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- col ‘WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy tonight; tomorrow showers and lder in the afternoon or at night. Temperatures. Highest, 76. at noon_to- day; lowest, 54, at 7 a.m. today. Full report on page 11. —_— Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 Entered as seco post office. Wa " No. 31,346, nd class matter shington, D. C. HOOVER ATTACKED | FOR STAND TAKEN ONAPPROPRIATIONS Glass of Virginia Calls State-j ment “Cheap Exhibition of | Partisan Politics.” | DECLARES PRESIDENT IS MAKING STRAW MAN Also Says Condition Described Could Not Happen as Disaster to Country. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ‘While President Hoover was reiterat- dng to the country today his warning that appropriations must be kept down, critics of the administration in the BSenate violently attacked Mr. Hoever. . Senator Glass of Virginia, Democrat, | Bet the ball rolling soon affer the Sen- | Bte met. He charaoterized the Presi- | dent’s warning in regard to appropria- | itions as an ““inexcusable attempt to incite the resentment of the country against Congress.” ! Senator Watson of Indiana, Repub- fican leader of the Senate, replied to the Virginia Senator declaring that Senator Glass had been indulging in a flight of imagination. He said that there had | been no attempt on the part of the President to stir up the country against Congress, but that there was a real danger of the appropriations exceeding the budget figures. Senator Watson in- sisted that under the circumstances it was the duty of the President to warn Congress and the country. Could Advise Hoover. “There is no amateur in proceedings at the Capitol who does not know that such a disaster as pictured by the President could not happen,” . said Senator Glass. President in is- suing this warning to the country is merely setting up a straw man for the purpose of knocking him down. His own_secretary, Walter Newton, if he recalls own experfence in Congress, could ve ad the President against the issuance of such a state- mefit. But instead of that he took part in the issuance of the statement.” Senator Glass declared that the is- Buance of the White House suum"u.n yesterday listing proposed appropria- tions amounting to $1,735,000,000 in ex- cess of the budget estimates was “as cheap an exhibition of partisan politics” @s he had ever seen. “This in an utterly tawdty exhibition, an inexcusable attempt to incite the re- sentment of the country against Con- gress,” “Nothing more shameful has ever emanated from the White House within my 30 years’ service in ress. One would readily this Congress had been ex- cep extra: appro) Vi it its consid- eration prfi:na. excusable attempt to get abroad that we at the Capitol have been guilty of improvidence. that has suppose measures never had a notion that they would be enacted into law. Yet here we have the President telling the o glymzwemnbout;o’;ucmn \:}‘h jese appropriations and impose on the country u'::urd of taxation.” President’s Statement. “It should be ui ,” the Presi- dent said at his press conference today *that the urnprecedented drive now in progress for new legislation and for expansion and establishment of services which increases expenditures ‘beyend the budget, only in & small per cent originates with members of Con- gress or heads of Government depart- nents. It originates from different sec- tions of the country itself and from | Yarious groups and organizations each Wigorously supporting their own projects. Many of these projects are worthy and mo doubt can and should be undertaken some time over future years, especially when funds are free by completion of Regisiation already adopted. “I hepe.” the President continued, “that the people at home will realize that the Government cannot undertake levery worthy social, economic, military and raval expansion, increases in pay fto Government employes, expanded pen- | slon systems or public improvement ‘projects. and will support the members of Congress in their co-operation with | the administration to hold down these :‘-::w proposals for additional expendi- res. “We_have enough resources to take icare of the budget and such necessities Bs marginal cases of disabilities among | Veterans, and the speeding up of public works that we have undertaken' to as- Bist in employment and some proposals ©f lesser 1mportance, but this is not the time for general expansion of public expenditure.” Reductions Cited. Continuing his speech, Senator Glass | #aid that in the case of the seven appro- riations bills which have passed the ouse already, and some of which aave | been acted on by the Senate appropria- | tons committee, a total -reduction | amounting to $28,528,848.28, has been made from the estimates as submitted | by the Buaget Bureau and approved by | the President himself. He went in de- | tail over the totals carried in these bills, | showing where the congressional com- | mittees of the House had reduced the | Bappropriations under the budget figures, | “Yet the White House,” continued | Senator Glass, “is seeking to stir_the | esentment of the country against Con- | (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) eign policy, it was spired by the Force of Tumble From Moving Car Saves Boy’s Life By the Associated Press. CADILLAC. Mich. Pebruary 25.—Merle Todd, who was 18 years old yesterday, fell from the top of a freight train and the force of his fall saved his life, The youth was on top of a box car, slipped, and went down be- tween two cars. He struck an air hose, which disconnected and stopped the train before the on- coming wheels reached his body. Although seriously injured, with a broken vertebra and two pelvic fractures, Todd i& pxpected to Tecover. CHAUTENPS GVES POLICY STATEMENT Vote of Confidence .Asked‘ to Hasten Departure of Dele- _~gates to London. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 25.—Camille Chau- temps, new French premier, today presented his ministerial declaration to the Chamber of Deputies and asked a vate of confidence so that Foreign Min- ister Briand and the rest of the French naval delegation might go to London tomorrow. In his declaration of policy upon which the fate of his cabinet hangs, the new premier took over Tardieu’s naval policy and his economic construction program but promised lower taxes. Hs asked ratification of the Young plan and The Hague accords on repara- tions and gave his approval to the gll;llnd project for a “United States of Particularly is the new ministry con- cerned with measures “to avert the economic crisis which is manifesting itself in industry as well as agriculture.” Takes Over Policies, ‘The bulk of the declaration was devoted to economics and taxation, Former Premier Tardieu's plan to de- vote huge sums to “national equipment,” such as roads, ports and grain elevators in order to develop business was taken over by the Chautemps ministry but in a modified form. Linked with this was the general idea of lowering taxes to a marked extent. Chautemps gave a firm pledge that the budget would be balanced but indi- cated that he would utilize some of the treasury’s I\I{F‘ufl and expected receipts in “constructive” measures designed to m':ur:r prosperity. The ministyy ex- p belief that some of the present high taxes would end by paralyzing production. The “United States of Europe” was not called by that name but got ap- proval in the next to the last paragraph of the 1,400-word declaration. Gives League Approval. Approval of the work of the League of Nations was given and France's for- said, would be in- League's principles.~ The naval conference wi ded prime fif&um A and antici- “Torfi lence, said: delegates will be to continue with the Parliament French policy nference for naval disarma- Faithful to the memorandum of ber 20 and the various statements made before the conference by repre- sentatives of France, they will try with- out compromising national security to prepare the success of the negotiations which is a necessary preface to a gen- eral conference for the limitation and reduction of armaments at which will be expressed the common will of the peoples to organize peace.” LONDON WAITS ON FRANCE. ment, By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 25.—A kesman for the American d!leglb!;\mw the Five-Power Naval Conference today said that if the French cabinet does not ge a vote of confidence tonight the conference probably would have to continue in recess until such time as France has a government and is able to send a delegation to London. Rene Massigli, alternate delegate and technical adviser to the French dele- gation, arrived in London from Paris last night and paid a courtesy visit to Prime_Minister Macdonald this morn- ing. He expressed the hope in behalf (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) HOPE THAT SPRING IS HERE IS DASHED Weather Bureau Forecasts Cold, Raw Days in March, Quiet<” ing “Rumors,”~ ——— Rumors of exfly Spring were rampant everywhere in Washington today ex: at _‘g%lw Wenir}er Burrn&. F i e croaking of frogs, the return of blackbirds and rumbles of thunder— three “sure” indications—gave rise to optimism that Spring is headed this way on the double-quick. But the offi- clal forecasters at the Weather Bureau gravely shook their heads and ventured the Frcdlcflon that the month of March would serve to quiet all sueh rumors. There may have been thunder last night, but none of these officials heard it. The frogs in the Maryland and Vir- inia suburbs may have been croaking, they said, but if they were, the nightly chorus is not likely to continue long. As for the blackbirds, they probably were grackles. “DAM” BUILT AROUND DIVER TO LIFT HIM FROM CURRENT ‘Crib Is Constructed After Six Men Fail to Pull Him From Depths of Icy Water of Ottawa River. By the Associated Press. FITZROY HARBOR, Ontario, Febru- @ry 25.—Hector Roy, a diver, was re- covering today from the effects of five hours imprisonment beneath the icy ‘waters of the Ottawa River. He was drawn into a deep hole in the river bottom yesterday and held there by a strong current when he went down to work on a cofferdam being con- structed in connection with a hydro- power development at Chats Falls. . When the efforts of six men pulling on a strong line about his body failed |t disiodge him, " three feliow’ divers went down and built a triangular crib- bing about him. The cribbing deflected the current 3ufficiently to relieve the pressure so the imprisoned diver could be drawn up. He suffered chiefly from | the extreme coldness of the water, A month ago Peter Trans, a st d'ver, lost his life when he w ught beneath the waters of the MViere Aux Outardes on the no: dtiore of the St. Lawrence River w] engaged in simi- |lar work. His y was recovered after | be had bees™linder water more than 72 / WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the’ regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers Yesterday's Circulation, 115,054 printed. WASHINGTON, IGHARD . JONES IUNPS 1O DEAT FROM APARTHENT | Hushand of Washington| Debutante Had Suffered Nervous Breakdown. WIFE FOUGHT IN VAIN TO STOP. FATAL LEAP Waxpsx’i‘elled .by Former Naval - Officer During Souffie in New York Home. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 25—While | apparently still suffering from the | effects of a recent physical and nervous | breakdown, Richard Howland Jones, | former naval lieutenant and widely known foot ball player, committed | suicide today by jumping from a win: dow of his eighth-floor Park avenue apartment, A quarrel with his 20-year-old wife in which police said he knocked her down with an electric lamp preceded | the fatal leap. Mrs, Jones is the former Louise Hall Conkey of Kansas City, Mo. A woman in a neighboring apart- ment told police she heard a woman's scream and a few minutes later a thud. Then everything was quiet. Wife Hysterical, A hallman in the building ig which | the Joneses lived heard the body fall in the court yard and called police. An ambulance surgeon pronounced Jones dead. They found Mrs: Jones in the apartment, hysterical, with a severe cut on her head. She was unable to give an account of what had happened. Mr. Jones had given up._ his position with the Tidewater Oil Corporation on January 1, due, it was said, to a nervous condition. He and his wife took a short sea trip to Mexico in the hope of regaining his health and the couple returned to New York only about a month ago. They were married last April, Made Debut Here, Mrs, Jones is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Lissant Conkey of Kansas City. When her parents died five years ago she made her home with her uncle and guardian, Ralph W. Snowden Hill, a former ob- server on the Reparations Commission in Paris and later connected with the State Department..She made her debut in Washington, D. C., in 1928. She was | educated in Paris and Italy. Mr. Jones, a son of Mrs. Josephine M. Jones and the late Richard Howard Jones of Maryland, was graduatéd from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1916 and served as a lieu- tenant in the World War. He had been | with the Tidewater Ol Gorporation for | five years before his resignation, and previously had been connected with the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. He was a member of the Army and Navy Club, Washington; the. Engineers’ Club and the Nassau Country Club. Wife Is Felled. I ‘Before jumping, Jones felled his wife, | Louise, with the pedestal of a statuette when she tried to restrain him in his rush for a window. Mrs. Jones said that a half hou earlier she had called in an employe of the building to aid her in quieting her husband, with whom, she said, she had been struggling for half an hour. She said the employe, anr elevator operator, left the apartment after remaining only a few minutes, as Mr. Jones apparently had quieted down and gone to sleep. ! Introduced Here. Mrs. Jones, then Louise Hill Conkey, made her debut in the Capital two | years ago, being presented to a small circle of State Department officials and | foreign diplomats by her uncle and guardian, Ralph W. Snowden Hill, of 3227 N street, who holds a position in the State Department, Several parties had been given in her honor by her uncle and another was planned last Spring, when Miss Hill be- came the bride of Mr. Jones. Mrs. Jones was well known to the resident, officlal and diplomatic social sets. She had spent several years in Italy before coming to Washington, DOMINICAN REBELS - THREATEN VASQUEZ President Flees Capital for Fortress as Wife Takes Refuge in American Legation. 5 4 By the Assoclated Press. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Re- public, February 25.—A revolutionary movement in the north of the republic today offered serious danger to the ad- ministration of President Horacio Vas- quez. Dr. Jose D. Alfonseca, vice president, {resigned his office in the face of the opposition. Senora de Vasquez, wife of the President, took refuge in the Amer- ican legation. The President himself fled for a time to the fortress com- manding this capital. The newspaper La Opinion said that calm was restored late Monday after- noon with the promise of free elections May 15. The entire trouble is believed to have arisen from President Vasquez's expressed intention of seeking re-elec- tion at that time. Leon .Lejeans, Haitian Minister at Santo Domingo, reported to his govern- ment that North Central Santo Do- mingo was “aflame” with the counter- government movement. U. S. Intervention Unlikely. By the Assoclated Press. While the American Government is keenly interested in developments in Santo Domingo, there was no indication today that it was preparing to dispatch Marines. What position might be taken later in the event the disturbances should grow in magnitude was not in- dicated. Dr. Angel Morales, Minister of the Domdhican Republic in Washington, said today he believed the revolutionary movement reported in his country was serious, but that he had the “utmost faith” that President Horacio Vasquez would be able to handle the situation. Radio Programs on Page A-12 D. C, TUESDAY, {Witness Declares G. 0. P.| iChairman Had Hand With | r)}y the Assoclated Press. FEBRUARY 25, 1930—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. FRP (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. 1 RUSSELL ANSWERS ‘BONNER'S CHARGES PRESIDENT HOOVER STARTS SCHOOL FOR PUPILS THAT MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS. | SUSPECTED RUM Outwitting and hopelessly outdistanc- ing a score of policemen on horseback, motor cycles and in automobiles, a suspected rum runner disappeared in or mnear Washington today after a spectacular 40-mile chase from Balti- more to the District line. At times the fugitive machine reached a speed of nearly 80 miles an hour. Scattering pedestrians and ruthless- Iy trying to run down policemen at- tempting to block his path, the fleeing suspect, driving a red coupe with Dis- trict license tags, dashed through downtown Baltimore at mile-a-minute speed, ignoring traffic stop lights and the frantic gestures of crossing police, | 80 MILES AN HOUR TO ESCAPE| 'Man in Red Coupe Gets Away From Maryland Police After Chase From Baltimore. RUNNER GOES who were forced to jump for their lives as the careening automobile drove down upon them. Stepping on the gas as he reached the Baltimore pike, the driver of the suspected rum car easily shook off the pursuing police from the Maryland city and, once on the open road, vanished | before the eyes of startled State troopers | at a speed. of 80 miles an hour. Maryland police reported the car bore a District tag which was issued to a man under indictment in connection with an alleged liquor conspiracy. The chase started in Baltimore at Gay and Fayette streets when the driver of the coupe went through a red traffic light, grazed a street car and almost (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) SAYS HUSTON AIDED ‘PLATFORM DRAFTS Both Parties on Shoals. Testimony that Claudius H. Huston, chairman of the Republican national | committee, had assisted in preparing proposed Muscle Shoals planks for the Democratic and Republican national platforms in 1928 was heard today by the Senate lobby committee, At that time Huston was president of the Tennessee River Improvement Association, which has opposed Gov- ernment operation of Muscle Shoals and advocated the bid of the American Cyanamid Co. to lease the power and nitrate plant. Questioned by Senator Black, Demo- crat, Alabama, Chester H. Gray, Wash- ington representative of the American | Farm Bureau Federation, testjfied that | he and J. W. Worthington, chairman of | the Tennessee River Improvement As- sociation, had prepared resolutions on Muscle Shoals after Worthington *had conferred with Huston. Gray said it was agreed that the board of directors of the American Farm Bu- reau Federation should send a delega- | tion to the two conventions with the resolutions. Telegram Introduced. A telegram from Gray to E. A. O'Neal, president of the Alabama Farm Bureau Federation, which was read today be- fore the committee, said, “President Coolidge suggests you come to hold Southern Senators firm for Muscle Shoals resolution.” ‘The telegram, dated February 24, 1926, added that the late Senator Un- derwood of Alabama was “under doc- tors' care and maj not be available when needed.” t It said a vote was likely that week or (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Reaching Nearly | Everybody > i There .are few homes in Washington and nearby sub- urbs where The Star is not read. The Star circulation yesterday was over 110,000. | That is a lot of homes. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) LINES. The Evening' Star. . 30,762 2d Newspaper. ....12,557 3d Newspaper. .... 5796 | 4th Newspaper..... 3,868 5th Newspaper..... 2,327 Total v 24,548 over his retirement. | are away.” 1T am touched by your affectionate let- 4 Papers. Local business is picking up. Advertising in The Star brings direct results. N DOGTORS FEEL TAFT HAS LOT GROUND' Condition Is Held No Cause for Immediate Alarm, However. By the Associated Press. Less than 24 hours after a successor had mounted to his place in the Su- preme Court, former Chief Justice Taft was reported today by his physicians to have “lost ground” in the battle against his illness. Dr. Thomas A. Claytor and Dr. Fran- cis R. Hagner, his physicians, sald they | felt there was no immediate danger, | but that the former President had failed to continue to gain strength. In a bulletin issued through the ‘White House shortly before noon, Taft’s | physicians said: Other Bulletins Recalled. “The former Chief Justice has shown no improvement for several days. While there is no immediate alarm, it is felt that he has lost ground.” In the brief bulletins issued for sev- eral days the attending physicians al- most uniformly had reported that Mr. Taft's condition was “‘unchanged,” and that he was “resting comfortably.” ‘The former President is suffering from a complication of ailments, in- cluding an impairment of his circula- tory system, heart trouble and a re- currence of a bladder complaint. Before his resignation from the Su- preme Court bench early in February, he went to North Carolina in search of health, but his condition failed to improve and during the weeks since his return he has been described as “a very sick man.” Correspondence Made Public. Correspondence made public yester- | day showed that the associate justices | of the Supreme Court, under date of February 10, joined in a letter to Wil- llam Howard Taft expressing regret | ‘The letter read “We call you Chief Justice still for we cannot_quickly give up the title by which we have known you for all these | years and which you have made so dear to us. We cannot let you leave us without trying to tell you how dear you | have made it. You came to us from | achievements in other flelds and with | the prestige of the illustrious place that | you lately had held, and you showed | in a new form your voluminous capacity for work and for getting work done, your humor that smoothed the rough places, your golden heart that -has brought you love from every side, and, | most of all, from your brethren whose | tasks you have made happy and light. We grieve at your illness, but your spirit had given life an impulse that will abide whether you are with us or Under date of February 12, a letter | signed by Mr. Taft and addressed to | “My dear brethern” was delivered to the justices. It read: “I cannot adeq ly say how deeply ter. 1 regretted for many reasons the necessity of tendering my resignation, but none so strong as the ending of those pleasant associations with each | and all of you which during the past | nine years have been so dear to me. Only the advice of my doctors and my own conviction that I would be unable to continue adequately the great work of the court forced me to leave you. That work, in your hands, will go on as well without me, but I am grateful, nevertheless, for your words of appre- clation.” Ptas E WHEAT REBOUNDS AFTER SHARP DROP Values Beaten Down Below $1, but Market Closes Above $1.04. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 25.—Wheat prices crashed down below the dollar mark today in a panicky drop 5 cents below yesterday's figures, and then as sensationally rebounded in the last hour of trading to finish at 35c decline to ¢ advance. ‘The trade generally attributed the spectacular break to the refusal of the Farmers' National Grain Corporation to purchase cash wheat from other holders | AT POWER HEARING Commission Secreiary Ac- cuses Counsel of Making “False Affidavits.” SOLICITOR DESCRIBES “FINANCIAL CRASH” Declares That if Attacker Were Fair He Would Show That Af- fairs Are Being Settled. By the Associated Press. Dramatically springing to his feet after F. E. Bonner, Power Commission secretary, had accused him of having “dishonest debts” and of making a “false affidavit,” Charles A. Russell, commission counsel, today asked and was given permission by the Senate Interstate Commerce committee to reply to the charges. “If Mr, Bonner were fair,” Russell cried, “he would bring here letters showing that my affairs are being set- tled as quickly as possible.” The commission solicitor, who pre- viously had charged Bonner with fa- voring the “power interests,” then re- lated events leading to his “financial crash” in Montana before he entered Government _service. He said that after an extended pe- riod of illness he lost everything—“my house, my automobile and had to walk | out.” Russell added that was in 1925, Tells of §9,000 in Debts. Continuing his rapid testimony, he said that since then his wife had gone without necessities and that he had made every effort to pay back his debts. He added that they amounted to $9§000 when he left the Western State, and that since he had paid back $4,500 of this amount. He said he had no trouble in the power commission until after the “Mon- tana hearing.” Russell referred .to the hearing on the Flathead, Mon., power site which caused dissention in the commission. “With regard to the $600 or $780,” said Russell, going back to Bonner's charge of a “false affidavit,” Russell said he “hadn't heard a word of it from the day I received it to this,” and contended that it was entirely “legiti- mate and proper.” Bonner on the stand said that Russell was under investigation by the Govern- than co-operatives affiliated with it Quoted statements by Alexander Legg chairman of the Farm Board, we! construed as.indicating the board was unconcerned with grain after it passed from the hands of co-operators into the hands of operators. Corn, oats and rye tumbled along with wheat -to new _bottoms, but al climbed back near yesterday's closing levels in the final spurt. The midsession prices were the lowest for this season and below any offers at this time of year ip many' seasons. March futures dropped as low as 9834 a bushel, and May sold down to 1.023, The final quotations were: March, 1.04%: May, 108! to 1.087;; July, 1.10% to 1.10%2, and September, 11312 to 1.13%. WHEAT AT 97 FENTS. Kansas City Prices Collapse Under Heavy Offerings of Grain. KANSAS CITY, February 25 (®).— Wheat futures broke under $1 a bushel here today as values collapsed on the Nation's grain exchanges. May wheat sold down to 97 cents a bushel after closing yesterday at $1.01. July touched | 99 cents. \ALLEGED INTOXICANT PROVES TO BE WATER Directed Verdict Given Alice Thorne When Chemist Of- fers Testimony. Two months ago Alice Thorne, col- ored, 700 block Ball's court, was ar- rested and charged with possessing four gallons of alcohol which police said they located in her home. Today after a half-hour of argument between Gov- ernment and defense counsel and examination of several witnesses it was discovered that the alleged alcohol was water, Dr. Albert A. Spear, chemist for the Treasury Department, the last witness to testify in the case, enlightened the court that his analysis revealed H20 as a_composition of the liquid lice sent him. The chemist had remained silent during the trial because until he entered the courtroom he said that he thought another case, made by the same ofticers, was to be tried. In December the colored woman had been released on $500 bond and later demanded jury trial through her at- torney, Ropert I. Miller. No attention had been given the case until today when it was set for trial, because the police in their information papers had described the seizure of the alleged in- toxicant in a trap under the floor of the Thorne home. The information read that, although the floor was covered with a rug and a big dog was standing guard, they didn't fool the police, who, after removing the hazards, made the large “haul.” After Spear’s testimony Miller de- manded that Judge Hitt grant a di- rected verdict of not guilty. The mag- istrate granted the motion with the remark that it was still legal for one to have water in one's room. LIQUORS WORTH $1,500 FOUND BENEATH PIER By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 25-—Cordials, champagnes and a quantity of stout, valued at around $1,500, were found to- day by customs agents concealed under pier 94 in the Hudson River at West Fifty-fourth street. The liquors were stored on a platform suspended under the &lzr, ‘The bottles were wr;rnm.ed in pillowcases, sheets and napl bearing the names of steamships. The customs agents were patrolling the river in a motor boat when they heard exhaust of another boat under the ru\‘. Investigating, they found the tform and the liquor. The other ment, Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, { interrupted, saying, “If you discharged | every one in Government service who { doesn’t pay his debts you wouldn't have | many working.” | Asks Citation of Act. | He added that he “of course” belleved fa man should pay his “just debts,” but | he: did not believe that debts should be | & cause for the Government to discharge | any one. Senator Dill, Democrat, of Washing- ton asked Bonner if he could give amy “‘official act” in which Russell failed to serve the public. The witness presented | several letters which condemned Rus- sell personally, The “false affidavit” Bonner referred to was one made by Russell when he left the interstate commerce committee, where he was an attorney. The affidavit said that Russell was “separating himself from the civil serv- ice,” Bonner testified, adding that he did this in order to receive the $700 | from the Government’s retirement fund. | At the beginning of the hearing to- day a memorandum was introduced which showed that more than $27,000,~ 1000 in valuation accounts of companies | seeking power permits had been ques- tioned by commission accountants, Bonner’s testimony with regard to g:;issen caused a protest from Senator “It is a matter of opinion,” Dill said, { “whether the incident involved a false affidavit since Russell is not under civil service, with the Power Commission.” | Russell was present as Bonner testi- | fied, as was also William V. King, com- mission accountant, who has sided with Russell on internal discussions in the commission over policies. Worried About Smith. ‘The witness also testified that after the conventions Worthington had out- lined a program to Huston for Hoover to carry Tennessee. i Gray added that he was worried about what the two candidates might say about Muscle Shoals in their cam- paign speeches, but was “particularl; worried about the Democratic candi- date, Alfred E. Smith. WOMAN SLAIN IN BED. ' COLUMBUS, Ohlo, February 25 (#).— Evelyn Frances Edgington, 19, wife of an oilcloth company employe, was found slain in her bed at her home here today. Her throat had been slashed by a piece of a milk bottle that authorities found near the body. The body was found by Lawrence Edgington, 20, her husband, when he returned from work early y. The husband sald that his sister, Ruth Edgington, 18, was visiting the slain woman when he left for work. LEHLBACH'S BILL 15 APPROVED BY HOUSE COMMITTEE Amended Measure, Regarded as Compromise, Will Be Pushed to Vote. WAY FOR LATER CHANGING LEGISLATION LEFT OPEN Speedy Action Is Held Assurance to Employes That Members Want to Expedite Move. By a vote of 13 to 3, the House civil service committee today agreed to re- port out the Lehlbach bill, revising the civil service retirement law, amended to include the compromise reached in a | conference late yesterday between the | joint conference representing the Gov- ernmnt employes and Chairman Lehl- bach. This motion was offered by Repre- sentative Dallinger, Republican, of Mas- sachusetts, coupled with a provision that Chairman Lehlbach should use all of his influence to bring this legisla- tion to a vote in the House as soon as possible. The understanding is = that this amended Lehlbach bill will be an @mendment to the Dale bill, which has already passed the Senate, by striking out all after the enacting clause. Way Left Open for Changes. Several members of the committee were desirous of reserving rights to | amend certain provisions of the bill and the opportunity is left open for amendment when the measure comes up in the House. A curious situation exists, which even members of the committee say they do not fully understand, although there were a majority sentiment and vote that a bill should be reported out. ‘The committee is to hold another Vil be” consdered, paregrapn, by parks cor , aph by graph, probably with the thought of pre] committee . amendments, Wwhich will be offered on the floor. 1t was explained that the rush action today in reporting the bill before all members had been fully satisfled was u;: assurance &o the ugemumweg: ployes that, rather than intending lay legislatidn, the committee desired to ite action as much as possible even though the bill will be materially amended w] |in the House, Explicit Provisions Sought, today Gartyingout " ihe " campromise y ca out comprom! | reached between representatives of the em and Chairman Lehlbach late are that section 4 the bill be rewritten 5o as to make explict, if necessary, that from annuitants’ there should be deducted it comes up tions the ex- annuitant without having d such balance, it shall be paid to his next of kin, in the event of death in service of any employe there shall be returned to his next of kin not only his contributions and their accumula- tions standing to his credit in the fund, but also the $1 a month deducted from the contributions of the employe, with Lhin inu;h:ent on flx dt!ducunm. other amendment accepted today was proposed by Representative McCor- mack, Democrat, of Massachusetts, es- pecially in the interest of navy yard employes, p) by Re] linger of Massachu- setts. They explained that, in the light of the Dinu l}mmfi'fomeren?‘e‘. this is an_especially nt provision, af- fecting large numbers of .navy yard workers, This amendment provides the same refund provisions for those involun- tarily separated from the service. By a strictly party vote of 12 to 6, the committee rejected an amendment of- fered by Representative Ramspeck of Georgia that a subcommittee composed of Representatives Lehlbach, Schneider and Jeffers draw up a new bill provid- ing for a minimum annuity of $450 and a maximum of $1,500, with no de- ductions on salaries above $3,000. . SUICIDE NOTE FOUND IN JAR AT TIDAL BASIN Apparently a suicide note, a message renrlnl, “Good-bye. I couldn't stand it any longer,” was found floating in a fruit jar at the Tidal Basin shortly after 1 o'clock today. It was signed “Joe,” and mentioned an address on R atreet.n Da H. Rodric Dancy, a representative of the Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, with offices in the Transportation Building, picked the jar out of the water after he eafled it while walking along the wall of the Tidal Basin near the Swan boat landing. The figures “11-4" were painted in black letters on the outside of the jar. :‘hey were surrounded by a black bor- er. .tA‘ unrflt\ ufdn;:” ev:’cinlty where the note was foun to disclose other indications of suicide. i NOT LIMITED in Behalf of | _Justice Peyton Gordon in Criminal | Division 1 today ruled that service on | the grand jury is not limited to free- holders, that women may serve on that body and that employes of corporations having contractural relations with the United States or District governments ,are not barred from such service. He also held that a defendant is not gre- Jjudiced when his case is submitted to the grand jury while a hearing is pend- ing before a United States commissioner and that a private conference between a presiding justice and a prospective juror at the bench concerning charges of a criminal nature against the juror does not violate the defendant’s right to a public qualification of grand jurors. ‘The decision of the court was ren- dered on 7 of the 25 pleas in abate~ ment filed on behalf of Benjamin R. I Buck, charged with violations of bucket shop law, by Attorneys 'H. Winship * Wheatley and Harry S. Barger. Assist- ant United States Attorney Neil Burk- RULES GRAND JURY SERVICE TO FREEHOLDERS Justice Gordon Renders Decisions on Pleas in Abatement B. R. Buck. pleas and replications to the remaining 18 pleas. The law ts raised by the demurrers were all upheld by the court, but testimony will have to be taken in reference to the remaining ple'e::dtn which questions of fact are ral . Burkinshaw dnup an act of the As- sembly of Maryland passed February 5, 1777, in which it was provided that no challenge shall be allowed to any person for the want of freehold when summonee for jury duty. He con that the bar of con\‘nctw:!’ nfin‘m&d Gordon testimony on the co: ted Julm;; quel% W, demurrers ntroverted of fact contained in the 18 re- e 1lmainiog pless ] the -~