Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1923, Page 2

2 » THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON D. 0, FR PERSHING LAMENTS Edwards and Copeland. Slated *|pER [JEN| WORKERS/SCHOOLS BIG ITEM For D. C. Senate Committee DECREASE IN ARMY Reports Some Real Progress, But Says Funds Lack Hampers Work. By the Assoctated Trees. The condition of the national de- | fense tem “presents a serlous problem, which should receive; thoughtful consideration from every i responsible citizen.” Gen. Pershing d today in w will be his last annual report as chief of staff of the Army. the time the next| report ts due the former commander | of the Amertfcan ¢ ditionary fnrc‘és‘? will have reached the retirement age of sixty-four. i “We h made progress in the | organization of the framework of a great citizen he said, ! “Lut the tots] number of individuals | under military supervision has de-| creased by 09 curing the past; three years. This decline présents a | gerious problem. which should recelve the tful consid 2 of every responsible cl re we maki ward the modest goal whi for ourselves. o into the unprep: herctofors PR thou Assistance. oted his re | tion i time of peace of a corps 0‘.'} aficars to instruct our men and to] lead Lattle” Basing his| statem e results of the time he dev tion of = e reported t exhibited readincs: 1orif in order * dut. but that had bes glve tonem | tan belng that t ve neith 1 nor funds | ent for this 1 re ha mporary dlerup- | ton” fn the as was to'| be expectad sontinned. due to re- | ler the nati 1 de- | ided, however { asize the fact that porary phase.. izations must once aining neceswary s ot slency them to take the field tr had | onul 7 the ment 1ittle he “malk znd to pr acany mon Urges Larger Army. fuil omy Army be strengih of 12,000 officers it. the the to apprectation of 1 rge that brought back 000 enlisted men that it be suit- bled to o dact °rs on & moderate National Guard be to per- clopment te- 0.000; th St the Gdequatoly funds ap necd the 1 I tained: taat th permit reserve average of A each three or serve Office be further developed, and that pro- be made for gradual in- in the number accommodated ¢ in the eitizen military ining cemps.’ The Officers Reserve Corps now con- eists, Gen. Persining sald, of approx- tinately 77,000 officers, of whom 50,- G1) are war veterans. Annual re- cements of at least 7,00) second Jicutenants must be provided to mointsin the corps, and this year ¥ about half that number were commissioned from the Reservs Of- ficers Training Corps and other eources. During the last fiscal year there were about 92,600 regulars and 160,000 national guardsmen in_con- tinental United S €s, or a decre; of 30.000 from the strength of th two elements of the Army that ex- ed in 1921, ‘We can not contemplate a fur- ther reduction,” Gen. Pershing de- clared. training in that the Re- Morzale of Troops. Due to lack of funds, the report said, enlisted personnel of the Regu- lar Army “has had to be exploited in performing non-military dutles In c 1g and maintaining camps of ction”” It added that housing tad been poor for the troops but that fine rale and cheerful ®pirits” were exhibited by both offi- ecrs and men even under these con- <itions. “Present appropriations,” sald Gen. Yershing, “"have provided only for the living of the military cstab- e not adequatély cared hereof, nor for its loprient, Was stocks uppiles have been utilized to the Mmum advanta 3008t instances b wive to maintain is unfit for oceu- | > < for the d nal and our | ns have been held in though a number of yea uired for their compietiva. umming up the spirit with which all 3 Of the new Army—reguiars, na- ional guardsmen and reserve officers— were performing their part, he' sald 1 Increase of Interests. “It is gratifylng to be abie to report | that the national defense uct has met | with comstantiy increasing interest nmong all classes of Americans. Not nly do our citizens show recognition £ the wisdom of the present policy, but tiere appears to be a growing desire to «€id the War Department in carrsing wut {ts program. “In the face of many discourage- irents, the personnel of all compo- 2ents of the Army have zealously en of their services. The National Guard has ieved a most pralse- standard of efficlency In view the limited time avallable for ruilitary training; an excellent nu- «lcaus for the organized reserves has Deen bullt up in the short space of three years; the units for the train- fns of prospective officers have de. veloped In a very satisfactory man- 1.er In our schools, colleges and sum- mer camps: and the regular estab- iishment, cheerfully, indeed enthu estically, has subordinated man its own interests task of afding in every possible way | the citizen components and auxiliaries | ©f the national army.” Telling of comments made to him | Ly parents, doctors, educators and employers all over 'the country on | the effects of aummer camp training upon the young men trained, Gen. Porshing said he belleved ' these amps “are really an American in- titution which will always endure n_some form or other.'” “Y regard them,” he added, “as the groatest school in America’ for the development of good citizenship. 1 sincerely hope that it is the will of the American people that we &hould carry out a conservative and ‘balanced program for the natfonal defense In preparation for whatever emergency we may be destined to encounter.” —_— 84,121,593 FOR BUILDINGS Bullding operations authorized in the District during November represent an | BgaTegate eum of $4,414,861, Building In- spector Healy reported to Engineer Commissioner Bell today. Of that amount $4,121,693 is for new . construction worl and the balance rep- Fesents repailré ju i B 2 | was returned for Northampton. City to Benefit by Wide Experience in Civic Affairs of Both Members, Is Opinion. The Senate District committee, it 15 expected, will have at least two new democratic members. They are Senator Edward Irving Edwards of New Jevsey and Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York. Both are men of wide experfence In clvic af- fairs and, it is belleved, will prove valuable additions to the committee which has jurisdiction over matters relating to the National Capital, Senator Copeland s a native of Michigan and a graduate of the Michigan State Normal College and the University of Michigan, recefving from the latter the degree of doator of medicine. For thirteen years ke | was a professor in the Medlcal School of the University of Michigan. Dur- Ing his residence at Ann Arbor he Was mayor of the clty, president of the board of education and president of the park board. in 1908 he went to New York to ac- cept the position of dean of the ower Hospital Medical College, re- maining fn that position for a decade nd until he was appointed commis- foner of public health for New York rsey senator who is to hecome a member of the ict committee has been Gover- nor of New Jersey. He I8 a resident of Jersey City and helped to give hat city its commission form of gov- crument. He has been a close stu- dent of munleipal affairs. He is 2 duate of the New York University. er leaving collexe he studied law n the office of his brother, the late Willlam D. Edwards, and later en- tered the banking business, becoming ventually president of 'the First National Bank of Jersey City. He crved for six vears ws controller of ithe treasury of New Jergey and 18 recognized as an authority on taxa- n. BALDWIN’S MAJORITY IN COMMONS IS WIPED OUT IN GENERAL VOTE (Continued from First Page.) increasing prices—considerably influ- ¢nced them. Nevertheless, the fashion. able women of London's West End also voted diligently and their ballots wera kely cast against conservatives. Astor and Miss Susan Law- ce were among the first known to have been successful. The Countess of Warwick was 80 exhausted by the activitles of her "ampaign in Warwickshire that she was obliged to stay in bed on Thurs- day. She was overwhelmingly de- feated. Labor's first woman member of par- lament, Miss Lawrence, who defeated the conservative member for East Hamm, will be a dlstinct acquisition 1o the party ln the house. She s not youny and has spent & large part of her life in public work. She has sat on the London rcounty council as a labor niember since 1913 and has achieved several useful reforms for working women. Miss Lawrence had previously been twice unsuccessful for a seat In parllament. Churehill Beaten. Probably the most surprising upset of the first day's returns was the de- feat of Winston Spencer Churchill by F. W. Pethick-Lawrence, laborite, in West Leicester, by 4,385 votes. The liberal leader’s successor is a prominent member of the Socialist Fabian Soclety and an ardent advocate of the capital evy. Sir Mintague Barlow, the minister of labor, alsp was defeated by a labor- ite, losing to J. Toole In the south division of Salford by 2,701 votes. Iy Henderson Beaten. Another defeat that occasioned sur- prise was that of Arthur Henderson, secretary of the labor party, who .ust in East Newcastle to Sir R. W. Aske. Sir Alfred Mond, tne former liberal minister, was another prominent can- didate who went down before labor. He was defeated in West Swansea by the laborite candidate by 115 votes. Herbert Asquith, the former premier and now leader of the liberal party, tri- umphed at Palsley, but by a rather nar- row margin, over his laborite opponent, J. M. Biggar. Mr. Asquith's plurality was 1,746, The first returns recelved from the English counties which, generally speak- ing, are conservative, gave the liverals further hopes, as they reported a lib- eral gain in the Basingsioke dlvision of Hampshire over the conservatives, who had held the seat. Lieut. Com- mander R. T. H. Fletcher, liberal, de- conservative, parliamentary undersecretary of state for the colonies, was re-eiected from Stafford. Austen Chamberiain, conservative, was re-elected in the west division of irmingha recelving 13,940 votes, ith F. Smith, labor, receiving 9,983. Neville Chamberlain, conservative, chancellor of the exchequer, was elect ed in the Ladywood division of Bir- mingham with® 12,884 votes against 11,330 votes for Dr. R. Dunstan, labor. Lioyd George Elected. Former Prime Minister Lloyd George was re-elected from the Carnarvon district of Wales over Austin Jones, conservative. Mrs. Margaret Wintringham, liberal, was re-elected from the Louth divie sion of Lincolnshire. The Duchess of Athol, conservative, was returned for the Kinross and western division of Perth and Kin- ross over P. A. Molteno, Iiberal. Miss Margaret Bondfield, labor, the third woman and the second woman laborite to be elected to parliament, 8he nalledfllb,.‘)sls1 vzoolau: : V. Collllré“eon- servative, 11,520, and C. A. Mc d iiberal, 11,341, = Sir Robert Sanders, minister of agri- culture, was defeated in the Bridge- water division of Somerset, by W. E. Morse, liberal. Sir Robert was the minister who advocated a subsidy to the farmers In connection with pro- tection, and this point was largely emphasized by the conservatives in the campalgn. J. Ramsay Macdonald, labor leader, 3,512, He received 17,439 votes as against 13,927 for S. H, Byass, con- rvative, Another woman elected makes the fourth woman member of parliament. She is Lady Terrington, liberal, who was successful in her contest for the seat for the Wycombe division of Buckinghamshire. Six Women Heaten. ‘The returns show six other women rejected by the electors, two at Bir- mingham and _one each at Farnham, in Surrey; Glamorgan, In Wal Cambridge and West Dorset. Among the cabinet ministers and undersecretaries who were successful in their contests, Sir Laming Worth. ington-Evans, postmaster general, re. tained his seat for vision of Essex; Lfeut. Col. Amery, first_lord of the admiralty, for the Sparbrook _division of Rupert Gwynne, financial secretary '® for the war office, for the Eastbourne! division of Sussex; Mr. Ormsby-Gore, parliamentary undersecretary of state for the colonies, for the Stafford di- vision of Staffordshire, and Viscount ‘Wolmer, parliamentary secretary to the board of trade, for the Aldershot division of Hampshlre. Robert Smillie, the miners’ member, retalned his seat for Morpeth, but . e Colchester dl-l Birmingham: | NRLRWOOD ATOR COPELAND. BONUS SEEN AS BAR (Continued from First Page.) cluded that present activity presented the appearance of being “sound and stable.” The fallure of agricultural sections to share in the betterment, however, was noted. Federal land banks, #aid, had loanel $214.712.000 during the ‘year on land mortgages. Thelr of loans outstanding was placed at $789,703.104, while farm land as- soctations, through which their busl- ness Is primarily conducted, had in- creased in number during the fiscal year from 4,388 to 4,638, Taking up the liquor question, Mr. Mellon said that the nation, which formerly had consumed 130,000,000 gallons of whisky a year, had now in bonded’ warehouses only 35,000,000 gallons altogether. Withdrawal from the supply during the past year was only 1,700,000 gallons. The Treasury's request for a $28,000,000 appropriation to increase the coast guard, the Sec- retary said, might assist to ‘“cut down to & minimum the operation of the rum llfl#l]t!‘l who seek to re- place the vi hed home product with the spirits of other lands.” Public bullding needs, in the coun- try at large and in Washington, the report said, required “a carefully con- sldered building program.” The post- ponement of construction because of recent high costs in erection enter- prises couid not always be continued, it added, with annual federal expendi- tures far rentals amounting to $20,- 000,000 and increasing. Construction planning that would eliminate any tendency to distribute buildings on a political basis was urged. URGES 68 AS RETIRING AGE. the Sccretary | Becretary Mellon, in his annual re- port today, declared that the amount of money in the Treasury to the credit of the civil service retirement fund “would seem to justify both the fowering of the age limit and the granting of inereased annuitie: The stand of the Secretary of th Treasury upon these two polnts wai welcomed today by members of the Rotired Government Employes' Asso- clation and other bodies, which have Wocn working since the adoption of the law several years ago for in- creased annuities and a lowering of the retirement age. Secretary Mellon said that he de- sired to call attention again to sug- Kestions made In the annual reports of the Secretary of the Treasury for 1921 and 1922 to the effect that the age limit for retirement should be lowered from seventy years to not! more than sixty-eight years, and that the annuil grinted under the re- tirement act should be increased. “The present annuities are not suf- ficlent in themselves to support with any degree of comfort those who a®a retired, and I belleve that somewhat more 1iberal provision would be justified,” sald Secretary Mellon. The Secretary tells in his report that holdings of the civil service re- tirement and disabllity fund by loans on June 30, 1923, totaled $26,034,260. ———————— Geoft Skakspear, once Lioyd George's secretary, was defeated by a laborite at Northampton. Home Secretary Bridgeman was guccessful in the Oswestry division of Shropshire. It was rumored today that Winston Churchill, defeated in yesterday polling in We: fcester, would be asked to contest the seat for West Derbyshire, whose member has just died, against the Marquis of Harting- ton. Of the seven women returned to | paritament on the basis of the results 1 y of iretained his seat for Aberavon, Gla., as announced this afternoon, four are in fulfilling its|morgan, Wales, with a plurality of' newcomers. The former members are Lady Astor for the Sutton division of | Plymouth, Mrs. Margaret Wintring- i ham, liberal, for the Louth division i of Lincolnehire, and Mrs. Margaret Philipson, for the Berwick-on-Tweed division of Northumberland. The new members are the Duchess of Athol, conservative, for the Kin- ross_and western division of Perth and Kinross; Lady Terrington, liberal for the Wycombe division of Buck- |inghamshire; Miss Margaret Bond- {fleld, laborite, for Northampton, and Mixs Susan Lawrence, laborite, for East Hamm. Lady Astor, Virginia-born noble- woman, is well known as the first Wwoman to take a seat in the imperial parliament, to which she was first re- turned for her present constituency She has gained fame as an M. P. by her witty sayings, ready repartee and her aponsoring of reform leglalation, In- cluding a measure to prevent the sale of Intoxicating liquors to minors. Mrs. Wintringham was first elected to succeed her husband upon his death in 1921 and was the second woman M. P. to exercise her preroga- tives. She ‘is forty-four years old and prior to her entrance lu.t::un.- ment was active in varlous ings, being chalrman of the woman' ‘war agriculture committee. = TO TAX REDUCTION| OF DISTRICT RAISED 1,800 Benefit Under Wage Scale Approved by Com- missioners. A new wage scale Increasing the pay of nearly all of the 1,800 per diem laborers and mechanies of the District government was adopted by the Commissioners today upon recom- mendation of Engineer Commissioner Bell. The new scale represents & unani- nous recommendation from the wage | board, composed of the following imen: C. B. Hunt, engineer of high- gwnys J. 8. Garland, superintendent |of water department; J. B. Gordon, sanitary engineer, and Frank J. Bresnahan and Arthur C, Oliver, rep- resentatives of the employes. The City Employes' Association at & meeting last nigh 1s0 approved of the figures recommended by the wage board. < List of Recommendatios As In the pust, the new scalo fixes 2 minimum and a maxlmum rate for each zroup of workers. Here are the figures on some of the larger Groupi Cement workers—Formerly ceived from $3.36 to $6.12; now get from $4 to $6.40. Skilled laborers—Formeriy got $3.68 to $4.16; now get $3.68 to $4.32. Unskilled laborers—Formerly re- celved 3272 to 33.60; now get $3.04 to_$3.60. Bricklayers—Formerly got $5.68 to $6; new rate, $5.68 to $6.40. Auto drivers. $3.68; new ral Carpenteras—Formerly, $| new rate, $5.35 to $6.40. Electrictans—Formerly, $5.12 to $8; new rate, $6.36 to $8.40 Machinists—Formerly, $5.30 to $8; new rate, $5.36 to $8.40. Painters--Formerly, $5.20 to $5.84; new rate, $6.36 to $6.40. $5.20 to $ mbers—Formerly new rate, $5.36 to $5. The scale includes & number of other assifications of a mechanical nature and {s effective immediately. The Commissioners are able to ralse the pay of these men because they are employed out of lump-sum ap- propriations. At the meecting of the City Em- ployes' Association last night the men voted down a resolution calling for the appointment of a committee to call on the Commissioners to de- mand that & new wage board be ap- pointed to go over sularies. President Bresnahan told the men that while the new gcale was not as high as he thought It should be, he felt 1t was better to take “haif a {loaf" when the opportunity presented | itself. The assoclation then voted to | approve the scale. Mr. Bresnahan_was nominated last {night for the ofce of president for lnf‘xt year, the election to take place ater. NINE MEXICAN STATES SWEPT BY REBELLION AS FEDERALS WEAKEN (Continued from First Page.) the state of Tlaxcala under command They also profes: celved no word of revolts in Micho can, Chihuahua or San Luis Potosl. Advices from Puebla state that fighting occurred at Cordova when a part of the garrison there refused to join the Sanchex-Huerta movement. A war department announcement quotes telegrams from Iguala to the effect that the negotiations between Gen. Maycotte and Gen. Figueroa, who was recently In_revoit against the government of Guerrero state, have been successful. Gen. Figueroa prom- tsed to abandon his campaign and proceed to Toluca for the purpose of surrendering. He is reported to have said that he was not opposed to the central government, but only sought to_reform the state administration. Like President Obregon, the secre- {tary of war, Gen. Francisco Serrano, expressed the opinion that the revolt would soon be put down. “The Sanchez rebellion,”+he said, “is not a transcendental problem, be- cause it does not include elements in other regions of the country. I am sure the rebellion will soon be stamped out.” Gen. Serrano declared that Sanches commanded eleven battalions, of which three remained loyal The eccretary of the interior, En- rique Colunga, also was of the opi fon that Banchez was virtually alone in_his movement. “Sanchez.” he said, “is the only one who has opened the revolt against the government. He claims he has thousands of men and machine guns, which he has not. Nothing is known regarding de la Huerta except that he 1s in Vera Cru; NO U. 8. EFFECT SEEN. | | Although officials are unable to ap- pralse fully the extent of the revoiu- INtionary movement in Mexico, it s be- leved the uprising will not affect ratification of the two claims con- ventione negotiated with the Obregon government as the basim of restoring diplomatic ations botween the United States and Mexico. The con- ventions are expected to be placed before the Senate by President Cool- idge very soon with the request that ratification be expedited as much as possible. Reports on_the outbreak received at the State Department gave about the same view of the revolutionary movement as was contained in press advices. Consul Boyle at Ban Lul Petosi reported that Mexican federal troops had disarmed the “entire arm ed forces of the Prieto government' in that city. Charge Summerlin, at Mexico City, forwarded a report received by_the British legation there from the Brit- ish consul at Vera Cruz, which saia the commander-in-chief of the fed- eral forces in the state of Vera Crus had been supported by the naval forces at that port. The Vera Cruz state government had been deposed, he sald, and all state authorities had been replaced by appointees representing the revo- lutionists. Rallways were sald to have been suspended. The British consul's report added that de la Huerta was in Vera Crus and it was belleved there that the rebellious movement would be sup- ported at once in the states of Onxaca, Jallsco, Guerrero, Michoacan, S8an Luls Potosl and Tamaulipa: i ‘American Consul John Q. Wood, at | Vera Crus, reported that Gen. Sanchez had taken oyer the Vera Cruz customs offices. A report sent by Consul Gen- eral Claude L. Dawson from Mexico City eald reports were current there! that federal troops in the states of Guerrero, Michoacan, Oaxaca and Vera Cruz had revolted. TROOPS TO MAXKE FIGHT. —— EL-PASO, Tex., December 7.—Mexi- can troops in the states of Chihuahus, Michoacan, Tamaulipas, San Luls Po- tosi and Vera Cruz “have the utmost confidence in the president, and '-he}r loyalty cannot be questioned,” said Col. Roman Lopes, garrison comman- der at Juarez, ‘across the Rio Grande from El Paso. With other Mexican officials hére and In Jusres, he r celved the press reports of the revo- lutionary movement with surpris “Military commanders throughout the entire country are advised by telegraph whenever there is an un- usual event, such as'a revolt of im portance,” Col, Lopes said. “I have reveived moth! relative to these re- vo:‘(& The sitnation in Juares is quict” {DEADLOCK IN SENATE |e IND. C. EXPENSES \ Thirty-Five Cents Out of Ev- ery Dollar Spent for Educa- tion, Donovan Says. How each District dollar was expend- | ed in the fiscal year euded June | | Thirty-five cents out of every dollar spent by the District government dur- ing the last fiscal year was used for the | education of children, according chart preparcd tollay by Maj. Danicl J. Donovan, auditor. This was the largest single item of expense. Protection of life and property, which means the cost of maintaining the po- lice and fire departments, came second, | taking 17.3 cents per dollar. Charities and the upkeep of institu- | tions called for the expenditure of 13.5 cents on the dollar. The streets and highways of the city got 10.4 cents of each dollar. In protecting the health and eanita- tion of the community the Commis- sioners spent 9.7 cents. For recreation the proportion was 5 cents per dollar. Other items that go to make up the full dollar were: General government, 5.7 cents; miscellaneous, 0.6 cents, and public service, 2.6 cents. The chart does not include the water department, which sustains itself out of water rent collections. to a| LIES WITHIN POWER OF FARMER-LABORITES (Continued from First Page.) {sfled they probably will acqulesce in the election of Senator Cummins of lowa as President pro tempore of the Benate. 1f they are not, then they may be ex- pected to nominate a candidate of their own. This will result in a three-cornered fight, making it impoesible to elect a president of the Benate, it Is necessary G,.0. P. Against Election. The republicans have gone on the a: sumption that it is not necessary at this time to have an election of a president pro tempore, contending that Senator Cummins, who was elected president pro tempore in the last Congress, holds over. The democrats, on the other | hand, point out that with no Vice President of the United States, as the presiding officer of the Senate. to elect a permanent preeiding officer | for thix Congress. Senator Cummins is not only Pres- ident pro tempore of thc Senate, but also chairman of the Interstate com- merce committee. It has been urged that he should relinquish one of these positions, but the lowa senator has indicated thet he will stand pat. Benator La Follette of Wisconain, leader of the progressive repub- licans, is next in line to Senator Cummins for the chairmanship of the interstate commerce committee, and it Senator Cummins should lose this ! position he would, in accordance with senatorial rules, become chairman. There arc several vacancies on the committee, however, which the repub- Jican progressives are anxious to flll. They are more concerned over the flling_of these vacancies than over the chairmanship of the committes which will have charge of any rail- road legislation that may come up. Seek Other Powts. The progressive group is making & fight also for sssignments to other important committees. Upon the treatment accorded them, it 18 expect- ed, will rest the question of a com- parative speedy or Senate for a long-drawn-out contest. In addition to electing a President Pro tempore the democrats will insist upon the election of other Senat. ficers, including the sergean! secretary and chaplain of the Senate. They, will slate of their own for th Resolutions {sing the rules of the House on the point stressed the recent clash between the “pro- gressives” and ‘yegular’ republicans in the House, as aiready introduced by Reprosentative Charles Crisp of Georgia and Representative R. Wai- ton Moore of Virginia, both demo- crats, are being conaidered at the democratic caucus this afternoon. Would Provide Penalfy) It Is understood that the Crisp and Moore resolutions wiil be pressed by the House minority as A comprehen- sive program, dealing with the major matters that have been under discus- slon during the republican deadlock. Thes resolutions are by no means in conflict, but are complimentary to each other. . The Crisp resolution provides a simple method of discharging any committee that holds up a bill for more than thirty days. The first of the Moore resolution would require that the chairman of the rules committee shall report any resolution voted by tHe committee to the House within two legislative days. The purpose of thls is to pre- vent the chairman_ from holding a & batch of rules in his pocket. The second Moore resolution pro- vides that the rule when presented to the House shall not be ronsidered by the House on the day it is pre- sented, except by a two-thiirds vote, This is to prevent any “surprise’ action. It also provides that unless the chairman of the committee on rules calls up the rule within five days, any member of the committee call it up as privileged matter. third Moore resolution is to repeal section 3 of rule 21, which restricts the right to offer amend- ments to any revenue bills under con-dderation. The fourth Moore Tesolution is to require advance notice of business to be transacted at any session of the House. What it does is to direct the Speaker on the Saturday before any week the Houee is to be in sesston to post a bulletin showing as fully as he 8 able to determine what busi- ness will probably be taken up dur- ing that week ainl in what order. 1t also directs him “to print in the daily record immediately following the recital of the journal a sf showing as well as he is to de- termine what business probably wil b~ taken up the next da; In the t Congress when this gueation of notice was brought up in the House by Representa! Champ Clark supported the Propo: tion, and that was followed by House Leader Mondell's adopting the prac- tice of publishing weekly notice in advance, That was, of course, simply in the discretion of the House leader. Representative Moore’s resolution would make such notice compulsory. [; | {in Poland. IDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1823, “Lady of Lighthouse” to Tell W ashingtonians of Work Center for Blind Has Been -Aid”’ to Thousands. Soldiers Are Given Instruction in Useful Trades. Mrs. Winifred Holt Mather, who has organized lighthouses for the blind in Amerlca, France, Italy and Poland, will speak at at a gathering which will take place at the residence of Willlam P. Eno on Monduy 4t 9 p.m., and urge| the furthcrance of that work. In Rurope and America thero are thousands who know of the work of the “Lady of the Lighthouse,” as Mra. Mather, formerly Miss Winifred Holt, is called. About twenty years ago Mrs. Ma- ther, while attending a concert in Ttaly, noticed the pleasure that came to the blind as they listencd to the mueic. From that impression came {her lifelong effort to give to these {people an opportunity to participate {in the life of the world from which the sightless felt they were forever shut out. Five Lighthouses Open. There are now five “lighthouses.” One {n New York city, one in Buffalo, one in Italy, one in Paris and ons Mra. Mather found the first blind American soldler at Sofs- gons while the bombardment was go- ng on. These “lighthouses” seek to give the blind Independence and & chance in life by teaching them various vo- cations and arts. Some of the work done by thess people are purchased by_the big stores of 5th avenue. Five Presidents, Cleveland, who was once an fnstructor of the blind; Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson and Harding, have expressed’ their approval of the work. _President Coolidge 5 to be honorary president of the National American Committce, which is soon to be formed. In a letter President Cool- idge praises the work and gave those in charge his good wishes. Upon another occaston he declared his Intention of visiting the “lighthouse’ in New York city, Which was visited by President Harding and the cornerstone of which was lald by Chief Justice Taft a num- ber of years ago. Dr. Eliot Explains Work. Just what work has been ana is to be done is explained by Dr. Charfes E. Eliot, president emeritus of Har- vard University, who s honorary chalrman of the New England com- mittee of the national committee. Eliot says: “Before the world war Miss Wini- fred Holt had founded in New York and Buffalo ‘lighthouses’ in which the blind were given occupations and taught trades through which they were restored to happiness and were enabled to earn a living and keep a home. She proved very effective In raieing money to build and support these ‘lighthouses;’ but in this func- tion she exarted influence over peo- ple who could see her as well as hear her. When, later, in the ‘lighthous she had created she came in contact with the blind therein, it turned out that she could exercise a blessed In- fluence over persons who could not see her, but only hear her. “When the desperate fighting France had begun to produce thou- sands of wounded men, among whom wers many blinded, Miss Holt decided that she would put her gifts and her experience. at the service of soldiers blinded in battle. To further this end Mrs. Hewitt and other friends formed the committec for men blinded in battle under the presidency of the late Jospeh H. Choate. Atded by Americans. “With money which twas chiefly given by American friends and sup- porters, but with much sympathy and furtherance from the French govern- ment and French patriots, the com- mittee established in Paris ‘Le Phare de France, which has now for ove) eight years been doing its very benef- ictent work, regardiess of race or creed. It is a center of phystcal re- habilitation as well as re-education, equipment and information for the blind and & veritable socisl settle. ment house for them. From th th From Yesterday's 6:30 Edition of The Star. 2 BOARDS NAMED INARMORY DRIVE The personnel of the two commit- tees of the joint committee represent- ing patriotic, civic and business or- ganizations of the eity, which will have charge of the work of prepar- ing the propored legislation for ob- taining for the District Natfonal Guard a suftable armory and meeting place for patriotic bédies, to be a memorial to men who have served from the District In all the wars of the Unlited States, was announced yes- terday by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, commanding the National Guard of the District and the 29th Natlonal Guard Division and chairman of the Jjoint committee. The legisiative committee will con- vene for organization Within a few days, at which time a proposed bil will be drafted to be submitted to Congress providing for such an ar- mory. The committees follow: Chairman, Maj. Danfel J. Donovan; W. L. Beale, Charles W. Darr, M. A. Leese, Lieut. Kenneth L. Coontz, United States Navy; Capt. Edwin 8. Bettelhelm, jr.; Capt. Watson B. Mil- ler, Capt. Godfrey M. S. Tait, Fred- erick W. Archibald, Maj. R. E. B. Mc- Kenny, Lieut. LS. Ray, Willlam L. Mattocks, John C. Wineman, Capt. Charles Demonet, John M. Cherry, e B Du Bois, Capt. George W. Evans, Capt. C. E. Emig and Raphael S esatos-at-large—Col. Willlam S. Hodges, Maj. William T. Galliher, E. W. Pumphrey and Joseph A. Her- bert Col C. Fred Cook, Dan O'Connell, Edwin lerll. Langdon, Bolton, Capt. Herry E. Gladman, A Leftwich Sinclafr, Charles F. Crane, Francis C. Hubn, Col. George L. Tait, Maj. John Scott, Dr. Hflnrr A. John- on, Capt. H. ner Lewls, Rlchx.nrd L. Lamb, Wiillam H. W_-'nor. Col. Leroy Herron, Dr, J. T. Wold, Virgll F Bourne, 4]1:111.7 Chnrlen;“fl.‘ ‘I,E‘:‘r“nnd' ‘apt. Sheridan Ferree, . C. ene Sorards, Whitney Leary, Benjamin F. Adams and Frank J. Erwin. e e ROBBED IN CHURCH.. While seated in St. John's Church, 16th and H streets, yesterday Mram Franoes Shiras, wife of former Reép- resentative George Shiras of Penn- sylvania, was robbed of a handbag contatning clipped coupons from bonds to the sum of $370, 335 in cash and two theater tickets. / Search is being made by the police for a young white man who was seat- ed in a pew near Mrs. Shiras. coupons are negotiable. Dr. | The | HAkss. & gl @ MRS. WINIFRED HOLT MATHER. first blind of the A. E. . were found in the war zone, relieved, equipped with games and tools adapted to their blindness, and taught. The object of the phare is to restore to cheerful, hopeful life, young men suddenly plunged into total darkness. This objéct it has accomplished for hun- areds of men blinded in battle. “Miss Holt has not only created the establishment, but the staff consists largely of her pupils, whom she has inspired. Light and joy have gone out from this beacon to the biind from many lands. They and thelr relatives and friends express their gratitude and love for her in number- less ways. When it was reported in the lighthouse at New York a vear ago that Miss Winifred Holt was about to become Mrs. Rufus Graves Mather, a number of the blind who had learned there how to make a; ble objects, or were otherwise ga! fully employed, and the blind and seeing of the stff contributed several hundreds of dollars from thelr earn- ings and sent them to their beloved ‘guardian’ as a wedding present. Then they formed what they called e wedding gift fund. Thelr example was widely followed throughout the country, and, with the funds realized, Miss Holt, then Mrs. Mather, was able to make the first payment for the purchase of the French lighthouse and to keep it running. The instiga- tors of this wedding gift fund. which saved the French lighthouse, had never seen its ‘gardienne. more, touching tribute cannot be Imagined ““But now a crisis has arigen in the life of this lighthouse in France. It has become necessary to buy tie bulldings in which the good work has been carried on. Else the work must be grievously curtailed or stop- ped. Thirty thousand doliars has al- ready been pald; $60.000 must be in hand by Christmas, and $60.000 more by June. Moreover, it should be ade- quately endowed as a memorial of the comradesLip of the alllcs in the world war and of the men who died er arms. “Lot all Americans who have learn- ed through observation or reading or family experience what America has done to relfeve the dlaaster of blind- ness and to prevent biindness, and all who feel the force «f Winifred Holt's example conslder how much money they can now send to William. Forbes Morgan, troasurer, 111 East 59th street, New York city, or to Henry Hornblower, treasurer, 60 Con- gress street, Boston. Mass., for the Committee for Men Blinded in Battls. Decorated by France. Letters of commendation were also gent by the Imte President Harding and Ambassador Jusserand. Mrs. Mather for her work was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by France and is one of three women to whom the golden medal for na- tional sanitation has been given by Italy. She has received among many other medals the golden medal for distinguished service in France, the golden medal of the Instituts of So- cf Sclences in America and a Bel- glan medal for life saving. Mre. Calvin Coolidge will be the patroness of honor of the local pa- tronesses and Charles J. Bell treas- urer of the local committes, which, when formed, will contain the names of a number of nationally and lo- cally prominent people. On Tuesday Janet Richards will talk on her travels in Europe at Raucher's for the benefit of the light- house fund. CONTINUE PROJECT AT ANACOSTIA PARK, CONGRESS IS URGED (Continued from First Page.) the entire area of the District of Co- lumbia would be developed and oceu- led. Ample park area must there- fore, be secured and developed, while this still {s possible. The Anacostia valley above Benning road offcrs nn economical solution of that problem.” That the eastern half of the city ts now lacking In parks is empaasized by the report of the board gineera. which sa; ‘At the present time there are only two parks in the District that are open to the pudblic for general recre- ational use. These are Rock Creek Park and Potomac Park. Although there are certain other reservations, much smaller in extent, such as the Zoological Park and ' the United States Soldiers’ Home Groynds, their recreational use by the public is sub- ordinate to their special purposes. The District of Columbia now shows a very unbalanced park dlstribution. Rock Creek Park lles In the western half of the District and Potomac Park 1ies tn the south. East of the Capitol is one of the most denaely settled soc- tlons of the city, and in this section, within a half-miie range of Anacostia Park, it {s estimated that there now 1ive at least twice as many persons as live within the same range of Rock Creek and Potomac Park combined. This section i3 without adequate parks at present, and if the project is stopped at Benning road, the east- ern half of the District of Columbia r-m be most inadequately provided or. “One feature of Anacostia Park vitally affecting its use b the pub- Nc is the matter of accessibility, the Benning or H street line bf the Washington Railway & Electric Com- pany crosses the park at a most strate- glc point. Both below and above Ben- ning road are extensive park areas within easy walking distances from the car ltne. No other park in the Dis- trict of Columbla possesses such transportation facilities already avatlable.” y Anscostla Park fits in admirably with the general park plan, the en- glineer's report points out. "Anacostia Park Is one of the major unite in the broad scheme of Washington's de- velopment, and discontinuing the project above Benning road, would formulated with & view of making ‘Washington one of the most beau- tiful capitals of the world, the re- port says. If, in the interest of onomy, modifications must now somewhat reduce the scope of Ana costia Park above Benning road, these should not reduce its present authorized limit, the report warns. —_— ASKS YULE SACRIFICE. CHICAGO, December 7.—Sacrifice of the exchange of Christmas presents, the money ,to be spent instead “to feed hundreds of little creatures in Germany who are trying to live on one meal a day" is advocated by Clara. Clemens Gabrilowitsch, daugh- ter of Mark Twain, in a letter to the Chicago Tribune’ seriously mar the comprehensive plan | GOVERNORFLAYS DRY LAW LAXITY i . Donahey of Ohio Says Honest Enforcement Is Big U. S. Problem. By the Aewclated Preus COLUMR Ohio Speaking before th ment conference, which he was asked to call' by President Coolidge, Gov. Donahey today declared in favor of & strict enforcement of the prohiition and all other laws, sayine, “I conslder honest enforcement of law the greatest problem confronting the Am peo- ple today." The governor deciared that while tha people want ‘“‘vigorous enforeement of our prohibition law, we also want sanity and decency in its enforcement | Commereialtsm of this law or the 1of it us a tool to work out personal spite through unlawful or unreasonable search or selzure or the imposition of extortionate fincs for minor offenses must not be permitted.” i “The people of Ohio.” continued the | governor, “do not expect their public | servants to dodge their responsibility, neither do public officlals expect the pecple to dodge their responsibility. Both have responsibilities, and law is best enforced when citizens and their officials work in harmon Pointing out that {n Ohlo num {ous prohibition officials have been assauited and murdered and the {homes of others have been assaulted, the governor emphatically declared that “every agency of tho state will be placed at the command of sherifls and prosecuting attorneys in order that punishment of these offenders may be swift and certain.” Asks Heavy Penaltiea. The governor urged that public of- fictals deal more harshiy with in- toxicated automoblle drivers, and pointed out that the padlock law should be applled more trequentiy. He asked continued vigilance against slot machines, punch boards, base ball pools and other minor forms of gambling. “A man’s attitude toward enforce- ment of existing law is a good ba- rometer of his Americanism,’ the chief exccutive declared while dis- cussing the enforcement of all laws. “In my opinion, allens found ¥ Y of violation of liquor and narcotic {1aws should be returned to their na- Itive countries.” | Discuesing the removal quent public offiefals, the kovernor sald: “There is In our statutes a jaw providing that the governor may move public officiale for faflure to nforce prohibition. Within the last year it was found necessary to re- move a mayor and a chief of police. I am not responsible for this law and I dislike to exercise it because it interferes with home rule. Never- theless it is the law. I-do not to make a ‘police court' out of governor's office and do not like to meddle in local affairs.” —— From Yerterday's 3:30 Edition of The § GAPITOL EMPLOYES 10 GET PAY RARSE The joint congressional committee !appointed at the last session of Cone igress to make recommendations re- i vising the salarles of employes at the Capitol submitted its report to both Nouses yesterday. The report covers 2,361 employes. The Increases in salary recommended totaled $325.633.33. The reclassification act for gov ment employes In the District not cover the employes in the Senate and House and other employes at the Capitol. For that reason the joint congressional committee which re- ported_yesterday was appointed ta look into the salaries paid at the Capitol. The report of the committee was made to the Senate by Senator War- ren, chairman of the appropriatiofs committee. It recommends that each ! genator not a chairman of a standing committes shall be entitled to & clerk at $3.300 & year. It further recom- mends that all clerks to Senate com- mittees, with two exceptione, be paid at the rate of $3.300 & year. The pay of clerks to Senate committees in goneral has been $2,500. although there have been some paid in excess of_that amount. It ts recommended that the salary of the clerk of the Senate committees and the Senate finance committes be DAId at the rate of §3.600 o vear each. It is recommended that each mem- ber of the House be entitled to one clerk at $3,300 a year, or where he has two employes, the sum for both shall be $4.000. It s recommended that the salary of the clerk to the ways and _means committee of the House be $3.600. | "'The committée has recommended 1that where specific salaries paid at the Capitol are $4,500 or more a year they shall remain at the present rate. It {s turther recommended that all specific salaries less than $4,500 not included in the foregolng recom- mendations shall ba increased 5 por cent per annum on the total basic salary of the employe, plus the bonus which the employe has been receiv. ing during the current year, in cases where the additional compensation applies. Where the additional compensation has not applied it is recommended that the basic salary of the employe be increased § per cent per annum ‘Where substantlal {ncreases in the basic pay of Capitol employes hav been granted comparatively rec the present basie salarv niue bonus is recommended without the additional § per centum, Provision is made also for si increases to emploves at the Ca pald out of lump sum appropriation: The pages and session teiephone op= erators are included In the recome raendation WATERS MUST FACE TRIAL FOR MURDER William A. Waters, twenty-sight years old, of Aloxandris, Va. must answer the Indictment for murder in the first degree reported ugainst him by the Distriot of Columbia grand Jury June 20, 1923, In connection with the stabbing to death of Louis B. Mcs Cormack, on the etoamer Mucalester during a “near-riot” on the boat. Jus- tice Bailey, in‘Criminal Division 1. to- day overruled pleas in abatement filed by Attorney Edmund Burke for the accused, In which he attacked the {Jurisdiction of the local court on the {plea that the boat was tied to the wharf at Alexandria when the cutting occurred. and that the local tribunal did not have jurisdiction over mari- tyme offenses on the Fotomac river. t " The decisfon of Justice Balley up- holds the right of the District Su- i preme Court over offenses committed }on the river, but allows the defense lm raise the ‘question of the location Decernb Ohio law enforce- can use ! | of delin- of the crime when the case is calied for trial. In his argument Assistant United States Attorney O'Leary admitted that uniess the government showed that the crims was committed within the jurisdiction of this court, Waters could not be convicted. The prosecu- tion must bear the burden of proving that the killing took place in the Dis- trict of Columbla or within its juris- diction, the government admits. Waters will be required to plead to the indictment next week, it Is ex- pected.