Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy and warmer tonight; morrow unsettled, possibly light rain Temperature for twenty-four hours” ended at 2 pm. tod Highest noon 1owest, at 6 today #ull report on pag to- Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Che WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION = Entered as second-cluss matter post office Washington, D. C. No. 29.075. ATURDAY, Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 96,581 DECEMBER 8, 1923 -T WASHINGTON, D. HIRTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. ~ DBREGON RUSHING 28,000 TROOPS O \ERA CRUZ REBELS Calles Given Leadership Aft- E . . | By FREDER WILLIAM WIL] er Renouncing Presidential | sutmoricy is in possession of this . ” for nE that the Aspirations. mount note struck by Presid | writer say t Cool- tidee with regard to relations with demand for active spirit of enmity There is more ifieant lan- his an be told at re the the instity Russiy “abate- SHIPS AND TELEGRAPHIC | COMMUNICATION CURBED our ions." nage mes- t Jalisco Commander and Thousands| , —that th 1y T United chief cognize in points | munist propaganda in is for Rus riousness | raised by Mr. of Followers Said to Have Joined Revolution. States overwhelm al to ns th the our 1t of reason soviet Is se- any other s from Charge Summerlin at s for with im- Coolidge of far outstrips return the American sald federal troop d wrea the continued rtions | Moscow. portance 1t the 5 cing entra at the Ve in mill property ( e of & said a tic Ltisf with v o the | DUTCH SHIP SEIZED: HUGE RUM CARGOES was « " !Zeehond’s Captain and Crew Arrested With $200.- 000 in Liquors. Associated Press YORK. De r Zeeho Island today by the er Lexington and her ca and crew were held for violation o the prohibition laws. In her hold | was found 2,300 ca: ors valued at more | NEw - I Duted o Fir guard eut bon d Rehels Moving and other | $2006,000. The Zeehond, fitted with a steel hull, |is the first vessel of her registry to taken as a rum-runner ghted outside by the than pico reported t At Par ito, She the three- cutter Seminole, hich =ent radio message to the | | Lexington, asking her aid in the| The master of the Zeehond | gave his name as H. L Krans ! The Zechond salled from Antwerp | vember 17 with a crew of nine| Imen. They were placed under arrest |with the captain of the schooner and | will be given hearings today before | vessels |a federal commissioner. port of Tampico for Vera | id to have been RUM SHIPMENT LANDED. pico port authorities. 1 — om ara said that | Jersey Bootleggers Work Desper: e l“‘,'v |ately at Night to Smuggle Supply. of the de 1 a | ent | ¢ was t nud left Thu These civil au- | supporting | en. Benecio | arrison re- | ase. movemen 1d the Tan loyal. Tampico Vessels Halted. Orders to clear from the Cruz wer *by the Tar Reports Gen strad Obregon g session teral no more E recelve Guag had ert and without and state The munic Luis Potosi v been taken over by de Wers. 28,000 TROOPS ON MOVE. fon for over: s sai Ta Hu By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY. N, —Coast guards today 't | quring the night rum runne | Atlantie City and the vicinity I pleted one of the most successful {landings from the um fleet ever Highlan: hitherto | made south of Federal Forces Converging on Vera | the center of gxling operations A steamer and four sailing vessels v Bevolt Zone. believed to be part of the fleet fifteen craft reported earlier in the week off Highlands, now are at nchor off this famous seaside SOrt. Made desperater by an acute short- age of high-grade llquor, because of | the activities of federal agents and in | state troopers on the Jersey high- ! w sal runners put out at sun- yesterday and worked at high -d during the night ‘here was nothing secret departure of the runner. crept out of the inlet | clearly observed by coast Corson avenue station, unners waved farewell ipul Is s J., December reported that rom com- Cruz 5 By the Associated Pross MEXICO CITY Fiu K December renounce a his » presid nd o s to President Obr insurgent forces ar has Jalisco hi 1 Gen apposition rebels. Obregon has esto the peopl them for support aga! coup, branding it against the | down the | sp head the de accepted about the As they they were guard at Some of to the and Calles the federal to d is: t cal conspira 3 the flotilla off the = itinued on Page 2, Column 7.) KILLS TWO IN RAGE AT CAFE SERVICE ons in Jalis revolt against is said to hay tary operat Joined 1 s who has | the central | thousands nd federal s 1 upon Cruz tevolutionary under command 1o, Andrew o8 pete of « Joaquin Al gan, and REJOICE IN CALLES' STEP. . 5ot Man Throws Fashionable | Chicago Restaurant Into Furore Before Being Shot. 4 Border Commander he movement at Vera Cruz, like Bl things that lack justice and’ rea- on, I belleve, will be finished ‘during this month, as it is only a farce to vover the offenses they have commit- ed against the revolution and against he republic,” the’ message said. “We expected the Vera Cruz affdir For some time,” the message said, we have always considered ex-Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez as a man without Yonor, judging from his antecedents. ‘Sanchez has rebelled under the B the cafe lag of Adolfo de la Huerta and they \ave abandoned Gen. Fererico Ber- anga with their troops. He is hold- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Vera Cruz Citizens Celebrate, P the Associated Press. VERA CRUZ December $—Gen presidential candidacy will not halt | he rebellio; agains e Obregon | the reblion oEaiat Jth FEROT | By the Associated Press. headquarters of the rebels, who are CHICAGO, December 8.—Two men leaded by Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez e , a slightly early to- Ao e o TTuprt, The WS, | gergeant wounded slig! Harbor blew their whistles ! alias John Shea, when he became im- UNDER HUERTA FLAG, | Patient because the crush of busi $100,000 Jupanese room in the fash- Says Revolt!onable Rendesvous caused an order Sheehy was shot twice and probably cial Dispateh to The St o T Do Mexico, Decem. | fatally wounded by the companion of = 3 Ienry Bing, a walter, and Leopold yebelled “under the flag of Adolfo de | Guth, steward of the cafe, were the Ya Huerta and they have abandoned Hundreds of diners and dancers Tk o & telegram wer|were thrown —into a panic by the ved today by Gen. Jose Hurtado, | T0 ", restore order when excited Trom Gen oo aredy B4T | patrons stormed the doors and win- Angry at Walter's Delny. According to_ witnesses questioned Two women, was intoxicated and be- came angered when Bing refused to he went to the service bar to get it himself Guth attempted to remon- Jolver, firing at Guth when the latter grasped a bottle. Sheehy shot Bing and exchanged shots with them. He continued Wounded and his pistol was emptied. At a hospital surgeons said he Rebels in Grim Stand. Flutarco Calles’ renunciation of his zu\':vnmunl. it was stated at the| were shot and kiiled and a detective und Adolfo d Huer The news, | Yells and ie battleshiy in the |as John Sheehy, allas George Thomas, ! ness incident to the opening of a new Will Down in Month. | ot cracked ice to be delayed. Ber 8.—Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez hag |t detective he shot. b {men killed. en. Federi Berlanga with their {shooting. Police reserves were sum- ¢ ommander of the Nuevo Laredo gar- dows in an attempt to leave. by the police, Sheehy, accompanied by bring him the ice he demanded. When strate and Sheehy displayed a re- As_ policemen entered shooting until he was serously would die. i ‘Communist Propagandain { para- | const | I ) . S. niscated. 1 jeanee the Ameri or prospec ith Russia. 1 00 doaned by pry to the Keren- repu of Russin T rey insig present which has reduces to an trade, which can the round Uni the . S Tre ky provisional the debt which diated, is a the insidi propagand, sleepless work on ou No Ind Borah of 1dah I indicated believe that prepared, meas- edi Moscow-directed, at y nment- Sens the Rus he lent's had e ot oV ng ian Pre on message son 1 the urably A5 f conditions by ately m down nt Tdsge highest offic are - not aw | upon Moscow's diplomautic repn (Continucd INSURANCE CHIEFS BACK | MELLON’S TAX CUT PLAN Medical Sufferers May the administratio re o ch sentative | Director Says Diabetes | Administer Insulin to Selves. Assoctat NEW YORK of Louis Athanase ican peop re-elected | ager TAX CUT BIG ISSUE s of champagne | DEMANDING ACTION Whatever Else Congress May | Avoid, Nation Seen Firm for This Measure. BY DAVID LAWRENCE “*Organization™ and perfunctory, but the week spent by Congress in arranging the membership of the various committees of the House and Senate may ha far- eifect on the nation's gram. The growth of membership in the national legislature has placed upon the committee the principal burden in traming legi tee sounds und matic leg! | Until a commit- to a bill, 1t dorm on the “list of measure which thousands are proposed few are enacted. is ready lies £ but 1 | T! possibility that a deadlc mittee can be overcome by a motion on the part of the House or Senate, but for he most part the power of 4 committes |is the power of life and death legislation. Owing to the the republicans the number of on the House republicans to nine democrat the w and’ means committee which is all-powerful, there will fifteen republicags and eleven d ocrats. The posibilities of bic ing legislation u combinat t insurgent republicans and a solid vote of the demoerats are even great- er in the commitices than in the Houso proper. Sesslon Indefinite. view of the fact that the ganization process in both the Sen- ate and the House has been sub- ected to an unexpected d Con- Er will not get started on a work- ing program as early as in other scssions. There is, however, pressure for haste this tir.e. 8 the present session does not xpire on March 4, but goes on bheyond that date indefinitely and may run, If the members desire, into the following session in_December, 1924, without interruption. Most members, however, wish to take an active part in the primary campaigns and the presidential con- test, using . the opportunity to strengthen themselves with their con- stituents, whether they are candidates this timé or not, so the tendency ef Congress will be to bring about an adjournment not later than August, it possible _In view of the fact {hat Congress is torn In groups and blocs, the dead- lock on legislation is likely to be of such a character as to force an cd- Journment at an early date, though u‘ll politicians are in agreement that Congress will not dare adjourn with- out taking some action on tax revi- sion—which has become the mount issue. Whatever doubts members of Con- gress may have had about the impor- tance with which the country views the necessity of tax reduction have been swept aside by the letters and telegrams which keep pouring in daily. Only such a torrent ever makes an ‘impression, and the continued pressure of the country alone will change the course of Congress from one of hesitation to performance. Between now and Christmas very little can be expected, as the com- mittees will be hard at work. There promises to be a lively fight on the | rules which forms the basis of the jrecent truce whereby the insurgents agreed to the election of Speaker Gil- lette, but with the understanding that & revision of the rules must be taken up in thirty days. As for the Senate, the consideration of treaties probably will become the order of the day, while waiting on the House to take action on bills that Iw i cre is k in a com- over, majority of increase in democrats the ratio ommittees is twelve reduced and the n or- there, as for instance, appropriations and revenue raising legislation. Con- gress has finally gotten started, but nobody s any better able today than a week ago to forecast whether this session will see a record of achieve- ment or political avoidance. ACopyright, 1923.% the | d 1o vist ¥s the | no such | para- | must under the Constitution originate | COALITION IS HELD Real Bar to Soviet Recognition leeting of All Other Conditions in Cool- idge Message Declared Useless Unless Active Spirit of Enmity” Abated -~ FORNEW CABINET |All Parties Powerless, Nation | Seen Drifting Without Effective Policy. CONSERVATIVE-LIBERAL UNION HELD MOST LIKELY \Labor Spurns Other Baldwin Meets Foes Before Advising King. that | Assueiated Tress LONDON, December 8.— nayn on to e ¥ Prem Monday recom- will he resign that ix Ukely ax head of ntary labor party. is lead- of his mujesty's opposition in th There ix no indication, however, of any a thority for the newspaper's state- ment. house of commons. LONDO! Minister r 8.—What Prime will do, that majority th and libe be carried on ions to which the public, and his to find 1 . Decem | Baldwin his pavty 11 nd untry is no maj over n of trying Lon- returned te e of his 1 at Bewdley, he has kept of the e a public person wspapers and at will, and of the can sp 1t ing full advantage the fay Express s ministersk guesses—and a fact sign b and the But the gov his he and a fol- to nistra- Ate v the that i 1 is adug s Many Plans Ofiered. political writers in the morn- exhaust their inge- ng a solution of the nd 1y newspapers nentary lm suggestions. turn r that ass N two coaliti all of alternatives. is possible, on the party the gove of 1 that conservatives. as strongest continue fraganc | =uch an would pro. | tration, as {nat W 1 progr umericall nment by opposhi ment, will the suf. parties. orless adminis £ u contentlous have to be excluded rent's prog 1d th result that there c ss in legisl ued, th cssity of another el e little ht avert ion, whic coalitior oment hic publisiied statements in behalf | of those concerned may be taken as Wake, chief agent of the officially anuounced to- ere would be no liberal- coalition labor par day that Anot of cou to parties exam might be called in the possibility of | nawking’ a temporary arrangement for | conducting the government until the appropriate moment comes for another tion. Parties to Confer, The week end doubtiess will be taken up with party conferences, especially mectings of the ministers, and it is ex- | pected that Mr. Baldwin will be seek- ing either today or on Monday to re- port the situation to his colleagues. Such a it might, of course, be made with the purpose of submitting his resignation, but it would not necessarily have this significance The belief grows that should King corge invite the laborites, as the sec- Strongest party in the house, to form a ministry, they would refuse, preferring to wait until they could com- mand a strong enough following in the country to enforce their own policy Column 1.) 17,000 GOAL MINERS GO OUT ON STRIKE Men Quit Despite Union Ad- vice—20,000 More Threat- en to Stop Work. (Continued on Page 2, By the Associated Press, SCRANTON, Pa., December &— Seventeen thousand mine workers of the Lehigh Coal Company employed at collieries in the Moosic-Pittston district went on strike today. The decision to strike was made at a meeting of the general grievance committee at a meeting at Exeter last night, although P. J. Philbin, dfs- trict organizer, and other union lead- ers advised thery to remain at work pending further discussion of their { grievances. The chief complaint of the miners is that the company has failed to pro- vide each local union with rate sheets. A strike of 20,000 Hudson coal com- pany employes at collicries between Forrest City ,and Plymouth was threatened today. The Hudson men are demanding that their grievances be adjusted at once, They are to meet totnight to take further action. Union officials were doing evervthing in their power, it was said, to prevent nother big tie-up of mines \ submit | the | it is admitted, | am with | vertheless, | suggestion Is that the lead- | Paga | | | 20 TAKEN N RAD. ON OLD DUTCHMILL 1 i ‘ | | |Charges Placed Againsti Seven, Others Held as Witnesses in Case. The cume to a er bottles we the laughter silence t to crashing de volved vells and sere ing in the res went through windows ax raid of O1d | street, was on ing. with L vice squad. and WVinkle of the women's bur veying the party, 1 in all, smiled Lieut. Day Police Court, it was a very i rald of the 230 who ken got a bit obstreperous and a | tew made some rather stringent p | tests against the enforcement of th | eighteenth amendment, but, all in all everything was nice and smo Shortly before noon today up showed six arrests on while the others of the party we listed as prisoners. Ab: ven g lons of alleged ilquor were s:ized Seven Face Charzes. Thomas propriet ut Lieu | | s today nice we {at Some a check at E. T rl charged were 5 Tth street, liquor and Those Gar Poss a house Hustler Deboe, disorderly con James J. Fitzpatrick, disorderly | conduct ) | Paul Sweltzer, transportation of | quor. John Steele, sale of Earl B. Williams, =a About a dozen girls were the house of detention about 6 o'clock this morning for investigation Raid Follows Probe. The raid was the res ¢ several weeks of investigation by Lieut. Da- vis and other m bers of the vice squad, assisted by a detail from the women's bureau ght after night. the story | goes, while the merriment went on unrestrained at the Old Dutch Mill, a | pompous-looking man with the ap- e of an attorney, sat at a ta- drinking and taking everything He s there last night. It is hat he is a new “phantom sleuth e identity is to be gua ed by the police and pyohibition for future work. The raid was made despite the fact that warning had Leen sounded sev- eral nights ago that police inter- vention was planned. So suddenly did the automobiles bringing th woman's bureau detail of a dozen and Lieut. Davi: augmented v squad drive up to the door that the attack !was a complete surprise. A number of the patrons went through the windows, some males de- laying long enough at the high rear fence to boost over some female com- panions. . Ten patrol wagons transferred the principals to the second precinet. Names were taken. ‘harges were en- tered, Witnesses were summoned, The third scene was at Pollee Court this morning. In Judge McMahon's court approximately 200 witnesses were crowded. Most of them were well dressed. Judge McMahon, upon being informed that Gardiner would demand a jury trial on the disorderly | house charge, excused all witnesses. | They trooped out to awalt summons for the continued case. Then Ralph Given, assistant trict attorney, appeared in the c {room. He looked around. He a Ino witnesses. He discovered the ihad gone. He informed Judge Mc- | Mahon that the papers in the case against Gardiner for a disorderly house had not yet been drawn up and he could not do so without in- terviewing witnesses. The result is, Mr. Given said. the | case will not come up until Wednes- day of next week. Padlock Suggested. 1t was learned that 2 movement to obtain an injunction against the Old Dutch Mill to close up the place under the “padlock” procedure is to be made by Attorney Wallard of the prohibition unit, who was present at the raid last night. Case Is Continued. Gardiner was released last night from the second precinct station on $500 cash ¢ollateral on the disorderly house charge. He was arraigned at 6 am. for a preliminary hearing be- fore United States Commissioner George H. Macdonald, who continued the case until a later date. Macdonald | appeared at the door in answer to the early morning ringing, clad in snowy white pajamas. Although he was roused from his (Continyed on Page 3, Columx 7.) | | 1 | pe ble in. ien | | 1 dls- rurt { ning HE 4 SURE MOUNTED 500 Women Fight Troops to Save City Government VENICE Fiv an the little f Ven Venetian glass ganized the reinforeed s workers urmed wit of the = town to- nexed he bLattalio tlicially rer Venice, —_— to HUNDREDS ROUTED BYITALAN FLOODS Tiber Highest in Fifty Years and Apennines Water- sheds Are Swept. ¥ the Associated ROMIS, watershed both s about Ror has whole Apen- Enormous hundreds has risen rise in fifty itself is unaf- pread suffering in are unprotected by damage are h forty-6 years. been d . the highest Though the city fected there is wide the subi which embank: s car Ponte Milvio a whole village banks, has acuate and seek the shelter of while south Rome the waters have flooded huge areas of ds, and have rached the floor of Paul's Church, outside the walls amped in huts along the had to e higher ground, City Nearly Inundated. On the other side of the city of H pletely inunda rivers Velin damage here the watershed ti has been almost com- the rise of the and Salto. The and numbers of its were caught and ‘carried off in the sudden of the waters Much livestock has been lost. The floods are due to the incessant rains which have fallen in all Italy for the last week COL. EDWARD NOBLE FOUND FATALLY SHOT Revolver Lying Beside Body of Secretary of U. S. Commission on Liquidation. sweep By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., December Col. Edward Theodore Noble of Seran- ton, Pa., a lawyer employed by the Hud- son Coal Company, and said to have been well known in railroad legal cir- cles, was found dead in a hotel here to- day, with a bullet wound in the head and a pistol lying at his side. He is said to have been a former resident of Albany, N. Y. Col. Noble was well known through his having been secretary of the United States commission on liquidation. He spent much time in England and France after the armistice was signed. He re- ceived many decorations from foreign governments for his services in con- nection with liquidation work after the war. Information received from Scranton indicated that Col. Noble suffered a nervous breakdown several months ago and was not in_good health. He left Scranton Thursday, telling friends he was going to Baitimore for medical t. e “Noble's father and_brother in Wichita, Kan., were notified of 'his death. 'The body was identified by a cousin living here. A letter addressed fo the cousin was found in Col. Noble's room. Col. Noble is said to have been em- ployed at one_time by the legal depart- ment of the Wabash rallroad and had lived in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was about fitty-five years of age and unmarried, | i i | | | | | | | | | i | 1 | | ! | | ] | | ~the tragedys | the 'HOUSE AND SENATE SEEK T0 COMPLETE COMMITTEESLATES Upper House Assignments Likely to Come Too Late for 0. K. Before Monday. DEMOCRATS PLANNING MEMBERSHIPS TODAY {Many After Three Republican | Seats on Senate Foreign Relations Body. the Senats ssibilit uld tion of defer th ets Mo CITES CITY SAVING INPARK EXTENSION Board of Engineers’ Report Defends Economy of Ana- costia Project. prova i maje |rowed t &s to the District of | 1 federal government | of ade by tinuing abo in th ngineers to Con- > discusses the ent of a nie gard co the Ben W | be mphasized port of the hoard of & which posed establish na um and b the number of children's playgrounds will be required, the report The cost of ‘city square: As city grows an ine £ ign given the ure cow- rela points out. en s for play- grounds is now great and will become | more so. Anacostia Park, both above and _hn-lfl\\ Benning road, will provide ample area for playground use im- mediately adjoining home sections of the city and at practi no addi- | onal expense. T District has for a yvears been vainly looking for areas in which to e blish a nursery for trees which it uses in planting along the stre small A suitable area c out any extra above Benning road and so treated that it will be an asset to the park. ds during Chairmar that all hut hope number of Provides Dumping Are Another engineers matter e board b of much con- cern to District officials has been that of obtaining public dump lo. for city refuse. Areas of this acter are exceedingly scarce modific proposed engineers’ to Congress, there vailable for dumps. thick laver the 1 be pumped over to preserve the the park nal arboretum the board of tion that for Department of deeply inter- in’ or near national ade e the countr and in particular adequate to the requirements of the department aus an adjunct to its important work of breeding and plant introduc- that is eves postponed until 3 sommittees had beex Ratios Retain ons renor planting a matio: Garden ¥ Agricuitur ested 1n the establis the city of Wash boretum ate ¢ membe democrat and wil Tutio new legis publica to ed a reso ation of andle al vete 3 inay ¥ Plan Aquatic Garden. i present ary of Agri ture, like his predecessors, has trans mitted to the hoard of engineers re- quests that certain areasin Anacostia Park above road and near the District line be set aside for an aguatic garden, which is to be one of the attractive features of the pro- posed Botanic Garden. About 130 acres of marsh land can be set asid for such a garden. No extra expendi- tures by the District of Columbia need be made for purchasing land. as this area lies the high-water tine ana claimed by the | States, and it is understood | cost of the development would be borne by the Agriculture | Department. The board of en agreed to such a proposal, as it will not only reduce the cost g§ the park project, but also save the District fu- ture park maintenance charges. Discussing the capital invested plant_and equipment, the ensin report says: “One of the basic features of every reclamation project is the assembling of the necessary plant and equipment for carrying on the work. In the present case the engineer department has built up an efficient organization Steward, president of the and has a plant and equipment valued | deration, following at more than_$200,000 in splendid [conference with government officials operating condition. After having | who seriously considering the gone thus far, it cannot be considered | chango in one of the biggest govern eSS 0od business judgment to : ; vide tunds. or the. final Step to |ment establishments in Shiy give the District and the nation onec of the finest of parks.” SLAYS ONE, WOUNDS TWO. Youth Held in Tragedy in South Carolina Town. CHARLESTON, . December 8.— Jonn M. Heape, eventy-nine, former magistrate, was instantly killed: his son, John Heape, was serfousl wounded, and his granddaughter, | Elizabeth Heape, was perhaps fatally | shot at Ladson, eighteen miles from | here. Harold All held by the Secre favor ways and slumn 5.) WORKERS TOVOTE ON HALF HOLIDAY Saturday Afternoon Proposal Will Be Referred to Fed- eral Unions for Action. Benning below shore is United that the ineers half hoi here until s for a Saturday offices Propo in government ar around by W o'clock on other days, instead of 4:30. submitted to the ten Wash- unions of the National Fed of Federal Employes for in the day ork 3 | { | | | i | {will be ) ington {eration laction Chis W Luther C announced today by the Many Vote in Favor. | Anthougn voto taken |unions on the {other circles | cently taken {the p has b Luge majority the chang Smicia lishments. the United thave the s never been a federal employes® matter, it was said in today that polls re- in departments where Saturday half hollday dered have shown a in favor of making there by the f at least two big estab- Veterans' Bureau and States Shipping Board— tter definitely before them, and were understood today to be giving it intensive study. Other establishments and departments were said 1 king into the matter from the persident of unfon was expected to local unions this after coroner's jury investigating the kill- ing. A quarrel between the youngzer Heape and All Is said to have caused the employ go out to the (Continued on Page 2, Column_&d ~