Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1925, Page 2

2 U.S. BUILDING BILL 1S GIVEN T0 HOUS * Appropriation of $165,000,- 000 Asked in Measure. Early Action Pledged. Appropriation of " Ary. of which 30000000 is for public huildings throughout the coun- contem- | | | I ! | | THE EVENING DISTRICT COMMITTEE CANDIDATES STAR, WASHIN FOUR SEEK PLAGES OND.C. COMMITTEE Reid, Houston, Bowman and Hogg Candidates for Three Vacancies. I'ON, the the are There are four candidates for three Republican vacancies on House District committee. They . CAPPER GETS BIL FORWELFARE BODY iD. C. Commissioners Submit Measure to Establish Board. ' The bill to establish a board of pub- lice welfare in the District was sub- the today ", WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1925. —— “I’'M BOSS,” MRS. FERGUSON SAYS, ADMITTING SHE TAKES ADVICE, Has Heeded Counsel of Husband for 26 Years, But Knows How to Tell Him When She Doesn’ Like It, Governor Asseits. (In this. the third article of the series. Gov. Miriaw Ferguson deciares that shé “ia her 010" hosn, decloring thot ehe hax the same right to'tlis advics of her Aus band ax Woodrow Wilkon had 1o the counsel Thal other famous Teran. of Hou'se.) BY MIRIAM A. FERGUSON, Governar of Texas. used by my Immediate predecessor. My husband has done a greatndeal of the work of my office, hax done it without pay, without hope of othe reward than the accomplishment of as fine a record for the Kerguson ad ministration as human hands could make. Yet they have not praised him LOW PRIGES LAI -~ TOTRADE BODIES Hoover Praises Work of Grocery Association in Ad- dress at Meeting. “The various trade associations are largely responsible for the in the cost of production and dist rare jmitted by Commissfoners i3 | to Senator Arthur Capper. chairman |of the Senate District committee, with | 1. Representatives Frank R. Ieid Aurora, 1L, counsel for ol Willi tion and for the trade | tlons that have I superion They have plated for new Federal huildings in | as baleful | nor have they praised me. Washingfon 10 house Government ac- only read into such effort tivities under the 10-vear program advocated Conlidge, was pr today by Represeniative Eliott of Indiana, of the committee on pubiic and zrounds the Richard N the new chai posed in man bhuildings building | President Honge | The Dill introduced is identical with | the measnre submitted last yvear. and calls Appropriation of ¢ pended a1 the disore retary of the Treasury 7 pervisory officials, ¢ which last year provid the limit of cost previo 10 the for of the Sec- 1 other in section 3 for 1y set on al- House | hlanket | o e ax- | TAXES ONLY HOPE, waiving Mitchell, whose name has no been presented to the committee on committees by Represeniative Martin B. Madden, who repre-ents the i nents: I slate of committee appoi - Del.; ert G. Houston of Georgetown, David Hogg of Fort Wavne, Ind Frank L. Bowman Morgantown W. Va. The three last named are new members of 2 ow the com mittee expects to decide upon the ap- pointments. There are now three va- cancies. one which was not filled du ing the Sixty-eighth Congress, one caused by the retirement of former Chairman Stuart F. Ieed of West The measure Ix similar 10 which failed of enactment at the last session of Congress. ! | THE OBJECTION TO MY HUSBAND | n request for itz introduction and en- | [ nctment. {one nois delegation in the framing of t'a | HELPING ME. AUSTIN, opponents hav howl becanse my x., December 9.-—My been raising a mighty Undesirable conditions existing in | gives me the henefit of his experience the eontrol of charity and organizations are described welfare by the | Commissioners in the letter of trans- I mittal. out. a single institution is under the supervision of as many as three boards. “This situation is unbusiness- | ke and undesirable from every point of view.,” said the communication. “The tendency of the times is toward consolidation of agencies and unified | in Texas | advice In Texax politics In some cases, it Is pointed | office with me, and counsels with me politics—and God pity the governor who can get no experienced sits in my over my executive ac They go around saving he iz Gov. ernor of Texas They say he Is the real head of the State. he has the final say-so in hushand aids me:| @ meaning as possible. As for my opponent’s that my hushand tells me what dn. 1 have this remar to make Miriam A. Ferguson. wife and gov. ernor. is her own hos: statements to My husband is my friend and helper. | but he has never told me what I should or should not do—and he never will. T have a mind of my own | have a will of my own. and I have never seen the day when I could not use both of them. 1 would have less of the respect and friendship of the man who helps me if I were less than just an independent ax he is. The 26 vears of our married life have been in every of sense the | among business fren { Commerce Hoover tald the seventeenth al convent | the Americ | facturers A z { Alawer Hotel this mon Only a few of the trade associafions ha | methods, the speaker ing that the have i ful fores in and honorable husiness methods retary Hoover declared that th J their organization the dealers have c= tablished the fact that voluntars res lation of trade without Gever Interference is nossible and pr He concluded by assuring ann numher of ised illegal emphasiz. heen o power shment of f Ser ready authorized proje | 1 the country, which h to direct the comple o projects at a to $15.000,000 [ Durinz discussion of the bill in the| last Conzress it was mude clear that | since 1he needs for Federal-owned | buildinas in the National Capital i more trzent than anvwhere else, at Teast £30.000,000 would expended | here It is huildings Washin s throughout en chanzed these exceed nnoerstond which wonld on would prov troller Genei Chairman B cannot hape 1« on this public the Te the measnre House Wads upon in the ax n 1is Loucheur, Upper, left to Frank K. Reid Representatives i i« and Robert | Lower, Frank | Virginia. COOLIDGE'S STAND AROUSES FILIPINGS Gen. Wood Vetoes Bill for! Prebiscite on Islands’ Independence. procesd Bow of West pro as a Funds to Bala | | The first bill provides for funds to balance the budget and exceptional | revenues with which to foun® the | sinking fund created by the secgnd After a protracted conference today | bill. but pending reccipts from %' with H. A. Brooks, commercial man- | latter, the managers of the fund ager of the Potomae Eleciric Power ( empowered to obtain the Co.. Mai. W. E. R. Covell. assistant | working capital by the institutio engineer Commissioner, assigned tola lottery public utilities work. announced thati Inorder i | i > ce Budget. G e ¥ the Aseociated Pre WHITE PLAINS. N. The West Chester jury today was direct ence Today. p o County i to conduct an | Decemper prodiic- grand | Sealed Package Defense. investigation 10 tamper Leonard Kip R ment sult against Alice Beatrice Jones into an with th. alleged jury inélander = his attempt which The sealed heard : most_effective I manufacturers fo | sumer against the adult | basement of their goods intermediary channels of {C. E. Browne. F an of Chemistr Department of ricultire, told the delegates at the opening of the after- noon se: Dr. Browne explained in det: functionings of 1 of ( {Istry in fighti those originating combustion. When a complaint has closed packagze means protes annull fon nee the budg mulatto wite e required. the means proposed to Amount are taxes on gasoline automobiles, and Increases tohace nd higher | lation the new electric < for the District | 000,000 1y determined the Among this aleohyl in tal probably will he elose of the week Although Maj. Covell earlier in the week that 11 would be u fortnight Public Utilities mmissic he in a to amount of progress has heen ence toward fiving i vaise ederick € « told Jus had heen approac by & certamn Yonkers man who had broached the subject of the Rhinelander case. | “1 gathered from his talk that he fa vored Rhinelander ana was upposed to inier-racial marriages” Sanford told Justice Morscheuser, who presided at the trial. Sanford said he had heen in the that he Juror winl user By the Assoint MAKILA Wood toduy Legislature's plebiscite announced | And thonught ! 1 the | Tates. ol The 2 300.000.000 francs needed for ion erermine e | the sinkinz fund will be provided hy a reducton. ConmiucanIe cent tax on xales of real estate {10 per mide In confer- (&N0 businesses and a graduated tax the new rate fplancrlCatiees The reduction is heing worked out Stabilizing of Frane. In accordance with ant atie ! agreement entered into betweon the|. The stabilization of the frinc, M company and the Commission % vear | l:oucheur declares, ix subordinateri to 5 o the effact that dhe i ame | 1wo conditions, first. n halanced hnd- X L th MPANY get and a treasury in 2 position 1o should receive a return of 71; per - cent return om i1s phycical valiation | Meet all obligations. and second, a fa- n hysical valuatlon o, able trade balance. of approximately $33,000.000. and that | XYoL PO i etaps must U the company earned. more than|p."taien to prevent the llicit export that return. half of the excess would |, capital, which was one of the eauses he applied to a rate rednetion and i for-fall in the valne of the franc. But the ather half kept by the company. " |tnig he savs. will not stop the govern- eITY DEVEI:OPMENT ke oA mua ot s tlons aabrL T BOARD IS PROPOSED| | ternational messures against such i e e of hefore the particul spont ¥ on ver Members. i from 1neo has no power heen file. an | Has Brought Criticism. Mr. Humphrey sald this 14 stipulation has br t a of criticism upon the lits opponents claim not a suf- | ficiently drastic method of handling | the guilty parties. In sunport of the | policy, the speaker said primar jduty of the commission is to protec the public and they are justified in {using the methods they deem hest in jaccomplishing this end. e added that through the policy of stipulation mans of the back cases in the courts have | heen cleared up and g°n erally relieved. Merie Thorpe. editor of Nation's Business, speaking a1 the session ves terday afternoon. urged interfe ence with trade by the Governmen: Frank B. Connelly, president of ths Pacific Coast Retail Grocers' Assoc ation, told of the work done hy his association in the fight against some ol « great de commissinn, gs practice. is Appoiniment of a commission to | work aut 2 comprehensive plan for the future development of the National | Capital i< provided for in a bill of fered in the Senate today hy Senator| King of Utah. 2 member of the Dis- AGREEMENT ON AI e the ¢ ion of a co ssion of 5 o :‘ . Bree expert Mresiaem 1n | France and Britain in Accord i three experis hy the Presidant to make a thorouzh study of all the fu % . as Disarmament Par- ley Looms. Virginia, and the third created by en- | €Ontrol thereof. hoth in the interests largement of the committee so as to|°f eMciency and economy.” family, whether it is the private lffe{ merce is desirons of co-operatinz wiih Necesslty Long Felt. , | MS counseling” with me. ' For 25 or the public life of the present Gov.|them in the furtherance of the vears T have been giving James E. e ake bhoth The Bible tells us to ouneil regarding what action shall be taken !l‘lx affecting public welfare cq other of us? and the friend of the Orient.” candidacy | identified with the progressive move. |, i i | id [} xisting laws on public welfare, and t | /alv on his sxperience and his advice. s o Oy e ; ; through China and Japan. told of HIH nue her side of e struggle against AR AL G Billion Francs. . ] but the Republican State framers may | gijjons i | dition discussed them. worried over them | the esteem with which America is n 1's Office H | for chalrmanship of the elaims com- !t SHTHCRGE o0 TRE T e (o i e s Gk mvpeeh buildings bil luntil after | payers are called chairmanship he would retic (rom peted In the problem and has made « Ing to these wolves who howl at my . e fabout certain changes in the meth however, to wrzently push | ter of finance, has placed before Par- tive Charles { thix study it has had the assistance of | \Where could 1 get more disinter it before the | Jamept 1« The most important tsisuragmossile m.mfl\;l vear to halance the budget mittee, has stated that he will re- | oo ha" by et i will jand in¥tute a public debt sinking 3 Board of Children's Glad to Get Advice. | ey e methon Mr. Keller with his welfare bill and | Guardians and Ix true he ate in my A | informal that faxat the only way to ob, compensation bill have Important | Gicie sro shonabed ooa ihe dol for | Investigation of Alleged Ef-|ceeaines withautany sorte of questions— and 1 thank God | trader will be fully informed of | to failure. and toggontinue the policy Representative Roy (i Fitzgerald. | hoard ix to consist of nine persons to : sav-so in questions of state. | Is Ordered. resort May Be Determined Before End | ruin. tee who has ‘ndicated a desire 10| made in such manner that the terms (A1l these vears without learning how discussed the larger aspects of iuri- statutes, but it is not likely he will | The power the board are to he | do not alwavs agree. And when 1|, tie ix disposed of. He hax a bill pending | except that the new board has com tword and my sav-so is the last word chairmanship of the committes | vision of the present Bowrd of Char | e I by my politieal ene Only One New Employe. throuzh his activities in the ranks e il provides for only one new EAFGE BiA. punti LS in. Pen e ! Kk ernor vetoed the Philippine | for the labor group. by the Commissioners, on the nomi ' juatly drove him from office, that was DL providing for a Hol are either pro-Ferguson or anti-Feren thorize e ebiadite: {son: there are few, If any. neutrals The veto message said: Lof Michizan, Ernest W. Gibson of | Werkhouse, reformatory, W Tobi 2 Vermont. Edward M. Beers of Penn-| Asvlum and Jail. Tuberculosis me are amaong the very people whao|man definitely fin giving the accused concern an op pride themselves that a Texan. Col.| “This sort of thing strikes at the | nity to give its side of the « pines respecting their political rela- i Christopher D. Sullivan of New Yor Municipal Lod®ing House. National tions to the United States is' not a | Themas L. Bianton of Texas. Ralph!Training School for Girla, Home and Giibert of Kentucky William €. Training School for Feeble-minded | as a { Hammer of North Carolina. Stanley |and the Gallinger Municipal Hospial. | 0Penly put it. “the power hehind the|ful. it must stop. 1 want juries left |of zuilt. the commission drops the alone while they are hearing a case.” ' case if the accused party will sign a on the District commitiee. The new |ed by the President under the provi.| IS right for Mr. Stearns of Bosto Philippine Legislature Gov. Gen. | Democratic memberx were announced | sions of existing law. the Commis | (o be the confidential friend of Presi-|grand jury and a searching investiza- | Wood has vetoed 23 aed approved 4%, | tien begu Virinia, agreeable to him. In his reply he| oS ORI T he the bills curtailed freedom of speech | .ppele Tepublicans who are seek- | stated that he was willing to accept % 18 A KHOVERY o4 8t one ol the |5 the court and political action by requiring a | it aacen shon ! mARewRo L DRBUE 06 Bardent, st . He has been both State's and county | there wag sent a memorandum and | Goln o0is question from his wife United States outlined in President % g , | statutory ® citation and_ éxplanatery | Vice, in every questic i Wilsohis mieseage Gf (Ootolier] 1933, | StLOTAEY. UEE iwas ipoesldant of the M And explanatory |y i< known that she aided him. prtant question | partnership vears James E. Ferguson give the Republican majorty 13 places. 1 gt ol them e rno i ¥ have started Insurgent Issue Up. The Commissioners explained that | Jerguson advic i coun.| I have taken my husband's advice i B e they have for w -long time felt the | hqrsuson, advice, helping him. coun U. S. Friend of Orient. i i i b e 4 il » together as one.” If such be treason. Decries Loans in Presenting With Tekara 10 Tepresentatives Tio |(ot"af piinK Bublic weltare condiuns | aiper of we? " e i Cha e e | 41 the friend of the Orlent,* Charl rian Lampert of Wisconsinand Oscar | o (1€ (2SI and 1h e o my ¥ “Dunn. counsel for the IS IE T neisting of representa- | gq, governor I announced that my ciety, said Mr. Dunn, who has t I would e = | ment under the La Follette leadership. | yacommend such legislation ax might In all his vears of public life he exiensive introduction of American b possible impeachment.) i e for the In | PN, e com- & w5 ": fItGp SRAit (m e Ditons ofth = Thix commission hax given most nd decided them. 1 made no pr | regarded theie | In referrinz to the Federal lioti said today that he PARIS, December 9. —French tax- fetas. Nah Bealdl that Ik he sot the Commission, he spoke of the P o ity grunted hearings (o all those inter- | higgast sing 1 have committed. accord- { worth-Williams act now pend <uve hus heen disposed of. ; : et of procedure « | chusetts, who s practically sure of |, yeprexentative of the Russell Suge | euted advice than from v husband? 108 2 . — main on the District committee. Both [ Charities, “the pee & rather than a fund. the board of trustees| . . . e mgited NEW ELECTRIC RATE et onss ‘ and I thank God that he is publicity hefore tain the neceMyry money. Loans, he measures cooking in the District com- % hese hoards are committed to the pro. | {that T can get auch advice. { reacons for the action 8 jof inflation purs during the cur- Republican. of Ohio. ix anuther hold- | e appointed by the Commissioners | o B {make no bones about branding that | L. S. Tenny, assistant chief of the i withdraw. He will he chairman of the | ot thres members will i of Week. Following Confer- e i to tell my hushand about it when I culture and of the imperative 1 s quit the District committee until the | the same as the powars now exercised | know that | am right, I can tell vou \\:hl-h i« in conflict with thai of Mr. i plete and exclusive control of the in Underhin stitutions enumerated in the bill in. | SN AACIRE SRR 8GOS AR N tabor for that on DGl ities mies 1o James E. Ferguson heing my e St oo ot e adviser in based on the gang hatred 5 of orzanized labor, and throughout { smploye, a divector of publie weltare. | L5800 RS WO PR I O e tzs bis caveer in Congress hus heen(who ix (o be the chief executive of | Yaays Ago when he was electad poc nation of the board. » persens now | jhensified by his fight on the Ku Klux the question of Philip. emploved under existing law are 10 | Kian and by this nnusual fact—lines pine independence on the zround that Other hold-over members of the Distriet mmittee arve Republicans, | The following Institutions would he on our question. approached by other residents of Yonk- against a irm. William E. Humph i e g The same Texans who damn me so|ers durinz the t1ial of the case. but he | member of the Federnl Trade alling a plebiscite and providing | (o cania Henry R. Rathbone of Di-|pital, Home for the Aged and Infirm. for holding the same to determine the i (" ng Gale H. Stalker of New | Industrial Home School, Industrial Fdward M. House, was the adviser of | foundation of justice * said Justice e any action is taken in the ! President Woodrow, Wilson. They | Morschauser. “Influence of outsiders If, after hearing hoth sides matter within the scope of the legisia tive pow unde anic S act addapl DRl LU (U H. Kunz of [llinois and Allard H.| As the present board of charities nndE"""M’“U"‘ throne, 3 { : - Gasgue of South Carolna. 11 is ex: | the board of trustees of the National| If It wax quite regular for Wond: | Assistant Distriet Attorney Coyne. |stipulation agieeing to do awas with s Vetued 23 Bl after talking with Sanford. =aid that the ohjectionable practices, he said Saturday nizht. Mrs. Mary T. Nor-|sioners submitted to the President the | dent Coolidge. why i< it wrong for n. The hilla vetoed included four grant | oo 'or New derse. Chauncex D. Little | question as to whether the tranafer of [N 10 have such an aid Isaac N. Mille, attornes for Rhine ing franchises to electric light and lander. said today he would submit a written agreement {hat the companies | I15_Paces anogi """"“"fr:";:” ",“::"n‘w',?r Sa BoROn Conkie s INECE(E MAL- |~ he fought my husband eight vears would not engagé in any. propeghrida | CeLe I selectéd. Mr_ REId Aas ago. A man who has sat In the gov- . Tlinols State’s Attorneys’ Association | comment which was prepared by the 1o it R,k dulsed BT to Pre-War Basis in Mes- ondemn that House in the Forty-seventh General;thought might be useful to the Sen. | o4 "FE% Qe Ascembly of Hlineis he was chairman |ate committee in explaining each sec-| '\ hushand has of the committee on statutory rve-|ton of the hill and the changes pro-| . quaintance In Texas Vision. He was attornsy for the |posed to be made in existing law. | (pa Srate. If ha doesn-t Illinols Police Association, and secre- | tary of the League of Ilinois Munici- | palities. Mr. Hogg I= a graduate of Indiana University in both the school of liberal arts and school of laws. He has prac- word. There are no bhosses in the|grocers that the Department of '« | has been giving me advice, helping and help—and I shall continue to t The question s also coming up | pect GO0 . : qu n necessity ntralized contr 1% thers more crime in oné than the America is the welcomed 3 4 rian Lamert of | : e Consright. 19251 : TE. g nesoti, who wer e i Ll : B'"s for Lev|es of Seven > eller of n | tiv tizen. to make n study of the | pogpang wounld ald me, that e jreturned from extensive trip i (Tomorrow— Gov. Ferguson will con t the first two | It is probable that will remain P be necessary to improve existing con- | piought his problems to me and w { products in these countries and Burean and the ¢ i e < ez Het. Mr. Keller, who is in line | 0 4 5 = Re the Associated Py ke st . T el areful attent to the pro 1 1ex | tense that I would not take my prob. 1 his committee husy | = : . g Congress, which. if passed, will hrir financial bills minis the District ¢ VeSeNld- | careful study of the whole subject. In | goor Ji=on: hich, it passed. will nd to hrin . e P[ produce seven billion francs the chalrmanship of the claims com- | foundation TAM RING HINTED of i i Foundation T wilc N 5 . » that the Commission Ak ki whom should I turn if not to him At the Commi 3 that the com | In his preamble M. Loucheur aflivms Mr. Underhill with hix workmen's | o Cational T hoe o nsilhni N b | I i pren e v wder the National Training School for % U : ! here. True, he gives me advice on all | starting any court action. that 3 eclares a v b o oom: oS o 1d J & SCHEDULE DUE SOQON | deciares. “long have been torcdoomed mittee. posed board of public weltare, This fort to Influence Members 4 t as for my husband having the | action will he taken & {re. t vear might leal the country to over member of the District commit- ' fo six yvears, appointments being as a lie 1 have not been married Rurean of Agrienltural F committee on revision of the Federal ' (wo vears. disagree with him —and, of course, we ity of reducing the cost of workmen's compensation legislation | by the three boards to he abolished. | | pretty plainky just why and how my inn Zibklman, in surrendering | stend of the somewhat limited super. |y &0 PETIC0T | enme 1o the fore in polities principally that has followed him throvsh the Deeember S.—Gov. Gen. | known as a leader and spokesman . and who is to be appointed without gang help, that un be legislated out of their positions. |are sharply marked in Texas: voters the Lezislature 1o an Representatives _Clarence J. MeLeod | placed under control of the board heartily because my hushand advises|was onlv able to give the name of one | mission, said. the commission helieves ittitude of the people of the Philip-| york: Democrats. Representaiives | Home School for Colored Children, {boasted that » Texan was, they | brought to bear upon a jury is harm- the case, the commission is convinced pected that all of these will continue | Training School for Girls are appoint- | row Wilson to have an adviser. if it OF 31 bills which have pasded the the evidence would be placed hef | of Kansas and Joseph Whitehead of { the appointing power to them was Cites Opponent’s Case. T wer companies on the ground that I { o 20-page brief on the case next Friday ivected againat the pulicy of the | Bracticing law for nearly 25 years.{ Along with the letter of transmittal| Qe o0 "Chair of thix Stats, took ad “hie: ber of the | lation. and which the Commissioners b & Manuel .. Quezon, president of the | 2t Chicago. ~As a memiber g | Did they administra- Philinpine Senate, commenting on President Coolidze’s message to Con- gress, said: “This message seems to in dicate that the Washington admini: tration will try to secure an amend- ment to the Jones act in the sense of the curtailment of the powers granted our people and enlarging those of the governor general. “1 still - hope the President will as broad an any man in know. per sonally, 2 man rscommended for office ture needs of the clty. having in mind the original plan of Maj. L'Enfant. | Senator King's proposal is somewhat | . line with the recommendation of | mum the National Capital Park Commis. be secured. Why is it wrong for me to 1ake advantage of that knowledge? Yet I am up against just such criti B 3 o E TG e WY SREAS TTIATY BT TN R A ST TN sion. except that it provides for a sep- | arate commission whereas the Commission suggesied that its own power he hroadened to enable it to function as a planning board. Sena tor Kine explained that the commis slon proposed hy him would not be a permanent body. but wounld merely devise a comprehensive city plan to he carried ont hy existing agencies. Senator MeKellar of Tennessee alsa has introduced the S.cant streei car Park bill which he advocated af the last ses. | <ion. Senator McKellar alsn re-intro Auced the bill from the lasi Congress te make certain amendments in the retirement law for public schaol ‘teachers. ‘PRESIDENT PRAISES RED CROSS WORK AND GOOD FELLOWSHIP (Continued from First Page.) Red Cross this morning re-elected Sec- | retary of Commerce Herbert and Cornelius N. Bliss of < members of the central commitiee. Chief Justice William Howard Taft, Vice president of the Red Cross, pre <ided at this meeting. Chapter delegates to meeting this morning : Frank V. Hammar of St. Louis and fudge W. W. Morrow of San Fran- cisco to the central committee Chairman John Barton Payne of the ted Cross gave the incorporators a zraphic account of the operations just concluded hy the Red Cross to repair the damage of the great Midwestern tornado. Resolutions of regret on the death during the vear of four membe of ‘he Red (ross Board of Incorporators were read and unanimously approved. The vacancies caused by these deaths were filled as follows: Gen. John J. Pershing to succeed Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Rear Admiral William S. Ren. son to succeed Rear Admiral William "K. Van Reypen. Willlam Grean, pres. ident of the American Federation of Labor, to succeed Sampel Gompers, and James A. Drain, former command. er of American Legion. te succeed Judge George Gray of Wilmington, Del Secratary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon presided at the meeting this morning of the board of trustees of the Red Cross endowment fund to consider investments constituting that fund. Participating in the meeting were Garrard Winston, Undersecre- 1ary: Frank White, Treasurer of the I'nited States: Felix Warburg of New York, James Parmelee of Cleveland. John B. Miller of Los Angeles, harles J. Bell of the American Se curity & Trust Co.. John B. Larner of the Washington Loan & Trust Co. and Andrew Parker = . = cprk laborers In Bareslans, Ave beam on strike. Hoover ew York the apnual -elected Mrs. AN ain, | By the Associated Preas GENEVA, Swi 1and. December 9. England and France today reached an accord concerning study of the problem of mutual assistance In war time in connection “xith the prepara tion for the international disarmament conference, After a secret meeting of the League of Nations Council, M. Paul Roncour of France, announced that Foreign Minister Beres of Czechoslo- vakia, had héen appointed to draft a formula covaring the question which divided the British and French. He explained that the study of mutual assistance wonld he more flexible than originally propnsed by the French. thus intimating that a compromise had heen reached. Land and Naval Parleys. The impression I= growing that England favors eeparation of the study of land and nival armaments. keeping the road open for a possible second naval conference in Washing- ton, while France continues to regard the disarmament problem as one and inseparable. A summary printed here of Presi i dent Coolldge’s congressional message caused the impression that the Wash- ington Government Is averse to the disarmament conference In Géneva. Nevertheless, 1t = predicted that an invitation for American participation will he sent. The French spokesman said an ac- cord virtually had been reacl whereby efforts would be made to define the precise stipulatioms of article 16 of the league covenant relating to the economic blockade of an aggressor natlon. The disarmameni commission also would undertake studies in connection With article 16 of the industrial ea | pacity of the various countries se that the ker could count on the assistance of the great industrial states. . change his stand and 1 do not think Congress wlill revise its Philippine polioy if the Filipind people properly present their case before the Ameri can nation.” The Philippines Herald. owned by Filipinos, sava: he policy of the American people has heen one of mradual extension of governmental powers to the Filipinos. But now, if the recommendation of President Coolidge should be heeded hy Con. gress, this long-established course must be revoked and for the first time the powers already conferred upon the Filipinos be curtalled and a veactionary policy instituted. “That our cause is in danger can- not be denied. w must appeal to the conscience of that natien, asking itx _citizans whether this propased backward step is the manner in which American _promises are kept and whether President Coolidge is right when he savs in effect the best way 10 train the Filipinos for self-govern ment is 10 concentrate governmental powers in the governor general. We are face to face with a natienal emergency.” NOTABLE BILLS ENTERED. HAVANA. December 9 (#).—Three bills, under which the would be given the power to raise er lower customs duty, establish new du- ties and to cancel others: to establish a rallroad commission and te organ- ize an agricultural bank, have been introduced in the Senate. The agri- culture bank would be capitalized at £10.000,000, half subscribed by the government and the remainder of the public. Thieves Take Cash B;giater. Entering through a janitor's apart- ment haneath the storé of Lawrence Brown, 2418 Seventeenth sireet, thievea éarly today stole a small cakh register. It eontained approximately $2 In pennles. Two fires, wrecking of a police patrol rushing reserves to the scenes and col- lision of No. 2% engine with a parked automobile in answering one of the alarms late vesterday afternoon caus- ed such a general turnout of Mount Pleasant residents that police reserves experienced great difficulty in dis- pensing them %o the firemen could werk unannoyed. Fire, believed to have been started by a short circut in the Friénds’ Meet- ing House, Thirteerith and Irving streets, started the chain of unto- ward events. While Charles E. S¢yrom, battalion Flames, Police Patrol Wreck and Fire Engine !)ollision Create Turmeil chief, was directing his men in sav- ing this church. damaged to the ex- tent of $2,500, another fire broke out in the rear of the Parkway Filling Statlon, burning five automobiles. The fire started in the car of J. E. Zen, 3321 Holmead place, spreading to the other cars. This was a spectacu- lar fire and roused the residents of the entire section. In their rush to reach the fires, the patrol wagon-in charge of James El- mer €ross made so short a turn that a rear wheel was torn off by a stréat ear loading platform and No. 28 én- ne awarved into a taxicah parked in 'ront of 1958 Calvert street. ~ Preaident | {NOTED WOMAN CAPTAIN | ticed law for 12 years, and has alwaya taken an interest in civic affairs. Houston’s Record. Mr. Houston hast made a notable record in public service. He read law | Hous. | | with his uncle, Judge John W ton. He has practiced law for 37 yea and was solicitor of customs for Dela- ware from 1900 to 1904, deputy attor ney general of the State for three vears. was with the Bureau of Laws of the alien property custodian's of- fice from 1922 to 1935, being chief of the burean for two vears. president ot the Firat National Bank of Georgetown. Del., from its organiza- tion until he office. He was president of the State Sunday School Association for three { years and a member of the §rst State anti-tuberculosis association and also | tor | Feeble-minded, of which he is vice | of the Delaware Commission chairman. He was one of three mem- bers of a citizens' committee which drafted the present Delaware fchool law. He is owner and publisher of a weekly newspaper. He ix a member rm Bureau. practicing law for the last 26 years, and has always been a leader in civic Affairs. He was postmaster at Mor- gantown from 1911 to 1915, and then mserved as mayor for two vears. IN SOVIET CAVALRY DIES Wife of Gen. Budenny, Heroine of Wrangsl War, Suceumbs Mysteriously. Br the Associated Press. MOSCOW, December famous woman cavairy captain, Na- dezhda PRudennava, wife of Gen. Budenny, commander-in-chief of the red cavairy, died today. The cause it not clearly known and one newspaper ascribes it to a “tragic incident.” Capt. Budennaya served with dis- tinction throughout the war against the white Russian forces, fighting by the side of her husband, and was wounded several times. As a Coasack she was reputed to be the most dash- ing woman rider In all Russia. In one battle agninst Barun Wrangel *he was twice severely wounded, but continued to fight until her rorse was shot under her. 9. Russia's Rich Man, 80, to Wed Nurse, 33. CHICAGO, December § (#).—Wil- llam J. Bryson, 30, weaithy phil- anthropist. will marry Miss Elizabeth Tongue, 33, a nurse. who 10 years ago cared for him during an attack of heart trouble. He is president of St. Luke's Hospital, to which she is at-|. tached. Bishop Frank du Moulin ef He was | T o Ko minte | Word received here' from | the fund. TO YOUNG CHILDREN $2,000,000 to Be Divided and Held in Trust—Wife to Get Life Fund. Under the terms of the will of the | late Horace A. Saks, son of the founder of Saks & Company, of this city. the two of a $2,000,000 estate, according to New York. The will explained that Dorothy Tsabel Saks. was provided for during the lifetime of the mer- chant. The children, John Andrew. 12, and Esther Jane. 11, will have a $1.000.000 trust fund established in their name, each to recelve half the income of The girl will get this in- come during her life. and the hoy until he s 21, when one-fifth will be pald over to him. Another fifth will %0 to him when he Is 25. a third part when he ix 30 and another when he is 15. One-fifth will be held in trust during his lifetime. The town house and Summer home are left to the widow, tomether with contents. The residue of the estate is divided Into three parts. two-thirds being divided between the children and the other porfion in trust for the widow. Horace Sacks was not conneeted with the local store. POLICE STRIKE THREAT FAILS TO MATERIALIZE Trouble in Chicago Suburb Over Resignation of Chief Subsides. Cops Resume Posts. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Deécember 3. —Peace has been restored in officialdom of La Grange, western suburb, threatened strike of policemen over the resignation of Chief L. G. Matthews caused 50 former service men to vol- unteer for patrol duty. Maj. William A. Peterson, a war veteran, has been named acting chief and the force of 10 cops who wanted to_quit will resume their beats. However, a business men's organi- zation Is trying to obtain §,000 signa- tures to a petition asking reinstate. ment of Matthéws, who was known as “everything,” because of his official roles as police chief, fire chief, build- ing inspector and others. He resigned because of criticism for failure to ap- pear as a witness in a liquor case. Kipling's Condition Unchanged. BURWASH, Sussex, England, De- voung children of the | b testator will inherit the major portion | opinets 1a the widow, | where at | clsms, There is never a day in the gov- |ernor's office that some man does not come In to this: Now. Mrs. Ferguson, I don’t want tell me something like | you to think that I am trying to run | vour office or tell you what to do. But it 1 were in vour place. 1'd do so-and-so—or I'd appoint so-and-so.” Isn't that advice. Isn't that the sort of counsel that every governor of every State in this Union gets day by day? Isn't that the sore of thing President appoints a Is it possible for any one axecutive to know all abeut all the questions that come before him or her? Common sense tells you the answer to these questio; Yet it seems that common sense has little to do with the hatred I face. When an executive wishes to make a fine record, as 1 have wished to make, ax | have made. an I will make hefore 1 complete my term. despite my anemies, that executive asks for and sccepts advice. And T ask again, where could 1 g3t more disinterested advice than my own hushand can give me? Will Vindieate Name. Why should 1 wish to accomplish anything else than the best admin- istration that any Governor of Texas ever had? DK I not run on a plat form of vindication of my -family name, and having been granted by the voters of this State an oppor- tunity to do that, should I not use every advantage I have te leave a finer record than has ever gone before me? In such circumstances, is it not reasonsble that my husband would wish to give me the best advice he can, since his interest is the same as mine? Is there anything criminal in such interest and such advice? They condemn me because myv hus- band often interviews people for me. Doer not every executive have trusted advisers who interview people and give confidential reports on such in- terviews? Since 1 took office, as one of the moves toward State aconomy I cut the appropriation for mx own office in the State Capitol considerably below that sage to Mining Congress. The coal industry, beset on one side by open warfare and on the other by threats of hostilities, will occupy much of the interest of the American | Mining Congress, which openad twenty-eighth annual convention the Willard Hotel today. bers of the cabinet are to address the congress during its sessions tary of Commerce Hoover this eve ning and Recretary of Labor Davis to morrow morning. Louir €. Cates, president. touched upon the chaotie conditions in the fuel industry during the deliverance of his annual message this morning. He de clared the last vear had not been gen erally satisfactory in the coal flelds. its in which ‘“continue 1o suffer as a result | loo much attention from peopie | of that know little about it." Although most mining eperations Mr. Cates added. have not vet reached the post-war basis where the apread between cost and income is equal to what it was prior to the war, the trend is clearly that way. Steady im provement, rather than sudden change, is indicated, he_said. Mr Cates remarked particularly upon im- provements in agricultural districts, for agricultural posperity generally means industrial prosperity, he said. At this afternoon’s session taxes will be under discussion. The speakers will {nclude Paul Armitage, chairman of the general tax committee of Con- gress: Representative Joe J. Manlove of Missouri, and George R. Holmes of New York City. This evening the an- nual banquet will be held. Fifth Day of Hunger Strike. HAVANA. December 8 (). —Julio Antonle Mella, the 22.vear-old student of the University of Havana. who Is in jail in connection with bomb-throw- ing last September, today entered upon the fifth day of his hunger strike. The House of Representatives has unanimously passed a resolution requesting the department of justice to furnish it with full information re- garding the young law student. Soup Kitchens Result of Woman’s Discovery of Poverty in Mine Town By the Associated Press. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., December 9. —The discovery of destitution In many families at Edwardsville, near here, vesterday led to the establish- ment of a soup kitchen in that borough. The kitchen, which was sponsored by Mrs. Mary Ryan Bell, will be opened today. Mrs. 1l stated last night that she had personally visited the homes of miners in Edwardsville and found 8t. Thomas Church, New Vork, wilt|cember 9 (f).—Rudyard Kipling's con. | many familles penniless and suffering perform the ceremony December 16. dition was unchanged this morning. from the lack of sufficient food and olothing, and that relief afforded by a soup. kitchen was an absolute necessity. The situation exiating at Edward: ville, it was sald, s not general in this region. A majority of the mine workers resident in that borough are employes of the Woodward Colliery of the Glen Alden Coal Co.. and their distress is helieved to be mainly due to the series of factional disputes in the Woodward 16¢a) which resulted in several long strikes at the colllery during the last two years. Two mem.- | Secre. | of the chain stores and in the est; lishment of price protection 'MRS. JULIA RISHEL DIES. Was For Many Years Assistant to Attorney General. Julia BR. Rishel died at her res 113 S enth street northeast yesterday after an iliness of sevarni months. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 | o'clock tomorrow morning at the res dence and then at St. Joseph's Church | Second and (* streets northeast ' Mrs. Rishel was for many vears ad I ministrative assistant to the Attornes General. She was the widow of Philip | E. Rishel. who served in Company . 43rd Infantry. during the Spanish American War, and was killed in 1915 at Bethlehem. Pa. She was horn in {this city April 17, 1281, and was edn cated in the public schools. being srad uated from Rusiness High Schooi (Later she attended George Washing ton University She is survived by her father and | mother, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Hill. {and a brother, Madison L. Hill. Intor. | ment will be at Arlington. BAKERY PROBE ASKED. Memorial Presented to Congress by Basil Manly. Congressional investigation of an allezed bread trust was demanded | vesterday in a memorial presented to { both House and Senate hy Rasil M | Manly, director of the People’s Legis Hlative Service. The memorial set counts and asserted that Ward and his mysterious financial backers. who already control the great United Bakeries Corporation, have completely dominated the bak ing Industry by purchasing eontrol ''of the Ward Baking Co. and the Gen- eral Baking Co." forth 12 specific “William F. ARM AGAINST HI-JACKER. New York Gambling Houses Here Guards for Protection. NEW YORK, December 9 (#).— Armed guards to protect their places | from hi-jackers are being maintained by the operators of some gambling houses in this city, police officials said they learned today, following the ar- rest of such a guard. .Julius Sherman, whose possession of two loaded re- volvers led to his arrest, confessed that he was a “protection man” for a gambling establishment near Times Square. Sherman explained he was protect- ing gamblers from possible hi-jackers. Police said Sherman's stories showad that gamblers feared hi-jackers mere than they did the palice.