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I e — ] WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy; probably tonight and tomorrow: warmer tomor- Temperature—Highest, row. 2:15 pm. am, toda yesterda Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Entered as seco; post office, Wa AMERIGAN SAILORS FIRE INTO CHINESE ONYANGTZERIVER Guard Opens With Riot Guns | to Disperse Hostile Sampans. No. 30,288. JAPANESE USE MACHINE GUNS IN HANKOW ATTACK | . S. Citizens Begin Evacuation of i Canton—Exodus From Other E Points Also Under Way. Rio the gunboat Monocacy in the River were turned upon ho nese sampans Saturday, Admiral Wil liams reported to the Navy Depart- ment today. | Five Japanese sailors and five civil tans were abducted by Chinese after a battle in the Japanese concession at Hankow, in which machine guns were turned on the Chinese. A general exodus of Americans from Canton is reported under way. E uation of Americans and other for-| ‘signers from other parts of China, in- cluding Peking, continues as the Can- tonese armies press on toward the north. The United States cruiser Cincin- nati is due in Shanghai today to join the cruisers Richmond and Marble- head. The - Shanghai Chamber of Com-| merce has issued a call for immediate | concerted action by the powers to re- stove order in China. The British note of protest, contain. | ing a demand for reparations, is ready 0 be sent to Nationalist Foreign Min- ister Chen, according to London re- ports. Toreign Minister Chamberlain told the British House of Commons that another crisis seems to be approach- ing in Hankow. U. S. SAILORS USE GUNS. guns of American sailors from | Yar Three Y - the Associated Pross An armed guard from the American | gunboat Monocacy turned riot gums| Chinese sampans on the Yangtze aturday, Admiral Williams, commanding American forces in | « 1ina, reported today to the Navy Department. | The American bluejackets were aboard the American steamer Chinan, lLaving been transferred to that ves- sel from the gunboat Monocacy to| sct as a guard. They were forced to fire, Admiral Williams said, to ward off the Chinese, “who were deter- mined upon revenge because. of.un- authorized cargo being removed due to the fact that it was endangering the ship.” Three Chinese were wounded, one probably fataliy. Agitation Is Widespread. Admiral Williams’ dispatches today gave Washington officials a picture of widespread agitation in China. At Chungking, where the American con- sulate has been closed and at which point the Monocacy has been sta- tioned, Chinese agitators planned a demonstration today, he said, to pro- test against force having been used by Chinese authorities on March 31. The American consul at Chunghing is aboard the gunboat, awaiting a reply from missionaries who have been warned to evacuate the region. The British gunboats Manais, IWidgeon and Teal arrived at Ichang on April 1 from Chungking. Com- munistic posters have been placed upon the residences and business places of wealthy Chinesé at Ichang, he said. The American gunboat Eicano will withdraw from Ichang to Hankow as soon as the Monocacy arrives to accompany it on the voy- age. U. S. Consul Threatened. At Changsha, he said, all British Nationals with the exception of the consul and the mother superior have been evacuated and the consul has been threatened by Chinese laber unijonists. About 15 American Catholic missionaries who will not evacuate through Changsha still re- main in western Kunan. The Amer- ican consul at Changsha is expected to close the consulate on April 17. Japanese sailors landed from a gun- goat at Hankow after a quarrel be- tween one of their members and a ricksha coolie during which a mob of Chinese coolies invaded the Jap- anese concession, looted shops and attacked Japanese on the streets, the. reports said. _The Japanese opened ~(Continued on I'al,e Column SILENCE ENVELOPS FLYERS IN ICE TRAP Capt. Wilkins and Pilot Eielson Be- lieved Able to Save Them- selves in Alaska. By Radio to The St 4 North Americ Newspaper Alliance POINT BARROW, Al —Capt. George Hubert his pilot, Ben Eielson, marooned on the ice 100 miles northeast of here last Tuesday by trouble in their plane motors, have been unable 10 commu- ate with this base by radio since p.m. Friday, when they sent the two words ne troubl Blizzards have swept s this re gion almost continuously since their departure, but last evening at 9 (2 a.m. April 3, Eastern time) the sky cleared, though a light wind is still blowing. Friday evening's message indicated that the explorers were still trying to | get their plane into the air, and no | particular alarm is felt for them here, | as both are e: of the Arctic equipment are adequate for an almos indefinite battle with the ice. | The Detroit News, No. 2, is standing by for a rescue if Capt. Wilkins re- quests it, but it is thought unlikely he will do so. Vilhjalmur Stefansson the most famous of the explorers of this region, said yesterday that Wil ins is perfectly able to cave for an | . April 4. ins and . Full r | lower e | tirely | of the | captured were | office requesting the | by Chiet Justice Martin, occasional showers v: lowest, eport on page 9. nd class matter shington, D. C. @h - CAPITAL'S BUSINESS PROGRESS BARED BY INCOME TAX FIGURES Increase in Number of Corporatlons and | Also in Their Profits Shown by Reports Along with a increase prosperity and in the number of mil- lionaires throughout the country in 1925, as reflected by income tax figures disclosed last night by the District of cor- made substantial progress prior year, with ar increa in their number, but also in their net income. Persons paying taxes on incomes of more than $1,000,- a year jumped from 75 in 1924 to in 1925, throughout the country. For the nation, the Trea dis: the new revenue law rates had produced vising influx of taxes, with ipal tax reduction on the from w es and s By lifting the ht from over 40 per cent of th | former contributors. Acting Secreta Preasury Mills pointed out that preliminary returns for 1925 show that 9 per cent of the population pay over 95 per cent of the individual income tax; 17 per cent pay less than 5 per cent of the tax, and the remain- ing 82 per cent pay no income tax. Decrease Over 1924, The number of returns of indivi uals for 1925 filed up to September 1, 1926, was 3,953,976, the aggregate net income $¥21.189,850,118, and the net tax $731, ,191. As compared with the number of returns filed for the calendar year 1924, the returns genera he not only over 000 closed lily income of tases en ith its | for 1925. 5 show a decrease 115 per cent, also a decrease in total net income amounting to $4,466, 303,336, or 17.41 per cent, but an in- crease of $27,111,801, or 3.85 per cent, | 1 the total tax. * The average net in come is § 12, the average amoun of tax $ and the average tax rate 3.45 per cent. Corporations reporting a_net income in the District of Columbia increased frorn 942 in 1924 to 1,049 in 1925, while se reporting no net income, but . de ed from 714 in 1924 in 1925. The net incomes for cor tions here in 1924 increased. from on which 1 s paid, to net 19 S01,836, on 17 was p | por 01w of 6 incomes ; which a for Th closed by the decrea District of Columbia corporations deficits in 1924 totaled $6.679.819, | compared to §4.343.098 in 1925 deficits Seven Pass 85 The prelimin; the Internal R 25 showed that seven persons i nation occupied a class by themselves by paying taxes on incomes of more than $5,000,000, the total tax of this group amounting to $61,382,863. Approximately one-half of the returns were filed by persons with net incomes in excess of $95,000 and 4813 per cent of the total collections was paid by indi (Continued on Page 7, Column 5.) MEXIGANS CAPTURE WILKINS' SLAYERS | Son Identlfles Alleged Leader of Kidnapers—Confes- sion Obtained. By the Associated Press. ' SXICO CITY, April 4—Members and mu dered Wilkins, an Ame an electrical engineer, were in the custody of the Mexican authorities at Guadalajara today. They were captured the police near there after having been sought since a week ago last Sunday by Federal troops. Three of the men aid to have confessed that Wilkins was killed because the members of the band were enraged by local over the close pursuit. Son - Tdentides Teader. - The 10-rear-old son of Wilkins, who was captured with his father, identi- fied Mariano Calzada, one of the men taken into custody, as the leader of the kidnapers. The youth had been released by the Mexicans shortly after capture and sent back .into Guadala- Jara with a note demanding a ransom of $20,000 for the father. Isidoro Parez and Vincente Perolsado were the other men arrested. From infor- mation given the authorities by Cal- zada they were hopeful of capturing others of the band. Wilkins' home was Savannah, Ga., but he had resided with his wife in Mexico for 15 years. Government offi- cial: id that the murder of the Amberican appeared to have the ear- marks of a plot to embarrass the government of President Calles and possibly cause trouble with the United States, which had protested against the kidnaping and murder. Secret service men were dispatched by the government to Guadalajara to in- vestigate the case. Taken to Guadalajara. The body of Wilkins was found Fri- day and taken into Guadalajara, where his widow resides. Twenty-six members of the outlaw band, which attacked the Laredo- Mexico City passenger train a forth- night ago, were killed Friday in a bat- tle with federal forces, the war de- partment announced yesterday. The federal losses were given as two killed and five wounded. Belief that Wilking was kidnaped and deliberately murdered last week in a plot by enemies of the govern- ment of President Calles was ex- pressed ysterday by goevernment offi- cials. They say that Wilkins' murder by outlaws appeared to have all the car- marks of a plot carried out to em- barrass the present Mexican govern- ment and possibly cause trouble with the United States. Detectives Go to Scene. A carefully selected group of secret service men, under personal instruc- from President Calles, has gone to Guadalajara, near which the kid- naping took place a week ago, to work on this theory. At the same time federal troops are continuing a_search of the surrounding country for the bandits or revolutionists who may have been’ guilty of the murder. The American embassy Saturday de- livered a note to the Mexican foreign apture and pun- ishment of the murderers. Advices reaching the United States embassy at Mexico City from Guadalajara, where Mr. Wilkins' hod fter it had been found ated that the engineer or five davs azo. as killed four J. Raymond McCarl, controller gen- eral of ti% United States, received another setback today when the Dis- trict Court of Appeals, in an opinion declared he had no more authority to withhold ¥ of Army officers to offset a disput- d claim of the Government against the officers than he had in the case of naval officers decided against him by the same court some months ago. Arthur W. Pence, first leutenant of | the Engineer Corps, brought suit for injunction against McCarl, Secretary of War Davis, and officials of the himself and that his ting tions, inst a rescue flight he definitely requests it should be observed in case the siience ontinues unbrok: @oryrisht 10 per Al ain “and ail coun Drombiiedd unless th Amedcan News. States, Gre L instrue- | vadio, | Reproduction | Army finance department to prevent the withholding of his pay to offset a claim of $1,609 representing payments made to him for commutation of quar- heat and light between 191§ and 1. | Chiet Justice Mafn quotes { court’s decision in the ‘Cox case, | te the by s which the right to pyake naval offi- ARLINGTON'S CITY at Legislature May De- cide Fate Tonight. BY REX COLLIER Staff Correspondent of The RICHMOND, April 4.—With two | opposing delegations from Arlington County converging here today to en. gage in the crucial legislative battle over the Arlington City referendum bill, the prospects were that when the smoke clears away tonight the fate of the measure in the present special session will clded. Unless a legislative miracle hap- death ag the hands of the committee on counties, cities and towns of the Virginia House of delegates. This committee will arguments of both will then inquire of Charles T. Jesse, Arlington County’s delegate in the Legislature, as to his wishes in the matter, committee that he wants to see the measure killed with all possible dis- patch, and, if necessary, he will cite a few reasons. Indications are that the committee thereupon will vote to end the life of the bill on the scene of its last struggle. Outlook Seen Hopeless. 1t is realized by members of the com- mittee that even if they, by a rare re- versal of custom, should decide that the bill should be reported over the protest of Delegate Jesse, the Ifouse of Delegates, in the closing hours of its deliberations - over weighty gen- eral legislation, scarcely could be ex- pected to take the time to pass a purely local measure not approved by the county’s own delegate. The committee hearing will be held at the Capitol late this afternoon or early this evening. No definite time could be set prior to a decision by the House as to whether or not to hold an afternoon session or early this eve- ning, in an effort to clean up all pending problems prior to the tenta- tive adjournment Wednesday. The committee will not meet while the House is in active session. Developments today, including word that a second delegation, opposed to the bill, would be on hand to support Delegate Jesse in his determined stand against the measurs, indicated that the hearing is destined to be a rther lively affair. Arrangements for Hearing. Delegate C. A. nclair of Prince William County, chairman of the com- mittee in charge of the referendum bill, announced today that he had vesterday afternoon for calling the hearing in a conference with Robert E. Plymale, president of the Arlington County Civic Federation, and Amos C. Crounse of the Better Government Commission, word that a_delegation would come here to fight for passage of the Dbill apparently influenced op ponents of the measure to arrange for representation also. Who will com pose the latter group could not b ascertained in advance of their arrival. The organized citizenry of Arlington County will be widely represented in the othe. delegation. it was understood that organizations sending emissaries here include the Civic Federation, the Arlington County Chamber of Commerce, the Arlington District Council of Citizens' Associations, the (Continued on Page 7, Column 2.) Ruling Hits McCarl on Withhol&ing Pay Of Army Officers; Like Recent Navy Case| cers pay back a disputed claim follow- ing payments received by that officer in good faith, was denied, and de- clared there is only one difference in the present case. McCarl's counsel claimed that the Army appropriation ct of 1892 authorized such deductions as directed by McCarl. The court d clines to accept that view of the act and poin out that it only permits deductions where the indehtedness is admitted or is shown by the judgment of a court, or the stoppage is made by special onder of the Secretary of ar, To the claim that Army regulations have fecognized the practice of with- holding pay to recover debts to the United States, the court answers that if so, the practice has been inconsist- ent with repeated official opinion of the Attorney General and will not be sustained by the court, Radio Programs—Page 34 WASHINGTON, Better conditions also existed as dis- | iduals with incomes | BILL SEEN DOOMED Battle of Opposing Factions | have been de-| pens, the fate int store for the bill is | listen to the | delegations, and | Delegate Jesse states he will tell the | completed arrangements in Alexandria | WITH SUNDAY MORNI D. ¢, MONDAY, NG EDITION ¢ Epening SHtar. service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news APRIL 4, 1927 NS OF TROOPS * LIKELYTOGUARD - CHIGAGD ELECTION e | Sheriff and Militia Heads Confer Over Tense Situa- | tion on Eve of Voting. | INJUNCTION IS SOUGHT T0 BAR POLICE AT POLLS | { Thompson Followers Charge Con-| spiracy—Democrats Force Special Grand Jury. CHICAGO, April 4 Cralos Black of the Illinois > Guard, Maj. Gen Roy . Keehn, commanding the 33d Division | | of the Guard, and Sherift Charles I Graydon conferred today on the -pos sibility of using guardsmen to main- | tain order at the polls in tomorrow’s mayoralty election, a petition for an | injunction to restrain the police from | interfering with Republican precincts | was filed. About the same time a grand jury was sworn in as a result »f a petition by the Democratic cen- tral committee, and turned to Charles Jsecee special prosecutor, to in-f vestigate clection and registration fraud While | Gen. | tional o] special on Ground. lent to the belief officers were seri-| {ously considering calling out Chicago | { units of the Guard for the first time | in a local election to protect polling | places when it was learned that Brig. Gen. John J. Garrity, Chicago, com- | manding the Infantry Brigade, had been summoned to a conference 1:30 p.m. with Gens. Black and| i Governor Sowme color was | that the militar Len Small also was in Chicago | { watching the situation, but took nd | part in the military conference, | "Only local units of the Guard wili| ibe used if it is decided to call them, | ien. Keehn said. he moves for the guardsmen and for an injunction to prevent the police | from interfering with Republican pre- { cinct workers porters of William Hale Thompson, | Republican nominee for mayor. | The special grand jury petition was 'nlle(l by adherents of Mayor William . Dever, the Democratic nominee. Police Conspiracy Charged. | Thompson followers charged a con- spiracy in the police department to | interfere with precinct workers and { make arrests before the polls open and hold the workers to prevent them he valing places: Similar charges were made by the | Democrats in seeking a special grand i jury and special prosecutor. ~The Democratic leaders alleged that Robert | E. Crowe, State’s attorney, a Thomp- son leader, had a following of hood- lums and that efforts were being made | | and planned to prevent a fair election State's Attorney Crowe had a grand jury of his own, the regular county grand jury, and has stated that Attor- ney General Oscar Carlstrom would appear before the body if necessary. Besides the operations of the legal and_judicial and military machinery | of State and city, the candidates’ or- ganizations were combining to make the closing hours of the campaign the noisiest and bitterest ever seen in Chicago. Loop District a Bedlam, The Loop—that district bounded by the elevated railways—was a_bedlam, with calliopes, bands. whistles and sirens ringing, shrieking and tooting from midmorning on through the day. The Democratic organization in be half of Mayor Dever is led by George 1. Brennan, Democratic national com- mitteeman ~from Illinois, and the | Thompson organization is led by State’s Attorney Crowe, Homer K. Galpin, long Republican Cook (Chi- cago) County chairman and Thompson himself. Racial and religious questions have been injected into the fight, with the Democrats _accusing Thompson of promising the big negro vote all man- i ner of preferment, Thompson leaders {charging the Democrats with seck- ing to incite race riots. Dr. John Dill Robertson, former health commissioner when Thompson was mayor, is the third candidate, run- ning as an independent Republican, Fred Lundin, once a bosom political companion of Thompson, is aiding Robertson. SITUATION CALLED OMINOU Battle of Ballots May Turn to Battle of Bullets. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. CHICAGO, April 4.—The most | amazing political campaign in Chi- | cago’s checkered career was snar- | ling and lashing its way to a close | today with the ominous thud of tom- | toms_pulsing in_the vibrant air. In (Continued on Page 5, Column 6.) U. S. OPPOSES LIMIT ON CIviL AIRPLANESl Hugh Gibson at Geneva Insists on Sharp Differentiation From Military Aviation. | By the Associated Press. GENEVA, April 4.—The American spokesman, Hugh Gibson, again inter- vened in the Disarmament Commission parleys today to insist upon the neces- sity of a sharp division between m tary and civil aviation and the neces. | sity of doing nothing to prevent de- velopment of the commercial side of aerial transportation. He announced that the United States declines to take civil airplanes into account in any scheme for the limitation of military aircraft, The discussion, which was incon- clusive, arose when the French pre- sented a clause whereby, in fixing aerial forces, countries would be au- thorized to demand, more or less, in accordance with the civil aircraft strength of {heir neighbovs. Though several delegates reserved the right to change' their attitude, it was agreed that, in limiting military airplanes andgirigibles, both the num- ber of the Machines and the total hovsep 1l be spacified, / THE /| DEMOoC - ]’1)!,"!'\' >AGES. TWO CENTS. IgEdL | CaNDI DR PRE.SIDENT Ly SHOVULD POSSESS 7ne IDEALS oF JEFFER SON JACKsOMN, T ILDERN CLEVELA AN Wiis ND CONVICTION UPHELD INBOXING CASE Frank Dane, Promoter, Loses | Appeal and Must Serve 3 Years in Prison. Boxing matches in Washington sus- tained a body blow today when the District Court of Appeals in an opin- ion by Chief Justice Martin affirmed the conviction of Frank Dane for pr moting a fistic encounter at the Ar- cade, at which an admission fee was charged. The contestants were ac- quitted by the jury, but Dane was con- victed and was sentenced by Justice Stafford to serve three years in the penitentiary. He has been at liberty on bail awaiting the appellate court’s decision Counsel for Dane had contended that the sole accusation against him in the indictment was the charging of an admission fée to witress a fight by and between his co-defendants; that the indictment specifically stated that the co-defendants exchanged the blows complained of; that Dane could | not, literally, have been “engaged” in a fight without taking part in it, whereas this fight was, according to the allegations of the indictment, par- ticipaated in by the two other men only; and that the indictment did not specifically charge appellant with be- ing "present, aiding and abetting" in the alleged puglistic encounter, Held Rightly Indicted. Chief Justice Martin declared that the court could not agree with this contention. “The indictment charges that defendants jointly engaged in an unlawful pugilistic encounter between man and man,” says the Chief Ju: tice, “to see which an admission fe was charged while his co-defendants exchanged the blows. The appellant was rightly indicted as a principal. Nor can the court agree with appel- lant’s contention that the indictment would not support a verdict of guilty as to appellant and not guilty as to his co-defendants. If the jury found upon the evidence that the fighters engaged in the encounter, but failed to find that they knew a fee was being charged for admission to see the fight, it was their duty to acquit them, but if at the same time the jury found that Dane had induced or procured his co-defendants to engage in the en- counter, and had charged and received admission fees, although the co-de- fendants did not know that such a charge was made, a verdict of guilty should be rendered against Dane and not guilty against his co-defendants. To End Fistic Encounters. The decision is expected to put an end to fistic encounters in the Dis- trict at which admission fees are charged. The question of the pur- chase of membership tickets in athletic clubs for admissions to box- ing matches was not involved in the case of Dane, as some of the witnesses for the prosecution testified that money was paid to gain admlssion. 'PLAN LOWDEN BOOM IN ELEVEN STATES Iowa Legislators Get Assurance That He Will “Consider” En- tering Presidential Race. By the Associated Press, DES MOINES, Iowa, April 4.—Act- ing on the assurance from former ank O. Lowden that he would serious consideration to a re- quest that he seek the Republican nomination for the presidency, “if a sufficient number of agricultural | States in the Middle West demand it,” a group of Iowa legislators re- turning from Illinois today an- nounced it would at once perfect an organization of 11 States for a Low- den boom, The legislators visited Mr. Lowden in Chicago yesterday. A. C. Gustafson, chief clerk of the Towa House of Representatives, who headed the delegation, said that while Gov. Lowden expressed a desire to continue in private life, his deep con- cern for the future of agriculture would be paramount to his own per- sonal wishes. Gov. Lowden assured the delega- tion, Mr. Gustafson said, “that if the movement requesting his candidacy which started in Iowa would spread into a sufficient number of agricul- tural States of the Central West, he would give such request his serious consideration. The committee left the governor with his full acquies- cence in its program and it will 150 Miles an Hour On Open Highway Seen by Segrave ¢ Press April 4.—Automo biles traveling at 150 miles an hour on the gencral highways are fore seen by Maj. 0. D. Segrave, who last Tuesday drove his mys tery “S” car at a speed of 11 miles an hour at Daytona Beach, Fla Maj. Segrave, who will return to England _tonight on the Beren garia, said engineers who perfected his car had the idea in mind that within a quarter of a century it would be of practical use. The secret of his car’s success, he said, was in its 6-foot blunt nose h covers the wheels and p Vents the wiad from hampering the speed of the car. SCORES D. . LACK OF WAR MEMORIAL Capt. McGahan of Legion Declares Capital Lags in Proper Tribute to Men. By the Associate NEW YORE Failure of the people of Washing- ton to support more liberally the cam- paign to erect here a suitable memo- rial to the District men and women who served in the World War was sharply criticised lastgnight by Capt. McGahan, AMerican Legion xecutive committeeman for the Dis- £ “Washington lags behind every State in the Union in expressing its appreciation of the se: s of its sons and daughters who ‘went to war,’” Capt. McGahan declared. is criti- cisms of both Washington and Con- gress, behind whose cloak he claimed the people of the District were hiding, were made at a meeting of the board of management for the temporary home for Union ex-soldiers, sailors and Marines and veterans of other wars in the old Naval Hospital Building. Capt. McGahan cited the evident lack of public interest in the move- ment to erect a municipal memorial to the World War veterans as an ex- ample of the iner that manifests itself here in other movements in be- half of veterans generally. “Time to Pay Tribute.” “Washington lags lamentabl sald. “Washington lags to an extent probably greater than any other part of the United States. It is high time that Washington came to a realization of its delinquencies. It is about time that there began to materialize some of the expressions of appreciation and interest in the World War veterans and their organizations and their problems. Washington should have these, They are to be found in every other State in the Union, where they have been created and established by an appreciative and understanding people.” Capt. McGahan told the board mem- bers that Washingtonians have left such manifestations to Congress, and what Congress has done for local vet- erans it has done for those of all the States and Territorles and insular tr he asked, “is the District of Columbia memorial to its soldiers and sailors and marines of the World War? Washington people have had an opportunity to contribute to th fund for its erection, and that fund not yet completed, although real carnest work has been done by projectors. “Where is its the memorial building | housing the veterans' organizations, such _as are to _be found in almost FRAUD BY MALS L%oo”KT ANY FURTHER‘ LAID T0 RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HEADS Grand Jury Returns Indict- ment Against Rapeer and Mrs. V. H. Saunders. | FALSE PRETENSES ARE | ACCEPT RIGHT TRAFFIC CHANG WAIT NEW OFF Commissioners to Delay Ac- tion Until Eldridge’s Suc- cessor Takes Post. | Action will be deferred by the Com missioners on the 40 proposed amend | ments to the District traffic code, pend- | ing the appointment of a new director lof traffic. it was indicated today at the District Building. | The changes were recommended by I. 0. Eldridge just prior to the close {of the traffic light scandal, which re- sulted in his demotion to assistant di- | rector and the forced resignation of sistant Director I. C. Moller, Mr. Eldridge urged early considera- tion of the amendments in view of the need of an additional supply of copies of the trafic code. The Com- missioners discussed the proposed changes at several beard meetings, but the opinion prevailed that they should be held in abeyance until the new traffic director has had sufficient time to consider them. Mr. Eldridge, however, was given authority to have printed 00 copies of the last edi- tion of the traffic code. Still Hunt for Director. The Commissioners are still casting about for a traffic director and hope to name_him within the next two weeks, It is known that Commis- sioners Dougherty and Taliaferro are anxious to fill the post just as soon as practicable. Although consideration is being | siven to more than a score of appli- cants, an effort also is being made to find a man who has a combination of administrative ability and a practical knowledge of traffic engineering prob- lems. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cornell University are two of the institutions which have been requested to recommend candi- dates. The latest applicants for the post are J. B. Gill, 624 New Jersey avenue, a field engineer with the General Elec- tric Co., who is supervising the in- stallation of one of the largest motor generator sets in the United States at the Benning power plant of the Potomac Electric Power Co., and Howard E. Butman of Providence, R. I, who advised the Commissioners that he ¢ame to Washington for sole purpose of applying for the po- sition, Cite Their Qualificaf Gill explained in his application that he has had 12 years' experience in electrical engineering work. Butman said his experience covered a period of 14 years and that for the last several vears he has been making a study of traffic problems in various cities of the United_States. Another applicant for the job, it was learned, is W. H. Harland, form- erly an employe of the Interstate Commerce Commission. He has the indorsement of Senator Pittman of Nevada. Just what disposition will be made of the 40 recommended changes in the traffic regulations is purely a mat- ter for conjecture until the new direc- tor of traffic makes known his views. The Commissioners, it is understood, are not inclined to add new regula- tions to the already voluminous code unless they are absolutely necessary in the interest of public safety. Com- missioner Taliaferro is known to favor a reduction in the regulations if it can be done without jeopardizing the lives of the motorists and pedestrians. Passing to Right an Issue. Outstanding among the proposed changes is one which would permit vehicles to pass on the right as well as the left. This amendment has pro- voked considerable public discussion and many persons have written to the ssioners _elther approving or ng the change. Kimg_of Utah, | (Continued on Page 7, Column 4.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Egg Rolling 0.K.'d, With Children Beyond Danger of White House Repair Crew Children of Washington will be per- mitted to enjoy their annual egg roli- ing in the rear grounds of the White House on Easter Monday, regardless of the fact that the White House is undergoing repairs and a portion of the northern section of the grounds is strewn with building material and debris. It was at first thought best to abandon the egg rolling this year for fear that some of the youngsters might be ed, but President Cool idge, aftem receiving advices that the northern tion of the rear grounds could be @ped off and that virtually proceed at once to perfect an organi- zation of the 11 agricultural States in the Middle West and other States.” all chanced for injuries or mishaps re- moved, adhounced that the egg rolling would be held in the White House grounds as usual, The Monument grounds will be held in readiness to serve as an overflow egg-rolling ground. Last year the of- ficial count showed that more than 48,100 participated, an increase of more than 10,000 cver the preceding year. The grounds will be opened tu young egg rollers at 9 o'clock in the morning and will be closed at 5 in the afternoon. Between the hours of { involvi AL the | | gan | Walsh: depredation CHARGED TO COUPLE Woman Anorney Woxked Up Case for Government,. Alleging Fraudulent Representations. Rapeer Saunder ar, respectivel arch University, today we the grand jury on ng section 215 of the Penal ( g use of the mails to defr The indictment, covering 34 pag alleges that Rapeer and Mrs. Saunders from April 12, 1924, to the present de vised a scheme to obtain by means o Ha Win ner and | false and fraudulent pretenses “money and property from such persons” as could “induce to deal with them Rapeer and Mrs. Saunders, the In- dictment reads, “would fa fraudue- lently and unlawfully stz g pretend and promise” that Research University “was a bona fide universi- ty which offered students therein, in return for their money and property, thorough instruction by capable in- ! structors and professors, who were leading experts in the United States overnment, and who were heads of of the United States and to the effect that s, Lee Somers, Alton [ Hodgkins, June Atkins Hodgkin George E. Hudson and James Oyster were deans of several of the hools of the university, and that the | university had entered into aceredit- ing relations with a large number of institutions throughout the country. i Other Charges Preferred. i Other “false” representatic indictment alleges, were to t { that Joseph Ernest Mann, Morris, Mrs. Adelal William Jerome Spencer, John { Waller and Dr. C. Albert nith were | members of the board of trustes the universit, hat the univ laboratories equipped for studies in natural science branches of the university ing established in the leadin of India; that the uinversity tained an+ emiployment’ servi graduates of the institution: that employment service would help g uates into better positions in ihig country and other countries: that Summer students of the university take part of their courses in dence at George Washington Univer- sity; that the institution gave co lof 'study for physicians, den pharmacists, and nurses; and t the: by “false and fraudulent pre tenses” intended to have persons une derstand that if they would pay the required fees and tuition they would receive “the advantage of ir ety by capable instructors and professor and would “receive diplomas evidenc ing the conferring of degre The several offensos alle Indictment, the grand re- ported, Rapeer and Mrs, Saunders “well knew were and would be false and fradulent pretenses” in that Re search University was “a mere pre tended university.” and could not would not give to students t structions they had set for Named in Indictmer In addition to the fc 1 fenses alleged, the indictment ¢ {that the fact that Joseph Man was dean of the college of comm that George E. Hud: the school of liberal American Council on* gested that the univer enter into accrediting relations with colleges and State departments of education, like- wise were “false representations. Among the institutions which the indictment said were represented by Rapeer and Mrs. Saunders as having accrediting relations with Research University ave: University of Arizona Brown University, Carnegie Institu of Technology, University of Chicag: College of the City of New York, Dar mouth College, Drake Universit diana State Normal School, Lehigh University, Leland Stanford Univer- sity, University of Maryland, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Wyoming State Department of Edueation and the Civil Service Commission. Assistant United States Attorney Pearl McCall worked up the case for the grand jury. Other Indictments Returned. Other indictments reported by and jury were: _ Housebreaking and larceny, M. Robinson, Randolph M. and Ernest L. Martin; housebreaking, Joseph M. Robertson, alias Joseph grand _larceny, Patrl 'd A. Cole, » Thoma M. Vaughn, Vine eorge L. Mortimer, William Mor Thomas Sowney and V attempted robbery, Robert W. Bowman; robbery, Robert \W. Bowman, Robert Coleman, Albert C. Dyer, alias Ike Dyer, and William H. Smith; joy- riding, John Bradley and John' H. ult with dangerous weapon, rd Butler, Fannie Lambert and R. Hudlow; eny from United States, Warren Hanna; larceny rict of Columbia, James Reed. Violation of the national prohibition act, third offense, Samuel Epstein; violation of the prohibition act, Harry ynard and Kelly O'Brien; receiv- ng stolen property, Benjamin Cole- man; grand larceny, larceny after trust and embezzlement, James R. of private prop- erty, Willlam Frazier; violation of sec- tion 865, D. C. Code, Willlam Albert Sagar and Milton Theodore Arrington forgery and uttering, Paul Lawren Davis; violation of the Harrison na cotic act, Edward Coleman, William C. Johnson, Charles Dougherty, Henry Britt and Edward Thornton; violation of the Mann act, Frederick P. Thorne; grand larceny, Fred Hooks: perjury, John B. Noonan, and joyriding, Ben- jamin H. Van Ness and Edward Johnson. The grand jurors ignored charges iy, | departments | overnment; | Fred P. N were for the resie in the iu n was dean of that the tion sug- the Smith, Edwa Richard Cool Jam ley, Burrell, ent P. Mand- 9 and 3 no adults will be permitted to enter the grounds except those a companying children. At 3 o'cloc] however, the grounds will be thrown open to the public and the Marine Band will give a concert uatil 5, against Paul A. Powell, charged with etting up a gaming table; Benjamin Coleman, larceny; Tim Craig., robbery and attempted robbery, and Hayry Parnell, attempting to commit caf Loowledgee