Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 5. Weather Bureau Forecast,) Rain tonight and tomorrow, cold- ar tomorrow. Temperature for 24 hours ended at 2 p.m..today: Highest, 62 at noon today: lowest,.37, at 10:45 p.m. yesterday. 'Full report on page 11. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Pag- 28 o. 29,450. POSTAL PAY VETD | DEFEAT PROBABLE BY SHALL MARGIN Administration Count of Votes Shows Lack of Two | to Sustain President. | COOLIDGE’S POSITION OUTLINED BY LEADERS Opposes Increased Pay Only Until Provision Can Be Made for Payment. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Had the administration been able to | command enough votes to sustain the veto message on the postal pay bill, there wopld have been a vote on the | measure before this Two votes are lacking, so the ad- ministration leaders in the Senate by | parliamentary maneuvers have been | able to prevent a vote from being taken, though In the next 48 hours they may be compelled to permnit the vote and transfer thelr efforts to the | House of Representatives. | The administration has a strong| enough argument to appeal ordina- | rily to its party in Congress and the bill Is passed over the President’s | veto it wlil be a sign that the last election hus taught very little about the value of party leadership. Conditions Fellowing Election. Many a member of the Senate and | House. was willing enough to lean on the Coolidge pillar of political | strength to win his own election and | now the President is trylng to hold | his party in line by virtue of that| ength &hich he has with public opinion and which he may have two vears hence in the congressional elec- tions. Mr. Coolidge makes it clear in his talks with the men on Capitol Hill that he favors the increase in postal pay, but | that he wants to make sure the funds | are forthcoming before there is an | authorization to spend. But the proposl- | tion is not even as simple as that, for one would say offhand the postal service ought to be self-supporting. The rub | comes when the Post Office Department iries to increase the postal rates in | order to meet the pay increases. Clamor tn Behalf of Busimess. | Nearly every interest which could possibly be affected by the suggested in- crease in rates has come down to Wash- ington with a loud clamor lest its busi- ness be affected. The farmer doesn't want the incredse tacked on the papcel post. Newspapers and periodicals-are in- sistent that second class matter, al veady overburdened with expensive rates, shall not be tampered with, lest the cost of distributing Information and intelligence be 5o prohibitive as to diminish the educational develop- ment of the country by newspapers and perlodicals. The business men of the country do not want to see the first class mail rates Increased, and so on down the line. President’s Position Made Clear. Where, then, is the 368,000,000 com- ing from to pay the increases which | most everybody admits are due the! postal carriers and mall employes? | The President has let it be known unofficially that if the veto on the last pay bill is not considered {or) 1he present, at least until there is| an agreement by the Senkte snd House on how the money shall be raised, he will ultimately have no objection to the overriding of his own veto. In fact, he will recom- mend the paasage of an increased pay bill very much along the lines of the one now proposed by Post- master General New. In all the budget of nearly three and @ helf billions, isn't thers $68,- 000,000 which can be better spent for | postal employes' wages than for other items? That is the question which the budget officers of the Government have been struggling with, but when the budget was sent to Congress the question was not| answered, whereupon the friends in Congress of the postal employes went ahead with their plan to get a vote 10 override the veto. The Executive may yet have to find the money by cutting dcwn on some building ex-| penditure elsewhere, but the chances | are that some increases in postal| vates will be put through as a means of paying at least part of the new ex- pense. Strategy of the Promot The strategy of the friends of the postal bill is to get the measure passed and make Congress and the Executive find ways of meeting the expense later, very much as the| soldier bonus advocates did. For If the controversy is left to drag till a| way is found to pay the money the| present session of Congress, which is short, would probably lose the whole matter in the shuffie. By passing a law requiring the appropriation, Con- sress will commit itself to the financ- ing of the pay increase, and it seems inevifhble, it the bill passes, that a large part of the revenue wifl be vaised by increased postal rates. SENATORS CALLED IN. | | { President Seeks Delay Until Rev- enue Measure Is Provided. Ajthough the administration is cred- ited with having won the first skir- mish with the Senate over the postal salafy increase veto when an unex- pected attack was precipitated yes- rerday in the Senate, President Cool- idge took further steps today to bol- ster up the administration forces. In response to requests from him a number of Senators were in confer- ence with him in his office today and several conferred with him in his study in the White House last night At last night's conference wer Senators Curtis of Kansas, Rspubli- can leadet of the Senate, whose capa- nle handling of the sityation in the Senate yesterday was-a large con- tributor to the administration’ vintory; Senator Borah of Id; of the most ardent supporte; Senite of ths administration’s econo- my policy, and Senator Sterling of South Dakota, chairman of the Senate committee on post offices and post roads, Plan to Carry on Fight. The situation regarding this legis- latiom was discussed from every an- sle 4d a generpl plan to bring about (Continued on , Cojumn 1.) |of the oxecuive council Entered as second class matter post office, Washingten, D, C. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1924—FORTY-SIX PAGES. Choice of Gompers’ Successor Probable in New York F riday‘ Duncan and Woll Leading for A. F. of L. Presidency—-—Council Met Secretly Here Last Night. 1 DAN S, RING. Staf Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, December 17.—Ths Successor to Samuel Gompers may be elected Friday. Already the ex- ve councll, which, ‘with Acting #ident Frank ®orrison, Is now the directing element of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, has held o secret seasion for the purpose of | selecting a president. This session wae behind doors of the council chamb American Federation of Labor Build- Ing in Washington, while the body {of the departed leader of that asso- clation was floors bel The session Iying in last night. was called primarily state seven | for the purpose of tulfilling the con- i stitutional provision' that the actin, president shall call much a meeting within six days after a vacancy in the office of president has been created. Out of reverence for the memory of the de- parted chiefain, as well as because of the Impossibility of cool thinking In the jumbls and turmoil of affairs at the time, ro selection was made, |and the executive couneil adjourned to meet Friday in New York C after the burlal has taken place. Laber Leaders Gathering. Hotel lobbles even today were fill- ed with discussions by mighty figur. in the labor world. Others are com- ing late this afternoon to be In time for the funeral service: tomorrow morning, and many points Involved in BODY OF GOMPERS REACHES NEW YORK Will Lie in State in Club Un- til Funeral Services Tomorrow. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, December 17.— Through a misty lane marked out by street lamps,~& gun carriage drawn by slx white horses today bore the bronzo casket of Samuel Gompers through the streets of New York, from Pennsylvania Terminal to the Elks’ Club on West 43d street. There, In the assembly room on the third Soor the body of the labor leader was placed, to lle In state un- tli tomorrow morning, when it will be taken to the burial place in his- toric Sleepy Hallow Cemetery, at Tar- rytown. In front of the dais of the exhalted ruler the casket rested, beneath the antlers and the open Bible, which to the Elk is the symbol of sorrow. Each station and each dals border- ing the room was draped in the mourning purple of the order, whence glowed from here and there the sym- bolic words, “Fidelity—Brotherly Love—Charity—Justice.” Bullding fs Draped. At the windows and all over many storied front of the bullding hung great folds of black drape, limp in the rain. The many recreation rooms of the club were deserted. There was only the half-opened casket in the lodge room, the body of the labor leader shown wearing his masonic apron, and the slow moving proces- sion of men and women who silently filed past the bler. Three aged friends and co-workers of Mr. Gompers watched over him, and heads of the local Cigarmakers Unlon formed a guard of honor. There was David Levy, who worked at the same bench with Mr. Gompers in a cigar factory on South Fifth avenue 40, years ago, and M. J. Melhado, secretary of the first cigar- makers' unlon Mr. Gompers organ- jzed, and in which he held Book No. 1, and Patrick O'Connor, presid- ent of Local 90 of the Clgarmakers. 1t was raining and hardly day- light when the special car bearing the funeral party arrived from Washington at 7:05 a.m. The funeral cortege got under way at once, moving up Seventh avenue, accom panled by squads of police, soldiers, sailors, guardsmen, labor chieftains and public officials. g Here and there along the’route a street cleaner would stand aside, saluting, as the cortege passed, or a group of union men hurrying to work would line the curb with hats off. HONOR PAID HERE. Notables Among Thousands to Pass| Gompers’ Bier. in profound simplicity the mortal form of Samuel Gompers, the cigar maker who became the founder of an organization listing millions of organized men in its ranks, left Washington last night for the last time. Through midnight streets the slow-moving cortege wended a silent way. And the body. of the man who had come to this country ah fmmi- i grant youth, later to bylld up the Nation’s strongest organization of tollers, departed forever the place whers he had sat in high councils of the Nation as well as of the Na- tion's workers. Before his bier last night, from 5:30 until close to midnight, had passed & Steady stream of men and women of all sorts—richly attired and poorly clad; officlals of the American Government and officials of small labor unions; forelgn rep- resentatives and quiet workers in branches of industry. The presence of flowers ax well as the human pfésences bore striking testimony of the great helghts to which this man had climbed. From organizations in all parts of .the country floral tributes had come to the American Federation of Labor Bullding to be banked in so0lid masse: in the simple little room where the body lay in state. Ledges Bid Farewell. The Elks and the Mystic Shrine had bade farewell to their departed brother and yirtually every employe of the headquarters of the A. F. of had looked on the immoblie features of their chief before the hour ap- (Contin! on Page 4, Column 1. closed | r in the| the fed- abeyance selecting the new leader cration are being held pending the arrivals. Three figures stand out prominently as the possible succesvors to Samusl Gompers, They are James Duncan, first vice president of the federation. a veteran of 40 years' standing, and until recently the head of the Granite Cutters’ International; Mathew Woll sixth vice president, active and ener- getic for years in labor flields, and Willlam Green, another vice president of the fedoration, secretary of the powerful United Mine Workers | America, | on_the executive council. Woll is gaining strength continuaily as the probable candidate. Admittedly & worker, his friends are using his char- acteristics of hard work and clean liv- ing in the furtherance of his candidacy. although all_discussions necessarily are made with due recognition of the deli- cacy of the-situation. It seems today, though, that Woll f& capable of polling greater strength than either of the other two, although it is problematical whether even now he has a majority of the 10 members of the executive coun- cil in Green Under Discussion. Green was discussed in El Paso, Tex. At that time he stated point blank he had uo desire for the office. The maying 1at is going the rounds here, however, is: “El Paso is El Paso, New York Is New York.” Were Duncan to be the man named, it it admitted that a sentimental reason | for having him kound out his long career | 22 a labor lwader would be a strong fac- | 7 “(Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) PUBLIC INQUIRY Coolidge Opposition Believed Effective Check for Present. Any general public investigation of the Navy at this time has been effectually blocked by the opposition of President Coolidge and Republi- can leaders at the Capitol, it was indicated today. While the Senate naval affairs committee is to meet on Friday to consider further the King resolution calling for an in- quiry of the Navy, it was learned today that there is little chance for tavorable action upon the resolu- tion. The committee, it is understood, will obtain from the Navy Depart- ment and the head of bureaus com- plete statements. perhaps in writing, relating to the Navy and its present condition. If further information is required then officials of the depart- ment and naval officers may be called before the committee to make verbal statements. Want No Big Navy. The drive made in some quarters to force naval affairs to the fore with the idea in mind of adding me- terially to the favorable strength of the country had not made an appeal to members of Congress, it seems. The desire expressed by both Re- publicans and Democrats is that the United States should maintain an a big Navy. In fact, the purpose of Senator King of Utah, Democratic member of -the Senate naval committee, in submit- ting his resolution for an investiga- tion was not to bring about an up- building of the Navy to greater pro- portions, but merely to insure the mafitennnce of the Navy along the most effective lines consistent with economy. Senator King has been a strong advocate of building up the naval aviation forces and subma- rines, rather than capital ships. He is entirely opposed to the United States entering upon a race of com- petitive armament, either naval or military, and belleves that the United States should do all it can to bring about international agreements for disarmament. He would have the United States represented in the con- ferences of the League of Nations to bring about limitation of armaments. SCENE SHIFTS TO HOUSE. Secretary Wilbur to Be Question- ed by Committee on Navy’s Status. The scene of debate in the waxing controversy over the relative strength of the American Navy shifted to the House naval committee today, where Secretary Wilbur is to be called for a hearing on the question as bearing on proposals for new naval construc- tion and developments. The commit- tee planned to call the Secretary to- day, but at the last minute decided to postpone nis examination. While the bill of Representative Britten of Illinois, ranking Republi- can member of the committes, pro- posing gun elevation on capital ships, was the immediate question before the committee, members evinced in- (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) 5-YEAR-OLD SAVES SIX FROM DEATH BY GAS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 17.—An- tolnette Fiere, 5 years old, saved her parents, two sisters and two brothers from death by gas in thelr home in Brooklyn early today and then collapsed, sinking ‘into uncon- sclousne from which she was re- vivedsonly with great dificulty. Antoinette awoke at 4 o'clock and smelled gas. She ran to her father's bed, but could not arouse him. Then she vainly tried to wake her mother and brothers and sisters. Then she ran to & window and called for help. ‘When a policeman and ambulance surgeon arrived all the members of the family were easily revived, ex- cept Antoinette, Persistent use of the pulmotor finally saved her. Radio Programs—Page 40. of | and an outstanding figure | OF NAYY BLOCKED adequate Navy efficiently rum, but not | 1f you can apply the brake to your automebile within half a second after you hear a pistol shot you are as safe as the average driver. If you can apply it within one-third of a | second you are as good as the b but if it takes you more than a sec- ond and a half you are dangerous, { unfit to drive a car and ough: not to i be allowed abroad on the streets be- hind a steering wheel | These are the conclusions reached from a sclentific test conducted on 57 persons in Washington by Dr. F. A Moss, head of the psychology depart- ment of George Washington Univer- | sity, and expert of the Bureau of Public Personnel Administration, co- operating with H. H. Allen of the Bu- reau of Standards. They used a Bu- reau of Standards specially equipped automoblle, | More Tests Planmed. * Results of the tests, which will be d#veloped further and tried out in Waushington on a much larger sca were revéaled for the first time yes. terday ‘afternoon at the Washington CAPTAL O ESCAPE SEVERECOLD WAVE Western Sub-Zero Weather Expected to Moderate Be- fore Reaching Here. Although the West is in the grip of a blizzard and rigid cold waves that average 30 to 40 below zero, the Dis- trict is in no danger of being struck by 2 cold wave suddenly, the weather forecaster said today. The zero weather in Nebraska, ‘Wisconsin and Iowa, which is grip- pling commerce and generally ob- structing busine: will be moderated before the wave strikes the Capital Tonight there will be rain, with the chance that it may change to sleet and a slowly falling thermometer, which, starting tonight, will fall steadily until tomorrow night. The change will be gradual, howev the ‘Weather Bureau sald, and the wind may avert a cold wave here alto- ether. ‘Thers is a bare possibility, the weather man said, that Friday or Saturday there y be a decided change in the temperature, but the conditions are._so complicated that the cold wave will be broken long before It reaches the District. The cold which is hitting Canada and the Northwestern Stat¥s ls the most vere in years, the bureau reporte TEN LOSE LIVES IN WEST. s of Ice and Snow Headed Toward East. By the Associated Press. & CHICAGO, Decomber 17.—Lower temperatures _today heralded the movegment eastward and southward of a cold wave that cost 10 lives in the Rocky Mountain States and brought subzero blasts of ice and enow to the North and West. The far West and the reglons of the Rocky Mountains were the hardest hit, Snow and low temperatures pre- vailed along the Pacific coast from the Canadian border to the normally warm sections of California. Belling- ham, Wash., schools were closed be- cause of the cold, which hovered bout the zero point, and snow was falling on the Mojave Desert, in Southern California. v Drifted snow blocked trains in the northern Rockies, where the mercury dropped as far as 32 below zero at (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) Bl NOTICE! All anhouncements of Christ- mas music in the churche: should be fn The Star office not later than noon _tomorrow. These programs will be pub- llehed in a special page in the {ssue of Saturday, December 21. Address Such Communications to The Music Editor, Evening Star. THE EARLY SHOPPER 'APPLYING BRAKE HALF SECOND | AFTER SHOT HELD SAFE DRIVING | Tests With Pistol Declared to Show Way to Eliminate ! Dangerous Autoists—Tried Upon 57 Persons Here. Hotel, in an address by Dr. Moss be- fore the National Civil Sefvice Re. form League. The pistol shot experiment and its conclusions, Dr. Moss explained, comprise but one of at least five separate tests which are being sclentifically worked up In order to get at the root of the trafic problem. Thirty-six students from George Washington University, including both men and women; 10 drivers of 3 prominent taxicab company in the Capltal and 11- students from Howard University were put through the test, it was revealed. The ex- periments took place on the road- way near the National Academy of Science and around the Lincoln Memorjal. Time of Slowest Person. In the case of the slowest person, whose reaction time was one and one-half seconds, there was the distance of 66 feet between the two red spots on the pavement. Thisy according to the experimenters, is entirely too great a distance, (Continued on Paé 4, Column 1) NORRI ASSALS UNDERWODD B Declares Measure Will Make “Teapot Dome Look Like a Pinhead.” Asserting that the Underwood Mus- cle Shoals bill would make “Teapot Dome look like & pinhead” and “Do- heny and Sinclair look like pikers, Chairman Norris of the Senate agri- cultural commitiee told the Senate today that enactment of the legisla- tion would later become .knawn as|charges and countered with the asse “the rape of the Treasury.” Senator Norris declared there would | tim of a * NEW STAFF LIKELY AT ATLANTA PRISON Stone Considers Complete Clean-Up as Result of Investigation. Appointment of an entirely new set of officials at the Atlanta Federal prison {s belng considered by Attor- ney General Stone as = result of a preliminary investigation by the De- partment of Justice into conditions there. Mr. Stone said today that among those being considered as a successor to A. E. Sartain, the deposed warden, was Warden Whitman of the Illinols State Penitentiary, at Joliet. He declined to sy how much of a housecleaning of the Atlanta staft would be made. Two officials already have been removed, Warden rtain and D. J. Al prisen hasing agent, and the Intimation was given that other restgmations might be ex- pected. SECRECY MARKS CASE. By the Associated Press, ATLANTA, Ga., December 17.—De- velopments in the investigation of the United States penitentiary here today marked time, awaiting possible presentation of “secret” evidence to the Federal grand jury by representa- tives of Attorney General Stone. Secrecy continued gs the watohword of Government officiala here. District Attorney Clint W. Hager, In whose hands the Government's case is said by the Attorney General to rest, has declined to make public any detalls. “Even if I knew anything coneern- ing the affairs at the prison, I would not be at liberty to divulg: #aid. “I am pledged to secre Apsistant Attorney General W. J. Donovan, Washington, has been sent here, according to an amnouncement by the Attorney General, to present evidence to the grand jury in connec- tion with the investigation. A. E. Sartain, deposed warden, has stated hie resignation was requested on the grourd he had granted special privileges to convicted bootleggers in the prison, Sartain denied the tion that he has been made the vic- star chamber” inquiry for be two kinds of corporations at Mus- | the purpose of “paying off old sco cle Shoals. “It will be either a public utility|He dld not name the corporation like the Alabama Power on the part of certain‘ individuals.” individuals.” Reports that the investigation may Company or an industrial corpora-|result In other prison officials losing tion that would use every kilowatt| their position and may reach into of power for its own use and make | Other governmental departments, in- none of it avallable for distribution. Sees Big Firm Winner. He declared the General Electric Company would get the property if the Alabama Power Company ob- tained it. “You will not cure Senators, if you provide that this power will be controlled by State agencies,” he declared. The Nebraska Senator declared he realized the “skids had been greased” and the to. defeat his bill. The opposition planned corporation, and ‘were opposed to Government operatjon. He compared scle Shoals to a a ‘Sreat ship” with the- American flag swinging at the mast with the “Coolidge Republicans tugging away.” “‘Oh, President Coolidge, how can you, just after recelving the" vote of confidence from the people, offer your great position to such a proposition?” Senator Norris asked. “Oh, how can you after receiving such vote of confldence from the people be a party to this proceed- ing?” Senator Norris continued. Seen Trewsury Ralded. “Giving President Coolidge credit for honesty in every move, giving Sen- ator Underwood the ‘same credit,” it seems -the inevitable conclusion wili be that if this bill is enasted it will be known as the- rape of Treasur; eam roller” brought up|succ the | th cluding the Federal Parole Board, could not be confirmed from govern- mental officlaly here. STRESEMANN IS NAMED. the evil, | By the Associated Press. BERLIN, Decembér 17.—President Ebert today asked Dr. Gustav Strese- mann, forelgn minister in the-Marx cabinet and leader of ‘the German Peoples’ Party, to form a cabinet in lon to the. Marx ministry which resigned this Week as the re- to - turn| guit of the recent- Reichstag elec- Muscle Shoals over to some private| fions. Dr. .Stresemann asked to be given until tonight to consider his decision. MILLIONAIRE AMERICAN ACCUSED OF PLOT TO STEAL BRITISH ART Coveted Treasures of Lady Ludlow and Hired Expert " Cracksmen to Loot Her Home, London Paper Charges. By the Associated Precs. LONDON, December 17.—Following recovery of the valuable art tre: ures’ and jewels which were taken “It has been the history that public |from the London mansfon of Lady utilitle: e a thousand ways control the appoint- ment on commissions of men whose views are agreeable ‘to them,” he sald. - . He declared Neébraske had a lower power rate than Alabama and al- though both States had-a public util- ities commission to regulate rates, the rates came down because city built | newspaper, w: trusts never. sleep and {n|Ludlow last June, and which were recently mysteriously surrendered at Bcotland . Yard, the Evening News publishes an unusual story today, asserting -that the robbery was plan: ned by an upnamed American mil- lonalre, -a - resident’ of a middle- ‘Western city in the United States. The ~American, accerding to the aged connolsseur a small electric light.plant to com-|and coveted the Ludlow collection, but pete with the private corporations. 'was unable to purchase. it because the He -pointed to Cleveland, Ohio, of | OWners*refused to’ sell. another similar illustration. Lady Senator Norris declared Senator | Haiius Wi Underwood, Demacrat, Al quently had referred to the 7 Continued on Page orris _ Opjects, ' works had been collected by dlow's first _husband, Sir T, the South African re. -to aoquire the coveted and a millional; Bel: o tely | the Ame “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 99,072 Influenza Microbe, Called Freakish, Attacks Herriot By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 17.—The swollen leg of Premier Herriot 18 due to a new microbe. found s0 far in ten cases of influenza that have developed here recently, ac- cording to friends of the premier | today. His physicians, they say, have finally diagnosed this part ., which has puzzled 50 greatly, as the outgrowth of the new freak in influenza cases which has appeared in Paris. M. Herriot's doctors are confi- dent, however, th#t the improve- ment he has shown recently will continue, and they express the opipion that he will be able to leave his bed next week. ALBANIAN TROUBLE ARDUSES BALKANS Revolutionary Government Is Attacked—PIot Denied by Mussolini. PREMIER REPORTED OUT Heavy Bombardment Rumored Five Doomed to Die for Killing Americans. s BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By Radio to The Star s, ROME, December 17.—The outbreak of civil war in Albania has ralsed again the perennial specter of chaos in the Balkans and a crop of alarmist | reporits. The alleged revelation by Stephen Raditch of a secret pact agalnst the new Balkan state entered by Greece, Jugoslavia and Italy naturally has been immediately and emphatically denied by Premier Mussolini. An offi- cial statement issued Tuesday night reaffirming a rigorous principle of non-intervention in the internal affairs of Albania coincides with sim- {lar assurances given to M. Nincio at| which were designed to allay Albania's fears regarding the purport of the recent conversations between Premler Mussolint and M. Nincio con- cerning mutual accords on Fiume. Operations Are Begun. Reports of increased activity by the revolutionary insurrectionists on the frontiers of Albania are confirmed here. Military operations have been begun from Jugoslav territory to reinstate the feuda! bey government of Albania, which was expelled by popular revo- lution last June. Nondescript bands of Serbs, Rus- sians, Montenegrins, Bulgarians and Greeks, armed in adjacent territory, have crossed the border in the direc- tion of Scutarl. The Albanians are rushing forces to defend the revolu- tionary government, which was on the eve of seeking popular ratifica- tion by elections and pacification of the country by = general amneaty to all save Ahmed Zogue, the former premier, to whom responsibility has been traced for the murder of the Americans in Albania last Spring. Albanians Are Alarmed. Report from Jugoslav sources of the condemning to death of three former Albanian premisrs and con- fiscation of their estates by the gov- ernment o Premier Fannoli are un- confirmed here and are described as mendacious. Taken, however, in con- nection with facts which convey their own comment—such as the arming of revolutionary Bey Bands on Jugo- slavis territory and ofcial pro- nouncements like that made by M. Ninclo in Paris that “only Albania causes us (Italy and Jugoslavia) some corcern through the recent dis- turbances, due to the revolution which brought Fannoli to power, we must open for Albania a large credit of patience.” These rumors are causing alarm among Albanians here. The Albanians here claim their country is united Internally and, apart from the dissatistaction over the League of Nations decision in the case of the border monastery of St. Maoum, their neighbors have no cause for complaint against Albant The encouragement given element seeking to foment disorder is regard- ¢d as an unfriendly act with grave possibilities, but Albania is too weak to do more than protest and defend itself to the best of its ability. (Copyright, 1924, By Chicago Daily News Co.) EXODUS REPORTED. Chicago Daily News. Fannoli and Cabinet Declared Out of Tirana. BY A. R, DECKER. By Cable t. The Star and Chicago Daily News. VIENNA, December 17.—It is re- ported that Ahmed Bey Zogue has en- (Continued on Page 3, Column €.) was said to have employed a gang of expert cracksmen in the United States to go to London and loot the Ludlow home. Knowing the exact location of the collection, from a description which had been given them by the millionaire, the cracks- men were enabled to perpetrafe the robbery. with a minimum of effort and danger.. ‘After obtaining the art collection the robbers escaped in an automobile to Dover, it is related, proceeded in a private yacht to a French port and then leisurely went to Cherbourg, where they embarked for New York. But when they arrived in the Amer- ican metropolis, June 19, the story continues, they found that their mil- lionaire patron had died. Unable to dispose of the treasures, the robbers anonymously informed Scotland Yard jof the joint committee, TWO CENTS BOULEVARD SYSTEM 10 BE FEATURE OF - TRAFFIC MEASURE | Arterial Hinhways in Which Greater Speed Is Permit- ted to Be Asked. EXPERT URGES 35-MILE SPEED LIMIT IN PLACES Would Allow High Rate on Con- necticnt Avenue—Sees Con- gestion Relieved. Establishment of arterial highways |in the District of Columbia, to relieve congestion and to speed up trafs will be made compulsory in ths model traffic bill now being discussed by the joint District committee of the House and Senate. Senator L Heisler Ball of Delaware, chairman made this statement today follow!ng the ap pearance of Col. A. B. Barber, motor expert of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, who gave the committee results of the national con- ference on traffic which has just been concluded. “Arterial highways mended to aid were recom trafic conditions in | the District by the Senate committes more than a year ago,” said Senator Ball, “and yet nothing has been done. These highways will relieve conges- tion very materially and should he established at the earliest possible date. Col. Barber, who gave the commit- tee the results of six months' stud of traffic in all parts of the count as contained in the conference re- port of nine national organizations, strongly urged the creation of the boulevard stop system or the arterial highway In the National Capital He pointed out that Connecticut ave- nue from the bridge to Chevy Chase Circle would be an ideal street for this purpose. Favors 35-Mile Limit. “In this connection,” he said, “I Wwant to point out that if adequate speed is not allowed on these high- ways they will not serve their pur- pose. I should recommend a speed §mit of 35 miles an hour from Cleve- land Park to the Chevy Chase Circle I think that even now, with a speed limit of 22 miles per hour, the higher #peed Is more nearly the average.” Col. Barber said that-in his opini the District was not taking ad- vantage of the traffic lessons learned and proved suecessful In other cities He pointed out that the conference of motor traffic commissioners of the Eastern States deveioped many trafe ideas which could easily be Incor- Porated in the local statyges. v The time has come,” he asserted. “when the Distriot must ‘get in step’ Wwith gefieral traffic conditions It équipmént is needed to better the sit- uation Congress should make the necessary appropriations, and Con- gress should also make it possible for the proper traffic officials here to attend trafic conferences.” The committee today took no ac- tion.on the tentative bill, which it is studying. The time was devoted largely to general discussion with Col. Barber on all phases of the traf- fio conditions. Among the matters discussed were General speed limits and a reckless driving regulation; proper marking of zones where lower speed was nec- essary; brake test rules for com- mereial vehicles; percentage of blame on-motorists and pedestrians in cases of accidents, and the use of dimmers on headlights. Col. Barber said that he believed 35 miles an hour should be the maxi- mum epeed limit in the outlying sec- tions of the District. “Is thers any section of Washing- ton where you think that it is safe to drive at 35 miles an hour?” asked Representative Rathbone of Illinois “I think there are a great many places where that speed is safe,” an- swered Col. Barber. “Connecticut ave- nue is one and there are other sec- tions where I believe it is proper. Asked his opinion of the use of dimmers, Col. Barber drew a laugh from the committee when he said that dimmers should be used wherever the streets were properly lighted. “There isn't any such place in Washington,” retorted Senator Jones of_Washington. Dr. John A. Harriss, noted traffic expert of New York City, and Judge W. Bruce Cobb of New York, who has handled thousands of traffic cases, will be invited to appear before the joint committee. Although there is no desire on the part of the commit- tee to hold hearings on traffic mat- ters, it was decided that these men would be able to give valuable advice on the tentative bill. They will ap- pear, it s understood at the next meeting of the committee, to be held January 5 in the Senate District com- mittee room. 8 SERIOUS CASES UP. With Congress frowning upon = new traffic court and many members declaring ignorance of the crowded condition now existing, eight charges of serious nature today confronted Police Court officlals, and only two of them reached final disposition. Willlam B. Brandon, colored charged with driving while intoxi- cated and exhibiting no permit, was fined $200 and 310, respectively. A Jall sentence of 100 days was given 2s_an alternative. Larence R. Daner, a Marine sta- tioned at Quantico, charged' with driving while Intoxicated, colliding Fand not having a permit, was fined {340 and 326 on the latter two charges the first charge being dismissed Arthur D. King, charged with reck less driving and operating a smoke screen, pleaded not guilty and de- manded a jury trial. He was re- leased on two bonds of $300 each, and the case was set for Saturday. George D. White of the Ontario Apartments, charged with driving while intoxicated, colliding and not exhibiting a permit, pleaded not guilty and was released on a bond of 3600 to awalit trial by a jury. Muurice P. Healy of 2251 Nichol avenue, charged with driving while iatoxicated, collding and not exhib iting & permit, was released on = bond of 3600 to await jury trial Irving Nicholas Boernstein, a mu sician, arrested early this mornlug for colliding with a wmilk wagon driving while Intoxicated and leaving After colliding, will be arralgned thix afternoon. It is stated that he will where the collection could be found and 1t 1s now Intact at London police headquarters. make & of not gullty and ask (o a jury trial. He Is at present oul an a $700 bond