Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and continued cold tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness with slowly rising temperature Temperature—Highest, 39, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 21, at 7 a.m. today. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes * Full report on page 12. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28, ¢ 2( 29 Entered as seco) post office, Wa No. k) nd class matter shington, D. C. PLANE T0 REPLACE BATILESH, SIS TELS AR PROBERS Can Defend Shore as No Other Weapon of Future, Admiral Declares. SCORES NAVY POLICIES IN COLORFUL TESTIMONY Against Unified Air Service on Ground That Sea Serviee Must Train Own Men. A were bre e of testimony, in d denunciations of t nolicies of the Navy, wa the House aircraft in- mittee today by Rear sims, U mander o o whié past n before vestigating ¢ iral Willian tired, mer Europe naval war The admira d for aircraft give f N during a determined and submarines, stating that while it is admitted the battlesh the’ backborie the Navy backbone is broken.” He emphat ¥ declared that this Na- tion quately in the air,| 14 prevent fore fleet from ng to its shores and Imposing its He saw in the airplane o ble of a speed of 30 or carrying 50 planes, th weapon of the future, out determined a stand the proposal for a united air pointing out that unless pi- Navy are naval trained educated and live with the | are worthless. | | i he co ny yolicies, D and naval T real he as ainst and nava fleet they Citex Own Career. The tion New for has ble admiral in response to a ques- from Representative Perkins of Jersey, the committee examiner, a statement on his career for the dec ed life in the Nav been argely getting into trou with the principal dignitaries.” At th outset his appearance Ad- miral Sims was granted the unusual privilege of making a statement with- out interruption or questioning by committee members. He produced a newspaper article written two years ago which he declared to be his per- sonal views today on the matter of defense He outlined eight the national defen; (1) Airplane pilots can trained to bemb accuratel as actual experiments have hown (2) rela- tively small bombs < sink a battle- khip, (3) 2,000 bombs did not hit the Ostriesland, but fell alongside, hav- ing a depth charge effect; (4) inno- cent included in explosive bombs will temporagiie-disablea bat- | tles crew, (5) gas bombs or gas‘ attacks in liquid ®form spraved by | airplanes will put a battleship. out of commission without killing a single man, ) deadly torpedoes launched by planes can attack a fleet from any direction, providing the attacking J | | points vital follo: be readily to Aircraft Witness KELLOGG BANS TALK, N FOREIGN ISSUES State Secretary Designate to Await 0ath-Taking—Given Ovation in Senate. Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota, former Senator, former Ambassador and about to become Secretary of State, has clamped the 1id down tight, for the present at least, on discussion of foreign affairs. He told interview- ers today at the New Willard Hotel where he and Mrs® Kellogg are sta ing, he would have nothing to say at this regarding policies, arms conferences or conditions as he had found them in Europe “I have not yet gone over these matters with the President,” said Mr. Ke'logg. “Furthermore, be proper for me to discuss such questions. T have not yet entered upon the office to which I have been appointed.” Mr. Kellogg showed keen interest Latin American and Pa-American time in a was opportinity for the greatest de- velopment in South America. Visits Former Colleagues. During the day he visited the Capi- tol to-seé MIE“Tormer colfeagues 1n the Senate. He left the Senate just two years ago, when he was succeed- ed -by Senator Shipstead, Farmer- Laborite. He was also to be in con- ference during the day with Secre’ it would not | rs, saying that he believed there | Ll WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star. WASHINGTON, TWOEXTRA STANDS ASKED OF GOOLIDGE FOR INAUGURATION Committee Requests Permis- sion to Supply More Seats at White House. | DEMAND FOR PLACES SOON EXHAUSTS SUPPLY Officials Would Double Lafayette Square Stand or Erect Others Next to President’s. Overwhelmed by an incessant stream of men and women seeking seats in the lone public grandstand now being constructed opposite the White House along Lafayette Square, the Wash- ington inaugural committee today asked President Coolidge for per- mission to construct at least one and | possibly two more stands on the | south side of Pennsylvania avenue between Executive avenue and Seven- teenth street, | Wiliam T. Galliher, chairman of the | Washington committee, and David | Lynn, architect of the Capitol and | designer of the big stand that oc- | | cupies the entire east front of the | | legisiative bullding, called to see the | | President this morning. They found | Mr. Coolidge with a full list of pre- | viously arranged engagements and | therefore left their request with one of his secretaries and it will be laid bofore the Executive late this after- | noon. | Although members of the Washing- | ton committee could not discuss the project in advance of President Cool- idge’s decision, it is understood those | in charge have two plans under con- | sideration. One is to double the size | of the stand now under construction | n the north side of Pennsylvania avenue opposite the White House, and the other is to erect two stands on the | opposite side of the thoroughfare, one on either side of the presidential re- viewing stand. Virtually every seat in the present Lafayette Square stand was sold last | night and It was announced that the { few that are left will undoubtedly be gone by this afternoon. In the mean- time men and women seeking seats continue to fill the Gridiron Clubroom | jof the Willerd, where jaugural head- | quarters have been established, and | Iclose to a thousand additional re- quests have already been receive | mail. { | i { | | | | Many Face Disappointment. It will be physically take care of these people in'thenres- ent stand. Its capacity is limited to (Contlnued on Page 2, Column 5.) - | | public ary d by | Amba | zav which clause in the Russian-Japanese agree- | impossible to| ment providing that | publies agrees | Portsmouth D. C, FRIDAY, FEB as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 103,348 RUARY 27, 1 PEKING PROTESTS TOKIO-SOVIET PACT Recognition of Portsmouth Accord Held Violative of China’s Rights. By the Associated Press. PEKING, February 27.—China made today her protest against section of the agreement concluded vesterday between Japan and Rus- sia wherein the Soviet government recognizes the Portsmouth treaty. The Chinese foreign office protest was contained in a note sent Febru- 11 to L. M. Karakhan, Soviet ssador to China, and K. Yoshi- . Japanese Minister at Peking, in China protested against a “The Ugion of Soviet Socialist Re- | that the treaty of of September 15, 1905, shall remain in full force. Protest Bas on New Pact. China's protest is based on an ar- {Famed Pisa Tower Held Menace; May " Be Reinforced Soon By the Associated Press ROME, February The Trit una publishes a dispatch from P! asserting that fear is expressed that the famous leaning tower is in dan- ger of falling. The tower was built between the twelfth and thir- teenth centurles, and from the top leans 14 fect off the perpendicular. For years there dis- cussion as to whether it was thus purposely buiit. or whether the leaning tendency was due to dis- placement of the structure. Alarm for_the stability of the tower in 1907 caused appointment of a spe- cial commis to examine It After a long study the commission concluded that there had bee slight increase in the slant sinc measyrements were taken 150 years previously. The change had developed so uniformly that no im- mediate danger was believed then to exist Measures to strengthen the tower at its base aro being considered. TURKS REPULSE H | | | \ | | | | | | | | been 925 —~ FORTY-EIGHT P AL S LG LS. SEESYEARSHUI PROERAN ASSURED Building Pian Promoted byi $2,631,500 Appropriation, | Officials Declare. The $2,631,500 " fund the public schools in the District leficiency appropriation bill passed the House yesterday afternoon the way for a real start the five-year school building program. The five-year bill was signed yesterday afternoon by President Coolidge. ‘With the $2,631,500 school officials figured that they can ellininate seven of the one-room portables as 14 oversize classes and two u sirable rooms, and put on full- instruction 17 classes now on part tim Meets Other Needs In The deficiency -appropriation also provides for the replacement of the old Brightwood School with a new and modern building in a district which will serve Brightwood and the rapidly expanding residential section Iying between between Fourteenth provided for paves on| | was * TWO CENTS. 84 Lost in Gales Off Iceland, Seven In French Storm By the Associated Press. HULL, England Eighty-four men have been lost in the which have swept the fishing grounds during four days. Fourtcen men went down the Hull steam trawler Scapa 6 Hull fishermen and Ice ers were lost in the fishery ste. er Field Marshal Robertson, news has reached here that the Icelandic steamer Leiferhepar is lost, with 40 hand all Icelanders. | | February believed fierce Icelandic the la e to gales | with Flow, and- m- and ARREBOURG, France, ‘Febru- ary 27.—Seven persons were killed and 15 injured here yesterday when the workshop in which they were employed crushed by wall blown over by a high wind ; ‘ | SPEAKER VICTORY CLAIED BY TWO Longworth and Madden - Camps Confident of To- night’s Result. were con- in the Nicholas Although both camps fidently claiming victory speakership contest between Longworth of Ohio and Madden of Illtmols, to the caucus tonight members-elect of the showing any laxity today in efforts to line up the new members arriving in town for the meeting, election of Representative Tilson decided at of Republican House, neither of Connecticut as the Republican floor | was declared by both Long- worth and Madden followers to certain in the event Mr. Longworth given the speakership. i leader Complications Avoided. With the certainty now that no avorite sons” will be nominated at ucus to complicate the ballot- ing, the contest has definitely nar- rowed down to two candidates and willl be decided on the first ballot Possibility _that one two ite sons” might b nated te the situa on the was removed when it be- came certain that neither Repr tive Butler of Pennsylvania n Representative Wood of India would be placed in the field Represertative Begg of -Ohio, the : | recting the Longworth campaign, pre- would poll Madden dicted the Ohio candidate close to 140 votes and that would fall short of 100. Representative Britten of Illinois the Madden manager, disputed this with a claim that his candidate was assured of 121 votes. With 234 eligi- ble to attend the caucus, this would be a majority even if all are present, which is improbable Victory for either candidate tonight makes certain his election to the speakership, as the caucus decision Martin B.| enta- | POSTAL PAY BILL EXPECTED T0 GET PRESIDENT'S 0. K. Decision on Increase of Con- gress’ Salaries Still Held in Doubt. CABINET MEMBERS SAY ECONOMY IS FOREMOST See Chance of Deficit Adjustment in Mail Service in Year, But None on Legislative Side. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Postal employes may raise in pas | Members of Congress and the Presi- dent’s cabinet cannot rejoic not yet—for Mr. Coolidge h ap his mind what to do pay increases. Talking with some of the mem of the cabinet after today's meeting, the writer learned that they had not been consulted by the President about | the bill. It had been referred to the Budget Bureau and is back on the President’s desk The Cabinet members who were in- terviewed said that if they had the task to do they would recommend a veto of the bill on the ground of | economy and that the cabinet did not | request” the increa In sending it back vetoed, the President could ig- the provisions relating to In- = in pay for Representatives and tors, leaving it to Congress to repass the legislative appropriation bill over his veto, with the objectionable provision eliminated. rejoice—their in is assured t least sn't made about their m Ser Put Case Up to Congress. This would place the the discretion record were forced, as wou a bill of this kind, the of defeating amendment eliminating the congressional pay § jcreases would be slight. The whole trick, | however, is to defeat such an amend- nt by an oral vote without actual- recording each Senator or Repre- sentative The opinion spondent _ at matter wholly £ and if lin of Ca on | me obtained by this corre- executive quarters s that the President is literally puzzled His cabinet associates think that in view of his general economy program he has no choice but to veto the bill Others have said to him that he ought not intrude on what is strictly a con- gressional matter, though they have conceded that he was well within his rights in objecting to increases in pay for his cabinet Postal Pay Has Chanc The postal pay bill has had hard sledding. All sorts of obstacles have been put in the way of its passage, but now the sure at last has gone through conference and is ready for for the first time sin s of ce the da action by the President Mr. Coolidge !ll(‘le in the Chinese-Russian agree in\en( of May 31, 1924, wherein the| | Soviet government agreed to abrogate | iall treaties prejudicial to Chingse | rights, existing between the czarist| { tary Hughes and the President. Dlanes, n which case mo flect has a| Mr and Mrs. Kellogs, arriving late defense against fleet torpedo attack; | Yesterday afternoon, were met at the (7) a fleet cannot operate without | Station by Secretary Hughes, who ac- | companied them to their hotel. Later that the bill -doesn't quite from a revenue standpoint, of the Treasury in paying the postal employes’ increase, but nearly does. At least the measure is not open to Speaker Cannon, will be binding on | realizes the Republican members, who have a | satisfy, clear majority in the new House. the needs Mr. Longworth, who is the son-in- | for Jaw of the late Theodore Roosevelt, | it and Mr. Madden are both rounding | s have driven down the fle and Sixteenth streets; construction of the new McKinley Technical High School at Second and T streets north- MURDRH REBELS e e o { assembly hall and gymnasium to the FOUR DENIED WRIT suxiliaries and airplans bombs can easily sink or render useless this val- uable arm, (8) anti-aircraft guns aboard battleships never can success- fully ward off air attacks. Improve- ment in the effectiveness of land | anti-craft defense is granted, but the unstable platform of vessels renders the negligible | defense ex Specific into the Admiral Sir superior to all ships. “guns” in the form of planes with ranges of hundreds of miles—guns that “fire” projectiles heavier than battleships and more powerful. He gave example of a naval engage- ment Japanese fleet, as fol- I | fleet’ possesses no has 10 30-knot car- | eding toward Hawalii, | American battleships xample. subject of aircraft | s declared they They carry Going carriers, are an with the The Japanese battleships, but riers and, proce is met by the und the 14-knot-an-hour Lang craft carrier. sWith the Japane fleet’s overwhelming number of planes it would be fortunate if half the American battleships got back to San Francisco,” and Hawaii would be subject to truction without the Japanese carriers coming within | ight of the garrisons This | served to illus- trate, Admiral Sims sald, that no sur- face vessel can escape destruction within the range of enemy forces, and a fleet, no matter how powerful, not operate against a more than fleet example also can- tended carry enemy the Says Report “Not Perkins opinion tly mpressive. the 1 asked the rt Repre witne board w value aireraft battleships in the Navy “With all due respect,” admiral, “I was not seriously pressed.” The Sceret of the Navy had nion on a technical mat- ter that was not of great mulitary value, but it was that the battleshi was the backbone of the fleet. He got his information from the general board and then he turned around and appointed the board to investigate his opinion The not impressed of repe ibma s his spe 1 on the ines and (he im- plied admiral declared that he was by the report on the attack on the battleship Washington. In the report, he said, the statement was made that the ship could be brought back to port, although she had lost speed. A battleship that loses speed might as well go down to the tom,” he_declared. The re- port continued, did not give the distance at which the charges were exploded in an effort determine the effect on the ship.” “Why this confidential I don’t know 1 could any distance and Mitchell would likely to claim a mile because of enthusiasm.” is | i Criticizes Comservatives. Th in fo He nev “military conservatism" short eriticism by the admiral declared this group of officers r gives in until disaster or pub- lic opinion forces recognition of a new military weapon. He said that he has learned from the newspapers that the British are building two mighty ships, the Rodney and the Nelson, the forepart of which is a battleship and the afterpart airplane carriers. “This is half a decision and big advance for the British to make. The big guns on the forepart of the ship are concessions to the spirit of conservatism and are noth- ing but deadweight,” he declared. With an adequate number of sea- ng submarines and an_adequate (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) came they dined at the White House with President and Mrs. Coolldge. Mr. Kellogg's nomination tq be Secretary of State, effective March 4, has already been confirmed by Senate. Greeted by Senafor Borah. One of those with whom Mr. Kel- logg talked during his_visit Capitol was Chairman Borah of the foreign relations committee. During the League of Natlons fight the two had occupied opposing camps, with Senator Borah a leader among the irreconcilables and Senator Kellogg leading the mild reservation Repub- licans More recently Senator Borah has taken an active part in questioning the propriety of the Paris repara tions agreement, which Mr. Kellogg signed. The nature of their talk to- day was not disclosed, but they en- tered the Senate chamber together, apparently on the best of terms, jnst ifter the Senate met. The welcome of the Secretary des- nate to his old Senate haunts soon developed into an ovation. He surrounded by Republicans and Democrats, some of whose faces were new to him, but many of whom were friends of more than a decade. ing hands with two Senatars at a time, while others were slapping him on the back and calling to him across the chamber as they came up, he became the center of a gathering that comprised almost all of those on the floor and temporarily stopped the wheels of legis- lation. When the group broke up Mr. Kellogg 1ccognized Semator Bruce, Democrat, Maryland, engrossed in work at his desk, wid walked the length of the chamber to peak to him. The vis what used to be his favorite lounge along the rear wall and watched the procecdings while he chatted with late arrivals. He remained at the Capitol half an hour. COOLIDGE AGAIN TO TAKE OATH ON FAMILY BIBLE President Expresses:esire to Use Book on Which He Was First Sworn In. When President Coolidge takes the oath of office March 4 the old Cool- ge family Bible, on which the Pres- | dent’s father swore him in the par- lor of the Coolidge homestead in Ver- mont by the light of a kerosene lamp the night that President Harding died, again will be used, - When the matter of the Bible to be used at the coming inauguration was brought up today he said he would like to use again the family RBible. This medium-sized book, which has been in the Coolidge famil$ several generations and which contains the names and date of births of the va- rious members of the family, will be brought to Washington next Tuesday by Col. John Coolidge, the President’s father. Passes D. C. Engineering Bill. The bill amending the act regulat- ing steam engineering in the District of Columbia in conformity with mod- ern developments was passed by the House on the unanimous consent to- day. Radio Programs—Page 38. the | to the| tor then sought | | | IN'SMALLPOX CASE Judge Refuses to Order Free- ing of “Contacts” Who Refused Vaccination. Justice Stafford, after hearing argu- ment of counsel, late this afternoon de- clined to issue writs of habeas corpus asked by four of the “smallpox contacts” who were taken from the Chiropractic Research University and are being held at the detention etation. The court said that the refusal was without prejudice to the renewal of ap- | plication at a later date upon the | | further showing of lack of exposure to | infection from the disease. Dr. Fowler flled in the District Supreme Court an opposition to the request of Dr. Alonzo B. Chatfi@ld, Hattie C. Chatfield, Dr. H. H. Casper and Dr. Blanche De Wolfe to be re- leased from the Detention Hospital, where they are being held for refusing {to be vaccinated after a case of alleged | smallpox had been discovered at the building also used by the Chiropractic Research Unliversity, 1439 L street. Dr. Fowler, through Corporation Counsel Stevens and Assistant Cor- poration Counsel ~Willlams, ~claimed that at least one of the petitioners | came into contact with the patient | and later with the students at the | university and thus was exposed to |the disease. He denied that the case 3 only supposed to be smallpox and | asserted that he made an examination |of the patient and says that she has a “typical” case. Two of the physi- | cians of his department concur in his | diagnosis, the health officer says. | | Asserts He Follows Law. Although there have been no cases | of smallpox growing out of the one at the university building, Dr. Fowler | points out that six cases have been | reported within a few weeks from a house only 50 feet distant, of which two have died. He claims that he is within his legal rights in requiring vaccination and in detaining those who decline to submit to it. U. S. LOAN BILL PASSED. | Belgian Chamber Approves First Reading of Measure, By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, February 27. — The Chamber of, Deputies today approved the first reading of the bill for the negotlation of an American loan. NEW YORK, February 27.—Bank- ers who act as fiscal agents for the Belgian government in the United States sald today that a loan bill now before the Chamber of Deputies prob- ably was designed to give the finance minister blanket authority to nego- tiate for new financing should the need arise. Belgium’'s current finan- cial requirements were satisfied by the flotation of a $50,000,000 bond is- sua here in December, they asserted, and no negotiations for another loan have been undertaken, Japanese agreement equality and justice. €hina’s protest would be timely country had objected to the Portsmouth 1y added that protest from China now does International a view to establishing theSt. Lawrence | government and any third country. the foreign office pro- will not recognize Continuing, test says China such an act of violation of her treaty the Russian- constitutes. Action of the foreign office in circulat- ing the text of notes previousiy sent to with Russia such as representatives of China and Japan was evidently prompted by the Russian Am- bassador's publication this morning of his reply to the Chinese note of Febru- ary 11. Soviet Envoy Issues Denial. 1In a long-involved communication Am- bassador Karnkhan denied that the recognition of the Portsmouth treaty af- fects China's rights or deviation from the Soviet principles of He points out that if that Karakhan_cit treaty 20 years ago. | China’s own recognition of the Port in 1915 s great- arakhan mouth treaty by agreement whereby the life of the treaty w extended. Ambassador not serve any useful and is entirely unwarranted. The Chinese protest was made public v, simuitaneously with the publica- tion by the Japanese legation here of the text of the Ruesian-Japanese agreement. TIME LIMIT TAKEN FROM HARBORS BILL purpose | Coolidge Gets Five-Year Completion Clause Applying to Projects Eliminated. At the request of President Cool- idge, the Senate today struck out of the rivers and harbors bill the {requirement that all authorized projects | be completed within five years. The President let it be understood that this provision was in conflict with the program of the Budget Bureau. The amendment of the Sen- ate commerce committee eliminating it was approved without debate. Authorization for appropriation of $275,000 for survey of the Lawrence River, as requested by the Joint Commission, with waterways project, was rejected, it being explained the appropriation was carried in the second deficiency appropriation bill, now pending. 40 KOREANS DIE IN CLASH WITH JAPANESE TROOPS Men Shot to Death on Malu Border Described by Constabulary as “Malcontents.” By the Assoclated Press. TOKIO, February 27.—According to advices received by the Vernacular Press today from Seoul, 40 Koreans were shot to death in a clash with Japanese constabulary troops on the Malu border. The Koreans were de- seribed as malcontents. A small quan- tity of arms and munitions was cap- tured by the constabulary troops. constitutes a | |Forces Under Sheik Said Driven Out of 2 Towns—Par- tial Mobilization Ordered. | By the Associated Press CONSTANTINOPLE, Februar. — The Anatolian agency here issued a statement today saying the rebelli- ous Kurdish forces had been re- i;.uls\‘d and that Turkish government | troops had recaptured Kharput and | the town of Elaziz, recently taken by the rebels The Turkish operations against the under Sheik Sa in Kurdistan it reported, be directed by n. Ismet Pasha or Kemal Eddin sha. The government has ordered | partial mobilization in Anatolia,! | calling up reservists in the vilayets| podering on the rebel area. A circular issued by the insurgents appeals to the population in the fol- lowing words: “Your caliph awaits you. No Mo- hammedanism is possible without the caliphate. The resent is opposed to religion.” | rebels will, is government The Kurdish rebels are reported to have proclaimed Prince Selim, son of the former Sultan Abdul Hamid, as King of Kurdistan. Prince Selim may be the ‘“caliph” referred to in the circular issued by the insurgents FOREIGN INFLUENCE SEEN. Mosul Oil Question Believed In- volved in Uprising. The Star anid Chicago Daily News PARIS, February 27,—The Kurdish rC, v A beug greatly helped by heavy snowfalls and lack of adequate communications between Angora and Kurdistan, is spreading rapidly, Rebel troops succeeded last Tues- day in occupying two othgr important centers, Malatia, southwest of Khar- put, and Arghana, southeast of the | same place. ' “The Kurdish revolution has a dis- tinct ofl flavor,” said a Frenchman who recently has returned from that reglon. But so far there has been nothing to prove that the rebellion has been engineered by British agents, as the Turks and the French are inclined to believe. In any case it has come at the psychological moment when the Mosul question is about to be brought before the League of Nations. ix See Foreign Influence. The main Turkish argument in claiming the rich oll district is that Mosul ‘is_inhabited mostly. by Kurds who are Mohammedans and are deep- ly attached to Turkey. They do not want to belong to Iraq because they distrust and despise the Arabs. The annexation of Kurdistan to Mesopo- tamia, the Turks, say, would be con- sequently a flagrant breach of the principles of self-determination of nations, of which Great Britain and other members of the League of Na- tions are ardent advocates. The rebellion of the Kurds who live under sAngora's jurisdiction is open denial of the Angora cabinet's state- ments. hence the suspicion that “some foreign hand must be seen in the present uprising.” Strict censorship la | His condition, they said, was improving Macfarland Junior High School. The item for the combined assembly hall and gymnasium for the Macfarland, | it was pointed out, recognizes the contention of school authorities that combination assembly hall and &ym fum is an essential factor in education. School Officials Delighted. Stephen E. Kramer, acting superin- | tendent of schools, said that school | officials are delighted with the epoch making action of Congress and the President in approving the five-year | building program and granting funds | to carry out the first construction in- | stallment. | The attitude of Congress, the Com- s and the Bureau of the been fine,” sald Mr. Kramer. They have shown a fine spirit of co-operation throughout.” Steps will be taken as soon as thé Senate passes the deficiency ap- | propriation bill and the President| signs it to begin carrying out the| five-year program. McKinley Plans Under Way. The plans for the new McKinley are well under way, it was said, while those for the addition of e combi- nation gymnasium and assembly hall to the MacFarland are completed. These plans. wére drawa when the building was first projected. Work on the five-year building program, it was explained, will swamp the municipal architect’s ofifte, and may require outside help. EBERT PASSES CRISIS. By the Associated Press, BERLIN, February Ebert’s physicians expressed the opin- ion this afternoon that he had suc- cessfully passed the crisis of his illness. i 1 27.—President constantly, though slowly, 3 Missing in $250,000 Fire. ST. PAUL, Minn, February More than $250,000 loss was suffered today when fire gutted the Hendricks Buildings, in the business district here. Three persons were unaccounted for—two women and a man. Three persons were rescued. out their tenth terms in the House. For rs, Mr. Longworth was member of the ways and means co mittee. and during this session has been Republican floor leader, while Mr. Madden is chairman of the ap- propriations committee. With Republican lead their determination to exclude from the caucus the dozen members, followed Senator La Foll of W consin in the recent campaign, only one of this group, Representative Sinclair of North Dakota, apparently had any intention of defying the or- ganization edict. He said he would attempt to sit in the caucus regard- reiterating | less of the exclusion order. TOKIO DIET GIVEN EILL ON LANDS HITTING U. S. Measure Provides Citizens of Na- | tions Barring Japanese Ownership Cannot Get Titles in Nippon. By the Assoclated 'ress TOKIO, February ment has submitted long-contemplated land ownership bill. The measure is recipro in principle, forbidding title to nationals the land laws of whose countries ex- clude Japanese from ownership. The bill is an amplification of a dormant law and extends its provi- sions to the external possessions of Japan, MEXICAN MINERS KILLED. Dispatches Fail to Say If Plant or Town Is Burning. MEXICO CITY 27.—The rich mine La an Andres de la Slerra, in the State of Durango, has been destroyed by fire, causing the death of numerous miners, it announced in press dispatches from Durango toda The dispatches are rather confusing as to whether the mining town or the mine is burning. The number of vic- tims is not given, but the message: —The govern- to the diet the February 2 Eight-below-zero weather and a stiff wind hampered firemen. A big brown collie dog, picked up by the pound wagon several days ago. with no tag of identi fication around his neck, will play the leading role im a drama to be enacted at the pound this after- noon, when six or seven persons will assemble there to claim him. The trials” and tribulations of Solomon of old were no more per- plexing .than . the burden Pound- master Walter R. Smith will face as he attempts to determine the collie’s. real master. To make the problem more pe; plexing, the dog is said to be of such an affectionate nature that he has exhibited a friendliness for several men and women who have gone to look him over in the past and lack of adequate communica- tions between the remote Turkish " “(Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) two days. Among the claimants fs Mrs. Elf A Helmick, 3506 Garfleld street, say the authorities have been sending food for numerous destitute families. {Stray Collie, in Pound, Gets Chance To Identify Master at “Trial” Today | wife of Gen. Helmick of the United States Army. who said today she is confident the lost collie is one that was placed in her care February 8, and disappeared from her home several days ago. One of the devices resorted to probably will be to have the various claimants call the collie by the mame of the dog they be- lieve him to be, and observe close- 1y his reaction to each name. The value of this test may be offset, however, by the dog’s desire to be friendly. Under the rules ‘of the Health Department, a stray dog usually is disposed of by sale or in some other manner within 48 hours, if not claimed. This collie, however, was of such refined bearing and became so friendly with the at- tendants at the pound that they have made unusual efforts to locate his real master. who | the same objection as the one he vetoed, which appropriated $60,000,000 vithout showing from what source the funds were to come. It would have had to be borne by the general taxpayers, The new bill provides creases in postal rates, they are approximate, and they provide more revenue than is mated. Mr. Coolidge has been to sign the measure on the ground that within a r a further study of rates will have been made and ad- justments can made to meet any He will, therefore, sign the i various but at in- best may esti- urged be (Copyright, 1825.) BILL BACK FROM BUDGET. resident Confers With Director Lord on Cost of Salary Raise. The legislative appropriation bill |with its provision for increasing | salaries of members of Congress and the cabinet was returned to Presldent | Coolidge today by the Budget Bu- reau and afterward was the subject of a conference between the Presi- !dent and Director Lord br | sented fig to the the {salary Action on the measure by the Presi- | dent is expected within a few days, | but opinion among those close to the |executive remains divided as to whether he will sign or veto the leg- islation APPROVED IN CONGRESS. | & who is E Conference Report Gets 0. K. of Senate and Goes to President. The e of the postal pay and ate increase bill now rests with | President Coolidge, the Senate hav- |ing joined the House in approving | the conference report virtually sub- | stituting the House bill for the meas- | ure, previously twice approved by the Senate. Administration leaders believe the I bill will receive the President's ap- |proval. During the short debate | which preceded the Senate's adoption j of the report yesterday by a vote of 169 to 12 Senator McKellar, Demo- crat, Tennessee, one of the conferees, | told the Senate the President had in- sisted on some of the higher rates |carried in the House bill as com- ared with those in the Senate measure. Bill Is Retroactive. Effective as of January 1 this year, | postal employes would receive an | average salary increase of about $300 | annually under the bill, which by {new postal rates to go into effect | April 15 next would raise about ,sso,oon.lmo of the $68,000,000 required for the pay advances. As a “rider” the bill carries a cor- rupt practices act strictly limiting campaign expenditures of congres- sional candidates as recommended by the Senate campaign fund committee, | Designed to Meet Objections. The postal rate increases carried in the bill are designed to meet the objections which caused the President to veto the straight salary increuse | measure passed at the last session. | The salary provisions are the same as carried in that bill. I While no period of duration is { specified for the rate increases, the | Bil provides for hearings during the 2 j congressional