Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy and warmer today; tomor- row unsettled, possibly perature for twenty-two ed at 10 p.m. last night: at am. yesterday. Full report on page 13 No. 977.—No. 29,083. rain. hours Tem- end- Highest, 36, p.m. yesterday; lowest, 22, at § Entered as socond-cladc matter post office W mnnoun;l‘ C. | GERMANS DEMAND FRENCH EASE GRIP COOLIDGE AMNESTY GIVEN 31 WAR-LAW he Sundany DAILY EVENING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1923.—116 PAGES. | UPON RUHR REGION PRISONERS PRAISED| \ Opéning of Negotiations Ex- pected to Clear Way for Better Understanding. POINCARE WILL MEET MARX OFFER HALF WAY ——— [ Will Reduce Invading Army if' Guarantees Are Satis- factory. B the Associated Press PARIS, December 15.—A formal demand by the German government ! for the reopening of conversations Wwith France respecting the relations of the two governments as affected by the occupation of the Ruhr was Presented to Premier Polncare today, first verbally and then im writing. It opens what is thought in well in- formed circles to be a method of ap- yroaching the subject which may bring about some clear understand- hig between the two countri Premier Poincare, according to surances in offictal circles, Is quite Teady to consider in the most liberal spirit any proposals the Germans may have to make that concern the rela- tions of France and Germany. He will advise with Premier Theunis of Belgium concerning any questions ralsed as to the joint occupation and will ask the Germans to take up With the reparations commission an matters concerning the interest of all | the allles in the reparations field Coutrol of Ruhr Wanted. . The proposal of the German gov- ernment is interpreted here as a move through which Germany hopes to regain control of the economic in- terests of the Ruhr and the Rhine- land and the rallroads In those areas prompted by the loss of prestige to Berlin from the continued direct re- lations between the Ruhr industries nd the authorities of occupation and the separatist movement in the | ineland. i The reception Premier Poincare is Yikely to accord any requests for let- ting up his grip on the Ruhr is| thought in well Informed clrcles here | to depend on what the Germans de- mand—whether thelr demands are likely to diminish the value and safety of the pledges the allles have taken In hand. If the Germans do not go too far in their proposals the pemier fs sald to be ready to meet | them half way. He would be glad to | diminish the cost of the Ruhr occu- pation, thus cutting this ground for complaint from under his opposition in France. Thus he might be inclined, it is said, to withdraw a considerable | Proportion of the troops, provided the Germans gave some satisfactory as-| surance that the Ruhr contracts would not be {nterfered with and that | the Berlin government would co-op- erate in making them effective. . The French premier, however, will turn a deaf ear, it is asserted, to any puggestions for releasing his hold on the Ruhr without ample guarantees that he is losing nothing In so do- ing. Tt is understood one of the German suggestlons is that a sort of diplomatic mission be formed to deal with certain | questions, especially interesting to Ger- many and the occupylng powers, this sion to function alongside the ex- pert committees of the reparations com- misslon, but this is regarded in French | circles a8 unnecessar. as they con- gider the mediums for the discussion of these questions are the foreign offices n Paris, Brussels and Berlin. The French press 1s vague and non- commital as to the outcome of the pro- gosed negotlations, apparently being Father doubtful as to the outcome, how- ever. The Temps points out that the first essentlal to thelr success is Ger- man political tranquillity, together with monetary stability. “That is why we | doubt that the administrative demands lin are likely to prove henef- says. “Monetary reform does mot appear likely to come from Berlin | &t the present.” H o I | EARLY SETTLEMENT DESIRED. B the Assoclated Press. i BERLIN, December 15.—Concerning the new step taken by Germany at ¥Parls and Brussels, a semi-official statement issued tonight says that the German diplomatic representa- tives at these two capitals have been instructed to make a declaration to the effect that inasmuch as it is ad- mitted on both French and Belgian #ldes that passive resistance has! ceased there is, in accordance with carlier declarations by these two gov-) ernments, now no longer any obstacle to a fundamental discussion of the questions of reparations, the Rhine and the Ruhr. Germany, it is announced, is will- fng to do her utmost to render fruit- ful the deliberations of the subcom- snittees appointed by the reparations commission, but it is contended that the real solution lies in a radical re- gdjustment of reparations as well as onditions in the Rhineland. To this end the German govern- nent proposed an exchange of views, which it regards as especlally ur- gent, as clarification 6f the position 4n the occupled regions is of press- ing Importance. It is considered doubtful whether German industry, despite its good will, would be able to carry out agreements with the oe- cupation authorities. Moreover, a settlement is required regarding the re-establishment of German author- ity in.the occupled regions and the re-establishment of communications swith the unocupied territory. without which, it is asserted, rehabilitation of the Reich’s finances and adjust- $nent of reparations are unthinkable. | TRAIN KILLS FOUR GIRLS Vindication of Free Speech Is Seen by Borah—Officials Express Approval. BRINGS ABOUT RELEASE BEFORE CHRISTMAS DAY | President’s Action, Based on Rec- ommendation of Committee, Wise, Berger Asserts. President Coolldge's action yes- terday in commuting the sentences of all remaining prisoners charged with violating the war laws recelved the hearty endorsement of Senator Borah of Idaho, republican, and of many other members of Congress and gov- ernment officials. “I am delighted that a President of the United States has discovered the | first amendment to the Constitution and has had the courage to announce the discovery,” said Senator Borah, in a statement glven out last nighs. “It is a vindication of the right of free speech and free press, of that spirit which moved the fathers to incorporate that sublime princinle in the Constitution. These men were not in prison for violence to eithar per- son or property. They were there be- cause they expressed their political views on matters of government, of the activities of government. Intol- erence, bigotry, prejudice kept them there for many years. Sees Vital Issue Involved, The President has performed a| distinct service to the most founda- | mental prinefple of free government. I am certainly glad the Chief Execu- tive has gone as far as lies within his power to destroy the precedent which might obtaln by reason of these prosecutions for political opinions, It far transcends in importance the | releasing of these men from prison. | 1t involves & great and fundamental | principl Some of the members of Congress | have held that inasmuch as the other (Continued on Page 2, Column 33 | PRESIDENT BRAVES ICY WINDS ON YACHT Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge and Nearly Score of Guests Go \VERA CRUZ REBELS | GAPTURE PUEBLA Villareal Forces Occupy City| and Start Trains to Gulf. Juarez Active. By the Ansociated Press, VERA CRUZ, December 15.—Revo- lutionary forces, according to El Dictamen, are in possession of Puebla and trains already are running be- tween Puebla city and this port. The capture of Puebla was effected by forces under Gen. Antonio Villareal. JUAREZ TROOPS MOVING. Cavalrymen Go South for Encount- er With Estrada. ; By the Ausociated Press. JUAREZ, Mexico, December 15— While cavalry organizations were travellng south from Juarez on spe- cial trains and iafantry units were brought into the city from Casas Grandes, fiscal gendarmes were ready late today to move on short Down Potomac. | Braving a chilly, New Engiand- | like wind, President and Mrs, Cool- | idge, with nearly a score of guests, made a crulse down the Potomac yesterday on the yacht Mayflower, leaving about mid- afternoon and returning shortly before 9 o'clock. The guests included a number of republican senators and rep- resentatives and thelr wives. Among the number were Senators Moses, New Hampshire; Harreld, Oklahoma: Lenroot, Wisconsin: Howell, Nebraska; Norback, South Dakota; Representatives Newton, Minnesota, and Green, Towa, and Secretary of War Weeks. The guest list wae not an- nounced at the White House, and neither was any announement of the trip made prior to the depar- ture of the Mayflower. Members of the party on returning, how- ever, sald the cruise had been purely social, and that politics, taxation and other dominant ques- tions just mow in Washington were not discussed at any greater length than they would be at any meeting of congressmen and gov- ernment officlals. The Mayflower proceeded down the river as far as Quantico be- fore turning back. Dinner was served during the return trip. AND INJURES TWO BOYS Party in Auto Blinded by Truck at Crossing Near To- ronto, Canada. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, December 15.—Four girls were killed instantly and two boys were injured seriously when the au- tomobile in which, they were riding was struck by a train of the Cana- dian Pacific railroad at a grade crogs- ing near here today. The victims were Hazel and Grace | Tompkins, sisters, and their cousins, | Dorls and Bessle Tompkins, ranging | in age from twelve to twenty years. | Meredith Tompkins, sixteen, driver of the car, and his brother, Henry, twelve, are in & critical condition. The accident occurred when the driver, whoss vision was cut off by & truck stalled at the crossing, swerv- od his car around 1t and on the tracks in front of the approaching train. PAPAL AUDITOR HERE { WILL BE MADE BISHOP Mgr. Luigi Cossio to Receive Nomination at Con-~ . sistory. By the Assoclated Press. ROME, December 15.—Monsignor Lulgl Cpselo, auditor of the apostolic delegation at Washington, will be nomi- nated bishop of Recanat! and Loreto at the coming consistory. This announce- ment was officlally made today, notice. With Gen. Jesus Aguirre and a party of army officers en route m{ Sonora over the Southern Pacifio, | plans had been completed to trans- port the gendarmes, about 500 in all, | from the border to Casas Grandes by train. They will travel through Pul- | pito Pass to Sonora, and from thers | will go south to take part in (he, campalgn against Gen. Enrique Estrada and his revolutionary forces, if necessary, it was understood. “Cavalry Is being moved out of the city. Infantry is being brought to the border,” was the only explana- tion offered for the military move- ment at headquarters. Cavalrymen Entrain. | The 40th and 42d cavalry battalions | have been stationed in Juarez A| portion of ‘the 40th battalion en-| traioned this afternoon. In addition | to the troops, the eight-car train car- ried equipment and camp followers. | Part of the 50th battalion, an infan- try organization, was brought from Casas Grandes to relieve the cavalry- men. One hundred gendarmes stationed at Oginaga are moving overland to the railroad and probably will be sta- ticned in Juarex. They are being re- lieved by soldlers. Denying reports of threatened trouble in Chihuahua, Customs Col- lector Manuel Prieto insisted that the entire state was tranquil. Armed tor Protection. Arms were issued to a few freight handlers in the customs house and depot as a ‘precautionary measure, after they had taken an oath of alle- giance to President Obregon. With small merchants taking ad- vantage of the revolution, by raising prices, the Chihuahua City chamber of commerce has appointed a com- mittee to call on Gov. Ignaclo Enri- quez to request action which will remedy this situation. The consulate general here also was informed by wire that commission ‘merchants_in “THAT'S NOTHIN"! WE'VE GOT To BE GOOD For SIX MONTHS "YET ~) WILLIE'S WAIL TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—48 Pages. General News—Local, National, Foreign. National Political Survey—Page 4. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 33. Radio News and Gossip—Pages 34, 35 and 36. Around the City—Page 41. The Civilian Army—Page 42. Fraternities—Page 43. Serial, “Above Suspicion"—Page 45. Financlal News—Pages 46 and 47. The Public Library—Page 48. PART TWO—18 Pages. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Soclety. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 11, Nates of Art and Artists—Page 13. Schools and Colleges—Page 14. At Community Centers—Page 16. News of the Clubs—Page 16. D. A. R. Activities—Page 17. PART THREE—14 Pages. | Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music in Washington—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 to 11. | Veterans of Forelgn Wars—Page 12. News of the Jewish World—Page 12. Spanish War Veterans—Page 12. Young Folks' Page—Page 13. Ginls and Their Affairs—Page 13. Girl Scoute—Page 13. Boy Scouts—Page 13, PART FOUR—4 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 Pages. Magazine Section—| PART SIX—8 Pages. Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—12 Pages. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 Pages. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Betty; Mr. and Mra. 0 = THOUSANDS ATTEND CORCORAN EXHBIT Invited Guests Inspect Co- temporary 0il Work at Gallery Here. Artistic, official and social circles not only of the National Capital, but of the country generally were repre- sented in the distinguished gathering of several thousand persons speclally invited last night to the opening pri- vate view of the ninth biennial exhl- bition of cotemporary American oil paintings at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. This exhibit, which is an event eagerly anticipated in the art world of the United States, will be opened to the general public at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, and will so continue until January 20. The president and board of trustees of the gallery {ssued more than 3,600 invitations to the affair, and it is es- timated that nearly double that num~ ber attended and enjoyed at thelr leisure an exhibition. which is the largest ever held in Washington; (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 8, Column 2.) Opportunity Given to Bring Christmas Joy to Many Here Associated Charities Lists Fourteen Fam- ilies Who Face Unless Christmas—and - 1o Christmas—and only the weary, heart- breaking turning point where one bleak, dreary year ends; where another, per- haps to be more bleak, more dreary, more heartbreaking, begins. Christ- mas—and a day of sad memories of the yesterdays, a day when one wishes there was no Christmas. Must it be such a Christmas?. Fourteen Washington families face that prospect. But there's & happy alternative. - For thirteen years the As- sociated * Charities, the. Drab Holiday Aided. fortunate, has appealed each Christmas season in' the name of the' Fourteen Opportunities. The appeal is renewed today. Fourteen families, selected from many as those most deserving the atten- tion of Washington this year, have been chosen. In thirteen. of them are little chfidren. In_ the other are four older people, vet holding together, who plod haltingly on toward what may:be their last Christmas. Fourteen such epportuni- | (Continued on Fage §, Columa 3 . %o raise the funds for the teljy . geath in her homey . . }"f—‘ RUM RUNNERS OPEN DESPERATE DRIVE Plan Heavy Attack to Land Huge Holiday Stock Despite Cutters. By the Associated Press. HIGHLANDS, J., December 15. —Smugglers, forced by high winds to suspend their visits to the rum | fleet during the last few days, today put out in great numbars in what appeared to be a desperate effort to {1and their supplies in time to catch the Christmas trade. Indications were that the rmugglers planned a double-barreled attack on the dry forces for halt of the rum fleet had shifted from the Jersey to the Long Island shore and this after- noon was lying oft Jones' inlet. Each squadron had about eight units. This afternoon elghteen speéd boats had passed out Sandy Hook headed for the Jersey section of tho fleet. They could be observed dacting from one peddler to another, either in search of special brand or bargain hunting. They were uninterrupted in their quest, for the Coast Guard cutter {on rum patrol, which earlier in the day had captured one smuggler, had gone to the Jones inlet squadron. | Wind and weather were ideal for landing operations, which tonight | were expected to attain considerable | proportions. The Jersey fleet in-| cluded one steamer, a four-masted schooner and a three-sticker. Rumors current along the Jersey coast this afterncon were to the ef- fect that Long Island runners operat- ing from Freeport and Babylon plan- ned heavy landings tonight. SEEK SAFETY ON GULF. Liquor Fleet Sails South, Trailed by Cutter. By the Assoclated Press. MOBILE, Ala., December 15.—Act- ing on advices that several ships from New York's “rum row” have moved to the waters of the gulf, the United Statés Coast Guard cutter Tal- lapoosa departed today on an ex- tended cruise of the gulf. The “rum row” in the gulf is sald consist of several auxiliary hooners from the West Indies and Nova Scotia, near. Breton Island. Several -of the biggest and most daring of the “rum runners” are now understood to be working In the gulf as the result of recent coast guard activity\off the Jerse¥ coast. BOOTLEGGERS CHEERED. to i Find Happy Note in Plan to Keep | Roads Open. By the Associated Press. MALONE, N. Y, December 15— Bootleggers operating through north- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) TWO POOR FISHERMEN _ SEEK HUGE U. S. ESTATE Journeying From Ostend in Steer- age to Claim Sum of $35,000,000. 1 ‘ By the Associated Press. CHERBOURG, France, December 15, —Maurice Tacoen and Jules Joens, poor fishermen of Ostend, have left for New York In the steerage of the Leviathan, but confident that they -will return in ‘a cabin de luxe, as they claim to bear documents which | will prove to the satisfaction of the j American courts that they are legal : heirs of Dr. Plerre Doyers, who died !in New York in 1835, leaving & for- | tune estimated at $35,000,000. g | Doyers, whose name has since been Santa Claus. agency for caring for the city's un- |afixed to one of .New York's streets, dled intestate, the fishermen claim, and the state sdministered his estate until 1883, when the final -effort to trace his relatives was made. Tacoen and Joens say they represent. thirty- four descendants of the docter, who left The Netherlands in 1783 to make his home in New York. The money necessary for the trip to New York of .the two men was unavallable among the heirs, and some were obliged to sell or mortgage property 85 In South A Heavy Death Toll “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and ~ Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. Killed, 3 Towns Destroyed merican Quakes Reported Near Co- lombian-Ecuadorian Frontier--Shocks Continue—~Volcano Blamed. By the Associated Prese. - BOGOTA, Colombia, December 15— Many persons have been killed and a larger number injured by an earth- quake which today destroyed two small ‘towns in the region of Ipiales, near the Colomblian-Ecuadorian frontier. Already elghty-five dead have been recovered from the ruins of Cumbal, which, with the town of Chile, suffered most severely from the effects of the shocks, according to the reports thus far received. Chile is situated on the slopes cf the Chile volcano, to the eruption of which the present disaster is at- tributed. Among those who perished were the wife and father of the mayor of Cumbal. The road from Cumbal to Ipiales is (CODLIDGE BACKERS SEEEASY VITORY Feel Nothing Now Can Stop Nomination of President for Second Term. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. The men behind the Coolldge cam- paign today declared that their fight for his nomination at Cleveland next June would become nothing more than & triumphal parade. Events of the week here in Washington have demonstrated the complete dominance of the President over the machinery of the republican party, and few po- tical observers see how any other aspirant for the party's highest non- ors can possibly break through suffi- clently to upset the Coolidge plans. This does not mean that Senator Hiram Johnson of California is lack- | ing In friends and supporters here. These very friends realize, however, the herculean task that lles before the progressive candidates of the Pa- cific slope. Senator Johnson is a man of {ndomitable courage and professes t0 be not the least discouraged by the evidences of Coolidge popularity in the national ‘committee. He has re- alized all along that he would have to fight the “organization” in order to win, and 8o he was neither startled nor perturbed by the turn of events at the natlonal committee sessions. Fight for Johnson. With virteally all of the machinery | against him, and with the inevitable spirit of “stand by the President” welling up In the republican ranks, it is_easy to see that Senator Johnson {Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) ‘BANK BANDIT LURED TO HOME AND SLAIN Girl Loved by Arthur Brown Plays Part in Tragedy at Her Door. By the Assoclated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. December 15.—Lured to the home of the girl {he loved by a ruse, Arthur Brown, fugitive Canadian bank bandit and pal of Norman Ryan, leader of a des- perate gang, who was captured in a gun fight Friday night, walked into a police trap this afternoon and was shot to death by Detective Willlam Meehan, Brown was killed as he stood on the porch of a house whers the girl, Ireno Adams, a waltress, lived. Miss Adams was taken in charge Dby the police this morning when they ware informed that she was acquaint- ed with Brown. She admitted she had known him for some time and {sald that Friday night she had been to a theater and later a cafe with him. Miss Adams informed the police that she was expecting a telephone call from Brown. She said that she knew noth- ing of his criminal career. With de- tectives Miss Adams went to her home and walted. Shortly after noon Brown telephoned and asked it he could come out to eee Miss Adams Speaking to ‘him under directions of detectives, che asked him to come out. About 1 o'clock Brown came to the side door and knocked. A detective opened the door & few inches and was instantly recognized by Brown, who drew a revolver. Meehan fired and : Brown staggered back a pace and sank to the floor. “You've got me” he groaned, and dled. Brown had been shot through the heart. LIFE TERM FOR COVELL, 16-YEAR-OLD MURDERER Oregon Defendant, Who Strangled Stepmother, Believed Under Infiuenec of Uncle. By the Assoclated Press. COQUILLE, Ore, December 15.— Alton Covell, sixteen, was today con- victed of murder in the first degree with the recommendation of life im- prisonment for- the killing of his step- mother, Mrs. Ebba Covell of Bandon, Ore. Evidence Introduced was to the effect that he had committeed the mur- der at the Instigation of his uncle, Arthur Covell, crippled astrologist, who aiready has been sentenced to Mrs. Covell was strangled to obstructed by great landslides, and the full extent of the earthquake has not yet been learned. Numerous sur- rounding villages are believed to have been badly damaged, and a commis- sion of government officlals has been sent to inspect the affected zone. There are many homeless and there is a lack of food and shelter. The earth shocks continue, milder form. | Heavy earth shocks were felt along !the southern frontier of Colombia, | the village of Carlo Sama belng de- |stroyed. Pasto, Iplales, Tuquerres |and Ibarra were in the direct line of | the earth | shaken. Latest reports say that seri- |ous damage was caused at Iplales. | - The volcanos of Cumbal and Chile | are in active eruption. but in Leper May Testify From Glass Cage At Murder Trial By Associated Pre: " ORLE. December 15.— Surgeon Gen. Hugh Cumming of the TUrited States public health service, in a letter today to Dr. Oscar Down- ling, state health officer, offered to provide a glass cage, in Wwhich to in- carcerate George Beaurepaire, negro inmate of the national leprosarium at Carville, La., while he is being tried in criminal court here for mur- der. An electrical device for com- munication with the negro while un- dergoing examination was discussed by officials today. A radio outfit for communicating with the pi oner was mentioned as a possibllity. The negro Is said to have confessed to slaying his wife, after she reported him to health authorities, after he escaped from the leprosarium GAS TAX TO PASS HOUSE THIS-WEEK itive of Action Affecting Auto Reciprocity. “The 2-cent gasoline tax bill, on which auto-tag reciprocity depends, will be passed by the House during this week,” Representative Freder- fck N. Zihlman of Maryland, ranking republican the House District committee, who has been engineering night. With every assurance and indication in the republican caucus yesterday afternoon fully organized tomorrow committees set to work, ative Zihlman said, “there is little doubt but that the House Distrlct committee will meet on Tuesday At the very first méeting of the District committee Representative Zihlman confidently expects to have a favorable report made, and in this opinion he is confirmed by Represent- ;atlve Stuart F. Reed of West Vir. ! ginta, the new chairman of the com- | mittee, who introduced the gasoline tax bill, more familiarly known as “he reciprocity bill.” and the Represent- Senate Committee Call. Senator Ball of Delaware, chair- man of the District committee, has called a meeting of his committee for 10 o'clock Wednesday morning to consider the gasoline tax bill. He hopes to be able to get a favorable report on the measure at that meet- ing and will then seek immediate actlon in the Senate, in order, if pos- sible to bring about the enactment of the proposed law before an ad- journment’ for the Christmas holi- days, which will =continue beyond January 1. X The “gasoline tax bill as drafted by the District Commissioners, was declared entirely satisfactory to Gov. Ritchie and the Maryland commis- sioner of motor vehicles and carrles the approval of President Coolidge. Expect Unanimous Action. Actlon by the committee will prob- ably be unanimous, as not one mem- ber has been heard to express any objection to it, and all of the new members on the committee have em- phatically declared in favor of it. If the measure is reported out on Tuesday, as Representative Zihlman (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) BLIZZARD DEATH TOLL IN NEW MEXICO IS 11 Body of Man, Seventy, Found Frozen in Mountains—Tour- ists Snowed In. By the Associated Press. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., December 16.—The death toll in the New Mex- ico blizzard this week was increased to eleven today, when it became known that Leonada Apodaca, seven- ty, had been frozen to death near Eneino. His body was found by a searching party. Thirty-five automobile tourists still are trying to get through the now drifts between San Marcial and Hot Sprin The rest of the cara van, which at one time included 300 persons, has made its- way through, and many tourists are returning to Albuquerque. tremors and were badly | Representative Zihiman Pos-| this legislation, stated positively last | that the House would be| ‘FIVE CENTS. BREACH IN SENATE DEFIES SOLUTION; HOUSE ROW ENDS All G. 0. P. Efforts for Peace With Insurgents Fail in Upper Branch. COALITION MAY RESULT IN REPUBLICAN DEFEAT Lower Body Concedes Point to Pro- gressives, Puts Nelson on Committee. Republican leadership in the House has effected a compromise between the regulars and the republican pro- gressive “Insurgents” and made It possible to complete the organization of the House tomorrow oa republican lines. Seemingly, the republicans have forestalled, for a time at least a working agreement between the insurgent republicans and the demo- crats in the House, which migkt have been extended to cover all legis- lative matters. In the Senate, on the contrary, the republican leaders have been unable —or unwilling—to find any ground upon which they could unite the war- ring. factions of thelr party. In fact, unless strenuous measures are taken, the breach promises to be widened. The election of Senator Smith of South Carolina, demoerat, to the chairmanship of the inter- state commerce committee—which has been the bone of contention in the Senate for a week—may result, it was pointed out last night. This could be accomplished only by « union of democratic and progressive votes. And once there has been such a union on a matter of crganizatien of the Senate, It is difficult to pre- dict where the working agreement Detween the progressives and the democrats would end. It might well be continued and cover important legislative matters. The progressive group has issued an ultimatum to the effect that Sena- tor Cummins of Iowa cannot be re- elected chairman of the Interstate’ commerce committee—with any pro- ressive votes. This means that he ¢oyld not be elected unless he hes. {democratic support, and, except for Senator Bruce of Maryland, it is ex- tremely doubtful that he will receive | such_support. 54 Cousens As Compromise. Senator "Couzens of Michigan, re- publican, has been put forward as a compromise candidate. He has veted consistently up to now with his party for Mr. Cummins. The progressive group stands ready to vote fro Mr. Couzens, and so do many of the reg- |ular republicans, in order to break the deadlock. But there is a group | of stand-pat republicans within the regular ranks that has absolutely re- fused, it is sald, to considér Mr. Couzens for the place. The Henate rule of seniority is advanced as = reason why -the Michigan senato: cannot be accepted. Also it is sald | that he is “too radical” when it comes to the rafiroad question However, Mr, Couzens i3 already & member of the Interstate commerce committee ahd will have no addi- tional vote in that committee, even should he become chairman. ,The seniority rule, it appears, is stand- ing in the way of an agreemeént in | republican ranks and threatening to bring about a situation that mey go | far toward bringing about republican |defeat in the elections of 1924. ouse Ready Tomorrow. | The organization of the House ix | expected to be completed tomorrow | with the election of its standing | committees. This will set the legis- lative machinery of the House in motion. s The way was paved for this re- sult yesterday when the House “progressives” won their fight for a place on the rules committes, which shapes the legislative program of the House. By a vote of 198 to 2, a republican iparty conference approved the as- | signment of Representative Nelson of Wisconsin, the insurgent leader, to the rules committee in place of Rep- resentative Tilson of Connecticut, who withdrew voluntarily in the interest of harmony. This dissipated any hopes of the democrats to i{ncrease thelr membership on the committee from four to five. The republican conference action was taken in the face of a threatened insurgent-democrat coalition which might have created in the Hanse to- morrow a situation similar to that in the Senate, where there wers increas- ing signs of & combined Insurgentand democratic vote for the election of Senator Smith, democrat, South Caro- | 1ina, as head of the interstats comr merce committee. Convinced that the organisation re- publicans and insurgents standing together will have the votes to put through the House Monday the standing committee slates as. now drawn, democratic leaders have abandoned the party caucus which haa been called for tomorrow fore- noon to consider the rules commit- tee question. Once the assignments are ratified by the House the varfous committees will be able to function |and Chairman Oreen of the ways and means committee, has seut out word that consideration of the tax re- duction legislation will begin Tues- day. The siate of subcommittes asal ments for the appropriations com- mittee 18 ready and hearings are to start Wednesday on several of the biggest departmental appropriation bill s D. C. Committee to Meot. The House District committes is Hot Springs today sent out a force | expected to meet on Tuesdey and of men to assist the remaindder of |immediately report favorably the au- $he atranded tourists jn getting out.. ontinued on Page ¢, column