Evening Star Newspaper, March 22, 1928, Page 4

-4 THE HEAVY QUAKE FELT +IN MEXICO CITY Temblor Injures Five in Cap- ital—Qaxaca Reports Casualties. By the Associated Prees MEXICO CITY. March A s earthquak®, perceptible for seven min- utes n Mexico Cits uck Mexico at sons were njured in the capi- which crumbled from asualties were dispatches from stones temblors, theater c-stricken and 1S, MANY wom- Startled by th sudiences became p seismograph at ths atory was first report- order by the shocks, today issued a bulle- the ecarthquake lasted onds during _which eptible for 7 min- ough the baya Obee: d the center of the southwest of The bulletin quake about Mexico the numbe lso was felt in the city and in Puebla. but no reported in those cities YALE REPORTS QUAKE v HAVIN, Conn.. March 22 () <hocks of the heaviest in- oted on the seismograph um, Yale University 11:23 pm. the shocks lasted for more than an hour. reaching imum at 11:42 and throwing the n off one of the drums of the instrument Checking the center of the temblor 1 charge of the seismo- t he southwestern axis ke ard estimated distance of ted that it was the fexico City last night MATNE TOWN SHAKEN. MILO. Me.. March 22 (#).—This sec- e State, which since early in the Winter has been the center of dis- turbances characterized as earth shocks was given another shaking today The first shock. which was felt at £:30 am. lasted several seconds and many said it was the most severe dis- turbance of the series. Five or six shocks followed during the next 10 minutes. No damage was reported. although the shocks were violent enough to cause dishes and pictures to rattle in their places. ASKS FEDERAL PROBE OF CATHOLIC HOMES Self-Styled Former Nun Wants Congress to Investigate Institutions. Public inspection by Congress of the Touses of Good Shepherd in the United States was asked last night by Mrs Neva Miller Moss. self-styled former Roman Catholic nun, in an ant{-Catho- lie speech before an audience of 3,000 in the Washington Auditorium, in which she said this was the only way the “intolerable conditions now exist- m{lrl: these houses can be exposed.” Moss called on the Protestants of America to “stick together and com- mand Congress to investigate and lib- erate the girls virtually held prisoners in the various Houses of Good Shep- herd.” In attacking the Roman Catholic hierarchy Mrs. Moss characterized the Pope as the leader of a “political and not a religious organization. C. G. Dag- man. in introducing Mrs. Moss, an- nounced that her husband. J. 5. Moss. would pay $2.000 to any one proving any of her statements false Senator Heflin of Alabama, who oc- cupied & stage box with a party of friends, was called upon by Mrs. Moss to make a few remarks, and in address. ing the audience he declared, “I have made several anti-Catholic speeches recently in the Senate. I intend to make & few more soon Mre. Moss will speak again & meeting for women only Captain Ordered Here He G. 5. Waliace, U. 8 has ordered to the Army He now is on duiy oliege at Newport tonight at been ge here at the Naval War R I Capt N @he Foruing Htar EVENING STAR. WASHIN TON, Clevks In the Rureau of Engraving and Printing with serviee ranging from 10 to 28 years, all of whom receive § a vear. Left to right: Miss COUNSEL TO FIGHT TRIAL OF SINCLAIR ALONE ON APRIL 2 (Continued from First Page) company., whose organizers took $3.080.- 000 in profits out of the purchase and resale of ol in this country Fall further declared in his telegram to Nye last night that he had_ stated “jn_written_communication to Senator Walsh at Palm Beach (several vears ago) that I might have something turther to v at a future day upon the subject of this investization." Asks for Walsh. HA concluded with a request that if at any time after the court case here had been considered’ the committee de- cided to interrogate him. Senator Walsh, of whoss “eminent legal ability” he w e, be in attendance at such meeting. Fall ill health for reported at who has been in several years, has been various times as desirol of relating the whole story about the oil leases, and only last night his counsel, William E. Leahy. said that Fall had told him last November that he was ready to tell all he knew when ealled to the stand either by the Government or defense. “Mr. Fall knew then that he had but & short time to live.” Leahy said, and he repeatedly expressed the in- tention of revealing all the details salient to the oil Jeases.” Reports from Government physiclans who examined Fall made by his personal physician that the former Secretary is unable to come to Washington for his trial April 2 The report of two physicians who made the examination at the request of Owen J. Roberts and Atlee Pome- rene, special Government prosecutors, sald that Fall was in an extremely fecble condition. In Weakened Condition. The Government prosecutors indicate | that the aMidavits which will be pre- sented in_support of Fall's motion to continue his trial to a later date were to the effect that the former Secretal heart and lungs are in very weakened condition and say that neither his phy- sical nor mental condition would pe mit of his being placed on trial this time. The prosecutors accepted the report of their medical representatives as in- dicating that the court would grant continuance of the case in so far as it affected the former Interior Secretary ‘They will insist, however, they said, that Sinclair bs placed on trial April 2 In addition to making known his de- sires in the telegram to Nye, Fall said last night at El Paso that Sinclair had concurred in his request for a continu- ance of the conspiracy case here which ended in a mistrial several months ago. Committee in Recess. “Should a continuance be granted and it appears that the matter was likely to drag for a long time, or even indefinite- 1v." he added, “then I would be willing to testify before the subcommittee, the committee, or anybody in the world.” The Senate investigating committee was in recess today. Tomorrow it will hear Merritt Baldwin of Meriden, Conn a Sinclair employe from 1922 fo 1924, and on Baturday, Albert D. Lasker, for- mer chairman of the Shipping Board, will be questioned as to his contribu- at ADYERTISEMENTS Riwca offl Sacks Pharmacy 4 RECEIVED HERE 12th St. & Md. Av Is a Star Branch Office Just write out plainly R. Spies, Mrs, § agree with reports | tions to the Republican party since 197 Meanwhile, the committee expects to recive reports from its investigators on the mystery package story which leaked out in Chicago last week and resulted in statements being issued here by two judges, and also on reports that a block of Continental bonds s now or was at one tim# in a bank at Sullivan, Ind home of Will H. Hays, former chairman of th» Republican aational committes AWAITS DEVELOPMENTS. Fall Saye He WIll Tell All Only “At the Proper Time." EL PASO, Tex,, March 22 «).--Con- tending that any deviation from his offer to tell what he knows of the leas- ing of Teapot Dome by deposition fo: use at the reopening of the trial of himeelf and Harry F. Sincla would bs “impropsr and unfair’ Albert 8 Fall today awaited developnients At his home here Commenting on the suggestion that he gite hiz testimony to a subcom- mittee of the Senate Teapot Donie wnvestigating committe at his home here, the former Secretary of the In- terior declared he was willing to tels all. but only “at the proper time.' “The honorable Senators can travel over the country as they wish, but get- ting me to testify before mat'cis con- nected with the trial are settled is | something different,” he sad. “The committee cannot make me testify at | present, quite aside from my rights and those of Mr. Sinclair. Such a pro- cedure would show lack of respect to the court in which our trial is sched- | uled to come up. | “I am not only willing tut anxious | to testify at the trial; in fact. I am not afraid of the facts. They will bear out my acts, but I do not think it would be ph¥sically possible for me to make a trip to Washington. He sald he resented somewhat the suggestion that testimony given before a Senate subcommittee would carry im- munity. “I do not want immunity,” he assert- ed, “I want a fair trial and all the faets known. I want to clear myself before the people. At no time, under no cir- cumstances, will 1 ask immunity for anvthing I have done.” He added that should a continuance of the case be granted. he then would | be willing to testify before the sub- committee, the committee or “anybody else in the world. Fall then called attention to reports that oil from Teapot Dome was thought to have se-ped into the adjacent Salt Creek fileld, where an extensive drilling ' Clements, Miss Della V. Hayes, Miss Hattie Twitty and Miss L. Knever program was under way at the time the leases were exscuted “This was one of the principal rea- sons for awarding the lea he sald Referring to his physical condition Fall safd that his health was-such that he would ask that any deposition taken hould be obtained in the presence of his physiclan. Dr. H. T. Safford. who repeatedly has declared the former cabinet oficial should not attempt long trips. Shingled Cats Oust Tabby. Shingled cats from Siam replaced the old-fashioned, fireside-loving tabby at the recent fashionable cat show in Lon- down. Few of the domestic animals were to be found. and the tiny for- eign creature withr coat of black and gold was the most popular. One of these, Dion of Allington, was declared champion of champions. and he owner said id not take $5,000 for h Where is Helpless LL the sages the finest laboratory in the land couldn’t contrive for you a synthetic feod that Nature s completely into mind and body strength — as she does the golden grain of wheat. Wheatsworth Cereal, bran and all, creates breakfast appetite because it provides % whole wheat in its natural state that the quickest plek-up of nourishment from it. the 10 W heatsworth Distributors THE CARPEL CO,, Obtainable at 1 to 11 Two Strap Smart ne designed cu Similar style in blac \AA Il strap newly ot kid to wide patent twe ARCH SUPPORT D. C., THURSDAY, MARCH .22, 1928 | satartes equal or nsarly equal to the | former. We submit that this a forced, | unreal comparison, and that thess im- FEDERAL ATTORNEY SALARIES RAPPED "m;\fld\ur h:w_ graduates ,".""’" higher BEFORE COMMITTEE | fogal “wors “ana bhetter salnsion. only after long service, under direction. in jower grades. Attorneys holding the more responsible permanent positions i e Government administrative €/ ice are more often gray-headed than otherwise, and the road they have traveled has generally been a long road 1o humbiest duties of the humblest mploye in the the Govern- ment touch law by day con- tant resort must be had to the legal taff. A laborer, for instance, is shovel- {ing coal into a'furnace In one of the { Government buildings. The contract supplying that coal was drafted by yme Federal attorney and the contract Idoubtless contained numerou ieguards, including a bond |adequate security. Is there authority {for this laborer'’s employment, and {from what appropriation may he be | paid? 1f injured. are the circumstances ich that the provisions of the Federal compensation act may be invoked? These are the everyday thing [there are tremendously big things as well. What about such tasks as the valuation. for rate-making purposes, of all the railroads in the United States by the Interstate Cc merce Commis- fon (Continued from First Page) legal matters for the Gov in 1ts departments and before are_inadequately paid, their being motably less than that received for similar or closely com- parable legal work in private employ- ment during ordinary times, and that this accounts for the heavy ‘turnover in the law service of many Govern- ment bureaus, whereby much the best material. trained at ment_expense,” is lost to- it valuable In voicing our hes Welch bill, we desire tentlon to certain very stantial grievances now esisting, which yperate o prevent the payment of th salary rates contemplated by the classi- fieation act of 1923 h is the so- called average salary provision carried vear after vear in the appropriation acts. Under it the salaries provided for in the higher brackets or steps of h grade provided in the classification act are renderrd unattainable to ny ex- cept the merest handful. In fact, for practical purposes, these high brackets mieht as well be abolished. If, here and there. one of these high-bracket alaries s paid. it results in the other employes in the grade receiving the minimum or the near minimum to handle crnment the courts compensation ory nd day approval of the first, to call at- real and sub- but Members Praise Workers. Vearly a score of House members terday paid tribute to the devoted serv- ices of the rank and file of Government Bad as this Is, ‘worse Is yet, to come,'| SMPIOYeS: deplored the [ACh v them namely: The amount actually appro- | S ienas 0 long neglected Lo give themn priated for salaries in the Government | & ¥ G e o departments is sufficient in only L BT B i (REtontEs th Dhy even LHe ‘Averass tve according to American standards W By G e s Gxoet & holding that the prosperity of the en: employes. Therefore, when the e average provision’ and "cut-to-the-bone* | {0 the workers. This makes more than appropriation have together done their | 0 o ers 0 e A rings. perfect work, relatively few attorneys S*€s Of the Welch bil at these hegrives: o clerical employes receive salarics poares. Bawlnoiyats, Who. sditited above the first two or three steps of 3 B the seven steps provided in the classi- | Shat he “stands alone among the §9.000 fication act of 1923, for cach grads R One feature of the Welch SHETE O i ;«...,\;Nnrr]u,Am\rm”::» t Sox ¢ clerk in the General Account- B A : ¢ 1,500 a year. he expressed rate in the first four steps (the ‘attain- ‘-N»L‘,P s a :‘;;,m,’” “1“:1?’\?;2‘ abie steps’) of grades 5. 7. 9 and 11 of [T nid admitted that he had been the clerical, administrative i fisces |ousted from the Pension Office because than the corresponding rates of tHo| oy e o biers R ks by professional and scientific service. We | G0, 0b (e the committee and icers fail to understand by what process of frem e aucience. that packed the reasoning or observation the conclusion | gammittee Toom d can be reached that the work of at- Chairman Lenlbach, {orneys in the professional and scientific L e ervice, the qualifications for which are forth in the classification act of 1923, should receive a lower rate of compensation in these grades than is provided for clerical and administrative emploves, and we ask that this paipable infustice may be restified before the bill is reported out ife. who has intro- Sport Coats $7.88 “Unreal” Comparison. It is a_common practice to the more highly responsible administra- tive employes with young men and wvomen ‘just out of school,” and to it the latter class mouid receive ompare and Mannish Mistures Fully lined of jaunts Gand range sires Smart, models 100000000000000000000000000 sembled in could convert ves you 1361 H STREET N. E. allD. G. 8. 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Ti direct violation of the law Many Workers Testify. yesterday, both morning and afternoon sessions, there was a steady procession of a men and women in the menial positions as janitors, custodians of buildings and charwomen, from all parts of the coun- try, who told their pitiful tale of hard work, long houss, little or no time for rest, added dutles. failing strength scant food and clothing. in desperation because they cannot make both ends meet on their salaries of $1,020, and the necessity of having to make extra money by working in restaurants, rent- ing rooms, addressing envelopes and do- ing any odd jobs they can get to do, al- beit they work for the Treasury De- partment of the richest nation in the world. They told their stories that rung the sympathies of the commit- tee. not with any note of vindictiveness against fate or the Government that does not pay them a living wage, bitt merely laid bare their distress, their bitter strife against starvatlon, their deprivation of any of the minor com- forts apd pleasures of life. Included in this procession of wit- nesses were: P. J. Leydecker. 78-vear- old G. A. R. veteran, Paterson J John Lewis. Philadelphia. Pa: John Fitzgerald, New York: Mrs. Alice Sul- Itvan, New Haven, Conn.: George L in. Middletown, N. Y. Richard C Brown. Baltimore. Md.: David J. Bow- man. a guard in the Government Print- ing Office. and Daniel Robinson, Plain- field, N. J. Pennsylvania avenue Eighteen WILL STUDY WELCH BILL. Retail Trades Committee of Cham- . Detached From Marine Base. st Lieut. L. G. D*Haven has been ordered detached from the Marine afternoon to base at Quantico, Va. and to the which seeks vard. Portsmouth H for Govern . suitabl . sppeersi Transferred to Navy Yard J. Lohmiller has heen detached from the Marine Quantico, Va.. and ordered to t vard. Boston PURCHASE OF BUS LINE AUTHORIZED Utilities Commission Ap- proves Sale of Hyattsville Hills Branch. For hours the in Purchase of the Hyatt line, operating from Ninth s Pennsylvania by the andria, Barcroft & Washington was authorized the Publi Commission at 1a today A number of c to transportation trict were acted | In view of \ hour. ectric Co. teenth and H avenue, conditions een 8:30 and 8:51 am the commission informed the commit- tee. indicated need of improvement Through express bus service on the Maryland division of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. also ordered There would be no stops on its lines between K street and Buchanan street The Washington Motor Coach C which operates to Baltimore and Anr napolis, was ordered to put on four ac ditional busses, and the Capital Trac- tion Co. will b2 required to put a wes bound car stop on the near side ber of Commerce Meets Tomorrow. trades committee of will meet at The the retail Chamber of Commerce 12:15 o'clock _tomorrow consider the Welch bill to obtain increased pay ment employes. and to plan methods for registering its of the measure Isaac Gans iy chairman of the com- mittee. 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