Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1924, Page 2

OVAN DEFEND LLOU IN LETTER Auditor Says Superintendent Had Nothing to Do With New Pay Bill. The impending controversy between Several members of the board of edu- catlon and Supt. of Schools Frank W. Ballou over the teachers' salary bill became more complicated the time neared for the speclal con- ference of the school board this aft- ernoon, at which the superintendent will be asked to explain why he failed to inform the board that the Commis- sloners were preparing a substitute for the original salary measure. Maj. Dantel J. Donovan, District auditor, came to the defense of Dr. Ballou With an explanation that the superintendent did not have any- thing to do with the drafting of the substitute pay bill. however, admitted that Dr. Ballou had conferred with him regarding the teachers' salary legislation, but pointed out that the superintendent consistently advocated the adoption of the original bill prepared by the school board No statement concerning the dispute was forthcoming from Dr. Ballou. Ho explained that the whole matter burst Itke a bubble while he was out of the city yesterday and that all In- formation concerning it had been ob- tained by him through the news- papers. Says Agrecment Broken. Capt. Julius I Peyser, who, with TErnest Greenwood. constituting the so-called “progressive wing” of the school board, was Instrumental in calling the special conference at which Dr. Ballou will be quizzed, de- clared today that further investiga- tion of the affair had led him to be- lieve that the superintendent and the Commissioners had violated the “gen- Uemen's agreement” to Inform the board if any changes in its original salary bill were contemplated When the bill was transmitted to the Commissioners by the board, Capt. Deyser sald, there was an agreement that If the measure was to be changed in any way, Dr. Ballou was to have n notified, and he, in turn, agreed to inform the board. This agreement was not carrled out. he declared, be- cause after Dr. Baliou had conferred with Maj. Donovan, he told the board at its last meeting that the bill had one to the budget bureau. “Dr. Ballou is not the school boar: declared Capt. Peyser. “He Is only a pald employe of the board. We of the board are the ones that the District Is should have conferred with, not him.” Defense of Ballou. Donovan's defense of Dr. contained in a letter he £ant today to James T. Lloyd, presi- dent of the school board, which was made public by the board head. It follows “Mr. James T. Lloyd, president, board of education, Washington, D. C. “Dear Mr. Lloyd: Permit me to say, Tegarding certain statements that have appeared in the newspapers. that no public school official or mem- ber of the board of education was in any way identified with, or respon- sible for, the so-called substitute teachers' salary bill. I did ask Dr, Ballou on two occassions to call at my office and give me the benefit of certain information regarding pro- vislons of the bill prepared by the toard of education; but in these con- ferences nothing whatever was satd to Dr. Ballou as to the preparation of a :uhlnmvlna measure. t is also true that at my uest Dr. Ballou attended an lnlorm:?qcon ference in the budget bureau with Capt. Stephens, assistant to the direc- tor of the bureau of the budget, Mr. Baliley, the chairman of the personnel classification board, Mr. Kennedy of the budget bureau and myself, for the purpe of discussing the salary Achedule and other features of the bill of the board of education. Even at this conference nothing was sald of the substitute bill nor do I recall that at the time it was then in mind to prepare and submit such & bill to ;lu Commissioners and the budget for the purpose of obtaining all essential data regarding the bill of the board of education it ‘was entirely proper for me to ask the benefit of conferences with Dr. Ballou and obtain from him Information necessary to the proper study and consideration of the bill and there can be no question but that it also was proper for Dr. Ballou to further discuss the bill fo the hoard of edu- cation, even though informally. with representatives of the bureau of the budget. 2 “I am sending you this letter so that you may know—and, if you de- sire, ‘inform other members of the board of education—that neither Dr. Ballou nor any other public school officlal or member of the board of ed- ucatlon, either directly or indirectly, was responsible for, or had anything to do with, the framing of the so- called substitute bill. “It is only fair to Dr. Ballou to say that In our several conferences he consistently advocated the adoption of the bill of the board of education. “Very truly yours, “DANIEL J. DONOVAN, “Auditor, D. C. Reason for New BIill. Maj. Donovan explained to news- paper men that the substitute teach- ers’ salary bill was written at the District building because the Com- missioners did not want to change in any way the measure prepared by the school board. By drafting an en- tirely new bill and submitting both to the budget bureau, the Commis slouers, he said, were able to giv that agency the opportunity to pas carefully upon the views of the school board and the municipal offi- clals as to what salaries should be granted the school for Although the Commissioners would not reveal the details of the substi- tute bill, It was learned that it dif- fers from the school board measure in maximum salaries, but does not change the minimum figures. The new bill also contains a clause pro- viding for the appointment of_ the achool board personnel by the Com- missioners instead of the District Supreme Court. ‘apt. Peyser contrues this clause a8 a move to oust him and Mr. Green- wood from the board. The Commis. sloners, however, scoffed at this, Pnln.inl wut that they were not seek- ng to get rid of any one now on the board. “For twenty years the Boards of Commissioners have been recommend- ing that all municipal agencies be under the control of the Commis. wsioners,” one District official said. The statement also was made at the District bullding that the substitute salary bill {s substantially the same as the Capper bill, which failed of passage at the last session of Con- gress. It will give all teachers as much as the Capper bill provided and for some It allows more, it was sad. —_—— SHOT FATAL TO ESCORT. Negro Held in Macon, Ga., Killing and Attack on Girl MACON, Ga., January 5.—~J. W. Cul pepper, twenty-one, who was shot & Centrai City Park Sunday night while in company with a. you:n: woman of Cordele, Ga., dled yesterday. Robert Hill, ne, is being held in Atlanta, ving been positively identified, cording to Sheriff Hicks, as the man who robbed and shot Culpepper and attacked the young woman. The sheriff said that the description of the negro tallies with that of the man who shot and killed Lee Watts, six on April 23, 1931, and with iption of negroes who have n the same park: Y, today as| The auditor, | Jodine Attacks | On Women Laid To Boy’s Prank By the Assciated Press. PASSAIC, N. J, January 5—A mysterious bicycle rider, wha has bLeen shooting lodine at women with a squirt gun as he dashed past them In the streets has been captured. The desperate charac- ter proved to be fourteen-year-old Schuyler Finch, who could give no plausible excuse for the prank when a policeman stopped him last night in Main avenue purely on suspicion and searched him. In his pocket was the squirt gun and a bottle half filled with lodine. The boy's father was assistant city engineer until three years ago when he committed sulcide. {CAPT. THOMAS S. KING, U. S. A. RETIRED, DIES L ST Was Notable Figure in District Na- tional Guard, Served in Two Wars as Officer. Capt. Thomas S. King, a resident of Washington for thirty-six years, dled at Walter Reed Hospital at 7 o'clock this morning after a linger- ing fllness. Capt. King was born in Dublin, Ireland, March 4, 1855, and came to this country when a small boy. He served three five-year enlistments in the Regular Army, his service includ- !ing the Indian wars. After his honor- i able discharge from the Army he en- tered National Guard work in the District, December 2, 1889, and since |has been one of the most devoted and active workers for the organiza- tion. missioned and promoted . several times until he reached the rank of major. He was retired as a leuten- | ant-colonel, D. C. N. G., May 21, 1915. The outbreak of the war ‘found Capt. King back in uniform. He was commissioned a first lleutenant Oc- tober 5, 1917, and in February the following was promoted to cap- tain. He served at Camps Upton, Y.: Pike. Ark.: Perry, Ohto; Stuart, 2., and at Anniston, Ala, and Co- lumbta, 8. C. He was hongrably dis- charged a captain September 2, 1919, Fought at Santiago. When the Spanish-American war began, Capt. king became a member of the 1st. District of Columbia In- fantry, U. S. Volunters, in which he hold the rank of first lisutenant. He served In the Santiago campaign and took part in other maneuvers. About & vear ago he was presented with a large gold service medal signifyin, membership in the District Gua: for twenty-five years. Capt. King was recognized as an au- thority and expert in rifle shooting. He was present at many national rifie matches either as team member, team captain or coach. He never divorced himself from the guard here, serving as battallon inspector of rifle prac- tice and being in charge of the rifle gallery, in addition to other duties that aided In helping the guard here to function regularly. He was & member of Henry Spangler Post. American Legion, and the United Spanish War Veterans. Praised by Assoclates. Brother officers and assoclates to- day characterizsed him as always be- ing an example to both men and offi- cers and as & man who never regard- ed & duty too hard to perform. Capt. King resided at 121 13th street northeast. He is survived by his wite, Mrs. Katherine King, and four daugh ters—Mrs. Helen S. Green of Wil- mington, Del.; Mrs. Elsie R. Darela, Mrs. Edith J. Christoph and Misa Mar- garet A. King, all of this city. Fu- neral services have not yet been ar- ranged for. $707,637 ADDED FUNDS REQUESTED _(Continued from First Page.) ratification of the treaty of peace. On April 26, 1933, In response to a Sen- ate resolution, the Attorney General flled a report to the effect that the government had abandoned Its inten- tion of acquiring the land from the railroad company and condemnation proceedings were dismissed. The government continued to occupy the land, and, on November 14, 1922, the railroad company served notice of the expirution of the lease and requested that the buildings be removed. On November 20, 1922, the govern- ment, through the Secretary of La- bor, requested extension of the leas which was refused. The matter wa: then referred to the public buildings committees of the Senate and Hou: The Senate committee favorably re- ported a joint resolution authorizing the President to lease the land and pay rentals from revenues derived from the operation of the govern- resolution on February 28, 1923. It was reported favorably to the Hous but fafled to pass Conference Last March. A conference was held on March 6, 1923, in the office of the Secretary of Labor, bhetween representative of the rallroad company, members of the Senate and House committee and offi- s of the Department of Labor, at which it was agreed that an estimate of .pprofrll!lon for the payment of rent would be submitted to Congress. The raflroad company first thought that a reasonable rental for this land would be $160 000 a year, or 8§ per cent on $2,000,000, which they de. clared was the market value of the roperty. "7 ¥he representatives of the Fovern. ment finally persuaded the officers of the company to reduce this rental to 474,314.91, or from November 14, 1922, the date of expiration of the old agreement, to January 31, 1924, of $90,004, The proposed rental involves an ad- ditfonal monthly operating expense of $6,192.91. Secretary Davis explains that im- mediately after the conference of March 6, 1923, the guest rates at the hotel were increased sufficlently to produce additional revenues of $7,205 monthly. This increase has been ef- fective since March 16, 1923. Battle Monument Needs. In regard to the estimate of $985,750 for the American Battle Monuments Commission, Brig. Gen. H. M. Lord, director of the budget, points out that the budget for the fiscal year 1925 contains an estimate of $554,280 for this commission, but that, if appro- priated as requested, those funds would not be avallable untfl July 1, 1934. As nearly as can be estimated at this time, he $95,750 will be necessary to enable the commission to, function properly until June. 30, 1924. Accompanying the recommendation of deficlency estimate of $75,682 for the federal board for vocational edu- cation is & letter from the director of the budget which explains that this amount i necessary for co-oper- ative vocational education in - cultural subjects to ‘Garry into effect for the flsoal year 193¢ provisions of the act that the allotment of funds to any state for co-operative vocational education in oultural #ubjects shall not be less 3 "”"’"'1‘5‘4 of $10,000 for the fiscal ¥y p n re rd to & posed approp: tion of 38,800 for the laying ¢ v mains and the erection of hydrants the Smithsonian Institution ground: the director of the budget explaink that it is proposed to install four firs hydrants of modern ty) 'Natural History buil Smithsonian and Arts Industries buildings 8r adequate fire protection of_those buildings. The two hydrants now available are of antiqusted type and have proven to be worthiess. 3 cmeat 31,480 Tor WM or in -for he Zedeoad From the ranks he was com- | WORK FOR CHILDREN Praises Work of Women for Fatherless Little Ones of Greece. BENEFITS ARE PLANNED Caused to Be Stressed from D. C. Pulpits Tomorrow. Indorsement by President Coolidge of the work recently undertaken for the Greek refugee children by a group of Washington and New York women under the name of Rellef for Fatherless Children of Greece, was announced today by the organization. “The President wishes you to know {of his approval of every effort to or- ganize the charitable purposes and resources of the country in behalf of the unfortunate people of that part of the world,” sald the White House letter to Miss Elizabath Butler Howry, natlenal chalrman. Benefits Planned. Benefits will be given in New York and this city in February and Mareh, the proceeds to go to the adoption fund. The committee states that for 36 a month a refugee chlld is fed and clothed. Checks for this fund should be sent to Miss Elizabeth Hanna, chair- man of adoptions, 2168 Florida avenue northwest. Appealing to the people of Wash- ington for help, the Washington branch of the organization today urzed resi- dents of this city to bring clothes they do not need to headquarters of the committee at 1622 H street, on any week day from 10 to 12 am. Th clothes will be shipped free of chary to the American committes in Athen: of which Ray Atheron, the American charge d'affaires, Is a supervising member. Greek children in their homeland today are clothed in rags often naked and suffering from disease, ac- cording to the Washington ecommit- tee. In midwinter they go about suffering from cold and dying from exposure, which clothes from Amer- fea would prevent. Until summer comes, and with it the crops, the fatherless children of Greece com- mittee urges the public to respond to_its appeal. The appeal will be sounded from the pulpits of Washington tomorrow, while bundle collections will be mad at many churches. Miss Elizabeth B. Howry is national chairman of the committee, Mrs. Thomas C. Reed Is vice chairman Miss Alys Downing is national retary and Charles E. Howe ls treas- urer. Cash gifts should be sent to the treasurer. Helpers are needed at headquarters of the Washington com- mittee from 10 to 12 a.m., and women of the city wishing to assist in receiv- ing clothing for Greek children ehould apply to Mrs. J. Campbell Forrester. WAGNERIAN OPERA CO. IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE Equipment and Receipts Attached to Satisfy Claim for $10,048. U. 8. Also Acta. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 5.—Scenery, costumes and box-office receipts of the Wagnerian Opera Company, which has been giving performances at Manhattan Opera Hou: have been attached by the sheriff to satisfy a claim of $10,048 assigned to Edward Apstein by an advertising ageney. Ganna Walska, wife of Harold Mec- Cormick, was reported to have been financing the company with the in- tention of taking leading parts in its production. When the attachment was served it was learned that the government had a prior lien of $9,000 on the com- pany's properties. on which full duty had not been paid. The attachments would not halt the performanc it was sald MRS. LILY T. ELLIOTT IS PNEUMONIA VICTIM Succumbs Today in Hotel Here. Was Former Corresponding Secretary of D. A. B. Mrs. Lily Tyson Elliott, seventy years old, retired corresponding sec- reti general of the Daughters of merican Revolution, died sud- denly this morning at the Powhatan Hotel, whers she had been making her home. Mrs. Elliott had been suf- fering from pneumonia, but it was thought she would recover. She was & daughter of the late Mr and Mrs. James E. Tyson of Balti- mors, and was married first to Gaston Manley of North Carolina, and second to_the late Marshall Elliott. M Myron M. Parker of 1331 18th street northwest, a daughter, is the only near surviving relative. SOUTH CHINA LEADER PREDICTS WAR WITH U. S. Sun Says His Country Will Join With Russia, Germany, Japan and India. By the Aseoclated Press. PEKING, January 5.—Sun Yat-Sen, South China leader, addressing the Christian college students at Canton, has been quoted as predicting a world war within ten years, in which China will be allled with Russia, Germany, India and Japan against “today’sim- perialistic oppressors.” “Americans,” he continue then know_ how it feels to powerful Chinese fleet in San Fran- cisco harbor.’ Director Lord shows that this is signed to stimulate Intergst in the es- tablishment of the pulp And paper i in Al:rn;n 1o meuet urgent needs coun The commission: desires to have printed 2,000 copies of & recently com- plete port on the water powe: of southeastern Alaska, which is the result of an investigation covering two years in co-operation with t forest service. This report will show that of 400,000 horae-po believed to be suitable Yor use In the manu- facture of pulp and paper, 324,000 horse-power are available in power sites of 5,000 horse-power or more which can ‘be developed for less than $50 per horse-power to about $110 per horse-power. g It is pointed out that southesstern Alasks has two national forests, ‘whi the forest service estimates can produce perpetually 3,000,000 cords annually suitable for pulp wood 1B ToTT ehnuns Temmrrint, oBotas o annusl newsprint consump- tion in the United States. Since over 80 por cent of the raw material whish m up our newsprint production de- in United States la imported most- ly from Cansda, and the Canadian house of commo: In June, 1928, passed a bill which gives the gov- ernor in councll authority to estab- lish a cnmgl-u embargo on pulp wood exports wi ver he sees fit, it is b 1leved that the publication of this re- port' on Alaskan ‘water power will stimulate interest in t! eatablish- ment of the pulp and paper industry thgre. claim of 33,505 the J. Ma: Dove mu:y 1 c.."...mn-.‘;'& ':"&." m: company ss w-h:; o otied Btates government I the Temsiab of " Assures Speaking Movies) C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1924. |PRESIDENT APPROVES Demonstration of Phonofilm Dr. Lee Do Forvest and talking pleture machine he inveated. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Oblo, January ‘The phopofilm, a combination of radlo and motion picturea, the invention of Dr. Lee De Forest, has been demon- strated successfully, according to those who have heard and seen the talking pictures. It is his object to produce motion pictures in which the characters speak. Dr. De Forest glves this explanation of the process: In the studio a motion plcture is taken in the usual manner, but in addition to the camera lens, whih registers action, a microphone regis- ters every sound made by the actor. A wire trom the microphone passes through an audion amplifier to a gas- filled tube, called the photion, located in the camera. The light from this tube fluctuates In exact accordance with the amplified telephonic currents lwhich originates from the actor's ips. Sound Waves Photographed. “A very fine slit Is located near the negative film, through which these fluctuating light rays are registered on the sensitive emulsion of the nei- ative as fine lines which are actual photographic sound waves and, being on the same fiim as the picture, in- sure perfect synchronisin at all times. “A positive print then is made In the usual manner. In reproducing, & all attachment is placed on the ndard motion picture machine. This attachment eontains a small in- candescent lamp, which {s placed in front of the protographed sound waves on the il This light, pass ing through the sound record, fall upon a photo-clectric cell, its brilli- ancy being governed by the density of the photographed sound waves. | The photo-electric cell's electrical re- | sistance at any instant is determined by the amount of light falling upon it. Symchromize Sound and Sight. “The telephonic current from the cell then is passed through the sudion amplifier, where it s bullt up hun- dreds of thousands of times . Thus, the actors words are converted Into telephonic currents, amplified, photo- graphically registered on the film and eventually transformed back again into telephonio currents, which are made audible by the loud speaker. “As the motion picture must be pro- | Jected upon a screen to be viewed, it is likewise necessary to project the eound, In order that it may appear to come from the actors lips. This is done simply by running a lamp cord from the machine to the screen, where a loud speaker is attached.” COOLIDGE SHOWS FIGHTING SPIRIT IN DEFENSE OF MELLON TAX PLAN Determination to Brook no Interference From Con- gress Recalls Manner of BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Calvin Coolidge at length has donned war paint. He has taken the bix stick in hand. He is ready to wield 1t with Congress, now and hence- forward, to ward oft any attempts to amend the Mellon tax program into non-exlistence. Not since Mr. Coolidge assumed office has any pronounce- ment on his behalf been issued with such emphasis. It was more than emphatic. It bordered on the vehe- ment. It rang with determination. It wae the nearest approach to the Rooseveltian manner that the Cool- 1dge temperament believes in. Mr. Coolldge, for that purpose, chose the issue which he copsiders to be the paramount one facing the udmlnlltr‘flonr,’;h! Fom and the ntry—tax reduction. co"l“h‘e"?re-ldent‘n declared intention to brook no fundamental pering with the surtax provisions of the Mellon scheme is not only a new message to Congress. It is in un- mistakable degree a quick rejoinder to his rival for the republican presi- dential nomination, Hiram Johnson. Benator Johnson opened his cam- pal at Cleveland Thursday night with the charge that the Melion pro- s are & smoke-screen set up to efog the persons who belong to the lower-income brackets and in reality to benefit the rich who are higher up. Johnson in particular assailed the administration plan to cut the surtax on big_incomes from the ex isting 50 to 25 per cent. It is pre- cisely this point that called forth the White House's vigorous state- ment—the attempt on pitol Hill to compremise on & 35 per cent surtax rate. Cooltdge Stands Firm. Mr. Coolidge 1o0ks upon such & com- promise as the beginning of & vicious chain of compromises designed in the long run to crush and grind the Mel- lon program out of existence. Against such a “defeatist” policy the Presi- dent 1s ready to oppose the full force inistration. He belleves the e e in now. Dot later. Congress, nows exactly what it is heading if it trie: :z't‘:r‘n er with the work that th ‘White Hous .'Id,enlly considers to fiscal m plec PO e President's fighting pronounce- ment comes to Congress as a thunder- clap, but as an expected on Sonfidently expected by the men Who ore closest to Coolidge and more fi- miliar than others with hiz exeoutive methods in dealing with legisiative snarls. They my “it {un ke Coolidge’—that one of the things he has always done is to stick by guns, once imbered. There’ " t out all summer touch of the “fight i - e these lines” about Fouse's “no_compromise” ultimatum. Nearly everybody agrees that Cool- iage's . declaration 18 courageous. He must have known it would put up. t‘hn backs of the progressivas and icals in both the republican and ;:fnicr'n‘:x:m camps. Reslstance those q rs, be stiffened b Soinn they: will be inclined to look upon as executive defiance. Furmers Feel Burden. Nelther Pnn‘l:fl Coolldge mm terrified by A toured th ‘“fltu mclullar:. flgnp;r:nfl to o fa; mainly is the appressl These taxes, in ‘because {Rvestors are y etate, fll:\lnt' and t was his C 8 ‘uncommonly in t is prophesied, is an attitude the Roosevelt. tazable Investments” It is that “prinelple,” worked out by the actu- aries of the Treasury Department, that was written into the Mellon pro- T It is that “principle” which Eresident Coolldge Fefuses to com- promise. The country has had its first_taste of its fghting New England Presi- dent, but probably not its last. (Copyright, 1924.) —_— U. S. TO APPEAL DYE CASE Daugherty Says Suit Will Be Car- ried to Supreme Court. The dectaion of Federal Judge Mor- ris at Wilmington, Del., yesterday, dismissing the government's sult to force return of the seized enemy dye and chemical patents sold to the Chemical Foundation, Inc, by the allen property custodlan brought from Attorney General Daugherty, the statement that the government “will promptly appeal the case.” The government, he continued, is pre- pared to “continue_this litigation to a decision of the United States Su- preme Court. “This suit,” Mr. Daugherty added, “involves many legal questions of serious importance to the govern- ment and nation and the department feels confident of {ts contention now as it did when the sult was begun.” —_— CUBAN ROADS SUSPEND ALL SERVICE BY TRAIN Violence of Strikers orn Lines @Given as Reason by Government. By the Asseciated Press. EAVANA‘n January 65.—All traln service on the Cuba rallroad and on the Northern Rallways of Cuba, two of the most important carriers in the island, has been suspended following acts of violence during the strike on these Iines, according to reports re. celved today at the office of Secre. tary of Interior Iturraide. CLAIMS $10,000 DAMAGES. D. C. Clubman Files Buit, Alleging * Personal Injuries. Suit to recover $10,000 damages for alleged personal injuries has been filled in the Distriot Supreme Court by Willlam 8. Reyburn, Washington clubman, against Michas! Bernstetn and Burch & Kléps, Inc. . According to the plaintiff, & car owned and operated by the defendants ran over his legs November 3 last while he was working under his automobil which had come stalled on the ‘Washington-Baltimore boulevard. He suffered permanent .and painful in- Juries Mr. {}”X?fim stat Tepresented by Attorneys &vfiruflnn and T. T. Mary. PERSIA TO SELL JEWELS .TO BUILD RAILROADS ——— By the Associated Pres. TEHERAN, Persia, January 65— Porsia has declded to sell part of her great collection of crown jewels and other precious articles in order to raise money for the construction of rallways, of which the country is badly in need. 5 Among_the crown jewels are the famous great mc:ru diamond, welgh. ing 280 carats, e Darya-I-Nur ond of 186 carats and the Taj-e-Mi f 146 oarats. The value of these nes runs into millions of dollars. r centuries the ‘nclulu genis be- longing to the ro; house have been known as one of the 3 tions in oL the 5,000 OBREGON MEN " ON TAMPICO SCENE Army Under Cordoba to Launch Offensive Againet Tuxpan Rebels. BATTLE 1IN GUANAJUATO Huertistas Believed Trying to Cut . Off Federalists. By the Assoclated Press. TAMPICO, Janvary 6.—Five thous- and government troops under com- mand of Gen, Espinoza Cordoba ar- rived here today from Monterey and other points to march against the rebels in the ofl region. The column which consists of two battallons of infantry, a regiment of cavalry and one ot artlllery, will leave tomorrow, beginning an immediate attack upon the rebels and Initlating an advance toward Tuxpam (on the coast, ninety miles south of Tampico.) Vessels arrlving from Tuxpam, which is under rebel control, are be- ing detalned here. Conditions in the state of Tamaulipas are normal. BATTLE FOR LEON. Rebels Seek to Sever Federalist Communication. MEXICO CITY, January 5.—It is of- nclnfiy stated that rebels commanded by Manuel Dieguez have appeared in the vicinity of Leon, in the state of Guanajuato, evidently with the fin- tention of taking the city, and cut- ting raillway and telegraphic com- munication with the north. It is be- lteved that a battle now is being waged and that the fighting un- doubtedly will be heavy. Leon is an important city on th Mexican Central raliroad thirty mil northwest of Guanajuato, the capital of the state of that name, and ap- proximately 180 miles northwest of Mexico City. Immedlately upon receipt of Infor- mation that the rebels had appeared In that vicinity the war department ordered Gens. Eulogio Artiz, Rodolfo Gallengos and Jullan Medina to has- ten there to drive off the force threat- ening communications with the north. The war department anounces that fighting is entering a period of great tivity, which soon will show the people whether supremacy rests with the government headed by President Obregon or the revolutionista. According to Intercepted radio me: sages, the rebels lack war materials. Expects End In Two Months. Gen. Ftancisco Serrano, secretary of war, declared today that the gov- ernment would put down the revolu- tion within two months, There have been no important military actions the last few days, he sald, on account of the government's desire to concen- trate its forces at both the Jalisco and Vera Cruz fronts, to repair the rallways and to get everything in readiness for decisive, simultaneous battles. The Jailsco rebels are the best or- ganized and the most dangerous, ac- cording to Serrano, who stated that they number between four and five thousand. The Vera Cruz revolte will not survive a single decis blow, he declared. “The federals are not seeking ephemeral victorles,” the secretary continued. “Nor desire to occupy cities without value. This is the reason why Ttehuacan was evacuat- ed. What was desired was try to _bring about decisive action. Concerning Romulo Figueroa, he said that the Guerrero leader's column was entirely dispersed by a federal column of 2,000 under Gen. Marcelo Caraveo and were forced to scatter and appeal by wireless to Estrada for supplle: Thought March Triumphant. Gen. Genovevo de La Morlos, whose troops picked up the scattered Figueroistas, said the rebels de- clared they had been led to believe glowing accounts, sent out by wire- less from Vera Crus, that their march on Mexico City would be a triumphal procession. Relative to the alarming reports received of the conditions in the Tam- plco petroleum region, Serrano as- serted that strong columns of troops under Gens. Luls Gutierrez and Juan Espinosa Cordoba were advancing on Tuxpam and other rebellious centers. He denied specifically the clatms from Vera Cruz that Gen. Cavazos is dominating the state of Hidalgo with 600 followers, and asserted that Pachuoa, the capital of the state, and other citles are safe. Gen. Miguel Acosta, first secretary of war, questioned specifically re- garding the report that Tampico had fallen into rebel hands, flatly denied the report. Belleving that Zacatecas, capital of the state of Zacatecas, Was hot garrisoned, home guards from Jeres, Maltinango, Juchipila and vari- ous other villages attacked the city, but were repulsed. MOVE ON SAN MARCOS. Rebel Cavalry Action Reported by Press at W VERA CRUZ, January §.—According [to advices recelved from newspaper correspondents at revolutionary gen- eral headquarters, in Esperansa, rebel cavalry forces initiated an advance movement against San Marcos, as part of combined operations which other columns are making on their way thither from Orlental and Tehu- acan. On arriving at San Marcoy these forces will remalin there until troop trains arrive. It _im the belief at rewolutionary headquarters, the correspondents s t Monday all the revolutionary ;':r.ul'vfll be reunited and able to begin their maroh against Mexico City by way of the Mexican railway. The steamer Tamaulipas has Jeft having on board troops who will Do Uipembarked at Tuxpam, to aid in attack upon Tampico. CAPTIVE SHIP RETURNS. Captain Tells of Experience With Vera Cruz Rebels. MOBILE, Ala., January Antonio, Mexican tanker, arrived In Mobile today, after spending two days in the custody of Mexican rev- en route the rebels seized Vera Cruz and the rebel “navy,” consisting of two ships, awaited his arrival ‘When he attempted to emter port he found himself menaced by rebel guns and was told to surrender. Not being prepared to flgh& Capt. Coello urrenger'd. The rebels boarded the San Antonio and anchored the ve: in the Vera Crus harbor. They place captain and crew under a mpe: of "ot trom the thmker into a renel ship. In the meantime the agents of the company were “'g 'ur'.r;. o .un%: re on T L A ts m mber D-.“"l::g:r 31, Capt. Coello told 1 da Ferdie was ralsing one of those upper lip adornments such as we see on the photographic presentment of W. L. George, the British novelist. One night a young lady remarked to him laughingly: “I wonder how it fesls to be back of a funny little mustache Wke yours?” 5 ‘well,'S’ return- 1““%'.’:“"“‘1”&“ lé\llly show 4% Zasla to bg in Lroak of iL” “No Shirt” Clubs Force Laundries To Lower Prices By the Associnted Pre, BERLIN, January §.—The “no shirt” clubs, formed here, have forced the Berlin laundrymen to reduce their prices and have prov- en far more effective than the blue, brown @nd black shirt or- ganizations in other parts of t World in achleveing this end. The German haberdashers now sell undershirts with regular colla: larbands on them to which col- lars of any sort may be buttoned. and they supply neckties and “dickles” suitable for concealing the last of the shirt. It was when the price of laund- ering shirts rose as high as 25 cents each, that German men re- belled. RAIL MEN DISCUSS PAPER FREIGHT RATE Testify on Complaint Made by The Evening Star, Alleging Unjust Charges. HEARING BEFORE THE I. C. C. | | Discrimination Between Baltimore and Washington Conceded. Representatives of New England raflroads were heard today before W. B. Hunter, examiner of the Inter- state Commerce Commission, in the hearing being conducted as the re- sult of the complaint brought by The Evening Star and other news- papers against rates on newsprint paper maintained by the Canadian Pacific and eastern trunk lines in the United States. It was brought out in the testimony that the District has been charged higher rates than some other citles, seemingiy to make up for losses at the other end of the line. Other Publieations Interven More than a dozen important pub- lications in this city and Baltimore intervened, becoming parties to the proceedings. Reductions {n the news print paper rates to a more reasona- ble level and reparaton for charges claimed to be unjustly made, were asked in the complaint to the I. C. C. J. R. MacAnanny of the Boston- Maine railroad, Lucien Snow of the Maine Central' railroad and G. E. Wicks of the ~Bangor, Aroostook rallroad testified at the morning ses- slon. Mr. Snow admitted that the rates on news-print paper to Wash- ington were 6 or more cents greater then to Baltimore. Evening Star Represented. Capt. Charles H. Ruth, representing The Evening Star, testified that The Star had gotten ifs news print paper from Canada for the past two years, and named the points within the ich it has been ol tained. J. F. Warren of the Baltimore ews and Abraham L. Rizkin of the Baitimore Daily Post toid of securin; thelr news print from New Englan points. There are differences ranging from 2% to 1l'3 cents between the rates from distant points to Baltimore and rates from the same points to Wash- ington, it was stated. It is expected that the hearings will be concluded this afterncon. FALLS INTO ICY RIVER | FROM CAR ON BRIDGE Soldier Later Found by ‘“Rescue” Crew in Locomotive After Sixty-Foot Drop. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va, January 5—A man attired in the uniform of j the Unitod States Armiy, of unknown identity, had a remarkable and thril- ling experience here early Wednes- day. He was en route south on traln No. 89, which reached Fredericksburg at 65:05 am. He stepped from the doorway of a rear coach,standing on the Riohmond. Fredericksburg and Potomac bridge, and, in the early morning darkness, disappeared into space, a few minutes later belug | awallowed in the icy waters of the Rappahannock river. A terrified porter gave the alarm, —_— FILIG STAR PLEADS FOR SQUARE DEAL Mabel Normand Smarting Under “Injustice” in Shooting of Her Host. By the Associated Press, LOS ANGELES, Calif, January 5— Threa persons are smarting under what they termed the Injustice of a situation created by the shooting here last Tuesday night of Courtland S. Dines, Denver oil operator and club- They are Mabel Normand, motion picture actress, present at the shoot- ing; Horace A. Greer, her chauffeur, who fired the shots, and Dines, who was hit by two bullets, Miss Normand, recuperating from an operation for chronic appendieitis, awalts at the Good Samaritan Hos- pital the effect of an appeal she ad- dressed last night to the American public to “withhold judgment of me until all the facts are known."” “1 feel that I am e licity in this terrible tragedy,” she declared, “and it s unjust of the censors or any one else to condemn me before they have heard my story.” Greer, whom police described as “a self-constituted hero, who shot in out- raged dignity” when Miss Normand and a search was instituted. The train crew ran to the river bank with Itghts, and great excitement prevail- ed. Several minutes later the mi sing man was discovered in the cab of the locomotive drying his wet uniform. After tiking his fall of sixty feet and landing In the joy waters he swam ashore and landed several feet below the bridge, where he was swept by the current. He walked along the tracks on the side opposits the station and climbed into the cab to warm and dry himself. Hero he was discovered after the train had been delayed about ten According to rallroad offiolals, th oor him- h soldler opened the coach d self and stepped out to get a breath of morning alr, not knowing the end of the traln was on a bridge over the river. —————e From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. SEEKS MORE SHIPS IN SMUGGLING WAR Coolidge Orders Budget Di- rector to Buy Vessels From Ship Board. Brig. Gen. Lord, director of the budget, Is not endeavering to ob- struct the proposal of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon to increase the coast guard in order; that it may per- torm properly the prevention of rum smuggling, but on the contrary he is making a sketch of & plan with a view to expediting Its materialisa~ tion and in the interest of economy. It was made known at the White House today that Gen. Lord has the approval of President Coolldge to look into the details of the Mellon proposal: and to then see if it is not possible to'save the government con- siderable money by buying some of the ships for the coast guard from. the Shipping Board and the Navy De- partment. A Good Judge. From Lite. ‘Wite—I was taken in to dinner by that officer you introduced me to. He was qulte nice. and remarked upon my birdlike appetite. . 1d be a good ubby—Well, he should be a good R R i failed to take seriously his efforts to Tescue” her from Dines' apartment New Year night, oocupled a cell in the county jail after his arraignment yesterday on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. He clings to his original declara- tion that & noble desire to protect the screen actress coupled with & de- sire to save his own life, constituted his sole motive for pulling the trigger of Miss Normand's sutomatic pictol and sending a bullet through Dines lung. Vietim Indignant. As for Dines, the Injustice of the situation as it affects him is evi- denced in his statement: “I don't know why in the world that fool shot me—unless he was full of hop.” ‘What Edna Purviance, the other motion picture actress present at the shooting thinks about the course events have taken, is not revealed she having remained silent since her recent statement admitting that she and Dines were “engaged, and vet not engaged, if you understand what I mean.” To the police, however, the New Year shooting affray is a completed task. “The case of the shooting of Court- land S. Dines is officially closed.” said Assistant Captain of Detectives Her- man Cline. “The man charged with the shooting under arrest,” he pointed out. “He has admitted he did the shooting.” Meanwhile interest in the situation growing out of the shooting shifts to the effect Miss Normand's appeal to the public will have no movements under way in various states to bar filma in which she is featured. At the hospital early today Miss Normand was reported “resting com- fortably” and Dines' condition was described as “still serfous, but satis- factory. From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. ARMS FOR OBREGON ORDERED DELIVERED 5,000 Rifles; Ammunition and Planes to Be Sent to Border. The commanders of Fort Sam Hou- ston and Fort Bliss have been ordered to begin delivery immediately to di ignated Mexican agents of 5,000 -En- field rifies and 5,000,000 rounds of am- munition. Similar orders bave gone to ‘. Army air service depot at Fairfield, Ohio, for delivery of elght surplus DH-4 airplanes, which are to be ship- Dped to the border under arrangements to be made by the Mexican govern- ment. For Present Needs. Secretary Weeks, in announcing completion of arrangements for the sale to the Obregon government on & payment basis of 50 per cent cash and the remainder in thirty days, said the surplus war materials involved did “not cover the entire list reque: d originally,” but that the Mexican thorftiea had found they would meet “present requirement ’ The administration’s position, that the transaction comes wholly within an established policy of aiding a nelghbor state in the maintenance of order and governmental stability within its borders, was reiterated ye terday at the White House. No such sale would be made, it was empha- sized, if the munitions were intended for use in aggressive warfare. From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. SENDS POISON CANDY TO WIN WIFE'S LOVE Her Ardor Cooled, Husband Hoped to Make Her Sick and De- pendent Upon Him. By the Associated Press. YONKERS, N. Y. January & love philter concocted by Raoul Vi de Genachte' of poison, won back for him the love of his wife Rose, but sent him to a jail cell, where he awaitsa hearing onan assault charge. Raoul, twenty-three years old, quar- reled & few days days ago with his young wife, with whom he had eloped four Years ago. Yesterday Mrs. Van de Genachta received a box of chocolates from an anonymous donor and' offered helpings to six other breakfasters at the boarding house of Mrs. John W. Parker, where she lived with her husband and ten- month-old baby. While the seven saved their can- dles for desert, Mrs. Parker noticed a green powder on them, and, her curlosity aroused, she warned the and took a specimen to a harm Who ‘told her it ‘was Discovery by police of the marital difficulties in the Van de Genachte, menage led to Racul's arrest and re- ported confession that he had sent th candy in the-hope that it would mak his wife sick, force her to stop “nag- ging” him and “realise” her depend- ence upon him. Mrs. Van de Genachte said. she couldn’t understand why Raoul had chosen to_ demonstrate his affection so oddly but she declared she loved him_more than ever now that he was in trouble and needed her ald. Explained. From the Boston Travseript. “Pa, what's & political dark horse ™" '!‘rofillent‘l!. my son, it's a candls date who is willing to pony an" .