, aged 36, widow and mother of four children, was killed today when she went to the defense of her two sons, who were attacked by a degenerate. The man shot her the right breast as she struggled to pre- vent his escape, and fled. Mrs. Stanton and her daughter, Emma, 14, were sleeping in a_rear bedroom when the man entered the room occupied by her two boys, De- witt, 12, and Ellwood, 8. Hearing their screams the woman rushed toward the front of the house. The intruder met her in the kitchen. The three children stood by as_their mother fought with the man. Unable to subdue her, he fired and leaped through a window. The woman died on the way to City Hospital, with- out regaining consciousne: The only clues to the assailant are a piece of cloth torn from his coat in the struggle. e HOUSE PASSES SIX DISTRICT MEASURES Bills providing for erection of a new bridge across Rock Creek at M street park police on an equality with mem- bers of the metropolitan police force in the matter of leave and disability benefits, when passed by the House late yesterday, after having previous- 1y been passed by the Senate, were sent to the President for his signa- ture. ‘This makes a total of six District bills acted upon favorably by the House yesterday, besides agreeing to the conference report on the new traffic act. The other four measures passed by the House are: Granting leave to District em- ployes who are members of the American Legion to attend the Le- gion convention in Paris in 1927, Providing for the regulation of manufacture and sale of mattresses, as a health-protection measure. Creating a parole commission. Changing the assessment law, by making the assessments annually in- stead of biennially and creating an additional assistant assessor. July through Old Age Pensions By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, July 3.—The Sesquicentennial city turned today from its entertainment of educators and sclentific bodies to act as host to_a hobo convention. : Delegates to “the Eastern confer- ence of the migratory casual and un- employed,” otherwise known as the International Brotherhood Welfare Association and the Hoboes Union— came to the city chiefly on freight trains and “blind baggage.” There are approximately 2 Oofficial delegates, but there are many without creden- tials, "some coming from as far dis- m?h:s the Plcfll'lc coast. y were welcomed by J. Eads Hoboes Meet in Philadelphia to Study and Shorter Hours of the organization. The convention will continue wuntil Monday with scheduled discussions of old sions, insurance against unemploy- ment, adequate education and organi- zation and a shonter working day. The entertainment program includes music and “jungle lunches.” Official delegates made it plain today that members of the organization dif- ferentiate carefully between them- selves and tramps. They call them- selves “migratory workers,” willing to take a job when it is offered, but as- work _at _any time. serted that tramps were unwilling lu¢ l'(adi; f;rograms—P;geSZ. the Government por- | and placing members of the ! e pen- | TRAFFIC MEASURE AND UTILITIES BILL PASSEDBY SENATE |District Legislation Fares | Well in Closing Hours of . Congress’ Session. ST. ELIZABETH’S PROBE RESOLUTION APPROVED | Utilities Bill Going to Conference Before Being Sent to President. Police Court Measure 0. K.'d. i e i | District measures fared well in the | closing hours of Congress today. | The Senate hurriedly agreed 1o the conference report on the much de bated traffic bill, and sent it to the President. The Police Court the House, | senate witt contains no President | bui bill, passed by was passed today by the little discussion, as it imendments, went to the The appropriation for the ing will the next on. he bill creating a sepa | Utilities Commissic | lieve the « { which have bec be sought at rate Public designed to re. missioners of duties ne hurdensome, went through the Senate in slightly differ ent form than in which passed the House. It will be taken up in con | ference and it is probable that i will {be ready for the President’s signa- | ture before adjournment A House resolntion Controller General to ! management of St pital for the Insane wa | the Senate in short order ithe President. The resolution direct ithat the investization begin with the vear 1916 and continue to the pres. {ent and that a report be made to | the next session of Congress. | Leaves Bell on Body. the House the | Public peasure called for | three new public utility commission | ers to be appointed by the President. | The Senate changed this to provide | for two new 3 mmissioners, leaving the engineer commissioner, | Col. J. Franklin Bell, as the third ! member of the new commission. This was done on the theory that there should be some connecting link be- | tween the city heads and the utilities ! board in order to avoid conflict on matters in which both commissions | would be interested. The Senate also inserted an amend- | ment placing certain restrictions on | the qualifications of candidates for the | Public Utilities Commission, which | must g0 to conference. i Traffic Bill Amendments. | The final conference report on the i traffic bill contains the two amend- imems that were inserted a few directir nvestigate beth's the he Hos ough sent to by days ago to overcome the objec- {tions which have caused several Senators to block the bill on pre- vious occasions. One amendment i states that nothing in the bill shall | interfere with the right of trial by {jury and the other grants persons whose permits are to be suspended | the right of appeal to the District | Commissioners from the decision of i the traffic director and sets forth that | the permit shall not be suspended pending such appeal. The bill further provides the moto with the right to apply to the District Court of Ap- peals for writ of error from the order of suspension or revocation. ! The application for such a writ, how- | ever. would not act as a stay against { the suspending of the permit | Before Teport w: | Senator Democrat ! eriticized Traffic Director | declaring “I am not satis | traflic act, its administrat Mr. Eldridge. Senator ing also criticized the action of the District authorities in removing Capt. Albert _from_the position of in olumn 6.) INSANE PRI§0NEREVES TO DEATH OFF PORCH d to, of Utah, Lldridge, ed with the o th Diving_head first from the second floor of Howard Hall. the criminally insane ward at St. Elizabeth Hospi Bartley Martin, 24 vears old. a Fed eral prisoner from Chillicothe, Ohio. jwas so badiy_injured at noon vester- | day that he died three hours later. | Martin and more than 50 other prisoner patients were on the front porch for exercise and airing, when he climbed to the top of the 10-foot screen, and leaped to the cement jpavement below, a distance of about feet, receiving a fracture of the skull. Martin's records show he was ar rested in Ohio on a charge of assault and robbery of a mail carrier. He as declared insane and brought here about a month ago. Coroner Nevitt conducted an in- | quest at the Morgue today and the jury returned a verdict of suicide. COOLIDGE SHIFTS PLANS. May Leave Tuesday, Day Earlier, for Summer Camp. President Coolidge may leave Wash | ington for White Pine Camp in the Adirondacks Tuesday afternoon. a 1 earlier than has previously been in- dicated at the White House White House attaches today notified newspaper men who will accompany the President to the Summer White House in the Mountains of New York to be ready to leave Washington on Tuesday, probably in the afternoon. The White House spokesman vester- day announced that he would not leave later than Wednesday, and might leave on Tuesda. HOUSE IN TWO NATIONS. PARIS, July 3 ). —A small house { at Oost Cappel, on the French-Belgian | border, is causing much concern to the chiefs of customs in Paris and Brussels. This is because the front door is in our country and the back door is on the other. The French are worried because dutiable articles pass in the Belgian door and out of the rear door into French territory. The Belgians are similarly concerned when the route is reversed. The officlals of neither fcountry have been able to find a solu- “tion for the trouble, fr i