Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1923, Page 1

§ ' \j WEATHER l 1 | lowest temperature toni; degrees; tomorrow faf: cold. Temperature 2 pm. a.m. to yesterda Y. : lowes! air and somewhat colder tonight; for ended at 2 p.m, today: Highest, 38, at Full report on page 14. ght about 16 r; continued 24 hours t, 24, 5:30 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 2 No. 28,788. Entered as socond-class matter post office Washington, D. C. b WASHINGTON, D.. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1923—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES SHIP BILL DOOMED, - 1S SENATE BELIEF: ENDOF FIGHT NEAR " Agreement for Armistice in Filibuster Indicates Early Death of Measure. PLAN RECOMMITTAL VOTE BEFORE TOMORROW NIGHT Foes of Legislation Are Prepared to Resume Fight if Nec;ssary of the Senate shipping bill } fight appeared near today through A agreement made behind closed doors for a temporary armistice in the filibuster which has blocked all business since Monday. In executive session the Senate agreed to adjourn tonight at 6 o'clock, take up minor bills for two hours tomorrow, and then proceed with the shipping bill, but with the. possibility of a vote the meantime on a motion for recommittal. See Death of Bill. After the agreement administration leaders conceded that the ship bill was “as good as dead.” Not later than to- morrow night, it was said, the vote on recommital would and the bill would be “interred with proper obse- quies.” The plans for a break buster and abandonment of a night session tonight were made after a conference at the White House be- tween President Harding and Senator Curtls of Kansas, assistant republi- can leadey. The Senate, under its agreement last night, went into ex- ecutive session to consider confirma- tion of nominations on reconvening at 11 o'clock, and an understanding for the break-up of the filibuster, at least until late tomorrow, was quick- 1y _reached. ‘Willingness of administration lead- ers to call off a night session tonight and spend two hours tomorrow on minor bills was regarded by ship bill opponents as a sign of dissolution. Leaders of all factions on the re- publican side agreed with this view. The unanimous consent agreement to discontinue mnight sessions was reached, they said, to avoid further hardships in behalf of a hopeless cause. Democrats Well Organized. Democratic leaders accepted the re- publican proposal, they stated, and agreed to allow minor bills to come up only with the understanding that the fight for the shipping bill was virtually over. The democrats had been prepared to continue the fili- buster even more vigorously, until the arrangement behind closed doors was reached. WGy e i Debate today was opened by Sen- ator Frelinghuysen, republican, New Jersey, with a speech in favor of the bill. His appearance in the debate was regarded as another sign of the break-up of the long fight since the republicans had agreed, with the opening of the filibuster, to let the bill's opponents do all of ‘the talking. COMMISSIONERS NAME BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY William Clabaugh, R. G. Rankin and John J. Miller Com- pose New Body. Au end in the fili- The Commissioners toda the board of accountan & recent act of Congre: that profession in Washington. The men selected are: Willlam Cla- baugh, active member of the Board of Trade, for a three-year term; R. G Rankin, two-yvear term. and John J Miller, one-year term. The purpo of the law is to pro- vide for the examination of all ac- countants and the issuance to them of wertificates showing that they are certificd public accountants. 1t is understood that the Commission- ers had before them eleven candidates for the board, and it wus stated at the riet building today that all of these of such a high type that the s found ditficulty n selecting the three appointees. The law does not fix a definite salary for the members of the board, but pro- vides that the Commissioners may fix a reasonable salary. This pay is to be taken from any surplus which may exist at the end of the fiscal year of fees collected by the board during the year. The law requires that every applicant for examination shall deposit a fee of 3§25 (o cover the expenses of the board. This new agenc, probabl will have offices in the District building. GASOLINE PRICE RAISED v appointed created by to regulate CENT PER GALLON HERE! Standard and Penn Oil Make An- nouncement, While Texas Com- pany Is Silent. of on Announcement of an increase of 1 cent zallon gasoline in the District of Columbia was made today by the Standard Ol Company of New Jersey. The increase is ef- fective today The Texas Company announced no official word of orders increase gasoline prices, but the Penn Oil Company announced that, cftective tomorrow, an increase of 1 cent per gallon would bé made on all gasoline and motor fuel sold by it The increase brings the price of Standard gasoline wholesale to' 2: cents and retail to 25 cents. The Penn Oil Company announced a rate of 23 cents wholesale and cents retail on gasoline and 25 cents whole- tale and 28 cents retail on its special motor fuel An Associated Press dispatch from New York this morning quoted the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announcing an advance of 1 cent & llon on gasoline also in New Jersey Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia and of 13 cents a gallon in North und South Carolina. per to l T hirty Miners Given 3 Years On Riot Charge By the Associated Press. WELLSBURG, W. Va., February 23.—Thirty miners indicted for conspiracy in the Cliftonville strike riot, which cost the lives of Sheriff H. H. Duval and six of the attacking party last July, to- day entered pleas of guilty and were each sentenced to serve three years in the Moundsville penitentiary by Judge Sommers- ville in circuit court here. TRODFSPATRI BOCHM AFTER JERERISSLAN Martial Law Declared—Sol- | diers Accused,of Firing ! Into Crowd. By the Associated Press. ESSEN, February 23.—The Freuch have decided to replace the Ger- man customs officials by French throughout the Ruhr. \ BERLIN, February 23.—Martial law, has been declared in Bochum, says a | dispatch to the Central News, in con-- sequence of yesterday's disturbances in | which French soldiers fired on a crowd | with fatal results BLOOD AGAIN SHED. French Shots Kill One Civilian, ! Wound Two. By the Associated Press. SELDORF, February 23.— Rlood has again been shed in the Ruhr in the course of » French “digging in" | process. One German civilian was Killed and two others were serioulsy in- | jured at Bochwmn yesterday, when two ¥rench soldlers fired upon a crowd that had gathered to watch the occupation of the law courts building. Observers | sald that the shooting was done by poilus who were obviously irritated by the jeers of the bystanders. New Railroad Man. The decision of Premiers Poincare and Theunis to operate the railroads through an allied civil administratios is seen here as a move to improve | transportatio conditions, although Gen. Payot asserts that the rallroa ds‘ already operating under French and Belgian supervision are doing their work. Details of worked out Gen. De Goutte, Gen. P: of the French ministry of public works, representatives of the rail- roads and Paul Tirard, president of the international Rhin€land commis- sion, The functioning of the allied cus- toms ring is threatened wilh"llflk‘ul- ties in consequence of Berlin's order that no taxes be paid to the oc- cupiers. Such payments, the federal minister of finance has decreed, will not be recognized by the government Hold Barrier Is Secure. German customs officials have been reminded of their responsibility to the Reich and the government's con- fidence that they will resist seizure of their offices with as much firm- ness as has been shown by Industrial workers. Meanwhile, the French maintain that their customs barrier is secure and that the course of Germany's economic lifeblood has been diverted. | The Germans, on their part, declare through! the press that they are ada- | mant in_their determination not to yield and point out that such penal- tles as the expulsion of German funec- tionaries only strengthen the German position. Expulsions of Ruhr and Rhineland officials already total 467, the Germans allege. HEARING IN ARNSTEIN CASE SET FOR MARCH 3 Justice Siddons Postpones Consid- eration of Bill of Exceptions in Conspiracy Proceedings. the new plan will bel at conferences among ot, officials Justice Siddons of the District Su- preme Court today postponed until Saturday, March 3, the settlement of the bill of exceptions of Jules, alias Nicky, Arnstein and others convicted May 4, 1921, of a conspiracy to bring stolen securities into Washington. The exceptions taken during the trial were numerous and counsel have not been able to agree on them. Attorney T. Morris Wampler for the accused asked an additional delay of one month, but_on opposition by Spe- | cial Assistant United States Attorney Leuhy the court fixed on March 3 as the limit of time for settlement. The case was tried before the late Justice Gould and at his death the hearing of a motion for a new trial fell to Justice Siddons, who overruled | the motion and passed sentence June 24, 1921. Counsel noted an appeal to the Court of Appeals then, and the! accused have been at liberty on bond | awaiting a hearing in the appellate court. i | BUFFALO BLOCK FIRESWEPT. | | BUFFALO, N. Y. February 23— | Fire early today swept through the | block on the east side of Washington | street between Carroll and Seneca ! streets, causing @ loss estimated at} 13350,000. The building was occupied 3% ‘the. Progressive Talloring Com- | pany, the Brunswick-Balke-Collender ! Company, Russell & Watson and the | Liberty Clothing Company. French Seize Quaker Kettles, . Block Feeding Hungry Children i | BY A. R. DECKI y Cable to:The Star and Chicago Daily New RIS Conyright, 1023. DORTMUND, February 23.—Last Saturday French troops took two Kkettles from the Quaker child feed- | ing station in Bramhauer, a small town north of Dortwund, where to- day the writer saw almost barefoot children walking through the slygh.) The Quakers had been preparing to| sxtend the child feeding stations in he industrial area and had completed wn organization to distribute 150 por- Aons in Bramhauer, sixty portions in Auguste Victorfa Catholic school and sixty portions in the -Evangelical | of establishing an American law in-| stitute | by | judge and law. |dure before zll else. | legal authorities declared this to be BESTLEGALMINDS OPEN SESSONS 10 SILVELAW TANGLE American Institute Proposal Laid Before Noted Jurists at Continental Hall. ROOT WARNS OF PERIL OF INCOMPETENT OPINION Authorities Always in Conflict, He Declares—Daugherty Letter Reveals Needs. Several hundred of the nation's foremost judicial and legal authori- ties, including the justices of the United States Supreme Court and most of the state supreme courts, assem- bled in Continental Memorial Hall here today to consider the possibility to authoritatively interpret the great mass of statutes that have | been and still are being enacted. Elihu Root, former Secretary of State under President Roosevelt, pre- sided and was elected permanent chairman. In his address opening the meeting, Mr. Root declared that the time is not far distant when American courts will no longer have competent authority on which to base their de- cisions. ~ Indlvidual judges, he said, will be obliged to interpret the stat. utes solely on the basis of their per- sonal views, whether right or Wrong. Always in Comfilct. “Today our authorities are alwaya conflict,” Mr. Root continued. “Where we find one court interpret- ing a given statute one way, we will find another which takes the opposite view just as strongly. Our system of laws has become so vast and compli-] cated that it is almost impossible to | make a competent investigation. In he flve years which ended in 1914, 00 statutes were passed by Con- gress and the legislatures. 1In thel same time there were 65,000 decisions handed down by the courts relative to them.” The need today, Mr. Root declared, is a re-statement of American law competent _authorities, which would be not only an interpretation but a prima facie basis on which American law could rest. It would be the ready reference to which the er could reliably turn to pore back over law books and previous presenting a case of No Congress or legisla- ture, he said, can command such a re-statement. It must be done by the judges and lawyers themselves and “must have so much power that any one who stands in its way will be in danger of being run over.’ Based On Reporta. Today's meeting resulted from the appointment of a committee on the establishment of a permanent organ- ization for the improvement of the law, of which Mr. Root was chairman. This committee, composed of legal experts from every state in the Union, has been compiling an official report on a restatement of the law and the establishment of an American law in- Stitute. The report will be submitted and considered this afternoon. * Speaking for favorable consldera- tion of that document, former Gov. Herbert 8. Hadley of Missouri urged the meeting to demand a restatement of criminal law and criminal proce- The process of criminal procedure in most of the American states, the speaker declared, is a disgrace and means only that major crimes must increase alarm- ingly in the future. 9,000 Homicldes, Few Convictions. “There were 9,000 homicides in the United States last year,” former Gov. Hadley said. “The conviction in these cases totaled less than 10 per cent. Great Britain, Canada and other na- tions, with only one-fifth as many homicides, obtained conviction in 50 per cent of their cases. No country can have an increase in crime so far out of proportion to its increase in population as the United States and still continue to prosper. The matter with our criminal law is our failure to administer it properly. An investi- gation in eleven states shows that of 1,426 typical cases the average num- ber of decisions reversed by appel- late courts was 331 per cent. In other words, the trial judges were wrong in one out of every three crim- inal cases. Due to Imexperience. “Of course, we must take into con- sideration that some of these reversals were due to inexperienced prosecutors, inefficlent police departments and supercritical appellate courts, but the average would still demand an imme- diate restatement of criminal pro- cedure.” The meeting proceeded immediately to consideration of the report prepared by Mr. Root's committee. Lawyers and without havin thousands_of cases before, their own. the most important gathering ever pro- moted under the auspices of the legal profession, and its scope of purpose is expected fo affect the American legal system and the relations of the lawyer and layman as no other assembly ever held. Each state in the Union is repre- sented, in nearly every case the chief justice of Ks supreme court represent- ing the_state. Chief Justice Taft re- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) | hool. The town was to djstribute thirty portions. Feeding of children was to begin this week in Auguste Victoria school, for which the town had supplied most of the material and personnel. The French suddenly entered the kitchen on Saturday and took the kettles de- spite the protest of a schgol official, who told an Alsatian soldier who understood German the use for which the apparatus was intended. . The French also seized cooking ap: paratus from a hotel, apparently be- cause they wished to save their own Kkitchens for use during marches. The French toll the town officials that If they would furnish other kettles the Quaker property would be returned. WITH SUNDAY MORKNING EDITION REACHAGREENENT ONRECLASSIYING Senators Sterling and Smoot Hasten Action on Bill. HIGHER = SALARIES SEEN Hope to Have the Measure Passed at Present Session of Congress. Virtual agreement has been reached by Senator Sterling, chairman of the civil service committee, and Sen- ator Smoot, chairman of the appro- priation subcommittee, on the bill for reclassification of government em- ployes, it was announced today. A meeting of the subcommittee will be held this afternoon, it is expected, and an effort made to get favorable action on the bill, so as to enable the Senate to pass it without further de- lay. "The bill then must go back to the House and its final enactment will depend upon how that body re- ceives the Senate amendment. Brown Bill Used. The reclassification made Ly the bureau of efficlency under executive order of the President October 24, 1921, is to be made use of, under the terms of the bill as agreed wpon. There Wil be some amendments of the salaries proposed for the lower grades under this reclassification, it is said, giving higher pay. Future classifications will be han- died by the classifying agency pro- posed in the bill, which will be com- Dosed of a representative of the Civil Service Commission, a representative of the budget buréau and a repre- sentative of the bureau of efficiency. Many features of the Sterling- Lehlbach bill have been retained, it is reported, The services and the vari- ous grades in these services as pro- vided in that bill have been kept to a large extent. The text of the bill as finally agreed upon, following a long meeting yesterday afternoon between Senators Sterling and Smoot, attended also by experts who have been at Wark on the bill, has not yet been made public. Higher Salaries Provided. The bill, it is said, however, will re- sult in government ealaries in the ag- gregate, higher than now phid, in- uding the $240 bonus. ' c‘Theglhl‘elt of a deadlock over the bill between Senators Sterling and Smoot, which existed yesterday was dissipated at the meeting yesterday afternoon, when an agreement was Teached on many items of the bill which were In controversy. Tn view of the agreements reached Senator Sterling gave over his proposed compromise, which would have made the Teclassifylng board the judge in con- troversies arising between the bureau of efficiency reclassification ratings and the terms of the bill. ~ - Te Restore Skilled Labor. It is understood that it has been de- clded to restore to the bill the pro- visiops relating to skilled labor, which recently were stricken out. tor Sterling said today that he bolieved that a satisfactory bill would be forthcoming. While it would not be exactly as he desired it, he said, the proposed legislation would bring about a far better condition than pow exists. The President, he said, Was anxious to have reclassification leg- {slation enacted and the estiates for putting the proposed reclassification fato effect have been prepared. He sald that he believed that the meas- Ure would go through. provided, of course, that the Senate and House Were finally able to get together on the amended bill ——— SEEKS TO HOLD HOTELS. Housing Corporation Director Con- fers on Extension of U. S. Lease. An attempt to retain use of the land now occupled by the Government Hotels | | is being made this afternoon by Rob- ert Watson, director of the United States Housing Corporation. Mr. Watson is conferring at the Labor Department with C. H. Moran, real estate agent of the Baltimore and Ohlo railroad, which has ordered the government to vacate its prop- erty by April 1. Mr. Watson was directed both by the Secretary of Labor and by the Senate committee ow public buildings and grounds to confer with railroad officials régard- ing extension of the lease and pay- ment of back rent on the property due the nurongy the government. e lc hief Kreamer Retired After 33 YearsasFireman| After thirty-three years of serv- | ice, Battalion Chief Charles A. | Kreamer was retired from the fire department today on a pension of $100 a month. The records of the fire depart- ment show that Chief Kreamer served more than _thirty vears without sick leave, his first time oft resulting from a collision while responding to an alarm recently. Older members of the fire depart- ment regard him as one of the most experienced firefighters in the service. He was appointed a private in August, 1890, and within a few years won promotion to assistant yreman and foreman. The title of this position was later changed | to captain. He was made a battal- ion chief in January, 1919. He is now sixty-seven years of age. TRAPPED INFLAMES TG THOUGHTDEAD Rooming House Destroyed in Kansas City, Kan., With Fearful Toll. 13 BODIES ARE LOCATED Families Get Little Warning of Danger—Stairway One Cause of Heavy Casualties. By thie Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Kans., February 23. —Sixteen persons .are believed to have perished in the fire which de- stroyed a two-story frame rooming houge here early today. Thirteen bod- ies have been recovered and search is being made for those of three other persons believed to have lost their lives in the blaze. Only three bodies have been identified. The identified are: Mrs. Elisha Colston and her children, Violet and John. The missing are: Leo Brown his dead are: Mrs. Elisha Colston and her wife Bessle, twenty-eight, and children Catherine, = Arthur, ~Margaret, and Leo, jr: Alonzo Bardwell, his wife Lilian and infant child; Edgar Munyon and his grandmother, Mrs. Munyon; Mrs. Anna Sargent and her grandson, Donald, and Alonzo Bradford. Thirteen bodies were recovered this morning; five adults and seven chil- dren. No Warning as to Danger. Survivors said today there was no warning of the impending danger, that it seemed as though the entire structure was enveloped in flames without notice. Unusual construction of the stair- way in the building is belleved by firemen to have trapped many persons. The stair leads to a center corridor on the second floor which branches out In four directions. Persons blinded by smoke coming from the west side of the building, it was pointed out, easily could run by the head of the stairs and on into the east side of the bullding, This, Cols- ton said, is what happened.to his wife and two children, who were directly behind him when he made his escape. He asserted he tripped on the head of the stairs and rolled down the length of the stairs to the front door, the while clutching his seven- year-old daughter, Helen, in his arms. The finding of the bodies of Colston's family in_the northeast corner of the building bears out the statement of | Colston, firemen said. For sale by newsdealers throughout the city ¢ Foening” Star. WOMAN DIES WHEN AUTO HITS BRIDGE Clarendon Man, Slightly Hurt, Refuses to Reveal Companion’s Identity. WHISKY FOUND IN CAR Inquest to Be Held Over Victim in Crash Near Laurel. Special Dispatch_to The Star. LAUREL, Md., February 3.—An un- identified woman was killed and Ben- jamin E. Morris, giving his address as Clarendon, , sustained slight in- juries early today when his adtomo- bile crashed into one end of the bridge over the Patuxent river near here and the woman was hurled through the windshield and over the bridge railing to the river twenty feet below. The woman, aparently about twentye four years of age, remains unidentified, because Morris refuses to give any in- formation to the state constabularly regarding her. He maintained silence when asked about the identity of his companion, and efforts of the state po- lice to establish her identity thus far have been fruitless. Whisky in Ci The accident was reported to the state police substation at Laurel by a man giving his name as Raymond Johnston. In the wrecked automobile on the bridge was found a partfally filled bottle of corn whisky and a quantity of the best rye whisky. A physician was summoned by the state police at the outset of their investigation and the woman was pro- nounced dead. Morris, however, suf- fered only for a short time from the shock and his injuries amounted only to cuts and bruises. He was thrown in front of the car and landed on the bridge. The accident occurred on _the Howard county edge of the bridge, which is the dividing line for Prince Georges and Howard counties. An inquest will be held tonight by Coroner Connell of Savage, Md. The smashed-up machine bore Vir- ginia license No. 40301. Registration cards on the person of Morris bore the numbers 40902 and 40903. He haa $46 in cash and $690 in checks in his possession. Morris is being held pending the in- quest tonight. Efforts are being made by local police to locate Johnston, who disappeared immediately after making the report of the accident to the state police. Description of Woman. The woman, according to officials of the state constabulary, appeared to be about twenty-four years old, and had dark hair and brown eyes. Sne wag of medium build. She was at- tired in a well-worn fur coat, black silk dress, black silk stockings and satin slippers. It is belleved that her death was almost instantaneous, Because of the rather abrupt disap- pearance of Johnston and the re- fusal of Morris to divulge the name of his companion, Maryland state po- lice are making a thorough investi- gation of the case. It was stated that they could not understand these ac- tions unless there was something to be concealed. Morris was wearing an emblem of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers on his watch charm at the time of the accident, and on his person was found another registration card bearing the name of M. E. Scarbor- ough. P e And Then What Next? You'll find the very latest news—the final word on all that’s transpiring the world over in the 5:30 EDITION OF THE EVENING STAR. Featuring financial news and sports news—and announcing the Court program for tomorrow. newsboys and delivered to as the paper: “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is Washington homes as fast s are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 87,273 Supreme Court ‘Now Sitting’ Old Cry Is Resumed At the risk of finding itself technically in the anomolous at- titude of “sitting standing,” the Supreme Court has decided after a three-day experiment not to re- vise the docorous monologue by which its crier announces the con- vening of its sessions. Since the foundation of the court, the crier's “Oyez,” pronounced in solemn tones as the justices take their places on the bench, has been coupled with a warning to all those having business before the august tribunal to draw near and give thelr attention, for the court “is now sitting.” Recently it was decided that the court should re- main standing while the crier made his announcement and he accordingly was directed to change his formula and announce that the court “is now in session.” But the new wording resulted in objection by the older justices, and the crier returned to the original declaration that the court was “gitting.” BILL ASKS JAILING INTRAFFIC CASES Congress Gets Measure Im- posing Severe Penalty on Offenders. HOPE TO CUT FATALITIES Commissioners Would Be Given Power to Decide Giving of Prison Sentence. A bill providing for a jall sentence for violators of the traffic regulations in all cases where the Commissioners | deem such a penalty advisable was tranemitted to Congress today by the city heads. ‘The proposed legislation is brief and to the point, reading as follows: “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled that in addition to the authority heretofore conferred upon the Commissioners to impose penal- ties for violation of municipal regu- lations the said Commissioners are hereby authorized, when, in their judgment, such is deemed advisable, to impose a fine of not more than $300 or imprisonment in the District jail or workhouse for a period not to ex- ceed three months, or both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court, for violation of any regulation or ordinance now in force or here- after promulgated by the said Com- miseloners relating to the use of the public streets, or the movement thereon by vehicles of any descrip- tion, and prosecution for the viola- tion of any such regulations or ordi- nances shall be conducted in the Police Court in the name of the cor- poration counsel or his assistants.” Hopes to Lessen Fatalities. In submitting the bill to the Commissioners, Corporation Counsel Stephens expressed the belief that a| reckless driving law, properly en- forced and punishable by an adequate penalty, will do much toward reduc- ing fatalities on the streets. Without an adequate penalty, he said, it is not belleved that such regulations would accomplish much good. “Forwarded herewith is a draft of & proposed act of Congress, giving to the Commissioners power to provide for imposition of a jail sentence, when in their judgment such is deemed ad- visable,” the corporation counsel sald, “for the violation of any traffic regulation relating to the use of any public street. No Power to Jail Offenders. «Under the present law the Com- missioners have power to provide for a reasonable fine for the violation of a municipal ordinance, but are with- out power to fix a jail sentence for such violation. “It is not intended by this act that i1 sentence be provided for any :né.lll vehicular trafiic regulations, bus only Such as the Commissioners deem advisable. It is, therefore, Suggested that Congress be request- ed to grant the power in the pro- i IS Dom a:a!t of the legislation will be transmitted immediately to the Dis- trict committees of the House and Senate. Many Suggestions Considered. ‘At their board meeting todaay the Commissioners considered more than & score of suggestions to improve the traffic situation, submitted to them by the Board of Trade. They decided to invite Odell S. Smith, chairman_of the public order com- mittes of the trade body, to meet with tha Commissioners’ traffio com- mittes at the Distriot building this afternoon and go over with that committee the recommendationsa of the Board of Trade. The Commissioners’ committee, head- ed by Assistant Corporation Counsel Ringgold Hart, hopes to be ready to make & report on new traffia regu- lations following today's meeting. GLASSIE IS NAMED TO TARIFF BOARD Henry H. Glassie, attorney of the District of Columbia, was nominated today by President Harding to be a member of the United States Tariff Commission. Mr. Glassie lives in Chevy Chase, Md. At the same time President Harding sent to the Senate the nomination of ‘Willlam C. Deming of Wyoming to be a member of the United States Civil Service Commission. Mr. Glassle is prominent among the lawyers of this city, and during the Wilson administration was an as- sistant attorney general under Attor- ney General Palmer. He is known to be expert in tariff matters, especially the legal end of the tariff. Mr. Deming Is named to succeed John H. Bartlett, who resigned from the Civil Service Commission to be- come first assistant. postmaster gen- eral just about a year ago. TWO CENTS IFOCHT ASKS AID OF PRESIDENT FOR D. C. LEGISLATION Chairman Disgusted With Sidetracking Methods of Leaders, He Says. URGENT BILL IN MESH AS TIME FOR ACTION WANES Women Name Committee to Or- ganize House-Storming Party for Monday. Declaring himself disgusted y the way that the House leaders have sidetracked District legislation, Benja- min K. Focht, chairman of the District committee, called at the White House :,oda(y and asked for'aid from the Pre: ent. The District chairman, after explain- ing how he had consented to several postponements at the request of the rules committee and the House floor leaders, made known to the President that the session is drawing so near an end that he must be given an op- portunity to get through some of the more important legislation affecting the l;f!;ilrs of the District during the remaining days. e with the members of the rules com- mittee and the floor leaders to bring about the opportunity to have passed at least what h, e z fponst Wihat he considers the more Two Important Bills, Chairman Focht stated that the most important measures pending are the teachers' pay increase bill and the bill providing a new insurance code for the District of Columbia. He said there are quite a number of others, but that he considered these two of the greatest importance, and that he is especially anxious that they pass this session. “I began by being gracious and con- slderate,” Chairman Focht said at the White House, “when I started to con- sent to the passing up of District days in the House in order that ‘more im- portant national legislation,’ as the y floor leaders termed their pet meas- | ures, might be rushed through. I have come to the conclusion, how- | ever, that I have been too easy, and | now, as the session is drawing to a IQ\MCk close and the floor leaders re- | peatedly refuse to give me a chance to get my matters out, and the rules committee dug up all’ kinds of new rules, which apparently technically prevent me from forcing matters, 1 am determined stand. I hope President for fi will bear results. “There was a time when the Speaker of the House was looked upon as the czar,” Chairman Focht con- tinued, “but the real czar today is the House rules committee, and ac- cording to my way of thinking the former czars are weaklings compared to the present.” to make one last it my appeal to the play in the House, Embarrassed by Criticism. Representative Focht went on to explain that aside from his disap- pointment in being unable to get some action on his more important legis- lation, he had been greatly embar- rassed by demands and criticisms on the part of residents of Washington and representatives of different or- ganizations, who, as he termed it have personally blamed him for the inability to get out the District measures. “I have explained my unfortunate position to these good people,” Mr. Focht said, “and I have directed them to make their complaints and protests to the members of the rules com- mittee and to the republican floor leaders, who are solely to blame.” Chairman Focht was accompanied to the White House by Burt Miller, superintendent of insurance of the District, who prepared the new insu ance bill, which Mr. Focht said will probably prove as a model for the entire country and will be of great benefit to the District, financially and otherwise. Upon leaving the White House Mr. Focht would not intimate whether or not he could expect imme- diate action from the White House, but he gave the impression that there would be something done which would bring about the results he is seeking, Interest in Capital City. Mr. Focht said that he has enjoyed being head of the District commit- tee; that he had met many men and women in Washington in connection with the committee’s work of whom he has grown very fond; that he has acquired a great interest for the District, and that he is most enthu- siastic regarding its future develop- ment. He told how it was at the urging of Senatow Penrose that he first ac- cepted the assignment on the District committee, and that since his being a member f that committee he has given much of his time, both day and night, in the interest of District mat- ters. In his opinion the epactment of the teachers’ pay bill, as reported Lavorably by the committee and now awaiting a chance to get action on the floor, will mean much to the teachers themselves, as well as to the District in general, he said. ‘Women to Storm House, Driven to a last resort by being chased from post to pillar by leaders in Congress whom they have ap- proached to get action under the spe- clal rule voted by the rules commit- tee on the teachers’ salary bill be- fore Congress adjourns, scores of women representing the Congress of Mothers and the Parent-Teachers' As- sociations and practically every other organization of women in Washing- fon determined today to storm the House on Monday. An indignation meeting was held in the Capitol when several of the re- publican leaders with whom they had appointments failed to meet them and a committee was named to or- ganize the drive on Monday, .With every woman in Washington invited to_participate. The committee, headed by Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, and consisting_of Mrs. Joseph_Goldberger, Mrs. M. H. Irish, {Mrs. G. B. Richardson, Mrs. Basii {Manly and Mrs. Laura Bradley, is to organize the demonstration through a chain system by which it is hoped to reach virtually every woman in Washington by telephone, inviting them, or a8 many of them as can, to ! meet in front of the District buildirig on Monday at 11 o'clock, to marcp upon Congress and flll the Hou gillleries on the day which they in ~, (Continued on Page 2, Column &3