Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weatber Bureau Forecast.) Unsettled, probably rain tonight and tomorrow; rising temperature, Tempera- ture for 24 hours ending at 2 p.m. today: 1lighest, 42, at noon today; lowest, 31, at 7:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 12. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D, C. | PROPOSAL TOVOTE * ON MAIL PAY VETO BLOCKED N SENATE Steriing Engineers Filibuster | Until Shoals Bill Comes Up. No. 29449. CALLS OVERRIDING MOVE ASSAULT ON ECONOMY Test Vote Tsken During Debate Indicated Plan Would Fall Through. A\n d -m of the Senate ister by South postal pay bil today. when Senator Ster- | - . Dakota, held up the measure until 2 o'clock. when | ¢ Senate automatically turned to consideration the Muscle Shoals issue. | Senator Ashurst, Democrat, Arizona, | was successful in bringing the ques- | tion to the floor, where it appeared that a vote would be taken, but par- | liamentary tactics, engineered by ad- | nistration forces, successfully fore- atalled it | vote o the SARTAIN. DFORS an — Republicar £ advocating about by a Cummins that the post oftic unlimited that t! to com- cused Him of Leniency To- ward Bootleggers. CLEAN-UP IS EXPECTED was brought President Sterling of hould debate his question decikion airmar ommitie mittee. The M privileged have motion sent back Shoa's status, was endar for 2 and opponents of a veto held :l “"foor uth that neur, | Daugherty Appointee Asserts Con- automatically displacing the effor B override placiag the effort (0] vists in Atlanta Were Threat- ened by Probers. cle bill, with on the ca In t led by § souri ur fight Democrats. ! enators Ashurst. Reed of Mis- and Harrison of Mississippi and supported by Senator Norris, Re- | publican, Nebraska, sought In vain to | block debate by various parlia- r iy appeals, which were over- ruled. ! matter came up when Senator rling introduce his bill for in- ng both postal rates and postal alaries. Senator Ashurst immedi- tely objected to a second reading of the bill, thus blocking the procedure 'y which the bill would be referred| to a committee. He then moved that he Senate give immediate attention o President Coolidge’s veto of the posial sataries bill enator Sterling objected. but Sen- Cummins. president pro tem, declared the motion in order and or- dored ateoll il { White, represgntative of the Bureau The action blocked an administra-|of Investigation, Department of e procs \jx:l.'i‘d»n‘-)v:\ ;l(:;-"« l\::lefi :l‘\* Justice, remained in charge of the 0 voie wou e held up °" | prison as temporary successor to A. tion on a measure to increase postal|p gun 'Y - ! rates was before the Senate. s eV ARBEAN. warden. s The Senate then voted to move to| ,Sartain, whose home s in tmmediate consideration of the veto, | Columbus, Ohio, was appointed by Senator Sterling then moved that) fOFMer Attorney General Daugherty the question be refeived to & com- | t0 succeed Warden J. E. Dyche, now mittee which resulted in another | & Dn’h‘b",lo" agent in Oklahoma. ol ean = The vote on Senator | Attorney General Stone called Sartain Ashurst’s motion for consideration; {2 Washington last week, and at that was 51 to Thirteen Republicans | time 'requested his resignation, it pted to ke up the bill and three i was revealed. Democrats were recorded in opposi- tion Br ated Press. ATLANTA. Ga., December 16.—In- terest in an investigation which may result in a general house cleaning of officials of the Atlanta Federal Peni- tentiary today centered in the ar- rival of Assistant Attorney Ceneral W. J. Donovan from Wash- ington and the meeting: of the Federal grand jury The Assistant Attorney e Asso here Attorney Clint W. Hager, who last right stated he had not received an “official report” on the situation at the prison_ dyring the day. T. B. Biames Ouster on Grudge. Sartain, whose resignation followed closely upon that of D. J. Allen, pris- on purchasing agent, last week, broke his sflence in regard to the situation at the penitentiary and in a published statement declared he |had been discharged ‘*solely for the g : purpose of paying off old scores on veto professed to see in the vote on | g Pl O TN IE G0 Cl e the motlon to take up the question | ‘N3, PATL of certaln individusle” the assurance that the required l\\'ov“ by him, he said, because he desired thirds vote could not be obtained. | to remain silent in regard to them for Republicans voting for immediate |41 |resent. His resignation was re- conslderation of the postal Pay In-|quested by Attorney General Stone “on crease measure were Couzens. Michi- | {18500 4" 1 Wan too lenlent with san; Cummins, Towa; Edie, New Jer- | bootiegger inmates of the prison,” zey; Frazier, North Dakota; Howell, | gariqin said. Several investigators Nebraska; Johnson, California: Jones, | o0 e ™ Conducting an inquiry at Weaslinkton North Dakota;| iy, prigon, he continued, charging McKinley, McNary, OTegon: ynay their methods have been unfair. Reed, Pennsylvania; Stanfield. Ore-| "y, jmen who conducted this in- gon: Wadsworth, New York. Senator| . coizarion,” he asserted, “are not Norbeck also was included. but cor-! o 83" Ll DT vestigators, but are rected his vote ‘after the roll call unscrupulous bootlegger chasers, and Senators Bruce, Maryland: Dial, B Shinilen e v South Carolina, and King, Utah, were | theY, have not sc much as interviewed the Democrats who joined the Repub- | ™ licans opposing consideration. A controversy as to whether debate was limited by a unanimous consent Long Debate Indicated. Before first name was called Senator Sterling announced that he wished to be heard” on the question, indicating the possibility of extended L pporters of the President's Warden Was Watched. During a period of two months, Sarta d, his mail was open- agreement reached last Saturday was | Sartain continued, > settled when the chair held in the | ¢d reRularly before he received it and negative, but announced that the | his telephone was mpp;t}.d s Muscle Shoals bill would be laid private bim‘;\ account also had been Tora the Semate at 2 o'clock under |checked up, he sald. A the rules, putting aside the postal o information uuunhes by dllhe bill so-celled investigators has been dis- Meanwhile closed to us except as prigoners have e became told us of the line of questioning pre- Sum em,” Sartain satd. Ny Cummins asked ths clerk {o|sSented to them,” Sar the Tecord of procesdings to | merous cases of intimidation of pris- ot s | oners have come to my attention. guide him Senators on both sides - " e : B ners were were on their feet demanding the|APProximately G50 =—prieo floor at several stages } Senator Sterling, finally regaining the parliamentary tan- o involved that Presi- ent read Questioned time after time by the in- vestigators, and these prisoners have c 2 & informed me they were threatene 0T echured that oMY ©flwith indictment by the Federal grand unfavorable action on the veto. ¥!jury, with additional time added to “Let the vote of the Tast ciection |thelr —sentences, unless they . told guide us in determining our stand|¥hom they paid for the positions to on the President's economy policy,” | Which they were assig he said, adding that no emergency | PTHON. existed demanding a general increase| “:4“'{‘5“ in postal salarfer. Ie said a bill | D2ty 99 could be better drawn on a diff ential basis, allowing increases where living costs were high the past year Wpproxi- ade "4, Column MAKES DEBUT AS DANCER. | Gloria Gould Bishon Appears at! Ritz. NEW YORK, December 16.—Gloria | Gould Bishop, daughter of the late tieorge J. Gould, made her debut as + professional dancer last night at| he Ritz. She appeared in two solo dance: minuet and a Spanish dance, wea g costumes designed by hersel.. Later she danced a tango with a pro- fessional as her partner. She is to appear daily. All the proceeds go to_charity, it is state By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 16.—A world's temple to agriculture, the largest building in the world, in- cluding a radio casting tower ri- valing the Eiffe]l Tower in Parls, a convention hall of 20,000 seats and a commercial hotel of 3,600 rooms, the whole to cost $30,000,- 000, is planned by a Midwest group headed by, Frank O. Lowden, former Governor of Illinois. The structure to be erected here would be known as the American Agri- cultural Soclety Bullding. According to announced plans the building would be the national center of farm activities in Amer- ica, such as was urged in recent resolutions adopted by delegates to the American Farm Bureau Federation convention. Assoclated with Lowden are Willlam Wrig- ley, ijr, Robert M. Stewart, Law- rence Whiting and others. Financing of the project is as- sured, according to Whiting, whose .company financed the American Furniture Mart building recently completed here. Be Carcfal! Pedestrians some- times unconsciously fail to look for ap- proaching automobiles when <¢rossing ‘inter- sections; so be care- WARDEN DECLARES Sartain Asserts Stone Ac-| General | was expected to confer with District | be COOLIDGE OPPOSES PLAN IN CONGRESS FORNAVALPROBE Adequate Defensive Force Is Reiterated. COMPETITIVE BUILDING PROGRAM FROWNED ON | Wilbur to Discuss Subject With House Naval Committee Tomorrow. Naval building by the nations of the world on a competitive basis promises little hope for the future, in the opinion of President Coolldge. These views, ns expressed today at the White House, were supplemented by the statement that the President regards as unnecessary any congres- sional inquiry Into the state of the Nation's Navy With respect to the American Navy, the administration viewpoint was again defined as looking toward a | Navy adequate for the defense of the country without respect to steps tak- en by other nations. Backed By G. 0. P. Leaders. The President's disinclination to be stampeded into a race with other na- tions in the matter of military arma- ment ponse from Republican eaders in Cougre Furthermore, there is indication that any investigation of the Navy by the Senate naval affairs committee will look into the sources of the agitation which has been going on for severai weeks, seeking to prove that the United States Navy has been permitted to fall far behind what was contemplated un- der the naval limitation treaty. President Coolidge was represented by visitors who have discussed the matter with him as being thoroughly aroused over what Is now termed propaganda to force the hand of the Government. Senator Curtis of Kansas. Republi- can leader, and .Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman of the forelgn rela- tions committee, both insisted today there is no danger of belng hurried into expenditures for the Army and { Navy in proportions which would lead to competitive armament. No Danger, Borah Says. ‘There is no danger, in my opin- n." said Senator Borah, “of Con- gress dolng anything like that.” It is known that the chairman of the’ foreign relations committee has talked with the President in regard to this matter. Tt is expeeted that Senator Borah will, in the near fu- ture, stress the situation in Congress: The way to bring about disarma- ment as an aid to peace to thé world, in the opinion of the Idaho Senato: |is to disarm. And the way to bring about disarmament is to talk about it at_international conferences. The Senate naval affairs committee had a lengthy session today, and con- sidered a resolution offered by Sema- tor King of Utah, providing for an in- vestigation into the Navy. After a lengthy meeting, the committee ad- Jjourned to meet again Friday. Sema- tor Hale, chairman of the committee, announced that action had been taken by the committee and the members of the committee had agreed to may nothing about possible procedure until after further conference. Silent on Shearer. senator Hale was asked if the activities of William B. Shearer, who brought the suit to prevent the United States from scrapping the battleship Washington fn conformity with thé naval limitation treaty, would be investigated. “l can say nothing about was the only comment Hale. Other Senators are wondering what (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) POLES SEND OFFICIAL TO SUPERVISE MINTING Will Inspect Work on Two-Zloty Coins at Mint in Phil- adelphil WARSAW, December 16.—The Pol- ish mint is sending a representative to America in connection with the minting at Philadelphia of a supply of Polish silver coins. The first con- signment of two-zloty pieces, ceived in October, was unsatisfactory. PHILADELPHIA, December 16.—Of- ficials of the Mint said today that the representative of the Polish govern- ment coming here in connection with the' coining of the second conslgnment of two-zloty pleces is an inspector. It was said the Mint officials were not aware that the first consignment was unsatisfactory. The first coins minted were approved by a representative of the Polish Legation at Washington, that,” of Senator Mint officials said. It is the custom to have an Inspector present when coins are minted for a foreign government. Largest Building in World Planned In Chicago as Temple to Agriculture The building would front on Michigan Boulevard at the junc- ture with the Chicago River, with docks for passenger and freight boats and warehouse | facilities, and would include a suburban train atation. Efforts will be made to have the structure completed by May 1, 1927, according to Whiting. The proposed bullding would, after the fashion of the Grand Central Terminal development, in New York, be constructed over the Illinols Central and New York Central. switching. tracks, and would be erected on stilts. The suburban terminal would under- lie the bullding. The whole structure would, as far as known here, be the largest building in the world. The tenta- tive plans cali for a 700-foot tow- er section of masonry and steel, surmounted by a few hundred feet of open steel tower. The entire building would cover five acres. Radio _l’rogrmsj—Pnge 4, ASHINGTON, D. C, View That U.”S. Must Have re-| ‘| hand™ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION K HOLD DISCOVERER OF WHITE INDIANS |Richard 0. Marsh Is Arrested| ' Here as Passer of Bad Check. | Richard Oglesby Marsh, discoverer ;of the world-famous “white Indians,” i was enmeshed in the toils of the law | today as a result of his futile efforts ;Xo convince science that he had found | riadle of biology buried deep in the i hills of Panama. | Told that his Indians were merely albinos and not true white men, his | funds depleted in his search for the | mirage of science, Marsh gave the | New Willard Hotel a check for a sum ihe did not possess and was arrested Releaxed Under Bond. | Mr. Marsh was arrested at his home, 16200 Copnecticut avenue, yesterday Weber, He was formally with passing a worthless check and 1in Police Court this morning was re- leased under $500 bond after he had demanded trial by jury. Mr. Marsh first came nence some months ago when he sent word from Panama, where he had been sent to study rubber con- ditions, that he had discovered a whole colony of Indian aborigines that were white. Some leading biologists frankly scouted the state- ment. Others awaited a personal ex- amination. When the young discoverer arrived in Waehington with several of the Indians some of the best informed biologists in the world made careful examinations and it has just been learned publicly that they declared the Indians to be a'binos, people witp deficient pigmentation that are known to cxist in every race. The young explorer had spent almost his last dollar to bring the Indians to America. He did not attempt to commercialize his dis- covery at a time when the world was almost ready to believe his theory, friends said, and the verdict of the cold sclentific facts crushed his ambitious hopes. Check Found Bad. Mr. Marsh contested the decision of the blologists defiantly. Some days ago he asked the Willard Hotel | to cash a check for $800, and when it was returned from the New York bank marked ‘“insufficient funds,” and he could not make good the amount, his arrest followed. To the police, it is said, he ex- plained that he knew he had only $500 in the bank, but expected to receive a draft for the difference within a few days. Marsh sald he asked the bank to take care of the difterence, but that the check. he had hoped to receive did not arrive at the expected time. Friends Were Shocked. } into promi- When Mr, Marsh's friends in scien- tific circles learned of his arrest they were shocked, and all declared they Unqualifiedly belleve Mis explanation of the incident as given to the police. They credited his plight to indiscre- tlon in a desperate attempt to con- vince sclence of the soundness of his theory concerning the Indians. One prominent biologist pointed out that although he could not accept the Indlans as being white, Mr. Marsh's. discovery of such a large Ccolony of people suftering from albin- ism was of considerable importance to science. He said that the young man's work had been a highly val- uable contribution to science, even though his highest hopes had been dashed. The Indians Mr. Marsh brought to Washington are still here. Their arrival created a furore in scientific circles and the public evinced tre- mendous interest in them. Several of the local broadcasting stations had them speak to radio audliences, but they were never placed on exhlibition for the general public pending the dectsion of the biologists. s ALLENBY DEATH THREAT. British Commissioner for Egypt Gets “Blackhand” Letter. LONDON, December 18.—Viscount Allenby, British high commissioner for Egypt, recelved a letter threaten- ing his life and signed “The Black- before leaving Cairo Monday for his visit to Alexandria, says a dis- patch to the Daily Mail The Daily Telegraph's Cairo cor- respondent reports that a great ma- Jority of the British and other for- eign officials have decided to exer- clse their option and quit the Egyp- tlan service next April. by Headquarters Detectives Keck and | charged | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1924—FI v » § el ey | AGES. ANYHOWSKY 1D ABOLT FINIsHEDOVICH TO TROTSKY Lincoln’s Birthday | Approved by D. C. Heads as Holiday The District Commissoners di- rected heads of all departments to submit to Auditor Donovan not later than Monday any supple- m al estaimates for funds that they may need to car on the work of their bureaus for the bal- ance of this fiscal year. A favorable report was made to the House District committee on the bill to declare Lincoln’s birth- day a legal holiday in Washington. Maj. Sullivan was directed to es- tablish @ new post for traffic po- iicemen at Twelfth street and New York avenue day and night. BOY OF [5LYNCHED I | | | | Lad Dragged From Hospital Bed, Hanged, Riddled With Bullets. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn.,, December 16— Sam Smith, fifteen-year-old negro, was taken from the city oepital here Tenn., 12 miles from here, where he shot Ike Eastwood, a grocer, Friday night. The mob, in thirty automobiles, sent seven or eight of their number into the hospital to obtain the lad and rushed away before officers could in- tercept them. The boy was hanged and his body riddled with bullets. Nude, the body was left to hang until officers cut it down this morning. The boy and his uncle, Jim Smith, were surprised by Eastwood as they sought to steal parts from Eastwood's automobile. Jim Smith was captured by Eastwood, but Sam shot the grocer and was fleeing when Eastwood shot him. It was thought at first that East- wood had been wounded probably fa- tallv. but he is recovering. The lynching was the segond since the Civil War. The other {in 1894 THIRD DIVORCE SOUGHT BY PAULINE FREDERICK here was Actress Says Husband, Sweetheart of Girlhood, Deserted Her in 1922. By the Asociated Pres LOS ANGELES, Calif., December 16. | —Pauline Frederick, actress of the stage and screen, has filed suit for divorce against her third husband, Dr. Charles Rutherford, formerly of Seattle, the Los Angeles Times said today. Though filed in Superior Court here September 27 last, the actress’ com- plaint remained unnoticed until yes terday, the Times explained, being recorded as the case Rutherford .vs. Charles Rutherford. The plaintiff alleges her husband deserted her in 1522, less than a year after they were married in Santa Ana, |near here. She states she does not know his present address. Friends of the couple say Ruther- ford and Miss Frederick were en- gaged when he was 26 and she was 17. Then she went on the stage and later married Frank M. Andrews, New York architect. She divorced An- drews and married Willard Mack, playwright. That marriage also wound up in a divorce. ——r Herriot Shows Improvement. PARIS, December 16.—Continued improvement in the condition of Pre- mier Herriot was reported today by his physiclans. Their decision that he must remain in bed for some time to come, however, was un- changed. What Premier Herriot Thinks of America A series of ten articles by the distinguished French States- man, as entertaining as they are important. To be published daily, beginning tomorrow, in THE EVENING STAR THE SUNDAY STAR BY TENNESSEE OB last night and lynched at Nolensville, | of Beatrice | | PRESIDENT URGES Tells Traffic Conference Time Is Ripe for Com- prehensive Study. | In | the opinion of President Cool- idge, the time is highly appropriate |for 'a comprehensive study of the |causes of the deplorable Increase in |nighway mortality, as he described it. that there may be a proper under- standing of conditions and with the view of providing possible remedies. The President made this statement in a brief address this afternoon in the rear grounds of the White House |to the delegages attending the na- |tional conference on street and high- way safety. | The President contended that the { evil which his conference is combat- ing is so widespread as to be of ‘hational comcern;“and ‘that it should be_considered with a country-wide lon. * He does not believe, however. that its solution rests in national Actlon. In his opinion it is & matter for States and municipalities, but at { the same time the Federal authorities | should lose no opportunities to! mobllize best experience in each part | of the country that it may be applied elsewhere to the end that rules may be wise and uniform. eed Proper U; The President said | “The national conference on street and highway safety has been called by the Secretary of Commerce for the devising of means and the making of recommendations toward the erstanding. | which now kill and maim so many of our citizens. Few conferences are more opportune or deal with graver affairs. With the deplorable and con. tinuing increase In highway mortality and injury the time is highly appro- priate for a comprehensive study of the causes, that we nray have proper understanding of conditions and so may intelligently provide remedies. “The problem is but one of those inherent in advancing civilization. The increasing demands upon our highways from a growing population, the development of new uses, the im- position of modes of transportation not contemplated when they were created, have brought about conges- tion, confusion and conflict, until the yearly toll of trafic accidents has reached an appalling total. 1f the death and disaster that now fall upon innocent people, through the year and over our country as a whole, were concentrated into one calamity we would shudder at the tremendous ca- tastrophe, The loss is no less dis- astrous because diffused in time and space. The evil you are combating is =0 widespread as to be of National concern, an we do well to look at it with a country-wide vision. But its solution does not rest in National ac- tion. Highway control is primarily Lo the States. and it is best that this s so. ask for States. “We cannot regulate local trafic by’act of Congress. Means to over- come the difficulties, to keep our complex trafic moving with order and safety, must be found by the States. It is a proper function of Federal authority to mobilize best experlence in each part of the country that it may be applied else- where, to the end that rules may be wise and uniform. But uniformit while of the greatest value and high- ly advisable, so far as shifting local requirements will permit, should not be imposed by the Inflexible fat of central power. Rather, it should come from the common desire of the States to give the highest protection to their people, to regulate trafc in the most efficient manner, with final realization in the attainment of a common standard of perfection. “This is the high ideal toward which you are striving and your task is the finding and suggesting of methods of accomplishment. You have already dome much by impressing upon the minds of our people knowl- edge of the terrible toll of traffic ac- cldents. The further course of actlon and regulation will largely depend upon your recommendations. The un- dertaking is of supreme value, and you have mysbest wishes in your ef- forts.” B Effective Program Orderes. An eftective program to assist in reducing the Nation's mounting list of motor vehicle casualties was pre- nted ' to the conference meeting at the new home of the Chamber of Commercs of the United States today. Defining specific recommendations for curbing the toll of trafic deaths by legislative and administrative ac- tion, a consolidated report drawn up by the chairmen of eight committees who reported yesterday was pre- « tinus on jumn 1.) | AFETY R | concourse of the Union Station before [ hundreds of spectators. The cortege jof his life. lessening of the numberless accidents | the | “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 fdst as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation. . . .. * WARM WEATHER JS DUE. Rain Will Accompauny Rise Temperature. Washington will be treated to ris- ing temperature within the next 24 hours. The Weather Bureau, in announcing this, also forecasts rain for tonight or tomorrow mornin; The tem- perature will go up steadily, but to just what degree it Is not announced A cold snap is forecast for the latter part of the week. BODY OF GOMPERS ARRIVES IN CAPITAL Public to Pass Bier at 4:30 0’Clock at Headquarters of A. F. of L. in ARMY GUARD AT STATION War Department Honors Labor Leadey With Escort—Flowers in Magnificent Array. The body of Samuel Gompers came back to Washington, scene of his achievements and struggles as head of the organized labor movement in America, shortly after 3 o'clock today. The funeral party was met by hosts of delegates from various labor organiza- i tions, by officials of associations of va- rious types and by the family of the de- ceased. president of the American Fed- eration of Labor. The casket was borne through the the silent forms and bowed heads of formed in the President room of the Union Station and the remains weore placed upon an artillery caisson, which | was ordered by the War Department at | pregent | the eleventh hour today as an addi tional mark of respect to the memory of Mr. Gompers. Body Will Leave Tonight. Tonight at 10:30 o'clock the body will leave that building forever, going back to the Union Statlon and thence to New York and Sleepy Hollow, where his last resting place will be. But there are few in the A. F. of L. Building who believe that his spirit will not live there for years to come, evidenced after his death in the things he had done during life. A different route will be followed tonight. Leaving Washington, the casket will be accompanied by a pro- cession west on Massachusetts ave- nue to 10th street, south to H street, east to Massachusetts avenue and | thence to the Union Station. After the arrival of the cortege at the A. F. of L. Building the interval until 4:30 o'clock was allotted to rela- tives and intimate ay iates of the deceased, to view the body. A. J. Berres of the metal trades’ depart- ment will have general charge of ar- ‘X’Il’llOm!h(l hére. | Roem Recalls Leader. | The room in which the body will repose at the headquarters where Samuel Gompers sat at the head of the American organized labor move- {ment is closely connected with events In the room with the {body will be five outstanding sym- bola Directly above the bronze |casket will be the pure silk American flag, which was for years on the platform with Mr. Gompers at con- |Vventions of the American Federation |ot Labor. He always had demanded that this {flag be transported thousands of {miles to convention cities. On the opposite wall facing it is a banner only slightly less profound fn its | significance. It is the standard of the American {Federation of Labor, which, with the American flag, also was always at ithe A. F. of L. conventions. Then on the wall is the head of a stag i elk, which has a dual both because of Mr. Gompers’ con- nection with the fraternal body of which the animal is a symbol and be- cause it was presented by a group of local unions from Wyoming in 1816 The two remaining items are des- tined to become treasures of the | American Federation of Labor. One is the delineation of the features of of Mr. Gompers on canvass. The other is a bust by Dykaar, completed this year and already close to the hearts of intimate assoclates of Mr. Gompers as a life-like reproduction in white marble. Mr. Gompers posed | autobiography. Short Ceremonies Here. This, then, is the setting for th final Visit of Samuel Gompers to the scene of his labor: Short ceremonial services will conducted by the Elks and by Mystic Shrine during the halt be the | ture. From all parts of the world mes- sages of condolence were flooding the American Federation of Labor head- quarters today. They told of labor temples throughout the breadth of the Nation mourning, staff, of the great sense of bereav ment American labor feels at the loss | ot its chieftaln. ! From high places in collateral or- | ganizations, associations and govern- | menes also came telegrams. Presi- | dent Calles of Mexico sent a personal |wire. From Netwcastle-on-Tyne, Eng- { land, the Ship Constructors and Ship- wrights' Assoclation cabled. The Ber- lin General Federation of Trade Unions, the Belglan Trade Unions, the International | Unfons, Cuba and other places came messages. The Federal Council of draped in The American Government will be represented in the host of mourners by a military guard of honor, com- " (Continued on Page 4, Column Finds First Brain Record. CHICAGO, December 16.—That man had a brain was not officially re- corded until 1600 B. C., when an Egyptian surgeon chiseled on stone a report of the discovery, according to Prof. James Henry Breasted, Egvp- tologist of the University of Chicago. First Sergt. Young Retired. First Sergt. George H. Young, 10th Cavalry, at Fort Huachuca, Ariz, he. been placed on the retired list of the Army on account of age. Living Costs Rise in Austria. VIENNA, December 16.—The cost of living in Austria has risen 18 per cent since last January, according to figures just compfled. ignificance, | for this bust while he worked on his | here. | | Simplicity will be the dominant fea- | length and | of flags fiylng at half-| Federation of Trades | Churches of Christ sent an expression. | .98.749 TWO CENTS 'TWO MORE JUDGES DECIDED UPON FOR {Joint Congress Committee Approves of Additions With Little Discussion. TRY TO FRAME MODEL DISTRICT TRAFFIC LAW | Five-Year Residence Favored for New Magistrates—Would Re- duce Jury Service. An addition of two judges for the ocal Police Court was decided upon | today by the joint District committees |of the House and Senate, which i« preparing a model trafic law for Washington | Doubling of the present court, with | the necessary assistants, members of {the committee believe, will relieve | congeetion and bring traffic offenders i to speedy justice. | Two other innovations which are lexpected to bs incorporated in the bill and upon which the committee voted favorably are a shorter term for jury service in the Police Court and a re |striction increasing the limit of resi |dence necessary in, the District fo | eligibility of judges. i Question of Judges. There was little discussion by m bers of the committee in regard the allditions to the local court, after | Representative Rathbone of Illinois {had pointed out that it was not a | question of needing more judges, but {how many more than two were ineeded. He said that doubling of the court would probably take care of conditions for a time and Con- gress at a later date, if it was found necessary, could increase the number | still further. When the provision of the tentative Ibill was reached involving jury serv {ice it was pointed out that the Police {Court is only allowed a panel of 26 |men, who serve for a period of three {months, while the grand jurors serve |for only one month. Representative |Blanton of Texas sald that he thought three months was entirely too long |and that this limit should be con- |siderably lessened. Limit for Jurers. After considerable discussion it was decided to limit the time of Police Court jurors to two weeks and to mive the court authority to increase the panel if business demanded In- this connection Representative Rathbone asserted that it was a great hardship for s business man to give up more two weeks to jury service. He expressed as his opin- fon that a better ty[ié of Juror could be secured with the shorter term He also #ajd thit with the short term judges should be a good desl more strict in accepting excuses from jury service. Representative Blanton's motion for a five-year tenure of residence in the District for eligibility for ap- pointment of judges was at first de- feated, but when it was discovered that judges of the Municipal Court were Tequired to live in the District for five years, the committee reversed itself and adopted his motion. It is evident from expressions of members of the joint committee that Postmaster General New will make little headway in his attempt to re- lleve postal drivers from obeving municipal traffic regulations. He has transmitted a letter to the chairman of both committees urging that Con- gress take action to allow postal drivers the freedom of the streets. A scathing attack on the proposition was made by Senator Heisler Ball of Delaware in the general discussion today. “I have told the Postmaster Gen- eral,” said Senator Ball, “that I con- | sider the post office drivers probably the most reckless class in the city and the greatest offenders against the trafiic laws. I have also told him that it would be fatal ¥f the privi- leges he asked were granted. I have seen drivers of postal vehicles turn corners on two wheels, and I believe that, as an average, they are the | worst drivers and the most reckless in the city. CHURCH HEADS TO ASK RELEASE OF DR. BAST to | | A e | Methodist Bishops in Europe | Protest Seizure of Papers in Copenhagen. | By the Associated Press. | _COPENHAGEN, ~December _16.— Bishop John L. Nuelson and Bishoy | Edgar Blake arrived last evening for the purpose, the Politiken under- | stands, of demanding the immediate release of Dr. Anton Bast, Methodist | Episcopal Bishop for Scandinavia, and to protest against the police taking possession of papers belonging to thd | Jerusalem Church here, ‘which 1s American property. Bishop Bast is being held in connection with alleged | misappropriation of funds coliected \fur charity. ! The Politiken says the Methodist | protest will be handed today to the American minister, Prof. John D. Prince, with the request that he for { ward it to the Danisk authorities. | ALBANIAN REVOLUTION GROWING IN VIOLENCE Extension of Movement Makes Government’s Situation Critical. By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, December 16.—Rapid extension of the revolutionary move- ment in Albania has made the situa- tion of the Fan Noli government crit- ical, according to the latest dis- patches. Besides. the insurrection headed by former Premier Ahmed Zogu, the whole of the tribes in northern Albania and the Skodar re- glon are said to have joined the move- ment. On the other hand, the dispatches say, the government troops are going over to the insurgents in large num- bers, and the latter's successes in the noith make the fall of Skodar immi- nent. Insurgents commanded by Tsana Bey are reported to have reached Kroja, in the region of Tirana, the capital. | i D.C. POLICE COURT §