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WEATHER. Showers morrow morning; tomorrow. Temperature for twen ended at 2 p.m. today at noon today; lowest, today. Full report on pagi tonight and possibly to- somewhat cooler four hours Highest, 70, 44, at 5 am. e Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 09 917 29,217, Goi"Shes o [Enterea us second-class matter shington D C 107 TO 125 ENTOMBED IN BLAZING, GAS-FILLED WEST VIRGINIA MINE Hope for Miners Trapped Near Wheeling Slight; Bodies of Four Dead U. S. AND STATE RUSHED TO Are Found. . RESCUE CREWS DISASTER SCENE Women and Children Stand in Rain to Spur Rescuers F ing Debris. he Assovi WHE B d Press. “LING, W. Va., April 28—More than one rantically Attack- \ hundred miners were entombed by an explosion in the Benwood mine of the Wheeling Steel Corporatior minutes after they tries to the mine were blocked hours aiter the blast came volunteer rescuer 1 at Benwood, near here, a few by falls of rock and dirt. Four hurriedly assembled, had been unable to gain entrance to the underground passage- ways. The mine was on fire and At the mine it was said 125 men went to work, and that none | ad es The o f 1 1 had escaped. The state bureau of mines at Charleston, however, ‘ announced that its reports show A ray of hope for the entombed men was given this afternoon when rescue workers found two miners mear an airshaft ing from burns and gas, but the spark ©of life was not extinct and the rescu- They were suffer- | | BELIEVED CERTAIN choked with deadly fumes. ed only 107 men entombed. | 'COMPROMISE ON TAX ers redoubled their efforts in the hope | that others would be The shaft was sunk only recently to afford better circulation of air in the mine. It is located far back from the main entry. Rescue experts pointed out that if any of the en- tombed men reached the the shaft and put up brattices to keep out the dreaded afterdamp, there was a possibilit that the would be brougnt out alive, The two men found at the air shaft died before they could be brought to the surface. Two bodies, badly charred, were found in & mine tor 300 feet from the entry, bringing thie number of known dead 'to four. The rescue crew States burcau of fnspection of the workings as soon as they reached Benwood from- Pitts- burgh. They expressed. the opinion that few, if y of the miners, would be brought out alive. Those who es- caped the explosion and fire probably feil viet of the deadly gases, the experts declared. [ The combined mine rescue of thia United States government and the state West Virginia was rush- ed to aid of the stricken com- munity the hope that some of the miners would be brought out alive. Tho T'nited States bureau of mines sent the c Holmes from Pittsburgh nd was prepared to order in a car from Maryland and another from southern West Virginia. The state’s rescue car, stationed Fairmont, found alive, the foot of of the United nes made a hasty ited States Aid Ix Rushed. power the at SCENE OF MINE DISASTER. also was sent to the scene. The explosion occurred about three miles back from the drift mouth. Scores of men, women and children soon massed on a_ slope facing the entry, They stood in a drizzle of rair. spurring on the rescuers, who were digging frantically at the mass of rock which blocked the way into the mine. Rescuers Driven Back. Clouds of smoke drifted from the main entry of the mine and volunteer Tescue crews were driven back, Entries to the mine, which is a drift mouth, were blocked by falling rock and debris, further hindering the work of rescuers. Deadly fumes are sweeping through the blocked entries. More than two hundred _toilers from nearby mines rushed to Ben- wood when word of the disaster spread. Their first task was to clear the entries so that rescuers could go in. The rock and debris, blocking the way was attacked with picks and dyvnamite. Among those trapped underground was George Holliday, the fire boss, who went in this morning to see thal all_was safe. Within an hour after news of the mine_disaster at Benwood, W. Va., a suburb of Wheeling, the Wheeling Chapter of the American Red Cross had started a corps of doctors and numses for the scene. The Red Cross relicf staff is under the leadership of Dr. Harry M. Hall, member of the executive committee of the Wheeling chapter, and the nurses are in charge of Miss Katherine Faville, registered nurse. B. A. Harlan, disaster relief director for the Washington division of the Red Cross, talked with the Wheeling chap- ter officials at 1 p.m. this afternoon. They report that latest word from the mine. located five miles from Wheeling, is that 107 men are entombed. The mine is owned by the Wheeling Steel Corporation. Red Cross chapters at Moundsville and other nearby cities have telegraphed the Wheeling chapter offering doctors, nurses and relief supplies. The Red Cross today offered all necessary medical assistance to the njured and is contluuing relief to ramilies_of ‘miners entombed in the Benwood, W. Va., explosions. Red Cross doctors and nurses from Wheeling have been dispatched to the sceme and others have offered sagir services. vicinity of | | Mellon Rates Face Defeat Before | Combine of Democrats and Insurgents. VET0O THOUGHT UNLIKELY President Expected to Accept Measure, as Time Presses. BY DAVID LAWRE As the ciimax of the tax-revision fight approaches in the Senate, the | administration has become convinced | at last that the rates proposed by | Secretary Mellon cannot be adopted. Instead, the President wi be content with a compromise be- tween extremes. And he will be com- pelled to sign the bill presented to him, for there is no chance of modifi- cation. even if he should veto the measure. Sentiment in Congress has crystallized. No amount of pressure | from the administration can alter a situation in which a combination of Democrats and insurgent Republicans holds the real power. The Senate is about to vote on a series of amendments. Senator Smoot, chairman of the finance committee, is NCE tive Longworth, Republican leader, did in the House. He is endeavoring to get a record vote on the Mellon rates and will be content to get through that kind of a bill which represents the mean between two ex- tremes. The Democrats and insurgent Republicans have combined to sup- port rates much higher with respect to alrge incomes than Mr. Mellon recommended and much lower rates so far as perscns of smaller incomes are concerned than were originally proposed by the administration. Politics Victorious. The battle between sound econom. ics, as represented by Secretary Mel. lon, and good politiés, as reflected by majorities in both the Senate and House, has been won by the latter. Mr. Mellor/'s idea that rich and poor allkp would ultimately benefit by a scientifically applied tax system has been rejected in favor of a scheme which reduces slightly the burden on the wealthy, but materially cuts the taxes of individuals with incomes up to $10,000 and $15,000 a year. There are ever S0 many more voters in the latter group. Fear that re- ductions granted the wealthy would be the subject of criticism on the stump has prevailed in Congress. Mr. Mellon's own position has been vulnerable, for while, if analyzed to the last detail, it would be found that he is not affected very much by any bill passed, the impres<on has been spread by his opponents ..iit he would profit personally, as would others of large income with whom he has been affiliated. Bonus Issue Involved. The discussion of the bonus has had a deterring effect, too. The belief that the bonus would cost a good deal more than has been estimated is a con- trolling influence. Congress is in a spending rather than a saving mood. Mr. Coolidge in his New York speech pointed to the number of measures serfously pressed which if approved would require just double the entire (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) e 300 DEAD OR WOUNDED IN BATTLE IN SYRIA French Troops Engage in Snn;m nary Fighting With Irregular Turkish Bands. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 28—Sanguinary fighting between French troops and irregular Turkish bands is reported to have taken place in northern Syria by the Jerusalem correspondent of the Daily Express. Three hundred men_were killed or wounded during the fighting, he says, and the Turks captured a great quantity of arms. | There have been rocurrent reports recently of unrest in Syria, of which sountry France o the mandatory power. French aviators are repo: to have bombed Syrian villages. have to | starting exactly the way Representa- | £ WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1924 _TWENTY-EIGHT PRESIDENT QUOTED ASVOICING HOPET0 - GIVE FORD SHOALS | Telegram Read Before Sen- ate Committee Ascribing Words to Executive. MESSAGE FOLLOWED VISIT, RECORDS REVEAL iEmplaye of Auto Magnate Says Coolidge Announced Intent “to Deliver.” | President Coolidge was quoted in a telegram produced today at the Senate Muscle Shoals hearing as hav ing stated that he was trying “to deliver” Muscle Shoals to He Ford The telegram was from James Martin Miller to the Dearborn In- dependent, Ford's newspaper, on Oc- [tober 12, 1923. 1In offering the tele- | gram Chatrman Norris said the White | House records showed that’ Miller went to wotk this morning. Virtually all en- had an interview with the President that day, “Text of Telegram. The telegram read: “Washington, October 1 “To William J. Cameron, or Ernest Liebold, “Care Dearborn Independent “Dearborn, Mich. “In private interview had President Coolidge this morning he said incidentally: ‘I am friendly to Mr. Ford, but wish some one would convey to him that it my hope that Mr. Ford will not do or say any- thing that will make it difficult for to deliver Muscle Shoals to which T am trying to do.” | " *While President didn't say so. am sure Weeks has been consultation with President this morning in view Ford's reported interview today's TS, with | is me MARTIN MILLER “National Press Club, “Washington, D. Weeks on Stand. When Secretary Weeks took the stand Chairman Norris of the Senate | mittee why Ford “got over his anger toward President Coolidge and administration after an interview at the White House.” “That is evidence that he is a sensi- ble man,” Secretary Weeks replied. “That is also evidence that he had some reason for changing,” countered Chairman Norris. “1 am opposed to the Ford offer be- cause 1 do not believe it is the best offer. 1 have not been familiar with it for a vear because it ha in my hands” said Weeks. ‘retary Weeks declared he did not know Milier. Weeks said he conferred with the President before he issued his state- t replying to Ford's letter. efore Ford interviewed the Presi- dent he called at my ofiice with his sceretary and said he had come to pay his respects, and did not at that time talk business in connection with Musocle Shoals,” the Secretary clared. Aroused Ford's Anger. “Foid’s anger was aimed at me be- cause of the sale of the Gorgas plant.” | Mr. Weeks continued. “I take the re- | sponsibility for the statement issued | after Ford made his statement to the | prese. “1 am interested in Muscle Shoals only from the standpoint of my offi- clal capacity. Naturally, I felt grieved that any insinuations had been made that 1 was Interested because of spe- cial interests.” In reply to a question by Senator cNary, Republican. Oregon. Weeks said he had studied the Hooker- White-Atterbury proposal in a gen- eral way and he ‘would be glad to have the chief of engineers study the offer and make recommendations. Termx of Contract. The chief of cngineers will be heard Wednesday, Chairman Norris said. “I think the government can dis- pose of Muscle Shoals under better terms than any of the present con- tracts,” Weeks said. “I am opposed to government oper- ation and think we could enter into a limited partnership with some pri- vate enterprise.” He said he doubted the wisdom of entering any binding contract for fifty years. “In_ three years you will be able to carry power anywhere east or west of the Mississippl by means o interconnecting transmission lines, he said. “If by reason of drouth some |needed power, a telephone call would spring it. This whole question re- volves arsund nitrates and it will take four or five years wo find out what process is best because this whole industry is in its infancy.” Employed by Ford. Later Chairman Norris explained that Miller was employed by Ford's Dearborn Independent. Decision to put the telegram into the record was made at an executive session of the committee before the puolic hear- ings were opened. Secretary Weeks, after concluding his testimony, went to the White House to discuss with President Cool- idge the Miller telegram previously read into the committee record. Morris L. Cook, director of the Pennsylvania General Power Service, followed the War Secrctary on the stand and said, “It is a great mistake to lock upon Muscle Shoals as simply a power plant.” ‘So, Muscle Shoals,” instead of be- ing regarded simply as a site for power, can be made a social influ- ence by radiating power over great distances,” he added. Chairman Norris sald W. B. Mayo, Ford's chief engineer, was in the city and would testify this week. Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania will testify tomorrow. COLLECTION COMING HERE Geological Specimens and Library Given Smithsonian. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 28.—Gift of the Edgar E. Teller geological col- lection and sclentific library to the Smithsonian Institution in Washing- ton was announced today by Mrs. Marle E. Teller, widow of the Buffalo scientist and business man. The col- lsction ie valued at §100,000, L him, | | agriculture committee asked the Sec- | oxperts are reported to have devel- retary if lie couid explain to the.com- | opeq in a conterence held here today the | 4ng Foreign Minister Hymans of Bel- | | s not been | French, whose guests they are. de- | i | | | [ ‘ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION THAT QL & PARTYS A FAST WORKER, MADISON EXECUTION OF DAWES PLAN DIVIDES ALLIES Belgian Plea for Swift Application | of Settlement Terms Resisted by French. ULTIMATE ACCORD PREDICTED Hymans Calls Paris Visit “Excel- lent From All Viewpoints. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 28.—Divergencies in the French and Belgian viewpoints | over the method of procedure in ap- plying the report of the reparation participated in by Premier Theunis gium and Premier Poincare of France After the morning session of the nferees at the foreign office, which was followed by a luncheon in the same building, the Belgian diplomats maintained the strictest stlence as to | what had taken place, declaring that any information must come from the From in other Belgian sources, however, came information that divergent viewpoints | had been disclosed More Discussion Needed. “We shall be obliged to talk, dis cuss and reason before our view- points, which are in no way irrecon- cilable, can be made to agree, was the statement which came from Bel- gian sources just alter the luncheon | this noon. Neither M. Ter-Linden nor M. Davig- non, secretaries, respectively, of Promier Theunis and Minister Hy-! mans, were allowed In the conference | room, where heretofore they alwayp have been in attendance during con- versations between the French and Belgian premiers. The luncheon that followed, however, assumed the char- acter of a general meeting of Franco- Belgian authorities, political, econom- ical, commercial and military. Marshal Foch, President Barthou of the reparation commission, Paul Tir- ard, head of the interallied Rhineland commission; Jacques Seydoux, eco- nomic adviser of the foreign office, and M. de Perett de la Rocca, director of political and commercial affairs of the foreign office, were present for | France. M. de la Croix and Camille Gutt, the two Belgian delegates on the reparation commission, and Baron De Gaffier d'Hestroy, Belgian ambas- sador in Paris, assisted by MM. Theunis and Hymans. The latter unbent so far as to tell the correspondents that the Belgians' visit to Paris was “ex- cellent from all standpoints.” Belgians Urge Speed. Tn the conference MM. Theunis and Hymans outlined the Belgian view- points, urging that all speed possi- ble be made to realize the sugges- tions of the experts. The Belgians argue that only the promptest reali- zation of the experts' plan will create a good Impression upon the outside world, tired as it is of haggling and the continuous holding of confer- ences. Their idea is that the allies must agree as soon as possible and without restrictions or provisos. Premier Poincare, however, is said to be not so Insistent upon speeding up the settiement, now that the date of the French elections is so mnear at hand. Premier Theunis will leave for Brussels this evening. But Foreign Minister Hymans will remain behind and probably will meet M. Poincare tomorrow. Dawes Hears Self But Gets Critics By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 28.—Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes was so over- whelmed by royal and ministerial fetes and attentions after the issu- ance of the experts' report that he had to cling fondly to his now famous underslung pipe to retain his demo- cratic viewpoint. The story now comes to light of a recent conversation in which an ad- mirer of Gen. Dawes called the attention of the chief of the experts’ committee to the fact that his name one day would figure in all the hi tory boo! °acn.° Dawes, striking- the fif- | with {than once succee | from announcing his intention to at- \OFFICE SQuAR GRAR DEN) 15 ALL IVEN SETTLED? SPNS Pratiees ESINE TOW " = Ketp CoNmmctiCuT ENT N G HES CounMeERL RS Tardieu Attacked By Communists at Political Meeting By the Associated Press, PARIS, April 28.—Communist heck- lers broke up a political meeting ad- dressed by Deputy Andre Tardieu, in | a Paris suburb last night, after r peatedly dragging | him Gff the plat-| form. M. Tardieu was badly bruised fn the scuffing, and a sleeve was torn from his coat. | This is the second . e of the #as had since beginning his election cam- »aign M. Tardieu was French high com- missioner in the United States dur- ing the war. ANDRE TARDIEU. In the _scuffle his antagonists M. Tardieu showed himself no mean fighter, com- ing back at the attacking hecklers ith right and left swings and more 1g in regaining-the platform. He finally succumbed to superior numbers, but fought back along every inch of his retreat. The deputy was not deterred by the vio- lence encountered at this meeting <perie Kind 1 within tend three political meetings this evening, one of which will be in the | mmunist stronghold of Argenteuil R ON TRAIL | OF MAL DAURHERTY Senate Sergeant-at-Arms. With ‘Warrant, Leaves Washington Court House. B the Associated Press. WASHINGTON ~ COURT Ohio, April 28.—John J. deputy sergeant-at-arms TUnited States Senate, who arrived last night with a warrant for the arrest of M. S. Daugherty, brother of former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, left this morning on a westbound train, without announcing his destination. He was accompanied by John Logan and P. Clyburn, counsel for Mr. Daugherty, and it is believed the three were going to Cin- cinnati, where, it was thought, Mr. Daugherty will accept service of the warrant, which cites him before the bar of the Senate for contemnt. Speculation is that Daugherty chose to accept service of the warrast in Cincinnati, so that he could start legal proceedings to checkmate it in the Tederal court there. According to attorneys, Daugherty has two legal recourses; he may institute habeas corpus proceedings or ask an injunc- tion prevepting his arrest on the grounds that it would be illegal. McGrain was told last night by| Daugherty’s counsel that the bank president would be in his office today. According to McGrain the action against the Ohioan is the first of its kind since 1800. The warrant was issued because Daugherty failed to answer a sub- poena to appear before the Senate committee investigating the regime of Harry M. Daugherty as attorney general, and because he refused to permit a special subcommittee of the Senate, composed of Senators Wheeler and Brookhart to examine records of the Midland National Bank of this city. Daugherty is president of the bank. ‘The warrant provides that Daugh- erty be “taken wherever found” and produced to answer such questions pertinent to the matter under in- quiry as the Senate may direct. Called “Boob,” to Listen to Speech HOUSE, McGrain, at the teenth match for one pipeful of to- bacco, replied that when he heard such compliments it reminded him of an experience he had in Washington while working on the budget. One day he was scheduled to m' - a speech during the afternoor in the morning he went to a barbershon | to get his hair cut. The next two chairs to him were occupied by men chatting in a friendly manner. Fina 1y one of them said: “Going out to hear Dawes this af- ternoon > “Nah!” replied _the _other, wouldn't go across the street to hear that boob.” Gen. Dawes said he immediately introduced himself and finally got both of them to go and hear him speak. Foening Star. PAGES. - COMPROMISE NEARER ON ALIEN BILL ISSUE President Understood to Have Of- fered Compromise in Talk With Johnson. PROPOSAL NOT PUBLISHED Regarded as Involving Delay on Date of Exclusion Act. The move for a compromise between the executive and legislative branches of the government on the question of Japanese exclusion provided for in the immigration bill passed by the House and Senate was carried forward at a conference today between President Coolidge and Chairman Johnson of the House immigration committee. The conference, held at the request of the President, preceded an- other meeting of the Senate and House conferées on the immigration bill, and was a follow-up of the President’s talk Saturday with Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, who had charge of the bill in the Senate. The impression prevailed after the meeting today that Mr. Coolidge, con- sulting with Secretary Hughes, had advanced a proposal which he believed would satisty the advocates of ex- sion and avoid any affront to Japan, Information regarding the proposal was withheld, but the suggestion was heard in some official quarters that it involved postponement of the effective date of Japanese exclusion, with assur. ances from the executive branch of the government that negotiations could be entered into with Japan with fair pros- pect of success to bring about through diplomacy the ends sought in the bill. Some members of the conference committee reiterated after today's meeting that the committee crald not even consider any proposa. to modify fe bill, inasmuch as the Senate and House both had approved them. Hughes Visits Coolidge. Nevertheless indications of a move in that direction were seen in other quarters. Chairman Johnson, President Cool- idge talked with Secretary Hughes and with Senator Lodge of Massa- chusetts, Republican leader of the Senate. Professing conviction that neither the conference committee nor the White House would attempt to alter the bill, Senator Shortridge, Repub- lican, California, asnounced today he | would make a personal plea to Presi- dent Coolidge against executive in- terference. He had prepared an e; haustive brief setting forth the argu- ments in support of an absolute bar to Asiatic immigration, which he will present at the White House. WILBUR KEEPS NAVY OUT OF WAR ON RUM Secretary Declares Fight on Smug- glers Is Police Duty for Coast Guard. Special Dispateh to The Star. PHILADELPHIA, April The United States Navy will stay out of the government's fight against rum- runners as long as Secretary Wilbur is at its head. The Navy Depart- ment has no intention of mixing in the effort of the government to stop rum-running, the Secretary declared. “We are going to be careful to avoid the crusade against the liquor smugglers. The business of stopping them is police duty and not Navy duty. the conversion of a number of de- stroyers into a fleet of rum running vessels and we are anxious to co- operate with the coast guard service in turning over to them these boats. That is, in fact, my chief purpose in visiting the navy yard here. I un- derstand there are & number of the destroyers in the yard. “The duty of patrolling the coast against the rum fleets is on the shoulders solely of the coast guards. ‘he Navy will Steer clear of pure p e work. However, we are willing to co-operate with the coast guards wherever we can.” Gen. Diaz Resigns Post. ROME, April 28.—Gen. Armando Diaz has resigned his post as minis- ter of war for reasons of health, it was announced today. He has been succeeded by Gen. Antonia di Giorgio. Gen. Dias was commander-in-chief of the Ttallam armies the world war, the exclusion features of the | After his conference with | ‘ongress has recently authorized | The Stai as fast as t! Saturday’s Circulation, Sunday’s _Circulation, 103,069 “From Press to Home Within carrier the Hour” system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes he papers are printed. 96,617 TWO CEN Investigations Lag To New Low Level At Capitol Today The falling curve of the Senate investigations reached a new low level today. It was one of the few investigation holidays in weeks. The committee inquiring into the indictment of Senator Wheeler did not meet, both the Daugherty and oil committees werc occupied with other things, while the rev- enue bureau, Russian, Mayfield, propaganda and diploma mill com- mittees continued their indefinite recesses. A session of the Texas frauds committee was the only one on that side of the Capitol. On the House eide the Shipping Board investigation continued, but the bribery, engraving bureau, air- craft and ' Northern Pacific ' land grant inquiries remained quiescent. {COOLIDGE DEDICATES NEW SCIENCE HOME National Academy Exemplifies American Passion for Truth, President Declares. i | | | EFFECT UPON RELIGION SEEN Merriam Says Researches May Up- set Some Current Views. Speaking at the dedicatory exercises in the new home of the National Academy of Science and the National Research Council, President Coolidge declared today that “a new sun is rising” which is destined to illumi- nate the scientific world and inspire |anew in America an insistent demand | for “the truth, and nothing but the truth.” Gathered in their newest shrine, erected near the Lincoln Memorial at a cost of about $1,500,000, many of the leading scientists of the world heard the President's address, while |a far larger audience throughout the eastern United States listened in | through the far-flung voice of the | radio. | Traces Growth of Science. President Coolidge quickly traced {the intimate relationships which from the days of Benjamin Franklin have existed between science and the | American government, asserting that | “if there is one thing in America which is pre-eminent, it is a disposi- tion to follow the truth.” Briefly de- | tailing the five periods into which he said science in this country may be divided, the President concluded “One of the most important possi bilities for service of the National Academy of Sciences in the future lies in its opportunity for inspiring the people of America to Insistence upon having the truth and nothing but the truth ~_regarding everything that | touches ‘our life as a nation. It is always to be borne in mind that while the peculiar relation to the academy to the government ¢ ¢ | cern specific researches, the exampie of dignified emphasis upon the truth as reached by correct thinking in every department of research ¢ * ¢ may be a contribution of inestimable value to the whole people. Wins Oficial Approval. “It is for this purpose that the go ernment sets its stamp of approval upon this effort and joins in dedicat- ing this building to the betterement of the human race by achieving a clearer knowledge of the truth.” Almost within reach of the Presi dent, the exhibits of science achieve- ments bore mute testimony to the truth of his own statements. The marvelous instruments with which science may measure the wave length of light or the diameter of stars mil- | lions of miles away, others for meas- uring variations in the earth’s mag- | netism and instruments like those used by the weather bureau to de- termine what the ‘morrow may bring climatically lay in guiet efficiency. suspended from the auditorium, swung almost distracting beyond contro- s rotating. Ina might see for of big_gold globe, arched dome of the ta and fro with consistency, provin versy that the eartn room nearby the visito t | himself the effects of the collisions atoms and the tracks of the fi particles by means of a Wilson- | Shimizu, though the particles travel- | ed at a speed of 20,000 miles a second. | Response by Merriam. | 1t was in such an atmosphere as this that science dedicated its Ameri- can temple to progress. Dr. John C | Merriam, president of the Carnegie Institute of. Washington and vice president of the National Academy of | Sciences, responded to President Cool- idge. After briefly outlining some- thing of the foundation of the acad- emy, Dr. Merriam pointed out that fes of today seemed like the ceremoni < fruition of the vision, plans and hopes of many years _ '!;(rmwinx as we do,” he continued, “that the joy in recognizing advance is itself essential to progress, this (Continued on P’age 4, Column Z) BERGDOLL'S ABSENCE WORRIES RELATIVES Draft Evader Leaves in Auto With Armed Companions—Trip to T. S. Doubted. By the Associated Press. ) EBERBACH, Baden, April 28.—The relatives of Grover Cleveland Bers- doll are somewhat anxious regarding the whereabouts of the American draft evader, who left/ here April 6 for an automobile trip without giving a hint to any one where he was going. Bergdoll was accompanied by several armed comparions, but no member of the party has sent any word back since its departure Bergdoll's relatives a: that_he never tells them his plans before starting on trips, and they assume he possibly went to Switzerland. They say all his personal effects are still here and they do not believe he has started for America. Chauffeur Tke Stecher, who has been planning to return to America if Bergdoll should go back, is still in Eberbach and expresses belief that Bergdoll will return here within a week or %0. There is a bushel or $o of mail and tolsgrams here awaiting Berg- doll. 3 may con- | Directly in front of the President & | ing | RENT ACT ASSURED HOUSE VOTE TODAY - BY SPECIAL RULING |Backers of Measure Win Point; Two-Year Extension Bill to Be in Order. FILIBUSTER PREVENTED AFTER SHARP DEBATE Move to Declare Law Void Begun in District Court by Landlords. Advocates of the Lampert Rent Commission bill won a victory at the | outset of dcbate on that measure in the House today when they brought about adoption of a special rule by |a vote of 67 to 32, providing that | vete shall' be taken at 4 o'clock this afternoon and making in order the offering of a substitute which would extend the life of the Rent Con sion for two years or until May 1926. The rule, offered Chairman Snell of the rules committee, also makes in order the offering of amendments changing the length of time for extending the Rent “ommission’s life and also an amend- | ment to reduce the size of the Rent | Commission from five—as at present —to three members. The rule, which safeguards the | measure against a filibuster, brought |about sharp debate. and a by Speaker Gillett was ne, order to allow its consider Blanton Raises Poin | Representative Tincher, Republican, | Kansas, made the point of order that | the resolution was not privilezed and gave credit to Representative Thomas L. Blanton, Democrat, Texas, for hav- {ing initiated that point of order. | Representative Tincher and Repre- sentative Blanton argued that th would establish a precedent under which the rules committee could tak: legislative authority away from al other committees. Representative lanton cited four precedents ir House rulings. He argued that il |spécial rule attempts to provide a nes piece of legislation with special con |sideration. while that legislatic | properly belongs to another commi i tee | Chairman Madden of t mittee on appropriatio | ported the point of orde that the rules committee | thority to give privileged t lation, bu | function is to provide a pr legislation already before the Hous | “Representatives Blanton and Ma den claimed that If the rule wis held in order the rules committec couit | report substitutes for revenu propriation_bills_after their tive committees had spent preparing encirely different meusure | Overruled by Speaker. Representative Otis Wingo, Der crat, Arkansas, said he was not co cerned with the merits of the legisl tion, but to preserve the orderly pro- cedure of the House. He spoke in favor of the rule. claiming that it en- abled the House to express its will i a proper way. Speaker Gillett overruled the point | of order. | o Representative Pou, Democrat, Nort Carolina, former chairman of the rules committee, said he was opposed to the and opposed to the iegislation s time that the property of the people of the District of Columb | should be returned to its owners, | said. _“It is more than five years since | the armistice, and we are now propos ing by this resolution to extend the | rent commission for another two years | Where will it end? ’ “very time that Congress acts on such legislation in times of peace, it i a step towards socialism. ~This par- ticular legislation is a very decidel step,” Representative Pou warned the House. by & House cor also su He argued d no au onsidera that its cedure on Ceart Raling Cited. | The decision of the United States Supreme Court handed down last Monday was emphasized repeatedly by speakers today in opposition to | the measure | Representative James T. Besg, Re- | publican, Ohio, argued that the pro- posed legislation is not antagi stic to the ruling of the Supreme Court Representative Tincher, Republican | Kansas, said that the Supreme Court " (Continued on I'age 2, Column 1.) iy = |BOTANIC GARDEN BILL ORDERED REPORTED House Committee Approves Senate | Measure Appropriating | | $1,000,000. The House rules committee today ordered a favorable report on the Senate bill providing for acquiring |1and to extend the United States Botanic Garden and building on the |acquired land a new conservatory. This was one of three measures urged for special consideration by the House committee on public build- ings and grounds. The bill would | authorize hatever appropriation is | necessary for acquiring the land | probably something more than $200,- | 000, and an appropriation of $800,000 for building the proposed new con- servatory. In arguing for the special rule Rep- resentative Elliott of Indiana, acting for the House committee on public buildings and grounds, emphasized that the present conservatory is un- safe, and that while the Botanic Gar- den now has a large appropriation for repair of the conservatory, that build- ing is in such condition as not to war- rant the expenditure of the funds for Tepair. During the hearing in was brought out that the government's program contemplates development south of the Capitol to the river as a link In the parkway system; that most of tho land in that locality is already gov- ernment-owned and that two small strips proposed for acquisition under this legislation are desirable in order | to link the present site of the garden th this property which is to be de- veloped south of the Capitol. Chairman Snell of the rules com- mittee said that he wiil endeavor to have this measurs brought up at the earliest possible date when it will not interfere with more impo*tant general legislation. | |