Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1928, Page 2

_— THE _WVENING STAR. WA MINGTON., D. . SAhvw AV, MARCH 10, 1928 s ‘DY CAUSES STIR AT TEAPOT PROBE List of Names From G. 0. P. Files Is Introduced at Hearing. ed A mystert such well D The w moment ndy.” b it might Teapot Dome today by the o memarandum cont. known nam We *“Butler” Andy the stan the *Andy” might be “C: ted ft was passible “Angy The the New ¥ tar to the R ! commi tee. 1t had to 4o with a contridution ade to the R in Novembe tess on said the t admi also be from of was taken e. 10 pay « the late Jal var in the was second. v who "Andy dea.” Hom- eT group of wilnesses. med the long quest of Continental Trading Co.'s Libertv with the pi ct of ds mining uie political use of the fu " G sley of Chicago. secreta ronal comm; 1922 records of iestroyed by e Ditbli Clevels from testified t national committee t convention at ere all other records 1922 “This was after Mr. Upl eided 1o be treasurer no lonzer.” said. “The card index was rreserved.” “What was the purpose of des| 0 the records?” red Senator Walsh, Democrat. Montana. the commitice prosacutor “Because ther were o use,” was the replv. “The the contributors were on the ¢ sheets, Hissler could not recall whether the Yecords for 1923 and earlv had been destroved or turned over to Wil lam V. Hodges. who succeeded Uphem a8 treasurer of the national commit- tee. Hodges has testified that the rec- were not gjven to him “Thev mav have been destroved when 1 closed up the Upham estate in 1926, the witness said. Hissley said be knew nothing of the £60.000 in Liberty bonds which were forwarded to Upham by Will H. Havs.| former chairman of the Republican na- tional committee. after Hays eceived them from Harry F. Sinclair in 1923 PRESIDENT LEANS TOWARD ASHEVILLE | AS SUMMER CAPITAL (Continued from First Page.) that State last vear before the Black Rilis of South Dakota finally were de- elded upon. SITE ON MOUNTAIN TOP. Zealandia, 3.000 Feet High. Commands Enormous View. ASHEVILLE, N. C., March 10 (4 Zealandia, the beautiful Summer home of Philip S. Henry. which has been offered to President Coolidge for a Sum- mer White Ho: perched high on it ucatcher Mouritain, | rectly above the city of Asheville, From the home, the altitude of vhich 4+ approximately 3.000 feet, one is| anorama of the western | northern mountains of North Asheville appears o lie at stiing in a valley bet | ding mon bu Brown | ; vears ago amed it for ! i w widely recog a8 one of beautiful and com- fortable homes in $he entire State The house has a large number of | large and small, which stretch | Ge south along the crest of the | One enters from the north inding drive througis ids. 1o the left of a h'a high cel Lthe library and the master’s living ‘With a balcony running around it Yoom gives the tmpression o and eme comfort im | stone fireplace, ofy in the Sum- | mpertime in the Appalachian Mountair s located at one end i On the rord t 0 the house ‘s 1 be found an enormous stabie now - il re accommoda ! servants NAMED FOR MEETING. €ol. B. K. Ashford 1o Represent Baliey ¥ A d ®ho has re rooin | The: | great size | Cairo ol Medics) Corps Yetrement from the Army chnser several by the ey been v Ricns as BrOup Que W hoskworm TIPS ronfixmvfi{s] mprad by the a el and [ turn. Por e, Ui [t ount of e 1 Jater filed and it s e for L i % fraking u fruic revurn 1 mate belween Ietlure” v Sile & revur Joer cent PRI wr sier of 31 Lernis) seveniie Ll Such Taliuse wis Oue 1 b reasonable cause and not v wilitul pegiect, 1t w Laspayer exercised ordi Jikry bus nd prudence, &nd Wevertielor wshle W file @ return Wit the prescribed Ume tie delay i Qe Uy b “rensonubie Cauw For wi fullure Vo tuake & retun Whie pens'ty 38 1ol tnore Wian $10.000 or B prisoranent for nov Lhian one fyesr wih, and in ton 25 @t of M winount of tar. For w Jully pwkiig @ frauduient % penialt more isn $10 by slnwn Lo L oo e e ' i (PP 1 {on 18:15 o'clock, { might benefit by us early a [NEW “LAME-DUCK” ! PLAN OFFERED AS FIRST ONE FAILS ! (Continued from First Page.) January 4, thus convening iU {wo months after an election instead of 13 | months as at present and wiping out the short session at which the “lame | ducks.” or members defeated in Novem- ber, ment, March 4 The proposal quired Presidel instead of March ¢ and provided for Clarification of doubtful constitutional | provisions dealing with succession {o the | prestdency i event of death of the [ President” and Vice President. Two sponsored by Demacrats, went mendment’s deteat. One, bama, would have elimi- adjournment dates for nd was designated, Jeffers curtail the [Senite filibusters at the f rssion. The other. by G: ett, essee. the Democratic provided that the amendn®at would not be bind- {ing 1nless ratified by three-fourths of the States within seven vears, and un- also would have re- nated specific | Con safd. to end of a n elected subsequent to its submis- sion for State ratification The House also had sday a rider to the a rejrcted on proposing two to four ye sentatives son of Connecticut flood le: rman of nerease from the terms of Repre. the Republi- Madden of 1llino appropriations comm of New Yo s committee, fired the big- inst the amendment, al- met stitf counter attacks of their own party coauthor of the pro- rd of Massachusetts, Garrett also foes on his side of the aisle, the tackers being three Virginians, Moore and Montague. gh they from mem! White of Ka and Giff Tilson Hits Constitution Changes. Arpuing that members had not beea given sufficient time to consider the vroposed revisions of the amendment. Tilson. on one of his three oral charges declared it would “be better thousand good things out ¢f ution than to put one bad his State otfering legislature amendment. Garrett contended that at ' each $100 worth of real estate, while | present fewer than 4,000 people could end the Federal Constitution. ite was supported by Ramseyer, Repub- lican, Iow: Besides firing on°the amendment it- sclf, Madden directed a special attack the Jeflers' proposal, contending that automatic adjournment dates pre- vided a “safety valve” against indefinite sessions and the spending of the pec ple’s money Garrett mterrupted and wanted know if the appropriati head could not think of something else asury “in writing the t0 tion. E protection of the Treasury is n the largest measure to the peopie’s CORCORAN EXHIBIT ! Notables to Attend Private View Tonight of New Museum Wing. ‘The President of the United States will be the guest of honor at the open- ing tonight of the new wing of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, which con- | tains the famed W. A. Clark art co { lection tive will formally open the new struc- Furthermore, the Chief Execu- re and the treasures it houses by re- moving the silken cord which, until will separale the older portion of the gallery at the entrance 10 the newer. Mrs. Coolidge wiil be unable to attend Between four and five thousand invi- tations have been issued to this private ! opening view and, as in the case of all special Corcoran functions, the roster ot those in attendance wili contain many names notable in the realms of officialdom, diplomucy and local society. Many out-of-town artists, art critics, directors of art institutions and patrons of art are expected lo attend very member of poth ho of Con- gress has received an invitation The opening will be an event in the world of art eagerly anticipated for veral years. In his will the late Senator ~Clark of Mont left his d|large, varied and priceless collection w the local institution, which was en- abled properly to house and display it through the further generosity of the | wife and daughters of the sta who assembled it with such care an: disregard of expense. Ground was broken for the extensive new wing & little more than two years ago. ‘The architect was Charles A, Platt of New York. The siaff of the gallery and its board of trustees have bent every effort toward the speedy yet proper insallation of the collec- tion, in order that the world of art view as sman d of these treast public w beginning possible “The general inspect it be enabled w omorro OF SAMOAN GROUP Annexation of certain islands of the | moun group I¥ provided for n a solution introduced in the Senale yes- terday by Senator Bingham, Republl- of Connecticut | can “The chiefs of the Islahids | and Mar and certain other of the group have agreed, the resolution | 1 cede, “absolutely and without the of Tunilla 1a Islands ald It wsked that the ces cepted and the dslands an e winiwry of the United that existing lawa lands shall not apply, shall ensct special aws for \he mansgement of h u 5. Untl such provision of gov- L ernment 1s made the civil, Judicisl and | mlitary g would be vested in such Lt sana President may digect A coma oy OF sl miermbers pro vided, two from the Benate, two Trom the House wnd two from among the Jefs of Whe island’ The sesolutiow ariles an uppropri 3 0f 325 00 10 CATTY OUL DIOYISIONS he gt is proposed | relative 1o pubiie i but that Congr ot ', i {Piano Put in Mayor To Lead Singing of CHICAGO, Murch 10 | become part of Ui furnlsiings of the msyor's ofce in tie city hall. 10 wes used for the fust Ume yesterduy Lo provide the accompantment. while merm bers of Uhe clty's legal staff rehearsed thie Jates' campiign sy luiding Mayor Hale ot 600 entitead T fes " e Coupswl Etelon opportunities for | ‘Ten- | rk. chairman | had | United Statex all rights A pluno has | POTOMAGELECTION BILL DUE TODAY | Richmond Speculates on Ef- | fect on Pending Annexa- tion Proceedings. are permitted to sit until adjourn- | 1o take office January | By & Siaff Corraspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va.. March 10. lation arose here i effect on the pending annexation litiga- tion between Arlington County and Alexandria of an ostensibly minor bill affecting the incorporated town of Po- tomae, scheduled for enactment this afternoon. The bill, which provides for w special election on the question of repealing the town charter and merging the com- munity with the county of Arlington, was amended so as (o specify that the measure should in no way affect the annexation proceedings now pending, he amendment, proposed by Dele- gate Burrell of Alexandria. was accept- ed by Senator Frank L. Ball of Arling- ton County, who introduced the bill yesterday. Senator Ball declared the { measure” had no connection whatever with the annexation trial, He Is a { member of counsel defending the county gainst Alexandria’s proposed aggres. sion. Senate Sets Record. The Senate passed the bill In 18 nutes, said to be a record for speedy legislation. The bill was hurriedly ap- proved by two committees, the consti- tutional readings were dispensed with on motion of its sponsor, and the body then voted unanimously in favor of its passage. The bill was expected to pass the House tn the rush of last-minute legis- lation today | The measure follows closely a bill | introduced in 192: It provides that on { petition to the court of 50 per cent of {ihe qualified vote be had on June 19 next, at which the town voters shall decide whether they or { | wish to continue as & corporate city 'return to Arlington County. | It is said strong sentiment in the town against | incorporation, largely due to the fact that taxes in the town are $3.30 on ' just outside the town limits, in Arling ton County. the rate is $1.10 lower. or $2.20 Reversal Brings Complaints. ‘The recent action of the town council i reversing itself on the question of whether the town should join with | Alexandria or Arlington County in the annexation proceedings also is known to have created dissatisfaction. The council ai first authorized its corpora- committee | tion counsel, Walter U. Varney, to assist | \{ | Arlington County counsel in . resisting the etforts of Alexandria to extend its boundaries into the county. but later rescinded the order and voted to side with Alexandria. As a result of this change of attitude Varnev refused to represent the town in the trial on cither, side. It has been charged that the action {of the council in voting to join with | | Alexandria was not representative of | the opinion of a majority of the citizens in the town. 1If this assertion is true, ihe citizens, through the bill now pro. posed, could, in effect, repudiate th {action of the council and register their | wish to remain in_Arlington County. It is pointed out, however, that such action would take place too late to have any bearing on the trial. The town of Potomac is one of the most Important communities in the territory which Alexandria is seeking to annex. It is in Jefferson district. Specu- | ay over the possible an election shall | there long has been a| . Y SCEN | | | and B streets southwest, where an expl | bine and killed George Henning, belo OF EXPLOSION AND MAN KILLED Debris in the power house of the De, TOR CLAMS |Senate Probers Told Agree- | ment Was Kept Despite Company Loss. OPERATOR By the Associated Pross. “The Jacksonville wage azreement. was | respected as legally and morally bmaing | | by the Pennsylvanta Coal & Coke Cor- poration. which mines in central Penn- | sylvania, John W. Searls, president, tes- tified today hefore the Senate commit- | tee investigating the bituminous situa- | tion. Searls. a Tesident of West Orange, N. 13, sald that similar agreements had |hien maintained since 1898, and that his concern had ohserved the Jackson- | ville scale until the contract lapsed, |even though it was considered “un- |economic.” He refused to express a | preference for operation by union or | non-union labor, asserting that his ex- | perfence with the “open shop” had been | too short Coal Cost Varies. | “The cost of coal varies” said the |operator, in explaining sales to rafl- roads. “We sell them a higher vola- tile coal and it costs us a lot less than !the average price to produce.” | Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Mon- | tana, questioned the operator on cost iof production and the sale price to |rallroads, apparently with a view to- | ward developing the charges by John | L. Lewis, president of the United Mine | Workers, that the railroads conspired | through ‘manipulation of large purchas- {ing power, to lessen fuel prices by de- ressing miners' wages. Searls said that the New York Central Railrcad and the Pennsylvanta Railroad r Fourteenth a steam tur- tment of Agriculture, n last night blew to piece Radio Log Tell | By the Associated P BOSTON, March 10— The radl> log of the steamship Robert E. Lee. wrecked last night off Manomet_Point, |8 miles south of Plymouth in Massa- | chusetts Bay. with 263 persons {twid the story of the and her confidence as proached The iog as recorded by the Tropical Radlo Cos station_here follows: | "8:05 pm_-From Robert E.Lee.SOS “Aground Mary Ann Rock, North Side Canal. Pounding badly. Need immediate assistance. 150 engers aboard but no panic among passengers.” 8:30 p.m.--Coast | carora radioed the Lee Guard_cutter that she was of Ship’ And Her Confidence in Rescuers 110 scue ships ap- | 'and in no immediate danger from Provin aking water | Tus- | lieaving station off Cape Ann and pro- | ceeding to her assistance. |, 8:45 pm. —Lee radioed: “Still pound- |Ing badly and listing. Getting worse. ! Snap out of it | '8:50 pm._-Lee radived: “No one in !sight yet. Getting worse all the time." 9 pm —Lee radioed: “Cannot launch ats because we are on reef and water AR FIRMS INSIST . ONMERGER PLANS I nearly all of which would be taken into | Alexandria in the event of a decision against Arlington County in the pend- SIGNS WAR MEMORIAL BILL Building Commemorating Work of Women to Be Erected Here. 'PRESIDENT The joint resolution authorizing an additional appropriation of $50,000 to | be used for the building of the memo- | Hial building to commemoratc the serv- dces and sacrifices of the women of |America in the World War, which s |10 be erected in this city, was signed b President Coolidge today - The Federal Government's share In the expense of the memorial will now |be $200000. The remainder of the ‘3400 000 that the memorial is estimated o cost will be borne by the American | Red Cross, which is raising the money by subscription. Already the American Red Cross has raised $330,000. The memorial, which will be in the form of a handsome marble building, | similar in design and appearance to the | bullding now housing the headquarters {of the Red Cross, is o be erected ad- jacent to the present Red Cross build- ing and will face E street between Sev- enteenth and Efghteenth streets north- west. The building will house Red ross activities, The ground already has been broken and the actual work of construction 18 expected to commence {within a few weeks, TT CONFESSES. | MeDERMO Mellett Blayer Admits Part in Mur- der, Report Holds. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohlo, March 10 (4% | =The Youngstown Vindieator in | Copyrighted story today sald that Pat | McDermot, serving a life term in the | penitentiary for his part in the murder of Don Meliett, Canton publisher, has [confessed he was “on the firing Hoe” | it Flovd Breltenberger “wind Louin en tne; | pinser wien tiey fired the ahots that Btreitenberger, former detective, and | Mazer, underworid character. aiso are 1:»n|n.; prison sentences i the Mellett e | | | 29 DIE IN BATTLES. Oue Mexican Soldler and 28 In | surgents Are Slain | MEXICO CITY, March 10 (#). - Dix putchies from Guadalsjure today suld 28 dnsurgents and 1 soldier were killed Ina number of encounters with Kovern- ment troops, “Fhies insurgents and one sldier were wounded, The most dmportant of the clunhies took place ut Villita, near Ameca, where Uie dusurgents when dispersed wbun- doned 20 deaa | wounded seriously al Zapaterso, while | five athers were kilied at fam Chircon In minor engagements with federsl troops, Thompson’s Office Big Bill the Builder™ provided the Iynics, led i the shnging Wi fought wnd fought Ko history couid be taug s Big BN the Bullder,” wan ane of Lhe big spots of the chorus 10 was explutned that the corporation counnel will hold regulnr meelings o Gt polltical apeakers, and that those i W charge of political gatherngs will be | reguited W lend thedr sudiences in By WLt Buildur” wind patelotig, wngs, Thiee insurgents were killed and three | Utilities Commission Must Accept or Reject Orig- | inal Proposals. With the merger hearing in recess today until Monday morning. and rap- 1dly nearing an end, the main ssue at stake In the fight over the plan for | had recently peid $1.90 & ton for coal | | to his company, representing an ap- | proximate loss on the coal of 57 cents | per ton to the company. # He denied, however, that this ac- | counted for his company losing money | for the past four years. Asked what | was mainly responsible for the losses | he said: “High wages.” | Labor Condemned. ‘ Organized labor and collective bar- | |gaining were condemned before. the | Committee vesterday by W. G_Warden, Peril sked the hes buoy too shallow.” The Lee then Tuscarora if there was a bree aboard. 9:32 pm OK. at present Lee ioed: “Everybody RIDE REPORT HTS. LACK OF AUTHORITY Loss of Municipal Power Costly to Capital, Congress Is Informed. The Commissioners of the District were described ax mere ministerial of- ficers enjoying no rignis and exercising no municipal powers e.cept such am conferred upon them G¥ acts of Con- #ress, in a comprehe 10-page re- port prepared by Corperation Counsel Willlam W. Bride, which was sent to Congress late yesterday together with the raft of a bill to give the Commissioners power to settle claims and suits that grow out of the peculiar legal status of the District. Such legislation, it was pointed out, would save the District thousands of dollars yearly The receipt of the report was follower immediately by the introduction of bi! in both Senate and House to correct the situation. Senator Capper and Repre- sentative Zihlman, chairman of the Di trict committees, sponsored the meas- ures. Mr. Bride's report is designed to show the necessity for the proposed legisia- tion, and it declares that the District, unlike any other municipal corporation in the United States, has no impiied municipal funetions or powers by rea- son of the fact that the Commission= ers are merely ministerial officers en joving no rights and exereising no municipal powers except such as e ferred upon them by acts of Congrest. Present Plan Assailed. n 0f Vostardas's Srar trict of Columbia s exercised gress with the resuit that the city of nearly one-bal! a million people, al though technically a municipa! corpora= ticn,” sald Mr. Bride, “is more circum= scribed in its functions of a general municipal nature than is the small incorporated town in the count “The situation is productive of un- wieldiness, expense and poor aglminis waidon from the standpoint of s business policy. It has fts reflex in Congress, by necessitating consideration by that body of a vast number of mat- 9:45> p.m.—-The ' a radioed she brocceding at full speed. and at the Lee told the U. S S. Bush- e are lying comfortably just now Hope we ssengers in morning.” Bushnell. rushing and the scene of the submarine S-4 salvage. reported: “Ar- rived at Lee 10:30. Standing by until morning and will make no attempt to take off passengers except in extreme cmergeney as 0o heavy for us to approach clos 1:15 am.—The Bushnell reported to the navy yard thal the snow was be- coming ~thicker and that she could hardly sce the L 1:45 am.-—The Lee reported: ngers all comfortable. - erating slightly. Probably _transfer passengers at daybreak. weather per- mitting. _ Emergency gas engine now going and in use for lights " nell can transfer all 10:40 p.m 'SHIPS WAIT CALM SEA TO RESCUE 263 FROM LINER HIGH ON ROCKS (Continued from First Page) during occasional lulls in the gale, which sometimes dropped to 40-miles | the Department of an hour, the blasts of whistles was heard worth place and B sireet southwest, is| continually through the gloom First messages from the lee indicated | last night of a turbine. i |chairman of the board of directors of 1. EMPLOYE DIES IN TURBINE BLAST George Henning, Power Plant Aice, Fatally Hurt as Engine Explodes. Geol Henning sistant engineer at 64 years oid, as- the power plant of Agriculture at Lin- dead as the result of an explosion early Fatally in- ! that she had lost her course in treadiug | jured by a plece of the fiying debris, unification of Washington's transporta- | fon systems stood out sharply defined. Efther the Public Utllities Commis sion must aceept the merger agreement as a whole, with its $50,000,000 valus tlon and guarantee of a 7 per cent re- turn, or it must reject it. That is the ultimatum given by the heads of the (wo_street raflway companies The only possible modification which hey would agree to, so the clafm wax made, i5 to submit to a revaluation at the end of a 10-year period, provided their original demands are cepted by the commission Traction Position Verified. he position of the Capital Traction Co. and the Washington Rallway & Elec- trie Co., steadfastly maintained through- out the hearing, was clarified and given additional emphasls yesterday after- noon by William F. Ham, president of the latter compuny. While unable to el any other conceasion than a possible revaluation, the public repre<er least drove the traction magnates to the point where they had to lay sll thelr cards upon the table. But Willlam McK. Clayton of the Federation of Citizens' Assoclation did not waste his efforts in fruftless results altogether, He got Into the record from the most authoritative sources a denlal and an afirmation that the North American Co, of New York, the fiy in he merger ointment, controls the Washington Rallway & Electrie Co The denial was mude by Harley P Wilson, & director fn the North Amieri- can Co, and the admission of con= trol was wrung from Mr. Ham. Clayton has contended all along that this al leged stock control n the local traction company 15 held Hllegally and that it s the Intention of the New York company to use Its stock i voting on the merger agreement, which he contends would be another llegal act ‘Through its prestdent the North American Co. had stated that it owns or holds 47 per cent of the s 10 the Washinglon Railrond & Ele Co., and enrlier fn the hearing yester- day Mr. Wikson, very indignamly, had | dented that the company i which he 1s a divector “owns a control” When Mr. Ham took the stand | Clayton put the same question to him He woked My, Ham Af he considered that. & single 47 per the stack of w corporation would con- stitute control of the company. “1 should call that practicul trol” Mr. Ham admitted “Then i not the North Co, I control of your compuny [ ton pressed | | | cons Amerfean Clay wm Verities Holdings. AL ds 10 the Tecord that the North 1ean has 4% per cent of out 1 would call that practicnl con Ham testified e part that the Potonae Eleetrle Pawer Co. would play 1o reduchig tuil fares I mcluded i the yer consumed w conald- erable “1f the power company was In the merger wnd 18 earnlogs were ol | into the common treasury, wonld there be wny dunger of dnciéused fu Olayton demanded Ham sndd 10 would make 1o differ- once, explainiug that e power com- puny 18 Hmited o 9 per cent ity | ewrntngs nnd. under the taw, hus had o reduce 15 earnings Bom Uime (0 time Col Ladue, @ member of the com misslon, questioned Ham about (he contractural - agreement between (he Wieco and power compantes and wiat the new merged company would enjoy, “An far as 1ocan s sald Ol Ladue, "l thens heneits wie enfoyed by e taction compiany and the pow- cent holding of | | Neponset in Buz | Rener the lower reaches on her way by the in: Cape Cod Canal and he vessel left Boston at 5 pm. vesters day, and was due in New York at § am todar. The point where she grounde siderably shoreward of the usua and is in the midst of & nu other dangerous recfs and ledges je route to the d is cone course The accident was the second of the night, was slightly injured. On the night of home after an examination at, Provi- collided with the tug dend ason for the Le December 12 sh f Massachusetts Bay | which severe New York City. | his | explosion. nber of G his windpipe, Henning was taken to Emergency Hospital by brother-in-law, George Kane, of 1218 B street southwest, who lives but a short distance awav and heard the He died about 1 o'clock this morning George McCarthy. 5¢ years old. 926 nt place, another assistant engi- neer, in charge of the power plant at He went Hospital ters of a purely municipal natura ordi- nariiy disposed of by the aldermen or council of municipal corporations. The existing system not only is produc great inefficiency. but results in m farious litigation at very considerable expense to the citizens of the commu- nity by reason of the fact that the District of Cslumbia is of necessi compellec-1o defend suits both as to law and in equity when it is a foregone conclusion that the decision will be ad- verse to the District. Judgments More Costly. “Municipal _expenditures for this hopeless _ litigation mounts into _the thousands of dollars every year through the payme: ot witness (e:l:, em;; 14 v | costs, stenographic records and recor the coal situation was planned. |on appeal. and the most considerable Policy Held Unbiased. |liemsof all. payment of judgments " vastly in excess cf the amount for whic! ‘Our policy.” he said. “Is to be un- | yReti¥ o blased.. It 15 the custom In such cases | the claim or suit could have been et 0 submit both sides in a report, the | tied Without litigation. LItgeton of (A8 one pitted against the other. 1 do not | 1170 2 0L SPEREE OF SORSOONT, B know about the coal report. as that i | “ryev e el show & vast number of | being handled in our New York office.” | b e Syt ! " Eaton based his statement on a bul. | %3 where the amount recovered from letin of the National Coal Association, | the District througn litigation 1s many which he offered in evidence. Dated | Lmcs I €xcess of the sum which the March 3, 1938, the bulletin quoted F. | Cont in setttemente o E 0 8¢ | Ernest Johnson, executive secretary of | b ¢ | the Church Councll, as authority that | N7 Bride clied & number of cases of | the report was being prepared “by the | aple the’ series of suits invoiving the | council at the instance of the organiza- | pisirict and the Washington Terminal '6‘3;":'"'“ Protestant Churches in Pitts- C‘,’, l(;;g‘ Pennsylvania Railroad and the | Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washingten R SO T i M R ERES | Dol o fy WS on praise for all operators whom he ard | his assoclates Interviewed.” sald the bul- | T GG Fue gt letin, In connection with the prepara is;::sb"“»’t:\-'em{:mp?&;‘ "30;9!!;'; tlon of th ; ners 10+ i . ¢ o atars Tl rapetat e ik the | statuie of limutations lsches of the piving _information concerning congt- | DiainUfl. or. 1u the case of suit to re- tions In the western district of Penn- | Sover, 1a5¢S paid, the plea of voluntary sylvania and that before the report was | Damens, On behalf of the plainiff issued, tentative drafts would be sent| wam s ‘and fair and will tend the interested operators so that thev |t meamirce an cogitoble Sererminati {i0 promois an equitable deter | might have the opportunity to Point out | 3 the feais thveled. Mr. Bride pomted to the council any errors. It said also|out that these cases arise most free that the councll was desirous of getting | quently under the Borland amend- 1 this report before the public “while the s imposing cial assessments fi | the Pittsburgh Coal Co.. who accepted ! responsibility for initiating that con- | cern’s repudiation of the United Mine | Workers and scrapping of the Jackson- {ville wage agreement in 1925. | Shortly before the crowded commit- |tee room had heard charges by Oliver | K. Eaton. union atiorney, that the Fed- leral Couneil of the Churches of Christ in America was in collusion with coal | aperators on a repori to “whitewash” | the latter of responsibility “for the dis- | tressing situation in the Pennsylv:\.nu‘ | coal fields. Later and away from the hearing Dr. |W. L. Darbv of Washington. secretary for ti Federal Council of Churches, !said he had heard that a report on | industry is under congressional spot- light." Flourishing a copy of the bulletin, | Eaton said he submitted the Coal sociation document “for a specific pu pose.” Warden's stand against labor resul in a sharp exchange with Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana ds Bay, sinking the Oficlals unable this morning of two members of to explain’ the cause of the fatal dent Pieces of Iron were s about the room and it the notse of the blast was b three blocks. Steam enveloped ¥ after accident and craft with the los the tug's ew The Lee was built In 1924, Is of 5484 55 tons and is 375 feet long. The ship has accommodations for about 300 passengers. Manoniet Point is approximately 40 miles out of Bos and 7 miles north of the Cape Co is about 15 miles south- ttered said_that | d for | the lights Boston— Nationally | | | i 1 House atsed ‘The bill authoricss appropriation of $100,000.000, German sird Austro-Hun- | garan claims of $100,000 or under will be_ settled in full and claims of greater alue will be settled mmedintely W the nt of 80 per centy ‘The claims covered by the alien prop- bill which the United States will | velmbuise fall principally nader the cat- egorfes of ships seiced during the war | | and of patent rights. the and some ¥ Will Report on Mexico. HOUSTON, Tex. March 10 () Alturo M, Elias, half-brother of Prest- dent Calles, consul general of Mexico I the United States and his country's fnanctnl agent I New Yok Clty, was i Houston yesterday én route (o Mextea City o make what he tevmed his wnnual veport He said the repart Universities Plan League URBANA, UL, March 10 (3 M- | | western universities will form e “league | of nations” to study and debate inters | national subfects of curesnt intevest the Pulitical Scfence Club - announcede yesterday. The club proposes & model league among larger Midwestern uni- | versitles 10 Catty out ity conception Representatives of the sehools will meet | Iy o be veiy favorable. “Mexieo st |here i April to form the league. each | least,”” he added. “1s able (o pay the fn- | representative serving as & delegate of ferest on her debt, which % something” | s countey | Henning lying about 15 feet away from | the turbine. He took him to Emergency naval vessels we d whed The accident occurred two hours and | had and rockbound coast.” Born in Washingten, January 31 . 1864, Henning would have been eligible [ past eight years had been employed at | the Department of Agriculture By the Aswociated Press District of umb Marvland, Dela- wire nnd New died at his rest & y { President Coolidge aid not regard the Kuown as Expert. [ bIl s satisfactory as the one which for He was o member of the A R Talbot Camp, Modern Woodmen of - Amerfea, | phyrsday, were conducted in Hysong's uneral parlors, 1300 N street, this Funeral services will be conducted at the restdence Monday afternoon at 2oy highway development He was a member of various sclentific and engl- sentative McKeown of Oklahoma, Com i misstoner General of Inunigration ed to the plant and found ! 1l and it west of Provincetown from whence the 2 . Hospital in his own machine. Henning | scribbled a note reading: “Can't| a half after the Lee left Boston. The | talk” and he pointed to this when | sonth coast of Massachusetts Bay is | found lly sandy, but there ure a number | At Henning's home, 945 Virzinia ave- 8¢ offshort ledges. although the scene nue southwest, just a few blocks from J& described In & poem dealing with the | the scene of the accident, widow Janding of the Pllgrims at “The stern | was overcome with grief today for retirement from the Government i [service on reaching the age of 8, less | [than @ year hence. He had been with < i LNESS |5 Cortimest some 8 Yo g o President Puts Measure to worked for years at the White House. | g AFTER LONG IL |the Washington Monument and for the | Settle U. S. Claims on William McCaffrey Had Held The turbine was six vears old and Germany in Effect. B generated electricity for the department Position With Order . Since 1912 FUNERAL RITES HELD President Coolidge today signed the FOR A. B. FLETCHER aten property bill. providing for settle- William McCaffrey, 65 years ol ks | ment of American claums against Ger- Villiam McCaftrey. 65 years old. | many and for the returm of scised Ger- State depuly of the Modern Woodmen ' o gl | f o Amerien, the district neluding the Federal Engineer to Be Buried {8/ man property. Was | It had been disclosed previousty that dence, No. 28 Second street northe today after w long flness. s aiites Austin Brad- | Was vecommended by th Treasury. He Mr. MeCaffrey ad been State depu- | plateher, consulting engineer for | did not like the proposal that salartes ty since 1912 Up (o that year he had e pgted States Bureau of Public | of the deafting cletk of the Senate and been employed i the ofice of e | paags Department of Agriculture, who b odicials ecretury of the United Stales Senate | g of pneumonin st his residence, 24 s Hexketh streot, Chevy Chase, Md., wind of the Royal Nefghbors of America He was a native of Towa afternoonThe body will be taken to Mo 15 survived by his widow. Mrs | Boston tomortow for burial Martha MeCaffrey: two sons, Willlam | apy- Fletoher, who had served as con O, McCaflrey and Henry R, MeCattvoy, [ auitiig engineer of the United States and n daughter. Mry. Chatles Appel Bureau of Public Roads since 1920, was a nationally known engineer and expert clock. Rev, A, E. Burtows, pastor of The Eastern’ Presbytortan Chureh, Wil | noertg socletles. patiiotio organtzations ofclnte. toterment will be tn Fort [and elubs Lincoln Cemetery Honorary pallbearers will be Repre sentative Howard of Nebraskw, Repre Hary B Jull, Dr Chomas Linville Willlam 11 Cole und A 1. Jaeger, ‘The actiy st 1nelud J w Sutherin, J. K. Duncan, ML Dicus, W. M. Bryee, J0 A Trannell and W TOTritpoe J Muj. Sturgill Gets New Post. Ma) Walter 8, Sturgill, Fleld Artil lery, nttuched o the office of the chiet sardinator, Arington Building, thiy eity, has been detalled to wdditonal duly ns an instrdetor of the National Gunrd of the Disteiet of Columbla. wnd wanlgned (o e 2000 DIvision, 34 Corps | Senator Believes Persons Past 50 Should Not Drive in Busy Streets Sonator Copeland, Demoorat, of New York, # physlcian and former healthy comminaloner I the wetropolls, does not belleve & person past the age of 50 ahould diive wn wutomobile alone I the erowdod olty stroets « The Senalor voloed this opinlon at & mecting of the Senate DIsiriet coms mities vasterday afternosy The com- mitioe way conatlering the new ehild labor faw for the DIstHet and the dis- the Hider cusshon branehed aft (o an exchange of | Views on the telative ability of persons | of different aes to perform certain ! tasks. | Senator Copeland alwo told of how the average expectancy of lite has been noreased I tevent years throush | Nealth measures, which promupted Sen- At Bruoe, Demoorat, of Maryland. o observe that same of (he algnes of the e n;ulul\ of lndependence lved © & very ol Ae anpany and nothing at all” “Yon, that ts out Rels * Ham observed » Monday Halph B Fleharty, peoples’ connsel Wil oceupy abont #in hour and a halt Monday morntog, when the heaving Tosimen, i attacking the merger wgiee- mentJdett W Lauck and Arthur D Hinrgls will presont the guarantees re quested by fabor and avgnments by the lawyers will bogia fa the altennoon, . ect paving. The court of last art of the District, he pointed out. held the Borland laws o be void nvalid as applied to particular pro where the application of the law >sults in unequal and ineg “on due primarily to irregu cellation or refus presented and upon inves Bride said. many t taxes paid were Commissioner Mr. | were found to be “on all fours™ with decided case, yet by reason of the fact that ltigation is slow and mueh time elapses between the assessment of the tax and a decree of & court of last re- sort canceling the assessment, the cl for cancellation is necessart! y long after the assess been levied PLANS TELEVISION TEST. LONDON. March 10 (# . —The Lon- don Daily Mirror today said that Jo! 1 ird, inventor of television. intends to test his apparatus by transe an airplane in the near fu Capt. O. Q. Hutchinson, associate of arrived in Engl £ Yostandav's S favorable report on the nea ot Representative Gree Towa, chairman of the House ways and mey commitiee, to the United St Clatms I8 due to be made to the Senate judictary commitice Monday e its subcommittee. The nemination 'd test of Demovrat, Montana, e Repre sentative vears of age, WO Vears beyon age for Federal welby D I'o Abandon Post During was he! Wak cnies Aim Police Probe tspector Willlam S Sheldy sistant superintendent of e, w yesterday applisd for retitement o physical disadility, announcat yes ferday afternonn that he does Propose (o leave the deparament the face of the congressianal fves Ration of the department o aay o its aficers Taapectar Sheldy said that fallow ng the announcement of his ten han 10 retire he learned (hat his ac Hon was belug interpreted fn cet 1AL QuATters as indicating that he WO 10 ase & gracetul exit ftrom AN mpending congressknal fves- Ugation of charges againgt the Bo e Department and Mal Biwin 8 Hesse, supertntendeint. s applivation for, retirement. Inspector Shelby said, e stipuiated hal his severance o the servive after 34 years o the jalice (e Will take effect only after the v vab livestigation I8 eompleed andt AOOE ANy Pudle vestigations that WAV W auk ol the present probe.