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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Cloudy tonight; tinued cold; lowest temperature about 22 degrees tonigh! Temperature—Highest, p.m. yesterday; lowest, today. Full repor Late N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 FEntered as second class matter No. 30,255. post office, Wa Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow fair, con- b at 3:30 5, at 8:30 a.m, t on page 4. shington, D. ah WASHINGTON WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D.C WEDNESDAY, MARCH £ ) ¢ Foening Star 1927 —FORTY-FOUR PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,919 TWO CENTS. L (P) Means Associated Pre: - DAUGHERTY CASE JURY 1 STILL 0UT; " REVIEWS EVIDENCE Goff’s Orders on Treasury for Payment of Claims Also Asked For. BRCTHER’S TESTIMONY ON BONDS IS REREAD Both Defendants in Court Express Confidence Verdict Will Be Favorable. Br the Associated P FEDERAL COURT. N March After a deadlock of ten end a half hours vesterday the jury considering the fate of former Attor ney General Harry M. Daugherty and | former Alien Property Custodian Col. | Thomas W. Miller on charges of con spiracy resumed its deliberations this orning at 10: " The j‘i\r)‘ was locked up at 11:40 last ht after Federal Judge John C. Knox had repeated a portion of his charge at the request of the juroi He also turned over to the jury a copy of a report to President Harding from 1'nited States or Guy D. (‘.n{f.’ made when the tor was assistant in | former Attorney General Daugher oftice, on the allowance of the Am fcan Metal Co.s $7,000,000 ~claim, which_resulted in the indictments of { Daugherty and Col. Mille Both defendants were in court early aud expressed themselves confident of e favorable verdict. Jury Asks to See Orders. ked to be shown the asury for payment srders bore the fuy D. Goff of V' YORK. The jurors as opders on the Tr ot the claims. These signature of Senator West Virginia. They also asked to have read to them part of the testimony of Mal S. Daugherty, Harry Daugherty's brother. "This testimony related to the arrival at the Midland National Bank, Wash- ington Courthouse, Ohio, of five $10,000 Liberty_bonds., The bonds bore serial numbers of those R.chard Merton. German metal magnate, gave the late | John King, the Republican na- tional committeeman from Connecticut, ; as a “fee” for aid in having the claims passed. Mal Daugherty testified the| bonds were given him by Jess W. Smith, Harry Daughterty's handy man. § The jury then returned to the jury regm. | knew “JERRY TARBOT" HEARS SELF DESCRIBED AS DRAFT DODGER Woman, at House Hearing, Testifies She Formerly Was His Wife. Dubois, Real Name, Johnson Declares—Justice Agent Tells of Investigation. By the Assoclated Press. Tarbot,” that mysterious character whose identity has con- founded veterans' organizations and Government ‘finger-print experts over a long and colorful season of investi- gation, today sat in a congressional committee room and blinkingly heard himself described as a draft dodger and a man of divers aliases. One of those who testified said she formerly was his wife, and that she him as Howard Francis Noble of Toledo, Ohio. Another woman wit ness said she also knew him in Erie, Howard Noble, while Chair an Johnson of the committee de- clared the man's real name was Alex- ander Dubois, jr. the son of a chef in a Cuban Hotel. Justice Agent Testifles. The committee chairman told his colleagues that his statements would be borne out by records of the De- partment of Justice, which, he as- serted. had disproved Tarbot’s claim that he is suffering from loss of memory caused by injuries in the World War, and had exposed his plea and that he was| JERRY TARBOT. for legislative rellef as a hoax and a traud. After the two women hs the chairman put on the stand, R. P. Burrus, a_special agent for the Department of Justice, who said he had been assigned to determine Tar bot’s identity and war record. “In 1916-16)" Burruss said, “our in vestigation showed Tarbot lived in testified (Continued,on Page 4, Column 5.) U.S. STANDS ALONE IN SHANGHAI CRISIS Chamberlain, However, Is Cautious in Defining Ameri- can Policy to Commons. By the Asso lnd Press. LONDON, March The ques- tion of whether the United States is co-operating with the British authori- ties in the defense of the international settlement at Shanghai was raised in the House of Commons today. Sir Austen Chamberlain, foreign secre- tary, told questioners that the United States was acting independently in defense of its own interests in China. “There is mo rivalry between the United Statesand ourselves,” declared At 11 o'clock last night the jurors nt a sealed note to Federal Judge‘ nox and at the time it was believed.! that a verdict had been reached. i When Judge Knox arrived, how-i ever, he said the note was a request | for more instructions on the weight | of testimony given by character wit- nmesses. As no questions were as i Tegarding Miller's case attorneys were | of the opinion that the jury had agreed on a verdict for him. Judge Knox read parts of his charge | about character witnesses and some | of the testimony . Carroll, former tary, relating to a memorandum of a complaint sent by President Harding to Daugherty with respect to the claim of the Societe Suisse Pour Maleurs de Metaux, which took over control of the American Zetal The prosecution was based on this | eclaim. ' Copy of Letter to Harding. | The jurors also obtained a copy of | a letter Senator Guy D. Goff, Wost| Virginia, former Assistant Attorney | General, sent to President Harding in | June, 1922, assuring Mr. Harding that | the American Metals transfer had ! been investigated thoroughly and that the claim was supported by the best of proof. Eleven checks placed in evi- dence by the Government also were | obtained by the jury. | Five months ago another jury ar-; gued for 65 hours without reaching a | verdict in the . Daugherty and Miller are charged with defrauding the Government of their best services. Senator Goff, who testified for Ipugherty and assumed full respon- sibility for approving the American > Co. claim and as a result was Mr. Buckner in his summation, yesterday unsuccessfully sought to send a telegram to Buckner from Washington. The message, however, was refused by the Western Unfon Telegraph Co. The Postal Telegraph & Cable Co., after trans- mitting it from Washington, refused r it on the ground that-it contained “vituperative epithets.” Mr. Buckner had charged that the Sena- tor had changed his testimony from that given before the grand jury so that he would not appear as having been merely a “rubber stamp.” FIVE HARVARD STUDENTS GET 10 DAYS FOR RIOT | Co. | Ten University Men and One Out- sider Found Guilty by Judge in Cambridge. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDC Ten of the Ha ity stu dents arrested on charges in conr tion with a riot in_Harv on the morning of February 12 and ote man not connected with the uni versity, of the 39 men arrested, were found guilty by Judge Arthur P. Stone in th Jistrict Court here today. Five were sentenced to 10-day terms in the house of correction in addition to being fined. All appealed The five sentenced to serve terms in the House of Correction were John 1. Shaw of Winne m.; Ed- win H. Steiner, Far Rockaway, N. Y.; 3. Russell Trayer, South Braintree, Mass., and Horace W. , Milton, students, and Arthur Clements Cambridge, a tobacco dealer. addition to the 10 vs' imprison- ment, each was sentenced to pay a fine of §25. Four students were sentenced to pay fines of $20 each and Arthur E. Irench, jr. of Winchester, Mass., foot ball star, who claimed he was nrrested while attempting to act as peacemaker, found guilty, but Do sentence was imposed. \/ d Square | the foreign secretary. “They act as an t_nggpendem power and as they think proper.” . Sir Joseph Hall asked whether this meant that the United States was un- prepared to take action in the defense {of nationals of other countries. Cautious in Comment. ““No, I have not said that,” responded Sir Austen. He added that he was not inclined to define the attitude of a foreign power in unconsidered answers that in view of the delicate situation at ‘Shanghal British troops had taken up precautionary positions along a defensive line partly outside the limits of the international settlement. Italian forces were collaborating, with the British in this operation. At another point during the discus- sion the foreign secretary said Great Britain would continue to maintain an attitude of strict neutrality in the struggle between the contending Chinese forces. SUN'S REGIME PASSES. Defense of Shanghai Left Entirely to Shantung Troops. SHANGHAI, March 2 (®).—The| regime ‘of another Chinese war lord 'passed into history today as Shantun- gese troops were poured into the Shanghai defenses south of here to place the broken army of Marshal Sun Chuan-Fang. Defense of Shanghal was left en- tirely in the hands of the Shantung army yesterday when Marshal Sun completely withdrew from the battle- front at Sungkiang and also from the Shanghai area. Once overlord of five provinces of contral China, Marshal Sun ruled one of the richest areas in the Far Kastern republic, including Shanghai. | Less than a year ago Sun threw his lot in with the Peking allies, expect- ing to crush the advancing Cantonese. But he met with one reverse after another, losing a province at a time, until only this one (Kiangsu) was left. | This state he finally surrendered to [the Chantungese recently as they moved southward in an attempt to | prevent the southerners from taking | Shanghai. | Last of Sun's Army Retiring. The retreat was preceded yester. day by the defection of Gen. Meng Chao-Yueh and his staff, who refused to ally themselves with the northern relnforcements. A large number of troops from the | broken army of Marshal Sun tonight { were reported to be going over to the | Cantonese army and thousands of | others were said to be deserting. | Sun is understood to have made all | preparations to retire. He is known to have accumulated " (Continued on South ;\frircan City Sending Two Lion Cubs to President| i i | By the Associated Press. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 2.—President Coolidge is to receive two lion cubs as a gift from this city. The cubs were turned over to American _tourists from the liner Asturlas for presentation to Mr. Coolidge. | —— DOHENYS MAY FACE TRIAL FOR BRIBERY $100,000 Fall Loan Indict-| ment May Be Pressed=—De- murrer Awaits Action. Edward L. Doheny and his son, Ed-{ ward L. Doheny, jr., of Los Angeles, Calif., may be called on to defend the bribery indictment reported against them by the grand jury June 80, 1924, in which they are charged with giving $100,000 to Albert B. Fall of New Mex- ico, former Secretary of the Interior, to seture the lease to the Elk Hills naval reserve, which the United States Supreme Court has declared to be tn- valid. United States Attorney Gordon stated today that he has not had a conference with Owen J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene, the special ofl prose- cutors, about the matter, but it is his view that the prosecution of the bribery indictment should not be dropped. Shortly after the jury had acquit- ted the elder Doheny it was rumored that as the $100,000 had been de- clared by that jury to be a “loan” and not a bribe, it was not likely that any effort would be made to press the bribery indictment. The decision of the Supreme Court has put a different phase on the situation, according to| Maj. Gordon. May Argue Demurrer. Attorney Frank J. Hogan, repre- senting the Dohenys, filed a demurrer to the bribery indictment shortly aft- er it was returned, in which he takes the position that as the prosecution claimed the executive order of Presi- dent Harding was invalid, Secretary Fall never had any official duty fin reference to the leasing of the naval reserves. If there was mno official duty, he could not be bribed, even If the money were given to him and not lent by Doheny, the defense law- yer asserted. Special counsel for the Government, It is_understood,- are prepared to ask the District Supreme Court at the termination of the KFallSinclair trial to_set down the Doheny bribery (Continued on Page 2, Column RUTH SIGNS CONTRACT. Runs for Three Years at $70,000 Annual Salary. NEW' YORK, March 2 (P).—Babe Ruth, home run king of base ball, today signed a three-year contract with the Yankees at an annual salary of $70,000. et Monarchist Rumor Pure Invention | WARSAW, Poland, March 2 (®).—| The report, published in several European capitals, that a monarchist | movement had begun at Lodz, Poland, | was characterized here this morning as “a pure invention.” From Cath®iral Mansions South , there came to the telephone operator on duty at the Fire Depar‘ment early vy a frantic call for hulp: 'm locked in my room on the third floor and can’t get out.” Then pleading, as the ungallant op- erator suggested calling the janitor: “Oh, no, please, won't you piease send out a hook and ladder. It's an inside room and the janitor couldn’t possibly get in.” That was too much for the head- quarters man, so he got into touch with No. 28 engine house, on upper Connecticut avenue. Guests at the Cathedral Mansions and people scurrving to their offices were startled to hear fire) apparatus . toda Fire Departm‘ent Releases Woman Locked in Cathedral M ansions Room | = | pulling up at the Connecticut avenue | side of the apartment. A woman ap. | pearing in a window on the third | floor shrilled: “Here 1 am!” No one | knew what was the matter, certainly there was no sign of a fire. | Then the fire luddies holsted a lad. der and Lieut. E. L. Abell climbed gallantly through the window as crowds gathered about. ! With a simple twist he turned the | keyand released Miss Marie D, Fegan, temporary prisoner in apartment 524, And ihe polite fireman never once asked her why she didn't call the Janitor. . LSS Radio Programs—Page 30. { | | | | FLBUSTERTOHL SLUSHFUND PROBE KEP P I SENATE Reed of Pennsylvania Fights Reed ot Missouri While Many Bills Wait. {LATTER’S MOTION WINS FOR TAKING UP ISSUE Substitute Resolution Would Con- tinue Special Committee In- vestigating Elections. | | | BY G. GOULD LINCOI “The Reed slush fund committee is through, unless I fall dead on the floor,” Senator David A. Reed, Re-. publican, of Pennsylvania, emphatically today. filibuster against the r continue the life of that ¢ The Penns it i | i | to he resolution, offered by Senator “Jim” Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, hairman of the slush fund conynittee, to continue that committee in effect, no matter how the resolution may be amended. The Reed cousins, one a Republican and the other a Demo are hooked up in a desperate fight which may carry through to the end of the y ent session of Congress day. If it does all has not been acted upon finally will fall by the wayside, including the public buildings bill, the alien property bill and the second deficiency appro- priation bill. Not Standing Committee. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania said he was perfectly willing that the Senate privileges and elections com- mittee should investigate thoroughly the election of Senator-elect William 8. Vare of Pennsylvania. A contest against Vare has been flled hy Wil- liam Wilson, his Democratic opponent. That contest, the Senate, was turned over to the Reed committee. The Reed commit- tee is not a standing committee of the Senate and unless authorized to con- tinue beyond the end of the present Congress may be impotent. “For 120 years the privileges and elections committee has handled all election contests,” sald Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, “and it should handle this contest.” That the filibuster was still on was immediately manifest after the Senate met at 11 o'clock today. Senator Moses, Republican of New Hampshire, Who has been alding Senator Reed ot Pennsylvania. in the conduct of -the filibuster, aemanded the reading of the Journal of yesterday's proceedings. This reading is usually dispensed with DLy unanimous consent. It took an hour to read the journal today while the Senate sat idly by. Missouri Senator Gets Floor. As s0on as the reading of the jour- nal has been completed, Senator Reed of Missouri obtained the floor and moved to take up his resolution con- tinuing the life of the slush fund com- mittee. The Senate voted 06 to 25 to take up the resolution continuing the Reed committee, indicating clearly that if the resolution is permitted” to come to a vote it will be adopted. P Thirty-six Democrats, 19 Repub- licans and one Farmer-Labor voted in favor of taking up the resolution, and 24 Republicans and one Democrat, Senator Cole Blease of South Carolina, voted against taking the measure up. Senator Reed of Missour! then of- fered a substitute for his own resolu- tion, modifying the original resolution, continuing in force the special com. mittee and authorizing the speeial committee in its discretion to open any or all ballot boxes used in the Pennsylvania election. Analysis of -Situation. The situation is this, that Senator Reed of Missouri and Senator La Fol- lette of Wisconsin, members of the slush fund committee, are ready to prevent action on any measure out- side of the prohibition reorganization bill, re the Senate under ~(Contin Page 2, Column 5.) EAGLES FILES APPEAL FROM MURDER VERDICT One of Three Convicted of Killing Policeman Busch Follows Others in Asking Retrial. Nicholas Lee Eagles, who was con- victed last Saturday of murder in the | first degree in connectipn with the killing of Policeman Leo W. K. Busch, today filed a motion for a new trial. He charges that the verdict was con- trary to the evidence and that the trial justice erred in excluding cer- tain testimony and allowing other evidence to be introduced. Attorneys Louis . Tanenbaum and Irving ‘Wall, for the prisoner, have served notice on U. S. Attorney Gor- don and' Assistant U. S. Attorneys O'Leary and Horning that they will call the motion to the attention of Justice Hitz Friday, March 11. All three of the convicted men have now filed motions for a new trial. Proctor alone claims that he has dis- covered new evidence, which was not ; available for the trial. He is repre- sented by Attorneys James B. Archer, A. L. Bonnett and Charles F. Sanford. Moreno's counsel are Martin F. O'Don- oghue and Clifford P. Grant. MRS. SMOOT IS ILL. Condition Has Become Graver Within Last Few Days. Mrs. Alpha E. Smoot, the wife of Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, is criti- cally ill at her home, 2521 Connecti- cut’avenue. Although Mrs. Smoot has suffered from {1l health for a number of vea she was not obliged to take to her bed this time until about a month ago. Her condition has become graver with in the last few days and a consulta- tion of doctors was recently advised. Members of the family explained that Mrs. Smoot is suffering from a complication of diseases. They said that _the result of her relapse could not be foretold at this time, byt her hufhters have not yet been summo: ed from the West. Should her condi- tion become wo! ~L declared | He is leading a | he would never permit the passage ot | \ WHEN REED MEETS REED— GIBSON' INQUIRY 10 BE CONTINUED BY COMMISSIONERS Officials Prepare to Assume Responsibilities to Pre- serve Integrity. BUREAU OF EFFICIENCY IS EXPECTED TO AID Federal Bureaus’ “Nibbling” at Lo- cal Authority Seen as En- dangering System. Mindful of the need of prompt and complete assumption of responsibili ties to preserve the integrity of the District government as vested by the organic act of 1870, the District Com missioners today were prepared assume full charge of the continu ance of investigation into local gov ernmental affairs wheré the Gibson | subcommittee, dying with the Sixty ! ninth Congress, leaves off, and were | planning to push the survey into local government whole-heartedly with the co-operation of the United States Bu {reau of Efficie by previous action of | this may be done.’ SOUTH IS SWEPT BY EAVY SHOWS | | | | | | | iEastern States Are Warned of Cold Wave—Temperature { Here Goes to 26. | | 5 By the Associated Press. Falling temperatures over the East- ern half of the country, marked by killing frosts and possibly freezing cold as far south as Florida, were forecast today by the Weather Bu- reau. An advisory storm-warning, said a disturbance of marked intensity, prob- ably reaching the full gale force, cen- tered near Cape Hatteras, while warnings were displayed from Jack- sonville, Fla., to Hatteras and north to Boston. Snow along the North Atlantic coast was.predicted for tonight. .Re- | Hef from.the cold wave in the East was promised for tomorrow. e Snow Sweeps South. ‘Washington is on the northern edge of a snow area that includes several of the States immediately South of here and embraces the Mississippi Valley from St. Louis to Memphis. The temperature this morning drop- ped to the 26-degree mark, the lowest it has fallen since January, and it was predicted that it may drop to 22 { tonight. | The lowest temperature here in Feb- ruary was 28 degrees, weather men sald, marking the highest minimum for the month of February recorded here since 1871. Slightly moderating temperature is predicted for Washington tomorrow with indications that it will be decid- edly warmer Friday. VIRGINIA STORM CONTINUES. Worst Snowfall in Several Years Re- ported at Danville. K RICHMOND, Va., March 2 (®).—A storm that spread a mantle of from 1 to 16 inches of snow over Virginia last night -continued this morning, accompanied by strong northeast winds and falling temperatures. Danville reported that the storm that started at 8:30 o'clock last night was the worst in several years and at 8 o'clock this morning had blanketed the Piedmont section of the State with 16 inchés of snmow. Approxi- mately 10 inches of snow fell at Suffolk during the night and Newport News reported 9 inches on the ground at daylight and the blizzard still raging. Four inches fell at Roanoke and at 8 o'clock this morning the pre- cipitation record at Lynchburg was 2.7 inches and the storm was still at its height. The United States Weather Bureau at Richmond recorded .9 inch precipitation up to 8 o'clock this morn- ing and a_thermometer reading of 25 degrees. The mercury stood at 26 at the same hour in Petersburg, where 4 inches of snow covered the ground. A b-inch snowfall was recorded at Norfolk during the night and early today a 40-mile wind and continued heavy snowfall was keeping shipping close to port. Virtually all means of traffic were slowed down and in some places com- pletely stopped by the generally heavy snowfall. Automobile and bus traffic | was suspended in most places, ocean- going vessels delayed departure, bay steamers ran far behind schedule and fish and oyster boats and other | smaller craft were forced to seek | shelter. An extraordinarily high tide flooded { many streets at Norfolk. | SNOW 26 INCHES DEEI Traffic Tied Up in Many Cities of North Carolina. CHARLOTTE, N. C., March 2, (#).— | Struggling against odds that seldom | are presented in the South, North Car- | olinians today went to their daily la- bors as best they could. Traffic was virtually at a standstill with snow ranging from 12 to 26 inches clogging streets and highways in most places. | Street car schedules were disrupted | |in the citles despite all-night efforts | with drags and improvised snow plows | to keep the tracks open; automobiles | that could negotiate the drifts were few and thousands of citizens flounder- ed through the knee-deep fall to get to { work, a situation many of them had | never faced before. | Asheville, high in the mountains, re- ported probably the lightest snow .of any section reporting in the State. There the fall ranged from 8 to 12 1 inches. Snow 26 Inches Deep. High Point awoke this morning un- der a white blanket 26 inches with & northeast Iriv) (Contlnued on Page 4, Columa 23 Denied Autos, Princeton Students| Use Roller Skates By the Associated Prees. PRINCETON, N. J. Roller skates may of automobiles, banned by the trus- tees, as a means of transportation for Princeton undergraduates. Several upper classmen were seen near the upper class clubs and on campus walks, skating blithely along today. “My Gauss is cooked,” read a placard on one man, referring to the part played by Dean Christian * M. Gauss in passing the recent ruling which forbids the owner- ship ‘or operation of automobiles by students atter July 1. “They haven't stopped this yet,” were the words on another placard. PRESIDENT SIGNS CRUISER FUND BILL Acquiesces in Building Three Vessels by Approving Naval Appropriations. By the Associated Press. The appropriation for three new cruisers, put into the naval bill by Congress over the recommendation of President Coolidge, received presi- dential acquiescence today when Mr. Coolidge signed the bill. The cruiser proposal repeatedly has been linked in congressional dis- cussion with the President’'s move for a naval limitation conference, but in announcing signature of the bill the White House did not dis- close to what extent the decision may have been influenced by the diminishing prospects for a further | Chairman Gibson of the House sub | committee meanwhile was uncertain {today whether he can get his sub- | committee together for another hea: PRESIDENT URGES VOTE ON NOMINEES | i Utilities Appointees May Get! Recess Posts if Not Acted On. i President Coolidge sent word to the District committee of the Senate to- day that he would appreciate it if some action is taken between now and the adjournment of Congress on Friday, on the nominations of Benjamin F. Adams and John W. Childress.to be members of the public utilities com- mission of the District and of Ralph D. Fleharty to be peoples’ counsel for the commission. At the Capitol, meanwhile, the nominations were still waiting for action by the Senate subcommittee when the Senate met this morning. "Bellef was expressed quarters at the Capitol that it the nominations are re; ed out of com- mittee before tomorroWw there will be time left for the Senate to act before the gavel falls Friday. The subcom- mittee had not decided at noon, how- ever, when it would meet. President Summons Senators. Becoming impatient at the apparent delay on the part of the District com- mittee in disposing of these nomin tions and fearful that Congress w end with no action having been taken on these appointments, the President summoned to the White House Sen- ators Jones of Washington and Sack- ett of Kentucky, the Republican mem- bers of the subcommittee of three of the District committee, which sub- committee has heen handling the nom- | inations in question. The President is known to have expressed to the Sen-| ators his desire for quick action and to have requested them to use eve: means to obtain some action between now and Friday on these appoint- ments. The President was represented aft- | erwards as having said that these ap- limitation treaty. Sponsored by the big Navy advo- cates in Congress, the cruisers at first were left out of the naval bill by the House, but after the Senate had approved the project House lead- ers secured similar action at their end of the Capitol. It was in the midst of the discussion that Mr. Coolidge proposed a limitation_ con- ference to Great Britain, Japan France and Italy. Hopeful for Conference. Great Britain and Japan have ac- cepted the invitation, but France and Italy declined. Mr. Coolidge never- theless still is hopeful that negotia- tions on the subject will be possible. During consideration of the naval bill in Congress it was argued by the cruiser advocates that the three- cruiser plan was in complete accord with the President’'s limitation pro- posals. Three more ships of the cruiser class would not bring the American cruiser strength to a point where it would have to be scaled down under any reasonable limitation agree- ment, they declared, but would strengthen the hand of the American pointments to the Public Utilities Com- mission were made in absolutely géod | faith and that the men selected by him were believed to‘be high standing | and thoroughly competent to serve in the capacities to which he had ap- pointed them. Also, the President re- minded his callers that the Senate has had these nominatlons sufficiently long to permit investigations and i quiries and that unless there was some very good reason for further de- lay he saw no reason why the nomi. nation should not be disposed of at least one way or the other. | Embarrassment Is Feared. The President is understood to have mentioned the fact that there will ba considerable embarrassment and con- | fusion experienced in the event these | nominations are not acted upon. fe considers it highly important to have | these officers serving on the newly | created Public Utilities Commission in order that that body might func- tion in the manner in which Congress | prescribed when it amended the util- | ities act. H It is not known whether th - dent_went so far as to inform rt‘ll\'eiler ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 7. The Star Among the Great News of the Country The fact that The Star stands fourth among all the great newspapers* of the country in volume of advertising reflects the effectiveness of this newspaper as an advertising medium and the activity of business in Washingto The Volume of Advertising of Newspapers Printing More Than Advertising The Detroit News......... Chicago Tribune. . New York Times. Baltimore Sun (Eveni; Los Angeles Times." Pittsburgh Press. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ng and Sunday). . papers n. 25,000,000 Lines of Last Year Lines Jevieidensn....34,030,570 ...32,715,561 29, in reliable ing before Congress closes. He is endeavoring to muster a sufficient number for a hearing this afternoon, when he purposes to bring up for c sideration District claims for b: taxes against the Baltimore & ( Railroad. Action Not Expected. In spite of the fact that yesterday Mr. Gibson declared his intention to abandon the attempt to have the life of his subcommittee continued, he has introduced a resolution asking that the members of the subcommittee be authorized to continue such surveys ror i or inquiries as they deem necessary during the recess of Congress. It is doubtful whether thé resolution will be acted upon. Each of the three District Com missioners expressed themselves to: day as keenly desirous of co-operat- ing with executive agencies of the Federal Government in arriving at the i best possible system for local admin- | istration of government, but each { also declared that the ultimate author- {ity as vested in the Commissioners as the executive arm of the local government would be stringently pro tected by them against any possible encroachment. Will Investigate Offices. The result of this decision is that the Bureau of Efficiency, working with the Commissioners at the lat- ter's request, will probably probe into the working machinery of every office of the District Government where necessity for survey exists during the congressional recess. The survey will not be detailed in all lines Many offices have already been sur- veyed by the Bureau of Efficiency Several, it may be found, will need no survey. But Commissioner Dough- “lerty deciared that, in turn, the chinery of the Police Department, Fire Department, licenge office, Health Department and other’ branches com ing under his jurisdiction, would be looked into; Commissionet Taliferro stated that where he felt the need existed the bureau would be invited to extend its survey, and Commis sioner Bell said that already plans were under way for the investigation into certain phases of the Engineer Department’s working arrangements. ‘As a nucleus for the Commissioner: activities the transcript of the record {of testimony before the Gibson sub- committee will be turned over to them, it was stated by Commissioner { Taliaferro. The exatt plans for the continuance of the survey inaugurated by the Gibson subcommittee have not been worked out by the (ommission- ers and no decision has been reached {as to whether the nature will be in the form of public hearings, private inquiry or a strict checking-up on the offices under the control of the Com missioners. Fears “Nibbling” at Rights. The attitude at the District Building seeqied to be summarized by an ex- pression by Col. Bell, engineer Com- missioner, who stated that uniess the Commissioners assyme the respon- sibilities detailed by the powers con- ferred on them by the organic act, there might be reason to fear that Federal agencies would step in to do the work the local governmental heads should assume. “Nibblings” at the authority and jurisdiction of the Commissioners have been going on for some time in cumu- lative fashion, Col. Bell intimated. For instance, a bill is now pending before Congress whereby the authority of the District Commissioners, sought for closing streets obsolete highway plan, would be subj the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Again, when it was considered proper to divert local water to Arlington County, $hother branch of the Fed- eral Government, the War Depart- ment, obtained authority to supervise this function whereas, Col. Bell con- tends, the authority of the Commis- sioners extended to the local water supply system. Realizifig that by such “nibblings” at power and jurisdiction, the sub- stance of those elements are eaten away rather than by a bold single stroke, Col. Bell is of the opinion that unless the commissioners stép in with a determined assumption of responsi- bilities, they may find them wafted away by some Federal agency with the ultimate prospect in the vista of the future of seeing the local govern- ment in the hands, practically, of Fed- | eral bureaus, or at least subjected to the authority or approval of Federa! i bureaus. Would Prevent Supervision. It is to prevent anything like this prospect, dim as it may be, in the opinion of the commissioners, that prompt action in pursuing the investi- gation set on foot by the Gibson sub- The Star, through its exclusive carrier service in the city and suburbs, is delivered directly to the homes of the great majority of Washington people. A recent blocks in all sections of the cit; about 85% of all the homes of sectidhis, in over test census in 56 representative shows that The Star is read in ‘ashington—in some of the better of the homes. paper§in America more thoroughly covers its community, It is believed that no news- committee is deemed essential. Commissioner Dougherty shares Commissioner Bell's viewpoint to a great extent. “I realize,” he said, “that there ap- pears to be a tendency to detract from the com: mers the authority given them by the organic act of 1870. Such encroachments, I feel, should be faced and met with decision and prompt- Commissioner _ Taliaferro _is__for g'vnunnod on Page 4, Column 3