Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1931, Page 2

A2 * FOES OF HORTON b4 Enemies of Tennessee Gov- ‘érnor Will Resume Im- & * peachment Tuesday. By the Associated Py 3 NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 6.—Tennes- 8eé's’” House of Representatives after quashing one article of impflchmel\tl @gainst Gov. Henry H. Horton, turns| “hext week to the consideration of seven | _other charges awaiting disposition one ! _by one. i Upon reconvening Monday night from the week end recess, the legislators wm] hold a session devoted entirely to local | slation ‘and resume lmpeuhmem.l te Tuesday. By a vote of 58 to 41 Friday, the; House ‘G-feated a presentment aileging e GoVernor consbired with Col. Luke | Tea, “publisher, and Rogers Caldwell, ffinancier, to promote his political am. -bitions by letting them dominate cer-} L' I nl/mmnfl Juu{mfit ’u Imn’ mnfivir::sen I*partmen or Lthelr | Opposition Determined. 2 Administration forces sa Stest the throwin ), it . ©rump, Memphis political leader, and ~others leading the fight on what they ~erm “corruption” in the State govern- ~ment, said they were not deterred by the fhitial setback. Horton int:rpreted ,the House's action as “a victory for good government and righteousness.” Names of Lea and Caldwell figure in some of the remaining articles. It is alleg=d that Neil Bass, State highway commissioner, and his successor, Harry 8.~ Berry, were lifted from their official chairs for refusing to allow Lea and ,Caldwell to dominate the road depart- ‘ment and Horton to use it for his politi- cal advantage. - Among other things, the commission- ers were reported in the article to have refused to accede to Lea's “demand” that a road-paving material sold by a e y in which Caldwell was inter- ested be specified without competition. Additional Charges. l();ehe'r charges against the governor in- clude: That he conferred in the executive of- fices for two hours with a fugitive from Justice, for whom he had issued a requi- sition on the Governor of Arkansas, and later pardoned him over the protest of Pprosecutors. ‘That & $2,850 piano was delivered to the executive mansion and paid for with a state v;:;rmc three days after the ga¥ernor disapproved specifically of this item n signing an appropriations. ;bill in 1920. The article does not ques- ,tion the legality of the incident, but ‘‘chemges “great moral delinquency and 1 gross breach of decorum.” i That the governor “unlawfully pro- ; cured” passage of a funding board reso- tlution that resulted in most of the ;bridge funds being deposited in the iBank of Tennessee, a subsidiary of + Caldwell’s investment banking house. The next article to be taken up prob- lba'I will be the one charging Horton 2 dereliction of duty by failing to +have proper estimates made of the i ‘lmdoum lor :ura'.ymbmda that officials and employes state money A required i give, 8 e i 4 i il I to give. Refuses Extradition. Gov. Horton announced today that he would not permit Caldwell toybe ex- % tl’ldic\edfl‘lo Kentucky for gll on obtaining property by mak- alse statement until disposition eriminal indictments against ‘ennessee, was made in the Gover- is scheduled to go on trial -here Monday on the first of four in- dictments cl fraudulent breach ?n“n iuwln?h‘:k. s 3 n e is also under Federal indictment. « The indictment on which Kentucky zel& to extradite Caldwell was returned 4 Louisville and charges that he ob- Jlained property by making a false statement in writing in connection with . ?fllfiam for the merger of Cald- well and Company and the Bancoken- Company of Louisville, o “celvership, le, now in re- ‘BROWN PREDICTS POSTAL BUILDING LEASE“ABOLITION . (Oontinued From First Pag #partment must remain “saddled with the extravagant leasing system,” but the sproblem will be presented again to Con- 78ress in December. | -, “Since the next session will be the Mong session,” he said, “we believe that 4t will net be possible for a single Sena- flor to defeat this necessary legislation. leantime, we are making no long-term eases on extensive metropolitan prop- | <erties. In instances where it is ap- xuent that it would be more economical or the Government to acquire and own uildings for stations, branches and rages, we are making temporary ar- ngements for quarters as our present E expire, with a view to removing | o Government-owned quarters as Sgromply s pesic sitr Soneri nis e m whic! Wwe have recommended.‘" : Postal History Outlined. <~ Brown outlined the history of the Post Office Department, characterizing -1t as the oldest of the Government services. Its record dates back to July, 1775, when the first American Congress established a Continental post office, with Benjamin Franklin as postmaster | .‘general, he explained. = Much of Postmaster General Brown's ,address was devoted to a detailed ex- planation of the operations of the air -and ocean mail services. Both serv- sces, he deciared, in addition to deliv- -ering the mails, are stimulating devel- . ‘nzmem of private American fleets of the and s thus constituting Federal J t encourage industry and ‘commerce and add to the national de- - ~Jense. * . Today the airmail is flown daily on 23 domestic routes, totaling more than 22,000 miles, and weekly or more often on 10 foreign routes reaching Canada, « Mexico, the West Indies and Central and South America, totaling approxi- S mately 18,000 miles. Last year more ‘than 320,000,000 pieces of mail were lown, he said. §”_{'The Government's larger purpose,” ~Brown asserted, “is to aid commercial 4 aviation in its infancy—to stimulate the . Jdevelopment of airlines which will carry “_pot only ¢he fast mail, but express and - ngers as well.” ", The airmail is not self-sustaining, I Federal expenditures taking up the _deficit of $17,000,000 from postage re- ~ceipts. This expenditure is mm, he contended, from the standpoint of na- “-tional security alone. ' 3 ocean mail is a “twin sister” of the airmail, he said, in that it also is npoxlu!nred by tl}e ?&vemnk:‘e‘mlror thde -#dual purpose of alding shipping and * strengthening the national dBFene!. 1 ~~ The ship subsidy eventually wili re- -sult in an adequate American merchant “marine and regain for America “mari- | ;_-t-!m;h\ndevendence." it was declared. % UThe full text of Mr. Brown'’s address | ill be found in the editorial section wof today's Star.) Labor Leader Killed. -~ S8CRANTON, Pa. June 6 (/).—John _T. Dempsey, 54, former president and ~ secretary-treasurer of the United Mine ~Waorkers of America in district number one, was killed in an automobile acci- dent todey near Lake Scranton. Two other men were in) - | & part of the drive to “The Girl THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 7, 1931—PART ONE. Said Yes!” = HE WOULDN'T TAKE “NO.” By the Associated Press. ALTIMORE, June 6.—Wrote Og- den Nash, young New York free verse writer. in the introduc- fory couplet of his latest “What shall T do with so and so? She won't say yes and she won't say no.” “So and so"—otherwise Miss Fran Leonard, said yes today without quali- fication, however. She became the bride af Nash at the Church of the Redeeme~. The engagement was announced i March, not long after Nash's latest book | of verse was published. He declined to admit today that Miss Leonard was its inspiration and the girl in th* so-and- so couplet, but his friends said there was no doubt of it. Bride Prominent. Miss Leonard, who is a graduate of the Barrington School, also studied in Paris. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Wirt Leonard, a grand- daughter of the latc Gov. and Mrs. kson of Maryland. and a mem. ague. her debut here in 1927. Nash, former student at Harvard. et e SETEnal T i 1 — T Nash is the son of Mrs. Edmund 8. Nash of New York and the late Edmund 8. Nash. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. Richard H. Baker, and Miss Leonard was given in marriage by her father. Her maid of honor was Miss Isobel She made | MRS. OGDEN NASH. Jackson and the bridesmaids Miss Harriet Jackson, New York; Mrs. Wil- liam H. Jackson, 2d; Miss Louise Watts of New York, and Mrs. Robert H. Page, jr..of Philadelphia. Eugene Reynald of New York was Mr. Nash's best man. CAPONE HENCHMEN SLATED FOR TRIAL Perjury Charges Planned Against Quiz Witnesses by District Attorney. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 6.—Double trouble | was brewed for Al Capone today. District Attorney George E. Q. John- son announced he had detailed income tax prosecutors on his staff to see that Capone does not go free of tax-evasion | charges. And he revealed that hoodlums and gangsters who testified falsely when they were called before the grand jury | which indicted Capone to tell what they know of his underworld operations are | to be prosecuted for perjury. “I'd like to get this case out of the way this Summer.,” Johnson said. At the same time he denied any nego- | tiations with Capone or his lawyers for a barter which would bring a plea of | guilty in exchange for “a satisfactory sentence.” “There have been no negotiations of | any kind,” he said. CAPONE ESTATE SEIZED. Sheriff Attaches Florida Home and Re- moves Furnishings. MIAMI, Fla., June § (#).—Sheriff's deputies tonight attached Al Capon: Palm Beach residence and removed a part of its furnishings following filing of & suit against him by Vincent C. Giblin, Miami attorney. ‘The suit, filed in Circuit Court. seeks $50,000, which it alleged is the balance due Giblin as attorney fees. Giblin sald tonight he had made re- peated requests to Capone to pay the balance. His last letter, he sald, writ- ten May 8, was unanswered. The at- torney did not say what fees had been paid by Capone. Giblin and his asso- cliate, J. Pritz Gordon, represented Ca- pone in several court actions here. After a portion of the furnishii had been taken to a warehouse further operations were ordered stopped at 10:30 p.m., when Giblin said he had been informed Capone would commu- nicate with him during the night. The officers said they had been ordered to halt removal of the furnishings until Monday. TRAIL LEADS TO CAPITAL. Capone Inquiry Uncovers Rackets in Gotham and Elsewhere. With Al Capone released on $50,000 bail pending trial on charges of in- come tax evasion and facing a possible jail term of 32 years and a fine $80,000 on conviction, Federal official today promised “interesting devolp- ments” in the near future as a result of an under-cover investigation of rackets of all kinds in New York City which to date has been successful only in & minor way. Another indictment is to be sought against Capone, charging conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law, thereby striking a blow at the fa flung organization which until now su cessfully has defied attack. In the course of the wide inquiry by the Bureau of Internal Revenue which resulted in the charge that Capone owes the Federal Government $215,000, the corps of expert revenue officers and prohibition agents came across a great mass of evidence dealing with the liquor racket long engineered by the Brook- Iyn-born gangster. This evidence was laid before the Chicago l;lnd jury as reak up the Capone ring. Administration Move. ‘The Hoover administration is keenly interested in delivering the _goods ainst Capone and his gang. This is snown by a statement made today by Assistant Attorney General G. Aaron Youngquist, who directed the Chicago anti-gang campaign from here. Mr. Youngquist said: “If we can get Capone behind the bars it will be the greatest stroke for law enforcement in this administra- tion.” ‘Youngquist added that the con- n and imprisonment of Capone, would restore confidence in the law. While administration officials have slated frankly that the gangster prob- lem in Chicago, New York and else- where is primarily one for loeal author- itles, where violations of Federal laws are concerned the Department of Jus- tice has not hesitated to take an active hand. Only recently Attorney General Willlam D. Mitchell deplored the fact that where local authorities have failed to clean out racketeers completely the Federal Government has had to take a hand and attempt to do what it can in roundabout ways, like searching for in- come tax evasiors. Trail Leads to Capital. Hope is now expressed that success in the Capone case would result in a re- vival of civic consciousness generally and a recognition of local responsibility i for stamping out the gangsters and racketeers. ‘The trall followed by Government agents in the Capone case is sald to have led directly to New York, and dis- patches from Chicago likewise indicate that the lines were found to run into ‘Washington itself, where the police au- thorities deny the existence of organ- | ized gangs: Evidence accumulated in the search promis=s to be of real value in the drive inst the n| liguor business- ::‘fl all m?m‘?n New York. | Jugoslayia . military pilot, QUTSIDE CONTROL LAID T0 CATHOLICS [Action of “Foreign Power” Held Interference in Affairs of Italian Nation. (Continued Prom First Page) ers can testify to the respect shown priests, prelates, churches and church tunctions. ““Moreover, it is observed what black ingratitude is displayed by priests against Fascism, which has guaranteed religious liberty throughout Italy, after it was poorly protected by preceeding governments. Exaggeration Charged. “If there were no public processions om Corpus Christi it was only by order of the ecclesiastical authorities. Yet | they tried to make the people believe ;,hn it was the government that pro-| ibited these functions. Wherever the order against the processions failed to arrive on time, or where the local ec- clesiastical authorities thought they could disregard it, the processions took place in perfect order. “In short, it is a case of exaggeration that inevitably calls up a comparison of Italy: with many countries where the church really is persecuted and against which we have not heard the sharp “words which were pronounced against the Italian state, where religion as been restored to its true place. “The declaration that the Catholic action society did not have a political character is eo'.npledt:ly male. h!t &M banners, badges, cards and all the other external forms of a party. “Moreover—and this is more grave— its leaders were almost entirely mem- bers, or even leaders, of that popular party which was one of the strongest opponents of Fascism. Also, a_consid- erable’ part of its acts were particularly political and had nothing to do with reltfi\ll education or the propagation of the faith. ' More Than Mere Duty. “Fhe strongest argument that can be advanced to justify the dissolution of the young Catholic clubs is the defense WARNAVY SITE 0PPOSED BY WOOD Attacks “Excessive Cost” of Purchasing Three Apart- ment Houses. (Continued From First Page.) GAS PROSECUTIONS Reimbursement of Consum- ers Also Urged Because of High Pressures. (Continued From Pirst Page.) ient to both the Army War College and the Washington Navy Yard. The land could be acquired at but a frac- tion of the cost of the location in the Northwest. and fits in admirably with the President’s program for the public building layout. It has the additional up a great section of needs such improvement.” Urges Need of Saving. “The President, I believe, would not favor the location west of the White House because if we are striving to save large amounts of Government money, here is a splendid place to be- §in. 1t is going to be very difficult to non (] ot gort ot U heatgts & Smd "R Rt and Rayy Sougcet mg with z with the general plan for locating ernment buildings.” “I will use my influence in Congress to “Bcnvmt the appropriation of many millicns of dollars to erect the War- Navy group in that triangle west of the White House, because there is not enough room there without going to the tremendous expense of purchasing and tearing down large and vYaluable apartment houses. I_expect to talk this matter over with President Hoover on my return to Washington,” con- cluded Mr. Wood. The statement of Chairman Wood, who occupies a position of influence in the House as chairman of the important Appropriations Committee, came as a big surprise to the Capital generally, as it was supposed thAt the question of the location of the Wi avy group virtually had been settled. Mr. Wood's outspoken opposition to this location, however, appeared to have split the question wide open again, especially in view of the fact that fur- ther legislation must be approved by Congress before the War-] 'y buildings could be located in the triangle west of the White House, approved by the Pub- lic Buildings Commission. Location in Dispute. There was considerable controversy over selection of a site for the two great departments of defense, and it was not until after prolonged considera- tion and many postponed sessions that the Public Buildings Commission finally came to a conclusion in the matter March 7, by selection of the site not far fsom the Lincoln Memorial. The Treasury Department was in favor of a location in the southwest section of the city, while the Army and Navy stood out strongly for the section nearer the White House. ‘Subsequent to the statement by Chair- man Wood, it was learned from sources close to the White House that President Hoover, who never took sides in the controversy over the location, has not is still keeping an open mind on the matter. It was hardly to be expected at the present time that President Hoover would come out in opposition to the Public Buildings Commission location, according to information from those closely in touch with the public build- ing program, but the fact that the Chief Executive is waiting for futher devel- opments in the way of estimates from the Treasury shows that the big prob- lem isnot nearly so much of a closed question as had been supposed. Architect Named Soon. At the Tréasury Department it was learned from Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Ferry K. Heath that architects will be appointed before long to make a study of the site selected by the Public Bulldings Commission, with a view to seeing what kind of bulldings may be placed there of a size adequate to meet the needs of the two great departments of defense. of the State, which is more than a mere duty of any government. “There had come to be created the absurd situation of s strong organiza~ tion taking orders from a foreign power —the Vatican State. No government in the world would have allowed it to exist, any more than Italy. which fought for centuries for its independence and po- litical liberty.” The broadcast was over the Emnpe Ttalian Audiziomi Radiofoniche, private corporation operating under go ernment license. It was given during an interval be- tween musical programs as regular “wireless news.” Broadcast news comes under the supervision of the prefect in f | the same way as newspapers. ASKS CATHOLICS TO PRAY. Pope Tells Fascist Visitors Good Will Conie From Controversy. VATICAN CITY, June 6 (#)—The official Catholic newspaper Osservi Romano tomorrow, the second niversary of the exc! ge of ratifica- tions of the Latern treaty, will urge all Catholics to pray, in order that the results which the church and Italy de- sired from the treaty may be attained. On June 7, 1929, Premier Mussolini drove to th: Vatican and exchanged with Cardinal Gasparri, then papal sec- l".:::g orhflufigemnnfiumom of the whic] n by the King and the Pope. S Pope Addresses Fascists. “Good Catholics of Italy and the world,” the newspaper says, “who also are in the midst of dolorous trials, but who have still alive in their hearts an gmf :e:nlenthl‘llln“’tn excited by that ) W tbe%:rd. not miss praying to “They will ask that He who wishes only’ good, and pegmln evil only for good, will. guarantee, notwithstanding all that now seems to impede or retard it, the attainment of those good results for the church and Italy of which those the source and guarantee.” In an address today to the Fascist welfare organization of Milan, now on a visit to Rome, Pius declared that “we are fighting a battle for lib- "”wol (;lomchnce," “We have a profound. secure and tranquil faith,” he said, “that the hand :'(mGo':umH] eoa:lnue to work the good, iply the good and fr produce lood."' T “Great Consolation.” His Holiness said he was convinced a:'wtox:‘fd kno' il il be m“‘ nledl“ ws” Wi b e en ul are suffered for justice and truth.” he said, “it is & R poriant. tings “Important are not in the hands of men, but in the hands of sz ‘The great war was an example of this. Things happened after it that men had not fcreseen, “Although it seemed to be ended, its consequences still continue and hu- manity still walks on bloodied paths. “Every one is with us. A magnifi- cent deluge of letters and telegrams has | come, with filial expressions of ti- ;ludc. The sympathy for us is keen, even in the most distant countries.” g R Bulgaria Holds Jugoslav Flyer. SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 6 (P)—A was de- after he Bulgaria, tal with his airplane, landed today near Silven, about 200 miles on the wrcng the frontien * - auspicious accords were intended to be | th of “Of course the would cost a great 1 of money,” said Maj Heath, “perhaps seven or eight or nine millions of dollars for the land only.” But under the authority of th: Public_Buildings Commission selection, Maj. Heath said, the Treasury must go forward with a study of that site, and prepare preliminary estimates, to see what kind of structures can be built on the land, how much space they would offer, and how much they would cost. Punds are on hand for the purpose of appointing such architects to make pre- liminary studies, and sketches upon which to base an estimate for Congress. it was explained. But Congress would have to approve the estimates, and pro- vide appropriations for the erection of the buildings on that site, before final plans of any kind could be prosecuted by the Treasury Department. In other words, the Treasury must have further authority and further funds from Con- 5 to & avy buildings on any site. Congress Authority Needed. Chairman Wood fully realizes that authority must still come from Con- gress before the War-Navy buildings can be erected. And it was with knowl- edge of the r of Congress yet to change the situation that he came out last night in public opposition to the selected site. The basis of Chairman Wood's objection, the excessive cost of the land. was considered as effective coming from him, because he stands at the head of the House Committee on Appropriations, through which all appropriations for the public building program must pass. Two specific things will be studied by the architects to be appointed soon for the Wi avy project, it was explained. They will see first what kind of a group of bulldings could be planned for the entire area selected. Secondly, they will attempt to determine whether ihe War and Navy Bulldings could be placed in the general area, “excluding” e expensive apartment house lands, with a view to saving the expense of such costly land. In other words, the Treasury, having been handed the job, is planning to do the best it ean with the situation, study the whole matter in the light of the large needs of both the War and Navy Departments and see what can be done about it, from a practical standpoint of dollars and cents, of square feet of floor space and cubic feet of buildings, | adj on the site selected. Army and Navy have put up a lflflfl(httekupclcnwuuwgm House end of the city. It has becn made plain that neither the Army nor the Navy has any love for the south- ‘west, section of city as a pros- pective site for their new home. They claim that they wish to keep closer to the executive group of the Government, instead of to the south side of the Mall nearer the Cap- gnlt ?gum:: and tihe legislative br;u.:fi ut they have put particular empl {upon the fact that most of their offi- | cers and employes live in the northwest section of the city and would have :'lgcuny in getting to the southwest Recent informal reports have been circulated that the Army was more f1:- clined than the Navy to go to the southwest site, but that the Army did not want to be placed Southwest if the Navy was to be placed Northwest. Three principal proposed sites were considered by the Public Buildings Commission, the northwest one se- lected, the southwest one rejected and a third one west of the White House on both sides of Pennsylvania avenue. reached a final conclusion himself and | roceed with the War and . March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 974), in paragraph 55, subparagraph 3, of which conferred ‘upon the Public Utilities Commission the power ‘* * * to prescribe from time to time the rea- sonable minimum and maximum pres- sure at which gas shall be delivered by said persons or corporations.’ More- over, Congress expressly provided ap- propriate teeth to enforce obedience to the commission’s requirements in such hehn}‘l by expressly gmmldmf' in “;:m- 85 of uf q TP Tnat it 3.‘; Dubic utiiity =+ * shall fail. neglect or refuse to obey any Inwrul Tegulation or order made by the commission, for every such violation, faflure or refusal such public utility shall forfeit and pay to the District of ol S il e sum of Fixed Lawful Pressure. “4. Pursuant to the aforesaid express suthority conferred by said Public Utllity Act, the Public Utilities Com- mission as early as July 23, 1914, by its order No. 86, prescribed the lawful gas pressure as follows: ““The gas supplied by any gas light company shall be maintained at a pres- surc of never less than two (2) inches nor more than six (6) inches of water | pressure, measured at the outlet of the company’s service pipe to any consumer or to any of the commission's testing stations, and the daily variation in said pressure during any day at any such outlet shall never exceed one hundred (100) per cent of the minimum pres- sure at that outlet for that day.’ Said requirement has been continuously in force since said July 23, 1914. Under date of January 22, 1031, the Public Utilities Commission made written de- mand upon the gas company as follows: “ ‘It is directed that you proceed as rapidly as possible to make the neces- sary adjustments in your main and dis- tribution systems to bring your pres- sures within the commission’s require- ments. You are hereby temporarily au- thorized to maintain eight inch maxi- mum pressure.’ Violations Charged. “5. Not only has the gas company consistently been gullty of long-stand- ing and continuing violations of the requirement as to gas pressure, the violations extending up to as high as 14-inch pressure, but until the com- mission’s last order of January 22, 1931, there was, apparently, no effort on the part of the gas company to comply with the requirement in any wise. The former Public Utilities Commission con- tented itself with promulgating the order and then exercising no super- vision over the pressures of gas dis- tributed to consumers from day to day, week to week, or month to month, in the various sections :of the District. Such oversight or disregard of duty on the part of the former Public Utilities Commission cannot, upon any con- ceivable ground, be deemed as in any wis¢ condoning or excusing the viola- tions on the part of the gas company. In the northwest section of the District the average maximum pressure in January, 1931, was 7.95 inches, an in- crease of 338 per cent over the five preceding years for the same month: 725,337,800 cublc feet of gas was used in the District in January, 1931, as compared with 492,963,510 cubic feet in January, 1930, an increase of 47.13 per cent’ over uary, 1930. How much of such increase represents wasted gas at the expense of the consumers, due to excessive pressures for which their appliances were not adjusted, your committee has no means of ascer- taining. “6. For many years the gas com- pany has maintained 37 pressure read- ing stations in different sections of the District, 33 of which were located in fire engine and truck houses, and all of which recorded 24-hour readings by automatic chart. Uuntil the last sev- eral months, the gas company has made no effort to locate and install the necessary transmission governors at the different points required to con- trol the gas pressure as delivered to the consumers. The gas company has recently arranged for the location and installation of 17 such transmission governors, 5 of which have already been installed. Moreover, in order to enable it adequately to supply the present and future demands for gas, the gas com- pany is now engaged in installing four new main transmission lines, one to Takoma Park, D. C., which is about completed; one to Chevy Chase, D. C., which is nearly completed: one to Wes- ley Heights, D. C., which is in course of construction, and another called the ‘belt line.’ extending from the southea: to the Georgetown plant. Recamnmendation Made. “7. In mddition to the foregoing findings, your committee recommends, | in the interest of justice and fair deal- { ing_to the public: | “Pirst, that the federation indorse the prompt prosecution of the gas com- pany for its past violations, herein- before mentioned, of the public utilities act to the full extent that such prosecution may be maintained within the period of the statute of limitations; “Second, that appropriate steps be taken before the Public Utilitles Com- mission to obtain the fixing of an al- lowable gas pressure restricted to closer range than the range of 2 to 6 inches now permitted, which al- lows of a variation of 300 per cent, an obviously unreasonable variation from the standpoint of justice and fairness to the consumer, whose appliances can- not possibly be adjusted so that they will automaticelly take care of any such wide range in an efficient manner, whereas, on the other hand, it entirely feasible for the gas company's transmission governors to keep the gas pressure as delivered to the consumer at a substantially uniform level. “Third, that every reasonable effort under the law should be made by the commission to have reimbursed those s consumers whose bills were claimed to be abnormally high, due to excessive pressure and failure by the gas com- pany adequagely to adjust the con- sumer’s appliances in time to meet such increased pressure.” Adjourned for Summer. The federation adopted a number of other committee cleared its calendar of all unfini journed at 11:55 o'clock for the Sum- mer. The next regular meeting will be held in October. Outstanding among the other reports approved was one submitted by the Pub- lic Welfare Committee, which made an exhaustive study of bread, milk and meat prices in the District. The report declared that the price of these food- stuffs is “unnecessarily high” and should be substantially reduced. It also indorsed the action sional comimittees and Government agencies in protecting the public against “unfair practices and exorbitant prices.” Another report, adopted on recom- mendation of the Committee on Educa- Perrieton i1 of an Hem providing for propriation of an g for & new school building to replace the Grant School at Twenty-first and G streets. The report pointed out that this school is 50 years old -and has an en- rollment of 500 pupils. Hartman Case Brought Up. A resolution of the Columbia. Heights Citizens’ Association urging an investi- gation of the professional ethics of Har- lel H. Hartmap, vice chairman of the Public Utilities while he was em) by Charles Hansel, a st | gas plant up to S street and then wes taken by congres- | tee. PART of Washington knows Charles Hansel as a wealthy railroad valuation engineer. Another part. remembers him as the man who, in 1927, had an exhaust] ton's thousands made no charge for it. He said it was his gift to the city. As far as any one knows, he was never paid for it. Now Hansel is widely known as the man who wanted to block the reap- pointment of Harleigh H. Hartman as a member of the Public Utilities Com- mission. In this effort he drew from his files correspondence between him- self and Hartman which has raised the question of Hartman's _professional ethics while working for him when, at the same time, he was representing the Interstate Commerce Commission in the Great Northern Railroad valuation case. Mr. Hansel told The Star a few days ago that he had turned the correspond- ence over to a “friend” to take to the Fresident. May Result in Probe. This correspondence has been pub- {60 1 WRgER Ty N t may lead to a congressional investi- | gation. Certainly the Senate District | Committee will examine it before Hart- man's Tecent reappointment is con- firmed. Back in 1925, at the time of the ex- change of the letters, these two men, apparently, were the best of friends. Four years later, in June, 1929, a few days after Hartman took the oath of office as a member of the Public Utili- ties Commission, Hansel was one of the | first to call at the commission and con- | gratulate him. | During that brief visit, Hansel told Hartman he had a friend he would like | to introduce. Ten days later Hansel re- | turned to Hartman's office and intro- duced his friend. That friend was Harley P. Wilson, a director of the | North American Co., which controls the | Washington Railway & Electric Co., who, at that particular time, was work- ing assiduously to bring about a merger of the car companies in Washington. Early Transit Plan Falls. A transit unification plan which w!l-‘ son had drawn up and which had been approved by the car companies and the | former Public Utllities Commission, headed by John W. Childress, hld‘ shortly before died a natural death in| Congress because it provided too much | for the corporations and not enough | for the public. S0 the new commission, of which Hartman was a member, undertook to renew the merger negotiations. The car companies were unwilling to partici- pate. Then the commission, on its own initiative, drew up a merger plan and sent it to Congress—a plan based on the original agreement, but more in the public interest. Congress also failed to ratify this plan, and merger negotia- tions have since bzen at a standstill. Handling valuation cases for large | Eastern raflroads has ' been Hansel’s | forte. In his long engineering career he has represcnted the Pennsylvania | system, the Central Railroad of New | Jersey, the Reading and the Philadel- phia Rapid Transit system. He also has had other important connections. | In 1901 he was appointed by the Gov- ernor of Michigan to the State Board of Review to adjudicate problems in connection with the valuation of rail-| roads in that State, and in 1911 he pre- | pared a report on the revaluation of railroads and canals in New Jersey for Woodrow Wilson, who at that time was | Governor of the State. | Hansel Proposes Survey. Back in 1914, a year after the crea- 4jon of the District Public Utilities Commission, Hansel sought the job of | evaluating Washington’s public utility ! corporations. He did not get it. Again, in 1927, at the request of the Childress commission, he made an estimate on the cost of revaluing the properties of the Capital Traction and Washington Railway & Electric companies. Corre- spondence on file at the commission shows he proposed to complete the re- valuation work in thres months and | estimated the cost at $50,000. He did | not get that job either. 8o Hansel's first job of prominence in Washington was his transportation survey. Even then he had undertaken the work before it became known tha he was the man who anonymously had offered his services to the Federation of tizens’ Associations, for which the dy ostensibly was to be le. Hansel's offer to make the survey was carried to the federation by Maj. Clay- ton E. Emig, then acting chairman of its Committee on Public Utilities. He reported that an outstanding engineer, whose name he did not reveal, would do the work. Obviously, the federation had | however, that had he known Wilson CHARLES HANSEL. bl LA \ SPEAKEASY DRIVES U. S. Dry Chief Tells Agents Saloons Are Objectives . of Federal Forces. By the Associated Press. Speakeasies and saloons, along with the large commercial violators, were de= fined by Prohibition Director Woodcock yesterday as the “obvious objective” of the Federal dry forces. Satisfied that with the adaition on July 1 of 500 new agents authorized by Congress his corps will be the most ef- ficient ever employed to enforce prohi~ bition, he has warned officers they must not be “deterred by sentimentalists and opponents of the law.” “You will direct your forces against commereial Violators." . the. prohipition director sald'in & letter of instruction to agents. “Every one knows that there is being conducied in this country a commerce in intoxicating liquors which A i ) wduon (m It must i we are not be no funds to pay for such a costly un- dertaking. It began to wonder how the Soatwas io be paid. and 2B3ut the engineer. Finally, Maj. Emig removed the cloak of mystery and announced that Hansel was the engineer, that ‘Hansel would bear the entire expense and present the result of his study to the federation as his gift to the city. ‘The result of this extensive trans- portation study was a voluminous re- port containing a plan for consolidation of the transit facilities. Unlimited use of one-man cars, uni- versal transfers and a_ general rerout- ing of car lines were the cardinal fea- tures. The plan also provided for the creation of a new corporation to take over and operate all of the transporta- tion agencies on a 50-year franchise basis. This new corporation was not to be a holding corporation, but would own and gperate the transit facilities, buy- ing them outright. All {pterurban trol- ley lines, as well as motor busses and taxicabs, were included in this plan of merger. The profitable Potomac Electric Power Co. a Washington Railway & Electric subsidiary, was left out. Assisted by Owners. Ownership in the new company was to be figured out on a triparte plan, modeled after the Mitten management of the Philadelphia transit lines. The District government was to be given the option of purchasing one-third of the capital stock and the remainder was to be divided between private own- ers and company employe Hansel had plenty of assistance in making the survey. In the preface of his report he expressed appreciation for the co-operation of Wilson, the North American Co., which controls the Washington Railway &, Electric Co., McClelland & Junkersfeld, Inc. the Public Utilities Commission and the Naticnal Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission. Hansel pointed out in the report, had come to Washington to initiate merger negotiations, the transportaion survey probably would not have been undertaken. About the time of Wil- son's arrival, He explained, the pre- liminary studies had been completed. His Data Aids Company. McClelland and Junkersfeld were the engineers representing the North American Co. The report disclosed that at the instance of F. W. Doolittle, vice president of the North American Co., they were directed to co-operate with Hansel in making the survey. What, part, if any, Hansel played in the plan of merger that Wilson framed and had approved by the transit com- panies and: their owners, has never been disclosed. Information was given Hartman, however, that much valuable financial ‘data were furnished the mer- ger sponsors in a separate and con: fidential report which the Hansel ac- countants prepared at the time of the transportation survey. Holds Split “Own Business.” At any rate, Hansel's merger pl never got anywhere in particular. Copies of the voluminous report on his survey were furnished the féderation, the Public Utilities Commission and the Benate District Committee. The commission still has its copy on file and uses it sometimes for reference. Why Hansel wanted to block Hart- man's reappointment by releasing con- fidential letters is a puzzle now. 8o is his reason as to what has happened to turn him against Hartman and to seek his removal from a commission that has been notably watchful of the pub- lic_interest. . nsel. in response to & question, says: “Its my own business.” ISEVEN POLICE HURT | IN BLAST ON BOAT| | Superintendent Badly in Mysterious Explosion on River. Injured By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, June 6.—Superin- tendent of Police William B. Mills was severely injured and six harbor police- men were hurt when an explosion late today wrecked the police boat William B. Mills in the Delaware River at Co- lumbia avenue dock. Director of Public Safety Lemuel B. Schofield was a passenger on the boat, but escaped injury. Mills, after whom the boat, a 65-foot converted rum-runner, was named, was the most seriously injured, having suf- fered leg and body injuries and a pos- sible fracture of the skull. Others injured were Captain George Price, William Miller, Wililam Haeb- erle, Captain Edward Corliss, John B. De Haas and Oscar Cavalier. ‘The explosion, which shattered the small craft to fragments, occurred as it was proceedln; on a trial trip to the Penn Treaty Park at the foot of Co- lumbia avenue. Everyone on the vessel except Direc- tor Schofield and Assistant Superin- tendent of Police Joseph Le Strange, ’who were seated at the stern, was in- jured. After the explosion the boat settled just & few yards offshore. Miller and ! Cavalier were seen struggling in the water. Men from the pier rowed out and pulled them in. “Nobody,” sald Director Schofield, “knows exactly what happened. I was sitting at_the back of the boat with As- sistant Su tendent Le Strange, when the exug::wn occurred. There was a sudden r and pieces of debris were falling all about us.” utilities engineer, back in 1925, was re- ferred to the Public Utilities Commit- ndation of this com- rine uulgn went, onmrecum as fave replacement _one- man cars retired from service cars operated by a conductor and motor- man. The federation also abthorized its Police and Fire Protection Committee to confer with of District Commissioners on & proposal to extend the maximum retirement age limit of licemen and firemen beyond 64 z:un Ex’ cases where the men are physically clmule of further service. plans were announced for the joint_excursion of the federation and the District Congress of Parents and On the recom: mittee the fe SIGNIFICANCE SEEN IN MELLON'S TRIP Reparations Talk With Norman in England Considered Likely. Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, will sail for Europe next week to spend from six weeks to two months in England and Prance. While the trip was announced yesterday as a vacation visit, the reparations crisis and the fact that Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State, will be in Europe at the same time lent considerable significance to the announcement. While he is in England, Secretary Mellon will return the recent American visit of Sir Montagu Norman of the Bank of England. It is thought to be inevitable that the two financial ex- perts will give considerable attention to the latest financial crisis, bi it on by Germany's frank admission t she is unable to meet the reparations pay- ments under the Young plan. Secretal Mellon’s fixed schedule abroad calls for him first to attend the graduation of his son Paul from & post- graduate course at Cambridge Univer- sity, England. The length of his stay in England was not announced, but from there he will go with his daugh- ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce, to their villa on the Riviera. Paul will return to the United States shortly and enter his father's banking business in Pittsburgh. MILLIONAIRE’S PLANE SEIZED FOR LIQUOR Owner and Pilot Quizzed When Agents Discover Rum in Ship. | By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, June 6.—E. P. Halli- les and Speakeasics Objectives. “Speakeasies and saloons are an_ob- vious objective for your forces, There is no reason why you should not in your vicinity stamp out this particular vio- lation. ‘The conviction of an operator is not mearly as important as the clos- ing of the place, either by the co-opera- tion of the landiord or by the use of injunction. “The determination of the owner of the speakeasy or saloon is the most im- portant part of the procedure.” Col. Woodcock also warned the agents they must obey the laws. “The conduct of our forces must commend itself to the public sentiment and the methods of securing evidence must have the approval of the courts,” he said. “On the other hand, we are not to be deterred by sentimentalists and opponents of the law.” Capone Syndicate Partly Broken. While directing constant pressure against the speakeasy, the director hopes to turn this method of enforce- ment over to local authorities wherever they give evidence of coping success- fully with the situation. In so doing, he pointed out, more agents would be left free to work toward the bureau's major goal—drying up sources of supply. Expressing satisfaction with raids in Illinois and Iowa this week, which Federal authorities said had broken uj “part of the Capone syndicate, whicl handles alcohol throughout the Middle West,” Woodcock said no_particular drive had been made upon the Chicago gang leader, except to the extent he was included in & campaign to stop the al- cohol flow from the source. Director Woodcock several days ago announced on his return from an in- spection tour of the West that public liquor sellers had been driven indoors and that State authorities would be looked to for prosecution of sellers be- hind doors. is was interpreted as in- dicating that the National forces would no longer direct their attention to speakeasies. —— SUSPECT IN KILLING HELD AT BALTIMORE Man Arrested in Rooming House to Be Questioned onm Murder of Brooklyn Doctor. By the Associated Pry BALTIMORE, Md., June 6.—Wanted for questioning in connection with the murder Tuesday of Dr. George A. Dee- ley, Brooklyn surgeon, a man who gave the name of Jose Fernandez was ar- rested in a rooming house here late today. Fernandez declined to talk, officers said. They said he would be turned over to New York detectives upon their arrival. He was identified, according to police, by a description broadcast soon after Mr. Deeley was found stabbed in his home. A hunt was started immediately for George Daniar, a Filipino, who had been a servant in the surgeon’s home, but had been dismissed sometime pre- viously. In Daniar’s room blood-stained clothing was found, police said. Baltimore police were told Daniar was on his way here. TWO MESSENGERS INJURED IN CRASH Youths, One Critically Hurt, Found Unconscious Near Overturned Motor Cycle. Two Western Union mesenger boys were injured, one of them critically, early today, when the motorcycle on which they were riding upset in the 2900 block of Cleveland avenue. The youths, Willlam C. Pollock, 23, of 1426 Ninth street, and John Chionac- coss, 19, of Broadmont, Md., were found lying in the street, a few feet from their overturned motorcycle, by Pred G. Wil- liams. 105 H street. ‘Williams, a taxicab driver, took the young men to Emergency Hospital. Both were unconscious when they ar- rived at the institution, but Chionac- coss, who was cut and bruised, was re- vived a shert time later. Pollock, who suffered a severe head injury, still was unconscious at an early hour this morning, and physicians at the hospital expressed fear his injury would prove fatal. TWO WOMEN ARE HURT NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE Taxicab Chauffeur and Milk Truck Driver Held Pending Out- come of Injuries. ‘Two women, a 39-year-old mother, and her daughter, 22, were injured early today, when the taxicab in which they were riding was in collision with a milk truck on Pennsylvania avenue, in front of the White House. The women, Mrs. Eva West and Miss Lillian M. West, 55 H street, were riding in a cab driven by Novselsky, 304 B street, when the accident oc- curred. ‘They were taken to Ime?ency ‘Hos- pital, where physicians said their in- Juries were not serious. Both Nov- selsky and the truck driver, Edgar W. Gibbs, 2315 P street, were taken to the third precinct police station pending definite diagnosis of the womens' hurts. ROBBED OF $31.70 BY TWO Y | Florida Avenue Resident Victim of who seized his $65,000 transport plane, 1wmch they said contained lou:uol The oll man’s pilot, Frank Glen- customs be held pending a decision on whether %muu would be filed against Halli- . The arrests were made by agents who Teachers to Marshall Hall June 18. An elaborate. program of entertainment has been arranged. mrched" tl|7'.)u.mxurlmux l{ furnished air- craft upon vel at municipal air- port from El Paso, Tex, - ' Bandits Near Home. Attacked by two colored men early today, Cass Edwards of 14 Florida ave- nue was robbed of $31.70. Edwards told second precinct police he was preparing to enter his home shortly after midnight when two col- ored men stepped out of the shadows, dragged him into an alley alongside his residence and stole the money. ‘The two men released Edwards after the attack and robbery and fled through the alley to Bates street, where