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* CANTONESE PRESS » ) i WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, possibly light rain tonight or_tomorrow; warmer tonight. Temperature—Highest, 56, at 2:30 sterday; lowest, 35, at 8 a.m. il report on page 9. ®(losing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 a0 99 rtered as O; A28 SISt oce, Wa econd cla matter shington, D. C. @b WASHINGTO WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION N, D THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1927— ) ¢ Foening S FIFTY PAGES. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,690 (#) Means Associated Pre: TWO CENTS. - SHANGHA DEFENSE ARMY TOWARD CITY Major Battle for Rich Prize Expected Shortly—Believe Attack May Fail. AMERCIANS ARE FLEEING FROM INTERIOR POSTS Marines Moving to China or Posi- tions Nearby—Chen to Reply Soon to Kellogg. Associated IANGHAL ¥ of the Cantonese ere expected to Fhanghai, one of y 3.—Pressure forces, which shortly launch a drive on the richest prizes 4n China from a military standpoint, bhas forced Marshal Sun Chuan ng, defender of the city, to withdraw the center of his army to Yenchow, 75 llm]f‘ inland on the Tsientang River, to strengthen his position. Although the readjustment in his wa denied at Sun's headquar- " here, the move was confirmed stworthy foreign sources. Sun, however, has suffered nothing like a major defeat. | Other reports concerning Cantonese operations say they have received re- cent reinforcements in the Chuchow yegion, the new troops probably being Hunanese, rated as the best in the southern armies. Major Battle Foreseen. It is generally believed that the line along the Tsientang River will shortly be the scene of a major en- gagement wherein the Cantonese will attempt to break through for a further advance toward Shanghai, Foreign experts still express convic- tion that the southerners will make the most strenuous attempt to reach Shanghai before the British concen- tration of troops here is completed. | Those well informed on_military | malters believe that the Cantonese | will find it most difficult to sweep Sun aside. Recent establishment of customs surtaxes amounting to 214 per cent on ordinary imports and & per cent on luxuries has made Shanghai a richer prize than ever, and it is looked upon as certain nunl Sun will fight desperately to retain control of the city. Two Earthquakes Felt. Two earthquakes shook Shanghai today. Both of them were fairly se- vere, and because such occurences wre unusual here the shocks rather mlarmed the city. There are no re- ports of damage. K Fleeing missionaries from the in- terior continue to arrive. The steamer Lung-Wo, greatly overcrowd- ed, put in from Hankow with 160 ref- ugees yesterday. Normally the ves- sel carries only 25 first-class passen- gers. Only women with infants were given cabin accomodations. The re- ligious workers included 125 Ameri- cans, 156 British and 20 Scandinavians. One of the groups has made the long journey from Changsha, capital of Hunan province, to Hankow, in a #mall launch. En route they passed even less fortunate missionaries pro- ceeding to Hankow in native junks. MARINES READY TO SAIL. Ban Diego Regiment Expects to Go Eventually to China. SAN DIEGO, Calif., February 3 (). »Marines of the 4th Regiment hoisted the last of their equipment aboard the big transport Chaumont here to- day preparatory to sailing for the Orient. They expect to go to Shanghai eventually. - Although Gen. Smedley D. Butler, poted commander of the base, had " bade good-by to the regiment formally Bt a review vesterday afternoon, he wwent to the pier late last night to see the first battalion embark and ex- pressed regret that he could not ac- company the Marines on their mission. He will remain in charge of the base, but until replacements come in will bave only a small force under him, @s the pick and greater number of his men were put into the 4th Regi- ment for duty in China. Col. Charles S. Hill will command the 4th Regiment abroad. It is under- #lood here that the Chaumont will $top at Guam only for orders and if the Marines are not needed in China they may be sent to Manila. Cruisers to Sail Soon. PANAMA, February 3 (#).—The United States cruisers Richmond, Cin- cinnati and Marblehead will sail from Balboa. in the next 24 hours, presum- ably for Chinese waters, under orders received from the Navy Department. They will be followed by the Raleigh. All four cruisers are at Balboa, together with the Trenton, which will proceed through the canal from the (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) NEW BOOS;T FO!;CAROL. Rumanian sbru Peasants Suggest Re- consideration of Succession. ARIS, February 3 (®)--A Havas atch from Bucharest says that the €xecutive committee of the National | Peasants’ party formally has suggest»! ed that the crown cou reconsider 1he question of the succession to the Rumanian thron The other part however, main- 1ain their position in favor of the regency decided upon last year, The Peasants’ party action is con- | sidered another straw showing that | there is somewhat of a wind brewing favor of former Crown Prince Carol, who has been deprived of h right of succession to the Rumanian | throne. HOUCK IN JOI:INS HOPKINS Admitted for Observation at Phipps Clinie. The Star Febru 3.—D Washington wife has been | missing since early nd who has been under of police since, was vation at the Hopkins Special Dispatch t y BALTIMORE Knutt H. Houck, chiatrist, whose sterjously Johns accompanied here by Dr. Jol Damgaard. s 1 the i middle of December, Hos- | 'FASCIST PLOT TO DEPOSE KING OF ITALY RUMORED IN EUROPE Miscarried Letter Gave Tip That Foiled Move, Is Version in Paris. i Mussolini Denied Knowing of Plan, But Tension Persists, Story Goes. BY PAU Cable to T SCOTT MOWRI By of a Fascist plot to depose King Victor Emmanuel and Crown Prince Humbert have begun to filter out of v and have been seriously reported diplomatic dispatches of at st one European nation. The King, it is said, does not ap- prove of certain of Dictator Mu lini’s more drastic measures, such re-establishment of the death penal st of opposition leaders and uppression of the opposition press. While a quiet man, he is believed to be wise, courageous and liberal. The King has been forced into the back- ground recently, but perhaps merely biding his time, and therefore is considered a potential obstacle to certain Fascist plans. Two Generals Accused. The plot to depose the royal family is laid to Italo Balbo, Fascist militia general and undersecretary for avia- tion, with the co-operation of Gen. de Bono, who organized the famous Fascist march on Rome, was chief of police at the time of the Matteotti murder, and has since been governor of Tripoli. The plan is said to have been to make the Duke of Aosta regent. The coup was to have occurred in the when it was would be in international expected Mussolini north Italy for an diplomatic conference. The Italian regular army, number- ing 80,00 was thought to be loyal to the King, but the Fascist militia numbers 300,000 and is well or- ganized. Letter That Went Astra; One of de Bono's letters to Balbo, S0 goes the story, was delivered by error to Gen. Badoglio, chief of staff of the regular army, who immedi- ately took it to the King. The latter, according to rumor, called a council of his generals and then invited Mussolini to a long audience, in which the latter disclaimed all knowl- edge of the plot. No measures have been taken against either Balbo or de Bono and | VICTOR EMMANUEL. PRINCE HUMBERT. the tension between Mussolini and the King is said to persist. Another report avers that the King, the Pope, the Fascist Nationalists, the Conser vatives generally and perhaps also big business, are tending more and | more to give their confidence to Sig- nor Federzoni, the Fascist Nationalist leader and former minister of in- | terior, who now is somewhat dis- credited with Mussolini's immediate entourage. MARK RE-PLEDGES GERMANY TOCARRY OUTDAWES POLICY Locarno Pacts and League of Nations Also Approved. Reichstag in Uproar. By the Associated Pres BERLIN, February 3.—An un- equivocal pledge of faith to the con- stitution of the German republic and assurances that the foreign policy of international conciliation will remain unchanged marked the governmental declaration read to the Reichstag by Chancellor Marx today on behalf of his rew burgeols coalition cabinet. The declaration’ also promised im- portant reforms in the Reichswehr, or defense force, and announced an ex- tensive program of financial, business and school legislation. The Reichstag was thrown into wild disorder when Count Westarp, Nationalist leader, attacked the decla- ration. Referring to the chancellor's statement that the government pledged faith to the constitution of the German Republic as adopted at ‘Weimar, Count Westarp declared the Nationalists who are represented in the cabinet still held to their mon- archical views. “The cabinet unanimously agrees that the basis of its policies must be recognition of the legality of the Re publican state form, as laid down in the Weimar constitution,” said the chancellor. “This is in harmony with a letter addressed to me by President von Hindenburg. 1 Protection to Flag. “It is the unanimous will of the federal government to guarantee pro- tection, respect and honor to our con- (stitution, including its colors. Ever: | attempt, by forcible or other illegal means, to change it will be avenged as treason.” After declaring that officials would be strictly forbidden to join organi- zations aiming at the overthrow of the present form of government, the chancellor continued: “Active defense of the Weimar con- stitution does not preclude a reveren- tial attitude toward Germany's great past. The past and its symbols must, therefore, also be honored.” Calling attention to the fact that German “kultur’’ rests on a Chris- INTRODUCES TRAFFIC BILL Zihlman Presents Measure for Vio- lations Bureau. Chairman Zihlman of the House District committee today introduced the bill for a bureau of trafic viola- tions. This legislation is recommend- ed by Col. I. ©. Moller, assistant to fl\g traffic director, has the ap- P ‘the Dijst issioners and T} Di The bill dge. % f-an authorization of $8,000 for seven'new clerical employes. Col. Moller says that such a bureau would take 30,000 minor traffic cases a year out of the Police Court. SLAVERY CHARGED INLOUISIANA PROBE Conditions Comparable to Pre-War Days Alleged as | Two Are Indicted. By the Associated Pre NEW ORLEANS, Black slavery, comparable to that which existed “down the river” 'in ante-bellum times, was the object of an extended investigation today by Department of Justice agents. The indictment vesterday of Webh Bellue and John D. Alford of Amite County, Miss., on charges of abduc- tion, sale and enslavement of five | negroes, is to be followed by disclo- | sure of peonage in St. Helena and Tangipahoa patishes, in Louisiana, it evidence mow in the hands of the United States district proves substantial, offi Alford and Webb were indicted on | testimony that they had gone to the | home of Crawford Alle -old | negro, near the Louisian: Amite County, Mi: ast August, | seeking his grown daughter. | When they failed to find the woman, | according fo the indictment, they forced Allen to get out of a sick bed | and accompany them to a farm at Fluker, La. They also forced his wife | and three children, all under 12 years ! of age, to accompany them. The | negroes were taken at night and hur-| ried from their home half clad. | The family was sold for $20, Depart- ment of Justice agents charge, and | was forced to work se al week: without pay and with little food. An armed guard watched ‘he negroes. | Investigation of the case has re-| vealed the existence of peonage con- February 3.— tian basis, the declaration announced ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) ditions under which other negroes are held in a state of virtual enslavement, officials said. Boy. Alone in Home, Battles Burglar: | Mother Finds Him Bound. and Gagge& Swecial Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., February 3. Fourteen-year-old James Adair fought a losing battle with a burglar while alone in the home of his parents las short and hot. + James was found on the floor, bound “{hands and feet and a napkin in his |mouth, by Mrs. John G. Adair, the | mother, upon her return home from |a meeting at St. John's Episcopal Church. The home is at 317 Bradley Lane, near Bethesda. About 8:30 o'clock James looked up from a book he was reading and saw a negro standing in the doorway with @ pistol leveled at him, ?umm; w t | night, but he made the stranger’s stay his story to Policeman John Oldfield. He hurled the book and knocked the} pistol aside, then attacked the intrud- who was go large and powerful he n found himself helpless in sp. With a small rope, which was | evidently brought for the purpose, the | negro bound the hoy’s hands and then his feet, Much furniture was over- turned before this was accomplished. The boy told the officers he could do nothing more but yell for help, his crieg however, being quickly silenced with the napkin: Nothing was missing, Mrs. Adair | plar i motion, | Inspector Headley his | HEADLEY PROMISED RESTORATION, SAYS BLANTONIN REPORT Holds Agreement Exists to Give Demoted Officer Rank of Inspector Again. DOUGHER}Y DENIES STATEMENT OF TEXAN Representative Declares Police Merger Would Result in Econ- omy and Efficiency. Declaring a ‘“gentleman’s agree- ment” exists between members of the House District committee and the Dis- trict Commissioners for the restora- tion of Capt. Albert J. Headley to the rank of inspector, Representative Blanton of Texas foday submitted the report of the Hotse District committee on his bill tradsferring the 61 park policemen to the metropolitan police force. ; Immediatloy after Mr. Blanton made his statemeht on the floor, however, Commissioner Dougherty, in charge of police adniinistration, declared that the Commissioners know of no ‘gentle- m:"x? “agreement” concerning Capt. Heallley. No promise has been made to any one with regard to the Headley mat- r,” Mr. Dougherty stated. “Mr. Blanton asked me recently regarding , it any, for Capt. Headley’s pro- and I refused to make any promises, Is In Line for Promotion. “Capt. Headley is in line for promo- tion, as other captains are, but the: is no movement on foot here to rein- state him to his former post.” Commissioner Dougherty said there was _considerable pressure being brought to bear in Headley’s behalf. The District Commissioners, in re- porting recently on Mr. Blanton's po- lice merger bill, recommended elimin tion of a provision for Headley’s rein- statement, explaining that Controller General McCarl has ruled that the municipal authorities already have power to create another inspectorship in the department. No reference to any plans for Headley's promotion to such a position was contained in the report, however. i Most of the committee report was devoted to_the recent case of former Inspector Headley, who was demoted to captain by former Commissioner Fenning, and constitutes a defense of the police officer. “There is virtually a gentleman's agreement between the Commission- ers of the District and this commit- tee for Albert J. Headley to be re- stored to the rank of inspector,” Mr. Blanton said. As a-result of this agreement, he explained, - the com- mittee had eliminated a provision of the bill requiring the Commissioners o take this aation, “‘%fl‘ the opinion of the com- mittee that the 'mgx“cusable wrong and injustice heretofore done former lmx?clor Headley by the former Com- missioner Fenning, who, because of baseless ' malice, demoted the said in- spector from that to captain, should be promptly rectified. “But inasmuch as the Board of Commissioners have agreed to right this wrong and restore Inspector Headley to his former rank without specific legislation being passed direct- ing such action, the committee has eliminated this provision from the bill.” Reads From Testimony. Mr. Blanton devoted several pages of testimony taken from the Fenning hearing in relation to the Headley case as well as the testimony of tions, out of which the demotion of resulted for failure to reprimand Gore as directed, Had it not beey for the assurancé from the Commissioners that they would promptly restore Headley to the rank of inspector, the report points out that the committee would have required such action. Referring to the consolidation of the park poligemen with the metropolitan force the report declared it was the purpose to give the Commissioners contrel over the entire District re- specting police and traffic. ““The plac- police and traffic management will effect economy, efficiency, better law enforcement and better safety for the citizens generally,” the report said. Section 5 was eliminated from the bill, Blanton pointed out because the street car merger bill takes care of the situation growing out of the pa ment of special trafic policemen b the street car companies. VIENNA HAS CLASH. Casualties and Arrests Follow So- cialist-Student Fight. VIENNA, February 3 (). —Serious fighting which resulted in & number of casualties and many arrests broke out in front of the Parliament Build- ings and the City Hall today between group of Socialists and Nationist university students. The Socialists a workman. In addition, the Socialists protested against the maintenance of a National- |ist shooting gallery in a university | practiced | building, where students shooting, and against the alleged un- equal treatment of poorer students in the university. Kellogg Ill With Cold. Secretary Kellogz was confined to {his home today by a cold, but prob- ably will be able to resume his duties at the State Department in a day or two. Dodge Widow Gets $7,500,000. | DETROIT, February 3 (#).—The en- | tire $7,500,000 estate of Anna Mar- | garet Dodge, posthumous child of the late John F\. Dodge, automobile manu- facturer, is awarded to her mother, ‘Mrs. Matilda R. Wilson, widow of Mr. Dodge, in an opinion of Circuit Judge Harry J. Dingeman today. reported, the burglar evidently taking flight before his purposes were ful- filled. f ‘ G RRE ‘ Radio Programs—Page 36. Marshall R. Gore, the policeman who complained about an alleged violation | by Mr. Fenning of the parking regula-{ his | ing of the entire District under unified | charged that a student had killed a | HOUSE APPROVES [6H ST. EXTENSION Item Restored to D. C. Bill by Vote of 72 to 25—Fight for 74 Teachers Ordered. ‘What will probably be the most im- portant change in the District appro- priation bill as reported from commit- tee to the House was made today when, by a vote of 72 to 25, the budget item of $22,000 for extension of Six- i teenth street was restored to the bill. Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, sought to arrange for debate on this item, but action was expedited by taking the vote and denial of time for argument. | Chairman Zihlman of the House Dis- trict committee Is under instruction from that committee to make a vigor- ous fight for the item of 74 new school teachers, which was also stricken from the budget recommendations, and for’ restoration of the entire amount which the budget allocated for the Traffic Bureau. He was assured of the sup- port of the District committee on these items at the last meeting. $13,500 for Alabama. Avenue. Riding roughshod over the appro- priations committee, the Maryland delegation again put through an amendment appropriating $13,500 for i (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) PROCLAM MARTIAL LAW N FORTUEA Officials Act After Revolt of Portion of Garrison at " Oporto. By the Associated Pres LISBON, February An official note was issued today saying that a { portion of the garrison at Oporto had jrevolted, but that a greater part of the troops remained faithful to the gov- ernment, which has taken the meas ures necessary to end the outbreak. The note says that complete order prevails throughout the country, which has been placed under martial law. The aims of the malcontent move- ‘;mcnl at Oporto were not revealed. Lisbon Dispatch on Revolt. PARIS, February 3.—A Havas dis patch from Lisbon says that part of the garrison at Oporto has revolted, | but that the government has mastered the situation. . Although the situation remains calm, the dispatch states that Lisbon and all Portugal have beengplaced un- der martial law. 3 revolts in Portugal have | | Military { been of periodic occurrence, the last | one being reported in southern Portu- gal on December 16. Previous to that one was reported in October and anoth- |er one, of but a few holrs' duration, in September. An important military revolt took ! place last May when the army rose at | Praga and began a march against Lisbon. The Lisbon garrison joined | the malcontents and the cabinet re- | signed. Gen. Gomes da Costa, leader of this revolution, soon after ousted | Comdr. Cabecades, who had become | | premier. Da Costa, however, In turn, was ousted by Gen. Carmona, who is | | now President. ELDRIDGE WILL ASK i FURTHER TAG EXTENSION ixtemsion of the time limit for | securing new automobile license plates | from February 15 to March 1, because of a further delay in delivery of tags, iwm Dbe recommengled to the Commis- sloners by Traffic Director Eldridge, he announced today. The traffic director will act in| |accordance with a formal suggestion to that effect from Superintendent of | Licenses Wade Coombs, who has re- ceived word from Chicago that a breakdown in machinery has impeded progress on the tags. Purchasing Agent Hargrove has been notified that another carload of the plates will leave the factory Feb- ruary 8 and a second shipment.is ex- pected to leave a,week later.. R Fiance Cuts Off Tip of Girl’s Nose To Stop Flirting By the Associated Press STETTIL Germany, February 3.—After cutting off the tip of his sweetheart’s nose, “to cure her of her inveterate habit of flirting in public,” Martin Richter, a trades- man, went contentedly to jail and is there awaiting the young wom- an’s recovery with fond hopes of a happy reunion. Calmly he gave himself up to the police, declaring that after long reflection he had come to the conclusion that the only thing to insure his future peace of mind would be the mutilation of his flancee's attractive features. After serving his time he hopes to marry Frauiein Zoellner and be happy. PROPOSES CIVILIAN RULE FOR ISLANDS Senate Bill Would End Army and Navy Control of Phil- ippines and Others. By the Associated Press. Creation of a new civilian insular office, to administer the territorial governments of the Philippines, Porto Rlco, the Virgin Islands, Guam and Samoa, is proposed in a bill prepared by Chairman Willis of the Senate territories committee as an out- growth of the Carmi Thompson inves- tigation in the Philippines. Porto Rico and the Philippines now are under the administration of the War Department, and the other three territories are under the Navy Depart- ment. The Willis bill would leave Hawaii and Alaska in their present status, under the Interior Depart- ment. Director in Charge. Under the measure the insular of- fice would be presided over by a di- rector, who would be outside all the present executive departments and would report directly to the Presi- dent, In his annual message to Congress last Fall President Coolidge said the time apparently was approaching when the Philippines would have to be transferred from military to civilian control. According port,” Senator to the Thompson re- Willis said in a_state- ment, “Gov. Gen. Wood of the Philip- pines maintained that under the pres- tem he can secure American ad- only from the War Department, whose supervision the isl: have been governed since Amer occupation, and that these advisers are necessarily Army officer: No Danger of Sedition. “Col. Thompson said he found evidence of anti-Americanism which would necessitate military control in the Philippines, and from my experi- ence as chairman of the committee on territories and insular possessions I have every reason to believe that there is no danger of sedition or insur- rection among our overseas people. “The introduction of this bill is in no- wise a reflection on Gen. Wood. The various governors of our insular pos- sessions would report to the director of insular affairs. The bill would not disturb governors of the various in- sular possessions, who would still be appointed by the President.” The bill fixes the term of office. of the director at six years, and his sal- ary at $10,000. no SENATE TAKES UP FARM HELP BILL McNary Measure Is Made Un- finished Business—Radio Legislation Considered. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Senate voted 66 to 14 to take up the McNary farm relief bill this after- noon. The vote was taken after Senator McNary of Oregon sponsor for the bill, had sought a unanimous consent agreement to vote on the farm bill Monday at 4 o'clock, and on the Me- Fadden banking bill Wednesday at 4 o'clock. When it became evident that it was impossible to obtain this unan- imous consent, Senator McNary mgqved to make the bill the unfinished business of the Senate. Radio Bill Up. Almost_immediately after voting to take up the farm bill, the Senate tem- porarily laid it aside to consider the conference report on the radio bill. Senator McNary anmounced that he would open discussion of the farm bill tomorrow. Petitions to bring about cloture on | the farm bill and on the McFadden banking bill already have been eir-| culated in the Senate. They have | been signed by more than the neces-| ary number for submission to the] enate. Senator McNary is expect- ed to ask for cloture on the farm bill if_it becomes apparent there is a filibuster to prevent a final vote. Farm Bauking Pact. ! Many of the supporters of the Me- | Fadden banking bill voted in favor of | taking up the farm bill. | An_ alliance between the groups supporting the farm bill and the banking bill has been brought into effect in the effort to assure the pas- sage of both measures before the close of the session. When Senmator McNary offered his uananimous consent proposal Senator Jones of Washington objected that it | might interfere with the prompt con- | sideration of appropriation bills, but | he was assured that every opportunity would be givgn for the consideration of the supply bills. [ i PHILLIPSSELECTED ASCANADIANENVOY U. S. Ambassador to Belgium to Be First Minister to Dominion. | By the Associated Pres: William Phillips, now Ambassador to Belgium and former Undersecre- tary of State, has been selected to be the first American Minister to Canada. Mr. Phillips began his diplomatic career in 1903, as private secretary to the then Ambassador to Great Brit- aln. He has since served in many pagts of the world. 'he selection indicates the impor- tance attached by the United States to the new diplomatic post at Ottawa, since it has called upon one of its senior “career” diplomats, now hold- ing the rank of Ambassador to sur- render that rank and accept instead a By the Associated Press. YAZOO CITY, Miss., February 3.— Bill Baxter of Kokomo, Ind., holds the railroad swimming record of the world today. No cheering throng greeted Eill as he arrived at Yazoo City yesterday after his 30-mile swim from West, Miss. In fact he would have arrived unnéticed except for an Illinois' Cen- tral yardmaster. “How did you get so wet in a box car? the l‘:w:t asked as he 1% ro a of that big. damp in o post as Minister. l30-Mile Swim by Rail Gives Man In Tank of Engine World's Title' tender and I've got a world record for long-distance swimming,” Bill re- plied. Bill related how he boarded the train, but ‘was forced to drop through the manhole of the tender to escape a brakeman. He found the water too low to reach the top and a little too high to reach the bottom. ly, he enjoyed a 30-mile swim until .Jr.n duw 4 4 |two weeks, night and day. FIFTY‘OSTEOPATHS CALLED IN' PROBE OF DAY DIPLOMAS Federal Investigation Follows Revelations Made by As- sociation Here. NOTES ON LECTURES SCANNED AT HEARING Questioned in Secret, “Graduates” Emerge Defending “Course” and Charging Unfairness. Approximately 50 men and wom- en, holders of degrees of doctor of osteopathy, appeared at the United States attorney’s office this morn- ing in response to subpoenas and were questioned by Miss Pearl Mc- Call, assistant United States attor- ney, as to the source of their diplomas. The batch of subpoenas is belleved to have resulted from revelations made last week by officials of the Osteopathic Association of the Dis- trict of Columbia that an unknown number of persons were engaged in the practice of osteopathy here on the authority of diplomas issued after a three-day course in 1923 at a local chiropractic school, Loaded Down With Diplomas. Those summoned were instructed to bring with them their diplomas, lecture notes taken during their course and any literature they may have received from the president of an osteopathic college in another State, who came to Washington to give the course. They appeared loaded down with documents and were taken into Miss McCall's office in_groups of five or six. The questioning was secret, but its general trend was disclosed by the remarks of those who came out of the room and conferred with others still waiting their turn. There was a disposition among those questioned to attribute the subpoenas to an organized drive against them by Washington physicians and members of the Osteopathic Association, who say that the competent practitioner of osteopathy must have spent at least four years in a recognized pro- fessional college before receiving a diploma. ““It looks like this to me,” said one doctor of osteopathy, who admitted he had received his degree in three days, but claimed he was entitled to it be- cause of previous studies of chiro- practic. “They ain't fighting fair. i Why don’t the doctors do like the chain stores do? They open places next door to each other and have fair competition for the business.” Some Uncertain on Time. Some of those summoned disclaim- ed that they ever had-actually prac- tised osteopathy, despite their diplo- mas, and said they had confined them- selves to chiropractic _treatments. Some admitted that it had taken them only three days to become doctors of osteopathy, while others were uncer- tain just how long the course had lasted. One man insisted, after com- ing from Miss McCall's office, that he had attended lectures and studied for ‘This, he said, he considered equivalent to a 30-day course. “Sometimes,” he said indignantly, I sat up until 2 o'clock in the morn ing studying. She asked me if I had graduated from high school. I went to high school right here in ‘Washington, but I never finished and so I can't show a diploma.” Some of the three-day graduates dis- played with pride the handsomely printed diplomas they had received. One woman showed two when Miss McCall came to the door to admonish those in the hall to have all the lit- erature they had with them ready to display. One of these was a diploma of doctor of naturopathy awarded by a_ local school. The other was a di- ploma of doctor of osteopathy awarded by the New Jersey college, whose president gave the three-day course | here. “Worst Yet,” Says Official. The diplomas of both schools stated that they were “chartered by the Con- gress of the United States.” “This is the worst I have seen yet,” said an attache of United States Attorney Gordon’s office who saw them. ” Some of those questioned, it was shown by the conversation in the han, had not attended the three-day course, but held their diplomas from other schools of osteopathy in varolus States which are not recognized by the Osteopathic Association of the Dis- trict of Columbia as competent to teach this profession. Among those who admitted that i their osteopathic degrees were from the three-day college there was con- siderable indignation that their com- petence to practice seemed to be un- der question. They insisted that their previous studies of chiropraetic, which involved anatomy, physiology, psy- chology and other sciences connected with the body, was the basic fact and {that the osteopathic course had cov- ered only those points in which osteop- athy differs from other methods of drugless healing. They were assured by Miss McCall, they said, that they themselves were not under charges. Although secrecy was observed re- garding the source of the information and the purpose of the questioning, officials of the Osteopathic Associa- tion of the District of Columbia re- vealed yesterday that they had con- ducted an intensive investigation dur- ing the past two weeks, which had resulted in a list of most of those | practicing osteopathy or with osteo- path degrees in their offices from schools not deemed entirely reputable. Granted After Friendly Suit. The three-day degrees were issued, it was revealed, almost immediately after a decision by Justice Van Orsdel of the Lystrict Court of Appeals in 1923, which gave the osteopaths of Washington legal recognition as mem- bers of a recognized school of healing, competent to diagnose illness and practice upon any organ of the human body. This was the result of a friend- ly suit brought by direction of the