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' PRESIDENT'S PLANS PLEASING TOWEST Capper Says Farm Section ' Sees Visit as Recognition of Its Importance. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. President Coolidgé may not be play ing politics in deciding to spend the Summer “out where the west begins.” but it is universally agreed in Wash ington that it Is one of the shrewdest moves he's made si ing the White House. When this writer was exploring Western political conditions on the eve of last year's con elections, the ““Coolidge bo: the corn and w} belts was found A matter of general comment. The comment was critical 1n character aund often bitter. It emanat some of the President’s warr porters, Senator Arthur Cappe publican of Kansas, typified W gentiment when he said “We Western people have begun to feel that the West's welfare is not as fully considered at the White o as it should be. Why does ‘ashington so often treat us like a stepchild in legislative aff or as if we had not grown up interests were not as vital or al prosperity By blood and ¢y the most t basis of a squ Our feeling ministration influence of Capper Is Gratified c expresses ned to fol- low Horace » and_“go West." He shoulders “wi Talitictans the president ere at score. e earmarked Read slush- object election of Charles W. W United States Senal Mr. Water man campaigned as the Siiver State’s iginal Coolidge man and as the nt's preconvention manager in Colorado bulks bigger in the lican national picture than is realized. Dr. Hubert Work, v of the Interior, hails from there. Wiliam - . Denver corporation lawyer, is treasurer of the Republican national committee. Sena- tor Lawrence C. Phipps of Colorado, is chairman of the Republican sena- torial campaign committee. The Reed slush sleuths are known to be lcking their chops in anticipation of unearth- ing “hot stuff” in Colorado. Penrose Leads Wets. One of the Rocky Mountain show red to the President for the Summer is the palatial estate of Spencer Penrose, brother of the late Senator Boles Penrose of Pennsyl- vania, at Colorado Springs. The in- cident is undeserving of real considera- fion, but Spencer Penrose is the plutocratic leader of the Colorado wet forces, which campaigned on behalf of an anti-prohibition referendum at the recent State elections. There is corresponding curiosity whether Presi- dent Coolidge might care to live on the Penrose place, under these cir- cumstances, even as a paying guest. One more angle to the Colorado Summer suggestion is that the State is still honeycombed with Ku_ Kilux Klan sympathies, although, _if the President does pitch his tent in such an atmosphere this year, he could retort that last year he lived within “Al” Smith's sphere of influence. Senators Norbeck and McMaster of South Dakota are hopeful that the President will choose the famed Black Hills for the Summer White House. They've had a formal bid on Mr. Coolidge's desk for some time. ‘The presidential spokesman, in announcing the Executive’s plans, said that t}e is Jooking for a place that combines “eNe- vation” with “coolness.” The South TPakotans declare that the region of Jardys Peak, in the Black Hills, exactly meets those specifications. It is the loftiest mountain-top anywhere in the United States between the At- jJantic and the Rockies. Within its ine-clad precincts the State of South akota maintains an official camp and Jodge which, according to Norbeck and McMaster, is ideally suited for the President’'s comfort and purposes. ‘When Mr. Coolidge was in the . ‘Adirondacks last Summer, he put in his time systematically seeing political and business leaders. It's a safe pre- diction that his Summer in the West this year will be marked by the same | sort of program. But the number of ! those of bucolic aspect who visit £ him, is likely far to outstrip those of ¢ “big business” type. Therein, beyond the shadow of a doubt, lies the true inwardness of the President's 1927 wacation arrangements. (Copyright. 192 ILLINOIS SENDS INVITATION. aterman as 1924, Republ Gov. Small Asks President to Spend Vacation in State. CHICAGO, March 10 (#).—An invi- tation to President Coolidge to spend bhis Summer vacation in Ilinois was telerraphed to Washington last night by Gov, Len Small. “Here,” said the governor, “you will find yourself In the heart of the Na- tion and will be taken to the hearts of our people.” PRESIDENT UNDECIDED. Senator Phipps Makes Earnest Plea for Vacation in Colorado. After making an earnest plea to Prasident _Coolidge to establish his Summer White House in Colorado, Senator Phipps of that State said to- day that, although the President ap- peared sympathetic, it was evident that he had in no way made up his mind where he would go for the Sum- mer, except that it would be some- where West, NOONDAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. Keith’s Theater 12:30 to 1 0'Clock Speaker Tomorrow DEAN W. A. WILBUR Bervice Conducted by Rev. H. W. 0. Millington Every One Invited—No Collection sional | from | are | IPETERSBURG PLANT AFIRE| l | i | Overheated Peanut Sheller Starts Blaze; Out of Control. PETERSBURG, Va., M 10 (). — An overheated peanut sheller in the plant of the Barnhart Mercantile Co. | started a fire shortly before noon to- day that threatened to destroy the| big peanut factory. Soon afterward the flames were be- vond the control of firemen, although they were confined to this building. Al available fire apparatus in the city are being used to prevent the spread of flames to the gas plant nearby. 20 INDICTMENTS - INCHIGAGD VOTING | | H [Names of Hundreds Falsely Removed From Registration Books, Is Charge. By the Associated Pross. CHICAGO, March 10.—Twenty per sons alleged to have si ned suspect notices which resulted in the names of hundreds of voters being striken from the registration books just be fore the Washington’s Birthday, v mary were indicted today for con spiracy head of the fraud| ounty election com mission and James A. Sanders and Preston E. Douglas, precinct ptains, were among those indicted. One wom- an, Josephine Bond, was in the list. jonds for each man were set at 00. s pect Notices. More than 20,000 suspect notices were sent out, and the action was al- leged by Robert E. Crowe, State’s at- torney, chief supporter of Willlam Hale Thompson, the successful candi- date for the Republican mayoralty nomination, to have been part of a conspiracy to defeat him. Crowe obtained a subpoena duces tecum which required the election cotamissioners to submit their entire record to the grand jury. True bills | were voted yesterday and the indict- ments returned today. | "Others indicted were, Shirley ford, William Lucht, Herman k ter. Tony Willlams; Carl Shanks, Pit- ney E. Stratford, Peter W. Upshaw, Frank Lampton, John R. Brennan, William Jones, John Davis, Edward V. Reams, Ray Porter, William Defller, Wiiliam Moorehead and John Steven- son. Clamor to Identify Selves. Under the Illinois law the recipient of a suspect motice must appear fore the election commissioners and prove his identity as the person of- ficially registered, else his name is stricken from the registration books and he is denfed a vote. Hundreds of persons who had re- ceived suspect notices clamored about the elections commissioners’ office for a chance to idéntify themselves when the time limit expired. CATHEDRAL CLERGY TO GIVE SERMONS Lenten Addresses to Be Delivered Tonight—St. Monica’s League to Meet Tomorrow. S Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, canon of Washington Cathedral, will speak at the meeting of the St. Monica’s League at the home of Mrs. John Harvey Young, president, 2212 R street, tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock.. Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl, dean of Washington, will preside. Canon Stokes will speak on ‘‘Mission- ary Work In Africa.” The St. Monica's League was organized to aid work among colored people -in this city. Three members of the clergy staff of Washington Cathedral will deliver Lenten addresses in churches of the city this evening. Rev. Philip Mercer Rhinelander will speak in St. Thomas’ Church, Eighteenth and Church streets, on “The Teaching of Christ and the Faith of the Church.” Rev. Willlam L. DeVries will speak at & o'clock at St. Mark's Church, Third and A streets south- east, on “The Sermon on the Mount.” Dr. Stokes will speak at 8 o'clock at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Sixth and I streets northeast, on “The Christian’s Faith.” Dr. Bratenahl will speak in the Bethlehem Chapel on Mount St. Alban tomorrow afternoon at & o'clock. His subject will be “The Revelation of Jesus Christ. The Church and the World as Described in the Closing Book of the Bible.” s MICHIGAN AVE. GRADE ELIMINATION PLANNED Commissioners List Three Other Crossings in District for Early Removal. An item for the elimination of the Michigan avenue grade crossing will be placed in the first deficiency ap- propriation bill for the next fiscal year, it was announced today by the Commissioners. Subsequently ap- propriations will be asked to remofe one of the remaining grade crossings each year. Congress authorized the removal of the remaining grade crossings, but failed to make appropriations for the work. Besides the Michigan avenue crossing the others to be removed are at Chestnut street, Bates road .and Quarles street, the two former bding on the metropolitan branch of the Baltimore & Ohlo Railroad and the latter on the Washington, Philadel- phia -and Baltimore branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. i DENIES COAL CHARGE. Company's President Trial by Jury. Vernon T. Orrison, president of the Orrison Coal Co., pleaded not guilty to five charges of violating the weights and measure law when arraigned be- fore Judge George H. Macdonald in Police Court today, and demanded Bond was fixed at Demands $100 in each case. Warrants were served yesterday upon the complaint of Inspectors George C. Wright, George A. Howe and W. C. Diller. ~The alleged short deltveries of coal were made February 28, March 3 and March 4. ‘According to Frank Madigan, as- sistant corporation counsel, the trial will be held a week from today. pidec LRI i Epidemic Closes College. MOLINE, T, March 10 ().— Augustana College, attended by 800 students, was closed today after an outbreak of scarlet fever, ill. Health authorities have ordered all students and instructors to be vac- cinated, ftruck ! police orij “{at the scene of the early mor 4 HHACKING PROBE 5 STL SEERET | Police Admit Van Was Stolen, . But Profess Ignorance of Alleged Liquor Theft. A secret investigation by police headquarters of the theft of a Big Four ansportation Co. truck, or moving van from in front of 1042 Twenty-ninth street ear Tuesday morning, while its crew of four men were having a cup of coffee nea was being continued today by detec tives, who ' were strangely silent i connéction with reports that the truc contained a cargo of choice liquor be- ing tsansported undes government per- mit frem Bryn Mawr, Pa., to a point in Mary il The police also refused to name the of the truck's cargo, while of the Big Four Co. declined to answer any questions, referring all in- | quirers to police headquarters. While police yesterday were mysteri- | ously quiet even about discussing the theft of the truck, they admitted to- day that the truck had been stolen. But they professed to know nothing i.!.mn»mo report that it contained iquor. Three Men Are Held. Threa men are under artest--held incommunicado in connection) with the investigation. These three are Clarence Allen Bar- ber of 1326 Thirty-fir Reed and Rush W. Chamberlain, botk of Ballston, Va. Barber, it is understood, was sup- posed to be the ‘‘watcher" of the while the others went to get the coffee. It had been reported to nally that he was overpow- ered by hijackers, who stole the truck and later burned it on the Marlboro Pike between Centerville and Mead- ows, Md. Police refuse to state who Reed and Chamberlain are. President W. W, Hall of the Big Four Co., today stated that the police knew the name of the owner of the liquor and pushed off all inquiries by referring the questioners to the police. Says He Saw Liquor Permit. While police denied knowledge of the existence of liquor, however, Rob- ert Ryon of Centerville, Md., who was ing fire Tuesday when the truck was burned on the Maryland road, stated today that he was shown a permit for the transportation of liquor by investiga- tors calling on him for information Tuesday afternoon in connection with the fire. It was shown to him in a manner that concealed the name of the person to whom it was issued, and he remembered noting that it called for safe transportation of five cases of rye, five cases of gin, a quantity of champagne and other choice liquors he did not remember. According to a story known to have been given to police, but which they refuse to discuss, the truck was com- ing from Bryn Mawr, Pa., under Gov- ernment permit, supposedly to a point in Maryland. At Laurel, M J. F. Anderson, manager of the Big Four Company, the three men under arrest, and a man named Sykes, met the truck, to see that it reached the District safely. It did. Relieved after the trip over the road, the group stopped to get coffee. So Barber was left to watch the truck, while the other four went for the coffee. Believe Truck Unguarded. Checking up on the next angle of the recital, the detectives proved to their satisfaction last night that the first report -received of the occur- rence, which said a bag was thrown over Barber’s head by hi-jackers who made away with the truck after ty- ing him hand and foot, was not sup- ported by any substantial evidence. The police thereupon decided to dis- count this phase of the account of the theft of the truck and to proceed upon the theory, for investigation purposes, that not only the four orig- inally reported to have gone after the coffee, but the fifth member of the party also had Jleft the truck un- guarded for about half an hour, dur- ing which time it was stolen. The party of five, it was made clear, was composed of two guards, a chauf- feur, a worker and Mr. Anderson, who ‘was in supervision of the transporta- tion. This officially “empty” truck then became the goal of a feverish search. Mr. Anderson and others in the party, in their anxiety to locate it without reporting it stolen in the first in- stance, according to police, rushed to the foot of Good Hope hill, where Policeman Dave Crouch was on duty, and asked him whether he had seen anything of such a truck. He was not told that it had been stolen. Truck Found in Flames. The truck was found by residents of the countryside near Centerville en- gulfed in flames and deserted early Tuesday morning. It had been aban- doned. A gasoline can which had evi- dently been burned in the fire was found nearby and a_cap for it, un- harmed by flames and not rusty; was found near the roadside. Shortly after Arthur Frye and Mr. Ryon and others of the neighborhood arrived on the scene, a party of ‘Washingtonlans drove ‘up, one of whom stated he was Mr. Anderson the owner of the truck. They had arrived too late to check the fire. Detective Fowler went over this territory today and found the gasoline can, bringing it back as evidence. Police had learned of the visit of the truck early Tuesday morning to a ga- rage at Twelfth and M street, by per- gons who said their supply of gasoline was low and who procured two gallons in a can on which they left a deposit. An endeavor to have the can found near the scene identified by persons at the garage will be made by Fowler as well as an effort to obtain descrip- tions of the persons \'ifli#lng it at the time. It is believed from information ob- tained from Mr. Ryon and Paul D. Taymon of Meadows, Md., who were on the road over which the truck passed early Tuesday morning, that a small sedan they noted following it afforded those who were on the the truck a means of leaving the sceme of the fire. Tayvmon saw the automobile following the truck near the District line, he said, while Ryon had just passed it and was topping a nearby hill on the road away from the scene when he caught sight of the blaze and turned back. When he arrived on the scene, the first to appear, he said the truck had, been absolutely deserted and that there was,_ nothing in the truck except padding, such as is used to protect furniture during transportation. HEIRESS SEEKS DIVORCE. to The Star Chicaxo Dal Newe. °Copyright, 1037 " PARIS, March 10.—Mrs. Armand Deutsch, daughter of Julius Rosen- wald, millionaire merchant and philanthropist of Chicago, has taken a residence at 40 Avenue President ‘Wilson, Paris. to obtain a divorce. Mrs. Deutsch and her lawyer, Maitre Jean Dalilly, refuse to make any statement. The lawyer com- mented, “we are not in America, but in France, where divorce is consid- By Cablo street, George | HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. GEORGE L. GRANTHUM DIES | | Injuries Received in Auto Crash March 5 Prove Fatal. George L. Granthumy, 3232 D street southeast, who was injured March 5, when the automobile in which he was riding crashed into a lamppost on Anacostia road near Ridge road south- east, died yesterday in Providence Hospital. Granthum was riding in the car of Thomas Favenely, 3000 Railroad ave- nue southeast, when the car swerved from the road and crashed into the | post, Granthum went home, ap- | parently not seriously injured, but the | following day became worse and was taken to the hsopital, where he was found to be suffering from internal | injuries | | MELLONTO RETAIN DRY LAW GONTROL |Return of Andrews Awaited for Appointment of New ‘ Commissioner. | | | | While delegating full administra- tive authority to the new prohibition commissioner to take command of | forces here April 1, under the new | law, Secretary of the Treasury Mel- lon, will continue his control, through Assistant Secretary Lincoln C. An- drews, of all prohibition enforcement policies, it was made plain today at he Treasur) The vexing problem of what to do | about the new prohibition commission- ership is besetting Secretary Mellon from all sides, with a battle being waged by friends and enemies of toy A. Haynes, who now holds the empty title of prohibition commis- sioner together with a $7,600 salary. But Secretary Mellon, it was indicated t will sit tight until the return next week of Gen. Andrews, when some decision will be made. General Control Unchanged. The secretary, in discussing the line-up for the new Bureau of Pro- hibition, explained that no essential change in the manner of general con- trol over prohibition matters will be made, but the hew prohibition com- missioner will be authorized by the secretary under the new law passed by the last act of Congress, to Carry much broader administrative powers. The law not only establishes a pro- hibition commissionership, but trans- fers prohibition authority from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to the Secretary of the Treasury for his delegation of it as he sees fit to the new prohibition commissioner. Gen. Andrews in the new arrange. ment will not have his duties changed from that of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of customs, coast guard and prohibition, it was explained. Gen. Andrews will con- tinue to be the “contact” or “instru- mentalist,” Mr. Mellon said, in direct- ing the policies of prohibition under the Secretary’s authority. Faces Difficult Problem. With characteristic caution, Mr. Mellon attempted to refrain from giv- ing any indication of his feelings or preference in the matter of the com- missionership of prohibition, but it is known that he will have a hard knot to unravel when he decides finally between Roy A. Haynes, Anti- Saloon League favorite, and others who are being urged and recommend- ed by Mr. Mellon's advisers inside and outside the Treasury Department. According to the best indications Haynes stands no chance. President Coolidge's recent intima- tion that he intends to delegate the entire. responsibility of making the choice to Secretary Mellon, not only will pass the fight over Haynes on to Mellon, and thus relleve the Presi- dent, but will give the Secretary full sway in his choice. There were those, close to the situation today who inter- preted the Coolidge “hand-off”" policy as an intimation that the President and his Secretary already had come to a tacit understanding, and that the question of Haynes had been settled between them. But grim reticence on anything approaching this question was maintained in official circles. ‘Feeling throughout the Treasury Department itself for months has been dead set against Haynes for commis- sioner. Gen. Andrews, it is known, does not approve Haynes for commis- sioner, although he has insisted that Haynes was a valuable part of the prohibition machine on account of his long experience. Backed by Anti-Saloon League. The Anti-Saloon League, Senator Willis of Ohio, and others have gone to the front for Haynes, who comes from Ohio the birthplace of the league. Many recommendations have been filed with Secretary Mellon, it was learned today, in behalf of Haynes. But there also have been strong objections filed in no uncertain language against him. Among the names known to be recelving consideration are Prohibi- tion Administrator J. D. Pennington of Pittsburgh and Maj. H. H. White, now a special investigator, who was formerly in charge of Texas, and later Maryland and the District of Colum- bia. Thesc two men may be consid- ered for important posts under the commissioner in case another is named to the top position. Several names from outside the prohibition organiza- tion have been proposed, but the Treasury is keeping silent ‘on all. ———e—e RAILROAD FOR BERMUDA. Line 24 Miles Long on Island Will Cost $2,000,C00. NEW YORK, March 10 #).—A single-track railway 24 miles long and costing $2,000,000 will be built on the Island of Bermuda. Horse-drawn vehi- cles and boats have been the island’s sole means of transportation since 1908, when automobiles were ex- cluded. The railroad will be built for the Bermuda Rallwav Ltd., by the East- ern Engineering Co. of Brooklyn, August Nicoletti, head of that con- cern, said today, The road will ex- tend from Hamilton to St. George, with branch lines running from Avacado Lodge to Somerset and to Point Pleasant. Pl ALLEGED ROBBER HELD. Man Accused of Hitting Woman in Grocery Bound Over. ‘Thomas Dyson, colored, charged with robbery, was held for the action of the grand jury on a bond of $2,000 following a preliminary hearing in Police Court today before Judge Robert E. Mattingly. It was testified that Dyson struck Mrs. Zelda Klatzkin of 133 F' street with a hammer, February 17, and took money from her cash register after he had entered her store on the pretext of buying apples. e Gets Trade Post in Egypt. Ralph B. Curren of Eau Claire, ‘Wis., was named assistant trade com- missioner at Ale: Egypt, to- day. Mr. Curren has been in the New York office of the Commerce C., THURSDAY, RADIO GOMMISSION | HAS FIRST MEETING Three of Five Members Con- fer on Plans for Formal Session Tuesday. Three of the flve members of the new Radio Commission—a quorum-— met today in a bare-floored, empty wing of the Commerce Department Building, and discussed plans for the first formal meeting of the new radlo control body, to be held next Tuesday at 10 a.m, Six rooms in the Commerce Department structure have been set aside for the use of the commission, vacated by the Bureau of Navigation, which has been as- signed quarters in a tomporary build- ing at Twentieth and C streets. Following a conference with S. B Davis, solicitor for the Commerce De- partment, the commission announced E. O. Sykes of Mississippi had been named temporary chairman to pre- side until Rear Admiral W. H. G. Bullard arrives in Washington from China. Admiral Bullard telegraphed the commission yesterday that the first meeting should be held Tues- day. J. F. Dillon of California, an- other member of the radio control board, is en route to Washington and will arrive Saturday Confident of Results. All three members of the commi sion who met today—Mr. Orestes H. Caldwell of New York and | H. H. Bellows of Minnesotd—ex- | pressed confidence that the radio situ- ation will shortly be cleared up and that nothing will stand in the way of reissuance of licenses, which ex- pires April 24, 60 days after the measure creating the commission be- came law. “This thing is not going to fall down because we have no money,” Mr. Bellows said. Commission members spent the day conferring with representatives of various government agencies, who have volunteered office equipment and clerical help for the work of the body. which is virtually entirely without funds. Mr. Bellows said a &mall amount of money is available, “barely enough to buy a few postage stamps.” Immediately after the first formal meeting on Tuesday a statement will be issued by the commission, outlining its work, Mr, Caldwell said. Conferences Are Planned. Conferences will be held between now and Tuesday with executives of { MARCH 10, 1 927 Ohio Motorists Start Drive to Regain Thousands of Dollars in Speed Fines By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 10 Following the opinfon of the United States Supreme Court that village mayors are without authority to con- duct courts in which they have finan- clal interest from fines collected, the Ohio State Automobile Association announced yesterday that it will start action at once to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars paid out in fines for speeding. Taking the position that the Su- preme Court decision applies equally to justices of the peace who receive veturns from fines, the automobile club placed its entire legal staff at the disposal of persons who have been fined in alleged “speed trap” CHAMBERLAIN WINS OVERVANDERVELDE Belgian Turns to Britisher’s View in Discussion on Bul- garian Prisoners. conducted by justices and or: here officials are unable to repay fines, action will be brought | against their bondsmen, spokes- men for the club asserted. In structions to bring action for the re covery of fines went out today to $6 local automobile clubs in the Sta Meanwhile appeals were heing f all sections of Ohio for t w the the sentence of the courts. Many justices hav all llquor « pending in their courts and several mayors have an- nounce fees collgeted hereafter will be turned over 1o their city govern ments. Ry the Associated Press. JENEVA, Switzerland, Socialism and Conservati brief inning at t { League of Nations Council sm ssion o | 1 FLKHILLSLEASE NEW CHURGH WAR CASE IS DELAYED U. S. Suit to Void Contract With Doheny to Await Ar- rival of Mandate. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 10 Further attempt by Government offi cials to void a “strip lease” held by E. L. Doheny interests in the Elk Hills naval oil reserve will be delayed until the mandate of the United States Su preme Court in its recent affirmation of the cancellation of the other Do. heny leases in the oil field is received here. This announcement was made ves. terday following a conference between Federal Judge Paul J. MeCormick, As- sistant District Attorney Emmett I herty and Charles Willborn, chief counsel for the Pan-American Petro leum Co., representing the Doheny interests. Officials said that while the “strip lease” controversy is a companion case to the one ended in the Supreme gourt, no element of. fraud enters into In this case the Government at- tacks the right of former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall to grant the lease to the Doheny inter ests, although the lease was adver- tised and let on competitive bidding. When the suit was filed in 2 Judge McCormick refused the Gov- ernment’s request for a receivership over the “strip lease,” but restrained the Commerce Department, who ad- ministered radio laws prior to last July, when the Attorney General gave an opinfon holding that the depart- ment wasg without authority over ether channels. The commission does not take serl- ously the suggestion made by Repre- sentative Bloom of New York, that it cannot organize and function with- out money, members declaring that their willingness to organize and o to work is an answer to such a state- ment. Mr. Sykes, speaking for t)l; commission, assumed that legal al would be given the commission by the Department of Justice. Members said they have not yet formulated any definite program in ad- vance of the formal meeting, but said there would be no hinderance in the way of issuance of temporary licenses s0 present stations can continue broad} casting. Within 60 days from Febru- ary 24 the 733 broadcasting stations and the more than 17,000 land, ship and amateur stations, must have new licenses. It appears certain that not all of them can hope to secure the three-year authority to broadcast n- der present crowded air conditiors. BLOODSTAINS FOUND UPON WRECKED AUTO Hat and Supply of Groceries Only Clues to Occupants of Aban- doned Car. An overturned touring car, badly damaged and covered with blood- stains, was found this morning at 1:15 o'clock on Snake Hill, above Pierces Mill, by Sergt. Sheiton of the Rock Creek Park police. The occupants . had disappeared. The car bore the 1926 District license number 111,266. The only clue to the occupants was a gray fedora hat and some groceries. The number cor- responded with the registration of a car formerly belonging to Leo Lyman, 145 Carroll street southeast, who said that he had sold it to the Wardman Motors Co. some time ago. The man- ager of the automobile agency stated that the car had been resold February 18 to James C. Lucas and George Mc- Daniels, colored, window cleaners, of 1706 U street. Sergt. Shelton ascertained that Lin- zle Gatlin, 26 years old, colored, of 416 or 1714 Seaton street, truck driver for the Smith Storage Co., who had refused to divulge the cause of his injuries, was treated for cuts above his right eve and on the lips early this morning at Freedmen's Hospital, but had failed to return to his home afterward or to report for work this morning. Hospital authorities said that Gat- lin arrived in a taxicab with a col- ored man giving the name of Robert Tensley, 2320 Ninth street, and two other colored men. Policeman Bing- ham of the fourteenth precinct is en- deavoring to locate Gatlin to find out ‘whether he had any connection with the automobile accident. REED SLUSH PROBE FUTURE IN DOUBT WITH FUNDS LACKING (Continued from First Page.) session. _Senator Borah of Idaho, Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, and others, includ- ing members of the committes them- selves, bave insisted that as the Sen- ate is a continuing body and as the special committee has not completed its work or its report, the committee continued to live. REED LACKS PLANS, Declares Onus is on Keyes for With. holding Funds. * DETROIT, March 10 UP).—Senator James A. Reed, chairman of the Sen- ate campaign committee, has no pres- ent plans for further impounding of ballot boxes in the last Pennsylvania election, he said here last night when informed that the work had been halted because no funds were avafl- able. ‘here is no question in my mind,” he said, “that the committee has right to' impound the ballot boxes and the right to use the funds authorized for the committee. “1f Senator Keyes has declined to tting use of the a voucher S e Yo must lake the responsibility TOMORROW. n:ui‘hs Marine Barracks, at_the ‘William. By the U a, Santelmann, Orchestr: 3:30 o'clocl the lease holder from further drilling. LEGAL SNARL PUTS OFF SINCLAIR TRIAL FOR REST OF WEEK (Continued from First Page.) pounded to him,” Littleton said, “and I occupled a seat right beside him. I had advised him that we would make a protest before the committee on March 21 calling attention to ‘what we thought was lack of au- thority and when, he was called he would present a statement calling specifically to the attention of the committee the change in the situa- tion between the times he had testi- fled before and the present, and if both failed to secure freedom of examination, he would take the stand, I would sit alongside of and judge whether the questions were questions which related to liti- gation already on foot, or whether they were ones in some way related to legislatton which was within the power conferred upon the committee. If they were to be seen to relate to legislation, he would be advised to answer them, but if solely to the liti- gation, I would advise him not to answer. “As the questions came over I ad- vised him as to each one not to answer because, in my judgment, they did not relate to anything save the litigation and I had already heard the Senators say they had no other ques- tions to ask except about the oil re- serve leases.” Upon the conclusion of Littleton’s testimony, Hoover announced, “That's all we have to offer at this time,” and Justice Hitz adjourned court until 10 o'clock Monday morning. Point Held One of Law. The entire afternoon session yester- day was devoted to legal arguments by the Government, which contended it was. for the court to decide whether questions asked Sinclair and which he refused to answer were pertinent to the inquiry, and arguments by the defense that the matter should be determined by the jury. At the conclusion of these argu- ments, given by Pomerene for the Government and Hoover for the de- fense, Justice Hitz said he was in- clined to believe the matter is one of law and not of fact. He suggested, however, that the defense offer Sin- clair's testimony from the printed record given on five previous appear- ances before the committee and which the defense contends gave the commit- tee virtually all of the information they sought by ‘*cross-examination’” on March 22, when the oil magnate declined to answer the questions: The court added that if the testi- mony is taken out of the hearing of the jury, a record would be preserved for the defense and on that testimony the court would rule whether it should go to the jury or not. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR REUBEN M. BROWN Funeral services for Reuben M. Brown, 76 vears old, engaged in the paint business at 1252 Seventh street since 1884 and active for many years in local fraternal and civic organiza- tions, who died Sunday at his resi- dence, 702 N street, were conducted yesterday at the home by Rev. Allen Poore of Baltimore, assisted by Rev. Carroll Coale of McKendree M. E. Church, under the auspices of Lafay- ette Lodge, No. 19, . A. M., led by Harold A. Neff, master, followed by interment in Glenwood Cemetery. Mr. Brown was born in Washing- ton and educated in the public schools of this city and at the old kville, Md., Academy. He was a former member of the Washington Light In- fantry, and long prominent in the ‘Masonic order, having been a member of Lafayette Lodge, Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine and Webster No. 7. Knights of Pyt Oldg‘n Inhabitants and Mid-City Cit- izens’ Assoclation. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna Gertrude Brown; a daughter, Mrs. 1. J. Riley; three sons, R. Carey Brown of this city, Fred R. Brown of Detroit, and e Brown of San Pedro, Calif., our grandchildren, M. an .Y-ck(l\fl'y of this B el clty, Leo R. Brown and A message from the Roanoke, Va. authorij ald in 1 u her f| stated at the foreign office today. o the local police requests | Wi h Bessie M. Vandervelde, the Belgian memix Soclalist foreign minister, during discussion of measures for t of the Bulgarian refugees, urged that Bulgaria grant amnesty to her polit cal prisoners and thus wipe out the traces of the “terrible events” therr Chamberlair 3 Sir Austen Chamb Great Brit ain’s Conservative forelgn secretary intervened, deciaring the Council was not a place for interference in the in ternal affairs of any country. | “We are an international body and | must respect soverelgn rights,” he said. M. Vandervelde rejoined that he agreed to this and had merely express ed his personal opinfon. Approves Danzig Loan. After the Council hud approved o loan to the Free City of Danzig, ' eign Minister Stresemann of German remarked that the world s clate what the former grouped in the Council were doing to alleviate sufferin; able to the war. e added t now must create an econom financial basis for the squilibrium de stroyed by the war. IRNCTION LODHS Pastor’s Opponents Expected to Strike Back With Counter Plea. tional strife in the Bradburn fethodist Church took on a more complicated legal aspect tc ent that the faction rily enjoined from Mossburg would petition for against the which was tempo; ousting Rev. L. strike back with a cros a counter-injunction pastor. The restrained group of trustees and alleged “former” trustees has been notified by the Equity Court to show cause tomorrow why the temporary injunction should not be made per A Danzig dispatch on March 3 -kaid BRITISH MAY HELP RUSSIANS IN CHINA HELD BY CHANG'S MEN (Continued from First Page.) S5 TR hsd manent. * the Danzig Senate in a memorandun Would Restrain Pastor. to the League's secretary general ex In reply, it is understood, Attorneys | pressed its inability to curry cut the Wilton J. Lambert. R. H. Yeatman |governmental economy measures sug and Austin F. Canfield will ask that|gested by the League as necessary Rev. Mossburg be restrained from act- | conditions to a loan. This inability ing as pastor. His opponents claim | it declared, was because five of the that he has been “ousted,” but the|six conditions, required Poland's « pastor’s friends declare the action was | operation, and this had been refu “surreptious and unauthorized." e e The injunction. granted by Justice Bailey last Saturday, was issued Doy, et ateniey. wa st | TWO ARRESTED HERE Robert E. Maddox. Andrew M. Steele and James F. Cloey. The first three IN MARYLAND THEF"S were ‘“removed” from the board of trustees of the church at a meeting in February on the ground that they were not_active members of the|Pair Sai dmif eal- hareh The remaining two sl ace| T Said to Have Admitted Stea trustees. The “ejected” trustees chal-| j tam] d lenged the right, of the meeting to] > 08 Tobacco, Stamps an { remove them. Ever Saftes. Climax at Meeting. The “war” reached a climax at a meeting of the church board and| Charged with stealing 10,000 cigar T:’:b?;:,;g; '-‘(!ll'l‘(""l( 3, ;vhedn ‘ml'l;‘e ettes, 500 cigars, 20 automobile tires very ake a hand in the | 2 heated controversy to prevent what | 350 8nd $100 in stamps and 2 safes Tieut. O. T. Davis described as|Reuben Dorsey, 203 D street north "u"\‘;eamanlg o be & riot.” east, and Vernon Liesbear, Laure! e petition for the original injunc " by ‘aTioai of tion, fled by 39 members of the|Md- Were arrested today By polies ¢ church, declared that Crouch was so |the ninth precinct and held for Mary obstreperous in this meeting that |land authorities. They are said to “physical combat” seemed imminent. |have confessed to Capt. Charles T orneys Raymond B. Dickey an 2 v beq 4 b E action which is supporting the Pastor. | ners, Md., the night of March 3 Officers’ H. Boise and C. J. Garry notified to be on the lookout for the men, picked them up this morning. The men are said to have told Capt. Peck that they entered the store at Hall Station and loaded their automo bile with tires, cigarettes and cigars. Unable to open the safe, they took it along. They next went to Reeds Corners, it is alleged, and robbed a store of vent an advance by the Southern Na- [more cigars and cigarettes and added tionalist armies. a second safe to the load in the car. _The Pamiat Lenina was seized. the | Then they drove to Washington. Northern Chinese leaders explained,| Police found part of the loot at because she was loaded with tons of | Dorsey’s home this morning, they re propaganda against the orthern | ported, and the men promised to take Chinese armies. The Soviet govern-|them to the place where they had ment has sent two notes to Peking | hidden the safes. urging that the veseel be surrende p and that Mme. Borodin and the three other Russians arrested with ner e| CLEVELAND BUYS BALTO. released immediately. Workers' Meeting Raided. $2,000 Raised to Purchase Famous Headquarters of the Postal Work- ers’ Union was raided by the police Nome Dog and Teammates. last night while a- meeting was dis-| CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 10 (® cussing preparations for another gen-|__gaito, leader of the dash to diph eral strike. Seventy-nine men were|theria-infested Nome, will arrive in arrested, including a representative|Cleveland mext week with his team of the General Labor Union and the|mates, it was announced today, fol secretary of the Postal Union. Allljowing completion of a $2.000 popular but these two officlals were released. |gubgeription to buy the dogs, now in The police seized pamphlets advo-la Tos Angeles museum. cating a general strike and lauding | Ralto and his teammates will live the Kuomintang, or Republican Revo- | i~ Brookside Zoo. I“\’x’ttlgnary party, whic}rilfl has affiliations » the Cantonese. Handbills printed = e in Hindustani urge Indian troops of | BITTER COLD AND FLOOD the Shanghai defense force not h:; shoot Chinese found near the Pun; Dilets on' the Yanstse. INCREASE HORRORS (Continued from First Page) Anti-foreign demonstrations occur- red at Wuhu, 200 miles west of Shanghai, throughout Tuesday and Wednesday, in the course of which rioters wrecked the Customs House and Customs Club. Foreign men were concentrated under the protection of Warships. s such an extent as to interfere seriously The steamer Kutwo left Wuhu to- | With relief parties. It is expected day with & group of foreign women | many of the injured will die through and children who were taken aboard |lack of medical attention, and that several days ago as a consequence of | Scores will succumb because of the mob riots which preceded occupation cold and privation. of the town by Cantonese forc Funds Being Raised. An_earlier official American report s e s said that American women and chil- | , The Tokio municipality and the dren “had been placed aboard the | Chamber of Commerce are raising re- United States destroyer Preble and |lief funds. Prefectural governors are it is uncertain whether these also Were et u;g;g“:’y by m"m office to en on board the - . o ion, on board the Kutwo before she | ¢y 1oy MacVeagh, the American Ambassador, called dn, Forelgn Min- i e ter Shidehara today to present the EXECUTIONS ARE DENIED. |ter B e ooy b P and offor Red Cross assistance. The foreign Russians Are Being Guarded and Well | minister voiced his appreciation but said he did not believe outside aid Treated, Says Peking. b Rl s needed, as the government and PEKING, March 10 (P).—General | prefectures appeared to be able to Yang Yu-Ting, Marshal Chang Tso-|handle the situation. Lin’s chief of staff, declared today that Newspapers Publish Little. Chang had not ordered the execution| mhe newspapers are publishing of the three Russian couriers arrested |little with regard to the disaster Saturday when White Russlans serv-|The authorities are concentrating ing with the Shanghai defense army |upon relief of the homeless, whose ;e:fi:.-zhs Soviet steamer Pamiat|condition is acute. The government 3 - has ordered a large quantity of rice , G‘;.\nelal s\ang added that the de- shipped to the Tango district from _ren ler &f hnr;fift General Chang|the government warehouse at Osaka. msu‘ntgr; ';l‘ng. reported to Peking | Supplies are coming in, numerous mn,"x e reedmen were being guarded | barracks are being erected and busi- nan, and were well treated. ness men are donating large sums . . . for relief. Consequently, it is hoped BRITISH NOT INTERCEDING. |ija, the worst conditions will be ameliorated soon. 0 Request Received in London in| Numerous bodies are being cre- mated, while hundreds of Buddhist Behalf of Russi ane: and Shinto priests are offielating at LONDON, March 10 (#).—The Bri-|burials, together with Japanese tish Government has not been asked | Christian ministers. to intercede on behalf of Mme. Boro- . OFFERS ASSISTANCE. American Red Cross Ready to Care for Sufferers, Japan Told. The State Departnient transmitted to the Japanese government today an expression of sympathy and an offer for earthquake Noda and Fuda having overflowed to Officials said Great Britain was not involved in the Incident, and it was doubtful whether the British policy of neutrality as between the Northern and Southern would permit of_interference. It is believed here that the lives of | of assistance in caring ‘with | sufferers made by the Ameérican arrested Mme. Borodin and the seizure of the | Cross. Pamiat Lenina are not en-| The message carried a report from Ambassador MacVeagh at Tokio that the Japanese foreign minister had in- formed him that Japan hoped to meet the earthquake situation without out- side ‘assistance. Official advices from pi R S S A Wood Too IIl for Trip. MANILA, March 10 (P).—Gov, Gen. t e posthoo