Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1927, Page 2

2 . ROBBERY EVIDENCE INBUSCH TRIAL lustice Hitz Admits Testi mony About Hold:Up in Maryland—Ach Testifies. Accused by Mexico Justice Willlam Hitz, presiding at! the trial of the four men charged with killing Policeman Leo W. K. Busch,| today admitted in evidence Govern-| ment testimony concerning “a series of highway robberies” in nearby ! Marvland a few hours preceding the | Petworth gun battle in which H!I»\(‘hi was fatally wounded | The court’s decision on the admis. | sibility of the Government testimony ¢ was made at noon, after two hours of the morning ion had been given over to testimony concerning the Maryland hold-ups and legal argu ments by counsel. The question of admitting the testimony was rak gesterday afterncon and the jury was exciuded irom nearing i After the court's ruling the was broyght in and Felix Solari member of the Le Paradis Band peated the testimony /he gave yeste day afternoon, that he was held up on the Baltimore pike. robbed of his carj and personal valuables about 2:46 o'clock “on the morning of Septem- | ber 26. Ach Tells of Gun Battle. Policeman Frark L. Ach, | shot in the gun battle at the time | Busch was wounded, testified briefly | thie morning, giving supporting evi dence to the foundation laid by the Government yesterday cerning the hold-up of an automobile | rear Berwyn. He stated that at 4| o'clock Sunday morning and a short | time before the shooting he was in-| formed over the police hox telephone by Officer Bradshaw in the tenth pre- cinct station to ‘“look out for four; young white men {n a touring car wanted for a hold-up and robbery near Berwyn this a.m.” Then Roscoe L. Oatley testified that he found a handkerchief con- taining two gold watches, a flash light, gun, ladies’ pockethook, beaded chain with a cross, powder puff, chewing gum and matches In the areaway of 4101 New Hampshire ave nue. He notified police of the tenth precinct and OMcer Buchanan a short time later called for it and returned | it to the station house. Capt. Fred Cornwell, in command of the precinct, was calied io prove that he sent Buchanan in response to the call. Battle for Defense. The defense, led principally by At tornev James A. O'Shea for John F McCabe, waged a hard battle against admission of the Government testi mony -concerning the hold-ups. As sistant U. S. Attorney James J. O’Leary argued the question of law for the Government. He contended that the hold-ups charged to the four defendants were probable cause for arrest and furnished the basis for & concerted effort by the men to re sist arrest. He added that the status of the case wae such that the men would kill to prevent arrest. Then he pointed to testimony that various ar- ticles, later identified by the hold-up wvictims, had been traced to the four defendants, which was sufficient cir- cumstantial evidence, he contended, to prove they committed tha rohber- ies. ““The happening furnishes cause for armed resistance of arrest to the extent of taking life,” he declared. Virginlans Were Victims. Mr. O'Leary said the Government rposed to offer evidence that the dants robbed two persons in Virginia nine days previous to the shooting. Speaking for McCabe alone, O'Shea in support of his objection de. clared that the Government had not satisfied him that a felony had been committed and therefore the officers hed no right “to interfere with these four boys in the early morning hours.” He added that Busch and Ach had| “no right to even speak to them, as the officers were trespassers and inter- fered with these four defendants for| 8o rhyme or reason.” “They had the right to resiat this unlawful arrest,” O'Shea continued. “If the officers exhibited firearms these defendants had the right to re- sist force with force.” O'Shea con- tended, however, that if the hold-ups ‘were felonies in Maryland, they were not classed as such in the District. He denounced the “flimsy identifica. tion” of his client McCabe in court yesterday afternoon by one of the hold-up victims, and further asserted “that none of the testimony is admis sible as far as McCabe is concerned.” Attorneys at Odds. The first indication in open court of the lack of complete harmony among the eight attorneys representing Nich- olas Lee Eagles, John Proctor, Samue| Moreno and MecCabe came when O'Shea, in the course of his argument about the Virginia holdups, declared he was not conoerned with evidence regarding any of the other defendants, Mr. O'Leary had stated the Govern- ment would show that two pistols had been acquired about September 17. Referring to this, O'Shea sald: “I don't care about pistols for the other defendants; I only represent McCabe. The Government cannot show the con- nection of McCabe with activities on any other night than that of the shooting. It may show a plan as far as some other defendants go, hut not as far as McCabe is concerned. The testimony given is not enough prob- | able cause for the arrest of McCabe." Mark A. Reid of Deep Water, X. J., who testified yesterday afternoon of | being held up near Berwyn a few hours before the shooting, was called to the stand for a moment to iden- | tify a gold watch and chain which he said was taken from him in the boldup. se! jury | al re- | who was | Jury Is Excluded. The jury was excluded during the| afternoon session yesterday while the Government sought to show that | the four defendants participated in a | “series of highway robberies in| nearby Maryland in the early hours | of September 26.” | With the appearance of the first | witness on this new angle of the trial—Felix Solari, a musician in the | Le Paradis Band—Attorney O'Shea | arose and said, “Even before the in- terroggtion of this witness is begun I ask the court to excuse the jury | for 30 minutes.” Justice Hitz com.- | plied with the request and later sent word to the jurors they could re- turn to their homes for the day The Government produced two | witnesses to prove its contention, | Solari identified Eagles by placing his hand on the defendant’s shoulder | and declaring that the accused, with three other men, stopped him on the Baltimore pike, near Muirkirk, mround 3 o'clock Sunday morning. September 26. Says Pistol Was Used. ‘With a pistol, which Fagles pressed against his ribs, Solari said he was robbed of a watch, chain, ring, rosary beads and St. Anthony statue and then the men drove off in his car, leaving a disabled sedan for him. Following Solar{'s testimony Mark | A. Reid of Leepwater, N. I, took the stand and declared he and a compan fon were held up near Berwyn shortly after 3 o'clock on the same morning afternoon con- | | | 6 nthe District committee calendar in | | equalizing ea'arics of the park police I tice of issuing such pormits, the Sec- FRANCISCO OROZCO Y JIMINEZ, Archhishop of Guadalajara and out- standing figure in the Catholic world of Mexico, since the déportation of Pascual Diaz, Bishop of Tabasco and secretary of the Catholic episcopate, has revolted against the Calles govern. ment. He is reported mow in the mountains of the state of Jalisco, stir- ring up the faithful. Severe fighting has already heen reported in Jalisco and Durango, with a rebel loss of 100 | men. ahles. Reid then stepped down from | the stand, picked out McCahe, Moreno and Eagles as the bandits. | Proctor was not mentioned by either | witness. | Defense counsel challenged the ahility of Reid to positively identify the three defendants as the hold-up | men, in as much as two of them | wore masks, according to the wit- ness. MAN IS FOUND DEAD IN ALLEY; TWO HELD Autopsy Held at District Morgue Shows Victim Succumbed to Alcoholism. Richard Clatterbuck. 35 years old. of 609 Sixth street, was found dead in an alley at the rear of 419 Wash- ington street this' morning. Police are holding Ethel Smith, colored, 21 vears old, and James Stevenson. ‘ol ored, 36 vears old, both of 415 Wash- ington street. for investigation in connection with the death. Deputy Coroner Joseph D. Rogers, at the District morgue, performed an autopsy on_ the hody, and found that death resulted from alcoholism. In the meantime Detectives Fowler and Flaherty of police headquarters were questioning the two colored persons at the sixth precinct. According to the detactives, story told by Stevenson and the woman {s that Clatterbuck swent to their house last night about 9 o'clock in_company with his brother and an- other friend. The brother and friend left shortly thereafter. Clatterbuck, they said, was under the influence of liquor and was placed in the alley to “sober up.' When Stevenson arose early today®he found the man was apparently in the same condition and moved his prostrate form further into the alley for fear of an unwelcome investigation. At the morgue, it was said, after a superficial examination of the body, there were no signs of violence. CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATIONS APPROVE D. C. BILLS Federation Also Urges Law to Per- mit Reappointment of Col. J. Franklin Bell. The Federation of Citizens' Associa tione urges legislation to permit the reappointment of Lieut. Col. J. Frank. Iin Bell as Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia and approves a number of measures now pending the documents received today by Chair- man Zihlman of the House District committee from J. G. Yaden, president of the federation. Among the measures approved are the one reported by the House Dis trict committee veetarday with regard to safeguarding the interest of the District in property to he acquired under condemnation proceedings, the bill providing for examination and registration of architects, the Zihiman street car merger bill, the Gibson bill providing for arrest and detention of fugitives from othcr States who may be in the District of Columbia and the bill prohibiting the eatching of blacic bhase from January to May and the bill and the metropolitan police force. Mr. Zihlman also received a letter | from Secreta of War Davis asking for the passage of legislation to au thorize iseuance of drivers’ permits to enlisted men of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps "o are assigned to operate Governmen:-owwned vehicles. The corporation counsel holds as illegal the heretoforc existing prac retary pointed. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. DR WOODS ASSAILS LAX COLLEGELAW American U. Dean Wants Steps Taken to Abolish Low-grade Schools. The conditions which exist in Wash-{ ington «n regard to incorporation of | degree granting universities and col loges are “shameful and disgraceful, Dr. George B. Woods, dean of Ameri- | can University, said yesterday. It Is high time for some steps to be taken | to put the low-grade institutions which | have flourished under the lax law out usinese, he said “The existence of these places,” Di Woods declared, “makes all the harder the work of those who strive to main tain honest standards of education in Washington. Their degrees detract from the value of honest degrees is sued In this eity “It is high time that the educational underbrush was cleaned out. 1 be lieve there should be some way to insiet that any institution pretending to grant degrees have at least finan cial, standing and aome minimum of cound scholarship.” Backfire Frequent. American University, Dr. Woods said, frequently - gets the hackfire | from these “universities,” as well as all the other reputable institutions of learning here. Inquiries are received from other colleges located all over | the country asking if such an institu tfon has any standing. These inquiries result when men and women ask for credits for coursex which they claim they have taken in some District of Columbia “colege.” “I always make very plain replies to thess letters,” Dr. Woods sald. “T tell jyst what I know about these places and just what I think of them. Our-own institution was chartered by Congress, and I do not understard whY thal hody gave up the practice of chartering. “It seems to me that there should some commission authorized by to inquire into the right of | university’ or college to grant This commission could he composed of men of learning, who! would judge the institution entirely on_its merits.” Dr. Woods pointed out that at pres ent only one institution in the Dis- triet actually is listed as a class Al university, according to the listing of | the University of Illinols. This Is| Catholic University. Howard Univer- | sity Is listed as class B. Others are not given any grade. Georgetown University is a member of the Ameri- | can Association of Universities, which { demands a high standard of equipment and scholarship. | Positions Unfortunate. This leaves George Washington University and American University | in a particularly unfortunate position. | unless they happen to he well known when a question arises concerning 1o cal institutions of learning. There is| no way to ascertain immediately their standing when credentials are pre- | sented in a distant State. The reputa- | tion which the National Capital has| gained through the educational world | as a_seat of low-grade colleges injures particularly these high-class, reputable institutions, which stand high in re speet to scholarship. George Washington was learned yesterday, probably will be included very ®oon in the Ameri- can Association of Universities, and thus far has not been listed because | of certain deficiencies in its plant. American University up to.last vear consisted only of some scattered grad- | uate schools downtown, but it has | made exceptional progress since fhe | opening of the, College of Liberal Arts, at Massachusetts and Nebraska ave- nues. A new source of revenue for the| low-grade ‘“university” business in Washington was revealed vesterday. Franchises Offered. A local university, after obtaining its degree-granting powers., announced be Congr every degrees. University, it | that it was ready to sell franchises for opening branches in the States. The purchaser could capitalize to the best of his ability on his afliation with an institution of learning operating under the shadow of the Capitol. At least one of thase franchises ac- tually was sold, and presumably the | purchaser acted In good faith. He got out an elahorate catalog and sent it to a_prominent educational or- ganization here for approval.. Need. less to may, he didn’t get it. The United States Bureau of Edu- cation, it was explained, finds itself helpless when Inquiries are addressed to It concerning some of these institu- tions. It can only reply that they are | not on any aceredited list, but if can- not establish an accredited list itself | and cannot explain‘the true facts, WOMAN KNOCKED DOWN | AND DRAGGED BY TRUCK | Police Declare Driver, Who Is Said to Have Admitted Accident, Failed to Stop. Knocked down and dragged 10 feet by a truck of the Merchants’ Trans 1 fer and torage Co. while she was | crossing at Fifth and D streets; Mias | Catherine Hill, 22 vears old, of 724 | Third street, last night was injured | about the head and body. The truck failed to stop, police allege. Miss Hil w@e taken to Casualty Hospital, where it was said further examination is necessary to determfie whether the skull had heen fractured. Police arrested Charles Edward Minor, colored, 31 vears ‘old, of 1346 Wallace street, alleged operator of tha truck, for Investigation. He is sald by police to have admitted knock. ing the woman down. BAND CONCERT TONIGHT. By the United Statex Navy Band Orchestra, Marine Barracks, 8 o'clock, Charles Benter, leader. TOMORROW, By the United States Marine Band Orchestra, Marine Barrack o'clock, Willlam H. Santel leader; Taylor Branson, second leader. By the Assoiated Press | BAKERSFIELD, Calif., January 20. | —The cats of Kern County’s lowland area are having experiences which | rarely come into the feline existence. They are retreating in fear and con- fusion before the tumbling hordes of | mice which have infested an area‘of 6 square miles around Taft, Maricopa, | Fellows and Ford City. Merced has thrown a small army of | | cats from its city pound into the area | {to reinforce the local feline forces. | The . invading hordes were reported | | diminishing today, but not from the | efforts of the cats. Poisoned grain eprinkled in newly-plowed furrows | across the path of the rodent migra- and before the men were scared away by &n aporoacning car they had relieved them of some of their valu- tion is killing them by the tens of thousands. “The cats run away when they see ‘Cat Army» Nauseated by So Many Mice. Flees in Confusion as Horde Advances a_drove of mice coming,” said Sam Whitmore, a resident in the infested valley, who is taking a part in putting down the mice. “The cats also refuse to eat them. The tabbies seem to be nauseated at the sight of a mofise.” Poison barrages of grain are main- tained constantly by Whitmore. His home is in the direct line of the migra- tion and one of the big jobs has been to bury the rodents. Each morning the first job is to clear the house and outbuildings of dead mice, and then the vard and sur- oundings, and the task is a tremend- ous one, he said. He declared the mice hecome “‘playful” after eating one or two poisoned grains, and then as each grain following is taken they stagger as if intoxicated. After eating the aixth kernel they dle, ARG 81 T4 v | out with so little money To Head Congress Club HARRIS & EWING . MRS. PETER G. | TRRY. MRS, GERRY WINS CLUB NOMINATION Wife of Rhode Island Senator to Be Next President of Congressional Group. joelet Gerry, wife of of Rhode Island, will candidate for ssional Club in virtue of the sole Mrs. Peter Senator Ge he the uncontested president of the Con, its elaction February her selection nominee for that office. With the exception of the office of first vice president, for which Mri Clyde Kelly, Pennsylvania, and Mr: Leonidas Dyer, Missouri, have been nominated, all other positions on the club hoard will be “won” in the elec tion by the nominees who were chosen at yesterday's meeting at the club. by vesterday as Others Are Nominated. These include, in addition to the candidates for the positions of presi- dent and first vice president, Mre Finis J, Garreti. Tennessee, second vice president; Mrs. Alben Barkley, Kentucky, third vice president: M Wesley L. Jones, Washington, fourth vice president; Mrs. James B. Aswell, Louisiana, fifth vice president; Mr: James F. Parker, New York, recording secretary; Mrs. W. W. Chalmers, Ohio, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Carl C. Mapes, Michigan, treasurer. With the coming election of Gerry the “unwritten law” of the Congressional Club, by which the president one term is the wife of a Senator, while the following term she is chosen from among the wives of the members of the House, ix restored. Of late that “courtesy rule’” has not been enforced, sincé the present presi- dent, Mrs. Lindley B. Hadley, wife of the Representative from Washington, succeeded another president from the House group. Former Mrs. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Gerry is the former Mrs. George H. Vanderbilt, whose daugh- ter, Mrs. John F. A. Cecil, inherited Biltmore estate in North Carolina, following the death of her father. The Congressional Cluh membership Mrs. | is confined to the wives and daughters of thesmembers of the Senate and the House. The club i one of the most active in Washington's social life. YOUTHS FACE QUIZ IN STRANGE DEATH (Continued from First Page.) gray hair corresponding to that of the dead woman. Mrs. Kern pointed out that there were no rings on Miss Clarke’s fingers hen the body was found. “'She always wore rings, She also remarked upon that there was only 55 cents bag. She said Miss Clarke n she said. the fact in the er went This sup- ported the murder theor she afrmed. Local police received a request from ew York authorities to trace two pieces of baggage which had been checked at the Union Station on Jan- uary 10, in connectiorwith the inve: tigation into the death of Miss Clarke. It was ascertained by detectives train 411 of the Pennsylvania Rail- road, arriving at 6:40 p.m. The bag- gage was held here until day, when a scrip hook, which has re- placed mileage tickets, was presented by a person indicating passage on the Pennsylvania Railroad had been ob- tained, and the proper haggage checks were presented. The baggage was then rechecked to the Pennsylvania Hotel, New York City, to be held for M. 8. Car The scrip book, according to police reports, was found in the handbag of Miss Clarke. The baggage s unclaim- ed at the Pennsylvania Railroad Sta- tion in New York, it was learned. The two pieces of baggage, said, were in trunks or valises pur- chased at Becker's, a local leather goods shop here. President Gets Maternity Bill. The hill to authorize extension of [the appropriation for the Sheppard- | Towner maternity ald act to 1929 {was sent to President Coolidge yester- |day after the House had agreed to a Senate amendment automatically re- pealing the act in 1929 when author- ization for its funds expires. Apolbéi Demanded For Charge Against William Burgess, former mem- ber of the Tariff Commission, was called on_yesterday for an apoligy to Mrs. Edward P. Costigan, wife of present member of the com- mission, as a result of Burgess' charge before a Senate investigat- ing committee that Mrs. Costigan was A member of a lobby here. In a letter to the committes, Mrs. Florence J. Harriman declared that Burgess' statement hore the infer- ence that Mrs. Costigan was lob- bying In the interest of tariff ques- tions And was recclving pay for her activities. Mre. Costigan, the letter said, had given her services voluntaril as a member of the National Con- sumers’ ue in the interest of women and children and had taken . no part in tariff matters. OF MARY S. CLARKE that the baggage came to this city on | the next | it was | Mrs. E. P. (]o_stigan ‘ D. C. THURSDAY, YAQUI INDIANS NOW READY TOGIVEUP Petition for Amnesty Declar- ing They Were Deceived by Adolpo de la Huerta. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CIT Jannary 20.—The rebellion of the Yaqui Indians in the State of Sonora is reported by the war department to have entered it& final phase, the Yaqui chieftains an nouncing a desire to surrender. Gen. Manzo. military commandant of fo. nora. sent to the war department a pe tition of the Yaquis for amnesty. They claim they were decelved by Adoifo Ge'la Hierta and will deliver up thelr arms and devote themselves to Agri cultural activities henceforth Gen. Amaro, minister of war and navy, upon receiving the petition. con | ferred with President Calles, and the | nawspapers declare that the chief ex | ecutive instructed him to accept un conditional surrender of the Yaqui In dians, appointing Gen. Obregon special representative to carry out the nego- tiations, To Quell Catholles. Once the Yaqui movement is com pletely subdued, the war department says, the troops now in Somora will be mobilized in Jalisco and a few other states where the so-called “Cath olie rebals’ are acti Unimportant rebellious were reported Wednesday. Gen reira retook Atotonilea after four hours’ combat with the rebels. who fled to San Miguel el Salto. The num her of casualties has not been re ported. Deputy Riearde Covarrubias has notified the war department that the town of Lagos de Moreno, which was attacked on Tuesday by rebels is virtually defenseless, the small fed- eral garrison there being insufficient to defeat the rebels should they make another attack. Cabinet Changes Forecast. Among cabinet changes forecast by the newspapers is the appointment of Gen. Franciaco Serrano, at present governor of the federal district, to the post of secretary of the Interior. Such a change. the newspapers comment, might bring a somewhat less drastic religious policy, for they point to Gen. Serrano’s statement when the interfor portfolio was of- fered him some months ago that he would not accept unless President Calles agreed to modify his religious policy. He did not mention what changes he desired Adalberto Tejada, the minister of “interfor, it iz fhrecast, will return to the department of communications, while Ramon Ross will again hecome governor of the federal disiriet. The newspapers say that Alberto J. Pani has withdrawn his resigna- tion A& secretary of the treasury, and, therefore, will not he appointed Mexican Minister to France, as has been reported. SMITH SUPPORTERS SEE BRIGHTER HOPE AS VOTE ADVANCES (Continued from First Page fes Fer. acti present campaign by utility magnates ha®s been separated from the first question. Crowds Swarm Senate. It is now expected that the firm vote will come on the Overman' reso Iution which would seat. Smith with out prejudicing any ings in his case. Offered hy Senator Overman of North Carolina. a Demo- | crat. after he had made a strong ap peal that the rights of a sovereign State he not_denied, the hope of the Smith supporters is that it will have a real affect upon the vot Again today crowds swarmed the Senate wing of the Capitol, seeking admission to the galleries, Smith Hears Debate. Col. Smith, who for five and one- half hours vesterday sat in the Senate chamber listening to the arguments for and against him, was again in the Senate today when the debate opened. last night he suffered from an abscessed ear. but he was able to come to the Capitol tod Senator Watson of Indiana, who several weeks ago urged Col. Smith not to accept appointment as Senator | from Tllinois hecause of the contest which would he made against him, opened the debate today with a plea | for the seating of Smith. | "I was opposed to his coming here for many reasons,” sald Senator Wat- | =on. “But he is here, knocking at the door, and we must decide what is to he done with him. The question in volved transcends personal ambitions or party advantage. Watson Cites Constitution. ““I say that the chain of title of Col. 8mith’s appointment is perf: The Constitution provides that the gov- ernor has a right to appoint a Sen- ator under certain conditions. The Legislature of Illinois has conferred on the governor the power to appoint under those conditlons. There is no question of Col. Smith's constitutional qualifications, including age, citizen- ship and residence. “So far as the right of Col. Smith to he sworn in is concerned, no link in the chain is broken. There are four ways to deal with him: First, to ex- clude him: second to admit him and refer his ~redentials to a committee; third, to e:clude him and refer his | eredentials, and fourth, to admit him | absolutely Argues for Admission. either of the two proposals look- |ing to absolute action is being con- | sidered. As he has been regularly ap- | pointed and fulfilla the constitutional qualifications, all we ecan do is to admit him as a member of this body."” Senator Watson argued that case of Col. Smith was unlike that of Senator Nye of North Dakota. In the Nve case the credentials were re- |ferred to the privileges and elections committee before Senator Nye was sworn in. Senator Watson pointed “out that in the case of Senator Nye the right of the governor to appoint was In doubt, while in the case of Col. Smith there was no such doubt. Rohinson Enters Case. Senator Watson and Minority Leader Robinson of Arkansas engaged in a rapld fire of questions and an- <wers that held the Interest of the crowded galleries for several minutes, as each Senator sought to break down the position of the other. After Senator Watson had declared that the question of seating a Senator who presents himself with proper cre. dentlals is entirely aside from ths question of passing upon his qualifi- cations after he has been seated, Sen. ator Robinson Interrupted and asked: “It a man came here with a con- | taglous disease, or had been im- peached or who, on his way to the | Senate, had committed some shocking crime, ‘does the Senator contend that | we would have to admit him if he |was 30 vears old, a citizen of the | United States and a_resident of the | State which sent him?" Power of Senate. “That i8 my view of {t."” Senater Watson replied. -Senator . Watson ex. plained that the question he was.rals. t JANUARY future proceeq. | the | 20, ‘RAIL WAGE PARLEY | OPENS IN CAPITAL Road and Union Offcials of | Southeastern Lines Seek Peaceful Solution. By the Associated Press | oOfcials of | and leaders Southeastern ratlroads | of train service labor or- | Ranizations went into executive ses. | sion here today at the | Chatrman Winslow ot | states Mediation Board | wage-increase demands sutmitted by | trainmen and conductors in that re | glon. No announcement was made prio 10 the seasfon as to the outcome of the strike vote which has been taken on all of the Southeastern lines except the Southern as a preliminary to the presentation of wage demands. W. N. Doak, representing the Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen, as its vice president, and L. E. Sheppard, president of the Order of Railroad Con ductors, are here to conduct the nego. | tiations for the membership. The | managers’ conference committee of the utheastern lines, whose chairman is R. Allbright of the Atlantic Coast Line, was present, with members rep resenting all of the roads invelved. The Southern Railroad is not in volved in the discussion, because con- tractual arrangements hetween it and ite train service employes do nat ex pire until next March None of the parties to the meeting made any statements of the situation prior to entering the discussion. At the same time very considerable hope was held out “hat a method of set tling the differences without open rupture would be attained. The union strike vote has heen sealed up and is being held. The train service unions are asking advances of 19 per cent in pay, but a similar demand as to the Fastern region was made last vear and submitted to arhitra- tlon “through the mediation hoard, which resulted in the granting of a 714 per cent increase. |OUSTING OF KU KLUX DEFENDED BY KANSAS | request of | the United | to consider | | State Files Brief in Supreme Court in Reply to Klan Proceedings. By the Associated Prega. Ousting of the Ku Klux Klan from Kansas defended by the State |in a brief filed in the Supreme Court today In proceedings brought by the Klan alleging that Kansas had vio- lated the constitutional rights of the organization. Failing to make application under the Kansas laws for authority to en- gage in business in the State, the Klan, as a Georgla corporation, was excluded through proceedings in the courts. The Klan appealed to the Supreme Court and its case will soon be reached for oral arzument. The State, in its hrief, declared the Klan had failed to raise in time any conatitutional questions which would give the Supreme Court jurisdiction. was Bulb Imports to Be Cut. Importation of narcissus bulbs will be restricted, beginning July 1. to new varieties and to those that are not available for propagation in the United States in limited quantities only, the Federal Horticultural Board announced today ing is whether the Senate in and of itelf has the power to_change the constitutional provision setting forth the three requirements as to age and residence necessary to he a member of the Senate. Senator Watson said that that ques- tion is entirely separate from the clause in the Constitution which gives the Senate the right to judge the | qualification of a member after he has | become a member of the Senate. Senator Robinson then asked Sen- {ator Watson If a man came to the Senate with leprosy, would the Sen- ate have to seat him on the face of his credentials. Question About Lunatic. Senator Watson said he had al- ready answered that question. Senator Robinson put another query as to whether the Senate would have to admit a man who pre- sented himself to the Senate if he was_violently insane. “Everybody knows a not take an oath,” Senator replied. Cites Many Precedents. @enator Watson cited many prece- dents tg support his contentions that | Col. Smith was entitied to take the oath of office. Coming finally to the case of Brigham Roberts of Utah, who was stopped at the door of the House because it was alleged he was a polygamist, Senator Watson admitted that as a member of the House he had voted to exclude Roberts. His mature judgment was that a member of Con- gress with the proper credentials should be seated, however, he said. Senator Walsh of Montana reading from the Record the vote in the Rob- ert's case, showed that hoth Senator Watson and Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Republican leader, at that time members of the House, had voted not to permit Roberts to take the oath. Brings on Wrangle. Senator Curtis said that in_those days it was the custom for Repub- licans to vote to exclude Democrats in contested election cases and for the Democrats to vote the exclusion of the Republicans. This brought on | a wrangle between Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader and Senators Watson and Curtis, Se {ator Robinson charging that Senator | Watson was seeking to have the Smith case decided on partisan | rather than constitutional lin enators and spectators In the gal-| leries rocked with laughter when Senator Watson declared that when he was in the House “whenever a committee brought in a report to ex: clude a Democrat, by the eternal, I always voted to support the commit- tee.”" The TIndiana Senator caused an- other laugh when he said: “I am not as keen on that as I used to be, but 1 still have leanings_that_wa Denles Partisan Motive. Senator Watson denled, however, that he was acting in a partisan way | in the Smith case. “More than any other man in the Senate I tried to keep Frank Smith from coming here,” said Senator Wat- son. Immediately Senator Robinson was on his feet shouting: “Why. why should the Senator from Indiana try to keep Col. Smith from coming here if he is sincere in his statement now that he should be seated?” “That is my private business and not the business of the Senator from Arkansas _or of the Senate” sald Senator Watson. “The Sefiator from Indiana ought to tell th@ Senmate why," reiterated Senator Rdbinson. But Senubtgr Wat- son would say no about he nun:r a meudr. with his amu- ment . . lunatic can Watson {“RED” INVADERS TAKE | theoretical battle for the possession of HELMER H. BRYN Of Norway. BRYN’S RECALL DUE TO DISAGREEMENT WITH HOME OFFICE Page.) I (Continued from First | He is a former American citizen and | a graduate of Harvard University. At | the present time, however, his posi-| tion iz limited to that of envoy in the | matter of the shipping claims. ! The first intimation that Mr. RBryn| was at odds with his government | came when he did not appear at either | the diplomatic New Year reception at | the White House or the Pan-American breakfast later. In each instance Mr. Lundh represented Norway. It| was explained, howe that Mr. Bryn was on leave of ahsence and re-| maining here hecause of illness in his family. Formal admission of the recall was obtained today when Associated Press dispatches from New York disclosed the difference of opinion hetween the Minister and Oslo. Mr. Lundh notl- fled the Department of State vester- day that Mr. Bryn was ready fo pre- sent his papers of recall to the Presi- dent at Mr. Coolidge’'s convenience. is, It i= expected, will he done within several days. Meantime, Mr Lundh will act as Minister. Children Grew Up Here. Visconnt d'Alte, the Minister | from Portugal, outranked Mr. Bryn | fin point of service in the diplomatie corps here. He had watched the en- tive list of ambasadors change, and the ministers, too, came and went. {Mr. Bryn and the members of his family had ecome he regarded al most as permanent citizens of Wash- | ington, despite their official position. His ‘two daughters, Inger M. and | Laura Bryn, and his son, John Bryn, | are well known in Washington so-| ciety. Having come here as children, | they were looked upon as almost typi- | cally American in their actions. One of the daughters recently entered the newspaper profession here. OSLO CONFIRMS REPORT. Only | i Speaker of Storthing Possible Suc- cessor to Bryn OSLO, ! Helmer ) Norwegian Norway, January Halvorsen Bryn, | Minister to the United States since | 1910, will retire from his Washington | post soon, it was announced yester-| day. A possible successor is Carl Joachim Hambro, speaker of thel torthing and leader of the Conserva- tive party. | TRAFFIC SIGNAL BIDS T0 BE OPENED FESB. 1 Extensions on Massachusettts and Rhode Island Avenues Are Contemplated. | Bids for an additional supply of electric traffic signals will he opened | by the District Commissioners Febru- | ary 1, it was announced today at the | District Ruilding. Thee lights are needed for proposed extensions of the automatic control system on streets now partially equipped and for in- stallations on _other thoroughfar SURPRISE WITNESS CALLED BY NORRIS Denies Woman Stood in Doorway When Chipps Was Fatally Shot. Tex., January 20. Mra, llam, wife of the manager of Rev. J. Frank Norris' newspaper, the Searchlight, resumed the stand when court opened in the Norris mur- der trial here today. She was under rossexamination hy Attorney Me- Lean, special prosecutor Mrs liam arrived at Norris' of. fice just after D. E. Chipps was shot. Dr. Norris is on trial for Chipps' death. She saw Chipps’ body. The witness aaid she did not see L. H. Nutt. who testified he was an eye witness (o the killing. She testified #he saw some one stoop down and plek up something from the flaer, but didn’t know who this man was. Me- Lean wrested from her the informa- tion that Nutt and Norris were in-the room at the time, hut she declined to state who picked up the object A Surprise Witness Called. D. L. “Doe” Redmond, a surprise witness of the defense, then was Phoehe ( { called Redmond testified he arrived at the church shortly after 5 p.m. July 17 in an automobile, He parked his car across the street m Norris' office and walked diagonally toward the stairway He was questioned hy Marvin Simp- son of the defense “Did you meet any A large man where Dr. Norris' office was, It out and told him I was going up and would show him. He sald, How I know him when I see him Where did vou go. Denles Woman Present. “T went up the stairway with him. He went into Dr. Norris' offica and I went into the general church office. Dr. Norris' door was closed and Chipps walked in without knocking.? Redmond said he then went into an. other office to get a Rible he had bought. He heard the shats fired, ran to Norris' door and saw a man in the ante-room. He was stooping in a po- sition as though to pick up some- thing. He (Redmond) then ran back into the rear office. Redmond denied there was a woman at or near the door. Mrs. Roxle Parker, for the State, testified she stood in the doorway and saw the killing. 1,000 TO GET CHEAP DIPLOMAS TO SAVE 2.9 CENTS ON EACH ) one?” who asked 1 pointed _(Continued from First P: plained, “how the high school graduate cherishies his or her diploma; how they exhibit It to their friends and frame it as a memento of their school da To put out an Inferior diploma merely to save two or three penni is certainly not just to the young peo- | ple of today, and I will fight for use of the satifactory former years."” Inferior Plate Used. The fault with the new diplomas is not the printing, but the use of an inferior plate and paper which is not of the high grade previously used. It is understood that instead of hav- ing a plate made from a line drawing the plate was made from an old di- ploma, so that all of the detail was ost. Following is part of the official re port of the board of apportionments, the approval of which by the board December 1 resulted in the autheriza- tion for this vear's inferior diplomas: Part of Report. “In the interest of economy the su- perintendent recommended the adop- tion of changes in supplving diplomas and certificates to graduates of the several courses in the schools which ere the outcome of study given the subject by the board of apportion. ments. “The change recommended in diplo- mas does not contemplate any change in the present method of engrossing the names on these diplomas. diploma used in which the Traffic Bureau has recom- mended. The contemplated extensions are on Massachusetts avenue from street east to ew Jersey and from Dupont circle West to | Twenty-second street and on Rhode | Island avenue from Fourteenth street | East to North Capitol street, Lights | are now heing installed on Rhode Is- | land avenue from Fourteenth street | West to Seventeenth street. | New thoroughfares on which it is planned to install the lights are F | street from the Union Station west to Thirteenth street, and on Maryland | avenue from Second street northeast to_Rladensburg road. The Traffic Bureau also is prepar ing further recommendations for extensions. Streets being considered for the lights are M street through Georgetown and F and G _streets hetween Seventh and Fifteenth streets. | Seventh | avenue | MANILA, PAPER HOLDS Maneuvering by American Army and Naval Forces Results in “Blue’” Defense Defeat. By the Associated Pres MANTLA, January 20.—The Manila Times says that the two weeks of maneuvering by the military and naval contingents here, divided into offensive and defensive forces in a Manila, resulted in the capture of the city by the attacking force. The maneuvering has just ended and the official verdict of the referees has not vet heen announced. The Times points out that the defending Blue" forces were driven back a con siderable distance by the invading “Red” legions, giving the invaders ample opportunity to seize the city's defenses. Virtually all units of the Army and Navy forces here partici- pated. President to Meet Diaz Representative | Late This Afternoon | By the Associated Press. Alejandro Cesany accredited by President Diaz of Nicaragua as his special envoy to the United States, was officially recognized today by President Coolidge. His presentation at the White House was arranged for the late after- noon. Cesar has been in Washington more than a week and already has been received by Secretary Kel- 1o Acceptance of his creden- tials by ‘President Coolid, will make Cesar the first di] tic tepresentative of the Dias gov- ““The hoard of apportionments is of the opinion that an appreciable sav- tng will be made to the school funds by the recommended change without affecting the dignity of these occa- slons. The cost of the unengrossed diploma_used last year was .1151 cents. The cost of the unengroased diploma will be approximately .08§ cents.” Today in Congress SENATE. Debate on the question of whe er Frank L. Smith should be seated as Senator from Illinois was con tinued on the floor, with the pos sibility of a vote today District of Columbia committee will meet at 3 a'clock on a number of _routine local bills Finance committee continued con.” mideation of the alien property Agriculture meeting on relief. held of farm committee the question HOUS| New York prohibition enforce ment row breaks loose in the House, with Representative lLa Guardia as accuser, Representative Fish defending the character of the prohibition enforcement officer. and Representative Schaeffer of Wis consin coming to Mr. La Guardia's support. War Department appropriation bill under consideration in House Judiclary subcommittee of House District committe reports two measures and arranges for hearing ‘i‘lulurdu,\‘ on real estate licensing il Gibson subcommittee ill hold special meeting tonight to' consider investigating circumstances sur- rounding _appointment of Public Utilities Commission and people’s counsel. Subcommittes on Distriet appro- priations bill continues hearing in executive session. Naval affairs committes tinues hearing on public works. Rules committee considers Boul- der Dam Banking and currency committee in executive -session on Federal farm loan bill. Forelgn affalrs committee con- ducts hearing on treaties relating to_China. Ways and means committes con- tinues hearings on liquor bill Military affairs committee in ex- ecutive session on program fof re- mainder of session. Committee on agriculture con tinues hearing on packers-stock- yard act. Merchant marine committee con- ducts hearing on fish cuiture. Judiciary committee conducts hearing on prosecution of certain cases in Federal courts. Indtan affairs committes in ex- ecutive sesafon. .W commerce committes con- “session on rallroad