Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1924, Page 1

r WEATHER. Inereasing cloudiness tonight followed by snow, sleet or rain tomorrow; low- est temperature tonight about 22 de- B grees. Temperature for Lours ended at 2 p.m. today—Highest, 44, at 1:15 p.m. yesterday; 7:30 a.m. toda Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 ¥. Full report on Page 2. twenty-four lowest, 19, at intered s geco! vo No. 29,145, nd-class matter office ‘Washington, D. C. SHARPTILT MARKS SENATE DEBATE ON OILPROSECUTORS of Confirmation Behind Closed Cuestion Hearings Doors Brings Controversy. d $1,000,000 SLUSH FUND KNOWLEDGE IS DENIED 0il Probers Take Recess of:Ten Days—Committee Approves Special Counsel. A sharp controversy on the question Whether the nominations of the spe- cial government counsel in the oil cuses wouid be considered by the Sen- #Le in the open or behind closed doors oceurred today immediately after the enate convened A ruling by President Cummins that r an open executive ses- der at the time put ght over until later Senator Dill, democrat. Washington, T o started the opposition if the oil committee against Atlee Pomerene, ion with a re- s consent that the - taken up in open ex- unanimous con- replied nator Lodge of husetts, the republican leader, Declured Out of Order. - hen 1 move that the S sider them in en executive “se Senator Dill. > La Follette -of W Jeader of the republican insurgents, protested that Senator DIll at least had a right to present his Senator That's Lodx aereed. Arizon “this f “The no Lod not in order.” said Senator and President Cummins Senator Ashurst, then served notice ht has just started.” wil not be an matter.” shouted urst. for one will any ‘exceutive s The incident moment. he comy sensations month past, reces Before that not be bound by n. was closed ittee, after startiy nus st night it discrediting the ale of President tar, which had adjourni received testimony rumors about the Harding's Marion been given circulation by Frank A. Vanderlip. Also it received from Otto H. Kahn and B. F. Yoakum that they had‘no knewledge of any 91,000,000 il slush fund sent to Washington for distribution to pub- nate con- | ten-day | word | BRITAIN CERTAIN TO GIVE LABOR PARTY FAIR TRIAL Public Pleased by Way Premier Has . Started Great Political Experiment Insist on Sporting Chance. ! and BY FRANK E. SIMONDS. Special Cable to The Star. LONDON, February 16.—With his first appcarance before the house of commons as prime minister, Mr. Ram- say Macdonald has caused a British constitutional revolution. He has done more than that: He has dls- |appointed his enemies who looked for | radical utterances, he has confirmed the forecasts of those who insisted that bor would be if anything more {regular in its proceedings than those parties which have preceded it. The resulf of this, of what has hap- pened in the two weeks immediately 1 breceding, is that there is assured for the new governnient a considerable period of power. If there was a sense of apprehgnsion fnd of amazement at the very outset when the election res turns came in, if there were then alarmest predictions, today those have been very definitely replaced by a nation-wide willingnegs, even FEAR DELAY FATAL 10 ARCTIC FLIGHT gress 0. K. Will Come Too Late—10-Day Limit Set. 1f the flight of the U. S. §. Shenan- doah into the Arctic regions in the next two or three months depends upon congressional approval, little chances for the undertaking in 1924 remains. Representative John Jacob Rogers of Massachusetts, who two weeks ago introduced a resolution in-the House calling on that body to go on record as favoring the flight, today can- vassed the members and was given surances without a doubt that his resolution would be acted upon promptly in the House. “But the situation in the Senate," he said, “"and thefeeling towara Secretary Denby will make it vir- tually impossible, in my opinion, to get approval within ten days, the maximum time limit the Navy De- partment has established. After this time the Shenaidoah could not carry out orfginal plans. 1 therefore re- luctantly decided to abandon efforts to get congressional approval Officials Believe Any Cof-| | Wood WASHINGTON, D. C enin .WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, insistence, that labor shall have a tair, square chance, to show what it can do. In reality a double set of influences are working. Itself, a minority, labor cannot safely or successfully bring forward any of the sweeping, radical doctrines, such as the capital levy and the nationalizatién of* the key industries, which it has advocated and still does advocate. But by con- trast, minority that it is, it cannot be turned out of office on any trivial, minor pretext. British sporting senses have been stirred very strong- 1y; to run counter to it would be lit- tle less than fatal. Success In Forelgn Aftairs. In foreign affairs, ‘too, the new prime minister has already not onl fdone amazingly well, but has been successful both at home and abroad. Momentarily, at least, the atmosphere ndon_is_ ge 2, Column 2 Japanese Halt Plot to Set Up Soviet Regime By the Associated Press. TOKIO, February 16.—Discov- ery of a well formulated plot to form a communist government in Japan, supported by Russian com- munists, has resulted in.the in- dictment of twenty-nine Jupanese communists on a charge of plot- ting- to form a secret party, cording to the published an- nouncement of the results an mination conducted by the Tokio district court, and details printed by vernacular newspapers here. of fed jrd. { runners, 0. THEATERPLAY Insists He Made Changes Demanded in “Simon Called Peter.” Vigorous protest against what they term offensive theatrical perform- ances in Washington was made to Commissioner Oyster today by a score RIGID DRY INQUIRY TORESULT FROM REENE SHOOTHG Senator Will Recover From Wound in Head—Shot When Passing Bootleg Battle. et e OCCUPANTS OF AUTO One Makes Clean Breast, But De- FIRED ON ARE CAUGHT nies He Shot as Charged by Police. An exhaustive inv prohibition situation warfare enforcement from the shooting last ni tor F between bootlesg, autherities. W ows of the C Senator ¢ was walk sylvan pitol. ne £ with his wife avenue near John i As the couple starte Jackson Hall alley hots burst fr. byway and Se pavement with a bul his skull, immediately ove m the darkn {eve. Senntor Will Recoy Eme Hospit ictans bt of his At aid akull. An howeve = blow ball n by th tigation of the in Washington, which has evolved fnto virtual open = and in was shot while Tie| on ¥ Mar: a s of fell to ‘t hole through left r the er. al strucl nd was deflected fr fron result it of Sena- ik 1a Greens of Vermont, in nother battle within the very shul- ) cross volley of pistol the all the the - SEEK GOMPROMISE is helicved to have | aved Senator life. fight be of the Capitol montl on t two policemen dark and one of nhts wound itself in o previous were surn shot dowr the from Offcers Lay Enforcement Ags panied by Privates M.'J. O'Meara and I, sixth precinet polic bad arranged to pur of whisky from Edv 347 Tth street southea and taken were being in man d to hav kept his su Upon tur way, the pol was unknown g in cemen, to F 11, larige touring car, with a huge copper rked beside a Fige. Drawing i automatio pistol,{among them Representative Nelson, r leaped from his seat and ran |y stil] in the tonneau, [ wis the her, w blo last 1 N r oflicers rap. . Moore, all of the accom- | Dowd, E. C.| was sought today by republican or- . .41|.5.;.x;! | Republican Leaders in House to Arrange Terms With Insurgents. cks two | sion | n o m ! ing | { The aid of republican ganization leaders in the House in an v |effort to ward off defeat in the fight pint | with the Democrats over income tax rrell t Jast night, | autg mobile up Jackson Hall alley, where the an aid e > the narrow whose - Y shouting They're unloading identi of | rates. | An attempt also will be made to have President Coolidge use his influence to line up republicans who are out he [Of sympathy with the organization's { stand for a compromise surtax maxi- mum of 35 per cent. Representative Longworth, republi- t | can leader, called into conference va- {rious members of the Insurgent bloc, 1 consin, leader of the group, who | indicated on the floor yesterday that {his faction would support the Garner THE - ON SURTAX RATES insurgents | 1924 _TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. “From Press to Home The Star” Within the Hour” 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 Circulation, 102,160 TWO CENTS. SONG OF THE | To Cancel Leases Adopted in House Without debate, the House adopted today the Walsh resolution dire the beginning of proceedings to re- cover sections 16 and 36 within naval oil reserve No. 1 ifornia, now operated by the Standard Oil Company of California. The measure now goes to Pr Coolidge, who is directed by its terms to instruct special government coun- i sel to prosecute the proceedinzs. | Steps to recover th | were taken late in the Wilson admin- istration, but Albert B, Fall tary of the Interior, di proceedings on motion of the Standard Oil Compan These two scctions, which are in the confines of reserve No. 1. not a part of it, were ceded by federal government to California upon statchood as school and land. Oil- subsequently was and the Standard Oil Company began the development of the flelds undér state grant. Junsel fo hut MPMILLAN IS AWED Walsh Resolution | two sections | OLD SEXTON. LA FOLLETTE ASKS COAL LEASE PROBE New Measure Prepared After Ballaine Alleges New Denby-Fall Pact. Associated ¥ tor La ross, Follette, republican, | Wisconsin, who introduccd the reso- with- ywith th, the |5 non-mineral {p found geattle, an Alaskan i | yterve from the Navy to the Inter i Isecretary to submit his depar | Pre fssed theilution that started the oil inquiry also of former another toda leasing pol ¥ Fall La Follette atter Jo proposed ¥ serets Mr. ed s new n E. E ailro presented allegations nt Coolidge relating to of the Matanuska coal casure, pre- 1 cont had a tians! tor, the re- or Department, s the Interior ment's records on the matter to the Senate. upon Asks Copy” of Agreement. to! 'ISUSE OF OFFICE BY CHRISTIAN FOR FILM BODY HINTED Huston 'Thumpson Tells of Summons to White House by Secretary. . PERSONAL INTEREST IN CASE SUGGESTED Commissioner Thought Move Was Intended to Block Pro- posed Complaint. A sug to use tian, jr., while the President, ment action a corporation, estion that some the one sought orge B. Chris- was secretary t forestall govern sainst a motion picture made today before the Senate interstale commerce com- ‘xmtlw . ) The committee, which ‘(-un:{du ration Mr. Christia: tion to be a member of the Federal Trade Commiission, was told by Hus- ton Thompson, of the present members, that Mr. Ch cal | nim to ite House and asked { Why a complaint was being drawn up against Fumous Players-Lasky | Corporation without giving them office of he to was has under s nominu- be one n the hear! |« was | knew | tions, mmis surj of White H unusual,” had not been issued by { con; i ommission lat H Questione, | Senater Bruee {asked if the int | wit Chr View on that 1 profess My onal- ested,” )t ha was th asked nd_sixty case Attorney General that he had ing ny o acied upon adjourned until g that Mr. an oppor- if he de- to api m labor leac number of un previously e filed protests ainst the nomination and Senat La Follette, republican, Wisco snnounced today he would oppose confirmation. BLANTON PROPOSES Mc officials and others. Officers at the bureau of aeronaufics | of church and civic leaders, who de- Car With Still Flees. proposal for a 44 per cent maximum A copy of the transfer agreement The committee in addition approved | the nomination of special government | counsel in the oil lease cases—Atlee Pomerenc of Canton, Ohio, and Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia. Mr. "Rob- erts was appointed in place fo Silas M. Strawn of Chicazo, whose nomina- tion was withdrawn Thursday by | Fresident Coolide The nominations will alled up goon in the Senat where nator Dill. democrat, Washington, will con- tinu the f N Pomerene shich he start committee. Meanwhile th, will proceed with a study of th B as to speed the institution injunction proceedings to stop extraction of ofl from the naval reserves—the/ first &tep in the contemplated litigation for annulment o the g Stock Market Breaks. of Adjournment of the con tee was eotemporanc ith a break in the w York stock market, which re- sulted from circulation of reports that | one big operator had become bearish on the theory that public confidence had become undermined by the ol disclosures, Announcement of the adjournment came after the executi on, at which a favorable vote was given to the special counsel, and it was stated that the recess was mnade necessary, among other reasons, by the enforced absence from Washington of Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana. During the fiterin committee vestigators will go forward with their work and the accountants of the Fed- eral Trade Commission will be able o conclude their examination of the Books of some of the brokers, which have been subpoenaed by the commit- tee with the view to determining whether there were oprations in_oll stocks by public officials at or after the time the leases were made. MecLean to Be Henrd Although the committ made rapld progress this week in clearing up its witness list,.many persons re- main to be heard. Among them is ward B. McLean, Washington pub- | lisher, who has been called from Palm Beach for questioning with re- spect to the slush-fund report, and also the checks for §100,000 which he las testified were returned to him uncashed by Albert B. Fall. Harry F. Sinclalr, who is now re. turning from Europe, may be one of the first witnesses after the recess. The committee desires to question him particularly regarding the un- paid_loan of $25000 which his per- sonal attorney, J. W. Zevely, has testified he made to Fall within three anonths after he had retired from the cabinet. Moreover, it desires to Interrogate lim further about the circumstances surrounding the lease of Teapot Lome and conferences which he had Wwith Fall at the former Secretary's, New Mexico ranch. Other subjects Which ‘the committee want to take up with him are the conditions under which he agreed to pay $1,000,000 to the Pioneer and Belgo oil companies for their claims in the Teapot reserve and the contract for the payment of another $1,000,000 to J. Leo Stack, a Denver oil operator, and Frederick G. Bonfils, publisher of the Denver Post. Mr. Strawn prior to returning to Chicago yesterday had a final confer- ence with President Coolidge, and Jater correspondence between Mr. Strawn _and the Premdent and be- tween the President and the Senate committee was made public. This correspondence showed that Mr, Strawn, upon learning that a Chi- cago bank In which he was a director Y:ud_acted as trustee for a loan float- »ed by one of the Sinclair oil com- yanies, bad written the President ask- 18 today questioned President Coolidge’s information on whicli he issued an order yesterday postponing prepara- tions for the expedition. This infor- mation wag that an expenditure of $350,000 wolld be required and that there was opposition in Congress to the flight, They declared further that the “real reason” for opposing the flight “has not yet come to light,” but contessed thelr ignorance of what it W Denby’s Statement. Secretary Denby’s formal statement sai “Orders to cease preparations for the polar expedition were issued to- | day by the Secretary of the Navy. The President, having been informed that considerable opposition existed to the required expenditure of $350,- 000, instructed the department not to proceed with the expedition at this time nor until the naval bills have been considered and Congress given an opportunity, If it desires, to ex- press its views upon the polar expe- Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the bureau of aeronautics and in direct charge of the flight, “had no comment to make. Secretary Denby, who has fathered the move- ment to explore unknown land in the Arctic by aircraft since its incep- tion, could not amplify the statement he issued yesterday of the President’s declsion, A distinét atmosphere of pessimism prevailed at the bureau. All hopes for carrying out plans that have been made day and night for months and which took into consideration vir- tually every day of six months or more in the future, seemed to have disappeared. All Plans Halted. ‘Upon receipt of the President’s order from Secretary Denby, which was is- sued late yesterday afternoon, Admiral Moffett threw the switch that stopped machinery in operation throughout the country. Work on the colliers Ramapo anad Patoka for installation of mooring masts for the dirigible and accommo- dations for accompanying airplanes was ordered stopped. The advance | dition.” | party at Bremerton navy yard, Wash- ington state, expecting to leave for Alaska today for a sled trip.to Nome, was halted. Unless this party gets started before the snow crust breaks up it can_ only await the clear- ing up of the ice so as to make the journey by boat. These were the prin- cipal plans checked. All “inside” work at the bureau, which has been under- taken by the naval Arctic air board in preparing the flight also was haited. As far as officers at the bureau have been able to determine there has been no publicly expressed oppo- sition from Congress. A short time ago, it was explained, some senators engaged in pleasantry on the Senate floor regarding the among them being Senator Dill of Washington. He was credited with registering objection to the fiight, but ; to make against theaters and mo- when_this was called to his atten- tion by Navy pilots, he is sald to have told them he was only “having fun with the Secretary.” Representa- tive Taylor of West Virginla of- fered & resolution in the House call- ing on the Navy Secretary, Admiral Moffett, “Bob” Bartlett and others connected with the plans to explain them in detall. “This committee registered no_opposition to the trip” and Representative French of Idaho, chairman of that body, explaining to- day, sald it was the sense of the members that they had no jurisdic- tion over the matter at all. “We put the hurdles high for the officers,” he sald, “and they made a good case of it" Representative Longworth of Ohlo, republican leader in the House, sald last night he had heard of no move- ment either in the Senate or House to halt the proposed expedition. Chair- man Madden of the House appropria- tions committee is understood to be ing that his_name be withdrawn if (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) A " (Continued on Page 2 Colunn 3.) ‘asserted that it contained features 1life behind the lines during the war. bated the question of clean drama for more than two hours at the District building. Although the meeting started out| with a discussion of the general sub- ject of limitations that should be placed on the spoken plays, the mee ing soon resolved itself into a dignant attack on the produc “Himon Called. Peter.” being pr ed at the President Theater this week . { Several spiited clashes between Leonkrd Wood, Jr. manager, and varfous spes Oyster Promines Action, At the conclusion of the mieeting Commissioner Oyster told the delegu- tion that he would see to it that the polfee department and the corporation counsel's office kcep in touch with what is being presented in Washing- ton theaters and take appropriate action when necessary. 3 He said that if existing regulations are not adequate he will welcome suggestions from those present tod Assistant Corporation Counsel Ring- gold Hart explained that the theater are licensed by the Commissione that the police Tegulations forbid th presentation of anything offensive to public morals or decenc: t th Commissiomers have nower to revoke ses when the pt. Browne of the first precinct, Licut. Mina Van Winkle of the wom- | an’s bureau and Maj, Sullivan, chief of | police, explained the steps that were | taken by the department in connce- | tion with the show at the President, | which relates to the experiences of a clergyman behind the lines in the recent war. - It was testified that after Capt. Browne and Lieut. Van Winkle had conferred with Assistant Corporation Counsel Willlams, it was decided to | notify the management that two scenes regarded by the police as sug- gestive, would have to be modified. At this point Lieut. Van Winkle made the statement that the entire show had been regarded as-objec- tionable, following the first perform- ance she witnessed. Capt. Browne occurred producing s objectionable to him also, but that he had to be guided by the advice he re- ceived from the assistant corporation counsel in modifying the two scenes. Wood Defends Play. Mr. Wood defended the presentation | of “Simon Called ‘Peter” on the! ground that it depicted one phase of | He insisted that he made the modifica- tion ordered by the police. Rev. W. L. Darby, secretary of the Washington Federatipn of Churches, headed the delegation and told Com- missioner Oyster that he felt it was in the interests of the theater man- Shenandoah, | question. i agers themselves to co-operate in presenting plays that would be above Rev. J. 'Henning Nelms declared that in the main he had no complaint tion plctures, but that He was pres- ent to protest against “Simon Called Peter,” and added: “God save us as a city and a na- tion If there i8 not a way to keep out such plays.” Dr. Nelms said it would be a piti- ful spectacle to have to establish a board of censors in the Natlonal Cap- ital, and that the best way to avoid it was to seek the co-operation of the theater men. Deets Pickett, speaking for the' Methodists, told Commissioner Oyster that other plays are scheduled to come to Washington that should not be produced here. ~ Andrew Wilson also declared that some productions are booked for Washington thag should not be ex- hibited and that steps should be taken now to prévent their appear- ance here. . - Others who presented their views included Miss King, Y. W. C. A.; P. M. Etchison, ¥, M. C. A.; NMra. Giles Scott Rafter, ‘Mrs.-G. A. Ricker, Mrs. J. W. Frizzell and C. A. Baker. | the [and customs forces at Calexico to i cisco. In another instant the engine of the nd it sped down the alley ivania avenue, with r and the three policemen in full pursuit. According to the officers, a volley of pistol shots burst from the | automobile, and Fisher im- v returned the fire, shootihg four times. Just at that moment Senator Greene and Lis wife stepped into the fieid of | fire. They were on their wa k to Driscoll Hotel, w they live, and appear to have crossed the alley t the very mi Fisher pressed the rigger of his autor Clapping_his_h (Continued on | of I i sin, to {the lon tat 1 his_head, 2, Column 5.) M ASKED IN VICE WAR U. S. Agent Asks on Traffic Into Mexico Dive Centers. Embargo | cnis tax The By the Associated Press. ers LOS 'ANGELES, February 16.—A fence along the American-Mexican border extended five iles each side of Caleico, a similar "barrier at Tia Juana, night and day riders to guard them and an embargo on all trafiic from the United States into Mexico at those points between 7 pm. and 7 a.m. each day are the recommenda- tions to be submitted to Washington by Luclen Wheeler of the Department of Justice bureau of investigation, he announced here vesterday. Wheeler's recommendations follow led | figure Republicans maximum surtax rate of 25 per cent proposed by Secretary Mellon in plans decided upan to stave off the united stand of democrats and republican in- | surgents for higher surtaxes and lower normal income rates. At a meeting attended by Represen- tative Longworth, | Speaker Gillett and members of the | steering and ways and means commit- | tees, it was decided yesterday to ad- | if the House rejected the suggestion resentative Frear of Wisco insurgent, that the prese; per cent surtax maximum | maintained. Seeks Compromise. Mr. Longworth, it was said, planned seek a below insurgents, compromise 44 per cent realizing that on they throw their support to the demo- crats when a vote comes next week the demo- cratic rates will receive a majority. | ir. Nelson insists his group controls t twenty votes and he has de- clared its members undoubtedly will stand together.’ Frear was not invited to to- day's conference, lers being of the opinion that it would ibe futila | change the surtax schedule, £ organization to attempt to get him his position. Third Day of Debate. As negotiations proceeded among various elements of the republicans for an understanding that would in- sure defeat of the democratic substi- proposal the House went into third day of general debate on the Only twenty members were on the floor when discussion began. - Democrats consumed the first hour in attacks on the Mellon income rates |and arguments for the Garner plan. declared unfair to the smaller income tax pay- Rep- resentatives Oliver, New York, Lank- ford, Georgia, and Quin, Misslssippi, the bill. Treasury scheme was and favorable to the rich. the attack. have sacrificed republican with lead- leader; BY HUGE ICE TRAP First Message From Ex- plorer in Nearly Month Tells of Dark Winter. n- nt be a it Following a lapse of mnearly a month, radio contact with the Mac- Millan Arctic expedition at Etah, North Greenland, has beew re-estab- lished by receipt at Port Angeles, Wash., of a signed message from Capt. Donald B. MacMillan. The message was caught by Everctt Sut- ton, fifteen-ycar-old amateur opera- tor of the American Radio Relay League, at Port dngeles, Wash., who worked the Bowdoin with a nomemade, five-watt sending and receiving apparatus of one detec- tor and one step amplification. This feat is regarded as remarkable by radio cxperts, as the distance cov- ered from Etah to Port Angeles is more than 2,500 miles. to its BY CAPT. DONALD B. MACMILLAN ON BOARD THE S. S. BOWDOL Etah, North Greenland, February 15. —The days are passing so rapidly that it hardly seems possible we hav. been frozén in the ice for 130 days. Yet what -has gone, owing to the darkness, is the longest, most mo- notonous period for Arctic men. The duration of twilight in the southern horizon is rapidly increasing, en- abling us to see many remarkable changes about our northern home. The boxhouse of our native assist- ants is almost completely bLuried by huge drifts and is really in danger of being crushed before spring. Fear- ful of such n event, our Eskimo friend, Etookashoo, has pitched a tent on top of his house to counter- a report he has just submitted to the department at_Washington on vice (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) act the wind currents and, if possi- Dble, divert the drifting snows which condition in _ Meicall, the Mexican = Jare constantly sweeping down into town facing Calexico, Calif. He declayed that he also would urge additions to the immigration bring their total from severiteen men, as at present, to a force of thirty. Describes Conditions. A summary of conditions at Mexi- call, declared by Wheeler to be cor- rect, includes the following outstand- ing features: 5 1 A wide-open town, with licensed | opium dens, narcotic supply houses, an American gambling house, a Chi- nese gambling house, seven disorder- 1y houses, already operating, and a; new one, costing §110,000, to be open- ed this_week. There are approxi- mately 200 girls in these places. The disorderly houses virtually all are owned and operated by Chinese | interests, financed by Chinese synd cates in Los Angeles and San Fran- / Two breweries, one of which is com- pleted. Forty girls employed in the Ameri- can gambling hall, together with 100 dealers, spotters, lookout and “come- on” men. Nearly all of these make their homes in Calexice and cross and recross the border daily. 7 i Americans frequently given knuck-' out drops, robbed and sometimes mur- dered. Women frequently attacked in a resort seventy-five feet from the American boundary after their es- ‘corts have been put out of the way by doses of knockout drops. You Will Become a Cross -Word ~ Puzzle Fan After you have ecanned the first puzzle of a se: In Tomeorrow’s Star The fad of the cross-word puzzle has gripped the en- tire country; cross-word puzzle clubs have. been formed in many cities, and the newest brain-tester is far removed from the old- time childish puzzle. Try the Cross-Word In The Sunday Star. |Refuge harbor from the high hills to lthe north, but it is along the “ice foot,” the most interesting phenome- non’ of the Arctic, where one may witness the most astounding changes. Here, too, one is impressively re- minded of the tremendous crushing power of the ice, against which no ship, however™strong, can hope to battie successfully, for here nature is exerting a gigantic force of mil- lions of tons' pressure. As the tide rises and falls twice each day the tidal craci. a veritable ice trap thou- sands of miles long, opens and closes !with attendant weird sounds of pro- || test, o welrd, in fact, as to estab- lish'the tradition among the Eskimos that we are listening to the lamenta- Itions of souls lost at sea. It might, indeed. be so, for the interruption by such doleful sounds of ‘the death- like stillness of’ the briglt moonlight is uncanny in the extreme. (Copyright, 1924, United States and Canada, by North Américan Newspaper Alllunce. AUl rights reserved.) GRIFFIS HOME GUEST. HAMILTON, Ohio, February 16.— Corliss Hoven Griffis, known through- out the world for his spectacular Bergdoll and carry him out of Ger- many, was the honor guest at a din- ner meeting last night, when thou- sands of Hamilton citizens gave a joyous welcome to their returned fel- low townsman. Griffis arrived home yesterday from Chicago. He sald his plans for the future were not set- attempt to kidnap Grover Cleveland | | i | ! | jwith all i plications for le en Secretaries Fall and Denb, ked in the resolution, together executive and other ncluding any leasg made, ap- ses and dgrrespond- ence on the subject. Mr. Ballai the P betw is order: papers, to ! that ne; Jurisdiction was the secretaries in Ju records would s for fifty vears on terms “exactly par- allel” with those of the Teapot Dome oil reserve transaction. No lease was aid, but the tr m of the Matanuska field and re avy to utilize Alaskan ¢ Ballaine's Ar. Ballaine's letter, as p yesterday at the White Houwe plemental to a previous con tion allezing attempts by certain in- terests to throttle the Alaskan rail- road and asking appointment of an impartial board or commission by the Executive to inquire into such tempts. his communication, relat- ing to the railtoad management, has been referred by the President to the Interior Department for investiga- tion. Much of the letter sent to the I ident yesterday related to the Alaskan coal by naval B establishments in the fic. Ballaine quoted Rear Admiral J. Robison, chief of the Navy bure of engineering, as having stated that tests of Alaskan coal had presented Letter Supplemental. lconclusive evidence of its, unsuitabil- ity for naval use. The tests have shown quite the contrary, according to Mr. Ballaine who presented charts of experiment conducted on the collier Jason 1922, These showed that Matan coal had a relative efficiency of 10 per cent, as compared with $1 per cent for Pocahontas coal. The naval board of 1922 was quoted by Mr. Bal- laine as having declared as a result of the tests that “Matanuska coal an excellent steaming coal for us in collier type vessols at their usual cruising speed and washed Matanuska coal is superior under the conditions of the test to the Poca- hontas coal used In this test.” Conl Refused by Navy. Despite these tests and conclusions the Navy has refused to us Matanuska coal, Mr. Ballaine told the President, adding that Admiral Robison, wihen the matter was brought to his attention, had de- clared: “We are not finterested in Coal Creek or any other Matanuska coal under any circumstances, We have washed our hands of it Admiral Robison could not 1 roached vesterday for comment o Mr. Ballaine's assertions, but Rear Admiral R. Griftin, U. N., retired, former-chief of the naval gureau of engineeriug, declared that Yests con- ducted at the Annapolis experimental plant and ahoard the old cruiser Maryland in 1914 had shown Alaskan coal to_be inferior to Pocahontas coal in quality and also more costly de- | livered Grithi the the Pacific were oil rather than coal burners. ! FOUR ESCAPE PRISON. ASHEVILLE, N. C., February 16.— Four negro prisoners held in the Hen- derson county jail, at Hendersonville, awaiting trial, ‘Thursday night sawed their way to liberty through the jail room and roof. The men are still at large. They are: unes Sullivan, alias “String Beans”; Bud _Elij “Simp,” William Morris and “L. T. Shields. . at Pacific ports. Admiral also pointed out that most of two ! at-| merican naval vessels now in | T PLANS !Public Forum and Police Census of Vacancies, Rep- resentative’s Aim. the pi- Jresentis mocrat, of scommit to remedy wtional ¢ rent situa tal v t tive Thom, Texas, tee of whiech ou the definit n 1o exte of the District Reut Representative Blanton an- arranged for an the Central m tomorrow *aft nounced that he foru open in School oriv 2:50 o'clock on the housing ntal conditions in the noon situation and r District. Repi an add landlords he ‘said to. make *“Botlh welcome, Blanton will hte s on nd tenants ay, “but tenants especially are cordially invited to attend. Ofi- cers of the various citizens' associa- tions are asked to be present. | will be an open forum. and throu | Such @ public discussion. it is hop Representative Blanton . that the present situation may be cdied. ravors Police Censuw. cond. Representative Blanton jntroduced a resolution which wonld require that a census of available quarters to be rented in the Distriet should be made by the -police depart- ment Th purpose subje rer “That for tha oviding the House of the United States of America with definite information fo serve as the basis for legislation to either continue or abolish the Reut Commission, now being considered by the House committee on the District of Columbia, the Commissioners of the District of Colu re requested and to forthwith a surve: condi- tions 'in be made ,metropolitan poli port to the House of |at_the earliest ¢ In the re speeifically “The num rent, grade o and the rental asked for same! ad esolution reads: acticable inform s as follow rgoms for situated Location and he number of vacant apartment where same are Situat the grade and number of rooms in cach, whether With or without bath, whether with or without garag and the asked f numbe! where space dwelling ame are situated, the and number of rooms in each, lities, whether with or with- {out garage and the amount of rental for the me; and if me is not for !rent but for sale only, such fact is | to, be stated, as wWell as the sale price. “The number of uncompleted dwell- ling houses or apartments now under jcourse of constiuction, where situ- {ated, the grade and number of rooms {in each and the rental price, if to b | rented, and the safe price, if for sale. i g QUEEN GOES TO MALTA. NAPLES, February 16.-—Queen Ma- rie of Rumania, who has been visiting Italy for several days, left yesterday for Malta.