Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1923, Page 2

ATHEDRAL FUND TEAMS SELEGTED 200 to Take Part in Cam- paign for Money to Build Structure. Team captains for the Washington campaign of the National Cathedral Foundation have been selected, ac- cording to announcement made LAy by Newbold Noyes, local campalgn chairman. The campaign opens to- morrow night at the New Willard Ho- tel, when Senator George Wharton Pepper, John Hays Hammond and Bishop Freeman will speak. Each division leader will have seve captains under him, and each cap- tain will have seven workers, making fifty men to each division, or a total of 200 who will ralse Washington's share of the $10,000,000 fund needed to finish the building of the cathedral at Mount St. Alban. Teams and Captal The leaders and team captains are: Division A—Dr. L. W. Glazebrook, leader; George R. Wal Arthur Burt, Frank 8. Hight, Col. C. Fred ook, Frederick H. Brooke, Harry K oss, Mrs. David M. Lee Divisfon B—C. . leader: H. L. Rust, Rober ing. Commander Herbert S. Howard, Richard Wilmer, Commander . T. Jewell, . L. Stock, Mre. Walter R Tuckerman. Division ~C—Charles Wilson, leader; John F. Dryden, Stuart B. Marshall, Richard E. Shands, Leonard A Block, Willlam W. Mackall, ir.; S. Herbart Glesy, Mrs. Harrfett 1. Bolton. Division D-—Coleman Jennings, lepder; Arthur Nellan, Donald H. Mc- Knew, George Weaver, Dr. W. Sin- clpir ‘Bowen, David M. Lea, Mrs. Ffanklin Ellis. The annual winter meeting of the Washington committee of the Na- tional Cathedral Assocliation will take place at 3 o'clock tomorrow after: noon at the residence of Mrs. Gib- son Fahnestock, 2311 Massachusetts avenue. ‘Tomorrow evening ths National Cathedral Foundation opens its local campaign at the New Willard, the first step in the $10,000,000 national campaign It marks the .entrance into the cathedral movement of the United States of men of affairs to a greater degree than heretofore. Women pre- dominate in the older organization, the National Cathedral Assoclation, whereas the officers of the foundation are all men. A yeis of the men organized for the campaign in Wash- ington shows that most of them are husbands of women who have been active in the association for many years. ¥ ' Committee Active, The National Cathedral Association was formed when the land for the Cathedral Close was bought in 1898 for the purpose of raising money to pay for the land. The land was pald Through the members of the as- fon most of the $4.000,000 al- procured ralsed. The Washington committee has been espe- clall$ active in this work. The executive committee in charge of the Friday meeting consists of Very Rev. G. F. Bratenahl, D. D.; Mrs, Robert Chew, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs. John Hays Ham- mond, Mr. Coleman Jennings, Mrs. George Wharton Pepper. Dr. Willlam €. Rives, Mrs. Willlam C. Rives, Mrs. William H. Wilmer and Mrs. Walter Tuckerman. BOOKLET ISSUED. Handsome Volume Stresses Need for Cathedral. Built the National Cathedral” is the title of a handsome book bound in boards, issued by the National Ca- thedral Foundation here, which made its appearance today. The book is an artistic piece of work of thirty-two large pages, con- taining within decorated borders the message to the American people on the determination to complete the cathiedral, as printed recently in The Star; Bishop Freeman's article, Need of a New Reformation,” printed here last Sunday articles. Included are facsimile copies letters from President Coolidge, for- mer President Woodrow Wilson and Gon. Pershing, expressing thelr in- terest in the work and pledging all |)n"~|h]o co-operation, Under the heading “Nation-widé In- terast in the Cathedral Movement” is glven a history of the National Ca- thedral Foundation, together with a history of the movement to build the cathedral Chapel Altar Pletured. An interesting page photograph rhows the altar in Bethlehem (‘hnngv. where services are now being held each Sunday afternoon. “Here Bish- op Freeman has preached to an au- dience numbering many hundreds of thousands, as his sermons are broad cast through t the United State: says the descriptive legend beneath the picture. Three English portraits of Rt Lancelot Andrews, one of the lators of the Bible; Most Rev George Abbott and Most Rev. William Laud presented to the cathedral by Henr White, Charles ¢ r melee and Dr. Willlam ¢ Rives, are shown, as also a reproduction of the Stuart’ painting of George Washing. ton, the gift of John Jay (hapman A page is devoted t Bishop Man RINg's statement concerning the ca thedral, in which he sald: “St. Paul's Cathedral h been known as the parish church of the British emplre. We want our Natienal Cathedral to he the parisii church of the American people.” A drawing shows how the cathedral will appear when completed. A ground plan of the building is shown, the frontislece, pasted in, shows in colors the part of the cathedral now finished o as and other Rev. trans. TWO ADDRESS W. C. T. U. Representative Box Discusses Loyalty to Dry Law. The North Star W night at_the Emory Methodist Epis copal Church South, Rittenhouse street and Georgla avenue. Mrs. Or- rell Moody presided. Following the introduction of the varfous officers, addresses were made by Representative J. C. Box of Texas and Judge J Britt, chief counsel for the prohibition unit. Representa- tive Box spoke on “Loyalty to the Eighteenth Amendment,” a: the pro- hibition counsel spoke ‘on “Co-opera- tion.” Asks Law Forcing D. C. Hotels to. Schedule Rates Senator Caraw of Arkansas has introduced in the Senate a bill to require all hotel proprietors ‘in the District of Columbia to file with the District Commissioners a schedule of rates charged by their respective hotels. Coples of the rates and the prices of meals, under the bill, would be posted in the guestrooms. Variations from these lists would be punished by fines ranging. from $10 to $100. The bill-is -designed to prevent sxcessive charges for rooms .in hotels Whien the city is crowded. The | of | Glover, James Par- | T. U. met last | ! | Announces Convention i WEEDON NATION'S REALTOR T0 CONVENE HED Annual Session Next June to Draw Many to Capital. Plans Made. I i The National Association of Real Estate Boards will hold its seven- teenth annual convention in this city June 3 to 6, 1924, it was announced today by J. C. Weedon, president of the Washington Real Estate Board. The executive committee of the lo- cal board will lect a general chalrman vention committee with the Idea of tmmediately {initiating plans to ac- commodate tifis convention and fur- nish the visitors with suitable en- tertainment. Mr. Weedon stated that the realtors convention hers would perhaps be the largest gathering of business me. that has assembled in Washingte for many years and that he felt was an_achievement for the ington board to secure this meeting. The National Association of Real state Boards, Mr. Weedon continued, is an organization composed of more than 500 local boards located In vir- tually every city of the country, with a total active membership of more than 20,000 real e: several times that number in asso ciated and affliated memberships, in- cluding financial institutions, busi- ness and professions allied with real estate' and property owners. These annual conventions, said Mr. ‘Waedon, are attended by « larger pe: centage of members than almost any other business or professional or- ganziation and it is predicted that Washington will draw & minimum of 5,000 visitors during the convention. LISTS MARYLAND for a con- t State Commission Says They Must Be Used During Reciprocity. Commissioner Rudolph today re- ceived from the motor vehicle com- missioner of Maryland a list of the approved headlight lenses that must be accepted by District motorists as part of the agrcement for temporary ruary. The ferred the list to to become commissioner the part promptly re- police depart- ment a of its rec- ord It is believed that a great majority already in compliance with this list. All of those who now have Maryland tags had to comply in order to get those tags List of Lenses. Following is the list of lenses, glv- {ing the name, permissible candle- power, type C bulb and tilt | feet from horizontal beam: Those of twenty-one candlepower are—Alpheco, tilt; Bausch and per 25 no {Lomb, 3 inches: Benzer, type A, no| {tilt: Brown reflector, special focal | adjustment, 6 inches; Conaphore “F Clear (also motor cycle sizes), tilt; Conaphore “F" Noviol | motor cy sizes), no tilt: Dillon, type | 7. no tilt; Dodge Brothers, S8 | 1-foot tiit: Elite head Jamps, 4 inches: { Flatlite, § inches: Flintex, 5 inches |Ford “I” 8% only, 1 foot: Guide- Ray, tvpe A headlamp, no - tilt; | Holophane, no tiit: Hudson, 834 only | 1-foot tilt: Lee Knight, 4l%-inch ti} | Legalite MITT, no tilt; Liberty, type D, ‘no tilt; Macbeth, type D’ (also motor cycla' sizes), no tiit; McKeelite (also motor cycle sizes), 10-inch tilt; Miro-tilt. no tilt; Monogram. 1-foot tilt; Osgood, “B-2. speclal focal ad- stment, 3 inches: Parab-O-Lite, type FW." speclal focal adjustment, |G e Pn(l}[';rfi:l\ l(]ul.!u motor vle zes), no tilt; Smith, horize iit; Spreadlight (also mnlr.ru e rear, 13 inches; Bird. 11 inches; Conaphc 3 inches: Conaphore "B ilt; Fluted, type B, re justment, 10 Tnehes; | HeG ooy inches; National, no tilt; R 1 [m‘l\n‘s‘: Saferlite, rear, 6 inc: type C. 6 inches; Univer; : 1 Violet Ray, no tilt. =L Larger Lights, Those of more than 21 candlepower are: Benzer; type A, 28 candlepower, no tilt; Clamert, type A, 24 candle. power, no tilt; Control-Lite, 28 can. dlepower, no tilt; Corcolite, type A Headlamp, 32 candlepower, : It Dillon, type 1, 28, candieps moa no. tiit; Dillon, type ¥, 23 candle- power, ‘no tit; Eclipse ditamer 32. candlepower, rear, no tilt; Flexo, 25 candlépower, rear. no Hit; full ray deflector, 32 candlepower, rear, no tilt; Green Moon lamps, 33 candles power. mno tilt; Helophane-Old, 22 candlepower, 3-inch tiit: Holophane. New, 23 candlepower, no tilt; Klear Lite. 32 candlepower. 1 foot: Kopp, {25 candlepower, no tilt; Legalite MITT 31 candlepower, no tiit; Macbeth, 31 candiepower no Standard, 11 ad- rear, 3 Raydex, § hes: Suess, dlopower, no tilt; Martin power, rear, no tiit; McKee, 32 candiepcwer, rear, no til Nevablind Autolight, 24 candlepower, New Onlee Controiler, ower, 9 inches; North Star hield, 32 candlepower, 9 inche: Osgood “B23.” 32 candlepower, specia 3-inch tilt; Owl Screen “B,” 33 candl power. rear, no - tiit; Parab-o-Lite type “FW,” 25 candlepower, specla; 6 inches: Primolite “B 23 candle- power, no tiit; Safetec,” 32 candle- power, rear, no tilt; Shaler Road lighter, 32 candlepower, rear, no tilt; Sun-Ray, 25 candlepower, ne -til Sun-Ray Standard, 29 candlepower, no lt; To-Way Light Distributor. meet tomorrow to se- | Wash- | tate brokers and ! APPROVED LENSES reciprocity during January and Feb- | of Washington motorists have lights | (also | onty, | 6 cyele nizes), | no tilt; Mac-Kno-Glare | 29 | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, e e e COALITION IS SEEN | IN CAPITOL TACTICS, Democratic and Republican Conservatives Act to Curb Radicals. be BY DAVID LAWRENC ! Coalition may formal a name, but in actual practice | there is developing in the Senate and ¢ |House an informal combination of! | conservative votes from the republi- | can and democratic parties which is | | for the moment blocking the radicals. | ! The refusal of the c¢emoerhtic cau- ! cus to adopt a resolution rropused by |its own radicals providing for a fusion with the insurgent republicans in an attempt to overthrow the House re- publican organization and rearrange the places on tho slate of committees Is an outcropping of the same con- servatism which on the Senate side led Senator Bruce of Marylund, -mru‘rdl.l sandon party lince snd vote for nator Cumming of Iowa, republican, for the chalrmanship of the Interstate mmeres committee, Insteud of Sen- r la Follet republlean, or Seaa- | Smith of South Caro a, dem 1t Not that Mr, Smith {8 a radieal, but the insurgent republicans had ! thrown their support to him to pre- | vent Mr. Cummins' election, and Sen- ator Bruce made up his mind that a | victory for Mr. Smith under the cl clreumstances was & triumph for the radical elements. Struggle on Ratl Aect. Back of the fight in the Senate is ian anticipated struggle on the famous | section “15 A" of the transportation act which Mr. Cummins sponsored and which the rddicals wish to see repealed. The raflroads of the United States. want that section of the law retained. as do many of the invest- ors who hold railroad securities. The clauge fixes the lmit of railroad earn- {ings annunlly and makes it necessary [ for the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion In making freight rates to take into uccount this legal 1imit of earn- ings. The western.radicals are in- sisting that this section of the trans- portation act is blocking a reduction in freight rates. Mr. Bruce comes from Maryland, where prominent con- stituents have been leading the £ght for the retention of the earning clause of the transportation act. It Isn't & matter of persons in the Sen- ate, but & matter of principle, and in this cage party lines tend to disap- pear. Over In the House the democrats of the conservative group have taken a position somew’ aualogous to Mr. Bruce in that they refuse to becoms involved in a contest of personalities, but wish to vote on principle. The resolution proposed by the radical democrats would have meant adopted, » working arrangement with the insurgent republicans, so that the slate of committer places would have been upset. To win democratic support. the insurgent republicans promised to allot an equal number of places to the democrats and repub- licans on important committees. The argument advanced by the Insurgent democrats was that the proposition #hould be accepted in order to insure itberalization of the rules, the same thing for which the Insurgent repub- licans fought when they delayed the election of Representative Gillett to the Speakership last week. Conservatives Win Out. But the conservative leaders in the | democratic caucus won out by stating that the rules were going to be lib- ! cralized anyhow andl that the republi- éan ledders had pledged themselves to consider revision of the rules in ithirty days. There would be ample opportunity, said men like Represen- tative Garner of Texas, to consider jchanges in the rules, and the demo- crats could vote then as they pleased, | those who believed in liberalization {foining with those of the republicar party who believed likewlise But in the meantime to put democratic par: in the position | obstructing progress by insisting on committee places for individuals through a trade with the Insurgents |of the other party was held to be unwise. Hence the democrats were pledged to vote for the plan of com- mittee organization announced lact week, which s based on the ratio of republicans and democrats elected to the House. Th willingness on the part of the democrats to accept pro- codure even when sponsored by the rey licans is In conformity ~with precedent and insures republican sup- iport some day if the democrats i{should have a slender majority and | encounter {nsurgency in their own | ranks. When the {up the fight for will be over. the been completely iiberalization sidered on | democrats lican bret | keel in government too the of debate on rules committea House will organized and of rules will be con- its merits. Thus the are alding their repub- ren In stéering an even a sea of radlealism (Copyright, 1928.) i 'ROBBER OF 50 HOMES comes places have the { IS BELIEVED CAUGHT| Negro Arrested May Clear Mys- tery of Many Washington Burglaries Recently. Scores of recent home robberies are expected to be solved with the arrest early today of a young colored man giving his name as Louls John- son, who was taken, it is alleged, while opening a window at the resi- dence of Frank §. Lerch, 517 2d street northwest. Policemen Langdon and | Winfield ‘arrested him. | Today the prisoner is accompany- | ing soveral detectives about the oity, | endeavoring to locate numerous | houses he says he has robbed. The prisoner is =aid to have told the police he robbed at least fifty houses during recent weeks, and told of a house he robbéd only a short time before he was caught at the Leroh home. Johnson talked freely of his con- fessed lawlessncss. In addition to robbing houses, it is stated, he told of -having attempted to assault a.! young woman who caught him in her house. It was only because -he feared the return of her husband, he stated, that he failed to accom- plish his purpose. I Entering the house, which he sald he thought was on 2d street, the prisoner sald the woman appeared : and tried to {rustrate his attempt! to rob the premises, whersupon, he | tated, he drew his revolver and | threatened her into submission. The prisoncr says his visits to houses! were alway for the purpose of get- ting only cash, but he added that he did take a féw articles of jewelry. | ASK PADLOCK ORDER. | Appiication for a “padlock” in-| junction was made today by United | States Attorney Gordon and Assistant United States Attorney Kelly to the Dis- trict_Supreme Court against Willam Adams, alleged bootlegger, of 435 Franklin street northwest. The court is advised that Adams pléaded guilty in Police Court in November, 1922, to selline intoxicants, and an afdavit made by James L. Asher, prohibition agent. that he hought gin: from Adams since that time. | JWa [1feves the bill fathered by | home at 1923, NEW MEMBERS HOUSE DISTRICT COMMITTEE REP.HENRY - Mo EPY o ICEN EEP..EVEFEEI KENT. McLeod Backs All Measures For Betterment of District New Committeeman Would Grant Nation- al Representation to Residents Here. Urges Auto Reciprocity at Once. Determination to work energeti- cally with the older members of the House District committee for the | prompt passage of pending legisla- | tlon which is immediately necessary ( in the District, and then to co-operate in a far-seeing program which will | make Washington in the future a model for all other up-to-date, pro-| gressive municipalities. is expressed by Representative Clarence J. Mc- Leod, republican, of Detroit. one of | the new members of the House Die- | teciprocity with Maryiand in re. ard to automobile license tags through the 2-cent gasoline tax is the first measure that should be con- sidered by the House District com- mittee, and 1 belleve such action will be taken at the first meeting of the committee,” Representative McLeod afd. He has not heard opposition to such legislation voiced by any mem- ber of (ongress or from e\smhcr;nn 1 “During my previous term - gross I was impressed with the fact | that the residents of the .aHHna',, Capital should not be disenfranchised,’ ontinued Representative McLeod. in cussing needed legislation for the‘ that he will support in the “Tha population of Wash- | ington is in a pecullar situation aif- | ferent from any other part of the | country.” he explained. “These peo- ple, for the most part. are gathered | here from all parts of the country to | do Uncle Sam’'s business. There is no reason why in establishing fam- flies and homes here they should be deprived of g constitutional Fight en- joyed in every other part of the| country. For that reason I am| strongly In favor of granting national representation to the residents of the District, as proposed in a Joint reso- | Jutlon which was the subject of ex- tensive hearings during the last Con- gress, and which has been reintro- duced by Ropr@‘!vnl.’l(h'!‘l‘mpurl of Wisconsin. This would give residents of the District voting represen ation in both branches aof Congress and uv‘ national electione 1 am flppulw].L however, to any legislative proposal which would grant local suffrage.’ | In giving a general view of the zeal | to helnp make Wasnington a model city which prompted him to accept an | assignment on the District commit- foe, Representative McLeod sald: | Urges Up-to-Date City. | i “The National Capital should be/ mm;r'thhe ‘most up-to-date city in the worid and should be made an exam- | pla for municipalities —everywhere | hroughout the country. My home| city of Detroit is a pretty, modern | city and 1 belleve that my knowledge of local municipal affairs will be help- | ful in framing legislation to estab-| Jish model conditions in Washington.” | Representatve MoLeod mentioned the proposal for high-pressure water| Rerviee in the business section of | shington as an illustration of the | measure Lo intends to support | Other \llustrations of desirable | leglsiation looking toward the future | of the National Capital. its beautif- | Cation and development, are given by Representative McLeod. a District commlttee He be- Tepresen- ‘utive Zihlman of Maryland, for the development of the banks of the Poto- mac to Great Falls and the continu- ation of the parkway system. to in- clude a recreational reservation at the Falls, should rocelve a favorable re- port at an early date from the Dis- trict committee. Representative McLeod also is ready to support the proposal to build a model memorial highway from Washington, the city established by George Washington, to Washington's Mount Vernon, including a ! memorial bridge across the Potomac from the Lincoln Memorial to Arling- ton national cemetery. Representative McLeod is familiar with the scenic beauty of the ride along tthe proposed highway and ! points out that such an avenue of ap- proach to Mount Vernon should have been built long ago, because tourists from every part of the country visit- [ng Washington make the pilgrimage to Mount Vernon 2s one of tha most important features of their visit. A feature of this legislation which par- ticularly appeals to him is the pro- posal to make this highway a sort of Westminster Abbey and Appian way, where each state would have reser- | vation. He belleves his own home state, and particularly the manufac- turing city which he represents, Would gladly embrace an opportunity to have a permanent exhibition of its ONLY 9 MORE | | meeting 1s being held ! ment products suitably housed on such a highway Interented 1 Representative is greatly interested in the plans for a parkwa: vatem entirely surrounding theé city including the development of Ana. costia flats, Just received a report from the board of Army engineers. He would favor legislation already recommended for the development of a proper setting for the Capitol by extension of the Botanic Gardens and parkway south of the Capitol to the Potomae river, with the maln thoroughfare from th river past the Capitol to the Sol- dlers' Home which would bisect the circular parkway drive around the Capital city. In supporting legislation for park- way development and the bills to car- y into effect President Coolidge's recommendations for a public build- ings program to house all federal tivities. in federally owned bulidings, Representative McLeod emphasiges at there is no need for Congress to hold up its hands in horror at the expense of such programs This ex- pense, he points out, would he tributéd over a long period of vears and argues that the policy and plans for such developments should be de- termined now “The school system of Washington should be made in every way model for the rest of the country sald Representative McLeod. “This cannot be done unless the teachers are pald decent wages, on a scale that will hold those best trained and of most upright character in the public service inetead of belng en- ticed into private industry by hetter pay. For this reason I am studying curefully the hearings held last year before the District committee, which show that the Washington teachers are shamefuily underpaid in co parison with other eities of comphr- able size and conditions. 1 am pre pared to give the new teachers' pay bill, which I understand is soon com- ing before the District committe my most earnest and syvmpathe attention. The policemen and fire men also will have my best serv- ices, because I beliave that one of the munity ie adequate protection of life and_property “This latter consideration also will prompt me to support whatever leg islation seems best to set up traflic safeguards. - The blil fathered by Representative Zihlman to establish a traffic court in Washington appeals to me, because we have had the sam question under consideration in my home city and 1 am anxious that Washington should be a model for every other clty In the country. From Yesterday's Editio Th OPTIMISTS HEAR HARDING EULOGY A eulogy of Warren G. Harding as | a citizen and as a man was dellvered by Joseph A. Burkart, a local attor- ney, vesterday afternoon before the Op- timist Club at a meeting in the City Club. Monuments and mausoleums are erected to two classes—the great anl | the rich,” sald Mr. Burkart. “More have been erected to the rich who are without greatness tran to the great without riches. “The man in whose memory this today sim tancously with meetings throughout the country enjoyed a maximum of greatness and ‘only a modleum of riches. If any man living deserves a4 monument to his greatness to be erected by the loving hands of those whom he served, that man was War- ren G. Harding. 'He was broadminded | and loyal, lovable and kind, and had a generous spirit, which extended attributes to those with whom came {n contact.” B Mr. Burkart recited a short bi- ography of the late President, tell- he {ing of his struggle as a youth of nineteén with & semi-bankrupt news- paper which he had to help by ob- taining funds from selling insurance, and finally brought it to the point where shortly before he left the White Housc for the Alaskan trip be sold this paper for hundreds of thousands of dollars. of character were outstanding In Warren Harding, Mr. Burkhart sald —fearlessness, courage, rare judg- and keon perception. the call to action ,of all these at- tributes—the disarmament conference, in which a war filled world decided to scrap the utensils for war; veto of the bonus despite the ap- parent loss of popularity by such a step; the support of the ship subsidy despite the strong opposition against it and the inauguration of the budget sys- tem. - In concluding Mr. Burkart said: “Warren Harding and Warren Hard- ing’s memory cannot dle. He did too much for his people to allow them to_torget him.” The club appointed a committee of to . arrange ways and meana whereby it could be represented in the plans for the Harding memorial. on which the House has.| vital requirements of any com- | its | Four points Four ! great steps as President demanded ! the | ITAFT CHANCELLOR OF SMITHSONIAN Elected to Post Vacated by Elevation of Coolidge to Presidency. Chief Justice William Howard Taft was today elected chancellor of the ih“krll of regents of the Smithsonian Institution, President Coolidge, whose term of office ex- pired automatically upon bis eleva- tion to the presidency of the United States. The sclection of tha Chief Justice was the first act of the board upon convening in annual meeting. A vacancy having thus been left on the board, Senator Lodge of Massu- chusetts was clected a regent and sat In the meeting with the other regents, Henry White of this city, Robert S. Brookings of St. Louls, Irwin B. Laughlin of Pittsburgh, Frederick A. Delano of this city, Representa- tives Johnson and Moore and Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the institu- tion. Report manent Rucceeding of the executive and per- committees and of the Na- tional Gallery “commission occupled the attention of the regents this murning and all were approved Tribute was paid to the memory of the late Alexander Graham Bell, for twenty-four years o member of the board: Dr. Walcott in his annual report referred to the formal opening of the Freer Gallery of Art as an out- standing event of the year. Among the field expeditions mentioned were the seoretary's own researches in the Canadlan Rocky Mountains, during which he studied and measured a fine section of pre-Devonian strata. Many hundreds of fossils were shipped to the institution for study. Another expedition that won the interest of the board was that of M. W. Stirling, who undertook a re- connolssance of the paleolithic re- gions of France and Spain, in which are many rock shelters and caves once utilized as dwelling places by families of the stone age. There are miles of relic-bearing deposits as yet untouched, the secretary said. A bo- tanical expedition to Colombia, he continued, resulted in large coilec- tlons for the national herbarium, many of which were cither new to sclence or unrepresented in American herbarla The publications of the institution during the year numbered 100, of which 139,666 copies were distributed. Accessions to the library numbered 10,938 volumes. bringing the total to about 1,090,000 The collections in the National Museum were increased by 217,611 specimens, many of which fare of ‘unusual value. Of special interest to Washington | was the announcement that the Na- tional Zoological Park recelved a | number of “valuable animaty: and ’\nrdk, and that fifty-one mammal: were born and twenty-nine birds hatched there. The mammals in- clude three European bears, two bison, seven red deer, four gray wolves and one great red kangaroo. | The chief needs of the park, the sec- | retary sald, are a new birdhouse and a more suitable restaurant to ac- commodate the greatly increasing num- ber of visitors, the attendance last vear exceeding 2.000.000 persons for the fourth successive year. The work of Dr. J. Walter Fewkes. chief of the bureau of American eth- nology, in archeological and histor ical ctudy of the Indians was re viewed, together with other depart- ments. From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. LIONS CLUB PLANS CHRISTMAS CHEER W. J. Rhodes Tells of His Ex- periences in Austria During World War. ' Viewing the world war the prime factor in the emancipation of 150,000,000 Europeans, W. J. Rhodes, who for 2 number of years has been i studying conditions Europe and {who with his wife was prisoner roughout the war in Austria, d clared “Burope is safe for de- { moeracy an address before bor Lions Club at their v con at the New Willard { Hotel vesters Mr. Rhod | pointed out {ficed one m ! cipation of slaves o sacrifice miade in 50,000, f Christ {needy will be pas committea has been nd out the nezdy ones and cach member will fix up a basket on i Christmas eve and donate his present. The committee fs: Jim Schickl, chair- {man; Walter K. Handy, Al Lawso: {Dr. Muncaster, Harry' Plankinton, Bill Creecy and Bill Craig. | Under the chairmanship of Harry i Taylor cigars and cigarettes will be {given around in one of the institu- {tions caring for the former soldiers. After the Lions had been fed three s were eiven in honor.of three members, Dr. Robert Scott {Lamb, A. V. Burnside and Dr. George rible Al entertainment ture {also was provided at the luncheon Next Wednesdas the club will give {a lady's day luncheon and som, |unique souvenirs and surprise eve: will feature the affair. _— MRS. J. RUBIN DIES. Mrs. Jennie Rubin, fifty-eight, a | restdent of Washington for the past ten years, died at her home, at 1308 | Beimont street northwest, early to- day. Death followed a lingering {11- | ness. whieh set in at the time of the death of her husband, in January, 192 in is a Ca Ameriea for the em in the south the world war adia e men heer for the by the club. appointad to s | new morning at 19 J. P. Loeb. officiat- Le at the Jewish house tomorrow lo'clock. with Rev. ing. Burial will Cemetery in_Anacostl Mrs. Rubin is urv sons and a daughter—El Rubin and Harey Rubin, jewelers of this city; Dr Louis Rubin of Cleveland, and Soi Rubin of Charleston, S. C., and Mrs, {Ben Simon of Asheville, N. C She came here from Baltimore about ten vears ago. and was con- fected actively for mary vears with Several charitable organizations. Threat to Kill Danish Royalty i Unnerves King By the Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, December 13.— ! King Christian spent several hours in a nervous condition overnight, i according to the newspaper Klo ken Fem today, having received yesterday an anonymous letter saying that his country residence, Fredensborg Castle, would be de- stroyed by fire, and that it had been declded to kill him, the queen and the crown prince. Precaution- ary measures were immediately taken, the newspaper adds, the lifeguard sentinels being doubled and ball cartridges issued. Noth- ing happened during the night, however. The chief of police expressed the opinion_ that the letter was the work of a lunatic, ced by four I the | Funeral services will be held at the | GUILTY OF LIBEL 1 LORD ALFRED DOUGLAS. ONVICT DOUGLAS N CHURCHILL CASE London Jurors Find Marquis’ Son Guilty of Criminal Libel. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 13.—Lord Al- fred Douglas, son of the late Marquis of Queensbury, was found gullty by a jury in Old Balley today of criminal libel upon Winston Spencer Churchill, former first lord of the admiralty, by his publication of the statement that Mr. Churchill issued a faise communique after the battle of Jutland for the purpose of influencing the stock mar- kets Lord Alfred was sentenced to six months in prison. at the expiration of which time he must find a surety to keep the peace, particularly toward Mr. Churchill. Failing to find surety he must undergo six months' more {mprisonment HOUSE TO TACKLE LAST ORGANIZATION OBSTACLES TODAY iued from First Page.) | (Cont by the democrats to the rules com- mittee, the additional two_minority members selected being Bankhead, Alabama, and O'Connor, New York. Democrats Defeated. On the strength of their increased strength in this House, as compared | with the last Congress, the demo- crats had sought to have five rules committee seats allotted to their membership. Refusal of the republi- can leaders to grant thie request, coupled witr the failure of the re- publican co nittea on committées to place an out-and-out insurgent on the | committee, led to the move by Mr. | Moore upset the majority program. | ! contende that with the! | olding only four rules| committee seats and all other places | liotted to republicans not actively | identified with the insurgent move- ment the committee might be found | to ba out of Sympathy with efforts to | liheralize House rules Representative Davis of Tennessee oposed an amendment to the Moor resolution eliminating reference to Nelson, but declaring that a member | of the insurgent group and another democrat should have places on the | committee. During the discussion | |Steagall of Alabama joined with { Moore and Davis in advocating the | change, while Garrett and Garner o { Texas, ranking democrat on the ways {and means committee, were among | ithose who expressed opposition to the | proposal. | i Vote 94 to 29, After rejecting the Davis amend- jment, 75 to 64, the caucus voted down the original Moore resolut 29. In addition to ompleting committee | slates the republican committee on | committees designated Representa- tive Vestal of Indiana as republican whip, & post held in_the last Con- | Kre Knutson of Minnesota, who | has aligned himself with the insur- {gents. Nelson of Wisconsin. in addi- | tion to being selected chairman of | an_elections committee, will have membership several minor com- mittees. Chairmen of committees in the last | ongress who w returned to the ! House, will continue to hold their| ses of vacanciss the 5 ican was advanced to hairmanship except in a few in- | stances. Dallinger of Massachusetts gave up the chalrmanship of an clec tions committee to head the education committee, while Fairfield of Indiana went to the ins affairs committee s chairman. Faust of Missourl be- comes the census committee chairman {instead of Fairfield. Graham of Penn- | sylvania, wiil be chairman of the ju- {dictary committee, which handled pro- hibition legislation. This post in ‘the last Congress was held by Volstead of Minnesota. SENATORS SEEK UNITY. on | 1 | Smith's | Vote Prevents Choice Over Cummins. Negotiations were under way today | to break the deadlock over the election | lof a chairman of the Senate inter- H te commerce committee—the com- | mittee which will handle any railroad | {legislation. | | The progressive group was in_con | terence in the office of Senator Norris | lof Nebraska for some time today | Members of the conservative repub lican group also were In conference. The indications today were that| neither Senator Cummins of Towa nor | Senator La Follette of Wisconsin | could command enough votes to be elected chairman of the interstate commerce committee. The alternative appeared to be the {election of Senator Smith of South | Carolina, democrat, through a com- hination of democrats and progres- | sives, or the election of a republican member of the committee other than | Cummins_or La Follette, who might | be agreed upon by the progressives and conservatives. There were {nti- mations that such a solution of the | deadlock might be worked out, be- tween the progressives and the reg- ular republicans ; e saneational shift vesterdny of {votes by five of the progressives three republicans and two farmer- laborites—to Senator Smith, demc crat, was offset by the vote of Sena- tor Bruce of Maryland. democrat. for Sepator Cumming, the republican nominee. Senator Bruce's change from Smith to Cummins prevented election of Senator Smith as chair- man vesterday. The Senate is not meeting today— will not meet until Saturday. Under an agreement entered into, nothing but routine morning business is to be trapsacted Saturday, and the Sen- ate will then adjourn until Monday, So the row over the chairmanship of the interstate commerce committee ; Bruce | { the committee on the republican s |after | seen that only by INSURANCE VALUE INBUSINESS URGED Life Policies Serve to Stabil- ize Credits, Bank Ex- aminer Declares. —_— Features of life stabilizer of credits to & meeting assembly of bankers and Insurance men at a luncheon meetinz of the District of Columbia Life Un derwriters’ Association this afternoon at the City Club by Edwin F. Rore beck, chief bank examt of Afth federal reserve district. This meeting under the auspices of the life Insurance underwriters was held in Washington today simulta. neously with meétings throughout tha coumsy, at which bankers guests. The purpose was for the dis- oussion of subjects co-allied to bank ing and life insurance work For Business Heads. Mr. Rorebeck urged the writing of insurance for partners in large firm and officials in extensive enterprises as a protection to the partnership or corporation i case of the death of one of the leading spirits in it He showed that from his experi- €nce In credits a large cash i in the bank at the time of th of a leading light in a firr poration would be a protection whi would ward off possible liquidation or bankruptcy on account of the firm catastrophe He urged bankers to bring such an appeal to their clients who might hn partners in firms, and ho praised partner insurance as a fundamental stabilizer of credits. In_ his address, in addition, Mr Rorebeck denounced the surrender of lifa insurance protection by persons in tight pinches in business, which, he said, was done In many instances in the hope of saving the firm, but which resulted in the removal of pro- tection of many widows and orphans. Both Serve Public. Mr. Rorebeck was Introduced by Joshua Evans of the Riggs National Bank. John M. Cherry. local presi dent of the life insurance aniza- tion, opened the meeting with state- ments that bhankers and !ife In- surance men were both engaged ir serving the public practicall identical manners. He said that both drew public the resources with serve the publle. He guests from the ranks of ers as fellow workers in line B, Breshers. 1o man, introduced Col. J Cincinnati, former Natfonal Association c writers. ‘Mr. Shuff p. tribute to Washington calling it the seat of thought for the entire country, and launched into an or- esting discussion of life insurance us redit. Fuests at this meet president of ians, preside me Pres an Institut ials from the and the Dis- Insurance were explained t the from which welcomed he bank- the sam hn L. Shuff o president of th Life Under S| i a4 glowins of the Cham dent Dulin of the of Banking. and Credit Men's Assoc trict Bankers' Assoclation A program of entertainment wa interspersed between features of t meeting. STOLEN CROWNS FOUND. GIJON, Spain, December 13.—Two diamond-studded crowns stolen from he heads of the Virgin and the Child in the Covadongy Cathedral, 16, were recovered vesterday frc Nihl Wollman, a Germar that he had »taken the thrown them into to fish them ou Ame off the river. confessed crowns and iver, intending 1 They were not damaged will not be resumed in the Senate until next week b In the mear every effort will be made, it is said, by the republlc o reach some solution of the situ jon which has tied the Senate into unusual political knets. In well in- formed democratic Guarters the sug- gestion was put forward today that the chance for the election of Senator Smith, democrat, had departed, that to forestall such an outcome the re- ublicans would redouble their efforts o got an adjustment before another ballot was taken No Reconciliation Plan. On the other hand, no plan has ¥ been advanced that seems llkely to bring the two groups of republicans together. The progressives insist that they will never agree to the election of Cummins—author of the present transportation act—and the conservatives say they will not agree to the election of Senator La Follette f Wisconein, the ranking member of de It would agreeing on som: third republican senator would it he possible to bring about an adfust ment of the republican differences There were intimations today th it an agreement were not reached tlll _another of the progressive group would break and cast hi vote for Smith at the next meetins of the Senate, and unless there werc some democratic senators other than Bruce failing to vote for Smith, t latter's election would follnw. After adjournment Senator Brook hart. republican, Iowa, who started the insurgent vote for Smith, sald it looked as though there had been i secret bi-partisan understanding. b cause here is a democrat who voted r Smith every time untfl his vots would have elected him, and then he voted for Senator Cummins.” Denying that he had had.any un derstanding with the republicans be- fore he changed his vote, Senat Bruce, in a formal statement, d clared he had acted solely upon his own initiative. Why Vote Changed. “I changed my vote,” he sald, “be cause it scemed to me that the demo- cratic members of the Senate had arrived at a polnt in the deadlock at which they were merely playing into the hands of the La Follette Magnus Johnson-Brookhart radical olement, which, it soon became ap- parent, were opposing Senator Cum mins for no reason in the world bu because he Is, perhaps, the most co: picuons representative in Congres of the rounder und saner publ views relating to the railroads u the vital popular interests th cluster about them “When 1 learned just before t Senate met today that the La Follett group were about to shift to Senatc Smith under circumstances that seemed to me would make the ele tion of Senator Smith not a dem: cratic triumph, but rather a signif cant_one for Senator La Follette ar his following, T decided that the i evitable split’between the conserya tive and radical members of the ate had come, and that it was timé for' me to ohey my profoundest in stincts and convietions. “As far as I am concerned as well be understood now as lat no bhoat has room enough to hgif Senator La Follette and his adhened and me.” Other DifMculties Slight. There were some indications toi: that with. the fizht for thes con!gpfl tee chairmanship ended thers wofiin be little difficulty in organizing th Senate. Senator Brookhart predicted that the republican insurgents would not join with the democrats in the effort to foree an election of a Presi dent pro tem. of the Senate, an office which also is held by Senator Cum- min “We accept the ‘Old Guard' inter- pretation of the rules of the Senate under which Senator Cummins i holding over as President pro tem said Senator Brookhart. “That s & settled question and we shall vote against any attempt to open it.” Senator Cummins. it migw