Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Rain tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; moder- ate easterly winds. Tempecature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. to- day: Highest, 63, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 47, at 7:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 No. 29,077. Lntered ac s>cond-class matter post office Washington, D. C. _@h WASHINGTON, ¢ Foenil ' WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION q Star. D. C, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1923 -THIRTY-SIX PAGES. BUDGET REDUCED $260,365,022 OVER 1924, IS SENT TO CONGRESS; DISTRICT GETS $792,987 INCREASE $26,879,812 to Run City Sought. President Asks Huge Saving in Message. TAX SLASH PLAN BLOW TO BONUS Veterans® Relief Bill| Is Held Poor Policy. Reduction of $260,365.022 appropsiations for the fiscal year 1925 is provided in the annual bud- get transmitted to Congress today by President Coolidge. At the same time, the President,| iIn a message transmitting the bud-| get, proposed a reduction of appron imately $275.000,000 in the operating expenses of the government for the | coming fiscal year. | Total expenditures are estimated at §3.298,080444, exclusive of the postal service, which is paid for out of receipts, and total receipts at £3,A03,762,078. This leaves a surplus of $395,681,634. These estimates, however, are on the basis of existing revenue laws, and should Congress reduce taxes as recommended by the administration, much of the expected balance would be wiped out. The President, in a message transmitting the budget, specifically recommended that a reduction be made in the taxes of more than $300,000,000. At the same time he presented wviews in opposition to the proposed soldiers’ bonus. The difference between the esti- mated appropriations and the esti- mated expenditures lies in the fact that there will be expenditures dur- ing the next fiscal year out of ap- propriations made in previons years and in the fact that contracts for the purchase of Army and Navy sup- plies take Into consideration seasonal demands. Appropriations requested for the year beginning next July 1 aggre- gate $3,018,069,946, or $260,355,022 less than those for the current fiscal year. President Coolldge said this reduction was In response to executive instruc- tions in the preparation of estimates by the various departments and fed- eral “This was essential to a continu- ation of the policy of strict and drastic economy,” he sald. “That is the administration’s undebatable pol- icy. It has been adhered to un-| swervingly in the past and we shall hew to the line in the future.” Opposed to Bonus. Discussing the soldiers' bonus and ths proposed reduction in taxes, the President safd: “Any program of new expenditure on a large scale would make tax re-! duction {mpossible for years to come.” He added that tax reduction “would certainly tend to align the whole peo- ple in support of economical admin- istration of governmen which, he declared, i3 becoming “every day more &nd more necessary. “I recommend a revision of tax laws,” Mr. Coolldge said, “along lines which will effect a reduction of in- come taxes by taxing earned income more lightly than income from busi- Tiess or from Investments; by reduc- ing the percentages of the normal tax and by reducing the surtax rates, with commencement of their applica- tion at $10,000 instead of $6,000. I mlso recommend repeal of the tax on telegrams, telephones and leased wires and of the tax on admissions and revision of the miscellaneous taxes, which are a source of incon- venience to taxpayers and difficult to collect. On the other hand, amend- ments which would cause some in- erease of revenue shouid also be made to existing Income tax laws relative to deductions of capital losse: de- ductions from gross income for in- terest pald and non-business losses sustained, wherein income from tax- exempt securities is involved, and the nanner of taxing community Incomes, These changes would reduce taxes by more than $300,000.000, which is #afely within the probable surplus. The Presldent recommended to Con- gress an annual appropriation of 35,000,000 for the construction of needed bulldings in the District of Columbla to house the activi- ties of the government. No items for such an appropriation are found in the budget, however, since there must be specific authorization by law for such expeditures before the esti- mates are submitted to Congress, The budget transmitted to Con- gress today is drafted 50 as to cover the proposéd changes in salary for employes of the Federal and District governments in the District of Co- lumbla. The salaries of the govern- ment employes in the field are on the same basis as In the current law, with the understanding that the $240 bonus will be continued for them until they can be reclassified. $240 Bonus Absorbed. "Where the classification is eftective in the budget, it s shown that the bonus has generally been absorbed &nd salaries increased over and above that bonus. The cost of national defense next year is placed at $648,531,238, a reduc- tlon of $35,000,000 as compared with this year. Militury pensions, retire- ment pay, world war allowances and the like will take $856,300,608 out of the Treasury as agal $703,111,678 this year. Fixed charges on account of .the public debt ‘are placed at $1,373,277, 375, which {ncludes $890,000,000 of in terest and $483,277,975 for retirement of securities. The interest payment shows a reduction of $560,000,000 as compared with that for the current ‘ear. VGf ‘the total of $311,000,000 of ex- s_by the Nav; . (Continued on Page. 11, Columa 1.) in federal | agencies. ! D-uru»n_ l The text of President's message transmitting the budget to Congress follows: To the Congress of the United States: I transmit herewith the budget of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1925. In mak- ing this submission it is felt that the present Is a peculiarly appro- priate time briefly to review the fiscal experience of the country since the beginning of the world war. The beginning of the war marked also the beginning of a period of unprecedented and unexampled public expenditure, not only by our own, but by well nigh all the natlons of the world. The great weight of the fiscal burden that our own country has borne since our entrance into the war is suggested by the statement that our part in the great conflict cost the nation roundly forty billions of dollars. While the war was in progress, by dint of the patriotic willingness of the people to pay heavy taxes, it was possible to meet from current revenues about 25 per cent of the war costs. This in itself was a remarkable accom- plishment—I believe without par- allel in any of the other warring countries. Debt at Start of War. The public debt at the beginning of the war amounted to about a billion dollars. At the close of August, 1919, it reached its high- est point, approximately $26,500,- 000,000. From that point {t has since been reduced until it now totals about $22,000,000,000. The American people have glv- en a truly magnificent demonstra- tion of patience and patriotism during the years in which they COOLIDGECAMPAIGN DEFINITELY OPENED May Enter California . Pri- mary Against Johnson—Vic- tory Seen by Leader. President Coolldge not only has definitely entered the race for the republican presidentfal . nomination next year but some of his friends are preparing to put his name on the primary ballot in California, the home state of Senator Hiram Johnson. Entrance of the President into the California primary was indicated as republican national committeeman trom California, and for years a mem- ber of the anti-Johnson republican faction of that state, Mr. Crocker declined to confirm or deny that he had urged Mr. Coolldge to give battle to Senator Johnson in his home state, but he declared that he wished his “chances of heaven were a8 good a8 the chances of Presi- dent Coolidge to carry Californla against Hiram Johnson. Laid before the President plans of the leaders of the anti- Johnson faction to organize the state for the Coolidge campaign; de- clared that & number of prominent leaders who had supported Senator Johnson in previous campaigns were behind the movement for Mr. Cool- idge and described the formation in a number of California cities of “Loyal Républican Coolidge for Pres- ident Club. If he goes~into the Callfornia pri- mary President Coolidge will accept a direct challenge issued by the - fornia senator when he announced his candidacy. At that time Mr. Johnson ‘said he intended to go into all states where he saw an opportuni- ty of picking up delegates, regard- léss of favorite-son campalgns. He extended a “cordial invitation” to all comers to try to take the California delegation away from him, Many Pledge Support. Announcement of Mr. Coolidge’s candidacy was made last night, while party leaders were gathering in the Capital for the annual meeting of the republican national committee and three days after he had outlined his |policies in his first message to Con- grees. _Assurances to support im- mediately began to ‘pour in upon Willlam M. Butler, republican na- tional committeeman for Massachu- setts, who was named his “personal representative” in the campaign. The announcement was made by Frank W. Stearns of Boston, known (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) THREE MEN ASPHYXIATED, THEIR BODIES CREMATED Rendered Unconscious by Gas From Truck Exhaust and Tarpaulin Covering Catches Fire. LIVINGSTON, Mont., December 10. —Dave Soroka of Minneapolis, Ed ‘Wright of Livingston and Dale Spears of Blilings, were asphyxiated and their bodles burned in Yellow- stone Park, about flve miles from Norris, at the foot of Blanding hill, when gas from thelr automobile truck oxhaust rendered them unconscious and the tarpaulin on the truck caught ihe men, 211 employes of the Park rtation Company, gone a0t on Dark business in & bliseard that lald two feet of snow. Camping for the night last evening they threw & tarpaulin over their two- ton truck and made a tent of it, and left the motor runping. Some time during the night the exhaust gas Tust have asphyxiate three and later the lin day Aire, Lavin the FOR'24 NOMINATION probable today after a call at the| White House by Willlam H. Crocker, | Text of President’s Message Presenting Budget to Congress have borne this burden. 1In less than seven years, to put the raat- ter very briefly, we have spent forty blillion doilars, and we have pald off from current revenues elghteen billion dollars, or nearly half of the amount. Certainly the nation. which has thus patiently persisted in meeting the enormous burden of governmental costs, is entitled at the earliest possible moment to the largest measure of relief from these burdens that can possibly be accorded. 1 am con- vinced that the time has now come to extend this relief through a substantial reduction of taxa- tion, and the fiscal program. whk‘h.h crystallized in_the budget esti- mates which are herewith trans- mitted to the Congress is based on_this purpose. 'We are all familiar with the fact that the larger part of the tax burden arises, not from tbe exactions of the federal govern- ment, but from the governmental costs of the states and municipal- itles. President Harding, in his address on taxation and govern- ment costs at Salt Lake City last June, pointed out that for the year 1922 approximately 60 per cent of all taxes collected throughout the nation were for the states. clties and other local taxing bodies. It is, therfore, highly desirable that an example of determined and in- sistent economy be set by the fed- eral government for the sake of its influence upon every ~body which possesses the authority tv levy taxes. 1 am firmly persuad- ed that if the national government will reduce its expenditures and ite levies under the program which is presented to you here- with, it will have a highly salu- tary effect in inducing greater economies in all other depart- ments of public taxation. A defl- nite recommendation for tax re- (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) FIGHT ON CUMMINS DEADLOCKS SENATE OK.ONCOMMITTEES Interstate Commerce Body Chairmanship Causes Or- ganization Tie-Up. The Senate deadlocked, at least tem- porarily, this afternoon over the elec- tion of a chairman of the Senate in- terstate commerce committee, Which will handle railroad legislation. All the other Senate committee as- signments were unanimously agreed republican leader, for the republican and democratic committees on com- mittees. Senator Wheeler of Montana, demo- crat, threw a monkeywrench Into the | machinery when he objected to agree- ing to all the committee assignments as a whole. He insisted upon a sep- arate vote on the chairmanship of the interstate commerce committee. Mr. ‘Wheeler, although a democrat, is a member of the so-called progressive bloc of the Senate, which is demand- ing a change in the Esch-Cummins transportation act. The first ballot on the chairman- ship of the interstate commerce com- mittee resulted, 41 for Cummins, 39 for Smith, the democratic nominee, and 7 for La- Follette, who was sup- ported by the so-called progressives. The second ballot resulted in no elec- tion, with 39 votes cast for Cummins, 38 for Smith and 7 for La Follette. Senate republican and democratic leaders finished their work on com- mittee assignments yesterday and the republican selections were placed be- fore a party conference this morning for approval. Substantial progress was made over the week end by the democratic members of the House ways and means committee in their task of naming the minority members of the other House committees, but it was not regarded as likely that either the republicans or democrats would have their slates ready before the latter part of the week. Senafe Chatrmanships, New chairmen of Senate commit- tees were selected by the republicans as follows: Finance, Smoot, Utah. judiclary, Brandegee, Connecticut: naval, Hale, Maine; mines, Oldle, Ne- vada; post office, Sterling, South Da- kota; public lands, Lenroot, Wiscon- sin; privileges and elections, Spencer, ; territories, Johnson, Cali- patents, Ernst, Kentucky; In- dian affairs, Harreld, ‘Oklahoma; civil service, Stanfield, Oregon. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republican leader, retained the chairmanship of the foreign relations committee and Senators Lenroot, Wis. consin; Willis, Ohio, and Pepper were !appointed to fill the three vacancies. Senator Shipstead, farmer-labor, Min. nesota, w. iven a place on thi Committee, ang the democratic vacan cies were fllled by Robinson, Adkan- Underwood, Alabama; Walsh, Montana, and Owen, Oklahoma. Five new republicans were placed on the finance committee, which will handle re: Reed, Virgini; 3 Kentucky, and Stanfleld, Oregon, The two new democrats on this com- mittee are Harrison, Mississippl, and King, Utah. Cummins Retaining Post. Senator Cummins of Iowa, Presi- dent -pro tem.. of the Semate, re- mains as chairman of the interstate ‘commerce. committes, with . Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, recognized leader of the republican insurgents. as the ranking member. The four re. Dnhllol..n“‘v;um:u'. on this commities were 8 the appolmtment of Gooding, !GA:,O; Couzéns, Michigan; Fes, 3Mo. and Howell, Nebraska. The five new democrats on_this com- mittee are Pittman, Nevada: Bruce, :‘r’llflfl Dgl,xxh‘lz“trnn‘. ‘Wheeler, ontana,-an; e ‘exas. Senator Johnson, farmer-iabor, Min- 1o as presented by Senator Lodge, the | REVENUE IN 1925 Schools Will Get Big Increase Over 1924, { Appropriations for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1925, contained in the annual budget sub- mitted to Congress by President Coolidge today, total $26,8798!2. This is $792987 more than the ap- propriations for the current year. Excluding water service and per- manent and indefinité appropria- | tions, the proposed appropriations { for the District total $24,455990, or i$1,808,205 more than the current act. The revenues of the District for the fiscal year 1925 are estimated at 1$17,706,500, as compared to $17,106,- 500 for the current year. When the j receipts of so-called trust funds are added to the revenues, including the teachers’ retirement fund, the police- men and firemen's relief fund, etc., the total receipts of the District for i the next fiscal year are estimated at $19,816,500. T. 8. to Pay 40 Per Cent. Under existing law, 60 per cent of | the appropriations for the District will be paid out of District revenuee and 40 per cent out of the federal treasury, unless otherwise provided by law in specific appropriations. The budget provides large in- creases for the public school system, both in the matter of instruction and in_ sdditional buildings. The total amount recommended for the school system proper s $7,083,220. For street Improvements and repairs th budget makes many recommends- | tions, tot&ling 32.174.080. New sewers are proposed to keep pace with the city's growth. There | are Increases for both the police and (fire departments. Among the new projects for which provision is made in the budget esti- Imtes are $60,000 to complete a por- | tion of Anacostia Park; $600,000 for a. site and new junior high school in the northeast section; $125,000 for {an athletc field at Western High School; $50.000 for a site for a school {at 5th' and Buchanan streets north- .000 for a site for a school and Rittenhouse streets north- west; $7.500 for addition to the site of the Burville School; $56,000 for a site and engine house in the Con- duit road section, and $62,000 for a site and engine house in the north- east section. To Retire D. C. Bonds. The budget estimates also include $800,000 for the retirement of District ot Columbla bonds maturing August 1, 1924. No amount for this purpose was Included in the appropriation for the fiscal year 1924. Appropriations carried in the cur- rent law which were not asked for in the budget were: Minimum wage boakrd, District of Columblia, $5,000; rent commission, District of Colum- bla, $5 site, Mount Pleasant branch library, $25.000; Increase of compensation, §1,795,067; Court of Ap- peals reports, $110; fire alarm boxes at hospitals, $4,250; National Library for the Blind, $2,500; Columbia Poly- technic Institute, $1,500. ‘The recommended appropriation for the continuation of the project for an additional water supply of the District is $800,000. In the current act this appropriation is $1,500,000. Provision has been made in the budget for the payment of salaries to employes of the District govern. ment in accordance with the reclas- sification. The new salaries th provided absorb the bonus and gen- erally provide for an Increase over and ‘above the total compensation paid the employes during the current year. Ingthe detalled. report of the budget, a¥ it relates to the District, salary ‘Increases mentioned are given over and above the former basic pcompensation plus the bonus. The same basic salaries for the school teachers, police and firemen are -recommended in the budget as are carried in the current appro- priation . The public _school teachers have not been classified un- der the reclassification act because it has been understood Congress would pass an act increasing teach- ers salaries generally in the present ssion. The salaries of the police and firemen were increased within the last few years, and 0 no. re- classification was made: The school teachers, police and firemen, how- ever, have been recelving the regular $240 bonus. Bills for a further in- crease of the police and firemen's salaries will be pressed also at the present session. In framing the budget an estimate has been made of the expenditures for the District of Columbia during the coming fiscal year as well as of the appropriations. The distinction be. tween the estimated expenditures and the appropriations recommended 1i in the fact that appropriations made in the past will be expended as well a8 those for the coming yea: o ostimated expenditures for the Dis- trict for 1925 are $26,896,798, as com- pared with $26,105,308, the estimated expenditures for the District during the present fiscal year. % Executive Office Salaries recommended for the eight- een officers and employes in the execu- tive office of the District government amount to $40,600, as compared to $30,280 In the appropriation act for the current fiscal year. The bonus granted thess employes during the present.ysar smounted to §3.640 and the increase over the basic salary plus. the bonus under the classification act iz $6,580. salaries of the t n WILL BE HIGHER| HOUSE COMMITTEE READY THURSDAY Two More Republican Places to Be Filled on D. C. Organization. The House District committee will have its membership filled and ready for organization by Thursday. Chair- man Reed said today that as soon as the committee is filled he will take the first opportunity to call a meet- ing for organization and to endeavor to fix upon a definite program of leg- islation that will be pushed persist- ently until passed. ‘With two more republican places on the House District committee to be filled, the subcommittee of the repub- lican committee on committees was casting about today to find new mem- bers who had had experlence in municipal affairs, so as to bring the beet talent possible to consideration of District legislation. As far as can be learned, the only republican considered at the confer- ence this morning was Representa- tive Robert G. Simmons of Nebraska. The subcommittee {8, however, ferring again this afternoon. 7 At _the conference this morning’of the democratic members of the ways and means committee assignments to the Honse District committee were being considered just as the meeting adjourned. Jost Likely Selection. “ It is probable that Representative Henry L. Jost, former mayor of Kan- ) sas City, Mo., will be selected to go on the House District committee. | It was tentatively decided today that all of the democratic members of the House District committee in the last Congress will continue as members in this Congress with the single exception of Representative Guinn Willlams of Texas, who stood at the bottom of the District commit- tee list and who has been given an- other committee assignment. "The old members of the House Dis- trict committee who would thus be retained are: Representatives Chris- topher D. Sullivan, New York; Thomas L. Blanton, Texas; Ralph Gllbert, Kentucky; Willlam E. Hammer, North Carolina; Charles F. X. O'Brien, New Jersey, and Stanley H. Kunz, Iliinois. Support for Police. The police department of the Na- tional Capital is going to have sym- pathetic &nd _expert consideration from Representative Ernest W. Gib- son, republican, of Vermont, a new member of the House District com- mittee, in an effort to get legislation passed that will make the Dolice pro- tection in the city of Washington a model for the entire country. In general, Representative Gibson's attitude in approaching the work of the House District committee is one of eagerness to help make conditlons here better. "I will work for that which seems best for the District,” be said. Representative Gibson adds that he considers himselt fortunate in having as agecretary Charles A. Webb, who was for fourteen years with Senator Dillingham in_a similar capacity While Senator Dillingham was on the District _committee. “During that (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) EXPECTS RELEASE OF WAR OFFENDERS Representative Berger Calls on President to Urge Amnesty. con- i Representative Berger, socialist, ‘Wisconsin, after a conference today with rPesident Coolldge, said he had reasons to believe that all of the thirty-two imprisoned violators ‘of War laws would be granted amnesty before Christmas by the President. ‘The Wisconsin representative call- ed at the White House to“present a personal appeal for amnesty. President Coolldge this week will receive fiom the Department of Jus- tice the report of the special commit- tee of thrée which he designated a month ago to inquire into the general question of release ‘of war-law vio- lstors. The reports will be accom- penied by an outline of the views of the Department of Justice. While it has been held in closest mecrecy the feoling has existed' for several days among those appealing for amnesty that the committee, .consisting. of Newton D. Baker, former Secretary ot -:.;lt (Mol Gen. Jumes 'o‘ Har red, and ‘Bishop Brent o Episch Church, l:m( n&qrud B B apib o |GREAT FALLS POWER BILL INTRODUCED Norris Measure Directs Weeks to Construct Dams and Neces- sary Works. Senator Norris of Nebraska today introduced a bill authorizing and di- recting the Secretary of War to con- struct all dams and necessary works for the development of hydro-electric power at Great Falls, in accordance with the fecommendation of Maj. M. C. Tyler, contained in a Senate docu- ment of the Sixty-third Congress, third session. The Federal Waterpower Commis- slon s authorized to make modifica- tions in the plan contained in Mad. Tyler's recommendation as may be necessary. The bill was referred to the Senate committee on the District of Colum- bia, as it is designed to use the power developed at Great Falls in the Dis- trist of Columbia for lighting and for street raflway transportation. PHIPPS' BILL GIVES SURPLUS TOD.C. Sum of $4,438,154 Is Made Available for Projects if Congress Approves. A bill was introduced in the Senate today by Senator Phipps of Colorado authorizing the use for the District of surplus revenues of the District in the Treasury amounting to $4,438,- 154.92, in accordance with the report of the joint congressional committee which Investigated this matter during the last Congress. Senator Phipps said today that as chairman of the joint committee he wished to introduce this bifll and to have it referred to the Senate District committee in the hope that it would be given favorable consideration and that the matter of the surplus rev- enues of the District might be set- tled once for all The bill was referred to the District committee and it is expected will be glven early consideration. It provides that pursuant to the report of -the joint congressional committee there shall be credited to the general ac- count in the District, set up under the provisions of the District appropria- tion act for the fiscal year 1923, ) $7,574,416.90, representing the balance in the general fund treasury for the District on June 30, 1922. From this sum certain deductions are to be made, including $2,903,219.93, the District's proportion of unex- pended balances of appropriation on June. 30, 1922, together with certain obligations and encumbrances accru- Ing after that date; $191,890.35 repre- senting the District's proportion of the annual bonus to employes of the District; $41,600 representing the Dis- trict's proportion of the cost of ad- ditional land for the Zoological Park, and $317.16 representing the District's proportion of an amount appropriated {by special act of Congress for the relief of Eldrige B. Davi With these deductions made the District would benefit by $4,438,164.92, and it is provided that this amount Is “hereby made permanently avail- able in such account of the District of - Columbia, for appropriations by Congress for such projects as it may in the future approve. 'WIFE AND DAUGHTER ARE SLAIN BY TEXAN Husband Then Turns Gun on Self, Expected to Die From ‘Wounds. DALLAS, Tex., December 10.—Pey- | ton ‘Plerce shot and killed his wife, {Cora, and his thirteen-year-old daughter, Ruth, and probably fatally shet himself at the family home Here “today, according’ to police. Qficers sald Plerce brought the girl home from school, led Ber to the mother's bedroom -where he locked the doo: and ‘I” . He is not “From Press to Home y Within the Hour” ‘The Star’s carrier system covers city block and the regular edi- m delivered to thinnfi homes Sunday’s THIEVES GET §3,000 FROMBANK WINDOW J Long Arm or Stick Enables Quick Get-Away at Con- tinental Trust Company. Two sneak thieves entered the Con- tinental Trust Company, 14th and H strests northwest, at noon today, and slipped from behind & window a package containing $3,000 and made their getaway. { The money had been prepared for shipment by parcel post to a bank correspondent, and was lying on the currency shipping desk, which s directly over a stalrway leading to the basement. Bank officials believe the thieves succeeded In reaching across the ban- ister and through the window to the desk, either by a long-armed indi- vidual, or with the aid of a stick or some other device. One employe of the bank noticed the men leaving hurrfedly and, having ascertalned that the package was missing, hurried into the street and notifled a crossing policeman. The men had lost themselves, however, In the steady flow of passers-by at that busy corner. New Bills in Packsge. Charles W. Warden, vice president ) of the company, stated today: “Some of the bllls contained in the package were new and just from the Treasury. Some of the two-dollar bills were of the 1917 issue. “As is known, very few two-dollar bllls are now in use, and these new two-dollar bills should be promptly rec- ognized. “The Continental Trust Company is fully protected by indemnity in- surance by a blanket bond as pre- tscribed by the American Bankers' Assoclatien, which is fully enforced and for a very much larger amount than the above theft and the trust company will be immediately reim- bursed by the bonding company so that no loss will occur.” Bank officials were able to give De- tective Sergeants Flaherty and Dar- nell some description of the two men. Both wore gray overcoats and fedora hats. One appeared to be more than six feet tall, while the other was about five feet eight inches. COOLIDGE RENAMES FIVE TO RENT BOARD Present Members Reappointed Sub- ject to Confirmation of Senate. The five members of- the present Rent Commission of the District of | Columbla, who have been serving by Tecess appointment made by Presi- dent Harding, were today reappoint- ed by President Coolidge and the nominations sent to the Senate for confirmation. Those named were: William F. Gude, Richard §. Whaley, Clara Sears Taylor, Oliver Metzerott and Thomas E. Peeney. This commission will serve during the life of the Ball extension rent act, which expires early next June. President Coolidge today sent to j the Senate the nomination of Kathryn Sellers, judge of the Juvenlle Court of the District, to be a member of the board of charitles of the District of i Columbia to succeed Idrs. Whitman | Cgoe. At the same time the President sent ’w the Senate the reappointment of Willlam T. Galliher, prominent banker-and civic leader of Washing- ton, as a member of the board. BILL ASKS PRESIDENT TO EXPLAIN DISMISSALS President Coolidge would be asked, in’a resolution offered today by Sen- ator Caraway, democrat, Arkansas, to report to the Senate the reasons why the twenty-eight officers and employes of the burkau of engraving were dis- missed in Maroch, 1922. Senator Caraway sought to obtain immediate copsidération by the Sen- ate, but Senator Sterling, republican, South Dakotay, as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Net Circulation, 9. m, 93223 tion, 100,586 . TWO CENTS. INSURGENTS MARCH UPON MEXICO €T ALAPA CAPTURED Federal General and 200 Men Made Prisoners in Taking Vera Cruz Capital. OBREGON GETS DRASTIC POWERS TO END REVOLT Official Circles Predict Collapse of Huerta Uprising, Says U S. Charge. * By the Associated Press. VERA CRUZ, December 10.—Insur- gent troops have left Vera Cruz under orders for an advance toward Mexico City. At various points along the In- teroceanic rallway they will be jolned by other contingents, and the united foroes will then proceed toward the capital, advancing in two directions. It 18 estimated that about 10,000 troops are avallable for this movement. Gen. Berlanga and Col. Mayer, Obre- gon officers who were reported to have been executed after the capture of Jala- pa by the Insurgents, were spared. Col. Mayer was one of 200 prisoners take:n In the fight who were brought here last night. Sem ' Agents to U. &, The steamer Platanero Alegria is carrying to New Orleans Teordoro Tresieres and Enrique Soldenar, who are to go to New York as confidentia agents of the provisional government A detachment of Obregon troops is reported to have been defeated In a skirmish in Nayarit territory. Gens. ort and Maya, loyalists, were Gen. Estrada, who also {s advancing toward Mexico City from Guadalajara has informed the insurgent chieftains here that an attempt Ly Gen. Ferreira to land federal reinforcements from Sineloa and Sonora at Manzanillo was frustrated by the rebeis. Take Jalapa Saturday. Jalapa, capital of the state of Vera Crus, fell into the hands of the be- sleging revolutionary forces at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The rebels took 200 prisoners, among them Gen. Berlanga, Col. Mayer and the pro- visional governor, Angel Casarin. An official statement says the rebels suffered the loss of seven men killed and twenty-three wounded, among the latter Maj Garza, who was gravely hurt. The Obregon forces lost thirty men killed. The govern- ment forces also lost four machine guns, 400 rifies and 200 horses and equipment. Defended by 700 men. According to the official statement the defenders of Jalapa aggregated 700 men under the command of Gens. Berlanga, Mokales, Moreita and Cejuda. The last three named have disappeared. Gen. Berlanga was the only one of the commanding officers captured. The members of the state legislature are belleved to be in hid- ing in Jalapa. Twelve prisomers wounded during the fighting have ar- rived here. Damage to the palace of the gov- ernor and to the tower of the cathe- dral was done during the artillery bombardment proceding the capture of Jalapa. ADMIT LOSS OF JALAPA. Obregon Leaders See Revolt at Maximum Development. By the Aseoctated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 8, via La- redo, Tex., December 10 (delayed) — Capture of Jalapa, capital of the state of Vera Cruz, this (Saturday) morning by rebel forces was offi- clally confirmed here tonight. The defenders of Jalapa, a portion of the federal garrison which refused to join the revolters, retired to the nearby village of Orlental, together with 2,000 volunteer agrarians who were poorly equipped. At Oriental this badly organized force will await developments, officers and proper equipment, it was stated. With this single success, it was de- clared in official quartsrs that the revolt headed by Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez, who favors the presidentlal candidacy of Adolfo de la Huerta, had reached the maximum develop- ment possible, with the nucleus of the outbreak centered at the city of Vera Cruz and In the states of Gua- @alajara and Jalisco. Extraordinay powers over the war, treasury and _interior departments were granted President Obregon by congress this evening. May Suspend Guarantees. It is expected the congress will grant the president permission to sus- pend individual guarantees through- out the republic, except wherein the death sentence is involved. Gen. Raoul Madero this evening is- sued a formal statement to the effect that, acting under authority granted him by the national revolutionary party, which supported his presiden- tial candidacy, and under an agree- ment with Carlos Zetina, independent civillan candidate, both he and Ze- tina and their partisans would sup- port Gen. Angel Flores for the presi- dency. This actlon is regarded as a blow to the de la Huerta faction, which has attempted to obtain the support of the Independents. A war department announcement says Gen. Severino Talamante, chief of military operations In the stats of Sonora, . officially reports that state tranquil, with the warlike Yaqui In- dians united in the support of the Obregon administration. Let Dissatisfied Go. Pursuant to the policy of permit- ting its opponents to show their hands, the Obregon government, It was announced tonight, is allowing members of the chamber of deputies and political leaders favorable to the presidential candidacy of Adolfo de la Huerta to leave Mexico City. Notwithstanding departure of some members It s stated that the senate majority still is complete, thus per- mitting continuance of consideration of the United States and Mexican claim conventions. The chamber of deputies also still has a quorum, making possible, it is said, continu- ance of legislative work and render- Ing {llegal whatever actions are taken by the Huertista legislators at Vera Cruz. Foreign Policy Stands, Aside from the purely military pect of the situation in Mexico, it is asserted the administration will con- tinue a straightforward stand upon . AContinued, on Page 2, celun* B y . »