Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. tain wnight and. possibly tomorrow morning, followed by cloudy and colder tomorrony. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 50, at 3 p.m. yesterday. Lowest, 44, al 1 a.m, today. " Full report on page 19. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system coveérs every city block and the reguiar edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 95,985 TWO CENTS. GOVERNOR RITCHIE ISSUES ORDER FOR AUTO RECIPROCITY @he Foening Star. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 29,072, Entered as sec Enterad as second-class WASHINGTON, D. €., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1923 —FORTY-FOUR PAGES. RENAME[]Mrs Hall and Mills Not Guilty! - QLT . < |WHITE HOUSE HAILS SEMEROFHOSE "= LB || coounee verow - INSURGENTS' VOTE| ; ) | : ’ IN SOUTH DAKOTA! ond-class matter D. C. ~ BREAKS DEADLOCK That of Elwell. : ' b - N ‘ Completes Congress Organi- zation and Paves Way for (Copyright, 1823, United States and Canada, by’ North Americ ewspaper Alliance Co. Speciul Dispatel to the Star. NEW YORK, December 5.—After studying a photograph of Mrs. Ed- ward Wheeler Hall and the hand- writing of James Mills, whose wife's Delivery of President’s! Speech to Joint Session| Tomorrow. PROGRESSIVES ABANDON ! FIGHT ON G.0. P. PROMISE| Assured of Right to Propose Rule| Changes Freely, Bloc Leaders| | Permit Election on Ninth Bal-| lot — Longworth Negotiates Agreement. rederick H. Gillett of Massa was re-elected Speaker of the today when the republican in- nts voted for him for the first since a deadlock developed s sur time re-clection of My. Gillett com- pleted organization of the sixty- eighth Congress and paved the way or President Coolidge to deliver to- morrow his first message to a joint ssion of the House and Senate. The break came on the first ballot today, the ninth taken for Speaker sinve Monday noon. From the outset the insurgents had been casting sev- cntee for Cooper of Wisconsin, wn leaders, and five for Mad- The insurgents decided to abandon fight_after they had been as- by Representative Longworth Ohio, the republican leader, that pportunity would be afforded later frecly offer amendments to the e rules. From the start the in- ent group has maintained that its real fight was for a rules revision. Flurry on Floo! - agreement for revision of the rules was reached by the lealess last but there was an eleventh- flurry today when Representa- Nelson of Wisconsin, chairman the insurgent group, announced | that he and his associates would not bound by any agreement tc sup- rt Gillett until the terms ot ihe rules understanding had hesn re- aMrmed specifically on the Heuse As soon as the session began Mr. clson read a statement embodying is view of the status of the under- standing, and Representative Long- orth arose and told the House that the statement was correct. The clerk then called the roll for the ninth time. and the insurgents swung into tine with their republican ollcagues | behind Speaker Gillett | | night, oy tive N Nelson's Statement. Mr. Nelson's statement follows committee of the progressive group of the House of Representa- tives, consisting of Messrs. Woodruff and La Guardia, and myself met with Majority Leader Longworth last ovening and discussed the proposed procedure for a revision of the rules the House At this meeting mutual assurances were given that {on | “eflicien: he following program would be carriel out “First, that the rules of the Sixty- th Congress should be adopted rules of Sixty-eighth Con- for thirty days only. Second, that during these thirty diys amendments to the rules may be offered ny member, to be referred to the committes on rules, which committee shall consider such’ amend- ments and make a report thereon to the House “Third, within such thirty days the committée shall make a report of the iles and such amendments as they ommend. The rules and amend- ments as reported by the committee shall be subject to reasonable dis- | cussion, amendment and record votes | of the House, Fourth. when the committee shall have made its report any member of the House shall have opportunity to offer amendments to any rule of the ¢ call for 2 record vote . whether such rule has been neluded in the report of the commit- one motion to recommit | ghall be in order.” Getn 215 Votes. : On the final ballot Gillett received 215 votes. Repiesentative Garrett of Tennessee, the democratic cani- date, had 197 and 2 voted for Repre- | sentative Madden. That gave Gillett a 7 votes. The democrats voted solidly for Garrett, The two republicans who Yoted for Madden were James of Michigan and Reid of Illinois, Representative Kvale, aent, Minnesota, and Wefald, farmer- Iabor, Minnesota, who had supported | Cooper, voted “present” as did Gar- | majority of indepen- @y {ua dead body was ‘ound beside that s Mrs. Hall's rusband near New Brunswick, N. J., n September, 1922, Rafael, schermann, Pol- ish psyeholgraph- ologlst, declared with emphasis vesterday that neither Mrs. Hall nor afills a Builty knowlede of the double murder, perm a n n. peculiar or gift. as demonstrated ccasions since his this country., gave a ding vesterday on_both und Joseph Bowne Elwell ses by arrangement with orth American __ Newspaper and the New York He saw, for the first he said, a photograph of Elwell \d deduced therefrom that the man would meet a violent death at the hands of u subnormal person. When shown a photograph of Mrs. Hall, whose hu rector of an PENSION SALARIES a number of o ARE CUT $246.000 Saving of $100,000 to War Beneficiaries Also Reported by Secretary Work. Reorganization of the pension bu- reau has resulted in an annual sav- ing of approximately $246.000 in sal- {aries and $100,000 to pensioners, salq special report sent to President Coolidge today by Secretary Work of the Interior Department “The results of the survey,” the re- port sald, “are improved servige to the public, more expeditious settle- ment of pension claims and payment of pensions when granted, and read- justments of the working force under | closer supervision and with elimina- tion of duplications of service, mttting a redwetion of force from 1,031 to $67 employes.” in reduc mber of employes prime conside ing, how ing emplo: r, that ent was lessened and miti- gated by allowing vacancies to lapse, encouraging transfers and granting furloughs without pay, With the un- derstanding that recall of the most efficient would be considered to fill future vacancies or meet demands for any increase of force made necessary as a rsult of new legislation.” Employes entitled to military pref- erence were not affected by the re- organization. MAY LET PERSHING ESCAPE RETIRING Congress Asked by Weeks for Law to Allow Him to Remain Active. Recommendation that a special bill be enacted to permit Gen. Pershing to remain on active service after he reaches the statutory retirement age next year has been forwarded by Secretary Weeks to the Senate and House military .committecs. “His vast fund of accumulated ex- perience as commanding general of our armies in Kurope,” said Mr Weeks' letter to the committees, “and his virile interest in our mili- establishment in questions af- cting the national defense. are rea- sons which convince me that a great mistake will be made if the present law on the subject of retircment is allowed to bar further active miil- tary service to the nation by him.” Gen. Pershing will celebrate his sixty-fourth birthday anniversary September 13, 1924, and under the law will pass automatically to the retired list unless there is special ac- per- | Episcopal church in New Brunswick and was alleged to have had a love af- fair with Mrs. Mills, a member of his choir, Mr. Schermann studied the pic- ture about thirty seconds, then said | quickly: | Pair Quarreled, He Says. | “She aidn’t do it. She is resolute |and has the temper of a tigre She and her husband had had many quar- rels about other women. They had been quarreling for years. In a way, this wife was neglected by her hus- | band, and it made her both angry and | unhappy. She has today the blood of a girl of twenty-one, but she meither | killed her husband nor had any guilty knowledge of his death.” With a sample of Mr. | writing before him, Mr. | said: “He knows nothing of the crime, | that s, has no guilty knowledge, but {he was under a terrible strain when he wrote this (it was written eighteen | days after the bodies were found) and doubted if he could establish an alibi hecause appearances were against him. If he had been guilty §t would have | shown in his writing. He was in poor | physical condition, but innocent.” ! In both the Hall and Elwell cases | Mr. Schermann deduced from photo- | graphs and handwriting much that | nnot be publiehed. but from which it is hoped a lead will be found that ill develop a solution of the crimes. He had previously seen Elwell’s hand- writing, but never his plcture, he " (Continued on Page 2, Column Mills' hand- Schermann Coolidge Message To Be Delivered Tomorrow Noon President Coolidge’s annual mes- | sage to Congress will be delivered at a joint session of the Senate and House shoptly after moon tomor- row. Definite declsion as to of his appearance day after the White House been in communication with leaders at the Capitol BRITISH IN DOUBT the as reached to- | had | the | time ON ELEGTION EVE Energy of Campaigning In-| | X creases on Last Day of | Speechmaking. ! | By the Associated Prese. LONDON, December his s | the last day of speechmaking and | canvassing preparatory to the cast- ing of the ballots in the most puz- zling general election of recent vears. The energy thrown into the campaign by all parties in the last few days becomes even more intense as the drive for votes reaches its close, and from this morning until midnight the output of words on platforms and the house-to-house so- lcitations will reach the maximum. | About 21,000,000 voters in England, | |Scotland., Wales ana Ulster will go {to the polls to choose 564 members of the house of commons. C. F { White, liberal candidate in st {Derbyshire, died yesterday of pneu- [monia and consequently no election | | will be held In that constituency. Mr. | White's conservative opponent, Lord | Hartington, son of the Duke of Dev- onshire, will not need to be renomi- nated for the bye-election that is to come later, and will stand against any new candidates who may appear. Bafled by Government. The political experts still admit thev are baflell by the apparent closeness of the campaign. Plenty of guesses | are being made, but all are more or | less influenced by partisan predilec- tions and nothing like an unbiased, reliable forecast is available. Prac- { tically all the prophecies concede the { conservatives more candidates than elther the liberals or the laborite: but doubt is expressed widely as to| whether the number will prove large enough to give Mr. Baldwin's party a majority over the combined opposition. The expectation is general that the conservatives will lose several seats they held at the last session. How the vote of the women will be distributed continues to be ons of the most puzzling features of the cam- paign. Another difficulty In estimat- ing the result is caused by the in- abllity of any one to gauge tho prob- able number of voters ot both sexes who will not cast their ballots. Tt is timated that about 6,000,000 per- r | interests, Dr. 11. Foster Bain, director | insisted on knowing whether the Guif, « News Note: fepair it. TEAPOY DONE BDS WIELY SOUGHT Witness Testifies Opportun- ity Was Offered to Number of 0il Companies. The White House is said to be unsafe. To New World Usin improved supercharger, which will permit h's Liberty motor to function efficientiy at extremé heights, Licut. John A. Macready, un- til recently hold- er of the world altitude record, will. attempt to establish a new altitude record on the first day fa- vorable, it was announced toda: by the War De- partment. Lieut. Macready's record, establish- 1921—384.- feet — was in _Octo- Sadi cointe, the French pilot. who reached « ceiling of 16,564 Macready wul fiy =a an A number of prominent oil com- panies were requested to bid on a lease on the Teapot Dome Naval oil reserve at the same time that a pro- posal was sought from the Sinclair of the bureau of mines, testified to- day before the Senate public lands committee. He declined, he sever, to give the names of the companies which were invited to bid. H “I understand that Secretary Fn!l’rw‘ declined to give this information | —_ when ke was on the stand,” Lr. Bain said. “And I would prefer not to LT. MACREADY. Lieut. nswer since the information 1 have Quiszed by Senator Walsh. Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, Union and Texas Oil companics were i the list, and Dr. Bain replied that he | personally had asked the Union Oilf Cehass by the simciuir company | lllegal Issuance of Doctor and samain,the e | ot Degrees Charged of a number o | held by private individuals against the government (nr‘ 81.0|UD.004| was taken up by Senator Walsh Don't you think that to Holler. cessive? “l have never fixed an etsimate of their value,” said Dr. Bain., “but th Sinclair Company was forced to con- sider their nuisance value as well as thelr equity This is shown by the suit the lessor now is defending against the Mutual Oil Company.” Bonuxes Brought Into Notice. Bain had testified the govern- received about $1.400,000 more from s royvalty oil under the lease than would have come from Prev.!l-’ ing prices in the fleld. Scnmor‘ ‘Walsh brought out that bonudes paid for separate leases of government lands in the Salt Creek field had amounted to $1.300,000 and the roy- alty averaged 28.76 per cent, as com- pared with 16z per cent from the Sinolalr lease. ‘The witness sald_the experts of the burean were conviflbed of the danger of the Teapot Dome reserve being drained In to the privatgly owned wells in the Salt Creek field. > Bain Defends Leane. Dr. Bain declared the Sinclair lease was “far more advantageous to the government than any other proposat received, and immeasuraoly superior to any we could get now."” “Why better than you ~ould now get?" asked Senator Lenroot, repub- lican, Wisconsin. “Because of the great decrease in the amount of oil indicated to be in the reservi ) Asked by Senator Walsh' the rea- sons for the leasing, {n December, 1922, of all of reserve No. 1 to the Dohény interests, the witness replied: Considered Navy Needs, “Drainage, the 'belief that reduced | gas pressure would reduce produc- price ex-| Sanitary Inspector R. A. Saunders of police headquarters today swore out a warrant for the arrest of Pres dent Helmuth P. Hollex of Oriental University. charging him with viola- tion of the pharmacy and medical lawe in the alleged grees for medical doctors and dental surgeons. The warrant will be served today. Inspector Saunders was acting under instructions from District govern- ment_authorities in applying for the warrant, it was learned. The affidavit presented to obtain br. ment August 1 and November 1, 1923, Hol- ler, as president of the unlversity, without authority of law, issued de- grees for doctors and surgeons to varfous persons, although the insti- tution was not - incorporated, Congress compelling such an_estab- lishment to register and receive au- thority from the District Commis- grees. Fraud Order Issued. A'fraud order has been issued, with a_ supplementary order, against Dr. Holler by the Post Office Department. District Supreme Court some . time this week. SUICIDE EXPLAINED - IN | only Le- | issuance of de- | | Ruhr at present, the \warrant charged that between |at their existing strength | the occupied district, however, i sioners as an accredited medical uni- | be the release of many of the political versity, with the right to Issue de- | prisoners and permisston | pelled ¥ persons ; homes. Degoutte, French commander in the He is expected. to come to trial in the| accepted. | been done in 1 road workers, preferenca being given PATHETIC NOTE Congress will be asked for $400.000 to Super-Tank May Lift Macready Altitude Record Le thr plane, which has established Ititude _records the past. The flight probably will be made from McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, where wieut Macready is' stationed. The new supercharger is the inven- tion of Dr. 8. A Moss and weighs eight pound merclal afr compressor of the same capacity, according to air service ex- perts, would have a weight of 5,000 pounds. Lieut. Macready will carry oxygen tanks to be put into use for breathing when he enters the rarefied atmosphere. His flight will be record- ed on a sealed barograph. whicn will | register the number of feet obtained. The Navy also is nnderstoud to he making preparations for an altitude fiight. Lieut. Lawson H. Sanderson Marine Corps, on dutf at the naval r station, Anacostla, D. (., has been testing out varfous types of equip- ment for the last few months. He was one of the pliots in the Pulitzer race at St. Louls in October and stated there that he expects to un- dertake a record-breaking altitde flight ut Langley Field, Va, in the near future. = UNNERSITY HEAD PARIS PUTS TROUPS UNDER FRAUD QUIZ OUT OF RUHR CITES Lessening Friction With Ger- mans Object of Policy. Expelled to Return. | By the Associated Press PARIS, December 5.—The troops occupying the Ruhr are gradually to be concentrated in camps outside the cities, it was explained by French government officials today. The de- sign is to make the occupation less irritating to the Germans, in reward for their apparent disposition to abandon their hostility toward the occupation and to co-operate with the allied regime. « / There is no idea of evacuating the it is stated, and the French troops will be maintained for the illmo being, pending developments, but will be taken off the streets and out of the cities so that the popula- ‘Hnn will not be constantly reminded and | ©f their presence, thus reducipg the failed to comply with a special act of | occasion for possible friction. The principal measure of relief for will for ex- to return to their The recommendations of Gen. Ruhr, in each individual case will be It is stated that the cases of those of Prussian nationality will be examined. more closely, as has re-employing ‘the rail- [iatives of .the Ruhr aal th= Raine- The records of the German govern- ment offialals who were deported by the forces of occupatim will also Le carefully scrutinized so as to keep | today although a com- | Administration Chiefs See Proposal Convention Re- sult Good Sign. JOHNSON SECOND; FORD BEATEN ON 2 TICKETS McAdoo Named by Democrats, La Follette by Farmer-Labor Party Heads. President Coolidge will acknow] the action of the South Dakota republi- can proposal convention in granting him the preference for the presidential primary, and will send a communica- tion to republican leaders of that state which may go a long way toward in- { dicating his attitude toward 1924. = The intention of Mr. Coolidge to rec- ognize publicly the South Dakota con- vention's indorsement, was made known cials made no attempt to disguise their satisfaction in the majority given the | President over Hiram Johnson. Indorsement of President Coolidge b; the South Dakota proposal convention indicates clearly, according to White House officials and party leaders who called on the President today. that the rank and file of republicans in that state believe in the President and are thoroughly satisfied with his adminis- tration of the government. Ther be- lieve aiso that this action indicates clearly that Mr. Coolidge will be the choice of that state in the lican national convention. Supporters Inactive. Particular significance is attached to the fact that the action of the con- vention in South Dakota was unani- mous and that there had been no or- ganized effort on the part of the President’s personal supporters and party leaders in his behalf. The re- sult is looked upon also as important, inasmuch as such men of influence inf the state as Gov. McMasters, Senator Norbeck and Representatives Wil liamson and Christopherson have been supporting Senator Hiram Johnson. while Senator Sterling has remained silent dministration offic made no attempt to disguise their elation to- day over the outcome, and there were numerous suggestions that the South {Dakota action Suggests a similar feel- ing toward President Coolidge is felt by the rank and file of the party in other states in that section. The re- sult is especially pleasing because of the current reports received lately to the effect that Senator Johnson would receive the state’g indorsement by a 2-10-3 vote. To Express Gratitude, 1t is understood that when President Coolidge sends his message of acknowl- ment to South Dakota he will appro- priately express his feelings regarding the compliments paid him by that state. It is thought likely that this message will be addressed to S. E. rod of Clark county, who presented the name of the President to the con- vention and who has been an ardent | advocator of his cause. A prominent administration official today ~said: "I regard it as an out- standing expression of the rank and file of republicans of that state. It shows that they want Mr. Coolidge. 1t indicates that ‘they are satis the inteilectual and safe and ner in which he is administering the affairs of the nation. The result is significant, because South Dakota four years ago started Mr. Coolidge toward the vice presidéucy by unanimously making him its choice for the second place on the republican ticket, all of which shows that he is popular with the voters of that state.” e man- Name om Ballot. While the action in Dakota is look- ed upon here as a decisive victory for the President, it does not make cer- tain that the twelve delegates from that state to the next republican con- vention will be for him. In this con- nection it was explained by a former republican member of Congress from’ South Dakota, who was in conference with- the President and Secretary Slemp, that the South Dakota law provides that the name of the can- didate receiving the convention in- dorsement shall go on the ballot of the presidentfal preference. primary to be held March 25 next. There is a section of the law, however, which provides that any five members of a proposal convention could petition for the placing of the name of another candidate to be known as the minor- ity candidate on the ballot. It is un- derstood, though, that this latter sec- tion has since 'been repealed, but whether or not this is true those close to-the President feel that in the event a minority candidate’s name s placed on the ballot the latter will stand lit- tle chance because of the sentiment for the President already expressed. Among the President’s callers to- edge | at the White House, where offi- | 4 repub- | ed with | | tempt to delay action Maryland Executive Wires Representative Here to Prepare Proclamation. ZIHLMAN GETS PLEDGES OF CONGRESS SUPPORT House Member Told Legislative Action Assured Within Next Sixty Days. Gov. Albert C. Ritchie this afternoon wired Automobils Commissioner Baughman of Mar, land to draw up a proclamation e tering jnto an agreement ‘with the District of Columbia for automobi! reciprocity. tending from January 1 to February 28, 1924 The governor's m a conference here the District Commissioners and Mar) Jand automobile authorities, during which the latter were a red th Congress was favorable to th measure. The governo sent from Fi Maryl age followed telegram today w ench Lick Springs, ani Indiana directed that the proclama tion should be sent to the attorne general of Maryland for approval d be held In read ss for his sign ture upon his return to Baltimore The proclamation will stats that reciprocity between the District and Maryland shall last until Februar 28, and if Congress has not acted 1 that time shall expire automaticall Zikiman s Pledges, Legislative action on auto-tag reci- procity between "Maryvland and the District of Columbia within sixty days was assured today by Representative Zihima: of Maryland, an active member of the House District committee, who said that he has heard no opposition voiced to the gasoline- tax bill upon which reciprocity de pends. Confirming pledge to Col. F Austin Baughman, automobile com- missioner of Maryland, made at a conference iu the District building yesterday, Representative Ziblman sent these assurances to the Mari- land authorities today. Ne Opposition Seen, Representative Zihlman notified them that he has recelved assurances from House Leader Longworth and Speaker Gillett that there will be no delay in getting this matter up for legislative consideration in the House. He also received assurances from the progressive leaders. Representative John M. Nelson, chairman; Represen tative Roy O. Woodruff, secretary, and Representative Florian Lampert spokesman on District affairs, th they will interpose no delaying action Representative Stuart F. Reed West Virginla, prospective chairma of the House District committee, gave Representative Zihlman every assur- ance that the bill will be promntlv reported from the House committee probably at its first meeting. Canvass of the individual members of the House committee has confirmed thi prediction. ’ Democrats Favorahl Representative J. Charles of Maryland, conferred with Repre- sentative Finis J. Garrett of Ten- nessee, the democratic leador of the House, and received assu v thy the democrats will 10t mak: any his Linthicun. Senator Weller of Marylard, a mem ber of the Senate District c)mmitt e had a conference today with Senator L. Heisler Ball of Delawar-, o man of the committee, who stated positively that he has no doubt but the committee will act favorabiv, and that the reciprocity measure will b one of the first considercd Senate. Senator Weller also conferred with Senators Lodge and Curtis who told him that the reciprocity measure would be allowed to come up for a vote in the Senate the earliest possible date. “I have every that prompt and favorable cons eration will be given to this very desirable legislation,” said Represen- tative Zihlman after conferring with all of the legislative leaders who can expedite the passage of this measure “If we cannot get this reciprocity bill through in sixty days we never will,' he said, laughing He pointed out that it failed in the last -Congress only on account of the legislative jam in the closing days. . Seek 'Federal Reciprocity. Réciprocity for automobile licens: tags everywhere throughout the country is the purpose of a bill in- troduced by Representative J. B. As- well of Louisiana. It would require the authorities of each state to recog- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) HOUSE SEATS TWO reason to believe iout agitators considered undesirable 1by the occupation regime. ¢ % day, all of whom talked over the Mrs. Craig Turns, on Gas, Believ-} | South Dakota result, as well as the | husiness for which they came, were na Be socialist, Wisco | tion by Congress. e e \|'»!:1.:I\|.‘v‘f«m'|mr‘.'."l( The ¢ in the law proposed by Gillett, as he had from the t Secreta ks would permit Gen. tion and expansion by the Navy ‘ag its storage program.” The last clement, he said, sons did not vote at the las:t general j election, but the organizers and can- vassers have failed to get an inkling was the | P v Pershing to retire at his own dis- P e cretion, or to be retired at any time at the discretion of the President. | Should he so desire and should Presi- ents in succession desire his reten- tion on the active list, he would re- main as the active general of the Army for life. Under existing law, provision already has been made giv- ing him the full salary of his rank for life, and this would not be altered by his retirement for age. QUAKE SHAKES FORMOSA. |Seaport City Suffers Damage, | Tokio Yeels Slight Shocks. | By the Assoclated Press. | "TOKIO, December 5.—The lsland of Formosa, in the China sea, was heavily shaken by an earthquake last night. The prefectual office at Tainan, popu- lous seaport city on the west coast, was damaged and some damage to property in adjoining villages was re- ported. Tokio also experienced slight earth ilhockl early last night. Jett was eseorted to the dias by resentatlves Longworth, Madden and Cooper, and wath of office. As William Tyler Page, clerk of the House, turned over the gavel to the Speaker, the House cheered for a full minute. Representative Garrett, who becomes minority leader, then “in- A Mr. Gillett as “a gentle- birth, breeding and culture, islator of long experience and fine capacity, a robust partisan, but a polite one, and a presiding officer honest and fair.” esentative Cooper made a brief saying he resented the of “vituperation and slan- the members® who had supported him. Representative Madden appealed for fair play and urged that every portunity be given for hiong the republicans, so that the se might be organized. This was grected with laughter from the dem- veratio side, Glllett In Cheered. The House members of all political persuasions and those in the galleries cheered and applauded again when Mr. Gillett made a brief address of appreciation. “I hope this cordial greeting means uine friendliness, which I heartily veciprocate,” he said. “This honor to me is the greatest and most accept- ible the world could give and my (Continued on Page Rep- Garrett, took the harmonx Column 1.) nnounced Gil- | op- | FINANCIER DIES. TORONTO, December 5.—Sir Wil- liam Mackenzie, leading Canadian financier and railroad builder. died today after a long illness. He was seventy-four, ) » | of what will happen tomor “ting it beforchand, us is customary. oW, Re- ports from various sources suggest that the electors are heing more - cretive than usual, which is one of the reasons why the outcome of the many three-cornered contests is par- ticularly difficult to foresee. s Some observers, perhaps because (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) —_—— POPE NOT TO INCREASE FOREIGN CARDINAL LIST Announcement Made That ]\hmeI ‘Will Be Created at Forth- coming Consistory. i ¢ i By the Assoclated Press. > ROME, December 5.—Pope Pius has decided to create no foreign cardinals at the forthcoming consistory, it was made known in a semi-official state- ment yesterday. 3 The " decision brought 'disappoint- ment in some circles and surprise among those who believed he would satisfy the desire expressed by King Alfonso of Spain on the occasion of his recent visit, for the elevation of Spaniards and South Americans. There was a_ tendency to call into question in this connection the pro- cedure followed by the Spanish King. Alfonso, ‘it is understood, mhde his =peech to the' Pope without submit- ing Husband Thought Her False. larges Dr. Bain said he had just received an official report showing the dally production of the Salt Creek field to| have decreased from 175,000 barrels 1 have been true to Guy Craig and in August, 1923, to 135,000 barrels at | treated him as a true wife should, but present. he says and thinks. different.” Chairman Smoot put in the record m’l‘hllln' -‘mu. fu"s"- -;u:;d :(ltch:n and e eless #fol of s twenty-one- a prepared analysis of operations on | 002 [ \G€ L, MU o Nl nd: by Guy the New York Stock Exchange, be-|Graig, 512 lst street southeaste early tween January and May, 1922, which, | today, when he returned from his he said, showed that all ofl issues ad- | ori'in an office of a' local telegraph vanced in that period both in &ross | company. dales and in price. Early in the | ““n”’an adjoining room the infant hearings, witnesses testified that ru-|gon of the couple was sleeping. mors of the Sinclair lease advanced | Cracks In the door connecting with that stock rapidly and increased|the kitchen had been plugged to pre- operations in it. - vent the fumes Teaching the child. —_— Police of the fifth precinct were summoned. EDGES HIT BY AUTO. The note referred to above read, in whole, ag follows: Both Hurt -Gy Cratg promised me 1t snythi fe Bo on| “Guy Craig promised me if anything Benptos pand s Wi should_ever happen to me that -Mrs. 16th Street. H. D. Heaton could have my baby if she was willing to take him. Senator Edge of New Jersey and |SREias Wil oE tq o e say that 1f I Mrs. Edge were slightly injured last{jeave any enam‘lal it was thelr fault. to night when they were hit by an auto- | I have never given any one cause to mobile while crossing 16th street on |2 MY SReR¥, [ NEue,been tue to foot ‘during a rainstorm. Senator|yife should, but he says and thinks Edge sustained a deep cut‘over the |different.” . right_eye. requiring several stitches.| Coroner Nevitt conducted an in- Mre. Edge escaped with a few minor|vestigation and gave a certificate of bru He will be confined to his ! suicide, deeming an inquest unneces- homic {or several days. sary. Coolidge and Daugherty to Sign ‘Warrant Remitting Sentence. . The Department of Justice will wind up. the. contempt case of Con- troller Craig of New York, so far ay it is concerned, within a day or two, by sending to the. controller a war. rant signed by President Coolldge and countersigned by Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty, announcing the re- mission of his sentence imposed by Federal Judge Mayer. According to Department of Justice officialy, this will end the matter so far as the government {8 concerned, and if Mr. Craig is disinclined to ac- jcept the remission there will be no authority for his incarceration should h echoose to serve the sentence. INDICTED IN MURDER. Special Dispatch to The Star. * FREDERICKSBURG, Va., Decem- ber 5.—Melvin Broaddie Alsop, jr., tarmer of Spotsylvania, was indicted for murder of Henry W. Davis, color- ed, ofthe same county by a special Fs s e o T STk "was seE for Tuesday, e ruary 5, 1924, {WINDING UP CRAIG CASE. |5 ior tomtiasred the action of thas state as; pleasing and important, and Bird McGuire, former representative from Oklahoma, prominent in repub- lican party politics in that state, who declared that what happened in South Dakota is going to h&ppen in many other states. VICTORIES DECISIVE. Coolidge and McAdoo Run Far Ahead on Tickets; By the Associated Press. PIERRE, §. D, December 5. —Presi- dent Coolidge, William Gibbs Me- Adoo and Robert M. La Follette, United States senator for Wisconsin, were indorsed as presidential stand- ard bearers for the republican, dem- ocratic and farmer-labor parties, re- spectively, at state proposal meetings here last night, the selections in turn being_made over Hiram Johnson, United States senator for California, and Henry Ford, who was named by both democrats and farmer-laborites. After President Coolldge had been named by the republican proposal men by & vote of 50,379 to 27,340 for, Senator Johnson, the indorsement was' made unanimous by a rising vote. In the democratic meeting the De- tyolt manufacturer got 507 votes to (Continued on Fage 4, Column 2.) DESPITE PROTESTS Representatives Miller and Buckley of lllinois Sworn as Members. Representatives Miller{ republican, and Buckley, democrat, were sworn in 4 of the House from 11- linois today after protests had been made to their being seated by Repre- sentative Rainey of Illinois. Representative Madden, republican of Illinois, offered a resolution to seat Miller, and on a rising vote the Hous adopted the motion, 209 to J64. Mr. Rainey then demahded'a roil call. Mr. Rainey said he would offer resolution asking for investigation of charges against Miller contained in petition signed by seven citizens of that district. It alleged that he had spent more than $63,000 in connec- tion with his campaign for election to Congress in 1922; that in further- ing his congressional candidacy he grossly misapproprizted a large trust fund committed to hix charge by the legislature of the state of Iliineis at that time he was state Leasurce members » X 1