Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1922, Page 2

3 = S NEW CABINET PLAN . REPORT COMPLETE President to Submit Reor-{ ) ganization Scheme to Con- gress Shortly, Smoet Says. ONE STUMBLING BLOCK: Bill Will Not Be Presented for; Passage This Session, , However. The joint covgressional commission on reorganization of the govérnment departments will receive a report from the President on the administra- tion's plan for the proposed reorgani- zatfon within a few days, according 1o Senator Smoot of Utsh, a member of the commission. Senator Smoot had a lengthy conference with the President yesterday. Takes It Up Next Seasion. In the opinion of the Utah senator, it is unlikely any legislation to put |Measure Retiring Pitney Signed by preme Court, Nr. Pitney, has been in health for days. DISTRICT DEALERS TESTIFY IN PROBE BY U. S COAL BODY (Continued from First Page.) +sald that the profit on sale of anthra- jcite is graded to make up the book i losses on sale of bituminous. and add- (ed that coal prices are a gamble Explaining this statement, in reply to a question by Mr. Marshall, he said it Was not certain whether his company The President President Hard- ing has signed the Bill authorizing the retirement of Associate Juatice Pltney of the Su- it was anaounced to- day at the White House. Friends of WRO | 5+ the Asociated Press. “ S0Me} Eawards, time, said they ex- pected him to ten- } der his resigna-| tion within a few !dressed a meeting. under ausplces of “NATIONS REAPING FRUTS OF LEAGUE" Advocates at London Meet- ing Say It Has Proved Only Disarmament Means. LONDON, December 12.— Agustin the Chilean minister of Great Britain; Lord Robert Cecil and John Robert Clynes, labor leader, ad- the British League of Nations Unlon, crowded and the speakers were ac- corded a hearty reception. said that the league now was In the| completed and the world was begin- | ning to reap the harvest of its bene- fits.” The league had reached that means of bringing about disarma ment. The league was being appre- clated more by the nations, whether they were members or not, and It was !up to the league to become the most premiers ary means Two Try as may under der the pr vesterday afternoon on the subject orlrep.rauon question as separate and the league of nations. The hall was!dlstinct from the matter of allied war THE EVENING 'STAR, WASHINGTON, of apprehension, has been depoaited for settlement on the doorstep of the ‘White House. The deadlock in the conference of t London with the decision to have another conference in Janu- that Europe still hopes the United States will lend a helfilnt ‘volce, if not a hand, in bringing ti together on a workable program. e nations Found Inseparable. the American government this administration as un- eceding one, to regard the debts to the United States, the prace ical side of the matter reveals how inseparable the two really are. The Chilean mnister. who presided, | Britain is trying to appease French sentiment tion of Bri cept a many. An tiation begins, stage where it had shown the world the barrier of America it was needed as the only means of 'adjustment of which no authorltative insuring lasting peace and the ouly [WOrd has been spoken by any one, Great by proposing a cancella- ftish debt in exchange for position where its organization was|an agreement on France's part to ac- lower reparation from Ger- d when that cycle of nego. it usually ends with debt on the even the funding commission appoint- ed by act of Congres: ‘The Can Force Viewpoint. scales are evenly balanced. government of Premier D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1922. Reparations Tangle Dropped T portions Tangle Dropped [N FREIGANS BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The reparation problem, flexibility & ’Pnlil'«‘v;". shows the same flexibility in policy.as which for|4iq4 M. Clemenceau {n persenal eom- four years has kept Europe in a state | tact with America there will be little e NEW AMENDMENT North Carolinians See Men-| chance of convincing the Harding administration that even a slight de. parture from its policy of seclusion would be of any avalil at this time. it a more tractable attitude there is no telling what progress might be made toward winning the co-operation of Presi- dent Harding and Secretary Hughes The insertion by the President in his recent message of a direct hint that America would like to see the prin- ciple of. the four-power pact applied Were France to manif to Europe was not an accident. It had a purpose. it was an overture France would ratify America included. forelgn offices about It. met a year ago. Association Is Ambition. alleged supergovernment of league of nations. No one will ad- to the expression of a hope that the naval arms ty and open the way to further steps in international conference with But that is the! meaning attached to it by most of the diplomats who have cabled their And they think it is one of the most significant steps that has been taken by Mr. Harding since the arms conference The ambition of the Harding ad- ministration, of course, ia to fulfill the pledge made for some kind of a sociation of nations in place of ::: The latest de- velopment is the idea of making a| five-power or six-power pact in Eu-| ace to State in Proposed Tax Exempt Ban. The first shot in opposition to the President's proposal for a constitu- tional Amendment prohibiting the is- suance of tax exempt securities was fired today by Gov. Morrison, of North Carolina at & conference with the two senators and members of the House from his stagte. The con- ference was held in the office of Sena- tor Simmons, at the Capitol. Goyv. Morrison strongly _opposed the President's recommendation that {the states and municipalities be pro- hibited from {ssuing tax-exempt se- curities. The purpose of his \'lMl' was to devise ways and means with the members of Congress from his state to prevent the passage of the Joint resolution providing for such constitutional amendment as that proposed by the President. He pointed out that the states and the municipalities and counties would be " greatly hampered their improvements if anything was | done which would make it more dif- | the reorganization plan into effect will be attempted at the present short session. and the matter will go over for consideralon by the next Con- gress. It is the purpose now to pave the way for action, however. The members of the Presiden: inet were said to be not en : reconciled to all features of the re- organization plan, one of the st bling blocks, it is undesstood. being the proposal to consolidate the War and Navy departments iuto a depart- ment of defense. Wallace Is Wi The forestry service. #aid, he believed would remain in the Department of Agriculture, although he said its logical place would be in ner. the Interior Department. which has ithat dealers could not buy the sizes | added, they preferred without buying other | Jjurisdiction over public lands. The bu- reau of marekts likewise, unless a. change is made, would remain with the Department of Agriculture, he stated. In fact. he s; ment of Agriculture of its principal div, under the plan. 11 not lose any ions or bureaus {subject the Duve Would show any profit at the price asked. Prices are fixed. he said, according to the price at the mine. the freight charge and the overhead cost of doing business. Coal dealers, Mr. Dove explained, have €une through a summer of slack busi- Less, and vet cannot raise the price enoush to vecoup their losses. therefore hey must gamb'e that the price they set up wili be enough to at least break even over the vear. Anthracite coal in Washington, Mr. {Dove declared. sold up to December +ton. {va enator S ldifferent coets at the mines. Mr. Mar- for between $14.75 and $16 per He could give no reason for the tion in price, he said, other than shall asked the witness if it were truc that mine operators would sell only assorted coal to dealers, and x:zes they did not actually need. Ar. i Dove replied this was true, but said ihe would rather not give ames the Pegart- | o tie of the operating companies who did business this way. Mr. Marshall ask ed him if the giving of names might company to incon- venience and embarrassment, and Mr. ed that if he gave the names publicly his company might not get the ‘same treatment. Mr. If the coal lis time to stop it DELEGATES QUSTED Conference for Progressive | Political Action Brands Them “Un-American.” | By the Ausoctated Press. 1 CLEVELAND, December 12.—The! first business before this morning's | session of the conference for pro- | gressive political action was the re- port of the committee on credentials, which declded that “since the work- ers’ party of America was not in har- mony with the principles of the con- ference their representatives be not seated.” The report was adopted. The matter had been referred back to the credentials committee late yesterday for further constderation. ‘The question of seating representa. tives of the workers' party of Ame: lca precipitated a heated and pro. longed discussion at yesterday after- noon’s session. Deneunced by Keating. Edward Keating of Washington, former reprosentative from Colorado, took the floor and declared “Th workers' party has no place where honest trade unions are represented and it was brazen effromtery to pre- sent credentials. “The workers' party is un-Ameri- can and anti-labor,* declared Mr. Keating. “This convention stands for the flag and Constitution and the reason we are, going to kick the representatives of the workers' party out is because they do not stand for the flag.” The statement was inter- rupted by cheers and boos from lhs floor. “The workers’ party is out ti destroy and disrupt labor organiza tions” Mr. Keating continued. “It's officers are managed by the em- ployers* interests. < leaders know they receive money from this source to come into labor's ranks and disrupt labor organizations and I do not belleve that their cre- dentials should even be considered by the committee." ‘Third Party Issue. 1t is understood that the.question of the formation of a third party will come before the conference today with the ex- peated introduction of a_resolution fa- voring such a movement by the farmer- labor party. Seymour Stedman of Chi- cago said last night that socialist dele- gates favored a third party. Morris Hillquit of New York refused to com- ment on the subject. Soclalist delegates said they would | watch the progress of the farmer-la- ‘bor resolution, and in the event of ‘its defeat would offer one asking the con- ference to put a presidential and vice presidential candidate in the fleld in 1934 and to call a meeting at a future date for that purpose. I PLAN TRUCK CURB ! TO SAVE PAVING (Continued from First Page.) regulations are adopted they should a to small as well as large trucks, on the theory that a small vehicl overloaded damages the strects as ug as a large one with too great a loa Damage Is Emphasized. I The major laid emphasis upon the ! damage done the streets by ‘the oper- atlon of a truck on worn-out tires or on the bare rim. Several speakers at the conference referred to the possibilities of a more meneral use of trailers on trucks in future. Maj. Besson added the com- ment that if large trailers come into general use they probaoly would have te be restricted from crowded thor- oughfares, such as F street. Besson said he would nat be in favor of ellminating large trucks for the reason that such a rule would necessitate more smaller trucks, thereby adding to the complexity of the traffic problem. ‘The Commissioners for several 8| have referred in their annual reports to the advisability of restricting the | Joads on motor trucks, but this is the ; first time definite steps alang that line have been taken. ———e RADIO LICENSE UP. The District Court of Appeals to- day has under advisement the appeal of Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, from a mandamus order granted by Justice Stafford of the District Supreme Court compelling him to grant a license to the Inter- city Radio Company to operate & high- powered commercial wireless station in New York. The company’s license expired September 23, 1921, and Mr. Hoover declined to renew -it. claim- ing that he has discretionary powaer un the law. The lower: court did not agree with the view of the Sec- Fetary and an appeal was noted. tieen coal “Too Mauy Retallers.” Mr. Dove said there were too many retall coal dealers in Washington and asked the commission to attempt to stop new dealers entering the busi- ness. He said there were about fif- trestles here, 100 per cent too many, which have to be paid for whether coal is bought or not. Mr. S windell said Blick Bros., Incorporated. sell about 60,000 tons of coal in Washington annually, about three-fAifths of which is anthracite. The company charged $15.50 for broken coal during November and $16 for egg coal. Prices paid at the mine, in cars. ranged from $8.20 to $12.25. Mr. Swindell appeared before the commission with complete cost and account books and was prepared to &ive complete testimony. Commissioners John Hays Ham- mond. Thomas R. Marshall, Charles P. Neill’ Samuel Alschuler, George Otis Smith and Clark Howell sat to- day. They were confirmed by the Senate yesterday. The hearings on the local coal situation were expected to adjourn early this afternoon to make way for ope: sylvania and to be morrow morning. ABERCORN SWORN IN AS ULSTER GOVERNOR Free State Parliament to Meet and Hear Royal Message—Pope Sends Greeting. tors from Pen sumed again to- By the Asmociated Press. BELFAST. December 12.—The Duke of Abercorn, appointed governor of northern Ireland by King George was sworn in today. The ceremony took place in the Court House here in the presence of Premier Craig and the other members of the Ulster cabinet; the local membera of the privy coun- cil and the judges of northern Ireland. ‘The oath was administered by Sir Denis Henry, the lord chief justice. DUBLIN, December 12.—The senate meets jointly with the dail eireann today. and Gov. Gen. Healy will read the royal message and deliver & mes- sage, which will be debated by both | houszes. The governor general has received through Cardinal Gasparri, papal sec- retary of state, a cordial greeting from the Pope, congratulating him on his appointment and praying for a happy ers of peace and prosperity for the beloved people of Ireland, and “from his heart sends you the apos- tolic benediction.” IRISH REACH SYDNEY, NS.W. Forty Black and Tans Arrive to Settle on Farms. By the Assaciated Press. SYDNEY, N. 8. W, December 13.— Forty members of the black and tans, the former Royal Irish Zonstabulary auxiliary, have arrived here with their families to settle on rarms. They were given pensions when discharged from British service and assisted in aettling overseas. The Syduney police inspector an- nounced that a few of the newly rived black and tans had applied for positions on the city police force, but there were no positions open. The in- spector said that Irish republicans ar- riving here had also asked to be taken on the force, but only local men were being put on. — 300 YOUTHS AVERAGE POORLY IN ARMY TESTS Officials Express Disappointment Over Examinations to Fill S8econd Lieutenant Vacancies. Army officlals express disappeint- ment at results of the recent ex- aminations for appointments of sec- ond leutenants in the Army, which were opened generally to all quali- fied young men in the country. proximately 300 candidates took the examination and their being marked by a board of officers .:‘ t Point Military Academy. Judgi 'odm:. tvl'l,l :x::fl.nu. 1: 1: calculated that abou per cent of the candidates will qualify. In- that event there will still remain aboyt 300 vacancies in the grade of second lisutenant to be filled otherwise. Last year when & similar exami- nation was held the problem was to fill 3,500 vacancies in the grade of second lleutenant. An active and vigorous campaign was made and 1420 bona fide candidates presented themgelves, but of that number only 245 dualified for intment. It is on that basis that it is predicted that not more (hrs.n half o‘l' tl :da.nndld::;. hose are now under con :ltlo-“:i‘ll be found to meet the requirements. vital force of order, and all nations; America can throw her weight in any should seek membership. Benefits to Be Recognized. Many did not realize the power of ¢ the league and demand to see !direc fon point. Eur American and f ce her own view- ope is ready to listen to proposals, not alone be- the | cause they come from a nation de- benefits before they give due credit, | tached from European controversies continued the minister but the tims!of & political and economlic nature would soon come when these benefits but becausi e America is a creditor n would be recognized: then the league | tion with immense financlal power. = S a5 %¥he| In the background also is the land ‘would assume its rightful place as the tribunal of all natlons. Referring to the pan-American con- ference to be held in 1923, he »x-l plained that this all-American gath- ering did not conflict with the league, or with the obligations which the rmament Europe on gets of all nent. The for France ament trea situation, which is keeping edge and draining the bud- the powers on the conti- inited States is still walting to ratify the naval disarm- aty. Although it is denied American members had contracted to- | here that the development of Ameri- ward it. +“The essence of the league,” he the spirit of co-operation and consolidation for peace. The | out by the league for the entire world. “The league, which is the conception of what Americans have been practicing tfor a century. Much has been said about a union of the league and the not necessary becavse of the munity of their ideals. plemept one another. therefore there 13 no need to bind with showy bonds. ) League for All Nation: “The exlistence of the pan-Ameri- can conference is a further hope for the league since it permits the be- lief that time will witnes& the birth of a league which will include all the powers. The league's ideals i spire meetings such as those at Washington, Genoa and Lausanne. ‘This is a step toward the ideal league to_ come.” Lord Robert Ceeil and the other speakers deplored attempts by va- rious nations to deal with reparations and allied debts themselv: asserting that the league was in a position to settle such questions without de- lay. He declared that the league within ‘a few years will be able to effect a stable disarmament on land | and sea. H —_— GET READY TO SHIVER! LOOKS LIKE A BAD WEEK Sixteen degrees above zero, the cold- est weather of the winter to date, will be registered here by tomorrow morn- ing, according to the weather bureau today. P The cold will continue the remainder of the week. according to the bureau, | jwhich can see little prospect for any { material warming up before next week. ! Littie snow. and probably none at all, ! will accompany this cold. The cold wave extends clear from Alaska to the Ohio valley, the weather bureau declared. There is, however. not much of an {outlook for skating either on the Tidal basin or the Lincoln Memorial reflect- l"‘{ Dool. according to Col. C. O. Sher- {rill, officer In charge of public bulldings and ~grounds. The former body . of water must have at least four inches of ice before skating will be permitted, while the Lineoln Memortal pool Is not yet finished to the point whero water can be run into it. A carload of mate- Tial is overdue, which would fix up the waterproofing, and when this is a tended to, a little water. aided by a cold snap. will make the pool an ideal place on Wwhich to skate, It is 2,000 feet long and 160 feet wide. e e MAKE $19,000 HAUL. CHICAGO, December 12.— Four {bandits held up a messenger for the Logan Square Trust and Savings Bank and robbed him of $19,000 t day in the busy Logan Square bus { ness district. com- They com- | Right to laft: i 1 can policy relation parliament negotiated idea of the pan-American 18 carried [ here a vear ago, fect of the dela Americ an American. extends to the whole world | ing a_more thin, while Fran thing whi Harding to the delay toward Europe has any in the French in ratifying the treaties At the “arms conference the practical ef- is about the same will not consider tak- ctive part in Europe, e blocks the way on some- h was and is vital to the administration—ratification pan-American conference, but this is | of its first big international action. Former Premier Clemenceau's visit contributed a friendly touch to troversial atmosphere, but until the | DAUGHTERBLAMED By the Associated Press. PORTLA. Hearing i brought b: Gron agalinst Niels Gron, Danish dip- lomat, which opened December 2, was concluded late yesterday in superior con- DIVORCE CASE ,Wife of Danish Diplomat | Says She Destroyed Home Life. ND, Me., December n the suit for divorce y Mrs. Madelina Masters court. Judge Lauren M. Sanborn re- scrved decision, explaining that the verdict would be delayed owing to the importance of the case and the neces- sity of reading the voluminous exhib- its; Mrs. Wi lllam S. Bouvier of New York, a daughter of Mra. Gron by a former marriage. was to blame for “the destruction of Mr. Gron's private ltfe,” Atto clared in p! rney Frank A. Morey de- resenting the argument for the defense at the close of the hear- ing. Alrs. Gron's letter. said, show without her husband. Attorney Morey he could not liv Now she & ed that the heights from which she dropped into the a " he shes of her former exist- added. Dealing with Mrs. Gron's allegation that -her husband failed to support her, Morey said that Gron turned over to his wife from 1912 to 1920 more than $32,000. Of the ni: ne-year-old son whose cus- tody is in dispute in the case, coupsel for the respondent said “The father stands here without anything against him and pl eads that the child, the one object of his love. be given into his custody. His purpose in life is to care | for this child, so that the boy's soul will be saved and he can enjoy eter- nal life.’ Attacking Gwon, whom he referred to as ‘a Danish yeoman,” Attorney Joseph E. Connolly, for the petitione said that diplomat had come into th marriage and seeing of him.’ 'with his eyes wide o) his bread and butter ahead OUIT CENTRAL AMERICAN CONFERENCE. rope selves mutually to r er's rights. would respect th of Germany and such an against an invasion of Fran suasion would be applied, wit! Europe’ such a treaty. |on the thought that tmpaired. (Copyright, 1922.) SOROPTIMIST CLUB Announces Committees for Coming Year. | City Club yesterda: { address, thanked her clubmai i the honor conferred upon her. the coming year: | Conley, Mary E. Ellenberger, { Bearmore, Helen: |Huffman and Lulia Dickson. | “Publicity—Ethel L. Ward, guerite L. Sitgreaves. Follmar, Mildred C. Smelker, | Myrtle E. Becker. chairman; Mary A. Tate, | Mary C. Lewis i «Attendance, Alice A. Allen, | Ethel L. Caroline L. Lanmai | Tate. Crandall Theaters, i been called for F Metropolitan Theater building. is chairman, men’s’ organizations to include the United States,| Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy and probably Belgium, to bind them- pect each oth- Such a guarantee by France that it territorial Integrity assarance that the Germans would be committed would not carry with it an obligation upon the six powers to take sides if the treaty were violated, but would mean an instant conference wherein moral together the principle of investigation. plea for American ald in solving the reparation problem may hasten the day for the propusal of France can help ma. terally by ratifying the arms treatie: | Between now and the postponed con- ference of the allied premlers in Jan- uary something may be expacted from | the Washington government, a move | toward participation, based, of course, Zurope must scon | {make a beginning on her economic problem _or such foreign trade as the { United States has may be materially GREETS FIRST HEAD Mrs. Ruby Lee Minar, President, With Mrs.' Ruby Lee Minar, recent- |1y elected president, in the chair. the | Soroptimist Club held its first meet- ing, since Installing officers, at the ! A record attendance greeted the | new ehief executive, who, in a brief for Miss | Minar immediately appointed the fol- lowing committees to serve during Auditing and finance—Margaret E. chairman—Sallie B. Dillard, Genevieve C. ‘W. Reed, Nora B. | chair- ‘man; Katherine Kramer and Mar- Classification, Celestine B. Hodges, chairman; Dora Palkins, Elnora G.|the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone ! Annie | Company. { | W. Bail, Florence B. Alexander and | Fellowship, Mabel Nelson Thurston, Agnes I | Rice, Helen B. Woods, Jessie Truman, and Elizabeth Ellis. chair- ! man; Elizabeth Ellis, Celia F, Schultz, Ward, Anna M. Biglow, | By the Associatad Pre { Myrtle E. Becker, Sallie B. Dillard, Georgla E. Miller, | Mable Nelson Thurston and Mary A.|Scobee Hardman, charged with { It was announced that each memberl | of the attendance committee will be| . held rerponsible for the attendance of | king,” who was slain {ten club members. The member most | successful in getting results from those ! circuit court | asslgned to her will be presented with a silver vase at the end of the vear. A meeting of the board of directors, of which Harriet H. Locher, of the has ay night at the Rica delegates to the Central American Conferenice who yesigned yesterday from the Sve-power pariey; Dr. Getavie Beoche, minister to the United States) Semes Den ¢ Jese Andras Coremado, minister of foreign affairs, and Semer J. Rafasl Oreamusne, secretary of the cult to sell the bonds to raise money for the improvements. He said also that the states in reality got more revenue from being able to sell the bonds at a good price than they would from any taxes which might be im- posed upon them. He pointed out that North Carolina. along with other states, is engaged at present upon an extensive program of public improvements, including _the building of good roads. He insisted that it would work a great hardship if a law should be enacted which would make it difficult to sell securities re- quired to raise the money for these fmprovements. Senator Simmons, who is the rank- ing democratic member of the Senate Hix State Building Roads. leader of the democrats in the next Congress, said that, in his opinion, the matter would require very careful con- sideration. He intimated that he be- Meved the adoption of constitutional {amendment “as recommended by the President might have a detrimental effect upon the country, CAMPBELL URGES RADIO BE KEPT BY CONGRESS Resolution in House Provides Gov- | ernment Buy Equipment Now ! on Trial, A resolution providing that the Speaker appoint a select committee of five members of the House to make full inquiry into the matter of perma-‘ nent fnstallation in the House wing of | jthe Capitol and in the hall of the House of Representatives of the radlo ap- paratus now experimentally in operation, was introduced today by Chairman | Campbell of the House rules committee. {The resolution directs that the archi- | tect of the Capitol building. Eiliott Woods. and the clerk of the House, William Tyler Page. shall assist the committee in making thls inquiry. 1f this proposal to establish perma- nently the amplifying system. in the Capitol is accepted, it will carry out immediately the purposes of a joint resolution introduced last February by Representative Vincent Brennan of De. | troit, Mich.. which provided for the ! tnstallation and operation of radio tele- | phonea, transmitting apparatus for the purpose of transmitting the proceea- | {Ings and debates of the Senate and the | House of Representatives. H TRe practicability of radio telephone | broadeasting _ was® shown when the | President’s addrese was broadcast from | {the naval air station. Amacostia, over | {a special telephone wire installed by ON TRIAL FOR MURDER ? OF WEALTHY MERCHANT | WINCHESTER, Ky., December 12.— | Selection of a jury far the trial of the imurder of Leon Renaker, wealthy commission merchant, who is known throughout Kentucky ae the “turkey in his home jhere in July, has been completed in! here. The panel was! completed after 58 of 1300 specla! veniremen from Fayette county had been examined. Reese Fox and Mrs. Nancy Cath- erine Renaker, widow of the murder! victim, are under indictment, charged | with conspiring with Hardman in thui It was voted that hereafter all mem- { crime. | bers will call each other by thelr given names, as per custom in several of the Renaker’s body was discovered by Mry. Renaker when she returned from a visit with relatives of her husband | {in_Cincinnati. | crushed. Hardman first was arrested on evi. dence gathered by local officials and | special investigators retained by | Renaker's family. During IHardman's examining trial, Fox was arrested. Later an indictment was returned | Since her indictment Mrs. Renaker has filed suity against a number of life insurance companies, seeking to cies held by her husband. { SRR [ | TO PASS ON LOCAL BILLS. | Senate D. C. Committee Will Meet! at 10:30 Tomorrow. i The Senate District committee is to | meet at 10:30 tomorrow morning. | Among the bills that may be taken up l1s one providing aaditional terminal tacilities for the District, passed by ! the House last September. The pur-| pose of the bill is to provide that any railroad company having tracks tn' the District shall have the right to | nave treight delivered on square 410, | |and the square east of 710, upon pay- { iment of a reasonable switching charge, to be prescribed by the Inter- state Commerce Commission, if the parties are unable to agre: Another bill which may be consid- |ered would amend the corporation law of the District, and a third would pro- vide a charter for the Washington Rapld Transit Company, operating a bus line. I ——— i i D. C. BILL UP FRIDAY. Chairman Madden Announces Hearing on Budget Measure. Hearings on the District of Colum-l bia budget for the fiscal year 1924 positively will start on Friday, Chair- man Madden of the House appropria- tions committs said today. Repre- sentative Charles R. Davis of Minne- sota, who is chairman of the sub- ‘committes on the District budget, is i1l and for that reason work en the appropriation bill has been ’:!‘::flfi If he iz unable to resume his duties by Friday Chairman Mad- den will himself take charge of the hearings on the finyncial needs of the District. Chairman Madden today expressed hia sympathy for the illness of Mr. Davis and hopes that he will be abl rlnnfl.‘li take charge of the ings. ‘““We cannot, however, de- lay work’on the District budget and mu I regret to do mo, we will have_to u.r? heari withoyt Mr. Davis unless he recovers before Friday,” said Mr. Madden. to ch A against Mrs. Renaker. 1] {wounded at the battle of Santiago. NAVY WAGE BOARDS MUST RECONSIDER (Continued from First Page.) showing an increase should be made and did not consider it, or they failed to get the data which they ars re- quired by law to collect. Reports Show Discrepancies. The order directing the boards to reconvene on the question informs the commandants that they have not gone far enough into the question to give a full and fair report, and that their reports containing recommendations show discrepancies and lack of data. The data Introduced to the general board by the representatives of the men, and which the latter declared and not given consideration, indicate that the men should have an increase in pay of fully 25 per cent over the wages paid this year. No specific time order for a return of the recom- mendations following reconsideration, but it is understood that the com- mandants are expected to speed up the work with a view to putting in the new wage scale as goon after the first of the new vear as possible. Capt. Dayton 8aid that prompt action would be taken at the local yard. Represgntatives of the employes have been instructed by the national organizations to get in touch with their local wage boards and submit again to; lata which they had collected, an for a decrease in pay. Wages Fixed An ually. consideration the amount of funds side were being paid more. vard. of work. It was the contention of tI { men before the general board that the wage boards took the wages of (ha’ est t. by of pe, cers of the service. cal boards that Cap frankly for war. Hopetul for Increase. a substantial in_wages. International Association Machinists, which takes in machin! over and Mr. Alifax explained collected by the men and those col- ected by the wage boards. matter at this time, and Secretary Denby promised to study it thor- oughly before taking any final action on the wage question. —_— {PROTESTS DEFIED ON SUNDAY SINGS (Continued from First Page) by Edgar Snyder, second vice chair- man of the organization. Dr. Montgomery Approve: Dr. James Shera Montgomery, chap- lain of the National House of Repre- | sentatives, is not at all In sympathy ; { with the ministerial drive to close | the sings on Sunday evening at the | “We never can fill our churches by estriction, but we can have a splen- Central High School. did hearing by substitution,” said Dr. Montgomery “at the Capitol today, when asked by members of Congress regarding proposed blue laws for the District of Columbia. When asked if he is in entire sym- | pathy with the proposal to close the ! sings at the Central High School now | being held on Sunday evenipg, Dr. Montgomery said: “It would be indefinitely better have these people congregate there under the refining music, which we employ in of a Sunday evening or attendin, {some cheap Sunday evening show e {U. S. CONSUL SHOT, ASSAILANT ESCAPES (Continued from First Page.) collect approximately $45,000 in poli- | bellion and was promoted for gallantry in action. . In the Spanish war he was a member ‘He served as American consul at Zan- var, Chungking, China, and _Apia, Samoa. When the world war broke out he took over the British and French in- terests in German Samoa. He has traveled _extensively through _South America and the South Sea Islands, and | has written extensively. Narrewly Escapes Death. ‘While consul at Cork, in 1921, he nar- rowly escaped being shot. He was rid- Queenstown to Cork when a group of soldiers ordered the car to halt. Belng somewhat deaf, he failed to hear the challenge and the soldiers leveied_their rifies preparatory to fir- ing. The manager of the Hibernian Bank at Cork, who happened to witness the incident, rushed out in front of the soldlers exciaiming: “Don’t shoot! That is the American consul” Rifies were lowered and he was allowed to proceed. ARGENTINIANS RESENT U. S. MISSION TO BRAZIL Declare America Inconsistent in Aiding Power tc Build Up Armed Forces. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, December 12.—The Argentine government has been un- favorably impreased by the dispatch to Bragil of a United States naval mission, it was authoritatively learned today. Cr!’l’(ci!ml made in official cirel point out that the position of the United States is inconsistent in that while fostering conferences for the reduction of armaments among the South American republics it officially is alding one of them to strengthen its armed_power. Critics also assert that the State and Navy departments of the United States seem o be pu: Suilng conflicting policles in reference %o the question of disarmament. . ‘The mission has been featured prominently by the newspapers in #heir comments on Brasil's effort to call & tei ite armament confey- ence at Valparaiso. also were presented to the local boards is named in the | ek to iron out the differences In carrying on | which resulted in the recommendations There is a feeling among the em- ployes that the local boards took into lotted to each yard in fixing the wage scales, rather than the data showing that high-class mechanics on the out- It might be explained here that under the law the wages of employes of the navy yards and naval stations are fixed an- nually by local wage beards in each They are supposed to collect data from outside firms within a radius of 150 miles from each yard. taking into consideration the class and kind lowest paid mechanics, whereas those in the naval stations are of the high- which fact was testified to There is a strong belief among the | application. ipasmuch as employes that the result of the a=- tion of the general board will bring | Py of genuine bottled-in-bond liquors increase, as they feel that the fact that the question was referred back to them was a repri- mand for their fallure to give proper and full consideration to the matter and a “tip” to recommend an Increasc | gists may hold. This supply shou Alifas. president of District He left with the Secretary a brief outiining | 8i the principal points involved in the influence of good | our { churciies as an elevating agency, than | Yote much of his time this afternoon. His skull had beeniln have them strolling on the alrneullonlght and tomorrow on the scheme ing with a friend in an automobile from PUSH RURAL CREDIT Opponents of Ship Measure Trying to Unite Farm Aid to Block Vote. An attempt to displace the admin- istration shipping bill in favor of rural credits iegislation was decided upon today by ®i-partisan opponents of the shipping measure as the first major move in their fight. Senator Harrison, democrat. Mis- sissippl, announced yesterday during Senate debate that he would make such a move, and steps were taken today to line up all shipping bill op- ponents and rural credit advocates in support of the endeavor. Polls taken after a series of confer- ences were said by leaderr have shown from fifty to fifty-five senators as favorable to displacement of the bill and the taking up of a rural credit measure. The total, which represents a margin over a majority, was said to include almost the whole democrat strength, the members of the new pro- gressive bloc and the farm bloc. Senator Couzens, the new republican senator from Michigan, was under- stood to be ane of tiie leaders in the movement. RUM RESTRICTIONS MAY BE LOSENED Treasury Considering Plan to Permit More Liguor in Drug Stores. One of he strong points which helped get the matter back to the lo- it is believed, was the fact Cox of the Mare Island navy vard appeared before the gen- 2 eral board on behalf of his men and|delegation from the American Medi- Iinformed the board that :dt|cal the prevailing wages he could not get competent men to perform.the work incident to keeping the fleet efficient More liberal supplies of Lotiiri . bond whisky may become uvailab to druggists if the application of a Association and the brewers of America is acted upon favorably in |the Treasury. It was indicated in offictal quarters vesterday that there might be a disposition on the par: of the administration to graut 1 drugg {were unable to get a sufficient sup- to supply physicians’ prescriptions. The delegation, which visited retary Mellon personally on Sat it was revealed at the Treasurs sented a strong appeal for liberal. tion of the internal revenue bureau regulation on the supply which dru be greatly increased, they contended it was said. because throughout the country physicians were unable get their prescriptions filled, often « at all navy yards and naval stations, { &ccount of the fact that the druz- conferred for some time late yester- day afternoon with Secretary Denby. | The entire wage question was gone | the wide discrepancies between the datg | Eranted. it was explained. this wou gists’ limited supply allowed him under the government regulations hiad been exhausted If the more liberal supply should i. fin no way limit the amount of liquor not bottled in bond granted to drug- A resolution passed by the Ameri. Medical Association was presented Secretary Mellon, outlining the pos: tion of that body in the matter. Sec- {retary Mellon vesterday referred tiw matter, it w revealed, to Commis- Islon‘er of Internal Revenue Blair. i What the final decision of the offi- cials in charge might be was not d: | cided, but there was a strong intima | tion that the application of the phy !micians and brewers would be c sidered carefully, and that there was a poseibility that the regulations might be liberalized. PRESDENT TAKES i gFeels There Is No Chance to | Perfect Plan at Short i Congress Session. to President Harding planned to de- for reorganization of the government {departments, but was said at the i White House today to fvel tha: thers {would be no chance whatevcr for ! consummation of the plan by eract- jment at the short session of Cingress IThe President is known to be deeply interested in the proposed rzorganic: tion of government departments und was represented at the White Jou jtoday as feeling that the unly way to work out a successful arrangemen: would be to first achieve practical i agreement between the heads of ihe { government departments. i~ There was said to be no friction jof Roosevelt's Rough Riders and was!nor ugliness, “no rift” among mem {bers of the President's cabinet in {regard to the great change which would be brought about; there was - {said to be only disagreement. Before any proposal for enactment should be submitted to Congress, the Pres dent was said to feel, even this dis ;agreement should be wiped out. This was sald to be difficult and requiring { toleration and patience, with a dis interested attitude on the part of those concerned, in order that the best might be achieved for the good of the whole. ! Just when the matter would be sent by the President to Congress, it was Inot revealed. Walter Brown, chair- iman of the special committee on re- jorganization, would meet with the { President in his consideration of the i problems, it is understood. PUNSHFIVE MIDES INWAR ON G Adherence by the Navy Department to a policy of rigid enforcement of the anti-hasing law at the Naval Acad- emy to prevent subjection of under- classmen either to physical violence or 1o public humiliation was seen to- day in the penalty of dismissal from the academy imposed upon two mid- {shipmen and-the loss of one vear In | their scademy courses imposed upon three others. The two dismissal sentences result- ing from court-martial trial of the recent hazing cases at the academy were approved yesterday by President Haiding, who at the same time, on recommendation of cretary Denby | approved modification of dismissal isentences In the three other cases to i the lpss of a vear in standing. Oth icases of a similar nature still await final action. The _midshipmen dismissed were Bruce H. Robinson. appointed from Arizona. and Stuart H. Hawkin Massachusetts, while those demote: [t govas, wem, Nitthonen Themas _J. ey, Mas: 3 l'l‘hn!lll E. Boyee, Indiana, and H. Fish, New York. MARNEBIL FOES