Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1927, Page 1

it Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight and tomorrow, lowest tempera- ture about 36 degrees. Temperature—Highest, 47, at 11 am. yesterday: lowest, 24, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 10. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. U. S. MARINES THRILL SHANGHAI WITH PARADE THROUGH STREETS The cvery tion as f Star's “carrier system city block and the reg lelivered to Washington homes as the papers are printed he WASHINGTO Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,924 TWO CENT! LORD RULES ARMY D. MARCH S. GIR L., TURDAY. L SLAIN, MOTHER (#P) Means Associated Press. No. " DAUGHERTY WOES 30,258. BUT | HAVE ToGIGGLE LAID TO FRIENDSHIP FOR JESS W. SMITH Silence Explained by Refusal to Blacken His Memory to Clear Himself. REASON IS ADVANCED FOR BURNING RECORDS Destruction Revealed as Due to Fear of Drawing Harmless Inci- dent Into Discussion. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Now that the prosecution of Harry M. Daugherty has been dropped, due to the failure of two juries to agree, | the story may be told of what the in- timate friends of the former Attorney General are convinced did really happen. Unless one knew the incredible per- sonality of Jess W. Smith, who com- mitted suicide, and the circumstances which, woven together, shed light on the mystery, there is difficulty in un- derstanding the whole episode. For Jess Smith is dead—and nothing that can be said about him can be cor- roborated—at least, it would have been useless to tell the story to a jury—and Harry Daugherty is not the type who would rely on revelations about his lifelong friend as a defense. Concealed Deals From Daugherty. That Jess Smith recelved money from various persons who sought to influ- ence Government action is unques- tioned. That Harry Daugherty knew nothing about it until it was too late is also accepted by his-friends as absolute truth. Although Jess Smith worshiped Harry Daugherty, he con- aled from him what he was really doing in Washington. On this point the comment today of Mrs. Mabel ‘Walker Willebrandt, Assistant Attor- mey General, is pertinent. ““I once brought to the attention of the Attorney General,” she said, “‘the case of some Ohio bootleggers who had fled to Canada. I wanted extra- dition proceedings brought. 1 heard that Jess Smith was somehow mixed up in the case, but I didn't know 10 what extent. But despite the frct that Jess Smith was importuning the Attorney General not to begin extra- dition proceedings, the Attorney Gen- eral accepted my recommendatiion that special cou: be employed to prosecute, ' 1 not know until & long time a in fact, after Jess Smith @nd ofie of ihe de- fendants admitted it—that Jess Smith had received 325000 to help them with their case. ; Sought To Use Influence. Mrs. Willebrandt is convipeéd also that there were many other instances in which Jess Smith s6ught to use his influence and thit he never let the Attorney General know he was being paid for~ his services. Smith was not a Government em- ploye, but “Mr. Daugherty allowcd him to use a desk in the Department of Justice, because he attended to many personal matters for him. He ‘was as ready to serve as a valet as he was to be a secretary. He fell in with lobbyists who had been active in politics. The supposition is that they often inveigled Smith into their plots. It is confidently assumed by friends of the former Attorney General that he did not discover Smith’s duplicity untiF a_few days before the suicide. Harry Daugherty is believed to have expressed himself in such strong terms that it was one of the immediate causes of the suicide of Jess Smith. He was just the kind who would feel that, having lost the friendship and confidence of his best friend, there was nothing else to live for. Jess Smith had an idea that prac- tcal politics permitted lobbying so Jong as he was not in the Gover: ment service. He had the theory that bootleggers were really being prosecuted wrongly and that to &et any one free from the clutches of the Volstead act was worse than the purchase of liquor from bootleggers, as so many citi- zens do nowadays. His mind was not well trained. It was a simple kind of reasoning which he employed in defense of his lobbying, bardly anybody knew he was gettin oaid for it Declined to Tell Story. Then why, it will be asked, didn’t Hariy Daugherty tell this to the jury? He could not have corroborated it, | because the only other man who knew the facts was dead. And be- sides, it was a public denunciation of his lifelong friend, which would have been required and Paugherty un- doubtedly would have gone to jail vather than do that. Then why, it is again asked, were the bank records burned? This ques- tion probably more than any other Influenced those jurors, who stood out in both instances for conviction It is explained on the ground that the records contained entries which would have drawn into the discussion the late President Harding. were entries which involved nothing illegal or irregular, so far as the late President was concerned, but might have been misunderstood 1 those who have always been seekin to eriticize the personal life of M Harding. To save himself from juil Daugherty would never mitted a discussion in court of t. life of the man who made him Attor- ney General. To those who knew Jess Smith, to those who know Harry Daugherty and his tenacious belief in whui con stitutes true friendship, the story is accepted as what actually occurred. rhere always will be skeptics, how- cver, who will prefer to belleve other wise. But Harry Daugherty had many opportunitics to accept bribes and to vield to temptation, and those who saw him at work every day are convinced that he was the victim of the acts of a foolish friend, who hLad no moral sens oyright. 1927.) Britain's Air Fund $77,750,000. LONDON, March 5 (#).—Estimates as for Great Britain's Alr Service, announced today, amount to {13, 550,000 (about $77,750,000). reduction of £450,000 from the total. The maximum personnel 1927 will be in 1926, . Whole Foreign Population Out | to Cheer Americans “Taking Exercise.” Thousands of Chinese View| Display—1,300 Men Re- turn to Transport. BY REGINALD SWEETLAN By Cable to The Star and Chi News. Copyright, 1927, SHANGHAIL March 5.—Thirteen hundred hu: American Marines | this morning gave Shanghal the thrill of its life when they marched four | abreast down historic Nanking road to the tune of the regimental march, Valencia. The Marines landed at the | foot of Nanking road at 10 o'clock, formed along the bund, and then headed by Col. C. S. Hill, a Marine | band and bugle corps and a small de- { tachment of mounted Sikhs, marched through the principal business streets of the international settlement. | The entire foreign population, as well as hordes of Chinese lined the streets of the six-mile march. When the columns reached the race course grounds, Col. Hill took the salute and the troops swung back down Nanking road to the strain of their regimental march. Cheers for Marchers. Shanghal's thousands, which are growing accustomed to the sight of troops marching through the streets, broke into cheers when the band struck up “Over There,” when it turned back into the bund prior to boarding the launches. From the cus- toms jetty the men were borne back NEAR ALEXANDRIA cumbs to Wounds, and Cath- erine, 4, Is Feared Dying. : S SHOVEL AND BABY CHAIR Louis Boersig Arrested as Assail- ant—Robbery Believed Mo- tive for Crime. e C. S. HILL. Victims of ‘a man whose reason AND SISTER BEATEN Loretta Ridgeway, 6, Suc-i ARE HELD AS WEAPONS | COL. to the Chaumont and Pecos, opposite the plant of the Standard Oil Co. of New York, three miles down the river, The American Marines were un- doubtedly the best received of all the thousands of troops which recently have marched through Shanghal. According to American officials here, the Marines were not officially “land- ed.” The men were merely route- marching for exercise, though the Chinese fail to see the subtle distinc- tion. A feeling prevalls that Ameri- can as well as British opinion forced the United States naval authorities here to land the Marines to contradict (Continued on Page 5, Column 1. MILLER PROMISES BOND REVELATIONS Statement on $441,000 Deal to Be Made if Necessary, His Counsel Says. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 5.—Counsel for Thomas W. Miller, convicted of con- spiracy to defraud the Government of his unbiased services as allen property custodian, has promised to tell “the U.S. STILL SILENT ON MEXIGAN NOTE White House’s Only Comment Is Reiteration of Confisca- tion as Major Issue. | By the Associated Press. The perplexing tangle of Mexican- | American relations vies for public at- tention with the passing of the Sixty-! ninth Congress, but there is no sign, of relinquishment in the attitude of was twisted by drink and a mad desire to obtain money. and who forced his way into their happy family circle a mile south of Alexandria, Va., late yesterday afternoon, Loretta .Rldge- way, 6 years old, is dead; her 4-year- | NS \\\ S\ | feelings. i the trio had been assaulted that their old sister, Catherine, is at the point of death and their mother, Mrs. George Ridge is in a dangerous condition at the Alexandria Hospital today. 1 Louis Boerslg, 1315 Princess street, Alexandria, who, Alexandria police de- clare, has been identified by Mrs. | | ; GAN INGUR DEFICIT PENSIONS HELD UP Budget Chief Says Service Can Retain 118,750 Men, Despite Low Funds. SUPPLY BILL’S FAILURE CAUSES INCONVENIENCE President Sees No Need for Calling Extra Session of Congress This Year. By the Associated Press. The opinion of Budget Divector Lord as given toda | House is that al at the White existing v though Ridgeway as the assailant, was ar-| rested his home last night, taken to Fairfax County jail and later spirited away in fear that he might suffer as the result of outraged public SHIPS CREW SAVED Shovel and Chair Held. A two-foot stove shovel and a baby | chalr, both stained, are held at the | Alexandria police headquarters as pos- sible instruments used by the assail- ant in his attacks. While Mrs. Ridgeway is in such serfous condition that police have re frained from pressing her for details of the tragedy, they have obtained the following story: Late yesterday afternoon Boersig, according to Mrs. Ridgeway, appeared at the door of the Ridgeway home. One of the children started to open it. but Mrs. Ridgeway pulled her, away and opened it herself. Seeing that the man was intoxicated, she refused to admit him, but he put his foot in the door and forced his way in. He first attacked Mrs. Ridge- way, then the children. Found by Relatives. It was not until several hours after Heroic Rescue at Night Ef- fected 150 Miles Off New York Harbor. By the Associated Press. YORK, March b. nals of the sea today in the rescue of i the crew of 40 of the fire-sw ll.mh freighter Cabo Hatteras 150 miles joff New York. The Cabo Torres, sister, ship of the doomed vessel, emerged unheralded AS VESSEL BURNS A new ot Span- | Soviet Expedition ] iTo Seek 560,000-Ton | |Meteorite in Siberia| ‘ | By the Astociated Press | LENINGRAD, Russia Soviet government an expedition Siberia to conduct a search for a great, almost mythological me- , which is reported to have fallen almost 20 years ago. Scientists, basing their estimates of the meteorite on the descrip- tion of native belie must wi h at least § Scientists believe the meteorite will nickel, iron, silver March 5. today | into | vield v and platinum. THO AT TREASURY HUNDREDS FACING i | | i L0SS OF PENSIONS Failure of Deficiency Bill Hits Teachers’ and Police- Firemen Rolls. i I 1 | 1 i More than 100 public school teach- | ers face the possibility of being de- prived of their annuities during April, { May and June, and 614 persons on | the Police and Fire Department pen- {slon roll, may have to go without | their pensions for the same period | | as a result of the failure of the second | ficiency bill to pass before the ad-| officlals who have cloaked recent de- Jess | ° nothing | though | They | they | This is a 1926 for 33,000, against 35,600 Radio exact story” of the case at “the proper e Miller was' convicted by a Federal Court jury yesterday which, after more than 70 hours’ deliberation, dis- agreed in the case against former At- torney. General Harry M. Daugherty. The - indictment against Daughe: later was nolle prossed deral Judge Knox on motion of United States Attorney Buckner. Hearing Set for Tuesday. Motions to set aside the verdict and for a new trial for Miller will be heard by Judge Knox Tuesday. Miller faces possible two-year prison sentence and $10,000 fine. Aaron Sapiro, counsel for Miller, said revelations concerning the manip- { ulation of the $441,000 in bonds, which the Government contended represent- ed a bribe, shared by Daugherty and | Miller, for the transfer of $7,000,000 in | assets of the American Metal Co. to | Richard Merton, a German industrial magnate, will be made if necessary to | clear Miller of the fraud conviction. | “At the proper time a public state- | ment will be issued telling the exact | story of those bonds,” Sapiro said aft- er the trial. “I do not, however, con- sider it proper to issue such a state- ment prior to the filing of our motion for a new trial.” Four Originally Involved. The conviction of Miller and thel dropping of charges against Daugh- erty was the outcome of the second trial of the two former Government officials in connection with the trans- | | i fer of the American Metal Co. assets to Merton. ! The Government charged that Daugherty, Miller, the late John T. King, then Republican committeeman from Connecticut, and Jess W. Smith, who since committed suicide, shared in a $441,000 “fee” paid by Merton to ex- pedite transfer of the assets to his con- trol. In the course of the prosecution United States Attorney Buckner intro- duced evidence tending to trace sev- eral of the Liberty bonds to Daugh- erty’s account in his brother’s bank, the Midland National Bank of Wash- ington Court House, Ohio. | | MASTER SLAIN ABOARD | U.s. SHIP BOARD VESSEL | Capt. James Wood of Nobles, Out of Baltimore, Shot Three Times by Member of Crew. | By the Associated Press. | 'NAPLES, Italy, March 5.—Jumes| | Wood, described as master of the | United States Shipping Board frelghter ! Nobles, from Baltimore for Mediter- ranean ports, was fatally shot ves: terday by a member of the crew rd his ship in port here. Emmanuele Espanisi fired three shots which hit Wood in the abdomen and resulted in his death later in a hospital. Another man, Nicola Vis- i conti, also was wounded in the af. ¢, the cause of which was believed n a dispute between Wood and | lant was arrested. The American consul visited the Nobles to investigate the affair. Wood was 35| | years old. He is sald to come from the | ) Philippines. | ! > AR | BUFFALO, N. Y., March 5 (#),- Search for Charles B. Hill, lawyer and former rubber officlal, who disap- peared a_week ago, was abandoned | today. The family issued a statement | !saying circumstantial evidence had; convinced relatives that Mr. Hill met his death last Saturday night. The statement said his financial affairs| were in good condition, but that ap- parently he had suddenly developed a mental illness. Mr. Hill was formerly rubber serv- ice commissioner, member of the 1 ‘ment. | Oliver asked that hix case be pressed velopments with silence. The subject of the recent mystery note exchanged between Washing; ton and Mexico City {8 still a jedlously guarded secret at the State The ' strange comings and goings of Manuel C. Tellez, Mexican Ambassador, still lack convincing ex- planation, and even the State Depart- ment said officially it was unaware of the reason for his second start for Mexico City. The White House contributed only the reiterated assertion that President Coolidge regards the question of con- fiscation of American-owned property in Mexico as the major difference be- tween the two governments, all other sources of friction being viewed as in- cidental to that question. The Presi- dent believes that settlement of the major dispute would solve, almost au- tomatically, all leeser complications. Hints on Note’s Contents. . Meanwhile, reports from Mexico | City still insisted, but without indica- | tions of official origin, that the mys- | tery note involved American protests against Mexican propaganda in the United States. The State Department | remained silent on that point, al-| though it began the day yesterday | with an official denfal by Acting Sec retary Grew that the recall of Ambas- sador Tellez had been asked. The | statement that the department was | not advised as to the reason for the | Ambassador's departure for Mexico City was included in that outgiving, which came on the heels of a refusal to comment formally on Tellez's re- ported recall. 1] A new surprise as to Tellez's move- | ment was sprung with word from the | Mexican counsulate general in New | York that he had not gone from ‘Washington to that city Thursday night to take a ship for Mexico, as reported at the embassy, but had turned westward to make the trip by rail, via St. Louis. | A report that he had again turned | back to Washington was circulated, | but found few takers. Its source| could not be learned. Asks Department to A In the midst of these developments, another new twist to the Mexican situation came with the making pub- | lic by Howard T. Oliver, an Amer-. ican claimant against Mexico for | alleged conflscation of property, of a | note addressed Lo Secretary Kellogg. | by the State Department under the terms of the last published note from Mexico City asking that the United | States “indicate the concrete cases in which recognized principles of inter- national law had been violated or may be violated" by Mexico, Oliver operated the Eastern division | of the Mexican National Raflway in 1921 under a contract with the Mexi- | can government. His sult in Ameri- | n courts alleging violation of that | contract and under which he kept $8,500,000 of Mexican government | funds in New York banks, tied up| for two y attracted wide attention in 1922. It was finally disposed of by unfavora- ble action in the Supreme Court in| 1924. Firemen Work 12 | Hours to Save Lives! Of Comrade’s Sons By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March b.—Flremen worked pulmotors 12 hours to help two sons of Fireman Brannigan through a pneumonia crisis here. Pulmotor squad No. 2, under speclal orders from the fire chief’s Buffalo Board of Education councilman. VPr;)gra;nVls;Prage 36 4 and office, alternated at the machines and quit only upon being assured by physicians that Jimmy and Jack Brannigan, aged 5 and 7 years, would recover, i chairman of condition was discovered by a rela- tive of Mrs. Ridgeway. In the mean- time Mrs. Ridgeway, partially de- lirfous, had attempted to administer to_the wounds of her two daughters. Police are of the opinion that {Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) DEMOCRATS TURN DOHNLQUORISSUE Conference of Senators De-| cides Prohibition—To Drop Problem. Prohibition is not to be made a party issue, the Democratic conference of the Senate decided today. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, chairman of the conference and party leader in the Senate, said after the meeting that the conference had recog- nized that differences exist among the | Democrats in various States respect- ing prohibition. “These differences respecting hibition,” said Senator Robinson, not to be regarded as partisan in na- ture. In the very nature of the ques- tion, it cannot be made a party is- sue.” pro- The Democrats of the Senate are in- | tent, it was made clear, on eliminating the wet and dry issue as a party issue. | 1f they have their wa ) throughout the country will follow their lead in this matter. Prohibition has threatened to disrupt the part; in the next national campaign. Most Members Present. The Democratic conference was at tended today by nearly all of the 47 Democratic members of the xt the par { Senate, Robinson Was re-elected the conference, which carries with it the leadership of the party in the Senate. Senator Walsh of Montana was re-elected as vice chairman and Senator Gerry of Rhode Island, whip. One of the new Sena- tors, Black of Alabama, was elected secretary of the conference in place of Senator King of Utah, who volun- tarily stepped aside. Senator Pittman of Nevada wa: selected as the Democratic candidate as president protempore of the Senate. Col. Edwin A. Halsey of Virginia was the selection of the conference as the secretary of the Senate, and Charles S. Hartman of Great Falls, Mont., for sergeantat-arms. The Democrats will put these candi- dates forward for the senatorial offices at the opening session of the new Con- gress, probably next December. Be- use of the Democratic gains in the elections last vear the Democrats at Senator rs or so under attachment, | that time will have 47 members of the! ont o registr: an enate to 48 for the Republican: 1 Farmer-Labor Senator. Two Contests Looms. Two of the Republican Senators- elect, Vare of Pennsylvania, and Smith of Tllinois, are faced with contests for their seats. If they are not seat- ed when they present themselves, the Senate will meet with 46 Republicans, 47 Democrats and 1 Farmer-Labor. The Farmer-Labor Senator, Ship- stead of Minnesota, votes with the Re- publicans. Under such circumstances there would be a tie, and Vice Presi- dent Dawes would cast the deciding vote in favor of the Republicans. There was no discussion at the con- terence today as to what the attitude of the Democrats would be toward the seating of Vare and Smith at the next session. It is belleved, however, that they will almost solidly oppose the immediate swearing in of Vare and Smith. The opinion was unanimously ex- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) from the blackness of t he night to + vestigation. rapge itself alongside the burning ship. when tie nearest aid was believed miles away, How Capt. Zalvidea and his crew were picked up from their storm- tossed lifeboats after they had aban- doned their ship was tersely told in |a radio message. The Carbo Torres stood by the burning ship through the night in hope of salvaging her today. Dozen Vessels Respond. “S. 0. S. Make all speed. We are afire,” was the first message that came through the air shortly before § o'clock vesterday afternoon. A dozen vessels {rushed to her aid. The call for help continued for about and finally died. Radio broadcast along the entire Atlantic Coast halted to leave the air free, while stations and ships stood by to await | further word from the ship iri distr Then, after a wait of two hou came the message: | “Lifeboat picked up with 13 men It was sent by the Cabo Torres and re- layed by the Japanese freighter Wash- {ington Maru. 8 The air again became silent. The Washington Maru, however, was speeding to the position glven by the burning ship and covered the 26 miles in about three hours. First News Disquieting. i Her news, however, proved disquiet- !ing. “Have arrived at position of | Cabo Hatteras and searched for one hour. but can find nothing,” she wir | lessed, Another wait of almost t followed and then at 9:2 | news that told of anothe ! the sea. “Torres has saved all. aru will proceed to d A few minutes later the he Washington Maru r additional details from | Tor: | “Cabo Hatteras Crew pic i wo hou -ame the victor Washington tination. wireles yed the of some Cabo aban- completely Cabo | doned. ked up by i e Forres left New York | Thursda porfugal. Her | radio is believed to have been too weak to reach the land £ | result she was unable to tell her lof the rescue until the W rived within its wave radius. The Cabo Ha | doned between Fire I i tauk Point. | Ships Start to Rescue. | The Washington Maru was the first | to start to the re: Others followed { quickly—the Cod wd cutter Sem- | inole, patrolling the Narrows; Sresident Roosevelt of the United h a proud rescue ord, 10 hours ng distance aw i the British freighter Winifredian, six | hours away: the United & . | ping Board freighter, Independ | Prafl, 40" mites off, and four ; ! Guard destroyers from New London, { Conn., and the U. 8. avannah hur: i rying to the scene. ! "The Cabo Hatteras ca {cargo. _She left Mala jruary 7 for New { phia'and wa 'was 6,100 tons m\‘d Standing By to Tow 3 CABO TORR | (®).—*Without means of extinguishing fire in its engine room, the crew of the Cabo Hatteras escaped without in- |cident. 1 am standing by to tow her because the heavy seas prevent this from being done now. “CAPTAIN,” OPIUM PROBE ORDERED. in and and Mon- ! the | States lines, wi d a general r a, Spain, Fel 1 She feet long. Her Seville, Spain. Wood Directs Investigation Philippine Islands. MANILA, March 5 (#).—At the re- | quest of Maj. Gen. Frank MeclIntyr head of the Bureau of Insular Affair Gov. Gen. Wood today ordered C. H. Anderson, Federal customs attache for the Orient, to investigate opium traffic in the Philippines. The Philippine secret service and the constabulary will aid In the in- | journment of Congress yesterday, un- | less some w s found to meet the sit- | uation. This came to light today, when HURT BY EXPLOSION Chebmical Reaction Believed | to Have Caused Blast fo in Laboratory.” e | An explosion on the fourth floor | |0 the Treasury Department in the | |laboratory of the Internal Revenue two colored attendants noon today. | Moses J. Dukes of | Willlam T. Slaughter of 1206 R street were cut by flying glass and burned by the flash from the explosion. The accident hapgened when Du was dumping somé'chemicals into an old metallic ash can. As the material, | which he was throwing into the can, ame into contact with some previous: v discarded chemicals in the can, there was a sudden flare and flash. The force of the explosion threw broken s into Dukes' body and 4 high_ceiling. | r, who was standing near, | by ut the arm_ and In burned curiously in {many round holes. shortly before | 5 I street and | | Cause Is Not Determined. Both men were taken to the Treas: ury relief room, from which Dukes |was rushed to Emergency Hospital. Slaughter was treated at the Treas- jury relief room. | W. V. Linder, chief chemist of the Internal Revenue Bureau had not determined after the aceident as to the e X 'TWO RADIO NOMINEES | well and Henry A. Bellows | | With Appointments. | President Coolidge today gave rece appointments to Orestes H. Caldwell of New York and to Henry lows of Minnesota to the dio Commission. The nominations of Bellows failed in the Senate, the position having been based on | assertion that they were handpicked | by the Commierce Department Secre- tary. Their appointment will permit | the commission to organize and begin | | to function, the three other members | having been confirmed. | Caldwell GIVEN RECESS POSTS | President Honors Orestes H. Cald-:' District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan ! made a hasty examination of District {items that were in the second de- | ficieney bill. | The bill carried $25,000 of the pay- | ment_of annuity to school teachers, Maj. Donovan said today that without | this’ deficlency item the available ap | propriation for this purpose probably { will be exhausted at the end of this month $42,000 Needed Monthly. For the policemen’s and firemen's | relief fund the deficiency bill carried 5 Bl | $135,000 to meet the monthly allow- 20 minutes, gradually growing weaker | Bureau today, thought to have come | ance for retired members of these two N | from some chemical reaction, injured | departments and for widows and minor children of former policemen | and firemen. It requires approximate- ly $42,000 a month to meet this roll, and Maj. Donovan said the failure of this item probably will leave these ns without payment for nearly months of the current fiscal - unle: ay can be found ituation. Maj. Donovan indicated that he in- tended to study the problem more | carefully, but said that at this time he did not know of any definite step that can be taken to bridge the gap. A similar item that failed is for $4, 000 for yment to District employes linjured while performing their dutie: | The halance on hand for this purpose |is only $200, which is‘expected to be | exhausted long before the fiscal year |is passed. $40,000 for Welfare, The defliency bill carried $40,000 | for the division of child welfare to be | used for the care of children placed under the Board of Public Welfare by the Juvenile Court. Failure of this item is expected to interfere with the | payments to foster mothers who take care of wards of the board. For the support of insane persons sent to St. Elizabeth's Hospital by | the District of Columbia between now | and July 1, the deficiency carried $250,000. District officials sald that, while failure of the bill will not pre- vent the sending of patients to the institution, it may work hardship on the hospital until the deficiency item ppr ed e are only ‘olumbia the VS a few of the Dis _appropriations that vside through failure the deficiency bill, but Auditor Donovan said that the other local items were of such a nature that the can wait either until the regular ap propriation act for the next fiscal year becomes effective July 1, or until the passed in December. the deficiency bill con \llotment for the ps and witnesses in the This may mean that ave to accept certificates and walt until the next appropriation hill goes into effect in order to cash them. Other Projects to Wait. There were several items for the widening of streets and for the school building program. These projects will have to wait, but are not regarded s (Continued on Page 2, Column WHITE RULE i Upton Close, world-famo East, has written the inside | in China.” | daily installments. Read the Editorial Section of The Real Issue in China and newspaper man, who has just returned from the Far It will be published in The Star in twelve The Sunday Star OR YELLOW?, us lecturer, explorer, author story of “What's Happening first article tomorrow in the statutes permit the Government to | incur a deficlency for maintenance of | the Army enlisted strength at 118,750 { men, it cannot incur further indebted ness by paying the 500,000 pensioners whose relief was made impossible by the failure of the second deficlency bill to pass Congress. secretary Davis and Budget Direc- tor Lord conferred with President Coolidge today on the Army situation It the opinion of the Secretary of War that, as the enlisted man could not break his obligations to the Gov- ernment, the Government could not break its obligation to the men. Although, if the present forces ara maintained, a deficiency is expected, this will be reduced as much as pos- sible, Secretary Davis said, by cutting down on other military expenses, by abandoning minor military posts and system of economy. . 11 Senators and 53 Repre- sentatives, will not return next De- cember, they either having retired to private life or entered other Federal fields of endeavor. Announcement that the President saw no necessity for a special session ! to consider the major bills that falled | of pussage before the gavels fell yes: | terday, was made at the White House several hours after adjournment. No Emergency Seen. While th® legislation adopted has been generally beneficial to the coun- try, in the President’s opinion, he feels that Congress had ample opportunity to put through other bills for which | there was urgent need, but that failure me of these does not develop an of warranting a specia! emergency session. The McFadden branch banking bill. the radio contrdl measure, and the bili i setting up the Federal Board of Medi atlon in Railroad Disputes were listed on the President's behalf as belng among the more notable achievements {of the Sixty-ninth Congress. | Deficiency Bill Biggest. Several hundred bills and resolu tions, many essential to various gov- ernmental ~activities, dled with the conclusion of the session. Chief among these was the 393,700,000 deficiency bill, which provided funds for the Army and Navy, pensions, Govern- ment loans to veterans on bonus cer- tificates, loans to farmers for seed purchases and other activities. While President Coolidge recognizes that inconvenlences will be caused as a result of failure of this measure, he expects a way will be found for the Government to carry on with some of the activities affected. As to the bonus loans, the President feels that failure of the $25,000,000 fund provided by the bill for this pur- | pose will not work s-rious hardships. | He believes a workable plan will de- { velop by which banks can make loans as originally contemplated. The Navy, it was said, will go along as best it can without the funds pro- vided for it in_ the bill, continuing work on the aircraft carriers Lex- lington and Suratoga by diverting | funds from the increase in Navy ap- | propriations. Modernization of the { battleships Oklahoma and Nevada will be delayed, but it is hoped to continue | construction of- the fleet submarine V4. Building Program Retarded. Failure of the two public bulldings bills would not entirely hold up bulld- ing operations, although the program vill be retarded, it was sald at the Treasury. Under present appropria- tions, 35 buildings can placed under contract during the next year. Location of these probably will be an- nounced next week. Due to a $39,000,000 shortage of | Interior Department funds which the | deficiency biil was_to hgve supplied, | payments due in May and June to 1500,000 war pensioners will be held up until July, wheh the accrued pay- ments will be made out of the new fiscal year appropriations. Construction and repairs on_recla- mation projects at Okanogan, Wash.; Riverton, Wyo., and Newlands, Nev.. {and the Fayette division of the Bolse | project in Idaho also will be affected. i The Bureau of Reclamation hopes to utilize unexpended funds from pre- { vious appropriations to meet the $70,- | 000 needed for protection of the Yuma, Ariz., irrigation project and other farm land- from the flood waters of the Colorato River. Numerous Bills Die. Fvery Government agency almost I will feel the pinch of lack of funds during the coming vear as a result of the death of several appropriation bills vesterday in the Senate filibuster. ““While hundreds of bills and resolu- tions died with conclusion of the ses- sion, several had progressed to the point of maturity only to be nipped in | the Senate blight. Two public buildings measures re- quired only Senate action. One would have provided more than $19,000,000 to carry out the first year's constru tion program. Another would have authorized an additional $100,000,000 of - public buildings’ eonstruction throughout the country. It also pro- vided $25,000,000 for purchase of land in the Capital. Likewise many a carefully planned investigation went by the board as their sponsors waited patiently an opportunity to obtain’ the Senate's sanction. Senator Borah’s proposed inquiry into Latin American affairs never wa: brought to a vote. A demand by Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, for an investigation into the finaneing of public utilities received no atten- tion. _Senator Walsh, Democrat | Massachusetts, failed to get approval for his proposed economic investiga- tion. The proposed Federal patronage :;:lulr)' only reached the Senate calen- | r. After months of fighting over farm relief the Senate didn’t vote om (Continued on Page 5, C'olumn 2)