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WEATHER. | (V. §. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Probably rain tonight and tomorrow; temperature. not much change in Temperature for 24 hours p.m. yesterday: Full report on page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 29,451 DEMOCRATS START REBUILDING AMIDST ASHES OF DEFEAT Quarter of Million in Debt, Torn by Factions, Leaders Remain Confident. POINT TO SUBSTANTIAL STRENGTH IN CONGRESS | Shaver Touring Country in Effort | to Underwrite Finances of Party. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Democratic party, weeks sfter one of the most crushing de- rrats it has eustained, is catching its cond wind and settling down to the | ask of paying its debts and aligning | 1< forces again. | Talk of the party's tly out of business, Democratic | lers assert, is idle. In the first| they point out, the Democrats have 40 members of the Senate and 184 members e six going perm; vill n the new Congre! \f the House. They continue to hold overnorships of many of the States, neluding New York, Ohio, Maryland, gon, Wyoming and Southern and| Southwestern States. Thelv party or- | anization runs throughout the coun- though admittedly it reached al- the vanishing point in some of 6 Western and rthern States during the recent campaign. But counter th e not as weak. | i those S as the Repub-| licans are in the great belt of South- | «rn States—the backbone of the de- mocracy now, as it has been in the 1 o8t in Party Debt Heavy. The party is in debt. s deficit amounts to abo million dollars. rats have come out of cam- in years before with deficits larger, they have always | been liguidated. As a matter of fact, the Republican pa after its huge ory in 1920 faced a sizable d-ficit. o put the Democratic in | . the first step nec payment of its debts. 1ie chairman of the tional committee. Texas, the director ational committee, Lave houlders to the wheel to rafse #nd to underwrite this debt. It is no| ight task to pay off $250.000, es- pecially in face of the recent defeat Iyt Mr. Shaver is nOW "oufing the country, interviewing prominent | Democrats, seeking their support financially for the party and doing Lis utmost to -bring to an end the| factionallsm and bitterness en gendered at the last national con vention in New York. ° In this connection it men powerful in party councils that there no disposition to oust Mr Shaver from the national ~hairma: silp. And Mr. Shaver Limself 1 tention with the debt campaign nationally ut a quar-| But e a Clem is asserted by * the head of the na: organiz come, notwith some time to reports that he is about tc Democrats of th selection as ! zround that 1 politics and | with the fleld. | management was campaizn in some the ligh hairman, it was on e was new to natio was not familiar Criticism of his de during the quarters. But in transpired at the New tion, Democrats are sa one could have accomy more than did Mr. Shi Mr. Jones also is practical r in national polit man of wealth, a business man, and keenly interested in the party's wei- rare. During the last day or two he lias been in Washington talking with lemocratic Senators and Representa- | ives, seeking in every way to help ase the factionalism which grew up | during the struggle for the Demo- ratic nomination for President. As| matter of fact, neither Mr. Jones | nor Mr. Shaver beloug in a real sense 1o any faction of the party and for | that reason the work they are doing| now may be more effective than if | shey had been identificd long with ¥ 1 polites. 5 on Force ut Down. Shaver, with the big| tiue party, has taken in regard to the or- sanization and party headquarters maintained in Washington. The or- ranization was framed on lines that yequired an operating expense of wbout $150,0 4 year. The personnel and the headquarters have been r duced so t the budget for their inainte: hall be about one sixth what it was. Headquarters will be | continued In the Investment Buflding | jiere, but on @ much reduced scale, | #nd it iz understood that Mr. Shaver | will spend consideralle time there | Wwhen he returns from his trip through | the country in the interest of the| varty. The chairman did not feell 1stifled in keeping the expenses of | organization ;at the cld figure| ‘hile the debt remained to be paid | and while he was making efforte to | obtain funds from the friends of the ! part Thomas Fortune Ryan of New York, is one of those whom Mr. Shaver has enlisted in his campaign 10 wipe out the Democratic debt., Mr. Ryan is one of the wheel horses of | the party, coming to s assistance when needed during many years. It is reported that recently he was ap- | proached relative to possible candi- dacies in 1928, buf that he replied he Jiad no Interest in movements to pro mote candidacies or factions in the party; that the party must be built p again without factionalism. It is understood ¢at he has promised Mr. Shaver his hearty co-operation. And it is said further that Mr. Shaver is 70t himself interested in any particu- ar candidate for 1928, or faction. Mr. Shaver, it is said, has already heen successful in lining up a suffi- cient number of prominent Demo- crats willing to underwrite the Demo- cratic debt over a.period of two ears. Chairman debt facing drastic action Next Test of Party. { The next test of party strength vill come at the polls in 1926, when new House must be elected and (Continued on Page 22. Column 4.) Highest, 63, at 3 p.m. Yesterday; lowest, 48, at § a.m. today. Entered as second clasa matter post_office, Washington, D, jdiate abandonment in $10334 109 AWARD i Trial of | By the Associated Prese. | day | by | Krouma, defeating the garrison of | stores of munitions at Bitsan. WASHINGTON, C. 25 New Schools Asked Here | In 5-Year Building Program i Bal’lou Says Plans Will Allow Instruction[ Course of Highest Type—Board In- { dorses Projedt—Mattér to Congress. | thereby eliminating the double shift| program in the high schools: to’pro- | vide for the annual increase in en- rollment during the .five-year period, | and in general to provide a program ' of schoolhouse construction ‘“which | shall cxemplffy the best in school- house planning, schoolhouse construc- tion ana educational accommoda- tlons."” Would Seatter Appropriations. The program is in the shape of a bill to be presented to Congress, not | asking for appropriations for fmm. diate initiation of the work. but that Construction of 25 new schools and the erection of additions to 25 others ig provided in the proposed five- school building program, approved vesterday afternoon by the Board of Education. Sixteen of the uew build- ings recommended are of the ele- mentary school type, seven of the junior high school type and two of the senior high school type. The comprehensive buflding sched- ule also calls for the purchase of a number of school sites and' school | playgrounds as well as the erection |the sundry projects be authorized to | of mbly halls in some of the!be completed within a period of five present structures now lacking them.|vears. The appropriations would be fhe carrying out of this program,|Scattered over the five-year perfod according to Supt. Frank W. Ballou,| . The new seinor high schools pr will make it possible to abandon all |Posed are to replace the present Mc vortables: to eliminate the use of|Kinley and Business High Schools. | rented buildings; to abandon the use|The seven mew junlor high schools of undesirable rooms; to provide a|Will be distributed in various sections five-hour day of instruction for ele- [0f the city. The elementary school mentary pupils, thereby eliminating|accommodations will bLe distributed part-time classes; to abandon all|as follows: buildings recommended for imme-| First division, three new schools| 1908; to aban-|and one addition; third division, five don other school buildings which|new schools and four additions: have become unfit for further use|fourth division, two. new schools; fifth | since 1908; to providg a full day of | division, two n s 2 instruction for high' school pupils,| ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) THOUSANDS HEAR " CONPERS RITES al CRANTEDBY JURY $15,000,000 Felt Companies’ Suit Sets Rec- ord of 184 Days. Impressive Services Broad- cast—Body Taken to Tar- rytown for Burial. i | | | By the Associated Press | YORK, December ve funmeral servi today for Samuel Gompers | Elks Club, after which the body | taken by omobile to Tarrytown | for interment in historic | Hollow Cemetary The great assembly York Lodge, No. 1, draped the mourning purple of the order, was | erowded to capacity with co-workers and friends of the late president of the American Federation of Labor. I the throng were men high in the state and eity. Fifteen hundred persons, gafn_ slmittance into the.- hall, as- DEDHAM, Mass., December 18 verdict of $10,534,109.07 for the plain- tiff was returned today by the jury in the $13,000,000 damage suit brought by George F. Willett against Robert F. Herrick and a group of Boston bankers. Triul of the case in Norfolk Superior Court lasted 184 days. The jury had been deliberating since Mon- 18.< were at held | the | was Sleepy hall of New The case, which et a new mark in Americai® court history for trial ength, was brought by Willett to cover from Herrick and the banking group sums clalmed to have been lost the plaintiff through an alleged | conspiracy in which he was deprived | of centrol of the American Felt and | 5 4 : cross th il rins Sl o e, sembled in the Town Hall, across ti . A street, and heard the services by radio. The time required for hearing the|oier' thousands steod reverently .in evidence caused the litigation to be| OTIET tiovesnds Fleod Sevorently i compared with the famous Tichborn | BEATDY streets, held ol | ° fal in London, the second period of | °f P¥ which in 1874 lasted 188 days. In| Officers of the lodge, headed by Sol that case Arthur Orton, the son of a|Tekulsky, the exalted ruler, marched butcher, was charged with perjury on |into the hall and conducted the obit- the ground that he had represented |uary ritual of the fraternity. Each himself as Roger Tichborn, missing|officer wore a carnation, the badge of | heir to a large estate. Only 11 of the | mourning 12 jurors impaneled for the trial con- Rabbi Wise Ofciates. sidered the evidence and rendered the| <he vimple Jewish ritual for the verdict. One suffered a nervous col- | dead was intoned by Rabbi Stephen lapse in the course of the trial and (S . Wise. This service began by the| was forced to quit the box, counselreading in Hebrew of the twenty- agreeing to continue with a jury of | third Psalm. Other verses from the 11. The case is believed to be the|Bible were In English: only one on record where a special| In the eulogy that followed, law was passed to raise jury salaries | wise said: in compengation for the juro: S s longed neglect of business. llor sanina e upon, none more fitting than KROUMA IS CAPTURED S e enrane e BY ALBANIAN REBELS suave, firm rather than conventional Important Stores of Munitions Ploneer was he in the military sens: for his was the militant mood, and | Taken—Fall of Capital Held Imminent. unable _to Dr. all G the characterizations npers 1 have come is throughout his life he was a battler. | | As a pioneer Gompers fought for a great cause, not for larger wage or added comfort, but for a freer and \fuller iife for the toflers of the Na- tion—which could not be without these Instrumentalities of life and freedom. | “He had all the ruggedness and courage, but he had more than the | moderation of the pioneer. His was | the moderation of the highest cour- age, rather than the immoderateness of the lower daring. Iconoclast, he seemed to those Bourbons who in| every generation contest the {urward‘ march of the workers to the larger| life. Not immoderate he, whose was | the moderation of statesmanship, which is not irreconcilable, with the finest courage and the noblest dar- ing. By the Associated Press. BELGRADE, Deceniber Albanian insurgents have ~The captured 600 men after a two-hour battle, ac- cording to the latest dispatches from the frontier. The effect of this suc- cess is to cover their right wing and relieve pressure on their forces fight- ing in the region of the River Mati. During the operations, the insurgents are reported to have captured 350 men and to have seized important | i Had Many Idealx. Concentration upon and conse-| crated to his purpose, he was unlike] the pioneer in that he was a man of | more than one ideal und more than one Joyalty. Long will men remem- ber the ardor with which he espoused the cause of international peace, see- ing it on high ground and for tHe highest ends. In hls quest of inter- national understanding he gave gen- { erous support and ardent loyalty to | the greatest of the friends of man in our day, Woodrow Wilson. “His was the unselfishness of the pioneer, the man who plans and builds for others, who deems himself the in- strument and servant of that higher [ ullllllue_ on Page 22, Column 2.) Tsana Bey, one of the rebel lead- ers, told a correspondent of the Politika at Koukouch, that he was certain to enter Tirana, the capital, within three days. The rapid success of the insurgent movement, he con- tended, was proof that all the popu- lation sided with former premler Ahmed Zogu, head of the insurrec-| tion. ROME, December 18.—The I[talian government is sending two warships to Albanian waters immediately in View of possible complications arising out of the recent troubles there. MAN KILLED BY ROBBER. Companion Seriously Wounded in | Hold-Up. ! BRADFORD, Pa, December 18— Earl J. Fetterly, aged 39, proprietor of the Mapleshade Inn at Port Al- legany, was instantly killed and Wil- llam Barrho, cashier of the Port Al- leghany First National Bank was wounded by a robber who attempted to hold up Mr. Fetterly early today. Several men were in the hotel lobby when the bandit entered from the treet door and ordered them to throw up their hands. Mr. Fetterly attempted to grapple with the gun- man and was shot between the eyes. Mr. Barrho was shot when he at- tempted to help the dying man. The robber escaped. Be Careful Jay walkers dash across the streets at the most unexpected places and inopportune times, so be careful. By the Assoclated Press. FLAGSTAFF, Ariz, December 18.—Efforts of man to relleve the plight of thousands of deer starv- ing in the Kaibab National Forest met failure last night when George McCormick, veteran cattleman, conceded the futility of an at- tempt to drive the herd across the inaccessible chasm of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. Insurmountable obstacles en- countered by Mcormick’s army of cowboys and Indians in a blinding ‘blizzard that swept the - wilder- ness obliterated the hopes of the intrepid invaders and stampeded the animals in all directions. The first word of the outcome of the drive—an unparalleled task in Western range annals—was brought to Flagstaff last night by score of motion picture men who bucked great drifts and sleet storms in automobiles to come from the scene of the attempted ,Tourid-up, north of the canyon, They were accompanied by Zane Grey, the author. : Although handicapped by being | callea | pected devele | tion in a last attempt to form a | essary Blinding Snow Thwarts Hope Thousands of Deer From Starvation|*™ ™ " WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION s G, CHARGE OF BRIBERY OF SENATE WORKER UNDERU. S. PROBE | Committee Attache Accused of Taking Money for Use of Influence. SUSPECT’S NAME KEPT SECRET DURING INQUIRY | Belief Prevails That Attention of President Has Been Called to Case. The Department of Justice has be- gun an investigation Into charges that n employe of a Senate committee has accepted money to use his influ- suce in aiding in the passage of legis- tion Attorney General Stone announced today that it had been revealed that money actually had ‘passed, but he de- clined to indicats the legislationt| concerned o to identify the employe suspected. The Attorney General also refused to intimate from what source | the charges had come. i Asked if Presiden? Conlidge's tention had been cailed to the re-| ports, Mr. Stone sald he Kpew math-| ing about that ome Senators were reported at (R | pitol as 18ving cxpressed tie be- ifef that the President should Le ad- | vised of the alleged bribery, and the selief prevailed that this nad taken | place and that Mr. Coolidge i it to the attention of the At- ¥ General Confers With Coolidge. Mr. Stone has haa several confer- ences with the President in the last 24 hours, and each of them, he ex- plained wher left the department hurriedly., were in relation te “unex- pments.” EBERT ACTS 10 END CABINET MUDDLE Asks Marx to Make Thor-| ough, Final Search for Coalition Party. By the Ass. BERLIN, December Ebert this morning consul with Chancellor Marx and authorized him to a thorough and final survey parliamentary s iated Press 18 make of the min- command the ne majority in the Reichstag. The summuions followed the failure of Foreign Minister Stresemann, leader | of the German People’s party, to con- struct a straight non-Socialist cab net Chancellor Marx confe with the leaders of the Soclalist and German People's parties today. The situation at noon was such that the construction of a_four-party coali- tion which would include the Social- | ists appeared to be only a remote possibility. The. general impression was President Ebert would request Marx Stresemann cabinet to co in_office. Reports that Pres have recourse to the appointment of | a mon-parliamentarian to head a non-partisan cabinet were given lit- tle credence in political quarters. The | prejudice among all the parties | against such a solution was freely | hinted at in references to the similar experiment introduced with the ap pointment of Dr. Wilhelm Cuno as chancellor two years ago. istry which would briefty that the ue ent Ibert might | TO TRANSFORM PALACES | INTO WORKERS’ HOMES Soviet Council Overrules Move to Make Museums of Royal Buildings. By the Assoclated Preys. MOSCOW, December 18.—The coun- | cil of the people’s commissars has de- | cided to eonvert the magnificent | Czarist palaces at Livadia, in the | Crimea, into homes for workingmen | and peasants convalescing from sick- | A plea from the commissariat of | education that the bulldings be re-| tained as museums owing to their| beauty of architecture, historical as- | soclations and splendid art collections was overruled. to Save | shorthanded, / McCormick the drive Monday morning as scheduled, alded by 30 to 40 | Navajo Indlans and about 30 cowboys. 1 On ‘the following morning 75 more Navajos arrived, but the | heavy snowstorm which broke early Tuesday morning prevented the herders from seeing more than 50 feet and proved an insurmount- able handicap. After the snowstorm broke ef- forts to continue the drive were ineffective and Tuesday afternoon McCormick called off the drive definitely, say members of the re- turning party. The deer displayed unexpected wildness,’ dashing madly in every direction and refusing to be herded or to move in any general direction. From their elevated station the party observed a prob- able total of 1,000 deer, which, however, failed even to approach a herd formation, being widely scattered over a large lerrltfl. Radio Programs—Page 44. | started l ¢ Toening Star. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1924 —FIFTY PAGES. = The Star” every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’ “From Press to Home - Within the Hour” s carrier. system covers s” Circulation, 98,847 _TWO CENTS ONE WEEK ~ TiLL CHRISTMAS, VOTE ON MAIL PAY SET FOR JANUARY 6 Senate Agrees tn Motion to Pass on Wito Week After Recess. The Scaate, on motion of Senator d of Missouri, vesterday reached an agreement to vote the postal ay increase bili and veto January 6 At the same time that the Senat was sending the pay rate to committeo a companien introduced in the House by ntative Paige, Republican, sachusetts, who was chairman of the subcommittee which reported the pay increase messure This went to the post office commit- tee, and the purpose is to name sub- committees of this and the Senate committee to conduct joint public heuriugs, at which all parties at terest would be given op Re L @ppear. Charge Wrong Cost Charges. The postal committee of the Ameri n vspaper Publishers’ Assocta- tion, in a letter to Senator Oddie of Nevada, & Republican member of the Senate post office committee, asserted vesterday that an excessive propor- n of the salaries of postmasters and assistant postmasters had been assessed ugainst the expense of han- dling second-class mail In the Post Office Department’s cost ascertain- ment report tly submitted to Congress The report alloca postmasters’ tes 18 per salary account t second il receipts, says the letter, only 6 per should be o charged under the of g their pay cn the s of the income of their office Similarly, it adds, more than 12 cent of the cost of assistant post- masters’ salaries is assessed to the second claxs mall recelpts The letter also says the net loss of the department in the last fiscal year, placed by tmaster General New at $14,643,976, represents the :ost of handling franked congres- onal and departmental matl out of cent cent tem | Washington D. C. SCHOOL SURVEY ASKED IN CONGRESS Inquiry by Federal Bureau of Edu- cation Sought in Measure Introduced Today. Comprehensive survey of the pub- lic schools of the District of Colum- !bla by the United States Bureau of | school Education is directed in a joint res- olution introduced by Senator Ferris of Michigan. - The resolution was re- ferred to the District committee. Under the terms of the resolution the bureau is directed to make a survey and submit its recommenda- tlons to Congress on the following subjects: Adequate buildings, grounds and equipment and also on the methods for meeting the needs of the schools hers under the traditional plan and under platoon or work- study-play management. Estimates of the cost under both these methods would be submitted. The resolution directs that a re- port be made ready for Congress by the beginning of the next regular ses- s December, 1925, RWICK MEMORIAL BILL IS ORDERED OUT WA Allows Homg for Children to Ac-| cept $300,000 ; Bequest for Hospital. The House judiciary committee to- day ordered a favorable report on the bill introduced . by Representative George S. Graham of Pennsylvania, chairman, which would enlarge the powers of the Washington Home for Children to permit it to accept a be- quest in the wlill of Randolph T. War- wick. This provides for the erection and equipment of a memorial hospital to be known as the Helen L. and Mary B. Warwick Memorial, for care and treatment of foundlings and women affiicted with cancer. It is provided that not -to exceed $50,000 be expended for the site, that when erected and equipped the cost of the entire memorial not exceed $260.000. of | per | \Quake Kills 24 | In Philippines; 47 1 Persons Injured| Ex tie Associated Press MANILA, December 18 An earthquake, which rocked Surigao Province, on Mindanao Island, kill- | ed 24 . it became known today. The quake destroyed 28 houses on four small islands situated near the northern of Surigao Province. * Korty-seven persons were injured. Although the trem- bler occurred on Monday, first | news of the situation was received here today by the American Red | Cross from the ex-Governor of Su- rigao Province. EX-WARDEN FACES ARREST IN ATLANTA Warrants Issued Against; Sartain and Deputy, Charging Bribery. persons Monday By the Associated Press ATLANTA, ( Warrants charging th, bribes by A. B warden, d L. J warden, of the lanta, were out in United States district court here today. Roth men @vers waiting in the clerk’s office to make bond. The detail of the charges were not made public, pending the formal serv- | ice of the warrants and the execu-| | tion of bonds by the accused men, but ‘1: was understood that were based on charges made Baughan, prisoner at tentiary Fletcher, ral pris deputy Fe in At- sworn a the peni-! |EXPEL THEOLOGICAL | STUDENTS WHO MARRY | Western College Dismisses Em- bryo Preachers Secretly Wedded. e Associated Press. GREELEY, Colo.. ‘December 18.— George W. Scarborough of Elm N. Y., and Paul Fish of Elizabeth, N. J., students at St. John's College, an Episcopal theological school, were expelled vesterday because they were secretly married several weeks ago to two Greeley girls, Dr. W. Bonnell, dean of the college, announced last night. | Scarborough married Patterson, a commerclal school stu- dent, and Fish married Ernestine Schletter, a* student in the teachers’ Under the rules of the school, | taking a theological course | | are permitted to marry during their | {college term only with the consent| of the dean”and the presiding bishop. | | _Scarborough was a freshman and | Fish was taking a speeial course in | theolog: % ! BANKER SUED ON BOND. The Fidelity Deposit Co. of Mary | land, a bonding corporation, today filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $1,289.65 from Colin H. Livingstone, local banker and vice president. of the Boy Scouts of [ Amerfea. . | The.company says it became surety on a bond of $33,367.40 at the request of the defendant for his son, Kenneth M. Livingstone, who had a contract with the State of Maryland to build a road Dbetween Jacksonville and Sweet Air. The father agreed to in- demnify the company, it is asserted, but after the company was required to pay out $1,289.65 on account of the son’s bond Mr. Livingstone has failed to reimburse the company, the court is told. Attorneys Hamiiton & Ham- ! jlton represent the bonding company. Poland Secks $30,000,000. WARSAW, December 18.—The min- istry of finance today confirmed Te- ports that' Poland is negotiating for an American loan, which is expected to be in the neighborhood of $30,000,- 000 or $40,000,000. B, Miss Nadine students ‘Christmas Music Programs of Washington churches will be printed in The Star Saturday, December 20, a special page being devoted to this feature. | a. | d {+ Congratulating Secretary Hoove | to automobile i demonstrate that fof opi SCHULDT OFFERS SAFETY PROGRAM Traffic Judge Suggests New Rules After National Conference. sgram of 1 specifi ommendations to improve saf Warhington streets was laid down Judge Guk A. Schuldt of the Police and Traffic Courts atement t following his attendance ase egate from the Capital to ent Nationa! Trafflc Conference. ed by Secretary of ( rerce Hoover Segregation of heavy traffic, ome-way str arterial high signals. more officers, a ehensive system of electric control and a council uong the Dropos: Judge Schuldt suggested W ght “start sever hington having called the conference, Judge Schuldt declared it was “bound to be | | productive of much good in the ndardization of trafic regulations throughout the country. ‘Serious National Problem. When we consider,” street and h 690 deaths, seric al injuries, resulting in $800, 0 economic loss, and that §5 cent of these accidents were inc trafic, that the problem one. ‘Appreciating the gravity o uatio were present from practically State, and even Canada was represented. Comprehen sive reports made by the various c mittees and the conclusions reached these experts had given much time and thought troublesome problems. “It was with pardonable p e District contingent observed t the majority of the recommendations the committee on traflic control already been incorporated into regulations and are now in that accidents had our Speed Limit Not Neetled. The question considerable time, bBut the c fon was that no limit should be prescribed, and the conference re ommended that it be unlawful to oper- ate a vehicie at u speed greater than is reasonable and proper, having re- gard to the traflic and the use of the highway, or o as to life, limb or property of another. “It was also recommended, that no municipality shoula establish a speed limit lower than 15 miles an hour. The District has a limit of 183 miles an hour hetween intersecting streets and 12 miles an hour across inte secting streets. “From the reports of other com mittees it would seem that Washin ton is backward in_city trafic and zoning planning. We- should now look forward, make plans, and pre- pare for the handling of the tens of thousands of new autos which are of speed consumed ,bound to come as the city increases in population, and see to it that our #treets are so arranged as to take care of this increased hurden expe- ditiously and safely. Suggests Plan for Start. “We might'start now with the seg- regation of heavy traffic to certain Streets, moTe one-way streets, arte- rfal highways, automobile signals, more officers and a comprehensive system, of .electric trafic control “It gertainly was a deep huinilia- tion and a sad commentary upon a olty of 475,000 inhabitants that we could not report we had a safaty council. Even small towns of 15,000 to. 20,000, according to delegates, had diligent and efficient councils who were proud of the work they were performing. “Washington, to my mind, will ever be in a chaotic condition unless civic pride is aroused to the necessity of a safety council to disseminate the doctrine of safety first to the end that operators ba safe drivers and pedestrians careful walkers, thereby | eliminating: accidents. ‘In_the meanwhile every citizen should be a safety club unto himself by preaching and practicing safety.” British Steamer Ashore. AMSTERDAM, Holland, December 18, | —The British freight steamer Promus, from Buenos Aires, November 12, for Rotterdam, is ashore near Nieuwe Diep, the Harbor of Helder, on the Dutch coast. The prospects of float- ing her are bad, owing to the rough weather. Her No. 4 hold is leaking badly. Six tugs are engaged in an effort to get her off the battom. it will he seen | s 4 serious national | endanger the | 'PRECEDENT BROKEN BY HUGHES 10 CURB ANTH-JAPAN FEELING |Secretary of State Issues ! Cordial Greeting to New Envoy From Tokio. |POPULAR DISTRUST HELD " WITHOUT FOUNDATION | Selection of Mr. Matsudiara Seen as Omen of Best Relations Between Countries. By the Assoc The Washington Government, whose officials have been puzzled and what disturbed by agitation over Amer can-Japanese relations, took occa sion today to bespeak formally an er: “the most cordial relations” be tween the two countries. Departing from precedent, Secretar Hughes issued a formal stateme: tuking notice of the oppointment T Matsudfara as the new Japa vse ambassador here, and welcom him to this country as a step towar a further cementing of friendship i tween Tokio and Washington Timed to Carb Agitation. Particular color was attached to il Secretar ction in view of the known ¢ iction of the administra tion that a of questions which the two countries have a cor mon terest, has fostered a popul: feeling that their relations are n on the best footing. Officiais here t the view that such a fear is absolutél groundless, and that, in fact, no trou lesome is re pending wit the government at Tokio. State Department attaches nable to re 1 when an announce nt similar to that of Mr. Hughes« 4 been issued after hhl(fil‘fl(ifin“ b e appoint new ambassado: cretary’s state ed Press. some tatl Matsudiara at of most distinguished sery but Japan has paid us a signa >t in cting as her ambassado thie po who through him | self and his represents two of 108t d historical empire. es of th Sees Era of Good Wil 1 am forward convinced that we can loc now to the most cordi \ Japan and that th be greatly facilitat { by the mission of Mr. Mateudiara.” This statement was prefaced 1 the State Départment with the foi- lowing paragraph, referring to Associated Press dispatch from Tokic which Mr. Matsudiara confirme his own appointment and declared also looked forward to a period close friendship between the two go ernments “When retary port in t o the attention of the Sec of State was called to a re he press of this morning re sarding _ th ppointment Mr Tsuneo Matsudair Japanese an | bassador to Washington and Mr. Mat sudaira’s remarks, the tary | pressed gratificatio 1 pointn The ne ot this = apanese A rica, when duties, and his receptic expecfed t a- riendship between the U and Japan So far as | concerned, American | themsel | agitation { which do mbassador, will find¥virtual he up his 1 here will be w bond of ted State soc take: the two governments are they are hopiog that the nd Japanese peoples will not disturb those relations b over situations of conflict ex Agitation Not Localiged. hich ts felt will and mistrust between the peoples of the two countries, is not charged to any single agency b officials here. They point out, how ever, that the result of much tha has been published and spoken re cently has been to arouse misunde | standings. The Government here fee that should the agitation be carried {on the two governments may be embar rassed in their dealings So far as the question of naval ar maments is concerned. Japan has. in the opinion of authorities here, f filled in letter and spirit the provi slous of the naval limitation treaty and displayed always an earnestn to measure up in the same way to all | spectfications of the various agree | ments respecting China and _ the | Ortent which grew out of the Wash |ington conference. | No Hitch About ¥ On the proposal to send the Amer can Navy Hawaii and the Pacifi for maneuvers next Summer—a sub {ject which has evoked considerable agitation of an unpleasant natu particularly in part of the Japanese press—it is known here that on this the Japanese and Washington author ities are in agreement The under standing between them disposes o arguments that the sendfg of the war craft to Hawaii a mere dis play of naval strength in the Pacific intended to affect Japanese thought |create bitteriess emvers. Points of Agreement Cited. | Japan's actions which resulted i | the evacuation of Siberia, settlement | of the Shantung controversy, the def- inite alignment of Tokio with Wash ington in the matter of the open-door policy, elimination of the spheres of | Influence held by Japan in China through canceliation of the celebrated Lansing-Ishii agreement, abrogation of the Anglo-Japanese treaty and others, all of which pleascd the Amer- ican Government, are in the minds of | aaministration ieaders as evidence | of her co-operation with the Unitea | States in Pacific affairs. Former Ambassador Warren de- clared when he returned to this coun- try that the fusing of American ane Japanese policies respecting the Pa- {cific and the Far East had removed what had been a “source of potential danger.” ENVOY TO U. S. INSTALLED. Matsudaira Says Two Nations Des- temed to Aid Peace. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, December 18.—After his formal installation as Ambassador to the United States Tsuneo Matsudiara today said to a representative of the Associated Press: “I realize fully the importance of the mission I am undertaking and I Contimned on Page 2, Columnm 1)