Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. Weather Bureau Forecast.) tonlght and tomorrow, warmer tonight; minimum tempera- ture slightly above freezing; mod- ate fresh southeast winds. Highest, at noon today; lowest, 23, at 7 tor Full report on page 4. (U. & Unsettled 42 am. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 18 he Fpening Star. The Star’s every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the p2pers are printed. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,603 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. 29,495. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JAN UARY 31, TWO CENTS FRANCE TO REFl]RNlSH CONGRESS HASTENS: ™ Wasuieron ewasssr LEGISLATIVE ACTION ™= &' e House Committee Meets t0|™brumier Herrior said he dia not know, | L but would inquire and let the marquis Decide on Procedure for |kuox New Legislation. | The CAPPER-WILLIAMS BILL COVERS ENTIRE FIELD as to Cost of American School in Syria. ¥ the Associated Press. PARIS, January 31.—How muc nited State Beirut and i h the pays for its university at school work in Syria was the question put by the Marquis de la | B t | | | | | \ [ questioner further asked when construction of the French embass Washington would be commenced, ring that the present state of af- fairs was disgraceful. The premier re- plied that it was necessary f - the gov ernment to furnish the present embassy before thinking of building a new one He added that the new Ambassador, M. Daeschner, wouid receive fine French furniture of the antique style for his Washington residenc Beirut s the seat of the Syrian Prot- estant college founded by the Rev. Dr. Daniel Bliss in 1864, which institution shares with Robert College at Constanti- nople American educational honers in | the Levant RELIEF TEAM NEARS NOME WITH SERUM Dog Sled Expetted to Arrive at 1 0’Clock With 300,000 Units of Antitoxin. May Serve for All Purposes With Some of Disapproved Clauses Eliminated. r. lid KENNEDY. endation the agricultural him, which Wednesday, legislation BY WIL President ¢ that the conference called by re be at| is meeting | was made liest possible date” prompt Congress. | agricu mittee of the | e met today to discuss what it | proposes to do,—whether to draft one | ehensive piece of legislation | covering all the recommendations | made in the report, or to have several | bills covering particular phases. will be reached here should be joint House and Senate on suitable a response in t tural ¢ T [ cisi also as whether tngs mittees Hearings are to start Monday with|py tne 4 Ralph P. Merritt, a member of the| President’s confe testitying for | the conference. This ie being done at | the estion of the President, and | t to Mr. Merritt in day at the request of | the President. Robert D. C chairman of conference ad President Coolidge to have Mr ritt called witness aud he wa the unanimous choira of the confer- ence to speak for tucwi. Officia the Depa nt of agriculture members of Congress appreciate that | there is nobody in the country better | to discuss co-operative mar- | as an expert 2 |t s % by the sociated Press e NOME, Alaska, January 31.—Nome, hemmed in by snow-dressed peaks|s and deeply covered trails, expected|i to be saved today from the inroads |t of a diphtheria epidemic by one of |y her own townsmen, Leonard Seppalla, | hampion dog-team driver. | eppalla, riding behind a picked team of dogs, was making his way over different trails from Kaltag, a | ance of 300 miles, endeavoring to | k his own record on that road,| and set up a new world record for| dog-team travel. He carried 300,000 units of anti-toxin sorely needed here | to continue the fight against diph- ence. su telegram New York veste the t qua keting & was fe Evidence of Sincerity. shing from Kaltag at ety vesterday, Seppalla was riding the 4B | (o bis aeatination, determining to ar- proposed | Five in Nome at 1 o'clock this after- PP hat|Doon, completing a dog team relay 2 ntlof 650 miles from Nenana, a railroad , e Peiaat 78 point, and setting up a new record part of the Presiden S Sy for dog team travel. The anti-toxin strong Indicatlon of sincerity on the| 127 908 team travel Whe antitoxin part of the Chief Executive to see o agricultural re legislation enact Five at the present session of (ongress Tt is certain that if the President lets Congress know that he really wants| this legislation at this session that it will be enacted. It should cultural for pushin farmers’ re the initiative has been solely noted that sutlined ough the islation, th ¢ T h g D persons have died from diph- | cases have been reported, | persons are suspected of having = disease and others have come {In contact with diphtheria patients, it | |was announced today. Although it is known that experts | " 7, 2ol o0, today. have been worki for the House|control the epidemic when committee on agriculture PrepaTatory |gprives to drafting such rellef measures as| are compassed in the report of thej conference, Chairman | Haugen of the committee denies that| about to introduce a bill, sa ‘Pub“c “the committee, after h&nr—‘ ¥ m . n expects to the serum | a = USE OF PLANE BANNED. S | | [ Health Service Rushes Added Supplies by Boat. | By the Assoct a desire for the earliest | action there is no need of waiting for a new bill to be drafted, those who are most eager for prompt and thorough cleaning up of the agricultural troubles point out. will probably introduce a com- mittee bill." If there is possible e Press. SEATTLE, Wash., January 31.—The steamship Alameda was prepared to depart loday with 1,100,000 units of 2 | antitoxin for Seward, where it is to| be sent to Nenana. From there the| | serum is to be taken by dog team re-| {lays to Nome. This serum is to sup-| | plement 500,000 units scheduled to ar- {rive in Nome by sleigh today from | | Nenana | Although Roy States Navy |t d, P House Bill Offered. n Within of time conference mentative tgan to former now in Darling, aviator, t United b 2t by local Public Gen. me bill can £ | b and or, ab, a week's adjourn was the 28 when conference the ence od in session its report w representati agriculture, thoughtful b by praced in Bl conference dia | Capper-Williams bill real m h is th conte was senta Will f his origina s & report of the President's was made public, Repre- had offered in the House a bill carry out specifically the recom-|sion to take the serum plane to be taken up at once and|of the United States Health | for, In fact, it carriea the| Service declared Surg. Hugh | it was not named by the con-| 1o go forward by dog team The facts are these 1 PRESS GROUP OFFERS AID. was introduced last April. Then soon after the Novem elections Presi- : Will Supply Equipment if U. S. tural conferenc which met in Wash- = v 1 ington \ized. Then, after| Will Use Cruiser and Plane. until January 5. It| "ypw YORK, January 31.—Upon ad- until January| o .” rrom its Nome correspondent 1posed of experts on ! o] ag antitoxin are sorely needed by nain branches of agriculture, and | (40" “gipptherta-stricken city, the their report: “l have great! o hich The Evening Star is a mem- in the personnel of the|yper today offered to furnish all nec- of a very large part| of a trained bacteriologist and they have given|and a million additional units of antl- United States Navy cruiser to the vi-| cinity of Nunivak Island, on the west plane four or five hundred miles to | Nome. The necessary eq and those portions of it Nom The n ary quipment an v upon the President and Congre sl irge upon the President and Congres The alliance proposal was placed and then they wrote their ort on s propoas. ¥ e ws 5 last night by Congressional Delegate 3 There is nothing in the report|pan Sutherland of Alaska, at the sug- of President’s agricultural con- ' | " Under this plan, which the Navy original Capper-Williams bill, but the | ook under adeisemen saks bill went further than the report 5 t. & -oruisen . Made publie. Tepres|#b1y from San Francisco, as no war- = romaie cuePres | ships .are available at points farther Ok S Nunivak Island, it is estimated, could not recommend or which tha con- | Nunivak Island. it is estima i nee did not touch and reintro- to accept as curtailing amendments | (Continued on I’ Column 1.) the omissions the conference thought couple hours of the Arthur B. Williams of Mich- dations of the conference. This! Nome, officials of the branch | snt of the conference, al-|Cummings has ordered all shipments| original Capper-Williams bill | — | dent Coolidge appointed his agricul it session, the confer-| special Dispatch to The Star. made. ThiS | p.¢ 5 baoterlological laboratory as them the President sald In trans-|North American Newspaper Alliance, know that they are laboratory equipment, the study to the entire| toxin, to be rushed, if possible, by a coast of Alaska, and thence by air-| O oy {5 | 8erum could be carried in two suit- e e ot o Oy Teport 2% | sficlally betore the Navy Depurtming fere that was not covered in the | o O ine fllance e et of the Breclasnt's| carTying @ plane might be sent, prob- Bill all that the report | North. The trip to the region of duced it, thus showing his readiness | Possible that this expediti desirable at this time Willinms May Appear. Representative Williams probably will appear before the House com mittee on agriculture soon after Mr Merritt has been heard E who are eager for early a tion are somewhat fearful that if the | chairman of the agricultural commit- tee drafts and introduces another bill, it may complicate the situation and delay action by having two bills pre- sented, both of which deal with the| same subject and attempt to carry out the ame recommendations. Favors Marketing Board. The President's commission reports W favor of Federal co-operative marketing board, the registering of eo-operative associations with such board, standard system of accounting and audit of all such oclations by the board, the pooling of products of la 1 co-operatives or the formation of clearing houses by them and the formation of terminal marketing ex- changes or associations. 1t also provides for the adoption of grades and standards until the same are promulgated according to law, the arbitration of disputes between =hipper and consignee, the formation (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) ‘i By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 31 Attorneys are negotiating a financial settlement between Charles Spencer Chaplin, motion picture comedian, and the 16-year-old bride he married in Mexico last November, says the Los Angeles Times today. Zhe fact that Mrs. Chaplin, for- merly Lita Grey, leading woman for the comedian, had joined members of her family in consulting attorneys became known, according to the Times, upon the arrival here a week ago of Edwin McMurray, San Fran- cisco attorney and uncle of the bride. McMurray today is quoted by the Times as admitting that financial negotiations “‘are in progress,” though declaring that “there is no connec- tion between these negotiations and any contemplated actisn for separa- tion or divorce.” George Beebe, who looked after the legal interests of Mrs. Chap- ACTION TO BE TAKEN Leaders Hold Upper Body Has ommittee announced he would Senate. will legislation unanimous onl | which resulted was legislation mail rates to meet the cost of postal by a vote of 70 to 8, the in postal salaries, « |1dge. and a revision of malil rates in would bring in about $40,000,000 ad- | President the Senate. e the postal pay and ra in that that be | Fairbanks, has been granted permis- | through the President they are making an endeavor to find in the mix-up. COLLAPSE MAY FREE Former By the Associated Press. B. V. Ostroumoff, former manager of the Chinese October while | A physician, who restored him to con- TRAIN BLOWN OFF BRIDGE | ing a flerce gale last night, when a train was blown from the rails while Late advices sald the cars were Jean- ing precariously against the viaduct. |Rift Between Chaplin and Bride Seen; Money Settlement Negotiated, AL PAVAATEBIL STURNED DDWNBY HOUSE COMITTEE Members Vote Unanimously to Reject Measure Passed by the Senate. ON REPORT TUESDAY Usurped Prerogatives in Rev- enue Legislation. The doors of the House were locked against the postal pay bill passed vesterday by the Senate The House ways and m, nittee, meeting today, voted mously to return the measure to the enate, on the ground that revenu sing measures should originate in he House. Chairman Green of the pro- the measure to the A majority vote in the House sufficient to turn back the oday ans com- unani- pose returning be bill. The Hou: ommittee’s recommendation he bill back, decision for the neing reached today. Tuesda hosen in order to assure the pres- | illlv ot o saceion he turn nce of all member Views House leaders on both| ides of the chamber that the Senate n origlnating the bill had usurped FORBES CONVICTED, o Supnorted by ene| Thompson Also Found Guilty = imanimous vete | Of Attempt to Defraud on Hospital Contracts. the unanimous vote were its ways and the full committee today Despite two decisive votes, in which he Senate took position that it not revenue-raising ng increases in the originating in By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 31.—Col. Charl former director of the United | | States Veterans' Bureau, and John W. | | Thompson, wealthy St. Louis and Chi- | contractor found guilts last night of conspiracy to defraud th- Government in contracts for sol- diers' hospitals, The Federal jury took 12 ballots and deliberated five hours. | Defense counsel at once moved for | new trial and indicated that the| <commended by the Post Office De- would be taken, if necessary,| Ttment, particularly In- the Second. {to the United States Supreme Court ’ Hearing the motion for lass rates Senator Moses, Republican, New ! February 4 and sentence was reserved fampshire, in charge of the bill esti- | pending its disposal. The maximum penalty istwo yvears’ wated that it would require an ex- cnditure of about $68,000.000 .an-|imprisonment and*a -$16,000 fine or {either alary increases, Te before the reasure to tl eature of the As finally ation n th t th House Sena hill approved to retu because o by the Senate the bill car- ns for increases tive as of July 1924, as the measure passed last sfon and vetoed by President Cool- o were ies the same provi Rt Imost every owever, are class. The materially less than increases, |, e on was set | ually in increasing salarles and arly Ballots Doubtfal. | The jury interrupted its delibera- | tion after four hours to ask the court | concerning its right to consider overt| the | acts committed beyond the jurisdic- | heard Senators Watson of |tion of the trial court and was in-| ndiana and Moses of New Hampshire | formed that the verdict must be con- | escribe the legislative situation An‘l\nvd 3o acts \\llhln»lht‘ Jurlfidn-flnn; and also received a re- Of the court. The first nine ballots | ort from.them upon the passage by |showed § to 3 for conviction; the Senate yesterday afternoon of |next two, 10 to 2, and the end of | te bill. |10 weeks' testimony and argument Republican |came on the twelfth. 1 nt in the party's | The principal overt act charged was | enate, intimated ! the alleged payment of $5,000 cash to | informed the rlies by Ellas H. Mortimer, chief | ause of the present psecuting witness, here June 20, ive jam in the Senate it is going to Mortimer sald he paid the e difficult, if at all possibie, to get | money as Thompson's agent the legislation program de-| At that time, the Government ided upon when this session con- charged, there existed a conspiracy | ened and which was approved by |between Thompson, Forbes, Morti- | They indicated that | | | itional revenue annually reased rates by the in- Senate Leaders Report. During a conference today The romine: the two Senators, leadership afterwards ecutive legisla- { mer, James W. Black, deceased part- ner of Thompson, and Charles F. Cramer, deceased, former general counsel of the Veterans' Bureau. fraudulently to award veterans' ho: pital contracts to Thompson & Black interests. Mortimer testified that the general plan of the alleged conspiracy was agreed to at a meeting in Washing- ton, June 15, 1922, and the detailed | arrangements made during an official | inspection trip in June and July, 1922, | The indictment grew out of sensa- tional charges of corruption, collu- | sion and loose management in the Veterans' Bureau under Forbes in 1921 and 1922, related by Mortimer before a Senate investigating com- | mittee in 1923 Forbes also is under indictment in Baltimore on charges of conspiracy | to defraud the Government through the sale of surplus supplies from the | Veterans' Bureau storehouse at Per- ryville, Md. RAISULI HELD UNDER | GUARD IN OWN HOME | Riffs Have Captured Tazarut, Spanish Report—Latter Are Watching Developments. ome way out of the congested situa- ion in time to save the more im- i | ortant legislation from being lost | RAIL CHIEF FROM JAIL Chinese Eastern Head, Imprisoned Since October, Victim of Breakdown. HARBIN, Manchuria, 31— January Sastern railway, who has in prison here since last on charges which have not divulged, collapsed yesterday dining. A prison inspector ound him unconscious on the floor. een held een ciousness, urged the necessity of his emoval for treatment. 1 Relatives are appealing to the ninister of justice at Peking in be- alf of Ostroumoff. BELFAST, January 31.—Three per- ons were killed and ten injured dur- | p_ ne Associated Press, | MADRID, January 31—The Riffian tribesmen have captured Tazarut, | viaduct. | ;3 Rajsuli, the bandit leader, is a prisoner in his house, guarded by soldiers of the Shereef, says an of- ficial statement issued today. The | statement declares that Raisuli's po- |sition “has become considerably worse, and he is believed to have been | forced to surrender to those he fought.” The Spanish forces, it is added, are watchfully . awaiting developments, | but have thus far remained neutral, as they have not been affected by the fighting. The statement con- cludes: “When our lines were rectified, Raisull preferred to stay outside our front, and carried on his own account. As for Spain, she can recognize no other natiYe government than that legally constituted at Tetuan and at | the head of which is the khalifa and the grand vizier.” French Plan Pension Boost. PARIS, January 31—The finance committee of the Chamber of Depu- tles, minus one abstaining member, | last evening voted to propose a 70 per cent increase in war pensions, en- tailing an_additional expense to the state of 584,000,000 francs. The organizations representing those wounded in the war were at last reports holding out for an 80 per cent increase, rossing the Owencarrow lin's grandparents for many yvears is the other attorney who has rep- resented the bride and her family in the negotiations to date, says the Times, adding that several conferences already have been held with Chaplin's attorneys. Chaplin himself hds avoided in- terviews ever since his return from Empalme, Mexico, with his bride, and efforts to communicate with him relative to the reported financial settlement negotlations have met with no success. Requests for a personal inter- view with Mrs. Chaplin on the subject were met, according to the Times, with the statement from McMurray that she could only re- peat what he had given out. What part, if any, the antici- pated arrival of an heir to the Chaplin fortune has played or will play in the negotiations was not disclosed, nor was any hint di- ulged of the possible terms of the settiement, 12 X I'M HAPPY To SAY You' GET OFF AT \s 40 Tons of Trash | Sifted Vainly for | Ring Worth $23,000| ated Press | 31 January tons oaded a ready have been shovelful in a diamond ring thrown by accident can. The ring which was property of Mrs. E. A. Shewan had been inadvertently lost in a shuffle of waste paper. Fiftcen n employed to sift ashes. It is believed that the | ring dumped overboard with | refuse loaded ¢ other barge | 5 DEAD, 2 MISSNG N CHCAGD BLAZE for Into the ocean shovelful by effort to find valued at $23,000 an sifted a vain into ash the | Thriling Rescues Save Many | | as Fire Sweeps Swiftly | Through Apartments. | By the Associated Preas CHICAGO, sons January 31.-—Five per- killed and four injured when fire destroyed a four-story, six- t building at Fifty- ninth street and Blackstone avenue early this morning. One other of the approximately 100 in the structpre w missing The identified dead were Hardie, 24, and his 22-yvear-old wife, Olive, Loretta Bryor, 16; Baby Doris Hardie, 19-months-old daughter of the Hardies, and M Dora Jones. Mrs. Elizabeth Bryor, mother of Loretta, still is missing. were teen-apartm Anthony Women Killed in Leap. The women were killed when they leaped from third-story windows. The building was old, dating from World's Fair days and was consumed | Quickly, despite efforts of more than | a score of fire companies summoned | by extra and special alarms. The occupants had no time to dress for| the below-freezing temperature. ‘} University of Chicago students from | nearby fraternity houses aided in rescue and relief work, as did guests | of the adjoining Del Prado Hotel. Many of the apartment house resi- dents were saved by leaps into fire nets, while others crawled to safety over planks thrust into their windows from the hotel. Sparks from the burning building, whipped by a strong wind, ignited several other buildings, one three squares aw but no other serious damage was done. Efforts of the college students and hotel guests in caring for the fire victims prevented a ready check and he firemen said it was possible other bod es might be found when they searched thoroughly the ice-covered debris. MATTINGLY CITED IN RENT CASE PLEA Ordered to Show Cause Why Writ of Mandamus Should Not Be Issued Against Him. Robert E. Mattingly, judge of the| Municipal Court, was cited today by| the District Court of Appeals to show cause next Friday why a writ of! mandamus should not be granted| against him to compel him to enter a judgment evicting Jacob H. Fink from an apartment at 211A Morgan | street northwest. The citation was| issued at the request of Attorney| Louis Ottenberg, representing Mr. Frances F. Peck, the owner of the property. Despite a mandate of the Appellate | Court, he complained, Judge Matting-| Iy declined to reverse a former deci- sion refusing possession to the owner and reiterated his former decision. The owner's right to have the judg- ment under the mandate was violated by Judge Mattingly, it was claimed. The Peck-Fink case is the one in which Justice Robb, epeaking for the Court of Appeals, held that the hous- ing emergency had passed. and there now exists no constitutional basis for the act of Congress extending the life of the Ball rent act. Radio Programs—Page 20 COMMITIEEQLK'S 0. . WELFARE BILL Measure to Abolish Lamond‘ Grade Crossing Also Gets House Backing. committee to-| ble re- The Distriet day formally ordered a favo port the public welfare bill ported from a subcommittee by Rep- resentative E. Keller, Minne- with aniendment making it ctive as of July 1 The committee also vorable report of the ed as urgently triet House on re- Oscar sota an o ordered bill recommend- | necessary by the Dis- providing for a fa-| Commissioners, abolitioh of the grade crossing at Lamond and the extension of Van Buren street through an underpass Both measures were put on the prozram for consideration in the House on the next District day, Feb- ruary 9, with the understanding that | the Lamond crossing bill probably Wil be passed first, as there is no opposition. Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas assured the committee that he would not delay passage of either bill. Four Measures Up. This now makes four listed for consideration on District day in the House, the La-| mond _crossing, pure milk, welfare and Great Falls hyvdroelectric devel-| opment The five-year school building pro- gram was ready to be reported, but owing to the fact that the House was meeting early today, it was decided | to postpone action until the meeting of the committee Wednesday. Representative Ernest W. Gibson of Vermont also called attention to the new traffic bill which he intro- duced yesterday, representing the measures that the House members of the joint traffic committee thought necessary. This also will be taken up at the meeting Wednesday. AVIERICAN ORDERED measures the next 10 LEAVE RUMANIA Teacher in Mission School Given 15 Days to Quit Bucharest. By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, January 31. | —The Rumanian authorities have or- dered the Rev. Daniel Hurley, an American citizen, to leave the coun- try within 15 d No charges are preferred against him. The order is based on a recent law granting the authorities power to order forelgners considered undesirable to quit the country. The law ostensibly was intended to counteract the spread of communist propaganda. Sent From U. §. a Year Ago. Mr. Hurley was sent here from the | United States about a year ago by the Southern Baptist Mission Board as a teacher in the seminary organ- ized in Bucharest by the American board. It is thought possible the orthodox church may have objected to his teachings as likely to create religious differences and threaten the dominance of the orthodox faith. Mr. Hurley appealed to the Ameri- can consul, who requested the au- thorities to revoke the order against | him. I this move is unsuccessful, it is believed that Peter Augustus Jay, the American minister, will make representations to the Rumanian for- eign office. TANK STEAMER DRIFTING. NEW YORK, January 31.—The British tank steamer San Dunston, bound for Southampton from Colon, Canal Zone, lost its propeller last night and was drifting, according to an SOS message received by the independent wireless early today. The position of the vessel was given as “10 miles north of Louisburg, Nova Scotia.” The naval wireless got the position as North Carolina.” The San Dunston left San Pedro, December 20, and after stopping at Colon continued the voyage to Southampton em January & ation operator “off Louisburg, |New York were seriously | hours Cross-Word Puzzle Barred From Mails Lottery who had gained some of relief from word puzzles through the reported action of the Post Office Depart- ment in closing the mails to them. might as well get out their pencils again and join in the devilish fad with renewed flendishness Contrary to reports, the Office Department has not barred cross-word puzzle contests fro the malls,” says a bulletin of the National Vigilance Committee of the Assoclated Advertising Clubs of the World, issued today. “Only where the clement chance is involved and the contests lotterfes, can such action taken,” it was pointed out A particular instance, the com- mittee said, was that of a Rich- mond newspaper, which offered eight pri for correct solutions of a cross-word puzzle, the prize epending upon priority of receipt. "his plan would appear to be gamble, the bulletin stated, since out of 10 correct solutions only 8 could be denominated winners. WORK T0 PROTECT SURPLUS WORKERS All Who Are Cut From Force Placed on Furlough and Will Get Vacancies. Those slight ho eross- hoy Post ¢ become Surplus who are from bureaus of the ment line with D of retrenchm manently lose the ernment service terior Work declared in a statement discussing ing effect r the in employes Interior D the the Gov- of the In- s afternoon, the carry- President’s superfluous depart- ry into the executive Secretary Work of Fed- 1 by the with a re- of one of Th mean ai term connection n the force this department or t year. d, “a wholesale eral emplo; newspapers i cent reduction the bureaus of turnover in th e was 21.3 per ce Secretary Work a us matter of (5] (Continued on Fage 2, Column SNOW-HELD TRAINS | | | with | lution ana Department | | possibl ARRIVING DAY LATE Steamers Held in New York| rouow: for Tardy Passengers—Im- provement in Sight. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, Janua 31.—Belated crack trains from the West, d by heavy snow upstate, were arriv- ing today nearly @ day late To await 40 from Chi- cago, sail for assengers a Mediterrancan voyage at 1 a.m. today, was held at her pier until 3:45 She sailed with all but four of her scheduled passenger Three persons from Cleveland and one from Chicago did not put in an appearance. The last passenger to embark was F. W. Robinson of B falo, who' came on the Detroiter arrived here early this nworning, than 15 hours late The Wolverine York at 2:3 late While a.m. It more pulled into 5 this morning, New 16 hours New England and upstate snow, the greatest trouble in N York City was ice in the lower Hud- son, which hampered ferry service to New Jersey. Upstate steam railroad and elec- tric railway service was getting back on schedule after the most serious interruption in years. City streets and rural highways were blocked with drifts ranging from three to ten feet in depth. The Twentieth Century Limited, from Chicago, was more than late. Today's Twentieth Cen- tury was expected to be only one or two hours late. The Pennsylvania ailroad likewise expected to improve s schedule, BREVITIES EDITOR BIVEN SIX YEARS | Must Pay Fine of $6,000 Also in Mail Fraud—Company Assessed $11,000. By the Associated Preas. NEW YORK, January 31.—Stephen G. Clow, editor of Broadway Brevities, convicted of using the mails to de- fraud, was sentenced today to serve six years and one day in the Atlanta penitentiary. He was fined $6,000. Albert S. Brown, an advertising solicitor for the periodical, was sen- tenced to two years. The Brevities Corporation was fined $11,000. Nat Kunnes, another solicitor, was order- ed held in the custody of the United States marshal for one week pending turther investigation. INFLUENZA HITS BRITAIN. LONDON, January 31.— Influenza is causing considerable suffering throughout England and a good many deaths have resulted, although the death rate is not o high as it was a vear ago. However, the deaths in the principal towns last week totaled nearly 200. The epidemic is worse lands, Yorkshire and Lancastershire. Many schools have been closed. | ! | E i the steamship Laconia, due to| €rnment | | | | i | | | i affected by | | have daily in the Mid- | erty | fight DAESCHNER STIRS GREATER HOPE FOR FORMAL DEBT PLAN Talk With President Adds Strength to Rumor Real Offer Will Be Made. DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE DISCARDED AT MEETING Vital Topic Broached at Outset. President Agrees Gratitude Obligation Is Paid. Emile Daeschner, F) the United States, general tone of his statements to President ¥ call to bassador t by tha vesterday, on White House formalities credentials s official at the comply the ’ of presenting least added strength to report, constantly recur- ring since the French debt question came to the front, that he has been specially intrusted by his govern- ment with a proposal that would ad- t his has at vance toward a definite settlement question When he c ed at the White House yesterday the new Ambassador arded the usual practice of ats, who make the ceremony the for mere exchange of am able generalities, and after recalling to the President the historic friend- ship between their two countries, ke pointed to the fact that they had ren- dered each other mutual ‘thus paying to each debt gratitude, just firmly solicitous, when arises, of pa their Responding, the President referred to French aid in the ierican Revo- American participation in the World War, adding: “Thus was paid the debt of gratitude and, as you S0 rightly observe, both governments should experience deep sati: tion in their solicitude that material debts shall also be discharged The fact that M. Daeschner brought up the French debt question at his first meet s with the President, and references ha not been understood here, to “material debts caused much speculation among officials, who endeavored > read between the lines. to discover, if what the French govern- ment at Paris may have in mind. Concluding h visit to the Wh House M Daeschner motored Arlington, where he placed a wrea on the tomb of the Unknown Soldie Later he paid a formal call of cour- tesy on Spanish Ambassador Ria who became dean of the diplomat corps with the retirement of Ambas- sador Jusserand. Text of Address, ng is the text of the ex- of addresses at the White yesterday by President Cool- and the French Ambassador, mile Daeschner. M. Daeschner said I have the honor to place In yo hands the letters by which I am credited to you in the capacity c ambassador extraordinary and plen potentiary of the French Republic “You will find therein, together with fon of the personal greet- the President of the republ further evidence of the ear- concern of France and her gov- in the maintenance and de- velopment of the relations n mate and ancient friendship between our countries that have bee mented by the trials and sacrif once painful and glorious that have jointly undergon the casion a ssistan. their ther they material which e rly change House idge ings to vou, n they Gratitude of France. “France memory the part treasures sincer the magnificent e the American people to which bear testimony the graves of the heroes who near Chateau Thierry and in the Argonne, and the people of an entire region of France, Who, after six years of peace, must still labor in the reconstruction of their homes that were destroyed by the war, bear deep gratitude to the numberless American donors of whose inexhaustible generosity they still evidence. __“History, which often repeats itself in the life of peoples, has demon- strated that France and America have in turn extended to each other, at critical moments in their existence. mutual and efficacious assistance, thus paying to each other their debt of gratigude just as they are firmly solicitous, ‘whenever the case rises of paying their material debts. thes of ort on Restoration of Balance. “But the effort which America and France put forth in the joint de- fense of the principles of liberty and independence, which constitut: the fundamental aspirations of great democratic states, ¢an be continued usefully in the study of the problems on which, together with the mainte- nance of peace, the restoration of the world's financial balance depends. “Daily events show how closely the interests of nations are now inter- dependent. The progress achieved in every branch of science has done away with the distance that sepa- rated them; the world more and more moves toward general collaboration The auspicious beginnings of the plan of financial organization recently put into operation show how valuable and effective is the co-operation of Amer- ica, which my government hopes to see continue, Whether in general mat- ters or in the consideration of ques- tions in which our two countries are exclusively interested. You may be assured that 1 shall spare no effort in carrying to successtul issue, with the assistance you extend to me, the high mission with which I have been intrusted and the great im- portance and honor of which 1 fully rea Address of Coolidg President Coolidge replied “It gives me pleasure to receive your excellency as the representa of the French republic near the Gov- ernment of the United States of America. “I appreciate vour reference to the uninterrupted friendship which has existed between our countries since the birth of the American Nation. The kindly support which was re- ceived in our struggle for independ- ence developed into a permanent friendship, and it was the privilege of millions of young Americans to side by side with the heroic soldiers of France in defense of lib- Thus was paid the debt of gratitude and, as vou so rightly ob- (Continued on Page 4, Column &) v )