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ICORMICK RAGE FUND IS INCREASED Brother-in-Law Tells Probe Committee of $12,500 Not Included in Total. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 16.—Col. R. R. Mc- Cormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune and brother-in-law of Ruth Hanna McCormick, told the Senate campaign fund committee today that he had given £15000 to support her senatorial campaign. Of this amount, only $2,500 had been previously included in the expenditure of $327,000 so far accounted for as her campaign expenses. Col. McCormick said this sum includ- ed a check for $10.000, which was sent to Mrs. McCormick on April 1, 1930, a week before the primary election. He said Mrs, McCormick informed him this check arrived too late for use in the campaign, but the money had not been returned to him. Corrects His Testimony. The put sher at first included an- other cor ibution of $2,000 in his testimony regarding the senatorial cam- jaign, but later corrected himself by saying that that sum was given to her | campaign for Congresswoman-at-large. Mr. McCormick said he gave $12,500 directly to Mrs. McCormick and the other $2,500 to the Ruth Hanna Mc- Cormick Volunteers, This latter do- nation was included in Mrs. McCor- mick’s campaign report. States County Cost. Bernard W. Snow, chairman_of the Cook County Republican Cent: Com- mittee, said the Republican organiza tion primary campaign in the county cost between $130,000 and $140,000. The money was raised by assessing the va- rious county candidates and by holding a banquet, tickets to which cost $100 a plate. The dinner netted $52,500, Snow added. Mr. Snow said he solicited no sena- torial candidates for funds Te- ceived none. He acknowledges marking sample ballots in indorsemient of Mrs. McCormick in all but 2 of the 50 Chicago wards. Mr. Snow said he assumed the re- sponsibility of indorsing Mrs. McCor- mick, because he thought it would be the wise thing to do in view of public sentiment in her Tavor. Refused to Contribute. Senator Nye, read a letter from George F. Harding, county treasurer, who told of soliciting Mrs. McCormick for a donation to the county campaign fund. Mr. Harding said she refused to contribute, and declared she would “rather be defeated, than run the risk of being denied a seat in the Senate.” Mrs. McCormick, —cross-examining Mr. Snow, asked him his opinion re- garding published reports that the “City Hall machine had handed her the sen- atorial nomination on a platter.” Mr. Snow said his indorsement of Mrs. McCormick undoubtedly gave her some votes, but also aided the county ticket. Mrs. McCormick then asked him if she had ever sought his support, to which he replied she had not. Senator Nye said yesterday the hear- ings had shown up to that time that, while Mrs. McCormick insisted her cnm‘fingn reports accounted for &1l ex- penditures, there was at least $7,000 not included in her figuges. Testimony before ihe committee yes- terday also indicated Frederick W. Allen, & New York broker, was the largest contributor to. her campalgn, having given $20,000 t0 one of the vol- unteer organizations which supported Mrs. McCormick. Mr. Allen and the laté Senator Medill McCormick.’ Mrs. McCormick’s husband, were sc.vol- mates. Club Leader Questioned. Lucius_ Wilson, president of the Voters' Proy Club, was questioned about the expenditure of $44.500 by his club in the Chicago campaign last Spring, when Mrs. McCormick defeated Senator Charles 8. Deneen. Mr. Wilson said he personally had or- ganized the club and solicited the funds from friends and relatives of Mrs. Mc- Cormick in the hope of interesting the “average citizen in her campaign,” He said he and several other admirers of Mrs. McCormick took it upon. them- selves to assist her race against Sena- tor Deneen, and added that the ex- penditure of $44,500 was a small amount, compared to the amount of public funds “used in behalf of Sena- tor :Deneen.” The witness said he knew of at least 1,000 Federal appointees and employes in Cook County, who had used their time to carry on Senator Deneen's cam- paign, and he said if the services of these public employes were estimated to be worth “only $5 a day that made at least $5000 a day or $125,000 a week of public funds used in behalf of the Senator.” Other Large Contributors. The other large contributors to the $44,500 fund, which was a part of a $67,200 sum previously identified as contributions to the McCormick cam- paign aside from her own funds were listed by Mr. Wilson as follows: G. E. Sullivan of Cleveland, another classmate of Mrs. McCormick's late husband, $5,000; M. A. Hanna, Cleve- land, $5,000; Carl H. Hanna, Cleveland, $5,000; D. R. Hanna, jr., Cleveland, $5.000, and Mrs. Paul Moore, Chicago, $1,000. L. E. Bemis, auditor for the Senatorial Committee, itemized contributions made to the Ruth Hanna McCormick volun- teers, which showed Col. R. R. McCor- publisher of the Tribune, gave $2500. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Schweppe, $2,000, and Joseph Medill Patterson, $1,500. All of this previously had been accounted for as part of the $67,200 contributions. M‘A.LLI TER FUNERAL CONDUCTED HERE TODAY Funeral services for Mrs. Julia S. Mc- Allister, a life-long resident of Wash- ington, who died Sunday at Sherborn, Mass., on the anniversary of her seventy-sixth birthday, were held here this afternoon at her late residence, 5119 Connecticut avenue. Interment was at Glenwood Cemetery. Mrs. McAllister, since suffering an fliness nearly a_year ago, had resided at the Winter home of her daughter, Mrs. Ruth B. Phipps, in Brookline, Mass. Recently. however, she had been staying at the Phipps Summer home at Sherborn. Mrs. McAllister was a member of the Washington Society of Natives and the Epiphany Church. Her husband, Josepn Calvin McAllister, former member of the Board of Tax Appeals, died in 1915. ! washington, THE - EVEXING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, IREICHSTAG VOTE BARRIS X Bl WG SENATOR WESLEY L. JONES. COVERNMENT OST T0BEFORUM TOPE Senator Wesley L. Jones to Discuss Expenditures of United States. ‘What it costs the American people %o operate their Government will be dis- cussed by Senator Wesley L. Jones of chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the coast-to-coast network of Co- lumbia Broadcasting System, at 9:30 p.m. tomorrow. Senator Jones is well qualified to tell the American people what is being done with their money, paid into the Treas- ury of the United States through the system of taxes levied by Congress. He holds the purse strings as chairman of the Appropriations Committee. The cost of government has mounted in a quarter of a century to a point never expected, perhaps, by the last generation. But while the cost has mounted, the services performed by the Federal Government for the States and the people have multiplied. In the session of Congress just closed the total appropriations made reached almost she huge total of $5,000,000,000. A similar appropriation in the next ses- sion of Congress would bring the total almost to the $10,000,000,000 mark in the way of expenditures. It was not many years ago that there was a shout of surprise the country over when it develo] that a Congress ex- pended a single billion dollars. ‘The Washin, Senator will dram- atize for the people the expenditure of the money. He will show how huge sums now go for war veterans and their hospitalization, for aid to the American farmers, for road building and other construction, which helps to keep un- employment down in this country as well as improves the living conditions of the entire people. PASTOR SENTENCED FOR AID TO ALIENS Cleveland Minister Pleads Guilty to Helping Men Enter T. 8. Illegally. By the Associated Press. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., July 1F.—Fev. Stepher: Czuturos, 35, pastor of the Magyar Presbyterlan Church, Cleva- land, pleaded guilty in Federal Court here today tc an indictment charging alien smuggling. Judge Simon L. Adler imposed a fine of $500 and suspended a sentence of one year and one day in the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta. Mr. Czuturcs was not represented by Counsel, and appeared in person to enter his plea of guilty to the secret indictment, which contained two counts. ‘The first count charged that on Sep- tember 19, 1927, and June 16, 1928, Mr. Czuturos made false statements to the American consul at Ni ra Falls, On- tario, in connectlon with applidations filed by Alex Marko and Joseph Dara- by for immigration visas. The second count charged him with bringing Dara- by into this couritry illegally. It was charged that Mr. Czuturos, while pastor of the Hungarian Reformed Church, Welland, Ontario, by misrepre- sentation induced officials of the Bloom- field Theological Seminary, Bloomfleld, N. J., to certify to the American con- sul that airangements had been made for acceptance of Marko and Daraby as students at the seminary. The Government alleged that neither of the two men intended to become students, but used that subterfuge to gain illegal entrance to the United States. Marko was sald to have re- turned to Canada, but Daraby, an ar- tist, was sald to be lving in Cleve- land, under a Government immigration bond. GANG GUNMEN FAIL TO KILL SLEEPER “Public Enemy” Not Even Wakened by Fusillade, Chicago By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 16.—An attempt was made early today to assassinate Edward (Spike) O'Donnell, one of the crime commission’s listed “public enemies,” but the gunmen’s aim was so poor- that O'Donnell, who was asleep at his home, was not even awakened. Shots Fired From Car. ‘The shots were fired by several men in an automobile that cruised slowly passed O'Donnell’s bungalow on Honore street. The gtng leader had retired for the night when the guns began showering lead in the direcilon of his home. The home of Edward Jones, & nelgh- Mrs. Phipps is the only immediate survivor, JEWISH BODY ELECTS Chester, Pa., Man Named Grand President of Aleph Zad{k Aleph. OAKLAND, Calif, July 16 (#).— Aaron Tolin, tthester, Pa., was elected grand president of Aleph Zadik Aleph, junior organization of B'nal B'rith, at the seventh annual conyention here last night. Other officers chosen included Joseph Lyons, Winnipeg, Canada. grand vice president; Sol Labow, Monessen, Pa., grand secretary; I. Gilbert Karchmer, Memphis, grand sergeant-at-arms; Myer Alperovitz, Sheboygan, WIs, hrqnd scribe, and Milton Saffir, Chicago, msand chaplain. O . bor of O'Donnell, was peppered with several hundred slugs. Police said there was no doubt that O'Donnell was the intended target but that either the gun- men were too hasty or were misin- formed as to the correct address. O'Donnell was still sleeping when police arrived to question him. “I sleep pretty sound,” said O'Donnell. “A bullet would have to hit me before T'd know anything about it.” Motive Unknown to Police. Police knew of no motive for the at- :lcl. 'P'Donnell, they said, has re- O'Donnell had been talking with four men in an automobile shortly before midnight in front of his home, but he declined to tell officers who they were or what was their business. After fruitiess questioning, the police ;:;“ away and O'Donnell went back to FAVORS BRUENING Communist Non - Confidence Motion Defeated in Fight on Fiscal Program. | BERLIN, July 16 (#).—The Breun- | ing cabinet today decided to use the dictatorial powers granted under article 48 of the German constitution to put througlhr its financial program. ‘The decision followed the Reichstag rejection of Finance Minister Diet- rich’s proposals. By the Associate¢ Press. BERLIN, July 16—A motion of non | confidence against the Bruening gov- ernment was refected by the Reichstag late today by a vote of 244 to 59 with “contions. The motiorn was introduced by the Communists in the midst of a tense struggle between the ministry and the Reichstag over the financial program of Finance Minister Dietrich. Only a few minutes previously the Reichstag had rejected the second ar- ticle of the program, whereupon the neclior announced the government had no in'erest in a further vote, lead- ing to the belief in some quarters that he would invoke article 48 of the ron- stitution giving ‘he President dicta- torial powers. The German Natlonalists voted against the non confidence wmotion while Socialists abstained. A motion asking dissolution of the Reichstag introduced by the Economic party, also was defeated, only the Na- tionalists and Economic party voting for it. The Reichstag then adjourned for half an hour in an effort to get the tangled situation strightened out. Article 48 contains the following pro- vision: “The President, in the event that public security and order in the Ger- man nation should be considerably dis- turbed or endangered, may take all necessary measures to re-establish such public security and order, and, if re- quired, to intervene with the aid of armed power. To this end, he may provisionally abrogate, in whole or in part, the fundamental laws established in articles 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124 and 125.” Use Threatened Before. President von Hindenberg has hither- to hesitated to invoke the dictatorial powers granted by this article. He has not hesitated, however, to scare the | Reichstag by the threat of its use, or at least has stood by the chancellors, notably Bruening, who used the threat as a whip. TLate President Frederich Ebert used the article once as an ef- fective instrument against bolshevism. In 1923, when the German mark sank to the lowest levels known in financial history, the exchange rate at its worst being 42,000,000,000,000 marks to the dollar, there was such economic unrest in Germany that Communism gained followers daily and a Communist revo- lution threatened seriously. Ebert’s Method Recalled. It was then that President Ebert ap- pointed Gen. Hans von Seeckt, chief of the army, as virtual dictator to quell the disturbances. No sooner had the danger of bolshevism been averted, however, than normal conditions were re-established. Every time the threat of article 48 comes, the German press debates the question whether it was ever intended that this section of the constitution should be invoked in times of profound peace, merely to put through measures about which the Reichstag proves re- calcitrant, BANK BANDITS ESCAPE WITH $142,000 LOOT Condition of Minnesota Woman Shot in Fusillade Reported “Slightly Improved.” By the Associated Press. WILLMAR, Minn, July 16.—Loot amounting to at least $142,000 was ob- tained by five machine gun bandits who held up the Bank of Willmar yesterday and escaped after shooting down two women. Edwin Selvig, vice president of the bank, today said the bandits obtained “about $100,000 in stocks and bonds” in _addition to $42,000 in cash. He es- tiflated that about $25,000 of the paper was negotiable. The exact amount taken was still undetermined. Meanwhile authorities of Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin pa- trolled highways in a search for the gunmen, whose robbery was the most sensational since the days of the James gang raid on Northfield, Minn,, in 1876. ‘That raid resulted in tne death of two outlaws, the capture of the three Younger brothers and the break-up of the James gang. While the search continued for the bandits, Mrs. Emil Johnson, one of the women wounded, remained in a critical condition from a bullet wound in the chest, although physicians said she was “slightly improved.” MANY STRIKES LAID TO AMERICAN REDS BY OFFICIAL OF U. S. end of the strike, he said, the Com- munists left town Commissioner Wood, under question- ing by Representative Nelson, placed the direct responsibility for the disor- ders at the Gastonia, N C., strike, be- ginning in April, 1629, on the Com- munists. He sald Fred Beal had worked in a mill there under an as- sumed name rnd secretly .rganiz:d the employes and with the assistance of his colleagues began the strike. Nearly 1,000 employes were affected, he said, all of them being white and native-born Americans. Without mak- ing any arrangements to protect the strikers and without intending to nego- tiate settlements of the disputes be- tween the companies and employes, the Communists ied the walk-out, Wood said. Kept Up Conflict. Representative Eslick of Tennessee asked the witness if it was not true that the Communists kept up a con- stant conflict between the strikers and workers in the mill, which led to a battle in which persons were killed. Wood answered in the affirmative and added that the,Communist leaders were “100 per cent res| ible.” ‘Wood said that the agitators had no desire to arbitrate the differences, but used the strike as a means of procuring funds from sympathizers, which they converted to the use of their affiliated international organization. Puzzle for ‘GEORGE W. NORRIS, A of Broken Bow, created a political tangle when he filed against Senator George W. Norris for the Republican senatorial nomination in Nebraska. —A. P. Photo. SEVERAL KILLED IN BENGAL RIOTING Moslem Attack on Hindu Money Lender Spreads Among Villages. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 16.—Sparse Calcutta dispatches, belleved to have been blue- penciled heavily by censors, today told of serious rioting in Eastern Bengal be- tween Moslems and Hindus. The Daily Mall said that an area of more than 150 square miles was affect- ed. Four persons were killed and two wounded at Mymensingh, and frantic calls for help were received from Kishorganj, about 40 miles away. All available troops and police were rushed to both places. Fighting Started Friday. ‘The fighting was said to have started last Friday at Kishorganj, when a large Moslem mob surrounded the house of a Hindu money lender, and after an unsuccesful parley on a note, looted and burned the residence, severely beating the occupants. Other Moslems hastened to surround- ing villages, stirring up their co-relig- jonists. Riot and incendiarism became general in the district and many out- rages were committed on Hindu men, ‘women and children. Many Hindus tried to escape, but were beset by Moslems. Twenty-five Gurkha police, led by a British officer, arrivedy just in time to save them. Earth shocks, occurring during the rioting, added to the general confusion. Indians to Meet in London. SIMLA, India, July 16 (#).—Fourteen delegates from the Indian States, headed by the Maharajah of Patiala, will attend the round table conference in London this Fall. The members of the delegation will be the Maharajahs of Patiala, Kashmir, Bikanir, Alwar and Rewa, the Nawab of Bhopal, the Jam of Jamnagar, the Gaekwar of Baroda, the Chief of Sangli, Mirza Mahomed Ismail, the Diwan of Mysore, Sir H. Hydari, Sir Manubhai Mehta, Prof. Rushbrook Willlams and Col. Haksar of the Gwalior army: BOMBAY ECONOMIC AID ASKED. 75 Leaders Tell Gov. Sykes Ruin Faces Agriculturists. POONA, India, July 16 (A).—An ex- tremely grave economic situation in the Bombay presidency was revealed by 75 representatives of various com- munities in the presidency, who called | on Gov. Sir Frederick Sykes to urge immediate relief. They said that if the relief should fail the whole agricultural community would be ruined within two months. The representatives also urged upon the governor the immediate necessity of conciliation with the Nationalist Con- gress, pointing out, however, that this would be impossible unless rupomlble‘ men were allowed to confer with Ma- hatma Gandhi and his lieutenants at the earliest possible moment. “MISS PORTl]GAL" NAMED LISBON, Portugal, July 18 () —A jury of Portugal's most noted painters, sculptors and fashion experts yesterday picked Fernanda Goncalves, a 21-year- old brunette, as “Miss Portugal” for the forthcoming Galveston, Tex., world beauty contest. Miss Goncalves is a daughter of modestly situated parents. She prob- ably will sail for America with a party of excursionists by way of Rio de Janeiro on the steamship Nyassa. Fifty candidates competed for tI selection. Seven other nations recentl! sent their delegates from Havre, France. Finishers to Go to Chapel Point. The Hicks Photo Finishers will hold their annual outing at Chapel Point to- morrow. There will be a program of games under the direction of J. Hicks. Motion pictures of last year's outing | will be shown. Refreshments and transportation is being taken care of by E. Perrell and Charles Allen. McCORMICK DEFENDS CAMPAIGN The witness explained that he had attempted to bring about negotiations for a settlement of the disputes in New Bedford, Passaic and Gastonia and that it had been jble to obtain an agreement with the Communist leaders. - Y | ment for 1931 will be greater than that | tions . FRENCH APPROVE GERMANY'S REPLY Press Holds Answer on U. S. of Europe on Whole to Be Satisfactory. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 16—The French press | today passed its verdict on Germany's | reply to Foreign Minister Briand’s invi- tation to join in a European federal union, considering the Berlin answer on the whole satisfactory. The reply, received yesterday, was fa- | vorable to the project and asked that it | be discussed at the meefing of the Assembly of the League of Nations in September. Anxiety was expressed that | non-League states, such as Russia and | Turkey, were not included in the invi- | tations and reservations on the present political structure of Europe were made. “It is an acceptance in principle,” Le Matin_said, “and a promise of col- laboration, but also an announcement of an energetic campaign for revision of the peace treaties.” The widely-read Petit Parisien like- | wise found the reply specious, even dis- | quieting on certain points, but more satisfactory than Berlin dispatches had led it to expect, The left organ, Oeuvre, regretted that on the day “we receive a note by which | Germany ' does not separate her fate from that of Europe that President von Hindenburg makes himself an advocate of the most narrow nationalism by tak- ing up a defense of the steel helmets.” COMMISSiONERS SET THIS YEAR’S TAXES AT $1.70 PER $100 (Continued From First Page.) ‘They had no power to lower it, the ap- propriation act for the current year | expressly forbidding it. May Force Future Cuts. If the $1.70 rate is to be preserved in 1932, the present prospects appear to be that very drastic cuts must be made in the departmenthl estimates which are now on their way to the Bureau of the Budget. Donovan esti- mated that not less than $7,000,000 must be lopped from the total of $54,- 000,000 sought by the department heads | to allow the city to carry on in 1932 | on _the $1.70 rate. Even this estimate did not take into consideration large expenditures that may be encountered in the Municipal Center project. The current act car- ries $3,000,000 for buying land for this new project. All of the $3,000,000 is to come from the District’s cash sur- plus. That will be the last of the surplus, and beginning with 1932 the cutlook now is that if any such sum is to be carried, without cutting down ?'.hejl; District activities to make way or it. All of the foregoing is on the assump- tion that the Federal Government will continue to contribute at least $9,000,- 000 to the District’s operating expenses. ‘The contribution this year 1s $9,500,000, but what it might be next year is a matter of pure speculation. Although the tax rate remains the same, undoubtedly more money will be collected under it this year than last. During 1930 the collector of taxes took in $34,864,276.25. Of this $19,735,846.80 came in real estate taxes. The levy, or amount of real estate taxes supposed to have been collected if everybod had gnid his 1930 taxes is $20,101,876.87. Of this, $16,914,209.85 was paid on the 1930 tax bills, the balance of real estate taxes being payment on. bills for years before 1930. This left $3,187,667.02 un- paid on 1930 bills. Tax Collector Chat- ham M. Towers attributed this to slow business conditions. Assuming that conditions improve, much of this might be paid in, Revenue Will Increase. Even making no allowance for im- p-ovement of conditions, the assess- for 1930, on account of new buildings put up and appreciation in the value of land. The levy for 1930 exceeded that for 1929 by about $700,000. The 1931 levy will not be made up until Sep- tember, but it is probable that the nor- mal growth will be shown, and that ?nother $700,000 would be added to the evy. Thus a combination of increased levy and favorable business conditions might well work to save the tax rate for 1932 and give the District a little leeway for its municipal center and other major improvement programs. Besides the real estate figures, Mr. Towers made public a complete analy- sis of his’ collections for the 1930 fiscal year, showing that the $34,864,276.25 ‘was made up as follows: Personal taxes tangible Personal taxes. intangible. | Personal taxes motor ve- hicles Insurance taxes . Reimbursable taxes ...... Tnterest and penalties . Miscellaneous collections. . Trust and special funds. Gasoline tax . Miscellaneous United States Repayment to 4,007,402.49 2,619,671.43 214,223.85 | 362,004.16 3,128.93 438,829 29 2,657,864.99 | 3,300,235.35 1,467,952.08 | | 1,467,952.98 | 51,087.91 $34,864,275.25 ‘Total Blast on Warship Injures Two. ; LISBON, July 16 (#).—The admiralty announced today that an explosion re- | sulting in two casualties occurred | WEDNESDAY, Real estate taxes......... $19,735,846.80 |. JULY 16, 1 McCarl Interprets Pay Bill IPOLICE PLAN RUSE ; Controller General Explains Under Conditions Which Government Employes Will Benefit Under Brookhart Act. The specific questions asked Con- troller General McCarl on the pay bil and his interpretation follow: “1. What is the effective date of salary increases provided for in the ! Brookhart act?” In the absence of any other effective date having been fixed in the act, July 3, 1930, the date of its approval, is the effective date. “2. Assuming that an employe was on July 1, 1928, occupying a position affected by the Welch act, under which he received only one salary step increase, would he be entitled to a further in- crease under the Brookhart act under the following conditions: “(a) When he has had an adminis- trative increase in salary in the same grade on or subsequent to July 1, 19282 “(b) ‘When he has had an increase in grade or grades, with or without change of salary, either by submission of a classification sheet involving changed duties or by appeal with or without changed duties? “(c) When he has had an increase in salary from kelow to above the mini- mum of the new salary range, for ex- ample: “When a CAF-5 or P-1 employe was increased from $1,920 to $2,100 on July , 19282 “(d) When he has had a reduction in grade or salary or both under provisions (lrgqs;ftlon 9 of the classification act of “(e) When he has had a reduction in grade with or without change of salary by reason of change in duties or by re- classification of the same duties.” Entitled to Benefits. ‘This question will be answered on the assumption that the employe was in the service on July 3, 1930, in one of the grades specified in the act of said date. (a) Yes, (b) Yes. (c) No. In the illustration given the increase from $1,920 to $2,100, or $180, is the amount of the next two succes- sive steps in said grades June 30, 1928, and as they were received automatically July 1, 1928, solely by reason of the pro- visions of the Welch act of May 28, 1928, no additional step or salary rate is authorized under the terms of the Brookhart amendatory act. No per- | son who received under the Welch act an increase equal to two steps as they existed June 30, 1928, is entitled to an increase under the Brookhart act. (d) Yes, the increase to be one step in the grade held on July 3, 1930. (e) Yes, same as under (d). “3. If an employe in grade P-4 or CAF-11 at $4,800 per annum was by the ‘Welch act placed in grade P-5 or CAF- 12 at $5,000, would he receive an addi- tional step?” Yes, because the increase was the equivalent of only one step as the steps existed under grades P-4 and CAF-11 on June 30, 1928. Reinstated Employes. “4, It an employe who subsequent to July 1, 1928, became separated from the service and was later reinstated in the same or another department, would he receive an additional step? “(a) In the same grade with same rate of compensation. “(b) In the same grade with lower rate of compensation. “(c) . In a lower grade with same or different compensation. “(d) In a higher grade with same or different compensation.” Assuming that the employe was on June 30, 1928, in a position within one of the grades mentioned in this act, that he was advanced only one step under the Welch act, and that on July 3, 1930, he was in a position within one of the grades affected by this act, each of the four subdivisions of this question is answered in the affirmative. “5. If an employe was transferred subsequent to July 1, 1928, from one de- partment or independent e stablishment to another department or independent establishment, or within the same de- partment or establishment, would he receive the additional step? “(a) In the same grade with same of compensation. In the same grade with lower ion. In lower grade with same or rent_compensation. “(d) In a higher grade with same or different compensation.” ‘This question is answered the same as question 4. “6. Do employes who rteceive one salary step increase July 1, 1928, and who "have since been advanced to a higher grade receive a_one salary step increase under any of the following cir- cumstances: “(a) Where he received a $60 in- crease under the Welch act and has since been advanced to a higher grade having $100 steps? “(b) Where he received a $100 in- crease under the Welch act and has since been advanced to a grade having $200 steps? “(c) Where he has been advanced to a higher grade, but his present salary does not exceed the salary limit of the grade from which promoted?” (a) Yes, (b) Yes, (c) Yes. Not Eligible for Increase. “7. Prior to July 1, 1928, the entrance salary of CAF-5 and P-1 was $1.860 per annum. Would employe: who were increased from $1,860 0 the new min- imum of $2,000 be eligible for increase one salary step?” No. See answers to question 2 (¢). 8. “Rates of compensation for classes of positions in grades 1, 2 and 3, of the clerical-mechanical service are in- creased 5 cents an hour by the act approved July 3, 1930. Under the Welch act all positicns in these three grades received_a flat increase 9f 5 cents an hour. Since the act approved July 3, 1930, was apparently primarily intended to provide a second promotion step for those who received only one under the Welch act is the increase of 5 cents an nouvr provided in the act of July 3, 930. to be construed as a second step increase for the personnel in the grades “eferred to and must all in those grades oc given a flat increase cf 5 cents an Four regardless of whether they have received an efficiancy promoticn since the jassage of -the Welch act. No definits selary ‘steps’ are provided in the @mw.” Yes. “9. Are employes whose conpensation on June 30, 1928, was above the average in a grade (for example, grade CU-4), and who received two-step increases on July 1, 1928, entitled to an additional step under the act approved July 3, 1930, employes in the three lower steps of the grade having received three-step increases?” No. These employes received more {than one step July 1, 1928, solely by reason of the provisions of the act of May 28, 1928, and the benefits of the present statute are limited to those who did not receive “the equivalent of two steps” July 1, 1928. Provisions Mandatory. “10. Are the provisions of the Brook- ?-Y"L act mandatory as to the field serv- ice?” Yes. Section 2 of the statute uses the words “authorized and directed” with respect to the duty of the administra- tive officers in adjusting salary rates in the field services. 1 RULING OF M’CARL OPENS WAY TO PAY EMPLOYES’ RAISES (Continued From First Page.) to have here the well defined meaning that has become attached to said term in the administration of the classifica- tion act, and includes any allocation or reallocation of the positions occupled by the employes on June 30, 1928, and July 3, 1930, provided said positions are within the grades mtentioned in the Brookhart enactment.” The questions which McCarl answered today were prepared by a committee representing the personnel officers of all Government departments and establish- ments. They were submitted to the Controller General through the medium of the Civil Service Commission, and McCarl's answer of elght pages was ad- dressed to that commission. It will be distributed to all Government depart- ments and establishments and answers, it is understood, all the questions which personnel officers themselves thought might arise in administering the new Brookhart act. LOST PILOT'S TRAIL BELIEVED FOUND Searchers for Graham of Mail Serv- ice to Push Deeper Into Utah Mountains. By the Associated Press. CEDAR CITY, Utah., July 16.—Con- fident they have .picked up the trail made by Maurice Graham, airmail pilot, when he left his wrecked plane in the Kanarra Mountains last Janu- ary, searchers today prepared to push deeper into. the mountainous country in their quest to learn his fate. Maj. R. N. McDonald, World War as- soclate of Graham, and J. C. Leigh, sheriff of Iron County, yesterday dis- covered what they are convinced is the trail taken by the pilot. Several miles south of the wreckage of the plane they discovered remains of a campfire and articles which they be- lieve were carried by Graham, includ- ing three revolver cartridges. The rumor circulated yesterday that Maj. McDonald had sent a plane to i vestigate the report that an uniden fied man, suffering from loss of mem- ory, had been living in a shack near the Boulder Dam site, proved un- founded. A check-up revealed no plane had been dispatched to the Boulder Dam site on the Colorado River. Roll Call Answered by 60 Senators At Today’s London Navy Pact Session Sixty Senators answered the quorum | Blaine, Wisconsin; Borah, Idaho; Couz- call at the opening of the session of the | eng Michigan; Dale, Vermont, Deneen, Senate today for continued considera- tion of the London naval treaty. Four other Senators entered the chamber after the rod had been called. aboard the destroyer Macau, which is stationed in Chinese waters, Senators present, were: Republicans, Bingham, Connecticut; EXPENDITURE! | chusetts; Glenn, Illino Illinoils; Fess, Ohio; Gillett, Massa- Goldsborough, Maryland; Gould, Maine; Green, Ver- mont; Hale, Maine; Hastings, Delaware; Hatfleld, West Virginia: Hebert, Rhode Island; Johnson, California; Jones, Washington; Kean, New Jersey: Keyes, New Hampshire; La Follette, Wisconsin; McMaster, South Dakota; Oregon: Metcalf, Rhode Island; Norris, Nebraska; Oddie, Nevada; Patterson, Missouri: Phipps, Colorado; Pine, Okla- homa; Reed, Pennsylvania; Robsion, Kentucky: Shortridge, California; Smoot, Utah: Steiwer, Oregon: Sullivan, Wyoming; Thomas, Idaho; Townsend, Delaware; Vandenberg, Michigan; Wal- cott, Connecticut, and Watson, In- diana—40. Democrats—Black, Alabama; way, Arkansas; Copeland, New York: Fletcher, Florida: George, Georgia: Harris, Georgla; Harrison, Mississippi; Kendrick, Wyoming: King, Utah: Mc- Kellar, Tennessee; Overman, North Carolina: Robinson, Arkansas; Shep- pard, Texas; Stephens, Mississippi; Swanson. Virginia: Thomas, Oklahoma ‘Trammell. Florida;: Walsh, Massachu- setts: Walsh, Montana—19. Farmer-Labor — Shiptead, Minne- sota—1. Absent. Senators: Republicans—Allen, Kansas; Baird, New Jersey; Brookhart, Iow Kansas; Cutting, New Mexico; Frazier, North Dakota; Goff, West Virginia; Grundy, Pennsylvania; Howell, Nebras- ka; McCulloch, s MM Hampshire; Norbeck, Soutk Nye, North Dakota; Robinson, Indiana Schall, Minnesota; Waterman, Colo- rado—16 . Democrats—Ashurst, Arizona: Bark- ley, Kentucky; Blease, South Carolina; Bratton, New Mexico; Brock, Tennes- see; Broussard, Louisiana; Connally, Texas;, Dill, Washington; Glass, Vir- ginia; Hawes, Missouri: Hayden, Ari- zona; Heflin, Alabama; Pittman, Ne- vada: nsdell, Louisiana; Simmons, North Carolina; Smith, South Carolina. Steck, Towa; Tydings, Maryland; Wag. ner, New York, and Wheeler, Mon- tana—2 a—20. ‘Total absent, 36. Senators who - entered the chamber McNary, | ON CHICAGO GANG Secret Flight Would Foil Kid- naping of Foster, Lingle Prisoner. | LOS ANGELES, July 16 (#).—The | Associated Press learned from an au- | thoritative source Frankle Foster, | gangster, arrested here for the mur- der in Chicago of Jake Lingle, news- paper reporter, left Los Angeles early today on his return to Illinois. Fos- ter was accompanied by two Chi- cago detectives. By the Associated Pross. LOS ANGELES, July 16—Fearing fellow gangsters might attempt to kid- nap Prankie Foster, detectives today { prepared to return him by a secret air- | plane flight to Chicago, where he is { under indictment for the slaying of | Alfred Lingle, newspaper reporter. Foster Jost his fight against extradl- tion yesterday when two employes of the St. Clair Hotel in Chicago testified they saw him-in the hostelry June 11, two days after Lingle was slain. To thwart possible attempt to kidnap Foster on the way to Chicago, De- tectives Edgar Dudley and John Scherp- g;gl chartered an airplane for a seeret ight. The detectives refused to disclose when the plane would hop off or what route it would take to Chicago. Foster was arrested here two weeks ago. He fought extradition on the ground he was in Santa Fe, N. Mex., at the time of the slaying. Superior Judge McComb granted the extradition. The Chicago officers im- mediately were given custody of the prisoner and whisked him out of the jail and apparently placed him in an outlying jail. When the officers re- turned to their hotel Foster was not with them. RETURN OF FOSTER AWAITED. Lingle Murder Investigation Marking Time in ago. CHICAGO, July 16 (#).—The le murder inquiry, to outward appearances, marked time today pending the return from California of Frank .Foster, who failed to prove an alibi, and the appear-~ ance of Harry T. Brundige, St. Louis re- porter, who is to appear before a grand Jjury. Foster is w s indictment for the murder of Jake® Lingle, Tribune crime reporter, because he bought. the weapon found beside Lingle's . H- lmooles gmcersdobtlmed custody of yesterday and were expected to bring him back secretly by airplane. Brundige is expected to appear ‘éarly next week to give defails of his charge that other newspaper men_ besides Lin- gle were allled with crime. It was intimated today that the grand jury, advised by Chief Justice Normyle to take the club against crime in its own hands, might also call William F. Russell, former police commissioner, and his detective chief, John Si , close friend of Lingle’s, to explain as- sociations, GALEN WILL OPPOSE WALSH OF MONTANA trict Trails Youthful Oppo- nentin Primary. By e’ Assoclated Press. h !‘:ELENA, Mont., July 16.—Earl; - tu from Montana's l’;nnflmfin‘yfl:- tion today assured Justice Albert J. Galen, Republican, the opportunity to contest. this Fall with Thomas J. Walsh for the United States Senatorship, Walsh was unopposed. Galen maintained a 2-to-1 lead over O. H. P. Shelley, RedgLodge news- paperman, as the returns continued to mo‘um..;bé n first congressional district, the Democratie nomination still wzu l; doubt. J. P. ‘of Butte, only a year out of college, led John M. I i 18 O 443 el ree - o Porhe” tabul Pl e’ ulation included 25 o 63 precincts in Butte. ' Mark D, “1;“:_' gerrald of Stevensville, Republican candidate, was unopposed. In the second district, Representative Scott Leavitt, Republican, and Tom fimfl!‘ dDeflul;::; former Representa- ive an wistown publisher, i opposition, ¥ pas e Four hundred and ninety-eight Ppre- cincts out of one thousand, four hun- dred and ninety-three, give: For United States Senate—Walsh, Democrat, 9,790; Galen, Republican, 20,510; Shelley, 9,913, One hundred and thirty-three pre- cints, out of four hundred and forty- two, give: For Congress, first district—Evans, Democrat, 4,211; Monaghan, 4,239; Fitzgerrald, Republican, 3,466. Leonard Young led nine Republicans aspiring to the nomination for railroad commissioner. He was closely pressed by Mrs. Ethel Marcum Bielenburg of Deer Lodge, the first woman to stand for nomination on the commission. Young’s vote was 1,103; Mrs. Bielen- burg’s, 1,040. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Band Orchestral—Taylor Branson, leader, and Arthur Whitcomb, second leader—this evening, in front of the Capitol, at 7:30 o'clock: Grand march, “Heroique”. .Saint-Saens Overture, “Carneval,” Opus 45, 2 Glazounow “The Flight of the Bumble Bee,” from “Czar Saltan” “Dance of the Tumblers,” from “Snow Maiden™ Rimsky-Korsakow Vibraphone solo, “Hindoo Song,” Musician Wilbur D. Kieffer. Celeste obligato, Musician Luis Guzman, ‘Tone poem, “Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry “Pranks,” Opus 28...Richard Strauss “Romance Scherzo, * ......Tschaikowsky The Sorcerer's Apprentice,” Dukas “Carneval in Sevendsen “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Nar Band Orchestra—Charles Benter, leader, and Charles Wise, second leader-—this eve- ning, at the Navy Yard bandstand, at 7:30 o'clock. March, “The Rifle Regiment,” Overture, “Rienai”, Solo for cornet, “G! Musician Birley Gardne .| “March and Procession of ch'hul." from the ballet “Sylvia” Finale from “Ariele”. Grand scenes fr uske- Db . Liszt ] rs Aweigh.’ “The Star Spangled Banner:” Fall Proves Fatal. Willlam E. Albrecht, 36 years old, of 3412 N street, who fell on the rear steps at the fourteenth precinct police sta- tion late Monday afternoon and frac- tured his skull, died at Georgetown Upi- versity Hospital shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. It was reported by the police that Albrecht fell on the steps as Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, Republican candidate for the Senate from Iilinois, appearing before the Senate’s|after the .roll call included Allen and a result of an attack of illness. A cer- Primary Campalgn Fund Investigaiing Committee at Chica go seated at table in center. The committee is headed by Su,ur Gerald P. Nye. it inquired into her campaign expenditures. She is ~—A. P. Photo. Capper, nsas; McCulloch, Ohio, and York. ‘Wagner, tificate of aceidental death was given by Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, o Representative Evans of First Dis--