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f o ¥ 2 CATHEDRAL FUND NOW 15 $165.301.60 This Sum Reported Sub- scribed to Date Toward District’s Quota. Extract of Letter Sent by President On Cathedral Plan Your work is to be commended, because it represents the foun- dation of all progress, all gov- ernment, and all civilization. That foundation is religion. Our country is not lacking in material resources, and though we need more education, it can- not be sald to be lacking In in- telligence. But, certainly, it has need of a greater practical application of the truths of religfon. that direction of solution It is only in that there is hope of our economic and social problems. Whatever inspires and strengthens the belief and religious activ the people, whatever ministers to their spiritual life. s, of su- preme importance. Without it, all other efforts will fail. With it, there lies the only hope of Buccess. A grand total of $16 0 was re- ported at the first luncheon held to date at the New Willard Hotel by those who are raising the District's quota toward the $10,000,000 neceded to completo the bullding of the Na- tional Cathedral. This sum comprises $63,166.60, re- ported by the members of the twenty- eight campalgn teams; $53,135, re- ported by Bishop Freeman as ralsed by the executive committee, and an anonymous gift of $50,000, reported by Newbold Noyes, local campaign manager. Bishop Freeman, at the conclusion of the luncheon, announced that con- sideration was being given to a proj- ect to constitute one of the towers of the cathedral an “Army and Navy further announced local subseription making a portion memorial to the Bishop Freeman that part of the would be used in of the cathedral late Bishop Hardi Bishop Freeman exhibited to the members a rare copy of the “Breeches Bible,” which has been presented to the cathedral. The results of the first day's work in the campaign, which will end De- cember 24, was as follows, by slons: Division A, Dr. L. brook, leader, $19,711; div Glover, jr., leader, §13,211.50; division C, Charles E. Wilson, leader, $3 division DD, Coleman Jennings, leader, $26,294.10, Announcement was made of a gift of $10,000 from Dean and Mrs. Brate- nahl. More than a million dollars of the amount_raised in the past was se- cured through the efforts of the Washington committes of the Na- tional Cathedral Associatlon and gen- erous gifts of Individual members of the committee, It was recalled at the Tuncheon. Members of Committee. The present executive committee of the Washington committee of the National Cathedral Association is as follows: The Very Rev. G. C. F. Bra- tenahl, Mrs, Robert S. Chew, Mrs, Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Mr. Coleman Jennings, treasurer; Mrs, George Wharton Pep- per, Dr. Willlam (Y Rives, Mrs. Wil- lam C. Rives. Mrs. Willlam H. W mer and Mrs. Walter Tuckerman. To show the spirit of constant co- operation on the part of prominent men and women and the people ge erally of Washington in the cathe- dral movement, It was pointed out that a layman, for ma s a resi- dent of the Capltal, recently gave a cheek for $300,000 to complete the cholr of the cathcdral. This offer came most unexpectedly and with- out solfcitation Ly the cathedral chapter, and the only stipulation made with the check was that the name of the domor he not divulged to the public. Benefit of Cathedral. That Washington appreciates th spiritual benefita to the city in thi cathedral 18 evidenced in the grea throngs that attend the special open- alr services on the cathedral close, notably those when_ the foundation stone was laid in 1907 in the presence of President Ro it and the Bishop of London and other notables, and the service t September 30, imme- diately after the consecration of Bishop Freeman, when more than s were in attendance, gest single gift from a Washingtonlan to date, that of $600,- i grade crossing about t | mark was set up In the form 000 from the estate of the late Gen. hn A. Kasson, the brilliant diplo- mat and Army officer, for a main- tenance fund to sustain the cathedral activities, came to the cathedral chapter with this inspiring message in Gen. Kasson's will. It said: “Be- | that the erection of a ca-| of the Trotestant Episcopal | at the Capital of the nation, the plain religion of Jesus Christ, unincumbered by obscuring rites 'and éeremonies, shall e | preached to all people, Will promote true Christian faith and tehd to ele- | vate the standard of national morality | and character, 1 desire to make my humble contribution to the under- taking. My object is to provide a| fund for the constant maintenance of | the cathedral work.” Book of Gifts. Here it should e stated that all gifts to the cathedral, large or small, | are entered In the book of gifts and offefings, and the names of the do- nors, without the sums given, =so all may be on an equal footing th are recorded on the well nigh Ind structtble pages of the book of re- membrance, which is to be placed in & richly carved aumbry or niche, de- signed by the late Henry Vaughan of Boston, for the preservation oOf the book of remembrance, a notable feature of the sanctuary near the doorway leading to the north clolster, The aumbry was hallowed by the Archblshop ‘of Yorl on Easter day, 1 3 thedral Church where All Accounts Audited. The entries of moneys received are kept with the strictest care by pro- fesslonal bookkeepers, and all . oo- counts are audited by the American Audit Company, correct down to the last penny. Early {n the cathedral history the cause of religlous education and edu- cation generally In America was ad- vanced by the notable gifts of two ‘ashington women, that of Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, widow of Senator George Hearst of California, at that time resident here, of $200.831.10, to found & National Cathedral School ‘for Girls, and the bequest of $300,000 by the will of Mrs, Harrlet Lane John- ston, niece of President Buchanan, for many vears a grande dame of the National Capital, to establish a National Cathedral Cholr School for Boys, now known as St. Alban School, in memory of her sons, James Bu- chanan Johnston and Henry Elliot Johnston. One half of the legacy of $300,000 was devoted to the bullding, and the ather half became an endowment for maintenance. The curriculum s hased on that of the best secondary schools of the country, and, in ac- cordance with the wish of the testa- tor, apeclal provision is made for the education and training of choir hoys. Sun Dial Set Up. A devoted church woman and philanthropist of Washington, Mrs. Jullan James, in 1906, as a memoriai o her mother, Mre. T. Balley Myers, ’ !the Cathedral Close, consisting of a | |handsome mansion and thirteen acres {of land overlooking the city, valued |the encroachment of any commercial MEXICO CALLS GUNBOAT COMMANDER FROM U. S. Captain of Vessel Undergoing Re- Pairs at New Orleans Is Substituted. By the Assoclated Press. NEW ORLEANS, December 17— Command of the Mexican gunboat Bravo, which is undergoing repairs here, turned over yesterday to Capt. Arturo F. Laphan, who succeeded, Capt. Manuel G. Camiro. It was sald Capt. Camiro will proceed to Mexico City for instructions. It was an- nounced at the consulate that it would require about twenty days to complete the overhaullng of the gunboat. The transfer was made at the of- fices of the Mexican consulate by Arturo M. Ellas, consul general. Mr. Ellas sald that' the change in com- nand had no political ~significance nd that it was In conformity with regulations governing new assign- ments of marine officlals from time to_tim Mr. Ellas announced the receipt of a dispatch from the minister of for- elgn affairs in Mexico Clty stating that President Obregon had organized forces to attack Gen. Estrada and had departed for Vera Cruz to or- ganize other units for the offensive there as well as in Oaxaca, TRAINS KILL FIVE IN'2 AUTOMOBILES Sixth Fatality Occurs on Road When Car Strikes Justice of Peace. By the Associated Pry TOLEDO, Ohio, December 17.—Two persons were killed and a third was tatally injured when the automobile in which the irio were riding was hit by a New York Central passenger train at Millbury, eight miles east of here, yesterday, The dead are: Mrs. Dennis D. Downing, fifty-five, and John Reith, sixty-five, residents of Milibury. Den: nis * Downing, sixty-three, husband of the woman and driver of the au- tomobile, died later in a hospital here of a broken bgek. FATHER AND SON KILLED. Southern Railway Limited Hits Auto at Grade Crossing. CHARLOTTE, N. C., December 17.-— Will Costner of Kings Mountain and his ten-year-old son were killed at a o miles west sterday when the Southern rail Pledmont Limited struck an automobile in which they and five other persons were riding, according to a report reaching here. AUTO KILLS PEACE OFFICER. of « ye Picturesque Justice Had Held Posi- tion for Thirty Years. CHICAGO, December 17.—Fred sswanger, justice of the peace of Morton Grove, 111, who for more than thirty years had held office, was killed yesterday by a speeding automobile near his home. The car did not stop after striking him. With his death ended a pioturesque | career of a small town justice who always had a citation for every of- fense and every offender, whether it fitted or not. Justice Belsswanger was under a sentence of eight months' Imprison- ment and $500 fine for impersonating Fedéral Judge Kenesaw Mountain ndis, now high commissfoner of hase ball. Many stories are told of the sesslons {in | British - diplomats see THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. . MONDAY, DECEA%BER 17, 1923, THE STAR PRAISED BY PRINTERS UNION Tribute Paid to Paper for Success in Publishing Record Issue. The following resolutions were adopted by Columbia Typographical Union at its regular monthly meeting yesterday afternoon. “Whereas on Friday, December 14, 1923, the regular edition of The Washington Evening Star, consisting of seventy pages, established a new record In newspaperdom for size and amount of advertising carried by a regular week day issue of any paper, and, feeling a just pride in the part played by the members of our union this feat of record newspaper making by The Evening Star, there- fore, be it “Resolved, that Columbia Typo- graphical Unlon congratulates The Washington Star Newspaper Com- Pany on its achievement of the 14th llvlF(n".( of giving to the nation the world's largest regular edition of a Wweek day newspaper. The magni- tude of the work necessary in con- nection with such an undertaking can be realized only by those trained to glb the work. That it was accom- plished, (.l"l] in the ordinary course of a day's business speaks volumes for the ability of Th ‘s manage- ment to secure of elements of its vast organiz tion — edlitorial, reportorfal, busine mechanical— that co-operation so e ential to the !“I:I‘l'b ul conduct of any enterprise. ~ It is perhaps peculiarly fitting that this great achlevement of The Evening Star should come at the end of Its 70th year of successful en- deavor In the newspaper field. Today (December 16), The Star is venty- one years old, which fact call for further congratulations from all its triends, “In_these felicitations Columbla 'l;e'hflzruphl‘rnl Union offers the hope that The Evening Star will continue to merit and to receive the generous support now being given It and that has been given it in the past; and the unlon ventures the further hope that the cordlal, friendly relations existing for 50 long between it and The Star Now haper Company will be cned with the pa 3 Sy he passing of the Together with the other friends of this great newspaper, Columbla Typo- &raphical Union wishes for The Iven- Ing Star many returns of the day— of birthdays and of days of record accomplishments, and that they may all be full of prosperity for ltself and of benefit to those it serves." TCHITCHERIN ASKS U. S. TO NEGOTIATE RECOGNITION PACT (Continued from First Page.) the Rus the lan government must indi- willingness to compen Amerlcan citizens who were despoil- ed; second, the Russlan authorities must rv(‘;\:xnlv.sklho debt contracted by the Kerensky regime w United St 5 o of enmity to American must be ‘abated, and, mete for repentanc institutions finally, “works must appear. NOTE INTERESTS BRITISH. See Russian Inclination to Reform Ways. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 17 ficlals are intensel bid for Ame; Foreign viet Ru Coolidge. forts British of- y interested in the rican recognition made by Minister Tchitcherin of so- sla_in his note to President Coupled with similar ef- to obtain Ita friendship, i 1n Moscow’s Eesture to the American government in his courts. Fining one motorist who happened to be an attorney, Justice Beisswanger is said to have | named the wrong citations. ! “Your honor is quoting the statutes covering murder,” said the attorney motorist. “Contempt of court” thundered the Justice and added $20 to the fine. | ment | ave the final payment of $50,000 on the mortgage of the site and, the land being freed from debt, a land- of a un_dial which marks not only the hours of the day, but also the seasorns | of the Christian year and on which are inseribed the names of those whom the gift commemorates, In_1913 another Washington wom- an, Mrs. Susan Evelyn Murray, gave $50,275 in memory of her daughter, Mahel, for a bishop's house in the Cathedral close as a residence for the bishops of Washington. It con- tains a beautiful little chapel. A recent glft from a resident ot | the city was the estate of Beauvolr, | a historic home just.on the edge of at hundreds of thousands of dollars, the generous donation of the Rev. J. Townsend Russell, one of the canons of the cathedral. This gift completes | the cathedral grounds and forestalls environs of the development in the cathedral. A generous response was made by Washingtonians to the plan advanced Ly master builders, who give $1,000 yearly to enable work on the fabric to be continued so that the sound of the hammer shall not cease until the entire structure is completed. Among the local master bullders of the ca- thedral are: Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs . George . F. Bratenahl, Mrs. B. H. Buckingham, Miss Isabel Free- man, the George A. Fuller Construc- tion Company, Charles C. Glover, Mrs, John Hays Hammond, Samuel Mather, Mr. and Mrs. James Parmelee, Dr. and Mrs. Willlam C. Rives and Mrs. Henry White. A bishop's chalr made of stones from historic Glastonbury Abhey and the great Peace cross were the gifts of Washingtonians, while the Jeru- salem altar was given by all the dioceses of the church in America, The Jordan font lined with stones brought from the River Jordan was the gift of those whom the first Bishop of Washington, the late Rt. Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee, had bap- tized and confirmed, and the expense of the Canterbury ‘ambon presented through the Archbishop of Canter- bury, the dean and chapter of Canter- bury, was provided by two citizens of Washington. lof her international obligation. what they characterize as a desire o Russia’s part to reform her ways and a readiness to recognize at least some siznificance I8 attached to herin’s statement that the cenment is fully pre » negotiate with the United St With & view to a satisfactory setties n of the claims mentioncd in l‘resldt’n.‘th'\'mulML:v's message to Con- ress. The British authorities hesi- tate to beljev SR formal admission by validity of all the claf Russia, either hefore o olution of 1917, Uranting that Russ y moral necessity of dlschars clalms, “one official cult to see how in h sent Ge- pleted conditlon she could give ause thing more than a pledge to pay in the distant future. It must be re- membered that she owes the T nited States, with Interest, nearly 250,000~ 000, while her obligations to Great Britain and France total nearly $4.. 300,000,000, It Would take several centuries to llquidate such coloss centu quidate such colossal Government officials here ad American recognition ot the oot Bovernment would have cons influence upon Great Britain' tude toward Moscow, | whether M. Tchitcherin’s ov Washington will result successfully, They believe President Coolidge will want the strongest guarantecs that the soviet government will redeem all Russia's obligations to the Amer- fcan government and American citi- zens before he commits the United States fo the resumption of normal relations with Russia. BISHOP STRESSES Specia Tehite iet go Moscow of the ma incurred by T after the rev- sees the “it s difi- rable arti- urss to GLORY OF GIVING | the | ates: third, the active spirit | that this presages the | soviet | t they doubt la e to dispe Rt. Rev. Freeman Says Cathedral Crusade Contribution Will Glorify Donors. The glory of transmitting both spiritual and material possessions to our fellow men was declared to be greater.than the single glory of pos- sesslon by Bishop James I. Freeman, in a sermon delivered in the Bethle- hem Chapél, Mount St. Alban's, yes- terday afternoon. He took his text from the twenty-second verse of the seventeenth chapter of St. John, “And the glory which thou hast given m 1 have given unto them; that lhe; may be one, even as we are one. Itelterating a quotation from his sermon d red in - the chapel a week ago, “Expect great things from God and attempt gfeat things for God." he told how it was a befitting thing that every one assist in the crusade for raising funds for the building of the Washington Cathes dral, a_temple to God. He explained the slgnificance of the bullding of the cathedral as a means of transmitting spiritual blessedness to fellow men, thereby attemnting a great thing for God. “We shall go on with the suberb support of the best men and women in the nation to complete the bullding,” he declared. “The power and glory of life is not to have and to hold, but to have | order that one may transmit or give, he continued. —_——— A copper mining company Sweden, which has just celebrated its 700th anniversary. is believad to be the oldest established fndustrial concern in the world. The company was founded during the first half of the thirteenth century and has con- tinued ever since to play an impors tant part in the economic life of Sweden, ! National Photo. el The giant Vermont fir tree consigned to President Coolldge by Middlebury College, Vermont, arrived in Wash- ington laxt night and today was trunsferred from ity special car to the Ellipse, where it was erected for use munity ‘he fir cam. electric 1ight Christmas tree. from the forest preserve of Middlebury College. It will Jo00, 000 BLAZE ATCHARLOTTE, N.C. Investigation Ordered Today Into Origin of Great Fire in Business Area. by drawing | ¢ the inter- | s of military eontrol not 3 cen able to resu their regular duties, and declares 1 while this state of affairs exists Ger- many cannot iim to bée ally exe- cuting the treaty of V illes. FRENCH DISAPPOINTED. nelude fact t BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. Special Cable to The Star Daily News. Copyright PARIS, December 17.—The French are disappo at the latest German for a Franco-German un- which t¥ regard as uver to reduce win control of the y o Associated Press, CHARLOTTE, N. C, December 17.— the state fire com- fire which last night botween $500.000 and $500.000 st Trade street mer- district here is to start here 1853 nd Chicago foner of the overtur derstan ey 1se of the fire ned. It w bef o'eloc ¢ rear of the whol, s not yet discovered last night ale depart- orth Com- reparations and re occupied territories. The German thesls French summaries, s, first, that the |ment of the Smith-Wadsy French, Belgian and German gov- Dany. a h""’“’]-”‘]' firm, ‘fl"“ Y'l“.:"ri‘: ot T o8 i . {minutes later had spread until hot ernments, by @iredf negotiations, | MANNISS Jafer At shread vt bott must reach an agreement on repara- Trade street and the wholesale de- tions and then call a general con-|partment on Nerth College street ference of all interested powers with- @ ass of flames out regard to the reparations com- frme anteced 1osw)itrom o mission while smoke and water dam- d the buildings and stocks of. oth- ers YWhen the blaze appeared renewed -~ headway at 9:30 ! Mayor Walker sent out calls the Statesville, Gastonia, Con- . Mooresville and Monroe fire de- tments. The Mooresville truck ar- rived within thirty minutes and forty minutes after the call the Gastonia truck arrived. The Statesville truck made the forty miles from that city at_sixty miles'an hour. fforts of police and firemen to keep the curions’crowds back were wnavailing and finally Company 120th infantry, North Carolina Na- Guard, mobilized and a cordon of men with fixed bavonets was placed around the district. The fire finally was brought- under control at 11 o'clock, but continued 0 burn throughout the night. Fire- men still were throwing water on the according to n n co-operate officlals and wit to_gain o'clock that Ger for elg trecly of r cland and the Ruhr. rench, with whom ipparently are in intend to reply, first, rations questions only through the mission; second, garding administ pled territories through th the R The glans the Bel- agreement, t the repa- | can be discussed reparations com- | that questions re- ation of the occu- n be discussed onl nterailied _commiss at Coblenz. However, France and Belgium are willing to discuss wit Germany adaptation to Germany economio life and prolongation until next April of the recently concluded agreement between the oceupying powers and German.industrials; also | fuins this morning. measures destined alleviate the occupation’ regime, notably the with- drawals of troops and cancellation of grmsialn of trogre s cxpcoliation o7 30 WORKERS ENTOMBED tends that Germany cannot pretend IN ]APANESE COAL M'NE: to be desirous of executing the tr 80 lonz as she continues to oppose the work of the allled disarmament commissions, | Reported as Held Prisoners by Gas | Following Cave-In and Rescue LANDSLIDE BURIES FOUR.| Deemed Tmprobable. Quebec Farmers Beyond Aid When| TOKIO, December 17.—Thirty miners 2 { were entombed in a coal mineat Kasuya Rescuers Arrive. {in Fukuoka prefecture, In southwestern KENOGAMI, Quebee, December 17. | Japan, this morning and are held pris burled allve four men whom a rescue | portions of the mine entombed the men. party was unable to feach in time.| Rescue work is proceeding with e: The victims were Joseph Lebel, Wil- | treme difficulty and it is feared that at- llam Tremblay, Georges Levesque and tempts to save the miners may prove Victor Levesque. By the Associated Press. START G. W. U.’s BUILDING PROGRAN | which Preaident Willlam Mather Lewlix of George Washington University, with spade, takes part in ground hrenking, on Zixt strect, be(weem G and H, here the university pl be decorsted with more than 2,000 hu and will be the gathering place for many civie exercises during the ('hristmas season. BERLIN SUBMITS PLEA FOR BIG FOREIGN LOAN OBREGON WILL PARRY REBEL BLOW AT, CAPITAL Continued from First Page.) close communication, it was stated at headquarters here. Gen. Villareal is reported in command at Puebla Two Generals Revolt. Gen, Ambrosia Figueroa in the state of Guerrero and Gen. Jose Lagunes, operating in the border states of Yucatan and Tabasco, have broken with the Obregon government, the statement asserts. Gen. Figueroa claims complete control of Guerrero except for the town of Chilpanzingo, Which, according to the rebel leaders, he plans to take today, attacking with his command of 2,000 men. Gen, Lagunes I8 reported co-operat- ing with the insurgent forces in an attack upon Villahermosa. RAIL PROGRESS HALTED. Revolt Stops Free Flow of U. 8. Trafic to Mexico. By the Associated Press SAN ANTONIO, Tex., December 17. —Mexlco's present troubles are being viewed with real concern by traffic men of the railroads and of big in- dustrial and commercial concerns, who see renewed complications in trade relations should the revolution rove of long duration. 7 #“Théy point out that Mexican rail- x llites were just getting back to normal after the disturbance of several ye An arrangement recently was per- fected whereby the Mexican railroads became members of the American Railway Association, and the return of_cars. was guaranteed by a blanket arfangement, with equipment care- Tuily checked. . Recently airangements were made for purchaso of through passenger tickets and for Pullman equipment to o through San Antonio to Mexico \ty. Red tape was being eliminated with negotiations proceeding for re- sumption of through bills of lading to points in both countries. SHIPS PASS VERA CRUZ. Calls to Be Made Elsewhere Pend- ing Outcome of Revolt. FANA, Cuba, December 17.—The )-*:}-rfih‘\?n\mcsnmmer Flandre, due here - Wednesday from Corunna, Spain, will proceed from this port to Tampico instead of Vera Cruz, which is her usual port of call. . The change is to be made owing to the revolu- tion in Mexico. he Hamburg-American line also fnounced that in the future its oats will be sent to Tampico in- stend of Vera Cruz. TUTANKHAMEN COFFIN DWARFS DREAMS OF EXCAVATORS (Continued from First Page.) of the second shrine glisten dully, fthe two bolts, one above and one below, yet sternly guarding the se- cret tomb. In the middle, set in either batten of the doors are two metal rings, Tet into the wood side by side, to were attached seals, which Howard Carter, directing. the excs vating work, had previously remov- ed. g Doors Engraved. The doors are engraved with ex- quisitely chiseled figures of god- desses in the attitude of prayer, while above them is the projecting golden lintel of the second shrine, which is about seven feet high. What impresses one more than any- thing else in the intriguing, festive air of this resplendent sepulcher are the interior decorations of the walls of the shrine. These are chiefly gold- en, inscribed with endless lines of | heiroglyphics with figures of Dbirds, flowers and animals, set in a triple frame of broad black lines. This con- trast of deep black and old gold re- calls the art of old China or the decorative effect achieved by modern designers in_boudoirs with golden cellings and black walls, BISHOP CONFIRMS 36. Hyattsville Church Crowded to Overflowing at Service. Speciai Dispateh to Tho Star, HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 17. —An overflow congregation gathered yesterday in Pinkney Memorial Church when the Rt. Rev. Dr. James E. Freeman, Bishop of the Episcopal Church of Washington, administered the rite of confirmation upon a class of thirty-six candidates, including ten adults, Necessity for allegiance to the church was the keynote of the bishop's sermon, Wwhich was based 62 lared that tHe teach- ings of th ""gfi ) Tt are not matters of individual opinions or caprices, but age-long ~ testimony handled down From the day of the Apostle: U. S. CONSUL DEAD. - Hunter Shary of North Carolina ¢ Expires in Edinburgh. EDINBURGH, December 17.—Hunt- er Sharp, American consul here, died today. He was born in Hertford county, N. C. in 1861, and entered the consular service in’ 1886. -— SMOOT WILL PUSH REORGANIZING BILL Believes Congress Must Act This Session or Plan Will Be Lost. Senator Reed Smoot of Utah fs hopeful of getting the bill now being prepared providing for the reorgani- 2ation of the executive departments of the government before Congress this winter, The Utah senator, who, as chairman of the Joint congressional committee on reorganization of the departments, will direct this legislation, so ex- pressed himself today following a brief conference at the White House With the President. He said also that the indications are that if the bill Rets out on the floor of the Senate and House there are a sufficient number of scnators and representa- tives favoring the general reorgani- aation plan to pass it. Senator Smoo aid today that the joint committee will meet tomorrow to decide on @ program preliminary to putting the reorganization bill in final forn for introduction in the Senate and House. This program will also sp ¥ the man in which the gommittec conduct hearings regard- ing the various recommendations con- talned in _the reorganization plan of Walter F. Brown, the presidential representative on thé joint commit- tee, and which plan has been ap- proved by the cabinet and President Coolidge. - Believes Action Needed. Senator Smoot repeated the senti- ment expressed by him on several previous occasions that if the organ- ization legislation is not taken up by Congress at this session it will be dropped into the dliscard. Economical and agricultural condi- tions in the northwest were described to the President today by Benz, known as the “potato king” of the world, and Representative Summers, both of Washington state. Mr. Benz sald the agriculturists find themselves in a sad plight as a result of the drop in prices and the increase in produc- tion. He declared that there is plenty of production, but no profit. To illus- trate this he furnished figures showing that last year the farm products filled a_ sufficlent number of freight cars, which, If coupled together, would have reached three times around the world, and despite this fact the agriculturists who did all this producing added a billion and a half dollars to their mort- gages. They cannot stand this sort of thing long, and unless some remedy is offered by the government shortly these Americans will be bankrupt One remedy suggested by Mr. Benz and Representative Summers was that the government apply the $56,000.000 turned into the Treasury by the United States Grain Corporation, to some gen- eral policy looking to the relief of the agriculturists Jersey for Coolldge. When the New Jersey delegation to the next republjcan convention casts its vote for a presidential can- didate it will vote as a unit for Cal- vin Coolidge. This was the positive beltef _expressed by Senator Edge of New Jersey at the White House to- day, following a brief conference with the President. He told the Pres- ident that the republican state com- mittee will meet tomorrow in New Jergey, at which time it will suggest the seven delegutes at large to be elected at the primaries in April and that these seven delegates will be stanch Coolldge supporters. Senator “dge will attend this meeting tomor- row. Henry J. Allen, formet Governor of Kansas and mentioned frequently as a possible candidate for the running mate of the next republican presi- dential candidate, during a call on President Coolldge today lauded his message in ev particular, He_ said the recommendations of the President have attracted all of the west and have made him many new supporters. He said the people of Kansas liked it principally for its adhesion to the Harding world court proposal, because of the proposed re- duction in taxes and for the recog- nition of the tragedy now existing in the railroad transportation of agri- eultural products. Others who saw the President were Senator Spencer of Missouri, who is endeavoring to land his candidate the appointment to the vacant federal judgeship for eastern Missourl; J. Cralg Ralston, editor of the Milwau- kee Journal; Hulburt Taft, editor of the Cincinnati Times-Star, and Sew- ard Prosser and Gates McOarragh of the Bankers' Trust Company. BUDGET HEARINGS BEGIN WEDNESDAY Appropriations Committee Gives Madden Power to Expedite Action. The House appropriations commit- tee held its first meeting this after- noon which gave authority to Chair- man Madden to prepare a slate of subcommittee assignments to handle the varfous appropriation bills. Government officials have been In- vited to testify at hearings which start Wednesday morning on three of the big appropriation bills—Interior, War and Navy. of Columbia’s budget will not be con- sidered by the subcommittee until late in Januar: DEFEAT OF G. 0. P. INSURGENT THREAT TO BREAK DEADLOCK (Continued from First Page.) then proceeded to ballot for these offi cers, Senator Robinson proposing the name of # democrat as a substitute for the nominees of the republicans In each instance. Sanderson Is Seeretary. The republican progressives with the regulars for the republican nominees. George A. Sanderson was re-elected secretary- by a strict party vote of 50 to 41 over Bdwin A. Halsey of Virginia, nominated by the democrats. David 8. Barry was re-elected ser geant-at-arms of the Senate, over John J. Burns of New York, the democratic nominee, by a vote of 50 to 41. Rev. J. J. Muir was elected chaplain of the Senate, Carl A. Loeffier as- sistant doorkeeper and Thomas W. Keller acting assstant doorkeeper. When the question of giving formal approval to the republican com- mittee selections came up in the house, Representative Gar- rett, the democratic leader, ~de- manded that debate be permitted. On {neffectual _attempt to. debate the question Representative Longworth, {fie republican leader, moved to pro- ¢eed at once to & vote. All but one of the republican insurgents, Schafer of Wisconsin, voted with the repub- licans. 5 It is now expected that the District = voted i recommended GROUND IS BROKEN FORGW U BUILDING 7 \nto'} Epoch in History of U. S. Education Seen in Con- struction Project. GCnnnlruc}lon of the new bullding of eores Washington University, for Which ground was broken today, marks an epoch in the history of edu- catlon in the United States and in Washington, and brings closer to realization the dream of George Washington for a great university in the Capital, speakers declared today at exercises marking the breaking of ground at 21st and G streets, where the new building s to be erected, Ground-breaking exercises and the actual beginning of eonstruction, E. J. Henning, assistant secretary of labor and “chairman of the George Washington University campaign committee, sald, marks the most im- portant occasion in the history of the university. President Willlam Mather Lewis de- clared the university is ingerested not so much in the construction of a building in human life, and re- viewed the history of George Wash- Ington Universit: pointing out that the institution is scattered over sev- eral blocks in the northwest portion of the city Laboratorles, chemical research rooms and classrooms must be provided, he said, to bring to real- ization the aims of the board of trustees for a greater institution. Calls on City to Ald. All Washington must take an in- terest in the building of the univer- sity, Claude Owe president of the Kiwanis Club, declared. Government bufldings _in the Capital, he sald. b long to Washington, But not to Wasl ington alone. They belong also to the states of the Unjon, just as much to California as to New York. George Washington University, however, he added, is the property and the prod- uct of this city, and every resident of this city should be interested in and willing to help to build a greater in- stitution. The people of the city, he said, should back it to their financial limit. Mr, Hanning sald responses to the appeal for financial aid have con- vinced him that the goal of $1,000,000 set in the campaign during February will not only be exceeded, but that he hoped to see more than $2.000,000 raised in the campaign. He said Washington, blessed by nature, fis faced with an opportunity for bufld- ing a university here that will stand as a beacon to the worid, and added that George Washington University s fortunate in having as its head a man of the caliber of President Lewls, Joining of the two, he declared, should make for the greatest educa- tional institution in the United States. Personally, he added, he will never be satisfied until the dream of George Washington is realized and a compre- hensive George V shington Unliver- sity, covering many blocks, has been consummated. Dig Spadeful of Earth. President Lewis called the follow- ing persons to the platform and urged them all to take a spadeful of ground marking the beginning of actual con- struction: John B. Larner, chalrman of the hoard of trustee Jean Hodg- kins of the university; Samuel Her- rick, chalrn o the alumni asso- clation; Mrs, James Carroll Frazier, John J. Tigert, United States commis- sioner of education; Migs Olive Jon of New York, president of the tional Educational Assoclation; Gen. Anton Stephan, president of the Merchants and Manuracturers’ Asso- ciation; the three District Commis- sioners and Dr. F. W. Ballou, super- intendent of schools. The university board of trustees gave ita approval of a building campaign about a month The contract for the bullding arded to the Harry Wardman C st Tuesday. The new building was designed by Charles T. Harris, formerly professor of arch! tecture at the university and at pres- ent a member of the faculty, and Frank H._Heaton During the exercises the student body of the university, grouped about the platform on which the speakers stood, sang university songs. The benedi was pronounced by Rev. Charle W pastor of the Church of the Covenant. 2,000,000 ASKED FOR VET PATIENTS Langley Introduces Bill to Provide Additional Hos- pitalization. Maj. ago, An appropriation of $5,000,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended for provid- ing additional hospital and out- patient dispensary facilities for the United States Veterans' Bureau in caring_for ex-service men is urged upon Congress in a bill introduced today by Representative John W, Langley of Kentucky, chairman of the House committee on public build- ings and grounds. Chairman Langles took this actiog at conferences with the director o the Veterans' Bureau. Specifically th additional hoepital facllity wi medical, surgical, hospital care a would be established for tho; ho served in the world war, the Spanish-American war, the Phil- ippine insurrection and the Boxer re- beliion. The Langley bill would provide ad- aitional facilities by purchasing and remodeling, or by extension of exist- Ing plants, as_well as by new con- struction on sites now owned by the government or to be acquired.. It Covers all® suxiliary structures in- cluding road worlk, trackage faelli- fies, vehicles, live stock, furniture and other equipment. This legisla- tion also would authorize and direct the director of the Veterans Bureau to accept gifts or donations for any of these purposes. Plants to e Fireproof. It is provided that these hospital plants shall be of fireproof construc- tlon and location and nature thercof, whether for the treatment of tuber- culosis, neuro-psychiatru or general lcal and_surgical cases, as in the ion_of the dircctor of the bu- subject to the approval of the rresident. The I'resident is authorized by ccuti e order to transfer any suitahl irg structures and grounds now cd by the United States as may Le ilable for the uses of the Veterans _ eau. “he bill specifically provides not to exceed 3 per cent « $5,000,000 shall avallable for the employment in the District of Columbia and in the field of necessary technleal assistance, ex clusively to aid in the preparation of the plans and specifications, TO REGAIN CITIZENSHIP. Applications for the return of théir American _citizenship were made be- fore Jus Stafford of the District Supreme Court today by three wom- en who married forelgners before the passage of the recent law of natug- allzations. Mrs. Laura Kelly Baye wed to a Spaniard; Mrs. Phillip Mar- tinez to a Mexican, and Mrs. Samuel Rossl to an Italian Others seeking the privilege of American citizenship today included ten Russians, nine Italians, four Eng- 1ish, three Greeks, three Turks, two ermans, two. Scotch and one -each from France, Syria, Sweden, Austris, Treland and Armenia.