Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1924, Page 2

LONG SHOALS FIGHT BELIEVED NEAR END Underwood Bill, With Amend- ments, Is Held Likely to Pass Both Houses. Republican leaders are nopeful that the end of flehe Musele Shoals They President C mor the vin Senator Democrat n is near. olidge Underwood Underwood. ma, consents to cer- vain amendments. The Alabam 3 the f Senate will accede to amendments Wil will pass toward the week - This would the House, wl session o Henrs drawn hi Gon support behind the re, &rs of the majority party belleve will pass the House, and end troversy that h ragir gress for nearly vears _1f an agreeme bo reached hetween th rity and *ion forces plan to voted down both the Underwood and Norris bills and draft a new bill expeet to- ow to i provided A dorse or, i view and end of the k send the wdopted at the the prop With a- lead- it nt cannot Reput maj TUnderwood Is Concilintory. Senator 1 vesterday that he feasonable a4 wit preparation sident Coolidg X guided somewhat by Pepartment's repor th wood bill, it likely that promise can be reached However, Senator Norris, ¢l of the Senate agricu which reported the disposition of Muscle yielding in his position ned to fight to th e passage of his own 1 plans to make another s| in the Senate and declared he “did not un derstand how any Senator from the Houth could vote for the Underwood will od said was willing mit t The Sen Weeks dur his nderw Secretary he on Nor bill als New Measure In View. Also, South Ca week end | tirely new bill Senator the Ssmit engaged over the preparation of an en- for the operation of Muscle Shoals, and expects to intro- duce it in the Senate tomorrow. This bill is understood to provide for the production both powe fer- iz eril s @ mbi nation the Underwood and Norris bills. T mith bill would require the government to n control of the property until it is sured that a marketable, commer fertili could be manufactured Muscle Some opposition has arisen Smith bill from friends of the Under- wood measure, who r that the in- troduction of another bill would con- fuse the Muscle Shoals situation is and i between as- ial er at 10als. to the lan to Force Action. plan to hold the Muscle Shoals issue before the Senate until some definite action is taken, and although the Isle of Pines treaty is slated under a unanimous consent agreement to come up Wednesday, the Muscle Shoals question will have the right of way Since a number of Senators have expressed intentions of speaking on the subject, it is believed by leaders of either that a vot can b The Underwood bill dedicates Mus- cle Shoals to national defense, pro- vides for perpetual Government own- ership and favors, first, private oper- utfon, and in the event of failure to Procure a suitable lease, Government operation. Tt demands the produc ton of certain amounts annually fixed nitrogen to be converted into rertilizer in time of peace and into explosives in time of war. WARNS OF FALSE PATENT “LAWYERS” Says Number Fraudulent Workers Prac- tice Here. Sunate. Jesders not party Commissioner Thomas H. Robertson, commis- sloner of patents. declared yesterday there are today in Washington pos- =ibly a half dozen men who willfully and with design advertise themselves in n: tional magazine as ‘“patent attorney: when they are not licensed and are barred from practicing before the patent Tar. Steps are already being the patent commissioner said, to dls- _bnr these men from practicing in Washington or to pose patent at- torneys. Mr. Robertson gave his hearty indorsement of the Cramton bill, already introduced in the House, which would impose a fine of $5,000 DN any non-registered patent attor- ney and a possible jall sentence Power to try these cases and impose sentence should be placed in the Fed aral courts. England already has such a law, imposing a large fine for patent maipractice, he added Tnventors Fleeced. Gullible inventors are being fleeced of many thousands of dollars every year by these men, Mr. Robertson said, not alone in Washington, but by men in other cities representing themselves to be close to the Patent Office. During his term of office, ex- 1ending over three and one-half Yyears, several of these “patent attor- neys” have been barred Since they are not registered, they @re not under supervision of the Pat- wai Office and, therefore, the Patent Mice cannot prevent them from filing, in the name of the inventor, applica- tans for patents, from which the fraudulent attorneys frequently pocket the Government fee of without ever turning It in to the Patent Office. The practices of these men reach into every known rami- fication of law evasion, skirting the edges of the law as it now stands, at the same time receiving extortionate prices for their “work” from invent- ors, the commissioner said One concern has organized in Wash- ington, Mr. Robertson said, with a president, a vice president, a secre- tary and a treasurer. This firm ad- vertised in national magazines as giving expert technical service in ad- vising customers how to secure pat- ents. The president worked in the navy yard before entering the patent bueiness, while the vice president was #-molder, and the others had had no sxperience in patent work. Nelther these men, nor any member of their staff, had any technical experience and extracted money from customers without giving anything of value in return. “These things go on every day, Mr. Robertson said, but the Patent Office, iacking authority to disbar the un- ticensed “attorney,” can do nothing to insure the Inventor a square deal. Fer Another » Theory. From Judge. Mrs. North—Now T have a about raising children— Mrs. West—Well, you af you bad the children} theory wouldn’t have a con- | irenewed Democrat, | ntain | {there was no su taken until after Wednesday, | of of | taken, | | year of $3,050 $20 1 | Takes This Robber Long Time to Find How Much He Got Forty-five hundred pennies a part of loot reported to the po- lice of No. 2 precinct late yester- day afternoon as having been stolen from James Miller, who conducts a delicatessan store at 1 Fourteenth street. Miller said that thieves had en- tered his piace in the morning through a rear window and made away with three dollars in bills nd forty-five dollars in pennles. The pennies are said to have been in two red tobacco boxes. HOWARD U. FUNDS Point of Order Strikes Col- ored School’s Appropria- tion From Bill. the entire for rd University sure, the House yesterday com- pleted ideration of the Interior Department appropriation bill in the nitte the whole, but post- poned a fi until Tuesday. This po was taken as tomorrow rict legisla- appropriation Wl vote poneme iranc devoted to tion by the House. This supply bill, the first consid- ered, for the various activities of the Interior Department. Including such Washington institutions as Howard University, Freedmen's Hospital, the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Elizabeth’s Hospital, carried $238,- 000,000, a decrease of total avaflable this yes Dis will be for Approve Reclamation. Among the dtems approved without total amounting to $8.942,000 The "entire item of $406,000 recom- mended by the House appropriations committee for Howard University, which was $41.000 above the current vear and $185,000 abov of the Budget Bureau, was stricken from the bill on a point of order by Representative James F. Byrnes of South Capolina, a member of the ap- propriations committee. This was the only important change in the bill. The $185,000 increase over the budget figures was account of a proposed appropriation of begin construction of a new medical building at an authorized limit of cost of $370,000, with provision for its equipment at $130.000 by alumni and other friends of the institution. Representative Byrnes argued that stantive law author- izing the appropriation for Howard University and that the new medical school was new legislation on an propriation bill and that the Budget Bureau had not estimated for it. on Admits Point of Order. Representative Louls C. Cramton of mittee, which drafted the bill, and in el i point of order, pointing out that for | more than 50 yvears these appropria- tions have been made on account of custom rather than law. milarly a point of order was laid against the Howard University items last year by Representative Byrne; and to meet this objection Representa- tive Cramton introduced a bill which would authorize such appropriations for the future. This measure has not et been considered by the Hous Representative Cramton admitted that the action taken by Representa- tive Byrnes cefinitely eliminates all funds for Howard University from the bill as far as the House is concerned, because it will not be in order to restore these items when the final | vote is taken in the House on Tues- day. There is no doubt, however, but that some funds for Howard Uni- versity will be put back in the bill by the Senate and then held in con- ference between the two houses as was the case last year. Freedmen's Hospital Funds. The items for Freedmen's Hospital | were not disturbed and were approved by the committee of the whole House as recommended by the appropria- tions committee. They total $202,950, which is an increase of $28,250 above the current appropriations. This includes an item of $50,000 for an enlarged and remodeled nurses’ home, payable from the revenues of the District of Columbla. In the current appropriations for Freed- men’s Hospital there was an item of $18,700 for equipment of a path- ological building. which does not ap- pear in the bill now before House. There is also a reduction this in the item for sub- sistence, fuel and medicine. An_ appropriation of $113,400 for the Columblia Institution for the Deaf, which is an Increase of $4,400 over current appropriations, was approved by the House. Most of this increase is for the installation of a new type- setting machine for instruction pur- poses. Increase St. Elizabeth’s Funds. For St. Elizabeth’s Hospital the ing $1.023,000, which is an increase over the current fiscal year of $15,000, $10,000 of which is an increase in the item for support, clothing and an in- crease of $5,000 for maintenance and repair of buildings and grounds, bringing this sum up to $113,000, of which not to exceed $7,000 may be used for the construction of two gate houses. Representative Cramton announced he would demand another vote on the Sinnott amendment which eliminated a provision for abolition of 39 land offices next July 1. OLD SWISS HEADPIECE BRINGS $6,000 AT SALE Sixteenth Century Dagger Sheath Go for $3,500 at New York Auction. Special Dispatch to The Star, NEW YORK, December 6.—B. De- Prenco pair $6,000 for a headpiece known as a basinet, of Swiss origin, about the year 1400, at the closing and | session of the sale of European arms and armor from the collection of Henry Grifith Keasbey in the gal- leries of the American Art Assocla- tion. Maximilian armor, German, sixteenth century, for $2,800; a Gothic breast- plate, French, fifteenth century, for $3,400, and a fifteenth century Vene- tian headpiece for $2,600. H. W. Harding bought a fifteenth century German headpiece for $5,300. A sixteenth century Swiss dagger and sheath went for $3,500 to T. T. Hoopes, who got a German cross. bow, sixteenth century, for $2,500. A. Henry paid $2,560 for a complete sixteenth century arm defense, Span- ish or Itallan. The sale of 310 §89,123. items brought $185,000 to | cost of not less than | Michigan, chairman of the sub-com- | admitted that it was slbject to this| the | House approved appropriations total- | He got also parts of a sult of | stricken from the | | g equality | Great $20,000,000 from |tish taxpayer. expenditure | press the r and $1,500,000 from budget [financiers, and to do this firmly the estimates | the | save rge of this measure in the House, | | the | matter. | | | i | | | has asked to be informed of CUTOUT BY HOUSE | Ax | ated, as they | of THE THE SUNDAY DEBT TALK KEEPS Semi-Official Assurance Is Given Paris Will Not Get Better Terms From U. S. ) - By Cable to The Star and New York World. LONDON, December 6.—The Franco- American pourparlers on debt funding {continue to cause anxiety here, and | semi-official ~ soothing syrup was | handed out today by the British | press. It was admitted that Sir Hsme Howard has been in touch with the authorities at Washington and | any de- | Yelopments-which might interest the British cabinet. The importance srican stated, seem = it of the conversations, to have been have been of a general and no concrete funding scheme has been suggested by either side. The cryptic suggestion was also forthcoming that it cannot be too strongly asserted that with the coming into force of the Dawes report the whole question of interal entered upon a new phase, All the papers today reprint one New York paper's editorfal demand- of treatment for Great America’s handling of her problems, Duaily Express states: “If Britain allows a settlement be France and America to place without putting in her own claim for payment by France, her own prospect of recovering anything will be postponed, and it will then b Ipointed out to us that the whole French share in German reparations has gone to the United States, and that there is nothing left with which to pay Britain. Mr. Churchill is the guardian of the interests of the Bri and it is for him to British claim on the French and nco- was nature | Britain in debt The tween at once.” The ing “A the Am da- stites under the Mellon,” Morning Post Sum for Mr 1 attitude savors sslanism. This p: “The main ground for debts in a special category is that they would never have existed for any practical purpose if the allies had lost war. It was victory with her triumphant wings that gave them 1 and carrles them across the Atlantic 1f Germany had won the war, American Congress, instead of laying down, the terms according to which France and Great Britain a > pa uld be discussing the ways and means of paying an indemnity, and a pretty fat one, to William Hohen- zollern “As victory rigid Pr quotes K alone made these debts a business proposition, any fair- minded creditor must consider who was mainly respons for that vic- tory. Apart from what our country has done, we ask the American peo ple to remember that Fra in the loss of almost 1,500, sons, the devast of provinces and he ony; whether it her richest sound morals or even good business to mulct France of sums lent to her for helping to America, and, incldentally, the Monroe doctrine, from the clutches of Germ “Americans may run from the sue, but they cannot escape it, and we are glad to see that according to the message that we publish from our Washington correspondent already faint doubts are beginning to he ex pressed on the other side concerning wisdom of its attitude in this If we give a man a monetary value we ask Mr. Mellon are great Britain and France in the debt of America or is America in the debt of Great Britain and France?" (Copyright, 1921.) PARIS QUIETS FEARS. Debt Discussion With T. §. Is Declared Unofficial. Br Cable to The Star and New York World PARIS, December 6.—The conver- sations regarding the debt that have | aken place between Ambassador Jusserand and Secretary Mellon. hav. been unofficial, the Qual D'Ors stated today. No engagement has been entered into either by France or the United States. The announcement was caused by the resentment displayed in England over the rumors that France was trying to come to tergs with America before the French debt to Great Britain has been dlscussed. Whatever was the original purpose of the French government in opening | negotiations at Washington, it is now considered advisable not to treat them in any way as official or as an attempt to feel out America before sreat Britain The outcry in Dritain has appeared to France to indicate that France cannot hope to get a better debt settlement from the United States than Britain and cannot settle even in principle with America without doing the same thing simultaneously with Britain. (Copyright, 1824.) il It Will Crop Out. From the Boston Transeript. She—Jack has asked me to play ten- nis with him again this afternoon. Her rival—He told me the doctor ad- vised him to exercise with a dumbbell every day. November Circulation Daily. ... 96,000 Sunday . 103,891 District of Columbin, s LEROY W. HERRON, Adrertising Manager EVENING and SUNDAY STAR, does Bolemnly swear that the actual number of coples of the papers named, sold and distribut ed during the month of November, A.D. 1921, was as follows: DAILY. Copies. 94,374 PRBIR 98282 Days. Conles. Sn s Do vk ek Less adjustments.. Total daily net circulation.. 2,400,019 Total average net paid circu- ARHOD ot . ohh ottt s LTS Daily average number of copies for service, ete... ... . 890 96,000 Daily average net circulation SUNDAY. Copies. Days 104223 23 ... 3 104,616 30 1111110 16 105,174 Less adjustments. 5,134 Total Sunday net circulation.” 519,458 Average net'paid Sunday cir- culation ........ 7 Average number of copies for service, etc.. Copies. 105,082 105,497 Days. 2 Average Sunday net circula- on o- o 103,801 LEROY W. HERRO: Advertising Ma Subscribed lbl:G I:D'fll ‘looz‘bdm ‘me this 6th any of December, A.D. 1924, Ty " “ELMER F. voUNT. Notary Public, BRITISH ANXIOUS exagger- | ed debts has | take | ! that since Con- | material change were those for rec- |gress has settled the debt question it lamation projects in the West, the [cannot be reopen these | the | STAR, WASHINGTOM [HIGHLY PAID U. S Changes introduced in the “average provision” of appropriation bills now starting on their legislative journey to enactment for the next fiscal year, | would have a helpful effect in raising the salaries of one class of Federal employes, but would cause sharp re- ductions in others, Including some of the highest paid government chiefs. This is the interpretation placed on the recommendations of the House appropriations committee, which are |included in the Interior and Agricul- tural Department appeepriations bills, and in all probability will be intro- duced into all the government's sup- ply bills, Those in close touch with the clas- sification act and its workings point |out that the House appropriations committee has recommended changes which in two.instances are the re- verse of what ‘Controller General Me- rl has decided in his interpretation of the much disputed “average pro- vision.” Came asx Shock. The first change recommended, in regard to grades of the classification |act, including only one person, came |as a surprise and somewhat of a shock to those who have followed the working out of the classification. Under the average pro fon the controller gencral had decided that | where there was only one person in a grade the average provision did not ¢ rol and that person might bs moved up on the cale. Con- fc ative to this decision it known that a number of chiefs of some of the most important bureaus in the Government were raised in salary from relatively lower rates to the top rung of the ladder in their grade—namely, $7,500 Cuts Chances of Raise. i The House takes sharp | issue with troller gene committee It wrong; that ge provision does operate des where there is only one per- providing In effect that one per- son’ can never draw a ary higher than the half-way mark in the grad The shock and full force of this change in the average provision would come after next July 1, when everal executives higher up, who | since last July 1, have been been pro- moted to $7,500, 1 have to take a slide down t y by ma g0 back the half-way mark in their grade, which would bé $6 in some instances, becaus no such lary provided b, and it is in sa and Jand They cannot ev at exact is i | | S HELD, 6 SOUGHT - INLIQUOR THEFT Inside Job Hinted in Removal of Huge U. S. Ware- house Stock. - Associated Press | CHICAGO. December 6.—Eight men were under arrest tonight in connec | tion with the looting of an Army warehouse of liquor stocks valued at 000 to $100,000. Six others were being sousht, one a notorious whisky runner ¥ accused of murder in beer Chief Dep Marshal am Howard declared Meanwhile, A. P. Madden, the prohibition department intelli- gence sery said he had reports that the burglary had been staged to | cover up illicit withdrawals of ra period of a year and a half. } pointed out that United States Mar- shal Robert R. Levy had been cus- | todian of the liquor s flice in 1922, Madden declared he would Inquire into Levy's adminis- tration of the stores on the strength of the evidence given him. head Steel Door Broken. Entrance to the warchouse was rined apparently by breaking in a steel door. Fifteen similar_ door leading to Inner compartments, were i found to ha been pried open. Go | ernment officials had believed t the warehouse, one of several in Chicago, was burglar proof and so had moved all confiscated liquor stores in the Chicago area from other storage places this one stronghold. “Tt is apparent that sida job." said Chief Deputy How- d. “Perhaps, these doors were broken to throw our investigators off the track.” The llquor had been { removed in a fleet of several trucks, he contended. to this is an in- Madden Denfes Charge. however, asserted he be- “the burglars took away mount of this whisky at a time. It seems almost impossible for a gang to have entered the place under the eyes of an armed guard of soldiery and to have carted the loot away in trucks.” Those under arrest comprise sev- eral members of the soldler guard and covillan warehouse employes. The burglary was discovered early in the week and reported to Marshal Upon advice of Distriet Attor- dwin A. Dixon, he kept the af- fair secret until early today when the arrests were made. Levy said he be- lleved the place was looted either late Saturday or some time Sunday. Madden, MUSSOLINI LIFTS CURB ON PRESS DISPATCHES Gives Foreign Minister Power of Censorship Once Held by Ministry of Interior. By the Associated Press. ROME, December of 6.—Because | complaints that despite his repeated instructions to the contrary, foreign press dispatches during the past few months have suffered delays and mutilation at the hands of the gen- sorship authorities, Premier Mus- solini has taken the power to censor news dispatches completely out of the hands of the ministry of the in- terior, which hitherto exercised it, and has reserved the pawer of cen- sorship solely for the foreign min- ister. In addition the premier has given strict orders against interfering with telegraphic or telephonic communi- cations in any way, thus practically abolishing all censorship apart from that privilege which is reserved for the foreign office. Partly owing to) the forthcoming session of the League of Natlons council here, and partly because of his bellef that Italian Interests can best be served by encouraging for- eign correspondents to report as fully as possible on the Internal situation, Premier Mussolini has granted the privilege to newspaper men of send- ing news dispatches at press rates during the whole 24 hours of the da. The premier, it is said, hopes to prove that Italy has nothing to hide, says the con-| the liquor | e he took of- | D G, DECEMBER 17, 1924—PART 1. WORKERS FACE CUT UNDER RULING IN HOUSE iMcCarl Twice Reversed By Appropriations Commit- tee on “Average Provision” of Classification. | Some Wage Boosts Also Are Effected. stipulated that only the salaries named in the act may be pald. Hurts Lower Pald Workers. This limitation on the average pro- viston, it is pointed out, would not ouly operate against some ‘of the high- est pald executives, but would also cause a cut in salary among some of the lower paid employes in small bureaus containing only a few per- sons. The second change proposed by the House committes has the opposite effect—that of allowing a larger in- crease t n that granted by the Con- troller General. Mr. McCarl had ruled that in cases where the average pro- vision had been violated in a grade, and it was desired to promote a per- son from the next lower grade, he must enter the higher grade at the lowest pay avallable, In some specific instances, notably the precedent- making Sutton case in the Treasury Department, it would have caused a cut in salary for a man who was promoted. The House committee says this was not the intent of Congress. “It is an injustice,” says the com- mittee report, “in the application of the ‘average’ limitation to require an employe passing from a grade to a higher grade with more duties or responslbility, suffer a reduction in with such a change. | bolleves that such operation of the |average limitation is a hardship ! which should not continue. The num- | ber of positions affected Is very small, but the injustice to the small num- | ber 18 very great.” or both, to The committee Change Will Be Welcomed. This phase of classification | caused a veritable furore among the Government departments, and 'the recommendation of the committee, | when its full import is realized, will | be welcomed with enthusiasm by the great majority of Government em- | ploves. Specifically the recommen- | dation that “an employe passing | from one grade to | not required to suffer ympensation because had in ad- a reduction of such v he third change recommended | the committee, which is simply | striking out of three words, “or class thereof,” s regarded as inconse- uential, but as a matter of keeping | the record clear. | No figures were av the personnel classi e Government departments as to number of changes in salaries which the proposed alterations in the ge provision would affect. by the ilable either at |at t the ave JAPANESE PROTEST - NAVAL MANEUVERS U. S. Should Abandon Its Plans in Pacific. | | ! | f | | | Byithe Associnted Proex: { TOKIO, December 6.—Resolutions {protesting against the planned Amer- ica naval maneuvers in the Paclfic were adopted in principle and a mass | meeting to consider the situation was called for the middle of this month 1g tonight of the Kokumin | Taibei, society for the study f | Japanese-American problems. The resolutions were referred to special committee for phrasing. The | tentative draft declared the projected | maneuvers constituted a “menace to the peace of the Far East” and rec- ommended their abandonment by the | United States at a meet Spying Is Charged. Literature of a rather inflammatory | character was distributed at tonight's meeting. Assertions were made that America is sending experts to Japan |to spy on the nation’s army and navy |and the military situation. | Admiral Yakajl addressed the meet- |ing, taking a hypothetical situation | in which Japan was forced into war with the United States as the basis of his discussion. He declared it would be an easy task for the Ameri- |eign trade and asserted that the Philippine Islands as a base Ameri- can airplanes could attack Formosa and even Korea without difficulty. VICE SOUAD RAIDS NET FOUR ARRESTS 1,500 Gallons of Liguor, Valued at $7,000, Con- fiscated by Police. vice squad netted liquor, valued at prisoners. At the near-beer saloon of Irvin Eisenberg, 1125 Seventh street, Lieut. Davis, Sergt. McQuade and prohibi- tions agents discovered, they claim, 200 gallons of red and white alleged liquor, a large quantity of alcohol, and approximately 700 gallons of al- leged hard cider, Eisenberg was charged with selling and with illegal possession. Edna Shields, colored, was arrested at 1622 Marlon street, on charges of sale and illegal possession of liquor. Approximately 8% gallons of liquor was seized. A short time later, the same raiders arrested Maggie Porter, colored, of 657 Mades court, on charges of selling liquor. -A small quantity of whisky was reported discovered in a raid on 1205 Six and One-Half street by the raiders, who arrested Lilllan Roberts, colored, on charges of sale and illegal possession. Five policemen of the fifth precinct this affernoon arrested Murray Barnes, 31 years old, colored, 1005 Seventh street southeast, confiscating 95 gallons of liquor. Publicity for Wales. From the Youth’s Companion. The Prince of Wales, as people well know, was “in the news'" a great deal during his recent visit to this country; nevertheless, it is astonishing to read that no fewer than 61,120 newspaper ar- ticles were written about him while he was here. A press clipping bureau gathered the clippings from all parts of the country and made them into a book, which weighs 325 pounds, and has sent the book to London to be presented to the prince. The clipping bureau says that no President of ‘the United States ever recaived so much publieity in so short a llme) 1,500 gallons of $7,000, and four important | salary along | higher grade is | cation board nor ! | almost negiigible. Tokio Meeting Resolves That! Raids yesterday afternoon by the | AGREES 10 FOREGO CHARITY INAUGURAL Mrs. Dougherty Says Ball Will Be Canceled If Offi- cial Reception Is Held. Mrs. John H. Dougherty, chairman of the {naugural charity ball, which earned $25,000 for needy charities at the time President Harding was inducted fnto office, notified the Chamber of Commerce and the Mer- chants and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion In & letter written yesterday that the charity ball will not be repeated next March if suggestions for an offi- clal presidential reception at that time are adopted. After Woodrow Wilson had disap- proved the brilllant reception and ball which had marked the Inauguration of former Presidents and President Harding, too, vetoed such a fete, the inaugural charity ball was conceived, with Mrs. Dougherty as its chairman. Result Nearly Ideal. The result was almost ideal. Not only was the general public given an opportunity to celebrate the inaugu- ration of their President with a glit- tering evening fete, but the money that was derived from the affalr, par- ticipated In by Americans from every section of the country, went to the aid of needy citizens through the children's charities of Washington and the police and firemen’s benefit fund for widows and orphans. The retiring Vice President and Mrs. Marshall recefved at the charity ball. and Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge attended. President and Mrs. Harding remained away {nasmuch as President Harding had vetoed the customary inaugural ball, and the chetrity ball had not yet become a definite part of the inaugural festiv- Ities. The Willard Hotel was crowded With men and women f; v DY e Tom every part When President Coolidge so strong- ly indicated that he, too, would walive | the officlal reception, Mrs. Daugherty called together a number of men and women and began plans for the | inaugural charity ball to be repeat- ed on an even larger scale than be- fore. Appointed on the committes lup to date are Col. C. 0. Sherrill, Cupt. Adolphus Andrews, Bowle Clark, Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, Mrs. Frederick Brooke, Mrs. Harold H Wilson, Mrs. David A. Reed, Mrs, James A. Mitchell, Mrs. Charles J. Bell, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs. Laurence Townsend and Mrs. Walter Tuckerman. Others were to be ap- pointed later. Expense Very Small. The expense of co: nduct. suel ball, i Hply b was pointed out, would be The Hotel May- flower, which is nearing completion, on Connecticut avenue and L street northwest, offered to donate its entire first floor—luxurious foyer, ing room, tearoom, palmroom and ball- room—with full service free of cost { This insured sufficient room to ac- commodate every one who wished to attend, including the crowds of out- of-town guests who would come to \‘\'ashxngton to attend the inaugura- tion The worthy children’s charities and | the firemen's insurance fund were to have received the proceeds, and plans were rapidly assuming shape when the Chamber of Commerce and the | Merchants and Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation addressed their letters con taining outlines for the inaugural ceremonies to President Coolidge. Included were suggestions for an officlal reception, thus precluding the need for the charity ball. President Coolidge has not vet ap- proved these plans and his disposi tion toward the suggested reception can only be surmised by his previous stand on what was virtually the same question. Should he accept the plan for the reception, however, it was pointed out that it would be neces- sary to cancel the proposed charf ball. It would be impossible to a tract a sufficlently largs crowd to both to make it profitable for either. As a result, Mrs. Dougherty ad- dressed a letter to the heads of both of the organizations that have beén pushing the matter of an offictal re- ception, pointing out that two re- ceptions would be entirely super- fluous, and that if their recommen- dations were adopted her committee would withdraw its plans. These let- ters will be received by the two or- ganizations in question early tomor- | row can forces to bottle up Japan's for- | with | ! Lesson in Grammar. i?mm the Bucknell Belle Hop. ! Bob was sitting on the sofa with his friend Dot. On her knee was her little | niece. The door of the next room was “wlda open, and the family, as usual, { were there listening. This is what they heard: Kiss me, too, Aunt Dottie.” Certain!, dear, but don't say too, say twice; too is not good grammar.” how to escape sickness. Our Board of Director of Columbia. We conduct Graduates. funds we can add a hundr Nutritibn Therapy and Summer Camps for children; we supply extra food for Health Classes in the Public Schools and distribute Health Literature to suit the minds of school children in different grades. books on practical hygiene to our Normal School Our activities affect the well being of ever ington citizen, and for every dollar contributed to our CHAMBERLAIN WILL SEE MUSSOLINI TOMORROW British Foreign Minister Greeted ‘With Much Ceremony in Italy. By the Associated Pres: ROME, December 6.—Austen Cham- berlain, the British secretary of state for forelgn affairs, arrived here today trom Paris to attend the sessions of the council of the League of Nations. He was greeted at the station with much ceremony by Italian officials. Mr. Chamberlain authorized a state- ment in which he referred to British sympathy with Italy, which has been strengthened by comradeship of Ital- ian and British soldiers during the World War. He said he hoped by his visit to gain a fuller understanding of the Itallan feeling and to strength- en the excellent relations existing between Great Britain and Italy. Tomorrow the British foreign sec- retary will visit Premier Mussolin!. Afterward King Victor Emmanuel will give a luncheon in honor of Mr. Chamberlain. BLAME IGNORANCE INAUTO ACCIDENTS Highway Experts Say Safety Education on Wide Scale Is Vital. Ignorance of the public is the main contributing factor to automobile and traffic accidents, the committee on education of the conference on street and highway safety declared last night in its report to Secretary of Commerce Hoover. The report claimed that for this reason any National pro- gram having for its purpose a reduc- tion of the trafic accident rate pre- sents a fundamental problem of edu- cation Thirty of every 100 persons killed in street and highway accidents are children, the report declared, pointing out that 6,000 children were killed last year in motor accidents alone. Conservation of the lives and limbs of children, the report concludes, through safety education hecomes thereby a paramount issue Eduentors Lacking. The report, to be presented at ses- sions of the conference on street and highway safety, which starts at Chamber of Commerce of the United States a week from tomorrow, takes cognizance of the dearth of training of educators along safety lines, yet recognizes that in some citles stress on this subject brought marked results. It also deals at length with such questions as the selection and training of trafic control officers | owners of large fleets of vehicles, ex- perts, drivers employed by taxicab and bus companles, the general pub- lic and the work that can be done by women's organizations. Recommendations of the commit- tee follow: into the vanced for: of safety in the schools be developed in normal schools, teachers’ colleges and universities. That adequate plavgrounds should be provided, particularly a play- ground available for every school; and that special training in safety measures be provided for playground supervisors. Would Train Experts. That engineering schools undertake the training of traffic experts, either | by special courses or by | such instruction in existing courses That standard plans be developed and put into operation in all munities for the selection and train- ing of trafic control officers, and State basis or arrangements made by which small communities can benefit by the opportunities of the larger cities. That standardized plans be de- veloped and put into operation for education in safe driving and acci- dent prevention of the employes of steam and electric railways, employes of taxicab and motor bus companies and drivers of commercial vehicle fleets. That plans be developed for edu- cation in safety of the general public through newspaper and magazine co- operation, posters in public place motion pictures and lantern slides, radio talks, schools for motorists of both sex safe drivers’ clubs, safety programs or features at meetings of organizations, the churches, mass meetings, reaching parents through school ~ children and special cam- paigns That safety education and accident prevention be included in the pro- grams of women's organizations with special emph is on reacl & women in their home: Buy Our :F Seals This Association is consecrated to Public Service. It watches the public health and educates parents and children in how to increase body resistance and s includes men of National and International emitience who meet once a month to discuss and decide on health measures for the District We co-operate with the Health Officer who is a member of our Board. Clinics, Occupational ‘We contribute Wash- ed dollars’ worth of disease prevention and of better health. And this means increased happiness for all. This bulletin is paid for by the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis 1022 11th St. N.W. -Legal Notice. Tel. Main 992 the | That safety education be carried on | condary schools in an ad- ! That preparation for the teaching | including | com- | that such training be organized on a | L DEAD, S WOUNDED IN'SALOON HOLC-UP Two of Injured Likely to Die. One Robber Caught. Posse Seeking Other. y the Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind., December 6.— Three men were shot and killed and four others were wounded, two them perhaps fatally, by two robbers who were frustrated early this eve ning attempting the soft drink saloon, and then shot thei way toward liberty in a running tle with police, sheriff’s deputies and citizens. One of the robbers was arrestec when a highway construction work man, who was, in turn, shot, felled him with a blow from a sledge ham mer, while the other is believed to i surrounded in a field west of Sout Bend by a posse made up of hundreds of officers and citizens from th countryside. List The dead: Frank Rathfon, 69, South customer in soft drink saloon Elmer J. Cauffman, 59, Lydic road worker. The wounded Felix Sevens, saloon. Willlam Rice, 65, South Be in saloon when shooting coi Expected to die. Shot in h C. L. Camp, farmer living South Bend. Shot in side a pected to live Stanley Polmarzek, shot in side Homer Curry, road wor' side. Not expected to live Made Attack Suddenly. robbery of Fatalities. Bend, Ind 57, bartender nd (was nenced ad) west o i not ex South Bend er, shot in dri dis Nev The shooting began w bers, who for a few 1 been lounging about loon on Chapin street tance from the depot York Central Raiiroad, suddenly pro duced revolvers and commanded the Jothers in the place to “put up” the hands, The wife of the owner of the loon, who was in the place, looked or in horror as the shooting started. The robbets opened fire when Rice, who also had been lounging in the pla started for the younthful cautioning them to refrain from ca lessness with their firearms The robbers didn't speak {stead shot Rice through the He fell to the floor and mortally wounded. Robbers Start Shooting. As Rice fell both the would-be rob- bers began shooting and Felix Stev ens, bartender, was shot down. He dled later in St. Joseph's Hospital Rathbon also was hit during the sillade from the robbers’ revolvers as they fled through the front door. Outside the saloon the robbers got into the automobile of Stanley Pol marzek, local agent for the Pruder tia Insurance Company. Po! marzek soft ort th sa- but ir is believed d his young nephew were i They commanded Pol to drive west as fast as Polmarzek attempted to de the robbers and was shot throug der, disabyng him Boy Drives Machine. forced i hine Polmarzek's nephew was take the wheel of the machine the wounded man had heen from under it. The boy, t frightened at the shootin uncle, did not hesitate, : along Chapman street Appearance of the with the {young man the wheel, speeding through traffic, aroused suspicions of citizens and police officers, but nor {were able to take up the chase unt |the machine had made way out of th The robbers wers los for a time to hoth police and sheriff's |officers, summoned to the soft drink | saloon. Trail Ix Picked Up. The trail was picked up within minutes, b telephone call to sheriff’s office, which announced t Camp, the farmer, living 8 n west of South Bend, had been she by the two bandits when he resisted them as sought to steal his automobile, Taking Camp's the then fled along the highway n Camp farm where they encou the crew of a ditch-dreds! There were only two me dredger, Cauffman and Curry When the robt attempted to compel one of the dredgers to to the automobile with th | another fight resuited and 3 | the desperadoes was struc head with a sledge hamme Curry was shot down and was killed in his tracks The blow on the head one of the rohbers that able to the fi partner fled alone The lone robber then fled af the nearby ficlds a supposed to be surrounded 1 and sheriff’s deputies a citizens. Quick arrival others and the fact the fields amount al leads the sheriff to lone highwayman that it is but a question of time | he is under arrest. The robber who was struck | with the sledge hammer gave {name to police as Raymond L. Mos- ley of Boston, Mass. Mosley re: ed to discuss the attempted hold-up or the shooting of and killing of many men that followed it The battle aroused the entire city filled as it was with residents out-of-town shoppers. Hundreds in automobiles and afoot joined in the man-hunt and it was possible to see almost eve sort of a weapon in the posse which followed the sheriff out of towx. a th. car, robbers over the by Curry Cauffman he was ur continue ght and his ot into now police armed thers of the officers and that in some parts st to a morass, belleve that the surrounded and until down his POOL gHARK CHANGES TO HOLD UP ARTIST Police Take Up Hunt for “Twenty- Two” and $5.50 Cash. sha cue at “Twenty-Two,” pool extraor dinary, dropped his Austin R. Gray's pool parlor early last night, fired two shots into the ceiling and announced that the establishment at 1905 Fourteenth strect was being held up. The first victim was himself. He was robbed of cash. Then “Twenty-Two,” known to the police also as Willie Rideou:, proceeded to rifle the pockets of t others standing about with hands pointing toward the spot where the two bullets had punctured the plaster. William Ellis of 711 S street was lucky. He had nothing that could be taken from him. Albert Kenney of 1935 Temperfince alley had 50 cents which passed from h's possession into the possession of “Twenty-Two" just before the latter walked out. All concerned wero colored. Dre- tectives Mullen, Murphy and Waldron were assigned to imvestigate. R VA Mme. Sarah Grand, the noted nov elist, has again_ agreed to act mayoress of the English city of Bath during the ensuing year. Austin Gray $5 in