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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
MEXICO JAILS LEADERS
OF RAILROAD STRIKE
Sedttious Activity Among Work
ers, Aimed at Destruction of
Property, Charged.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, February 2S.-Lead
ers Of the general railway strike,
called 10 days ago. were being ar.
rested today charged with seditious
activities among the workers. 1t Is
alleged they intended to bring about
considerable destruction to tracks and
railway stocks and that they We're In
citing to an openly rebellious attitude.
The strike was called by the Fed
Grafton of Transport Workers in sym
pathy with the strike of shopmen,
who demanded higher pay and rein
statement of some dismissed workers.
Up to the present the strike order
has been only partially successful
Small walkouts are reported In a few
divisions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
EXONERATED
BY SUBCOMMITTEE
Right to Place in Senate Up
held in Report of In
vestigators. '.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated PresS
The right Of Senator Gould, Repub-
lican, Maine, to place in the Senate
was upheld today In the report of the
Senate elections subcommittee that in
vestigated charges against him. The
subcommittee members recommended
that the charges, which revolved
about the payment of 100000 to a
Canadian official. be dropped.
The investigation of Senator Gould's
qualifications was made at the In
stance of Senator Walsh, Democrat.
Montana, who based his demands on
charges that Senator Gould had turn
ed over 100000 to former Premier
Flemming of New Brunswick. in con.
nection with contract for a. railroad.
Gould on the witness stand denied
that any fraud was involved.
Cleared on Several Grounds.
The report today declared the sub
committee Is "in entire agreement in
the case In the following particular:
"A-~The undertaking by the Hon.
Arthur r. Gould and his associates to
build the railroad, was, in the begin
ming, free from suspicion of dishon-
esty or fraud.
"B-The transaction here inquired
into had in fact no relation to the
selection to the Hon. Arthur r. Gould
as a candidate of his party in the pri-
mary Of 1926, or to his election to the
Senate of the United States in the
election held in the State of Maine in
1926.
"C--The transaction occurred more
than IA years prior to said cleo
ton.
'"D-1t affirmatively appears that
the Hon. Arthur r. Gould is g.
man of good character. Through q
long life in which he has actively en-
gagged in important enterprises. he
has borne the reputation as man
of character and integrity.
"The premises considered, your
committee recommends that further
action in the instant case be not
taken and >that the right of the
Hon. Arthur r. Gould to a seat in
the Senate be confirmed"
Opinion In Power Withheld.
The subcommittee declined to rule
on the claim Of Gould's counsel that
the Senate had no right to exclude a
member for an act committed prior
to election.
"If the fullest power exists the
committee believes that every case
involving the exclusion of a Senator.
elect or the expulsion Of a member
Of the Senate for an offense alleged
ohave been committed prior to his
election, mus depend upon the pecu.
liar facts and the circumstances Of
the particular case" the report said.
1.-THE general conclusion to which
your committee has come makes 1t
unnecessary to give an opinion upon
the power Of the Senate with respect
to the question here raised.
Discussing payment of the 500, 900
by the railroad company, of which
Senator Gould was president, the re-
port said the company had advanced
in the work to the point where it
was 'in a position to be held up"
1t WAS pointed out that Senator
Gould denied making the payment
himself, and that he, testified he pro-
tested oyer his business associates
paying anything.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
SNOW DUE TOMORROW.
Cold to Arrive Tonight, Indicates
Blustery March.

Snow is likely to arrive here tonlor-
row from a storm that originated in
Mexico and Is progressing toward
Washington, the Weather Bureau re-
ported this morning.
Cloudy and colder weather is fore
cast for tonight, with the temperature
ranging about the 2Sdegree mark
March, however, will not come roar.
ing in. 1t was said at the bureau, since
no heavy winds are i'm prospect. and
it Is by no means certain that the
expected snow will materialize.
But colder weather is in store, IL
was predicted. and the month OF
March promises to live up to Its repu.
tation as gusty. blustery, stormy
month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Gem Bandits Get $125,000

MIAMI. Fla, February 2s R.-
The safe Of the Sutton & Gibson Jew.
elry store was blown open early to-
day and cash and jewels with an es.
timated value Of between SIS, 900 and
S125.OOO stolen. The robbers were
believed to have worked throughout
the night. Owners OF the store said
the exact loss would not be known
until an inventory had been taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE. England. February
2S.-The Hippolytus Club has been
formed at Cambridge University ito
re-assert the supremacy of the male. &"
A statement of policy says: Con
vinced that feminine influence is eat
ing like cancer into modern civili.
zation. the Hippolytus Club will blaze
the trail toward an era of uncom-
promising masculinity. 1t will shat
ter the domination Of Eve and re-
store the initiative OF Adam"
A Greek legend is responsible for
the clubs name. Phaedra. stepmother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Students Organize Hippolytus Club
To End Rule of Eve and Restore Adam

of Hippolytus. fell in love with him,
and. on having her advances re.
PEELED. told his father, the king. that
Hippolytus had insulted her. The
king, enraged, had Hippolytus torn
between two chariots, while Phaedra
slew herself because Of her hopeless
love-
at the request Of Diana, however
Aesculapius restored Hippolytus to
life and he was escorted to the grove
Of africa, where he received divine
honors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
insult IS CITED
|NCONTEMPT CASE
Schuyler and Cunningham
Also Named in Charges
Before Senate.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Samuel insult, public utility mag
nate of Chicago: Daniel r. Schuyler,
Mr.. Insults attorney. and Thomas
w. Cunningham of Philadelphia to.
day were cited to the Senate for con-
tempt by the Reed "slush fund" com
nlittee.
All three have declined to answer
certain questions put to them by the
committee during it's investigation of
the senatorial primaries last year in
Illinois and Pennsylvania which re-
Eultesl I'm the nonainatione.a and s,Ibse-
dueft election OF Col. Frank I..sSmith
of Illirois and William s. Ware OF
Pennsylvania, both Republicans.
Robert f. Grove. States attorney in
Cook County. ILL.,, purged himself OF
contempt, the committee reported,
when he appeared last Monday before
that committee.
A resolution recommending the
course of procedure against the three
recalcitrant witnesses will be intro.
duced in the Senate tomorrow by Sena-
tor Reed, Democrat, Of Missouri chair
man of the committee. While the
resolution has not been made public,
it is understood 1t will provide for
citing the. cases of the recalcitrant
witnesses to the United States district
attorney for the District of Columbia
to proceed against them in the Su-
preme Court of the District.
The alternate procedure would be
for the Senate itself to undertake to
punish the recalcitrant witnesses. The
committee. 1t was said, have decided
in favor of the first method of pro-
cedure.
Presented by GoF.
The report of the committee was
submitted to the Senate today by
Senator Goff, Republican, of West Vir-
ginia, in the absence of Senator Reed,
who was out Of the city.
The report condemns insult. Schuy-
Ter and Cunningham for their obduracy
and recommends that they be ad-
judged in contempt of your committee
and of the Senate Of the United
States"
A detailed report of the refusal of
these witnesses to reply to questions
lis contained in the report. They first
refused last Summer to answer GER
tain questions put to them by the
committee. They were summoned
here a week ago to be given another
opportunity to answer the QueStlOHS
before the committee proceeded against
them.
Mr.. Grove did reply to the questions
put to him by the committee. The
other three declined. Mr.. insult and
Mr.. Schuyler with expressions of re
gret and Mr.. Cunningham with blunt
refusal to answer questions. The lat.
ter was treasurer of the Republican
State committee of Pennsylvania and
testified that he contributed $50,000 In
cash to the campaign for the nomina'
ton Of Senator-elect Ware. He de-
clined to tell the committee where he
got the $4,000. Mr.. Insults contribu'
tions to the Smith campaign reached
approximately SIZE 900.
Gave $65, 900 More.
He also contributed some $3.50 to
aid in the nomination at the same
primary Of various candidates for local
Offices. These contributions were
made largely through Mr.. Schuyler.
Both Mr.. insult and Mr.. Schuyler
have refused to tell the committee to
Continued on Page 4. Column So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Opinion Holds Elk Hills and
Pearl HarbOr Contracts
Tainted With Fraud.
MACNATE DENIED COMPENSATION
LOSES ALL CASH HE PUT In DEAL
Finding Also Declares Fall Leasing Policy
Was Illegal-Justices' Decision
Is Without Dissent.
Ry the Associated Press.

the
Edward L. Doheny give up the naval oil
tracts awarded him when Albert B. Fall Secretary of the
nteor will he receive back the he spent attempting
10 carry the agreements into effect
In an opinion amounting complete victory for the Govern
fen Supreme held today that the agreements only
were tainted fraud but that the Fall leasing policy under which
they were made illegal
NOT REACHED.
It
koH that directly
Involved in todays finding ri
The opinion announced by Justice Butler there
dissent OF
holding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28

ST. LOUIS, February % R)--
Angered because his daughter insisted
on playing the piano, Emil Chaxel, 70.
a widower, went to the basement Of
his home last night and hanged him.
self from a rafter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Apparent Break Seen in Sen
ator's Ignoring Offices of
State Department.
MExIC0'S REPLY ALSO
VIOLATES PROPERTIES
Effect on American Senate Is
Apprehended as Real Cues
tion at Stake.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

President Coolidge has come to an
apparent break with the chairman Of
the Senate foreign relations commit.
tee, Senator Borah. The action Of the
latter I'm breaking all precedents by
communicating with a foreign gov.
ernnent direct instead of through the
Department of State has stirred up
resentment which may influence the
action of the Executive to proclaim
anew that the spokesman of the
American Government under the Con
stitution is the President and not
member of the Senate.
Mr.. Borah telegraphed President
Gales of Mexico for certain informa-
tfon about oil concessions. The Pres
ident of Mexico violated the proprie-
ties by answering the telegram.
Usually the procedure is to transmit
an answer to the embassy in Wash
lngton with instructions to give the
reply TO the Department of state to be
forwarded to the inquirer. whether he
he a member of the Senate or an Off.
cial in another Government depart
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
WEATHER.

10. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Cloudy tonight: tomorrow snow: not
much change in Temperatures: mini
mum temperature about 2S degrees.
Observation-Disclosures, Al, at pm.
yesterday: lowest, 33, at am today.
Full report on page 3.
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Continued on Page 5, Column II
Evening star., 1927-11-16

the land where centuries before Rus
slams were slain by hordes by the
soldiers of the great Khan. The
Omaha World.Herald calls him the
greatest and most bloodthirsty of the
worlds conquering heroes" while the
Buffalo Evening News declares that
he destroyed not only Buddhist civil
liZation." but every other form of
civilization with which he came in
contact"
That "piece by piece, archeolo-
gists are putting together the story
of the human race is the tribute of
the Seattle Daily Times to those
scientists who with such eagerness
are "delving into the past" There
is no material reward for the excava-
tors, "since they cannot themselves
claim the relics" points out the
Times, 'but there is honor and glory
in the discovery and the satisfaction
of having contributed something to
the sum total of the knowledge of
ancient culture" And that paper
calls attention to the fact that "this
continent also has it's story to tell
Only recently an ancient village was
tanned relics estimated to be $500
years old. The process of piecing to-
gether the history of the human
species is slow and tedious. No doubt
much of that history is gone forever
beyond the reach of men, but with
a little more information our scien-
lists will be able to guess at the early
chapters" concludes the Seattle paper.
Evening star., 1927-11-16
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day

President. in two messages, reaf-
firms the determination of this Ma.
ton to fight the Kaiser to a success
full finish. Cabling King Albert of
Belgium, he tells him that the people
of the United States were never more
in earnest than in their determination
to win the war. Texas
father offers son. now in France win
American Expeditionary Forces. $500
for every German he kills.
Recent naval conference in London
was called at instance of President
Wilson. and not, as generally sup
posed, by one of our allies.
American naval experts postpone ver-
dict on U-boat menace. Think lull in
sumbarine sinkings does not indicate
collapse and underseas campaign must
still be considered factor in the war;
Anxious fathers inquiries
force disclosure that conveyed steam.
err Kansas City is lost and thought to
have been sunk without trace by Ger.
man U-boat about September 5.
Renewed warnings against spies are
posted at all navy yards and stations.
cautioning everybody to keep secret
all information about troop move.
ments and methods of naval defense.
Evening star., 1927-11-16
Sugar Control.

International agreement to cut sugar
expectation is reported from Paris.
Reduced expectation may mean re-
duced production, and reduced produc-
ton invariably means higher prices.
Uncle Sam may be compelled to curb
his taste for sweets or have a few
millions added to his bill.
-Four large sugarproducing nations
are represented in the new agreement,
which is signed by the largest ex-
porters OF sugar in those countries.
Cuba, chief source of Americas sugar
supply, took the lead in effecting the
agreement, and the other nations
which are now represented are Poland,
Germany and Czechoslovakia. Efforts
to have the Dutch sugar exporters
join in the agreement are under way.
The United States uses each year
approximately 100000 tons Of sugar.
More than half Of this is imported.
and most OF the imports come from
Cuba The American housewife ex.
perienced the pinch Of a sugar short
age and high sugar prices during the
Great World. She will not look forward
with any degree of enthusiasm to ar
artificialiy produced sugar shortage
The problem of the sugar producers
and sugar exporters, however, is tC
meet an overstocked market, they
say. They insist there is no under
.Eing design to form huge interna
A.,onal sugar trust, or to force price!
lalgh, They are merely engaged, theJ
Evening star., 1927-11-16

illegal enterpriSes. A stiff vagraney
law. thoroughly enforced, would rid
most Of our communities Of these
leeches.
Washington is suffering just now
from an unusual prevalence of crime.
Hold-ups and killings are being fre.
quently reported. An attempted kid
naping has just occurred. The mana
ger of food shop was slain the other
night in the defense of the property
of which he was in charge. Several
dwellings have been entered and val
liable goods have been taken. A house
holder was wounded by one of these
nocturnal marauders a few days ago.
1t Is in order to ask that all persons
who are not known to be law-abiding
and honestly occupied should be
brought to book to explain their means
Of livelihood, to give an account of
themselves or to be Jailed as unsafe
to be allowed at large. Washington 8
"deadline" should be drawn around
the District boundaries.
Evening star., 1927-11-16
A Contrast in Flyers.

A striking contrast is presented IN
the almost simultaneous action Of the
Bureau of Standards in America and
the Legion of Honor in France regard
ing the worlds altitude record for air
craft. Yesterday the bureau in an Of
fetal celebration of the Paragraph of
Capt. Hawthorne c. Gray posthumous-
lv awarded the gallant balloonist an
altitude mark of AZ ,470 feet, the high.
est that man has ever been above the
earth. At the same time the Legion
of Honor committee was, for the first
time in history, trying one of it's own
Jean Callizo, the French aviator, stag
gered from his plane two months ago
to proclaim to the world a new alti-
tude record of $4,000 feet. Discovered
later to have doctored his barograph
before he left the ground, Callizo was
barred from further flying and the
Legion of Honor committee now
threatens to strip from him his COW
eted ribbon. Capt. Gray gave his life
for the new record-he was found dead
in his wrecked balloon few days ago
while Callizo lived to be dishonored
among men. What contrast!
Altitude flying and ballooning is one
Of the most hazardous of adventures.
1t calls upon the nerve, the skill and
the endurance of aviators who at
tempt it. Capt. Gray did not live to
tell of the horrors of the limitless blue
more than 10000 feet above the earth's
surface, but ex.Lieut. John A. Macready
of the Army and Lieut.. c. c. Cham
pion of the Navy, premier flyers in the
high attitudes, have given vivid ex.
preston to the fantastic contortions
of the mind, the struggle to retain
consciousness and the fight against
the forces of gravity in the biting cold
Of the upper strata. It Is no place
for the timid. 1t takes stern stuff to
make the grade. That is why the
world is bitter in its denunciation OF
a man who claimed to possess hero
qualifications, but did not, and loud
in it's praise Of one who did not claim
these qualities, but proved it, even in
death.
Evening star., 1927-11-16

claim, In an effort to make the return
upon sugar sufficient to pay properly
for the investment and labor in the
sugar industry. A glutted market, 1t
is said, is bad first for the producers
and exporters, and then for the con.
suming public, after the industry has
become demoralized.
Immediately upon the announcement
that the agreement between four
sugar.producing nations had been
signed, prices for stocks of sugar
refining companies advanced on the
New York Stock Exchange 81 to SO a
share. The United States Is a large
sugar importer. and naturally Is
vitality interested in any move affect.
ing the available supply and the prices
which American consumers may be
forced to pay. The American Govern
ment could scarcely be expected to
look with favor upon international
agreements which sought to limit the
purchases by Americans of a food
stuff that has become, in the eyes of
many, 4 necessity. This country is
not entirely without sugar resources
of its own. moreover. The cane sugar
industry of the South and the beet
sugar industry of the West. the
production of sugar in Porto Rico and
other island possessions of the United
States, are not subject to any control
by outside interests. If importations
are to be checked by foreign control,
the American industry doubtless will
take a leap forward.
Evening star., 1927-11-16
A "Deadline" Against Criminals.

The other day announcement was
made in New York City of the re-es-
tablishment for the holiday-buying sea.
son Of 'deadline" area within which
persons known to be addicted to GRIM
inal habits will not be permitted to
appear. If caught within these bounds
they will be arrested, even though not
engaged in Illegal practices. This is
an annual custom designed to protect
the shopping district from the activi-
ties of the thieving fraternity. 1t is
an extension of the old downtown dead.
line practice which was set up to safe.
guard the wholesale jewelry section
from the attentions Of cracksmen.
The establishment of these prohibit
tive areas for the crooks Of New York
always raises the question of why
there should be any tolerance Of this
fraternity between seasons or in any
section of the city. II these people
are known to be criminals should they
not be rounded up in June as we'll as
in November and December and sent
to prison or sent out of the jurisdic-
ton? It Is, OF course, not wholly
equitable to drive out the crooks for
other States to suffer, but only through
the passing on" procedure, engaged
in by all the States, can the American
territory be made uninhabitable for
,nu6rn,aH orip,ipalc
In any case, unless the courts are
inept and incapable Of dealing with
crime or the laws are too lenient In
the matter of proof and prosecution
| a vigorous campaign against the
| chronic lawbreakers would do more
for the safety of property and OF life
for thieves have become killers as
well in these times-than segregation
and exclusion.
Actual and potential criminals In
| fest all cities. They constitute class
Of non-workers. Only in rare cases
are they engaged in any honest occu
patton. Some few of them may hold
regular jobs as camoufiage for theil
crookedness, but most OF them coule
Justly he taken in a dragnet as per
sons without visible means Of support
living by their wits and through thsil