Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Increasing cloudiness and slightly tomorrow rain_and warmer tonight: colder; fresh southwest winds. perature for 24 hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 63, at 3 day; lowest, 50, at 7 Full report on page m. Closing N. Y. Stocke and Bonds, Page 28 No. 29,410. 5oi"omee W ND EXTRASESSION OFCONGRESS TO B " CALLEDINWARCH Visitors at White House Get Impression President Has Mind Made Up. APPRQPRIATIONS MAIN SHORT-TERM BUSINESS Changes in Cabinet Likely in New Administration, #s Well as in Lesser Positions. President Coolidge ha ©f calling an extra session mress after March 4, as has been frequently suggested since his elec- 1jon Tuesday, according to prominent Republicans who have Jim during the past two days. These leaders gained the impression from their talks with the President that there is no urgent necessity for such a call, and besides, he seems to he of the opinion that the public in szeneral is entitled to a good long Toliday from Congress and legislation. enator Curtis of Kansas, Repub- an whip of the Senate, oses of New Hampshire, who direct- the Senate Republican campaign 1ic ca with the Executive today Yresident gave them no intimation of bringing the new Congress to Washington before the regular time inz, in December, 19 Iy Rilly Put Ahead. ¢h of these Senate leaders,, be- talking over the election outcime | with Mg probable Senate Coolidge, legislative program when it next meets. of the opinion that the only lesislation that will be passed at this session will be the necessary appro- priation and supply bills, Senator Curtis suggested cott, secretary of the Board of Agriculture, to the President 10 consider in appointing a successor to the late Henry C. Wallace as Sec- retary of Agriculture. The President now has more than 30 names of indi- viduals from all sections of the coun- try to consider in making this ap- pointment. No intimation has been made by the President as to when he Wwill fill’ vacant cabinet po: Now tHat the outcome of the elec- tion has been fairly well thrashed out from every angle at the White House the gossip today turned to the per- sonnel of the President's cabinet after March 4, and the possibility of other changes 'in the higher ¢xecutive positions. There is some talk to the «ffect that the President is going to call for many changes in these so- called key positions. Many Held by Democrats. Many of these latter places are =till held by Democrats appointed during the ~Wilson regime, while others, glthough appointed by Presi- dent Harding, are not wholly in sym- pathy with the Coolidge administra- tion.” Rumor further has it that there is likely to be some house- cleaning among many of the minor places, particularly in the Department of Justice and the Treasury Depart- ment. However, no one at the White House would give any confirmation to_this report. While a number of changes in the cabinet are looked for, it is not ex- pected by President Coolidge's inti- muates that he will give this matter any thought until after the first of 1hie year. At any rate, the President Tas taken no one into his confidence regarding this important matter, nor has he seen fit to make any comment on the speculation being printed in the newspapers. discussed the Each Jacob Cabinet Meeting Brief. Others who conferred with _the President today were Senators Dale of Vermont and Ball of Delaware. The President held his bi-weekly cabinet meeting, but only Secretaries Hughes and Mellon, Attorney General ne and Posgmaster General New ! nd Acting Secretary of Agriculture Gure were present. The meeting last- s than one hour and nothing of great moment was brought up nsideration, it was said after- Possible Cabinet Changes. Discussion of possible changes in the President’s cabinet when he be- #ins his full term as Executive, nat- urally has called for much specula- tion as.to the immediate political future of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, who was defeated by Gov. Al Smith in the gubernatorial fight in New York on Tuesday. There are some among ‘the Repub- lican leaders who were about the White House today who are of the opinion that the party owes nothing more to young Teddy, that it has xiven him a big chance, and he lost, and that from now on he will have to stand on his own individual strength. They contend that the colonel s a splendid young fellow, he lacks many of the essentials of greatness, and most important of all, he has nothing of the popular appeal for which his illustrious father was so famous. On the other hand there are those in the party who feel that Roose- velt's fight against Smith was not « fair test of his drawing ability, nor | his strength as a future candidate. They seem to be pretty well satis- fled with his showing against such a formidable opponent as Al Smith, and they have no hesitancy in say- ing that it is doubtful if any man could have defeated this so-called idol of the New York people at this time. There is some likelihood, according to rumors about the White Hous: that the President may ask Col. Roosevelt to return to his old place as assistant secretary of the Navy and fill out the term. This, it is pointed out, would be of né political significance, nor would it infer that the President may have Roosevelt in mind for appointment to his next cabinet. Suggestions for Message. President Coolidge since the result of Tuesday, has recelved any number of guggestions to be Incorporated in his next annuaPmessage to Congress. These are known to cover a wide variety of subjects. As to the next message, the President has intimated to callers that it will be of a brief nature and that it will be transmitted 10 Congress by messenger and not be vead to thé joint body by him in person. 2 Although the President can be class- ed among those party leaders who are opposed to any amount of legls. Jation being considered at the coming thort session of Congress other than i no intention | of Con-| talked with | and Senator | «ommittee, after conferring separately | d the| for the| Kansas State | Tem- p.m. yester- today. Entered as secona class matter hington, D. C. Special Dispatch to The Sta HAGEI!STO‘\'N, Md.,, November 7. —Conscription of men to fight five huge mountain fires which are sweeping along the slopes of South Mountain, may be ordered today to save several small towns which are in the path of the flames. Hundreds of acres of virgin timber already have been destroyed and omnly con- seription of fighters or rain can s the timber land. The most serious erick County, and last night had reached such proportions that a large force of fighters was recruited by Forest Warden Cyril Klein This group of men battled flames without marked throughout the night. Students of the Mount Alto Forestry Academy, who successfully combatted a forest fire in Washington County yesterday REPUBLIGANS WIN 246 HOUSE SEATS Absolute Control of Lower Branch of Congress As- sured by Victory. | | | the success With only trict yet dis- one congressional in doubt, at large in New Mexico, the Republicans will have 246 seats in thé House in the new ! (Sixty-ninth) Congress, while the | Democrats have 183, Farmer-Labor, 3. and Socidglists, 2. This means ab- | =olute and complete Republican con- trol, with an increase of 21 above their present strength, 28 above & {majority and 57 more than all Dem- iocrats, Farmer-Labor and Socialists | combined. | The one agistrict yet in doubt is {the only one in New Mexico, where {the seat is now held by Representa- Itive John Morrow, Democrat, but the itrend in the election there is towgrd | the Republicans. The Democrats Jost 27 seats in the | House and gained only four. Progressives Hold Own. None of the gains, by either Re- publicans or Democrats, were made against the So-called “Progressives” or ‘“Independents’ or La Follette crowd. One of thest insurgents—La Guardia of New York. city—was re-elected on the Socialist ticket and with Victor Berger of Milwaukee will constitute the House membership of that party. In three Minnesota districts Farmer- Labor candidates were successful, one of them capturing a seat now held by a Republican. The Democrats galned in _the eighth Ohio, fifth Maryland, second Kansas and eighth Missouri districts. The Republican gains were made as follows: First, New Hampshire; the twelfth, fourteenth, seventeenth, nineteenth, twenty-second and thir- tieth, Pennsylvania; the ninth, Ohio; the third, fourth, eighth and ninth, New Jersey; the first and eleventh, Indiana; the fifth, Connecticut; the first, Michigan; the sixth and twenty- first, Tllinois; the third, Oregon; the second, fourch and fifth, West Vir- ginia; the fifth, thirteenth and four- teenth, Missouri, and the members at large from Delaware and Nevada. Division by States. The political division in the House in the Sixty-ninth Congress, by States, Is as follows: Alabama, 10 Democrats; Arizona, 1 Democrat; Arkansas, 7 Democrats; California, 2 Democrats, 9 Republi- lorado, 1 Démocrat, 3 Repub- Connecticut, 5 Republicans; Delaware, 1 Republican: Florida, 4 Democrats; Georgia, 12 Democrats; Idaho, 2 Republicans; Tllinois, 5 Demo- crats, 22 Republican Indiana, 3 Democrats, 10 Republicans; Iowa, 11 Republican: Kansas, 2 Democrats, 6 Republicans; Kentucky, 8 Democrats, 3 Republicans; Louisiana, 8 Demo- crats; Maine, 4 Republicans; Mary- land, 4 Democrats, 2 Republicans; Massachusetts, 3 Democrats, 13 Re- publicans; Michigan, 13 Republicans: Minnesota, 7 Republicans, 3 Farmer- Labor: Mississippi, 8 Democrats. Missour, 9 Democrats, 7 Republi- cans; Montana, 1 Democrat, 1 Repub- lican; Nebraska, 3 Democrats, 3 Re- publi®ans; Nevada, 1 Republican; New Hampshire, 2 Republicans; New Jersey, 2 Democrats, 10 Republicans; New Mexico, in doubt, Democrats leading; New York, 22 Democrats, 20 Republicans, 1 Socialist; North Caro- lina, 10 Democrats; North Dakota, 3 Republicans; Ohio,” 6 Democrats, 16 Republicans; Oklahoma, 7 Democrats, 1 Republican; Oregon, 3 Republicans; Pennsylvania, 36 Republicans; Rhode Island, 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat; South Carolina, 7 Democrats; South Dakota, 3 Republicans; Tennessee, 8 Democrats, 2 Republicans; Texas, 17 Democrats, 1 Republican; Utah, 2 Re- publicans; Vermont, 2 Republicans; Virginia, 10 Democrats; Washington, 1 Democrat, 4 Republicans; West Vir- ginia, 1 Democrat, 5 Republicans; Wisconsin, 10 Republicans, 1 Social- ist; Wyoming, 1 Republican. Totals: Democrats, 183; | cans, 246; Farmer-Labor, ists, 2; in doubt, 1—35. Republi- 3; Social- Frenchmen Duel to By the Associated Press PITTSBURGH, Pa., November A vacant room in a Forbes street building here was used as “a fleld of honor” by two Frenchmen today —and when the smoke of the bat- tle cleared, the men lay dead on the floor, each with a bullet in his head. Plerce Biagioli, of French-Ital- lan extraction, was called upon by the regular supply bills, he has inti- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) J. N. Fournaire, a French baker, to explain attentions alleged to have been pald to Fournalre's wife, fire is raging near Shooktown, Fred- | When One Resents Stories of Wife ———————————— @he WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1924 -FIFTY-TWO PAGES. Maryland May Conscript Men | To Stop Spread of Forest Fires Large Forces of Voluntears Unable to Cope With Flames as New Blazes Occur in Various Localities Over State. N\ have been dispatched to the scene of this fire. Near Dale, a mountain settlement, another fire which broke out late Wednesday was burning fiercely to- ward Fishing Creek. where the reservoir supplying Frederick with its water is located. Nearly a hun- dred men are fighting this fire. Three Other Fires. ! Other fires are raging near Catoctin Furnace, Wolfsville and _ Foxville, | f Hagerstown, There are res in these districts area. It was b v that these fires had but they broke Several moun- | sawmills and | path of two | lieved ye | been* extinguished. out anew last night. | tain_settlements, many machinery were in th of these fires One of the worst fires in the his- tory of the Blue Ridge Mountains has been burning along the ridge | N e =l (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) LODGE GONSCIOUS FOR SHORT PERIODS Senator Given Nourishment for First Time Since He Was Stricken. Ey the Associated Press. i CAMBRIDG A bulletin issued shorfly after noon by physicians attending Senator Henry | Cabot Lodge said that for the first time | since he suffered a stroke at noon Wed- nesday he was having short periods of consciousnes: He also took nourish- ment today for the first time since he was stricken, the bulletin said. The bulletin signed by Dr. John H. | Cunningham, one of the two physicians caring for Senator Lodge, said: Senator Lodge's condition remains grave. He having short periods of consciousne: He has taken a little nourishment for the first time since he suffered the stroke Wednesday.” vember T.— Stroke Waws Unexpected. | Physicians at the hospital remarked | upon the courageous fight for life| made by Senator Lodge. Although almost 48 hours had passed since the stroke came, the patient's pulse was strong and his temperature was fair, according to. his secretary, .Chavles. . Redmond. The blowy came entirely withouf ! warning. On Wednesday morning, only a few hours before he was! stricken, Senator Lodge dictated a| telegram of congratulation to Presi- dent Coolidge on the outcome of the | election. He had planned to leave the | hospital this week for his home at Nahant. : Dr. Cunningham and Dr. Frederick H. Winslow, Senator Lodge's personal | physician, said that their patient had made a remarkable recovery from his second operation, performed on Octo- ber 20, and that the stroke was en- tirely ‘unexpected. Dr. Cunningham explained that the shock involved the | rupture of a blood vessel in the brain, | similar to the shock which frequently | assails elderly persons. Senator Lodge is in his 75th year. Servanta Are Summoned. Ever since the latest phase of the Senator's illness was made public, persistent rumors of his death have been spread throughout the country. Such reports have caused flags to be placed at half-stfffli in several New England towns before investigation proved them without foundation. near death was Senator Lodge believed to be vesterday that many former and present servants in the Lodge home at Nahant were sum- moned to the bedside by relatives. Members of the family who have been n almost constant attendance at the | hospital are Mr. and Mrs. John K. Lodge, son and daughter-in-law: Mrs. C. C. williams, a daughter; Henry Cabot Lodge, jr., and John D. Lodge, grandsons, and Mrs. W. Gordon Means, granddavughter. MRS. HARDING-CONTINUES TO SHOW IMPROVEMENT “Strength Greater, Able to Take Nourishment,” Says Daily Bulletin of Physician. By (he Associated Press. MARION, Ohio, November 7.—Mrs. Florence Kling Harding, widow of the late President Warren G. Harding, was improved again today in her physical condition, According to her physician, | Dr. Carl W. Sawyer. i Complications which arose yesterday remained the same today, Dr. Sawyer said. Clifford B. Kling, 4 brother, ar- rived at Mrs. Harding’s bedside today from Florida. The following brief bulletin was is- sued today by Dr. Sawye “Mrs. Harding rested completely last night and is improved this morning. Her strength was greater and she was able to take some nourishment.” —_— Dies dn Chair for Crime. COLUMBIA, S. C., November 7.— Reuben Robinson, 17-year-old negro of Chester County, was electrocuted at 10:09 o'clock this morning at the State penitentiary here for attempted assault upon a white woman last September. He admitted his guilt. Death in Bakery Georgette, the mother of two chil- dren. Fournaire spent the last two months in jail on a serious charge lodged by a 14-year-old girl. He was released on bail yes- terday and returning home, he is sald to have heard whisperings concerning his wife and his friend. Fournaire summoned Biagioli, steking an explanation, and they met this morning, going to the va- cant room in the bakery building to settle the argument. Police re- ports were that Fournaire, after killing Blagioll, shot himself. ADVICE OF HUSBAND, ‘AS A VOTER, TO BE TAKEN BY ‘M4’ FERGUSON Daughter Will Have to Be ‘First Lady,” New Texas Governor Says—Can’t Cook and Run State, She Declares By the Associated Press. TEMPLE, Tex., November 7.—Ad- vice of her husband will be taken by Q:rs. Miriam Amanda Ferguson. Governor-elect of Texas, “just as I will take the advice of any of Texas interested in the welfare of the State,” she said at her home here. Her happiness unconfined, unflur- ried by the round of gayeties and congratulatory celebrations of which she has been the center, yet cognizant of the responsibility that will be hers for two years, “Ma” Ferguson looking forward to her inauguration day I expect to be governor, just as any man,” Mrs. Ferguson said Her title, she continued, would be “just Governor, 1 guess. for no other title. would do. ®Fhe title ‘Madame Govérnor' would 'be out of place.” With Mrs. Ferguson will go to Austin her daughter, Dorrace, gnd her husband. . “I guess Dorrace will be the ‘first lady of the State’ and will be super- visor of the mansion, and Jim will be an interested spectator,” Mrs. Fergu- son sald. There will be no material change REDS WILL MARCH ON U. 3. EMBASSY Paris Police Ready to Rout Radicals, Demanding Sacco + and Vanzetti Release. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 7.—Five thousand Communists, Anarchists and other rad- jcals plan to gather at the American embassy in the Rue de Chaillot this evening and demand the release of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were convicted in Dedham, Mass., of first desree murder in the killing of a paymaster and guard in a pay roll robbery in 1921. A general meeting of Communists and Anarchists has been called. for 8 o'clock this evening at the Workers’ House in the Rue de ha Grange Aux Belles, and the intention is to have the manifestants parade to the American embassy. The Parisian prefect of police has called out the reserves to protect the American embassy, but Sheldon White- house, American charge d'affaires, has asked for no police protection. The prefect of police has announced that the gathering will be scattered by 200 police agents who have been as- signed to look after the American em- bassy. MOSCOW WILL RIVAL EUROPEAN CAPITALS Soviet Plans t» Improve Beautify New Seat of Government. and By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, November 7.—Moscow will soon rival in beauty and civic modernity any European capital, if present plans of the municipal au- thorities materialize. . Preparations are belng made for the construction of a spbway on the American plan and . the establishment of ‘omnibus systems, taxicab lines, new tramways and other improvements. The pres- ent sewage and canal systems. will be entirely remodeled. A comission representing the Moscow ‘Soviet has left for Germany, France and England to seek foreign loans for these projects. LA ENVOY QUITS IN SPRING. Wiedfeldt to Resume Directorship of Xrupp’s. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, November 7.—Dr. Otto Wiedfelt, it is announced, will con- tinue in his post as German Ambas- sador in Washington until next Spring, when he will resume the chairmanship . of the directorate of the Krupp Company« ig could in Intervieiw. in the family routine. she said. There will be entertaining, but Dorrace will be hostess. “I know there is a responsibility to be shouldered,” said the governor- elect, “for I recall how hard Jim worked when he was governor, and the office has its cares and trials, but I am not worried. I expect to take the advice of my husband, just as 1 will take the advice of any citizen of Texas interested in the wel- fare of the State. No one should be 0 foolish to Uelieve that one ackle such a task wlone.” Ferguson punctured another about herself when she de- clared that she does not do all the ng for the family and does not intend to do it while she is gov- ernor. “Yes, 1 believe Jim has been vindi- cated by tA election.” she sald, with reference to her husband's impeach- ment from the governor's office, “or, rather, I believe that he has been vindicated of the wrong that they have tried to accuse him of.” She has a large number of applica- tions for State positions, she said, including every office at her com- mand. LABOR CABINET HANDS OVER SEALS Change of Palace Guards Gets More Attention Than Retiring Ministry. By the Associated Press. LONDON, ovember George today received the ministers of the retiring Labor government, who handed over their seals of office at a brief ceremony which attracted little public attention. The crowd which is usually present in the vi- cinity of Buckingham Palace dis- played more interest in the changing of the bright-uniformed guards than the arrival and departure of the fallen cabinet ministers. Later the King held a council with Premier Stanley Baldwin and the members of his cabinet, at which the custom of Kissing the sovereign's hand was carried out. —_ . PROJECT FOR LIQUOR “SHIPMENTS HALTED! Sir Broderick Hartwell Promises London Court to Discontinue Pro® posal Involving U. S. Company. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 7.—Sir Brod- s erick Hartwell, whose famous circu- lar inviting the public to participate in a project,for the shipment of liquors to a point 20 miles off the American coast caused somewhat of a stir last year, will not issue another invitation of the kind, according to a promise made by his attorneys be- fore a chancery court here today. The liquor shipping project bécame a subject of a chancery court case when an American trust company asked an injunction to restrain Sir Broderick from using its ‘name in connection with the suggestion that it was remitting money from Amer- ica in payments for liquor. ‘The trust company attorneys stated- that, in view of the fact that the company held deposits of the American Gov- ernment and that a member of its board was an American law officer, the broadcasting of a suggestion that it was in any way connected. with rum-running could not be tolerated. Sir Broderick's counsel said that their client did not wish to repeat his circular, or have it thought that the trust company had anything to do with the purchase of liquor. The case ended when Sir Broderick agreed to issue no further. circulars and to pay the costs of the present action. Radio Progrg.ms—Page 42, [ Lewis Callisher’s Corpse Uns TROOPS FIND BODY OF ASYLUMPATIENT: | Daily News today. covered in Woods in Chevy | Chase Section. : | The body of Lewlis Callisher, estnp-} »d inmate of the Chevy Chase Sani-! tarium was found a few minutes be- | fore noon today partly submerged in a stream running through a woodland | near Thirty-first and Tennyson streets, Chevy Chase, after a system- atic search instituted early today by | Troop E, 3d United States Cavalry,; from Fort Myer, Va., commanded by Capt. Jghn H. Irving. i The troops searched south and west | of the sanitgrium when they started out this morning, and were prepar. ing to return to the base for lunch, when they circled north of the n- itarium and passed along the ncwly cut Thirty-first street, and the wood- land bordering it. Abeut 50 yards from the street proper and in a ravine the | body was found, Dr. L. W. Glaze- | brook, one of the medical attaches of | the sanitarium, examined the bod and estimated that death had occurre: three days ago. The spot where the body was found | is about one-quarter of a mile from the sanatoriym and northeast of | week ago. | House { cautiously, in accord with his usual |as dry ! long as he was finishing the uncom- | Harding, whose Ideas he has sought | go forth in his own right.§ | | | Found Near Sanatorimm. ’ (3] Raiiway Engineers Made Generals in China to End Thefts Chinese military, officials have conceived a unique idea to prevent disruption of the railway traffic by commandeering of rolling stock by petty officials. The military authorities in China- have circumvented the de- signs of those who would seize their rolling stock by giving lo- comotive engineers official rank. In order to be effective the rank of at least general or field mar- shal must be granted to locomo- tive drivers, according to advices reaching Washington today. Sun Yat Sen, war lord of China, has interfered considerably with the firewood trade in China by an order selling public and pri- vate cemeteries. Thousands of graves have been destroyed under the orger and the boards from old cofling have accumulated to such an extent as to seriously inter- fere with the firewood trade e ASSERTS COOLIDGE | PLANS LIQUOR WAR Dr. C. T. Wilson Quoted as Declaring New Policy Is Proposed. i | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. November 7.—Dr. Clar- ence True Wilson of Washington, D. C., chairman of the board of tem-| perance, prohibition and public wel- | fare of the Methodist® Episcopal | Chursh, “believes prohibition will be- | according to an in-! in the Chicago Dr. Wilson spent | an hour with President Coolidge a| i come “a reality, terview published | came away from the “'mte} thoroughly convinced that President Coolidge, While proceeding | 3 practice, is determined that prohib tion shall become a reality,” Dr.| Wilson said, according to the Daily | News, “and I am willing to predict | that the vigorous action which he contemplates, with the energetit sup- port of a dry Congress which he is practically sure of receiving, will | make the United States as a whole as Kansas ever was In the days when the rest of the nation was | dripping wet. “President Coorldge is un ardent dry, and now that he is Chief Execu- tive of the Nation in his own right, he will not be slow in taking action. | “President Coolidge has not felt it | his privilege to seek material altera- tion of the Government policy in thé | matter of prohibition enforcement as | | pleted administration of President faithfully to carry out. Now he can | POLICE HEAD QUITS | IN ALEXANDRIA ROW| it. | = | It is believed that Mr. Callisher, after | 1 he escaped from the nurse Saturday afternoon, circled around in the woods and became. exhausted. point where the body was found is at the bases«of a rock ledge about 20 feet high, and it is believed possible that Callisher may have seated him- self on the ledge and then fallen in the small pool of water, and was un- able ‘to arise because of sxhaustion. The water was not sufficient to cover the body entirely, but the head was turned on the side, and it is possible that he may have died ‘om drown- ing, as the mouth ‘and ndse were sub- merged. 3 Searches have been made by forces employed by Dr. B. R. Logie, head of the =anitarium, since Saturday, but the forces were not organized and they did not cover the ground as thor- oughly as the Fort Myer troops did this morning, systematically going over every foot. Coroner Notified. As soon as the discovery was made Capt. Irving rode into the sanitarium, and accompanied Dr. Glazebrook to the spot. They were followed by litter bearers, but Dr. Glazebrook would not permit the body moved until the coroner was notified. Two troopers were left on guard over the body. Mr. Callisher had been engaged in the jewelry business here for many years, and had been confined in the samitarium for about a year and a| half. FEEEES MAY APPOINT BALL. President May Name Senator to Commission With Canada. It was intimated by officials at the White House today that President Coolidge has under consideration the appointment of Sanator Ball of Del ware, who retires to private life on ‘March 4, to the vacancy on the Inter- national Joint Commission between this country and Canada, caused by the death of Charles Townsend, for- mer Senator from Michigan. This commission pays the same salary as the Senate. o Paris Bread Price Advances. PARIS, November 7.—The price of bread was increased today by 1 sou a kilogram, making the new price 1 franc 40 centimes. Current News Events A New Department in The Sunday Star —1is prepared for and will in- terest and assist both students and teachers in the public and private schools, clubwomen and others who seek to keep abreast of the world’s happen- ings. Its use by all current history classes is urged by District of Columbia school authorities. The | to be| ‘iCouncil Orders Bootleg Activities | | Restricted to City and H Morton Res | | gns. | Special Dispateh to The Sta ALEXANDRIA, Va., November T.— |In a clash with the city council over | the question of his jurisdiction in | fighting bootleggers, Director of Pub- | Ilic Safety Morton handed his resigna- | { tion to City Manager Rich this morn- | |ing. He was asked to reconsider, and | | the city manager said he did not con- sider that Morton had resigned. The council had passed a resolution | forbidding the police to go outside ilh(\ city in conducting or assisting in | ary raids. Morton said the trouble {arose over the council's effort to cury {his fight against bootleggers. ; ‘Work Enoush in City. | Holding that the city has as much po- lice work as could be done handily | with its small force, Councilman T. J. | Fannon introduced a resolution yester- day afternoon which was supported by the council with the exception of Coun- cilman Arthur Bryant, who "nl’:d‘ | “No.* The resolution adopted is: *“Whereas ihe daily press has pub- lished from time to time accounts of raids outside of the jurisdiction of our | city council, in which raids our police force is reported to have rendered | valuable assistance, although they are paid by the ity of Alexandria: “there- fore, be it Resolved, That the director of public safety, the head of the police department, be, and is here- by directed and instructed not to al- low any police officer employed by the city to take part in any raid in con- nection with prohibition enforcement | planned by State or Federal officers, the said raid to be conducted outside of the jurisdiction of the courts of | Alexandria.” 150 ALIENS ARE HUNTED BY IMMIGRATION MEN Germans and Swedes Said to Have Entered This Country Tllegally. By the Associated Press. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., —Agents of the Immigration Bureau at Washington are combing Luzerne County for aliens alleged to have ob- tained entry illegally into the United States. The agents had warrants for 150 persons and 75 have been. ar- rested. Nearly all those arrested were said to be Germans and Swedes and most are skilled mechanics. They are al- leged to have gained entry by ship- vessels at American ports. o Woman to Bring Vote Here. SEATTLE, Wash.,, November 7.— Mrs. Samuel G. Cosgrove, widow of ‘Washington's former. governor, is to be chosen to take the State's seven electoral votes to Washington, D. C,, | and cast them for President Coolidge. it was learned today, when the win- ning electors assured her of their support. She I8 to be the first woman | at | granted November 7. ping as sailors and deserting their | f» the history of the State selected for this honor, “From Press to Home * Within the Hour” ‘The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Was as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 99,389 gton homes TWO CENTS. DEADLOCK IN MOVE 10 CUT LIGHT RATE TOBCENTS IS SEEN Ham Will Fight Reduction to That Figure—Citizens Against Any Other. PEPCO WILL CONSIDER FIGURE BELOW 10 CENTS Compromise Settlement Desired to End Impounding of Fund Every Month. The Potomac Electric Power o willing to cons for current er a compromise rat. of romething less tha- the 10 cents per kilowatt hour now collects, but will not agree a rate as low as 8 cents This was made plain this mornin: by William F. Ham, president of th: company, before he went into con- ference with Maj. W. E. R. Covell Assistant Engineer Commissioner, 1. discuss the suggestion for a settls ment that would put a stop to th impounding of a part of the mone: | paid to the company each month b consumers. From reliable sources it has beer learned that the commission will be likely to consider agreeing t rate higher than 8 cents. Deadlock Is Seen. Taking this intimation, tose with the statement of Mr. Ham, mad it seem today that there is li hope of a compromise being reac this time. The rate for current now ized by the Utilities Commis 7.67 certs, but the compan 1917, has continued to collect old 10-cent rate under a court junction pending final settlement the dispute over the fair value of th property. The purpose of William McK. Clas - ton of the Federation of Citizens' A< sociations in proposing a compromise rate for the time being was to put a | 5top to the setting aside of the dif- ference between the 10 cents the con- sumer pays and the 7.67 company keeps. Fund Now $5.959.310. This impounded fund now amounts to $5,959,310, and is growing at th rate of almost a million dollars a year. If a compromise rate should be agreed upon, the large sum al- ready impounded would remain as it is until the court fight is over, but from now until that time the public would get the immediate benefit of some reduction from the 10-cent charge. “If a settlement can be arrived at that will be satisfactory to the pub- ic and fair to the company we ar- ing to consider the plan, but it is not our purpose to try to drive a bar- gain with the commission,” Mr. Ham stated this morning. If anything should come of the present movement it Is almost cer- tain to be a tentative rate, pendinz a final settlement of the value of the power plant, which is the basis for making permanent rates. Compromixe In Doubted. cents the Persons familiar with the situati believe the commission and the pany are too far apart in their ideas « the physical value of the property to reach a compromise valuation out « court at this time. \ Following his talk with Mr. Ham th morning, Maj. Covell will confer thi afternoon with Mr. Clayton to get the views of the citizens' associations o the suggested cempromise. If the movement to agree on a ri that would give the company a little more than the commission now allows and yet less than the people are now required to pay fails, the commission will hold a public hearing to consider a further cut in the rate of 7.67 cents Such a reduction, if approved by the court, would add still further to the amount going into the impounded fund each month The position of the power company ut the forthcoming rate hearing will b that the commission must make an en- tirely new valuation of the property of 1924 values before any change rates can be made effective, . 5,000 DEER WILL MOVE ACROSS GRAND CANYON Arizona Game Warden Wants Part of Ever-Growing Herd Killed Off. By the Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz, November 7 The United States Government has< permission to George c- Cormick, Coconino @ounty cattieman, to remove between 5.000 and 8,00 deer from the Kaibab National Forest, across the Grand Canyon, to the south brim, it was announced today by G M. Willard, State game warden. Wil- lard has just returned from a trip to the Kailfacb Reserve, where he investi- gated the feasibility of the plan. He was convinced, he said, that it would be impossible to drive any deer from the west part of the reserve. After McCormick completes the drive of deer from the east part of the reserve, Mr. Willard will advi an open season for hunters in the west _section in order to thin the rapidly increasing herd, he said. SIGNS RAIN CONTRACT. Precipitation Maker to Get $4,000 for Month’s Work. BAKERSFIELD, Calif., November —“Rainmaker” Hatfield last nigit closed a contract with the Kern Coun- ty Cattlemen's Association and the Sheepmen's Assoclation, whereby h promises to produce one and one-halt inches of rain in Kern County be- tween November 20 and December 21 1t rain is produced Hatfield is to re- ceive $4,000, the money being guaran- teed by the cattlemen and sheepmen Belgians’ Pay Increased. BRUSSELS, November 7.—The call- net today approved the proposed in- creasc in the salaries of State e ployesy but since the 1924 budget h: already been balanced, the ministe of finance will ask that 100,000,004 francs of additional taxation in 19 be voted to cover the new expeadi- ture. n-