Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1925, Page 1

/ WEATHER. (U. 8. Unsettled with snoaw today and change in temperature. ratur night. Lowest, vesterday. Highest, Weather Bureau Forecast.) probably Monday, rain not or much 34, at 8 30, at 6 a.m. Full report on page 7 —_—— 29,475, Entered as second class matter post office Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, AGCORDIS REACHED ON MAJOR ISSUES N PARIS PARLEY Ratification of Resolutions | Remains as Only Work of Conference. U.S. TO WAIT TWO YEARS ON CLAIMS, REPORT SAYS British and American Envoys Silent on Details of Final Agreement. Br the Associated Pross PARIS, January 1 nance minjsters, who been | here for several days| problems connected with | ended The work of the have tonight, | agreement the United Italy, Fran on broad lines on all the | est on the agenda. The Brit-| fsh and American delegations both announced an accord also, subject to Washington's approval, on the que tion payment of war damage claims to the United States. The will be confined to| the deliberations of the experts and| afting committee’s preparagion resol for rat of the reparations, general was Japan ns work now of pienary Taesday. sess conference | | Two-Year Wait Is Seen. | Neither the British delegations would divulge the details the solutions reached, but a note | sued by the semi-ofiicfal French News | y states that the Amerlcans to wait for two before sharing the plan of annuities, | or until Belgium has received the full | of her priority. This is va-| estimated at between 100,000,- | 200,000,000 gold marks. Ex- | | nor American have agreed years amount riously 000 perts are figure On the other hand, $15,000,000 now in Bank, the ayment engaged in fixing the exact it is known that the Federal proceeds of under the Bel- Wads- | serve gium's worth agreement, and become available to the United St Treasury as soon as the pres- ent accord is ratified, ates First Witnesses Called in Rent Measure Hearing Hearings on the proposed bill creating a permanent rent com- mission for the District of Colum- bia before a joint subcommittee of the Senate and House District committees will begin at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. Members of the pres- ent District Rent Commission and Assessor Richards have been requested to appear before the committee at that time. Hearings will be continued on the bill on Tuesday and Wednes- cording to present plans of the committee, and both support- ers and opponents of the legisla- tion will be given opportunity to be heard. ENTIRE FIRE FORCE CALLED DOWNTOWN Y SZSOBIATE Kann’s Warehouse Destroy ed—Eight Firemen Taken to Hospital. THRONGS WATCH 2-HOUR FIGHT TO CURB FLAMES tion by a|Nearby Buildings and Autos Parked Around Eighth and D Are Menaced. Fanned by a menacing wind, one of the most spectacular and destructive fires of recent years swept last night | through the five-story warehouse of S. | Kann's Sons Co. at the northeast corner of Eighth and D streets, leaving the $50,000 building and department store stock ruins. in the discovery of conflgration by a bookkeeper working overtime on the first goor, and who shouted the alarm at No. 14 Engine early | House but two doors away, the highly inflammable interior almost immediately Will be Ladivhued | IReW: completely out of control of the | combined fire-fighting forces of the en- | tire city, who were rushed to the scene | i b the rare and ominous general alarm It is asserted in French circles that | Sounded by Fire Chief George Watson. the French and British delegates have | a d to admit the United States to! participation in on the reparations account, tending the payments over a period} 7 beginning September;fbuilding with its mass of tinder-like of 26 vears, 1926, relmbursing the sums due on the of the Amerlean Army occupation first, then the payment of war damages costs Claims to Be Grouped. United States' costs of the army of occupation (b) war damages—will be together in one sum in the protocol, | upon which yearly payments will be | made. Neither the British nor the Ameri- ns displayed any elation or undue enthusiasm over the conclusion of | the three-day fight. The fact that| the settlement must be referred to| Washington, however, appeared to| weigh more heavily upon the Ameri- can delegates than the British. Winston Churchill's optimism far out- shone that of the Americans. | Detalled resolutions on the whole | of problems before the confer- ence will be drafted by experts to- morrow and Monday and presented to the plenary session Tuesday. This | session will be attended by all the powers, including those of limited in- terest he method adopted in| threshing out the delicate problems in | private versations, proved s | ful, and the finance ministe i head the delegations, will not meet gain until Monday afternoon. Mr.| Churchill will take a day off tomor- | row and visit M. Clemenceau, the 13 h war premier. He says he| wishes to pay his respects to eminent | statesman, who did so much to win-| e war. | The claims—(a) and range cess- who | n on Two Bodies, A. Logan, jr. the American nember of both the ex fting committes. The committee includes English, Italian, Belgian and members. Tt will meet to- morning. The committee ex pects to have exts of the variou late Sunday night | submitted to the s Monday after- predicted that by the plenary and dr "rench, apanese the resolutions ready and they will be heads of the dele noon. It is confiden they will be ratified session Tuesday The protocol wi referred to all the timate ratification Belgium received arding her priority, when a m the “big six” ruled that it wa t extinguished. But the than namely amount is 0,000,000 francs their report. Belgium to rec cent under t until September, 1926. The will later be reduced to a t definitely agreed upon then h parliam ve to be nts for ul- satisfaction re- sting not amount Belgium 50,000,000 | outstandi is less claimed Tk originally gold francs to be around would entitl nuities of 8 per the Spa agreemen percent Tate Occupation Cash Fixed. £ the at 1 receiv which tnat dema Igium, were 184,0 | and Belgium's accepts tion in the amount ! due that country on prior] \\‘Pl‘e‘ typical of the compromises reached. | The expenses of the various luwes‘ | { fixed will figures o Ruhr occu; 000,000 gold mark: orig- and This rce 000 marks. nee of a reduc- claimed as still plan organisms, the inter-allied Rhine- and commission, the inter-allied mili- trol commission and the rep- commission, will all enjoy in future Dawes annuities. The discussion of interallied debt falled to attain the scope anticipated in European quarters. Mr. Churchill made a passing reference to this sub- ject in his < to the correspondents | this , saying there was no | doubt the matter would come up again | n conversatio between the allied powers in the Spring. Instructions to ihe American delegates from Wash- ington to keep aloof from any refer- ence to _tfl.\ questi prevented it (Continued on Page 6, Column priority evenin the Dawes annuities| time | Toanez's | King Alfonso of Spain. | only Fire Rages Two Hours. For more than two hours from the that the first nearby engine but ex-|swung into action, which was about | 0 o'clock, the brick-and-wooden stock was a virtual inferno, belching g | forth glgantic tongues of fire that { licked threateningly at the roof of th: {main department store bullding di rectly across the street. The sheets of flame shot in various | directions at times with such terrific | force that the grim but hopeless fire- men helow were in imminent danger grouped | of being seared in their tracks. Although there were many such narrow escapes to hold breathless the thousands of spectators who fought for places of vantage, not a serious casualty was reported. Many singed eyebrows and blackened faces beneath dripping helmets were mute testimony to the daring of the fire- fighters, several of whom also sus- tained cut hands and arms. Eight Men Injured. Eight of these were treated a Emergency Hospital, They are: Henry Jensen, 41, of 1019 Ninth street, in- jured about the hands by broken klass; W. E. Mothershead of 1620 R street northwest, hand lacerate glass and overcome by smoke; F. W. Kagey of 100 K street northwest, lacerated about the right wrist and arm by broken glass; P. P. Vanna- gan of 626 A street northeast, cut about the hands; Edward Bowden of 1917 Lincoln road, northeast, burned about the hands and face; Sergt. A. J. Sweeney of 1213% D street northeast, burned about the face; L. R. Cruik- shank of 708 Rock Creek Church road, overcome by smoke, and A. J. Varagana of 212 K street northeast, burned about the face. Despite the intense heat and the dense volume of smoke, the firemen stuck to their posts. Fire Chief Wat- | son, deeply concerned about the safety of his men, watched closely the walls to broadcast (Continued on Page 5. Column 6.) FRANCE ORDERS IBANEZ TO COURT FOR WRITINGS Author, T1l, Says He Cannot Appear Tuesday—Surprised by Sum- mons to Paris. By tiie Associated Press ARIS, January 10.—Vicente Blasco Ibanez, the Spanish author, who re- cently has been denouncing King Alfonso of Spain and the Spanis rectorate, has been summoned by Ex- amining Magistrate Baquart to ap- pear before him in Parls, January 13, together with Ernest Flammarion, Ibanez’s French editor. Senor Ibanez is reported to be in indifferent health at Mentone and according to announcement tonight has telcgraphed the magistrate that | he will ot be able to appear on that date. He added, however, that Maitre Moutet, his counsel, would appear. Deputy Paul Laffout, former under- secretary of state, has sent Premier Herriot a letter saying that he has deeided to interpellate the govern- ment on the Ibanez proceedings. Writer Ix By the Associated Press. MENTONE, France, January 10. Vicente Blasco Ibanez, the Spanish author, was greatly surprised today when he learned that proceedings had been started against him in the French courts for alleged defamation of a foreign sovereign. The proceed- ings, it was understood, are based on recent pamphlet attacking Surprixed. The law under which the present prosecution was commenced, the au- thor's lawyers said, has been applied once previously, and that was when the late poet, Laurent Tailhade, wrote an article at the time Czar Nicholas came to France, urging the railroad men to wreck the Russian ruler's train. The poet served six months in jail its $175,000 | smoking | the | by| h di-| | DISTRICT SURPLUS AND THE DEFINITE PROPORTION PLAN Proposal I!Iow Made to Grant Former and Abandon Latter. HISTORY OF THE FUND NOW AWAITING USE Declared by Joint Committee to Belong to District—Bill Pend- ing to That Effect. The bill recently introduced in the House by Representative Cramton | proposes that the lump sum plan of | Federal contribution to the District's upkeep and development, adopted for the fiscal year ending June 30, 192 be made permanent and that in con- ideration to the District for this de- | | parture in substantive law from thei' | fixed proportion principle the accu- | | mulated surplus of District tax reve- | | nues now lying in the Treasury made available for District uses by appropriation. In short, it is proposed that the District should be allowed to use its own money in exchange for the sacrifice of the definite proportion plan adopted originally in 1878, on the 50-50 basis and continued on that | basis until a few years ago, when the | ratio was changed to 60-40, which is | the definite proportion fixed by the | permanent substantive law today. | The surplus of District tax revenues {now lying in the Treasury unappro- I priated is the result of successive fail- {ures by Congress to appropriate all the money ralsed by taxation in the District together with the propor- { tionate amounts of Federal funds junder the 50-50 agreement. During Iseveral sessions of Congress efforts were made by the District to obtain the use of this money and finally by | the act of Congress approved June 29, | 1922—the District appropriation act— | authorization was given for the ap- pointment of a joint select committee consisting of three Senators and three | Representatives charged with (h-“ duty of inquiring fully into the fiscal relations between the District and the {United States since July 1, 1874, to ascertain what surplus, if any, the [ District had to its credit on the books of the Treasury. Under this authori- zation Senators Phipps, Ball and Harris and Representatives Hardy, Wright and Evans were named and conducted the inquiry. They reported to their respective houses February 5 1923. The report was signed by all three of the Senators and two of the three members of the House, | Joint Committee’s Finding. ' The joint committee found and: re- ported that a met balance of $4,438,- 154.92 of surplus revenues of the Dis- trict was at that time in the Treasury, o which the District was entitled, and which should be appropriated by | Congress for the District's use. This} figure was reached by ascertaining all possible credits in favor of the District, and all credits in favor of the United States, and represented the amount due without question as a net District credit A bill to carry into effect the find- ings of this joint select committee and to make this surplus available for appropriation for the District's benefit was framed and presented and at the last session of Congress was passed by the Senate, was approved by the House District committee and | is now pending on the House calendar awaiting action there. That bill, re- iting the amounts due as credits and ecognized as offsets, states the net amount due the District as $4,438.- |154.92, but provides that the control- ler general shall determine whether a further amount, $519,373.83, which, it is claimed, was inadvertently omitted in the original calculation, should be recognized as a District credit and added to the $4,438,154.92. | Fifty-Fifty Should Apply. It has always been the contention of the District that the appropriation of its surplus fax revenues, thus de-| clared by the joint committee to be-| long to it unreservedly, should be ac- companied by an equivalent amount of Federal money inasmuch as the surplus represents District taxes raised under the 50-50 law of District maintenance. Had this money been appropriated at the time it was col- lected in taxes, and under the law of 1878 It could be collected only for that purpose, it would have been expended together with an equal sum of Federal money. Every dollar of the surplus, it is contended, represents $2 of equitable capital. In other words, if the District's money had been used from time to time under the original | ratio of the organic act the District would have had the benefit of $8,876,- 309.84, without counting the item re- served for the controllers further de- cision, and $10,615,057.50 including that amount. All of this money now impounded in the Treasury was collected In taxes while the 50-50 ratio was in force. Subsequently the 60-40 ratio was | established. While the District has never assented to the proposal that the surplus should be finally made available on the 60-40 basis (that | ratio being the substantive law when | the surplus was declared by the joint committee and the controlier general to exist), it may be computed that if | that ratio were applied in the appro- priation of the surplus the amount definitely reported by the joint cqm- | mittee to be due the District as its own asset would in appropriation terms be $7,396,924.87, and if the potential additional credit left to the controller general for decision were added the appropriation value at the 60-40 ratio would be $8,762,542.92. Ponsible Loss of Equity. If the District’s surplus is simply declared available for appropriation without any accompaniment of Fed- |eral money, and the lump-sum prin- ciple is adopted as & permanent basis of District appropriations in the fu- ture, the District loses its equity in the Federal share of the appropria- tions that would have been made during the years that the surplus was accumulating if the organic act of 1878 had been fully carried into effect by Congress and every dollar of District taxes raised had been ex- pended accompanied by an equivalent dollar of Federal money. The accumulated surplus of Dis- trict revenues due to the lack of ap- propriation has been specifically de- cided by a joint committee of Con- gress to be the property of the Dis- trict, the lowest sum being $4,438,- 154.92 and the highest sum $5,257,- 528.75. The District Is now asked to i ¢ WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION C., SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11, THERE”S NO REASON 4 ON EARTH WHY You SHOULDNT News Note: idge would only be running for WASHINGTON ADIEU 10 JUSSERAND LIKE THATTO LAFAYETTE Tribute to French Envoy by 800 Citizens Takes On National Aspect. Washington sald good-bye last night to Jules Jusserand while Ameri- ca listened from afar with approval Amid scenes strikingly reminiscent of a similar occasion just a century ago. when this nation bade farewell to another distinguished friend from France — Lafayette — the National Capital_poured out its fullest meas- ure of tribute to the retiring French Ambassador and Mme. Jusserand, who have made the city their home for 22 years. And in return, the parting wish of the man “who has become as much a part of Washington as the Capitol and the Washington Monument was “that should difficulties ever arise be- tween the United States and France both nations could meet and settle them as brothers tied in the bond of love. More Than 500 Attend. Gathered at the Willard Hotel to honor M. Jusserand and Mme. Jusse- rand at their last official dinner in Washington were the men and women they have known in official and pri- vate life alike, more than 800 men and women typically representative of the citizens of the National Cap- ital and almost every one a personal froiend of the distinguished couple the city has come to regard almost as its own. Among the guests were the repre- sentatives of four administrations, five members of the Cabinet, four members of the United States Su- preme Court, more than a score of members of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the presidents of virtually every patriotic organization represented in Washington and high officers of the Army and Navy. Tribute From Coolidge. It was Washington's own testi- monial to the ambassador from France and his wife, but the addition of tributes from President Coolidge, Chief Justice Taft, Secretary of State Hughes, Speaker Gillette and Asso~ clate Justice Sanford lent the dinner an aspect of a national farewell. Although the tribute was supposed to be a purely local one, it might safe- ly be said that in the audience that filled the spacious ballroom of the Willard Hotel to its utmost capacity were men and women drawn here from every State in the United States. ‘And outside, listening in by the me- dium of the radio, was a vast unseen audience. Presented With Medal. When M. Jusserand and his wife safl once more, perhaps for the last time, from these shores, for their beloved Paris two weeks hence, they will carry with them a gold medal and an engraved parchment, which will forever remind them of the kindly thoughts they are leaving be- hind—both gifts presented to them by the citizens of Washington last night. .On the parchment are in- scribed these words: “To His Excellency, Jules Jusserand, “Ambassador of France to the United States of America. “You have represented our sister Republic of France in Washington for more than 22 years—a longer period than any other Ambassador of may country has ever been accredited to us in all our history. ‘Not only in the tranquil years of peace have you represented that re- public; but in the most tragic years of modern times, when our hearts communed in sorrow, as our peoples faced a common fate and spent their blood together on the hills and flelds of France. Called Voice of France. “During all these years you have seemed to us the very voice of France; you have interpreted France to us; you have helped to strengthen that ancestral understanding and af- fection which have joined the two peoples from our earliest day. “You have been the friend alike of Presidents and people. You have been a leader in our learned socleties. You have added to our country’s. historical annals, and have made for yourself a high place in American letters. Your complete and sympathetic comprehen- slon of our national life finds recogni- Buzz AROUND Now! econd term TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—36 PAGE General News—Local, National, Foreign. Army and Navy News—Page 22, Schools and Colieges—Pages 24 and 25. Current News Events—Page 24. Serial, “The Ark of the Covenant’— Page 26. Radio Programs and News—Page 30. Fraternities—Page 31. Financial News—Pages 31, 32 and 33. PART TWO0—I14 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. 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By the Associated Press TOPEKA, Kansas, -January 10.— Talk of a legislative canvass of the State pardon and parole records was crystallizing among Kansas legisia- tors tonight as they gathered here for the opening of the 1924 next Tuesday and following the dis- closure of an alleged payment of money to Russell Davis, son of Gover- nor Jonothan M. Davis, for the delivery of a pardon. There came also in- creasing reports today of other al- leged irregularities. At least a half dozen ' accusations have come to the attorney general's office within the last two weeks, At- torney General C. B. Griffith declared today. None has been thoroughly in- vestigated and nothing to warrant charges has been revealed, but in- vestigation has been quietly under way by his department, Mr. Griffith said. Through a day of charges and de- nials, Gov. Davis issued a statement to the people of Kansas, reiterating his avowal of his own innocence in the matter and attributed to his son's “unsophisticated nature” his falling into “indiscreet acts.” Russell Davis’ entrapment in a Topeka hotel yester- day led to the exposure. Admits Money Taken. The governor has never denied that his son accepted money for delivering his executive pardon yesterday to Fred W. Pollman, paroled forger and former president of the Linn €ounty Bank at Lacygne. But Gov. Davis has professed innocence ~of _any knowledge of the proceedings. He had issued the pardon in good faith, he asserted, having always been fa- vorable to Pollman, whom he now charges with “invelgling” his son into the indiscretion through friendship. Interest centered tonight in the expected arrival of Statq Senator James W. Finley of Chanute, chair- man of the investigating committee in which the 1923 session vested au- thority to look into any and all State departments and to report its findings to the 1925 session. Wheth- er the committee will undertake an investigation on short notice, it was believed, rested .with Senator Finley. (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) _ (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 13, Column 2.) legislature | Sunty St 60 cents “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. 1925—-NINETY-TWO PAGES. HUGHES RESIGNS POST, Former Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw says in 1928 President Cool- MOTORIST PLOWS INTO SAFETY ZONE, KILLS T, INJURES 2 Police Hold Stewart Hayes Pending Verdict of Coroner’s Jury. An automobile plowed th-ough a crowd of persons waiting for a street car at the safety zone on Fifteenth street between F street and Penn- sylvania avenue. last night, tally injuring Ralph Alberti, cashier of the branch of the Merchants' Trust Co., at Twentieth street Pennsylvania avenue. Policeman H. D. Thomas of the traffic bureau, wno was pursuing the automobile at the time, continued the chase after the accident and arrested Stewart S. Hayes, publicity repre- sentative of the Chesapeake and Po- tomac Telephone Company, resident of Chain Bridge, Md. Hayes was taken to the first pre- cinct, where he was held on the order of Coroner Nevitt to await the out- and ing. Dies at Hoxpital. Alberti died at Emergency Hospital within an hour after arrival. Police reported that Philip H. Budd, no ad- dress given, was injured as well as a4 woman who was also standing in the safety zome at the time, but rec- ords of hospital treatment were not vailable. According to Policeman Thomas, he teenth street and New York avenue, {when he saw it collide with a street car platform as it was coming toward {him from Pennsylvania avenue after having passed the front of the Treasury. The machine did not stop, Thomas said, and he hailed another to follow It They proceeded t about 15 miles an hour down Fifteenth, on account of the crowds, Thomas declared, with the machine he was pursuing run- ning with its left wheel about even with the outer rail of the street car tracks. This route, according to Thomas, brought the fugitive machine head-on into a crowd of about eight persons awalting the street car in the safety zone between the Washington Hotel and the Treasury Building. A woman was the first to be hit, ae- cording to the policeman, being struck a glancing blow as her escort pulled her away. Her name was not avail- able to police at an early hour this morning. Next Budd was struck and then the machine crashed into Alberti, dragging him beneath the wheels a distance of some 70 feet, according to the policeman. Car Speeds Awny. Then, Thomas said, the driver of the car put on more gas and shot at a rapid rate of speed south on Fif- thence east to Thirteenth street, where thence east to Fifteenth street, where he was hedged into the curbing. Thomas said that the operator at- tempted to make a get-away, but that he caught him. He said he took a pint of liquor from Hayes, Alberti was sald at Emergency Hospital to have come to his death by a crushing of the left side and internal injuries. At the first precinct last night Hayes pointed out that the murky weather made driving uncertain and denied that he had any knowledge of striking any one. “I saw a man run out into the street,” he said, “and I put on my brakes, but they skidded. I did not know I had hit any one and conse- quently kept on my way. The first 1 knew of any accident was when the policeman told me about it at Thirteenth street and Ohio avenue.” No charge was entreed on the books at the first precinct against Hayes. It was simply announced he was be- ing beld for actlon of the coroner's jury. Italo-German Pact Reported. LONDON, January 10.—A semi-offi- cial news agency from Rome this evening states that an absolute agree- ment has been reached by the Ital- ian and German governments for pro- visional trade agreements, beginning tomorrow, pending the final settle- ment of commercial relations by treaty. Los Angeles Feels Quake. LOS ANGELES, January 10.—A slight earth shock lasting between 15 and 30 seconds was felt in Los An- geles and surrounding towns at 10:15 o'clock today. No damage was re- ported, 4 Bank and | ¥ FIVE CENTS. EFFECTIVE MARCH 4; KELLOGG GIVEN PLACE Codlidge Accepts Irrevocable Decision of Secretary of State With Regret. BREAK RUMORS DISCREDITED; OFFICIAL CIRCLES ASTONISHED Lack of Harmony With Senate Apparent, Beck May Be Envoy to London. Warren to Succeed Stone. Charles I Hughes will retire from the cabinet on March 4, and Frank B. Kellogg, now Ambassador to London, wilt succeed him as Secretary of State. Mr. Hughes has placed his resignation in the hands of Presi- dent Coolidge with a reaffirmation of loyalty to his chief, but i with an insistent request that after nearly 20 years of public service he be permitted to return to private life. The President, accepting the decision, expressed regret, warmly praised the retiring Secretary’s record since he took charge of the country’s foreign affairs four years ago, and be- spoke for him a “well merited repose” after the cares of public responsibility. . Ambassador Kellogg, already familiar with many of the out- standing problems of foreign policy through his service at a succession of European conferences, probably will come to Wash- has not been selected. }ington soon to serve for a few weeks in the State Departnient | before he takes his new post in March. His successor at London ANNOUNCEMENT BRINGS SURPRISE. Announcement of the impending change was made at the | White House late yesterday and was heard with surprise by most | of official Washington. Mr. Hughes had indicated that he desired | some time in the future to leave publi | private fortunes by resuming the practice of 1 | those nearest him in official life believed he would remain office and recoup his ., but some of of for { at least another year at the head of the State Department. Secretary Hughes” resignation followed closely on the heels { | | | of the announcement that Charles Beecher Warren, formerly am- bassador to Japan, had been nominated to be Attorney General, filling the vacancy caused by the to the Supreme Court. Neither nomination has appointment’ of Harlan F. Stone been confirmed by the Senate, that of Mr. Warren having been sent to the Capitol late yesterday afternoon. Breank Rumor Scouted. The suddenness of the announcement of the Hughes resignation accentuated the rumors of a break with the White House, which follow all resignations from {the cabinet, but none of these reports appeared to carry the color of authen- ticity. There have been many evi- dences that the President and his Secretary of State not only were in agreement on all major questions of come of the inquest tomorrow morn- | foreign policy, but that Mr. Hughes well domestic chief as of was consulted by his on many questions policy The letter of resignation, made public at the White House, was dated five days ago, while the President’s response accepting the resignation was under date of vesterday. A few hours before the correspondence was given out Secretary Hughes left signalled the machine to halt at Fif-| Washington tor Atlanta to attend a of the executive committee of the American Bar Association, of which he is president Neither his office nor the White House would add anything to the published letters be- yond the announcement of Mr. Kel- logg's selection as the new Secretary of State. Text of Resignation. Secretary Hughes' letter of resig- nation and President Coolidge’s reply follow: “My Dear Mr. President: ‘The period of service which was in contemplation when I took office is now drawing to a close and, in ac- cordance with the intention I have heretofore expressed, 1 beg leave to tender my resignation as Secretary of State to take effect on March 4, 1925. It will then be 20 years since 1 un- dertook public work in New York and during that time, with the exception of a little more than two years after the armistice, I have been engaged almost continuously in the discharge of public Guties. I feel that I must now ask to be relieved of official re- sponsibility and to be permitted to re- turn to private life. As foreign affairs are perennial, I know of no more ap- propriate time to do this than at the end of the present administration. “Permit me again to express my deep appreciation of the confidence you have reposed and of the privi- lege of serving under your leadership. 1 shall have an abiding memory of your unfailing kindness. “Assuring you of my earnest sup- port of your administration and of my hope that, although out of office, I may still be able to be of service, I am, my dear Mr. President, with highest esteem. “Faithfully vours, “CHARLES E. HUGHES." Text of Coolidge Reply. President Coolidge in his dated January 10, said: iy Dear Mr, Secretary: “Your favor of recent date advis- ing me that you have irrevocably de- cided to adopt your long-cherished in- tention of retiring on the fourth of March, I have received with much re- gret. 1 can well appreclate that you are personally entitled, after 20 years of public service, to seek some of the satisfaction of private life. But I can- not refrain from expressing my feel- ing of personal loss at the prospect of vour retirement, and also the loss that must inevitably ensue when one of your ability-and experience goes out of an office which he is so well qualified to fill. “I realize, however, that this is in the nature of things, and so wish to put my emphasis on the appreciation that I feel for your loyalty at all times to me, your many expressions by word and deed of a friendship on which I could not place too high a value, and the exalted character and disinterested nature of the important meeting reply, | public service that has come so con- stantly under my observation. 1 trust you may have a well merited repose and that satisfaction which alone can ecome’ from a . conscjousness that the | Cooliage |away as many of them duties of performed “With kindest eordially yours, LVIN COOLIDGE Like Mr. Hughes, Mr logg lawyer of wide reputation, who gan ed public recognition as a trust prose- cutor under Taft and later served a a Senator from Mi In Senate he displaved particular be for foreign aff s and was a member of the group mild reservation Republicans figh over th League of Nations. He was an inti mate personal friend of Presi nt Harding, and not long after Mr. Hard- ing’s death was ited Mr to the of St. James after he had ated for election to th this life have been well regards, 1 am ver of in the appo Court been de: re- To Re-enter Law Firm. Mr. Hughes expects to ew York firm Hughes, Rounds, Sherman & Dwight. E. for a few brief intervals, sandwiched between his years of public effort of New rk, associate justice of the Supreme Court Government prosecutor Republiean nominee for the presidency and & tary of State, he 1 t actively in His services en h been it by clients of such standing that h felt keenly the financial sacrifice of continuance in public In addition, been evidence between r the cent Governor 1805 his profe sinee there have s of growing irritation = Secretary and those Sen- ators of his party who have disagreed with him on questions of policy. . During the last session Congress he differed vigorously Republican Senate leaders enese exclusion. With the ace of Senator Borah to the chairma ship of the foreign relations commit- tee the titular Senate leadership out of harmony with Mr. Hughes policy on several issues, predo ly the question of Russian nition, foreign of with over Jap- Cabinet Astonixhed. To all outward least, President Coolidge never 1 disagreed seriously with the Secre tary on any policy, foreign or do tic, and the prophecy of official Wash- ington has been that the unrest in the Senato would only make the Chief Executive more determined to up Mr. Hughes and keep him .in the cabinet if he could. Even some mem- bers of the cabinet expressed aston ishment when they heard last night that their colleague had made an ir- revocable decision to retire. A brief statement addressed (o State Department officials was left by Mr. Hughes at his office when he de- parted for Atlanta. It nierely re peated the language of his letter to the President, declaring that he feit he had the right before old age over- took him, to enjoy once more the life of a private citizen. His retirement March 4 will complete exactly four years as Secretary of State and will see Lim within almost a month of his sixty-third birthday. His health is unusually vigorous for a man of hi: years. appearances, at ck All Insues Settled. The Secretary's trip to Atlunta probably will keep him away from the Capital until next Wednesda Thursday. There are comparatively few questions of outstanding impor- tance now pending before the Pepart- ment and Mr. Hughes expects to clear s possible b fore he turns over his desk to his suc- cessor. One of the questions retiring Secretary had hoped in vain would assume a more definite char- acter before he announced his retire- ment is the negotiation of a war debt settlement with France. It was an incident connected with these dis- cussions which recently started, per- haps, the most persistent of the ru mors revived last night by those who sought to go beyond the ofiicial an- "~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 3. which the