Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy and colder tonight: tomor- row unsettled, probably followed by rain. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 63, at 2 p.m. yesterday. Lowest, 50, at 8 a.m. today. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers - every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Full report on page 2. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 29,059. Intered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. CHANCELLOR READY TOQUIT; REICHSTAG URGED TO DECISION Stresemann Declares Ger- many’s Internal Position Is Hopeless. WARNS CONCESSIONS TO FRANCE SUICIDAL Satisfaction Voiced by Allies on Accord as Evidenced in Note to Germany. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 22.—In his ad- dress before the reichstag today, Chancellor Stresemann is quoted by agency dispatches from Berlin as de- clating that his government would relinquish office if it were considered necessary and that he hoped the reichstag would make up its mind quickly in order that he might know Wwhether he should continue. He declared that Germany's in- ternal position was hopeless and, so far he could there was not the slightest prospect of effecting im- provement Fyance had expressed fear of seri- ous German developments arising from recent incidents, but he could assure France that any developments that might occur would be due en- as see Wilson Message Forecasts Part In’24 Campaign By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 22.—Ac- tive participation of Woodrow Wil- son in the next presidential cam- paign, Brooklyn democrats be lieve, is foreshadowed by a letter Which the former President sent the secretary of the Regular Dem- ocratic Club, twelfth assembly dis- trict, Kings county, acknowledg- ing resolutions commending him for the principles enunciated in his Armistice day radio address. Mr. Wilson said: “I am deeply Eratified by the generous preamble and resolutions of the Regular Democratic Club and beg that you Will express to the members of the club my great satisfaction in the thought that we shall be comrades | in the great work which lies im- mediately ahcad of the democratic | party—work which will, in my opinion, lead to permanent tri- { umphs in the great cause of justice and humanit ROUND-UP 1S BEGUN INHUGE RUM PLOT! Indictment of 126 Persons at Savannah to Lead to Startling Disclosures. Department of Justice agents today bezan a nation-wide round-up of per- | | sons named in 126 indictments hand- | | €d down vesterday by a federal grand | {Jury at Savannah in connection with @h WASHINGTON ¢ Fhoening D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION THURSDAY, = |l s - i e | ] Tonunae ¢ I SN I NOVEMBER 22. & 20000 cco0ecc - Star. 1923—FORTY-SIX PAGES. Elusive Dollar Still Eludes )0 RECPROCTY Gamblers in “Hard Way” Lair Hundreds Continue to Try Luck in Wide- Open Prince Georges Den, and as Usual “Go Broke.” There is a haunting cry of the tin-| horn gambler which runs along these lines: “Come, you seven! Baby needs | new shoes!” And we meditated over | these words on the way home. It was | in the cold gray dawn, and we could | still hear the echo of the cry concern- | ing the needs of small offspring. We | talked the thing over, and finally | came to a decision: If the baby really needed a new pair of shoes, and It we had to win the money at the “Hard Way," the infant would doubt- less grow into the barefoot wonder of the age. His beard would droop down around his waist somewhere and he would be retiréi on the old- age pension before he had the shoes. We went out to Hard Way, the three of us—the wise guy, the peren- nial sucker and myself—to dally with the fickle Instruments of chance. We | hud heard reports that the “joint” | was running full blast—that “the lid was off," 80 to speak—that fortunes | were won and lost in a single night, | RUINOUS TURNOVER ONU.S.JOBS SHOWN | | | | “the bones were running hot |directly on the road, was dark. Not | | Civil Service Report Shows| as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circalation, 94,590 TWO CENTS. and that | So, we traveled out Marlboro way as far as the top of the second long hill, turned sharply to the right, went over a bumpy road for about a mile and a half and pulled into the side yard of Prince Georges county’s famous gam- bling resort. Ushered Into the Lair. The big house, with its front porch that “the sky was the limit" a light showed until we pulled into the yard, where a hired man with a flashlight aided us in parking the car. Then the same hired man_guided our steps to the side door. We en- tered. All the mystery of a high school secret society seemed to enshroud us. We stood for a while In a sort of hallway, under an_electrict light—and then we noticed that we were being carefully inspected. From four or five holes in the second door we were given a thorough examination, and finally we were allowed to enter another hallway. Then, up a nar- | (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) MAGNUS JORNSON ~ 0.C.COMMUTER Will Live in Small Takoma a INEFFECT BY 1924, VIEW IN GONGRESS Senate and House District Committee Leaders Con- fident of Approval. FAVORABLE SENTIMENT FOUND IN BOTH HOUSES Gasoline Tax Measure Is Sure to Be Reported Favorably, Senator Ball Says. Automoblle reciprocity with Mary land is likely to be effected as a re- sult of early action by Congress or the gasoline tax bill prepared by the District Commissioners, which will b favorably reported by the Senate and House District committees at the earliest opportunity. This assurance was given at the Capitol today by prominent repub- lican and democratic members of both the House and Senate, who say that there seems to be an almost unani mous Sentiment in Congress in favor of this legislation. Senator Ball of Delaware, chair- man of the Senate District commit- tee, has declared himself as strongl: {n favor of such a measure and has announced his purpose to urge i’ 5 Saved by Plunge From Flames Changes Involving 20 Per | Cent in Past Year. upon his committee, with the pre pect that it will be one of the first bills favorably reported to the Senat for action. Representative Stuart F. Reed o West Virginia. who probably will be chairman of the House District e mittee, is similarly convinced that tie House committee will authorize a fu- Park House, if Wife Gives Assent. | an alleged smuggling and liquor dls- | tributing combine. | The indictments were said by gov- | B¥ {he Associated Pivs ernment officials to have resulted SAN DIEGO, Calif. Novembe: from detective work by Department | FIv2 officers and enlisted men of the of Justice agents at ome of the|?*Teraft Squadrons. battle fleet, crew | strategic headquarters of the illicit| ©f #n F-3-L scaplane, engaged liquor industry In America. It will | SPotting torpedoes twenty-five miles | unravel, officials believe, Into one of | ©ff Point Loma, hud a narrow escape tirely to France herself. The communist deputies constantly interrupted the chancellor. Dr. Stresemann said that, despite Gevmany's serious position, efforts would be made to continue negotia- tions with France, because the Ger- man government desired to leave no Etone unturned in its efforts to effect 'Navy Plane Explodes Over Sea; ! bilges of the chemicals, mixing with ignited. In a fraction of a second | the seaplane was a mass of flames. | Licut. Earl Brix, pilot, nosed the in | blazing ship downward and shouted | for the others to jump overboard. The seaplane’s life preservers, in the mid- | dle of the fuselage, were a muss of eaplane. where the the water, | Turnover ern of employes in the zov- ent service in the District of Co- lumbia, exclusive of employes of the | District government, uveraged nearly Magnus Johnson, senator from Minnesota, expeets to become a full fledged Takoma Park commuter before nightfall. He has the dirt-farmer an agreement and improvement led away idea ‘that conces- slons France would do much to help Germany. The reich was in too weak a condition to force counter concessions from France. Sees Ruin in Ruhr. “Germany will bleed to death over the Rhine and Ruhr if forcible kept open by France” he said The declaration by France that our help to the hungry Germans in the Rubr constitutes continuance sive reslstance is untrue; it is rmany not permitted France to for reparatious, but purposes, then Germany be acknowledging the justice of the Ruhr occupation. Germany had had one creditor, but the whola entente. It was not right, therefore, that only one should pocket the money. As 10 1t could take coal, for othe would nly be Improved by ducing_longer working days Dr. Stresemann was liber: plauded by the three government parties. but their combined vote is insufficient to give him a majority Vot intro- Iy ap- e reicustag was heavily picketed with security police in order to pre- vent the entry of the communist depaty Remmele, who barred from the session In the consequenc of his obstructlve tactles yesterday. DEFENDS HIS REGIME. Stresemann Welcomes Renewal of America's Interest. By the Assoclated Press, BERLI ovember course of a vigorou: administration before the reichstag today, Chancellor Stresemann wel- comed the renewed American interest in the reparation problem, and sald he hoped an International conference would be convoked. Ho also took t the reports published in the German press that the government had been officially approached by American financiers. and added that he had not Dbeen informed of any impending in- ternational financlal action The address, which occupied two nours in delivery, dealt at length with both the foreign and internal situations, and was wholly in the na- ture of a vindication of the chancel- lor's policies. The government is to demand a positive vote of confidence from the Teichstag, the outcome of which is yet in doubt GERMAN NOTE AGREED ON. —1In the defense of his Allies Insist Crown Prince Keep Agreement to Stay Quiet. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, November 21.—The allies, through their representatives in the ambassadors’ council, last night agreed to notify Germany that the interallied military control mission will resume its functions in the reich and that the Berlin government is bound to afford it facilities and pro- teetion. They also declded upon communication_in which they note the former crown prince’s letter re- nouncing the throne of Prussia and voice expectations that the German government will see to it that Fred- erick William faithfully observes the promises made therein. Under those will not insist upon laying hold of the prince, but they declare the Ger- man government must rigidly adhere to its assurance that the return of former Kaiser Willlam to Germany will not be tolerated. This {s the first time the allies have agreed upon a question relating to the execution by Germany of the treaty of Versallles since the parti- tion of Upper Silesia was referred to the league of nations two years ago. BELGIUM IS SATISFIED. a second TUnanimity Reached by Allles Is Pleasing to Brussels. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, November 22.—Satis- faction was expressed in government- al circles today over the unanimity achieved by the allies with regard to the notes to Germany on military control and the return of the ex- crown prince. Their optimism regarding the re- (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) " | the mos the wound is | | rmany's internal condition, | e occasion to deny | conditions the allies| staggering developments since prohibition went into effect Not Revealed. Names of the persons indicted were | not aled by government officials, | but it is understood in some quarters | that a few of them were the same | individuals who were caught in the gcvernment net a few months ago in | a big round-up in Savannah of alleg- ! a rum runners. “avannah for some mont Names rev | said in government circles today, been known as a rendezvous for a daring band, who have been able, with the use of a fleet of small boats, to do an enormous business. WIDEN RUM PLOT PROBE. Federal Agmteriur Cities | Included in System. ! | By the Associated Press, SAVANNAH, Ga., November With 128 defendants in varlous sec- tions of the country under indict- ment, eight defendants on trial and | more indictments expected on charges of violating the national prohibition | laws, federal agents are contlnuing their Investigation along the east- ern seaboard and in the interior fol- lowing clues oMtalned in the grand jury investigation of the liquor traf- fic In this section of the country. When the investigation of what was described by an official at Wash- ington as “one of the most gigantic comblinations ever attempted, legal or illegal,” Is completed federal agents expect to have disclosed a liquor traf- ficking ring almost country-wide. Begin Trials of Eigh The eight defendants whose trials | began yesterday are Savannah men, but they are only the first of many to face trial here, court officlals say. Clues developed in Savannah, ac- cording to federal agents, have led, among other locallties, to New York, | Philadelphla, the Chesapeake capes and Charleston, 8. C., with connec- tions in the traffie chain unbroken as far west as Pittsburgh, and the end not in sight. ! Eventually, and in some cases al- ready made, prohibition officers sa the line of evidence will lead to those who have financed the alleged liquor conspiracy. The indictments so far are understood to involve charges of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition L . transporting, ship- ping, possessing and importing liquor. Forcigners, largely Englishmen and Canadtans, re invoived, it is statd. “V00D00” MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING NURSE Negro Crushed Girl's Head With Stone, Contention in Pittsburgh. By the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., November Lorenzo Savage, negro, known as a “voodoo doctor,” was found guilty of first degree murder today. He was ! tried for the murder of Miss Elsie Barthel, a nurse, whose body, with the head crushed, was found near a deserted mansion in the East End district several months ago. The prosecution charged that Sav- age killed the girl when she refused to pay him for a “love charm.” Defense counsel maintained that Savage had met the nurse the night she was killed, but that he had noth- ing to do with the killing. He con- fessed, the defense contended, only after city detectives had used “third | degree” methods and had threatened | to crugh his head with the seventy- one-pound block stone which was used to kill Miss Barthel. ——— THREE KILLED IN BLAZE. 22— Fourth Member of Family May Die of Injuries. SHERBROOKE, Quebec, November 22.—Three were killed and a fourth perhaps fatally injured in a fire today at Collinsviile, when the. residence of Willlam Gendron was razed. Mrs, Gendron and two sons, aged eleven and eight years, were killed. A daughter, Jizelle, aged five years, was seriously burned, | neay i to to pieces or aircraft caught from betng blown drowned when their fire, exploded and sank in fifty fathoms of water yesterdav. All five were rescued by the destroyer Ken- after they had been swimming for more than twenty minutes Electrician Neison jured. { The fire was started by the explo- sion of @ smoke bomb about to be | thrown from the moving plane to mark the spot where a spent torpedo fired by a destroyer was resting on the surface of the sca Wind Dislodges Bomb. | Nelson had just raised the bomb drop it over the side when the rush of air carried it out of Bis hands | and smashed it against Nelson was knocked down ard the bomb, carrled by the wind, flew | againgt *he starboard propeller, shat- tering it and sending splinters flying in all directions. The bomb, or what was left of it, was hurled fnto the | TOLEDOINTERROR AS BOMBER REIGNS Eighth Attack Wrecks Home and Leaves Police Baffled. By the Assoclated Press. TOLEDO, Ohio, November 22.—Scorn- ful of efforts of large detalls of plain clothes men and police to apprehend | him, Toledo’s bomber was still at large | today, while horrified residents of the West End fearfully discuss his devas- tating operations are wondering | where the next deadly missile will fall. Police say the bombs are being planted | by a maniac. The bomber's latest victim was | Charles S. Yant, whose home was par- tially destroyed last night by a bomb, the eighth bombing here within the last sixty da Yant, his wife and another woman smelled the burning fuse of the bomb and rushed from the | house just as the bomb exploded. The | Yant home and neighboring houses were damaged to the extent of several thousand dollars. Anxiety Throughout City. Meanwhile, the city is in a state of anxiety, fearing with each mew explo- sion there may be loss of life. Al his - chest. | flames and Brix's first concern was to see whether all his men could swim. They could. Gasoline Tank Explode. Two minutes after the flaming sea- plane hit the surface of the sea one Chief | of the gasoline tanks exploded, send- | s the only man | ing a shower of burning struts and | sections of the fuselage over the men who were swimming for their lives. A small patch of oil and driftwood showed where the plane had sunk. The Kennedy, elght miles away, sighted the cloud of smoke and steamed at top speed to the rescue. All of the men were virtually ex- hausted when the destroyer hoave in sfght. Cheers greeted cach fiyer as he was hauled to the Kennedy's decks, The Kennedy raced to port with the survivors. The crew of the F-5-L, be- sides Brix and Nelson. included W. Osterman, seaman, first class; C. D. Forsight, chief aviation rigger; E. B. | Thornton, radio man, first class. The Seaplane at the time of the accident was flying at a speed of sevendy miles an hour at an altitude of about 100 feo GEORGIA WOMAN NEW U. D. C. HEAD Partially| Mrs. Frank Harrold Defeats| Mrs. Amos Norris, Florida, by 1,578 to 679. Mrs. Frank Harrold of Americus, Ga., elected president general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy | oday, defeating her only opponent, Mrs. "Amos Norris of Florida, 1,578 to 679 The term of office is for two years Other officers elected at the Willard, where the Daughters holding their thirtieth annual New are con- vention, are: Mrs. J. T. Beale of Little | Rock, Ark., first vice president; Mrs. F. E. Ross of Riverside, Calif., second vice president; Mrs. Charles S. Wal- president; Mrs. Alexander J. Smith of New York city, recording secretary general; Mrs. R. H. Chessley of Bos- ton, corresponding secretary gen- eral, defeating her only opponent, Mrs. Walter E. Hutton of Wi ton, D. C., by a two-to-one vot J. P. Higgins of St. Louls, Mo, urer general; Mrs. St. John A. Law- ton of Charleston, S. C., historian gen- eral; Mrs. W. J. Woodriff of Musko- gee, Okla., reglstrar general; Mrs. W. H. Estabrook of Dayton, Ohio, cus- todlan of the crosses of honor, and Mrs. Willlam Douglas Mason of Phil- avallable police and detectives are working on the case, which, according to Pollce Chief Harry Jennings, is the most bafling In the history of the Toledo police department. While there have been no casualties and property damage resulting from the explosions has not been large, the terrorism has caused police to make every effort to capture the person or persons responsible. Apparently the bomber is alming at no particular person or section. His victims say they have never been threatened. “We're doing all we can,” says Po- lice Chief Jennings, who has wel- comed suggestions from every one. Critles of the police department, de- ploring the operations of the bomber, have insisted that there must be some medium of checking the outrages, but have offered no remedy. adelphia, Pa., custodian of the flags and pennants. g Await Official Notice. The elections of the first vice pre: dent general and that of the record- ing secretary general were not offi- clally announced by the tellers this afternoon. * . It was announced by Mrs. Maude Howell Smith, chairman of the enter- tainment committee, that following the sightseeing tour at 2 o'clock to Arling- ton_cemetery, “a_pllgrimage would be made to the home of former President Woodrow Wilson, about 3:45 o'clock. Mrs. Smith stated that Mr. Wilson f%tad agreed this morning to come out on his portico when the daughters arrived. The session this morning was open- ed by Rev. Dr. George F. Dudley with an invocation. Tonight at . 8:30 o'clock a “historical evening” will be held. Music will be rendered by the Men who have investigated the ex- plosions, including that which dam- aged the home of Rev. Patrick O'Brien, Catholic priest, and also the one in the Norwood Avenue Church of Christ, are loath to consider the theory that a religious fanatic is re- sponsible. They contend tkct if the terrorist is prompted by a religious mania it takes the form of hatred for all creeds and all religious organiza- tions. Householders whose lives and property have been assalled since the reign of terror was instituted are of diversified spiritual, fraternal and po- litical affiliations. —_— SIX END HUNGER STRIKE. DUBLIN, November 22.—The Irish Free State government announces that six more republican prisoners have ended their hunger strike after fasting for thirty-five days. Two hundred and thirty-seven, the state- ;nel';f adds, are still going without 00 Navy Band. An address will be made by Douglas S. Freeman, on ‘Jeffer- son Davis, the American. SCHOOLBOYS ACCUSED - " OF STABBING TEACHER By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 22.—Three boys, one of them a grammar school pupil, were arrested today charged with having stabbed John Wechsler, a public school teacher, when he re- fused to discuss with them the failure of a fellow student to pass his exam-: inations. Wechsler, ‘with wounds in the chest and abdomen, was, sald to be_in a serious condition. . The boys - Dominick 'Passmondl. nineteen; his brother, Carlo, fifteen, and Carmine Soldo, fifteen, are aé- cused of having waylaid ‘Wechsler when he left his school in Harlem. 4 | demanded his attention. lace of Morehead, N. C., third vice | CLASSIFYING FIGHT shing- | EDUCATION BOARD ‘ Press of Business Forces| Resignation of President of Body. Danel J. Callahan, president of the board of education, has resigned from that body, it was learned today. The resignation was sent to Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court Monday. Mr. Callahan said that able to serve on the school board any longer because the responsibilities in- terfered seriously with his busine: ie has been president of the board since July 1 and has nfunifested keen interest in all school activities. Whether school officials and his as- sociatds on the school board were aware that he had resigned evidentl was unknown to them yesterday, as it was announced at the semi-monthly meeting of the body that Mr. Calla han would be unable to attend meeting because his business affairs As a result Edwin C. Graham presided. he was un- BLAME IS DENIED Herbert D. Brown' of the bureau of efficiency today declared he was wholly free from blame in the pres- ent reclassification fight between the national federation of federal em- ployes and tion board. Declaring that the employes’ union in their mass meeting Tuesday night had blamed the “wrong man,” Mr. Brown sald, that he stood today con- sistently as he had always stood in favoring the use of the bureau efficiency program so far as possible in execution of the reclassification act. The personnel classification board, Mr. Brown said, had reversed itseif on_the program for the field ser- vices, at first announcing that it would draw up a new schedule but later. on in Circular No. 13; over which the employes’ union has raised vigorous protest, reverted to the bureau of efficiency plan. “I stand today where I have al- ways stood.” said Mr. Brown, “against any one who attempts to raid the public treasury. 1 urged that the ersonal classification board in the eginning adopt the 'bureau of efficiency program, both in the Dis- trict_of Columbia’ and In the filed services, and the classification board has now simply adopted what I ad- vocated in the beginning.” Chairman Bailey of the classifica- tion board today sald that action of the federal employes' union at mass meeting Tuesday and in_ ap- pealing yesterday to President Cool- idge for an investigation had made no change in the plan of procedure already outlined and that the work of the board would proeeed and make ready its recommendations to Con- gress. Mr. Balley denied the em- ployes' charge that the board in its new program had failed to observe the law, the | of | its | 120 per cent from November 1, 1922, to | October 31, 1923, according to figures { made public today by the Civil Service iCommission. On the latter date there were 63851 employes in the govern- | ment jover the 68,564 in the zov nment em- I ploy in the Capital on November 1 a year ago. During that vear there was a total of 12,476 additions to the government ‘iforres_ while 15.36 employes broke their connections. Two Months Show Only two months in the past year showed an increase in the number of workers added to the forcés here, as balanced against the separation: February and May show- Ing & total increasc of thirty-elght. crease. ers in Washington represents the [ smallest number on the government pay roll since 1916, | but 39,442 employes of the govern- ment here. Two vears and a few | months later the number of federal workers had swelled to 117,760, and Washington was a h fof industry, turning the wh the gigantic war machine, whose cut- ting edges were 0 miles away. Two vears after the war, on July 31, 1920, the number of fed: ployes had dwindled to 80.53 has been dropping ever since oda notwithstanding the incre in bureaus and independent lishments, due chiefly to the war, the number of government workers re- mains at the lowest figure In seven vears. Today the field service of the government is a little more than half | with approximately | on the rolls, against | the war peak, 470,000 worker: 0 on Armistice day. Reasons for Separations. Gradual reduction In the federal ervice in Washington and in the field ng effected, commission, by cessation of war-time But other reasons, them small salaries, working condition [ nity for advancement, cause separa- | tions from the government service. | Within the past year and a half | several hundred clerical workers have been dropped from the government pay rolls—mostly temporary em- ployes. There have been few whole- Civil service employes of the govern- ment, although many have been sep- and printing, the pension office and other government agencies. The Chicago post office offers one of the outstanding examples of turn- The regular force of the, ! office is placed at 6,010. Since July 1. 1920, there have been 7,867 ap- | pointmenta from thecivil service list | at Chicago, a turnover of more than 100 per cent. This is not typical, however, Clvil Service Commission heads say, but is a result of condi- tions local to Chicago. Turnover of government.employes, it duplicated in private business. -would be ruinous, John T. Doyle, secretary of the commission, suid today. i cials say { the personnel c|assmca-lFuuR SHOT As SHERIFF OPENS FIRE ON POSSE| |Official Mistakes Citizens for Sus- | picious Auto Party—Victims Serlou\ely Hurt. By the Associated Press. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., November 22, —Four members of a volunteer posse organized to search for supposed bank robbers f{vere shot and seriously wounded by a posse headed by Sherift Herman Weber of Clay county i a gun battle at Cory, southeast of this city at 1 o'clock this morning. The wounded men are Claude Lloyd, Thomas Collins, Joseph Van Deeren and Paul Willis. Sheriff Weber received a call about midnight from near Cory to the ef- fect that an automobile party in that vicinity was-acting In_a suspicious manner. With a force of deputies, the sheriff stafted for the scene. 1In' the meantime the' vicinity. of Cory had been aroused and a volunteer force formed. { As the sheriff's party approached the village It was met by the citizens posse. Believing them -to be bandits, the_citizens' posse called upon them to halt. Sheriff Weber, thinking he had been ambushed by bandits, opened fire with a sawed-off shotgun. The volunteer posse returned the fire. but none of the sheriff’s party was injure - ¢ rvice here, a reduction of 2,713 | {place that he has already begun to | call the northea: zovernment jground. a semi-farm. But that was The present force of federal work- | when there were | mming bee hive | els of | isince only the two younger girls will according to the| among | unpleasant ; lack of opportu- | sale separations among the regular! arated from the bureau of engraving | over in the government service, offi- | plcked himself out an attractive little homestead 8 near to his beloved countryside as possible and all that remains now to make it the senator's Washington “farm” is Mrs. Johnson's | stamp of approval. H Senator Johnson paid another visit | to the place this morning, carefully | inspected it and promptly made an! cagement with Mrs. Johnson to| tak T out for her inspection this afterncon. The senator is so sure that his wite will be pleased with the suburb “home.” ! “It would have been nice he said, to have found a place with more Ule close enough 1 had no difficulty, however, in your city an@ f really think real estate pricés here are quite reasonable. 1 am quite confident we take the Takoma Park house. of course, Mrs. Johnson must ap- | prove of it first.” Staying at the Portland. At present Senator and Mrs. John- son are stopping at the Portland, 14th | street and Thomas circle. ma nd contain only five or six rooms, | heir per- be brought to Washington to liv h them. The rest of the Johnson family will take care of the Minnesota farm “by choice.” All of the robust health that of labor on his Minnesota farm stowed upon rears enator Johnson will find plenty of exercise during his resi- dence Waslhington, if he attempts to follow the pace he set this morn ing. Up with the sun, he ate an carl breakfast, and was at his desk in Senate office building before the tendants there had begun to rub cep out of their eyes. After wading through several bush- els of mail, he and_ several friends motored to Takoma Park for a final | Inspection of his prospective home. Returning from there at 11 o'clock, he went with another senator to the Senate chamber to discuss his seat in | that auditorium. When he again| reached his office he found two news- | paper men and the representatives of | two New York labor unions wamng‘l to interview him. Asked on which side of the Senate he would sit, Sena- | tor Johnson replied: May Sit With Democrats. “I have not made up my mind yet. 1} will not know for a few days. It may | be that I will sit with the democrats just to keep them company. The sena- tor and I reached no definite decision.” | Turning momentarily from his inter- viewers, he spoke briefly to the labor | Tepresentatives, politely declined a tele- phone invitation to visit the studio of a prominent Washington photographer and sit for a picture, and immediately | afterward made his cngagement to take Mrs, Johnson out to Takoma Park this_afternoon. In the meantime a third senator en- tered his office with a prominent sculp- tor, whom he introduced, and behind them came still another senator. Be- fore the hands of the clock reachcd 11:30 he had satisfactorily interviewed | all of his guests and escorted the two senators and the. sculptor into his pri- vate office for a further conference be- fore lunch. e CITY OF DAVID FOUND BY PALESTINE PARTY| c;mfirmntian of Discovery Given by * = Prof. MacAlister, Leader g of Expedition. at- the By the Asaociated Press. LONDON, November 22.—Disq@very of traces of the ancient City of David, reported from Jerusalem some time ago, is confirmed in a dispatch from Prof. Robert A. MacAlister, leader of the joint expedition sent to the Holy | Land by the Palestine Exploration | Fund and the Dally Telegraph. Prof. MacAlister says he has every reason to belleve that by a fortunate coincidence the expedition has dis- covered “Millo” méntioned in the Biblical de- scription of David's fortifications in the Jebusite citadel he captured. The statement that the king built “round about from Millo” has always puzzled commentators. tured that “Millo” was a tower or | states. | this ¢ o avas | this Capital rent home will be rented furnished | i Rudolph_today, 1t has been conjec-! vorable report and instruct the chair- man to get it voted upon in the Houss on the first day allowed for District business. Representative Reed said today that he realizes the necessit for early action In committee and o the floor, and that he will do his ui- most to get the gasoline tax and reci- procity legislation reported favorablv at the first meeting of the District committee Always Favored Bill. “I have always favored any actio that will bring about reciprocity be tween Maryland and the District o Columbia,” Mr. Reed sald today. “The roads from the nation's Capital radi ate to all pgris of the country. This is the ‘home’ city of people in all othe: We want to make access a5 easy as possi every one. We want to have the road radiating from the Capltal kept i excellent condition. “I can see ho reason why tiis meas ure cannot be acted upon at the first meeting of our committee. While the appropriation billg are being prepared there will be opportunlity to get man | relatively small measures acted upo: in the House, and I am convinced that we can and will get action on this bill recommended by the District Commissioners and to which I have heard no oppositien.” Members of the rules committee which is in charge of the legisla program, sald that they could forese 1o obstacle to early action upon the gasoli tax measure, which is pre- requisite to reciprocity in sutomobile tags, just as soon as the proper com- mittee reports the bill to the Hou: Maryland Leaders Determined. Scnator Weller of Maryland, who is a member of the Senate District com- mittee, worked for months during the last Congress to get some legislation framed that would bring about reci- He has been in conference with the Maryland authorities, includ- ing the governor and is not only un- discouraged but very determined to have Congress take action prompt- Iy when it_meets to make reciprocity Between ~ Maryland and the Dis trict a reality. He has recefved assurances from many members of th enate that they will be glad to vote for the bill. Representative Fred N. Zihlman of Maryland, who has becn mentioned likely to be chairman of the House District committee, of which he {8 an active member. in case Rep- resentative Reed cnooses some other chairmanship. said today that he is certain action can be had early in the coming session that will beget reciprocity. In the last Congress Representative Zihiman worked hard for this legislation and would have put it across but for the lack of Lim. | in the closing jam. Zihiman Confident. Representative Zihlman authorized following statement: 1 belleve that the gasoline tax bill should be brought up and passed at as 1y a date as possible ““The inconvenience. annovance and expense entailed by the present = tem should be ended., and It is grati- fying to note that the Governor of aryland has stated that while the state is anxious that the District put into effect a gasoline' tax such as will be In force in Maryland January 1, 1924, it is_his Intention to make reciprocity effective the first of the vear, even in the absence of District jegislation. .This w#l put an end to a long-existing controversy and Con- gress should do its part in giving careful consideration to the bill pre- pared by the District Commissloners which will be introduced at the open- ing session of Congress,’ The District Commissioners will support any, effort made by members of Congress, to have the automobile reciprocity bill enacted into law in fime to become effective for the cal- endar year 192 ‘I am heartily in favor of the reci- procity measuie,” said Commissioner nd we hope Con- gress will be able to take action upon it as soon as the session open The Commissioners are now cn- gaged in getting the reciprocity und Sther bills rexdy for introduction in the new Congress and will co-operate in every way. possible in obtaining im- mediate action, $1,000,000 FIRE'LOSS. Cordage Plant :at Reading, Pa., Crippled for Months. READING, FPa., November 2 ¢ plant of the Jackson Cordage @ remains of the mysterious | entiré plant of the J . Company was swept last nlgt}t b fire of 'undertermined origin ’with la loss cstimated at nearly a millien dollars. . Officials of the gonipany said that the loss is machinery would cripple dam, but it has been agreed that only excavation could reveal its identity, the plant for perhaps six months, true s none of it being made In this coun- try.