Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1928, Page 4

RETROACTIVE TAX CUTIS DEFEATED Senate Unanimously Wipes Out Proposal to Refund $160.000,000 to Firms. Re the Associated Press Corporations lost today & prospective refund of $160.000,000 In taxes payable this year on last year's income when the Senate without a dissenting voice wiped out & provision of the House revenue bill 0 allow the proposed cut in the corpora tion levy to apply retroactively. A decision on the amount of reduction to be made in the corporation and other tax rates was delayed until tomorrow, when Cl nan Smoot of the finance committse expects action to be taken on virtually all of the rate schedules in the bill, clearing the way for a final vote on the tax reduction measure by Wed- nesday or Thursday In this connection Scnator Simmons of North Carolina, ranking Democrat cn the committee, today proposed amend- ments embodying the tax cuts desired by the Democrats in addition to those provided in the $200,000,000 plan voted by Republicans-of the finance committee as a substitute for the $290.000,000 House measure. ‘The Simmons amendments would pro- vide for repeal of the admission tax, reduction by one-half of the 10 per cent Jevy of club dues: restoration to the bill of the graduated scale of rates for cor- orations with incomes of $15.000 or less. permitting lower rates on these corpora- tions, as voted by the House. and re- duction by one-half of the rates apply- ing on transfers of stocks FARM GROUP OBJECTS TO BILL'S SLUSH FUN Leaders in Eight States Demand $2,000,000 Provision of McNary- Haugen Measure Be Eliminated. Br the Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa, May 8.—A de- mand that a “$2,000,000 slush fund pro- vision” of the McNary-Haugen bill be eliminated is contained in telegrams sent today to Representative G. Haugen of Iowa and Senator Arthur C. Capper of Kansas by a group of farm leaders from eight Middle Western States meeting here ‘The messages were signed by Milo Reno, president of the Iowa Farmers’ Union. Des Moines: M. W. Thaicher, St. Paul, and C. E. Brasted, Xansas City. Montana, North Dakota, South Da- kota, Minnesota. Illinois, lowa, Mis. souri and Kansas are represented at the meeting. “We feel” l:’lr 1{11!55.(@ stated, “that great possibilities for evil are contained in this provision, and the proposed $2,000,000 fund can be used either to destray or create any organization that any administration might desire or dis- approve.” Mr. Reno stated his belief that the fund will be dissipated in bringing to life “dead wheat pools, which had never contributed anything to co-operative marketing.” SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at_and_Sailings From New York. ARRIVED YESTERDA American Trader—London lassow April 2 Majestic—Sauthampion 1fonso X111 » r1panolm—Gothen racas—La Guayr uerto Bar iboney—Havana nron— Pt U LlApni i TOMORROW. R L. May B . : TiiiMay 2 jon—Buenos Aires.’.. April 15 DUE THURSDAY. MAY 10, Eu an—~anta Marta . . o o May 1 ind—=st John rmuda——Bermuda DUE FRIDAY. MAY 11, reng aris—8outhampton ; t_Rooseveit—Bremerhaven . avan Towrry—%san Francisco L May & DUE SATURDAY, MAY 12 a—lien0s . g eondam—Hotterdam > DUE SUNDAY. MAY 12 Joii Olay—Coy Maravai—Trinidad Minnewaey L. ] 2 Southam pun OUTGOING NTEAMERS, SAILIXG TODAY rube—Galwas. Boulogne » sien ort. Vieioria—Berm SAILING A0 A b b0 olpmbo-Paemo OMORROW Trackentat Conet FAILING THURSDAY MAY 1§ conve Wilpone Lirs “iree Epaei wai 1 May 5! THE EVENI s & i | | | | Jobn H. Lee, 88 years old, slipped away trom the home of hiy daughter, | Mis. Kate Jones, 3304 Strickland street, | Baltimore, early this morning and came to Washington in search of his grand- son-in-law, whose last name he knew was Reynolds. | The old gentieman found the job of | lorating Mr. Reynolds, who he thinks is a patient suffering from a broken leg in a local hospital, wasn't so easy s he thought, and_O. P. Jolly of 42 Sum- mer street, Ruiland. Vt. found him | wandering ‘afmlessly about the W., B. A Station. He persuaded him to company him to the first precinet police station in a taxicab. Tha station clerk at the first precinet telephoned all the Washington hospit | to aid in the quest, but without suct After a conference, it was decided to send the Civil War veteran back to Bel-: | timore, and Capt. W. Emerson of th» Detective Bureau communicated with ! Baltimore police | “Asked by a friendly policeman if he H\)\d money enough to get back to Bal- | timore, Mr. Lee exhibited a worn pock- etbook containing five one-dollar bills | saying. “Oh. I have plenty of money!" RAP GOVERNMEN TRADE REGULATION Group Speakers Predict Seri- ous Consequences for U. S. Business. Dire consequences of Government regulation of business were predicted by several speakers at the group hinch- eons of the United States Chamber of Commeérce’s convention here today. Regulation of raflways is threaten- | ing their existence as an “adequate and | satisfactory means of transportation,™ Samuel O. Dunn, editor of the Railway | Age Magazine, declared at the lunch- | con of the transportation and com-| | munication group at the Willard [ | “Past experience plainly indicates that within a few years railway service | will cease to be adequate and satis-| factory unless prevailing tendencies in | our regulation of railways are changed,’ N.|he said. Blame for this condition was laid on the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, Congress and the public. Recent Regulation. Discussing regulation within recent | years Mr. Dunn criticized the commis- | sion because it had not so adjusted the rates as to enable the railways to earn | | the 53, per cent annually on its own | tentative valuation of their properties. “It is our declared policy of regula- tion, as announced by the American | public through Congress.” he said, “that, while the net returns of the rail- | ways shall be restricted as those of | other industries are not, they shall at the same time be given opportunity to earn a fair return: and yet they have been persistently so regulated that they | have been unable to earn it.” | The failure of the commission to fix | rates so as to enable the railways to earn this return was attributed by the speaker largely to pressure. in a great | measure political, from the public and | Congress. | Government ownership and over-| regulation are threatening all industries | dealing directly with national resources. | said Matthew 8. Sloan, who spoke at| | the lunchoon of the National Resources | | Production Group. | { Government Operation. ’ ‘The bulk of this legislative attention | has been given to water resources, he | asserted. | “To stimulate a more careful use of natural resources,” he said, “it is not | necessary for the American people to | engage in business activities through | Government agencies. Neither s it | advisable for. them to venture in Gov- | ernment ownership for the purpose of | demonstrating how development should be conducted and at what price the product should be marketed. The ex- periences in Government operation give | us no occasion for pride. “The philosophy of encouragement of private initiative has long been one of | the fundamental principles of our Gov. | emment. and yet this principle is meet- ing with determined opposition from men in high places, and it is threatoned by the more dangerous effect of pub- lie lethargy.” The speaker cited Great Falls as one | of the ‘sites where utility and beauty Lrlmld be combined for the benefit of | the public. Natural resources, he said, suffer from a national policy of “In God We Tru. and nobody knows how long they will last. Progress has been made to pre« serve them, however, he sald, particu- larly wood and oll resources, “Socialistic” Activities, The Government was criticized for its “socialistic” activities. especially in the electric business, by R. F. Pack of the Northern Btates Power Co. of Min. neapolis. He called upon men in other businesses to unite Lo combat this al- leged socialism “The United Btates Government al- ready s engaged in various lines of business which by no stretch of the imagination can be considered legit! mate governmental functions. Theve § a call here for teamwork. There is an opnortunity for every business man who | believes that Government, whether Btate. National or munieipal, should refrain from competition with legiti- mate business enterprise, to consider | the trend of the times, realizing ihat his business may come next.’” FINDS SENSATION INVADING PULPITS British Minister, Addressing Swed- enborgian Convention, Says Eng- land Is Following U. 8. Lead e sensationalism of the puipit i American preading 1o England, ey Gordon Drummond of Manchester England. said in hie address today at the opening session of the 107th an nual eonvention of the New Church Bwedenborglsn) &t the Church of the Holy City, Bixteenth and Corcoran streets, The convention will continue | until next Tuersdsy Bensationalism & increasing In bhoth countries, he said. and England is fo) Iowing America’s lend. Me added how ever, that he :,v/uvm # reaction from ueh methnds of sttracting peq church. He said problems facing | the church In Eng'and were 3 ment the same & those facing the “h here | Fiev. Louls G Ohin, spoke in Hoerk of Cinetnnatt | the care of inmates of | ations. partieularly menta) Bylng 1more attention should | be given o them. In many casss th VJ‘ not peeeiving the Christian treat it they need, he said | Fie M1 Drammond and e Pred Sianey Meyer will spesk this evening st & brpaiet of the Alumnl Assoclation | of the New Church Theo'ogieal Behool | Rev. Andre Disronsfl of Chicagn wil) Asruse mmrriege tomor At B0 'n e of of the tius h Wor e of Cembiidgs patient Arnoming Vo wlang #l Alliance Williem Mase, BALTIMOREAN, 88, COMES HERE IN VAIN HUNT FOR RELATIVEI | conducted by the Quill and Scroll So- | east | 1 NG STAR. WASHINGTON D. C. TUESDAY. MAY 8. 1928 | biemed poor visibility, MAIL FLYER LAYS CRASH 70 CLOUDS Lost Bearings Over Mount: Near Atlanta, Says Johny Kytle—Hurts Are Slight. | By the Acociated Pross, i ATLANTA, May 8.—Johnny Kutle, | pilot of the Atlanta-New York alr mail | plane which crashed last night on | Stone Mountain, 13 miles from here, | caused by low- | for ‘the accident that machine, but left him hanging clouds. wrecked his | almost unseathed. He recefved treatment st a local*hos- pital for slight cuts and bruises about | his face, but otherwise was unhurt Forced to fly low bacause of the aver- east skies, which created what aviators call a “low ceiling,” Kytle said he saw Hghts on the south side of the meun- tain. which he had used regularly as a guide on the night route. He ascended to a higher altitude to fly to the ieft, as_had been his custom. ‘Whan he came down to get out of the clouds. however, he found that he had | not yet passed over the mountain and | went up again in an endeavor to avoid | | the great granite pile rising to a height of 00 feet plain. This time he apparently lost his di- rection in the misty upper strata, for when he again descended to seek botter out of a virtually level | visibility in the beiief he had cleared it | JOHN H. LE| TSt Pheto JOURNALISM TEST WINNERS NAMED Victors in National Contests' to Discover Talented | Writers Announced. By the Associated Prees IOWA CITY, Iowa, May 8.—Winners of 25 national contests in creative work, | ciety with the idea of discovering the | country's most talented high school | journalists, were announced yesterday | by George H. Gallup, secretary of the organization More than 10,000 manuscripts were submitted. The best of the material will be published in a book entitled “Best Creative Work in American High | Schools, 1927-1928." Among the win- ners are: Editorial—Arnold A. Isenberg, Boston | Latin School, Boston Sports story—Leopold Burick, Stivers High School. Dayton. Ohlo, Poetry — Marjorie Helm, Lakewood, | ©Ohio. News story—Robert Thompson, South | High. Fort Wayne, Ind | Best advertisements—Joe Sowerwine, | Huntington, Ind. Article on scientific subject—Robert Lawless, jr., Danville, Va. Humorous article—Chalmers Stewart, | Akron. Ohio. blem of national interest—Arnold | Isenberg. Boston, Innovation for annuals — Genevieve Duffy, Hobart, Ind. Magazine innovations—Oren White- head, Asheville, N. C. Newspaper innovation—Robert Thomp- son, South High, Fort Wayne, Ind. ARMY GIVES UP MAN | WANTED FOR THEFT oldier, Serving Alleged Illegal Enlistment, to Answer Charge | of Housebreaking. € 'DOCTORS WILL MEET | | Lloyd Hughes Teague, alias Rollie H. | Chambers, alias Rollie Terrill, a soldier whose irresistible tendency to steal has given him a long prison record, and {Who has just completed a six-month | guardhouse sentence for illegal enlist- | ment, was turned over to police yester- | day afternoon by military authorities of Fort Washington, Md. to answer | charge of houscbreaking here on No- | vember 6. Teague, it 15 claimed, was transferred to Port Washington on November 3 1927, and three days later came herc, on leave and broke Into the apartment'| of John J. Sheehan. 55 M street north- taking jewelry and silverware | 7alued at $400. A short time Jater it was learned that feague had re-enlisted under an as- | sumed name after he had been dis- | honorably discharged from the Army | because of a penitentiary sentence for embezzlement of Government pay checks during the World War. He had been pardoned by, President Wilson after haying served 3 years and 8 months of | a 10-year rentence. | Teague told police that he has spent nearly half of his life in jail CHARLES J. RIXEY, JR., RAIL ATTORNEY, DIES Had Served Southern Here Eight Years—Was Captain in Span- ish-American War, Charles Jones Rixey, jr., of the Wood- ward Apartments, for the past elght years commeree counsel for the South- | 'U.S. GIRL LOST IN PARIS. ern Rullway, died in Garfield Hospiial Inst night, after a short iliness Mr. Rixey was gradusted from Vir- and later, in trom the University of Virginia served I the Bpanish-American un caplain of the Culpeper Min- | eago girl, who ute Men Beginning the ipeper, Va. he wes with John 8. Barbour J. 6. Hiden In 1910 he became connected heve with & law_organization which repre sented the Bouthern and railroads In commerce matters, practice of law in first wociated and later with In 191 he meeepted a position es counsel with | Brazilian railroads and spent ‘wo veaix In Brazil. resuming his former work on returning here. Mr. Rixey was with (he Radlroad Administration i 1918-20 Mr. Rixey is sirvived by his widow Mrs. Irene SBtearns Rizey, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Rixey thiee sisters. Mrs. K. V. Blearns of thie city: Mrs. Carol Bingham of Blaten Inland. N. Y., and Mrs. Samuel Gibson of Pullman, Wash, and two brothers, Col. P, M. Rixey of U United Siates Marine Corps, and Hern Ao Rixey of this ety O'Neil Fails in Non-Stop Flight, RIO JANEIRO, May 8 (1) Telph O'Nell, who left Rio Janeiro Al & am. yesterdny (o attempl & non-sto,) fignt 1o Boenos Alres, landed ot Floy anspolis (Desterro), mhont half hetween the tvn cities an the Brazilian Comb after b hours of Aying ‘ | ance 1s known and complete mystery | Houtheastern | Capt | way | he found himself approaching the mountain from the north. Due to the upward slope of the mountain at that point, he had no time to ascend before | his plane struck a grove of trees and plunged through them to the grouid The cockpit was left virtually intact in the crash. but nearly every other part of the plane was demolished. The pilot's first thought was to check his cargo of mall, which he brought with him.when he came here by auto. Officials of the Pitcairn Aviation Cor- poration, operators of the mail service. said the mail would be sent northward today. 1.5, STANDONWAR PUT UP T0 LEAGUE | Mail Pilot Crashes | JOHN KYTLE. M. VERNON ROAD BILL GETS PLACE Boulevard Measure First on House Calendar Under Sus- pension May 21. The Mount Vernon boulevard bill, sponsored by Senator Swanson and Rep- resentative Moore of Virginia, has been given a place on the administration pro- gram of legislation to be passed at the present session of Congress. Supported by the President. it already has passed the Senate unanimously and is the first bill to be taken up under suspension of the rules on the next suspension day, which Is May 21. This bill was expected to pass the House yesterday under suspension, but owing to the lateness of the hour before it was reached. House leaders decided 1 _postpone action With the support of the President, the Budget Bureau, the Washington Bicentennial Commission. the National | Capital Park and Planning Commission Foreign Policy Association’ Sends Letter to Sir Eric Drummond. By the Associated DPress. GENEVA, May 8.—The American re- nunciation of war proposals has been put squarely up to the League of Na- tions in a letter to Sir Eric Drummond, | secretary general to the league, from | the Forelgn Policy Association of New York, The letter requests the secretary gen- | eral’s opinion as to whether Insistence | by the United States upon its neutrality rights in the event of league action against an aggressor nation would ren- | der ineffective the league penalties | It is also asked if European progress toward disarmament arbitration would be checked by doubt concerning the American position on that subject. Sir Eric s now officially visiting the King of Belgium, but the reaction here to the American inquiries is that If war broke out and the United States fa | ed ; [ to recognize the league's police action | ReV. M. J. Curley of Baltimore | |1 might lead to serious consequences. {1 the United States tried to run the | blockade set up by the league the es- | tablished league states might conceiv- ably bring the United States into con- fiict with league members. On the other hand. the impression yrevails in league circles that the United States is almost certain not to oppose a league action when taken against a na- tion which is clearly the aggressor, and when such action Is based on the high motives of maintenance of peace, AT ANNUAL BANQUET; Washington Medical and Surgical Society's 31st Yearly Function Announced for Thursday. | The Washington Medical and Surgi- cal Soclety will hold its thirty-first an- nual banquet meeting Thursday eve- ning at 7:45 o'clock at the Mayflower Hotel, it was an- | nounced toda Dr. Albert P. Tib- | bets, president of the organization, | who will preside over the sexxlun' Approximately 300 members and guests of the soclety are expected to attend The principal speaker of the oc- caston will be Dr. | George E_ Do Schweinitz of Phil- adelphia, who will address the body n the subfect Joncerning Cer- | taln Aspects of General and Speclalized Medical Edu- | cation and Praetice.” | Following the formal part of the pro. | gram will be an extended entertain- ment, The banquet committee s com- vosed of Dr. Reginald R. Walker, chair- | man; Drs. E. G, Breeding, Custis Lee | Hul. Edmund Horgan, F. A. Hornaday. William 8, Newell, J. Burr Piggott and Paul 8, Putzk Besides President Tibbets of the society are Dr, Breeding, vice | resident: Dr. Piggott, secretary, and | Dr. Frank E. Gibson, treasurer, Dr. Tibhets, the ofcers | PARIS, May B (4).—The Paris police | began an Intensive search today for | Miss Juanita Wilson, 16-year-old Chj- | disappenred severnl days ngo from the home of her sister hete | No reason for the girl's disappear- | nrronnds it ENTERPRISE SERIAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Th M A La NW 60th Lasue of Ktock Now Open For Subscription Ave Money Loaned to Members on Easy Monthly Payments dnmes ¥, Connelly dnmes ¥ Nhoa President Aecretury < e | i ASK FOR ALLEN'S FOOT-EAS DANCING TENNIS, GOLE | In order that { made and fl and many patriotic organizations, every assurance is given that the measure wiil pass promptly. Representative Robsion, Republican, of Kentucky, is in charge of the meas- ure. It calls for an appropriation of | 84,500,000 covering a period of four years. ‘The initial appropriation for the coming fiscal year would be $500,000, important fills may be time allowed for set'ling before the road proper is laid. The bureau of public roads of the Department of Agriculture will do the bullding. The route and width are to be determined by the President’s Bicen- tennial Commission, which has made this project its major construction work | In celebration of the bicentennial of Washington's birth. It is expected to have the highway completed from the new Arlington Memorial bridge to Mount Vernon in time for use for ths bicentennial celebration in 1932. 'ARCHBISHOP CITES GROWTH IN SCHOOLS Speaks at Reception of Cath- olic Club. Although waining of the dangers in excessive pleasure seeking, Rev, Michael Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore, pointed to the increased enrollment in church schools in recent years as a cause for oplmism, in an informal specch at the second annual reception given in his honor by the Curley Club in the Raleigh Hotel last night. Attendance in Catholic schools has increased by 23,000 in the seven years he has served the Baltimore archdio- cese, the archbishop said, and §15,000,000 has been expended for educational fa- cilites during that time, he declared. Other speakers at the reception were Rev. Francis X. Cavanaugh of St, Mar- tin's Church, spiritual director of the club; Rev. P.T. McAllister of St. Domi- nic’s Church, past spiritual director; lus McGarvey, president, and Miss Mary L. McGee, founder and first presi- dent, The club made a substantial donation to the archbishop for his scholarship fund Included In the entertainment pro- gram were Silvio Poll, Francis D. Quaid, by | Miss Gretchen Baden. Antoine Wilnett, | Miss Margaret Monroe and William Mc- Garvey, Edmonston ROYAL MINIATURE SOCIETY | | V/ord has heen received from London that Miss Natalle Hammond, daughter | of Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond, | has been elected a member of the Royal | Minjature Soclety of London, ‘The qualification to become & member | of the society is to have at least shree | exhibits accepted, and in the cable to the parents of the young artist, the president of tne organization stated that four of Miss Hammond's exhibits | had been accepted. | The work of Miss Hammond has chiefly to do with the fllumination of letters, and it is understood that the ELECTS NATALIE HAMMOND | | | | | | | exhibits accepted by the Royal Soclety | are of this nature. Miss Hammond re- ceived much favorable comment from the members of the society about a year | ago, when one of her paintings was ac- cepied by the society. Miss Hammond is now in New York where she has had a studio for come months, During one of her brief visits in Washington last Autumn, Miss Ham- mond attracted considerable attention with an_exhibition of her work which she held in a studio on Connecticut avenue. The talented young woman is A member of the Arts Club of Wash- ington. DRYTREND SHOWN INSOUTH CAROLINA Counly Democratic Meets Oppose Change in State Party Rule. By the Associated Press. COLUMBIA, 8. C, May 8—Over- whelming sentiment against the presi- dential candidacy of any but an avowed prohibitionist, coupled with unwilling- ness (o abolish the State party rule pledging a Democratic primary voter to support his party’s nominees, State and National, is indicated with returns from Democratic conventions held in the va- | rlous counties of South Carolina yes- terday. Returns from 36 of the 46 ocounty conventions at 10:30 o'clock last night showed nine on record as favoring a change in the paryt rule, 32 to allow a Democrat to vote in a State primary without pledging himself as to the na-~ tional party candidate. In 27 counties the rule change was not recommended and in & number of cases the change was not suggested, the convention business being merely a routine of selecting delegates to the State meeting in Columbia May 16. Prohibition sentiment, however, was almost universally expressed, and in a | great majority of cases delegates were either selected under instructions to fight against the candidacy of any but an avowed dry or under a general reso- lution calling for continued and rore rigorous enforcement of the dry laws. AL SMITH IS ISSUE "IN ALABAMA VOTE Dimocrats Hold State Primary. Klan and Drys Fight New York Governor. | By the Associated Pr BIRMINGHAM, Ala. May 8-—Al Smith is the issue before Alabama today as thousands of democratic voters go to the polls to elect delegates to the Houston convention. In addition to the election of delegates who will cast Alabama’s 24 votes, full State and county slates are to be named. Opponents of the New York governor have used prohibition and religion as campaign arguments, while those favor- ing Smith have brought the party man- | dats of “no delegates pledged to vote against any man” to the fore. The Ku Kiux Klan and prohibition bodies in the State have supported candidates op- posed to Smith. Walter Moore, national Democratic committeeman from Alabama, in his fight for re-election is meeting serious opposition in State Senator Watt T. Brown. 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NI ELETON | Ancther Slugged as Party Factions Contest in Kansas City. | | By the Acsaciated Pre KANSAS CITY, May 8-—One man was slugged and four were abducted. in- cident to the Municipal and County bond election here today. All were leaders of the Pendergast faction of the Democratic party on the North Side. Anthony Bivona, former alderman and now constable in the Justice Court of Frank Penanti, was slugged while re- sisting kidnapers and was treated at his home for wounds on the head. Justice Benanti was among those ab- ducted Others were Joe Galucct, | Marion Nigro, precinet captain, and Ben Ryan, city meat inspector. They were seized by gunmen, who carried them away in motor cars. Harry Goldburg, election judge, lef the poliing place where he presided after he had been threatened. Leaders of the Pendergast faction charged that a faction which is con- testing for party control in the ward on responsible for the kidnapings Both factions were understood to favor | the bonds, and the kidnapings seemed | to involve only the question of who was to deliver the vote. The city bond issues being voted on totaled $18,500,000 and included pro- posals for the purchase of a municipal | airport and a municipal auditorium. County items totaled $12,500,000, in- cluding a proposition for a new county courthouse. | Angelo Gerard. custodian of the City Hall. was missing and reported kid- naped. | Two Will Speak. | | _ Representative and Mrs. Brooks ! | Fletcher will address the Pierce-Webb Parent-Teacher Association, 8 p.m., in | | the Pierce School today. RS PHLADELPHA ELECTONFRALS Former District Attorney Ap- pears Before Senate Committee. By the Assnciated Prase Criminal prosecutions growing out of the November, 1926, elections in Phila- delphia were reviewed before the Sen- ate committee Investigating the Vare- Wilzon contest today by Charle: former distriet attorney for Philad An impromptu meeting of the com- mittee was called by Chairman Reed of Missouri for the appearance of Fox who plans to leave for Europe Saturda The witness gave a detailed acc t six cases which he described as “re; tration frauds.” involving districts in twenty-first. thirty th, thirty-ninth and forty-fifth wards, “During 1925 and 1926, said Fox, ‘there were more convietions in el tion frauds in Philadelphia than in the previous 14 vears.” id 14 bills of indictment involv- inz 36 defendants had been returred after revelation of registration frauds in 1 leading to 10 convictions bills of indictment involvinz 90 defendants. of whom 21 were convicted, h2d been returned in 1926. The attornev testified that in practi- eally all ances “ward leaders” had visited him concerning the cases being prosecuted. “Can it be stated.” asked Semator Reed. “that the ward leaders of the or- gan‘zation alwave interested themselves on behalf of tha defendants as opposed to the commonwealth?" “Undoubtedly.” replied Fox. “and can be cairied further to say that thew sousht 10 add their moral snport and f s 1t influence to help the dsfendants JARDINE FILES REPLY IN CRUDE ERGOT CASE Secratary Answers Injunction Suit Brought by New York Importer. William M. Jardine. Secretary of Agri- culture, today filed in the District of | Columbia Supreme Court a joint answer for himself and for Andrew W. Me! m. Secretary of the Treasury, to the suff for injunction recently brought against |them and Herbert Hoover. Secretary of Commerce, by Howard W. Ambry drug importer of 261 Broadway, New York. to prevent the alleged illegal im- portation of crude ergot of rye. which Is regarded as a dangerous but also ben- eficial drug. Justice Hitz refused recently to dis- miss the suit as to Jardine and Mellon but granted the motion to dismiss as to H r. Hearing on the application for an !ajunction is scheduled tomorrow. Ambruster, in his petition, claimed | that Mellon and Jardine nave allowed imports of crude ergot which did not | measure up to the requirements of the pure food and drug law. In their answer the cabinet officers deny this The officials renew the legal grounds {made in their motion to dismiss in which they alleged the suit is one against the United States and is an tempt to have the court interfere with | the executive in the exercise of discre- tion imposed in them by the law. United States Attorney Leo A. Rove: and James B. Horigan. special counsel for. 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