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2 * _ Former Senator Dead THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, [CONGRESS ADVANCES CAPITAL 1925. CAPTOL DESERTED ENFORCE ALL LAWS, 5| SEES RAILMERGER |25 gv vec 7oy |CLAIM RENT LAW AFTERHOT WIND-UP $Benate Fails to Act on I. C. C. Nomination Coolidge Re- submitted to Body. Memorable for its breach with the NVhite House over the Warren nomina- tion, the special session of the Senate, which convened March 4, had passed today after pursuing its the very closing into history turbulent Fours With the Senate’s adjournment sine @ic vesterday Congress has closed its doors until the convening of the yegular s<sion on the first Monday in December, unless called in special mession Of this President Coolidge $as indicated no intention. way to alls to Act on Woodlock. The Senate finished oft the record ©f its session yesterday by again atanding on its opinfon with respect to a presidential nomination, refusing, as in the case of Charles B. Warren to be Attorney General, to give its approval to the resubmitted nomina- n of Thomas F. Woodlock of York io be a member of the Inter- Commerce Commission ant up by the President again ves- torday it had failed of confirma- & Jast session, the nomina- referred to the interstate committee, which mot even t to consider it. The Presi- expected by his close friends Woodlock a recess ap- tion was commerce » give Mr. tment With a large number of nomina- tions, however, approved without de- bate or roll call in the closing hours yesterday, the Warren and Woodlock nominations and 20 postmasters wers the only ones of all submitted by the President during the session that failed of confirmation. Debate Variety of Issues. Action on the nomination caused only brief interruptions to a final fling of oratory that raked over most old and new, in- cluding Teapot Dome, Muscle Shoals, the Warren nomination and Federal waterpower. At the wind up Senator Trammell, Democrat, Florida, entered a vigorous protest that the Senate &hould not adjourn without acting on s resolution to investigate the price gasoline, n addit of the Senate issues, to organization of the v Senate, by which the La Follette surgents were removed from their places of senlority on standing com- mittees, the actual record of accom- plishment for the 12 legislative da: of the session was confined to ratifi- | cation of the Isle of Pines treaty and ! adoption of two investigation reso- lutions and a few lessar measures Agreement also was reached to take up the World Court issue next De~ cember. BRYAN, &5, FETED AT BANQUET HERE With His Brother Charles Is Central Figure in Unique Gathering. Although the two famous Bryan brothers, Charles W. and William Jen- nings, are still enthusiastic Democrats, they threw aside the mantle of strict partisanship to induige in a celebration here of the sixty-fifth birthday anni- versary of “W. J.” in an unusual ban- quet last night at the Lafayette Hotel, attended by the three leading candida- dates for Vice President—Charles G. Dawes, Charles W. Bryan and Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana. Persifiage and banter, according to those who were present, were exchanged with much good nature. * Attended by members of the Senate, House, diplo- matic corps and “miscellanecus” friends of the Brran brothers, the banquet opened shortly after 9, and it was short- Jy after midnight that the assembled Zuests raised goblets brimming with Potomac River water and drank a toast to William Jennings Bryan. He left shortly after the toast to catch a train Here on Auto Tour. Charles W. Bryan and Mrs. Bryan | were in Washington on a long auto- mobile tour from Lincoln, Nebr., to| ¥lorida and return. With hij brother, W. J.. the former governor pald a call at the W House yesterday | and was photographed with President Coolidge. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan plan to continue their automobile tour today n_ discussing political conditions, the Democratic vice presidential can- didate declared that in opinion the party must consider the great strength of the Middle Western and Southern vote. Asked if he would support any movement for an early conference of party leaders to lay plans for the future, the former candidate said Democrats were al- | ways in favor of meeting, but that it was “too early to agree on candi- dates bec conditions will develop issues and issues will develop candi- dates | Value of Third Party. The “third party” movement, he mdded. has had a good “educational value,” and the farmers now realize that relief can come only through a yolitical organization. ~Mr. Bryan sees danger for the American people in what he charges to be the grow- *ing power of the coal, oil and water- power “monopolies,” and thinks the Demberatic party would be doing | great service to probe deeply into the question. (o protect these “neces- sities.” Guests at the banquet last night In- cluded the following: Senators Blease, South Carolina; Caraway, Ar kansas; Ferris of Michigan; Fletcher and! Trammel of Florida; Harrls, Geotgia: Hefiin, Alabama: King, Utah: McKellar, Tennessee; Mayfleld, Texas Overman, North Carolina: Tyson, Ten- nessee and Wheeler, Montana. Répresentatives Aswell, Louisiana; Barkley and Kinchloe, Kentucky; Mc- Clintic, Oklahoma; Moore, Virginia; Raidey, T1 Steagall, Alabam Tayfor, Colorado; Wingo, Arkansas. Members of the Presbyterian gen- eral’ council of which W. J. Bryan is ® mbmber: Rev. H. C. Swearinger : Paul; Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, Wash- ington; Rev. John A. Marquis, Rev. Arthur J. Brown, Rev. W. S. Marquis, George B. Barber and Mr. Balley of New York; Rev. C. C. Hayes and Menry Barraclough and Rev. Charles Ecanlon of Pennsylvani Vice President Dawes, Ambassador Morrlente of Cuba, Clifford K. Berry- man, Dan Brian, Wayne B. Wheeler, Harold Oliver, D. L. Roper, Dr. James Brown Scott’ and Frank Morrison, secretary of the Federation of Labor, all of Washington. Other guests joined the zathering after the ban- Quet The legislature of Hawaii has its first woman member in the person of #nina {whom was former Gov. lagain Thao a | Kelley SENATOR CULBERSON. C. A. CULBERSON, 70, EX-SENATOR, DEAD IN HIS HOME HERE (Continued from | home in Washington since his retire- ment from the Senate Senator Culberson was for many years a prominent figure on the Democratic side of the Senate cham- Dber, which he entered in 1839 after having served in Texas in a public capacity for nearly 20 years, includ- ing a term as attorney general and two terms as governor. His fourth term in the Senate completed his po- litical career, for although he sought nomination again in 1922 he failed to survive the primaries, running be- two other candidates, one of James E. Fer- guson Senator Culberson suffered a stroke fn 1909 when he was the minority leader of the Senate, and although he never lost his &rip on Senate af- fairs, he was pacitated from ac- tive participation. The condition, due to a nervous disorder, was partially relieved in 1913, and as a member of the Senate finance committee he took & prominent part in the anti-trust legislation of that perfod. His health broke down, however, and his nervous troubles developed into pals: following which he gradually trans- ferred his actlvities from the Capitol Bullding to his private suite in the Senate Office Building Continuing, however, to take part in oomv «itre work, Senator Culberson leading role in framing the ssplonage act of 1917, as well as numerous other war measures. He mlso served as chairman of the Senate appropriations committee during the Democratic regime from 1913 to 1919. Was Born in Alabama. Senator Culberson was born in Dade- ville, Tallapoosa County, Ala., October 10, 1855, the son of David B. and Eu- genia (Kimbal) Culberson. When 3 years of age he was taken to Texas, where his father became a prominent figure in public life, serving as an ad- jutant general in the Confederate army, a member of the State Legisia- ture and a Representative in Congress from the forty-fourth to the forty- ninth session. Senator Cuberson was sent to the Virginia Military Institute, and upon his graduation in 1874 spent two years studying law in the University of Vir- ginla. He was admitted to the bar in 1877, and at once took a high place as an attorney and practitioner. His inc d ! ability soon forced him Into the politi- cal arena, and years of age, in 1880, when but he was elected county attorney of Marion. After a short in- cumbency he resigned to engage once more in his private practice. Roxe Quickly to Fame. In 1888 he removed to Dallas and established the law firm of Bookhout & Culberson, wherein he continued active until 1890, when he attended the Democratic State convention and was nominated for attorney general by acclamation. He was elected by a large majority and served uatil 1894, when he was nominated for governor and elected in the Fall of that vear. His efficlent administration of the office brought him a second nomin tion in 1896, and despite the opposi- tion of a powerful fusion ticket grow- ing out of the financial issues then attracting national attention, he was again elected by an overwhelming majority. At least twice during his political activities of that period he stood be- fore the international spotlight, once in 1896, when the whole world was watching his celebrated correspond- ence with Prince Bismark on the subject of bimetallism, and agaln when he issued an executive order prohibiting the Corbett-Fitzsimmons | Aght, which was to be held in Texas 1895 He was elected to the United States Senate in 1899; re-elected in 1905, again in 1911, and for the fourth time in 1916. He was unopposed for his seat in the latter campaign The Senator’s conditlon was aggra- vated during the Spring of 1922, those close to him said, by tha notoriety attending the chargeés of a former British soldier that he was being railroaded out of the United States because of the attachment. between himself and Mr. Culberson’'s only daughter. in ADMITS SECRECY INTEAPOT LEASE Admiral Robison Declares Facts Purposely Withheld From Congress. By the ted Press CHEYBENNE, Wyo., March 19.—The leasing of Teapot Dome to Harry F. Sinclair was deliberately concealed from Congress and the public, ac- cording to testimony read at the naval oll lease annullment suit here today from the deposition of Rear Admiral J. K. Robison, chief of Navy engineering. “We concealed what was being done in the Wyoming reserve because we wanted to get it done,” Admiral Robison said in cross-examination conducted by Owen J. Roberts of Government counsel. Tn reply to another question, the ad- miral denied that Albert B, Fall had said to him they would go ahead with the leasing plans “and then let Con- gress holler.” Admiral Robison also admitted con- cealing some of the facts concerning the lease negotiations when asked for them Representative P. H. Michigan. A girl in her 'teens owns one of Mrs, Rosalie Kaliinoi, who was elect- «d on the Republican tickety +_ the largest fleets of omnibuses in London, 1S SARGENT'S GOAL Specific Policy, However, Not Decided by New Attorney General, He Adds. The new Attorney General, John G. Sargent, comes into office ‘Without any particular polley in regard to his administration, but Will try te do his duty as he discovers It. The m, than 6 feet from Vermont, with a deep, pleasant voice, so expressed himself this morning after less than one full day of the responsibility which he av- cepted on oath yesterday afternoon shortly after arriving in the National Capital. While declining to commit himself on any matters of general policy at a conference with newspaper men to- day, the new Attorney General will make his first ofMcial public appear- ance Saturday night at the May- flower Hotel, when he will be guest, with President Coolidge, of the White House Correspondents’ Association. Wil Enforve All Luws. Until that time, at least, perhaps later, it was evident this morning that the philosophy of a non-commit- tal New Englander would be allowed full sway, Looking up from his desk as visitors came in today, Mr. Sargent begged indulgence for a moment, whila he afixed a bold and strong signature to a document before him. Then leaning back In his chair, he noted the group of newspaper men that had filed Into his office, removed & palr of steel- rimmed spectacles, and, smiling a welcome, sald good-naturedly, but briefly: “Glad to ses you. Shoot!” Blue eyes twinkled from under shaggy brows, and a lock of fron- gray haif, which thickly covers his big head, fell over the forehead. Non-committal on all pointed qu tions of his attitude toward particu- lar problems facing the department, the Attorney General replied to a guery concerning prohibition with s: “I haven't any particular poliey on one law or another. I want to do my duty as I discover it in regard to ail problems.” Talks of Foot Ball Day Asked about his foot ball days in college the Attorney General re- called that during his time the game was much “rougher” than now, when physical prowess and size counted for much. It was in the days of the famous “flying wedge.” he recounted, when the V-shaped players plunged down the fleld to “smash what's ahead of them, or smash themselves.” He admitted that he had been at the point of the wedge “sometimes.” Even on the first officlal conference with newspapermen, which occaslon- ally abashes the most confident of new public officials, the new Attorney General joked and laughed over small matters. Mr .Sargent has not had time as yet to meet all members of his depart- ment, but planned to make that part of his business during the day. A T. Seymour of Ohio, who {s retiring from the post of highest position next to the Attorney General, was out of the city today, so that Col. W. J. Donoyan of New York. whose nomination yesterday was confirmed for that position, will probably not take over his new responsibilities until Mr. Seymour's return. Col Donovan was advanced fromthe posi- tion of Assistant Attorney General to that of assistant to the Attorney General. HOLLAND RESIGNS AS JUSTIGE AIDE In Charge of Administration Since Daugherty Was Appointed. tall man Rush L. Attorney Holland, assistant to the General, in charge of ad- ministration, has presented his resig- | nation to President Coolidge, it was learned today. The resignation was tendered yes: terday, when Mr. Holland aocom- panjed the new Attorney General, John G. Sargent, to the White House for his first conference with the President after his appointment to the post For some time he had been plan- ning to leave the Government service, Mr. Holland said, and finally de- termined to do So when Attorney General Stone was elevated to the Suprems bench. He hopes to be re- lieved at the department within a few days, Mr. Holland Indicated today, but would remain for a short time, it his sucoessor be named soon. WIIl Practice Law Here. Mr. Holland will engage In the prac- tice of law in Washington, and has already concluded arrangements with lewyers with whom he will be asso- ciated, although he is not ready as vet to make public announcement as to the names of the new firm. Mr. Holland has been in charge of administration for the Department of Justice since Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty took office at the beginning of the term of President Harding. This increases the changes in the Department of Justice, as the new Attorney General comes in, to include most of the major positions under the Attorney General, FRANCE DOES HONOR TO ENGLAND'S MONARCH King George, En Route to Medi- terranean, Travels in World's Most Luxurious Train. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, March 19.—The King and Queen of England are crossing France today on their way to Genoa, Where they will go aboard the royal vacht Victoria and Albert. They are traveling in the most luxurious train in_the world. President Doumergue sent to Calals the presidential train, composed of.a carriage containing two beds and two bathrooms, a dining car and a calon car. The badroom is furnished in exquisite modern style, while the chairs in the dining and salon cars are covered with eighteenth century Gobelin tapestry, estimated to be worth $200,000. Louis XVI tables and desk form the furniture of the salon car. King George, who apparently is still ill, had to abandon his plan and trip to the south of France to visit the Duke of Connaught on account of the length of the railway journey. He is making a non-stop journey through France. 3 (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Duily News:Cod LONG WAY TOWARD ITS DREAMS Representative Moore in Radio Tal ws Beneficial Acts. Prospects of Additional Favors Declared to Be Exceptional. Legislation passed for the District by the last session of Congress, with a forecast of important measures for the development of the National Capi- tal and ite environs that will be favorably acted upon by Congress at an early date, was summarized by Virginia in a radlo talk iast night to countless thousands of those who will be directly benefited Representative Moore, who lives nearest to the Capital of all the ¢35 members, and who, during his life, has been in close touch with Distriot af- fafrs, volced the encouraging opinion that Congress now looks upon devel- opment of the Capital with warm He &ald. in part: I belleve that to President Monroe whose hoie was in the dlstrict T now represent, is due the credit of having first definitely presented in a message to Congress the idea that Washington as a Capital City should be the center of national interest, appealing to the pride and entitled to the suppert of all the people. That this is the grow- ing opinion of Congress Is illustrated by legislation enacted at the last ses- slon. Some Passing Disappolntments. “There were disappointments in the record of the last Congress. There is disappointment at the fallure of the bill providing $150,000,000 for the con- struction. of publio buildings; at the unsuccessful effort to make oertain the long-deferred development of water power at the Great Falls and at the postponement of the Washing- ton-Mount Vernon Boulevard bill. This does not, however, import final de- fest, for there was no adverse vote upon any of these measures. “Let me stress the fact that after several years of agitation it wag rec- ognized by statute that there is lying in the Federal Treasury a balance of betwsen $4.000,000 and $5,000,000 due the District, whioh 18 now allowed to Dbe expended for certain essential pur- poses. “The law making appropriations for the District for the flscal year beginning July 1, next, carries a larger total than any similar previous act. It insures the timely completion of the project which will furnish an increased and safe water supply. Coupled with the five-year school building program, covered by another act, it means much for the advanc ment of education. It means the substantial improvement of the streets, sewers and lighting system It means the strengthening of the Fire and Police Departments. Other Important Act “There are other enactments of no small consequence. One of them pro- vides for the regulation of motor vehicle traffic, and increases the num- ber of judges of the Police Court. Another vests in the health officer fuller authority to guard the purity of dairy products used in the Dis- trict, a step not only welcomed here, but by the dairymen of adjacent States. “It will perhaps be said that the ordinary annual appropriations will not take care of a large number of permanent improvements which are demanded, the total cost of which will approximate nearly $50,000,000. These improvements, recently listed by a responsible official of the District, in- clude among other things the en- largement of hospitals, the elimina- tion of grade crossings and the con- struction of several bridges, one of them the Chain Bridge, which cannot be dispensed with, and which should now be rebuilt. Should the new policy be continued, in substitution for the former percentage or ratio basls, which has always been the subject of controversy, such expendi- tures, in case they canot be met by taxation, must be met by the pro- ceeds of a bond {ssue. The thought of this should cause no apprehension, “Almost without exception, im- provements that are to be enjoyed by those who are to come as well as those now on the scene are made by cities issuing long-term bonds. At this moment there are but two citles in the United States, having a popul! tion of over 30,000, which are free from bonded Indebtedness, and one of these is Washington, the other is Fort Smith, Ark. In this connection Washington and Fort Smith are in a class by themselves. “For a long time there has been GRAIN EXCHANGES MUST OPEN BOOKS Federal Agents Also Ordered to Search Brokers’ Records for Wheat Price Data. Irstructions to examine the books and trading records of all grain ex- changes in the country, and those of a number of large brokers, were sent today by Secretary Jardine to feld ageuts of the Grain Futures' Admin- istration. The action constituted the Agri- culture Department's first step in its investigation of the causes of recent violent fluctuations in the price of wheat. The orders went to Chicago, St. Louls, Kansas City and other points. The names of the brokers whose books will be inspected were not dis- closed. The examination will cover trading accounts since the price de- cline began a few days ago. The ul- timate extent of the scrutiny will de- pend on the nature of its preliminary findings. Records of the exchanges and brok- ers are expected to show plainly whether buying and selling was the result of abuse of trading privileges. The right of the department to in- spect such records is held to be es- tablished by the grain futures act and officials here expect no objections to be raised. J. W. T. Duvel in Chicago, acting chief of the grain administration, has been placed in complete charge of the inquiry. b Pans From Horseshoes. One of Great Britain’s industries is rapidly passing, due to the inroads made by the automobile. It is that of making household utensils, mostly rying pans from old horseshoes. An old scrap dealer had made a fortune by collecting old horse shoes in Lon- don and exporting them to Manchuria, where they were turned into pans at lower cost than if the raw material had been imported. ———— Dr. Rowena M. Mann, one of the three women running for alderman in Chicago, is a granddaughter of Morse, the inventor of the telegraph. Representative R. Walton Moore of| WALTON the poor terminal the water front on the north side of the Washington Channel and its unsightly appear- |ance. A clause in the river and harbor bill directs a survey of that condi- tion, and a submission of plans with a view not merely to the full commer- clal use of the river at that point, but to the beautification of the $hore. “Last June there was a statute passed contemplating a very ample expansion of the District park and playground system. It set up a com- mission which, among other things, is authorized to acquire land for park purposes on either side of the river in Maryland or Virginia. Just before the adjournment, an initial appropria- tion of $600,000 was placed at the dis- posal of the commission, and as its activities widen out further appro- priations will be made. It is probable that this will lead to guarding against the waste and spoliation of the palisades and forests along the Potomac between Washington and the Great Falls “Of outstanding Interest is the guarantee of the construction of the bridge connecting the noble Lincoln Memorial with the helghts of Arling- ton. There is a limit of five years for t"e completion of the bridge itselt and a limit of ten years for the com- pletion of the approaches. We are assured by the architects and artists Who have worked out the plans that when all is done there will span the Potomac the most impressive bridge structure in the world, with the most aplendid parks and driveways afford- ing access to it Favored by MecKinley. “Admiral Rixey, the phy President McKinle the eve of the President’s starting on his fatal trip to Buffalo, while talking of some of the things he wished to accomplish, he said, with emphasis, ‘We will have the Memorial Bridge built to American patriotism, uniting as never befors the North and the South.’ “Provision was made for the res- toration of the Arlington mans.on the condition in which it was when occupled by the stainless gentleman and matchless soldier who led armies of the Confederac “On his own motion, the Secretary of the Interior appointed & commis- sion to visit the Southern Appalachlan Mountains and report on the expe- diency of establishing a park or a series of parks, Following the re- port, an appropriation was made to cover the expense of securing accu- rate data and recommendations. The report vividly and enthusiastically recommends the Blue Ridge as ‘the outstanding and logical place for the creation of the first national park in the southern Appalachians.’ “The commission states that it would surprise the American peopls to learn thata national park site, with fine scenic and recreational qualities, can be found within & three-hour ride of our National Capital and within a day's ride of 40,000,000 ot our inhabitants. “In dealing with this matter of cre- ating a national park not far from the Capital City, the action of the commission and of Congress gives high hope for what will be one of the brilliant achlevements of the not dis- tant future. “The record of the last session of the Sixty-eighth Congress, which I have outlined, will constitute a land- mark In the progress of Washington and of the nearby States, which are bound together by so many fine and enduring ties of commop interest.” SCIENCE AND RELIGION ARE HELD UNMIXABLE Rev. Peter Ainslie of Baltimore Addresses Lenten Service at Keith's Theater. under discussion facllities along Referring to those who attempt to put together science and religion, Rev. Dr. Peter Ainslie of Baltimore declared that you cannot tie the two together, at midday Lenten services in Kelth's Theater today. Dr. Alnslie sald, ““You can no more tie up the science of biology with religion, than you can tie up a course {n mathematics with one In languages in a university.” Defining science, he said that it was a study of the development of nature, while religion is the desire and be- licf of one's soul. Dr. Ainslie took as his text, “Let This Mind Be in You Which Was ! Also in Christ Jesus," The thought of the world is to trans- mit animosity and the will of the world has got to be changed, he said, and added that it can only be changed through the mind of Christ. “The educational systems of the world must be changed so as to edu- cate the human will to conform with the will of God,” he said. In conclusion the speaker criticised the lack of love existing between different denominations. Prayer services were conducted by Rev. E. C. Prim, of the Second Bap- tist Church, while Dr. A. C. Christie was the presiding layman. Chaplain Axton chief of the Chaplains' Corpa, TUnited States Army, will be the speaker at tomorrow's services. In Slovakia it is a custom tosput straw in the baths of baby girls in order that they may grow long hair. NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 O'Clock SPEAKER TOMORROW CHAPLAIN AXTON, U. 5. A, CONDUCTED BY REV. JOHN S. MOSES tells me that on | in | the | UPINNEXT SESSION Issue Will Bz One of Most Important for Congress, Says Cummins. When Congress reassembles little time will be lost in bringing up legisla- tlon providing consodation of the rall- roads of the country. This will be one of the major issues of the next session, according to Senator Cum- mins of lowa, former chairman of the Senate interstate commerce com- mission, whe conferred with President Coolldge today before leaving Wash- ington for his home in Des Moines. Senator Cummins called attention to the fact that the Boston and Mains and the Chicago, Milwaukee and Bt. Paul Railroad receiverships indicated that legislation to support some of the weaker systems in the United States was necessary. He believed that consolidation legislation, along the lines of the bill which he intro- duced in the Benats at the last se sion, would provide an adequate remedy for current railroad troubls Under existing legislation the I. C. C. has drawn up a plan for regional railroad merger which has not been @ccepted by the carriers and has not resuited in constructive action in that direction. The law which Senatgr Cummins proposes to have Congress enact creates certain inducements for the railroads to merge on a regional basls in accordance with plans which have been approved by the commis- sion. 1If they do not consolidate with- in a five-year perfod, his bill pro- vides they are to recetve individually the same treatment in the framing of rates, etc., as i they had effected con- solidation. Senator Cummins s of the opinion that such a provision in the law would make merger virtually com- pulsory. Favored by Roads Senator Cummins pointed out that the railroads originally were.bitterly opposed to consolidation legislation, but now were supporting it as a measure of self-protection. They have not, how- ever, accepted the compulsory merger feature of his measure, and objections also are advanced by ertain State railroad commissions. He believes, however, there will be sufficient sup- port at the next session to bring about the passage of his bill. He is confident that consolidation is un- questionably a practical first step in the direction of solving the trans- portation problem of the Nation Senator Watson of Indlana, chair- man of the Senate interstate com- merce comrmittee, discussed railroad consolidation along with a varfety of other subjects during a conference with the President today. He said it is his intention to devote much time and study to the transportation | subject between now and the time | that Congress meets. President at Work Early. President Coolidge made few en- gagements for today. He took a long walk before breakfast, and was at uis desk ahead of his usual hour. His desk was well piled with papers, he having left word when he left his office late yestarday afternoon that he wanted to put in a full day today cleaning up pending routine business, much of which accumulated during the tense situation of the past week, while he was endeavoring to get a new Attorney General. Without say- ing 80 In that many words, the Presi- dent impressed those who saw him today as being greatly relieved that it is all over, at least for the time being, and that he can now give his undivided attention to the running of the Government's business, as he gen- erally expressed it Others who saw the President today were Senator Stanfleld of Oregon, who wished to pay his respects before leaving the city: Representative Por- | ter of Pennsylvania, chairman o* the House foreign affairs committe Representative Cole of lowa and Aubrey Bayles. e FINK SEEKS FINAL HOUSING DECISION Tenant Asks Court of Ap- ! peals to Let Issue Go to Highest Tribunal. Another attempt to get the ques- tion of the passing of the housing emergency in Washington before the Supreme Court of the United States wa# launched today when Jacob H. Fink. tenant of 211A Morgan street, applied to the District Court of Ap- peals for a writ of error to review the judgment of ouster recently granted against him by Judge Robert E. Mattingly of the Municipal Court. Mattingly at first refused to grant the judgment and an application for a mandamus was made to the appellate court which strongly Intimated that unless he did so in a reasonable time it would compel the {ssuance of the judgment. Through Attornevs E. Hilton Jack- son and John L. Krupsaw the tenant frankly admits that he does not ex- pect the Court of Appeals to change its opinfon, but wants to get the case before the highest court in the land. The question involved, it is stated, is of paramount importance both to the landlords and tenants of the District. It 15 desired to have determined by the United States Supreme Court whether the District Court of Appeals in dispostng of the case of Peck va. Fink, properly construed the opinion of the highest court in the Chastle- ton case. Fink tells the local court that the granting of his writ of er- ror is the only course open to him to have this question of grave con- stitutional import finally determined. Attorney Louls Ottenberg, repre- senting Mrs. Peck, the owner, will op- pose the granting of the writ and will contend that the judgment ren- dered by Judge Mattingly is entirely in keeping with the decision of the Court of Appeals and was signed practically at the direction of the court under threat of mandamus. LINER BIENVILLE AFIRE AND MAY BE TOTAL LOSS Ship Was Tied Up for Repairs at New Orleans—No Passengers Aboard. By the Associated Pross. NEW ORLEANS, March 19.—The new Southern Pacific liner Bienville caught fire as she lay near the naval station here today and despite the efforts of the entire water-front fire- fighting equipment it was feared she would be a total loss. The vessel was laid up for repairs and no passengers were aboard, but it was reported that several men fighting the flames, which broke out in the engine room, had been injured. She is a vessel of 4,842 tons and re- cently was put in service between New Orleans and New York, Brings Great Joy To Proud Parents Baby Hippo, Sex Secret, Was Born on Jinx Day at Zoo Park. Mombasa and Bongo are receiving congratulations today from their friends at the Zoo on the birth of a beautiful B0-pound baby, whose arrival, it was announced formally today, took place on Friday, the 13th. Mombasa, the mother hippopotamus, is doing well, and so is Bongo, the father, and for the first time since the new arrival fn the family, they were recelving visitors today. Mom- basa, who came to the Zoo from wild and woolly portions of Africa 10 years ago, 13 now the proud mother of four | children, all of them husky and bouncing youngsters who are well on their way toward collecting the necessary weight to put ti in a class with their father and mother, each of whom sports about 5,000 pounds. Three of the children are now liv- ing happlly at Zoological Gardens in other parts of the country, and the youngster born Friday probably will become a gift to another one when it 18 old enough to travel. Officlals at the Zoo today reticent about the sex of the born baby. They had to plead igno- rance as to whether it is a boy or & girl. Tts birth on Friday, the 13th, however, has given it a name, officials point out, which may be revised to sult the sex when same becomes defi- nitely known. “Jinx” it will be called {f “It” turns out to be & boy, and “Jinxie” if it's a girl. were new- NORRIS DEMANDS WALCOTT REMOVED Senator Charges Smithso- ian Head Circulated Parti- ! san Propaganda. Senator Norris of Nebraska, pro- ponent of Government operation of hydroelectric power plants at Muscle hoals and at Great Falls, near Wash- ington, vesterday demanded the re- moval of Dr. Charles D. Walcott, superintendent of the Smithsonian Institution, because he had permitted a pamphlet attacking electrio power plants of Canada, written by Dr. S. D. Wyer, to be published under t auspices of the Smithsonian. Senator Norris declared the pam- phlet zn insldlous form of propa- ganda against Government owner- ship, and, further, an attack upon the institutions of Canada. He said Dr. Wyer had & perfect right to write such a document if he desired, al- though he contended that statements in the pamphlet were erroneous, but that the Smithsonian Institution had no proper part in its circulation. A letter written by Dr. Walcott to Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania, one of the regents of the Smithsonian In- stitution, was placed in the record by the Senator from Pennsylvania in re- ply to Senator Norrfs. In this letter Dr. Walcott explained that in con- tinuation of the institution’s study of natural resources, a pamphlet was issued January 15 last on Niagara Falls and its power possibilities, written by Dr. Wyer, associate mineral technology of the | States National Museum. i Denies Public Funds Used. Dr. Walcott maid that no public funds wero used in the preparation or printing of the pamphlet; that Dr. Wyer had pald the cost of printing This practice, he said, was not un- usual, since the funds of the Smith- sonian are not sufficient to publish all the manuscripts prepared by members of its own staff or outside authors collaborating with it. Dr Walcott pointed out that he had fre- quently paid from his private funds the cost of his scientific papers pub- lished by the insstitution. The pamphlet prepared by Dr Wyer., he sald, had appealed to him because it presented concisely and clearly the conditions surrounding the utilization of the energy resources of Niagara River. In conclusion, Dr. | Waleott said “I very much regret that the Smithsonian has been brought into a controversy on the subject of public | ownership versus government regula- tion. My thought in uing the paper was to clarify the situation as to gara Falls and River with regard to the conservation and effective use of thelr energy resources and scenlc possibilities. Assalls Dr. Waleott. In attacking Dr. Walcott, Norris said: “I object to Walcott leading the Smithsonlan Institution out in the open to throw mud at the activities of a friendly nation, wh it is develop- ing an electrical system for its peo- le. PIn my opinion it is disgracstul. Dr. Walcott ought to be removed from his position; and 1 am glad that 1 have listening to me some of the trustees on the part of the Senate of this in- stitution.” Senator DR. SUN’S BODY REMOVED TO CENTRAL PEKING PARK South China Leader Eventually to Be Buried in Nanking, in Russian Casket. By the Associatad Pre PEKING, March 19.—The body of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, South Ghina leader, who died recently, was today re- moved from the Rockfeller Hospital, where it was embalmed, to Central Park. A private Christian burial service was held in the chapel of the hospital. The transfer was accompanied with military honors, and representatives of the various ministries and hun- dreds of students were present. The body will lie in state probably for a fortnight, after which it is planned to remove it to the Western Hills, there to awalt the arrival from Moscow of the special casket in which it will be placed before removal to Nanking for burlal. MR R Pig Has Beauty Treatment. Now naturalists report that the pig, which is given little credit for bath- ing, really does have beauty ablu- tions, though he prefers mud to water, except in hot weather. His bath is like that of the modern wom- an who uses cold cream. He lots the mud dry and then rubs it and the bodily accumulation off against the straw stack or the fence post. A friend of the Prince of Wales and one of the most beautiful young women in English society has opened a dressmaking shop In London, ‘so that she can earn money. She is Lady Victor Paget, the younger daughter of Lord and Lady Colebrooke. She was married several years ago and the Prince of Wales became godfather to her first r.hlld.‘ in | United | ~ PROVED FAILURE Hit Modest Incomes—Re- tarded Housing Progress, Commission Says. Despite the existence of the New York rent laws and the State Housing Commission, New York City is faced with a housing problem that is stead 7 BrOwing worse as far as the eit! zens of moderate incomes are cerned, it is stated in a report reces ly compiled by the Stats Housing Commission and forwarded to the Legislature a few davs 2go by Gov Smith The only remedy it sees would b~ the extensive use of public credits fo the financing of large building pro eots to meet the demands, the com mission announced. It {g necessar: to get an amendment to the State constitution to allow the State and counties to advance funds for the erection of such dwellings, and this the report recommends. While thers is some difference of opinion in regard to the merits of tha New York rent 1aw by the people of that State, ths report of the commis. sion shows that the situation in re gard to rental units avallable for two-thirds of the population of the metropolls s steadily growing worse TRe situation in respect to rental properties as given in the report composed of many of the proble that were advanced by the proponents of rent legislation hers in thelr ef forts to get a continuance of the Rent Commission in the District Thess problems exist. the report shows, despite the fact that New York has had a rent law for some time. No Relief in Sight. ‘The report quotes Tenement House Commissioner Frank Mann of New York City as saying: “For the averags wage earner the supply of low and de rental apartments has not as yet been met To my mind the futurs holds no promise for any relief in this respact Discussing New York City conditions the report “Rents h past year, as vestigations of the comm Teports of the TUnited States Bureau of Labdor Stati tics and of the Federal Reserve Bank *“A recent survey by the commissior of one of the tenement house blocks studied a year ago showed that nc rent reductions are being made, and that on the whole the rents of o tenants, who are protected by the rent laws, have not been increased but that new tenants are foroed to pay higher rentals than ever before The commission found that in t! same block in which tenants of more than years are paying $22.50, tenants of less than one year are paying $35. The commission con cludes that the enormous quanity of new oconstruction, though relleving slightly the pressure on the more well-to-do, has left those with in comes of lesw than $2,500 entirels unprovided for. Only about one-third of the familles in New York City have ineo s of more than 3$2,500. For two-thirds of the population new construction has brought no improve ment in housing conditions.’ Housing Progress Set Back. “Instead of providing increased ac- commodations for such familles the commission finds that there has been a marked retarding of the rate of demolition. of old-law tenements. Many old-law tenements previously converted to other use have been brought back into use for dwelling purposes. With regard to this de- Velopment, the report refers to the |verdict of the tenement house de- partment that ‘housing progress ir New York City has been set back 25 | years." “The only protection afforded to tenants in apartments of low and moderate rental is found in the rent |laws. Without such protection these | tenants would be caught in the up- {ward trend of rentals which was partly suspended when the rent laws were enacted in 1930. Since that time, new tenants who had no pro- tection in law paid what the market could bear. Old tenants had refuge {in the courts, where they have re sisted exorbitant increases.” The report states, further, that rents are increasing in apartments built before the war. and that despits the fact that there have been 85,000 new apartments placed on the mar ket in the past 12 months the vacan- cies are among housing units calling | for rents in excess of the income of | most the tenants of moderate means. The samo assertions wera made by the local proponents of the | rent bill here. They admitted vacan- cles, but charged they were In the high-priced housing units, and claim- ed that their only protection was the Kent Commission HAMILTON in the s of HOTEL TO BE AUCTIONED Department of Justice Building Also Will Go Under Hammer This Month. The Hamilton Hotel, at Fourteenth and K streets, one of the latest and finest hotels in Washington, and the Department of Justice Building will be auctioned to the highest bidder this month. The Hamilton Hotel, completed about two years ago, contains 330 rooms and bath, besides many other rooms, lobbles, ballrooms, dining rooms, etc. Not only will the building itself be auctioned. but all the fur niture and equipment will g0 to the highest bidder. Adam A. Weschler, who will auction both these properties, said today that the Hamilton will be auctioned on the premises of the hotel on March 31. There is a first trust of $1,200,000 on the buliding. The hotel is being s0ld under a second trust of approx imately $1,000,000. The Department of Justice Building at Vermont avenue and K streets, will be s0ld at auction on the premises on March 26. This buflding has been rented for some time by the Govern- ment, and is an eight-story office structure. The sale will make no difference to its occupation by the Department of Justice, however. There is a first trust of $500,000 on this building. Live Dinosaur Hunted. Much has been written of the di- nosaurs of past ages, but Gayne Dex- ter, an Australian -explorer, is organ- izing an expedition to hunt'a live one in Lake Esquel, in the Andes. Star shells will be used to light up the lake said to be the home of the monster, which has been previously sought by the late Clement{ Onelli, curator of the Buenos Alres Zoo, who searched in vain, however two years ago. Married women in the Isle of Jersey have just been released from the position of being their husbands “chattels” by an act of the Jersy State. Al