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WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Occasional rain tonight and tomor- row; warmer tonight; colder tomorrow afternoon and night. Temperatures: Highest, 54, at noon today; lowest, 38, at midnight last night. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered_as second class matte post office, Washington, D, C. No. 30,943. ch WASHINGTON, ¢ Foem WITH SUNDAY MORNI N& EDITION ng Star. D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1929—-FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. * service. {#) Means Associated Pr: The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,144 TWO CENTS, Thompson Refused To Sail on C’s of Opera to Get Vote TRAIN WRECK TOLL MOUNTS T0 5 WITH ENCINEER'S DEATH Philadelphia Man Succumbs to Scalds at Havre de Grace Hospital. As Result, Promoter of| Plan Loses Suit Over Board Bill. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 18.—The case of Frank D. Ayres vs. O. C. St. Clair had to do with a $185.05 board bill which the party of the first part said was owed him by the party of the sec- ond part. This in itself was of slight public consequence. The interesting develop- ment was the revelation of how grand opera had come within a sixteenth note of being employed to further the polit- ical destinies of Mayor William Hale Thompson. Counsel for St. Clair said his client felt he was under no debt for board to the plaintiff because of work St. Clair had done for Ayres in connection with a certain opera, which Ayres and St. Clair were interested in selling to the Thompson political organization. Judge James Fardy doubted if dis-| cussion of the opera would be in tune | with the case, but St. Clair decided to relate it anyway. “It was 2 grand opera,” St. Clair said. “It had some grand tunes in it. The words were grand. Where the singers were supposed to linger on high notes you could just see the votes rolling in. It oozed politics, from overture to finale, including the entre acte numbers.” The mayor and M. J. Flaherty, presi- dent of the board of local improvement, came to hear selections from it, and seemed delighted, St. Clair said. “But somehow,” he sighed, “it never was put over.” That, he believed, was mainly because no one could be found who cared to risk $20,000 on opera as a vote-getter. It would have been interesting, he thought, to see how much power an aria had in bringing out the boys on election day; how potent politically was a cadenza, and how valuable to the can- didates an intermezzo for muted strings. St. Clair still was speculating on the possibilities when Judge Fardy told him to write a check for $200 in favor of THO 70 CONTROL NEW YORK .0.P Machold, Hill and Hilles to! Handle Patronage—Party Unity Sought. PASSENGERS SHAKEN, BUT ESCAPE INJURY Cause of Accident Near Aberdeen Is Not Determined by Rail- road Officials. By the Associated Press. ABERDEEN, Md. January 18.— Deaths from the collision yesterday of two passenger trains and a freight train near here mounted to five today with the death of Leon Sweeting. Phila- delphia, engineer of the northbound passenger train, at Havre de Grace Hospital. Sweeting, who had recently recov- #red from influenza, was badly scalded. Four others of the train crews were #illed in the double crash, the cause ©of which had not been definitely de- termined. Hundreds of passengers were shaken up, but all were able to pro- ceed on relief trains to their destina- tions. Passenger Train Hits Wreckage. K. A. Klein, brakeman, and V. W. Stewart, flagman, riding in the caboose of the freight train, which had just ulled onto the main track from a Apidlng. were killed when the northbound passenger train struck the rear of the slower freight. Telescoped freight cars toppled onto the adjoining track and a heavy south- bound train carrying sleeping cars and coaches for connection at Washington with other railroads to the South plow- ed into the wreckage. Engineer A. C. Terhune and Fireman T. J. Kavanaugh of that train were killed in the second crash. It was hours before wrecking crews were able to get Terhune's body from under his locomotives. The first four sleeping cars of the ex- toppled onto an embankment be- ide the track, but the passengers es- caped serious injury, according to train gonductors. The only patient in a hos- tal today was John Lee, fireman of he northbound train, who was treated at Havre de Grace for shock. Tracks Are Torn up. The accident tore up more than 150 ‘udcdmemmnmmd it was after o'clock this m more than 14 hours after the col By the Associated Press. Placing of Republican political au- thority in New York State during the next four years in the hands of three leaders was announced today by H. Edmond Machold, State committee chairman, after he and Willlam H. Hill and Ogden L. Mills, Undersecretary | of the Treasury, had a breakfast con- | ference with President-elect Hoover. Besides Mr. Machold and Mr. Hill, the third member of the group will be Charles D. Hilles, national committee- man, who conferred with Mr. Hoover earlier in the week. Mr. Machold is to represent the group in most negotia- tions with the new President. He said that the three would agree upon rec- ommendations for appointments for Federal office before names were sub- mmd to Mr. Hoover for his considera- n. Mr. Hill was head of the independent Hoover-for-President organization in iop, that service restored over one track. In the time trains were re-routed over ean E:k! of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail~ oad. . The collisions occurred in a fog and Pennsylvania Railroad officials, although uncertain of the cause, believed that Engineer Sweeting had failed to see two signals, set to show that the freight train was ahead of him. KREISLER NOT ON TRAIN. Report Violinist Was in Wreck Brings Denial. Definite assurance was obtained from | the Fritz Kreisler headquarters in Bos- jon, Mass., this morning that the lamous violinist was not on the south- bound Pennsylvania train wrecked at Aberdeen, Md., last night, as had been 'e)lr. Kreisler sailed for Europe in De- ber to keep some engagements on e continent, and is not expected in this country tf’;n' seve;neldv:er:fi. Others reported on the wrecl , ¥ho, it developed today, were actually pn a train which left New York an hour later, and was not involved in the accident, are Representative Dempsey of New York and Miss Birdie Beal of 309 Emerson street, a buyer for Wood- ward & Lothrop’s Department Store. | A last-minute rush of business in New gork kept Mr. Dempsey out of the reck. He had planned to take the rlier train, but missed it. and took he one following. It reached Wash- ington about nine hours late in con- juence of the traffic tie-up, resulting | rom the wreck. So far as' could be learned, Mrs. Helen Gladney, 33, of 4707 Kansas ave- pue was the only Washingtonian hurt In the wreck. Her injuries consisted f bruises sustained when the shock of he collision threw her from her seat. Mrs. Gladney was confined to her; bed today and could not discuss the accident. Her husband said she was ptill suffering from the shock and had told him only meager details of her experience—that she was sitting in her seat reading when the crash threw her into the aisle of the car. He said the experienced no difficulty in getting put of the car and was brought to Washington on the relief train. Crandall Escapes Injury. Harry M. Crandall, local moving pic- ture magnate, was riding in the thir- teenth car of the southbound train. He was not hurt. “There was quite a shock when the prains crashed,” Mr. Crandall said, “but 1 was not thrown out of my seat. “I got out of my car and walked up front. where there was great con-| fusion. The engine had been derailed | end two cars had run off the track into | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) 130 CADETS FILEOUT | AS ACADEMY BURNS| Pennsylvania School Destroyed by | Fire, With Estimated Loss of $500,000. By the Associated Press. DEVON, Pa. January 18.—The Val-| Jey Forge Military Academy, formerly destroyed by fire early today with a loss estimated at $500,000. An attempt | to extinguish the blaze with hand ap- discussed. ommendations situations, but in the interest of party {bert Ottinger, former State attorney New York State, and the agreement on the handling of patronage was regard- ed as somewhat of a victory for him. Mr. Machold became State chairman in the last campaign after the death of George Morris. Reconciles Individuals. Undersecretary Mills said the purpose of the Hoover conferences with New York leaders was to reconcile individ- uals rather than factions. He added that cabinet appointments were not Because both of the Senators from New York are Democrats Mr. Hoover was obliged to look elsewhere for rec- concerning patronage. Usually the national committeeman of a State is relied upon largely in such | harmony this plan has been departed | from in this instance. Beyond the pa- fronage question, however, Mr. Hoover | is interested in strengthening party lines in the Empire State with a view | to restoring the whole State government to_the Republican party. This matter was discussed at some length during the conference. Mr. Mills said afterward that any reported dif- ferences in New York were “purely su- perficial,” and that the conferences Mr. Hoover has had with the State leaders would insure harmony. Mr. Hilles is a veteran leader in Re- publican affairs in New York State, having served as national committee- man for years. During the pre-conven- tion campaign he was one of the group of national leaders who held out the hope almost to the last that President Co&lidge could be drafted for renomi- nation. Ottinger Pays Call. Another New Yorker on the Presi- dent-elect’s calling list today was Al- general, who was defeated for the gov- ernorship in the last election by Frank- lin D. Roosevelt. Seven more members of Congress were_on the engagement list on this 4) " (Continued on Page 2, Column ‘Retiring ‘Presid their great talents Government? The “Roma known as the Devon Park Hotel, was | HAINES FALLS DEAD AFTER WARM PLEA AT BOOTH COUNCIL Salvation Army Commission- er Expires at End of Emo- tional Address. LEADER GOES TO COURT TO PREVENT OUSTER Injunction Is Granted Commander to Retain Leadership of Religious Group. By the Associated Press. SUNBURY-ON-THAMES. England, January 18 —Commissioner Haines, vice president of the high council of the Salvation Army in session here, dropped dead tonight. At the conclusion of an emotional speech before the council which was then considering election of a successot to Bramwell Booth, deposed general, Commissioner Haines crumpled and fell dead. INJUNCTION HALTS OUSTER. Booth Procures Writ to Preserve His Tenure in Office. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 18.—The high council of the Salvation Army was to- day restrained by the Chancery Court from electing a successor to Bramwell Booth, deposed general, who instituted a suit to prevent his ouster. The in- junction operates until after a hearing by the court which was set for 10:30 a.m. next Monday. Wilfred Greene, who appeared in court on behalf of Bramwel Booth, told the tribunal that the case was of great urgency because the high council was In session and would proceed with its action unless restrained from nomi- nating a successor to Gen. Booth. The application was made before Justice Eve by the King's counsel, Green and two associates. Mr. Green explained that he asked for an ex-parte injunc- tion against Samuel Hurren and other members of the high council. He told the court that the defendants had passed a resolution' declaring Wil- liam Bramwell Booth unfit for office and purporting to remove him. He then added that the council was in session with the object of appointing a succes- sor. COURT ORDER TELEPHONED. Complainants Use Wire to Transmit Legal Writ. SUNBURY-ON-THAMES, England, January 18 (#).—An injunction granted in London restraining “the High Council of the Salvation Army from electing a successor to Bramwell Booth, deposed served on_the High Council " (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) SIX ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN BLAST Two Stores, Theater and Cafe in Detroit Destroygd. Three Men Are Held. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, January 18.—Six persons were injured seriously and a furniture store, a motion picture theater, a grocery and a restaurant were de- stroyed by an explosion at Gratiot and Harper avenues shortly before 1 o'clock this morning. The damage was estimated at $150,000. No one was killed. Police believed the blast was plan- ned as reprisal for the fatal shoot- ing of an Italian marcher in a Colum- bus day parade here last October. Two of the injured are under police guard in a hospital for questioning, and a third man found hiding in the vicinity is held for investigation. Detectives investigating the blast said it was caused by gasoline, two drums of which were found in the alley behind the furniture store. The seriously injured are Jose Zan- garo, 36, and Philip Cusmano, 25, held as police prisoners in a hospital; Mrs. Harriet Umiverdross, 38; Mrs. Elsle Miller, 32; Harry Corden, 38, and Frank Young, 52. Zangaro and Cusmano were found pinned under the wreckage. The third man held 1s Giralamo Pacararo, 32, found hiding in the vicinity. Search is being made for John Garrisi, 45, proprietor of the furniture store. Relatives said he left with his family for Chicago yesterday after hav- ing received several threatening letters. Besides the buildings destroyed, sev- eral other places, including a branch bank, a bakery, a laundry and a dry goods store, were -damaged by the explosion. ents of the U. S. What shall the Nation do to utilize in behalf of the n Question” STEWART DENIES HUNT FOR PROXIES In New York on Other Busi- ness, He Says—Doubts John D., Sr., Will Fight Him. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 18.—Col. Rob- ert W. Stewart, arriving in New York this morning, said that his main busi- ness here was in connection with the internal affairs of the Standard Oil Co. | of Indiana, of which he is chairman, and that his visit had “no connection whatever” with the Rockefeller fight {o remove him from the leadership. Asked if he was here to get proxics, Col. Stewart replied: “I-am not here in this proxy matter at all. I am here on affairs of the com- pany which I do not care to make pub- lic. I shall only be in New York until Saturday and I do not want to discuss the fight with Mr. Rockefeller, jr.” “I do not care to indulge in any of this band-wagon talk. The proxies will be voted on March 7, and those alone will settle the fight. Proxies change daily, and no one can tell in advance | how the vote will go.” Says Board Is Behind Him. Asked whether he expected a close contest, Col. Stewart said: “No one can forecast that at this time. The organization is behind me and the board of directors is behind me. This is a very strong argument in my favor. “I prefer not to say definitely that the directors resent Mr. Rockefeller’s attitude, xhu; I wufl say that they are strongly in favor of me.” Coxglgxentlng on the report in today's New York Times to the effect that John D. Rockefeller, sr., had come to the aid of his son, Col. Stewart. said he would not believe the reportl until he had seen o estionable proof.” u‘x"!quhave beenpwm\ Mr. Rockefeller for 25 years,” said Col. Stewart. “I have given him and the company un- questionable support, and I have no intimation that he will not support me. Thinks Sutherland Misled. Told that Howard E. Sutherland, alien property custodian, who, by virtue of his office, holds the voting power of more than twelve thousand shares of Standard of Indiana, has assigned the proxies of that stock to Mr. Rockefeller, jr., Col. Stewart asserted: “Mr. Sutherland does not know a single member of the organization and I am confident that he made no effort to investigate the affairs of the com- pany before taking the position he did. I am sure that if he made an investi- gation he would change his stand in this fight.” hcol. gstewmrt concluded his interview his sentence: with reporters with tl i | sh’p\gerely hope that Mr. Rocke- feller, jr., will have a nice time on his visit to the Riviera.” X D. SR., REPORTED IN FIGHT. | Press Story Says He Will Aid Son Against Stewart. NEW YORK, January 18 (®).—The New York Times says today that John D. Rockefeller, sr., has brought his powerful influence to the aid of his son in the fight to oust Col. Robert W. Stewart from the chairmanship of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana. Aroused by the attitude of Col. Stewart, which he considers an affront, the paper says, the elder Rockefeller has entered the fight so determinedly that his associates may assume active charge of the battle being waged be- tween John D. Rockefeller, jr., and the chairman of the Indiana company. The entrance of the father into the fray was regarded in Wall Street as a factor that might determine the out- come of the struggle for control of the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana. Numerous brokerage houses, insurance companies and other large holders of Indiana stock, which heretofore have been in- clined to be neutral, are expected to rally to the Rockefeller interests because of the senior Rockefeller's influence. e —— CHINA AND JAPAN REACH AGREEMENT ON TARIFF Nipponese Foreign Minister An- nounces Result of Negotiations Delay in Naming Adjutant General Puzzles Officers Twenty-two Colonels Are| Eligible—Friends Active In Their Behalf. Military circles are somewhat mysti- fied by the unexpected delay in filling the office of adjutant general of the Army, which has been vacant since the death of Maj. Gen. Lutz Wahl, Decem- ber 30. Twenty-two colonels in the Adjutant General's Department, including Charles H. Bridges, assistant adjutant general, with the temporary rank of brigadier general, are eligible for appointment as head of the department, with the rank of major general. Congressional and military friends of several of them are making vigorous efforts in their behalf. Col. Archibald Campbell, the senior | officer of the department, is on duty at headquarters of the 2d Corps Area, at Governors Island, and Col. Samuel G. Jones, who stands number two in the list of seniority, is stationed at head- quarters, 9th Corps Area, San Fran- cisco. Both of these officers will be transferred to the retired list on account of age during the current year, Col. Campbell in July, next, and Col. Jones in November. The appointment of either at this time would enable them to retire in the grade of major general instead of in the grade of colonel, un- der existing conditions. Such appoint- ments have been made in the past in special cases, but is said to be in con- flict with the present policy of the War Department, with respect to Army bu- reau appointments, covering a tenure of fcur years. It is expected thai the President’s de- cision in the matter will be announced next week. VAGRANCY LAW Police Superintendent Would | Add Eight Classes to House Measure. A proposed new vagrancy law for the Listrict, more comprehensive than the one pending in the House District com- mittee, was submitted to Chairman Capper of the Senate committee for con- sideration today by Supt. of Police Hesse. The House bill listed six classes of persons who could be regarded as va- grants, including all persons regarded as vagrants under common law; all persons known to be burglars, pick- pockets or confidence men loitering around any public place, unable to give a good account of themselves; all per- sons carrying instruments that might be used to commit crime; persons with- out sufficient means of support; persons found loitering who do not follow any lawful trade or occupation, and persons wandering around public places who are without any lawful occupation. The new bill transmitted by Maj. Hesse today adds eight other classes of persons who would be regarded a: vagrants, including these five classes: Persons loitering around gambling establishments or other places of a questionable nature; persons regarded as drunkards; able-bodied persons found begging; persons regarded as profes- sional gamblers, or any persons engaged in an unlawful calling. Another section provides that in prosecutions for vagrancy the burden of proof shall not rest upon the District to establish that the defendant has no property sufficient for his support, but whenever it shall be established that the defendant has been wandering in | idleness and is able to work, or that the defendant, being able to work, loiters about public places, a prima facie case of guilt shall be regarded as established when the prosecution is based on cer- tain sections of the bill. It is provided that the burden of proof shall be upon the defendant in these cases to show that he has sufficient property from which to obtain support. | i | phases of dry law difficulty EMBASSIES' LIQUOR Nebraskan Declares He Has Been Told Legation Em- ployes Selling Stocks. The question of diplomatic im- munity regarding the prohibition law was raised on the floor of the Senate again this afternoon when Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska de- clared he had been told that employes of embassies “make a business of selling liquor by the bottle.” Senator Norris was in the midst of a speech on the problem of prohibition enforcement in connection with an item in the first deficiency appropriation bill to increase the Treasury allotment for enforcement. He was discussing other ‘when Sena- tor Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina, asked the Nebraskan for his opinion with reference to the shipment of liquor into Washington for the foreign em- bassies and legations. Senator Blease declared the liquor is brought in “from Baltimore in large trucks, which are guarded by United States soldiers, and then freely dis- tributed around the city to outsiders.” Norris Explains View. “I think,” Senator Norris said, “one of the sad predicaments applying to the | District of Columbia that we get into | in the enforcement of the law is the thing the Senator from South Caroliva has suggested. I have never had any- body ury to sell liquor to me, but I have talked to employes of the Government who told me that employes of some of the foreign embassies make a business of selling liquor by the bottle. I do not know that the heads of the embassles know anything about it, but the em- ployes are using this liquor and selling it illegally, and they ought not to be protected in any way. I am in favor of anything that will go te the eradication of that evil.” | Information concerning the amount of liquor for the diplomatic corps also was sought from James M. Doran, pro- hibition commissioner, by Representa- tive Celler, Democrat, of New York, in a letter made public today. He points out that the Department of Commerce does not include liquor in the figures for imports by diplomats and consuls because it has been refused the infor- mation both by the Bureau of Customs and the Prohibition Bureau. “I have discovered that most of the liquor comes by way of Baltimore, the nearest port to Washington,” Mr. Celler said in his letter, “and armed Govern- ment guards escort the trucks into the Capital City and deliveries are made at the embassies and homes of foreign of- ficials in a sort of house-to-house de- livery.” Says Trucks Often Seen. Mr. Celler wrote that a Washington newspaper recently reported that two hi-jackers imperiled the transportation of a truckload of rare wines and liquors being transported to Washington lega- tions. “These trucks thus guarded by United States officials,” Mr. Celler said. “are frequently seen on the highways between Baltimore and Washington. Some come down from Canada and New York under Government escort. It is common knowledge that much of this diplomatic liquor trickles down the throats of many who do not wear the braid of diplomacy. Diplomatic liquor | is ‘;eddled all over Washington,” he | said. “Not long ago at a restaurant and dance place in Washington prohibition or police officials broke up a table where | liquor was used. I believe two girls were arrested and later released. Their escort was untouched. He claimed immunity SHIPS RUSHING AD | 25 Dead, Many Injured, Every UNDER NORRIS FIE TOVENEZUELA CITY L EVELED BY QUAKE Building Destroyed in Cumana. FOOD, MEDICINE, NURSES AND DOCTORS EN ROUTE Telegraphic Communication Cut Off, Accounts of Disaster Are as Yet Fragmentary. By the Associated Press. CARACAS, Venezuela, January 18.— Steamers and all the smaller craft! available today were rusing toward the City of Cumana, which was leveled yes- terday by an earthquake, with food and medical supplies and tents. They were also carrying nurses and doctors to care for those injured. Every buliding in the city was de- stroyed, the governor of Cumana in- formed President Gomez by wireless, adding that there were a great number of victims. ki ‘The news] r Universal pul 1e number of d‘e):gclt 25, out of the city’s population of about 25,000 ‘The paper said a great number of injured persons ere being taken from the ruins. The earthquake severed telegraphic communication with the city and ac- counts were fragmentary regarding the extent of the disaster. Cumana is located about a mile above the mouth of the Manzanares River, about 25 miles east of Caracas. The raw products of the region are coffee, tobacco, sugar and lumber, while cotton goods manufacture is one of the chief industries. About 60 years ago Cumana was nearly destroyed by an earthquake and it since has been subject to occasional shocks. It is the capital of the Department of Sucre. 1t is noted as the birthplace of Mar- shal Antonio Jose de Sucre, South American liberator, for whom Surce, the nominal capital of Bolivia, is named. . MAN ACGOSTS GIRL, Threat to Slay School Offi- cials Backed Up by Gun as He Escapes. After accosting 15-year-old Virginia Thompson, first-semester student at Business High School, shortly after noon today, an unidentified white man threatened to shoot the assistant prin- cipal and athletic coach of the school ‘when they attempted to hold him until police from the second precinct could reach the school. Miss Thompson left the school by the Ninth street door at 12:10 o'clock, for the lunch period. As she walked down the steps the man accosted her, and she ran back inside and notified Miss May P. Bradshaw, the assistant principal. Miss Bradshaw went outside and saw the man entering an automobile parked across the street. When he saw that she was watching him, Miss Bradshaw told police, he got out and pretended to be measuring a lot across from the school. Miss Bradshaw, in the mean- time sent other students to notify the police and Lynn Woodworth, athletic coach. Revolver Is Drawn. When the stranger saw Woodworth coming toward him, he apparently re- ! alized that an attempt was being made to capture him, and drew a revolver. Woodworth, however, ignored the com- mand and continued to approach the girl’s assailant until the latter warned him that he would shoot if he came a step nearer. Still threatening Miss Bradshaw and the coach with the revolver, the man backed away for about 50 feet and then turned and ran. Woodworth chased him to Fourteenth and T streets, where the stranger ran down an alley and escaped. Several students reported having seen the man loitering in the school corridor this morning but explained that they attached no_significance to this be- cause they thought he was the parent of some other student. Miss Thompson said she did not know the man, having seen him only on a previous occasion when he approached in a similar fash- ion. Hunt Is Started. Headquarters detectives and secnnd’ precinct police were touring the North- west section in search for the man who was described as being about 30 years | old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, light brown hair as an attache of an embassy. It was (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) and smooth face. He was wearing a gray hat and dark overcoat. HERBERT trip The Camplete Story HOOVER'S to HOLDS TWO AT BAY: WCARL ESCAPES QUIZ BY OFFERING REPLY IN WRITING Arranges With Lehlbach to Avoid Appearance Before House Committee. QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED TO HIM BY CHAIRMAN Controller Quoted as Saying He Had No Views Concerning Welch Pay Act. Controller General McCarl, whose in- terpretation of the Welch pay increase act stirred up considerable strife in the Government service, escaped the ex- amination by the House civil service cofumittee today by offering to answer its questions in writing. The stage had been set for a lively session with Mr. McCarl as the principal witness when the committee resumed its hearing on the various bills designed to remove alleged inequalities in the ad- ministration of the Welch act, but the controller failed to appear. Chairman Lehlbach, one of McCarl's severest critics, who him with usurping thg;'}:lre%;h;m of the Personnel Classification Board, then revealed he had made an arrange- ment with the controller which would not necessitate his appearance before the committee at this time. Questions Propounded. McCarl declined the committee's in- vitation, Mr. Lehlbach explained, on the ground that he had no pertinent views to express on the Welch act or the pro- posed modifying legislation the commit- tee has under consideration. The chair- man said he has accepted the con- troller’s excuse, and had propounded two questions for McCarl to answer in writing concerning Lehlbach’s bill to amend the Welch act. These questions are intended to show what construction the controller would place on provisions in the bill to give the Personnel Classification Board sole jurisdiction to make allocations. A decision on this question now, it is believed, would prevent repetition of the controller’s famous interpretative opinion on the Welch act. Says He Has No Views. “It was expected that Mr. McCarl would be present to give testimony, if he so desired, concerning his views on the Welch act and our ability to modify the preseni eonstruction,”. Lehlbach ' announced in ims after- hearing. “I saw him yeshmy noon, and he said that he no in- mu:velch n, | terest in or views cons ! act, its construction or | “It is his belief that it is his duty to | construe the purpose of after legislation has been enacted. However, he offered to assist the commmittee, and sald"he '&ulld be glad to wd any uestions that we may propound. E “In view of the fact that he dis- claimed any knowledge of the merits of the legislation under consideration and did not care to discuss the policies underlying existing legislation, there was really nothing left for him to testify to on the witness stand. More- over, if he came before the committee he said his opinions would be of the curbstone variety.” Representative Bachmann of West Virginia inquired if the acceptance of McCarl's excuse precluded the com- | mittee from examining him later. Chtlirman Lehlbach replied that it did not. Aside from the two questjons Mr. Lehlbach already has asked the Con- troller General, he announced that he ;Pttended to send him a supplemental st. the Lehlbach’s Questions. ‘The two questions put up to McCarl by Mr. Lehlbach are these: “1.—Whether in view of the construc- tion placed upon the Welch act by your decision of June 2, 1920, the language employed in section 1 of HR-16029 (Lehlbach's bill) if enacted will em- powor - the Personnel Classification Board to now consider, review and re- vise the allocations made by the heads of departments and establishments un- der the authority of your said decision in grades 4. 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the pro- fessional and scientific service, and grades 11, 12. 13, 14 and 15 of the clfl;lcal-ndmlnmrntve and fiscal serv- ice? “In view of the language carried in paragraph 3 of section 1, could alloca- tions made by the Personnel Classifica- tion Board pursuant to the authority given in this paragraph be held inef- fective because contrary to the provi- i‘ion"s of the Welch act or other existing aw? “If in your opinion the language con= tained in section 1 does not effectuate the purposes above indicated, will you kindly suggest such language as in your judgment will do this.” Instead of McCarl, the committee had as its chief witnesses the three members of the Personnel Classification Board— Carlos Van Leer, Victor G. Croissant and Guy Moffett. The last named took the stand first and pointed out that the board “has no argument” with McCarl over his interpretation of the relative position clause in the Welch act. While the board has the right to de- fine the basic qualifications of a grade, he said, the Controller tried to do this as well as determine relative positions. Moffett said that because of the Con- troller General's ruling it was possible for department heads to raise the sala- ries of some employes as much as $2,000 BRITISH PRINCESS THROWN BY HORSE SOUTH AMERICA Told in an interesting fashion by Rex Collier Unhurt, but Has Narrow Escape, as Others Close Behind Almost Ride Over Her. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 18.—The Daily aratus proved fruitless and a bugler h = p The background of the dispute be: to Cabinet at Tokio. The Star’s special representative on the now historic was called to sound assembly. More than 130 cadets and military instructors filed out of the building in their pajamas and sought shelter from the cold in nearby homes. The origin of the fire was undetermined. Maj. Milton G. Baker, superintendent, said the loss was covered by insurance and thét the rebuilding of the academy would be started as soon as possible. ‘The structure, for 30 years one of the most fashionable hostelries in the t w WAR acacemy i< tween the Vatican and the unified Italian state. These are but two of the i nteresting articles to be found in the Editorial Section of the next issue of The Sunday Star suburbs of Phund!lp!’l'a_ was occupied By the Associated Press. TOKIO, January 18.—The foreign minister announced to the cabinet to- day that an agreement had been reached in tariff negotiations between China and Japan. Japan is the last of the powers hav- ing interests in China to reach an agree- ment with the Nationalists on tariff. Previously the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany and Ttaly, among other nations, ?d granted China HARRY COULBY DIES. CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 18 (#).— Harry Coulby, one of the largest spera- tors of Great Lakes ore carriers, died at the Ritz Hotel in London 'yesterday, ac- cording to cable messages received here today by Cleveland friends. Mail said today that Princess Mary had & narrow escape from a horse's hoofs when she was thrown from her mount while hunting with the Bramham Moor hounds. ‘The prnicess’ horse floundered on boggy ground, throwing the prnicess clear and some distance. Other riders were so close that they had difficulty in diplomatic mission, starts in the next issue of The Sunday Star And will be continued in The Evening Star Mr. Coulby also was a prominent fig- ure in the steel industry. Radio programs—Pade 37 ; | 1 Begin it with the first installment. You will follow it to i chsa (s g nad o avol O succeeded its conclusion. in um'nug in their horses. 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