' ~rj The Omaha Vs >rning Bee P™I=f p r ,r ■ flcult to class them separately.— i. — __Thomas Pains. I CITY EDITION VOL. 54—NO. 218. _ OMAHA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1925. *_TWO CENTS1” MsST* ^— - Cap Key to Slaying of Switchman Police Believe Missing Head gear May Solve Mysterious Death of U. P. Trainman. Five Witnesses Held Upon the finding of a cap depends the solution of the murder mystery which has baffled police since early yesterday morning. The tom and mangled body of Ed ward Hareld, T'nlon Pacific switch man, was found lying under a lumber shed at Fifteenth and Marcy streets at 7:50 Monday morning. That, in Itself, seemed easily ex plained. The police found the’ ac tions of the victim easily traced throughout the evening. Then they ^^00^r . a blank wall. ” In all, five witnesses were quos tinned. None knew how Hareld had met his death, and all had different verslona of the evening's entertain ment to tell. The hour of Hareld's deparlure from a house at 705 Soull^ Sixteenth street could not he nefi nitely established. Neither could the hour of his death. No Trace of Cap. Dr. Earl Connolly, at an autopsy Monday' afternoon, declared-that the man muat have met his death prloi to It last night. The clothing was rain soaked and the rain had stopped by 11. Heath had been caused by a ter rific blow at the hose of the skull and another behind the right ear. The skull had been fractured by both blows. When Hareld's body was found there was no headgear In the'vicinity. The only thing that the witnesses could establish was the fact that the dead man had worn a cap. Just what the material was from which the cap lied heen made, just what color it was or what might have happened to it the witness could not say. Police now believe that, should the cap be found near the placs where the body was lying a theory of sui cide, committed during a fit of drunken folly, may be supported. Should the cap be found too far from the lumber shed to warrant auch a belief the search for the woman In the case, a mysterious "Myrtle'' will con tinue. , Arrest Fifth Man. ^^Myrtle" entered the case early In L the day when a woman's foot prints were found leading from the house in which Hareld had been drinking prior to his death. Witness testified that Hareld had come to the house in com pany with a woman who mhe called Myrtle. The woman’s last name was unknown to everyone present and she could not be found yesterday. Hate yesterday the police arrested the fifth witness In the case, Edward V. Wales, a watchman employed by the f'hlcago, Quincy & Burlington railroad. Wales is said to have been with Hareld during the evening. He was unable to answer the questions of the police last night and was held for further Investigation. After the autopsy it was declared by. Itan Gross, deputy bounty attor ney, that Hareld was unqueshtlonably murdered and that his body had been dragged from the place where the slaving occurred to the place where it was found. The autopsy, performed by Dr. Earl Connolly, at Korlsko's mortuary, re iTura to F»ee Two. Column Four.) WORLD FLYER GETS NEW JOB Miami, Fla., Feb. 53.—Lieut. Eric Nelson, ons of the pilots In the army round-the world flight, received a telegram today from the War depart ment at. Washington, offering him the aupervlsion of the new airplane assembling plant at Santa Monica, Cal., recently founded hy the govern ment. Lieutenant Nelson, here on -t, will accept the offer, he said. imfield Legion Post to Celebrate the Fourth Bloomfield, Kef). 23.—The local American Legion post will sponsor a Fourth of July relcbratlon in Bloom field this year and already is making preliminary arrangements for big do ings. Ten years have passed since a celebration was staged here. Kiwanians to Debate Iowa Income Tax I,aw Missouri Valley, la., Feb. 23.—The local Kiwanls club has procured a copy of the Iowa Income tax law and will debate It at the regular meeting Tuesday night. — We Have With Us Today John W. flag*, Philadelphia, President of National Association of Life I'nderwriters. Mr. Clegg was born In the Quaker Clly on October 24, 1873, and hss been Identified with tha Penn Mutual Life Insurance company for 34 years, serving now In tha capacity of home office agent. He Is known nationally tt an Insurance writer. The Pennsylvania, la here to nddress ft,.- sales congress of Omaha l-ife I n dei writers’ association at Home ho tel ibis afternoon and evening. He is a member of tha Union league, of tha Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, American Ar-*dan>y of Political and •octal fidenoa, and la manager of th* Amerloxn Baptist Publication ••ateUk LETTER CARRIERS CLOSE BIG MEET Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 23.—The state convention of letter carriers anrl postal clerks closed this evening, Grand Island being selected as the next, meeting place by the carriers. These officers were elected: President, I,. E. Zook of Lexington; rice presi dent, George Harris of Grand Island; secretary, TV. D. Shear of Lincoln; treasurer, George Cummings of Lin coln; delegate to the national conven tion at Detroit, TV. C. Bouk of Omalip. The postal clerks also selected Grand Island ns the 1926 meeting place. The following officers were elected: President, TV. W. Harvey of Omaha; vice president, Miss Inez Slocking of Wahoo; secretary, L. R. Fitch of Lincoln; treasurer, Harry Rartlck of Beatrice; delegates to na tional convention at Kansas Glty, L. R. Fitch of Lincoln and H. H. Rar tlck of Beatrice. One Killed and .Seven Wounded in Church Fi"ht O Factions of Catholics in Mex ico City Use Guns in Battle Over Seizure of Soledad Edifice. -'O ■ ■ ■■■» • By Associated Tress. Mexico City, Feb. 23.—One person was killed and seven were Injured In A clash at noon today between fol lowers of the recently proclaimed Mexican Catholic Apostolic church and orthodox Catholics, when women worshipers attacked a so-called separatist priest, Luis Monje, when he attempted to celeharte mass in the Soledad church, a short distance from the national palace. Police were summoned to suppresa the disorder and fired in the air. The worshipers protested that they were the victims of armed separatists who had been guarding the church since It was seized Saturday night. Despite the police the women re fused to leave the edifice and re mained Inside with the purpose of preventing Monje from conducting mass. Lpave Armed Guard. After the announcement last Wed nesday of the formation of a national Mexican church and the publication of a manifesto In which Joaquin Perez, calling himself a former priest, proclaimed himself patriarch, about mo armed men, led by the so-called "Father Monje," on Saturday night drove Father Alejandro Silva from the Soledad church. When the po lice arrived to preserve order and clear the nearby streets, the secession ists consented to leave the church but only on condition that Monje ■should not be disturbed and that they be permitted to maintain five armed men to watch the place of worship. Although it was announced that Monje would celebrate mass yester day, the service did not take place, and when an attempt was made at noon today to conduct mass the women worshipers vociferously pro tested when they learned that the separatist leader was on the altar. Claim Labor Support. Owing to the opposition qf the mid dle classes of the populace It la not believed the separatists will attempt to carry out their announced Inten tion to occupy the cathedral and oilier large churches In the capital, rr well as the Guadalupe shrine, which Is the home of Mexico's patron saint. The separatists have declared that tlielr movement Is being supported by Mexican labor organizations, but Eduardo Moneda, general secretary of tbe Mexican regional federation of labor, the large.it organization of Its kind In Mexico, Is quoted as saying that the rule* of the federation pro hibit It from participating In religions matters. TRAIN HITS AUTO; 4 PERSONS DEAD Kenosha, WIs., Feh. 23.—Only two out of a party of six escaped death here today when their automobile was struck by a northbound North Shore Electric limited train three mllea north of Kenosha. Ths four dead, all of Kenosha, are Mrs. Anthony Zolleakl and her two children, John, 11, and Sophia, 9, and Theodore Marrhullua, 41. Opens Purse in Wind; $.300 in Bills Fly Away San Francisco, Feb. 23.—A nileche vlous wind cost William Wilson, of San Francisco, just $300. William was taking out his wallet to buy a paper when 1 he breeze caught three II00 Mils and carried Ihem down the street. William leaped In catch his flying money, hut the gust carried It. around a corner, and. although he was aided by a crowd of searchers, he was un able to recover the money. O. P, Oakley Dies of Cancer. Ong, Feh. 23.—O. P. Oakley, 73, re tired farmer, rr*1d*nt of Ong; and vicinity for the laat 30 yearn, died at hi* hnm«* Saturday of cancer. Jl« leaven a widow and four children, Mr* Henry Vauck of Mutton, tt*»y Oakley, county clerk at flay Outer; Albert, funner near On*, nnd Mra. J. O. Huy of McGriW, Neb. Youth Dies of Influenza. Seottsbluff, Fell. 23.—William Henry Wlmer, 17, son of Mr. ami Mrs. George A. Wlmer of Seottsbluff, le the first victim of Influenza In this sec tion, although there have been many cases reported. He died after ona a week's Illness that developed pneu monia. Dog's Flight Causes Fine. Cory don, Eng., Feb, 23.—Because he brought A dog by airplane from Parle without having an Import, li cense, V, Hi VH b*vUf fined. Committee Cuts Budget " ..$100, Lops $75,000 Off Proposed Expenditure for Peniten tiary; Total Stands at $26,118,796. Marriage Bill Passed Lincoln, Feb. 2.1—The house appro priations committee reported the Mc Mullen budget hill out today. The bill was approximately $100,00(1 less than expenditures recommended by Governor McMullen. The total was $26,143,796. One reduction was for $30,000 taken from the support Item of thp National guard. The other reduction was $76,000 from the $100,000 recom mended for a new power plant at the penitentiary. Since the, recommenda tion was made It was learned that the $100,000 is only a "starter'’ and (hat before the power plant contem plated is completed approximately $250,000 must be spent. The power plant Item now stands at $25,000, merely calling for repairs to the pres ent plant which lights the state house, governor's mansion, asylum, reformatory and penitentiary. Gas Tax Bill Out Today. R. K. Harrington, chairman of the house committee on revenue and taxation, denied reports published that the committee had voted official ly 6 to 4 as favoring a 50-50 spilt of gasoline tax fees between the counties ami state. Harrington announced that Tuesday the gas\ax bill would be re ported out and it pas his belief the committee would recommend using the entire proceeds Iii meeting fed. eral appropriations for a state high way system. The house committee on roads and bridges reported the auto llcejjse bill out today. It provides for a $2 re duction In auto licenses, a $3 reduc tion on ton trucks and a reduction of $5.50 on trucks weighing more than 2,500 founds. There is much opposition to the truck reduction ex pressed by house members who' be lieve trucks do more than any other vehicle In tearing up the roads snd an Increase rather than a decrease should be made In truck licenses. Pass Supreme Court Bill. Tomorrow the Intangible tax bills, one calling for repeal and the other Increasing the present 25 per cent to< 75 per cent of the tax on tangibles la to be considered Jointly In the house, tender an agreement reached by house tnemhers a decision will be reached, after debate Is concluded as to which bill shall be considered and voted upon first. The house today passed the mar riage hill and the supreme court com mission bill on third reading. The senate refused to concur on a house motion to adjourn Friday until March 4. Joint crimmittees from the two branches will he appointed to settle on weekend adjournment. BLUFFS MAN HELD ON GRAVE CHARGE R. .T. Kewln, 57, a Jeweler, wa* ar rested by Council Bluffs police ye* terday on charges brought by three girl*. The girl a range in age from 11 to U year* and acruae Kewln of fami liarity. Kewln 1* said to have admitted the truth of the charge*. He waa taken to police court where he waived right to preliminary examination anil was held to the grand Jury under $2,000 bond. The county attorney declared that Kewln had agreed to enter * plea (it guilty to the Indictment which will he brought agalnat him. By plead ing guilty he will limit hi* sentence to three year* In the penitentiary while If he atood trial and waa con victed he would have to aerve three year* on e^ch count in the Indict ment. Ovrr 100 Kx-Servirr Men Attend Legion Banquet Cambridge. Neb., Keh. "2.—Over 100 men of Cambridge and surround Injf towns nttended the )>anquet given for ex service men. given by the local post of the American Legion. State Commander Courtney was the prin cipal sr*enker. Charles Chadwick *< t ed as toastmaster. Clllbert’s ore bes *ra enlivened the meeting with Ja/.z music. t’ommander Courtney also ad dressed a large hearing at the noon luncheon of t h« Community dub., speaking especially of the work of the national endowment fund. He wilt leave In a short time to assist the nations! committee in this work. Alliance Fireman Injured. Alliance, N»h., Feb. M.—W. R. Harper I* Buffering with g broken ankle end e. cruahed foot end poealhle Internal Injurtee as the reault of be ing run over by a five-ton truck at Alliance, when a ladder on the truck he was attempting to climb onto ns It dashed to a fire, broke and lei him fall lo the pavement under the wheels of the truck, lie Jumped up and tried to follow the fruck, but collapsed after taking two alepa. Mayor Farlnw Better. Heat rice, Feb. J8.-—Mayor C. C. Far low, who recently submitted to two severe operations at a hospital here. Is able to be at hi* office, although he has not fully regained Ida health. Police Judge Kills, who ha* been III at. hi* home, alao la able to i>« out once more. ▼ntn MMH.V-* re you protecting them? IUu«r hsv# the hre.ke# rellnert et Rtftwstft* Bervlc© Station Aut© • r»d RfAIo Corp-a 2*12 St.—-Ad m Ueemeal* 1 HUGE OIL BLAZE NEAR EVANSTON By Universal Service. Evanston, 111., Eeb. 23.—Fifty thou sand gallons of crude oil have been L L » ian 20 hours iii a o3K|1 nen tonight de I _ w ",0S TV 3 l the flames from Q3M intalnlng 90,000 ce and flames to night measured 50 feet square and rose to spectacular heights. The oil pits, property of the Lynch Clarlsey company, are located in an isolated district and no danger Is felt of llie flames spreading to the city proper. • Farmer Killed as Plane Plunges to Earth in Flames Pilot Who Took Diller (Neb.) fl(Jan fo^ “Joy Ride” May Die; Cause of Accident Unknown. Special Dispatch .to The Omaha Bee. Hiller, Neb., F’eb. 23.—Han Camp, farmer, living norlh of here, near Ellis, is dead, burned to a crisp, and an airplane flyer. Carel Sherwood of Lincoln Is so hadly burned that his recoyery is doubtful, due to the de struction of the airplane belonging to Sherwood, while flying over Ellis with Camp as a passenger. Sherwood Is said to have left Lin coln Sunday and became lost In the mist and fog over ■ Ellis and made a landing on the farm of camp, two and one-half miles west of Ellis about noon today. After replenishing the gas supply the machine was started, to give Camp a ride. F'or some unknown rea son the plane burst into flames and a landing was made near the resi dence of Ei • nk Seimmerman in Ellis. Camp s body has been taken from the wreckage. Sherwood uas badly Injured. The machine, a small Canadian plane, a few minutes before the fatal crash had taken a party of sc hool children for a ride. Camp was about 50, and leaves a family. Seimmerman. who witnessed the ac cident. stated that the palne took s nose dive at an altitude of about 125 feet and after It crashed to the earth it burst Into flames. Camp was caught under the wreckage, but filter wood struggled from the burning mass, his clothing aflame. Seimmerman rushed to him with several palls of water, extinguished the flames which enveloped him and also the smouldering ruin/s of the plane. Sherwood was hurried to a hospital here. He Is 22 years of age and a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Sher wood of Lincoln. He has a wife and two children. Camp was a pioneer of the Ellis neighborhood and owned a fine farm a mile west of town. He was 44 years of age and leaves his wife and six children. Two of them are attend ing high school here. COURT MOVED TO CARE FOR CROWD Justice'of the Peace Hansen of Weston, Ta., near Council Bluffs, had to move his court to the railroad sta tion Saturday to accomntbda te the crowds which wanted to heur how Raymond Scott’s horse broke Ha leg. •Scott filed milt against his nephew, Henry Scott, tvhd is the county road dragger, and against the county, ask ing JUS fur his horae. He said that his nephew had left a hole in the road and a pool of water collected. The horse fell In and broke hla leg. Scott had to ehoot him. The eaae was heard by a Jury, which found for the defendant*. HOUGHTON GETS KELLOGG’S POST Washington, Feb. 23. Alanson R. Houghton, the United, State* amHai sador to Germany, wna formally nom inated today by President Coolldge to he ambassador to Great Britain, succeeding Frank B. Kellogg, who Is returning to th* United States to be come secretary of elate. Woodmen Pictures Shown at Public Meeting in York York, Feb. S3.—York lodg© of Mod ern Woodmen held an open meeting, at which Thomas iJtiffey, a nationul lecturer for the organization, gave a lecture, and motion picture* of the Woodmen Miiiiatoriurii at Colorado Spring* were ihown. Columbus Complimentrd on It* Armory for Uuard Columbus, Feb. 2*.—Th* Columbus National Guard company has on* of th# heat armories In th# state, acrotri Ing to MaJ. J. XV. Presnell, It, S A , who esme from T.lncnln for an In formal Inspection of the company at its weekly drill. Bloomfield Tax l.ourst. Bloomfield, Feb. ?1 % mnifleld ha* Ihe lowe*t city tnx In thla part of Ihe »tnle. J. Y., who died in a hospital here yes terday, was due to poison, It became known today. Nobles was taken to the hospital from a train, lie was on hla way from Baltimore to New York. After drinking the poison It wa» *Aid he asked snother passenger for a fountain j>en and wrote his name and address on a piece of paper. He was 40 years old. Officers on Lookout for Delinquent Auto Owners Bps trie., N’eb., Feb, IS.—-Sheriff Sailing and Deputy Sheriff Ashen feller are on the trail of auto owners In tha *'liv and county who have failed to taka out 11>25 lloenaee. With in the last week several arreata have been made, and others will follow, thn sheriff says, unless laggard car own ers walk Into tha county treasurer's office and square up. Mrs, John (iriggs Dies at Her California Home Beatrice, Feb. 23. Mrs. John f.tiggs. formerly a resident of tdberty, tiled at her home in California after a lingering illness, i^he whs the mother of Joseph Crrigg* of Idherty. The body was brought to that place and Interred in Mission Creek cemetery. Dr. Woods Quits Barneston. Beatrle#, Feb. 23.— Dr, and Mr*. T .T. ' Woods, for nearly 30.years real dents of Barneston. are preparing to move to IJncoln. the doctor having trailed his farm and bis home prop erty at Barneston for a filling station at the capital city. II* goes there to take charge of the business, Brock Kstate SHMMUMI. Columbus, IVh, IS limey llroclc. Nhrnusn ttjwnuhlp farmer who died hint week, left sti rptste valued In i x. . of $100,000, according to sp plication for np|N>lntment of sn ex scut or, filed In probata court. Ill* c.lqla Ini'lmlss KUO sires of dalle county farm land. Boy. Skating, Break* l eg. Ben trios, Feb. II Kdwsrd Bui h. Hills son of Mr. snd Mrs. .1. K. Ruth ■100 North Fight h slrost:, slipped «nl fell whlls roller ikstlng, hrssklng hit , left leg. Songs She Sings Questioned % by Authorities of Her Church The quest inn of whether the songs she lias been singing In a Paris show are sacrilegious has caused Kaquel Meller, noted Spanish stage star, to be tlie subject of a discussion by authorities of the Catholic church, of which she is a member. Pending their derision, she lias abandoned the songs. Clerk Crushed by Elevator Body of Former Bayard Man Found in Basement of Store. Hp#rlal Dhpttrh to Th# Omaha Fl*e. TJncoln, Feb. 23.—The crushed body of George Davidson, 26. drug clerk. Was found in the basement of the Conklin Drug sto*re. where he was em ployed late this afternoon. Thee lerk bad been crushed to death between the elevator and the wall. No one saw' the accident or heard anv scream. Davidson had gone Into the base meet of the store with a friend. W. R Frailer, to get » motorcycle. Fra sier took the machine out and David son said that he would tide up on the elevator. When his friend failed to appear Frazier went to investigate and found the body. From marks on the wall It is be lieved that Davidson was ra light be hind the elevator In some manner and dragged h full floor. The body was then loosed and Ml io the basement, w here it was found. Davidson came here recently from Bayard, Neb. He leaves a wife. BRITISH RULER CONVALESCENT Tendon, Feb. II,—King (leorge pass ed h comfortable night and his roll rtltion today was so favorable that hla physician* decided that an official bulletin would not he neoesaarv. It may he in days before the king will lw> able to leave for the south of Franre. The hulletln Sunday recommended that aa aoon as his condition per mitted the king leave for south Franre to avoid the remainder of the severe Kngllsh winter. The royal yacht, Vic toria and Albert, will be made ready for the cruise to the duke of Con naught's villa in the south of France, where the king will seek complete recovery from the Influence condi tion from which he has suffered since February 14. Hamilton Association'* 1924 Business $10.‘>,.4!>4 Aurora, FVb. 23 At th«* annual mating of thr Hamilton County Shipping association it was shown that thi total value of llvs stock shipped by this organisation amounted to $38.* 818.37. Tha value of crssm, poultry, **** and other product handled was 16.315.46, making th# total busings* for the year $105,354 43. 3V. P Potter is president and P- M. Walker man ager of tbs association. Man Crushed to Death. lloldrege, F»b U.Manei Rurge son was Instantly killed In a run away accident. Me was loading tree limbs and ether rubbish onto hie heavy lumber wagon when thr team became frightened and made a lunge. Rurgeson In trying to rati h hold of the lines slipped and fell tin der the wagon. Roth wheels passed over his head and crushed It Kurtner* \4 orking on Road*. Beatrice. Seh. SX—Kami ere sr» dragging the toads In uearlv evet v direction from Koatrice and with fa voluble weather expect to have t4teut In good condition within the next few da vs The t’ornhueker high wav lw tween Raatrlca and l.lnooln and th* fji||rtenrnd between Heatiire and Fair bury ere **16 to be In fine shape, Yi asliin^ton Gets Homajre in Senate Capital Quiet in Observance of 193d Anniversary of Birth. Washington. Feb. 23.—Quietly and with dignity, a* tiefitting the char acter of the man, the national capital today celebrated the 193d anniver sary of the birth of George Wash ington. - AH the department* and bureaus of the government were closed, and only in congress were there signs of the usual activity. In the senate there was the lime honored formality of reading Wahington's farewell ad dress, an honor eagerly sought by senators, and falling this year to Senator Ashurst, democrat, o( Arisons. The principal commemorative event of the day was staged In the new auditorium tinder the national com mittee that is planning a world wide observance of the 200th anniversary of Washington's birth in 1932. John lhirton Payne, ex-secretary ot the Interior, and George W. Wicker sham, attorney general tinder Taft delivered the principal addresses at this meeting. Wlckeriham recalled that Washington In his farewell ad dress spoke of two great matters that are as current today as they were at the tlma the address was delivered— he warned against involvement in European affairs, and he warned agnlnat making too hasty changes in the constitution by amendments. Washington's birthday was cole hratr.l throughout the capital Sunday In the churches. President Coo I idee aent a wreath tc he laid on the tomb at Mount Vernon I VESSEL WASHES ASHORE IN STORM R'e F.ngiand. Feb. 23.—The vessc sighted off shore during the .storn today was washed on the bench latei today. It was a wooden shijg. believed to have been In tow of another vessel and to have broken loose. Ita crew had deeerted the ship before It canu ashore. First Hamilton (iraml Jurv for 15 5 «‘ar9 Now in Session Aurora. Feb 2.1 Hegtnning Thor* day, the first grand Jury In Hamilton county for IS years was in continuous session for two days, many witnesses from the vicinity of Strwkham end Giltner being examined. George E Punks ts foreman H 11 11 Williams Is assistant to Couety Attorney M. F Stanley. Skating oil Beatrirr Streets Is Prohibited Pest rice, Feb 21 Chief of Polity ! Acton ha* i**ued an edict prohibiting hove front skating on the streets It the iwived sections of the city be cause of minor accidents which hav< occurred the last few days, Ono 1m was struck by an snto and hurt an* another received a broken ankle In a fall. ( The Weather -. For *4 hoiti>, riidlfij Tp rt . F*Ulu At' f" I* r«»o 11> UllFA lltchpf tin.1 h u r» <11 t>A t b * T*»»a1 ? 4. tninl «i**ca Jahaiam 1. I B; r\ <‘*A» A \ 1 IIiviiHv Trni|irmlnrr« * A- IV ...... IS 1 p An •a....1' A A tn% *•.*, % J*. w %.... "A m . *1 I nt V A: in. a,M,.U 4 p m ^ H . «•' • ». n> «* » !>. m u is s. w ......M * p, m. ..... v It * m ..... M te.ni. mX.II It *(-« Committee May Resume Air Probe Executive Session Called for Tuesday to Consider Addi tional Evidence on Air craft Affairs. Reid Urges More Inquiry Washington.. Feb. 23.—The house aircraft committee today unexpectedly took'up a proposal for reopening Its Investigation which It decided Satur day to end, but after two hours of discussion behind closed doors, the question went over until tomorrow, when another executive session is called. The first Indication that the inquiry might be resumed was an announce ment today by Representative Per kins, republican, New Jersey, the rommittee examiner, that an execu tive meeting had been called. Later it was learned that Representative Reid, republican, Illinois, bad written Chairman Lapert asking that the committee bo called to receive "cer tain evidence which I deem is neces sary to complete the record." When the executive meeting was convened. Representative Prall, democrat, New York, offered a motion to reopen hearings Wednesday. 1-aclt of Funds. After the decision to close the in quiry Saturday. Perkins announced the action was prompted by lack of funds and to make possible the print ing of the committee record before the adjournment of congress March 4. Less than $1,000 of the $23,000 al lotted for the investigation, he said, |emalned. Prior to the executive session today i Representative O'Sullivan, democrat, Connecticut, declared the committee ! had been "deceived" into voting to | cgjse Its hearing because of lack of I fiends. An examination of the books. ] hq said, disclosed that $2,230 remained (unexpended instead of $700, or an am plf amount to conclude the work the commltlee had mapped out. "Whether purposely or not." O'Sul livan asserted, "we were led to be lieve Saturdsy we must close at once to have enough money to print the record." O'Sullivan Was Right. After todav's meeting. Perkins sa! I a recheck of the books substantiated O Sullivan's statement and he ex plained that confusion a.-- to the funds resulted from a committee clerk being misunderstood In reporting the bal ance. The $700 represented th“ amount the committed would have had March 4. Perkins added, if it had con tinued the inquiry, while several mem bers understood this amount to rep resent the actual balance cm band Saturday. Action on the Prall resolution to reopen the hearings was deferred un ' til tomorrow, he said, to%provide time ' for a more accurate accounting of !’■ finances. He flatly denied rumors „ that abrupt termination of the inquiry had been decided upon after "outside pressure'' had been applied. Representative T,ea of California democratic member of the commute added that "there was nothing m\e terious or sinister about the commit tee closing Us hearing, as one reason was the condition of its finances and another that the record was prac tically complete '' THIRD POLITICAL PARTY PROMISED By A •seriated I're««. Chicago. Feb. IJ.—"A third political party will play a formidable part in the ISIS elections and will he thor oughly organized for the 1IIS presi dential campaign." This annoum emen! came toga', from William H. Johnston, head of the machinists’ union, and chairman of the meeting held during the last two dacs to de-ide the fate of the independent progressive party headed by Senator Hebert M. HaFcilctts in the last national election. Reports cf the death ef the third party following the adjournment of the meeting Saturday and the bolt lug of labor delegates and socialists are 'grossly exaggerated.'' Johnston declared. Summary of the Day in Washington Senator Hoi ah. republican. Idaho started a fight against congressional 1 salary increases. The house aircraft committee de forced action on a resolution to re open hearings. The nomination of A'anso* F Houghton to-be amhasvydor to Orem Britain was sent to the senste. A deficiency a proprlat Ion bil! carr> ing t.>4,4I«.0<10 was reported by the house aproprlatlona committee George Washington s birth annivee. sary Was observed by patriotic s. cieties and government department» Sustaining a ruling of president Cummins, the senate sent the I nJyi* wchhI Musi# Shoals bill back to eon ftirer.ee A house committee w i» teid by - counsel the 1 Vpartment of Jvtstt. wss Investigating IJ "unworthy" vet I er;ins organisations. Klghteen of I\ members of fhe house (commerce committee joined n an adeerse report on ibe senate bill to wipe out Pullman suiihatse. Tb* IVtw of m nounc*d tt \\ A?* in\«*m Igaf inn ohAnpvw thAi Sfnati'in Hut iuin, \**v . ap4 Spfnctr, MiAAouri, >%a4 imprpp# \r Appr*n*l b*for* r wnnifni dr l*rtiu