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“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight 36 degrees. Saturday rain. Temperature—Highest, at vesterday; lowest, 36, Full report 3:3 at 7 am. on page 9. ¥Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 30,263, * No. 15 second class 1 Washington, atter D C. ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1927 — IFTY-TWO PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Pre: as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 105,183 I'WO CENTS. " ENGLAND ACCEPTS 1., INVITATIONTO 3POWER PARLEY Ambassador Howard Wil Deliver British Reply to President Today. GREATEST U. S. NAVY HINGES UPON RESULT Congress May Be Asked to Make It Most Powerful in World if Conference Fails. By the Associated Press. The British government has structed Ambassador Howard here to Bccept the American proposal for a three-power naval disarmament con- ference. Although a reply from the Japanese jgovernment is still awaited, there has Peen no question here that Japan will yespond favorably to the plan to further limit naval armaments. The actual dispatch of formal in- wvitations for the conference probably will fix a date in June or July for the meeting, which will be held at Geneva. Ambassador Howard made an en- ®agement with Acting Secretary Grew today to deliver the British accept- mnce, NAVY PLANS AWAIT PARLEY. in- ¥ailure May Mean Most Powerful U. 8. Sea Force. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. It the proposed armament confer- ence between Great Britain, United States and Japan is a failure, Con- gress will be asked to expand the American Navy next December, so that it will be as powerful, if not more powerful, than any other navy in the world. President Coolidge is determined that the question shall be canvassed by the principal naval powers, and a decision tg limit further construction reachs The strongest argument in favor of such a policy which the ‘American delegation will advance is that unless restriction exists the ap- mflona for naval purposes will almost without limit. Opposition to Ratio. The single thing which made the 1922 armament conference a success was - the knowledge that _ the United States had the money to build "« navy, whereas the other powers were weighed down by war . The nayal group in the United egreements of the Washington con- (;nu beeause, while a 5-5-3 ratio foi capital ships was’ established, the pavy of Great Britain, by elevation of guns and by the bullding of crulsérs and auxiliary craft, really took a position which naval experts @aid was far above the ratio. This was denied by the British navalists. Tt is recognized that failure of the forthecoming conference would give American naval men an influential Jeverage with Congress, which has Jately shown a disposition to overrids President Coolidge’s advice on the na- tional defcnse program. Mr. Coolidge is really fighting the maval group in Congress when he leads with Great Britain and Japan ?or further limitation. Blow to France and Italy. As for France and Italy, they would suffer greatly if an unlimited naval bullding program should be under- taken by the United States, Great Pritain and Japan. ‘The present ¥rench navy would then be regarded s inadequate. The cry of the naval- ists in France would then be to keep pace with Great Britain. As France Increased her naval strength, Italy would feel obligated to do likewise. The whole vicious circle of naval com- petition would be begun, and this is .what the President foresees unless the naval powers adopt i > attitude toward further struction. ‘What the foreign governments have not clearly understood is the motive back of the American Government's nvitation. It is sincerely to limit and reduce armament, even at a time when the United States is wealthy enough to have the greatest navy of wll times. Elements in Succes While a threepower conference is assured, the viewpoint of Italy and France will have a_great deal to do with its success. Though failing to mceept a formal invitation, the French KELLOGG “FEELING FINE.” Becretary of State to Return to Capital Saturday. 3STON, 8. C., March 10 (®). of State ank B. Kel- s been here for several ing from a cold, is he said today, and | to Washington Sat- | CHARI logg, davs recupe “feeling fine s (o return ame for rest and T found it Mr. Kello who is the of former Joseph 8. inghuysen at Ri , the lat- ter's Cooper River estate, has been gpending his time in horseback riding pnd on the golf links. | By the Associated Press. Blind Boy Shoots Field Goals From Basket Ball Floor 3, 111, March 10. —Willard Iece, ear-old youth from Decatur, 1L, student at the 1llinois School for the Blind here, g unique exhibition of basket ball playing last night. Ice, who is totally blind, dribbled the ball out on the floor, up to the basket, shot the goal, recovered the ball, dribbled to the basket at the other end of the floor and shot the goal again. He followed this by shooting three consecutive field goals from near the basket. EARTHQUAKE AREA HORRORS INCREASE Cold, Snow and Floods Add to Suffering—2,458 Dead Of- ficially Reported. By the Associated Pre TOKIO, March 10.—Each succeed- ing report from the earthquake area in central Japan furnishes a fresh chapter in a tale of horror. Bitter cold, snow, rain, overflowing streams and lack of food and shelter all have added to the trials of the terror- stricken persons whose homes either toppled about them when the earth rocked Monday evening, or were burned in the fires that followed. The army, navy and police are mak- ing every effort to reach the sufferers, but broken railway tracks, blocked roads and flooded country are hinder- ing them. Violent winds and rough seas have prevented destroyers from reaching the scene with supplies. Official reports to the home office from the earthquake area say there are 2,458 dead, 4,107 injured and 88 missing. About 6,000 houses were de- stroyed by fire or collapse, and more than 2,000 were badly damaged. Esti- mates of the homeless range from 50,000 to 750,000. Observers believe the ;r(l;atg;:,al damage may amount to $75,- Homeless Being Relieved. The homeless are being rapidly re- lieved through the construction of barracks, and food and medicines are flowing into the devastated region. The center of Monday's guake was apparently 10 miles off Kyogasaki promontory, at the tip of the Tango Peninsula, says a dispatch from Dr. Shinichi Kunitomi, seismol: of the Central Observatory of Toklo, who is | now investigating in the quake zone. If the movement had centered on the land instead of at sea, he added, the disaster would have heen greater than that of lfizll‘ln which 100,000 Dr. Akitsune Imamura, a prominent of* the faculty of the Impe- rial University, who 1s also in the devastated zone, says the amplitude of the quake was twlec as great as that -of 1925, in which 381 persons were killed, and its destructive force five times greater. He also believes that the quake zone is gradually mov- ing eastward. P Search for Lost Relatives. A late digpatch from Miyazu seys the rain has stopped there, enabling relief work to be carried on. fur- vivors have again started the alpost task of searching for lost relatives, Some bodies are being burned and others are being buried in pits dug by the soldiers. The police are maintaining _strict order in the gquake zone. Flealth officials are using their energies to prevent an epidemic, and the thou- sands of coolies are at work repairing the roads as soldiers and sailors are collecting bodies and building crude barracks to shelter the living. Mineyama, Kaya, Onogachi, Ya- mada, Echita and othcr desolated towns and villages are padly in need of food and other supplies, the Rivers {Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) CHURCH MAY BLOCK JAZZ-AGE WEDDINGS Waiting Period of Month Will Be Proposed to Presbyterian Gez'xenl Council, Is Report. * CHICAGO, March 10.—A step to- ward more stringent regulatien of marriage and divorce, with at least the elapse of a month between the announcing of an approaching mar- riage and the marriage itself as a deterrent to sudden jazz-age weddings s been taken by a special commit- of the Presbyterian General Council, the Chicago Tribune said today. The special committee agreed upon a tentative report, the newspaper said, to be submitted to the general assembly of the church, which meets in San Francisco May 26 to June 1 The council was in session yesterday The question on the status of women as a cause of unrest in the church also is in the hands of a special committee, which is to report | Germany wanted Russia GERMANY TO RAISE EVACUATIONSSUE: ALLIES'0. K. SEEN Stresemann Says Occupation of Rhineland Is Contrary to Present Peace Spirit. DEFENDS GREAT BRITAIN FROM SOVIET CHARGES Move to Form World Bloc Hostile to Russia Is Not Being Made, He Asserts. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, March 10.—Germany soon will officially raise the question of evacuation of the Rhineland, Dr. Gustay Stresemann, the German foreign secretary, told the press to- day, with every expectation that it will be settled satisfactorily. He added that the world must realize the presence of foreign troops on German soil was not in consonance with the condition of peace prevail- ing at the present time. Dr. Stresemann, who is in Geneva for the League of Nations Council] meeting, over which he is presiding, declared he had conversed with the French foreign minister, M. Briand, on the subject and he (Stresemann) was certain that Germany soon would be able to demonstrate she had ful- filled the conditions of Article 431 of the treaty of Versailles, which authorized evacuation when Germany observed all the stipulations of the treaty, especially disarmament. Denies Move Against Soviet. Dr. Stresemann sald he was con- vinced that the. report that Sir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign secretary, true. He also ridiculed an allegation credited to the Soviet newspaper Izvestia that Poland and Germany were seeking to form a Cossack re- public under their protectorate. Deriying that the treaties of Rapallo and Berlin contained secret clauses, the foreign minister said to have healthy relations with other coun- tries, because real -economic recon- struction was impossible with 150,- 000,000 people left out of considera- tion. 1t was to Germany's_interest, he concluded, that there should be no political complications between Rus- sia, Great Britain and others. " SOVIET PRESS BITTER. Italy’s 0. K. of Bessarabian Pact Called Hostile Act. MOSCOW, March 10 (P).—Italy's ratification of the treaty recognizing i the annexation of the former Russian Province of Bessarabia to Rumania provokes bitter outbursts in the Soviet press and will probably bring a vigorous note from the "fosgcow gov- ernment. The newspaper Izvestia, mouthpiece of the government, terms the Italian ratification an act “openly unfriendly to Soviet Russia” and a menace to the friendly relations between the two countries. It suspects that the recent visit to Italy of Winston Churchill, British chancellor of the exchequer, had some- thing to do with expedting the rati- fication and “influencing Mussolini against the Soviet.” The treaty, it adds, is worthless and will never be recognized by Russia as in any way binding. Italy Makes Pact Effective. The treaty of Paris of October 28, 1920, recognizing Rumania's annexa- tion of Bessarabia, became effective | with Italy’s ratification, as it had pre- viously been approved by Great Brit- ain and France, and only three ratifi- cations were stipulated as necessary ito give it force. Japan, another sig- natory, has not yet ratified it. | Reports that Great Britain had in- { fluenced Ttaly's ratification yere cir- { culated in Genevar In response o {these, the Britisn foreign secretary, | Sir Austen Chamberlain, who is at- tending the League of Nations coun- | cil sessions, called the correspondents | together and categorically stated that | Britain was not trying to form a bloc | against Russia. g " “Announcement of the ratification in Rome was accompaneid by assurance from the Italian foreign office that it was not to he interpreted either as la hostile act against Russia or as a gesture of gpecial assistance for Eng- land in her present strained relations | with Moscow. |FLOOD DRIVES FRENCH - I~ VILLAGERS TO ROOFS | ! Soldiers Rescue Inhabitants | Town of Cahors in Highest ‘Water of Century. By the Associated Press. | CAHORS, France, March 10.—The | rapidly rising River Lot, far out of its bounds, is causing widespread de- of at the general assembly. “It is certain the committee will recommend the tightening and not the ening of the marital bonds,” the bune quoted one member of (Continued on Page 5, Column the committee. Rosalie Jones to Miss Keep Maiden Name After Hexf Maxrriage to Senator Dill ated Press March 10 an organ women who retain names, will gafh a Misx Rosalie becomes the bride ence C. DIl of W refuse to become g yay husl she said at while wauld b rocially, she would conti Miss Jones in the conduct varied business intel o These interests range from fightin for women's rights to conducting chicken farm, repairing automobiles, collecting book plates, advancing yeace movements and managing a £5,000,000 estate left to her and two prothers by their father. By the A NEW YORE e League, of ion vied aiden when Jones of to explaining® Mrs. Dill to be of her she fi The Luey | their | £ recruit | Miss Jones also revealed that with the Senator it was a case of “love at first sight” in 1924, when as a delegate A peace movement ic met him in Washington. “I saccompanied them to Senator Dill's office,” said Miss Jones in tell- ing of their first meeting. “The women wanted to ask him some im- portant questions. He answered e ely and I raked him over the Senator, she said, then tried to muke her angrier and she left his flice in a “huff.” At that time, she id, they had not even been intro- duced, but she had made so lasting an impression on the Senator that he had his secretary searching for “the lady in pink” for the next two | weeks. They finally were introduced Iy friends. ‘ struetion. At Cahors the flood is as- { suming the proportions of a disaster, { nothing like it having been seen here !for a hundred years. Low sections lof the town are now submerged, the | inhabitants having to be hastily res- { cued by soldiers. | In the hamlet of La Beraudie the | water reached to the second story of | tne house, 27 persons being forced to spend the night on the roof. ! (Cahors is situated on a rocky peninsula, almost inclosed by the River Lot. It is 60 miles north of Toulouse.) | TWO DIE IN HOTEL FIRE. ! | Six Persons Hurt as Old Building Burns in Texas. AMARILLO, Tex., March 10 (#).— Two lives were lost and six persons in- jured in a fire which destroyed the old ‘Amarillo Hotel Annex early today. The dead are Mrs. Benito Gonzales and her infant daughter. The baby was burned to death in the building and the mother died later from burns. The hotel was the first building erected on the present town site of Amarillo in 1889. The fire started in the basement and followed several ex- plosions, which are unexplained. was trying to form a| world bloc against Russia was un- | el o A |, N \\\\\t‘.ff\‘* I YOUTHREPTALNE * EHOURS, BETTER Doctors Again Hopeful for Recovery After Relapses During Night. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Ill, March 10.—Alfred Frick at noon today still was able ‘Io express through his eyes his thanks to 56 comrades, whose efforts alone had kept the breath of life in his body for 98 hours. A wisp of hope, the doctors said, still fluttered over the hospital room. where since Sunday morning, his { diaphragm paralyzed, Frick had drawn breath only as feHow ployes, two at a time in 15-minute relays, forced his deadened’ chest in and out by manipulation. ‘Watching the youth’s open mouth | am- artificial breath came with faint whistling, the doctors discerned the soft palate fluttering with a_briskeg motion than yesterday, when its movement was exceedingly sluggish. They nodded assurance. Patient Is Cheerful. The patient at noon was awake, conscious and cheerful, occasionally trying to articulate understandable words. His temperature was 99, a fall of 1.4 degrees in the last hour. Glucose had just been fed to him by injection into the veins of the abdomen. The pulse rate remained 120, but was stronger. As volunteer workers first com: pressed and then relaxed his chest, Frick made a whispered request “to see his brother. W His pulse was 120, and his tempera- ture 100 at 10 o’clock. For an hour the pulse had remained statjonary, but the temperature dropped one degree. The normal pulse rate is 72 and nor- mal temperature 98.6. Falls Inte Natural Sleep. | | Just after10 oclock Frick fell into !a ‘natural sleep, one of the very few such instances since his long fight began. Many volunteers waited at the hos- (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) CAPTAINS SUSPENDED Steamship Board Acts Against ! Two Blamed for Fatal Acci- ; dent, February 23. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, March _10.—Both captains in the Chesapeake Bay steam- ship crash, February, 23, which cost the life of a woman passenger and | imperiled 300 other passengers and | crew members, today were declared | guilty of inattention to duty. Their licenses were suspended for one year by the local board of Federal steam- ship inspectors. The skippers were Howard Wil- ling of the City of Richmond and | George C. Claytor of the City of An- i napolis. The City of Richmond ram- med and sank the City of Annapolis {in an early morning fog off Smiths’ Point, Va., at the mouth of the Po- | tomac River. Alfonso Ill With Grip. MADRID, March 10 (#).—An of- ficial statement issued this afternoon ays King Alfonso is ill from grip, which has been localized in the right | {lung. | FOR COLLISION IN BAY| FOR POINT BAR banks, Alaska, Wi By .the' Associated Press. DETROIT, March 10..—The entire personnel of the Detroit News-Wilkins Arctic expedition will be transported to Point Barrow next week, says a staff dispatch to the Detroit News from Fairbanks, Alaska. today.” All three planes of the expedition, in charge of Capt. George Huber Wilkins, are to take off from Fair- banks next Thursday. Each machine will be provisioned with 18 days’ emergency rations, to be used in cise of a forced landing during the flight to the base at Point Barrow. The journey north includes the hazardous flight over the Brooks Range, neces- sitating a climb some 10,000 feet above sea level. The flight to Point Barrow will b@} made in three legs of. 180 milés eaeh, The first leg will be northwest to Union City, thence due north to the ' Bandit Pair Invade Hospital to Hold Up Bed-Ridden Patient By the Associated I KAN CITY, March 10— bandits abandoned their usual haunts here last night to rob a patient in Research Hospital. Charles W. Neal of Tulsa, Okla., listed as suffering from a heart ailment, told police two men ap- peared at his bed and covered him with a pistol. They took a ring valued at $1,000 and a watch. A nurse said she showed the men to Neal's room after admonishing them that they could not stay long, as visiting hours were nearly over. They agreed. LU 'WILKINS' PLANES WILL HOP OFF ROW NEXT WEEK | . T R S 2 5 |Arctic Explorer and Party to Leave Fair- th Equipment for - Emerdency Landings. Colville River, and then mnorthwest again toward Point Barrow. The plan calls for the mountain crossing at Anaktuvak Pass. Capt. Wilkins plans to fly to Point Barrow in one of the Stinson planes, with Alger Graham as his pilot. Ben- Eilson, veteran Alaskan pilot, will fiy the big Fokker monoplane, the Alas kan. The second Stinson plane will be piloted. by two young Alaskan aviators. £ Each plane is being equipped with snowshoes, an aX, sleeping bags, an oil stove, a rifle, a shotgun and 240 rounds of ammunition. A collapsible badt and a Red Cross first-aid kit also are being loaded on each plane. Radio communication will be from the Alaskan. A radio relay post has been estab- lished at the *“18-mile house,”™ near Fairbanks. % 1. PROTEST SENT ONWUWU LOOTING Cantonese to Be Asked 1o Re- store and Protect Ameri- can Property There. By the Associated Press. Consul General Lockhurt at Han- kow has been directed by Minister MacMurray at Peking to protest to the Cantonese authorities over dis- orders after the Cantonese occupa- tion of Wuwu, in which American mission property was looted. The Cantonese authorities will be asked to see that any American mis- sion property in the area they now control be promptly evacuated, and that the property be given protec- | tion. A consular dispatch from Nanking | said the rioting at Wuwu was “Can- tonese instigated.” Another consular message said that Mme. Borodin, wife of the Russian civil adviser to the Cantonese gov- ernment, and three Russian agents who were taken with Mme. Borodin off a Ru: n =hip seized by the troops of Chang Tsung-Chang, while un- doubtedly being detained as prison- ers, were being “lavishly entertained” by their Chinese captors. MOVE TO AID RUSSIANS. British Envoy Reported Seeking Mme. Borodin’s Release. SHANGHAT, March 10 (#).—Owen O'Malley, Bfitish charge d'affaires, to- day was reported to be on the way to Peking in an attempt to intercede in behalf of Mme. Borodin, who was ar- rested when the Soviet steamer Pamiat Lenina was seized by units of the army of Gen. Chang Tsung-Chang on Saturday. It is stated that Mr. O'Malley is acting at’the request of her husband, Michael Borodin, ad- viser to the Cantonese government. The Northern army is using the Pamiat Lenina to transport troops to centers where they are needed to pre- (Continued on Page 2, Columy 7.) When is an increase in salary not an increase? ‘Any one of 18 employes of the Po- lice. Court can readily answer this seeming foolish question. Several months ago 18 employes, in- cluding clerks and bailiffs, were re- allocated by the Reclassification Board. Increases In pay were au- thorized as the various classes were changed. All went well with this group until Congress fatled to pass the deficiency bill, which included appropriation for this pay increase, before adjournment. As it now stands, and will continue to stand, unless, the District auditor, Daniel J. Donovan, can devise some plan to offset the pefplexity of the situation, 18 court officials have been awarded higher salarles—only they will not receive ghem. 118 Police Court Em;loyes, Given Pay Increases, Faced With Eack of Funds All these face furloughs without pay, amounting to §830, or 190 work- ing ‘days. Besides the misfortune to the employes themselves, the Police Court itself will suffer. For, accord- ing to authoritative information, more employes are needed now to carry on the business of the court, and if 190 days are removed, business will be more congested than ever. Mr. Donovan is turning over in his mind every possible scheme to prevent such a catastrophe, but at present to no avall. Unless this can be accomplished within a_few days, impartial fur- loughs without remuneration will be forced to start. Radio i’rograms———?age 45. MUSSOLINI T0 GET INCREASED POWER Semi-official Announcement Also Indicates More Im- pressive Title for Duce. BY JOHN GUNTHER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1927. ROME, March 10.—Apparent con- firmation of the substance of the re- cent forecast made in these dispatches regarding the elevation of Dictator Mussolini’s power and title to new and unprecedented heights is - con- tained in a semi-official announcement | in the newspaper Tevere today. The paper states that as a result of pending reforms of the “council of state,” the “position of the head of the government and his authority, will, by supreme judicial act, be rend- ered justly more elevated and at the same jime logically integrated.” Mussolini is expected to give a hint as to the exact nature of these re- forms at an early sess..n of the Cham- ber of Deputies. In a recent dispatch, filed in Swit- zerland to avoid censorship, Hiram K. Moderwell reported that a compro- mise proposal was under consideration in Italy whereby Dictator Mussolini would be given the title of “Chan- cellor” for life. This compromise, Mr.. Moderwell wrote, was suggested as a means of ending the friction that has long exist- ed between Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel over the division of power and was designed to end for all time talk of making Mussolini “‘Emperor Benito I.” In exchange, the King was expected to give undivided support to Mussolini. e T FOUR SHOT, 14 SEIZED AS LIQUOR SMUGGLERS Patrolman Holds 12 at Bay in Cap- ture of $42,000 Cargo of Whisky. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 10.—Patrolman Robert Gray rounded up 12 men, shooting four who attempted to es- cape, while his partner captured two other sllxpe(:led liquor smugglers near the Detroit River early today. Two trucks and a $42,000 cargo of Cana- dian whisky were seized. Twehty men, transferring the liquor from a launch to the trucks, fled as the officers approached. Patrolman George Hulbert, in a police flyer, suc- cessfully pursued two who took to an automobile. Gray fired four shots and dropped four men who ran, causing eight others to heed his commands. Detectives found him holdirg the 12 at bay. Only one was more than slight- ly wounded. All were held on charges of violat- ing the United States tariff act. Third Set of Twins Born. BURNSVILLE, W. Va,, March 10. —A third of twins has been born to Mr. al Mrs. Dana Powell of this city. 86-year-old couple were parghts of 11 children. REED SLUSH PROBE FUTURE IN DOUBT Keyes’ Action in Withholding Funds Places Course of Inquiry in Uncertainty. Active work by the Reed slush fund committe during the recess of Congress is in doubt, because of the refusal of funds for the use of that committee. With Chairman Reed still in Detroit, no plans for further { procedure by the investigating com- mittee have been made. | It Senator Keyes of New Hamp- | shire, chairman of the committee on | audit and control of the contingent fund of the Senate, finally decides he will sign no more vouchers for ex- penses of the committee incurred since March 4, then the committee may find it _impossible to function eftectively. Senator Keyes said to- day that until he was convinced the | Reed committee had not died with | the close of the Congress, he would not feel at liberty to sign vouchers | { for new expenditures. | Many Meet Soon. | When Senator Reed of Missouri left Washington, it was with the understanding that the investigating | committee would reassemble, prob- lably March 25, and at that time {determine its future course., The commitiee has ordered the sergeant- at-arms of the Senate, Barry, to impound the ballot box n four Pennsylvania counties, Dela- are, Lackawanna, Schuylkill and { Luzerne. These are in addition to |the ballots already impounded in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The committee, at the request of the sergeantatarms, asked the dis- bursing officer of the Senate to i advance $1,000 to Mr. Barry to under- take the work of collécting the ballot boxes in the four countles, some 800 or 900 in number. The disbursing officer, it then transpired, had been informed by Senator Keyes that he was not willing to sign vouchers for further expenditures for the Reed Icommltlee until he had been convinced that the committee had not died with the close of the Congress, March 4. Did Not Filibuster. | Senator Keyes took no part in the | filibuster against the Reed resolution during the last days of Congress. He explained today, however, that he con- sidered it his duty to protect the con- tingent fund of the Senate, of which he is the custodian by virtue of his chairmanship of the committee on audit and control of that fund. “The Reed committee could have impounded the ballots no wsought in four counties of Pennsylvania before March 4,” said Senator Keyes. He said that he was inchned to the view that the Reed committee expired with the end of Congress. The precedents |of the Senate with regard to special ‘committees were along that lin€. Senator Keyes said further that the last word of the Senate with regard to the Pennsylvania senatorial election contest had been to refer the formal demand for such a contest to the com- mittee on privileges and elections, and not to the Reed committee. That was done on March 4. Need Over $1,000. There is a rule of the Senate which permits the secretary of the Senate, under whom the disbursing officer comes, to advance not to exceed $1,000 during the recess of Congress for special needs, particularly in the case of expenses of funerals of Senators who die when Congress is not in session. When Mr. Bary asked for $1,000 to begin the work of impounding the ballots in the four counties of Pennsylvania, the matter was then .arried_to Senator Keyes, who hap- pened to be still in Washingron. It was conceded that probably much more than $1,000 would be needed to complete the work of impounding the ballots. Only two members of the Reed com: mittee are now in Washington, Sena tors McNary of Oregon and Fol- lette of Wisconsin. Senator King of | Utah has gone to Porto Rico and Senator Goff is in West Virginia. Senator La Follette said today he could see no reason why the work of the committee should be held up dur- ing the next six or eight months, or until Congress should reconvene. Once the Senate has returned, Senator La Folle}te predicted, it would give the | Reed’ committee full authority. | Insist Senate Continuing. { Originally $65,000 was the sum authorized for the use of the investi- gating committee. A considerable portion of this sum has not been used, it was said at Senator Reed’s office LEGAL SNARL PUTS OFF SINCLAIR TRIAL FORREST OF WEEK Court Adjourns Case Until Monday Upon Agreement by Both Sides. DEFENSE OCCUPIES ALL MORNING SESSION Jury Excluded as Counsel for Oil Magnate Present Testimony to Refute Contempt Charge. Bound in a legal tangle that began shortly before noon yesterday, the trial of Harry F. Sinclair, New York oll magnate, charged with contempt of the Senate, was unable to extricate itself today and the case went over until Monday morning, at which time Justice William Hitz, presiding in Criminal Division is expected to announce a ruling on whether or not the questions Sinclair refused to an- swer before the Senate oil committee were pertinent to the inquiry of the ody. The statute under which Sinclalr is indicted provides that any witness re- fusing to answer any question “per- inent to the question under inquiry” before either House of Congress shall be guilty of a misdeamenor. The entire morning session was oc- cupied by the defense, which, with the jury excluded, presented to Justice Hitz evidence and testimony in sup- port of its contention that the ques- tions asked of & lair were not per- tinent to the naval oil lease question being considered by the Senate oil committee on March 22, 1923. Sinclair Statement Read. To this end, all of the committee proceedings on that date, including a statement read by Sinclair, in which he decli on the g no Jjurisdiction, and, second, that the oil lease question already was in the %Jlstrl':l Court of Wyoming, were read rom the printed record of the hearing. Martin W. Littleton of defense coun- sel then took the stand and under ex- amination by George P. Hoover, his associate counsel, testified that he ad- vised Sinclair not to answer the ques- tions propounded te him because they did not pertain to legislation and were -cencerned solely with the oil leases which then were in litigation. The evidence was offered to Justice Hitz, first 19 assist him in arrivicg at a conclusion as to the pertinency the questions, and Second, what part of it should go to the jury, no matter which way the court decides. Should Justice Hitz conciude that the ques- tions were pertinent, he would then 0 inform the jury, and charge it with establishing other necessary elements of the offense. Questions for Jury. If the: court decides the questions ‘were not pertinent to the inquiry, then the jury would be instructed to return a verdict of not guilty. The other ‘“recessary elements” of the offense for the jurors to determine from the evidence are: Whether Sinclair was summoned and appeared before the committee; whether he was asked cer- tain questions, and whether he re- tused to answer them. Neo-session of the court will be held tomorrow dnd on Monday the defense will move for the court to direct the Jjury to return a verdict of not gullty. ‘This motion will be followed by exten- sive arguments which, defense coun- sel declare, will bring out once more the principal points of the case. Be- cause they did not want a break in the proceedings once the argument began, both sides agreed to the post- ponement until Monday. This action blasted the hopes which both sides held at the opening of the case that the jury would be called upon, for a decision tomorrow. Littleton read to the court the col- loquy of members of the Senate oil committee when the session opened on March 22, setting forth opposition to_questionipg Sinclair on matters pertaining to the oil leases and also the final view of the committee that he should be asked on that subject. The Sinclair statement then follow- ed, explaining that on March 13, or a week previous to that session, suit had_been filed in the District Court of Wyoming for a receiver for the Teapot Dome lease entered into by Sinclair with the Government. Jurisdiction Disputed. Because of this fact, Sinclair stated the committee was without jurisdiction to examine him and that all matters pertaining to the leases had been ref- erred to the courts where he would discuss them. Mr. Hoover then of- fered a certified copy of the bill of complaint drawn by the United States against Sinclair's oll companles, show- ing the date of filing as being March 13, 1924 and the order of the court on the same date appointing a receiver. Hoover read one or two paragraphs of the bill to show that Sinclair was men- tioned personally even though the action was against companies of which he was the head. Mr. Littleton then took the stand after testifying that he served onv term In the House, which concluded in 1913, during which time he made a study of the rights of congressional committees to question witnesses. He stated he appeared with Sinclair today, and would be available for the future work of the committee. The opponents of the Reed commit- tee, both during the filibuster against the Reed resolution in the Senate and after the adjournment of Congress, have taken the view that the Reed committee died with the end of the before the oil committee on March The statement Sinclair read was preo. pared in accordance witlf his advice as a lawyer and after an examination into the proceedings and authority n(‘ the committee. : ertain questions were pro- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) TRebecca, the President’'s pet rac- coon, has been transferred from its roomy quarters in the rear grounds of the White House to the temporary White House on Dupont Circle. It was thought at first by the Presi- dent and Mrs. Coolidge, when they were discussing the question of mov- ing personal effects to the temporary home, that it probably would be ad- visable not to move Rebecca. This playful little animal appeared to be happy in her quarters in the perfectly White House grounds, and it was{in (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. President Finds Rebecca’s Absence So Trying She's Now at Dupont Circle thought that it would be impossible to make as comfortable in_ the ll:p:m in the rear of the Dupont Circle ouse. The President, however, soon de- veloped a longing to have Rebecca around to pat In the evenings while he was reading or working with mem- bers of his household, and, after a family counsel with Mrs, Coalidge, it was agreed to establish Rebecca in the Dum:ummrcle house. The t _himself carried Re- becca from the White House yester- day afterncon. He sat her him White House limousine.