Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1929, Page 1

—=-———————————1 WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain this afternoon: partly /cloudy with Jowest {emperature about ‘32 de- grees tonight; tomorrow fair and cold- ‘Temperatures: Highest, 39, at 3 esterday; lowest, 28, at 3 am. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Th v ¥ ] £ 1 mm WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION L 4 n Star. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. — ) Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,741 S—— Entered as second class matt post office, Washington, D. No. 30,950. er o WASHINGTON, . e L (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 1929 —FORTY-FOUR PAGES. S TAREN BY DEATH AT VRGN HONE Cerebral Hemorrhage, Para-: Iytic Stroke and Relapse | Prove Fatal. | EX-SENATOR WAS POWER IN U. S. POLITICS 20 YEARS | r——- f Upper Branch Adjourns Out of Re- spect to Memory of Former Member From Alabama. UNDERWOOD _OSCAR W. U ERWOOD.. By ihy Associnted Press Oscar W, Unde o rmer Senator from Alabama owerful American political life for 20 rs, | died at his home, in Woodlawn, V : morning after a long illness. | A cerebral hemorrhage ea cember, a stroke of paralysis two weeks | Tater, from which he rallied, and a re- | Janse a few days ago brought his dis- | tinguished career to an end. Sceks Ql”et and Sec'usion ‘The death was announced by his son Oscar W. Underwood, jr., a Washingt = A car W. Underwood, jr., a Washington in - Expedition” O Florida Keys. attorney, who, with other members of his family, had guarded the Alabama Ktatesman from annoyances of the curi- ous since his illness became serious. A RSN SRS brief statement that the former Senator BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. had succumbed was the only word com- | Staff Correspondent of The Star. ing from the home of the Underwoods. KEY LARGO, Fla, January President-elect Hoover has finally suc- ceeded in shaking off temporarily all of | the worries and responsibilities that Unconscious Two Day Senator Underwood died at 1 have been steadily increasing with the approach of his taking over the office of | morning. He had been unconscious for two days, and his death had been ex- pected since yesterday. The family withheld notice of his condition, hope- the last that he would improve. e et whon e died e s | President and is today engaged in deep- | Fife, Mrs. Bertha W. Underyood, and | sea fihing. his two sons, John Lewis Underwood | He i5 virtuaily lost to the outside and Oscar W. Underwood, jr.. Mrs.| A | John Lewis Underwood and his brother, | World. He has his heart set on catch- | Fred V. Underwood of Knoxville, Tenn, | ing some sailfish, the pride of genuine | Another brother, Col. Sidney S. Under- | deep-sea fishermen in these waters, and | 000, U. 8. & Ieliced. wat on his 87 | . s tselstion: T order to Bave here from Atlanta, Ga., having been b : notified yesterday of the seriousness of | this and the opportunity for uninter- the former Senator’s condition. rupted concentration upon the sport, his request that the newspaper correspond- | Funeral arrangements had not been ents and camera men in his Florida va- even discussed early this afternoon onl‘ account of the condition of Mrs. Under- cation party stay far in the background and not attempt “covering” his fishing wood. She was perceptibly shocked by | her husband'’s death, although it was | erday that there was | i';o;'o'p? r)v;?hy;“:ec;irf The body, | expedition by the means of close con- | however, will be taken to Birmingham, | tact is to be strictly observed. Ala., for burial in the Elmwood CemE-I The President-clect explained that | his wish for seclusion was merely for the purpose of enjoying fishing the way he likes—with as much quiet as is tery. : | Although no specific time had been | possible. set, it was thought likely that the body | will be taken to Birmingham tomorrow on an afternoon train. Accordimn' to word ;hn has been rg- layed to the correspondents, Mr. Hoover | RS ONpecks - Petsrmac. | this morning is out on the ocean, about | 110" miles- ‘the Florida Keys: He was oot i ety ear Mount Vernon - | reported to have arisen with the sun Yocated e about 15 miles south of Washington, | (OPGIIeq, 16 PATE SURER SEH F S8 for the occasion, he is out in a small ‘The house is a musslve‘ brl;l:nslmntmr; ! o and overlooks the Potomac Piver and party is with him. Mr. Hoover is no stranger to these Mount Vernon, the home of Wash- Topton; | waters. He has fished in,them on half Senator Underwood, noted for his!a dozen occasions ,Td vh‘xs gen"aay leadership of the Democratic party in|accompanied by Mark Sullivan, politi- the House and Senate, took up his resi- g‘?l writer m‘{hfigh"glf::yrflzhgfi‘;g dence at Woodlawn, ‘ear the Mount | 1S party on this occasion He aiways Vernon home of George Washington, 1‘13 mg?‘)damu: e ana aronll e k;i.lg geciggd‘:.odre;;e fron; tfgf. :utuile ha.sgnever efijuyed the thrills fenate. - o Bt that are said by oldtimers to accom- m’of‘,“l‘“h‘- although he had made | pon. the Tanding of a sail fish, i Mr. Underwood assumed leadership of | Thete Walers are frequented by, his party in the House of Representa- | SWordfish, spearfish, barracudas and e LS8 She HRrT 0L puseed Vaniotisa of, the. smaller fish:. bt the g;flggx;feam“n“wm‘{;’i‘;‘;“ng:‘f sailih s looked upon as the gamest nation for the Democratic presidential | 820, the toughest o land.* =~ = B e s e PAS liwhicn are being used by Mr. Hoovers : party on this trip, were at anchor o Alabama finally placed him in the| pngeinch Creek, when the latter ar- Bepiate, ianAicupes hité oruicn ;| rived at Key Largo before 2 o'clock B A By Ao A aveah. | Yesterday afternoon. From Key Largo, | tural and Dairy Products. of the American delegates to the Wash- | §} (5 0040 b b e those. in {49 onference and bore a = | IRfse part of the burden i the Senate | mmediate party made the journey to | fight to have the treaties drawn up at| . O y that conference ratified. He retired | URGE 1\ 1o does not expect voluntarily from the Senate, declining | ¢ *g(aUER 1 EOTE Hoo8 O EXPCC Jo. 1lgzts his name go before the VOIS | prought along one of his stenographers | I mediately upon announcement of | 10 be in readiness to take fni | the death of the former Senator the |Another was brought for Mrs. Hoover | Senate today adjourned as & mark of | {0 keep up with her correspondence. | S raspect. ‘" Senator Heflin of Alabama, a col- teague of the late Senator, made the | PLEA FOR HIGHER TARIFF announcement to the Senate of M. ! Underwood's death. He suggested an | TO BENEFIT FARMERS immediate _adjournment, alnddSenahwrt ik ur sas, rity leader. then ‘x;:‘:;\x'{; %Em}:;r:‘maf?n %s 8 mark of | House Committee Urged to Increase respect. Despite the an: of leaders | 5 R over the pending cruiser construction | Duties on Cattle and Agricul bill, the adjournment was immediately | entered into. “The Senate will be profoundly ;F&}‘nk- | By the Associated Press. ed and grieved,” said Senator Heflin. | b iyoreouocts for higher tarifs o b ; ot Focihes quests for higher s on member of s bods ‘and_& former |Catile. dairy and farm products were Jeader of the Senate. Oscar Underwood | "eceived by "ff House ways :&nd fans died this morning at 11 o'clock. Be- ;"m_m‘ ee to “fn"" “resumption:. o cause of his long service in Congress |hearings on terif revision, =~ and his long service as leader of the | Knox Boude of Sebastopol, Calif., Democratic membership in the Senate, | Tepresenting the National Poultry Coun- T suggest to the majority leader that we | Cil. urged an increase’ to 10 cents a Dow adjourn as & mark of respect.” | pound in the existing duty of 3 cents E 5 | on live poultry and 10 cents on dead Announcement in House. | poultry, as compared with the presenf In the House the announcement was | ‘ate of 6 cents. Other rates proposed made by Representative Garrett of | Ner® f—‘gzs In shell, 10 cents 2 dozen, as Tennessee, the Democratic floor leader, | 28alnst the present 8 cents; frozen The House, however, went ahead with | °825 12 cents a pound, against 6; dried ’ s Sar s men, 60 cents, agains : baby chicks, D S AnnoupoemEnt Derrell aitl4 cents cach: a new)duty, sand . live % 7 | poultry imported for breeding purposes, | $2_each, also a new rate. te to the qualities of the for- 10 LAND SAILFISH RESCURD SKIPPER " IVES DETALS OF ifFIcrida Lost Steering Gear| in Trough of Mountain- ous Waves. 16 SWEPT DOWN DECK BY RUSH OF WATER Courageous ‘Crew Refuses to Risk Life to Repair Broken Bunker Hatch. The following radio dispatch was re- ceived today by the Associated Press from Capt. Giuseppe Favalaro. master of the Italian freignter Fiorida. who, with his crew of saved at sea Wed- nesday by the S, 8. America | | | | | | ! i | | BY CAPT. GIUSEPPE FAVALARO. By Wireless 1o the Associazed Pre ABOARD S. S. AMERICA, January -We left Pensacola, Fla., January | 10, for Naples with general cargo and | deck lumber. On January 11, while s | curing lumber lost a man overboard in | | the Gulf of Mexico. From January 12 | fo January 19, had boisterous weather. On January 20 at noon, the wind changed to northwest with force fresh | with heavy waves and heavy rainfall. Proceeding in an easterly direction on ! my course at 6 p.m., it seemed the wind | | 25 | BATILE WITH SEA | DIPLONIATS STIRRED 25— over all. In order not to lose my deck- {load I decided to head into the se: which was coming from the southeast. At 8 pm. a whole gale set in from the northwest. I decided to turn south to avoid the heavy sea and storm. At 11:30 p.m. I noticed that I had lost green water was breaking lore and aft | | I By | Byrd Radio Expert, In Airplane, Talks To San Franciscan 9,000-Mi]e Conversation answer the wheel, and at the same | time the chief engineer advised me that the chain of the rudder was broken. Steered by Hand. The chain broke near the steering | { Between Two Latin Re- publics Is Feared. engine of the ship. I ordered to steer | BY the Associated Press. |ing to stanchions, railings and by hand by the emergency steering gear | Large quantities of arms reported aft. I steered this way all night, at the | ordered by Bolivia in Europe aroused same time with the chief engineer try- | appréhension here today in diplomatic ing to repair the steering chain with | circles, where it was feared that rela- an extra link. | tions 'between Paraguay and Bolivia, On January 21, at 3 a.m., we steered | only recently smoothed over, might be again with our steering engine until | complicated. 9:30 a.m. the chain of our rudder broks | The reports reaching the Capital are | again. I ordered again to steer with |to the effect that Bolivia has placed a the emergency steering gear aft on the | munitions order of several million dol- poop deck. One green sea boarded us aft and . sublet part of the contract to conti washed me and 15 men violently off | nental subsidiaries. The first consig: the poop deck, with danger of going | ments are said to be in the progress of overboard. We found ourselves cling- | delivery. hat-| Latin American diplomatic represent- | mer Senator was paid by Senator Rob ¥inson of Arkansas, Democratic leader Boude argued that growing imports | made the higher rates necessary to| cqualize foreign and domestic produc- ever could be found. Many infuries | were suffered by this boarding sea. | With the chief engineer and all hands | available we started again to repair| the steering chain. | All hands turned to aft to put the| .chain in It was impossible | to-replace the chain of the rudder be- cause the rudder was swinging free, The emergency steering wheel was to- tally lost overboard by the boarding sea. The ship lay in the trough of the sea. This happened in latitude 37.38 north, longitude 59.10 west, on January 22 I saw everything was in vain what I was doing and heard what all my off- | cers were saying, so I sent an SOS for help and it was answereéd by the American steamer Dannedatke, who stated he was coming to assist me. Rescue Ship in Danger. During the night the Dannedaike sent out an S O S that he was in peril | and advised me that he could not come to my help. I sent another S O S which was responded to by the steamer Amexica. In the meantime violent seas swept away my bridge, chart room, life- boat and part of the deckload, breaking my bunker hatch. | The ship listed more to starboard right down to the gunwale. I advised the steamship America of my danger | and the peril of my crew. He answered | that he would be at the side of us on the morning of the twenty-third. We were working our pumps regularly, as we shipped plenty of water through | the bunker hatch. 1 tried my best to | repair this bunker hatch with danger of losing life. My crew, willing and | courageous as they were, did not care to take this risk. On January 23 we were in con- tinuous communication with the S. S. America, but I was unable to give them my exact position as all my instruments were lost overboard. Wireless Room Saved. At noon, with our spare instrument, I observed the meridian and communi- | cated with the America to calculate my | last Jatitude, not having on board any navigation books. All my crews' quarters were logged with water. The only section of my ship in working order was the wireless room. Going with the engines slowly to keep my bow to the sea, the commander of the America determined by latitude and ! informed me that he would be at my | side to help at 5 o'clock. In the mean- ime I attempted once more to replace | the chain of the rudder. but all through | | " (Continued on Page 5, Colunin 1.) 'BOOTH INJUNCTION ~ HEARING DELAYED | Continuance Until Tuesday Granted General's Counsel on Plea Evidence Not Ready. atives here suggested that some con- | certed action should be taken by Bolivia’s neighbors to remove any pos- | sibility of the tranquillity of the con- | tinent being again disturbed. State | Department officials saw in the lately | reported numerous seizures-by. Argen tine ‘authorities of arms en route to Bolivia, a' symptom that the Buenos Alres administration had decided to ex- ert influence to quench any possibility of further trouble between the two ""'i | publics. Embargo Established. Chile established an embargo on all arms shipments to Bolivia more than month ago, when it declared its| neutrality in any critical developments | in the Bolivian-Paraguayan d.lspulml The attitude of Argentina and Chile regarding shipments of arms to Bolivia | and its neighbor is regarded by offi- cials here as the safest guarantee against possible new outbreaks. Bolivia | and Paraguay have no outlet to the | sea and their communications are con- trolled by their neighbors. It was learned today that Secretaryi Kellogg mentioned the arms Shipmenki‘ to Bolivia in conversations sterday | with the Ambassadors of Chile, Peru | and Brazil, and that he discussed the subject with Minister Diez de Medina of Bolivia, who assured the Secretary of State that he had no information on the subject. State Department officials said no arms had been shipped from the United States to Bolivia. The administration, they said, deplored shipments of arms | Senate’s District committee from reach- | 0Dl their duty, but a high privilege, to| ger In ing a decision on the merger today, | as introducing a factor of dan; South American relations. Bolivia Ready for Parley. The Bolivian government has advised | its legation here of the appointment of | its two members on the Conciliation Commission of the Pan-American Con- | ference constituted to reconcile Bolivia and Paraguay on their frontier contro- versy. The two appointees are David Alves- egui and Henry Sinot. Alvestegui is a former Bolivian Minister to Paraguay and now advisor to the foreign office. Sinot is Minister of Bolivia in Chile and member of Parliament for the dis- trict of Santa Cruz. The Paraguayan delegates to the com- mission have not been appointed, The United States, Mexico, Cuba, Colombia and Uruguay, the other five countries represented on the - commission, have already made their appointments. STOCK PRICES SOAR ON LOAN FIGURES Increase in Federal Reserve Ratio} Inspires Vigorous Buying Move. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 25.—The New of the Senate and nominee of his party Jor Vice President in the recent cam- Spaign, who described him as “a faithful | friend, a loyal patriot and an able, far- ighted statesman.” i BN pialennan | PLANE PASSES ATLANTA. Tribute of Kellogg. | bt e sk 5 Secretary Kellogg, who was associat- 2 #4 with Mr. Underwood in the Senate, | @uestion =a His counsel was sought and ad- | Georgia Capital vice heeded on public questions which oxgia Capital Near: Noon. lay beyond the limits of party politics.| ATLANTA, Ga., January 25 ().—The In the passing of Semator Underwood | endurance airplane Question Mark tion costs, but committeemen cited fig- ures showing these were not so high. Mark Is Sighted Over | York Stock Exchange today had its! | By the Associated Press. wildest bull market so far this year, as | | LONDON, January 25.—Hearing on | operators for the advance bid up dozens | the temporary injunction restraining | of issues from 5 to 17 points to record | | the High Council of the Salvation Army | high prices. The bullish enthusiasm | from electing a successor to Gen. Bram- | was in response to the moderate in- | well Booth was adjourned today until | crease in brokerage loans and the sharp | Tuesday. In the meantime, the tem- improvement in the reserve ratio of the porary injunction will continue in ef-| New York Federal Reserve Bank, an- | fect. nounced last night. ihe country has lost one of its great men and one of its most conscientious servants.” One of the towering figures in Con- gress during his day. wood attained national through unusual qualities of £hip and a marked capacity as a leader Concededly one of the ablest men cf his party, his name was brought for- ward repeatedly for the Democratic presidential nomination, but geographi- cal boundaries were regarded as barring the way despite the fact that he received much of his support from the North and I Although born in Kentucky and Jast (Continued on Page & Column 5.) prominence atesman- | Oscar W. Under- | Washington, D. C. passed over Atlanta shortly after noon today en route from Montgomery, Ala,, | to Greensboro, N. C., it was announced | by officials at Candler Field. The Question Mark is on its way to Smith Reaches Florida. SARASOTA, Fla, January 25 (9).—| Alfrcd E. Smith, Democratic standard- | bearer and presidential candidate dur- | ing the last campaign for that office, | reached his Winter piayground shortly | after 7 o'clock today. Among those on the private car with him were John J. Raskob and Willlam F. Kenny, York. { New: ‘This was the second adjournment of the case, the first having been granted last Monday on the request of :attor- neys for the high council. The ad-. journment left the question of the leadership of the Salvation Army and administrative reforms hanging in the balance. Today's adjournment was granted on request of the general's counsel because he had not becn able yet to file his evi- dence in reply to cvidenoe submitted by the defendants. 7 Although submitting that the case was an urgent one, attorneys for the high council agreed to the postpone- ment. Justice Eve of Chancery Court expressed the hope that every effort would be made tg arrive at a settlement, The movement centered on the steels, | chemicals and _industrial specialties. | Ofls and rails were practically neglected. Johns Manville shot up $17 to $238, a | new record high, having sold as low ! as $96.25 last year. Underwood, Elliott | Fisher jumped $16 to $111.50. General | Electric and Union Carbide mounted | $11 and Radio $10.75; United States Steel was again a market leader, mount- ing $7.75 to another new record price | at $191.50. Montgomery Ward lost $2 at the opening, but ‘quickly recovered its loss. Columbia Graphone was a soft spot, losing $3. Radio Prpgrams—l;age 30 9 Believed Record. | By the Associated Press. | SAN FRANCISCO, January 25.—The | Examiner announced today that Fred Roebuck, announcer at its station KUP, had talked directly with Malcolm P. Hansen, radio expert of the Byrd Ant- arctic expedition, while the latter was flying in the expedition’s plane Stars and Stripes over the Bay of Whales, Antartica. Roebuck and Hansen were in two-way communication for 22 minutes early this morning. The distance, approximately 9,000 miles, is believed to be the greatest over which a two-way all-radio conver- sation ever has taken place.. The Stars and Stripes was 3.000 feet over the bay. Hansen and Rocbuck merely ex- changed greetings, as the former was testing the radio gear of the Stars and Stripes and Roebuck was trying out the equipment of the new Robert Dollar station here. ; Radio-telephone communication be- | tween this counlry and Europe often involves conversations across spans of munity Chest has increased the num- 5,000 miles or more, but in some cases more than half the distance is covered of first importance in building up & by means of telephone wirs VALUATION PLAN DELAYSAGREEMENT Senate Committee Holds 2- Hour Merger Debate on Blaine Proposal. Debale over the proposal of Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wisconsin, to make the prudent investment theory of valuation a requirement in the street railway merger resolution prevented the and after nearly two hours of consid- | eration the committee adjourned until tomorrow morning. Some of the other members of the committee indicated they were in favor of going ahead with the merger as amended by Dr. Milo R. Maltbie, the | committee expert, and handle the new valuation rule composed by Senator Blaine as a separate proposition. May Not Faver Measure, In reply to a question by Senator Vandenberg, Republican of Michigan, as to whether the Wisconsin Senator was willing to see the merger enacted with- out the valuation rule included, Senator Blgine answered that he doubted whether he could support a merger if the rule of valuation is omitted. Senator Vandenberg then asked Sen- ator Blaine if he would be willing to submit his valuation amendment to the Senate as a separate proposition from the merger resolution, and permit each to be considered on its merits. Senator Blaine replied that that in- volved the question of parliamentary procedure. and added that in prepar- ing the valuation amendment he in- tended to seek its adoption. Senator Vandenberg also asked the Wisconsin | Senator whether he thought, as a prac- tical proposition, the Senate could settle the controversial question of a rule of | valuation in the remaining five weeks of the session. Holds Clause Necessary. Senator Blaine took the position that the merger would be incomplete with- out it. Senator Sackett, Republican, - of Kentucky, reminded the committee that this whole question of the proper theory of valuing public utilities is be- fore the United States Supreme Court at the present time in the O'Fallon case, growing out of the valuation of a steam railroad by the Interstate Com- | merce Commission. and that he thought it would be unwise for Congress to proceed to set up a valuation rule for the District of Columbia with the question still unsettled in the highest court. _ Senator Blaine then suggested that (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Maryland and Virginia News Today on Pages 10°and 11, - ¥he bacterilogish signed, MELLGH INDORSES COMMUNITY CHEST ?Ccmplication of Relations With Polar Flyer Is |Benefits Both Contributor control of my ship, which did not ! and Institutions, He Says in Letter. Expressing his interest “in the suc- cess of the movement to establish a Community Chest in Washington,” Sec- retary of the Treasury Mellon today added his indorsement of the plan to that of President Coolidge and Presi- dent-elect Hoover. Secretary Mellon in his letter said: | “It seems to me that this form of or- ganized giving has many advantages to commend it, both from the point of view of the contributor and of the | institutions benefited! The contributor can feel that his money goes further because the cost of raising funds has been reduced to a minimum; and those in charge of the city's charitable and welfare institutions can devote them- selves to their work relieved of all | anxiety regarding their budget require- | ments being met. “Furthermore, it has. been the expe- | rience in other cities that the Com- | ber of givers and this, it would seem, is | strong public sentiment which shall | adequately support the city’s charita- ble and welfare agencies. I feel sure | that the soundness of the Community DISTRICT FUND BILL LEHLBACH ORDERED ‘PASSED BY HOUSE - TOMAKE REDRAFT WITHOUT PAY RAISE: - OF U. S. PAY BILL Fund .Will Be Used for Sup-‘New Measure to Contain Cer- port of Municipal Govern- tain Features of Celler- ment During Year. Brookhart Measure. ! | | | GRIFFIN’S SI_B_S,FOO PLAN LOSES AFTER DEBATE RETROACTIVE PROPOSALS WILL BE ELIMINATED | Chairman Simmons Shows Salaries Above Average of Federal Employes. Duty of Personnel Classification Board About Salaries to Be Made Clear. ‘The House today passed the D:smm} The House civil service committee by appropriation bill carrying $38,213.150 | unanimous vote today instructed Chair- for support of the municipal Govern- man Lehlbach to redraft a Federal pay ment during the fiscal year beginning | relief bill, which will contain certain July 1 next. | features of the Lehlbach bill and the Effort made by Representative Grif- Cellar-Brookhart bill. Chairman Lehl- fin of New York, a minority member bach expeets to introduce the mew bill of the subcommittee on District appro- | late this afternoon or tomorrow and as priations to have included in the bill| soon as it is printed the committee will $165,000 for increase in salary to Gov- | meet again to go over its provisions | ernment employes in fulfillment of a | With the prospect that it will be report pledge made in the District bill last|ed favorably to the House next Tues- J‘yenr under a 2-year program was de- day. feated by a vote of 48 to 180. | _In regard to salaries, the committee Debate on Mr. Griffin’s motion to re- | 9¢¢ided in favor of those carried in the i : Mr. Grif 0 ay | Cellar-Brookhart bill rather than the commit the bill was short, but unusually | visi bitter. Mr. Griffin emphasized that the | PTOvisions of the Lehlbach bill. This District auditor had informed him thal] the $175,000 carried last year as a start lon a two-year program to bring salaries | iof District employes up to a balance | | with those in the Federal service in | Washington had been allocated to only | about one-half of the District employes. | Shows Necessity. ! was because the Lehlbach bill sets up a complicated mathematical system of determining salaries, while the other provides specific amounts. The retro- active feature, however, of the Cellar- Brookhart bill will be omitted, the com- mittee taking a position that the new bill will carry increrges in salary in addition to those provided in the Welch # : He emphasized that the $165.000 was | necessary this year to give the step up; {in salary to the other half of the Dis- | trict employes. He pleaded with the House to be just and fair to these other | employes in order to establish a balance | !in salaries before the increases under | t. The committee decided to retain in the new bill the provisions of the Lehl- bach bill to overcome the decisions of Controller General McCarl. is done by restating the law, the purpose of which was to make salaries uniform the Welch act would apply. Otherwise there would be a discrimination against {half of the District employes, Mr. Griffin said. Representative Jotmson of Washing- | | ton by questions brought out portions cf | Mr. Griffin’s argument. Chairman Simmons of the subcom- | mittee in charge of the District bill ! called attention that under the Welch | | act District employes had received in- | | creases aggregating $553,000, in addition | | to the $175,000 that had been allocated | | to the lowest paid employe. He insisted | i that this brought the average salaries in the District employment above the aver- | | age for Federal employes. { Cochran’s Argument. | Representative Cochran of Missouri | brought out the fact that the $175,000 {last year had not been leveled out among all the employes. Representative Summers of Washington asked why if | salaries increases were provided last year for one-half of the employes there | was objection this year to taking care | of all of the employes with correspond- | ing increases, ;s | Representative Casey of Pennsylvania i also a member of the subcommittee on . i | for comparable work throughout entire Federal service. This' tn‘t‘em?(;’; of Congress, the committee feels, has been knocked out by Mr. McCarl's de- cisions, It is intended that the new bill sha make very definite that the P!l’15 sonnel Classification Board has the :ll;n{. lo{ xmml determination - as regards salaries, as was t) urfionmsa. he original intent embers of the House civil service committee today stated that they can find absolutely no feundation for the Controller General's ruling. SHUMAKER'S WRIT 'PLEA OVERRULED Indiana Dry League’Chief Blocked in Move to Escape Con- tempt Sentence. i | 1 | I { | | | | Chest idea will appeal to every one and | District appropriations, who led the | BY the Associated Press. that it will meet with great success in Washington.” Hogan Speaks at Meeting. Frank J. Hogan was the principal speaker at the meeting of the “key” men of the group solicitation unit of | the chest at the Willard Hotel last | night, at which Frank R. Jelleff, chair- i man of the group, presided. | Mr. Hogan described the futility of |hsnhlurd giving, comparing the Com- munity Chest method with the efficiency of the modern fire department as con- trasted with the old volunteer depart- ments. He gave instances of how the Children’s Hospital, Georgetown Univer- sity Hospital, Columbia Hospital, the Associated Charities and various other | organizations affiliated with the chest | had _saved individuals or even entire families from privation. “You can tell your fellow workmen," he said in conclusion, “that it is not | | be permitted to help their unfortunate fellow man through the Community | Chest.” | Elwood Street, director of the chest, | explained instructions to workers hand- | ed each “key” man present. Capt. John | R. Curran of the Salvation Army told | of the work done here by his organi- | zation. | Mass Meeting Tonight. | politan African Methodist Episcopal | Church there will be a large mass meet- ing of colored citizens in the interest of the Community Chest. Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, president of Howard Uni- versity, and Frederick A. Delano, presi- dent of the chest, will be among the ispeakers. Others on the program are John Poole, campaign chairman of the chest: Neval H. Thomas, president of the National Association for the Ad- D. W. Jones of the African Methodist Street. Workers in division No. 8 of the chest's eampaign organization for rais- ing funds met in St. Anthony's Hall, Brookland, last night and were ad- dressed by L. W. De Gart, Arthur May and Rev. Patrick E. Conroy. Marvin M. McLean, chairman, presided. Head- quarters for the division are to be estab- lished in Masonic Temple, Twelfth and Monroe streets northeast. [KING'S CHEST CLEAR, | PHYSICIANS REPORT Assurance / Interpreted to Mean ™ That Danger of Infection Now Is Removed. By the Associated Pres: LONDON, January 25.—King George's physicians announced in their medical bulletin today that the affected region in the King's chest has been completely cleared. This assurance has caused a feeling of great satisfaction, as it is interpreted to mean that his majesty is now suffer- ing only from weakness resulting from his prolonged {llness and that there is no longer any trouble from infection. With this infection removed the hope was expressed that his progress would continue steadily . For the first time since th: King's illness Sir Stanley Hewett did not sign the medical bulletin. He is suffering from a cold and is keeping to his own home. In his stead Sir Hugh Whitby, Tonight at 8 o'clock in the Metro- | vancement of Colored People; Bishop E. | Episcopal Zion Church, and Director | | fight last year and in the committee this | year for salary increases for the District employes. also appealed to his colleagues lin the House to deal fairly with the | District employes. | 4 CHILDREN FOUND | SLASHED TO DEATH i’}‘ormer London Policeman Sought in Death of Cousins, Between Ages of 2 1-2 and 6 1-2. By the Associated Press. ROMFORD, Essex, England, January 25.—The bodies of four children, cousins, between the ages of 2!, and 61, years, were discovered with their throats cut in a shed near here today. The eldest boy and girl were children of Sidney Percy Gray, a former mem- ber of the Metropolitan Police of Lon- don, and the other boy and girl were children of Gray's sister. The police are searching for Gray, who was last seen yesterday afternon walking with the four children. Gray was a policeman for eight years but in trying to save an old woman, who had heedlessly stepped into the roadway in front of a fire engine, he was knock- €d down and suffered ous head in- juries. He spent a long time in a hospi- tal and a period in a mental home, hav- ing since been pensioned off. 'OHIOAN, IN RAGE, SLAYS | SON; DAUGHTER MAY DIE Attempts to Kill Family, Shoots Boy, Wounds Wife and Girl; Turns Gun Upon Himself, By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, January 25.—An at. tempt by George S. Thomas, a rubbe: worker, to kill his family and himself last night resulted in the death of bis 4-year-old son, bert; the probable fatal wounding of his 2-year-old daugh- | INDIANAPOLIS, January 25.--Judge | Robert C. Baltzell in Federal Court here | this morning overruled the petition of | Or. Edward S. Shumaker, superintendent | of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, for i a writ of habeas corpus. Mr. Shumaker is seeking to evade serving a 60-day | sentence imposed by the State Supreme | | Court for contempt. The habeas corpus petition was filed ! in the Pederal Court after the Supreme | Court had held that a pardon issued to | Shumaker by former Gov. Ed Jackson | was invalid. The Supreme Court direct- 19(1 its sheriff to take Shumaker to the farm, but this move was blocked by the habeas corpus petition. | Ethan A. Miles, attorney for the Anti- Saloon League, said today that he had | not decided on any other legal move to keep the league “superintendent from | serving the sentence. He said tha* possibly a motion for a rehearing would be filed with the State Supreme Court. NAVY BUILDING PROGRAM i IS ADOPTED BY ITALY | By the Associated Press. | ROME. January 25.—A new navy- | building program for Italy was adopted by the council of ministers today. It icalls for two 10,000-ton cruisers, two |5,000-ton scout cruisers, four destroyers !and five' submarines. The Journal | D'Italia commented that the action, | though unexpected, ought not to sur- | prise anybody. The paper said: ! “In view of the armaments race | among all nations, notwithstanding the Geneva protocols, the spirit of Locarno and the Kellogg pact, Italy is only fol- lowing the lead of other states.” Construction of the new vessels is to begin in June. ;GIRL GETS $6,000 FOR EYE. | Wins Suit for Auto Injuries From Capital Broker. | Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG. Va., January 25.—Judgment of $6,000 was awarded | ter, Rosamond, and himself. and the by Judge Frederick W. Coleman in | wounding less seriously of his wife. Thomas, in a rage, opened fire upon | Spottsylvania Circuit Court to Miss Susie Powell of Spottsylvania against his family, the boy being killed instant- | Robert Page Irting of Washington for ly. He then fired two shots into his | personal injuries sustained in an auto- abdomen and drank poison. | mobile collision last Summer. | Physiclans said the wife, Helen, may | Irving’s car and that in which Miss | lose her sight. Powell was riding collided on the Rich- mond-Washington highway near this city on August 31. Miss Powell was cut by broken glass and she later lost an eye. She is 17 years old. Others in the machine with Miss Powell were slightly injured and settlement was made with them by Mr. Irving, who is a Washing- ton broker. Savants of Shave | Would Be Required To Possess Degree By the Associated Press. LINCOLN, Neb., January 25. ‘The one about being a “college’ graduate (barber college) would be gently eradicated from the list of the world’s worst jokes under a bill before the Nebraska State Senate. Instructors in sham would be required under the bill to possess degrees of mas- ter of arts, doctor of philosophy or something equally as Intelli- ent. Aspirants for careers in the gfirbennz business would be com- pelled to show high school shave-haircut- SLAYER TRAILED WEST. $6,000 Offered for Man Who Clubbed Girl to Death. CHICAGO. January 25 (#).—Re- wards of $6.000 were offered today for arrest of the man who clubbed Miss Laura Buchholz to death near her home in Blue Island Wednesday night. One thousand dollars was by the Yyoung woman's employer, the Reliance Manufacturing Co., and $5,000 was of~ fered by the Blue Is'and City Council. diplomas before embarking upon the science of the shave. Police were following several slues which indicated the slayer was beating s VB