Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. | Weather Bureau Forecast.) today: moderate to fresh wes Temperatures—Highest, lowest, 49, i g. s, i Fair and colder 1 fad pam. yesterday 5 am. and 10 Full repc 1. t on page vesterday. tomorrow ¥ winds. at ¢ at 6 am he WITH DAILY No. 1,081— No. 29,804. EVENING EDITION Sunday Star. 60 cents per “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at onth. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON - BIG ISSUES BEFO CONGRESS HINT AT ~ COLORFUL SESSION Court, Farm Aid, Dry Act and Insurgents’ Treatment Promise Fights. OPENING TOMORROW EXPECTED TO BE QUIET Address May Be Read Tuesday Adjournment May Not Come Until Fall BY Sixty-ninth Congre . GOULD LINCOLN n. While quiet : day promises to be that tionus of the gress legislators. in Novem- than 13 months ago, the Republ ans have majority.” o transla o legislation 1d the pledges made dur: paign last mocrats, on the other F k the administration at eve: n wrmer. Their p e the issues with which i polls in the congressional vear. Already th mgressional investiga ol and rdmin on will its licies the car its po ing The De rpose ny; the on next Big Issues to Come Up of re the 10 remost in public interest mieasures and probl which come up before CONgress are tax re. duction, proposed adhesion of the United States to the World Court, farm lation, ratification of war settlements with Belgiu: ftaly other debtor nations, con- ! = of “the railroads, marine and aviation | question promises to rul ith the “wets” strenuously a modification of the Voi- “0d even repeal of the Con +mendment. But the “drys if this question bobs its shoulders of the table 5 of both hous W, alt sibtlity le debt and dation merchan prohibitt head andi The 3 are ex ough of un- wreseen matters several hours sanization of the Senate already een completed—--at its special se neld last March. The House, on the other hand, must elect-its Speaker and | other officers, adopt its rules and ap- point its standing committees. President’s Return Waited. is the custom on the opening for cach house to appoint & com to join with that of the other s announce formally to the President that Congress is in session and ready ceive a1 ©wnications which are to send to it. President however. will be in Chicago v, where he has gone to ad Amerfcan Farm Bureau Fed and will not return to Wash g until Tuesday morning. The commnittee to wait on the President will be appointed tomorrow, but it will be able to carry out the direc of Congress untll the follow- £ day. The President's annual Congress will n Cor dress the + eration idge message to he submitted to that hody Tuesdav. ‘it is now expected. President Coolidge has decided to wranemit his message in writing and not appear before a joint session of the two housea to deliver it in person The ypolitieal makeup of the new gress is far more favorable o the ans and the administration was the last Congress the halance wer was held and House by progressive The lineup in the new Se 56 Republicans—provided the appointed Senator rald P of North Dakota is seated—39 Democrats and 1 Farmer-Labor Sena- tor. Even with the Republican insur- zents counted in the b6 the majority to give the ad rking majority ministration the upper house Honse Margin Greater. The Republicans greater a itage in the House, where the lineup is as follows: 247 Repub licans, 183 Democrats, 1 Independent. Farmer-Labor and cialist Representative Nicholas Longworth Ohio, floor leader the Republl- cans in the last Congress, will be elect- s Spealer succeeding Fred- erick H. Gillett, who has become Ser rior from Massachusatts. Representa tive John Q. Tilson is the selection of the Repubiicans for floor leader, and | Representative Fiunis J. Garreit of | Tenneseee will continue to lead the | . Democratic cohorts of the House { The main interest centers in the vote of the Progressive “bloc,” com- | posed of the Wisconsin delegation and Representative Keller of Minnesota, | for Speaker, and the vote of the House | | a proposal to do away with the So- | lled disch: by which a petl- | ion signed \embers is suffl cient to bring about discharge of & tanding committee from any measure 1t has before it so that measure may | yme before the ilouse for considera- | Representative Snell of New | york, chairman of the rules commit- | . 15 expected to move the adoption | the rules of the Sixty-eighth Con- gress with an amendment. The amendment will do away with the dis- + charge rule, which was forced on the | flepublicans two years ago by a coali- tion of the Progressives and the Dem- ocrats. ier the old rule it required | two-thirds vote of the House to dis- “harge a_committee from considera ion of a bill. i The Progressives of the House are | on trjal” in these votes. The atti tude of the regular Republican organi- | sation toward them, it is expected, vill he determined largely by this test | w. Their assignments to <tanding committees hang in the bal- Already Representative John | {. Nelson of Wisconsin, leader of the | has been dropped from the inportant rules committee. But the cuse given is that this committee is | ,ove all others a “policy committee" | and that the regulars are entitled to control it absolutely | In the Senate, Senator Charles Cur- tim of Ka s will lead the Republi- «ans and Senator Joseph T. Robinson, | ‘he Democrats. The is ex (Continued on Paz i have an even tion rumn 63 ANCIENT CIVILIZATION IS FOUND the | | the Senate be amended s | ness of | sent by the Senate to speak longer. | Ralston of Indiana. in | \COOLIDGE FINISHES | dress | mittee. | ments have been limited AMID CENTRAL SAHARA SANDS Count Prorok Back From Expedition Into Hoggar. Discovery of Tomb Held| One of Greatest Finds December 5. - An uccount of was found of the existence canced ancient civilization here desert winds now sweep over s of the south cen of the s ry of ¢ that legend 1Y more” was brought to Paris today the Count de Prorok-Beloit College xpedition, just returned from | abors in the sun-scorched desert e expedition’s leaders, Count e and Prof. Bartley Tyrrell of ege, Sa th discoveries oggar country, which ans have regarded Atlantis” of th nci fully repuid their work The primary object of the expedi- | establishment 1l fact that ncient times re Saharan routes 1 Carthage and the great civilizatiof existing in the Hoggar count achieved,” the sunburned cou toduy. “The legendar s not a its COUNT DE PROROK. Tin-hanar 1S announce eve, the greate Africa has ever tue of the Libya found there alone would piy_the entire cost of ¢ “Tin-hanan’s tomh volcan Tt s but tilinear Ber turned B French tomb of (the which v is, I be treasu The discovery of 7 produced Venus we ore sotie as the nt world, of ition high ie desert tior e in & trad of Lere n vse have been Abbe of tve over Chabu Instity tombs said (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) INSURGENT 151 RULE TO CURB TALK IN SENATE IS READY Fess Proposes Amendments to Limit Subject and Cut Closing Debate. ; Congress Republicans to Fix Status of Liberals in Next Few Days. In line with the dema; & 1 made by Vice President Dawes t the rules of as 1o pre- vent filibusters and expedite the busi the Senate, Senator Fess of has prepared for introduction ‘o amendments to the rules. One of these would compel a Senator to speak to the question immediately before the Senate. Another proposal is that during the last six days of u session of Congress no Senator shall speak longer than 30 minutes on any ques- tion unless granted unanimous con By the Associated Prese Still facing a final decision as to their relationship with the insurgents their party, Republicans t House and Senate took final vesterday to org: the two he tomorrow., Senate Republicans held liminar @ a Ohio nize 1nes t pre conference without even di cussing the question of whether Sen. ator La Follette Wisconsin 1s to be treated as one of their group. Al though invited to this conference, Mr. | La Foliette absented himself, and while it was in progress he was in conference with the Republican in surgents of the Wisconsin delegation in the House. 3 Nelson Loses Place. At the same time the Republican committes on committees in the House carried out the policy adopted by the party caucus last Spring of re moving the supporters of the late Robert M. La Follette from the “key" committees. John M. Nelson of Wis consin, who was the elder Ta Fol lette’s campaign manager last year, was removed from the all powerful rules committee, und the unseating of James A. Frear Iso of that State, as 4 member of the waye and means committee, which handles revenue iegislation, was tified None of the other inrsurgents has a | place on_ important committees, but some hold either chairmanships ranking places on minor standing bodies of the House. \Whether they are to retain thesc positions Senator Jones of Washingiog also | is preparing amendments to the rules | believed to be even more drastic in character than those of Senator Fess. Senator Underwood of Alabama has already introduced a proposed amend- | ment providing for majority cloture, which was referred to the Senate committee on rules during the spe- cial session of the Senate last March. | Vice President Dawes has given his indorsement to the Underwood pro posal. While the Vice President has refrained from making a statement regarding his fight on the rules since his return to Washington, it i{s under- stood that anything less than ma- jority cloture will not meet the sltua tion as he sees it Committee to Get Plan. p The proposals of Senator Fess and Senator Jones, after they have been introduced, will be referred to the rules committee, headed by Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Republican leader of the Sfenate. Other Senators so have in mind proposed amend ments of the rules. The rules committee of the Senate is composed of Senators Curtis, Hale of Maine, Mckes of New Hampshire, Watson of Indiana, Dale of Vermont, Smoo! f Utah, Republicans, and Senat Overman of Ndrth Caro- n Underwood of Alabama, Harri- on of Mississippi, Robinson of Ai- kansas, Democrats. There are twe vachneies on the committee whic are to be filled, caused by the deaths of Senators Spencer of Missouri and | still has to deal these committees was postponed un- til tomorrow afternoon, with some leaders determined to reach their de cigion on this matter on the basis o the “regularity” shown by the zents in thelr votes tomorrow ouse organization and adoption the rules At their conference vesterday the Visconsin delegation decided to issue Organization of on of fining their position. There were in dications that they intend to act as a unit tomorrow and to adhere to the | position they took two years ago when they made a determined fight for amendment of the then existing rules. La Follette Case Not Raised. The Senate Republican conference was extremely brief, the single action taken being the nomination of Edwin P. Thayer of Indianapolls as secretary of the Senate to succced the late orge A. Sanderson Leaders explained that the question Senator Curtis has indicated that he will call his committee together at an early date to give consideration to the various proposals regarding the rules. An effort will be made to have the Underwood amendment reported to the Senate. Vice President Dawe: is vepresented as particularly anxiou that the matter shall be brought to a vote in the Senate, so that the Sen- ators shall all be put on record in r gard to it . : Discussing his proposed amend- ments, Senator Fess said List night the political status which is to be “While the fillbuster has in the past |accorded Senator La Follette was not resulted in some advantage, its abuse | raised pending a meeting tomorrow of | the party committee on committees. | This committee is expected to write Mr. La Follette asking whether he de- sires to have the Republicans assign him to places on the standing com- mittees, and conference action will be predicated upon his reply to that letter. | The Republicans also failed to take up the question of the legality af the appointment of Gerald P. Nye as a Senator from North Dakota to succeed the late Edwin F. Ladd. Senator Goff | of West Wirginia is preparing a brief on this subject for the committee on privileges and elections, to which Mr. Nye's case is expected to be referred tomorrow or Tt 3. House Democrats held vre-sgssion caucus late yvesterday, completing commiitee assignments, The Senate Democrats will meet to- morrow before the session opens to name a candidate for secretary of the Senate and to discuss legislation gen- erall DRAFT OF ADDRESS Chicago Speech Completed—Spe-: cial Train to Leave Capital This Afternoon. B, the Associated Press. President Coolldge yeste pleted the address or will deliver at Chicago tomorrow si. multaneously with the conveninz of the new Congress. He will speak be- | fore the seventh annual convention | of the American Farm Burcau Fed. 3 eration. 1 "B The trip to Chicago, which the | catic President visited a vear ago to ad-|heen the International Exposition, o thelr final day com agriculture he the Republican slates for House > completed, and the Live Stock | Representative Longwe will be made by special | Speaker is conceded. He train leaving here this afternoon. | Representative Garrett Mrs. Coolldge will accompany the | tie Democratic floor leader. President, the only others in his fm-| At their caucus the De mediate party being Secretary Sand-|the House postponed action on. n reso ers, Maj. James F. Coupal. the White | jutlon presented by Representative House physiclan, and Col. S. A.|lioward of Nebraska proposing that Cheney and Capt. Adolphus Andrews, | the minority seek to force action on a aides. farm-relief measur Arrival in the Midwest metropolis will be timed to give the President a brief rest before delivering his speech at 11 o'clock. Limiting his stay in Chicago to five hours, the President will go direct from the hotel to his | train, which is due in Washington | Tuesday in time for him to recefve the congressional notification com and Demo- offices have election of One Dead, Three Hurt at Fire. BUFFALO. N. Y., December 5 (&). others were seriously injured when a section of brick wall fell while they were fighting a fire this afternoon at [ the plant of the Buffalo Body Cor poration. Michael Schmidt was the fireman Killed. The loss is plae | $150 600 The President’s Chicazo enzage- o his speech i ind Yuncheon, than | Libyo-| NEARING CLIMAX steps | insur- | formal statement today clearly de | —One fireman was killed and three | , D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1925.—130 PAGES 7 (#) Means Associated Pres FIVE CENTS. 'EBERLE DISPUTES MITCHELL'S NAVAL - NEGLIGENGE CLAIM High Commander of Fleet Emphatically Answers Colonel in Court. |DECLARES LANSDOWNE APPROVED FATAL TRIP iHolds Flight Was Made for Train- | | ing Purposes and Was Not Propaganda. 1 as “ertminally neg incompet for h ithe Shenandoah on her the Navy Department rned its heavy artillery on its arch- sccuser, Col. Willlam Mitchell, supren rt to defend itself before o # Army generals, and dentaily, the publfe The Navy's highest | Admiral Edward W | naval operations, took ie trial of the fighting colonel of the {Army Afr Service and proceeded to 4 broadside of high-caliberec tstimony designed to clear the atmos- of the heavy zing Shenan foah charges. To what extent it Wil be determined by the Army judges for seven weeks have been ob serving the strange spectacle of showdown btween an aggressiv officer of their own cloth on the hand and @ scintillating array of ranking officers t both military lishments on the other. gent flight, vesterday | and ving in a ot hy inet ranking officer Zherle, chief of the stand at wineh rere v one high estab. Navy to Continue Fight. The N: morrow, and then will & concerted offensive by forces, aroused at the assaults made on its traditionary bulwarks by this same colonel. as a result of which he has been court-martialed Admiral Eberle. identifving himself the officer orfginally responsible for ordering the Shenandoah to make her fatal fiight to the Midwest, unfolded to the Mitehell court the events which d up to the last fiight of the bix dirigible and then. in effect, detied { Col. Mitchell, his chief couns tive Frank R. Reld one else find will strike back again to ve way to the Army | resonta an: to room | erfticism. Despite the straightaway defense put out by the chief of naval opera. tions, however, the Mitchell forc | accepted the challenge with such vigor { that a number of verbal tilts resulted | between the witness and the Illinois | Representative. ] Eberle Retort Sharp. Pressed doggedly by the aggressive louse member, who sought to have him testify that the Shenandoah com mander had never suid in writing he satisfied to make the Mid west flight, Admiral Eberle burst out “1 will answer as I want to. I am under cath here The story of the St | related by Admiral Eberle yesterday | was the same as that he gave 1o { the Shenandoah court of inquiry. He lw.u over the scquence of confer- {in ences and orders which culminated Zachary Lansdowne, and pointed out S| the final instructions to Comdr. or | again and again that not only was the | umirched ea; Shenandoah commander “pleased” with the arrangements for the trip, time. In a final conference with Comdr Lansdowne™ the witne told the | conirt, T impressed on him hix dis ! sretionary powe T told him h could take the Southern or the Northern route, could leave when he | pleaged and reminded him that in the {event of emergency he had veral paces of refuge en route, He said he was looking forward to the flight with pleasure “He was a good friend of mine. | had known him since he was an en sign. I was instrumental in having him assigned to his command, al though T realized he was rather (Continued on Page 3. Column 2.) i TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—56 PAGES. | General News—Local. | Foreign. hools and Colleges—Page 22 Current News Events—Page 30 i D. A. R. Activities—Page 31. | Boy Scout News—Page Parent-Teacher _Activities—Page 1 National and Civilian Army News—Page 38. Girl Scout News—Page 30 Spanish War Veterans—Page 40. Veterans of the Great War—Page | Around the City—Page 4 | At the Community Centers—Page | Y. W. C. A. News—Page 46. | District National Guard—Page 47 { Radlo News and Programs—Pages | .50 and | 4. 46. 49, Page 52. PART TWO0—20 PAGES. ditorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Larly Winter Book Peviews—Page 4 Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 14 | News of the Clubs—Page 17. PART THREE—12 PAGES. | Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- i play. | Musie in Washington—Page 5. | Motors _and Motoring—Pages | “ana 8. | Fraternal News—Pages 10 and | PART FOUR—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—S PAGES. | tures. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—12 | Classified Advertising. { Financlal News—Pages 9, 10 and Army and Navy News—Page 12 PAGES. 1. ! GRAPHIC SECTION—14 PAGES. | World Events in Plctures. H COMIC SECTION—i PAGES. t at| Betty; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; | trate. VMt and Jeff enandoah flight | MAY BE USEFUL ON RS RHINELANDER ASKS SEPARATION Victorious in Combating Husband’s Suit, Former Maid Now Seeks Alimony. B the Associated Prese WHITE PLAINS, Leonard Kip R member of a soc mily, who toda annulment of i inelander, voung suit for 10" Alice ner mulatto house I his his fo ce Jones faces Rhinelander « sult for sepa ¥ Mrs, Announ have been Rhinelander's Davis, soon after the nul t case had ret favorable to Mrs. Rhinelander. 'he papers in the separation action in clude a request for alimony and coun sel fees, but Mr. Davis did not | the amount askea. Immediately ment that summons un for separati made Lee jury in the ned a verdiet the suit issued was Parsons an after announcement of the Jury’s verdict, Isaac N. Mills, chief counsel for Rhinelander, announced that he would appeal the verdict. Although the ujry was not em powered to pass upon the granting of i annulment, its findings on seven questions propounded to it will serve lus a basi the decision of Justice Morschauser, who presided at the trial A Rhinelander Not Present. Davis had said in court during the |trial that Mrs. Rhinelander and her {husband never could live together {again regardless of the outcome of |that case. Thix would be impossible, he said, because of the way they “be h other” during the trial jury in its decision returned to. found that Mrs. Rhinelander | The | day is @|but he was given entire discretion 10| naver had deceived her husband a8 (o problem with which the majority party | alter his course or turn back at an¥ | her negro blood Answering one of the questions, the jury expressed opinton that he would have married her even had he known she was of negro blood ! When the jury’s answers had been ead, Rhinelander’s counsel moved to ave the verdict 1side being intrary to the weight of evidenc Justice Morschauser reserved deci | sion on this motion. He announced that he will render his decision to the {annulment within a few days and re | quested Rhinelander’s attorney to file 4 brief on his objections to the jury Rhinelander was not in the court- room when the verdict was returned. He had remained at his room at the Hotel Gramatan, at Bronxville, and | the verdict was' read over the tele iphone to him by a private detective, | who has been acting as his personal | bodyguard. Receives Verdict Calmly. Mrs. Rhinelander, surrounded by ! members of her family, was present when_the verdict was read. ceived the verdict calmly. Later, when leaving the courtroom, she said ‘I'm thankful for the verdict. I always loved Leonard. I'm too tired 1o talk any more at this time.” | She added, however, in answer to | auestions, that she would never again | live with her husband | Rhinelander was less communica- | tive. Through his bodyguard he gave out from the Hotel Gramatan a brief statement saying that Mr. Mills' an- | nouncement of an appeal was con- curred in by him. Seven Questions Asked. The seven questions of issua sub- mitted to the jury and its answers to them follow: “At the time of the marriage of the | parties was the defendant of colored blood"™” Answer: “Yes." The defense previ- Iy had conceded this as fact. “Did the defendant by silence con- ceal from the plaintiff that she was of colored blood" Answer: “No." “Did the defendant, before marriage, | represent to the plaintiff that she was not of colored blood?" Answer: “No.” “ defendant inued on Page 3. Column 5.) POLIT SHOT. ;CIAN IS Contest, Man Says. LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 5 (#).—E jah P. Harrison, a Republican pol tician here, was shot in the left hand from a dark driveway last night in | an exchange of shots with an uniden- | tified man. In reporting the affair to- December | prominent | She re- | ;.r\tlorm"\' Scored For Whisky Gifts To Court Attache By the Assoctated Press CHICAGO, Decer t H Anselmi and John S Brothers not to have Leer tempt of court “The principle i reld, however, the practice Loth dangerous and unethical. 1 highly reprehensible and revolting consid of our land The nced the two to 14 vears' imprisonment. They were arrested after a fight in which two policemen and two gangsters, of them Mike Genna. v ser &.—Gifts of aches | whisky court Pat 1 veter O’ Donnell during ck n v the mu the judge ] WOMAN 1§ KILLED, -~ DRIVER ARRESTED et Miss Anna Jack Run Down| by Truck—Three Hurt on Slippery Streets. o njur o woman was killed, three 1 serfously and a fifth injuri bile s last night Traffic mishaps traceable to slippery also resulted in a half dozen other $ersons receiving minor hurts The woman killed wa Anna | Jack, 25 years old, emp! and | 10 cent store, living at 1410 Eleventh street, who was run down by a truck operated by Willilam M. Davis of 1408 S streot at Floventh street She was picked up by Milton Harper of 3714 8 street taxicab driver, and rushed to Kmer ency Hospital, where she died tw | hours later from a fracture of t skull and internal inju Truck Davis, the oper ru | was taken to the first precinct i is being held pending the coror inquest into the death. scheduled tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock Irene Chappel, 54 years old, of 34 Q | street, one of those injured seriously, | was the victim of a hitand-run driver, | who knocked the woman down as she stepped from a curb to catch a street car at Third street and Florida ave ]nuv northeas rec in auton reel den streed | | | | | York avenue. Driver Held. where | for She was taken home by a passing motorist and her injury diagnosed a a possible fractured skull Like injuries are believed to have been sustained by Miss Elizabeth Courtrite, 49 years old, of apartment i03, 2216 Pennsylvania avenue, and | Mrs. E. E. Tripp, 40, of 1239 D street | northeast. Woman Hit By Truck. | Miss Courtrite was struck while crossing at Nine and M streets by a | bakery truck driven by Edward Ran- | dolph” Newton of 1216 C street south- | | west. She was taken to Emergency | Hospltal and Newton was released on his own recognizance. Mrs. Tripp, in_company with Mrs. Winnie Frye, 45, of 1244 D street .ortheast, was at Twelfth street and Maryland avenue northeast when struck by a car driven by Louls Lon- | 0. 18, of 1218 F street northeast, who | was making a turn at the intersec- tion. Both victims were taken to Casualty | Hospital, where it was said Mrs. Frye sustained only superficial injuries. Longo was held at the ninth pre- { cinct station pending the outcome of Mrs. Tripp's injuries. | Machine Overturns. Two others narrowly escaped se- rous {njury last night when William Bennett, 23, of Baltimore, Md., while turning sharply to avold a collision with another automobile, toppled his wachine over on its side. The accl- ent took place at Fourteenth and I strects southeast. | Aud. 21, of Valley Lea, Md., an occu- pant of Bennett’s machine, was in- { jured slightly, sustaining cuts and { bruises about the limbs. Both were Magazine Section—Fiction and feq. | Hed Received Threats in Election [treuated at Casualty Hospital. | = | FIND CANCER SERUM. ! LONDON. December 6 (#).—Clear progress has been made by Dr. W. F | Gye and J. E. Barnard in their can- { cer work. These discoverers of the ed | and New | CITIZENS SUPPORT SCHOOL BOARD BIL | Popular Election Indorsed by Federation After Spir- ited Debate. Popular elec eration of | night after debate, d sehool boar ridiculed and charg give | the report ¢ mittee presented urging the ples of the Gasc permit the chairman, { proval of the prin bill, which nchized people of i ot school board members chief opponents were Delegates 11 Renz of the South Washington izens' Association: Mrs. George Ricker of the District League of W« Voters and William . Henderson the North Capitol Citizens' Asso. { ciation, the latter making an <ioned speech the « lebate. would Many Support Plan. As arguments against the rep creased Deleg Harry N tiie Stanton Park Citizens’ Assc rember of the citizens' | council, which already | record as favoring an board, came to its support immediately augmented bx { Eroup, which included € Wales of the Cathedral Helghts' Asso. ciation. David Babp of the Linecoln Park Association, George R. Russell of | the District Congress of Parent-Teach er Associations, A. H. Gregory of th Stanton Park Association, Fred | Walker of the Park View Assocfa L. Dalby of the Sixteenth Street assoc 1. Charles A. Ral Conduit Road Assockati Hefty of the Washing the Ameri has elective sch and ir. Babp 1 declaring wanted 4 sentative school should elect hoard of » port Washington and repre the peopic watched three vears, sald, “and get more disgusted | it every day. Tt is undemocrati have a single organization controll the appointments. On w recent | casion & member resigned on Monday |and his successor was appointed the | following morning. What chance have the people got under such an rrangement?” The charge that the {10 respond 1o the appe ic was hurled into the Mr. Gregory, and was Mr. Walker, who atement that hody not only “laughs | eatlons which appear | “pokes fun" at them closely for he with to i ard neg s of the y agreed to by supplemented the school gover W civi hefore i the ing Commissioner Plan Opposed. | Rather than have the board elected | by the people and subjected to poten | tial political influence, Mr. Hend. |advocated its appointment by | Commissioners, but Willlam ~MecK. { Clayton of the Brightwood Association | reminded him that this plan was (Continued on Page 2. Column 5 'BLIZZARDS SWEEP WEST: AIR MAIL IS HALTED | Snow Covers Minnesota—One Dead in Towa—Trains Delayed. Highways Blocked E¥ the Associated Press CHICAGO, December Winter, heralded by a n Old_man diving Bennett sustained | Mercury and whistling blizzards, latd | | dislocation of the left shoulder. Belle [ &N icy band on the Middle West to- | night. Train service was slowed up, wire communications were interfered with and in some places roads were blocked by a snowstorm driven by strong {shifting winds. Little immediate re {lief is in sight, although the snow |is expected to abate tomorrow while | the cold continues Tour to six inches of snow covered Minnesota. One death was reported from exposure in Iowa. which also was blizzard swept. The air mail was halted by the blizzard at Iowa City {day Harrison said he had received a | cancer organism, it is stated by the | and at Muscatine a radlo aerial tower number of anonymous threats that|Sunday Times, have been successful collapsed. he would be shot if he did not drop a | contest over an election in which Fd- {ward Miner defeated him for magis- Police were unable to find i trace of the assailant, {in their efforts to secure immuniza- | tion against cancer. ot only | chickens, but mammals, have been | inoculated and | myne to the cancer germ Temperatures of 12 degrees above zero were reported. In Kansas and Missouri the gale which swept across these States sub- have remained Im-|sided during the day, leaving blocked | roads in its wake. ‘BLOND BANDIT” INCELL, DESCRIBES TWOD. C. HOLD-UPS Escaped Convict, Taken in Rochester, Admits Berliner and Heros Robberies. HELD AFTER SHOOTING TAXICAB CHAUFFEUR At Liberty Only 37 Days. Elmore i Reynolds Admits Crimes in Six Cities Rocheste ng: spector Gra soor Gbadl Hem confessic Shoots Taxi Driver en or eig enirs of his e tenance s have had m for the rogue's May er Reynolds is acy so much to postpone photograph gallery Vietim Recover. MecDonald Dispute Over Fare and the dr him five ntox woman's husband came in he pulled his gun, bu mpty. He sprang at Rey and there was a furlous tussle. The racket aroused a neighbor and be tween the three of them th for the olds has volunteere he sold je Berliner tha the Pitt<burgh ery mber of d on Re 2oi result of his loot Rochester police the bravado of roused the pe o cities said gambler e lieved which v Asked were able the bandit departments McDonald Told Story to Police. and were are expe much th “'bre who has Capt We 10ld Reyr ad u record and gave hi of making a clean brea through the usual grilling You'll tind er or guess 1 wil recited his hild and Reynolds t that he had his azent for with office which was In addition garding his Reynolds, ac police, in his | style. visited is we be ell you now since he fictior sounded Id the Rq father a large railroa at Albuquerqu his home. to b oper ording t inim pict Indianapolis just {he came here and held up K ! Hlubbard, Indianapolis author. } b Hubbard up and stole wond ring. Afterward author t drive hin ar discussed crime« Hubbard had just completed an article on crime in one of the national magazines. i “I gave him,” according to his ow: story to the k ster police, “some veal first-nand information for a nem article.” The lo able res a val he for about the with _him. the city 3 police , are through o dispatch from Tocheste: that the *blond bandit” gives the | following account of his visit to the [Berliner home here | “When I entered the Berliner home I did not know whose house it was sald Reynolds. “I just happened fo stumble on it “l rang the bell, and the colored Continuad on Page 2, Column 83 informe«