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SEMATETOPROBE CAPITAL PREPARED THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 20, 1930—PART ONE. FIGURES IN BAKER MURDER MYSTERY STAYTON LETTER, FOR CELEBRATION Wet’s Remark on Hoover’s|Churches Make Special Ar- Changing Dry Attitude to Be Investigated. The Senate lobby investigating com- fnittee, it was Jearned yesterday, Will probe deeply into the assertion of Wil- lfam H. Stayton, chairman of the board of the Assoclation Against the Prohi- bition Amendment, that after talks with “Senators, members of Congress and ublic officials here,” it was his feehn( t President Hoover “is beginning to wonder 'hgflu.r prohibition can be en- for Along with information that Senator T. H way, Democrat, of Arkansas, -of ibs bbhy committee, is to summon Mr. Stayton to divuige the identity of the publlc officials and legts- lJators with whom he has talked, Stayton- announced this afternoon thnl he would not hesitate tu comply. Mr. Stayton's views were expressed in a-letter marked “absolutely confi- dential” to Charles 8. Wood of Phila- delphia, vice president of the associa- unn, about two months ago. He urged Wood to have Gen. W. W. Atter- hury. a director of the association and ident of the Pennsylvania Railroad, come to Washington to testify before the House judiciary committee because this testimony would lead “a great many people to be more generous as $o Mr: Hoover’s attitude.” At the same time, it was announced sterday afternoon, that the House rdichry committee would resume its jong-interrupted hearings on prohibition, probably Wednesday. Will Hear Rebuttal. ‘This wmm.uke had heard voluminous Restinony by bo Dow to" hear wet rebuttal. William W. Roper, h toot ball mclx wlw dry’ testimony olered by couh A, A. Stagg of Chicago University; Plerre du Pont of the Assoclation Against the Prohibition Amendment, who previously | e the most responsible men ccontrol the liquor traffic; Gen. Clarence Edwards of Boston, former commander of the 26th Division in Prance, and Dr. F. W. Buck, secretary of the Fed- eral Dispensary Tax Reduction League. The greatest interest revolves around the identity of aemow; Representatives the legislal lmperlscr.hrudymmnnmemnd and tell the committee all about them,” said Mr. Stayton. Mr. Stayton held that the committee no legal right to send to his office hh:oth’mllhhh les, the letter came, but added: Questions Legal Right. as Iam & public work vfiemfl.%nflofimzm ts to use & &nlwr Arthlu' R. Robinson of In- diana, the only regular Republican on Senator William E. Borah, Repub- $ican, of Idaho, whose dry tendencies are nationally known, Wmlt"‘:. though he has taken , Curran of New York, the Association Against Prohibition Amendment, is to be the first witness when the imittee convenes on Tuesday. Fan, in that his associat is militant against will into_the campaign with a $1,000,000 " ‘Washington “WINE” FOR LAST MAN'S TOAST TO DEPARTED FRIENDS IS VINEGAR (Continued From Pirst Page.) latter's death made Mr, Lockwood the nrp!n veteran of the club. ‘In attending Mr, Hall's funeral, I i farewell to a comrade I've lnown Tor- 89 years," Mr. Lockwood said. “It saddens me, but I also am proud of Bhe sacred honor of being the last man.” when asked if he would drink a toast %o his comrades Mr. Cur- lecrec. ‘When we met two years ago there were three of us, Peter Hall, John | the Goff of Stillwater and myself. “Ml wanted to divide the bottle ‘mm and each take a third, but John ught he would be the last man, and he wouldn't stand tor it. He suggested that we taste it, lo I pulled the cork from the bottle and poured wt some in Johi's. glass. daughter had given me a bottle of pe}uleu to be used for a toast, s0 nsf ot taking the . original wine, poured the grapejujce into Peter's glass | to into mine, wving . Jol bn the. only rgundy. “I asked John how the wine was and he said ‘pretty sour.’ “I found out later the seal had eaten thl‘ou! That with the fact the bottle hadn't been kept in a wine cellar, made #t turn to vinegar. “Yes, Il drtnk the toast to the other boys, but it will be just a sip. *That will be on July 21, anniversary of the battle of Bull Run. 'hat was the date we always met. After I drink the T'll give the bottle and records of the club to the Public Library of suu. Water, and there will no longer be a Last* 's Club.” Lockwood has lived &n active life, nuch in the open and his step is firm and his voice clear, Lockwood said today he will make the trip to Atwater as he promised when the veterans of Company B, 1st Minne- sota Volunteer Infantry, gathered at the historic Sawyer House at Stillwater to_form their organization. Each of the 33 made the same pledge, but one by one they have been removed by death. Puneral services for Hall will be rangements to Accommo- date Record Throng. (Continued From First Page.) of numerous lilles and other flowers sbout the rooms. In the evening a company of intimate friends will of the President at dinner. Fair Weather Predicted. Fair and slightly oooler weumar was predicted for today ‘Weather Bureau's official roncu mth the in- dication of little change tomorrow when el l.lcl’x"l“‘dnn'he ‘White House lown, for egg rolling on ; at &‘m and at several other places throughout the District. ‘When Washington awoke this morn- ing many of its thousands of Easter guests were in cramped circumstances. Several days ago most of the larger hotels began turning travelers .w-y from their doors and yesterday 200 were reported t: ht:!lle‘ been Lumed away st downtown hostelries. a result the boys and girls who flock w Washington every Easter from the country’s high schools, preparatory schools and seminaries, as well as hun- dreds of their elders, have been put to it to find meager sccommodations in crowded tourists’ homes and rooming houses. A compilation of information from various transportation agencies places the number of visitors at considerably more than 75,000, although an accurate {estimate is impossible since great num- bers of tourists arrive by automobile and shift for themselves without es- tablishing contact with any agency at which records are kept. Service at Walter Reed. Celebration of Easter was to begin sunrise service in the garden amphithea- ter at Walter Reed Hospital. The pro- gram will be broadcast by Lhe Nlflnnll Broadcasting System and wil first '.I.me Army nerclses hnve rnched every part of the country through the .kl:xpecuum f a huge crowd has of caused police omeuu to detail 10 extra men to Capt. C. L thirteenth inct, in which %flfer Reed is pt:ed.c handle the throng. it cross, an annual feature of A iy this ce, will be composed of 600 Red Col. Julian E. Ylw chief o( chl& tes Army, while department of evan- ll.lm board of ons, Methodist gai.wop.l Church; Dr. S. B. Daugherty, pastor of the United_Brethern Church; and Chaplain A. C. Ouve. United States Army, will assist in the service, Services in three chapels and an over- theater the throngs of wor- shipers who will make Easter pilgrim- ages to Mount St. Alban. rnm--r.n-nnnc-m. -four membm of the cathe- ushers will be on duty cural to chapel 'ul be open 'a facilitate lhl "Pollnvlnl Jum regular and special members of the clergy stafl mwo{flk: weather permi At 4 o'clock in afternoon, Bishop James E. Freeman will deliver the ser- mon at the festival evensong service in Bethlehem Chapel, which be broad. cast from station lobby com- | ices this week, disclosed | W Services at Sylvan Theater. The annual Easter eventide service will be held in the Sylvan Theater in the shadow of the Washi Monu-~ ment from 5 to 6 o'clock. tgon m by m‘-“uonu Comd mllnlty lble ers’ e an jonal Aides. the T é‘mfi"‘f e House. "whess e lent Hoover worships, will delf ln lddml on "m Book of Books.” One thousand copies of the Bible booklet Luke 'lfll distributed _for reading and 30 sets of New “r‘fifimenh will be awarded to persons having the best Bible-reading records for the xenm: season. 3 L. Mattice, deputy commis- sioner ot Boy Scouts, is master of cere- monies and Dr. E. N. C. Barnes, director of ml:ulc in the public schools, song . Special dfl.uh of police have been assigned to the sections of the city hebeem.m Capt. Robert E. Doyle, commander of the eighth precinct, to whom will fall = ufp controlling the thousands who wiu see the New York Yankees and the Washington ball club play at Amer- ican League Park. Nineteen extra men have been attached to his precinct. Plan for Park Traffic. A ts have been made by first and fourth precinct police and mem- bers of the % nited States Park Police force for the regulation of traffic in Po- tomac Park, where the visitors are sure flock for a glimpse of the double chcrry blossoms, pecial care also will be taken of the :hudnn who will attend the egg roll- ings tomorrow at the White House and Zoological Park. The former task falls latter to the tenth and fourteenth. Washington at Easter season and the cherry blossoms attract other than cas- ual visitors, a survey of the marriage license records reveals. Friday and yesterday 67 licenses were issued and a goodly part of these were to young couples lmm Virginia and North Caro- lina towns. Miss Maude A, mm marriage license clerk, was busy ughout the three hours that the bureau was open yuterdl issuing licenses to applicants ho stood in line. Richmond f\lml.lhed the largest number of out-of-town ap- ncmu with Martinsville, Culpeper, g Predericksburg, Chlflolm- ville, Chnrlum and Winston-Salem in the running. —_— The | the crime. to gouce headquarters that | Left: plete alibi. £ |MYSTERY OF BAKER MURDER DEEPENS Salesmen Expected to Be Re- leased as Soon as Alibis Are Checked. (Continued Prom First ) of Miss Baker's correspondence and photographs had been removed from her desk in the file room of the Bureau of Aeronautics prior to the visiv there .| last Monday by Gloth and two De- partment of Justice agents. The de- tectives said they are satisfied that the only articles removed from the desk was the property of the Navy Department. Gallegher greeted newspaj with a btmd smile when he arrived at the Arlington County court house after his 100-mile automobile ride from Rich- mond. Like Sisson, he showed no vis- ible sign of excitement over his de- tention and expressed the opinion that the susj cast upon him would be when the officials checked his allagher he turned away with an ad- “I think you've got enough Rode Without Coat. Gallagher made the trip from Rich- mond in an open car with Gloth driv- ing and an Arlington County police offi- cial riding in the rear in a rumble seat. service is & member of | planned for the OD@-III ampitheather, | Despite the chilly weather he did not | wear his topcoat. Although the authorities spent most of the week trying to locate Sisson and Gallagher, it was disclosed at police headquarters that several members of the homicide squad had been search- ng at the same time for the mysterious *siout man” who Miss Baker had com- ined to her mother had been forcing attentions on her. Detectives questioned all known 1, however, furnished a vague description of a “stout” man he had seen her with n a moving picture theater shortly before her death. Rev, Thomas F. Baker, father of the slain girl, received several days ago an anonymous post card indicating that the “stout mn" lived in the vi- cinity of Tenth street and Massachu- setts avenue and stating that he had been seen spending some time at a furnace. The police have kept a close watch in this section, but have failed to observe a “stout man,” answering tha ducflpfion of the one with whom iss Baker was seen in the motion pic- v.ure theater. ‘While Washington police officials are nov confident Miss Baker was murdered Arlington County, they do not ta= unfl to relax in their investigation of Announcement was made at the entire omicide squad will continue the search for the slayer until he is captured or the crime is recorded among the un- solved. Outside Aid Given. Arlington County officials, however, will be required to direct the arrest cf any new suspects who may be drawn into the case. The arrest of Sisson and Gallagher, it wu pointed out, was or- dered these officlals, _alth Wash! n detectives aided in search for them and are now assisting the Arlington County authorities and Department of Justice agents in check- ing their alibis. ‘When Gloth returned from Richmond with Gallagher he announced that he proj to subject him to the same withering examination that greeted Sis- to the first and third precincts and the { son upon his arrival at the Arlington County Court House. Gloth then went home to catch a few winks of sleep— the first he had had since Thursday nilhb—nnd changed his plans after a three-hour nap. A large crowd of newspaper men nthered at the court house lgst night the result of the interrogation. But. the court house remained dlrk and shortly after 9 o'clock the reporters began a search for Gloth and found him in conference with Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide lquld and several members of the squad in the homicide room of the deoemve bureau. It is understood that series of questions to be asked Olllllher and Sisson today were drawn up at this conference. Policemen Willlam Hammond and Oren Spears of the park police force TWO OHIO BOYS DROWN who knew Miss Baker and had seen her at different time with male ac- uaintances, went to the Arlington held at the Pirst Lutheran church 'nlud-y. Fleeing Police After Breaking Into conm.y jail yesterday afternoon to see with the American Business in the community wl.ll ba sus- pended, while other groups and citizens Join in pa; fi‘n' final honor to the vet- eran who lived here 62 years. -SRI “01d Coins Are Stolen. “Theft of & highly-prized collection of | brother Joseph, al’d gold and silver ool#sod:u(rmr,u: 1 brokm o He sald the they ‘made for the river, Prank suc- |the time Mary £y lmmm 4200 and ceeded in reaching the other side, bu muu were worth een $200 $300- P Home Results in Tragedy. AINESVILLE, Ohilo, April 19 (#).— Two _10-year-old boys were drowned in the Onnd River here ihis evening try- ing to from E:fllce after they had bmken to a Painesville home. Frank Saari, 18, of Fairfort, 10, and James Sabo, into the home of Mrs. Chased by police, 0, had E. Breed here. the younger boys went down., A and Gallagher. They were un- bhlz to identify either of them as men they had seen with the slain girl, Confident of Alibl. Friends and relatives of Gallagher and Sisson in Warsaw yesterday were confident that both men, who are sales- men in the “northern neck,” can satis- fy police of Washington and Arling: ton County that they were in this sec. tion and not in or near Washington a Baker was murdered. Sisson dechru emph-tlc the night ot Py Mrs. that her husband spent Mary Elizabeth Baker, the murdered Government clerk, morning at 7:30 o'clock Wwith & | Sisson, also of Warsaw, who is held in the Arlington jail. Police also declare that his alibi appears to be perfec GLOTH IS NEAR EXHAUSTION FROM BAKER DEATH ACTIVITY Prosecuting Attorney Drives Himself Without Rest to Strip Clues. Sleeps at Hotel to Avoid Re- porters—Determined to Finish Joh. After a week's investigation of the murder of Mary E. Baker, 28-year-old Navy Department clerk, William C. Gloth, prosecuting attorney of Arling- ton County, is near phyfical exhaustion from loss of sleep. Gloth has personally directed the Vir- ginia share of the investigation with the homicide squad of the Washington De- tective Bureau and agents of the De- partment of Justice. This investigation has carried him throughout every section of Washing- ton, over all of Arlington County, nnd to the cities of Fredericksburg Richmond. Day and nigl than a week, Gloth has participated in the running down of dozens of clues and in the questioning of numerous suspects. At 5 o'clock yesterday morn- ing, after devoting the night to grilling one suspect, he left 'lthcu! sleep for Richmond to bring back another msn wanted for questioning. Even at his home, Gloth has been unable to obtain rest, for newspaper reporters have dogged his footsteps to keep in touch with developments in !.he investigation. When returned Washington yesterday, after his trip w Richmond, he found it necessary register at a Washington hotel to keep from being disturbed. Even then, after 36 sleepless hours, he allowed himself but four hours’ rest. Although every l'.umpt to solve the mystery of the crime has gone unre- warded, Gloth is determined to carry on the inves “If the leads 'e have now luce nothing,” he said, “we will go k to Seventeenth and B sh‘nfl. ‘where the murder lx-!flmntly its inception, and start all over again. In any event, we will not let the mvaun n die.” Friday, April 11, at his home and re- mained at his home over the week end, making bird boxes. All about Sisson's home, which is about a quarter of a mile outside the village of Warsaw, are evidences of his skill as a bird box maker. Ornate bird boxes adorn many posts and Ireu about the place, and they range from conventional model bungalows to bird homes of elaborate architecture and large proportions. Likewise, the members of the family of Gallagher, Mr. and Mrs. James Gal- lagher, father and mother, and a brother Joseph Gallagher, are certain Julian Gallagher was at his home on the night ry as slain. What either of the salesmen might know about Miss Baker which weuld furnish police with clues in the mystery, :‘:zm of both families refuse to MURDERER BECOMES SPECTER. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. OAK GROVE, Va, April 19.—The murderer of Mary Baker become a specter of pain and of mental anguish for the girl they reared and loved, in h | the minds of the kindly eoum:y par- e | son here, the Rev. Thomas F. . Baker, and Mrs. Baker. Death they know and have learned to become reconciled to. A week after the slaying of their daughter, her body laid safely away to rest in the little cemetery here, they have become reconciled to her death. They regard her death as a merciful deliverance from the clutches of the flend who slew her. But as the slayer remains at large, the mystery of their daughter’s death | still unsolved, this specter has become more real with every hour. Dr. Baker is trying valiantly to bear the whole burden of his family's sor- row, keeping the harrowing details of his daughter's death !mm hh wife and destroying those of the m mory sensational nemu&en which migh prove shocking to his wife, but he can- not destroy the murderer himself, c’n he philoso gly bullt of the murderer. “I cannot understand it,” Dr. Baker declared yesterday. “I have seen death many times. Death is something we can, if not understand, at least be- come reconciled to. erance from many things. “But_the we cannot touch, the thing that rem: with us, that at us, as lor time when our girl was with ti that unexplained period of time when she must have been in the depths of ‘llnel;ul anguish, in the hands of a jend.” Dr. Baker goes about his parish as usual, and Mrs. Baker about her duties | as the mother of her children and the wife of a minister, but where they go they carry with them the picture of a fl;l;-d who hurt and then killed their L WILLIAM C. GLOTH. ~—Star Staff Photo. CHARLES SCRIBNER EXPIRES SUDDENLY Former Head of Publishing?Poticv- House Had Been Il Only Two Days. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 19.— Charles Scribner, chairman of the directors of the publishing house of Charles Scrib- ner's Sons, died suddenly at his home here Friday. He was 76 years old. Mr. Scribner had been at his office as usual on Thursday, but on Friday & fainting spell led to the summoning of a physician, who placed a nurse in attendance. Death was caused by heart disease. Mr. Scribner was born in New York. His family dated back to early Colonial times. The first member recorded in America was Matthew Scrivener. a member of the Council of Virginia Colony in 1607. Records of the town of Norwalk, Conn., show that the name was changed to its present form by descendants of Benjamin Scrivener after 1742, ‘The publishing and book selling busi- ness of the family was established in 1846 by Mr, Scribner’s father. In 1870 Scribner’s Magazine was founded, but was later sold and became the present Century. The Scribner's Magazine now published was started subsequently. A few years after he graduated from Princeton, in 1875, Mr. Secribner took over his father's book publishing busi- ness. The Scribner business was known in its early period for the manner in which it fostered American authors. Mr. Scribner recently relinquished leadership of the publishing business to his yor brother, but continued ac- tive p:ficeltp-flon up to the time of his sudden illness. In 1925 Princeton University con- ferred on him the honorary degree of doctor of letters. Mr. Scribner, in 1912, gave to Princeton the building which houses the Princeton University Press, and he became president of the Press. He was also a trustee of the university at that time. In 1920 he was again elected president of the Princeton Press. He also was president of the Prince- ton Publishing Co., the corporate entity which carries on the Princeton under- graduate paper with student editors. He became president when the articles of incorporation were filed in 1910, and continued in that post until 1926, He was on the directorates of several banks, and had been president of the American Publishers’ Association. Surviving are his widow, a daughter, Mrs. George R. D. Schieffelin, and a son, Charles Scribner, jr., of Far Hills, N. J., vice president 'of Charles Scrib- ner's Sons; also a brother, Arthar H. Scribner, president of the firm. Warsaw Feels Itself In Btight Limelight Of Murder Scandal Special Dispatch to The Star. WARSAW, Va, April 19.— ‘This little town, 60 miles from a railroad, where the weekly paper prints only the neighborhood gossip such as “John Jones' cow died last week,” today saw itself reflected in the Nation’s lime- light as the result of the center- ing, the past couple of days, of police investigation of the mur- der of Mary Baker, Washington girl. , sir” sald one worthy villager today, “Warsaw sure is you he whis- pered aside from the little knot ot fellow villagers about the court house, “there’s three divorces pending in eourt here. : Julian Gallagher, Warsaw salesman, who knew Miss Baker, held in the Arlingten County Jail for investigation. He seems to have established a com- Center: , who was found slain in a culvert :elr Arlington Cemetery April 12. Right: Mervin —Star Staff Photos. CONFEREES DOWN Sugar, Cement, Lumber, Shingles and Silver Agree- ments Seen in 10 Days. By the Associsted Press. Cmplete agreement on all except five rates in the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill was reached by the congressional con- ferees today and Monday was fixed for starting the adjustment of differences over the administrative provisions. ‘While 10 duties were reconsidered to- day and changed from the basis pre- viously determined by the conference committees, Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, chairman of the Senate group, lnnounced that from now on the “books e closed” on rates, Thzrewu]beno!mherneom lera- tions of rates,” Smoot said, adding that the five levies in disagreement and to be voted upon separately in the House were mnr cement, lumber, shingles and Annthermko!lodh is expected tnberqulredwlttuummmm administrative clauses, A report then will; be drawn sho the two houses in ‘agreement on all but the five rates and the Senate provisions for a farm export debenture and a legislative in- stead of an executive flexible tariff Agreements in Prospect. ‘The House will vote on the rates and the Senate will instruct its conferees what to do on the two controversial administrative clauses. ~With these questions settled the bill, in the making for more than 15 months, will be ready {for President Hoover's signature or veto. ‘The average rate of protection for the whole bill as rewritten in conference has been increased considerably over the 38.99 per cent carried in the meas- ure as it passed the Senate. The lat- ler figure was about half way between the present average protection of 34.61 nndLuu House bill average of 43.15 per cen The completion of the adjustment of rate disputes foreclosed any further ac- tion on the proposed Senate increases on narrow laces, which were eliminated this week by the conferees, and the ex- isting 90 per cent duty restored. Hundreds of telegrams from lace mill owners and workers in Counecticut, New York and New Jersey wera received by the conferees saying the domestic lace industry was facing ruln unless higher protection against foreign labor was granted. Duty on Plate Glass. Reversing prior actions, the conferees today arrived at a duty of 17 cents e square foot as against 19 cents now in effect on plate glass, between 384 and 720 square inches, and 17'% cents as against the plate glass square inches. Other reconsiderations resulted in the following rates, compared with present levies: Orude aluminum, 4 cents a pound, now 5 cents; aluminum foll, 40 per cent, now 35 per cent; glass prisms and chandeliers, 60 per cent, now the same; gauge glass tubes, 60 per cent, now 55 per cent; plain wall paper, 10 per cent, now the same; printed wall paper, 1}, cents a pound and 20 per cent, now the same. Penknives valued at not more than 40 cents a dozen, 1Y cents each and 50 per cent, now one cent each and 50 per cent; manila and other hard fiber cordage composed of three or more strands, with each strand consisting of 2 or more yards, 2 cents a pound, now three-fourths of 1 cent; if smaller than three-fourths of 1 inch in diameter, an additional 15 per cent, now no addi- tional duty. Cashew nuts, 2 cents & pound, now 1 cent; frozen eggs, 11 cents a pound, now 7% cents; staples in strip form for use in paper fasteners of stapling machines, 2 cents a pound, now 6-10 resent 22-cent rate on tween 720 and 1,008 of & cent. BAND CONCERT. ‘The United States Marine Band will give a concert at the White House at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in connection with the egg-rolling fes- Idvlues. The program will be as fol- lows “Unfold, Ye Portals,” from “The Re- = Gounod “Carneval Dvorak , “Cinderella’s Bridal Pro- .Dicker “Second_Hungarian Grand Scenes from “ (a) Valse Caprice, "smnc zz‘};nyu." (b) "And-nu and Rondo Capric- Mendelsshon l:xcerpu {mm - . Friml Finale, “A Hu m,m. Bee ucalossi Marines’ Hymn, “The Hllh of Monte- Euma. “The Star Spangled mnn-r ” e Wife Sues Orchestra I.uder. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 19 (#).— Common Pleas Judge Alvin J. Pearson Monday will hear Mrs. Dorothy War- ing’s divorce action against the populn ArS Waring aloged crelt and negle rs. Waring cruelty and neglec in he it it the leader of War- ing’s Pennsyl I TOLAST 5 RATES PARKER MAY COME BEFORE SENATORS Ultimate Confirmation of Su- preme Court Judge Is Expected. (Continued Prom FPirst Page.) SIMMONS TO FIGHT CAPPER LOAN BILL Tells Federation U. S. Is Al- ready Paying More Than Share of Expenses. (Continued From First Page.) Overman it will be adopted by the com- mittee. Supporters of Judge Parker counting on his appearance and state- ment to the committee to aid material- ly in allaying opposition to confirma- tion of his appointment to the Supreme bench. It is understood that Senator Watson, Republican leader, has urged Senator Overman to propose that Judge Parker be called. ' Senator Overman was informed yesterday by Judge Parker himself that he would be glad to ap- pear if the Senate committee requested hlm to do s0. In his telegram kl Sen: r Overm! under a Richmond, duu Judge Parker said: “It ‘the judiciary committee of the Senate desires my presence and requests it, I shall, of course, be glad to come.” The newspapers have published re- ports to the effect that some of the members of the Senate would like to have Judge Parker appear before the committee, and his telegram to Senator Overman, unsolicited by the latter, is understood to have been inspired by the newsmper reports. has further been reported that Presldenc Hoover and Attorney General Mitchell would be glad to have Judge Parker come before the committee and answer the objections which have been raised to his appointment to the Su- preme Court. Action Has Precedent. ‘The appearance of an appointee to the Supreme Court before the S!!llh Jjudiciary committee is unu.u-l. but is not without precedent. Associate Jus- tice Harlan F. Stone, who was Attorney will be confirmed. Unless Jufl‘e Parker himself should ask that his nom- ination be withdrawn by the President, or the Preliflznt should take such action without a lest from the North lln- Jjudge, hi intment is to come before the Senate for debate and a vote within the next two weeks. It the committee determines to_ hear him, it is likely that he may be heard on Monday, April 28, the regular meet- ing day of the committee, although there is nothing to prevent the com- mittee’s setting an earlier date for the hearing if it desires. Senator Norris, chairman of the ju- diclary committee; Senator Borah, Sen- ator Blaine, Senator Dill and other ‘members are to confirmation of Judge Parker use of a decision he rendered in a coal mine case involving the so-called “yellow-dog” contract. Some of the so-called regular Re- g\'lbucln mem| of the Senate have ‘upon e;“sdnrdudmk ‘g‘: m onal er lational Association f Colored People. or the Advancement of brought forward thn' pon.mg(.‘u h.l: ard the re a whlc 'h Judge Parker made d 'wlfu mpaign as Republican e-ndmu for lov:rnur of North Carolina in 1920, In Which he is alleged to have declared, eNeeroinpomluls-lo\lmot evil and danger to both races.” blican _ Senators hailing fxun States in which there are large num- bers of colored voters, have been - ful that a vote for s It has rotested that in lmn of the States where the elections are close as between Republicans and Demo~ crats, the confirmation of Judge Parker might alienate mlny of the colored m and result in Democratic vie- 0! publicans have suggested the Presiden should withdraw the nomination. Bu: the White House has taken a firm stand in support of Judge Parker. Supreme Court Personnel Studied. m;l:e }fl'}un& attack o; & appoint- ol u% Parker Supreme Court, follot close on the heels of the controversy over the lppommm pll})llg gu;en nel of the Supreme xplain of America versus the Red Jacket Con- solidated Coal & Coke Co. of Wu‘t Vir- $1ihs Mreiow dog Domtrach, o merats e “yellow dog” cont it interpreted the law inmtg‘ lkmm:dm: on of the Supreme Court of the vnlted States, which upheld the V'I,I’Idll.y :{ ulnuch! s contract. The de- cision of e Su) G-QIo-d!eeulon' ipreme Court was a n defense of Ju Parker also been declared mhla hfend.l t::: are | mons paid his respects to the Board of Education and the superintendent of schools in no uncertain terms. Read- ing from the Congressional Record, he stated that the average pupil load in the kindergarten in Washington was 31.8 per teacher, and in the average city of more than mom populluon m the rest of the country 5 capita of klllflarnrun educ-r.mn e l.l $108.20, and in the other cities .80, he said. “Gentlemen's Agreement.” With these figures before the com- mittee, Mr. Simmons said, it had sought a way to bring Washington nearer to the normal, and that it had a “gentle- ment’s agreement” with the Board of Education that no new kindergarten teachers would be employed until the kindergarten teaching staff had been cut down by 78 teachers. “The papers have transformed this into a statement that 78 teachers are to be fired,” Mr. Simmons said, “when with the smallest investigation they could have learned that nothing of the sort is intended. If the Board of Edu- cation carries out this agreement I hope that the District taxpayers will be eventually saved $140,000 year, although I do not expect to see any of that saving materialize next year. And yet the papers have stated that we have cut $126,000 out of the appropriation bill for teachers’ salaries, and we have a number of resolutions from citizens’ associations, who have not stopped to investigate the facts, asking us to put back an item which we never took out. Nn teachers who have jobs this year will lose their jobs next year as & re- sult of this bill.” Cause of Complaint. Mr. Simmons said that with educa- tion as costly as it is here. if the citi~ zens have any com is not be- cause of withholding of a) but " because o ‘P‘Mmmimu- lgglfm:y." which Congress cannot Referring to the investigation of cone ditions by The ing Star, which showed 1 children were compelled instead of desks, Mr. Simm at the Macfarland Junior High School the principal had a) to the Par- ernt-Tea Association for a contri~ buunn to enable him to buy a muchlm clean _blackboard erasers, 'BMN M Education had told mm '.hzr: 0t enough appropriation mone; nnlhbu for the vumrpou v “They spent it on sm:" Woman to Be Employed. ‘The federation voted in favor of em- oying a “female laborer who will per- of the work usually falling when he was a candidate for governor | cj of North Carolina in 1920 an effort was made to xnm:m the race question into the campaign by his Democratic opponents and that his es in that campaign were intended to remove as far as possible that question from the campaign. quarters last ui.he t.lu'. .md Pnr‘kzr might help himself eon.slderlgfv lhuulll hea'p lare.thag he-pocsane all; 'u not in sympathy with the yrlnc 4 ' ‘yallow-dor con! under 'h!ch mine workm are bound not to join a union. His opponents, however, have maintained that they consider his de- gi‘s:nmin the Rcd Juket Co. case lhowu c(ple Involved ln the "yeflow-de?:! eon- Juage Parker so far has made no public statement with regard to the at- tacks made on him because of his cam- paign speeches in 1920. It is possible he may be able to throw further light on the matter, ho T, in his appear- ance before the committee. Some of the leading colored men of his State have been quoted as declaring they had faith in Judge Parker's fairness to the colored race. The president of che North Carolina College for Negroes is one of those who has come to the de- fense of Judge Parker. May Ask Public Utility Views. It is possible that if Judge Parker appears before the Senate committee some of the members of the committee may undertake to quiz him in regard to his opinions regarding public policy toward public utilities. Much was made the debate the nomination of e of the economic views of the members of the Supreme Court. senlu!r Borah takes the view that there really no need for Judge Parker m appear before t.he eomm!nee to explain his decision the Red Jacket Co. case, for enm , or any other aecisions which he handed down as a Federal judze of the louru: judicial circuit. Senator Borah and Benator Norris are among those who are opposing Judge Parker because of nuduumtnumm.mmoo case and not because of his campaign speeches. Man Hit With Hammer. Hit with a hammer during an alter- cation at Thirtieth and M streets last night, Edgar R. Brown, 27 years old, of 1626 Earnes place northeast, sustained lacerations of the forehead for which he received treatment at Hospital. Brown said he kne sailant only’ that he school in its territory. Thl committee had at first declined to take jurisdic- umnnmzmmmmxwuhcfl riate $100 from lon and m omee of Mo b“ S. Gnnt M of pul helmin:ly dltnM M to adjournment. Capper Letter Read. Dr. Havenner read a letter from ur , chairman of the Senate District committee, inviting the federation to express m vlnu at s m“flm leerm bill ldl.n( 1 15, on - Bl e e new municipal center Willlam A. Roberts, Conduit seek, instead of this bill, a provision for a loan of $25,000,000 without interest. Mr. Roberts’ motion was to the effect that the money be used not only for the municipal center, but also for all major civic improvements. There was very little debate on the motion, and it carried, 23 votes to 17. Havenner during an inf MRS. GIVEN CORRECTS ACCOUNTS OF RAID Denies Announcing Self as Member of Grand Jury on Entering Apartment. Mrs. Harry C. Given has in a suit local