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¢ Foening Star. M LIS The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. ¢ cloudy, with lowest tempe onight about 40 degre - tomor 2 . 54, at noon a.m. today. eport on page 1. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 ¢ WITH SUNDAY MORKNING EDITION ch WASHINGTON, Yesterday's Circulation, 101,923 TWO CENTS. REMOVAL OF ARICA N tered a ol ).806. X second * class matter Washington, D. C. O NESSAGE ™ o e o BEENGERCOMN T URGES LEGISATION g pomects s st conce HERE TOPUSHDEBT, = PARLEYTOUS SEEN FRANED TO NSURE S5 K5 TLENENTRUN S| INCHLEA SHFS NATION'S PROGRESS T ot o s serty and progress of the Council | proves Appointment of Suc- D. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1925—-FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. P) Means Associated Press. T 10e; Pres! .nt's gress today, | tributin strengsih, Nation. It ought not to be infringed | by aesault or undermined by purchase. It ought not to abdicate its power through weakness or reslgn its au-: fuil text of the ge, delivered to Cof rollows: Members of the Edwards of Plebiscitary Body Reported Choice as En- Congress: meeting the constitutional re- | unlrement of Informing the Congress | i | In Tax Reduction, World Court,i Coal Strike Authority and |, Universal Draft Act Are Among His Proposals. URGES AIR SECRETARIES IN THREE DEPARTMENTS | j extensfon of these policies and the im President Sends to Congress Not-! able State Paper. Intensely Prac- tical. But With Deep Puritan Expounding | Philosophy of Government. i dirituality in GOULD LINCOLN. gned to mam-| of the Nation on| ol and proposing no rad policy. President Cool- Congress his United BY G the B and l 1 to hir Che | utly Coolidgesque. ibandoned the cus- | Wilson and Presi- | which he himself | i ~casion of his fir to Congress after he had the White House. He did person to deliver his mes- 1 joint session of the Senate | but transmitted it in| it was read to both message and House. writing and I Progress and prosperit degree almost never before i< the picture of conditions in the United States given the Congress by | the President. He insists that the| country requires no radical de- partures from the policies already adopted. What it needs, he says, is further extension of those policies and improvement of details. The | President, however, makes many concrete recommendations for legis- Jation. Among the most important are: Legislation Recommended. Reduction of taxation. 2. Adhesion by the United States] %o the Permanent Court of Interna- tfonal Justice—the World Court—| upon which the Senate ulone is called upon to act. 3. Authority of the President and | the Departments of Commerce and Y.abor to deal with an emergency in the production of coal. 1. Creation of a strong division in the Department of Agriculture to aid | the co-operative marketing move- A selective service act giving ad authority for the mobilt: ion ¢ i1 time of peril of all the resources of | the count hoth men and mate: | 5. Additional stant secretaries ' o1 the Departments of War, y and | Comme to aid in the development ! of aviation and the air service | . Ratification of the war debt set-! tlements negotiated with Belgtum, | Italy and other debtor nations | The centra tive control of the chant fleet under 9. Authorizat tion of tiw vi o mer-! 1 single head. of the consolida- railroads under the super the Interstate Commerce mmission id law 1 | the D} all be the Union of the Civil all postinasters, | collectors of and prohibition | classified Clvil | & . placin collecto of custor futernal revenue Bzent Bervies Teeo cutive erinent 13- 1 ization . of the of various tments the Gov » direct by he of po Congress to t the Muscle = Opposes Centralization. o the Cor and more broadly | to '})m American people the President makes many surgestions and yecommenda which no legis- | Jution is demanded indeed, could | e properly required. Ie recommends the tiri th Americ of local that a tralization Wishington Te niends the sconomy in govermment ment of the public debt o It ¥ be o rmuplished, upholds the budget system and urges that it be not weakened or broken down. He promises the support and sympathy | nt the Government in any movement for international limitation of arma- | ents. He requests of all the people | wnce of the prohibition laws, | sympathy and even-handed | the vopulation of adherence n people to the prin | elf government, and | halt be called on the ! of government in | Congress imd the pay rapldly as » President’s 1 mitted to the elected in he himself 1w \ ive In ittt Iy proposes the trans; $slation of many of th by the Republican party during the Jist campaizn, but he avalls himself he constitutional direction that “he shall from time to time give to (he Cor s information of the state pi the Union.” | ¥ull of Philosophy The message I%, indeed, @ state pa- tilled with the philosophy (iveeks, which preact | wnd “nothing in exc ituality of the . too. its side. The President’s position on mat- crs of ureat interest to the peoplé is yuede known frankly and unequivo- e 1y, His message is made emphatic h_man: mmatic_sen- Column 2.) &e is the first ixty-ninth Con- | ovember, 1924, | en Chief | sident not fon into leg- pledges given on l'uge factivity than it is from luck of legisla- | {is the business of the Nation, { council (councfl No. 2), seeking means { cover a wide scope, including defini- 1can be {await o careful study of the text of iyell as its exact relationship to_the | Senator McKinley, upon the state of the Union, it is ex ceedingly gratifying to report that the genera! condition is one of hl'uH“ s and prosperity. FHere und there are comparatively small and appar-| ently temporary difficulties needing | wdjustment and tmproved administra-| tive methods, such as are always to| B but in the fundamen ament and busi the sults demoustrate that we are going the right direction. The country does not appear to require radical de- artures from the policles already wopted so much as it needs a further provement of details. The age of per- tection is still fn the somewhat distant future, but it is more in danger of be- | g retarded by mistaken Government | tion. We are by far the most Mkely » uccomplish permanent good if we proceed with moderation. In our country the people wre sov- {gn and independent, and must cept the resulting responsibilities. Tt is thelr duty to support themselve: and support the Government. That what- ever the charity of the Nation may requ The functions which the ‘ongress ure to discharge ar® not those of local government but of tional Government. The greatest licitude should be exercised to pre. any encroachment upon the of the States or their various al subdivisions. Local self-gov- thority through favor. It does mot | at all follow that because ubuses exist | it is the concern of the Iederul Gov ernment to attempt their reform. Society is in much more danger from encumbering the National Gov-| ernment beyond its wisdomi to com- d or s abilit to administer | an from leaving the local communi ties to bear their own burdens and remedy their own evils. Our local | habit and custom is so strong, our| carfety of race und creed ls so great, the Iederal authority is So_tenuous. that the area within which ft can| function succeesfully is very limited. The wiser policy is > leave the locali- ties, so far as we ¢ possessed of their own sources of revenue and ed with own obligations. | fundamental principle of our | that the people ure sovereign. | While they recogniz» the undentable | uthority of the state, they have es-| blished as its Instrument @ Govern | ment of limited powers. They hold | inviolate in thetr own hands the jurte. ! diction over thelr own freedom and | the ownership of thelr own property. | Neither of these can he impuired ex-| cept by due process of law. The| wealth of our country is not public wealth, but private wealth. It does | not beiong to the Government; it be- longs to the people. The Guvernment has no justification In taking private | property except for a public purpose. 1t is always necessary to keep these principles in_mind in the luying of taxes and in the making of appropria- tions. No right exists to levy on a; dollar or to order the expenditure of L dollar of the monex of the people | (Continued on Page Thirty-four) | U.SASKEDTOION ARV COMMISSON League Invites Germany and Russia Also to Help Ar- range Parley. By the Associated Press. | GENEVA, Switzerland, December §. —The League of Natfons council to- | day decided to invite the United States, Russia and Germany to participate in the work of the.special. commisaton: which s to prepare for an Interna- tional disarmament conference. The council, in a private session, discussed the program of disarmament study outlined by the disarmament of composing the differences between France and England on the question of tying up the subject of mutual as- sistance in the event of war with that of disarmament. The matters on which the disarma- ment council i{s In complete accord tion of the military, economic and geographical elements upon which the power of a country depends in war time. War-Time Limits. After arranging for an examination of peacetime military, naval and aerlal armaments, methods of recruit- ing and of military instruction, and organizations capable of military use- fulness, the council asked the pro- posed preparatory commission wheth- | er it is possible to limit eventual war armaments or whether the study should be restricted to peace arma- ments. It wants to know what difference | exists between defensive and offensive rmaments; whether it is possible to distinguish between commercial and military*airplanes, and, if so, how the military value of commereial planes | estimated in reckoning the | strength of air forces. Similarly it asks what valie should | be accorded to commercl.l ships in | appralxing total naval forces. H Finally the preparatory commission will be usked to determine how far reglonul disarmaments can be realized once regional securlty is attained, or | whether all plans for disurmament are »omed to failure unless they are of a ‘neral nature. Invitation Studied. Detinite comment by Washington | ficials on the League of Natlons' de- | to invite the United tes, | aud Germany o participate | work of a special commission | on international disarmament will | the invitation by President Coolidge. Congress, in ratifying the German peace treaty, imposed limitations on the powers of the President to send delegates abroad for conferences, and it will be necessary for the Washing- ton Government to have ver: full knowledge of the purpose of the pro- posed disarmament conference as League of Nations and to the Ver- sailles Treaty before decision can be reached here on the course to he fol- lowed. No Comment From Borah. The disposition of most members of Congress today was to approach the subject _gingerly. Chalrman Borah of the Senate foreign relations committee refused to comment, a3 did some of the other Senate frreconcil- ables. Senator Swanson of Virginia, | runking Democrat on the committee. said the United States should accept the invitation “without hesitation.’ It was suggested by Senator Motes, Republican, New Hampshire, Pres- | dent pro tem of the Senate, that an- | cher_disarmament_confevence “prob- | (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) | GRANGE MEETS COOLIDGE. | e President Asks Him Where Lived and Wishes Him Luck. “Red” Grange. the foot ball star, here for a professional game this; ifternoon, was presented to President Coolidge at the White House today by Republican, INi- &7} He | | them on the General Staff. { puychology nols. The “galloping ghost,” who was in | the exccutive offices but a moment, | sald the President shook hands with ! him. asked him where he lived and him luck FREE AR BRANCH GPPOSEDBY ELY War College Head, Witness. in Mitchell Case, Dis- putes Colonel’s Claim. i Maj. Gen. Hanson Ely, commandant of the Army War College and the| first of a long list of high ranking Army officers the prosecution has called in rebuttal before the Mitchell courtmartial, today mad @ pletur-| esque and vigorous defense of the War Department's attitude toward aviation in general. While praising | the air arm in the highest of terms, and declaring an Air Board to be “ex- | tremely important” in the scheme of national defense, Gen. Ely looked with disfavor on an Independent Alr Board | of a ynited Army and Navy Alr De- partment. i Maj. Gen. Robert H. Allen, chief of Infantry, followed Gen. Ely on the| stand. He testified that at the Leav- enworth School more hours were de. voted to Air Service operation and training problems than to any other single arm of the military service. He deplored the lack of suitable equip- ment for the Infuntry, and explained that many of his recommendations for Improvement in his branch had | not been concurred in. He laid par- tlcular emphasis on mortars and 37- | mm. guns and tanks. “Do they Kill anybody like airplanes do?” Mr. Reld asked. “Some have been killed in tank: the witness said. Called to the stand by Col. Sherman | Morelund, trial judge advocate, who, | after an absence of several weeks from active participation in the pro-. ceedings, again took up direct exam- ination of the witness. Gen. Ely de-| tailed to the court the education of Army officers with the view of placing He was qualified as an expert on this subject | and made a great effort to make clear | that when an officer reached the Gen- ! cral &taff he has a broad and unbiased | knowledge of every arm of the serv- ire and acts accordingly. Direct Questioning Brief. The direct examination of the wit- ness required but a few minutes, dur. ing which time Gen. Ely fldmlfl"d‘ ignorance of “the principle of mob on which the infantry fights.” This statement was attribut- | ed to the accused, who further was! quoted as having ‘sald “ground men have to be kicked around and are shot ut If they try to run away. Air men must have Initiative and they are the greatest indlvidual fighters | in the world.” ! Gen. Ely sald he never heard of that theory, but he knows the air men must have initlative. “If he wants to beat it, he can,” he con- tinued, “and say something is the matter with his plane. No one can check up on him. The same applies t0 the cavalry. Both need much disci. | pline.” | The ground men of today, Gen. Ely splained, are well disciplined and do | not have to be forced to carry out | an order. “However” he added, “if | he gets in a hole and won't come out and if an officer tries to get him out, he’ll get plugged.” Objection Sustained. 1 The other outstanding point on di- rect examination occurred when Col. Moreland asked the witness if in his 38 years of special study of discipline | he had an opinion on the effect Col. Mitchell's San Antonio statement had (Continued on Page 2 Column 6.) Presi&ent’s C;;lt ! Is Lost and Found | Unknown to Him| President Coolidge saw in the pa- pers today that he had lost his overcoat yesterday in Chicago, and a little later he was informed by the Hotel Sherman, at Chicago, that it had been found and was on its way to Washington. The coat, a heavy one carried along for the President to wear in an open automoblle, was left be- hind by accident, and the President was not aware of it until he read this morning’s newspapers. ‘FRENCH FINANCE EXPERT CAPITAL SUFFRAGE | Vice | statement declaring that she will not |call a special session of the legisla- cessor to Daeschner. EXPECTED TO START SOON| Appoifitment on Special Mission Will Be Renewed Every Six Months. 55 the Associated Press PARIS, December § tor Henry Berenger. tion Ambassador to the United States was approved at a cabinet councel today, is going to Washing ton with the special mission of set ting the French war debt to America. it was declared in official circles thiy ufternoon, | This does not mean, however, that the Senator Is bound to return to France after the settlement s | reached. His mission. like the diplo- matie missons of ull parlamentarans, | will be for six months, renewable for | simflar periods us long as his pres- ence tn Washington appears desirable. Sought Diplomatic Post. | It is understood that he has sought | 1 diplomatic post for some time, find- ! continual parliamentary duties jrksome under the present chaotic political conditions. Washington wus | his holee, us he belicves that u great | part of France’s interest in the future lepends upon her relations with the United States senautor Berenger is expected to ave soon to relieve Emile Dueschner, | lie present Ambassador in Washing- ton. | ‘The senator hus for years been the | foremost tinancial authority in_ the | upper house of Parliament, holding | the important post of budget reporter for the Senate Iinance Commussion. | He ranked nest to Finance Minister Caillaux on the French debt funding miseion to Washington. Senator Berenger was born at Rugles. Department of Eure, in 186 Senator Vie- whose nomina as jund was educated at the College o Dinan and the University of Paris. He {3 married and has one daughter. MEASURE OFFERED Right to Elect Senate and House Members Proposed by Senator Jones. ational representation for the ritizens of the District of Columbia is proposed In a joint resolution in- troduced in the Senate today by Sen- ator Wesley L. Jones of Washington. The resolution proposes an amend- ment to the Constitution of the TUnitéd States so that the people of ‘Washington may elect Senators und‘y Representatives in Congress, and may | vote for electors of President and | Vice President. A two-thirds vote of | the Senate and the House is required for the adoption of a resolution pro- posing an amendment to the Consti- tution. The national representation reso- Jutlon was reported favorably to the Senate at the last session of Congress ind was on the calendar at the time of final adjournment. Prompt Action to Be Asked. Senator Jones, a member of the Dis- trict committee, will urge that prompt action be taken again by the -ommittee on his resolution. The proposed amendment Constitution follows: | “The Congress &hall have power to| admit to the status of citizens of a State the residents of the District constituting the seat of Government of the United States, created by Ar- ticle I, section 8, for the purpose of representation in the Congress and | among the electors of President and | President and for the purpose of suing and being sued in the courts of the United States, under the pro- visions of Article, IIT, section 2. “When the Confress shall exercise this power the residents of such Dis- trict shall be entitled to elect one or two Senators as determined by the Congress, Representatives in the House according to their numbers as determined by the decennial enumera- tion, and presidential electors equal in number to their aggregate representa- tion in the House and Senate. Qualification to Be Set. “The Congress shall provide by law the qualifications of voters and the time and manner of choosing the Sen- ator or Senators, the Representative or Representatives, and the electors herein authorized. “The Congrees shall have power to make all laws which ‘shall be neces- sary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing power.” to the | MERGER PROGRESS REPORT PROMISED | Congress Will Learn Efiortsj to Get Street Railways to Combine. outlining the siow and toward a_voluntary merger of Washington's dual street rallway systems probably will he drafted by the Public Utilities Com- mission at fts meeting Thursday aft- ernoon for submisston to Congress, it was learned today at the District Butlding. The Commission seems to think that embers of Congress would like to have at this time an official ac- count of the progress toward con- solidation, as the path toward this xoal was-cleared at the last seasiorn. As both the Washington Railway & Jlectric Co. and the Capital Traction Co. failed to give the Commission ny definite answer to its request or information ag to what steps they A report painful proc: had taken toward a voluntary merger, | the utilities body now is inclined to believe that if the plan materializes, it will only be us a result of con- siderable concerted prodding by its proponents. A report to Congress, therefore, it was indicated, may give a new impetus to the proposition. 6 Postponed Until Thursday. The replles from the railway com- ponles have been before the commis- sion for more than a week, but con. sideration has been postponed until Thursday’s sessotn. In the inidst of the merger question a new scheme of issulng weeckly com- mutation tickets to street car passen- gers has come before the commission, which is not likely to be considered seriously, however, until the consoli- dation plan is out of the way. The weekly commutation ticket sys- tem has been tried successfully in Pittsburgh, and Maj. W. E. R. Covell, | Assistant Engineer Commissioner, in charge of the Public Utllitles Commis- son, described it today as “a clever | idea.” worthy of consideration in the District. Instead of tokens, cards are issued weekly to ttreet car riders and are good for an unlimited number of rides during that seven-day period. Under this system the transfer problem has been eliminated, as passengers board cars at any time by merely flashing the card. The tickets are transfer- able, and the users may enter either the front or the rear of the car, thus | facilitating points. Lower Rate for D. C. Although Pittsburgh car riders pay $1.50 weekly for the commutation tickets, Maj. Covell belleves that a lower rate could be. established in Washington, ranging between $1.00 and $1.25. . Adoption of the system in Washing- ton, in the opinion of the Utilities Commission expert, would not tend to intensify congestion during the rush hours, but would have the effect of increasing the number of passen- gers during other periods of the day when the cars are not crowded. The success of the plan in Pitts- burgh has resulted in a petition being filed with the Maryland Public Serv- ice Commission for its adoption in Baltimore, Maj. Covell has learned. loading at congested Student Starts Hunger Strike. HAVANA, December 8 (#P).—Julio A. Mella, a 22-year-old student of the University of Havana, who was piit in jail several days ago for alleged connection with the throwing of several bombs last September, has gone on a hunger strike, Mella declares he s innocent of connection with the bomb incident. Gov. Ferguson Declines Again to Call Texas Legislature in Special Session By the Associated Proas. AUSTIN, Tex., December !.—Gov.‘ Mirlam A. Ferguson today issued a ture as requested by Speaker Lee Satterwhite and other members of the house. She said there was no necessity for putting the people of Texas to this expense “at this time when every effort should be made to hold Gov- ernment appropriations within due bound of economy.” She sild that she was handing this communication to the press instead of writing a letter to each member of the legislature, in order that the pub- 2 lic may have the benefit. of the dis- cussion. ; “Every effort is being made to put the new highway law in full force and effect,” she said, “and to con- vene the legislature at this time when the atmosphere is surc! with prejudice and political “agitation to- gether with the prompting of political ambitions in certain quarters would. in all probability undo legislation pass- ed after mature deliberation and years of study. “Should it subsequently appear that there s urgent need for a spe- clal session of the legislature I will not hesitate to take the legislators into my confidence and ask their aid in the solution of any matter involv- ing the public good.” \La Follette Status | Commiittee Today The Republican committee on committees of the Senate will tac kle this afternoon the question of ty regularity of Senator Robert [ M. La Follette of Wisconsin and seck to declde whether he shall be ziven assignments to standing conumittees as a Republican. The action of the House Repub licans yesterday in denying to the Wisconsin delegation recognition a8 Republicans, and the counter offenses of the insurgents, who voted for Representative Cooper of Wisconsin for Speaker instead of Representative Longworth, the candidate of the regular Republi cans, have caused some of the membars of the committee on com- mittees to consider more seriously denylng recognition as a Republi- canto Senator La Follette, it was sald today < (COL PEEK URGED FOR PARKS POST Aide to MacNider May Suc- | ceed Sherrill—Grant Also Has Chance. Lieut. Col. Ernest D. Peek, Corps of Engineers, attached to the office of Assistant Secretary Ms War Department as head of the divi- sion for the procurement of war sup- plies, has been recommended strongly Davis for appointment as director of public bufldings and public parks of the Natlonal Capital, to fill the va- cancy occasioned by the resignation of Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, Corps of Engineers Licut. Col. Peek has served several tours of duty in this city os an as istant to the chief of engincers, as a student at the Army War College and general staff, and his friends say he is admirably equipped both by ability and experience for the suggested as- sigament. Reasons for Advocacy. In advocating his sglection on other grounds they point ofit that as there already are three assistants of the rank of major-in the office now filled by Lieut.‘Col. Sherrill, as wel as the fact that the office usually has been held by officers above the rank of major mainly because of its impor- tance and heavy financial responsibili- ties, its duties unaturally should de- volve on'the highest ranking officer avatlable for the purpose. It 5 {ntimated that the advocacy of Lieut. Col. Peek for the detafl also is predicated on the understanding that Col. Sherwood A. Cheney, Corps of Engineers, chief military aide to Pres- ident Coolidge, is not a candidate for the office of director of public build- ings and public parks. Regardless of these representations, it is felt in military circles that there are strong reasons why Maj. U. S. Grand, 3d, the senior major in the office and now acting director, should be promoted to the vacancy regardless of his rank. It is pointed out that he now stands number three in the list " (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) REDS WILL LEAD ARMS SCRAPPING, RYKOFF SAYS ‘Will Abolish -Army and Destroy Munitions if Others Do, Leader Asserts. By the Associsted Press. conference last night, Alexis I. Ry- koff, president of the Council of Com- missars, declared that Russia was pre- scrap all ammunition factories and war industries provided the bourgeois countries did likewise. “If any measures of disarmament are proposed Russia will be the first to lead the movement,” he added. M. Rykoff characterized the League of Nations as an instrument of war and ‘subjugation. and not of liberatiopn. ‘The European powers in seeking to get Russla into the league, he ndded, wished her to make political capitula- tions in the East and economic sacri- fices in the West. The Locarno agree- mentg were as useless as the leaguc to secure ‘peace for the world. » Tt. yus contended by M. Rykoff that the United Stdtes dominates Kurope. to President Coolidge and Secretary | as a member of the War Department | | | | ' { | MOSCOW, December §.—Address. | entatives Dickinson, ing_the Moscow district Communist | Phy, Taylor and Collins. | ing he turned to law | degree of LL. B. DL SUBCOMMITTE | Before Republican | ON BUDGET NAMED Organization Completed by Selection of Two Demo- cratic Members. The personnel of the subcommittee | | of the House appropriations commit- tee which will consider of Columbia of the Natlonal Capital for the fiscal ar beginning July 1 next, of- 1ly announced today by Chairman adden. the District The three Republican members are: | Representatives Frank Funk of Ilin- chairman; Robert Simmons, Ne- ska, and George Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts. The Democratic members are: Rep. 1esentatives Anthony J. Griffin of New York and Ross Collins of Mississippi. The two new members made today are Mr. Gritfin and Mr. Collins. Griffin is a native of New York ¥, educated at City College and Cooper Unlon. After several years experience at surveving and engineer- nd was studying in the office of the famous Gen. Daniel | 1. Sickels. He took the law course at New York, where he graduated with hon- He has been practicing for the 33 years. He was a member of h and 69th Regiments of the National Guard of New York, and in the latter unit he organized Company | ¥. which he commanded during the | Spanish-American War. Nider of the | Active in Civic Movements. Mr. Griffin has heen active in civ movements in the Bronx for many years. In 1906 he established and edi the Bronx Independent. He served two terms in the New York | State Senate, where he was chairman committees of the most important Mr. Grifin has been specfally inter- ested in trade assoclations and cham ber of commerce work and In soc | welfare activities especially of benefit to children. He has already served six are in Congress. Mr. Collins was born near Meridian Miss., on April 23, 1880. lie attended the city schools of Meridian and in 1894-95 was at the Mississippi A. and M. College, recelving the degree of A. B. at Kentucky University and the at the University of Mississippl. He studied law sud was ;‘uln‘uuhd to practice in Meridian in a01. dren. He was elected attorney gen eral of Mississippl in 1911 and was re-elected without opposition in 1915. He was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress and re-elected to the Sixty elghth Congress, Appropriation Subcommittees. budget for the support | known | He is married and has two chil- ! voy Here. MATHIEU, AMBASSADOR. | TO TAKE CABINET POST | Interested Nations Giving Much Thought to Holding Conference on Neutral Ground the Associated Press. ARICA, Chile, December 3.—-With the announcement that eltra Mathieu, Chilean Ambassador to the United States, is to becon minister in the Figuero govern rumors are ugain afloat, this time with greater verisimilitude, that som. affort will be made to transfer the acna-Arica negbtiations to Was ington. These rumors welght by Agustin Edwards of plebfscitary delegation, b dor to Great Brit. offered the embassy in Was Senor Edwards himself, professes a | plan given furthe: reports tha the Chilea are additional No Actual Steps Tdaken In any caseitisknov i terested governtient b { thought during | to the poss differences over the pleh | by removing the discuss | tense atmosphere of Ari | L where the d. *ould not be obscured details. 3 n no actual steps toward have been made » is regarded Hie resldent Coolid trator under whose ite was ordered Another Meeting Tomorrow. Meanwhile another meeting of t | plebiscitary commissio under | Pershing has been called fo: irow. The agenda is secret, known that Senor Edwards that the dates be fixed for the re ! tration and plebiscite and that election laws be promulgated ut delay is still before the com { sion and probably will fequire furthe | discussion. { The Americans are understood tave prepared u reply to Ser s' recent speech brandinz them as_pro-Peruvian, and this probably wil! be read. The Ck s ope 4 =ert that they will not particiv: ther in the work of the comnrissi untii the registration and plebiseit dutes are unconditionally fixed REGRETS MATHIEU'S LEAVING Kellogg Nays Given Valuable Service Here. such The Chilean Envoy Fas \ ate Kellog his regret today at the irture of the Chilean Ambassador t Washington. Dr. Beltran Mathieu who Is returning to Chile to accept | pertiolio in the cabinet of Presid Ignacio Figueroa-Larrain aid: learned with personal re Ambassador Mathieu i cuving Washington to accept the vers portant post of minister of foreigt s in the President's cabinet it He has served here for seven veurs and has rendered invaluable Service to our two countries in & more intimate and friendly re He will be very much missed hington, where he has endeared Limselt to all who know him. He 4 man of great ability, fine character and unquestioned integrity and wil doubtedly render gr rvices t country in the br lick he has been called s expressed e is CHILD LABOR LIMIT ichresenwtive Griffin Offers Joint ! Resolution Amending Constitution to Effect Industrial Regulation. Other subcommittees of the appro- | priation committee which are of par. ticular local interest because they handle the supply Dills for all Gov ernment activities centered in Wash- ington are as follows: Treasury and Post Office Department, Representa- tives Madden, Vare, Magee, Thatcher, Pyrns and Gallivan. War Department—Representatives Anthony, Barbour, Clague, Johnson and Harrison. Department of Agriculture—Repre- sentatives Magee, Dickinson, Wason, Buchanan and Lea. Independent offices -~ Representa- tives Wood. Wason, Summers, Sund- lin and Culien. Interior Department. which has ju- isdiction over Columbian Institution for the Deaf, St Elizabeth's Hospital, Howard University and Freedmen's Hospital — Representatives Cramton, Murphy, French, Carter and Taylor. Navy Department--Representatives French, Hardy, Taber, Ayres Oltver. Departments of State, Justice, Com- merce and Labor — Representative: Shreve, Tinkham, Ackerman, Oliver |and Griffin. Legislative establishment—Repre- Summers, Mur- Deficiencies—Representatives ) den, Anthony, Wood, Crampton, Vare, ‘Wason, Byrns, Gallivan, Buchanan pared to abolish the red army and|and Carter. Hearings on the District appropria- tion bill will probably not be started until February, beeause the District budget will be the.last one to be con- sidered by the House Appropriations Committee. SemR PG e Crown Princess Feli®itated. TOKIO, December 8 ().—Hundreds of congratulatory cablegrams, includ- ing one from President Coolidge, have been received by the imperlal family on the birth of a daughter to the Crown_Princess, wife of Prince Re- gent_Hirohito. Mother and daughter are in excellent health. and | A new child Tabor amendment 1o the Constitution is sought in u j | resolution introduced in_the House | today by Representative Griffin, Dem t(vrm:. New York. The mmendment would prohibit persons under 15 fron working in mines, quarries, mills, fac | torfes or like inaustrie | A pending child labor amendment {lius far has failed to reccive the re | quirea ratification of three-fourths of | the States. | Representative Griffin | other amendment that would give thr | President power to make treaties oni with the consent of a majority of botl {houses of Congress. The Senate alone has this power. | "“Several other proposed cor | tional amendments made sheir | pearance in the House. | ""Representative Gibson, Republican | Yermont, introduced a joint resolutio: | that would allow each State to have at least two members in the House ot Representatives. At present there i- {but one Representative each fron Arizona, Wyoming, Nevada, Xev | Mexico and Delaware. offered an 1 Burglar Siays Woman. ! TAMPA, December 8 (). —Mrs. Jexn | nie Valdez, 28, was shot and instantly ‘killed and her husband probably fa | tally wounded by a negro burglar here late last night, who shot them in their bed after ransacking the house. Nicaragua Volcano Active. ! SAN JUAN DEL SUR, | December 8 (@), {tepe, on Lake Nicaragua }m"!h‘lly Heavy rumbling: are heard frequently. Several small earthquakes have been felt. The streets of Rivas are covered with ash Radio Programs—Page 38. 1 } uragua no Ome is showing from it