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| The Omaha Morning Bee 2D extra city EDITION V0L_ 53. NO. 279. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1924. * TWO CENTSu SSSl___' ~ i, 8(811 (( Tear): Dally and Sunday. It: Sunday. 11.50. within ttia 4t> none. Ootildn tun 4th Zoua (t Taarl: Dally and Sunday. Ml; Sunday only. >». Two Colons Near Blows in Senate Watson, Alleging Oil Commit tee Gone Far Afield. Gomes lo Open Breach With Ashurst. • . r- • _ Walsh Too Angry to Talk International .lews Service. Washington, May 6.—Harsh and angry words were hurled back and forth across the senate chamber this afternoon when the most acrimonious partisan debate of the present ses sion broke out over the oil in v estimation. At one time it appeared that Seria tor Watson, republican of Indiana, would come to blows with Senator Ashurst, democrat, of Arizona. The row started when Watson observed the Walsh committe had gone far afield in its oil investigation by searching for campaign material. Walsh, betraying the strain under which he has worked for months be came so angered at Watson's charges that he could scarcely speak. Several limes he choked and once, after a bitter exchange of personalities, sank back into ills chair, his face scarlet, bis breath coming short, and shak ing. Walsh Starts Row. Walsh darted from his seat, shout ing; • Now I am attacked on the floor t>f the senate' just ns I have been at tacked outside and in newspapers. I am not attacking the senator. Watson said coldly. You are, you are." Walsh cried. ■'You said l was actuated by no other purpose than to dig up political i *ues." r, 1 «aid nothing of the kind " t son retorted, "I said that, after tic committee had discovered what i; • out to do—after its case had been pc rented in court—it went far afield fn political issues for campaign nia terlal." "The ,Investigation' was either discredit the president of the Hulled Stales, or for purely political rea sons." "We established that Albert Fail was guilty of bribe-taking," inter rupted Walsh. < nnits In Decide. "The courts will decide that." re torted Watson. "The senate is lower in public esteem than ever before and ns the senate lias deteriorated the president goes up," continued Wat son. "Did you say blown up?" interject id .Senator Ashurst, democrat, of Arizona. "No. gone up," snapped Watson. "The plain intention of your speech is to encourage crime, to excuse crime," shouted Ashurst. "You wouldn't say that if we were in the cloak room,"WVatson shouted "Oh. yes I would, I'd say worse titan that,” returned Ashurst. Watson served notice he would fight an investigation of the prohibl lion unit. "What is tlirre sacred about the prohibition unit?" asked .Senator Dill, democrat, of Washington. "Tile personal animosity of Gover nor Pinchot of Pennsylvania to Secretary Mellon, the desire of Sena > tor Couzens to change the Volstead law to permit wine and beer and the backing of Frank A. Vanderllp lead me to believe that the object of such an investigation is sinister," re turned Watson. New Dry Chief Named. Washington, May 6.—J, H. Searles of Huron today was appointed fed • ml prohibition director for South Dakota. succeeding William O. Ivnlght. who resigned last October. We Have , With Us Today Carl A. Norrbom, Kioux City, la, Ha fiber. Mr. Norrbum is the t'harlle Gardner of gioux City. He Is cashier of the First Trust and Havings hank of the up river town, hut in addition to his talents ns a hanker he has a baritone voice which places him in great de mand for conventions and other spe cial events where a good voice Is neeued. Born 1n Knoxville, III., in 1889 Mr. Norrbom attended school at Mount Pleasant, and later at Augustana college, Hock Island, 111. In the mean time, however, Bioux City had become bis home, and on leaving college he immediately went Into the banking business. At the age of 21 he be came cashier of (he American Hav ings bank, and eight years ago he helped to organize the institution of which he is now an officer. Mr. Norrbom is in Omalut *n route to Wahoo. where he Is to sing solo parts in the Messiah. He is choir director of the Shrine chantera in Bioux City. i Charles F. Weller Dies From Tram Car Injuries diaries K. Weller, 79. president and general manager of the Rich ardson Drug company, died Tues day evening at 7:20 In file Metho dist hospital. Mr. Weller suffered injuries April 14 when lie fell In a street car. His hip and ankle were bro ken and lie suffered internal in juries from which lie was unable to rally due to bis advanced age, according to hospital attendants. On May 3. his attorneys filed soil ti e S.'iO.uoit damages against the Omaha It Council Hluffs Street I! iway company, alleging his fall was occasioned by tire jerky stop ping of the car while on his way to a seal. ___■> Solons Agree to Make lap Barrier Effective July 1 Senate and House Conferees’ Decision Understood to Be Unsatisfactory to Coolidge. Washington, May tt.—Japanese ex clusion as provided tn the immigra tion hill will become effective July 3. 1324, under an agreement reached to day by senate and house conferees on the measure. The house section relating to alien seamen was adopted practically with out change, although it had been stricken out In the senate. Pro i isions for “selection of immigrants at the source" and for immigration \ ises by American consular officials abroad were already In virtual agree nient and remained unchanged in the ■ i nference. Pn feience “within the quota" will given to parents of American eft i s and to skilled farm labor, but I no case will such preference be • imltted to exceed 50 per cent of a lion’s quota. H ashington. May 5.—Indications . re given at the White House to | .-_• Ii t that the agreement of the Knate and liouse immigration bill nferees to make Japanese exclusion i.’pctlve by law next July, was un .uisfictory to President Coolidge. Whether the president would con sider the exclusion provision1 suffi i ient cause for a veto of the immi gration lull was not disclosed, but it was said that he did not consider the two months remaining before July 1 at all sufficient time in which to ne gotiate an agreement or treaty with Japan for exclusion. COOLIDGE SWEEPS MARYLAND, 12 TO 1 Baltimore, Md., May 6.—President Calvin Coolldge will have the solid vote of the Maryland republican dele gation at the Cleveland convention as a result of yesterday's primary elec tion. Mr, Oooiidge, who was the only presidential candidate to file in Mary land, was overwhelmingly Indorsed in the most apathetic primary In the state's history. Not more than 10 per cent of tile republicans voted The vote was in a ratio of about 12 to 1 for Coolldge. Cumberland. Md., May 8.—Repre sentative Frederick Zihlman, repub ilcan, of the Sixth Maryland district, was renominated for a fifth term at the primary' yesterday, according to returns compiled todaW THREE LOSE LIVES AS VESSEL SINKS Sandusky, O , May 8—Three men lost their lives when the snnd steamer Protection turned over and sank In Sandusky hay this afternoon. The dead are: William P. Pettle, engineer, Sandusky; Norman Carroll, fireman. Sandusky; Peter Hemmlnger, deckhand, Sandusky’. Other members of the crew were picked up by a boat. Democrats of Thayer County File Ticket in Final Hour Bedford, la., May 6.—Taylor coun ty democrats filed a full ticket for tho coming election In the final hour. It was generally understood that the democrats would not oppose the three republicans seeking their second term if the republicans would not oppose the democratic candidate for re elec tion. At the last minute the demo crats filed for the three offices, leav ing their candidate without opposi tion, while all republicans will have contests. • Married in Council Bluffs. The following peraon* obtained marriage llcenaea In Council Bluff* yeaterday. John Wsorek. Cedar Rapid*. Neb . 59 Bertha Miller. Ht Kdwarda, Neb. 19 If B Neameyer, Omaha . .23 Adeline CHNtelton. •Mucha . -I l.olua McDonald. Omaha .&2 Vflary Jenaen. Omaha . 30 John I’etrlakaa. Omaha 30 Be** Webb. Omaha... • 'heater •’«>..phetl, Murdock Nab. 21 Henrietta Baumgartner. Chappell. Neb, 21 Simmons Is Beaten in New Fight Habeas Corpus Writ for Ne braska Slayer Is Declared Ineffective by Coun ty Judge. Only 17 Days Remain Bt Associated Press. Butte, Neb., May 8.—Another chance for the life of W. H. Simmons, convicted to die In the electric chair May 23, was exhausted here today when County Judge Ford assented to the objections of the state legal de partment to habeas corpus proceed ings in this county to further the con demned man's fight against execu tion. Near I-ast Resource. Attorneys for Simmons, who was sentenced to die for tile murder of Frank Pahl, Spencer garage man two years ago, have exhausted prac tically all resources to keep the pris oner from the electric chair. Follow ing the failure in an appeal to the state board of pardons and paroles for commutation of sentence to life imprisonment, the condemned man e attorneys obtained a writ of habeas corpus here. This was served upon Warden W T. Fenton of the state penitentiary in T.lneoln and he was ordered there by to delher the prisoner before the bar at county court here May 8. Writ Declared Void. State legal department officer*, however, *ent assistant Attorney j General Floyd Dort to the court here 1 and he raised the objection for the state that the writ served upon the j warden waa ineffective, inasmuch as : Fenton i* a state officer and not un ! der the county court's Jurisdiction. | Judge Ford sustained this objection j and dismissed the habeas corpus pro I ceedings. This lesves but 17 days for Sim mons to carry on what has so far been a losing fight for his life. England Given U. S. Navv Picture ¥ \ icw Depicting Squadron Joining British Fleet Pre sented by Kellogg. By Associated Prm, I.ondon, May 6.—Frank B. Kel logg, the American ambassador, made a short steech today at the British admiralty in presenting a picture de picting the sixth I'nitcd States battle squadron Joining with the British grand fleet during the war, the gift of the officers and mep of that squad ron to his majesty's adfiilralty board. Mr. Kellogg, who was accompanied by Captain Charles I,. Hussey, naval attache of the embassy, was received by laird Chelmsford, first lord of the admiralty; Admiral Earl Beatty, first sea lord; Rear Admiral Hodges, and the entire admiralty board In the historic hoard room where the pic ture will be hung with the other more ancient ones picturing the scenes of England's naval glory. Mr. Kellogg said the gift was in tended as America's recognition of and admiration for the British sea men in the war. It would he a re membrance of the close co-operation and friendly alliance between the two navies. Woman. I naitled, Climbs Out of 30-Foot Wrjl After Fall Grand Inland. Neb.. May 6.— A *Pr clal din patch from Bergent relate* to an unusual Incident. Mr*. Ruth Adam*, a mtleswoman In a department More, while wandering over old scene* on her father* farm, ap proached an old abandoned well, the covering of which gave way. preclpl In ting her 30 feet below . She w as not only uninjured, but had. by hand over hand work on the Iron plplug, bracing her feet against the soft dirt, climbed to the top without assistance, being aided only on the ln*t lap out of the opening. She wan at work Monday a* usual. 75 Bankers Attend Iowa Association Meeting <Yeaton, Ta., May 6.—Seventy-five hunker* attended the meeting of group No. !» of the Iowa Ranker*’ hk socintlon here today. C. E. Narey, Spirit Lake, preaident, and Frank Warner, Dei Molne*. decretory of the aauncintlon, and J. H. Anderson, speaker of the Iowa hou*o of repr* tentative*, were the principal apeak er*. Coal Drill Strikes Sand. Gravity, la.. May A—Drilling for coal near here was temporary halted when the drill struck a vein of white sand. The drill has been moved > short distance and drilling will he i< Slimed It Is planned to use s cas Ing In the well If the sand Is struck again. i Cy William’s Homers Enable Phils to Beat Giants i Cy Williams’ two home runs in the game with the Giants Tuesday aided materially in Philadelphia’s 5 to 4 Victory over the New Yorkers. Wil liams' circuit clouts for the season now total five. Oscar Fuhr, former Omaha hurler. pitched the Boston Heil Sox to their sixth straight victory. The Wash ington Senators were the victims. Peckinpaugh, Senator short stop, was spiked in the second Inning aDd was removed from the game. Babe Ruth was responsible for the Yankees' defeat over the Athletics yesterday, the Bambino driving in two runs In the fifth and scoring the winning run in the eighth. ' Nick Cullop allowed St. Joseph four hits and the Buffaloes trimmed the Saints 4 to 2. Cullop was in hot wa ter In the first three innings, but after that settled down, holding the Josies scoreless. All the latest news in the world of sport will he found on pages 10 and It. _ Bluffs Girl Is Kidnaped From School. Belief Radio Search Started When Miss Fails to Return From School After Man Calls. Fear that Katherine Hunt Council Bluffs school girl, has been kidnaped was expressed Tuesday evening by her school teacher and relatives when the girl failed to return hopie from her classes. A message was broadcast over eta tion WO AW with a description of the cirl asking for Information regarding her whereabout*. Katherine is a pupil at Avenue A school in the Bluffs. Tuesday afternoon, according to the teacher, a man 'shabbily dressed and representing himself to be the girl's uncle and a messenger from her mother, called at the school and isked for her. The little girl left with the man. the teacher said, and has not been ieen since. Her mother is Mrs. W. H. Walker. '704 Avenue F. Council Bluffs. Katherine has dark hair and blue eyes and was wearing a yellow dress when at school, the teacher said. Omaha and Council Bluffs police have been notified to search the two cities for her and her "unci*’’ coit panlon. Century Strikes Auto; Ei»lit Dead Family of Six Among Killed —Locomotive Is Dis abled. Amsterdam, N. Y , May 4 -—The Twentieth Century Limited, bound from New York to Buffalo on the New York Central mllroad. struck an automobile at a crossing cast of this city tonight, killing eight, according to railroad men. The locomotive wns disabled. It I* believed a number of persons were injured, John M. 8. Acee of Amsterdam, clothing store proprietor. Is wife, three children and sister in-law. were among those killed. Trainmen said the Acee car stalled on the track. “Say It With Sugar,” Girl of Century Hence Will fell Stuttering Suiain Diamond Supply to He Exhausted W ithin 100 Years, Jewelers Predict—Couples W ill Plight Troth W illi Synthetic (iem Fused From Sugar. B,v A. J. I.OKENZ. ' I nliersal Servlre Staff I'orrnpolldrlil. Chhngo. May 6.—A century hence will find the would be la*nedlct facing a new problem. The damsel, anxious to see a dia mond sparkle on her finger, may he disappointed. Of course, people still will he get ting married—hut youth* won't |>op the question with a si«arkler. Ho pi edict the Jewelers diamond merchants and dlamont Importers "There won't be any diamond* available 100 years from now." Jo seph Maser, dlnmoml importer of New Vork, declared at the annual meeting of the Illinois Jewelers. "The day* of the diamond are numbered The mine* are giving out and there are no discoveries of new field* recorded. It's a moral cer talnty no new diamonds will he available In a cenlurj and perhaps sooner," If his pr* dictions tom* true, the engagement will he sealed with a inn hug of sugar. This the hrlde may take to her favorite Jeweler and have It fused Into a synthetic diamond. Ar tificial diamonds, according to Mr. Mazer, nre made out of sugar, heat ed at tremendous pressure ami then cooled. "Artificially made diamonds are still Impracticable." added Mr. Ma zer. "Several have been made at tremendous effort, but they were microscopic In size, "Thus teal diamonds, because of Ihelr growlug scarcity, are Increas ing In value, "Ten years ago, Robert Victor anti Jaeger diamonds were among the most desirable and available slonps In the world. Now they have die appeared entirely. The shafts have given nut. "The great Kimberly fields are al most through Ho are the Hi a ill fields t Police Raid Butler Vote Stronghold Neighbors Complain Anti Roulsky Literature Clutter Streets; Two Leaders Placed Under Arrest. Second Pair in Custody Police late Tuesday afternoon raided a Dan Butler-for-Commlssioner headquarters at Twenty-fourth and Lake streets. R. H. Johnson. 523 North Fifteenth street, and R. H. Black, 1T06 North Twenty-fourth street, both colored, were arrested and held for invest! gat Ion. Sergeant Pat Pavn» and Detective Een Danb.aurr. staged the raid. Cluttering Streets. The raid of the headquarters was made on complaint of residents in the vicinity of the place. They charged that the streets were being cluttered with literature attacking City Com missioner Joseph Koutsky. Police were summoned to the neighborhood several times before they responded. At first they be lieved the complaint came from some disgruntled person, they said. But <ftep receiving five or six other cone plaints, they went out to investigate. Several men were In the room when the officers entered, hut only the two who were alleged to be be hind the movement of putting out the handbills were placed under ar rest. Two Others Held. At Central police station, the two nvrested men admitted th»v had hired persons to circulate the handbills in question. Both of them made signed statements. They were held for further ques tioning Two other men were arrested Mon day night under similar circum stances when they were charged with passing out handbills without a license They said they had been hired by employes of a contracting firm to distribute literature denounc ing Koutsky. POSSES SEEKING JAIL FUGITIVES Steam Roat Springs, May * —Posses of citizens today are scour ling the mountains and passes in the vicinity of this city for Ed Carnes, convicted murderer. and Charles Stark, alleged bootlegger, who escaped from the Routt county Jail here some time early this morn ing. Sheriff Charles Newman declared It as his opinion that the men had fieen aided In their escape by out siders. An outer screen protecting a window of the jail had been torn frcm Its hinge* and a window pane was broken. Carnes was convicted last Noveni her of the murder of R F. Williams, town trustee of Oak Creek, Colo •dur ing a quarrel. BOB HAIR BANDIT GETS TEN YEARS New York, May *—Mr*. Celia Cooney, bobbed hair bandit, and her husband and partner in crime, Ed ward Cooney, were sentenced today to serve from 10 to 20 years each In prison by County .fudge Martin of Rrooklyn. Omahans Sail for Big Church Meet Abroad church history at the Omaha Theo logical seminary, and Mrs. Herron will sail May 8 from Montreal to spend the summer in Scotland and attend the general assemblies of the Presby terian and United Free churches of Scotland, They will also attend the international Sunday school conven tion at Glasgow Body Found in River: Wife and Man Are Accused .Mtrlit Watchman Said to Have Admitted Slajinp Roman's Husband itli Oar. Pngaluaa l.a , May S.—John Hogan, a night watchman, and Mrs, Collie Dykes were arrested today charged with the killing of Mrs Dykes' hus band. a rity employe, last Tuesday. Dyke's body was found by accident, while searchers were seeking the body of S C. Flint, principal of a school at PoplarvlUe. Miss who was drowned In Pearl river Monday near the spot where Dykes' body was found floating Hogan is said by the authorities to have admitted at the coroner's in quest that he killed Dykes, striking him on the head with a boat paddle while they were fishing Mrs. Dykes, according to the authorities, confessed that she planned the murder of her husband. Phe also admitted, the au thorities said, that she had fed her husband crushed glass but it failed to make him seriously ill. Mrs. Dykes is 44, while her hus band was about SO, and Hogan 4S. Mrs, Dykes did not ‘witness the killing. Hogan slated. Hogan has four children and came here recently from Pneayutie, Miss His wife died several weeks ago. The Dykes have two children. The fact that Dykes had been miss ing for almost a week had not been reported to the police and finding of his body was the first clue the au thorities had that he had been mur dered. Amite City. I.* . May « — After es raping several enraged mobs. Mrs. Annie Dykes and John Hogan, con fessed slayers of Hollie Dykes, the woman's husband, today were placed In the county Jail here for eafekeep Ing. The windows of the cells face a courtyard holding tile gallows from which six Italians are doomed to hang Friday unless federal courts inter vene. A corps of special officers, heavily armed, has Peen stationed around the building to prevent possible violence. Sixteen Pupils Honorod bv Hastings 11 ifili School Hastings. N'eb . May 6 —Sixteen hoys and girls have Just been elected to the Hastings chapter of the Na tional Honor Society of Secondary Schools by Principal R. W Johnson and council of teachers. The pupils are charter members and jrerc elected from the 11th and 12th grades. They are Floyd Hough. Kthel Rrandes, Wayne Hreweter, Hlldegard Prom mer Kenneth Brown. Florence Frink, Delbert Gisch, Neil lleikus. Willard Mlntngor. Margaret Platt, Henry Scbillt, Elisabeth Shively. Margaret Strnyer. Karr Taylor, Roy Van Boen Ing and Helen Van Glider Member ship Is based on scholarship, service, leadership and character. Teacher to (Jo to China. Shenandoah, la.. May 6 — Miss Ella Murphy, a member of the English faculty at State Teachers college. <’edar Falls has been elected to teach English In Pekin university, Pekin, China. She wil sail the first of Au gust. Mis* Murphy, who was edu cated at Smith college, Northampton, 'l. ss and the University of Wlecon sin, lias (aught at Austin. Minn , I Shenandoah and East High in Des j Mollies t Butler’s Running Mates Fail to Show Strength; Stroucl-McGowan Beaten Karly Returns Indirate That Voters Ran True to Form in Making Their Selections for City Commissioners— Sutton. Reynolds and Kiene Unable to Keep Up With Butler. Lack of Counting Boards Slows Definite Returns ii ■ - BILLETIN’. On 55 precinct* Butler h*d gone into the lead over Courtney. The vote on these 55 precincts, which was considered sufficient to forecast the election of Butler, was: Butler, 5,397, Courtney, 5,511. Early returns Indicated that the entire Dahlman ticket was elected. The mayor's slate ran well ahead of all opposition in the early returns The vote also plainly showed that supporters of the Dahlman ticket were voting for six men only. Butler Profits. The early returns also showed that Dan Butler was profiting by thd "vote for only six" slogan. On the face of early returns Sut ton. Reynolds and Kelne. Butler s running mates, were out of the race and Stroud, Rosenthal and McGow an also were hopelessly beaten. Race Is Close. The race between Courtney ar-i Butler, on the face of early returns, was neck and neck. Courtney was displaying surpris ing strength in se\eral sections of the city. Included in the early precincts which returned a slight margin for Courtney over Butler were precincts in the Park Avenue district, in Dun dee and Mlnne Lusa. On the first 13 precincts received Courtney was leading Butler by 88 votes. Result Problematical. The vote, however, was varied, and downtown precincts predominated, so i; was impossible to foretell what the final result might be Politicians were inclined to believe Omahan Elected Head of K. of CJ Francis P. Mathew? Chosen a? Deputy in State at Annual Convention. Kearney. Neb . May S — Francis P. Mathews of Omaha was elected state deputy of the Knights of Columbus In Nebraska today at the COth annual convention, at which 41 of th» 45 councils In the state were repre sented. Hastings was awarded the 1915 convention over Grand Island and Omaha Other officer* chosen were Dr. F G Zlmmerer. I.lncoln. state secretary; Dr. J. C. Tlghe Madison, state war den; J. Howard Heine, Norfolk, state treasurer, and Father Dumphej. Silt ton. state chaplain. Dr. Tighe. K. O. Pungan of Chadron, Father H, Mas termann of Kearney, John Fitzpat rick of Omaha and John Casey of Falls City were elected delegates to the national convention. The convention in resolutions en dorsed organization of a junior auxiliary organization to be fostered by the Knighta of Columbus: favored the holding of district meetings dur Ing the course of the year, subject to call of officers: designated the True Voice, published In Omaha, as the of ftclal organ of the order; urged re vision of the state bylaws and rules to consider financing a scholarship in Notre Panic university, Indiana, for the training of_a hoy leader as a part of the program to promote boys' activities, decided to extend future state conventions over two days be cause of the large volume of business to be transacted, and ordered repre sentation at the installation of Plshop Heckman of I.incoln. A committee to assisl in the lav men's retreat movement was urged In another resolution. Discharge of the Catholic Community Center com mittee at I.lncoln and the Creighton stadium committee at Omaha was also ordered. A banquet tonight concluded tli* meeting. The Weather | V__/ »Vr 24 hour* andlnt at 7 r m . < !i?4 I’rcclpltation Ip. hr* and Hundredth* Total, 0 44 total atm « January 1 4 M defleltncjr l ** Hourly Temperature* • am *« l P in . M • a. m .II S p ni. . ...IT 7 a m . II I ] p. m *7 • a tr M 4 p TV. **> • am.. IT ! I p m. 71 1rt a m If • p m Mam • 1 1 7 p m a* 12 noon M l p m M the odds favored Butler, but they ad mitted that "anything might happen" in Buch a race. The vote on these 13 precincts was as follows: Rosenthal. 827. Stroud, 737. Dahlman. 1,806. Koutsky, 1.606. Hummel. 2,073 Noyes, 1.973. Hopkins. 1.999 Stifton, 855. Klene. 873. Butler, 1.175. Reynolds. 833. Dunn. 1,710. Courtney. 1.263. McGowan. 949. 42,000 Total Vote. Dahlman, Hopkins. Hummel sne Noyes are the stronger of the Dahl man ticket with Dunn and Koutsky running just a little behind their running mates. Indications were that the total vote would run about 42,000. On the first four precincts v- 'ived the vote was: Rosenthal. 210 Stroud. 148. Dahlman. 652 Koutsky. 652. Hummel. 733. Novea. 726 Hopkins. 755. Sutton. 244. Klene. 218. Butler. 293 Reynolds. 249. Dunn. 655. Courtney, 304. McGowan. 276. First Precinct The first precinct to be reported was tht seventh precinct of the third ward. As na* expected the Dahlmar ticket ran far in the lead in thi* pre einct with the mayor bimsc-lf polling the heaviest vote. This is the way this >r<-- ji ran: Dahlman, 240. Hopkins, 233. Hummel. 225. Noyes. 225. Dunn. 217. Koutsky, 205 Butler. 95. McGrfwan, 97 Courtney. 90 Reynolds. SO. button. €5. Rosenthal. 60 Klene. 60 Stroud. 35. Butler Is Vventh. The significant point in the re iurns from this precinct was the But ler vole. 33 ith this precinct overwhelmingly In favor of the Dahlman slate an most of the voters obviously vetin. for only the six candidates on thi* ticket, Dan Butler ran ahead of eve: other candidate in the field r~-r Summary of The Day In W ashington The senate engaged in a political d*hate involving the various inves tiga lions. The house patents committee ml n. re composers' complaints of radio broadcasting. Kdwanl L. Pohenv. Jr, was i^lied before the federal grand jury investigating oil charges. A house committee began inves ugating the bureau of engraving bond duplication charges. Ser*:e republican leaders agreed ek a Compromise on the surtax rates In the revenue bill. C. W. Middlekauf. assistant 1'nited States attorney at Chicago, testified before the Daugherty com mittee Speaker Glllett ruled the Bark ley Nil to abolish the railroad labor board must wait two weeks for ac tion. President Coolldge let it be known (hat he regards as very undesir able certain amendments mads to the tax bill by the senate. Charges of serious deterioration In the navy. It was said at the White House are regarded as gen erally unfounded by President Coolldge Democratic senate leaders decid ed there was too much legislation undisposed of to determine whether they would agree to adjourn for the political conventions. Japanese exclusion, effective July 1 next, was agreed upon by senate and house conferees on the Immi gration bill who completed agree ment upon all other disputed I points ft