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9 < L 200 NOHINKTIONS SENT 10 SENKTE List Includes Many Recess Appointments—Two En- voys Included. More than 2,000 nominations, in- cluding that of Frank B. Kellogs of Minnesota to be nmbassador to-ireat Britain, were sent to the Senate to- day by President Coolidge. Several of the nominees already are holding office under recess appoint- wents. Similar appointments in the Treasury Department were cover- ed by the nominations of Garrard B. Winston of C o be under- secretary of the Treasury; Henry M. Dawes of CI ago, to be controller of the currency; Kobert J. Grant of | Denver, to he divector of the mint, | be superintendent of the Denver mint. Among those rominated were Richard M. To ministe: . and | o be mmerce es of Cunning- bers of the Tennessee a ham of lowa to be Federal Reserve Board. Cohen Renominated. to membership i . Morton L. | . Jones, Te & Lande Corev, Omaha, iarford, Pa. Edward i". F: erick I Ti Lert E. Haney nated to be me Lcard. Tie name of Walter L Cohen, Orleans negro republican leader, was to the Coolidge b2 controller customs of the New Orleans dist cespite a protest mado to him = f s pr the two Lou of :m of Westmin- ated to be sur- i i ‘Woman Is Named. Charles W. Anderson of New York G. Retnecke of Chicago minated to be collectora of « for the third New York and first Illinois districts, re- spectively. Registers S i i Nelson D. 3 4 a.; | George B. Russ <0, e | Crisler, Carson lor, Salt Lake C! Miles City, Mont, Roseburg,” Ore. Yortland, Ore. Axchorage, Edwin P. ‘lorrow, who retires to- s Governor of Kentucky, ted to be = member of of the Raliroad La- bor Board, Ho Baker of Ohlo was reappointed as a member of the m agement greup and E. F. Gi Michigan, now holding a recess ap- pointment, was named a member of the labor group of the hoard. Receivers o public mmone cluded Frank L. Re Mont.; Lannes L. Fe Ariz, and George M. Love, Vale, Ore. 4 ter Droke of Micl v . Tay E. H. McDowell, H. A. Canaday, Iter L. Frank the, public zroup | o bureau of standards. - Henry H. Cur- ran of New York, now serving under racess appointment, was named com- missioner of gration ut New ark. INSURGENTS MARCHING ON MEXICO CITY AFTER CAPTURE OF JALAPA ns, especially with re- nee with the Lamont foreign debt agreement and subr #ton of revo y claims cony tlons with ied States, This{ has fnspired confidence, both exterior and interior, it was stated by officials, as proved by bankers putling into cffec A blow to the sden through t! tarco E: temporarily s halt- ing his presidential campaign and to Obregon until Ppeace is restered, President Obregon, accom! led by his staff, left Mexico City tonight for ! Irapuatg for the purpose of reviewing a dlvision of troops under which Gen. Joaquin Arn is preparing to begin an advance upoa rebellious forces in Jalisco under command of Gen, Enrique Lstrada, former secretary of War. This was officially announced at Chapultepec Castle. NORTHERN MEXICO UNEASY. Gen. Martinez and Staff Leave) Juarez for South. “EL PASO, Tex., December 10.—With Interruption of rail communications between some border points and towns in the interior of Mexico and reported plans for military help from garrisons in this section for Torreon, northern Mexico has begun to feel tBe tremors of the revolt against the Obregon government engendered by Adolfo de la Huerta, presidential can- djdate and former secretary of the sury. .Gen. Martinez left Juarez with his Staft early today for the south on a special train, with his reported des- tination as Chihuahua. It also was Teported in El Paso last night that afportion of the Juarez garrison had been ordered to entrain for Torreon, but up to early today no troop move- ments have been noticed. Torreon, in the state of Coahufls, is an {m- portant railroad center and its pos- session by a military faction is ad- mittedly advantageous. “OBREGON REPORTED FIRM. Ii. 8. Charge Says President Ex- 7 pects Quick Victory. “Tha Obregon government in Mex- ico. against which insurrectionists upder the leadership of de la Huerta afe in revolt, was reported to be “golid and determined” in dispatches ta the State Department today from George T. Summerlin, American clrfrga at_Mexico City. > “The Obregon government Mr, Summerlin said, “expects quick con- symmation of the campalgn against Estrada, owing to the heavy loyal foroes in the vicinity. Amarro, com- anding 16,000 federals, arrived at adalajars’ on December 7. 'Th ggvernment 18 solid and determined.” JOBS FOR BRICKLAYERS. Bight bricklayers are wanted by the Washington navy yard for thres woeks' work on rebuilding the open- hearth furnace in the foundry, It was nounced today by the labor board of. the At '{zw mt}xlmum‘nn of pay er diem. foa~ tlon! board iately. | | SENATOR WALTER E. EDGE, FIGHT ON CUMMINS DEADLOCKS SENATE, 0. K. ON COMMITTEES | (Continued from Flirst Page.) tor n nic mmitiee. Be- 3, Senator Ship patents, pensions ay the House . to permit re- | aders to com- 1o the various House Plan G. 0. P. Caucus. Tho republicans expect to have thelr ful mittec assign- by Thursday and are planning for a caucus sday _afterncon imme- Qately after the House adjourns. The democratic members of the wave and means committes expect to finish their work of assigning mem- bers to committees by Wedneaday and thet event & caucus of the democrats will bo called Wednesday evenlng to ratify tho slate. Reprosentative Frank J. McNulty, a democrat of Newark, N. J., one of the new members of the House, who for more than twenty-five yoars has been natlonally and internationally known as a labor leader, has been se- lected by the democratic members of the ways and meane committea to fill the one additional place which they wili heve in this Congress on the e labor committes. entative McNulty was born Tn 1901 he waos elected president of the Internat! Brotherhood of Electrical W {and two years later was elected its { presiden serving in that capacity for fifteen years. He resigned that office tn 1918 He was then elected president | emeritus and chairman of the Inter- ational board of directors >f that or- uization. In 1906 Mr. McNulty was selected as a member of a commlssion to study municipal and public owner- ship of public utility In Lngiind, Ireland and Scotland by the Natione' Clvic Federation. During the worid war, ho served as vice cha.rman of the rallway board of adiustment, No. 2, wh 4 interests He served fou~ vears as deputy director of public sufety of New Jersey. EDGE ON D. C. COMMITTEE. Jersey Senator Given Membership | Instead of Hale. The membership of the Senate Dis- trict committee, as reported today to the Senate by the republican and democratic committees on committees, is as follows: Senators Ball of Delaware (chair. man), Jones of Washington, Capper of Kansas, Edge of New Jersoy, El- kins of West Virginia, Gooding of Idaho and Weller of Maryland, re- ublicans, and Senators King of Ttah, Sheppard of Texas, Glass of Virginia, Stanley of Kentucky, Cope- land of 'New York and Edwards of New Jersey, democrats. It was reported Saturday that Senator Halo of Maine would become a member of the District committee. However, Senator Edge of New Jer- 'y was selected for the place and Senator Hale does mot become a mem- ber. Civil Service Committee. The Senate committee on civil service was announced as follows: Senator Stansfleld, Oregon, chair- man, and _Senators Sterling, South Dakota; Ball, Delaware; Couzens, Michigan; Dale, Vermont, and Howell, Nebraska, republicans, and Senators McKellar, Tennessee; Ransdell, Louls: iana; Heflin, Alabama; George, Geor- £la, wnd Neely of West Virginia, democrats. The committee on ctvil service will have before it at this session pro- posals to amend both the reclassifi- cation act and the civil service re- tirement act. Senator Sterling, who was chairman of the committes at the last Congress, but who has be- come chairmi of the committee on post offices and post roads and has given up the civil service commit- tee chairmanship, indicated today that he was not satisfied with the reclassification schedules which have been adopted during the summer and fall by the commission appointed to do this work. It is expected that he will bring the matter to the at- tontion of the committee and of the Senate. SEEK POISON TRACE IN DEATH OF NEGRO Coroner and Narvotic Squad' De. tective . Probe cuc of Harry Johnson. Coroner Nevitt and Detective San- ders of the narcotic squad are con- ducting an investigation with a view to determining the cause of ‘death of Harry Johnson, colored, forty-four, 916 Westminster street, who died at Freedmen's Hospital ‘early today. It was reported that Johnson had taken = drink from a bottle with colored friends at Union station and was made sick. He was taken home in a taxicab, ‘and was removed to Freedmen's Hospital when his cone dition became alarming. Coroner Nevitt was told that hos. vital physicians learned fro.. the sick man that he been & victim of the narcotic habit and had been treated s Pitteburgh institution for the abit. Police learned that instead of taking a drink from a bottle he had taken an injection of a narcotic. Oscar Poindexter and Bemis Dent, both col- ored, the former residing at 1821 Sth street and the latter at 1837 T7th street, were held by the police as witnesse: TWO DIE IN GREEK CLASH. ATHENS, December 10.—Two per- sons wers killed and twenty wounded in the clash yeste at’a royalist republioans. Testeored ewdes. — itried to land al | position he resigned to | {g0 to Italy and France on aa jim- | | portant commission in i | of our conntry. THE “EVENING STAR, PLANE CRASH KILLS ONE, HURTS PILOT Edwin R. Trusheim Crushed in 800-Foot Fall—Basil Gordon Will Recover. | One man was killed and another narrowly escaped death when an uir- plane crashed In a vacant lot near | Half and L streets southwest yester- day afternoon. It was the first in- istance of a plane crash within the city lmit i Edwin Reed Trusheim, twenty-one, 1210 B street southeast, employe of the | Congressional Library, was {nstantly killed when the engine of the plane fell on him. Trushetm was taking {his first fight with the pilot and own- ier of the airplane, Bast! Gordon, twenty-ecight, siepson of Gen. George Barnett of the Marine Corps. Gordon is at Providence Hospitalf where a number of minor Injuries were the jonly results to him of the crash, so far as could be determined. l Plane Falls 800 Feet. I According to Gordon the plane for some undertermined reason went into 4 spin at about 800 feet altitude. Gordon tried to straighten out the plane, but falled. Scelng that a crash was un. avoldable Gordon turned to his pas- senger and said. “Good-bye, old man, it's all over."” He tried to guide the plane into the fleld and failing in that : the plane on its side, so { that the wings would strike first and {thus break the force of the Impact. { This, however, falled, Gordon was not told that Trusheim was killed and is under the impres- slon that his passenger was only In- jured. Gen. Barnett, who was re- tired from active service yesterday, and who fs 1ll at the Naval Hospital | Was not told of the accident because lof his physical condition. The plane in which the flight was jmade was a Canadlan Curtisee JN | ghich Gordon had bought. named “The Elaine™ in honor of his_wife_ formerly s Elaine English of Philadelphfa, to whom he was married about u year 4go, Graduate of Central. Trusheim was a graduate of Central High School and a student nt George { Washington University. He s also lo- jcally well known as an actor, belng for {a time connected with the' Schubert- | Garrick stock company. He was to {have played the bishop in “The Bishop's Candlesticks” to be pre- sented at the Playvhouse the latter | part of this week. Ho was employed {in the copyright divislon of the i Congressional Library, and s sur- vived by his mother, two brothers and two sisters. Rasil Gordon was born in Balti- more and was educated at Princeton. He left the university and joined t Marine Corps as a private, was moted to captain and merved in that rank with the army of occupation in Germany. Returning to America he ro-entered Princeton and was grad- | uated with honors, Becoming interested In aviation, he entered Boston Technlcal Institute, where he specialized in the study of airplane motors. He had been flying for about two and a half vears. Gor- {don has been conducting ground {tests of airplanes for the Navy De- partment at the navy yard. 2 A verdict of accidental death was returned by the coroner's Jjury this morning investigating the death of Trushein. According to_the testimony of De- tective Sergt. Springman of headquar- ters, Gordon told him that he was an cxperienced pllot and had driven from Baitimore to Boston on several oc sions. When the alrplane went into & spin, Gordon sald. the engine was all right and was within ghding distance of Bolling Fleld. Gordon teld- Spring- man that he thought the crash was the result of some broken control wirea. {HOUSE D. C. COMMITTEE TO BE READY THURSDAY (Continued from First Page) | | l time he has collected a fund of very valuable information about the condl- tions and needs of the District which will be extremely helpful for my guldance,” he sald. Representative Gibson has for eight years been at the head of the com- mission government in his home city of Brattleboro, Vt, and stil is, be- cause he hasn't yet resigned. In that capaocity he has acquired a great deal of information and experience regard- ing police work, which he feels will be valuable in his purpose to work for the proper development of the police force here. Will Study Traffie. “The police fcrce must be adequate and well paid, with working condi- tions conducive to retaining the best men and keeping them in most effi- cient condition. Human life must be made safe, particularly in the Na- tion’s Capital, and 1 am not sure now that it is safe, with 8o many automo- iblle accidents occurrin he com- mented. He proposes to make a care- ful study of the traffic situation with a view to recommending legislation {that will be helpful to the police in fmproving conditions. Representative Gibson feels that all of the highway approaches to the Capital must be kept in first-class cendition, He intends to study carefully ail the bilis. that have been introduced for action by the House Distric committee and to read the reports o the hearings held in the last Con |gress regarding the proposed traffic { court, voting representation in both {branches of Congress and in national eloctiol for the people of the Dis- trict through a constitutional amend- ment, the advocated merger of the two street rallway companies and all other {mportant measures that are still awaiting committee action. Mr. Gibson is on the subcommittes of the ocommittee on committees, ‘which has been instructed to prepare & slate of assignments to minor com~ mittee places to be submitted to t committee on committees at its next ‘This work includes the ot two more republican embers of the Bou’ district com- Impressed by. Committee’s Weork. Representative Gale H. Stalker of New York, one of the new members selected by the republican committee on committees for a place on the House District committee, said today that he {s much impressed with the value of the work of the District committee and 'with its great re- sponsibilities. . “1 believe” he sald, “that every ere, in wnfilnlton should. end in . view of makin ‘Washington one.of. the most beautifu and modern cities in the world, and {ndeed. 1 think, much h een done along the: epresentative. Stalker promi: address himself with zeal to a study of the many local problems, including the street rallway situation, public protection, safe-guarding of ilfe and property. ‘providng adequate achool acilities, trafic dangers, Increased ry for school teachers, police and rerhen, and many other measures that have already been_presented to the District committee. sald today that all proper n of the Distriot will have his earnest and sympathetic support. LONGEST FLIGHT.ENDS. .PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Decom- ber 10—The Marine Corps aviators Lieut. F. O. Rogers and H. D. Palmer, arrived at Santo Domingo City-at & o'clock yesterday afternoon, compl ing their flight to s-: Franclec ;= lean . | RARIRIE o B W e BASIL GORDON, Serlously Injured when plane which Re was piloting fell yesterday. RHODES SELEGTIONS FOR YEAR DECIDED 32 Americans Appointed to Take Courses in English Universities. By the Asscclated Press. SWARTHMORE, Pa, December 10. —Results of the snnual election of American Rhodes scholars to the University of Oxford, neld Saturday n thirty-two states of the Union, were announced last night by Frank Avdelotte, presidcnt of Swarthmore College and secretary of the Rhodes trustees. For the thirty-two ap- pointments there were 357 candidates, representing 145 American colleges and universities. i Thirty-two Rhodes scholarships are | avallable for the United States each: year, each state in the Union elect- ing two years out of three. A schol- arship is tenable for three years and carries with it a etipend of £350 per year. The selection is made on the bamis of (1) character and person- ality, (2) scholastio ability and (3) physical vigor, whether shown hy participation in outdoor sports or in, other ways. i In_announcing tho election results! President Aydelotte summarized the record of 143 Amerfcan scholars in| residence at Oxfor ot . he eaid, sixty-seven took final examinations, thirty-nine for the afght for higher degrees. Among! those taking the A. D_degree with | honors nine were with honors of the | first oclass. sixteen gecond clas ] e'ght third class and thres fourth class. FHonors Won by Americans. Among the more prominent academ- fo_ distinctions won by Rhode scholars outside the regular cirric- ulum were the Christopher Welch scholarship In blology won by J. F. Fulton of Minnesota, and the James Hall Foundation éssay prize at B liol, won by W. Y. Eliot of Tenness Henry Moe, Rhodes scholar at large at Brasenose, has been elected to an Oxford law lactureship. “The record of the American Rhodes | scholars has been particularly good | In _competition for the degree of | doctor of philsophy and in law.” sald Mr. Aydelotte. “Of the seven firsts in jurisprudence awarded in the entire university last year, five were taken by American Rhodes scholars “Ninety-two out of the 148 Rhodes scholars in residence represented their colleges on some kind of ath- tetic te Three were captains and | n Reere members of varsity eleven of titem winning lhe‘ “blue,” which corresponds to a university letter in the United ‘The list of Rhodes scholars elected Saturday, subject to the ratification of trustees, is as follow: Hugh Bradiey, University Arizona—Fellx I Schaffner, Har- vard Univeraity. l | of Alabam: Arkansas—FKobert L. Hyatt, Ir, Harvard University. Californla—Jack Lisgar Merrill, University of California. . Colorado — Donald R. Stauffer, Princeton Unlyersity. ! Delaware—Charles D. Abbott, ir., Haverford College. Florida—Carter Marshall Braxton, University of Virginla. Georgla—H. M. Cleckley, University of_Georgia. Idaho—Walser S. Greathouse, Uni- versity of Idaho. Towa—Carl W. Strom, University of Towa. EDWIN TRUSHEIM, A passenger, who was found Crushed to death under the moto; LENRDDT OFFERS. | WORLD GOURT BL Resoiution Provides U. S. Entry Into Body Divorced From League. A resolution providing for entrance of the United States into the world | court after it had been divorced com pletely from the league of natiuns was_introduced in the Senate today by Senator Lenroot, republican, Wi consin. The resolution providas that “tie Senate advises and conseits” to the adhesion on the part of the United States “to the protocol of Decemoer 16, 1920, accepting the state of the Permanent Court of International Justice, but not the clause for com pulsory jurisdiction.® Entrance of the United States would be conditioned also upon t inclusion in the instrument of adhe ston of specific reservations that no “legal relationship” to the leagu was involved, or no obligations und, the covenant of the league or under the Versailleg treaty assumed by the United States. “Such adhesion shall not take ef- fect.” the resolution continued, until the ‘statute of the permanent court is amended to provida: That all independent nations hav- ing diplomatic representatives ac- credited to The Hague which have not adhered to the protocol of De- to so adhere. Another reservation provides “that in lleu of election of sald judges and deputy judges in the futire by the councll and assembly of the league of nations” such elections shall be mado by electors from the member states, which will _be divided into two groups, the first taking the place of the council of the league of nations in the present pian and the second that of the assembly. Kansas—Raymond G. Carey, South- western College. Louisiana—W. W, Princeton University. Michigan—John P. Dawson, Univer- sity of Michigan. Minnesota—Paul C. Christopherson, Carleton College. Mississippi—M. B. Swearingen, Mill- saps College. Missouri—Florien P. Gass, Univer- sity of Missouri. { Montana—Milton D. Cole, Harvard University. ebraska—Sheldon Tefft, Univer- Butterworth, sity of Nebraska. sity of Nevada. New Mexico—Fred T. Wagner, Uni- North Carolina—Thomas J. Wilson, 34, University of North Caroiina. sity of Minnesot: Oklahoma—Wallace E. Robertson, zhoma. Oregon — Wiiliam Rose- braugh, University of Oregon. man, University of South Carolina. South Dakota—Arthur M. Wilson, Texas—Robert Lee Guthrie, Baylor University. Utah. Washington—Orris E. Sandusky, West Virginia—Earl R. Thoenen, Swarthmore College. University of Wisconsin. ‘Wyoming—Joseph Dexter Bennett, jister Baldwin arrived in Londen from {win dtd not tender his resignation; and {cabinet tomorrow that he is prepared luntit partia |advise him not to resign. ,xr WASHINGTON, D. ¢, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1923. BALDWIN RETAIS ', POST, MEETS KING! Likely to Hold On for While; Chamberlain May Be ’ Compromise. | By the Associnted Press. LONDON, December 10.—Prime Min- Chequers Court today, and shortly be- fore noon had an audfence with the king at Buckingham palace. The Central News says: “Mr. Bald- it is understood he wiil Inform the to retain the reins of the government ment mests next month.” \'s supporters in the press His oppo- nents as strongly insist that it is fm- possible he remain as prime minister. The Dally Mail says that at a week tnd conference thres of the cabint| urged the premier to resign immediate- | 1y, and advise the king to invite Rum- say Macdonald, labor leader, to form a cabinet, & course to which Mr. Gald- win agreed. ‘The other ministers em- rhatical'y dissented, saying that the circumstances demanded continuance of the conservative government with a new premier. Chamberlain Proposed. This group, the newspaper adds, proposed Austen Chamberlain as premier. They also. the newspaper states, sounded the ifberal leaders as to whether such a combination might rely on the benevolent neutrality of the liberal party, receiving in return tentative assurance that they might. Several liberal papers, however, say that on no account will the liberal party assent to any sort ot conserva- tive-liberal coalition. One conserva- tive paper says only the Loyd Georg- fans desire such a coalition. The Times says it {s Mr. Baldwin's duty to hold ‘on until parliament meets and there face inevitable de- feat. BILLS ASK REPEAL OF TAXES ON AUTOS Detroit Representative Holds These Unjustly Penalize Industry. Baldw ] Seeking the repeal of excise taxes on auté trucks, automobiles and motor cycles, tires, inner tubes, parts A. B. degree or diplomas and twenty- cember 16, 1920, shall be permitted |and accessoriss, three bills were In- }troduced in { Representative Robert H. Clancy of the House today by Michigan. These bills ask that three secticns of the revenue act of 1921 he strickan out. “The time is come for these taxes to be repealed and as the great bulk of them Is paid from my district the east side of Detroit, 1t i fitting that T should introduce the bills for their repeal” said Representative cy today. ‘They are exclse measures and may be regarded as luxury, stigma or nusiance tax,” he continued. ‘The tax on auto trucks and wagons is absolutely ~Indefensible on three No one can say that an auto & pleasure car, not even one used for bootlegging purposes, for the owner Is running it for profit. Tax on Transpert. “The auto truck tax Is a tex on transportation, and as the rallroad taxes of a similar nature were killed after the war, s0 should the auto truck tax be eliminated. “So also the tax on repair parts, accessories and tires is indefensible. The repair parts are nuisance taxes and penalize a man who is having trouble with his car. As the farmer has the worst roads and the most trouble with auto parts, the tax falls particularly hard on him. “The auto proper is a necessity, and not a luxury, in the sense that dia- monds, silks and art are luxuries. The United States, with ths fndustry cen- tering in Detroit, leads the world in auto production 'and should not be {hampered in competition with for- eign countries. Taxed for Good Roads. “The auto 'Industry {s now paying more than twice its share of the tax for maintaining good roads, and the taxes are not defensible on those unds. For the fiscal year ended June 30 last, the total taxes collected through- out thé country on_ auto trucks amounted to 310,678,761, Of this amount $4,413,817 was colleoted in my Nevada—Paul A. Harwcod, Univer- versity of New Mexiso, North Dakota—Otis H. Lee, Univer~| University of Okl: Arthur South Carolina—8. Thorn Spark- Yankton College. Utah—Harold Davis, University of University of Washington. Wisconsin—Gamber F. Tegtmeyer, Yale University. NEW MEMBERS HOUSE DISTRICT COMMITTEE epresentative EDWIN M.BEERS, Fa. representative ERNEST W. GIBSON, V. district, the east side of Detroit. The total collected on the auto and motor cycle tax was $92,736.580. From my district $66,961,014 of this ameunt came. “The total on tires, repair parts, etc., was $40.875,148, of which $7.885 546" was from my district.” Guard in Disbursing Office Had Long Career on Force. Policeman Washington Sanford, de- tailed as a guard in the dlsbursing office at the Diatrict bullding, died at George Washington University Hos- o Repseseuntative _BENRY R RAJABONEIL Pital today following a brief illness, Sanford was a member of the polics force for thirty-six years and earned the reputation of hlvlnf been one of the best station clerks in the service rior to being detafied In the disburs. ng office. rn_in Washington in 1863, he was educated in the publlo schools and entered (he‘?ouee epartment on April 16, 1887, He served in the firet and fourth precincts and Iater was station clerk at the ninth precinct. icoman Sanford was married and leaves a widow and two children, A. E. Sandford, a District fireman, and Mra. John McKimmis. He also is survive three brothe rew, &vorge and Charles Banford. ! “EQUAL RIGHTS” DEMAND IS PUT UP TO CONGRESS Senator Curtis Offers Resolution Sponsored by Women Asking Constitutional Amendment. A resolution propesing an “equal rights” amendment to the Constitu- tion was introduced today by Senator Curtis, republican, Kansas. It {s sponsored by the National Woman!' Party and would grant equal rights to men and women throughout thi United States. : ACE. H. G. WELLS LOSES R Novelist Badly Defeated for Seat in Parliament. LONDON, December 10.—H. G. ‘Wells. the novelist, was again defeat- ed for a seat in parliament at last Thursday’s election. Running as the labor candidate for London University, he received 1.420 votes_o against for - Bir Ig R W conservative, and 3,593 Prof. liberal. | has fanl WAS NOT ON T STREET. Wrong Thoroughfare Mentioned in Report of Raid. A raid at 915 P street, not 915 T #treet, was conducted Saturday night, resulting in the arrest of Jasper Powell, colored, at the former resi- dence, ‘'and the seizure of a twenty- gallon still. Thomas Watkins resides At 0918 T street, the house errone- ously given in The Sunday Star. $30000,000 ASKED |0 OVERHAUL NAVY Denby Reports U. S. Far Be- low Arms Treaty Nations in Ships and Planes. A 330,000,000 appropriation to carry | out the much-controverted program of fleet modernization, authorization for the bullding of eight ten-thou- sand-ton cruisers, thres cruiser-type submarines and six gunboats, ex- penditure o $7.676,000 on naval . and a five-year coustructive aviation program were recom- raended today by Secretary Denby in his annual report. The modernization plans_ held in aheyance during the past year must be carried out, the Secretary satd, if the United States 1s to maintain its Proper place under the arms trea while in cr ufser strength this eountry ¢ 8o far behind Great Britaln that It cannot hope for years to come 1o attaln the equality it is entitled to under the 6-5-3-naval ratio, Elevation of Turret Guna. The $30,000,000 sought for moderni- zatlon work would include the reap- propriation of $6,500,000 “for the pur- Pose of increasing the elevation of turret guns of thirteen of the treaty battleshipe of the Navy” which was not used during the past year be- cause, Mr. Denby satd, “quite unin- tentionally the impression given Con- greas was that the dieparity in ranges was overwhelmingly i was ove: gly in favor of the “In the opinion of the department,” the Secretary declared, “the elevation of the guns will not in any way con- travene the spirit or letter of the treaty.” Mr. Denby appended to his report a special report signed by Capt. F. H Schofleld of the Navy general board analyzsing in detail” the objections which had been raised to the change in elevation, with the conclusion that these were wholly unsupported by any fair interpretation of the treaty, Capt. Schofleld listed five “steps” as necessary in the physical alteration of a turret to permit the higher ele- vation, namely: Treaty Not Vielated. Increasing size of gun opening: lengthening the gun screw which raises and lowers the breech; chang- ing position of ammunition holsts: increasing strength of counter-recol system; cutting away plates under breech. In none of these steps, it was de- clared. was their involved any *‘altera- tion Yn the general type of mount- ing.+ which constituted the sole pro- nibition in the treaty affecting the program. “The public is very generally un- der the Impression.” Capt. Schofield continued. “that the British admiralty has stated officfally that by their in- terprotation of the treaty it would be {llegal for us to change the eleva- tions as proposed. No such conten- tlon has ever been put forward by the British admiralty. British gov- ernment or by any other official in any government siguatory to the treaty. ““The general intent of the treaty was to grant to each power full right to keep step with material and scien- tific progress, subject only to spe- cific 1imitations. Nowhere is there to be found a ‘spirit’ of the treaty which contravenes this right.” In addition to elevation of the main turrets, the department's program includes the installation of deck sheathing as an additional defense against alr attack, additfon of “blis- ters” as a defense against torpedos and the conversion of six coal-burn- ing _battleships to oil burners. The approved budget of the Navy now includes $2,850,000 for beginuing construction of three submarines au- thorized in the 1916 naval act, Mr. Denby said, but he called attention to_the lack of the Navy in cruisers, submarines and river gunboats. “The Navy of the United States at present does not equal in crulser strengthreither of the other two pow- ers signatory to the treaty,” he said, ¥nor is the fleet to be considered as in any way balanced through lack of this vital arm. The.disparity be- tween the cruiser strength of Great Britain and that of the United States is #0 great that we cannot hope for many years to bring about anything approaching equality with that vy United States is =0 {1l balanced and so deficient In cruiser strength that it would be put at a serious disadvantage in msajor operations of any kind. The power of cruisers in offense and in defense is a primary factor in naval strategy. Other than the ten light crulsers, some of which are authorized under the 1916 bullding program., some of which are now completed, and others rapldly nearing completion, we are without real cruiser strength. “Vesse stlll in service of the type of the Pittsburgh, Denver and Salem are useful for peace work, but would be practically without value in time of war. The ralders thi drive our commerce from th that attack our transports and sup: ply ips, oan never be overtaken unless we bulld cruisers to do th ‘work. ‘Therefore, &s & measu looking toward the ultimate pro- vision of the flest and equalization with other powers, I strongly recom- mend the authorization and appro- priation of funds sufficlent to com- mence construction of eight 10,000~ ton crulsers. “A large submarine tonnage is be- ing lald down abroad. At present forty-one submarines are building or projected by a single power; twenty-three of thesa are over 1,000 tons; that 1s, they are vessels capable of long-distance " cruising. In ad- dition to the forty-one mentioned, eleven were completed in 1933 and 1923 by this same power. If present forelgn programs are completed without any additlons, the United States would have to build 50.000 tons of submarines in order to attaln has no crutser no mine-laying submarines. Both types demonstrated their great usefulness in the world wa In order to supply in part our deficlency in these types and In order to be- &In to attain a suitable relative su! marine strength, 1 recommend the authorisation and appropriation of funds suffloient to commence con- struction of three submarines of the crulder type. “I recommend also that Congress authorise six gunboats of suitable type and size and make appropriation for their complete construotion as early as possible.” Anouncing that the department ‘would submit tevfl““‘r’:l. l:;c-alr for naval aviation, the Seo- Tatary declared the presont situstion in that branch, both to personnel and equipment was one “to be viewed with oconcern.” Only twelve aviators ‘were added to ths roll during the past year, ‘he said, and the equip- ment ls practically obsolete. He listed the records of -naval aviators es- tablished during the year com-~ prising twenty-three of the forty-two recognized by leading nations. . Pearl Harbor Gets Most. Of the total of $7,676,000 in the budget for naval base development during_ 1935, $3.062,000 is alloted to Pearl Harbor §470,000 -to San oisoo, $328,000 .o Puget Sound, §758.- MILLIONS T0 HEAR COOLIDGE TONIGHT President to Deliver Eulogy of Harding by Radio From Study. Standing In front of a microphone in his study at the White House, President Coolldge tonight will ad- dress the nation in eulogy of the late President Warren G. Harding. It will be the first radlo broadcast ever made from the White House and will mark &n epoch in radio broadeasting his- tory. Five powerful broadcasting stattons, linked together by long-distance tele- phone wires, will carry the President's virtually every section of the country if atmospheric co; tions are favorable. It fs estimated that 25,000,000 persons will “listen in." President Coolidge's first words wiil plerce the ether at 8:30 o'clock, and immediately, every broadcusting s tion in the country, except thosa transmitting the speech, will be silenced. Secretary of Commarca Hoover, whose department has juris- diction ‘over radio activities, has fa- ed an edict for the stations to ‘clear the air” for the President. The five stations which will broad- cast Mr. Coolidge's eulogy are: WCAP, Washingion; WEAF, New York: WOC Philadelphia; WIAR, Providence, K. L, and WMAQ, Chicago. WCAP Covers Big Area. mated that 2,000,000 will hear tho message ag It is received and dis- seminated by amplifiers in halls, clubs and other meeting places. An almost equal number will be reached in Chicago. The stations in Phila- delphia 2nd Providence will reach the New England and middic Atlantic sections. WCAP will be heard in tha middle Atlantic, south, middle west and southwest. Chicago's station will reach the radio listeners in tha west and northwest. Owing to the suspension radio transmission the mes: ably will reach the ships ocean. A microphone ha the President’s study. electric equipment will sena th sage direct by means of 1 telephone connections broadcasting stations. ninary o the President's speech an official announcer will explain the organiza- tion, purpose and personnel of the a Memorial Associatio ¢ is bonoraryspres! of other in mid- been on SESSION CALLED HERE. Directors to Plan Campaign. A meeting of representatives of alf fraternal and civic organizations .of the city of Washington and the assistant heads of the executive de- partments, burexus and {ndepend. offices of the federal government discuss means und methods of carry- ing out the District of Columbla's part In the Harding memorial c paign has been called for tome afternoon at 5 o'clock by Col. Thomas W. Miller, allen property custodian, and chairman for the District. The meeting will be heid at tha headquarters of the Harding Memo- rial Association. 1414 F street north- west. It is expected that 100 or more organizations and government departments will be re d. To all clubs and tions which contribute & to one doilar or more will be given a cer soclate membership in Memorial Association. contributors of a dollar or more will also receive an engraved certificats of membership. DEATH RATE IN D. C.. INCREASES SLIGHTLY 14.8 Per Thousand Die Here in 1922—Montana Lowest in Census Scale. Harding Memorial The death rate from all causes fn the District of Columbia in 1922 was 14.8 per thousand of population, the census bureau announced today. The rate throughout the country in the registration area was 118, a slight Increase over the 1321 rate, which w 11.3, but not £o high as was the 1920 rate of 131 Washington's death rate for 1932 showed an increase of five-tenths of 1 per cent, the rate for 1921 having been 14.3 per thou- sand of population, while for 1920 it was 15 per thousand. ‘The death rate per 1,000 by states was: California. 14, necticut, 12, 12.3 (white, 1 ; Colorado, 18.35; Con aware, 13.2: Florida, .9; colored, 16.0); Geor. ia, 10.4 (white, 9.02; colored, 12.2): ; Tllinols, 11.3; Indiana, 11.9: 0.6; Kentucky, 10.8 (white, 18.4); Loulsiana, 11.3 lored 14.4); Maine, 14.1; (white, 12.4; colored, usetts, 12.8: Michigan, : Minnesota, 9.5: Mississippl, 10.8 8.7; coiored, 12.8); Missour 11.2; . 8.6; Nebraska, 9.4; Ne Hampshire, 14.6;° New Jersey, 12.3 New York, 13.0: North Caroltna, 11 (white, 10.3; colored. 14.8); Ohio, 11.3 rogon, 115, Pennsylvanla, = i2 Rhode Island, 13.1: South Carolina, 12.0 (white, 5.7; colored, 14.3); Ten~ nesse, 10.8 (white, 5.5; colored. 16,4); ul 104; Vermont, 14.7; Virginia, 12.1 (white, 10.3; colored, 16.4); Washe ington, 10.1; Wisconsin, 10.1; Wyom- ing, 9.5, ITALIAN PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED BY KING Session Brought to Close by Royal Decree, Is Official An- nouncement. By the Awsoclated Prews, ROME, December 10.—A decres closing the present parllamentary sesslon hgs been signed by King Vic- tor Emmanuel, it was officlally an~ nounced this afternoon, S possdonmisstbnialiosdd i R S Ty S 000 to the New York-Narraganseit bay area, $185,000 to Chesapeake bay, 1,205,000 to Ban Diego, $261,000 to oston, $100,000 to Key West and 526,000 to Cavite, Out 6f a total of $820,000 for air bage development, the approved budget allots the Coco Solo ,station $564,000 and Pearl Harbor lhsa.oon. Operations of the Navy during the | past year have been more widespread | than ‘in almost any other of its his tory, the Secretary sald, and “on th whole reflecta credit to the sérvice. | 4t Was not to be expected.” Lo added, “that so great a service so.far flung and so frequently engaged in hazardous undertakings should have escaped some disaster. The outstand- ing catastrophe to the sérvice of tha year, and of many years, was the loks ot seven destroyers on the coast o California, Our sorrow wt the death of eur comrades and our.regret at the: property foss leave still with et of the officers and men.™ In New York city alone, it is esti-, Fran-|a feeling of great pride in-the con~| .