Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1928, Page 2

WAR “QUTLAWRY" BEFORE PRESIDENT Group of Citizens Submits Plan for Negotiation of “Multilateral Treaty.” war" through | ultilateral treaty to ed States was to President | time o yell. { mately 'iand throughout the field service, ex- ter was «gmm ! men who had ted to the President | “ageressive warfare.” | 15 in disagreement 1 of Premier Bi paragraph in the treat d between the] fundamental prin- nal law, and a na- | fesso e warfare obligation One Great Opportunity. so much at stake.” the letter is difficult to believe that the the proposed treaty will t is the one great It it shall giory of our vital | es, from bondage Tom immeas- | insufferable sor- wars would inflict upon the ) THE EVENING STAR, WA SHINGION, 1. €. MONDAY. MARCH 19, 1928 2000U.5. WORKERS ATTEND HEARING Representatives Speak for Salary Bill After Seeing Large Delegation. ,and d | through this legislation. (Continued from First Page) they couldn't hear a word that was| said, but they joined in all the applause velled several times on their own ust because they thought it was i The proposed bill affects approxi- 120,000 employes of the Gov- ernment in the District of Columbia {cept those in the Postal Service and skilled tradesmen in the navy yard. It includes the custodial, customs and im- | migration services, with the Treasury | Department having the greatest num- | ber of low-paid employes to be benefited | The estimated | cost is $35.000,000 a year, at the start, | resulting by lessening rturn and through increased effi- | ency by inducing the best workers | ke Uncle Sam’'s business their | with savings !ombars of (‘onzrets who spoke in | ire included Sena- | Representative Mr: Kahn, Caii- tives Moore, Vir- . Tex.. Howard, Ne New York; W. T. Fitz- Summers, Washington: Clancy and Mc- Bl Taber, van, Massachus Upd MacGregor, New \ork Letts, Iowa, and Hudspeth, T Preliminary 3 h D{ Calx{omia. the measure, and by Mr. | Dr. Paul H. Douglas. pro- | trial relations at the Uni- | versity of Cl . spoke as a private | itizen, who has given intensive study | ted problems of earnings by | in proportion to the coct of “and @ comparison of these condi- | ons in outside employment with con- ons in the Government service, Ashurst Favors Measure. | Senator Ashurst expressed confidence that the Civil Service committee “is profoundly convinced of the vast im- portance of the Welch bill.” He said | it should be enacted gnd that this most opulent of all nations, the cleanest of | world powers, can well aford to pay its | that they may be main- | Steward. the | ing power of the “dollar has de- | neawd about 61 or 62 per cent, and called attenticn that there has been a | horizontal rise in prices. while the em- | ployes have not participated as they fought in this rising scale. | g to its proposal for making | T ‘\'! ‘wars a prin- law, the letter! ce over exmir.g interna- | law, which by its many rules for | makes it a legalized | w0 the strongest tion the legal can take and| | u*::n Entanglements Not Feared. Pear that the United States might ‘e drasn into European entangiements | %5 might be completely | ¥ ne ldop klz with 2ggresyor 4ng of a5 aggressor nation in the el ern Hemisphere fo-the nations of that| he Western Hem ing it. added, would also allow | European countries to utilize me}u!‘;e { Nations mm"flgm in that e ving the United the treaty nations. e temp eompeiiing power of world opinion.” — ROOSEVELT GIVES $100 T0 BORAH'S BOND FUND - Week End Contributions for Re- peyicg Binclair Reach Total of $1.915 Cash. 2hn Senatwor totaled kes the wtal cash laken sed nis appeal on lzst FIND VARIANCE IN VIEW ON STANDARD OF MORALS v~ AN e LN w e . woinss smenn ‘Tommy Rolen 1 oonteferate in the nestd Beels furnien the lergest skl % Wl Whoe M meking fur uuk!:, ‘The salaries today are dispropo tionate to the rise in the cost of Sen: Ashurst said. and it is un; nt these workers 1o make fl “The anmmenl owes nobody al | | living.” the Senator said. “but it does owe every person in the Nation a | chance to earn a decent living.” “The Government has no right to ask a per- son to give up his time to the business | of Government when the compensation | is npot balanced with the cost and standards of Iit 5 { Mrs. Kahn pa! “a tribute to former rs of Congress from California, v-ho died in service fighting the cause {of underpaid Government employes {2nd then spoke on the woman's side, | unr.g that very few in the Govern- | it service are working just for thern- | es, but have dependents. and said | ¥ the women workers, who | 10 be decent and earn their ould feel that Congress will do | rything it can to help them. Moore Urges Enactment. Representative Moore of Virginia told e commitiee that he is “very much " of this measure. He sald he ‘gmL xith absolute and incontest- | eve: “I am 'eJ ngred as 1 Ever was on | Guestion,” Mr. Moore said, “that | Government employes are in- :ceq_zmy compensated now and very GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES MRS. MARGARET HOPKINS WORRELL, Organizer of the demonstration of Gov- ernment employes. encouraging their é-hearted sen e Connery descrited t often work under inequalities that ought | { 10 be corrected.” He reminded his col- ng‘g‘ 'ha;b};e had_{e'us;d 0 vote for ing salaries of members of Congress, although he realized m¢ such an increase was justified. but that | | e had been opposed w it “until m consideraticn of increasing the salaries of employes In the execut. depart ments of Government had been given. e Lad Dot compieted his statement | when the committee recessed. Wit- netses who are 0 follow in support of this measure are the various vice pres- idents of the employes’ federation rep- ,runx the centers, or communities here are large numbers of roughout the country. These are: John Pitzgerald, New York Lee R. Wh"r_w) Milwaukee: John P. Thomp- San Prancisco; M. J. Hines, Leay- Wiegand, Bostn ‘argued tnat v give ade- nEation is said that the regarding those nent who are 2¢1 37,500, because disproportiona tion of Con- rpose of the 12t there should be oportion of salaries” I'm for paying fair underpaid em- e would be v shoulder il service com- Gune.” Called “Horse Sense” Bill. York said liberally e Govern- work he has Tuithful, en- prowested tha Lry sdequate wages” ! national ould be woild e wn ezample W uy.ayers of lebor v pay Just 4, us teing Ohin Min- Lt tives Fitzgersld mere, Wasiington, and Bush favor of Monstcr Zcppc}m Bul]t for Argcntma ratings in the stating that " numerous instanc es while those who do scientious work are g Held Real Economy. Representative ‘\(.x'(;" mittee that passed because efficlency, employment money ¢ emp! ,)ha!r' of the the movement of he arnin; men n the cost of rd, a com- the cost of above the movement emplo: sparison 0f the ving for Gos nree of these | milee 2c-| AT CONCERTS IN PRISON ¢ the first etween His study under 12,000 000 worke o 1890 overe erage annual earn per cent wents how benefited through increasing paid W the workers were s Two African crosshills md recently, and the employer e e | Within alaries shot In flown from Africa surmised | Service, Will Make Trial F]lght to U. S. March 19 Before the new AT Lepgelin W slmost compleled o Friedrichehaten beging 1 projected wnd passenger e yeiween ena Bucnom hiree it meke & fight v the United Blates “iown by the Lie Angeles, ule elm o inresting commercinly can be b the new emyployed fitianeinl how ably Ay siriglole Tue German, ¢ w0 ifis Of BUIIGIRG Ve Zeppelin in Qustry, i ut Jeast nereon are nentul Two 7 for n ¥ and fung ton of 1 fying o Lhe el will cost 850,600 pecity for this craft neces ary with 1ty crew of 46, 35 unly 12 persons, so it is culenlated Wl lewst 15 Wons of first cluvs wir matl must be cartied cach trip f expenses | are 1o be paid Moreover craft etill do not exist in sultable hangars for Argenting It is questionable whether the Ar government butld them ‘Therefore, trumpeting of the air uttifzation of the new Zef ceriaing or Drivete agencies despite much sich ntine will final Un s un- jday by the Bupreme Court, which re- Vtused 1o’ cancel” the ‘agreeimént, o1y APPEA L, TO CONGRESS FOR HIGHER PAY A view of the line which stretched across the Capitol grounds when United States employes [llhered there today to ask Congress to suport the Welch bill providing an increase in their salaries. Navy Bean Yields To Canned Tomato In Diet of Gob) By tha Asancinted Press, PITTSBURGH, Pa., No more does the na d first place in the Gob's vegetable diet. Canned tomatoes, peas and corn now outrank it in the order named. igures ing the su entire Navy for one speech here today bur, showed the p «mml mm pounds of ¢ d an s a5 against 4.000.000 pou oes, 1,372,000 po and 1,264,000 pound: lowest on the vegetable 1 ned pumpkias, 280,000 poun Mareh 19- bean b ..‘ Flyer Believes Britons’ Craft Was Sighted. By the A OTTAW. search of the missing transatl deavour, today waite weather. A plane of Force, March woods by 19—A air for the Canadizn Royal A et out from h had come of being heard last Thu hours after the take-off from Englan was forced down near Montreal & snowstorm. It was manned by Fl Officer Charles Bath, who said he wo A former fellow pilot R. G. Hinchliffe, who n orable Elsie Mackay, piloted deavor on her attempted fi the Atlantic, has come forwar H')n- e E.'“ 'DENIES COPLEY PLAN S‘VISITING CAPITOL TALKER FAILS TO WIN STUDENT-POLICEMAN TO BUY NEWSPAPER | ‘Diplomatic Youth Listens At-. | Senator Norris That Negotia- tentively, but Tourist Is % tions Are Not Under Way. i { Unable to Register. By the Asso A telegram | 1 Owner of Coast Publication Tells st from the owner and the Los Angeles, Calif, g that Ira C. Copley of | is now negotiating for purchase that paper. was read in the Senate Senator Norris, Republican, Dreams Come Easily to Men Who Spend Hours at | Work and Study. ; in answer to @ t Friday by 2. | ‘The !smgram was letter read in the Senate I Senator Norris from Willis Spaul of the Springfleld, ¢t of property, charging Cop- s purchasing papers in Illinois for the “defense” of Life was getting a bit too easy for Al- len West, jr, student at Georgetown Foreign Service School, and son of a prominent St. Louis family, so West got | himself job as a Capitol policeman public utilities Hibe life is not quite so eas; i Officers of the Los Angeles Express said Copley at one time had neg Senator Norris said the Spaulding on ed that Copley | ght to buy the Ex added that the letter did not intimate | I that Copley was now negotiating Ior\' the paper. = retch 15 3 preit here was no intention on my r anybody, especially or on that . e e | hours have to be tacked on for § 1d + 15 grandson of Thomas P that he is thi hmg like ob_and expects to e. But hours of ? the board of l}‘? E St. Louis, and came to Washington last September to begin ear course at Georgetown in for a career the State Department. _The Service School holds night sessions, and that Jeft him with his days wide open. He began to get tired of loafing and scouted for a job. When Senator Reed of Misso asserted jurisdiction over the Penn vanta ballot boxes, 15 Capitol policemen were assigned to watch the boxes. That [ created 15 vacancies on the force. West , also of St. Louis, appealed to Senators Reed and Hawes and got two of the jobs Hutchinson is now counting the ballo but West sticks to police Work. ‘ He has been at &t for about & month. For the first three weeks he was assign ed to duty at the main entrance, he succeeded in being tr ferred to outside the room in ®hich are being counted. That | enables him to study whil rs. goes to work at 8 o ng and works until 4 in the Then he snatches something w’ eat and attends classes at Georgeiown | from 5 un 9. From 9 until 12 flv 'AUSTRALI“AN PUTS ‘CAFE IN PARIS “ON ITS TOES” Resemblance to French President Causes Functionaries to Stand at Attention. ence 0f the Associated Press, innocent Ause of his close resem- President of France— upset one of the gay night restaurants t St. Cloud when func- tionaries, orchestra leader and patrons posed when he entered that the ion’s chiet L It was ce there woman with him, but perfect. n the midst number. The to stand, laise.” | and other | 5 a pret the resemb! T e to A rons rose, while waiters | port of the theory that the plane heard over Anagance, New B Thursday morning was that of liffe. r, Capt. E. J. Coope: t in the Canadian service. e Telegraph-Journal of St. Johns, ew Brunswick, that he had inter- iewed the trainmen who said they saw a plane near Anagance, was con- vinced that one really had been sighted. He ga'.e it as his opinion it was Hinchliffe plane and that it had pr | ably run out of fuel and crashed in the dark in the heavy-wooded section. . 'SIDDONS DENIES ALL | CONNECTION WITH ; “MYSTERY” PARCEL 1 (Continued from First Page.) { Dome in American history, or ever will have.” WILBUR STRESSES - TRAINING FUNDS | Says Navy Needs Equipment for Schooling of Individ- ual Man in Defense. I | i been r-aAer is 1o lavD"h’ndr-d by our pecple.” — {MARINE FLYERS FIRED ON | BY NICARAGUAN REBELS d|One Airplane Struck by Bttty Bombs Dropped by Aviators, Associated Press. MANAGUA, N ua, An American Lhfine in N m;iay bears two bullet holes as ion of the presence of Sandino bznds in northeast Nueva Zmfl&m Frank H. Lamson-Scribmer, "x e .r'mg over the mountain region formorly held by Augustino Sandino, rebel chieftain, was fired on yesterday by snipers hidden in the rough 3 jand two bullets penetrated his One bullet ck 8 bomb which t plane was ca . but no expl | took place and the American £ | able to retaliate quickly | bomb over t I By ¢ He said the Republican parts ‘mus i mudge.” and, v thal - men w.;o participated in t ment oil lands. Representative Hull of Tennessee, a; former chairman of the Democratic ta- | tional committee, issued another state- | ment, demanding resignation of all Re- licans in high positions who have ‘contributed to the suppression of the | awful facts” regarding the Sinclair- udies. unless he has been able to get | Continental Trading Co. Liberty bond | up all his work during the day. transactions. That is not so easy. Athough he has| He also called upon Secret: le to do but de the door and | Senator Curtis of Kansas, nobody runs away with the lican floor leader: former Gov. Lowden | jected to a continuous | and other Republican candidates for the | rrulous visitors. Room 335 | Presidency, who he said “should ha\‘e known, and nearly every- | spoken -out long since.” to “make their ops to take a look inside sence felt and known in com- seizes the occasion to give his views of | bined movement.” Penns tion and polmcs" Sinclalr Is Accused. in general. + available 1is.| . Combining his plea for a Since West is the m(m' available Lis- 1, COMRIE b oith & deman ALLEN WEST, JR. thorough that | © | Congress find more effective means of | “lavish use elections,” Senator Capper asserted the “smudge of oil, being smeared blaci ? hist e So interested in What he was saving. |'ufr?.§.l?f‘$g:’n? e As his coattails vanished around a'my ey is slimy, odorous, reeking with | comer, v.resé b!rox\ge dg:\'n Bnddc;nrnss]edd\ corrupktida” that he hadn’ eard a work e sal i i) It already has been mentioned that he |, He sald the implication & " iy is studying to be a diplomat. publican pasty the $150.000 in West is not th Georgetown | erty bonds to Wipe out & Campaign student who is doing police work at the deficit, believed “this would buy him Capitol. About a dc of them have | immunity in his plot 3 seized the opportunity to make a good | ming naval oil re living while going to school. Their Pay | The wealthy oil operator and, lessee is $1360 a year. Among the others are | of Teapot Dome was described as the | | Arthur Cotirell, Joseph Mackay, mcn-‘ “chief conspirator” in the oil cases | ard Carroll, Howard Johnson. P. Wh as having “bought a cabinet officer of | B. Alarid, Joseph Carrigan, John Jo . | the United States with Liberty bonds| Joseph_Schutack, George Minnick and | attar he had previously been bought | Louis_ Tramner. Most of them are For- Pl s ks o 77| with a ‘black satchel by another oil | €lgn Service or Law School students. | oo, spirator: preventing scourse by r The tourist finally Ii"! smiling with satisfaction at finding somebody tendants began to scurry about to way for the President. | 21 the xtienmnr seen SUNNE ) GORDON CHOICE IS DELAYED‘ tupposed was the French equivalent for | thote words. Then the orchestra lead- | er, h 1g the accent, knew at once that the visitor was no Frenchman. He ordered the musicians o take their | T 2 in. Explanations followed and ion of seeing President Dou- | supposedly breaking all prece- | conduct, subsided, much to! et of. all, especially the Aus- | Subcommittee May Meet Again to Consider Nomination to : District Bench. mergue ts The subcommittee considering the | {nomination of Maj. Peyton Gordon to | Ibe an associate justice of the District Supreme Court was not ready to report its recommendation to the Senate ;udi- {ciary committee today. Following the | ! regular meeting of the judictary com- | | mittee, 1t was announced that the sub- committee had postponed action and | probably would hold another mee*ing ;- within the next few days before mak- ing a repoft to the entire committe AU the he held by the s committee la ek several persor peared in_opposition to Ma. The opposition consisted of complants regarding the method of handling mber of cases by the District attors | s office durtng the administration Maj. Gordon as District attorney. Gordon and Assistant District At- | aw, attending the hear- g i answe ach of the {objections. Maj. Gordon was indorsed for the appointment by the District of Columbia Bar Association. FLETCHER REACHES ITALY ves Na- | SOBS REPLACE APPLAUSE | | Thousands of Prisoners Write to Neglected Families After Hearing Music. | PARIS - Music fs being y | the first time in the prisons of France | with that amaze the few weeks since aliment was introduced have been written by pris- | oners to neglected families and friends, | und even to the “the | truth” and indicating reper A test concert of La Rouette Prison was responsibl for the tonovution, When Louls Bare { thou, minister of ‘justice, read letters witten by the children about the con- he an_order prohibiting of prisoners ve concert artists of note play Iy i the penitentiaries in and | P two violinists, a cellotst, | " b portable’ organ and 18 wumen singer They play classical selections from the old musie m; They are unseen by thelr andlence {which i forbidden 1o give applause fobs often take the place of it After the trial concert for children | at La Hoguette there wis not a single breach of vules for & week, the ofticlals | tald, AGREEMENT SUSTAINED. [ i@ackers’ Connent Deores'” Upheld in Bupreme Court, “The puckers' consent decree” by which the big packing companies um-rd 10 confine themselves to the meat pack- lnr husiness and give up handling un- ated commodities, was sustained to- results the | te ne of cert wept and re nment A ples Tor Rome After Greeting. NAPLES, 1ltaly, March 19 (#) Henry P Fletcher, American Ambas- sador to Italy, who was one of the | American delegates at the recent Pan- Amerlean Conforence wt Havana, ar- rived today wbuard the stemmship Roma with Mrs, Fletcher “They were giecled by Charge d'Af-| faires Warten D, Robbins and Consul { General Homer Bylngton. M. Fletches then Jeft for Rome o restime his post Train Kills Father and Son. BOUTH BEND, Ind, March 19 (&) Beujamin and Samuel Drake, father and s Bremen, Ind, and a third man, whose name has not been learned were killed today when an automob! in which they were I‘Idln’ WAS Sl r;u“n Nwrw \‘ur: S ‘r‘;l.un‘! |‘n‘:z en Weaver, & Touy§¥ occupant of the i | ministration of government of the par- i(h\ charged h.ln the source e Kansas to_prevent | lacing & that G.0.P. TREASURER |55 o0 CHALLENGES CAPPER Senator, “is as necessary corrupt elections as a law limit upon the amount of Present Admxmstnnon of Party Government Is Clean, can be expended.” Demands Resignations. Says Hodges. on Hull sa nation | plied to the by afirmat silence, or crimi “every stand: | ficial” honor” required th By the Associnted of “those political 1;\‘dn‘dum (v = every high position they stil DENVER. March "19.—Replying to| it i o e Senator Capper's blanket attack on the national committee.” Teapot Dome scandal, Willlam V.| “President Coolidge, Ni Hodges, Denver, treasurer of the Re-|man Butler and other ranking lican leaders thus far' publican national committee, in a !or-i ave remained inactive and ina mal statement last night, declared that | jate, the house is clean and there is no | in I work for the cleaner.” Mr. Hodges said those who assert that party action is now in order, rela-| tive to the Teapot Dome affalr, should l?j““m n of these ¢ point out something in the administra-| The former Democr tion of President Coolidge or something | $aid that, instead of ¢ on the part of those responsible for |Feturned to Sinclair, the party government since the present | back “either to those national commitice was formed which | Which were robbed by has been other than creditable | Trading Co. or to the “If they cannot do this they are!ury in part payment answered,” he declared. taXes of the Continer Mr. Hodges' statement, in part | —.- “I had thought that none outside of | those charged with wrongdoing np[ I’l"“d Trouble Fn\nd proved of the practices charged. Neither| LONDON, Ma the American people lican party need ay pont. The influence in the key positions. S and certain _other to their I I spoken cut in rigl condemnation and demanded oil _companies the Conl Federal of d al” ental Treas- nor Argument on that | terms of office and the party and in the ad-| the Repub- | dispatch to the Evening traders arriving there as reporting the probability of further trouble in_the lomon Islands, where District Officer Bell was recently murdered while col- ¥ I( eting Ll\ Ancient Church on Sea Cllffa De:troved In Avu]am]le' Altar Fall; Undamag od Inl\p. \lm L] r‘mlx'fl Yy Star and, Chicaco Dalle | today was the numerous graves tom Vg 1w {open by the fall of the clfts, display- 0SLO, March 19 —Denmark's most | ik the coffins famous ourist wttraction, the Chalk| 7The justice of pe of Stevns Kiint, Cliffs, have been swallowed up by | which was situated on the cliffs. pre sea catastrophe which ruined the old ' sented & tragic picture as he stood on Hojrup Church, situated on the edge of | the citffs and contemplated the bones the clifts of several generations of his ancestors For centuries the sea has been taking [ mingled with chalk and church relics | pleces of the cliffs. and superstition had | at the foot of the ¢liff. Among the | It that the church wis saved {rom de- | debris stood the chureh's aliar, un- | struction ouly by its ability to move | damaged. itself backward “one cock's step each| ‘The catagfrophie was due to heavy Christmas night." seas and the action of severs frosts, No The Riost uncanny sight at the cliffs ' lives were lobs Cable ta TN News. l A Plane ¥as ot b He, to0. dr bomb. but it %as not known Sandinista band. Advices from Department today announced the resig- nation of Joaquin Gomez 25 chairman of the Nicaraguan nati elections and appoint; Prnnk R. McC i upery { *The detachiments of X | Atlantic Coast up more tha ! red to | to sail from ton. S. C., Wednesdas | DROP SCHOOL TESTS. Russians Abol caragua last Frida: Va, and Charles- h Examiratio; | Favor of Teach | By Ca ns in ‘s Decisien. Lidb-|n and gr: | decree of of the .SHIFT MARKET HEARINGS. Committee Chooses Room 412, Sen- ate Office Buil BA\'D CO!\CERT TOMORROW Over Suite de bal NOONDAY LENTEN SERVICES KEITH'S THEATER 12:20 to 1 1QC toek Auspices Washington FEDERATION OF CHURCHES SPFAKER THIS WEEK Dr. Charles L. Goodell Federal Council of Churches ALL CORDIALLY INVITED