Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1925, Page 2

PINCHOT RESUNES COML PEACE MOVE :{?;)n(ers V\;ith Business { Groups in Effort to End Anthracite Strike. 1 the Assoviated Press HARRINEURG, Va.. ov. Pinchot today re frorts to end t spet tion n the Penn uia snthracite | field, now fn its fitteenth week. ¥ s move took the form of a| erence with business men. They were fnvited here by the goternor to the situation. Although Mr. | t kept silent before the meeting to the exwct program he had in nd, he sald its purpose was “in the iterests of settling the strike without n increase in the cost to the | o promised 8o evervthing December §.- ned his ef- jon of opera- | Will Stick to First Plan. T | NEW HOUSE OFFIC PLANS SUBMITTED Propose $7,000,000 Building on Land Directly South of Capitol. | | | V i | | | Alternative plans for the erection of a new Hours Office Building airectly south of the Capitol on land adfacent to the present House Office Butlding, in order that each member of the House may be supplied with & suite of two offices, were submitted to the House today. The estimated cost s $7,000,000 or $8.000,000. The report was made by the House Office Buildings commission as received from David Lynn, archi- tect of the Capitol, who had been dl- rected {n the legislative appropriation act of lust yeur to have plans pre- pared. In the preparation of these plans the House Office Buildings commis- REYNOLDS, nd_ Bandit.” ELMoKE _ “The_BI 'he governor made clear ton of sticking to he presented us a on Novembey "perate plan b public and his Inten- e proposals which 1sis for settiontent | 28 and which weré & miiners and rejected by s The governor said that | J been approved by the, hat he saw | I | nued to meét sitess men about Those who accept included a -committee the Seranton Chamber - Compnerce aud representativ LA Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton Cham befs and of the Panther Creek Valley Business Men's Assoclation. Tnghis' Statement, W.W. Inglis, chairuan of the | e operators wage negotiating | ee, in a statement vesterday | the operators had nothing to con-{ as far as their books and profits red and that the operators | 10 TesumMe wage ne golln—[ “on any reasonable basis.” | Instead of wishing to destroy the | union, Maj. Inglis said the operators | want a strong union of thelr workers ‘We want to puy wages that the i dustry can afford,” he added. “We| the publlc 1o get anthrucite at | reasonabla price. 3id LEAGUE OF NATIONS ASKS U.'S. TO JOIN ARMS COMMISSION (ontinued from First Page.) 1v would end like the laxt Washing i conference, with the the United States disarming and the other na tions not disarmin Sees End In Fallure. “1 think they | i better first invite us to the con- e before asking us to arrange an | 1 am in favor of any 1move o promote the cause of peace, | another disarmament conference 1bly would end like the last Wash- conferance with the [nited disarming and the other ua ions not disarming." sald Senator on States “The United he {nvitation 55 ions are mbers of the league. and when Ger- 1 joins there will be 56. The States, Russia, Turkey and Mexico are practically -the enly na- tions not Included in the league.” | The only practical wayv a world | terence can ha held for disarma- 1ent 8 to include all the nations vithin the league. The only part of | dissrmament that would affect us In- dividually is naval disarmament, ang | s can be accomplished in the broad | conference now called under the | laague, and it cannot be accomplished | £mall conference as contemplated | some in America. The League of Nations has be- come 8o potential and is growing mo | fas vearly {n influence and power | that it no longer can be elther ridi- culed or ignored. The United States | Government. in order to accomplish | results needed and desired has been compelled {0 <o oparate officially with tho league in 19 {mportant mattars, | It has co-operated unofficially in in. | numerable mattars in order to attain sired results. Amerfcan pubdlic menand all polit- i parties have besn preaching world disarmament since the conclusion of Tl war and an opportunity is new yresented for the U'nited States to ob. wain needed disarmament. For it to rafuse to accomplish what it desires in the coming conference would simply | yresent our Government as having preachments in one direction and practice in another. It would he de- plorable if President Coolldga would be deterred from avaliing himself of this opportunity on account of the sarrow prefudice of many against the eague. Whether we join the league t, we should cheertully co-operate it in all of its commendable with work Mis States Such a ! 1d dis. With all the henefits that come from such u conference timid adminisiration. however, wiil doubtless reject the invitatlon. It w reiterated today it th ‘White House that the President would not attenpt to give consider- ation fo the invitation from the league until an official communleation had been received and studl CLASSIFICATION BOARD CLEARS OLD CASE DOCKET| | Al Appeals Prior to July 1 Last! Disposed of and Work Starts on New Controversies. ator Hatrison. Democrat, sippl, said: “The United 1onid accept the invitation. athering might mean real w Brmament ht this fLhe Personnel Classification Board clearcd its docket of eppeal cases ufider the old regulations and today determined upon a big drive to ciean | up all other pending appeals s soon | 25 possible. | This will mean muuch to all govern- tAent perfonnel whose cases have been pending before the Loards in re sard to reallocation. promotion. or de. | “potlon. ] IThe ©1d cases of which the docket s been cleared comprise that | to the balief that Reynolds was behind | October, police will ascertain positive. ! prison before endeavoring }declare that the army of Gen. Kuo | Sung-lien. former henchman {to be at Sinminfu, Shengking Prov- 'ORE TAX CASES HEARD sion and the architect of the Capitol had the co-operation of & recently or- ganizel assoclation known au ‘“the Allied Architects of Washingtdn, D. ¢, Inc.,” the president of which is Frank Upman. Another Report Submitted. The alternative plans submitted | represent the united advice of the en- tire nembersiip of this assoclation, all of whom are members of the Amerlean Institute of Architeots, { Architect Lynn also submitted a re- port by Carrere & Hastings, show: | ing how an addition could be made to the present Houss Office Bullding by | bullding within the court. i The first project is for a bui'Ming to oecupy the square bounded by New Jersey avenue, B street, Bouth Capi- tol sireet and ' strest. Under “ad- vantages” of this project are cited its roximity to the present House Office uflding, it occupancy of an entire uare, avolding coténancy with pri- te bufldings and necessily of future tions: & building which would s than the alternate scheme and preservation of South Capitol street for traffic and for a vista. Disadvantages Are Cited. Under disadvantages are cited the necessity of acquiring Congress Hall Hotel property, although “it will un WILL TRACE PRISD LIFE OF REYNOL Blond Bandit Probably in Jail at Time of Heimer Mur- der Here. Police will trace the penitentiary record of Elmore I. Reynolds, “blond bandit,” who admits five crimes here, in an endeavor to ascertain whather thé man now under arrést in Roch- ester, N. Y., for the shooting of & taxicab driver had any connection with the robbery of the store of Gus Helmer, candy manufacturer, at 608 ¥ street, who was killed by a hold-up man last March 5. Detective Joseph I°. Waldron went to Rochester at the order of Inspector C. L. Grant to check up on local crimes, and obtained admissions from Reynotds in connéction with the rob- bery of the home of Henry A. Ber linar. at 2841 Tllden street, where Mr and Mre. Berliner and a colorad mald wers hotn ave bandit while he stole § Sewelry and $30 in i and connection with fou other important local cases, including the shooting of Jacl Heros, delicates. sen_proprietor. While Inspector Grant day for Government purposes™; diffl itv of obtaining additional expunaion of the theme; the disadvantages of the unbalanced offect of this bullding, oc- cupying only one of the two squares minediately south of the Cupitol, with no certalnty that a corresponding butlding will eventually be bufit upon the other square, together with the certainty that if a bullding is erected on the western square it will present great difficulties in design 1o harmo. nize 1t with the building of the eastern square. GIving the detalls of arrangement of this project on the small square just west of the present House Office | Bullding. 1t {5 pointed out that this ! scheme makes provision for the fol- lowing accommodations: Two hun. |dred_and sixty-slx suites of offices for Represantatives with all neces. sary features in the way of desk upace, {coat and lavatory space, offiee stor. {age and o forth: 80,000 cublc feet | of additlonul storage space for Rep. resentatives: a gymnasium, 46x70 feet: {. swimming pool. 28x124 feet; ample | locker and shower facilities in con- nection therewith: spuce for lounge ou the roof. superintendent’s room, clark's room, folding room and storage space {n connection’therewith, totaling 250,- 600 cuble feet. Cost of Profect. 1t is estimated that the cost o project will be tor the bullding, $5, 500.000; for the land, $1.070,000, mak- ing a total.of $7,570,000, 1t is empha sized that these figures are approxi- mations unly. The second project is for a building occupying the south frontage on B of Mar. | street lying between New Jersey ave- shal Chang Tselln, Manchurian war nue and Delaware avenue, which lord, {s expected to enter Mukden, cap- , Would be on the two squares east and ital ' of Manchuria, tomorrow. Gen. west of South Capitol street, fronting Kuo's troops at present are reported [on B street. Its advantages are pointed out as ince, of Mukden, facing a small | occupying the second most advanta- army which s expected either to sur. |geous location with reference to the render or retreat toward Kirin, | present House Offce Building and ihe whither Marshal Chang was reported | Capitol. its lesser desirability being in Jjourneying this morning. |the fact that it lies partly down the It is understood that telegraph and | hill; that the minimum acquisition of raflway communication between Muk- | ground is acquired, as the only im- den and’ Peking {3 not functioning.|portant property Involved s that oc- Consular advices reported that all | cupied by the four-story annex to the banks, stores and whops In_ Mukden | Congress Hall Hotel, and there s am- had been closed. and that the bank-|ple room to meet present needs ade- ers in that city urgently had tele-|guately and to leave sufficlent room graphed to Tokio thelr fears thul there | for future expansion. There Is am-: ould ‘be looting by the retreating | ple toruge room for documents and roops. o som Four hundred additional Japanese | 2UNST SPAZe IR the Basement for the rallway guards have left Port Arthur | Percis ; for Mukden. All foreigners have evaoc- Better Light Offered. ateaiSinminty, It i#;undersloodithat | gy court offers beter Igbt. and a number of forelgn women have heen given refuge’ In thé Jupaness and | ventilation than the preceding scheme other consulates at Mukden, where al) | #nd more pleasing possibilities for consuls at & meeting planned for pro- | COUrt gardeus, ft is stated. SecHorit o their tIoRalD. There s a conslderable increase In The foreign office professes opui- | the cost of this schem: over the first mism. but admits that a serious situa- | ~heme. however, it {3 pointed out, tor ay. develop: and the blocking®of a main street B — which would interfere with traffic. B o This second scheme makes provision Boy Emperor Stficken. for the following accommodations: 210 By the Associated Prees. 3 | sultes of uifices for Reprementatives TOKIO. December §.—Uncontirmed | with detalls of arrangement the same reports from' Tientsin, China, say that | uq gn the previous scheme: 85,000 cuble Jisuan Tung, the deposed hoy emperor | feay of additional storage -spuce. oo of China, 13 dangerously $ll With PReu- | 5650 ‘more than in the. alternative monta. | scheme: a_gymnastum the same size The boy emperor, Hsuan Tung.|ag in the first scheme; the swimming tenth and lasi Manchu monarch 10,1000 1o he 36x140 feet; much larger relgn In China, abdicated when the | {00 {1 N "0 sohamer The o Eeboblic miakeer ”l;i"" |ing room. clerks, superintendent's malned fn Peking, T, DeINg | oo, locker space and space for a paid & Demsion by Do, Eovernment| i ressional lounge would be ap until ]‘(,-hrtl'llr_\' 'l)d’ this [ym"ri when he nl‘flx‘h\‘)\((“)’ the same as {n the first took up his residence {n Tientsin, 5 In the previous November he had | Sheme (larake spwco would make Dbeen evicted from the imperial palace RO . 1 " in the Forbldden City. Peking, by jLusement not provided in the alterna- order of Feng Yu-Hstang. the “Chrls- - e A Bl controliorihacaniinl | the land, making a total of $5,164,360, | as against $7,510,000 {n the ulterna: | tive scheme. | WOMAN, 92, DEAD. Mrs. Hannah P. Hercus Had Lived Here Half Century. is Inclinea the bars in Wichita, Kans., at the time of the Heimer wurder. the report being that he aid not escape until last v the exact period that he was in to have Reynolds explain his whereabouts at the time. FALL OF MUKDEN TOMORROW SEEN Kuo Near Manchurian capi-[ tal—Foreigners Take Refuge in Consulates. his $6 By ths Aesoclated Pross. TOKIO, December &.—Latest dis patches received by the forelgn office BY SUPREME COURT Royalty Levy on Iron Mined in Minnesota Attacked by Hughes and Milburne. Mrs. Hannah P. Hercus, $2 years {o1d. « resident of this city for more {than half @ century. died at the | Homeopathic Hospital yesterday, after Leing {1l since August. ercus was The Supreme Court took up for the widow of doubtedly huve to be acquired some | HE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON Cabin Boy on U. S. Ship Tries to Kill Chinese General Associated Preas. BHANGHAIL China, - December 8.—A. Cantonese cabin boy on the American liner President Pierce last night attempted to assassinate Gen. Hong Chow-ling, a leader of the antired eJement in Canton, when the liner from Hongkong Was nearing Woosung. near here. The cabin boy committed sul- cide. Gen. Hong was taken to a Shanghai hospital with wounds in the abdomen and nose. CODLIOGE MESSAGE 5 GVEN APPROVAL Republicans and Democrats Join in Praise—Some Op- position Found. | President Coolidge’s message was the subject of favorable comment by Republican Senators and also by Dem- ocratic, although the latter disagreed with some of the recommendutions and arguments advanced by the I’r ident. Henator Wadsworth, Republican. of New York sald: “The President’s mes- sage was both comprehensive und con- | vincing. T was particularly pleused with what he said about national de- fonse und entlrely satisfied with his recommendations regarding aviation, which are bused on the report of the President’s Afrcraft Board.” Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn- sylvania—"“It was an excellent mes- sage. Tam glad that the President did not recommend registration of aliens, which has been proposed in some quarters. I was especlally pleased with his recommendations for keeping up the natfonal defense. His recom- mendations on taxes are exactly what we had hoped they would be Senator Jones, Republican, of Washington—"The message is a com- prehensive statement, and clear dis- cussion of the most important ques- tions now before our people.” Democrats Praise Message. Senator Swanson of Virginia, Demo- cratic member of the foreign rela- tions committoe: “There are matters in the President’s message with which 1 concur. and others to which T dfs- sent. However, I was especially pleased with his discussion of the World Court. It exhibits the Presi- dent’s enthusinsm in the matter and his presentation is both clear and forcible." Senator Simmons of North Carolina, Democratic member of the finance committee: “The message was one of the strongest that the President has sent us and decldedly the most com- preheneive. Iadeed, it breaks into his reputation for ellence. I do not re- gard many of his proposals as sound, and many of his reasons appear to me fallaclous. But it {s ail clearly and strongly presented, and I think 1t a creditable document. His discus | slon of tax reduction {s no morc than | approval of the Mellon plan.” Harrison Objects. Senator Put Harrison, Democrut, of Misslasippl: “The President’s messuge reveuls his purpose to exuct from the American taxpayer exorbitantly high taxes to pay Off in an unreasonably short time our natfonal debt, while permitting some of the foreign coun- tries 62 years in which to pay us, and permitting them to pay only one- eighth of 1 per cent Interest rate. *“The admission of 40 per cent high ler prices this year than in 1916 should couvinee Congress that the present indefensible tariff rate should be im. | wedlately reduced.” i Senator Carwway. Demecrat, of Arkansas—"What can you say about it? Words. Among other things the esident sald the tarlff enriches the | armer and the condition of the farm- er is better than ever. There is not anything in either statement.” DR DIXON DENIES NURSE OPERATION Gives Rockville Jury Circum- stances of Death in Be- thesda Sanitarium. | { Specizl Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., December §.—| In his own defense Dr. Henry M. Dixon of Washington, on trial charged ' with manslaughter in’connection with | the death last October of Miss Mary De Voe, a Washington nurse, occu- pied the witness stand early today. He caid Miss De Voe appeared at | his office on the Friday preceding her | death, explained her condition and asked if he knew a quiet place where | she could receive medical attention. He sald he thought he knew of such 4 place in Bethesda, and later, in going there to uttend a patient, was Accompanied by her. Subsequently he was called to the institution because of the gravity of her condition, and found her go critical that she died within half an hour after his arrival. | He said he was 05 years old and had practiced medicine 30 vears. He de- nied he had performed an operation or that he had been asked to do so. Dr. Kelley Is Heard. Preceding the defendant, Dr. J. Thomas Kelley of Washington, quali- fying as an expert witness by saying | he had attended the birth of 5,000 chil- dren and operated on an average of i four times a day In female cases, told :0f examining organs of the dead nurse. He sald It was clear that she disd of hemorrhage resulting from an abor. tion, but that it could not be deter. mined that the abortion was from in- strumentation. Heveral other physicians were ready jto be called for the defense. The cross-examination of Dr. Dixon was expectad to be exhaustive, and par- ticularly with reference to an alleged statement he made to Sheriff Plum- mer that he had not accompanied the | | ropresenta | conflagr: |LIEUT. cOL. D. ‘C’ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1925 s ———— e e T ey KLAN BEATEN, BUT STILL ALIVE IN TEXAS, SAYS GOV. FERGUSON FIRE SURVEY HERE WILL BEGIN SOON Need of High Pressure Urged by Board of Trade—Fears Rates Will Rise. Officlale of the National Board ot Fire Underwriters, an organisation which represents all the fire insur- ance companies in the country, have made advancs preparations for a sur- vey of the fire hasard and fire-fighting facilities of the District and will be- &in their inspection in & days, ac- cording to David M. Lea, chalrman of the Washington Board of Trade's committes on insurance and fire pro- tection. This survey, which was to have taken place last Spring, was delayed. The Washington Board of Trade yes- terday discovered that the $3,000 which was to be appropriated for use by the special committes appointed in the Spring to delve into the need of a high-pressure system here had been disallowed Dy the Bureau of the Budget. The board of directors im- mediately authorized Mr. Lea to do all he can to bring to the attention of Congress the need for such a system here, Campaign Withheld. The Board of Trade withheld its campelen for a high-pressure system this Sprine when a special commi tee was appointed, consisting of t v 1 the District ernment, a rep: reau of the Budget und a representa- tive of the Department of Commerce, and authorized to make & proper sur. vey on the need of the system. The Commissloners also promived to in. clude an item of $3.000 for the use of the committes in this work. As this item i& not forthcoming, further delay will be encountered in getting a high \vater pressure systen, which has been urged upon Congress for 23 con- secutive years, according to Mr. Lea. As there has been no change in the basic fire rate for the District for the Past 14 yearm, it is feared that the ticnal Board of Underwriters will raies insurance rates, largely because of & lack of a high-pressure system. The District baslc fire rate was met 14 years ago at 10 cents, and even at that time one-half cent was added to this because of inadequate water sup- ply. Since that time, it 18 pointed out that the city has almost doubled and Mr. Lea, who is an expert on the question, feels that {t wiil be inev. itable that the examiners for the in- surance companies will increass in- surance rate, which will result in an outlay by the cltizens many times larger than the cost of a high water Dreasure system, cstimuted at $1,600. The officlals of the National Board of Fire Underwriters will Inspect the fire-ighting apparatus, the water flow, the type and conatruction of buildings, the hydrants, the fire alarm system and every factor entering fito the pro- tection of the city from fire. Mr. Lea, Wwho 18 in close touch with the official feels that the National Board will ui doubtediy call attention of the inade- quate water pressure. Irked at Delay. That the Board of Trade is irked at the long delay in any materiul prog- ress toward a high-pressure system and “‘the apparent lack of interest in certain quarters” is evidenced in the concluding puragraphs in the organi- zation's official publication, 1ssued to- day. They read: “The Fire Department of the Dis- trict tells us that it {8 neceseary to bring certain parts of their apparatus up-to-date. That is all true, but no matter if we had a million more pieces of fire apparatus it would never help | the situation should we have a large on here. “It i not the luck of fire apparatus. Tt is the lack of water pressure which makes the situation so critical. We are for keeping our Fire Department UP to the standard at all times, but | we should not lose eight of the fact that each year certain pieces of up- paratus will have to be replaced. Are we going to let this fact prevent us from asking for a high-pressure serv- ice? If we do, then Washington will never have a Water system to guard | against its fire losses “We again present our plea to Con- gress in the hope that this session it will see the fulfillment of a recom- mendation which h: been made an- nually for 23 years. The proposed &ystem would include the area bounded by North Caplitol and Nineteenth streets and K street and the Mall. In this area are about $130,000,000 worth of bulldings, wares in the stores amounting to further millions, and priceless Government documents that cannot ba replacad. Thus untold millions of dollars’ worth of property are subject to destruction vy fire. PEEK URGED TO SUCCEED SHERRILL IN PARKS POSITION (Continued from First Page.) of majors. and in the natural course of events wiil shortly be promoted to the rank of liautenant colonel. the grandson of President U. S. Grant. an honor graduate of the Military Academy, and was awarded- the Dis- tinguished Service Medal for excep- tionally meritorious services in the World War. He has held the office of superintendent of the Stats, War and Navy buildings. and has filled the office of director of public bulldings and public parks In the temporary ab- | having said it is not necessary for au {and Gen. Patrick wer sences of ghe incumbent. Before his present asBignment to duty as an as- sistant to Laat. Col. Sherrill, several months ago. he was in charge of im- portant river and harbor improvement in the San Francisco district. Lieut. Col. Peek {s from Wisconsin. He was an honor graduate of the Military Academy, class of 1897; of the Army School of the Line in 1910, of the Army Staff College in 1911 and of the Army War Collega in 1920, His entire service has been in the Corpe of Engineers. Among his earli. est works was the construction of roads and bridges in the Yellowstone National Park and the construction of engineering projects {n the vicinity of Cineinnati, Duluth and St. Paul, in- cluding the bullding of the big dam near St. Paul. During the World War he held the rank of colonel of Engineers and was in direct charge of the building of roads and raflways in the fighting area of the zone occu- He is | Asserts Leaders Appealed to Husband to Join Em. pire—Threatened Her If She Signed Anti- non';'n'on- Als, lo the sacond E of iz clysive the wor Gouer of the of Teras, recounting A 00le fo vindical tration. Darosi againit i inst the BY MIRIAM A. FERGUSON, Governor of Texss. II—The Part Phfied by the Ku Klux er vm'xuv ‘Re makes Aer Y R Tion: The Klan {s not dead in Texas. It has been beaten, but it is still breathing. It is like a enake. The darkies say If you cut a snake's head off, although it cannot run or bite again, the tail will live and keep moving until the sun goes down. The sun has not gone down vet. It's getting ready to set, but until it does the tail of the Klan-snake will con- tinue to wiggle. Klansmen, wishing to cover the work they are trying to do, wishing to cover the fuct that thero etil! is & Klan in Texas, have been shouting that the Klan {s a dead issue; that T have no longor sny right to blame the Klan for the political troubles of Texas. Thirty Klagsmen Signed Petition. What {8 their answer to the follow- ing facts: Two weeks ago 44 men signed a petition to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, asking him to call a special «easlon of that body if the Governor does not call such session. Of those 44 mon, 30 are avowed mem- bers of the Klan. Last Summer Dr. Hiram W. Evans, former dentist of Dallas, came to Texus and near his old home he ad- dressed a gathering of klansmern. F sald, according to the reports of his speech that night: “The Klu Klux Klan of Texas will see that the next Governor of this flll;e 15 a man who can act for him- selt.” The Klan has long been an enemy— a bitter enemy—of the Fergusons. ‘When the Klan was in the heyday of itk organization in Texas, when the whole State was beginning to shudder under the virtual reign of terror In which we lived for two years, influ- ential members of the organization approached my husband. Appealed to Ferguson. They knew him for a fighter. they knew he was still a leader of the thousands and thousands of men and women who balleved he had becn the fnuocent victin of gang polities in 1917. They wanted his name and his Influence under their banner “If you will joln us, Jim," they whispered—they did all of theif talk- ing in whispers. you know—"if you will send you to the United States Senate There {s 10 law against your taking a Federal position, and we can and we will elect you if you will join the Knights of the Invisible Empire." joln” the organization, his energetic fight against it, his race against the man whom they later recognized as their avowed candidate for the Sen- ate, my entry In the race ugainst their openly espoused candidate for the Governor's office, my wseping victory over him in the primary, and my great victory over the man they compromised on with the Republicans in the general election—those are not things easily forgotten by the money gangsters who run Texas for two years. Is it to be supposed that such men are going to accept gracefully a woman's victory, a woman's adminis- tration, a woman who prides herself that she had the advice and the help of the man they could not buy" It 18 to laugh that the Klan'ie dead. Signed Anti-Mask Bill. Let me relate a little inciden occurred after [ entered office. One of the planks of my platform wag the vindication of my husband. the removal of the dixability placed that in the Invisible Empire, we will | My husband’s downright refusal to | Mask Bill—Leading Fight Now. upon him by that unjust impeach- Ih*The "Legiiatuto a bl providing for n the Legislature a Ppro n| such an act. It was on the regular calendar of the House and Senate. On that same calendar was a bill known in Texas as the anti-mask bill, an act that took the fangs from the Klan serpent, because it took the mask from the faces of men who were ashamed to do their dirty work in Texas in the daytime. The anti-mask bill was passed finally by the Legislature, just two days be- fore the amnesty bill for my husband came up before the House 0f Repre- sentatives, having already passed the Senate, The antl-mask bill came down to my desk tor the signature that would make it a law. But slong with that bill came a thinly velled threat that amnesty would never bé granted James E. Ferguson if the anti-mask bill became a law. My answer to them was to sign the ant-mask bill 15 minutes after it got to my desk. Then it was a bitter fight indeed that our friends waged on the fioor of the House for my husband's vindica- tion. The strength of the Klan in the Legiglature lay in the House. But when the vote was taken amnesty had been granted and the Ferguson name had been officially cleared of an in- Justice stain. Have Not Forgotten. Is it to be supposed that such a slap in their faces will be forgotten? Those men had run the State of Texas unmolested for two years. They have not forgotten such things In 10 brief months. Those men who want the Legisla- ture to meet to impeach me are Klans- men. Among them are tho men who wanted the State to sell the prison farms, move the prison buildings—a move and a sale that would have {n. flicted great finunclal loss to the State but would have been of great finan- cial gain to rome people. It is currently reported that certain of these leaders conferred with the mighty Dr. Evans in Washington be- foro this petition was signed. IHow true that rumor s I cannot say. But I do know that Dr. Evans came to Texas almost immediately afterward und was in Dallas, where these leaders of the movement uguinst me were meeting. My election and the antimask bill did cut off the head of the Klan-suake {but the tall of the serpent is still} | wiggling. The death of the snake meant tho #ands of dollars out of the Klan cof- fers. Is it to be supposed that men, power-mad and money-mad, will tak kindly to cutting off their income— an {ncome so easily gotten? Is it to be supposed that none of that money is left to fight the woman who has beaten them rnce? Do you thi for one mir they will forget the fight be is against a woman? Again laugh. “Sun Going Down.” Did not the Speaker of the House of Representatives unnource th fact that T an: x woman will have | nothing to do with impeaching me—1t they find cause for {mpeachment? 1as the Kian ever stopped an out- | ruge becaus their vietim was a woman? I call your attention to the hundreds of women they flogged, thev tarred and faathered, they besmirched during their heydoy in Texas. But this time the Klan has added ona line to its ultimatum: “If they tind cause for impeach- ment.”* They have a long and an arduous search before them. The sun has not ! set, but it is getting along toward | { night, and there ix 4 sort of ehill in ! the alr down here in Texus, niy friends | | of the Invisible Empire. 1 (Copyright. 1925 Continued tomorrow FREE AIR BRANCH OPPOSED BY ELY ON MITCHELL STAND on discipline in the Army ness replied he had such an opinion, state 1t Representative Trank R. Reid, chief civilian counsel, objected. Col. Blanton Winahip, the law mem- ber sustained the objection, declaring, “The effect of that question is to ask the witness if the accused is gulity or not guilty of the charges under which he is being tried. That is entering a phase of the court’s duty.” 5, Under cross-examination Gen. Ely was given various opportunities of paying tribute to the Alr Service. At the same time he made it clear he had a distinct line of demarkation lin mind when discussing aviation. He ture weronautical enterpriscs {s “the- ory, guesswork and imagination.” Does aviation have an fmportant mission to perform?”’ asked Mr. Reid. “It_always has an important mis sion.” veplied the witness. “1las it always been done well Men Too Independent. “Well, from our experience, the aviators are a little too independent of the commanding officer. When they go out you can't tell when they will come back. They can be depended on, | though.” 2, Mr. Reid read an excerpt of Gen. Ely's testimony before the President’s Afr Board In which he was quoted as officer to be a fiyer to commund air units any more than it is nccessar; 1o be a chuuffeur to order an automo: bile about. g “Do you belleve aviation in time of war is comparable to running an au- tomobile?” asked Mr. Reld. Fi “That was a general statement.” re- plied the witness, and when Mr. Reid interrupted to press his question Gen. Ely waved him aside, declaring, “Wait until I get through. I'm talking now. You'll talk when the court rules repiled Mr. Reid, and President Howze rapped for order. When peace had been restored Gen. Ely proceeded with this answer to the original question: “An aviator must know a great many other things in time of war beside fiying his plane. He has to be a good man. I didn’t in- tend to infer he was equal to a chaut- teur.” “Is he absolutely necessary to nas and when Col. Moreland asked him to | declared much of the talk about fu-| GORDON LEFT OFF NOMINATIONS LIST U. S. Attorney Regarded Likely to Be Named Later by President. The name of Ma). Peyton Gor don, whose term as United States attorney for the District of Columbia expired last July, was not included in the list of several thousand nom inations for appointment to the pul lic service sent to the Senate today by President Coolidge. The nomfnation of Frederick A Fenning, to be Commigsioner of the¢ District of Columbia, who was appoint el to succeed the late James I Oyster early last Summer, and whe has since been serving in that pacity, was among the nominatio sent to the Senate today the nomination of Rev. William J Kerdy of the Catholic University, fo: reappointment as a member of the Board of Charities of the District Many Credited Here. These were all of the really loca appointments in a long list, althoug) there were a number of persons cred ited to this city and a number who are to serve in Federal offices located here. lure on the part of the Presiden: to submit Maj. Gordon's name Yo the Senate today is taken in some loca! quarters as being significant, but a‘ the White House, where inquiry was made, there was nothing to indicate that Maj. Gordon is not being reay pointed. The impression was gained that the President is not ready at this time to announce his intention regard ing Maj. Gordon. The President has on a number of occasions, since Maj Gordon's time expired, let it be known that he would reappoint Mr. Gordon The President also has said that he saw no occaslon to rush matters when he was making reappointments to the Federal service, and this is taken b many as the real reason for Maj Gordon's name being omitted from to day’'s list of nominations. Opposition Is Known. it is known, however, that therc nas been some opposition to the re uppointment of Maj. Gordon which has been brought to the President’s attention, and it is understood that he is awaiting advices before reaching a declsior { the nominations sent to th lay were of persol heen appointed to the Federa the “enate adjourned and the appointments riance from the I're down to village iinations eent to Among o - President Cool the Sepate today by idge were: Dwight F. Davis of Missouri, to bx Secretary of War: Robert E. Olds of Minnesota, 1o be Assistant Secretary of State; Charles MacVeagh of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to Japan; Charles C. Hart of the District Columbla, to be minister to Al- a: Johu YVan. A. MacMurray of w Jersey, to he minister to China Evan E ang of South Dakota, to be i er to the Dominican Repub lic: Alfred J. Pearson of lowa, to be minister to Finland; John B. Stetson jr.. of Pennsylvania. to be minister to Polan William . Culbertson of Kunsur, to be minister to Ruman! William W. Ruseell of the District of Columbia, 1o be minister to Biam Maxwell Bl of Missour!, to act a 4 t and consul genera Moroceo; Louis T. Kenake of California. to be ussistant clerk of the United States Court for China. MacNider on List. 1 rd Mae of Towa, to be assistunt Secretary of War; Willlam D. Mitchell of Minnesota, to be eo- han! N | Heitor general: John Marshall of West Virginia, Charles D. Lawrence of New York, Oscar R. Luhring of Indiana and Bertico M. Parmenter of Okla. {homa, to be assistant attorneys gen- -, “but not dominated.” | who made that state- | ment? Mr. Refd. The witness | did not. | “Is it absurd?" asked Mr. Refd. absurd.” replied the wit- | i e stutement was made by Presi- Coolidge” und the courtroom | roared. “I don't cure whose it is,” the gen-| eral added. Col. Moreland endeavored to have that portion of the testimony stricken | | out of the record on the ground that | Mr. Reid quoted some one clse as having gouted the President on that| subject. The entire matter stayed in the record, however, Gen. Ely explained in detail the courses of study at the general staff service school at Fort Leavenworth, | Kan., and explained there were 50 { efficers on the faculty. | “How many officers are {asked Mr. Reid. | "One.” veplied the witness. Navy Rebuttal Rested. | aviators?” | | The prosecution late yesterday aft ernoon rested the Navy's rebuttal to | the air officer’s charges of incompeten | ey after producing two witnesse: | They were Lieut. Comdr. Marc A. | Mitscher, chief of the planning divi sion, Bureau of Aeronaut and Capt. W. H. Standley, director of the {war plans section, Office of N | eration: | The Patrick-Roosevelt correspond- ence, which the defense had introdu ed to bear out Col. Mitchell's declar: | ton that there was u private agree. {ment to “fix” the annual airpline es, agaln was brought before the ourt. Four letters between Assist- ant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt e read, whereas | {Wwhen fthe defense introduced them, | only two were given to the court. | { Maj. Gullion expiained the neces- sity for again bringing in the letters | | was due to a typographical error in |that the word “races” was used in- | stead of “racers.” During the read- ! ing of the letters by Comdr. Mitscher much emphasis was placed on the last syllables of the words wherever they appeared. Reld Raises Objection. { ‘When the naval officer had finished | reading them, Maj. Gullion asked: ““Was there an arrangement for the Navy to take the ‘races’ one year and the Army the next?” Before the wit- ness could answer, Mr. Reid objected on the ground that would be a con- clusion for the court to decide and Col. Blanton Winship, the law member, sustained the objection. ‘The correspondence was introdnced | & vice consul | Keel uval Op- |7 [hank. He was born at eral; Alexander W. Gregg of Texas, to e icitor of Internal Revenue Lincoln Andrews of New York, to be assistant Secretary of the Treasury tobers Arundell of Oregon, to be member of the board of tzx appeals F. McIntosh, to be & mcmber of the Federa]l Board of Vocational Edu cation: Harry Bassett of Indiana, be a member of the United States En ployes’ Compensation Commission Miss Jessie Dell of Georgla, to be u civil service commissioner: Capt. Mar tin E. Trench, U. 8. N., to be Governor of the Virgin Isiands District of Columbia men nominated for other posts included the following Merritt Swiftt, foreign service ofil cer of clasg 6, to be class §; Clarenc H. Spiker, foreign service officer, clas: 7.'to be class 6: James Hugh Keele: Jr., foreign service officer, unclassified, to be class 8: J. Holbrook Chapman a foreign service officer and a secre- tary in the diplomatic service, to be of career; Harvey S Lloyd Yates und McCene: ich, to be foreign service of- ficers, unclassified; James Hugh Jr. to be' consul: Harve: 10 be vice consul of career Marylanders on List. The President nominated the follow ing to be postmasters in Maryland Barton, Gordon Durst; Mount Rainfer Josepin Haas; Ridgely. Thomas W Silver Spring, Paul M. Cougl den, Minnie L. Wilson; Freeland E. & r; Halethérp, Charles Houghton; Betterton, Howard F. Owens; Darlington, Edwin S. Worth ingto Forest Glen, Charles W. Miles Gaithersburg, Calvin s, Duv Owings Mills, Charles Roemer, §r.. Rockville, Willls B. Burdette. oGy G. M. BOWERS, FORMER REPRESENTATIVE, DIES West Virginian Engaged in Or- charding Since Retirement in 1928. $pecial Dispateh to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., December | 8.—George Meade Bowers, Republican, former Representative from the second West Virginia district, and since his retirement from politics in 1923 en gaged in orcharding and banking here, died at his home last night after a two-week illness. He suffered stroke of paralvsls during the Sum mer, followed by a second attack No vember 18. Mr. Bowers was head of a loca Gerardstown, September 13, 1863. His early educa- young woman to the sanitarium. State's Case Rested. tional defense,” asked Mr. Reid. “I wouldn’t state {n those trems exactly, but I would say he is very in conection with Comdr. Mitscher’s testimony, as the officer is & repre- sentative of the Navy Depgrtment at an | Minnesota royalty of appeals which had been submitteg | NeAring today the Minnesota royalty uf for to July 1. when new regulations | t3X cases. Recognizing the impor- were put into effect. |tance of the issues involved in the Hercus. She was a native pled by the First Army, commanded lvanta. tion was obtained in county schools by Gen. Liggett, and was awarded the { Ho was & member of the State Legis- Only 16 Days Christmas Is Coming SHOP EARLY And Increase Your Enjoyment of the Holiday Secason | ieven cases attacking the valdity of the tax, the court allowed two days for oral argument. Prominent counsel, including Charles Evans Hughes and.John G. Milburne, appeared for those challenging the validity of the law® which requires the owners of the land leased or rent- | ed for the mining of iron ore to pay | tax upon the royalty they received | trom the iron and steel companies which take out the ore. Virtually al®the enormoua output ot fron ore mined in Minnesota is pro- duced under royalty arrangements, of the 45,000,000 tons taken out in 1923 all having been mined under such ar- rangements except 311,000 tons taken out by the owners of the land. It was contended that the tax was an arbitrary and unreasonable burden upon the iron ore industry. She leaves a daughter, Miss Alice T. Hercus of this city, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Btroud of Pennsylvanta. Funeral services will be conducted at the Sixth Presbyterlan Church, Sixteenth and Kennedy streets, to- morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. In. terment will be in Rock Creek Ceme- tery. Admits Housebreaking. Pleading gullty to housebreaking, Goldie Dobbins, colored, was held to await the action of the grand jury by Judge George H. Macdonald in Police Court today. Bond was fixed at $5,000. According to Policeman Eugene Davis, Dobbins broke in the Carlton garage, 1108 Vermont avenue and stole several automoblile accessories. 7( The State rested its case yesterday, following the testimony of a number ot physicians, the sheriff, two broth- ers of the dead nurse and Mrs. J. W. Sale, at whose home in Washington the nurse boarded. Mrs. Sale told of 2 man, employed at a department store, who had called upon the nurse, and-of having turned over her effects, including letters from this supposed suitor, to the State's attorney. Sheriff Plummer told of his trip to Kendallsville, Ind., where the nurse's body was exhumed for examination, and of the arrest of Dr. Dixon. The trial opened yesterday, and it was belleved possible that a verdict would be reached by tomorrow. Two blind girl stenographers are employed in the office of British ministry of pensions. distinguished service medal, RIGGS BANK EMPLOYE DENIES $2,100 THEFT Harry Vandykoolyk, charged with 2,100 from the Riggs National! Bank, where he was em- loyed as a teller, waived preliminary gu.rln: before Judge George H. Mac- donald in Police Court today and en- the theft of tered a plea of not gullty. TUpon the recommendation of As- sistant United States Attorne; Ralph Given, tho court fixed the grand jury. Vandykoolyk was arrested by Head: querter Detectives Scrivener and Kelly. d at $3,000 to hold the defendant for the necessary. My idea of an air board is that it not be used absolutely ‘l’:db ndently of & supreme commander.’ ”"Then you won't want an alr board to win & war alone?” asked Mr. Reld. on’t think it could win & war * replied the witness. the anual joint service arrangements for the airplane meets. He testified the Army was given the Navy 1923 I Curtiss racer flown in the meet that year by Lieut. H. J. Brow by u flip of a coin. He and Capt. Robert Oldys of the Army Air scr,vhi: toseeda co‘;n to see which one would take the Brow Disagrees With Claims. plane and the Army won. Lieut. Alex- Mr. Reld read several statements |ander Pearson later was killed in this ot mad racer. o ....,.".‘.‘.‘{ mwunh.ry“m:.:nmmu;m?.{ Capt. Standley described the organ- ;p;: world, in which the part aviation | ization and procedure of the jolnt lature in 1887, supervisor of the United States census for West Virgin ia in 1890 and went to the Republicar national convention in Minneapolis as a delegate from the State in 1892. He was treasurer of the of Chicago World's Fair commissiohers for West Virginia. From 1898 to 1913 he United States fish commissioner. He served as president of the Americar Fisheries Society in 1902-1903. He was elected on May 9, 1916, to Congress to fill the unexpired term of the late ‘William G. Brown, and was re-elected Was declsive, | Army and Navy aeronautical board, L ey i e e e ek vhaes | showing that In so far 4s it deter: Tho witneas O eld then read the |mined aviation policies, air officers of T eing: “The development of. the |the Army and Navy predominated in national defense must be supplement- | membership. ed, if not dominated, by aviation. T R “Do you believe that?"” asked Mr.! Steve Donoghue, famous English Reid. jockey, will star in British racing “I believe it must be supplemented,” films. trom the second district to the Sixty fifth, Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses, covering the period 1917 1928, His widow, four children, two sisters and one brother survive. Funeral services will be held Thursday at * pan. at the howme: burial to be ¢ither in Martinsburg or Gerardstown.