Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1923, Page 2

MUCH STRIFE DUE INNEW CONGRESS Succession of La Follette to Rail Commission Post Worries Republicans. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. One week before the opening of Congress finds the National Capital fn a state of nervousness over the various situations that are develop- ing and likely to develop. First, there's a fight in the House over the leadership betwecn Repre- sentative Graham of Illinois and Rep- resentative Longworth of Ohfo, with the “progressives” supporting Repre- sentative Cooper of Wisconsin, on the theory that holding the balance of power they will be able to force the selection of their own members for mportant committee chairmanships. Second, the departure of Vice Presi- dent Coolidge from the desk of pre- xiding officer of the United States Bendte makes it necessary to choosea permanent President of the Senate, and Senator Cummins of Iowa, who was President pro tem during the last session whenever Mr. Coolidge was absent, Is in line for the position. But if he takes it Mr. Cummins may be forced to relinquish the chairmanshin of the committee on interstate com- merce, and under the seniority Robert M. La Follette, senlor senator from Wisconsin, having served the longest in that committee, becomes entitled to the chairmanship. Out of the Interstate commerce committee comes Dbills relating to railroad and transportation matters. Mr. La Follette would have a great deal of influence in shaping the gov- ernment’s railroad policy—or at least sufficient power to keep the rallroads on the anxious seat with respect to that clause of the transportation act which permits them to make a 5% per cent return on their investment. . Cummins Wants Post. Mr. Cummins wants to_be president ro tempore. Senator Henry Cabot dge favors him for the position and doesn’t sce any reason why Mr. Cum- mins couldn’t retain the committee chairmanship too. Thut would be all Tight if Mr. La Follette and his friends consented, but they want to run things in the interstate commerce committee and if they do not get what they want they can overthrow the whole republican organization scheme by simply uniting with the democrats. The republican majority is slender and the support of the La Follette group is needed to carry on Tepublican parllamentary maneuvers throughout the-'session. Senator La Follette is a sick man. He hasn't been very much in evi- dence during the last three weeks that he has been in Washington. Some of his close friends say he has an attack of the grippe. Others hint that his illness is more serious. Anyway, it will probably become ap- parent whether he is in physical condition for the battle in the next Congress when the Senate convenes. Mr. La Follette is usually in his seat on such occasions. Means Higher Pay. The presidency of the Senate car- rles with it an increase in salary of $4500 ahove the regular of $7,500 received by Senators and friends of Senator Cummins think “the old man,” as they affectionately call him, should have the added compensation, s he isn't a_ wealthy man and has spent most of. his life in the public service not only in Washington, but in his home state of Iowa, where he gave his energles to the governor- ship legislative battles which are still the talk of the middle west While these situations are deveiop- ing inside the republican party, the democrats are girding their loins for a fight that may rival in {nterest their adroit tactics in the middle of the Taft administration, when in 1910 they took advantage of the mis- plays of their opponents, who were ivided, and managed to appear be- fore the public as a united party, keen to reduce the cost of living. Representative Garrett of Tennes see, leader of the democrats, In his statement denying that the democrats will play politics with the tax re- duction brogram is laying the foun- dation for a campaign that will not make it possible for the country to charge the democrats with wreck- fng ths tax program. though Mr. Garrett knows the radicals republican party will make all the necessary attempts to frustrate the policy of the administration without any assistance from the democrats. Mr. Garrett's pronouncement s con- sidered a wise one from the view- point of strategy, as it places the democratic party 'in the position of wanting to ald in tax reduction—an admittedly popular pollcy—but it doesn’t commit the democrats to spe cific aid as agalnst the radicals, though when the showdown comes enough democratic votes probably will be mustered to save the situation from becoming hopelessly deadlock- ed. The atmosphere is nevertheles: one of great uncertainty and doubt as the day for the session approaches. PRESIDENT URGES MEMORIAL BRIDGE (Continued from First Page.) Iation to carry out the project will be readily passed during this session of Congress when the memorial com- misslon presents its definite plans. Following the discussion of this matter the President and the Ken- tucky representative taked briefly re- g#ing the possibility of a general public buildings bill being brought up at the next session. Representative Langley has been considering the introduction of a large buildings bill which would call for” an expenditure of $30,000,000 o year for ten years, the money to be obtained throuxh the issuance of bonds the interest for which, he con- tends, will be less than the $23,000, 000 paid now by the federal govern- ment in rental for buildings to house its activities ti™wighout the country. | ‘The President, however, has been represented as not favoring a general bill, but wanting ony sufficient money to .erect three or four new depart- ment buildings in this city. The President received delegation of women representing eleven .national organizations who presented to him a request to include in his message to the next Congress a recommendation for tion by the Senate in accordance with President Harding's proposal for participation in the court of International Justice. The organizution and thefr repre- sentatives were, the Amerlcan Associa- tion of University Women, Mrs. Ray- mond Morgan : American Federation of Teachers, Miss Selma Borchart; Girls' Friendly Society in America, Mrs, Reg- inald Stevenson; National Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers' Associa- tions, Mrs. Arthur C. Watkins; Na- tional Council of Jewish Women, Mrs. Alexander Wolf; National Council of ‘Women, Miss Mina Kerr : National Fed- jeration’ of Business and Professional ‘Women's Clubs, Miss Mary Stewart; National League of Women Voters, Miss Josephine Schain: National Wom- en’s Christian Temperance Union, Miss Bessie M. Houchins: National Board of Young_ Women's Christian Assocliations, Mrs. Robert E. Speer, and Service Star Legion, Mrs, Henry . Baker, Mrs. Morgan of the University Wom- en acted as spokesman for the delega- tion and the President, in his answer, said he was deeply Interested in the subject and that the matter would be before the Senate at the next session. GENOA PRELATE DIES. GENOA, Italy, November 26.—Mgr. Signorl, Archbishop of Geno, dled this morning at the episcopal esi- dence here. The archbishop was taken 111 last week and his condition be- came so grave that the last rites were administered to him Saturday, ') rule | in the ( today a! “For Good Man,” Writes Donor to HardingMemorial “To remember a good man” a resident of 4 West Hamllton place, Jersey City, N. J., has given $5 to to Harding memorial. In a letter to former Senator Joseph 8. Fre- linghuysen this contributor writes: “Enclosed you find 5 dollar for the Harding memorial fund. It is very noble of you guys to bulld a shrine to remember a good man.” In acknowledging réceipt of this contribution Mr. Frelinkhuysen, who is active president of the Harding Memorial Assoclation, re- plied: “I feel that I must express to you my own personal appreciation of the spirit In which this gift is sent. Iam glad that you wish to have a part in the ercction of a permanent memorlal to a Presi- dent of the United States who dies at his post of duty in a remote state, far from his home and the seat of government. It is from people like you, who appreclated Harding as a man who could sym- pathize with the problems of the plain people, that this tribute should come. “You have briefly, yet eloquent- 1y, expressed the spirit in which the monument is to be erected, as you say in your letter, ‘to remem- ver a good man. —— LEGISLATURE CALL TO FIX COAL PRICE ASKED OF PINCHOT (Continued from First Page.) and rightly so, over the long con- tinued and steadilv increasing ex- actions of the anthracite monopoly, whose representatives had declined to recommend that the i dustry shall clean its own house,” Gov. Pinchot added: Seen Greedy Monopoly. “The reason for so deep a public feeling is that the people know the anthracite business is a monopoly- greedy, relentless and defiant—whose purpose is to get out of the people the last cent the traffic will bear.” The governor declared settlement of the coal strike involved an average increase in labor costs of 60 cents a ton, but that operators had added more than that. He cited high divi- dends paid by coal companies in re. cent years, The governor answered cisms of the governors of several other states that this state frst should take certain steps with respect to the anthracite industry, such as to repeal the law requiring certification of the miners and state tax on hard ‘coal. He declared Pennsylvania al- ready had vigorously attacked the problem of rock and dirt in coal and that the effect had been strongly felt. Contract Runs to 1028, affect royalties which were matters of private contract and most of which continue in effect until December 30, 1928. The certification law the gov- ernor termed “a just and proper law,” which should not be repealed, as it would open the mines to unskilled mining and would result efther In stopping or reducing production, per- manent injury to the productive ca- pacity of the mines or a vast increase in accidents. The anthracite tax, he sald, amounted to 1% per cent of the cost jof coal at the mine, or between 11 and 12 cents a ton on domestic sizes, and actual prices at the mines before and after the tax went into effect did not indicate the tax had been passed on to the consumer. He declared he was emphatically against its repeal. He sald that nine-tenths of the hard coal produced in this state was consumed elsewhere, and that as ft was an_interstate commodity the action of no one state could meet the situation. % “To paraphrase the language of the Supreme Court in the Kansas indus trial court decision,” he sald, “the anthracite Industry supplies an indis- pensable service, and in the absence of regulations the people are sub- jected by it to exorbitant and arbi- trary control. That being so, it is affected with a public interest and may be regulated. In that case Congress may authorize whatever body it may select to fix prices of anthracite coal In Interstate com. merce, establish uniform systems of avcounts, examine books and records and make-its findings known. “The best legal opinion does mnot establish beyond controversy the right of the Unlted States to fix prices, establish uniform accounts, examine books, or require reports in the anthracite industry. But there is no doubt whatever that each state those things if it chooses, Whether the coming Congress can or cannot, does or does not, give the consumer clean anthracite at reasonable prices, there is another necessary remedy. refer to the treaty or compact be- tween the states authorized by the federal legislation. 1t the anthracite-using states will, under this constitutional provision, |agree among themselves upon the form of regulation which will best work to the advantage of thelr peo- ple, a compact to establish a joint commission to_enforce it will be both {lawful and effective when approved \by the Congress of the United States. |Buch a_commission, pooling the po- {Tice powers of the states concerned, {could, In co-operation with federal | authority over Interstate commerce, completely regulate the whole Indus- try from the mines to the cunsumers' | bin. We have here a powerful weapon altogether capable of securing ju | tice for the consumer in all the an- thracite-using states.” —_— SERVES FOR 25 YEARS. Stephen B. Callahan Long Con- stable and Deputy Marshal. Stephen B. Callahan, United States {deputy marshal | Municipal Court, today completed twenty-five years of service as a con- | stable and deputy marshal in the Dis- trict of Columbla, He was the recipfent of many con- gratulations from Marshal Snyder, from judges and from lawyers, Calla- han was designated a constable by Chief Justice Bingham of the District | Supreme Court in 1892, and when that {office was abolished was appointed deputy marshal. teve,” as he 18 famillarly known, has been serving legal papers through- out a glllrler of a century except for a brief period In wartime, when he was with the food administration here. Mr. Callahan is married and resides at 17 9th street northeast. —_— DINNER FOR POTENTATE. The Caravan Club, the local Shrine organization, will hold a supper dance and reception Wednesday eve- ning at 7 o'clock at the City Club for the potentate, Leonard P. Steuart, and his wife. The occasion will take place just prior to the extended trip of Mr. Steuart with the imperial po- tentate, Conrad V. Dykeman, across the continent, visiting various Shrine temples. Representative Free of California will act as toastmaster at the dinner. Addresses will be made by Secretary of Labor Davis and Frank E. Whi treasurer of the United States. ———— REPORTS THEFT OF GEMS. Isaac Berkovitz, a jeweler, 1133 7th street northwest, has reported to the police that his store was broken u:ltok {ut mnl:ht :nd -Ix‘ dlunad atickpins, ree wal and one e st T o, x ‘ ¥ definitely | the criti- | No action, he said, was possible to | through {ts police power can do all of | in charge of the! THE EVENING STAii, WASHINGTON, D. C., MO WILL ASK CANADA TOHOLD BACK RUM U. S. Delegates at Ottawa to Request Refusal of Clear- ance Papers. Tte United States government will propose at the American-Canadian conference on liquor smuggling, opening tomorrow at Ottawa, that clearance of ships destined for United States ports with liquor cargoes be prohib- ited by Canada, search and selzure of vessels engaged In smuggling on the great lakes, and a treaty ar- accused of violating the liquor laws. Other points on the tentative list of American proposals are: Procedure for furnishing informa- tlon concerning clearance of ships | with cargoes of liquor. Proposed refusal of clearance to | ships under 250 tons with liquor car- moes. regardless of treir professed destination Obligation of vessels to proceed to ports for which they clear. Treaty arrangements providing for the handling of prisoners accused of violating liquor laws. A treaty arrangemont authorizing rangement for extradition of pertons | and Detective B. W. Thompro; while arresting Lenwood Tede: todny. i ATTACK ON WOMAN Canadlan authorittes to transfer liquor across Alaska to the Klondike region Measures to stop smuggling by land would Include the reporting by Canadian officials to United States of- ficlals of all shipments by automo- biles or by airplanes. A reciprocal arrangement for at- tendance of witnesses, the execution of commissions and certification of records necessary in liquor cases. Assistant Secretary Moss of the {Treasury, who heads the American | delegation to the conference. left to- day for Ottawa. He sald he hoped to report an agreement within a week Plans of the American delegation to confer with prohibition officials in New York today were abandoned. ,GUNS OF RUM SHIP FIRE ON U. S. CRAFT (Continued from First Page.) its and had dollar-filled pockets when {taken to the barge office. There were several youngsters among them, who declared that the rum-carrying businuss {was the most remunerative as well as ]-dvenlumun calling they could think of. BRITAIN MAY PROTEST. H | Plans Complaint to -Keep 3-Mile | i Limit Records Clear. By the Assoclated Pr LONDON, November 26.—If the schooner Tomako, seized by the ! American authorities off the New | Jersey coast, is proved to be a Brit- ! ish ship with her papers in order, the British government will probably lodge a formal protest to Washington against her seizure outside the three- mile limit, it was sald here today. The protest would be In order to keep the record clear on the three- mile issue pending final agreement on the rum-running treaty permitting selzures outside that Iimit. BELIEVE SEIZURE LEGAL. | i | i Officials Here Question Tomako's British Registry. 1 Although details of the seizureof the rum schooner Tomako off the crsey coast are not yet known hare, the understanding of officials is that she had been In contact with the hore by means of her own boats and, | herefore. would be legitimate prey. {for the prohibition navy. even though | she was run down outside the three- mile limit . The policy of making such seizurey was adopted by the American gove ernment some months ago and, al- though no conclusive test of it ever {has been made In the courts, the ad- imintstration has no doubt of its va- {lidity. There also 18 evidence that officials re not entirely satisfied as to the | registry of the Tomako. While she was flying the British flag, it is be- | leved by some investigators that she actually was owned by Americans and had no legal status in the British mercantile marine. If the Tomakp was using_ the flag merely as a subterfuge, her case would be_ parallel to that of the schooner Henry L. Marshall, whose eizure in 1921 was upheld by the Su- preme Court In the Marshall case the British government at first indi- cated It would protest, but after it found that the ship's British registry was not entirely regular, and that she vas owned by Americans, it was de- cided that no representations were ad- | visable. The first offictal dispatches to coast | guard headquarters reporting the | capture referred to the vessel as "a | British schooner,” and made no refer- | ence to any suspected taint upon her reistry. ‘ALBERT, NEW BERLIN CHANCELLOR, UNABLE TO SELECT MINISTRY (Continued from First Page.) they belleved the lleutenant to be a Belgian they were seeking in order to averige a German Dolice officer whorm he had killed, The stock Aelzed was ready for de- livery from’the Duisburg and Ham- born work shops to the Gérman gov- ernment. The material will be liquid- ated to cover the sums demanded for {n 1S STILL MYSTERY Mrs. Anna M. Fiske Regains Consciousness After Being Found on Hotel Lawn. Having recovered from the shock she experienced Saturday night when attacked by an unidentified person in the grounds of Wardman Park Hotel, Mrs. Anna M. Fiske, fifty-five years old, 1751 Columbia road, today was able to sit up in bed at Emergency Hospital and read The Sunday Star's account of her experience. “It was n interesting story of the attack,” she sald. But what about my beautifully beaded handbag that disappeared? she asked. "I think it might be well for me to put an advertisement in the paper for it." Mrs. Fiske regained yeaterday in tiie hospital. how she got there, she 1 not the slightest idea dition_wag s0 much Impro: that her attending physicians . she could leave the hospital tomor- row. consciousness When or ated, H Pallx to Ald Detectives. Detectives Mansfleld and Keck, in an effort to cbtain a mot' ~ for the attack. visited Emergency Hospital today and conversed with Mrs. Fiske who was unable to offer any sugge. tion that would help them solve the | mystery. All_she knew was that she was on a visit to the apartment of Mrs._ Eliz- abeth Northrup, her sister, in Ward- man Fark Hotel, where her mother also rhsides; and was able to recall ving passed out the bullding and atarted down the east walk toward Woodley road Jiscussing her movements with the detectives, Mrs. Fiske sald she no person on the path, nor did she see any person approaching. She wis positive no person was approaching her when she was struck. The blow must_have been delivered from be- Rind her, she said, or she was struck by something thrown from that direc- tion. arch Ground Again. Foilowing their interview with the patient, the detectives went to the scene of the attack. where they ducted an Investigation yesterda and searched again for clues. Detectives Keck. Mansfield, Oiea, Cullinane, pringmann and Darnall are conducting the investigation. It is doubted by the detectives that the plece of iron pipe wrapped in brown paper, found near where Mrs. Fiske was picked up, was the weapon used Efforts today are being made by the police to logate the missing hand bag and to find any person who may be of assistance in tracing the move ments of persons seen in the hotel grounds shortly before Mrs. Fiske was found. Mrs. Fiske's aged mother has not been told of her daughter's experience, but she eems to surmise that sombthing is wrong. HOLD ALLEGED “PEEPER.” Chevreux Fernaud Identified as Prowler by Several Persons. Chevreux Fernaud, twenty-eight years old, assistant cook at Wardman Park Hotel, has been identified by a number of residents of the northwest seetion of the city as the man al- leged to have annoyed people of that vicinity ‘by climbing on porches and peeping in windows. The man was caught in the rear of an apartment on Woodley road north- west Saturday night by Detective R. B. Carroll. Fernaud was ldentified last night as the man who was caught prowling around the home of Repre Xentative John W. Langley, 2808 27th street. The representative’s secre- tary identified the man. JMrs, E. H. Mortimer of Cathedral Mansions also identified the man, as wellas several oth persons. Hé was held for investigation at Sub T police station, and was closely questioned Saturday night in_con- nectlon with the asault on Mrs. Fiske, whiéh occurred near the hotel. It is understood the police will ask the immigration authorities to send him back to France. . | indemnity and as damages for the family of the murdered officer. BERLIN FATALISTIC. Expects Little, Cares Less Abontl New Cabinet. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By Radio to The Star and the Chicigo Dally ews. Copyrignt, 1923, BERLIN, November 26.—WIil. Dr. LACK OF FUNDS MAY END REPARATIONS BOARD Paris Paper Reveals Germany Has Failed to Supply Money for Commission. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 26.—The disap- Heinrich Albert be able and willing to continue the work of the fallen Chancellor Stresemann? That s n question over which Berlin—disap- pointed in fifteen chancellors since the revolution—does not trouble it- self. The public is utterly fatalistic. Foreign observers see little cause or optimism. Dr. Albert's cabinet i represented as @ “business cabinet, meaning that it has not the confidence of the reichstag. The new chancellor is little known, and that none too favorably. The army, which now possesses ths sole real power, may upset the hest plans of the poilticlans. 1Z ZGen. von Seeckt issues orders of an economic character, they might casily infiu- ence the financial situition, and de- spite Gen. von - Seeckt's many yift: he probably is not a good finance: us the whole outlook is pusali and depressing. The Germans are fore pearance of the reparations commis- slon through lack of funds to keep it alive is forecast as a possibility by the Matin. The newspaper says that the German government. which under the treawy of Versailles must defray the cost of all the commissions cre- ated By the treaty, carried out its ob- | ligations scrupulously until last July, but that since then reminders from mmission with regard to its du- e brought no replies from Ger- m: The commission, says the Matin, therefore has been using its reserve funds, The newspaper places the fund at 15,000,000 francs, without explaining ! its origin, and Says that only suffi- clent of it remains to provide for the essential needs of,the commission un- til_the end of January. Then by sacrificing an Important getting to ask how the new chlncellor] will be recelved by America after his stormy sojourn there before America’s entrance into the war, justav Stresemann, Germany’s fallen chancellor, leaves hehind him a record of notable achievements ‘for his coun- . Taking office when Germany's condition was catastrophic, he clearly lln: :ho measures w:&hh must :. Ifmn and fearl carried them out, within the limits of possibility, undes dimcutties, s SUPREME COURT RECESS. Wil Adjourn Over Thanksgiving Day Till Monday. Supreme Court today an- Thre nounoed that it would take a Thanks- | where the recess from,. Wi e | givill recons from next Wedaseday 1t LEovy ssed | | Sergt. Willlam W. McDonald (left), who wax shot through the jaw, who hnd tle Folk at hix home, 1925 Park road, enarly bullet pass through his hat CENTENNIAL DRAWS sented at Monroe Doc- trine Observance. The District of Columbia will be | well represented at the Internatlonal | Centennial of the Proclamation of the {Monroe Doctrine at Richmond., Va. | December 2, 3 and 4, final plans for | which were announced yesterday by the Southern Commercial Congres under whose auspices the eclebration will be held. Dr. C. J. Owens, presi- dent of the congress, has issued many |invitations here and President Cool- |1dge was among those requested to lattend | unable to be pre ent for the occasion, the Executive wrote that he was gratificd to know “Richmond and | Virginia are taking the lead in a fit- {ting observance of the centennial of the Monroe doctrine.” of the gr an statecraft to t contributions he deter ation of relationships between the | new world and the old.” he contin it has proved factor of the importance in a very broad rani international concern: nd well de- i serves the nation-wide attention which | your celebration is attracting to it | Many to Attend. Trinkle has fssued a procla | tlon setting apart the days des and has issued 1.000 commiss | delegates to represent Virginia. In addition, the plans call for the issu- ing of 100 commi each by the governors of other states. [Iatriotle and civic organizations from all parts of the country also are expected (o participate, and a number of diplo- mats are on the program to deliver | addresses. { The program calls for-the opcning ! of the celebration by memorial ser |ices in the churches of Virgimla on Sunday, December 2 pilgrim- {age by troops, patriotic vrganizations and oth Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, Monroe is buried. Floral tribu placed on the | grave. A | ceremony | will be held n'ng_ with Wil- Hliam_J. Bry Gov. Trinkle as speakers. Dr. Owens will pre side. first te to R mas; 1 the ev 1 and 5. December 3. President Monroe and former Gov kle of West Virgi the evening talk. the will W cscendants of lLe presented tam A. MeCor- | speak. In visiting diplomats will i |MONSTER SUBMARINE New Craft Will Displace 3,500 Tons, Go at 33 Knots, Carry 6 5.5-Inch Guns. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 26—The sub- marine 1, which is nearing comple- tion at a Chatham dockyard for the i British navy. will be the longest as in the world, according to the Morn- |ing Post. She will have a surface speed of thirty-three knots, enabling her to accompany steaming at fuil speed. She will rry six 5.5-inch guns, dn armament aaid to be uninue for an undersSea craft. Her displacement _will . be The first Brit'sh subma- 13,500 tons. rvine, built in 1901, displaced 120 tons and had a surface speed of nine knots. BERLIN WOMAN NAMED Mrs. Fthel H. Post today filed suit for divorce against Otto T. .Post, whom she charges with misconduct with a woman residing in Berlin, | Germany, of shich country he sald to be a citizen. her husband has threatened to take her children with him and has receiv- ed his passport to leave America next month. i She seeks the custody “of the chil- dren and asks that her husband be required to give bond not to leave the country before arranging for her support. They were_ married at Pittsburgh, Pa., September 24, 1919, and have three children. Attorney W. A. Coombe appears-for the wife. TO INSTRUCT OFFICERS. for Supply Department. The “Army Business School” is ex- pected to be formed for ‘supply. ofi- cers, following approval by Secretary Weeks of a recommendation by his assistant, Col. Dwight F. Davis. i be drawn from the supply officers in the service, eight of whom will be sent this year to the Harvard School of Business Administration for a two- year course before they begin teach- ing business to their comrades in.a school of their own. Annual ex- penditures of millions of dollars in peace-time and billions in war- are made by.the supply officers. RULE CURBS TEACHING... Public school teachers were advised today by Supt. Frank W. Ballou of a rule of the board of education which prohibits them from giving private or oxtra the whitten consent of thejir parents. A_number of tdaching tlassss fof bacRward children are now being con- ducted in the schools, it Was sal her has: not obtaln: the co; MANY FROM CITY District to Be Well Repre-1 | UNDER WAY IN ENGLAND well as the fastest submersible craft | battleships when | CO-RESPONDENT BY WIFE| 1s | Mrs. Post says | “Army Business School” Proposed ; A faculty and teaching staff is to instruction to pupils without b nsent of the parents to. &iv e e s aato T Tty . NDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1923. AUTO RECIPROCITY "MAY WAIT ON BILL Gov. Ritchie Wants Assur- ance Gasoline Tax Meas- ure Will Pass. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., November 26.— Gov. Ritchie at his executive mansion | today said that while he is in favor lof automobile reciprocity with the | District of Columbla he felt | should be some assurance that Con- gress will pass the gasoline tax bill before ther Is ea temporary reciprocity agreement. ! The governor said he had just re- turned from New York and had no ' opportunity to go into"the matter thoroughly, but would take no ac- tion until after a conference with | Automobile . ‘Commissioner F. A. Baughman and State Roads Commis- | sioner J. M. Mackall. Dentes Opposition. Gov.” Ritchie took occas ihe had given out no stat published in a Baltimore per to the effect that he Intends to reject the . proposition, but, on the contrary, felt |very hpreful of securing auto ! reciprocity by January 1, or shortly | thereafter. State Roads Commissioner Mackall ¥ |on a tour of inspection of state road | signs and will ot be back at his office until late today. Auto Commissioner Baughman is at his home in Frederick and will not be 4t his office until to- morrow. No conference, therefore, can be held_tod: {It plain he inténded to Ko over the { ter with them probably early tomorrow. { He emphasized the fact that not only was he pledged to reciprocity by the democratic platform, but is personally in favor of it. Assurances Desired. going into the matter,"” d, “to bring about recipr v, but /I’ the state should have some as- surance of the passage of the gusoline tax shortly after the first of the vear in the event it Is not passed before the [first. 1 am hopeful that with the rec- ommendation of the Distriet of Colum- |bia Commissioners and the influence ithat will be brought to bear by the Maryland delegation Congress will be nabled then to pass the bill early, and there will b no need of NpoTary arrangement. 1 will be governed large- {1y by the opinions of the st roads ! commis: {both of whom | procity.’” n to nent say “I am he favor reci- In stating that he would be | [MOTIVES FOR MURDER OF EX-STUDENT SOUGHT | Found Shot Through Head on Chi- | cago Campus After Dance. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, November 26.—The po- lice are unable to establish a plau ble motive for the slaying of Fre {man Louis Tracy, twenty-three, for- |mer University of Chicago student, | found dead near the pniversity here yesterday. Tracy had been shot through the {temple and his body apparently thrown from a speeding automobile, i police sald. Several blocks away was { his hat. His watch and $41 in cash were in his pockets, . Daniel Murphy, who took Tracy ipart way home, and Willlam Ambrose, with whom the slain man is said’ to have had trouble recently, were taken to_police headquarters, Murphy told of leaving Tracy a féew blocks from his home, where he had takep him in an automoblle from a dance. Ambrose disclaimed any knowledge of the c Actording to Murphy, he Tracy shortly after midnight. It was hree hours later that his body was ound by a passer-by. { CHURCH MAKES CANVASS. Trinity P. E. Workers Submit Re port to Pastor. David R. Covell, P. E. Church, was host yesterday to the men of parish after the corporate holy communion at 8 a.m. At 1 o'clock Mrs. Oliver Havern and Mrs. David R. Covell were hostesses at dinner to the twenty parish duplex workers, who left the rectory shortly {after dinner to visit every member of { Trinity parish. After completing all Ffhe exils these workérs: returned- to Trinity rectory to make their reports |and, together with the Young People's [ Society, they were' entertained at a Luffet supper, at which Mrs. Elwood P. Morey, Mrs. Con Praetorius and Mrs, Oliver Hayern were hostesses. | After supper there was a thanks serviee in the church. rector of {HITLER HUNGER STRIKER. Leader in Nationalistic ‘“Putsch” Protests Jail Sentence. MUNICH, Bavaria, November 26.— Adolph Hitler, the Bavarian fascist leader, who was arrested after the failure of the recent nationalistic “putsch” here, js reported to have gone on a hunger at Stadelheim, near this city, where he is being confined. “Ggod morning, dearie. How well you're looking. (Never did I see such a homely girl)" “Good morning; how fresh and sweet you look. (Whatever made that girl think she was a beauty?)” “Hello; you're as pretty s ever. (She's a perfect little frump.)" «“well, the train trip did you no harm, dear; your complexion's per- fect. (Gobs of rouge, that's all.) “Good morning. How did you keep your hajr so beautiful on the sleeper? (It's dyed and ?ermnncnt waved to the roots, the littie jade. I wonder. if the judges will fall for that.)”, Thus they talked and thus they thought, or at least so it appeared -asual onlooker, as seventy-five ::)p.et%l beauty contestants descend- ed on Washington from the Chicago | sleeper at an earty hour this morn- ing. It was an | | | i smposing array of pul- - ded through the sta- fi‘:.‘.‘,“*fi e Dston, Mise Salt Lake €ity, Miss-Vancouver, Miss Louisville and ‘all the rest of them, All the men Stopped +and looked and- decided it Was the Follles chorus. off to the Bowle races. e & Thi ndes ' predominated, and e the wery blondes, with' curls, mostly ‘the very ry variety and twist, with curls ot every ut, with ble_ sprinkling of 20 other dew-dads modeled carefully and coyly about the forehead and chlAk ey met on thaufildoneal::; - gaprly morning gre ol .nn order {M‘ gush could have 3 Each em- braced her sisters PA AT her ‘would win the m%mfl!mw 165 that each I there | but the governor made ' t- | - jticularly in relieving th dropped | BLOW FATAL T0 BOY; YOUTH IS ARRESTED Edward Johnson, Colored, Says Hitting Norman Canada With Brick Was Accidental. Charged with responsibility for the death, of Nownan™ Canada, colored, twelve years' old, 4621 Clark court southwest, . Edward Johnson, colored; twenty-tivo yedys old, 1220 Union street southwert, was arrested by police of the fourth precinct shortly before 2 c'clock this merning, in a house near 6th and K streets southwest, The boy died as a result of a wound Johnson was alleged to have inflicted | with a plece of brick last night about 8 o'clock, Johnson is said to have ad- ! mitted " inflicting the wound, saying it was done accidentally while he and the boy were playfully throwing missiles at each other. Johnson and the boy were engaged in the pastime near the latter’s home, the police were' fold, when the boy was wounded. Johnéon took the boy into his home and bathed the wound. He told Mre. Susie Phillips, grandmother of the child, that he had not the siightest tention of striking Norman with the piece of brick. Shortly before 1 o'clock this morning the boy's conditton took a sudden change for the worse. . He died before Dr. John De Mayo of Emergency Hospital reached him. DOUBTS CONGRESS WILL REDUCE TAXES 'Senator Robinson Sees No Lower Rate, if Conditioned - on Bonus Defeat. * There 1s little likelihood of any tax reduction which is conditioned upon the defeat of the soldiers' bonus bill, |tor Robinson of- Arkansas, democratic | leader, declared today on his return to Washington. { “If the administration,” Senator Rob- i inzon said, “commits itzelf to the policy | that the m cd nuisance taxes and rates on {avoidable should the bonus passed, little will be the way of tax reduction. “Every one must be apprevi the benefits to industry and generally likely to resulf from {tion of the prev £ high t in- cluding the tariff as it affects many of the necessities of life." [!‘Ilc(xflll- Boend Issue to Meet Bonus. | Declaring that the expenses inci- |dent to adjusted compensation m. he bourne by a bond issue, Senator | Robinson said the passage of honus !legislation would have ‘“wholesome iinfluence on neral condition: bill shed be accom; in ative o of busines: government of the charge of ingratitude to our Idiers. ‘While it is not to be expected that a general revision of the tariff !be " accomplished during the ap- {proaching session of Congress, many ‘democrats, Including myself, require that an improvement over the present law be shown as possible before vot- ing to Lring out a tax bill Items He Dixapproves. {" “I4MN not vote to give any group jof.men._in Congress the power to.re- |8tore .the excess. praofits taxes, in- {erease surtaxes. tax the undistribut- fed of corporations and in- crease the dnheritance tax 8o it would aint off the coffins The ' present political prospect encouraging to the democrats, Sen ator Robinson said, with democratic chances for success in the approach- le:‘ mpaign ‘“‘cons tly improv The policies defined by the pres Congre: * he continued, “prob- will greatly influence the na- electicn 1924, i1 the in the White House breaks protracted silence and Informs | the Congrees respecting his views and recommendations, it is impos sible to anticipate with accuracy leg islative issues o ent ably tional sphinx his i | at| Problems Before Congresn, ! “The problems to come before the approaching session of Congress in- clude measures relating to better pro- vision for disabled veterans; the re- duction of both internal revenues and tarifi-duties on certain necessities of HféT eonsMeratidn of transportation |conditions, especially relating to freight rates as the same affect the price for stable agricultural prod- ucts; the Pullman surcharge and the | disposition of Muscle Shoals. “Of cous our foreign relations will require 'consideration and pro- -voke discussion. The situation will i/be clarified - somewhat when the President_sends his message to Con- ‘gress.” ———— RULERS VISIT NAPLES. King Alfonso and Queen Victoria Leave Bologna. BOLOGNA, Italy, Spain left this cit 1 y last evening for Naples. 75 of Nation’s Fairest Here On Way to Beauty Contest had for the other, but such acid smiles and so mechanical, or so at | least it seemed. And the many little pecks of kisses that were distributed smacked not altogether of real sin- cerit; For the prize Is a big one | The girls are on their way to a | big beauty contest to be held in Mad- {ison Square Garden In New York city Wednesday night under the auspices of the “Beauty Foundation of America,” under whose patronage no less than Rodolph Valentino tour ed the country recently and personal- ly selected the beauty from each city. And, greatest of all, there 18 a rumor that the winner of this magnificent national pageant is to have the op- portunity of being leading lady for the great Rodolph himself. | Washington was just a stopping-off place for the bevy of fair ones, hut seeing tours and a big luncheon in honor of them and their chaperones at the New Willard Hotel. There was a eruise through the Capitol and the orthodox visit to the White House. The -Library was visited and other points of interest, at éach of which guldes vied with ‘each other for the chance to escort them. T The_buildings, the art treasures, even President Coolldge himself, were of small interest compared to the photographers. Those girls were photographed 427 times during the morning and not one single com- plaint. Washington so far has missed out on an entry in the show. The origi- nal Miss Washington moved to Phila- delphia, and when' neéw aspirants were called for this morning-no.one showed up,. Again Washington suf- fets from no representation. Work ‘in the government depart- ments and business es_generally | tiiroughaut * thie’ t pemded for the dagy- .. intenance of the present so- | | earned income is Indispensable and un- | v] par- | is November 26.— | trike in the jail |King Alfonso and Queen Victoria of | First L. they made the best of it with sight- | IPOLICE ON ALERT FOR POISON RUM Deaths in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Rouse Officials to Protect District.~ “Extraordinary precautions” to pre- vent bootleggers from flooding Wash- ington with liquor during the holidays are being talen by the police, Commis- sioner Oyster announced today, declar- ing that the police will do everything in their power to prevent the lives of Washingtonidns from being endangered from polgon liquor. Coincidentaly with Commissioner Oys- ter's announeement, Maj. Sullivan, su- perintendent of police, declared that he believed -“fully 95 per cent” of the bootleg liquor sold in Washington to- day is poison, and that every man who tokes a chance at drinking it is en- danzering his life. The vice squad, working under di- rection of Lieut. Davis, last week eap- tured the largest still ever found op- erating in the District and raided an- other “establishment said to be the source of much of Washington's boot- leg product. FIVE DIE IN PHILADELPHIA. | Scores in Hospitals Seriously Il From Poison Liquor. 5 the Associnted Press PHILADELPHIA, November 26— Toison liquor caused five deaths hera |yesterday and sent scores of other, |arinkers to hos seriously il {Three of those who died were picke jup unconscious on the streets in th tenderloin scetion and the other tw were found in their homes, one deag and the other unconscious. Cider saloons, cigar stores and other. “blind tigers"' supplied most of thé lguor, the police said. Some of thoze still in hospitals wever, said th {had purchased the liquor from hoo! {leggers who told them it haa come | from the rum flect Jving off the Jer- | Several declared they had conscious after taking only one or Prohibition auth)rities say most of | the liquor being sold by boctleggers here is mc and that much of it is manufactured by the bootleggers themselves. Denatured alconcl, they Ly, frequently has (hund its way into the concoctions by mistake, More than 400 arrests for drunken- ness w made over the week and of this number 100 or more required Rospital attentior PITTSBURGH TOLL HEAVY, Seven Dead in Week From Drink- ing Holiday Liquor. PITTSEURGH, Pa., November 26.— cven deaths in as many days caused ¥ poison liquor put on the market to meet the preholid: demand, today brought united action from city, coun- {ty and feder: thorities. The sonal demand, police say ihas resulted in bootleggers working overtime shifts to prepare liquor with ia kick” from medicated alcohol, | hastily distilled mash with a high percen f fusel oill and syn- thetic ation PLAY TO BE READ. to Be combi i | | i “Master Francois Villon" Heard at Arts Club. Tomorrow evening at the Arts Club, 2017 I street, a reading will be given. i by parts, of a piay written by on: {members of the club. led incois Villon.” The parts have bee ssigned to members and those wh ve been associated with the dramatic work of the club in the past. This play is by the author of “The P ¥, which was pro- d in June at the Chevy Chase School as the spring outdoor prrformance of the Arts Club, and is in the same style of metric_drama. TOMOTTOW evening, at the club dinner preceding the read ing of the play, Mrs. Maud Howel Smith, chairan of the dran mittee, will be hostess, G. author, and Mrs. Lyon will honor. NEW AUSTRIAN SHILLING. November —Minister of Finance Kitnboeck vesterday in- formed the national assembly that, subject to its approval, he would im- medtately introduce a silver “shill- ing” coinage in Austria, the repres sentative coin being 10,000 kronen and the value of the others 5,000 and 208,000, The ‘“shilling' the minister declared, would not Tepresent a mnew monetary unit, but later would be as- sociiated with § ney currency unit. atic A. Lyon, the be guests of com VIENNA, BOWIE ENTRIES FOR TUESDAY. ! FIRST RACE—Claiming: purse. $1.300; for { two-yesr-oldsy six and one-half furlongs, H re . 112 Spartan .. | e *Roman_Girl “Roval Miss Also_eligibie: Our Star... outa : Ot . Harding: Nagtars osicssecs = .vx?lfi“l | Toeky "Strike . 108 *Peodis . ,ECOND RACE—Purse, $1,300;: fc ivoyor.olds, flies; fve and one longs. Just Me. Potvaen | F Brown | Thomasine Elsveth - Star Drift L. 4Haughty La onoeal . Hinkey .. tSamuel Ros RAC] laimings purse, $1, s Noel 113 *Fredericktown . Fiiar Totast Flow Julia . ;z’i!fl Jewel. . e S IJ’:::IAF\—""D’K:;-L 108 *Memento Toliy 108 \CE—The Radio handicap: for F BT ree. 31,005 one mile and seventy Jards: Thatcher, 126 Eaglet .. Sonire Sun e 118 John Paul Tones Fair Oain........ 118 (CE—Claiming: purse, $1,300; for T SRS e i miie dnda i Rosa Yota. . Rhine Gold. *8word . W h“l:; o el Zealot % Fannie Bean... rajanus . *Fox Glove... Dentaria or maiden half fur- Martery ... Dolly OGaffney Tiday 7 Also ‘sligib) Helen North Warning ... Remily Trappe 108 g | 108 1z 104 107 North 43, McMillan entry. ACE—Claiming irse, $1,300; for e TS D e e 222 three- sixteenths. 7 i *Honorable *Freesy Sneezy. The Foreigner.. *Duc de Morny. CCl112 Rekah Kenneily and F. A, Herold entry. SEVENTH RACE—Claiming; for three-year-olds and up; ene m sixteenths. o *Superiative 0Old Faithful..... i