Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Increasing cloudiness and warmer; occasional rains late tonight or tomor- row; minimum tonight, 37 Highest, 45 Temperature. terday; lowest, Full report v day. Bureau Forecast.) degrees. at 3 p.m. 34, at 7:20 a.m. to- on bage 9. ®(Closing N.Y. Stocks d Bonds, Page 14 No. 30,226. post_office, Entered as second cl: Washington, s matter D.C @h WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., TUESDAY, EBRUARY 1, 1927 -F1FTY PAGES. ¢ Foening Star. The Star's every city block an “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers d the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation 105,668. * () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. CERMANY FULFILLS ALL DISARMANENT TERMS OF ALLIES Military Control Going Into Hands of League as Agree- ment Is Reached. DESTRUCTION OF FORTS IN PRUSSIA PROMISED Berlin Engages Not to Comstruct Others in Violation of Treaty of Versailles. By the Associated Pr PARIS, February 1.—Full agree- ment op the disarmament questions which have been the subject of pro- tracted negotiations between the allies und Germany was reached tod: The Allied Council of Ambassadors 1s working out a few remaining de tails, but all pending differences over the military control of Germany have been settled and there are no problems to be turned over to the League of Nations. The Interallied Military Control Com- mission now ceases to function, the League taking over the work of see- ing that Germany complies with the disarmament provisions of the Ver- sailles treaty. In broad lines the agreement calls for the destruction of the fortifications at Kuestrin and Glogau, in Prussia, and 22 fortified works in the vicinity of Koenigsberg. The Germanp government solemnly affirms that no other fortifications ex- Ist, except those expressly recognized by the allles, and engages not to con- struct others, GERMANS WELCOME CHANGE. One More Consequence of Defeat Lightened by Allies. By Radio_to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1927. BERLIN, February 1.—Silently and unmourned, the Interallied military Control Commission leaves Germany today. Not a drum was heard—not a funeral note. Germans, from President Hinden- burg to the wildest Communist, wel- come the departure. Only two groups have perhaps reason for some slight regret. First are the numerous friends of over 200 officers, who, thanks to thelr connections, could sometimes obtain foodstufts and wines. from the British.and French military canteens at extremely low prices. Second is the group of nationalist fanatics who will have one less ob- ject against which to direct daily dia- tribes and lamentations. The officers themselves mostly leave with regrets. Their position here has been exceptional, their prestige and often their financial compensation high. The newspapers say that dur- ing seven years of activity members of the commission carried out 33,381 investigating visits with almost negli- gible results. Despite the aid of Ger- man_ Communists and pacifists, the allied officers were baffled. Germany possesses today the skele- tons of an army and of armament gurpassed by no country. As one of the leaders of the nationalistic patri- otic societies told the correspondent personally, “They have found that they cannot prevent a nation like Germany from arming. So long as| other nations are armed to the teeth, we shall continue to do likewise. Arms control passes to the League of Nations, and it remains to be seen with_what results. Today Germany has lightened one more consequence of her defeat. —— e GERMAN GROUP FAVORS ACCORD WITH FRANCE|: Military Co-operation With Bolshe- viks Declared Bad Policy in Resolution. By the Associated Fress. BERLIN, February 1.—The ex- ecutive committee of the “Jung Deutsche,” an organization of 70,000 members, has adopted a resolution protesting against “the opinion in military circles that bolshevik Russia can be a military ally for German The resolution also rejected any agreement with the Soviet and sum- moned Dr. Gessler, defense minister, to contradict the rumors that he fa. vors co-operation with the bolshev As evidence of a further shift the political sentiment of the Na- tionalists toward France, the com- mittee urged that a Franco-German understanding must be the basis of real peace in Europe, and declared that it would be “the happiest solu- tion for the future of both nations. $250,000 FOR VAN DYCK. Jacob Epstein of Baltimore Buys Famous Painting. NEW YORK, February 1 (®).—The painting of “Rinaldo and Armilda,” by Anthony Van Dyck, has been bought in England for approximately $250,000 by Jacob Epstein, a_Baltimore mer- chant, says the New York Times Mr. Epstein procured the picture by outbidding a group of British art Jovers who were raising a fund to pur- chase the painting and have it placed in the British Art Museum. It has now been brought to this country Objects of art valued at $1,000,000 are owned by Mr. Epstein, who started his business career as a peddler. FINDS OIL IN CELLAR. Virginian Discovers Traces of Pe- troleum While Digging. LYNCHBURG, Va (Special).—Kenneth Coffey, a shoe worker, who lives near Lynchburg College, has uncovered an ofly sub- stance, which he discovered in ex- cavating the cellar under his home, and he belleves he has struck oil or some other substance which may have commerclal value to it. ‘When he began digging he found an olly sand. Some of the sand was Jlaced in a bottle of water and al- Jowed to seftie. A scum of oil formed on the top‘of the water a fraction of an inch thick. A sample of the sand is belng analyzed. February 1. Prepares to Strike MARSHAL WU PEIFU. SENATE APPROVES 3NEW CRUISERS BY VOTE OF 4970 27 Party Lines Smashed by Bal- lot on $1,200,000 Amend- ment Over Coolidge Protest. By a vote of 49 to the Senate today adopted the committee amend- ment to the naval appropriations bill appropriating $1,200,000 toward the construction of the last three of the eight scout cruisers authorized in 1924. The vote in the Senat as a victory for the Nav Coolidge has opposed the appropria- tlon at this time for these cruiser: on the ground that this Government is now engaged in negotiations look- ing_toward another naval limitation conference. The supporters of the appropria- tion for the cruisers argued that the United States is_far below the strength of Great Britain in cruisers and below Japan also. Party Lines Smashed. The 5—5—3 ratio established at the shington conference for the ited States, Great Britain and Japan in capital ship strength and which was intended to apply also to auxillary craft, although no agree- ment was reached as to the latter, has been utterly discarded in the mat- ter of cruisers, it was said Party lines were sn.ashed in the cruiser vote, Republicans from the central part of the country voting with the President, while those from the Coast States voted for the cruiser appropriation. For the most part the Democrats voted for the appro- priation. The Republican progressives, so often found in opposition to the ad- ministration, voted almost to a man against the cruiser appropriation. How They Voted. The roll call wis as follow. For the cruiser appropriation— Senators Bingham, Connecticut; Cam- eron, Arizona; Couzens, Michigan; Dale, Vermont; Edge, New Jersey; Goff, West Virginia; Gooding, Idaho; Hale, Maine; Johnson, California; Keyes, New Hampshire; McLean, Connecticut; McNary, Oregon; Means, Colorado; Metcalf, Rhode Island: Moses, New Hampshire; Oddie, Ne- vada; Pepper, Pennsylvania; Phipps, Colorado; Schall, Minnesota; Gould, Maine; Shortridge, California; Stan’ field, Oregon, and Watson and Rob- inson, Indiana, 24, Republicans. Sena s Ashurst, Arizona; Bayard, Bratton, New Mexico; Louisiana; Bruce, Mary land; Copeland, New York; Fletcher, Florida; George, Georg Rhode Island; Harris, Georgia; rison, Mississippi; Hawes, Missouri; Kendrick, Wyoming; McKellar, Ten nessee; Overman, North Caroli Reed, 'Missouri; Smith, South_ Caro: Steck, Towa; Stephens, Missis Trammell, Florida; Tyson, Ten- Edwards, New Jersey; Walsh, and Walsh, Montana was hailed st Borah, Idaho; Capper, Kansas 1llinois; Ernst, Kentucky; Fess, Ohio; zier, North Dakota; Gillette Mas- sachuse Jones, Washington; La Follette n; Lenroot, Wiscon- M 5 South Dakota; Ny North Dakota; Pine, Oklahon Pennsylvania kett, Kentucky; Stewart, n, Wyoming, and Willi Washington; ¥ New Mexico; Wheeer, Montana, Shep- pard, Te : King, Utah; Ferris, Michigan—Democrats, 8. Shipstead, Minnesota—Farmer-La- bor, 1,200 U. S. Marines Go to Guam, Ready . For Duty in China By the Associated Press. Tiwelve hundred Marines now con- centrated at San Diego, Calif., will sail for Guam on the transport Chau- mont on February 3, taking up quar. s there on the departure of the chment of 300 which as been ordered to Manila, so as to be nearby if needed in Chin: The transport was due Mare Island Navy Yard Diego. With the enlarged detachment at | Guam, the Navy will be in better | position to move men if they should be needed to protect American lives and property in the Orient, Marine to leave today for ‘Destiny of China in Balance W ASSES ARIY TOATTACK HANKON NDEGSIVEBATLE as Northerners Prepare for Southern Invasion. EXODUS OF FOREIGNERS IN INTERIOR CONTINUES Peking Ousts British Customs In- spector Following Protest Against Shanghai Forces. By the Associated Press PEKING, February 1.—The Peking or Central government of China, more or less overshadowed in recent weeks by developments in Cantonese terri- tory, returned to the spotlight of the Chinese situation today. Upon the heels of a note to the British government requesting that armed forces not be landed in Shang- ng authorities summarily dismissed Sir Francis Aglen, British inspector general of Chinese maritime customs, for his refusal to collect sur- taxes recently decreed by the govern- ment. At the same time, as a purely do- mestic issue, the Northerners, as well as the Cantonese, concentrated their in preparation for what to be one of the outstanding truggles of the present civ The campaign is intended 1© to decide whether the Can- Nationalists will retain the they won when the paign they began less than a ago gave them nearly or whether the Northerners drive back their Southern foe again become sole masters of the nation. Foreign Exodus Continues. In the meantime the exodus of for- eigners from the interior of China continued in full swing in anticipa tion of the coming clash. The rich Yangtse River basin i first objective of the Northerners, Hankow, where the British concession was seized a month ago during vio- lent anti-foreign rioting, is the fgcal point of the ;! While the X ts concentrated their army in Hankow and other points along the Yangtse, Marshal Wu Pei Fu, one of the ablest militarists in China, was mobilizing his forces in the North. Wu recently was taken into the alliance of Northern war lords after erushing the revolt which broke out in his army when he lost Han- kow and the control of Central China to_the Cantonese last Summer. It is expected that Wu will be joined in the drive on the Southerners by Gen. Chang Hsueh-Liang, son of Chang Tso-Lin, the predominant fig- ure in the Peking government. Disagree on Surtaxes. In removing Sir Francis as inspec- tor general, the central government took another step in its fight to at- tain tariff autonomy. The action fol- lowed a note of the previous day, in which Sir Francis was reminded that he was an appointee of the Chinese government and must casry out its orders. Sir Francis and the govern-| ment disagreed upon the surtaxes of 2% per cent on ordinary imports and 5 per cent on luxuries agreed upon at the Washington conference in 192 The mandate removing Sir Francis stated that there was to be no change tus of foreign loans, indem- s or the domestic loan service, A ", Edwards, chief secretary of the maritime customs, was appointed act ing inspector general The note to the British government protesting the landing of armed forces at Shanghai said that such a large force as the approximately 20,000 men the British propose to station there was unnecessary and might cause ““unforeseen complications for which the Chinese government could not be responsible.” Washington Pact Cited. The note protesting the British mill- tary movement, issued by V. K. Well- ington Koo, foreign minister of the Peking government, declared the “dis patch of additional naval and military forces to China is contrary to the spirit of the League of Nations cove. nant.” He further declared the expedition was contrary to a resolution adopted by the Washington conference, in which the powers “agreed to respect China's sovereignty and withdraw all troops stationed in China not in con- formity with the provisions of exist- ing treaties.” U. S. REFUGEES INCREASE. Flee in Larger Numbers From China Danger Zone. By the Associated Press. merican refugees, including many are fleeing in increasing s from the danger zones of in- terior China to the seacoast citles, and United States naval forces are moving closer to the theater of war to afford them any protection that might be needed. Admiral C. W. Willilams, commander of the Asiatic fleet, has reported to the Nav Department that many American citizens, acting on the ad- vice of American Minister MacMur- at Peking, have begun an evacu- ion of interfor Chinese provinces be- cause of movements of Cantonese forces, while Shanghai dispatches re- port a general missionary exodus from alm ist_control, due to_anti-foreign agita- (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) | By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1927. ATH , February 1.—Athens had a nmew kind of “revolution” Monday night—a revolt of the taxicabs, in which thousands of irate drivers tried to mob the Parllament House only to be repelled ignominously by fire hose. The demonstration was a protest against the “power and traction act,” which gives a franchise tg a British- controlled company, conferring the exclusive right for 60 years to install and operate a new local traction sys- Fire Hose Puts Down “Tax Revolution” As Drivers Storm Greek Parliament tem in Athens, and also to import, duty free, cars, supplies and gas. The franchise was signed by former Dictator Pangalos and now is before the Chamber for ratification. The British treasury is said to have financed the company. Indignant Athenian taxi drivers, bus drivers and street car conductors d motormen, most of whom will lose their jobs if the franchise is rati- fied, made a valiant protest, but they every province under National- | R NN R ‘}5 BUSCH'S DEATHBED CHARGES RECITED Jury Excused as Capt. Corn- well Repeats Words. Ach Cross-Examined. The “dying declaration” of Police- man Leo W. K. Bus for whose death four men are on trial in Crim inal Division 2, and in which he stated that dark complected fellow with hair over his face” was the n liam Hitz Capt. Frederic well of the tenth precinct today, with the jury excused and later, after a ruling by Justice Hitz, the declaration was recited again with the jury pres- ent. ~The ‘‘declagation” which Capt. Cornwell received from Busch in ( fleld Hospital about 5 o'clock on the morning of September 26, followed hour of eross-examination of Poli man Frank L. ‘Ach, who also w wounded in the Petworth gun battle. Ach stood by the story told yesterday on direct examination without wav ering under the barrage of qu tions hurled at him by X ©'Donoghue, attorney for muel Mo, reno, and James A. O'Shea for John F. McCabe. Dying Words Repeated. Capt. Cornwell's testimony included the declaration was: ' rived at the hospital and found a doc tor and nurse standing beside Ach I went over to Busch and said, “What's the matter? He put his hand up and said, ‘Captain, I'm shot, shot bad; I'm through. They got me this time.’ 1 told him maybe it was not as bad as he thought it was. He then told me that he had got the lookout over the telephone, and that he and ‘Ach walked south on Georgia avenue and saw four white men a ring the description, standing at a taxicab call box. “Two of them were dark-complected and looked like Italians. One was shorter than the other, and the tall one wore a cap with hair hanging down over his face. ‘That’s the man that shot me,’ Busch said. ‘I know I shot him. because I heard him holler.’ Said They Were Waiting. “The other two looked Americans,’ Busch sald, stating that one was a little taller than the other. He then said Ach walked over and asked them what théy were doing. ‘“They said they were waiting for a taxi, as their car had broken down and Ach asked them where the car Wi hey told us and we started walking toward New Hampshire avenue, where the shooting occurred.” O'Shea led the objection to the de claration on the ground that Busch and Ach had received no description of the four white men mentioned in the lookout other than they were “four white men.” He contended, therefore, that the quartet the officers saw could not answer a_description given. Cornwell insisted, however, that the fact four men were seen in a group at that early hour after a lookout for the same number had been broadcast was sufficient to arouse the suspicion of any officer. O’Shea read to Cornwell the police incidental of the lookout Cornwell broadcast for the men in the shooting. This incidental was contained in the inquest testimony and stated that a fourth man could not be ldentified. Cornwell maintained vigorously that the descriptions of four men had been telephoned by him to the precinct after his conversation with Busch. Justice Hitz, who asked for authorities in support of counsels’ contentions re- gording the admissibility of the dec- laration after the close of Friday's session, said just before the luncheon recess that he is still waiting for them. Bradshaw Is Witness. Prior to Cornwell’s testimony Police- man Enoch S. Bradshaw of the tenth precinct testified that Busch told him at the hospital shortly after the shoot- ing “that he wanted to see a priest before he was operated on and asked me to see that his wife was notified, so that she could come to the hos- pital”” This was offered by Assistant United States Attorney George D. Horning, jr., as a preliminary proof that Busch had abandoned hope for recovery, and what he told Cornwell a short time afterward could be char- acterized a dying declaration. O'Donoghue ocarried Ach through most of his testimony of yesterday on cross-examination. Ach, on numerous occaslons, had spoken of McCabe and “a man in a blue suit” as the ones he grabbed just before the shooting. When questioned on this point again, Ach replied: were not strong enough to withstand the expert work of the fire depart- ment, which is very handy with the hose. “T grabbed 1®abe and Moreno.” 0'Donoghue_juestioned him closely on_this statement and then Ach re- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. | Capper of the Di THERE'S" ALWAYS 4 SOMETHING, REMIND ONE, OF MADISON SQUARE \ZEi) 500 Dogs Sentenced To Death Are Saved; Get Jobs in Movies By the Associated P . CULVER CITY, Cal, 1—The lives of 500 dogs un- der sentences of death in the pounds of southern California cit- ies to be d by a motion picture company filming a picture of early Alaskan gold rush days. Since any dog able to pull sled was pressed into ser the miner these ‘‘extra not huskies in order the picture realistic. After paying the to release the dogs, the producers will give them a brief course of training. They then will be taken to Colorado, where the snow scenes will be shot. The director hopes that their prestige as screen ac- tors will gain them homes. SENATE'S POWER T0PUNISH UPHELD Jail Possible for Insull and Crowe, King and Goff Tell Slush Committee. February be to make The power of the Senate to punish recalcitrant witnesses before Senate committees was upheld in reports bmitted to the Reed slush fund committee today by Senator King of Utah and Goff of West Virginia. Both Senators had been engaged in examining the law with particular reference as to what could be done in the cases of Samuel Insull of Chicago and State’s Attorney Crowe, also of Chicago, and Thomas W. Cunningham of Philadelphia, all of whom declined to answer questions put to them in the orial campaign investiga- tions last Summer. Meets Again Next Monday. The committee, Senator Reed of Missouri said following today’s meet- ing, took no action with regard to citing these witnesses for contempt. He said that he expected to have another meeting on Monday of next week, at which time the committee would determine its course. If the committee adopts the view taken by Senator King, and proceeds against the recalcitrant witnesses the committee_would ask the Senate to summon the witnesses before the bar of the Senate. In that event they will be given an opportunity to purge themselves of confempt by answer- ing questions which they declined to answer before the Senate commitee. Power to Jail Them Claimed. Should they continue contumacious, the Senate, {n the opinion of Senator King, as the result would have the power to turn them over to the ser- geant-at-arms and have them placed in the District jail. In view of the recent decision of the Supreme - Court of the United States in the Mal Daugherty case, it is not believed any court would grant them a writ of habeas corpus, as in the case of Dougherty, and thus pre- vent their being haled before the bar of the Senate. MORE PAY PROPOSED. Senate Bill Boosts Commissioners’ Salary to $10,000. A Dbill to increase the salaries of the District Commissioners from $7,500 to $10,000 a year was introduced in the Senate late yesterday by Chairman rict committee. The measure was brought to the attention of the Senator by the Chamber of Commerce. The Senator also introduced the Commissioners’ bill establishing a new code for the Juvenile Court, the details of which were made public at the District Building recently. KING DOING WELL. Ferdinand Reported as Not Suffer- ing from Treatments. BUCHAREST, February 1 #).— King Ferdinand has been undergoing radium treatment for two days, with what are described as beneficial re- sults. An official communique issued vesterday says: “His majesty is in the best condi- tion and has not suffered the slightest from the treatment, which will be continued for 14 days." TRAFFIC ENGINEER URGED FOR CITY Funk Would Prevent Duplica- tion of Work—Favors More Pay for Counsel. Appointment of a trafic engineer nd allowing all detalls of regulation of traffic as laid out by this engineer to be handled by the police, thus pre- venting a duplication of organization which he claims now exists, was ad- vocated by Representative Frank H. Funk of Illinois, chairman of the sub- committee that drafted the District ppropriation bill, in explaining this measure to the House today. Another important _administrative change urged by Mr. Funk is for the appointment of a corporation counsel to receive at least as large @ salury as the people’s counsel of the Public Utilities Commission. He recom- mended consideration of such legisla- tion to the House District committee. Mr. Funk expressed appreciation of the way in which the House District committee and Chairman Gibson of the special subcommittee which has been Investigating the municipal ad- ministration have co-operatedwith the Appropriations subcommittee in draft- ing the District budget for the com- ing fiscal year. Seeks Co-operation of Others. “The committee seeks and wel this co-operation—this teamwor’ have a big responsibility to discharge in legislating and appropriating for the Capital City of this great republic, ind I am sure a close understanding ind relationship between these two agencies is certain to lead to results to which we all can point with pride. After quoting from his report on appropriations ~ for regulation traffic, Mr. Funk said: “Here is a place in my judgment where further economies might be effected, and I suggest to the that the prin mission of this office has been accomplished. Hence- forth it would seem the work could be carried on by the director and his stant—possibly one of them with assistance of two or three clerks. “The traflic engineer really is all that is needed. The police should be| able to take hold now and with’the| co-operation of the traffic engineer control and regulate traffic to the satisfaction of everybody. I can see already an_overlapping and a tend ency to build up an organization in- endent of existing means and facil- ities which might be utilized to do all work other than traffic planning.” Favors Greater Pay. With reference to the corporation counsel, Mr. Funk emphasized that this official “under the law recelves $1,000 extra compensation as general counsel to the Public Utilities Com- mission. His total compensation is xsmgu. The peoplg’s counsel just au- thorized Is to receive $7,500 per an- num,” said Mr. Funk. “Certainly the commission’s coun- sel should be a man of equal attain- ments and compensated as well. The present corporation counsel may be a good lawyer and may be exceptionally able in the preparation of legal pa- “but_in all frankness the com- “Page 4, Column 2) BOOTLEGGERS INVADE CAPITOL, HOUSE TOLD Wait in Lobby While Their Cards Are Sent to Members, John- son Charges. By the Associated Press. Bootleggers have waited in congres- sional lobbies while their cards were sent in to members, Representative Johnson, Democrat, Kentucky, declar- ed in the House today. “One even had the impertinence to solicit me,” he added. “And when they are caught and convicted, they boast that their influential friends will get them out of thelr troubles.” The Kentuckian was attacking the Treasury's medicinal whisky bill, which he described as an instrument to defeat prohibition. He contended the “subsidized” corporation set up by the bill would be empowered to distribute liquor in any way it chose, under the guise of dispensive medi- cine, “It has Been correctly styled, ‘the whisky i " he said. Radio Page 34 of | legislative committee | | Prince’s Visit Paid For in South Africa By Emptying Jails By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 1.—How a state can meet the cost of enter- taining a royal guest is shown by the South African government. Statistics quoted by the Daily Mail's Capetown correspondent show that South Africa spent £25,000 (about $125,000) in connec- tion with the visit of the Prince of Wales In 1925, but saved £41,000 by releasing 15,000 prisoners in honor of the occasion. DELUGE OF BOGUS RUM PERMITS SEEN INNCARL DECISION Use of Dry Funds Refused to Get Counterfeit Paper Seized in Canada. Danger that this country may be “flooded with spurlous permits and prescriptions” for liquor from an al- leged counterfeit supply manufactured in Canada loomed today as the Gov- ernment was confronted by a snarl of international legal complications further complicated by a decision of Controller General McCarl. McCarl denied the Treasury the right to use funds appropriated for prohibition to obtain, through three methods proposed, a supply of paper watermarked “Prohibition,” which has been seized at Montreal and already has become the subject of litigation in an attempt to prevent its release and possible use In this country for bogus prescription blanks and permits. The paper Is said to comply perfect- ly with the standards prescribed by the commissioner of internal revenue for offictal permits. Proceedings Explained. “Criminal proceedings were brought under the Canadian laws,” the McCarl decision explains, “at the request of the prohibition authorities of this country against persons who were al- leged to have had the paper manu- factured, but are reported as acquitted use the accused had committed no erime under Canadian laws. The ex- penses of prosecution billed this coun- try by the Canadian authorities have been paid by this office and charged to the appropriation for the enforcement of national prohibition under author- ity of decision dated April 20, 1926. “It is now represented that as the criminal proceedings have been dis- missed there is danger that the million and one-half prescription blanks at a ‘bootleg value' of $3,000,000 may be delivered over to the conspirators, with the result that the country will be flooded with spurious permits and iptions unless steps are taken to ssion of the paper. “The crown prosecutor, Montreal, Canada, advises that replevin proceed- ings will lie on behalf of this Govern- ment, on which procedure we may re- cover possession of the paper on the ground that it is to be used for the purpose of defrauding the United States Government; that in the event of success in such proceeding a court order would direct the surrender of the paper to the United States Gov- ernment upon payment of its cost value to the owner. May Be Copyrighted. “He has further advised that water- marked ‘prohibition’ paper may be copyrighted under the Canadian laws, thereby protecting this Government against repetition of such conspiracy. You, therefore, request decision whether the appropriation in question is available for the following items: To Iinstitute replevin proceed- ings, employing Canadian counsel, for the purpose of obtaining possession of the paper. To reimburse the owners of the paper in the amount of its cost value, should the court so adjudge in such replevin proceedings. 3. To secure a Canadian copyright for the watermarked ‘prohibition’ paper of the United States Govern- ment upon which withdrawal permits, forms 1,410 permits series and forms 1,403 prescriptions, are printed, _ (Continued on Page ‘olumn 1.) STRAY DOG REPLACES RICHES LOST IN GOTHAM Michigander Hunting Fame Finds Only Abused Animal, Which He Adopts. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, February 1.—Patrick Celenette, 20, of Jackson, Mich., who came to New York hunting fame and fortune, lost his money and {llusions in two weeks of metropolitan adven- turing, but he found a dog. He res- cued a mutt from the vigorous kicks of a former owner and the two today were somewhere west of the Jersey marshes on the second day of a trek to Jackson. After spending his last dollar for a sandwich and bones, Celenete and his pal started west Sunday. The dog’s leg was hurt by an automobile, but Celenette walked 12 miles into Harrison, N. J., carrying his cripple. They resumed their trip today, after finances and the leg were repaired by Harrison police. It motorists are prejudiced against the dog, Celenctte says he and his pal will reach Jackson in three weeks —if they walk fast. GETS SUBPOENA RIGHTS. Gibson Subcommittee Authorized to Summon Witnesses. Authority to the Gibsan subcommit- tee which is Investigating the munici- pal administration to subpoena_wit- nesses was granted by the House today, with an appropriation of $1,500,. Action on this resolution was tem- porarily blocked yesterday through a ‘misunderstanding by Representative Blanton. 5 SCADOLSFOUND OVERGROWDED Y MENBER F HOLS: Representative Griffin Anal- | yzes Attendance in Support of Teacher Increase. SIMMONS SAYS MORE ARE ASKED THAN NEEDED Forty-four Requested for Buildings Not Yet Erected, He As- serts in Debate. The fight over whether or not Con- gress shall support Dr. Frank W. Bal- lou and the Budget Bureau in a pro- vision for 74 new school teachers dur- ing the next fiscal year or whether they will support a majority of the subcommittee that drafted the Dis- trict appropriation bill and who denfed the appropriation for new school teachers broke loose in the House today. Representative Slmmons of Ne- braska, a Republican member of the subcommittee, started the debate by declaring that the majority of these new teachers, or 44 out of the 74 ask- ed for, are for junior high schools, the plans for which have not yet been prepared. Representative Griffin of New York, a Democratic member of the subcom mittee, gave a careful analysis of the school attendance, showing that there are now 50 schools that are overcrowd- ed with more than the maximum num- ber of pupils to each teacher and that throughout all the schools the attend- ance per classroom teacher averages 39.97 where a maximum _attendance of 40 is considered the best school practic Analysis of Attendance. In carefully analyzing the school attendance and the assignment of teachers, Mr. Griffin finds that th 2,278 actual classroom teache which makes nearly 31 as the avera number of pupils in the classroom of each regular teacher. He pointed out that the method of computation employed by Mrs. W. T Bannerman, legisiative representative of the Parent-Teachers’ Association, shows only 23.4 pupils per teacher, that a correct computation 0.97 pupils per teacher. Mr. Griffin spoke, in part, as follows: “The school matters take up 144 pages of the hearings, the bulk of which went backward and forward and all around, on the number of teachers, the number of classrooms and the number of pupil$—all aimed at determining the number of new teachers necessary. “The whole question is very simple \\-hen school terms are understood. For instance, pages of testimony were taken to straighten out the meaning of the terms ‘Whole enrollment,” ‘actual enrollment,’ ‘average enroll- ment' and ‘average daily attend- ance.' This was important, because the number of teachers to be provided depends upon the number of children in actual attendance. The average daily attendance as a basis is inade- quate because the classroom accom- modation and provision for teachers must be predicated on the imum of pupils attending school on any day of the week—in other words, the ac- tual enrollment. “The actual enroliment of pupils on November 1, 1926, was 70,473; Decem- ber 3, 1926, it was 70,553; December 4, 1925, it was 69,571. t us now go back to the actual enroliment on December 5, 1926. We find it to be 70,533. Dividing that by 2,278 (number of teachers) we derive 31 (nearly) as the average number of pupils in the classroom of each reg- ular teacher. Figures Are Different. “This is quite a different result from that arrived at by Mrs. Bannerman, the leglslative chairman of the legisla- tive committee of the Parent-Teach- ers’ Association. “On page 775 of the hearings she submits a table showing the average number of pupils per teacher in Wash- ington in 1926 was 23.4 and in 1926 was 25.01. “But let it be noted she uses the average daily attendance (61,778.5) as her dividend in 1926 and likewise the average daily attendance (62,243) as her dividend in 1927. “How she is able to foreses the average daily attendance in 1927 be- fore the year closes I will allow her admirers to guess. But aside from that the use of the average daily at- tendance in such estimates instead of the actual enroliment iS a gross error. The daily attendance fluctuates from day to day and from month to month. It would hardly do for the school authorities to only provide seating accommodations and teaching staff for the average in daily attendance. What a howl would go up when the attend- ance equaled the actual enrollment? Another Error Charged. “Another error in her estimates is the use of the total number of teach- ers as her divisor to obtain the num- ber of pupils per teacher. For in- stance, in 1926 she uses 2,640 as the number of classroom teachers, show- ing that she has absolutely no eésacep- tion of the school situation. If she had she ought to have known that librarians, teachers of music, gomestic science, atypical teachers and thsti- tute teachers to the number of #b1 do not have classrooms, but shift about from class to class. “Deducting this 351 from the 2,629 teachers of all kinds in the system on November 1, 1926, we find the actual teaching staff to be 2,278, and that is the proper division to use in deter- mining the number of puplls to each teacher. “The damage done by such wild- cat methods of meddling with school matters is shown by the saplent ob- servation of Mrs. Bannerman at the foot of her misleading table on page 775 of the hearings. She stateg: “‘If the average number of pupils per teacher in the District of Co- lumbia, 25.1 at present, were 30.55 (the general average for citles of over 1,000,000 in 1924), 20,040.50 more pupils could receive instructions with no more teachers.’ Chairman Gibson explained to the House that the $1,500 appropriation y not be used, but that he wanted ityavailable in case witness fees had be paid- This, he pointed out, car- with it authority to subpoena nesses. Average as He Finds It. “Yet I have shown in the deadly alle] that the pupils per teacher o the District is 30.97 or more, by one-half of 1 per cent than th E- (Continued on Page 4,