Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1923, Page 2

2 BALL INTRODUCES MANY D. C. BILLS; Enforced | Gasoline Tax, . Heating and Other Local " Measures Before Senate. Senator Ball, chafrman of the Dis- trict committee, today introduced in the Senate a bill to require landlords or leszors of living quarters in the District to furnish heat in every case where an sgreement to heat these quarters had been made. The bill. which was prepared by the District Commissioners, provides that where a landlord or lessor has sgreed to furnish heat in living quarters and shall fall to keep the temperature at not less than 68 de- Frecs Fahrenhelt between the hours ©f 7 am. and 10 p.m., he shall be sub- ject to a fine of not less than $25 or more than 3100 for each offense. ch day of such negligence shall be ned a separate offens: Senator Ball also introduced the Commissfoners’ bill providing for a 2-cent tax per gallon on gasollne. the Lill destgned to bring about reciproc- ¥ In_ the matter of tomoblle I'lenses between the District of Co- lumbia and Marsiand Another bill introduced Ball would amend the to pawnbrokers, o as them to charge erest a month instead of the existing law; to au- Distrier Commissioners 10 ¥ coroners: to e for the extension and widering street through Walt area; to change the street 1o tary by Sen- law re- to ners at 2 1 per ator the in the Dist practice the Distric All of these bills with the exception 0f that requiring landlords and lessors t furnish heat in living qua were introduced tn the last session. MARINES LANDED INCANTON, CHINA Powers Hold Customs House to Prevent Seizure by Sun-Yat-Sen. Py the Acsociated Press HO! December §.—FParties of marines from the foreign gunboats anchored off Canton are reported to have taken possesslon of the custom- The troops are said to and to re: ence of chiropra Six foreign gunboats are known to anchored off Shameen. They in- de the two American vesselg, the Asheville and the Pampanga; the British ships Cicala and Moorhen and the French gunboats Maliclense and Craonne. More Gunboats Arrive. The British flotilla has been strengthened by the arrival of the zunboats Magnolia, with Admiral Deveson aboard, and the Tarantula, acobrding to later advices recelved here. The Japanese gunboat Matsu and the destrover Sugi also have arrived «t Canton, the advices state. Admiral Frochat of the French navy is aboard the Craonne. Canton, military objective of the Xorth China forces of Gen. Chen Chiung-ming, and stronghold of Sun Yat Sen, South China leader, his foe, has been the scene of much internal disturbance during the past few months, as Chen's forces menaced nearby towns. Martlal law recently was deciared throughout the city. Last month Chen's army Was report- ¢d only twenty miles from Canton, and Sun's forces prepared for an en- agement In defense of the ecity by intrenching _themselves six miles from Canton. Defections from Sun's army have been reported o pe numerous for several weeks. and banditry is said to have been preva- lent for some time, despite rigid re- rictions imposed by authorities hroughout Canton. SUN IN DEFIANT MOOD. Will Not Interfere if Powers Able to Stop Him. LONDON, December 6.—A news agency dispatch from Hongkong to- iny says the action of the powers In sending marines ashore at Canton was taken for the purpose of prevent- tng Sun Yat-Sen from seizing the customhouse, as he had threatened, ‘When visited by the British com- mander in chief and the French ad- miral, Sun Yat-Sen is quoted as promising non-interference “it the measures ycu take are sufficient to prevent me.” BANK TAXATION PUT ON EQUALITY IN BIL| Savings and National Institutions ‘Would Pay Same Rate Under Proposed Plan. +The Commissioners today tranamit- 1»8 to Senator Ball a bill to equalize | the taxation on banks in Washington. Under ex™ting law savings banks are only taxed 4 per cent on gross earn- ings, less Interest pald to depositors, while other banks pay 6 per cent. The _new bill provides that on and after July 1, 1924, all national banks, all other incorporated banks and all savings banks and trust companies shall pay 5 per cent on their gross earnings, less the interest paid to de- positors. In concluding the letter of trans- mittal, the Commissioners say: “In the present law the distinction {s made between a commercial bank and & savings bank by title and not necessarily by the nature of the ' u ness transacted. The Commissioners feel that there should be an equali- zation in the amount of tax paid by banks doing a similar kind of busi- ness, notwithstanding the title by which they are distinguished, and the proposed legislation will, they be- lleve, accomplish the desired result.” ———— NO WOOL ON WILD SHEEP. ‘Wild" sheep are not clad in wool like the domestic animals of that mime, but have thelr coats resembling those of the deer family, says Nature Magagine. Those who are unfamiliar with the appearance of the wild spe- cles are very apt to mistake the ew for goats. The skin of the “big horn is thin and porous and does not make &o0d leather. pro- | on_the hills | {Women of Nation Invited by U. S. If America’s womanhood ae- cepts generally the broad invi- tation issued by the Tariff Com- mission there will be some inter- esting sesslons when that staid governmental body holda its “in- formal public conference on ladles’ trimmed hats,” January 22 next The commisaion In its first an- nouncement recently, invited “all persons interested” to participate. Maybe the consequences foreseen, as a result of this sweeping In: vitation, had something to do with the commission’s postpone- ment today of the hearing from the ériginal date, December 12. BRITONS ELECTING 54 FOR COMMONS Baldwin, Lloyd George and Lady Astor Believed Safe in Voting Today. | * By tie Ansociated Press. LONDON. December tors of 519 constituencles 6.—The elec- in Great 564 members of parliament, are cast- ing their votes today to dectde the country’'s poliey. Should either of the three parties seeking the suffrage of the people ob- tain a substantial majority, at the polls, the ministry formed thereby !is expected to hold office for a full {term, but if the majority is small, a {short life and not a particularly merry one will probably be the lot of the new administration. When the last campaign speech had been concluded last night and the last canvass made, the electoral experts still had to admit themselves baffied In any attempt to forecast the .outcome of the voting; and, al- though the candidates in many con- stituencies felt themselves in duty bound to predict certain victory for their own party, they were not in- clined to express confidence that they would be entitled to write the let- ters “M. P.” after their names. Churchill Is Dublous Winston Spencer Churchill, speak- ing at Lelcester, where he has been engaged ip a three-cornered contest, said: “Of all the ten elections I have fought this has been the most in- icalculable.” He hoped to win, but admitted it might be only by a nar- row margin, although he said a ma- jority of three or four thousand would not surprise him J. H. Thomas, well known labor leader, Who has been in parilament a dozen years and is an energetic po- ltician, predicted yesterday that the {election would end in & stalemate. which would produce a constitutional difficulty unprecedented in the his- tory of the country, compeliing another election within & few months. Popular opinion seems to be that barring a landslide for one of the parties—a contingency which none of the experts predlcts—the con- servatives are likely to lose several seats and the laborites to gain sev- eral, while the prospects of the liberals are nebulous. Baldwin Consldered Safe. As regards Individual contests, Prime Minister Baldwin, who had a mejority of 5443 in Bewdley at the last election, is considered safe. Herbert Asquith, former premier, has had a hard fight in Paisley against three opponents, and but for the fact that there are two rival labor can- didates his prospects would be con- sidered very poor. As it fis, his chances are regarded as doubtful. Mr. Lloyd George is expected easily to retain his Carnarvon seat against Ihis conservative oppoment. Ramsay MacDonald, who at the last election {owed his success in the Aberavon di- vislon, Glamorganshire, to a spiit vote, seems reasonably secure, as he is now fighting only a conservative. No one seems to doubt that Lady Astor will retain her seat in Ply- mouth. Her soclal reform work is likely to bring her many liberal votes, especially as. her only oppo- nent is a laborite. Mrs. Wintringham is believed to have a Rood chance of retaining her seat in Louth against a conservative, but the fate of about thirty other woman candidates seems to rest en- tirely with the gods. Polls Open at 8 O’Cloek. Most of the polling stations open at § o'clock this morning and close at 8 tonight, but In some of the pop- ulous industrial centers the balloting begins at 7 this morning, closing at 8 this evening. The first results are expected about 10 o'clock tonight. Between that hour and 3 o'clock Fri- day morning it Is believed that the re- turns from some 200 constituencies will be in. Wost of the remainder probably will be made known later on Friday, but some, including the eight university seats and those in Orkney and Shetland, will not be declared until next week. Among the prominent men who will {know their fates tonight are Mr. As- l gquith, Mr. Churchill, Sir Alfred Mond, Thomas J. MacNamara, John R. Clynes and Sir_Clement Barlow. The Daily Herald, labor newspaper, today protests aghinat what it calls the “rowdyism stunt,” alleging that many of the disorders in the campaign have been unfairly laid at labor’s door. The newspaper recalls incidents {n the 1922 election, in which, it says, the con- { servatives and liberals were equally vio- !lent. The paper cites the testimony of jan onlooker to the effect that one of the recent riots at Battersea, began with an attack by conservatives, ending in a general fight. Red Plot in London To Block Elections, Charged by Paper By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 6~—~The Evening News says that a “red” plot to imterfere with the vet- ing in London today has been dixcovered and that the police are taking steps to prevent itn accomplishment. The plotters, asserts the mewspaper, appar- ently are pmying great attem- tion to the woman voters, and radicals in certain sections of the eity e been assigned the task of intimidating the wom who are extremely anti-come munistic. Attempts also are to be made, mecording to the Evening News, te place imfiammable material in ballot boxes, to imterfere with the gas and electric light- ing systems in the voting sta- tions and to impede unfriendly motor cars by slashing their tiren. To Hat Hearing Britain and north Ireland, returning | THE IPATRONAGE STRAIN RELIEF IS SOUGHT| President Urged to Extend Merit System to Prolong Health and Life. Elimination of patronage humflna{ by providing for an extension of th merit system of appointments throughout the entire government service waus asked of President Cool- | 1dge and Congress today in the re- | port of the council of the National | Civil Service Reférm League, which opened its forty-third annual conven-. tion at the Washington Hotel. The “enormous pressure of office- scekers' was sald by the report to have contributed to shortening the lives of a half dozen Presidents, in- cluding President Harding. No single measure, it was declared, could more | eftectively lighten thes labors of the |Chief Executive “then onme which would glve reljef from these importu- nities by providing other means for the selection of those in the service of the government.” Lost Ground Under Wilson, The report sald that the progress of the competitive system during pre- | vious administrations was followed by “a period of comparative retro- gresslon under President Wilson,” and {that “the retrograde movement was |not fully arrested when President Harding assumed office.” The prac tice of the Pcst Office Department, iunder both administrations, of sub- mitting eligible lists cstabiished by the Civil Service Commission for postmasters “to members of Congress and local politicians * ® for rec- ommendations as to who among th first three should be selected for ap- | pointment” was severely condemned. nder the provisions of statute | passed by the Congress during the | {Previous “administration,” the report | {continued, “wholesale appointments | have been made on a strictly spoil basis in_various departments and bu reaus. In the internal revenue serv- | Ice and certain branches of the cus toms service, in the Veterans' Bureau, | in the Shipping Board and especial tin the erhIhV(lOn onforcement b reau politics has plaved an impor- tant and injurious part Opening for Coolidge. “President Coolidge has a rare op- portunity to eradicate once and for all the viclous and degrading influ- | ence of partisan politics from the ad- ministration of all the bureaus and | departments under his control, ex- | jcepling where statutery exemptions are in force. He has told ps that he is in thorough sympathy with our| {aims and objecta: that he Ands the existence of our organization most | encouraging and that he regards us as the police of the civil scrvice sys- | tem. Wo trust that he will take ade- | Guate steps to correct many of the | existing evils and we pledge him our | Wholehearted support in the under- taking."” The report renewed the league's criticisms of the bureau of engraving nd printing dismissals under the Harding administration and its de- mands for explanations. Secretary Work was condemned for removal of A. P. Davis as director of reclama- tion, which the report said demon. strated Mr. Work's “utter disregard of the merit system and the letter and SPIrit of the civil service law." Gets Slow Classifieation. The federal personnel classifica- tion board, after six months of ex- Istence has made Iittle progress, the report asserted, toward a correction of chaotic conditions existing in the federal personnel. Discussing reclas- sification, the report sal “Congress In its last sesslon pro- | vided for a reclassification hoard to ! reciassify on a duties basis the fed-| eral service in the District of Co- | lumbi. and to recommend to Con- Eress a reclassification of the entire fleld service. This act, while its pur- pose is most desirabie, and in mc- cordance with certain recommenda- tlons repeatedly made by the league, only attempts to cover a part of a personnel system for the federal gov- ernment. Proper administration of the act, in spite of its defects, would £0 far. however, to correct some of the abuses in the service. Essential Baals Stated. “But it Is essential that the re- classification be on the basis of actual dutles performed and qualifications required of the various classes of federal employes with appropriate salary ranges applicable to the same kind of work throughout the service. It is a matter of deep concern, there- fore, that the classification of the 'ilervlcg of the District of Columbla has 8o far proceeded on th a_scheme devine® by the burean of efficiency which is hardly a pretense at genuine duties classifications. “In addition the classification board, after having prepared, at great ex- pense. a_tentative classification of field actually on a dutles basis, has now suddenly discarded all | that has been done in this direction and ordered that the work bb done &1l over again, this time on the basis of the undesirable scheme of the effi- clency bureau. “It 18 to the credit of the Civil Serv- ice Commission that its represent. ative voted against this backward step. This situation, however, amply demonstrates that not even a classi- ! fication of the service, to say nothing of an up-to-date scientific schems of personnel management in the federal service can be made until the respon. ility is centralized in the hands of the United States Civil Service Com- mission. The personnel fynctions now placed in the bureau of efi- clency should be transferred to the Civil Seryice Commission by act of Congre! Meeting Called Tonight. Reclassification will be the subject of a public meeting ‘to be held to- night by the Reform League in the hall of nations at the Washington Hotel. Speakers will include Wil- liam C. Deming, president .of the Civil Service Commission; Miss Julia C. Lathrop, former chief of the chil- dren's burtau; Willlam Dudley | Foulke, president, and Richard Henry {Dang, formre president of the Na- tional Civil Service Reform League. At tomorrow morning’s session an exhaustive report dealing solely with reciassification will be received from the council of the league. BELLOWS IS AWARDED FIRST W. A. CLARK PRIZE (Continued from First Page.) Blanc. He received first award at the ! Pan-American exposition held at Buftalo in 1901. John Noble, fourth prize, was born { in Wichita, Kan., in 1874, studied at the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts and also under Laurens and Julian and at the Academy of Beaux Art- at Brussels. He is a member of wseveral foreign art assoclations. "The exhibition, which will be opened | at 1:30 o'clock p.m. 16, will last until January 20. The gallery will be closed on Christmas day, but opens as usual on New Year da; It comprises 330 paintings, or considerably more than the previous exhibit, held two years ago, and will undoubtedly be ome of the larges st in quality and broadest r organized by the Corco EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1923. Iby |advise Sunday, December ; pani D. C. COMMITTEE TO GET TWO NEW SENATORS e Copeland and REdwards Democratic Choices for Senator Copeland of New York and Senator Edwards of New Jersey, it is understood, will be appointed as democratic members of the Senate District commiitee. Senator Bayard of Delaware, democrat, it is reported, will retire from the)District com- mittee. Senator Ball of Delaware, chairman of the committee during the last ongress, is slated to continue as chalrman. A vacancy on the repub- lican side of the committee was created during the recess by tho death of _Senator Dillingham of Vermont. The republican assign- ments to the standing committec of {the Senate are still In the process of being made, . W. UL DEAN ASKS DAVIS CASE PROBE Dismissal of Reclamation Di- rector Hit in Letter to President. An Investigation of the dismissal Secretary of the Interfor Work of Director A. P. Davis of the reclamation service is asked by Dean Hugh Miller of George Washington University fn a letter to President Coolldge. Dean Miller's communication. made public by the Federated American Engineering Societles, which, with he American Society of Civil En- gincers, has also protested against Secretary Work's action, says: “As Mr. Davis Is an honored alumnus of the Corcoran Sclentific School, the predscessor of our Col- lege of Engineering; further, because Dr. Work's action in this matter is | o detrimental to the techfical work ? the departments of the govern- {ment, and for other reasons. T deem it advisable in my official ca- pacity as dean of the College of En- gineering of the George Washington iversity to respectfully request that you take official cognizance of this matter, and have made a thorough and impartial investigation of all the events leading up to this surprising action ofy the Secretary of the Inte- i rior. This actlon as well as the practi- cal subversion of the intent of the re- classification act of 1923, by reciassi- fying government employes in the i District of Columbia on the basis of existing salaries instead of on the basis of technical duties now being performed, makes it difficult, If not impossible, for me to conscientiously ambidous young men and women to continue in the government service after graduation. It further makes i difficult, if not Impossible, for the George Washington Univer- sity, a8 a whole, to perform the pub. lic mervice in co-operativn with the government to which it has been | pledged anew by her new president, William Mather Lewis." MOUNTAINS SLIDING ABOUT IN CALIFORNIA Rock Adjustment Since Quake Blamed by Science for Changes. PALO ALTO. Calif., December 6.— Mount Tamalpais has moved five feet south since 1909, Mount Diablo three and one-half feet southeast and Point Reyes eleven feet north, Dr. Bailey | Willis, geologist of Stanford University declared In an address here vesterday. He sald the greatest movement California wae near San Luls Obj, where the rallway station moved Ae: {ndicate a teen feet.” “The movements noted readjustment of great masses of rock since the earthquake disturbance of 1906 and also conditions of pressure south ‘of San Juan Batlsta,” & south, Ista,” he de STOLE BODY, BURNED IT AS OWN TO HIDE FLIGHT, MAN ADMITS (Continued from First Page.) cuit court of appeals at Chicago, which heard arguments in the case last month and reserved decision. Sallstad and Miss Anderson were ar- rested on Information from the San Francisco police. who had been noti- fied to watch for a couple resembling the prisonera, They were driving an ensive automobile whe: - Repara n appre stad asserted his name was Kingston, which he has borne for the past four years, when he was ar. rested. Miss Anderson insisted she was Mary Brown and that she met Sailstad in Chicago. Later, according to the district at- torney, In a parital confession Miss Anderson admitted she had alded Sailstad in his plans. She said they had been traveling about the country repairing typewriter: The_case nearly llels that of Alex Kels, Lodi, Calif., butcher now under a death sentence in Folsom prison for burning the body of an itinerant laborer whom he had slain, and disappearing to enable his <wife to _collect large insurance, Coincidentally with the arrest of Saflstad and his stenographer, J. J. Smith, warden at Folsom, announced Jate yesterday that Kels is sane and that no sanity test would bs made. ‘WIFE UNCONVINCED. —_— Declares Arrest Part of Propaganda Against Her. SUPERIOR, Wis,, December 6.—Ed- ward J. Sailstad, arrested late y: terday at Napa, Calif., disappeared the night of August 26, 1920, after fire had destroyed his and four near- by summer cottages at Lake Neba- gammon, near here, and bones iden- tified as those of Sallstad were found in the debris of his cottags Since then his disappearance has been a mystery to many persons, while others, including Mrs. Sailstad, have held to their original belief that Sailstad perished in his summer house, and that the skeleton formal- red w24 his. ly)('rnn'..glflnud. in an effort to collect approximately $70,000 in insurance on her husband's life, has battled through the zourts, supported by ex: perts, who identified the skeleton that of Sailstad. She recently was marriéd to Ross Richardson of Eau Claire, -where Sallstad formerly was president of & phonograph manufac- cern. ‘ulrl“:{ ;?:ht Mrs. Sallstad refused to believe that her first husband had been found, and termed reports of his arrest at Napa propaganda against her suit against the insurance com- which was heard on appeal t mont: by the federal court Gy 'at Chicago, where declsion of sppe n o oaay th locat suthorities contem- late opening the grave of Allen Mec- oo whoss bedy Sailstad is alleged to have said at Napa he placed In the summer cottage to be found as his. Officers will Dbe sent. from here to bring Sailstad back. Likely S0 ALIENS AWAIT [nterior Department i SMUGGLING TOU. 3. Canada Border Band Operat- ing by Rowboats at Night, Say Officials. | SARNIA, Ont., December 6.—Scores | of aliens are transported from Canada imcross the St. Clair river In launches and rowboats under cover of dark- ncss and taken by motor to Detrolt, United States {mmigration officials sald last night. They asserted that| more than 500 foreigners were at | Wallaceburg, Ontario, awaiting trans. por‘atin across the border by the I“under‘round" route. An organized band was reported operation farther down the river at {Marine City and Algonac. It was declared they were reaping large | profits by smuggling altens into the United States who had landed in Canada to avold being turned back by the suthorities at New York or other seaports along the Atlantic coas| Organize Sharp Lookeut. American officials have organized a sharp lookout and predicted that arrests might be made soon. The streets of Wallaceburg, they sald, were filled with immigrants, all ap- parently waiting their chance to travel the “underground route.” It was recalled last night that two | Wallaceburg residents and a num- ber of aliens had been arrested sev- eral months ago as they journeyed toward Detroit in a bus. It was belicved the operations of those who smuggle foreigners across the border have been greatly increased since. WOMAN AND SON HELD. Admit Coming From Canada in Rowboat, Say Officials. PORT HURON, Mich., December 6.— A woman and her son, arrested at Al- gonac, Mich., were brought here by im- | migration officials late yesterday and ' are held in fail for investigation. The ' immigration “authorities did not reveal the names or nationality of the palr, | but said they had admitted they were obrought across the St. Clair river from Canada in a rowboat. -— 1o SHIPS WITHYULE | RUM 12 MILES OUT Fleet Plans to Land Cargoes at First Favorable Opportunity. l By the Associated Press. HIGHLANDS, N. J., December 6.— New Jersey's far-famed rum fleet, fifteen strong, tods had massed out- stde the twelve-mils llmit, ready for Christmas trade. Two steamers and thirteen sailing craft—the largest flotilla in many months—could be ob- werved from shore. The vessels were at anchor about seven miles south of the Ambrose channel lightship, and as far as fif- teen miles off shore in some instances. Rum row has been closely following In the newspapers the progreas of treaty negotlations between the Unit- | ed States and Great Britain for ex-| tension of the limit of seizure from three to twelve miles, but It could not be authoritatively learned ashore whether this was a factor in the se- lection of the Christmas anchorage, as in the past many rum-laden craft have stood well off shore. The recent seizure of the British schooner Tomoka six and a half miles out, which threw consternation into .the tok, may have been a cause for the new’ position. Jeisey bootleggers of found themselves greatl; capped by the activity of enforce- ment agents and state troopers ashore, whose vigilance has® made | liquor ~movements by motor over | public highways highly hazardous. Rumors were afloat today, however, that the fleet planned at a favorable opportunity to land as many cases as | possible at_various points along the shores, to be stored until they could be safely transported. The last landing of any consequence was made shortly before Thanksgiv- ing. At that time the fleet was only & third as strong. R — ELECTROCUTION URGED. Thomas Bfll Would Abolish Gal- lows in District. Legislation to change the method of execution of the death penalty in the District from hanging to electro- {cution was proposed in a bill intro- duced today by Representative Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma. Provision toward treatment in gov- {ernment hospitals of postal employes {suffering from tuberculosis, nervous diseases or kindred occupational ail- ments is conveyed in & measure in- | troduced today by Representative | O'Connell of New York. A petition from the Greeters of Florida for the establishment of a bureau of publicity to advertise “See America First” located in the De- partment of the Interior, was re- ferred to the committes on agricul- ture. late have handl- —— FIVE PROHIBITION AGENTS ARE OUSTED FOLLOWING INQUIRY INTO CHARGES (Continued from First Page.) tion unit and the special irtelligence unitof the Treasury investigated con- ditions with regard to the enforce- ment of the dry law in Washington. I believe that we will have com- plete co-operation between the local B *snforcing the prabibition 3 ‘on! ) o F?w':no"w:.mnmn." sald” Commin er Oyster. S Was learned today that the let- ter written to Mr. Haynes a few days sgo by the Commissioner suggested that he inquire into work of one other prohibition agent, not included in_the list of those dismissed Aoday. This ‘letter, it is understood, was not in the nature of formal charges, but merely mu-ltlnf that some in- quiry be made. The letter also men- tioned the name of one of the men included in the dismissal order. Commissioner Oyster today reiter- ated the statement that it is his aim to bring about harmony and co-oper- ation with the federal forces In try- ing out the prohibition law in Wash- ington. —_— During the last ten years the raisin crop of California has been increased from 70,00 to 200,000 tons. {tats are {of paramount [mines with —I_{eceipts Im:rease‘ as Expenses Decline Wot;k, in Annual Report, Points to Need ‘of Different Reclamation System and Larger Pensions. Pointing out that the Interior De- partment has made a remarkable rec- ord during she past year by Increas- Ing its recelpts more than $14.954,000, although operating under 2 reduced expense of $22 584,000, Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work submitted his annual report today to the President and Congress. Dr. Work called attention to the “critical situation existing in the ex- Penditures of the government In con- struction and malntenance of recla- | mation projects,” and announced that a later recommendation would be made after the results of the stud and analysis of irrigation methods and policies have been completed by a special committee of advisers. Special attention should be direct- ed, Secrétary Work said, to the sit-| uation in the patent office, which is at present 70,000 cases and ten monthe behind in its work. Lack of Colored Doctors. Another question of deep public concern, he added, is the shortage of members of the medical and dental professions of the colored race in this; country, Dr. Work pointed out that at present there are but two educa- tional institutions in the United States where colored physicians and den- graduated annually and qualified to practice medicine and dentistry among thelr people. One of these is the Howard University of Washington. On this point the Secretary says: “Recent investigations show that the colored population of the nation has inoreased to nearly 12,000,000, that thers is only one colored physi- clan to 3914 members of this race while there is only one colored den- tist to every 20,500 colorsd persons. As a matter of publlo = .fare it imporia v that the government take S8t .0 wipe out this discrepancy «oa increase the number of colored griduating physi- olans and dentiste This can be done only through adding to the facilities of ‘the Howard University medical| and dental schools, where many ap- pilcants for entrance are being turned away and are being denied the op- portunity to prepare themselves for professional careers. 1 respectfully present this problem for th eration of the President and Congress in the hope that at least an initlal step will be taken to provide a fu- ture safeguard for the health of the colored race. Finances for Year. The financial aspects of partment for the year are as follows: “The Department of the Interior. including its various bureaus and in- stitutions, appears to have made a remarkable record during the fiscal year contained in this report. The appropriations for its operation dur- ing the twelve months' period amounted to $327.931,100.67, which is $22,684.153 less than was appropriated during the previous fiscal vear. Not- withstanding this the reccipts have increased from approximately $45.- 612,528.95 In 1922 to approximately 566.641.08 in 1923, $14.954.112.13. “Most of this increase came from n oil leases on Indian ain in receipts in the bu- his de- outlined ~r a galn of royaitles o lands, the roau of Indlan affairs during the fis- | cal vear of 1923 over 1922 totaling $14.722.0( The patent office in- creased its revenues from applica- tions-and from the eale of photolithe agraphic coples of patents, trade- Marie ete. by the sum of $156,000. ‘The revenues from the Alaska raliroad through add!tional passenger |* and freight traffic increased about $191,000, followed by the bureau of a gain In receipts of $134,900, the national park with.a gain of §75,800, the geological survey with a gain of $51.000 and the bureau of education with a gain of $1.451 In its recelpts from sales of its publications. Only three bureaus HOUSE GALLERIES FILLED HOURS BEFORE THE PRESIDENT ARRIVES (Continued from First Page.) committee was appointed to proceed with a similar committee from the Senate to escort the President to the House chamber. These com- mittees were Senators Lodge and Robinson, the respective party lead- ers in the Senate; with Representa- tives Longworth of Ohlo. the floor leader; Green of Iowa, prospective chairman of the ways and means committee, and Representative Finis J. Gurrett of Tennessee, minority ieager. At 12:20 the members of the Senate. preceded by Sergeant-at-Arms David J. Barry, marched into the House, led by Senator Cummins of Iowa, president pro tempore ; Senator Lodge, the repub- lican leader, and Senator Robinson, the democratic ' leader, following next in line. Promptly at 12:30 the committees from the Senate and House escorted President Coolidge into the chamber, where he received vigorous and pro- Jonged applause, which he finaily had to silence by raising his hand. Reads Speech Slowly. President Coolidge read his message slowly and distinctly, and in a voice that was easily heard throughout the chamber. The first burst of applause for his statements to the Congress came when he announced entry into the league of nations by the United States was a closed incident. Most of the applause came from the republican side. ‘Almost immediately after came the President's reference to the world court, in which he commended to the Senate approval of the protocol for the adherence by this country to the court, with reservations making clear that this was not a step toward entry into the league. Applause from both sides of the chamber greeted this| recommendation, but in & much less degree than that which followed his ' announcement, against entry into the league of nations. Ofher (parts of the President's ad- dress which were punctuated with applause dealt with Russia and his refusal to recognize that country un- i1 its government was ready to abide by its international obligations; his declaration against the remission of the foreign debt, and his firm support of the tax-reduction plan proposed by cretary Mellon. seB«Idnm in recent years has a more lonably attired audience throng- {:‘h:::nn’;uu galleries than that Which sat for more than two hours awaiting the entrance of Calvin Coolidge to deliver his first message to Congress, which was broadcast throughout the country by eight powertul radio broadcasting sta- tions. 5 Mrs. Coolidge in Gallery. In the President’s gallery Mra. Cool- idge wore an embroldered picture hat of almost henna shade and an ostrich plume draped over the side. Her dress was of the same color and she wore a long coat of duvetyn with fur collar and ciffs. ide_ Mrs. Coolidge sat Mrs. Ch‘l‘r:ol. Hughes, wife of the Sec- retary of State, who wore black slik with oriental embroidered cuffs. Others In the same gallery were | Ambassador . Harvey and R. Craeger, who has been talked of as and | 1s consid- | service | Showed losses in receipts. They in- cinded the general land office, where the receipts fell approximately $1.045,000 in the flscal year of 1923 as compared with 1822; the bureau of the St. Elizabeth's Hospital, there was a deeline In the receipts of $21,000 in 1922 over the previous year. Campatgn of Ecomomy. “The functions of the Interlor De- partment are both constructive and eleemosynary. Eliminating the elee- mosynary bureaus and institutions, and also moneys appropriated for the payment of pensions, Its annual cash receipts exceed its expenditures. In addition a campaign of rigld govern- menial economy is being conducted. There are geveral matters of pub- llc moment, however, that should command the prompt attention of the I President and Congress. 1 refer to a [ eritical rituation that has developed {in © expenditures of the govern- ment, running into a sum near $186,. 000,000 in the construction and main. tenance of projects for the reclaiming 0!:|rh] and semni-arid lands. In order to ascertain the true conditions I have appointed a special committes of advisers, composed of disinterested citizens of national ominence, familiar with irrigation ters, who have begun gn exhaus: analysis of the entire reclama- quirements, methods and pol- “As soon as thelr work fs com- pleted T expect 1o submit their report refommendations to the Pres A supplementary report. con- talning recommendations for what- e nge in policy {s deemed to protect the government from further losses on reclamation I projects and to bring relief to the water users, will also be submitted sulsequently. This does not mean the theory of governmental Ciamation 1§ unsound: Tt merely ns that a new policy must be veloped that will safeguard the future so that the government may proceed in a more orderly and busi- nesslike manner In ts redemption of the arld and semi-arid lands of the west. Payment of Penstons. “Included in the activities of the Department of the Interfor is the payment of pensions to soldlers and {thelr widows of the civil, Spanish- American and preceding wars in {which the United States has engaged {since the foundation of the nation. ravages of time have now over- | come these survivors of the civil war, {and in their old age It is my bellef that the pensioning of them should no longer be based upon ashowing of jdisability due to wounds and disease. On_the ‘contrary. both the veterans and widows should receive a peasion {from the government, after having ireached a certain age, and the pen- {sion paid to them should be adequate {to fully support them. I, therefore, Irecommend that some legislation be lenacted by Congress to increase the ipensions of civil war veterans and {their widows, thereby more fully recognizing the debt the government owes them for the service they per- pensions, with a loss of $6,149, and | ‘where From Yesterday's 6:30 Bdition of The Star. ETERANS' BUREAU SHAKE-UP PLANNED Sweeping Changes to Be Made in General Structure, Hines Says. Director Hines of the Veterans’ Bu- reau yesterday afternoon announced he had planned a shake-up and complets reorganisation of the general structure of the bureau. From seven principal divisions. as now constituted, the director plans to change functions into five princi- pal divisions, of which two have already been made effective. The central board of appeals, Direc- tor Hines announced, will be com- pletely reorganized, changing the perzonnel from seven, meeting in onc group, to a personnel of seventer meeting In four groups. These sweeping changes arc in line with the general policy, he said, of bullding a “more compact and effi- clent organiaation.” The change In divisions from seven to five will be made In order to re- leve the director of the pressure of & multitude of detail. Under the new system, it was sald, the director will be able to confer with his assistants, agree upon policy, leave the assist- ts to take care of details, cnabling the director himself to give more at: tention to large problems of general policy and prospective program for improvement of adminlistration. New Division Scon. The two new divisions already con- stituted in the new plan are first the construction and supply division, re- cently announced, headed by Col. Wil- liam H. Conklin; and second, finance, headed by Harold W. Breining. third new division, to be called in- surance and claims, shortly will be organized. Of the other new divisions to be established shortlv, Director Hines said he was unwilling at the present time to discuss. The new finance service has heen divided into two separate sections, in similar fashion it was suggested for the Senate committee investigating the bureau. The new board of appeal Gen. Hines expects to have functioning within ten days. It will meet in four separate groups of four men each, instead of one group as at present. This will greatly facilitate the han- diing of claims, which Director Hines sald occasionally flow into the bu- reau at the rate of 200 a day. During the coming year it is expected the bureau may have to review 56,000 cazes. Change in Personnel. Although Director Hines would not discuss specifically additional changes to be made in the reorganization of the general divisions of the bureau, {he admitted there would be a change in personnel resulting from what he called “the shakedown.” Whether any of the chiefs of the seven principal divisions as consti- tuted at present would be separated from the bureau was not made plain. |tormed in preventing the disruption of the Union. SLIND SCHOOL RECORD. Asimissions of Fiscal Year An- n.-seied by Secretary Work. The Maryland School for the Blind | received no blind children of teacha- | ble age of persons in the military or | naval service of the United States, or | of indigent citizens of the District of Columbia during the past fiscal year, etary of the Interlor Work an- nounced today. Under the law the Seeretary of the Interlor is charged with the responsi- biltiy of providing for the instruction of biind children of all persons in the military and naval service while such persons are actually in service as well as indigent blind children of the Dis- trict of Columbla. Such children are placed in the Maryland School for the nd. ambassador to Mexico. Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the Secretary of Commerce, and Mrs. Henry C. Wal- lace, wife of the Secretary of Agri-| culture, sat in a rear row in the President’s _gallery. Miss Mellon daughter of the Secretary of thi Treasury, presented a very attractive appearance, wearing a black turban, | Some of them may be transferred, it was intimated. But there was also plain inference that there may be some dismissals from the ser JOHNSON PLEASED BY DAKOTA RESULT By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 6.—Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California, who arrived in New York last night for a conference with eastern leaders in his campaign for the republican presi- dentlal nomination, announced that he was “well pleased” with the re- sult of the republican convention in South Dakota, which indicated a pref- erence for President Coolidge as the party's candidate. Senator Johnson pointed out that four years ago he had no delegates i from South Dakota, while the results of yesterday's balloting would indi- ate that he would have about onc- tRIrd of the delegates. He also stressed the fact that he had conducted no fight in that state. bur asserted he would make a strong campaign before the primary elec- tions thers. He said he believed Gov. McMaster, given the preference as nominee for 'United States senator, wss friendly to him nd his policies. Senator Johnson said the reaction to his campaign throughout the coun- try thus far had been favorable. He black coat and white gloves. - ‘Among the earliest arrivais in the diplomatic gallery were Ambassador and Mme. Jules J. Jusserand. Before the President started speaking the diplomatic _gallery was filled_with ladies of the diplomatic corps, repre- senting_practically every natlon in the world. Brig. N E. Sawyer was In the diplomatic gailery. Hughes Ameng First. Members of the cabinet and of the diplomatic corps were seated in a spe- cial section reserved for them on the floor of the House. The first of the cabinet to enter the House chamber was Secretary of State Hughes, Secre- tary of Labor Davis and Secretary of the Navy Denby. They were vigor- ously applauded by the gallerie: In the Speaker's gallery the front row was reserved for Mrs. Gillett and her personal guests. These were Mrs. Frank Kellogg, wife of the Ambassador to London; Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, | wife of the House leader: Mrs. Wi |1ingford, Floor Leader Longworth's isister; former Ambassador and Mrs. Henry White, Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer and George A. Mass. Bacon of Springfield, President Notified. Formal notification that Congress was organized was conveyed to the President late yesterday, after a truce had been declared between re- publican organization and insurgent |leaders and Speaker Glllett had been re-elected. Recommendation made by Mr. Coolidge in his message will enable republican leaders to map out a pro- gram of legislation for the session. Ligtle, however, can be done toward translating this program into law ungl after the Christmas holidays, as committees of both the House and Senate are yet to be organized. Until they can function no measures of im- portance can be taken up by either house. Selection of committees and their formal approval by the two houses will consume a week or more. Once jthey are organized they will find |awalting them the usual flood of bills which marks the opening of a new Congress. Recesses Planned. Until legislation is reported by committees, republican leaders plan to have three days' recesses of the House. The legisiative Iull which Congress faces is expected to provide i opporthnity for the opening in the Scnate of a partisan political discus. slon which promises to be a feature of this preconvention session. Then, too, the Senate will have its reorganization fight, which has been ostponed pending ihe delivery of the resident's message and the report of, the republican committes which is ‘making assignments to the standing cemmittees. l announced he would make as vigor- ous a speaking campaign as his vital- ity would permit, but he did not vet knew what his itinerary would be, His first speech In New York is ex. pected to be on January 12 in Brook- Iyn. Delegations from New York and New Jersey were on hand to welcome the senator when he arrived last e SPEED ORGANIZATION. House Leader Longworth after con- sultation today with other members elected by the state delegations for places on the committee on commit- tees, tentatively set the date on which the work of drafting the slate of committee assignments will be started. The committee is to meet tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock for organiza- tion and for formal presentation by the state representatites of the com mittee Ere(er!ncefi nf the members. November Circulation 92,851 District of Columbia, FLEMING NEWBOLD, Business Manager of NG and EUNDAY STAR. does the actual number of aper named, wold and distrib- month of November, A.D. 1923, ¥ El it TR, SIS LIS SERNRREERES! ooy Less adjustments .. daily net circulation..... E‘;fi;‘ average net paid circu- on Dalil: average “Cobles for service, ete. Dally average net circulation. SUNDAY. ('agl. l,?;y 99368 25 . 92,851 Days. Coples. 0 90743 11 99,827 397,504 Less adjustments. 19 ‘otal Sunday net circulation.. 394685 verage net paid Sunday cir- IREION ++ - vt - o =" 98135 Average number of coples 01 vice, lC..viransanis Aygraxe Sunday tion .. Business Manager. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8 December, 4.D. 1022 R