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‘WEATHER. Falr tonight and tomorrow; cooler or p.m. today: High- est, 53, at 2:15 p. m. yesterday; low- est, 45, at 7 a.m. today. tonight; temperature hours ended at Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 ntered as second-class matter post office Washington, No. 29,054 twenty- D. C. ATTEMPT T0 HEAL . BREAK IN ENTENTE GAINS STRENGTH AS POINCARE REGEDES Franco-British Alliance Con- tinuance Still in Air—Am- bassadors’ Meeting Delay- ed Until Monday. POLITICAL CHIEFS HOLD BREACH BEYOND REPAIR Britain Adamant in Refusal to Approve Use of Force to Obtain Protection for Allied Military Control Mission in Germany. By the Assoclated, Press. LONDON, November 17.—Strong efforts are being made over the week end on both sides of the chan- nel to preserve the integrity of the Franco-British alliance. There were indications at the foreign office to- day that France was changing her attitude as to some of her threatened penalties against Germany in the event of fallure to give up the ex- crown prince and permit the inter- allfed military control to resume its interrupted investigation of German armaments. MEETING POSTPONED. Ambassadors’ Confereence Delayed to Give Britain Time. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 17.—The final ef- fort to save the entente from die- location probably will be put over till Monday, as the British cabinet seemingly is not ready to give the final word to Lord Crewe, the Brit- 1sh ambassador here, as to its posi- tion on the application of further Ppennlties upon Germany. The efforts which will be made meanwhile to prevent a break are regarded in political circles here as despairing, the French and British governments being too far apart, it is thought, to make an agreement possible. It appeared this noon that the meet- ing of the allied council of ambas- sadors set for today would probably go over un . although. the French had beeniingisting S " e earliest possible settlement of the question of obtaining resumption of allied military control in Germany. All the allied”ambassadors excepting the British and Ambassador Herrick, who attends the meeting for his gov- ernment, were holding themselves in readiness for a call, but it was under- stood the British ambassador had not received final Instructions and_that Lord Crewe probably would absent himself if a meeting was called. Meeting Awaits Crewe. It was regarded as improbable that Premier Polncare would call a meet- ing today should the British ambas- sador be umable to participate, al- though the premier Is extremely anx- fous to have the situation cleared up at the earliest possible moment. He regards the present state of things a# very harmful to all the allles, the ifdea having gained ground that a rupture with Great Britain was immi- nent and that further delay of a final decision would be likely to de- velop agitation. ‘Premler Poincare Is ready to make any concession to the London de- mands respectingthe ex-crown prince, it was declared in official circles this morning, and the hope was expressed in quarters near the premler that a compromise might be reached. The prospects of saving the entente were regarded as slight in political circles, howuver, where M. Poincare's opti- mism was not shared because it was felt he would remain firm in demand- ing action to obtain protection for the allied military control mission in_Germany. The break, if it occurs, is expected to be on this point, as it is not be- Yieyed the British ' cabinet will be willing, even tacitly, to approve the use of force in order to secure pro- tection for the allied mission. M. Foincare holds it is not safe for the allies to give way in this matter, be- lieving that the Germans would take encouragement from it to intensify their resistance to those clauses of the peace treaty. o PINGHOT GOAL PLAN " LEGAL IS ORINON By the Assoclated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., November 17.— Anthracite coal operators “can agree with each other to control prices for the benefit of the public without in- fringing on the common law," although they might be In danger of prosecution under the Sherman law if they agreed to hold prices be- low & maximum, Attorney General George W. Woodruff held in an opinion to Gov. Pinchot made public today. The opinjon added that “it.is hard to find how they could be attacked unless the federal Department of Jus- tice were hostile to action in favor of the public interest.” _A _copy of the opinion has been sent S. D. Warriner, spokesman for the committee of Operators, who con- ferred with Gov. Pinchot at his re- quest, to work out a plan of keeping Drices thiy winter at the level of those of last year. After these meet- ings the operators sald the governor had esked them to agree to refuse to sell coal to retallers who do not keep the price down, but Mr. Warriner de- clared the Pennsylvania executive had presented .no means by which this could be don ly. “In opinion,” Attorney General ‘Woodruft sald in his opinion, “ind pendent arrangements or promises with, or the governor by each the. operator rately intended to hold prices at mine &nd to the con- sumer within some maximum figures i ¥ \ By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., November 17.—Gov. J. C. Walton and his entire defense counsel withdrew from the trial today after the governor had declared before the court that he could not have a fair trial and could no longer “stand the humiliation to me and my attorneys.” House managers summoned another witness and proceeded with the trial. The governor's actlon came after the senate court by a roll call of 23 to 13 had declared that article 17, charging issuance of a large number of special police commissions, was a matter of law, and that all previous testimony on that subject be ex- punged from the records. Prosecution Near End. The board of prosecution moved to ' complete its case today in the im- peachment trial. Under a new rule of procedure the | sixteen charges of moral turpitude, | corruption in office, neglect of duty | and incompetence will be given to| the senate court for a verdict before evidence is presented on the remain- ing six articles in the impeachment OLENT FIGHTING RENDS RUHR AREA Hand Grenades Fly in Fierce| Battle—Berlin Denounces Paris Policy. By the Associated Press. DUESSELDORF, November 17.— The rioting in the Ruhr is growing. Not only s the situation getting ugly among unemployed, but the separatists are encountering violence on the other side of the Rhine. A pitched battle was fought in the village of Himburg, near Bonn, yes- terday between the separatists and farmers. Plstols and hand grenades, were used and before the French troops were able to restore order the peasants had suffered a loss of three killed and the separatists fifteen with many wounded on each side. Separatists and loyalists also clashed several times at Bonn and Honnef, and Tunislan troops were! sent there to maintain order. Pillaging continued yesterday in! Essen, Steele, Kray, Rothausen, Katernburg and' Altenessen, and would-be plunderers collided in the streets of Duesseldorf with the citi- zens patrols. The riots at Essen yesterday are de- scribed by the French as the ugliest and most menaclng that have yet oc- | curred. Both the French and German newspapers report the first use of hand grenades by the unemployed agalnst the police, With the result| that one policeman was killed and a number were wounded. The ca: ualties among the workless are un- known. Fight at Krupp Plant. i The trouble started in front of the, Krupp works in a demonstration for | higher pay. These employed persons, | joined by numbers of unemployed, ! later tried to plllage the Krupp co-| operative food stores, but met with resistance from the police. | A battle followed in the Burgfleld- strasse, where the crowd dug trenches | and erected barricades. They then attempted to storm the city hall, but were driven back by the police, re- Inforced by French troops. French armored cars were turned out h)! patrol the streets. The French at-| tribute the disturbances partly to the | communists and partly to the nation- allsts whose unceasing activities are shown in the anti-French propaganda seized by the occupation authoritie: The unrest Is causing many Ger- mans to leave the Ruhr and free passport visas for interior Germany are being given by the occupationers at the request of the Dartmund of- fictals. BUCKETING CHARGED TO COTTON BROKERS By the Assoclated Pres NEW YORK, November 17.—Attor- ney General Sherman today announc- ed he had obtained an order from Supreme Court Justice Mullan enjoin- ing continuance in business as cotton brokers of Scott, Norris & Co., de- scribed by Mr. Sherman as a company which has been doing an enormous business in cotton and cotton futures in odd lots, and alleged by him to have conducted & bucket shop. Deputy Attorney General Chambers, in charge of the proceedings, asserted that the firm had been doing a lucra- tive business with many customers in the south, particularly in Alabama. A number of customers, he said, bought and sold cotton futures in October and November, and made considerable profit on the transactions, but, he as- serted, the brokerage firm, through various_technicalities, refused to pay the profits to the customers, Action against Scott, Norris & Co., it was stated, was begun after Walter 8. Crump, a lawyer representing four dealers in cotton futures in Riverside, Ala., came to New York to discover Wwhy his clients were not recelving their profits The result of his investigation into the affairs of the company was sub- mitted .to the attorney general's of- fice —_— would not be a combination in re- straint of trade, or a conspiracy either under the common law or.the Sherman law.” The opinion at the outset took up the common-law rule, holding that this makes it criminal “for two or more to combine to fix prices con- trary to the public interest.” the basis of which the attorney general declared “is not combination itself, but the harming of the public welfare through the combination.” ‘‘Therefore,” he sald, “under the common law, it is my opinion that a combination In effect and intent protecting _the public interest by holding down the price of anthracite coal to the consumer, would, as far as the common law {s concerned, be the opposite of cr!mini ch ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ing Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17. 1923—THIRTY PAGES. Walton and Counsel Quit Trial, Charging Unfair Acts of Court Dodging of Klan Issue by Prosecution Breaks Up Governor’s Entire Plan of Defense. bill, all of which charge offenses growing out of the executive's mar- tial law declarations In Oklahoma. May End This Month. Possible termination of the trial thik month was presaged in the an- nouncement that the prosecution would rest its case late today before adjournment of court over the week end. By reversing its previous decision and granting the prosecution permis- sion to hold in abeyance the six martial-law charges the court {s be- lieved to have demolished one of Gov. Walton's chief bulwarks of de- fense. The executive, it is under- stood, had planned to call hundreds of alleged victims of mob violence in the state, through whose testimony he expected to justify his military regime and thus introduce the Ku Klux Klan {ssue, upon which he is said to be prepared to make his prin- cipal plea for acquittal. One Offenxe Enough. Conviction on any of the first six- tcen articles, however, would remove the necessity for presentation of evi- dence on the martial-law charges, and it is understood that the prosecution already has decided to drop them. Not a Vote Cast, Only Candidate Doubts He Won By the Associated Press. NORTH CARROLLTON, Miss., November 17.—Not a vote was cast in precinct two of Carroll county at the general election on Novem- ber 6, and as a result J. H. Willi- ford, unopposed candidate for su- pervisor, is doubtful as to whether he Is entitled to hold the office, despite the majority he recelved in the primary. The incumbent, J. D. Tayior, claims that under the is entitlea to hold office “untfl his successor is duly elect ed and qualificd” and the sugges- tion that a speefal election be held to settle the point brought the an- nouncement from two potential candidates that they would oppose Williford. Inquiry today developed the fact that ballot boxes were not sent to the two precincts in the district on election day. DOUBT JORNSON' GHPON DWN STATE Republicans Believe Recent Campaigns Have Broken His Hold. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Can Hiram Johnson capture the republican delegation from his own state of California? On that ques- tion, many politiclans believe, his 1924 fortunes mainly depend. bitterly opposed by the republican organization now in control of state affairs, under the leadership of Gov. Friend W. Richardson. Gov. Rich- ardson was elected in November, 1922, by a vote some 12,000 in excess of Senator Johnson's majority, although the latter was opposed by a mediocre democrat. The old Johnson state machine, which had been perpetuated up to that time, was broken up by Gov. Richardson. In {ts place there is now an organization, intrenched from one end of California to the other, which is _anti-Johnson. Political leaders in Washington who are a quainted with local conditions in the state declare that only by a miracle will Senator Johnson be able to se- cure the delegation for the republican national convention. The best he will be able to do, It is predicted, will be to secure a handful of delegates in northern California. A “favorite son" ‘who seeks the presidential nomina- tion with his own commonwealth in large part arrayed against him {s seriously handicapped. Campaigning Two Months. For the past two months Senator Johnson has been campaigning in- tensively, not only in California, but all along the Pacific coast. He did not openly espouse his own candi- dacy, limiting his missionary efforts to advocacy of “progressive delega- tions” at the next republican con- vention. But his supporters under- stood {n whose interest the delega- tions eventually were to be used. Meantime, the friends of President Coolidge in California were not in- active. Previous to Mr. Coolidge's accession to office a lusty Harding- for-1924 movement was in progress throughout the state. Harding re- publican clubs were in process of formation everywhere. When the late President passed from the scene !eftorts initiated on his behalf were automatically converted into activi- ties for President Coolidge. New Englanders domiciled in California—a very considerable and influential com- munity—have latterly placed them- welves at the head of the Coolidge campaign. But it was not confined to them. Only the other day the Kern county republican organizstion, covering the rich Bakersfield ofl dis- trict, launched a Coolidge-for-1924 club. Developments Pro-Coolldge. These developments have been pro- Coolidge and not essentially " anti- Johnson. But a distinctly antl-John- son situation has been developing in the senator's home state for many months. He himself confessed, in the now celebrated McClatchy letter, brought to. public notice in .August, that he was “under no illusions about California.” He expressed doubt if he “could carry it against Harding, Hoover or any other candidate.” - sailing “the old crew now in the sad- dle,” Johnson conceded that “my stock in my own state is low * ¢ * and if I were a candidate I would fear Cali- fornia more than New York.” - Californians, once enthusiastic John- e Doo o A Shhne (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) §400,000,000 LOST BY LEGAL EVASION OF FEDERAL TAXES $1,000,000,000 Productive Income Taken From Busi- ness Enterprises. WEALTHY PUT FORTUNES IN EXEMPTED SECURITIES Mellon Sees 'Bpmedy for Situation in Reduction of Sur- taxes. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Four hundred miilions of dollars are being lost in taxes by the United States government through the legal evasions practiced by tax payers with incomes ranging from $50,000 and up- ward. Fully one billlon dollars in pro- ductive income has disappeared in the last five years due to the fact that people with money have not felt it worth while to engage in enter- prises that would yleld that amount, of money because half of it would have to be glven up in taxes. Instead, the wealthy people of America have turned to what Is known as tax-exempt securitles, and there is no way to make that illegal except by the passage of a constitu- tional amendment and that may take a generation to get the necessary three-quarters of the states of the Unlon in order to make it effective. But tax-exempt securities average about 4 per cent in the interest they yleld to the investor. If the latter could get § per cent or higher on his money he would naturally adopt an- other form of investment. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon has devised a plan to increase the net Income of the country and at the same time increase the amount of revenue from taxation on higher incomes. His idea is that If the surtaxes were lowered then a wealthy man could afford to lend his money for productive en- terprises that offer 8 per cent. If an investor were assured that he did not have to give the government half of his 8 per cent and take additional risks besides, he would invest in pro- ductive enterprises. Mr. Mellon's theory is that the business condition of the United States is being restrict- ed by the barriers set up by the gov- ernment itself In adopting taxes that defeat their object. Makes Wealthy Afrald. The trouble s, of course, that the mo-called radical element in Congres: ¥ it is popular to “soak the This would be hard to re- fute, as a plece of practical politics, were it not for the fact that “soaking the wealthy” makes the latter afraid of putting money in productive enter- prises and actually loses the govern- ment an average of $400,000,000 a year in taxes. TI $400,000,000 has to be made up somehow, So it is placed on the backs of all persons with incomes from $50,000 down to $1,000. The sta tistics _show, however, that about 7,000,000 people actually pay nearly all of the taxes of the United States, and that only a few thousand have incom The million: es are not on the decrease, but the amount they pay in taxes is diminish- ing annually through legal evasions. Here is a table prepared at the Treas. ury Department on the basis of the official returns of the last few years, showing the taxes collected from per- sons with incomes above $50,000: 1918 « $617,148,879 1919 729,444,420 1920, 484,799,387 192100000 317,929,125 The foregoing table shows that for 1931 the government collected about half of what it took In for 1915. In other words after the higher surtaxes were imposed the wealthy people found other ways of investing their money and the government lost. Big Projjct Lost. One Treasury officlal tells a story of a man of wealth who was approached by an enterprising manufacturer who needed $200,000 of capital to build an addition to his factory. The wealthy man was offered 8 per cent on his money and a guarantee that the whole sum would be pald back in a few yearr—a remarkable opportunity. But he turned it down. For when he found out that out of the 8 per cent he ‘would have to give the government at least 5 per cent, and it would leave him with an income of only about 3 per cent,; he turned around and put the $200,000 In tax-éxempt securities and made that extra 1 per cent. The manufacturer was not able_to get the money to_extend his plant, and as a consequence the chamber of commerce in that city, which was all ready to furnish the site because they wanted to seé more workmen employ- ed, had to give up the project. The city in question lost a chance to get a bigger factory, workmen lost a chance of employment, the real estate peo- ple could not sell the lots and houses they had counted on'selling to the newgomers and the .government of the United States did not get any This kind of an experience has hap- over and over again untll Sec- retary Mellon is convinced that it is a short-sighted policy to impose such high taxes as to frigthen capital away. He thinks that lower surtaxes would . be attractive enough to put money into_ productive channels, and while the wealthy might make a little more money, 80 would the govern- ment. As a consequence of increased rev- enues the government might have l The Star is 60 cents Yesterday's PRESIDENT HEARS Further “Scandalous Testimony” Banned at Veterans’ Hearing EQUAL RIGHTS PLEA Compliments Women’s Dela- gation Asking Support of Amendment. “I doubt if any of my countrymen would hesitate to assert that if the womanhood of the nation want some- thing they would be bound to secure it" President Coolidge sald in a briet speech to a large delegation of women, members of the Natlonal ‘Women’s Party, representing every section of the nation, gathered about him today in the large historic east room of the White House. The deputation called on the Presi- dent to explain why their orga™za- tion wants equal rights for women and the method to be employed dur- ing the ensuing year to obtain these rights by the enactment of an amendment to the federal Constitu- tion. After several of the delegation haa made brief addresses telling of the discrimination against their sex and appealing to him for his support when the matter comes before Con- Eress this winter, President Coolldge spoke as follows: “Your presence here is a very im- pressive demonstration of your de- sires. 1 doubt if any of my country- men would hesitate to assert that if the womanhood of the nation want something that they would be bound to secure it. Promises in Congress. “I am personally certain that if you will present to Congress as you have to me your reasons why you want this constitutional amendment, that you will find them very responsive to your request. “It is & novel impression to me. I have been engaged In legislation somewhat on the other side in Massa- chusetts, by attempting to protect women ' from possibie tmpositions somewhat as was suggested by one of the ladles of prohibiting their em- ployment in certain vocations that were supposed to be beyond thelr physical endurance, but if the wom- anhood of this nation wants that change and you demonstrate your ability, your capacity and your strength even as you have before, to secure favorable action; if you want some change made now, I haven't the slightest doubt that Congress will respond favorably.” It was made plain to the President that the removal of all discrimination against women, whether in law or in custom, is now the single purpose of the Natlonal Woman's Party. With much earnestness and emphasls the speakers told the President that as head of the nation he has the excep- tional opportunity to recommend that this measure of justice be extended without delay to the women of the country, or as one speaker expressed it, “extended to one-half the people of this country.” East Room Reception. The deputation was received in the large historic east room of the White House. After the formalities of greeting were disposed of, Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, president of the National ‘Woman’s Party, presented the dele- gation and briefly outlined the pur- pose of the call and the desire on the part of her organization to secure this equal rights amendment. Miss Maud Younger, national con- gressional chairman of the party, who made the principal speech in advocacy of the amendment, among other things said that it is realized that women have greater freedom in the United States than in any other coun- try in the world and that yet there are states today where a father may will away his child from fts mother; (Continued on Page 2, Oolumn 1.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) “Governm ered in English. ent of the People, By the People, For the People—" A ‘maze of myth surrounds the greatest speech ever deliv- ‘What is the history of Lincoln’s Gettysburg address? Was it written weeks in advance? Was it scribbled on a train? Tomorrow is the sixtieth anniversary of the deliver; the address, and the first authentic and exclusive story o! famous. manuscript appears in of the The Magazine of The Sunday Star Ofder' Your Cop{‘ of The Sunday Star From Your ewsdealer Toda; y Committee Disturbed by Irrelevant Mat- ter Introduced to Impeach Mor- timer’s Accusation. The Senate Veterans' committee placed a ban today on what Chair- | man Reed characterized as such| “irrelevant and scandalous” testi- | mony as that offered vesterday on behalf of Charles R. Forbes, in an| effort to impeach Elfas H. Mortimer, | his principal accuser. | Declaring the committee is “very | much disturbed” by such testimony, | Senator Reed said it had been decided | that no witnesses on the matter of the impeachment of Mortimer's testi- | mony would be heard until the com- | mittee had received an outline of | the testimony and decided whether it was relevant. The irrelevancy of testimony was| “particularly bad,” the chalrrian de- cided In the case of S. D. Timberlake of Btaunton, Va. counsel for Mrs, | Mortimer in her divorce proceedings, | who testified yesterday. He added' 00 WOMEN FLEE DORMITORY FIRE $200,000 Night Blaze Closes Virginia Normal School at Farmville. FARMVILLE, Va., November 17.— Between 450 and 500 woman students at the Stata Normal School here were routed from thelr sleep early today by a fire which destroyed a wing of the main buflding with an estimated | loss of $200,000. Of the 800 students enrolled at the school, more than half | of them were housed in the maln| buflding and about 100 of these in the rear wing. All were gotten to| safety, however, without any injury and with the loss by only a few of | thelr personal belongings. The fire was dincovered at 4:30 | o'clock this morning by =a night| watchman and a matron, who, in| making their rounds, saw smoke com- ing from the end of the dining room | near the kitchen. An alarm was im- mediately sounded and with little confusion the occupante of the build- ing marched to safety. The exit of those in the wing over the dining room necessarily was hasty, however, and few of them had time to gather their clothing and other belongings. The blaze then spread rapldly. Fire Departments Called. From a closet near the kitchen the flames shot through the dining room and kitchen, then to the upper floors and became so menacing within an héur that appeals for assistance were telephoned to the firg departments at Lynchburg, Petersburg and Richmond. ! The two former responded, but be- fore the special trains carrying the apparatus could reach here the fire was gotten under control by the local department, and the Lynchburg and Petersburg contingents were turned back at Crewe. The appeal to the Richmond department was canceled before the apparatus there could be loaded aboard a special train. The rear wing.of the main building, a three-story brick structure valued at three-story brick. structure, valued at considerable damage was done by smoke and water to the other sec- tions. The loss is covered by tHe $300,000 insurance -ocarried on the bullding. . Trinkle Rushes to Scene. Gov. E. Lee Trinkle, Mrs.' Trinkle and Col. Leroy T. Hodges, director of the state budget, and Dr. J. L. Jar- man, superintendent of the Normal School here, who was in Richmond attending hearings on the budget for 1923-24, hastened here by auto- mobile when news of the fire reached the capital. The blaze had been al- most extingulshed when they arrived here and the executive lost no time in having the students assembled in the | nesses in unmeasured terms. school auditorium and assuring them the structure ]aou.ld‘“ba rebuilt as possible. ' The young wom- B 54 that, the sohool would be closed until after Thanksgiving, and they began immediately to make plans for leaving for their homes to- day. that Timberlake, it was irrevalent. “The testimony probably has got- ten far afleld,” Senator Reed con- tinued, “because the committee has allowed Col. Forbes to denounce wit- But in his case the committee took into ac- count his physical condition and the fact that he was accused of grave offenses."” Chairman Reed also announced that a love letter written by Mortimer to his wife last October and produced ves- terday by counsel for the committee would be omitted from the printed record of the hearing. “The record will merely refer to this,” he said, “as a letter in terms of affection dealing with the domestic affairs of Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer.” Called as a witness for Forbes, Col. Edward S. Walton of the Army Qua: termaster Corps explained the circum- stances surrounding_the award of contracts for certain Veterans' Bureau hospitals, which figured very largely (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) SISTERS DISAPPEAR SEEKING HOSPITAL Police Asked to Find Pretty Catherine and Lena Cha- conas, 16 and 15. as a lawyer, knew Two pretty sisters left their home early yesterday to visit the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, falled to reach there and have not been seen by either thelr parents or friends since. The missing girls are Catherine Chaconas, sixteen years old, and Lena Chaconas, fifteen years old, of 115 E street northwest. Police have been scouring the city for them since last midnight, but not a trace had been found up to noon today. Both girls are described as un- usually pretty. Catherine is a de- clded blonde, while her sister, Lena, is a brunette. They wore brown coats, black shoes and gray stock- ings. The older girl had on a gray hat and the younger a brown one. Employed in Southeast. Lena has been employed for some time at a clothing manufacturing plant in Southeast Washington. She was informed, however, that before obtalning a permanent permit to work she must have her tonsils ex- amined. 'Accompanied by her sister, she set qut| for the Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital yesterday to comply with the law. Nelither of the girls ever reached the hospital, inquiry there developed today. Search for them at the homes of friends proved equally futile and the only clue the police have is a remark Lena once made to the effect that she knew a woman by the name of “Janie” who had promised her pretty jewelry and clothes. The mother of the girls, however, asserted today that she would not believe Catherine would run away, even if her sister did. Catherine re- malned at home while Lena worked and cared for the house. She was devout in her church duties and never cared about having young man friends, preferring to remain home at nights and read. ‘Lena Not So “Lena was inclined out,” Mrs. Chaconas said today. “I learned thig morning, too, that some- times she would not go to work, a though she permitted us to think she had. But Catherine, why she wouldn't even look at a man. I am afraid some- one has lured my girls away. They were very prétty and would be taken by any one to be several years older than they really were." Mrs. Chaconas insisted that every eftort be made to find “Janie” She belleves that woman will be able to help the police locate the girls, but the authorities are handicapped by not having the young woman's last name or address. Steady. to want to go “From Press to Home ‘Within the Hour™ delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at per month Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. Net Circulation, 94,473 TWO CENTS. ICOOLIDGE APPROVES LARGE COAST GUARD 10 STOP RUM FLOW Treasury Plans Contemplatq Spending $20,000,000 for Craft and Men. 20 CRUISING CUTTERS INCLUDED IN PROGRAM 200 Cabin Motor and 100 Small Speedboats Also to Be Bought. President Coolldge has given his approval to Treasury plans for ex- pansion of the coast guard for pre vention of rum smuggling. The plans contemplate expenditure of $20,000.- 000 for new craft and additional per- sonnel. The President {s expected to men- tion the proposed expansion of the service in his forthcoming message to Congress. It has not been deter- mined whether the budget will be re- opened to include the additional esti- mate, but assurance has been given that the appropriation would be asked early in the new session. In addition to the $20,000,000 lu; sum, Congress will be asked for appropriation of $5,500,000 for pu and maintenance of the additio: personnel. It is proposed to increas the number of commissioned officers from 209 to 353, warrant officers fr 396 to 716 and the enlisted personn trom 4,051 to 7,122. Plan to Buy 320 Vesnels. Out of the $20,000,000 the Treasury plans to purchase 20 cruising cutters costing about $11,000,000; 200 calin cruising motor boats at $7,650,000 an 100 small speed boats at an approx mate cost of $1,000,000. The craft will be of the fastest t known to modern motor engine: and will be designed to stand kind of weather. Treasury officials regard the Atlan- tic and gulf coasts as presenting the most difficult problem in efforts stop smuggling, and it is assumed that most of the new craft would b concentrated on those seaboards. Plans Tentatively Lald. Provided the enlarged program f« the coast guard is enacted by Con- gress, plans have already been tenti- tively laid, it was understood today to throw a greatly strengthened ring of these customs enforcement agen- cles around the entire coast line of the United States. Details of the program as to ports and operations were withheld for the moment, but it was understood that the greatest drive would be made in those strategic points where liquor has been seeping most easily past the inadequate forcks of the coast guard. The need for the increased facili- ties was sald to be pressing, because the present equipment, personnel and facilities of the coast guard had been found through practical expe- rience to be totally inadequate. To cope with the rum runners who hav been breaking the customs as well & prohibition laws, many more boats and increased number of men would Dbe absolutely necessary, it was point- ed ont. Early Smuggling Profitable. Smuggling in the earlier history of the United States has been a highly profitable and popular pastime, but later on, with the enlargement of federal forces, had been driven large- ly into channels whereby the only smuggled goods came in secretly on larger ships. With the passage of the Volstead act, however, and increased demand for illicit goods, the avid smuggler with his eye on big profits heavily in- creased the amount of smuggling in the coves along marshy shores and inlets and other out-of-the-way points of admission into this country. The coast guard in its proposed new program would make no attempt, it_was said, to enforce the Volstead act. The only law under which they are authorized to operate is the cus- toms law. But they are fully em- powered by statute and burdened with the responsibility to prevent smuggling. So that while the coast guard in its new program would be driving directly in line with the pro- hibition unit of the international revenue bureau in its efforts to en- force prohibition the coast guard would be .well- within its authority under the customs law. * Exploits of the coast guard men in the capture of rum runners have been revealed only In part, since only few of the captures have been re- ported officially to the public. But the files of the coast guard were understood today . to reveal an enormous number of not only or- dinary instances of the capture of small vessels attempting to bring In 1llicit liquor, but of many sanguinary battles in which much blood was spilled. % SENATOR HIRAM JOHNSON COMING TO CAPITAL By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 17.—Senator Hiram Johnson, who on Thursday an- nounced his candidacy for the republi- can nomination for Fresident, plans to leave Chicago for Washington today. His visit here was prolonged one day to enable him to confer with Chicago and Illinols republican leaders. Plans for organizing Illinois 'for Johnson were made at a meeting last night of the progressive republican Johnson-for-President Club, which was organized in 1920. Harold Ickes, the principal speaker and Illinois Roosevelt campaign leader in 1912, lauded the California_ senator for his stand against forelgn alllances and the Versallles treaty. GRANGE DEGREE FOR 6,000 National Exemplification Cere- monies Held at Pittsburgh. PITTSBURGH, Pa., November 17..— Six thousand candidates, representing nineteen states, were exemplified into the seventh degree of grange secret work at yesterday’'s meeting of the National Grange. The exemplification, which was In progress throughout the afternoon and evening, was conducted by High Priest Charles M. Gardiner of Springfield, Mass., assisted by Chief Herald Louls J. Taber of Barnesville, Ohlo, and John A. McSparran, state grange master of Pennsylvania. The title of priest of demeter is con- ferred upon Seventh-degree Grangers, who are admitted to the inner court of the order. The priests of demeter Will hold their annual assembly to- morrow, when officers will be elected.