Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1925, Page 2

2 * CITIZENS' COUNCIL PROPOSED BY BELL Informal Body Wouid Aid City Heads on Budget, Un- der New Plan. the District Bu'lding the District may be given to ad the Commis lieve should be asked for and how has proy council he Before the prepared at people of the rtu as to an opy e he the be among the work Bell unofticial with represen- the trade bodies and the associations, declared today her such a council is formed is in the the organizations b i book Commissioner who xed that organized y city n from _ that o % fore of estimates not, h of work avor of seeking s larg > begun on the next Many Be Asked to Ald. Comm‘ssioner ear- intention, he will of Citizens' 0- of Trade, the to 1f the Engineer ries out his present k Federation ciat the Poard Chember of Commerce, the Merchants! and Munufacturers’ Association and the Federation of*Colored Citizens Assocts to indcate to the Com- foners in a general way what eve should asked for at th t tha 1id go into the d ious engineer- ity government,” explained. “The men who | run these div know best what the detailed items should be. But the organzations of could take this year's budget and r studying te to us what total for r should be, and what part of should go to street light- road work and similar classes of nprovements.” Col. Bell bel that by such a ter Commissioners would be able iscertain how far the taxpayers to in municipal develop- any given fiscal vear. zati needs ing divi Col. B sh of t fons of th b citizens i t lica the next that [t desir ment tn Many Ask Legixlative Views. | 1t g s the that this same pl to advantage in letting the gioners know in advancs what new legislat the people should be advocated by the District authori- ties at the next session of Congres: The various eivic associations of the city always have exercised the rizht of petition in asking the Com- missioners each Summer to include in the estimates particular items of im- provement, but in most cases each or- ganization deals with projects of special interest to 18 membars Col. Bell's present proposal is that these representative organizations should also give the Commissioners Lelief of n could be Col. Bell followed ‘ommis- the benefit of their views on the bud- | par- | as a whole, a neizhborhood e from items. Bet any ticular Oyster Approves Plan. { Commissioner Oyster today indorsed the proposal of Col “More than 15 years ago,” said Com.- Oyster, “I advocated closer co-operation between the citizens' or- | ganizations In acquainting officia’s | h what they think the city nee 1 believe that any steps that will| merve to bring the various representa- | tive organizations into closer rela-| tionship with their city government| will be beneficial.” { NEW TRAFFIC BILL | OFFERED IN HOUSE Measure Differing From One Agreed Upon Introduced by Gibson. heartily Bel missioner Differing somewhat from the traffic bill agreed upon in confarence be- tween the Senate and House sub- committees, a new traffic bill was in- | troduced in the House by Ernest W Gibson of Vermont, which is under- #tood to represent the views of the| House subcommittee on what traffic | legislation is needed | Representative Gibson explained | that he introduced this bill “in order that the House may have something | definite to begin to work on.” The subcommittee which is supporting Representative Gibson comprises Rep- resentative Rathbone of Tllinois, Rep- resentative Beers of Pennsylvania, Repr ntative Blanton of Texas, Representative sque of South Caro- lina is Few Changes in 45 Sectlons. The bill contains 45 very few changes from the measure considered in the Jjoint conference. The principal changes are the au- thorization for designation of arterial highwavs and equipment of the same with control lights Provision for additional pri- vates, one inspactor, one captain, two lisutenants and not less than 10 ser- geants The chief executive officer, known as the director of traffic, would be re- movable for cause and his salary fixed under the budget instead the definite sum of $5,000 a vear Continues Gax Tax. Gibson bill continuec the pres- ent registration law under the gaso- line tax act. It also includes a sum- mary of “rules of the roads.” This bill will be considered at a| special session of the House District committee tomorrow, at which time Representative Gibson expects to have a favorable recommendation from the committee, so that this measure may he put on the program for considera- tion in the House on the next District day, February 9 ARTHUR J. SHORES DIES; | PROMINENT AS LAWYER | Arthur J. Shores, 71 vears old, gen- eral counsel for the Anaconda Copper Mining Co. and_prominent corpora- tion lawyer of New York City, died of heart disease at the Hamilton Ho- tel early today. Mr. Shores was in this on business He was general counsel for the old Roston and Montana Mining Co., later the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., and was a prominent figure during mining litigations in Butte, Mont., in the early part of the twentieth century. He also played a prominent part attorney in recent litigation over the Gould estate in New York. He was member of the firm of Johnson & Mr. Shores is survived by his widow, daughter, Mrs. Julian T. McGill, husband is vice president of Twin City Rapid Transit Co. of Minneapolis; a son, R. J. Shores of this city: two brothers and two sisters Funeral will be conducted | at the Washington Cathedral tomor- row afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Other sections, but The | | | | services be - HOUSE -~ NEWPOSTAL BILL these | | its rate provision | ond-class rates [cents on private mailing | delivery |SKIIS AND SNOWSHOES Statue of Webster Gets Cold Bath as Capitol Roof Leaks The statue of Daniel Webster in Statuary Hall at the Capitol—the hall in which the voice of the dis- guished statesman once rang out with eloquence—received an unexpected cold bath erda now sliding from the dome of e hall punctured the roof and a stream of water ran down the in- side of the dome, drenching the statue. Statues of Carroll Maryland, Stephen F. Austin of Texas and Samu-l Adams of Mas- suchusetts also were sprinkled WILL FIGHT Charles of ;Leaders Challenge Right of | Senators to Establish Scale of Rates. As the Senate was nearing a vote to- |@ay on the postal Lill House leaders prepared to challenge its right to in- corporate rate provisions in the meas- {ure With both Representatives Long- worth, the Republican leader, and | Garrett, the Democratic leader, of the Lelief that the Senate has usurped the House prerogative of initiating revenue legislation, a House w and means subcommittee decided | unanimously to recommend passu Ly the House, in the event the Scnate approved the pill, of a to return the measure to resolution the Senate. New Sees Decrea: Revision of second class postal rates in the bill will result in actual | decrease in revenue from this serv- | ice of $1,640,000 annuaily, rather than 1 increase, Postmaster General New estimated today, in a lstter to Sena- tor Har Democrat, Mississippi One million 'dollurs additional rev- would be raised in this ciass of inail from the increase to 2 cemts in the rate on publications mailed by individuals. 1he reduction made in some of the se.cnd-class rates, he said, would not | | draw additional pleces into tne mail, !and even if it did, the increased co:t of handling new business would wipe cut any gain Senator Moses disagreed cstimates of Mr. New and 3,000,000 additional revenue be gained from the revision ond-class rates. Opening debate in the Senate to- day, Senator Copeland, Democrat, of Ne'w York, declared he would vote for it because of the “kernels of good- ness it contains.” Changes Are Accepted. Practically all amendments had been disposed in the Senate's sudden | this bill yesterday, when It further drastic attacks on although its sec- | were slightly modi- fied, after vigorous efforts for a re- duction from the present level had tailed. Likewise, a move by Senator Cur- tis, the Republican leader, to make the salary increases retroactive only to January 1 of this vear instead of to July 1, 1 was defeated. As the Dill stood after yesterday amendments in the Senate, It pro- vides for an increase from 1 to 2 cards and ison, enue with the insisted | would | of sec- { urt on | withstood souvenir postal cards. Rates on Second Class. second-class rate on reading in publications is placed at 1% cents a pound flat, and the fol- lowing rates would be charged on advertising portions of publications: | Two cents a pound for the first two | zones, 3 cents a pound for the lhlrd‘ zone, 6 cents a pound for the fourth, fifth and sixth zones, and 8 cents a pound for the seventh and elghth| zones. Religious, educational and | scientific publications would be al- lowed a flat advertising matter rate of 1'y cents a pound, as now. The limit of weight for packages eligible to third-class service would be cut from eight to four ounces No change In present fourth-class rates would be made, but a service charge of 2 cents would be lavicd on all packages except thoas orig- inating on rural routes. A snecial service. with a charg> of 25 cents a package, would be croated. enator Moses estimated these serv- ices wovld bring in about $20,000,000 additionil revenue annually The matter BEAR DOCTORS TO SICK | Syracuse Physicians Adopt Emer- gency Measures to Cope With Grip Epidemic. By the Associated Press SYRACCSE, N. Y., January 30.—Be- cause of a large number of cases of grip, physicians here made unusual efforts to visit patients today, although heavy snowfall prevented | | automobtie traffic Several of the vounger physicians {of the clty solved the problem by {using skils and snowshoes. Others managed to secure horses, but there was a scarcity of sleighs and cutters. Some of the older physi- cians used saddles and went about after the fashion of the old moun- taineer physician Field Ramed for Flyer. The Secretary of Was has named the fiying field at Fort Bliss, Tex “Biggs Fleld,” in honor of First Lieut. James B. Biggs. Army Air Service, who was killed in an air- plane accident at Belrain, France, ber 27. 1918 Bank Bandits Get- $1,800. WINNIPEG, January 30.—After herding the staff of a branch of the | be Bank of Montreal here into the base- ment, two armed robbers seized $1.800 from the teller's cage and escaped in an automobile vesterda Early By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 30.—Fail- ing to find any clue in their search for Ethel Leginska, English planist, who disappeared on Monday night, the police have resorted to the radio. A description has been broad- cast at the request of her friends, who are growing more apprehen- sive for her safety According to her secretary, Mis Leginska had no money when she disappeared. The police have visited several pawn shops in the detafla of the funeral arrangements have not been completed. vicinity of the pianist's home in an effort to discover whether she THE EVENING HOOVER AND WEEKS TOATTEND MEETING Will Sit With Conferees on Shoals Bill as Reguest of President. Secretaries Weeks and Hoover will sit | with the Muscle Shoals conferees at th session today at the request of Presi- dent Coolidge. Chairman Keyes, declarea that the closely consulted ference report was Congress. The cha declared that since the Bill authorizes the President to draft a lease of Muscle Shoals and to form a Government corporation to operate the property if a suitable lease cannot be obtained. “it is natural that we will attempt to frame the bill according to his views.” of the conferces, President would before the con- submitzed to Sugmestion In Accepted. The conferees accepted the sugge tion of the President that the cabinet members sit In at the conference. Secretary Weeks Is prepared to assist the conferees in changing the bill to meet the needs of national defense and Secretary Hoover Is expected to offer suggestions on the fertilizer rovision.s The conferees are understood to he entering their main attention on ection four of the Underwood bill authorizing the lease of the property This section contains the fertilize provisions of the measure and the inferees are expected to rewrite it This section was reported to be the only cardinal point in dispute in the conference and the supporters of the bill have expressed their hope that some modification would be made in the fertilizer clauses. Section four was lifted bodily from the second Norris Government opera- tion bill and was inserted in measure by an amendment introduced by Senator McKellar, Democrat, Ten- nessee. Provides for Sale. The section provides that either the lessee or a Government shall convert fixed nitrogen produced at Muscle Shoals and not required for the national defense into commercial fertilizer to be sold the farmers at a profit not exceeding 1 per cent the cost of production The operator would produce fertilizer content of be required to with a nitroge least 10,000 tons the third year, 20,000 tons the fourth year, | 00 tons tons the 20 the fifth year and 40,00 sixth year. If. after yedrs, it Is demonstrated that gen cannot be produced at Muscle Shoals, except at a loss, operations would cease untll Congress made further recommendations. six Shut Down Not Provided. The original Underwood bill pre vided for the production nitrogen for fertilizer to be sold ers at a profit not exceeding § cent of the cost of production, and required the lessee to produce at least | 10,000 tons of nitrogen the first year, 20,000 the second year, 30,000 the third year and 40,000 the fourth vear | | and thereafter. The original bill made | no pro ions for shutting down operations if the venture proved un- profitable and would have compelled the léssee to produce these quantities of ‘nitrogen during the life of the lease, The conferees are working plan to strike a medium these two sections. The other changes contemplated by the conferees ars represented to be of less importance. . ROCKVILLE OPPOSES D. C. BUS LINE PLAN on a Citizens Say Substitution for Trol- | leys Would Result in Great Inconvenience. A pétition signed by more than a score of residents of Rockville was filed with the Public Utilities Com- mission today protesting against the suggestion that busses be subetituted for sfreet cars on the Wisconsin ave- nue iine The action would make them to transfer at some point be- tween Rockville and Washington from the Maryland street car to the District bussés, which they daclare would be an inconvenience. They further declare that it would be un- wise to remove car tracks which have a permanancy and which have a tendency to Increase property values. The commission is to have a public hearing at the District Building Wednesday morning to consider the entire question of transportation on Wisconsin avenue, and also the two applications that have been filed by the Washingtotn Rapid Transit Co. and by the Washington Railway and Electric Co. for =& cross-town bus line from Georgetown eastward. The Commission today received from the Rapld Transit Co. a petition signed by a long list of persons re- siding along the route of the pro- posed cross-town line, ravoring the Transit company application. STONE CALLS 58 TO GIVE TESTIMONY IN WHEELER CASE (Continued from First Page.) it necessary for tion from the Wheeler case. Should it ultimately turn out that.the pro- ceedings were baseless it would be & subject for debate as to' the wisdom of the appointment and, since the radicals have been attacking the ju- diciary right along, they probably will make the most of the incldent in their next campaign. President Coolidge stands by Harlan Stone, however, and has not for a moment considered withdrawing the nomina- tion. He takes full responsibility for Mr. Stone just as he does for ail his Federal appointments, and it will be interesting to see how many votes of | the minority party in cast for Mr. Stone. (Copyright, 102/ the Senate are ) Suicide Attempt by Leginska Recalled as Radio Search Is Begun pawned elther her fur coat jewels. They had no success The secretary, Miss = Lucille Oliver, added to the apprehension of the planist’s friends when she disclosed that Miss Leginska at- tempted suicide while a student in Germany. N “When Miss Legi years old and music in Germany,” said Miss Oliver, “she jumped into a river. Some one rescued her. The next thing she knew she was in London. All she remembered of the occur- rence after her immersion was her going from farmhouse to farmhouse, begging her meals and sleeping In barns.” or ka was 17 or 18 as studying ) lor STAR, WASHINGTON. D. REVIVES INTE Test Cases to Determine The approach of the date for hear- ings in Police Court on the test cases to determine the effectiveness of the alley-closing law has brought into the Timelight once more the fact that shington still has with It a popu- v of more than 9.000 alley dwell- nd an unsolved problem of how to provide for then J. Atkinson. the lone inspector available to the District government for ispection of alley dwellings, clared today that, whila the general condition of alley dwellings is soma- what improved ss a work done during the past year, the necessity for eventually doing away {with alley dwellings still exists Several years ago, Mr. Atkinson sild, owners of alley dwellings were reluctant to spend money on repalr work. because of tha expectation that on June 1, 1823, all alley dwellings would have to be vacated Opinion Changed Status. Just prior to that date, however. Corporation Counsel Stephens ren- dered an opinion to the Commission- ers in which he held that the lan- Kuage of one section of the closing law was so worded as to restrict fts application to only a few of the alleys, The clause in question provided in substance that no dwelling should he permitted in an alley which is less than 30 feet wide, und which doas not run straight to and open on two streets, and which is not supnlied with SaWer, Water and gas cr eleatric light Mr. Stephen contended that the use the word “and” between each of these phrases meant that all three conditions must exist to make an that | corporation | of nitro- | to the farm- | per | between | {the expenses of petitioners point out that such | alley dwelling leza In other words, he concluded, if any one of the thres stipulations ex- isted the alley was a legal one for residential use. Owners Got Owners Injunctions. of several alley properties applied to the District Supreme Court, attacking the act of Congress as being unconstiuttional, and ob- taincd injunctions restraining the Commissioners from attempting to close their alley houses When the case was argued District Supreme Court little effort was made. by sel for the plain {tiffs to show the measure was un- constitutional. The chief part of the argument was devoted to questioning the various requirements, the lack of | which would result, under the bill, In condemnation of the property such as electricity or gas, sewers, et The District Court of Appeals re- versed the decision of the District Supreme Court in one of the cases, holding in effect that the rights of the owners of alley dwellings would be fully protected by hearings in Police Court If the Commissioners should seek by criminal prosecution to close the dwellings Following this decision the Com- missi filed several cases in Police Court. which are to be heard in the near future in the Disregards Opinionx. Although Corporation | Stephens held in his opinion Commissioners 15 months ag: the presence of any one of the three conditions mentioned in the law would make the alley a legal one, HOUSE WILL PUSH D.C. FUND MEASURE Coungel to the that Leaders Hope to Start Con- sideration Saturday—City Heads Pleased. The $31,000,000 supply bill reported the House yesterday for meeting the National Capital the next fiscal probably will be called up for consideration in the House late tomorrow. This is the program of the House leaders and Chairman Madden of the appro- priation committee, the only obstacle being that the independent offices appropriation bill not dis- pored of early enough If there is any delay appropriation bill will be called up next Tuesday. In any event, all of next week in the House will be given over to District legislation to during vear may e the District City Heads Plensed. Commissioners Rudolph, Oyster and Bell were unanimous today in voicing gratification over the generous treat- ment accorded the District in the ap- propriation bill The city heads feel that much head- way will be made during the 12 months, beginning July 4. if the Dis- trict bill finally becomes law with the total recommended by the House committee, namely, $31,016,957 Tt is known that the Commissioners were greatly pleased at the consid- eration shown them by the House committee while the hearings were being held on the various projects that make up the District bill. as evi- denced by the fact that the committee added more than $240,000 to the amount recommended by the Budget Bureau, instead of curtailing the budget recommendations. This Commissioners will soon begin to prepare themselves for the hearings bhefore the Senate committes on Dis- trict “appropriations following pas- sage of the bill by the Hause. Ballou is Satisfied. The action of the committee in re- porting the District appropriation bill carrying $9,130,517 for the public =chool system—an increase of $545 302 over the current appropriation— was described today by Supt. Frank W, Ballou as “very gratifying.” Dr. Ballou aleo was strong in his commendation of the House appro- priations committee, emphasizing that it has taken a step in the right direc- tion toward eliminating some of the deplorable conditions In the public schools. The admission by the com- mittee that school conditions should be remedied, the superintendent viewed as very significant. It is the hope of the House leaders that a start can be made Saturday on consideration of the bill so as to get as early as possible a decision whether the House desires to continue for another vear the $9,000.000 lump sum appropriation which was written into the bill in an emergency. situa- tion a year ago, or whether, in justice to the District, the House will decide to restore the old definite proportion of dividing the expenses of the Fed- eral city between the Federal Gov- ernment and the local tax payers. The first paragraph in the bill pro- vides for continuing the $9,000,000 lump sum for omne year. An effort will be made by Representative Louis Cramton of Michigan to have the lump sum policy made permanent legislation by insertion, “and here- after.” The $50,000,000 public building pro- gram for housing Federal activities in Government-owned structures in Washington, which is included in the $150,000,000 public buildings bill, will £ome ©p for consideration under sus. | result of repair| he | REST IN ALLEYS Effectiveness of Closing Laws Brings Up Question of Housing of 9,000 People Elsewhere. |is disregarding this opinion fn the | test cases now pending in Police Court. In one of the test cases the trict alleges that the alley s less than 30 feet wide. In another case it alleges that the alley Is less than 30 feet wide and is not supplied with gas or electric Hght. In a third test case they charge the alley is less than 30 feet wide, does not run straight through the block and is not provided | with gas or electric light | Tn other words, the city hopes to | determine by the outcome of these | cases whether the law is to apply to all alley dwellings. Inspactor Atkinson reported to the Commissioners two years ago that there were then 9,198 alley dwellers, Me sald today that from his obser- | vation the number has not been mate- rially changed since that time. There Is very little building activity of a character that would be avail- able to the families living in alleys, Mr. Atkinson said. Task Great for Ome Ma | Mr. Atkinson sald he is constantly | inspecting dilapidated buildings, both in and out of alleys, and ordering re- pairs made where necessary. mitted, however, that it fs an enor- mous task for one man to keep up with During the last fiscal amount of repair work ordered was $70,000, most of which was in alleys. During November and December 11924 a total of $5,900 worth of werk !was ordered and during the first three | weeks of this month the repairs| aggregated $1,700 Furing the last fiscal vear, Mr | Atkinson said, approximately 30 | dwellings, a majority of them in al- levs, were condemned. The report on alley conditions ren- | dered in 1823 showed 2,544 alley | dwellings, and this number has been decreased only siightly in the mean- | time. year 000. value of alley dwellings that time as ap- Value 81 | The total | was estimated at proximately $1.272,000. One suggestion made when the al- ley law was about to go into effett | was that It the Zoning Commission would zone alley property as first and second commeércial the owners would find it more to their sdvantage | to convert the existing dwellings into garages and warehouses ind thus dispose of the problem of Insanitary living conditions In the alleys. | " The Zoning Commis-ion. however, has not ¥ made up its mind that it would be a wise move to create com- | mercial developments in the interior of squares | And, in addition, District officials | feel that there still remains the ques- | tion of where the 9,000 aliey dweilers would find acommodations their means if they should be to vacate the alley hous | time | One piece of legislation was draft- d by interested parties a vear or moro ago providing for the gradual imination of the alley dwellings by losing portion of them nually over & period of several years. Dis- trict officlals sald today this legis- | 1ution has not baen acted on in Con- gress SEEKS VOLUNTARY TRAGTION MERGER |Joint Congressional Commit- tee Preparing New Bill Authorizing Action. required | at this | A bl to authorize a voluntary | merger of the street rellway and bus lines in Washington is being drawn up by the subcommittee of the | Joint committee of the House and | Senate District committees. The sub- | committee met in executive session | today with Col. J. Franklin Bell, En- gineer Commissioner of the District The new measure, it is understood, is being revised to meet the ohjecs tions rafsed by George E. Hamilton, president of the Capital Traction Company and William F. Ham, presi- dent of the Washington Railway and | held on the compulsory merger bill of Senator L. Helsler Ball of Delaware, chairman of the joint committee. At | that session it was pointed out by the street car officials that the pro- visions of Senator Ball's bill, were designed to force a merger of !the transportation companies, was { unconstitutional. 1 Denles Right to Use Force, Mr. Hamilton was emphatic in tell- ing the committee that there was no law which would allow the manage- | ment of the private company taken out of its hand and put under lthe control of some other body. | He asserted that the paragraph in Senator Ball's bill, which stated that unless the street raflways merged be- |fore July 1, 1925, the Public Utilities |Commission would take over the di- |rection of the two organizations and loperate cars over both routes, would never hold In court. He told the com- !mittee that the only way that a com- pulsory merger could be put_into el fect was for the Governmenf to con- demn the properties, pay an ascer- tainod value for them, and operate the line. Voluntary Merger Possible. Both Mr. however, sibility that a Hamilton and Mr. Ham, voluntary merger might be brought about if the com- panies were authorized. It is with ths. hope that a voluntary merger mey be made that the committee is drafting the measure giving the need- ed authorization. Although the bus lines were not in- cluded in the original Ball bill, the committee is belleved to be in favor of merging all the transportation fa- cilities in Washington under one head. and It is thought probable that they will be included. The committee is scheduled to hold another meeting to complete the bill at an early date. Senator Ball said today that they would meet as soon as additional data on the situation could be procured. e pension of the rules Monday. Tuesday will be given over to“e- bate on the District appropriation | bl ! Wadnesday the house committee on | public buildings and grounds has the call, 80 that either the $150,000,000 public bulldings bill will he brought up or an effort will be made to pass the Arlington memorial bridge bill at a cost of $14,750,000. Thursday, Friday and Saturday are expected 10 be devoted to the Dis- trict appropriation bill. He ad-| the | of | within | to be| said that there was a pos- | ¢, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 APPROACH OF COURT HEARINGS {delegates and guests at today's se | portrayed Electric Company, at a recent hearing | | i i 1925 REVISED METHODS INMISSIONS URGED Need for Better Educational Work Stressed by Leaders at Convention. Importance of revising educational methods to meet changing conditions in non-Christian lands was stressed in messages delivered by missionaries from the frontiers of Christianity in ENFORCE OR ERASE DRY 6 LAW, MARSHALL URGES | St Former Vice President Raps Vol-| stead Act—Says Amending Constitution Too Easy. HERRIOTISGIVEN CONFIDENCE VOTE Speech Explanation Mollifies Left, But Maneuver’s Value Is Doubted. By the Associated Pre GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, January 30.—1 am not for the prohibition amendment, and 1 never was. No de cent Democrit ever was,” former Vice President Thomas R. Marshall de- clared in an address here last eve- ning. “But now it is here, let's main- tain it or else get rid of it by due| process of la | 'm getting tired of all these ad- ditions to the Constitution. It's got{ 50 it is as easy to amend the Consti- tutlon of the United States as It used | » be to draw a cork. Any one can g0 down to Washington and make By the Associated Pre PARIS, January 30 —Premier Her- riot, adroitly walking the parliament ary’ rlack wire, has succeeded in bridging the gulf separating the foreign lands before more than 5,000 sion of the foreign missions conven- tion of the United States and Canada in the Washington Audftorium. Kevnote addresses proclaimed the passing of the old order, and explain- ed how the way must be prepared for the new scheme of things. Speakers pointed to education s a corner stone in the future structure of the native Christian church in lands_hitherto pagan or non-Christian. Briefly, it was declared, forelgn lands are in a transitional perfod today. A new consclousness fs awakening. Native Christian leadars will be needed to continue the work started by Chris- tlan missionaries. In turn, it was shown, educatfon must supply these native leaders with the necessary equipment for their tasks Quality Now Songht. The work in the future will be for missionaries to prepare the way and then let the natives interpret their religic for themselves, It was shown that where the church 15| Years ago was striving to bring the | word of God to whole peoples that otherwise might go to thelr graves without hearing of Christ. today ef- fort was being centered on quality rather than on quantity, assurance being felt that qualified native Chris- tians could attract the masses after they themselves had been nrflpfifl}’ trained. China’s situation was graphically by Dean J. D. McRae of Shantung University Taking the family as a medium of {llustrating his point, Dean McRae pointed to the fact that in China families today were smaller than in days gone by; that Western ideas were being pick- ed up through Western commercial Influence and the result in some cases was undesirable. Aftected. honesty and Chinese is heing sub- e quarters, he sald, in of unsavory phases of commercial idea. the moral structure is affected by Occidental assoctation. And the answer to it all, he conclud- ed education. Education first of the prospective native Christian leaders and through them and their teachings education indirectly to the masses was the solution he outlined. Dr. Ida Belle Lewis of China spoke on the school as an agency in the uilding of character, centering her address the and educational dividuals. Ax usual, simultaneous conferences will form the bulk of the convention business from 2:30 until 1:30 o'clock Honeaty Being characteristic lovalty of the merged in an imitation Western Orfental The institutions to In- | he eing | benefits of schools | pqlitical conceptions of the right and leZt groups in the Chamber, which & had widened by his security speeck Wednesday. Solidly behind him cept for the Communists, Parliamen vesterday placed the seal of its ap- proval on“his foreign policy by t largest vote of confidence he has e recelved—3511 to 32 Although his elimination of party lines was a big success for the | premier, ministerial circies are under no illusions ax to the duration of the reunion thus achieved; they know that it applies only to questions re lating to France's security, and will be broken as soon as matters of In- ternal politics again are broached. Nevertheless the friends and opp. nents of the governm feel th M. Herriot scored a personal success enough noise and get any amendment wants tacked onto the Constitu- tion | “I like the English way best. They don’t make laws until they know the people want them. I'd like to repeal | all the Federsl and State laws and re-enact the Ten Commandments and | the Golden Rule.” BRITISH IN ROW ON NAVY BUDGET Churchill and Beatty Dis- agree Sharply on Plea for Increase. Day Opens Gloomlly. The parliamentary dav opened with gloomy prospects for the cabinet after the Soctalists—who form an in- tegral and necessary part of his ma jority—decided to abstain from vot for the posting of M. Herriot's spaec The premier, while making som: concessions to his friends of the laft did not alter his original declaratio concerning Germany's non-fulfillment of the disarmament c of Versailles. treaty the position the cabinet on the security question 10 such an extent as to causs the rights to withdraw their support from him The Socialists, who had decided lord, | abstain from voting, went into caucus {in the afternoon, and M. Herriot was invited to make a statement to then | Sociatist members attending thi | cus say that the premier spoke | them with hitherto unknown severit |and told them he was ready to relin jauish the leadership in French af- | fairs, but that his resignation would mean the end of their political | fluence in national matters By the Associsted Press LONDON, January 30.—An increase of nearly £10,000,000 in the British naval estimates for the coming fiscal year is sald to have been demanded by the admiralty and to be meeting with resistance from the treasury Earl Beatty, who, as first sea usually figures in political gossip a champion of generous expenditures for the navy, has, according to re- ports, submitted estimates of £6 500,000, maintaining that this is the {towest figure compatible with the | safety of the nation The est for the current year were £55,800,000, and the proposed in- crease Is sald to be necassitated by continuance of the cruiser-building | program and the contemplated con- struction of more destroyers and sub- marines nates : Breaks Socialist Reserve, The premier opened ernoon’s public i that nis speech of that it was the Cologne evacuation Opposed. ! CREReRiiE Dnnone i question that offered perhaps the Winston Churchill, whose business it | |om op Feoneh oocemito ® motsons I8 to scrutinize the estimutes of all lanes ot 11 1he o M Hervioe | departments before submitting them (o p - as 5o o080 is tude to Parliament in the budget, f»DD‘:se~!m g LA the admiralty claim, It is declared, on |\~ wise dictated by a secret or | the ground of economy. He unavowed desire to remain on the | St *wall - quatified to ‘ertiteige the | Rhine indefinitely. = This somewhat | naval proposals, it is added, having|thawed out the Socialists. | Deen frat Tord of the agdoiiaity fros! “What I am defending is the treaty | 1811 to 1815 i the premier went on. My aim is the Some of the news writers say establishment of a regime, whic Is & Sharp tussle batwean Earl Beatty | through the guarantee of the League and Mr. Churchill, and the Daily Mail | ations, will give us definite decla there Is much speculation in | © Arbitration, disarmament political circles as to what t indissolu vesterday by expla esterday meant feels him- = there of the chain.” ree thix afternoon, and at 4:45 a general session will be held in the Auditorium ut which Bishop A. R. Clippinger of Dayton, Ohlo, will presige. After a prayer by W. B. Olmstead of Chicago addresses will be delivered by Rev. Arthur Judson Brown, D. D. of New York and Mary E. Wooley of South Hadley, Mass. Auditorium In Packed. Tonight's sesslon. starting at 8 o'clock, will include addresses b; Prof. T. Dwight Sloan, M. D., of the Peking Union Medical College, on “Medical Mission”: Miss Margaret E Burton of New York, on “Women and Children in Industry in the Far East’ Dr. T. Kagawa, on “Sixteen Years of Campaigning for Christ,” and Rufus Jones of Haverford College, Pa. on “The Power of Christ Re- vealed in Personal Life The session this morning was mark- ed by virtually a capacity audtence every seat in the huge auditorium be- ing occupied. The morning's thema of discussion was “Christian Educa- tion In the Mission Field Need of Colleges Streased. Responsibility of Christian college women In Asia was emphasized by Helen K. Hunt, dean of women in Judson College, Burmah, India, who followed Dean McRae on the pro- gram today. Avpealing for co-operation of wom- en of the world, Mizss Hunt declared “The work which must be shouldered by the Christian people of the world Is growing so increasingly heavy and complicated that we cannot consent to limit the workers to any country or any class. All countries and all classes must labor together if so heavy a load is to be moved and the world to go forward “A Christian college in the Orient is a laboratory in which all the prob- lems of class with class, race with race, East with West, peace and war are dafly being tested. The college women of the East must be the on to build the girls' schools into the life and need of their country. This is one of their great contributions and no one but they can make it. Let us share with them, all we have won by painful effort and then go on to- gether working- for all the human family.” Dr. Henry's Plea. Dr. James McClure Henry, presi- dent of Canton Christian College, China, centered his addréss on the need for winning the present genera- of non-Christian students to opportunity for training under Chris- tian auspices the great leaders of the new world,” Dr. Henzry said. “A new world is emerging in the Orient. In India, in China, a mightier transformation is taing place than the emergence of Europe from the Dark Ages. The part played by Christian trained leaders in this proc- ess cannot be estimated Never in the whole history of the church has such an opportunity been presented as dles before it today for the training under Christian auspices of the coming leadership of the new world that is being born.” Outlinen Work in Japan A difterent picture of Tokio, far removed from the stald Tokio of fic- tion, was presented by Rev. William Axling of Japan in an address on Gospel in Japan's Greatest 1ast night. The dreamy, gone,” he said. tranquil “Japan Tokio ix is a fast- Turks Expel Greek Catholic Patriarch Recently Sent By the Associated Press LONDON, January 30.—The Most Rev. Constantinos, ecumenical pa- triarch of the Greek Catholic Church, has been expelled from Constan- tinople, according to a Reuter dis- patch. The Exchange Telegraph savs he has been arrested and conducted to the Greek frontler. A dispatch from Athens late last month said the Greek foreign min- ister had been assured by the Purkish mintster that ha gov- . BIDTO INAUGURAL Prof. | Beatty | will do if his estimates are cut It is stated that the | estimates for| This explanation was not consid | the army and air force, satisfactory to the Socialists. Herriot then made a second declara tion in an attempt to mollify alists without antagonizing tghts A pe certain night _in majority which have | been submitted, are also considerably {in excess of those for the current year, and that Mr. Churchill is prun- |ing them severely R note parliamentary spite of M in teday's voting. It realized that the premier's perform- nce in taking off sufficient edge of his speech to conciliate the recalci- trant members of the Left without |alienating the Rights cannot be | peated very often i FEDERAL ATTORNEYS ON OIL LEASE TRAIL Alleged to Have New Data Affect- | ing Fall's Transactions With Do- heny and Sinclair. was struck quarters Herriot's GOVERNORS ACCEPT ia bix |Stat_e Executives Indicate Purpose of Attending Ceremonies March 4. | | | | { | | | Messages began {o come into | in- | augural committee headquarters | | to- accept- part in ‘ day from State governors, ing the invitation to take the (naugural parade March One of the first to send word that would attend was Gov. Franklin | 8. Billings of Vermont, native State of Presidant Coolidge.” He has not| | yet decided upon his escort, and as "N) that he will advise the committes {later. It Is expected that many Ver- | monters will come to Washington | tor the inauguration, “. A letter also was rveceived today from Gov. Ralgh O. Brewster of Malne, stating that he would attend the ceremonies at which Calvin Cool- idge will be fnducted into office Inaugural headquarters hae ceived from Representative Meyer | JacoBsteln of New York a request that the Johnston Memorial Pipe Band of Rochester be given a position in the parade. This is a large organiza- ton of American citizens of Scotch birth, The subcommitree badges of the inaugural W. W. Everett, chairman, uled to meet tomorrow. The | what called today res: the oil magnates its ‘fishing expedition.” in which last Summer it sought addi- tional information of alleged unlaw- ful transactions between Albert b Fall, former Secretary of the Interior Harry F. Sinclair, and other oil mag- nates, in counection with leases to naval ofl reserves. Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts, special counsei for the Government, appeared before the special grand jury which was empaneled Wednesday Two witnesses were examined these being Judson C. Smith and A Booth, both officials of the First National Bank of Pueblo, Colo. While counsel Will not even intimate th purpose of the examination of the witnes:es, it i rumored they are the trail of certain honds which said to have passed between Fall and one of the oil men, which were not told about in the Senate inquiry. A similar inquiry was held before a grand jury last Snmmer &1 & num ber of witnesses examined, but as the xrand jury fafled to act in the matter it was presumed that the counsel for the Government were unablc to un- earth sufficient evidence to support the charge of additional bonds figur- ing in the oil lease transactions Whether other witnesses will be ex- amined, it is said, will depend on the result of what counsel learns from the two witnessas under examination today. Government counscl for ned he re- on medals and committee, | is sched- —_— moving nation mak'er. “The gospel of Jasus Christ is a challenging dynamic force in Japan. | Great industries and gret factories have come under the influence of Christianity. There are 200 Christian churches in Tokio. all manned by Japanese pastors. To! boasts more than 280 Christian Sunday schools with more than 25,000 children. “The gospel in Tokio has come to &rips With the most challenging and bafling tasks of our, time—race prejudice and race pride. It is blast- ing the color line and laying the foundation for a world brotherhood.” In an address on “Movements to Christ in India,” Prof. John Jesudason Cornelius of ' Lucknow University, India, asserted that the world looks to America for leadership, “for the uplift of humanity and for bringing | about a Christian social order.” Not only is Christianity winning converts, he safd. but “it is exercising a tre- mendous influence on the social okfo is the pace- | i TROLLEYS HALTED BY FREEZING SLUSH Ice Forms Over Slot Rails, Catch- ing Plows—Both Lines Affected. | Numerous tie-ups and delays on th life [lines of both street railway systems and thought of the East.” 1In some kept emergency créws busy last night sections, he said, the increase has |and early this morning. averaged 2,000 converts a week for 30 Officinls of both companies safd that iy the tie-ups were caused by ice form- Others who spoke last night were [ing over the slot openings in the Rev, Watts O. Pye of China and Rev. |center of the tracks, resulting in H. C. McDowell, D. D.. and Rev. C.|plows being pulled off E. Hurlburt, D. D., both of Afric The Washington Railway and Elec- tric Co.,, had 21 such detentions to $:30 this morning, all due to forming over the slot rails. The Capital Traction Co. had not counted its detentions, but Vice President Hanna said there were quite a number of them The two companies kept their sweepers out throughout the day and night yesterday, but officials said the sudden drop In temperature last night after the rain and hail stopped fall- ing, caused the slush to frecze on the tracks. ice i to Constantino ple ernment would not expel the ecumenical patriarch from Con- stantinople in advance of a de- cision by the mixed commission for the exchange of populations regarding the rights of Greek residents to remain in Turkey. Constantinos, the metropolitan of Derkos, was elected patriarch early in December in succession to the late Mgr. Gregorius VI. Dis- patches at the time said he had been warned by the Turkish police that he was subject to the con- vention with Gréece for the ex- change of populations, Four Officers Resign. The President has accepted the resignations of Sccond Lieuts. Charles R. Bonnett, United States Infantry: Worth Harper, Air Service, and Richard Russell, United Stat Infantry, and Warrant Officer Jam D. Carter, at Fort Sam Houston, Tex.