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WEATHER. (U. 8 Fair tonight; minimum slightly above freezing; partly cloudy, not much temperature. 50, at noon today; lowest, today. Weather Bureau Forecast.) temperature tomorrow, change in Temperature—Highest, 36, at 6 a.m. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered as secol No. 29,529. nd class matter post office, Washington, D. C. . GOL. FECHET GETS MITCHELL'S POST WITH AIR SERVICE Demoted General to Continue to Work for Cause That Brought Removal. SAYS HE IS SATISFIED WITH TURN OF EVENTS New TLeader Rose From Ranks. Saw Service in Spanish and World Wars. The name of Col. James E. Fechet | to the White House today | War Department's choice to | Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, | chief of the Air Service, | public utterances in the air power have kept | Washington on edge for sev-| eral weeks | The nomination of Col. Fechet ng the rank of brigadier general was sent to the Senate by President| Coolidge a short time after he had received the recommendation from £ retary Weeks. Gen. Mitchell will revert to the rank of colonel April the day his ruccessor takes office, but Seeretary Weeks has not yet decided on a new | sssignment for him. Announcement | that he would not be retained in his| present however, had been several days, was sent troversy ove car- on post, known for May Get Post Sought. have been intimations that! Mitchell desired to be assigned service officer on the staff of} he commandant of the Sixth Corps| Area, Chicago. It is believed that he | will be assigned in accordance with | his wishes, although formal orders | to that effect are not expected to be| {ssued until about the time his change in_status occurs. Determination recommend Thera of Secretary Weeks | to Col. Fechet's appoint- ment wae made after complete study | of the military and other records of able officers. The fact that Col the ranks as did Fechet rose from | Gen. Mitchell and that he had extensive service in the| Cavalry and was a graduate of the| service school at Fort Leavenworth fs| believed to have influenced Mr.| Weeks in his final decision | It had been said heretofore that the | change would take place March 26, but Adjt. Gen. Robert C. Davis, on examination of the records, fixed| April 27 as the day on which Gen.| Mitchell accepted his assignment as | assistant chief and the rank of brig-{ adier general, which goes with it. i Mitchell Sees Test. Mitchell was at Langley Field, today to witness anti-aircraft gun demonstrations when the an-| nouncement of his successor was made, but his office gave out a state- | ment prepared by him before his de- | parture. | The question of my reappointment @s assistant chief of the Air Service, Is a small matter.” The statement said “The question of the reorganiza- | of our system of national defense | < a4 very big matter. The people must | decide what our national defense! should be, and to arrive at a conclusion they must know and be told the truth | bout what we have, what we need and | it should be handled. i As s00n as the sound of the cannon | ceased on the western front the | rces of retrogression began to work | our country. This was because our participation in the war had been of | such duration that the old, inefficient, | b aucratic system of handling our | national defense had not yet been en- | tirely eliminated and replaced by new and efficient ystem and personnel, as was the case in the countries of Eu- rope and with us during the Civil War Gen Va., Says Service Different. Aviation either armies is very different or navies in its nomic aspects. ILvery military pfane can be used in time of for some useful undertaking necessarily connected with Every pilot employed in civil tion be used in case of war and per cent efficient, at least in time of peace. Every mechanic; used in civil aviation is 100 per cent | efMcient in time of war. In time| of peace the bulk of the effort and thousht of a nati-n in an aeronautical way may be applied to civil and com- | mercial development of aeronautics,! and this same effort and thought can | be shifted at once to military pur-| poses. There is no reason, for in- stance, why the air forces in time of peace should not be employed in map- ping the country, patrolling the for- ests to prevent forest fires, carrying the mail, eliminating insect pests| from cotton, fruit trees and other| vegetation, and in making an aero- nautical commerclal transportation survey of the country to determine | what can be carried economically and at profit through the air instead of on boats, railroads and by automo- biles, and in working out new com- mercial air routes throughout the world. The Government, for instance, in time of peace, should maintain small perce.tage of its total aerial strength on strictly military duty; the rest could be used on civil work for the greater part of the time assembled for a month or %o vear to perform maneuvers and military training | from eco- air- peace | not | War, avia is 50 Hits 0ld System. | “Armies and navies are no longer capable of enunciating or putting into effect the complete military policy for | 2 country. The voice of the air must | be listened to in all councils with | equal force as is that of the Army and Navy. We are further behind in our arragnements of national defense | in this country, commensurate with our position, strength and wealth, than any other great nation. We are gpending too much money, getting too Mttle for it, have only the most rudi- Rentary plans for the future aAnd no organization capable of carrying them out in their entirety. “Our national defense should be co- ordinated under a single direction with a secretary of the national de- fense, to have undéer him subsecre- taries of air, land and water. There £hould be a councll in connection with this department having in it the Sec- retary of State, Secretary of the Treasury and the subsecretaries of air, land and'water, to recommend the policies of national defense to the President. In this way our policy of Tontinued on Page 3, Column 3.) | servation | speed of 110 miles an hour. Fills Mitchell’s Shoes Army Air Sersice Photo, Underwood Photo. Upper: Licut. Col. James E. Fechet, named today assistant chief of the Air Service. Lower: Brig. Gen. W liam Mitchell, who retirex from the position. GUNS AND PLANES READY FORBATILF Former’s Worth as Defense Against Latter to Be Demonstrated. Uy a Staff Correspondent NGLEY FIELD, Hampton, Va. March 6.—The bombardment and ob- squadron of this fleld are astir today and the entire anti-air- craft batteries at Fort Monroe, Va., are anxiously awaiting the oppor- tunity of firing at targets towed by airplanes this afternoon to demon- strate for members of Congress the defensive worth of anti-aircraft guns. A large delegation from Congress left Washington last night on the new steamer District of Columbla of the Norfolk & Washington Steamboat Co. to see for themselves if the cun- tentions of war pilots of the Coast Artillery, widely divergent, were cor- rect. The former claim that anti- aircraft guns mean nothing to an avi- ator in flight, and the latter declare a great future for the ground de- fense. % Test Will Go Ahead. One member, Representative P. B. O'Sullivan of Connecticut, designated by the House aircraft investigation committee to represent that body at the demonstration, flew down to this field from Washington with Lieut A. J. Williams of the naval air sta- tion at Anacostia This morning the three branches of aviation—pursuit, attack and bom- bardment—worked out a practical problem against a supposed battle- ship on the field and on a nearby is- land. Pursuit pla: in command of Maj. Carl Spatz attacked a battleship target, mapped out on the ground and dropped all the bombs with the ob- ject of drawing into the air any enemy pursuit planes and paving the way fdr a squadron of De Haviland at- tack planes, which theoretically wiped off the deck of the imaginary battleship and drove all exposed per- sonnel below. Then came three heavy bombers, carrying smoke bombs, in- stead of live ones, owing to the dan- ger and the large number of witness- es, and the battleship was supposed to have been sunk. To show the effect of a barrage of merial bombs, eight Martin bombers flew over to Plum Tree lIsland close to the field and dropped more than 100 small live bombs which sent up a shower of dirt and smoke and made a thunder- ous noise. Tests This That concluded the demonstration this morning, and beginning at 2:30 this afternoon a Martin bomber, with a sleeve target on the end of a 2,100~ Afternoon. | yard tow line, will fly over a given the entire aircraft Monroe. This to Fort course close batteries at | will be followed by machine guns fir- ing at targets towed by other planes at low altitudes, and tonight, if the weather permits, a searchlight prob- lem of finding planes in flight will be worked out. The weather here today Is far from jdeal. Heavy clouds darken the sky and & high wind blows. While it took the party that came down to Fort Monroe on the steamer more than 12 hours to make the journey, only 55 minutes elapsed between the time The Star's representative took off from Bolling Field this morning and landed at Langley Field. Lieut. Lester J. Maitland, Army Air Service, took off at 8 o'clock, with The Star's representative in the back seat of the De Haviland plane, and flew at an altitude of about 2,000 feet and at a As the plane reached tie Rappahannock | consider ¢ Foenil WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, ICOURT ISSUE GAINS IMPETUS IN EXTRA SESSION OF SENATE Swanson and Wiilis Resolu- tions Follow Coolidge’s Inaugural Plea. OPPOSITION WILL FIGHT PROTRACTED STAY HERE Democrats Said to Be Largely Fa- vorable, But Doubt Republican Readiness Now to Act. that the World Court, and adherence of the United States thereto, will come before the Senate for consideration at the pres- ent special session of the Senate is zrowing stronger Senator Swanson of Virginia, rank- ing Democratic member of the Senate yvesterday introduced and had referred to the foreign relations committee a resolution proposing adhesion of the United States to the World Court in accordance with the conditions lald down by Secretary of State Hughes, the late Pre: ent Harding and by President Coojldge. The Virginia Senator stated on the floor of the Senate he hoped the committee would report favorably and promptly on his resolution. Willix Offers Renolution. The Pepper resolution, which prac- tically sets up a new World Court, on the executive calendar of the Senate. It was reported to the Senate at the last session of Con- gress. Senator Willis of Ohio, Re- publican, offered a resolution almost identical with that of Senator Swan- son as a substitute for the resolution of Senator Pepper. He resubmitted it ye.terday afternoon in executive session of the Senate. What appears likely now is a motion by Senator Willis or by some other Republican Senator favorable The probability to adherence by the United States to| the World Court to take up the Pep- per resolution and the Willis sub- stitute. Such a motion probably would be carried, it is said by Sen- ators who have considered the situ- atlon in the Senate. The Democrats almost to a man might be expected to vote for it. They could not afford to do otherwise politically. On the other hand, a number of the Re- publican Senators would be equally under obligations to vote for it. Some Oppose Raising Issue. The Republican and Democratic leaders, it is sald, are against taking up the World Court matter at this time, and, indeed, many of the Sen- ators are. They want an esrly adjournment of the special session and they realize that if the World Court is to come up they may be here for weeks, and even months. Strong pressure is being brought by church and other organizations for the consideration of the court proposal now. President Coolidge in his inaugural address declared again for adherence to the court by this country. Some of the Senators be- lieve that he would make a favorable impression on the country if he would send to the Senate now a special message urging the Senate to the World Court protocol without further delay. Senator Borah, chairman of the foreign relations committee, has not looked with favor on the World Court resolution. But a motion to take up the court proposal can be adopted by a mere majority vote, although the ratification of the protocol requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate. Oppo- sition to the World Court has been to the effect that it is too closely associated with the League of Na- tions, and that the court is not an effective tribunal. PROTOCOL HAS CHANCE. Few Senators, However, Might Ob- struct Action at Present. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Within the next two weeks that the special session of the Senate is to continue, there will be every oppor- tunity to ratify the proposed protocol whereby the United States would ad. here to the World Court—but the best information available at $he moment is that the Senate will not take ad- vantage of it. Senator Robinson, leader of the Democrats, can assure practically the solid vote of the Democrats, but he says most of the opposition to con- sidering the proposal is coming from administration Senators. 3 President Coolidge stressed' the World Court, and recommended ad- herence when he read his inaugural address. He had a faint hope that the Senate might follow the House, which adopted a resolution favoring American entry into the court. It was passed by more than a two- thirds vote. The House isn't required to act on proposals of this kind, but the resolution was put through by an overwhelming vote simply to indicate public sentiment as reflected in the House of Representatives. Chance of Ratifieation. 1t would require only half the Re- publican side to combine with the Democrats‘in the Senate to ratify the protocol, but that is not the problem. | The Republicans who oppose the World Court can take weeks if nec- essary to talk about it. Most of the senators are anxiolis to go home or ~(Continued on Pagé %, Column 4) " (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) Inauguration of President Coolidge ' In Photographs The President taking the oath of office, the inaugural address, the parade and other features of the March 4 celebration are contained in The Gravure Section of Next Sunday’s Star Order your copy from your newsdealer today. The Sunday Star will be mailed to any point in Maryland or Virginia for 5 cents; in other States, 10 cents. Address Special Circulation Department, The Washington Star. CUBANS JAIL AM | ] i | | | i BY GEORGE C. BRIG! Br Cable to The Star and Chicage Daily News i HAVANA, March 6.—Ernest Hil- |liard. American motion picture actor, | has just emerged from a Cuban prison | He was arrested in Matanzas last “Sunda_\' charged with trying to kiss a Cuban girl in an automobile. The girl made no complaint. The i charge was preferred by two young law- |yers of Matanzas, who were in the | automobile taking part in a gay car- I nival parade. Hilllard was trying to “jazz up” the parade a bit, while a moving picture concern ground out a news reel of the earnival. He jumped on the running board of the machine in which were ftwo senoritas and the lawyers, their escorts. The actor waved his arms and carried om as the Cuban boys do in their woolng of ¢ girls, while the Mardi Gras merrymaking is ress. s i !was stopped and the actor become | the center of an angry demonstration, {He was taken in tow by the police {and locked up i Six Montha at Hard Labor, | Unable to speak Spanish or under- | stand Spanish, he was hailed before |a judge of the ccrrectional court in | chambers without being allowed to | have counsel or an interpreter or even | to communicate with the American consul, James V. Whitfleld. He was sentenced to 130 days at hard labor. For three days the American was [ imprisoned in a foul cell, a prey to vermin, until Americans in Cuba learned of the affair and made such POSTAL EMPLOYES T0 GET BACK PAY 18,000 Washington People Will Receive Fat En- velopes Next Week. | Pay envelopes of persons in the | postal service, totaling about 18,000 {in Washington and 300,000 through- | out the country, will be fattened March 14 by increased pay back to January 1. This will be done, it was announced at the Post Office Department today, in accordance with terms of the postal pay bill recently cigned by President Coolidge, which provides pay increases effective January 1 and mail rate inereases effective April 15. The decision to place in envelopes March 14, the next pay day, not cnly the increase which would be due for the first half of March, but also the Increases which would be due for the months of January and February, was reached only after extended con- ferences of accounting officers at the Post Office Department, and study of the act.' Appropriations for the fiscal year 1926, it was explained by offi- cials, are made avahable by law for expenditure now on these pay In- creases. Majority Share Increases. The majority of the employes, such as clerk mall carriers, etc., postal service, share in the increas those who will not share in it, in- cluding star route contractors, mail messengers and postmasters of second class post offices where the | annual receipts exceed $10,000 a year. The amount of money to be added 13 the payroll of thé city post office here March 14 was not known early today, but officials were calculating and it was thought later some an- nouncement on this would be made. okttt 5 B LAy FALL IS SUBPOENAED. - Called as Witness by United States in Teapot Dome Lease Case. CHEYENNE, Wyo, March 6.—Al- bert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, will be served today at El Paso, Tex., with & suhpoena to appear a5 a witness for Government in the Teapot Dome i’ase annulment trial opening here Monday, It was an- nounced today. in prog- | No sooner had Hilliard been recog- | nized as an American than the machine | of the | ERICAN ACTOR Ernest Hilliard Mimicked Natives' Woding, and Es-it FUR 37 SIREHS i corts of Fair Senoritas Cause Arrest—Country- ! men Save Six Months’ Sentence. representations at the palace tha President Zavas granted a pardon Indignation of the American colon in Havana was stimulated by the dis- covery that directors of the company with which Hilliard came to Havana were approached by a bribe-secker from Matanzas. who declared he could have the court “reverse itself” | tor $1,500. The bribe was refused Victim of Star Chamber. | Investigation has disclosed that the requisite court procedure was not fol- lowed in Hilliard's case. One accused before the correctional court fs by law required to be served with a copy of the complaint, and is entitled to consult with and be represented by counsel. None of this was done.-Only the two complainants were present with the prisoner and judge during the star chamber hearing, The girl not only did against the actor. but statement that she kissed. Thé thing is that young Hilliard is a nice young man who ddesn't go about kissing vounz women without | an introduction, and he feally de- tests prisons and unclean persons and zoats, wh in the lockups of interior Cuba, in spite of the fact that his work for two weeks has required him to prowl | about dungeons of ancient Spanish | fortresses pursuing the lovely her- oine, for in the movies he is a vil- lain of the deepest dye—one of the sort who “never dcae right by our Nell.” Off the lot. however. he respectable, as befits the s tamily of that Robert Hi achieved renown in “A Fool Was." (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Dails News Co.) INAUGURAL GIFTS WILL BE REPAID Contributions to Be Return- ed—Tidy Sum to Be Given to Charity Here. not appear later riade a had not is on of the iard_who There { ] Every dollar patriotic Washing- | tonians contributed to the inaugural guarantee fund will be returned, and from present indications there will be a tidy little sum left, probably to be given to charity. Although the auditing committee has.not completed final tabulation of the returns obtained from the sale of reviewing stand sites and from the inaugural concert, held in the Wash- ington auditorium on Wednesday evening, it was announced by persons close to the auditors that Washing- ton's end of the program had more than paid for itself. Perhaps the greatest source of funds was the inaugural concert. De- nied the privilege of holding an offi- cial inaugural ball as a source of rev- enue, and even the sale of all possible sites for reviewing stands, by virtue of the severe limitations placed on the size of the procession, William T. Galliher, chairman of the Washing- ton committee, sought permission to stage tive concert as a last resort. Concert Big Event. Charles S. Crahe was chairman of the committee in charge of the con- cert. His committee orginally had in hand the fireworks program, which was abandoned when the White House insisted upon the strictest simplicity possible. When permission to hold the concert was obtained he and his committee was turned loose en bloc on that project and made it one of the big events of the night. Announcement of the total funds taken in will not be made until Wil- liam E. Mooney, who contracted- for the three public reviewing stands along Lafayette Square and the White House side of Pennsylvania avenue, has returned his report and settled for the rental of the sites. That prob- ably will not be until the first of next week, and a report of the auditing committee will probably follow Wed- nesday. Little evidence remains today to remind Washington. of the inaugu- ration of President Coolidge. A few (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.) Radio Programs—Page 40. been | h one must associate with quite | n Star. 1925—FORTY-SIX PAGES. rMullin Company to Lay Con- crete at Cost of $200,000 as First of New Projects. The big street-paving program au- thorized in the new District appro- | | | priation act was launched today when | | the missioners George Mullin the paving of 1 | concrete at a $200,000. The a ed that street funds were made im- mediately available instead of on July 1. Anticipating this provision, the Engineer Department advertised for bids several weeks ago, so that it was possible to let a contract with- | in a few days after the President had | signed the measure. awarded Co. new streets cost of approximately tal amount of street work to be done { by the District this year, but C. B. |‘Hunt, engineer of highways, was anxious to get started early, so that as much of the paving as possible | would be done during the Spring and Summer. | List of Streets. The list of streets covered day’s contract follow: | Northwest—Klingle street, Tunlaw |Toad to Forty-fifth; Forty-fourth | Klingle to Lowell: Lowell, Forty- | fourth to Forty-fifth; Ordway, Thir- ty-fourth to Wisconsin avenue; Eighth, Florida avenue to Barry place; Forty-second, Fessenden to | Garrison; Rodman, Reno road to | Thirty-fifth: Thirty-fifth, Quebec to | Rodman; Macomb, Wisconsin to Idaho | avenues: Ninth, Decatur to Emerson; | Delafield, Georgia avenue to Ninth: | Emerson, Ninth to ‘Illinois avenue: | Decatur, Georgia avenue to Kansas | avenue; Buchanan, Eighth to Kansas avenue; east side ‘of Sherman Circle | 11linois avenue, Allison to Buchanan | Crittenden, Sherman Circle to Fifth; | in to- Eighth, Hamilton to Ingraham; Sev- enth, Hamilton to Jefferson; Kansas avenue. Buchanan to Sherman Circle; west side of Sherman Circle, and I1- linois avenue, Sherman Circle to Emerson; R street, Thirty-seventh to Thirty-eighth; S, Thirty-seventh to Thirty-eighth; T, Thirty-seventh to Thirty-eighth; Woodley road, Twen- ty-eighth to Twenty-ninth; Twent ninth, Woodley .road to Cathedral avenue; Thirty-third place, Macomb to Woodley road; Cathedral avenue, Clevaland avenue to Thirty-fourth Crittenden street, Eighth to Sherman Cirele: Northeast—Kearney street, Twen- ty-second to Rhode Island avenue Trinidad avenue, Florida avenue to Neal street: Monroe street, Twen- tieth to Twenty-second; Channing street, Lincoln road to Fourth; Third, Bryant to Douglas; Second, Channing to Cromwell terrace. Southeast—Esther place, |avenue to Raleigh street: | Nichols avenue to Fourteenth. Nichols V street, PLANES CRASH IN AIR; PILOTS JUMP SAFELY Callister and Cadet C. A. Lindberg at Kelly Field. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 6— ‘When two Kelly Field planes collided j¥a midair at an elevation of about 4,000 feet today, bofh pilots jumped chutes, landing safely soon after the burning planes, locked wing in wing, | crashed to earth. Second Lieut. C. D. McCallister and.| Cadet C. A. Lindberg of the advanced fiying school of Kelly Field, were the pilots.: With the exception of a few minor scratches, nelther was hurt. This is the first time in history that two pilats have leaped from different ships following a collision and landed ‘without fatal injury. Under the command of First Lieut. T. W. Blackburn, advanced students fiying In a nine-ship pursuit forma- tion, were practicing attack work on a DH-4-B plane, driven by Lieut. R. L. Maughan. ‘Women No Longer “Chattels.” ST. HELIER, Jersey, Channel Is- lands, March 6—The Jersey State's Parliament has passed a new prop- erty act, giving women the same le- gal rights as men. Since feudal days n'.y had been legally termed “chat- tels.” ¥ LA Thie is only a small part of the to- | velopment of the Nation's Capital.” | said Chairman Madden today. Parachutes Save Lieut. C. D. Me. | the | a contract for | | | i “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 | House and Senate during | this subcommittee for as fast as th Yesterday's e papers are printed. Circulation, 120,263 * TWO CENTS. 26 Die in Blast Of Oxygen Tanks; Flesh Scattered By the Associated Press LENINGRAD, March 6.—Twenty- six persons were killed and an un- known number wounded by an explo- sion of oxygen tanks in a building in the center of Leningrad today. The explosion caused a panic in the vicinity and scattered debris and parts of human bodies in every direction. Most of the vic- times were women and children. 0. COMMITTEES LNEAP FORECAST OUSTED SENATORS HELP REPUBLICAN INREORGANIZATIO Moses Elected President Pr1 Tem.—Sanderson and Barry Also Win. FILLING OF COMMITTEES WAITS ON DEMOCRATS Norris of Funk Regarded as Likely| _Head of House Body. ! Strength Assured. While no definite action has been taken, membership and the leader- ship of important committees which | ill handle District affairs in the the next Congress were shaping up today. Representative Frank H. Funk, Re- publican, Illinois, will probably chairman of the subcommittee on trict!appropriations on the House appropriations committee in the next Congress, It is known that Chairman Madden of the appropriations com- mittee has the highest regard for Representative Funk's ability and ine tegrity, and the announcement prob- | ably will be made formally in a few day Tinkham Ranking Member. Representative Charles R. Davis of Minnesota, who h@s been chairman of several years, was defeated for re-clectign. Repre- sentative George Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts is the ranking Repub- lican member on the subcommittee and under the seniority rule would be entitled to the chairmanship if he desires it. Representative Tinkham, however, expects to drop off the Dis- trict subcommittee and accept assign- ment to another subcommittee more in lipe with the interests of his con- stituents. Representative Frank Murphy of Ohio, who substituted for Representa- | tive Tinkham during the latter's ill- ness when the District appropriation with | pill for the fiscal year 1926 was being drafted, probably will remain on the subcommittee, replacing Representa- ppropriation act was so word- | tive Tinkham. This leaves one Republican va- cancy and one Democratic vacancy on the subcommittee. Strong Committee Seen. “The District residents can rest as- sured that a subcommittee will be ap- | pointed which will give them an ab- | solutely square deal and carefully consider the best interests for the de- lecting the chairman of this subcom- mittee special care will be taken to appoint a man whose honor cannot be questioned and who is well trained | | to give constructive attention to the | mittees of the Senate today did not| | committee, it is understood that three | | of the four Senator du Pont of Delaware, Senator | { | | tucky, from the Democratic side, had | moral needs of the District. You will have a good working and honest subcom- mittee in the next Congress. You | may rest assured of that.” Although the committee on com- make public the name appointees to the Senate District new members will be Sackett, Kentucky, and Senator Mc- Kinley, Illinois, from the Republican side. The name of the Senator who will succeed Senator Stanley, Ken- not been learned. Committee Line-Up. With Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas as chairman, the committee | will comprise the following Senators: | { | i | ! i | cans, Jones, Washington; Gooding, Idaho; Weller, Maryland; du Pont, Delaware; Sackett, Kentucky: McKinley, Illinois; King, Utah; Sheppard, Texas; Glass, Virginia, Copeland, New York; Ed- wards, New Jersey, and the Senatof who will fill the vacancy caused by Senator Stanley’s retirement. The three new Republican Senators will occupy the vacancies created by the absence of Senator Ball, Dela- ware, who was the chairman of the committee; Senator Elkins, West Vir- ginia, who is no longer in the Senate, and Senator Edge of New Jersey, who | retires from the Distsict committee. Senator Capper, who has been ap- ;| pointed the new- ehairman, and who has evinced much interest in the Dis- trict schools and other local needs, is expected to sponsor beneficial legis- lation for the National Capital. Official assignments to committees will be given out tomorrow by the committee on committees following a meeting of the Republican caucus, ich has been called for 10 o'clock. S WARREN NOMINATION REPORTED OUT AGAIN G. 0. P. Senators Vote to Have His Appointment Considered ‘in Executive Session. A second favorable report on the nomination of Charles B. Warren of Michigan to be Attorney General was ordered today by the Senate judiciary from the wrecked machines in para-| T ittee: At the same-time Senate Republi- in conference, voted 28 to 11 against consideration of the nomina- tion in open session of the Senate. The proposal for gpen consideration was made by Sendtor Gooding, Re- publican, Idaho, but was opposed gen- erally by administration leaders. It was supported largely by those Wwha opposed confirmation’ and who suc- ceeded in holding up action at the last session. The nomination of Mr. Warren was discussed Dbriefly in the Senate in executive session today. Later it was said that ‘the Senate probably would take it up for consideration when it meets tomorrow. At that time it will be decided whether the debate shall be in open session or be- hind closed doors. Resignations Accepted. The resignation of Lieut. Ignalius L. Guerin of the Navy and that of First Lieut. H. M. Goode of the Marine Corps have been accepted by the Secretary of the Navy. be | “In se- | of the new | Hits Enlargement Groups—Insurgents to Lose Seniority. With the support the they have read out of the party coun cils the Republicans proceeded todas 0 the reorganization of the | Senate Senator Moses New Hampshire was elected President pro tempore | 30 to 36, over Senator Pittman, Demo- | crat, Nevada, the ice of the Demo- | cratic conference. The other officers on the Republi- can slate, George A. Sanderson, sec- retary, and David S. Barry, sergeant- jatarms, then were elected over the | candidates put forward by the Demo- lcrats, and the organization was com- | pleted except for approval of com- | mittee assignments. The committe rostérs were mnot presented because |the Democratic conference had been unablie to complete its assignments and the Republican conference con quently did not act. Four Lose Rank. The four insurgents—La Follette Ladd, Frazier and Brookhart—are to be derrived of their present commit- tee rank under the plan, with Semator Watson of Indiana becoming chair- | man of the interstate commerce com- | mittes in place of Senator Smith | Democrat, South Carolina, and Sen- ‘alm' Stanfield of Oregon succeeding Senator Ladd as chairman of the pub- lic lands committee Under recommendation of their leader, Senator Robimson of Arkan- =as, Senate Democrats decided againw blocking such a reorganization. It will increase by cne the membershiy of each of the half dozen committee. on which the insurgents hold mem- berships, so that in each case an in- surgent can be displaced by an add tional Republican and then reassigne. to the committee as an extra mem ber without seniority rights. The plan to increase the size these committees was attacked | Senator Norris, Republican, Nebras ka, who said they were too large aul- ready. He also criticized the rule ¢ | senlority in committee selection, say- ing that as a result of this propess {“all of the important work of the | Senate rests on a few Senators.” A resolution to authorize the d |crease was adopted, however, with out a record vote. Senator Robinson cratic conference that Democratic Senators should let the Republicar | party “fight out the issue without in terference” over committee a sn- ments “The minority,” he said. “is under no obligation 1o settle disputes of this nature. We should recognize the ght of the administration to organ- {ize the Senate, and unle its ef- forts prove futile, stand by and re- frain from participation in clashes among Republicans concerning com- mittee assignment The Democratic leader non-partisan consideration of for- eign relations, “in order that the strength of our Nation in its dealings with other peoples may be undiminished.” Backs Pines Treaty. Turning to the program of the spe- cial Senate session, Mr. Robinson ad- vocated ratification of the Isle of | Pines treaty with Cuba “without fur- {ther delay,” predicted that the Lau- {sanne treaty with Turkey would pro- voke “prolonged discussion,” and said |it appeared uncertain whether the | special session could decide the | World Court question, although Dem- ocratic Senators “are generally ready to meet and resolve this issue He admonished the Democratic ! Senators against attempting to com- imit the party organization on polit- ical issues without thorough consid- | eratiop in conference. “Lbet me urge upon you the neces- sity for counseling together and for | prudent action and unselfish service, |he said. “After all, these constitute | the best claim of an individual or a political party to recognition. Dif- fer‘en(‘e among us will arise from | tinle to time concerning the merit of { measures and the wisdom of palicies proposed, but if we confer together | with a sincere desire to avoid un- | necessary confusion, we will be le likely to err than if we act sepa- rately. | “Let us combine our efforts to pre- serve the usefulness and the reputa- tion of the great assembly in which we serve.” Slate Is Drawn, Senator Robinson was re-elected party floor leader, and all the officers of the conference were re-elected. They are: Walsh, Montana, vice chairman; Gerry, Rhode Island, whip, and King Utah, secretary. These, along with | Swanson, Virginia; Harrison, Missis- sippi; Simmons, North Carolina; Shep- | pard, Texas: Kendrick, Wyoming; Caraway, Arkansas; Broussard, Lou- | islana; Heflin, Alabama, and Jone: New Mexico, will make up the new | party steering committee The Democratic Benators also adopted a resolution authorizing ap- pointment of one additional member | to the Senate committees of which the | insurgent Republicans now are mem- bers. This action was the result of an agreement with the Republicans. of Senators new by told the Demo | advocated | RS T TS |PUPILS TIED TOGETHER TO RESIST HEAVY GALE By the Absociated Pres DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska, March 6.—Gales of great velocity were sweeping the Aleutian Islands today. Seven houses In Unalaska were roof- less and one launch was torn from | her moorings and tossed about on the waters of Margaret Bay. Children attending the territorial schools here were linked with ropes, like mountain climbers, yesterday, to resist the force of the storm that threatensd to carry them into the sea. Reports are lacking here from ships plying in the transpacific route southbound, but it is certain that the &ale is making navigation dificule