Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1924, Page 2

2 . _THE EVENING GLASSIE UPHOLDS TARIFF BODY RIGHT D. C. Member Shows Wife's Sugar Holdings No Re- flection on His Fairness. Henry H. Glasslte, well known Washingtonian, prominent In the councils of the Chamber of Com- merce, und & member of the United States Tariff Commission, whose right to participate in the commission's hear- ings on sugar, because his wife owns stock in a sugar company, caused divid- ed opinion among the commissioners, in & formal statement late yesterday, said he belleved he could “honestly, fairly and impartially discharge the dutfes of his office and that he in- tended to do s0." He asserted that as much as he dis- liked to be made the subject of criti- cism and imputation, he felt that it would be nothing less than “moral cowardice™ to refuse to do his duty in this case. In his explanation Mr. Glassie stut- ed that the three members of the commission who jotned In the chal- lenge of his right to sit would estab- 1ish an artifictal rule which would dis- gualify any member of the commis- sion from sitting at a hearing when a relative or wife has a property in- terest in a company engaged in the industry affected by a tariff duty. Stock No Secrct. Amplitying his prepared statement, ‘he said the fact that his wife owns some stock in a sugar company Is not a secret, and that it is gencpally known He called attention to the fact that {t was well known at the time_rPesident Harding appointed him 10 the commission, and until this ac- tion on the part of the three members of the commission yesterday, there Bas not been the ulightest intimation inference that he would serve other than fatrly and fmpartially. . In explanation of hie wife's inter- ests. Mr. Glassie sald at the hearing of the commisston terd 3y wife s the owner, by inheritance, ot 144 shares, of & par value of $100, in ihe €olumbia Sugar Company.’ in outsiana, owning und ofgrating a Bugar plantation and mill'/ He xatd he doubted {f this stock/is worth more than $10.000, and tha//only three dividends of 5 per cent b'Ae been re- cetved since 1909. This small ownership, he sald, couid piot swerve him in any respect in the erformance of his duty under the aw 1t any man belleves the contrary, fet him speak,” Mr. Glassie said. Mr. Glassie's Statement. Mr. Glassie’s public statement tull follo “I have given full consideration to the observations which fell from the gentleman at this morning's session, 1 observe that {n none of these ob- servations is there any suggestion or intimation that any party here represented believes, or has reason to belleve, that T am actually biased for or agalnst any parties in Interest in this investigation, or that 1 am not capable of performing my full duty in this investigation honestly. fairly, impartially and according to 2w “The protest against my participat- Ing in this hearing has as its sole in ground, as I understand it, the prop- | osition that when a relative or the wife of a commissioner has a prop- érty interest in & company engagrd in the ‘ndustry affected by a tarit duty. ‘such member is thereby nece marily disqualified from sitting in an investigution concerning that indus- try. That contention has been the subject of full debate in the commis- slon and for reasons fully stated by me on the minutes of the commission, T find myself unable to accede to it. ‘Would Set Preced: “I cannot accede to it for one rea- son, because it is theredy sought to 4stablish a. precedent which would forever exclude from the consider: tion_of an industry affected by a tariff, any commissioner who hap- pened to be related to & person either engaged or having property in- terest in that Industry. No person, for example. could sit in an investi- gatlon on the subfect of wheat who had any near relative engaged in the production of whea! “So far as my personal mind is concerned, after full ation, T am able to Heve that I can honestly, fairly and impartially discharge the duties of my office in this investigation, and, so Ddelieving, am bound to do so. Much as 1 diellk& to-be made the subject of critictsm or imputation, T feel that It would be nothing less than moral <cowardice to refuse to sit in this case. T am strengthened in this co viction by the fact that while it is conceivable that three members con- stituting a clear majority of five Jnembers might pervert or otherwise in some sinister way affect the find ing of the commission or the reco mendations of the commission, it is Tot possible for any single member, because of & family property or any other interest, to control or domi- mate the entire commission or allow a report to be made to the President fl::m ported by the facts in evi- state of consider- Commisaion Is Divided. The commission is divided in its opinion regarding the propriety of a member with a relative owning a financial interest in a company whose commodity should come before the commission for & hearing sitting dur- ing that hearing. The commission arried the matter to the President several days ago, expecting that he might make a ruling that would tle the question which had equall divided the commission. The Presi- <ent, however, did not do that. He Eain s a3, matter for the commia- self to thrash out éx_g;meg it to do so. o et e President is represented, - @ver, not believing the hwefl bh:;:l vio in the event of a commis- Sioner with a relative financially in- terested in a company affected by a tarift duty setting during a hearing. The President {8 known to have expressed himself to the effect that e feels very sure that the commis. slon would transact its business in an honorablé and legal manner in any event. He is known also to have vointed out that the Tariff Commission slon is not a court or tribunal, but is a fact-finding body. Its duty is to make inquirles and investigations and to report the same to the Presi- dent. If the commission is not unan- {mal:' aor: a r;wrt. each member is en 0 make an Indivi to the President. FEbEswoR CATHOLIC CHURCH WINS LEGAL STATUS IN FRANCE By the Assoclated Press. ROME, January 16.~The Giorni 'Italia announces that Pope Plus is feady to concfude an agreement with France in the matter of accepting the proposed diocesan assoclations, as proposed by France, and which will Five legal status to the Roman Catho- Jic Church in France for the first time since the pas: of the law of ssociations biil. negotiations ave been going on between the holy see and the French government for several years, the newspaper says, ut the ‘pontiffs prior to Plus have een unable to agree on the reco nition of the associations. France will be divided Into eighty ‘“‘diocessn associations,” composed of thirty members and presided over by Their respective hops, it s sald. An officials announcement of the agreement is expected dally. i The consummation of the accord is zegarded as & diplomatic victory for rdinal Gasparri, the papal secretary state; Monsignor Cerfetti, the papal nuncio in Paris, and M. Poin- care,thp French premier. say that I be- | COMMITTEE FOR M’ADOO. Candidate’s Bill Gets 52 of 65 Votes Cast Here. McAdoo headquarters today -an- nounced the result of a poll of the members of the democratic national {committee as to their préferences for the democratic presidential nomina- tion. The po’l was taken during the meeting of the committee Tuesday by George F. Milton, jr., of the Mc- Adoo publicity force Of the 106 members of the commit- tee. several were not present, éither n person or proxy. Expressions Iwere obtained from 91 able to be seen. They resulted, according to the an- nouncement. &s follows: McAdoo, 52: Davis, 4: Underwood, 1; Ralston, 2. Cox, 2, Robinson, 2, C. W. Bryan, 1} Carter Glass. 1; “Néw Jersey's favor- ite son,” 1; unwilling to say, 25. The first name on the McAdoo list was that of Mrs J. D. McNeal, na- tional committeewoman from ' Ala bama, who voted by proxy for Mc Adoo as against Senator Underwood, the Alabama favorite son. — e AUTO RECIPROCITY BILL IS REPORTED TO HOUSE WITH $1,000 EXEMPTION (Continued from First Page.) the illiness of Chairman Reed, Fitzgerald. Ohio; Underhill. Masi chusetts, who is author of rival leg- Islation; Keller, Minnesota; Kunz, Il- {1inots, and Glibert, Kentucky. An effort was made to get u fa- vorable report from the committes on the police and firemen's pay bill | Representative Zihlman, who was {chalrman of the subcommittee whic conducted hearings and who was ex- pected to bring in a favorable report {today from the subcommittee, ex- plained that this had been held up at the_request of Representative Beers of Pennsylvania. | Representative Blanton said that { there would soon be a District duy in the House and that the committee ought to have this bill out so that it could be a upon. ow {8 the time_to act” he said. “If we pass the first District day without having business ready it Is going to put us fn bad. T for one am going to stand with the chairman und insist that we get our rights fn the House” he Eaid. {"“We've done nothing yet up to to- day and we have been talking for about six weeks,” injected Repre- sentative Hammer. Health Bill Reported. Representative Gilbert's bl for control of soclal discases was report- ed after the committee had discussed the poesibility of a_hearing at which health authorities. would explain the legislation and at which Representa- tive Raker of California, author of more drastic general legislation, would be given an opportunity to {present his arguments. | This bill had been submitted to the leading health authorities in the country, Representative Gilbert said, land meéts the approval of Army offi |eers and health office: | Some members of the committee ar- gued for more stringent provisions, but withdrew objection to the bill ibeing reported when they were assur- jed that tnis leglslation would go !a long way toward remedying a bad {situation. H GASOLINE TAX BILL UP. Measure Finally Laid Aside in Sen- ate on®Technical Point. The gasoline tax bill was called up gain in the Senate today by Senator Ball, chairman of the District com- 'm!ll!e. who sought to have it con- |sldered without further delay. i Senator Ball said that unless some- thing was done with this measure ithe existing reciprocal relations be- tween the District of Columbia and Maryland in_regard to automobile licenses may be lost. | “Senator . McKellar of Tennessee jagain brought forward his point of order that the gas tax bill was & nue measure and under the pro- jons of the Constitution of the United Statés such measures must originate in the House. Senator -Ball replied that in his opinion the gas tgx bill wac not primarily a revenue measure, but & licensing meacure. | Scnator King of Utah, a member of {the District committee, argued that ithe provision of the’ Constitution clted by Senator McKellar should not apply to bills relating merely to the District of Columbia or to one of the territoriesn. He argued that | they did not deal with the subject of Inational revenue, but were local in | character. i Semator McKellar Rep Senator McKellar replied -that the money which would be collected un- Gor the gas tax bill would go into the federal Treasury just as any other {money raised by taxation goes. Sonator Swanson of Virginia, dis cussing the proposed tax, said that |8 should be divided in thres ways— part to go to the District, part to g0 to Virginia and part to Maryland for road improvement within a radius of twenty-five or fifty miles of the {Districi. Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, pointed out that the chair was not empowered to pass upon the consti- tutionality of a measure presented. Senator Cummins, president pro tem- pore, declared it his opinion that the chair had no authority to declare the proposed act unconstitutional and ruled that the question must be sub- mitted to the Senate. Without a roll call and on a viva voce vote, the Senate decided that the point of order Ly Senator McKellar was well taken. The gasoline tax bill therefore was lald aside. = SECOND OFFENSE DRY CASE IS WON BY U. S. First Victory of Kind for Govern- ment in D. C. Involves . Samuel Amato. The government today won the first case of second offense under the national prohibition law ever tried in the District Supreme Court when a jury in Criminal Division No. 1, before Justice Hitz, returned a verdlct of guilty against Samuel Amato, twenty-three years old, who conducts a delicatessan store at 1452 P street northwest. The indictment was in three counts. but the jury found in favor of the young man on two of the charges and held him guilty on the third count which alleged the sale of a half pint of *“cawn” to prohibition agents February 5 last. Attorney James A. O'Shea, for the accused, will ask for a new trial, pending which Amato was permitted to remain at liberty on bail. Amato had pleaded gullty and paid a fine of $100 in Police Court for his first of- fense in September, 1923. The jury recommended clemency in renmh\l lta verdict. The maximum penalty ve years' imprisonm and a fine of $2,000. Pe i Attorney O'Shea, for the accused, Tlaimed that the prohibition age: entrapped the young man into mak- ing the sale by representing they were sick and needed the stimulant. Assistant _United Stat Attorney P‘rlllnk J. Kelly conducted the prose- cution. 'HELD ON. MURDER CHARGE. William Harrington Michaels, col- cred,. twenty-eight, -1217 Q street orthwest, ~ was ' arrested = yester jay afternoon by Detectives Sweeney, Jackson, Waldron and Jones and held on & - charge of . murder. It Is _alleged ‘that he struck Leroy colored, with while en in a row in a room, at 1505 1ith street northwest, the night of December 19, and in- fiicted so serious a wound that the latter died, > P i | in hie opinion the money so raised | PRESDENT WEETS DRY LEADERS HEE Mr. Coolidge Thanks Them for Assurance They Will Support Constitution. President Coolidge, on the fourth birthday of prohibition, being cele- brated here today by dry leaders of the natlon, told a large group of del- egates to the thirty-first jubilee con- vention of the Anti-Saloon League of America, which had just pledged their support ot the Constitution that “all of us know there Is no such thing as liberty without observance of the law." The delegation, headed by Bishop Thomas Nicholson of Chicago, presi- dent of the league, greeted the Pres!- dent at the south front of the White House, standing in a pouring rain to hear ‘the promises of the Chief Executive on law enforcement. G of Assurance. “Jt is a satisfaction to receive the assurances of such & body of men and women,” sald the President. “that they have a firm determination to abide by the laws of the land snd that they propose to uphold the Con- stitution of the United States. You have set a great example in that respect. All of us know there is no such thing as llberty without ob- servance of the law. Tt is a funda- mental principle reaching every activ- ity of our government, it ‘Is the toundation of all the principles on which Americanism rests and the source of all civilization T want to express to you thanks for bringing me this ass ance, and for leaving me the forn record of your purpose of co-Opera- tion In the difficulties that may be encountered in enforcing the law of the land. With that assurance it is easier to go forward In undertaking to provide that all of the laws of our country may be observed Dry Bodies Gathered. With dry crusaders of the nation, the Anti-Saloon League, and the Methodist Eplscopal Board of Temperance, Pro- hibition and Public Morale, lstening to an ambitious program of addresses from the nation's ablest dry leaders, |dedicating a handsome bullding to the Methodist_program, and pledging anew their allegiance to President Coolldge at the White House, there stood forth in the discussion a generous allowance of sharp suggestions for the {mprove- ment of the enforcement of prohibition. Foremobt perhaps in frankness for constructive suggestions was Mre. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, assistant attorney general in charge of prohi- bition prosecutions. Bhe differed with Frohibition .Commissioner Haynes, who previously had addressed the Anti-Saloon League convention con- jcerning the amount of bootlegging now golng on throughout the nation Sho declared the “public is tired of ‘better and better mutterings” but added that she belleved “the great majority of people want law enforce- ment and want to see this nation show flexed biceps in my bootlegging has sp intrenched itself in many communi- tles, particularly in the larmo cities ahe said, “Iit has o fastened to it allled crimes of robbery murder and arson that getting the big fcllow ix no longor the job of a sort of super- policeman. “Prohibition agents who are well known, whose pictures are put in the papers, whose appointments are nounced publicly, can't ever do anything except & kind of high-grade police work. It is all wrong to us 80 much gy _and money on the sing and raiding' method 9f enforeement.” Need of Honeat Men. Political patronsge was branded by | the speaker as ane of the evils of pro- hibftion,. when she declared “there is only one sword that will stand un- tarnished by the blood that's got to be drawn in this fight—that is the sword of the kind of righteousness that is defiant of political expediency. 1 don't cars whether a man iz a republican or a democrat, if he can see ‘straight down the barre!” of responsibility un- der his oath of office and shoot stead. ily, irrespective of how many ward :ga may be trying to jog his el- ‘William Jennings Bryan and Gov. P"‘f’.‘"‘d.“ Pml nvlry"lalnls looI. amlm:‘u part in the celebrations, speaking at the dodleation of the lla-thodm b\lfldlnf. and at a meeting of the Pennsyl- vania Anti-Sploon League - in o Raleigh Hotel. They will addre the Anti-Saloon League tonight. Mr. Bryan was aiso the principal speak- er at a_ banquet last night at the Raleigh Hotel to the Mathodist Board g‘f Tx;mpennce. Prohibition and Public oral The pledge of allegiance to Presi- dent Cooll&f. was preielaed by Bishop Thomas Nicholson, pre#ident of the Anti-S8aloon Le: , &t the head of a large body of the convention, which braved the rain to go_to the White House and greet the Chief Executive at the south portico, Its ThRirty-Year Jubilee. TH Anti-Saloon Leage convention, which Is the thirty-year jubilee, held at the First Congregational Church, will close with tonixht's session. Addressing this convention, Dr. Ben Bpence of Toronto, Canada, warned that the prohibition unit in Amerioa should be kept separate from other organizations. Senator Sterling of South Dakota urged more co-operation among state officials. Senator Ferris of Michigan said that “any survey of industrial condi- tions ih'"the’ United States; any sur- vey of crime, especlally growing out of the use of alcoholic liquors, ought in ftself to convince the most skepti- cal that prohibition prohibits.” Prohibition Commissioner Haynes declared “the way of the violator grows more difficult,” and “the day of the get-rich-quick bootlegger is al- most a thing of the past.” Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania, speaking yesterday, declared that America should be a “community Where .everybody is in training for the race of good citizenship and where it Is a discreditable thing to break training before the race has been won.” Prohibition, he said, should be Interpreted in “terms of good sportsmanship and manly strength.’ Col. William Hayward, United States attorney for the southern district of New York, declared he had faith in prohibition . in New York. Reviewing the recofd of prosecutions and con- victions from his office, he asserted that If such an excelient showing could ade in New York “there is, inde ope for prohibition in the nation.’ N Other speakers yesterday included Willlam E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson, Prof. Andres Osuna, former commissioner of education of Mexico; Rev. Sam 8mall, Fred B. Smith of the Federal Council of Church H. 8. Dulaney of Baltim: -.Miss . Cora_ Frances Stoddard of Boston, Rev. George R. Stewart of Alabama and Gov. Pat M. Neft of Texa: PLEDGE OF LOYALTY. The pledge of loyalty presented to Pr nt lidge at the ite House today by the “Anti-Saloon League of America reads as féllows: “On- this, the fourth anniversary of the taking effect of the national con- stitutional prohibition amendment, we come as citisens of the Republ our Natign's Capital to pledge loyal to our government in its worthy en. deavor to secure for the peopie the blessings of a larger liberty through a sober civic life. 3 “We extend felicitations and as surances of co-operation to you, a Chiet tive of the nation, in your efforts to enforce the law. Your fi“."""ug.-."'““"“n Tnpires” sonh: n im have ing confl- & ‘the' people that orderly-gov- dence- ernment shall endure. We pledge a Y ty. pro;-mon that thel The St. John Sinters, Mary “A Brosdway Prince,” at the Prexident fit of Dixstrict Government Welfare Ax STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, Agnes, will take part In prexentation of Thenter January 22 and 23 for bene- sociation. DEMOCRATS’ CHOICE OF NEW YORK ENDS 56 YEARS’ BAN BY PARTIES Convention, June 24, First $205,000 Cash Offer City Has Had Since 1868. Among Factors Win- ning Over San Francisco. A novelty in more than a half cen- | tury of American politics—u national | convention fn New York city—is to| be presented in the 1924 campaign. Historlc Madison Square Garden in New York will be the scene of this| year's democratic national conven- tion. New York was chosen vester- | day by the democratic national com- mittee after a spectacular contest with Chicago, San Francisco and St.| Louls. The convention 1 open June 24, probably a week after the| republican convention at~ Cleveland | en Not since 1868, a lapse of fifty-six years, has New York had a national political gathering. It wins the dem- ocratlc conclave this vear by dint of much effort and a contribution aggre- | gating §200,000 to the democratic | national committee. An equal sum | was offered by San Francisco, but| the committee voted against repeat- ing its 1920 trek to the Pacific coast. Final Committee Vote. ‘The final vote l(ving the convention to New York, after Chicago had been withdrawn, was: New York, 57; San Francisco, 40. and St. Louls. 6. The cholce later was made unanimous. Sharp bidding preceded the com- | mittee’s action, the tide swinging to New York when its delegation flung in an additional check for $65.000 be- side its initial bld of $150,000. The total breaks all financial records in political convention competition and aleo_enables the democratic commit- tee to start the 1924 campaign with a handy balance, after wiping out the deficit of about $180,000 from the 1820 campaign. New York's civic committee and a convention arrangements committee headed by Cheirman Hull will start | work_immediately in preparation for | the June meeting. Chairman Hull will visit New York within a day or two, accompanied by other na- tional committeemen. The New York civic committee has directed pos onement of all hotel reservations or the convention until the commit- tee sclects fts headquarters: proba- bly at the Waldorf-Astoria, and pro- vides for delegates and other official convention visitors. Deny Political Significance. Party leaders of ail factions said the cholce of New York and the bat- tle which preceded it were without significance on the candidacies of Willlam G. McAdoo, Senator Under- wood of Alabama or others for the presidential nomination. Although the McAdoo leaders had BAR HEADS APPROVE BRITISH SHIP CHOICE By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 16.—The executive committee of the American Bar Association, in midwinter session here, yesterday unanimously indorsed the action of the committee on ar- rangements and transportation in & lecting the Cunard liner Berengaria instead of the Leviathan to carry the members of the association to Eng- land next summer. Criticlsm of the ar association In selecting a British ship Instead of an American liner was pecently made on the floor of the ate. ‘The question of whether or not one eamship or the other carried and served ligquor,” sald & report submi ted to the executive committes by the arrangements committee, “never en- tered the heads of the committee or of any of the officers of the associa- tion until it was called to their at- tentfon by the articles inserted in the newspapers by representatives of the United States Lines and in stal ments made on the floor of Congre and had absolutely nothing to do with the conclusion reached by the committee which was based entirely on the consideration of the service to be rendered and the price to be charged for that service.” Alton B. Parker, New York, is sec- retary of the arrangements commit- tee, and Harold B. Beitler, Philadel- phia, secretary. ——eeeee like co-operation to all other ofllcerll who are faithful to their oath of o fice in the performance of duty. “We pledge loyalty to the Consti- tution and obedience to the iaws e acted pursuant thereto. We promise 10 help effectuate the purposes of the Constitution in every practical way; to provide for the “common defense’ against enemies of the republic, from within and without; to make & “mo perfect Unlon" by urging every state to do its part in ‘enforcing the éigh! eonth amendment, and “to promote the general welfare” by maintaining laws that remove every form of gov- ernmental protection from sources of crime and misery to mln{. = ives to the reconsecrate purposes, con- sumated by the required constitu- tional majority in the organic law, of which the eighteenth dment is an_accepted part, shall be enforced. “We confidentl assert that the large majority of the people are law- abidirig and wil¥ make whatever sac- rifice is necessary to uphold the con- itution and supj its enf L. this great or 'we ves, olr forturnes, ahd "our honor.” claimed that a majority of the com- mittee favored his candidacy and sev- eral prominent McAdoo workers h da d in favor of m western city r the convention and agalnst New the “McAdoo vote” in the com- . balloting apparently was di- several voting for New York thers for San Francisco and St. Snime professed to see in the result an indication of the reputed “Murphy- Drennan-Taggart” hand, reported as agalnst Mr. McAdoo’s nomination George E. Brennan, Tllinols cratic leader, voted for New York after withdrawing Chicago at close of the second ballot. and the two votes of Indiana, of ich Tom Taggart is national committeeman, also stuck to New York, where arles F. Murphy., Tammany Hall magnate, holds the democratic politi- cal scepter. Some of the McAdoo leaders said they had not opposed the cholee of New York, and pointed to | Mr. McAdoo's personal telegram 3 terday di York alming opposition to New Lis native state. _ Offers Declded Chotce. Defeat of Chicago and St. Louls was credited largely to their smaller financial offers. St. Louis proffered a | check for $100,000 and other induce- | ments, while Chicago offered to pay all _convention expenses backed by the §125,000 fund raised in the un- successful effort to obtain the re- publican convention. Thus, for the first time since 1896, Chicago will not be the ene in a presidential year of any major national political gather- ing. The advantages for woman visitors in New York also were emphasizsed by the speakers and ospecially by Miss Elizabeth Marbury, New York com- mitteewoman. She caused a laugh when ehe said New York was “sur. rounded” by water, while Mr. Hul bert assured the committee that Ne York's measure of law enforcement equaled that of Chicago. Several party precedents were broken in the committee's delibera- tions yesterday, one being the pub- lic balloting for the convention city. Secret voting was proposed, but be- cause of the large throng which over- flowed the hotel assembly room the committee finally took its votes in the open. Also in fixing the conven- tion opening for June 24, the com- mittee virtually precluded, except if a long deadlock over nominations should ensue, the convention's being In_session on the Fourth of July, which has sometimes occurred in past party conventions. A. M. SCHNEIDER RITES TO BE CONDUCTED TODAY Was Well Known Builder and Ar- chitect, Native of District; Leaves Two Sons. ALBERT M. SCHNEIDER. Funeral services for Albert More- land Schneider, well known bullder and architect of this city, who dled yesterday, will be conducted .by the Rev. J. J. Dimon of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, at the Balfour apartments, 16th and U streets north- west, this afternoon. Interment will be in the Rock Creek cemetery. Among the pall bearers are: John ¥. Maury, Norman B. Faster, G. R. Kraemer, Walter W. Talcott, Louls H. Schnelder and J. Curtis Walker, Mr. Schneider was born in Washing- ton, April 29, 1384, the son of Mrs. Rachel E. and the late William E. |8chneider. He attended school at the Emerson Institu! Hé is survived mhu mather. and . Schnelder and two sons, Edwin Moreland ‘W. Schneider, / SN 1924, IBRYANMAYLOE DELEGATE RACE Support of Educator for Presidency Reacts Against Commoner. I ! ! BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Special Dispatch to The Star. MIAMI BEACH, Fla., January 16.— William Jennings Bryan faces one of the most crucial tests of his long and tempestuous politcal life in his effort to be named a delegate-at-large from Florida to the democratic national conventlon. A At the present moment the chances Seem to be all against the great com- moner, but as the primaries are not theld until the 1st of next June there nay be a change of sentiment in his favor. Three times the national stand- ard bearer of his party, Mr. Bryan may be turned down In his adopted state for the comparatively lowly office of national conventlon delegate. Announces tor Floridian. Mr. Bryan's latest move in an- nouncing that he s for Dr. A. A. Murphree, head of the Florida State University, for President of the United States has reacted against him, rather than in his favor. It has given his political enemies the chance to say Mr. Bryan is “dragging In" the emi- nent educator as stalking horse and that the commoner still has ambi- tions which lle in the direction of {the White House. When Mr. Bryan first announced some time ago that he had a dark horse up his dry southern progressive—some per- sons thought he golng to name Josephus Daniels of North Carolina. . Mr. Bryan blasted that ides, how ever, by saying he had narrowed his choice to a Floridian. Then the political wiseacres and the para- graphers of the country all jumped to the conclusion that Mr. Bryan coyly was about to nominate himself. Mr. Murphree ia greatly admired down here in Florida, but is realized by his closest friends that nationally he is unknown only among the high- er educational circles. Political am- bition has not been attributed to him In any degree. So Mr. Bryan's an- nouncement for him seems to have been but another of & number of moves which have made the former Nebraskan a bit unpopular with the Florida democrate. May Contest Fleteher. First of all there is a belief that Mr. Bryan is grooming himself to contest the seat of Senator Duncan U. Floicher two years from now. This naturally has caused resentment among the Fletcher supporters, and Mr. Bryan has not appeated them by including the senator among the Florida democrats he would be glad to support in the event of his nomi- nation. The democrats down here know full well that no Floridian has a chance to be named for the presi- dency at this time, and they regard Mr. Bryan's enthusiasm for a Fiori- dan as a piece of political buffoonery which they do not religh. Mr. Bryan further has announced that If he is elected a delegate to the national convention he will oppose with all his heart and soul any at- tempt to nominate Senator Oscar Un. derwood of Alabama. The commoner regards the Alabaman as & “wet” and & reactionary—two things that anathema to him. It 8o happen. however, that Mr. Underwood has quite a ‘following in this state and may get the delegation. If the Un- derwood sentiment grows and the Bryan opposition to him continues, as every one expeats it to, this fact will further militate against Mr. Bryan's chances of ever getting to the con- vention Bryan Still “Outsider.” The Florida democrats have not yet assimilated the distinguished Nebras- kan. Many of them still look upon him as an outsider and are reluctant to turn down their own kind to heap political honors on the “newcomer,” despite his notable past. In standing for delegate at large Mr. Bryan will have to be voted for 1l over the state. It will be the test of his political future. If elected he undoubtedly will go forward with his senatorial plans. If defeated it mean his political end. Per- sonally Mr. Bryan is extremely popu- lar here in his new environment, but politically the democrats of the state say they do not believe he will play ball with them, but will be beholden only unto himself as a delegate. It may be, therefore, that Mr. Bryan will have to sit in the New York con- vention on a proxy or not at all. GEN. DAWES DENOUNCES RUMOR OF DISSENSION (Continued from First Page.) n_the light of experience. The feel- ing is that any purely cut and dried scheme cannot be imposed upon Ger- many with any precise knowledge in advance as to its productiveness. WORK OF DAWES UNOFFICIAL. ‘White House Disclaims Further Foreign Entanglement. It was reiterated yesterday at the White House that " participation of Americans in the committee of experts invited by the reparations commission to make an endeavor to stabilise Ger- many's economic situation does not indicate in any way that the United States government has any idea of participating officially in the activi- ties of the reparations commission or to make any Other change in it in- ternational policies. This was made known following in- quiries regarding the reported im- pression of the publio of Europe that the_participation of the American ex- erts was merely a first step of the Pilted States in’ becoming more ao- tive in European affairs. A spokesman for the President, in utting at rest this inference, mage t plain that the unofficial partioci- pation could not give the impression of turther participation on the part of the American government, inas- much as the latter has taken no part, and has no idea of doing so. It was_pointed out that Messrs. Dawes, Young and Robinson, the American experts invited by the rep- arations commission to assist in fm- roving affairs in Germany are serv- ng merely at the invitation of the reparations commission and in no wise officially represénting the United s? es government. t was pointed out al tion on the part of th experts or any expressions mado b; em should not be taken to repre. sent or reflect the policies of the United States government. —_— SAVE ITALIAN SAILORS. United States Seamen in Naples Prevent Tragedy After Collision., NAPLES, January 16.—Seamen from the United States cruiser Pittsburgh today saved the lives of a number ot Italian sallors when a tug rammed a motor boat, cutting it almost in two. When t| accldent occurred, the men on the Pittsburgh immediately lowered their launch and rushed to the scene, arriving there just as the motor boat was about to sink, DECLARE NAME WRONG 'wo: Deny Youth Arrestrd Is Fredericx B. Harper. A young man arrested in a raid on & dice game in a 5th etreet office buflding early yesterday morning and registered by police as Frederick B. Harper, 617 F street northwest, has brought forth two denials, one to The Evening Star and the other to the clerk of the Police Court. James E. Harper, 4223 Sth street northwest, wrote The Evening Star that the young man arrested is not his son, suggesting the person ar- rested assumed his son’'s name, and writing that he wanted to see the individual. Chief Clerk Frank B. Sebring re- oceived a message signed J. P. Clark occupant of the F street house, stat- ing _that no such person as Frederick B. Harper resided there. i HOUSE NEAR VOTE 10 CHANGE RULES Democrats and Insurgents Again as One on Commit- tee Procedure. The House fought its way toward & yote today on amendment of its rules to simplify procedure for dis- charging committees from considera- tion of legislation, with debate un- limited, but republican and demo- cratic leaders ready for a show down on the question before adjournment. Five hours of heated discusston of the rules committ report, which proposes a number of changes in the House rules, brought no vote yester- day on any of them, but revealed the democrats and republican insurgents apparently working together in the same way that brought about the de- feat of the organisation republican Monday, when restrictions were lift- ed against the offering of amend- ments to tariff and revenue bills from the floor. Number of Signers Questioned. Today's battle centers around the number of petitioners to be required for instituting the discharge of a committee. ‘The rules committe roposal provides that petitions call ng for such action must carry 150 signatures, while the democrats and insurgents have been insisting that the minimum be reduced to 100. With this issue and the question of amend- ing tariff and revenue bills out of the the debate is expected to become turbulent, since these two em- brace the prinoipal objectives of the democratie-insurgent coalition. Shoals Project Stowed Away. Another of the explosive matters before the House—disposal of the Muscle Shoals project—was stowe: away today due to the military com mittce's decision to suspend its study of ofters for the government's plant, but the tax rate hearing was con- tinued by the ways and means com- mittee, and the seeds of another form of discontent were mined by the agriculture committs which devoted its session to hearing arguments for and against the restoration to mem- bers of Congress of the privilege of Iu:dlnl’ free seeds to their constitu- ents. Provisions of the Johnson {mmigra- tion Dbill to bar Japanese from the United States were taken up in exec- utive session by the immigration com- mittee, and the forelgn affairs com- mittee continued its consideration of the Rogers measure for reorganiza tion of the diplomatic and consular services. The Senate's program, except for committee activities, presented an other broad opportunity for discu sion of political issues and what not. SUIT FOR ACCOUNTING FRANKLIN STATUE 10 BE DECORATED Sons of American Revolution to Lay Wreath in Memory of Birthday. Benjamin Franklin memorial exer- cises will be held under the ausplel of the District of Columbia Soclety, BSons of American Revolution, tomor- row at noon beneath the status of the distinguished American, at 10th street and Pennsylvania avenue. Samuel Herrick, president of thé District soclety, will make the intro- ductory remarks. which will be fol- lowed by the presentation of colors and salute to the flag by Frederick D. Owen of the society. Afier selections by the Marine Bund | and *The Star Spangled Banner,” Mrs. Ahthony Wayne Gopl, preaident generai of the Daughters of the American Rev- olution, will eulogize Benjamin Frank- lin as a “patriot.” Col. Frederick C. Bryan of the Bons of the American Rev- olution, will make similar arks on Franklin as a “philosopher” ; John Paul Ernest will speak of him as & philan- thropist, and Col. John McElroy of the G. A. R, will speak of him as a iter. Col. M¢Eiroy is editor of the National Tribune. Flowers will be laid at the foot of t | the monument and taps will be sounded. The committee in chai from the Dis. trict Soclety, Sons of the American Revolution Samuel Herrftk, presi- dent; Frederick D. Owen, BSelden M. Ely and Maj. Guy Withers. | BY WOOD IS DENIED Insular Supreme Court Dismisses Mandamus Proceedings of Democrata Leaders. By the Associated Press. MANTLA, January 16.—Mandamus proceedings Instituted by leaders of the democratic party in an effort to compel Gov. Gen. Leonatd Wood and other officials to make public detalls of expendituras from the $500,000 an- nual independemce funa, were Al missed yesterday by the insular su- preme court ' ‘The court held unanimously that the United Btates was without jur diction in the matter. Prior to Institution of the man- damus action, democrata leadérs called on Gen. Wood d asked him to au- thorize examination of the indepen: ence - fund vouchers. They charged that the fund was beng misumed by political lesders. Gen. Wood an- nounced could not horise such an . investigation unless specific charges were mad Subsequently, the specific chari connection wit ment. President Queson of the insular senate and two former congressme ‘were named. Gen. Wood sald he would consider the charges in the mean. time the mandamus petition was filed. . A _telephone is an instrument used bv thoughtless peoplé to annoy you about things that don't matter. From Yesterday's 5:30 Xdition of The Star. U. 5. T0 PROTECT SHIPS IN MEXICO Huerta to Be Warned inter- ference at Tampico Will Not Be Tolerated. The Washington government is preparing to inform Adolfo de lu Huerta directly that proper Americai commerce with the port of Tamp must not be interfered With in the course of the present uprising against the Obregon government, It is un- derstood that the communication will be gent to de la Huerta individually and not as the head of a de facto or provisional government. It will be pointed out to the leader of the Mexican insurrectionists tha: the movement of commerce in and out of Tampico in American vessels hax nothing whatever to do with the olitical struggle now in progress in Mexico. Suppression of that traffic, in the opinion of the Washington gov- ernment, does not constitute a legiti- mate step on the part of the de la Huerta faction, and would not aid that faction in' connection with the Mexican presidential election. ‘The American ships and the comme clal Interests involved are not taking part in the Mexican disturbance in any way, the administration holds, nor wiil measures directed against them prove of benefit to the contestants in that struggle. For these reasons the Wash- :gl:et::: gu\;e:n:ent does not propose 1o e interference erican imeree with ~ American epresentatives of Americ: 1l tereats in the Tampico region huve com plained that de la Huerta's blockade of that port threatcns the movement of Amerfcan ofl tankers and other craft Presumably the State Department has aiready taken steps to communi- te to de la Huerta through the con sulate at Vera Cruz, and possibly also «hrou’h representatives in this coun try of the de la Huerta group, its views in connection with the attempr to close the port agalnst commercial shipping. Prom Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star CLYDE DELANEY IS HELD ON SHOOTING CHARGE Clyde De Laeney, charged with at- tempting to kill Miss Agnes Solllers 1024 9th street northwest, on Saturday night last, was held for the action of the grand jury in Police Court yester- day. He pleaded not gullay. Bond s fixed at 35,000, The police say taat De Laney admit- ted to them that he went to the home of the young woman with the inten- tion of killing her and then committing suicide, but that after firing four shots at the girl, two of which hit her, he found that his pistol was empty, and that he did not have m cartridge with which to _complete the job by killing himself. The woman is fu the hospital NEGLECT OF GREAT FALLS IS DECLARED “CRIME” (Continued from First Page.) morrow, Carl D. Thompson, secretar. of the Public Ownership League of America, declared the aims were the reatest possible use of electric pow- for industry, municipalfities, farm- rs and home users at the lowest ble cost, with the general prin- ciple of service at cost. FALLS BILL URGED. Commissioners Favorably Report on Potomac Power Project. The Commissioners yesaerday noon transmitted to the Senate Distric. committes a favorable report on the bill to develop electricity for Wash ington from the waterpower Great Falls. The city heads. however, cailed the attention of the lawmakers to cer- tain things which they believe should be given careful consideration in framing the legislation, The most {mportant suggestion made by the Commissioners is that the Public Utllities Commission be given authority to require the public utility corporations of the city to take power from the Great Falls plant un- der certain conditions. Call Plan Advantageous. ‘The report, which was prepared fo: the Commissioners by Maj. Bell, points out that the so-called Tyler plan for harnessing the falls would call for a tota) outlay of $44,421,000. Discussing this project, the Commissioners say: "The board of Commissioners are of the oplnion that the development as proposed a well considered one. and that its completion would be of great benefit to the District of Co- lumbia. Nothing has been noted in the bill or in the report to indicate that funds of the District of Columbia are to be utilized in the construction. The city heads then’point out that the board of engineers for rivers and harbors recommended that before the project ls developed, provision by made of legally enforceabie contracts between the public service companies of the city and whoever develops Great Falls, bind- ing the companies to receive water- power that can be used in place of steampower. Give No Fiaameial View. The Commissioners tell Congress that since it does not appear that District funds to be used in building the plant, they do not feel it their duty to pass upon the merits of the development from a business standpoin They say they do regard it proper to call attention to the fact ti 80 long as the public utilities are re- quired to maintain their own steam plants as a reserve the saving to them of procuring part of their power from the hydro-electric development will not be very great. ‘Should it become posé their existing stéam plants,” the Com- missioners continue, “a fair value of plants would have to be given eration.” . eads then point out that tomac Electric Power Company has groxlmn-ly $6.000,000 invested in uction equipment. “With the limitations and sugges- tions outlined above, the board of Commissioners report favorably on this bill and recommend its passage. says the réport in conclusion. BILL EXEMPTS WOMEN FROM JURY SERVICE Another in Maryland Legislature Makes Giving Age at Regis- tering Needless, Special Dispateh to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jaauary i6— ‘Women of Maryland will not be re- uired to serve on juries, nor to give fin ir gges at election registrations, under®he terms of two bills intro- duced today In the Maryland legisl ture. Ons of the measures, by Senator Lawrence B. “Towers of county, provides that women T tering may give their ages at “3 “over 31. e *IIG K. E. Bruce of Bfltfmon city introduced the other measurs, which provides that women desiring to be exempted from jury duty may obtain exemption by mak- ing requests to judges or magistrates. in- or