Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1928, Page 1

\WLEAT 10 8. Weather THER. Burean Forecast ) Partly cloudy and continued cool to- night; tomorrow partly cloudy, with slowly rising temperature. ‘Temperature—Highest, 61, at 2 pm. yesterday: lowest, 48, at 7 a.m. today. Full teport on page 9. Closing N.Y. Mnrkel}, Pages 10 'né,_l} Noi- SOG8T. - Lo amee Eutered as secon Wi T TON, " D C. MONDAY. ening Sfa WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHING PEASANTSMARC ON BUCHAREST T IPSET REGENCY Unarmed and No Bloodshed Is Anticipated—People’s Demand Rejected. ; 10,000 TROOPS GATHER | TO CHECK ANY VIOLENCE | 200,000 in Demonstration Before, Hike to Capital Demand Over- throw of Bratianu Regime. | | TO RUMANIA PPRRETE SE. | Admits Manifesto Over His Signature Which Was Dis- tributed in Country. Favors Various Reforms for Future Government of His People. By the Associated Press | GODSTONE, Surrey, England, May | 7.—Prince Carol of Rumanta, now visit- ing with a fellow countryman here, told | the Associated Press today that while | he had: no special plan or time for his | return to Rumania, he would respond ‘when called.” | The prince said that the manifesto | over his signature, which appeared in | print this morning. stating that he was | ready to return to Rumania if the call | | should come, was a correct statement ALBA JULIA, Rumania, May Peasants were marching on Bucharest today to demand a change of govern- ment. After a Sunday meeting of 200,000 | had sworn to do everything possible to | remove the present government and | had broken up in confusion, the crowd lingered for two hours while several leaders made fiery speeches. Then two Jong columns started a five-day hike for Bucharest. Ten fighting planes flew over Alba Julia surveying the ranks of the peasants as they trudged toward the capital. ! No Bloodshed Expected. It was stated that each peasant was participating in the march on his own initiative and without the authorization of Julio Maniu, leader of the National Peasant party. The march on Sucha- Yest was as a popular mani- festation and since the marchers were unarmed no bloodshed was expected. Maniu and I Michalaki, another Jeader, intended to reach the capital ahead of the peasants by traveling by railroad. They carried the demand of the assembly that the government head- ed by Vintila Bratianu resign and in- tended to present it to the regency. The Associated Press correspondent, | who rode from Klausenburg (Clu)) toward Bucharest. met many peasanis | moving wward the capital with ban- | .mers which were unfurled. Others were | sitting around camp fires by the road | side. | By the Associated Press. The peasants at their meeting 100k | NEW YORK, May 7.—“Bull” um“\l this oath, with raised hands: “We swear to the great and gool God to fight a righteous fight against the government, which is a plague to nominated | all of Rumania’s brave sons.” 10,000 Troops Assembled. To frustrate any attempt at open revolution the government ., knowing the country’s desire for peace and impossibility of any revolutionary act,| be had assented to the holding of the | congress by the peasants. He termed it merely an episode in the opposition fight against the government, which, he | sald, enjoyed the confidence of the| people. One resolution passed by the congress was interpreted as meaning that if Julio Maniu, leader of the Peasants’ part) obtained power he might recommend the abolition of the ragency, which rules for the 6-year-old King Michael, and this in turn might leave the door open | for the yeturn of former Crown Prince | Carol either as a regent or as king | The resolution read: l Monarehical Sentiment Reiterated. “This congress reiterates fits mon- archical sentiment, but declares that the form of the government depends entirely upon fts conception by the people, who possess the privilege to change the existing form if they con-| sider a ¢l e { While Maniu and other leaders were | sddressing 200 of the more important delegates in the Municipal Theater, an | enormous crowd gathered outside and cheered. { P Maniu took the Associated Press eorrespondent by the arm and led him to the balcony, where they could survey | the crowd. “Look &t that mass of humanity,” Maniu said. “It could be paralleied only in liberty-loving America. It Is| not @ mob. It Is an orderly, peaceiv) sssembigge. ‘Ne are neither revolu- | tionists nor Bolshevists, We want zn honest. government Says_They Want Only Justice. “Dropping thelr plows and shovels, | these leglons of peasants and toilers | have tramped hundreds of wearisome | miles in order 1o join the universal de- | mand for the overthrow of the pres- ent government. They will return o thelr homes as peaceably 25 they carms. The government will do justice and give us 4 chance 1o govern the country “If all peaceful means o dislodge the government fail, we # be forced o #dopt active resistance Woward the gov- ernment “There i at present no intention of disturbing either the dynasty or the yegency, but our patience with the - ter cannot endure forever. They must consideration 1o the legitimate as- rations of our people” roughout the eity hung pietuses | Who therefore pre lnmpfleg. of King Michiel, Queen Marke and Mann. Queen Marie is still enormonsly popular among the peasantry, who st~ Tectionately call her their mother. No- was there apparent any senti tor Prince Carol vinere PEASANT DEMAND DENIED Fon-Payment of Taxes Likely as Pas- sive Hesistance. BUCHAREST, May 1 (#).—The re- gency odey refused the demand voled by 200000 peasants meetng st Al Julla yesterday that the govern- ment of Vintlle Bratanu resign Juiic Munsu, leader of the peasants, | who trought the demand Uy Bucharest was informed that the regency sew no oocasion for demanding the resignation In the face of & negative reply the Peasants' party may now dopt passive {of the army and judiclary from poli- | launched another offensive on the New 1 | high record at $113.25, or more than | | stations | covery was valued at $500, The news- | of his views of the Rumanian situation. | Referring to reforms mentioned in | the manifesto, such as free elections, | the freedom of the press, separation tics, abolition of monopolies and aid for the peasants, Prince Carol sald, “These are my ideas for the future gov- ernment of Rumania.” The former heir apparent to the Ru- manian throne said that he had pre- pared the statement some time ago and had been waiting for an opportune time | to issue it. “I have no connection whatever with any political party in Rum: said. “I merely took the opportunity of the Peasants' party meeting at Alba ania,” he | h: PRINCE CAROL AWAITS RETURN “WHEN CALLED" A PRINCE CAROL. Julia for the issuance of the manifesto mn order to avoid possible bloodshed among my people " ‘The prince denied. however, any knowledge of two airplanes he is sup- posed to have ordered for carrying the manifesto to Rumania. “I know noth- ing of the manner of its distribution,” he said. Asked whether he had any idea of making a trip to the United States as as been reported, Carol replied that it was_quite possible that he might if his Rumanian plans did not materialize. BULSROUTBEARS AND STOEKS SOAR Ticker Again Swamped by| Huge Volume of Trade on New York "Change. York Stock today and “bears” rushed to cover as prices soared $2 to nearly $15 a share. e stocks, which have attracted a country-wide speculation because of the interest aroused in recent long- distance flights, again moved upward in dramatic fashion. Curtiss e climbed nearly 87 a share (0 a new doubie the year's low price, and Wright Aeronautical moved up nearly 85 to a new top at $160, as against year's low of $69. Electric Auto Light soared nearly $14 | a share to $203.75, Jersey Central showed a net gain of $12 a share to $375, American Bank Note advanced sharply nearly 89, to $137, and National Leather, International Telephone, Southern Dairies A, Midland Steel, Products preferred and the American Tobacco issues sold $5 to %8 above last Friday's final quotations. FAKED CRIME ENTRIES CHARGED IN CHICAGO aper Says Police Systematically Suppress Reports of Criminality as Total Mounts. By the Asmociatea Press CHICAGO, May 7.—The Tribune said today that crime reports are being sys- tematic suppressed in C] j0 pol 0 prevent exposure of mount- ing crime totals” and that Commas~ sioner Hughes' declaration of a big re- ductlon in crime “is an absurdity grow- in7 out of an attempt to suppress the spread of criminality under the Thomp- son administration.” The paper sald that records avallable to the public have ceased to contain re- ports of robberies. burglaries, assaults, bombings and other major crimes un- less there was an arrest and the case could be recorded as “cleaned up.” Daring robberies ap on the sta- tion complaint books as “want to see detectives.” the paper sald. Burglaries wers found 1o have been entered as | A stolen automobile | a5 worth $100, but on Jts re- “lost proy was liste rty. paper’s information slso was that | crimes reported to police stations fre- quently are not mentioned to patrolmen, in their | work i Private Is Shot; Inquiry Ordmd,; The Navy Department was advised wday of the serious wounding of Pyt Joseph . De Carlo of Mount Vernon, | N Y., s marine stationed at i Nicarague, last ‘Thursdsy ‘The shoot- ng was accidental and Brig. Gen, Logan . | conference ‘with loesl ENGINEERS GATHER T0 REINFORCE DAM Red Cross Ready to Assist Settlers in South Caro- lina Valley. | By the Associated Prews. TABLE ROCK COVE, 8. C.,, May 7.— Federal, State and county officials united their efforts today to save Table Rock Dam, 31 miles ‘rom Greenville, which 1e | geveloped a leak late Priday, threaten- ing the Saluda River Valley should the $,000,000,000 gallons of water impound- ed behind the dike get loose. J. C. Fitzsimons, United States district engineer from Charleston, 8. C., reached Greenville this morning anid went into authorities and Red Cross representatives to what, if anything, the p Government could do toward saving the dam. Maj. Prank Green, Red Cross - sentative from Fort Benning, Ga., the conference. Lieut. K. F. Hertford, Regular Army instructor with the South Carolina National Guard T engineering . Ma). N. Y. Duhamel and J, A. Grant, from the Charleston district, reached Green- ville shortly before 11 o'clock for con- sultation. Engineer Offers Aid. J. W. Barnwell, engineer with the South Carolina Stateway Commission, came to Greenville this morning to offer his assistance, Mr. Pitzsimons arranged with local authorities for crews, trucks, sandbags and tarpaulins and prepared to go to the dam from Greenville, Rain has been falling steadily since the middle of yesterday afternoon. The | engineers planned to start by truck and to complete the journey by horseback if necessary. Red Cross oficlals were prepared to assist settlers in Saluda Valley who had taken to the hills when warned last &mu night of a leak in Table Rock m, ‘The dam, a huge earthen dike erected by the Greenville City Water Works B‘mm\. at 1 o'clock this morning con- tinued to hold in check the artificial lake it created. Through the leak at its | base, waters continued to gush, slowly relieving the pressure, Slides Continue. Blides around the leak, which was discovered about the 42-inch outlet valve late Friday, continued, but en- ineers were optimistic that the earthen rrier would hold until the waters be- hind it drained sufficientl) its sending a great head o upon the Th o prevent water down rose feet between o'clock last night and 1 o'clock this morning, but a part of this was due to heavy rain, falling carly in the night Flood gates of the power dam at Pledmont below Table Rock were open- ed lust night, releasing waters there and forcing suspension of the Pledmont Manufacturing Co, a textile plant, as the power plant shut down. Familes in 25 houses in the lower sections of Pled- mont were ordered to evacuate, but it was believed that no other part of the littie city would be in danger if Tab'e Rock Dam collapsed. The mill there was banked with sand- bags, wnile at the other four dams be- low Table Rock measures to prevent | damage to the dikes have been taken. SUPPLIES ASSEM] Tents and Food to Be Sent Familles by | Red Croms, GREENVILLE, B, C, May 7 (4.~ ¥Feland hes ordered a hosrd of inquiry 0 Investigate Fifty-five tents and @ truckload of (Continued on Page 2, Column Vctcrar';; Walk With i‘hcir Flags Furled By the Assidsted Press NEW YORK, May 7.-A_protest egainst the refusal of police oMcials Lo As Police Ban Parade to Grant’s Tomb | Clses, sald he felt there must have been | some mistake “In &l my 40 years In the United resietance Wwwerd the present govern- | permit them o parade 1o Gen Grant's | Btates sorvice | have never before heard ment of 16 ze8 ncluding the non-peyment in orger U embarress it . Lightning Fires Barn b Diapatis G e 44 PURCELLVIIAK, Yo May 1Dur g 4 severe clectricel storm, which psied over this wotion Saturdey n'ght, & spige cailtie Larn on the farm of John Fust nesr Welerford wes struck by Vghtning and burned. 1L was g frame paliding and erected last yesr at & cost of 85000 Insurance parlly eoys cred Lhe bullaing end contenisy Tomb ou Riverside Drive for exercines i commemoration of the general's 106th birhidey snniversary was plan- {of such a thing, he added, "I could hardly believe my eyes when 1 saw men walklng wlong the sidewalk to the stand ned sy by several veterans' organ- | with the Uniled States colors furled un- sathons Ao @ result of the sction of police, members of the Veterans of Forelgn Wars h}t'aunh War Veterans, G. A R | the 1610 Infentry Band end a color | gunrd from the “same | detachment walked along 1 with furled colors, Brig. Gen. Feter Traub, commander {of the 24 Brigade, 1st Division, who " was the principal speaker st the exers 4 | religlo i feley a:y' ous perader were permissible sidewalk | nder {0f the Veterans of Porelgn Wars, sald, der thelr arms and the band walking silently heside them " Police. Commissioner Warren said that the penal code provided that only Bun- Jean A Brunner, State commal "Permits for similar I always :I';:‘I" heen granted mfl'm My Qu'z APANESE PREPARE ON LAND AND SEA T0'HOLD SHANTUNG | { . War and N avy Officials Plan | to Prevent Chinese Strife in Province. SHIPS SENT TO PATROL YANGTZE RIVER POINTS | Expeditionary Force of 13,000 to | Be Organized Under Gen. Ugoki. | By the Associated Press TOKIQ, May 7.—The general stail | and other high war and navy officials propose that Japan shall hold Shantung | Province and its railways until present difficulties over Tsinan are solved. It was also proposed that the fighting fac- tions of the Chinese be ordered to cease | warfare in Shantung. It was stated that sanction ef the cabinet will be sought for the sending of all infantry units, including the di- visional headquarters, of the Nagoyo | division to Tsingtao, Shantung, to ad- minister the railway. The sending of five additional companies of infantry ‘m Tientsin also was urged. | Japanese Send Ships. With the general staff plans under consideration by the cabinet and a favorable decision expected, the navy department decided to send additional ships to various Chinese ports. Eight destroyers were ordered from the fleet base at Kure to the Yangin River, seven from the Sasebo fleet basc to Swatow and Canton, and four from the naval harbor at Maizuru to | Shanghai. Gen. Kazushige Ugaki, former min- ister of war, was appointed commander- in-chief of the whole Shantung exped!- tionary foree, which will number 13,000 men. including the soldiers already there. The Japanese airplane carrier Notoro was ordered today to prepare to leave for Tsingtao, China, where Japanese forces have been concentrating to meet l?lf Shantung disturbances. The Notoro has a capacity of 40 planes. MASSACRE BRINGS CRISIS. | Chinese Fear Japan Will Resume Mili- tary Domination. PEKING, May 7 (#).—Japanese war~ ships were distributed throughout Chi- nese waters and ada! troops were on their way to rein! embattled y of Japan’ took Y ing th annive 's demands what was considered the Japanese crisis since the 1915 demands. It was feared that in Nationalist ter- ritory at least race hatred might flare and be tge spark to set the train of advices told of arran ments for extensive boycott of Jap- anese goods and resignation of Chinese employed by Japanese. Women Taken on Ships. All Japanese women were taken, on board ships at Ichang on the Yangtue River in the province of Hupeh. At Nanking, the scene of the violent dis- order of March last, the women were concentrated at the water front in readi- ness for embarkation if this was thought advisable, Similar prepara- tions were made at Chinklang, a little below Nanking, and at Kiuklang In Kiangsi province. To reinforce the Yangtze River patrol an additional destroyer division was or- dered to Shanghai, While the Jap- anese garrison at Tsinan has been rein- forced to a total of more than 4,000 men, an additional 2,700 troops were stoaming from Manchuria to Tsingtao, where they will land with Tsinan as their destination. In Peking there was anxiety lest Ja- pan seize the present occasion to resume military and economic domination of the province of S8hantung. It was asked whether Japan would turn back the calendar to 1914 when the soldlers of the Mikado selzed Shantung from Ger- many and with it the Shantung Rail- way and occupled Kiaochow, Debt in Arrears. As a sequel to the Washington con- ference the province was handed back to China, but now China’s payments on a 40,000,000 yen (8$20,000,000) bond issue by which retrocession of the rafl- way was purchased have been in de- fault for nearly two years. This, it was thought, might strengthen the hands of those who advocate re-estab- lishment of the status which existed before the Washington conference. Assurances of the safety of American, Britlsh and German communities at ‘Tsinan limited the issue to Japan and Natfonalist China. The rifles at Tsinan have been silent since Priday, and Gen Chiang Kal<8hek, Natlonalist com- mander-in-chief, is discredited and the unity of his command broken, ‘The revolutionary drive toward Peking has halted, perhaps for months, perhaps permanently. In the meantime the po- sition of the Northern armies grows stronger. Americans Reported Safe, BHANGHAL May 7 (#).—H. J. Tim- perley, an Australian newspaper corre- spondent In Tsinan at the time of the Japanese-Chinese clashes, has arrived in Tsingteo and wired that all Amer- lcans in Tsinan were safe In the Jap- anese area ‘The correspondent stated the situa- ton was growing qui ‘Today's dispatches from ‘Tsinan sald the atmosphere there was tense, the sit- uation 3 The Northerners have been bombing ‘Tsinan spasmodically and one of thelr cupants, OBREGON ENDS CAMPAIGN. Goen to Ranch to Awalt Results. PROGRESO, Yucatan, Mexico, May 1 (M), ~Cen, Alvaro Obrgon, sole can- didate for (he presidency, has com- ‘:lnud his campalgn and will go to s ranch in Bonors (o awalt the re- :ulbolt the election on the Arst Bunday n July, Radio Programs—Page 26 h | of less than 4 per cent, Mr. Hanna said | the first immediate public benefit from planes crashed yesterday, killing its oc- | Candidate for Mexican Presidency | MAY ! | 1928 ~TTHIRTY-SI! { PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Saturday's Circulation, 103,529 Sunday’s Circulation, 111,550 TWO ) w 1 HIGHTCANDDATE FACE SEMATE QU * ONEXPERDTURE [Total of $14,539 Reported Expended in Campaigns for Presidency. . \ | INQUIRY NOW PARTISAN, STEINER TELLS GROUP | Norris Reports $8 Bill—Curtis Heads List, With $11,468 Expended. By the Assaciated Press A rapidly moving line of presidential candidates trooped to and from the wit- ness stand today at the opening of the Senate’s investigation into recent cam- paign expenditures, assured by Chair- man Steiwer of the investigating com- mittee that the proceedings were not designed to injure or aid any man's po- | litical fortunes. Norris of Nebraska, Curtis of Kansas, Borah of Idaho, Walsh of Montana, George of Georgia, Goff of West Vir- DOUBTS FARE RAISE IF MERGER PASSES Hanna Says Economies Un-| der Plan Might Prevent Necessity for Increase. John H. Hanna, president of the Cap- | ital Traction Co. assured the House | District committee today that it is | highly possible the economies under the traction merger plan “will prevent any necessity for an increased rate of fare at all.” On the other hand, he pointed out, failure of Congress to approve the merger at this session would place the Capital Traction Co. in a position of being compelled in a very short time to apply to the Public Utilities Commis- sion for a higher fare, based on its present valuation as determined by the courts. . Hanoa_explained m::t as a threat to obtal of the merger, adding that the pone an application for an increased rate any longer. First Time on Stand. |Testifying for the first time at the merger hearings which are approaching a close, Mr. Hanna made a clear cut statement expressing the point of view of the traction companies regarding the {ssue which has been ral since the merger question was first brought up before the Public Utilitles Commission. Confident that the commission would grant an l&nllutkm for Increased fare on the basis of his company's earnings the merger would be the saving of | thousands of dollars. Under the merger agreement the present fares would have to continue a year, he pointed out, and since the policy of the commission has | been to keep the fares of the two com- panies on the same basis, he assumed an increase in fares to the Capital Traction Co. would result in a similar increase for the Washington Rallway & | Electric Co. Application Postponed. Last September the Capital Traction Co. applied for an increase, he pointed out, but the application has been post- poned in view of the merger negotia- tions. Unless the merger is approved, he explained, it would be impossible to delay action any longer In justice to the stockholders. Mr. Hanna declared the most impor- tant issue ralsed at the hearings was the question why any valuation at all should be written into the merger agreement. He explaine¢ the $50,000,000 rate base was put in at the company's insistence 30 as to get the consent of the stock- Nolders to a merger He explained the stockholders of the Capital Traction Co. would have to give up their stock in exchange for holdfnxx | in the new company and that a valu- atlon base was necessary as a definite | yardstick to measure what they would ' get in return “The stockholders know the value of the Capital Traction Co. and feel that they have an equity of about $170 a share in it.” he sald. “They would not have approved the merger if they afdn't get some dividends.” At the outset of the hearing (oday Acting Chalrman Underhill called apon representatives of the local trade bodies and labor unions, but none was present. In the absence of Harley P. Wilson, & director of the North American Co. and owner of the Washington Rapid Transit Co., It was decided to hear the traction oMcials. Mr, Hanna will be followed on the stand by Willlam F. Ham, president 2’ the Washington Rallway & Electric 20, Cites Advantages. When he took the stand, Mr., Hanna | first told the committee that the North Americen Co., which hus an effective control of the Washingto . Rallway & Electric Co, owns only between 2 and 3 per cent of the Capital Traction stock He declared the advantages to the public under unified operation would be (Continued on Page 2. Column 4.) “THE PENALTY” “Golden Rule” Film Produced by The Evening Star To further trafhe safety, will he shown tomorrow along with the regular pro- gram it | bill for all purposes—Fed M Street Theater 3227 M St. N.W. COOL SPELL TO END. Warmer Weather Promised for To- morrow by Forecaster. ‘The cool weather which followed Sat- urday night's showers will continue through tonight, but slightly higher temperatures may be expected tomor- row, the Weather Bureau promised today. Today will remain cloudy or partly cloudy, the bureau said, but tomorrow will probably be fair. The tempera- ture at 10 o'clock this morning was 57 degrees. C. OF C.ASKS CUT INCORPORATE TAX U. S. Chamber Renews De- mand for Reduction to 10 Per Cent. i | Asserting that “extravagant spending of funds raised by taxation involves a | burden upon the productive enterprise of our people detrimental to national prosperity,” the Chamber of Commerce of the United States today renewed its | demand for reductiorr of the corpora- | tion income tax from 13'%; per cent to 10 per cent. reopehing the tax contro- versy with the administration. The chamber’'s demand was voiced by its president, Lewis E. Pierson, in an address to the national councilors, who met today prior to the opening of the chamber’s sixteenth annual meeting here tomorrow. The councilors were to nominate candidates to fill 17 vacan- cies on the board of directors. Pointing out that the chamber is com- mitted to the position that Government income and expenditures should bal- ance, Mr. Pierson declared that -“large | surpluses are an mducement for de- mands on Congress for extravagant spending.” Fairness and equity and every reasonable consideration for neces- sary Government revenue are in har- mony with the chamber’s position for tax reduction, he said. Calls Tax Bill Burden. “With the country’s total annual tax leral, State and —upward of 11 blllions, extrava- agant spending of funds raised by tax- ation involves a burden upon the pro- ductive enterprise of our people that| must be seriously reckoned with as a | factor detrimental to national pros- perity," he declared Although, Mr Plerson said, Congress has kept its appropriations within the recommendations of the budget esti- mates, “none the less. Congress is under tremendous outside pressure to over- ride the budget, and Treasury surpluses ore a constant incentive to such demands.” Another danger, he said, is new legislation demanding heavy expendi- ture, which is encouraged by large surpluses Higher Than War Level. “Three previous ta granted substantial sources of Federal re corporation income “Those rates now higher than the war level “Who are the owners of our corpora- tax," he tions who such a tax reduction would | benefit? “Many millions of stockholders: funds | of insurance companies belonging to milllons of policy holders; endowment funds of educational and charitable in- stitutions, and millions of small inves- tors, including workers throughout the Nation, whose savings are Invested In corporate stock “Such a reduction in the corporate levy would tree funds for productive en« terprise and would further stabilise busi- ness conditions and employment and ald ur people to meet forelgn competition Ing our market mportant, also, for the future of business that the Government cease t rely on excessive and war-time taxes for 1ts revenue, and that the country be (Col | ginia, Hitchcock of Nebraska and Hull of Tennessee all were there to testify, furnish figures, if there were any, and | to say that they had no agreement with 3 Goff of West Virginia, who is | WEI-[;H B"-I- TODAY posing Secretary Hoover u;'hu h:& erature to emphasize that - | body’s “s'-llklr?‘ horse.". - | 2 few thousand dol | Carries Between 18 and | Jew,, York. Okiahoma, | - i 19 Million. ’ | . State, epitomized this stand with the | | Totals Are Given. District of Columbia and his thousand ' HUUSE MAY PASS other candidates. assertion that he was sending out lit- |Salary Increase Measure| curtis fumnished figures totating a ceipt of a | The House expects to pass after brief | consideration today the Welch bill car- | rying between $18,000,000 and $19,000,- 1000 for salary increases for approxi- | mately 135,000 Government employes. | 45,000 of whom are in Washington. This measure is to be passed under suspension of the rules, but action was delayed through consideration of a reso- consent to be drafted Norris repeated the assertion he made last week that he had spent $6 for an advertisement in a Nebraska paper which he had not ordered. Borah had spent nothing; Walsh had figures of $1.190.65; George had $75 and a hotel bill; Curtis organizations had reported expenditures of $11,468.67; Goff's total to date was $60. Hitch. i said. | re ncreased and are | cock’s total was $1,744.85. Cartis First on Scene. As the candidates, one by one, showed up in the committee m:mmm Sen- ate Office each was made a lution for an investigation in the postal | service proposed by Representative | LaGuardia of New York. The House | had previously recommitted to confer- | ence the flood relief legislation. { Chairman Lehlbach of the House civil | target of service committee. in 1 amended salary bill to revision Mnhryuheduumwbemnde-g; | plicable to the civilian positions in ti field service. | Hearings Showed Desirability. | | Extensive hearings were held on the | | bill. From the testimony it developed | that a revision of the existing salary | schedules for the civil service was de- | | sirable and proper. | There was little or no testimony, Mr. | Lehlbach said, setting forth a compari- | son between Government salaries and | compensation in industrial and com- | merclal activities for like work, nor was | V¢ | there turnished any information by | which comparisons could be made as between rates of compensation in vari- | ous Government services, particularly in | b the field. Attempts to secure such information from Governmental agencies such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the | | Depertment of Labor, the Bureau of | Efficiency, and the Personnel Classifica- tion Board. elicited only such frag- | mentary data as were deemed insaffi- | cient by the committee for the com- | prehensive pay study n for legislation of the scope embraced by the | Weleh bill. Norris First Witness. Senator Norris asked to be heard first because of a committee meeting. He was sworn and Stiwer asked him to tell of expenditures of his campaign and the scope of it. Norris was smoking TEACHER KILLS SELF IN “LAST EXPERIMENT” By the Associated Pre | NEW YORK, May 7.—Leaving a note | | saying, “This is the last great experi- ment in the effects upon the human body"” of a chemical commonly recog- | nized as one of the most deadly, Charles | M. Mayer of los Angeles, an assistant In chemistry, took his life in his room | In_Columbia University dormitory. | Mayer was a graduate student who would have received the degree of doc- |asked that no expenditures on tor of philosophy this June. He was |Dis behalf. He said no fund had been found today by R. G. Crooks of Yoakum, | faised for his candidacy. | Tex., who occupled an adjoining room. | Nominated By Students. The note was timed 4:40 pm. yesterday. | Maver was described at Columbia as | NOFris veferred to mock conventions A brilllant_and popular student. He | A6 ylun versity students. He sald & was 28 vears old and a graduate of the po o :k ;:h:f:r ';Tf m:::x[m:-wr m University of Southern California. an Olh(lo“srhuol had nmmmm o where he took the degrees of bachelor ' ! and master of arts Vice President 59 PERMITS REVOKED. Harland Reports Driver Penalties for Month of April. ‘The drivers' permits of 59 Digrict motorists were revoked and 26 were sus- | pended in Aan by the traffc ment, according to a report submitted to Police Superintendent Hesse Mm Traffic Director Harland. In addition, the pMvilege to operate a motor vehicle in the District was denied eight out-of« town drivers, Fifty per cont of the revocations and | suspensions were for driving while | Curtis, the second withess, said that - drunk, rr oent for leaving after col- | Atter it appeared President |txam¢. u‘ ";\:J remaining 23 per cent | w‘::lu ::: r a «':I;filda’u m - or speeding, colliding and miscellaneous | rged him ! oftensen ey used (0 do 50 Until he had Satisfed Coulidge not in and Ne although I could have stopped it. I have not spent anything. After | | | | | “I have seen other advertisements { papers for me. All showed on the tae: who paid for them.” Stfewer asked if Norris contemplates any expenditures before the convention, and Norris said he did not. He added that when he decided not to withdraw his name in the Nebraska he job." he said. Senator Barkley said the was to include “means and mlnnmulq and he asked If Narris knew of any move- ment on his behalf by any tons. Norris did not. Senator Bratton, Democrat, of New Mexico, mqulxvg“u Norris knew wheth- er any corporation spent money for his oampaign. He did not. Neither did be know why Secretary Hoover withdrew from the Wisconsin primary. “Hoover and I had ho understanding.* he added. 1“1 am not m with either Hoover or Smith. Curtis on Swanw, To Revive Pct Dog Overcome by Smoke The fire rescue squad, which has been enlled upon for overything from gas asphyxiation cases (o rescuing those unfortunates who peer too far over the ¥ims of wells, was summoned early this moring o save the life of Frite a wire-halred fox tervier, suffocated whon fire broke out In the home of hix own- ers, the three children of Leon 8 Ul man, 1039 Nineteenth street squad worked vallantly over \'«‘lr‘lhhn I\:l m'lum be re~ e i s up- bed became l“ of his m; ‘m.n; efforts ‘:«0 n vnI.n. 3 old, who awak- hther a0 8190 Lo leh i \hat ht, i refy S— 1T to be drafted. Recounting the organization supporters in Kansas, Ourtis he had told them that he permit them d he adv carefully account- | he smelled smoke. The wardrobe in the | 4 for front room on the ground floor, Whete | , The treasucer of the Curtis-for-Presi Frits was kept at night was discovered | 4600 Club of ansas listed collection: on fire. No © engine company respong- | Of $1.113. and expenditures of $T88.90: {ed, but the fire had been extinguished | he continued. The New York Ourtisstoi - when the firemen arrived. Frits, over- | President Club reported con [come by the smoke, was bt out | O 83,080, and |and the resoue squad called. The fives | The | men explained that the resistance of a | four-stary small body (0 vmoke in very weak, so | ‘ertainment of Kansas | they could not revive Frita. Of the con 'w | JE wan a doletul breakfusy for Lewss. | ho said, by Matthew Quay y | nis witer Joan. 14, and siater Bisa- | dent o the olub and & man b R N A B ) o . ! Ulman is_ vieo {_and | opened headquariers w the | ! treasurer of the Holmes o, (Continued on Page 2, Columa &iven, D