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WEA' (U. S, Wehther Occasional rain night and tomorrow; lowest tempera- ture tonight about Temperature—H p.m. yesterday: today. Full report ®Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Entere post office, No. 30,222. lowest, 19, at 6:30 a.m. d_as second class Washington, D. THER. Bureau Forecast.) and warmer to- 34 degrees. ighest, 30, at 3:30 on page 9. matt, @h WASHINGTON ) ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNI C., FRIDAY, JANUARY NG EDITION ny Star. Associated service. 28, 1927— FORTY-TWO PAGE S, * (#) Means Associated Pres The only evening pape: in Washington with fll: Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, “105,837 'WO CENTS. CHINESE APPEASED PARTIALLY BY 1.5, NEW TREATY OFFER Interpret It as Break With Britain in Assumed Inter- vention Plans. . LONDON’S LATEST PEACE MOVE WATCHED HERE Far-reaching Concessions to Na- tionalist Aspirations Intimated in Official's Address. By the Associated Press SHANGHAI, January 28.—The out standing reaction of informed Chinese to the pronouncement of Secretary of State Kellogg offering libera] terms as a basis for new treaties between China and the United States is relief over the implied assurance that America will not follow Great Britain in the Chinese policy. It is taken to mean that the United States wil Inot partici- pate in what is regarded by the Chi nese as virtually military interven- tion. This reaction is especially marked in kuomintang (Cantonese) circles in Shanghai. The Chinese in general re gard the statement of the American Secretary of State as at least a friend- ly gesture and reassurance that America’s liberal policy toward China | remains unchangnd. Some Are Dssappointed. Some disappointment is expressed at the American Secretary’s refusal to abrogate old treaties until new ones are signed nad ratified by the Senate. Leonor F. Loree, Rail Mag- nate, Thought Behind Huge Buying of Stock. Sensational Jump of 11 1-2 Points in Shares Finds Many Traders “Short.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 28.—A kensa- tional stock market coup, directed against a trapped short interest in the comrhon stock of Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad, today sent that issue catapulting 11% points to a record high price of $65.50 a share. Losses sustained by bear traders were conservatively estimated at a mini- mum of $1,500,000, with the possi- bility that they may reach several times that figure. The common stock has been on the upgrade since the first of the year. ing from a low of $27.50 a share on buying influenced largely by merger reports and talk of competitive buying for control. Brokers, who had been accumulating the stock, made an nn expected demand late yesterday for deliveries of the certificates, many of which had been loaned for the pur- pose of making deliveries aguainst short sales. This aroused widespread fear of a “corner” in the stock, which SEMATEAPPROVES COURTSTEFUND Deficiency Appi'opriation Bill Carries $1,700,000 to Buy The Ntionalists:are arguing that the United Sttes should show good faith by wiping the slate clean before open- ing conversations for new treaties. Local American opinion is divided on the pronoungement, although there is general relief that the American policy finally has been outlined. This does away with many vexations to business men and missionaries growing out of the uncertainty of the past. < The missionaries as a whole wel- comed the restatement of non-im- perialistic policy. Among other elements there came | forth condemnation. This was from a; group which feels that America should share the costs of “‘dangerous” measures. which Great Britain is taking. Another view reflects disap- pointment hecause, the state s Peld $5 1o | IgR e “old ideas and fails to face immediate realities. British opinion here is chiefly condlemnatory and expressive of disappointment. ; Tactical Advantages Sought. Dickering for tactical advantages in and near Shanghai among Cantonese, forelgners and northerners, presage what is expected to be a decisive battle for‘control of the lower Yangtze Valleysthe richest part of China. Fotfelgn consuls announced, despite | Teports to the contrary. that they had received no memorandum from the advancing Cantonese proposing that | no British troops be landed in! Shanghai or that the northerners evacuate the city and allow Cantonese forces to protéct the foreign element. Reports that such a memorandum had been *made to afford protection to| foreigners without bringing about a landing of foreign troops were cir- culaged yesterday. It is known, however, that there have been informal conversations be- tween moderate Kuomintang leaders (Gantonese supporters) and leading for- eign consuls regarding the protection of foreign lives and the city in gen-| eral, but nothing definite resulted. The | situation as a result was left un- Doubt About Authority. The Kuomintang leaders, headed by C. T. Wang, declared they spoke for leaders of the Cantonese government, including Gen. Chang Kai-Shek, their field marshal, but considerable doubt arose among the foreign officials -as to how far they were empowered to rep- resent the real nationalist powers. In effect the Kuomintang leaders proposed that the Cantonese troops, after victory over Marshal Sun Chuan Fang, chief defender of Shanghai, proceed no farther toward the city than & limit cireumseribing Shanghai with a radius of approximately 25 miles, that no foreign troops be landed in Shanghal and that the civilian na- tionalists co-operate with the Shanghal civil administration. The Kuomintang leaders expressed absolute confidence that their armies would overrun the troops of Marshal Sun, who is taking a position south of here. H Defeat Would Make Problem. The foreign officials are understood to have pointed out the impossibility of dealing With defeated troops of Mar- shal Sun who take refuge in the Shangha! area unless foreign troops are landed to handle them. The Kuo- mintang officials were sald to have admitted this difficuity Nearly 700 Punjabl troops are en- camped here and there.is no reasom to offset the belief that the program for increasing this number to more than 16,000 will be abandoned, On ghe foreign wide there is little confidence in the ability of the mod- erate nationallsts to carry out the proposals evem If they were agreed to. It was pointed out that this scheme _for foreign protection was csseptially the same as the old “neutral zone” plan proposed every time Shanghal has been threatened in the past. The plan never was adopted. Other Safety Measures. Other measures for insuring the safety of Shanghai foreigners in case of emergency were continued in full “wing. A parade of the Shanghal volunteer corps through the foreign settlement has been ordered for to- morrow afternoon. The extent to which British Charge Q' Affaires O'Malley has been author- ized to make proposals regarding Land Facing Capitol. The deficiency appropriation bill, carrying an amendment making $1,700,000 available to buy land for a United States Supreme Court Build- ing in Washirgton, passed the Senate this afternoon. The bill, which has already passed the House, also pro- vides a total of $95,000 for unexpected obligations of the District Govern- ment, including salaries for the re- mainder of this fiscal year for the newly created Public -Utilities Comi- mission. "BEARS" BELIEVED OUT MILLIONS: CAUGHT IN WHEELING R. R. STOCK ! sent panic-stricken horts™ rusHing to cover in today’s early trading. Many of these were small traders who had put out short lines of 100 or 200 shares, The stock opened 3 points higher at 57, jumped to 58% on the mnext sale and then by leaps and bounds to 65, with one cash transaction tak- ing place at 65%. This caused a (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) Ex-Crown Prince Gets Circus Offer From United States By tle Associated Press. DOORN, Holland, January 28.— Former Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany is constantly being importuned by promoters of various schemes who desire to cap- italize his name, he said today. One of the most ridlculous of these unsolicited offers was that he appear as a “specfalty” In a cir- cus. This proposal came from America. There was no truth, he said, in published reports, that he was to appear in a motion picture to be filmed at Wieringen, scene of his_former exile. Frederick William came here to attend the celebration yesterday of the 68th birthday of his father, the ex-Kalser, The measure goes to conferénce, after which the ¥ouse must gconcur in the Senate amendment appropriat- ing the money for the Supreme Court Buflding site. The erection of & home for the Supreme Court was guthorized in the public buildings act at the last session, but that legislation did mnot make funds avallable. The FPublic Buildings Commission has selected a: the site to be acquired the square adjacent to the north gide of the Congressional Library, where the bullding will face the Capitol. Tax Amendment Fails. re the deficiency bill passed to- da?“gemmr Harrison, Democrat, of Mississppi, repeated without success the efforts made by other Democrats during the last two days to tack on the bill a provision for income-tax re- ction. duS;nalnr Harrison's amendment would have reduced the corporation tax to 11 per cent in future years. Chairman Warren of “the appropri- ations committee made, a point of or- der against the amendment on the ground that it was legislation that cannot he added to the bill, and was sustained by the chair. Senator Harrison made the plea t.hut he was merely trying to give the Sen- ate a chance to carry out the wish, which he said the country has been given to understand, the _President had entertained for some tax relief legislation at this session. Called Political Gesture. Tn making.the point of order. Sena- tor Warren said it was generally un- derstood that the motion of Senator Harrison was simply a gesture and fndicated it was intended only to form the basis for political discussion. After the tax reduction amendment hed been ruled out of order, Senator Harrison introduced a resolution which would have expressed the cnse of the Senate as being in favor of tax reduction legislation before Congress adjourned. He asked unanimous con- sent for its immediate consideration, whereupon Majority Leader Curtis asked that the legislation go over until tomorrow under the Senate rule. French Ii;serters Captured After 12 Years in Forests By the Associated Press. GAP, France, January 28.—Two French deserters of the late war have been captured after 12 years of forest life with a price on their heads. Theophile and Felix Berthalon, farmers, served one menth with their regiment in 1914. When the troops started for the front, the two started for the rear. They did not return to their village of Vol- lins until recently, and then only to face court-martial. They sald they lived in caves and roamed wooded mountains, ventur- ing near villages only at night in search of food and ciothes. MINE BLAST TRAPS SCORE: ONE DE Rescue Crews Brave Flanies in West Virginia'Pit to Find Victims. By the Associated Press. MORGANTOWN, W. Va., January 28—One miner was reported to: have been killed and 20 others wére trapped today by a firs in the Connellsville by- products mine in the Scott’s Run dis- trict near here. Rescue crews were quickly or- ganized and under direction of Stephen Arkwright, mine superin- tendent, they went into the burning workings in an effort to save the trapped men. They carried fire- fighting apparatus. The fire, it was sald, was a new outbreak of an old blaze in the mine. The mine, a slope working, is known as Connellsville Number 1, It is owned by the James A. Palsley interests of Cleveland, Ohlo. A normal working force is 205 men, with a daily capacity of 2,500 tons. The day shift was at work when the fire was discovered. It was mnot known definitely how. many miners went in this morning. JAPANESE EXONERATED OF LAND LAW CHARGE Filipino Committee Finds Aliens Are Doing Good in De- veloping Country. By the Associated Press. MANILA, January 28.—Six charges of alleged violation of the Philippine land laws by Japanese corporations in Davao and Mindanao Provinces- were found false by an investigating com- mittee of the bureau of lands, says a report just published. The Philippine land laws prohibit any corporation from owning more than approximately 2,500 acres, but allows them to lease up to 2,600 acres additional. The corporations involved were charged with controlling a vast area in violation of the law. The committee found that this and other charges not only were untrue | but that the Japanese actually were doing great good in developing the country. Mexican War Vet, 102, Dies. BANDERA, Tex., January 28 (#).— Amasa Clark, 102, one of the few gur- viving veterans of the Mexican War of 1846, died at his home here today. He was the oldest living member of the Ploneer Freighters Assoclation, having been one of the early stage drivers before railroads entered Texas. Clark was born in New York. By the Associated Press. POMEROY, Ohio, January 28.—The affection existing among river folk has been demonstrated here as Pomeroy citizens set their town in_order with the passing of the recent flood on the Ohio River. Last Tuesday, at the crest of the Hritish concessions has not been di- vulged here, but it was learned authoritatively that where the gen- eral questions of concessions and ex- traterritoriality were concerned the British proposals will be made allke to the nationalist regime and what- Continued on Page 4, Column 2) - high water, the steamer Chris Green steamed up the river, while every ef- fort was being made to keep all traffic off the water. 1t _caused waves which broke vir- tually every glass store front in Pom- | eroy and Mason City, W. Va., upset a number of bulldings and caused dam- Anger at Boat’s Wave Damage Melts When People Learn It Is Funeral Ship age which is now revealed as run- ning into the thousands of dollars. Pomeroy citizens were indignant. Then they learned that the boat was bearing the body of Capt. Gordon G. Green, whose last request before he died in Cincinnati was that his body should be taken to Newport, Ghio, for burial aboard his favorite steainer, the Chris Green, and that his wife licensed pilot, should be at the helm. Today new fronts were going into the stores through the city, ard there was no criticism for the woman whose voyage with her dead had catsed the a if . The quarrel devel DEMOCRATS BLOCK APPROVAL OF AIMS INLATIN AMERICA “Gag Rule” Charged as They Quit House Foreign Affairs Commitiee Meeting. CONNALLY PROTESTS 8-T0-1 VOTE TO REPORT Makes No Denial When Republi- cans Accuse Minority of Ab- senting Themselves. By the Associated Press. A move in the House forelgn affairs committee today to report the Fair- child resolution indorsement of the administration’s Nicaraguan-Mexican policy was blocked by Democrats ab- senting themselves from the commit- tee room to prevent the presence of a4 quorum. After a stormy sesslon, during which Representative Linthicum of Maryland, the ranking Democrat, stamped out of the room in protest against what -he sald was “a gag move” by Republicans. The commit- tee- voted, 8 to 1, to report the reso- lutien. There are 21 members.of the committee, and 11 are needed for a quorum. Connally Protests Vote. Representative Connally of Texas, the only Democrat remaining when the roll was called, cast the negative vote. He then objected to the vote on the ground that a quorum. was not present, and was sustained by Chair- man Porter. The Republicans charged the Demo- crats with deliberately absenting themselves from the committee room and Connally did not deny the charge. He sald he regretted to vote against the resolution, but the position taken by the majority had made it necessary for him to do so. The minority wants more informa- tion on the Nicaraguan-Mexican situa- tion, he said, and wants Secretary Kellogg to appear and give such in- formation. He insisted committeemen could not indorse the President’s posi- tion until they knew more about it. Representative Fairchild, -Repub- lican, New York, author of the resolu- tion, replied that the Democrats were | playing politics, in marked contrast to the attitude of a Republican House | to a Democratic President during the Venezuela incldent in the Cleveland administration, o, . “Gag Rule” Charged. , loped. over a: by Fairchild to .h“];lm debate. e joore, me’l:.‘?ganounced this proposal as an outrage, He then'left the meet- ing, and although the motion was lost, on a 6 to 6 vote, Linthicum announced that he would not submit to “this gag rule,” and .left the room.intimating that he might resign from the com- mittee, PLAN.TO ATTACK REBELS, . Nicaraguan Troops Move Toward Border of Costa Rica. By the Associated Press, SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua, January 28.—Gen. Roberto Hurtado, with 500 troops of the Managua Con- servative government, arrived here last night. His command is leaving today .in the direction of the Costa Rican frontier, where the rival liberal (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) SO T e D. C. BUDGET ACTION SET FOR TOMORROW Appropriation Bill Based on $39,- 000,000 Estimate Due to Be Reported. .The District appropriation_ bill for the next fiscal year, beginning July 1, is expected to be reported to the House tomorrow. A meeting of the full appropriations committee to ap- prove the bill and report prepared by the subcommittee, headed by Repre- sentative . Funk of Illinois, has been called for tomorrow morning. It is expected the bill will be approved without change by the full com- mittee. This measure is based on budget estimates totaling appoximately $39,- 000,000. The, report. will be made to the House by Chairman Funk of the subcommit- tee, who is retiring at the,close of the present session. ‘Besides interest in. the various amounts to be specificaly appropriated, particular concern is entertained as to whether this legislation will continue or will liberalize the existing limita- tion of 5 per cent above assessed val- uation in the price to be pald for schools, playgrounds and park sites. ZIHLMAN INTRODUCES " BILL TO MERGE COURTS Action Is at Request of District Commissioners — Prompt De- cision Is Advocated. Chairman Zihlman of the House District committee, at the request of the District Commissioners, today in- troduced a bill which provides for combiring the work of the nine Mu- nicipal Court judges with that of the foéur Police Court judges, so as to ex- pedite transaction of business now congested in the Police Courts. ‘This legislation resylts from the recomimendations of a committee ap- pointed by the District Commissioners to study the system of magisterial courts in police stations throughout the city. This commission reported adversely on the magisterial system and recommended a combination ‘of the Municipal and Police Court judges by enlarging the jurisdiction of the Municipal Court to take over in slack periods Police Court work.. - The District Commissioners asked for prompt_ action o this measure during-the present. ey yi News Note: Lake Michigan. HooRAY! THERE'S HOPEY - B — _=. T’f,’, Three weatherworn fishermen rescued from big ice floe after five days’ peril in NAVY FLYER ENTERS CONTEST FOR FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC Lieut. Comdr. Noel Davis to Seek Paris-New York $25,000 Prize. Capt. Fonck, Frenchman, Also Preparing for New At- tempt This Year. Lieut. Comdr. Noel Davis, U. S. N. R., will try to fly from New York to Paris next Summer and seek the $25,000 prize offered for the feat by Raymond Orteig of New York. Comdr. Davis, who is in charge of nayval reserve air activities here, said today he would attempt the flight in July or August if his plans material- ize, He is negotlating with the chict of-the 'material division of the Army Alr Service for a bombing airplane to use in the flight, but has received no word as yet as to whether his request will be granted. 31 Davis Is seeking to raise funds to finance the flight, which will be a pri- vate venture, but as yet he has not succeeded in obtaining the necessary amount. From $75,000 to $100,000 will be needed, he said. He bhas not de- cided on the personnel of the crew. LIEUT COMDR. NOEL DAVIS. An international-contest with sever- al aviators competing seemed likely today. Porter Adams. of /this elty, president of the- National Aeronautic Association, said he understood Capt. Rene Fonck would make another at (Continued on Yage olumn 1) (LIGENSES OPPOSED FORNEWS DEALERS Commissioners Take Stand Upon Advice of Corpora- tion Counsel. Licensing of all newsdealers inthe District, proposed as a measure . to prevent the sale of indecent maga- zines, was opposed today by the board of District Commissioners. The Commissioners acted on a recommen dation of Corporation Counsel Fran- cis H. Stephens, who pointed out that the existing law is adequate to con- trol the sale of all literature contrai to the public morals if enforced rigidly. “In my opinion the requirement. of a license for newsdealers would in no way change present conditions or bet- ter control the action of such dealers,” said Mr. Stephens in a reportsto the Commissioners. The subject is a police problem in the first instance; that is to say, the detection and ap- prehension of violators of “existing law, and upon the presentation of evi dence sufficient to convict it becomes one for the district attorney. “It is my understanding that the various newsdealers recently volun- teered to submit all or question able publications to both the superin- tendent of police and the District httor- ney for censor. Both officials declined such offer, properly taking the view that the law was definite and certain and that violators thereof must stand the consequences of their unlawful acts, “I do not believe additional legisla- | tion on this subject is necessary. Existing law is sufficient to protect the public, if rigidly enforced.” The question of licensing the news- dealers was referred to the corporation counsel for advice by Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty. 0DD DISEASE PUZZLES. SARAPUL, Russia, January 28 (A —Doctors are puzzled by a strange ase which is prevalent along the Kama River, a tributary of the Volga. ‘Attacks are accompanied . by cramps 4nd violent convulsions, which cause the bellef that it may be due to the fact that peasants in this region mix ergot with their bread. Over 4,000 cases of the disease have been registered, with many deaths. * AN A Court Bill Introduced. Senatof Capper, chairman’ of the Senate District committee, introduced in the Senate today 'the bill. made public, by the District Commissione: a few days ago providing for the con- solidation ef the Municipal and Police Courts into.one tribunal with a civil and a criminal branch. Profanity Crime ‘Under New Penal Code for Italy By Cable to The Star and Nows Copsright, ; ROME, January 28.—Profanity will be a erimo under the new enal'code now being elaborated by ist jurists to repla solidate the previous - codes. though the penalfy has not announced, it will be heavy--from a large fine to several weeks or months in prison. This_is in line with the puritanical reformist wave under sm, which the Pope and the Va enthusiastically ap- prove. If the laws now being elaborated are obeyed, Italy will be the most moral country in Europe—without public dancing, drunkenness, idle- ness, profanity or any . form . of public immoral e MEXICO PAYS IN-FULL ‘ON HER FOREIGN DEBT Last Installment for 1926 Trans- mitted to International Com- mittee of Bankers. Chicazo Daily 1927 MEXICO, CITY, January 28.—Off- cial announcement is made: that the Mexican government has paid the last installment on the foreign debt service for 1926. The sum has been turned over to the international committee of bankers, New York, In_accordance with the terms of the Pani-Lamont agreement on Mexico's debt to the United States. ago the Mexican treas- ury department issued a statement that the unpaid balance of interest on the national foreign debt for which was due in New York on Jan: uary 1, would be sent to the interna- tional committee of bankers there soon as confirmation was received of the sum due 4 fixed the amount at § BUSCH DEATH-BED AGCOUNT ARGUED Defense Seeks to Bar State- ment; Say Officer Did Not Know He Was Dying. The admissibility of'the'“dying dec- laration” of Policeman Leo W. K. Busch and the statement of Nicholas Lee Eagles, nuel Moreno, John Proctor and John F. McCabe, ths. four defendants on trial in Criminal’ Divi- sion 2, charged with killing the officer, was unsettled when court recessed for luncheon this afternoon. The ruling of Justice Willlam Hitz on their admissibility as Government evidence against the quartet was held up by objections of the defense to tes- timony by Capt. Fred Cornwell of the tenth precinct on Busch’s “dying dec- laration.” Objection was based on the ground that the prosecution had not furnished sufficient proof that the wounded officer, when he made the atatement, had abandoned all hope of recovery. Policeman Enoch Bradshaw of the tenth precinct was put on the stand this morning by Assistant - United States- Attorney George D. Horning, jr., in an effort to prove that Busch knew he had nqi long to live. Brad- shaw testified that Busch called for his wife and a priest. Captain’s Testimony Cited. Capt. Cornwell, who testified yester- day that Busch told him in Garfield Hospital, less than an hour after the shooting, that “I'm shot, shot bad, I'm through,” was recalled this morning to supplement that quotation with the words, “They've got me this time.” This testimony of the captain was regarded as sufficient proof that the officer kuew death was imminent. A short time later Busch gave an ac- count of the shooting which the Gov- ernment is endeavoring to have ad- mitted. . The fact that Capt. Cornwell did not testify vesterday that Busch told him “they’ve got me this time” drew objections from James A. O'Shea, Mc- Cabe's attorney. “The memory of this witness,” he said, “who left out a detail and had to be refreshed is not sufficient to put men's lives in jeopardy and in a posi- “(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) PROPOSES LEGALIZING BOXING IN DISTRICT Senator Walsh of Massachusetts Sponsors Bill Providing for One Commissioner. Boxing matches would be made legal in the District of Columbia under a bill introduced in the Sen- ate today by Senator Walsh, Demo- crate, of Massachusetts and referred to the District committee for report. The measure calls for the appoint- ment of a bona fide resident of the District as boxing commissioner to be selected the President at a salary of $2,5600 a year. The license fee for a boxing match would be placed at $100. The bill also defines other condi- tions under which the licenses may be issued for the holding of boxing contests for which admission is to be charged. . Sherlock Holmes Comes Back! In the Magazine Of Next Sunday’s Star Three new exploits of the famous detec- . tive ‘of Jiction ' have been written by A’ Conan Doyle ¢ And the First « . “The édventure of the Blanched Soldier” Appears in the ‘Magazine of | NEXT SUNDAY’S' STAR' SLUSH FUND BODY * INTENT ON CITING 3 FOR CONTEMPT Reed Committee Meets and Considers Insull, Crowe and Cunningham. ACTION IS POSTPONED TO SESSION TOMORROW Recalcitrant Witnesses May Be Turned Over for District Su- preme Court Action. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Senato {s about to launch its first attempt to make recalcitrant wit nesses testify before the Senate com- mittees since the Mal Daugherty de- clsion, upholding the powers of the Senate, was handed down by the Su- preme Court. At a meeting of the Reed slush fupd committes today drafts of a report and an accompanying resolution deal- ing with the cases of Samuel Insull of Chicago, Robert E. Crowe, State's attorney in Chicago, and Thomas W. Cunningham of Philadelphia were un- der consideration. The committee post- poned action until tomorrow, hoping then to determine on its procedure lagamn these witnesses, who refused to testify in the Illinois and Pennsyl- vania. primary investigations last Sum- | mer. Undecided on Course. The committee was undecided today whether it should cite these witnesses for contempt and turn the matter over to the United States Attorney of .the District of Columbia. to take before the District . Supreme Court, or whether the committee should ask the Senate to summon the witnesses before the bar of the Senate. Tf the latter course were pursued, the witnesses would be given an oppor- tunity to purge themselves of con- tempt by answering the questions, or if they failed to do so, the Senate it- self would undertake td punish them either by jail sentences, fines or both. The law in the matter is being investi- gated so that,the committee may have full Information before it acts tomor- row. Samuel Tnsull, public utilities mag- nate, was a heavy, contributor to the campalgn fund of Uol. Frank Smith, Senator-designate and Senat: elect from Illinois, whose case is now before the Senate committee on priv- fleges and elections under appoint- ment the Gavernor. of Illinols to fill the McKjinley vagan Wil -Bes€ited. Mr, Insull also contr{buted the campaign fund of 3 nan, the e for the Senate. in Tllin torney Crowe participated in the cam- paign. Both Insull and’ Crowe de- clined to answer questions put to them by the Reed committee. ~Cun- ningham, who was conpected with the campaign of William 8. Vare, Senator- elect from Pennsylvania, also refuged to answer. For some time the commit- tee was unable. to find’ Cunningham, and he, too, has declined to answer questions. The Reed committee has fully de- termined, it was said at the meeting today, to cite these witnesses for con- tempt. Members of the committee are confident that, armed with the deci- sion of the Supreme Court of the (United States in the Mal Daughtery case, it will be able to force these witnesses to testify or to punish them. ‘Will Seize Ballots. The Reed committee today ordered the sergeantat-arms of the Senate to seize the ballots cast in the Pennsyl- vania senatorial election in Pittsburgh. It has already taken possession of the ballots cast in Philadelphia in - this election, and'is proceeding. under the direction of the Senate for an investi- gation of the Wilson contest brought against Mr.-Vare. Former Secretary of Labor- Wilson, the Democratic can- didate in Pennsylvenia, against Mr. Vare, has charged corruption In.the jgeneral election. Jerry South, former clerk of the House while the Demo- crats were in control, will accompany Sergeant-at-Arms Barry in the quest for the Pittsburgh baliots. While the Reed committee is consid- ering what shall be done regarding Mr. Insull, attorneys for Col. Frank L. Smith are to appear tomorrow morn- ng beforo the Senate privileges and elections committee to argue the right: of Col. Smith to be sworn in as Sen- ator under appointment of Gov. Len Small. James M. Beck, former Soliai- tor General of the United States, {s to argue the case of Col. Smith. Ogcar Carlstrom, nttorney general of Illinofs also is expected to appear before the committee and demand on behalf of the State that Smith he seated. URGES IMPEACHMENT OF FEDERAL JUDGE Representative La Guardia i’iln Charges Against Frank Cooper, Northern N. Y. Distriot. a large George Impeachment of Federal Judge Frank Cooper of the northern New York district on the specifio charges of “usurping power, violation of law and unfitness to hold judicial office,” was #sked in the House today by Rep- resentative La ‘Guardia, Republican, New: York." La Guardia previously had asked an investigation by the judiclary com- mittee to determine Judge Cooper's fitness for office, as a result of a Treasury :report - representing , the Jjurist as having acquiesced in under- cover work in New York State by prohibition officlals. . The resolution was referred to the Houge judiciary committee, ¢ Davis at Cabinet Meeting. Secretary Dwight F. Davis, who is recovering from a recent attack of grippe,. attended the meeting of the. cabinet_t and spent a short time at the War Department. oo e Sl : Kipling Sails for Brasil. * England., Jan- ard Kipllng and