Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy and warmer tonight, lowest temperature about 35; tomorrow, un- settled and warmer, proba Temperature for twenty ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 4 p.m. yesterday: wm. today lowest, Full report on page 7. bly rain -four hours at at 6:15 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. post 29,086. Bntered as second-class matter office Washington, D, C ch WASHINGTON. ARMISTICE STEPS FOLLOW ROUT OF OBREGON TROUPS Rebel and Federal Chiefs| Confer at San Marcos, Says Vera Cruz Writer. HUERTA COMMUNIQUE SAYS 100 OF FOE FELL Captured Mexican Ship Being Armed for Battle—Yucatan Capital Joins Revolt. hie Associated Pross, VERA CRUZ, December newsaper A Vera tele- fifteen | 16 correspondent Rinconada, San Marco: reports | is betng arranged n ti% rebel and federal forces from of phing les east rat a Huerta Martinez, the Obregonist, | of hostilities. | lost 100 men | sally San o Obregon A cessation The foreces t agutnst | Marcos, | unsuceessful revolutionaries at ommunique issued at he 4 sualties are dquarters, 1 at oo, Withdrew. sponde troups, . having Mare und have ters irtheast plac Soys Federals WSPABET o e Obregon awn from ng an the raflway estab- | Hua- | the their at Mareos | rs of | to advices re- . and the opposing forces be hold their posi- 1 | | | FEDERALS FORCED OUT. Obregon Soldiers Still Along Rail- way Near San Marcos. ! VERA CRUZ, December 1‘—)(!\\“} reinforcements have forced the Obre. gon troops to withdraw from the town of San Marcos, on the railroad | east of Mexico Ci according lni newspaper accounts reaching here | ‘from the fighting zone. | The Obregonist vanguard, the dis- | Patches say, is still along the rail-| Toad. Their general headquarters is | t Huamantla, about ten miles north- east of San Marcos. command of Gen. Ei 1 Tn the flghting at San Marcos only | ©one rebel column, that of Gen. Villa- nueva, was engaged against the fed- eral fo 5. Villanueva was among those wounded, according to an offi- | cial tatement to revolutionary head- | quarters, which adds that altogether | the rebels suffered thirty casualtles. | he same statement says that Gen. Cavazos, Obregon's chief of the gen- eral staff, wh commanded the fed- eral vanguard, was killed during the fighting. | A correspond-~t with the column | of the rebel general Gonzalez, in a| dispateh from Rinconada out fif- en miles east of San Marcos on the | Aexican railway, referring to the ad- ! vance toward ¥an Marcos from Es- | Veranza, declares it was made with- | out difficulty after the road near Algides had been repaired The column reached San Marcos \is afternoon ! ording to this correspondent, oth sldes are holding thelr positions whil 1 armistice is being arranged. Adolfo de la Huerta, leader of the revolt, with headquarters in Vera! “conferred by wire with Gen.| nez in an endeavor to reach an | standing regarding a cessation istilities, operatista members of the ch«m-‘ Ler of deputies who have taken ref- | uge here issued a manifesto to the | nation urging the assembling of | hoth chambers of congress here. The | anifesto declares that the deputies | support the plan of government as.| cvutlined by Adolfo de la Huerta De- | ember and that they recognize de | Huerta as the supreme chief of the ! Present movement. They are under | genio Martinez. | NAVAL ATTACK PLANNED. | Radio Says Rebels Arming Seizea] Mexican Steamer. ! SAN PEDRO, C December 19. The Mexican steamer Coahuila, re- | cently selzed by rebel forees, is | mounting guns for a naval encounter apuleo with gunboat Pro- o standing t according to a | adio message infercepted by tadio Corporation of American here Ast night. The message gave no de- ails The Coah zovernment n plying Yrancisco and eft this port th ila, owned by merchant the Mexican marine, has between Los Angeles, San west coast poiuts. She two weeks ago. MERIDA JOINS REVOLT. Garrison in Capital of Yucatan De- clares for Huerta. NEW ORLEANS, La., December 19. +The city of Merida, capital of Yuca- tan, with a population of 100,000, was taken over by the rebels yesterday when Gen. Leriga and the garrison declared for Huerta, it was announced today by the Mexican consul general tiere. Indications were that the port of Progreso would fall into rebel | hands, it was added. ! GEN. LOPEZ FACES TRIAL. | i { Rebellion Charged Against Lagos| Garrison Chief. EL"PASO, Tex., December 19.—Gen. Lopez, garrison commander at Lagos, Jallsco, seventy-five miles north of Ira- buato, where federal troops are being concentrated for the campaign against insurrectionists, has been arrested on ® charge of rebellion and taken to Ira- puato for military trial, according to passengers who arrived here today on n train from the south. The commander was actused of warning raliroad officials that ne intended to stop traffic, the ravelers said. A band of rebels looted weveral homes in San Juan de Los {.agos, about five miles from the rail- way, it was reported. SAYS OBREGON WILL FALL. Nelson O’Shaughnessy Predicts Revolutionists Will Win Struggle. Tt is the opinion of Nelson O'Shaugh= nessy of New York, former charge d'affalres for’ the United States in (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) las communicated | a | king said, in substance, that he would | conform with its suggestions, “made | trict of Columbia. jare beating upon the post office for ] Chester Grant Annulled, Says Turk Dispatch B the Assoelated Dress LONDON, December gram from Angora Constantinople states commissioner of works y notified the agent of Col. Clayton- Kennedy of the aunulment of the Chester concession for Anatolian development, says a Reuter dis- patch from Constantinople this afternoon. PALED GREEK ING OFF 10 RUNANA Regency to Direct Nation Un-: til Form of Government Is Determined. | 19 received that By the Associated Press. i LONDON, December 18 — King| George and Queen Elizabeth of | ireece left Piraeus last night aboard | steamer, says an agency dispatch | from Athens, This brief message was the only thing in thé way of a press report| that had come out of Athens today | up to 3:30 o'clock. Officlal advices | also were lacking and the indications | were that the Greek censor 1 for| sons of his own drawn the curtain | temporarily on the drama in progress | in the climax of which was to be the departure of the king and the queen, practically as exiles, to | Rumania. Hegency to Be Set Up. most recent no aispatehes Bave indication of untoward happenings the from av y el con- | | \ vious advices had stated that the d arture of the king would be follow under the aged Admiral Coundour and that the king's absence would be decision of the ne ected national essembly us to the future form of | belief was expressed. however, that | King George's departare would be | tendency of Greece toward a repub- an form of government is The suddenness of this development | from the victory of the liberals and has astonished even Greek people, acoustomed as th are to recurring Cabinet Orders Exile. The revolutionary cabinet, prompt- ists at the polls, served notice of his temporary dismissal on the youthful to accede. The allied and Balkan diplomats made representations on the expulsion of the king, but too late to save the situation. in Paris, agaln been invited to return to Greece to undertake the known, but it is belteved he will not accept. unless a united call comes by the tablismment of a regarded as a * pending the ! the Hellenic government. The general for good. In many quarters the I sidered strong. republicans at the recent elections political convulsions. ed by the dectsive defeat of the royal- monarch, who had no alternative but behalf of their governments against Former Premier Venizelos, who is government. His reply Is not yet from the whole people. Natlon Outwardly Calm. cording to latest advices the sftua- tion remains outwardly ecalm, but great anxiety for the future prevails, although the of the rovalist press Is comparatively moderate. In replying to the notification the tone under pressure from the army and navy and the democratic party Before leaving, King George was to receive one miilion drachmas, and henceforward will be placed on the civil list. with a pension of 1,500,000 drachmas. SENATE BACKS PROBE OF “DIPLOMA MILLS” Adopts Copeland Resolution for In- quiry Into Fake Medical Certificates. % | A resolution inquiring into the issue of fake medical -diplomas, introduced by Senator Copeland of New York, was adopted by the Senate today. The resolution applies to the whole country, and particularly to the Dis- Among the pro- visions of the resolution are direc- tion to ascertain whether any such diplomas are issued in the District of Columbia, whether the medical schools are keeping up to the stand- ard and whether any officials of the government have recelved medical degrees from the so-called “diploma mills.” { tinued to object té th sisting of Senator Ball, | democrats that GASOLINE TAX BILL BLOCKED IN SENATE BY MKELLAR MOVE Objection Sends Reciprocity: Measure to Calendar After Favorable Report. TENNESSEAN DECLARES ACTION RESTS WITA HOUSE New Subcommittees to Guide Dis- trict Legislation Are ‘ Approved. Consideration of the gasolite tax b to Lring about reciprocity between District of Columbia and Maryland ir the matter of automobile licenses was blocked in the Senate today by Senator McKellar of Tennessee, who objected to its immediate consideration when it was reported from the District committec. Inder the rul objection sent tne ! to the Senate calendar. When Senator Ball, chairman of the District committee, reportea the bill ar 1 for immedite consia erati ator MeKel. lar called att ot the Constitu directs that all bills for raising revenue shall originate n the House. The Tennessee senator wanted to know whether the gasoline tax bill was not a revenue raising bill and whether the Senate District com- mittee had given at- tention 1 of the measure, ntion to that provisi which this matter its Ball Disputes Point. ator Ball insisted tnat the ga e tax bill was not ven hut intended to bring t recipr ty in the matter utomobile licenses Senator 1 ¥ b0 i E of McKellar, Lowever, consideration went over. bill the by striking would property con- bill. and 1t Before reporting the mitte st amended it out the provision which remitted the personal ax on motor vehicles after July 1, 1924. This was In line with the action taken by the House District committe terda; The committee Informally discussed the part that Senator McKellar of Tennessee would offer as an amend- ment to the gasoline-tax providing for s-cent street It was the unanimous opinion of the committee that the street car fare bill should be considered separately and on its merits, and that the gaso- lige tax bill should not be compli cated by adding to it the street car ALl of the have MeKellar Heassured. Senator McKellar, after the com- mittee meeting discussed with Sena- tor Ball his street car fare bill and was assured that the committee would give it full consideration. Sen- ator Ball pointed out, however, that members of the committee believe that the bill should be carefully con sidered before being acted upon. He sald that it would be referred to a subcommittes on public utilities con- Senator Cap- per, Senator Goodimg, Senator Cope- land and Senator Sheppard. While the committee was still in session the course to be adopted should Senator McKellar insist u offering his street car fare bill as amendment to the gasoline tux bill was considered. It was the unani- mous opinion of both republicans and a motion should be made to lay the McKellar amendment on the table, so as to expedite the passage of the gasoline tax bill. Sena tors who favor the McKellar bill as well as those opposed to it agreed. The opinion was expressed by one of the supporters of the McKellar bill that the Tennessee senator was making & mistake in attempting to | dictate to the committee as to what | they have him. District legislation should be passed and what should not. Name Subcommittees. The committee also appointed sub- committees in addition to the public utility subcommittee as follows: Subcommittee on judiciary, Senato Jones of Washington, Weller of Maryland, Elkins of West Virginia, Stanley of Kentucky, and King of Utah; education and labor, Senators Capper of Kansas, Edge of New Jer- sey, Jones of Washington, Utah and Hanley of Kentucky. Insurance and banks, Senators kins of West Virginia, Gooding of 1daho, Capper of Kansas, Glass of Virginia and Edwards of New Jersey; public health, hospitals and charities, Senators Copeland of New York, Sheppard of Texas, Glass of Virginia, Ball of Delaware and Gooding of 1daho. Streets and avenues, Senators Wel- Elkins of West Virginia, Stanley of Kentucky and Sheppard of Texas. Incorporations. Senators Jones of Washington, Elkins of West Virginia, Edge of New Jersey, Glass of Virginia and King of Utah. Police and fire departments, Senators Edge of New Jersey, Ball of Delaware, Jones of Washington, Sheppard of Texas and Stanley of Kentucky. Traffic regulations, Senator Ball of Delaware, Weller of Maryland, Jones (Continue Column 1.) “Got to Finish It,” Says P. 0. Staff As Christmas Mail Peak Comes “We've got to get it out, that's all.” That was the spirit of the Washing- ton city post office, as voiced today by a worker on the parcel post loading platform, midway in the day that ls expected to see the peak of the great reception of Christmas parcels. More than a milllon first-class let- ters and greeting cards are expected to be sent out today, in addition to thousands of parcels. Meanwhile thousands upon thou- sands of parcels from every nook and corner of the United States, and from foreign countries, including China, admittance. Nor is their importunity in vain. Working like bees, the approximately 1,600 regular employes, reinforced by 600 extra carriers and clerks, today attacked the constantly arriving mountains-of mail. From Virginia they came—for the | people of all the states are “mailing | A # early” this year; from far-away Oregon they drifted into the post of- fice, to find experts in handling mail walting for them. Every Move Efficient. Great trucks piled high with mail came rolling onto the “workroom” floor from the city post office, pulled by & man almost lost to sight under the load. Trucks 'seemingly ran hither and thither, without much re- gard to anything else, yet behind all the apparent confusion was order, planned, deliberate movements, ex- pert work and guidance that is re- sulting in prompt delivery of Mr. Everybody's Christmas gifts. Frederick W. Heinie, in charge of the parcel post sorting for out-of- sown shipment, is a good example of :‘h‘e spirit of the post office at Yule- e. A big fellow, he works like a beaver, weizing huge trucks of malil and dumping them with on hand, lifting (Coutinued on Fuge 2, Column 5.) King of | ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, WED) ESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1923—FORTY-EIGHT ny Star. Ihe tion is delive as ia “From Press to Home Star’s every city block and the regular edi- %t 4 Within the Houf” arvier system covers ed to Washington homes as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 95,628 PA GES. the | FORD URGES CHOCE OF CODLIGE N 2 Petitions Filed for Both Ac-' cented by Michigan State Department. 3t iatend Press. LANSING, Mich., ng petiti and H December 19 entering Calv nry Ford sidenti accepted ymin solidge as candi primary ril were by the de- it of state today petitiéns ming the repub Horat President ticket Earle. Adrian offered peti naming him on democratic tickat. Both had suf- {fielent signatuves and the secretary |of state will inform the candidates ithat t petitions are approved n om Says People for Coolidse s ural the the people on the nination and election of Mr. Coolldge.” Mr. Ford said. “I satisfied that 90 per cent of the pe ple feel 1 ctly safe with Cool janda I 7 that the ecountry is i perfectly s ith him. And if this |is the feeling of the country. why | change? “Mr. Coolidge shown these 1eonths of service a great many qual- ities that should please his country- men. T think they all feel that Mr. |Coolidge means to do right. And | when a man means to do right, so far as | have observed, it is usually quits |easy for him to find the way to do right believe thing i wise and nat to agres has in Should Keep “Good Man." “Some people disturbed over |the conditions which business will |tace during the presidential election vear. Of course, there must be an election. But there is no reason why business should be disturbed by it, if the people by common consent agree they seem Public sentiment can be so formed long before the election that there need be no doubt about the election. “In_addition terests of the sider the interests of the President, as head of the American government President Coolidge has a position of the highest responsibility. ~He should {not feel compelled to take any of his time or strength for any sort of political campaigning, and for the sake of the country as well as for | his own sake, he should not have to 0 s0.” to considering the in- MMOONEY ISNAMED D. C. POSTMASTER Has Been Holding Recess Appointment From Mr. Harding Since Spring. ler of Maryland, Gooding of Idaho and | President Coolidge today sent to the Senate the nomination of William M. Mooney to be postmaster of the District of Columbia. Mr. Mooney | has been holding office as postmaster | of this city since last spring, having {recelved a recess appointment from | President Harding. Mr. Mooney has been in the postal service for thirty years. He came to the Washington city post office in 1895, and during the Cleveland ad- ministration was appointed a clerk in the finance division. Later he was made chief clerk and then superin- tendent of the division of supplies. During the Roosevelt administration he was made disbursing clerk, which position he held for ten years. On March 10, 1921, he was appointed chief clerk of the department, from Which he was promoted to the post- mastership as successor to Merritt O. Chance, resigned. RAISULI “DEAD” AGAIN. Morocco Brigand Chief Believed to Have Been Poisoned. LONDON, December 19.—Another report of the death of Mulai Ahmed Raisull, the notorious brigand chief of Morocco, reached London today from the Tanglers correspondent of the Daily Mail. There is a suspicion, ) says the telegram, that Raisull way yoisoned. ee | will hold to a good man while | people, we should con- | 'Troops of Soviet | In Siberia Revolt Under Harsh Rule By the Assoc HARBIN, tiny of commencing ported from id Khabarovsk reds, the | ed Press. December soviet Russian last Monday, Vladivostok, The reports sa assisted by partisans of the or anti-soviet, faction in The populations of the named are said to have driven to desperation by ruthless collection of food religlous persecution and harsh official sovlet regime UTHTIES BOARD A troops. - mu- is re Ikolsk utinous being white, Siberia. citles Leen the axes, the E are clared Rate Would Be Ruinous to Companies. The Public Utilities struck several body cent street car fare in the District in a letter embodying the views of ! the commission dispatched last night to Senator L. Heisler Ball, chairman of the Senate District committee. The i high light of the lettey is a state | ment of figures showing that the two Ir(rel‘( rallway companies of the Dis- i trict whuld h: a total of more | than $1,000.000, if they did | have ‘to pay taxes, had a five- | fare been in effect during the past ! year. | The letter was w the Dis- triet Commissioners report { the Senate bill which would prohibit the Public Utllities Commission from | fixing rates of fare for street railwa: { companies in excess of those stipulat- ed in their charters. Since the 5-cent [ fare is stipulated in the charters, the | bill would by such wording make the | G-ent fare the maximum fn the Dis triet Commission blows at a five- ave ten by as Effect Ruinous, In Belief, “The effect of a cash fare of 5 cents | with tickets at the rate of six for |25 cents, as provided by the terms of this bill, would be runous to the street raflway companies and disas- trous to the efiicient service now furnished the public by those cor- porations,” the letter declares. As for figures, here's what the let- ter_shows: “The Capital Traction Company has carried during the first ten months of the present calendar year 13,766, 603 cash passengers and 42.441.801 token passengers. Had these passen- gers pald the rates of fare preserib- 6d by Senate hill 393, the company's venues would have been $2.456.- | 271.86. The company's actual operating | expenzes for'that period. not_ includ- ing taxes, Fave been $2,602,573.01, as shown in its monthly to the Public Utilities Com.- missfon, which amount is $146,301.15 in excess of what receipts would have beer had the rates prescribed by Sen- ate bill 393 been in effect.” W. R. & E. Tabulation. A similar tabulation made for the Washington Rallway and Electric Company and subsidiaries shows the following: : 4 Cash passenger: ten months of this year token passengers, 49.473,912; operat- |ing expenses, not including taxes, were $3.675,061.87. which would have Dbeen $967.684.07 in excess of Income had the 5-cent fare been in operation. Fh the years 1920, 1921 and 1823 cach losses would have exceeded $1.000,000 for both companies had the cent fare been in operation, the letter states. Figures as Illustration. The following table is used for il- lustrating this fact: In 19: Capital Traction Com- pany—Operating _expenses, exclusive of taxes, $3,302,061.88; total revenues at b-cent fare, six tickets for 25 cents, $3,207,5618.85; deficit, $94,543.08. ‘Washington Railway and Electric Company—Operating expenses, éx- clusive of taxes, $4,838,270.79; reve- nues, at G-cent fare, six tickets for a quarter, $3,412,9700.66; deficit, $1,- 425,400.13. ~Capital Traction Com- 3 carried in the fi 12,919,29 In 1921: pany—Operating expenses, exclusive of taxes, $3,220,740.89; revenues at G-cent fare, etc., $3,120,452.76; deficit, $100,258.13. Washington Railway and Electric Company—Operating expenses, etc., $4,688,744.79; revenues under 5-cent ftrcz $3,350,215.67; deficit, $1,238,- 529.12, In 1922: The loss for the Capital Traction Comglny on the same basis as figured above would have been 140,084.64, and for the Washington \lway and Electric Company, $1.- 152,613.92. The letter points out that the util- HITS 5-CENT FARES Letter to Senator Ball De-| on | statements submitted | TWO CENTS, 0. S. FARM SOVIET -~ AINLOF MoScow Nebraska Man Helps to Form “Peasant Internationale” to Overthrow Capitalism. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Detailed information has ington concerning the organiza- toin at Moscow, with American aid, of “International Peasant So H. Green of naha, Neb., jpresident of the “federated labor party,” formed at ¢ June, participated in the n, and was ed a the executive council, The purpose of the nationale” of the world with workingmen for communist objects and convert all |governments into soviets, w a !grand central capital as Moscow. The | “International Peasant Sovie born during the third week tober. The principal communist \leader took part fn launching it Fiers speeches summoning farm workers to the soviet banner were delivered by Trotsky, the red minis- iter of war, and by Zinovieff, the | president of the communist interna- | tionale. reached « vice farmer- cago last organiza- membar of | 1 peasant inter- i Plcn U, 8. Propaganda. The openk plan of the |soviet autocrats to”carry their cru- sade against pitalistic govern- | ment.” 5t forth at the peasant conference in Moscow. into the |United States throws timely light on {the Coolidge administration’s refusal {to “negotiate” with Moscow for rec- ognition It is categorical evidence of this sort which Secretary Hughes in mind when he notifies M. Tchitcherin that “most serious is the | |continued propaganda to overthrow | {the institutions of this countr: | Professions of ‘“non-interferénce’ {in American internal affairs emanat- | !ing from Moscow carry littla convie- | {tion to the White House or State Department in the presence of chap- | ter-and-verse proof of soviet in trigus such as the United States gov- lernment possesses to a voluminous |degree | W. H. Green. the Nebraska “f ted farm-labor party” leader. who »-operated in the formation of th peasant internationale” at Moscow, is well known in western radical circles. He turned up in Washington in September and announced that he had been invited 1o go to Morcow. | with two other ‘representatives of American agriculture.” to attend an “international agricultural = exhibi- tion"” there. Teld Hin Plans Freely, He called at the Department of State and made a clean breast of tis traveling plans, even admitting that the expenses of himself and his :ompanions were being pald by Mos- cow. Green said nothing about help- ig to organize an ‘“international peasant sovlet.” and may not have |known_that he was expected to do so when he left the United States. He told State Department officials that he frankly disagreed with Sec- retary Hughe Russian pollcy and, as an American citizen, considered he had a right to do so. No difficulties were placed in the way of his secur- ing passports. The conference for foundation of the international peasant soviet open- ed at Moscow on October 10. The €o- called American delegation consisted of Green, a certain Charles H. Smith, and two' other persons named Wer and Welker. Smith known to; American officlals as a “concession- hunter” in Siberia. The identity of Wer and Welker has not been fixed. ihas { Moscow to He Center. The underlying scheme of the peas- ant conference was to link up farm labor with communism as effectually as the soviet thinks it has linked up industrial labor. A Moscow com- munique put it thus: “Under the walls of the Kremlin is about to be born a movement to force agricultural workers of the world into the ranks of communism; to ally them with the industrial workers of the world in the struggle for the overthrow of all existing non-communist govern- ments, and to unite the whole world in a communistic federgtion with Moscow as fits capital.” Varfous European communist lead- ers addressed the conference along such lines, among them Zinovieff and Clara Zetkin. Zinovieff said the ob- ject was ‘“not to organize a nasty yellow internationale, but a real, red peasant internationale.” The pro lamation of the new organization’ purposes made prominent reference to American rallway rates. As reported by Pravda, one of the officlal soviet " newspapers, Green, speaking ‘fof America, declared the first peasant conference was appoint- ed_to play an important role. The | J " (Continued 6n Page 2, Column 2.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) WILMETH CONFERS | dire is to league farm workers | was | of Oc- | development Pope May Speak In Interest of Peace in Ruhr | i i | v ember 19.-—FPope Pii otiating with France with regatd to b t alloc Las been, ne and Germans intention tion at o i in his | tomorrow’s tory a passage roing the situation in central Burope with specfal reference to the Ruhr ques- tion. » The pontiff does not wish to be misunderstood by either side and desires to pronounce a word of amity and Christmas peace and good will in order to bring about an understanding satisfactory to both secret conc ports received by rman prisoners re being detained Atlantic coust of Fran discomforting conditions, large number of the Ger- mpelled to the Rubr are scattere »ut other the country and starving ien upon the remainder of e under while mans ¢ regio parts of it bu he D t ONRENSTATEMENT Talk With Secretary Melion to Be Followed by Others, Is Belief. James L. Wilmeth, deposed r of the bureau of and printing, conferred Secretary of the Treasury about half an hour at Department, conne announced policy of the reinstate the employes d March, 19 Exactly scretar f engray with rmer today Mellor the Treasu with Treasury the | to in| happened and Mr revealed, but it discuss, and that the Secr Wilmeth, who x h a firm in Philadeiphia Indiana adelph between Wilmeth wers M, ary oW is con agair ected ad been e re- ceived his of the ne ministrat posed e on “equivalent” po mediately t fo ton and. arriving this m the Secretary of the Tre; 10 o'clock. Mr. Wilmeth also to confer with Senator Caraway of Arkansas, who has been making a determined campaign for refnstate- ment of all dismissed employes. first intimation vesterday proposal made by the ad- n here to reinstate to ployes either with their old He in v k train W 8- ury about spected Seeretary Non-Committal. Secretary Mellon, following the con- ence this morning, ‘sald that he had no comment make the upon today. The Treasury P and we problem €O of eight in- ves w fey | I still had th under advise- continue studyirg the The unofficial imittee terests of the empl. were ousted by executive order for the good expected to see Mr. Wilmeth and fer with him as to a concerted p It is understood to be the determi- nation of the employes to accept noth- that they will not turn to “‘equiv lent” posts. esterday that Sccretary Mellon would bring about the resignation of Director Perry, who succeeded Wil- meth and former Assistant Director - ment, he let it be known uld who has been representing t of the service more than a year in_the matter. £ ing but their former positions and 1t was reliably stated at the Capito! Director Louis A. Hill and Assistant | Fishe Sherrill Will Institute Other| Park Activities on Site, | He Says. 1 After December 31 Washingt be without a tourist camp unle: District government or the trade bod- ies of the city provide a site in meantime. Abandonment of this ac made known today Ly Lieut Sherrill, officer in charg. lic bulldings and grounds, who plained that this action was because he thought that the operation of 4 tourist camp was not exactly In line with the outdoor activities o ating under the auspices of his offiee in the government parks of the cit and that iIf the city is to have such site or such a place for visiting aut mobllisis the city itself or the trade bodies should assume the responsi- bility. | the i was 20; pub- taken 1 | Popularity Has Grown. Col. Sherrill stated that during the | three vears that his office operated the camp on the banks of the Potomac river at the west end of East Potomac Park the activity has grown in popularity and in every way has peen highly satisfac- | tory, and but for the impression that it | i not correctly related to the other out- | door activities In the government parks | he would unquestionably have continued | it. As an evidence of the growth in the popularity of this spot, Col. Sherrill said that during the first vear of its op. eration a trifle more than 3,000 patron- ized the camp, while during the past year the so-called ‘“tincan tourists, Who used the camp, numbered more than 10,000. Col. Sherrill said the ground which has been used for the camp site wiil be made over for other park purposes. , Commissioner Rudolph said he k ¢f no property owned by the Dj trict large enough to be used for a tour- ist_camp, but that he would be glad to look into the matter. Will Plead With Weeks. Edward F. Colladay, president of the Board of Trade, sald today that he will make a personal attempt to have the federal government retain the tourist camp at its present site | in_Potomac Park. Mr. Colladay con- siders the present location an ideal one and is of the opinion that it has been well managed under the auspices of the office of public buildings and grounds, and he will seek an _inter- view with Secretary of War Weeks some time next week, when make his plea, chairman he will|a F of Tennessee. BONUS DEFERRED AS HOUSE TAKES Up TAXCUT MEASURE Ways and Means Committee Gives Levy Reduction Prec- edence in Action. STUDY OF MELLON DRAFT TO BE BEGUN TOMORROW Soldier Bill Friends Lose Fight to Get Fixed Date for Hearing. mittee dec House ways and means oday to defer acti on a soldiers’ bonus until after has considered administrative fea tures of the Mellon tax program. Several attempts were made to have agree to take such notions The republican mem the exception of Frear of an insurge voted to committee action on the 1d two democrats, Garner of and Collier of Mississippi, vo! ed mittee up the were do with Wisconsin, postpone honus, | with the Frear off re formal ling for immediate conside the bonus bill. After his had been rejected unsu en s were made by other bon proponents to have a definfte date fiixed by which time the bonu measure would be reported to the House reso Follow Green Suggestion 1n tiv revision program the the uggestion advocated erences with various The procedure after disposing of t ative tures will be to - whether a bunus bill should ried the House and then mmend changes in tax sched- lowe rs. ittee w meet toraorrow ts study of the administra o hut does not expec during the Christ- hold h as re ¢ commit by cted & resc sentative Tilson, re providing for tire tax reduc W uction would aken on the bonus. The line-up is wotion was the same 3 o those to give the honus hLill priority Mr. Garner, who is raunking mi- srity member of the committee, and an avowed opponent of the bonus, de- clared he had voted agalnst giving the sensation measure priorits but believed the question of whethe e ported 1o t House settled toda the ¢ . however position SENATE TO RECESS; STILL IN DEADLOCK Defers Further Effort Elect I. C. C. Head Until After Holidays. e also disposit tion program before to nate over the nate interstate will not be set- chairmanship of the ommerce committes | t1ed unti after Congress resumes its se following the Christmas 1 day After tak without an into executive derstanding that adjournment would It"was agreed by unanimous consent also that tomorrow, the last day b the Christmas recess, only routine business should be transacted “The business of the country de- ands action” said Senator Reed It is time auit this boys' play and that's all this is.” Senator Reed said that Congres A Leen in session over two weeks and that therc was business of im porta to be transacted by the rge part of the time been consumed in the the chalrmanship of mittee nee is childish to the degree,” said Senator Reed “Wa all know that there is but little difference to the country whether Senator Cummins or Senator Smith or Senator Couzens shall sit at the head of @ table instead of one the side. “JSach memer of the committee has a vote and can assert his views as effectively as a member of the com- mittee as chairman of the com- mittes. Moreover, the business of the country can proceed without « of this committee. The mmittee can meet, if it wishes, and elect a presiding officer or it can get along without a chairman.” The result of the first ballot today, the twenty-fourth which has beet taken, was 32 for Cummins, 36 fe Smith and 13 for Couzens. The sec- ond ballot resulted as follows: Cu mins, 34; Smith, 36. and Couzens. Senator Wheeler of Montana, demo crat, took issue with the statement o Senator Reed that the contest ove the chairmanship of the committee “was childish.” He said that the pe ple of his state, and of many oth states, were strongly opposed to the Esch-Cummins - transportation act and that those who champion the law have been defeated at the polls. 1f the chairmanship does not amount to anything, Senator Wheeler said he would like to ask why the repub licans refuse to permit the election of progressive senator as chalrmar Including Senator La Follette, Sena tor Howell and Senator Couzens. Senator Heflin of _Alabama and nator Simmons of North Carolin are both twitted with the republi cans because of their inability t uct any business at the prese ballots tod Senate went with the un- two the session tion, follow r is to dispu sing “Th last Senator Lodge, the republica). leader, insisted that business was be ing transacted and that many nomi nations were being considered. He sald, too, that the chairman of th District committee had today report- ed favorably the gasoline tax bill nd that action on this measure had een prevented by an objection. from democratic senator, Mr. McKellar