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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. DECEMBER 28 1924 —PART 1 Schedule for White House New Year Day Reception NEW. ELECTRIC RATE SCHEDULES, SOON TO BE APPROVED, ISSUED Scales Not Fully Ratified for All Lines of Use, But Final Action Is Expected in COOLIDGE OPPOSES OFFICIAL SHAKE-UP g (BRITAIN 1S SWEPT | WCLINTOGK'S WILL BY HEAVY STORMS| CALLED OWN WORK RENT BILL FRAMED - TORESIST ATTACKS The President has announced the following schedule for the Measure Drafted for Presi- dent Adequately Protects Capital Tenants. If the bill which President Cool- ldge has had prepared and which he intends to send to Congress shortly comes a law, there will be no more loning the legal authority of the strict Rent Commission. or will the rentals in this city be boosted at will and tenants evicted for not complying with these alleged exhorbltant increases. The Rent Commission will be continued for an indefinite period and it will be given full power to fix rentals and to In- flict punishment. This is the opinion Whaley, chalrman of the District Rent Commission whe, following sev- eral conferences with President Cool- idge during the past few weeks, has drafted a bill to meet the situation. He went over this bill with the Presi- dent at the White House yesterda: After further study the President will personally send it to both houses of Congress. He is expected to send also a statement explaining the necessity for this legislation. Glves Police Powers. 1 This will extend the police powers | of the Federal Government to the Rent Commission. This legislation will be & on the grounds that ccessary by reason of the rental which for { rding to Chairm has been and now Is dan- the public health and burdensome to public officers and thousands of employes of the Federal Government. Besides belng continued for an in- definite period the rent commissioner, under the proposed new law, is given authority to impose a fine of $25 a day for violation of its rul and to prosccute in the United States Courts. of Richard serous morals llows Previous Bill Whaley says the bill virtually the same as the one he had prepared Winter for Senator Ball, chair- £ the District committee of the at which was not considered at the time because full attention was given to the legislation extending the life of the present com- nission to next May. However, at the suggestion of the President this bill has been worded so as to not only meat the requirements, but at the same time to stand all court attacks last upon the question of its constitution- | ality. W ed sever: 3 he bill he ator Ball requir- aley has incorpora fons which were not iginally prepared for Se Principal among these is New Year day reception at the Wh of the Py 11:10 a.m.—The ef Justice and Court of the United Judges of the Court of Columblia. Librarian of Congress. 11:25 a.m.—Army, Navy, Marine C General of the District rvice and the Coast the regents nnd Secret Board the Federal Roard for Controller General of t District of National Red Cross; t i tion; the Allen Propert Cincinnatl; the Astec C Legion of the United Republic; the Medal of Legion: the Union Ve Army of Santingo; the Legion; the Army and Columbla. 1:00 p.m. in carriages or om foot, will ent: be parked in East Executive ave THOUSANDS TO JOIN INWILSON TRIBUTE Simultaneous Dinners in ing posting of the rental every apartment in all louses, He stated that it wislation to hav Commission function more nal rather than a prices of apartment < the sense the Rent s a judi- left at t de publ 3 what has been what was contained in ed last January by aft n. hment jon as of the | commission | esta reut. The smposed of five ,cor to be appols 3 and with: Q@ ud t of the Senate | provided that no com should be appointed directly irectly or in any interes sted | al 3 e rict of Columbii i and the secretary and author- ialng the commission to make ex- penditures necessary to the admin- istration of the aet, the bill provided | in sec 10 that the sessor of the District of Columbia shall serve ex| oficio as an advisory assistant to ! commissioners, but should have one of the powers or duties of the imission. tion 11 provided that the com- | mission should annually elect a chair- | man from its own membership, and| could from time to time make such| rules and regulations as necessary to| carry this act into effect. 1l powers and duties of the com- | ission were to be exerclsed by a| majority of the members ction 12 provided the commission | should at least semi-annually publish | its determinations, opinions, rulings | and regulations, all important court| &nd administrative decisions in re- spect to the act and such provisions of the law relating to landlords and tenants as the commission deemed | udvisable, together with a cumulative | index digest thereof. The commission would by general order from time to time prescribe the procedure to be followed in all pro- ceedings under its jurisdiction, such procedure to | as slmp and sum- mary as pri ble. The commission and parties, appearing before it were not to be bound by ‘technical rules of evidence or of pleading. The commis- ion was to prescribe standard forms of leases und other contracts for the use or occupancy of any rental prop- «rty or apartment and require their use by the owner thereof. Lvery such lease or contract entered Into after the commission has prescribed and | promulgated the form for the ten- ancy provided Dy such lease or con- tract shall be deemed to accord with such standard forms. No tenant could assign his lease or sublet any rental property or apartment at a rate in excess of the rate pald by him under his lease, without the ‘consent of the commis- sion upon application in a particular case, and in such case the commis- slon should determine a reasonable rate of rent or charge for such as- signment or sublease. This section wus not to be construed as In any authorizing the assignment of any lease or the subletting of any rental property or apartment in vio- latlon of the terms of the lease, Section 16. Every office or employe of the United States or the District of Columbia, whenever requested by the commission, shall supply to the commission any data or information pertaining to the administration of this title which may be contained in the records of his office. The com- mission also is empowered to sub- Doena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all hooks, accounts, records and corre- spondence in ‘making Investigations, The commission has the authority to direct the owner of an apartment to file plans and other data in such de- tail as it requires, descriptive of the rooms and service and a schedule of rentals and rates, 30 NEW TYPHOID CASES. New York Health Officer Says No Epidemic Exists, NEW YORK, December 27.—Thirty new cases of typhoid were reported to the Health Department during the last 24 hours, the department innounced tonight. .= This compares | with "16 cases reported during. ‘the . preceding 48 hours. > . ‘Notwithstanding the increase thera {8 no epidemic of _typhoid, Health Commissioner Dr. Frank J. Monaghan sald. an indepe: Federal Govern was 10, be President and con: sioner estate or >, Many Cities in Radio Link to Pay Homage. rbitrary | 1y at 9:15 o'clock to- Nation will stand by for e of the birthday of ,drow Wilson broadeast from a petwork of radio stations spread ! throughout the United States. The ston also marks the first Wood- w undation award to the Right Hol count Cecil of Chelwood, England, for the most conspicuous contribution to world peace. The District of Columbia’s part in the giant celebration is in the form of a dinner to be held at the New Willard Hotel tonight The guests, everal hundred of them, including members of Congress, Government officials and other prominent persons of the District, will hear, through a local radio station, the speeches broadcast from New York City Norman Davis, president of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, will preside over the New York meeting, while Huston Thompson will preside at the Willard dinner. The speaker of the local branch will be former Senator Gllbert M. Hitchcock of 3 Viscount Cecil will speak at the banquet in New York and will heard in I’hiladelphia, Washing- Boston, Atlanta and San Fran- , where branches of the founda- n are holding dinners. Millions of radifo fans will tune in on the ceremony, which will be sent into the air from 9:15 o'clock until 10:30, in huntireds of other cities. Local Committee Named. The committee on arrangements for the local dinner is in charge of Mrs. Kate Trenholm Abrams. Others on the committee arée Mrs. Blair Ban- nister, Mrs, John B. Kendrick. Hus- ton Thompson, Mrs. H. E. C. Bryant Mrs. Wilbur Hubbard, Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson and Mrs. Ed Cooper. Among the hostesses will be Mr. and Mrs. George A. Ricker, Miss K. E. M. w. be ton, { Dumbell, Mrs. Louis Pennington, Mrs. J. W. Burns, nator and Mrs. Carter Glass, Senator and Mrs. John B. Ken- drick, Senator and Mrs. Pat Harrison, Representative and Mrs. James F Byrnes, Mrs. Wilbur Hubbard and Mrs. E. W. Coles. Among the guests who will attend the ceremonial dinner here tonight will be Mayor Howard W. Jackson of Baltimore and Mrs. Jackson, Jo- soph P. Tumulty and the members of the Bolling family. The dinner will start at 8 o'clock at the New Willard and at the same hour in ew York. After the din- ner speeches will be made by the local men and at 9:15 o'clock the thousands of guests throughout the Nation at the branch foundation din- ners will hear the presentation speech of the $25,000 award made to Viscount Cecil, his acceptance speech and then the plaudits of those who will speak on the former Executive’s life. Agree- ments have been made for radio sta- tions to remain silent during the time the general broadcast is being completed. Medal to Be Presented. The Woodrow Wilson award medal, to be presented to Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, is described by its de- signer. Ivan Mestrovic, a Jugoslay isculptory as “a labor of love and tribute from the new nations of Europe which look upon Wilson as their greatest benefactor.” Mestrovic, whom John 8. Sargent called the ‘“greatest sculptor since Michelangelo,” has designed a medal of bronze, about 10 inches in diameter, in the center of which is a symbolic figure of Wilson. Above is a figure of Christ under the word, “Caritas,” signifying Wlilson's love for humanity. At the right of Wil- son is Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom, near which, on the rim, is the word “Saplentia.” At Wilson's left Justice holds the scales. Under Wilson are the words, “Lex mundi.” Sl a0 Finance Minister Resigns. RIO DE JANEIRO, Decmber 27.—Dr. Sampaio Vidal, minister of finance, and Cincinato Braga, president of the Banco do Brazil, have sent let- ters to President Bernardes resign- ing thelr posts because of dissatis. faction with changes in the govern- ment's bank policy. Rome Records Quakes. ROME, December 27.—Strong earth- quake shocks lasting two hours were registered today by the observatory at Fayenza. The center of the dis- turbance—apparentty was' some dis- tance from Ttaly. v to and inclusive of the grade of lleutenant colonel of the War Finance Corporation; t Board; the United State: of the War of 1846-1847; 1 Soclety of Colonial Wars; Revolution; the Sons of the Hevolution; the members of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of to 2130 p.m.—The remaining members of patriotic organizations, followed by reception of citizens. Gentlemen to be recelved (unlexs otherwise indicated), whether entrance and will leave by the east entra; Carriages (unless otherwise smdicated) will appronch the White House by the northwest gale and will leave by the northeast gate and called to the east entrance, from which ite Houset 11100 a.m.—~The members of the cabinet and the director of the Bureaw of the Budget; the diplomatic corps; the Director General -American Union. . Asnociate Justices of the § States; the Presiding Judge and Asnociate Judges of the Court of Customs Appeals; the Chief Justice nnd Axsociate Justices of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbias the Chief Justice and Associate of Claims; the Chief Justice and Asxocinte Justices of the Supreme Court of the District 11115 a.m.—Senators, Representatives and Delegates in Congress; the ‘orps, the staff of the Commanding Militia, Coast Guard, Public Health and Geodetic Survey; oficers low: n 11140 am.—The chief execntive ansistants of members of the cabinet; ary of the Smithwonian Institution; ce Commissioners; the Interstate Commerce emberx of the Federal Reserve Board: the Federal Trade Commiss Commissioners; the Commissioners of the United States Shipping Board; the trustees of the United States Shi mergency Kleet Corporation; the United States Employes’ Compensation Commissioners; the members of ners; the United States Tariff ng Voeational Education; the directérs Federal Farm Loan Board of Tax Appeals; the he ted States; the director of the United Stutes Veterans’ Bureau; the Commissioners of the Columbin; the chalrman of the American he Treasurer of the United States; Chief of the United States Bureau of Efficiency; the Director General of the United Statex Railroad Administra- ¥ Custodian; the Public Printer; the heads of bureaus in the several departments; the president of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. 11:50 a.m.—OMcials of the following orgunizations: The Soclety of the lub of 1847; the Axsocluted Veterans e Military Order of the Loyal States; the Grand Army of the Honor Legion; the Union Veterans® teranw Union; the Society of the Spanixh War Veterans; the American Navy Union; the Minute Men: the the Somx of the American the foregoing er the White House by ce (opposite the he north reasury). nue, where they will remain until I guests will depart. PUBLHERS OFER NEW POSTAL RATES {Scale They Ask Right to Present Designed to Be Equitable to All. Protesting against increases in ond-ciass mail rates provided in the administration measure designed to meet salary raises of postal employes, | representatives of the American News. | paper Publishers’ Assoclation proposed to a Jjoint congressional post office committee yesterday that they be per- mitted to draft a rate s e to cover | the cost of their use of the postal service. 3 i The publishers entered vigorous ob- Jection to the haste with which “thay contended Congress was treatiig _. problem fmportant allke to the WEWE papers and the public. They sald in- sufficient time had been given foy the study of the cost ascertainment répont of the Post Office Department on which the proposed rate increases are based and that if given time they would draft a schedule which in their judg- ment would more ncarly meet the equities. Hentings to Be Pressed. While individual members expressgd interest in the publishers’ offer, the committee took ‘no formal a®tion. Chairman Moses announced thai the hearings would be pressed early this week with a view to presentation of a report to the Senate committee In time for the reporting of the adminis- tration bill to the Senate before Presi dent Coolldge's veto of the postal pay bill is taken up January 5 under unanimous consent agreement. Denouncing the proposed increase in second-class rates, spokesmen for the publishers’ association insisted that the adminitration bill would curtall rural circulation of newspapers and at the same time fail to bring in ad- ditional revenue to the Government. S. E. Thomason of Chicago, presi- dent of the association, declared the ircrease would hit ono class—"the rural readers of metropolitan and other city publications.” Only about 10 papers, he estimated, would bo able to absorb the proposed increase, while other newspapers would be forced to pass it onto the sub- scribers. oo Urges Preferential Rate. “We have an off-peak load, reg- ular and continuous, for the Post Office Department,” Mr. Thomason sald, “and we feel we should re- ceive @ preferential rate, as other concerns glve similar business.” Mr. Thomason approved the theory of a suggestion by Representative Kelly, Republican, Pennsylvania, for a graduated scale of rates on sec- ond-class mail, fixed so that larger papers with greater circulation would be taxed heavier. Elisha Lanson, Washington repre- sentative of the association, and Jerome D. Barnum of Syracuse, N. Y., chairman of its postal committee, presented data showing that the previous increases in second-class rates had curtailed the mail circula- tion of daily newspapers from 15 to 40 per cent. Revisions Are Predicted. Pointing out that since 1912 sec- ond-class mall was the only rates, they contended that these ad- vances had Increased the revenues 125 per cent, but had been accom- panied by large withdrawal of volume from the malls, due to the rate increases. The argument was presented that should Congress vote the increases recommended by the Post Office De- partment it would find it necessary to revise them downward within two years because the revenues of the department are_increasing sufficlent- ly on the present rate structure to provide for the salary Increases within that time. Opium Common in India. It is said by a writer defendin the work of Gandhi in India that the average income of the people of India is about 5 cents a day, and that oplum is also said to be used almost as a household remedy among the poor for every ailment in infancy and child- hood. There are about 200,000,000 people in India engaged in agricultural pursuits, New Corn Husker Champion. | Virgil Archer of Nebraska husked 11,745 pounds of corn, about 25 bushels, in 1 hour and 20 minutes to establish his claim to being the champion corn husker. Had he been able to keep up. his-speed he would have-husked-180- bushels between sunup and sundown. class | on which: Congress had raised the! Outdoor Life Rendered Im- possible, Rivers Overflow, Ships Are in Peril. By the Associated Press. . LONDON, December 27.—Extraor- dinary gales and heavy rains, caus- ing overflowing rivers, landslides and minor land and sea disasters, are pre- vailing over all parts of the United Kingdom. There has been only a slight loss of life, but coast naviga- tion is extremely difficult and dan- gerous, and any sort of outdoor lif or sport has been rendered impos- sible. Britishers nowadays seldom - ex- pect Christmas to be accompanied by the Christmas weather of frost and snow, as described by Dickens, but this year has broken all records for o0dd weather condittons. Up to now the Winter has been exceedingly mild, and the severe weather, com- ing Just at the close of the Christmas Moliday season, is causing much in- convenience. Games Are Postpomed. Boxing day, as the day after Christmas is called, is always notable for its numerous important foot ball and other sporting fixtures, but most of these had to be postponed. Christ- mas holiday-makers moving from place to place were badly handi- capped It was a 60-mile-an-hour gale which blew out on Christmas and compelled the suspension of all air services and much cross-channel shipping, and, according to reports, has given At- lantic Hners heavy wind and waves to_fight. No part of England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland seems to have escaped- the effects of the storm. Esplanades and plers of watering places have been flooded or sub- merged, mountainous seas are buffet- ing ships along the coasts, hundreds of telegraph and telephone lines have been blown down, while there is a steady succession of S. O. S. calls from vessels in distress. Heavy dam- \age to property is reported from all yover the countr: A vessel, believed to be a German trawler, which left Tarbert, on the west cogst of Scotland, Thursday, is reported to have been wrecked off the Island of Islay, one of the larger islands of the Inner Hebrides. Thir- {teen members of the crew are be- leved to have been lost, only one having been saved FRENCH COAST SUFFERS. | Many Calls Come From Ships in Distress. ARIS, December 27.—The coast of France is suffering from the effects of heavy gales, and the Cherbourg wireless station has received numer- ous calls for assfstance from vessels In distress. Tugs were dispatched today to ald the steamers Antiope, Dallington and Winterwijk, crippled by the heavy seas. Life boats which put out from Lori- ent rescued the crews of the trawlers Lion and Monte Ladessus. A Nor- wegian steamer, the Saturn, has driv- en onto a treacherous shoal and will be a total loss. Havre, where all shipping {s being held - up, reports that the British steamer Euryades has returned to pprt badly crippled. A call for help was received late night from the French steamer Ra- dium. " The vessel reported that it had sprung a leak and its pumps were choked VESSEL IS REPAIRED. Sarthe Proceeding Slowly Toward English Channel. LONDON, December 27.—The own- ers of the steamship Sarthe, which was disabled in a gale southwest of Scilly Islands, reported this evening that the vessel had effected tempo- rary repairs, following an accident to her engines, and was proceeding slow- 1y toward the channel. It was added that the steamship Demerera was accompanying ler until her safety was assured. S0S SIGNALS SENT OUT. Entertainment Broadcasting Is De- layed for Time. NEW YORK. December 27.—Enter- tainment broadcasting was held up this afternoon and again tonight by SOS calls from an unidentified vesse! in distress. Tt was believed the vessel was off the Atlantic coast between Norfolk and Cape Hatteras. Efforts were be- ing made to reach her and learn her trouble through the Hatteras station. The first distress signal was picked up in the afternoon, not only by the naval station, but by vessels at sea and by independent land stations. Broadcasting was stopped for half an hour. The signals did not give the name or location of the ship, nor in- dicate the trouble. Nothing more was heard until 6:20 tonight, when SOS swas heard again. But, as before, the name and location of the sender was not received. o oy Vanderlip Shows Progress. SCARBOROUGH, N. Y., December Frank L. Vanderlip, banker, who has been ill with typhold at his coun. try estate here, has apparently pass- ed the critical stage, Dr. Norman Barnesby, family physician, an- nounced today. Dr. Barnesby said that typhoid had supervened a diabetic condition which had been materially improved by the use of insulin, and that he was confl- dent Mr, Vanderlip's condition would remain satisfactory. —if vou should also Tnee of wai=ht. some may be developing lose no time to - cream. 4. Eat plain, nourishing food. acts on your body. -~ Telephone Main 992 . > [next of kin, he d Shepherd Outfines Associa- tion With “Millionaire Or- phan,” Under Quizzing. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 27.—Circum- stances attending the death of Wil- liam Nelson McClintock, “millionaire orphan,” as he knew them, were laid bare tonight by Willlam Shepherd, into whose care the boy was intrust- ed by Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock, Willlam's mother, before she died in 1908, Shepherd, interrogated by George E. Gorman and Joseph P. Savage, as- sistant district attorneys, denied that he wa# aware of any unnatural cir- oumstances surrounding the boy's death in the Shepherd's Kenilworth home December 4, declaring emphati- cally that every possible effort had been made to save the boy. : Says Boy Willed Money. The will, which gave him and his wife, legal guardians of the boy, the bulk of the $1,000,000 McClintock es- tate, was drawn entirely upon the in- itiative and suggestion of Billy, Shep- herd asserted. He and his wife had only the kind- liest feelings for Miss Isabelle Pope, Willlam's flancee, he declared, in de- nying the statement attributed to him, in which Miss Pope was described as “mercenary.” Under the terms of the will Miss Pope was left an annuity of $8,000, although no provision was made for payment of this sum. No further report by coroner's phy- siclans concerning their autopsy, started Christmas eve, when the body was exhumed, was made public to- night, although Coroner Oscar Wolff, through an assistant, dened a report which had gained wide circulation that any trace of solids had been found in the stomach. Reception of solld foods by typhoid patients usu- ally proves fatal, the coroner's office had previously announced. The death certificate gave typhold fever as the cause of young McClintock’s death. Shepherd went to the office of State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe today, accompanied by his attorne: Robert H. 8toll and Edward Hedrick. Crowe, Hedrick and Stoll withdrew after a few perfunctory questions and Shepherd remained to be questloned by Gorman and Savage, who permit- ted him to tell his story in his own way. Worked for Mother. Shepherd and his wife first came to Chicago in 1907, when he first met Mrs. McClintock. Mrs. Shepherd and Mrs. McClintock had been schoolmates in Kansas, he said. Thelr socfal visit with the McClintocks ended, Shep. herd went to Texas to disposs of some land holdings for Mrs. McClin- tock, for which he recelved a salary. Later he bullt & Winter home for the McClintocks at Bayvview, Tex., to which place Mrs. McClintock came in 1908, although she was ill. She re- turned to Chicago after a month, and then telegraphed the Shepherds to come to her. Mrs. Shepherd arrived the day Billy's mother died. and Shep- herd an hour after the funeral was held. Mrs. McClintock left the entire estate to Bllly, naming Mrs. Shepherd as executrix and Mrs. Shepherd and A. P. Reichman, attorney, as guardi- ans of the boy. The Shepherds then moved to Kenilworth, where thelr present home was built by funds from the McClintock estate. The house was kept up by funds from the same source, a court having allotted $1,000 a month for this purpose. Billy McClintock lived with them as their own son, Shepherd declared, and a great affection sprung up be- tween them. Billy always came to him for advice, he said, and at Christ- mas, 1923, he told Shepherd that he was thinking of making a will. He asked Shepherd how his estate would be disposed of if he were to die int tate, and when informed that the money and property would go to his ared that he did not wish to leave anything to his cousins, Seven cousins recently engaged an attorney with the intention of tak- ing legal steps to test the will Drew Up Document. Shepherd declared that Billy re- turned to Dartmouth, where he was a student, with the gnnouncement that he would draw a rough sketch of the will. This he did and gave to Shepherd upon his return home two days before his birthday last April. The will was put Into legal form by Shepherd and its signing witnessed by two servants of the Shepherd household. The will was then returned to Shepherd's office, where it was kept in an unlocked flle. In thelr discussions of the estate, Shepherd said, Billy asked 1f the will would be automatically an- nulled in the event of his marriage, and was told that it would be, At the same time Billy declded to leave college and take up a business training course here. He sald that he and lsabella Pope were arrang- ing to be married in February, 1926. the best of his Information, Shepherd declared, Billy took sick at the Dartmouth-Yale game this Fall, did not take to his bed until 10 days later. Dr. R. H. Stolp, the Shepherd family physician, was call- ed, and when he realized the serlous- ness of Bllly's condition, asked that he be permitted to call other physi- clans in consultation. Shepherd an. swered that he should do everything in his power to save the boy. Dr. James Herrick, Chicago . specialist, was called, and Billy's illness dlag- nosed as typhoid fever. The young man became delirious shortly after this announcement was made and remained so, except for a few min- utes, until his death a week later. If You Tire Easily have a persistent light cough, chest pains or hoarseness, you consumption, and you should See Doctor or Have Yourself Examined at the Free Health Department Clinic 409 15th St N.W., Tuesday, at 2-4 o'clock. Friday evenings ffom 7:30-9 o'clock To Prevent Consumption 1. Aveld house dust and impure or close air, day or night. Z.'Gét 81l the light and sunshine possible into your home. 3. Avold raw milk, raw cream and butter made of unpasteurized b or Saturday 5. Get enough sleep by retiring early emough. 6. Try to avoid worry. Be cheerful. Think kindly. Yeur mind Health Insurance * A Physical Examination Every Birthday * Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis ... 1022 11th Street N.W. - ‘Who have poid for the above dullctin (legal notice) Few Days. Tho reductions which it is expected the Utilities Commission will approve in all of the different rate schedules of the Potomao Electric Power Co. as a result of the settlement reached yesterday in the valuation case were revealed last night by Maj. W. E. R. Covell, assiatant to the chairman of the commission. When announcement of the agree- ment. made yesterday, reference was made only to the cut in the rate for household current from 10 to 7% cents per kilowatt hour. The schedule disclosed by Maj. Co- vell shows proposed reductions in the rates for other classes of consumers. Maj. Covell explained that the com- mission has not yet ratified this com- plete schedule, but action on it is expeoted within a few days. The following schedule shows pres- ent rates, together with what the commission {s expected to approve as & result of the settlement: Schedules Announced. Schedule A (household rate)—First 120 kilowatt hours consumed, old rate, 10 cents per hour; new rate, 7.5 cents; In excess of 120 hours, old rate, 5.225 cents; new rate, 4.5 cents; min mum charge, formerly $1; now 75 cents. Schedule B (motors)—First 30 hours, old rate, 10 cents; new rate, 7.5 cents; in excess of 30 hours, old rate, 5 cents; new rate, 4 cents; mini- mum charge, formerly $2.50; now $2. Schedule C (office buildings and wholesale apartment rate)—First 60 hours, cut from 10 to 7.5 cents; next 300 hours, from 9 to 7.5; next 500 hours, from 7 to 5.5 cents; next 1,000 hours, from 4 to 3 cents; in excess of 1,850 hours, cut from 2 to 2.5 cents; Inimum charge cut from $1 to 75 cents. Schedule D (small industrial usage) —First 3,200 hours, cut from 6 to 5 cents; from 3,200 to 3.500 hours, flat CONGRESS STARTS TOMORROW TOWARD FINISHING ITS WORK (Continued from First Page.) sum of $192 cut to $160; from 2,500 to 4,545 hours, cut from 5.5 cents to 4.6 cents; from 4,645 hours to 5,000 hours, flat sum of $250 cut to $210; from 5,000 to 7,500 hours, cut from 5 cents to 4.2 cents; from 7,500 to 8,333 hours, flat sum of $375 cut to 3315 from 8,333 to 11,111 hours, cut from 4.5 cents to 3.75 cents;from 11,111 to 2,600 hours, flat sum of $500 cut to $415; In excess of 12,500 hours, cut from 3 to 2.5 cents; minimum charge cut from $125 to $105. Schedule E (large usage)—Fixed charges: First 20 hours of demand, cut from $3 to $2.76; next 30 hours of demand, cut from $2.50 to $2.25; next 50 hours of demand, cut from $2.25 to in ex- cess of 100 bours of demand, cut from $2 to $1.75. Energy charges: First 230 hours, cut from 6 cents to 5. cents; next 500 hours, cut from 5 to 4.5 cents; next 1,000 hours, cut from 4 to 3.6 cents; next 12,000 hours, cut from 2.375 to 2.3 cents; next 25,000 hours. cut from 1425 to 1.3 cents; next 160,000 hours, cut from 133 to 1.2 cents; in excess of 188,750 hours, cut from 1.235 to 11 cents; minimum charge, cut from $60 to §56. Schedule F (industrial motors and battery charging)—First 1,000 hours, cut from 6 to 5.5 cents; next 500 hours, cut from to 4.5 cent next 500 hours, cut from 4 to 3.5 cents; in excess of 2,000 hours, remains at 3 cents; minimum charge, cut from $25 to $22.50 Schedule G (same character of consumption but on smaller scale)— First 60 hours, under the new rate, 7.5 cents; under the old rate, first 25 hours was 10 cents, and second 25 hours was b cents; in excess of 50 hours, rate remains at 3 cents; minimum charge remains at $25. Schedule H (cooking)—First 10 hours, cut from 10 to 7.5 cents; in excess of 10 hours, remains at 3.5 cents; minimum charge remains at $1 GERMANY ADMITS DEFEAT ON COLOGNE; MAKES MORAL ISSUE (Continued from First Page.) industrial he said last night. He may even do so tomorrow, although the parliamentary situation may prevent his getting action. ‘The report on the oil scandals was filed in the Senate at the last session. Senator Walsh sought action then. But a minority of the committee, headed by Senator Spencer of Mis- sourl, opposed a vote at that time, stating that it wished to file a minor- ity report. Senator Spencer is out of the city, but inquiry yesterday {ndi- cated that the minority report is not yet ready for submission. Senator Walsh will urge that the Senate has had ample time to digest the whole matter, and that it should be voted without further delay. When the oll report is brought up it is likely to lead to a renewed dis- cussion of the ofl leases made by former Secretary Albert B. Fall of the Interfor Department. Reports have been widely circulated that Mr. Fall had possession of $30,000 worth of Liberty Bonds which were held by ofl interests before they entered Mr. Fall's possession, and it (s said the Government attorneys are tracing $160,000 mére such bonds which are belleved to ‘have reached Mr. Fall It 1s for tha purpose of gathering further evidence regarding these bonds and how they came into Mr. Fall's possession that the court in Cheyenne, Wyo., was recently asked by Government counsel for an ex- tension of time in the trial of the case involving Sinclair and the Tea- pot Dome. Farm Legislation Interest Wanes. Members of Congress who hail from States where the demand for farm legislatfon was most insistent a few months ago sald yesterday that they are receiving practically no letters now urging such legislation. They attribute the falling off in the interest in such legislation to the rise in prices for farm products. With wheat selling around $1.80 to $2, they point out, it would be idle to press for the kind of legislation which was demanded at the last ses- slon. The President’s Agricultural Com- migsion, which is to resume {ts meet- ings here January 5, it was potnted out, will either urge that legislation be enacted as an emergency meas- ure or will outline a constructive program, good for many years to come, which will require time to work out. If any emergency legislation is proposed, Congress will be asked to put it through without delay, and may be expected to do so. The live stock men, it is said, are still hard hit by conditions, and {f any emer- gency legislation Is attempted un- doubtedly {t will apply to them and their needs. The great majority of members of the Senate and House are opposed to holding a special session of Congress the coming Spring. This means Democrats as well as Republicans. They do not see the necessity of such a session. Nor do they expect such a session. Only the failure of some of the annual appropriation bills will cause a special session at that time, unless, of - course, some emergency should arise which would cause Pres- ident Coolidge to call the Congress to ‘Washington. One Democratic Sen- ator sald yesterday he thought It would be “little short of calamity” to force a special session of Congress this Spring. The opinlon prevails that the country generally would be &! to see a recess of Congress, and that any group which might filibuster to bring about a special session would find itself unpopular with the people. On the other hand, a special ses- sion of Congress next Fall, In order to get well launched on tax reduction legislation, if such seems advisable, and to deal with constructive meas- ures relating to agriculture, the rail- roads and other important subjects, may well be called, in the opinion of some of the leaders. Court Halted to Save Money. Judge D. E. Matthews, at Hunting- ton, W, Va., continued every case on the December calendar of the com- mon pleas court until the next term, in order to save the taxpayers’ money. Judge Matthews declared that to hold the jurors and continue court when few litigants appeared, would be spend- ing the taxpayers' money needlessly. Wax From the Cactus. In the arid foothills of the moun- tains of northern Mexico a certain specles of cactus plant exudes a film of pul vegetable wax which has found .a big .industrial use. It Is known as Canton wax, and it is used in making polishes. For hundreds of years the natives had gathered this ‘wax and used it in a crude way, but in 1909 it was first gathered on com- mercial basis, Insurance Agent Sets Pace. 0. D. Fear, an insurance agent in Falirmont, W. Va., set out to write a record sum in insurance in his com- Tvetdes 1 poriciés & day. | Ha had a & & day. s t‘r” ayw world recerd, vls believed to have done =o. makes {tself ridiculous when it charges guns were being made se- cretly after the commission had been working here for five years.” WILL STAY IN COLOGNE. By Cable to The Star and New York World. PARIS, December 27.—The council of ambassadors, representing the al- lies, met this morning and decided, as anticipated, not to evacuate Cologne and the left bank of the Rhinc on January 10, although the five year, of occupation stipulated in the treaty of Versailles will then have elapsed. The session lasted only 20 minutes, only the time necessary to frame a communique for publication, saying they had decided to prolong the oc- cupation because of Germany's fail- ure to disarm, and that Germany would be notified of their decision before January 10. The ambassadors took this step after consulting their governments, and by their unusually serious man- ner at the session they made it evi- dent they were making a decision of the gravest importance in interna- tional politics. They were Jules Cambon for France, Lord Crewe for England, Baron Avezzano for Italy Vicomte Ishil for Japan and Baro Gaiffier D-Hestroy for Belglum. The decision was unanimous, The disappointment and perhaps revulsion of feeling which will result from the decision in Germany was anticipated by the ambassadors, one of the signatories explained, but in his view it was necessary to come to a complete showdown with Germany on the subject of disarmament, and no other way was possible. There are the usual charges of German bad faith in French newspapers, the Liberal pa- pers confining themselves to explaining why the evacuation was delayed The Poincarists insist that Her- riot's policy toward Germany ha proved to be a failure by the nece sity of continued occupation, but Her- riot's hope is that the Moderates and Democrats in Germapy will use this occasion to force the Stresemann- Von Seeckt combination out of power. The French government will there- fore watch the formation of the new cabinet with more {nterest than ever before. The way the decision s received In Germany may effect French in- ternal politics. There has been one result already. To prove that Gen. Nollet was informed of Germany's failure to disarm, the reactionary newspaper, L'Eclaim, which sup- ports Millerand's new party, publish- ed a report this morning which Gen. Nollett made april 24, when he was still in command of the interallied military control mission at Berlin, in which he declares Germany has not disarmed. The substagce of this re- port was printed at the time, but as L'Eclair now appeared to have the full text, which should have been confined to the national archives of France, Gen. Nollet has filed a com- plaint against the newspaper on the basis of the counter-espionage law. An immediate rald was made by the police on the editorial offices of L'Eclair in the hope of seizing the original document. It s presumed the government wishes to know if the ‘document did not reach L'Eclair through Millerand, who was then President of the republic and pos- sessed a copy of the document. This would place Millerand in a delicate position if it could be shown to be so. (Copyright, 1024.) — BRITISH OUT-TRADED U. S., SAYS SENATOR McKellar of Tennessee for Imme- diate Elevation of Guns on | traveling. ldate of the reactionary | {Only Natural Changes in Ad- ministration Expected After March 4. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. “Business as usual” is-likely to ho the program in governmental circles for the new year, which is to be ush- ered in next Thursday, which fs by way of saying that no violent up- heavals are expected in the personnel of the administration or changes in administrative policies after March 4. 1t is a comforting thought and could be tritely translated In the expression “Keeping calm with Coolidge.” What may develop in national leg- islative circles rests in the lap of tho future. 1f Pandora’s box is opened by an extraordinary session of Congress, all bets will be declared off. Senato and House leaders are convinced th: an extraordinary session can be averted. President Coolidge is described maintaining an open mind on the sub- Ject while known to entertain the judg- ment that unless something of com pelling importance arises, the calling of the next Congress in advance of th: constitutional date is inadvisable. Two Possible Changes. With the exception of the vol tary retirement of Secretary of Labo Davis, no cabinet changes are expec ed after the installation of the Pres: dent and the cabinet March 4. M: Davis is now in South America no dectsion be made until h returns. If Secretary Work of the Interior Department should retire, 1t would be against the President's wishes, because he values him highl President Coolidge is a great hand for “carrying on.” He showed th when he succeeded to the Presidenc:. It is sometimes suggested that now, since he has been elected by a phe nomenal vote “on his own hook.” h= might feel possessed of a mandate to “start something,” but there are nu present indications of such a pur pose. The country is pretty well spprised of what he wants to accomplish {n the way of legislation, through his mes- sage to Congress at its opening, and that program invol nothing _star tiing or radical. President Coolidge has convinced the country that he is by no means spectacular. Maybe that 2 mething to do with the big and Lesser Officials Safe. Only the changes that might come in the day's work and ordinary routine jare expected in the departmental bu- reaus under the rank of the cablnet. There agaln President Coolidge favors “letting well enough alone.” It is au~ thoritatively stated that the adminiss tration will not irvite changes in the diplomatic service after March 4. It is commented upon in officfal cir- cles how many men are serving tha Government at personal sacrifices of magnitude. Conspicuous examples are Secretary Hughes, Secretary Mellon and Secretary Hoover. Secretary Weeks is holding on when he would like to be In the subcabinet offices ars a number of men who keep office be- cause they are interested in the w It one should ask what is the don inant policy of the Coolidge adml tration the answer could be retur: that it is to stabilize business at and abroad. In point of fact, it may be asserted that it was the prevalling and deciding sentiment of the count in the November balloting that the con- tinuance in office of the Coolidge ministration would serve those ends Modern Interdependence. It has come to pass in recent ye in the development of the times, Government is ever increasingly inter- woven with business and the prosperi! of the individual. This does not mean a reaction to materlalism, it is con- tended, but rather an expression of good judgment and prudence, realization of the necessities of the hour. It has fallen to the lot and the tas of the Republican party, by the mar voters, to effectuate condition, and that party under leadership of President Coolidge starting the new year with the arde: intent of doing so. ZERO WEATHER, MOVING RAPIDLY EASTWARD, DUE ON SEABOARD TONIGHT (Continued from First Page.) this T least another 24 hours and possil longer. At 10 o'clock tonight the Weathe Bureau reading showed § below zero in Chicago, With the mercury going down about 1 degree cach tv hours. Street readings showed 10 & 12 degrees below zero. MAY LAST A WEEK. New York Forecaster Offers Prospect of Early Relief. IW YORK, December 2 winds from the Northwest will send the thermometer here down to zero by tomorrow night, according to the forccast made today by James Il Searr. of the local office of the Weather Bureau. The cold wave from the West will roll over New York and last for several d Atr, Scarr sald. By tomorrow morning it should be 10 above and after that the mercury will continue its drop to zero, or cven a degree or two be- low, it was predicted. Mr. Scarr said no relief from the zero weather was likely until the end of next week, when a gradual rise in temperature might be ex- pected. LINEMEN WEAR SNOWSHOES. By the Associated Press. TORONTO, December —Gangs of linemen on snowshoes, working temperatures well below zero, tod were trylng to restore telagraphic communication between eastern a; western Canada, interrupted storms and extremely cold weather. Reports from Fort Willlam, On tarlo, recetved here in a roundabout way, tell of a heavy gale raging in No .| the Bchreiber district, near the scene American Battleships. By the Associated Pres: MEMPHIS, Tenn.,, December Asserting that British statesmen ‘out- traded” the United States in the ne- gotaition of the limitation of arms agreement under the Harding adminis- tration, Senator Kenneth D, McKeliar declared In @ statement here tonight that the American Navy should be sec- ond to none in the world. The Tennessee Senator said the difference in the elevation of British and American naval guns precluded the possibility of equality in the sea forces of the two countries, which, he asserted, was “the professed pur- pose of the agreement.”” Senator Mc- Kellar declared himself in favor of elevating guns on American battle- s immediately. ur capital ships are still com- paratively valueless, not being able to shoot from 2 to § miles as far as British naval guns and perhaps not as far as th of Japan,” the Senator sald. That President Harding and M""“ were_out-traded by diploriats #1s,” 6t course, certain.” hc‘dded. of the wire breaks. “Snow {s up to the linemen's necks.” was the description of conditions facing the trouble-shooters. At White River the mercury regis- tered 34 below this morning. UNSETTLED IN FAR WEST. SAN FRANCISCO, December 27.— Rising temperatures today in the I cific Coast States brought rain and snow in western Washington, snow in western Oregon and rain in north- ern California, with a forecast for continued unsettled weather. Subzero temperatures that held sway in eastern Washington for 10 days gave way to warmer weather, and snow fell. Northwestern Oregon was visited by a silver thaw that made highways dangerous to travel because of the ice on the roads. All of California experjenced higher temperatures, and it was reported that any threatened damage to crops had been averted. OMAHA, Nebr., December 27,—~Cold- weather records for this Winter were -broken at 7 o'clock tonight, when the temperature dropped to 10 degress below zero.