Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1928, Page 2

b, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASTITNGTON, D. ¢, MARCH 11, 1928—PART 1. PLANS FOR CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT LAID BEFORE COMMITTEE - NEW MARKET SEEN __ (Continued from First Page.) said were necessary for them to carry flong‘.(ho Capital development program 10 t INDOWNTOWN AREA "center Dflalers chofled ‘Oi‘“! to clear away a t_echnl‘rlgky tr‘\st Have Taken Space in "‘5‘3:“.‘.‘,‘“‘2; el Raarane Proposed Building. cl ‘p:\n. Another is now pending before | the judiciary committee providing for a new judge to specializ® in condemna- | tion cases and thus result in more uni- .| form awards. A huge new Center Market, financed | by private capital, may be erected in | the Congress is advised to do is to de- -+the downtown retail arca, according to| lermine now whether Washington 1s & 5 to have the encircling drive, so that ~Selable Suflcntins tuat sight. portions of the right of way may be ac- A large number of dealers in Center quired, which would otherwise be lost. * Market, it was learned, have signed | Congress must approve the plan in ita entative contracts to take space in . entirety. otherwise the piecemeal acqui« the new building when it is constructed. | sition of the land would be ‘lu_t}le-b e The location has not been made known, | The committee was improssed by the even to the dealers. This wms done, oier speakers that the development it is understood, to enable the com- plans are not merely to beautify the pany behind the project to obtain op- Seat of Government, but to make pro- tions ‘on all properties on which the | vision for a city of more than 4.000.000 market would be bullt. residents with proper community im- These developments came last night ' Provemen on the heels of announcement vesterday'! Three Main Features. by Serator Smoot of Utah, that dealers| . Col. Grant cmghasmd‘u'thg mltse; would not be forced out of the present | that there are three main features a Cemlf- Market for at least two years, | the commission’s work—plamning, ex- probably longer. Senator Smoot has a | ccutive control over the highway plan land purchasing park lands. He de- Tesolution pending In the Senate pro- |Snd DUTeHASUR BACC o ment of the viding that the Department of Agricul- | park plan and the interlude in which ture after January 1, 1929, shall cease | the plan was entirely forgotten. to operate Center Market. His assur- | Col. Grant surprised ths committee ance, however, that this legisiation was | by stating that there i1s sufficient room not intended to stop Center Market on v existil zoning regulations for this exact date, but to put dealers o1 | ! notice that they must move eventually, | (rict, and room in the general environ- § came as a g relief to the dealers.'!ment for 4,000,000 residences. He em- ~nator Smoot is chairman of a ;uxl\)hc Buildings Commission, which is | housing possib:lity in mind in planning g: 3 ad on the Meder ‘h‘::‘ nmpmb l.m’flu new Depait- |that 29 per cent of the usable area of | ment of Justice Building is to go on | the District is reserved for highways, to | the site now occupled by the market. | illustrate how impartant highway de- | | velopment is. Drive Is Launched. & One of the most important things | fact brought out by Col. Grant and the | 700.000 additional residences in the Dis- | the { phasized that it is desirable to bear this | ‘the future city. He called to I(h'l\tlonl One feature of special interest on A drive against the Smoot resoluticn had been launched by Market dealers. but they welcomed | heartily the explanation of the Senator | that he did not mean ta drive tem ou by January 1, as his resolution seems | to_indicate. i Some time ago a move was made to| obiain a location for a mew market in, the area bounded by Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. Rhode Island avenue d R street. wmhgrbu:&mao‘:‘ gi same contemp! y those behind ! Febe new move has not been ascertained. | 7= Assurances were given nsmmible! Zjlealers yvesterday, however, that “pa- pers had been signed” for all of the| SRew site, with u;e emmn:lon of two | ymall parcels, and op! were ex- b ed that the site will be announced. | Zew days. When this is done, it is ex-| a'acw that the site wil be anounced. ~ Center Market men appear virtually in their opinion that they | go to the Southwest location, | vhich has been recommended for the, "armers’ Market site. As dealers, they | 23y they must be located somewhere ar the retail business section if they $3vish to attract the trade they now en-| fl,ei at Center Market. | = | Problem Complicated. | # Disposition of the Rarmers' Market | lem still is complicated. A bill to't “Jocate this market permanently in the Bouthwest section has been reported out by the District committee. The Dis- | E rs at the request of ihiman of the House Dis-| 480 provide for a temporaryy t Ahbe south side of B street bstween Sixth sand Ninth streets. Tei sheds | provided Pro- | #~ Faced by the Smoot tion to do | away with the Tmarket | “Center Market dealers started a cam- etary Con | | : every ‘;m-onnm-,nueum ! =1 believe,” he- wrote, $17,000,000 10 best information | pepole of | for over 50 years, and tsl Beill doing so. 3 Blow te Trade Seen. | “It is believed that Congress does not n 10 deny to thousands of Govern- | mient and other wage earners a continu: ce of existing sources of food supply fzr as possible, but if the Smoot keaolution is spproved it will create | such a condition, since about 300,000 cubic feet of space in that block is relrigerated by & pipe line service from | Budget the plant at Center Market. Canse- cuently a discontinuanee of the market | zutomatically cripples much of the| buziness in the neighboring block, and business firms there would suffer be- | ceuse unsetti>d conditions prevailing a5 1o ownership and future oceupal would augur against private establiish- ment of the reirigerating facilities dis- | continued by the abolishment of Center | Market.” 1 R. C. Briggs, president of the Center | ldarket Dealers’ Assoclation, and Mr. Robinson appeared Priday before the! Washinglon Chamber of Commerce. | The meeting adopted a resolution call- ing on Congress 1o take no action on such legislation as the Bmoot bill. Comunission merchants who are now located near Center Market and muxl! move Lo make way for the Federal! bullding program have not yet decided | where ¢ will go. Some have indi cated & desire W go o the Southwest baczilon, but others prefer the Ecking- wn site ! February Circulation ! Daily... 102,694 , 111,312 | the elrcle at HEAYY SEAS POUND LINER ASHORE ON NEW ENGLAND COAST | | | | A which the commission is now active is | the Center | changing the highway plan where that is stil possible, so that it may conform | to the topography. Nine Changes Since June 30. Twenty-three such changes were made before June 30, last, and ninc since then, and progress along this line is continuing. Such changes, he | pointed out, not only improve the ap- | pearance of the city by preventing the leveling of hills and the filling in of | valleys, but is also a matter of consid- erable economy to those purchasing homes, as it eliminates a consmt:nblel amount of grading. Representative Underhill, Republican | of Massachusetts, questioned Col. Grant closely regarding what can be donc to prevent despailing the natural beauty of the region by those engaged in subur- ban real estate developments. Mr, Underhill emphasized that great deal of harm was done previous to the establishment of this commission,” less than two years ago. Col. Grant told the committee that he planning commission has found it- self handicapped by law and is seek- ing remedial legislation which will f: cilitate its wark in altering the hig! way plan. He aiso called attention that a great deal of money is being spent by the Government for beautification projects, but that the commission has no con- trol over construction an adjacent prop- erty, which may spoil the Government development. Representative Underhill suggested control through the assessor's office. Col. Grant expressed the opinion that the assessment system in Wash- ington is safer than in most other Dlaces, being based on full value as de- termined by sales. Mr. Underhill em- that there will be 3 tremen- dous inerease in realdy walué and as- sessed value of property on the.morth side of Pennsylvania avenue in the pear future. Col, Grant urged passage of the Shipstead-Zihlman bill to control the of structures adjacent to Government development. Mr. Under- hill cited the necessity of & limitation in the Distriet appropria- tion bill prohibiting the use of any funds for locating the house of deten- &' losiation of whet Loe emmncs n of wi law would do. Ebseael Asks Change in Condemnation Law. Col. Grant told the committee that the commission has found difficulty in procuring Jand under ' condemnation and uw:ud a change in the con. demna law to speed up procedure €0°that the cases will not be kept pend- ing for six or seven years and the Gov- ernment can get a better presentation of the value of the property condemned through the assessor's office. At pres- ent it is limited 1 paying 125 per cent of the value. Mr. Underhill offered the help of th committee in getting action u']:un m: roposed legislation which is pending fore the judiclary committee, because it calls for an additional judge who would be an expert in condemnation cases and so & uniformity of award wou'd l;:lull “Tht Director of the awaiting an opinion from the Attorney General. 2 Maj. Cary Brown, engincer of the National Capital Park and Planning | Commission. described the work that is being done in the suburbap park area so as to properly co-ordinate it with the District development. He lllusirated with charts how close in area within 45 minutes’ transportation from the cenler of the city, such as the ares be- | tween Beltsville and Olney is now un- developed, but it is foreseen will even- | ually afford homes to many thousands of persons. . Brown sald that the Commis- slon's advisory powers in regard to rail. | roads, zoning, and all features regard- ing physical development of the reglon are helping to carry forward the Capital beautiful prognm He discussed the roposal for bullding a belt line from otomac Yards circling Georgetown, to connect with the railroads to the north, and sald the study by the Commission have convinced them that such a line 15 quite unnccessary Shows Undeveloped Aren. He pointed out on maps large areas which are not developed for lack of highways, particularly the reglon norta of the' Boldiers’ Home grounds and Catholic University, and explained the bighways, through or around these bar- riers. Ma). Brown commended the close co- operation given by Maryland and Vir- ginia i co-ordineled work 1o carry along the general program of Capital development. He pointed out on the chart that these radial highways cut well neperated poiars wround the Capital so that they keen affic epread out instead of being con gested on one or tvo main entrang highwi Que joned by Mro Underbill as to {whether Park rosd snd Columbla rosd should be main croselown routes ns for opening up this region by | n- | Coast Guardsmen (below), setting out from Manomet Point in a hoat which later overturned, throwing its eccupants inte the sca. surf hoat were lost. Another died an the way to a hospital. connecting ‘Washingion _and Great Falls, This 18 onc® of the areas of special importance selected by the scientists, ¢ described it as scenically {one of the most beautiful spots on the Atlantic Coast and the Falls as tho climax and one of the greatest natural wonders near the Capital City. i Questioned by Mr. Underhill as to! whether power development would not | destroy this scenic beauty, Mr. Eliot replied that he is a member of a special committee which is now trying to find a campromise that will allow both park and power development, and | that the “prospects are still hopeful | that a way will be found.” (3) Extension of the Rock Creek Park further up the valley toward Rockville. s0 as to contral more of the watershed and preserve the matural flow of Rock Creek and the beauty ot the valley. 4. Extension of th: park up the valley of the northwest branch of tho Anacostis River back of the Salders’ Home Grounds and to connect with the Maryland water supply project. 5. Extension of the Anacostia valley parks, like the Bronx parkway .as a parkway drive toward Baltinor>. Two Projects in Distriet. | ‘Within the District - he citod “two | major projests to carry along the Mce! Millan plah of 190t—the encjrcling | parkway drives, the inner one-of 20 miles and the outer one of 28 miles| connec the old forts. ‘When the members of the committec | showed & very eeger interest in the fort drives around the Capital, Mr. their request expained it more full the seoand row of hills surraunding Capltal, he said, these old forts occupy the most commanding sites. The con- neeting park drive. he emphasized should be wide enough to give the effect | of a green sttip all the way. Some of these forts have already been acquired by the commission and others have for some time been occupled by institu- tions. Among these recently acquired are Foris Glocum, Stevens. Bayard, Car- roll, Stanton and several years ago! Forts Davis and Dupont | Representative McLeod of Michigan took a particular interest In this pro- | pased dsvelopment and questioned the | witness closely. He brought out that the plan was feasible now and may not be within a few years: that the right-of-way can be acquired for the | relatively small sum of $2,750,000, giv- | | Ing one of th: most beautiful features | to any capital {n all the world Mr. Eliot explained the plan for a | “three-barreled road" The central {drive would be 54 feet wide and paved, | with strips of parkway on either side, and then on along both sides, two serv- ice roads W accommodate abutting property owners | Would Accept Contributions. Mr. Mcleod emphasized that con- tributions from private persons should be accepted o help make this feature an early actuality It was also explained that the com- mission has in mind the correction of the boundarics of Rock Creek Park,, | espectally in places where private prop- erly threatens to encroach on the char- acter of the park The palisades along the Potomac, 1t was alsa pointed out, are to be an lmport- tant feature of the parkway develop- {ment, as deslrable as extensions of the park system of the District In reply to questions by Representa- tive Lampert regarding the proposed air port, Col. Grant explained that the | commission after making a number of | studles had reported that the best lucus | tion wa sat Gravelly Point Col. Grant cited Fort Reno as an | Mustration of development [rofects | that can be llnked in through the fort | diive, ) | France and Holland Sign Pret, | OGENEVA, 8witzerland, March 10 | ) Aristide Brinnd und Jonkheer ¥ ifll‘lurnn van Blokland, forelgn minis- < ond Holland, nigned here | ters of Fran | today w treaty of arbitration and con- Lellintion. The pact follows the general | nes of other arhitrption treation whieh | Franee has eoncludid lately, | week. The steamship Robert E. Lee (above), aground off Manomet Point, Mass. CAPITAL MEASURE SLATED INHOUSE Rum Hi-Jacking Probe to Centinue—Civil Service and Fund Bills Up. This is to be a busy week for Dis- trict affairs in the House. Although tomorrow is a regular Dis- trict calendar day in the House, it wili not be used for consideration of the four or five Distriot measures sched: uled, because none of these are con sidered urgent. House Leader Tilson intends to use the day for continucd debate on the White radio bill, with the prospect that it may continue into ‘Tuesday. Tomorrow, however, Gibson expects to resume hearings on the police hi-jacking and law enforce- ment investigation, with prospects that ft will be continued throughout the Harry N. Douthitt, field secre- tary of the Citizens' Service League for Law and Order, has not completed his testimony. A. O. Simms has been noti- Representativy | THREE LOSE LIVES | IN RESCUE OF 263 ON WRECKED LINER (Continued from First Page) Rose Bennett of New York and Lillian 8imons of Boston. A kerosene lamp furnished the lght for their game. | Both passengers and members of the | crew spoke highly of the efficient work | of the Coast Guardsmen, who, despite | high seas. removed 275 persons from | the wreck in motor surf boats within a period of five hours. After the last of the rescue work had been performed Two of the crew in the LABOR ASKS RIGHTS INMERGER SYSTEN Union Leaders to Present Objections to Wilson Plan for Traction Lines. successfully the sea began to flatten ' down. Tonight the weather was clear and the sea comparatively smooth, DR. R. W. SCHOLL RITES T BE HELD TOMORROW Noted Phnr’mac’h!. L;ng Resident Here, Had Suffered Brief Illng | Dr. Rabert W. Scholl, 69, of 4501 Street and Electric Railway Employes | | Wisconsin avenue, a retired pharmacist, | died Fridey morning at his home after a brief lllness. He had long been a resident of the District ices will be conducted his residence fied that he is to be called to testify, us | | have also several policemen. ‘Tomorrow, also, the House civil serv- | ice committee meels in executive ses sion to further consider the provisions that are to be written into a liberal- ized clvil service retirement bill. Th: committee has held extensive hearing: at which more than 100 House m bers registered their interest to have such a measure passed. The commit- tee i now passing on various provisions in_executive session Tuesday the hearings on the Zib man resolution to appoint a_ commis- sion to make a thorough study of the fiscal relations between the Federal Government and the municipality are to start in the District committee room at 10:30 o'clock. The subcommittee is composed of Representatives Beers ol Pennsylvania, Bowman, West Virginia: Bowles, Massachusetts; Sullivan, New York, and Blanton, Texas The first day has bsen allotted to Robert J. Cottrell, secretary of the Washington Board of Trade, to present witnesses. Wednesday the regular District com- mittee meeting will be held. Thursday 15 the last day of hearings before the judiciary committee on the Dyer resolution providing for national representation through a Constitutional amendment. This day is allocated te proponents of the measure, ‘Thursday the Underhill subcommit- tee of the House Distriet ?nmmuu-a is to hold a joint meoting with a Benate subcommitioe to consider the workmen compensation measures that have been In deadlock for more than two years. Burial will be in the Congres- | sional Cems.ery |”"Dr. Scholi 1-iired from business about {five years ago. He was considered an authority on pharmacy. | He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Magdalena D. Scholl: a daughter, Miss Marjorie Scholl, and two sisters, Mrs. Louise Scott and Mrs. Emley Ever- | hardt, all of this city. | PATIENT HAS SMALLPOX. Discovery of a case of smallpox in George Washington University Has- pital resulted yesterday in the vaccina- tion of 160 employes by physicians of the District Health Department. ‘The victim, Undell Courtney, 48, 221 Twelfth street northeast, in the hospital, having been under treatment for another ailment, when it was discovered that he had smallpox The Health Department removed him to the smallpox hospital WAR WOMEN GET FUNDS. President Coalidge yosterday signed | a bill ralsing by $50,000 the appropria- | ton for the erection of a memorial | building to commemorate the services | and the sacrifices of American women | in the World War The sum available Is now rafsed to | 200,000 and the bullding will house | additional Red Cross activities. | Funeral serv- | was a patient | Representatives of organized labor of the District, who have been on the side lines, observing developments in the transit merger proceedings. will un- loase an attack on the Harley P. Wilson plan of consolidation before the Public Utilities Commission tomorrow, hearings on the unification agreement are resumed after the week-end recess. ‘The position of th2 union workers | with respect to the proposed merger ! will be explained by Arthur Sturgis and W. Jett Lauck, economists employed y the Amalgamated Association of of America, and Arthur C. Hayden, | chairman of a special committee of the | Central Labor Union, which has made ! | an exhaustive study of the unification agreement | Hayden plans to read nto the record | of hearings a statement of detailed ob- American Federation of Labor. | It was Hayden's intention to present opposition to the merger plan from the i dual standpoint of the citizens of the | District and organised labor. He pro- | poses to point out that the labor move- {ment in the District, representing one- | third of its population, s not opposed |to the principle of a merger. but that it does not approve of the Wilson plan i Rights of Employes. | Partioular emphasis will be placed by Hayden on the rights of the em- | piyes of the propased consolidated | company. and he will urge that a pro- |vision for voluntary arbitration b2 | written into the charter of the new | company. 10 is not a compulsory arbi- tration provision that the union lead- {an effort at voluntary arbitration be- fore a strike is called in the event of | ® dispute between the proposed | dated company and its employe | arbitration clause of the Amalg Assoclation of Street and Electric Ratl- way Employes will be quoted by Hayden The in his statement in order to impress | upon the commission just what labor | This | means by voluntary arbitration, reads: “If two-thirds of the (union) mem- bership voting upon the question de- clde m favor of suspending work, the local deputy shall at once notity the International prestdent. The terna- tional presidént, upon the receipt of such notice, shall proceed at once to { tha scene of the dispute In persan or Attention! The sooner you know that you have been in. fected with Tubercu- losis the quicker and surer can you be cured. Delay in Finding Out Makes It Harder to Cure You Do you tive easily? ELSRLA RIS LSS stesd of oue-vmy streels, Ma) 25 4 v |his Helghts and how the streel layout was left 10 chance and out of eon- ty with the highway plan. He these streets should No. 28 When by renson of Hiness or abse from home additlonal time is require for fillng an Income-tax return, appl! ton should he mad: Lo the collecto nternal revenue for the district in which the taxpayer files his return, Logether with & full recital for the causos for the delay. Except in the case of Laxpayers who are abroad no extension may be granted for more than six months, The vequest must be made before the retim Is due, An_extension of tme for Aling the return does not extend the time for py explained the reglonal von | PRTK eystem and the pork system of - — | the Distriet, He polnted out (he sregs 104,004 (1 be preserved for students of natural | Bistory. where birds resort, where 1are "io | Plants are found snd where interesting | 475 | weologice) studies can be made. 7 Lista Five' Projects, A “"”3 He then disclosed the five principal s4h0ae | reglonsl projects the eommisston s “"‘Mhllmllur fon e of ‘wouies for #rv | ) The development of the bapks | ment of the tax, o wiy instaliment ™ | of the Folomue down the piver 1| theveol. unless so spacihed in the exten- | Mount Vernon, which tncludes wort | ston. The commisianer of internal yey- proposed Mount | thie may extend the tme of payment of Waeshingon and the Manaser Vernon houlevard slong the shore route | the amount determined as the tax hy Uhe apsyer, or any nstaliment there- v vefure we s | Later Uhere would be 8 parkvay wlong of, tor & period ot (o cxeeed slAmuulhl 4 deculstion ., FUNDAY et o Bustments et uaia S [ Tuberculonts 1 pital 14l or Naturday at 34 W ok M Telephone Main 992 the Maryland shore t Foit Munt e ELUER §. YOURT 2) A park :,.10:: upper Powmac from the prescribed date, b & Upshur Sts. NW, Friday evenings from tess, o, obevad s Srowt| [ TIPS FOR TAXPAVERS Hane o i s AL \re vou |minr \\vl'x;hl h Have vou pains in the mlw front or back Do you cough persistently > 1T you have some of these symptoms g your doctor or have yourseli examined at the tree onee to Health Department. Clinic ienday, Thursday 100 o'cloek. Association for the Provention of Tuberculoais 1022 11th Street N.W. | ccutive boavd by depuly, and in conjunction with the committee of the local. shall make a thorough investigation and attempt to seblie the matier in dispute. In case of fallure thus to secure a sattiement hie shall then, In conjunction with the loonl committee, prepare propositions af arbitration definlng the points in dis)Hute and the basis upon which they shall bo arbitrated 10 the company teluses to mecept arbitration as ten- doved, the international president or I doputy shall then communicate with the membership of the general ex- i weiting or by gram and obtain the consont of a ma- jority of the general exeeutive board before indorsing the atvike” Conference Held, The only development i the merger situation vesterday was aconterence between Ralph B Fleharty, people s caunsel before the Publle Utilities Com misston, and Willlam A, Robarta, who, with Willlam McK. Olayton, is Yoading the fight against the merger plan ita present form for ovgmiised eltteen- ship of the Distplot [he prvpose of the gonference, 1t was sald. Was to pre- pare for the presontation of tuely | avguments agatnat ndorsoment hy the cammission of the Merger agreenent as it now stands. Raberts and Fleharty both decided, | It was sald, (0 atgue bafure the com- mission that the resrouting and other detalls of unified aperativn described i the testimony of J Rowland Bibbins, engineer emploved by Mr. Wikson, can | be made effective without w vorpw merger of the transit companies and that the $841,000 estimated saving can m be brought about without & consolida- | ton | The merger hearlogs befare the gome | misaton are expected o conelude Tues- | day, but mdications are that the oum- | Panigs WL be given at least 10 dava in | WHICK (o aubmit briets. 10 the meantime, the stackholders of the Wishington Radway and Electiie and the Capital Praction companies Wilk meet Lo conslder the agrecment, when | & ers will seek, but one that will insure | onsoli- | mated | teles | IRAPS CONVENTIONS R | ‘ | | LD BY BOSSES Berah Demands Candidates Bare Stand on Impor- tant Issues. (Continued from First Page.) | House went zhead with its considera- | tion of the radio bill Representative Dickinson of Towa ong supvorter of Lowden and an op- | ponent of Mr. Hoover, did his best te | give Mr. Brand the right of way in the ' House vesterday. The Lowden, Dawes { Gurtis and Watson groups are pooling their strength in Ohio to defeat Mr | Hoover, if they can. Dickinson is | champion of the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill. May Change Position. | “Senator Willis in the past has op- | posed this bill, but before leaving here | to speak in Ohio this past week end | Senator Willis let it be known that he might change his position on the bill, { which the President vetoed last year . because of thz so-called equalization fee principle and other features. Sen- | ator Willis' opponents will charge, if he does shift his position, that he ds making a cloar bid for the farm vote | in the rural secticns of Ohio. Mr. ! Hoover has been against the princip! of the bill. Senator Willis called a tention to the fact that some of the| dent objected have been removed, that the equalization fee is to be re- sorted to oniy as a last resort Cenator Borah, in his address last ight, deplored the fact that many men and women eligible to vote, do not ! vote in presidential elections. “In late presidential elections.” he sald, “as high as 51 per cent of the voters in some States have remained away from the polls. What is the remedy? | “The first and primary remedy is for candidates and parties to speak candid- ly and plainly to the people upon sub- jects in which the people are interested The most demoralizing and corrupting {instrumentality in Ameriean politics is that of great political parties deliberate- ly_maneuvering and side-stepping with !reference 10 questions of greal public {interest. The people are mot indiffer- ent to these public questions. They are baffled and discouraged because the: cannot get them squarely and fairly presented. Asks Open Issues. “A candidate who has no views upon | public questions is unfit: a candidate !who has views and is afraid to sta them is unsafe. A voter is entitled to 1an opportunity to record his vote in | | accordance with his conviction and it is impossible for him to do that unless | the issues are fairly presentsd. A po- ! litical party which is unwilling to de- clare upon questions of general and | public interest is no longer an instru- ment of public good, performing a great service, but is a scheming piece of or- ganized chicanery for the utilization of millions of honest votes to the gather- ing in of patronage and despoiiing of the public heritage.” | Senator Borah, spparently referring !to the andals™ growing cul of the aign of 1920 and which occurred 1 during the Harding adminisiration, con- tinued “1 presume every Republican has of late suffered a deep sense of humilia- ticn. The awful canditions which have | been revealed to the voters of the party are as indefensible as they are intaler- able. Th: modern tem of avoiding and money to work up an | interest, together with manim | For this condition of affairs, voters of the party are in no sense respansible. The system of running the campaign, the Government at Washingtan to buy their way to favor by vast contribu tions: the organization method of 1ua- ning conventions and campaigns, is | “esponsible. | Sceks New System. time another system Give the people issues and you will not need to sell your soul for campaign funds. Give the voters palictes squarely jbresented and you will nat have to mortgage the future action of the party « concession hunters. “There is some evidence that the things candidate of the Republican party There is a feeling that the voters ought to know what a candidate stands for when they vote for him. Ii is the one sreat hope for clean politics and clean {covernment.” Scnator Borah has undertaken ta { make all the presidential candidates | declare themselves unequivocally uvon the prohibition issue, with particutar | reference to law enforcement and the “nullification™ of the Amendment. His questionnaire on these subjects has been answered by fenators Curtis of Kansas, Willis of Qhia and Secretary Hoover of Cali- | fornia. all candidates for the prosi- dential nomination, and all standing hy prohibition. Senator Borah sent hi qQuestionatre to Frank O. Lowten of Nlinols, February 27, and received an acknowledgement fram Mr. Lowdd secretary under date of February 2 saying that it would be called to Mr | Lowden's attent! when he returned | Lowden was then tn ihe West. So tar | the Lowden answer .1as ot yet reached Senator Borah Senator Borah's address was mter- | preted here as an attack upon the con- { vention system, which permis a* few | bosses to juggle with State . s I order to nominate the » basses’ chotee, | Walsh Men Confident. 1 Supporters of Senator Wal:h of Montann for namination are well pleasad, they say, j Wit the recoption Which his entry Tt the campatgn for the presidential pamination has been accorded w the |\\'n! They ¥ that the outinos s ‘ll\\m' for & Walsh delegation fron (ali- loading the fght for Senator Walsh Although the recent Demooratie eons vention m South Dakola resulted n naming Gov. Smith of New York as the ) ATy Democratie candidaie 0 be 1t was pointed out last night that | this does not of necessity give the o {Ration to Smith. Senator W name Wil g0 on the ballot, oo, minarty Democratic candidate. 1 !voters will be given a chance to distiy | suish between the two i voting tor the delegates (0 the patianal convention Smith's viotory over Walsh in the Proposal convention was small, atthough the Smith people had been working for | months in the State and the enyy of Walsh was an eleventh-hour atfaiy The Walah supparters beliove they can SUE up enough enthustasm for their candidate to give a viotery i May Senator Curtis of Kansas, Is tha fiest of the Republican candidates tor the ‘umhlx‘l\!lb\ DOMIALION (0 Dave an en- e State delegation to the national convention matructed for hin The Kansas Stete convention has gone on recard wholeheartedly for the Republy can loader of the Senate and instructed all the delegates for him — Reports tram Oklahoma ndieate that the Kansas Henator is Hkely (o have a considerable | wmalrty of the Hlale, oo delegatas from that Other speakers at the daho Soclety banquet st ight were Senatar Cood g and Nr\\lflwllnll\r Smith of that A Wallace MeBide. preatdent of the society, weloomed the giests and Cloarge I Caaip acted as toastinaster, ues which would interest the people ! and then depending upon organization | rtificial | ted and | managed conventions, have borne fruit. | permitting men who have business with { | vaters are gaing to insist upon just these | There is a feeling that the! delegates ought to naminate the next | Eighteenth | Thomas J. | Democratic | fornia, whore Willlam Gibbs MeAdvo s | ed for i the primary election May | BRAND TOATACK, HOOVER N HOLGE Candidacy of Commerce Secretary. By the Associated Press. The House adjourned over the Bap- bath with the prospect that early next week it will hear a debate worth listen- ing to. It will be a tilt between two Ohio Republicans, centering around the feud in Ohio between Herbert Hoover and Senator Willis for delegates to the | Kansas City convention. Representative Brand, who has | thrown his lot with Senator Willis, in- tends tq, bear down on Mr. Hoover. | The veteran Theodore Burton, who had {much to do with getting the Commerce Secretary into the Ohio contest, intends ito repl | 'l"hp much became a certainty yester- day when Brand attempted to get the floor. His unauccessfurl eflo{t wmr?wu‘h House into an uproar for a few mint brought chuckles from Democrats who | seemed to enjoy a row among Republi- cans and resulted in an agreement that while Brapd is to have his say for 30 Tminiites, Burton is to have half an | hour come-back in Hoever's defense. | Maps Out Attack. | Por ¢iys Brand has been working to make his attack on Hoover a slashinz one. al days ago he received consent ta speak for 20 s on the s table was disposed of. He <pected to get in Friday, but was | shut out by the “lame duck™ constitu- tional amendment. | When a move was made yesterday to |bring up the bill to extend the life of | the Radio Commission. Brand demand- |ed the floor. During the parliamentary | mixup that ensued, Democrats aided in {putting through a motion to give him {right of way. but Mapes of Michigan. {countered by requesting the same i privilege for Burton. In the end, Brand |agreed to wait until after the radio hill is put to a vote, tomorrow or Tuesday. {and t*ac was allotted Burton to follow iim on the floor. Backed by Dickinson. Cne stage of proceedings yesterday found Dickinson of Towa. a Lowde follower. appealing to the House to permit Brand to go ahead with his arraiznment of the Commerce Secre- tary. At the same time. he disclaimed | any knowledge on what the Chican pro- iposed to say. a statement that brought {an outburst of laughter. At another juncture. Newton, a |*innesota Republican. insisting that the discussion go over until next week. {declared that “if there's some dirty ilinen to be washed, wash it, but not funtil then." While Mr. Burton plans to reply to | Brand. his speech also is expected to | b> a rejoinder to the attack of Sepator | Willis last Saturday night at Wellston, {Jhio, on Secretary Hoove: | MELLON SAYS HAYS | SENT HIM $50,000 OF SINCLAIR BONDS ——ia _ (Continued from First Page.) the sale of that amount of bonds iden- tified as having been purchased far the | account of the Continental Trading Co. jout of that concern's profits in the deal. ¢ Cashier Hommel on Stand. V. E. Homme!, cashier of Charles Pratt & Co. in which Jahn T. Pratt held an interest, was on the siand and e and Senators read the finely written script with the aid of a glass. He said it apparently was ad- | dressed to Pratt's secretary. It was on a very small piece of paper across the top of which was written: 35, 1,000 3%, 1st ligs.” Hommel said this referred io 25 $1.000 | Libarty bonds. ’X;e memorandum began “N. B." and Sai “Received this Nov. 27, 1923, and had it cleared through C. P. & Co. (Charles Pratt & Co.). It is not on my books Money was deposited in U. S. Morigage & Trust Co. Check sent § am. Nov. There was no signature, but immedi- ately under the memarandum was the name “Fred W. Upham.” In the lower right hand corner appeared they Written one under the other Andr, Butler, du Pont.* on !éle le){l h:hnd side of the sh one under the other, ared the fi ures $36.50, §2.500 and £3.000 % Homumel was able to make ouf 1 the names readily except the | He said that might be “Gandy’ might be “Andy." He could not su g:st why the names were on um. d De T. Bechtel counsel for estate. after examining the morandum with the glass, said the word looked lke “Andy.” but that it ght also de “Gandy The latter & 1ame appearing in the book “Reve! which purports to describe the oil nda's and ather events of the Hard- ing administration. Records Dstroyed. Bochiel told the committee that a | tharough search of the Pratt nad been made, and that na other papers had been found which might shed light w\Y:‘\ the meaning of the names an the | sheet. | Befare taking up the Pratt palitical financi: Rirs the committee heand “Weeks, Q. Hysley of Chicaga, former | secretary to Upham. that the ane-tume treasurer of the Republican oommittes early in 1924 destrayed all of the rec- ords af the commitises financial af« fairs fram the year 1918 through the year 1922, except the card indices, which, he said, showed the contribution Hipsley was not certainn whether ihe vecords for 1933 and early N which year Upham quit as treasurer, had been turned over o Wal M V. Hadges, who sueceaded Unhag or whether they were destroved after the Upham ostate was settled wp 1936, Hodges has testified that they Wweie not ernad over to him Ineidentally, Hiaey festified that fUpham was “riding Will B Hays pretis hand™ in 1922 and 1823 10 have him as- | clearing up the party defie Rowas placed al SLR00.000 tn 1905 D 1.300 Rebels Surrender MEXICO CITY, Mareh 10 o conditional surrender of 1,308 s ents W the state of Nayarit was nounced By the War Departmen night tn- arge Ne | Telegrams of greeting were read | Walter Jahnson. Walter 8 Smith. the |t president of the society, and others. Enfertainment foatures oansisted ot Musioal numbers by & quartet eomposedt oF Afton Argyl, Lucile Bl Lapeeal Monsan and Hreta MoBride, aodom- | panted by Mrs O Qsmond Hyvde: & | duet by Afton Argyle and Lidtle Bacl L and & sale by Miss Mary Winifred Mo | Mintmy f The enu included potatoes oon- tributed by the Chamber of Commerve of Burley, ldaho, and apples from the Chamber of Qummetce of Payette, | Waho, | AL the speakers' table wewe B Q. [ DAV former atiney neral of Tmhoo My and Ats Barl Venable former Senator Dubaois of Tdahe and | Mis Dubais, farmer Gov. I W, Davis of Llaho aid Mis. Davis Senaior and Nvs Cloodting, Senator and Mrs. Boagah, My and Mis Wallace MeBrkle. Reps [ resentative and Nivs, Smith awd Mrs llhnl\\l\ 1. French The dinnes was poceded by & Jeeep- Gl and followed by cards and danolng,