Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1924, Page 1

. WEATHER. X Rain tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight, temperature above freezing; increasing easterly winds, Temperature for 24 hours ended at 3 p.m. today—Highest, 51, at 4 p.m. yes- terday. Lowest, 30, at 7:50 a.m. today. Full report on page 19. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 No. 29,122, Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D C* DOHENY Tells MENTIONED . Senate Places Caraway Resolution to Cancel Leases on Regular Calendar. L. Doheny, California oil operator, testified today before the Teapot Dome committee that he had loaned .$100,000 to former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall on November 30, 1921. He added that the loan was made b money did not belong to any terested. Doheny declared that during negotiation of the loan there was no discussion of any contract between the government and any of the Doheny oil interests tien to any subsequent transact Was “Personal Matter.” The purpose, Doheny said, was to enable Fall to cnlarge his ranch hold- nze in New Mexico. The witness told the committee that no officer of his company knew any- thing about the loa that it was purely “a personal mafter.” Doheny sald he left Los Angeles January 17 to give the information concerning his loan to the committee end that he traveled via New Or- Jeans to apprise Fall of his inten- tion, He added that Fall was “in full accord” with his purpose. “I have been following the reports of the proceedings before your com- mittee,” said Mr. Doheny'c statement, mittee,” sald Mr. Doheny’s statement, standing my authorizatlon to ex- Secretary Fall early in December’ to state the full and complete facts in connection with a personal transac- tion had in 1921 between Mr. and myself, Mr. Fall has been mak- ing an effort to keep my name out of the discussion for the reason that a full statement might be misunder- ®tood Declaring his wish to avold any misunderstanding concerning hisloan, | Doheny said: Whether there is a possibility of | such misunderstanding or not, I wish 1o state to the committee and to the ublic the full facts, and 1 may say , here that I regret that when I was before your committee T did not tell ¥ou what I am now telling you.” *1 did not do so for the reason that ®uch statement was not pertinent in answer to any of the questions asked me by members of the committee, and 0 have done so wouid have been volun- teering something in no way connected Wwith the contracts made with the Pan- Smer Petroleum and Transport Company Denles Fall Profited. “When asked by your chairman wiether Mr. Fall has profited by the contract, directly or indirectly, I mnsweral in the negative. That answer ! I now reiterate.” “I wish first to inform the commit- tee that on the 30th day of November, 1921, 1 loaned Albert B. Fall $100,000 on his promissory note to enable him | 1o purchase a ranch in New Mexico. This sum was loaned to Mr. Fall by e, personally. It was my own money and did not belong, in whole or in part, to any oil company with which I am or have been connected. In connection with this loan, there was no discussion between Mr. Fall and myself as to any contract whatever. “This loan had no relation to any of the subsequent transactions. The transactions themselves, in the order &n which they occurred, dispose of any contention that they were influenced by my making a personal loan to a ditelong triend.” Friends for Thirty Years. “The reason for my making and Mr. Fall's accepting the loan was that we had been friends for more than thirty years. He had invested his savings for those years in his » home ranch in New Mexico, which, 1 understood, was all ‘that remained to Lim after the failure of mining in- Nestments in Mexico and nine years ©f public service in Washington, dur- | i _which he could not properly at- tend to the management of his Fanch.” Caraway Renews Demand. T'revious to the convening of the committce, the Senate gave unani- , ¥uous consent to discharge the com- Buittee of consideration of the Car: Wway resolution—a step which places the resolution on the Senate calendar, where it must walt at least one day Yefore action can be taken. This action came after Senator Car- away had renewed in the Senate h demand for immediate action on his resolution, which would call upon the President to negotiate suitable iu‘“nn to cancel the Teapot Dome oil ease. The agrcement was reached on mo- tion of Senator.Robinson, Arkansas, he democratic leader. He then at- tempted to make the measure the un- finished business of the Senate but was blocked by an objection by Sen- ator Lenroot, republican, Wisconsin, chairman of ‘the committee. The proposal to discharge the commit- tee was accepted only after Senator La Follette, republican, Wisconsin, had een assured that it would not affect continuance of the committee inquiry. By agreement between the democratic and republican leaders debate then was ®hut off for the day. Doheny Reackes Capital. Mr. Doheny arrived this mornini rom New Orl and he is expett 10 be followed shortly from the same ity by former Secretary Fall. Mr. 'all has been subpoenaed for que: tioning tomorrow with reference, ac- cording to republican members of the ommittee, to the $100,000 fund he as sald he took with him when he jeft Washington after resigning from 1ho cabinet to use in enlarging his fanch holdings in New Mexico. To- day's session of the hearing was call- +«d unexpectedly ldte yesterday after the committee previously had decided 20t to resume its investigation until ‘amqrmw. ADMITS OF $100,000 TO FALL IN OIL LEASE PROBE Committee Transaction 1. “Personal Matter” Between Friends of 30 Years. DENIES U. S. RESERVE CONTRACT Fall |Frozen ears and noses were common. | LOAN IN NEGOTIATIONS him personally and the oil company in which he is in- , and that the loan had no rela- ion relating to oil leases. BRDS FALLFROZE ONLENN GREVERS Thinly Clad, Frost-Bitten| Thousands, Including Children, at Bier. BY F. A. MACKENZIE. By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1924. MOSCOW, January 24—The all-) night vigil of thousands of Russians in Moscow's freezing streets, awalt- ing their turn to trail past the body of Nicolal Lenin, was an arresting spectacle. The weather was colder than it has been for years past—20 degrees be- low zero. Sparrows fell frozen in the street on the mourning thousands. Yes, from the moment Wednesday night when the late premier's body was exposed in state, armies of peo- ple—men, women and children— poured in from all quarters. Many thinly clad, they stood in twining lines a mile long. Not until 4 o'clock Thursday morn- ing did the push slacken, and even| then only for a short time, for by 6 o'clock fresh ~ontingents began ar-| riving. Thursday morning tems of thou- sands of children from national homes were waiting in the unshelter- ed streets hour after hour In the fall- ing snow, some of them with the thinest imaginable footwear and cloth- ing. Body in Red Cofin. Within the hall Lenin's body lies in an open red coffin, dressed in brown tweeds. The hands are clasp- ed. The coat is decorated with the badge of the communist party. The | face is thin and worn, but the wrin- kles have been smoothed away. Lenin seems finally at rest. How great a purgatory of physical suffering he has passed through with brain torture in recent months, men &re only now discovering. While a final decision has not yet | been reached, it is probable that | Lenin's official place will be taken by a triumvirate, made up of Stalin, Ry- kov and Kameneff. OUTHDAKOTAMAN . ON SHIPPING BOARD! i | W. S. Hill of Mitchell, S. D, was today appointed by President Cool- idge to the United States Shipping }Board to be the representative from the interior section on that body., This announcement was made this lafternoon at the White House, fol- lowing. a conference the President had with Mr. Hill, who was accom- panied by Commissioner of Indian Af- tairs Burke. Mr. Hill is a prominent agricul- turist and has been engaged in stock raising as well as general farming besides being vice president of a bank in Mitchell and president of the |State Fair Association. Mr. Hill's appointment to the Ship- ping Board fills a vacancy caused by the resignation of Edward P. Farley, chairman of the board. The iaw pro- vides that not more than two mem. bers of the ‘board should come from the great lakes section. Since the existence of this vacancy the President has received many re. quests from farm organizations, as well as senators and representatives from the Interior, that he appoint & so-called dirt farmer to the Shipping Board, and in_the selection of Mr. Che VASHINGTON, * V REVILT BACKBONE OBREEON CERTAI Federal Leaders Count on Rage of People to Aid in Crushing Rebels. ECONOMIC LIFE SUFFERS UNDER CLOUDS OF STRIFE Naval Move Expected to PlaceFin- ishing Jouches on Fed- eral Victory. « Dy the Assoclated Press. EL PASO, Tex., January 24— President Alvaro Obregon was forced to return to Aguas Calientes vesterday when he attempted a trip to Celaya, and now is ‘gather- ing his forces in an attempt to cut through rebel - troops holding Celaya, an important railway junc- tlon, advices received in Juarez to- day state. MEXICO CITY, January 24 (by Radio via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram).— The Obregon administration, at the be- ginning of the eighth week of revolu- tionary hostiities, finds itsef 'in ‘an “exceedingly advantageous” position, with bright prospects that the “back- bone of the revolution will shortly be broken,” says an official statement fs- sued by the war department yesterday. A summary of the military situation after seven weeks of operations against the rebels, war department officlals point out, takes into account only fed- eral operations afoot without attempt- ing to predict what decisive effects proposed naval activities would have. The naval operations are expected to supply the finishing touches to the land campaigns against Vera Cruz, the rebels’ stronghold. - Even should federal armies suffer reverses in the coming offensive, war department officials are confi- dent the fate of the revolution is sealed, since they say the naval blockade would be virtually certain to cut off rebel supplies of arms a munitions, and “bush - whackin taetics, which would be the neces- sary result, could be easily quelled. Count on Peo, Anger. The government’ is basing great hopes on the ‘popular anger against the revolutionists, whose activities are paralyzing business and causing much suffering in regions both di- rectly and indirectly affected. Thus far popular Indignation is manifest- ing itself in the organization of vol- unteer agrarian regiments for active duty in state and town protection. Clashing personal ambitions of rev- ofutionary leaders, de Maycotte, Sanch and Vigil, are depended upon scatter the revolutionary elements. Directing the western front cam- paign from (Celaya, President Gen. Obregon has dividea the federal forces under Gen. Amaro to pursue rebel columns which virtually have abandoned Guadalajara and which are attempting to.prolong the strug- gle by Incursions into various parts of Jalisco, Michoacan and Guan: Juato. The advance against Vera Cruz is proceeding under direct command of Gen. Martinez, with Secretary of War Serrano directing operations from federal headquarters at Puebla. Fight in Oll Districts. Offensive operations are being di- rected from Tampico toward recov- ering petroleum districts under rebel control. UnoMcial reports from Tampico are to the effect that Ciudad Victoria, which was taken over by a revolting garrison early this week, has been recaptured by federals. L Little credence is given here to a report that Gen. Sanchez, rebel lead- er, was wounded during an alter tion with Poniano Carranza, rebel of- ficer, who attempted to persuade Sanchez to lay down arms. FEDERALS VICTORIOUS. len® to Take Two Towns in 0il District Offensive. By the Associated Press. TAMPICO, January 24 —Federal forces engaged In driving rebel bands out of the oil district have taken the town of Oguluama In the Huasteca region. Rebels yesterday took possession of Linares between Monterey and Culdad Victoria, but a fede column sent from Monterey regained the town. More than fifty revolution- arles wgre killed. 1 It is expected that the rail service between Tampico and Maonterey will be resumed in a few days. The first officer of the United States cruiser Richmond, which came into the port vesterday for fuel oil, celved a representative of the new; paper El Mundo, and in the name of Rear Admiral Magruder extended greetings to the Mexican people. Ask- ed regarding the mission of Richmond, the officer sald the ve: sel had come to Tampico waters to protect American Interests should the necessity arise, but that her visit in every way was a friendly one. The Richmond has aboard part of the crew of the Tacoma, which foun- dered on a reef near Vera Cruz. REBELS TAKE TOWN. Salina Cruz on Pacific Falls—New Advaice Plagned. Y By the Associated Press. VERA CRUZ, January 22 (By Radio HIll i€ {s thought that these T have been answered. e i OPPOSE TARIFF CUT. French Farmers Want Rate on ‘Wheat -Kept /Up. By the Assoclated PARIS, January 24.—The Farmers' National Association has adopted a resolution disapproving the govern- ment's plans for reduction of the tar- iff on wheat from 14 francs to 7 francs per metric hundredweight. The re- duction would be futile in its effect upon the price of wheat, the resolu- tion says, . be forei porter: E ice accosdingly. via the Dallas News).;—The port of Salina Cruz'is in the power of the tionists. It was attacked by. rG’::‘“E::‘lQu Brena, aided by the gunboat Progreso. The .capture gave the rebels compléte control of the Pacific coast from Jalisco southward. The forces which attacked Salina Cruz have begun & movement against Santa Lucrecia. The situation along the Vera Cruz- Oaxaca front continued unchanged. —_———————— LA FOLLETTE DRIVE BEGUN. OMAHA, Nel January ‘24¢.—Local members of the progressive party of Neb: began ciroulation of the petition to piace the name of Senator Robert M, La Follette of Wisconsin yon the Apnril presidential - preference _banoz, e WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITIO?W D. C, AT BREAKING POINT,| - RADICALS RESUME ATTACKS ONLEWS Vote to-Unseat Progressive Delegate Brings New “Gag-Rule” Charges. By the Assoclated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, January 2i.—Insur- gents within the ranks of the United Mine Workers renewed their attacks on President John L. Lewls when the biennial convention was reconvened today and the credentials committee reported in favor of unseating Joseph Chiccolini of Pennsylvania. The charge was made before the commit- tee by Willlam Feeney, secretary- treasurer of the district, that Chicco- Uni iy an officer in & dual organiza- tion—the Progressive Mine Workers. Amid considerable confusion three standing votes were taken on the committee’s report to unseat Chicco- Unl and after the third President Lewls declared .the -Teport adopted, S iatuwiot ihe aamt ;rallroading,” “steam roller and “gag - Appeal from Expulsion. Insurgent leaders sald the first they knew that membership In an organi- sation such as the Progressive Mine Workers' Committee, constituted grounds for expulsion was yesterday, when it became known that Thomas Myerscough had been expelled for his actiities in connection with the Inter- national Progressive Mine Workers' Committee. Myerscough has an appeal pending before the convention commit- tee on appeals and grievances. The {nsurgents suffered a marked de- feat in their fallure to obtain a roll call on their proposal to reinstate de- posed officials of district 26 of Nova Scotia. Delegates to Prague. Personnel of the delegation to the International Mining Congress at Prague in June was forecast with some certainty today when President Lewls let it become known he favored election of Secretary-Treasurer Wal- ter Nesbitt of the Illinois district and President Thomas Kennedy of Dis trict 7, Pennsylvania. Another development today was the appearance in the convention hall of Mrs. Tom Mooney, whose husband is still serving a sentence in connection with the throwing of a bomb during a Preparedness day parade in San Francisco. Mrs. Mooney called on President Lewis and explained that a new governor had been elected in California and a new petition is in preparation to present to him, asking release of Mooney. President Lewis advised her to meet the resolutions committee, with the idea that a reso- lution in Mooney's behalf may be. drawn up. | “The prospect for today was that Sec- retary Percy Tetlow of the Ohio di trict will continue reading the reports of the committee on resolutions. There were 750 resolutions introduced: Among those et to be acted upon arg seven demanding that international ors ganizers be elected instead of appaint: ed by international president; eleves demanding election instead of appoints ment of convention committe teen for the reinstatement of Alexander Howatt of Kansai naturalized; fityeen to prohibit switck- ‘miners, and one cor- deciaring that' nd o in war, o Join 3 on. : ing of cars b demning war miner should eng: military organizat GERMAN TEXTILE STRIKE! FOLLOWED BY RIOTING Many Wounded in Fights With Pb- 1ice—84,000 Workers Walk Out. Building Trades Affected. : By the Associated Press. ELBERFELD, Germany, Janualy 24.—Disorders are' occurring’ in cen nection’ with the strike of the t. tile workers in the Elberfeld-Barm»n reglon, involving more than' 60,600 employes. - Conflicts between - the strikers and the police have occurrad at Werden, Lennep and Barmen, with some firinx on both sides, In each §f- fair resulting in the wounding of numerous persons and many arrests. The textile hands have l’lfllled£ & offer ‘from the mill owners to the workers for overtime after ¢ elght-hour: periods. Fifteen thousznd metal workers and 9,000 men | Ibnilding trades are out, in sAdition g0 theae in e cestilc gioap. three requiring ! all miners be citizens, native -born or | v | intendent of machine OSCAR DOESNTKNOW WHAT WE CALIFPRNANS ,Cripples Storm Parliament House In Pensions Plea YIENNA, January 24.—A depu- tatlon of 400 aripples, fifty of | whom brandished their crutches, | stormed the parifament building yésterday clamoring for the im- madiate payment of overdue pen- sions. ZAfter two hours of speech mak- 13 the demonstrators were as- sared their grievances would be dressed, whereupon they hob- d_home threatening to return If the promises of the ministers | re not fulfilled. FIRE AND POLICE ! l-fouse Committee Unanimous in Favoring Measure—On Floor Next Monday. iFavorable report on the police and fitemen’s pay bill ‘was ordered unani- mously today by the House District cémmittee. That there may be no question of aluthority to call up this bill next Monday the first District day in the House, the committee adopted a reso- lation offered by Representative Beers of Pennsylvania, instructing the ranking republican member of the committee, Representative Fred N. Zzihlman of Maryland, to take charge of District legislation and press it for action on the floor of the House in the absence of Representa- tive Stuart F. Reed of West Virginia, ho s il rrlcl committee today the special sub- committee on the police and firemen’s bay bill held a conference with offi- cers of the police and fire depart- Iments and of ‘the policemen’s and JYiremen's associations, at which minor adjustments in the salary schedules €re agreed upon. A 1 Basic Salaries. As reported the bill provides that the annual basic salaries of officers and members of the metropolitan po- Elice force shall be as follows: Major and superintendent, $5,200; assistant superintendents, $3,500 each; inspec- tors, $3,250 each, provided that the inspector assigned to the supervision and command of the detective bureau shall during the period of such ai signment be rated as and shall re celve thé pay of an assistant super- intendent; captains, $3,000, provided that the lieutenant assigned as as- sistant to the inspector commanding the detective bureau shall during the period of such assignment hold the rank and receive the pay of a gaptain; lleutenants, $2,700 each; sergeants, $2,400 each; pricates of class 3, $2,100 each: privates of class 2, $1,900 each; privates of class 1, $1,800 each. Driver privates are to be given the same rank and pay as privates -Of the above classes. Members of the police force who may.be mounted on horses furnished and maintained by themselves are to receive an ex- tra compensation of $450 per annum. Members of the force who may he called upon to use motor velicles furnished and maintained by them- selves shall each recelve extra com- pensation of $480 per annum. lowance for_Bicyecles. Members of the force who may be mounted on bicycles shall each re- celve an extra compensation of $70 per_annum.- Members of the force detailed to datective heaglquarters shall each receive extra compensation of §600 per gnnum. Members of the tord ::etlued for special service in the ‘vatious precincts are to re an éxtra compensation of $240 l“;’ee':re and: members detalled on motor ey cle service are to recelve extra coi- Dpensation of $120 per year. In finally reporting ‘the bill the committee struck out & provision whizh would give the thirty-five Hers of the force detailed to de- tective headquarters the rank of lleutenant detectives The annual basic salaries provided in’ the : Chief engineer, 36,200 deputy chisf “engineers, $3,500; "bai talion chief -engineers, $3,06 marshal, $3,50; deputy’ fire' marshal, $2,600; Inspectors, $2,000 each; cab: Im $3,600 each: lieutenants, 32,350 each: sergeants, $2,200. each; super: . $3,250; assistant superintendent of machinery, $2,5( pi lots, 32,200 each: marine engineers, 1$2,250 each: assistant marine eng [noers,_s2 each; marine fireme (COULNLEG vit Lage +, Column 6.) ' BILL IS REPORTED, THURSDAY, JANUARY: 24, 1924 -THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. ITAX PLAN DEBATED ONFLOOR OF HOUSE Garner and Green Clash, Senator Jones Speaks on Measure in Senate. The Mellon tax plansfor the first tiie was debated today on the floor of both the Senate and House. Representative Garner, democrat, of Texas, who is endeavoring to substi- tute a measure for the Treasury bill, engaged in an exchange in the House with Representative Mills, a repub- lican member of the House ways and means committee, who made a forty- minute prepared speech for the Mel- lon plan. In the Senate the Garner plan was presented by Senator Jones, demo- crat, of New Mexico. who furnished tables to show its cffects upon vari- ous classes of taxpayers, Hits at Mellon. “The gréat Secretary says the Gar- ner plan is insincere, aid Senator Jones, pparently because of the importance ‘given to small incomes. Mr. Mellon probably has so long dealt with large incomes that he can- not see the other.” Representative Mills declared the jreduction of surtax was vital to pros- iperity of the natlon and asserted the democratic plan on surtaxes would limit tax reduction to the small in- come taxpayers at the expense of the entire population. Garner Pokes Fun. Mr. Garner poked fun at President Coolidge, Secretary Mellon and vari- ous republican leaders. “Uncle Andy sent a tax bill to the House,” he declared, “with word to the republican leaders ‘Here's the |bill. You musn't touch it’ and Cal said: ‘Me, too.""” “You've got to do what the Presi- dent tells you to do in this Con- gress,” continued Mr. Garner, ad- dressing_his remarks to the repub- licans. “If you don't stand by Uncle Andy you won't have enough money |to run the campaign in one county in_Pennsylvania. He's boss, now. Mr. Garner predicted that Presi- dent Coolidge would sign any tax- reduction bill passed by Congress, regardless of his stand against basic changes. in_the Mellon draft. “It we send him the democratic plan without changing a single fig- ure,” he added, “he won't dare veto {t, It reduces taxes, and thc country wants Jower taxes.” Mr. Garner criticized Representa- tive Longworth of Ohio, the repub- lican leader, and Chairman Green of the ways and means committee for not “rebuking the Secretary of the Treasury and the President, too,” for the way In which they have insisted on the Treasury bill intact. Pointing out that in 1921 various re- | publican leaders, among them Mr. Green, voted for @ surtax maximum of 50 per cent rather than 32 per {Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) TEAPOT DOME LEASE DECLARED HANDLED UNKNOWN TO CABINET Fall Said to Have Carried on Negotiations as Depart- ment Matter—Never Submitted to Official Family. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Albert B. Fall, when Secretary of the Interior, negotiated and con- cluded the Teapot Dome oil deal with the Sinclairs without consultation with the Harding cabinet. No mem- ber of the administration then and now In office, with the exception of Secretary Denby, had any connection with the transaction. It was not sub- rmitted to the cabinet in any form. Many members of the Harding official household heard of the Teapot Dome cransaction only when they read about it in the newspapers. When it came to thelr ‘attention it was a closed incident. Statements to_ this effect are likely to be brought forward prominently Dbefore the Seriate subcommittee's Tea~ tnot Dome investigation has advanced far. They are regarded as im- Poptant by the friends of the Coolidge administration, because they are thought to establish its complete de- tachment from the scandal. The | President and his political supporte: are under no {llusions as to the grav- jty of the ofl affair from the stand- point of the republican party this “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 99,275 * 'Congress to Pay Honor to Harding On February 27 A joint congressional session Is planned for Wednesday, February 27, as a memorial service for President Harding. A resolution passed by the House provided that Secretary Hughes be requested to deliver the principal address and that former Presidents Taft and Wil- #on, the Supreme Court justices, members of the cabinet and gov- ernors of the states be invited to attend. LIQUOR PEDDLED INU.S. BUILDINGS Col. Sherrill Tells Reorgani- zation Committee of Boot- leggers’ Soliciting. Bootleggers are selling their wares in government department buildings here, according to testimony today by Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public bulidings and grounds, appearing before the joint congressional committee holding hearings on the reorganization of the departments. “We are having a great deal of trouble with bootleggers,” Col. Sher- rill told the committee, in the course of his testimony advocating. the status quo of the office of the super- intendent of State, War and Navy buildings and of the office of public buildings and grounds. Col. Sherrill's testimony was in connection with a statement, in which he told of the Increase in floor space covered by guards in approxi- mately forty buildings under his con trol as superintendent of the State, War and Navy buildings. 1919 to 1924 Imcreane. He told of the increase of floor space covered during the period of 1919 to 1924, and said that at the same time a decrease had been made in the number of guards who were patrolling this greater floor area, these happy results of economy and eficiency being due to efficlency in administration. “Is that due to prohibition?” was asked by a member of the committee. Col. Sherrill sald that it was not, but added that he is experiencing a “great deal of trouble.” Col. Sherrill told a representative of The Star after the hearlng was ended at noon that many bootleggers are entering the buildings and that his guards are constantly alert. Pian Laid for Arrests. The officer in charge of pyblic build- ings and grounds declared that a sys- tem of control has been worked out whereby any one solicited by a boot- legger while at work in any of the bulldings can call the office of pub- lic bulldings and grounds and guards will at once be instructed to run the bootlegger down and arrest him. Col. Sherrill indicated that several arrests have been made, but sald much trouble ie still being experi- enced in regard to the whole situa- tion. The witness in his general testi- mony gave arguments based on effi- ciency and economy for retaining the office of superintendent of the State. | War and Navy buildings and of officer in charge of public buildings and| grounds, both of which he fills, in their present places rather than hav- ing them incorporated under the In- terlor Department. Capt. F. B. Baseett, Navy hydrog- rapher, occupfed two hours today be- fore the committee, giving additional reasons why the hydrographer's office should not be taken from the Navy and placed under the coast and geo- detic survey in the Department of Commerce. gt EXPECT REED TO DECIDE COURSE NEXT SATURDAY Senator to Appear in St. Louis and Determine Future on Presi- dential Race. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, January 24—United States Senator James A. Reed will make his appearance here Saturday, {it was announced here today, and probably will decide definitely whether he will make a campaign for the democratic presidential nom- ination. The democratic state committee meets here Monday and many of Reed's friends are expected to re- main over for this convention. Persons close to Reed have been sounding out sentiment in Missourl |to determfe whether the Missouri i delegation to the national convention ,will_be for Reed and they are ex- pected to report to the senator Sa urday. year. They realize that it has put “dynamite” in the democrats’ posses- sion. Even though Albert B. Fall is clear himself of specific charges of corruption, the Coolidge | camp is eonsclous that the episode has subjected ‘“republican rule” to a dan- gerous stigma. Authorised by Comgress, Authority for leasing of. govern- ment-owned ofl lands was granted by Congress during the'closing years ot the Wilson administration. Acting under such legislation, John Barton Payne, President Wilson's last Secre- tary of the Interior, made a number of leases of ofl lands, and’ the prac tice was continued under the Harding administration while Fall. was Secre- retary. It was, however, at Fal instigation that the :supervision. ot the Navy Department's ofl reserves in California and Wyoming was trans- ferred from the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy to-the Secre- tary of the. Interior. It was not long after the control of the naval oil reserves passed into his hands, a year and a hal{ ago, that Fall negotiated the lease of naval re- ~ (Continued on Fage 4, Column 2.) TWO CENTS. ENGLAND EXPECTS EARLY RECOGNITION OF SOVIT RUSSIA Macdonald to Press for Ad- mission of Nation and Ger- many Into League. MISS BONDFIELD FIRST WOMAN IN GOVERNMENT Premier Gives Members of Own Party Appointments to Royal Household. By tho Associated Press, LONDON, January 24—Prime Min- ister Macdonald's recent denunciation of the “pompous folly” of withhold- ing full recognition of soviet Russia has prepared everybody for early ac- tion by the new government in that direction, and it is stated unofficially that James O'Grady, M. P., is already lbeing considered for the position of British ambassador to Moscow. Mr. 0'Grady, who holds one of the Leeds seats in the house of commons, has made a study of Russian affairs. He visited Moscow officially in 1917 and again in 1922 in connection with the trade unfon famine relief movement. The new prime minister's interest in the league of nations Is well known, and, according to the Daily Telegraph, he contemplates an ex- pansion of the league section of the foreign office in order to use it to the utmost as an instrument of gen- eral pacification. For this reason, ac- cording to the newspaper, Mr. Mac- donald means to devote every effort toward the early inclusion of Ger- many and Russia In the league. Pleks Cecll’s Successor. The Daily Telegraph also asserts that the premier has Invited Lord Parmoor, the lord president of the council, to represent Great Britain on the league council, replacing Viscount Cecil of Chelwood—until recentiy Lord Robert Cecil—who Is retiring. Contrary to the general belief and to what is supposed to have been his own intention originally, Mr. Macdon- ald, the Daily Mail states, has decid- ed 'to fill the appointments to the roval household with members of his own party, and Tom Griffiths, member of parliament for Pontypool, and J. A. Parkinson, representing Wigan. probably will receive the posts of treasurer and controller of the house- hold, respectively. “It is generally recognized” rays the Times, “that Mr. Macdonald has shown a most successful cleverness in dovetailing the various elements of his following into a composite Whole.” Woman Given Post. ‘The appointment of Miss Margaret Bondfield to the secretaryship of the ministry of labor, thus making her the first woman to have a place in the British government, is very fa- vorably recelved. There is some suf- prise that Miss Bondfield did not get a position of cabinet rank, but it is said that she herself did not wish this distinction. The appointments of the remaining members of the new government were made public in an official list as fol- wows: Minister of pensions, Frederick_ Owen Robe attorney general, Patrick Hastings; solicitor general, Henry Slesser; financial sec- retary to the treasury, Commoner William Graham; financial secretary to the war office, Commoner John James Lawson; parliamentary secre- tary to the treasury, Commoner Ben Charles Spoor. Other Ponitions Filled. Undersecretaries: For war, Com- moner Clement Richard Attlee; col- onies, Sydney Arnold; foreign affairs, Commoner Arthur Ponsonby: home affairs, Commoner Rhys John Davies; India, Commoner Prof. Robert Rich- ards; health, for Scotland, Commoner James Stewart. The following are parliamentary secretaries, all members of the House of Commons: Admiralty, Charles Am- mon; agriculture, Walter Smith; board of trade, Albert Victor Alexan- der; education, Morgan Jones; min- istry of health, Arthur Greenwood; Jabor, Mi: Margaret Bondfiel: department, Emanuel Shinwel seas trade, Willlam Lunn. The ceremony of transferring the seals of office and swearing in the ministers who were not previously members of the privy council, which confers upon them the title of “the right honorable,” was performed in the customary manner at Bucking- ham palace before the king, presid- ing over the privy council, and in the presence of the Prince of Wales Wales appears to be displaying the same keen interest as his father in the accession of Great Britain's first labor government, and there has been no omission of the regular cere- THREE MORE KILLED IN FANATICS’ WAR Philippine Commander Burns Town to Suppress Bucas Island Band. Commoner By the Associated Press, MANILA, January 24.—One con- stabulary soldier and two fanatics were killed In a clash on Bucas Is- lznd, off the coast of Mindanao where members of the religious society of Colorum have been causing trouble, according to advices received here from Surigao. The town of Socorro, where fanat- ics had entrenched themselves, has been burned by Col. Bowers, constab. ulary commander of Surigaoc, who b lieves that its destruction will result in collapse of the uprising. Col. Bowers, who recently asked for reinforcements in measures ‘to pacify the fanatics after they had killed nineteen constabulary soldlers, iand lost elghty of their own number, telegraphed today that he landed at Socorro with 100 men, under cover of machine gun fire from the gu: boat Sacramento. He found the f natics fortified and apparently pre pared to hold the town. Their n ber recently wi reported to be After burning the town, Col. Bowers took his force aboard the Sacramento. Gov. Gen. JLeonard Wood's yacht, the Apo, which was dispatched to the scene when reinforcements were ask- ed, has reached Surigao with a de- tachment of constabulary troops and will return to Illigan for additional qqrees.