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‘ took place, turned mainl \kept silent. WEATHER. (U. . Weather Bureau Generaliy fair tonizht row; warmer tonight. Temperature: Highest, today; lowest, 3, at 3 Full report on page Closing N. Y. Stocks and a.m. today. Foreeast.) and tomor- 62, at noon onds, Page 26 No. 76. SIS FLY N VOTE FLECTNG HERRT HEAD OF CHANBER Accusation That Socialists Voted Twice Brings Wild Mix-Up. 29, FORMER PREMIER GETS POST ON SECOND BALLOT Painleve Voted Confidence After Bitter Arraignment of Cail- laux in Debate. Br the Associated Press. PARIS, April 22.—Former Premier | Fdouard Herriot was elected president | of the Chamber of Deputies this even ‘ ing. He received votes, with but | single vote against him, the op-i position abstaining from voting. | Fist fights occurred on the presi-| 's rostrum of the Chamber this | noon during the second balloting. When a member of the opposition, Deputy Balapant, charged that “10 deputies voted twice” two Socialists broke through the protection offered by the sergeant at arms. There was much wild swinging of arms and one straightarm punch staggered Bala- nant, whose friends mixed in making the fight general on the rostrum. | Suspension of the session was nec- | essary before order could be restored, and when proceedings were resume ihe president proposed that Balanan be censured. Herriott is Named. ’ Ex-Premier Herriott failed on the | t vote because a quorum was not ent. He received 235 votes, but it was necessary for a majority of the ! membership of 583 to be present, mak- | Ing 292 votes necessary for election. | This rule did not apply when a second | ballot was taken. | Nine hours of debate, featured by bitter personal attacks on Joseph Cafllaux, lately returned from exile and now minister of finance, pre- ceded the vote in the Chamber last night on the declaration of policy of the new cabinet. At the conclusion of the verbal fireworks Premier Pain- leve and his colleagues were voted | the confidence of the Chamber, 304 to | 218, The tactics f i of the opposition in at-| tacking the inclusion of Caillaux in the ministry are believed to have as. | =ured the victory of the government, | as both the Radicals and the Social- ists were dissatisfied with M. Pain- Jeve’s announced determination of re- | taining the French embassy at the| Vatican. M. Blum, the Socialist leader, said | that when he entered the Chamber sessions he had doubts, but when he heard the attacks directed at Caillaux | these doubts were removed. i Socialists Vote Solidly. | “We congratulate M. Painleve for | having summoned Caillaux,” M. Blum | continued, “and since he is attacked | for having done so we give him our| votes. The cartel continues.” So the | Socialists’ 104 votes went solidly for the government. i M. Caillaux will appear before the | {‘hamber’s finnacial cormittee Friday | to review the financial situation, and probably to give some indication as to the nature of his first efforts to re store the situation of the treasury,! notably on the subject of repayment of the short term notes falling due this vear. The government today is_introduc- ing a bill for two provisional votes on account, to pay the current expenses of government for May and June, as the budget for the year has not been assed. The financial committee is | expected to report on the provisional | appropriations this afternoon so the | Chamber can begin debating them to- | morrot. 1 CAILLAUX ASSAILED. *Traitor,” ‘“Assassin” Few of Epi- | thets Hurled in Debate. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to The Star and Ch —*“Traitor," - of Hindenburg” words which greeted Joseph Calllaux , the new minister of finance, when the French Chamber of Depu- tles sat from 3 o'clock yesterday after- noon until 1 o'clock this morning, but finally voted confidence in the govern- | ment by a majority of 6. The very heated discussions: which | around the persons forming the new cabinet, the | Deputies seeming to have forgotten | that the Painleve cabinet was called | solve the mest difficult financial problem any French government has | confronted in the last 120 years. Yet it was quite natural that personal dis- cussions should replace discussions on ideas, first because the cabinet did not bring any financial plans before the chamber and second, because the man who sat on the ministerial bench on the right of the prime minister was Caillaux, who only five years ago was sentenced to prison, banishment from Paris and loss of his political rights for intelligence with the enemy. | Recall Details of Treason. Non-Socialist members of Parlia- | ment recalled during the six hours| the most minute details- of the new | Jinance minister’s “treason,” trying o prove that if the present financial 1risis was caused by the lack of ‘con- 1.dence in the former government, the presence of a man who only recently was whitewashed by the Chamber, which granted amnesty to some 40,000 lieserters and political criminals, was niot likely to bring back the confidence | #f the country mecessary to solve the | irave financial problems. The general feeling that the present Painleve cabinet cannot last long is strengthened by the fact chat the ma- jority obtained from the Socialists who are willing to forgive Caillaux’s olitical views during the war will yrove obdurate as soon as the govern- ent ‘dsks them to cancel laws voted during Herriot's administration, such uppression of the Vatican em-| introduction of non-confessional schools in Alsace-Lorraine and aban- donment of the project of reducing military service. Yet everybody ap- pears to tolerate the Painleve-Cail- liux-Briand cabinet for the present o see whether the hopes pinned in Cail- Jaux's financial ability will come true. So far, the new finance minister has It is known that he is opposed to a capital levy, but it is not known what other means he will able to suggest to improve the sit nation of the treasury. (Coprrights 2% by Chicaso Dally News Lol Intered 25 second class matter vost office, Washington, D, C. Going to Rumania WILLIAM 8. CULBERTSON. CULBERTSON GETS POST IN RUMANIA Vice Chairman of Tariff Commission Named to Suc- ceed Minister Jay. William S. Culbertson of Kansas vice chairman of the Tariff Commis sion, has been selected for Minister to Rumania. Mr. Culbertson was among the President’s callers today, and formal | announcement of his appointment is expected as soon as word that he is acceptable has been received from the Rumanian government. His accepta- bility is a foregone conclusion. He succeeds Peter A. Jay, transferred from Bucharest to become Ambassa- dor to Argentina. Urged by Curti Appointment of Mr. Culbertson to a diplomatic post was urged by Sena- tor Curtis of Kansas, and the original plan was that he should replace Min- ister Schurman at Peking when the latter was made Ambassador to Ger- many. The gravity of the situation in China, however, led the administration to send to Peking a recognized expert in Far Eastern affairs—Assistant Sec- retary John'Van A. MacMurray of the State Deperti . Jay Not Yet Leaving. Minister Jay is still at Bucharest and probably will remain there until he has concluded understandings with the Rumanian government on several perplexing questions. The debt question and the treat- ment recently accorded some Amerl- can corporations doing bu.iness in Rumania have placed somewhat of a strain on relations with that country, and Mr. Culbertson will be given the views of the Washington Government in detail before he leaves for his new post. As vice chairman of the Tarift Commission he has had extensive ex- perience with the financial aspects of international relations. ABATEMENT PLEA IS FILED BY BOOTH Former Assistant Attorney General Improperly Indicted in Wheeler Case, He Says. Edwin S. Booth, former Assistant Attorney General of the United States, who was recently indicted on a charge of conspiracy with Burton K. Wheeler, Senator from Montana, and Gordon Campbell, an oll operator of Great Falls, Mont., today filed in the District Supreme Court a plea in abatement and a demurrer to the indictment. Boath claims the special assistants to the Attorney General, who presented | the evidence on which the indictment was secured, were “intruders” in the grand jury room. In the demurrer he asserts that If he committed any crime as charged it was a malfeasance of a public officer, and he should have been indicted under the statute prohibiting such misconduct and could not prop- erly be included in a joint indictment for_conspiracy. Through~ Attorneys Jesse B. Roote of Butte, Mont., and former Assistant United States Attorney Bertrand Emerson, jr., of Washington, Mr. Booth says in his plea in abatement that neither William J. Donovan, John S. Pratt; R. P. Stewart nor Oliver E. Pagan had any right in the grand jury room. He claims they were not specifically designated to present the {case against him and therefore were intruders in the grand jury room. The demurrer contains the usual claims that the indictment charges no offense against the United Sta is too vague and uncertain to notif Booth of what he is charged and that he should not haye been joined with Wheeler and_Campbell. War Trophies Seized From Germans Will Be Distributed Here Shortly Distribution of the seized Ger- man trophies of the World War which have been allotted to the District of Columbia soon will be started under the direction of Maj. Gen, Anton Stephan, commanding the District of Columbia militia. The District Commissioners have designated the general to represent them in the allotment of these tro- phies to the National Guard and various veteran and patriotic or- ganizations which want them. There are nearly 1,500 articles in the list, including trench mortars, bayonets, cartridge cases, anti-air- craft guns, howitzers, minnewer- fers, automatic cannon and in some cases British guns on German carriages. There are 82 different trophies on the list, but there are /w&em of some kinds, g @ WASHINGTON, 40,00 FANS, LED BY PRESIDENT, OUT FOR OPENING GAME Notables of \Many Lands Gather to See Debut of Champions. COOLIDGE AND KELLOGG TO AID IN CEREMONIES | Johnson to Hurl Against Yankees. | Perfect Weather Conditions Prevail for Game. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, WEDNESDAY, GRIFFITH STADIUM. April Some 40,000 citizens of the Nation's | Capital this afternoon forgot such | routine matters as problems of state | and business and headed for Griffith Stadium to see, for the first time in history, a Washington base ball team make its debut in a world champion- ship role. Simultaneously. some 40,000 office the White House, were vacated in favor of about that number of much more attractive seats banked about the fateful spot where, last Fall, the home team startled the world in one of base ball's unforgetable dramas. 1t that this afternoon’s home ground inaugural between young Bucky Harris' gang of deter- mined champs and the American Teague sister team of the vanquished New York Giants was a belated re- sponse to the hoarse encore that rent the atmosphere out Georgia avenue way that fine autumnal day a few months back. Flash-Back From October. Not only was the same team, even to the idolized Barney, to take the! field today as on that memorable oc- ! casion, but the very crowd of excited fans, from the President of the United ! States and his wife to the early ar-| rivals in the far bleachers seemed a flash-back from last Octobei’s specta- cle. Even the weather man conjured up a similarly perfect day. President Coolidge was reported as| being in excellent pitching form, and | it was expected he would make a brilliant job of throwing out the first | ball from the flag-draped presidential| box. With him will be Mrs. Coolidge, than whom there is no better fan in Washington: Secretary of State Kel- 1088, sacruar;(; of t ; \Trea:;‘\:r."sé':.l::\ lon, Atterney General Sarg ., A tary Avorett Suntiers and Mre. san- ders. seemed chairs, including a mahogany one m‘ i 1 i Notables Are Present. Gathered near the presidential box | and sprinkled generously through the restless crowd one easily distin-| guished the famillar countenances of other high officials, diplomats, mem- bers of both houses of Congress, and other important cogs in the ma- chinery of this and foreign govern- ments. i There was hope that there would be no grave national or mtemallnnul! crisis arising this day, for it would be the most neglected crisis in his- | ry. | le‘dding to the official aspect of the opening game, Secretary of State Kellogg was prepared to assist Pres- ident Clark Griffith in hoisting to the mizzenmast the national colors while the scarlet-flecked Marine Band plays “The Star Spangled Banner. This little ceremony was scheduled | to begin promptly at 3:20 o'clock, just 10 minutes before game time. The flag raising proper was to be preced- ed by a long march to the tall pole in deep center field. Batting practice was begun just as| the gates were opened, and the crowd which rushed for the lower right field pavilion gave the players a welcoming cheer. i Uncle Nick Altrock showed his ad- | mirers that he still has some stea:n left in that bronzed left pitching arm of his, striking out several v the local siuggers as they came to bat in the practice cage. About practice timé President Grif- fith made the terrifying discovery that the sacred presidential box back of the Washington dugout was entirely devoid of flags. He sent a hurry call for attendants and soon the box had been draped with a huge American emblem. Stand Fills Early. By 12:30 the lower right pavilion was entirely filled, mostly by men, al- though a few bright feminine hats could be discerned here and there. One | of these hats was on the head of Mrs. Kate Bussius of 1317 Seventh street, who was the first person to greet the ticket seller at the unreserved window this morning. She carried a vacuum bottle and a package of lunch. Meyer Goldman’s Band, which fur- nished music during the world series, was present to keep the fans in good humor prior to the game. But the crowd really didn't need anything to keep its spirits high, and it found numerous opportunities to | give vent to laughter during batting practice. For example, a great howl was voiced when a foul ball sizzled down the first base line between the legs | of a motion picture camera operator | who was “shooting” the usual Altrock antics / Goose Goslin brought a roar from the stands during_batting _practice (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Gen. Stephan had had lists made of the trophies and has for- warded them to units of the Na- tional Guard, that they may make a selection. Lists also will be sent to the various veteran and patriotic organizations for the same pur- pose. The organizations which make application for any of the trophies must show that they have suitable places in which to keep them and that these places will be permanent. They must also pay the freight charges from Port New- ark, N. J., where much of the mate- rial is now stored. In the selection of articles, the ac- tive military units, such as the Na- tional Guard, will be given the pref- erence, then the veteran organiza- tions whose members were in the World War, and’then the patriotic . organizations, g {dered a general house cleaning and SERBS ISSUE REPLY 10/ BULGAR CHARGE Deny Hand in Red Troubles, | and Object to Troops Massed on Border. | BY A. R. DECKER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. VI NA, April 22.—The Jugoslav foreign office has issued a statement denying participation in Bulgarian in.| ternal troubles and declaring that the Bulgars should be more careful of their neighbors’ sensibilities. Jugoslavia has adopted an attitude of watchful waiting, but a semi-official statement says: “If Bulgaria con- tinues to concentrate troops along the | Jugoslav frontier in order to empha- size jts enmity against this country, it is clear that such measures cannot pass without an answer.” “Phe Jugosiav government has or- 'x‘guhlon of foreign Communists. Na- Communists are to be followed and their meetings forbidden. ‘The public is warned to keep away from assembles, as government forces are going to shoot if there is any dis- turbance. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Dally News Co:) MAY SWELL SOFIA ARMY. Allied Ambassadors Likely to De- cide Issue Today. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 22.—Information reaching London regarding the troubles in Bulgaria is of such a char- acter as to preclude a satisfactory estimate of the situation. The censorship established under the state of martial law apparently is preventing independent observers there from recording developments, and there are no means of checking up on the rumors emanating from doubtful centers such as Vienna and Belgrade, which are sending out reports of massacres, wholesale ex- ecutions and fighting, with enormous numbers of casualties. Denied by Bulgaria. These stories are denied by the Bul- garian government, and the situation, so far as mews here goes, is one of repeated assertions and contradic- tions. The London newspapers mostly ac- cept the view that the Bulgarian gov- ernment is engaged in quelling a desperate Communiosts rebellion, ini- tiated and fostered from Moscow. The British government is unof- fictally reported to favor Bulgaria's request to the allied council of Am- bassadors for permission to increase her army by 10,000 men, and the Daily Telegraph says a decision in accord- ance with Bulgaria's wishes will be taken today. PLOT ROUSES EUROPE. Deliberate Revolutionary Outrage Seen in Sofla Blast. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. LONDON, April 22.—A remarkable story of Communist plotting, which led up to the recent outrages in Bul- garia, was revealed here today through information collected by agents working in the Balkan coun- tries, proving by documents that the Communist international deliberately planned a campalgn of terror with the object of starting a revolution. Following failure of the uprising in 1923, the Third International decided to alter its tactics and appointed “a Balkan committee,” of which Zino- viev, Ruth Fischer and representa- tives of Commugist organizations, throughout the Balkans are members. At a conference held at Baden on January 2 this year the Balkan com- mittee agreed that its efforts must be directed toward formation of a Danubian soviet republic, which should be the Communist revolution- ary advance guard in Europe. Text of Resolution. The following resolution was adopt- ed \lvmh regard to a campaign in Bul- gar! “Whereas the principle of class warfare is inapplicable in the Balkan states, owing to the insignificant de- velopment of industry in these coun- tries, where the working classes rep- resent only 8 or 4 per cent of the total population, it is necessary in the interest of the revolution to make use of racial, national and religious hatreds, notably those between Greek and Bulgar, Serb and Bulgar and Serb and Greek. Overthrow of the agra- rian’party in Bulgaria and arrest of its leaders call for expenditure of maximum energy on the part of the Communist organization. “In view of the constant ‘white terror’ in Bulgaria it is immediately necessary for purposes of the strug- {Centinued on Page 5, Column 6) | sit Co., Leon Arnold, its president, and ¢ Toening Star. 99 22, APRIL 1925 —FORTY-TWO PAGES. Spanish People Free Compared -With Thoese of U. S., Individual Liberty | Greatest in World, Monarch -Holds. Defends Directorate Under Rivera in Prqss Talk. By the Asc_ciated Pres PARIS, April 22.—King Alfonso of Spain is quoted by the French writers Jerome and Jean Tharad, as declaring to them in an interview that the tran. quil conditions in :Spain are proot that his country is satisfied with the government of the military directory, to which, he asserts, only a handful of professional politicians were op- posed. A question which Le considers far more important than that of parlia- mentary government in Spain is whether such parliamentary govern: ment will be capable of defending it- SALE OF TRANST STOGK ENOINED Justice Hoehling Grants Temporary Writ in Favor of New York Concern. Potter & Co., investment bankers, of New York, were awarded today by Justice Hoehling of the District Su preme Court a temporary injunction against the Washington Rapid Tran- several other stockholders to prevent the sale of their stock in the transit corporation pending termination of a suit for specific performance brought by the New York concern. Thé plain- tiffs furnished a bond of $10,000 to indemnify the defendants from loss by reason of the suing out of the in- Jjunction. Attorneys Frank J. Hogan and Ed- mund Jones, for the New York bank- ers, explained to the court that some of the defendants had filed answers to the rule indicating a willingness to sell at the figure named in the agreement with President Arnold, which is sought to be enforced and by which $400,000 was to be paid for the stock in ques- tion.. Others had not answered, and still other defendants, while not agree- ing were interposing no objection to the temporary injunction, counsel said. The latter class, including the com- pany, President Arnold and W. Frank Burrows and Norman E. Brooke, stockholders, was represented by At- torneys Syme & Syme and Douglas Obear & Douglas. - Fred A. Spicer, another stockholder, in a separate answer, filed through Attorneys Chapin B. Bauman and Kelly & Nicolaides, expresses his will- ingness to sell and makes charges re- flecting on the methods of President Arnold during the negotiations with the New York bankers. According to Attorney Frank J. Ho- gan, the holders of 9,880 shares of the stock have announced willingness to accent the price fixed by the New York bankers- and that Arnold, Brooke and Burrows hold 10,168 shares and do not oppose the injunc- tion. Spicer in his separate answer, after explaining that he and Arnold have been friends for 25 years and had adjoining offices, says he relied im- plicitly .on Arnold, buf that the latter did not keep him informed the negotlations. - He finally agreed’ with Arnold to dispose of his interes: for $50,000, but claims that Arnoli had already made an_agreement to dis- pose of Spicer's holdings at a very large profit. LAND NAMED FOR LENIN. MOSCOW, April 22.—“Lenin Land"” is the new name to be given to the large stretch of land on the eightieth parallel at 100 east longitude, dis- covered by the Russian Arcticexplorer Velketsky in 1913 and hitherto known as Nicholas 11 Land. - Radio Programs—Page 24, King Sa self against tbat conception of lifc which the Soviet government s seek- ing tg impose forcibly upon the world. “Have you in your travels in Spain noticed that wi living i ~(Continued on Page 3, Column DOUBTS WHEELER SIGNED MESSAGE Senator’s Former Secretary Testifies on Telegram to Gordon Campbell. By the Associated Press. GREAT FALLS. Mont., April Richard Haste, former secretary to Senator -Burton K. Wheeler, testified today at the Montana Senator's trial here that he ¢id not believe that a telegram, with Wheeler's name at- tached and sent to Gordon Campbell, Montana oil operator, on March 14, 1923, was sent by his employae. The Senator is charged with appearing il- legally before the Interior Department to prosecute Campbell's oil prospect- ing_permits. The telegram read: “Have already discussed permit with solicitor” (Ed- win S. Booth of the Interior Depart- ment). Haste said he took up the matter, which had to do with a_permit origi- nally granted to L. E. Lincoln, with Booth himself on the same day. The Lincoln permit is one of those in- volved in the indictment under which Wheeler is being tried. Four Witnesses Remain. Four more witnesses who are to tes- tify in behalf of Senator Wheeler re- mained on the defense schedule today, and after they are heard court is ex- pected to adjourn for two days while West-bound trains bring four others to his rescue. Decision to call additional witnesses in an effort to break down the tes- timony of George P. Hayes, the Gov- ernment’s star witness, was announc- ed vesterday by Senator Thomas J. Waish, head of the accused Senator's legal forces. Walsh Plans Rebuttal. Senator Wheeler was accused by the Government's chief witness of at- tempting ta employ him as a substi- tute, under promise that a large re- tainer fee would be the reward. Senator Walsh has called for the presence here of Henry Stern of Buf- falo, N. Y., who appeared before the Department of Justice investigating committee; two character witnesses from New York and a telephone com- pany official from Washington. The names of the New York and Washing- ton witnesses were not made known. D. C. Attorney for Defense. The four defense witnesses remain- ing here are Fred Munger of Lewis- town, Mont.; W. G. Freeley, Washing- ton attorney; C. A. Springmyer, a former employe of Gordon Campbell, and A. B. Melzner, a secretary of the accused Senator. Munger is alleged to have . heard H. C. Glosser, former secretary to Campbell, declare that Wheeler did not appear before the Interior Depart- ment for Campbell. Glosser denied on the stand that he had said it and Munger is being called to refute the statement, Senator Walsh said. Senator Wheeler's testimony will probably be rederved until the last, the defense satd, | the American Revolution The Star's Yesterday’s “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Circulation, 102,289 * TWO -CENTS. Bermuda and Ties | Up in Stiff Wind| By the Ascaciated Press | HAMILTON, Bermuda. April 22. - | —The United States dirigible air =hip Los Angeles, visiting Ber- muda for the second time, made fast to the tender “ship Patoka early this morning. The Los Angeles was first sight- ed off Bermuda at 2:30 a.m. She then cruised seaward againand was lost to view until about 5:30. She cruised leisurely about the island, and at 6:30 took her position over the Patoka. She made fast in a little less than an hour. A strong north wind made anchoring some- what difficult. BACKING OF D.A.R. ASKED IN BATTLE FOR D. C. SUFFRAGE Resolution Will Be Acted On Before Adjournment Next Saturday. iDirigible Reaches E : i @ In a resolution introduced late this | afternoon by Mrs. Maud L. Greena-; walt of this city, the Thirty-fourth | Continental Congress of the Daugh-| ters of the American tevolution, meeting in the Washington Audito- rium, was asked to support the Dis trict of Columbia in every w ble “to obtain their franchise and full | rights as citizen the United | States. The resolution wus referred | under the rules to the resolutions | committee and will be acted upon be- | fore the congress adjourns Saturday. The motion follows “Whereas the principles for which 2 ancestors fought, | ht to be represented in a government, when taxed by government, is violated in the District | of Columbia, a territory containing a | larger perrianent population than | some of our States; Want Full Citizenship. “‘Be it resolved, That we, the Daugh- | ters of the American Revelution. in congress assembled, go on record as | opposed to this deplorable condition at the Gapital of our Nation—a con diiton hich is at ance with the principles of =« vernment ‘by the people for the people’; and be it further resglved, | “That we‘use our influence wher- ' ever possible to aid the people of the | District of Columbia, who are unjust, Iy taxed without representation in | Congress, to obtain their franchise and | full rights as citizens of our great re- | public.” Want Patriotic Films. An appeal for the Daughters to take a more intensive part in the campaign for ‘“better moving pictures’ was sounded by Mrs. Mary E. Newton Baldwin. chairman of the committee | on better films. | ot only should the Daughters of take defi- nite steps to assist motion picture pro- ducers in making patriotic scenerio: historically correct, Mrs. Baldwin told | the congress, but they should be just as diligent to prevent the dramatiza- tion of obscene- and questionable books by the.producers, Mrs. Baldwin's report was preceded by a short but sharp fight on a mo- tion to have the business sessions of the congress, beginning with that of | this afternoon, transfered to Memo- | rial Continental Hall. Just as it seemed that the motion might be car- ried by a goodly majority, the chair- man of seating arrangements took the | stage and announced it would require at least 24 hours to reseat the dele- | zates in Memorial Continental Hall. | The motion grew out of zrowinz| complaints that delezates seated in the rear of the Washington Auditor- jum could not hear the' debates from the floor and that they feared the im- | portant discussions to take place late | today and tomorrow over proposed amendments to the by-laws might be | lost to a majority of the delegates. In | response to this objection, Mrs. An- | thony Wayne Cook, the president | general, asked that the congress de- | cide whether it would like to hold | future business sessions in Memorial Continental Hall. Sees Natio Menaced. Miss Alice Louise McDuffee, chair- man of the committee on Ameri(‘un-: ization, in submitting her annual re- | port, declared that “our country is in | grave danger of being undermined | from within unless every flble-bodied] American takes a part in the fight to teach our immigrants the prin- ! ciples of the American Government. | In appealing for a more united | fight to produce better films, Mrs. | Baldwin pointed out that this prob- | lem is definitely linked up not only with the problem of Americanization, but that motion pictures truthfully picturizing American life will go a long way toward establishing better relations between the United States | and. foreign governments. In part, | she said: i “Naturally, the subject in which we | have thé greatest concern has to do with pictures dealing with patriotic | subjects, historical pictures and those | | conducive to good citizenship. The | society ought to be proud of the fact | that-because of the informed and sym- pathetic co-operation it has given and | because of the advantage it has had | by way of its contacts it has been | able to make such recommendations | to the motion picture industry as to encourage them to make more pic. | tures of this character than have ever | been attempted before. ““Of the matters officially referred to this committee, one of the most vital! objects of the committee's work is the | children’s matinees. Adults are real-| izing that just as some books are not | for children, so are sgme films. Practi- | cally every State chairman has re.| ported success and great interest in| this subject. Different parts of the| country are carrying on these| matinees in the manner that seems| best to their locality. To Mrs. Har-| riet Locher of the Crandall Theaters, | ‘Washington, praise must be given for the untiring devotion to this subject, for, as she terms it, “laboratory work," she-is Working out plans for the edu- cation and amusement of the children of America. “That a prophet is sometimes known in her own country has been shown by the D. A. R. of the District of Col-| umbla in the resolution recently : passed thanking Mr. Crandall for his cordial support of Mrs. Locher's work ¥ possi- | £ of that | 2 {turn ling { hours. | teenth i A number of short b | town section such as CITY HEADS ADOPT NEW TRAFFG COE EFFECTVEMAY 3 Speed Limit, 22 Miles—Pe- destrians Given Right of Way at Intersections. HEADLIGHT AND BRAKE REGULATIONS STIFFENED Temporary Permits for Beginners at Driving—Four Definitions of Recklessness. The new traffic code, which is to be come effective May 3, was adopted by the District Commissioners today. It constitutes a complete revision of the existing regulations with the follow ing outstanding changes A new speed limit for the entire District of 22 miles an hour instead of 15 miles an hour, except on arte- rial highways to be designated at a later date. A regulation requiring machines to { have headlights that will make an ob- ject clearly visible 200 feet in advance of the machine. A rule requiring vehicles to have foot brakes that ‘will stop the car go- ing 20 miles an hour within 50 feet, and hand brakes that will stop a car }within 75 feet Pedestrian Right of Way. Pedestrians are given the right of ay at all crosswalks except those controlled by traffic officers. Vehicles are given right of way over pedestrians between intersections While there is no specizl speed limit for crossing an intersection. the new code provides that a vehicle appre ing an intersection shall slow d and be kept under such control as to id colliding with other vehicles. Vehicles approaching an intersec- tion from the left .shall give the right of way to vehicles approaching from the right, provided that a vehicle in- tending to make a right or left hand shall give the right of way to through traffic. Parking of automobiles will be pro hibited on certain specified streets dur- the morning and evening rush Where such special restrictions re not indicated, the present one- { hour limit in the congested section will remain in effect. Two new one-way streéts are estab- lished in the code as follows: Two New One-Way Streets. H street from Massachusetts avenus to Fourteenth street, for westbound taffic. I street from Sixteenth street to Massachusetts avenue, eastbound traf- fic_only. In the new code Sixth, Tenth, Eigh- and Nineteenth streets are abolished as one-way thoroughfares. locks in the down E street, be Thirteenth and Fourteenth retained as one-way veen are Issue Temporary Permits. Under the new code, new drivers will be issued a temporary permit for ten days to permit the traffic office to determine whether they are proper persons to hold a permit regularl A mental examination and a_ demon- stration will still be required before suance of the temporary permit. Instead of the present rule requir- ing three different hand signals for opping, turning to the right and turning to the left, the new code pro- vides only for the extending the arm straight out as a warning to vehicles in the rear in all instances. The definition of reckless driving and speeding in the new code reads as follows: No individual shall operate a motor vehicle over any public highway the District—first, recklessly; secc at a rate of speed greater than sonable and proper, having regard to the width of the public highway, the use thereof and the traffic thereon; third, so as to endanger any property or individual; fourth, so as to unnec essarily or unreasonably damage the public highway.” Speed Limits Defined. In addition to the general speed limit of 22 miles an ‘hour for pas- senger vehicles, the code provides for a speed limit of 18 miles an hour for commercial vehicles with pneumatic tires; 15 miles an hour for commercial vehicles having solid tires; 15 miles an hour for tractors; no vehicle shall be driven in an alley faster than 7 miles an hour ahd no vehicle shall emerge from an alley, garage or place of business faster than 3 miles an hour, and must stop before crossing a sidewalk. The regulation governing lights | reads as follows: 1l vehicles in motion or at rest on any street or within any public reservation within the District during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sun- rise and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernable a person, vehicle or other substantial object the size of a small child on the street 200 feet ahead shall display lights as follows “Motor vehicles other than motor cycles shall be equipped and lighted with at least two headlights of 4 type approved by the director, mounted on the front of the vehicle, one on each side, and fitted with lamps of the same rating, giving approximately 100 candlepower. No red or green lights shall be visible from the front. A lighted lamp shall be mounted at the rear, arranged to show a red light visible from the rear at a distance of 500 feet and to illuminate by white light the rear license plate in such a manner as to make the numerals leg- ible for at least 50 feet from the rear of the vehicle. When a trailer is used in conjunction with a motor vehicle, the trailer only shall be required to display a rear light.” Dimming of Headlights. The section under which dimming of headlights will be permitted reads as follows: “The headlamps shall be so con- structed, arranged and adjusted that they will at all times under normal atmospheric conditlons produce ample driving light so as to reveal any per- son, vehicle or other substantial ob- ject the size of a small child on the street 200 feet ahead, except when the motor vehicle is operated on a street so well lighted that any sub- stantial object on the street 200 feet ((Contl.nued on Page 4, Column 2.) (Continued oh Page 5, Column 1)