Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 5. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain tonight, probably clearing to- morrow morning; slightly colder to- night; lowest temperature near freez- ing, colder tomorrow 2:30 p.m. yesterday; 7:15 a.m. today. Highest, 52, at lowest, Full report on page 7. 37, at Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Toening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city b tion is delive as fast as the p: lock and the regular e red to Washington homes 2pers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 100, Sunday’s Circulation, 03 107,894 No. 29497, post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D. C. b WAR END 1S GREAT MISSION OFCHURCH, PRELATE ECLARES Tells Conference of World | Delegates to Get Be- hind Movement. DECLARES STRIFE RESTS ON JUNGLE PRINCIPLES ‘Woman Asks National Pride Based Intolerance of Other Nations Be Dropped. on Characterizing war the outcome of e principles of the jungle “Get, Grab and Keep if You Can,” Bishop Michael Bolton Furse of St. Albans, England, placed before representa- tives of 70,000,000 Protestants at the ¥oreign Missions convention in Wash- ington Auditorium today, a whole- hearted appeal for international as- sistance We are in an awful mess in the wor " he said. “Will you come and help us? We can’t get along with out Thix represents one of the broadest appeals from Protestants across the ntic to fellow churchmen on this of the ocean. It was received with warm acclaim by the 5,000 dele sates and guests packing the Wash- nzton Auditorium as you.” Woman Voices Plea. voice from this side of denouncing war and appeal- the acceptance of a Chris- readjustment of international ationships was heard when Mrs mas Nicholson of Detroit, Pres: dent of the Women's Foreign Mis- sionary Society of the Mechodist Episcopal church, took the floor im- mediately after Bishop Furse. War is an anacronism In the life of civilized man,” she sald. “Let us be done with our patronizing atti- tudes; done with the glorification of war or ceadonation of it; let national pride be based not on ‘our country, Tight or wrong,’ but upon ideals of service; let us recognize potentiali- ties of other peoples, understand so- cial, psychological and other causes ©f war, develop thinkers, not fighters, and wage peace under the flag of the Prince of Peace Let child love child and war will cease; Disarm the hearts, for this is peace. High Lights of Session. The plea of Bishop Furse and the practical reply of Mrs. Nicholson were the high lights in this last day session of the convention Bishop Furse went deeply into the uses of war, War is the logical outcome of the principles on which we had bullt our #o-called civilization,” he said. were the principles of the jungle. =ct, grab and keep If you can. Based on the idea that a man's life, or @ nation’s life, consists in the number of things he or it possesses, modern industry and commerce have grown up, and this has been also the basis ©of international relationships. This leads inevitably to war. We were at war before 1914, po- tentially. We are at war today and will continue to be so so long as these ideas dominate men and nation. A Iantic & for anized the At- t Fear Dominant Factor. Fear is the dominant factor of the jungle. Every single member of { 1he jungle is afraid of some other ( J The spirit of getting al. < leads to the fear of losing. The ¥ thing that can cast out fear is perfect love. But love in the .Chris- tian interpretation of love is giving and service. When you are out to serve somebody you cease to be of him The enterprise of missions as I °e it, is to disseminate these ri ideas of the world, of the human soee d of life and fo demonstrate and ffuse this spirit of comon humanity brotherhod. We take our me: 1ot as u superior people confer- benefits, but as fellow human beings asking a favor. And the favor help which other natfons can making the world what God it to This as a fact od’s method Less preaching. less talking—more silence. Because it only a new spirit that can change the world. That is the spirit of the Prince of Peace living in and demonstrated in the lives of men and women. To get this spirit you have g0t to give God a chance of filling You up with it. This is the spirit which we should carry Christ to others. That is what we of England to you in America.” " member. way: e in eans be ik ore teaching. Says Church Can't Stop. Regarding the missicnary service, Mrs. Nicholson stated that the church has started something it cannot stop. The vement,” she said, “is at pivotal, critical, potential stage. 1f it is decided now that frontiers must be fortified, that each nation must work out its own destiny, sur- rounded by the barriers of race prej- udice or national pride, a 1d cannot chieved. There e limited Christ and Rospel must be no bigoted racial distinctions, or narrow patriot- fem tav by the church, for such j« a misinterpretation of w a we be must The church of Christ is on_trial. The church failed to avert the World War, but it is doing Its best to avert ansther. What better method can the church use than the processes of Christian education? Christ held up the child as a model. Why could not there be the promotion £hip, justice and good will among all nations by educating the children ©of the nations? Just remember that only $44,000, 000 was appropriated for a years work to extend the kingdom of the Prince of Peace. And the World War cost approximately $9,000,000 an hour. Five hours of war,would have ex- hausted the entire year's appropria- tion for peace.” ‘anadian Speaks. Application of a Christian theory ©f international relationships to world problems was urged by New- ton W. Rowell, president of the War council of Canada some years ago and now the delegate of Canada to the League of Nations. theory of interna- he said, “involves Agognition of the fundamental unity of our humanity. For nearly a thou- rand years the idea of the unity of our _humanity under the common ~ {Contlnued on Page olumn “They | warless | no partial | Christ's | of friend-| Thinks Beast Is So Dumb It Doesn’t Know Shadow. Predicts Period Like Spring. As soon as the groundhogs at the 200 had scampered back into their dugouts shortly after noon today and Wwere preparing for the inevitable | six weeks of stormy weather that | their shadows had spelled for them la few moments before, a Star re- | porter called up Forecaster Mitchell | at the Weather Bureau to confirm the | bad news “Too bad about the groundhogs and the bad weather, fsn't it, Mr. | Mitchell?” the reporter began | “Oh, is this groundhog's day forecaster asked, “Sure it is. I thought you alrcady knew it. He just saw his shadow." “That's nice. They like the sun, I 1underaunrl, Well, have you got your pencil ready? Here's the forecast for tonight and tomorro o “But, how about the groundhogs?” “What do you want to know about them? Really, I know very little about groundhogs. But I can give you some weather dope if you're ready the “AlL right; but 1 already know just | about what it's going to groundhog just told me. | of wintry weather, y'know “Six weeks of what?" chilling rejoinder. “Of—of—er uncertain meteorogical ondition “Listen, friend, if gny do. The Six weeks came the ground DISTRICT MAY ASK SOME OF SURPLUS T0 SPEND AT ONCE | Commissioners Want to Use | Money Now on Schools and Park Extension Work. hog The District Commissioners an- nounced today they are considering lask(ng Congress to make a part of the city's surplus revenue fund fmme- diately available for school buildings land park extension, instead of wait- ing until the next Congress convenes {in December. The Commissioners made known this intention in the following state- ment: , “The Commissioners are consider- | ing submitting estimates to the di- | rector of the budget fo provide for additional classroom facilities in the | schools and to supplement the funds | provided for use by the National Cap- |ital Park Commission by the 1926 | estimates. These estimates consid- ered for submission at this time will take only a portion of the surplus funds. Consideration of any further | expenditures will go over until the next session of Congress. , It is understood that in asking for a portion of the surplus fund imme- | diately the Commissioners will not raise the question of how this surplus | money of the District is to be matched ! by Federal contribution. | Will Put Off Settlemen | he surplus of District tax money | was accumulated during the years | when the half-and-half method of ap- propriating for the National Capital | was in effect. The impression pre- vailed at the District Building to- day that the Cagmmissioners intend to ilet the question of how the Federal "' pvernment should contribute toward Il the surplus go over until December, when the balance of the surplus not asked for at this time Is to be esti- | mated for. | The bill which recently passed | Congress recognized that the -Di Itrict had in the Treasury a free sur- Dplus of $4.438,000. The new law fur- rlhcr provides that an additional claim of $819,000 is to be allowed the Dis- ’uir-l if the controller determines that | it rightfully belongs to the District. | If this additional claim is allowed, | the total surplus revenues of the Dis- | trict will be approximately $5,257,000. | I Congress appropriates the sur- {plus on the half-and-half plan, which was the ratio provided by law during those years in which the people of | the District accumulated the surplus, the total would be, in round numbers, | $10,500,000. | Amount of Request. It is expected the Commissioners will decide at a board meeting to- morrow how much of the surplus ! should be asked for immediately. It is probable that one of the im- portant school projects to be in- cluded will be the proposed new Mc. Kinley High School, the ground for | which already has been bought at Sec- fond and T streets northeast. It also is reported that the amount to be sought immediately for park extension out of the surplus will be $400,000. Such sum added to the $600,000 provided for parks in the {new District bill would make a to- tal of $1,000,000 available for parks during the next fiscal vear. That a real fire trap exists in the central portion of the Capitol building was impressed upon the House appropriations committee by Burt W. Kennedy, doorkeeper of the House during hearings on the legislative appropriation bill. “For a number of years there has been a very dangerous situa- tion,” Mr. Kennedy explained, “in the room on the fourth floor, the old library space in the Capitol where are stored old bills and surplus documents. It has been desirable for quite a while to remedy that situation but I did not press it during the war period. “Under the law, we have to pre- To Show Contempt| WASHINGTON, D. C.,, MONDAY, Groundhog’s Bad Weather Tip Strikes Forecaster as quum i could predict anything like that 1 eating cream puffs. Why the average aardvark doesn’t know he has a sha ow. Any one who is looking for several varieties of blizzards to set in now because some innocent little woodchuck ventured out of his hole today and found the sun peeping from behind a cloud is very likely to be disappointed right off the bat “The way things look to me at pres- |ent we are in for a spell of weather | breathing of Spring rather than Win- | ter. Of course it may rain a little to- {night and get a little colder tomorrow as the skies clear off, but I expect the fi )f the six weeks mentioned fall far short of Mr. Ground Hog's expectations, if he has any {Charwomen Given 1$2.80 a Year Raise In House Measure of 21 the the re- A pathetic increase in pay 80 per year is made for charwomen serving under architect of the Capitol in legislative appropriation bill ported to the House today. The report of the committee makes it plain that this increase is not given to these women en- gaged in manual labor, who now receive $410 a year, because they need more on which to live, but because it will “facilitate account- ing and deductions on account of the retirement fund.” The total amount $55.80. involved is ‘SCHALL ACCUSED INFUND EXTORTION | M. Johnson Charges Rival Used “Dummy Judge” to Impress Rum Dealers. Sensational charges alleging extor- tion of upward of $75,000 from Min- nesota bootleggers for use in the sen atorial campaign of Representative Thomas D. Schall are made in a pe- tition of contest filed today in the Senate by the defeated opponent, Sen- ator Magnus Johnson, Farmer-Labor. Senator Johnson alleged that the “extortion” was with the “knowledge and consent” of Mr. Schall and that the money was used in the campaign He declared it came from persons in- dicted in Minneapolis and other cities of Minnesota for violation of the liquor laws. The further allegation was made that a “dummy” judge was installed in the Schall campaign headquarters to give credence to promises of “pro- tection” and “immunity.’ Charges Expenses Heavy, Further, Senator Johnson alleged that “large sums of mone of the amount allowed by law expended “by and in behalf of the election of Thomas D. Schall,” and that large sums of money also were were aid and support of numerous persons in Minnesota “in the publication and publications.” The Farmer-Labor Senator also de- clared that on October 9, 1924, at Thief River Falls, Minn., Mr. Schall sald: “Magnus Johnson knows nothing. He is nothing but a damned igno- ramus. The court kicked Magnus Johnson off the board of equity co- operative exchange because he stole the farmers’ money.” At another place in the petition Mr. Schall was quoted as having said that two days before he left Wash- ington & man visited his office “with a highly perfumed cigar and told the congressman he had $25,000 for him if he would work for the World Court in Minnesota.” Mr. Schall is then quoted as saying that Senator Johnson told him he was against the World Court, but that a week or so later there was a newspaper state- ment that Johnson was for the court. “Did the man with the perfumed cigar and the $25.000 see Magnus Johnson?" the petition quotes Mr. Schall as asking his audience at St. Cloud, Minn., on October 18, 1924 Fire Trap Seen in Center of Capitol Where Old Documents Are Stored serve copies of certain papers and documents. The space where we store them is a real fire trap. We ought to have fire proof files in which to keep these documents the same as we do in the document room." Mr. Kennedy explained that plans had been made by the office of the architect of the Capitcl on which it was estimated that it would cost $44,000 to remedy this situation. In reply to the suggestion that these papers might be transferred to the Library of Congress Mr. Kennedy pointed out that’they are working documents ‘for the House which have to be consulted constantly, would have him up here on my desk, | to] " in excess | expended unlawfully in enlisting the | circulation of false and defamatory | §130,000,000 FUND FORU.S. BUILDINGS VOTED BY HOUSE Third of Sum to Be Spent in This City, According to Terms of Measure. |WOULD END RENTING OF FIRETRAPS BY U. S. Madden Defends Proposal as Log- ical Outcome of Budget System. Now Goes to Senate. { | | | | By a vote of 243 to 116, the House | itoday passed the $150,000,000 public| [ buildings bill, one-third of which is| | to be expended in the National Cap-| {ital for housing Federal which are now occupying firetraps. Under suspension of the rules a two- thirds vote was necessary | There were only nine speeches, five in favor of the bill and four in opposi- |non. Those who spoke for the legisla- tion were Representatives Richard N Elliott of Indiuna, chairman of the House committee on_public buildings and grounds, which had the bill in charge; Frank Oliver of New York, Charles Brand of Ohio, Charles Stengel, | Democrat, of New York, and Martin B. Madden of Illinois, chairman of the House appropriations committee | Those who spoke in apposition were | Representative Finis Garrett, Democrat, of Tennessce, the minority leader; Rep- resentative Fritz Lanham, Democrat, of | Texas, a member of the public build- ings committes; Representative O. J | Kvale, Republican, of Minnesota, and Representative Jeff Busby, Democrat, | of Mississippi, 2 member of the public | buildings committee, who wrote the mi- | nority report | 25 Buildings Rented. | Representative Elliott emphasized the fact that irreplacable Government records and lives of many thousands of Government employes are hourly in jeopardy In firetrap buildings in the National Capital. He pointed out that the Department of Agriculture oc pies 45 buildings in Washington, of which are rented. a He also stated that the general ac- |brother of the victim, says counting office has its force distrib- uted in 21 buildings. Chairman Madden of the appropria- tions committee answered the argu- ments of the opposition by saving that this legislation surrenders to the executive branch of the Govern- ment not one iota of the authority jurisdiction of the legislat branch. He explained that each par- ticular pulle bulldings item must be passed upon by Congress. He pointed out that this legislation is the logical development of the budget system. which cuts the “pork barrel” out of the public bufldings bill The measure now goes Senate. ‘STONE AGAIN GETS to the Early Confirmation Expected After Second Favorable Report Is Ordered. Early tion of Attorney General Stone to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme | Court is expected following favorable action today by the Senate judiciary | committee on the nomination. | Without a dissenting vote the com- mittee today for the second time or- dered a favorable report of the nomi- nation of Mr, Stone. A few members sat silent when the vote was taken, but no one raised his voice in dissent, it was said following the meeting. The vote to report was taken after a_considerable dis- cussion, in which the case of Senator Wheeler of Montana was mentioned and the action of the Department of Justcie in seeking to have Senator Wheeler indicted in Washington was | criticized. : Attorney General Stone’s nomination will be reported favorably to the Senate by Senator Sterling of South Dakota, who has charge of the nomination as chairman of a subcommittee to which it wae referred when first sent to the Senate. The nomination of Attorney General Stone probably will be considered in open executive session of the Senate. Both Republicans and Democrats on the judiciary committee expressed the opin- fon that this course will be followed. The rule of the Senate has been to con- sider nominations behind closed doors, almost invariably. Occasionally the nom- ination of a eitting member of the Sen- ate to executive or judicial office has a compliment. But neminations over which there may have been any con- troversy have been considered behind closed doors. Stone nomination should be consid- ered in open session to make the rec- ord complete, since Attorney Gen- eral Stone appeared at & public hear- {ng before the judiciary committee. Senator Walsh of Montana, counsel for Senator Wheeler, has been inter- ested in the inquiry as to why an indictment is being sought in Wash- |ington, and will address the Senate, | probably today, setting forth his posi- | tion in Tegard to that matter and also lin regard to the Attorney General's nomination to be a member of the Supreme bench. Senator Borah of Idaho, chairman of .the Senate com- mittee which last year investigated the charges again Senator Wheeler, probably will speak aleo in the Senate in regard to this matter on a later day. The judiclary committee today de- Clined to hear James A. Ownbey of Colorado, who made charges against Mr. Stone in regard to the handling of his case against the executors of the J. P. Morgan estate. The com- mittee also declined to hear another witness from New York in regard to the same case. The committee took the position that Mr. Ownbey had been heard fully by the subcom- mittee which handled the nomination of the Attorney General, and that there was no need to go Into that case_further. COMMITTEES 0.K. confirmation of the nomina- | the nomination | been handled in open session, largely as | Senators take the position that the! FEBRUARY activities | | ! | | {of persons stood in toggy mud. await- | | | | | | there and get him.” E Bondholders | possibility of the neces 2, 1925 HIRTY-FOUR PAGES. * TWO, CENES. GROUND HOG DAY SEEKS SURGEON TO ENTER CAVE AND SEVER TRAPPED MAN’S LEG Brother of Kentuckian Pinioned Underground by Boulder Offers $500 to Any One Who Will Cut Foot Off to By the Associated Press | LOUISVILLE. Ky., Fehruary 2.—An | offer of $300 to any reputable surR‘e"n; who will crawl through Sand Cave to {Floyd Collins, chloroform the lm-} | prisoned man and amputate his leg was made teday by Homer Collins, a dis- patch to the Louisville Post | Homer Collins, grief stricken and | worn by exposure, led another rescue | party 300 feet into the narrow open- | ling of the cave at 2:30 o'clock this| merning, declaring, “I'm going in After more than | hours of chipping flinty lime- one by the aid of gasoline torches. | several of the party again appeared | at the surface, wet and grimy, ask- ing for more gasoline and lights. five Scores Rendy to Help, Around the mouth of the cave scores ing a call for whatever need might | develop, but unable to do more than | cheer the volunteer rescuers, who, when they reached the outside world MEETNG TOFIX FATE OF CAR LINE May Decide This Week if Alexandria Service Is to Continue. Tts earnings cut almost to the van- hing point by the competition of several bus lines, and without the ary large in- crease in gross earnings, the Wash- | ington-Virginia Railway Co., serving three counties in Virginia and carry ing daily thousands of persons frnm; nearby points in Virginia to Wash- | ington, may go out of existence with- in three months A decision s to whether there is a possibility of reoragnizing the road on a sound financial basis, taking over the present physicai asset. or whether the road will definitely pass out as a medium of transportation in and near Washington will be made this week at a meeting of the bond- holders’ committee. Two courses are open, according to Arthur L. Reynolds, receiver for the company. One is.that the bondholders, seeing ahead a possibility of greatly enlarged gross earnings, will effect a re- organization of the road on the basis of its present physical valuation. The other is complete junking of the road and equipment and abandonment of the line as a carrier between Washington and nearby Virginia. Outlook Not Promising. Mr. Reynolds professed today to be able to see little chance for & large in- crease in the gross earnings of the com- pany. necessary to continue operation. Bus line competition has cut into the revenues of the road so deep that he fears there will be left when the figures | for January are compiled nothing for payment on the two mortgages out- | standing or for interest. The net income ; per month used for paving interest has shown a steady decline, and the heavy snows during January have further en- larged the operating costs. For the present. Mr. Reynolds said the road will be operated as econom- lcally as possible, plans of the opera- tors calling for a reduction in the number of cars used, and the general retrenchment program all along the line in the hope that money may be saved in operating costs. A bond- holders’ committee has been formed with headquarters in Philadelphia and the firm of Day & Zimmer- man, consulting engineers, has been retained to investigate the engineer- ing phases of the road's operation. Mr. Reynolds places a physical valuation on the road as a going or- ganization of about $4,500,000. He sald if the road is junked, a sum in the neighborhood of $700,000 or $800,- 000 might be obtained from the sale of equipment. Bus Permit Denied. Refusal of the state corporation commission at Richmond last week to permit the railway company to operate a bus line added a note of discouragement to the situation, Mr. Reynolds declared. He said an ap- " (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) | the best | was trapped from behind while crawl- | poser, who has before Gov. Release Victim. grabbed boiling ground A big fire roared near the entrance As the rain ceased, cheerless men found little consolation in the weather change, asserting that melting snow and the rain already fallen contniu- ally dripped into the mole-like hole where the imprisoned man lay. Col- lins was able to use his hands, said a special Wispatch to the Louisville Times, and took some food at $ o'clock Body Nearly Blocks Passage. The imprisoned man himself blocks efforts of his rescuers, - He sandwiches coffee and and a cup of returned under- ing toward the entrance of the cave. All efforts to free him must be made by men who work facing him, ham- perad by the small passage which Collfns himself nearly blocks. Nearly half the distance between Collins and the cave entrance is a narrow passage through which res cuers crawl head foremost. Crevices admit only per _Column 7.) ~ NEW SLAYING ADDS TO HERRIN TENSITY Council Will Act on Troop Need Tonight—Policeman Cleared in Killing. By the Associated Press. HERRIN, 1L, February tense after the recent slayings of Glenn Young and Ora Thomas, the situation here was further vesterday when a policeman shot and killed a gunman, who had been seen with anti-Ku Klux Klan leaders, and who wore a hat bearing the name of Sheriff George Galligan, Klan op- Len Small a demand that Williamson County be put under martial law. Rufus Whitson, the policeman, was absolved of blame by a coroner’s jury, which decided he had but done his duty. The gunman, unknown in Her- rin, met death while in a rough-and- tumble fight with Policeman Jim Stephens, who, although wounded in the shoulder by a pistol bullet, dis- dained to use his own pistol. Whitson took advantage of a momentary break lin the holds of the two men to put a bullet through the gunman’s back. Sheriff Galligan said the gunman appeared at the county jail and said he was a government agent with special duties to perform, and that the hat he wore was taken from the jail without permission. In the Ly- mar Hotel, where he was killed, the gunman announced he was there “to raise cain, and am going to do it aplenty.” Before he was accosted by Stephens, the gunman menaced with his pistol all persons In the hotel lobby and dining room The coroner’s jury will continue today its investigation into the shoot- ihin the past (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) 2.—Still| strained | 1L S:PAD GUDES AT CAPIOL ASKED Bill Introduced to End Sys- tem Denounced as Petty Larceny. today introduced a bill free” guide srvice for the Capitel building. This would be under the supervision of a board consisting of the architect of the Capitol, the ser- geant-at-arms and doorkeeper of the nate and the sergeant-at-arms of the House of Representatives. It would be the duty of the proposed guilde service to furnish free guide service to any persons desiring to view the interior of the Capitol building. The Tavlor bill calls for a chief guide. at 'a salary of $1,800, and 10 guides at $1500 a year. Appoint- ments would be made by the board named above. Appointees would be | chosen solely upon the basis of special ualifications which fit them for the | dutiég performed. | Would Ban Charges. | The Taylor Bill specifically provides | that no guide shall make any charge | for his official services nor shall he, in the course of official duty, speak in Ppreise or censor of any person. Any violation of the provisions of this section would be punished by imme- diate dismissal The Taylor bill a prohibits the sale of souvenirs, books or pamphlets in the Capitol building except under certain strict provisions. have the special board prepare an official pamphlet containing historical and descriptive data concerning the Capitol and the works of art therein, copies of which would be kept on sale to the public at cost at the headquar- ters of the guide service, which would be maintained in the rotunda of the Capitol. He would have the guide force on duty at all times during the lic. The appropriations would be dis- persed half and half by the secretary | of the Senate and the clerk of the House. | Present System Hit. | Vigorous attack upon the present | method was made during hearings on the legislative appropriations bill re- ported to the House today when Jo- seph John Rogers, the sergeant-at- arms, and David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, were cross-examined by the committee. Mr. Rogers told the {committee that there was general {complaint against the Capitol guide i service and that 90 per cent of all those who come here and go around with the guides go away dissatis- fied. “People complain that the | Ruides do not take them half through |the Capltol and that they cannot un- derstand them.” Mr. Rogers also explained to the committee the system under which 12 |or more sightseeing concerns bring | tourist parties to the Capitol and then turn them over to the Capitol guldes, who receive 15 cents apiece for each one of those tourists. Service Not Checked. In reply to questions it was empha- sized that there is no check in any way upon the service rendered by these guides or the amount of money they take in fees or tips. Mr. Rogers advocated that action should be taken on a bill introduced by Representative Anderson of Min- nesota, November 20, 1923, to estab- lish a free guide service for the Cap- itol. Representative Taylor said that as a result of thi: the visitors to (Con E New House Office Building Urged On Site Valued at Nearly $8,000,000 Proposal that Congress acquire the entire square west of the present House Office Building, which includes the Congress Hall Hotel and much of which is al- ready owned by the Government, to erect thereon the new House Office Building was made during hearings today on the legislative appropriations bill. David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, when before the commit- tee was questioned regarding the plans to provide 375 additional rooms for members of the House by building an addition in the court in the present House Office Building. Representative Dickinson of Towa said that he would prefer to see another building erected across New Jersey avenue where the old Coast and Geodetic Sur- vey Building now {s and to ex- tend the new bullding, down the hill so that it could be erected to A height of five or six stories without interfering with the sky- line of the Capitol. He explained that that would give the advantage of extra depth with lower ceil- ings on the rooms and that by putting a short tunnel under the Street easy access to the Capitol Building would be provided. ‘When the architect of the Cap- itol was asked what it would cost to acquire that site he said proba- bly upward of $8,000,000. Mem- bers of the appropriations com- mittee complained that the present House Office Building is not prop- erly constructed to meet their needs, especially as the ceilings are too high, and they protested that each member should have at least two small rooms. Radio Programs—Page 18 Representative Taylor of Colorado| to establish | He would | hours the building is open to the pub- | 'BALL CERTAIN RENT LAW OF SOME KIND WILL BE ENACTED Senator Discusses Whaley Bill and Other D, C. Meas- ures With President. COMMISSION EXPECTED TO GET LIFE EXTENDED Street Car Merger, Traffic Legis- lation and Reorganization Keenly Interest Coolidge. Senator Ball of Delaware, man of the Senate District tee, feels certain that there some rent control legislation enacted into law during this short of Congress. He would not whether he expects the Whaley bill to pass, but he did say that whatever measure is finally passed, it will continue the life of the Rent Commission in the District, at least for a temporary period, will bring about the licensing of real estate operators and will attempt to pre- vent pyramiding of realty values here. The Whaley bfll and a number | of other measures directly affecting the welfare of the District were discussed during a conference at the White House today between Pre | dent Coolidge and the Senate Dis | trict committee chairman. The lat- | ter sald afterward that while he did not care to divulge the President's |comments to him regarding any of { this legislation, he had no hesitancy in sayving that the President is keen- {1y interested in the District and anxious to see enacted any legisla- tion looking toward the general b terment and advancement of the Na- tional Capital. Other Bills Discussed. Besides the Whaley rent bill, Sena- | tor Ball took up with the President | the legislation authorizing a merger of the local street car companies, t traffic bill, which is aimed to provide more effective handling of the street traffic in this city, and less important local legislation. The Senator informed the President that if it is possible to get these bills | before the Senate he has no fear of their defeat. His only fear lies in the possibility of their getting caught In | the eleventh-hour jam of Congress. He informed the President that there will bs an execuitve session tonight of the executive committees of the Senate and House District committees | to map out a program of action for the remainder of the session. When asked directly if he thought |the Whaley bill, which was drafted At thé suggestion of President Cool- |idge and which was submitted to | Congress by Richard Whaley, chair- | man of the District Rent Commission, |would pass, Senator Ball replied to the effect that if it didn’t there would {be some other bill proposing to con- trol the situation that would pass | He had no doubt about there being some form of rent-control legislation passed. chair- commit- will be session say rent Will Report Results. Senator Ball said he would commu- nicate the outcome of tonight's joint committee meeting to the President | probably tomorrow. The Senator did say that the President's interest in legislation to control the rent situ- ation here is so great as to cause him to personally throw the weight of his ofice in pushing through this legislation. Harry Wardman, local builder and | real estate operator, saw the Presi- | dent shortly after Senator Ball's con- ference, but he said afterward that it had nothing to do with the local rent ituation. His call was purely per- sonal. he said Representative Snell of New York, chairman of the rules committee of the House, after conferring with the Executive regarding the legislative | program in the House, stated that the Executive is anxious to ses the bill providing for a reorganization of the executive departments passed at this session. Representative Snell sald that the President made it plain to him that he is determined that this bill shall be enacted at this session He was represented as indicating to Repre- sentative Snell that next to farm re- lief legislation, as recommended by the agricultural conference appoint- ed by him, he considers the reorgani- zation bill most important. He inti- mated to Representative Snell that these two bills should be given pri- ority now that the final legislative rush is on and things will be more or less jammed from now until the closing hour of Congress. According to Representative Snell, rent legislation was not touched upon during his talk with the President to- day. The former said the impression on the Hill is that the Executiva is interested in some form of legisiafion looking toward relieving the housing ituation in the Capital. Mr. Snell aid it was his belief that, becauke of a lack of time and the numberless measures awaiting a chance to get {to a vote, he doubted very much if the House will find time for a rent bill. He added, however, that was | just his personal opinion, and that, | hesides, he had given littie attention | to this matter. VOLUNTARY TRACTION | MERGER IS PROPOSED A new street railway merger bill was introduced in the Senate today by Senator Ball of Delaware, chairman of the District Senate committee. The bill merely gives the street railway companies in the District authority to merge or consolidate. It does not seek to bring about a compulsory merger. The bill provides that any or ail of the street railway companies operating in the District be author- ized to merge or consolidate, either by purchase or lease by one company of the stock, securities and property of any other, or by the formation of a new corporation to acquire the properties of companies already in existence. The Public Utilities Com- mission of the District would pass upon the details of the proposed merger. The bill repeals the so-called anti- merger law of 1913, which now pre- vents a meiger of the street railway companies. The bill was referred te the District committee,