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WEAT. (U. 8. Weather Buresu Partly cloudy, with night or tomorrow; morrow afternoon. Highest, 94, at 3: lowest, 63, at 5:30 a. Full’ report on page 9. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 HER. Porecast.) showers late to- slightly cooler to- Temperatures— p.m. yesterday; .m. today. Entered a; post officy GANNONQUTS QUL AMDST APPLALSE HISSES ANDMIRT Lobby Committee to Take No Legal Steps at Present to Force Answers. 31,446. M. E. LEADER SAYS HE AWAITS SUMMONS Statement Declares Probe Holds Him in False Light—Con- tempt, Says Walsh. Br the Associated Press. Bishop James Cannon, jr., walked out on the Senate lobby committee w-‘ day. and his questioners decided to take | no legal steps for the present to bring | him back. The committee will not meet again until next Wednesday, and meantime it expects neither to issue a subpoena nor begin contempt proceedings to punish the Southern Methodist leader for his refusal to testify about his anti- Smith campaign activities in 1928. As he withdrew, unexcused, and fol- | lowed by applause, hisses and laughter, Cannon flung back at the committee another challenge of its authority. He had appeared voluntarily, he said, had answered'all the questions he considered proper and was through unless the Sen- ators chose to formally subpoena him. Chairman Caraway, who agrees with Cannon that he should not be ques- tioned about his leadership in the anti- Smith campaign, will return to Wash- ington Tuesday. On the following day the full committee expects to make its decision. “Contempt,” Says Walsh. After the adjournment Senator Walsh of Montana, the acting chairman, told newspaper men that he regarded Can- non as “in plain contempt of the Sen- Walsh said in his opinion, Cannon's refusal to answer opened the way to one possible contempt proceeding, ‘while his withdrawal today constituted a sec- ond basis for a contempt charge. Although Cannon had appesared vol- untarily, Walsh held that once having placed himself under committee juris- diction, he could not withdraw until ‘excused. The Montanan added there might be doubt as to the committee’s authority to inquire into Cannon’s political ac- tivities, but there was no doubt the withdrawal today amounted to con- tempt. Warning by Walsh. Walsh of Montana warned the wit- ness that he was not exeused and that his case would be dealt with later. Whether he is to be held in contempt of the Senate probably will be decided on the return of Chairman Caraway Arkansas. mv"v'xm no witness before it, the com- ittee proceeded to put into the Record ‘:‘unou.u reports relating to the anti- campaign. in‘a)lél: of '.hp;nfl‘md various sources of contributions, but did not mention the $65,300 which E. ‘S“NJ‘::\M of New York says he con L For two successive days, Bishop Can- = non had been appearing s a vol witness, having asked the for a hearing. On these two days, he " his nditures in the Smlte}fpeumplig‘n in 1928, thus pre- senting the committee with its ‘Today, the bl.syhop broadened his refusal to (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) WOMAN IS WOUNDED | IN STRANGE TRIANGLE | Man Takes Brace of Pistols to End | Marital Troubles Started by Police. By the Associatad Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 5.—Mrs.| Theresa Scilla, 34, who for 12 years had_lived with Mr. and Mrs. Frank *Ipollito in a strange triangle, was near death today from wounds received when Ipollito took a brace of pistols and sought to end his marital troubles last night. Ipollito, nolice said, went to the home where Mrs. Scilla had been living since suthorities broke up his domestic ar- rangement last March and fired a volley of bullets at the woman. Most of them went wild, one shattering a neighbor's window, but Mrs. Stilla was seriously wounded in the side. Ipollito was felled with a milk bottle | by Mrs, Scilla’s brother-in-law, Philip Baraona, but fled severa) blocks before he was captured. He was held in the prison ward at the City Hospital today. Police last March learned that Ipollito | lived with and claimed both Mrs. Scilla and Mrs. Coloberia Ipollito as his wives. Mis. Scilla was ordered to leave the house, taking the children she had borne Ipollito. Ipollito was given a suspended | workhouse sentence and fine of $500 on | condition that he pay Mrs. Scilla $1,000 | and provide $10 weekly for support of | her children Ipollito’s legal wife ran the home and did the housework while he and Mrs. | Scilla worked in garment factories, | police discovered Escape Foiled in Mexico. MEXICO CITY, June 5 (A).—Local police today announced that J. P. Har- wer, alias Eddie Moore, who is being held here on charges of counterfeiting in several American cities in the West and Middle West, made an attempt to escape from Belen prison. second class matter Wi C. . C hington, | | JESSE C. ADKINS, —Harris-Ewing Photo. ADKINS 1S SLATED FOR COURT POST D. C. Supreme Tribunal by Tomorrow Intimated. Jesse C. Adkins, one of the outstand- ing members of the Washington bar, where he has practiced for 30 years, and at one time president of the local bar association, is known to be under_serious consideration by Presi- dent Hoover for appointment as asso- ciate justice of the Supreme Court of the District to fill the vacancy caused by the elevation of Alfred A. Wheat to_the chief justiceship. It was intimated at the White House today that the appointment would be made either late this afternoon or to- morrow. Before any action is_taken by the White House, Justice Wheat, ‘whose appointment as chief justice was confirmed by the Senate yesterday, must have qualified for that place before the place made vacant by him may be filled. Others under consideration are Paul E. Lesh, Joseph W. Cox and John E. Prosecuted Trust Cases. Mr. Adkins is the senior member of the law firm of Adkins & Nesbitt, with offices in the Wilkins Building, and he has figured i many large and im- portant cases, both in this city and elsewhere. He probably attained his test fame while emple specially y the Department of Justice to prose- cute criminal proceedings growing out of the Sherman anti-trust law, Most notable of these cases was the prosecution of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Grand Trunk Rail- roads, cl with conspiracy of the anti-trust law, and a dissolution suit against the Corn Products Refining Co. Mr. Adkins’ name was first presented to President Hoover for consideration in connection with this appointment by Samuel J. Prescott, chairman of the Republican State committee for the District, and Edward P. Colloday, Re- publican national committeeman for the District. Numerous prominent mem- bers of the local bar and other citizens of the District identified with civic work and business have urged his ap- pointment. It is understood that George W. Wickersham, president of the President’s Law Enforcement Com- mission and who was Attorney General at the time Mr. Adkins was connected with the Department of Justice, was among those who recommended him for this appointment. Headed D. C. Bar in 1928. Mr. Adkins was president of the Dis- trict Bar Association in 1928 and for several years before that time was chairman of the grievance committee of that association and during the past year has been chairman of a commit- tee of seven members appointed by the association to study the question of the administration of justice in the (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) BOY GETS JOB AS CITY’S POISON IVY ELIMINATOR Breaks Out With Rash and Idea Follows Council Grants “Superintendent” Title. By the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, June 5.—Coming in contact with poison ivy on his favorite playground, 8-year-old Lee Houts broke out with a rash and a brand-new idea almost simultaneously. Down to the City Hall he marched and asked for the job of eliminating the noxious plant from parks and pub- lic grounds. As a result of his confer- ence with the park board Lee yester- day became the city's first superintend- ent of poison ivy. The appointment was made formally when Lee insisted that he wanted the majesty of the law behind his cam- paign against poison ivy rather than a mere “go ahead” from Judge Joseph A. Guthrie, member of the board. HUNT FOR 3 LUNATICS Insane Criminals Is Pushed in Two States. IONIA, Mich. June 5 (#)—The search_for the three inmates of the State hospital for the criminal insane who are still at large after thelr escape with 10 others early Tuesday was veing | earried on in two States today. | Posses continued to search fields and | side roads in Ionia County while State police kept a watch at more distant points. Reports from Toledo, Ohio, said that men answering to descrip- tions of the three fugitives were seen nesr there last evening. Ten have been recaptured. Search for ELEVEN MARRY AT CLOSE OF ANNAPOLIS GRADUATION Forty Believed to Have Arranged Weddings That Will Continue Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 5.—A '.en(.hl of the members of the class of 1930 of the Naval Academy, estimated at 40, will disregard the long separation en- tailed by sea duty and the meager pay ahd allowances of ensigns in the navy @ second lentoron's of the SMevine for Days. Corps and take wives after receiving their commissions. Eleven have al- ready wed. Though many of the mem- bers of the class do not hesitate to make their announcements in advance, some have kept their intentions secret ‘Those married had arranged with Chaplain Prank H. Lash of the acad- (Continned on Page 3, Coumn 17.) - b Appointment as Justice of'h WASHINGTON, 1 PROSECUTONRESTS N BOWB SLAYINGS Circumstantial Evidence Only Is Offered by State at Rockville. CLOSE COMES WITHOUT INTRODUCING TRIGGER Fragments of Infernal Machine Are Submitted, With Testi- mony of Experts. By a Stafl Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md,, June 5.—Offering circumstantial evidence exclusively, the State closed its case against Leroy Brady, charged with murder in the triple bomb slayings at Seat Pleasant, at 12:30 o'clock today in Circuit Court here. This move was made without the ex- pected introduction of a trigger claimed y the prosecution to have been used in construction of the death-dealing de- vice. Testimony relating to such a trigger was given yesterday by Emmett Brady, a brother of Leroy, who proved the star witness for the prosecution. He testified he had loaned a fur gun to Leroy, two months before the explosion. This weapon, its steel trigger replaced with a brass firing apparatus, was in- troduced in evidence over the protests of defense counsel. Fragments Are Entered. Numerous fragments found in the kitchen ot the Hall home where the bomb exploded New Year's day also were entered as evidence over the pro- tests of attorneys for the defandant. Experts of the Bureau of Standards and Johns Hopkins University in Bal- timore were called n an effort of the prosecution to prove that sections of tubing included among the fragments had fgured in the explosion and were similar to tubing included among the official exhibits ana said by witnesses to have been found in the stock room of a Washington garage where Leroy was employed as a mechanic prior to his arrest. Red Clay Is Stressed. Another point stressed by J. Wilson Ryon, who conducted examination of State witnesses, was the statement agreed on by several witnesses that red clay had been found on the shoes of Leroy and was present in large quanti- ties in front of the home of Mrs. John Buckley in Seat Pleasant where the bhomb originally was delivered. It was addressed to Naomi Hall Brady, the wife of Herman Brady, a brother of Leroy. Herman’s wife, an expectant mother, and her young brother and sister were wounded fatally in the explosion. ‘The principal witness today was Prof. Robert A. Wood, head of the experimen- Qualifying as an explosives expert, he testified that a spring and trigger ai rangement were used in the manufac- ture of “the Christmas gift.” ‘Wood was followed to the stand by Joseph S. Alleson of Cleveland, Ohio, chief metallurgist of Steel & Tubes, Inc.; Raymond Lewis, Chief inspector of finished parts of the same company; Mrs. Mabel E. Lee, a_cousin of Naomi Hall Brady, and Sheriff Charles S. Early of Prince Georges County. Agree on Similarity. ‘The Cleveland tubing experts agreed there was marked similarity between the tubing found in the garage where Leroy was employed and the bomb frag- ments, Mrs. Lee told of attending Naomi Hall Brady’s funeral with Leroy and of his silence while going to and returning from the services. = Sheriff Early was used to prove that Seat Pleasant is located in Prince Georges County. Prof. Wood asserted that a steel spring had played an important part in the mecmnrsm. He said he had found prints in the fragments indicating such a spring had been impressed there. A spring similar to the one known to have figured in the explosion was introduced in evidence last night, after witnesses had told of finding it in the stockroom of a Washington garage where Leroy was employed until his arrest. Prof. Wood, who was cross-examined for more than an hour by defense counsel, insisted on upholding his theory that the spring figured in a trigger arrangement which caused the bomb to explode when the lid of the box in which it was packed was raised. The witness testified a copper per- cussion cap, also found in the ruins of the Hall home, had been held in position at the end of a plunger by the spring. He said the fact that the cap was found attached to a section of tubing was explained by tests he made. He said this disclosed a cap would be welded to steel when subjected to extraordinarily severe heat, as in an explosion of this nature. Demonstrates With Magnet. In support of his theory, Prof. Wood drew a tiny magnet from his pocket and held it several inches above the copper cap. The cap was attracted | to the magnet, proving. the witness said, | that a thin layer of steel still remained | on the cap. He explained that copper alone will not be attracted by a magnet. Pointing to tiny holes in several of | the fragments, Prof. Wood said these had enabled the trigger arrangement to cause the bomb to explode automatical- ly. He added that the bomb could have been composed to a great extent of gun- powder and dynamite, or gunpowder or | dynamite alone, He held to this view) under cross-agamination, denying that | acetylene could have been used and| have left the same traces. Lieut. Joseph H. Itzel, ace of the Baltimore detective force, who worked | up the case against Leroy, was sub- jected to a severe cross-examination. He denied using “third degree” methods in an effort to extract information from Leroy and his brother Herman. The ports that he had locked the bloody garments of Herman's slain wife in a cell with the husband. Officials announced last night that Herman would be tried in the Fall on a charge of murder resulting from the same deaths. Border Disputes to Be Dismissed. MEXICO CITY, June 5 (#).—The department of foreign relations today announced that the boundary commis- sions of Mexico and the United States would meet here again next week for discussion of disputed points of ter- ritorfality. on Page C-5 Radie i’rnnlnu } ¢ Foen LEROY BRADY CASE witness said there was no_truth to re-: WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, THURSDAY, | JUNE 5, 1930—FIFTY ing Star. The tion is delivered to “From Press to Home Within the Hour” Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circalation, 112,935 PAGES. () Means Associated TWO CENTS Press. BEFORE CONFEREES Republican Leaders Expect Speedy Return of Bill for Final Vote. By the Associated Press. ‘The tariff bill was returned to eon- ference today for the fourth time when Vice President Curtis upheld a Demo- cratic point of order against its rate provisions. ‘While the decision will delay the long-pending legislation, Republican leaders expect speedy correction of the rates and return of the bill for a fina' vote next week. The rates questioned today are em- braced in the original conference re- port already approved by the House. House Must Reappoint. ‘The House will have to reappoint conferees before the two Dpoc-n negotiate. Democrats in that branch attempt to instruct the conferees on many rates, but House Republican chiefs will obtain a rule to thwart their move and save time. Vice President Curtis sustained points of order inst some conference rates on cheese and while in doubt about objections raised against watch rates, suggested a revision of the language. Senate Takes Up Schedules. For the purpose of saving time and bringing the two sections of the con- ference report to a vote, with no inter- vening debate, the report embodying the rate schedules was taken up by the Senate late yesterday, and the other section, including the disputed flexible clause and the lumber tariff, was tem- porarily laid aside. The closeness of the prospective bal- loting was accentuated by an inquiry from Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mis- sissippi, if the Republican leaders were willing to arrange pairs for absent op- ponents of the bill. Republican Leader Watson and Chairman Smoot of the finance committee replied they were not prepared to discuss such an arrange- ment and indicated they wanted every vote they could possibly get. Speculation as to the bill's ultimate fate at the White House continued to- day, induced by an announcement that President Hoover is keeping an open mind on the question of signing or vetoing the measure. It was said he would make a thorough examination of | its many provisions with the assistance of departmental experts and then reach a decislon on what its disposition would be. AIRPLANE BROADCASTS Program Relayed by Telephone to | Cleveland Station. CLEVELAND, June 5 (#).—Radio listeners here last night enjoyed & broadcast from an Army airplane as it circled in the blackness overhead. The plane was piloted by Lieut. Leroy M. Wolfe, United States Army. The program was radioed from the plane at a special receiving station the American League Base Ball Park, was carried from there by telephone line to station WTAM's downtown studio, relayed thence to WTAM’s sub- urban broadcasting station and resent on the ether both to citizens in their | home and the men in the airplane. Capt. Tom Rives, United States Army, was in charge of the broadcasting ap- paratus on the plane. SACRISTY IS BURNED Fire of Unknown Also | Threatens Rectory and Convent. PHILADELPHIA, June 5 (#).—Fire of unknown origin today destroyed the sacristy of St. Casimir's Church and threatened the adjoining rectory and convent_buildings. The blaze was discovered by Father Victor Michatis when he arrived to say mass. Persons waiting in the church were forced to flee, as the fire spread rapidly to the altar and pews. Father Michatis was overcome when he attempted to re-enter the church to rescue the sacrament and sacred ves- sels and was carried out by firemen. . VON ELM IN FINALS Defeats Gobert in French Amateur Tournament. . . France, June 5 (). — GQOL?[’;O\VOI‘\LXESIHI of Detroit reached the final round of the French amateur golf championship today, defeating Andre Gobert, former French tennis and golf titleholder, 1 up in 19 holes. Gold Star Mother Hurt. RHEIMS, France, June 5 (®).—Mrs. D. J. Smith of Billings, Mont., Gold Star mother, fell down a flight of stairs today and broke two ribs. She is under the care of a nurse and will remain here until her conditions which is not sorions, pavmits patwes §o Parls, Origin \ TARIF GOES BACK Judge’s Contempt Threat Only Brings Laugh From Lifer By the Assoclated Press. CANON CITY, Colo., June 5.— Ed Carns laughed at the judge who threatened him with a 10- day sentence for contempt of mfirt, and then returned to his cell. He was a witness in the trial of Albert O. Sanchez, convict in the State Penitentiary here, charged with the murder of an- other prisoner, ‘Taken to the court room, Carns refused to moupt the witness stand. He is under a life sentence at the prison. MAN DIES IN CHAIR WITH SMILE ON LIPS Andrew Jackson Hawkins, Condemned Slayer, Shows Unusual Bravery. A song barely off his lips, a smile on his face and his bare feet tapping to the time of the hymn a colored minister sang to him, Andrew Jackson Hawkins, 33-year-old colored murderer of his sweetheart went to his death in the electric chair at the District jail this morning. With a show of bravery the like of which never has been witnessed before by jail attaches who have seen a score or more of executions, the slayer took the final penalty before a small group of witnesses composed of jail guards and officials and four newspaper men. Hawkins literally went to his death with a smile on his face, leaving a statement with jail officials telling them he “forgives all” and asks “to be for- given.” He walked steadily from his cell, the first in “death row,” with a guard, shook hands with all of the guards and with Lieut. Col. William Peake, warden of the jail, then seated himself calmly in the electric chair and submitted to the strapping-in process and the fitting of the mask over his head. Keeps Time With Song. While he was being strapped in the chair, the Rev. James L. Pinn of the First Baptist Church, 1634 S street, sang the same song Hawkins had been singing in the cell a few minutes be- fore, “When Morning Comes.” As the minister sang, Hawkins kept time with his left hand on the arm of the chair and patted the rubber carpeted floor with his bare feet. Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintendent of penal institutions for the District of Columbia, who was witnessing his twenty-sixth execution, said he had never seen a man go to his death in t | such an inspired way. Hawkins arose at 5 o'clock this morning and ate a hearty breakfast. He amused himself in the cell until about 7 o'clock, when Rev. Mr. Pinn arrived and took his final statement. Then he was read the death warrant by Col. Peake. Immediately afterward, at about 9:30 o'clock, with the electrocu- tion scheduled for 10 o'clock, he called for the colored quartet of the jail to sing to him. They stood outside his LEADERS CONFER ON PAY MEASURE House Committee to Meet Tomorrow on Rule to Send Bill to Conference. Chairman Zihlman and Acting Chairman McLeod of the House District committee are conferring with House leaders this afternoon in an effort to straighten out the tangle over the police and firemen's pay bill. A resolution, introduced late last night by Mr. Mc- Leod that the House insist upon its amendments for this measure was re- ferred to the House rules committee. Mr. McLeod was informed by the House parliamentarian that his motion to send the bill to the conference asked by the Senate must be either under unanimous consent or under a special rule. A special meeting of the House rules committee has been called for tomor- row morning at 10:30 o'clock. At that meeting the representatives of the House District, committee hope to have & hearing on their application for a special rule so that the police and fire- men pay increase bill may be sent to conference with the Senate. Chairman Zihlman said today that he could not sec how the rules committee could refuse the House District com- mittee an opportunity to send the bill to conference with the Senate under the customary rules of procedure. Resignations Possible. If it is shown that the House leaders by refusing this rule are supporting Chairman Simmons of the subcommit- tee on appropriations in his efforts to thwart the will of both the House and Senate legislative committees for the District of Columbia, then the temper of the House committee members is that they will resign, because they feel that their functions have been usu: their decisions set at naught and their opportunity to perform their duty has been wrested from them. Chairman Zihlman, Acting Chairman McLeod and Representative Lampert of Wisconsmn, the three men who acted for the House District committee in conference with House Leader Tilson and Mr. Simmons in an effort to straighten out matters to avert the threatened fillibuster by Mr. Simmons against the pay bill, denied today the claim of Mr. Simmons that they are not living up to their agreement. Mr. Simmons said that they nad a very definite agreement with him that the police and firemen’s pay bill as it passed the House would beccme law without any subsequent change and that now they are welching on -hat agreement and that he insists that they live up to it. Agreement Denied. In individual interviews today these three House District committee mem- bers in most emphatic language denied that there ever had been any such agreement or that it had even been mentioned. “How preposterous it is to make such a claim,” they sald Our only agreement was to accept amendments in the House under duress. “How could we speak for the Senate or what right had we to attempt to say what the Senate could or should do. Such a claim is ridiculous. “We were led by Mr. Simmons to believe that the Senate would approve the amendments which he forced into the bill in the House under a threat of filibuster. It was disclosed yester- day how small a following he has in the Senate. It is unprecedented domi- nation for any member of the House to attempt single-handed to override the will of the legislative committees My | of both House and Senate after mature | Mother’s Prayer Will Follow Me."” Hawkins thanked the quartet and borrowed one of their song books and began singing, lowly, “When Morning Comes.” Died in Four Minutes. Hawkins, on December 22, 1928, killed his sweetheart, Ruth Watkins. Four minutes after the first flow of current was thrown into the electric chair, Hawkins was pronounced dead by Dr. A. J. Connelly, acting jail phy- sician. PUT ON PAROLE BOARD Arthur D. Wood of Michigan First Named to New Group. Arthur D. Wood, commissioner of pardons for Michigan, has been selected as one of the three members of the new Federal Pardon Parole Board. Attorney General Mitchell announced the selection y and is expected to name the other members soon. Under the act signed last week by President Hoover, the board will take jurisdiction over pardons and paroles of Federal prisoners heretofore held by the attorney general. France Ra;iflel Protocol. PARIS, June 5 (#).—The Chamber of Deputies today ratified the protocol adopted at Geneva in September, 1929, modifying the statutes of the Court International Justice to permit the adhesion of the United States, consideration_of a measure.” After the Senate yesterday had sent the pay bill to conference, after mak- ing it plain that the Senate was not at ail pleased with the amendments forced into the bill, Mr. Simmons ob- jected to the unanimous consent re- quest to send the bill to conference. But for the “I object” statement by | Mr. Simmons in the House late_yester- | day when Acting Chairman McLeod of the District committee asked unani- mous consent to send the pay bill to conference, the differences between the Page 2, Columi (Continued on WOMAN FATHER ACCUSED EXPECTED TO GIVE UP By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.—FPolice announced today that ‘they expected Marion Birney, 29-year-old horticul- turist, accused by her father, Dr. Bas- com H. Birney, of embezzling $63,000 he intrusted to her, to surrender by Monday. The authorities were informed that Miss Birney was in the San Francisco Bay district and was ready to surren- der, but desired to avold the humilia- tion of arrest. Meanwhile, effort was being made to trace $40,000 which Dr. Birney told the grand jury his daughter had sent to a Hoboken, N. J., bank for the purchase of bonds to be held in her name. by Dr. Bij ern agen as his daughter's East- the | U LUMP-SUM FIGHT MAY HALT PASSING OF DISTRICT BILL Senate Conferees Hold Out, for “Compromise” as House Is Firm. SIMMONS SEES FAILURE TO KEEP AGREEMENT Bingham Hopes Representatives Will Come “Half Way” to Settle Dispute. Although conferences on the Dis- trict appropriation bill have been brought to a halt by the deadlock over fiscal relations, Senator Bingham of Connecticut, chairman of the Senate group, expressed the hope this after- noon that the House might yet see its way clear to meet the Senate half way on the difference between the $9,000,000 and the $12,000,000 lump sum. No arrangements have been made for further conferences and if no agreement is reached by the conferees, the bill would fail. In that event, Congress could a continuing resolution, which would provide funds for current operation of the municipal government without new projects. | ‘While members on the Senate side were reluctant today to take the view that the situation had reached that stage, there were indications that they felt the House members should not ex- pect the Senate to yleld all the way. House Conferees Are Unanimous. It became known today that the House conferees took the unanimous position against discussing any figure above the $9,000,000 on which the House has insisted for a number of years. Senator Bingham pointed out today that the Senate group was not insisting on its own figure of $12,000,000, but offered to compromise somewhere be- tween the two figures. He indicated that the Senate group unanimously was of the opinion that there should be some increase in the $9,000,000, taking into account the increased cost of maintain- ing the District government. With the House members declining to compromise, it was indicated on the Senate side that they saw no use in continuing discussion of the bill. Bingham Explains Stand. Senator Bingham said it was felt where the two branches of Congress took diametrically opposite positions on a question, the solution should be by trying to reach a compromise. The House conferces, headed by Re) resentative Simmons, have taken the attitude that the House stands firm until there is a showing of facts to warrant some other amount. Representative Simmons also claims that there was an agreement in confer- ence to pass over the fiscal relations item until an agreement had been reached on the rest of the bill, and that last Monday the Senate conferees re- fused to live up to that agreement and insisted on returning to the fiscal rela- tions item for a ‘“compromise,” which he refuses to consider. ‘The House conferees, Mr. Simmons said, will return to a conference when assured that the Senate conferees will “live up to their agreement.” Phipps Wants Increase. The $9,000,000 lump sum the House has insisted upon for several years as the Federal contribution toward the District appropriation bill, was char- acterized as a “niggardly sum” that should be increased, in an address by Senator Phipps. Republican, of Colo- rado, in the Senate yesterday. CONGRESSMIEN SEE HOMES, 1N ALLEYS ONTOUR OF HOUSES Motor Cycle Policemen Es- cort Legislators on Visit to Squalid Quarters. INSPECTION MADE TO GET FIRST-HAND INFORMATION Seventy Families Found Residing in Single “Village” Hidden From Streets of City. The extremely squalid living condi- tions in some of Washington's alleys were witnessed this morning by a party of Senators and Representatives who went on an inspection tour of five of these hidden communities. The tour was arranged by The Star as a vivid illustration of how several thousands of the population of Washe ington live in crowded unsanitary hovels. It was an ideal day for suci a - demonstration with the blistering June sun pouring its heat intc theig bleak, brick pockets of houses, unre lieved by the slightest breeze or bit o shade. Members of Congress who went or the tour were Senators Capper of Kan- sas and Robsion of Kentucky and Rep- resentatives Hall of Indiana, Norton of New Jersey, Palmer of Missouri, Hall of Mississippi, Stalker of New York, Pat- man of Texas, Palmisano of Maryland, Bowman of West Virginia, Beers of Pennsylvania, Lampert of Wisconsin and McLeod of Michigan, Visit Largest Alley. ‘With an escort of motor eycle police- men, the party went first to Navy place southeast, the largest alley still inhab- ited in Washington and typical of all the rest, although living conditions are somewhat better. Here 70 families tive in a community of their own, almost en- tirely shut off and invisible to the rest O(T!,;le city. ere is only one narrow entrance to this little tangle cf narrow streets lined with two-story dwellings and ga- rages, where several hundred persons spend their lives. The ‘“village” ever has its own grocery store run by the only white man in the population. The alley folks were all at home— women peering from second-story win- dows, groups of men -loafing in the doorways and children pla; in the shadeless streets, their clothing wet with sweat.- The party was taken to the rear of one row. of houses to ses the tiny, junk-littered back yards, the gengral dreariness of the landscape and the unsanitary conditions. John Ihider, housing expert and consultant of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, explained briefly the law out of this large alley community whick. has grown up in the interior of a block, its very existence hardly suspected by the rest of the city. So much is Navy place a community in itself that, it was explained by a social worker who made a survey of its houses last Winter, it has its own ex- clusive neighborhood ard its “own “slum.” The families who live close to the entrance on Sixth street are the | self-constituted artistocracy, some of them living in fairly neat houses which they own. They have been there for many years and are accorded social pre- eminence over the folks who live in the poorer houses in the back streets. Has Water and Lights. Then the party proceeded to a typi- The reference to fiscal relations came up as an incident in the debate over | the police and fire pay bill. The vigor- | ous comment of Senator Phipps was | significant at this time, since he is one | of the Senate conferees now engaged | in the annual battle with the House | over the extent to which the United | States should share in the burden of | maintaining the Capital City. As for- mer chairman of the District subcom- mittee of the Senate appropriations | committee, Senator Phipps for a num- | ber of years led the fight to obtain | a more equitable division of cost be- | tween the Federal and District govern- | ments. | Senator Bingham, Republican, of | Connecticut, is the present chairman of | the Senate group. Senator Phipps also sai “While it is true that the District | has been receiving only $9,000,000 a| year from the Federal Government on | account of its expenses, the fact is| v today stands on the statute (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) COLORADO IS ORDERED NORTH FOR-REPAIRS Fire in Plotting Room Damaged | and Destroyed Many Delicate Instruments. After a $200,000 fire, the battleshin Colorado today had been ordered to| proceed from the Panama Canal to the | Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs. | Fire in the plotting room, from which the firing of the battleship's eight 16- inch guns is controlled, damaged and | destroyed many of the delicate instru- ments Monday. ‘To quench the fire, the room was flooded with sea water, dam- aging other instruments that escaped | the fire. | The office of naval operations said | today that no one was injured. A short circuit was believed to have started the fire. cal small alley in the southwest sec- tion—Clark Alley, between Four-and-a- halt. Sixth, M and N streets. Hery are only five or six occupied house whose inhabitants scurried inside a\ they saw the motor cycle policeme? turning in. The nlleg is open on botl. ends and it has watef and lights. But as Mr. Ihider vointed out to the mem bers of Congress, it appears in a di ferent light when it is considered th: children are being reared in this shade- less, dreary place. The party then went across the eity to Grace alley at the foot of Wisconsin avenue in Georgetown—one of the most picturesque of Washington’s hidden communities. It is so completely isolated that the automobiles were un- able to get in, but were parked on | Grace street while the Congress mem- bers proceeded on foot into the labyrinth of narrow streets, over- shadowed by two and three story tene- ment houses. Here the party went through several of the houses. It was notable that Grace alley is inhabited for the most part by families who are making some effort to keep up appearances. ' There were few men in evidence, presumably because they were at work. In nearly every house the women were working over their wash tubs or ironing boards. ‘The_interiors were hot and barren, " (Continued on Page 3, Column 8.) CANDY CONSUMPTION UP U. 8. Uses 1,382,243,387 Pounds in Year to Satisfy Sweet Tooth. CHICAGO, June 5 (#).—America's consumption of candy in 192y weighed one pound more for every man, woman and child. The total was 1,382,243,387 pounds, an increase of 117,000,000, and 12 pounds per capita. The figures were reported to the an- nual convention of the National Con- fectioners’ Association today by the food division of the United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. The increase was the largest in his- tory, the candy makers said. MRS. HOOVER TO CONVALESCE AT PRESIDENT’S FISHING CAMP Capt. Boone Believes State Dinner Revealed She Is Not Ready for Formal Entertaining. By the Associated Press. Mrs. Herbert Hoover is to leave today for the presidential camp in Virginia where she will remain indefinitely con- valescing from the injury to her back, suffered about two months ago. Capt. Joel T. Boone, the White House physician, said that while recovery had Dr. ‘of | Daniel . Dawes of Hoboken was named DeeD fatisfactory, her attendance at the state dinner Tuesday night in honor of the Oolombian Presidenthelect, had i shown she was not yet ready for formal entertaining. He recommend¥i seclusion at the Virginia camp, where she would have no engagements and would have the benefit of tne mountain air and sunlight. Dr. Boone pointed out that some of the most important muscles of the body were in the back and that when these were badly sprained, it took time for them to mend. He said it had not been determined how long Mrs. Hoover would remain at the camp.