Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1923, Page 1

A Cloudy tonight: tomorrow ain or snow: no change in temperature; lowest temperature tonight near fr Temperature for twent ended at 2 p.m. today: 2 pan._toda. Gay. Full report on page 1 7ing. four hours Highest, 45, at Towest, 36, at 3 a.m. to- Closin No. Entered as second-class post office Washington, g N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, P'n(e 24 he WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION matter e 115, HAS REACHED - LIMIT IN EFFORTS TO ASSIST EUROPE Next Move for Settlement of Snarl Must Come From France. HUGHES STANDING FIRM ON NEW HAVEN SPEECH French Criticism of Secretary’s Re- marks Resented—Slight Hope for Solution. ie United States government has as far as it possibly can toward ing a solution for the Euro- pean reparations problem, and the next move for settlement of the ques- tion must come from France, it was wnnounced on the highest officlal au- thority today. Secretary of State Hughes made «In this government's readiness to be of assistance when he said, in an @ddress at New Haven, that if the conference of premiers should fail the mext best alternative seemed the crea- tion of an internatiopal commission of financial experts to investigato the fuliest extent of Germany's ability to yay the reparations bill. Wil Go No Further. Further than this, it was stated, the icrican government cannot and will £0. no matter how much it might re to render all possible assistance avoiding an economic calamity in irope. France has American suggestion before it: if that Bovernment cares to accept and settle the problem without a resort to armed tervention, details for the investi- n be easily worked out, it was anpounced It is impossible for the Washington government to issue an invitation to ~ powers to create such a commis- in. it was said. because the repara- situation is being controlled by he European governments, which it \ffects directly. Washingtor officials d@clare they can see no sense in for- wmally presenting the proposition’ to + powers unless it would be acceptable 1o France. Attacked by Fremch. Secretary Hughes' address at New iiaven was made in the friendliest spirit, and yet, it was pointed out, the Frefich press has seized upon and at- tacked it from every imaginable an- &le. Washington officials have care- fully studied the Secretary of State's remarks and they have failed to find nne statement \fend the I'rench people French government. France has the American sugges- iion for an alternative before it; whether or not the Paris government will accept it is a matter only French officials can determine. But on the face of press dispatchés from Paris, Indicating preparations for the miljtary_occupation of the rich, Ruhr Valley, Washington officiuls now sec P sation or the scant hope of Secretary Hughes' prop- | osition becoming operative. Speech Sufficient Notice. When the attention of Washington officials was called to the reported statement of Premier Poincare that France had not been officially informed the Hughes suggestion, they re- ed to discuss what might consti- e official information. They were atisfied, however, that Secretary Hughes' 'speech at New Haven was suf- ficient notice to France of how far America would go in helping to solve the reparations problem. Principle Must Be Accepted. Unless France sees fit to accept the American suggestion before dispatch- ing more troops into the Ruhr valley— step that Washington officials fear vill have a far-reaching and disastrous «ifect—the administration’s spokesman ould see nothing that this govern- ment might do now except be as friend- | v as it can. All France needs do fis accept the principie; the details can be arranged without friction or diffi- culty No matter how much the the unofficial | that might rightfully ! 'Cuno to Appeal Directly to U. S. - ToSave the Ruhr BY GEORGE WITTE. (By cable to The Star ‘and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1023.) January 5.—Chancellor Cuno, it is understood in official circles here today, will make & direct appeal to Presidént Harding to prevent the occupation of the Rubr region by the French. It is feared, -however, that the time left is too short for the United States to bring pressure to bear on the French government and that the occupation of Ruhr cities of Essen and Bochum at last will become a fact. Prominent Germans sald today that they would heave a sigh of relief if the French carried out their threat. This, they declared. had been repeated 'so often that it had become a nightmare to many people. FRANCE PROCEEDS WITHOWNPLANTO WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDA BALDWIN EXPECTS DEBT SETTLEMENT WITHIN FORTNIGHT British Commission, Here for Fund Parley, Scouts Talk of Cancellation. CHANCELLOR SEES PERIL IN BREAKDOWN AT PARIS Smoot, Unable to See President, Confeys With Harvey at White House. e ‘The British debt commission, which | arrived in Washington last night to negotiate the funding of Great Britain’s $4,746,862,560.29 debt to this; country, is here “on business” ac- MAKE BERLIN PAY Premiers Part Cordially, But Disagreement Is Expected to Spread. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 5.—France, fres to handle the reparations question ac- cording to her own formula, turned today to the task of making Germany pay. The French government appar- ently has the support of Belglum; it 1s less cerfain of Italy’s ald. A special meeting of the reparations | commission has been called for to- morrow morning at the request of the French delegation for the pur- pose of considering Germany's default on coal deliveries for the past year. It is considered almost certain that Germany will be formally declared in default on the coal required by the commission for 1922. It is expected the vote will be three to onme ip favor of the proposition in case Sir John, Bradbury, the British delegate, casts his vote. He will either vote against the proposal or else abstain from voting. Premiers Part Peacefully. Althdugh divided by the German reparations issue, upon which Great Britain and France split at yester- day's allied conference, Premier Poincare and Prime Minister Bonar Law met today for discussion of oth- er questions on frlendly terms. The French premier called upon the British prime minister and the two were together for a half hour di: cussing the near eastern situation znd flelds of action on other than reparation in which France and Great | Britaln may co-operate. The conver- sation was described as friendly and it was indicated in British circles that the French and the British delegates would continue to work together at Lausanne. Talk Twenty Minutes on Platform. { + The two prime ministers had an- other twenty-minute talk on the railway station platform just before the midday train left with the Brit- ish delegation for London on board. Mr. Bonar Law asked M. Poincare| to keep him informed each day of every mové and the French premier promised he would do so. Mr. Bonar | Taw told his French colleague he hoped with all his heart that the entente would not only continue but be _fortified. 3 | "When the British prime minister | made some allusions to what had taken place at the allled conference M. Poincare remarked that French | opinton was entirely wrapped up in the idea of guarantees. 1In response Mr. Bonar Law explained again that | British opinion was opposed to any | measures which it thought would dis- turb the ecohomic life of Europe. Leave Taking Cordial. Finance' Minister de Lasteyrie and | other members of thé French cabinet {were with their chief at the station, {and the leave taking was commented { upon as prabably the most cordial be- | (Continued on Page 2, Column No Immediate Catastrophe In Paris Parley Collapse Officials Believe “Friendly Disagree- ment” Will Have Effect in Europe. e BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. No immediate catastrophic conse- quences in Europe are to be feared because of the faflure of -the Paris reparations conference. All the pow- ers chiefly concerned, especially France, are consclous of the danger that lies im sudden or drastic action. Fateful decisions, therefore, are not likely to be made in haste. The United States will do mothing pre- cipitate in the direction of inter- vention along lines suggested by Secretary Hughes' New Haven speech of December 29. The crisis formed the main theme of discussion at to- ¥'s meeting of the cabinet. Up-to- the-minute advices from Ambassador Herpick in Paris and our embassy 1t London will be awaited by Presi- dent Harding before he considers a definite American move of any kind. Hughes Troposal Only Hint. it ‘needs to be remembered that Secreta{y Hughcs' proposal of a non- political international commiseion of cxperts to determine German repara- tions was nothing more than a ges- ture. It was a mere hint of what the United States woild be prapared to o and believed might be done with ,Profit to all concerned as-an gltexs {7 (Continued on No Directly Dire cording to Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of the exchequer, head of the commission, and is vested with sufficient authority to consummate in two weeks an agreement for his gov- ernment. The problem to be taken up between the British and the American world war foreign debt commission, Mr. Baldwin said today, was comparative- ly simple, Intimating that the two principal considerations likely would be the time and the rate of interest on their obligations. The British did not come with/dny fixed program, he said, but would \n- fer with the Americans, and wimld probably first learn what this govifn- ment had to propose. | Norman With Chancellor. ‘With the British chancellor dime Montagu C. Norman, governor of the Bank of England; J. Loring Christie and E. Rowe-Dutton, financial experts: P. J. Grigg, private secretary to the chancellor, and a corps of clerks. The program announced this morn- ing was for the British commission to take luncheon today at the Brit ish embassy and call at the White House at 4:30 this -afternoon for a| visit of courtesy to President Hard- ing, with the first meeting between the. British and American debt com- missioners at dinner at the British emb. tomorrow night. al negotiations probably will not be opened until early next week, it was understood, and it was said at the Treasury that no arrangements had as yet been made by this gov- ernment_ for a meeting of the two commissjons. e Mellon to Entertain Delegutes, Sectetary of the Treasury Mellon it was understood, had plarined to en. tértain the commission next Wednes- day athis heme. 5 in order to meet their post-war financial problems, Chancellor Bald- win satd Great Britain had determin- ed upon and carried out a policy of taxation, successful In its operation, British | | FIVEDIEINRAGE | CLASH; TOWN FIRED 21 Negroes Escape Barri-} caded Hut Surrounded by Florida Mob. RIOTS FOLLOW ATTACK | Two White Men Slain” Before Be- | sieging Party’s Ammuni- tion Gives Out. | By the Assoclated Press % OTTER CREEK, Fla., January 5.— Two white men, two negro women and one negro man are known to be dead, while it s belteved there are many other casualties as a result of race trouble last night and early to- day at Rosewood, twelve miles from With the exception of three| f , JANUARY' 5, Autosuggestion To Ancients, Dr. Coue Declares | | |French Expert Says Power of Thought Rules Actions. Explains Mental Cure in First Article. (Fditor's Note:: The Star today hegins pob- lication of a series of exclusive articles writ- ten within fhe last few weeks by Emile Coue, Thiag afiiies being iclen Bring, 4p- 40 the. prevent date oot ot Ao T Tup T g T has startled the world since the writing of bis book many months wgo. Following this series. Prof. Coue will write exclusively for The- Star and other member newspapers of the North Americtun Newspapr Alliance the results of his demonstrations 4nd clinical ob- servations in American citien. His own signed reports of rexs bere will appear fn Washington only fa Fhe Star) s tosuggestion_expert. | \ “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered ta Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 91,978 1923 —-THIRTY-SIX PAGES. BULLETIN HENRL FORD SAYS THIS COUNTRY WILL BE HAPPY WHEN EVERY MA}:I HAS THE JoB Was Known | EMILE COUE. NEWD. C. MEASURES { Wil Dispose of Appropria- NO SPECIAL DAY MONDAY | Fitzgerald's ‘Workman's Compensa- | cause Stamp, Soon Due, Is First to Bear Woman’s Picture Woman will make her first ap- pearance on a United States post- age stamp January 15, when the new brown 4-cent stamp, bearing the picture of Martha Washington, will go on sale. At the’same time the new 2-cent stamp, showing @ photograph of George Washington, will make its appearance. Along with these two will come the Jefferson 9- stamp and the Monroe 10- stamp. Owing to depleted stocks of old stamps the Post Office Department today decided to issue these new stamps ahead of the dates former- 1y decided upon—February 22 for the George Washington and Mar- iha Washfngton stamps, April 13 *for the Jefferson stamp and April 28 for the Monroe stamp. The Post Office Department said today that the Martha Washing- ton, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe heads will thus appear on stamps for the first time in Amer- fcan history. The 2-cent stamp will be red, as at present; the 4, brown; the pink, and the 10, vellow. On January 17 the new l-cent fssue will be placed on sale, this being Franklin's birthday. ~This stamp will be green, as at present, but bearing a néw portrait of Franklin. TOWAITINHOUSE tions Before Taking Up New Legislation. tion Measure Will Be First to Be Called. Monday will not be District day in| the House. This is not because House Leader Mondell or the steering com- mittee or any one else has a prejudice | against District legislation, but be- it 1s” the policy of the House leader and stecring committee to puti through the appropriation bills be-| fore takfhg up any new legislation. This was made clear at a conference | between House Leader Mondell and| Chairman Focht of the House District committee late yesterday. Repre- sentative Mondell belleves that the | District should be givep one or more | days for the considerition of legis- | lation pending on the calendar be- i = TWO CENTS. FSCALBILLOFD.C. NOW BEFOREHOUSE MAY VOTE NONDAY Representative Moore Scores “Rush” as Impeding Other Capital Bills. WOULD TAKE CAPITAL FRQM THE BUDGET LAW IClmirmxn Cramton Explains Ef- forts of Committee in Behalf of Schools. The District appropriation bill for the fiscal year begining July1 next which was reported to the House ves. terday, was under consideration this afternoon, with the prospect that if will run over. into Monday before s final vote is taken.’ < The House agreed on two hours of general debate. Representative Louls C. Cramton of Michigan, who, In the illness of Representative Davis of Minnesota, has acted as chairman of the subcommittee which cenducted hearings on the budget estimates and drafted the bill, described fully the attitude of the committee. He em- phasized that, actuated by a sincers desire to do all that they felt justified in doing at this time and having a strong personal desire to help in up- building the Natfonal Capital. the committee, in some instances, exceed- | ed the budget recommendations where | they found a particular need This was done especially with re. gard to furnighing streets in new sub- divisions, where people had bought property and were relieving the resl- dential “shortage. Representative Cramton also ex- plained that the committes had been careful to furnish all that the Dis- trict Commissioners and the budgel bureau had recommended as immedis ately needed to furnish adequate seating capacity in the District schools, He 1ald stress on the fact that the committee in some instances had cul way under the budget recommenda~ tions, where money was not to be used promptly and where the mem- bers thought that a reduction could be made without injury to local in. stitutions or impairing tire condition of the capital ecity. Advise Reopening Institution. Represegtative Cramton, speaking for the eommittee, pointed out thal their best judgment advised them tq recommend to Congress the reopening of the Industrial Home Schoal, on Wisconsin avenue near the Naval Ob- servatory. not enly in the interesty of economy and eflicient administration, but because they felt that the chil: dren who would be committed to suck an institution would be better cared for under good management than i being distributed to boarding homes where they would probably be neg but so heavy as to make the people | here. l “smart.” = | buildings, the entire village was There were two alternatives facing | : 2 European nations following the war, | burned by a mob shortly after day Mr. Baldwin sald: Either to face the | break, according to avallable reports problems of their obligations. and | nere. i their business, tax the people and the | S entd country heavily enough to meet the | A Party of citlzens of Sumne {T am to come into personal contact|teach those who consent to hear it BY EMILE COUE. to consideér it almost insignificant.| In beginning this series.of articles |Let me say right here, however, that| in The Star I want to say how glad {simple &8 my message may be, it will with the great American public on|and give it fair thought a key to their own side of the Atlantic. And,|permanent physical and moral well-| ; @ e | lected. fore the close of the sesslon, and Dis- iy ” 4 tention of the House wag trict legislation will be considered as|called particularly to a realization soon as possible after the appropria- by the appropriations committee that P s continued appropriations for impros- tion bills have been cleared away. |Gt € C0r0Pinoughout the Na- D. C. Appropriation Up. { tional Capital will be needed znrl that the growing needs of the schoo situation; or allow conditions to drift, with inflation of the currency, danger (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ASK HUGHES ADVICE ONU.S.ENVOY PLAN Opinion o'f Administration on Robinson Resolution to Be Sought. The Senate forelgn relations com- mittee today decided to secure the opinion of the administration on the, resolution of Senator Robinson, demo- crat, Arkansas, authorizing the Presi- dent to appoint official American representatives on the reparations commission before proceeding further with eonsideration of the measure. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican leader and committee chairman, was directed by the com- mittee to confer ~with = Secretary Hughes of the State Department re. garding the Robinson proposal -and also to obtain for the committee all of the department’s available in- formation on the reparations negotia- tions. No Vote Takes. No_vote was taken and it.was said no objections were suggested that Secretary Hughes be consulted. The committee adjourned indefinitely sub- ject to the call of Chairman Lodge. At today’s meeting, which was briet and dealt only with procedure, other native to letting the reparations mud- dle, drift into a real crisis. There was no intimation that the American government would take the first step in that sort of a solution. In fact, White House spokesmen, or the eve of Secretary Hughes' New Haven pronouncement, made it plain the United States’ would scrupulously avold any initiative in the direction members as well as Senator Lodge expressed the view that the commit- tee could not well proceed until it learned the attitude of the State De- partment. Committee members stated they were without information as to what had been done by Roland Boyden and others of the unofficial American group observ- ing the proceedings of the reparations of assembling the projected commis- sion of inquiry. It is customary among friendly states bent upon instigating impor- ant international action to make sure such action is not objectionable to the high cohtracting parties, French Hostility Certain. French hostility t6- the commission scheme is believed in Washington to be invincible. But the European ka- leidoscope is capable of such light- ning changes that it would be rash to predict-a definite French refusal of a categorical American proposal. With Italy and Belgium aligne® witlr France in the latest’ stage —of the reparations snarl, Parid’ resistance to outside intervention probably would be. stiffer than it might have been a week or ten days ago. Americans, like the British, are con- centrating discussion of the German reparations issue on the question of hat can rmu‘ pay?T” From 0" French standpoint, It not so much egtion o Germany can pay, S Contnunt o P Gyt €3 | commission. The committee was said to feel that it should halt its considera- tion of the Robinson proposal until it could have more light particularly on the past activities of the observers. Merits, of the Robinson resolution were not discussed and no definite stand, other than that indicated in the preliminary Senate debate, was taken by_individual members. During the debate in the Senate yesterday afternoon Senator Johnson of California, a prominent “irreconcil- able,” immediately opposed the Rob- inson proposal, and .Senator Brande- gee of Connecticut, another repub- lican “irreconcilable,” indicated his opposition to official representation. Again denouncing the, reparation: commission as a “super-government, Senator Johnson said military occupa. tion of Europe might flow from en forcement of its decisions. He said he e opposéd o any action which m! 1I|t embroil America in Eurepe's political maelstrom. Senator- Borah, republican,’ Idaho, ‘whose recent .pi 1 for a world" economic conference agitated the Sen lluar nvm‘l’ s, %’-":n the dis- ‘cussion closely, make known his position on the Robinson 1 |to Rosewood late last night to in- vestigate reports that two negroes sought in connection with an attack upon a young white woman at Sum- |ner Monday were concealed in a house there. Upon the approach of| the party the negroes without warn- | ing opened fire, killing outright two persons and wounding four, one of | them probably fatall Twenty-One Behind Barricade. | | Tt 1ater developed that twenty-one |heavily armed negroes were in the { house and citizens immediately estab- lish a cordon .around it and opened fire with every conceivable kind of | firearm. | At 4 o'clock this morning, according to information here, the ammunition | of the attackers became exhausted | and the departure of many, for fresh supplies gave the besleged negroes an opportunity to escape. | Their departure was discovered at| daylight. The vacated house con- tained the bodies of two négro wom- {'en ana one negro man who had been {killed by bullets which penetrated | the walls or enterea the place through { windows. Blood stains indicated that ‘several | of those who escaped were wounded. | Immediately afterward, according to | word received from the scene, the mob began firing the buildings in the village and every structure except the grocery store, the residence of | the grocer and the residence of an- other white man was destroyed. | While the village was in flames, it is sald, members of the mob fired upon ! the negroes fleeing from their homes. The result was not known here. About twehty families resided in Rosewood, many, if not the majority of them, negroes. The known dead are: Polly Wilkin- son of Sumner, forty-five vears. old, a merchant; Henry ~Andrews, forty- three, of Otter creek, superintendent of lumber company; Sylvester Car- rier, forty-two, negro; Bertha Carrier, negro woman, mother of Sylvester. The injured white men dre: Manning Hudson, scalp wound; M. L. Sturde- ville, shot through arm; Odom, Otter creek, shot through neck. The hegro house was burned to the ground shortly after daylight. Ordered to Stay in Homes. ' Sheriff Walker at Sumner ordered | negro mill workers to remain in their | homes. Wilkinson and Andrews were shot to death when they at- tempted to' enter the negro house late last night in search of Sylvester Carrler. oA Negroes barricaded in the place at that time opened fire on the white men. The bodies of the two men lay | where they fell throughout the night. The dead negro is a brother of the | man in jail in_connection with as. sault upon a young white woman sév. eral days ago. Jesse Hunter, an-es- caped_negro convict, who. is: believed to have committed the crime Is still at large. MELLON WOULD ABOLISH | TAX-EXEMPT SECURITIES Urgling adoption of a consitutional ! amendment _to prohibit further fs- suance of tax-exempt securitles, Sec- retary Mellon, in a letter presented today to the House, declared the tax- eyempt privilege, With the factlity it glves to borrowing, “leads in many cases to unnecessary or wasteful blic. sxpendityres,” which, in turn, E'»lng;n& about “a menading in- crease debts of the states and S at the same time, I cannot help feel- ing just a little embarrassed. I have an idea that people on this con- tinent expect from me some wonder- ful revelation, bordering on the mi- raculous, whereas, Yn reality, the message I have to give is so simple that many may be tempted at first 'SEARCH FOR GUNS ATMURDER PROBE Against Violence as Hear- ing Opens. By the Associated Press. = s BASTROP, La., January 5.—Hearing of charges of masked band depreda- tions in Morehouse Parish, ‘laid by Gov. John' M. Parker at the door of the Ku Klux Klan of the :Parish, looked to as the climax of more than three ‘months of investigation by Department of Justice agents andg state investigators, was formally opened before Judge Fred L. Odom of the sixth judiclal district, shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. Judge Odom immediately summoned the sheriff and instructed him to have all pefsons entering the courtroom searched. Immediately after Judge Odom con- cluded a statement outlining the pur- pose of the investigation the hearing was adjourned until * o'clock. Military Guard Towns. Bastrop was quiet, but with an air of suppressed excitement. A ‘détachment ‘of cavalry was sta- ttoned across the road from the parish courthouse, a machine gun unit was on guard at the ‘courthouse, ‘another machine gun detachment guarded the parish’ prison and a company of in- fantry was encamped within a stone’s throw of the court building. At Mer Rouge, headquarters of a detail of Department 'of “Justice in- vestigators. who haye assembléd evi- ‘dence which is expected to result in sensational disclosures and, wholesale arrests, anather Infantry camp and 2 cavalry detachment was on duty. A. V. Cocoe, state attorney general, and ‘his corps of assistants were here to. conduct thé inquiry. Immediately after the arrival of Mg, Coco yester- day he announced the appointment of Howard Warren, state senator, Of Shreveport, as his special assistant. Mr. Warren will act in conjunction with Mr. Coéo ahd T. Semmes Walms- |ley, George 8. Guion and Paul W. Sompayreo, eral. - Coco would not estimate the time which might be -required, nor com- ment on the possibiities of the inquiry. Ose Held for Murder. “We are here to investigate con- ditions; how long it will last, its scope assistant. attorney gen- being which can never be lost. To the uninitiated autosuggestion, or | self-mastery, is likely to appear dis- | coneerting in its simplicity. But does | not_every one discovery, every inven- tion seem simple and ordinary once | |1t has_become vulgarized and the de- | | tatls or mechanisms of it known to the | |~ (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) | CHLD FIRE VIGTIM * MAY DI OF BURNS i i i]udge Orders Sheriff to Guard | Nellie Fernald Seriously In- | jured by Flames at Colum- bia Road Home. i Nellie Frances Fernald, between | two and three years of age, was seriously and probably fatally burned | when her clothing caught fire dur!ng; a _blaze in the cellar of the home of | her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Clarence J. | Fernald, at 1514 Columbia road, short- | 1y after noon today. { Arthur C. Thurlow, a workman em- | ployed in the house. found the child | at the bottom of the cellar steps, where she had fallen. He fought his way through the smoke and brought | her outside, where she lost con-| sciousness. i She was rushed to Children's Hos- pital,.where immediate treatment was given her. The child’s entire body was covered with, burns, from which she may die. . | _The fire started, it is belisved, as a result of wood being stacked too close to a hot furnace. Dense smoke filled he house and cellar, hampering the remen, in their work and making it necessary to flght for a greater part of half an hour hefore placing it un-{ der. control. ghild in Cellar. Little Nellie was jn the cellar, it is believed, immediately after the fire had gained headway. She was prob- | occupy all of gomorrow and probably | SENATORS ADOPT The District appropriation bill is| under consideration in the House to- day, with tho prospect that it will| run over for the best part of Monday. | It no other appropriation bill is ready, then Chairman Focht will be allowed to call up the Fitzgerald workman's ‘compensation- bill, but there is every assurance that the appropriation blll. fer independent offices will be ready ! for consideration and will be called up immediately following the passage of the District appropriation bill. ‘When time is found for considera- tion of District legislation the Fitz- gerald workman's compensation bill will be the first measure taken up, because it is unfinished business on the District calendar. It is the hope of both House Leader Mondell and Chairman Focht that prolonged con- sideration will not be necessary on the workman's compensation bill. Tenchers' Salarfes. Chairman Focht today Hnnouncr:li Lis intention to try to get the bill es- | tablishing new basic salartes for ! school teachers and reorganizing the entire school system passed at this session of Congress. He says that a| personal canvassamong his colleagues Shows him that there is little or no opposition, and that the teachers' pay bill can be passed by a good majority. TAG AMENDMENT The so-called Curry amendment to the Agricultural appropriation bill, designed to force reciprocity.in the matter of automobile licenses be- tween the District of Columbia and Maryland, was adopted today by the Senate subcommittee which 1s han- dling the Agricultural appropriation bill. system will require increasing appro- priations. Representative Ben Johnsgn of Ken. tucky, ranking democrat on the sub. (Cdntinued on Page 2, Column 6.) 215,001 ASKED FOR MKINLEY HIGH |’Amendment Offered to D. C. Bill Signalizes Senate Pres- sure for Schools. A strenuous effort will be made when the District appropriation bill reaches the Senate to add to the appropriations for new school build- ings, it was indicated today by Sena- tor Capper, Senator King and others who have particularly interested themselves in the public school sit- uation here. Senator Curtis of Kansas today in- troduced an amendment. which would provide $215,000 for beginning the construction of a new McKinley Man- ual Training School on a tract of land north of Taylor street and east of 14th street, which is already owned by the District of Columbla. Senator Curtis’ amendment would be a sub- stitute for the House provision, which appropriates $215,000 for the purchase of a new site for the McKinley Man- ual Training School It is understood that the Commis- sioners have in view the purchase of a site near 2d and T streets north- east, adjoining the site of the Langley Junfor High School, which is now be- ing bullt. The site proposed by Sen- ator Curtis, which is already owned Senator Weller of Maryland and|yy the District, adjoins the site of tha State Highway Commissioner Mickey appeared before the subcommittee to- day and urged that the Curry amend- ment be not adopted. The witnesses pointed out that ef- forts to bring about reciprocity through the adoption of a uniform | gasoline tax in the District of Co-| | Macfarland Junior High School, which is now also under construc: tion. Has Piney Branch Support. The Curtis amendment has, the sup- port of the Piney Branch Citizens’ As- ably caught by the smoke and swift- | lumbia and Maryland, in the matter|sociation, which is anxious to have spreading flames before -she could | reach the steps to cry out. Thurlow | scented’ the smoke wheré he was| working on an upper floor and made his way to the cellar. He sald the | smoke was so thick he could see nothing, but at the lowermost cellar step his foot landed on the child and he pioked her up and rushed her to the outer.air. Dr.-Fernald and his wife moved into the house only a month ago. Mrs.-Fernald had gone out on & short errand when the fire broke out. Upon her Teturn she found Nellie in the rms of Thurlow and accompanied her to Children’s Hospital. LADY ASTOR TO REST. Will Seek Change of Scenery by «Advice of Physicians. of automobile licenses, was under Way. Notwithstanding the arguments of the Maryland senator and the state highway comnilssioner, the subcom- mittee voted in the proposal of Rep- resentative Curry of California, and the matter will now go to the full committee. The Curry proposal fol- o P'rovhled. further, that no part of this appropriation shall be allotted to any state which fefuses to permit the citizens' of other states, territories or | districts. to freely operate, without additiongl registration, license, tag- ging or tax, automobiles and self-pro- Delled vehicles over the public high- ways in interstate commerce, Vided such citizens have complied With the laws and regulations of their own states, territories and. district: Provided, further, that any . state Where existing laws will not permit the state authorities to extend reci- procity of traffic on it high- PLYMOUTH, January 6.—Lady Astor has.been ordered by her physiclans to #’ a eomplll.d 'l"e l:nu:‘ln. G:Idln‘. , and is 2brosd a month 0 recuperate. She has canceled all ‘her engagements here, b PN N e, targiaiy il e o8, P Sricts, and i th ot he’ 1egtte- ture of such state does not maéet prior o July. 1.71923, the Secretary of Agri- ‘cultyre is- authorized to make such allgment Lo sald states.” g the large tract owned by the govern- ment at 14th and Upshur streets used for school purposes, and to have tha Tuberculosis Hospital removed. Thera is a proposal to place a new tuber- culosis school building on this tract, and the association is vigorously fighting that. The association points out that If this tract of land is used for school purposes alone it would Dbe possible not only to erect the new McKinley Manual Training School there, but also a new Business High | Sehool, and to have a stadium for ath- letic évents and a drill ground for the High School Cadets, on ground & ready owned by the government. Court Assignments Assignments of court cases for hearing tomor- row will be published today and. hereafter daily in the.8:10 .edition of The