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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy and slightly warmer tonight ; minimum temperature about 26 degrees ; tomorrow, warmer, probably rain. Temperatures—Highest, 37, at 4 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 18, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. ing New York Stack Prices in 5130 Edition No. 29409 e e Enlered as secona class matter shington, D, C. WASHI . SLEMP TO RETIRE VERETT SANDERS T0BE SUCCESSOR Indiana Representative Will; Become President’s Secre- 1 tary on March 4. NEW AIDE TO EXECUTIVE WAS ACTIVE IN CAMPAIGN | | | Resigning Official to Practice Law. With Coclidge Since He Entered White House. €. Bascom as secretary to mp will retire March 4 Coolidge and Everett of secretary | President Representat uceeeded by ve ders of e decision who been he entered today trip to Slem! has My nee the e, b returned known from a had pders will retire 1. not having -election. He| Republican Na- | bureau | House March n a candidate for of the Committee's the the re director tional speaker is a mem- committee. during and ber of campaign House steering Slemp Iaswes Statement. i rnoon is- statement this af formal rement retirement Secreta sued t on his My followin coming T volontar Congress two e to return to privat President Coolidge itive offive, 1 Secretary to t because of pportunits rd the devoted from after 15 by a life. When was called to the was invited to b - President, and conviction that to help in policies to and toj ran en- ar uated come di there was carrying which he which my own tirely parallel to When 1 came 11 was with expe standing that my not to continue so long as to inter- fere with plans I had made for turning to the profession of the law With the overwhelming election of sident Coolid 1s seemed that there was no further occasion for de laying the ns. I have, therefore, indicated to the P'resident my desire to be relieved at an early date, and he has consented.’ i an forw convictions ran his to the White House ctation and under- service here was | se pl Will Remain in Washington. ments which before 1 “Pur:uant were under eame to the White House 1 shall be- come @ member of the law firm of Good, Childs, Pobb & Westott of Chi- cazo and Waushinzton. ~Mr. James W. | Good, head of the firm, is an_old friend, with whom I was long as€d- ciated durinz my congressional serv- fce. Mr. Good retired from the House when he was chairman of the com- mittee on appropriations and chair- man of the committee on the budget. | Our service together on the appropri- | ations committee led to an intimacy which naturally resulted in the asso- ciation which has now taken form. 1 #hall have charge of the Washington office of this firm 1 chall with many e personul attact the by the po to ar considerati leave the White House rets. because of the ment which 1 felt for President and his family, and also | re of my keen sympathy for cies which he is so effectively forward. To have had the © of so close #nd happy a ciation with him, and some modest part in the furtaerance of his high aims will be a profound satis- faction to : t was the name of Mr carrying privi understanding when the Sanders was proposed for vice ntial romination at the Cleveland national convention in Cleveland last June that he would be entirely zcceptable to the President. Candidacy Not Pressed. His howe in the waid situ name was not pressed wh pposition na delegation. been due to the politic Indiana, and the sam it is understood, do post for which he is there, | developed This wa Ina ) have o 1l considerations not no apply to the selected the Presid man simi to Mr ipped i emp the secretary a his knowl- I matters, as Mr. rounding cut eight years the House. He will be 43 years old March § 1t ders is member of Slemp Feels Work Done. Mr. Slemp feels dent now that as the Presi- has formed several avenues of approach to Congress, the work or which he was primarily selected ws presidential secretary has been completed. In his opinion another f his work was finished with In the selection of delegations from the Cleveland con- of his friends him to be given a prominent Ly President Coolidge in the organization, but William M. Butler of Massachusetts was made national chairman and Mr. Slemp Vlaced on the advisory committee—a hody that, so far as known, never was called together during the campaign. Chairman Butler and Mr. Slemp had some differences of opinion dur- ing the Cleveland convention, and the resignation of the ctary imme- | diately after the convention was narrowly averted by the President Some of those to Mr. Slemp | urge that he ziven a cabinet place, even if it were necessary for the President member of the official inherited from the Hardinz administration toSretire. Mr. Coolidze, however, decided nof 10 request any member of the cabinet 10 leave, and the two vacancles that develd since the election were in departments to which men with particular training had to be appointed i It is understood that late as| Tnesduy Mr. Coolidge personally re- quested each member of the present | Cabinet (o remaln at his post, and n | each case the member assured the | President that if such was his desire st would be met. Thus the door finally was closed to a cabinet ap- pointment at this time for Mr. Slemp. The possibility remains that the | retiring presidential secretary may vet be given an appointment to a! diplomatic post of sufficient import- | ance to make it a promotion trom his | present office, although Mr. Slemn‘sl the South t ation rected nlace campaign it to ask tamily intention throughout his considera- tian of the question of retiring has ~ (Continued on P: % l age 4, Column 1) ! magiately | azecutive | mittee Upper: C. BASCOM SLEMP, Who retirex to private life, March 4. Lower: EVERETT SANDERS Who will succeed Mr. Slemp as Seere- tary to the Preside Photos by Harris & Ewing. SPECIAL SESSION OF SENATE ASKED Jones Urges President to Act That World Court Plan May Be Taken Up. A spacial session of the Senate im- after March 4 for the pur- Dose of cunsidering and acting on the World Court, was advocated today by Senator Weslev L. Jones of Washing- ton. whip of ‘the Senate. “By calling such a session, enator Jones, ‘“President said Coolidge twould be seeking merely to carry out the pledge contained in the Rapub- lican ‘platform that adherence should he given by the United States to the World Court with certain reserva- ions.” Senator Jones said that with noth- ing before it hut the World Court proposal, the Senate should he able t dispose of It without long delay. By adopting this course, he said. the way i would be cleared, so far as the Senate is concerned. for Important and farm legislaticn aress meets later in sion. The Senate could be called in extra session without the House, to con- sider executive business. Senator Jones called attention to the fact that the new Senators will be sworn in on Merch 4 and that In any event a brief session of the Senate will be held at that time to confirm such norinations as the F dent may send to the Senate, including cabinet revenue when the Con- legisiative ses- { officers. In the opinion of Senator Jones the | | executive session could be well ex- tended at the call of President Cool- ge to take up the World Court. The Senate foreign relations com- fafled to reach a considera- tion of the World Court at its meeting vesterday. It Is expected (o take it up at a meeting next Wednesday un- less other business prevents. is no chance, however, it is sa et action on any of the resolutions the Senate itself before the close of the present short session, even though the committee may recom- mend action GETS CHANGE OF \!ENUE. Lincoln, Confessed Slayer of Two, Says Judge Is Prejudical. By the Associnted Press GENEVA, 1il, January Warren J. Lincoln, lawyer-florist, for the confessed killing two years ago of his wife Lina and her brother. Byron I.. Shoup, was set for today. The heads of the victims wers found imbedded in a concrete block which Lincoln first used as w porci support and then cast on the city dump. A jurv recently decided he is sane, although his ¢ ttorneys indicated a plea of Insanity at the time of the slaying would be entered. When the case was called, asked a change of venue, alleging that Judge John K. Newhall was prejudiced. | The court assigned the case to Judge Willlam J. Fulton of Sycamora. Anarchist Slain in Fight. SOFIA, Bulgaria, January 15.—One anarchist was killed and two were | wounded in a street fight with police The anarchiscs used of the police was in- last bombs. sured Bullet Still Rests in A His Would-Be By the Associaled Press PARIS, January 15.—The bullet which the anarchist Emile Cottin fired at Premler Clemenceau in 1919 still remains imbedded in the deep chest of the “Tiger.” An X-ray photograph, in black spot marking the bullet is plainly visible near the lung, has been shown by Clemeénceau to Emile Bure, former chief of cabinet under Briand, now-Mmanaging editor of L'Eclafr. _ Cottin was recently released from prison after serving 5 years of his 10-year sentence. His par- night None , to | Lincoln | REALTORS DRAFT SUBSTITUTE BILL FOR RENT ABUSES Measure Would License All Brckers—Commission of Three Provided. FINES UP T0 $1,000, JAIL | TERMS FOR VIOLATORS | Education, Character, Practical Understanding of Housing Busi- ness Required of Applicants. The District Real Sstate Board on Monday will submit to the subcom- mittee considering District rent legis- | lation a license law, designed as an alternative. for the Whaley billL which has been introduced in both houses of Congress. The proposed license law, which was the subject of a controversy dur- ing the hearings yesterday between Senator Ball and John A. Petty, secre- tary of the Real Estate Board, has been under process of formation for some time, but work on it was dropped, it is stated, when the present agitation over the Whaley bill was begun. In addition to the bill proposed by the Real Estate Board, Representa- tive Thomas Blanton of Texas has| prepared another substitute measure | idesl‘ned to hit at those who engage | in the so-called pyramlding of trusts| | and others who engage in' lllegal | practic He Introduced this meas- | ure in the House yesterday and said it would have his support. Resume Hearings Monday. 1 Hearings on the rent bill will be resumed Monday the subcommittee announced yesterday. The license law whigh is now un- ler consideration by the board would be based substantially on the Mac- Chesney: act for a State real estate license law. This law is designed to |prevent and eliminate persons of dis- replite and who Indulge in bad prac- tices from the realty profession. It |is now operative with a large meas- ure of success in 18 States and one| province in Canada. ! The bill provides for the establish- | |ment of a real estate license com- mission composed of three men. This| commission under the bill Is provided | | with the power to grant and revoke | licenses and prescribe educational | |and other qualifications necessary to| vroperly engage In real estate huni—l ness. Without the certificate issued by the commission persons are for- | bidden under severe penalties from practicing or advertising in the ca-| pucity of a real estate broker and | other branches ot the realty business as- prescribed b Reveca- tions are mmission under the w this ra. #ard in the aet, i Three ok, Comminsion. The commission, the law provides, | should be composed of three men of | good reputation who have been in the | real estate business and can show | proper records for a period of 10! years. The President, in the bill to be submitted to the rent committee, | probably will be empowered to ap- | point the members of the commission, | The proposed law defines in ex- i s S (Continued on Page 16, Column 1.) | GRLKILLSMOTHER OVER COMPANIONS 16-Year-0ld Daughter Says She Shot Parent After | Family Quarrel. i | i i By the Associated Press. SAN FRANGISCO, Calif., Janua 15.—Miss Dorothy Ellingson, 16-year- old-daughter of Mrs. Anna Ellingson, who fled from the Ellingson home here after her mother was shot |to death, was arrested today by detfc- tives who found her in a district about two miles from the scene of the | shooting. “Yes, I killed mother,” Miss Ellin son said, according to detectives. killed her because she upbraided me for going out with men. I told her I was golng out Tuesday night, and | she said I should not. We had an awful quarrel. Then I got my broth- er's gun and shot her.” The arrest took place at a rooming ' house where the girl said she was taken Tuesday night by a male com- panion. Will Fnee Murder Charge. Police said the charged with murder, Killing of the mother was the cli- max of a family quarrel which caused the girl's father to sever the family ties after an argument over the pro- |priety of his daughter’s associates. The mother derended her daughter against the accusations made by the father, but aitgr he left the family she became converted to his view, police said. After the tragedy the police said that the girl told them she “went to a party where we had drinks and something to eat.” | Birl would be Assassin Goes Free! | | don was signed by Rene Renoult, | minister of justice, and successor | of Clemenceau as senator from the Department of Var, whose initial entry into French politics was fo: tered by the “Tiger.” “Had young Cottin killed me,” remarked Clemenceau to the editor, smiling philosophically, “he would have been guillotined.’ “Now, dded the Tiger sar- castically, “he will sgon be made a Knight of the Legfon of Honor. That’'s the way things go in the world. I will indorse his request for a decoration, because the justice of the moment demands that it be granted.” Toivide notgi and Fby creating two 35-fo™ roadways in place of the existing wide expanse| | some fiat WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening Star. HURSDAY, I URGES BISECTING OF LAFAYETTE PARK District Surveyor Would Ex- tend 16th Street Through to Pennsylvania Ave. Opening of Si Lafayette Square was proposed today by District Survevor Melvin C. Hazen as one step In a comprehensive Scheme for the improvement of that boulevard, both as a traffic artery and | s one of the show streets of Wash- ington For the beautification of Sixteenth street the survevor suggests that a strip of parking be created in the middle of the thoroughfare for flow ers and shrubbery and that systematic | treatment be applied to the spacious lawns in front of the houses on both sides of the street The strin of cen#f .parking wobld outh bound. traffic from curb to curb. Explains Hix P} In submitting his plan to Maj. Ra mond Wheeler, assistant engineer com - missioner, for study, Mr. Hazen said “Il believe in this connection Six- teenth street should be extended through Lafayette Square to White House grounds, reserving a small circle and reservation for Jack- =on statue in the center of the street This would give the White House a wonderful vista up Sixteenth sireet and provide a magnificent terminus for this street, “It would also al'ow traffic to enter Sixteenth street from Pennsylvania avenue with its extra width and re. lieve much of the congestion in the nelghborhood of Fourteenth, Fifteenth, H streets and New York avenue. It is hard to estimate the increased amount of automobile trafc which could be handled with such an boulevard with & system of block sig- nals. The automoblile trafic problem Is becoming a more and more difficult one for the city, and I believe this | would be one of the schemes for re- lieving conditions. Would Develop Parking. “The principal thought, however, which T wish to impress is the treat- ment of the parking between the side- walk and the building line. The title to this area is in the United States, placed by act of Congress under the jurisdiction of the Commissioners. the property owners having the benefit of the parking.” Mr. Hazen then pointed out that a survey of the present appearance of the street will show some terraces, lawns, some houses with retaining walls and others with hedges. It is Mr. Hazen's idea that funds be spent to bring about a uniform and attractive development of the wide 4trips of parking on both sides of Sixteenth street. “This area,” his report continues, “might be placed under the chief of engineers of the United States Army, to become part of the park system of the District, to be maintained by that office, but I am convinced that a more satisfactory plan would be to place this under the jurisdiction of the office of trees and parkings of the District, and malintained by that department.” Mr. Hazen said that a study of new developments made by private own- ers, where they have uniformly treat- ed the parking, will convince “any- body of the desirability of improving the parking space in the older parts of the District. The speculative builder spends a considerable portion of the cost of development in the beautification of the parking as a means of selling the houses, but aft- er it is split up Into different own- ers this parking is afterward neg- lected. “I think no expenditure for the beautification of the city would show to better advantage and dress the city up or improve its appearance more than money spent upon a treatment of this kind. It is belleved that an initial appropriation should be made, with some legislation covering the whole subject.” ASK WRIT ON BONUS. Supreme Court Applicants Would Force Injunction Ruling. A writ compelling the District ot Columbia coufts to pass on - the merits of an injunction suit against enforcement of the bonus law was requested of the Supreme Court to- day by Frank C. Mebane and others. The sult had been discussed in the lower courts. Radio Programs—Page 40. JANUARY 15, teenth street through | the | automobile | 'House Committee | Rejects Change in 1( Mt. Rainier Name| The House public lands commit- tee by & of 9 to 4 today fused to report a bill to change the name of Mount Rain- | fer, Wash., 1o Mount Tacoma. | This action of the committee | taken in executive session | equivalent to Killing the measure, as it cannot be brought up by the Wouse before adjournment March 4. and committee members declared there was no probability of a versal of today’s decision. The proposal to change the name of Mount Rainier to Mount Ta- coma has been a controversial | matter in Congress for several | years, with members of the Wash- ington State delegation at odds on “the question The Senate last vear enacted bill to authorize the change, and | sent ths measure to the House, | where it was referred to the com- mittee on publig JAILING IS FORGED IN NEW DRY BILL Judiciary Committee Reports Measure to House to Punish | Violators. vote ze- | Sen re- a | | lands. | | A bill to make prison mandatory upon conviction for vie- lation of the prohibition laws was reported today by the House judiciary committee. | The measure was introduced by | Representative Stalker, Republican New York. The vote approving it was 14 to 3. Those voting in the negative | were: Chairman Graham of the com- mittee and Representatives Dominick | | of South Carolina and Weller of New | | sentences | York, both Democrats The measure hibition laws imprisonment, would amend the to resd: instead pro- e and | of “fine or | tive, imprisonment,” in case of conviction MAN, 74, ENDS LIFE BY HANGING IN HOME | Edwin B. Chappell Was Despondent Over Long Illness—Was Artist. Born in England. | i Frank Chappell, 4020 Third street went into the furnace room of his | home at 5 o'clock this morning and | found the body of his father, Edwin B. Chappell, 74 Years old, suspended from a rcpe tied to a beam. Crippled and despondent over a long {liness, Chappell wrote a farewell note to his family last night, telling his reasons for the act. The note was found In the kitchen this morn- ing after the discovery of the bod Coroner Nevitt issued a certificate of suictde. Born in England, Mr. Chappell, an artist, came to this country many B‘ilrs ago and lived in Bedford, Pa., prior to moving to Washington in 1918. Sixteen vears ago, it was said, his back ‘was injured in an accident. Less than a veur ago he was struck by an automobile and left a cripple. DIRIGIBLE STARTS TRIP. Los Angeles to Test Mooring Mast in Chesapeake Bay. LAKEHU . January 1 The dirigible Los Angeles was taken from the naval air station hangars At 9140 o'clock today preparatory to leaving for Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay, where she will test the mobile mooring mast on board the U. S. S. Patoka. The dirigible was released at 10:30 o'clock, gracefully slid into the air and in 10 minutes was fading away in the western horizon haze. She is expected to teach Baltimore shortly before noon. Quake Felt in Italy. ROME. January 15.—A slight earth- quake shock was felt at Sulmona, in the Province of Aquila Degli Abruzsi, at $:25 o'clock last evening. 1925—FIFTY-SIX PAGES. NEW PARDON BRE CHARGEIFILE Wealthy Merchant Says $1,250 Paid to Davis and Aides for Parole. By the Associated Preas TOPEKA, Kans, January Another charge that money was for a parole issued by Jonathan Davis was added today to the series of accusations of trafficking in clemency against the retired execu- his son, Russell G. Davis, and Carl J. Peterson, State bank commis- sioner. The new torney g case presented to the at- general and the Shawnee ounty attorney, who are conducting a sweeping investigation of the par- den scandal, involved the parole of Ernest Bartholomsw, son of C. H artholomew, wealthy Wichita mer- ant. The elder Bartholomew alleges in an afidavit he paid $1,250 to a man named “Johnson” and received the parole for his son, who was convicted of a motar car theft. Johnson told him, Bartholomew stated, that the “deal would be handled through Carl Peterson, State bank commissioner,” and that the money would be divided $500 to Gov. Davis, $300 to Peterson and $250 to Johnsen. New Charge Is Made. Peterson was charged in afidavit made by A Hutchinson attorney, with having solicited money for a parole for Walter Grundy, bank wrecker. The bank ommissioner indicated he would issue a statement today con- cerning the charg The attorney general several institute ouster proceedings but indi- cated last night this would necessary. Peterson conferred yes- terday with Gov. Ben S. Paulen, to whom he had intended to present his resignation before the pardon scandal broke. Edward Rooney, assistant county attorney, was preparing to issue sub- poenaes today for persons linked with the case under investigation. The county attorney’'s office, it was announced, would conduct a formal inquiry in preparation for the prose- cution of former Gov. Davis and his another L. Oswald, {son on charges of accepting a bribe for a pardon issued to Fred W. Poli- man, convicted banker, and with a iew fo instituting other criminal actions if the evidence warranted BUREAU OF STANDARDS LAND PURCHASE ASKED House Committee Recommends Buying of Eight Acres at Cost of $173,117. Purchase of approximately eight acres of land to enlarge the site of the Bureau of Standards with front- age on Connecticut avenue at a cost not to exceed $173,117, as provided for in a bill introduced at the instance of Secretary Hoover, was recommended to the House today by the commit- tee on public bulldings and grounds. The land thus to be purchased is situated between Tilden and Van Ness streets, and extends along Con- necticut avenue, It contains approxi- mately 346,234 square feet. “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, 101,442 ER) Prospective Groom Faints Asking for License to Marry Tke Nerenbaum, 29 years old, & merchant of Atlanta, Ga., fainted today when applying for a license to marry Miss Sophy Saub, 25 years old, also of Atlanta, Ga. As Col. William A. Kroll, the license clerk, was preparing the permit Nerenbaum swooned and was caught by his young bride-to-be, who, seating him in a chair, hung with solicitude over him while Deputy Coroner Martin, who hap- pened to be in court as a witness in a murder trial, made an exami- nation. Dr. Martin applied restoratives after diagnosing the case as “too much lunch.” With the license the recovered groom and his young bride-to-be left the court in search of Rabbi Julius T. Loeb, who is named the officlating clergyman. OVIET HEARTENED BY HUGHES ACTION Thinks Resignation Presages | Recognition by U. S. at Early Date. By the Associated Preas MOSCOW, January nation of Secretary Hughes and the suggestion in some American news- | papers that his withdrawal presages |a change in the American Govern- ment's attitude toward So Russia have greatly heartened the Bolshevik 15.—The resig- et | tailed report of h TWO CENTS. DEBTS SETTLEMENT TACKLED IN LONDON EARLY PARLEY SEEN Churchill Follows Up Impetus Given Issue in Paris Session. U. S. AND FRENCH PoLICY ON QUESTION AWAITED Elation Over Success of Repara tions Conference Expressed Widely. By the Assoriated Press PARIS, January newal of the proposal for sei- ting the interallied debts con- fained in the Balfour note of 1922 is made by the British cabinet in the reply Winston Churchill, chan- cellor of the exchequer, has given to the recent letter of Finance Min- fster Clementel on that subject. 15.—An oMcial By the Associated Press LONDON, January —Winston Churchill's accomplishments at Paris In connection with the interallied debt question are understood to be of much greater {mportance than the public is aware. The chancellor the exchequer attended the cabinet meeting today and presented a de- work at Paris. The British government, it stated in official quarters, has no officials and press The belief indulged in many days ago planned to| not be | quarters that Mr. Hughes' retirement was due directly to disagreement with President Coolidge and his col- leagues over the question of recog- nizing the Soviet. and the prediction is freely made s of the new secretar: Kellogg, will be in giving official countenance Soviet regime. The Bolshevik papers risive cartoons of Secretary Hughes, usually referring to him as an un- compromising foe of the Soviet. Izvestia says the United States may be prompted soon to recognize the Soviet by the fact that the pregent Russo-Japanese negotiations looRing to recognition are nearing successful termination. Likewise, it suggests that Japan in the kncwledge that the Unite: States may soon recognize Russia, i exerting every effort to bring these discussions 1o an early successful <ue. Frank B the direction of to the print de- |PAID MEANS $65,000, ! WITNESS DECLARES T Convicted Man Says All He Got for | Bribe Was Bottle of Whisky | Means Helped Drink. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, January 15 of post-Volstead whisky he and his associates got for $65,000 which they were led to believe was to have been used in bribing Govern- ment officials, Samuel F. Safir, former president of the Crager system, a | stock-selling organization, testified in Federal court today at the trial A bottle fof Justice agent, and Thomas B. Felder, attorney, on charges of con- spiring to obstruct justic Safir, with other officers and em- ployes of the Crager System, had been indicted as mail sales defrauders in the disposal of stock of the Altoona Glass Casket Co. Through Elmer W. Jarrecks, Means' former he and other witnesses testified, they had been induced 10 pay Means $65,000 on his representation that he would use it to bribe the then Attorncy Seneral, Harry Daugherty, and other officials to prevent their prosecution. Means, it was testified, sent Safir anc. his friends to Felder's law offices where the $65,000 was paid over. “Means called on us at our hotel that night,” Safir testified. “He | brought a bottle cf whisky, cracked a few jokes, helped us drink the liquor and went away. That's all we ever got for our $65,000. We went to trial four days later, and most of us were convicted.” —— SEIZE SMUGGLE#S' DEN. Seven and Much Ammunition. BEL PASO, Tex. Jnauary 15.—Six women and one man were arrested and 15,000 rounds of pistol and rifle ammunition. seized in what is be- lieved to be a smugglers’ den in South El Paso last night by Depart- ment of Justice agents, city detec- tives and two Texas rangers. The ammunition was presumably for revolutionists in Mexics Spirit of Crusader Is Symbolized By Design on Wilson Sarcophagus Carved on top of the stone sarcophagus, which will mark permanently the tomb of Woodrow Wilson in Bethlehem Chapel of the National Cathedral, is a sym- bolic design typifving the spirit of the crusader, it was learned today. The central feature of this de- sign is a crusader’s sword, sheath- ed, and below is inscribed the name Woodrow Wilson and the dates of his birth and death— 1856-1924. The design was suggested, it is understood, by an ardent admirer of America's war President, and as adopted by members of the family, who believed it admirably represented the character and spirit of Mr. Wilson. The sides of the rectangular sarcophagus, which is of Minne- sota limestone of a pinkish shade, already have been put in place, and workmen were preparing to- ° day to lower the heavy 1id into its position. The sarcophagus is about 6 feet long and 2'; feet high. It fits snugly into the window-niche in the chapel where, since the body of the former President was in- terred there, a small, plain stone tablet, bearing simply Wilson's name, has stood. A canopy, harmonizing in de- sign with the sarcophagus, will form a background, and an iron grill will complete the ensemble, The canopy will replace the palms and the flag that have been jept back of the small tablet The body of Mr. Wilson, in the crypt directly beneath the chapel, has not been disturbed, and will not be moved at present, if ever, it is understood. An effort will be made to com- plete the work on the new me- morlal tomb before the Sunday services in the chapel. that one of the first! of | Gaston B. Means, former Department | secretary, | Federal and Texas Officers Capture | fixed policy at the present time re- sarding the allied debts, but the cabi- net has considered the question of a policy and probably will be able to make a formal announcement shortly When the attitude of the other allies and that of the United States is more treely known The British ideas on the subject have been several times stated in the Balfour, Curzon and Bonar Law notes, but these do not agree in all respects, and there is a feeling, par- ticularly in view of the progres made at Paris, that a permanent Eng lish poliey should be set forth. The cab- inet is expected, however, to adhers to the main point stated in the sev- eral notes—that Great Britain is \i tally interested only in payments by her debtors of amounts sufficient to balance her debl to America and that it is conceivable Great Britain would be willing to enter into an agreement to wipe off the debts beyomd this amount. The correspondence that passed he- tween Mr. Churchill and Finance Min- ister Clementel of France on the dep question during the conference deals with what in the main is undersiood to amount to a request from France for a definite statement of the Eng lish attitude on the debt settlement and an expression by France of her willingness to settle the whole ques- tion as soon as possible. This correspondence Mr. Churchill | brought to the cabinet meeting for consideration. 1t may lead to an announcement shortly of the British | policy and a possible suggestion by the British for an interallied confer- ence and an agenda for such a meeting. The Clementel correspondence be issued this evening. U. S. ACTION HAILED. was all that| | Grant of War Claims Cheap Price for Aid, Theunis Says. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ¥ Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, January 15.—Joy bells were ringing throughout France today. celebrating what all the newspapers call the “return of the United States to European affairs.” The speech of Ambassador Kellogg. stating that the American people are keenly interested lin the success of the Dawes plan, is interpreted as an undeniable sign that the Coolidge administration is no longer reluctant to take an active part in European affair Premier Theunis of Belgium, com- menting upon the eventual co-opera- tion of the United States with Eu- ropean countries, stated: “To pay 2 1-4' per cent to have America's signature in our syndicates is nothing America might ask 2 1-4 per cent, or 7 3-4 per cent, to participate in this operation and we would gladly pay, and this would have been a bargain price, too.” Some American officials are still somewhat hazy rcgarding this out- burst of enthusiasm and optimism on the part of the French because be- IS-19 STILL IS RESISTING EFFORTS AT REFLOATING Officers and Crew Leave Grounded Submarine—Vessel Slightly Damaged. By the Associated Prese CHATHAM, Mas: January 15, | Navy tugs and Coast Guard cutters | made further efforts today to loosen the submarine S-19 from the sands which have clutched her since she ran aground two days ago. Five officers and the crew | were taken off the submarine | terday. of yes- The submarine S-19, aground off Chatham, Mass., is undamaged except for Injury to the rudder, and the hull fs taking no water, the Navy Department was informed todsy in a message sent after the crew had been taken off for transfer to Boston. The ommander of the S-19 and several chief petty officers will remain t sist in salvage operations. | DOG ROUTS 3 BANDITS. | Jumps Through Glass Door to Aid v’ Master. i ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., January 15 | —A dog owned by Solomon Abrams, a storekeeper, yesterday battled with | three hold-up men and forced them to flee without any loot. The dog leap- | ed upon a table in another room, saw s master being beaten and sprang through a glass door. One of the alleged assailants, a negro, was ar- rested.

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