Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1925, Page 2

9 ¥ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1925 SENATE CONDENNS " OIL LAND LEASES Adopts Majority Report of Teapot Dome Investigat- ing Committee. 1 rH: Senats went formally on record Yestorday supporting the findings Gie majority of the ofl Investigat- frmegommittee, which de ced the pot Dome and California naval oil lea The Senate voted 40 favor of the majority report was submitted by Senator of Montana. ity report beb offered by Sen- an members of was voted down, 42 came aeh ¢ the ition of the after comparatively subject which oc tention of the 1 and lad to pending rt, which defended f naval Denby d his as- ction w Iy fre voted nd were leasing 1 Edwin ort Walsh epubl cans and one Minne- Brookhart ohnson alifornia, Nor- ts—RBroussard i, Dial Bruce, Cara- Dill, Edwards. e, Glass Heflin, Kendri, Mayfield, Neel Ralston, Ransdell, Shepherd, Shields, Smith Sw Under f Ma, s tana and Wheeler—33 r-Labor—Shipstead—1.{ majority report ngham, Bursum, Capper, Couzens, Ernst, Fernald, Fes Tores of Washington <inley. McLean, e, Pepper, Phipp rling, Wadsworth, Wiilts—30. setts, Seven Republicans Join Democrats. and ator = Democrats minority reports cans wer Borah of of T Couzens of of h Dakot beck of the ma- Nebraska majority repor minorit the of Cal et Walsh ho sig alsh disagreed with the [ pported rt, asserted he did not report as Imputation honorable discharge of his Denby, whose retire- of the Navy c and aft re Senat. had President the 'h connec add 1,000,000 to § they had Interior Department inistration as Secre- ases wihi nator Spen tute motior m of the there was findings r Republi but tha tements riticisms minority report which of ind departn nts “which Missouri Senator insisted t il out of ring it In tanks the American coast cment of the navie eatly increased th battle king the m on that the to deal onl reports with the resented be- w testimony by the mitte to this W hat Senator. that his had such B Believes Courts Will Show Legality. “s argu- ¥ report ae that th clair Dohen; patriotic n I leases, Arkansas, tor recting Replying. then, Senator Spencer legality of the d in _the ved [ the establish Reed, Democrat, Reput 1 colleague nocent in the political who Missourt. was an intellectual finds virtue hing nd every infamy t the pubic wouid have no dif- the “halo” abroad world, tehance lean de added th through minority eptance by report cond “all of the §1 Doheny, d reiterated his that Mr. Denby had been in connection with the oil trgnsaction. He added that during his experience in public life there had been 1 the cabinet no more patriotic man thin Mr. Denb £-nator Reed, resuming his discus- sipn, said that so ay a monument W be erected to Senator Spencer, bgaring on its face the “names of the cfpri he has defended in the Sen- %, with the additional paraphrase, §here is nothing wrong under the ggn." In this connection, he reviewed e 1 detail Senator Spencer’s vote far ng of Truman H. New- bdery a Benator from Michigan, hfs opposition to the resolution de- mgnding the resignation of Harry M. 2 s Attorney General, and that the Senate had no righthAe yompel Mr. Daugherty's brother to produce the books of his bank before the committee investigat- 1§ the administration of the Depart- ment of Justice Winding up the discussion, Senator Heflin said he would not be surprised 10 an effort made to defeat the suits pending against Doheny and Sipclair. He charged that the Re- publican party had “paid its debt for contributions for campaign funds by. the parceling out of Government r—caperty, i i ad 1f of himself and | S | leum n R with ish | l Russia Mourning On Anniversary Of Lenin’s Death Red Flags Are Fringed With Crepe—Sale of Liquor Prohibited. By tho Assoctated Press. MOSCOW, January 21.—All Soviet Russia was In mourning today, the first anniversary of the death of Niko- ai Lenin, whose memory among the | Communists is venerated as the founder of the Sovlet regime. Official Soviet huildings at home and abroad were ordered draped with red flags, fringed by crepe, and all stores, theaters &nd restaurants were directed to close. The sale of liquor | was forbidden There were none of the usual street | parades outward demonstratic characteristic of bolshevik functions, silence being the dominant feature of the commemorative exercises. Throngs Sce Body. | Throughout the day long streams of | visitors, including “school children, | filed through Lenin's wooden mauso- 1 Square, to view the wax- | features of the “father of bol- shevism.” A huge black and white | portrait of the late premier was dis- layed on the Kremlin walls above he tomb, flanked by the gigantic gilt numerals “1924-19 In the towns and villages factory work and traffic ceased for five min- utes, as a mark of respect. The Soviet newspapers printed long articles de- | tafling Le lifo and achievements, and miilions of pamphlets contalning his writings were circulated among | the masses It is a coincidence not without in- terust that on the anniversary of Lenin's death, his great compatriot, | Trotzky, should be preparing for his own political doom. The newspapers [call attention to this, and foresee that, | with Trotzky out of the political fir- mament, Lenin in death will gain all the glory which Trotzky in life has AAYES IS NDICTED HAVES S N N HANSLAUGHTER Accused of Killing Man With Auto—Grand Jury Re- turns Other Bills. | Stuart S. Hayes was indicted today on & charge of mansiaughter growing | out of the of Ralph Alberty, | January 10 Hayes Is sald to have | run wutomohile into a group of people waiting for a car at Fifteentn ind F streets, within the safety zons, fter he had been hailed Police- n Howell D. Tho: easiv |ariving. Alberti was whils |other persons narrowly escaped in- jury, it is charged. Fo assert that Hayes had been drinking, and that after disregard |the poiiceman’s order to stop, ran into | the group zone, dragzed Alberti for some distance, then pro- | ceeded down Fifteenth street and turned into Ohio avenue Officer Howell, commandesring another auto- nobile, gave chase and took | Haves ‘at Thirteenth stree where he pl s i Accased in Death. ughter Is alleged {dictment against Percy in connection wieh the d athe law, Richard © 1N August last. The men were engaged in an argument,| and short knocked Chase down, it is | asserted. Chase sustalned injuries to have been respon- an in colorer, of First | ath his streets which are said for his death Nefl McConlogue presenting a false United States. It March 10 last, he pre R. Jacobs, deput public det t ment, a certificate |ing fo be the legal cused, according to the police |to be a movie actor, but | have passed worthless checks in | yarious parts of the country. The | ury certificate which he sought ave cashed, It was reported, had | been purchased by him with a worth- less check in another city he grand jurors ignored a statu- tory charge against James Kirby. sit was indicted m against the charged tha nted to Sidney | of | for claimed is sald to Tdst of Indictments. - Others indicted and the charges against them are Frank Bird, assault with dangerous weapon: Harry Clinton Allen, alia Albert T. Shrein: James Mothershead, James Garner and James Solomon (three cases). housebreaking and lar- ceny lla Smallwood, Mary Hawkins (two cases), grand larceny; Alvin Wash- ington, John H. Allen, Robert Thomp- son, Robert Jackson (alias Red Jack son), William Henry Bell and William Bailey, joyriding; Medora W. Blake, Hilda McDonaid (alias Ethel E. Rob- inson) and Carroll Ruchanan, grand larceny: William 8. Everhart, James W. Barnes, John H. Carnell, Joseph H. Smith, Olcy Hersel Morgan, red | D. Morman and Morris Sisselman, non- support. I REPORT IS EXPECTED ON APPEAL OF LIBBY Special Committee to Decide on Alleged Pacifist Talks in Schools. The report of the special commit- tee which investigated the request of Frederick J. Libby, executive sec- retary of the Natlonal Council for Prevention of War, to speak in the District publi¢ schools, probably will be submitted to the Board of Educa- tion at its meeting this afternoon in the Franklin School. The commit- tee, headed by Edwin C. Graham, made an_exhaustive probe of the charges of the Loval Legion that Mr. Libby has spread pacifist propaganda in the schools. A number of other important mat- ters are expected to be acted upon by the board. Among them is the ap- pointment of an assistant principal of Central High School and # faculty for the Powell School, which will cpen February 2 as a junior high school. Seruch T. Kimble of the Central fac- ulty has been mentioned prominently for the position of assistant principal of the school, left vacant by the pro- | | the motion of Alvin W. Miller to princt- pal. Supt. Frank W. Ballou also will submit a report to the board showing that 25 Washington organizations in- include the Federation of Citizens' Associations, the Central Labor Unfon, the District Congress of sumers' League. e e dorsed the five-year &chool building | won a great legal battle. program in the last two weeks. These |endeavor HERRIOT T0 GIVE VIEWS ON DEBTS Pronouncement Is Expected This Week—Issue Is Raised by Deputy. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 21—An effort by the opposition to draw forth a state- ment {rom Premier Herriot on the interallied debt question falled In the | Chamber the debate of Deputies today Auring on the government's fo elgn poli The premier, howeve it was stated, will include the subjec of the interallied debts in the declar- ation concerning his minstry's for- elgn policy, which he will make in the course of the present discussion, expected to last until the end of the week The subject was brought up by Deputy Louis Marin, former under- secretary of state, now a member of the opposition. Ha called upon the premier to make a formal declara- in order “to acquaint the entire world with the French viewpoint In making thls plea Deputy Marin sald “In a catastrophe such as the late war, the nations which had the good fortune to suffer neither invasion nor excessive 10ss of human lives should contribute their money to the cor mon cause. Money accounts cannot be settled without taking into con- side sacrificos of human lives. Parallel Tx Cited. England did the relmbursement vanced to Germany the purpose of fighting France, while her then allies occupled French ter- ritory and remained until entire pay- ant of war indemnities was made. “In 1820, the Lioyd GeorRe govern- ment was ready to cancel all the allied debts »d England, but re- frained merely becanse 1t was not de- sirous of creating a precedent to which the American Government might object n Americ aware that du States acted versal cor the cancellat Deputy Mar “In 1823, not ask for of any sums ad- and_Austria for all thinkers who are ing the war the United on behalf of the uni- clence for the right favor n of war debts.” read extracts from a speech recently delivered by a mem- ber of Congress from Massachusetts, and emphasized the member's sugges- tion thag P must be aecorded preferential treatment WILL ANSWER GERMANY. Allies to Reply to Protest on Cologne Issue. By the Assoclated Press, PAR January 21.—The allles have reply to the recent Ger- man note of protest against the con- tinued occupation of the Cologne bridgehead. The exchange of views which have been going on betw. the chancellories have resulted {n an approach to an agreement as to the text of the reply which, it is under- tood, will go further into details re- garding the cases of alleged violation of the treaty disarmament clauses than the preceding note, but in a rather softer tone. The allies now have ports from the member: tary control mission elements expected in on the militar. and will proba separate re- of the mill early all the the final report situation in Germany, deal with the ques- tion decisively in the near future through the Council of Ambassadors, The contention of the allies, based on preliminary reports from the con trol mission, that Germany had by no means completed complianee with the disarmament clauses of the Versaflles treaty, was set forth in the previous note y the reason why the Cologne area could not be evac ated January 10, as provided for b terms of the treaty of Versailles, contingent upon Germany's fulfill- ment of the treaty’s requirements in other respects. SENATE REQUESTS ALL DATA ON DEBT PACT FROM HUGHES (Cont ed from Firat Page.) plicit. As for the United Sts rejected all sections of the Ve treaty which related In any penalties for non-collection. Hughes, therefore, does not consider in view of the Amerfcan record that signature to the Paris agreement or any other can mupersede the treaty of Berlin. which outlines the Ameri- can position toward the penalty clauses of the Versailles treaty and embodles anly those sections which were deemed acceptable to America. othing in the Paris agresment re- to collection of debts. The Ver- es treaty takes care of that and the Reparations Commission provides the machinery for deciding when pen- alties shall be imposed, U. S. Grants Explained. What did America obtain besides the arrangement whereby Germany s to pay sums due for the Army of Occu- pation and other claims? The Paris agreement uses these words: “The United States of America |s recognized as having an_interest proportionate 1o its 33 per cent Interest in the part of the annuities available for reparations, in any distribution of raflway bonds, industrial or other bonds, issued by the Dawes plan, or in the proceeds of all sales of undistributed bonds, and as having the right also to share in the proceeds of any sales of bonds for any arrears that may be due the United States In respect to repayment of its Army costs, as provided in the present arrangement, and the United States of America is also recognized as having an interest in any other disposition that may be made of bonds if not sold or distributed.” The foregoing is construed as a definite recognition at last by the allies of the treaty of Berlin, which hitherto has been regarded as simply a contract between Germany and the United States, but not as necessarily binding the allled powers. Techni- cally, the allies have not vet accept- ed the treaty of Berlin, but the Paris agreement follows an argument made by the United States demanding rec- ognition of its right, under the treaty of Berlin, so all future controversies will start\with the premise that the allles have accepted America’s prin- cipal contention. When the allies formally recog- nize America's Tight to a share in the Dawes annuity they may not say they are doing it by virtue of the Berlin treaty, but to all intents and purposes they are recognizing that treaty, for since the United States didn't ratify the Versailles treaty, the only other pact which embodies the formal claim of the United States to a participation in the distribution of Germany’s assets s the Berlin treaty. See United States Victory. On the whole, the lawyers in the Department of State feel America has As for the of the ‘“irreconcilables” to read into he Paris agreement some implled obligation to collect debts, way Parent- | they will look long and have to build Teacher Associations and the Con-|up a considerable hypothesis to back up their interpretation, and then it will be open to American public opin- fon to decide the merits of the issue The New York Times ihis morning published the following copyrighted cablegram from its Paris correspond- ent, which Star by special permlission | panis, g Secretary Hughes' declaration of the position the United States concerninz the | financial agreement signed last week In Paris Is regarded in oMeial circles here as a fair and ace presenta tlon of the actual situation - Though, the agreement having been signed, Mr. Churchill, M. Clementel |and others treated themselves te somewhat xpressions of de- light that America Was more taking a place in the allied councils and had put her signature to & document signed In common by all the other victorious allies, it is recognized here that thelr pleasure wus far from be- ing barbed by any malevolent thought that the United States had been caught in allied toils Nefther Churchill, M | el nor any one else imagined, as th spoke the congratulatory sp that their words would be int as meaning that the Unit had signed away all right of inde- pendent action and would be hence- forth fnvolved in every twist and turn of reparations politics, for the repara- tlons problem is not' longer regarded here as a political problem. With the functioning of the Dawes plan it is simply a matter accountancy at both ends, in which the American rule is very considerable. No Action Agreed. If the plan breaks down there may have to be a general mecting of Ger- many's creditors, but nefther Great Britaln, France nor any other country signatory to last Wednesday's distri- bution of proceeds plan for a moment considers that that signature in any way commlitted them to any definite course of action, or even any soli- darity of actlon, in the event of fail- ure, according to the view of it taken in Paris It s pointed out government, which of Versallles and eve tions agreement, never felt ftself in the least bound by that fact to joir the French in occupation of the Ruhr. The British government reserved tndependence of action to the pol of differing strongly with its prinei- pal ally in interpreting the treaty { The French and Belginns, on their le. did not In the least feel bound to ahide by the British interprotation lor follow the road laid down b Bonar Law as the right and wise one | In last Wednesdas's compact ther. was from the allied point of view no future committment at all to any course of action regarding the im- o of pas s on Germany. The itract made was between the | allied powers and America that they would share all payments made in a rtain percentage. Should Germany il to carry out the provisions of th Dawes y her voluntarily or in- | voluntarily, the question of taking ps and the question of the steps to be taken for the recovery of each creditor's individual share would be a question entirely for that cred- itor or for any group acting together. But It held to be a very wide | stretching of the “moral” undertak- | ings of Wednesday's contract to say | that any one was bound thereby | take any action whatever. » reproduces preted States that the British gned the treaty ¥ other repara- po only Irreconcilables View Puzzles. ! The attitude of the frreconcilables in the United States Senate has there- fore aroused here wonderment and surprise. The internal political side of the question being qu prehensible to the Frenchman, he fails to find any other interpretation of the attitude of Senators Johnsou nd Borah than that they are pro- | German, though even then he falls | to find wherein they can be pro-Ger- man 1t man's Amerfcans can in putting into tions recovers ministered in fcans and beari SURVEY TO DECIDE 5-YEAR SCHOOL NEED D. C. to Supply Congress With Data on Reconstruction Program. the French- that, while participate with cash existence a repara- plan framed and ad- large part by Amer- & the name of the utterly bevond understanding The District Engineer Department began a survey of the public school system today to obtain data on which school authorities will base a five- vear reconstruction program, de- signed to modernize all schools not siated for Improvement in the five- vear building program mnow before Congress. The reconstruction pro- gram probably will be included in the school board's estimates for the fiscal vear of 1926-27. The aim of struction program old bullding not abandenment strictly far heating plant lighting and other phy is_concerned. 1t also will contain provisions for fire- proofing the basements and first floors of all the old structures, as well as re- pairs to roofs and floors, School officials point out that the lack of adequate appropriations for repairs during and since the war have left many of the old buildings in a deplora- blo state. Plumbing conditions, it was sald, are Insanitary in many schools; others are in need of artificial illumina- tion, improved heating apparatus and new flooring. i The engineering survey, school of- ficlals belleve, will take considerable time, and the five-year reconstruction program probably will not be completed before June. the proposed recon- is to bring every recommended for up-to-date, as plumbing, al equipment DRIVER DRAWS 2 FINES. Colliding and Leaving Charges Against Colored Man. Robert Cook, colored, charged with colliding and leaving after colliding was found guilty in Police Court to- day and glven $40 or 30 in jall and §150 or 60 days by Judge Mattingly. The testtmony showed that Cook collided with an automobile owned by Charles W. Slade and hastened away before he made known his identity. BT IRRIGATION PLEA DENIED. Secretary Work Refuses Extension on Arizona Project. Secretary Work today denied the application of the Verde River irriga- tion and power district of Arizona for another year's extension of its permit to finance and develop a 100,- 000-acre project. Secretary Work today said the ex- tension does not appear to be war- ranted and would not be in the inter- Scene olo., lays claim to the|for the full text of the Paris agreo- | est of parties concerned, including the m}fenfim:l:fr‘nccm he world devoted |ment will soon be transmitted to the |settlers and land owners in the dis- exclusively to canning vegetables Senate grict, |ALLIES HOLD U. S. NOT INVOLVED IN EUROPE BY FUND AGREEMENT Accept Hughes’ Declaration as Fair and Accurate . Appraisal of Fac. —Attitude of Irreconcilables Puzzles Paris Editor. incom- | Vice President of the United States as one of its originators, the Am 1 Government should not be per-| mitted, for fear of entanglements, to | receive a 2% per cent share of the ceeds of that plan In the French view ks its origina ators believe it will, sntanglement cannot and if the plan d will be an open matter for every untry interested in its working to renounce fts share or try to recover by whatever means ft thinks fit. 1If there is a difference of opinion on the means to be employed, as there during the Ruhr episode, the decision of one power deos not in any way {nvolve the others. That is the situa- tion as seen over here. On one point, however, the are congratulating themselves they did not accept Ambassador Kel- logg's proposal that the agreement should be made subject to ratification by the American Senate. If that course had been taken, it is comment- | ed, it might have been another five years before Seymour Parker Gilbert, | the ngent general for reparations, | charged with handing out the per-| centages of the proceeds, could have got rid of what the Germans have al- ready paid and are paying Bditor Criticizes Senators. Stephane Lausanne, writing tin, says t i a fine thing to be an irrecon- ble like that fine man Senator wrah and honest Senator Johnson. | 1 the same one must not be ir-| reconeilable without sense logle and knowledgs terests “Hera is this little group which | killed the treaty of Versailles and| the League of Nations irving now to | kill the financial agr nt reached last week in Paris. What thelr motive—that the arrangement '"'1 ates American liberty and brings the | United States back into the cockpit of an quarrels, first of all, ors who 1 pmissions trouble to i the srs and the ques possibily work out it | plan oper tion of arise, was allies that | in the common of one’s own in- | astonishing that ad great Senator- do not take the read the text which they are fighting. .1f Messrs, Borah and Tohnson would take the trouble to| ad the document they would find its | harmless. It is ‘An Arrange- ment Relative to the Distribution of Annuities from the Dawes Plan' In ly let us remember that the | plan iz of Amerlcan orgi will see that the whole part Ameriea is contalned in a spe- s0 as avoid pol Europe. They will sce cach time a referenc all the contracting po taken to mention the allied govern ts and the separate Gov- ernment of the United States, so| that it may be quite clear the govern- | ment of the United States does not | keep bad company. What more could | these gentlemen want? Says Error Profound. “Certain cables from America tell us that the European press, and above | all the French press, have shown great joy at this understanding. It | must be because these newspapers in- | torpreted it as thesreturn of America | into the European arena; it must be | because they belleve they have| bound Amerlca to Buropean policy. | That is the profoundest error. The | French press is capable of committing | errors, but since the lesson of 1819 it | will never again commit the error about cial luti even made care with that to ors | | which can be thrown into th tied without its knowing nce has certainly cause DT Te- jolcing that the accord on the ques- tion of distributing money derived from two separate claims has been happily accomplished. She will al ways rejoice at any accord with | America But to the irreconcilables | the word Europe as a red rag to hull. Perhaps they are right But when one sees them opposing treaties which they themselves made fnevit- | able and pushing their irreconcilabil- | ity to the polint of reconcile ideas, they cannot the right to smile. OPIUM CONFERENCE TENSION RELIEVED BY FRENCH PROPOSAL tinued from First Pa arena | | n their us at own deny least by The Hague opium convention had been altogether disregarded; that the | British had made their pledge at The Hague a scrap of paper, and Great Britain's new suggestion to solve the | opium smoking problem was not hon- est and sincere, but merely an at- tempt to evade her obligations “I cannot allow & grave charge of this kind," continued Lord Cecil, “to be made without repudiation—a charge that fs coupled with the ar cusation that this alleged evasion of duty is motivated by sordid financial considerations. Such charges can only bo regarded as very wounding If such a charge had been made in & private house, continued Lord Cecll, in a solemn tone, he would take up his hat and leave, but he would not recommend that his government take such action on the present occasion because, however deeply hurt they felt, the British had no right to allow the attack upon their nationad honor and reputation to stand In the way of trying to do something to solve the terrible opfum evil. Lord Cecll said he had been greatly | impressed with the growth of the so- called Geneva atmosphere, which he described as the abandonment of any spirit of national victory and as con- centration on the desire to reach agreements honestly and straightfor- | wardly without bitterness or symp- toms of national antagonisms. He wondered if the faflure to achieve results at the present conference was not due to the fact that the Geneva atmosphere had been lost sight of and to the existence of a recrimi- natory rivalry which was lable to pre- vent agreement. The British delegate concluded by rejecting for his part the American motion to review the work of the first opium conference, by declaring that the delegates were not prepared to submit to dictation or domination by others and by appealing to all to re- turn to the Geneva atmosphere in the hope of saving the conference. Dr. Loudon of Holland, like Lord Cectl, repudiated Mr. Porter's charge that the affected countries were per- mitting opium smoking for financial reasons. He said he was surprised at the “wounding manner” in which Mr. Porter had talked. If the Amer- jcan representative had included the Dutch East Indles in his accusation, sald the Netherlands delegate, he wanted to deny it and to add that Holland was doing everything possi- ble to fulfill the obligations of The Hague convention. He insisted that the only way to save the conference was to make the discussion less com- bative. AT Luxembourg Cabinet Quits. of thinking America a meek little lamb |z ing SHOALS BILL WAITS ON SENATE ACTION House Committee Wants to Be Assured Conferees The House rules committee but held i wbeyance sction on a T to refer the Underwood Muscie bill to conference pending mo assurance from tk conferees will L hat body 1 Snell said tion this week to start th its legislative course. He decl the House leaders were anxious to get final action on Muscle Shoals legis at this session While the House lead, agree the next legislative step must be by the House, they contend it he useless to gend the bill to ferees feit friendi some on that taken would \ference iless the co toward the b Other Course Outlined. other course would it to the House military com- mittee, but if this Is done Representa- tive Longworth, the majority leader, sald sufficient time does not remain to permit final action on the ire this session Although both teaders agreed the bill straight satisfuction with t of the question in the Senate leaders h plan which they hope will e but the House leaders o it their plan will be sre making a move. eaders succeed in their ef- bill will be referred to con- composed of the following con- Senate an to attempt to o conference ve expressed dis e present status Senate ered on a mean the of the bill wish 1e successful 1f the forts th rence rees: or the Senate llinofs: Keys, publicans, and Demoerat, m agriculture committee. For the House: Chairman McKen- zie of the House mi committes, Representatives Morin, Pennsylvania: Quin, Missiesippl, ranking Republican and cratic members the com- Senators McKin) New Hampshire, Re- Harrison, Mississippi, ibers the Senate D of mit LESSER BILLS PUT AHEAD OF SURPLUS ON NEXT D. C. DAY (Continued from First Page.) sentative should be on the H Rathbone no attemp sald that there to prevent action and Representative d any effort to side- the Government must Represe t the I District H, should al business, a of the children Blanton , rt milk bill, Board made spe pl urged in which the interested, al order of a in behalf because » is no law rization of milk aid that assed the which is slightly different from the Hou measure, would, he be- lieved, be satisfactory, and he would take it up at once with s subcommit- tee and report to the next meeting of the District committee, with the special View to getting that legislation through the present session. Representative mpe: daid that had asked Rep- resentative Blanto make a special estigat the need for to ation fore the lengthy telegram from Aseociation of Bullders in the £ New York protesting against in- vasion of property rights as is pro posed in the rent bill prepared by rman Whaley of the Bent Com- fission, which proposes to make that ission permanent, enlarged and Lroadened power. Representa- Blanton discussed his new bill pages to provide an insurance code for the District. He said that in this he had included all the commit- tee amendments which had been approv- cd by the present fusurance commis- sioner and had stricken out a number of “sneake: which had appeared in the original insurance code meas- ure Introduced by Representative George W. Edmonds of Pennsylvania. Representative Blanton explained that the present [nsurance commis- stoner objected to several features of ffs bill. He did not want the Pres ident, but rather the District Con missioners, to appoint the insurance commissioner and he did not want the President to have authority to re- move the insurance commissioner for ause. He objected to his own sal- ary be increased from $2.800 to $5,000, and was also opposed to giv- an additional employe the City mittes with tive of 1 Agree on Reference. oth Representative nton Jost of Missouri it was finally iton bill should After and Representative had made motions agreed that the Bla be submitted to the old insurance subcommittee with instructions to co-operate with & similar subcommit- tee of the S Action on this measure at the present Session of Congress. A report is expecied from the sub- committee on the insurance bill at the meeting of the District commit- tee next Wednesday. Representative Edmonds and Rep- resentative Blanton debated on the authorship of the original bill. Representative dmonds declared em- phatically that the District needs an insurance code und needs a banking code. There was a sharp exchange of debate between Representative Gil- bert and Representative Blanton, both of whom were formerly judges, over Mr. Blanton's threat to filibuster against the surplus bill. Representa- tive Gilbert said he was not the keeper of Mr. Blanton's conscience. Representative Blanton sald that he did not care to be the subject of any law. lectures by Mr. Gilbert, and the latter responded that it would take all of his time if ho attempted to give such lectures to Mr. Blanton. Six Important Measures. Representative Gibson advised the committee that there are six im- portant major measures pending which will provide the most construc- tive program of legislation attempted for the District in many years, and in- sisted that g drive should be made to get action on these measures before the close of the present session. Representative Keller suggested that as the District committee and the House desires to give the District of Columbia constructive legislation and as this is being prevented by filibuster and dilatory tactics, he sug- gested that, regardless of the hours it may - take, the House should sit in session on Monday until it has finished the program which the over- whelming majority of the District committee approves. SNELL ADVISES CITIZENS. Letters on Bills Should Go to Dis- LUXEMBOURG, January 21.—The Luxembourg cabinet resigned today and the Grand Duchess Charlotte Adelgonde reserved her decision as to whether she would accept or refuse the resignation, trict Committee. Chairman Snell of the House rules committee protested todsy because he i8 being swamped with letters from resi- House | nate in order to expedite | French Expedition Again Goes Across Sahara by Tractor By the Asse PARI fated Pros. Janu; Pelletier aviators of ry 21 D'Olsy While Capt and his fel- the trans-swharan acrial expedition are still held by fog near Bourges, the automobile magnate Citroen has recelved rd that his second caterpillar car ex- pedition has reached the frontier of Belgian Congo. The motorists travele rly 4,500 miles, studied ethnologleal types in | the Lake Tchad region of the Central Sudan and visited several of the in the lake, photographing ck plrates, the “Boudoumas who terrorized the region befors its pacifiention by the French. The members of the expedit plan to remain a few days at levsville before exploring the | ®lun Congo frontier region INAUGURAL PARADE PROSPECT HOPEFUL Committee Urges Participa- tion of State Military Organizations. we Bel- Still menaced hy the possible dilam- ma of a financlal shortage, Washing- ton's general inaugural committee { went ahead today with its plan for a ceremony next March such as Presm dent Coolldge’s restriotions permit, hut with the evident hope that the | President would remove his ban on the presence of historic State military organizations in the procession at least Willlam T. the general committee, visited the White House again today. He an- nounced that he had called to discuss the matter pertaining to the inaugu- ration with C. Bascom Slemp, th President's sccrotary. Ha was a companied by James B. Reynolds, who took a prominent part in the Repub- lican campaign last Fall, and Fred- erick A nning, secretar$ of the general committer Mr. Galliher aid he eo whether he would see the President n soon, but declared that he did believe the matter of inviting h famous State military outfits as the Anclent and Honorable Artillar of Boston and the Richmond Blues to participate in the parade need vet be regurded as closed. He indlcated that he still had hopes of receiving th President’s approval of that feature of the contemplated program to 100 Gallther, chairman of Limit Escort W Mr. Galliher saw the Pres a on the same matter last wee Mr. Coolidge told him that he lieved the number of men w ompany the governors of the |eral States in the procession shou be limited to 100 troopers at the most This would have limited the repre sentation of the varfous millta ganizations throughout the one key strength company was Indicated at the tinm committee sorely over but the envitable. Since that time it has been grow- ing more evident that the business nien of Washington would be obliged to shoulder at least two-thirds of the expenses of the inaugural cere- placed approximately at unless the parade could be colorful enough to attract a sufficiently large number of visitors to the city to fill all available review ing stand spaces under Government reservation. This, in view of the ct that the entire proceeds of the evening ball are 1o be contributed to charity, was regarded as the last source of revenue avallable to the committee en ch. that the disappointed would accept Embarrassing Situation. It was indicated by respo persons that this places the g committee in the embarrassing s ation of trying to meet with the President’s reservations for a modest inaugural ceremony and at the time trying to make the event a. expensive as possible to Washington businessmen. It s for this reason that many members of the general committee hopa the President will not banish all hope of making the parade a colorful pageant worth while see- ng. me dents of the District urging that a spe- clal rule be granted for early considera- tion of the compulsory school attendance bill. He explained that it is the policy of the rules committee not to grant spectal rules for any District legisl tion, except in an extreme emergency. as the steering committee agreed at | the beginning of the present session to give the District all of its regular days on which District legislation should be considered. He pointed out that the people who are urging early consideration of this legislation should make the appeal the House District committee rather than to the House rules com- mittee. e Eighty-six per cent of the teachers in the public schools of Louisiana are women 1d not state FEDERAL WORKERS BILLS HAVE CHANCE Reclassifying and Retirement Proposals Hindered, How- ever, by Lack of Time. Senator former service oo dling the bill in the House lay to pass th The princi the South Sterling of South chairman of the mittes, who has be Lahlbach Sex Dal mn n ha reclassificat said it that fun ation Be o0 the Ser opinten St about th tors no doubt ever get that Sena posing the Senator will he amendments to th tirement act, alsc bach measure. T opposition t necessary be ssage if b He admit t rong for i obtained he ator matter His had ablishnient House the Dak gation nator John inms W. Ma Congress riated $1,600,000 f a tuberculosis to do ular He from Norbec Christ in son, pher rmer R presentative I spital i s tenth d comprise th Dakota Sota. Inasmuc general Springs, the and hospital Dakota deleg ambassador to country on a t Cooli Mr. had take Willfa Samuel America ed the time W his new discuss cutive his respec labor but prot ) |IAPAN GETS RIGHT TO EXPLOIT RUSSIA UNDER NEW TREATY tinued from incere . Japanese at N The agree evacuation of anese by May, 1825, ery, coal and oil and permits prosy ten year perinds Loans negotiated Russian ® claims will b ferences regret nt pr Saghalie LOOKS TOWARD U. € Tchitcherin Says Recog Demanded Imperatively. By the Associated Press MOSCOW, urse of cerning the of State Hughes herin, on 1 Januar long ¢ in Washingtor world affa mand that the between the Un Russia should Tehitcherin spo preparat The foreign min President Coolidge can w Russia the right of particiy disarmament conferenc. = Russian republic covers one-sixth the globe. He credits Senator Boral chairman of the foreign relation comir W L of omitting . in internatio s Tchitcherin face with the of drawing t clalist Republics i country’s politic: impossible permanenti the artificial svsten. tween the two biggest the world, which was Secretary Hughes “The entry of the Union of Soviet Soclalist Republics the circle of the Pacific brings ft face to face with America's policy In the same ocear America will find itself in u cul-de it that absurd nt the Unfon of Sovict publics is maintained fre ranks newspapers everywhere. of next Sunday's Star wi the local automotive exhibition. special motorist is interested. models. automotive authorities, —will want a copy of next Sunday’s issue of The Star. Also there will be some pertinent suggestions regarding how to see the show, what to look for and what to avoid. The pictorial side of The Sundsy Star’s motor section will include many pictures of new There will be much to be gained by reading The Sunday Star before going to the show. It will help you to get the most out of the display. As usual, the principal articles will be written especially for The Sunday Star—impartially, accurately and interestingly—by a staff of So make your plans now to obtain a copy of The Sunday Star Everybody Interested in Motors and Motoring | Not only will this issue mark the staging of the National Capital's annual automobile show, but it will include a motor section that will be a veritable auto- mobile show in itself. In and out of show seasons, the motor section of The Sunday Star one of the world's foremost products in its field, and its many exclusive articles are printed and reprinted in review magazines and So far as the local automobile show is concerned, the motor section be of immeasurable informative worth, but its value to all interested in motors and motoring will extend beyound There will be an imposing array of rticles touching upon every phrase of motordom—what the automobile has done for the Nation's industry and commerce, highway building and progress, motor bus transportation, the trend of engineer- ing design, accessories, and all the other subjects in which the earnest