Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonlght, with ture abou: £4 degrees; tom: and warmer. Temperature for twenty- ended at 2 p.m. today: Hi noon today; lowest, 20, day, Full report on page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 - Entcred as second-class matter No. 29,106, post office Was| FEWER EMPLOYES, * LESS LAWS URGED INVETERAN BUREAU 0’Ryan Would End Legal Red Tape, Cut Workers 2,000 and Raisé Pay. i WASTE IN INSURANCE AND TRAINING CLAIMED Also Proposes to Stop Duplication of Work in Washing- ton Office. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Codification of all laws under which the Veterans' Bureau is ad- ministered into one act. Fewer, more efficient ter paid medical officers. Reduction of waste in hospitali- zation. Further reduction by 2,000, with- in next few months, in the per- sonnel of the bureau, especially In | district offices. Tncrease in salary Yeterans' Bureau, with petent assistants at $£12,000 a year each. Duplication in Washington office | to be reduced, thereby expediting | cansideration of claims. Abolishment of the practice of splitting halrs in . considering claims of men wounded in action. Waste in vocational tralning uld be studied Authorits reinstate ould be limited. These are among constructive rec- emmendations for greater economy ind efficiency Th the Veterans' Bureau, while affording to the coun- try’s heroes a more sincerely helpful humanitarian care, recommended by Maj. Gen.,John F. O'Ryan of New York, counsel for the speclal Senate committee which been investi- gating the bureau, especially the stewardship of Col. C. R._Forbes, former director. Praive for Gen. Hinen. and bet- to director of | six com- salaries of insurance Contrasted with the “frand and “corruption” and “conspiracy” to ex- Ploit the disabled war veterans for personal “loot,” which Gen. O'Ryan in his report charges against the Forbes administration, are greatly improved conditions under the ad- ministration of Gen. Frank T. Hines. Some reforms already accomplished &nd listed in the O'Ryan reports are Budget system established: better supply system, salaries ana number | of doctors, dentists and nurses mn-} terlally _reduced; forty subdistrict offices abolished, about $500,000 saved in rentals and $1,500,000 in salaries; dental worlk bill cut from $6,000,000 to $3,000,000 a year, hospital abuses being corrected. But_there is still room for exten-| sive improven t, according to the report which Gen. O'Ryan has sub- smitted to the Senate committee. His findings and_ recommendations as ynade in the 20,000-word report are summarized as follows: Has 30,000 Employes. ‘There wero 30,000 persons employed | in the Veterans' Bureau at Washing- | ton and in its district and subdistrict offices through the country on March 1, 1923, and at that time there were 26,000 disabled men in hospitals, 1000 recelving vecational tralning nd 180,750 receiving some measure | ©f compensation. Gen. O'Ryan and his Investigators | received more than 1,000 complaints from veterans regarding compensa- tion claim is difficult even for a trained | er to understand the laws under h the Veterans' Bureau is ad-, ministered. The average veteran; with a claim needs legal assistance. There is need, therefore, for a codi- | fication of these laws into one act after Con s passes certain amend- atory le ation believed necessary by O'Ryan. | Need of Better Pay. Fewer, but more efficient and better Pald, medical officers are needed in the burean. The country should be divided | into four territorial departments, each headed by = medical administrator vested with ample authority to correct Jocal abuses and to administer dis ine. he medical rating section of the ) LIBERAL CLERGYMEN PLAN GROUP POLICY | Episcopalians Meeting in New York to Seek Aggressive Cam- paign Program. By the Associated Press. NEAV YORK, January mien of the Protestant Episcopal | caurch who recently have applied trom thefr pulpits and in public ut- terances for a liberal interpretation ©f the church’s doctrines, meet today 1o discuss their vlews and-to formu- Jate a group attitude in opposition to the conservative attitude expressed In the pastoral letter adopted” at the Dallas, Tex., meeting of the house of Lishops. The meeting today at the Union Jeague Club, it is belleved, will be 1lie occasion ror outlining of plans of fAction for an aggressive and concert- «d_campaign which, it is understood, \ij) replace as the modernists’ weap- on the occasional puplit utterances of anodernist clergymen. Though informal, the gathering, it is understood. will discuss steps Lo be taken in connection with the case of itev. Lee W. Heaton of Fort Worth, one of the storm centers in the interfactional controversy. If the "exas clergyman, whose reported ci- S.—Clergy- lowest | bloc to beat him. | favorable to tempera- orrow, fair four Nours hest, 38, at 6 am. to- hington, D. C. Invention Shows Projectile Speed In Barrel of Gun A new instrument to measure the speed of a projectile as it Dpasses through the barrel of a gun has been devised by the bureau of standards. The movement of a projectile through a gun barrel with its fol- lowing charge of gas from burn- ing powder, experts found, causes an infinitesimal expansion follow- ed Instantaneously by contraction. The minute ripple thus produced is recorded electrically by the new device, which is expected to be of great value In working out im- provements in guns, projectiles and explosives, ADOO TO FACE” FIRST TEST SOON Effort to Change Two-Thirds Rule on Nomination Will Demonstrate Strength. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Presidential politics inside the dem- ocratic party has unexpectedly reach- ed a climax, which may make the na- | tional convention this year sensa- tional in history. Although the managers of the boom for Willlam Gibbs McAdoo are deny- ing it to be their intention to pro- pose an abrogation of the two-thirds rule whereby presidential candidates are nominated in the democratic con- | vention, the workers In ~arious states are pledging natlonal committeemen and committeewomen to vote for such a change at the meeting of the demo- cratic national committee to be held here next week. Unless the opposition to the Mc Adoo candidacy can rally its forces within the next few days, the resolu- tlon will be offered and passed. Enough pledges seem to have been secured to adopt the resolution, but the margin is close and may be over- turned. If the McAdoo forces do rot find themselves with enough Yotes they will not propose the reso- luction. for to be defeated on such an issue {n the democratic natiomal committee would be a bad blow to the prestige of the boom {tself. Opponents Feel Secure. The strategy of the MecAdoo group is prompted by the tactics of thetr opponents who have been sitting quietly for the last few months re- garding the McAdoo boom with in- difference because of a conviction that a one-third bloc of delegates could prevent the nomination o McAdoo this time as in 1920. . The opposition to McAdoo, however, has become alarmed at' the turn of events. The democratic national com- mittee is composed of a membership of fifty-three men and fifty-three women, two_ for each state of the Union, the Philippines, Porto Rico, Alaska, Hawali and the District of Columbia. The committeewomen are absolutely on a parity in voting power with the committeemen. And the women are sald to be almost all for McAdoo. A majority of the na- tional committee ig” enough to adopt a resolution which® will abrogate the two-thirds rule if the convention itself does not object. The victory of the McAdoo foroes in the national committee would go far toward help- ing the cause of their candidate in the convention. As it stands now,. the McAdoo man- agers are confident of a majority of the delegates, applying, of course, the unit rule of voting by states. If the two-thirds rule were abrogated they would have an easy time of.it. MecAdoo a “Dry.” The opposition to McAdoo-has thus far been unorganized. There Is, of course, bitter feeling against his om on the part of the “wets,” for McAdoo is “dry.” Big industry in- side the democratic party is largely opposed to McAdoo, because of his friendship for labor when he was director general of the raflroads. Democratic politiclans in some of the states like Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Maryland, where state organizations &re closely knit, are opposed to Mc- Adoo because he and the Wilson ele- ments in the party are accused of failing to recognize ‘“orgunization men” in the party, Until now, the opponents of Me- Adoo have depended on the one-third Now they realize hey cannot beat “somebody with no- body,” as the saying goes in politics, and accordingly there has developed a tacit understanding among the friends of the other candidates to stand together as against McAdoo. The latter groups will conduct the fight against the abrogation of the two-thirds rule, The friends of Al Smith of New York are beginning to work openly in states like Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, New Jersey and Mary- land. The Underwood forces are active iin the south and the West Virginia admirers of John W. Davis are said to be getting ready to open a head- quarters. Meanwhile the McAdoo cam- paign has headquarters in Los Ange- les, Chicago, New York and Washing- ton, and the McAdoo scouts are tour- ing the country, particularly the south, trying to stampede the dele- gations for their candidate. The fight on the inside of the democratic na- tional committte for the abrogation of the two-thirds rule In the nomi- nating conventions at present looks McAdoo, ~ though much an happen ‘twixt now and the meet- ng next week. (Copyright, 1024.) BIG FIRE SWEEPS LONDON DOCK AREA About Four Acres of Warehouses Prey of Flames, With Heavy Loss, By the Associated Press. LONDON, January $—One of the biggest fires London has seen in years wase still blazing at daylight this morning In the neighborhood of the West Indla dock. The flames, which started at 3 o'clock yesterday after- noon, up to an early hour this morn- ing had involved no buildings of im- portance, but rubber, oil and similar inflammables stored in warehouses ocaused a tremendous blaze. Through. out the night seventy engines were used in combating the flames. The narrow streets in the fire-swept ch ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1924—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. m@m“\m\\\w\; ) T CAVALRY PROTECTS JAPANESE REGENT New Attempt on His Life Feared at Review of Im- perial Army. By thie Associated Press TOKIO, January with drawn swords guarded Prin 1 Regent Hirohito thls morning w! he went to the Yayogi parade grounds to conduct the cnnual military re- view of the imperial army. In addi- tion, the grounds were heavily guard- ed. being surrounded with a cordon of police and gendarmerle forces, The elaborate precautions were the result of the Tecent attempt by S—Cavalrymen regent while he was on his way to a meeting of the diet. The new Japanese cabinct will adopt budget estimates for the com- ing fiscal year as made by the min- istry of former Premier Yamamoto, which resigned after the attempted assassination of Prince Regent Hiro- hito, according 1o an interview glven out’ by Kazue Shodu, minister of finance, and published in the vernac- ular newspapers here The new cabine to resort to foreig) when capital is required for useful, productive undertakings, for which the estimates of the previous minis- try failed to make provision, he de- clared. A slash of $50,000,000 in the esti mate for reconstruction purposes was forced through the diet at the de mand of the zeivukal, the majority party, in opposition to the Yama- moto cabinet, shortly before the re. cent attack on the prince regent. The reduction was accepted by the net at the time, although what parently was a critical situation wa averted when the prince regent was attacked and the Yamamoto ministry gned. ever, intends quite freely MAYFIELD BALLOTS Elections Committee Orders Texas Contest Votes Brought Here. Unanimous decision was reached today by mittee to have brought to Washing- ton for formal counting all of the ballots cast in the Texas senatorial election on November 7, 1922, in which Senator Mayfield, democrat, was declared elected over George E. B. Peddy who is contesting Mr. May- field’s right to his seat. The special subcommittee appointed to investigate the election and coun sel for Mr. Mayfield and Mr. Peddy will agree .on the method both of collecting and counting the ballots. Chairman Spencer announced that the petition filed by Mr. Peddy has six main subdivisions. As outlined by Senator Spencer, the first deals with Senator Mayfield's qualifications for the office of senator; the second, with the illegal votes which, it is alleged, were counted for Mayfield and the legal votes cast for Peddy and not counted for him; the third, with the undue advantages and disadvantages which, it is alleged, oc- curred in the election; the fourth, With allegations relating to the pri- mary election, which, it is_charged, was controlled by “secret influences, fraud, money and lawlessness”; the fifth, with a charge of general con- spiracy, in which the Ku Klux Klan is specifically mentioned, and the sixth, the disqualification it is alleged Mayfield possesses for the office. it was announced that Senator Mayfield had prepared his answer to the petition and that it would be filed in the immediate future. P S EDITOR DIES OF APOPLEXY MIAMI, Fla., January 8.—Harry J. -three, died here, following T ke o Apoplexy which he sulfered while playing golf Sunday. \ Mr. Taft came to Miami three months ago from Philadelphia, where tation by Bishop Moore for alleged {area, about four acres in extent, were | ha had been employed on the Bulletin, J.eretical utterances was to have cul- |running several feet deep with water. | He formerly was Suhday editor of the migated In a church trial 18 to go|No casualties have been reported, but | Boston Fost and for geven years ma untried, the modernists will seek his " gomplete vindication, it was said. the property loss represents a blg figure.: 3 igln‘ editor of the iladelphia ening Times. Youthful 'séetalfst to slay the prince | SENATORS TO COUNT the Senate elections com- | IF THAT OLD EGG < SELLS,I OUGHT TO WORKS THIS OFF ON UNGLE $AM =% ET X - v 1 0 IN BRYAN WANTS FLORIDA MAN FOR PRESIDENT |Says He Will Present Selected Name if He Is Elected to | Convention. THE OLD ATTIC. By tie Associated Press MIAMI, Fla., January S—William Jennings Bryan, who is a candldate for delegate from Florida to the dem- atie national convention, today de- clared In a statement that if elecfed he would present the name of a cit- | of Florida for the democratic nomination for President. The s ment did not give the name of the { 1zen, but stated that it would be given !to the public before the meeting of | the national committee January 15. | WIFE ADMITS SHE .~ SLEW PHYSIGIAN i ! IMrs. Lou China Under Guard | in Sumter. S. C.. Hosnital i Pendir]g Arrest. i \ { | By tle Associated Procs i | SUMTER, C.. January 8.—Mrs. | Lou China has confessed that she |shot and killed her Thusband, Dr.! | Archie China. prominent physiclan and 'lmnln'l‘. unday morning, according to a statement made to officers here to- | {day by Dr. H. M. Stuckey, the physi- ician, who been attending her ince she was discovered In a state of apparent unconsciousness early yes- | teraay. { The widow of the slain banker- {physician was still in the hospital {today. She had not been placed under arrest, but Sheriff Hurst announced | ll‘ t would place a guard over her bdd. Aside from manifesting signs of 4 nervous strain, she appeared to be normal, Dr. Stuckey said. Dr. China was shot In a scuffle In his bathroom Sunday morning, Mrs. China was quoted by Dr. Stuckey as saying in her confession, which was made last night, but news of which was not made public until today. She ( did not give details of the tragedy, however, he sald. The physician char- acterized the apparently unconscious state in which Mrs. China lay all yes- terday as a form of malingering, as- serting that she had not taken poi- son as was first reported. Collapse Reveals Crime. Mrs. China's apparent collapse early vesterday led to the discovery of the body of her husband, which had been lon-the floor of his hathroom nearly |twenty-four hours. A nurse, who I nappened to live next door, was called {10 attend the banker's wife, and she in turn summoned Dr. Stuckey. She found the body when she went to the bathroom at the latter's request to| get a towel for use in an attempt to revive Mrs. China. A theory of suicide was advanced, | but was discarded when search of the bathroom. and the two adjoining rooms falled to reveal the weapon | with which the two bullet woul’ld!l had been inflicted in Dr. China’s head. | | A .32-calibre pistol of standard make, practically new, was found in the woodshed of W. S. Fischel's home, next door, by Chlef of Police John Barwick and other officers, who searched the shed upon belng in- ! formed by members of the Flschel !family that Mrs. China had been seen to go into the building about noon of Sunday. Two exploded car- tridges were in the chamber of the !weapon. At the autopsy two .32-celi- bre cartridges were taken from the dead banker's head. CHURCH SERVICE OR JAIL IS “SENTENCE” BY COURT Twelve Gamblers to Attend Wor- ship Once a Week or Go Behind Bars. By the Associated Pre: CHARLOTTE, N. C., January 8.— “Attend revival services once a week or 80 to Jall This was the edict of Judge A. M. |stock ot Monroe, who opened ‘a six- {month term as presidingjudge of tse Mecklenburg superior codrt here, to ’penons convicted of gambling in his court. Twelve men Yesterday after- noon were convicted of gaming and 1 fined various sums and sentenced to } serve sixty days each in jail. The jail sentences weressuspended by the judge with the proviso that the men must re- frain from gambling for three years and once a week must attend services now being conducted here by Rev. W. A. (“Bllly”) Sunday. |agents declared they had some knowl- | being served. A i ‘,&[!v { | | { GAY DINNER STAGED TOTRAP RUM RING Eleven Arrests Mdde at Party at Which Police Were | Guests. | the Using strategy unique in the National | Capital, special intelilgence agents and | police last night engineered a liquor | conspiracy coup which netted eleven | arrests, including a caterer and em ployes, who were trapped into serving a " dinner for the arresting offi- | cers in exclusive Mount Pleasant | apartment. | All records of his transactions are in | the hands of the special agents at the Treasury Department, It was announced | his morning. Some of the names listed in transactions include Capitol Hill per- sénages of the Senate and House of Representatives, and while there are some {tems listed without reference, i an edge of the fact that wet gods were The coup was worked by closest co- operation between the police and spe- | clal agents. George E. Golding, who was behind the Sayannah conspiracy cases, starting carving a local reputa- tion by his activities in this case, col- laborating with Liegt. Davis and Bergt. McQuade of the vice squad, Agents Cox, Conwell and Palmer, working with Elmer Irey, chief of he special intelligence group super- vising details, and with A. N. Pres- mont, assistanf United States attorney in at the finish to watch for legal tec nicalities. Eleven Arrest charges | thirty-eight, i forty-nine, of 1814 1 Tha arrests on conspiracy are as follows: ‘Willlam Henry Simpson, forty-two, of 1815 M street, caterer. Mrs. Ellen Simpson, =ame address. Peter Frederick, forty-two, of Alex- andria, Va. Joseph Bradley, Corcoran street. George Kerridge, forty-eight, of 1015 20th street. Alfred Gilkes, fifty, of 1907 New Hampshire avenue, Walter Laslatt, forty, of 1817 M street. John Poltes, thirty-three, of 1702 R Street. Frederick Willlam Surguy, fifty- four, of 1814 Corcoran street. Benjamin Harris, colored, thirty- nine, of 411 18th street. Arthur Bettles, twenty-seven, of 1815 | M street. | The stage was elaborately set. A | local florist had furnished oodles of | the choicest seasonal blossoms for the occasion. The apartment breathed joviality. Places were set for twen- | ty-four. According to the police, arrange- | ments had been made for the “wet" goods. They arrived first. Lieut. | Davis, Elmer Irey and all the rest ' of the “guests” were gathered there | walting to celebrate the festivity. It was somebody’'s birthday anniver- sary. The alleged liquor arrived first, according to the agents. A few sam- ples were tried —champagne and Scotch and rye and cocktails. The ! eats were delayed a bit—but what mattered it? . Party Receives Shock. Judt as everything was looking ripe | and rosy a thunderbolt struck down from the serene. The arrests were made.. The liquor was confiscated. The waiters, who were seven in num- ber, and Simpson were taken to the Treasury Department. Then another angle was popped by McQuade and Davis. They hurried to the caterer's place. There Mrs. Simp- son was ' placed under arrest and books were Seized, and about $1,000 worth of first-class stuff was con- fiscated. Most were released on bond, but Bimpson forgot the name of his at- torney, with the result that he was held until this morning, when George F. Havell of the firm of Hawken & Havell put in an appearance and ar- ranged pond. Because of the publicity recently at- tending a list of prominent names, agents and police were chary about teliing of the prominence of those in this latest book. Then there is none too strong cvidence that these per- sons- were actually patron: Simpson, it is understood, has an enviable récord as a caterer, havini tended at several White House fairs In the past. —_— WILL CONSIDER NAMES. The Senate District committee at a meetlng tomorrow morning will consider the nominations to the Rent Commission and to the board of char- itfes. The committee has been in- formed John P. Rappolt will appear to protest confirmation of Richard ‘Whaley and Oliver P. Metzerott as memebrs of the’rent commission ., jthe principle that | the COOLIDGE REJEGFS MINORITY SURTAX AS BUSINESS BLOW Garner-Plan Will Drive Cap ital Into Exempt Securities, Says President. COPELAND SAYS MELLON BILL SANDBAGS BONUS {New York Senator Favors Paying Veterans in Lump Sum With- out Delay. President Coolidge regards the sur- tax provisions of the Garner demo- cratic tax program as disregarding the government should encourage investment of capi- tal In business enterprises rather than In tax-free securities. The Chief Executive told visitors today that although he had not made a detailed study or recelved the ad- vice of-experts on the Garner pro- €rAm, he believed the high surtax rdtes proposed would tend to con- tinue the present objectionable prac- tice on‘the part of capital to invest in such securities as would cscape tax payments. Sees Unequal Taxation. In the President’s opihion the gov- ernment plan woull tend also to place the payment of taxes in the hands of the few, and it is-the President’s view that when a few pay the taxes g Sftar | The Yesterday's * “From Press to Home Within the Hour” Stir's carsier system covers every city block and. the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers arc printed, Net Circulation, 96,524 TWO ' CENTS. 16 in Commons, Once in Prisons, To Have Dinner By the Associated Press. LONDON January $.—An odd celebration will take place in one | of the dining rooms of the house of commons tomorrow night, ac- cording to the Daily Express, when a dinner is given in honor of the members of the new parlia- ment who have served terms of imprisonment. These heroes number nineteen in all, sixteen of whom are expected to attend, while several other men and_women who, although not M. P.’s, have “done time” have been Invited to share the honors of the evening. A large proportion of the guests were {ncarcerated for War-time of- fenses. These include the Hon. Bertrand_Russell, Arnold Lupton, three Non-conformist ministers and other more or less well known Dpersons. There also are to be several women who suffered detention during the height of the “votes for women” movement, including Lady Rhonda and Mrs. Pethick Law- ! rend ! DEMOCRATS ASSAIL EMBARGO ON ARNS Senator Robinson’s Bill |river at ana ne IHLMAN PRESENTS BILL FOR BIG POWER PLANT ON POTOMAC Marylander, With Moore. of Virginia, Seeks to Realize Great ‘Falls Project. MEASURE IS SUPPORTED BY CORPS OF ENGINEERS Reminds Congress of Hearings in 1920 and 1921 by Federal Commission. Pro the viding ater for the developmen power of the Fotomac r the Great Falls to {provide light, Leat und power for the {National Capital and adjacent terri- bill introduced in the today by Representative Fred N. Zihlman of Maryland, republican, member of the House District com mittee, after conferences with Rep- resentative R. Walton Moore of Vir- was |Einia, democrat. Representatives Zihl- man and Moore represent the two dis- Would Ban Munitions Even to Mexican Federals. | B the Associated Press. | President Coolidge’s Mexican policy, | which resulted yesterday-n an arms embargo directed against the de la| Huerta revolutionists, from democratic quarters was today in of the many they charge a round |the Senate. sum for such payments, and there- fore it is to the advantgge of the |democratic floor leader, presented @ session many to pay their own taxes. Plans to keep tax revision ahead |Penalties have the | foreign governments, either by the of bonus legislation Fresident’s support. will He believes that enactment of the Mellon tax bill wil not be postponed. Congress should not posipone these benefits by considering othe of it. COPELAND FOR BONUS. Mellon Attempts to Sandbag Pay- ment, Says Senator. Charging that Secretary Mellon had “attempted to sandbag the bonus, using a formidable the pocketbook of the Senator Copeland, democrat, the Senate today h weapon, fon,” ax reduction and the soldiers’ bonus | jver or attempt to deliver, ‘80 related ti other live Pointing out that the Secretary of the Treasury had said that in the long run the surtax reduction whic! he had promised would bring an es. timated inecrease in revenue of §1 080,000, Senator Copelami proposed that this be used as the ba payment of the bonus. Favor Cash Payment. Declaring in favor of all-cash pay- ments to the service men at the rate of $1.25 for each day of service, Sen ator Copeland said the total of $1,464, 777,263 could be retired in sixty years ith a payment of $100,000,000—$75, 000,000 in interest and $25,000,000 in principal. Should the additional revenue Mr. Melon has promised not be realized, the senator said, the surtax would be restored, “because the bonus must be paid.” “The real purpose of the Mellon plan, of course, is to reduce the sur- taxes on the rich,” Senator Copeland declarcd, “and the taxes are cut in Lalf, from 50 to 25 per cent. The rest of us, as usual under a republican ad- ministration, get only the crumbs. ‘Will Introduce Bill. “And so insistent is Mr. Mellon on the big cut in surtaxes that he re- fuses to take anything less, refuses to compromise at 35 per cent, threat- ening to withdraw his bill if the com- promise is urged. If press reports can be relied upom, the President shares his view: “Great business men with whom I have discussed the matter In New York, reluctantly admitting that the Dbonus must be paid, have begged me to ‘get It out of the way in one lump. must die if the With this in mind I shall present in | ue time a bonus bill providing for immediate cash payments such as I ve outlined.” A mator Copeland declared that if a bonus were paid In cash he would be unalterably opposed when it came to providing the funds to the issuing of tax-exempt bonds. He declared it Was time the federal government gave the country an example of the Sroper method of financing public projects. BRITISH ASK DATA N SHIP SEIZURE Waht ‘Facts on Detention of Boat Entering U. S. Port for Repairs. Seizure of the British schooner Kwasind by United States author- ities at Wilmington, N. C., after the ship had been put in for repairs carrylng a cargo of intoxlcating liquors, has been made the subject of a new inquiry filed with the State Department by the British govern- ment through its embassy here. The aetlon is belleved to be pre- liminary to the filing of a formal protest. The British inquiry was forward- ed to the Treasury and Justice de- partments with the request that in- formation concerning the selzure be furnished. ; Meanwhile the State Department is walting for information from the Treasury concerning the seizure be- yond the three-mile British schooners Tomoka and Island Home. Protests in these cases al- rcady have been flled by the British ombasey, limit of the' Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the | tricts closest to the National Caj and bordering on the proposed Gregt Falls power development. The bill, which has the support of the Engincer Corps of the Ar the Federal Water Power Commis sion, points out that bLy proved June 10, 1920, the Power Com on, thereby created. specific uthorized to inves- igate and report to Congress ~the o5t and in detail the economic value of the power plant outlined in project No. House document ) 1400, of the ixty-second Congress, third 3 This project was included an act ap. Federa | bill which could prohibit under heavy |in the so-called Langfitt report Say. r legislation ahead | cificlally mention the recent sale by | | materials New York, told |be unlawful for any officer, 210 not consider | €itizen or corporation of the United { | i | States shall have jurisdiction to en- | for| | President | proval of Secretary Hughes. i i i | | | |officer or agent. tington Railway and Electric Company the salé of munitions m‘l | United States government or a private | American citizen. While the measure | did not spe- the United States of surplus war to the Mexican govern- under President Obregon, it lained by the author as en drawn with that incident H | m | was hav t of Senator Robinson's bill from and of this amct, except States i engaged after th when in passage | the United | war,. it shall | agent, | States to sell or offer to sell, to de- | arms or munitions to any forelgn government or to any-foreign pojitical ur military i “Any person convicted of violating | this act shall be punished by fine in | any sum not exceeding one hundred thoueand dollars and by imprison- ment not exceeding one year. “The district courts of the United force this act.” Embarge In Proclaimed. | The embargo was proclaimed by Coolidge late yesterday after a series of conferences among interested department heads, and it provides that no munitions may be sent into Mexico from the United | tates except with the specific ap- It was| made public without comment, but It | was regarded as a new step to aid| the Obregon government under the policy of the Washington administra- tion to assis{ in the maintenance of law and order and a stable govern- ment in Mexico. The President's action follows | closely the government's declsion 1o | ell surplus war materials to the Mexican authoritles, a subsequent in- | quiry by an ageni of the revolution- | ary group at New Orleans through | the Department of Justice as to the legality of munitions purchases in! the United States in behalf of the De la Huerta forces, and the stat ment by officials that no legal ob- stacle stood in the way of such a| transaction. The revolutionary agent had been instructed to contract for the pur- chase of 3,000,000 rifle cartridges, 1,000,000 rounds of machine gun am- | nunition, 5,000 rifies and ten ma-| chine guns, but the opinion was | volced here that no such quantity | of war materials was available in private hands, and doubt was ex- pressed that any American manu- facturer would be willing to deal | with the de la Huerta group in view of the government's anncunced atti- tude. First Payment Received. A cash payment amounting to one- half of the total amount the Obregon government ‘is to pay the nited { States for the war materials recent purchased here has been recelved. The remainder is payable within| thirty days. Officials refuse to dis-| close the amount involved. | No information yet has been re- | celved at the War Department to show whether the munitions have been delivered to the Mexican agents in the United States, but orders for their delivery have gone forward. The Treasury has instructed all customs officfals at ports and border points to guard against exportations | of arms and munitions which would violate the new embargo. Detailed ! regulations on the subject are to be drafted later. S e STREET CAR HITS TRUCK; FIVE PERSONS INJURED Many Severely Jolted When Col- lision Takes Place on W. R. & E. Electric Line. Five persons were injured and many of the passengers on a car on the Mount Pleasant division of the Wash- were severely jolted, when the car struck a five-ton motor truck on the crossing at the intersection of Dela- ware avenue and D street northeast about 7:30 a.m. today. v The front of the car was practically demolished, and Motorman Newton E. . Woodard, 603 K street northeast, and four of the passengers were injuréd. Woodard and Samuel Jackson, the latter colored and residing at 423 4th street southeast, were S0 pi hurt that they were taken to Casualty Hospital. The motorman's face was cut, while Jackson sustained an in- jury to his leg. Others slightly Injured refused hos- pital treatment. They were Ernest L. Laycock, 716 4th street southeast: {sion to comp nfully | Ing relation to the development of the water power of the Potomac river at and near Great Falls. Hearings Are Reealled. The Zihiman bill also reminds Con- gress that the Federal Power Com- mission held hearings in August, 1920, and in February, 1921, and in addi- tion intrusted to the office of the chlef of engincers, Tnited States Army, the duty of making the neces- sary engineering studics and investi gations o as to enable the comm: with the requiremen of the act. In January 1921, Maj. M. C. Tyler the Corps of Engineers, submitted to the chief of engineers a comprehen- sive report, which the commission ap proved and presented to Congress February 14, 1921. In its accompanying letter the com- mission said: “The federal power commission recommends to the Con- gress that it authorize an immediate start in the development of power in accordance with the Tyler report. Qur study of the situation satisfles us that all power so developed will find a ready market in the District of Colum- bia and the circumadjacent territors to which it can be transmitted without disproportionate line 10ss or tr: sion system loss,” all of which peared in a Senate document. No Action Takea Yet. - The Zihlman bill calls attention that no action has yet been take: on the recommendation of the conymission or in any manner on or in respect to the Tyler report. The Zihlman bill would authorize and direct the Secretary of War to cause to be constructed, all the nec- ry dams and other works for the development of the waterpower of the Potomac river at and near the Great Falls in accordance with ommendations made by Maj. yler in his report which has been made a Senate document, and within the limitations therein provided so that the hydro-electric energy gen- erated may be made available for the use of the government and for the use of the people of the District of Columbia at a reasonable cost. At the same time. Secretary of Commerce Hoover declared use of the Potomac river for water power de- velopment along the lines of the pro- posed superpower plan would not involve scrapping of existing plants. The local power company would be retained in operation and would ho hooked up with a greater power plant somewhere along the upper reaches of the Potomac. xplaining _the reasons _which (Continued on Page 10, Column 1.) COMMUNIST ATTACK IN WARSAW REVEALED Seek to Release Prisoners Held for _Execution as Soviet Spies. iated Press. WARSAW, January S.—A number of arrests made yesterday revealed an attempt by commuhists to release by force Sunday night two former Polish officers, Wiezorkiewicz and Bagiski, who have been condemned to death as soviet spies for their al- leged complicity in the organization ~ that has been charged with responsi- bility for the recent bombings at Cracow. The soviet government recently of- fered to exchange Polish political prisoners for these' two men, but Poland refused, whereupon the com- munists, the authorities assert, or- ganized the attack on the officers place of imprisonment, The police subdued the outbreak. —_— TOMATO GAINS ACIDITY IN GRAFT UPON POTATO Botanist in Other Experiments In- creases Sugar Content of Former Vegetable. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, January 8.—The grafting of tomatoes on different species of po tatoes, as noted in experiments con- | ducted by the botanist, Stanislas | Golewski, had the effect of notice- | ably increasing the acidity of the | former vegetable, according to a paper which the scientist read to the Academy of Sciences vesterday. On the other hand, grafting a to- tamo on the lycium plant, another member of the genus-solanacae, con- Benjamin C. Brooke, 135 E street southeast, and James W. Brown, col- ered, 809 2d strect northeast, siderably increased the sugar com- tent of the tomato.