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W Fair tonight; Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 10, 11 & 12 ATHER (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) minimum _temperature about 34 degress; tomorrow fair; warmer, Temperatures—Highest, today: lowest, 34, at 6 a.m. tod: Fuli report on page 9. 49, at noon ay. @) ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. Entered as seco! post office, Wa -No. 31,389. nd class matter shington, D. C. MRS, MCORMICK ROUTS DENEEN IN LLINOIS PRIMARY) ™ Victory Means State Opposes World Court Entry, She Asserts. MARK HANNA’S DAUGHTER WINS BY 5-T0-3 MARGIN De Priest Is Believed Victor in His Race—Hull Has 4-Vote Lead. Michaelson 100 Ahead. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, April 9.—Once more & McCormick stands for election to the United States Senate as representative of Tllinois Republicans. Twelve years ago it was Medill Me- Cormick. Today it is his widow, Repre- sentative Ruth Hanna McCormick. She was nominated at vesterday's primary election with more than 170,000 votes to spare over Senator Charles S. Deneen, seeking re-election. | Medill McCormick won the Republic- an nomination of 1918 from one of the political powers of Chicago—William Hale Thompson. Yesterday his widow overturned the dominant Republican organization in Chicago, and she did it with the full support of the rel(;on— structed Thompson city hall Republican | faction that Deneen forces crushed in 1928. E Next November, as a result of Tues day's primary, history will get a chance to Tepeat—or reverse—itself; for then, as 12 years ago, it will be McCormick vs. James Hamilton Lewis. City Strength Surprises Doptsttkrs.d s, whom Medill McCormick de- Ie;ll-t%\t‘i“;n“tht\ 1918 election, ran away | With the Democratic nomination yes- ler'i'ifi'e victory of Mrs. McCormick, trml first woman ever to win a sena\'fl‘;{cgl nomination from a major political party, was acmm‘phlshcgmkg pluralities | wery part of the 3 ) gcnrmgr(;'acl ¥ frength, which showed itself as a surprise to many political wisacres, was in Chicago, Senator Deneen's home town where, only two years ago, he le the fight that dumped Mayor Thomp- son from his place of party power. Mrs, McCormick's indicated advan- tage in Chicago and Cook Caulnlz alone, on the basis of the incomple returns, may exceed 175 000 vot(.*s.',“_l Returns frem 5010 of the State's M 4 precincts this afternoon gave Mrs. Mco Cormick 586,210 votes and Senal Charles S. Deneen 400.495. In Cook County, 3,204 precincts of 3.464 gave McCormick 334,562; Deneen, 185,320; Jenkins, 47,922. Fought World Court Entry. Mrs. McCormick sought the nomina- tion on a platform of opposition to the World Court. When it became ap- parent_that she had been nominated, . McCormick said: Ml‘:!I %‘elieve it is a_logical conclusion that the people of Ilinois are against adherence to the League cf Nations Cog:““nr Deneen, in h'.!s c:;mnpin‘!:‘:le. 1d Court as s accepted the World Co e | | and defended in speech and pam his Senate votes in favor of it. Deneen Issues Statement. nator Deneen today issued this st;v.:menv.: “The returns speak for| themselves. I wish to thank sincerely those in all parts of the State who supported me with such zeal and en- $husiasm, and to assure them that their efforts are nonetheless appreciated by‘ me because of the results of the ary.” _ mgo;iybmm promises to join the | SWorld Court as an issue of tne No- vember campaign. Lewis has an- mounced that the eighteenth amend- ment will be a major issue, so far as | e is concerned. He is outspokenly op- | posed to prohibition. Mrs. McCormick fies as a dry. Cla'ls'lslxe extent of )l\'lrs. McCormick’s vie- tory in Chicago was apparent in fig- ures showing that she apparently _had carried Senator Deneen’s home v\nrdn. the seventeenth. She carried also the twenty-fifth, home ward of the mur- dered “Diamond Joe” Esposito, Deneen v leader. “l!}:'gtept for the World Court, Mrs. McCormick campeigned in support of the administration program on farm i relief, the tariff and other matters of tional concern. nschah'mnn ‘Bernard W. Snow of the county Republican central committee termed the McCormick majority 2 “tidal wave,” and in a statement said: wThe State of Illinois once more has declared in positive terms that her people will have nothing to do with the League of Nations. either tllraugh the front door or the back door. Mrs. McCormick, in her sta\,emen!l st night declared: & 'Flnvsould be less than human if I were not slightly pleased with the re- sult of the primary election. Any man, and particularly any womax, would be grateful over the existing majority that Tas been given me. And I am grateful to all the voters, both men and women, who made this victory possible. “For years I have been -opposed to American adherence to_the Permanent Court of International Justice, which is a so-called World Court. I have op- posed it on the grounds that the court is @ part of the League of Nations. And t?mt is not essential as a instru- ment of peace and arbitration, as we can still use the older Hague tribunal for amicable settlements of our disputes with other nations. 1 made these two simple arguments against the court tlln My first speech, and 1 have consistently em since January 13:. My e o Gomn ) ued on Page 3, Column DUKE TO SEEK DIVORCE FROM EX-ACTRESS WIFE BY the Associated Press. EDINBURGH, Scotland, April 9. — The Duke of Leinster, whosc wife, the former May Etheridge, one-iime musical comedy star, is_now under charges of attempted su:clde. hl‘ pl"lfrl’::ng to bring ivorce action agains 5 o gmmsel appeared before Lord Mur- ray in the Court of Sessions today and informed the court that the.duke in- tended to bring such action. In Jan- uary, 1926, the duke started a suit for divorce, but nothing was done concern- | Billig was burned slightly. PROHIBITION IN ILLINOIS s. McCormick, TO BE ISSUE SENATE RACE Indorsed by Anti- Saloon League, Opposes Lewis, an Avowed “Wet.” BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Prohibition looms as the big issue in the senatorial campaign in Illinois which will culminate with the election in November. Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, a “dry.” against Mrs. McCormick. Lewis, known for years to his friends as “J. Ham,” alone stands in the way of the entrance of the first woman to the Senate through the elective route. For a day only, one woman has sat in the Senate of the United States as a member of that body—Mrs. Rebecca L. Felton, who was appointed to a vacancy by former Gov. Hardwick of Georgia. Be- fore she toak the oath of office, Senator George, her successor, had been elected to the Senate. On the face of the returns, it appears that Mrs. McCormick has won by 175,- 000 over the veteran Republi leader 240,000-TON MARGIN OVER ITALY SOUGHT IN FRENCH DEMAND Delegation Gives Concrete Terms in Reply to Italian Claim to Parity. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 9.—France created a sensation in naval conference cir- cles today by putting into concrete terms for the first time her attitude toward Italy's claim for parity. Jacques Dumesnil, French minister of marine, was said in authoritative quar- ters to have told A. V. Alexander, first lord of the British admiralty, that not only would Franze never concede parity, but that she dercands a superiority of 240,000 tons cver her Latin neighbor. Professions cf optimism heard in some quarters that a five-power limi- tation treaty still may be achieved were taken by most observers with a grain of salt. Few saw how anything more than a three-power treaty of limitation was possible, since there was abundant in- dication—if no other obstacles existed— that Italy will not give up her conten- tion for parity with France, and France steadfastly refused even to consider such an arrangement. Aristide Briand, French foreign min- ister, after a conference with Prime Minister Macdonald yesterday, said that an agreement had been reached with the British delegation on an interpre- tation of Article XVI of the League of Nations covenant which France might construe as granting her the desired security. Negotiations Continue. Consequently, the French foreign minister said, negotiations for a five- power treaty were being continued. M. Briand and Macdonald were slated to meet again this evening and continue their discussions. It was understood to have been M. Briand's position that France would not enter into less than a five-power treaty, since to do so might endanger French relations with Italy. In certain Italian quarters M. Briand’s optimism for a five-power treaty brought the comment that France conveniently had come to agree- ment with Great Britain on Article XVI for the purpose of putting herself back in good conference standing and of passing the onus for breaking up the conference to Italy. ‘The result, it was said, would be that Frenchmen can say that Italy was re- sponsible for the downfall of the Con- ference, although well aware, it was charged, that the security arrangement with Great Britain cannot bear fruit in a five-power treaty since the Italian (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) AIR MAIL PILOT SAVES 4 ASLEEP AMID FLAMES Flyer Awakens Family in Burn- ing House by Racing Around it With Motor Open. By the Assoclated Press. GREENVILLE, Pa., April 9.—An air mait pilot aroused sleeping members of a family whose house was afire two miles east of Clarks Mills early today and was credited with saving their lives. The pilot, Harry Little, East- bound from Cleveland to New York, circled over the farm house with the plane motor roaring out its warning. A pilot flying onthe same route last Thursday awakened a family at Dubois when their dwelling was ), but two persons were burned to death despite his efforts. ‘The fire near Clarks Mills destroyed who won the Republican nomina- tion in yesterday’s primary over Senator Charles S. Deneen, is labeled Opposing her in the general election will be former Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, the Democratic nominee, who is to run as a “wet” and former governor, Senator Deneen. Her lead in Cook County, which includes Chicago, will amount to about 150,000. Indorsed by Dry League. The big issue as bctween Mrs. Mc- Cormick and Senator Lewis is to be pro- hibition, if Senator Lewis can make it s0. Mrs. McCormick was indorsed by the Anti-Saloon League, with Senator Deneen, during the primary campaign. There are indications, however, that many wets in the Republican party favored Mrs. McCormick over Deneen. ) WILLIAMS PLANNED 10 DEMOLISH PLANE INRACE, HE SAYS Tells Probers He Intended to Crack Up to Hide Bun- gling by Builders. How he deliberately planned to wreck his Mercury racing plane in the Schneider races in England last Sep- tember to conceal from the eyes of the world the fact that the Philadelphia naval aircraft factory had bungled its | construction was told today by Lieut. | Alford J. Williams, jr., famous Navy speed pilot. Testifying before a special subcom- mittee of the Senate naval affairs com- mittee Lieut, Willlams said the failure of his speed plane, which could not fly, was due to the fact that engineers had permitted 880 pounds extra weight to creep into construction. bewmmbmfltml’ndmtg could not have en rebu compe races which Great Britain :v‘ox’x.“ it that he wanted to take the plane to England anyway, knowing it would not fly, with the intention of deliberately wrecking it after taxi-ing across the starting line in the Schneider races. ‘Wanted to Hide Bungling. ‘This he proposed to do, he said, to conceal from the eyes of the world the fact that there had been bungling in the construction and that the United States was inadequately represented. The daring pilot, who has had many hair-breadth escapes, said he was will- ing to take his chances of living through a crack-up which would have destroyed the plane. “If I had gone over and cracked-up the ship, no one but myself would have known that it would not fly, and there would have been no reflection on the ability of this country to produce a ipdlnue fit to enter in the contest,” he sal Recent aviation progress has taken speed plane development out of the hands of the Army and Navy and turn- ed it over to commercial aviation, Wil- liams told the subcommittee. Will Continue Work. Lieut. Williams said that he had re-| signed from the Navy because he is convinced that speed plane development must be continued for the sake of the aviation industry and the Nation and because he feels that he can no longer continue at work while he remains in the Navy. When his resignation becomes ef- fective on May 15, Lieut. Williams said, he is going to organize a civilian corporation to develop high speed air- planes not only for the purpose of ad- vancing aviation knowledge but to represent the United States in future international competitions. Had he been permitted to carry on this work in the Navy, he would not have resigned, he said. He sald that in view of the attitude taken by the Navy Department, he be- lieves that the United States Govern- ment should not attempt to take part in the future in international racing plane competitions any more than it should (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) JAPANESE FLEET MOVES Flotilla Whi®h Aroused China Now Anchored at Hankow. SHANGHALI, April 9 (#).—The Jap- anese destroyer flotilla whose presence.| on the Yanktze River caused hostile demonstrations by Chinese students at Nanking last Sunday arrived at Han- kow today and was welcomed there by Japanese officials. No Chinese par- the home of Carl Billig. Awakened hs the airplane motor, Billig, his wife an two children fled through windows. A small amount of clothing was all that was saved from che flames. Billig estimated the loss at $10,000. WILLIAM SMOKES By the Associated Press. DETROIT, April 9.—Back in 1887, when William and Sarah- Whalen were ing this action and he now asked leave to abandon it. , proposed to raise The duke, he sald, propo: S nther nother action in respect to ;m.flmo'nlnl offense on_ the .3 ground of nmusconduct. It was agreed this could uot be done until the duke had intimated to the duchess abandon- maent of the first case, married, friends wondered how it would turn out. For Sarah, who didn't like tobacco smokers and often sald so, was married to Willlam, who, next to his wife, loved best a good strong pipe. Even in those days William’s p}pe could be recognized by its odor as far away as 50 paces. Pcyr 43 yerx‘n William and Sarah shared fortune and misfortune; seven children came, ried. William still objected. ticipated in the welcome. Students and certain Chinese news- pa) resented the tg:eaence of the flo- tilla on the ground that it had appeared on Chinese inland waters without au- thorization from the Nationalist gov- ernment. ALONE TODAY AS PIPE DRIVES WIFE, 72, AWAY| es Night and Day He Broke in New Clay That Didn’t Smell| The Evening Star. 41,975 Like Flowers in May. bought 8 iy pipe. Tt soen bocerme. 5 g o e rocel which he and Sarah, now It was too much for Sarah. ITINKHAM ATTACKS METHODIST BOARD ASLOBBYING BODY Federal Council of Churches Also Criticized Before Senate Committee. WANTS FUNDS RECEIVED AND DONORS PUBLISHED Probe of Any Other Religious Groups Believed Influencing Laws Urged. By the Associated Press. Bearded and picturesque, Representa- tive George Holden Tinkham, Republi- can, Massachusetts, appeared today be- fore the Senate lobby committee to urge an investigation of the Methodist Episcopal Church Board of Temperance and the Federal Council of Churches, and while on the stand he let loose an attack against both organizations in which he accused them of violating the fundamental principles of the sepa- ration of church and state. ‘This charge, however, was a broad one and amplification of it by Tink- ham through a letter read into the record and testimony was that the board and council attempted to in- fluence legislation and to interfere with the appointments of Federal officers and the administration of justice. ‘Tinkham said he understood the board exerted strong pressure unsuccessfully to block the nominations of John P. McMahon, &s a police court judge, and of Leo A. Rover, for United States at- torney for the District of Columbia. Tinkham also sald that the Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals had violated the corrupt prac- tices act by political expenditure. He urged that the Department of Justice investigate this and also money re- ceived by the Federal Council during | 1926, 1927 and 1928. Division of Income. ‘The witness declared that about one- fourth of the income of the council was received from churches and the rest from “other sources.” He named the amounts from “other sources,” amount- ing in 1926 to $254524, in 1927 to $232,018, and in 1928 to $336,339. “I suggest,” he said, “the sources of the contributions be carefully identi- fied and analyzed.” Going lnwythe denial by the Meth- odist board that it engages in lobbying activities, Tinkham said the definition of lobbying was an attempt to influence legislation. He read extracts from a publication of the board, in support of his charges and pointed out that the board had its headquarters near the Capitol and reiterated that the board was engaging in constant efforts to influence the action of Congressmen. Replies Are Invited. Chairman Caraway announced that the Methodist board and the Federal Council would be given an opportunity to appear before the committee in Teply to charges by Representative Tinkham. At the outset of the hearing, Tinkham offered a statement urging that the committee investigate the activities of the board and council. This was not allowed to go into the record but there was no objection as the witness read from it while he was on the stand. The statement as given to newspaper- men, said: “I believe that this committee can render no greater public service than to do its part toward a public exposure of the practices of these organizations in violation of the principle of the sepa- ration of church and state, so that their church constituencies, as well as the public at large, may be informed and so condemn such practices.” Dr. Wilson Mentioned. He named, as & paid servant and agent of the board, its secretary, Dr. Clarence True Wilson, and said his duties included appearances before com- mittees, soliciting departments of gov- ernments and communicating with members of Congress. He also men- tioned a speech by Wilson at Melrose, Mass., on April 12, 1929, in connection with accusations that the board at- tempted by public attacks to coerce and vilify judges. “I object to a religious organization supporting or_opposing appointments,” (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) — COLLEEN MOORE MAY SUE Film Star and Husband Said to Have Separated. LOS ANGELES, April 9 Examiner today said that Colleen Moore, film star, and her husband, John McCormack, motion picture pro- ducer, have separated and that Miss Moore is expected to file suit for di- vorce within the next two weeks, prob- ably alleging incompatibility. Fully Informed A prominent man re- cently stated that he did not know of any well in- formed person in Wash- ington who did not read The Star regularly. Do you? Think it over. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) 2d Newspaper.. . ..12,625 3d Newspaper..... 6,892 4th Newspaper. ... 4,214 5th Newspaper. ... 3,455 Total other 4 pzpers,m Star Excess. . 14,789 lines The Star is read not only by the head of the family, but by the whole family in more than 110,000 homes in Washington and suburbs, () —The | WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1930—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. e — i - 3 f it bt Inscription Will Go The first two sections of the 500-word history of the United States by Calvin Coolidge to be inscribed on the huge memorial being carved on Mount Rush- more in the Black Hills of South Da- kota were made public at the White House today. Before making public Mr. Coolidge’s long-awaited history of this Nation in 500 words, Senator Norbeck and Rep- resentativ~s Willlamson and Johnson of South Daiota, with Gutzon Borgium, the sculptor of this memorial, read these first two portions of the inscrip- tion to President Hoover, and at the same time invited him to attend the ceremonies on July 4, when the first ton—will be dedicated. These first parts of Mr. Coolidge's history deal with the Declaration of COOLIDGE'S 500-WORD HISTORY OF U. S. IS PREPARED IN PART Carved on Mountain in State of South Dakota. of the four collassal heads—Washing- | service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 115,333 ¥ - 7. S0IM To = FIGHT THE @ FAIR SEX. ;, OM,MY PINK. L/ WHISKERS ! * () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. s RurH HANNA rb1/{‘°CoRr'\l(: K WINS SENATORIAL On Memorial Being | Independence and framing of the gen- | eral Government. They follow in full: | “In the year of our Lord—1776—the people declared the eternal right to seek happiness—self government and the divine duty to defend that right at any sacrifice. “In 1787, assembled in conveation they made a charter of perpetual Union of three people of sovereign States es- | tablishing a Government of limited pow- ers under an independent President— Congress and court cherged to provid security for all citizens in their enjoy- ment of liberty, equality and justice.” Mr. Coolidge, while spending the Summer in the Black Hills three years ago, participated in ceremonies marking | the starting of the memorial., and at | that time agreed to write the 500-word | inscription to be cut into the mountain- | side, dealing with the history of this country. ‘With the completion now of the first ;:«'o takes of the inscription, Mr. Cool- i | ge is to complete five more, the next | (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) ASKS TEST OF GUILT IN ORDERING RUM Attorney General Contends Consignee Conspires to Violate Dry Law. | By the Associated Press. | Attorney General Mitchell urged the Supreme Court in a brief filed today to hold that a person ordering liquor shipped to him is guilty of conspirac: to violate the national prohibition law. The brief was filed in an appeal brought by the Government attacking the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals, -vhich held that Alfred E. Nor- of conspiracy to_violate the prohibition law in having liquor shipped to him by _Joel D. Kerper, from Philadelphia. Pointing out that the Circuit Court the transportation from Philadelphia ‘was merely an incident of the the Attorney General emphas| the guilt of a purchaser was not in- volved, but only the question whether a person who orders liquor delivered to him, knowing that his order involved unlawful transportation, was guilty with the bootlegger of conspiracy to vio- late the prohibition law. Holds Guilt Is Divided. Attorney General Mitchell contended that when the bootlegger delivers numerous shipments of liquor to an express company, as in the Norris case, and the purchaser causes its shipment and delivery to him, there is illegal transportation for which the purchaser is equally gullty with the seller. Filing another brief in the Farrar case, to be heard April 28, Mr. Mitchell yesterday asked a ruling as to whether the buyer of liquor is guilty along with the seller of violating the national pro- hibition act. The case involves the specific question whether it is an offense under the prohibition act to purchase intoxicating liquor except as authorized by the statute. Purchase Not Included in Statute. ‘The fact that purchase of liquor is not included in the enumeration of acts madc offenses by the law “does not es- 1 tablish that Congress did not intend to make the purchase of liquor an offense,” the Justice rtment’s brief set forth. Any construction of the act that would rmit the purchase of liquor as a verage, the brief stated, “would ap- pear to run counter to the provision of section 3, that all the pro ns of this act shall be liberally construed to the end that the use of intoxicating liq ris, New York banker, was not guilty of Appeals had held that the purchase | ! of liquor was not an offense and that | COURT TO GIVE WRIT | | | | AGAINST LEASE BAN ‘Disapproves Secretary Wil-| | bur's Action Based on Hoover’s 0il Policy. | | Justice Jennings Bailey of the District Supreme Court today disapproved the action of Secretary of the Interior | | Wilbur in refusing ofl and gas permits on public lands in accordance with the announced policy of President Hoover | for ofl conservation. The court an- | nounced that it would grant writs of | mandamus against Wilbur directing him to reinstate applications of Richard D. | Vedder of California and Roy C. Barton of New Mexico and to proceed there- with according to law. The act of February 25, 1920, the court holds, does not give the President nor the Secretray of the Interior any such power as is claimed by Wilbur. ‘The authority given the Secretary is that he may do any and all things necessary to carry out and accomplish the purpose of the act and not to de- feat the will of Congress by suspending its operation. Defines Intent of Statute. Attorney Lewis E. Hoffman appeared for Vedder, while Attorney James Con- lon represented Barton. “The Secretary contends,” says Justice Bailey, “that Congress by the use ot the word ‘shall’ in the one case and the words ‘s hereby authorized' in the other intended that the granting of permits should be wholly in the discretion of the Secretary and that he could at all times and for any reason refuse to issue permits and entirely suspend the operation of the statute. But that the purpose of the act was ‘that the full development of the mineral resources may be secured,’” was recognized in these words by the Secretary in the regula- tions made by him under the act. It is true that in Rule 2 the Secretary did provide ‘It should be understood that (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) A space which young Walter Johnson had reserved upon plaster casts incasing his broken legs was filled out today with rally |8 famous signature. pre Quotations comments made hile eighteenth amendment and the Vol- stead act were under consideration, in which it was stated by the author of the joint resolution posing the amendment that the em| of the words “purchase and use” was not ‘Walter, jr., wore a broad smile while the mnewest autograph was being Sal scrawled out—“Walter Johnson, sr.” ‘There was’a stir of excitement in his room at Georgetown Hospital early this morning. - The young patient wanted his best pajamas, he wanted his hair combed just right and his presents laid out where they would show to good ad- held a welcome sight R of 'the base 1“BIG TRAIN” ADDS HIS AUTOGRAPH TO THOSE ON SON’S PLASTER CASTS Walter Johnson, Sr., Rushes to Hospital to See Son, in Institution With Broken Legs. NoMINATIoN OVER DENEEN, # TRAGTON MERGER ACTON I ALTED Representative Hull Charges Plan Is Bond Financing Scheme. Charging there are indications that | the proposed merger of the local street j SPent as much railway companies is actually a bond- financing scheme of large corporate in- | terests, Representative Hull of Wis- consin today induced the House Dis- trict committee to delay for two weeks CROSBY IS DEBATED AFTERSENATEO.'S DR, REICHELDERFER Eligibility of Former Soldier Questioned in Upper House. COPELAND LEADS FIGHT ON RETIRED ARMY MAN Explains That Opposition to For- mer Officer Has No Personal Basis. After promptly confirming Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer as one of the new civilian Commissioners of the District without debate and without a record vote, the Senate this afternoon proceed- ed to consider the appointment of Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, retired, for the other position on the board. The Crosby appointment led to a pro- longed discussion of the question of the eligibility of a retired Army officer to be a civilian Commissioner within the meaning of the organic law of the Dis- trict, with Senator Copeland, Demo- crat of New York, leading the opposi- ton, while Senators Capper, Republican of Kansas. and Vandenberg, Republican igan, vigorously def ey y defended the It was expected that taken on Gen. Crosby noon. a vote would be late this after- Presents Old Debates. Senator Copeland read from the de- bates Wwhich ' took place in- Comgrecs more than 50 years ago when the Dise trict's organic act of 1878 was being written to bear ouc his contention that it was the intention of Congress to ap- point local people as civilian Commis- sioners. ...In 1878, Senator Copeland began, there was introduced in the House a bill for a new organization in the Dis- trict. It is interesting to note that they time considering bills then as they do now. There were 30 pages of debate in the House and 76 pages of discussion in the Senate on the framing of the organic act “The House proposed a bill outlining !a board of one Army officer from the Engineer Corps, one to be appointed action on the ‘pending merger resolu- | the Senate and one by the House. Then tion so that “most careful scrutiny” may be given the measure. Representative Hull called the atten- tion of the committee to the large hold- ings of the North American Co. in the local transportation field and then read excerpts from the Wall Street Journal concerning the vast resources of that company and disclosing that an officer of the company is having built for him- self “the world's largest private yacht.” “It appears that we are being called on not to consider plans for a mere merger,” Mr. Hull declared, “but that we are really being asked to give con- gressional approval to a bond financing scheme. I, for one, am opposed to the | committee’s giving hasty consideration to this measure, in view of certain in- formation that has reacned me since the hearings were held.” Resolution Amended. The statement of the Wisconsin Rep- resentative came when the committee received from a subcommittee a favor- | able report on the merger resolution, with amendments providing a 2-cent street car fare for school children and reducing from 2 years to 18 months a provision for continuance of the pres- ent 8-cent fare for adults. Before Mr. Hull interposed his ob- jection to immediate consideration of the merger bill Representative Whitley of New York announced his opposition to the provision for a 2-cent school fare. The New Yorker contended that Con- gress should not seek to fix any rate of fare, holding that to do so was uncon- stitutional and confiscatory, In attacking the North American Co., Mr. Hull read from a memorandum show- ing that the company owns a majority of the voting shares of the Washington Railvay & Electric Co. and 3,000 of the 120,000 shares of the Capital Trac- tion Co. Since the Washington Raii- way & Electric Co. owns all the com- mon stock of the Potomac Electric Power Co., he said, the North American Co. controls both. Mr. Hull declared the Potomac Ele tric Power Co., is selling power to tI Washington Railway & Electric Co. at 18 per cent below cost and that the rallway company is retailing power at a profit to alien corporations. Under the merger, he stated, this power arrange- ment would be continued. Reads From Journal. The Representative read from the Wall Street Journal a statement to the effect that in another year or two the North American Co. probably will be a billion-dollar concern. The clipping stated that a large percentage of the North American stock is owned by Har- rison Williams, who has accumulated a (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) i i Don Delays Speed Trial. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., April 0 () —Kaye Don, British contender for the world automobile speed record, an- nounced late last night after an in- spection of the beach that the course was in no condition for trials today and again gostponed his attempt to set a new mark. to get the first glimpse of his son since the 14-year-old boy was run down by an automobile March 13 wl'u'.l‘e roller skating near his home, in Al Md. The veteran pitcher arrived at 7 o'clock this morning from Winston- lem, N. C., and lost small time in getting to his son'’s bedside. ‘Young Walter, whose fractured bones have knitted slowly, helped to while away the hours and keep up his morale by inviting his_visitors to “sign the reg- arose the question of whether politics should be considered, but after 30 pages of debate the bill was sent to the Senate in that form. Resentment to Strangers. “In the Senate a substitute was put forward which was almost identical with the language as it now exists in the or- ganic act. It certainly has a bearing on this case to know what was the atti- tude of the men in Congress regarding the civil state or the military state of the Commissioners. I find much in that debate of interest to those who live now. There was, then as now, resentment on the part of District people against the appointment of strangers.” Senator Copeland read from the rec- inued on Page 5, Column 4.) CONFERENCE OFFICIAL REPLIES TO WOMEN Hague Parley Head Says Propa- gandists’ Attitude Offended Delegates. By the Associated Press. THE HAGUE, Netherlands, April 9.— | Dr. Theodorous Heemskerk, president of the Conference for Codification of International Law, today issued a state- ment regarding yesterday's order bar- ring women from entering the Peace Palace as reported by Miss Margaret Whittemore, representative of the Na- tional Women's Party of the United States. The statement said, in part: “For some time a number of women of the Interamerican Women Mission have been in the great entrance of the hall of the Peace Palace and spread there among the delegates to the con- ference their ideas about equal rights for man and woman in nationality. “The presence of the ladies and the communiques they spread in the daily press in which things were mentioned not intended for publication were of- fensive to the various delegates and caused the executive committee, which must take care that delegates to the Peace Palace may hold confidential conversations undisturbed, to decree that no longer should the women be xBctl:lmllh:d in order to propagate their eas.” WOMAN CONFESSES T0 SCANDAL HOAX W. C. T. U. Official Admits Writing Obscene Letters Baring “Law Violations.” By the Assoclated Press. SPOKANE, Wash,, April 9—A two- year-old mystery cloaking a series of “scandal letters” to officers and others was believed cleared up here today in a confession of Miss Lelle Jourdan, 37, secretary of the Spokane County Wom- en's Christian Temperance Union. Miss Jourdan's statement, Deputy Prosecutor Del Cary Smith announced, said she had written numerous letters telling officers of fictitious gambling and lsn’uor law violations. She admit- ted, officers said, that a Federal grand jury indictment of James Rainey and his son Arthur was the result of let- ters she had written to herself, con- taining obscene references and pro- posals. She testified before the jury to obtain the indictments. The charges against the Raineys were not pressed. Many of the letters she said she had written to herself were reported to Sheriff Brower “just simply because I ister” by adding an autograph to the liked Mr. Brower and like to hear him rapidly growing collection on the plaster | and talk to him.” casts. Walter's chief lament is the fact that | Stat away from | await the next session of the Federal his injuries will keep him the opening game here on Monday. Doctors are uncertain ., Will be able to leave th ‘his progress lately satisfactory. e hospital, is regarded Miss Jourdan was held for the United les commissioner on a $500 bond to grand jury. Federal officers would not when Walter, | say what charge would be pressed. Radio Programs on_ ;ue C3