Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly colder tonight; minimum temperature about grees; tomorrow partly c Temperature, highest, p.m. yesterday; lowest, today. 39, at Full report on page 7. 28 de- loudy. 52, at :30 a.m. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 27 No. 29,472. post_office, ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Entered as second class mat Washington, b, & C. REALTY MEN ACT 10 CONTROL RENT ABUSES IN CAPITAL Hope by Move to Show Exec- | utive New Law Is Not Necessary. BANKERS AND BUSINESS LEADERS CO-OPERATING Committee Named to Bring Better Relations Between Public and Property Owners 1= representative sers owners and with the tee of the Washington rd teday to lay plans nating alleged rental evils now said to exist in the District, and which considered in a large gree responsible for the agltation favor of drastic rental legislation the District of Columbla. Tt was the sense of the meeting that through co-operation of those repre- sented at the meeting today any im- proper practices on the part of land- Jords can be effectively curbed. property for elin in for a committee consistin ton Re was ap- of officers of the Estate Board and ation of Buil Managers and bank- et this afternoon to rent cc bill now of not shin Wast ing Owne which will n cuss the pending members « made public committee were Believe Law Ulinecessary. The gathering today was unanimous n that rental legislation in the Distriet 1 felt that if the norma were not inter- just they as that he President would be any mjust actions as they could it them nted out that ars marked pre in the past ess had been ser practices existed, and that past three months n had been vir- has been no eviction as pre- rmer rative wholesale evidence dictd of animous in 1 thing should be done toward ad- isting conditions, the committee will take under consideration measures that v feel they can assure the Yresident they will be able to prosecute effective Those at Conference. meeting president National who were at the Poole. rican present were: Jc Federal-Ani Bank: Robert ,N. rper, the District National Bank ember of the board of di- recto the Washington Chamber P 5 Quade, vice P Liberty Nationa Ba secretary of the Chester A. Snow, Jr., Washington Associa- patent attorney president of the state Board and ashington Savings MeShea, represent Washington Association Owners and Managers, caltors’ executive of the developments were ¥, plans were ma- ol for considera- egislation Longworth Expects Action. The permanent rent commission bill will lered tomorrow at a joint session of the Senate and House Eubeon appointed to handle the measure. The meeting will be called at 10 o'clock. It is not expected that hearings on the bil that time. Senato 1 is chalr- of the Senate subcommittee and itive Lampert of the House conference with the lay pr Ho opinion that in the House session. worth se leader, ction Messages Received. 1 been received from New York eveland, Kansas City, rions smaller cities stat- sition to the proposed ng that they have in- Representatives and their opposition the arrival yesterday of estate of the Brigham housing ational Associa- \I Estate Boards, today ar- Washington to discuss the to atte: & the Na- tion of Real ate next Tuesday. situation in the into with the Presi- zworth It was Indi- President Coolidge im- Longworth with his view zent need of rent legislation trict, particularly for the of Government employes need of increased ralaries order to provide themselves with comfortable places to live in. Wh the President understood to have pointed out how strongly he feels in regard to the rent bill here, it w d that M Longworth was told that the Chief Xecutive wanted h rin on the bill to get the benefit of the al inds of Congress on the matter before it is presented to the House. ‘Will Be Given Action. This legislation, it was said, will e one of the important matters to be given a place in the House busi- mess for prompt action before ad- journment on March 4 next. Mr. Longworth said, that while he knew boards of ing the pill and d formed their Senators of real 1delphia chairman of the officials H. R of the board, ation AsS0c Dall lative The le Yo v dent by Mr that pressed Mr of the u in the I protection against the Lor there woud be some opposition on the | floor to rental legislation, know just how great it w Mr. Longworth fort would be made, and members intend to see that District day i@ strictly observed in the Houee (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) he did not uld be. aid that every ef- ex-| While | ion was adopted at the| bl their sentiments that! ill be held | sentative | the House | 40-Foot Fissure Two Inches Wide Found After Quake By the Associated Press. EAST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. January 8.—A fissure in the earth 2 Inches wide and 40 feet in length was discovered here after the earth tremors which affected east- ern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire yesterday. The fissure is on top of a hill on Bed-+ ford street. The hill itself is above a known rock ledge. A theory that the fissure was due to a “frost crack” appeared to be contradicted by the fact that the Winter in this s n has been extremely mild and the ground has not been frozen MIARK MAKES FINAL - MOVEFOR CONTROL | Ebert é Asks Formation of Emergency Cabinet by Sundown Today. BERLIN, January $.—Chancellor Marx {s making a final effort to com- plete an emergency cabinet before sundown today. President Ebert | authorized him, after the failure to | get together representative non- | partisan cabinet, to fill vacanies in the prospective cabinet’s ranks with undersecretaries from the various The presidential authori- was given in view of the ex- | isting complications in Germany's | foreign relations, necessitating at| [least a temporary working ministry | in charge of affairs Such a makeshift cabinet as is con- | templated would contain officlal mem- | of the Clerical and Democratic arties only Dr. Gustay Strese- | mann, foreign minister, and Dr. Karl . minister of the interior, would in keeping with the German People’s Party resolution not to par- ticipate in a government comprising a | ministries. | zation bers | Jarre ret | the Bourgeois Chancellor bcialist parties. | x. Minister of | Finance Luther, Minister of Defense | Gessler, Minister of Labor Brauns| and Food Minister Count von Kanitz| are expe 1 their portfolios with Chancellor Marx temporarily | taking over the foreign office. The | chancellor expects to take his new | binet before the Reichstag Satur- day in connection with his presenta- | tion of the government's program REAL ISSUES HIDDEN. Marx and Ebert Succeed in Fight | on Conservatives. | B Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. | BERLIN, January S.—Chancellor | Marx and President Ebert are trying everything to prevent the formation | of a conservative government, and | they have so far succeeded. | The present attempt of the chan- cellor to form a bureaucrats’ or gov- | ernment employes’ cabinet would | em to the last, however. If it | fails, Herr Marx's own position will | | probably be compromised. | The importance of these endless |and tiresome negotiations is that a Liberal or middle party cabinet will | be more pleasing to the entente and will keep the burden of taxation | generally distributed. A Conserv tive or burgher cabinet will possibly will certainly shift the tax burden from big industry and the land own- ers to the consumers | Yet, although every one under-| | stands the real Issues, no one speaks of them. The Catholic center party, | moreover, cannot allow the school | control to pass into the hands of the strongly Protestant Lutheran Na- | tionalists, who might attack l\m} Catholic_institutions. | “The Communists are on the out-| side. They merely demand an am- nesty for the seven thousand-odd | members of their party who are lying lin prison for so-called political crimes Today is the twenty-fourth day | Germany has been without a cabinet. | (Copyrignt. by Chicago Daily News Co.) PARIS DEPORTS 47. Bearing Germans and Czechs Weapons Rounded Up in Raid. seven and —For jermans PARIS. January | foreigners, principally | Czechs, armed with automatics and |other weapons, who were taken by | | police in a ra on a gambling den | Tuesday night, were sent to the fron- | tier on night trains for expulsion None had registered with the police. This is part of the general govern- ment campaign against undesirable foreigners, who are being rounded up |aaily and deported CHINESE GETS 20 YEARS. | Alleged Tong Gunman Convicted in | Slaying of Countryman. January 8.—Lee Har, alleged tong gunman, | who participated in the slaying of | Gong Chong Foon in a Bronx laun- dry, was sentenced to serve from 20 years to life by Justice Wasservogel early today. He had been convicted lof second degree murder by a jury but a short time previou Mock Yik Tong, also involved in the slaying, was convicted of first degree murder - last week and will be sen- tenced tomMOrrow. NEW YORK, 20 years old, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, january 8.—Find- ing only $750 instead of an al- legedly promised $5,000 in a safe, two self-confessed burglars made a complaint against the two pro- prietors of a jewelry store, which the burglars said they were hired | to rob. In consequence, Peter B. Oliver, United States referee, or- dered the arrests of the jewelers, Israel Marmorstein and Dominic Luchesi. The jewelers were tak- en to the Tombs Prison and held for arralgnment before a United | Anglo-American differences over {to WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, ¢ Foening Star. “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, 100,484 1925 -FORTY PAGES. U.5. WAR CLAINS APPROVAL CLEARS PARIS PARLEY SKY Logan and Churchill Working Out Details of Agree- ment on Issue. ENVOYS TACKLE DEBT QUESTIONS UNOFFICIALLY French Press Bitter Against ““Superpriority” Granted America by Allies. By the PARIS, nth interallied conferenc better than mc although thus far it has accomplished nothing more than the preliminary amentties. The autstanding fact of the moment is that talks outside the conference room between the principal characters have succeeded in creating an atmos- phere so propitious that, in the words of Winston Churchill, British chan- cellor of the exchequer, “prospects of an early settlement are considered favorable.” Mr. Churchill and James A. Logan, , of the American delegation had another talk this morning. After- ward it was reported that their negotiations, seeking to iron out the the Associated Press January S8.—The twenty- U her damages ceeds, ted States a fron for army the Dawes plan proceeding normally Mr. Logan later went to the offices of the American de tion, where he discussed the problems of the confer- with Ambassador Kellogg. After his meeting with Mr. Logan, Mr. Churchill rred with the French finance minister, M. Clementel, at the ministry of finance. 'he interview lasted more f hour. The ssion hat the subjects dealt with were con- fere ma and not interallied debts. Mr. Churchill minister of fin, Stefani, and th finance minister, With removal of the Anglo-Ameri- can controversy over the payment to the United States of war damages and occ al war pro- ence than a also ance, saw the Italian Prof. Alberto de Belgian premier and Col. Theunis. claims from the Dawes plan receipts, | the would fe greatly increased de concessions ntatives, Mr and James A. Logan, jr., Mr. Logan was busy last again this morning working out, with Sir Otto Niemyer, British controller of finance, the details of the plan hit s talk with Mr. Churchill. vexed question of interallied upon which much hinges, is being tackled in this -unofficial way, and talks between Mr. Church- ill and M. Clementel, French fi minister, between M. Clementel and Premier Theunis of Belgium, and be- tween Mr. Churchill and M. Loucheur, former French minister and repara- tions expert, have all been devoted seeking a settlement satisfactory to_the majority While nothing evolved from th spirit vailing at these conversations thought to augur well for the future of the conference. It is not disguised. however. the task before the conferees is one of great complexity. There are al- ways “victims” in these sharings and it is to be expected that they will offer resistance, as in the past In the 1920 conference the Belgians very mnearly withdrew and in 1921 the French ministry refused to ratify the settlement agreed upon the conference. However, optimism cer- tainly prevails today. and observe scribe 1t to a certain extent to ihe reasonable attitude shown by the British chancellor of the exchequer The governmental opposition in France views the proceedings w profound misgivings. Thus L/Eclair, one of the principal supporters of former President Millerand’s new party, says Che first pourparlers of the finan, chances of y Both through Churehill vesterd; countries their repr. definite the has yet m pre is that ce ‘ontinued on Page 2, Column 5.) GOV. BINGHAM RESIGNS; SWORN IN AS SENATOR Brandegee's Successor Has Held Three Offices in Last 24 Hours. By the Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn., January §-— Gov. Hiram Bingham resigned this forenoon, less than 24 hours after his inauguration yesterday, and took the oath as United States Senator. promises | t of its predece: sors, | prevails | night and | 1s | th | DISTRICTFUNDBILL - NEAR COMPLETION !Largest Budget in History to 1 1 i Be Reported to House Early Next Week. Late this afternoon or tomorrow { morning the subcommittee which !arafting the District appropriation bill for the fiscal year beginning July 1 nmext expects to complete the task marking up the bill for changes Agreasing or decreasing or eliminating varfous items recom- | mendead by the Budget Bureau | The snowstorm has delayed the sub- { committee on very important | work of making a personal tour of inspection of the streets of the Na- tional Capital. As soon as the pave- ments are sufficiently cleared of snow this inspection will be made. | The committee expects to report the bill early next week, and indica- tions are that it will be the largest District budget ever recommended Will Increase School Fund. The subcommittee believes that it | is making liberal allowances for all of the real needs of the District is intended to be especially generous in providing adequate funds for schools, streets, sewers, water supply, and for the Police and Fire Depart- ments | At least one new and sites for two others, to those recommended by Bureau, will be included in the is of made, the school building in addition i the Budget | bill | rious consideration by the subcom- mittee today. At least 60 additional | policemen and probably more will be |included in the bill when reported | The subcommittee is also considering having mounted policemen on dut in congested sections, who could cover larger beat quickly In moving traf- |fic when a jam oceurred. The sub- committee also gave considerable | thought to having motor cycle traffic policemen at important street inter- sections in downtown sections as weil as the man at the semaphore direct- ing traffic. The recommendation was also made |to Maj. Sullivan that at rush hours, | when the employes of the big Gov- | ernment departments are going to |and from work, patrolmen should be | taken off their reguldr beat and used | at_busy corners to direct pedestrians. | " The appropriations recommended by the Budget Bureau for the Pub- lic Library will stand unchanged. {The subemomittee felt that, while | some increases were desirable, the | Library officials had expressed them- selves “as satisfled” with the bud- |get figures and that increases were I more urgently needed in other ac- | tivities of the District government. | Chairman Davis of the subcommittee (Continued on Page 5, | N ' SENATE WILL VOTE " ON SHOALS TODAY Gov. Bingham handed his resigna- | tion to Secretary of State Pallott] at 10 o'clock and a moment later Lieut. Gov. John H. Trumbull was sworn ifj as Connecticut’s chief executive. For. mer Gov. Marcus H. Holcom admin- istered the oath to Trumbull Following a brief reception Mr. Bingham left the capitol and returned to his apartments at a local hotel where at 10:30 he took the oath as Senator by J. Frederick Baker, clerk of ‘the State Senate. Thus, within the period of a da Col. Bingham, former Yale profesesy explorer and an officer of the coun: s air forces during the World War, had held three offices. He retired as lieutenant governor of the State to accept the governorship today qualified to succeed the late Senator Brandegee. Burglars Expect $5,000, Get $750; ‘ Cause Arrest of Two Jewelers States commissioner today. The burglars, John Donohue and David Plummer, told the referee that the jewelers,” who failed two wecks ago, had promised them to ‘place $5,000 in a safe as their reward for the robbery, which took place on December 13. Creditors of the bank filed a bankruptcy © proceeding against them, alieging that the robbery was a “fake.” Marmorstein and Luchesi reported that $50,000 worth of jewelry had been stolen, and that, therefore, they could not meet their obligations, it was _ charged. vesterday and | jEurly End of Long Fight in Pros- i pect—Ballot Scheduled at 4 PM. The Senate proceeded with the Muscle | Shoals problem today under a voting agreement that should clear the way | for an early end of the long fight over | the question. The agreement, reached suddenly late | vesterday, calls for a vote by 4 p.m. | on eubstituting the Underwood leasing | bill for the Norris Government opera- | tion measure. Although a close vote was in prospect, Underwood supporters | expressed confidence over the outcome. Substitution of the Underwood bill | would still leave a final vote to be | taken on enactment, and in the mean- | time, it would give opportunity to ob- | tain preferred status,-as an amend- ment, for the proposal of Senator | Jones, Republican, Washington, to re- fer the entire Muscle Shoals question to a commission for recommendations to the next Congress. The vote today, however, will dis- pose of the cardinal issue involved in proposals for immediate decision on the use of the property. ‘Wagner's Widow IlL By the Associated Press. BAYREUTH, Bavaria, January $.— The condition of Frau Wagner, widow of Richard Wagner, the great com- poser, is giving rise to grave appre- hensions among relatives and friends of the fam!ly, 1t| 1 HoPe \y THEY'RE SATISFIED’ = DIAL 24-Y ear Subscriber Quits Paper; Holds Puzzles Too Hard By the Associated Press SIOUX FALLS D. January 8.—The cross-word puzzle craze has cost a local dafly newspaper one of its oldest subscribers A victim of the puzzle fad, he wrote from his home near Garret- S. D, and dec 1 have taken your paper for 24 vears and hitherto have found no fault with When you be, running cress-word puzzles the were very good and possible to work, but lately they have been harder and harder and now are almost fmpossible to solve. Hav- ing written you about this matter and received no satisfaction, 1 am compelled to abandon your good newspaper and take another which prints puz which can be worked without staying up all night. Inasmuch as I can take only one daily paper, and no other cross-word puzzles than those I get in newspapers are available, 1 am compelled to find a paper which is satisfactory in this department.” REFUNDBY PEPCO TOSTARTJULY Blanks to Be Sent Out With February Bills—Much Cal- culating Required. DISCLATMER. { | son lared The Potomac FElectric Power Co announced to that it will mail out with the February eleatric light bills a blank form to be filled in by the 75,000 users of electricity in ap- the settlement rate case. It will not be possible to begin mailing the refund checks until July 1, Mr. Ham said. because of the vast amount of calculating to be done on the electric light bills for the past seven vears. The blank will be as simple as the company can make it, Willlam F. Ham, president, stated today. Ac- cording to present plans, the follow- ing facts will be required: The name of the member of the family who contracted with the com- pany for electric service. If the family has moved about dur- ing the seven years to be covered by the rebate, the blank will require the various addresses and the period of time service place. The application will not have to be taken to a notary public, but the signature of one witness will be re- quired with the signature of the ap- plicant. The blank will state that the com- pany reserves the right to call for further proof of the fact that the applicant is_the person entitled to the refund. Mr. Ham explained, how- ever, that this is merely to cover in- stances in which there appears to be doubt as to whether the applicant is the right person. Whenever a person applies for elec- tric light service he s required to sign a contract. Mr. Ham explained the company can verify signatures of applicants for refunds by comparing them with the original contracts, Persons who have used electricity |since 1917, but who are no longer customers will be furnished with blanks at the company offices, but Mr. Ham today announced that such distribution will not be made until after March 1. In other words, he wants consumers to walit until the February bills have been mailed. - If, for any reason, a blank is not found in the envelope with the February bill, a consumer may get one from the company in March. OPERA STAR STRICKEN. CHICAGO, January 8.— Toti Dal Monte, noted Italian opera star, was unable to appear in her role of Lucia last night at the Chicago civic opera because of an attack of influenza and tonsilitis, which may prevent her from accompanying the opera company on its Bastern tour. Her voice has been affected and she is confined to her bed, her physician said. She has just re- turned from New York, where she ap- peared in the Metropolitan. of the eiectric light Radio Programs—Page 19. plying for the refund due them under | was rendered at each| * TWO CENTS. X |BALLOU SAYSCITY ECONOMY BLOCKING POLICE SHAKE-UP GOVERS BIG AREA Seventh Precinct Virtually Reorganized Following Al- leged Assault Probe. A me; shake-up of the Police Depart t involving the transfer of three captains, lieutenants, two geants and seven privates, was dered to ymmissioner Oy The transfers will be effective tom morning at § o'clock six the good of the service,” sail Com- missioner Oyster, in making known the transfers. Those affected are: Capt. Thaddus R. Bean, transferred from the seventh to the second pre- cinct; Capt. Charles T. Peck, from the second to the ninth precinct, and Capt. Louis J. Stoll, from to the seventh precinct Licut. Joseph W. Pierson, from the |seventh to the twelfth precinct; Lieut. C. Charles Bremmerman, from the twelfth to the seventh precinct; Lieut. Michael Ready, from the sec- {ond to the third precinct; Lieut. Fred M. Cornwell, from the sixth to the second precinct; Lieut. Guy E. Bur- lingame, from the ninth to the sixth precinct, and Lieut. William P. Hess, from the third to the ninth precinct Sergt. Arthur C. Belt, from the seventh to the third precinct, and Ed- ward S. Allen, from the third to the seventh. Pvt. Ralph Proctor, from the seventh to the tenth: Frank M. How- ard, from the second to the twelfth Roscoe Speich, ninth to the fifth; Harry O. Bauer, from the second to the fourth; Charles P. Robinson, from the seventh to the eighth; John C. Dalgish, from the seventh to the sixth, and Dalmer Milstead, from the seventh to the eleventh precinct. It is noted from the list that |order practically reorganizes the seventh precinct. The police trial | board is now engaged in hearing tes- | timony involving alleged assault prisoner at police station the an on a that hous Lieut Who are among those transferred, are under suspension now, pending the outcome of an indictment returned a few days ago by the grand jury in | connection with the alleged assault on a prisoner at the seventh precinct station hous: ENFORCEMENT FUND FOR SNOW LAW ASKED | Hacker Urges $10,000 to Prosecute | Citizens Who Fail to Clear Walks. Tmmediate request will be made to !the Commissioners by Morris Hacker, superintendent of street cleaning, for an appropriation of $10,000 in the next District appropriation bill for en- forcement of the law requiring private individuals to remove Snow from the sidewalks in front of their property. Mr. Hacker pointed out teday that when the snow removal law was | passed several years ago it carried with it an appropriation of $10,000. When that amount was used up, how- ever, no further special appropria- tion was made for sidewalk cleaning. The law provides that when the individual fails to clean the sidewalk the District shall proceed to do the work and then file suit in the Municipal Court to recover the cost. Mr. Hacker pointed out that while the lump sum appropriation for gen- eral street cleaning and removal of snow from highways may be used in the discretion of the Commissioners for sidewalk work also, he believed it- better to ask for the special ap- propriation to comply with the law. Mello'n> Delays Debt Commission Meeting Summons Secretary Mellon indicated today he would delay for the present at least calling the Debt Commission to consider the informal sugges- tions of Finance Minister Clementel of France in connection with the French debt. The Secretary ‘declined to indi- cate whether there would be a reply to the French officlal or to say what the next move would the ninth | Pierson and Private Proctor, | 2 SCALROONS Enroliment Increases 800 An- nually, Explanation of 5- Year Plan States. PROPOSED ALLOTTMENT OF FACILITIES OUTLINED Superintendent Says Space Must | Be Provided Where Greatest Growth Looms. | “The Fact Basis of Five Building Program for the District of Columbia,” the most comprehensive outline ever written of the lack of school accommodation, and the pro- posals to remedy it, was made public today by Supt. of Schools Frank W. Ballou. Still incompleted as far as the high schools are concerned, the report covers 62 pages, describing in detail the lack of accomodations in every division in the school system, together with the plans for relief as provided in the five- vear building program now before Con- gress. The purpose of the report, Dr. Bal- | lou points out, is to set forth in de- | | tail the facts on which the proposed | five-year school building program is | | based. Statistics showing the growtn of the school population annuall {since 1912 and the number of addi- | tional rooms needed to meet the ac- cumulated shortage of schoolhou | accommodations over this period, as | well as to provide for the prospective increase in the next five years, are { incorporated | 800 Pupily Added Yearly. | The average annual enrollment crease since 1914, the report shows, is | ! 793 pupils. “Any adequate building program,” it said, “must make pro- vision for an increased enrollment in | the elementary schools of 800 pupils | per year. This means that 20 addi- i ar| | in- | tional classrooms should be opened | each year.” | “If the estimated annual increase | enrollment during the next five | | years materializes, the program of | schoolhouse construction as outlined | | herein will be insufficient to the extent of one s development. If, on the other hand, the increased enrollment does not materialize dur- ing the next five years, the buildin program can be modified accordingl jas the yearly appropriations are | made.” Dr. Ballou explained recommendation of the various civic | bodies for relief in certain sections | lof the city is included in the build- | ing program, in i which school necessary. | “On the basis of intreased enro ment from 1914 through 1 adds the report, “it has been estimated that 100 additional classrooms will -be needed in a five-year period, or 2 classrooms per year. It now becom necessary to distribute these 100 | rooms among the elementary school divisions. Obviously, the 106 rooms | {should be distributed over the five years as uniformly as practicable. The Qistribution of these 100 classrooms among the 13 elementary school divi- | sions more difficult.” Since these | classrooms are to meet increased.en- rollment, they must be distributed where it is believed that increased enrollment will most likely place.” | The first division will get 16 of the 100 additional classrooms, the ond division 6, the third divisio CHARGES DENIED BY GONPERS HERS 1 t every | authorities deemed | (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) | Declare Labor Chief Destroy- | | vigea | ed His First Will of | Own Accord. | Denial of the charges of undue | fluence made by Mrs. Gertrude | Gompers, 41-year-old widow | samuel Gompers, late president |the A. F. of L., against Samuel | Gompers. eldest son of her husband | by his first marriage, made in a paper filed this afternoon in the Dis- | trict Supreme Court by the three | children and two grandchildren of | the deceased labor leader. They all deny that Samuel J. Gom- | pers, chief clerk in the Department of | Labor, influenced his father in any ! manner in revoking a will by which | the second Mrs. Gompers was left the bulk of the $30,000 estate and in mak- ing a new will leaving her only one dollar as provided by the law The sons and grandchildren assert hat the labor ill from the backer containing and indorsed the~words revoking its provision in his own handwriting. They aver they had no knowledge of what disposition Samuel Gompers had made of “modest” estate, and never discussed the provisions of his will. In revoking his first will and making a new one, the heirs assert, Mr. Gompers exercised his own in dependent judgment and followed the dictates of his own mind and heart | _Through Attorneys ~Neumyer & | King the heirs request the court to | dismiss the caveat filed by Mrs. Gom- ipers and to deny her mot the earlier will to probate. The sec. ond will, they say, being the free and voluntary act of the labor leader, should be admitted to probate and his estate distributed as designated by him therein. t E hi SAYS HE WAS HIRED TO CHANGE RETURNS NEW YORK, January Rosken, a campaign manager for Representative Nathan Perlman, Re- publican, who was re-elected to Con- gress from the Fourteenth New York district last November, today told Di trict Attorney Banton that he had been hired to change Perlman's district so as to count out William I Sirovich, Democratic can- didate, and re-elect Mr. Perlman. 8.—George { vation addition to others | | ment by ino objection { car | | chieftain tore the old ! it | | dens | considered | can n to admit | |1t the returns in |V ISies % ping YEARLY MUST ADD | ELEVATION OF GUNS; TREATY ALLOWS 1T Hughes Tells House Naval Committee Japan Agrees With U. S. Position. BRITAIN OBJECTED, BUT MAINLY FEARED RIVALRY Wilbur Explains Expenditures Urged by Experts Run Counter to President’s Plans. Congress the admi s not much-debated proposal to battleships as conflicting with the arms treat but that Presi- dent Coolidge believes that both the modernization and certain proposed new ction would confiict with his policy of economy Secretary Hughes, in a letter to the House naval commi e, declared Japan and the United States agreed that elevation of guns on American capital ships would be in harmony with the treaty, although Great B ti regard modernize istr American program sty | tain had taken the opposite view Wilbur Explal Secretary Wilbur, the com the D it see enough tion to av up to the 5 D, ¢ tures nec: the Budget Bureau of the Preside Secretary Hughes the position that elevation American capital ps violate the arms treaty might have the unfortu ns Position. appearing before would constructior Navy ifke to vetoed b. the backing in his ugh it ct of competiti The letter Great Britain had the alterations proposed violation of the treaty, the opposite position. uld be o Japan took Cites British Appeal. Mr. Hughes wrote the committee i whether any protests Prog: ha foreign powers. The sador, he said, on Mar, brought up the sub pealing” to the st any altera gun elevatio nd £ surances that no such alterations had been made on any British capital ship after its commission. The British view, the Secretary sald, was that the changes proposed American ships would constitute “major alterations,” prohibited by the treaty. Mr. Hughes agreed with the Japanese opinion that t should be regarded rather as ‘“n tera- he added that ight tend toward a out of harm against th been made British 15 am ving pos lized they m v competitio w e well estab- lished position of United States The Secretary prefaced his a refere to the fa the resolution h been adop but he said that less to nformation. The State Department he said, was this Britixh Deny “In a communicati March 15, 1923, the Br dor at Wash reviewed port that had increase in the uns of British ategorical declar; ation had been 1 of turret guns of t Te dn nev had on the Charges. 1 under date tish Ambass: the the ships since “In subsec from the Washington view of h hat an i turret guns is n the terms of special reference to chapter section 1, (d) w prohibits, subject to certain exceptions expressly pro- for, any v re ed capital ers, except f providing mean air and submarine “As regards the such inc in the ret involves any stated to be the government that ti elevation of guns, toget sequential alterations, h as scrap- or replacing of existing fire- control system, ete.. involves consid- erable ‘reconstruction’ in the fullest ense of the term a ships the purpose aga s ¢ e nst attacks. question whett ion of tur- reconstruction,’ it is th ritish se of the with con- Large Aspect Involved. “The British government lay par- ticular emphasis upon what it de- scribed as a larger aspect of the ques- tion: that is to say, that one of the Jbjects of the treaty is to reduce the burden of competition in armament and the British government feel that action by the United States in the ele- vation of turret guns would tend to defeat this object to a considerable extent. “In these circumstances Brit- ish government make an eai. v ap- peal that the Government of the United States should not impose upon the peo- ples of the countries concerned the bur of competition in armament are deemed to result from the of the proposal to elevate the turret guns on retained capital ships of the United States, it being that even If arguments be found in support of the con- trary interpretation of the treaty, the effect of carrying out such proposals would be incompatible with its con- tention “The assurance is repeated that no alteration has been made in the ele- vation of the turret guns of any existing British capital ship since they were first placed in commission was further proposed that the Government of the United States, the Japanese government and the British government (the governments of France and Italy not being deemed to be directly concerned in view of the exceptions of the treaty) should undertake not to make during the term of the treaty any increase in the elevation of the turret guns of their existing capital ships. apan's View Stated. t which execution I have been informed by the Jap- government that it was not t ew of the Japanese government that a change in gun elevation which did not reg of the pro- (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) nese