Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Weather Bureau Foree Probably rain tonight, changing to colder tonight; much Temperature for 24 today: (. 8 snow tomorrow colder tomorro hours ended at 2 p.m at 3 p.m. vesterday; lo: 4:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. L) Highest, west, 43, at Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 auing N. 29,452. No. Entered as seco; nd class matter post_office, Washington, D, C. \ PRESIDENTS PEAE ANS RETARDED BY TALKINCONERESS Difficult to Keep Japanese From Taking Offense at Britten Resolution. BIGGER NAVY CLAMOR FIRST TROUBLE MAKER Executive Branch Feels Relations of Two Countries Can Be Cordial if Agitations Cease. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The same old story—shall Congress the Executive conduct the l'urvl[-:n! ions of the United States—has| opped out anew nded by st Summer, Congre again the scene of debate, the ef- | fect of which, it is anticipated, will 20t help relations between Washing- | 1on and TokYo, and may, on the other hand, ke even more difficult the| siready great burden on the President #nd Sceretary of State in keeping of- ficial intercourse wi Japan on al friendly basis. ! It all started through the clamor a bigzer Navy, but it was inten- | sified by the isolated action of Rep- resentative Britten of Illinois, Re- publican, a ranking member of the naval committee who asked the House of Representatives to adopt a 12solution authorizing the President all on the “white nations border- n the Pacific” to confer on de- nsive measures. i « faving Japan - legis] m; Annoyance at Bill | itten's idea doesn’t represent ! sentiment of Congress, but when | cabled to Japan explanations are no | reported today resolution e Coming as it does me that the clamor is and when the nerican N is planning maneuvers the Pacific, the Britten resolution »yed the Department of State to extreme 'he President had just started a campaign of denlal through the press, Joping that the jingoes would be #quelched. But he had hardly finished that when the resolution to et up a conference of the nations bordering | on the Pacific was launched at a ban- 1et of representatives of the cham- bers of commerce of Pacific Coast ites and representatives in Con- kress from the Coast Several of the Pacific coast mem- bers, including Chairman Johnson of Washington of the House immigra tion committee, are insisting that the | Eritten resolution is unwise and that | it does not represent the true senti- | Juen of the people of the United | ttates who live in the Pacific coast yegion. - | larger i | | | Some Damage Already Done. i But some of the damage has been | «one and the executive branch nfi 1he Government realizes it so much that Secretary Hughes broke a prece- | dent in the last 24 hours by com-| menting officlally on the appointment ! by Japan of a new Ambassador. He 100k occasion to speak in compli- Jnentary terms of the new envoy &nd Japan knows that his purpose’ was to allay any ill feeling lhali aight have been caused by the re- | cent anti-Japanese agitations and the | smplications of the talk about a | Ereater navy. | The execu ernment ernments ive branch of the Gov feels that if the two gov- are left alone and public opinion is not inflamed by untoward incidents or provocative action in the | legislatures of either country the re- | Jations between Japan and the United | ates will be improved and a way | ultimately will found to remove | ihe causes of the present irritation. | Meanwhile, the American Govern- | ament endeavoring to do all in fts| yower to convince the Japanese peo- | Ple that there is no hostility on this | side of the Pacific. Although Wash- | jngton cannot influence the States, | be most gratifying to the | ninistration here it some demon- | ation of friendship came from the | cific Coast people to offset the im- yression conveved by the Britten >esolution, which purported to repre- #ent Pacific Coast opinion (Conrrizht. 1024) be would £tr Pa « 25 AMERICAN CLAIMS FILED AGAINST MEXICO ‘Commission Set Up by Two Nations to Adjust Cases Soon Will Begin Work. 7 the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, December 19.—The foreign office is advised that 25 mem- oranda have already been filed in \Washington regarding claims against Mexico to be studied by the General Claims Commission set up by the two countrie Work on the memoranda ill begin after some time, the com- «inission waiting for more to be filed + Foreign Secretary Saenz conferred posterday with the Mexican dele- | #ates, discussing plans for the speclal «<laims commission which has already peen informally working on claims %o be presented by Mexlco against the United States. The German and Mexican govern- ments have exchanged drafts for claims conventions somewhat similar to those signed with the United States and France. MEXICO COLONY FAILS. 11,600 Mennonites Are Returning to | Canadian Province. NORTHPORTAL, Saskatchewan, De- yember 19.— Approximately 1,600 Mennonites who left the Wynard and Herbert districts of this province keveral months ago to form a colony in Mexico have passed through this place on thelr way back to thefr arms. Mexico offered no such opportuni- sies as they had been led to expect, the returning Mennonites said. PRSI MecIntosh Is Confirmed. | The nomination of Joseph W. Mc- Jntosh of Illinols to be controller of the currency was confirmed yes- 1erday by the Senate. Mr. McIntosh sucoeeds Henry M. Dawes, who res cently resigned. | %1, @h WASHINGTON New A. F. of L. Head WILLIAM GREEN, §763,180.522 FUND BILL SETS RECORD Treasury and Postal Appro-’ priations Largest Present- | ed in Peacetime. The largest peace time supply bill ever presented to Congress—a meas- ure carrying more than three-quar- ters of a billion dollars for Treasury and Post Office Department activities during the coming fiscal year—was by the House appro- priations committee. The total is $763,180,522, or $11,- 90,614 more than for the current ear, but approximately $12,000,000 than budget estimates. Of the combined total $1 would go to the Treasury and $636,- 269,415 to the Post Office Department. Big Sum for Dry Unit. Included in the Treasury items is $11,000,000 for enforcement of pro- hibitlon—$783,120 more than recom- mended by the budget, but $341,770 less than the total available this year. In addition, the bill carries $20,597,835 for the Coast Guard, which is now being used to prevent liquor smuggling. Among the Post Office Department items 1s $2,600,000 for the transcon- tinental air mail service—$150,000 less than the amount granted for this rear. ¥ Chairman Madden estimated per- manent and Indefinite appropriations for the Treasury Department which require no legislative action would aggregate $1,340,853,955. He expects a reduction from $865,000,000 to $830,- 000,000 next year in interest on the public debt. An automatic increase in the sinking fund was estimated at $310,000,000 this year and $323,175,000 next year. Cut for Customs Service. The Dill carries $16,656,200 for the customs service—$322,940 less than was appropriated last year; $417,600 for the Federal Farm Loan Bureau; $48,021,860 for the Internal Revenue Service, including the $11,000,000 for prohibition _enforcement; $9,103,101 for the Public Health Service and 82,040 for mint and assay offices. No provision is made for main- tenance after July 1 of the assay offices at Deadwood, S. Dak., and Salt Lake City. Elimination of these offices was recommended by the ad- ministration. “From the evidence obtained by the committee,” said the report, “there is no decrease in work to be performed in the enforcement of the prohibition and narcotic act as to justify at the present time a de- crease in the organization.” Appeal for Public Support. The committee recomended that not to exceed $50,000 be expended “for the dissemination of Information and appeal for law observance and law enforcement through the use of post- ers and other modes of public appeal.” The appropriation for alr mall ser- vice is $150,000 less than the amount available this year, but does not con- template reduction of service. The bill carries $626,873 for mail transmission by pneumatic tubes— the amount available this year and $89,250,000 for rural delivery service, the latter a decrease of $600,000. BUREAU ESTIMATE CUT. 8 y 1 26,911,107 For the Bureau of Engraving and Printing appropriation of $7,271,530 is recommended by the House appro- priations committee in the Treasury- Post Office Department appropriation bill, reported to the House today. This (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) Hors_f;Lost in Fog Robs Housewives |Of Breakfast Bread; A dense fog of the London va- riety and a bread wagon horse with a wanderlust combined this morning to force some of the good citizens in the vicinity of Fourth and T streets northeast to eat a breadless breakfast. The horse wandered into the fog during the driver's absence, far off his customary eroute, and despite a frantic search by the driver and the policeman on the beat, was not found until the mist had lifted. The animal had pulled the wagon to Hanover street and stopped to rest. The bread man would not give out for publication some of the words of greeting received from the belllgerent housewives when he continued his route several hours behind schedule. Communist Leader Is Suicide. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, December 19.— Luis Recabarren, Communist leader and former deputy, shot and killed himself this morning. He left a stagement saying it was useless to struggle and that he was unable to g on further, BREEN IS ELECTED T0 PRESIDENCY OF LABOR FEDERATION Noonan, Head of Electrical Workers, Chosen as Eighth Vice President. NEW CHIEF PLEDGED TO PROGRESSIVE POLICIES Declares He Believes in Driving Ahead, But Building Per- mantently as He Goes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 19.—Wil- liam Green of Ohlo today was elected president of the American Federa- tion, of Labor. James P. Noonan, president of the International Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers, was elected eighth vice president to fill the vacancy on the executive council caused Green's promotion. The election of Mr. unanimous. The keynote of his ad- ministration, he sald, would be “con- structive progressivism.” “I believe in always driving ahead but in building permanently as we go,” he sald, amid the popping ot flashlights. STANDS FOR PROGRESS. Green Strong Believer in Sanctity of Contracts. BY DAN RING, S(aff Correspondent of The Sta. NEW YORK, December 19.—A constructive progressivism which builds as it moves will be the dom- inant policy of the American Fed- eration of Labor under William Green, the newly elected president. In his first interview after attaining this office today, when he was se- lected to fill the vacancy created by the death of Samuel Gompers, Mr. Green outlined his policles to the writer, having three predominant general characteristics: The first is the aforesald con- structive progressivism. This is the sort of progress, Mr. Green averred, which builds permanently as it tinued on Page 2, Column 3.) HAARMANN 10 DIE FORMURDER OF 2% Butcher’s Accomplice Wholesale Slayings Gets Same Sentence. in By the Assoclated Prese. HANOVER, Germany, December 19. —Fritz Haarmann, the ‘“wholesale murderer,” whose trial for the slay- ing of 26 persons has stirred all Ger- many, was sentenced to death today. The extreme penalty was also or- dered In the case of his accomplice, Hans Grans. Haarmann was found gullty of murdering 24 young men, the crimes extending over a perfod of six years. Grans was condemned for inciting to murder in one case. Fritz Haarmann, a Hanover butch- er, was shown at his trial to be a criminal degenerate, who lured men and boys to his lodgings and there killed them by tearing their throats with his teeth and sucking their blood. The crimes were committed in his room in the top story of a de- crepit tenement house facing the River Leine, and the bodies were dis- posed of by throwing them into the stream. Many human bones were found when the bed of the river was dragged after his arrest early last Summer. Evidence Revolting. The testimony at the trial, which aroused intense horror throughout Germany, ‘was revolting, much of it to the extent that witnesses were heard behind closed doors. Among the allegations was that the murder- er as a butcher had offered his cus- tomers human flesh for consumption. Haarmann, confessed to slaying 15 youths between the ages of 15 and 22, but declared he could not remember the exact number or the names of his victims. The crimes were spread over a period of several years. For a time after his arrest Haar- mann seemed to revel in the notoriety Which the case brought him and once boasted that he would go down in history as the greatest murderer of all time, but as the tale of his deeds was unfolded he began to fear ven- geance at the hands of his victims' relatives, and pleaded for a quick ending of the cas The great crowds which sought ad- mission to the courtroom enhanced his fear of personal violence and at times he became panic-stricken. To- ward the end he refused even to sleep alone in his cell at night and de- rl:x‘nndefl that a guard be placed with m. Insanity Plea Fails. An attempt to mitigate the punish- ment by establishing insanity fell through, allenists declaring him sane in the eyes of the law and thus ac- countable for his acts His accomplice, Grans, who is also sentenced to death, was charged with encouraging Haarmann in his crimes and of buying the clothing of his vic- tims. Haarmann, addressing the jury, showed no remorse for his gruesome deeds. “Were I set at liberty I woul} mur- der again,” he said. “Why I kill is a mystery to me, the prisoner remarked, without & trace of emotion. His plea was full of recriminations against his dead father and his friend Grans. “In Grans' hands I was soft wax,” he said. “But I needed him, as 1 was alone in the worl Claiming his condition was a mor- bid one, Haarmann said: (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) by | Green was | ¢ Epening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., ) | | WSCONSI AVENE N SALE SOUGHT | | Alternative Propgsal for Bus Line Establishment Made by Citizens. | | | | Elimination of street car tracks | | from Wisconsin avenue and estab- { lishment of motor bus lines as a means of improving transportation for the rapldly developing area north | and west of Georgetown s belng in- formally considered by the Public Utilities Commission, Maj. W. E. R Covell announced today. One of the proposals under consld- { eration is that busses come down | Wisconsin avenue from the District ! line to Massachusetts avenue and thence along this thoroughfare to Dupont Circle, where passengers could transfer to street cars bound ’for the heart of the city Four Courses Open. If this suggestion should be adopt- ed, Maj. Covell sald, there would probably have to be an auxillary bus lne eircling ®hrough the territory south of Massachusetts avenue, ter- mina.""< In Georgetown. An al- ternative ‘« to simply tear up the tracks and n. -= the busses operate straight out Wisc.-«in avenue from Georgetown to the Dis.~ict line. A fourth proposition, wilch Maj. Covell sald has been broached by eft- izens, is to have the Capital Traction | Co. buy the Wisconsin avenue line This 1ine is known as the Georgetown and Tenleytown Railway Co., but is a subsidiary of the Washington Rail- way and Electric Co. Maj. Covell, who acts in an ad- visory capacity to the Utilities Com- mission, made it clear today that the commission is not committed to any of the proposals, but is considering them with an open mind and is anx- ious to get the views of the people living In that section of the city. Time Ripe for Action. According to Maj. Covell, this is the logleal time to comsider the broad question of improving transportation cilities to the area bordering on Wisconsin avenue, for two reasons: First, because the existing rails of the Wisconsin avenue line will soon have to be torn up and replaced, and secondly, because the question of fur- nishing transportation from the terri- tory west of Wisconsin avenue to the downtown sectlon has been raised by the recent application of the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Co. for a cross- town bus line. 1f busses are to be substituted for street cars on Wisconsin avenue the decision will have to be reached this Winter, because in the Spring the District will resurface a long stretch of that avenue, and the current ap- propriation act requires that when the paving is done the rallway tracks shall be relocated in the center of the roadway. Ham Expresses View. Willlam F. Ham, president of the ‘Washington Raflway and Electric system, sald today that he has always felt that the Wisconsin avenue ter- ritory was a desirable one to be (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) JAPAN NOT BARRING U. . FLEETS VISIT Subject of Trip Never Dis- cussed, Is Reply in Denying Reputed Kato Speech. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, December 19.—The foreign office tonight issued a communique denying the correctness of newspaper versions printed widely this morning of Premier Kato's speech , of last night at a political dinner. Premler Kato had been quoted as saying that the United States had in- timated it might send the American Navy to Yokohama after the Ha- wallan maneuvers, but that the Jap- anese government “declined the offer with thanks.” “The report - (of the premier's speech) is the product of some grave misunderstanding for this govern- ment could in no wise decline a pro- posal that never was made,” the com- munique_said. Radio Programs—Page 22. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, L = Oxford Students Fined $5 for Each Dance With Girls By the Assoclated Press OXFORD, December 19.—It costs an Oxford student $5 to dance with a girl—that is, if he is caught in the dreadful act, which, while not forbidden by the univer- sity authorities, is so frowned upon that it is penalized by a 1 guinea fine. Mixed dances are not barred, but all dance rooms are raided every night by the university proctors, and the students who cannot escape down back alleys are regularly fined. As dancing is popular, dance fines are an im- portant source of university reve- nue. Enterprising _dance managers employ bicycle scouts, who follow the proctors on their rounds and give timely warnings of their up- proach. The proctors In their turn prepare ambushes and flank attacks, and usually win. COLD WAVE TOHIT CAPITAL TONIGHT Skating Next Week Forecast. Low Temperature Expected to Break Records. The storm that has gripped most of the country West of the Mississippi River in one of the coldest waves of record for December will strike Wash- ington tonight and precipitate the city from its prevailing springlike tempera- ture to figures well below freezing. Cold wave warnings have been is sued by the local weather bureau for all of the Eastern United States as far South as Florida, and the predic- tion for the National Capital, until the middle of next week at least, isj for freezing temperatures, with prob- able snow and ice skating. Although the local forecaster does not expect the thermometer to de- scend to its record low mark for De- cember, 13 degree below zero, estab- lished in 1880, he declared recent low records will likely be smashed when the cold spell begins to reach its peak here, either late tomorrow or Sunday. P The first evidences of the storm made their appearance in Washing- ton early today in the form of dense fog, due to high, cold pressures that are sweeping in from the North and the West with equal vigor, pushing out Into the Atlantic Ocean the low warm pressure that has been respon- sible for the East's balmy temper- atures of the past few days. The fog, the forecasters declared, is dense as far north as New England and the Great Lakes, and is but a harbinger of i1l news. Eastern Penn- sylvania is predicted to begin feeling the full force of the frigid winds that are driving the fog ahead of them by early this afternoon, and tonight the thermometer will drop with startling suddenness. Mr. Mitchell, the forecaster, de- scribed conditions out West as un- precodented. He said the storm there covers so wide an area that he is at a loss to know where to find com- parative figures. It extends from Alaska to Arizona and sweeps across the Pacific almost to the shores of tropical Hawall. Messages ‘Tecelyed here today re- port zero weather in the West all the way to Arizona. Montana has places where the mercury has dropped to 44 degrees below zero, and throughomt the Rocky Mountains cold record for any December has been broken, it is said. The Weather Bureau. belleves the storm originated in Siberis, but its cause is unknown. Although Mr. Mitchell expects the storm to spend some of its force by (Continued on Page 5, Column 6.) HONOR PAID GOMPERS. MEXICO CITY, December ‘Workers throughout Mexico are lay+ ing down their tools for ene hour te- day as an expression of mourning for Samuel Gompers. At the same time trafic will be stopped in Mexico City. PANAMA, December 19.—Suspen- sion of work for five minutes, begin- ning at 10:55 o'clock this morning, was ordered by the Canal Zone gov- ernor in tribute to Samuel Gomper: Flags throughout the zone were or- dered flown at half-mast from sun- rise to sunset, 19— Star. 1924 —FIFTY-SIX PAGES. \ v= PAFoReE &) SPECIALIST CONGRESS SELECTS INAUGURAL BODY Both Houses Name Joint Committee Members to Plan Ceremonies. The joint committee of Congress to make arrangements for the inau- guration of President Coolidge and Vice President-elect Charles G. Dawes was today selected immediately after the passage by the House of the Sen- ate joint resolution providing for the committee. The House members of the com- mittee appointed by the Speaker are:| Representatives Griest of Pennsylva- | nia, Hadley of Washington and Rouse of Kentucky. The Senate members will be Sena- | tors Curtis of Kansas, Hale of Maine | and Overman of North Carolina. Their formal appointment will be an- nounced before adjournment today,| it is expected. | The congressional committee will | undoubtedly be headed by Senator| Curtis of Kansas, Republican leader, | and the vice chairman will be a mem- | ber of the House. | The congressional committee will | confer with President Coolidge at an early date in regard to, the inaugural celebration and the arrangements th| be made at the Capitql. The duties | of the congressional ccmmittee are ! confined to the arrangements made | at the Capitol. The expectation fs, however, that the Président will an- | nounce definitely his ideas in regard to the inaugural celebration following his conference with this committee. Senator Butler of Massachusetts, chairman of the Republican national committee, it is understood, will have a good deal to do with the arrange- ments for any celebration which may be held in Washington outside of the Capitol. * In selecting the Benate members of the congressional committee, prece- dent was followed, the chairman of the rules committee and the ranking | Republican and Democratic members of that committee beifig named. | SENATORS TOASK NAVAL GUN DATA Sidetracking Proposed Probe, Committee Seeks Facts on Elevation. i | t The Sengte naval affairs committes, on motionvof Senator Gerry of Rhode Island, today decided to ask informa- tion from the executive braich as to whether any foreign power had ac- tually protested against raising the elevatior of guns on American battle- ships 50 as to make them equal in range with those of British and other foreign*ships. At the same time the committee de- cided to postpone consideration of the King resolution for an investigation of the Navy until certain data could be obtalned from the Navy Depart- ment. The action of the committee in postponing the King resolution was interpreted as a virtual abandonment of any idea of a public investigation of the Navy at this time. The request for information regard- ing the elevation of guns on battle- ships, 1t {s understood, will go first to the Navy Department and from that department to the State Depart- ment. . After the meeting of the Senate committee Senator Gerry said that he had made his motion because he had been unable to get any definite in- formation regarding such a protést, although it was constantly rumored that a protest had been made. The naval appropriations bill is still to come before the Senate. Unless the elevations of the guns would con- fiict with treaty obligations of the United States it is possible that Sen- ator Gerry may seek to have an ap- propriation carried for the purpose of elevating the guns. Soviet Envoy to Quit Pari PARIS, December 19.—Leonld Kras- sin, the Soviet Ambassador to France, will leave for Moscow next week for an indefinite stay, according to a Russian newspaper printed in Paris. It was added that the Franco-Russ economic and financial negotiations 1aw wint which were to have begun In Jan- uary have beem postponed, * Bank Robbers Fire Town, Wiping Out $100,000 Property By the Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Tex., December 19.—Yeggmen, dynamiting the vaults of the First National Bank at Valley View early today, made away with the First National's safe and that of the Guaranty Bank, and then started a fire which wiped out the entire busi- ness sectlon. No accurate estimate of the loss sustained by both banks could be secured,, but the fire damage was estimated at $100,000. When the first alarm sounded at 5 am. and most of the population of 800 turned out, the building in which the two banks were located was In flames. Through the flames it could be seen that the bank vaults stood open and both safes, each welghing about 4,000 pounds, were gone. HOLDS RUM TRADE FLOURISHES HERE Jones Tells House Committee Enforcement Not Up to Of- ficials’ Hopes. Bootlegging 18 flourishing in the Dis- trict of Columbia, and the enforcement of the prohibition law is not what Fed- eral authorities are anxious it should be, according to testimony given by { James E. Jones, assistant prohibition | commissioner, in reply to questions | when the budget for prohibition enforce. | ment was being discussed before the House appropriations committee. | Mr. Jones had told the committee that |in 1924 ther> were 43,428 cases and some 68,000 arrests. He said this in- cluded some cases in the District of Co- When asked by Representative Vare of Pennsylvania if the law is being rea- onably well enforced Mr. Jones replied not_as well as we would like to have it. We are making a great many ar- rests in cabarets and restaurants and running down bootleggers. There are quite a number of petty bootleggers in | the District.” | Deseribes Petty Dealer. | He could not say how many boot- | leggets, and explained that by “petty | bootleggers” he meant those who deal in_half pints and pints. Representative Vare asked, “Is the District Attorney of Washington an | | | | ord of the number. i aggressive and fearless law enforcing | officer” Mr. Jones replied, “The assistant dis- trict attorneys who handle prohibition cases have been doing their best, 1 think.” Representative Vare then called at- tention that according to newspaper reports David A. Hart, assistant United States district attorney in charge of prosecution of prohibition cases, leggers pedd!ing booze in Washing- ton. Mr. Jones said he thought Mr. Hart had repudiated that statement. Representative Vare commented that it Is conceeded that 8,000 cases have been in the Police Court. The records show that 8,000 cases have been in the Police Court, and If you make a reduction of 40 per cent there would still be 5,000 cases.” Mr. Jones re- | plied that some of these men get into the courts in the course of the year a great many times. “I do not be- lleve we will ever be able to enforce this law by imposing fines,” he said. “I do not think you will be able to | enforce it until the courts impose prison sentences generally. T do not think you can enforce it with fines.” Representative Vare said the point he wished to bring out was that If it is true that a United States district attorney appointed by the President | cannot enforce the law in the District of Columbia, with the prohibition unit in complete co-operation with him, how s it to be hoped that the be enforced throughout the rest of the country, as you get far- ther from the seat of power?" Mr. Jones' answer was that in a great many places there have been fewer arrests on a per capita basis than in Washington. “T is a cos- mopolitan city,” he said, “and I will admit that there is more drinking in Washington than in some other cities in the country. ing enforced 100 per cent now. It was revolutionary in its character; it changed the habits of millions of people and it is impossible to make it 100 per cent effective in a year or two. I think it would be enforced very quickly if the judges would im- pose prison sentences on bootleggers rather than fines.” PREMIER OF ALBANIA REPORTED TO HAVE FLED Success of Insurgent Move Believ- ed to Have Come About—Noli’s Overthrow Sought. By the Assoclated Press. BELGRADE. December news dispatches received from Albania by way of Prizren report that the Albanian Premier, Bishop Fan Voli, has fled. It confirmed, this would indicate that the insurgents had succeeded in their object, which was the overthrow of the Noli government. CEEEaie RED CROSS GIVES $10,000. Aids Refugees Suffering From Cold and Hunger. SOFIA, December 19.—The Bul garlan Red Cross announces receipt from the American Red Cross of $10,000 as its Initial contribution to the Macedonian, Thracian and Do- brudjan refugees, who are repogted to be suffering intensely from hunger and exposure to the extreme cold. This is the first contribution from a foreign source. o Be Careful Glaring headlights dazzle pedestrians as well as other motorists, and they are banned under the police regula- tions, so be careful. lumbia, but that he did not have a rec- | said that there are 5,000 boot- | This law is not be- | 19.—Late | “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, 98,717 TWO CENTS COOLIDGE CREATES BOARD TO PROMOTE OIL CONSERVATION War, Navy, Commerce and Interior Secretaries to Seek Aid of Industry. SECURITY OF COUNTRY IS DECLARED AT STAKE | | System of Saving Fuel Is Waste- ful to Alarming Degree, President Says. | 1 { An OIl Conservation Board, consist- ing of the Secretaries of War, Navy. Interfor and Commerce, was created today by President Coolidge. The new board will study the Gov- ernment’s responsibilities in oil con- servation and will seek the full co- operation of the oil industry to tha end, The commission appointed by Mr. | Coolldge last March to study the fu- ture supply of fuel ofl for the Navy will work in co-operation with the new board Cites Difficulty of Conservation. The President announced the crea- tion of the new board in identic let- ters, addressed to the Secrataries of War, Navy, Interior and Commerce in which he said: “It 1s evident that the present | methods of capturing our ofl deposits \are wasteful to an alarming degree, in | that it becomes impossible to con- | serve oil in the ground under our | present leasing and royalty practices |if a neighboring owner or lessee de- | sires to gain possession of his de- posits “Developing alrcrafts indicate that our national defense must be supple- mented, if not dominated, by avia- tion. It is even probable that the supremacy may be determined by the possession of avallable petroleum and its products. Sees Industrial Depression. T am advised that our current oi supply is kept up only by drilling many thousands of new wells each vear, and that the failure to bring in producing wells for a two-year pe- riod would slow down the wheels of industry and bring about serious indus- trial depression. ““The problem of a future shortage it fuel and lubricating oil, not to men- | tion gasoline, must be avoided, or our manufacturing productivity wiil be curtailed to extent not easily calculated We are not today, howev an undersupply of oil tion of our 300,000 wells is in excess of our immediate requirements. That overproduction in itself encourages | cheapness, which, in turn, leads to wastefulness and disregard of essen- tial values. Oil, of which our re- sources are limited. is largely taking the place of coal, the supply of which seems to be unlimited, but coal can not take the place of oil in most of its higher uses on land or sea or in the air. Issue I Important. “For the purpose of giving this re- sponsibility in all of its aspects the consideration it demands, I have con- stituted a Federal Oil Conservation consisting of the Secretaries of War, Navy, Interior and Commerce to study the Government's responsi- bilities and to enlist the full co-op- eration of representatives of the oil | industry in the investigation. The Government itself is, at present, one of the largest leasors of oil lands, and the public domain still includes large undeveloped reserves of ofl, so | that the administration of oil re- | sources is a practical question with { the Department of the Interior. { “I would express the desire that ‘l)\ssv conferences may be open and exhaustive. The oil industry itself | might be permitted to determine its | own future. That future might be | 1eft to the simple working of the law of supply and demand, but for the | patent fact that the oll industry wel- | tare is so intimately linked with the | industrial prosperity and safety of | the whole peoble. that Government |and business can well join forces to work out this problem of practical (ronser\'auon ‘ Safeguard for Security. | “Last March I appointed a com- mission to advise me on the special | subject of the best policy to insure the future supply of fuel oil for the | Navy. That commission will continue | to function in its limited fleld and | might with advantage sit with the | conservation board in the conferences | T expect will be held between these |four secretaries directly concerned nd the outstanding producers of pe- | troleum. Similarly, the members of | the conservation board will call upon their technical advisers in the bu- reaus to contribute to the full dis- cussion of ways and means of safe- | guarding the national security through conservation of our ofl.” COMMISSIONERS SEEK WIDENING OF PARK ROAD Plan to Remake Street From Thir- teenth to Sixteenth Is Given to | House Committee. The District Commissioners today asked Congress for authority to widen Park road from Thirteenth street to Six- teenth street. In their letter to Chair- man Reed of the House District com- mittee the Commissioners said they be- jeved the widening of this street would meet a real need, and relieve a great deal of congestion on that part of Four- teenth street. They point out that from Fourteenth street to Sixteenth street Park road s a one-way street, and that to delay widening would only increase the cost. They submit an alternative bill, one proposal being to assess the entire cost against property owners who might be benefited, and the other a proportionate part of the cost. The letter points out that Park road is 38 feet wide and sidewalk is 6 feet on the south side and 6 to 10 feet on the north side. The new width would be de- termined by the Commissioners. Mexico Protests Killing. MEXICO CITY, December 19.—The Mexican embassy in Washington and the consul at Phoenix, Ariz, have | been instructed to make representa. tions over the alleged slaying of Por- firio Morales, a Mexican, by an Amer- can resident of Phoenix.