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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Foreecust.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly cooler tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, 73, at noon today; lowest, 53, at 2 a.m. today Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 ch —_—— No. 29,577. Entered as second class matter post office. Washington, D, C. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1925—FORTY-SIX PAGES. “From Press tc Home Within the Hour” . The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Yesterday's as fast as the papers are printed. \ Circulation, 103,854 * I'wO CENTS. HITZ THROWS 001 PAGFIC LIE SUT AEANST SHP SALE District Justice Also Denies Plea to Dismiss “Without Prejudice.” ROW IN BOARD GROWS HOTTER OVER POLICIES! Coolidge’s Activity Not Clearly De- fined—Has Full Co-Operation of Chairman 0’Connor. Justice Hitz of the District Su- preme Court today signed the formal order dismissing the suit for injunc- tion brought by the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. against the United States Shipping Board to prevent the sale of the five President ships to R. Stanley Dollar and the Dollar Steam- ship Co. The order operates to re- voke the restraining order which was | sranted April 3 by the court pending a hearing of the petition of the plain- it Attorneys Bolitha J. Laws and for- mer_ Senator George E. Chamberlin tried to persuade Justice Hitz to add the words “without prejudice” to the order of dismissal. They asked an op- portunity to consult further as to any { possible legal claim they might have nst the Shipping Board which as not covered in thelr bill of com- plaint, and declared they would take no appeal if their request were grant- ed. They did not expect, they said. that the restraining order would be | continued. Proposal Strongly Opposed. Assistant United States Attorney Vernon E. West, for the Shipping Board, opposed the addition of the| words, claiming that the bill had been | considered on its merits and had been found by the court to have no merit and that it should be dismissed. He claimed this was a final determina- tion by the court and should not be nuilified by the proposed addition. Former Senator Stanley, repre- senting the Dollar interests, also op- posed the “without prejudice” addi- tion to the order, pointing out that his client had come all the way from be in | San Francisco and should not required to make another trip the event counsel for the Pacifiz Mail should think they had some other grievance and bring a new suit. Hitz Bans Extra Words. Justice Hitz declined to ‘mgke’ thi ired additicn to the order, sa. 1 think it is about time that the Pacific mail should fly or alight. Attorney Laws then stated a con- | ference would be hel!l as to the ap- peal and due notification, if one i to | be taken, made to the court within the time fixed by the rules. BOARD ROW INTENSIFIED. O'Connor Said Not to Have Dis- closed Coolidge Letter. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The row Inside the Shipping Board 1s becoming more tense right along. Now it develops that Chairman O’Connor declined to let other. mem- bers of the board see a copy of Presi- | dent Coolidge's letter ingquiring about | certain procedure of the board. And there is resentment expressed pri-| vately that the President is endeavor-! ing to influence the course of the board, though by law he has no more jurisdiction over the board than he has over the Interstate Commerce Commission. The power of appointment is, of course, a broad jurisdiction in itseif, and Mr. Coolidge can decline to rexp-E point a man who does not follow his wishes. Rumors and charges have been made that certain members of the board are asking the White House how to vote before doing so. 0’Connor for Coolidge Views. | Mr. O’Connor is a Republican, and is one of those who brought a delegation of laboring men to the White House during the last presidential campaign, and it was afterward argued that the expenses of the delegation were paid by the Republican organization. The chairman is in full sympathy with| the President’s policies, and is said to | be ready to carry out Mr. Coolidge’s desires with respect to shipping. The division of opinion on the board itself with respect to policy is non-| political, however, because Vice Chairman Plummer of Maine is a Re- publican and is out of sympathy with the latest move of the board to sell five big ships to the Dollar line in- terests of the Pacific Coast. Mr. Coolidge has never made a de- | tailed statement in public of what he thinks should be done by the Ship- ping Board, but some members of the | Dboard seem to be agreed that his views would be welcomed by the country because the amount of public prop-! erty held by the Government as a consequence of war construction is so great that its disposition constitutes a | trusteeship of prime importance. Comparison With 0il Lands. The oil lands of the United States were disposed of as a consequence of legislation which vested power in cer- 1ain Government departments, but the President was held to be in a sense responsible for the policy pursued. And Mr. Coolidze appointed a com- mission to study the question of oil conservation. So, too, with respect to ships Mr. Céolidge has.an informal consulting_commission outside of the Shipping Board to provide him with advice. He has almost from the start of his administration interested himself in a solution of the shipping problem. There is no indication, however, as to what progress he has personally made with the question. So far as the public is concerned he was merely inquiring as to what members of the board were supposedly joining in court action against the board, an interpretation, however, which was not justified by the facts, as Mrs. Coolidge found out on looking into the matter closely, for the board was a unit in defending its four-to-three decision on the sale of ships when once that decision was made. The big fleet of ships which was ac- quired at a cost of billions of dollars is to be disposed of to private interests under the present law, which provides that safeguards be given that a mer- chant marine be maintained and ‘cer- tain routes guaranteed. Private operators have not been TContinued on Page 3, Column 7.) - | executive council Butte Is Crippled By 14-Inch Snow; Chicago Swelters By the Associated Press. BUTTE, Mont., April 23.—Butte was under a 1l4-inch blanket of snow today, with the storm, which started last night, continuing. It was one of the heaviest snowfalls on record here. Traffic in the city has been partially interrupted. Other parts of the State reported heavy rains, which turned to snow at some points. CHICAGO, April 23.—Summer temperatures were enjoyed in Chi- cago todax when the mercury rose to 82 at 11 a.m., the highest when since 1915, April 23. SOFIA POLICE KILL FOURTH INBOMBING Terrorist Is Shot Down, Like Leader, Upon Refusal to Surrender. it was 84 on By the Associated Press. SOFIA, April 23.—The revolution- ist Tehountouloff, one of the princi- pal terrorists under Ninkoff, the al- leged Communist leader in the recent cathedral bomb outrage, who was shot and killed by the police Monday, met death today in much the same manner as his chief. Discovered by the police, he refused to surrender, they declare, and was shot down. He was the fourth principal cornered and slain, Regarding the wild rumors in circu- lation that thousands of persons have been killed or arrested since the bomb explosion, it is learned from what is considered trustworthy authority that these are gross exaggerations. Al though detailed information is lack- ing, the number killed, it is asserted, does not amount to more than a few dozen. There have been 1,500 arrests, but many of those taken by the author- ities have already been released. INVASION IS FEARED. Bulgaria Is Expecting Fiat From Jugoslavia. BY A. R. DECKEK. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. VIENNA, April 23.—The Bulgarian government expects at any moment to receive a note from Belgrade demand- ing documentary proof or apologies for {he" assertion of Minister of the In- terior Russeff in the Sobranje that the Cathedral bomb plotters had con- fessed they were promised visas per- mitting them to enter Jugoslavia, an automobile to the frontier and refuge with other Bulgarian emigrants in Jugoslavia. Sofia fears the note will be couched |in unacceptable terms, approximating an ultimatum, with the danger of in- vasion. Reports have reached Belgrade of a communist uprising in the northeast- ern part of Bulgaria in Plovdiv, Varna and Burgae. The troops are said to be divided into two camps, one favor- ing the Tzankoff government and the other the Communists. Fighting oc- curred in Vracac, in which the entire garrison is sald to have joined the “(Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) FIGHT ON HINDENBURG {BY U. S. BANKS DENIED Berlin Foreign Office and Bankers’ Association Declare Re- port Is False. By the Associated Prese. BERLIN, April The foreign office today denied a report current here that the American Bankers’ As- sociation had informed Forelgn Min- ister Stresemann, leader of the Ger- man People’s Party, that the election of Ield Marshal von Hindenburg to the German presidency would be det- rimental to further, negotiations for American credits. It was stated no such communication had been re- celved up to midday either directly or through Ambassador von Maltzan. AUGUSTA, Ga., April 23—No ca- blegram to Berlin' of any nature has been forwarded or authorized by the of the American Bankers' Assoctation, in session here, William E. Knox of New York, presi- dent, declared today In regard to re- ports from Berlin saying such a ru- mor was current there. Mr. Knox said he had been asked over long distance yesterday If it were true that the bankers' associa- tion had cabled the German govern- ment that the election of Hindenburg to the presidency would cause Amer- jcan bankers to refuse to approve German financing in this country, and that he had laughed at the report. Woman Slayer Beheaded. GERA, Germany, April 23.—Frau Schellhardt, convicted of murdering her 10-year-old daughter, was decapi- tated here today. It was the first de- capitation in Gera in 17 years. By the Associated Pre PARIS, April 23.—On the fifth anniversary of the date the Senate, sitting as a high court, deprived him of his civic rights and banish- ed him from Paris for war-time commerce with the enemy, Joseph Caillaux made his re-entry into the Senate chamber today as minister of finance. The few senators present when the sesslon opened did not appear to see him enter. i The expected hostile demonstra- tion from the Conservative and Moderate benches failed to mate- rialize. The Senate went on with the debate on the articles of the budget, while M. Caillaux scratch- ed his bald head, exchanged a few words with . Forel WHEELERRESUNES STAND AT TRAL Testimony May Conclude Case if Stipulation by De- fense Is Agreed Upon. By the Associated Press GREAT FALLS, Mont., April 23.— Senator Burton K. Wheeler resumed the witness stand in his trial today to complete the story of his connection with Gordon Campbell, Montana oil operator, for whom he is accused of illegally appearing before the Depart- ment of the Interior in prosecution of oil land permits. Developments in the trial hinged today upon whether opposing counsel ‘would agree to end the case when the testimony of the accused Senator is completed or suspend court sessions pending the arrival of additional de- fense witnesses from the Bast. Additional defense witnesses were called in an attempt to controvert the testimony of the Government's witness, George I’. Hayes, New York attorney. Senator Wheeler took the witness stand yesterday, reviewing his entire connection with Gordon Campbell, Montana oil operator, in whose behalf he is alleged to have appeared before the department. mit with officials of the department, but declared his action did not con- stitute an appearance. Denies Making Call. Defense counsel, it became known last night, proposed in a conference with Government lawyers and Federal Judge Frank S. Dietrich, before whom the case is being tried, that they would rest their case if the prosecu- tion would agree to a stipulation show- ing that the Washington records of the telephone company there would show no_acocunt of a_telephone call between Edwin S. Booth, former solici- tor in the Interior Department, and Hayes in New York on March 13, 1923. District Attorney John L. Slat- tery had not decided the question at a late hour last night. Hayes previously testified that ooth called him by telephone on that te and arranged for a conference March 16 in New York between Hayes and Senator Wheeler. Mr. Booth tes- tified that he recalled making no such telephone call. Senator Thomas J. Walsh, chief of Wheeler’s counsel, de- clared in open court he would produce a telephone company official, who would testify that there was np rec- ord of the call. CALLS FOR WITNESS. Walsh Seeks Gotham Assistant Prosecutor to Testify. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 23.—Senator Thomas J. Walsh, counsel for Senator Eurton K. Wheeler, who is on trial at Great Falls, Mont., on a charge of illegally prosecuting oil prospecting permit, has sent a telegram to District Attorney Banton here asking that Alexander Lehman, assistant on Mr. Banton's staff, be permitted to go to Montana as a witness for Wheeler. “In the interests of justice, kindly release your assistant, Alexander Lehman, to attend Wheeler's trial here,” read the telegram. Mr. Lehman at present is ill at his home here, and it was not announced whether he would go to Montana. It is believed that his appearance .is sought by Senator Walsh to contro- vert the testimony of George P. Hayes. Caillaux Back in French Senate Five Years to Day After Conviction Briand, who sat beside him, and from time to time gave indications that he was very much bored. Discussion of interpellations of the new cabinet, which it was sup- posed would come up today, was postponed until after the budget should have been acted upon. The opposition showed no incli- nation to force an issue with the government. The leading group of Moderate Republicans decided last evening to adopt a waiting attitude and to reserve final judgment until the new ministry showed by its acts just what line it was going to take on the leading questions. Radio Prog The Senator admit-| ted having discussed one oil land per-| | Filipino Drowned By Neighbors for “Harboring Devil” BY WALTER J. ROBB. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MANILA, April Pablo Dela Cruze, 60-year-old lipino, has been drowned by four Filipino neighbors at Cavite, across the bay from Manila. The guilty four, ar- rested, told the constabulary that Cruze was a witch, who made his Japanese son-n-law sick. To drive out the devil spirit they ducked the aged man in Manila Bay, holding him under the water, they d, until a white butterfly escaped from his mouth. This but- terfly, they believed, was the form the evil spirit assumed. Such be- liefs in witchery and sorcery are common through the Islands, giv- ing rise to many crimes of assault and murder every year. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Da News Co.) HOUGHTON TAKES UP LONDON DUTIES New U. S. Envoy Hailed by British—Confidence Voiced by Press. By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 23.—Alanson B. Houghton, new American Ambassador to Great Britain, arrived at Padding- ton station at 4 p.m. from Plymouth and was greeted by the staffs of the embassy and the consulate and by J. B. Monck, representing the British government. Mr. Monck conveyed Foreign Secretary Chamberlain’s wel- come to the new envoy. Ambassador Houghton was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Matilda Houghton. An- other daughter, Miss Elizabeth Hough- ton, is in school in Switzerland. The Times today expresses confi- dence that Ambassador Houghton will maintain the high standard set by previous American envoys. It adds that it is idle to speculate as to what the United States will or will not do in the near future in world diplomacy, but says that “as far as the treat- ment of the big current questions be- tween the two countries is concerned, there is good reason to feel hopeful with Mr. Houghton here and Mr. Kel- logg there.” SILENT ON BIG ISSUES. Houghton Refuses to Answer Arms Parley Questions. By the Associated Press. PLYMOUTH, England, April 23.— Alanson B. Houghton, newly appoint- ed American Ambassador to Great Britain, arrived here on the steamship George' Washington today. He was welcomed aboard the ship by the Mayor of Plymouth, accompanied by Lord Astor. Mr. Houghton expressed apprecia- tion at the cordiality of his welcome “at the thresold of England.” He nosed on deck for the motion picture men and press photographers. The Ambassador and his daughter, 0 accompanied him, expect to ar- rive in London 'this afternoon. Reporters asked numerous - ques- tions, including some about the limi- tations of armaments and the funding of European debts to America. The Ambassador said it was unfair to ask him these questions, and he declined to discuss any controversial subject. GETS HAPPY START. Houghton Term Begins Under Best of Circumstances. By Cable to The Star LONDON, April 23.—Few Ameri. can ambassadors to the Court of St. James have initiated their terms of office under happier circumstances than surrounded Alanson B. Hough- ton’s arrival in England today. Not only are the relations between the United States and Great Britain cleared of many vexing questions whieh confronted his predecessors, but relations between Great Britain and her neighbors have gradually settled down to something approaching pre- war conditions, leaving the quiet, kindly atmosphere of peace times. Of British Descent. Mr. Houghton's arrival today at Plymouth seems particularly appro- priate in view of the fact that his an- cestors sailed frora that port in 1637 and have lived continuously in New England since. From representatives “(Continued on b3 ump 6.) Chieago Daily News. = s =N S 1 H | | i NEW AIR DEFENSE 1S READY FOR NAVY Gun Three Times as Deadly| Will Replace Present | Anti-Plane Rifles. i A revolution in anti-aircraft warfare is promised by the Navy, when it will shortly begin the installation aboard all ships of a new fiveiinch anti-air-! craft gun. The development of this gun, which has just been completed | after a series of tests at the Dahigren, Va., proving ground of the Navy, be. came known today at the Navy De- partment. | As soon as battleships become avail- | able after the present maneuvers on | which they are now engeged the new | guns will be placed aboard them and the present three-inch guns will be re- moved. The latter guns are all made obsolete by the development of the new rifle. Has Ten-Mile Range. According to officers who are familiar with the new gun, it will be | practically impossible for airplanes to | escape their raking fire. Of course, ! it will not be possible to test them | against a squadron of planes, as the | danger involved requires that only | one plane be used at a time as a tar- get. The present 34nch guns have a vertical range of only 8,000 yards, a distance of four nautical miles, where- as the new rifle has a range of 20,000 vards, or 10 nautical miles in the air. One of the possible advantages of the S-inch gun is that it is constructed to use high-power bursting charges. The method of serving the gun with am- munition has been so simplified that when crews are sufficiently trained it can fire a charge in less than four seconds and maintain a fire at that rate. This, it will be seen, will per- mit the officers in charge of the fire to trace the plane in its path by ob- serving the burst. In other words, it is practically the same as tracer am- munition used in small arms to indi- | cate the path of the bullet. ! Bursting Charge Trebled. | Another feature of the ammunition | which has been developed for this ! gun is that the bursting area has been | more than trebled over that of the| charges used in the three-inch gun, | the chances of injuring the plane due | to the bursting of the shell being in- creased threefold. With the development of the' gun, there has also been completed a new system of fire-control equipment which will permit the service of the rifle with almost machine-gunlike rapidity. The first to obtain these guns will be battleships and then the cruisers. It {s not believed likely that they will supplant the present three-inch guns on destroyers, as it is not believed that the gun plat- forms of these small vessels will be able to withstand the recoil of the new gun. Reports received at the Navy De- partment today from ships of the West Coast, which have been engaged in anti-aircraft target Dractice with 3-nch guns, shows that they were quite successful. The sleeve targets used on the airplanes, at which the naval gunners fired, are just one-half the size of the fusilage. ~Under war- time conditions when planes are flying in squadrons, naval officers point out, such a successful barrage could be laid down against them by the few guns that they could not approach within 3 miles, hence their usefulness as bomb-droppers would be destroyed. Target Is Riddled. One of the reports received says that except on the first one of the practices the bursts were all either slightly ahead of the sleeve or right on. One shell was seen to pierce the sleeve in direct flight and burst just beyond probably by concussion. The sleeve quivered violently from the burst of several shells and un- doubtedly was hit badly. Portions of the slevee could be seen trailing behind it when it passed over the ship. An observing plane saw the hit made and flew along side of the sleeve after this run and the pilot reported that the after end of the sleeve was all torn up and the after hoop was missing. The Navy has the new. five-inch guns all ready for the ships and in- stallations are to be promptly made. P S G T TANAKA GOING TO RUSSIA. Tokio Picks Former Secretary Here for Ambassador to Soviets. WILL NOT DICTATE t | Bolivian Diplomat Battles Policeman Officer Cut in Fight When Two Fall Through Door. Attache Demands Immunity and Is Released. Diplomatic immunity prevented the arrest early today of Senor Don Jorge Blacud Jofre, an attache of the Bo- livian legation, after a fight with Policeman Willlam J. Middleton of the first precinct, which started when the young diplomat, it is alleged, resented the policeman’s questioning him about a bottle of alleged intoxicants he was passing around among friends seated with him in a Fourteenth street restaurant. Middleton, he later reported, enter- ed the restaurant about 5 o'clock this morning and found Jofre seated at a table with two or three friends. A bottle containing liquor, it is alleged, was on the table at the time and when the policeman approached Jofre for explanations the latter offered him a drink, which the policeman declined. Resists Arrest. Middleton asked Jofre for his name. “Who wants to know?” Jofre is alleged to have replied, and about that time a waiter brought an egg sandwich to the diplomat, who insist- ed _that the policeman eat it. Middleton again declined and Jofre rose to his feet. When Middleton tarted to place him under arvesi, Jofre resisted, and both of the scuMing, broke through a glass panel n the front door of the restaurant. Middleton's leg was cut and bled pro- fusely, but he stuck to his prisoner and took him to the first pracinct station house. There Jofre made known his iden- tity, but he was held until the ar- rival of another legation attache, who COUNGILEREATION Commissioners Decide Selec- tion of Members Entirely Up to Citizens. "The District {Zonunissioners will not ti#ke any steps to have election of the Citizens’ Advisary Council postponed or to suggest a change in the method of creating the council. " They reiterated their position in the matter today after George M. Yeat- man, president of the South Wash- ington Citizens' Association, had call- ed on them and prexented the protest of his association to the plan of choos- ing a council of eight men from the city at large. ‘Wants District Choice. Mr. Yeatman laid before the city heads South Washington's proposal that the éouncil be made up of 10 members, chosen as follows: Three from the northwest, two from the northeast, two from the southeast, one from the southwest and two from the colored associations. Commissioners Rudolph and Beil endeavored during the conference to convince Mr. Yeatman that the crea- tion of the council as proposed will not in any way affect the considera- tion which the city authorities will give to the local needs of the south- west and all other sections of the city. Col. Bell said he called attention to a number of pending projects for the beautification of the National Capital that will directly benefit the South- west, including the reconstruction of the river front, the erection of new Government buildings in that section and the turning over of certain Dis- trict property in that locality to the Botanic Gardens. Will Welcome Suggestions. The Engineer Commissioner point- ed out again today that the Commis- sioners will continue to welcome rec- ommendations from each citizens’ as- sociation as to the municipal needs of the various neighborhoods, leaving the council to consider the interests of the city as a whole. Col. Bell said he told Mr. Yeatman the Commissioners invited the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Association to create the council and that he did not feel the Commissioners should now take a hand in the manner of select- ing the council. Col. Bell also expressed the belief to- day that the law which prohibits mak- ing public the annual estimates before they are submitted to Congress will not interfere with the plan of the Commissioners of asking the council to indicate how much it believes the total of the budget for next 'year should be. B It will not be necessary, Col. Bell said, to show the council the com- pleted estimates in order to get an ex- pression of views, as to the amounts that should be recommended for gen- eral classes of work. The Engineer Commissioner further pointed out that he expects the coun- cil to be active in pushing needed leg- islation, aside from the question of in- Liquor Row | | SENOR JOFRE. i Harris & Ewing Photo identified him. He was then released | with no charges entered against him Middleton went to George Washin ton Hospital for first aid. He lost about a gquart of blood from the wound. Meanwhile ,the bottle had | disappeared and the police lost part of the evidence for a report, which, it is stated, will be filed with the State Department. The State Department declined | comment in the case today and the| prohibition unit denied knowledge of | the affair. It was explained, how- | ever, that the diplomatic immunity extended to representatives of fo:- eign powers was “very broad” and | that no test had ever been made to| determine fts extent. At the legation today Seno: Jotre denied that he was implicated in any row with a policeman, and =aid that | he was not in a restaurant this| morning and knew nothing of the! affair. 3 EFFIOENCY RATIVG CHANGE SOURHT Dismissal of Veteran U. S.| Employes Because of Low Marks Called Unfair. President Coolidge will be requested shortly to fssue an executive order modifying to some extent the order issued in October, 1321, which put thé efciency rating system for Federal employes into effect. It is specifically required by the Harding order that all discharges from the services must be made strict- 1y on the basis of the efficiency ratings worked out by the Personnel Classifi- cation Board, and that those emploves with the lowest markings must neces. sarily be the first dropped from the rolls when there are to be curtailment of work or by a lack of appropriation. This feature of the order is consid- ered somewhat unfair by some de- partmental offictals, inasmuch as no premium is placed upon iength of service. Longevity s not taken into consideration. and it is because of this that the Personnel Classification Board is studying the matter prepara- tory to the proposed modification of President Harding’s order, This matter, it is understood, will be formally placed before the Presi- dent within the next ten days or two weeks. change in the order is required be- fore any definite action can be taken by those intrusted with the efficien To Receive Church Delegation. ceive a delegation from-the National Council of Congregational Churches, which will formally invite him to de- liver the opening address at the meet- ing of the council here, Octotber 20 next. President Coolidge is the hon- orary moderator of the denomination, having been elected at the Springfield, Mass., meeting of the council two years ago. This is the first time in the history of this country that a President of the United great religious body. The committee ‘will request the President as the hon- orary moderator, if he accepts, to set forth his own conception of the ideals, spirit and responsibility of this body of men and women. The White House has received a memorial from the Religious Liberty Association of America expressing ap- preciation and hearty approbation of “the noble and courageous way in which President Coolidge has upheld and magnified the Constitutional guar- antees of ciyil and religious liberty." PORT CAPTURE REPORTED Hondurans, However, Deny Suc- cess by Rebels. By the Associated Prese. It is reported that La Ceiba, a minor port 60 miles west of Trujillo, has been captured by Honduran revolu. tionists. . i Despite this report, it is claimed by a confidential agent of the Hon- how much money is to be spent an- nually on municipal work. duran government here that the revo- lutionists are losing ground through- out the republic. New York Is World’s Most Degraded By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 23.—New York is pictured as the modern Babylon, degraded below Berlin or Paris, in the fiftyfirst annual re- port of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, made By the Associated Press. TOKIO, April 23—Tokichi Tanaka, former counsellor at the Japanese em- bassy at Washington and late vice minister of foreign affairs and director of the intelligence bureau at Tokio, was definitely selected today as Am- public today. Licentious and sala- clous matter purveyed by stage, screen and book stands is held responsible. 4 The society advocates a State i law for theatrical ducers. a_clarification of City; Stage Is Cause, Vice Report Says dean of the .theatrical profession is the sponsor for a current play that even the blase newspaper re- viewers described in a manner to leave no doubt as to its objection- able character. ‘What a chorus it would be,” the report asserts, “if all of the theatri- cal producers who are at the pre- sent time exhibiting licentious shows on Brmv;y, and all the publishers of and magazines and pictures who are disseminating us products, were to stand at the entrance of their _places of in and cry, ‘Un- His approval of the proposed | ratings. | President Coolidge tomorrow will re- | tates has | been the official honorary head of a MANAGUA, Nicaragua,' April 23.— | 0.A R CLEARS WAY TOVOTE LPONNEN 520000 BULDING Routine Election of Vice Presidents Will Be Followed by Debate on Project. ECONOMY GROUP PUTS UP STRONG OPPOSITION American Legion Aid for War Orphans Approved—D. C. Suf- frage Issue Pending. While delegates to the thirty-fourt! Continental Congress of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution were going through the motions of ballot |ing on seven candidates for as many vacancies in the ranks of their vice presidents general the congress pro- ceeded to clear its slate of routine business to make way for debate on the proposal to build a new $2,000,000 auditorium. Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook, presi dent general of the soclety, announced that she would reserve the right to automatically call up the auditorium project early tomorrow, but that if conditions warranted putting the ques. tion to a vote today she would do so. Considerable argument over the audi torium, particularly relating to the method by which it might be financed, is expected from the floor. Election Is Perfunctory. The election of the seven vice presi dents general today is merely a per functory matter. There are only seven candidates for seven places, and bal- loting was conducted by State delega tions, small blocs of delegates leaving the meeting in the Washington Audi- torfum at & time so that a quorum might remain in their seats to carry out the scheduled program without delay. The candidates being voted on to- day are Mrs. Robert J. Reed of West Virginia, Mrs. S. A. Dickson of Louis- iana, Mrs. John H. Hanley of Illinois, Mrs” L. Victor Seydel of Michigan, Mrs. Walter Ambrose Robinson of Alabama, Mrs. H. H. McClintock of Oklahoma and Mrs. John M. Young of North Dakota. They were placed in nomination without opposition at last night's session of the congress. Whether or not the action of the {congress late yesterday, which voted { down proposals to increase the initia- | tion fees and annual dues, indicates a determination to follow a policy of strict economy, which may postpone construction of the new auditorium veral years, at least, was a question y delégates were considéring to- day. At the best, it is said, proponents of the project may expect some se- vere questioning as to the society's ability to undertake the building pro- gram at this time. Sentiment for Building. There is no doubt that the senti ment of the delegates {s overwhelm- ingly favorable to the comstruction of the "auditorium, but fear is felt in some quarters that those who are fighting for a program of economy may succeed in delaying the building operations indefinit: thus necessita- ating the congress holding its meet- ings for many years to come in a lmn(ed auditorium, such as the Wash- ngton Auditorium, at a large expense. That such a policy would soon prove |to be false economy is held by many, |but whether those in favor of be- | ginning operations immediately can persuade a majority of delegates to take this point of view remains lo be seen. It is declared that for the society to continue to pay thousands of doilars every year for the use of a hall not owned by it will soon make serious inroads on the treasurer’s funds. That the Daughters will eventually build the proposed audi- torium is not doubted. Among the important resolutions | adopted unanimously by the congress today were two of outstanding inter- | est. By adoption of one the Daughters | vehemently protested against the use of the field at Yorktown, Va., where Cornwallis surrendered to George | Washington, as a golf course, and against naming the tees of that course for outstanding heroes of the battle of Yorktown. i Approve Legion Project. | | The second gave the American Le ion and its auxiliary the unreserved indorsement of the Daughters in its campaign to raise an endowment fund of $5.000,000 with which to provide | for 35,000 orphans of veterans of the { World' War. Of these orphans, it was declared, 5,000 are definitely destitute |and without proper protection. Tre- | mendous applause marked the pas- | sage of this resolution, against which {not a voice was raised. | In anotber resolution, the congress authorized Mrs. Cook to send to for- mer Ambassador and Mme. Jusserand, in the name of the entire society, the Daughters’ regret at their departure from this country, and an expressed wish that some future congress may again welcome them as guests. Sym- pathies for Secretary of War Weeks and Mrs. Weeks over the former’s ill ness were also voted. Complaint was registered with the congress that railroads giving dele- | gates to the congress reduced fare tickets had not allowed them sufficient time to take in side trips to places of patrictic interest before and after the formal sessions. A resolution peti tions the passenger associations of all trunk lines to hereafter extend the return limit of these tickets so that tuture delegates may have ample time to see points of interest in this part | of the country. i Schools Are Indorsed. Without a dissenting vote the con- gress also gave indorsement to the following schools: The Hjllside School for Boys, at Greenwich Wilage, Conn.; the Kate Duncan Smith School, in Alabama, and the Mount Verde School, in Florida. A resolution, authorizing the use of a small “recogition pin,’ bearing the insignia of the society, by members, was held for action until all delegates could be in the auditorium. Another resolution on which action was postponed for the return of all delegates, asks the Daughters to recommend that its members bow their heads during the singing of the fourth stanza of “America” as a mark of respect for Deity. The resolution would also put the society on record as favoring a campaign to make this custom national, just as it is now customary for ail men to raise their hats and stand at attention during the i ued on Page 5, Column