Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and warmer tonight; tomor- row cloudy and warmer, followed by rain tomorrow night. Températyre for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: noon today: lowest, 36, at Full report on page 22. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Highest, 49, at a.m. today. Entered as & -ond-class matter @b £ i WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ey - Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1923—FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES. SWEEPS 9 STATES AS TROOPS WEAKEN Whole of Huasteca 0il Region in Uprising, But Obregon Not Alarmed. PROVISIONAL REGIME PLANNED AT VERA CRUZ| Leaders Give Purpose of Move as Seeking to Prevent Inter- ference With States. By the Assotiated Pross. VERA CRUZ, Mex Troops in the entire maritime zone 1 joined the insurgent movement President Obregon and Gen. . December 7 a against Calles, according to reports received | is of now the rebellion whole t morning The said to the Yiuasteca oil region. Loyal troops from Mexico City, it is sorted, were in contact last night th insurgent forces. The railw between the capital and this eit ent embrace ¥ ve heen Leaders of the movem Adotfo de la Huerta, ¢ Sunchez, chief of milit f 1s district, Jorge Prieto Lavrens, are preparing set up isional government here and plan 1o elect one of their number as pro- ynal presiden Ragael Zuburan Capmany is reported to be slated for the post tional congress, most of them promi- in co-operation party, which upporting the presidential candi- Huerta, either in r are on their way here. 1t, including ¢ operations and nre Se nent the 1= Guarantees Oftered People. the revolt have offered guarantecs and g¢mployment to the people, and have given assurances that trade will be protected Many land owners, it is announced, have joined the rebels, hoping there- by to regain the properties they lost under the law compelling landholders to share their estates with their ten- ants, Plans for the movement, il appe: were_crystallized at & mecting held te Wednesday night at the home of Gen. Sanchez. This meeting at- tended by eral geners ¢hiefs who, atter telegraphing Pres- t Obregon that they had resolved | assume the defense of the ‘usti- tutions offended so seriously” by tederal government, ousted all federal ofticeholders, replacing them ~with sympathizers. They also named Gen. Eduardo Loyo as provisional gover- nor of Vera Cruz. Throughout yesterday and last night came news of similar move- ments at Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosi, Michoacan, Jallsco, Sina- ion, Sonora and Toluca B Manifestos have been issued by both de la Huerta and Prieto Laurens setting forth their reasons for repu- diating the Obregon regime. Deflance of Rebels, Gen. Berlanga is said to be the only commander in the maritime zone who refused to join the movement. The chief of the garrison at Tampico has notitied Gen. Calles that he will not afliliate with the rebels, but Gen. Panuncio Martinez, commanding a column of troops, has been ordered to Tampico to inform the commander 1at he must either accept the condi- | tions of the Insurgents or be attacked. From the message sent to Presi- dent Obregon by the instigators of the movement here Wednesday night, it appears that the purpose of the movement is to prevent federal in- terference with the affairs of the states. The telegram referred to the vielauon of the the states of San Luis Michoacan, which states lack inde- pendence and guarantees for the free functioning of their legislative pow. ers because of federal intervention. 1t is recalled that controversies re- sently resulted from the guberna- torial_elections in these two states, the effect of which was to bring the ) federal government into contlict with state officials. The message also mentioned “the anarchy and lack of discipline fo- mented in the army from the highest official rauks.” The telegram con- cluded: “These are the undeniabie and compelling reasons which inspired our attitude.” OBREGON NOT ALARMED. Potosiand President, Says Rebels Will Lose. By the Associated Press MEXICO CITY, December 7.—"The country will be pacified; the rebellion will be put down with an iron hand, said_President Obregon upon arriv ing last evening from Celaya, where ne has been convalescing from his recent illness. This was the only comment the president would make on the reports "hat Gen. Sanchez and Adolfo de lu Huerta had undertaken a movement against his government. The pres aential train arrived at 0 o'clock in the evening and Obregon went immediately to his quarters in Cha- Pultepeo Castle, where he conferred with members of his cabinet Fedoral officials acted promptly Jast evening upon receipt of advices that the movement was Three columns of federal troops nder Gen. Amaro were ordered from Tampico to meet Gen. Sanchez, while other government forces were in- structed to converge at Esperanza in | In attacking Sanchez. | order to assist Other troops were (Continued on Page concentrated FORBES SERIOUSLY ILL, SISTER IN BOSTON SAYS Further Details Are Withheld. Not Known if He Is at Her Home. in Qolumn_ 4.y BOSTON, December 7.—Col. Charles R. Forbes, former head of the United States Veterans' Bureau, is seriously ill, his sister, Mrs. Harry Judkins of ihe Brighton district, said today. She ref.sed to give any further de- tails or to say where Col. Forbes was. Other occvpants of ths apartment Jiouse where Mrs. J: A%ins lives gere unable to sa, “~wwwmer 'DL POrbes ~as ther lupe | al deputies of the na- | 1s and naval | sovereignty of | have | Returning 'to Capital, | spreading. | 1 | | i BESE AL GRIL GO | o'clock | sreater growtn | 1aba | of conservatives | ADOLFO DI LA HUER BONUS SEEN AS BAR 10 TAX REDUCTION Mellon, in Report, Urges Cut in Levy Upon In- heritances. | Secretary Mellon, in his annual re- | port transmitted to Congress today, { described Treasury operations under | which the nation’s debt has been re- duced $613,674,343 in the fiscal year 1923, and again urged sharp reduc- tion in taxation based on rigid econ- omy and barring “authorizations for new and unexpected expenditures.” The report contained a copy of Mr. Mellon's letter to acting Chairman Green. of the House ways and means | committee, in which the Seeretary | said “a soldiers’ bonus would post- pone tax reduction not for one but for many years to come.” To the usual review of official ac- tivities under his direction, Mr. Mel- | lon attached additional argument for the general reduction in income taxes | | which he has urged. He particularly | stressed the advantage which he has { predicted would come from eutting the surtax rates upon large incomes | to a maximum of 25 per cent, on the | ground that it would actually in- | crease government income, as well as indirectly benefit the public at large by reducing burdens on produc- | tive operation. ! Estimates Big Surpluy, The government, “firmly v-:l:\hl..‘h-‘; ed on the basis of balancing its bud-| met each year.” Mr. Mellon said, brought the national debt, once at a figure over $26,000,000,000, down to a total of $22,082,209,000 on October 31. | The record, he said, was one brought about “only by the most rigla omy and the application of principles to the governm 's finance. On the present basis of taxation and xpenditure, he cited estimated | Treasury surplus next July of about ! 329,000,000, and a possible” surplus in | the year after of $3 . | “High taxation, ‘port con- tinued,” even if lev: an eco- nom basls, affects prosperity of the country, becau in its ulti- mate analysis the burden of all taxes rests only in part upon the individual or property taxed. It is borne by the! ultimate consumer. High taxation | means a high price level and high| cost of living. It can safely be said that reduction in the duces expenses not f the 7 | 000,000 income taxpavers, but of the entire 110,000,000 people of the Unit- ed Stat ‘ Surtax ‘Rate Cut. As 1o theswed in the surtax rate, Mr. Mellon said that the history of taxation throughout the world in- dicates that “means have always been found by the ingenuity of the citi- zen to avold taxes inherently exces- sive” It was significant, he saiq, that the large incomes reported for taxation were decreasing in number each year, those over $300,000 being 246 in 1921 as compared with 395 the year before. The cstates of the| wealthy, he pointed out, were flow- ing Into tax exempt securities. The Treasury actuary, he continued, es. timated that the reduction of the | surtax to the 25 per cent maximum, against a present maximum ranging up to 50 per cent, would actually increase by 1926 the amounts which the government receives, the lesser | rate being more than compensated {for by the adaitional Volume of tax [ paid. Mr. Mellon advocated also the re- {duction of federal taxation on es- !tates after death, on the ground that {this tax was taken “not out of in {come, but out of capltal,” with eyu- { mulative confiscatory effect. Improvement In Noted. To general business aspects Ar ! Mellon directed the comment that im- { provement from the 1821 depression had been noted for a year. Sufficient jcredit at reasonable rates had been available through banks, and he con 4 7 (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) 3 econ- busines ! sovernment party. BALDWIN MAJORITY | IN COMMONS WIPED OUT BY ELECTIONS Cabinet Stands Practicailyi Defeated in Face of Com- I bined Opposition. ! | LIBERALS AND LABORITE | SWEEP IS SURPRISING! Lady Astor and Lloyd George Win—Churchill end Henderson Among Defeated. LONDON. December —The con- | rvative majority over all the other purties in the house of commons was definitely wiped out at vesterday's | general election The standing of the parties at 3:30 | this afternoon, with 518 of the total of 615 seats accounted for, was: Conservatives, 222; labor party, | 158; liberals, 128; independents, o nationalist, 1 This showed a continued relatively in the number of} liberals returned than ites and With 348 seats of the total of 615 accounted for at 4 o'clock this after- noon the following could be definite- Iy stated: The o inrity ervatives will have » m:x»{ r ony other party in the house commons, But will lack majority over all the other parties, Therefore Prime Minister Baldwin's zovernment stands practically de- ated, because It would be impotent the face of the combined opposi- | | ov of ! a ) One of the main features of ves- terday's resuits is Lancashire's re. pudiation of protection. Manchester voted almost solidly against the gov ernment. The liberals captured five of its ten divisions from the conserva- | tives, while the laborites, alread: holding three, held these and took an- other. Several towns in Lancashire took the same view of the premier's pro- posed polley, turning down conserva- tive candidates right and left. L €rpool, less anti-government than the others, took two seats away from the There s a time-worn proverb which says: “What Lancashire thinks | today England will think tomorrow.” The liberals and laborites belfeve this may be reworded and adapted to to- day’'s further returns. It is note- worthy that in nearly every Instance of a government defeat the turnover of votes was very considerable. Women's Vote Heavy: The expectation that the Awomen would vote at this election in larger numbers than at the two previous ones for which they were eligible was fulfliled, and reports from everywhere show that they manifest- | od great earnestness. It is surmised | that the arguments of the opponents | of protection—namely, that the adop- | tion_of such a po 1 re: (Continued on Page 2, Colum COMNITIEE RATIO | INHOUSE FIED G. 0. P. Apportions Seats.! 15 Republicans, 11 Demo- | { crats on Ways and Means. | The republican committee on com- | mittees, at Its first meeting today, fixed the apportionment of member- | ship as between republicans and democrats on all the House commit- tees. It fixed the proportionment on the ways and means committee at | | fifteen republicans and eleven demo- It fixed the representation on | crats. the appropriations committee at | iwenty-one republicans and fourteen | democrats. It fixed the representa- tion on all of the committees the ' samo as in the Sixty-fifth Congress. | The ways and means committee was | increased from twenty-five to twen- | ty-six members. i Four new members of the ways and | means committee were selected to fill republican vacancies, The republi- can places are to be filled by Repre- sentatives Frank Crowther of New York, Charles C. Kearns of Ohlo, Chindbloom of Tilinols and McLaugh- lin_of Michigan. The way in_which the republican members on the ways and means committee ranks is as follows: Green of Towa, Hawley, Oregon; Treadway, Magssachusette; Young, North Dakota; Frear, Wisconsin; Tilson, Connecti tut; Bachrach, New Jersey; Hadley. Washington; Timberlake, Colorado; Watson, Pennsylvania: McLaughlin, Michigan; Kearns, Ohio; Chindbloom, | llinols, and Crowther, New York." | M’READY’S EFFORT FOR RECORD FAILS Army Flyer Forced Down Before Breaking Altitude Mark of French Air Ace. i { i | | By the Associnted Press DAYTON, Ohlo, December 7.—After remaining In the air one hour and 28 minutes, Lieut. John A. Mzckeul)" was forced to abandon his attempt for a new world altitude record, ow- ing to mechanical difficulties. He land- ! ed at McCook Fleld at 11:28 a.m. | The hlrn‘rlp/’l on the Le Pere plane showed an altitude of between 36,000 4nd 37,000 feet had been reached. Ca'- bration of the barograph however, is expected to reduce these figures by several hundred fest. clals at McCook Field say the attempt te beat 3adl Lecointe’s record of 36,555 feet had undoubtedly failed. {would be about $174,000. NEW BILL PROVIDE TRACTION MERGER on Excess Profits to Equalize Incomes. bill 10 be few The strect railway sent ongress within by the ssioners will provide for an entirely new method of taxing the companies, it was learned today. Be- w a fore the bill can be transmitted to the | Capitol, however, it must get the ap-! proval of the budget bureau, since it affects revenues. The bill supported by the city heads last year would have abolished the present 4 per cent tax on Eross earn- ings and sybstituted a tax of 50 per cent on all money carned In excess of { a 6 per cent return on fair value and per cent of income in excess of a 7 per cent vaturn on fair value. 14" rewritlog the bill this year the Commissioners have provided for & tax of 20 per cent on operating in- come, after deducting operating ex- penses, in lieu of the present 4 per cent on gross earnings Would Equalize Earnings. At the present time the profits of the apital Traction Company nre greater than those of the Washington Rail- way and Electric Company, and the theory of the Commissioners’ pro- posed legislation is that if the earn- ing power of the Caplital Traction is brought down nearer to that of the Washington Raliway and Electric there wiil be more likellhood consolidation. The seek to bring about this equalization of earning power by a new method of taxation. If Congress had adopted last year's bill the Washington Rallway and Electric Company would not have paid any tax, since it does not earn & por cent on its valuation, while the Capital Traction Company would have turned over to the city a large part of its earnings in excess of + per cent. Under the revised bill, which is about to be sent to the budget bu- reau for approval, the tax on operating income will for the Washington Rallway Electric Company about the amount in taxes it now pays. \ssures More Revenue. In the case of the Capital Traction of a mean and _same | Company, however, the 20 per cent! tax on operating income will mean that that company will pay much more into the city treasury. For the eleven months of the pres- ent calendar year the Capital Trac- tion Company's taxes at the present | the driver of the liquor car app rate of 4 per cent on gross earnings If the new method was In effect now the Capital Traction's taxes for the same eleven months would be approximately $240,000, or nearly 50 per cent greater. It wiil be seen, therefore, that the ! new bill would mean more tax money for the city. Ii 1s stipulated In the bill that if the companies merge the 20 per cent tax would automatically be abolished and the consolidated company would return to the old tax Tate of 4 per cent on Eross. It is understood that the reason the|in five hours. Commissioners are recommending a new taxation method this year isto avoid basing the tax on the valuations of the companies, ‘which are In dispute before the courts. A bill to bring about S-cent streec car fares in the District of Columbia was introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator McKellar of Tennessee. Commissioners | 20 per cent| i | | | demonstr | Commissioners Will Ask Taxjt | i i | | Hunter Former Greek Premier Will Serve on Non-Political Council. ATHENS, December 7.—Former Pre- mier Venizelos, who is now In London, has telegra lon to be held next Sunday that he must decline their invitation to eturn to Greece, but that he is willing o serve his country. If a non-political council of state ro-established without opposition Veni- | zelos will serve on It for two vears, his message said SEIZE RARE LIQUOR days ! IN ELLIPSE CRASH Park Policemen Force Speed- | ing Auto in Ditch in Shadow of White House. Overtaking & speeding automobile when it cdreened into a' ditch hard by the White House, police early today captured approximately $2.500 worth of rare whiskles believed to have been brought here from Norfolk for the se- lect holiday trade, confiscated the car and arrested one of its two occupants after a struggle. Fully forty bottles of expensive liquor in the car were broken. The wreck oc- curred while Park Policemen M. A Rainey and R. B. Jenkins were pur- suing the roadster, their suspicions hav ing been aroused because of the forty- five-mile speed the car was making around the Ellipse. The occupant of | the “'booze car” arrested gave his name and address as Henry Johnson, twenty, | 3130 Mount Pleasant street northwest. Towed from the Ellips., accident occurred, to the front of first precinct station and examined car was found to contain 233 bottles of liquor that had not been damaged when the accident happened. Included in the list were many bottles of Old Lewi: Kentucky whisky, labele “made 'in 1914 and bottled in 1819, The other bottles were Iabeled White Horse and Lawson Scotch North Ca A North Carolina license number was on the machine, while in the car were District and South Carolina license plates. Wheil the two park policemen sighted the car north end of Highway bridge spaed- & toward the city they Immediat decided to make an ,investigation: Riding alongside the speeding car. they called to the driver to stop, but the latter ignored their command. Rainey and the driver of th, the the ina License. liquor car appeared He failed to succeed, however, and ditch- ed the roadster while trying to make a sharp turn going at a forty-five- mile clip. Johnson, although not very large, refused to give up without showing fight, and the policemen said they took’ him after giving him “all he wanted.” When locked up on a charge of transporting liquor, Johnson is said to have admitted that the liquor was brought here from a distant point in Virginia, and sald the trip was made The police reported having learned the liquor was brought from the vicinity of Ocean View, near Norfolk, Va, and suspect it came from a rum-runner that dropped an- chor off the capes. The seized liquor is of the varlety that bootleggers are selling for §15 a quart, according to the police, mak- ing the selling price of the seized liquor $3,485. It is belleved the liguor The bill provides that hereafter the was intended for holiday buyers who Public Utilitles Commission of the Dis- were willing to pay the price. The damaged car and liquor were turned trict shall have no authority to fix rates ! guer to the revenue bureau. of fare on street railways in the Dis- trict in excess of the fares provided in the original charter of the railways. It provides further that on the passage of the proposed law the fares charged on street railways in the District shall be G cents and that six tickets shall be sold for 25 cents. The blll is similar to the proposal made by Senator McKellar during the last Congress. He sald today that he ntended to press for action on the measure_at the earllest opportunity. In wddition to his bill providing for 5-cont street car fares in the District, Senator McKellar yesterday Intro- duced a resolution providing for the appointment of a speclal committee of the Senate to Investigate and re- port on the affairs of the street rail- Ways of the District with regard to the wervice accorded, their financial standing, salaries paid, etc. 24 ARE SENTENCED. SAVANNAH, Ga. December Judge Barrett in the federal court today sentenced twenty-four defend- ants, convicted on conspiracy and other prohibition charges, to pay fines totaling $150.600 and to serve terms In the federal penitentiary. { Explorer Says Arctic F light May Bare Vas The naval board which is studying plans for an air expedition to the polar‘regions was told today of the possibility of the %iscovery of & vast unexplored area of a million square miles of land awalting a national claimant. Lieut. Commander Fitzhugh Green, member of the MacMillan polar expe- | aition of 1917, outlined the studies he had -made of the subject, and the probable existence of the land was | considered as an argument in fayor of Alaska as a starting point for the flight. The closer distance to the pole of Etah was considered by board, but it was said by members that polar phed the organizers of the | where the | near the | Jenkins reported that | ¥ economy, | VENIZELOS OFFERS AID. :VH WURKERsv PAY 15 RAISED $432.000 !Increases in Bureau Effective | Before Christmas for 3,500 Employes. Predicting million and a half dollars in the Vet- erans’ Bureau for the present fiscal Director Frank T. Hines today ivered a Christmas gresent to more |than 2,500 employes by gran jary increases total |uually, | In the central office here increases {in sala .895 employes. approved i today. & them a raise total- {ing $167.000. the field service 2.130 | employes will benenit to the extent of \sv 5,000, ‘This news brought great cheer into jthe ranks of the Veterans' Bureau, |which has been under investigation | by the Senate committee for months. It was the first bright spot which has come to the big bureau in a long time and will bring to the pay envelope: effectiva on December 15, Gen. Hini |announced, substantial increases—in | time for many to do Christmas shop- | ping. Increases vary, hé said, from $240 to $360 & year. Ratses Due to Economy The increases, all of which were well deserved, Gen. Hines sald, were made j®long the lines of reclassification, | Which is to be placed into effect b Congress, and were made possible by the great saving effected by Gen. Hines in his drive for a “more com- pact and efficient organization.” _The Veterans' Bureau is the first federal organization to attempt a | ruise in salary since the reclassifica- tion act was passed. The move, how- ever, could not be taken as a subati- tute'for the reclassification which is to be placed into effect by Congress on July 1, 1924, it was explained. Care was taken in granting the in- creases, effective this month, that none was given so large a ralse in salary that it would be found neces- sary to veduce such salaries under the” recommendations of the Person- nel Reclassification Board submitted to Congress. Most of the increases, in fact all but a few. were said to be in the lower classes and grades, and lower ranges of salary. in places where they will be greatly appre- clated. Saving of $1,550,000. Judging from the cost of adminis- | tration up to the present time it was | said that the fiscal year, ending June §30, 1924, should show a saving of $1,050,000 in the fleld and $300,000 in ! the central office, making a total sav- jing for the vear or $1,550,000. Part of the saving had been effect- | ed, it was said, throush reduction of personnel. Since March there had been a total net reduction of per- sonnel of 2,900 employes. This did not represent the total gross redus- tion, as many more than this number | had been dropped, but additional cn ployes had been taken on for manning |nex hospitals. | _The increase in salary in th, = | tral office does not represent all of the raises which will affect employes here in Washington, however, as a number of employves of the Tfourth district office, listed as working in the field, are’ located in the Arling- ton building with the central office. Other Raises Granted. Salary raises for 147 persons in the fourth district have been granted by Director Hines. It was explained, amounting to an annual increase of $19,670. Figures wege not avallable as to the proportion of this amount which will find its way into pay en- velopes in the District of Columbia. The fourth district includes the DI trict of Columbla, Virginia, We: Virginia and Maryland. t Unknown Area explorers had pointed out that the ice in that region would make it Qiffi- cult to establish a base there, Alr Current Prospect. Possibility that observations of air currents would be of value in weath- er prediction was also brousht out. The fact that o many of the con- ditions which enter into weather prognostication occur in the far north, it was said, would make 1t valuable to push the area of ob- sorvation farther into the polar re- gions. The board also discussed the value of the expedition from the stand. point of blazing a trail for the fu- ture commercial fiights of planes across the polar region. Many a. and polar experts hold that the air lune between the old world and the new ‘will be a regular communiea- tion course in the near future. ! “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers a saving of more than a | ial | every city bl Yesterday’ lock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are primed’ s Circulation, 99,068 TWO €CENTS. CONTINUE PROJECT ATANACOSTIA PARK, CONGRESS IS URGED Weeks Transmits Report of Army Engineers to Gillett, With Recommendations. SAYS EAST PART OF CITY NEEDS RECREATION AREA Declares Reclamation Is in Line With Plan for District Beautification. | Urging the continuation of reclamation and development of Ana- costia river and flats as a park above Benning bridge, with certain recom- mendations as to modifications which should be made in the interests of and stressing the impor- | tance for more recreational parks for the eastern part of the District, Sec- retary Weeks today transmitted to | Speaker Gillett a report by the board {of engineers, required In the District appropriation bill of last year “The report is clear and conclusive.’ says Gen. Lansing H. Beach, chief of engineers. It shows that from th | standpoints both of national and m {nicipal interests, it is irable to continue the reclamation and develop- {ment of the river and flats as part of | Anacostia Park between Benning !bridge and the District line, and that the existing project can be modified | without detriment to the public ir torest =o as to effect an _estimate {saving to the project of 25 per cen {of the present estimated cost. I con- lcur in general in the vicws and { recommendations of the board Gen. Beach points out that it is | made plain In other reports that the park project Is to be regarded as i separate and distinct from a develop- ment by the United States of a na tional arboretum botanic garden and a bird refuge. A large acreage with- but the park boundary—all that ean be set aside for such purposes with- out detriment to the park—is recom- mended to be So set aside. The cost {if any. of acquiring the lands and de- ! veloping them for these purposes | however, as for other comparable na- | tional projects elsewhere, it is be- hould be supported by the government Should Ascertain Limi The limits of the area that can be | withdrawn from the parks and de- voted to the uses of the Department of Agriculture should be authorized ,and directed to be ascertained by the bourd and reported to the chief of { engineers for approval, Gen. Beach emphasizes. He also advises Con- | gress that the area so found and ap- | proved should be appropriately tran: ferred, if required by the government, | upon' ‘retmbursement of the park | projec |~ “it will reduce the cost of the park | project to accomplish a partial rec mation of certain parts of the park \area by the District of Columbia by dump fills. The use by the District of Columbia of the areas that can thus be partially reclaimed #hould not be permanent, however. #t will be de sirable, therefore,” Gen. Beach sug- | gests, “that the chief of engineers, while prosecuting the project for park development, grant to the District of Columbia, from time to time, the tem- porary use of designated areas of the park for the purpose of making dump fills.” The report lays stress upon the ‘provement of health conditions will result from continuing th project. It says that “since the in- ception of the reclamation of the ‘Anacostia river flats one of the prin- cipal objects has been the elimina- tion of the malarial mosquito-breed- ing_marshes hese marshes were about two square miles in extent They were-adjacent to central parts of the city and were a constant men- |ace to the health of the residents. Al- ready much benefit has resulted from the flling in of the marshes below | Benning road. Malaria, which was formerly & common disease at the | navy vard, Government Hospital for the Insane, Washington barracks and the District jail, institutions adjoin- ing these marshes, has now alm ! disappeared. As the section of Ana- costia Park above Benning road Is the only remaining mosquito-breeding marsh in the District of Columbia, the { reclamation work should be continued to remove these insanitary condi- tions.” Additional Parks Needed. Rekarding the need for additional parks as the city grows, the report says : “Washington is the capital of the i nation and as such special attention must be pald to its status and future growth. In a report made in 1921 upon | the increased water supply for the District_of Columbia. Maj. Mack T. | Tyler, Corps of Engineers, U. S. lafter'a careful investigation deter- mined that in 1980 the population probably would be above 1 | With _such a_population, prac " (Continued on Page tumn COMMITTEE TOLEAD DEMOGRATS NAMED ISenator Robinson Announces | im- that park 7 | Personnel of Upper House | Steering Committee. | ! The democratic steering committee of . the Senate, which is aleo the committee | on committees, was announced today by Scnator Robinson of Arkansas, chair- { man of the democratic conference of the Senate. Ex-officio members of the com- ! mittee are Senator Robinson, Senator Walsh of Montana, the vice chalrman of the democratic conference, and Sena- cratic whip. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi is the ranking member of the commit- tee proper. The other members of the | committee are Senators Pittman of Ne- ada, Swanson of Virginia, Simmons of orth Carolina, Reed of Missourl, Shields of Tennessee, Sheppard of Texas, Kendrick of Wyoming and Stanley of | Kentucky, | The duties of the steering committee |are to guide the democratic party in the Senate on legislative matters sub- Ject to direction by the democratic con- ference, and to assign democratic sena- tors to standing committees of the Eenate. 1 the originally | AL tor Gerry of Rhode Island, the demo- | SENATE DEADLOCK LIES IN HANDS OF FARMER LABORITES |Dissatisfaction With Com- mittee Posts Likely to Halt Organization. DEMOCRATS TO PRESS {FOR CHOICE OF PRESIDENT Opposition to Coolidge Legislative Program Expected to Bring Stubborn Contests. President Coolidge's first annus% message to Congress has served x' clear the atmosphere at the Capitcf S0 far as the administration's legise lative program is concerned The Executive having presented his views frankly and concisely ors the manifold problems of the dasy speculation has turned to how man of his recommendations can be trans- lated into law at this session, in view | of the confused political situation Congress. The President and Congress a, to be as one on the desirabiliby of | tax reduction, but the administration's rrogram us embodied tn_a.preliminary draft bill cent to the House yestar day by Secretary Mellon alffers i [material aspects from the proposals {in this direction annonnced recentl H’z‘ the republican insurgents in ' ouse. |, Other suljects treated by Mr. Coa! | ldge which leaders genorally say wi'l { furnish _stubborn include the soldjers’ Lo Amerfcan adherence to the world court wita reservations: amendments to ti transportation act; relief for agri culture In general and the whe. growers in particular, and anti-lyn ing legisiation. ome Bills Introduced. Bills embodying several of the rec ommendations of President Coolidga already have been introduced® and others will be presented later. Non of them can be acted upon until tha committees of the House and Senat have been organized and made the reports. > Congress was in recess today un inext Mon out of respect to t memory of President Harding, but leaders were not inactive. Thera were frequent conferences regarding leglslative and other matters, but the chief work under way was that of determining the assignment of sena tors and representatives to the vari ous standing committees, The Preside message over, the battle for the organization of the nate, held in abeyance out of courtesy to the President, is about to break out Expect Motion Monday. The Senate has adjourned unt: Mond When it meets a motion, it is expected. will be made by Senato: Robinson of Arkansas, the democratic leader. to proceed to the election of 4 President pro tempore in the Sen- ate, starting the contest over Senate | organization. 1f the republican and democratic committees on committees are read: | Monday to report the proposed ap- ‘lpniulmvnl! to the standing commit | tees of the Senate, Senator Robi son’s motion may be withheld until after the committee's assignments hase been made. That is a matter which was said today Is yet to be determined | _The situation in the Senate is sim- flar to that in the Housc when the lorganization fight in the latter body The democrats and re ns are fairly evenly divided With a group of progressive repub- licans and the two farmer-labor sen- ators of Minpesota holding the bal- ance of power. What the attitude c ! the progressives will be in regard t |the Senate organization will depend | very largely on whether they are sat tsfled with the committee assign- ments given them. If they are sat- 2, Column 5. LONE BANDIT ROBS TRAN OF 708 i Throws Safe From Virginia Express Car After Holding Up Messenger. contests in Congress us | | ¥ the Associated Press i PETERSBURG, Va.. December A check-up by local and railway po- lice today revealed that $37.063 was the loot secured by the lone handis who late yesterday afternoon robbed the express car of the Norfolk and Western “Cannon Ball” train, en route from Norfolk to Richmond after holding up and binding Expres: Messenger Joseph M. Stevens of Richmond. The amount secured by the bandit was first given out by ex Dpress company officlals as $8.000 This morning no trace of the ban dit_had been found and no arres: had been made. Express Messenger Stevens is_being questioned by ex- press company and railroad detec tives regarding the robbery. Stevens told the officers"the bandit looked like a foreigner. The money was_taken from two | safes. From the larger one, which | was thrown off the train near Poe a station four miles from here, $25. 000 consigned to the Federal Reserv. | Bank at_ Richmond, it is said, was taken. A small safe coutained $11 063. According to Messenger Stevens the train had just left Waverly when | the stranger walked into the express | car, which was next to the coach for | negro passengers. The man asked Stevens if he had a suit case being ent from Suffolk to Richmond tevens said he leaned over to sec | about the suitcase and when he stood | up again he was facing a pistol. | “'The bandit then took Stevens' gu | he sald, and_ordered him'to open tr | big safe. When told by the messen | ger that he did not know the combi- | nation of this safe the bandit made | Stevens unlock the smaller | Keeping the messenger covered, | robber rifled the safe and made captive put the money into a bag. He then tied Stevens, hand foot, with a handkerchief over eyes, to a post in the car. As train slowed up for Poe station bandit shoved the big safe out of loft door while he made his escape through the end door,