Evening Star Newspaper, March 5, 1924, Page 2

FILIANG FREEDOM - TOBE 194 1SSUE, Demoorats to Inject Question Into Campaign After Cool- idge States Views. T BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The ‘democrats will make an issue of President Coolidge's refusal to approve the request of the senate and house of representatives of the Philippine Islands for the establish- ment of independence. For twenty-six years the Fillpinos | have been promised that when the; proper-time came they would be ac- | corded independence. President Cool- idge has definitely gone on record as| stating that the proper time has not | arrived and ‘that there remain to be achleved “greater advances on the road of education, culture, economic and political capacity.” Just when the Filipinos will meas- ure up to these standards is not diffi- cult to guess—probably never in the lifetime of any of the present Fili- pino leaders, ~ For, if the truth be) known, the United States does not consldér that many of the smaller Latin American countries haye reach- | ed the American standard. The Fili- pinos, on the other hand, think they are further advanced than Haiti or the Dominican Republic or Honduras, | and yet these nations have their in-! dependence. Cl lb éflyhe protect- | ing arm of the United States, has a status which the Filipinos would ltke o attain and they are ready to sign treaties enabling the United States to intervens in case of disorder or inter- ference with American property in- terests. Businens Opposen Freedom. The basic factor in the question of Philippine independence Is materlal- istic. The business interests in the Phillppines are united in their oppo-! sition to independence. Certain ship- Ding Interests believe they can ac- complish more by keeping the Phil- ippines a part of the United States, 60 that some day the trade between the United States and the Islands shall be included under the 'coust- wise shipping laws, thus enabling the United States to discriminate against forelgn vessels, particularly the Jap- anese. Governor General Wood is known to be in sympathy with the business interests which fear their properties would be jeopardized, or at least ren- dered less valuable, without the strong military arm of the American government. There are men in the United States Senate who have said in debate that the Filipinos will never be ready for independence. Mr. Coolidge's state- ment reflects the argument made most often by those who do not wish 1o see the United States relinquish its hold un tlie Philippines at any time— certainly not in the present genera- tion. Agitation to Conmtimue. The Filipinos, however, will not cease their agitation. They will} clamor for Independence as long as they can make themselves heard. Preparations are under way for an extensive campalgn in the United States to win the sympathy of public opinion. The democrats during their control of Congress went on record in favor of indepemndence and nearly got a bill through the Senate after it had passed the House. Also the democrats under the Wilson adminis- tration by means of the Jones bill extended to the Filipinos a greater measure of governmental autonomy thun they had previously enjoyed. The friction between Leonard Wood -{ Filipino COOLIDGE DECLARES FILIPINOS NOT READY FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT (Continued from First Page.) ands, does not support the claim t there are grounds for serious grievanco. A considerable section of the Filipino people is, further, of the opinlon that at this time any change which would weaken the tie between the Filipinos and the American na- tion would be a misfortune to the [ The world is in a state of h tension and unsettiement. The nossibilitity of efther economic or litical disorders, calculated to bring if not disaster, to the people, unless they are strongly supported, is not to be ignored. It should not he overlooked that within the past two years, as a rosult of international arrangements negotiated by the Washington con- ference on limitation of armament and problems of the far east, the position of the Filipino peovle has been greatly improved and assured. For the stabilizing advantages which accrue to them in virtue of the as- surance of peace in the Paclfic they are directly indebted to the initiative &nd efforts of the American govern- ment. They can ill afford in a time of 50 much uncertainty in the world to underrate the value of these con- tributions to their security. “By reason of their assurance against attack by any power: by rea- son also of that finamcial and eco- nomic strength which inevitably ac- crues to them: by reason of the ex- panded and _still nities for industrial and cconomic de- velopment; because of all these con- siderations, the Filipino people would do well to. consider most carefully the value of their intimate associ- ation with the American nation. Although they have made wonderful advances in the last quarter century, the Filipino people are by no means equipped, either in wealth or experi- ence, to undertake the heavy burden which would be imposed upon them with political independence. Their position in the world is such that without American protection therg would be the unrestricted temptation to maintain an extensive and costly diplomatic service and an Ineffective bat costly military and naval serv- fce. It is to be doubted whether with the utmost exertion, the most complete solidarity among themselves, the most patriotism, it is] ti misfortune, would be possible for the people of the {slands to main- tain an independent place in the world for an indefinite future. Cites Other Conditions. “In presenting these considerations 1t is perhaps worth while to draw your attention to the conditions in Which some other peoples find them- selves by reason of lacking such guaranties and assurances as the Fil- ipino people enjoy. The burdens of armament and of governmental ex- penses which many small nations are compelled to bear in these times are so great that we see everywhere the community progress hindered, if not destroyed, because of them. During the world war the Filipino people were comparatively undisturbed in their ordinary pursuits, left free to continue thelr fine progress. But it may well be doubted whether, if they had been shorn of the protection af- forded by the United States, they could have enjoyed so fortunate an experfence. Much more probably they would have become involved in the great conflict and their independence and_nationality would have become, as did those of many other peoples, pawns in_the great world reorgani- zation. There could be no more un- fortunate posture in which to e a people such as your own. You have set your feet firmly in the path of advancement and improvement. But you need, above all clse, assured opportunity of continuing in that course without Interference from the outside turmoll within. Working out the highest destiny of even the most talented and advanced peoples is a matter of many generations. and the Filipinos has developed llrf!ly over the applicaiton of the Jones law, with many of the provisions of which | Gen, Wood is not in sympathy.. He has | publicly advocated their amendment. The ~ republican national platform will, in all probability, foliow the lines of President Coolidge's latest pro- nouncement, while the democrats will pledge themselves, if elected, to grant independence to'the Philippines within = specified period. « t, 1924.) M’LEAN EMPLOYES’ HEARING DELAYED (Continued from First Page.) Orleans have not yet been furnished to the committee. Among the McLean telegrams wa: found -the one from which the pub. lisher was_told by ome of his em- Ployes to ~ “eliminate odd words. With these words omitted, senators said, the telegram called ' attention that Senator Walsh had recefved two storles—one that McLean was too ill to come to Washington to testify and the other that he was playing golf in_Florida. There also was furnished to the committee the copy of the telegram | sent to McLean by Chairman Lenroot | vising him offictally that Senator Walsh was leaving for Palm Beach with full authority to question the publisher ' and to subpoena other | persons he might desire to call. This | telegram was not found in the batch | delivered by the Washington office of | the Western Union Telegraph Com- pany. Opposition to Knight. While the ofl committee was ob- taining more important information in a private examination of tele- grams today opposition developed to the confirmation of Samuel Knight| of San Franclsco to be speclal gov- | ernment counsel in the litigation for | the recovery of California oil lands from ‘the Standard Oil Company of California. Senator Walsh of Montana, prose- cutor of the ofl inquiry. announced that he had been “reliably informed” that Mr. Knight s counsel for the! Lquitable Trust Company of New York, which is & Rockefeller bank. According to this information, Sen- ator Walsh said) Mr. Knight now is engaged in litigation for that bank in California. He added that if the story proved to be correct it would Dbe a basis for opposing confirmation by_the Senate. Mr. Knight was selected by Presi- dent Coolidge to bring actions, under = resolution offered by Senator Walsh | and unanimously ‘adopted by both the ! House and Senate. Senator Walsh ‘was not consulted in the selection. Foregoing its usual public hearing to examine telegraph records sent here from Palm Beach, the oil committee | today found further reference to the | “principal” mentioned in one of the McLean telegrams previously read into the record. Ira_E. Bennett. an editorial writer | on the Washington Post, was the author of one of the “principal” mes. sages sent from Washington January 29 to Edwird.B. McLean, publisher of the Post.’- The committee has In- formation that She reference was not to Attorney General Daugherty, as he was himself in Florida at that me. The Bennett message said there ‘would be “no rocking of the boat and ne resignations)’ and added that the “principal” ‘was expecting & reaction from “political attacks. Some committeemen garded these telegrams as of possible high importance. Every effort will be made te- establish the identity of the “principal.” — RATE-CASE WITHDRAWN. “A fair appraisal of all these con- siderations, and of others which sug- gest themselves without requiring enumeration, will, I am sure, justify the frank statement that the gov- ernment of the United States would not feel that it had performed fts full duty by the Filipino people, or discharged all of its obligations to civilization, if it should vield at this time to your aspiration for national independence. The present relaton- ship between the American nation and the Filipino people arose out of a strange, an almost unparalleled turn of international affairs, A great responsibility came unsought to the American people. It was not imposed upon them because they had yielded to any designs of imperialism, or of colonial expansion. The fortunes of war brought American power to your islands, playing the part of an unex- pected and a welcome deliverer. You may be very sure that the American people have never entertained a pur- Ppose of exploiting the Filipino people or their country. There have, indeed, been different opinions among our own people as to the precisely proper relationship with the Filipinos. ““There are some among us, as there are some among your people, who believe that immediate independence of the Phillppines would be best for both. 1 should be less than candid with' you, however, it I did not say that in my judgment the strongest argument that has been used in the United States in support of immedi- ate independence of the Philippines is not the argument that it would benefit the Filipinos, but that it would advantage the United States. Feeling as I do, and as I am con- vinced the great majority of Ameri- cans do regarding our obligations to the Filipino people, I have to say that I regard such arguments ag un- worthy. The American people will not evade or repudiate the responsi- bility they have assumed in this mat- ter. The American government is convinced that it has the overwhelm- ing support of the American nation in its conviction that present inde- pendence would be a misfortune-and might easily become a disaster to the Filipino people. Upon that con- viction, the policy of this govern- ment is based. Islands’ Progress Raph, “Thus far I have suggested only some of the reasons related to inter- national concerns. which seem to me to urge strongly against independence at this time. I wish now to review for a moment some domestic concerns of the Philippine Islands which seem also to argue against present inde- pendence. The American government has been most liberal in opening to the Filipino people the opportunities of the largest practicable participa- tion in. and control of their own ad- ministzation. It has been a matter of pride and satisfaction to us, as I am sure it must also have been to your people, that this attitude bas met with so fine & response. In education, fn cultural advancement, in political conceptions and institutional develop- ment. the Filipino people have demon- strated a capacity which cannot but Justify high hopes for their future. But it would be idle and insincere to sug- gest that they have yet proved their | possession of the 'completely de- veloped political capacity which is necessary to 4 minor nation agsuming the full responsibility of maintaining itself in the family of nations. I am frankly convinced that the very mis. sion upon which you have addressed ! me is itself an evidence that some- thing is yet lacking in development of Political consciousness and capa- bility. “One who examines the grounds on which are based the protests against the present situation is forced to con- clude that there has not been, thus far, a full realjzation of the fundamental ideais of democratic-republican govern- ment. There have been evidences of a certain_inability, or unwillingness, to recognize that this type of governmental organization rests upon the theory of complete separation of the legisiative, executive and judicial functions. There have been many evidences of disposition to extend the functions of the legisla- ture, and thereby to curtail. the proper RALEIGH. N. C.. March 5.—The action imstituted by the Virginia corporation _commission before the Interstate ~Commerce Commission charging discrimination between in- trastete freight raes in North Caro- lins_and interstate rates between North Cerolina and Virginia has been withdrawn, aceording to a telegram recelved today by the North Carolina corporation commissian from the In- | terstate Commerog Commission, authority of the executive. It has been charged that the present governor gen- eral has in some matters exceeded his proper authority, but an examination of the facts seems rather to support the charge that the legislative branch of the insular government has been the real oftender, thro! seeking to extend its awn sutbority into some sress of what 1d properly be the executive. realm. “The government of the United States has full confidence in the abil- ity, good intentions, falrness and aln- f expanding opportu- | unqualified and devoted | \FORD SHOALS BID . BILL UP IN HOUSE Regular Order of Business Set Aside to Continue Consideration. The House today set aside other business to continue consideration of Henry Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals, Representative Longworth, Ohio, the republican leader, urging that there be no interruption which would pre- vent a vote by the end of the week. Under the rules, which were upset, the day would have been devoted to other measures, and debate, begun yesterday on the Ford offer, would have been postponed. Mr.. Longworth told the House he was confident a vote on the Mc- Kenzie bill would be reached before the end of the week. Sevem Heurn of Debate. As the House resumed discussion of the bill providing for acceptance Of the Ford bid, nearly seven hours ot Beneral debate was in order be- ore amendments to the contract can be offered. el A group of House members opposed to setting aside business on the Wed- nesday calendar, which includes a wide range of miscellaneous bills, made a determined fight against the {Longworth motion, but mustered only {36 votes to 223 in' the afiirmative. As general debate got underway again Representative James, Mich- igan, a republican member of the | military committes, who favored ac- i ceptance of the Ford bid, took the i floor with forty minutes alloted him to discuss the proposition. | PLACES CONTROLLER IN LIST OF CZARS Representative Dallinger- Intro- duces Bill Referring Decision Disputes to Attorney General. | | “A czar whose authority transcends that of the Attorney General and the Supreme Court” is the characteriza- tion of Controller General McCarl by linger, republican, of Massachusetts, who introduced a bill yesterday put- ting up to the Attorney General for decislon disputes arising between the controller general and the heads of government departments and inde- pendent establishments Citing the recent dispute between the United States employes compensa- tion commission and Controller Gen- eral WMcCarl. Representative Dal- linger said this was “especially dis- astrous because by his refusal to approve further legal requisitions the commission is without funds with which to make further payments to its beneficiaries as provided by law." {In this and other Instances, he said, i while the controller generai and the irespective department heads have been “at loggerheads with each other, the public has been the sufferer. cerity of the present governor gen- eral. It is convinced that he has intended to act, and has acted within the scope of his proper and consti- 1tutional authority. Thus convinced, it is determined to sustain him; and its | purpose will be to encourage the {broadest and most intelligent co-op- eration of the Filipino people in this policy. Looking at the whole situa- tion fairly and impartially, one can- not but feel that if the Filipino peo- ple cannot co-operate in the support and encoyragement of as good an ad- ministration as has been afforded un- der Gov. Gen. Wood, their failure will be rather a testimony of unprepared- ress for the full obligations of citi- zenship, than an evidence of patriotic eagerness to advance their country. I am coovinced that Gov. Gen. Wood has at no time been other than a hard-working, painstaking and conscientious adminlistrator. i "I have found no evidence that he 1 had exceeded his proper authority, or that he has acted with any other than the purpose of best serving the real interest of the Filipino people. Thus believing, I feel that I am serv~ ing those same interests by saying frankly that it is not possible to consider the extension of a larger measure of autonomy to the Filipino people until they shall have demon- strated a readiness and capacity to co-operate fully and effectively with i the American government and au- | thorities. For such co-operation I earnestly appeal to every friead of the islands and their pe%ple. I feel all confidence that in the measure In which it shall be extended, the American government will be dis- posed to grant in increasing degree the aspirations of your people. Nothing could more regrettably af- feet the relations of the two peoples than that the Filipinos should com- mit themselves to a program calcu- lated to inspire the fear that possibly the governmental lconcessions already made have been ih any measure pre- mature. “In conclusion, let me say that I have given careful and somewhat ex- tended consideration to the repre- sentations you have laid befors me. number of men whom I believe able to give the best advice. Particularly I have had in mind always that the American nation could not entertain the purpose of holding any other peo- ple in a position of vassalage. In accepting the obligations which came to them with the sovereignty of the Philippine Islands the American peo- !ple had only the wish to. serve, ad- {vance and improve the condition of |the Filipino people. ~That thought has been uppermost in_every Ameri- can determination concerning the Islands. You may be sure that it will continue the dominating factor in the American consideration of the many problems which must inevitably grow out of §uch relationship as exists. Werk Toward Freedom. “In any survey of the history of the islands in the last quarter cen- tury I think the . concluslon escapable that the Filipino peopl not the people of the United State, have been the gainers. It4s not pos: sible to believe that the Amerioan people would. wish otherwise, to con tnge " thelr responsibility i ‘regara to the soversignty and ad of the islands. s “It is mot concetvabi i would desire, merely { possessed the power, e that they because they to continue j over a people who would better gov. ern themseives on a basis of com- plete independence. the time com when ic i apparent _that 3 ence would be better for the people of the Philippines, from the Doint of view of botl thelr domestic concerns {and thelir status in the world, and if, | when that time comes, the Filipino people desire complete Independence, it, is_not, possible .to- doubt that the American government and people | ¥l glady accord it. “Frankly, it is not flet that that time has Come. It is felt that in the present 'state of world relationship the American government owes an obligation to cohtinue extending a rotecting arm. to the people of these lands. it is Telt, » that, quite aside from this consideration, there remain to be achleved by the Filipino people many greater advances on the road of education, culture, economic Land political capacity before they ahould_undertake the full responsi- bility for their administration. The American government will assuredly co-operate in every Way to encourage and inspire the full measure of prog- ress which still seems a mnecessary preliminary to independence. “Yours very truly, s 4 I have sought counsel of a large in- | { exercising any measure of authority | independ- ' CONFESSION FAILS 10 SOLVE BOMBING Police Say Thurber, Held in British Jail, Had No Part in Wall Street Blast. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 5. —Whatever hopes the New York police had of |solving the mystery of the famous Wall street explosion through the re- ported confession of Ralph Thurber fiickered and vanished today when the police were advised that Thurber was In San Quentin penitentiary, Calif., when the explosfon occurred. Thurber's story, which was made known to District Attorney Banton through a telegram from Secretary of State Hughes to Gov. Smith, was seriously questioned by detectiv after they had failed to find the ad- dresses of two men whom Thurber, in an aMdavit in a London prison, had fmplicated in the explosion. Re- ports from other citles, the police sald, Indicated that other detalls in the cgnunhm were valueless. Semtenced in 1920. Thurber, advices said, was sen- tenced to San Quentin prison in Feb- ruary, 1920, for a three-year term. He was released two years later. The i Wall _street explosion, which killed thirty persons and Injured scores, oc- curred on September 16, 1920. Messages from London sald Thur- ber had made his confession to the American consul general in London and that that official sent it to Secre- tary Hughes, who forwarded it to Gov. Smith. The latter, in turn, got in touch with District Attorney Ban- ton, who ordered an immediate check-up. PRISON HEADS SKEPTICAL. Thurber Said' to Have Told Fake Stories About Self. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., March 5.— Prison and police officlals here pro- fessed to be skeptical concerning the story told to London authorities by Ralph Thurber, who has admitted, according to dispatches, complicity in the Wall street bomb explosion of evidence of national prosperity and Reprepresentative Frederick W. Dal- 1920, ! A man named Ralph Thurber was arrested here in February, 1920, fol- lowing an attempted robbery of a hotel, sentenced t othree years' im- prisonment in San Quentin peniten- tlary for forgery and was released in February, 19 During his incarceration Thurber told prison authorities stories later found to be false concerning his re- puted exploits as a member of the “Princess Pat” regiment, and cita- tlons for bravery. Storles of his birth in Scotland and of his previous whereabouts were investigated and found to be false, officials said today. Rev. Herbert Wiison, who Is sald to have been mentioned by Thurber in London as one of those implicated in the Wall street blast, now serving a life sentence at San Quentin prison for murder, denfed today that he had ever seen or known Thurber. He was shown photographs of the Lon- don prisoner, but said he could not remember having seen the man be- fore. Previously Wilson had talked about the Wall street bombing to Willlam J. Burns, chief of the bureau of in- vestigation, Department of Justice, and had told the latter that he be- lieved he had sold the nitroglycerin which was used. MYSTERY IN ENGLAND. News of Thurber First Received From New York. { By the Assoctated Press. LONDON, March 4—Deep mystery and profound secrecy surround Ralph Thurber, a prisoner in Pentonville jail, who has confessed to being im- plicated in the Wail street bomb ex- piosion in 1920, in which many per- sons were killed. Thurber claims to be an American citizen. The news received from New York that such a confession had been made was the first London knew of it, and the American officials who first in- formed the \Washington government and who have been handling the case for several weeks, declined to give any information, except to say that “guch large interests are Involved that it would be impossible for them to talk. LINDENFELD SUSPECTED. False Admission Caused His Arrest Two Years Ago. The first arrest In connection with the Wall street explosion was made {more than two years ago, when Wolfe ILindenfeld was apprehended. Lindenfeld was taken into custody in Warsaw on the basis of his own reported confession. He was brought fo New York December 1, 1922, and, after much investigation,' was found to have had no connection with the New York disaster. N ¥illiam J. Burns, heal of the bu- reau of investigation, Department of Justice, regarded Lindenfeld at the time .as the “master key” to the tragedy. He was loter deported. _ February Circulation Daily - 101,478 Sunday 106,135 Diatrict of Columbis, &85 . fanager of ING NEWBOLD, THE EVENISG and SUNDAY STAR, does ol t the a number of T e named. soid and distributed dur- | fngthe month of February, A.D. 1824, was as | follows: Copies 98,550 104,520 101,254 102,238 101,731 88,815 99,495 104,563 Less adjustments... | Total daily net circulation. )Tg(nl IVET'ISB net pald circu- lation . . A Dally average number of coples for service, etc... Datly average net circulation. 101,478 SUNDAY. Dass .. 105,086 17 .. 112,108 3% Coples, 108,857 105,190 426,211 Less adjustments 1871 tal Sunday net circulation. 424,540 i:e:!la net paid Sunday cir- * culation .. i 105,504 AveuP number of copl or service, etc......... Average tion .. day met circula- o iy . 108335 FLEMING NEWBOLD, ;Full‘ ‘Manager. Subscribed and lwm“z"o ‘before me this Sth “{-&'fi‘ - AD. Hisiug ¥. YoUyT, = Notary Publlc, WEST VIRGINIANS AT ANNUAL DINNER State Society Gives Elaborate Pro- gram at Grace Dodge Hotel, This City. | SPEEC! Members of Congress Heard on Variety of Topics. West Virginians celebrated at the fourth annual dinner of their state society last night at the Grace Dodge Hotel with speeches and a banquet, in which roast West Virginia turkey ‘was the plece de resistance. Harry L. Snyder was toastmaster. The Invocation was offered by Rev. Dr. James Sherg Montgomery, chap- lain of the House of Representatives, after which President Lorel N. Mor- gen Introduced the toastmaster. Representative R. E. L. Allen de- livered the talk of the evening on “What I Would Do in West Virginia With One Million Dollars. Repre- sentative T. Alfred Taylor spoke ori “Women in Polities,” and Dr. Mont- gomery delivered an address on “Our Country.” Herbert L. Davis, auditor of the District Supreme Court, spoke on “Good Citizenship.” Other ad- laresses were deliverea by Representa- tive A. L. Bulwinkle of North Caro- lina, Thomas W. Fleming of Fair- mont, W. Va., and Hays Haymaker, deputy commissioner of pensions. Committees in Charge. Willlam T. George headed the com- mittee on_arrangements, on which also were Lieut. T. De Witt Carr, U S. N.; Col. J. Willlam De Grange, F. Dotson, Hays Haymaker, Willlam Hoffheins and Charles M. Irelan. Members of the reception commit- tee were: Mrs. Willlam T. George, chairman: Miss Elizabeth Brotherton, Mrs. John W. De Grange. Mrs. M. H. Fearnow, Mrs. W. F. Hefner, Mrs. H. Knott, Mrs. W. J. Lyl T. Morgan, Mrs. L. N. Morgan, J. W. Thompson and Mrs. E. F. Warner. Officers of the soclety are: Lorel N. Morgan, president; Edwin H. Hill, secretary; Miss Nellie V. Hollls, financlal _secretary, and Col. De Grange, treasurer. List of Guests. The guests Included the following: R._J. Abbatichio, Representative and Mrs. R. E. L. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Appell, Miss Mary Atkeson, Mrs. T. C. Atkeson, Miss Elice Baker, Henry S. Baker, 'Mr. and Mrs. Al E. Barr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bartel_ mas, Miss Ethel Bartelmas, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bateman, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Bateman, Martin Bery man, Miss Harriette B. Blackwell, Miss Elizabeth G. Brotherton, W. L. Brotherton, Mrs. 8. H. Bush, Rep- resentative A.' L. Bulwinkle, Lieut. T. De Witt Carr, U. 8. N.; Miss Eva Con- away, G. C. Cole, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Conaway, Mrs. Alice Creque, Miss Dorothy Creque, Miss Viola Creque, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Davis, 'Col. and Mrs. J. William De Grange, Mr. and Mrs. John W. D= Grange, Miss Lenore M. De Grange, Mre. J. C. DeVilbiss, Mr. and Mrs Earl E. Dillon, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Dotson, Miss Loretta A. Ennis, Mr. and Mra. M. H. Fearnow, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fenton. Mra. M. D. Ferris, Edwin H. Ferris, iss Sadie| Fiorved, Mr. Thomas . Fleming, Mrs, James Carroll Frazer, Mrs. F. D. Gavin, C. V. Gates Miss Lucllle sates, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam T. eorge, Mrs. Martha Georgius. Lieut. Commander and Mrs. D. C. Godwin, C y Despard, R. W. Golloda: Mrs. T. S. Hall, Miss Nellie V. Haw vermale, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Hay- maker, J. A. Heath, Mr. and Mra. Wil- son C. Hefner, Mrs. Frances C. Hemp- ton, William Hoffheimas, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene_ Hollls, Eugene Hollis, r.. Frank Hollls, Miss Nellle V. Hollis, William M. Hollis, Mrs. Price Horton, Rodger Horton, Mrs. Emma B. Hutton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Irelan, Mr. and Mrs, W. O. Ison, Mr: and Mrs. Ward D. Kesecker, Mr. and | Mrs. Charles H. Knott, Morgan K. Knotts, Miss _Florence Lancaster, i Rear Admiral Jullan L. Latimer, U. 8. N.; Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lowe, W. J. Lyle, Clarence and Mrs. W. W. McClaine, Mr. and ~Mrs. -Virgil McComas, H. S. McKinley, W. 8. McKinley, Mrs. Hattie B. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Reed F. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Victor V. Martin. Miss Saddie M. Mason, Miss C._O. May, Miss Nora Meador, Mise Blanch Merrill, Miss Edna Merrill, 0. G. Merrill, Mre. Anna Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Elonzo T. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. French Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Lorel N. Morgan. Mi: Ruth Morgan, Miss Virginia Morgan, Miss Neola Northam, Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of air service, U. 8. A.; Mrs. Mason M. Patrick, Miss Nannie Pearson, Dr. and Mrs.' J. S. Riley, Mr. and Mrs. Rowlland Carvel, Howard Robinette, Mrs. D. P. Roy: ton, Mr. and Mrs. J. Martin Scranage, Mr. and Mrs. Todd C. Sharp, Mrs. Henry Shepherd, Charles M. Shinn, Miss Flora Shinn, Miss Estelle Sloa: A. B. Smith, Harry L. Snyder, Mr: C. W. Summers, Conrad H. Syme, Mr. and Mrs. J. A, Alfred Taylor, Mr_ and Mrs. Ralph D. Teunis, Mrs. John S. Thompson, Mrs. Mabel Todd, Mi Nellle Tyler, Miss Orpha Van Horn, Dr. W. H. Walker, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Warner, Miss Emma J. Wheat, Mrs. Eugene’ R._ Whitmore, L. Wolford, Oliver W. Youngbloo —————— COMMITTEE PROPOSES TWO-FOLD BONUS PLAN (Continued from First Page.) | Mr. and Mrs. McClaine, Mr. roposition, some members of the Sorimittee favoring restricting the bonus entirely to such a plan, but considerable opposition has developed to incorporation of such a limitation. Explains Opposition. Explaining his opposition to the bonus, Mr. Durham declared he and members of the league belleved the ‘men of this country went to war to protect their own homes and fam- flies and, therefore, the question of wages should not be considered. He safd he was a member of the Amer- ican Legion. Harbert Davenport of Texas pre- sented a request of men he command- ed in the war for a bonus. He said until recently he had opposed the bonus, but found that men who vol- unteered and worked as mechanics in the air service considered adjus! ed compensation as rightly due them, since others of their age had joined shipyard crews and earned as much in & week as they did in a month. In presenting his plan Representa- tive Jeffers emphasized that it was! advanced “purely in a mon-partisan' spirit.” Representative Murphy, re- publican, Ohio, indorsed it, deoclarin | disposition of the bonus by small ! cash payments with ‘the insurance! option would cost less than any other method. Representatives Begg. ro- | publican, Ohio, and Lea, democrat, California, suggested full cash - ‘ments, insisting the bonus cn\llrga paid by this means. A bill providing for several options and proposing to ralse the funds through taxes on excess profits, for- elgn corporations, immigrants, aliens, and increased estate taxes, was pro- posed by Representative Watkins, demo- crat, Oregon. > ‘W. De Vore, Brooklyn, N. Y., trans- mitted protests against the bonus from twelve New York Amerfcan Le- ion chapters, including his own, the &%y Club Post, Members of these posts, he sald, belleved the govern- ment should devote its surplus funds to care first for the disabled vet- erans. The twelve posts hamed by De Vore | were: Cannoneers, City Club Post. of New York, Morningaide. 77th Div sion, William Bradford Turner; Wil- lara S. Stralght Scarsdale. Larch- mont, Forest Hills, Leonard 8 Mo- nange, Irvington, Union. bl A HMAKING A FEATURE|. MARCH 5, 1924 FARM “SUBSIDIES" DENOUNGED BY DIAL Bill to Lend $75,000,000 for Diversification of Crops Attacked in Senate. Opening: the third day of debate in the Senate upon the Norbeck-Burt- ness bill, Senator Dlal, democrat, South Carolinia, denounced the meas- ure as “an attempt to make one tax- ay for the mistakes of an- 000,000 to finance crops, particularly growing sections. “It Indicates the inevitable. effect of establishing a bad precedent,” said the South Carolina senator, refering to the recent appropriation of §1,000,- 000 to aid drought-stricken farmers in New Mexico. Recalls Civil War Days. “I do not like to disclose the pov- erty of my state, but you den’t have to go west to find privation. The difference {s that southern farmers, having the correct conception of in- dividual responsibility and courage, are pulling themselves out. “The situation after the civil war was certainly far worse {n the south than it is now in the west, yet the southern farmer asked no help. I was grown before 1 heard of a farm mortgage; it was considered a dis- grace to have one on your property.” Senator Dial said the farmer should bend every energy to making hls plant self-sustaining, and thus “will be independent of those interests which now live off the farms.” Increased wheat production during the war, he asserted, was due just as much to the attractive prices then offered as to government propaganda. In Favor of Afd. President Coolidge Is In entire ac- cord with the desire to aid the farm- ers of the northwest section and those throughout the country during the present period of depression, it was stated by a spokesman for the Presi- dent yesterday. But what form this aid should take has not yet been de- termined by the President. He will receive reports from the Department of Agrlculture on the various meas- ures now taking shape in Congress. The first of these measures—the Norbeck-Burtness bill proposing a $75,000,000 federal fund to finance di- versification . of crops—occupied the attention of the Senate for the entire sesslon yesterday and was still the unfinished business when a recess was taken, Opposition ranged all the way from the position voiced by Senator Wadsworth, repub- lican, New York, who classed it as “fruitful _paternalism,” to that of Senator Gooding, republican, Idaho, who held that it 'should be laid aside in favor of the McNary-Hadugen bill, proposing a $100.000,000 corporation to export surplus farm products. The latter measure would ald all agricul- ture, Senator Gooding insisted, and would accomplish the same purpose designed to be effective “locally” by the bill before the Senate. Opposition Expected. The Idaho senator announced that he had withdrawh a bill prepared by himself because he believed the ex- port corporation idea was far better. There were indications, however, that the McNary bill, sponsored by Sen- ator McNary, republican, Oregon, would also meet with determined op- position both in the House and Sen- ate. Representative Anderson, repub- lican, Minnesot: rman of the Congressional Commission for Agri- cultural Inquiry, announced he would oppose it as “unworkable and im- practicable.” diversification of in. the wheat- to the Norbeck bill CAPITAL TRACTION MEN ARE: REFUSED PAY BOOST (Continued from First Page) increase of 25 per cent for other em- ployes, to be effective on March 30, 1924, and requesting a conference be- tween your committee and the com- pany to consider your request. Hold Request Not Justified. “In_reply, we beg leave to advise that we do not consider that any in- crease in wagea of our employes is justified under present conditions and that accordingly, conferences to dls- cuss such increase would achieve no useful purpose.” The Washington Railway and Elec- tric Company has no agreement with the unfon, but deals with its em- ployes individually. William F. Ham, president of that system, said today he has not heard of any request for increases in his_company. Although the Washington Railway and Electric Company has not dealt with the carmen’s unfon, it has con- tinued to maintain the same maxi- mum wage of 56 cents an hour, fixed by the Capital Traction. Inquiry today developed the infor- mation t no concerted effort has Dbeen made since last fall to organize the W. R. and E. trainmen. Pact Runs two Years Yet. The existing agreement with the Capital Traction Company has two more years to run, but provision is made whereby the wage schedule may be considered at the end of each year. ‘When the present agreement was signed last March the schedule for motormen and conductors was fixed as follows: Fifty cents an hour the first year, 52 cents the second year, 54 cents the third year and 56 cents thereafter. The wage contract is based on a ten-hour day. 3 CHINESE CHIEFS NEARLY LOSE LIVES By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1824. PEKING, March 5.—Three of the most prominent Chinese officials nar- rowly escaped death in the past fort- night, Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian war lord, through the handling of a German automatic pistol he thought to be unloaded; Wu Pel Fu, through the apprehension of & guest he was entertaining, and Gen. Yen Shih- Shan, governor of Shansi province, through an assassination attempt,: which was frustrated by bodyguards. Chang Teo-Lin was displaying a new type of automatic revolver pur- chased from Germany before several guests. He fired the presumably empty gun, but one cartridge was left In the chamber and the bullet grazed his forehead. Wu Pel-Fu_was_entertaining Gen. Chang Ching-Yao, former governor of Hunan province, for the purpose of & political _reconciliation, when the lights_suddenly went out. Chang Ching-Yao becauss suspicious and drew out a pistol, instructing "~ his bodyguards to do ltkewise. All were aiming at Wu Pei-Fu when the lights again reappeared. Wu laughed off the_incident, curbing the suspicions of his guests, and the reconciliation was offected the next day. ~ At Talyuan, Shansi province, & man claiming to be a personal guard of Gov. Yen gained entrance to the governor's private apartments, but was frightened off and forced to dis- | card three pistols as he fled. The plot is said to have connection with the general political efforts being made Dby recalcitrant factions to oust Gov. Yen, who is keeping eut of Peking politics &nd devoting. his energies to pesce, order and industrial develop- ment. Shansi declines to be drawn into outside iaterprovincial embrog- los, A S SRS 3 Frem Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. MT. PLEASANT LIBRARY BIDS OPENED BY CITY All Xeep Within $200,000 Avail- able—Contract Award Expeot- ed dBon. Blds were opened yesterday afiernoon by Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of the engineer department, for erection of the Mount Pleasant branch of. the Free Public Library at 16th and La- mont streets. ‘The Carnegle Corporation has con- tributed $200,000 for the bullding, and all contractors’ estimates were well within that limit. ' The bidders and thefr low: . ' Behneider-Splledt $176,900; Charle, PEICO! fol- ‘ompany, o H. Tompkins' Com- pany, $177,800; Lipscomb Bullding Corporation, $178.617; George E. Wyne, $$79,700; Boyle Robertson Con. struction Company, $179,776; W. E. Mooney, $185,664; Arthur L. Smith Company, $186,686; Willlam P. Lipa- comb Company, Inc., $189,995, and T. T. Taylor Company, $197,000. The Commissioners probably will award the contract within a few weeks. | TEACHER PAY BILL GIVEN UNANIMOUS 0. K. BY HOUSE BODY (Continued from First Page.) tion as to whether the Klingle Valley tract is to be purchased. Frank G. Coldren, chairman of the committee on parks of the Washing- ton Board of Trade and vice chairman of the committee of 100 of the Amer- fcan Civic Association, told the com- mittee the urgent necessity for ac- tion. Pasned Senate Last Year. He told the committée that this measure authorizing the extension of the park system of the District by acquiring through purchase or com- demnation proceedings the Klingle Road Valley Park tract, the Plney Branch Valley Park tract east of 16th street and the Patterson tract had been re- ported favorably by the Senate. In the' last Congress it was passed by the Senate and favorably reported by the House, but failed of action owing to the congested calendar. The bill provides that ifNacquired by purchase the cost of the respective tracts shall not exceed $200.000 for the Klingle Road Valley Park, $155,- 000 for the Piney Branch Valley Park, 3107,000 for widening the _Pine; Branch Valley Park east of 16tl strect and $300,000 for a portion of the Patterson tract, which contains about 59.16 acres. Sees Trafic Rellef. Mr. Coldren explained, with re- spect to the Piney Branch tract, that the property west of the Tiger bridge, which was erected at a cost of $135,~ 000, is already owned by the park- way system. East of the bridge 18 not publicly owned, and there Is dan- ger that the property owners will permit it to be used as a dump for contractors, and that it would be soon filled in to a level with 16th street. He pointed out on a map of the city how, by opening up this stretch. the parkway system tould be linked up, affording a drive under nine bridges without a grade crossing, which would relieve tAafic through 16th and other congested streets, and which would avoid crossing some sixty streets. When Representative Blanton ques- tioned concerning the Glover gift of seventy-one acres for park purposes, with a very decided intimation that it would increase the values of other properties in the vicinity owned by Mr. Glover and his associates. Rep- resentative Keller of Minnesota ex- pressed the wish that there were more people here who Would give seventy-one acres for a park. Representative Keller moved that a favorable report be made and Rep- resentative Hammer of North Caro- lina seconded the motion. Blanton Raises Objeetion. Representative Blanton: objected, saying that one of these tracts ought to be bought, but that two others should not be purchased. Mr. Coldren presented Mr. Ward- man as having come at the request of himself and representatives of a number of civic organisations o ex- piain to the committee his position with regard to the Kiingle valle; tract. r. Wardman said he is all ready to excavate. When he bought the land he had not thought of the Klingle valley parkway. He did not ask the committee to pass the bill, but said he bought it to build on. He is ready to build. Mr. Coldren presented to the com- mittee Edgar B. Henderson, president of the Piney Branch Citizens’ Asso- ciation and a member of the com- mittee of 100; Evan H. Tucker, pres- ident of the Northeast Washington Citizens’ Assoclation; Prof. Percival Hall of Columbian Institution for the Deaf, who indorsed the Patterson tract project, and W. T. 8. Curtis, chairman of ' the metropolitan area committee of the committee of 100 of the American Civic Association. Blanton Advances Pl Representative Blanton told these spokesmen for Washington citlzens that he has been looking into this proposed purchase of tracts for park- way purposes for four years, and then diverted to a discussion of the way the House District committee functions, arguing that instead of rushing out legislation it should work it out in the committee go that the committee could support it en bloc on the floor of the House. There was a flare-up between Rep- resentatives Keller _and _Blanton when the former declared tnat Mr. Blanton didn't know what it was to be fair and Mr. Blanton responded with heat. Representative Lampert sald he visited these tracts during the last session of Congress and was greatly impressed by the necessity for add- ing them to the parkway system. Blanton Offers to Bet. There was some excitement when Representative Blanton said that he would bet $500 that if the committee |1 did not take action it would be a long while before Mr. Wardman would start excavation. Mr. Wardman promptly replied that he would bet $1,000 to $1, that he would start cut- ting down trees and working his steam shovels tomorrow morning. This flurry was smoothed out by Mr. Wardman agreeing to wait until Mon- day to hear the declslon of the com- mittee. Mr. Coldren told the committee of several cases where through city ride Mr. Wardman had delayed uilding operations on tracts desired for park purposes while citizens’ as- soclations tried in vain to get authorl- Zation from Congress to take gver ese tracts. R eoreaoniatives Gilbert of Ken- tucky, Hammer of North Carolina, Lambert of Wisconsin, Gibson of Ver- ‘mont and_Stalker of New York all spoke In_favor of parkway develop- ment and In favor of Mr. Lampert's suggestion that a subcommittee view the property and report back Satur- 98, Givson assured the spokesman for the District citizens that the Dis- trict committee is anxious to do everything possible to make the city ©of Washington the most beautiful in the world. He emphasized that even 1f the committee took action today favorably on this bill it would not in any way expedite action in the House. “The subcommittes appointed, and which. will visit these tracts tomor- row,- is made up of Representatives Gibson, Vermont; Beers, Pennsyl- vania; Stalker, New York: Blanton, fexas, and Kunz of Illinois. [ 2 LOCAL MAN URGED ON FINE ARTS BODY Name of Edward W. Donn, Jr., Presented for Place Left Vacant by Bacon. President Coolidge is being urged by the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects to appoint Edward W. Donn, ir., of the District of Columbia to the United States Commission of Fine Arts, to ifill the vacancy caused by the death of Frank Bacon of New York. The chapter contends that a local man should be named, because the greater part of the commissfon's work has to do with bulldings, parks and statues for the Natfonal Capital. Waddy B. Wood, a local architect, placed the nume of Mr. Donn, who lives at 807 17th street, before the President. He pointed out also that until the death of Mr. Bacon, of thc ven members of the Arts Commis- sion only one, Charles Moore, the chairman, is looked upon s & resi- dent of this city, although Mr. Moor credited to ' Detroit, Mich., the Congressional Directory. Besides Chairman Moore the other members of the commission are: James I Greenleaf, York, vice chairm: James E. Fraser, New York; Louis Ayres, New York, and H. Siddons Mowbray, Washington, Conn. ~ Mr. Bacon was credited to New York. Han Other Support. It is known that strong support of the local architects' candidate is being recelved at the White Housc from other quarters. There also is support of the local chapters’ claim that the District should get this ap- pointment. In support of this claim much stress {s laid upon the fact that the commission will have much to do in an advisory capacity with the plans for the Arlington Memoria! bridge and the approaches to efther end of this proposed structure. Also there is contemplated the erection in the very near future of a number of magnificent government building: in the Mall south of the Avenue and east of 16th street. President Coolidge was assured to- day that the repubiican leadership ir the Senate will make a determinea effort to have the Senate adopt finally a tax-reduction bill that will be far more in line with the original admin- istration tax-reduction plan than was the -bill that passed the House laii | week. W1l Poll Senmate. Information to this effect was mud« known today by Senators Watson of Indiana and Moses of New Hampshire, who have been delegated by the leadership to make a poll of the Senate. The resuit of their observa- tiona and the poll will be made known to the President within the next few days. Senators Watson and Moses con- ferred with the President at the White House for half an hour thi morning, during which he made known to them just what the ad- ministration hopes for in tax legis- lation. Recelves Students. President Coolidge today receiv the members of the Calvin Coolidg: | Club of the National University o! . this city, who, at a meeting recentl: i adopted resolutions Indorsing him fo { a full term as Prestdent and who to- {day assured the Executive of their {loyal support in the coming cam- i palgn. Tt was explained to the Presi- ‘ dent that this club has been organ- | ized for the purpose of promoting in- i terest among college students in this city who are privileged to vote in some state, and that it will be amli- ;ated with the League of Republican State Clubs and with a_ national movement of college clubs to be formed throughout the United States. John B. Neviaser, president of the local organization, was spokesman for this group at the White House to- day. The other officers are: J. G. Herman. vice president; Miss Mar- | garet Kurts, secretary; B. A. Soper, treasurer, and E. J. Reamer, sei- geant-at-arms, THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Showers this afternoon: fair and cooler tonight; to- morrow falr and cooler; moderate west- erly winds. ryland—Showers this afternoon : {fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler to- night ; moderate westerly winds. irginia—Fair and cooler tonight, ex- {cept showers in southeast portion; to- morrow fair, cooler in east portion; fresh south, Shifting to west winds. West Virginia—Fair tonight and to- {morrow : cooler tonight. | Records for Twenty-Four Heurs. Thermometer—4 p.m., 61; 8 p.m., 55. 12 midnight, 55; 4 a.m., 56; 8 a.m., 53; noon, 53. Barometer—4 pm. 29.93; 8 pm., 29.87; 12 midnight, 29.8254 am., 29.74 8 am., 29.74; noon, 29. Higheat temperature, 63, occurred at p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 10 p.m. yesterday. Temperature same_date last year— Highest, 50; lowest, 34. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the wa- ter at 8 am.: Great Falls—Tempera- ture, 40. condition, very muddy. Weather in Various Citle , occurred at | i ! 9)9moaw, Wy ++e kupaasak Abflene, Tex. 20.84 Albany Atlanta ... 20. Atlantic Oity 20.78 Baltimore .. 29.72 Birmingham. 29.80 Bismarck ¥ 3! 3 Cleveland .. Denver Detroit El Paso. uEERyuEE LY PR G Indianapolis.. Jacksonville. 28 32383 238 ELELET S PR AL E SRR LI FEET R L PR 1 SeEeSRESERRIRIRRNE FOREIGN. (8 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Cloudy Part cloudy Sl CYB‘ o Glear Clear Clear Part cloudy ARGENTINA. were received from Argentina for the week ending March 3, 1624, —_— PORTO RICO BILL OUT. The bill to give Porto Rico the gight to elect its own governor was Feported favérably today by the House. insular affairs committee by & vote of 13 to 5.