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DEFENDSHOOVER'S' PRESIDENT AGAI RECORD IN CHINA| - BANS “DRAFTING' Only Native Now Alive Con-|Stales He Does Not Wan! WREED G BLLS JANIWER TIGHS | " VN IPROVAL MERGERRATEBASE jenate Body Reports Meas-| Legislators Grill Brand on 3 1 ure on Development of ' Potomac Power. Three important measures—preposed velopment of water power on the Poto- ac by the Government, the Blaine ¥ compensation s bill—were Senate Dis- session e ported favorably by the fict committee at an executive a hospital at the d Infirm at Blue out another bill bodies from a emetery a g the St. Francis De lales Church to make way for a school. The Governme he one Senator Norris of Nebraska has ponsored for ve It has passed the nate on three previous occasions. but Ias never been enacted into law. Sen- at before re- t vesterdav the h‘m e committee gave recognition to fie plea of pa in the pla ler for the purpose of pre- ofar practicable and con- h econ: al power develop- . the park ues of the Potomac _region comprehended in plans of he National Cavital Park and Plan- ling Commiss > To Urge Substitute. | lic Utilities Commission in agreeing to toe, ann ate for the on the Po- > Delieves the subject | Iy gone into before on the river near the water power bill is | Guarantee Contained in Combine Plan. Members of the House District com- mittee today fired another broadside of | criticism at the $50.000.000 rate base in the proposed traction merger agree- ment, defended by Col. Harrison Brand. jr., of the Public Utilities Commission as a “good gamble” against higher valuation in the future, when he was put through a strict examination. Representative Hammer of Carolina flayed the policy of guaran- teeing the rate base for 10 years as| “unfair to the public.” He protested that it gives the car riders only one vear of protection under the present rate of fare, while the traction com- panies on the other hand are granted nine yea to the court for an increase in revenues. Criticism of the manner in which the public hearings were conducted on the merger plan was voiced by Representa- ive Gibson of Vermont, who challenegd Col. Brand to cite a single city which had proceeded toward a merger of trac- tion companies without making a prop- er valuation of properties on which to fix a rate base. Ask Enlightenment. Both Mr. Hammer and Mr declared at the outset that members of he committee were of “an open mind" {in regard to the modified merger plan, but that there were certain matters in | connection with methods of arriving at the rate base upon which the commit- ce neaded enlightenment. Mr. Gibson North | s in which to conduct appeals | Gibson | ? | i H expressed doubt that the public inter- (Copyright, 1028, by North American ) NEW LEADS FOUND est had been fully protected by the Pub- i the $50,000,000 rate base y In reply to Mr. Hammer's criticism | of guaranteeing the public only one year | of protection and existing fares, Col.| Brand declared there would be “no ob- | ject in a rate base at all if faves are| 0 remain the same.” | The commission official explained that | the companies had sougix first a per- SINCLAIR ACQUITTED OF OIL FRAUD CHARGE IN TEAPOT DOME CASE | __(Continued from First Page) manent guarantee of the seven-and-a- half per cent return on the valuation as agreed upon. He told members of the committee that the Public Utilities Commission felt it should not fix the valuation base for a longer period than 10 years, and as further compromise the companies had agreed to retain the present fares for one year, during which time a more thorough examination could be made into the economies expected under the merger. Defends Rate Base. Col Brand stoutly defended the rea- sons for the commission reaching its decision on the $50,000,000 rate base, althotigh he admitted that no revalua- tion of the company had been made before the agreement. Called to testify about the controversial clauses in the merger pact, he defended the rate base as “fair” to all concerned. Col. Brand was still under examina- tion when the committee adjourned the g‘unng until 10 o'clock Monday morn- R As an expert of the commission, Col. Brand was called as the first witness by Chairman Zilhman to explain the valuation feature, reduction in over- head expenses and other economies ex- pected from a merger. Most of the time was spent on the valuation ciause, which Mr. Brand characterized as the ‘paramount issue.” Admitting there is no prospect of a reduced fare rate under a 7!; per cent > Blaine compensation bill, which pst the differences opinion which s of a similar law enacted by Con- f the law under the United States Em- fsurance with private companies. reau and to define its duties, was br not more than 61 policewomen was Civil Service Rules. focordance with the civil service laws. he functions of the police in cases of The bill contemplating a hospital for v the municipal architect in prepara- . AND LEAGUE KEPT been introduced in the House by Representative Underhill, seeks to ad- fave prevailed on this question by ap-| g,\-mg to the District of Columbia_the | for longshoremen throughout the n The bill places administration floyes’ Compensation Commission, but fould permit employers to place their | he policewomen's bill, intended to | f#ve a definite status to the Woman's ended in several particulars before weing favorably reported. The provision hanged to authorize a_suitable num- thout being specific. Another amendment provides -that all ificers and members be appointed in i third amendment provides that the vork of the bureau shall be to exercise tomen and children. subject to the eaws and regulations of the District. Home for Aged and Infirm at Blue s authorizes expenditure of $1,000 Jon of plans. (Continued From Ficst_Page.) | | insue. This conference will seemingly »¢ held in Washington. The foreign Selegates would be the local Ambes- fadors of the five powers. while the | E‘nilad States would be represented by | e Secretary of State. | The period of dual negotiations just | $nded has unfortunately been imarred | $v misunderstandings and annoyances The French feel that they have made #very possible coficession to the Amer- fcan viewpoint without the slightest teciprocity. They were somewhat hurt when the United Stdtes rejected their briginal proposal of a dual pact. They fgreed % a multilateral pact if we could se the term, “aggressive war” f merely war in general France dropped her insistence on the term “aggressive war,” and agreed to sutiaw war in general provided the right of legitimate defense was safeguarded all the countries included, and Prance’s obligations under the league | tovenant and the Locarno treaties were | safeguarded and it was fully understood | thst in case any one hereafter resorts | to war. all the others regain frredom | of action. There was astonishment mn _Paris | when it was found that the United | Btates in its latest draft took no more | notice of the Prench viewpoint than if | the dual negotiations had never oc- had existed from the beginning France and elsewhere regarding the | yeal aims of the United States. Were | we not trying cunningly to undermine | the League of Nations and Locarno by | making it impossibie for any one to help the vietim in case of war? French Show Desire for Pact. The French draft bears traces of this precccupation but the fact that it is | not accompanied by argumentative text testifies 10 strong seif-control and a genuine desire 1o reach an agreement. | In the informel Pranco-American con- vergations this agreement seemed near. We point out that every one naturally yetains the right to legitimate self de- fense. We are ready 1o acmit all coun- tnies 6 the pac the principal powers ratif; We think 1t Is obvious that all regain freedom of action if any one goes W war But w t that in writing w0 outweigh the rule and war bg more emphasizetl than | pesce Tise 8 ¢ 13 helieve folow common of the ol * y0u are going d war under chrey jr say, “then taake srvitration complete and obliga- %y With 5o us of force and no weigalory roirtation, many disputes will not be settied and permanent in- vernations T will be eneouraged.” ergence seems ich as & people n writin recedents of are heirs s written o Fear for Alliances, Bul et the bottm of the controversy Jes apparently the French fear that the American plan msy tend U paralym the system of Gefensive alliances sng seourily pects which bas been the cer- ainsl wim of French policy in the last lew years, aua prevent adoption of new Lowarnes i Lhe danger zomes of eastern | w00 tiiern Burope We WhDt W mantaln peace by mek- ng was legal The Prench want Lo IORIBIEAD Peace by Grponstreting in ad- vance W & possivle aggressor that it i bound W Jow becuuse W would have w fight the wiwle world Despite these Givergent viewpoints & common Lext probably will be evolved Jupan snd 1ialy probably will play sec- ondary roles. Germany, which distrusts the Prench system of ailiances, will sup- port our draft. ‘The key o the confer- ence will semingly be the attjtude of Srest Britein, Everyihing indicaies that the Britieh statcomen are already feei- fng oul the ground for a suiteble com-~ orinise. ’ return over a period of 10 years, Brand qu roval of the modified agreement by statement that he was “convinced that fares will be lower with a merger than without one.” Gives Four Reasons. Col. Brand had four reasons for mak- ing this assertion—namely, the $50.000,- 000 rate base for 10 years, which he claimed was lower than the. the properties; in opera- of : economies tion; relief from charges considered inequitable, and more efficient faciiities for operation, which would result in a greater volume of traffic | erties today this valuation would be in excess of $50,000,000,” Col. Brand told the committee, adding that he re- garded the rate base as fixed in the bill for 10 years as “a good gamble.” Explains Valuation Figure. Explaining how the commission reached an accord on the rate base, he said that if a valuation of the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co, was made the basis of the Capital Traction case, the property would be val- $30,000,000. This, added to the $26,000,000 valtiation of the Capital of the Rapid Transit Co. or the Mary- land property of all three companies. He outlined economies expected from the merger, amounting to nearly $1,000,000, as a result of a reduction of about $130,000 in overhead expenses, a | further reduction of about $100.000 by | repalr shop consolidation and an econ- othy of $670,000 track consolidation. Members of the committee have asked Col Brand to explain how he had ar- ed at a $30,000,000 valuation for the ments of computation, The total of these elements, exclusive of Maryland property, he declared, would amount to approximately $28,037,000, “Taking this as the lowest figure and $26.000,000 for the Capital Traction Co., there would be a total of $54.000,000, | without regard to properties in Mary- | land.” he said. “Add 1o this an allowance of $2,500.000 for the Maryland properties, where they claim $4,000,000, and $500,000 for ‘the Rapid Transit Co., which claims an nd you have a total A falr Jow estimate.” Col. Brand sald he doubted whether the 'wurr: would sustain an estimate as low as this $10,000 IN JEWELRY IS LOST ON TRAIN BY SOCIETY WOMAN (Continued from First Page) 0 be partly | that the train had left New York at noon yesterday and that she had gone o luncheon in the dining car about 2 | O'clock, Later, she said, she weni to | the women's Yoom 1o smoke, taking her jewels with her, as she thought it dan- gerous w Jeave them behind, Bome time Iater she went back to her compartment, Inudvertently leaving the jewel case b hind The stolen Jewels included two ruby bracelets, one emerald and one sap- phire braceiet, a wide bracelet set with rubles and diamonds, one green brac let with d-amond Jinks, & pair of en uld earrings, two emerald finger rings, one carluchan ring, & square sapphire ring, & pearl ring with diamonds and & square ruby ring Mrs, Kohlsaat, who s the wife of Dictrich Kohisaat, and was before her marrisge Julia D. Bhanley, resides at 1116 Bast Pifty-sixth street, New York City. Mrs. Carr, her hostess, before her | marriage was Natalie Hanns, grand- daughter of Mark Hanna : » ‘; Claims $56,000 in Sea Crash, | PENUGACOLA, Wia April 21 ) | Claim aguinst the United Siates Goye ernment for 5000 hes been filed here | by Capt. John T Aldermun, master of Ui Hoiish steminship Glbraiter, us & resull of & collislon between the Gib. resilt of & collislon between the Gis braiter and the Uyiled Slates Shipping Bosrd sesmship Cerllon yesterdsy IN SINGLAIR TRIAL iSenate Committee Probing Teapot Dome Recalls Indiana Standard Oil Official. By the Associated Press The Senate Teapot Dome committee continues to uncover lew leads. It now believes that Robert W. Stewart, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, re- ceived the missing fourth share in the $3,080,000 profits of the Continental Trading Co. and it has summoned Stewart to appear Tuesday to find out {for sure whether its findings are cor- | proof beyond a reasonable doubt ot one overt act in the indictment as having | been committed in furtherance of & conspiracy is all that is necessary. No act of Sinclair or Fall, the court con- tinued, may be regarded as an overt | act unless the motive was to carry into effect a previous corrupt agreement. The court defined a conspiracy at one point as a “partnership for crim- inal purposes.” Such a conspiracy, he |said, may be proved by direct testi |a witness must testify to knowledge jof such a corrupt agreement. | cumstantial as direct evidence, and if | by circumstantial evidence alone the | jury is convinced beyond a reasonable | doubt it is its duty to render a verdict of guilty as though the evidence were presented directly, the court declared. | rect. Chairman Nye of the investigating committee, who made this announce- | ment yesterday, also disclosed that Will | H. Hays, former chairman of the Re- | publican national committee, borrowed approximately $100,000 from Sinclnir; in addition to receiving $160.000 in | Liberty bonds from the oil operator | for use in wiping out the Republican | deficit existing in 1923. Satisfied With Hays Statement. The committee is satisfied, however, | Nye said, with an explanation on this | point given it some time ago by Hays, who said the money had been repaid. Part of the loan was made up of the Continental Liberty bonds, Nye added. ‘What led the committee chairman again to summon Stewart here was a deposit_slip which he said had been | found in the ofl official's personal ac- | count in the Continental and Commer- clal National Bank of Chicago showing that 6n December 15, 1923, Stewart de- posited $13,903.75. On the slip was a | notation that the money was the resi- due of “coupons first liberty loan, de- ducting two days.” A similar deposit {was discovered in December of 1922, Nye said. Regarded As Significant. “It is significant.” he explained, “that if this deposit represented the semi- annual payment of interest on bonds of the first Liberty loan issue, the amount of bonds was in excess of $750,000. This represents one-fourth share of the prof- fts of $3,080,000 of the Continental | Trading Co.” | Stewart has denied before the Senate committee that he profited by the Con- tinental oil deal, although he refused to | answer questions when pressed concern- ing the purchase of first Liberties repre- senting the profits of this now extinct company, and as & resuit he was indict- ed for contempt, His trial probably will | start in a few weeks. Nye sees in the committee’s new lead the possible clearing of the last im- portant obstacle before the conclusion of its long inquiry. He already has named Sinclair, Harry M. Blackmer of the Midwest Refining Co. and James E. O'Neil of the Prairfe Gas & Ofl Co. as those who shared the other three-fourths of the Continental profits. Deposited Bonds in Canada. Blackmer and O'Nell, missing wit- nesses in court oil actions, made hur- ried trips to Canada and turned over their bonds to be held pending the out- come of the litigation. Of Sinclair's share. $160,000 has been traced to Hays who distributed it, he testified, in return for similar contributions to cover up the fact that such a large donation to the Republican campaign chest came from one man, Senator Borah of Idaho is now trying to col- lect this sum from Republicans to re- pay Sinclair. Another block of Sinclair's bonds, amounting to more than $200,000, has been identified by the Senate commit- tee as part of the total money he turned over to Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, for what Sinclalr claims was a one-third interest in Pall's New Mexico ranch holdir but what the Government charges in return for Fall's favoring the oll operator in granting the Teapot Dome lease | | | AERIAL TAXI SERVICE WITH METERS PLANNED Passengers Would Be Charged 60 Cents Each Two-Thirds of Mile in Argentina, By the Amsariated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, April 21.—An _serisl tixl serv with meters which will record charges of 60 cents n passenger each two-thirds of a mile, will be started here soon. Ma- chines equipped with the meters have arrived from Ttaly | Woman Seeks Annulment, Declaring that had been erroneously Informed t her husband, Demos Cavacelus, had divorced her when she went through & marriage ceremony with George W, (:mul“{), | October 17, 1022, Mis, Genevieve Cava- celas yeslerduy nsked the Distriet #Bupreme Court 1o annul the latter may rlage, Bhe I represented by Attorneys | Cullen & Cox Afghan King to Visit Moscow, MOBCOW, April 21 ), 'The news- puver Sovestln formally announces that iing Amanullah of Afghanistan witl ar- rive al the beginning of May, The rupm and has an article describing politics! k Afghanis- acopomie veforms enneted o L Ameniinivy fnitiat ‘4 | But , he added, if any reasonable theory is found consistent with the in- nocence of the defendant then the verdict must be not guilty. Failure of the defendant to take the stand cannot be considered against him, Justice Bailey said. He also toid the jurors that evidence of good char- acter and reputation should be con- sidered with other evidence, and this alone may be sufficient, to create a rea- sonable doubt. | The court concluded his charge by | explaining that the jurors were kept | away from their families and business | on his own motion, a decision which he felt was proper to make. Defense Notes Exception. As he finished Justice Bailey asked if counsel wished to note any excep- tions to his charge, and Daniel Thew | Wright of Sinclair counsel answered in the affirmstive. Both sides then ap- roached the bench and two minutes ater the jury was ordered to retire for deliberation. HOOVER AND WILLIS FIGHT IN OHIO ENDS Campaign for bontrol of the! G. 0. P. Delegation Conclud- ed—pPolls to Be Watched. mony, although it is not necessary that | A con-| spiracy may as well be proved by cir-! | to have conferences with Senator Smoot, wapaper Alliance.) The dotted areas show previously unexplored regions. The first objective of the expedition was the “pole of relative inaccessibility, continue across the geographical North Pole, to Spitzbergen. The total distance to be covered as Wilkins planned the trip is nearly 2,100 miles, several hundred miles less than the cruising radius of his big Fokker plane. whence the flight was to ACTION ON SALARY ' House Committee Notified by Lehlbach of Two Weeks’ Postponement. (From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) The House civil service committee, which yesterday considered a modifica~ tion of the Welch bill to increase sal- aries especially in the lower grade for Federal employes and which expected to vote on the substitute for the Welch bill tomorrow, was today notified by | Chairman Lehlbach that the next meet. ing has been postponed for two weeks. It was explained in Mr. Lehibach's office that the Representative intends who also has legislation in mind for in- creasing Government employes' salaries. ‘The proposal considered by the House committee yesterday was said to carry the approval of the Budget Bureau and the President. It was explained to the committee that it would mean an in- crease of $14,000,000 to $15,000,000 in the Pederal pay roll. Some members of the committee said today that this estimate was entirely too high and that while small increases were carried for the lowest-paid Gov- ernment workers, provision was made for substantial increases for those in the higher salary ranges. If action were taken by the House | committee tomorrow, the pr ts | seem that the substitute for the Welch bill might be passed at this ses- sion of Congress. This delay of two weeks following other postponements by the House committee has convinced | many members of Congress that the real purpose is to prevent any action on the Welch bill or a substitute therefor at this sesslon. At least half of the| members of Congress have pledged | themselves to support the Welch bill. Administrative leaders are known to | have been opposed to allowing this| measure to come for a vote on the floor. TRAVERSES ARCTIC “BLIND SPOT” IN 20-HOUR FLIGHT (Continued from Pirst Page.) | By the Associated Pre COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 21.—With the battle between forces representing | Herbert Hoover and former Senator | Frank B. Willls for control of Ohio’; | delegation to the Republican national | convention virtually concluded, both | headquarters today expressed confidence |in the outcome without making any ! | formal claims as to the extent of their | | contemplated victory. | It generally is conceded, however, | that Ohio's delegation of 51 votes will| be split between Mr. Hoover and those | pledged to former Senator Willis, but as to the division only the counting of the votes next Tuesday night will determine. Today witnessed the close, to all in- tents and purposes, of one of the most active presidential campalgns ever con- ducted in Ohlo, and during the closing hours intimations that efforts were be- Ing contemplated to win through fraud- ulent voting and counting of ballots were hurled by each side. As a result of State Chalrman Fred W. Warner's warning that frauds were contemplated in Cincinnati, Cleveland | and Toledo, where Hoover sentiment is admitted to be strong, Carmi A. Thomp- son, manager of the Willls campaign, has arranged for placing a number of challengers and inspectors in many voting precincts in those cities next| Tuesday. Hoover beadquarters met the intima- tion of contemplated fraud on part of the Hoover forces in those three cities by declaration that the charge was only a “smoke screen” thrown out by the Willls supporters to attract attention from contemplated frauds on their part in districts where the Willls sentiment may be strongest. Both sides intimated the frauds, If attempted, would be chiefly in the interest of candidates for delegates at large on which the entire State votes. TWO GOVER'JORS FLAYED. | Special Dispatch to The § BALTIMORE, April CGov, Bmith and Gov, Ritchle were severely crit- iclzed by Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson of Chevy Chase at & convention here yes- terday of the United Democratie Law Enforcement Clubs of Maryland, of which she Is president fUCoy, Bmith 18 Just as much smeared with ofl as the rascals the Democrats propose o turn out of office,” Mrs Nicholson declared. “Cov, Smith's mouthplece, Gov. Ritchle, makes Mary- land & laughing stock by supporting the racing commission’s ban on Sinclar's horses here. 1f the Democratic party wishes to be defeated in the lfumll:r presidential campalgn,” she continned, Palmer B. Hutchinson, a Detroit new: paper man, accompanying the expedi- tion, was killed at Fairbanks when he was struck by the propeller of one of Capt. Wilkins' planes. In the second attempt, made the fol- lowing year, Capt. Wilkins flew out into the Arctic spaces and was forced down. Several days later he returned to Point Barrow, reiterating his conviction a plane could be flown across the “ion of the world” to Spitzbergen and his determination to try again. Wilkins began his career in aviation in 1912 after having studied engineer- ing in Australia. He earned his way around the world through work with his camera, taking pictures from air- planes. He served in the Vilhjalmur Stefansson Arctic expedition in 1913 and when the World War broke out he commanded the Australlan photo- | graphic section on the Western front. As second in command he salled to Grahams Island with the British im- perial Antarctic expedition In 1921 and on this cruise made a 300-mile trip through Antarctic waters In a whale- boat. Successively, he was with 8ir Ernest Shackleton on the “quest” ex- [ pedition, did speclal investigating work for the British government In Russia and spent two and one-nalf years in command of the Wilkins Australian and Island expedition. He then concen- trated on his polar enterprises. Eielson, known as the “Gypsy of the Alr” 18 a native of North Dakota and & graduate of the university of that State. He did his first fiying when he enlisted in the World War. Later he organized commercial flying enterprises and for two years flew the air mail in Alaska, inaugurating the route from Fairbanks to MeGrath, a distance of 360 miles, His record in Alaska brought about his connection with the Wilkins Arctie expedition, RADIO OPERATOR DIES, Wilkiny May Have Sent Own Report From Spitabergen. OSLO, Norway, April 21 (# —The nwewspaper Dagbiand reports that Capt. George M. Wilkins and Pllot Carl B Elelson have arrived in Spitsbergen from Point Barrow, Alaska, after a fight lnsting nearly 21 hours. ‘The Government wireless operator at Bpltebergen died several days ugo. The " operator to replace him left Trom- soe on April 20 and was due at Kings Bay on April 24 It had been assumed meanwhile that the taland was ws good s isolated wirelossly, although some one there apparently was able to work the key sufficlently to get out news of the regular operator's death Wilking “and to stand out as 4 joke throughout the Nation, et It name one of three oulstanding wets—Smith, Ritchie or feed The women who control votes never will aupport & wel candidate | belleve In rolation in office and can't see why Henntor Walsh of Montana, for he well deserves It, cannot be the can- didate, or Gordell Hull, Daniel C, Roper oF Bonator Robert L, Owen." The posalbllity that Capt Nimsell sent out word of his arvival at Hpltebergen win suggested by the news that the regular operator there died severnl days ago, Capt. Wilkine had planned to radio his progress on the ight with his own set, but the fact that nothing had been heard from him ainee his take-off indlcated that his own radio had proved tn&dwuuu. WEASRE DELAVED ENGINEER SPEAKS. Table Members. Prof. Viadimir Karapetoff of the Col- lege of Electrical Engineering of Cornell University was guest of honor and speaker at a luncheon of the Washing- ton Round Table in the University Club | yesterday. Members of the Cornell Club of Washington were special guests for the occasion. Dr. E. M. Ellison, president of the | Round Table, designated William M Altchison, president of the Cornell Cluo and member of the Round Table, tc preside. Members of both organizations were highly entertained by Prof. Kara- petofl’s reading of humorous poems and sketches written by him. ‘The Round Table adopted a resolu- { tion expressing regret over the loss of | Dr. Joseph T. Herson, former pastor of Hamline M. E. Church here, as a mem- ber of the Round Table. Dr. Herson recently was transferred to become pas- | tor of a church in Baltimore. DEVASTATED AREA ROGKED BY QUAKE 125,000 Homeless Families in Bulgaria Endure Cold and Deprivation. By the Associated Press. SOFIA, Buigaria, April 21.—More than 125.000 homeless families in South- eastern Bulgaria today endured misery, | cold and deprivation in terror as in- termittent earthquakes continued to rock the already devastated region. The government and volunteer gencies devoted every effort to tending the more than 850 persons injured in ilhe region around Philippopolis. The utmost was being done to supply ref- ugees with food. The death toll was variously estimated at between 150 and 300 persons. Rose Crop Injured. Bulgaria faced a tremendous prob- lem in relief and reconstruction. The valley of roses near Philippopolis was turned into a sandy waste when water burst through the ground or poured down from the hills. The buds of the roses, which are one of the chief crops of the region and furnish 90 per cent of the European supply of attar of roses, were almost ready to open when the quake brought disaster. Thousands of | rose bushes were obliterated in the v ley, which is one of the beauty spots of Europe. | 'The devastation at Philippopolis, the industrial capital of Bulgaria, alone presented a task of reconstruction which seemed almost hopeless at present. | More than a score of villages scattered | through the fertile countryside around | Philippopolis, in what is Bulgaria's | choicest grainery, were in a fearful pre- | dicament. ‘Three-fourths of the Philippopolis was destroyed. The new quarter built in recent years around the railroad station and containing the principa! tobacco factories was a mass of debris. Sanitary materials stored in an army mosques and homes were broken ruins or piles of fire-blackened debris. City Is Cut ofr. For a time the city was cut off from | railroad communication by the destruc- | tion of the bridge over the Maritza River. Passengets and good had to be | ferried across the river, but a temporary | bridge has now been bullt. Fearing to return to the clties and villages, many families are encamped about the countryside, sleeping In ox- carts, farm wagons and automobiles, Sofia_was still panicky today, the people fearing that the havoe wrought ai Phillppopolis might next befall the capital ‘The government, in trying to reassure the people, promised that there would be no shortage of food. A bill will be Introduced n the Chamber of Deputies to avpropriate 50,000,000 levas for food- stuffs, Representatives of all forelgn gov- ernments have expressed their condol- ences to the Bulgarian government POLITICAL CHANGE SE View Quake as for Impious Logislators. LONDON, April 21 (# A Vienna dispateh to the Dally Express today satd | tha® a politeal upheaval might result fium the earthquake which devastated cutheastern Bulgaria ‘The people of Philippopolis, in the center of the stricken distriet, hold the qorarpment responsible for the disa ter because, for the first time In MW garian history, a sesston of parliament was held at Bofla Good Friday. a holy day. The people are convinced that the cnatzophe was punishment for this im- ple’ ces - 0 of Inhabltants passed con- thuously around the outskirts of the tulned city anting explatory psalms and calling on all to repent thelr sins. Vietims Punishment Rumanian Loan Reported. BUOHAREST, Rumunia, April 21 (4 | ~Reporta have been received (hat | Franco-American stabilimtion loan to | Rumnnia has been signed in Parls but will not be announeed until after the French elections, which start tomorrow, nected With Mining Case Tells of Part in Deal. BY B. W. FLEISHER. Cable to The Star and Phicazo Daily SHANGHAI, April 21.—Since Secre- tary of Commerce Herbert Hoover be- has been current in the Far East that he once was involved in a sensational Chinese mining transaction. Only one Chinese now living was closely connected with the enterprise. He is Tang Shao-Yi, “grand old man” of China, now in retirement in his | native village of Tongka, in southern China. The writer has just completed & long and arduous journey to Tongka, and has heard from Tang Shao-Yi's own lips a refutation of the rumor of Secretary Hoover’s connection with the case. ‘Tang Shao-Yi, educated in the United States from 187" to 1881, holder of vari- ous ministerial portfolios under Manchu Dowager Empress and several times Prime Minister of the Canton government, gave the correspondent a warm welcome at his remote village, and before my mission could be explained fully he interrupted to say: After Hoover Left. facts regarding Mr. Hoover's record in China. The American people must di pel the false and absurd insinuation: which, to me, are apparently wickedly | inspired. came a presidential possibility a rumor | the | “It is a privilege to make known the | Name Used in Bay State Primary Tuesday. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN., President Coolidge has w | Massachusetts requesting that { be not used in the presiden ence primary ther y The letter is intended | dent to reach much farther than t confines of his own home State. It fs a direct rap at the movement fostered by certain leaders in New York. Con- necticut and other States to draft the President as-the party standard bearsr at the Republican national convention in Kansas Cit | . “The drafters” are having a difficult | time keeping up with the President. He | 1s usually one jump ahead of them, de- | spite their efforts. Some of the drafters | are honestly favoring the renomination of the President as the party's logieal and strongest candidate. Others are | using the movement to foster the | ends. They are seeking unins | delegations to_the Republican convention. delegations which tt may be manipulated at the eleven‘h | to suit their purposes. Opposed by President. The Presiden | that he does in connection with nomination are partic | to the latter. Hi {is the fourtt ing that h | ¥ erated statements | Cornell Professor Addresses Round | “The action brought by the Chinese | in London in 1905 was based on events | that occurred after Mr. Hoover, sever-| In some qu it is remarked t ing all connections with the mining| the President n in this last letter, company, had left China in 1901 for the | has failed to say that he would acespt United States. He was not a defendant, | the nomination under no circumstances. |but an important witness. In fact, it{ But the President has pr | was due largely to his tetsimony that | Pressed the party | the Chinese won the case. and file with the idea that he does not “On the eve of the presidential con- | intrnd to run. ventions in the United States, in which | When the Massachusetts legislature, the mame of Herbert Hoover figures | Tecently at the recommendation of Gov President. prominently. I understand that insinua- tions have been renewed regarding his record in China 27 years ago,” said Tang. “I understand that they have vaguely referred to transactions with the company by which he is supposed in Some way to have profited at the expense of Chinese. Mr. Hoover's rec- ord in China was not only clean and honorable but highly creditable and in many weys remarkable. 4 ‘Twice 1loover saved the company for the Chinese shareholders, and during the period of the Boxer uprising there is no accounting how many lives he saved. I have always felt that his actual relief work began in China. “I have in mind his courageous work during the Boxer uprising in 1900,” Tang continued. “As general manager | of the Tientsin-Shanhaikuan Railway, 1 tlement. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover lived across the street. The Boxers were shelling the settlement with a powerful | gun they had nicknamed the Empress | Dowager. A shell from this gun struck my house. My wife and fourth daugh- ter were killed. About 200 men, women and children were in my home seeking refuge, and many were killell and in- jured “We were panic sticken. My first thought was to seek safety. I carried | the body of my wife on my back and led the way to the large cellar of the company. Mr. Hoover rushed to my house at the risk of his life and carried out a number of dead and injured. { Later the house caught fire. and Mr. Hoover braved the flames to save the life of my fifth daughter. then 4 years old. who later became Mrs. Wellington Koo. During that period Mrs. Hoover \in her own home nursed and providea for refugees. Engineer for China. | “A thousand refugees ‘:\éght safety {in the cellar. Mr. Hoover a band of 112 on a foraging exped . It was | Hoover and Dr. Tenney who for 20 days fearlessly on a humane mission supplied refugees numbering several thousand at different places with food and water and probably saved their lives. “Hoover came to China originally as an engineer for the Chinese govern- ment. Following the Boxer uprising he accepted a position as consulting engi- neer for a company in a coal mining enterprise, then under Chinese regis- tration. After the uprising possession of the property became & bone of con- tention “It was Hoover's action which saved | the company and the Chinese and other | shareholders at that critical time. He went promptly to London and reorgan- | lived in the Tientsin international set- | Fuller. passed a law providing for a presidential preference primary, per- mitting the voters to use “stickers” and to write in the names of their choices. it became almost a foregone conclu- | sion that before the primary. President Coolidge would make a definite state- ment to the voters of the State regard- | ing the use of his own name. The re- cent increased activity in New York. Connecticut and elsewhere by “drafters™ also has aroused the President. Writes to Prescott. His letter was addressed to Francis | Prescott, chairman of the Republican State committee of Massachusetts. Mr. Prescott is a son-in-law of Prank W. Stearns of Boston. intimate friend of the President. Mr. Prescott was a guest at the White House only a short time ago The letter follows: y Dear Mr. Prescott: ‘Report has come to me that som- | persons in Massachusetts are proposing to write in my name as a candidate for President at the primaries on April 24 Such action would be most embarrassinz to me and. while appreciating the com- pliment that is intended. I request that it not be done. My name is being usec in other States in a way that is con | trary to my wishes. I have heard tha ! in New York it has goneso faras to b | claimed such use is with my tacit con sent. In my own State to give an countenance to such a movemen® wou' tend to compromise me and lend to the misrepresentations that appa: ently are being made in other State I am, therefore, sending you this | declaration of my position and reque | ing that such attempts be discortinar “Very truly yours. “CALVIN COOLIDGE.” Chairman William M. Butler of | Republican national committee. for: Senator from Massachusetts and m: | ager of the President's 1924 campa }is in Washington and, it is unde | stood, saw a draft of the Presiden | letter to Mr. Prescott befcre it = {sent. He declined today to make j comment on the letter. He did so Nowever, he thought the vote in * | Massachusetts primary would be lic | Hoover Seen Victor. | | be expected that certain Coolidge supporters in M: chusetts will write in the Preside: | name despite his letter. But even | fore the President sent his letter. t | reports from that State have been ! | the effect that Secretary Hoover wou receive the preference vote, probab | & majority over all others put forwa: | by the voters. It is predicted that 3 jof the 39 Massac otts votes at th ized the concern. which gave it neces- | Republican national convent would sary protection. Mr. Hoover was made | be for Hoover general manager. He was not in charge | y the Coolidge drafter of finances, and later, when Belgians| have been urging that in view of th Obtained control, he severed connec- | lead that Gov. Smith of New York ha tlons. It was during the Belgian control | for the Democratic presidential nomi- depot were destroyed by fire. Churches, | | | that the company did not live up to the | terms of the memorandum. Again ) | Hoover raved the property for the CY nese shareholders. He was not a d { fendant in this case, but it was largely becauss of his testimonv as a witness | that the Chinese established the valid- jand had the Chinese | reinstated.” | director general (Conyright - 19981 ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 21 (Spe- clal). —Mrs. Isobel Taylor Fornshill, 49 vears old. widow of Archibald Fornshill, died last night on reaching | this city from her home in Glendale. a suburb. Accompanied by her daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Dodd. and a voung grandson. Fornshill, while walking to a bus stop. suddenly complained of & shortness of breath and asked to rest. Steadily growing worse, she was placed in the automobile of a friend and rushed to the local hospital, but was pronounced dead upon arriving there. She wa employed as a ticket agent in this for the Mount Vernon. Alexandr Washington E ric Railway Co. for vears. Survivors are her daugh! Mrs. Marlon Ruth Dodd: son. Kenneth Rrice Fornshill, and brother, W. J. B Duncan, a local phaymacist. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm. Mondav at the residence, and burial will be in Bethel Cemetery Maj. Gen. Amos A Fries, chief of the chemical warfare division, address=d 100 delegates of the Children of the Ameri- can Revolution vestorday at the old Presbyterian Meeting House. Wreat} were placed on the tombd of the known hero of the Revolutionary W and taps were sounded. A suard honor was formed by W. C. Robinson Herbert A, Cadv, H B, Lemon and W D. Scott, all members of Alexandria Past, No. 24, American Legion Cady delivered a short talk on restoration work at Qadsby's Tavern and the ald City Hotel Holv Cross Alumnae of St Catholie Church will give an old-fash foned rvevue In Lveceum Ha April and 37, under direction of Miss Kla Hil Rishop Robert E. L. Strider of West Virginta, will address a provinelal eo forence on religlous education at the Eniscova! Theological Seminary Tuesday and Wednesday, Bishon Strider will ad dress a public meeting at St Pauls Eniscopal Chureh Wadnesday at 8 pm Last rites for Mrs Hossle R Rranham 28 years ald. daughter of Mrs Margaret Nranham of Snareows Palnt, Md', were hAld vesterday at the funsral pariors of Cunningham Kennedy. Watking and mterment was n Rethel Oemetery | Police Cant W W Campbell has pro- | ity of the memorandum. won their suit { Mrs. | Mary's | { nation, it is necessary to nominate th | President: that only President Coolidg: can defeat the New Yorker. Supporters of the nomination of Frank C. Lowden of Ilinois and of Vice President Dawes. { on the other hand. have insisted that 1 Is essential to namo a candidate whe ands for the McNary-Haugen ill. or Smith will carry many of the Western agricultural States. Senator Reed of Missouri, Democrat who is of the West and has toured it | recently, does not ve that Gev h can carry | that 12 Gev. oeY e would receive less the 331 electoral votes. one concedes to him every Dossibly be imagined »s ot Tammany candidate o THREE HURT BY BL;ST AT NEWSPAPER BUILDING i Aprh oy persons were injured and about 30 nar- rowly escaped with their lives early this morning, when a time charge of dvna- mite, believed by the pelice to have been planted in au attempt to wreck La Voce Italiana, an Italian news- | paper. was set off near the press in & four-story brick building in Ceate street. The bullding was badly dam aged The pol that County wi the Fascis for the | are working on residents of Lackaw are not i sympa OVEMENt Were respons amiting. The newspape ipheld the principles of and the Fascist party. . Col. Graham D. Fiteh IiL Craham o Caol Twentieth strgot, fa Liew ham N. Fiteh ane of the victims of Qe | S-4 disaster, has been fv Walter Reed | Hospital since ‘Thursday, suffering Mee jan attack of influensa, it was leanen | Wday His physielan. Ma) Charles Burling. reports Col. Fiteh's dondition as not orvitical. Cul. Fiteh was taken il upan his returh fram & trip o New | York Mounday. He has been on e Yo~ tn\n\l st since 1919, | . Buazil Abolishes Lead Duty. PORTO ALEORE. Braail, LR ) moted Patrolman B B Hummer to sta- | (# ~An executive decros, tHon keeper is again on the motor eycle force, Ernest Wright, recently in- | abolishes the export duty en leads as fured fn an fecident, has recovered and means of of sumulaung