Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1923, Page 1

A WEATHER. ¥air and colder tonight est temperature about fair. with rising temperat at p.m. today pm. today: Highes vesterday: lowest, 31 Full report on page ure for twenty-four hours ended with low- tomorrow ure. Tem- t, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 E j WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Fpening Star The Star’ every city b tion is delive as fast as th “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers lock and the regular edi- ered to Washington homes he papers are printed. Yesterday's Net Circulation, 96,260 Tintered as s No. 29,081. cond-class matt post office Washington, D. WASHINGTON, D. (., FRIDAY, DEC 'EMBER 14, 1923 —SEVENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. ERLIN OVERTURE NNEW RUBR DEAL INDS PARI READY Poincare Willing to Hear German Envoy—Meeting | Set for Tomorrow. | FRENCH PRESS SUSPECTS/ MOTIVES OF MARX MOVE' Fine Distinetion Drawn Between Reparations and Occu- pation Phases. By tie Asociated Press PARIS, December 14.—The Eknnouncements from Berlin that € wnany intended to seek direct diplo- gnatlc contact with France over the &tatus of the Ruhr and the Rhineland wras followed today by a request from JHerr von Hoesch, the German ch ¥ere, that Premier Poincare r ¥im. Tt was announced this after woon that M. Polncare would sec German representative The appointment n Hoesch is supposed! ing itlons regarding ques- | involved n the occupation of | Ruhr and the separatist move- | ment in the Rhineland and their in-| fluence upon a reparation settlement. The French premier is read uss these questions with the Ber that passive r of | tomorr HHe with a view ade by hexot G to 1 sistance government now to the allles r is regarded at an end, it s d. The French government, | however, will in the eventual nego- tiatfons insist that a shurp distinc- | tion be iade between Germany's: reparation obligations und questions | relating to the occupation. This dis- | tinction is drawn, it is explained, b cause the reparation question is in the jurisdiction of the reparation commission, while the relations b tiween France and Germany as a r sult of the occupation are regarded as proper subjects for discussion be- | tween the two countri | Won't Discuss Ruhr Rule, oceupation = i« understood, will decline to discuss the future regime of the Rhiueland. He considers it a purely German question which the Germans must settle for themselves. | He will assure the German charge | that France had nothing to do with| { the separatist movement and hence | M. Poincare, it has no reasom to_constder &ny €on- o’y o result from fes If it is the idea of the German | chancellor in_ referring to the Rhine 1o bring up the question of security | for France the discussion of that question will be welcomed, it was said by a high offelal of the foreign office this morning. The occupation of the Rhineland, from the .~renzh point of view, is tied up with the Guestion of security. while the oc- |« cupat ates only to | sequences that may n of the Ruhr the payment of reparations. Premier Poincare will iy the distinction thus outlir obser in the negotiations s wgree to this n French quarters tha el contact between the sovernments may be fruitful i Press In Suspicious, ny's t t up being asd it announcement Ik directly with France | suses more suspicion than hope. | On the whole, opinfon is inclined to | see the German move, when it Is tak- | en in conjunction with Chancelior rx'_intimation that Germany wiil | ppeal to the league of nations to hten out her finances, as the open- of a new diplomatic offensive | nst France t Pa n sa nued on Pag: SMALL RAISE GIVEN MEN AT NAVY YARD hes to ing agal the reich olumn 4.) Schedule for 1924 to Remxin Substantially Same as for 1923. ard wiage scheduies for the yoar beginning January 1 will be substantially the same as during the last year, except for a slight increase. under the report of the Navy board review approved today by Assist- | ant Secretary Roosevel H Chauffeurs employed at the yards were the only workers whose wage kchedules were decreased. Slight increases were approved for | ¢ police forces, employes of the Marine Corps proving piant at Phila- | delphia, helpers at Norfolk, stevedores. Faulkers (wood), electricians, molders, Pipe fitters, sheet metal workers, plumbers, optical glass plate and| gauge makers, pattern makers at west coast vards and structural steel workers. | Summarizing action by the rc\le\\'i foard the announcement sald that| wwage schedules would remain as they hire now, except for a “slight” in- crease. Increases in at least eleven posi- xions in the laborer, helper and me- whanical services at the Washington fiavy yard and one decrease in the! game service were approved. The only decrease was in the chauffeur clpés, Which is dropped from 65 cents @n_hour to 60 cents. Increases were aliowed the follow- | tng: Electricians, from 80 to 85 cents; | snolders, from 85 to 90; plumbers, | Trom 80 to 83; apprentices (first class). From 50 _to Go: second class, from | 40 to 45; third class, from 30 to 5, and fourth class, from 20 to 26; ptical glass plate and gauge maker. Trom 80 to 90. Railroad conductors, from 73 to 79 pipe fitters, from 30 to 85, and sheet Fietal workers, from 80 to £3. Other positions held at the same yate of pay and which include a large | number of workers in the Washing- #on navy yard, follow: Machinists, 80; attern makers, 90; coppersmiths, § Jainters, 80; laborers, 50; joiners, 8 dropforger, 80; heavy forger, $1.30, wund firemen, 68. The highest pald classes under the yaborer, helper and mechanical serv- gue were held at the same figure. ot est this winter—is predicted by the {temperature is scheduled to drop to twenty-two | weather for tomorrow. | Chi southwest states, iat she | cuers were aided In their work today | was trying to dig out, Albuquerque Explorer Is Santa’s Guest In Ice Palace at North onald MacMillan Interview Kringle Preparin g for Trip America on Christmas. D to BY CAPT. DONALD B. MacMILLAN, Specinl Radio Correspondent of The St and North American Newspaper Alllance, on the Arctic sclooner Rowdoln, statloned at Eali, North Greenlund. | 1 want the children of the United | States and Canada to know that for | the first time In the world's history Santa Claus been Interviewed I have had the| bonur of And, sure enough his six fine reindeer down the valley was afrald old and not see our he has sharp eves and see thing. He pulled hard on the 1 tiful sealskin reins and yelled Whe Snowflake! and Whoa, Starlight! u stopped right where we wers Ya my what a steigh! " heen hix best one. for § o Tiranehink horns of relnde tomether Meme boundir rapidly that Santa would ok team at all has is n hite tusk ne with glisten Over the white polar At first I nta, for he ack’ foxskin that we were Te not Eskimos, as he had supp bounded out of the sleigh, telling how glad he was to see I land 1 he at Yy the ton| the world. in |y, the land of snow | and ice. And that's | where we are, you | know. frozen In the ice, on board the little ship Bowdotn, only 700 miles from the north pole. | This ts how 1 happened to mect | him whom I have always wanted to were driving with our | no dogs and sledge miles from ship over the hard surface of y looking for polar bears, rd a tinkling of sleigh | mos never have bells we knew that it must 1. . here Same Old Santa was the told us about, whiskers, red cheeks with good health and He was wearing a white cap and was snugly buttoned big fur coat with beautiful | sealskin boots anta with a good And it same mothers il in We A toe and saw T we managed t .1 (Continued on Page 12, Column 1 vhen we Hay Ils. As their dogs, Santa hin FREEZETOFOLLOW in the world YORK, December as acted by John NEW Hamlet co . from immorality. grees Tonight—Twelve | that the play talned naughty | p ce spoke his last line and Carried along by a brisk | e Spo . s pondered every line. ing and left Wash Kton under a Hamlet O. Used to recite it 1 the season, and, according to the ‘was then. the storm, which extended south- more, Wwas viewed by a minfon of Police Sergt. Stewart Dewitt Die in Southwest. lines and that it idealized murder. died, Sergt. Dewitt sat In box st ind a cold rain last night| His report tv his superior officer white blan ¢ith the coming of | Ehite lanket Bl S B S myself when was w kid nd weather bureau, a pretty poor one at —_— ward as far as Tennessee and west- BflRuER DRY ARMY Mercury to Drop to 22 De-| . 'iiw tast night and found frec | went to imvestigate a complaint = From § o'clock until the mad seat and watched every move and turfied to snow toward early morn- follows: K. dawn today. It was the first snow of | VIR VI o il onignt than it that, for nowhere along the route of ern North Carolina, was the fall at Clear and colder weather--the cold- | weather bureau for tonlght, and the degrees, with warmer Christmas Boldly Resort to Bids for Police Support. was not alone in re- real touch of winter. | Press dispatch from story of how winter finger through the into the southern tier of with snow as far south as . and & cold wave predicted to penetrate even southern Florida. In the southwest, where a blizzard s claimed at least twelve lives in Néw Mexico and West Texas, res- Washington eiving fts first An Associated ago told a traced an lcy By the Assoctated Press. MALONE, N. Y. December 14 Balked by the knowledge that fe. Alaba riding temperatures. 300 Marooned in Canyon. Although more than twenty-four hours had elapsed since snow stopped | falling, New Mexico early today still ern frontier, bootleggers, fulfill contracts to deliver Christm: state, cers. reports sald. Rallroad and automo- | It Became known today. on unqu bile traffic still is blocked In many parts of the state. Telephone reports from Socorro and San Marefal, N. M, last night aid that seventy-two automoblles with more than 300 passengers were snowbound in Nogal canyon, on the highway to Hot Springs, N. M., and that 100 men, members of the party, were trying to dig & passageway. Food and fuel were taken to the canyon from San Marcial. The recovery of six bodles, report- ed at El Paso last night, brought to twelve the number of victims from freezing in that section. Five mem- pbers of a Mexican famlly and a sheep herder were found (TOZGQ to death between Corona and Vaughn in Guadalupe county, N. M. The bodles of «ix members of the Anton Montoya family, which were found Wednes- day, were taken to Capitan M., Yesterday. « lthem off ‘when bootleggers Relief Isx Foreseen. over the line with their cargoes. Predictions generally were for much colder weather throughout the southern states today, with clouds presaging snow in many portions. Snow began falling last night in Tennessee, Chattanooga reporting a d on Page 10, Column 4) the northern patrol had proached with tempting offers money by bootleggers agents. The troop, or every bootlegger, elght members. comprises a speclal watch for the men made the offers. with ners. several hundred known be keeping an unusually watch for the smugglers. Row Has Grudge Flavor. There is.something more than sense of duty back of the flow ot liquor over the line. (Continued on Page 10, Colu A World’s Record It is believed that today’s issue of The Star of 70 pages establishes a world’s record. Never before in the United States has the regular week day issue of a news- paper exceeded 64 pages. ntinuec This has been accomplished in theAregular course of business without special effort or solicitation. Today’s paper contains over 430 columns of adver- tisements, the voluntary announcements of Washingtomn merchants and the general public at the height of the shopping season. The Star’s policy for years past of rejecting all un- desirable advertising has borne fruit, and the honest ad- vertiser and the public have been the greatest beneficiaries. In no ci‘ty in the country has advertising. been de-/’ veloped to a higher plane, and Washington advertising ~ men and the merchants who have helped make this possi- ble should be congratulated. The issuing of this great newspaper in the: regular course of business is only made possible by the co-opera- tion of the local merchants and the loyalty and efficiency of The Star’s staff. | - of Pole| rinutes go by | But very- | el - miagnificent rabbitskin spotted 1 looked him over from head to Dbig around he was he down_chimneys at Morals in Hamlet Good, Policeman, FIRST SNOWFALL ¢, Critic, Reperts OFFERED BRIBES Rum - Runners, eral and state prohibition agents have been reinforced along the northwest- | President of that company, stated In anxfous to|letters sent today to the Senate and liquor and beer to the big cities dow have boldly, resorted to ate tempted bribery of enforcement offi- tioned authority, that virtually every member of the state troopers along Leen ap- of | their known as the “Black Horse Troopers.” the fear of fafty- The troopers report- ed the offers to their commanding officers, and steps were taken to keep Theoo men hag | previously been catalogued, together Tun- The Royal Canadian Mounted Po- lice, who are on the friendliest terms with the state troopers, are sald to vigilant The Can- adlan officers frequently communicata with the American officlals and tip escape state troopers in their efforts to stem the They have resolved to wage relentless war T QUTPOST FIGHTING SEVERE IN MARCH * UPONMEXCOCITY ris Rebels Clash With Federal, <| Forces Intrenched Near | National Capital. 1 ‘| AMERICANS ARE FLEEING must v | IN FEAR FROM VERA CRUZ and shod President’s Summer Home Report- ed Captured—U. S. Told of Rumored Peacé Parley By the Inted Pross. | EL PASO, Tex., Dece 14 ports of sev fighting between out- | posts the advancing rebel army | and federal troops intrepched in the path of the march to Mexico City were received in El Paso today by the | la Huerta junta and confirmed in meager advices to government sources in Juarez our white of a Gen Huerta ha of ; home state Gallegos, in operating for de la the sfate of Guanajuato, revoited and captured the town where Obregon’s summer s furt Celaya is situated, the advic er ARMIES ARE IN TOUCH. | | Insurgents Claim Continued Prog- ress Toward Capital. | Bs the Associated Press VERA CRUZ, De munique ember 14.—A com- ssued by the insurgent lead- Enrique Estras | With three battallons, four regime and ten touched forces from Mexico City." (This may refer to the | tween fede forces and those of da, which, uccording to ad- | ved in Juarez e yester resulted in a victory the | derals. The engaugement ve taken place at Ocatlan ! northwest of Mexico City ) statement asserts of ers savs that “Gen ts enemy alrplanes | clash be- | al for said to | Jalisco, | that Gen. Pedro Gonzulez i dres and Chal- | Column 2.) | HAMILTON SCORES o-GENT FARE BILL |Capital Traction Head Says Company Would Lose Heavily. were (Continued A réturn to the with six tickets for be “disastrous” tion Compan: 5-cent car fare, cents, would to the Capital Trac- George E. Hamilton, House District committees and to the Public Utilities Commission. A bill has been introduced In the Senate providing for a return to the original rate of fare and was trans- mitted to the Commissioners today for report. Mr. Hamilton sets forth in his let- ter that if the fare had been six tickets for 25 cents, or 5 cents cash, uring the first eleven months of | this year the Capital Traction Com- pany would have had an operating | deficit of $243.081, without allowing for payment of interest on bonds or dlvidends. n Return Now § Per Cent. With the present rate of fare, the letter shows, the company's return for the eleven months was 8 per cent on the commission’s valuation. Mr. Hamilton expressed the belief, how- ever, that the commission’s valua- tion will be raised by the courts, thereby reducing the percentage of return. The letter, in part, follow. “For the eleven months ending No- vember 30, 1923, the operating income of this company—that 8, revenues 1 actual operating expenses and | taxes—was $1,204.812. “This represents less than 8 per cent on the fair value of the com- Dpany’s property as determined by the Public Utilities Commission, which value, we believe, will be materially increased after final adjudication. We base this bellef on the decision of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia—valuation case of the Po- tomac Electric Power Company. The excess of these earnings over a 1 per cent return on the commission's falr value on a twelve-month basis was $145,345, or less than one-fourth of a cent per passenger. “Had the rate of fare during this perfod been 5 cents cash, with six tickets for 25 cents, with the same |number of passengers, the revenue would have been $2,781,074, $65,626 lless than the actual operating ex- | penses. exclusive of taxes. Taxes | for that perfodyafter correcting the 16 per cent gross revenue tax in ac- | |cordance with the reduced revenue jand_eliminating entirely the amount paid for federal income tax, would {have been $177.175, leaving a total operating deficlt of $243,031; without | giving consideration to the payment of bond interest or dividends. “Had the fare for the same period been 5 cents cash, with no tickets, our income, less operating expenses and taxes, would have been $151.403, which is at the rate of less thanm 1 per cent on the fair value as found by the commission and would have fatled by $113.220 to pay interest on | our comparatively small bonded in- | Gebtedness. No Passenger Increase. | “The supposition that a G-cent fare {would largely increase traffic cannot! e relied on, for experience in other | ities has clearly shown that where | {he fare has been reduced to 5 cents | the increase in number of passengers | carried has been very small, “For the last two or three years our trafiic has_been steadily decreasing, with no indication that this condition |'will be altered in the near future. On the other hand, operating ex- nses, while somewhat lower than in 1919-20, are still very high and are niow even on the increase. The dis- astrous result of 2 5-cent fare in Washington under present-day con- I} attions, therefore, may be readily foreseen.” a i | ments of | likewise, I have helped toward the foundation of | waged NEW COURT PLAN HELD SENATE TASK .!Lodge Opposes Coolidge and| Hughes View—Must Of- fer Substitute. BY DAVID LAWRENCE, The next step in the controversy over the world court Is the submis- the United States Senate of alternative plan, which can be transmitted 1o the other Eovern- the world to determine whether they would approve it. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge's an- nouncement that he will not vote for American adherence to the pres- ent court because of its relationshiy to the league of nations does mot come as a surprise to President Cool- idge, who was aware of Mr. Lodge's attitude before the first presidential megsage to Congress was made pub- e Mr. Coolidge told Senator Lodge that he would not oppose any effort to set up a world court separated from the league of nations and if the other governments of the world would do the United States would a court acceptable to all. But the President doubted whether the other nations would agree. He feels that he present world court plan is the only one on which the natlons of the world have ever agreed and rather| than have no court at all, he prefe; the one already established. Same Old Dispute. It's the same old dispute ov. league of nations and league of nations. Mr. Lodge originally an- nounced that he wanted to a league or assoclation of nations es- tablished, but not “the” league cre- ated by Mr. Wilson, even though forty nations had given their sup port to it. The campalgn of 1920 was on a republican platform which pledged the party to the idea of an assoctation of nations. This alternative w. looked upon by many voters as satisfactory, but when the Versailles covenant of the league finally was defeated in the Senate no alternative proposal was sponsored by the republican ma- Jority. The controversy over the world court starts the same way. X Lodge is agalnst “the” world court, but_favors “a” world court. Mr. Coolidge and Secretary Hughes feel “the” court is the only practicable plan, but they are ~open-minded about a substitute. The burden of action, however, now falls on th Senate. Mr. Lodge has said that he does not know whether the present world court can be divorced from the league of nations. He does not in- dicate whether he will support it if the other nations of the world de- cline to_accept the counter proposal of the United States Senate. But the President and Secretary of State would like to have any counter pro- posal, 5o that they could promptly ascertain the viewpoint of the other governments of the world. Will Require Time., This will take considerable,-time, and the chances are the negotlations will not be completed until after the presidential election, for diplomacy does not move very rapidly; and, be- (Continued on' Page 2, Column 6.) BANDITS GAG PAYMASTER the” Robbers Invade Second-Story Office of Concern—Escape in Automobile. . By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., December 14. Two bandits today bound and gagged the paymaster of Michael Melody & Son Co. bullders, in the office of the concern and fled with $15,786 which he was placing in envelopes to pay the employes. James Monk, the paymaster, who is also timekeeper for the builders, had most of the money spread on a desk on the second-floor office of the com- pany when two men, one of them masked, entered. The masked man said: “I know you, but you don't know me” and ordered Monk to throw up his hands as he pointed a pistol at him. Monk was backed into a corner, where:the two men tied him to & chair and took his handkerchief and gagged him. The money was acooped Into -a small handbag, and the bandits ran down the stairs and disappeared - in an_automobile. The robbery did not becoms known until Monk, with the chair still tied to him, managed to make his way down stairs to the first floor, SNow ‘s N/ ENOUGH, SRS SNOW, $1,900 Each Paid 'To Osagelndians; $13,000T hisY ear By the Assoclated Pross. PAWHUSKA, Ok ~—A payment of $1,9 rlght to Osage I December 17, by George December 14 0 per head- starting d here » disbursing ent for th nation. The yment will bring the amount pald cach Osage this year to $13.000, the largest in the history of the tribe COOLIDGE TO OPEN GAMPAIGN DEC. 21 dla was announc Wise, Osage Headquarters to Be Estab- lished in Chicago—J. W. Good Joins Managers General campaign headquarters for President Coolidge will be established at Chicago on December 27. “"Assoclated at Chicago with Wil- [liam M. Butler in general charge of the Coolidge campaign will be Ren- resentative James W. Good of Jowa.” former chairman of the House appro- priations committees, Regional headquarters may be tablished at other points later, it was emphasized by Mr. Butler, in the first formal statement regarding the Coolidge campaign plans, that the | general headquarters would be at Chi- | cago. The selection of Chicago, together with the announcement of Mr. Good's appointment, is regarded as giving a western tinge to the Coolidge cam- ! palgn. Mr. Good Is familiar with the party leaders and problems of the i middle west Mr. Butler left here today for New York and probably Boston, after con- ferring with a number of national committeemen and other party lead- | ers. After the opening of the Chicago headquarters Mr. Butler said he would spend mosi of his time there in the national direction of the Cool- ! {dge campaign. Here in Washington the President's secretary, C. Bascom Slemp, and James B. Reynolds are expected to be active in the President’s behalf. PRIZE-WINNING CANARY GIFT TO MRS. COOLIDGE “Lohengrin, Jr..” Best®Singer at i World Exhibit, to Join White { House Pets. . CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 11— Lohengrin Jr., first prize-winning canary at the annual international roller canary singing contest and ex- hibition here, will be sent to Mrs. Calvin Coolidge.' The bird was bred by Joseph Wolf of Chicago and was winner T a contest in singing over many other birds during the exhibit which will end Sunday | at Exhibition Annual Appropria{ions aggregating $1,200.- 000+ for sclentific investigations, re- searches and publications® were au- thorized by the board of trustees of the Carnegie Institution of Washing- ton,at its annual meeting in the ad- ministration buflding, 16th and P streets northwest, today. The annual meeting had its in- augural last evening when its mem- bers and the president of the imsti- tution, Dr..John C. Merrlam, were hosts to° a brilliant gathering of sclentists, - statesmen, diplomats and | persons of prominence from many parts:of the world at a reception and exhibition. The "appropriations made by the board today will finance researches in many fields. Formal announcement was made at the same time of the but | . . COAL MEN ASK i FORFEDERAL TRADE { Reported to Have Offered to | Sell at Lower Price Than ! Fuel Yard Charges. Washington H resented b J. Maur; president of the Coal Merchants' | Board of Trade, and by officials of the Natfonal Retail Coal Association, pre- ted to Secretary ? the Work teday a proposal to take over !the entire government coal business in Washingto! Secretary Work took { the propoeal under advisement, and prior to famillarizing himself with the details of the proposition. asked the dealers to withhold the provisions { ot their proposal. ! Dedlers here, backed by the Na- | tional Retall Association, seek abol- ishment of the government fuel yard, which handles all coal for the gov- |ernment departments, independent | establishments and divisions and branches of the District government. i The proposal submitted today to Sec- retary Work is a reply to a letter ritten to the local dealers about the middle of last September, in which the Interfor Department head asked the basis on which coal would be {sold to the government departments were the fuel yard abolished. Lower Price Promised. Attending the conferemce today | were Roderick Stephens and Joseph { E. 0'Toole, representing the National Retail Coal Association; J. Maury Dove, jr, of the Coal Merchants ! Board of Trade of Washington; Sec- | retary Work, Assistant Secretary E. K Finney, the solicitor for the In- | terlor Department and Dr. H. Foster { Bain, director of the bureau of mines, under whose supervision the govern- ment fuel yard is operated The dealérs, it was understood, gave Dr. Work a proposal to bond them- selves to sell coal to the government | agencies and the Distric: government | bureaus at a price lower than it could | be sold by the government fuel yard. | They went into conference with Dr. Work shortly after 8 o'clock, long before most of the government em- ployes were at work. Coal merchants of Washington, the proposal is understood to have point- ed out, would bo willing to take a | small ioss or break even on the government business over a period of years if the fuel yard were abolish- | ed and the coal purchases of the de- |partments in Washington thrown ropen to competitive bidding by the refail dealers. Approximately 100,000 tons of coal a year would then be retail coal |dealers and the big government coal plant at South Capitol and 1 streets would be abolished. | . A forecast of the possibility of clos- ing the fuel vard | mer by Secretary Work when the case | was reopened by the local deulers, atter several attempts had been made by them to have the fuel yard abol- ished. Dr. Work at that time ex- pressed himself in favor either of | abolishing the yard or of throwing its coal purchasing facilities open to all government employes. At the same time he declared his general policy to be to keep the government out of competition with private business. $1,200,000 for Scientific Study Set Aside by Carnegie Trustees AND FLEE WITH $15,000, Marvels of World of Science on Display as Part of Meeting. financing of a new project, the archeological excavations to be un- dertaken at Chichen Itza in Mexico, the holy city of the anclent Maya people, who are belleved to have achieved the highest clvilization of any American aborigines. Those who will assist Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley in the excavations, which are expected to reveal some revolu- tlonizing facts about middle Ameri- of the United States National Museum, Dr. Clark Wissler of the American Museum of Natural History, Earl H. Morris, archeologist in direct charge of excavations; Monroe Amsden, as- slstant archeologist, and J. O. Kil- martin, surveyor and engineer. Marvels on Exhibition. To wander slowly through the ad- ministration building and view the exhibition in which are shown the Interfor | sold to the government by the local| s glven last sum- | can antiquity, inclue Dr. W. H. Holmes | DEADLOCK IN HOUSE INPENDS AS SENATE CONTEST SUBSIDES |Election of €ouzens as I. C. C. Head May Break Row in Upper Branch. INSURGENT-DEMOCRAT ALLIANCE PLANS MADE Unity Sought to Gain Control of Ways and Means Committee. | The organization troubles | publican House leade day at the same tim | organization row of subsiding, The republican insurgent g |the House, negotiating democrats for a_coalition to control the powerful rules committee, made such progress that a floor fight on th subject seems likely to develop whe the committee assignments ar. brought In for approval On the Senate side a well defin movement developed to end the dead lock over election of & chairman o the (nterstate commerce committec the selection of Senator Couzens epubl of M There were that 10 the repub 10 have effected 9 support Senutor Cun owa, the regular repub choice for the chairmanship, and th some of the organization leaders who have voted for Cummins throughout {also would be willing to throw the |strength to the Michigan ~senator {when balloting is rexumed Monday. It hiad been the plan of the majosic House leaders to present their comn s for approval today, bu | Insteud they asked for an adjour ment until tomorrow ten minutes wf ter the session began. Immediate rward Democratic Leader Garret: ounced that the de ats would a caucus Monday b the Houss convenes. that the Senat. = showin roup iy with the in confer House tend mittee orrow ourny Le to preser assignments in the House to but immediately after ad ent a conference of the repub fcan members will be heid, | The democratic caucus, previous | announced for 10:30 tomorrow morn- |ing. was postponed until Monda morning, Minerity Leader Garrett an- | nounced In their negotiations today som { of the democrats and {nsurgents con- eldered a plan to displace from the rules com presentatives Bur | ton of Ohto and Tiifon of Conneoticut | organization republicans by electing in thelr places Representatives Ayres {democrat, of Kansas and Representa- tive Nelson of Wisconsin, leader of the republican ingurgents. The move | srew out of a refusal by the repubii- san leaders to give more than five cos on the committee to the demo- crats and to assign any out-and-out insurgent to membersh It the effort for a coalition proves | successful. the republican organiz: tion would have six members on t rules committee, the democrats fi and the insurgents one. The com- mittee has a large part in controlling the House legislative program. In reply to questions put to him by democrats when he asked for ad- journment today, Representati | Longworth, the republican floor lea. er. said he hoped to have the Hou: consider committee assignments t morrow few details must still be worked out,” Mr. Longworth told the House Republican organization lead. | Benerally were reluctant to discuss the situation, and the insurgents and j democrats showed no inclination to reveal their plan of campalgn or esti- | mate their probable strength. It was | generally admitted that nothing defi- i nite would take shape until the demo crats had caucused tomorrow. At a | party conference Wednesday ~ the | democratic members rejected by a | three-to-one _vote a proposal for u | coalition with the insurgents. The real situation, as seen by some | observers, seems to be that the pr. | gressive group is making a deter- ed effort to get Representative | Nelson a place on the rules commit- | tee and is endeavoring to do this by jenlisting_the co-operation of a cer- tain number of democrats. It is known that some of the democrats are favor- ably disposed toward such a coalition {after having held conferences with | William Jennings Bryan | It is also known that Minority Leader Garrett and Representative John Garner of Texas, the leader of { the "democratic forces on the ways | and means committee which drafted the democratic slate for committee | places, are set against the proposed coalition. Representative Garrett is in the position that he is likely some | day to be Speaker with a scant ma- | jority and with that prospect in mind nnot afford to establish any prece- dent now through uniting with a insurgent group within the party power. What will probably result is that the republican organlization will de cide that it Is fair to grant anoth democratic place on the rules com mittee. Such action would meet any democratic d isfaction and thus e for joining with That would meay be placed on the 1 the “progressives” would be in the position of having forced the repub. lican organization to give enlarged democratic representation on the im | portant rules committee. The attitude of Minority Leader Garrett and Representative Garner that as far as committee appoint ment is concerned they are bound L ia gentleman's agreement to approve {the slate as presented by the Ycon- ! servative” republican organization "It was_whispered around the cor { ridors today that Representative Wil llam A. Ayres of Kansas is the man | selected for the additional demo cratic place on the rules committee it an addigjonal place is allowed Representative Ayres has previously declared that he does not desire such appgintment, preferring his position on the appropriations committee. He has also declared against @ coalition with the ‘progressives.” but he does feel the democrats should have ad ditional representation on the rules committee. The man who is being considered today for appointment if the demo- crats get the additional place is Rej- resentative Tom McKeown of Okli- homa. 1 "“Senutor Couzens of Michigan, re- | publican, loomed up today as a Dos- | Bible compromise candidate for the chairmanship of the interstate com- merce committee. | The Michigan senator has recently been appointed a member to the com- mittee. = During the contest in the Senate over the election of a chair man to the committee he has voted consistently with the regular repub- licans for Senator Cummins for the office of chairman of the interstate | commerce committee. Senator Couzens could command the suppart. it is sald. of the pro- gressive vole. consisting of five re- works of the various departments of (Centinued on Page 2, Column §. ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 2)