Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy tonight and tom auite so cold tomorrow temperature tonight about Temperature for 28 hours p.n. today: Highest, 34, yesterday: lowest. 25, &t 6 a. Full renost un page T norrow; not :_minimum at m. toda) Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 he tutered s post athce 29,421. Wald 0. 10 v matler tiagton. D C, WELLONSCARHITS [ ) URTINGTWE HEN . Colored Chauffeur Held on Reckless Driving Charge. Stone Curbing Torn. STIFF SENTENCES PLAN OF JUDGE TO END PERIL Twenty-Three Face Jury Trials on Allegations of Motoring While Intox‘cated. and citiz desperate “trafli ready While ing today stem the hat lives within & month, the authoritie added a startling new case to their| reckless driving list. involving a wild dash by a cabinet officer’s car across; the Connecticut Avenue bridge. Jts trail of broken curving, wrecked| automobile parts and injured vietims The cheek-up disclosed that (wo were sent to hospital with @ truck loaded with badly in a of criminality toll of fa vde has taken ¥ with ! nen the cuts and bruises building the waterial dam- snappy sport roads.er Lelongzing to “A. W. Mellon™: damazed. the © was 5 red listed Was lexs seriously ored chauffeur to Arthur I Sixsmit private secratary to Secrefury of he Freasury Mellon, wzs held under $340 collater on charges of rdckless driving and colliding, and Mr. smith himself was 1eported to somcwhat shaken up. Men Murled Fro injured were of Takoma a contracting cmployes, Wilton thrown from the truck #nd cut by fying glass and other wise hurt. Both were taken to Gar ficld Hospital in a passing automo- bile. but Matthews was able to 1 after being treated for injuries the head. Smith, suffering a broken and other hurte, is st he ix Tr L5 Park firm, Mat ro- and Smith men . of his were thews, i to hospital \ccording to a numbes witnesses who yolunteered formation to the police of Precinet, fter the road it finally come t0 u Step curb in a sice necticut avenue, a nant citizens surrounded Te Charles ' 5 b Sireet, detern would with him” u polide rived and remarks were thick and fast when Policen Reith of No. 16 prec The crowd became when Gillan, it is remarked: “Sure, ] was going ahout 43 What | of it? Everrbody goes fast over that | bridge.” Lawyers Unter Case. swnith disimount car as soan ns it came to & stop, Lesses stated, and went 1o his ofiice in the Treasury, where he later co municated with Capt. bert E. Do of the eighth precinct, and assured him that Gilan would auvear court “if necessary.” Mea liam T. Black and Join H. Libuy,| #ald to be attorneys ror the Jelion estates. appeared at the station house and told Capt. Doyle that they would | “look after the case.” Opposed to this view was that of numerous spectators, who were unani- mous in their denunciation of the chauffeur. They claimed he was trav eling “‘more thanu 45 miiles an hour” southward on the bridge, the roar of the motor leading some of them to believe a fire engine was coming. As the speeding car neared the south end | of the bridge the chauffeur endeavor- €d to swerve it to the left and around : a center parking, but the car mount- €d the curbing and, according t Policeman L. M. Williams, tore o a strip of stone about 14 feet long. It then plunged into the truck, break- two wheels and sending it over on its =ide, after which the chauffeur brought it to a stop. apt. Doyle was informed that Mr mith would see that the necessary h collateral or real estate bond was put up Capt. Doyle informed Mr. smith that, “in vjew of the present rcckless driving agitation,” he could not al- | Jow the chauffeur his freedom until} the bond actually had been posted to | Insure his appearance tomorrow | morning in Traffic Court. Attorney Black later left the neces- sary collateral at No. 1 precinct ahd | Gillan was released. He had not bLeen | «confined to a cell, but was allowed to ' sit behind t} rail in front of the rergeant’s de While the eighth were unraveiing the latest traffic) tangle, a coroner’s jury at the morgue was hearing the sordid story of the death Sunday of Charles F. Jarvis and was forming its verdict. later announced, that the two men charged with running him down and killing | him, after robbing him, should be! held for the action of the grand jury. | Charge Not Specifie. The coroner’s jury could not specify | a charge, as that Is the province of the grand jury, but ' Asslstant United States Attorney Fihelly had previously | announced that he was ready to prose- | cute a charge of manslaughter or even ! murder against the men—vVernon S.| Storey and James R. O'Cognor. both | known to the police. 1 The coroner's jury was told by wit- nesses that Storey and O'Connor drove | their touring car up Keane's lane, off | Benning road northeast, last Sunday . morning, with the huddied form of a | third man in the rear seat, alone. About 300 yards up the 'ane. it was| testified, O'Connor pulled the third man to the ground, and the car then was | driven to the end of the lane by Storey, whose right arm was in a sling from @ bullet wound sustained in a boot- leggers' feud. . Policeman L. M. Wilson of No. 9 precinet testified that Storey and O'Connor were trying to turn the car around at the end of the lane when he arrested them. A written statement terday afternoon by O'Conner, in which he sald that Jarvis was picked up. drunk, and taken out to XKeane's lane and robbed and then| killed by the automobile when it! was driven agajnst him by Storey, | was not introduced at the hearing,'| st the suggestion of the District at- torney's office. as it .will be. offered to_the grand jury. Two important new angles were (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) Con- greatly d. nonciy Jd from t precinct police signed yes- ! calmer waters, FR WASHINGTON, ENCH SENATE GRANTS AMNESTY TO CAILLAUX Former Premier Once on| Irial for Treason Is | Restored to Right ‘ MALVY ALSOD CLEARED Minister of Interior, Ban'shed During War, | Reinstated. By the Assoclated Press PARIS, Noviber 18.—Joseph former premies, in October, suilts naving today by Ui smnety Li of na as o Drosac “impeded voted am- o 104, I by the Deputies la @ su'y. forner icted uister of the communication b war and tisces years, Vo 62\ | Vil te e ving banisied from irance for was voted ammesty by 19 Tie vote on the Caillaux cuse, after ouly two hours’ discussion. came as a ifstinei surprise to the frien s of the former premier, who had xpected a long and acrimonious debate lasting for duys and pechaps weel * The vote was taken immediately after « stirring by Premier Herriot, who pleaded with the Senators to let bygones be bygones. ance is str a and GALE GOESTO SEA TRAILED BY DEATH Many Tragedies Listed New York Area After Un- timely Storm. By Ass ciuted Pross. NEW YORK Novembe: 18 mounting disaster, the 18 hours held tne Atlant in P, appeared today | to seu i d, many missing. | sses to shipping and ale damage ashore the | tol! in tiis section i Toad while life saving agencies| were wobiliged to search the seas for missing craft and missing men, the wind abated. Weather forecasters | predicied milder temperatures, with | possibie ram or snow fu adjacent districts. It was 20 degrees above | zerg in New York City before noon. | pats 03 to have swept out Ten Lknown d Luge property I ale was Tragedy of Storm. of the storm have| into the news chan- skipper died of ex- posure at the end of a rope which hauling Lim from the water to satety aboard a United States revenue cutter. | A wealth man dozed in his auto- mobile in a garage and died there.| A poor man froze to death in an| Elizabeth terement while his son was out looking for work Scores ,of fishermen and rum run- ners, caught in the gale, abandoned sinking small craft and were rescued by Coast Guard cutters or police tugs. A’ few arrests for liquor smuggling | were recorded after such rescucs. | Speed boats from the Brooklyn | navy yard, police boats and revenue | cutters are scouring the waters be- yond Sandy Iook for the Frolic, a sloop, which, with seven men aboard, put out for a Sunday outing and has not since been heard from. ¢ tales to driit nels. A barge Trag hagun Ships Of Weighed down with cloaks, freight und passenger ships are ar- riving far off schedule with reports of 80 to 90 miles gales encountered as they neared the American conti- nent. Some carry smashed lifeboats and davits empty where boats have been washed away. Thus far, how- ever, only one of the incoming ships has reported the loss of a life . Adding to the casualties of the storm there have been several seri- ous water front fires, culminating last night in the destruction of an oil barge, a tanker and several huge storage tanks, on Staten Island Sound. The property damage atttrib- uted to the storm, directly or indi- rectly is estimated in the millions. hedule. Liners Hours Overdue. The United States liner America came in today hours overdue, after a hard battle with the seas. Still at sea, but speeding to port in was the White Star whose scheduled ar- rival tomorrow has been postponed until Thursday. Owen D. Young, for- mer agent general of reparations un- der the Dawes plan, is aboard her. Other transatlantic craft, passen- ger and freight, whose arrival has been postponed a day because of the storm include the Cunard liner Assy- ria, from Glasgow; the Royal Mall Steam Packet Liner Orca, from Ham- burg: the Swedish-American liner Kingsholm, from Gothenberg; the Cunard liner Aurania, from Liver- pool, and the American liner Mongo- ia, from Hamburg. Baby liner Homeric, While Mrs. Harris Epstein of 330 Fifteenth street northeast was wheeling her -year-old daughter out Maryland avenue late yester- day, two automobiles ‘crashed to- gether at the intersection of that thoroughfare with Thirteenth street northeast. So terrific was the impact of the collision that both cars were hurled to the pavement in the direction of the mother and babe, too close for the frantic parent to drag her child’s carriage from the path of the onrushing machines as she mechanically leaped aside. One of the automobiles smashed into the frail carriage, snatched it from Mrs. Epstein’s hand and hurled it against a lamp post with enongh to be able | DERWO0B K SNoEnSE JOSEPH CAILLAUX. to withstand he said. “Let us bury forever in oblivion the quarrels and political differences which during the war appeared to be sources of dunger. Your decision will demon- strate your confidence in your country and at the sam. time be & measure moilitication. The government Pag divergencies of opinion,” (Continurd o President Seeks Further Data on Local Rent Cas " De, i lumbia today lrvest conducted 3 fustic in the Di 3t ade tl mentary rep The Pr today zations the the of € situation Presi- nto 1ic Coolid thes esented port conditior public er as u shoul cxpressed poit ot tion of this MINISTER GRILLED IN DEATH OF WIFE Officials Hold Woman Could Not Have Crawled into Furnace Pit. Associated Press COLCMBUS, Ohio. November 18.— Rev. C. V. Sheatsley, for nine years pastoyf of Christ Lutheran Church of Bexley, a suburb, tioned by poiice today in connection with the finding of the charred ashes | of his wife's body in the furnace of their Bexley home late Police Lieut. Shellenbarger announced that “something definite” may nounced within an hour. The investigaticn into the mysteri- | | ous rendition of the pastors’ 5l-year-| o0ld wife is being conducted by County Prosecutor John R. King and_police, who last midnight discounted Coroner Murphy's suicide verdict. The verdict held that the woman had crawled into the furnace and closed the door be- hind her. Because the furnace was filled with flames, Prosecutor King declared it would have been impossi- ble for her to have turned to close the door after crawling into the fire box. Held for Questioning. The husband was not under arrest, but was being retained for question- ing. Names of other witnesses were not divulged, but it is understood they include several of the minister's par- ishioners. The nature of all testi- mony was kept secret. Rev. Sheatsley last night explained that his wife had been extremely nervous for some time and that she was alone in the home vesterday. He had postponed a hunting trip be- cause of her condition, he sald, but went into town about 1 p.m. The woman's body was found at 4:55 p.m. when the minister returned. He was attracted to the furnace, he said by the odor of burning flesh. Hunter Kills Boy. WHITEFIELD, N. H.,, November 18. —Henry Colby, 16, was klilled in the South Whitefleld woods yesierday, when Wade Lane.of Littleton, who was deer hunting, saw the boy's fur collar through the underbrush and fired. The-"boy had gone to the woods to {nspect traps. Carriage Crushéd in Crash, But Child . Inside Is Uninjured such force that the mother thought her child must have been killed. Hurried investigation, however, showed that she has es- caped serious injury. The baby was rushed to the office of a nearby physician and a more thorough examination dis- closed that it had escaped every- thing but a slight shock and it was taken home. The child had not even sustained a scratch, al- though ite carrfage was badly smashed. The automobiles that collided were owned by Carroll Plerce, 113 North Alfred street, Alexandria, Va. and Joseph Rosendorf, 625 Eleventh street northeast. The latter's car, running south Thirteenth street, struck Plerce's machine, which was moving eaat on Maryland avenue. was being ques- | yesterday. | be an- | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, PUBLICITY OF TAX LISTS RESTRICTED - BY SPECIAL ORDER |Blair Tells Collectors to Fix Special Hours for Public Inspection. RULE MADE NECESSARY BY HOSTS OF CURIOUS Blanket Lists of Return Will Not B¢ Furnished, Commissioner Declares. i Detailed regulations to gov | making nblic of income tax return { under the publicity provision of the! new revenue law were izsued today | i by Commissioner of Internal Revenue Blair, restricting the time when rec-| ords shall be opened and barring the records to certain kinds of requests] | for information. i The amount of time needed by the collectors’ offices for attending to the | regular business of getting in the overnment money is given as the son for the new restrictions. The | { regulations will also make more uni- | {form turoughout the country the| a lectors in opening the | had ls. Pseviously riance in the systems. Ieantime, attorneys of the Depart- \ant of Justice were understood to, be proceeding in preparation of a uil against eome newspaper in the country, to test out in the courts| #t Congress meant by including in tha revenue o provisions, one requiring publi and the other ming penalty for publication. | was no definite indication the d-partment. upon inquiry, this suit would be or o there been | to- at The or tors, tout to « r Blair explaine his new regulations tod that the list 1x returns ection. talen.” the commissi order to oby the necessity typescritten lists of tuxpayers belief that the ment Cox issuing ovided & 1923 inco. oy preparing tyn and xddres: “p m, in the i to cs of for in- ubstan- would aving Gover ected Many Merely Curions. -ence has demonstrated t are many who desire to see the for no obvious reas i | ecessary that careful cision of publicity section of | the reverue act be made in order that! | the work of posting payments to the| | lists, preparing bills, notices and de-} wnds for tax, and warrants of dis-| tralnt. may not bLe delaved. It is| cssbntia] that the December bills be| | prepared and ready for mailing on | December 1. and that all demand | notices for delinquent taxpavers be| railed promptly. | | “Collectors ave, therefore, reques ed to make provieion to comply wi | the publicity section of the Internal| i Revenue Act of 1524 by opening the; | lists for public inspection 1ot nore {than three days pl that | during these three da | taspection also be restricted. Tt | recommended that not in excess ithree hours per day be made avall- able to the' public for inspecting the tax lists, the days and hours to be | selected by each collector's ofiice. | | The office could modify the days and' | hours either by increasing or de- creasing, and the work necessary for jeach office to perform-should be the governing factor. Each collector uld give publicity through the| press as to the hours and days of the | week when the lists will be avail- able for public inspection, and should | make known the reasons why it is | necessary to restrict the hours of in- spection of the lists by the public. | "“Requests from individuals for lists | | of persons paying taxes in excess of $5,000 or any other given amount will | be disregarded. Blanket requests from | ! applicants who desire information as to amounts paid by competitors or persons | engaged in similar industries without | specifying the names of the persons or | concerns, can, of course, not be com- | plied with unless the names of the tax- pavers are given. This applies to any other request of a similar nature. Re- quests for information received from any branch or establishment of the | Federal Government will be referred to the bureau for attention. “The attention of each applicant should be invited to the provisions of section 3167 of the Revised Statutes prohibiting the publication of any part of an income tax return. “Section 3240 of the Revised Statutes, which requires each collector to furnish a list of special taxpayers to a State, county or municipality, is vot applica- | ble to the income tax lists,” WALES HURT BY DIVE | -INTO POOL IN CANADA Prince Struck on Head and Suffer- ed Concussion——Accounts for Extra Care. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. LONDON, November 18.—Informa- tion has reached the correspondent that the Prince of ‘Wales on his ri cent American tour, while swimming in a private pool somewhere In Can- ada, dove into shallow water, struck his head on the bottom and suffered a slight concussion of the brain. No permanent effects resulted from the injury. i The accident was hushed up, how- |ever, and after the prince had rested | for a few days on his ranch he car- | ried through his itinerary as planned. { But the accident serves to explain the extreme care with which the prince safeguarded himself during the rest of his trip. (Copyright, 1924, by Chicago Daily News Co.) - MRS. HARDING UNCHANGED Now Rallying From Morning Sink- ing Spell. MARION, Ohio, November 18.—The condition of Mrs. Warren G. Harding showed little change during the night. The bulletin issued by her physician this morning? eald : “Mrs. Harding’s condition remained unchanged during the . night. At ¢ o'clock this morning the pulse became very weak and her respiration shallow. She {5 now rallying from this and seems to be @ little stronger.’ i sh | | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER j Henry Cling fdown on Main i plsal, DRIVE SUCH DRIVERS AS THIS OFF THE STREE 'COOLIDGE URGED TO RECONSIDERZ BAN ON BIG INAUGURAL DISPLAY MELEE SUSPECTED INLAWYER'S DEATH J. H. Ching. Maryland Politi- | cal Leader. Found With Skull Crushed. a Sl Corresnondent LEONARDTOWN, Md ~Discover the body ¢ ears old November Joseph prominent olitical about g face his hom 18. o Repu Marys County, his orning, street. mear with five wounds from a heavy in-| strumment about the head. brought to] this town the first murder recorded in the 185 years.of its history Shocked by 1e brutality of the killing, almost the entire town to- day was Lending every effort to co- operste with officers who are seeking to solve the mystery surrounding the death of the foremost citizen of the sounty, ¥ Perxonal animus ie believed respon- sible. From the position of the body and the locatiot of the wounds in- vestigutors are of the opinion that Ching was first struck and 1 cked to the ground and then beaten over | the head while prostrate. 1t is| thought a hatchet was used attorney and - of St can i ed i Scem fn Cold ttigment. Mr. Ching was laet”reported seen early in the evéning when he was said to Lavé been walking up a back | stregf tohich is populated by colorea | refideris State's Attorney John H. T.+Briscoe, in charge of the investiga- tion, said today that witnesses had indicated Mr. Ching had been in one of the houses in the colored settle- ment early in the evening. Follow- ing out this lead, Mr. Briscoe's furnc‘ is proceeding on the theory that an| altercation might have taken place at some house and that Mr. Ching was followed after leaving the section and killed Two persors, colored. whose iden- tity was not revealed, are to be ques- tioned today. William Saxton, a lecal discovered Ching’'s body. Three Theories Held. theories as to the motive were originally presented, the first two, which were quickly exploded, being a tendency toward political or religious lines. The one adopted, and upon which the de- tectives are proceeding, is admitted to contain a trace of scandal, and accardingly there is reluctance on the part of officials to explain fully all angles of it. The presence of Mr. Ching in a colored settlement was accounted for by some as due to his_political activities. Mr. Ching, who was the county chairman of the Republican com- mittee, is survived by a widow and, five daughters, Mrs. Ada Ching, who is in Baltimore with friends, after just being discharged from a hos- and Sister M. Editha, a nun Nazareth, Ky.; Mrs. Agnes C. Bowen of Solomons Island; Mrs. Marie L. Costin of Greenville, S. C. Mrs. Isabelle Lyon of Hughesville, Md., and Mrs. Richley Richard of New York City. Funeral arrange- ments have not been completed . DAWES OUT OF DANGER, ALLOWED PIPE AGAIN resident, Three major at | General Has Flowers Distribited to | Fellow Patients in Hospital. By the Associated Press. o CHICAGO, November iS.— Gen. Charles G. Dawes, Vice President-elect, is “practically out of dangdi” after his operation for hernia, according to a | Dulletin issued by his physician, Dr. W. R. Parkes, at the Evanston Hospital today. There are no signs of complica- the bulletin said. The patient is able to emoke his pipe and read much of his time. “Gen. Dawes spent a comfortable night,” hospital attaches said today. He was looking fine, they eaid. The general did not overlook. other patients in_ the. hospital, causing to be distributed two dozen. baskets of flowers in the hospital wards. 18, 1924 —FORTY. bening Star. IX PAGES. From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 98,315 Citizens Fearful Preceden S t May Be Set for Quiet In- duction of Presidents—Executive’s Mind Reported Open on Proposal. BY ROBER nt n T. SMALL. Cooiiige soon will bhe to state his conception an i guration of of the Tnited States shall considered a purely personal af. ir. to be guided entirely by the wishes of the individual taking the oath of office Plans are ington to that there be a return to the guration ceremounials of the olden e with the people and the United States participating in parades, in alls, receptions and other forms of digznified celebration There seems to be a unanimity of ealing that if Mr. Coolidge were to conslder only his personal wishes in the matter the ceremonfes of his in- duction- to a secong term would be the briefest and slmplest possible There has been a decided intimatfon from the White House to this” effect: It has been stated that imple and economical inaugural ould be in ceping with the,life and the pres )t be laid here in Wash- the President Leing urge upo HUGE ZR-3TOFLY HERE NEXT MONDAY Distinguished Throng to See Mrs. Coolidge Christen Ship Los Angeles. The newly acquired American diri- gible ZR3 will iy to Washington next Monday to be christened Los Ang- eles by Mrs. Coolidge at Bolling Field. it was announced at the Navy Department today. The date set for the flight is made on condition that the weather here will be favorable, it was explained, and, if it is not, the trip to Washington will be post- poned to the next good day. This step is not taken out of fear for the safety of the big ship, but to make the occasion here as auspicious as possible. ; Members of the diplomatic corps, the cabinet and hundreds of other persons prominent in the affairs of the Government and aviation will at- tend the ceremony, the exact time of which also depends on the departure of the ZR-3 from Lakehurst. Its huge cells filled with non-in- flamable, non-explosive helium, and carrying several latest American improvements as embodied in the Shenandoah, the ZR-3 Is scheduled to make a short flight around Lake- hurst tomorrow to adjust itself to the changes made. Several other brief trips will be taken over New Jersey soil and then the first ex- tended flight made since it became American property will be under- taken to Bolilng Field. About 30 officers and men—the crew—will be aboard for the trip here. HOME IS BOMBED. TORONTO. Ont., November 18.—An attempt to wreck the home of Gen. Victor A. S. Williams, commissioner | of the Ontario provincial police, was | made last night with a bomb. Gen. Willlams pleaded that he be excused from giving any information on the matter, as it might interfere with the investigation. Hé has announced his intention of conducting & vigorous campaign against bootleggers. |Metropolitan May v the Associated Prees. NEW YORK, November 18.—On the boards of the Metropolitan Opera House there soon may be staged a jazz opera written by one Given Chicago Command. Col. Patrick W. Guifiey, Quarter- master Corps, at Honolulu, has been ordered to Chicago for duty in com- mand of the intermediate depot, re- lieving Col. Clyffard Game, Quarter- master Corps, who will remain there as his assistapt. of the musical modernists and sponsored by Otto H. Kahn, finan- cier and chairman of the Metro- politan Opera Co. 1t is understood that the “book” of the contemplated opera will be as modern as the score, dealing possibly with the modern shop girl or factory worker. 2l inau- | | ent-day attitude of the Chief Execu- { tive. | Urge Him | But residents some of th to Reconsider. of Washington and political leaders are |loath to take this intimation as a | final decision and they believe that | when the matter is presented to Mr. | Coolidge from a national point of view he may submerge his own clinations and give his approval to | a general celebration. vears ago President Harding called off every form of celebration lof his inauguration. President Cool- idge is to be told that if he shoud follow this up with a secon@ veto | of the traditional inauguratfon cus- toms, a double precgdefit may be set whiclr will forever¥ob the day of a great deal of-3ts significance to the people. r- Harding acted because he was fold the hotels of Washing- tow=vere making unreasonable de- mands upon those who were coming 1o the city for the celebration. He took the grotind that the inaugurd- tion should be conducted solely as the President-elect desired it He (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) FARM REPORT DUE TO THIS CONGRESS | Begin Work by Seeking Comprehensive Data. With preliminary formalities and introductions completed, members of President Coolidge’s agricultural commission had the way clear today for laying the foundation for a pro- gram which adminlstration officials hope will point the way toward res- toration of agriculture to a basis of economic equality with other indus- tries. At its first meeting yesterday, held behind closed doors at the Depart- ment of Agriculture, the‘commission adopted a preliminary plan of pro- cedure and decided that the best method of formulating construction recommendations in time for con- sideration at the impending session of Congress would be to study the whole farm question, with pending relief legislation, present laws and scientific education of the farmer as a working chart. Two Members Absent. With the assurance of Mr. Cool- idge that no-restriction will be placed upon them sion agreed to spend their entire time, for several weeks at least, in studying the agricultural situation from top to bottom. Louis J. Taber, master of the Na- tional Grange, and Charles S. Bar- rett, chairman of the National Board of Farm Organizations, who is at- tending the annual meeting of the Farmers' Union in Oklahoma, unable to attend today's session. Again in Secret Session. When the commission assembled for its session today the doors were again closed to all cxcept those called in for consultation. H. C. Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, appeared be- fore the commission, and it was un- derstood that Howard M. Gore, acting Secretary of the department, might be asked for advice. s There were indications that (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) the Soon Be Scene | Of Jazz Opera by Musical Modernist Irvin Berlin said today that he had talked with Mr. Kahn of the possibility of a jazz opera, but that nothing ‘specific had been de- cided. It is also understood that Mr. Kahn has discussed the matter with Jerome Kern and George Gershwin. Gershwin has already taken a step toward the composition of a syncopated opera in a long jazz plece called “A Rhapsody in Blue, which was given Saturday In Car- negie Hall. | reached after in- | " Experts Named by Coolidge | members of the commis- | were | the only members of the commission | TWO CENTS. % BUTLER TO RETAIN CHAIRMANSHIP AT COOLIDGE 'S BEHEST Senator Talks Over G. 0. P. | Committee Matters With President and Leaders. 1926 CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN IS STUDIED Republicans to Retain National Organization in Skeletonized Form Here. BY G.GOULD LINCOLN. William ). Butler, appoir ed Senator from Massachusetts, wil continue as chairman of the Republi- newly | can national com The< decision of Senator Butler continue as chairman of the commit tee, which he headed so successfully during the recent campaign, Wwa conferences with the President and other party leaders enator Butler a guest at th | White House, but will return to Mass achusetts tonight. He will come Washington socn after Thanksgiving day, ready to take up his new duties as Senator. While Mr. Butler would have bee glad to be relieved of the duties a tendant upon the chairmanship of the national committee, it is understood {that the desire of the President. the | titular head as well as the actua ihead of the Republican party today has been that Mr. Butler would con jtinue to head the Republican orgar ization ! Will Continae Organization, | _The organization, which was pr {tically made over under the dire tion of Mr. Butler and the prese | national committee, will be 2 | tained, though in skeleton form, witl | headquarters in Washington. Th Republicans have in mind the elec- fon two vears from now. when new House of Representatives w be chosen and one-third of the ne®m bers of the Senate. - While the national coumfiittee does not direct the campaign for the House and the Senate, wijlch have campaign committees of their own, neverthe- Tods it jmidipotent fator in these elecions as well as in the four-vea: gomiPost Tor the election of President find Vice President. Furthermore it is planned to keep intact the Tec ords of the past campaign, so tha they may be of value when 1928 rolls around. Too often valuable infor- mation has been allowed to escape, and a new national committee and new chairman has had to begin all over again when they took hold. Met West Here. Mr. Butler has been in conference with Roy O. West of Chicago, secre- tary of the national committee, also during his visit here discussing number of matters relating to the campaign. Practically all the work has been completed. The campaign was conducted on a budget system with thd distinct understanding. in sisted upon at the start by Presiden Coolidge and Mr. Butler, that ther: |should be no deficit, but that -the campaign should be run under the cash and carry” plan, that expend tures should be met as they were made. Mr. Butler at Republican headquar ters today admitted he would con | tinue as chairman. | In deciding to_retain the chair- manship of the Republican national | committee while sitting in the Senate. Mr. Butler is following precedent set | by Mark Hanna of Ohio, who was ap- pointed to the Senate to flll the va- cancy caused by the selection of John Sherman to be Secretary of | State in the first McKinley Admin- istration. Butler is Backed. When Mr. Butler's appointment as Senator to flll the vacancy caused by | the death of Senator Lodge was an- nounced, the question arose as_to what would be done about the Re- | publican national committee chair- manship. There was a strong feel- ing that Mr. Butler should continue in that office. Mark Hanna, it will be recalled, not only continued to serve as chairman after he had become | Senator, but conducted the second McKinley campalgn. Whether President Coolidge will be a candidate to succeed himself four vears from now probably will largely depend upon the situation then existing and the succ of the present administration. But should he become a candidate, it would undoubtedly be his desire that Mr. Butler should conduct the cam- paign. | While the decision to continue tie | present Republican organization was | being made, Democrats returning to | Washington were discussing thé neea | of eariy conferences among leaders of their party to determine their future couree. In the opinion of Senator Hai- | rison of Mississippi, Democratic key- | noter at the national convention in | York, who has just returned to Wash- ington, conferences thould be held at an early date. Has No Apolosy. Senator Harrison was reticient discussing the recent election. said, however: “I never like to deal in post mortems. The Republican campaign was well managed and well financed | We lost, but in losing, the Democratic party need offer no apologies for the character of campalgn it waged ot the character of candidates it pre- sented. The suggestions that have been offered by some of our Repub- lican friends and some so-called Democrats, who were either luke- warm or .deserted the party in this electlon, arc amusing. “It i8 not necessary for the Demo cratic party to apologize for its rec- |ord. change 1ts policies or amend the principles for which it stands. All it |leaders need to do is to cease wrang- ‘ling among themselves, compose theis | differences, cease the promotion of | selfish ambitions and fight the com - ‘mon enewy.” in Hs i Seeks Loan in U. S. { VIENNA 1 November ne feder hspos fone with 3 Manager Guenther of the railroads. according tothe is about o open negotia group of American bankers for a lo: {of a billion und a half crowns. Thi { money wiil be devoted to reconstru |tion and improvement of the rail | rouds. | Radio Programs—Page 34.