Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1924, Page 1

\ WEATHER Fair and cooler tonight; tomorrow probably Temperature for 22 hours ended at noon today: High- increasing cloudiness, lowed by showers. e 61, t, 84, at 5:30 p.m._yester at 5:30 a.m. toda ull report on page 20. Closing N. Y. Stocks and B fol- day; lowest, onds, Page 22 Entered as secc 29,25 pest office Wa d-cluss matter shington. D C. DENT VETOES BILL; DEMANDS FEDERAL TRAVAGANCE END Returns Measure to Senate With Objection That It Fails to Provide $68,000, CCO Needed for Raise. SALARY REVISION DELAY ADVOCATED BY COOLIDGE Gives Approval to Provision for Regulation of Party Campaign Funds—Says He Would Have Signed Section if It Had Stood 2s Separate Measure. The postal salary incre vetoed by Presid ith the ase bill was nt Coolidge today declaration that “govern- ment extravagence must stop.” It was returned to the Senate with a message objecting to the legisla- tion because it made no provision for raising the approximately $68,- Y00 postal revenues. vas given by the President added to the bill to xpenditures, and the that he would ap- on if it stood alone. ¥ in Wage Revision. on of postal sal- able in cer- > Depart- its inquiry into was advised by the ttention to his po: vernment economy, he has stated this wted it until it is d that because of this that his position ent said he could sce for this inoreas that some adj tion wo nized e iblic emploves to se- termed an indiserimi- N compensation should most searching scrutiry respect the President Ge- he needs of the public, of the people to pay, must | some consideration.’ Says Conditions Satisfy. dent went to explain that he appreciates the good service to | the public the postal service has ren- | dered, but at the same time he is sat¥] isfied that the conditions under which | the employes perform their duties | probably more satisfactory than the history of the Post » GO was made at sec prove t Asks Del i ¢ omplete it ition e ort by it f e Cure what he nate increase bave the In this Berares that the ability have on tention the usted t time in «n_incr also to the fact postal service have *e times since 1918, | 19 and that i has decrea The President n to furnish some ftemized arding these increases and ar out this s ment t's last the then went tigures re i tabic without ap- “reclassifying < _of postmasters and employes of the postal service and readjusting their salaries and compensation on an equitable busis, and for other pur- Poses.” This bill adds approximately $68,- 000,000 to the annual expenditures of the government. It makes no pro-| vision for raising this amount as postal revenue. The money must come from the pockets of the tax- payers. To the extent that we create further obligations which must be met from the moneys derived from taxation, to that extent do we reduce the possibility of further reduction in 1 Before such obligations are created it should be conelusively shown that they are essential in the hest interests of the nation. Calls Halt on Extravagance. “Government extravagance must stop. The people of the nation are paying all that it is possible for them to pay. I have taken my position in reiation to government economy, which I have stated and restated un- til it is well known. I feel that that position ought to be consistent. 1 do not see how I can approve the large increase in expenditure of this kind, except on the plea of urgent neees It may be that some ad- justments would /be justified, but an oreanized effort by a great body of public empl to secure an indis- criminate increas: 1 compensation should ha the most searching scrutiny. The needs of the public, the ability of the people to pay, must have some consideration. These sal- aries had been adjusted three times since 1918, the last time in 1920, Since then the cost of living has decreased, rather than increased. “The postal service rendered the pub- Jic is good. The service conditions under which the employes perform their duties are probably more satisfactory than ever before in the history of the Post Office Department. The government has been olicitous_of the welfare of postal em- loves. Their compensation has been he subject of several recent le lative “cts and adjusted to scales of pay as tavorable as any in the public service. The act of July 2, 1918, increased the compensation of clerks and carriers in post offices and railway clerks €200 a_year, and rural carriers $240 a \ear. In addition ‘there were increases in compensation to a large number of the supervisory force. The act of No- vember 8, 1919, further increased the ~ compensation of postal employes from $100 to $200 per annum. This was fol- lowed by the act of July 5. 1920, which provided further increases in compensa- fion ranging from $200 to $300 for Tk arriers and railway postal 50 for rural carriers. Sub- increases were also provided in the salaries of the supervisors force, ranging from $200 to $600 a year. Cites Past Increases. “The effect of these increases in salary grades over those for the fiscal year 1918 was an increase of $600 to clerks and carriers in post offices, $500 to railway postal clerks and $600 to rural carriers. By reason of sovernment has nd the the these increases paid out during fiveal years from 1919 to 1923 an ad- witional aggregate of $450,000,000 in ries to postal cemployes above t would have been paid under the Wcale in effect before these changes | as_ follow: During the fiscal year | 1919, $33,202,600: during fiscal h 3 the year 1920, $68,901,000; during the fiscal d be justi- | | | | Don Tyler of Los Angeles won the | first prize of $3,500, Ruth Newburn of | Washington, D. C, the second prize of $1.000, and John M. Dallam, 3d, of Philadelphia, the third prize of $500 |in the national oratorical contest on | “The Constitution” held at Memorial | Continental Hall last night. As the representatives of the Pa- cific coast, the National Capital and | the eastern states were awarded their prizes, shortly before 11 o'clock, after an evening in which the President of the United States had participated, | unusual enthusiasm swept the bril- liant audience which witnessed the | event Secretary of State Hughes and Jus- tices Van Devanter, Sanford, Suther- {land and Butler of the Supreme Court, | the board of judges, had made their decisions separately and the audience | awaited the announcement of the awards by Robert E. dent of the American Bar Association, who presided. Winner Named Last. From among the seven national contestants, representing all sections of the United States, who had just completed speaking on the Constitu- | tion, one was to be selected as grand PLATFORM FGHT L0OM BEFORE 0P INEARLY SESSONS Progressives, Wets and Anti- Klan Forces Line Up for | Contests in Convention. | BY C. - ‘ Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLEVELAND, June 7.—Real con- tests over various proposed planks |for the Republican platform are | looming up | In the first place, the progressive element in the party is going to de- ch WASHINGTON LOS ANGELES STUDENT WINS NATIONAL ORATORY CONTEST District Girl Second and Philadelphia Boy Gets Third Place—Unusual Crowd Hears Secondary School Speakers. Lee Saner, presi- | mand that the platform be progres- | sive, and the conservative group will be equally insistant that the platform be “safe and sane” from their point of view With President Coolidge as certain of the momination as it is possible to be, clearly the party has picked its standard bearer before it drafted its platform. It has picked its can- | didate far enough in advance for him to have an opportunity to welgh th big issues with must deal The President is not the position of candidates other s who been prac candidates in been selected, who have been told “here platform, now stand on it. thing is certain, the platform in the ming convention is going to be such platform as President Coolidge de- sires to stand on. The convention will be dominated by his friends and supporters. Coolidge to Have 0. K. It is only reasonable, therefore, that the major planks in the platform— those dealing with prohibition en- forcement, foreign relations, the | world court, agriculture—will be sub- mitted to the President before they are adopted in convention. be dictated—so far as the principles unciated are concerned—by the resident. For several days the statement has been current that “several groups’ are working on the platform. It was learned today that one of those who been giving particular attention draft of the platform, or parts of it, is_Representative Ogden Mills of New York. Charles B. Warren of Michjgan, slated to be the chairman of the convention resolutions com- mittee, is another. Klan Issue to Come Up. The Ku Kiux Klan is an issue which many of the Republicans would like to dodge. but National Commit- teeman Creager of Texas is going to bring it up in the resolutions com- mittee when he submits his anti-Klan plank for approval. It may be that this issue may be laid to rest in com- | mittee. On the other hand, it may | be forced onto the floor of the con- [ vention. If it is fireworks may fol- I have w. The first trumpet sound from the “wets” was delivered last night, when Ralph Beaver Strassburger, delegate at large from Pennsylvania, who de- feated “dry” Gov. Pinchot for dele- gate honors by more than 200,000 votes, announced he would ask the resolutions committee to adopt a light wine and beer plank, with the nec sary modification of the Volstead act. No one—practically no one—out here believes that the “wet” plank has the ghost of a show. The “drys” |are on hand to prevent the adoption of any plank that seems in the least moist. What is expected is the adop- tion of a law-enforcement plank Law Enforcement Urges National Committeeman Williams of ;Orcgon‘ chairman of the committee's subcommittee on policies and plat- form—a kind of advisory body to the | resolutions committee—laughingly said that nearly all of the sugges- tions turned in to his committee for planks in the platform dealt with law enforcement and the recognition of the Irish republic. Mr. Strassburger, who, by the way, was one of the backers of Senator Hiram Johnson for the presidential némination four years ago, in a statement issued last night pictures prohibition as a horrible evil, leading to lawlessness and the destructior. of respect for all authority. He said: The good people of not only Penn- sylvania, but of the great populous centers of this country, are tired of paying extortionate prices for poison labeled ‘whisky,” ‘gin’ and ‘beer. They want light wines and beer at a fair price. They want to drink it as men—not covertly and feartul of the stool pigeon or the prohibition agents. Do Not Want Saloon. “The people of Pennsylvania do not want to re-establish the cursed saloon. They do not want whisky. They want beer and wine, and I shall urge the Republican convention to assert itself in the interest of law, They will | e | ®hile which a platform |5, in some |t w b e platforms have | tWo-thirds majority for passage, ac- leted before the |tion on and | deficiency Jur | usual majority. They met again today, | are ¢ “One | but reached no agreement. But he was to be an- nounced last. Frank B. Noyes, presi- dent of The Evening Star, cus of the national prizes, was seen to fill in the names of the Wi ners on the checks. . An ovation greeted the announce- ment, made first, of the award of the third prize of $500 to John 3. Dal- 3d. of the West Philadelphia High School of Philadelphi When Ruth Newburn, sixteen-year- old senior of the Central High School of this city, The Star's candidate for national honors, was announced asx winner of the second grand prize of | $1,000 the pent-up enthusiasm of the local audience was loosened. The moment reminded Washingtontans of the annual competitive drill, just be- fore the winning company is an- nounced Brings Forth Ovation. The presentation of the check for $3,500 as first prize to Don Tyler of the Franklin High School of Los An- geles, Calif, brought forth an ova- tion which left the man who had come the farthest to win the most' smiling and happy. A feature of the contest was the tremendous and equal applause given each contestant throughout the evening's speaking. Beginning at $:52 o'clock, follow ing an address by oolidge the speakers were as follows: Don Tyler_of I Angeles, representing (Continued on Page 8, Column 2.) CONGRESS SPEEDS LEGISLATION WITH ADIQURNMENT DUE | Meets Early for Last Drive to Enact Pending Bills Before Curtain Falls Tonight. prize winner. | Congress was called an hour earlier | than usual today for the final drive | toward sine die adjournment, set by resolution for 7 o'clock tonight. Disposal of the reclamation meas- ure, cmbodying recommendations ad- vanced by the fact-finding commis- sion of the Interior Department, was the principal task on the program of both chambers. The proposal was at- tached by the Senate as a rider to | the deficiency blll, which was ordered into conference yesterday, and action on it was held up in the House pend- ing decision by the conferees swvhether to recommend its acceptanck as an amendment by that chamber/ The conferees were unable to meet last night, but it was explained tha House consideration of the lamation bill separately under a pension of the rules limiting ds © and barring amendments, as had en planned. would have required a it as an amendment to the bill called for only the Pusk Bursum Wheat Bill. Tarm bloc members also were ready today to make a last effort to get action on a relief measure, having centered late yesterday on the Bur- sum bill providing a 35-cent export duty on wheat and wheat products b e e e it sl estimated, would cost zbout $15,000. 000. The bill had been reported by the agriculture committees of both chambers, and Senator Norbeck, Re- publican, South Dakota, in announc ing that he planned to work for ac- tion on it in the Senate today, said enough votes for its passage by the House had been assured. The motion of Senator La Follette, Republican, Wisconsin, for discharge of the committee on audits and con- trol from further consideration of his resolution for a continuing Investiga- tion during the recess of campaign contributions and expenditures also held privileged status today, with considerable opposition indicated on the ground that its disposal would consume too much of the remaining time. His fight last night for dis- charge of thejforeign relations com- mittee from consideration of the reso- lution to provide $10,000,000 for Ger- man relief was lost after several hours had been taken up by discus- sion Another measure having privileged position in the Senate, along with the conference report on the deficiency bill, was the proposal of Senator Shipstead, Farmer-Labor, Minnesota. for an inquiry into the “deflation of commerce, finance and agriculture” in 1920, with attention directed chiefly to the part played by the Federal Re- serve Board and its advisory organi- zations. Seeks Ofl Report. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, also had announced his intention to press for approval of the majority re- port on the oil inquiry, and, among numerous other measures pending was the House bill to permit im- migrants admitted in excess of quotas prior to May 26, 1924, to remain. Most of those affected are wives and chil- dren of American citizens or non- quota aliens admitted to the country. The Hoch resolution declaring ag- riculture a basic industry and calling for an Interstate Commerce Commis- sion_investigation looking to a down- ward revision of freight rates, with especial reference to those affecting farm products, was adopted last night by the House. A similar proposal had been passed previously by the Senate. The Senate last night passed the House bill setting aside a fish and game preserve ‘in the upper Missis- sippi Valley; a bill to make up losses in pay sustained by the twenty-eight bureau of engraving employes re- moved by President Harding in 1922, and a resolution ordering the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the interstate shipment of cotton. Fish Protection Bill Passed. House action last night included adoption of a resolution instructing a subcommittee of the judiciary com- mittee to investigate operation of the federal bankruptcy law, and passage of Senate bills prohibiting halibut fishing in northern Pacific waters be- tween November 16 and February 1! “(Continued on Page 2, Column 2) LY ~" {Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) " (Continued on Page & Column 33 e WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., SATURDAY JAPANESE RIOTERS ‘BREAK UP BALL AS EXCLUSION PROTEST American Women Faint as “Political Ruffians” Stage Demonstration in Hotel. NATION-WIDE EVICTION OF U. S. CITIZENS, PLAN Police, Aware Trouble Is Looming, Refuse to Take Precau- tionary Measures. (1> Associated Pres TOKIO, June 7.—Ruffians tonight broke up the Saturday night dance it the Imperial Hotel, which was at- ded by many members of the for- eign community, with a demonstra- tion of opposition to the exclusion clause of the new American immi- ration law. ¥ntering when the dance was at its ight, thirty ronin, which translated ans “political ruffians,” took pos- rssion of the dance floor and made « number of bitter and profane anti- American speeches, which they punctuated b dances with naked swords drawn. Two American women fainted. Police Permit Affair. The police made no move to halt the demonstration, although, accord- ing to reliable information, they had inown of the plans for it since o'clock this afternoon. It is learned from authoritative Japanese sources friendly to America that tonight's icmonstration is only part of a larger affair which has been planned with the intention of evicting all Amer- -ans from the country. prised of the demonstration in ad- vance, and had flashlight photographers advantageously placed to snap pictures. The demonstration brought anti-Ameri- feeling closer to the Americans than it ever has come before. EKIYOURA CABINET OUT. can | Eato Expected to Head New Gov ernment. Ty the Associated Press. TOKIO, June 7.—Command of Prince | Regent Hirohito that the Kiyoura cabi- net remain in office until relieved was received by the premier tonight. Mem- bers of the cabinet expressed the opin- ion that it would be several days before thelr successors were named. The cab- inet's resignation was presented at 4 o'clock u.m. today. | TOKIO, June 7.—The anticipated | resignation of the Kiyoura cabinet has at last become an actuality. Late yesterday Viscount Kiego Kiyoura | took its request for relief from the | duties of office to the prince regent. The cabinet was completed Janu- Each member wrote an indi- vidual resignation, which the premier took with him when he motored from the cabinet meeting to the Imperial Palace. The end of the ministry's brief and inglorious tenure of office came after an extraordinary cabinet session lasting many hours. Called Wedding Cabinet. The vernacular newspapers, com- menting on the government's retire- ment, declare its sole creditable ac- complishment was the marriage of the prince regent, Hirohito, and Princess Nagako Kuni, a few months ago and the subsequent celebration. The cabinet came into power barely in time to carry out the ceremonies incident to the wedding, and re- mained only long enough to see the public celebration completed two days ago, as a result of which it has been named the gokekkon naikaku, or “imperial wedding cabinet.” On the debit side of its ledger the press lists the setback to Japanese pride due to enactment of the Ameri- can immigration law excluding Japa- nese, its failure to advance plans for reconstruction of the cities devastat- ed by September's earthquake and the crushing defeat received at the polls recently, since which its retirement has been regarded almost as an ac- complished fact. | The ministry is the first in this century to be overthrown by a de- cision of the electorate, hence its de- feat in the balloting and its subse- quent resignation are hailed as a vietory for the cause of parliamen- | tary government. Kato Likely Premier. The anticipation in all quarters is that Viscount Takaaki Kato, for eight years one of the most notable candidates for the prime ministry, will succeed Viscount Kiyoura. He is head of the Kenseikai, which now musters the greatest strength of any party in the lower house of the Diet, and the genro, or elder statesmen, have placed the seal of their approval on his appointment. Viscount Kato, as holder of the port- folio of foreign affairs on three oc- casions, as a former ambassador to Great Britain and as author of the “twenty-one demands” on China, is already well known to the fields of diplomacy. His attitude toward the United States never has been very clearly defined, but it is known he resented the part played by the ‘Washington conference in abrogation of the Anglo-Japanese alliance. Speaking recently of the American immigration law, he used the phrases “unfairness” and “prejudice against the Japanese. One thing seems fairly certain— his summons to office will increase the impression that a bureaucratic rule has been overthrown by a pop- ular_vote and that mew recognition has been given to the principle that the leader of the majority party in the diet must be the premier. Radio Programs—Page 9. The vernacular papers had been ap- | ening Star. JUNE 7, 1924 -THIRTY-TWO PAGES THE |FORM OF DISCIPLINE | FORLODGE IS PROBLEM Senator, Big Figure Always in Nominating Sessions, Due for Severe Chastisement. MAY GET BUT MINOR POST| | Failure to Support President | Arouses Bay State Wrath. | Siafr Correspondent | CLEVELAND, Ohio, June | what extent the Massachusetts dele- | gation will seek to discipline Senator | | Henry Cabot Lodge in the coming na- tional convention because of his fail- | ure to back up President Coolidge on several issues that before the Senate recently is a question in which not a little interest is being mani- | tested here. The status of the senior trom Massachusetts in this conven- tion, dominated absolutely by the | friends of President Cool’dge, has as- | sumed perhaps an undue linportance. At present there is liftle more than speculation in regard to it One thing is certain, however. ator Lodge will not occupy similar in importance to the he has filled in every Republican con- vention since 1800, with the excep- | tion of the comvention of 1912, which | he did not attend. His exact status | is yet undetermined in this conven- | tion apropos the convention pl To | senator | a place which To be Igmored Ix Intimated. | The intimation that Senator Lodge |is to be ignored by his associates in |the Massachusetts delegation, or at | least recognized only by appointment to minor place, has caused not a ihlll» general comment. There has been some adverse criticism on the ipart of those with whom Senator |Lodge has been associated in the | councils of the Republican party for a quarter of a century or more. Another angle of the Lodge situa- tion which is causing discussion is, what will be the effect upon his stat- us as a Republican leader of the Sen- ate in the event he is practically ig- nored at the national convention of the party? His leadership of the Re- publicans in the Senate has been un- der fire in some quarters, and at the opening of the present Congress, there was talk of selection of “as- sistants’ who would do the major | part of the work usually assigned to the party leader. Senator Wadsworth | of New York, and Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin were among those men- tioned for such positions, but noth- ing came of it at the time. To Be Denied Usual Honers, With the single exception of the 1912 convention, Senator Lodge has either been chairman of the conven- | tion or chairman of the important committee on resolutions which frames the platform, since 1900. No such honor is to be bestowed upon him this year, if the reports that have filtered into Washington and have been brought to Cleveland are to be | credited. | Senator Lodge has failed in several notable instances to “go along with” the President, the most important matter in which he refused to sup- port the President was the soldiers bonus. He voted to override the Presidential veto of the bonus bill, | and undoubtedly some of the other Republican senators were influenced by the attitude of the party leader. He was also in opposition to the President on the Bursum pension bill, the immigration bill with the Japanese exclusion clause and the world court. As soon as the bonus vote was an- nounced, a drive in Massachusetts against Senator Lodge was begun, and this criticism of the senior sena- for, it is said, is responsible for the proposals that he be relegated to a back seat in the convention. Senator Lodge may have friends in the Massachusetts delegation Wwho will make a fight in his behalf. It is doubtful, however, if the senator him- | self will encourage any such effort should the delegation fail to recog- nize him in making its convention ap- pointments. a etk = YOSHIDA COMING HERE. Named as Counselor of Japanese Embassy. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, June 7.—Isaburo Yoshida. | formerly counselor of the legation | at Peking, has been named counselor | able FAITH OF YOUNG American Aviators Reach Amoy,China, After 500-Mile Hop Iy the Associated Press AMOY, China, June 7.—The Ameri- can Army aviators fiving around the world arrived here from Shanghai at 4:30 p.m. today. All three plan their pilots and the mechanicians were in good condition after the mile trip. which was completed ne hours and forty-five minutes —_— HOSTS OF ARMENIANS FLEE TURKISH LASH Wholesale Deportations Continue. Natives Robbed of Everything Before Being Driven Out. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. B; News. Copyright, 1924, ALEPPO, June 7.—Were the great powers less preoecupied with prob- | lem than the misfortunes of the minority of ants in Anatolia, it is prob- more than one protest would be against the inhu treatment remaining Christians of that by the Turks. Although more han a million Grecks been ex- changed since last vear, the Turkish authorities, despite their pledges, con- tinue whole deportations of Ar- menians from the eastern villayets, the majority of whom are being driv- en to Syria. Since last July the average number of Armenian refugees has exceeded 2,000 monthly, and, according to in- formation which has reached local French authorities, this number is ¥ to be increased in the near fu- The refugees arrive in a pitiful stream and in a state of poverty, most of them having lost most of what they had left on the way between their starting points and the Svrian border. Forced to Leave Country, Turkish officials, they say, force the Christian population to sign a decla- ration that they desire to leave the country. Individuals are handed pass- ports “good to leave the country but not to return.” Then they are given a few days to sell movable property, but real estate, they assert, passes into the hands of the “custodian of property of absent landowners.” Many Armenians who still possess zold are compelled to chang it for Turkish paper at par. Convoys are formed and directed toward the southern frontier. En route several officials must be bribed to secure safe passage. 1t is stated that the gov- ernor of Urfa exacts the equivalent of $2 from each departing Armenian to guarantee his life through a dis- trict infested with bandits. _When these Christians arrive at the French outposts they are generally penniless and completely demoralized French Hand Forced. The French, who realize that the refugees are another liability, have tried repeatedly to refuse them ad- mittance, but are forced to accept them in the end, because the Turks threaten to let the commitadjis or armed bands loose on defenseless women and children unles he French aliow them to cross Syria. n of the a have and informed the French authorities that 20,000 more will arrive during the summer. What will become of them is difficult to say. Syria Is a poor country, and the French are un- able to carry a burden of several million francs for their upkeep. ——— i Twelve-Page Rotogravure Section Wlth Tomorrow‘s Star Anothér enlarged picture section with The Sunday Star, featuring local events, school graduating classes, a group of remarkable pano- rama photographs of the Capital, the W. E. Hill page of drawings and photo- graphs from all over the world. 12-Page Rotogravure With Tomorrow's of the embassy at Washington, the forelgn office announced today. adio to The Star and the Chicago Daily | concerning them more directly | In May 2,200 crossed the frontier, | as fast as t AMERICA. {14 BELIEVED DEAD Officials Blame Spark for Igmition of Gases in Vein No. 4 of Loomis Colliery. SEVERAL HURT, 2 SERIOUSLY Rescue Work Considered Hazard- ous Because of Cave-In. | 1y 1o Associated Press. | WILKESBARRE, Pa.. June | officials today expressed the opinion | that the number of dead as a result | of the gas explosion yesterday in the ‘ll.)omis colliery of the Glen Alden | Coal Company, in Hanover township, will reach fourteen. Two men are in hospital seriously injured, while four or five, not seriously hurt, are at | their homes. Three bodies were brought to the surface early today, making the num- ber of known dead eleven. Three men were reported missing. Inspectors at Work. Joseph J. Walsh, state secretary of | mines, has a number of district in- spectors at work in the mine, assist- ing in searching for the missing men and to determine the cause of acci- dent. Walsh 1 visit the scene of the explosion later in the day. The rescue work was exceedingly hazardous because of the gaseous condition of the mine and the danger of cave-ins. There was a serious cave-in immediately after the ex- plosion. xplosion Occurred in Vein. The explosion occurred in the bot- tom vein of No. 4 slope, when sparks |from a blast are believed to have ignited a heavy pocket of gas Telephone communication with the men were refused entrance, it difficult to obtain details. i VICTORY FOR DAWES | PLAN ELATES BERLIN | | making | Majority of Sixty-Four in Reichs-| | | tag Equips Marx Cabinet to Carry on Negotiations. | By the Associated Press. pressed in governmental headquar- ters vesterday over the outcome of the voting in the Reiclistag on the question of approving Germany’s ac- ceptance of the Dawes reparation report. With a clear majority of sixty-four votes in its favor, the | Marx cabinet now is equipped with full authority to carry on negotia- | tions with the reparation commission for fulfillment of the provisions con- tained in the experts plan As an unexpected s cent parliamentary crisis and two days of debate saturated with ven- omous partisan acerbities, the vote of confidence further impresses the government leaders with favorable prospects of future support in the | Reichstag for the _administration | policies in the face of the heavy op- | position from the right reactionaries and the Communists. { Foreign Minister Stresemann's im- | pressive defense of the Dawes re- port and of the government's posi- tion in making it the pivotal point of its foreign policy materially con- tributed to the outcome of the final voting. Support of Soclalists. So long as the government hews to the line, political experts say, it can safely count on the support of the nited Socialists, while the Bavarian People’s Party and the | ty-five votes, may be counted on to co-operate with the government's sup- | porters, assuring the Marx cabinet a | comfortable working majority. The result of the vote was received with remarkable composure by German Nationalists, whose noisy op- position to the government's attitude | as political simulation intendea for | consumption by their constituents. At | heart the Nationalists are reputed to have reconciled themselves to the inevitable need of coming to the aid |of the Ruhr and Rhineland through | the medium of the Dawes report. Dr. Stresemann characterized _the Dawes report as “the economic Bible of the present.” He reminded the op- ponents of the report that they must reckon with the fact that the “greatest power” would be ranged agalnst Ger- many in case the report was not ac- cepted. The Star’ every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Yesterday’ IN MINE EXPLOSION! 7.—Mine | workings was cut off and newspaper | BERLIN, June 7.—Elation was:ex- | quel to the re- | Economic | | League, which jointly command twen- | the | on the Dawes report is largely viewed | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers he papers are printed. s Circulation, 97,507 TWO CENTS D.C. TAX BOOSTED ONE-THIRD AS FUND MEASUREISVOTED Bill Carrying $26,455,105, Record Appropriation, Is Sent to President. $1.60 RATE ESTIMATED UNDER LUMP SUM PLAN Schools Get $7,110,535 $2,476,650 Is Alloted for Road Work. and Carrying $26,455,105, and increasing taxes on personal tangible property and real estate by an estimated 33% per cent, the District appropriation bill is before the President for his | signature today, having been ap- proved by both houses of Congress last night Appropriation Is Record. While the bill makes available th. largest sum ever appropriated for the city in one year, it sounds the death knell of the principle that the federal government should bear a definite percentage of the cost of maintaining | the federal city. After recognizing | such a principle for more than forty- {five years, Congress this year voted | to abolish the percentage ratio an | substituted a lump sum of $9.000,00 as the United States’ share of runnin { the city. A tax rate of $1.60 per $100 on per- onal tangible property and real estate is substituted for the existing tax rate of $1.20. This increase figures about 331 per cent, according 10 an estimate by Auditor Daniel J {Donovan today, after he had gone over the bill. “He made it plain that this was nothing more than an_esti- mate, but the final fizure probabiy will ‘'be very close to the sum he names. Senate Yields to House, The Senate, as in previous years took a preliminary stand in favor of ! the contention of the people of thr District, but, finding the House de- termined to hold out for the lump sum. the Senate conferees had t« vield or allow the appropriation bill to die with the s n tonight. The Senate conferees, headed b Senator Phipps of Colorado, and the residents of Washington, urged that an investigation be made to deter- mine what would be a fair lump sun in view of Uncle Sam's property hold ings in the city, adopting new fiseal polic: House, how ever. was unwi While the Senate conferees lost out on fiscal relations, they succeeded ir having $1,802,408 added to the tot alowed by the House. The Senate it turn receded on several of its larg amendments, including purchase three parks, a building for the re corder of deeds and part of the su sought for the new water condui These Senate concessions amounted ! 2,700,000, Schools Get $7,110,535 The bill provides $7,110.535 for 14 public schools, of which $1,242500 i~ for the building program Disappointment over the ups of the fiscal relations is offset to some extent by the liberal allowances fu street and road improvements, which are designed to improve greatly highway system. The total sum for the highway department is $2,476,650 made up as follow For new paving on specified streets, $605 for nmew paving out of the gasoline tax collections, $925. balance represents the regular a allotments for repairs to street suburban roads and for grading $1.500,000 for Conduit. As finally passed the bill $1,500,000 for continuing work on the | badly needed new water conduit fron Great Falls. he House granted onl: $800,000 for this project, but the | ate insisted on raising it | _The Senate had voted amendmen! of $735,000 for a recorder of deeds building and $762,000 for purchase of | the Piney Branch, Klingle Valley and Patterson Park sites, both of which knocked out in confer- allows items were ¢ ence. ‘The House to the Senate amendment creating 4 business man ager for the public schools at $3.150 & year. The House also concurred in the following Senate amendments for th school building program: Plans for New High. For preparation of plans for a new McKinley High School, $5,000. For preparation of plans for a jun- jor high school in the vicinity of 24th and N streets, $5,000 Purchase of a site in the neighbor hood of 3d and Rittenhouse streets, $20,000. Purchase of a northeast, $7,500. Purchase of a site in the vicinity of 5th and Buchanan streets, $50,000 Western Obtains $125,000 Field. Purchase of an athletic field at Western High School, $125,000. The Senate gave way to the Hous in eliminating purchase of a si near South Dakota and Rhode Isla avenues northeast. Other school building items that | were originally allowed by the House and not changed in conference are: Completing construction of addi- | tion to the Armstrong Manual Train- ling School, $200,000. Completing construction of addition to Western High School, $450,000. Completing construction of a third- st to Thomson School, $75,000. Completing the building to replace John F. Cook School, $150,000. For grading and making sewer and | water connections in school site on | Calvert street near Connecticut ave- nue, $5,000. Tabercular Fight Ends. House finally agreed to the Senate amendment giving the Com- | missioners specific authority to erect | the long delayed tubercular school on the District owned land at 14th and Upshur streets. This school was authorized several years ago, but the citizens of the northwest fought vigorously against placing it on the Upshur street tract The city heads contended they had no other suitable site and purchase of land was not authorized. When _the appropriation bill ™ (Continued on Page 2, Column site at Burrville a | The was