Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1928, Page 1

e — WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Fair and slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow _increasing cloudiness warmer; showers. ‘Temperature—Highest, 45, at noon today: lowest, 39, i Full report on ps i Bureau Forecast.) and tomorrow night. at 7 am. today. ' age 9. { @ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Fhening Star. as fast as the papers “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 102,704 Sunday’'s Circulation, 113,193 331, s No. 30, bost office, Wa. Entered as second class matter shington. D. C. ~ WASHINGTON, 1928 — ROBINSON ASSAILS HAYS' SILENCE ON HANDLING OF BONDS Deplores Attempt to “Cor- rupt” G. 0. P. National Committee. MELLON WILL APPEAR ON STAND TOMORROW Secretary Faces Quiz on $50,000 in| Securities Offered Him—Butler Also to Testify. Assailing the $160,000 contribution by | Harry F. Sinclair to help pay the Re-‘ publican campaign deficit of 1920, Sen- ator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic Jeader of the Senate, today bitterly criticized Will Hays, former Republican national chairman, for concealment of his handling of Sinclair bonds. “The latest chapter in this story so humiliating shows that the efforts of Sinclair were not confined to attempt- ing to corrupt cabinet officers, but ex- tended to the ublican national com- mittee,” said thé Arkansas Senator. Senator Robinson at the outset of his address in the Senate, referred to the Jetter written by Senator Borah of Idaho, Republican, to Chairman Wil- liam M. Butler of the Republican na- tional committee, urging him to bring about the repayment of the Sinclair contribution on the ground that it was “tainted with corruption.” Mellon to Appear. At the same time that Senator Rob- fnson was turning the fire of Demo- cratic guns on the Republicans, it was announced by Senator Nye of North Da- kota, chairman of the Senate oil in- vestigating committee, that Secretary Mellon had agreed to appear before the committee tomorrow, to answer quest regarding $50,000 in Conti- m&i‘o gy Co. Liberty bonds, sent to him mby ‘Will Hays, and which Mr. Mellon declined to handle in con- nection with the payment of the Re- publican pany{ciefigfin. growing out of the campaign of . In addition to Secretary Mellon, the committee will have before it also to- morrow Hays and Chairman Butler. Hays will be asked to explain why he withheld from the committee at his last a) ce the fact that he had sent $50.000 llon. of the Sinclair bonds to Mr. Mel Mr. Butler has denied that he received any of the bonds, but will be questioned about them by the committee. “Revolting Corruptien.” Senator Robinson said: ~*Recent testimony in a branch of the Mm{ pertaining to the corrupt ing of the naval oil reserves discloses peculiarly disgusting and revolting cor- Tupution. “The Senator from Montana, Mr. ‘Walsh, and his associates on the com- mittee long ago revealed the infamous betrayal of public trusts by two cabinet officers, former Secretary Pall and for- mer Attorney General Daugherty: \& inent American business Buc‘kmzr and Mr. O'Neil of the Mid- west Refining Co. and the Standard Oil Co. of Indizna, 1o expatriate themselves in order to conceal their part in a deal which has many of the aspects of hrcen{u recently a m-grimr r?gu;e. l:n American finance, Mr. Stewart. chair- man of the board of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, by refusing to answer questions to which, under the circum- stances, common honesty should have prompted him to respond, defied au- thority of the Smnrcu and challenged wer of the cous "‘fig{“( can be said of the standard of business integrity exemplified in the re-election of Mr, Stewart as chairman of the ol company and of Mr. Sin- clair as a director of the American Petroleum Institute? Hays Is Assailed. “The latest chapter is that Mr. Sin- clair's efforts to corrupt were not con- fined to cabinet officers and captains of industry, but extended also to the national political organizations of the Republican party, whose administration | first permitted, then aided, and st last | concealed the infamous plunder of the public and the shameful prostitution f its agents and servants | Mr. Will H. Hays, chairman of the Prpublican national committee in 1920, end in that ca) y responsible for a large deficit in the party funds in an orgy of spending scarcely exampled in the history of partisan institutions, re- ceived $160,000 25 & contribution from Mr. Sinclalr. Mr. Hays secretly re- ceived 385000 in Liberty bonds and proceeded by methods common crooks o exchange the bonds with prominent Republicans for cash “Buch records as were kept warrant the conviction that the whole transe action was corrupt. The testimony of Mr. Hays efore the gummitee in 1924 w s the conclusion that he de- cly concealed the use by him of s obtained from Mr. SBinclair L sense subjected himself W charge of perjury Concealed Information. ittee was vol- 1 ot msked about th ry wit- 1 sworn declares that he will truth, the whole truth snd . but the truth’ True, nobody wsked him direct questions as 10 wheth- ? re recetved from nelsdr 1 1928, but in that yewr, 1tying, It appesrs that bhe was esked whether Mr. Binclslr had con- than 875000 W the Je- ¢ deficit of 1920 and His testimony now 5,000 10 Government, bonds 3w the 875,000 as & contribu- ion, muking & wtal of $160.000 ued Bt $50,000 from My Binclair were sent by Mr Hays v Mr. Mellon, who, 1t appears from bis stelement, wes asked for u cash oontripution in that amount, The method pursued by Mr. Hays prompwd puspicion on e pert of the Secretary of the Tressury Mr Melon steted CBubsequentiy, Mr Heys wiephoned me one Gsy that he was sending me by Specisl MEsenger @ PRckuge Contain g velusble documents .z thit would see e chuntly gnd expls trunsaction, The puckege conl newly o5 1 cen remember, Liertly bonds Asis His Purpose “Whal wae the purpose of thus st tempting w dlspose of Ve bonds Ty Nere Dret-cluss seourities readlly mar pucd v Pege 4 Colunia 34 ately before the comi y received . |one lap in the race, but was forced to f | lished shortly after the Schneider Cup | 850,000 in ' MOTOR. HENDE Inventor, in Hospital A detailed explanation.of how he was | paralyzed by a 2,000-volt high frequengy current while demonstrating his “fuel- | less motor™ to his patent attorney here | last Tuesday was given today by Lester J. Hendershot, mystery inventor, in an interview with a Star reporter at Emer- gency Hospital. Propped up in his bed in a private room, Hendershot freely discussed the accident which heretofore has been sur- rounded with so much secrecy, but he declined to talk about Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's interest in his invention or to disclose “secrets” of his motor. He said he did not know whether Lindbergh and his associates were in- terested in the motor or not, and re- fused to say whether the flying Colonel had ever seen it, as reported. He also refused to disclose the present where- abouts of the motor, except to deny that | it was at the Bureau of Standards. Silent on Motor. “I can't say anything about the motor until I know something more about it myself,” Hendershot declared. “I came here to consult with my pat- ent attorney, Henry Orth, jr, and I am interested at the present time in convincing people that it is all I think it is or no good at all. “There is no mystery about how I got hurt last Tuesday. I was simply experimenting with the motor in Mr. SPEED FLYER DIVES TODEATHIN SEA Lieut. Kinkead, Schneider Cup Pilot, Drops From Sight in Test for New Record. By the Associated Press. SOUTHAMPTON, England, March 12.—Flight Lieut. S. M. Kinkead, noted British speed pilot, flying at te: rific speed today dived into the sea, leaving no trace, while attempting to break the world speed record. Lieut. Kinkead, a member of the victorious British Schneider Cup team last vear, was piloting the same type of machine with which Flight Lieut. 8. N. Webster won the Schneider tro- phy with an average of 281.488 miles *roday's attempt, which was part of ’s 8 , which wi long lnnm:dpeflon by the British wnbfilh a world speed mark, was made in a snowstorm. . Lieut. Kinkead had made his first trial flight in a Royal Air Force “Won- der plane” Saturday and then had his second flight yesterday, after which he declared he was convinced he would make more than@300 miles an hour. The .nachine that he used today was a supermarine Napier 8-5. During the Schneider Cup races Licut. Kinkead made a speed of 201 miles an hour, the highest rate attained over withdraw after completing the third lap. The record which the British air- man sought to shatter was that estab- races by Maj. Mario de Bernadi, Itallan speed ace, who flew at 206.4 miles an hour. Lieut. Kinkead's nose dive came when he was flying at a height of about 400 feet. An hour's search from a motor launch failed to disclose any sign of an or machine, ‘Witnesses sald that there appeared no reason for the plunge. Development of the supermarine Na- pler -5 type in England was surround- ed with the greatest secrecy during the preliminary training for last year's Schneider Cup races. The monoplane is a development of the Napler S-4, which won the world speed record and the Schneider Cup in 1922, The plane is the smaliest type ever seen in England—smaller even than the moth light airplane—and are so constructed that the cockpits fit the pilots’ bodies like gloves. In the air it looks like a flying fish and gains such speed that the pilot dares not lift his head above the fuselage, BOMBING THREATS STARTLE CHICAGO Police Squads Guarding Establish- | ments Menaced by Gangster Gam- blers in Feud With Rivals. | By the Asscciated Press, CHICAGO, March - 12.—Renewed threats of bombings, which police said were truceable to gangster gambling rivalry, saw more than a dozen places {under protection of police squads today. The Alello bakery, the owners of | which are reputed to be leaders in gang | activities, was one of the places guarded |'The bake shop, used as a headquarters |of the Aello {nmlhmh, was the scene of |& machine-gun shooting & few months | ago. A similar attack was made on Jack | McGurn, Jieutenan. of Al (Bcarfuce) Capone, in a North Bide hotel Wednes- lday. McGurn, seriously wounded and der police guard in & hospital, his efused W discuss the attempted as- | saseination | Police said they had linked definitely {the McGurn shooting with the recent | bombings of eity oMcials’ homes, all of which, they charged, were outgrowths of rivel gambling interests DESTROYER FOUNDERS. ATHENS, March 12 (). The Greek Wipedo bol PANOImos sUruck a rock and foundered while muking for the | Islond of Aegins lust night. No lives were Jost. The commander attempted o commit suieide with his revolver The bout had been caught in & stonm a4 its steering gear dumoged betore i foundering BRITISH SAILORS SHOT. HONGKONG, Muich 12 07 "Two BAbeh bluejuckets from the gunboat obin, which s patioliing the Caiton D. ¢, MONDAY, MARCH 12, P) Means Associated Pr INJURED IN TESTING “FUELLESS” RSHOT REVEALS | . Here, Silent on Lind- | bergh’s Connection With Engine. Keeps “Secrets.” Orth's office in the Washington Loan & Trust Building when I was shocked by a 2,000-volt high-frequency current of low amperage that developed in the motor. The current from the power line in the building is only 110 volts and could not have injured me. “The shock paralyzed my nerves and knocked me to the floor. I was brought here and have now recovered the use of all but my right leg and some of my throat muscles, which remain at times partially paralyzed. I expect to get out in a few days. Associate Present. Hendershot, a light-haired, partly bald man, in his late thirties, gave his interview in the presence of his busi- ness associate, J. Barr Peat; Dr. Grasse of the hospital staff and a private nurse. Dr. Grasse corroborated Hendershot's deseription of his injuries. Hendershot explained that while demonstrating the motor to Mr. Orth he grasped hold of two parts of the motor with his fingers. The current raced through his body, he said, and deadened the nerve centers, affecting his arms, legs and throat. He said it didn't cause any ‘“mental trouble.” Just how the current was generated the inventor refused to state. Ques- tioned as to the size of the motor, he sald it was “not so large” and that a truck was not needed to carry it to the building.” He declared the Bureau ) LANDSLIDE DEBRIS - YIELDS 72 BODIES 2,000 Dig in Wreckage After Disaster at Santos, Brazil. By the Associated Pres SANTOS, Brazil, March 12.—Sev- enty-two bodies, 49 of them adults and 23 children, had been recovered up to this morning from Saturday's great landslide at Mount Serrat. An army of more than 2,000 volunteers is at work removing the enormous quantity of dirt and rocks under which many wrecked buildings lle. It will require a week or more to dig under the mass of wreckage. The work is handicapped by the narrow streets leading to the area over- whelmed by the slide, which it is feared burled at least 200 persons. The possibility of further catastro- phes s causing anxiety, for minor earth slides have occurred, and many families have deserted their homes at the base of the big hill in the downtown section of the city, Wonen, wearied by weeping and waiting, and terror-stricken children stood around tne scene, remnants of families shattered by the catastrophe. hoped that out of the mass of earth, crumbled walls and rocks the rescue workers would dig forth friends or rela- tives still alive. Buried 25 Hours. From the debris was taken a woman who had been burled for 25 hours in a room with the body of her husband. Other injured persons were brought forth crushed. The authorities held out little hope that nn% would be taken out alive. They said the mass of earth was 50 great that even many of the bodies interred probably would never be re- covered. A man who had left his family of eight sleeping returned to the place where his home once stood to find it demolished and his family dead. Most of the bodles recovered, nearly all in night clothes, were those of children. Police ordered a wide area around the slide evacuated, and this prevented a fresh disaster when a new avalanche occurred yesterday on_the opposite side from the first slide. Nine houses were crushed, but there were no casualties, Excavators Hampered. The enormous quantity of earth which shifted hampered the work of excavators, who included all classes of people, laboring side by side. Engineers estimated that if a new avalanche oc- curred from the fissures which yawned above the city it would be three times as great as that of the first slide. The first slide was estimated at 650,000 cubic yards of earth. It was believed to have been caused by recent heavy rains, which weakened the loose earth on the sides of the mountain. New peril was seen In a heavy rain which fell yesterday after- noon, Many donations were recetved for the work of recovering the bodles and to aid In rehabilitation. Gov. Jullo Pres ordered that all victims be buried at the expense of the state, MARYLAND GRADE CROSSINGS TO GO Four, Including One at Hyattsville, Will Be Eliminated, Soon. Specinl Dispatch 1o The Star BALTIMORE, March 12.—Four grade crossiugs, including the Baltimore & Ohlo crossing at Hyattsville, will be eliminated under the construction pro- gram of the Btate Roads Commission for this year, uccording to John N, Mackall, chairman, AL the Hyattsville erossing the Wash- Ington boulevard will be switched to a new rondbed over w bridge. Officlals of the vallway compunies, Mr, Mackall suld, huve agreed o co-operate with the commisston 1n allocating the other three crossings, one of which 1s the Pennsyl. vanla crossing at Elkton, to be ellmin- ated. The work will be done In part vith funds derived from the additional @anoline tax which was levied by the lust sescion of the Leglalature for the Burpose of grade-crossing During the past year 42 Killed and 49 injure milsslon. Blxteen of the accldents curred at crossings of the Baltimore & Dedts, were fired upon Filday by the One wan 1 were mem- Vt) hisa heen [bers of a party of 12 w, lunded Lop eacicive, Ohlo, 14 st Pennsylvanin - Rallrond cropsings, seven on e lines of the Western Marylund, and nine over mi slom Nnes and the Washington, Haltl- U sid Anpspolls Klsetrle Hallway, POWER AND HONOR TOSMALL STATES FROM FRANCHISE D. C. Representation Cannot Free Congress From Duty as Exclusive Legislature. D. C. SHUTTLECOCK AND HOSTILE BATTLEDORES Congress Could Not if It Would and Would Not if It Could Evade Obligation to District. Fditorial Correspondence of The Star. THEODORE W. NOYES. It is suggested that national repre- sentation will be hurtful to the District because now the District has all of Con- gress and every Congressman for its representatives, whereas with direct representation of its own it will have only one or two in each house. Of course, the Representatives of the States in the House do not represent the District in the American sense, since they are not chosen by the Dis- trict to voice its opinions, and are not subject to withdrawal by the District if they fail to express those opinfons. Such representation does not reflect the “‘consent of the governed” in which just government is rooted. Any of these Representatives may despise the com- munity and its opinions, and may vilify and injure it with impunity, an incon- ceivable condition if they were real rep- resentatives under our American sys- tem of representative government. But the grant to the District of frac- tional representation in the National Legislature will not reduce the obliga- tion and power of Congress as the Dis- trict's State and municipal legislature to exercise thoughtfully, wisely and justly the power of exclusive legis- lation in respect to the District con- ferred by the Constitution, and this ob- ligation is inescapable. Congress, as a whole, is the District's local legislature, whether the District is represented in it or not, and Congress can neither delegate nor surrender its exclusive power nor shirk its obligation and responsibility. Congress is jealous of its exclusive control of the District and would not turn over this control to the few di- rect representatives of the District of Columbia under national representation, even if the Constitution permitted. One or two District representatives in the Senate could not control that body with 96 representatives of the States. One or two District represent- atives in the House could not control between 400 and 500 Representatives of the States in the House. So small a tail could never wag so large a dog. The unfriends of the District in Con- gress would attack it and its friends would loyally defend it and legislate Justly for it in accordance with their oath of office and the Constitution, re- gardless of the presence or absence of a handful of direct District representa- tives, ‘Thus Congress has neither power nor inclination to escape from or to abdi- cate its exclusive control of the Dis- trict, with its inseparably connected ob- ligation and responsibility. Obligation Follows Power. National representation for the Dis- trict would not reduce the obligation toward the District of any individual Representative of a State, and would add to the District's prestige and power the strength and influence of the direct representation in Congress, which seven States smaller than the District now enjoy. Participation by the District in the National legislature, Congress, would not diminish the exclusive power of legislation of Congress in respect to tne District, and would not lessen the ob- ligation and responsibility of the indi- vidual Congressman or of Congress as a whole to legislate considerately, justly and faithfully in the exercise of this ex- clusive power, Congress could not ab- dicate this exclusive power If it would and would not If it could. With national representation the District would be entitled to demand of every Senator ang every Representa- tive the same thoughtful, sound and helpful legislation as its faithful friends in performance of their constitutional duty have always accorded it. No Con- gressman on this pretext could shirk his constitutional duty in leglslation concerning the District. The District would be entitled to falthful legislative service of every Congressi t present and would be sub, tender merices of its unfrie With representa- t would have, addl- re of natlonal sov- of the power of n uddi- tion to the help, collectively and indi- vidually, of all Congressmen, it will have the special service of s Senator or Senators and Its Representatives to volce its opinlons on Natlonal Issues and us a tiny fraction of its leginla- ture to wafeguard its welfare as a mu- nicipality. Prestige and Power for Small States, Who will_depreciate the honor and power which have come to the smull Llnlrn through this representation? How much greater strength for every good end would Washington pos- wess If 1L had, llke Wyoming (a less populous community), u Warren to represent 1L and fight for it? Or lke Idaho, & Borah? Or like Utah, a Bmoot or & King? Or like Delaware, o Bay- ard or a du Pont? OF ke New Hamp- shire, & Moser or & Keyes? Or of the pist, & Baulsbury, & Gallinger or an I’lflllnlmln‘f ‘These names are merely samples of the long list of sound, forcible leglsla Lora 1n hoth housen of Congress, VAl able hoth to State and Natlon, which Htates nearly as small as or smaller than the District have supplied and are now supplying. And yel some men suggest that the power which comes from thelr ropre- sentation 15 negligible, worthless and should not be desired. Buppose one of these small Btates were told that s Nationad emergency vequired 1L to surrender Lo Congress, nrpmmnmr the Natlon, exclusive con tol of 1 for National purpones, suppose € s should sy must surr ler nlso participation iy Oongress, the Natlonal Leglslaturs which s hereaftey to contiol you mu nieipally!” w..:fl ol not the smill Btates oy, "Fake, U WUl e A aaviiiics PENNSY 15 ACCUSED INMINE SHUT-DOWN Line Withdrew Patronage in Dispute Over Unions, Says Coal Manager. By the Associated Press. Charges that the Pennsylvania Rail- road had sought “willfully and mali- clously” to put the Rosedale Coal Co. out of business were made today be- fore the Senate committee investigat- ing the bituminous industry by Thomas Sagle of Roseville, Ohlo, general man- ager of the company. . He testified that the railroad had purchased coal from his firm for years, while the mines were operating under union labor, but that in 1926 it had withdrawn a siding near its mines for no apparent reason. This occurred, he said, after a conversation which he had in Chicago with Henry Owens, purchasing agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad. In the conversation, Sagle testified, purchasing agent said the railroas ould not pay a price for coal to any operator which would make possible paying salaries in accordance with the Jacksonville wage agreement.” Another Coercion Charge. Chester Penrod of Crooksville, Ohio, president of the Robinson Coal Co., sald he had received similar word from the Pennsylvania Railroad through Owens, adding that Owens later had called him by telephone from Chicago and said that the raflvoad would buy no coal from his firm “unless it posted notices at the tipple that the United Mine Workers would be recognized in no way.” Penrod said that his firm did not post the notice and that the mines were closed about April 1, 1927. Answering Senator Wheeler, Demo- crat, Montana, Penrod said that Owcns told him the Pennsylvania Railroad was “tired of contributing to the United Mine Workers” and that “he had re- ceived orders for his action in Phila- delphla.” C. Helserman, attorney for the " (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) to loyalty, control of State and municl- pality, but why deprive us unnccessarily of our share of National sovereignty? Why shut us out without reason from Congress and (’()ms\\‘l the Nation and the State to lose the great and useful statesmen whose names have adorned the State’s records?” What the States smaller than the District would say to a proposition to put them on the same political non- representative fooling as the District, the District says to the proposition to retain it indefinitely in this totally non- representative status, Battledores and Shuttlecock. One cannot fail to note the incon- slstencles of those who quibble over and fall to approve the constitutional amendment which organized Washing- ton with practical unanimity reque: who suggest that they will favor son 1 h ought to be , and who, in effect, in the end, ng and deny everything. L what s asked because something ditferent should be sought and then help not a particle to securc the suggested substitute. Says A: "D, C. national representa- ton? Of course not. You should ask for local self-government Bays B: “Take local control of Na- tional Capital from Nation? Of course not. Suggestion 1s preposterous,” Bays A: “Representation by a single Benator? Of couwrse not. You should ask full statehood or nothing." Says B: “Statehood for the tiny Dis- triet? Bumptious! Presumptuous! Ridiculous!” Hays A: “You ask only to empower Congress to grant District of Columbia national representation in ity disere- ton You might as well usk for noths ing.. 1 will not bother with your pro- posuls at all unless you demand imn dinto national representation by spe. cific terms of constitutional amend ment." Hays B “District of Columbla na- Uonal representation by speoifio t of constitutional amendiment? Never, Insane fdea that Natlon will uniquely honor District of Columbia by grant- Ing national representation to it di- rectly h{ conatitutional amendment without intervention by Congress, an honor denled to every new State which hus been udmitted to the Unfon." Hays A: “You can have no diveot reprenentation wa the Distriot, but you can get what you seek as pavt of Mary- Iand by vetrocesston to that Htate " Hays Bi “Retrocession to Maryland ¢ Never. Maryland does not want it The United Htates will not permit it The Oupital mnunllmll{ Ought not to ax- to disintegration and dissolution.” vepresentation ix huffeted to every polnt of the compass, # moving and ne reiving shut - Hecook, kopt helpl n ale by (he oonstant batterings and heatings of hos- e battledores of diversified, contra digtory and jyeonalstent negations, | CAN pdSUPPLY SOME ! Ball Player Loses Curfew Argument By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 12.— Rube Benton, former big league pitcher, and now with the Min- neapolis American Assoclation club, ran afoul of the curfew law and a preacher-policeman here last night, with the result that he is nursing a pair of black eyes and other in- juries. Following a series of safe rob- beries, police were ordered to ques- tion any one found on the streets after midnight. Patrolman C. W. Thurman, once a Baptist theolo lcal student and lay preacher, a tempted to question Benton. The ball player resented his efforts. After the melee Benton was taken to police headquarters, after stop- ping at & hospital for first aid. No charges were filed. NEW SIGNAL LIGHT PLANS PROPOSED Installation on Thirteenth and Other Streets Favored by Traffic Director. Modification of the proposed traffic light installation program to provide automatic signals on certain streets in the downtown congested section was recommended to the District Commis~ sioners today by Traffic Director Wil- liam H. Harland. A synchronized system on Thirteenth street from E street to Massachusetts avenue and independent installations at the intersection of Sixth, Tenth and Thirteenth streets on F and G streets was urged by Mr. Harland, who pointed out that these installataions would give traMc authorities an opportunity to study the effect of automatic signals on traffic in the congested area and at the same time enable them to determine a method of control for future exten- stons. Sharp criticism in Congress over the failure of District officlals to install signal lights in the downtown area and thereby relieve crossing policemen is believed to have led Mr. Harland to recommend a modification of the pro- gram which was approved last Novem- ber by the Commissioners. Would Eliminate Some Lights. The lights for the downtown installa- tions would be provided under Mr. Har- land's recommendation by eliminating five isolated interesection installations called for in the program as it now stands and by using surplus equipment now in storage. ‘The five intersection installations which would be eliminated are proposed for New York and New Jersoy ave- nues; Eighth and East Capitol streets: Florida avenue and Eckington place norteast; Twelfth and L streets, and Rhode Island and South Dakota ave- nues. The 620 signals needed to carry out tha new program already have been ordered and are expected to be delivered the latter part of May. Installation will be started Immediately. Mr. Harland announced that due to the low price quoted on the new signals the TrafMc Bureau will have approxi- {mately $02.000 remaining in its light | fund with which he plans to purchase additional signals. He 18 now prepar- Ing another fnstallation program to use thase funds which will include the five Isolated Intersections to be ellminated under the modified recommendation. ‘The new signals just ordered, Mr. Harland sald, aro costing the Distriot about one-half of the amount patd for tho original lights. The contract for the new lghts with the supporting brackets has been nwarded the émmr- (Continued on Page 4, Column 7. With Pastor-Cop/| RETIREMENT BILL REPORT ORDERED 0. KD Liberalized Measure Still Must Run Gauntlet of House Leaders. ‘The House civil service committee today ordered a favorable report on the Lehlbach bill to liberalize the cvil service retirement law with amend- ments. This provides for a maximum an- nuity of $1,200, computed as in the provisions of the bill, but with the modification that any 10 consecutive years of service may be taken as a basis to protect those who, while they are still in the service, may now be working at a_considerably reduced sal- ary under that which they received dlurtnz years of their maximum ef- clency. The optional retirement feature was modified by permitting any one to re- tire at the age of 60, after 30 years of service, no matter what the age limit may be for certain classes for retirement. Some Provisions Revised. The comittee revised provisions re- garding re-employment after disability S0 as to Insure that a person. who may recover after disability, shall be given work again at comparable salary and responsibility with what he had received prior to retirement or if such position is not vacant he shall continue to re- ceive his annuity until he is allocated to such a job. The committee struck out section 4 of the bill, which was aimed to bring those already retired and receiving an annuity up to the annuity allowance for those who will be retired under the lib- eralized law. The committee felt that it would be impossible for any one to Justly guess at what salary a man would now be receiving who has been retired for several years. The committee considered all other suggestions for liberalizing the retire ment law and rejected them. Action Is Widely Favored. This action was taken by the civil service committee in response to an in- sistent demand made from all over the country ‘upon members of Congress, which forced practically a hundred members to appear before the civil service committee urging action upon this measure. It this pressure continues it may be possible in the present session of Cone Bress to get action upon the measure. Those who are in the best position to know the attitude of House leaders regarding this legislation, however, feel that it is extremely doubtful if favor- able action is taken on the liberalired measure at this session. The leaders favor no further changes In the retire- ment law until a study has been made to determine the operations of the ex- isting law and in what respects it should be changed to do equal justice to Government employes regarding retire- ment annuity, A measure ‘?nwmu\: for appointment of a commission to make such a study is pending before the House rules committee, which is the policy board regarding legislation, BRITISH DENY TROOP MOVEMENT IN ARABIA Colonial Secretary Tells Commons He Has No Word of Ibn Saud’s Revolt. BY the Assoclated Press. LONDON, March 12--No British troops have been sent from India to Kowett in connection with the Irak dif- fleultfes, L. . M. Amery, secretary for the colontes, announced in the House of Commons today. This s one of the Hritixh mandates fn Arabia threatened by the Wahabl tribesmen. The colonial secretary declared also that the government had no confirma- tion of the report that Ibn Saud, King of Hedjas and Sultan of Nejd, had deo- clared & holy war or had tdentified him- self in any way with such a movement, 25—U. S. Army Flyers ”Wil—l—Maicc TOU!‘ Of Eastern and Southern Air Fields By the Assoclated Press, MOUNT OLEMENS, March 12— Lieut. Col. Chavles Danforth, coms mandant at Selfvidge Feld, announced today that the Army Alr Service has wiven authorisation for s fight members of the fivat ruulm group 10 & doden Army ale flelds throughout the Kast and Houth. The trip, to requive & month, will begin late In April or ear commandant announces made by 28 to 30 pllots, followed by Mechanies A (ransport planea. The Arafiton will b Columbus, Ohlo, M othew of | 1Y oeh 10 be vialted ave Bolls | L Ing Fleld, Washington: Langley Feld, Vi Mort Bragg, N. O Augusta, Qa: Fort Henning, Qa; Columbus, Q. Monvoe, Lai Mort S, Okla; Fort Riley, Kansas; Chanute Feld, Ran- h;“l"i WL, and then back to Selfvidge leld Long distance flight experience is the rrlurlwl purpose of the trip, OCul. Dans orth sald The commandant announced that About the same (e the tour i wade, he will visie all lumuufl flelds, Avmy and wmundoipal, iy the éih Corps Area Forly-three fields e Wiseansin, Winols and Michigan SN TWO CENTS. CHANGES IN POLICE FORCE QUESTIONED IN JURY RUM QUIZ McQuade Starts Inquiries Into Transfer of Officer and Detective, INSPECTOR AND CAPTAINS CALLED BEFORE PROBERS Action Follows Appearance Foreman at House Subcom- mittee Hearing. of Charges and countercharges growing out of the police probe by the Gibson committee took a new turn today when Martin D. McQuade, foreman of the grand jury, instituted inquiries before that body into the reasons why Police- man George Hellmuth was transferred from the fourth precinct and why Pre- cinct Detective Arthur Fihelly was re- moved from the first precinct. Mc- Quade presided at the Fihelly investi- gatlon, but turned over the chair to Assistant Foreman Edward C. Meredith when the Hellmuth inquiry was in progress. McQuade's action followed his prom- ise made last week before the Gibson committee, when he was told by com- mitteemen that the nd ji should look into both of thesxemcuu)”y Police Officlals Summoned. Among the witnesses summoned before the grand jury, in addition to Hellmuth and Fihelly, were Inspector Albert J. Headley, Capt. Charles H. Bremerman of No. 4, Capt. Robert E. Doyle of the eighth precinct, Detective Sergt. Curtis H. Trammell of headquar- ters, Sergt. J. H. Lee of No. 4 and Policemen J. E. Bobo of No. 1 and Robert J. Fraser of the sixth precinct. Hellmuth told the Gibson committee that he was transferred to another beat and later out of the fourth precinct after a talk with Capt. Bremerman about a supposed gambling place when the captain had said it was the work of plain clothes men. He also told the committee that McQuade had told him to “keep his eves closed” in connection with a gambling establishment on his beat, and when McQuade denied this statement before the committee and to Hellmuth's face, the officer Tepeated his assertion. In reference to the transfer of Fihelly, a statemwit was made before the Gib- son comrpittee that a fund of $2; h(“;q I;eefix “B}:)d by gamblers to get rid of elly, who was being too active loclazu';: such places. Y fa t expected that the grand jury will make a report to the court on the result of its findings in both cases, and will submit a copy to the Gibsan com- mittee. Douthitt Urges Stricter Law. Prohibition cannot be enforced under the present law. Harry N. Douthitt, field secretary of the Citizens' Service Asso- clation, said today. He was to have been a witness before the Gibson sub- committee continuing its ine into prohibition enforcement and the charges that liquor is brought into the District under protection. The Gibson sube- committee did not meet, owing to the fact that Chairman Gibson was obliged to attend a meeting of the House civil :r;’yv(lee committee on retirement legisla~ Mr. Douthitt explained that more teeth would have to be g\ll into the law to enable enforcement, use there are many loopholes. That the Citizens' Service League has practically gone out of business as far as its original purpose of catching boot= leggers through snooping activities of their neighbors is concerned, Mr. Douthitt admitted. The association is now doing no more field work and he himself is retained at a merely nominal salary. The members of the association, he said, had refused to make actual purchases of liquor and to so testify in court. He believes that paid informers should not be used in prohibition en- forcement. The association has tapered off into the status of a citizens' organ=- fzation in an advisory capacity. He himself is devoting practically all of his energles to the publication of a newse paper in Virginia. Strong conviction that very little, if any, protection is paid for by boote leggers operating in the District was expressed by Mr. Douthitt. The impossibility of getting a warrant without swearing to actual personal purchase of liquor makes enforcement extremely difficult even where illicit sales are known to have been made, Mr. Douthitt said. The Gibson subcommittee will resume its hearings in the caucus room of the House Oftice Building tomorrow at 10 o'clock. ARTS GROUP FROWNS ON M STREET BRIDGE Present Design Would Create ““Per- petual Eyesore” Over Rock Creek, Says Report. The Commission of Fine Arts notifed the District Commissioners this after- noon that it had disapproved the latest plan for the proposed new bridge over Rock Creek at M stroet because the design is “conspicuously bad” The plans were prepared in the department of the engineer of bridges of the Dis- trict and call for & span of the steel- girder type. According to the plans submitted, the commisston sall, the structure would be a “perpetual evesore, cone splcuous not oty fram the Pennsyl- vania Avenue Bridge. but especially so from the driveway extending from the Linealn Memorial to Rock Creek Park, a driveway which forms an essential pors ton af the park system of the Dise triet of Columbia.™ The commission saw that the Dis. trick has set & pace in the construc ton of the Q Street Rridge over Rook Creek which should be matntained i the canstruction of all bridges across the Rock Creek parkway. . SLAV KING PLANS VISIT. He Calle fo The Stae and Chi oY v Cable & “uw P Nows Cupyiight, 4 VIENNA, Mareh 13 Ky Alexander of Jugostavia Wil go o England April 10 vislt King CGeoarge, accursding to AN ARROuncemens in the Belgrade news- paper, Pravdu arelgn - Mintster Mavtnkoviteh ot Jugoslavia will vistt Foreign Minister Suwsemann W Berlin i May. w ded bl g l‘ro&rmm-;;l'm uh