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10 WHITE HOUSE; . 1 1 ‘ WEAT HER U R Weather Buresn Pares Probably ahowers tonight and tomor- row Tempera pm. yesterday cooler tomor row res Migheat lowest ”» o 7, 808 am iRy to- daa P report on page 4 Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 he Z No. 31457. office, tered as mecond class matter Washington, a WASHINGTON, D. MONDAY, TARIFF BILL GOES HOOVER WL SN Democrats in Senate Accuse President of Deceptive Stand. HARRISON OPENS ATTACK ON VIEWS Executive Declares Statement Was to Set at Rest Uneasiness in Business World. ‘The Smoot-Hawley tariff bill passed through the White House doors today while the Senate rang with Democratic accusations that President Hoover took & deceptive stand in his statement of intent to sign the measure. Indications were that the pen-and- ink formality of enacting the new rates into law would occur shortly after noon tomorrow. Vice President Curtis affixed his pame this morning. Then the bulky document, traveled from the Capitol to the executive offices in the custody of Mrs. G. H. Davies, clerk of the House committee on enrolled bills. Harrison Scores Statement. Senator Harrison, the Mississippian, denounced the President’s statement of last night, saying he did not “suppose there ever was a document sent out from the White House that had more misleading statements and alleged facts in 1t than that one issued yester- day. on the Sabbath. “None of us believed the President had the courage to veto it.” he added, “for we felt he was tied to the reac- tionary interests in this body and in the country.” Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., June 16.—Frank W. Davis, aged recluse of the mountain hill section, who was frustrated in his strange suicide attempt recently, has kept his rendezvous with death. He was found dead by neighbors who called on him yesterday in the kitchen of his dingy shack, 5 miles from here, from a gunshot wound in the chest, a load of gunshot having entered his heart. Davis, who began his self-imposed fast on May 12 with the intention of dying by starvation, ended it after 26 days on June 7 after county authorities had taken steps to send him to the Western State Hospital for the Insane at Staunton. He began taking nourish- ment, and promised to give no further | trouble in this respect, explaining that hie had taken a new outlook on life. conspicuously at the head of his cot effort to starve himself to death in a | The shotgun which had reposed so | RECLUSE ENDS LIFE WITH GUN AFTER STARVATION PLAN FAILS Frank W. Davis, Virginia Mountaineer, Found Dead in Lonely Cabin—Had Denied Self Food 26 Days. during his fast was found in the cabin. Interested parties had brightened the cabin considerably with flowers placed in_his living room. The gun was never removed from his cabin. He had promised he would |not use this to take his life. He | thought it morally wrong and “messy” to kill himself in such a manner, he had said. He had given as his reason for wishing to die that he had out- lived his dear ones, had no friends, thought humanity in general was un- kind to him and was too old to be useful. Charles Murphy, under orders of P. J. Hundley, Commonwealth attorney, took him from his cot and brought him to Danville, preparatory to committing him to the asylum, where he quickly changed his mind and began eating. He staved in a local hospital for one | day and then was removed to the home |of Mrs. Josephine Miller, to whose | granddaughter, Miss Hazel Seay, he had willed his 10-acre farm. There he | ™ (Continued on Page 2, Column PRESIDENT INSISTS Watson Abandons Hope for Adjournment by Next Satur- day as Issues Arise. By the Associated Press. Over the White House breakfast ta- ble, President Hoover and Senator ‘Watson—the Republican floor leader— talked today of the legislative situation The six Senate and House Repub- lican conferees, including Chairmen Smoot of the Senate finance committee and Hawley of the House ways and means committee, will be invited to witness the signing of the bill. Each bably will be given a pen used by . Hoover in the act. The rates take effect the day after enactment into law. Mississippian said Mr. Hoover, in estimating that 93 per cent of the Increases went to agricultural products, had included everything except metall and minerals. Simmons Asks About Data. Senator Simmons, Democrat, North Carolina, inquired where the President had obtained his information, “Maybe he got his facts from the Senator from Utah,” Harrison replied, pointing to Mr. Smoot of the finance committee. “The President did_not get his facts from me.” Smoot , “but I haven't the slightest doubt that they are correct.” “The Senator is a blind follower of ::ekPresldem. that's all,” Harrison shot c] Smoot and Harrison engaged in an argument over what the Utahan was going to tell his constituents about the duty on leather. It was ended when Smoot pounded his desk and shouted: “'The Senator can say anything and g: ‘Ig‘.m!v'vve 8ot to confine myself to| Senator Harrison read the Boston #peech delivered by Mr. Hoover in the 1928 campaign on the tariff and said he did 50 “to show the double dealing the American people are getting.” He contended that Mr. Hoover then opposed delegation of power to the Tariff Com- mission such as is provided by the new tariff measure. Hoover Will Sign. Senator Fess, Republican, Ohio, dis- puted this, and Harrison replied, “The Senator is a curiosity.” The President in announcing that he would sign the bill takes the view that while the bill is not perfect, its com- pletion will aid business and will bring an end to the present uncertainty in the business world, and will fulfill the xrnmpllgn pledges of his party’s plat- orm. Mr. Hoover’s announcement that he approves this measure and that he will sign it came as no great surprise, but many were surprised by the quick man- ner in which he made his views public. Explanation ot the swift movements of the Executive following the final en- actment of the measure Saturday is that he was anxious to settle as soon as possible the unrest and uncertainty existing throughout the business world. It is understood that the President saw | no reason to withhold his views any longer when he already had made up his mind to sign the bill. Stopped Stream of Protests. Moreover, it is known that the Pres- ident was desirous of warding off the stream of protests against the bill which, it was feit, would have flowed toward the White House between now and the time he disposed of the bill. ‘These already had commenced to ar- rive yesterday, but since the pronounce- ment they have come to a sudden stop and only a few reached the White House today. To prepare this pronouncement and get it out to the press yesterday after- noon the President found it necessary to devote some of his Sabbath to labor. In the very first sentence of his pro- nouncement, the President said he would sign the document. e went on to cite the history of the tariff bill, beginning with the Kansas City convention, when the platform was adopted upon which he ran as the can- didate for President, and pledged itself to provide protection for American ag- riculture and to those industries unable to successfully compete with foreign producers enjoying the advantages of cheap labor. It was evident in the President’s statement that he lays much stress upon the powers given the Executive under the flexible provisions of the law. Most important in this connection, be- sides adjusting inequalities, according to the President’s reasoning, is that this feature of the bill should free the coun- try of further tariff revision disturb- ances for a long time to come. “Congressional revisions,” he asserted, “are mnot only disturbing to business, but with all their neceslanry collateral Four Face Kidnap Charge. DETROIT, June 15 (#).—Three men and a woman were arrested last night by Detroit police and State police in the inning of a round-up of whai the of 'rs term kidnap ring which has operated in the vicinity of Detroit for two years. Navy Dirigible Pro)ec; Halted. with their minds relieved now that the new tariff is almost on the statute ‘books. The Senator said there was slight hope of congressional adjournment be- fore the middle of next week. The President reasserted that on the day after the session ends he will call the Senate into special meeting to con- sider the London naval treaty. Contest Delays Adjournment. The'contest which has developed over the rivers and harbors measure caused Watson to abandon hope for an ad- journment by Saturday night, the deadline previously fixed by House lead- ers. Several days of controversy are in prospect over the Illinois waterways project in the rivers and harbors measure. 1t involves the old dispute over diversion of water from Lake Michigan. Watson, & leader in the long Senate fight for the tariff measure, expressed enthusiasm at the Capitol over the quick response of President Hoover in announcing he would sign the meas- ure. He agreed with the view taken by Mr. Hoover on the bill )"‘Let it be an issue,” he said. “We have never lost yet on that issue. The people of America have prospered un- der tariff protection.” House Has Full Calendar. ‘With a legislative record comparable to the war-time Congress behind it, the House turned this week to dispose of several important measures while waiting for the Senate to reach an agreement on an adjournment date. Efforts are to be made in the last legislative days to obtain action on President Hoover's proposal for a uni- fied border patrol. the Vestal bill to revise the copyright laws and the Caj per-Kelly price-fixing bill. In a tion, the House judiciary committee 1s expected to act on the Senate unem- ployment measures. ‘The contest over Boulder Canyon Dam will be reopened 1n the House tomorrow, when the second deficiency bill, provi ing more than $66,000,000 for contl gencies in various Government depart- ments and $51,000,000 for settlement of German and Austrian war claims, is brought up for action. Douglas to Lead Fight. ‘The measure carries $10,660,000 for the initial work on the $165,000,000 Col-~ orado River power and water project. Representative Douglas, Democrat, Ari- | zona, has served notice he will lead the opposition to the appropriation. It also provides $25000,000 for public bullding projects affecting three scores of municipalities. Speaker Longworth advised the mem- bers that he would recognize requests for preference for action on certain de- sired legislation only under special con- ditions during the remainder of the session. With the final approval of the tariff bill by the House Saturday, he said, in all probability Congress would adjourn within a few days. The House interstate commerce com- mittee plans to submit its first official report on its investigation into railroad holding companies, undertaken several months ago to ascertain the actual ownetship of the railroads in order that the Government might proceed with its into approximately 21 systems. Investigations Called For. The House rules committee is ex- pected to act on the Lehlbach resolu- tion to authorize an investigation into the ship sales of the Shipping Board and the Williamson resolution to au- thorize an inquiry into post office leas- ing. Both would be conducted by spe- cial committees, In the meantime, the House is await- ing action by the Senate on the $120,- 000,000 rivers and harbors omnibus bill, the Johnson World War veterans’ legis- lation and the Parker bill to regulate interstate motor bus operators, ONTREATYSESSON plan of consolidating the 1,500 lines | JNES SCORES 7 N HOYLAKE GOLF |Diegel, Equaling Course Mark, Nosed Qut for Lead by Twine, British Pro. By the Associated Press. HOYLAKE, England, June 16.—W. T. Twine of Bromley, British pro, took the lead in the first qualifying round of the British open golf championship today by scoring 68 over the Wallasey course. Until Twine returned his sen- sational score, 34 out and 34 in, Leo Diegel, American pro, and Jimmy Brad- beer, veteran London pro, were tied for the lead at 70, Diegel's play being over the Royal Liverpool course and Brad- beer at Wallasey. Diegel, Professional Gelf Association champion of the United States and open champlon of Canada, equaled the course record of the Royal Liverpool Club. Diegel, out in 37, came home with a sensational 33, scoring an eagle and birdie on two of the last three holes. At the sixteenth, 532 yards and the Jongest hole on the course, he played an iron dead to the pin and holed the putt for an eagle 3. Bobby Jones returned a score of 73, tone over par, for his round over the Royal Liverpool course. The Americans claimed a prominent place in the qualifying play. George Von Elm, playing over the Wallasey course, after a slow outward journey in 39 came home in 32 strokes for a score of 1. Don Moe, youthful pro of Portland, Oreg., had 75 and Jim Barnes and MacDonald Smith were tied at 77. Golfer's Father Dies. Mark Seymour, St. Leonards, had a score of 71 at Wallasey, but withdrew from play when informed of the sud- den death of his father while he was playing his round. After going out in 38, Cyril J. H. ‘Tolley, British amateur, came home in 34 for a score of 72, ‘The veteran Ted Ray scored 77. Abe Mitchell had a score of 76 and Harry Vardon 80. Horton Smith was off to a bad start, taking 40 strokes for the first nine holes. F. C. Stevens, jr., Los Angeles ama- teur, scored 79, playing steady golf with the exception of a few putting lapses. John Parkinson scored 106 and E. R. Hanton finished with 102. They are unattached British pros. Eric H. Chambers, Portland, Oreg., amateur, scratched his entry. Bobby Not Satisfied. Jones’ score of 73 represented a very easy outward journey and an uncertain trip home which caused him to drop a stroke to par on the day's round. ‘When the marker asked Bobby to oifi- | cially sign his card at the end of the round and satisfy himself of its ac- curacy, Jones replied: satisfied with CLAIRE WINDSOR IS SAVED OFF BOAT Sailor Is Drowned as Yachts Collide Off Greenwich, Conn., Hurling Ten in Water. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 16.—A sailor was drowned and 10 persons, including Claire Windsor, motion picture actress, were rescued when two yachts, one owned by Phillip N. Plant, prominent Broadway figure, collided late last night 3 miles off Greenwich, Conn. ‘The Plant yacht Lolita, on which Miss Windsor was a guest, was struck amidships by the Chanwang III, owned by O. Chatfield Taylor, ‘Thrown into the water by the impact, Miss Windsor and the other nassengers were picked up by the Chanwang. which cruised about the wreckage with its_bow badly stove in. ‘The missing sailor was a member of the Lolita’s crew. His name was not known The Lolita was in command of Capt. E. K. Hatfield of New London. The Taylor yacht was commanced b; Jack Hibeley of New York. Freere Hallucination, Induced by sters, Is Blamed By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, June 16.—In a way, the death of Miss Ida Slegal, 28 years old, traces back to Chicago gangdom. The House naval committee today voted, 11 to 8, to postpone action in se- lection of a site for the Navy's gropoud $5,000,000 Pacific Coast dirigible base Suntil next December. While out walking six months ago. |a car carrying several hoodlums sped by her. The hoodlums’ car was pur- sued by policemen. The officers were firing at the fleeing car, VISION OF PURSUIT BY POLICE LEADS WOMAN TO LEAP TO DEATH Witnessing Chase of Gang- for Fatal Plunge. | _The shock created in Miss Siegal's | mind the hallucination that policemen constantly ~were pursuing her and shooting at her, members of the family sal Memorial day she was at a cemetery, ‘There she saw policemen. The halluci- n-tdlon‘ ‘:e:umedhk ‘{:u!:ruly l);dluped to death from her -story room windo®. RUSSELL RESEN AS CONMISSINER OF GHCARD POLC Dawes Declines to Return as Dictator in Clean-up Campaign. STEGE IS DEMOTED TO PARK CAPTAINCY Demand That Thompson Quit May Be Made as Probe of Lingle Death Is Pushed. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 16.—William F. Rus- sell today announced his resignation as commissioner of police. Faced by severe public criticism of his conduct of the department, and apparent faflure of the police to cope with the gang rule of Chicago, the commissioner said he had prepared a statement offering his resig- nation to the mayor. . Commissioner Russell's retirement carried with it the demotion of John | Stege, chief of the detective bureau, whom he assigned today to captaincy of the Irving Park police district. John H. Alcock, first deputy commis- sioner, was expected to take charge of the department pending appointment of & new commissioner. Retirement Is No Surprise. Retirement of the police head came as no surprise to the city, despite Rus- sell's frequent assertion that he never | would quit under fire. Whether his | action came upon demand of Mayor William Hale Thompson was not known, for the mayor has maintained silence through the week of public and press attacks on gang activities that followed the killing last Monday of a Chicago Tribune reporter, Alfred (Jake) Lingle. Commissioner Russell was to appear before the City Council police commit- tee this afternoon to report the results of the seven-day round-up of hoodlums, begun 24 hours after Lingle's deat) Alderman Arthur F. Albert had an. nounced he would demand a 60-day furlough for both Russell and Stege to permit some other commanders to clean the city of gang domination and cor- ruption within the department. Rus- sell sald he would retain his place in the police department with his civil service rank as captain. Admits Inability to Function. In a statement to newspaper men, the commissioner admitted he was no longer able to function in his present capacity and would step out rather than em- barrass any investigation of his depart- ment or the crime situation. Imputing part of the blame for the crisis to lack of an adequate police force and indirectly to straitened municipal finances, he asserted that general crime conditions in Chicago were better than in other American cities. Col. Robert Isham Randolph, Asso- ciation of Commerce president, who had called a conference today of the execu- tive committee of the association to discuss the situation, when informed | of the shake-up commented: “Unless the successors of Russell and Stege are given absolute authority to clean up without any interference of any sort, the removal of Russell and Stege is a mere gesture.” Commissioner Russell, a close friend of Lingle, amplified his statement as follows: “Deputy Stege (chief of detectives) is | going to Irving Park Station so he will | not hamper any investigation either. have been working day and night since I took this job. I will not step out of the department, but will go back to my civil service rank as captain and I'll stay in the department as long as they want me, Says Swanson Is Hampered. “Swanson (State’s attorney) gave us the best he could and had. He tried hard and is trying, but he is hampered, too. They won't give him money to hire the best attorneys. “I have stood 900,000,000 tons of ( pressure and I've stood it manfully and this is what I get. I am not making any alibis. I'll put my record against that of any other chief of police. “I have met an insurmountable obstacle. By that, I mean prohibition and I don’t give a damn who knows fit. “The reason I am resigning is to give them all a free hand and let them stick their noses into it and find out what they can.” His retirement from leadership today was Commissioner Russell's first back- ward step in 30 years in the department. A spectacular exploit (the capture of unition” from a_desper in a CAPONE BROTHER GETS 3-YEAR TERM Ralph Sentenced to Leavenworth and Fined $10,000 for Tax Returns. ~ By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 16—Ralph J. Ca- pone, brother of Al “Scarface” Capone, today was sentenced to three years in the Federal Penitentiary at Leaven- worth, Kans., and fined $10,000 for hav- ing defrauded the Government by filing false income tax returns. victed of the charge on April 25, Before pronouncing sentence, Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson denied mo- tions for a new trial and for arrest of judgment. Capone was visibly affected when he realized he was due to spend the next three years in prison. The court ordered Capone taken into custody immediately until a new bond was posted, pending the outcome of an appeal. Capone was locked in a cell. Capone’s trial and conviction follow- ed several months of negotiations, dur- ing which he pleaded insolvency and offered to compromise with the Gov- ernment for $1,000. This sum the Government, refused to accept. Government testimony at the tria] showed Capone had maintained several separate bank accounts under assumed names and had deposited $1,871,000 from 1924 to 1929. Profits from gam- bling, bootlegging and other activities were estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Radio Programs r Page B-7 ben WITH SUNDAY MORNING JUNE He was con- | W * Star., in shing! Associated servi Saturday's Cir Sunday's Circulation, The only evenin aper ton with the Press news culation, A 16, 1930—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. L L (A Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. DAWES IS GUEST AT WHITE HOUSE President and Ambassador| Talk for Hour and Half in Executive’s Office. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, Ambassador to London, came to the White House to- day as an overnight guest, marking the first time he and President Hoover have met since the London naval treaty was written, which he, as & member of the American delegation, assisted in ne- gotiating. ‘The general upon arriving in Wash- ington yesterday went to a local hotel, but during his call upon the President today the latter insisted that he have his baggage brought to the White House. Mr. Dawes said he would leave Wash- ington tomorrow for Chicago, where he will be busily engaged for the next three weeks with preliminaries incident to the Chicago World Fair. Ambassador Dawes was with the President in the latter's office during an hour and a half of the forenoon, and afterward when asked for some com- ment upon his conference declined to make any statement, saying that was a matter for the President to discuss. He added that he has learned since be- coming a diplomat that it is generally very wise and safe to fall back upon the protection of ambassadorial robes as an excuse for declining to answer questions. Before coming to Washington yes- terday Gen. Dawes visited Dwight Mor- row, Ambassador to Mexico, who is campaigning for the Republican nomi- nation for the Senate.® Gen. Dawes sald he expects to go to the Senate this afternoon to renew acquaintances and to view familiar scenes again. While Gen. Dawes declined to discuss his talk with President Hoover, it is understood that the London naval treaty | and its period of negotiation was the principal topic. Touching on the Chicago crime sit- uation, in response to interviewers, Gen. Dawes made it plain that any campaign for suppression of gangster activity in Chicago certainly will have his moral support, but he disclaimed any plan for active work to that end. He said he had not been consulted on | any proposal for him to lead in such a movement. He deplored crime conditions in the Tllinois _metropolis. Mr. Dawes lives in Evanston, outside of Chicago.« He brought with him from London Sir Henry Cole, director of foreign af- fairs and expositions n the British for- eign office, who will aid the work of the Chicago Fair. PLANE STRIKES AUTO, KILLING 3 IN FAMILY Fourth Occupant of Sedan Critical- ly Injured When Take-off Effort Fails. Just By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 16.—Failing to gain | altitude in its take-off, a National Guard pursuit plane yesterday ploughed into & small sedan on a crowded sub- urban highway, killing three occupants and critically injuring a fourth—all members of one family. The plane, piloted by Lieut. Wilson N. Newhall of the Illinois National Guard, | ar pilot in | who saw service as a France, had flown from Chicago to the Roby Speedway near Hammond, Ind. A heavy rain left the fleld in a soggy condition, slowing the plane in its take-off On the fourth attempt, New- hall left the earth and the plane paused momentarily over the crowded high- ay. Then the plane plunged down into the line of automobiles, nicking three 'DAWES ABANDONS FOR MORE COMFORTABLE “WINGS” of them. The propeller of the ship tore into the fourth car and with the force of the undercarriage completely demolished the sedan. Several thou- sand people were leaving the speedway at the time and witnessed the crash. Mr and Mrs. Peter Brockman and their 2-year-old granddaughter, Virginia Sterling, were instantly killed in the crash, Mrs. Brockman being decapitated by the propeller. The Brockman's daughter, Mrs. Ernestine Sterling, is in a Hammond hospital in a critical con- dition. All were from Chicago. Lieut. Newhall and his mechanic, Sergt. James H. Van Meter, suffered only slight injuries. They were held by Hammond police pending an inquest. Both were assigned to the 108th Squad- ron of the National Guard. Japan Launches Big—Cruiur. KURE, Japan, June 18 (#).—The 10,- 000-ton cruiser Atago was launched at the naval base here today. Admiral Prince Fushimi, Admiral Hyo Takarabe, minister of marine, and other naval leaders attended the lsunching. Fall Asks Pension : | For Army Service | During Spanish War| Ex-Secretary Apparently Entitled to Claim, Say Bureau Officials, By the Associated Press. Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of | the Interior, has applied to the Govern- | ment for a pension for military service | during the Spanish-American War. ‘The application of Fall, who was a captain during the Spanish-American War, is on file at the Bureau of Pen- | sions. Bureau officials said his service | apparently entitled him to a pension. | Fall is at present at liberty on bond |on his conviction of receiving a| | bribe of $100,000 from Edward L. Do- | heny in connection with naval oil| | leases. He has been reported in finan- | | cial difficulties and a ranch in New | Mexico was sold to satisfy creditors. | Under the Spanish veterans pension | bill, recently enacted over President | Hoover's veto, Fall, who is 69, would re- | celve $40 a month, FAIRFAX DISASTER Cépable Handling of Two Crash, Probers Told. | By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va, June 16.—George F. Farrell, chief signal man, U. 8. 8. Lexington, the first witness heard in the examination here today of survivors of the Fairfax-Pinthis collision, testi- | fled that capable handling of the two ships after they had sighted each other in the fog off Boston would have | averted the tragedy. Farrell was a | passenger on the Pairfax. ‘The hearing by the United States Steamboat Inspection Service was started here today before a board com- | posed of Dickerson Hoover, inspector | | general; Capt. T. J. Hanlon, local in- | spector of boilers, and Capt. John S. | Tarkenton, local ' inspector of hulls. | Several other witnesses, mostly Navy men, awaited their call to the stand. Farrell said he was on the forecastle | head, near the bow lookout, when the | tanker Pinthis was sighted and re- | mained in that vicinity until after the | explosion of the oil cargo of the tanker, Farrell was followed on the stand by | Chief Quartermaster Edward G. Cullen, also of the U. S. S. Lexington and also & passenger on the steamer. Cullen, like Farrell, was standing on the foreward deck when the Pinthis was sighted and struck. Man Saves His Job By Going to Jail on Installment Plan By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., June 16.—T.J. Rehak is serving a five-day jail sentence on the installment plan. Rehak told Judge Holmes that if he had to go to jail for five days he would lose his job, with the result that his wife and four children would suffer. Inasmuch as Rehak’s job pro- vides for Sundays off, Judge Holmes is permitting him to serve the five-day sentence by going to jail on Sundays only. LAID T0 POOR WORK. Ships Would Have Averted | ferre | garding DONALDSON FIGHTS DISBARMENT MOVE Ex-Bank Head Loses Point on Opposition to Amended Complaint. Hearing of disbarment proceedings against R. Golden Donaldson, former president of the Commercial National Bank, opened before a general session of the Distriet Supreme Court today. The chief development was the filing of an amended bill of complaint by the grievance committee of the District Bar Association, in which it was stated that the committee could not prove one of their important allegations. The grievance committee is asking for the disbarment of Donaldson on the allegation that he accepted $100,000 in 1925 and 1926 from the Boyle-Robert- son Construction Co. for obtaining for them, through the F. H. Smith Co., contracts for the erection of bulldings financed by the Smith Co. while he was an attoraey for that concern. The grievance committee contends that Donaldson was guilty of conduct which disqualifies him for membership in the Bar Association by mepflns a fee from one client for using his influ- ence with another client. Change Is Permitted. ‘When court opened this morning, At- torney J. Wilmer Latimer, representing the grievance committee, asked permis- slon of the court to file an amended bill of complaint omitting the charge in the original bill that Donaldson had con- with officials of the Smith Co. re- the awarding to the construc- tion company of a contract to build the Cathedral Mansions Apartment in Pitts- burgh, Pa. Mr. Latimer told the court that since the filing of the original bill he has received information which con- vinces him that the facts do not support this charge. He said the allegation was incorporated in the original bill on in- formation supplied by Mr. Donaldson. William E. Leahy, counsel for the respondent, objected to the filing of the amended bill, contending that such a step would be prejudicial to the inter- est of his client. ~After the court had ruled, however, that the amended bill was admissable, Leahy contended that if Donaldson did not see or confer with Smith Co. .officials regarding the con- tract he owed them no duty to disclose the fact that he was receiving compen- | sation from the construction company. On_the strength of this contention Mr. Leahy argued that the charges against his client could not be sup- ported. The court, however, declined to concur in this opinion and decided to proceed with the hearing after Mr. Leahy had refused an affer of a con- tinuance in which to prepare a defense against the amended charges. Outlines His Charges. Mr. Lattimer told the court that he expected to prove that Donald:on, in 1925 and 1926, accepted from the con- Struction company fees totaling £100,- 000 for securing for them contracts to build the Cathedral Mansions Apart- ment, the Fifth Avenue Apartments of Pittsburgh and the Boulevard Apart- ments of Washington. Mr. Donald- son's fees, he sald, represented ap- proximately 3 per tent of the contract prices for the three buildings. He sald he would show that the con- struction company was “given to under- stand, though not expressly told, by Donaldson that if his services were not accepted he would usc his influence \?/“ht lhle Smith Cc:. to secure the con- tracts for competitors of th - Ro]ber!snn Co." e " enoe n outlining the position he expects to take in defense of his cllont_m]&r, Leahy said he would show that Don- aldson had never approached the con- struction company officials, but rather that James C. Robertson, treasurer of the concern, came to Donaldson and asked him to use his influence with the Smith company to secure the con- tracts for his concern. Mr, Leahy ex- plained that the Smith company, which financed the construction of, but did not_own, the apartments in’ question, (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) | _Never again will Gen. Charles G.| Dawes, Ambassador to London, be seen wearing one of those high, laydown | collars with a V opening in the front, which he had made almost as famous as_his underslung pipe. This was revealed by the general himself today while at the White House. The general was wearing a wing col- lar, which is so common among the members of the diplomatic service, and when asked if he had abandoned the laydown collar with the V opening. re- plied qulT that he was through with “V” COLLARS | Ambassador Reveals Change in Types on Arrival at White House, Explaining Move. them forever. He added that it took him a quarter of a century to find out that they were “darned uncomfortable.” He added that if he had known more about the comforts of the wing collar long ago, the laydown collar with the . d og:nln] would have been relegated to_the scrap heap then. The general went on to say that he never attempted to set fashions or to be & slave to fashion demands, but what he wanted was comfort and he at last had found & collar that was comfort- able, ' il W LABOR PLANS PLEA 10 SAVE DISTRICT BUDGET MEASURE Unions Here Are Expected to Perfect Program at Meeting Tonight. LUMP SUM COMPROMISE OPPOSITION INDICATED Colpoys Declares Action of Sim- mons in Blocking Legislation Is “Outrage.” Organized labor of the District threatened today to intercede in the deadlock between the Senate and House conferees on the 1931 District appro~ priation bill and help save the measure from the peril it now faces. Labor’s plans to bring its influence to bear on the conferees in the interest of the appropriation bill will be perfected At a meeting tonight of the Central Labor Union, made up of delegates rep resenting the various unions in the Dis= trict. Prediction was made by John B. Colpoys, editor of the Trade Unionist, official organ of the organized labor in the District, that the union undoubted- ly would make an appeal to Congress to remain in session until the appro- priation bill is passed. While Colpoys was outlining labor's attitude in the situation the bill still hung in the balance of uncertainty to- day, with no indications of ment being reached between the conferees on the amount of the Federal contribution, Formal Report Delayed Senator Bingham, Republican of Con~ necticut, who has led the Senate’s fight to persuade the House to compromise on some increase in the lump sum, was not ready to file in the Senate the for- mal report setting farth the fatlure of the conferees to agree. It had been expected this report would be presented today, but all of the House inanagers had not signed it when the Senate convened at noon. It was thought probable the filing of the re- port will go over until tomorrow. It is not certain at this time whether any action will be taken in the Senate at the time the report is filed. One possibility would be to request the Sen- ate :o accept the report of disagree- ment. The only ray of hope from a legisla- tive angle entering into the situation since the conferees held their last meet-~ ing on Friday was the indication from the White House Saturday that if the bill seemed destined to fall the Presi- dent would take some steps with & view to clearing up the situation. Colpoys Cites Substantative Law. Colpoys indicated that" -organized labor would not sanction any compro- mise in the $12,000,000 lump sum con- tribution by the Federal Government voted by the Senate, which happens to be the major issue in the deadlock be- tween the conferees. Substantive law, he pointed out, provides that the Fed- eral Government share 40 per cent of the District's annual expenses and this is the mount it should contribute. “Labor feels,” he declared, “that there is no use in President Hoover appoint- ing a commission to find out why laws are breaking down when Congress sets an example by breaking its own laws, The present law calls for the 60-40 basis of fiscal relations between the District and the United States in run- ning the Nation's Capital, and yet the House insists on appropriatin; 001 000 as the Federal Government's share.’ Mr. Colpoys also was bitterly critical of Representative Simmons of Ne- braska, chairman of the House subcom= mittee on appropriations, for blocking the passage of the 1931 appropriation bill. " “It i= an outrage,” he said, “to think that the Nation's Capital as well as Congress can be dominated by one man. “The District has outgrown its swad- dling clothes and some other method of financing it must be devised. If Congress doesn't give us more money, I am gne of those who feel that the Dis~ trict should insist on its financial in- dependence. Let the District take care of its own expenses, and the United States Government provide the police and fire protection for its own build- ings as well as the streets on its reser- vations. 1 am confident its expenses would amount to more than the $9,000,- 000 it is now giving us toward the gple{nlnx expenses for the entire Dis- rict.” Donovan Figures Loss. ‘The failure of the 1931 bill will mean the loss of more than $14,000,000 in betterments and improvements, in ad- dition to more than $1,000,000 in oper- aung expenses, according to calcula- tions of Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, audi~ tor and budget officer. Labor will be vitally affected by the curtailment of the improvement program planned for the coming fiscal year. Colpoys said, however, the improve~ ment program would be of no great value to District workers if the Com- missioners award contracts for municie pal work to outside firms. A $450,000 contract for the construc= tion of & new junior school was recently arded to a North Carolina firm,” he said. “The District taxpayers will pay 80 per cent of its cost and the money will benefit North Carolinians. North Carolinians might work cheaper than Washington labor, but Mexicans will work cheaper than the Ndrth Carolin- ians Why not import the Mexicans to do the work?” ORI, BALLOON RACES ASSURED N. A. A Approves Plans for Con- test in Houston July 4. HOUSTON, Tex., June 16 (#).—A. D Simpson, local representative, has an+ nounced approval by Luke Christopher, Washington, secretary of the National Aeronautical Association, of plans to ha:d ‘l.he national balloon races here July 4. Simpson said Christopher had in formed him that six Army and Navy balloons would be shipped to Houston immediately for entry in the races, Financing of the races had been as- sured, Simpson said, by & group of civic )el](fu, including National Guard offi- cial Two Die in Auto Collision. PRESCOT, Ontario, June 16 (#).— Two Toronto youths, Jack: Palmer and Duncan McTavish, were killed and a third, Fred Massey, was injured last night when their car collided with an- other which was fillled with a 8t. Claire, Mich., muru:ngany. None of the sons in the er car was in- jured. Police held Massey and sought 'th"o of men believed to have been in