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e | Ll g TREASURYADISLIKES COUZENS'PROPOSAL BGiving Controller Right to Re- *view Internal Revenue De- : cisions Opposed. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. About the most uncomfortable and | Home pa.per and The decision of The Evening Star |not to print the inconsequential and lurid details of the Browning divorce icage. now in progress at White Plains, N. Y., has brought much rplexing plece of legislation that has | tavorable comment from subscribers. n proposed this session, from the | wiewpoint of the Treasury Department, §s that which the Senate adopted two days ago in requiring the acts of the commissioner of internal revenue to pe reviewed by Controller “General McCarl in so far as they relate to tax fefunds. . Mr Cougens does mot feel that the Bureau of Internal Revenue shonld tontinue to have the broad discre. tionary powers it has enjoyed in set- tling with a taxpayer on the matter of refunds. “I have never known an industr: he said today, “which does not wel- come an outside aydit, in fact insists bn a check for its own good. That's what *he controller general would do.” ation of Provision. in Senator was asked to rork.ngs of his amend ~2quire the controller [ & oval,” he was asked, RC ordered the retund?” “His wuly then would be merely to see thai Lhe refund was made in ac- cordance with the court decision,” said Mr. Couzens. “What relief would the taxpayer have,” was the next question, “if the controller refused to approve the com- missioner’s decision?" 4 “The taxpayers could then appeal 2o the Board of Tax Appeals, and if that board ordered the refund the con- groller would have to pay it.” + Mr. Couzens insisted also that what he was proposing was simply that there be a check on expenditures in- dependent of the executive branch of | the government, just as the controller eneral now reviews all other Govern- ent expenditures on behalf of Con- gress. Process Called Cumbersome. The viewpoint of the Treasury is t this is & cumbersome process and reflects on the integrity of the men in the Internal Revenue Bureau. The amendment proposed would apply only to refunds above $50,000, so it is prgued that the Senate would trust the auditors with small sums, but not wvith large amounts. ‘" The contention is also advanced by Treasury officlals that it would be| expensive to conduct a second check, that an administrative machinery svould have to be set up almost as expensive as the Internal Revenue Bureau itself in order to audit the returns. Senator Couzens, however, vays the controller would have the right to use the same auditors in the bureau who audited the original ac- counts, but that the purpose of his eamendment is to prevent the arbitrary action of a single Income Tax Bureau efficial higher up. - The 'xxeuu of Representatives has yet to pt the Couzens amendment, and naturally the administration will do all in its power to prevent the item from being retained when the m deficiency bill goes to con-| . Some Rulings Disitked. Executive officlals have not been g.wcuher satisfied with Controller neral McCarl's rulings on expense pccounts and a numl . of items Recessary in their o] n_fo carry on the Government, so they do not relish r microscopic examination of all income tax returns in which large ' yefunds are made. The objection chkiefly is that the pontroller general would have the ipower to review decisions of the revenue, interpreting the law he sees it and refusing to approve expenditures not in accordance with jhis views. Another argument ad- wanced is that whereas Mr. McCarl | swas empowered by Congress to review lexpenditures of funds authorized by Congress, the refunds are really a Feturn of money improperly collected dn the first place. There are some lconstitytional questions involved in avhether the Executive or the Con- has the supreme administrative ywer in collecting taxes after the tes are once fixed by Congress. The act of refund is considered by execu- | tive officials as a part of the process ot collection. : (Covyrisht. 1927.) —_— NAVY FLYER ENTERS CONTEST FOR FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC (Continued from First Page.) {Continued rom — - tempt to fly across the Atlantic. Capt. Fonck’s attempt last Septéember end- ed disastrously when his plane was wrecked taking off and of his crew were killed. So far the aeronautic association | received only one entry, that of | ul Tarascon of France, and Mr. Adams said he understood Tarascon intended to withdraw. Unofficial word | has been received, however, that sev- | eral French flyers were planning to try for the prize. Fonck, it is under- Btood, has already succeeded in raising $150,000 for his second attempt, and is_working on the plans now. Mr. Adams sald the association would lend every possible aid to Davis and to the other competitors. Thi association, he emphasized, is an im partial body. and would give the same essistance to every entry. The body, he said, is enthusiastic over the possi- bility of the Atlantic being crossed by air. With several flyers competing, the prospects of success seem bright, he said. May Fly Either Way. Mr. Adams said one or two of the fiyers probably would start from Paris | and fly toward New York. According 10 the rules of the cortest an aviator may fly in e‘ther direction he prefers. Mr. Adams expects to hear from the Aero Club of France later regarding plans for the flights and entries. Comdr. Davis has been ambitious to fly across the Atlantic for some time. He intended to make the at- tempt last year, but was unable to get the plane he wanted. Comdr. Davis began fiving in 1920. He was in command of the air station at Souantum, Mass., until last Novem- Navy Department here. years old. He is 35 o CO-EDS MAY SMOKE. ZLeland Stanford Woman Students Must Not Do So in Public. PALO ALTO, Calif., Jamuary UP).—~Woman students at Lyman Wilbur yesterday approved an- nual regulations drawn by woman stu- dents, and the new code permitd smok- ing. Smoking in public will be frowned upon, however. Smoking will be permitted in living quarters, excepting where sororities have national edicts against such a practice. —— . Prance now has less than 30,000 un- employed, . |action taken by two members | 28 | Stanford | University may smoke. President Ray | The telephone in the newsroom has been kept busy with congratulatory messages. A considerable number of |letters have been received from j;'iel:derl in widely different walks of | Mrs. Gertrude M. Donovan, 424 Twelfth street southeast, writes: “I want to take this opportunity thank The Star for the statement \made in its issue of January |relative to the divorce case of Mr. and Mrs. Browning of New York. The the paper is very commendatory, n?d I am sure that vour readers are foud in their praise. | Not Fit for Children. | | . "“The case is in no way of special | interest to the residents of the Dis- | trict of Columbia. and the proceed- |ings, as published in other papers. {are not fit for our children to read. | I am president of the Bryan Parent- | Teacher Association, and 1 feel sure | that T am voicing the sentiments of [all the members. I sincerely trust that newspapers throughout the coun- | try—especially in the District of Co- lumbia—will follow your lead.” Mrs. Caroline B. Stephen, president of the Temple School, 1420 K street, writes. “You cannot imagine the exul- tation that filled my heart and soul | when I saw the little insert in The Star last evening in regard to the Browning divorce business. I am cer- tain that the best people of Washing- ton will feel a profound sense of gratitude for the stand you have taken.” Jesse J. ., 310 Mills Build- |ing, writes: “As a citizen of the Dis- | trict of Columbia and the father of |young school children, I “certainly | Wish to compliment you on - your stand. This is another step in the right direction, it seems to me, and is very timely and consistent with the more or less concentrated effort on the part of our governmental authori- |tes to eliminate obscene literature. | The writer does not see how the news- papers can give much force to any organized effort looking toward the elimination of such evils as filthy news columns published in periodicals for | sale on newsstands so long as those newspapers have not cleaned house | themselves.” | Praise From Pastor. | “It gives me joy to_read of your position,” writes Rev. Fred G. Hollo- way, pastor of the Cherrydale M. P. Church. “I kndw it will only increase the high estimate which many thou- sands already have for your splendid paper.” “The deletion of all objectionable details of that most unfortunate case is a most worthy move, and I am sure it will be appreciated by all your readers,” writes W. A. Whitney, 1736 G street. Moses E. Clapp, chairman of the di- rectors of the North American Devel- opment Corporation, writes: “Realiz- ing, of course, that your attitude in regard to the evidence in a pending divorce case was taken because you thought it was right, and not to meet anybody's commendation, still I re- alize that when we do our duty we are not averse to commendation, and I want to express my approval of your attitude.” “Your announcement that the de- tails of the Browning case are to be omitted from your columns is a wel- come message to all decently minded readers of your paper,” writes Charles D. Reeder. “Now for a resolve by your management to omit other scan- dal and confine your space to the serv- to | 26 | '!'HE' EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1927. PANAMA TO RESUME PARLEY WITH KELLOGG OVER TREATY READERS PRAISE STAR'S CLEAN HANDLING OF BROWNING CASE Suppression o'f Lurid Details Proves It Real Fit for Children, Subscribers Agree. ing things out that are not fit for the whole family to read. I wonder how an edtor would feel if his own child should read aloud some of the things that are printed in the papers today? I hope The Star will always be a family paper, one that a father or mother would not be afraid to read to their children." George E. Tolman, 3944 Livingston street, writes: “The public, at least your public, has had enough of such rot and does not want it for personal consumption or home reading. and I am glad you realize it and have the courage to say It is enough to disgust a healthy man or woman with a healthy mind to read most of the daily papers today, or even to attend the average vaudeville house. The Hall-Mills murder trial, the Browning case, the Chaplin domestic affairs and so on and so forth must have caused a severe nausea in the solid American public that you so admir- ably serve. We support you in your fine stand.” Mrs. Raymond E. Adams, 808 Tay- lor street, writes: “Thank you for your stand in reference to the Brown- ing trial. T am sure many fathers and mothers of the District of Columbia appreciate it.” Settles Problem of Children. Mrs. John R. Weyrich, 1414 Alli- son street, writes: “Congratulations on your attitude in not printing de tails of the Browning e. With growing children it is & serious prob- lem for mothers when our paper con- tains matter of that kind." Mrs. Henry Webb, 1017 Fourth street northeast, writes: “I want to congratulate you on the stand taken against publishing the full details of the Browning trial.” In addition to the letters, scores of telephone calls to The Star have ex- pressed the spontaneous thanks of many of its readers for the decision against printing details of the trial. The telephone calls were doubly in- teresting because of the fact that many came from persons who intro- duced themselves as having been “brought up” on The Star, and who said that ruch action on this new: paper’s part was “what we might e. pect The Star to do.” LEGION PEACE URGED. Gen. Fries Makes Appeal by Radlo to Local Bodies. Bearing in mind the friction between the District of Columbia Department of the American Legion and the local auxillary as well as other frictions within the leglom, which a special committee appointed by National Comdr. Howard P. Savage has given the local department until May to straighten out, Maj. Gen. Amos 'A. Fries, local department commander, last night delivered by radio an ap- peal for harmony. Speaking from WRC, Gen Fries wrged the legion members and the auxiliary to put aside personal feel- ing and remember the principles for which the organizas uns stand. At present the Joca! auxiliary is not recogr.ized by the District department of the American Legion, while it is recognized by the headquarters of the auxiliary at Indianapolis. At the same time there are threa units func- tioning as an auxiliary under the cor- poration laws of the District, while they are neither recognized by the legion . department nor by the aux- lliary headquarters. BUSCH DEATH-BED ice of decency, law and order. I con- gratulate and thank you." J. E. McCulloch, secretary of the National Betterment League, says: “'It is highly gratifying % us to see your announced intention to print only the news in cqnnection with the Brown- ing trial. 1 am sure all parents who read your paper will approve this course. So much is appearing these days in the public press to nullify the home training that your move is certain to gain hearty applause.” Brings Security to Homes. A. E. Falconer, Cherrydale, Va.: “We wish to express our approbation and appreciation of your policy. It | is this attitude on vour part that gives us a feeling of security and | satisfaction in having The Star in our | home.” | Lendall A. Conner, 1825 New Hamp- | shire avenue, writes: “It has given | me great pleasure to read in your much appreciated paper the announc | ment of your stand in regard to the Browning divorce case. If the expres- sions of approval which I have heard among friends are any indication, you will recelve many written and un- written thanks for your -stand for clean journalism. As Washington's ‘home’ newspaper The Star has made itself a greater institution than ever before.” Emily C. Matthews, 2926 P street; | “As a long-time subscriber, may I say | how much I admire the stand you have taken in reporting the Browning | trial?” Earl C. Arnold, 720 Twentieth street, ‘“'filQ!Z “The announcement that you would delete portions of the news con- cerning the Browning trial is such a departure in newspaper circles that it should have the support of the public. If in the future we must have salacious proceedings, like the Hall | trial has been and the Chaplin trial promises to be, 1 hope you will re- gard this as a precedent, and that other papers will follow your lead. {One does not have to be a prude to | have the instinct to avoid fiith. The reaction of the few with whom I have talked since your announcement Was | made is that your position should be | followed by all papers.” Likes Clean Journalism. Laura E. Xizer, 1245 Crittenden street, writes: “I appreciate clean | journalism. Thank you very much for the stand you have taken.” | Edwin B. Donaldson, 2226 Lawrence | street northeast, writes: ‘I am sure | your paper will profit more by leav- STATEMENT FOUGHT BY DEFENSE COUNSEL (Continued from First Page.) tion where they canfot cross-ex- amine.” Capt. Cornwell, in reply to other defense questions, explained that Horning called him on the telephone this morning, refreshed his recollec- tion on the supplemental quotation and requested his presence on the wit- ness stand. Several Citizens Testify. Several residents of Petworth testl. fled that they heard shooting about 4 o'clock on the morning of September 26, and then Mrs. Catherine M. Vogel, 41056 New Hampshire avenue, related how Moreno entered her kitchen about 9:30 o'clock that morning. She identified him as the person whq came up her cellar steps into the kitchen and sald, “Don’t holler.” She also tastified that after the capture of Moreno and Eagles they were brought to her front porch and Mo- reno sald: “Please let me go. I am shot and I didn’t hurt anybody. I'm a bootlegger, and you ought not hold a man suffering llke this. I just wanted to- use -vour phone.. I slept down there in the cellar all night.” Mrs. Vogel added that Eagles made no statement in her presence. When Moreno appeared in her kit- chen while she was preparing break- fast for her baby and while her hus- band was in bed, and said, “‘Don’t hol- ler,” Mrs. Vogel testified, I screamed. He closed the door and backed down the cellar. I kept on screaming, seven or eight times, and then rah in the back yard and kept on screaming.” Others who testified that they were awakened by the firing of shots early September 26 were: Russell H, C voe, 4108 Illinois avenue; Saul F. Lewis, 501 Upshur street; Erwin Jones, 4203 New Hampshire avenue; John R. Miller, 4202 New Hampshire avenue, ind Fred S. Benham, 4128 Fifth street, Chemists Name Officers. Officers have been elected by the Washington Chapter of the Americ Institute of Chemists as follows: Honorary president, Charles E. Mun. roe; president, Paul H. Brattain; vice ‘president, James F. Couch; secretary, J. N. Taylor; treasurer, H. L. Lourie. | IStudent Ordered Deported Wins Stay By the Associatea Press. | Bernarda Shulgasser, a student at Butler College, Indianapolls, who got | as far as Ellis Island last week on a deportation trip to Europe was given a stay of one year today by order of Assistant Secretary Hus- band of the Labor Department. An appeal by the faculty of But- ler College resulted in stopping the deportation. The Labor Department held that Shulgasser, a Lithuanian, had lost his status as a student in an Amer- ican educational institution because he had accepted employment as a teacher of Hebrew and music and also because he had applied for naturalization in the United States. Shulgasser entered the country under special rmission to take a course at Northwestern University, but transferred to the University of | Of Year on Appeal by College Faculty ber, when he was transferred to the | Chicago after a month and went to Butler, If during the next year Shul- gasser's conduct is such as to make it sure that his primary purpose in coming to the United States was to take advantage of educational facil- ities and that he intends to return to his own country at the end of his educational course, Mr. Husband explained, he will not be further in- terfered with, He cannot, however, bgeome a citizen or remain permanently in the United States after having obtained a permit to enter as a student, the immigration regulations preventing such a course, Friends of Shugasser said he had engaged in non-student activities to pay his schoo! expenses and to send money home to his mother and two sisters. He was unaware, they said, later that the practice was illegal. IWARMER WEATHER AFTER GOLD WAVE Season’s Most Frigid Spell Departs, Leaving Death and Suffering in Wake. Leaving death and suffering in its wake, the season's severest cold wave departed from Washington today to make way for a period of wet and warmer weather. The toll of the record frigid &nap included one fatality, one hospital case attributed to the sold innumer- able instances of nipped noses and fingers and A more or less general epidemic of motor influenza Daniel F. Sullivan, &4.vear-old re- tired rallroad engineer, for whom police had beén looking for several days, was found frozen to death yes- terday afternoon several Blocks from his home at 1220 E street southeast. Elizabeth Ross, colored, 58, of 28 Eleventh street northeast, was treated at Freedman's Hospital for ilin re- sulting from the extreme cold after being found at North Capitol and P streets in a semi-conscious condition. Before leaving for parts unkonwn the Arctic winds took another gripon the city last night, forcing the mer- cury down to 19 degrees and treating scattered portions of the city today to a sparse sprinkling of snow. Today, however, the temperature was rising rapldly under the temper- ing influence of southerly breezes, and Forecaster Mitchell predicted that it would remain warm, and probably rainy, the remainder of the week. Rain tonight and tomorrow is the somewhat dreary prospect, he said. “There is no more cold weather in sight for the next few days, at least;’ he added. DEMOCRATS BLOCK APPROVAL OF AIMS IN LATIN AMERICA __(Continued from First Page) leader, Zapata, has heen reported ac- tive. Hurtado's column includes a Bospital unit. REGRET MARINES LEFT. Liberals in Nicaragua Frankly Give Views on Crisis. By Cable o The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1627 CORINTO, Nicaragua, January 28.— While Washington debates the wisdom and justice of intervention in Nica- ragua, the only note discernible here is regret that the American Marines weré withdrawn in 1925, and that the State Department's policy has been ambiguous so long. The correspondent talked confiden- tially with the most prominent Lib- erals who had reasons to know they were absolutely safe in speaking frankly. They rivaled the Conserva- tives in calling for strong military and economic intervention. It is their con- tention that had the American Ma- rines remained, instead of being with- drawn in 1925, Nicaragua would have been spared loss of lives, suffering and loss of civil liberty incident to the banana revolutions and that $5,000,000 would not have been added to the na- tional debt by war losses. One Liberal Speaks Out. These are the views of Liberals in- cluding Senators and former cabinet members. One of the Liberals who permits the use of his name in con. nection with a plea for strong inter- vention is Victor Roman. He is a phy- sician, a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, a member of a leading family, and brother of a Liberal cabi- net member. He was saved from death by Charles G. Eberhardt, the United States Minister, when the Conserva- tives raided a Liberal club party. Dr. Roman, himself a Senator, said that such lawless proceedings happened only after the withdrawal of Marines brought about on representation of the Liberal President, Martinez. Summing up the accounts from American and Nicaraguan sources, it appears that a dozen years of clvil liberty without any ostentatious leg: tion guard camped in the presiden- tial palace gave the Liberals the im- pression that Nicaragua could con- duct her own affairs without Ma- rines, But the Liberals reckoned without the growing resentment of Chamorro, head of the extreme Conservatives. Chamorro, the only Nicaraguan to rally an army immediately, sulked at hiz defeat by a combination of Liberals and mild Conservatives, which put Solorzano and Sacasa in office. He forced Solorzano to make him commander of the army. Solorzano Finally Quits. The Liberals tried to guide Pres- ident Solorzano until that unhappy man succumbed to the double fire and resigned. Chamorro dominated Congress, which, in the meantime, had impeached Sacasa for conspir- ing against Solorzano. He was thus disqualified to succeed to the presi- dency and Chamorro was elected. Dr. Sacasa saved his life by flight to Salvador and Washington, and, fail- ing to find support there, to Mexico, The Washington treaties prevented the United States from recognizing Chamorro and Nicaragua was then plunged into a year of intrigue, strife and distress. Americans here say that Sacasa might have had the presidency if he had braved Chamorro, but lost by his weak action in taking flight. He struck later, too late, and without knowledge of the American Carribean policy. Dr. Roman and others ask why the United States did not act promptly and forcefully when Chamocro engi- neered his coup d'etat. “The ambiguity of the American policy jn those months,” says Dr. Roman, “was an invitation to disturb- ance and injustice. It would have been far better for Nicaragua if the United States had frankly outlined ita policy here, kept the Marines, super- vised the elections and permitted peaceful progress until we could get along by ourselve: NEW TRAFFIC LIGHTS. Automatic System for Section of Rhode Island Avenue. Another link in Washington's rapid- 1y extending system of automatic traffic control lights will be put into operation tomorrow night, it was an- nounced today by Traffic Director M. 0. Eldridge. The new lights are on Rhode Island avenue between Four- teenth and Seventeenth streets. Mr. Eldridge’s program of light ex- tensions contemplates the early in- stallation of the signals on Rhode Is. land avenue from Fourteenth streét east to North Capitol street, in addi- tion to E street from the Union Sta- tion to Thirteenth street. Bids for an additional supply of the lights will be opened by the Commissioners Tuesday. o BAND CONCERT. TOMORROW. . By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, 5:45 o' Zimmermann, lead- second lesder., lghlx.hn S. M. FAVORS RAISING PHARMACY TESTS Senate District Committee Reports Bill for Higher Standards Here. After making several amendments, the Senate District committee today favorably reported the bill to raise the standard governing the practice of pharmacy in Washington. The com mittee amendment would do the fol- lowing things: Postpone the effective date -of the new law for one year, £0 &s not to work an injustice on students who | are about to take the examinations - licensed pharmacists; restrict t power of the Board of Pharmacy in revoking licenses by providing for a public hearing, and the right of the pharmacist to apply to the District Court of Appeals for a writ of error if his license is revoked. The main feature of the bhill is a requirement that a pharmacist in future must be a graduate of an | accredited school of pharmacy and | have three vears of practical expert- | ence in a drug store. Under the | existing law there is a provision for | a college education and three years of | experience, but that law also allows a person to be licensed without the school requirement it he has had four years of drug &tore experience. The bill would require all pharma- cists to register every three years as a means of giving the board a check on those who should not be relicensed. The committee explained In its report to the Senate that there has heen =0 much progress in the study of chemistry and the preparation of medicine since the preent law was enacted that these additional require- ments are necessary to insure the highest degree of service on the part of pharmacists. SLAYER RECOVERS PORTIONS OF BODY W. N. Coffey Leads Police to Plages He Buried Parts of Woman. By the Amsociated Press PLATTEVILLE, Wie., January 28: —Rite’s woods today gave up the dis- membered body of Mrs. Hattie Hales Coffey as another link in the State's chain of evidence through which it hopes to send her bigamist husband and self-confessed slayer to prison for life. With Willlam N. Coffey, Madison bond salesman and confessed slayer of his bride of four weeks, as their gulde, officers recovered the body this morning from a dense grove five miles south of Platteville, Coffey showed no emotion as he led the party from one snow-incrusted mound to another and saw them dig into the frozen earth and extract por- tions of the body of the woman he confessed killing October 9 in Grant County, Miss. The proceedings were watched.by a crowd. estimated at 1,000 persons, who began gathering at dawn. Coming as a climax to-a week of investigation of the many versions of his romance with the-53.-year-old La Crosse widow, whom he married de- spite a wife and three children in Madison, the recovery of the body confirmed his confession of Wednes- day and established the corpus delicti. Donation of two sites in West Vir- ginia to the Government to build a new penitentiary to house the Federal prisoners, now lodged in State and county prisons, was offered yesterday by E. E. Dudding, president of the Prisoners’ Relief Society of Washing- ton. Mr. Dudding made the offer in a let- ter to Chairman Graham of the House Jjudiciary committee. He said he owned 200 acres at White Sulphur Springs and 300 acres at Clarksburg, and “would give the choice of the two places” to the Government. £hm Favors Perryville Monument. A $5,000 monument would he erected on the site of the Battle of Perryville, in memory of Federal soldiers killed there, under a bill in- troduced yesterday by Representative Gllbert, Democrat, of Kentucky. Today in Congress SENATE. Senate resumed consideration of deficiency appropriation bill ‘with Senator ~Harrison, Democrat, of Mississippl still endeavoring to in- sert an amendment to reduce the tax on corporations at this time. The Senate is expected to dispose of this bill today. Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Mas- sachusetts introduced bill to per- mit boxing in the District. Interstate commerce committes held a hearing on raflroad consoli- dations bill. Finance committee met in execu- tive session on alien property legis- lation. Campaign expenditures committee held executive session. ° HOUSE. House Leader Tilson announced that radio compromise measure would be called up in the House the first thing in the morning. House completes action on State, Justice, Commerce and Labor ap- propriation bills. Police subcommittee of the House District_committee conducts hear- ing on Blanton bill to absorb the United States Park Police Force into the Metropolitan Police Force. Another hearing will be held Tues- day morning. Gibson subcommittee inquiring info _municipal administration of the District of Columbia continues its hearing at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Full appropriation committee called into session tomorrow morn- ing to report out District of Co- lumbia appropriation bill. Subcommittee on legislative ap- propriation bill continues hearings in _executive session. Ways and means committee in executive session on legislation pro- viding for loans on bonus certifi- cates, and on liquor bill. Foreign affairs committee con- ducts hearing on Fairchild resolu- tion on Mexico. Census committes conducts hear- ing on reapportignment. Military affairs committee con- tinues hearing on Muscle Shoals. Rules committee conducts hear- the Green resolution regarding Cuban parcel post bill, Interstate - commerce committee in executive session with Commis- :’ton-r Hall on railroad consolida- lon. Ricardo J. Alfaro, Minister to U. S., to Return in Effort to Reapen Negotiations. Rodolfo Chiari, President of Panama, Discusses New Proposal With A.-P. By the' Associated Prees PANAMA, January 28.—Rleardo J Alfaro, Panaman minister to the! United States, who came here early in the month to explain certain points of | the new Panama-United States treaty, has been ordered to return to Wash- ington for a conference with Secretary of State Kellogg on the possibility of reopening the treaty negotiations. The Panaman President, Rodolfo Chiari, in an interview with the Asso- clated Press correspondent, declared he always considered the treaty did not meet with the “hopes, interests or needs of the countr; “But,” he added, “after negotiations | lasting more than two years we sign.| ed the pact as the best obtainable, de- spite its lamentable inconveniences for us Panamans. However, if the oppor- tunity is available and if the United States State Department's attitude is propitious for new parleys which might result in benefiting our inter. ests, we will earnestly make all possi. ble efforta to comply with the Assam bly's regolution, for our satisfaction as A government and as Panaman. The President was referring to the resolution drawn up by the Panaman Congress for suspending consideration of the treaty pending efforts by the executives to obtain a more satisfac- tory solution. The Panama-United States treaty, RICARDO J. ALFARO. against which popular sentiment in Panama has heen growing, provides for transit through Panama of United States armed forces in time of peace and stipulates that Panama shall de clare herself in a state of war in case of any war in which the United States 18 belligerent. Other provisions bind Panama to co- operate in every way possible in de- fending the Panama Canal, to give to the United States complete control over all radio and cable communica- tions and supervision over aviation centers and aireraft and to turn over to the United States for perpetual oc- cupation a part of Manzanilla Island, at the Atlantic terminus of the canal, and the Harbor of Colon. Proposed changes in the treaty have been under discussion between the American and Panaman governments, but it has been Insisted hy the State Department in Washington that only revisions of a minor chamcter, not affecting the substance of the treaty, were being considered. Double Crossing Of “Under Cover” Dry Men Charged The charges that under-cover prohibition agents are sometimes double.crossed by the prohibition authorities is contained in papers filed in the Supreme Court yester- day in the case of H. E. Taylor of DeKalb County, Mo., appealing from the Western Missouri District Court, Taylor claimed he had been en- gaged in obtaining evidence for Kansas Clty prohibition officers when he purchased liquor from three men in his county, giving “keg" parties. Shortly after he ob- tained the liquor, he asserted, his home was raided by two regular prohibition agents and he was ar- rested. As a result he brought suit for $35,000 damages against L. F. De Hart, Missouri Federal prohibition administrator, and the two agents, for false arrest. The Distriet Court d'l!ml!n!d it for want of jurisdic- tion. FILIBUSTER THREATENED AGAINST BANKING BILL Western and Southern Senators Disapprove Measure Passed by House. By the Associated Press. A filibuster against the McFadden branch banking bill is threatened in the Senate, where a formidable group BOYS MAY TESTIFY AGAINST ‘PEACHES Former Friends Among 100 Witnesses — Browning Blames Mother-in-Law. By the Amsociated Press. NEW YORK, January 28.—Edward W. Browning hopes to have 12 boys, former friends of the former Frances “Peaches” Heenan, testify when his suit for separation reopens at White Plains Monday. His counsel says that the boys are among 100 witnesses who are ready to support Browning. While his counsel was preparing a counter bombardment to ‘‘Peaches’ " charges, Browning discussed the case as he saw it. He reiterated hi denial of his wife's | charges of cruelty, called himself a victim of “too much mother-in-law," expressed deterthination to keep his 10-year-old adopted daughter, Dorothy Sunshine, out of the litigation, and de- clared a reconcillation with his wife to be impossible. “Persecutién has killed my love for her,' he said. “There will positively be no reconciliation. I don’t see how 1 could possibly be expected to forgive from Western and Southern States are dissatisfled with the measure as approved by the House. The first effort will be to have the Hull amendments, stricken out by the House, reinserted, and, failing in that move, a general fight on the bill is expected, although opponents do not claim they can muster strength to defeat it in case the majority leaders press for action. One of the principal objections of opponents of the measure is the claim that it would permit control by larger banks over many branches over the country, through consolidations and otherwise, with a resultant concentra- tion of wealth. Among 8enators who will demand important changes are Howell, Re. publican, Nebraska; Wheeler, Demo- crat, Montana, and Dill, Democrat, ‘Washington, DECLARES MANY WORKING AGAINST ARMY AND NAVY By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 28.—'Some of the most intelligent minds in the country” arp in New York working against the aims of the Army and Navy, Rear Admiral Charles P. Plunkett charges. “You'll find in New York many people of tremendous influence who give all their time—although I sus- pect many of them are pald for it— for ends just the opposite of what you want,” he told Army and Navy offi- cers here last night at a dinner honor- ing Maj. Gen. James H. McRae, new commander of the 2nd Corps Area. “So short is memory, the American people would go to war as casually as they get on the subway,’ he said. “It should be your miseion to prove yourself an apostle of peace through preparedness.” L CHAMBER TO ELECT. Monthly Meeting to Be Held Next Tuesday. Election of a secretary, treasurer and general counsel for this year will be held by directors of the Washing- ton Chamber of Commerce at its regular monthly meeting at the Homer Building Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Present officers are Dorsey W. Hyde, jr., secretary; W. McK. Stowell, treas- and Chapin Brown, general The directors also will act on a re- port by the committee on manufactur- ing concerning the proposed expan- slon of the industries of the metro- politan area of the Capital. It is ex- pected the board will appropriate $100 toward a survey of present industries in this area, to be used as a basis for later advertising appeals. The report will be submitted by John Eckert, ‘Peaches’ for what she has done to me."” Browning ridiculed testimony of Mrs. Heenan that he had asked her to live with them. “Did you ever hear of a sane man who invited his mother-in-law to stick around day and night?” he asked. A brief seeking admissi as evi- dence of a diary kept by ‘‘Peaches” before her marriage i# being prepared by the Browning counsel. Charlotte Mills Called. NEW YORK, January 28 OP).— Charlotte Mills, 20-year-old daughter of the slain choir singer in the Hall- Mills murder case at Somerville, N. J., toda: as added to the Ed- ward W. Browning separation suit case, when attorneys for Browning announced that she had been su- poenaed to appear Mdnday in White Plains, N. Y. Just what testimony Miss Mills is to give to help holstér the wealthy New York realtor's case against his young wifé was not vocchsafed by Francis Dale, Browning's attorney. “We can't afford,"she said, “to try this case in the newhpapers, but it may be said that Miss Mllss will be an Important witness for my client.” DEATHS FROM DISEASES HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR Fatalities Doubled Here From In- fluenza. Grip and Pneumonia First Week of 1927. Public health service reports for the District of Columbia for the first week in 1927, given by the District Health Department today, show that deaths from influenza, grippe and pneumonia nearly doubled the number for the same period in 1926. During that period this year, 44 deaths resuited from in- fluenza and grippe and 29 from pneu- monia, a total of 73. For the same period last year, 5 died of influenza and grippe and 32 of pneumontia, show ing a decided increase in influenza and grippe fatalities over last year, and a slight decline in prieumonia deaths. Reports from 93 citles throughout the country with a population of 29,. 70,000, made public today, shows a decrease in deaths from pneumonia and influenza during the first week of this year compared to same period last year. The figures were 1,235 deaths for this year, and 1,359 last ear. Marines Ordered Out. BREMERTON, Wash., January 28 (#).—Orders ‘from Washington were received today by the Marines gar- risoned at Puget Sound Navy Yard here, dataching half the garrison to leave the yard tonight under sealed chairman of the committee on ma ufacturing. orders. The detachment consists of 92 enlisted men and 4 officers. n‘Keep Quiet, You Misil” Says Parrot To Judge, and the Bird Gets Away With It By the Associated Press. GRATZ, Austria, January 28.— Brought into a courtroom as an ex- hibit, an African parrot turned itself into an active participant and ad- dressed the judge in such a way that the court to. proceed with the The suit owner ner, living complained that every time he started moving about Dieses parrot would shriek, * quiet, you idiot!" Hardly had the judge started a re- mark. when the parrot, on a near the bench, yelled, ‘Keep quiet, you idiot!” ‘Then the judge decided that such bird deserved some con- BLANTON ACCUSES PARK POLICE HEAD Intimidated Subordinates on Proposed Merger Bill, He Charges. Capt. M. H. Parsons, in command of the United States Park Police force, under Lieut. Col. U. S, Grant, 3d, engineer officer in charge of pub. lic buildings and parks. today was charged by Representative Thomas L. Rlanton, Democrat, of Texas, with having intimidated Park police- men under his command against fa- voring the Rlanton bill. The charge was made during a hearing on the bill to merge the park and metropoli- tan police before a subcommittes on the House District committee. “Didn’t you tell your men at in. spection last Wednesday that if you hecame hard-boiled you would be the damnedest hard-boiled police captain they ever maw?" Mr. Blanton asked Capt. Parsons, who was atténding the hearing. Admits Strong Language. Capt. Parsons admitted that he had used such language, but denled that it was in refernce to the police merger bill. He sald it was in connection with a rumor that certain members of the park police force had criticined him as not giving them proper sup- port. Capt. Parsons said that as a matte: of fact he had told park policemen that he saw no objection to approach- ing their friends in regard to the Blanton bill either in support of it or in_opposition to it Willlam J. Grissam, a private on the park police force, testified that Capt. Parsons had predicted at th> inspee- tion that the proposed mercer of the police forces would he a failure. H quoted Capt. Parsons as saying, “If the bill goes through, re-establish a park police force. Park watchmen will be ap- pointed, and in five years they will he performing the .same duties as the park policemen are today.” Pvt. Grissam told the Rathbone Subcommittes that he is in favor of the proposed merger, because he fore. sees larger opportunities for advance- ment and that better retirement con- ditions prevail on the metropolitan force. He would also prefer the as- sortment of assignments on the met ropolitan forve, More Opposition Volced. Opposition to the proposed police merger was voiced by another park police private, Raymond F. Selby, who argued that a specialized knowledge i# required by the park police, who, on account of experiencé,.are better qual- ified to perform park duties. Emphasis was pllctfl%vu the fact that for both the metropolitan and park police the Civil Service require- ments are the same. Commissioner Doughérty, Maj. Hesse, superintendent cf the Metro- politan Police Force: TrufMe Director M. O. Eldridge and Capt. A. J. Head- ley are to caller as 1 itnesses at another hearing Tu. day morning at 10 o'clock, at the request of Mr. Blan- ton. The Rathbone subcommittee has been instructed to report this meas. ure back, with recommendations, to the full District committee at the meeting next Wednesday. LOCAL POLICEWOMEN GET FIRST-AID BADGES Complete Red Cross Course Emergency Treatment—First of Sex to Pass Tests. in Members of the Washington polic women, the first women's group in the United States to pass the anced first-aid course, requiring more than 22 hours of intensive firstaid training, received their official Ameri- can Red Cross firstaid brassards at noon today at tho headquarters ef the American Red Cross, Seventeenth and D streets. The policewomen have just com- pleted the Red Cross first-ald courss, conducted by Commodore W. E. Lfifi fellow and Drs. William R. - den and M. J. Shields, of the Ameri- can Red Cross staff. The women will be qualified by this training to give firstaid treat- ment to injured persons encountered in their line of duty. They were taught how to resuscitate persons nearly drowned, unconscious victims of gas and electric shock, and how to give emergency treatment to prac- tically all kinds of injuries, spraim fractures, broken bones 5 They also were instructed in the use of improvised materials necessary in emergencies, such as scarfs, beits and handicerchiefs. The. course was given at the request of Lieut. Mina Van Winkle and was under the auspices of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross. POLICEMAN LOSES CASE. Trial Board Recommends Dismis- sal of Pvt. Mullen. The police trial board recommended to the Commissioners today the dis missal of Police Pvt. M. T. Mullen of the ninth precinct station, who was convicted yesterday on a charge of conduct unbecoming an officer. The board failed to reach a verdict in the case of Motor Cycle Policeman Jesse A. Barnhart, also charged with conduct unbecoming an officer, but recommended a fine of $15 be im- posed on Policeman Willlam E. Law- son of the fourth precinct for fail- ing to communicate with his precinct station “by means of the signal system.” —_— TECH ALUMNI TO DANCE. Social Reunion Will Be Held Next Friday Night. Alumni of McKinley Manual Train- ing School will hold a social reunion and dance next Friday night at L'Aiglon ball room, Eighteenth and Columbia road, under auspices of the ‘Tech Alumni Association, it was an- nounced today by Granville Gud president of the association. Graduates and friends of the high school, which soon is to have a new building in the Eckington section, are invited to attend the reunion and “talk over old times at Seventh and Rhode Island avenue.” The darnce is the first of a series de. signed to '“‘revive the old Tech spirit among alumni,” it is stated. It will begin at 9 o'clock, Japancese ;fl;n Arrive. Fourteen Japanese army ol Mcers, perch |headed by Col. T. Araki, arrived here today on their world tour of inspee. tion of engineering fhethods in tary Jro’tcu. The commission has visited the principal European tries, and on its way to San Fran. olsco will stop at several Army n-pluu to sail irom San 15"and will stop. at Hawail.