Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1923, Page 2

WHEAT PRODUCERS ' ARGUE HIGH TARIFF North Dakotan’s Views Giv- en on Plea for 50 Per Cent Increase. North Dakota wheat producers were called upon today at the public hearing being conducted by the Tariff Commission to present their evidence in connection with the proposal of the Wheat Council of the United States for an increase of 50 per cent In the 30-cent tariff en wheat, Little testimony was heard at the opening session yesterday, which was edjourned until today to permit the Noith Dakota producers to put their cvidence in form. Representatives Young and Burtness appeared in thelr behald, Scope of Iuquiry Defined. n expressed the opin- ere was no occasion ¢ or lhmiting A lLim- terday LY counsel United hard dered and that : limited to the of the United The nded to show later v should be lim- il it adv ot the that cou States Prodnet nderson of Minne- hie wheat council showing in the fuencing United ¥ sher here than He estimated that producers enjoyed the of lower freight rates, g£ing about § conts a bushel nI production in the United estimated By Rops be 100 per cent ts. Yields per acre ficet of Increawed Duty. 1o whother an would result in tod A substitute for hard ative Ander- he opinfen it tdrnl econo- tate Col- & as rep- ota farmers, men, sald were in dire ws a result of He submitted that_during the prices yleld- ear, 1918 “s for Lhis year. G a loss lege of Acsriculty resentative of N show cars wh i only one Preiimin Srir he &aid, sho ucre. SAY ALLOCATON then { | i i { ASKS RECEIVER BE NAMED FOR DR. COOK’S HOLDINGS 0il Broker Files Petition on Which Hearing Will Be Given ' December 4. FORT WORTH, Tex. November 327. —Application for a receivership of the properties controlied by Dr. Fred- erick Cook was maede by 8id Post, oil broker, ot Waco. Hearing was set for December 4. Several months ago Mr. Post 8led a debt sult against the Petroleum Pro- ducers’ Association for $1,600, alleg- ing that he had sold stock for the company, which is controlled by Dr. Cook. . Post filed an amended petition The petition asserts that Dr. Cook is now in jail under sentence of fourteen yoars and nine months, im- posed by the federal court, and, duel absence from the offices of the lenm Producers’ Association. the 285sets of the company will in all like- likood be impaired. STARBOYSTOSEE HISTORICAL FILM Carrier Force to Go in Mass to President Theater Thanksgiving Day. Charles Ray, the famous motion cture star, will bs the host to the 09 Star carrier boys on Thanksgiv- & day at & spectal showing of his great historical drama, “The Court- P of Myles Standish”™ now show- tng at the President Theater. The star will gree! Loys at the whoie 500 will march clul performance, be- t 10 o'clock in the morning, ng day. The Courtship of Myles Standish,” d on the fumous poem by Henry sworth Longfellow, 18 especially pealing to boys and girls, because it chows with such accuraecy of hise toric detail the journey of the Pil- #rim fathers mcresa the Atlantic to Plymouth, in the Mayflower, and il- 1u s of the found- of New England during the first rears after thelr arrival. It is a cent picturization of one of t herole eplsodes In American Tew organization attacked the problem of making an accurate story of the Pilgrims coming in o most tematic war. Rescarch men were kept busy for months befors the actual filming began and the plcture itgelf was nine months in the making. Not only 4s the picture historically true, but 1t Is bound together by the delightful romance of John Alden and Prisclia, which the bovs have read in school and which they will be de- lighted to see on the screen. An im- portant Teature of the prodnction is $4.85 per according tions, and some of the most thrilling the reduplication of the Mayfiower to its original specifica- soen, tng. The carrier boys wiil gather at The tar building in tune for the special performance and be prepared for a notable Thaksgiving day. have the vessel as their set- DISREGARDED LAW PROPGSE 10 AMEND Auditing Clerks of Military Division Protest Classifica- tion Board Action. : made. today bY a com- anditing elerks | ] aivision, general ac-| officc, that the personnel classification bonrd hid allocated em- rtloyes in that division without regard to the lav In a iettef to Chatrman Builey of the charged the hoard with wllocations under some viritten law fore to Con committee, ing rcconnmmendation ess, the board “make a spe- clal attempt to correct the flagrant mistakes and injustices which have obtained under the tentative alloca- tions, thus making that action un- necessary for Congress. “You realize that protests arising wnen &l ions no: been made ccording to the law Qo not come from disgruntled federal employes, id Mr. Wittner, “but from practi- colly wll affected who have v Their bom (Forts 1o the Eovernment The auditing clerks, whe had been recommended by Controller General McCarl for grade 9 of the classifica- tien schedule of the bureau of effi- c.amcy, which is covered by grade 5 the classification act of 1923, pro- tested that the board “did away with ihe recommendations of the control- ler general and decided that those doing identica! grade % work should be allocated 10 per cent in grade 9, 18 Per cont in grade § and 80 per cent in €rade The general accounting offics gisted that this allocation was unsat- isfactory und_ finaily the Personnel Ciassification Board ~compromised 4 placing one-third ef the employes aking examination of tiscal officers’ accounts where a thorough knowl- cige of regulations, contreller's de- cisions and minor points of law are invelved in grade a third in grade & and a third In grade “If first the allocations of 10 per cent for grade 9, 19 per cent for grade 8 and 80 per cent for grade 7 were weeording to the classification act, why did the VPersonnel Classification Board later agree to the proposition «f one-third for each grade? “Under the classificution act there appewrs no ciause allowing & osm- promise. No COMpPromise Was RECERSary. The tentative allocations for estimate of appropriation purposes only are merely clussification manipulations by the beard, seemingiy designed to pre- vent 4 raid on the Treasury. The per- sonnel classification board i8 also fully aware that the allocations for the au diting clerks in the civil division of the genera! accounting office were Unuccep- tabie and unsatisfactory. ° ‘Amy statement by the noel classification board that the intemt of the law has not been evaded and wio- lated leads to the comclusion that the reclassification work is being done ua- der some unknown unwritten Jaw.” —_— EXPECTED CONSUL’S MOVE Tokio EKnew U. 8. Planuned Shift From Yokohama Before Quake. By the Associuted Press. TOK10, November 20.—Removal ol the American conszulate general fn Yokohama to Tokio, announced by the American State Departmeat ia Washington last Friday, was proposed even before the earthguake because of the tendency of business to move towand Tokio for the last several yeurs. ‘American consular officers are look- ing for temporary quarters in Tekio, expecting that _eventually & perma- nent bullAing Will be provided. { TA Changes to Be Recommended * to Draft Framed by Edu- cation Board. A number of changes in the pro- posed teachers' salary bill as tenta- tively framed by the board of educa- ., Loren Ii|tion Will be recommended by the various teacher groups at a Epecial meeting of the teachers' councll to- i{night in the Franklin School. It Is understood that the teachers will in- sist that salarfes caulled for in the bill drafted in June by the legislative committes of the federated commit~ tee of teachers' unions be Incorporat- ed in the new measure. One Chief Difference, One of the chief differences found by the teachers in the school board's new bill concerns the pay of elemen- tary teachers, The meagure framed by the teachers provides a mintmum of $1.600 a year for the grade with 2 longevily Increase of year for ten years, making the maximum $2,500, while in the board's bill the minimum salary is placed at $1,400 with a longevity ncrease of $100 a year for six years, making the moximum $2,600. Fligh School Provision. The board's bill also provides a mini- mum of $1,800 a year and a maxtmum of $2,800 Yor the high school teschers, while' the measure framed 2y the teach- ers would give the high school teachers a2 minimum of ¥2,000 and & maximum of §4,000. A “special conference of the school board will be held tomorrow night te consider the proposals of the teachers, after which the Will will be wi into final shape for its introduction in Congress at the opening of the forth- coming session. CHOICE OF HITCHCOCK ROUSES POLITICIANS (Continued from Fimt Page.) for President Coolidge, and they will Sec Yo it that delegates are chosen who will stick to the instruction of the primaries or state conventioms. Some delegutions will be porsusded, no doubt, to switch at the psycholog- feal moment, but the game now is to pick the right kind of delegates and make sure of their allegiance. Wr. Hitcheock has the promises of the past and methods of persuasion that have been effoctive In the past, The White House strategists have Jobs already to give. Witness, for instance, the situation {n South Curo- lina, where dissatisfied republioan leaders, who maturally control dele. gations, bave vevently been wsatified by the graceful disposition of the Tight kind of patrenage. No trouble is anticipated there ia holding the delegates for Coolidge. The sttuation in Georgia is in process of betng ironed out. As for the west, partioularly South Dakota, it_turns out that the recent primaries o not mean as much, after 11, a5 eome of the statutes have been repealed on which 1t was thought the delegates would have to go - ed by the primary verdict. They can o uninstructed. This means that they can all keep n anchor to windward and tack to the Coolidge side 1t 1t looks as {f the President has pledged enough delegates to insure his mom- ination. g 0 The campaign has degun. Frank ‘Hitchcock'a entry inte the lists means that the competition for delegates will be keen, and what the S Tumablo Sght with bar Knoiars CHERS PAY BILL T TERSENESS T0.8E COOLIDGE'S STYLE Message to Congress Will Be Stripped of Verbosity and Evasiveness. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. To dodge no 1ssue and to placate no factlon—that has been the purpose of President Coelldge, this writer is au- thoritatively informed, in formulat- ing his malden message to Congress. Whatever the message, it will not be lacking In directness. That it will be brief. the President has already fore- shadowed. That It will be terse, straight from the shoulder and utterly devoid of cvasiveness will presently be reveals ed. A personage who hns had mti- mate access to Mr. Coolidge during the final hours of the message's prep~ aration says it will prove to he & Madisonian production™ It was Jamos Madison Who wrote the Amer- ican Constitution, the world's model of great principles conclsely. express- ed. Calvin Coolldge’s habita, both of thought snd utterance, are said by authorities to be more ke those of President Madison than any subses quent occupant of the White House. Mr. Coolidge faces his "wcid test™ With perfect equuanimity. He is awere of the unprecedented expect- ancy with which his mesage {= await- ed. " There has beon nothing quite like ft in our presidential history. Usually a new President’s irst mes excites natiolal Interest be- question or . waited on am Linesln's imitlal communi- to Congress because of the issue. Grover Cleveland's Opening message exeited pablic in terest because of tari® eivil service affairs K st Lhlee Senae dwelt prima standerd, and the country was anxious with regard to his message following re-clection in 1300 hecause our colonlal polj following the Spanish war, was uppermost in the public mind. 1In 1916, following his Te-clection, Woodrow Wilson's mes- #age to Congress had the nation hoid- ing its breath because of its anxiety 10 know whether we were goiug to Continue to be kept out of war or i | i | | | catlon slavery \illinm Me: (v House and y on the gold | 1 .. No such simple situation confronts Calvin Coelidge. Not on one or two outstanding issues are the people of the United States walting o hear from him. It is on a dezem, if not & Score. of important questions that they awalt light and leading from the President. Mr. Coolldge i consclous of the tactical dlsadvantage at whic this multitude of expectations piaces hfm. But he 1 nol upsct or over- whelmed by ft. Within the past twenty-four hours the Presldent, re- ferring to the ordeal he ta about to {ace, haw dismissed {t with a simple, ;xnxl\'»stofl “T'm golng to do the best can. A practiced political hand like Cal- vin Coolidge, whe has been continu- ously in public 1ife for twenty-five Years, knews exactly what next week means for him. He knows that he mes- #age he will deliver o Congress then in person or through the written word probably will make or break him, poltt- cally. “Not within the memory of the living generation has a President had so much directly at stake. There may be enduring glory for Calvin Cool- 1dge in & happlly turped phrase of that communication—some slogan that will stick In the popular mem- ory and be a platform {a itself. On the other hand, there may be some passage “loaded with dynamite’—a thought, an expression, an eplgram- matic flourish—which might spell po- litical doom. On one point the President has mede up his mind Irrevocadbly. He appreciates that his “honeymoon is over and that the country now has a right 1o expect him 19 take a _stand all aiong the line. Me is grateful for the wave of good will and forbearance vouchsafed him dur- ing the past four months. In re- turn for it he intends that the peo- ple shali known, when he deltvers his message shortly ‘after noon, that Calvin Coolidge categorically is for this and against that. He will have removed all veetige of doubt as to his posi- tion on virtoally every issue of paramount importance now before the country. The writer Is assured, in quarters thoroughly qualified to know. that there will be no vestige of dodging, pussy-footing, side- Stepping or any of the other artifices that might tempt a politiclan &t such a time. Frankness, mtralgh! forwardness and brevity—those are the things with which Calvin Cool- idge purposes hall-marking the document which meuns 80 muéh for him personaily, for the republican party, for the United States—and perhaps for the whole world. B (Copyright, 1623.) DR. DAY TO LECTURE ON EARTHQUAKE STUDY Director of Geophysical Laboratory of Carnegie Institution to Speak. Dr. Arthur Ia Day, director of the geophysival laboratory of the Car- negie lastitution of Washington anll oheirman of its advisory committes on seismology, will deltver a lecture tonight 4n the anditortam of The Ad- minjstration bufiding, 18th and P streets morthwest, on “Co-operutive Earthquake Staftes tn Oalifornia” The institation, through Its ed- visory committes in seismology, has begun & BMudy of eaTth IMOVements in California, based upon sffedtlve co- operation with many agencies. This First of all, a network of primary triangulation accompanied by precise levels is to be laid over the region te establivk the magnitode and direction of all Gisplademments. Triangulation al- ready completed has revealed some Tecent displacements of fifteem feet. i s e study, u; 2ones structural weakness {faults), and un- dersen contours adiacent to the coawt to determine the continuation of ln’truanl features beyond the comst ine. Dr. Day fn M= lecture tonight, which will be open to the public, will explain much of this work in Ameri- ca's grestest knwwa earthquake area. HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, I i ! form and | i { returned trem exile. PROGRESSIVE FIGHT ON MELLON TAX CUT SEEN { | of from $100.000 to $500.000 a year end smaller reductions in the income taxee of the two pubilshers, who, it was claimed, have “aggressively | supported” the Mellon proposal and | “denounced” those opposing it. | “This scction of the progressives | statement was as follows: Give Estimate Figurea. *The executive committee of the pro- gressive organization of the House, responrding to the demands for the paseage of Mr. Mcllon's tax preposals, supported strenuously by the Wash- ington Post and Washington Star and Other agencies, Wwith criticlsms i agatnst the motves and justification | for any opposition to the Mellon pro- igram, offers this brief »tatement at this time: . "The Mellon program proposing a reduction in high surtaxes from 50 to 25 per cent. we asvert, will re- duce Mr. Mellon's personal annual tax paymenty to the Treasury, if ac- curate tax statentents have beén fur- silshed Py him and his reported i <come 18 correctly stated. to an amount Tanging from $100,000 to $504,000 per Year th tax savings to him. “It Mr. Mellon's’ proposais could be accepted, we also assert that the tax savings to the publisher of the Wash- ington Post, Mr. Mclean, based on {the same conditions affecting state- ment as to Mr. Mellon, would reach 4R annual amount of between J108,000 wnd 3300,000 annually, according to i Kline's esgtimates of Mr. McLean' - The estimated savings by | the adoptfon of the Mellon plan to Mr. Noyes of The Washington Star on the same basis would presum- ably reach from 000 to $100,000 Der year. Defend Thelr Mottves. “If this Statement is substantially torrect, it may explaln the eagermess Yith which Secretary Mellon and YPublishers McLean and Noves of the { 1 on plan of taxation and - tlon of thowe who differ t‘r::‘lun:l-w. Under the circumstances, it would be Eressive. members in the American MEress in preserving lh:?re“un- doubted legtslative rights when act. ing om tkeir own Judgment in mat- ters of taxation as well as (n other :r;l&grg upon which they are called The visio: itea TY'SRE SFn thellinen e & considered both by Senate proo &ressives and some of the democratie genators. Among members of beth houses there is talk of & medified ox- mw‘:n ‘:‘L a2 tax fih the undi- N~ rh“:: corporations and in- prAZeeeit M s o e 5 n of In by = Sor e, vision policy actuelly fs undertaken. His views are known to coincide it those of 3 (humber of ether oan leaders 1n both the Staate and the Houwe. Sentiment In favor of both a re- fuoction of the taxes and enactrrent Ry e e en the Caps itol. Senatdor Robimson of Arkansas, the democratic leader, declared on ‘his retura to Washingtom that Con- STess “will ot be stampeded by the very wat fnfluences at work _to make appear that partial relief from existing tax burdens van be &c- complished only by denying just and Eenorous treatment to former service Senater Howell, republican, Neb- rasks, I the first statement of his views ®lgoe coming to Washington, sl he. ot tax reduction and the prvsage of tho bonus as Ir. reconcilable. %0 said he will tavar legislation which will o away with the minimum rate pro- vision of the tranmportation act, and also meakures for the relief of the farmera 4 “Boy Trotsky” Leads Juvenile NEW YORK, November 27.-—The police bomd squad today repwted the discovery in Harlem of a dband Suvenile revelutionaries lod by o - Grenct, Bl ot éivfi!?f i | i ] xirls, meeting. Batcrday afternoons at ® . . D. C. TUESDAY, N OVEMBER 27, 1923, TRAGE RADIO FADIN 60 MILES IN SPACE Bureau of Standards Experi- ments Substantiate Previ- 1 Ex-Lrewn *rm®e Wilkelm of Germany, at the former bome of the ex-crewa prince, at Oels, In Silesia, to whith {BRITAIN IN QUANDARY OVER REPARATION (Continued from First Page ed unless further extensions of occu- pation were agreed upon by all the allied countrica, When France and Belgium cntered the Ruhr they held no authority ex- cept their own. Therefore, the Brit- ish representatives argue, Frauce and Belgium canuot collect and divide only between themscives from the Rubr Industrics either funds or repa- !rations in kind, witnout materiaily {prejudicing the rights of others— | eapecially Great Britain. Events of the past forty-cight hours bring the whoie matter to the point where a decision must be made. Great | | Bri of tatn will not forego her just share Teparations either from occupled or unoccupied Germany. If France .und Belgium Insist upon collecting isnd dividing swch reparations with- jout reference of the matter to the lother allies, it is certain that the reparations commission's authority will be seriously affected, Derhaps {through the appeal of certain mern- bers for submission to The Hague ! tribunal of & case Involving the inter- i pretation of paragraph 15, annex 2, of the treaty. Tn the meantime, Great Bitain in- !tends to Insist upon the division of any deliveries made from the Ruhr, _notwithstanding the French piea that her insistence recognizes the legality {of the occupation. British experts deny this contention, declaring Great Britain never waived her rights to reparations from Germany, no matter ! what section of the country paid. Wil Present Clalma. It France ciaime that the Ruhr dis~ triot 18 now economically separated trom the rest of Germany the Brit- ish representatives will immediately present Paris with a complete state- { a number of the states which I cross- {for which the conference was salled ment of objections to the separatist movement and the support given the weparatists by the occupation author- ities. It is understood that a very thoreugh brief of the evidence show- ing just what support was given by the French and Belgians already. has been prepared. Although the British government would much prefer allowing the whole matter of reparations to ride over until after the elections in De cember, it cannot allow any infringe- ment of rights 10 €0 Unnoticed. es- pecially those imvolving reparations due the alllea jointly. No matter what governmeni comes into power after December 8, these premises will remain unchanged and must be pressed by the British authorities to 2 final conciumion. If France insiats upon ocollecting reparations separately, threats whieh have been mede in the past to with- draw British members of the allied missioRs may vet be carrfed out. WILL SPLIT REPARATIONS. Franco-Belgians Move to Forestall Action by Allies. By the Assoctated Press. PARIS, November 27.—The German government, it is expected here, will bring the agreements between the Pranco-Belglans and the Stinnes group and other Rubr industrials to the notice of the reparation commis- sion with a view of combating any sffort by the occupying powers to hold out proceeds from deliveries in kind or payments of taxes under these arrangements for the purpose of meeting their own expenses of occu- pation. Premier Potnoare declared in the chamber ‘of Geputies on November 16 that the proceeds, less the cost of oc- tupation, would be -turned over to the reparation commission. The con- tract with the Stinmes group pro- vides that the deliveries in kind shall be credited entirely to réparation, less the cost of transportation to the Ger- frontier. Receipts in taxes ony ma exports and ocoal, according to that agreement, shall be paid inte what 18 ealled the “pl. fund,” subject to % rights of the reparatfon com-. on. inion is gain ground In i that th'en“loh TepR- Zled that the allies will be compelled 0 agTee OR Bome SOMmMOR poliey or break on ¢the Qquestion as soon aw the British Interier political situation s cleared. It {s learned that the Franco-Bel- glane baze t.hetr‘;lmm o Peyment T thelr ocoupation expenves o The Drocesds of the deliveries in kind upon articles 249 and 251 of the treaty of Versailles, whieh give pri- Tty t upation CoMs over repa- Tation. . Under these articles they .ous Theories. . The theory that the sources or causes of fading of radio signals are intimately assoclated with the condi- tions et the heaviside surface—a con- ducting surface some sixty miles above the ground—has been sub- stantfated by tests at the bureau of standards, {t wus announced today at ‘the Department of Commerce. Daylme transmission, it was point- ed out, Is largely carried on by means of waves moving along the ground, while night transmission, especially for great distances and short waves, is by mecans of waves transmitted along the heaviside surface. Waves at night arc thus free from the absorption encountered in the daytime, but are subject to great va- riations caused by irregularities of the fonized alr at or near the heavi- side surface. When radio first was used for lon| distance communication it was n ticed that signals werec not transe mitted ae far during the day as dur- ing the nighttime. It has also been obsemed that at night radio signals on the higher radio frequencies or shorter wave lengths vary greatly in intensity from minute to minute. Persous who receive broadcast con- certs from distant stations have oc- caslon to mnotice this variation in in- tensity of recelved signals, since loud signais may be received from a given distant station at one moment, only to disappear entirely for a few min- utes and then recover their original intensity. This and related phenomena have been recorded from time to time and various hypotheses have been brought forward in_an attempt to explain them. The phenomena are dependent upon & large number of varlable uantities, such as the weather con- itions, the nature of the country over which transmission occurs, the surroundings of the transmitting and recelving stations and the methtod of handling the recelving apparatus. JONES TOREVIVE . D.C. SUFFRAGE BILL Senator Plans to Reintroduce Measure Left Over by Senate. Senator Jones of Washington, mem- ber of the Senate District committee, who has recently returned to Wash- ington, said today that he intended to reintroduce as #00n as Congress meets his Jjoint resolution providing for natlonal representation for the citi- zens of the Diatrict. This resolution, submitting a con- stitational amendment to emable the people of the District to vote for presidential and vice presidential electors and to eTect members. of the Senate and House, was reported fa- vorably te the Senate in the last Congrgss by the Senate District com- 'mittee, Bt no action was taken on the measure by the Senate. Senator Jones sald that he was much futercsted in legislation secking to bring about reciprocity between the District of Columbia and Maryland |1In the matter of automobile licenses. He expressed himself as friendly to the sax on gasolime, which is pro- sed by Maryland as a measure to g:lmx about complete reciprocit “I think that the tax on gasoline Is fair:tax,” said Senator Jomes. "It Places the burden on the man who ures the road the most, which is a fair Yax. 1 have just completed a trip by sutomobile from the state of Washington to Washington, D. C. In ©d there is a tax on gasoline. and I had ne objection to paving ii, as heips to keep up the roads. In fact,I should think that all of the states would adopt such a plan—for exam- ple, New Mexico and Arizona, which are building roads and catering to tourists. I am sure such a tax would aid them greatly.” BOWIE ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. FIRST RACE~Claiming; puss, §1,300) matden, all ages, unmfinn. e Tentmaker Taran Lon *Poedic ds. SECOND RACE—Claiming; ) Tor il ages; six 'ni“m furiongs. It 13 Tolima . 2 ‘“ Ao sligitie Byron 15! U. S. TO PROBE FAILURE | OF CINCINNATI BROKERS fpecial Efforts Planned to Deter- mine Whether Malls Were Used Improperly. By the Assocluted Press. } CINCINNATI, Ohlo, November 27.— | The federal government is to make an investigation of the fallure last Saturduy of Channer & Sawyer, one of Cincinnatl's leading stock brokerago firms, it was announced here yenterday. ‘The firm's labilitles were catimated st upproximately $750,000 by George A. Sawyer, ono of the ' partners. in court proceedings which resultd in the appointment of Thomas H. Morrow, former United tes district attorney, as receiver for the concern. It was satd federal officials would make their investgation with the view of determining whether fede Iaws, particularly the laws gove ing the use of the malls, ha been violated by the company. LIQUOR SMUGELING PARLEY UNDER WAY Canadian Wets to Fight U. S. Proposals to End Border Rum Traffic. By the Assoriated Press. OTTAWA, November Rapre- sentatives of the United States begin today their discussions of means to end liquor smuggling across the bor- der. Vigorous opposition from anti- prohibition forces in the Dominion is expected to propesals which the United States will submit at the in- | ternational conference, involving changes in legislation before they can be made effectlve. With control of the liquor trafc in the hands of provincial authorities, general revision of the existing laws would be required to enforce the ten- tative American proposals. These provide for prohibition by Canada of clearance of ships des:ined for United States ports with liquor cargoes; search and selzure of vessels engaged in liquor smuggling on the great lakes; obligation of vessels to pro- ceed to ports for which they clear: reports by Canadian officlals to the United States of all liquor shipments by automobiles or atrplanes. Treaty arrangements would be re- quired for extradition and handlng of persons accused of violating the liquor laws and for authorization of Cana- dian authorities to transfer liquor across Alaska to the Klondike region. Counter suggestions of the Cana- dian government and its attitude to- ward the proposals of the United Staets will not be made known until the conference is under w The Canadians, it is indicated, will await the lead of American delegates, and { will not bring up the question of nar- | cotics smuggling unless it 1s broached by representatives from the United States. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Moss heuds the American delegation. PINCHOT TO RENEW | HARD COAL PARLEY Will Reconvene Conference! Which Adjourned Last Night | Without Action. { HARRISBURG. Pa., November Gov. Pinchot today made.plans to re- convene next month the conference of representatives of anthtacite-con- suming states, which adjourned here last night without action upon plans | submitted for regulation of the hard coal Industry. Proposals considered by the con- ference differed widely In methods suggested for attaining the purposes —lower prices for hard coal—and the three governors present, Pinchot of Pennsylvania, Silzer of New Jersey and Preus of Minnesota, falled to agree on any one. Others present, delegates representing the governors of nine hard coal consuming states, were divided In their opintons. Governor's Plan Oppowed. { Gov. Pinchot's plan, calling for a | compact of etates to establish a joi commission for regulation of the an- thracite industry, met WwIth opposi- tion from both the ether governors| present as well as other delegates. They cnlled upon Penusylvania to take the first steps by repeal of fits ‘state tax on anthracite and by other remedial legisiation. Gov. Silzer, who led the opposition to the Pinchol plan, submitted reso- lutions to place the conferemce on record as Tavoring legislation by | Pennsylvania for repeal of the tax vs, “which limit the production of and for enactment of laws fix- lmx standards and creating a state commission. Sugrests Action by State. He proposed the state declare the {industry & public business—the sug- igestion of Gov. Preus—and that a Epecial ¥ession of the Pennsylvania legislature be called to consider the lated by an act of Congrees JOHNSON FORMALLY 0 OPEN CAMPAIGN iExpected to Present Platform in Speech Tonight—Hitch- cock His Manager. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, November 27.—Here, where two weeks ago he announced himsels candidat m W. Johnso tonight will ded ate his campalun for the repub presidential nor nation. Hiy can palgn manager will be Fr: M Hitchcock of New York, former Post master General and republican teader for years, the United States senator from Cal! fornia announce late yesterday,and first and only an nouncement was that Chicago would be the central headquarters for tho big battle. He said he would return east In a couple of days and then come back to Chicago to open na- tional headquarters. Senator John- son tonight is expected to present his platform in general terms, probably dealing at some length with foreign relations and taxation. Will Omit Some Detalls. He said that he does not propose to &0 Into details on all domestic issues at this time, and last night had not prepared his speech. He said that since he returned to Washington after announcing his candidacy here bhs had been too busy acknowledging letters and telegrams. Mr. Johnson will speak at a ban- quet of the Cook County Real Es- tate Board. Some little discussion was precipitated in political circles yesterday when the program for this evening ~ became known. It was found that the two Illinols senators, yor Dever of Chicago and Gov. Len Small were listed as speakers. Senator “Not Weorried.” The Californa senator ssid, how- ever, he knew nothing about the in- vited guests when he accepted and Wwas not worrled. “It is what I shall say that will be important in the sense that it wiil be a pronouncement people can tuke & stand, Qquoted as saying. It later developed that the Illinots senators are in Washington and that Mayor Dever and Gov. Small might not be mble to attend the banquet, the mayer because of a slight indis- position. and Gov. Small because of & previously arranged good roads meot- ing. MEMORIAL BRIDGE BOARD T0 CONVENE Meeting Called at White House to Consider Sur- vey of Project. Erazi H. Hiwchoook, Mr. Hitcheock's It was announced officialiy White House today that the ton Memorial Brids at the Arlin mission, ci . of whie the President of the United State is chairman, wiil mect with President Coolidge at the White House eari next week, and then declde upbn program of action for careying out the intention of Congress to give tha Natlonal Capital what will probabl be one of the & omest bridges ! the world. In making this known at the White House tod: the firet do when it approve formalis have been & Fine Art which the Arr working du ing a prell The commiss the question « two ends of the of which will I Lincoln Memorial t a point in t ngton national emetary not f ant from the pitheater. It is understond that th mission has not yet determine Just how much Congress will e asked to apptopriate for this memorial, the exact sum of which will depend upon the termination and the extensii. ress and elaborateness of (he two an proaches. At any rate, the Presi- dent’s interest In this bridge has been manifested and he is known to b especially anxious to get moving tho necessary machinery to bring abows its completion. —_— PLAN DOUBLE TRIBUTE TO GREAT VIRGINIANS Monroe and Jefferson to Be Hon- ored at Richmond Next ang and have been rla mak- will take up chs at th gv, the north ena tiv south of the the eouth end proposals. He 0_sabmitted reso. Iutions dealing with proposed con- gressional action. Gov. Pinehot defended his plan and criticized the New Jersey governor's attitude. The remolutions ware laid | aside when a metion to_adjourn the meeting subject to Gov. Pinchot's call | 107 | was passed. The motion provided that the cdm- plete record of all the plans b sent to the varioms governors in order that they may reach a decision be- fore the next meeting, Which the governor Pplans to eall about Decem- ber 13. MODEL HEADLIGHT LEGISLATION URGED (Continwed from First Page.) were few lens manufacturers Wwho furnished printed instructions t the purchaser for Imstalling them. In advosating changes in the present ethod of headlight regulation, the witness said that this was a most {mportant point and that all manu- facturers should be Tequired to fuf- | afsh such instruttions. aking of the present iaw in e DivGAct, Mir, Cole pointed out that it werely specifies that mo beam of light shell Tise above forty-two inches from the ground at seventy- five feet in Tront of the car and that the light shall be visible ahead of the car for 200 fest, There Is nothing in this regulation, he awwerted, to pre- sctibe a wainimum amount of Mght. A candle, he pointed out, would be vis- iiste 200 feet ahead of a car, but woutd not give the motorist a sufficient driv- ing light. 2 In framing new legisiation for the District Mr. Cole urged that a clanse bs inserted Which wouM prohibit dimming and that a lmit of twenty- one-candlepower bulb be set. Dim- - y Month. By the Associkted Pross. EW YORK, November observance of the mchievements of two great Virginians, Thomas Jeffer gon and James Monroe, third and fifth Presidents of the United States, will take place in connection with the centennial celebration of ti promulgation of the Monroe doctrin at Richmond, Va., December 2-4, 1 Clarence Owen, president of the Southern Commerélal Congress, informed the Thomas Jefterson Me- morial Foundation. Senator Royal S. Copeland _will head a_delegation from New York, which will inciude Alton B. Parker. Bainbrigge Colby, Stuart G. Gl boney and Manny Strauss. They w make a double pilgrimage to the bomes of the two former Presidents. A\lontslcalln and Ash Lawn, on Decefn- ber &. —— ming, he sald, should be illegal ex- cept on brightly lighted sttoets. There might be some AlMoulty in enforcing such a clause at the pree ent time, he sald, due to the great number of impropeHly adjusted lights, but that when the situation was more under conjrol some suclh measures should be adopted. “The only way,” waid the witness. “that I see to go mbout correcting this headlight situation is an inten- sive educational campaign. It would not do te enforce the law rigtdly in the present state of affairs. 1f this was dons It would mean that about 60,000 of our citizens would be in trouble with the police and it would fneans that there would be no co- operation gained In adjusting the sit- uation. : “With m model law {n the Nationa! Capftai, one that can be prepared under the direction of the burean of standards and one which othec states can pattern after, the headlight nui- sance will In a datge part be clime inated here.