Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair today; tomorrow cloudy; little change in temperature. Temnera- ture for twenty-two hours ended at i0 pm. last night—Highest, 52, at 4 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 42, 4t 10 p.m. yesterday. Full report on page 5, No. 975.—No. 29,069. Entered as sccond-glasc mattor post_office Wuh(n%lt.un‘ D. C. CONGRESS OPENS |MARINES BATTER TOMORROW WITH STIRRING OUTLOOK Vital Measures Face Uncer- tain Fate Without Real Working Majority. DISTRICT BILLS SHARE ROUGH-RIDING PROSPECT Tax Cut, Bonus, Treaties, Rails, Ships Chief Issues in Pre- Election Tactics. The Sixty-eighth Congress will be ushered in at noon tomorrow—some thirteen mont after its election. Few Congresses in time of peace have been faced with the need of enacting more important legislation, and few have had less prospect of accomplish- ment, due to the fact that the party in power has no real working ma- R 1s The republicans ostensibly are in control of both houses, but In the . and in the House groups of -called progressives have been ed, which in reality hold the bal- of power. Under these condi- it will be difficult to get ad- ministration other m res through. ance tions or any See Political Maneuvering. With a national election in the off- nz. however, and all parties—re- publicans, near republican: demo- crats and farmer-laborites—all jock- eving for an advanta plenty of conversation in both houses may be ted. Outstanding among the issues de- legislative attention are both on land and sea; industry, taxation, soldiers’ compensation, reorganiza- utive departments of the government, immigration, public works, including public buildings; river and harbor improvements and expe mand transpor the coa adjusted tion of the exe reclamation projects and the final dis-| position Shoals project. of Muscle power Treaties Coming Up. relations will demand the more particularly of the under the Constitution, must pass upon all treaties and pro- tocols negotiated by the President: The league of nations issue, which figured largely in the campaign nearly four years ago, will not be re- vived with the approval of elther of the major parties, it seems, al- though there are many republicans who would like to see thelr demo- cratic opponents undertake again to support a proposal that this country join the league But the protocol providing for ad- herence of the United States to the International Gourt of Justice—com- monly called the world court and by its enemles the “league court,” since the court was fathered by the league —is before the Senate foreign rela- tions committee for action. Undoubt- edly there will be efforts in many quarters to get favorable action on this procotol, and at least one of the candldates for the republican nom- inatlon for President, Senator John- son of California, is seeking to make the World Court a great issue in the pre-convention campaign. Foreign attention Senate, which, Searching Rum Ships. The rum treaty—authorizing the T'nited States to search within twelve iniles of the coast vessels believed to he rum-runners—is expected to come efore the Senate for action, pro- vided it is finally negotiated with Great Britain. Still another matter touching the foreign relations of the United States which is likely to be agitated is the recognition of Russia. The Harding administration stood strongly against such recognition until the Russian government should give assurance that it would recognize its interna- tional obligations and cease efforts to undermine governments of other countries ostensibly at peace with Jtussia, and the Coolidge administra- tion may be expected to follow the same course. Numerous measures for reduction of federal taxation will be introduced, cspectally since the statement by Sec- retary Mellon that a reduction in taxes could safely be made. Tax re- duotion is popular—but there will be many different proposals ranging from the administration bill based on the Mellon plan to plans advanced by the progressives, which will seek to maintain excess profits taxes and high surtaxes, while reductions are made in the taxes on small incomes. ‘Bonus Important Issue. The American Legion had prepared the ways for a smooth launching of the soldiers' adjusted compensation or bonus bill. But Secretary Mellon threw a monkey wrench into the ma- chinery with his proposal that there be & big reduction in taxes, It s dificult to see how taxes can be re- duced greatly and at the same time a. koldiers’ bonus running into hundreds of millions of dollars can be paid. Senator Hiram Johnson has asserted that this can be done, but a great imajority of the people have learned that it s not possible to have your cake and eat it, too. The soldiers’ bonus bill may com- mand a substantial majority in both houses. Whether it could command the necessary two-thirds vote to pass it over a presidential veto—if that is forthcoming in view of the ever- increasing demand for a reduction of taxes—remains to be seen. Before Secretary Mellon's strategic move the supporters of the bonus were confi- <lent_that they could muster enough _ (Continued em Page 4, Column 3.) [of New York ARMY'S WALL 10 | THIRD VICTORY, 70 40,000, Including Mrs. Cool- idge and Members of Cabinet, See Contest. GOETTGE’S TOUCHDOWN BRINGS TEAM TRIUMPH Throngs Tense as Service Elevens Play Scoreless Until Last Few Minutes. Forty thousand persons, .torn by the conflicting emotions of eager joy and bleak despair in the supreme moment of victory, stood on tiptoes in the Clark Grifith Stadlum yester- day afternoon and saw towering Frank Goettge plunge across the zero line for the lone touchdown that gave the Quantico Marines their third successive foot ball title over the hard-fighting eleven of the Army 3d Corps Area. A moment later, amid the shatter- ing din of cheering thousands, the hysterical fanfare of tuneless music | and the ear-splitting shricks of me- chani noise producers, Will Byckman, who, next to the Devil Dogs' star quarterback, had shone brightest in the heat of battle, kick- ed the goal. The score stood 7 to 0, In favor of the Marines, with le than fivo minutes to play. It never topped Coming in the dying moments of a game the crowds had almost regarded as a scoreless tie, the Marine victory sent the packetl grandstands Into spasms of unrestralned Jjoy and brought the devil dogs themselves leaping past police lines for a demon- stration on the field after the referce's | whistle had ended the conflict that| has seldom, if ever, been equaled at an athletic event here. £ Victory Toward End. Time and again the Marines had fought within striking distance of the Army goal, only to lose the pig- skin just when a score seemed in- evitable. When half of the last quar- ter found the soldiers struggling to carry the ball out of the shadow of | their own goal posts many persons started to leave the grounds, thinking a touchdown impossible. Then the breftk came. A forward pass infended for an Army end larded in the out- stretched arms of a waiting Marine. Quickly the Marines marched the pigskin down the fleld to within a (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) DAUGHERTY PLANS PROBE OF BIAEA Asks O’Ryan and Arnold to Aid in Following Up Vet- erans’ Hearing Charges. General counsel for the Senate veterans committee, John F. O'Ryan city and Davis G. Arnold, will be asked to assist the Department of Justice in a complete investigation of zfe charges of ir- regularity developed at the public | hearings of the Semate committes, | In making this announcement yes- terday Attorney General Daugherty said John W, H. Crim, assistant at- torney general, has accepted a de- tail to direct the Investigation. The Attorney General declared in & formal statement that members of the Senate committee were “of the opinion that grave wrongs and acts of an apparently criminal nature had been committed and that there ap- peared to be grounds on which crimi- nal proceedings might be instituted. The data in possession of the com- mittee were first belng gone over, the statement continued, but the Depart- ment of Justice “proposed to reserve comment until definite action had been taken. “Until & conclusion is reached and action taken the Attorney General must very properly refrain from further discussing this case” the statement concluded. “Those under investigation and those charged with oftenses are entiled to an l\!fllofly and fair trial” he iy Star, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. €., SUNDAY. MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1923.—110 PAGES. |300 Killed as Lake Dam Breaks, Wiping Out 8 Villages in I tqu LATIN ENVOYS LAUD MONROE DOGTRINE It Guarded Honduras Against Dismemberment,” Cente- nary Audience Hears. By the Associnted Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 1.— Without the Monroe doctrine the na- tional territory of Honduras might have been dismembered and over her fslands In the Atlantic and Pacific there might be floating the flag of a foreign power, Salvador Cordova, minister of Honduras to the United States, declared tonight, in address: ing the American Academy of Po- lMtical and Social Science at its meeting in celebration of the cen- tennial anniversary of the Monroe doctrine. Equality, Fraternity, Justiee. After giving a historical review of his country, Mr, Cordova sald: “We have full confidence that, faithful to the spirit and tradition of justice, which is the fundamental basis of her political and socfal struc- ture, this great country will always be, not only the jealous defender of the Monroe doctrine, under the shadow of which the other nations of this hemisphere are safe from the attacks of nations of the other con- tinents, but also that, like an elder brother, the strongest and most pros- perous of this¢hemisphere, she will never forget that she has dutles to fulfill toward them and that she will be to them an emblem on which is inscribed in luminous letters the world's equality, fraternity and jus- tice. “Equality, because before Divine Justice, as before human, all men are equal; fraternity, because the martyr of Golgotha bade men ‘love one an- other,” and justice, because the prin- cliples which rule between individuals should rule in the reciprocal relations between independent nations.” Latin Americans Defended. The Monroe doctrine has redounded to the benefit of the Latin American nations, defending them from those possibilities that endangered their independent life, Dr. Ricardo J. Alfaro, minister of Panama to the United States, declared before the academy. - “Under the ascendancy of the Mon- roe doctrine,” sald Dr. Alfaro, “we have seen European ambitions barred from the western hemisphere, the democratic system of government es- tablished in all the countries of our continent, the cause of peace Pp-o- moted and the progress of inter- American trade increased to an as- tonishing volume, and, above all, the birth and expansion of pan-Ameri- canism.” The speaker declared there was no doubt that a great deal of appre- hension and misunderstanding exist- ing among the people south of the Rio Grande in respect to the foreign polioy of the United States was due (Continued on Page 18, Column 2.) PAT RIDES STEERAGE, BUT JOKE - IS GOOD ENOUGH TO HALT LINER By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 1.—A few minutes before the departing time of the Samaria, Europe bound todsy, a messenger boy dashed up the gang plank and, crushing sn envelope in the hand of Capt. G. Horsburg, asked, “any reply?” The master's answer was a com- mand to his subordinates to delay the call for “cast off* and “haul away,” as a number of passengers were de- layed and would arrive in a few min- utes after the telegram. He reread the message to make sure. It read: “Please hold ship few minutes, I and twelve others delayed. Patrick Conley.” One hour and thirty minutes later a thick set, boisterously laughing Irishman lelsurely walked up the gangplank and was directed to the steerage, for which he held a third- clasd passage. It was fully five min- utes before Capt. Horsburg eaw & 3 gleam of the light. He asked the steward what fhe passenger’s name was. “Patrick Conley,” he answered. After ordering the ship away, Horsburg presented ‘his compliments to Mr. Conley, who was unpacking his baggage. “Oh, the other twelve?” hesitated Pat when the captain inquired. “They'll be comin' next week.” “What do you mean, next week?” bellowed the commander, “I want to get to the ould sod as quick as possible,” answered Pat, Ppenitently, “and I knew you wouldn't wait for wan of us, particularly as I was flot wan o' thim nabobs up in the cabins. So I invented the story about the twilve others.” There was no joy visible on the faces of the Samarla’s seamen as she passed down the bay and Capt. Hors- burg strode‘the bridge. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—10 Pages. General News—Local, National, Foreign. National Political Survey—Page 6. Schools and Colleges—Page 21. Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 33. PART TWO0—20 Pages. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 13. D. A. R, Activities—Page 15. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 17. At the Community Centers—Page 18. PART THREE—10 Pages. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music In Washington—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 and 7. Veterans of the Great War—Page 8. Around the City—Page 8. The Civillan Army—Page 8. Spanish War Veterans—Page 8. Reviews of New Books—Page 8. Fraternities—Page 9. News of the Clubs—Page 9. News of the Jewish World—Page 9. John Smith and His Car—Page 9. Girls and Their Affalrs—Page 10. Boy Scouts—Page 10. Girl Scouts—Page 10. Young Folks' Page—Page 10. PART FOUR—4 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—S8 Pages. Magazine Section—Fiction and Features. PART SIX—12 Pages. Classifled Advertising—Pages 1 to 7. Army and Navy News—Page 7. Additional Club News—Page 7. Radlo Gosslp and News—Pages 8 and 9. Financial News—Pages 10 and 11, 8erial, “Pawned"—Page 12. GRAPHIC SECTION—12 Pages. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—$ Pages. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Betty; Mr. and Mrs. POLGENAN CLAINS " EPORTS IGNORED Accused Officer Declares He Despaired of Ever Getting Action on 208 E Street. Policeman Jeremiah C. Broderick of the sixth precinct, on trial before the police trial board yesterday on charges of neglect of duty, declared he reported irregular conditions at 208 E street to his superior officers so many times without result that he “despaired of ever getting action.” Then leaving aside generalities he charged that he told Lieut. Grove, two sergeants and four precinct detec- tives of the situation “at various times” during the past yea: Broderick was charged with neglect of duty a little while after the prem- ises at 208 B street were raided last week. The raid ended in the capture of the largest still ever found operat- ing in the District. The house fs op- posite Broderick’s home. Brodie Confirms Statement. Taking the stand, Precinct Detective Prodie said he remembered Broderick speaking to him about the suspicious nature of the house, and that he re- membered reporting to Capt. Doyle. MEAED NOBLIZES - TOBLOGK REVOLT 6,000 Troops C\alled Out to Fight Rebellious Figueroa in Guerrero. By the Associated Presa. MEXICO CITY, December 1.—The mobllization of 6,000 troops of infantry, cavalry and artillery from detachments stationed in the states of Puebla, Morelos, Mexico and Michoacan has been ordered by the war department to meet the situation created by the rebelious attitude of Gen. Romulo Fig- ueroa, chief of military operations in the state of Guerrero. A squadron of four airplanes left this morning for Puent de Ixtla, where it will await orders. Part of the forces mobilized are actually In readi- ness in the River Balsas region and Acapulco. Big Show of Strength. Confidence s expressed by the war department that fighting will not be necessary when Figueroa learns the extent of the preparations and the gov- ernment’s determined attitude to sup- press the movement. It is reported that a conference is being carried on by telegraph between President Obregon and Figueroa. Figueroa is said to have §00 men from the 78th Battallon, the move- ment belng seconded by Gens. Epifanio Rodriguez, who is reorgan- izing the forces, and Crisoforo Ocam- po, who is reported to be raising funds by forced loans and other means in Iguala. Train Reported Sefzed. A train carrying 100,000 pesos for Gov. Rodolfo Nerl's administration, on its way to Chilpancingo, capital of Guerrero; has been captured, ac- cording to unconfirmed reports. The whereabouts of Neri is unknown, al- though he was last reported at Chil- pancingo with a small escort, and 1t is feared he has been seized. Gen. Figueroa Is said to have left Iguala for Xochiapan to head forces for concentration on Chichihualpo, which is between Iguala and Chil- pancinga. Passengers arriving from Iguala say the movement broke out Friday morning. OBREGON HAS RELAPSE, Overwork Sends President to Sick Bed Again. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 1.—Hav- Ing worked far into the morning, President Obregon is reported in spe- clal dispatches from Celaya, where he is convalescing, to have suffered a relapse and been ordered to bed by the attending physiclans for a com- plete rest. The executive recently has bcen described as virtually recovered from his recent illness, but serious events in Guerrero, where Gen. Figueroa |s showing a rebellious attitude, and in Michoacan, where the situation is re- ported to have assumed a stormy as- pect, and the necessity of consider- ing other important problems forced him to exert himself beyond his strength. All the president’s engagements have been cancelled, and it is not stated when it will be possible for |him to resume active control of af- { fairs. Brodie 1s now a member of the second | precinct. ‘When he had been questioned about the premises, Broderick declared: “Why shouldn’t I report¥t? I live across the street, don't 17 Isn't that hurting the value of my property to | have such things going on? ““I brought it so frequently to thé attention of officers of the precinot that I gave up hope of getting action. I reported it to Rone and/ Brodie when they were precinct détectives. Before Manfield and Berry had been precinct men for two weeks I had told them about it. I told two ser- geants about it and I remember re- porting it to Lieut. Grove. “Then, about three or four weeks ago, before the rald took place, I met Lieut. Davis of the vice squad and Sergt. McQuade coming out of a lunchroom at 6th strest and Penn- lvania avenue. I said to Lieut. " (Continued on Page 4, Columa 3. Telegraphic reports from Mexico to the effect that President Obregon is contemplating to retire from the i prosidency on account of ill health ;Were characterized last night by the Mexican embassy as having no foun- dation. NEW SPANISH ENVOY T0 U. 3. IS APPOINTED Madrid Announces Don Carlos Lopez Doriza Will Come Here. By Cable to her‘lhr and E:u:"&hh Pablle MADRID, December 1—Don Carlos Lopes Doriza has been appointed min- ister to the United Statesy . Sunday morn 60 cents The Star is delivered ev “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ; ry evening and ing to Washington homes at per month. Telephone Main 5000 and ,service will start immediately. * FIVE CENTS. By the Associated Press. MILAN, December 1.—The huge ar- tificlal lake at Dezzo, near Bergamo, has overflowed and broken the dike, the waters sweeping down through the valleys, overwhelming villages, and drowning inhabitants by -the scores. The number of victims is computed at three hundred or more by some authorities. The heavy rains which have been falling for the past few weeks caused !the streams to overflow and filled the {lake to the bursting point. Millions of cubic yards of water were t loose, and the terrific force of the flood swept everything before it. The village of Dezzo. originally contain- ing 600 inhabitants, and the adjacent villages Menaggio and Teveno, were directly in the line of the rushing waters and were inundated. Many of the people, however, were apprised of the break in the dike and fled, to- MLTARY SEGRET TEAPOY CONTRACT Senate Committee Told Oil Storage Was Vital Need. Fall to Appear. Considerations which impelled the Navy Department in 1921 to hasten the letting of contracts for the storage of oil .from naval reserves were laid before the Senate public lands committes yesterday in execu- tive session. Rear Admiral J. K. Robison, chief of the bureau of naval engineering, he sole witn, vesterday in the | committee’s inquiry into the leasing of the Teapot Dome fleld to the Sinclair oil interests, declined again to go fully Into the detalls of the department's action except behind closed doors, declaring “a grave mili- tary secret” was involved. Fall WIIL Testify. Before going into executive ses- sion, however, considerable evidence was heard and the committee re- ceived advices from Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, in response to its invitation to him to again appear before it, that he would hold himself n readiness at any time, The committes invited Mr. Fall ! Friday to appear after several wit- nesses had testified concerning his personal financial status and the evi- dence was admitted to the record. Concerning some testimony before the committe Friday that he had been delinquent for some time in the pay- ment of taxes in New Mexico, but had made complete payment {n 1922, Mr. Fall advises the committes that the payment of his personal taxes in that state last year had followed a judicial deoision removing assessments of (Continued on Page F00D PRICES RISE TPER GENTIND.C. Increase Over Last Year At- tributed Largely to Specu- lative Middlemen. Column 1.) Food prices in Washington are be- tween 7 and 8 per cent higher today than they were a year ago. Living costs as a whole are' more than 50 per cent over the level of 1914, which was slightly higher than 1913, the last pre-war year. However, food pirces have decliged consider- ably since the peak year—1920. Ao- cording to well informed market men speculation is respensible for the re- cent increase. The middleman today, market men say, plays a far greater part in the distribution of food in Washington than before the war. The bureau of labor statistics of the Labor Department reports that in the year from October 15, 1922, to Oc- tober 15, 1923, food prices in Wash- ington increased 4 per cent. Increases since October 15, according to the bu- reau, will bring the increase over October 15, 1922, up to between 7 and 8 per cent. In 1913 the capital householder paid about €0 per cent less for food than he pays now. Today he is also pay- ing increases, not correspondingly as large, on other household essentlals. Food prices in Washington, accord- ing to the bureau, reached their low- est level since June, 1920, in Septém- ber of last year. Since that month they have shown a steady increase. Other articles entering into gen- eral household expenditures showed the following increases in September over 1914: Clothing, 80.3 per cent; housing, 34 per cent; fuel and light, 49.4 per cent; furniture and furnish- ings, 130.4 per cent, and miscellane- ous, 73.2 per cent. Which goes to show, according to officials of the Labor Department, that the present dollar buys only two two-thirds what it bought jn 1914 53 & NAVY'S REASON FOR Heavy Rains Precede Disaster That Sends Flood Sweeping Down « Fertile Farming Valley. gether with hundreds of other refu- gees, to the hills. Red Cross relief has been organized and the government is using all efforts to aid the sufferers. The artificial lake was situated in the fertile Valley of Camenica, about 0 feet above sea level. The bursting of the dike was followed by tragic scenes. The whole valley of Dezzo is devastated and eight villages at least have been blotted out. Dezzo itself was completely destroyed by the water: which covered every house. church steeple can be seen. erating plants were so badly damaged that the city of Pergamo is without lighting power. The stricken people number into the thousands and army units have been dispatched to the devastated zone to open up kitchens. Army engineers will glve every possible aid in the recon- struction work. The dike was fifty feet in height. Swallows Knife, 12 Buttons and Needles to Die By Cable 10 The Star and New ¥ Copyright, 1923 LONDON. December 1.—A pri- vate in the Scots guard who varied his army fare by swallowing a knife seven inches long, a tooth- brush, two darning needles and twelve trouser buttons, has just died In the hospital here. The soldier, James Hatch, had been placed under detention for strik- ing a comrade. The first his of- ficers knew of the unusual diet was when the quartermaster sergeant reported various articles missing. When questioned, Hatch calmly replied “you needn't look any more; I've swallowed them." U. 5. AID WITHHELD, ALLIES TO ASK CIVIG BODY FOR EXPERTS Consider Asking Interna- tional Chamber to Nominate American Citizens. Tribune. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 1.—The unwill- ingness of the American government to appoint members of the reparation | commission's investigating commit- tees is a disappointment to the French government and the members of the commission, inasmuch as they feel that the lack of American par- ticipation would greatly diminish the authority and prestige with which the committees could have worked. The American attitude was not unex- pected, however, and what should be | done in such circumstances has al- ready been informally The situation In Germany is such that it is felt that the expert com- mittees, even without the ald of he Unied States, must undertake to de- | vise a constructive plan to restore the German government's finances and the currency. It is expected another effort wil be made to obtain American non- official advice through the commis- slon turning toward the international chamber of commerce, of Which Wil- lis H. Booth of New York, is presi- dent, with a request that the chamber designate an American of distinction in the financial world to serve in an advisory way. The chamber includes thirty-two countries and is regard- ed in reparation quarters as suf- ficlently detached from governments and partisan interests to be qualified | to act. Its representatives, it is pointed out, would not be tied by in- structions from any government. Mr. Booth is in Paris now, but he let it be known that he preferred not to discuss the subject unless it should take a more definite form, The British were quite as anxious a8 the French to have the American government join in the investigation. Sir John Bradbury, British member of the reparation committee in dis- cussing yesterday the creation of the committees of experts laid great stress upon the vital necessity of American collaboration, but it is not yet known what attitude the British government will take toward con- tinuation of the committees in view of Secretary of State Hughes' ob- Jection to joining in & lmited in- quiry. WOULD RENEW ENTENTE. France Seeks to Revive Accord With Britain on Economic Basis, BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable_to The Star and Chicago Dafly ORI ews. " Copyright, 1023, PARIS, December 1.—France is for- ‘mally proposing to Great Britain re- newal of the Franco-British entente on & new basis for the preservation of European peace, the furtherance of the economic reconstruction of Eu- rope and the protection and British interests. It is now generally realized in Eu- rope that unless France and Great Britain succeed in composing their quarrels, the danger of an open (Continued pn Page 4, Columa 2.) Only the | Five gen- | considered. | of French | DEFEA OF GLET IS PEN THREAT O PROGRESSE B {Declares Strength Sufficient to Tie Up Speakership if Demands Are Denied. SENATE ORGANIZATION VICTORY FOR OLD GUARD Liberal Members Not Present at Session Which Elects Lodge 4 as Leader. The progressive bloc made its first major attack vesterday in its cam- paign of insurgency against the publican leadership of the new Con- gress, In the House, where its numerical strength {s greatest, it openly but un- successfully opposed Indorsement of Speaker Gillett as the republican can- didate for the speakership and nounced there were votes enough in sight to block his election unless im- portant signmen rules we: ization. On the an- oncessions in committes as- and modification of House made by the party organ- te side the opposition was of a passive character. When the republican senators assembled to re-elect Senator Lodge to the major- ity leadership they found that not a single member of the bloc had re- sponded to the party conference call and that Senator Borah also numbered among the missing. was Democrats Consolidate. While the bres party thus was wi crats were h in the majority ening, the demo- & theif posi- tion in the hope of taking whatever advantage may be offered by the situ- ation of their opponents. House democratic members met last night and agreed on Representative Garrett of Tennessee the party candidate for Speaker, but the meet- ing was only a formal since the selection had been agreed upon months ago. The democrats of the Senate, who also have settled all their differences over leadership, will hold a brief con- ference tomorrow just before the Six- ty-eighth Congress convenes. | Developments yesterday indicated no disposition on the part of republican organization leaders of the House or Senate to make concessions to the in- surgents, On the contraray, House leaders declared they would be a party to no negotiations and were prepared to let the progressives show what strength tMey could poll on the first ballot for Speaker. conso Lodge Ignores Bloe. While organization leaders in the Senate made no pronouncement, they adhered to their al plan of leaving to the opposition the initia- tion of any Semate organization fight Also Senator Lo in filling the two vacancies on the committee on i committees, Gid not give representa- | tion to the progressive bloc. Representative Longworth of Ohio was elected Y(‘vubh(‘nn leader of the House without opposition, but two candidates were nominated for Speaker against Gillett—Cooper of Wisconsin, a leader of the progres- stve bloc, and Madden of Illinofs, | chairman of tk ropriations com- mittee. Gillet received 190 votes, Cooper 135 nd Madden 8, while one vote was cast for I of Kansas. Voting for were Clague, Davis, Kell 1d Knutson of Minne- sota, La Guardia of New York, Sin- clair of North Dakota, and all repub- {lican members of the Wisconsin dele- gation except Cooper, who cast his ballot for Madden, as did Gillett, James and Woodruf of Michigan, King, Michaelson and Reid of Ilii- nots, and Schall of Minnesota. Sproul of Kaneas cast tho one ballot for Little, Coope See Deadlock Certain. Leaders of the progressive bloc as- serted that when the vote comes for the election of a Speaker they will be able not only to hold the fifteen who voted yesterday for Caoper, but will draw enough strength supporting Madden to make certain a deadlock. ‘With eleven republicans of the total membership of 225 absent yesterday, republican leaders estimated {hat at least half this number would be un- able to attend the opening session of the House, thereby making the (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) SHERIFF IN VIRGINIA PREPARES FOR MOB By the Associated Press. BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn., December 2 Preparations are being made by Sherift Cordeer at Wise, Va., to defend the jail there against a mob formed to take Policeman Tyler Smith from the Jail, according to telephonic reports received here from Wise early this morning. Sheriff Cordeer sald the sherift of Dickinson county had telephoned that a mob of more than 500 men left Clint- wood in automobiles for Wise for the avowed purpose of lynching. Smith. Smith, a policeman of Clintwood, Thursday shot and instantly killed Tilden Fleming, it is reported. It is sald that Smith was attempting to ar- rest Fleming's brother on a charge of drunkenness when Tilden Fleming appeared and started to interfere. Sheriff Cordeer declared this morn- ing that deputies had been sworn in {and that the Wise jail was under heavy guard. He said that under no circumstances would Smith be turned over to the mob. The guards are heavily armed, rom those