Evening Star Newspaper, March 1, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. L4 of Weather Bureau Forecast. ) Snow tonight; tomorrow snow prob ably mixed with or rain; nc much change in Te perature—Highest, a; lowest, i1l report on page p.m. m. today ®(Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The every tion i Star's an rier system covers d the regular edi- ed to Washington homes ¢ paper: s are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 105,730 Entered as sec post _office, W 30,254, WASHINGTON, D. (., TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1927.—FIFTY-SIX PAGES. (#) Means SUN AGAN BEATEN AND BENERM. uUI]’SWI‘l; Present His Betision'io IS CHANCHARUMER s T e tive in September. Meng Ché?Yueh Said to Came to Capital in 1917 to Balk at Fighting With Shan- Direct War Savings tung Reinforcements. Stamp Campaigns. am Mather of sity to become p AMERICANS IMPEDED {s IN LEAVING INTERIOR Easton, gnation Georgoe Al meetin | nd Colleg will subn of Both Canton and Peking Cable Ap-| M ashingt proval of Porter Resolution for I's Independent U. S. Pact has been epted Lafayette in | d John ‘ SHAN &ourc JHAL Ma oday dectared th tan-Fang's frered kiung Fall, by successor ational Marsh h troops o { offer s south | the repol ined from compe- | ies. However, local Can ive battle information far | the official reports, Gen Cha v movern: Lew und honths, veept it has had the T consideration but only re As his 1 for ently dec had Sun of G BELIEVED DEAD S 2 BRITSH MINE DISASTERS TRAP 152 Explosion in Wales Shaft| Feared to Have Killed 52 Workers. tent ton ahead of T a 0aps g- - come to from here. orthern troops are in the vicinity of few of them going to | | p arrive | miles west of Dissension Is Reported. Serious dissension between the two rmies defending Jinst the Cantonese was wed today when one of the generals of Marshal Sun re fight with the Shantung | given | trouble morning. who previously had 3 Sun a4 gopd deal of and his staff deserted this Gen. Meng command What derless division | is taking ent, but | further serivus dissension is feared. BY the Ass CWM, conl mi It 1ated Press Wales, March 1.—Fifty-two s are believed to have lost | iives as a result of an explosion this morning which entombed in the gas-filled workings of the Marine Colliery here. The toll of known dead early this afternoon was 22, while hope had been ndoned of rescuing 30 others who Hour's Strike in Hankow. early Chang. having returned | them nt veste . departed to- | king, capital of the prov- | from day tnce. A one-hour strike was observed in | Hankow vesterday as a protest | aginst the landing of British tr | were trapped in 4 section a mile and a at Shanghai. Desplte the objection | half from the shaft. of the Cantonese, the dispatch of | British forces to China continues. A | bm;nl:m St the Coldstrenm Guards arrived this morning Hongkon, from England. % AMERICANS ARE HINDERED, i main 135 Men in Mines. time of the explosion, there | were 136 men in the mines. Rescue squads fought grimly through the long morning hours to reach their comrades and more than 80 men were brought (o the surface alive. The task of the rescuers was most Qifficult hechuse of poisonous gases. and many who descended into the | mine were overcome and taken to hospitals. The gas became so bad at | noon that rescue work had to be abandoned to permit ventillation of the mine. | Hundreds of women and children, the families of the entombed men, A number of unplessant incidents oc- | Sathered about the pithead and there curred recently on the upper Yangtse. | Were pathetic scenex as they rushed Among these wis an attempt to pre. | forward to identify each man rescuesd. nt foreign refugees from going | aboard an American vessel by crowd- | ing It with Chinese. Bluejackets from | the gunboat Monocacy boarded the | greatest herolsm under the tragedy steamer and cleared off enough na-|was displayed by these watchers. tives to make room for the foreign| The disaster, which s one of the Bissensern: | worst the Welsh have known In re i e cent y took place on their na Shanga tional day-—St. David’s day—and the SoRy:e { whole country was plunged in gloor. ANTEBRITISH OUTBREAK. Concentrated in Canton Curb Demonstrators. CANTON, March 1 () demonstration protesting against the British military movement at hai was staged here vesterday. ton merchants threatened to egainst the demands of the which they consider ridiculous. Lurge forces of troops were concen trated here to cope with the situation, which threatened to grow into a wide- read labor outbreak under commu- st direction FENG CALLED CHINESE. At th Pickets and Agitators Impede l‘]\'l(-lb‘ ation From Western China. PEKING, March 1 (®). —Evacuation of Anglo-Americans from western China apparently is being impeded hy | pickets and agitators. | Preests to Eugene Chen, Ca forelgn miuister, regarding such inc dents up to this time have been with- out results. ! Watchers Show Heroism. Throughout the anxious hours the foreigners remaining in capital of Hunan Province uated shortly. 114 Miners Feared Drowned. NOTTINGHAM, England, March 1 (). —Fope was virtually abandoned te today for the rescue of 14 men, who fell to the bottom of the flooded shaft of the Bilsthrope Colliery when staging collupsed | enteen men were on the staging. | but three were saved by landing on tions of the scaffolding part of the ¥ down. Troops to A huge strike unions, union: :m v | ws | {TELLEZ RETURNING HERE. 1Mexicrm Ambassador Abandons Visit to Ill Brother. the Mexican | left Washington | ndoned | back to hi Report General Is Hungarian by Birth | Denied in Ma i rch 1 (#).—Lingoh inese consul general here today the re- Yu-H is r United & irely errone d known ¢ ‘ellez, ador here, wh urday for Mexic his trip and is on his wa posi The bassy Manuel explanation given at the em- was that the Ambassador in tended to visit a brother, {1l in Mexico, | but was informed en route that his| | brotk ndition had taken a turn Feng is of for the better. ion and was! It was decl e, Wang said. | Mexican-Amer PRAISE PORTER RESoLUTION. | "¢ il $1,500,000 for Hospital. | | { Expenditure of $1,500,000 for erec-| { tion of hospital « the National Home for Disabled Volunteer .\‘()!dit-rs‘ Dayton, Ohio, is provided for in a bill passed by the last night and sent 1o the S U. S. Sllip'Disarms } 100 Chinese, Says | Hankow Dispatch | ter, forn was “en any y Chinese_extract in Auhwei Provr v and Army officer Wang dec Fen, e ro b ! red no development in | ; an relations was in- | Canton and Peking Cable Approval to House Member. Peki indor oposing indep on in dealings with « elved by Dr M mes S House China lution ) iina have Sze, the : 1 he Chen, on minister government, and We gton Koo, for of the I srnment, were | ade public in Por- | s com rec from Dr. | Sze | The communication from Chen! read “Ple: clation that the not rep mistake in procedure The cablegrs “"Please convey our sincere rageous, far of ! other | minis the United mine sweeper Pigeon at Hankow of the arms of 100 Chinese soldiers, who had debarked from tre Stand- d Oil vessel Mel Hung, was re- ported today to the Navy Depart- ment. No re for the seizure was given, The Seizure by States s EXDross my to Mr. Porter American G per wit wver nal appre the he ament will nment's safd RoR Porter vessel had been command eered by the Chinese, and was used for transporting troops.. The arms are to be turned over to the vroper Chinese authorities through *he American consul gensrul, When the Mei Hung arrived at Hankow it went alongside a pon toon above the customhouse and moored there, and yeste the Pigeon towed her to i berth along side the Isabel, Magship of the angtze patrol force. The soldiers abuard were landed without troulle, leadership in champloning China's cause. His suc- cessful rts new token (of) Amerd friendship for Chinese peaple.” Mr communi ported hi: ) Porter, in making ations, suid that they sup contention for independent action by the American Government | n dealing with matters of Chinese | «ustoms, tariffs and extraterritorial- | ty questions, adding that w the Chinese may be divided on domestic publie the | DR. LEWIS RESIGNS AS G. W. U. PRESIDENT TO GO TO LAFAYETTE — DR, Hme the work A the Lewis, and it is expec presic |France \7V7ill Erect effect will be here durd commities trustec lent will Elabo Works on Border By t P new cati policy the he construe were pe: diffic e beir be 1 M the work would ARIS and elal ons aroun ntial part War M Petit Pari added, up necessar nd safs cult 1 traced studied Sl age P ve 1 WILLIAM MATHER on of these works discussion ive no ng th will Septenihy ptior sent spointed ng t successor (o Dy t the new - ehg tim ion will not | (Continued on Page 4, Column te Defense Associated Prees March 1 A line fro compl fortifi is orate d the of k i ince's military 1 uinleve told sien. Lack of funds, to now had prevented which assure France Rut after long, the plan had W final detuils were €0 t a start would ily said th: Pquir ety to complete urs, how many being dependent on financial Do fort against all ibilitic ifications He was sure that the would be assurance s of war PRESIDENT HOPES FOR 5. POWER PACT Adverse Replies for Parley on Navy Limitation Not Ac- cepted as Final Word. By the Assoviated Press, Preside five-power naval ‘While he has t (ool Lgre mamen lidge still hopes for a ement further to limit t not had opportunity to examine carefully the favorable re plies Great favorable today communications to h Britain a answi it was sal that he suggestion received from nd Japan, and the un- ers from France and id at the White Hou: did not regard those as foreclosing any possibility of such agreements between the naval powers as he has in mind The President doub Three-Power Pact Doubted. the practica bility of a three-power agreement be- tween Great Unite: sibl it the B d States, to obt Washingtc n as recalled ritain, Japan and the should it prove impc a five-power treaty that at the time of m conference, Great Britain took the position that it could not bilitie to a 1ce W ation felt tha s in the t gl limitation on cruisers was prepared to under of submarine tonnage. t there may be possi hree-power suggestion despite this circumstances, but for the present the Washington Government i s pursuln, & the five.power plan and is not without hope of ultimate re sults The ident strict and was not idge arm signi form British of stic the Ly Form SUE; to 1y to to imply ent. Th nee to some of intended Invitation Cited. m made by the Pres- powers was confined ion of armament by Mr. Cool- plans for reduction of e President attaches this in of the of the view replies, S. PROPOSAL CHEERED. House Receives Suggestion of Naval Limitation. LOX Secre NDON, tary March Chamberlain’s Foreign announce 1) ment in the House of Commons terday that Gre: oD bers, gover the the press reply British Pritish | Coolidge! not gr ed nnounce yression success al was Britain had accept- invitation to lmitation was by the House. ement itself containing of Britain's des [ of President Coolidge" rather a formal inci As things happened, the men were chie nment’s of protest Hence ¢ MacDonald tion n open: inv atly me fon of app: Suppleme fly inte occupied with the tions concerning t Russia to ainst Soviet propa- when former Fremier by a siving the foreign se Coolidge’s | the | LEWIS. | the {his committe | tor Re | slush-fund cc | offer i | i rangement, | ing to read the text of | ceptunc ation, wed, roval nts Text of Note. of President the House w but did give e The foreign secretary supplemented { replied | gover [t it lain ernment’s views on | proposal and the House immediately {turned to other business. talk among the members | In | later that only questions, they are strongly united in thelr desire that China's equality among the natlons be recognized but their arms, consisting of 00 rifies and ammunition, were re- tained aboard the lweon. the A f text of the ce Sta ad nment's reply it s bre ¥ ity, reig of the note by ing dominions, except the te, which has not vet self seemed rather | surprise the members of the House but no questions were n Secretary Chamber- made no attempt to further en- lighten the House concerning the gov- 1obh, there w the government proper invitation. France the Washington 4s general agreement ad taken the course in acceptance of = In the face of the | proved the terms of the | acceptance. | to it a of | | phia to the United St {ing OIL LEASED {and fa | fraud { hand, [ Court opinion just render | lighted with 6. 0. P. SENATORS SEEK T0 PUT END T0 SLUSH INQUIRY Move to Prevent Extension of | Reed Committee’s Life | Is in Evidence. ACCUSATION OF INSULL | IS STRONGLY OPPOSED| Attempt to Bring Up Prohibition | Bill on Point of Oder Voted Down. GOULD LINCOLN efforts Senat on the resolution the life of the Reed slush mittee and to prevent the samuel Insull and other recileitrant witnesses for contempt were under way in the Senate today A group of Republican Senators is putting an end, if pos <lush fund committee s made by the commit in Pennsylvania | been helpful to | i BY Desper ¢ to prevent 1 extend funds col citation of | | upon to the disclosur investigations Tilinois not tept ty. h on | le, | he tea's and the W ve remaining after program is to shut Senator Missouri out, to prevent him f calling up or obtaining action 1 his resolution citing for contempt his extending the life the resolution Prohibition Bill Called Up. tl d of Missouri nitter, was prepared to resolution citing Samuel Tn utility m: nate of Chicago W sull, puhl Danfel T. Thomas W. Cunning! torney fi the District of Columbia for contem As soon as the clerk began the of the journal nator Reed o Pennsylvania, one of those who is op- posing the program of the siush-fund committee, leape his feet and made (Continued on Page 4. Column 1.) EISON WAYHI SNCLAR Question of Fair Trial Later Raised by Supreme Court’s Opinion. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The highest court in the land has unanimously held Edward L. Doheny mer Secretary Albert B. Fall of the Interfor Department to have tainted the Elk Hills oil leases “with and corruption,” whereas a jury of 12 men acquitted the same men of conspiracy to defraud. This contradiction, almost unparal- leled in history, means that while the two defendants escaped personal punishment they are, on the other recorded for all time to have ommitted wrong in the eyes of the Supreme Court of the United States. The court expressed the opinion that irregularity existed even apart from the $100,000 loan made to Mr. Fall by i i are being asked in official Washington as a re sult of the decision. First, how can Me: \d Sinclair, who come up for t month on another set of le those of Teapot Dom trial? Wil not the be quoted to a jury by Government lawyers? Is th any Jjurisdiction in which the | verdict of the court will be unknown to 12 men even though a judge may rule inadmissible the Suprem ipreme Court Court’s Unanimity Cited. decision is all the more stri it was unanimous. Harlan Stone, who was At- nerul when the prosecution the oil « was begun, did not, o course, take part in the decision, which was rendered by eight justices. Politically the cases will have far- hing effect. The fact that the Su- eme Court uccuses two cabinet of- s of blundering—they hold Secre- Denby responsible, too—will be stump speakers who wish to ublican rule. The fact, how- Republican administra- tion 1 »ssly prosecuted the cases and fought them successfully to the highest court of the United State: will be offered by Republicans as evi- ! dence that they do not permit politi- | cal considerations to interfere with | the administration of justic Members of the Senate who con- | ducted the original ingquiry were de the Supreme Court ver dict. Walsh of Montana, who (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) FIVE BURN TO DEATH IN FARMHOUSE BLAZE Four Children and Grandfather Trapped by Flames The becau Justice torney G ng | | nato| | | in Tar- paper-Covered Structure. By the Assoclated Press, HIBBING, Minn., March 1.—Five persons, children and their 70 old ndfather, were burned to death near here today when fire, used by an overheated stove, de- stroyed the home of Samuel Basford, ! a farmer . Mrs. Basford was seriously burned | in fleeing from the building, which had an interior of composition board | material and an exterior covered by tar paper. Frantic efforts of Basford to rescue his children from the sec- ond floor were balked by the spread f the flames. The children ranged in age from | 5 to 10 years. They were sleeping with_the elder Basford on ond floor. Their bodies, Iy S gether as though for prof wore recovered by figemen h 4] + @ = lin France in recent years, the Am- | bassador points out that such peti- |nature of that for which Sacco,and | Vanzetti were condemned. | French |Adm. W. H. G. Bullard Heads | with I t sther membe: | expresses the hope that the so-called 'FRENCH GUARD U. S. CHANCERY AFTER REDS BESIEGE HERRICK| | Communists and Anarchists | Plead With Envoy for Sacco and Vanzetti. Ambassador Says Appeals| Must Be Made to Massa- | chusetts Authorities. By the Associvted Press PARIS, M 1.-—American Am- | bassador Myron T. Herrick is tired of | explaining American constitutional law to delegations of anarchists and Communists asking freedom for Sacco and Vanzetti, the Italians convicted of murder in Massachusetts. In a letter to Henri Torres, advo- cate for the defense in the most noted trials of anarchists and Communists tions must be directed to the State House in Boston, as American law makes the State of Massachusetts the sole judge concerning punishment for crimeés within its borders of the Meanwhile, the Surete Generale, the Scotland Yard, on its own initiative, has increased the police guard about the chancery, fearing rossible demonstrations in view of the | | { COPER CLEARED BY HOUSE PROBERS iJudiciary Committee Pro- l poses Dismissal of Im- | peachment Charges. By Disni ated Prass ssal of impea against Federal Judge Frank Coopér of the northern New Yorw district was recommended today by the House | judiciary committee The committee decided that allega- tions of unfitness for the bench, pre. | ferred against Cooper by Representa. itive La Guardia, Republican, New {\'nrk. could not be construed as con stituting grounds for impeachment. All Acts Not Approved. It wus added, however, that the committee’s action was not to be co strued as approving all of the judg acts. Judge Cooper was eharged by Mr. LaGuardia with having conspired with prohibition enforcement officlals to entrap liquor law violators and with having later sat in over the men entrapped LaG usurping power in connection iwith bankruptcy cases. MYRON T. HERRICK recent mass meetings of French Com- munists and anarchists. A Communist delegation made an unsucgessful attempt yesterday to see the Ambassador and lodge another formal protest. The members asked Mr. Herrick for an appointment at 6 pm. He replied that his day ended at 5. Nevertheless, the delegates, headed by M. Torres, arrived promptly at 6. They learned from a clerk that the Ambassador had gone home. Decision Is Unanimous. While certain activities of Judge PRESIDENT NAMES RADID COMMISSION List of Nominations Sent to Senate. President Coolidge sent to the Sen ate today the names of the following five men to be members of the F eral Radio Commission: Willlam M. G. Bullard, rear admiral, U. 8. N., retired, of Media, Pa., for a term of six vears. Orestes 1. Caldwell of Bronxville, . Y.. editor of radio publications, for a term of five years. gene O, Sykes of Jackson, Miss., former justice of the Supreme Court of M for a term of four years, Henry A. Bellows Minneapolis, Minn., director of Gold Medal Radio | Station, for a term of three year: John F. Dillon of San Franc Calif., supervising radio operator in | San Francisco, for a term of two years. The appointments were made by the President under the new radio ac and each commissioner will rece: salary of $10,000 for the first ye after which they will be paid at the rate of $30 per day for each meeting | £ the commission. In making his selections for this iportant commission the President has complied with the regional re-| quirements of the radio act, and has, the exception of Judge Sykes Mississippi, selected men who' are | looked upon as experts in radio mat- . Judge Sykes and Mr. Bellow Minnesota are Democrats and the are Republicans. ssippi, ol of OBREGON READY TO RUN. Will Be Mexican Presidential Can- didate if Citizens Insist. MEXICO CITY, March 1 (#).—For- mer President Obregon admits there is a possibility of his bemg a candi- date in the 1828 presidential elections. In a statement Intended to clear up the present political situation, he anti-re-electionist group may create public sentiment against his candi- dacy, thus allowing him to continue | in grivns life, but he asserts he is ready-.to serve his country if a ma- jority of the citizens clearly indicate a desire that he again participate in politics. = e S Tremor Rocks Chilean Town. VALLENAR, Chile, March 1 (®).— Several houses collapsed when an earth shock rocked this town yester- day. There were no casualties, | snow rank Cooper, with relation to the manner of procuring evidence in cases which would come before him for trial are not to be considered as approved by this report,” the commit tee said, for the interpositicn of th tlonal powers of the ard to impeachment.” Chalrman Graham said the report was adopted without a dissenting vote. “Satisfied,” Says La Guardia. Mr. La Guardia said that, while he was not wholly satisfied, the report justified his proceedings against Judge Cooper. My conscienc matter,” he said. sha Hanson, chief counsel for the ¢ York said that “stripped verbiage, the real charge against sper, which was not an im: charge, was that he was zealous in his enforcement of the law in a district characterized by the re- sponsible Government officials entrust ed with law enforcement therein as absolutely the worst in the United State: “This charge,” he added on the activities of Government pro- hibition agents. who rounded up a gang of notorious bootleggers, most of whom pleaded guilty without standing trial, and six of whom were convicted upon trial before Judge Coor NEW TRIAL IS ASKED MARCH, LAMBLIKE, CHASED BY LION Snow Tonight, With Probable Mixture of Rain and Sleet, Forecast for Capital. constity entirely clear in Aithough March came in like lamb there is a lion chasing it Some time tonight It will start to snow in Washington, and tomorrow there probably will be a messy mix- ture of snow, rain and sleet, the Weather Bureau predic After that it probably will get warm again. Washington, it was explained, is on the borderline between snow and rain. There will be considerable snow to the north, while the south will have considerable rain. The snow here will not start until after dark and may come any time be- | tween nightfall and midnight SNOW MUFFLES LION'S ROAR. KANSAS CITY, March 1 (#).—The March lion withheld resounding roars om the Middle West and Southwest today to enter on a light blanket of a “‘was based Busch Case Defendant Says He Has Evidence Not Used Before by Counsel. With seven inches of snow in Wyoming and from two to four nches in_ other mountain States, flur- ies continued last night in the Dako tas, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri and upper Mississippi Valley States. | inch snowfall was recorded | Texas Panhandle, while a cold | rain was general over the Stat In connection with the Forecasts for today called for gen-|killing of Policeman Leo K. Busch erally cloudy weather throughout this | September 26 lust, ‘his afternoon fed ritory, with snow flurries or rain. |a motion for a new trial. Pesices de- Government bureaus today issued | claring the verdict contrar figures showing a heavy snowfall in | evidence and alleging crrors of the mountains, indicating a big flow | CHEEET BUHC S0 Letadet this Spring from streams draining the | PY_the trial justice, couusel for Proc- Continental Divide. From 10 to 175 |tor assert that they have discovered inches was reported in the Cascades|new and material evidence which of Oregon and Canada, 30 to 102 |would be of benefit to their chent if inches in northwestern Wyoming and | given another trial tern Idaho and 118 inches in the| The nature of the new Sierras of central California. not disclosed, but couns ure to have it at the former trial was COLORADO TOWN ISOLATED. |0t gue to any want of ability of coun- sel or their client. Attorneys James B. Archer, A. L. Bennett and Charles F. Proctor, 18 years old, con sturday of murder in che degrec evidence is DENVER, Colo., March 1 (#)—Cut oft from the rest of the world for more than two weeks by previous storms, Silverton, Colo., last night was further isolated after more than 48 hours' snowfall, with weather fore- casts pointing to a continuance of the storm in that part of the State. Slides of snow ranging in depth from 10 to 100 feet have blocked high- ways and rallroads. Telephone and telegraph lines were kept open with difficulfy. Railroad officials estimate that it will take a month to clear the way for a resymption of traffic into Silverton, and in the meantime food and mail must be transported across the glides by men on snowshoes. A nufber of Silverton business men were to abandon packs which they attempted to carry Into the DALE TAKEN IN CUSTODY. Editor Facing Criminal Charge Arrested in Ohio. MUNCIE, Ind, March 1 (®).— George W. Dale, weekly newspaper publisher, whose arrest on a_criminal libel charge has heen ordered by Judge Clarence W. Dearth of the Cir- cuit Court, was taken into custody today at Fort Recovery. Ohio, a town near the Indiana-Ohio State line, Ri Libel Associated Press judgment | ardia also accused Cooper of | “the evidence does not call | House with | say the fail- | Sanford appealed for the prisoner. ! __TWO CENTS. FFFICIENCY BUREAU 10 CONTINUE PROBE OF SENAL SCANDAL ?GIDSOH Abandons Plan {o ‘ Have Subcommittee Act | After Congress Ends. COMMISSIONERS REFUSE | TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY Moller, in Conference With Mem- bers of Committee, Said to Have Given No New Evidence. ntative andoned Gibson of Vermont his purpose of secur- from Congress to com tinue the investigation by his subeoni- nittee into the administration of the District government throughout the ummer, when Congress will not be in session. Mr. Gibson said today that the in- ation will be continued by rep- | resentatives of the Bureau of Effi- clency with members of the Gibson | subcommittee sitting informally from {time to time Hearing Due Tomorrow. Mr. Gibson 1 probably” call his subcommittee ier for another hearing tomorrow night, it was stated, He did not know today when Col. 1. C. Moeller, assistant traffic director, fwould be called hefore the subcomn- | mittee. | The Crouse Hinds Co.. which sold | the electric traffic signal lights to the | District and the General Electric Co., i)m\;n d for hearin, Mr. Gibson sald In the meantime, another com: plication arose when a move by Traf- fic Director M. O. Eldridge to place ton the Commissioners responsibility for awarding the new contract for 630 additio; traffic signals for which bids w pened February 14 s checked by the board. Specifications Submitted. As a result of the irregularities n the purchase and installation of the traffic signals, Mr. Eldridge submitted to Engineer Commissioner Bell ail of the specifications, bid sheets and drawings in connection with the new contract, with a request that some | one in the electrical or engineering de- ° partments be designated to examine these documents and whether the specifications * {sonable and proper” and Wi | they are subject to open compet | bids by any legitimate manufacturer of traffic signals: and second, If these fucts are found to be true, “the bids be tabulated and the ‘fact be ascers tained as to which concern the con- | tract should be Jet. “It is highly important that this work proceed without very great de- i Eldridge, ppropriation s limited and it {wm take some time to place the order {and secure the material especially for | cable.” submitted the tog! al today i | Commissioner Bell | traftic director’s proposal to the Board | of Commissioners at the semi-weekly meeting, and after careful considera- | tion it was rejected today on motion of i”'p neer Commissioner. Papers Ordered Returned. { Al the papers were ordered re- jturned to Mr. Eldridge with instruc- | tions that he have an engineer at the Bureau of Standards assist him in making a check on the specifications, bid sheets, etc., accepted. | Col. Bell's motion follows: ! “To comply with the attached re- | quest of the director of traffic requires |n great deal of work by an engineer | familiar with traffic signals. My prin- {cipal assistants are already heavily | burdened with their proper duties and jare not traffic signal experts. “The office of the director of traffic | was created to handle matters of this kind: in fact, this would appear to be | the prime duty of the director him- | self and of the traffic engineer. | Seven traffic light manufacturers submitted bids for the new contract nd the quotations were being studied | by Traffic Engineer I. C. Moller at | the time of his suspension, Col. Mol- |ler had been assigned to determim: the successful bidder. 3 The Commissioners gave some con- sideration to the so-called traffic light scandal at their hoard meeting, but took no further action in the case, in keeping with thelr previous an. nouncement that they would await the completion of the investigation of the | on subcommittee of the House strict committee and then fx re- sponsibility All Signals Being Checked. While a physical check-up on every piece of traffic signal lighting material’ in the city was being made by im | gators of the Bureau of Efficiency co-operation with an expert from Bureau of Standards today, of the Gibson subcommittee were cen. tering their attention on details of the high school addition, with a view to probing the wisdom of a “cost plus’ -xpenditure in the above amount, ap- | proximating $86,000. |, Accompanted by attorneys, Col. I, ¢, | Moller, suspended traffic engineer of the District, was in conference for the greater part of two hours yesterday afternobn with investigators of the Bureau of Efficiency, during which time, it was announced at the burest today, he disclosed little new material of importance and advanced virtua: no evidence involving in any way other officials of the District govern- ment with relalion to irregularities in the purchase or installment of the signal light equipraent now operating on Washington streets. A proposal made by Col. Moller through his attorneys to the subcom- mittee yesterday that he be allowed opportunity for further testimony was accepted pending the check-up initi- ated today. 5 The investigators at work on the check-up include F. J. Wilson, a mem- ber of the intelligence unit k of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, t that unit,"” to work & '“ the Bureau of Efficie: to the Gibson subcommittee; M. Kerlin, in- (Continued on Page 2, 0 CONSTANTINOPLE, March A commercial treaty between Russia and Turkey will b Angora on Thu i B e o &‘m