Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1923, Page 2

TH E_SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 16, 1923—PART 1L e T N ) N DR Urges Need of Home for Art In the Nation’s Capital City Gallery Commission atlts Annual Meeting WITNESS VANISHED IN KLAN SLAYING Bellhoy at Hotel Where Fox Stayed Has Gone, Clerk Tells Court. December 15.— The alleged mysterious disappearance of Robert Bennett, bell boy captain| at a local hotel, regarded as an Im- | portant witness for the state, was the feature of the testimony adduced today during the trial of Philip E.| Fox, former Ku Klux Klan editor. Fox, according to H. B. Williams, hotel clerk, registered st his hotel a few hours before he shot William Coburn, Kian attorney, November Bennett. Bennett disappearcd, office talked with him and ordered him to testify for the state. Awxigned to Room. Mr. Willlams testified he assigned Fox to a room. He declared the guest appeared to be nervous. J. W. Hawes, a traveling salesman, the next witness, testified Fox penned him up in an elevator in the hotel and “demanded to know what I was do- ing riding with him and what did 1} off he| want. When would not let me. he was crazy, hi his eyes jumped.” Klansmen connected with various administrative departments of the order, including Paul S Etheridge, imperial klouncel, testified duriag the morning session. Declared Inuane. Fex was declared insane by R. C. Swint, an expert alienist, in testify ing for the defense late toda The expert is superintendent of the Georgla State Sanitarium for th Insane. He testified he has been a speclalist for twenty-two years. “Fox is & man who hears voices, yet he does not rave and keeps his il- lustons to himself. A voice tells him to kill and there are some cases where men have wiped out their fam- illes,” testified the expert Dr. Swint_sald Fox stated to him that he had heard voicea regularly during the last six months. “The voice of God told him to kill Mr. Coburn or else Mr. Coburn would kill him,” Dr. Swint testified Fox told him' during the sanity test. BABYLON’S RIVAL CITY FOUND IN MESOPOTAMIA CHICAGO, December 15.—Kish, the anctent capital of Mesopotamia, rival of Babylon for might and magnifi- cence, has been located by scientists, acting jointly for the Field museum and Oxford University, according to a letter received at the museum to- day from Stephen S. Langdon, direc- tor of the expedition. The letter expresses hope that in- formation may be unearthed from the time of the flood recorded In the Jible. Work on the excavation was resumed In September, after being 1 tried to get He looked like face twitched and suspended since March because of | The excavation has re-| the heat. vealed a cuniform writing tablet dat- | ing back to the twenty-first century | B. C., and the oldest temple ever discovered, according to the letter. s VERA CHUZ REBELS CAPTURE PUEBLA (Continued from First Page.) Mexico City have taken steps to sup- ply the city and keep down food prices. The cost of supplies has taken a big jump in the national capital, according | to travelers who arrived at the border | oday. Foodstuff has been moved | through the Tamplco port since Vera Cruz was seized by the revolutionists. REVOLT IN CHIHUAHUA. Troops to March to Border, Says! El Paso Report. EL PASO, Tex. December 15.—Fed- eral troops at Casas Grandes, Chihua- hua, approximately 200 milea below Juarez, revolted today and are prepar- ! ing to march toward the border, aceord- | ing to a rumor reaching Ei Paso_this afterncon. The garrison at Casas Grandes i3 comprised of approximately 400 men, according to federal officlals in Juarez, who, however, denied the rumor. Federal troops in Juarez were mobilized at their barracks at noon | today and were kept there all dur- ing the afternoon. De la Huerta headquarters in El Paso assigned the | precautionary move of the federal officers to the rumor of a revolt at Casas Grandes. ABANDON REBEL ARMY. Laborers Quit Estrada Ranks as Federals Advance. DEL RIO, Tex., December 15.—The group of insurrectionists under Gen. Enrique Estrada is beginning to' abandon him in view of the advance of tederal troops, “which has started energetically,” said a Mexican gov- ernment official statement issued here today. Military commanders who have re- celved proposals from Adolfo de la Huerta to join the uprising have re- jected them, the statement adde “impressing upon him their full ad- herence to the government." The Statement announced that a mayor in the atate fo Tesuitlan tempted to bribe forces under his command against the government, without - suoce: and that a contin- gent of laborers, mostiy spinners from the te of Vera Crus, has gone toward the vicinity of Orizaba to encounter the forces of the rebel general, Sanchez. REBEL AGENTS NUMEROUS. Third “Official Represetnative” of Huerta in New York. NEW YORK, December 15.—The third “officlal representative” of Adolfo de la Huerta, leader of the Mexican revolution, appeared in New York tonight in the person of En- rique Seldner, who said he was de 1 Huerta's cousin, and alone was em. powered to trgnsact business the revolutionists. Each of the last three days has brought forth a new “official repre- sentative of the revolutionary leader. On Thursday, Belisario A. Quires an- nounced he had been authorized by telegraph to clear vessels for revo- lutionary ports and transact other business. —— HALT SHIPS AT HAVANA. Mexicans Deny Clearances to Ves- sels for Vera Cruz. HAVANA, December 15.—The Mexi- can consui here anncunced today that, under Instructions from his government, he would 1 issue clearances s ] of ‘under_con- He was escorted to a room by | the | clerk testified, shortly after a repres | sentative from the solicitor general's | | states. ern New York state are rejoicing at the announcement made today that during the coming winter the Trunk highways leading from New York to Canada will be kept clear of snow. thus affording them, they believe, opportunity to make rum running a year-around occupation. On the other hand, federal pro- kibition enforcement agents and state troopers declare that inauguration of the open-road policy during the winter will mean the almost certain capture of more liquor smugglers. | They point out that the total lack | lof open byroads and much-used short cuts will work havec with the plans of the smuggling agencies. Such of the roads as are cleared of smow will be carefully patrolled by the authorities, it is learnel here,j and there 1s likely to be less chance for the successful escape «f a pur- sued motorist. With the coming of colder weath- er, bootleggers who specialized in running beer and ale earlier are turning their attention to cargoes of hard liquors, principally whisky and| gin. The low alcohollc content of| the beer makes it an undesirable win- ter cargo, because of the pessibility of freezing, they explain. TWO TRUCKS SEIZED. ERIE, December 15.—Two trucks loaded with whisky were scized by state police, attempting to break through the patrol on the Canadian rum trail leading through Erie | county, The drivers, Ceetl Willlams {of Indianapolis and Max Balen of | Rochester, N. Y., were being held in | the county juil upon a charge of il- !legal transportation of liguor. One automobile contained 244 quarts of whisky &nd the other 420 pints, ac- cording to the state police. WOMAN IN RUM CAR. DUNKIRK, N. Y. December 15.— State police of three states, New York, Ohlo and Pennsylvania, are re- ported to be co-operating to check ' the. operations of illicit traffickers in| liquor on the chief highways con- | necting the large cities of the three | Two captures were reported here to- day, one of them being an automo- bile driven by a woman, who gave her name as Ella Meyers. There were three men in the machine. They, were arraigned before Commissioner Stegelske tonight and held for further examination next week. The captured liquor consisted of twenty-six cases of alleged whisky. The capture was made by state troopers between Silver creek and Irving. | The men, with the exception of| Conti, later were released on bail. | Conti was taken to Fredonia on an additional charge of carrying con- | cealed weapons. Miss Meyers was discharged. WO0O0D CHOICE FOR MAYOR OF MANILA IS REJECTED By the Assoclated Press. MANILA, December 14.—The Sen- ate of the Philippine legislature to- day rejected the nomination of Ger- onimo Santiago to be mayor of Ma- nila, recently made by Governor Gen- eral Leonard Wood. Thus for the third time within a few months Ma- nila is without a mayor. Gen. Wood, who is expected back from a visit to Java tomorrow or) Sunday, will find a bill already passed | by both houses providing measures | to deal with such situations as have arisen from the absence of a city| executive. The bill provides that in the absence or disability of the mayor, the undersecretary of the in+ terior shall assume the office and that in his absence or disability the chief executive of the bureau shall take it Recommendation that a mission be sent to the United States before next March to confer with the Philippine | resident commissioner at Washing- ton regarding the establishment of a permanent branch of the Philippine, independence commission in Wash- ington has been made by a commit- tee recently, appointed by the com- mission to study the subject. The branch would work with the commls- sloner. HARVARD GLEE CLUB CONCERT ANNOUNCED Sl St University Singers Have Won Hon- ors in U. S. and Abroad. Here January 1. The Harvard Glee Club, recognized 2s one of the ablest choral organi- zations In the United States, as well as one of the most popular of all the many collegiate glee clubs, will pre- sent the first big musical program of the new year in Washington on New Year day in the Masonic audi- torium. During the short space of fourl years the Harvard Glee Club has ac- quired an enviable reputation for artistic programs, devoted entirely | to good musie, both anclent and; modern. _Palestring, Vittorla, Bach. | Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms tht modern French and Russians and selections from folk i { In Symphony Hall, Boston, such artists as Frits Krelaler, Louise Homer, | Pablo Casals and Frieda Hlm?l have been assisting soloists at the Harvard Gleo Club concerts and, during the | past thres vyears, the club has sung Wwith the Boston Symphony Orchestra. During the summer of 1921, at the express invitation of the French gov- ernment, the club crossed the Atlan- tic and 'sang in France. They also toured Switserland, Italy and parta of Germany. The funds for the tri Ware provided by friends of Harvard University and those interested in the progress of American music. In addition to favorable criticlsms from the foreign mualc critics, the club was honored by the French govern- t, which decorated Dr. Archibold T. Davison. the conductor, with the academic palm. 1 18 under the Arthur Smith, / NEW U. S. AIR MARVEL, CS-1, iful purpose. HAS POWERS OF 3 WAR PLANES Detalled description of the CS-1, & seaplane, which combines the functions of three usual type planes—bombing, torpedo launch- ing and long range scouting—and which was put through tests at the naval air station, Anacestia, D. C. last week, was announced last night by the burcau of aero- nautics, Nayy Department, which developed the extraordinary ship. The plane, which is equipped with a 650 horse-power engine, is the lightest for its horse-power ever bullt, being able to fly with more than its own welght as a load, and powerful enough to carry a greater load than twin-engined bombers now in use RUM RUNNERS LAUNCH DESPERATE CAMPAIGN (Continued from First Page.) With a wingspread of fifty-six feet the machine weighs about 4,000 pounds and is eleven feet high and thirty-four feet long. It may be launched from a catapult on a battleship's deck or the flylng deck of an aircraft carrier, has a 2.200-mile range without landing for refueling and is quickly con- vertible to either a sea or land plane. Constructed of steel and dura- lumin, except for the wings, which are made of wood and fabric, the craft is designed to fold so as to save space. As a land plane a maximum speed of 105 miles per hour may be developed and the machine Is equipped with radio for sonding and recelving. two ma- chine guns and with running lights similar to an automobile. Monroe Doctrine Held as Useless As Old Umbrella By the Associated Pross. NEW YORK, December 15.— Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, suf- frage leader, today told the For- elgn Policy Assoclation that the political parties indorsed the Mon- roe doctrine because neither fathered it and both liked an- tiques. “There are more entangling things in the Monroe doctrine,’ Mrs. Catt declared, “than George Washington ever dreamed of. To say the doctrine Is right and true because all Americans believe in it is wrong, because South Americans do not believe in It. “Our policy is worn out; it is now a defense of our commerce, aG defense of big business. The doc- trine, hi not been applicable since the war. The golden rule has never reached the diplomats of the world. It Is untarnished, as it hardly ever has been used. “The only thing & Secretary of State can do with the Monroe doc- trine is to interpret it. Secretarles of State have been Interpreting it for years, and will be for years to come. It's like an old umbrella you can't throw it away." COOLIDGE AMNESTY TO 31 WAR-LAW PRISONERS IS PRAISED BY OFFICIALS (Continued from First Page.) countries which took part in the war had released their war-law prisoners the United States should do likewise. Officlals of the Chief Liberties League, who received the news of the Presi- dent's action with gratification, in- dicated that further efforts would be made to obtaln removal of the con- ditions attached by President Hard- ing last June, when he granted thirty conditional commutations. Representative Victor Berger, socia- list of Wisconsin, who has been active in the movement to obtain the release of all war time prisoners, declared in a statement last night that the Presi- dent’s commutation order was a “wise and a just act.” The plea for amnesty had been pre- sented repeatedly to three national administrations. The action of the President will bring about the release before Christmas of thirty-one men now serving sentences in'the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kans., for vio- lation of the espoinage act. Two of these men were convicted at Kansas City in 1919 along with twenty-four other allezed members of the I. W. W.; | nine of them were convicted in Chicago together with Willlam D. (“Big BUl') Haywood, general secretary-treasurer of the 1. W. W., and the others were found guilty in Sacramento, in 1919, Mr. Coolldge acted upon receipt of a recommendation for annesty from the special committee he appointed several weeks ago to make a disin- terested study of the question of clemency for war-law violators. This { committee was compos=d of Newton D. Baker, Secretary >f War during the war period; Maj. n. James G. Harbord, who served ovarseas as head of the service of supply of the Amer- | fcan Army, and Bishop Charles H. Brent of the Episcopal Church, who was chief of the Army chaplain serv ice during the war. Special Committee Report. The report of the special committee | was not made public, but the White | House announcement of ths Presi- dent's action said & majority of com- ittee members favored ammesty Although the basis of the Pre ident's action was not announces was understood that he exercised clemency in the belief that sufficient punishment already had been inflict- ed and the continued detention of the thirty-one men would serve no use. Department of Justiu officials pointed out that the Uree- ident in nowlse condoned the of- fense as in none of the cases wers pardons lssued. Most of the prisoners whose scn- tences: were commuted today wera incarcerated at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. The prisoners and the places where they were convicted are as followa: Sacramento—ElImer Anderson Har- .ry Brewer, Robert Connellan, Roy P. Connor, de Bernardi, Mortimer Downing, Frank Elliott, John Graves, Henry Hammer, Willlam Hood, Harry Gray, Chris Luber, Phil McLaugh- lin, George O'Connell, John Potthast, Edward Quigley, James Quinlan, My ron Sprague, Caesar Tahib, Jacob Torl, George F. Boetter and Vincent Cantilli, Kansas City—Wenell Francik, F. J. Gallagher. Chicago—C. J. Bourg, Alexander Cournos, Harry Lloyd, Burt Lorton, Charles H. McKinnon, James Rowaa, James P. Thompson. All at Leavemweorth. All of the prisoners are in the fed- eral prison at Leavenworth, Kan. ‘Those sentenced from Sacramento ‘were convicted January 17, 1919, and were wentenced for ten years. The two cases in Kansas City were concluded and sentences pronounced December 8, 1919. Francik was or- dered to werve seven years and mix months and Gallagher was sentence. to elght years in prison and costs o the case. Aot The convictions in Chicag: obtained August 30, 1918, and {he sentences pronounced in those caa ‘were aw follo Bourg, Lorton and Cournoa were sentenced to ten years in prison and fines of $20,000 eac Lloyd was ordered to serve five ye: in &rlnn and pay a fine of 320,0v0; McKinnon was sentenced for 'fi years in prison and a fine of $20,0u0, Thompson's was for ten ‘L:r:. with n was s fine of 00, and jentenced to twenty years in pr! and s fine of 310,000, Vel All of the convictions were on sub- these charge by force to prevent, hinder he prosecution of the war, ntimidate citizens in their conatitutional right in furn| war supplies to the government,” and fur- ther conspiracy to violate the esplon- age llwn-%y attempti! “to cause Ine gb::di:mlon. l;-lnng(y and refusal e R ohutrioting 1he @raft alio was Sads in most of these cases ! | l SHAFT CONSIDERED FOR UNKNOWN TOMB The photograph xhows model of the proposed sinft ns it was placed over the tomb of the unknown hero, for the inspection of Secretary of War Weeks and members of the Fine Arts Commission. PRISON ACCEPTED IN'SOAP CLAY DEAL Joseph W. Boyd Breaks Up Trial at Phoenix, Ariz., by Guilty Plea. By the Amoclated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz., December 15.—The trial of Joseph W. Boyd, charged with the promotion and sale of worthle “saponaceous clay” deposits, ended abruptly today when the defendant changed his plea to gullty and was immediately sentenced to two and one-halt years in Leavenworth prison and fined $1,000 on each of the five counts in the indictment against him. Boyd's operations are alleged to have extended Texas, Colorado, Oregon, California, Kentucky. Arizona and Washington. D. C. During the trial more than thirty witnesses testified to los amounting to more than $60,000. Boyd's His trial began November 23 and brought out dramatically the detalls of his promotion of the “Natural Soap Company of America,” which was incor- | porated in_Arizona in 1919. {of the worthless stock commenced upon {the incorporation of the company, ) Which, it was alleged, had no assets. Boyd Inveigled his'investors, it was alleged, during the trial, by stories of his “'saponaceous clay’ deposits near Prescott, Ariz., which he said was used |in the manufacture of a high brand of £0ap. The Mohammedans of India contract- ed with him for a million dollars’ worth of the soap, he declared to his victims, according to the evidence, be- cause it contained no animal fat. {EXPECT HOUSE TO PASS GAS BILL THIS WEEK (Continued from First Page.) s certaln It will be, he expects it to before the end of the week. He bases this expectation on the fact that with hearings just starting on the appro priation bills there is no speclal busi ness awaiting action and on assur- ances he has recelved from both re- publican and democratic leaders and from the “progressive group" that they will co-operate in expediting | tis 1egisiation. | Having made a canvas of a ma- {Jority of the House.members, Repre- sentative Zihlman is convinced that Just as soon as the measure comes up in the House it will be passed with- out any trouble. In fact, he thinks {1t could be passed by unanimous con- | sent. ————— PRINCE TO VISIT U. S. COPENHAGEN, December 15— Prince Waldemar, brother of King Christian, left Copenhagen tonight for ‘a brief visit to America. He is ac- icompanied by Admiral Joencke. The sale | COOLIDGE BACKERS SEE EASY VICTORY (Continued from First Page.) will have to be more vigorous than he has ever been before to turn the tide of battle in his favor. He will have to be more virile and more bit- |ter in his attack, and almost single- handed will have to struggle to tear down his party's confidence in the man who stepped to the helm of the ship of state when President Harding was permitted to lay down the heavy tasks which fate and fortune had thrust upon him. A Presldent seeking nomination for a second term has a prodiglous ad- vantage over all outsiders. Even so beloved a character as the late Col. Roosevelt could not upset the renom- {ination of President Taft In 1912, The colonel could only organize a third |party, in which he was sure to re- celve the nomination. Senator John- | son was Col. Roosevelt's right-hand partner in that enterprise. Whether through Michigan, his\ry will repeat itself remains in | ‘the lap of the gods. | Chance Seemed Good. ! Senator Johnson and several other | potential ‘s former home was in Chicago. | couraged in their 1924 aspirations by | Ithe belief that President Harding {would decline to run for a second |term. This would have thrown the race wide open and that would have | teen much to the liking of the gen- |tleman from California. In a free !field he is a splendid runner. At a |time when his ambition mantled | highest, Calvin Coolidge, then the | Vice President, apparently was far |from the minds of any of the repub ican leaders as a possible successor to Mr. Harding. There had been no President of the United States from the wise men of the G. O. P. had no inclination to break established pre- | cedent and look to the conservative |zone of the far northeast at a time | when progressive sentiment once more was rising in the middle coun- try and the far west. Fate played its prank upon the wis: be called up for action In the House men, however, and those among the, national committeemen who would have grinned at the “silent man" of | Massachusetts six months ago were iloudest in their declarations at last | week's meeting that it would be noth- {ing short of a national disaster to think of any one but Calvin Coolidge for President during the next four years. Johnson's Position. Of course, Senator Johnson and his backers do not look at it in exactly that light. They are going to try to convince the country that only a trong man from the great open spaces can meet and cope with the country's problems in the important four years to come; that only a strong man like Senator Johnson can keep the gaunt hand of Europe from America’s much coveted throat. Meantime, virtually . all talk of other entrles In the G. O. P, handi- cap has ceased. Senator Johuson is not discouraged by the running start Health Insurance Is what you pay for when buying Christmas Seals We are helping the Health Officer by trying to prevent people getting sick in our own s pecial ways. Health Crusades, Sunday Health Bulletins, Nutrition Clinics, propaganda for Safe Dairy Products, Open-Air Schools, Summer Camps for undernourished chil- dren, Health Rhymes, Health Rules, keeping an eye on and " studying important Public Health questions, and supplying Teachers for Curative Craftwork at the Tuberculosis Hospital We are fighting for Life Extension and we have put the District of Columbia in the front rank of the States, occasionally leading the list. Buy Chris This Bulletin lo tmas Seals poid for by the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Telephone Main 992, Level Notwos. 1022 11th Street N.W. a8 o Ve candidates had been en-, New England in seventy years, and | ¢ EXTEND CAMPAIGN: FOR HARDING FUkD. l Declared for Campaign Throughout |Committee to Let Drive. for ! Country to Arouse Interest in Project. With $10,000 already guaranteed for securing architeets' plans for a build. ing for a national gallery of art, the National Gallery Commission at its an- nual meeting here Tuesday set in mo- tion a campaign, backed by the art associations of the country, through the American Federation of Arts, to awaken the people of the country and through them to Impress upon Congress the urgent need for a national home for art in the National Capital. Art collections worth some five mil- Ifons of dollars have already been given to the Federal government,and are be- ing donated to the value of $500,000 a year, with absolutely no place to prop- erly house them and display them so that art lovers and tourists from all parts of the country visiting the Na tional Capital can see these wonderful collections. This national home of art is t> be erected mg & companion bullding to the Natural History Museum, commonly called “the New National Museum,” of aimilar architecture, but designed espe- clally to afford the best possible displuy of the art treasures which would find a permanent home there. Congress Provides Site. Congress has aalready contributed the site through an act. passed January 22, 1923. under which— “The regents of the Smithsonian Institution are authorized to prepare preliminary plans for a suitable fire- proof buliding with kranite fronts or the National Gallery of Art, in- cluding the National Portrait Gallery, and the historical collection of the United States National Museum.” The law also provides that the building is o be erected in sections or com- Elauly. on the north side of the Mall, etween the Natural History building, United Siates National Museum, and Tth street, leaving a space between it and the latter bullding of not less than 100 feet and a space of not less than 100 feet between it and 7th street, with its south front on & line wiih the south front of the Natural History buliding. Americans by the hopeful that aithough Congress has thus far neglected to provide money for anything more than the urgent immediate needs of the government establishments, when the ize that already many millions of dol- lars worth of art has been given to the government and that million: more will be given just as soon a there is a suitable art museum pro- vided, Congress will make the necessary appropriation for putting up such a mu- seum in section: Stresses the Selentific Work. Dr. Willlam H. Holmes, director of the National Gallery of Art, who is secretary of the commission, empha- sized that all of the sclentific work of the government and its collections made during the last sevent vears are all housed in the Natural History building. No provision was made there for art and history, with the result that art has crept in little by little, crowding important natural history groups out of several halls. Historlcal exhibits, very largely war materials, are coming In fast, much of it from overseas. The resuit is that the Natural History building now Fontains more than enourh extremely valuable exhibits to fill two such buildings. ““We pi ation by havin history and art,” ‘“as a separate grand div government's museum work.' Already the art collection is suffi- clent to fill one large bullding alone, and many of the most valuable Wl:'l;k! en opose to relleve this situ- a new building for specimens, sent _building BT oes D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonlan Institution and ex-officio | member of the art commission, points % Jational Gallery of Art is a The. department under the Smithsonian 1 wi designed, iven to Mr. Coolidge, but eviden:ly Some 10 the others are very much downcast. Gov Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, another of the Roose- Velt lieutenants in the great walk- {out of 1912, “mx"u“rfi"“ns vith al situation an [ e tohe s spectacular bld for the Presidency has turned ou \to be very much of a burden. The friends of President Coolidge &till isay he was very wise in permitting | the Pennsylvania governor to conduct in person the anthracite negotia- tions. Machine Runs Smoothly. wor}(l:ll h apparent smoothness in all its Setanar P Wiliam o M. Butler of Massachugetts, the head of the cam- paign, is comparatively unknown to national politics. He is a cautious man like his chief, however, and like- ly to make few mistakes. That i i all the Coolldge train needs, & steady i fand and few mistakes. ' Senator ! Johnson's hopes are based on the theory that things will go otherwise. Mr. Butler will not be lacking in | practical political advice. C. Bacom Slemp, secretary to the Preaident, is likely to_be, after all. the political brains behind all the Coolidge moves. His appointment as secretary was a big surprise to Washington, which thought that following the example set by President Harding, Mr. Coolidge would elevate his personal secretary to the post. Mr. Coolidge was more far sighted than some of his advisory friends, and the result has been the Coolldge for President movement has been in_capable and busy hands ever since Bacom Slemp took the oath of office. CAMPAIGN UNDEE WAY. was expecte Having selected Chicago as nation- al headquarters and arranged tenta- tively the national organization, those in charge of the preconvention campaign of President Coolidge yes- terday took up atatd arganisation and designated Hoke Donithan of Marion to lock after the Coolidge interests in Ohlo. The announcement with respect to Mr. Donithan was made by James B. Reynolds, former secretary of the Republican national committee, and # member of what has come to b known among political leaders h as “the Coolidge board of strategy. It said that Willlam M. Butler of Massachusetts, who is in_charge of the Coolidge campaign, had appointed Mr. Donithan as “his representati in_Ohi Mr. Donithan has had several con- ferences with Mr. Butler within the t few days, and also talked with Bascom Slemp, secretary to Pres: nt Coolldge. He was a close frien thousand are | eople real- | seven | I i 1 | i | department wnder ¢ ~F ——— — 1 te to the 1920 mational cen-: Y*n addition to the Obio st n_ addition to the o situation attention alsa was given to the mat- ter of organization in I Oklahoma and preparations were made fo! conference Monday to con- sider o matter of filing offcial notice of the President's intention to enter the South Dakota primaries. Secretary Slemp had a conference with James A. Harris, unul&cu ! tional committeeman fram lahoma. tate Senator Fry of Oklahoma, and Q. Di I'Yr & member of the Okla- oma republican committee. In addi- tion to the question of oln»}hlnr the state, the appointment of the new additional judge to which Okla- Boma s entitied, was disc o Jus ty the _thre dent. . Kealtng, iRl T 2 & 13 'l': ‘esideat, an I aloaae cheon Wmorrew e i i sed and munity singing. geship matter also was taken 'she cam. Oklanomans and | Mme. I :3 Senator Harreld with the Presis!ran riet | plaf ¢ | chairman of the commission of fine | Pratt, 26 Broadway, | Freer Art Gallery, {of the Institution, #nd the commission that met here this week is composed of five artists, five experts and five pub- lic men interested in fine avts. ‘They decided that in order to prop- erly present the problem of a bulld- ing to house the art and history col- lections =2 plan must be prepared showing what s needed. It was an- nounced that fund of $10,000 has been pledge private subscription for the preparation of such plans, which are to be wsed in presenting first to the people of. the country and then to Congress this very definite and pressing need of the national government. Plan of Proposed Bullding. The projected buildfmg would be planned and built with skylight gal- leries and other special details requi- site for giving the art collections, and especially the pictures under glass, a display where reflections would be avoided. A committee was appointed to over- see the preparations of these plans Memorial Run Until $3,000,000 Raised. Because the campaign movement by the Harding Memorial Assoclation did not get thoroughly under way un- til this week the executive commit. tee of the organization has decided to extend the time of Its efforts to raise the necessary $3,000,000 through December and as far Into January as will be necessary. The boara of trustees of the assoclation announced that the results of the campalgn J during the last week have been gratifying. From Alaska comes the following statement: “Alaska will subscribe more per capita than any other section of the Unlon." This was signed by George C. Hazelet of Cordova, territorial chairman. Porto Rico reports as fol- with all possible speed. The com- mittee consists of James Parmelee, the Causeway, Klingle road, Wash ington, and aiso of Cleveland, Ohio, as chalrman; Charles D. Walcott, sec- retary of the Smithsonian Institu- tion, and Dr. Charles Moore, formerly of Detroit, Mich., chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts. Danie]l Chester French of ' New York city, who has been chairman of the commission, resigned from active work, and Garl Melchers, of Belmont, Falmouth, Va., was elected chairman. James E. Fraser, sculptor, 3 MacDou- &al alley, New York city, was elect- ed to succeed to the vacancy on the commission caused by Mr. French's retirement. The other artists on the commission are Herbert Adams, 131 West 11th street, New York city: Hd- win H. Blashfield, 40 West 53th street, New York city, and Dr. Wil- liam H. Holmes. The five public men interested in the fine arts_who are on the com- mission are W. K. Bixby. uv06 Cen- tury_Butlding, St. Louis, Mo.: Joseph H. Gest, director of the Cincinnati Museum Assoclation, Cincinnati, Ohlo; Charles Moore, Detroit, Mich. arts, Washington, and chief of the division of manuscripts, Library of Congress: James Padnelce of Nasi- i and Cleveland, and Herbart L. AT New York eity. the Comminsion The five experts on the commission are: John E. Lodge, curator of the in the Smithsonian group, the bullding, costing $1,250,000, and the Freer coilection, valued at more than $4,000,000, having been gifts to the government: Frank J. Mather, Jr., vice chairman of the commission, 3 Evelyn place. Prince- ton, N. J.: A. Kingsley Porter. Elm- wood, _Cambridge, Mass.; Edward Willis Redfield, Center Bridge, Bucks county, Pa., and Joseph Breck, as- stant director of the Metropolitan seum of Art, New York city, and curator of decorative arts, Who was elected to fill a vacancy. Attention was called to the fact that the collection of war portraits 8 now on permanent exhibition in the National Gallery, after having been exhibited in twenty-five cities throughout the country. The last portrait to be completed, that of the Queen of the Belgians, was added to the collection August 1. It was an- nounced that a gallery was being| prepared on the second floor of the National Museum for the exhibition of the collection of portraits. Considers Museum of Architecture. The suggestion of certain archi- tects that & museum of architecture be founded in conneetion with the Smithsonjan Institution was consid- ered by the commission. It was de-| clded to_recommend to tho regents| Smithsonian Institution the fnclusion of a division of historical architecture in the National Gallery of Art. The division should seek to es- tablish standards in architecture, furniture and landscape architecture | for the benefit of students and others | interested in the preservation of the historic buildings of America. Experts ol DEADLOCK IN SENATE DEFIES SOLUTION, ROW IN HOUSE ADJUSTED (Continued from First Page.) tomobile reciprocity measure. The Senate Insurgents’ plan as outlin- ed today Is to vote for Senator Howell on the first ballot tomorrow and then | if he falls to obtain a majority to switch to Senator Couzens. Should he also fail to gain sufficient support for election some of the group, at least, would throw thelr votes to Senator Smith, who received five votes from re- publican insurgents and the two farm- er-labor senators from Minnesota last ‘Wednesday and failed of election on one ballot by only one vote. FORD PLANS NEW ROAD. Seeks Permit for Forty-Three-Mile Addition to Ironton. Henry Ford's Detroit and Iron- ton Railroad Company asked the Interstate Commerce Commission yes- terday to authorize a new 43-mile line between Wauseon, Ohto, and Durban, Mich. Permission was sought to is- sue sufficlent mortgage securities to finance the project. ‘The chief purpose of the construc- tion Is to cut off distance on the Iron- ton road Into Detroit. According to the map flled with the commission the cut-off would be absolutely stralght_for the entire forty-three miles. No straight line of track for that distance ever has been bullt in the United State: No definite cost estimates were in- cluded. but exhibits filed with the application indicated that a bond is- sue of $5,000,000 was contemplated. lows: “Whole {sland co-operating en- thusiastically. Confidently hope to cover quota.” The campaign there is headed by Emilio del Toro, chief Justice of Porto Rico. Sixty thousand posters, on which i3 a large portrait of the late execut! are being displayed in nanks, offices and other public throughout the country. Radio Addresses Made. Addresses on behalf of the memort, movement were made from forty radlo stations, from Portland, Ores., t ew York clty, promnient men in each of the cities represented talk- ing from ten to twenty-five minutes These speeches were in addition to the broadcasting by five large sta- tions of President Coolidge's eulogy of his predecessor from the White House on Monday night. pecial gifts committees are a work in thirty large cities to obtain representative contributions from ths wealthier men and women. In gen- eral, “however, the organization simply provides an opportunity for people to give to the memorial fund and open solicitation Is avoided. Results in those cities In which the organization has aiready been worke ing effectively ndicate that the re- sponse from the nation at large will be most generous. Becauss of the great extent of the movement. It is unlikely that it will be possible to announce any totals for ome time, Today many churches devoted a part of their services to some form of tribute tv President Harding. CREW FEARED LOST IN VIRGINIA WRECK Five Rescued, But Sunken Norwegian Ship Carried From 16 to 21 Men. e, post places By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., December 15.—With five shipwrecked seamen' aboard the oil tanker W. W. Milly tonight pro- ceeded from Frying Pan Shoals for a Texas port. The coast guard cutter Modoc was awalting the coming of the dawn so that she might begin a search for the bodles of the crew of the wrecked vessel, believed to be the Norwegian steamer Runa, with a crew of from sixteen to twenty-o: men. Coast guard headquarters here to- night received a wireless message from the Modoc stating that the was too rough for her to undertal to transfer the survivors from the tanker, and adding that the latter craft was proceeding to her destina- tion in Texas. The names of the five survivors picked up by the Mills, it was re- ported, were not known. First information recetved here re- garding the shipwreck came in a tele- gram _early this afternoon fron Charleston, reporting that five sur vivors from the Norwegian steame | Rena_had been picked up by the W W. Mills, en route from Philadeiphia to a Texas oil port. Investigation of marine records dis- closed that the Norwegian steamer Rena was off the African coast. The Norweglan steamer Runa, however was found to be in the locality of the Mills, who was off Frying Pan shoals when she reported the shipwreck. The Runa left Newport News De- cember § for Savannah, and, records here indicate, salled from Savannah December 12 for Liverpool. Details of the disaster have not reached here, but the Modoc's mes sage Indicates that all members of the wrecked ship's erew, except th five picked up by the Mills, were lo The Runa is a small yteamer of ¢ gross tonnage. —_— 13 BURNED TO DEATH. Refuge of Homeless Near Leipzic Believed Fired in Spite. LEIPSIC, December 15.—Thirteen persons were burned to death last night in a suburban shack used as a shelter by a scoro of homeless per- sons no longer permitted to sleep in the waiting rooms of the railway sta- tions here. The bodies were burned beyond recognition. Survivors said they suspected the fire was set by a fellow unfortunate, a fifteen-year-old boy, who had been refused admittance to the shack. Woman, at 80, Fulfills Girlhood Dream at New York Song Recital By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, woman, eighty years old, December 15.—A fulfilled her q ' Eirlhood wish tonight In an audi- and was a |torium just a few feet from 42d atreet and Broadway, and all that that im- plies. Doing so made her very happy and the §500 men and women there lana _and ' were glad. Throughout her four-score years Mrs. Henry Clay Wright of Dallas Tex., wanted to be & cancert singer. The death of her parents prevented her from studying while she was young. She was adopted and later she married. But always she had toa many cares, except to practice with an ncezrdlnn her husband had bought. She kang in church in Dallas, how- ever, and during the war led com- Three months ago e here and became a pupll of da Haggerty-Snell, who ar- rod the concert in the Wurlitzer auditorfum, which was more than filled, ‘Like others of temperament, Mrs. ‘Wright was late. She came onto th & gentle, nervous re in L M Bair Knotted on her head. She frail, yet sturdy; exclted, but eonfl: dent. She leaned on the plano and sang “A Song of the South." Her program of a dozen selections was am- bitious, one plece being in Spanish and another partly in Latin, The critics won't pass Mrs. Wright to the Metropolitan. She didn't “tickle the ear’ with her song. but she reached a mora satisfactory recording Instroment * that pulses against the ribs. Mrs. Wright showed she had a good the middle register. 'Belowy he became hoarse; above that—" ached high C—she was metal- lic; but so are some opera singers. Her voice wasn't plastic; she lin} gered on notes, slid off key occasion-* ally. Nevertheless there was beauty. After the first group of three num- bers she came back with an excellent tone in “Out Where the West Be- gins” (Chapman), and her second group was well done. The third and last was not so good. She had to re- tire just before her mext to the last number for rest. Her last song was ‘Ave Maria" and she sang it . she as it 14 Mme, Haggorty Snell asked it the _E:'- 3 dience thought she vould sing. nutes te a1 3 andience u':‘w“ ':o ul’