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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-04
IS
IN.
PRELININAR|ES
Good Start Has Been Made
On Legislative Program
BY Committees.
MANY PROBLEMS.
None of Measures Are Ex-
pected to Have Particularly
Easy Shedding.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, tPj-An-
nouncements by the government and
the defense that they were ready
for the opening of the Sinclair
Burns criminal contempt proceedings
in the supreme court Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Monday, were fol-
lowed today by a short but bitter
exchange between Charles G. Ruddy
a Burns detective, and Neil Burk
inshaw, assistant district attorney.
Ruddy, who was in charge of the
Fall-Sinclair jury shadowing called
on Burkinshaw and after a sharp
exchange he refused to continue his
conference with Burkinsilaw and de-
parted. Later he issued a statement
In whieh he said that Burkinshaw
greeted him with an accusation that
he had been drunk within the last
week. and declaring the accusation
was absolutely untrue" he said he
had refused to remain in Rurkin-
Shaw's office any longer.
Ruddy charged that this final
insult on the part of Mr.. Burkin-
shaw is in accord with the tactics
ne used during the, grand Jury in
vestigation. He alleged that for
the purpose of intimidation some
of the Burns operatives were accus-
ed of crimes they had not COM
mitted." He continued that at one
time Burkinsiiaw threatened him
with arrest lin spite of the fact
that he was emphatically told that
both the men and myself had tes-
titled truthfully and were hiding
nothing.
+ Asserting that Burkinshaw had at
tempted to appeal to the religious
scrupleS'' of some of the investiga-
tors, he declared that Burkinshaw
had said he was only Joking about
my being drunk in New York.
THE district attorneys office isn't
in the mood to accept a lecture on
ethics from the Burns agency" Burk-
inshaw retorted when told of Ruddy's
statement.
. Charles A. Douglas counsel for
William j. Burns and his associates.
and George P. Hoover, counsel for
Sinclair, announced their clients
would be ready to proceed with the
hearing Monday and that no action
would be taken which might tend
to delay it,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-04
SESSION MAY.
RUN FOR SIX.
MONTHS, SAID
Detectives Charge Intimi-
datiOn From District
District Attorneys Office
B % T H READY
Defense Counsel Announce
That No Action Will Be
Taken for Delay.

WASHINGTON Dec. 3 Ps-Facing
host of problems and a number OF
controversies political and otherwise
the 10th congress will convene al
noon Monday for its first session
which may run for at least six
months.
The republicans again have q
majority in both the house and
senate, but due to defectionS in theif
own ranks, particularly IN the senate
they will lack the ability to put
through the entire legislative pro-
gram which President Coolidge will
propose in his annual message,
There will be no difficulty for the
republicans to organize the house
with the -elebtiOn. OF Nicholas Long
worth of Ohio as speaker, but the
republican old guard in tne senate
has a problem on its hands in seeking
to pacify the western independents
who have submitted 9 legislative
program and demanded assurances OF
early action upon it.
Senator Moses of New Hampshire
has been renominated by the repub-
licans as president pro tempore and
probably will be reelected but a
situation now is shaping up whereby
there is a possibility that the demo
Gratis will have to fill the subordinate
senate offices even against their own
desires.
While good start has been made
on the legislative program, especially
by house committees, none OF the
many measures with which the new
congress will have to wrestle will
find particularly easy shedding once
they have left the barrier in the
house. This will be due in a measure
to the extremely narrow division be-
tween the republican and democratic
membership in the senate, where the
balance of power is held by the west
ern independents, who have tilell
own firm ideas as to the precise
form that major measures shoulc
take.
Senators and representatives fine
now that the tax revision i'll has
been put in shape Tor house action
a number OF the annual appropriation
measures are ready to be reported anc
q, good start has been made on flooc
relief, one of the most important ol
all the problems that face the new
congress.
Since house rules permit limitation
of debate, there. will be little diff.
Continued on Page Ten)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-04
SMITH AND WARE
CONTESTS MAY
DELAY PROCR AM
Republican Leaders Con-
cerned in Bringing About
Delay Temporarily.

WASHINGTON Dec. 8 R-Con-
ference after conference dealing with
the impending contest over the seat
ing of Senator's elect Frank L. Smith
of Illinois and William S. Ware O.:
Pennsylvania were held today at the
capitol, but if any agreements or
decisions came out of them they were
well concealed.
Republican leaders were concerned
chiefly with an attempt to bring
about delay of the fight until after
the organization of the senate. There
was no indication, however, thai
either Smith or Ware had consented
to stand aside without protest tlntii
organization could be perfected.
Under the usual procedure of the
senate the names of SmAil and Ware
would be called in their alphabetical
order along with those of otner
senator's elect. Senator Norris, OF
Nebraska, a leader OF the western
independent republican group, will
offer a resolution tc refer the case
of each to the privileges and elections
committee for further investigation
of expenditures in the Illinois and
Pennsylvania senatorial primaries.
In the absence of any agreemen:
for delay, debate on these resolutions
would begin Immediately after the
other senators-elect had been sworn
in and since this would continue for
several days, organization of the
senate would be held up Tor that
length Of time, with the legislative
machinery Of congress at a standstill
in the meantime.
There were various rumors about
possible rerrisals against some ctner
senator elect.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-04

Copper strong; electrolytic
spot and future. 1875 lac;
lead firm; spot, 6.50c,
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-04
Sinclair Burns Contempt Case Opens Monday
< 4 Z = y 4 y & y = 4 y y y
Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge
To Dine On Royal Beet
Steak During Holidays

X CHICAGO, Dec. 8 (R-Presi-
y dent and Mrs Coolidge probably
X will dine on royal beef steak dur
T. ing the Christmas holidays.
r The New Bismarck hotel of
X Chicago, purchasers OF "Califor-
y MIA Stamp grand champion
X steer at the International Live
r stock exposition, which closed to-
4 day, plans to send the president
r. the choicest cut of steak from
y the champion. 1t is to arrive at
X the White House in time for
= Christmas menus
& The animal bred and grown
X by the University of California,
X sold on the hoof for $235 a
X pound
!. * x * * * 81 * * * * * % y
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-04
BRITON ABANDONs FLIGHT

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 8 A9-De-
claring he was run down" and all
in,n Captain Frederick Giles, who
planned a San Francisco to New zea-
land flight in the Hess biplane Wanda,
announced late today that he would
abandon further attempts to make the
flight His hacker. w. HI. Rosewarne
of Detroit, will probably find another
pilot to make the attempt, Captain
Giles said The captain added that he
would take a long rest.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-04
Y # y y y X y y. y y y Il 4 4
Temperature Chart
Indicates Days Are
Still Warm Enough

Jack O'Connor's carefully kept
: thermometer records indicate
: that the past week was a trifle
colder than any previous week
: this fall The mercury sort Of
snuggled down into the bottom
of the glass to keep warm each
morning this week.
1t is to be noted, however, that
even with a seven degree drop
in the average for the week the
weather has been pleasantly
warm each day with the average
at noon 81 degrees.
Evening star., 1927-05-02
CIVIL SERVICE CASE
DECISION UPHELD
Refusal to Furnish Names to
Better Government
League Sustained.

The District Court of Appeals. in
an opinion by Chief Justice Martin,
today affirmed the action OF the Dis
trict Supreme Court in denying TO Dir,
Ellery {. Stowel. president Of the
Better Government League, a
mandamus against the Civil Service
Commission TO compel the furnishing
of the names of the temporary en-
ployes in the Federal departmental
service or to permit him 10 examine
the record Of such list Mandamus
will =" only, the court declares. TO
enforce the certain, complete and sub
stantiaI right of party against an
other upon whom the law imposes a
clear ministerial duty.
Or. StoWell claimed the "inalienable
right" of every citizen to inform him
self as 10 the names of all persons
holding office under the Government.
except in confidential instances, and
also to be informed as TO the work
ings of the civil service system of tn
Government. The commission an
swered that the list sought to he
examined contained about 500,000
names, kept on individual cards, and
to furnish a copy thereof would take
the work Of a number of clerks.
would divulge confidential informa-
Evening star., 1927-05-02
FRAUD ORDER UPHELD
IN SILK HOSE CASE
Court Rules Against Sales Copo-
ration, Charging 1t Holds
Out Lure" ."

Because it contains a lure Of get
ting SO worth of silk hosiery for 81
ar / appeals TO the Credulitv and cupid
ity Of the purchaser. the sales contract
of the Tribond Sales Corporation of
New York rightly falls under the ban
of q fraud order issued against the
company by Postmaster General New,
according to an opinion of the District
Court Of Appeals today. Justice
Charles II. Robb wrote the opinion,
which was conCurred in by Chief JUS
tice Martin. William j. Graham. pre-
siding judge of the United States
Court of Customs Appeals. who sat as
a member of the court, dissented.
The appellate court reversed the
action of the District Supreme Court
June Il, 1925, granting the company
permanent injunction against Post
master General New. who had issued
June =, 1925.
The company sold contracts" for
the hosiery at an initial cost of 81.
The purchaser was to sell three cou-
pons attached to the contract for 81
each and then if each Of the three
new purchasers Temitted SO the origi-
nal purchaser was entitled to receive
the hosiery. In this event he receives
$40 worth of goods for an investment
of 81. Should he sell only two cou-
pOns and each of those purchasers
make return TO the company, the
goods would be delivered to him on
return of the unsold coupon with a
remittance of So. Thus an invest
ment of $5 brought a return of $40.
Evening star., 1927-05-02

ton and would retard the work of
the office.
If the right claimed by DIR. Stowell
be upheld, the Chief Justice points
out, every other citizen may demand
the same privilege with the attendant
Inconvenience to the commission.
The right is not certain, complete
and substantial" says the court, nor
does the law impose on the commits
sion a clear ministerial duty to com
ply with the request of the petitioner.
The duties of the members Of the
commission are defined by statute and
regulations whereby the records in
question are intrusted to their Gus
tody and control. and no provision is
shown which mandatorily requires
them to furnish copies thereof to pri-
vate citizens upon request or in the
alternative to grant personal access
TO the records to all private citizens
applying therefor.
Evening star., 1927-05-02

Assistant United States Attorney
Leo A. Rover for the Postmaster Gen
eraI contended that the scheme par
takes of the nature of a lottery and
is likewise inherently fraudulent" +"
In adopting the Governments view,
Justice Robb says:
THE record indicates that the COM
pany started with So contract holders,
who elected to sell coupons. The
tenth progression of a chain, COM
mencing with these SO. might result
in there being outstanding 2.125, ,764
coupons. The fifteenth progression
of the chain, If unbroken might reach
total of sic, 0.652."
The company has always received
$40 or more before it parts with it's
goods. the court points out. and many
coupon purchasers will conclude to
forfeit the 81 paid and abandon the
scheme. This matter is beyond the
control of the original purchaser and
adds to his elements of chance, the
court declares.
The company's counsel claimed that
the contract is plain and unam-
biguOus, but Justice Robb took a diff
ferent view of it.
Evening star., 1927-05-02
SLAIN WITH OWN GUN.
Illinois Highway officer Called
Victim of Bootlegger.

CHICAGO, May . GP).-A man be.
lieved to be a Chicago bootlegger,
driving a cargo of liquor from Wind
sor, Ontario, shot and killed a State
highway policeman who sought to
search the contraband auto near Stur-
gis, Mich. yesterday.
Sam Mates, the policeman, was shot
with his own pistol. which the rum
runner took from him.
The killers automobile bore an Il
linois license, witnesses said, and after
the shooting the driver started Chi
cagoward at high speed.
Evening star., 1927-05-02
MISSING CLAM DIGGERS
FEARED PREY OF SHARKS
Clothing Found on Beach Near
Surf Infested by Man
Eaters.
By the Associated Press.

SALINAS, Calf, May John A.
Andrade. %, and Alfred Oliver, 16.
both of Warm Springs. Calf, who
disappeared while digging clans in the
shark-infested surf four miles north
Of Moss Landing Saturday, may have
been victims of the man-eaters.
Clothes left by the missing pair were
found on the beach. and their clam
ming bakes were recovered in the
surf.
The beach in that vicinity is so
infested with man-eating sharks that
bathers familiar with the waters
never venture into the surf
Evening star., 1927-05-02
Police Magistrate Sentenced.

PHILADELPHIA, May . (P).-
George E. Rowland, police magistrate,
who last week pleaded guilty to NAL.
feasance and misfeasance in office, ex-
tortion and unlawful conversion of
funds, was today sentenced to six
years in the county prison.
Evening star., 1927-05-02

The Japanese government figures
show that 32,316,O0O persons had a
total of 1,168, 900 yen on deposit
with the postal savings bureau last
year.
Evening star., 1927-05-02

Regular S. and 81 stiff straws in sew
eral styles - sennits, plain straws,
fancy-beached or natural.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
COLD WAVE IS DUE
TOMORROW NIGHT
Frigid Spell Is Sweeping on to
East From Montana and
South Dakota.

Washington had better take fullest
advantage today and tomorrow of the
present spell of Springlike weather,
for the balmy Zephyrs are due before
long to meet with some rude opposf-
tion from another cold wave.
Leaving in it's wake last night in
Montana. and South Dakota tempera-
ture falls Of A and 40 degrees, respec-
lively, the frigid disturbance was cir
cling today through the West and on
toward the East, Forecaster Weight
man announced. 1t was "a degrees
below at Havre, Mont.
Much colder weather will greet the
city by tomorrow evening, and the
mercury will go down even lower Sat
urday, Mr.. Weightman declared, prob
ably we'll below the freezing mark.
The maximum temperature for the
past "a hours was reached at o'clock
this morning, when the thermometer
at the Weather Bureau registered 81
degrees. The lowest mark for that
period was 46 degrees, recorded last
night.
The temperature was expected to
rise some more today, and another
warm night Is in prospect. Rain is on
the horizon for tomorrow.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WOODRUFF, S. c., February IL
Ring, a little dog held fast by rocks
in a narrow underground passageway
for 10 hours, walked from his prison
just before dawn and bounded into the
arms of his master, with tail wagging
furiously.
Twenty men, who through the night
had worked with pick and shovel,
paused expectantly while Willie Mel
son. 19, crawled into the passageway
at 3:45 o'clock. They did not, see
Willie as he made his way 80 feet to
where the dog was lodged, nor could
they watch him as he pulled the little
animal free with an iron hook.
They saw him moment later,
though, for the dog bounded past
Willie and out into the open. Twenty
hats went up and shol split the
-as-F. ". k<3y. bachelor
Evening star., 1927-02-17
BRITISH REJECTION
SEEN BY FRANCE
Japan and Italy Also Ex.
pected to Disapprove
Naval Arms Cut.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.

by cable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1927.
PARIS, February 17--France ex-
poets Italy certainly, Great Britain
probably and Japan perhaps, to follow
the French lead in refusing the Wash
ington disarmament proposal. How
ever, the French answer was not
based on consideration of what others
might do, but solely upon what was
considered the best interests of
France.
1t is significant that French opinion,
from extreme Right to extreme Left,
including the liberals, pacif1sts, radicals
and Socialists, is entirely united in
opposing President Coolidge's ideas.
American Prestige Gone.
So far as France is concerned, the
United States has entirely lost the
great moral prestige it enjoyed few
years ago. Instead, American aims
are sincerely-however unjustly-re-
garded as Systematically egoistic and
some times harshly unfair.
The French disarmament views, on
the other hand, are known to be
shared by considerable number of
countries. A large part of French
League of Nations and Is unwilling
to admit the American thesis that
the League will fail in its disarma-
ment projects.
When the preparatory commission
on disarmament meets again at
Geneva in March, it is announced
France will present concrete pro-
posals looking toward a general dis
armament conference, perhaps in
October.
France sees no objection to the
United States, Great Britain and
Japan. as the worlds great naval
powers. making any agreements
they desire, but will refuse to enter
into any arrangement whereby, as
the French people think, French
colonies and maritime communica-
tions would be placed at the mercy
of these powers.
French experts believe that neither
Continued on Page 2, Column H.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
Rich College Youth, ROLLED" for 81 900,
Blamed for Raid on Tex" Guinan's Club

CONSERVATION. seized n small quantity
OF alleged liquor and carted Texas
and four male assistants to the pre-.
cinct police station in a patrol.
Bail was refused when Capt. John
w. Iglesby of the prohibition forces
explained to the police magistrate
that in addition to being charged with
illegal sale and possession OF LIQUOR.
Miss Guinan was charged with yio-
lation of personal injunction, which.
he asserted, carried Jail sentence
upon conviction. Bail, he said, onlv
could be taken by the Federal iudga
who had signed the original iniunc.
ton.
How sweet" said Texas. wber
she learned she would have to snend
the night in the police station. "Whaf
q thrill! Texas Guinan going to
jailp' "
Miss Guinan, who gave her age IN
the desk sergeant as 36, took her
arrest in good humor and entertained
the hundred or more persons who fol.
lowed her to jail with impromptu Sc.
lections of popular songs Then, the
booking" over, she retired in her
ermine cloak and brilliant
headdress, to spend what remained
Of the night in perusing a magazine.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
CANTONESE ENTER
HANCCHOW AS SUN
TROOPS SFALL BACK
Shanghai Hears of Collapse
of Defenders Army, Only
113 Miles Away.
1900 MARINES REPORTED
GOING DIRECT TO CITY
Transport Chaumont Would Raise
U. S. Force There to 1890
for Emergency Duty.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Prese.
Hangchow. 113 miles from Shanghai
and key city of ChekianE Province.
became the center of the civil war in
China today. the Cantonese, or Ma
fionalists. claiming its capture and
other adviceS indicating its imminent
downfall.
The Northern army of Sun Chuan-
fang, defending Hangchow appeared
TO have collapsed, but whether TO
such a degree as to leave Shanghal
omen to a Cantonese attack was un-
certain.
News from the Province of Honan
said that the Northern armies OF
Marshal Chang Tso-lin and his ally
Gen. Chang Tsinchang continued
their advance on the Cantonese-con
troiled upper Yangtze Valley.
Northern Chiefs Confer.
Chieftains of the Northern alliance
continued their conferences at PeKlhg
regarding the Honan campaign.
The League of Nations at Geneva
acknowledged receipt of Peklng's com
munication demanding withdrawal OF
The british troops en- route to Shang-
hal: the British press is apparently
little impressed by the demand.
The demand of the Cantonese 1or-
eign minister, Eugene Chen, that ne
be recognized as the official spoKes-
man for all of China and that the
entire concession problem be settled
at Hankow caused the present sus-
pension of negotiations there, official
advices to London say.
Foreign authorities here beiieVe
'1arshal Sun has finally lost Chekiang
Province, unless he receives reinforce
nents from the Shantung northern
army No Shantung support has been
Forthcoming up to the present.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
ASWE[L DEFEATED
ON FARM-A|D BILL
House Refuses to Substitute
His Measure for MCNary-
Haugen Proposal.
BY the Associated Press.


The House today refused to substi-
tute the Aswell farm relief bill for the
McNary- -Haugen measure. The vote
against substitution was 160 to IA.
Immediately after the vote, Repre-
sentative Crisp, Democrat, Georgia,
moved substitution Of the bill bearing
his name.
Although a second vote on the AS
well bill may come later. this action
narrows the fight more closely be-
tween the Curtis-Crisp bill and the
McNary-Haugen measure, and gives
the first preliminary test Of strength
as between this and the rival bills.
There was no record vote.
Representative Garrett of Tennessee,
the Democratic leader, supported the
Aswell substitution, declaring many
members in supporting the McNary-
Haugen bill were submerging their
own convictions.
Attacking the Haugen bill as a
vicious piece of legislation, he said:
Every man who votes for the equal
ization fee, which threatens to destroy
all agriculture, will be on the defense
as soon as 1t becomes effective"
Evening star., 1927-02-17
20 Men Dig Out Hound Imprisoned
ITO Hours After Chasing Fox in Den

farmer, gathered Ring in his arms
and wrapped his overcoat about him.
1t was happy calvacade that quit
the scene. Kelly, careful that Ring
was comfortable in his arms. carried
his pet home for some hot milk, the
first meal for the dog since last Thurs
day when he chased a fox into the
passageway and became imprisoned.
The fox was removed yesterday. dead
Ring had killed 1t.
News of the rescue preceded the
band into the dark, quiet little town.
Shafts Of light framed neighbors who
opened doors to hear the tidines.
Ring, fried of the community, had
become a popular concern in his
predicament.
The rescuers were to gather at the
scene of the rescue later in the day to
pose for a motion picture camera man
II don't know how soon," said Kelly.
my dog needs sleep and rest. Well
let him sleep and rest. Wen let him
decide"
Evening star., 1927-02-17
SOUTHWEST TO GET COLD.
Flowers Bloom i'm San Antonio, but
Winter Is Returning.

KANSAS CITY, February II P).-
Spring frocks and budding shrubs,
brought forth by Springlike tempera-
lures of several days, are due to re-
ceive a shock in the Southwest tonight
with the sudden return of Winter.
The Weather Bureau announced to-
day that a cold wave, the first effects
of which already were noticeable,
would send the mercury tumbling to
as low as 10 degrees above zero as
far South as central Oklahoma by
morning. The cold wave, sweeping
out Of the Northwest, will be. accom-
panied by snow.
Temperatures reached 80 degrees in
San Antonio this week, where flowers
were in bloom, and 20 in Oklahoma
and 67 here yesterday.
Evening star., 1927-02-17
NEW UPRISING OF MOROS
FACED IN PHILIPPINES
Col. Luther Stevens, Who Put
Down Datu Tahil. on Way
to Subdue Outlaws.
BY the Associated Press.

COTOBATO, p. l.. February Ii
Conflicts between Philippine govern
ment forces and Moros in the up-river
districts of CotOhato province We're
indicated by message received today
by Col. Luther Stevens of the con-
stabulary.
The message came from Gov. Gu
tierrez of Cotobato and called for
Stevens immediate presence, saying
that 500 Moro outlaws in the district
were defying the government force
Stevens, who only recently quieted
the Datu Tahil Moro disturbance, on
Jolo Island, left last night. taking
with him the same artillery used
against Tahil. The present situation
promises to be more serious than the
Tahil uprising, as the outlaw force is
larger and the territory is more ex-
tenSive.