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= EDUCATORS OPPOSE NEW DEPARTMENT Would Divorce All Welfare i .Work From Education in Reorganization. STERLING MAKES PLEA Sherrill Opposes Move to Place His Office Under Government of District. Need of a “department of educa- tion,” free from ‘‘welfare” or other sefvices, was stressed by Senator Sterling of South Dakota and officers of the National Education Assocla- tion today before the joint cong sional committee holding hearings on the reorganizatfon of the government @epartments ) “The consensus among educators is that it should be a départment of education. and that alon declared Senator Steriing, opposing the plan 0 create a “department of education and welfare.” “And that is my beltet.” continued Benator Sterling, who said that the public health service, the proposed division of soeial service and the Vet- ' Bureau should be cut out of any “department of education.” Two Eudcators Testify. J. K. Norton, director of research of the National Education Associa- tion, and J. O. Engleman, field sccre- tary. strongly urged a “department of education,” headed by an educator. Mr. Norton dcclared education is mot heélped adequately by the research activities of the government, and ex- pressed the opinlon that so long as| education is tled up with other in- tercsts its importance ‘probably will Ve overlooked. He declared a “department of edu- cation and welfare” would be a repe- tition of the present situation, re- ferrin to the bureau of education in the Department of the Interior. Senator Harrison and other mem- bers of the committee made severai unsuccessful attempts to pin the wit- ness down to a plain statement as to whether he would have an | creased bureau of education in the proposed ‘‘department” of education and welfare.” rather than have the Plans Market System ive Arthur B, Willlam: of Wichig: troduced a b r the eveation of & federal co-operatjve irketing _ovre sanisation for farm vmun. ‘which head up nll co-sperative asso- clations. He insints that this is no at- tempt to pat the govermment into Basinesn or to disturh the ecomomic structare by price-fixing. Representa. tive Willinms i a veteran big-busi- mesx man and corporatien counsel, as well as being a gentleman farmer. HOLLAND IS URGED TO USE CHEMICALS Army Officer Declares Nation Should Be Prepared for Next War. QUOTES MAJ. GEN. SIBERT Believes Chemistry Offers Greatest Field for Research. BY LEOPOLD ALETRINO. By Radio to The Star and the Chicago Daily News. Coprright, 1924, —The AMSTERDAM, January 2 THE EVENING BSTAR, WASHINGTON, D. 18 FLEE CONVICT CAMP ° NEAR ASHEVILLE, N. C. Seven Recaptured Up to Noon. Saw Used to Cut Holes in Wall and Floor. By the Associated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. C., January 2. Eighteen convict: erving long terms for murder and other fel- | onies, escaped 1ast night trom a con- Ylot camp about twenty mlles west of ere. Every available deputy in Madison county today was seeking the men. Seven had beem recaptured up to noon. A saw was used to cut through the walls and ficor. ' MACEDONIA RULER'S POWER IS ABSOLUTE Todor Alexandrov Exacts Obedi- ence to Last Degree From His People. ' MURDER ORDERS OBEYED Scrupulous. Justice Meted Out in Unusual State. BY WALTER COLLINS. lcummgu of The Star and Chicago Daily News Forelgn Service.) SOFIA., Bulgaria, December 20.— Owing to the scanty railway commu- nicktions in Macedonla and the gen- erally wild nature of the country, few foreigners have visited the scene of Todor Alexandrov's exploits. For this reason it is hard to belleve that not many miles from the Serbian capital there is a revolutionary state which owes allegiance to no one. This state within a state preserves all the amenities of law and order. Scrupu- lous justice is meted out by its law courts and robbers and criminals are glven the severest punishunent. Brib- ery and corruption are not much in evidence. Attempts in this direction are put down with 2 firm hand. All orders and instructions sent out by the Macedonian revolutionary committee go by word of mouth. Thus {f Alexandrov, in some distant Macedonian village decrees the death of a certain person, the executor of the decree will be apprised of his duty by a chain of couriers whose fi- delity and discretion are beyond the shadow of a doubt. Quite recent was the case of the Bulgarian. Raiko Das- bureau of education remaln as it is/newspaper Handelsiab publishes a cry | kalov, at one time minister of the today. Smoet Takes Exeeption. Senator Smoot took exception to a statement made by Mr. Norton to the effect that “only In the exceptional school today”.ls the child taught the real basic principles of hygiene and healthful living. Senator Smoot sald the healthiest children in schools today are In the country schools, where they live “like people used to live.” Mr. Norton re- plied by stating that {his was a “popular idea,” but that his sssocia- tion has plenty of data to show that the physical defects in country school children are greater than in city school children. Mr. Norton exhibited two charts, based upon the Sterling-Reed bill, for a “department of education.” Sherrill On Stand. Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, in charge of public buildings and grounds, con- tinued his testtmony today, giving his reasons why thinks his offi should not be placed under the Dis- trict government. Col. Sherrill showed by = history of the establishment of the federal city and action taken by other great American cities “the necessity for the separation of park control from city control.” He advocated placing the upkeep and maintenance of the Department of Agriculture grounds and the grounds of the Natlonal Zoological Park under his office. Tomorrow morning the committee will resume hearings on the proposed “department of education and wel- fare,” with other officers of the Na- tional Educatlon Association sched- uled to testify. BIG CONTRACT AWARDED. ' Filtration and Pumping Plant to| Cost D. C. $861,960. Contract for the construction of the big filtration plant ‘and pymping sta- tion south of the Dalecarlia, or re- ceiving. reservoir on the Conduit road, lias been awarded by Gen. L. H. Ticach, chief of engineers of the Army, to the Charles H. Tompkins Company of this city at its bid of $361,960. The plant is designed to handle 50,000,000 gallons of fiitered water a @ay, which is more than the average daily consumption under the existing tem. Work is to start in the early ing and will be completed within two years' time, LUDENDORFF TRIAL SET. IMunich to Be Scene of Monarchist Plot Hearing February 18. BERLIN, January 25.—The trial of Gen. Ludendorff, Adolph Hitler and 1he other persons charged with con- nectian with the recent monarchist Tising in Bavaria has been set for February 18, at Munich. it was an- mounced in Munich advices toda: BELGIAN FLYERS KILLED. Two Die When Plane Crashes Into ! from an altitude of 2,000 feet, bury- ing itself in the mud snd water. It xequired nine hours of hard work to extricate the bodlies of the two avia- 1ors, who had been killed instantly. The' cause of the accident has not| been determined. i e ' BARRY BULKLEY HELD. lAccused of Giving Two Checks, Dated Ahead, for $400. Barry Bulkley, well known pro- ‘moter, and at one time resident man- ager of ane of the big motion picture thouses of Washington, gave bond in Police Court today in the sum of $300 on a warrant that had been fissued against him on charges of false Ppretense. The warrant tharges that he gave two checks dated shead for su aggregating $400. Bulkiey appeare woluntarily at the courthouse. — ASES $10,000 DAMAGES. ‘Walter Huff, a minor, by hi +Tohn Huff, today filed suit in the Di trict Supreme Court to recover $10, 000 damages from Samuel Hurwits, said to be the owner of an auto- moblle which ran over him October 1 last. / GE OUSTS DEALER. VEW YORK, January 26.—Frank B “ui.ud(;;l[ar in spot Sotton, who . was today rem the New York Cotton ‘Efionm on hf"' that he had violated sec- 1ions" of its constitution rela 7 nui&l_cnt ‘warehouse n‘ae’ip‘!-’? o of distress from a high-placed Dutch army officer smphasising the neces- sity of Holland's preparing herself chemically for the next war. He quotes the words of the American, Maj. Gen. Sibert, who wrote: “There is no field wherein the possibilities are greater than in chemical war- tare. There actually exists in Holland a so-called munitions commission, in- cluding military _experts and _sclen- tific chemists, “specially dealing with chemical warfare, but the Dutch army wants, the writer says, a separate chemical service like the American Army has. One of the most important elements in future war, he thinks, is timely in- dustrial preparation, and he doubts whether the Dutch army possesses sufficlent quantity of up-to-date gas masks. He points out that reports of American Army authorities all state that only by strong gas masks might efficient protection be secured for the soldier. Chemical warfare could play a high- ly important part in defense of the famous new Holland water line by re- pulsing the enemy's troops with gas ther chemicals. He therefore the Dutch military author: itlés grant chemical arms the same importance as the authorities of for- mer belligerent countries do. FRENCH SHOW BRITISH SPEND MORE ON MILITARY Maje Comparisons to Counteract Impressions of Militaristic Aspirations. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 25.A-With the in- tention of counleracting the impres- ston that France is exceptionally mil- itaristic, the foreign office today made public the budgetary estimates for military expenditures by the United States, England and France. The figures show that the British empire estimates of military expendi- tures for the year exceed those of France by $26,338.428. France's esti- mated expenditures, however, are greater than those’ of the United States by $210,025813. The expendi- tures are estimated on a gold basls, namely, counting the dollar at five francs and the pound sterling at twenty-five. — FOUND DEAD IN STREET. ‘William E Shutt, Springfield, Ill.. ‘Was Prominent Democrat. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, January 2. Willlam E. Shutt, fifty-three, former assistant attorney general and a promi- Dent democratle politician, was ‘found dead on a sidewalk In the business di trict here early today. No_ cau was given by the coroner, who is investigating. Shutt in his youth was widely known as an entertainer and was once known as one of the best drum majors in- the country. He was well known in theatrical circles all over the country. He was the youngest man ever to have been state’s attor- ney of Sangamon county. S J. ELDRIDGE BURNS DIES. Deceased Was Market Master at ‘Western Market. J. Eldridge Bumns. prominent Mason, market master at the Western market and a lifelong resident of Washin Ia?. died at Joh Hopkins Hosp! tal, Baltimore, Md.,, Wednesday. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence of his nephew, Harry Roache, 1238 Columbis road, tomor- row at 2 o'clock. Interment will ba in the Congressional cemetery. Mr. Burns was member of Myron M. Parker Lodge, No. 27, F. A. A M Capitol Chapier,” No. il Arch Masons: = Columbla hem Chapter. No, 7, of the Order o the Eastern Star. He was & member of the Methodist Church. He i3 survived by two Emma Roache and Mrs. Lilly both of this city; his widow, Mrx Emma Burns, and s daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Méyer of Chicago. fiREEfING TO COOLIDGE. High Power Radio Station Estab- Hshed in Argentina. BUENOS AIRES, January Preeident de Alvear today inaugu- rated the international high-power radio station at Monte Grande. oper- ated jointly by American, British, French and German radio companies. Messages of greeting were sent to President Coolidge, ing _ Georg: Presidgnt Millerand llnd President eneral message was broadcast to the heads of 3l the other nations in the world, ¥ Y sters, Mrs. ! interior in Stambouliski's and afterward minister to Prague. Daskalov had identified himself ac- tively with Stambouliski in oppos- ing the revolutionary organization. Murder Committed on Order. When the bourgeols military party made its coup d'etat last summer Stambouliski was killed under some- what mysterious circumstances. Many persons blamed the Macedonians, but definite proof was lacking. Daskalov then in Prague, was warned that he Kad been condemned to death, but the Czechoslovak government extend- ed him protection and for two or three months he led a qulet life. One day while walking in the street Daskalov met death at the hands of a young Macedonian named lordan Tohitchankov. This murder made great sensation, particularly as Tchit- Chankov wae acquitted on the ground that he was acting on behaif of the revolutionary organization. He has since been rearrested on the pretext that certain evidence was incorrectly interpreted. As has been stated previously, the final object of the revolutionary or- ganization is autonomy for the three parts of Macedonia now included in Serbls, Greece and Bulgaria. If one may judge by the recent declarations of Todor Alexandrov. no _opposition would be made to a larger autonomy within the limits of Serbla. But this settlement would not better the ques- tion of Greek Macedonia, while Bul- garia would certainly be called on to give larger political and cultural rights to Macedonians within her trontiers. Forelgners have often asked why the Macedonians do mot carry out their struggle by legal rather than violent methods. The reason is that the Turks did not and the Serbians and Greeks {do rot give the Macedonians any free- dom of action, speech or thought. In this connection the position of the American missionary schools Is espe- clally interesting. Originally founded about 1890, the schools were open un- til 1913. More than twenty American teachers worked in the schools, and Bulgarian was the language used. When the Serbians and Greeks took over Macedonia they insisted that their lan- |guage be adopted. The missionaries found that besides adding a new lan- guage, they would have to change prac- Fealiy Wil their methods. In the end they were forced to leave, and ther came to an end a most valuable edu- cational work, the fruits of which had been shown by the number of intelligent young Macédonians who emigrated to the l‘Jnlua States and proved worthy citizens. In their struggle against Serbia the Macedonians have found a certain amount of common interest with the Croates and Slovenes. The latter were formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, but by the e treaty have been put under Serbian laws and cus- toms. They also are discontented, and Steven Raditch, leader of the agrarian rty, along with his fellow deputies, as refused to attend the Belgrade llament. Like Todor Alexandrov. for Macedonis, Raditch wants autono- my for Croatia, but so far has confined his struggle 'to peaceful methods. Whether there is a definite arrange- ment between Alexandrov and Raditch is hard to say, but naturaily there is a sympathetic understanding which may easily lead to something more. Still “Peyrder Magmsine,” In several of the central and south- eastern Duorrn capitais the 8. M. O. has unt 1a]l representatives who are ever on the alert for information or assistance. With the present tend- ency of France to show herself friend- ly to Jugosiavia, Rumania and Poland, there is a corresponding move on the part of Italy and Hungary to give aid to Bu&uu and onla. There are thus European interests at stake which render the problem of Macedonia more complex than ever. ‘To sum up, Macedonia continues to be the “powder magazine” of the Balkans. ~Her gsographical . position is euch that all Balkan states are di rectly, and md"" European pow: ers are indirectly, interested in her I(ulur-. Her people, being of a de- termined nature, are not going to ilet themselves be forgotten. The fact hat half & million of them are refu- Kees is sufficlent proof of that. In ithe present state of European .poli- tics any prophecy is rash, but m: ae\l.; is that unlese tdha &rb.!‘a.nu i-l"; iGreeks are pre) to give the Macedonians rtmadom & form of cabinet, olution.” If neithér of the above re- “:l‘:re': rlle ‘l}: 8. M. R 0i will i continue of vio- jrioms st 8 comonts, o T Fr b e [ world. jKeeping Warm With Toe Cream. From Bverybody's Magasine. ‘With the thermometer near szerc one early morning, a Chicago man who directs the operation of a score of newsboys considered it a good idea some food to help cold. 8o he Invited lh&n l|l"l’nlo & Trestaurant. ow order what you want, % be able to keep 'l.rm" 'h.nfl;o’u'“'lol out on the street.” And every mother's son of them ordered ice cream. —_— About 30,000 elk find a safe the Yellowstone National Plrkwm.: country itely surrounding jt. . » LABORITE REACTION FELT IN DOMINIONS British Fear Trouble in Possessions Because of Political - Upheaval. ENVOY TO RUSSIA PLEASES Believe Soviet Recognmition Will Dispel Propaganda. BY HAL O'FLAHERTY. By Radio to The 8tar and the Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1924, LONDON, January 25.—Many Lng- lishmen who are widely experienced In empire affairs are filled with grave misgivings as to the reaction of the labor government upon the dominions, 25 well as the protectorates. They read press accounts today of outbursts in Australia against so- clalist supremacy in the mother coun- try, while from Indig and other points In the far east come storles of seeth- ing unrest and threats of political violence. Lord Sidenham, in a letter to the Morning Post, declanes that the Brit- ish natfon has abandoned its trust in Egypt, where the triumph of Zaghlul will ‘accelerate the undoing of Brit- ish labors for the past forty years. Disruption in Indla “But Egypt,” he writes, “is small compared with India, with 320,000,000 of the most heterogenous peoples ever brought under vilized gov. ernment. Here we decided to Intro- duce the blessings of democracy, but here, too, the recent British elections will quicken the course of disruption already well advanced “In India we can watch the rapid crumbling of an empire and the de- struction of the wonderful work to which generations of Britons gave thelir lives” The socialist ministers listen to these warnings of impending catas- trophe with mild amusement. They believe that previous ruthless admin- istrations of British authority, both in India and t. have brought | about the present state of unrest, which can be changed to quieter and | better relations by modifications in | administration more in keeping with | modern ideas of international broth- erhood. This does not mean that they are willing to withdraw British troops from India and Egypt, or either, for that matter, but gradually they hope to make the maintenance of expen- sive EArrisons unnecessary Meanwhile, Macdonald’s govern- ment cannot’ change the administra- tion of these protectorates without | the consent of the houss of com- | mons. Every move in the direction of granting Egypt and India a great- er share of independence will be closely watched by the conservatives. who will combat any measure which tampers with military or civil con- trol. Effect ot Soviet Recognition. Premier Macdonald believes that recognition of the Russian soviet re- public must ald materially in secur- ing peaceful conditions along the | india frontier. Bolshevik propagan- da. which In some measure Is re- sponsible for the outrages on the the borders of Afghanista ould automatically cease with the appear- | ance of the British ambassador at Moscow. Many other pressing problems must his capacity as foreign minister, among them ratification of the Lau- sanne treaty, ratification of the Tan- gier conventlons with Zaghlul's gov ernment, and rectification of the Anglo- Ttalian colonial frontiers. Personal friends of Macdonald say he already shows traces of fatigue. Owing to ‘the fact that his colleagues are inexperienced and apt to commit biunders, he must keep a watchful eye on thelr faltering steps. while bearing the whole burden of the two most important offices. His physical endurance in the past has proved su- perb, but the premiership at London, Iike the presidency at Washington, is becoming too burdensome even for the strongest. CONGRESS MEMBER TO LAUD LINCOLN! ing Two Addresses, One for Re- publican Banquet February 9. Representative Harry R. Rathbone of Illinois s preparing two speeches on Lincoln, one to be delivered at the banquet of the republican state vot- ers’ association in the Willard Hotel February 9, on invitation of William Tyler Page, clerk of the House. On that occasion Representative Rath- bone will speak on intimate facts about the life of Lincoln, including the association of Representative Rathbone's parents and the part that they played on the night of Lin- coln’s assassination. Three days later in the House Rep- resentative Rathbone will deliver the annual Lincoln day address, when he will discuss the broader aspects of Lincoln's career, showing his influ- ence on the entire world. Supporting his bill which would authorize the government to purchase the Oldroyd collection of Lincoln relics now in the government-owned house opposite Ford's Theater, where Lincoln _died, Representative Rath- bone appeared today before the House committee on publio bulldings and grounds. CZECHOSLOVAKIA SIGNS TREATY WITH FRANCE Report Pact Is Defensive Measure Is Denied by Envoys of Both Governments. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 25.—A treaty be- tween France and Czechoslovakia was signed at the foreign office today by Premier Polncare and Dr. Edouard Benes, the Czechoslovakian foreign ministe Although the treaty has been term- ed in some quarters a defensive pact spokesmen for the Prague govern- ment have said it imposes no military obligations on either France or Czecho. slovakia, providing only for “under- standings” between the general stafts of the two nations. + Forecasts of the treaty have repre- sented it as containing provisions for the maintenance of the-status of Eu- rope as determined by the treaties oxecuted at the conclusion of the world war and -collaboration of France and Csechoslovakia in the economic reconstruction of Europe. Tt has also been sald that the treaty contadn: tement of the two coun- tries’ decision not to allow the re- turn of either the Hohensollern dynasty in Germany or the Haps- burgs in Hungary. ‘WILL START HEARINGS. Hearings on the two rival work- men onnl;E‘n-uon bille for the Dis- trict. fathered by Representative Fitsgerald of Ohio and Representative Underhill of Massachusetts, will start tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in the House District committes room before a special subcommittee, of which Representative Fitagerald is ehairman and Representative .Under- hill a-member, | come immediately before Macdonald in | Representative Rathbone Prepar-; C, BANK CLOSING HITS _' PRESTIGE IN CHINA Withdrawal of American Corpora- tion Strengthens British Concerns. No NATIVE SURPRISE Transient U. 8. Policies Confirmed by Action, View. BY JUNIUS ‘WOoobD. By Cable to The 8tar and the Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1924. SHANGHAIL January 25. — An- nouncement of the Asia Banking Cor- poration’s proposed withdrawal from the orient has shaken the confidence in the stability of American interests more than any other, even in recent years, according to high American officials in close touch with commer- cial conditions in China. While Americans regret the disap- pearance of what was considered one of the largest distinctively American financial institution the Chinese consider the withdrawal as another example of the transient policy of American cnterprises in China and contrast the move with the perma- nency of British concerns, which have become a part of the country. s American Prestige. “Closing of the six China branches of the Asla Bank will seriously af- fect American prestige in the coun- try,” said the manager of the Cheklang Industrial Bank, a Chinese institution. “While the liquidation s voluntary and nobody will lose any- thing, that fact alone surprises the average Chinese, accustomed to con- sider banks us permanent institu- tions, which are the bulwarks of commerce and never close unless forced into bankruptcy. “It will seriously handicap Ame can business In China, as busines always needs banking ' support, and naturally the British, French and German banks will favor their own na- tionals to the detriment of Ameri- cans Handicaps U. S. Business. According to its own officials, half of the American business interests in the orient were financed through the Aria Banking Corporation_In Decem- ber the exchange transactions of the Shanghal branch alone amounted to 80,000,000 Mexican. Since the Asia's entry to the orient in 1919 the dif- ference between the buying and sell- ing rate on the exchange has been as low as one-fourth of 1 per c The corporation had branche: Canton, = Hankow, Hongkon Manila, king, anghai and Tienstin. NEGRO IS INDICTED _ FOR MANSLAUGHTER Grand Jury Holds James Coates for Shooting of M. N. Glascoe at Casino. Manuslaughter is charged in an in- dictment reported today by the grand jury against James Coates, colored, in connection with the death of Mil- ton N. Glascde, also colored. Coate is sald to be the floor manager of Murray's Casino, on U straet, and had a difficulty with Glascoe in the lobby of the place January 5, last. He is |said to have shot Glascoe, causing his | death. | Thirteen other persons were charged with varlous cfimes In indictment {filed with Justice Hitz {n Criminal {Division 1. "The grand juror; ored {a charge of rape against James Vern. {stein | Those indicted the charges against them - | Ben B. Gardner, false preten: : Eugene Cross and Washington Ranson, assault_ with jdangerous weapon: Wilson Owens, {robbery; Willlam A. Kane, William Johneon and Benjamin F. Awl, grand larceny; James Grillo, houssbreak- ling: Paul E. Pratt, Lloyd P. Johnson and John R. Rutley, joy-riding; Wil- bur Simmons and Fred Kolpack, non- support. and o: e VIRGINIA NAVY COAL LEASE UNDER FIRE Vinson Asks How $50,000 Propos- ed Price Fixed in House ' Bl I The lease on the naval coal reserve depot at Hampton Roads, Va., came under fire today 4t a hearing on ths Britten land Dbill before the House naval committee. Representative Vinson, democrat, Georgia, attacking the Navy Depart- ment’s slleged neglect to insert in the lease a clause stating the option price-of the property leased by the Navy from the Virginian Railway Company March 11, 1919. The Britten bill asks for expenditure of $50,000 for pur- chase of the leased coal reserve depot. Mr. Vinson desired to learn on what basis naval officials had set that sum, since no_ negotiations with the own- ers had been entered into since 1919, Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune of the Marine Corps appeared before the committee to urge purchase of the Quantico settlement, which he de- clared is now a health, moral and fire_menace to the station. Charles E. Nicol, an Alexandria, attor- ney, interested in Quantico property, said he was willing that the govern- ment should purchase the town if {t needed it. BOOK OF RARE VALUE EXHIBITED IN LONDON Volume Dating Back to 1430 Said to Have Finest Binding in the World. By the Associated Press LONDON, January 25.—A book, claimed to have the finest binding in the world, is now on view at the Al- bert and Victoria Museum. It #s a Persian work and dates from about 1430-1470, believed to have been exe- cuted for Mirza Shahruk, son of Timur, the Tartar conqueror. While of unassuming appearanc its beauty i in the perfection of it: intricate tooling, much of it “blind, on the mellow brown leather. With- in the covers are original medallions of plerced arabesque ornament, toole and enriched by a backing of bright blue and gold. It is estimated that it took three years to finish and that in its decora- tion from 600,000 to 1,000,000 separate tool impressions were required to form the design. —_— SION KILLS THREE. BERLIN, January 25.—Three per- sons were killed and twenty-fivé in- jured through the explosion of & gas reservoir in the ammonia works at Leuna, near Leipalg, today. U. 8. SOVIET POLICY SAME. It was stated at the State Depart ment today that the proposed recog. nition of the soviet 6 of Rus: sia by the British goverament Vwill have no_effect on the Russian.poliey of the United S £ ilarly its financial condition. Hereto- FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1924. DRASTIC IMMIGRATION CUT SEEN BY LEGION Powell Declares Restriction or Complete Suspension Will Be Made by Congress. By the Assoctated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, January 25.— As -2 result of a poll of members of Congress by the American Leglon, Garland W. Powell, national director of the' Americaniam commission of that organization, predicts drastic re- striction {f not complete suspension of immigration !s te be expected of the present Congress. BRITISH TO EXAMINE ASSETS OF BRAZIL Important Commission to Study Possible Securities for Big yNational Loan. MANY PLEDGES ARE GIVEN Indebtedness of Country Already Regarded as Great. BY. CLAUDE 0. PIKE. Correspondence of The Star and the Chicago 3 Daily_ News. RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, December 20. —>Much inferest is shown in the Brit- ish economic missien soon to arrive the Brazfl' The commission will spend about three mornths in this country, and 18 expected to go very thoroughly into economic and financial conditions. The mission Includes some of Eng- land’s best known bankers, industri- allsts and cconomists. Because of their high standing the opinion here is that the Brazilian government seeks a good-sized loan in England and that the mission Is coming to look over the security. Just what the mission finds out may never be made public, but the future action of British financiers in making or refusing to make a loan may fur. nish a basis for conclusions. It is feit here that New York financiers do not look favorably on more loans down here until “a disposition is shown to utilize borrowed money for the purposes set down in the loan and not to let the funds be sq dered as they have been in the 1 few years. Many Pledges Already Givenm. Foreign bankers here are wonder- ing what Brazil has left to put up as security for another ioan and what the specified objects of the proposed loan will be. If one of the obfects is the electrification of the Central Rail- road of Brazil, its gross receipts are already pledged for the puyment of & $25,000,000 loan made in Wall street, the proceeds of iwhich disappeared under the administration of Epitacio Peasoa, who went out of office & year ago with not a stroke of work done on the project. Coffee is pledged to take care of the syndic advancing the ‘¢ for its valorization, ana practically every resource of the country is tied up more or less on other outstandipg loans, it is claimed From time to time information comes out as to the extent of Bra zil's indebtedness. It has been dis closed that undér the late Pres| ident Péssos the government wus called on to pay and did pay some of the debts incurred by the city of Rio Janeiro in some of Pessoa’s beauti- fication sehemes. Charges are being brought daily by newspapers that are delving Into the ‘government records of the last four years that numerous private contracts were paid for by the muni¢ipality or the government and that Rardly any expense was incurred by tire-contractors, who were politi- cal favorites. Financial deals and paper signed by the former president keep coming to light for settlement, it is asserted, so that the present administration is having a difficult task to meet cur- rent expenses. Hard Job for Bernardes. In forelgn banking cisrcles here it is expected e A eclokaras will bo made of turther government indebtedness. President Bernardes belleves in tak- ing the public into his confidence on affairs of the government—particu- fore most of Braxil's presidents have beld the view that the people’s only right in their government was to pay taxes. As president of his native state, Minaes Geraes, President Bérnardes was an admirable financier. After seven years as president there he left money in the treasury and the for- eign debt wiped out. He has a man’ task whead of him to tring Brazil out of the financial depths. He has no really powerful political friends will- ing to stand back of him in the task. The politicians show plain indications of being hungry. They are reported to be in & surly mood because of be- ing kept from the public crib. However, the president's making known the hidden debts his adminis- tration inherited, the newspaper ser- vility to the politicians and the trou- ble Brasil is having in getting loans may all work out for the benefit of Bernardes and may help to keep back the political wreckers. SMOOT TO PRESENT U. S. BUILDING BILL Measure Calling for $50,000,000 May Be Presented to Senate Early Next Week. A bill authorizing the expenditure of $50,000,000 to ereot government buildings needed by the government in the District of Columbia will be prepared and introduced by Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Pub- lic Buildings Commission, Senator Smoot said today. The bill, he said, would carry out the recommendations contained in the report of the Pubiic Buildings Commission which he re- cently submitted to the Senate. Senator Bmoot indicated that he would complete the bill and intro- duce it as soon as possible, perhaps early next week. He said that the $50,000,000 would be expended over & period of ten years. This is in lins with the recommendation made by President Coolidge in his address to Congress. The biil will not attempt to specity any particular buildings to be erect- ed. - It will provi for a commis- sion to determine which buildings an for what departments are to be first begun. i Blind Relies on Mem From the Los Augeles Times. hool an nev sean s Yoxioook ThAL is the record of Leroy Calvin Hendricks, a student in the University of Southern California High School, who has been blind since NC‘lvlll ‘was graduated from grammar school in 1920. There were two other blind students in his class and the trio shared the distinction of being the first | 1 blind students to be graduated from a public_school west of Chcago. They used the Braille system while studying their textbooks, but recited with the other students who could ses. Since his entrance to high school thres years Calvin has not used the Braille system, exocept for takin ¢l notes. His mother reads all o his lessons to him and he relies upon his memory for his class recitations. e nis o . B A Ty ~aoUuR( are o jo. zlvated in .and Europe. | I l Victim of Pneumonia JOHN WHEELER BEALE. JOHN W. BEALE DIES; NATIVE OF GAPITAL Pneumonia’; Fatal to Prominent Business Man—Rites Tomorrow. BOARD OF TRADE MEMBER Formerly on District Board of As- sessors. John Wheeler Beale, prominent in Masonic and business circles and a lifelong resident of Washington, died at his home, 3132 P street northwest, last night, following an attack of pneumonia. Funeral services will be conducted at the late residence tomorrow after- noon at 2 o'clock. Rev. James H. W. Blake will officiate. Interment will be held in the Congressional ceme- tery. . Mr. Beale contracted a cold last week, and on Monday ‘it developed into ‘pneumonia. 'His sudden death as a shock to all of his friends. He was born in Washington _in 1856. He was educated at the Col umbian_College, now George Wash ngton University. He was & mem- ber of the Board of Trade and took an active interest in the Georgtown Citizns’ Association, of which he was a member. He was a member of Christ_Church. He was married to Mise K. C. Carroll of Utah, December 13, 1877. He was the son of George N. Beale and the nephew of Gen. Edward F. Beale. S Mr. Beale was for thirty years aseo- clated with the District government, resigning his position on the board of District assessors in July, 1922. Since his retirement from active business he has been engaged principally in bullding and developing his property in Takoma Park. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Katherine Carroll Beale; a son, Car- roll Besle, and two daighters, Mrs. Mahlon Ashford and Miss Kitty Beale. PRESIDENT NAMES WEST POINT CADETS Washington Boy Among Those Favored—Cadets and Alternates Designated by Commissioners. The President has appointed Mar- fon H. Ely, 1722 Lamont street, this city, John M. Roop and Henry M. Nelly, jr.. of Chicago, as cadets at large, United States Military Acad- emy, subject to the usual examina- tion. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia have nominated the fol. lowing as cadets and alternates st the Military Academy: Harace S. Beall, jr.. 3607 Newark street north- west; Thomas Joseph Brennan, jr. 2809 North Capitol street; Donald Wwilliam Smith, first utemué 915 19th street northwest; Mercer Chris- tie Walter, first alternate, 1760 Euclid street northwest; Joseph Hardee Chambliss, second alternate, 3401 16th street northeast; Samuel Lee Denty, second alternate, 749 Princeton strect northwest. MEMBERS PLAN TRIP. Social Workers Invited to Com- mittee Meeting Tomorrow. Mrs, Archibald Hopkins and other social workers in the capital who have for many vears been interested in the alley situation and who were Jargely instrumental in having a law passed to abolish the alleys have been invited to attend the first hearing to- morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock in the House District committee room before the special subcommittee, of which Representative Rathbone of Illinois {8 chairman. This subcommittee will be taken on a personal inspection tour te see the actual conditions in insanitary alleys as soon as g date convenlént to the members can be decided upon, Repre- sentative Rahbone sald today. NO COOLIDGE CARICATURE. Cartoonists Still Seek Some Fea- ture of President to Emphasize. Adams 1o the Boston News Buresu “Pithy . Personalities.” Notwithstanding that President Coolidge has been for a score of years more or I in the public eye, and that he Is now one of the ontstand- g figures in the world, it is notable that there has not yet been evolved by the filustrators & standard Cool- idge cartoon. The tremendous girth of Cleveland and Taft, the large head and twin- kiing eyes of son, Roosevelt's gleaming teeth, the elongated face of Wilson, the prelatical kindness and Navoleonic comeliness of MoKin- ley and the geniality of Harding's hearty presence, all lent themselves to the distortionate genius of the car- of President Coolidge’s char. scteristics, long since note: bf many is the habit of holding his right index finger in close proximity to his right cheek when .nll\ffld n the process of desp thought. It may be that in the course of time this rose of the finger may furnish the motif for the standard cartoon, or {t ay be the Coolidge quissical half- smile, or the well rounded chin of a man who knows how to fight. IRENE CASTLE BACK.' SEATTLE, Wash, January 35.— Irene Castle, dancer, and her hus. Maj. Frederick McLaughll Chicago 'broker d - clubman, ar- rived here today on the Admiral Oriental liner President Grant from & honeymoon trip to the far east. They left 1 7 for the east, m — VETERANS' BUREAU BILL IS REPORTED House Committee Unani- mously in Favor of $6,500,- 0C0 Building Program. Unanimous report favoring promp: passage of the Langley bill, authoris- ing a further expenditurs by the Vet- erans’ Bureau of $6.500,000 for hoe- Ditalisation, was ordered today by the House committee on public buildings and grounds, of which Representative John W. Langley of Kentucky is committee declined to put into the BiIl a provision limiting cxpenay. ture of this fund to institutions under the Veterans' Bureau. This proposed amendment was designed primarily to prevent an expenditure of §900,000 for fireproof construction at Waiter Reed Hospital. representatives of the Disabled Vetsrans' Association having sought to have this fund spent at Mount Alto instead of at Walter Reed Director Hines of the Veterans' Bu reau completed his statement toda after having been before the com- mittes for four days. Gen. Hines said Walter Reed Hospital is one of :r;; very best institutions in the coun- At an early date he intends to have careful investigation made, he said. but has heard no complaint against Walter Reed until it was voiced at the hearings before tho House committee. Whatever cause for complaint there might be. he said, he believed was due to emer- gency surgical cases. and whatevcr mproper situation may exist he be- is a lieves will be promptly corrected. Money Urgently Needed. Gen. Hines made it quite clear + the committee that the additior $6.500,000 provided in the thir bill is urgently meeded to compléte its institutions mow under constructior Geén. Hines showed that the 400 Veterans® Bureau patients at Wajter Resd Hospital are not the only bu- reau patients in hospitals other thas bureau hospitals. He pointed ou! that there are in Army and Navy and public health hospitals and at St Ellzsbeth’s Hospital under the ad- ministration of the Interior Depart- ment approximately 6,000 Vetersns Bureau patients. The policy is to get all of these patients under the complete admin- istration of the Veterans' Bureau in Voterans' Bureau hoepitals as soon as possible. he sald. To do this now. however. would deprive the putients in Walter Reed Hospital of fireproof protection, which they now need. TAKE STEPS TO END BRITISH RAIL STRIKE Lebor Minister Shaw and Secre- tary Act in Face of Fear It Will Spread. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 25.—Thomas Shaw, labor minister, and Miss Mar- garet Bondfield, parliamentary sec- retary for the labor ministry, have taken steps toward ending the strike of the Associated Society of En- gineers and Firemen, the morning Newspapers sa. There 1s some fear, however, that spread, for the ring Unfon has strike will igamated Engi ordered its members not to re locomotivi manned by strike- breakers. Rallroad executives announce that many members of the National Union of Rallwaymen, who joined the strike at the outset against the orders of their leaders, h resumed work. Prodably not more than 50 per cent of Great Britain's railway service ir functioning, and malls are greatly delayed. e CANADA’S TRADE BALANCE, $124,788,608, IN 1923 Imports, $903,580,515, and Ex- ports, $1,028,319,183, Showing Large Increase. By the Assoctated Press. OTTAWA, January 25 —Canada‘: trade balance in 1923 was $124,788,608 in her favor, the annual report of the Dominion bureau of statistics dis- closed today. Her Imports totaled $903,530,515 and her exports $1,023.- 319,133 In 1922 total imports were $762,400.- 309 and total exports $898,17%,851. 1In 1821 the figures. respectively, were $799,478,483 and $816,694,281. Of total exports’ last year $13,584,849 were foreign goods. A steady increase in the exporta- tion of agricultural and vegatable products is shown in the report. In 1923 the value of such products ex- orted from Canada totaled $415,219,- glo. of which $49,235,234 was sent to the United States and $246,405.613 to the United Kingdom. Canada imported during 1923. ag- ricultural and vegatable products to the value of $182.648,048, of which $78,814,028 came from the United States. — e APPOINTED 2D LIEUTENANT. Patrick J. Cavanaugh, 2375 Cham- plain street, has been commissioned by the War Department as a second lieutenant in the adjutant general's department, Organized Reserves. o From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Stas. U. S. TO WITHDRAW SHIPS AT TAMPICO State Department Sees Need Past With Salvaging of Cruiser Tacoma. BLOCKADE IS ABANDONED Richmond First of War Vessels Ordere Home. Orders for the withdrawal of the American crulser Richmond from Tam-< ploo, Mexico, were dispatched yesterday by the Navy Deartment, and it was an< nounced that as soon as salvage worl on the wrecked cruiser Tacoma is come pleted the cruiser Omaha and six Amer« ican destroyers at Vera Crus also will / Dbe _recalled from those waters. Decision to withdraw the Richmond was reached at the State Department after advices we! received from Consul Wood at Vera Crus saying that the Mexican rebel leaders had “definitely and absolutely” abandoned the proposed blockade of Tampico. State Department officials said the dispatch from Consul Wood was suf- ficlent for them to act upon in de- termining the question of mainten- ance of American naval craft at Tam- jco for the purpose of protecting [ogitimate American commerce with that port. ‘The Omaha and destroyers will remain at Vers Cruz until the Prome- theus arrives at that port and takes charge of salvage work on the Ta- ocdma:. The Prometheus already im en Toute to Vera Crus, tare