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11 1U S Weather Burean Forecast.) Cloudy, probably raln or snow to- night and tomorrow: lowest tempera- tyre about 32 degrees. ‘Temperature—Highest. 36, at 11 a.m. today: lowest, 33, at 8 p.m. yesterday. Full report on page 7. Cloting N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ch ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The only ev ening paper in Washington with the Associated Press service. news Yesterday's Circulation, 104,280 tered s second class matter post office. Washington, D. C. FLECTON OF BCY 5 HELD LEGAL Y HOUSE CONITTEE Recommendation Is Made! That Member Be Allowed to Take Seat. No. 30,6306. Slated for U. S. Attorney | i | | | CITIZENSHIP AFFIRMED IN REPORT OF PROBERS TR | Evidence Declared Sufficient to Show He Is Legally a i e COUNTY REFUND Holding that men who have been chosen as Representatives in Congress should not be excluded unless their cases present a clear violation of the Constitution, a House elections commit- tee today recommended that James M. Beck be permitted to retain his seat »< a Republican Representative from Pennsylvania Mr. Beck was elected to succeed Wil- Jiam S. Vare, whose right to sit in the Senate has been bitterly contested on the ground that his campaign expendi- tures were excessive. £ Gist of Reports. By the Associated Pre; The report, signed by six Republicans | CHICAGO, March 17.—Additional and one Democratic member of the | testimony that the Cook County Repub- committee, Was accompanied by & jjcan committee made no contribution minority report which presented (D€ |of §35000 to the Republican national mm’ n‘,’:t ‘;:ckb:_':smgz :.nwm committee in 1924 was given today to {lhe Senate teapot dome subcommittee habitant of Pennsylvania in the con- stitutional sense at the time of his | at the closing session of its hearings. election. | A notation of such a gift is contained The, majority Teport declared that.|in the records of the late Fred W. “we must rely upon the integrity, the | yonam, national treasurer up to June, patriotism and the good sense of the; ~ reistatonsiare various i th | 1924, and the Senate investiga elacwr‘u m’"m‘:"ch},,‘;‘“é} :“fl!{lmm:: | seeking to determine whether some of ship in the House of Representatives. | the $60,000 of the Sinclair Liberty bonds “This is a part of the very genius of | Upham received from Will H. Hays for Tepresentative government,” it contin- | political use were sold and the proceeds ued “And we do not think that it 1s | credited to the Cook County committee. proper to seek for strained and captious T described him- interpretations of this paragraph of the | 1?""‘";"‘5“?,;:“: e ik otos Constitution to find reasons for rejec- |5 as the ting men who have been chosen through | County during the 1924 campaign, testi- the deliberate will of their constituents | fied that his committee received a total ®s indicated at the polls.” | of $100.750 from the Republican na- | tional committee, none of which was Garrett Challenges Election. t The right of Mr. Beck to take his tee made no contribution e seat in the House was challenged by | Party organization. Representative Garrett, Democratic | House leader, at the opening of the Armour Contributed. session, The House permitted him to Turning to personal contributions to | the Republican national political chest, |the Senate investigation learned from JAMES M. PROCTOR. Photo Harris Ewing. Fr Cook Committee M.ade No Contribution in 1924, Tea- pot Probers Told. T0C.0.P.DENED WASHINGTON, D. €, SATURDAY, MARCH 17 . 1928 —THIRTY PROCTOR BELIEVED COOLIDGE'S CHOICE FOR GORDON POST President Said to Have Vir- tually Decided on U. S. Attorney Nomination. SELECTION IS DELAYED PENDING JUDGESHIP VOTE Confirmation of Gordon Is Held Certain in White House Circles. | President Coolidge has virtually de-! | cided to appoint James M. Proctor, for | | more than 20 years, a practicing attor- | | ney here, as United States attorney, to succeed Peyton Gordon, only recently ! nominated to be an associate justice of the District Supreme Court. | This was learned today from an authoritative source, but it is thought | doubtful if any formal announcement will be forthcoming from the White | House prior to the resignation of Mr Gordon. His nomination is now being considered by the judiciary committee |of the Senate and his resignation as| | attorney will not be turned in until he {has been confirmed. The White House is known to feel confident that the Sen- ate will act favorably upon Mr. Gordon’s nomination, and for that reason the President is ready to make public the | new United States attorney as soon as | Mr. Gordon's resignation is received. Three Candidates in Field. In centering his at.ention upon Mr. Proctor for the attorneyship the Presi- | dent is represented as having put aside | the names of Leo A. Rover, who is at present Assistant United States Attor- ney for the District, and John Lewis Smith, former president of the District Bar Assoclation, who, along with Mr. Proctor, have been the three most seriously considered by the President for this important local post. Mr. Proctor is understod to have been more or less of an added starter to the fleld of candidates and inasmuch as it was first reported that Mr. Rover was likely to be the choice as Maj. Gordon's successor, the fact that the | President’s attention is now centered | upon him will no doubt come as some- | what of a surprise. Mr. Proctor was not a voluntary candidate. His name was first presented to the White House by the executive committee of the Re- publican State committee in and for the District of Columbia and since then many indorements of him have ) ! ), " HA feeit AL s ED—A ST. PATRICK! ) Means Associ S-4 Will Be Raised And Towed to Dock At Boston Today The work of raising the sub- marine 8-4, off Provincetown, where she was sunk on December 17 in a collision with - the Coast Guard destroyer Paulding, was started at 11:05 o'clock this morning, accord- Ing to advices received at the Navy Department from Capt. King, in command of the salvage force. He estimated that It would require ap- proximately five hours to pump the pontoons and get the ill-fated ship to the surface, when the 40-mil~ trip across Massachusetts Bay to the Boston Navy Yard would begin. It had been indicated that the ves- sel probably would be raised tomor- row, but dispatches from Capt. King indicated that he started to raise the vessel today because indications were that bad weather was coming. As soon as the vessel is raised she will be towed by ships of the salvage force into dry dock. $10,000 RANSOM 2> | IEHND IS T SEA DOGS ROW OVER JAZZ BAND: ADMIRAL AND TWO SUSPENDED London prcss Clamors for Explanatxon Of Incident on Warslup—Naval Court Gives Penalties. By the Associated Press. aboard the battleship, said the captain LONDON, March 17.—A dispute over | to the admiral in diplomatic language. musie by a jazz band for an admiral's |but if the admiral wanted jazz, he had dance Is sald in naval circles to have | b:‘le; 1m§°*’;l b,'"“’ from the shore to caused the incident aboard the battle- | PIRE fQ5 WS CRNPOEL o o b4 do in ship Royal Oak oecause of which three | (e day, continued the captain, and he officers were suspended and newspapers | did not propose to permit them to stay today were clamoring to the admiralty | up most of the night for the amusement for an explanation. |of the ships guests—even if the ad- The papers criticized the admiralty, |miral gave the dance. 4 saying the incident happened nearly a | Capt. Dewar and Comdr. Danlel were : | ded by a court of inquiry at Malta week ago ana that the naval heads| g, came to London, The admiral also should be fully Informed by now. The |ygs suspended and his flag “struck” papers demanded that it be cleared up | from the Royal Oak, but he stayed at quick: MARCH ON CAPITOL BY WORKERS URGED fFederaI Employes Asked to | Show Feeling on Pending Bills Monday. The Government departments today were circularized with a plea that as many Federal employes as can be spared from their dutles assemble at the Peace Monument at 9:45 o'clock Monday morning, march up to the House civil | service committee room and “‘show them and the folks back home that we | | Congress." ’n?e movement to march upon the | want the Welch bill and the annuity | bill passed at the present session of | 'Rear Admiral Bernard 8t. G. Collard, Malta, | In the meantime, contradictory re- | capitol, the nirst time such & method I Friends Send Money 1o Free Man Held by Detroit Kidnapers. By _the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 17.—James E. Hall, wealthy beverage establishment operator, kidnaped yesterday and held for $10,000 ransom, was re- leased by his abductors about noon today upon payment of the ransom, his friends announced. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 17.—A $10,000 ransom demanded by kidnapers for | the release of James E. Hall, beverage | establishment operator abducted yes- | terday, has been raised by his friends and sent to an appointed rendezvous his assoclates said today. The messenger with the ransom money was said to be James L. Shum- | way, close friend of Hall's. who also had | been reported kidnaped but who was declared to have been negotiating with the kidnapers for payment of the ran- som Both Hall and Shumway are re- puted to be wealthy. Hall, wealthy hotel operator, kidnaped from his home in the exclusive Grosse Pointe Village district last night by two men posing as detectives. Kidnaping 1s Denied. Joseph Reiman, real estate operator. ed Press. TWO CENTS. 1,000 MORE TROOPS WILL SAIL T0 GUARD NICARAGUAN POLLS Reinforcements Are Planned After Failure of Latins to Pass McCoy Bill. PRESIDENT BELIEVES U.S. CAN ASSIST IN ELECTIONS Marines Will Embark Soon, Navy Department Says—Not to Be Used in War on Rebels. - By the Associated Press. | As a sequel to Nicaragua's failure to | enact legislation providing for Ameri~ | can supervision of her next presidential clection, plans were under way today ! for dispatching 1,000 more Marines to | that country to help enforce the Stim- ! son peace agreement. The action to send the additional two battalions to the Central American republic was announced at the Navy Department late yesterday, and soon afterward President Coolidge was rep- | resented as believing that the United | States can still be of assistance to Nica- ragua In choosing its next President, | despite failure of the supervisory en- abling legislation. | To Embark Soon. The Marines, most of whom will be | taken ‘rom the scouting fleet and At- lantic Coast ports, will embark as soon | as sailing space is obtained and other details of the expedition are | Some are expected to leave | few days. o They will augment the 2,700 Marines | already in Nicaragua policing the E“’ and trying to capture “Gen. | elections are carried out in a legal and orderly manner. Secretary Wilbur says the new Ma- | rine force will be used principally for | maintaining order during the balloting | for a successor to Adolfo Diaz, d | President of the little country. = They 4 in the fleld against lares, alt] h some of will be employed for ‘szgard duty aund oiher Marine ‘sctivity President Coolidge {eels that while j the McCey bill providing for Ameri- supervision of the Nicaraguan elec- | tions 1s not absolutcly necessary to the | carrying out of n agreement. e it would have bean better if the Nicar- aguzn Congress had adopted it Bring Tranquillity. and friend of both Hall and Shumw: called in by police, also denied th: Shumway had been kidnaped. Contra:y commanding the battleship squadron ltlporu were current in both London lndl’,,[ expressing Federal employe senti- Malta; Capt. Kenneth G. B. Dewar, com- | Malta. One paper today expressed | ment on pending legislation has been manding the battleship Royal Oak, and | astonishment at the incident because |gqonted, was originated and is being ttee. decided that Mr. Beck | Pllip D, Armaous, ey O it | been received at the White House. Ogden Armcur, and F. 3 | president of Armour & Co., that on ’ puted.” it added. “Born in that State, | SROTCC,, 1924, they ,contributed after having left it he has returned and 3 ‘maint residence The; they bad _contributed | any dnfi:mm 1921, llfiflfl!, ex- long s e cone | N - | plaining that B. A. Eckhardt, assistant o s ] wipu'euurzr of the Republican mm “Mr. Back 5 8 legal elector in the | Ommittes. had acked m‘w:Mmthl State of Pennsyivania. We do not Siis during the Coolid; i Aink Chis oan be isuled, - Having | CAmpaien. White "testifed ‘that “Eck- maintained & legal retidence in fhat | DAt liad asked him for 3000\, State more than sufficiently long #3) ""Bgl I sent a check for $4,000." he oot B R priviicges. | **%es your attention ever called to fiu‘ the poulflxu;qfuna. ;’n"n:m fifi" | 'he,\giucnr;mncy?; c:ulr‘:xdm Nye asked. it 10 the registration board for regis. | jamer A, McCoy, secrelary fo the late | | o tration, was registered as a voter with- | Frank D. Stout, Chicago capitalist, tes- out chalienge and thereafter and be- |tified that Stout gave $5000 to the Jore his election performed the privilege | Republican national campaign in Sep- ©of voting in an election without chai- | tember. 1924. The witness said he was s | certain that Btout received no reim- | bursement in the form of Liberty bonds or otherwise for the contribution. To Show Upham Slips. Minority Report. The minority report, signed by Rep- resentatives Browning of Tennessee and Wiison of Mississippi, Democrats, de- | At the request of Senator Nye, Re- clared that while any constituency | publican, North Dakota, Harold B. Am- should have the right to choose its Rep- | berg, general counsel for the First Na- | Tesentatives in Congress, that cholce | tional Bank of Chicago, agreed to tur-! “must be within constitutional bounds.” | nish the personal deposit slips of Up- | “Our charter of liberties, the Consti- | ham for the vears 1922. 1923 and 1924., tution.” it asserted. “should stand above | Irl G. Hipsley and A. V. Leonard .~ the aspirations of an individual who | reiterated their testimony that Upham would subvert it or the action of con- had told them Wilbur W. Marsh, trcas- stituencies who ignore it. 1f Mr. Beck |urer of the Democratic nationai com- 35 10 retain his seat we view the prece- | mittee, had suggested in 1923 that the 6ot not as & part of the general!two party treasurers refrain from ‘erosion’ of the Constitution, but as a making reports of contributions for frontal attack on it, a bissting process | that year. Since there was no cam- which 1 to weaken the foundation of | paign that vear. no reports were re- 1o great American dream of repre- |quired and none was made. scntative government. ! Marsh has denled that there was any In a day when a political machine | agreement between himself and Upham select any individual it chooses to | He has been summoned to appear at into she House, there are multiplied | Washington next Wednesday when the cengers 1o those the fathers knew when | hearing will be resumed. they made this inhibition,” the Demo- | . Hearings Closed. eruts declared the examination of Leonard, GERMANY GETS BLAME FOR BREACH WITH SOVIET « P With | the subcommittee closed the Chicago hearings after Chairman Nye had read into the record a letter from Upham to Willlam J. Louderbock, dated May 4, 1922, and suggesting that “the Deer- Ing interests” contribute $5,000 to the Pall campaign “President Harding and his cabinet has performed mighty satisfactorily,” Upham wrote, “Although there have been some disappointments at the slow- nese of legislation by Congress, when you consider that it ook from one to ight years w0 get us into such terrible trouble, a lot has really been accom- plished during Lhe last year," Russian Foreign Minister Bresk Commercisl Negotiations. Places Responsibility for in MOBCOW, March 17 -"Tass, the offi- sl news agency of Lhe Boviet regime. snnounces that G. V. Tehicherin, the forelgn minister, conversed with Count| Senator Nye, chairman of the com- Brockgorfi-Rantzau. the German Am- | mittee, said it might be necessary to re- bassador, and placed all responsibility ' call Hays because of the testimony last for the breach in the commercisl nego- | night of James P. Connery, Chic: Uation: between fussls and Germeany | coal dealer and long-time partner upon the latter country | friend of Hays. M. Tehitcherin declared that the Bo- | Bupplementing_the testimony given viet government siways has stown full| “(Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) yeadiness v meet Germen proposals | and the allegation, by Berlin, that the | TR FLYER BARELY ESCAPES DEATH IN MEXICAN RIVER Wreach was due o the arrest of Ger-| man engineers in the Don regon was | “uneonvineing e said thal the Germans were sr-| yeied in suict acoordance with $o- viel jaws, Which be sdded, are applics- | p We v suyboly resiaing in Syl ierri. | Pilot Eaker's Plane Takes Nowe wry, and 1herefore any pressure upon the ourts would meet with failure GOING TO CAIRO PARLEY, " v v patehies from Fuerto Me ersal toaky said 1hst Kaker ot one of the Amerd Amphibian 5 oroute o Pantoe. bhad & nar- ape In landing st Minatitlan yes- Dive in Landing and Alnnan Ouly 8lightly Hot Dis- ¥l Uni- Lr. Gllbert ¥iz-Pauick of Chivagy s been neuea sk unoMicisl represent sdive of (e United Btates Army Medicel Depurunent v the Internutionsi Con- gress of ‘Tropical Medicine snd Hygiene 10 be held st Calro, Egypt, beginning Pecemirr 15 erdsy ¥ Trubee Duvison American As- Istant Becretary of Wer for Avi Dr. Fita-Fotrick holds the 1 of |and Ma) Gen. James K. Peche Seuterant colonel i tie Medics) Corps |99 the AIr Crops, pparently were not Feenerve and will be i Calro in & private | Wivolved in the sccident coparity Guring the congress | Esker, fiylng the plane 2674, ook » . nwse dive dnt the Contuacoslcos Rivel |10 whighting in front of the Minatitan Soldiers Fight $200,000 Fire (oMl refinery. He suved himself by jump- 4 suffered only & PLATIEBURG, N Y & 1o soldiers from U g g overionid and Mutch 1T ) yiised nose. ERoMs are being mi Aty barracks, | refimt the plane, the wings of which puasniig 1ie pist's e TglLing spyars- | re under the waler tuz, ascieted Lhe city fremen waay 10! Gen. Nuverro was quowed a8 saying ehecking & fue which destroyed o | My Davieon decided 1o postpone his tresters and eevers) stores, The lo | fight tn Peaneme and Lo remain st estimpted st §200,000 {Mr. Smith, the other candidate who represented as ly ipped for the tates attorneyship because of the seven years he spent as assistant United States attorney. Attorney General Sargent, who has personally investigated the various can- didates for this office and who has made known his opinion to the Presi- dent. is understood to have looked very favorably upon Mr. 3 Opposition to Rover. It 15 known that there was opposition to Mr. Rover's selection on the part of local Republicans because of sllegations | that he formerly had been a Democrat. In response to this Mr. Rover said that while was favorable to the nomina- tion of the late Champ Clark as the Democratic nominee in 1912, he always bas considered himself of the bli- can faith, although his residence in the District of Columbia made it impossible for him to vote the Republican ticket. has been serjously considered, like Mr. Proctor and Mr. Rover, has had the experience of serving as assistant United States attorney for the District. | $274,000,000 NAVAL BILL PASSES HOUSE| Is| Construction of 15 Cruisers Provided For in Measure. By the Amsociated Prese. ‘The $274,000,000 new warship con- struction program was approved today by the House and sent to the Senate. The vote was 287 to 67. In passing the Butler bill, the House provided for the construction of 15 crufsers of 10,000 tons displacement | each and one alrcraft carrier of 13,800 | tons. The measure carries a provision re- questing the President to urge Lhe “necessity” of another international conference for the limitation of naval armaments and gives him authority to suspend the proposed construciion, either in whole or in part, in the event of a limitation agreement. In addition, the bill would provide that eight of the 16 pew ships must be bullt in navy yards ENFORCEMENT SESSION CALLED BY MAJ. HESSE Police Officers and New Bervice League Official Confer on Dry Work. Police officers In charge of prohibi- | Hon_enforcement in the District and | Thomes B, Jarvis, newly appointed field cretary of the Citizens' Bervice A lon,” were In_ conference in Ma) | Hesse's office shortly before noon today. | It 15 thought that the conference was called 0 effect some change in the pollcy of th police as regards lguor | entorcement in Washington. ‘Those summoned by Ma). Hesse for | the conference included Inspector H. € | Pratt, Capt. Guy E. Burlingame and | Bergt. George M, Little, head of the | Mguor squad, For some days Mr, Jarvis has been famillarizing himselt with the work at Police muu’ and by the Police Depart- ment with the end in view of equipping himeelf to make prac suggestions. Arraigned on Foriery Charge. Mrs. Lorraine Hormer and her slster, Mrs. Vivien Tillman, were arralgne |today before Chief Justice McCoy in OCriminal Division | on a charge of fu gery. They entered pleas of not guitly wnd were tnued at liberty on honds of 81500 kil e charged with altering yalchun's prescriptions for ph from Faname Gen Feohet congrutulated Koker on Alnwtitien untdl snother plane srves Radio Programs Page 30 "o acps. narcotics — Atorneys Newmter King and Jacobson and Allomey Harvey L Culiby sepiessiled Lhe Mecusedy Comdr. H. M. Danlel of the same ship were suspended. The admiralty said it ! lacked information and could not ex-| plain the trouble yet. This story was! told in naval circles: When the Royal Oak, the flagship, arrived at Malta, Admiral Collard ned to stage a party and invited the elite of Maita. The battleship’s jazz| band would furnish the music, an- nounced the admiral. It would not. said Capt Dewar. Comdr. Dantel| backed up his captain. He had no objections to a dance! of “the particularly happy relations” of the officers of the Royal Oak. Another paper said it had learned that the fric- tion aboard the ship had prevailed for peal to the commander-in-chief, Ad- lan- | miral Sir Roger Keyes, who, after futile | attempts to smooth things over, allowed Admiral Collard to lower his flag and Capt. Dewar and Comdr. Daniel to re- turn to England. VALETTA, Malta, March 17 (®).— Rear Admiral Bernard 8t. G. Collard 15 leaving for England tomorrow. OPPOSES PRECINCT SYSTEM OF FINES Hart Attacks Proposal to Senate District Committee ¢ Dispose of Minor Traf- fic Cases. Protection of the rights of citizens was made an Issue by Assistani Cor- | poration Counsel Ringgold Hart in| making vigorous objections to the! scheme proposed by the United States Bureau of Efficiency to dispose of minor traffic offenses through system of fines in precinct stations at a continued hearing before the Gibson subcommit- tee today. Mr, Hart'’s contention that the Bu- reau of Efficiency proposal is fmpracti- cable was supported by Police Judge 8chuldt, who further told the subcom- mittee that the four judges of the Po- lice Court doubted the legality of allow- ing police officers to make aMdavits in the precinct house instead of swearing to the information in Police Court. i ‘The urgent need for a new Police Court bullding with adequate sanitary detention ceils was emphasized by Chairman Gibson, Representative Ham- mer, Mr Hart and Judge Schuldt as of paramount importance, and it was ar- gued that such & bullding would relieve any congestion that now exists as much as any other proposal that has been made. Stagger System Proposed. Mr. Hart told the committee that relief in the Police Court will be afford- ed more through a stagger system by which different days and various hours would be allocated to precinct officers to bring in minor traflic cases. In this he was supported by Judge Schuldt, who cited a letter vlrrylug, such & recommendation that had en sent from the court sometime ago to the corporation counsel’s office, Judge Bchuldt also identified a letter which (Continued on Page 3, Column 2) SENATOR FERRIS GRAVELY ! ILL WITH PNEUMONIA' 75, Haw Chance” for Recovery, Family Says. Henutor Ferrts of Michigan was sald by members of his family today Lo be a “very man with & Aghting chance of_recovery,” ‘The Benator, who 18 76 years old, had been confined to his room in the Hotel nlllllfiluu for & week with a severe , which has developed into pneus Legjslator, “Flghting | monta. Murs. Ferrls sald that the Senator had @ "very bad night'” and that & number of physicians had been in attendance | this morning 1 ‘The Miclilgi enatlor recently an nounced that on account of his age he would nob run again for office He has not been ackive on the fAoor of the o ¥ TAX AND DIPLOMA MILL BILLS 0. KD Approves Measures—Mar- ket Hearings Planned. Two important ‘measures, one to prevent so-called “diploma mills” from operating in Washington and the other | to ald the city government in collecting delinquent taxes, were approved by the Senate District committee yesterday afternoon and will be reported to the Benate next week The diploma bill defines certain re- quirements to be met by institutions of learning if they confer degrees in the District, and would give the Board of Education authority to administer the regulations. Charles F. Carusi, presi- dent of the school board, and Miss Pearl McCall, assistant District attor- ney, told the committee several weeks #g0 that there is pressing need for such ,b:’cakped by Mrs, Margaret Hopkins Wor- Irell, an assistant attorney in the Bi | rcau of Indian Affairs of the Depa | ment of the Interfor and long identi- | some time and it culminated In an ap- | 5470 "o individual workers for em- | ployes’ legislation. ‘The plan to impress the House com- | mittee with the desires of the Govern- | ment employes does not bear the in- | dorsement of the Federation of Federal Employes as an organization, although the individual members are not re- strained from taking part. Call Sent Out. The call sent out to the employes is as munws:m i ‘Keep this moving. Is l‘l’le Welch bill a good bill? “Do you want it to pass? “Do you want the annuity bill? “Are you willing to helgz- “If you are in earnest both can be passed at this ession. “One person cannot do it, neither can 100—but we must all help. Wil you? ‘If you want an increase of $400 to 00 tn your salary you can get it, but you must work for it. Now is the ! time for action. “Meet with us at the Peace Monument | next Monday morning at 9:45 sharp, and let us all march up to the commit- tee room to the hearing on this bill. “Let us show them and the folks back | home that we want this bill and the | annuity bill both passed at this session ! By concerted action now the bills will | pass. Do _your part. Give two hours Page 2. Column 7.) | 'JAPAN DELAYS STEPS FOR TREATY WITH U. S. Negotiations With America Will | Await Special Session of | (Continued on legislation here because of the ease with | which a group of persons may estab- lish a school here by taking out articles of incorporation. When the bill came up for final action yesterday Chair- man Capper and Senator Bruce both stressed the necessity for its enactment Tax Bl Approved, ‘The delinquent tax bill was approved promptly after Senator Phipps, chair- man of the subcommittee in charge of District appropriations, had explained that its object s to give the Commis- sloners a more effective method of col- lecting the tax on properties that no Individual takes over at the present an- nual tax sale. Under existing law a tax sale is held every year, at which a number of in- dividuals take over some of the prop- erties by paying the taxes due and re- “(Continued on Page 3, Column 6. ’ Dreiser Gives Of Soviet Rule in Rus Theodore Dreiser, master LBy the Assocts | TOKIO, Marcl 17 The foreign office stated today that there would no treaty negotiations with United of the Diet on April 20. In the mean- time the treaty bureau experts re studying both the French and ®ryan drafts carefully. ‘The forelgn ofMce spokesman empha- sized that neither draft presented an) Insurmountable obstacle as far as seen at present. He added that the govern- ment felt a successful and friendly agreement with America would reached, probably by including arbitra- ton nd conclliation in the same treaty, although two treaties might be necessary depending upon the decision of experts His Views sia obser d realist, vecently ed from 11 weeks' atudy of the Soviet experiment for Newspaper Alliance, of whie t down in a serie meting blame as he believes t The Star \lts of this atudy he awarding praise and hem merited. The first of these articles will appeur in The Evening Star Monday, the others following dail intereat and importance mark this ser Extraordinary . and the articles will reward reading hy every one. The Star will present th ahle and compreh e sur without assuming re hy the writer, sihility for the conclus acticles as the findings of an N situation, s reached i | | to the Reiman declared the man was in Ds- troit, but he also declined to reveal Shumway's whereabouts. Early today police had been unable to locate Shum- Wway. On Monday. Harvev Watson, labor leader, was kidnaped and held for s2. 000 ransom. So far as known, he was stlll held by the kidnapers today. The ransom notes were received by local of- ficlals of the American Federation of Labor. who turned them over to police Hall was at dinner with his wife when two pseudo detectives entered ana forced him to accompany them at the point of pistols. To allay the suspicions of Mrs. Hall, the men de- clared they were taking her husband io the McClelland Avenue precinct po- lice station, but the wite, on calling the station, learned that she had been duped. Shortly aftsrward two other men arrived at the Hall home with the ransom note. Ask Delay in Probe. Mrs. Hall informed the police of the threat, but a few hours later friends and relatives of the men held be- seeched authorities to postpone their nvestigating activities pending comple- Uon of negotiations for the victim's release. Labor officfals after recefving the ran- som demands for Watson, flatly refused | to pay the money. Despite the disinclination of victims to furnish police with information, a thorities planned to leave no stone un- turned In an effort to smash the gang. | ng. whose operations have been carried on boldly over a period of nearly a year. | The heaviest sufferers heretofore, a cording to police, have been rum de: ers and gamblers. The authorities b learned of at least 40 extortion cases a tributed to the ring in the past few months, bul few victims official complaints. The authorities hold the extortionists responsible for dloody strife among underworld factions that has resulted In more than a score of slayings. 8,000 PULLMAN PORTERS VOTE TODAY ON STRIKE States until alter the special session | Brotherhood Members Hope Presi- dent Will Appoint Arbitra- tion Board. Hoping that the President wilt ap- rolnl an emergency arbitration board n the event of a tie-up, the 8.000 mem- bers of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters throughout the country bo [are voting on the question of calling » strike to enforce wage demands. W. H. Des Verney, organ in charge of the Washington division, pointed out that should the President take this ac- tlon, the brotherhood would, In effect, &ain its point, for the Pullman Co., he says, has so far refused to submit de- mands of the porters and maids to ar- bitration, which, 1t was added. United States Board of Meditation sug- gested. Des Verney, in a statement today, sald the Pullman Co. “has escaped the benign influence of modern methods of handling Industrial problems, or it has eynleally vefused to forget the dark days of chattel slavery,” HINDENBERG HONORED. Named Afghan Dukeship. Chancellor Marx Also Favored. BERLIN, March 1T (. —President von Hindenberg and Ohancellor Marx have been elevated to the Afghan no- bility and became "Du&u of Alc\ln- fatan" by thelr acceptance of & hig decoration and & rich allk ¢ veremoniously presented to them to t! Afghan Mintster m behalt of King Amanullah Paul Loebe alia was proposed for the same honor, but, being Prestdent of the Relchatag and therefore & pohitical ot alal and. above all, & eanscientions So- clalist, whase party I fatly apposed o decorations, he politely declined, b assertions of Shumway's family, have lodged | the | He is of the opinion that the presencs of Marines there already. has schieved great good by uogpin. the civil zzm;eeuhe Liberal :l’ld v bringing a tear of tranquillity { the troubled republic. and- by permit- | ling many of its citizens to retum to | their former occupations. Now. in his opinion, it is up to the Washington Government to devise some means of mee the election super- tion it assumed vision problem, ar obligal when_the present governor general ot the Philippines, Henry L. Stimson, brought the warring factions last year as personal representative of the Executive. When recent indications pointed to failure of the McCoy bill, the State De- partment informed the | Rardt at Managua. that If the legisa at - tion was not enacted the United States { would be forced to R o it of its agreement. | | | step looking to the i duty under the | Whether the sending cf more Marines | 1s the step the depariment had in mind officlall; was & question unanswered | here today. CONGRESS ADJOURNS. | | Legislators Fail to Win Extension of | Life for Body. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 17 (#. ~—The Nicaraguan Congress adjourned esterday after failing to override Pres- ident Diaz' veto of a bill which would | bave extended the life of the body from December 15 to December 31. Leaders opposed to the American supervision of the presidential election next Oectoucy had advocated this measure as & meth- od by which the present Congress could have kept its grip on the presidentisi situation. As it is, the new -~ | will take office December 18 De | charged with the duty of -officially de- claring the results of the October vot- ing. | Before adjournment, the Congres: solected first and second “d itge* who will become President or Vice | President in the event that either of ! thase officials becomes incapacitatee. | Francisco Jose Arguello. & member | the House. was elected firsu “designate” and the other ‘:\«mm\ was given to | Senator Luis Felipe Mora. h are | Conservatives. | Gen. Frank McCoy, whose bill for supervision of the presidential elections was rejected by Congress, erday cabled the State riment at h- ington for approval of his . In eneral, they follow the lines of “the *‘lpllwl ment as arranged by Henry L. Stimson. e JUSTICE’S HOME ROBBED. Ferns Taken From Porch of Nar lan F. Stone Restdence. Both a justice of the United States Supreme Court and the head of the Police Finger-print Bureau reparted to police last night that they had been the victims of thefts. Justice Harlan ¥, Stone ve) that four boxes of ferns were s fram the front poreh of his home at 3840 Wyonming avenue. Dotective Sergt, Fred Sandburg, finger-print expers, said that his automobile was stolen fram Tenth and F streets, | BATTLSHIP IS RAMMED. U. & & Colorado's Side Cut at San Pedro by Steamahip The battleship Colorado was rammed by the steamahip Ruth Alexander a\ # ovlock lasi night while e off San Pedro e Navy Department was advised 3 The Ruth Alexander iy was not damaged and on while the Colorado vecelved & o the starboard side above the water line A cowrt of tquiry was orderedt to ine veatigate the vause of the th