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WEATHER. and colder minimum temperature about 26 degrees ; moderate Temperature for 24 p.m. today: Highest, 48, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 40, at noon today. Full report on page Partly cloudy tomorrow fair; northwest winds. hours Wnded at 2 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 |~ No. 29,432, tonight ; west and s ~ Entered as second class matter post office Washington, D. C. - SUDAN MUTINEERS QUELLED; 13 SHOT DOWN BY BRITISH Situation Regarded as Seri- ous, But Not Critical, After Quiet Is Restored: TELEGRAPH LINES CUT IN FIGHT ARE RESTORED Spread of Trouble Among Sudan- | ese Would Give Britain Dif- ficult Problem. he Associated Press. 'AIRO, Egypt, November 29.—The surviving mutineers at Khartum have given in to the British, it was offi- cially announced here this afternoon. The mutiny among the troops was confined to two platoons of the 1lth Sudanese and the mutineers who sur- vived surrendered after a bombard- ment .of the compound of the ‘ptian army hospital. Two Brit- 1 offi were killed and eight men wounded. The « that the =11 in s icial stated situation announcement he descriptions from Khartum of | 3 mutinous outbreak, re- ived here today, are different in no erial respect from those made vublic from official sources in n ve information here. . The main of the mutineers, the took rofuge in a building in the hos- pital compound which and demo ed by artillery fire. terday, body One ofticer and fourteen men of the | d to have been | nder of the muti-| mutineers are 1 killed. The ren neers surrendered, with the excep- tion of a small number who are be- ing rounded up by the police. 1 Other Troops Quiet. The behavior of the other Arab and | characterized as Sudan excellent. At a meetin troops is held in the minist of education today the minister ex- horted the teachers to do their ut- most to persuade the students to re- turn to their classes, their own and the country's interests. The Natlonalist delegation has is- sued another manifesto cri government for the continued arrests and declaring that the nation will hold it responsible. in PRESS SHOWS ANXIETY. Outbreak in Khartum Worries Lon- don Observers. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 29 tian situation as the result of the latest messagy Wwas described in oflicial quarters in London this after- noon as serious, but not Interest centered in the Sudan, which uppears to have been quieted. While the mutiny of Sudanes troops at Khartum is not taken as necessarily heralding serious trouble in the possibilities of grave devolopments are not overlooked, and an undercurrent of anxiety is seen in this morning’ s comment. | Sinee the British conquest of the | Sudan and the subsequent establish- The Egyp- at Khartum was| accounts state, | was shelled | cizing the | critical. | 1 | by One week ago today the following dispatch was handed to the Russian censor at Moscow. Four days later the correspondent was informed that it could not be transmitted. That afterncon he left Moscow for Riga, Latvia, to take to the world the truth about Russia, which a corre- spondent may not send from that country. He gathered his facts first- hand, and they tell their own terrible story. BY F. A. MACKENZIE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. RIGA, November 29.—Soviet Rus- sia’s system of exile, which was initiated more than two years ago, s being increasingly used. Under it people can be arrested without the ordinary process of law and sent into exile without an open trial. During the past year several thousand persons have been deported to concentration camps, Tashkent. The exiles include old Whites, members of the old mnobility, members of the non-Bolshevist politi- | cal organizations, professors, students, | churchmen, intellectuals, young girls of 18 and men and women of 70. The two largest groups to go re- cently were social undesirables, who PLEAFORPLANES MADE BY PERSHIG General, in Annual Report, Says Air Service Most Vital Army Need. Lon- | according to official War experience and peace-time tests thus far made do not “alto- gether warrant” conclusions that ei- ther seacoast defenses or battleship protection can be dispensed with, Gen. John J. Pershing finds in his last annual report as chief of staff of the Army, made public today at the War | Department. Summing up both actual experience with airplane bombing results in the World War and subsequent bombing tests against capital ships, the for- mer commander of the American Ex- peditionary Forces sald: “Of course, scme damage done aircraft bombing, and it would doubtless be somewhat greater in an- other war, but until it becomes vastly more probable than at present dem- onstrated, then it cannot be said that we are in a position to abandon past experience in warfare.” Asks Larger Air Service. Gen. Pershing declares, however, that the most vital present need of the Army Is an increase in the air service and gradual development of its personnel and equipment. Espe- cially because of its ability to observe enemy movement, he declared, the air service is essential to armies in the field, although the infantry is still “the backbone of the attack and the role of other arms is to help it reach the enem “The idea that the principles of warfare have changed and that armed nent of order, with the development |contests will be settled in any other | of Pre the country’ ident Roosevelt resourc: 0 warmiy pra Which | way have nothing substantial in our wd, | experience to warrant serious con- it had become axiomatic here that sideration,” Gen, Pershing added. the Sudanese had grown attached to| British rule, while Egyptians, Accord ec - |as “the Cheptian prosskasda_ i | training of personnel should be con- ever the Egyptian propaganda in Discussing the Army air progress, they despised the |the report said: “Our experience in the World War to airplane production and the r of independence has had some |tinuously borne in mind by all who suce aint ss in the Sudan, regarding the extent of that and uncer- | @ppreciate the role in it of aviation modern warfare. Early in 1917, success is one of the causes of the|Will be recalled, an appropriation of disquiet here. have been signs of disaffection in It is rumored there $600,000,000 was hastily made with what seemed to be an effort to over- other Sudanese regiments besides the |come previous inexcusable neglect to mutinous 11th, w wa break last August. Offers Dificult Task. If the trouble spreads, its suppres- | sion may be a stiffer job than if the | mutineers were Egyptians, for the Su- danese are noted for their bravery and are likely to stand up to the British i they possess arms and am- munition. It is said, however, that the British hold all the magizines under strong guard and that the Su- danese soldiery can have only a lim- ited supply of ammunition. In view of the severance of regu- lar communications and a possible military censorship on such news as reaches Cairo, the public here may have to wait awhile to learn the ex- act state of affairs and whether there is any real ground for anxiety. The report of Lord Allenby's ill- ness, of which there are no detalls, is given prominence in some of the pa- pers and, according to the Daily Tel- egraph’s diplomatic corregpondent, is creating some anxiety, as on Wednes- day the high commissioner was ap- warently well and had a lengthy in- terview with Premier Ziwar Pasha. ‘The report is reiterated that the murder plots alleged to have been uncovered in Egypt were aimed at Lord Allenby. Telegraphic communication with the Sudan was restored at 12:50 o'clock this afternoon, it is an- nounced in an agency dispatch from Cairo. ROB TRUSTING ALIENS. Two Sentenced for Hold-Up After Promising Entry Into U. S. SARNIA, Ont, November 29.— James F. Murphy and Harold Moore of Windsor, Ont., were found guilty in County Criminal Court yesterday of armed robbery ‘from four allens at the village of Sombra on September 21, and sentenced ‘to two years' and six months’ imprisonment, respectively. The two men who, it is alleged, had contracted to smuggle four allens across the river to the United States, lined up the trusting Hungarlans on the river bank and while one held h, it is recalled,|Make provision even for e oncerned in the rebellious out- | investigation, xperimental to say nothing of preparation for manufacture of air- planes. The voice of criticism for previous inaction was apparently stilled, for the time being, by the loudly hearalded purposes to. send 50,000 airplanes to the western front without delay—a declaration that later brought many an embarrassing moment to those of us abroad who knew how baseless and boastful such claims were. “It is a matter of record that even the type of plane to be put in pro- duction was not decided upon until | several months after we entered the war, and that no American plane was flown in battle until August, 1918, and only some 600 planes had been sent to the front before the armistice. Can Direct Fire. “The Alr Service has become an es- sential aid to the armies in the field, especially because of its ablility to observe and obtain valuable informa- tion as to the immediate enemy bat- tlefront. It is now possible for ob- servers to direct the fire of our artil- lery from the air, and thus aviation has risen to very great importance as an auxiliary arm. “Enthusiasts often forget the ob- _@h WASHINGTON, ‘D. C, to villages | connected immediately below the Arctic Circle, | dents’ movement and or to the fever-haunted swamps of | Society who apparently had formed a Vicious Soviet Exile System Held More Cruel Than Czar’s Trials That Mock Justice Result in Dis- patch of Thousands to Bitter Cold, Disease:Ridden Arctic Death Traps. were arrested last December in the campaign against private trading, and Georgians who were sent north in September following uprising in Georgla. Publication of a foolish | which Grand Duke Nicholas gave the foreign press last |exile of numerous members of old princely families who were living quietly here and others who were | having correspondence abroad. | The cleaning of the universities from bourgeoise influence caused | deportation of students who protested against expulsion. Churchmen sup- | porting the Patriarch Tikhon are | continually being exiled. Six of his istants in Moscow recently were sent to the dreadful exile camp at Novonikolaievsk and later will be sent to a more remote post in Siberia. During the past fortnight, the writer has heard of many arrests among Moscow Intellectuals, the most notable being a group of 24 students with the Christian stu- a_theosophlcal interview small private circle for the study of the Bible. During the past few months the writer has given much time and study to this question, traveling many thousands of miles in Arctic | Russia and Siberla, visiting prisons |and living with _exi Permission olumn 4.) PUCEN SUGEUMBS TOTHROATMALADY Noted Operatic Composer, Believed Recovering, Dies as Heart Gives Out. | | By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, November 29.—Giacomo Puccini, famous operatic composer, died at noon today from a throat in- fection following an operation. The death of the composer was due direct- ly to a heart attack. Coming from a family which for a century and a half produced an un- interrupted line of famous musiclans, it was not surprising that Giacomo Puccini early showed signs of pre- coclous muscial talents. The great-great-grandfather of Puc- cinl, born in 1712, wrote church music that was highly respected and was the master of Guglielmi. His son Antonfo, born in 1747, was less famous as a composer than as a theorist, while Domenico, the third in line, born in 1771, attained distine tion as a church composer, but was more famous for his operas. His son Michele, father of Giacomo, won fame for his compositions of sacred muslc which were admired throughout north Italy. Upon his death in 1564 he was honored by the composition of a requiem by Pacini. Puccini Leads Composers. Puccini was one of the few com- posers of recent times whose opera successes were both numerous and lasting. As to numbers he is match- ed only by Massenet, but so far as frequency of performances is con- cerned the Italian composer far sur- passes the Frenchman in America at least. Giullo Gattl-Cassazza, gen- eral manager of the Metropolitan Opera House, once said Puccini was the most popular composer with American In his youth Puccini was an artist whose riches were measured in terms He lived in an attic whers he found the problems of existence more baf- fling than those of harmony and counterpoint. When Puccini had learned all that the schools of his native Lucca could sion from the Queen of Italy. This enabled him to enter the Milan Con- servatory. Puccini’s chief instructor was Amilcare Ponchielll, at whose suggestion he undertook the composi- tion of “Le Villi” a one-act opera. This was so successful that it was later revised and expanded into three acts. ‘Wrote American Opera. One of the unfortunate efforts of Puccini was his “Edgar,” produced at the Scala in 1889. Although he remained silent nearly four years, the composer atoned for this failure with his “Manon Lescaut.” This and his later works, including “La Boheme,” “La Tosca,” “Madame Butterfly” and “The Girl of the Golden West” proved | such popular successes that it is sel- dom a season of opera anywhere does not include one or more of them. “The Girl of the Golden West” was the fulfillment of a promise by Puc- cini to Americans upon the occasion of his visit to the United States in 1907. He came to attend the first American performance of his “Manon Lescaut.” He was so well pleased with the reception of his work that he promised an opera with an Ameri- can setting. He had read many sto- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) By the Associated Pres: COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 29. —A pretty girl who disappeared on the night before her wedding, & worrled bridegroom-to-be, and * a rejected suitor were the princi- pals in a story which has come to light' here, and which may be’ placed in the hands of the police today to unravel. Miss Jane Conley, 29, was to have been married Thanksgiving Day to Frank Strear, Philadelphia. real estate dealer. Wednesday night she disappeared and her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Conley, has not heard from her. a revolver the other went through the men's pockets, taking $57. They then left the a}iens to shift for them- selves, ‘Thanksgiving morning, however, Mrs. Conley recelved a telegram from Ashland, Ohic, signed by A. C. House, who, it was said, was Al « (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) Bride-to-Be, Gone on Wedding Morn, Is Believed With Spurned Suitor| a jilted suitor of Jane, which read: “Jane's absence entirely my fault. Would advise Frank not to come to House. Wil writ The question in Mrs. Conley's mind now, she said, is whether her daughter changed her mind and eloped with House, or whether the latter abducted her. Mrs. Conley sald she would de- cide today whether she would turn the affair over to the police. House's parents are said to live on a farm near Syracuse, N. Y., and M Conley expressed the belief that the pair might have gone there. They left in an automobile, according to her best knowledge, she said. Strear’s mother lives at Newark, Ohio, and he nt Wednesday eve- ning with her, returning here Thursday to find Miss Conley missing, . Spring caused thes the | of genlus rather than in hard cash. | teach him his name won him a pen- | ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION COMMISSION AIMS | TOCLARIFY STATUS - OFFRENCH DEBTS | Session Called by Mellon Will Consider Data Given hy Jusserand. FINAL DECISION RESTS | ON WILL OF CONGRESS | General Outline of Policy May Re-| sult From Meeting Called { | Monday. | Informal exchanges looking to a| refunding settlement of the French |debt to the United States have pro- | gressed to the point where the mat- ter will be laid before the full mem- bership of the American Debt Com- | misslon for discussion at a meeting |called here for Monday. | “Secretary Mellon called the meeting {of the commission yesterday, shortly after it had become known that the Treasury head had held a serles of | linformal conferences recently with | | Ambassador Jusserand on the subject | of his government's war-time obliga- {tion to the United States, which {ranks second in amount to the British | jranks {debt, already refunded. Clarifying of Position. The result of these conversations to guide the commission in its 8 cussion of the matter {s understood 10 be chiefly in the nature of a clari fication of the fiscal position of th French government in its bearing on a possible basis for formal negotia tions. While the commission at this meeting, the first In six months, is expected to do little more in regard !to the French debt than go over the Imumon in the light of the recent| conversations, it is believed these |eventually would lead to tangible re- | sult % Although the bellet was indicated |in some quarters that the meeting ! of the commission might develop | me definite statement of American {policy In dealing with the French debt, the fact was not lost sight of {that Congress must be the ultimate |authority in putting any settlement Ipolicy into effect. Similarly, Mr. { Mellon's discussions with Ambassador Jusserand are understod to have been merely informative as to broad pos- bilities from the American view | rather than an approach to any defi- inite terms. | 1t is assumed such views were |sought by M. Jusserand in order that ! {he might lay them before his govern- {ment when he returns to Paris in January to retire from the diplomatic service. | HOPES FOR SETTLEMENT. | Herriot Assured Some Basis Can Be Reached. | By the Associated Press. ! PARIS. November 29.—WIith regard to the conversations in Washington ! between Ambassador Jusserand and Secretary Mellon on the subject of | the French debt, it was stated in®offi- cial quarters today that Premier Her- [rhvt, ever since he took office, has| believed that some arrangement for | |a cettlement with the United States | { should be reached. The difficulty in | ! his mind and in the minds of his as- | | soclates has been largely as to the | method of approach. | It was provisionally decided at one | | time that Finance Minister Clementel | | should go to Washington next Spring | | to deal with the negotiations himself, | but this idea was abandoned about | two weeks ago. The principal reason, {1t appears, was the belief that i | would be better for the finance minis. { ter to Temain in Paris, where he could consult with the premier and his | other colleagues upon the developing | phases of the problem, instead of g0ing to Washington, where he might | be expected to make instant decisions. It also has been thought that the | question,could most conveniently be opened by the American Debt Fund- |~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) NEW YORK BANKERS ' MAKE SHOALS OFFER | Former Senator Sutherland {Pre- pares New Bid to Be Given to Senate Next Week. t | i | | A new bid for operation of Muscle Shoals has been prepared by Howard |Sutherland, former Senator from West Virginia, on behalf of Hambleton & Co., New York bankers, and is ex- pected to be introduced next week in the Senate. Under the new proposal the Gov- ernment will be required to appro- priate a maximum of $40,000,000 to complete construction work at Muscle Shoals, including the construction of dams and levees and locks to control the flow of the Tennessee River be- tween the railroad bridge below Mus- cle Shoals to the dam across the river at Hales Point to make the river navigable. The corporation would be managed by a board of five directors who would be authorized to sell fertilizer direct to farmers and connect the power units of the property with a superpower corporation to distribute current over a wide area. The Secre- tary of the Treasury would have the same supervisory power over the cor- | poration as he now has over national banks, and the corporation would be required to submit monthly reports to him. The bill authorizes the acceptance of the offer and provides for.the or- ganization of the Federal Power and Fuel Corporation, capitalized at $50,- 000,000, to complete, lease and op- erate the Muscle Shoals property for the manufacture .of fertilizer and chemicals for explosives and to dis- tribute electric power and fuel throughout the Southern territory. Killed in Wreck of Auto. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., November 29.— Hurled from an automobile of which he had lost control, Louis Shellens, 25 years old, near Frederick, was killed yvesterday near Libertytown when the machine was wrecked. | o’clock Monday | that win A0 TGS ONSALE NONDAY New System Devised for| Quick Handling of Lines of Applicants. Automobile tags for 1925 will go on sale at the District Building at 9 morning and city officials want motorists to apply early to avoid the last minute rush. Wade H. Coombs, superintendent of licenses, in co-operation with the traffic board, has worked out plan for the issuance of tags thid year expedite +greatly the han- dling of the crowd. The thousands of motorists who ex- | ! pect to own the same car next year that they now have will not be re- quired to waste time filling out an application blank when they get to the District Building. Mr. Coombs has already made out an application | blank for every car now in use, New Syvtem Devised. By the operation of the following system the superintendent hopes to| sell you a new tag with the least possible delay: Enter the District Building by the main entrance on Pennsylvania ave- nue. As you fall in line for the march down the corridor to the tax office have a $1 bill ready and be able to state to the clerk your present tag number. A clerk in the tax office will hand ' you your application blank already made out as soon as you tell him the present tag number. With this blank in your possession you descend the steps in the tax of- fice to the water registrar's office, where a cashier will take your dol- lar while another clerk hands you a ag. Since the water office is on the treet floor, you then pass out of the building without pushing back through the crowd of incoming appli- cants. The fact that an application blank has been made out for you in advance does not mean you will get the same tag number you now have. These blanks have merely been filed ac- cording to your present tag number for easy reference in handing them out. Of course, if you have just pur- chased a new car it will be necessary for you to fill out a blank, giving your name and address, the engine number, the style of body and the year it was made. Heretofore tags have cost $3, $5 and $10, according to horsepower, but under the new law all tags will be $1 for gasoline-propelled cars. Separate rates are charged for steam and elec- tric vehicles. If every applicant for tags for a gasoline car will have $1 in exact change it will speed up the move- ment of the line. Electrio pleasure cars will cost $11. Electric trucks will cost $20 for the first 1,000 pounds or less and $2 more for each additional 1,000 pounds or fraction thereof. Tags for steam automobiles will {14 DROWN WHEN SHIPS |from ports in North and South Brit- be $15. |Movie, Close Up, Accidentally Taken, Brings Arrest in Bogus Check Case Ten feet of movie film which had recorded the features of Henry W. Hawley, alias John E. Morris, while he was dickering for a motion pic- ture camera that was being demon- strated to him here, clinched proof of identification and resulted in his arrest Wednesday in Harrisburg, Pa., it was revealed today. Hawley is wanted here for alleged ‘widespread fraudulent operation with bogus checks. About two weeks ago, during an alleged maneuver of his, the police say, he was introduced to Charles H. Hillegeist, manager of the Scientific Cinema Supply Com- pany, at 1004 I street. Morris, as he was then known, said he wanted to purchase a $5,000 camera, and Hillegelst brought it out- side to let him understand its opera- tions. Accidentally Morris stepped fn front of the lens of the camera, which 15 said to be one of the highest power lenses used in that type of appara- tus, and Hillegeist turned the crank a few times. Morris put in an order for $650 worth of photographic sup- plies and later disappeared from ‘Washington. Among other things also,.he is alleged to have gotten $50 from Hillegeist on a bogus check. n Star. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1924 -THIRTY PAGES. * SINK ON SPANISH COAST Other Fishing Boats Believed Lost | Off Brittany in Revived A, Spain, November 20— Two trawlers from this port were caught in a terrific storm off the har- bor today and sank, 14 men on board | belng drowned. | PARIS, November 26.—Thursday's | gale shows signs of reviving with | added force. The sea is running high | both in the English Channel and the | Atlantic, doing considerable damage to ports, and the gale is showing a tendency to extend inland and to the Mediterranean. Wires are down in some places, making communication difficult in various parts of the country. A num- ber of fishing boats are still missing tany, and scant hope is entertained The Star as fast as th Yesterday’ “From Press to Home Within the Hour” 's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes he papers are printed. 7 Circulation, 98,495 TWO CENTS. EXPECT/ THE FATTED SUTFORDAMAGE RENTROWSEQUEL $25,000 Redress Asked for Alleged Assault at 16th Street Mansions. Oscar A. Reed of Clifton Terrace today filed suit in the District Su- preme Court to recover $25.000 dam- ages from Maurice Baskin, Joseph Low and Harold Schaller for alleged assault. The defendants are, respec tively, the owner, manager and as- sistant manager of the Sixteenth Street Mansions,and the suit is said to be the sequel to a disturbance for the survival of their crews. GAME DRAWS HOSTS FROM WASHINGTON Almost Entire Officialdom Exodus from Capital to Baltimore. in An exodus that left Washington almost devoid of officialdom began with daybreak today and continued through the morning with Baltimore and the foot ball game there between the Army and Navy as the magnet of attraction. The annual gridiron contest be- tween the Military Academy and the | Naval Academy teams always has| drawn heavily on Washington's popu- | lation, but with the scene of the game nearer to the Capital than it has been in years, the seat of the Government itself virtually was moved today to the nearby Maryland city. The crowds that left Washington for Baltimore by train, interurban and motor included most of the mem- bers of the Cabinet, hundreds of mem- bers of Congress here for the conven- ing of that body next Monday, and a host of other officials. Leading the list were President and Mrs. Coolidge, who had arranged to leave the White House shortly before noon and motor to Baltimore to see their first Army- Navy game since they entered the White House. The President and Mrs. Coolidge. with the members of their party, in accordance with custom were assigned a box during the first half on the Navy side—the Naval Academy be- ing “the home school” this year—and were to cross the field during the intermission between halves to see the last two periods from the Army side. The White House guests, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns of Boston, and C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to the President, were the only ones ac- companying Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge to Baltimore, but they had invited a| large party to view the game with them. These included Senator and Mrs. Weller and Senator and Mrs. Bruce of Maryland, former Senator and Mrs. Jackson of Maryland, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac T. Mann of West Vir- ginia and Director of the War Fi- nance Corporation and Mrs. Eugene Moyer. Discovering the man had left town, Hillegeist reported to the growing out of a meeting last Sat- urday night of the tenants of the latter apartment house to protest a proposed increase of rentals. Mr. Reed tells the court that about 7:30 o'clock last Saturday night he presented himself at the main en- trance of the Sixteenth Street Man- sions for the purpose of calling on his personal and famil who for some years had been and still was a tenant in the building, with offices there to receive patients. As he was entering the building, he states, he was set upon and attacked by the defendants, their servants, agents and employes without just cause and without warning. In Presence of 100 People. The plaintiff says he was roughly handled and treated, beaten and bruised and refused entrance to the premises. Both of his arms were bruised, he states, and he was other- wise severely injured. presence of upward of 100 persons in the lobby of the building, who were assembled to attend the meet- ing of tenants. This action of the defendant, he avers, held him up to ridicule and great humiliation, and his nervous system has suffered se- | vere shock, and by reason of the al- leged assault he was made ‘sick, sore, lame and disabled, and he was re- quired to have a physician treat him." Attorneys Walter C. Balderston and .Yo;m ‘W. Wood appear for the plain- tiff. MASS MEETING TONIGHT. League for Industrial Democracy Indorses Tenant Action. Preparations have been completed by the Tenants' League of the Dis- trict for a rally and mass meeting at the Central High School audi- torium tonight at 8 o'clock. The gen- eral public is invited. The local branch of the League for Industrial Democracy indorsed the work of the Tenants’ League follow- ing an address by Mrs. Henry C. Brown, secretary of the league, on “Why a Tenants' League in Wash- ington,” at the Penguin Club last night. Mrs. Brown said the objects of the league were to secure permanent rent legislation, curb inflation of property values, punish those responsible for inflating values, urge a building pro- gram and create an organization to look after the interests of the ten- ants. Discuss Housing Status. Following the address a discussion on the present housing situation took place. It was suggested by one mem- ber of the League for Industrial | Democracy that too many r on buildings and in connection with building were in a large measure re- sponsible for the lack of cheap houses. Among those who will speak at the mass meeting at Central High School tonight are: H. B. Low of the Federa- police. Before this he had discov- ered that the film which was in the camera unknown to him during the demonstration incident had later been developed and the perfect features of Morris” *were repro- duced, at the direction of Inspector Grant, .chief of detectives., Sergt. Joseph Morgan, his assistant, sent these photographs and a descrip- tion of Morris throughout the Eastern part of the country. It was from one of these photographs taken by Hillegeist that he was arrested in Harrisburg, Pa., Wed- nesday. 4 Hawley is being brought back here to answer charges of passing spurious checks in a number of local cas Hawley, according to the police, is known under more than a doz- en aliases. INQUIRE ABOUT RATES. PHILADELPHIA, November 29 (Special)—The Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio Rallroads have begun receiving inquiries regarding transportation for publican dele- gations which wish to attend Presi. dent Coolidge's inauguration. tion of Federal Employes Unions, Mrs. Vera Dorman, Mrs. M. C. Welk- ert, Arthur Holder, Philip J. Doherty, | Mrs. E. W. Schwartze and E. H. Schirmer, president of the Tenants' League. % e POLAND TO OFFER U. S. MINISTRY TO PADEREWSKY Piano Master Expected to Decline Opportunity to Represent Nation Here. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, November 29.—Ignace Jan Paderewsky, the great pianist and former premier of Poland, will be offered the post of Minister to the United States, it is rumored in po- litical circles. His acceptance, how- ever, s considered very doubtful. M. Paderewsky and his wife are ex- pected to arrive here today. Radio Programs—Page 8. physician, | The alleged | | assault took place, he avers, in the egulations | LEGSLATE AN MY RESULTFRON ~G.0.P.EAPULSON Insurgents, With Democrats’ Hzlp, Might Force Extra Session of Congress. | | | i ‘WILL FIGHT FOR PEOPLE, FRAZIER'S DECLARATION I | Norris Calls Senate Ousters “Silly." Borah Will Air Views on Maneuver. The probable effect on the coming ion of Congress of the action of Republican conference of the Sen- ate vesterd ing out of the {party Senatc “ollette, Brook :art, dd was agitating political circles in Washington tod The blacklisted insurgents, if they feel so inclined, can stir up a lot of trouble for the Republican organiza- tion, it was pointed out. On the oth- {er hand, it that by uniting {with the Democrats at the last ses- |sion of Cong this group of Sena- tors made a bad situation for the Re publican administration measures Senator Frazier, ned from attendance councils in the futur |the insurgents would tory measures said, “We will continue to do just what have done in the past—fight interests of the people is true one of those ban- upon party . when asked if i adopt retalia- i gnificantly: in the May Tie Up Legislation. The insurgents,’ if they are so ir clined, and the Democrats are willing |to go with them in their efforts to embarrass the Repubiicans, may so tie up legislation as to force a special session of Congress after March 4. It is known that not z few of the pro- gressive Senators believe there should session in any event. This means Senators outside the four men- tioned in the resoiution adopted y terday by the Senute Hepubiican con- | ference. Senator Ludd of North Dakota de C! of tihe conference “a piece of folly. nator Ladd said tha! the people of North Dakota approved his stand and that he felt himself 1 better Republican than some of thi men who had voted to read him out ot j the party. He said he would continue doing his duty by his constituents as {'he deemed to their best interest “Silly,” Norrix Says. Scarcely less severe in his arraign { ment of the action of the Republican iconference was Senator Norris of | Nebraska, one of the so-called pro- | gressive bloc members of the Senate, ibut who was not mentioned in the resolution adopted yesterday. The Nebraska Senator characterized the action of the conference as “an act of vaudeville,” and he added that |1t was foolish and silly for any Senate [men without auy authority to set | themselves up as a jury to pass cn the | actions of other men. | A showdown in the Senate may ! come when the committee on com mittees of the Republicans reports its | recommendations for fllling vacan- | cles in the standing committees of the | Senate. It certainiy wiil come if any ttempt is made to prevent the pro- motion on committee lists of any of the four insurgent Republican Senators. When Senator La Follette's nam | was called on the roll of Republican | Senators in the conference yesterd . Senator Edge of rw Jersey que. | tioned the propriety of including him {in the list. He sai | “I presume one of the responsibili- ties of the caucus is to determine eligibility of its members. 1 notice | the name of Senator La Follette has been called. 1 don't ow U inten- : tion of the conference, but so far as [ {am individually concerned I record ! my protest. Mr. La Foilette came to | my State, New Jersey, during the | campaign’ and spoke in behalf of George Record, who was running on a | third party ticket. It must be obvious | that a member cannot make every ef- |fort to defeat and destroy a party and lat the same time participate in the |conferences deciding upon future ! policies, “ Statement Is Recalled. “I do not question Senator La Fol- lette’s clear right to head a new party,.but I insist that disqualifies him from membership here in this Republican conference. 1 do not imagine that he desires to participate in our conferenc In a statement of last Monday on his determination to continue a third-party fight he in- dicates that he does not “I do not take the position that those who have strayed away from the Republican party should not be permitted to return if they desire. History records many such conver- sions. But Senator La Follette's case is not parallel, as shown by his state- | ment of last Monda: | Senator Edge said that he did not agree with the proposition that Sen- ator La Follette's status was fixed as a Republican becauge he had been elected as a Republican by his State. |He added that Wisconsin gave La Follette a plurality as leader of a third-party movement, taking him outside the Republican party. Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania, who supported the Reed resolution for exclusion of the four insurgents, sent the following telegram to J. H. Rora- bach, Republican State chairman of Pennsylvania. Praise for Bingham. “The country has declared for Cool- idge because of confidence in his ability to get sane results. Without a sustaining majority in the Senate he will be powerless to justify the confidence of the voters. Without a Republican in Senator Brandegee's place, an administration majority will be jeopardized. Connecticut will be doing the nation a service when it sends Hiram Binghatl to Wasning- ton. He thinks straight, talks sense, works hard and 1s loyal to high ideals of public service. The Repuplicans of Pennsylvania feel sure thit their brethren in Connecticut will as al- ways do their duty in a great crisis.” Senator Borah of Idaho expressed his views on the ouster to President Coolidge during a conference arrang- ed for the discussion of other mat- ters. Afterward - it was stated at the White House tnat the President had formed no opinion relative to the action of the Republican conference. It was added that he likewise had reached no conclusion as to whether (Continued on Page 2, Column 53