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WEA (T, 8. Weather THER. Bureau Forecast.) Rain and warmer tonight;, tomorrow clearing. ‘Temperature—Highest, 34, at 3 pm. yesterday: lowest, 2 9, at 3 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing New York. St ocks, Page 10 - k= = Entered as seco post office No. 30.597. Washington, nd class matter D C. ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING E - TWASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, N DITION g Sar in Washingto service. ‘Associated Press Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,274 The only evening paper n with the news 7, 1928—THIR TY-SIX PAGES SENATE AUTHORITY 5 CHALLENCED BY * STEVARTCOUNSEL Attorneys Contend Lawmak- ers Have No Power to De- mand Oil Testimony. DECISION IS RESERVED; COUNSEL TO FILE BRIEFS ’ “Sinclair and Associates Continue | Fight on Contempt Case Robert W. Stewart, a key witness in the Senate Teapot Dome inquiry, must appear at | the bar of the Senate was taken under sdvisement today by Justice Jennings Bailey in the District Supreme Court. After hearing argument for more than | #wo hours on the writ of habeas corpus obtained by the Chicago oil man last Raturday after his arrest by the Senate, Justice Bailey gave counsel leave to file Priefe. Jesse Adkins, attorney for the chair- #man of the board of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, said he would file his Prief next Monday and former Attorney General George W. Wickersham was| given until the following Friday to sub- mit a reply. { Decision to Come Later. | The decision thus will not be made for at least two weeks, and meantime Stewart remains at lberty on bond of | $1.,000. Disputing the authority of the Senate | to mete out summary punishment for him because he refused to answer ques- | tions of its oil committee, Stewart's eounsel set itself against the rein- forced array of Government attorneys, headed by Wickersham, who demanded the ofl man’s return to the custody of the legisiative branch of the Govern- ment. Other Angles of Case. While argument went forward in the Stewart case, which for the time | being has focused major interest in the oil tangle, Harry F. Sinciair and his sssociates in a nearby section of the courthouse continucd their long fight o purge themselves of the c narges which followed the Fall-S mistrial. At the Capitol the third ot the current oil proceedings—the Sen- e oil committee’s hearings—proceeded. but without the development of new | information as to what went with the | Literty bonds of the Continental Trad- ing Co_ Lid, of Canada. - it 18 charged that Afbert B. Fall received $233.000 of these from Sinclair after the Teapot Dome lease, bt George S. Taber, to-| day's witness, said he knew nothing about the transaction. It was on this subject that Stewart refused to testify. for this refusal he was ‘arrested by the Senate. but re. leased on a writ of habeas corpus which the Government t today 0 have @issolved. - Taber former president of the Sin- elair Crude Oil Purchasing Co. tes fied that executed for the purchasing eompany the contract for of! which re- sulted in the millions in profits for the Continental Co. but under insistent hammering by Senator Walsh of Mon- tana. eommittee prosecutor, Taber sald he knew no more of the bonds or the Continental deal than “a man down in the street” and was excused. Seek Dismissal of Writ. The committer tomMorrow w amine C. E Crowley. vice president ex- of t in the tnental Trading Co was orga S7A for the purpose of bribing public officials and has evidence that part of its profits were sn used wonld it not be justified In nquiring how the of these profits were used?” No, that is purely a judicial fune- Hon " Adiins repiied Says Vital Questions Answered. Adrins also wid the court that the | stztute of hmiations had run agatns' any one who mighgohave committed a erime at the time of the Continental Co was in operation from November 161921, o May 26 1923 He argued that the Senate resolution under which the Teapot Ol Dome com- mites was prooeeding showed that 1t was not the purpos 0 legisiate, but merely v carry out & judicial funetion Igavion. tewart's lawyer argued that his had answered every question put of public fnterest with respeet the Gieposition of the Continenta' The two he refured 10 snswer | 14 couid bave no publie fnterest Lese 1w guestions Gealt vith whether | Erewart had tulked 1o Sincliar abon | wonds or nsd heard of their dt- | timony that e uny of the Conunentsl that he thus had question that “could erest the Senate ” Adkine | o g e @4 not bz Wonds, Acy answered Iewtully 4 840cd that Yooy reterred by the Benute W courts Jor convempt prosecution and said Lh 10 v e cumukative punishiment of | & viiners Wickersham's Argument, Viickersham srgaed thet the 2 i eonnection with present Jal be- | i | y had dwclosed one of st &5y i most disgrscelul Chapers i sl of Gur Bistory ” he swid “Mayin L wor 1hy Lie Listory hed wren cuma e Ccamne P athen of Senate wnother Chapter in this slimy history | T ormer Atunney Generel sud That 0 wsk A Lecessary 1hat Lie el Ble Besire U enacy legislation in order Vo ennduet Lvestiyition 1 way e that 30 would find 9 necentry Vo e Q1 ection v snothen Wraneh of 1he Goversment 14 take ap Progriate st b wnded LB Ve Ewe s ok Wicker aham snid4a ha 1y ventified “down b 1e8ised Vo mswer “ eouneel idertpkes vOpcratl'on Scparatcs P (e histy ershiamn vaid e greet desl of voluntering of tion of Lo importence” by Bwwern bt Ya withholding of sl Uil fe of fin ¢ porance “He volunteeres thst wiich he was wiliing W tell ’ the silorney continied “He eaid ‘Why 1 never handled any of 1 bonde bt there b et ~dhimniisisad on Pugs §, Colusans by | [ “CZAR'S DAUGHT TO REVIVE HER DESIRE TO LIVE Mrs. William B. Leed Claims to Royalty—Says She Is Former Gra By the Associated Pross. NEW YORK. February 7.—Mme. Anastasia Tchajkovsky. around whose claims to be the Grand Duchess Anas- tasia Nikolevena, daughter of the late Czar Nicholas of Russia, an interna- tional controversy has raged. will afrive in New York tonight to be the guest of Mrs William B. Leeds, the former Prin- cess Xenia of Greece. She is aboard the liner Berengaria under an assumed name, sald Glebe Botkin, son of the physician to the late imperial family. who has an affidavit from Mrs. Leeds crediting him as her representative in arranging for the s entry to this country. Mrs, said, had arranged with Washington officials for Mme. Tchai- kovsky's entry before leaving for the West Indies January 28 says he played with the Grand Duchess Anastasia as a child and he regards the claims of Mme. Tchaikovsky as genuine. Identity Is Credited. The Russian woman's identity as the daughter of the late Czar is credited by Prince Constantin Gabriel. head of the Russian refugees in Berlin, as well as‘by Leeds and other followers of the Romanoff family in this country. AIRTREATY READY FOR HAVANA VOTE Proposed Pact Will Be Open. to All Nations—Objec- ‘ tions Overcome. | By the Assoriated Press, HAVANA, February 7.—A revampec | commercial aviation pact differing in several vital respects from the project- | #d convention formulated by the go: erning board of the Pan-American | Union today was ready for presentation | to thé communications committee of the | Pan-American Conference for approval. | The revised draft was completed by a | subcommittee headed by Henrv P | Fletcher, United States Ambassador to | Italy The treaty was shorn of clauses which | had previously been attacked by Colom- bia, Mexico and other natior Qles- 15 pertinent to_the interests of the United States in Panama and Guanta- namo Bay, Cuba, sre-believed to have been settled satisfactorily, and it is con- fidently expected that the first com- mercial aviation convention between the American nations will be concluded suc- cessfully. Treaty Open to All. committee d phrase limiting adherence to the treaty | 10 members of the Pan-Ameri i Union, leaving it open for the signat of all states. The pretiously stipula necessity of filing notifications of ad- herence with the Pan-American Union has been changed by substituting the Cuban government as the clearing house for ratifications The objections of Colombia to the original draft, which would have au- thorized the conclusion of agreements between two or more states reguiating international commercial air navigation have been surmounted by adding a lim- Mr. Botkin | | Hoover ER" VISITS U. S. s Backs Woman‘s nd‘ Duchcss. . The claims have met with frequent denials in Europe. ‘The woman has been variously called the wife of a Polish assassin posing as the grand duchess. a demented Polish peasant and an caped patient from a German insane Tum. Mrs. Leeds Is bringing Mme. Tehai- Kkovsky to this country m the hope that new scenes will revive in her the desire to live. She has been under the care of physicians in Berlin for several years. While in this country. she will also con- sult dentists. Her jaw was breken, she savs, by the butt of the of one of her guards and later Aided by Mr. Botkin savs th she escaped the fate of the imperial family, killed in the Ural by puards after the overthrow of the dynasty. thro { soldier, Tchatkovsky. s ver sion has it. she went to Rumania, where | she married her rescuer and gave birth | to a son. Leaving the boy in an orphanage near Bucharest after her husband was killed by Soviet agents, she went to Berlin to place her claims before Rusisan royal- ists there. After an attempted, suicide in Berlin in 1920 she was confined to a hospital for months. The boy was taken from the orphanage by three per- sons whose identity has never been learned. OHIO REPUBLICANS APPEAL TOHOOVER Secretary Petitioneq to Per-! mit State Supporters to Enter His Name. i | Special Dispaleh to The Star. | COLUMBUS, Ohin, February 7.—A group of 75 Republican admirers of Sec- retary Herbert Hoover, assembled at the Deshler Hotel yesterday afternoon, adopted an address to Mr. Hoover, in the form of a resolution, declaring the sentiment in favor of him for the party nomination for the presidency to be strong among the Republicans of the State; that they are impressed with his qualifications tor the high office, and questmg that he give them opportunity 10 express this sentiment by qualifying | as a candidate for the presidentiai nom- ination uncer the laws of the State, | A large portion of the atiendance | was from Columbus and centrai Ohio, it is true, but Col Thad Brown, the leader of the movement. and who had | joined with Robert Taft of Cincinnati| in calling the meeting. read telegrams | from many other prominent members of the party from all sections of the State, expianing that they were un- | able 1o attend the meeting, but that | they were in ty sympathy with the movement and volunteered o any capacity In the organiza- n | tion | Dr. Thompson Heads List. | A pyominent member of the meeting | last evening, who arrived late and un- expected, wis Dr. William O. Thompson, presidents emeritus of Ohio State Uni- versity. and his name was placed at the twp of the list of those signing the address adopled, 1o be presented to Mr. Hoovar. Homer C. Price, formerly deasn of the College of Agriculture in the iting clause. This clause provides “THat two or more states, for reason: of reciprocal eonvenience and interest may agree upon appropriate regulation pertaiming to the operation of and the fixing of specified rout regulations shall in no case prevent the extablishiment and operation of practi- cable interamerican acrial lines " This new clause 15 undersiood to satisfy those appord to any agreement which the United States might be authorized to make with Panama 100k~ ng to the prevention of commercial /ing over the Panama Canal Zone. Transport of Arms. All special arrangements, terms of the revision, are made subject 1 the obligations and rights of States sgning the general conventon. Pro- nibited areas are defined In an article which Afies such prohibitons may b made “for reasons which ¢ States deem eonvenient: In public in- wrest * In this case the term ‘for miliiary reasons” has been from the text., Heterring t the transportation of |arms and war material by air, the new draft prohibits forelgn or native air- craft authorized for international trafe from transporting arms “either between points situated within the territory of any of the contracting states or L tra T o In m proposal suggesting the adop- [ 5 Within & contracting tate | bl ton of the metrie system of weights [and mearures. the Mexican de wsked for the establishment of & com- loission prepure an sgends for n third pan-American standardization of wwart's case wirendy has | specifications conference W meet within t three years ‘The conference would e atended by representatives of ench secretary of state, Lechnical investiga- vars, represgutatives of inter-American bilgh eommision offiees of the various countries, experty representing producers and exporters s welleus others repre- Senting consumers and importers Genersl dissatistaction with the Te- [ port of the Pan-Amencan Commission Lo the simplification and standirdize- | ton of consul procedure mude neces wary the reference of Uhe entire ques- [ tion W w subcommittee compored of (Coptinued on Vage b, Column 6 ) 1 e Ansoriated Piows | CHICAGO. Felirunry - /The sepirn- i by eurgery of Blamess Lwins, a | werk old. b save the Ife of one’ of | e after the othur bnd dled b {weens seported Seom the Ryburn Mero 1rinl Hospital, Ottaws, 1) Ui 1wins were born near Mursoiles L1, February 3w Mis Frank Kelle They were foined n the lower purt of | Ve “abdomen In such & manner ot [ the same blood colireed through both hodles, ¥ach welghed shout five and one-nelt pounds Ir Paul R Clark sald ope of the twine, named Meta Marie, céed Justily AU Dl £l 8160 B 815, huwed under the | racting | stricken | throngh the same even though simply | | t draft Bmited the pryhibition | gation | From Sistcr Who D State University, also wired the use of | his name, as did ‘Thomas L. Calvert of Selma, formerly State secretary of riculture. ‘The name of President of the Capital University of | this city, Lutheran, will appfar on it | Col. Thad Brown called the meeting to order and was made permanent chalrman Robert Taft of Cincinnati elected first vice chalrman, Sena- | Chester Holton of Cleveland seeond vice chalrman and Stuate Sena- twr Nettie B Caughead of Cinclnnaty third vice chalrman. J D Poston of New Vienna ° was made secretary, In_ his speech onthning the purpose | of the meeting. Col. Brown attacked the propisition of Fenutog Willls to bind | the Ohio delegates firmly to him and thus prevent any expression of the | | strong sentiment for Mr Hoover that | wan shown to exist in the State, People of the State demanded a free and far expression of the presidential prefer- [ enees of the voters and would be sadis- fied with nothing else Expect Hoover to Flle, Col. Brown vaguely hinted at it and among the members of the assembly 1t | wan later frecly stated that Lhey ex- | pected that Seeretary Hoover would now | comply with thelr vequest and file ns not only i Oblo, but in where there are favorite # I was given out that | 10 taking this aetion wan operation of all Repubii is I the Blate who were opposed swtor Willls plan to close the v election for national delogaten o wll candidistes but himseif U ds believed by the leaders §n this | movement that At will hive the imme- diate effect of making u renlignment of Tepubliean forces i the State - many Ttepubltenns. who ¢ wlways favored Hoover but Affiliated with the Willin movement hecanse there seemed noth- e e to do now changing eamps Chutrmnn Brown was suthorized to “npoint un execitive committee of from three to seven members 1o huve charg of the work of ctienlsting petitions to Secretary Hoover which will be for- wirded Lo Mr Hoover a8 fast ua se- cured to further sustaln the prayer of the nddress Old fuctional lnes were dgnored in the movement for white Haobert ‘Taft, (Continued on Page 4, Column 4) Twin Baby Girl ied During Birth no sluns of lite. wuve blood, pumped through Meta Murle Efforts Lo start life in the hody of e other tnfant fatled, Using # make- shATE dneubutor, bt by the phystelan and the father of (e twing, Frank Feller they were taken o e Rybiurm Howpita) Ananesthotie wis sed alter which the opevation sepitaling Meta Marte from her Lifeless sihler was tinten cundddate ommitt sking the in | | primi | cireulation of the hemrt of | {DEMOCRATIC DELEGATION | | New York. GEORGIA PROMISED TOHOOVER UNLESS COOLIGE DRAFTED Leading G. 0. P. County Will, Back Secretary if Pres- ident Is Out. WILL SUPPORT GEORGE | Second Selection in Event Senator Cannot Win Held Uncertain—0p- | & | position to Smith Evident. BY G. GOULD LWCOLN, §1aft Correspondent of The Star. ATLANTA, Ga, February 7.—Secre- | tary Herbert Hoover of the Department of Commerce is to have the Georgia delegation to the Republican national convention, if and after it has been demonstrated that President Coolidze cannot be drafted, unless all present signs fail. 5 Senator George of Georgla is to have the Democratic delegation solidly. If it becomes apparent that Senator George cannot be nominated at the Houston convention, to whom the delegation will go depends largely upon the personnel of the delegation, and the personnel is stll in the making. Unless matters are | smoothed out in the meaitime, there | is chance of a real row over th mn-“ ter whert the State executive commit- tee meets here next Saturday.® Maj John S. Cohen. publisher of the Atlanta | Journal, and present national commit- teeman. heading one faction., and the Clark Howell faction may lock horns Mr Howell. publisher of the Atlanta | Constitution who was Democratic na- | tional committeeman before Maj. Cohen. has gone West. but his friends are be- | coming exceeding active in this nfatter | of selecting delegates, A | Smith Support Lacking. | Whether the delegation will have its embership composed of men who will| je in a ditch” before they permit the nomination of Gov. Alfred E. Smith of or whether it will have | among its members men who take th position that “Smith might as well hav the nomination and preven! a further | disruption of the Democratic nationfl party.” remains 1o be seen. No one here is out in the open for Smith at present, and it is fairly safe to say that none of the delegat named to the national convention will take such a position. But they may differ in de- gree of opposition to the nomination o! the New York Governor There is no use_trying to minimiz the opposition in Georgia to the nom ination of Al Smith. The sentiment i1 the State s dry and anti-Catholic Georgia was the ‘original home of ¢ Ku Klux Klan of later days. There is | stll much resentment here because of | the treatment accorded McAdoo and | anti-Smith_delegates in the New York | (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) POLES ON CEORGIA "~ IVENUEMAY GO ' 1 Removal Order to Trolley Company Is Seen in Near Future. | | | | | | i ‘The Washington Ralway and Elec- | tric Co. may be ordered shortly to re- | move another section of the center trol- ley poles along Georgla avenue, it was learned todhy at the Public Utilities | Commission. ‘The center poles already have been removed from W street ax far north as New Hampshire avenue, and the commission now g & proposition to require the com- pany to eliminate the poles from that pont to Military rond The commission, It was pointed out, s committed to a policy of requiring the street car companies (o remove center trolley poles whenever a need for re- placement of existing poles arlses. The poles on Georglin avenie between New Hampshire avenue and Mil®®y road, | wis suld, will soon have o be re- | placed, and when the work s started | the company will be divected to erect the new poles on the sidewnlk an s been done along the lower see- ton of Georgln avenue ‘The con ut some futur tme, 1t - the Wash mgton Rallway & Eleetrie Co re- move the eenter trolley poles nlong Wisconsinavente between Hiver rond and the District line. ‘The center pole wlong Ithode Tsland avenye northeast will be the last (o be removed, 1t was explnined, becuune they are steel and | do not deteriorate ws rapidly wa the wooden polen HAND GRENADE KILLS MARINE IN NICARAGUA F. E Perham, Keesville, N. Y, In Vietim of Accident—Maj Reno Also Hurt My e Amsociated Poess MANAGUA, Nickragui, Febiuary 4 Pyt Frederick B Perhiam United Biates Martne Corps. was Killed by the acel dental exploston of & hand grenade yes- terday near Totogalps, Deparimenl of Nuev Hegovia Ma). Kdward Reno wan slightly n- ured hy the same explosion He was iUkl tiere by wirplune for treat went, Porham enllaled two years ago Weonville, N Y. where his mather, Min Mabel Perhmm lives, Mal. Heio 1a from Grove Olly, P Beont planes which flew over the wns of Ban Hafael del Note and Vali favorite haunts of followers of (he pertormed Covgen was used for an hour o counteraet the effect of the snesthetic Within two days Mets Marls wes re- turned to her mother normal and sluidy, aale. o vebel Cien. Augustinn Bandino, today obssrved no unususl Uity among the Inhshitants. Troops were rushed to this reglon yes the ntyength ..7.. Yo that awers Wi uumhflum 's followers were FEBRUARY LINDBERGH VIEWS fonger visit than I was able to give it L eult o Imagl % consider- | | enlt to bring up the mountain | the eltagel s 1t shipe. Roughly, it re- it L (/) Means Associated Pr SOLITAIRE. ] . | ANGIENT GITADEL Flyer Circles Over Fortress on Flight to Port au Prince. BY COL. CHARLES A. LINDBER! Be Cable to The Star and New York Ti PORT AU PRINCE, Ha!t. February 7. —My route yesterday gave me an un- | sually good opportunity to see the is- | and upon \which the two republics of | Haiti and Santo Domingo are situated | When 1 left Santo Domingo vesterday moming at 10:50 o'clock. local time. instead of heading west toward the Haitian capital, 1 took a northwest course. in order. at the request of the | Dominican government, to fly over San- tiago de Los Laballeros, | After leaving the tropical plain near he city of Santo Domingo. and passing | over the low mountains, T climbed up over the fertile plateau. covered with | vegetation, to the more temperate cli- mate in which Santiago is situated. It i« the largest city in the interior oi Santo Domingo. 1 circled low several times, hoth over | santiago and over the aviation field, | where a large crowd had assembled ‘Then I started for Cape Haitlen, waich | is Haltl's second city. Circles Over Capitdl. 1 circled low over this earlv capital of Haiti and over the bay, which, I am told, Columbus vizited on his first vo! age : A number of miles southwest of Cape Haitien 15 the citadel of La Ferricre butlt a little more than 100 years ago by the Haitian king, Henry Christophe | "I had been told of this citadel, which i considered by men who have seen W to be an eighth wonder of the world, and I made a special point of | visiting it It is well worth a much i l i This citadel s situated In an im- pregnable position on the peak of mountain 3,000 feet above the sea, and | dominates both the land and the ocean for miles around 1t would be considered a huge strue- ture anywhere It s all the more diffi- e the labor its construc- tion on the mountain top must have in- volved, especially with the methods in use a tury ugo This enormous fortress, with thick Wid looking walls, which must be in places 200 feet high, Is bullt entirely of brick and stone Al the brick at leaxt had to be ¢ tled up from the bottom of the steep | mountaim, mostly by hand or on the | heads of the laborers The currying of all sorts of things on the hgads seems 1o be a favorite means of transportation here Had Many The oitadel 15 suld 1o have been armed with hundreds of huge cannon which must have been extremely diffi- A uum ber of these cannon st remain, but they were hidden from me by the roof At end of the eitadel, party over- grown with shrubbery, 1 did sce thous- ands of cannon balls stacked In long rows Not Cannon, | | | the least remarkable feature of semblen worectungle, with great battle- ments rounding thiee of the corners “The hatilement on the fourth corner however, extends out 10w the prow of n dreadnnught PrOW Juts Iike n vamming de- vowing out of sheer walk Wadel and t ahrubbery covering parts of the top There nre a number of fissures tn the wilis, but sl i alic fom the al, it seeims o be fulrly wiéll preserved Tam told that there are huge cisterns b owell withifg tie eitad 1 could doubtless have for yewrs In ot w dnys Ay seem to be room tousands of men It was butlt by Clinisto phe wa & last refuge fon the Haltians. At ey had ony vecently treed themselves from slavery wnd extablishod an o Independent state oaeems they fouted the French wight vetum and attempl 1o recover the lost colony AN ve-entablish slavery Nhow of Dine According o the legend 1L wan on one of the-battements of this oltadel iat Ohtiatophe marched an - entie COMPRNY. over one of the precipitiods walla 1 o W demonatiale the dis eipling of his oo 1 flew down within a few feet af the Cltmdel o order Lo fapect 1 Phe only things 1 Know (o compare 1t W in magnitude are the aneient pyramids in Mexfen Hoth of theae rulns are (he most inpressive | have seen Consldering the difficulty of eonatiue ton, the solidity of the edifice and the immense sole on which it 1s built. this oltad n ulnnlgmn{ work A few “(Coublaiied on Page ¢ Colimn 0 s Theve wre I'h v within 1t fo 1 unde e, " ment Prison Invention May Yield Riches To Federal Convict By the Associated Pross, ATLANTA. February 7.—Experi- ences gained in the textile millof the Federal Penitentiary may make Jefl Harrison. paroled convict, a rich man. He has invented and patened an automatic stop device for cotton looms which is being tested. so far with success, by a commercial mill at Lagrange, Ga. Textile experts say it Is a great improvement over the present method which halts the ma- chinery so suddenly in ‘case of broken yarn or other trouble that it jars the machinery and often dam- ages it Harrison served nine years of a sentence for robbing the mails. He was paroled in 1925, PARLEY PROPOSED ON COMPENSATION Senator Blaine Asks Groups to Confer on Workman Legislation. An effort to bring about an agree- between groups advocating dif- terent forms of workmen's compensa- tion legislation for the District, in the Jhope of enacting & law on the subject at this sesston, was launched at a hear- Ing today before a subcommittee of the Senate District committee. Instead of setting out updn a lengthy hearing on the merits of the two pro- posed laws. Senator Blaine, Republican. of Wisconsin, chairmam of the sub- eommittee, suggested that business or- | 2anization®and representatives of labor appoint committees to get together and endeavor -ta adjust their differences Senator ‘Blaing satd he then would ar- range for féint informal conference | with the chafrman of the House sub- committee. in an effort to iron out any questions remaining. Agree to Suggestion ftes of both forms of workmen's ation agreed to the suggestion Adv compen I 'and when the hearing adjourned it ap=- peared lkely that the conferences would be held within a few days The question of compensation has - | veen before the Senate and House Dis- trict_committees to ra numbet,of yea not heretotore beeti enacted o because of differences of opin- The Bruce-Underhill bill would vlace control of the law under the su- pervision of the Distriet government through the Insurance Department. tng the employer the right to de the company or ageney with which he would plnce his nsirance to cover works ton L men’s compensation The other plan iy the Capper-Fit Vb which woukd place the compens sation fund under theeUnited States Employes Comprnsation Commission pd nuthortze the NECessary. APPropria tous from the Treas storted Husiness vrgantations of the eity have mdorsed the Bruce-Underhill bill, while the various groups tepresenting labor wdvacate the Capper - Fitzgerald measure Hoth stdes seemed 1o welcome the sug- pator Blaine © Appearing before the Senate sub ommittee toduy, Representative Under- Nl of Massachusetts, el subcominittee on this question in House, declared thete v no diffevence of oplnton over need of a compensi ton law and that the main disagree ment s whether the State should 80 g held i abevance until defintte word | of the Tnternal Rev It the tsuranee business, o whethor (Continued on Page 5. Coann %) Restoration of House Where Lincoln Dicd pl‘('\' idcd l P DIt bills were lngroduced 1 the Mouse tidday by Rey Rathbone, Repuhlivan, of ok Af thene authorices wit appropriation of AA000 to veatore (he house 1 which Prestdent Lincaln died to ita - former condition and - appestaies wikl to tall sueh furmite and - fanishings Wy beoacquired 0 make 10w nently as posaible wa 1w when Lo | coti died THIS BIE e er anthoniaes | wnnial approprintions. ander the di veetion of the OMee af Pablic Build- | s and Public Parks af the Natlonal | ury to get the fund ' i | i ' FRENCH AVIATORS DELAYED BY RAIN Costes and Lebrix, Expected | Here Today, Forced to Postpone Flight. | ! | I | | The French transatlantic fivers, Lieut Dicudonne Costes and Lieut, Comdr Joseph Lebrix will not reach Washing- . ton this afternoon. as originally expect- | ed. owing to generally bad weather con- tditions along a direct airline between i Maxwell Pield. Montgomery, Ala., and Washington. Rain. fog and unsettled conditions | were reported along the proposed non- stop course the flyers have mapped out | for the Capital. and in view of the fact that they are not laboring under a tains and generally rough terrain. Ever since reaching across the South Atlantic the airmen have proceeded In “easy stag they shall continue on this course until hev reach New York, where their plane | will be packed aboard a ship and taken { back to France. | Trip Covers 735 Miles. | | The distance by air line from Max- well to Bolling Field is about 7. which would require about hours’ fiying under ordinary conditions ‘This morning. Maj. Howard C. David- son, commanding Bolling Field, received the following message from Maxwel! Field: | “Prench fiyers' flight to Washington delayed on account of very bad weather It is not believed fivers will leave Max- well Field today if present weather conditions continue As the hour of noon approached. Army air officials concluded that thers would be no flight. first because of the weather and second because the time for permitting the plane to reach Boll- ing Field before dark had expired. It was thought the atrmen would prefer to make the journev between the Alabama city and Washington during daylight hours 5 When the definite word spread about the city to the various interests en- &aged In arranging honors and tributes for the airmen that they would not arrive today, and further that a possi- bility loomed that they may not even be able to reach here tomorrow on account of weather conditions, the pro- grams which had about been compieted were thrown into a turmotl Elaborate Program Upset. The alrmen tonight were to have been guests at dinner of Ambassador and Mme. Claudel at\the French em- bussy. which was to have been follow- ed by a reception ‘Tomorrow noon they were 1o be received by the President at the White House, which was to be fol- lowed by a reception &t the embassy by the French military and naval at- {taches In the evening a banquet was {scheduled by the National Acronautie Assoctatton {n the Chinese room of the Mayflower Hotel John F Victory of the nattonal ad ‘\|:«|I|'\‘ committes for aeronautics. charge of arvangements for the ban [ Quet, today assumed that the associa- | on would be given its opportuity to- MOFTOW DIGAE (o entertam the Avers and render a tribute (o them from the repre- ‘Mi\llll\r American acronautical or- Rantzation The State Department. which has been co-ordinating the various rounds of entertatument for the awmen early this afternoon, was unable to state b What the program would constt Jte 1 view of changed sched u [was said that probably all plans would | { t | 88 W the tie of the fyvers’ atrival heve {8 vecelved n Rathbone Mcasurc Bl where President Linealn stood on PntAtive | the tamparts under are during the at One | tack on the Capttal The Rathbane bill also authorises ACqURLION 6f Sl olher Tands s may Be necessuey (0 proserve this old fort anw hbstorke landmark T e west of the BAE stieel West of CGeoteia ave e and as part HE thin histoe ves envatioff My ‘tullun-uv Propases Lo clude the manument eveeted By the Assoctation of the Surviviaes o the 6t | Uil Army Corpa At (he point wWhote Prestdent Lol wis under e | by fiving their big Breguet plane. Nun- Resser et Calt:-over the Bouthern moun- and S———— TWO CENTS. 51,063,337 0G0 BILL FOR DEPARTMENTS 1S SENT T0 HOUSE Measure Asking $6,180,000 for U. S. Buildings Report- ed hy Committee. | | [ | | {PURCHASE OF SOUTHERN | STRUCTURE IS PROVIDED | Treasury Gets $298,387,018, While Post Office Is Allotted $764,950,- 042 of Joint Appropriation. | | | | 1 | | | Carrying appropriations of $2.630,900 ! for acquisition of the Southern Railzay Building square to make way for th {‘Fsderal building program, and $2,300.- | 000 to continue work on the Depart- | ment of Commerce Building. the Gov- | eroment Printing Office Building and the Internal Rev th Treasury and Post Office De] ! appropriation bill for the fiscal ye. 11929 was reporied to the House today { bY Chairman Madden of the House | appropriations commi The bill. as reported. carries a total |of $1.068.337,060, of which $298.387.012 i s for the Treasury Department, being jan increase of $1.629962 over curreni ! appropriations. and a decrease of $3.123.- 1200 from the recommendations of tne Budget Bureau. For the Post Office De- partment, $764.950.042 is recommended. | which is an increase of $7.582.042 over current appropriations. and a decrease nf $3.100.000 from the budget re: mendation. This includes $100.000 for the Alexandria, Va.. post office, Outstanding Features. | The outstanding new phases .of this | appropriation bill. Chatrman Madden | explaied. are to be found in the Bu- i reau of Engraving and Printing and the Public Debt Serv where reductions lare made on account of the proposed change in the size of the currency; in {the Bureau of Internal Revenue in ‘onnection with the changing of the ap- oropriation for internal revenue refunds (from a calendar to a fiscal year basis: in the separation of the aj | for the Bureau of Interna! + order to provide for the recen | Bureau of Prohibition: in { Health Service in connect | rural health work in reh: i counties in the flooded area ‘Inmpmunm for the m "hr division of bookke: rants in connection with the transp: export o £ schedule they decided to avoid risks and and the acquisition of properties 1y the iriangle area in Washington. ment’s new policy lacge Buenos Alres | quantities of supplies after a spectacular flight from Paris | quoply ;:,”fml._'f, S0des T pemes tracts. an increase of $3.000 has beer eral supply commi three additional empi den pointed out th: { Printing Expense Cut. The total appropriation for the Bu- reau of Engraving and Printing s recommended to be reduced from $7.- 72590 for the current fiscal year $8.21 98 for the fiscal year 1929 This is a decrease of $964.795. \ir Madden explained that the work of the bureau for the fiscal year 1929 is mvolved in the new note program. O the total reductions $787.000 is on @ count of the decrease in the the currency decrease in TV, savings and ecor ing operations In the work {sraving and Printing other ¢ rency printing there are increasss quired for the printing of internsl revenue stamps. opt cial tax stamps, ¢ miscellanecous work. the gquantity of withdrawal the Bureau of Prohidition. There is a transfer of $48.495. 1 g 2f persons. from the compens roll o the directors office m co: tion with administration work, and & decrense of one assistant director New Note * work of the g Program. bureau during the Madden explained, new note progran T aest require an u ive effort. I amount of produs i ise ApDRODTAtions udsnent of the H, committee. the b s well organted and the management and spinit of the argarization s such as to be X the new work t 2 it The estimates dscal vear call for the more work than the v produced before, to PRropriations nearly: & exs than for the curren ve Under the appropriation of $3 300, 000 tor contimuing work on three pr ects of the Federal butlding prog w Washington t nit of ¢ Department of Commerce B | mereased from $10.000.000 to - 000, Which is due 1o the provision of & s ot ACUVIEeS not orgmally me he development of more ad | formatin as to what 2 the strueture shou e e ! 1 ¢ e Rutlde Mo cost I inereased 100 (o $10.000.000 an account ol HOrAl space o be provided W canve of | Wties of the butlding to contoge SORCEAL RN RO stcnies creetsiti the tangle area sttt oe vatat volla IR e 830 000 000 e autharlsed tor the Distries Wia there will have W the s on by wPREA LD | IOEAL OF 543,835 008 1o Under “the aet apmoved Janvary 13 D128 W apopraion af 000000 Nas o Authorioed far the sequiaitian of Poperty B the so-cailed rlangle aves W Wishington, bounded by Beans VAl avenie and BOSteet Fittecndh Aeet A S stivel, and tesepvas tons A B C and D evchinive of Gioas SUUNERE OF IONIWEAL operty The tolal aswssedt value of the Privately PN Ay Oapital for the cave. mamgenance and [ ihe Battle e font of the for duving Ovied opesty W this triangle & st - Pratection of this butldimg and s con tenta The parents of My the box with Preaident Lincoln on the night at Assasaination The otiu | introduced by My athbone tees the mcquisition of | t Blevens, 1 the Distiiot of Culuin- the Ol Wa 1o enable the Secpetary of War tof 22000 1 authorieed o be approprt ated ‘ - | 2! Radio Pruar;m- Page G248 There i inchuded W the b tepatted today the sum of §2080.000 Rathbone weve | cairy o these provistons the swm of | fof the acguiaiiion of the proparty m AUATE 233 The Malr POrtian oF whien cimiprises the }\:‘wwr\v of the Southern . RallwagCo gy tire land .IIELD&\A\\I.N. \au"!‘:: ued on Fage & N&H (e