Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1925, Page 2

CONGRESS LEADERS PRESS FARM RELIEE Considéring Legislation for Action in Remaining Three Weeks of Session. The problem of working out a farm relief program, to be pressed for action in the remaining three weeks of the session, continued to occupy the. Senate and House agriculture committees today, both having called members of the President’s agricul- tural conference for questioning on the conference recommendations. Chairman Carey of the conference was the first witness on the House committee’s 1ist for the day, while the Senate committee had called William M Jardine to continue his explanation of the conference pro- posals begun yesterday Chairman Haugen of the House committes, who had drafted for com- mittee study today a bill to carry out 1he conterence recommendations with regard to co-operative marketing, continued optimistic as to the chances of getting this feature of the pro- gram through Congress before ad- journment Scnate Members Doubtful. ome members of the Senate com- mittee, however, were trankly doubt- that their committes itself- could reach any ampreement on a farm ald program, and more so that any sub- stantial program could be put through the Senate in the short time remaining. The House, in the meantims, has moved forward spcedily to carry out Part of the conference program by pase- Ing and sending to the Senate the Strong and Purnell bills. The Strong bill, passed vesterday, . wou'd permit national agri- cultural credit organizations to redis- count notes with the Federal intermedi- ate credit banks. - Althcugh designed primarily to aid cattle raisers, its advantages would ex- tend to all farming activities. The Purnell bill. put through at the same time, would increase the amount of Fed- ral aid to agricultural experiment sta- tione. Asks Modification of Act. Mr. Jardine told the Senate committee there should be a- modification of the act which prohibits a carrier dlvulging information regarding - shipments, so that “we would have the legal right to know how many cars of a product are «n route on a given.day to a certain market.” The right of co-operative marketing ociations to pool their products and Joint production “'goes to the heart of the whole problem of orderly marketing,” he said “Fm wondering if your scheme is not & duplication of existing faciljti said Senator McNary, Republican, Oregon. “There is & House bill which would put co-operatives outside the operation of the Sherman and Ciayton acts, and your information exchanze already is found in the Agricultural Department market.” Couldn't the Seoretary of Agri- culture now tell the farmer that he should regulate production in specific commoditles,” asked Chairman Norris, Republican, Nebraska, “I think he would violate the laws,” replied Mr. Jardine. Haugen Bill Acceptable. Chairman Carey of the conference told the House committee that the bilt framed by .Chairman Haugen was acceptable to the conference in all but one provision and that was not “vital” The measure would amend the CappersVolstead act to psrmit co- oparative associations'to organtze and operate both terminal marketing and clearing house agencies without con- filet with the anti-trust laws as long a3 the co-operatives’ membership was made up exclusively of producers, Tt also would create a Fedaral co- | onerative marketing baard, to-be ‘made up of the Secretary of Agriculture and four members appointed by the President, with the advice and con- sant of the Senate. Mr. Carey favor- ed inclusion of the Secretary of Com- merce but said this-was not of prime importence Agencies May Register. Other farming agencies, such as dealers, would be permitted under the bill to register with the Federal board, but would not be granted im- munity to anti-trust laws, as would producers’ organizations. The -bill also would authorize the appropri- ation of $500,000 to assist in starting the work Mr. Casey #ald he belleved the suc- cess of the proposed legislation would depénd to a large extent on the type of men selected to make up the orig- inal memberahip of the board. INAUGURAL PROGRAM SIMPLE, BUT UNIQUE Chairman Galliher Hastening Plans for Inducting President Cool- idge Into Office. With all doubt as to the acope of the inaugural ceremonies on March 4 definitely removed, the Washington committee, under the chairmanship of William T. Galliher, went ahead with its plans for a simple but unique celebration of the formal in-| duction of offica. Mr. President Coolldge iato Galliher is kesping in hach, chief of staff to Maj. Gen. John T. - Hines, grand marshal of the parade. Gen. Rockenbach is gather- ing as rapidly ax possible definite I formation on the number of troop: in and around Washington that will be available for the parade. At- present it seems certain that there will be ut leasc & full brigade of 6500 men. In addition, there will be quiet & number of reserve officers and possibly the picked companies of a number of military organizations. In the meantime both Gen. Rocken- bach and Mr. Galliher are being be- sieged With requests from famous military organizations throughout the country for permission to be repre- sented. in the line of march. ‘The committee on decorations is re- doubling it efforts to have merchants on Pennsylvania avenue ‘“dress up" their places of business for inaugu- ration day. The latest to accept the suggestion is the Post Office Depart- ment,. which notified the inaugural haadquarters today it would meet the wishes of the decorations committee. 14 WOUNDED IN RIOT. Police and Communists Clash at Living Costs Meeting. Dy tha Associated Press. PRAGUE, February 11.—Ten Com- munists and four policemen were wounded during a Communist demon- stration here last night against the high cost of living. p The police, after calling upon the gathering to disperse, were met with a revolver fusillade, to which they replied and then charged. Fifteen ar- rats were made. Two of the wound- ed may dle. To relleve the unemployment sftu- ation in the Irish Free State.public improvements costing $1,250,000° wiil be made. . 12 programs | touch | with the office of Brig. Gen. Rocken- | Indian War Parley | Aims at Reprisal For Brave’s Death By the Associatad Pres ALBUQUERQUE. N. Mex., Feb- ruary 11.—News of a war counell by Navajo Indians in reprisal for the death of a tribesman was awaited beyond the borders of the Red Skin reservation in the New Mexlcan hills early toda Futile attempts have been made to communicate with the trading post nearest the scene of the In- dian camp, where yesterday 100 braves refused to yleld the body of the slain Navajo to a coroner's Jury. : ‘The Indian was shot in a strug- gle with a conatable who sought to arrest him for moving a fence from a homesteader's tract, it was reported. The scene of the trouble 15 about 75 miles from Albuquerque. Hom steaders —were reported arming Yesterda: in preparation for pos- sible eventualities. RENTACT IS HELD AS BLOCK TOLOANS Insurance’ Company, Heavy Investor in District, Quoted as Refusing Further Deals. The New York Life Insurance Co.. a concern which has lent considerable money on local residential property, in a letter today to local Investors refusing requests for two separate loans, one for $500,000 and another | for $30,000, states that after a review of the situation the company, which “heretofore found Washington a very desirable place in which to make mortgage investments,” felt compelled to refuse the loan because of the pending legislation known as the District of Columbia rent act. While several letters were received recently from various large financing companies stating that they were not favorably inclined to lending money in the District If the rent bill' was extended, this is the first instance upon which an outstanding financial institution has taken actlon for that reason. | Company's Letter Quoted. | The letter sent to one of the ap- plicants from the New York Life Insurance Co. reads, as follows, and is signed by Frederick M. Corse, secretary in charge of real estate and mortgage loans: “This application came before the real estate committee today, and 1 was directed to write to you and in- form you that in view of the pend- ing legislation npw before-Congress— Hous bill 11078, Senate bill 3764—known as the District of Columbia rent act, this company feels that it cannot make any further commitments for loans se- cured by mortgagcs on real estate for residential purposes in the Dis- trict of Columbia. “If this bill becomes a law, it will give to the Rent Commission created thereby full inquisitorial and regu- {latory powers over the | rived from such property, and quite put within the power of the sald commission to determine the amount of rent the landlord or owner may exact, Irrespective of whatever v uation may have been placed upon the said land by a mortgage Investor, based and calcuiated upon the prob- able income at the time of making the mortgage. . Cites Modern Method. “As you well know, the modern method of determining the valuation of improved real estate depends largely. upon the estimated income over the period or life of the loan. In the face of such a law it would be impossible for this company to make any such estimate and con: quently 'determine with any degree of security the valuation for Invest- ment purposes. “There are many other features of this bill which we think highly undesirgble, but which I will not at- tempt to eover in this letter, as our primary interest in.the legislation is from the standpoint of a mortgage investor. We have heretofore found Washington a very desirable and saie eity in which to make mortgage invéstments, and we can only hope that this legislation may be defeated and Washington may continue to be, as it has in the past, an outlet of funds for investment 60 MAY BE RELIEVED Reduction in Personnel, Due to Let Up in Work, to Be Ac- complished Soon. Reduction in the personnel of the office of the Treasurer of the United States will be accomplished, begin- jning shortly, it was learned today, | with possibility that about 60 per- sons may be released within the next six months. | Twenty may be let out before long, {it was “sald by Treasurer Frank White, who explained, however, that notice would be given the employes several days fn advance. The reduction will be necessary on account of let up in the work principally of the National Bank Re- demption Agency. Under the policy of the Treasury, mational bank note circulation {s being called in grad- ually, 8o that the work of the Na- tlonal Bank Redemption Agency fs expected to be considerably lessened. Whers possible places are being found in other branches of the Gov- ernment service for those who are dismissed. THREErsUICVIDE VICTIMS BURIED QUIETLY HERE Bodies of Mrs. Frances W. Waters and Two Children Placed in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. The bodies of Mrs. Frances Walker | Waters and her two children. Mary, 16, and Lindsay, 14, were buried yel terday at Fort Lincoln Cemetéry with brief funeral services. Mrs. Waters Killed herself and her two children by asphyxiation at the Briarly A Hall partments late Saturday night. | The funeral Arrangements w. veiled with strict secrecy by Mrs, Waters' gisters, Mrs. James Hay, jr., and Mrs. Samuel Zimmer, and while reports leaked out that the funeral would take place at the old home of Mrs. Waters-at Charlottesville, Va., or at Richmond, decision was reached to inter the bodies at-the local came- tery on Bladensbueg- road. ‘The ceremony, it which Rev. Dr. J. A. H. Bamberger of Epiphany | Episcopal Church” officlated, was wit- nessed by only the two several immediate-relativ. The tragedy resilted from financial worries, -according~to several notes left by the dead woman. Mre. Waters was divorced four yaars ago from Dr. Dorsey Waters, whe resides out ‘of the city. income de- | IN TREASURER’S OFFICE | T RICH POLITICIAN AND SONS JAILED Dr. Samuel B. Molin Accused of Conspiracy to Defraud Insurance Company. By the Associated Prens, LOB ANGELES, February 11.—Dr. |8amuel B. Molin, wealthy Detroit dentlst and politician, and his two sons, Harry and Fred, were arrested on fugitive warrants here today charging them with conspiracy to de- fraud a Detroit insurance company by staging a “fake” diamond burglary. They also are wanted in Detrolt, de- tectives #aid, for questioning concern- ing a $400,000 robbery there. Half an hour after their arrest, the Molins' attorneys wers endeavoring to obtain thelr releage through habeas corpus proceedings. The prisoners remgined booked at the city jail. “These warrants are just s0 much typewritten paper in my life,” Dr. Molin is alleged to have sald. “You'll uting Attorney. Robert M. Toms of Wayne County, Mich., a ed in the arrest and saild he was here to obtain quick extradition of the trio, The Molins said they would fight ex- tradition. The conspiracy charge against the Molins is_based to a large extent on the aMdavit of R. L. Crinnian, allas R. L. Fox, whose sworn state ment alleged Dr. MoMn coerced him into signing an afdavit in Detroit, in which he falsely afirmed that the “fake” diamond burglary was gen- uine. Insurance Plot Charged. Not only did Dr. Molin attempt to collect insurance on diamonds that were not atolen, but he persuaded Crinnian, the latter's statement says, to take out life fnsurance policies for himself and his wife of $10,000 face value each, with & view to col- lecting the policies by “ldentifying’ bodies to be obtained atran under- taking establishment here -as “Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Fox.” Mary Gilbo, a maid employed at the Molin home, also was insured for $10,000, Crinnian told police. Crinnian began to fear for his life aue that of his wife, he said, when the Molins insisted on their eating dinner with them frequently. Each dinner was followed by sickness, he explained. Molln obtained his signature to the false adavit in Detroit, Crinnian‘s statement alleges, by threats of prosecution on a charge of passing worthless checks.. Police announced they planne? make a search here for $200, diamonds said to be missing the reported holdup of a dia solesman in Detroit last year. Tu Molins have four safety deposit boxes here, they sald. FORMER MINISTER IN BERLIN JAILED Hoefle Arrested in Loan of Federal Money to Bar- mat Bros.’ Firm. Ry the Associated Pres 11.—Dr... Anton Hoefle, former minister of posts and jthe Clerical party's member in the | Marx-Stresemann cabinet, was ar. rested today after a cross-examina- tion by the public prosecutor. ‘The arrest was sald to be due’to in- criminating statements made against him by officials of the Barmat Broth. ers, to whom state funds were aileged to have been loaned, and also the suspicion that he was attempting to conceal Ineriminating documents. | Estimated Losses Heavy, A Berlin dispatch last Saturday esti- mated the German government's losses through the advancement of funds on questionable securities by the min- istry of posts, which -Dr. Hoefle headed, at nearly 60,000,000 gold marks. It was a practice dating from pre-war times to make loans of the government's idle funds, thess being negotiated through the Reichsbank, and the government being fully pro- tected. The dispatch addad that it was strongly doubted whether the amounts advanced to the Barmat | Brothers and other financial operators | would be recovered either wholly or {in part The Berlin branch of the Social Democratic Party has passed resolu- tions demanding the exclusion from the party of former Chancellor Gus- tav Adoiph Bauer, owing tcethe alle- gations connecting him with the Barmat affair. The former chancellor last week resigned his seat as Social- ist member of the Relchstag on his party’s demand. GIDDAP! COOLIDGE SAYS; AWAY HORSE GOES IN WHITE HOUSE { (Continued from Firat Page.) ran- horse substitute he now uses is § teed not to glve its rider fever” is not known. Benides the exercise derived from riding his new horse, President Cool- idge s represented as actuslly en- Jjoying this sport. His face {8 always aglow afterward and he never falls to feel Invigorated. May Have Beem ‘Threwn. Recently the President was putting the “steed” through some of his best stuff, when he got mixed in the buttons and the “horse” attempted all his gaits at one time. Whether the Executive was thrown or not dur- ing the following confusion is not known, but it is known that the “animal” needed immediate attention. Veterinarians and _grooms were not sent for, but the White House elec- trician was given & hurry call. The only other exercise the Presi- dent “1a known to take ix walking, but this does not thoroughly satisfy |nim. Because of the heavy task of his office he believes he should go in for more strenuous exercis¢, hence the electric horse. horke in appearance cor- found in all gymnasiums. It had no head or tail. Whilé going through the horse motions, {t does not move about the room. - The President sits in a saddle and puts his feet in stirrups and has reins to hold. 2 -FRENCH FLYER KILLED. Second Plane of Air Mission to Lake Tchad 'Oruhn. By the Assdciated Pres : NIAMEY, French West Africa, Fab- ruary 11.—The second plane of the French afr_mission to Lake -Tchad crashed on _taking off here today and Sergt. VAndaele, the pilot, was killed. Col. Vulllemin, commanding the plare; Capt. Dagneux snd Sergt Knecht were Injured. 5 fof B Lett t lots to Senator Willia: ers for (the United States Semate Charles G. Dawes, Vice President of today. The box which he eleet, MANS NOTEHITS UEDE ATTENPT Steamer Passenger, Believed to Be Richmond Resident, Mysteriously Disappears. Leaving his dated August tend dispose of his remains, a man ieved to be John F. Edwards, sut 80 years of age, of Richmond, a 1 Stewart avenue), dlsappear- ed from his stateroom aboard the Norfolk and Washington stefmer Northland during the trip to Washin, ton last night and Detective Harry Evans today started an investigation of the case, Phillip Montgomery,-head waiter on the Northland, wrapped on the door 58 of the Northland at 9:30 o'clock this morning. He got no response W. E. Taylor, ship's carpenter, opened the door and the room was found empty. Cl ing Found in Stateroom. On the bunk of tha stateroom lay an overcoat, a coat, vest, hat, shoes, col- lar and necktie, a bottle of medicine and beside it a glass of water, with the medicine in it, which lead to the Uieory that the missing man was afficted with heart disease. In his clothes was found a note dated; as stated, last August, in which ho gave a friend instructions for. the burlal, £tating that his money.would be found In the First National Bank chmond. A bank book of the Home Beneficial Association of Richmond, Va. also was found as well as the letter in the vest addressed to John F. Ed- wards at 2001 Stewart avenue, Rich- mond, Va., which led police to be- lleve the missing man was the one to whom the letter was sent. He also registered in that name when taking passage last night at Néttolk. Has Wi w Opencd. A maid on the steamer, Susie Whit- low, was the last person known to have seen Edwards. At his request, the maid said, she opened a window for him at Old Point Comfort, Va., an the boat was going Into the mouth of the Potomac. From that time on nothing was seen of him. WITNESS RECITES STORY OF OFFER OF CLEMENCY FOR SALE (Continued from First Page.) clothes and a note last asking that a bribe of $10,500 for special privileges for several men convicted in the Savannah “rum-ring” exposure. After Riehl and Havden had visited him in Bavannah early in 1824 and had received the $10.500 Haar said he came to Atlanta to serve his term. Sartain told him, he continued, that ho had seen Riehl and the latter had turned over the “packet” to him. The Savannah men would be “taken care of" Sartain stated, Haar testified. Identifiea Canceled Check. On redirect examination District Attorney - Clint W. Hager had the witness identify. a canceled check for $5,000, which the prosecution al leges Mannie Keasier, wealthy New York- bootlegger, xentenced 1o the penitentiary, gave Fletcher and Sar- tain as & “loan.” Fletcher called him to the warden's office and asked if he knew where he could cash the check, the witness testifiad. Haar sald he suggested Graham Baughn, one of the-men con- victed in Savannah, could arrange the matter. Resuming cross-éxamination, D fense Attorney - Willlam - Schley Howard developed that the check was made out to “Frederic 8. Tod- man.” The witeess said he had never known any one of this name. Tells of High-Liniit Poker Games. Haar admittéd that he, Kessler and Baughn had- participated in ‘“poke: games of high limits at the prison. He denied George Remus, Cincinnati, ; known as “king of the bootleggers,” had been a participant in the gam- bling. “DIid4 you and Graham Baughn win the money accounted for in this check from Kessler and didn't Kexsler cash the check to pay his losses?® Howard asked. \ . “No, sir,” Haar replied. know anything about {t” : Howard developed from the witness that Savannah physicians had written P n. officlals relative to the .poor health of Fred Haar, ar., father of the witness, and another of the men con- victed in Savannah. Haar testified erday that he had paid bri money for a “soft job” for his father. -Present Hotel Register. The defense attorney attempted to show that Haar, Baughn, Remus and other Federal prisoncrs summoned by the Government -as'witnesses were being kept in a local hotel during the trial. The cougt Tuled, however, that such testimohy was irrelevant Recorls of & Savannah hotel sho ing that Hayden-and Riehl were re, istered there in March on the date Haar alleged “he paid .them $10,500 and the raflroad tickets from Atlunta te Savanpah. were.entersd by the prosecution. ° 3 “1 dom't H. King of Ut Statex. The connting wa, en whs constructed by the ofici Gathering National one of a series of articles by r of, the t, written' to i obesrvatio _“and to offer pri a1 to the present contest Having decided upon subject, the contestant should go| systematically about the task of | gathering materlal and utilizing it.| | Of course,.the school and public li-| braries should be resorted to. The| encyclopedias will furnish a coneisel working background of info-mation In addition, read one or two Zood and | reasonably brief books through care- | fully. Use the lengthy books mainly | for reference, remembering that an | | an oration Intelligent use of the index will save time and Increase the amount of in-| formation actually retained. As a| practical proposition, it well |u| avold trying to gather too much data | for your oration. You should deter-| mine the particular line along which you are to construct your speech, and not be led aside by extraneous idea even though they may have their appeal. The 10-minute time limit upon the orations makes It Imperative that everything be concentrated upon giv ing a single and vivid fmpression in vour address. Under that rigorous rule of bevity, Linclon rather than Burke, should be vour oratorical model. That is not equivalent to saying that Burke was not one of the greatest of orators, but simply that' his _particular technique if totally unfitted to the specific prob: lem before you. Guard against too many quotations, particularly long ones. When vou quote, give ecredit for the quotation. Your judges will be well informed on the subjects and the chances are that they will recognize almost any quo- tation you use, and if they observe BULDINGS BIL GIVEN TOSENATE Committee Favorably Re-‘ ports Measure for $150,- 000,000 Program. The House bilt providing $150,000, 000 for public buildings in the Dis- | trict of Columbia and throughout the States was ordered favorably report- ed to the Senate today by the Senate committee on public buildings and srounds, The _bill was reported without amendment. Senator Fernald, chair- man of the committee, predicted that the bill would be passed by the Sen- ate and become a law. Of the total sum authorized, $50,- 000,000 is to be expended for public budldings in the District of Columbia. The entire building program is to cover a period of six years. The committee took favorable ac- toin on the bill following a hearing today. at which the aupervising archi- tect of the Treasury, James A. Wat- more; Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Winston and representa- tives of the Ameriean Federation of Labor and the Assoclation ef Archi- tects were heard in favor.of the bill. President Coolidge and the Public Buildings Commission have strongly recommended the expenditure of $50.- 000,000 in the District of Columbia for needed public bulldings here. The bill, which was passed by the House and will now be placed on the Senata calendar, carries this sum for the Na- tional Capital. — APPORTIONS U. S. LOAN. Belgium to Retire Reconstruction Bonds, Help Congo, Protect Franc. BRUSSELS, February 11.—The Bel- &lan government has decided to use half the proceeds of the recent Ameri- can loan of $50,000,000 for the re- tirement of ‘bonds floated to finance the reconstruction of the devastated regions. One-quarter of the amount will be applied to .the improvement of the economic situation in the Bel- glan Congo, and the remaining 25 per cent will be used to protect the Belgian franc in the forelgn exchange markets. " Crew of Four Rescued. LONDON, February 11.—Consider- able alarm _was felt this morning over dispatches to a London news- paper that a big lingr had gone ashore on the Essex coast and was sending up distress flares near Wal- ton. The vessel turned out, however, to be the 100-ton Ketch ~Rossina, which was swamped and sank. A lifehoat from Clacton- her crew ot four. | TRAFFI done héfore a foint ension of C ORATORICAL CONTESTS CHATS Material. BY RANDOLPH LEIGH Director National Oratory Contest Awards Eight school each. prizes of $100 One grand District of Colum- bia award of $300. Seven national 32,000, 31,000, *$500, 350 and $300. awards of $450, 3400, The District representative will automatir- ally receive one of these seven ational awards In addition to the above-mentioned local prizes. ot -Columbia that you failed to give proper credit they will almost certainly discount you heavily, Do not use the most obvious quota- tio At one meeting last Spring 1 heard three out of seven speakers recite the entire opening paragraph to the Constitution. It is unques- tionably masterly English and full of meat, but It is apt to prove a fatal &em If you are the last of a Aumber of =peakers to hold It up for the admiration of the audience. There is another disadvantage in using quotations. The human voice has a peculiar way of betraying its master when he shifts from the utter ancé of fis own thoughts to those of another. Declamation never has the same force and fervor as the expres- sion of individual conviction. Gather your own materials, then, in your own way, shape them in your own language and make up In sin- cerity anything that you may lack in polish. LUNCHROOMS PLAN HEALTH LAW TEST Circular Letter Asks All to Join Association to Take Legal Steps. Steps are being taken here to form an association of lunchroom dealers for taking a test case into court to determine the legality of certain regulations of the Health Department governing such establishments, it be- came known today. Heaith Officer William C. Fowler ald (hat he has received a copy of a circular letter addressed to pro- { prietors of food establishments, in- viting them to attend a meeting for perfecting an organisation. The let- ter set forth that the mesting s to be held in offices in the Insurance Bullding. Fifteenth and I streets, at 2 o'clock Monday. 1t read tn part: “The purpose of the mesting is te organize this association and retain legal counsel to carry a test case to the court, and thereby prove to the tisfaction of the court, i posisble, that such a regulation as that recent- ly issued by the Health Department is unreasonable, and, therefore, con- trary to the spirit of the law, and not enforceable.” Dr. Fowler stated that he did not know of any new regulation govern- Ing eating establishments, but that his inspection force has been carry- ing on its usual work looking to the maintenance of certaln standards of sanitation and the fulfilling of cer- tain requirements in places where food is dispensed. The health officer’ wald he regarded the department's regulations as reasonable. |COMMITTEE OF HOUSE DROPS GOODING BILL Refuses to Report Measure Pro- hibiting Higher Short-Haul Rail Rates. .The House commerce committee today, by a vote ot 11 to 6, declined to report the Gooding bill prohibiting higher rallroad freight rates for short hauls than for long hauls over the ‘same route. The action was taken in an ‘executive session ' Rafiroads ‘and Pacific coast in- terests wers backed up in their ob- Jection to the measure by a majority of the members on the Interstate Commerce Commission. Representa- tives from the inter-mountain coun- try had argued for its adoption. e measure had passed the Senate. C, SCHOOLS AND RENT WILL BE ¢ PRESSED IN HOUSE| (Continued from First Page.) Minnesota called attention that thefe | are thrée important bills—the school building program, the rert bill and the trafic bill. He moved that pro- ceedings on the next District day in the House should start at 11 o'clock and proceed late as necessary. This was amended, fixing (he program as traffic, school and rent. Representa- tive Lampert of Wisconsin sought to get the order reversed, putting the rent: bill first. Measure Net Controversial Representative Rathbone empha- sized that the rent measure is contro- versial, while the trafic bill is not,| and therefore the trafMc bill should be taken up firet, so ar to gat it out of the way. Representative Lampert stated t in his judgment the rent bill in more vital to the people of the District than acything else Representative Charles L. Underhill| of Massachusetts said: “If you take! up the rent proposition you will take ! :p nothing else unless you have e special ruje. 1 think that the lives| and 1imbs of the people are more im- | portant than the amount of money they may have to pay for rents “If the gentlemen behind the bill are pressing for a special rule, I will | support them. The trafic measure is not controversial and should not be delayed.” Ome Day Left. Chairman Reed emphasized there is only one more District day, and called attention to the recognized record made at this session of Congress for putting through much meritorious legislation for the Diatrict. - He sald that he had been in conference with the steering and rules commitieer, and has impressed upon them that the District had really onls had four days on which to pass legislation for a community larger than six or seven Riates of the Union. He said that he found the House leaders in | | armpathy, and that he haa further urged upon them the fact that during the dave. of the war District d. had been re- peatedly used for other business, and [that consequentiy District legisiation } had accumulated. The House loaders pleaded with him. he said. not to insist upon a rule for the rent bill, saying that they were ready to co-operate on a night session, and 2dded- that the chairman of the rules committee said he would help in an effort to get an extra District day. The House leader and members of the steer- ing committes thought this, however, would be an impossibllity “That's the situation,” sald Chair- man Reed, “if the committes can unite on a program we can get some measures through and may get an extension of time.” Wants Trafe First Reprezentative Edward M. Begre of Pennsylvania said that after listen- ng carefully to the hearings and conferences he is convinced that traffio legialation should come first and that the school bill should not be overlooked, as it Ix one of the most importgnt measures effecting the District, Representative Blanton . forcibly called attention of the committee to the fact that if the President really wants the rent bill passed he can do it. “If the President wanted the rent terday under suspension of the ruie he said. He also argued that Senator Ball has prepared a program of six or seven bills to be passed with the rent bill last, showing that he hax scant hope of it being passed. + Representative Lampert’s motion {to put the rent bill first on the pro- &ram for the next District fay was defeated by.a vote of four to six Representative Blanton's motion set- ting the program traffic, achools and rent was unanimously carried. Wil Ask Night Seasion. A motion by Representative Lam- pert and amended by Reprasentative | Blanton then instructed the chairman I'to sue for a special rule to bring up the rent bill at a night session, with debate limited. This was carried. Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, representing the Rock Creek and Potomac Park- | way Commission, consisting of Secretary of the Treasury, War and Agriculture, @rged prompt action on the bill te extend and enlarge the authority given to this Commission for the purchase of land in Rock Creek Valley. He said that the com- mission is now held up as a result of conflicting opinfons by the At- torney General and Controller Gen- eral. Seventeen condemnation cases have been submitted as a result of this work, on which the Government had been engaged for 15 years, and a number of these are now on the upreme Court docket. The Controller General. in confer- ence with the Attorney General, has ruled that~ the commission cannot continua with thess condemnation | cases unti) provision is made for pay- ing the claims when the court has sven its decision. The Senata com- tee is ready to act. There are some 25 or 30 persons with these con- demnation proceedings hanging over them on cases where there has been a cloud on the land for 12 or 15 vears. In the interests of clearing up the work of the commission and saving large suma for the Government, Col. Sherrill urged that this authority for purchase should be extended. He ex- plained that this purchase closes the work of the commission, and ex- piained that $600,000 carried in the District appropriation bill for the Na- tional Parks Commission is for an- other commission, and that Congress had intended that the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Commission should finish the present job, and it would complicate procedure to have it taken over by the National Capltal Park Commission. May Come Up Today. On motion of Representative Ria ton, seconded by Representative Rathbone, & favorable report on this bill was ordered. When the question bill passed he could have done it yes- | the | PROPERTYRETURN DL VIEWS VARY President Sees Difficulties ' in Course Proposed by Borah. BY DAVID LAWRENC President Coolidge sees difficulties in the way returning once property zed from Germans and held since the war. Senator Borah, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, has introduced a bill pro- viding for the return of the properts within 60 days after the passage of the measure. While Mr. Conlidge is not represented as having minutely ex amined the Borah bill. he on the other hand, convinced that certain obstacles will make the immediate return of the German property inad- visabie The situation has been to some ex- tent complicated by the agreement signed at Paris recently with refer- ence to the American share in the pavments under the Dawes plan. The latter does not include as among Germany's assets the property held fn America, but the fear is expressed at the White House that a controvers maParise as to the disposition of the property when once it gets back to German hands. The allies might up a claim to a share In it and in- stead, therefore, of retur the property to its rightful owners has been the traditional po the American Government, the may simply be in effect transferred {10 the allies of at to be Wonla Raise Comtrovemy. Such a step would ratse & versy in other directions. b American citizens who have against Germany amounting $600,000,000 would be joath | German property held here since war turned over to the alliex matisfy the claims of their nationals American claimants have had the idea that the German property was a iort of assurance that they would be Paid out of its procesds if the Germun government dofauited on its pledge to pay American claims. Under the treaty of Berlin, Germany agreed (o | reimburse her nationals for properts {held by America. but Germany is not her own financial master and the a {lies have 3o much to say aboul Ger- man fiscal policy that it might well happen that German citizens would not get their money for properiv seized here. This is a hardship which America_is anxlous to avoid, for the United States has always been proud of the fact that priyate property is respected. War ciaims have been made only against governments and not agal in@ividuals. Delay Opponed To pay American citizens, however. it will be necessary for Congress to appropriate funds or authorize a bond issue, because it is not certain whether the share of the Dawes payments is going to be available in large erough quantities to satisfy Ameri- can claimants. The latter would not be happy to wait 20 years for their share of the Dawes payments 1f Congress, therefore, is . spend $500,000,000 on the one ha and at the same time is asked return to German citizens properiy valued at about $500,000,000 the Ame: - fcan taxpayer is likely to be aroussd over the new interest charges volved. And there fs lfkely to no end of controversy if the Ger man government or the allles pose of the property held here jonce it is raturned What the United an assurance that | will be satisfied, that the property fheld here will go back to it right- ful owners and that the allies will not interfere in the arrangement and insist on a share in the German property returned by America cont fe 23 own ere. when States wants American claims Administered EMclently. All this takes time. Congress has the authority to give back the Ger- MA&n Property tomorrow, but in view of the difficulties, the view of Pr ident Coolidge is likely to prevail and the property continued in trus- teeship until a solution is found. As it Is, the property is not suffering for its being administered efficiently by the office of the alien propert custodian, presided over by (ol Thomas W. Miller. Upward of 50.000 accounts are taken care of, and said to be physically impossibl- llquidate them in three sears alone 60 days, as proposed Also the Supreme Court of United States has under consi tion some important cases involving a vital principle with respect those properties that have been sold at inadequate prices but under emer. gency situations. The court is cx- pected to solve points of this char- acter in the next few months, hut until then Congress would probably not wish to act. The whole thing Wwill g0 over until a new session of Congress, either in the Autumn or December of this year. (Copyright, 1925.) PARIS-BERLIN PVA‘CTV GAINS Trade Agreement May Be Made by End of Week. PARIS, February 11.——The Fran German negotiations looking 10 & new commescial treaty are undersiond to be making headway again. The chief German dalegate, Dr. Tren delenburg. and the French minister of commerce, M. Raynaldy, had a lang conferance last night. and hope is »x- arose regarding whether it would be possible to get this measure passed. Representative Blanton =aid -that the Speaker, he believed, would recognize Chairman Reed to take this bill up today, out of order, and Col. Sherrill was sdvised to see the Speaker and the House leader in order to expedite such action. Col. Sherrill then discussed the bill for creation for a Federal .planning commission. He mald that he recog- nized fully the necessity for having a definite plan which would prevent terrible destruction such as he has witnessed in Washington during the past few years, but that he opposed the bill_as drawn. Wante Body Enlarged. Col. Sherrill agreed with a- sugges- tien by Representative Underhill that the National Park Commission should be enlarged into a National Park and City Commission with axpert ad- visars to absorb the duties proposed in_this measure. _During discussion of this bill, Col. Sherrill explained at length the plans for development of the National Capital and the need for co-ordinat- ing street, zoning; building, survey- ing and other activities to conform with the general plan and he also plained in reply to questions, the divided ownership of land between the Capitol and White House, and along the sits_of the Mall. He was asked to draw a bill covering the government acquisition of the neces sary sites along the Mall which he estimated would cost about $15,000,- 000, after he had. explained the pro- posed development of B street from the Capitol, which would give a beautiful _government thoroughfare from the Capitol to Arlington Na- tional Cemetery across tha proposed mew Arlington Memorial Bridge.- H. W. Peasley gpoke for the Amer- pressed in French circles that it will be possible to recongile the two vie points. It is even believed to be not impos- sible that a definite agreement will be reached at the plenary session to be held at the end of the week. ican Association of eity planning boards Dbill, contending that for planning cltles should be ad- visory to Congress, distinct from the National Capital Park Commission Miss Harlean James, secretary of the American Civic Association, alsn 8poke in support of the pending bl for a commission which, besides tach nical experts, should include lay mem bers following the best practice In city planning to co-ordinate parkway. highway, zoning, and other branches A favorable report was ordered on the Zihlman bill. Representative Gibson of Varmont said that this discussion had again emphasized what had been obvions at previous hearings regarding the need for co-operation of various com- missions and agencies connected with* the government of the District and the development of the National Capi- tal. He sald that he was working with Representative Burton of Ohio and would soon introduce a resolu- tion providing for a comprehensive study looking toward better co-oper- ation. On motion of Representative Zihlman, the committee indorsed this project of Representative Gibson. The committee made specia of business for the next meet bl to enlarge the Public Utilities Commission, which was 16 have heen special order of business today only that Representative Zihiman waived his right. Architects and on the Zihimau the commission