Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1925, Page 2

o WARREN SELECTED 10 SUCCEED STONE President Names Former Ambassador to Be At- torney General. W Michigan nbassador to fill the the eleva- the Charles Beecher lawyer and former a Japan and to Mexico, cabinet vacancy caused by tion of Attorney General Stone tc Supreme Court bench His nomination was sent y to the prompt is expected despite his selection over Gov. Groesbeck of Michigan, who was nded Couzens. of that S the | delegation the House ppointment was referred to the judiciary the usual Pending nomination to succeed Justice McKe resigned will continue to hold his place in the cabinet. Actfon his nomination has been held up temporarily while examination is made of court records presented to a judiciary subcommitte esterday by James A. Ownbey of Boulder, Col rren to is terday Senate, where action racon by nator committee in fn Public Service. In the selection of Mr. Warren the President brings advisory council a man who has had long ex- fence in the public service and who years has be © of the leaders his party Appointed Republican national an from Mich- igan served for eight vears, assisting that time in re ising the procedure of the party or- ganization. Also as chairman of the resoiutivhs committee he had a large part in drafting the Republican plat- form adopted at Cleveland last June, Mr. Warren's public service has been wide and varied, bringing into play his skill as a lawver and his attainments as a diplomat. Besides acting as counsel for the Government in controversies with Great Britain and as Ambassador to Japan and Mexico, he saw service with the Army in the World War, and is generally credited with having been the actual author of the selective service act He was awarded the distinguished service medal by President Wilson Lonis his Service in Arms Parley. The ambassadorship of Mr. Warren to Japan covered the period of the Washington arms conference, and his Services in that time were understood to have been regarded by the Harding administration as of the highest value. He was appointed in June, 1921, by President Harding, and re- tired in March, 1923, for personal rea- sons. Called to the publis service agaln within two months by President Har- ding, Mr. Warren, as commissioner to Mexico, with John Barton Payne ini- tiated the negotiations which led to the resumption of diplomatic rela- tions with that country. Subse- quently, President Coolidge appoint- ed him ambassador to the Southern Republic, and he served in that ca- {v;;::y from May, 1924, to August, Served in International Dispute. Mr. Warren was first called to the service of his country in 1837 with his appointment as one of the law- yers to present to the high tribunal at Halifax the case of the United States In the controversy with Great Britain as to the rights of the two nations in the Behring Sea. In 1910 he was again chosen to represent the Government befors the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague in the controversy as to the claims of the United States and Great Britain in_the waters of the North Atlantic. Mr. Warren is now senior member of the law firm of Warren, Cady, Ladd & HIll in Detroit and besides his legal practice is connected with business and financial institutions. He is a native of Michigan and was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1891. >~ — PARLEY ARRANGED HERE ON WAR CURE Mrs. Catt, Committee Head, and Her Chief Assistants, Prepare for Next Week’s Meetings. Local arrangements are going for- ward for the ‘“conference on the cause and cure of war” to be held at the Hotel Washington January 18 to 24 under the auspices of nine national women's organizations, headed by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, hairman of the general committee in_charge. Mrs. W. L. Darby, chairman of the ‘Washington general committee, met with her workers during the past week, assigned various duties and completed preliminary plans Assisting Mrs. Darby as vice chair- men are Mrs. W. E. Chamberlaln, Mrs. G. A. Ricker, Mrs. Harvey S. Irwin and Mrs. J. W. Frizzell. Other local committees are mittee on ball, Mrs. T. E. , Mrs. J. T. Schaff; music, Mrs. Wheeler; program, Mrs. H. B. Erwin, Mrs. W. McDowell; information, Mrs. E. C. Dinwiddle, Mrs. B. C. Griswell; pub- licity, Mrs. L. Koenigsberger; regls tration, Mrs. H. Hodgkins, Mrs. Wil- 1lam Van Vleck; soclal arrangements, Mrs. W. E. Pitcher, Mrs. W. E. Cham- berlain; literature, Mrs. G. Hyman, Mrs. Adolph Hahn: ushers, Mrs. J. J. O'Connor; hospiiality, Mrs. Eastman, Mrs. T. J. Howerton; pages, Mrs. G. Bischoff and Mrs. R. Bresnahan. GOVERNOR SUBPOENAED IN TRIAL AFTER CLEAN-UP Klan Committee Causes Indictment of Forty Persons in Athens, Ga. By the Associated Press, ATHENS, January 10.—Four subpoenas for Gov. Clifford Walker to appear here at the trial of several of approximately 40 persons recently indicted by the Clarke County grand jury on charges of gambling, carry- ing concealed weapons and violating the prohibition law, following presen- tation of testimony by a Ku Klux Klan committee, have been issued, the superfor court clerk stated to- night. Gov. Walker became connected with the cases when Rev. M. B. Miller, exalted cyclops of the local Klan an- nounced that the State's chief execu- tive had approved the Klan's “clean- up” of the city. The governor denied he was in any way connected with the campaign. Com- Ga. Mexican General Surrenders, MEXICO CITY, January 10.—The ¥ebel general Feliz Barajas, who has been operating in Jalisco, has sub- wmitted to the government, together with @ group of officers and men. % = RETIRING SECRETARY OF STATE AND ON SHOALS TUESDAY Underwood Confident His Bill Will Pass—Jones Amend- aent an Obstacle. The Underwood Muscle Shoals bill will ergage in a battle for its life early this week when it meets the Jones Zmendment to refer the prob- lem té a commission This amendment, presented by the Republican whip, is regarded by Senate leaders as_the most serious obstacle to the méasure's final pas- sage, and they all admit that the vota will be close. A final vote not 1atdr than Tuesday is now the aim of the leaders. Kiforts to get a conclusive roll call ywaterday failed and Senator Norris, Republican, Nebraska, who has led the fight against the Alabama Sena- tor's bill, blocked attempts by Sena- tor Curtls, Republican leader, to fix a time for a vote and to limit debate. The Nebraska Senator said although he was ready for a vote he refused to enter into an agreement, because something might arise which would need discussion. ‘Wadsworth Motion Beaten. Another effort will be made tomor- row to shut off debate and set a time for a vote on the Jones amend- ment. Senator Jones called his amendment up near the close of yes- terday's session so that it would be on the calendar for consideration tomorrow. The Senate rejected the Wadsworth amendment, which would have turned the whole question over to a com- mission with full and final power to act, by the decisive vote of 65 to 5. Five Republicans supported the amendment, Senators Bingham, Con- necticut; Edge, New Jersey; Norbeck, South Dakota; Pepper, Pennsylvania, and Wadsworth, New York. The main objection raised against the Wadsworth amendment was on the grounds that it gave too much power to the commission. Senators favoring a commission have turned to the Jones amendment, which requires ratification by Congress before the commission’s findings are placed In execution. Curtis States Position. Senator Curtis said no attempt was being made to line up Republican Senators for the Underwood bill, but that he himself intended to vote for it. President Coolidge, he said, was in favor of sending two propositions to conference, one providing for the lease of Muscle Shoals and another for Government operation of the prop- erty until a suitable lease is obtained, and these two proposals are contained in the Underwood bill. Once these proposals are in conference, the leader said, the conflicting details can be worked out. Senator Underwood, Democrat, Ala- bama, declared he believed his bill would pass the Senate by a “‘comfort- able majority.” He said his measure had gained strength since the vote to accept It as a substitute to the House bill over the Norris measure. Fight for Jones BiIL Senator Jones asserted he would press his amendment tomorrow, and since he had not taken a poll of the Senate he could not predict the ulti- mate outcome. Opponents of the Underwood bill stoutly assert that the Jones amendment will triumph over the Alabama Democrat's measure. Senator Norris said yesterday that he had not decided upon his course on a final vote. He declared he was not fayorable to either the Underwood bill or the Jones amendment, but that he was through with his fight unless something else developed. In presenting his amendment Sena- tor Wadsworth said he had been con- vinced by the debate that the Senate was not a suitable place for drafting a Muscle Shoals contract. He declared he favored referring the problem to a commission, which would be guided by certain fundamental principles lald down by the Senate as provided in his amendment. GIVES BLOOD TO SAVE YOUNG MAN HE STABBED Florida Prisoner Thought Victim Had Insulted His Wife, He Tells Police. By the Associated Press. TAMPA, Fla., January 10.—Anger- ed at what he thought were advances made toward his wife, H. L. May- nard, 25 years old, stabbed J. E. Mc- Donald, 28, shortly after noon here to- day in their rooming house, and a few hours later gave some of his blood in an effort to save the life of his vietim. McDonald s in a local hospital with a deep knife wound in his back. Maynard is being held at police headquarters on a charge of assault with intent to murder. He has ex- pressed no regret of his act. As soon as he was taken to police headquar- ters, however, he showed his interest in the condition of the wounded man, and when it was found that blood transfusion had been decided on as o possible chance for saving Mc- Donald’s life, he offered himself. . Dr. Norman Bridge Dies. LOS ANGELES, January 10.—Dr. Norman Bridge, medical authority and vice president of the Pan-Ameri- ‘There is In the heart of woman such n deep well of love that no age can 1’!.’ It—~Bulwer Lytton, can Petroleum and Transport Co., died here late today after a brief ill ness. He was 80 years of age, ANS HUGHI \OTE NOW PLANNED SUCCESSOR KRANK B. KELLOGG., Shifts in High U. S. Posts Last night ended a week of changes in high places of the Gov- ernmer of administrations. which, perhaps never has had its equal except at a change The upsets all came virtually without warnings, and in each case of a resignation, a successor was named within a matter of a few days—in some cases within the space of a few hours. E These are the offices involved and the men whose resignations and appointments have been announced or indicated since last Mon- day morning : Joseph McKenna resigned after 27 years in the Supreme Court. Harlan F. Stone was named to the Supreme Court, forecasting his retirement as Attorney General. Charles B. Warren was named Attorney General Charles E. Hughes resigned as Secretary of State. Frank B. Kellogg was selected for Secretary of State, making a prospective vacancy in the ambassadorship to the Court of St. James. Oliver Wendell Holmes was said by his friends to have decided to retire from the Supreme Court HUGHES TO QUIT before March 4. POST MARCH 4; KELLOGG IS NAMED SUCCESSOR Rumors of Break Discredited; Coolidge Accepts “Irrevocable Decision of Secretary’® With Keen Regret. (Continued from First Page.) nouncement for an explanation of Mr. Hughes' resignation. Ambassador Jusserand, in a public speech here, declared that France desired a moratorium, and a few days later comment on the speech, made at the White House, was construed in some quarters E amounting to a rebuke by the President to the French envoy. The next day Secretary Hughes conferred at length with Mr. Coolidge and afterward a statement issued at the White House formally disclaimed any intention on the part of the President to criticize M. Jusse- rand’'s public utterance. Disagreement Not Indicated. At the time, however, there was no indication from official quarters that the incident had resulted in any real disagreement between Mr. Coolidge and his Secretary of State, nor did officlals give any credence last night to suggestions that it had contributed to Mr. Hughes' determination to leave the cabinet. Another international problem upon ‘which the State Department still must speak the final word is the question of the payment of American claims against Germany under the Dawes plan. This question now is under negotiation at Paris, with Mr. Kel- logg acting as one of the American representatives. Not only because of his participa- tion in the Paris conference, but by virtue of the large share of credit given him for the accomplishments of the recent financial conference at London, Ambassador Kellogg Is regarded by President Coolldge as eminently fitted to conduct such negotiations as the futuro may hold on the question of American relationship to the problems of FEurope. His appointment also is hailed in officlal and diplomatic Wash- ington as a further step towards the maintenance of a complete understand- ing between the two great English- speaking nations. Beck May Go to London. Although no successor to Mr. Kellogg in the London embassy has been se- lected, the President is understood to bé giving series consideration to the qualifications of James M. Beck of Pennsylvania, who now Is serving as Solicitor General. Mr. Beck has made a particular study of the English courts and is an authority on international law. Others mentioned in connection with the ambassadorship include Medill McCormick, who retires March 4 as Senator from Illinois. The service of Mr. Hughes as Sec- retary of State, which began with the first day of the Harding adminis- tration, has been marked by a period of unusual activity in foreign rela- itions. In addition to his activity as one of the driving forces of the Wash- ington arms conference, the Secre- tary took a personal part in many of ~ the complicated negotlations which have reconstructed _inter- national relationships upset by the World War. He also worked unceas- ingly for a better understanding with Latin America and the Orient. From the beginning of his term he insisted on advising himself of the minute details of a multitude of international questions and spent much time out- ide the regular Government office i hours searching old files and scru- tinizing laborious memoranda in his quest for information. At the outset of his service in the department he negotiated the treaty of peace with Germany and afterward a German - American commercial treaty, which he designed as a model for similar arrangements with other countries. This treaty still awaits ratification. Later he also effected a series of treaties designed to curb rum running, and in a speech at New Haven, Conn., laid down a policy of reparation inquiry later adopted by the Dawes commission. Under Presi- dent Harding he drew up and trans. mitted to the Senate a plan for Amer- ican adherence to the World Court. Under his direction the departure of approving sale of arms to the Mexican government was inaugurated after that government had been recognized by the United States. Representatives of Chile and Peru were brought together in Washington to work out under his direction a plan for arbitration of the long- standing controversy over Tacna- Arica, a policy of non-recognition of governments set up by force was carried out in Central America and as & further step toward Pan Ameri~ can amity he personally attended the Pan American conference at Santiago. Within the State Department {tself Mr. Hughes accomplished a complete reorganization under a law designed by him and passed at the last session of Congress, HOME SEWER FUND DEFICIENT $150.000 Extensions to New Construc- tion Will Be Halted Unless Congress Acts. The Sewer Department will not be able to make the necessary exten- sions to provide sanitation for houses expected to be completed in Was ington between now and July 1 un- less Congress provides a deficiency fund of §150,000, officials declared yesterday. A few days ago it developed that the Water Department would be forced to stop extending water con- nections tq new houses from Feb- ruary until the fiscal year ends in July unless it gets $50,000 additional. While the Sewer Department has sufficient money left to keep its men at work during the remainder of the fiscal year, the unexpended balance is far from adequate to lay the exten- sions that have been ordered by the Commissloners, not to speak of other extensions that will be asked for by builders during the next five months, offictals say. Increase Is Explained. J. B. Gordon, sanitary engineer, ex- plained the financial situation in his department yesterday as follows: The current appropriation for mak- ing sewer extensions to supply new buildings was $250,000. With haif of the fiscal year still ahead, $160,000 of that amount had been obligated up to January 1. Of the unexpended $90.000 the department estimates $15,000 will be needed for overhead, leaving $75000 available for exten- sions. The amount of extenslon work al- ready ordered by the Commissioners would cost $105,000, and Mr. Gordon estimates that between now and June additional extensions to the amount of $130,000 will become necessary. The remaining $75,000 available, together with the requested sum of $150,000, would take care of nearly all the con-| templated work. In preparing their estimates a year ago the Commissioners asked for $350,000 for this class of sewer work, but when the appropriation act emerged from Congress it carried the reduced amount of $250,000. Sanitary Engineer Gordon pointed out yesterday that between 35 and 40 per cent of the money spent in providing sewer service to new houses goes back into the Treasury in the form of assessments against the property owners, which material- ly reduces the aoctual cost of the work. To show the necessity for more lib- eral allotments for house service sewers, Mr. Gordon also pointed out that records of the building inspec- tor's office show no let-up in bullding activity in Washington. Bullding permits for the first five months of this fiscal year have ex- ceeded by $5,000,000 the permits for the same period a year ago, Mr. Gor- don said. RUM ROW DESERTED. Storms and Activity of Coast Guard Are Reasons. BOSTON, January 10.—Rum Row, stretching from Cape Ann to Cape Cod, where a fow weeks ago between a dozen and a soore of steamers and schooners lay loaded with liquors, is now deserted, aocording to Coast Guard officials. Wintry storms which have swept the coast of late and con- stantly increasing activity by the augmented Government forces are as- cribed as reasons for the disappear- ance of the rum ships, §600,000 PARK ITEM 15 CUT OUT OF BILL House Subcommittee Argues Sum Was Not Justified at Its Hearings. The entire item of $600,000 for parks in the National Capital recom- mended by the Budget Bureau was stricken from the District appropria- tion bill just before the subcommittee headed by Representative Charles R. Davis of Minnesota finished marking up the bill late yesterday. In spite of the fact that in sub- stantive legislation passed in the last session of Congress, when the Na- tional Capital Park Commission was created, authorization was specifically made for appropriations of $1,100,000 a year for developing the park sys- tem of the Capital by acquiring de- sirable tracts that would protect the forests and woodland springs and scenic beauty, the subcommittee ar- gued that no justification for this cut- down amount was presented by wit- nesses at the hearings. Members of the subcommittes on District appropriations said last night that they belleved they had been generous toward the District throughout consideration of the ap- propriations asked for the next fiscal year, but they believed that to in- clude the item of $600,000 for parks “would have weakened” their bill. Had Important Backing. In discussion at the last meeting of the House District (leglslative) com- mittee emphasis was laid on the fact that the budget estimate should be increased from $600,000 to $1,100,000 by such careful legislators as Repre sentative Fred N. Zihiman of Mar: land, Representative Charles L. Un- derhill of Massachusetts, Represents tive Ernest W. Gibson of Vermont and Representative Gale H. Stalker of New York. A determined effort will be made on the floor to have an amendment carried which will insert an item of at least $1,000,000 for acquiring park sites. The District bill as drafted yester- day carries provision for 128 addi- tional members of the police force in an effort to relieve the serious traf- fic situation, This is in additlon to 87 new policemen yet to be recruited under the legislation increasing the force so as to allow each member one day off in seven in lieu of Sun- day. It is expected that these 87 will be employed before May 1, and most of the other 128 within the coming year. Extra School Bullding. One new school building In addi- tion to the school building program contained in the budget recommenda- tions was agreed upon in the sub- committee conferences. It was said last night that this 1s the school for which Ernest W. Pullman, president of the Manor Park Citizens' Assocla- tion, made such a strong plea. This is, the only one of the new school buildings omitted from the school board recommendations last The amount asked for this building was $140,000. The subcommtitee also made provislon for the purchase of several school sites, in addition to those included by the Budget Bureau. The item for maintenance and re- Pair of school buildings was Increased from $875,000 to $450,000, and made immediately available. The entire budget for the fire de- partment. including a new station and new apparatus, was approved. District Bill Completed. Several {important thoroughfares were included in the street improve- ment program in addition to those contained in the Budget Bureau's program. The District supply bill for the fiscal year beginning July 1 next, was completed in the conference yester- day—except the strest budget, be- cause the recent snowstorm has left the streets {n such condition that they cannot be properly inspected by the subcommittee before approving the amounts asked for street repairs and extensions. The District bill was scheduled to be reported to the Houss tomorrow or the next day 5o that it might im- mediately follow the independent offices appropriation bill reported by the committee yesterday. It is now probable that the State and Justice, Commerce and Labor bill, which car- ries the appropriations for all four of these departments, will be the next one brought out of committee, and that the District bill will then follow. CASHIER DRIVES TO DEATH OFF A 200-FOOT BRIDGE Shortage of $45,000 Reported in His Bank by Examiner at Olympia, Wash. By the Associated Press. OLYMPIA, Wash., January 10.—C. B. Van Slyke, cashier of the Miners and Merchants Bank of Chelan, Wash., drove his automobjle off the Chelan gorge bridge today and plunged 200 feet to his death, soon after the bank had been closed by & State examiner. J. C. Mintshull, State supervisor of banking, said there was an apparent defalcation of $45000 in the bank's accounts and that Van Slyke last night confessed he had used the money. Van Slyke left Chelan early today for Chelan Station, but turned back and then drove toward the gorge bridge. The sheriff had left Wenat- chee to arrest him when he heard that Van Slyke was dead. The dead cashier was 30 years old and left a widow and one child. He stood well in the community. School Committee Named. The subcommittee of the House Dis- trict committes which will consider the five-year school building program for the National Capital was appointed today by Chairman Reed. The mem- bers of this committee are: Represen- tatie Underhill, Massachusetts; Rath- bone, Illinois; Beers, Jost, Missouri, and Gasque, Carolina. vear. | 1925—PART 1. HONOR MEMORY OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON § i ol S aifi»)« SR rs Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon (right) receiving from Col. Robert N. Harper a wreath from the Sons of the American Revolution to be placed on the statue of Alexander Hamilto) versary of hix birth. The services took pl. directly before the statue, which ix south steps of the Treasury. SEE WORLD COURT 0. K. INCOMMITTEE Senate Leaders Look for Re- port From Foreign Relations Group This Session. BY GOULD LINCOLN. The Senate foreign relations mittee will tackle again this week the problem of American adherence to the ‘World Court, a question that has been pending some two years. It is the present plan of the committee to con- sider the subject at a meeting Wed- nesday, though it Is possible that other matters may make it impossible to give much consideration to the court that day. The impression at the Capitol is growing stronger that there may be favorable committee action on a reso- lution providing for adherence to the court on the terms suggested by Pres com- dent Coolidge—which follow those ad- | vanced by the late President Harding and Secretary Hughes, with an addi tional reservation. But even should | a favorable report on such a resolution be forthcoming, it is very doubtful that action could be had in the Senate itself before the adjournment of Con- gress March 4. Leans to Favoritism. It i= felt that the sentiment in the committee is leaning more strongly toward favorable action. Two new members, Senators McLean of Con- necticut and Edge of New Jersey, are sald to look more favorably on the proposal than did the late Senators Lodge and Brandegee, whose places on the committee they have taken. ‘The present move to bring the court issue before the committee was ini- tlated by Senator Swanson of Vir- ®inia, the ranking Democratic mem- ber. But Republican senators who feel frienaly toward the pian to have e United States join the World Court do not intend to be caught napping and compelled ,to support a Democratic resolution or to vote against the proposal. Senator Willis of Ohfo has prepared and Introduced a resolution, which, except for its preamble and a clause carrying out the view of President Coolidge, that the United States should not be bound by any “advisory opinions” rendered by the World Court upon questions which the United States has not vol- untarily submitted for its judgment is word for word the resolution of- fered by Senator Swanson Offered as Amendment. Senator Willis' resolution has been introduced as an amendment to the resolution of Senator Pepper, which was reported by the Senate commit- tee during the last session of Con- gress, and which practically sets up another court, so stringent are its provisions seeking to divorce the court from the League of Nations. However, Senator Willis may lay it before the committee, of which he is a member, if there comes a time when a vote is to be taken on the Swanson resolution. There seems to be general support in the committee for the suggestion that advisory opinions rendered by the World Court upon questions which the United States has not sub- mitted voluntarily for its judgment should not be binding upon this country. In fact, some of the mem- bets of the committes would go s0 far as to provide that the World Court should not render such advis- ory opinions—for the benefit of the League of Nations, as it may do un- Reds Try Man, 65, For Exposing Aides After Killing Czar Alexander in 1881 By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, January 10.—One of the most extraordinary trials in the criminal history of Russia opened here tonight in a court- room crowded with communists, revolutionists and foreign visitors. The defendant is Ivan Okladski, 66 years old, who participated in the assassination of Alexander IT in 1881. Okladski {s on trial for his life on the charge of having turned traitor and betrayed his accom- plices in that famous murder which shocked two continents, His confession following the slaying caused the death or exile of all hia ssscoiates, 2 , r Nikolal Krylenko, Soviet Rus- sla's most ruthless prosecutor, is conducting the case for the state and, although nearly 45 years have passed since the klilling of Alex- ander, a formidable array of sur- viving revolutionists of the 1381 period and thousands of documents will be produced in court to show Okladski's disloyalty to his brother revolutionists and anarchists. Okladski had been in the employ of the czar's secret police up to 1917 and in later years worked as = clerk in a government institution. Several thousand tickets to the courtroom have been lssued to workers, peasants and others, and the communists are seizing the hearing as a good medium for propaganda 5 commemorating the 165th anni- ce in & heavy downfa! shown in the picture, located on the der court When the ions at the the statute providing for the court renders such opin- request of the league, | rather in general |is pointed out, it is acting | the acity of the attorne er of the not as a court. Such opinions would be ex parte, and not following a trial, as court decisions are dered. Suppose, it should ask, at the the court to give the league an opin- ion as to whether the question of immigration was one which should be submitted to the league uch an opinion might lead to serious trouble ven though the United States had | declared that it did not intend to be {bound in any way by such opinions When the Swanson resolution, which was introduced last May, was | considered by the committee, atten- |tion was then called to the matter |of such advisory opinions. At that | time, an amendment was drafted Senator Walsh of Montans, which dded to the Swanson resolution, providing tt said beh the league est Japan States shall be in no manner bound by any advisory opin- fon of the Permanent Court of Inter- | national Justice not suant t request in which it, the shall expressly join in accordance with the statute for court adjolned to the protocal | of signatories of the same to which Twice Urged by Coolidge. President Coolidge has twice, in an- nual messa to Congress, recom- | mended favorable action on the pro- | posal for adhesion of the United | States to the World Court, with res- ervation which would make it clear | that the United States shall not be- | come involved in any way with the League of Nations. The late President Harding in sub- mitting the proposal originaily to the Senate acted after receiving the ad- vice of Secretary Hughes of the State Department, and it is to be presumed that President Coolidge also obtained the advice of Mr. Hughes in th matter. The resignation of Secre- tary Hughes, to take effect March 4 according to members of the com- mittee last night should mot mow affect the status or the chances of the protocol before the committee or the Senate. With the rapid progress the Senate in the appropriation bills during the last week, hope is expressed that there will be time still during the present session for some consideration of the World Court. On the other hand, Senator Swanson made it clear yes- terday that not even he would seek to have the court resolution consid- ered at times when appropriation bills were pressing for considera- tion—in other words, that he would be opposed to forcing discussion of the court if that the Senate from completing the appro- priations and thereby bring about an extra session of Congress. King Offers Plan. Senator King of Utah, Democrat, was the first to offer a resolution proposing adhesion to the protocal in accordance with the recommendations of President Harding. His resolution was reintro- duced and also is pending before the committee, and is very similar to the resolution of Senator Swanson. While the Pepper resolution, which was voted out by the foreign relations committee May 27 last, just before the adjournment of Congress ‘accepts the court as an established institution, it goes much further in its efforts at separating that institution from the League of Nations than do the Swanson and Willis resolutions. It was the only compromise be- tween conflicting opinions of the com- mittee which could be obtained at that time. Whether the present com- mittee will be more ready to act upon such a proposal as that ad- vanced by the President remains to be seen. Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman of the committee, has taken the position that it is idle to set up a World Court unless there is world law—international law—to govern and to be interpreted by the World Court. The Pepper resolution pio- posed that such a code of law be de- veloped. made by consideration of Bs would prevent DR. VAN DYKE TO SAIL. ‘Will Seek Better Trout Fishing in New Zealand. NEW YORK, January 10.—The Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, apthor and long connected with the Princeton Univer- sity facuity, although 72 years old, will soon set sail for New Zealand in quest of better trout fishing. This was made known here tonight by his daughter, Miss Katrina Van Dyke, 20, and who will dccompany the ven- erable sportsman. Miss Van Dyke and her father, she said, will leave soon for San Fran- clsco from where on January 23 they will sall (il New Zealand, of snow, | league, | rendered pur- | the United States shall become signa- | GOVERNMENT HELD RENT GOUGE VICTIM Rise From $36,000 to $75,- 000 on Justice Department Is Laid to Pyramiding. am was pictured as a tena had his rent ralsed more than | double through the alleged pyramid | ing of trusts in a suit filed yester {day by Felix Lake, real estate oper |ator, against the F. H. Smith Co., ¥ | H. Smith Investment Co., Columbia | Building Corporation, Fairfax Secu- rities Company, G. Bryan Pitts | other officials of the corporati suit asks for junction counting, and a receiver for the and H Sam, as the te Department Vermont avenue and rent raised from $36 the value of the es, resales and had raisec t occu Justice [S lding at had | 000 to $75 building | number ot the /p 420,000 000 after res ves Version of Deal. for Europe F. H ing of purchass et a limit of §1 as the I will v for the & property amount 000 P I it i the | Paid Mr irther dec prevailed the sale { paid $29¢ | to_the Smitt Mr.- Pitts, sented to hi profits would be through its use He declares that further that t handled if placed | hands of a corporation, and that Columbia E yrporation formed for this pur Mr. Pitts then went Government authorities, according t the bill, and represented that ti | building had been sold far $1,400,00 and that this increase in value neces- sitated a greater return in rental which resulted in an increase of ren paid by the Government from 336 Lake he that end securiti | as an { | prope to the proper Wants Faull Accounting. The bill recites that during the mo December last Mr. Pitts hired man alleged by the plaintiff to be : | private detective who attemptsd by | coercion and intimidation to have Mr. Lake meet Mr. Pitts privately and set- difference | alleges that he has reason to i that the ¥. H. Smith Co. and | the F Smith Investment Co. “are jon the of bankruptcy and | insolvent,” and asks that they be placed el of a receiver. He furthe sks that Mr. Pitts be restrained fror departing beyond the District of Colum bia and that an accounting be rendered of all transactions involving the hand- ling of the propert 'W. E. WILLIA MS DIES; 44 YEARS IN COURT Assistant Clerk of D. S. Supreme | Bench Had Been 11l Two Months. William Everard Williams, | sistant clerk of the S | the District of Co day afternoon, at a local sanitariun following an illness ¢f two months. Mr. Willlams was born at Nash ville, Tenn. d removed with hi parents to Washington in 1865. His father, Leander P. Williams, was a major in the 73d Indiana Regimen |d\|rmpr the Civil War. | Mr. Williams udi athaniel Wilson's office jward was graduated from the Na- tional La School, and was admitted to the ba In 1880 he was appointed i assistant clerk of the Supreme Court |and had been continuo in the office for 44 years, without a day's ck leave until was taken' il ovember 16. He had charge of the finances of the office. Ho is survived by his widow, Ella G. Williams, and two children, Mrs. Arthur B. Heato: and Mrs. Walter L. Plpes of Eliza- beth, J. Mr. Williams was a Mason, a mem- ber of La Fayette Lodge and La Fayette Chapter, and was a communicant of the Episcopal Church. SHEFFIELD CONFIRMED. Senate Indorses New York Man as . died yester- law i and after Envoy to Mexico. The nomination of James R. Sh fleld of New York city to be ambas- sador to Mexico, was confirmed yes- terday by the Senate Mr. Sheflield is a graduate of Yale and of the Harvard Law School. He was president of the Union League of New York, a trustee of Barnard Col- lege and a trustec of Carnegle En dowment for International Peace, He was formerly a member of the New York State Legislature. He arrived in Mexico City in Octo ber, but, due to change of climate his health showed the effect a couple of months afterward. He left Mexico City January 1 by way of Vera Cruz to recuperate in Florida from his i1l ness. He anticipated then that he would be back at his post within three weeks. SR WOMAN'S PLEA GRANTED. Bryan Honors Extradition Papers Signed by Mrs. Ross. LINCOLN, Nebr., January 10.—The first requisition issued by the first woman chlef executive of any com- monwealth in the United States, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, Governor of Wyoming, was honored by Gov Charles W. Bryan when he signed the papers for the return to Wyoming of Willlam Pauley from Scotts Bluff, Nebr., on a charge of disposing of mortgaged property. It was one of the last official acts of Gov. Bryanm. Who will retire soon.