Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1925, Page 2

0. COMMITTEES 0K, JONTMEETING Will Seek Means to Expedite | Important Bills Now Delayed. se District committee to- day agreed to the Senate District of Columbla committee proposal for joint hearings on {mportant pending strict legisiation. These measures include the public welfare bill, the year school building program, | the rent measure, the street car merger bill and Ition to correct instructed 1an Reed to appoint & subcom- to consider the five-year Court Halts Ouster. ¢ program. It also ac- posal that Gen. Goethals efore the joint meeting | relieve trafilc by a sys- | 2] tramways oa some of | | | | the princi B Nineteen Meaxures Walting. The attention of the committes was res which have and are awaiting which It is hese are passed the Scnate action in the House on hoped to get an early vote | The electrocution bill, on the House calendar; the bill to make available for use by the District a sugplus of | etween $§4,000,000 and $5,000,000 in the Federal Treasury; the Great Falis | er development, o which able report was ordered tos ia Park bill, which is - on public bulld- osed authority which the | taken no action; ue, which is on in regard to iding claims, been taken; achusetts the calendar; the | < cites, which | eproot_addition to new flag for the on the calendar; the compulsory bill; validating | Anacostia land, which| a subcommittee; a new entrance to Rock Creek Park, on which no action has been taken; a measure to quit title, which is on the le an amendment to the tax which no action had beenj taken nd a proposal for a larger! Public Utilities Commission vhich has been referred to a subcommittee. To Confer on Rent Bill. At 2 conference of the House sub- committee, headed by Representative Lampbert of Wisconsin, to which the Rent Commission bill was referred, it was decided to arrange for the joint conference and hearing later agreed with the Senate committee. Those conferring with Representa- tive Lampbert were Representatives Stalker of New York, Hammer of Nortn Caroiina and Bianton of Texas. Following this conference, Mr. Lampbert said that snort hearings on the legislation probably will be held T letter to District bill, said: It is proposed by the bill to estab- lish as an independent branch of the Federal Government a commiseion to regulate rents in the District of Co- lumbfa. The bill recites that such legislation is made necessary by rea- son of rental conditions in the Dis- trict of Columbia, which are dan- gerous to the public health, comfort, morais, peace and welfare, and bur- densome to public officers and em- ployes-of the Federal Government, whose dutics require them to reside within the District of Columbia, and 10 other persons whose activities are cssential to the maintenance and comfort of such officers and employes, thereby embarrassing the Federal Government in the transaction of the public business. the calendar Civil War for on which a is District Commissioners In thelr Chairman Deed of the House ommittee, on the new rent | Not Commissioners’ Bill. “The bill was forwarded to Con- gress by the President of the United tates and it relates to conditions in he District of Columbla which are clalmed to affect employes of the | Tederal government. “The Commissioners have made no investigations to determine the neces- sity for this legislation, but are ad- vised that such Investigation Is be- ing made under the direction of the secretary of the commission and, the police department of the District of Columbia has been called upon to assist in this investigation. “Aa the provisions are based upon a sondition which is stated to affect the Federal Government and as the bill has been forwarded to Congress by the President of the United States, the Commissioners feel that the question as to whether or not the passage of this legislation is proper is one rest- ing with the Congress of the United States, and that an expression o opinion by them would be premature.” The rent blll Senate subcommittes is composed of the following: Senator Ball of Delaware, Senator Jones of Washington, Senator Weller of Mary- and, Senator Copeland of New York, and Senator Edwards of New Jersey. Committee Personnel. The street car merger bill subcom- mittes comprises the following mem- bers: Senator Ball of Delaware, Sen- ator Jones of Washington, Senator Edgs of New Jersey, Senator Ed- wards of New Jersey and Senator Copeland of New York. The five-year building program ommittee for District schools fs omposed of the following: Senator Capper of Kansas, Senator Weller of faryland, Senator Gooding of Idaho, Senator King of Utah and Senator Sheppard of Texas. The public welfare committee, which will hold its firét meeting to- norrow at 10:30 o'clock, is composed »f Senator Capper of Kansas, Senator Veller of Maryland, Senator Gooding of Idaho, Senator Copeland of New York and Senator King of Utah. The committes reported favorably the appointment of John Joy Edson and_George M. Cober for the Board of Charities of the District of Colum- bia for a term of three years, which segan July, 1924. HOBO, 16, “TALKS” SELF INTO 25-YEAR SENTENCE | Officials Convinced He Had No Purtl in Robbery of Which He Bragged By the Assmciated Press CIL BLUFFS, lowa, January Snodderly, 18-year-old hobo, | who talked himself into & 25-yeer penitentlary sentence for a Council Bluffs robbery and shooting, will be today, although ofii- rs are convinced he had no part in the crime. Snodderly ent untary confessio e robbery shooting of en, representing himself as “Scar Finger Ted,” a mem- ber of a gang of robbers opérating in and about Council Bluffs and Omaha, Nebr., across the Missour! River from | here. He started talking after he had applied for lodging at the city jail on a cold night recently. Percy Lainson, sheriff, said he had established that the boy was in Kan- sas City, Mo, when the robbery oc- curred. An effort wi)l be made to ob- ain a pardon. | ‘ | | | \ , . i i A DR. E J. LINDLEY, Chencellor of the University of Kan- sas, who cbtained a temporary in- junetion in the District Court cham- bers yesterday restraining the board interfering with him in the harge of his datles. Dr. Lindley alleges that tle State Boand of At inistration in dixmissing him from office acted in wecret session on charges of which he was refused a copy. COOLIDGE QUIZZED ONGUN ELEVATION Senate Asks What Nations| Have Objected to Action by United States. President Coolidge was asked today by the Senate what protests had been made by foreign governments against elevation of guns on American battle- ships. Without debate the Senate adopted a resolution of Inquiry by Senator Gerry, Democrat, Rhode Island, favor- ably reported only a few minutes be- fore by the foreign relations commit- tee. It has been no secret that Great Eritain has made representations re- garding the gun elevation project. but Senator Gerry toid his colleagues that all his efforts to get the com- plete tacts had failed. Once Congress appropriated money to make the elevations, but the question whether it violated the #pirit of the arms treaty was raised and the Harding administration de- cided not to make the expenditure. The Navy Department now favors it. TEACHER SHOT, MAN SLAIN AT WISCONSIN (Continued from First Page.) the police to have an important bearing on the tragedy. It was signed “Loving- but police declined to make known the name of the writer. ever, that it was written in a feminine hand, and that it saidthat the writer | was back at echool after the he and that “everything s going fine. writer also informed “Dear X was teaching 8 and 9 o'clock classes. A picture of Miss Palmer aiso was found in the coat. Mrs. Hanson told the zuthorities that she knew nothing of any quarrel be- tween Bernard and Miss Palmer until she heard the pistol shots. She declared that as Miss Palmer coilapsed arms the girl satd : “I helped him through school and now <4 Bernard, it was said was educated in Europe and was a linguist. Prof. H. A. Smith, director of the depart- ment of Romance languages, said that Bernard had come to him for a posi- tion, but had been refused because e lacked 2 college degree. Members of the French house colony said that Mise Palmer met Bernard at Hibbing when she was an instruc- tor in the high school there, and that their friendship so far as she was concerned was based their common interest in French. “I advised Bernard to contlnue in his own line, that of chemistry,” Mr. Smith said. “Miss Palmer also ad- vised him to return to Hibbing and forget the idea of teaching.” SCHOOL BUDGET PDT UNDER U. S. BUREAU DIRECTLY IN BILL (Continued from First Page.) idays The there shall be two directors of edu- cational research, one white and one colored, who shall rank as assistant superintendents. The office of di- rector of intermediate instruction would be abolished, as also the direc- tor of primary Instruction. It would reduce the number: of principals In the white schools from nine to five and in colored schools from four to two, &s the services of ! those now employed are terminated| by death, retirement, resignation or| promotion. The proposed measure would estab- lish new assistant superintendents as follows: Kindergarten and elementary instruction, grades 1, 2, 3 and 4; elementary and junior high school education in grades 5, 6, 7. 8 and §; educational extemsion and mentary educational activities. Tt is proposed to abolish the posi- tion of director of domestic sclence and domestic arte in the colored and white schools and appoint one direc- tor of home economica for each. Under this legislation school officers would be appointed by the board of education. Town Supplies Hot Water. Owing to the proximity of a hot- water spring near Wanhock In South- west Africa, all residents of that town get hot-water fres of charge. The spring merely is connected by pipes to the regular water system ¢ the town. and hot-water is on ap at every faucet, Dr. Loebe Heads Reichstag, By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 7©—Dr. Paul Loeba Social Democrat, a former president of the Relchstag, was elect- ed president of the new Reichstag to- d: He received 231 votes, as against for the next ididate on the list They said, how- | that she | in her! only on | supervising | supple- ! THE EVEN, SINCLAIR DECLARE AGAINST RENT BILL Oppozing the rent contro! bill for the District now before Congress. A. LeftwicH Sinclair, former chairman of the Rent Commission, urged thorough study of the legislation and its effect upon local people at & meet- ing of the board of directors of the Washington Chamber of Commerce 1ast_night. “This Is a2 matter of the greatest concern to fhe peopla of the District, and it would be a mistake to pass a bill of . this character without thorough Invest{gation,” sald Mr. Sinclair. He declared an Investigation today would show conditions do not Justify the proposed bill or the:con- tinuance of the present rent law. Bill Is Seored. Several members of the board spoke strongly against the bill. Because the directors are specifically prevent- ed by the by-laws from committing the chamber on matters of public pollcy, the bill was referred to a spe- cial committee which will report for A full meeting within a few da: The bill pending before Congress authorizing a change in appointing members of the board of trustees of the Nationa! Training School for Girls by transterring this authority from the Presidept to the proposed i board of public welfarc was opposed. Galliher Ix Felicitated. Willlam T. Gallther, chalrman of the Inaugural committee, was formal- Iy congratulated by the board, which sent to him the following resolution: “The board of directors of the Washington Chamber of Commerce extends its hearty congratulations to Willlam T. Gallther upon his selectlon as chairman of the inaug- ural committee, satisfled that his ap- polntment wil reflect credit upon the city and insure the success of the inauagural plans. “The board pledges the ald and co-operation of the Chamber of Com- merce to Mr. Galliher {n the carrying out of whatever may seem to be the best and most complete arrangements for an inaugural ceremonial that will equal those of former years.” An: Election Coming. The chamber will hold its annual meeting the night of January 20 at the New Willard Hotel. James T. Lloyd, president of the Board of Edu- cation and vice president of the chamber, {s in line for the office of president, which will be vacated by Isaac Gans, who has served two years. The following have been nominat for directors: Joseph D. Dreyfus James M. Denty, Edwin C. Graham, Willlam B. Hardy, Samuel A. Kim- berly, Arthur C. Moses, O. A. C. Oehm- ler, Slmon Lyon, Charles W. Darr, Patrick J. Haltigan, Ralph A. Da: Leo B. Abernethy, Henry C. Co Harry C. Cragg, Walter C. Balderston A. C. Case, George P. Killlan, Wil- liam O. Tufts, Harry S. Evans, A. G. Herrmann, Jerome Francinilll, Wil- liam A. Rogers, Charles A. Baker, Thomas P. Littlepage and Henry Lansburgh. Martin A. Leese, now second vice president, is expected to become vice president, and Ivan C. Weld and Ross P. Andrews have been nominated to succeed Mr. Leese. Eighteen new members were ad- mitted by the board. An autographed picture of President Coolidge was re- ceived today for the chamber by Isaac, Gans, president. It will be hung in the chamber's rooms temporarily. The plc- ture_was accompanied by a letter from the President. BALTIMORE JOINS FIGHT. Rent Bill. Baltimore real estate men today jolned local realtors and property owners in their fight against the rent control legislation for the District of { Columbia pending in Congress. A letter received by the Washing- ton Real Estate Board from the Balti- more realtors states that a special meeting of their board of directors {was held yesterday and that they were unanimous in opposing rent |legislation for the National Capital and would assist in every way to help the District men defeat the bill. The letter states that the Baltimore association will notify all Maryland Representatives and the Senators of their opposition, and that similar sentiments will be conveyed to Presi- dent Coolldge. C. Philllp Pitt, secretary df the Baltimore organization, states that their delegates to the conventlon of the National Assoclation of Real Estate Boards to be held in Dallas, Tex., next Tuesday, will be Instructed to agsist in bringing before that body suitable resolutions opposing the bill. COME FOR PARLEY. Philadelpkia Men to Join in Rent Fight. Expressing alarm at the law pro- posed for the control of Washington rents, three prominent Philadelphla real estate men arrived here this mofning for a conference with rep- resentatives of the local real estate board. The visitors declared they were vitally interested in the out- come of the bill because of the prob- | able effect it might have in thelr | community and upon the State Leg- islature of Pennsylvania. The dele- gation consisted of Walter C. Rad- ding, president of the Philadelphia Roal Estate Board; John G. Williams, tormer president of the board, and Francls J. Lambert, treasurer. ELABORATE PLANS FOR INAUGURATION GOING TO COOLIDGE (Continued from First Page.) In 1917, Maj. Gen Hugh L. Scott, Army chief of sta®, was grand marshal, and Maj. Gen Tasker H. Blles, assistant chtef of staff, was his chief of stafr. * Out of consideration to President Wil- son, who was ill at the time, there was no parade at the Inauguration of hit successor, President Harding, March 4, 1921. On that occasion the presidential party, including Mr. Wilson, was escort- ed from the White House to the Capitol by four troops of the 3d Cavaly from ¥ort Myer, Va., the route between being temporarily closed and guarded on both sides of Pennsylvania avenue by about 1,000 infantrymen brought here from | Camp Meade. The President and Mrs. | Harding had the same escort on the re- turn from the Capltol to the White House, and there were no other military \ceremonies. WINNE TO HOLD OFFICE. Attorney General Stone indicated last night that United States Attor- |ney Walter Winne of New Jersey | would remain in office and perfect | new organization there. - Mr. Winne, with his assistant, Wal- ter D. Van Riper, was the center of & controversy with department officlals which resulted last week in the re- moval of Mr. Van Riper by the Attor- ney Genoral Realty Men There Oppose District | NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, BILL WOULD ENABLE CABINET TO APPEAR BEFORE CONGRESS Measure Introduced in House Provides for Beth Compulsory and Voluntary Attendance at Debates or Hearing BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. In pursuance of a suggestion made | by Charles Evans Hughes in the re- cent presidential campalgn. Repre- sentative Meyer Jacobstein, Democrat. {of New York, has introduced a blll in the House, providing for the par- ticipation of members of the Cabinet in proceedings of hoth branches of Congress. The bill makes their ap- pearance voluntary to take part in debate, and their attendance compul- sory to give information. In general, the Jacobstein bill {s identical with & measure on the same subject recommended by a select committee of the Senate in 1881. The committee ed of wome of the political of that day—James G. Blaine of Maine, Willlam B. Allison of lowa, Dantel W. Voorhees of Indlana, George H. Pendleton of Ohlo, John J. Ingalls of Kansas and others. Secretary Hughes advecated the proposition underlytng the Jacobstein bill in his famous Albany speech in the closing Weeks of the Coolldge campaign. “We can preserve the ad- vantages of stabillty,” Mr. Hughes said, “and enhance the opportunities of executive leadership, not by over- riding the cherished prerogatives of the Congress, or by attempting to gain_an {llicit advantage for that membership, but by having a recog- nized contact through the regular admission of Cabinet officers to the floors of both houses. This would not require any voting power on thelr| part or any change in the Constitu- tion, but simply a change in proce- dure, which could readily be effected by each Hous Then Secretary Hughes commended to his audience’s attention the 1881 Senate report above mentioned. Text of Measure. The Jacobstein bill reads as fole lows: “Section 1. On request of elther the Senate or House of Representa- tives by resolution end in the event they are agcorded the same rights and privileges in debate s are ac- corded members of the respective houses, it shall be the duty of the officers of the several executlve de- partments and independent executive bureaus, boards, commi s and of- fices to attend the sessions of elther house or thelr respective committees of the whole and If not incompatible with the public interest apswer such inquiries as may be propounded ger- legislation In which thelr depart- ments Interested. Representative Jacobsteln has moved in favor of this sweeping change in the relation between the executive and legisintive branches because, he says, Congress is in growing danger of being minimized in importance. He cites the vast new power that has accrued to the Executive under the budget law, With a corresponding diminution of con- trol by Congr over Federal finances. “I am prepared,” the Rochester congressman said to this wtiter, “to hear that the proposal to bring cabinet officers before the Houses of Congress {s both uncon- stitutional and dangerous to the au- thority of the executive branch, on the one hand, and of Congress, on the other. It happens that these phases of the subject were exhaus. tively considersd by the Senate com- mittee which reported favorably upon it in 1881 “The Pendleton report on that oc- casion said: ““This bill conters a privilege and imposes a duty upon heads of de- partments. The privilege is to give thelr suggestions and advice in de- bate by word of mouth; the duty is to give information orally and face to face. The committee entertains no doubt of the constitutional power of Congress to pass this bill. It be- leves all its provisions to be clearly within the letter and spirit of the Constitution and In entire harmony with the struoture and framework of the Government. ® ¢ © ““This bill will not change the legal relations of executive officers either to the President or to the Congrees. It has been objected that the introduction of the heads of de- | partments on the floor would be largely to increase the influence of the Execative on leglslation. Your ttee does not share this ap- prehension, nor the objection that It would impair the influence of the Executive power by lessening the dependence of cabinet officers on the President. “‘This system will require the selection of the strongest men to be heads of departments, and require them to be well equipped with the knowledge of their offices. It will also require the strongest mea to be the leaders of Congress and partici- pate in debate. It will bring these strong men in contact, perhaps into confiict, to advance the public weal. mane to tho subject matter of thegand thus stimulate their ubilities and proposed legislation then pending in such house. “Section 2. Under such rules as the Senate and House of Representa- tives may prescribe the heads of the several executive departments and In- dependent executive bureaus, boards, commissions and offices may attend the sesslons of such houses and par- ticipate in debate on proposed legis- lation relating to their respective de- partments and independent executive bureaus, boards, commissions and of- fices. In addition to his bill, Mr. Jacob- stein proposes amendment of the House rules providing (1) that com- mittees may at any time resolve 1o request the attendance of executive officers of the Government; (2) that th officers shall have the same privileges in debate as members of the House, except the right to make motlons; and (3) that the attendance of exscutive oficers shall be request- ed especially during the pendency of START IS FAVORED ON POWER PROJECT USING GREAT FALLS (Continued from First Page.) ment deals with the generation of hydro-electric power at Great Falls and the Serate bill provides for the bullding of & dam and storage reser- volr for the Secretary of War. Maj. Tyler's plan, described in this document, provides: First, for the bullding of a power dam at Chain Bridge and Great Falls, and, second, the bullding of secondary storage dams on the tributaries at the head- waters of the Potomac River, namely the Shenandoah and the Great Ca- caton and the upper Potomac Itself. The first unit proposed is the build- Ing.of a dam at Chaln Bridge. The committee recommends that this first unit be built by the Government, but only after the necessary land and easements for flowage for sald unit ehall have been acquired by purchase or condemnation or agreements made for such purchase on terms deemed reasonable by the Secretary of War, and not until guarantees have been obtained in such form as to satisfy the Federal Power Commission that the power can be disposed of on terms that will protect the Invest- ment of the United States and cons sarve and utilize in the public Inter- est the water resources of the Po- tomac River. In the plan proposed by Maj. Tyler, the first unit will cost approximately $13,000,000, and the entire project, $441000,000. Bankers Readr to Ald. Representatives of prominent in- vestment bankers appeared before the committee and stated they were will- ing to provide funds for the Installa- tion of the machinery and generating equipment, providing they could be assured that they could secure a long- term leasc for the sale and distribu- tion of the power. They further stated to the committee that they estimated their investment to be one-third of the total cost of the first unit, viz., the Chain Bridge dam, or of the en- tire project. It s ostimated that the needs of the District for light end power in 1920 was 308,000,000 kilowatt hours; that the demand for power is steadlly increasing, and that it will reach 500,000,000 kilowsatt hours per annum in 1930 and 900,000,000 kilowatt hours in 1946, The Chain Bridge dam alone will, it is estimated by engineers, generate 415,000,000 kilowatt hours annually, and the most conservative estimate of this waterpower project shows that with a saving of ouly 2 mills per kllowatt hour from $§700,000 to $900,000 would be saved to the light and power users of the District of Columbia up to the year 1945, and after that perlod the sum saved will be about $1,000,000 annually for the consumers of light and power. The present lighting company has generated eleotricity at « low cost of generation, although the cost to the consumer is considerably higher than in some of the neighboring eitles The present company must spend $6,000,000 tn 1830 to provide for the needs of the District, it | stated. The most conservative estimates show that power can be delivered in Washington from this proposed hydro- electric project at 3.76 miils. Small_streams at the head waters {of the Potomac are now being used for electric power, and subsidiary companies of the American Water Power Co. are now contemplating th erection of an $8.000,000 plant in this section; an_enormous plant costing more than $50,000,000 has just been authorized by the Public Service Com- mission_of Maryland, near Baltimore, on the Susquehanna RY The subcommittee Dresented a sub- stitute bill for the Senats measure, which was approved by the House Distrfct committee, and Introduced in the House today. their efforts, and will thus assuredly result for the good of the country.’ than to stimulate national discussion of an innovation that, I am convinced, hoids just as much ‘good for the country’ today as when it was pro- posed by the sages of both great parties 42 years ago.” It s stated at the White Hou that President Coolldge sees no rea- son to oppose the profect in principle. He recognizes that it s an approach toward the system of parllamentary government which is a matured tradition of the English-speaking peoples, although the American sy tem has always been to maintsin & strong line of demarcation be- tween the executive and legislative branches. The President {s conteat to have the whole subject thrashed out in the congressional committees to which the bill may be referred. F.W. W, Churchill Is Kept In Ante-Chamber:' When Usher Tires By the Ausoclated Press. PARIS, January Churchill, British chancellor of the exchequer, was allowed to cool his heels in the antechamber of the ministry of finance for 10 min- utes today befors being admitted to the Inner offics, where he h; an appointment to meet Finance Minister Clementel. For half an hour u uniformed usher greeted all portly, cl shaven visitors to the ministry with the inquiry, “Are you Mon- steur Lord Churchill?” No one owned to that identity and the usher discontinued the Inquiry. The result wae that when the British chancellor arrived he sat in a seciuded corner before the at- tendants became aware of his identity. Then their bows were lower then usual. CHURCHILL URGES PARLEY T0 TACKLE Winston nued fromn First Page.) take exactly the same attitude, that France likewlse could not forgive her debtors while obliged to pay her creditors. Up to that point, it appears, the con- versation was easy In tone. It grew more difficult when M. Clementel bee gan to place responsibility for the dimunition in reparation payments which France may expect from Ger- many, charging it to the other allled and sssociated powers. France, in his view, had ylelded to the demands of the British and the Americans in ace cepting a reparation settlement which reduced her share by more than half without obtalning any absolute as- surance that she would be able to collect even that reduced clatm. Mr. Churchlil averred iIn substance, it is declared, that the Dawes plan was freely accepted by all the allles as a necessary measure to restore the economic situation, not only in Ger- many, but in all Europe and that France was not the only power that made necessary concesslons. The British chancellor of the ex- cheguer is said to have intimated that Great Britaln would be glad to begin to see some of the money she ad- vanced duriag the war returning to her, sin. s she had now been for two years paying back what she had bor- rowed from the United States. Suggests Substitate Plan. M. Clementel is understood to have suggested, as an alternative measu to the payment of the war debts proportionately to the receipts under the Daweas plan, an agreement by which the F'rench percentage of rep- aration payments fixed at tho Spa conferenee in July, 1920, be increased through the elimination of pensions from the war damage claime. Mr. Churchill was unable to accept this proposition. He proposed, ace cording to the unofficlal accounts of the meeting, a_general war debt con- ference. The French finance minister, it 15 understood, expressed Limself as quite willing to take part In such a conference, although He regarded it as unitkely to produce any definite results in the absence of representa- t1¥ap from the United States. The conversation lasted more than two_ hours and makes it certain that the debt problem will occupy mueh of the time of the finance ministers’ eral meeting. It is linked closely with the Frenck demand for revision of the -reparation -percentages in hes “I hope for little more at this time | ALL DEBT TANGLE]| JANUARY 1925. CLINTOCK DEATH PROBE WIDENED Brother of Miliionaire’s Doc- tor Asks Latter’s Body Be Exhumed. By the Assosiated Press. CHICAGO, January 7.-—The investi- gation of the death of Willlam Nelson McClintock, “millionaire orphan,” to- day was extended into an inquiry in- to the death of Dr. Oscar Olson, his physiclan, three years ago, as a re- sult of testtmony of Harry Olsom, chief justice of the Municipal Court, at the coroner's inquest yesterday. Judge Olson, who instigated the in- vestigation of McClintock's death, demanded the exhumation and ex- amination of the body, of Dr. Olson, his brother, who was visited, he safd, @ short time before his death by Wil- Nam D. Shepherd, foster-father of McClintock and principal heir to his $1,600,000. Says Inguiry Warrasted. In his story to the coroner's jury Judge Olson declared that the death of his brother occurred under cir- cumstances demanding sclentlfic in. quiry: that the death in 1909 of Mrs. McClintock, mother of the “million- airs orphan,” occurred in such a man- ner as to cause hlm to refuse to be a pallbearer at her funeral, and that the State's attorney had not followed the case of McClintock's death as scrupulously as warranted. The inquest, which was expected to close yesterday, was continued at Judge Olson’s request until January 20, when, It was announced, any wit- nesses that any one wished to sub- poena would be heard. Shepherd Denfes Storien. Mr. Shepherd, who was resting fin Albuquerque, N. Mex., when the in- quiry, was begun, and who returned there after coroner's chemlsts repart- ed thelr autopsy findings, indicated McClintock died of typhold fever, is- sued a statement there last night in which he called Judge Olson’s story “lles” and “buncombe.” Robert H. Btoll, his law partner here, said Shep- herd would return to Chicago to in- stitute legal proceedings against Judge Olson, who was attempting, he sald, to “assassinate the character 6f ®% man against whom he has had a grudge for 20 years."” ALL STAGE GEOUPS ASKED TO ANTI-RADIO PARLEY Managers, Dramatists and Others Interested Invited to Aid in Fight on “Menaci By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Janu: cal managers, dramatists and others interested in the theater have been asked to attend the gencral meeting of the Actors’ Equity Association on January 26 to discuss “the menace of the radlo and the encroachment of the cabaret in the fleld of the theater” and other subjects relating to the stage. Spokesmen for the stage recently pointed out that the radlo had brought about a orisis in the the- aters. Some of the managers sug- zested concarted actian to offset the attraction of the radio. The decision to invite managers and dramatists Lo the mesting was reached yesterday by the council of the Actors Equity. Tt is the first time such action has ever been talcen. TASMANIA IS MENACED BY DOCKMEN’S STRIKE Bhortage of Bupplies Looms From Shipping Tie-Up—=2,000 Visitors Stranded. HOBART, Tesmania, January More than 2,000 visitors from Australia {are stranded In Tasmanla, owing to the | strike of waterside workers, which has tied up_ shipping. In-order to rsach Meibourne and Adelalde for the wool {sales a number of wool buyers yester- day were forced to charter a steamer. Premier Lyons has telegraphed the | Australlan prime minister declaring Tas- manis is threatened with a shortage of supplies and complete ieolation unless some measure of rellef is given. He hoped that the federal government would immediately euspend the navi tion act, to which the strikers object. | Prime Minister Bruce, however, has as- serted that the commonwealth will not suspend the act at present. TRAIN BANDITS PURSUED H 7.—Theatri- { | Six Soldier Guards Slain After Ex- press Is Dynamited and Pillaged. Rancher Kidnaped. By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CIfY, 7.—~Troops are pursuing under Juan Galindo, who dynamitsd and robbed a passenger train between Durango City and Salto Monday morning, ac- cording to official advices. Six sol- diers, guarding the train, were killed, the passengers were robbed and a rich Mexican landowner was held for ransom by the bandits, who are sald to number 34. The traln was deralled by a charge of dynamite just as it was emerzing trom a tunnel. s — e favor, but the discussion under this head will not invelve the Amertcan delegation, since the American claim re in the Dawes annuity will be considered apart from the ques- tlon of the division among the al. lles of thelr share in the annuity. Mr. Churchlll Is understood to have agreed that the presence of American representatives at debt conference would be desirable, but that 1f, on ac- count of the special situation in which the debt question stands in the United States through the ex- istence of its debt commission, the United States Government could not participate, it was impoasible for thé European creditors and debtors to hold thelr affalre {ndefinitely in suspense. AMERICAN ENVOYS MEET. Herrick, Kellogg and Logan Con- fer in Paris. By the Assoctated Press. PARIS, January 7.—Myron T. Her- rick, American Ambassador - to France; Frank B, Kellogg, the Am- bassador to Great Britafn, and James A. Logen, Jr., American representa- tive with the. Reparation Commis+ sion, met this morning at the ri dence of Mr. Herrick and reviewed t! official correspondence respecting the finance ministers’ conference. The secretarles of the vartous delegations to the conference also conferred and agreed upon the order of proceedings for the opening mession. - Sheldon ‘Whitehouse, the counselior .of the Tnited States | BY TROOPS IN MEXICO | Mrs. Hortense Ward (lower), prom- | tnemt lawyer ond suffragist of Homs- member of the last Legislature from Dallas, two of the women appointed Judges of a apecial supreme court by Gov. Pat Neff to try a case in which the regular court was disqualified. GERMANS DISPUTE - CHARGE OF ALLIES Declare -Non-Evacuation of Cologne Is Reprisal, in Reply to Note. By the Assoclated Pres: PARIS, - January 7.—The German note in reply to the allied communli- cation on the continued occupation of the Cologne area = was erceived In Parls today. Tt declares the actio: of the allies is a reprisal and violates clauses of the treaty of Versailles. French officlal circles regard it merely as a note of protest, which does not call for & response. ers will allow the matter to stand as outlined by their note to Berlin glying notice of non-evacuation on January 10, until the final report of the military control commission on armament conditions fn Germany is in hand. They then will simultaneously reply to the German protest, which t& signed by Foreign Ministar' Strese- mann, and make know:n what their future attttude will be. Envoy Leaves Paris. Dr. Trendelenburg, head of the Ger- delegation negotiating for re- newal of the Franco-German trade treaty, has gone to Berlin, being sum- moned home by his government to explain fully the modus vivend! pro- posed by the French. He is expected back in Paris on Friday, when he will be tn a position to transmit the views of his government to Miniater of Commerce Raynaldy. Meanwhlie, the French and German | delegutions as well as the experts will { continue their work. tions have been at a virtual deadlock for some time, and the modus vivendi was proposed by the French as a final resort to replace the provisions of the old commercial agreement, which expires next Saturday SEALED PARCEL POST CAR LOOTED BY BURGLARS Value of Packages Stolen Undeter- mined—Postal Inspectors Expect Soon to Make Arrests. By the Asaociated Press. CHICAGO, January 7.—A sealed parcel post cer on a Chicago and Northwestern train en route to Chi- cago from Omaha was robbed Monda night and loot of undeterminec. value obtained. ~ Postal fnspectors, work- ing In secrecy 24 hours, announced that night they expected to arrest the burglars within a few days. Their theory was that an organized band acquainted with movements of val- uable parcel post mail had obtained keys used to lock the unguarded cars sirong boxes. m WOMAN POISONS BABES, THEN COMMITS SUICIDE Despondent Mother Tires of “Liv- ing in People’s Way*” Children May Recover. By the Associated Preas. BLUEFIELD, W. Va, January 7.— After giving her three small chil- dren sandwiches contalning poison, Mrs. Mattie Lambert, 45, swallowed & quantity of the polson at her home yesterday, dying a short time later. The threg childfen were taken to a hospital, Where physicians said they. probably would recover. A death note left by Mrs. Lambert declared she was “tired of living in Deople's way” and was taking the three children with her. 22 MINISTERS OFFER BLOOD FOR COLLEAGUE Seventh Tramsfusion to Be Given Methodist Pastor in Johns Hopkins. By the Assoctated Press. BALTIMORE, Md. January Twenty-one ministers of the gospel haye volunteered to give their blood to save the life of the Rev. Walter G. Trauty, pastor of South River Cir- cult, Methodist Episcopal Church, who is i1l at Johns Hopkins Hospit _ Dr. Trauty must soon undergo his seventh blood try 'usion operation and volunteers were asked. The phy- siclan in charge of the case sald the transfusion operation of last Sunday resulted.in a marked Improvement in the minister's condltion. A medical student supplied the blood. MEXICAN IS EXECUTED, MEXICO CITY, January 7.—After a summary court-maftial yesterday the rebel general Samuel Gandara was executed in Puebla City, accord- ing to an official report from Gen. Roberta Cruz, military .commandant in the state of Puebla. Gandara; after participating cently in the revolution in the states of Guerrero and Puebla, was- cap. tured while disseminating rebel propa- ganda, the report of Gen. Cruz sald. . ton, and Mrs. Edith Wilmars (upper), | It {s thought likely the alied pow- | The negotia- | MRS. SCOTT GOMING - FORNEW EVIDENCE “Haven’t Begun Yet,” She Declares—Scores Spouse. Vino Hits Back. By the Aswociated Press. ALPENA, Mich., January 7.—“Tell them at Washington that I haven't yet begun,” sald Mrs. Edna James Scott today in commenting upon re Ports that her tesimony in the d vorce suit of her hu:Land, Represe: ative Frank D. Scott, had aroused considerable speculation and some alarm In a part of Washington | cety. Mre. Scott will s soon fo Washington to take additional depo sitlons, permission for such action having been given yesterday by Judge Frank Emerick, when he ad Jjourned the auit until March 10. Mr. Scott today charged that I Wwife had tried torruin him and his career. “She has tried in every wa to bring our affairs before the pub- lic” he said. “She refused settle ment after settiement would not giv, have the money paid | Mrs. Bcott told of her friendshipsin Washington. “My friends were many in Wash- ington,” she satd. “I often entertained the Princess Kalanianole of Hono- lulu in my apartment for dir e8 well as hér husband, the prinee, Wk died in 1921 She was charming. also entertiimed Brig. Gen. Will Mitchell and many congressmen and thelr wives, “I tried in every way to entertair {and have people there. Mr. Scot: not mix as 1 as I though should, and t) sons I thou clally. I triea him.” T did not wan This blackens my reputation, me even more thn {t does him. I a more of the victim, but I cannot lec Mr. Scott divorce me when I have done no wrong. “Think what Mr. Scott has done to my friends: he has ruined them, to Think of those young Army officers. Representative Scott J had “hit where 1t hurt the m: “She has tried to blacken ever: friend I ever had,” he said. “She k= I had only my friend the v She hit wh sost PRESIDENT WINS i ROSTAL PAY FIGHT i BY MARGIN OF ONE because 1 00. I didn I' would hav i 1 i (Continued from First Page.) defeating him after vou give hi power,” demanded Senator Bora amid ‘roars of laughter from t Democrats Hed the President been defeated one vote yvesterday, instead of be the victor, the question of part loyaity would have been a burning issue today, undoubtedly, according to politicai observers here. The President’s victory was great than might appear on the surface, in view of the fact that when the biil originally passed the S te the vote fwas 78 to3, the three Senators who opposed ils passage being Senators Boran, Willls and Fess With the President's velo of pay bill sustained, that parti measure 13 as dead as the proverbial door nail today. 1 the New Bill Rends. However, mbination b viding for postal emplo rates on var wcrea us classes of n n reported . Senate by th committee. Senator 3 of the bill, will seek the measure. Wi raising practic all {nesded to pay the increased salarios, | President Coolidge will have Jection to the latter, it has been clear. The chances for the passsg postal pay and rate bill at t ehort session are rather ¢ | admitted even by the friends of t measure. The proposed increases | rates on second-class atter ai on. parcel.post are oppos !in some quarters. | Postal employes will contin {fight for increases In wag announced today, thoug | @reatly disappointed by of (he vate vesterday. It has estimated that to pay the i in the biil 1t would require §6 Under the program Coolidge administ diture was opposad the unless some mean was d raising the additional rev set this new expenditur: The roll call on the m the postal pay bill yes withstanding the veto of dent, follow To override the vetc —Brookhart, Couze Elkins,” Frazier, Goodins, Johnson of Californla, Washington, Ladd,- La McLean, MeNary, = Means, Norris, Reed of Pénnsylvania, Short. ridge, Stanfield and. Wadsworth—321. Democrats—Ashurst, Bayard, Brous- sard, Caraway, Copeland, Dill, Ed- wards, Ferris, Fletcher, ge, Ger- ry, Glass, Harris, Harrison, Heflin, Jones of New Mexico, Kendrick, Mc- Kellar, Mayfield, Neely, Overmau, Pittman, Ransdeil, Robinson, Shep pard, Stmmons, Smith, Stanley, Swan- son, Trammell, Underwood, Walsh of Massachusetts and Walsh of Mon tana—33. Farmer-Labor—Shipstead—1 Total, 55. favorably | | ngl thei~ resuit 1 the Presider Howe Jones Follette, Moses, ers of President. Against overriding the veto: Ke publicans—Ball, Borah, Bursum, But- ler, Cameron, Capper, Cummins, Cur- tis, Ernst, Fernald, Fess, Greene, Hale, Harreld, Koyes, Cormick. McKinley, Metcalf, Norbeck, Oddie Pepper, Phipps, Smoot, Sterling, War ren, Watson, Weller and Willis—28 Democrat—Dial. 1. Total—39. Patrs were announced as follows | Ralston, Indlana, and Bruce, Mary land, Democrat, for, with Spencer, Re- publican, Missouri, againet, Johnson, Farmer-Labor, Minnesota, and Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, for, with King, Democrat, Utah, against Reed, Missouri, and Stephens, Mis sissippi, Democrats, for, with Owen Democrat, Oklahoma, against. € Senators Lenroot, Republican, Wis- consin, and Shields, Democrat, Ten nessec, were absent and unpaired There is one vacancy, the seat former ly held by the late Senator Brande- gee of Connecticut. The victory yesterday for the ad. ministration forces was due In large part to the leadership of Senato¥ Curtls of Kansas, chosen Republicai leader of the Senate at the opening of the present session. His efforts to line up sufcient Senators to stand the President were very effective. The four insurgent Republicans, La Follette, Brookhart, Ladd and Frazier, all voted in faver of overriding the President’s veto. of the stock or honds you are asked to pur?