Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Partly cloudy and colder morrow fair. Temperature for twenty-four hours Highest, 60, at ended at 2 p.m. today Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 tonight; to- No. 29,061. post office Wa Entercd as second-class matter shington, D. C. PRESIDENT EBERT INVITES KARDORFF TOFORM CABINET Member of People’s Party Willing to Accept, Report in London Says. OVERNIGHT PROPHESIES ARE UPSET BY CHOICE - Dr. Heinrich Albert and Dr. Jo- hannes von Hieber Had Been Mentioned. By the Associated Press LONDON, November 24 —President Tibert has invited Herr von Kardorft, a tieber of the German people’s party in the velehstag to form a new ¢ cabinet, says dispateh Trom Berlin, It is ticipated that the mes Ease states. The nature of the semained a mystery overnizi wondering wh ald try another stry or whether he would a restricted directorate. last night let it be known “henevolently neu- spresenting nd the hut they made it sprove a man news agency afternoon. will this he an- ept, new government and ob- ther the parlia- rervers president ynentary were w min! upon The socialist 1he German people’s part n that they would not inclusion of mnon-partisan e try the politics 3 ellor Stre: in perienced b emann_in dealing with the reichstag, some party Jeaders felt dissolution of the national legislature was the only alternative to 2 popular coalition. The al lead- #rs, however, were contending that the president should make every effort to recruit a zovernment from parliament- ary sourcos Among the overnight as the chancellorship Albert. former German fiscal agent at Washingte nd later associated with the Cuno ministry as secretary of the treasury Dr. Albert statesmen mentioned le candidates was Dr. Heinrich < @ non-partisan. An- other man prominently spoken of w D Johannes von Hicher. prem Wuerttembers, and a democrat Whatever President Ebert's final de- ecision, political leaders were urging this morning that there be no delay in stralghtening out the crisis. A long controversy over the succ to Dr. Stresemann, these ob- 8ervers rted, would have mos unfave effe abroad, just at time whe a m for financial as mistance for the reich was reported under way 150 pointed o that & seriou mentary dead- lock would also prejudice the position of the reich in Bavaria and the Rhin land. SEE GERMANY BREAKING UP. London Newspapers Call German Crisis Significant. By the Assovinted Press LONDON, November 24 —The down- fall of the Stresen in government is wed here event of the t signiticanes possibly involving as an elopments destined to have a deep | d lasting effect on all Europe. The fact that some of the morning news- | papers oust the Eritish ele paign from first place to disploy their rlin dispatches on the reichstag's rejection of the chancellor and the situation in Germ: generally, indi- cates that the crisis is regarded as serious, The is in came *“The on cam- of than Germany tod it has be Germany be Time condition ritely wor moment _since ipire,” the relchstag in the pres Is a mere form. and fiction, »ugh it common anarchy ye terday recorded its verdiet. What will happen now is almost an Inscrutable problem Stresemann, Ebert and their associates, and it is a very seri- ous problem for all the world “Germany is breaking up. This must be realized now as the Jmportant event in cotemporary with the great tribulation sta in the background.” ct most Eu- Comments on Ruhr. ‘The Times the loss of the Rubr, Wigatorn from the reich, “and as far s Pe¥eeivable, will rematn separated from Germany for at least a genera- tion."” “France has had her way," writer. “Her curiously systematig and coldly logical effort is nearing its goal. A new political and econs iomic entity is making Its appear- «nce in Europe molded and dominated France. A new Europe is being ed at our door. “What really matters In the coming (lection,” the Times states, -is the ition' the British empire is to oc- in the rapidly changing worlde 1d th has broken loose from wll accepted standards. Prophestes Futile., Berlin dlspatches to the London newspapers agree that it is impossi- ble to foresee what administration is to follow, but some of the correspond- ents stress the growth of militarist nationalism and hint at sensational developments from that source. Dr. Stresemann in his talk with the newspaper men commented bitterly on the German parliamentary system, and said the next government would be faced with a serious task in de- termining its forelgn policy. He also referred, with considerable feeling, to tiie recent allicd note concerning the former crown prince, the tone of hich, he said, brought a flush of shame to the check of every German. It was such notes, he added, that de- stroyed democracy in Germany and created nationalism. Dr. Stresemann again defended Fredorick William, ~whom he de- scribed as a man with a Strong sense of political responsibility and great capacity. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail quotes the defeated chan- cellor as sayin "I 'was at the theater the other night and every time the band played i military march the people applaud- “d. You know why? It was in pro- fest against the interference of for- cigners in the home affairs of Ger- jnany—a protest against the aboli- tion of military service. You cannot Femove sentiment based on traditions of more than a century?’ STRESEMANN IS OUSTED. also calls attention to * asserts the t Ry the Associated Press BERLIN, November 2{.—Dr. Gustav siresemann last night resigned as T 4Continucd on, Page % Column 52 the | difficulties ex- | overnment | ut- | nt circum- | ot , which it says| | By the Assoctated Press, PHILADELPHIA, Pa —Two terrific bomb explosions. in foreign consulates in a sons, damaged many houses and threw the southern section of the city into wild excitement. No one was serfously hurt, so far as the police could learn. The first explosion occurred at the Spanish consulate, 701 Plpe street, about 1 o'clock this morning, and the second at the Sons of Italy Bank, later. The Italian consulate is located in the bank building and the bomb was placed on the door leading to the consul's office. Both blasts shattered indow nes and shook houses in a wide radius. The force of the explosion at the Spanish consulate was so great that n | their bru | conc n th, cut . The bomb, 1 box, was found 2milio d some flying gl aled in a woods doorstep 1 being Forgoes Using Taxes to Pay for Army—Seen as Victory for Stinnes. By the Associnted Press PARIY, November 24.—It is felt in|chairman of the farm b ircles here that France made|cd on his return to W important concession to the |day that he otileial anothe allics and to Germany In the contract signed yesterday with the Stinnes group of Ruhr industrialists. In this contract it is stipulated that all de- | 1tve in kind shall be credited to on reparation account, while the taxes collected by the oc- | cupying countries shall be pald into what Is called a “productive pledge fund.” rom this fund fes would pay c pation. subject to the . arition commission derstood to mean that Franc {Belgium will be unable to use e seipts from taxes even to pay the t_of maintaining their forces in Ruhr unless permission to do so given by the reparation commis- e Germany ing st of the right the oce the P au- the French Press Comments. The importance of this coneession is reflected in the prudence with which | th ord with the industrialists is | commented upon in the French press | Gpposition in reparation circles is that Premier Poincare has begun to rec- ognize the necessity of vielding on | | sion, | some points in order to prepare the | Senate will way for a final reparation settlement, nd that his success in bringing the chamber of deputies to approve the conression made to Great Britain in drafting the recent note to Germany on military control gives him greater latitude in dealing with the question. Yesterday's hearing of the Germans by the reparation commission is not expected to produce any important development toward settlement of the | tails, problem. The German delegates merely repeated in more detail, with supporting statistics, the arguments Dr. Stresemann already had made familiar, such as the necessity of Ger- many having untrammeled control of the Ruhr if it was expected she would | pay her reparation debt. The Germans made no specific de- mands on the commission, content- ing themeelves with arguments, which hold susceptible of proo that are unable to pay any thing now, and similar argumen to show that the moratorium asked for two years ago and still on the agendn of the commission, should be declared. Coneessions Unlikely. The feeling of the reparation com- mission is that it can make no fur- | ther progress toward a final ad- justment until Premiers Poincare and Baldwin reach an agreement. Information in reparatiSn circles is that the French and British premiers will get together soon after the British elections and make an effort to reach a final agreement before the expiration of the accords | with the German industrialists. The reparation experts doubt the effi- cacy of those agreements, although they are of the opinion that Hugo Stinnes and the other heads of Ger- man industries can easily provide the financing to keep things golng sev- eral months out of funds deposited abroad. It is known here that the British are somewhat exercised by the di- rect negotiations in progress be- tween a group of French industries and German industrial groups, with- out the intervention of either gov- ernment. These negotlations = are supplemental to the contracts be- tween the Stinnes group and the mine control mission of the occupa~ tion authorities. The private nego- tiations are in a tentative stage. As soon as they reach any definito con- clusion it is assumed the French will be asked for information as to what they mean. SENATOR TO URGE CRAIG CLEMENCY ON MONDAY ! President Arranges to Hear Cope- land in Behalf of New York Controller. Executive clemency for Charles L. Cralg, controller of New York cit: | whose appeal from a sentence of sixty {days in jail for contempt of court will be asked of President Coolidge jon ‘Monday, by Senator Copeland, | @emocrat. New York and others from that city. He made an engagement for that purpose today at the White House. Under the rules of the Supreme Court the mandate of the court does ot have to issue for thirty days, and it is understood that it probably will not issue imediately in this case. Department of Justice officials de- clare that since the opinion of the |Supreme Court nothing regarding Controller Craig's case has been brought officially to the attention of the Depariment pl-Justice. has been lost in the Supreme Court,| @b Bomb Blasts Wreck Consulates, Injure Scores in Philadelphia November 24, | the theater. the downtown | pa trict today injured scores of per-| doorstep temporarily and might re- WASHIN WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION GTON, D. €., SATURDAY, ¢ Foening NOVEMBER 24. 1923 — THIRTY PAGES. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” Thie Star's carrier sys.em covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 95,031 Foreign Quarter Terror Stricken as Ex- plosions Hurl Many From Beds. Homes Damaged. when he returned from He placed it inside the hallway, but after retiring, he told the police, he had concluded that a erby had left the box on the the consul, | turn for it. | bomb | doorstep. | | | Broad and Tasker streets, an hour | | »ns were hurled from | both and | jtallan consul, was e Motta, | I oal Bets underway. Th 34" Curtis Is Backed. i | | | Without ‘a thought of the deadly concealed within, he got out of bed and replaced the box on the A few minutes after re- turning to his room the explosion occurred, tearing out the entire front of the building and king the consul's room on the second floor. Mr. de Motta was badly shaken up. Bank Bullding Wrecked. The Sons jof Italy Bank building was wreckéd by the second ex- ploston and number of houses in the neighborhood were damaged. The fact that the Itallan consulate w located in the building led the poli to belleve that the were responsible for the pl bombs. Luigi Sinteti, the not in the city, sul_Guido di Vincenzo, n Pu Column 1.) a same persons ng of but_vice cof (Continue FRANCE CONCEDES ~ CURTISIS BACKED POINTINRUHR PACT. AS SENATE LEADER Capper Opposes Cummins. Says “Vigorous Man” Is Needed Now. Senator Capper, republican, Kansas, announe. shington to avored Senator Curtis the republlcan whip, for of Kansas, | president of the Senate in opposition to Senator Cummins, republican, Iowa. nator Capper safd that ion more than ever the needs “a vigorous man” as its pi ing officer. He will at se snate sil confer with { members of the farm bloc within the next few days, but will be no formal organization until there meeting after probably of the Congress Selection of Senator presiding officer Cummins a of the Senate has been regarded gencrally as almost | a foregone conclusion. He served last sesslon as president pro tem, and neither Senator Curtis nor any other senator on the republican side has announced himself as a candidate for the place. With the elevation of Vice President Coolidge to the Presidency, the president of the draw $4,500 additional salary and be provided with an auto. mobile and other perquisites of office. Favors Tax Reduction. Outlining his attitude toward legis- lation, Senator Capper declared in favor of a tax reduction, but sald he had not had opportunity to study de- He said it might be possible to make an even greater cut than tha proposed by Sceretary Mellon: and suggested that the interest from the British debt might be used for th payment of a soldiers” honus. A very erroneous impression has been given the country, he said, as to_the yearly cost of the proposed soldiers” com- pensation. The senator sald he planned to re- introduce his bill for the repeal of the guaranty provision of the trans- portation act. ASKS CIVILIAN RULE FOR VIRGIN ISLANDS| Gompers Writes President Advo- cating End of Naval Officer Control. President Coolldge has taken under consideration a communication from Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, advo- cating the establishment of civil gov- | ernment in the Virgin Islands in place of the present control of the islands through a naval officer. Mr. Gompers wrote to the President in accordance with =a resolution adopted by the recent convention of the American Federation of Labor, and submitted a report made by an investigator for the federation, who visited the islands. This report urged that a civil gov- ernment be established upon the prin- ciples that economic independence from absentee landlords is esential to the welfare of the island; that industrial power should be public trust; that the taxing power should be used to encourage enterprise and home industries; breaking down monopoly by the diffusion of wealth, and that the gradual municipalization of the soil Is a just and practical method of dealing with the land monopoly problem. U. S. DEMANDS CHINA GAIN CAPTIVE’S RELEASE Secretary Hughes Informs Mother- in-Law of Seized Missionary of American Action. By the Associated Pre: ROCHESTER, N. Y., November 24. —A telegram from Secretary of State Hughes assuring her the American legation has demanded that the Chinese government effect the release of Dr. E. A. Smalzreid, a missionary, captured recently by bandits in Hu- nan province a few days ago, was recelved today by Mrs. Margaret Schroeder of Geneva, mother of Dr. Smalzreid's wife. " Dispatches said four women, cluding Mrs. Smalzreid, were in party held up by the brigands, were allowed to-Z0. in- the but this | COOLIDGE MESSAGE TOMEET CHALLENGE OF POLITICAL FOES Criticism That He Has Done Nothing to Draw Full Reply. FOREIGN POLICY CERTAIN TO BE PART OF ADDRESS Every Major Question Before Country to Be Touched Upon in Speech. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge in his forthcom- ing message to Congress—he len't sure yet whether it will be a per- sonal address or a message—will touch on every major question before the country today. The President will answer tho | crities who say he hasn't done an thing or sald anything of col quence since he took the oath of office. Mr. Coolilge has been at work for many weeks on the first { important communicatton which he will make to the American people, for he realizes that it will be in & sense his personal program, his pledge fo- the remainder of the Harding term and also a campaign platform for 1924, Mr. Coolidge has endeavored to follow the Harding practice of con- sulting leaders of both house of Congress—he will ask them whether they prefer a personally de- livered address or a message read by a clerk as in the days preceding the Wilson administration. While taxation is a paramount is- ue, not less interesting will be the ¥ dent’'s discussion of foreisn lations. Senator Henry Calot Lodge, chairman of the Senate for- eign relations umitt and alsc he majority leader of the Senate, has been spending a good deal of ‘time with Mr. Coolidge lately. The gen- eral impression has been that the legislative program was being dis- d, but it turns out that Mr. { Lodge far more interested in what Mr. Coolidge will have to say on for- cign relations. Lodge Much Interested. Besides the natural inclination of |4 President to consult the chairman {of the Senate forcign relatlons com- | mittee, Mr. Coolidge has an added reason for wishing to take Mr. Lodge nto his confidence, as the latter is just as much interested In seeing a Massachusetts man nominated for the | next presidenual term as s Mr. | Coolidge. The real point of the discussion between Mr. Lodge and the Presi- |dent. of course, concerns the measure {of American participation in Euro- | pean aftairs. Germany is on the Verge of collapse, There are plans |all Teady for the feeding of the Ger- |man people. Conkress would have to make the nhecessary appropria- tions. The Department of Agricul- {ture has statistics showing that Germany has plenty of food on hand, but that it s in the hands of those | who have hoarded It because they |are unwilling to aceept worthless | paper money in payment. What the | Germans need is not food, but money |to buy their own harvest. | Relates to Reparation even Under the circumstances, whatever policy the United States government may decide upon to assist In stabiliz- |ing conditlons In Germany relates in |some measure to the reparations | commission. It 1s sald that the Pres- ident feels he can do no better than to review the recent efforts of Secre- tary Hughes to obtaln the appoint- ment of an fmpartfal commission to determine what Germany's capacity to pay would be. | The responsibility for the failure of | that plan is not on America, but on France, and since the exchange of notes and diplomatic conversations occurred while Congress was not in session, It is natural to advise both houses of what has been done. As for the world court—or rather the “league court"—as Senator Lodge preters to call it—the proposal made by the late President Harding and Secretary Hughes Is before the Senate foreign relations committee of the Senate. Mr. Lodge would just as soon sees no need of precipitating party discord at this time. Hut Mr. Cool- idge _cannot very well ignore the pro- posal, and some reference from him to the effect that it is before the Sen- ate is expected. Mr. Coolidge is said to be of the opinion that if the Sen- ate can frame a substitute proposal entirely satisfactory to it and also to the other nations he would gladly accept the proposal, but that in the absence of such a constructive action he would not like to see America adopt a negative attitude toward the present Court of International Jus- tice. In the Coolidge message undoubted- 1y will be a tribute to the late Presi- | dent Harding, whose death occurred | ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) D. C. TO REFUND $2 AERIAL PERMIT FEE Only Regulation Affects Stringing of Wires Across Public Spaces. Persons who paid the electrical department $2 for permits to erect a radio aerial before the Commis- sioners decided that such permits { were not necessary will be given a refund upon submitting their re- | celpts, Maj. Holcombe, assistant en- gineer commissioner, announced to- day. The city heads announced yester- day that they had concluded no per- mit wde required to install radios. The only form of regulation that will be imposed will be to continue to prohibit the stringing of wires across public spaces. Maj. Holcombe is conferring with other District officials on the advis- abllity of amending the police regu- latiens to provide that aerials on private property be kept at a safe distance from tclephone and electric lighting: Wires, [ 4 L3 let it remain there indefinitely, as he | FILIPINOS ARRIVE 10 PLEAD LIBERTY Party on Way to See Cool- idge Will Ask Removal of Gen. Wood. AN FR. A party of Filipinos, headed by 1. Gabaldon, has arrived in San Fran- clsco on the way to Washington to | present to President dependence for the Philippine Islands and for the removal of Governor General Leonard Wood. Gabaldon is one of the Philippines to Washington. Recalling a promise from the gov- ernment in 1916 that the Philippines would be given their independence, Commissioner Gabaldon declared that the islands now are strong enough to stand by themselves. “Filipinos, he added, “are tired of being ruled by a militarist. They want a gov. ernment led by a civilian with bus! ness abilities.” Peace Report Disputed. Gabaldon characterized as far fetched a report that had preceded that Gen. Wood and Manuel Quezon, Wood's bitterest critic at Manila, had shown iIndications of patching up their differences. “If that is true,’ said the commissioner, “then Gov. Wood has changed his policy radical- ly, which I cannot believe He also denied that the Moro population preferred American rule, saying that a recent tour of the Moro districts had convinced him that the Moros wanted a Filipino govern- | ment just as strongly as did the Filipinos themselves. {TRADE PRACTICES REPORT COMPLETE Federal' Commission Chairman Si- lent Until President Re- ceives Document. | Inquiry into the general subject of | international trade practices has been completed by the tarift commission and a report soon will be placed In the hands of President Coolidge. Chairman Marvin conferred with | Mr. Coolidge today regarding the re- port, but declined to forecast the commission’s findings. Considerable dificulty has been experienced in obtalning figures as to the cost of production of articles manufactured in_Europe, and in some quarters the bellef was expressed that the forth- coming report would deal with that subject. Another matter which the commis- sion has considered is that of diserim- inatory tariffs. A preliminary hear- ing will be held Monday in connec- tion with the wheat tariff inquiry re- cently directed by the president, and a conference between commission members and fleld workers has been arranged for December 3 in Minneap- olis. —_— GOVERNOR-ELECT BANS DANCE AT INAUGURALS By the Assoctated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky. November 24— Willlam J. Flelds, Governor-elect of Kentucky, announced here yester- day he would not attend the fnaug- ural ball scheduled to be held in his honor in the executive mansion at | Frankfort on the night of December 1L Mr. Fields was said to have been very emphatic fn his statement, de- claring that If such a ball is held it will not be in the governor's mansion, nor will any dancing be permitted there while he is governor, as neither he nor Mrs. Fields ap- prove of it. The governor-elec however, is said to have declare that he will do nothing to interfere with dancire outside his future home. In the ntantime a committee of Frankfort citizens are going ahead with plans to hold the ball. _— HUNGER STRIKER DIES. Irish Prisoner Victim, Although Strike Was Called Off. DUBLIN, November 24—The calls ing off of the hunger strike among the political prisoners of the Irish Free State came too late to save Andrew O'Sullivan of County Cavan, interned In Mountjoy prison. He died in a hospital yesterday after a fast ot forty days, \ ANCISCO, November 24— | Coolidge and | Congress requests for complete fin- | the two resident commissioners from | him to the United States to the effect | COL. LLOYD M. BRETT, Appointed adjutant general of D. C. Militia today. COL BRETT NAMED T0D.C. GUARD POST Retired Officer Appointed as Adjutant General of Militia. By direction of the President, and | on the nomination of Maj. Gen. Stephan, Col. Lloyd M. Brett, United States Army. retired, today was as- signed to active duty as adjutant general of the militia of the District | of Columbia. i Col. Brett, who commanded the | 160th Infantry Brigade, S0th Division, | during the world war as a brigadier | general, i$ addressed by all who know | him as Gen. Brett, and is an out- standing figure in military _circles, | being one of the brilliant officers of the Arm He served a tour of duty as adjutant gencral of the militia | under Gen. Harries, as one of the most efficient officers who ever has held the post. Returning from France In mand of his brigade, following close of hostilities, Gen. Brett was | assigned to duty at Camp Lee, Va.! where he had organized and trained | the 160th Infantry Brigade, and later ) was transferred, as commanding of- ! ficer of the 3d United States Cavalry and commandant, to Fort Myer, . where he served until his statutory retirement, a year Oor more ago. Most of his active career in the Army was spent in the field. He is}| a graduate of the Military Academy | at West Point. "As a second lieu- tenant, 24 Cavalry, he ecarned the Congressional medal of honor, for| herolsm in action against hostile Indians in one of the campaigns con- ducted by Gen. Nelson Miles. Inl the world war he carned the dis-) tinguished service medal and l|w‘ croix de guerre with palm. He was! mentioned repeatedly in_orders for| distinguished service in France, and | was personally commended by Gen. Pershing. ‘While at Camp Lee, Gen. Brett commanded the 80th Division, as well as his own brigade, during the ab- sence of Gen. Cronkhite during an observation tour in France. During the war with Spain he was provost | marshal general and commanded the only mounted troops in Cuba. There he came in contact with the District troops and soon after that war. on the nomination of Gen. Harries, was assigned to duty as adjutant general of the District of Columbia Militia He served in that capacity for more than five years, the customary period being four years. While on duty here he drafted the reorganization bill for the District National Guard and was credited with being largely respo: sible for the marked efliciency of ti local citizen soldiery After leaving Washington Gen. Brett was assigned as superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park, then commanded a cavalry brigade on the Mexican border, and was in command of the 4th Cavalry, at Hon- olulu, when commissioned a brigadier general in the National Army at the outbreak of the world war and trans- ferred to Camp Lee, Va. Since his retirement from the Army Brett has been a resident of this i He was elected commander-in- chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the convention in Norfolk last Au- gust, relinquishing_the presidency of the 80th Division Veterans' Associa- tion, which he had held since the or- ganization of the assoclation follow- ing the close of the war. Ho has been com- the e | Fora la meeting and was regarded | % head of the Society of the Army of | Santiago de Cuba and other military | and veteran organizations. d TWO CENTS. FORD IS CANDIDATE, CLOSE FRIEND SAYS Thinks Detroiter Will Accept Nomination as Independent, Without Platform. November 24 —Henry for President of the if nominated on an in dependent ticket, without a p form, Robert R. Pointer of Dearborn, life- long friend of the automobile man- ufacturer, said last night, following of a com detatls of the Ford-for-President club conference here next month. Mr. Pointer said he talked with Ford recently on the subject, but declined to outline the nature of the conversation. “Mr. Ford did not tell me to desist in my efforts to make him President, however,” Mr. Pointer added. BRITISH CRAFT SEIZED UNDER NEW DRY PACT Vessel Carrying 865 Cases of Whis- ky Taken Near Galveston Island. By the Associated Pross GALVESTON, Tex., November 24.— Concrete evidence to substantiate re- cent reports of rum-running activity in the vicinity of Galveston Island In the shape of a British schooner, the Island Home, with 865 cases of whisky and two barrels of beer on board, was moored alongside the docks' here this morning and prepar- ations were being made by Customs Collactor Robert W. Humphreys to hold a hearing to decide the status of the craft. The Island Home was captured late Friday about five miles off San Luls Pass at the western tip of Galveston Island by the United States customs boarding launch, Kalita, under com- mand of Inspector H. T Beard. The scizure was made, according to ectal Deputy Coll under the new agreer G Britain and the States, 7 extends the area of search and ure from three miles to twelve will run United State nce papers of Home show her home port to be in the Grand Cayman Islands, a small group of British islands in the Carib- bean sea, south of Cuba. DIE ON THE GRAVE OF THEIR DEAD BOY Baron and Baroness Shoot Selves in Grief for Aviator Son Slain in 1918. the Island BERRY-AU-BAC, France, November 24 —Baron and Baroness Emmanuel de Montigny shot themselves dead yesterday on the grave of their avi- ator son, Pierre, who was killed here in an air fight in 1918, The couple attended, as was their custom, the anniversary mass in the parish church for the repose of their son’s soul. They told the deputy mayor, with whom they were to lunch, that they were going to visit the grave, and when they failed to arrive at his home at the designated hour he went in search of them. Baron and baroness lay dead across the grave. There were bullets in the head of each and beside each body iay a small pistol. Pinned to the baron's hat was a brief letter to the deputy mayor say ing he and his wife had nothing to live for and had decided to die. —_— RUM SHIP BROKE CABLE. Charge Filed With U. S. Blames Dragging Anchor. - SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, November 24.—The dragging anchor of a rum runner lying off this port was the cause of a break in the Pacific cable connecting America with the Orient seven days'ago, according to Charges Captain Sparks of the Cable repair ip Restorer, has filed with federal prohibition officers. Communication over the_cable bas-been restored. ittee arranging | RITCHIE PREDICTS AUTO RECIPROCITY SOON AFTER JAN. 1 Declares He Has Power to Recognize Tags of Dis- trict Owners. UNCERTAIN OF ATTITUDE TOWARD 60-DAY TRUCE Only Question Is Whether Drop- ping of Bars Might Delay Passage of Gas Tax Measure. By a Staff Correspondent BALTIMORE, Md., | Automobile reciproc |1and ana | January 1 . following State’s Attorney | Armstrong that | stands tn the wi Ritchie's appro svember 24 ¥ between Mary - the District of Columbla by seemed virtually a cert in General no legal ot Gov rent Alexande obsta Albert « | ng the District Con | missioners' proposal for a true during January and February s oas to ngress time to enact the legislation that will make pe. aneously the gover tar from New Y ding the Army-Navy foot ball gam there is no doubt authority ceept the suggestion fr ton for a mutual r until Congress pas. b Wn ached York ived the truce and until he e per; s at his 2 had not hotel in vet re- s attitud home and read it care- would n Eot Predicts Reclproeity, “We are soing to have reciproc with the District of Columbia sh after the first of the y { “but I cannot say no al 1w ers’ proposals wer to a Comi- shall mot howeve more and ts completed fc ar,” whether ic ) doubt c strict of ¢ missioners’ pr i1 retu Today I will enj Tomorrow 1 w Those close er, have n v the proffered thing that truce. is regarded delay definite action by fact” that the might hasten on the gasol Maryl tween Maryland and the District the democratic platform on which was re-elected varly this month Has Power to Act. In stating that the invita a truce had swept aside the obstacle to t | state's Attorne pointed out that the existing law au- ‘xhrvr:z(-s the governor of the state | to recognize th: tag of any other 1 jurisdiction that will accord a similar courtesy to Maryland motorists. No mention is mad the statute of such a restriction District | torists or of the pending gasoline tax iegislation in he said In every quarter today the Distric Commissioners' p ed here. Tho ion to ast legal reciprocit al Armstrons porary ene on me Congress, oposal was acelain- hiy tired of the an- noying war tha raged for year between the two commonwealths high state officials a automobil drivers alike expressed their desire for a cessat ie quarrel at the | earliest possible date, and it was co ceded everywhere that the District proposal points to a mutually accept- | able road to that goal. | “It_Gov. Ritchie will interpret the law liberally, 1 belicve that automo bile reciprocity between the District of Columbia and Maryland can be ac- complished on the 1st of next Jan- uary without difficulty,” said H. M Lucius, secretary of ti ymobile Club of Maryland, toc But scems to me that if he had assu of the passage of the District gas line tax—assura which were be yond question—he should be able 1o do it. Scouts Loss of Tax. “Some people may eay that if I | were done the people of Maryla | would go to the District to buy th gasoline and that the people of th District would fill up their gasolin tanks before coming into Maryland, since the District cannot collect gasoline tax until their bill Congress. “That -might happen ~ (Continued on a passes with Column few i) COOLIDGE SUPPORTS MADDEN ON SHOALS In Accord With Plan to Replace Gorgas Power Unit on Project. ! President Coolidge indicated yests day through a White House spokes | man that ke is in accord with th. plan of Representative Madden o Illinols, chairman of the House appro priations committee, for replacing the Gorgas power unit at Muscle Shoals so that the entire project will be in its original condition. The President feels that Muscle Shoals probably might be operated by the government at a loss or disposed lot to private interests at a sacrific [in order that the United States may be assured of a war-time supply of nitrate and a peace-time supply cheap fertilizer. White House officials in presenting this statement of the Chief Execu- tive's view asserted that the Presi- dent and Representative Madden were working in harmony in the matter of this legislation. The statement of did _not reveal whether Mr. Coolidge preferred gov- ernment _or private operation of the Muscle Shoals properties, but it rep- resented the President as feeling that it was a matter of greatest impor- tance for the United States to obtain a sure supply of nitrates and that some financial allowance should be made in the case of either typs of operation for extensive experimenta- tion.