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10 * Inquiry Follows FRANCE DECORATES ' yrorre Cottee EXPERT ONTRAFFIG _ Oreen to Yord Special Dispatch to The Star ANNAPOLIS, Md., December 12 —Officiuls of St. John's College are. looking for the vandals who dropped the college organ from the gallery of McDowell Hall, the main college bullding, Thursday night, distance of 30 feet, practically de- molishing the instrument. Evidence was found that on the same night an attempt was made to set fire to the stand at the ath- letic field. Students are suspected, but the guilt has not vet been fixed. MINING CONGRESS HITS TAX CHARGES Commissioner Blair Replies Sharply to Criticism in Probe Testimony. William Phelps Eno Made| Chevalier of Legion of Honor | for His Services. William Phelps Eno, widely known traffic expert, has been made al chevalier of the Legion of Honor by | the ench government in recogni- tion of his s ce in _solving the vaffic problem in Par and for his contribution to ward regulating traffic carrying supplies to the iront during the World Wa The decoration was bestowed on Mr. Eno Wedne lay. when AL Daeschner, the \mbassador from I“rance. invited Mr. Eno and a umber of friends the embassy entire Staff was present when the brevet of the legion were Cablegrams and telegrams tulation have been pouring »'s home at 1771 N street : WILLIAM P. ENO. The er assy Commissioner Blair of the Internal Revenue Bureau replied sharply yes- terday to the criticisms contained in imony taken by the Senate ing committee made public 5 At the same time the Mr. Eno’s work in solving the trafic { American Mining Congress, in session problems in Paris was personally call- | here, replied to charges made in other ed to the attention of M. Briand, the | parts of this testimony minister of foreign affa by the [ Another mass of testimony relating prefecture of police. Tt Iso re-'to methods employed by the bureau ealled that the same author furnished | in assessing discovery valuatlon of assistance in | mining companies in Arizona. Texas streams of | and Loufsiana was made public by the French ! the committee. Engineers of the ont company set up the claim the Gov- ernment had lost large sums in taxes 1s a result. Representatives of the Internal Revenue Bureau. however. disputed the * contentions of the angineers. Gulf Oil Case Settled. Discussing the Gulf Oil Corporation ase Commissioner Blair emphasized that it had been settled before the present administration came into power und before Secretary Mellon took office. Mr. Mellon was a_stock holder in the corporation. and engi- neers of the committee claimed it has escaped $4,590.385 In Federal taxes during the years 1915 to 1918. “Since the inference may be drawn from statements made at the hearings by representatives of the committee that Secretary Mellon influenced the decision of the bureau in the Gulf TRADE BODIES UNITE | co 2 B st Srtiotics before the present administration TO SEEK FREE REIN | came into power, before Mr. Mellon Coalition of More Than 100 Torm- became Secretary of the Treasury and before he could have exercised ed to Combat Government in Business. - eross and presented of congr into Mr. 1 ever since was he armies invaluable handling the traffic that passed pwavs leading to Mr. Eno has been roblems for 26 vears, and has pub- i hed three books on the subject. one them in French. He is now engaged | writing another b which. it tood contribute some val-| able suggestions toward the estab-, shment unified traffic code ir Mace of the scores of different regula- tion in effect throughout the country Tn 1903, Mr. Iino's traffic regulagons | were officially adopted by the City of New York and, with some few changes meet new conditions, are ce there. These regulations gaid, have been the basis fo set of regulations written since then. They were adopted by Paris, in 1912, and are still the official regulation: he French capital. incessant over the studying teattic | 'k is| any influence over the bureau.” The American Mining Congress de- clared in a formal resolution that the mining industry was being subjected to unjust public’ attack and suspicion consequent upon secret proceedings be- fore the Senate committee on investi- gation of the Bureau of Internal Rev- enue. The industry, it was charged, was not afforded an opportunity to pre- sent the facts. Protest Law Changes. Protest was entered against any changes or modification in the provi- sions of the.tax law as regards mines unless proper hearings were held, and it was asserted that the actions of the Senate committee had been harmful to the mining industry and had_im- { peded_the work. of the Internal Rev- enue Bureau. The mining companies whose tax cases are dealt with in the testimony before the committee made public to- day included the United Verde Exte- ion Mining Co. of Arizona, the Union Sulphur Co., the Freeport, Tex.. Sul- phur Co. and the Texas Gulf Sulphur { Co. Organization of ““a permanent coa tlon between more than 100 trade asso ciations and other industrial organiza- tions to combat governmental parti tion in purely commercial activ tles” was effected at the concluding nession of the Conference on Govern: ment in Industry at the Hotel Wash- ington yesterda g An executive committee, instructed to establish headquarters in Wash ington, was named, comprising Homer L. Ferguson of Newport News, Va 1. Highland Burns, Baltimore: Iidgerton, Lebanon, Tenn.; S. M. iams, Ardmore, Pa.. and R. C. Mar- shall, jr., of Washington. They will serve two vears. Other committee men were appointed for one year. The conference adopted a declara ion of purpose, which held that the yroper functions of the Government ZaS - 5 ere political and not economic, in:| _In the case of the United Verde Co., luding the statement that it would| L. C. Manson. cor <sek to inform the people that *C | mittee, said an additional tax of $721,- Crament In business means the estab. | 260 for the vear 1917 was involved, ishment of a socialistic state and the and that the case was closed without ultimate destruction of all individual| payment of this assessment, despite opportunity.” the protest of subordinates in the bureau. Deputy Commissioner J. G. Bright of the bureau told the committee that { when he recommended that the case be closed he believed he had the full approval of the men in the bureau who handled the case. He had been informed, he said, that if it were closed the Government would be in a better position to deal with the tax- payer on 1918 taxes. and that any inequalities inadvertently favoring the taxpayer for the year previous could be equalized. In the case of the sulphur com panies, L. C. Manson, counsel for the { committee, contended there had been gross overvaluation of the discovery value of their properties in Louisiana and Texas. He asserted that in the e of the Union Co. there was an original valuation of $200,000, with an allowance by the income tax unit of value of $3.000,000. Manson placed the value of the port company at $1,285,177 in 1912, and contended that the bureau, in fis {ing discovery value for taxation pur- poses. placed the“total at $13,375,857 as of March 1, 1913, With respect to the Texas Gulf Co., Manson held that the company ac quired its property in 1917 for $230,- 000, and that two years later the bu veau allowed it a discovery value of £5,100 0. ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va.. December (Special.—A meeting of the new en ierprise committee of the Chamber of Commerce has been called for Mon- Wil ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., December (Special).—Superintendents of educa tion of & number of Southern S and others interested in educatio work spent Wednesday and Thursday inspecting public schools of Montgon: ery County to observe teaching meth ds and what supervision has done to mprove instruction The visitors included W. F. Bond, State superintendent of Mississippi; | ifarris Hart, State superintendent of Virginia; John W. Abercrombie, Stare | superintendent of Alabama: T. H. Har. ris, State superintendent of Louisiana E. M. N. Marrs, State superintendent | of Texas. and Jackson Davis of Rich mond. Va., who is connected with the <eneral educational board of the Rockefeller Foundation. Under guidance of Prof. Hroome, county superintendent of schools: Miss Eleanor Smith, super visor of one-room scl Miss Hulda Brust, supervisor of primary Schools, and Miss I. Jewell Simpson, assistant State superintendent of Maryland. the educators visited 16 schools. All «x pressed themselves as much pleased &t what they saw and agreed that in its system of classroom supervision and in the training of its teachers Maryland is ahead of any State in the country. On Wednesday the visitors | were entertained at lunch at the Mont gomery Country Club, Rockville, and on Thursday at the Manor Club. Nor- heck. by members of the county board af education Husband Fined § "ree. Edwin W ools Immediately follow counsel for the com- | Following his conviction by a jury in the Cricuit Court here on a charge of assault preferred his wife. Ernest R. Dovle of Kensington was fAned $75 and costs by Judge Robert | B. Peter. Cordell B. Thrift, a vouns Wash- | ingtonian, will not have to stand trial | an the indictment charging him with | perjury. The indictment was the qutgrowth of his marriage here | March 11, last, to Miss Ethel E. Mur- dack, also of Washington, and the specific charge contained therein is| that the young man gave the wrong! age of the girl. Judge Peter today | ordered the case ‘“stetted.” means indefinite postponement. George R. Nicholson and Miss Ngomi Knill, both of Barnesville, | were married at Clarksburg, this county, a few days ago by Rev. Wal- | lace M. Brashers, pastor of the Methodist Church at that place, the home of the minister being the scena of the ceremony. ‘Washington Couple to Wed. H A license has been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for|, he marriage of Ernest C. Dickinson, . and Miss Ruby Mae Long, 22. hath of Washington. The Right Rev. James E. Freeman. Rishop of Washington. will confirm = | class and preach in Christ Bpiscopal Church here tomorrow morning, and in the afternoon will officiate in a like capacity in Ascension Church, Gaith- ersburg. 3 Joseph Gibbs. a young Rockville negro, was acquitted by a jury in the Circuit Court here yesterday on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor. He was found guilty in the Police | ing this meeting the e: day afternoon. xecutive com mittee of the chamber will discuss its recommendations. Tt is understood the committee has heen in communication with several corporations looking for factory sites. The Ordersof the Eastern Star will hold its regular meeting and banquet in the rooms of the Chamber of Com- merce Tuesday night. A dance will be given in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce tonight by the “pep” girls of the Alexandria Iiigh School to the high school foot ball team. the of Robert Owing to inability which | Lawrence, Washington song director, | i{to be here, the monthly community | night sing scheduled for December 24 has been postponed until next month. | Two community night celebrations will be given in January. Soldiers of Fort Humphreys will give & ministrel in the Eiks’' Home to- night for the benefit of the children of the community. c An oyster supper for the benefit of Troop No. 136, Doy Scouts, was given last night. Funeral services for Mrs”William R. “Smith, who died at her residence, 805 Cameron street, yesterday, will be held at 2 o'clock Monday. The funeral of Mr: who died in Washington. was held this afternoon from the home of her ughter, Mrs. W. L. Northrup, 315 South Pitt street. The Business and Professional Women's Club will give carols for the poor on Christmas eve. MR 4 School All the Time. In Crzechoslovakia Sunday is the only day of the week on which the Court and the trial in the upper court ippeal was an schools zre closed Annie E. Griffin. | THE EVENING GIVING ARMY SHIPS OPPOSEDBY JONES Urges President to Deny | Davis’ Request for Admiral- Oriental Vessels. President Coolidge was told today by Senator Jones of Washington, chair- man of the Senate commitiee on com- merce, that it would be a serious blow to the American merchant marine if | & demand being made by the War De- partment for two ships of the Ad- iniral-Orfental Line, operating Pacific, 1s complied with by the United States Shipping Board. It was explained te the that Secretary of War Davis w President to replac the C nt and Thom: <hich. he contends, are now worn ou and no longer suitable for passenger carzo carrying in the Army transport service. This is the third request the War Department has made for ships and this last request will be considered at « meeting of the Shipping Board next Tuesday. According to _expressed views of members of the board, the general belief is that Secretary of War Davis will receive a flat refusal in answer to his demand. In the meantime it is understood that Prest dent Coolidge, since listening to Sen ator Jones' protest, will advise Secre. tary Davis accordingly. First Request Denied. first request of the War De partment was for ships operating in the Pan-American Line. now sold to the Munson interests. These were re fused at the time with the explanation that to grant the requests would com pletely wreck the only serv ice to the coast « America Members of the Shipping Board and Senator Jones, who is the father of the present shipping act. feel the same way about the last demand of the department for the two ships now in the Pacific and Orient service The administration iseknown to v gard the Admiral-Oriental Line, oper ating fhe two ships and three othe of @ similar type for the Government as being of equal importance with th Pan-American Li and it is deavoring to place the ships, which are still owned by the Gov under private ownership Senator Jones said it would greatly retard the development of our mer- chant marine if this request of the War Department was granted. He sald he told the President that it is his Intention to do everything within his power to keep the Ships in their present service. He intimated that the President was in accord with his viewpoint. The For Economical Development. President Coolidge 1y in favor of prehensive devel opment of the inland waterways the United States, and he believes no time should be lost in authorization work, but at the same time he will in- sist that this expenditure of public money be kept within reason. Varjous interests have b ing him within the past few adopt a very liberal policy in expendi tures for waters, but to all such re quests he has given the impressio that he considers the budget estimate for the work as adequate. Thereiore the President is not expected to be swerved from the admin original inland waterw which, while on a scale hitherto unat tempted, will not exceed 350,000,000 President Coolidge is convinced that there is great need for development of this nature, but he believes those in charge of the Government should b careful to consider, at the sume time the state of the Nation’s Treasury is wholehearted- press days to is o be tration’s program Deficiency Fund Urged. | During a discussion late yesterday with Maj. Gen. Taylor, chief of en | gineers, U. S. A.. the President was told that a deficiency Wr riation would be needed to round out the work for the current fiscal yvear. During this conference they discussed gener ally the waterways subject. The President is known to have fol lowed closely the sessions of the Rivers and Harbors Congress which were held here this week veral delegations from that body calicd upon him to discuss waterway development and to promote their own pet ideas for this development. The President late yvesterday sent to Congress with his approval an addi tion to the budget for the completion of the American Falls reservoir in Idaho. To this message the President at tached a communication from Secre tary of Interior Work, in which the latier vointed out that an estimate of $620,000 for the Minldoka i zation project. in Idaho, was rried in the budget for the next fiscal vear and as- serted that the $1.620,000 additional amount was required for completion of American Falls reservolr, under that project, to a capacity of 1,700,000 square feet. HELD P-P-IYSiCAL SPREE.” Excitement From Cigarette Smok- ing Declared Not Mental. BALTIMORE, December 12.—Ex citement caused by smoking cigarettes 18 not a mental spree, but a_physical one, according to tests given by R. M. Dorcas of the Johns Hopkins Uni versity Hypnotism was used by the experi- mentor as a meuns of controlling the mental state of the smokers. He found that, regardless of what was going on in the minds of the subjects, tobacco caused an increase in their blood pressure and pulse rate. The in- | tensity of the heart beat was also | found’ to increase from the physical | influence of tobacco. . — | this constant bet- ting, this wagering of groat ahd yen; it is the vice, the sin besetting of many locoed workingmen. In spite of stat- | utes and restrictions, designed to curb the sporting throng, they'll back w coin their firm convictions, which nearly always turn out wrong. They're always getting tips and pointers, with | hunches they are face to face; they bet on poor old rusty-jointers, stale na that could not wih a race. They'll bet on any proposition, ther’ll bet | that rain or snow will fly, when every omen and condition would indicate a eagon dry. Theyv'll bet on scraps or wrestling matches, they'll ake their ailing parents’ pills, they’ll bet their homes, from roofs to latches, that Dempsey will be slain by Wills. The winning thing they're always choos- ing, this time they’ll make a killing, sure; but somehow they are always | losing, and still their hopes and faith endure. The rotten luck can't last forever, they soon will gather in the cash: they think up systems fine and clever, and all their ysteins g0 to smash. And then at last they're fac- ing bleakly old age and poverty and woe; all down and out they wander weakly, and think of betting as they go. When once the betting folly fastens upon a man it spolls his brain, and nothing cures and nothing chas. tens, or leads him back to methods sane. (opyright) WALT MASON. STAR, WASHINGTON, in the nts these two vessels as Army transports rnment, geven D. ATURDAY, | . iF(_)ur-Master Schooner Race Revives By the Associated Press. BERDEEN, Wash., December 12.— four-masted _schooner ~Alvena, |loaded with lunfber destined for | Miami, Fla., has a three-day lead on | her sister ship, Irene, in a race remi- | niscent of days of long ago. | The Alvena put out Tuesday while | the Irene was still loading. Bound by heavy storm, the Irene is now unable to cross out to sea; nevertheless, the betting still favors the Irene, which has some outstanding speed records to her credit.’Once she gets under way old shippingz men feel she will give the Alvena a great race. Both ships carry but dio sets, Memory of Sea Contests of “Long Ago” | : 'l The nelther has a transmitter. The two ships had been docked here many months and were doomed to the scrap heap when the Florida building boom granted a reprieve. Quickly overhauled, crews were signed, Capt. A. C. Wilvers, who owns both ships, commanding the Alvena and Capt. A. Rosenthal the Irene. The ships will go direct to “\rlh\mll through' the Panama Canal and never ; will be seen again on this coast, as they will immediately be pressed into service in the Gulf of Mexico. Once known as the “Twin Pear of the ships, each carried 3,100 feet of lumber. FIGHT ON LEAGUE INVITATION LOOMS Showdown Likely to Result in Coolidge Victory on Issue. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge’s decixion to ask Congress for funds wherewith to send 4 commission to attend the disarma ment conference planned by League of Nations means the knell of the movement so far America Is concerned, in the opinion of “irreconcilables” who fought the League of Nations. Just the opposite view is taken by the league advocate: For many months it has been ap parent that the real motive bebind the opposition to the World « was not the court, but the fear of America’s entry into the league itself. The a league membebs of Congress admit iis privately. And that's why they Will strenuously oppose the acceptance the invitation to attend the ar wrley to be conducted by the League of Nations. They think it means ulti nate entry into the league, for if Con- zress should sanction attendance at ie conference it will be a precedent or participating in another. and thus in a practical sense Amarica will be joining with the League of Nations though mnot specifically under- taking the obligations of th Fight Seen Mr. Coolidge had authority to send as of i Inevitable. full nd L commission to at conference without n o and fund out of which expenses be paid, but he has come to the conclusi that the fight over the question of participation is inevitable and that it might as well Le had before America sends a com mission as afterward when an agree ment has been signed and awaits ratitication. should Congress President’s request the expenses of a > tant pose r—er Congress has « n vote to grant the funds to pay commission it will of the pur- and will thus con . if not the letter, ¢ reservations on the Also with the full the American Congress a commission may have more weight abroad than it would’have if the Mvoncilables” were constantly threat ening to defeat ratification A showdown now will prove elearls t the President’s supporters are in the majority, and thus foreign powers will respect the advice of the Ameri can commission, whose influence will be correspondingly greater. Mr. Coolids nd his cabinet from their desire to premote world peace. favor American ac e of the league’s invitation for the prac tical reason that the United States wants Europe 1o reduce her armament her t »unt to approv the mission form to the sp) the ctive Berlin. ide 1 spen mones as buy more and. raw materials Land Arms Chief Subject. The ence will spend most s time on land armament and the problem of industrial control of raw materials use €conomic warfare. These questions are vitally related o American industry, and the Amer ican Government is anxious to be it ting at the council table with equal sice with the rest of the power ather than to attend as an unofficial bystander without the rizht to vote. If the President makes a strong plen for avthorization to send a mission he will get it. but not without con siderable debate, which may mean no action until the Spring. (Copyright. 1 on products America Accused of Raising Check. He ce G. Atkinson w o yvesterday charged with raising a check f1 n $8 to $30 after it had been glven an O. K. by an employe of a Seventh street department store. He ave his age as 29 rs and his ad- dress as Vienna, Va. He was sent to Gallinger Hospital because of his physical condition, and wiil be given a next week in Police Court. MUSIC RUSSIAN BALLET RECITAL. An unusually charming ballet per- formance was given in the benefit con- cert for Mrs. Mark Bristol's fund for the Russian refugees at Con nople before a large and distingui audience at Poli® Theater yesterday afternoon. So as not to conflict witn the actors’ benefit performance at the National, the program at Poli's w not begun until after |it lasted until 7. It was 3 however, that only a few left before the end. Daniel Frohman, picturesaue leader among theatrical personalities, gave the opening remarks and Mr: John Hays Hammond graeiously thanked those present for their in terest in the performance and the cause for which it was given. Alexander Gavrilov, evidentlv a com. plete master of the most difficult in tricacies of the Russian ballet steps and an artist of subtle imagination, led his corps of pretty, graceful girls and skillful men dancers in a pro. gram of varied moods. In the opening group of Chopin numbers constant outbursts of appliuse greeted Mr. Gavrilov's clever soio dance. The duet with Miss Strelska show- ed several unique and graceful effects. The solo dances by Misses Chabelska and Oghinska were interesting inter- pretations of the traditional ballet. The “Roguish Faun” whimsical bit of satire cleverly han dled. In_ the second part . the “Specter de la Rose,” danced to Weber's “Invitation to the Waltz" music, was beautifully danced. Miss Strelska_ also danced the famous swan Dance” to Saint-Saens’ music effectively, and the “Vanka-Tanka' follk song and dance was a genuine bit of Russlan peasantry that pro- | vided a fresh and satisfying note to the program. In the last part the “Toy Box” trio and a marvelous bit of dance nonsense by Miss Chabel- ska and one of the male dancers were Chauve-Couris’ bits that were well worth seeing. Gypsy songsin Russian were given vharacteristic_interpretation by Mme. | Valentinova, Mme. Sadovska and Mr. | Protzenko, with, in one instance, gypsy guitar accompaniment by Mr. | Draghinsky. Boris Lang also play- led Rachmaninoff’s “Melody” and “Iolichinelle” ively. ested hed ballet was « | the | death | ovenant. ! southwest | | west | nighT and tomorrow. prol { rain preliminary hearing |at |41 anti- | | P v SALVATION ARMY KETTLES BANNED Police Regulation Prohibits Use for Soliciting, Ru- dolph Explains. The Salvation Army’s Christmas ket- tles will not “bofl” on the street cor ners of the husiness section of Wash {ngton this season ns a result of t refusal of the board of District Com missloners to grant the organization permisston 1o solicit funds from pe destrians. The order of the Commissioners was transmitted today to Brig. William H. Barrett, divisional commander, and came as @ stunning blow to the or ganization, which had contidently counted on the familiar pots to fur. insh at least £4,000 toward its annual budget The kettles collected about $4,000 last vear. Law Prohibits Sol of the Comn; : called attention to police regulation which begging or solicitgtion ny purpose highwa “The Comniissioners,” saiil the communication, “regret that they cannot grant you the permission requested, as it would be in violation of this regulation.’ Cuno H. Rudolph. chairman of the Board of Commissioners, pointed out t2ay that he knew of no organiza- tion ‘more worthy than the Salvation Army, but that if the police regula. ticn was ignored in this case, it would have to be let down for other charit able organizations The regulation Rudolph explained ties of several Tre letter Briz. Barrett amended bilits the alms *“for was adopted, Mr. due to the activi- women who solicited funds fraudently last year under the gulse of charity, and when arrested the court ruled that there was nothi- ing on the statute books under which they could be prosecuted. The regul tion is designed primarily, he said, to prevent a repetition of this case Deny U of the army de First City to Adjt. Ernest Holz clased today that the Christmas ket tle appeal of the organization has not scome an institution in the Dis- d many other cities, but that ton is the first city to deny permission to the army to place its kettles on street corner So confident was the organization that approval would be granted to its equest that 14 pots with the custom ry appeal to the public to contribute, had been prepared for distribution at prominent corners of the downtown section, Adjt. Holz said. Notice of the commissioners’ refusal to permit the solicitation of funds, he said; vir- ally “bowled over” officlals® of the Army. Mr. Rudolph indicated that knew the Army had counted on nas pots to help swell its bud but expressed the belief that s could be found 1o raise usually taken in by the Army Lassies” and their he the money Salvation kettles THE WEATHER District of swest temper: tonight: tomorrow. partly cloud: colder tomorrow afterncon or night: moderate south and southwest winds Maryland—Partly cloudy and tomorrow. probably light rain or snow flurries in the mountains; slightly colder in the east portion to- night; colder tomorrow afternoon night: moderate to fresh west winds. Virginia—Generalix fair toniglit and tomorrow. slightlv colder in the southwest portion tonizht and in the and north portions tomorrow fresh west and southwest winds. West Virginia—Mostly cloudy to bly light portion; Columbia—Fair, with and or snow in the north colder tomorrow Records for 21 Hours. Thermometer—4 pam.. 43: 8 pm, 12 midnight, 42: 4 am, 47; S am., 44: 11 am,, 48 Barometer—4 p.m. 20.59: 12 midnight, 29.5: S am., 20.63: 11 am., 29 Highest temperature. 4, noon today Lowest temperature, occurred at 1:30 am. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 51; lowest, Condition of the Water. 46 29, 8 pam., 4am, 29.4 Temperature and condition of the water at Great Falls today at & a.n Temperature, 40 condition, muddy. Weather in Various Cities. Temperature. %z g Py Weather. **qupm a5y Womor Baltimore . Biimingham Bismarck . Boston P Denver Detroit El Paso... Galveston . Holenn Huron Indiarapolis Jacksonville Kansas City. Los~ Angeles Louieville Miami_ FI N “Grleans. New York.. Okla. City. . Qmaha .. Philadelphia S. Lake City San” Antonio San Diego. . Frareisco (8 a.m.. Greenwich time, today.) Statlons. Temperature. Weather. L:miun. 34 {;lear I 23 elo Eloads "% Part clouc Part cloug Cloudy Gloud Clondy Taut cioudy Horta ' (Fi Hamilton. Bermuda..... San Juan. Porto Rico.... Havana, Cub Cuion, Canal DECEMBER 12, an | of | on the public ! the | tonight | occurred | 1925. SEAL SALES REACH - 2000000 TOTAL i LGl |Appruximatety $20,000 Is Raised for Tuberculosis Association, Is Report. Slightly more than 2,000,000 seals, representing approximately ~$20,000, had been sold up to noon today, as |the second week of the health seal sale of the Wash- ington Tuberculo- sis Assoclation was concluded, ac- cording to reports to headquarters, 1022 Eleventh street. This leaves the assoclation still about $15.000 short of its recessary budget for con- tinuance of the various health suving activitles for the coming year. The sale will con- tinue until Christmas. With the wom- len’s booth and numerous self-service stations in operation in all parts of the city nd with many mail allot- | ments yet to be heard from, officials | 1hope that Washington's quota of seals will be fully sold by that time. | Returns by Mail Urged. To this end it is earnestly requested | all who have recelved the seals | y mall will send in their payments al once or return any portion of the | seuls not used, as all have to be ac- | counted for to the National Associa- | tion. As part Lgiven to th Moy G il i il of the Christmas party | patients of the Tubercu losis Hospi by the Kiwanis Club last evening. Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, director of the national child heaith { education umittee, repeated the istmas seal tableau which was ziven at the annual meeting of the ssociation recently, in which the irit” of Christmas was represented by Miss Elizabeth Frost, Santa Claus by Arthur Murphy and the fireside child by Harry Little. Other atures of the entertainment were by V. A. Heslep and Mrs. Mur. rell, with Charles T. Perry as the ac companist. Miss Mildred Smith, Miss Louise Raymond, Miss Mary ynn Glles and Mi: Annie Bulloch, from the Marjorie Webster School of Expression, gave specialty dances, while Miss Webster gave several | monologues. Jack Murray and Bobby {Irwin and’ Miss Lula McCoy and ! Morgan Davis from the Earlf Thea- | ter gave a part of their acts. Woman Workers Listed. Additional women volunteering their services for the booth sales since vesterday follow: At the Hecht store, I the District Congress of Parent-Teach- er Association 4 . Col- | captain, with Mrs. H. N. Link. | Rafter, Mrs. Tolson and Mrs At Woodward & Lot | Junior League, Mrs. Sidney 1 | captain. and Mrs. Frederick Dunn, v,\?\ o Gill. Miss Mary Thom, { Miss Catherine Rowson. Miss Cather- ine Snyder, Miss Laura Towne, Mi Frances Webster, Mrs. Dwight Dic | son. Miss May Taylor, Miss Theresa Morris, Mrs. Harry Ong. Miss Louise i Johnson and Miss Violet Spencer. | At the Mount Vernon Bank. Ninth | and K streets, Mrs. J. T. Pardee, Mrs. Otto Folsom-Jones, Mrs. Robert Mc- | Cammon, Miss Mabel Peabody, M Abbie Tingley, Mrs ank Carden. | Mrs. Harris Goul K. Bali jand Mrs. William | | X ins. The distinction of being the oldest | i practicing physician in the country probably belongs to Dr. Mary Schar- lieb of London, now past 81 vears of age. She is sill active in her profe [sion and frequently performs opera tion: e about 3% degrees when | Georze Border Court Has A Judge on Either Side of Boundary| By the Associated Press. NACO, Ariz, December 12.— Arizona’s first “international court of justice” functioned smoothly yesterday, with an Arizona justice of the peace sitting on the north side of the boundary line and a Mexican judge on the south side. Two Mexicans charged with burglary several days ago were found guilty and sentenced to two vears in the Sonora (Mexico) Peni- tentiary. The two prisoners escaped from | the American side several days ago and were arrested in Mexico. | In an effort to expedite justice the “international court” was sum moned. : | | BLANTONTOFIGHT FOR HIGHER PAY Says 700 D. C. and U. S. Em- | ployes Receive Less Than Starvation Wage. ximately 700 em and District gov- There are appr ployes of the Federal ernments in the National Capital who are receiving ‘“less than starvation wages,” according to Representative Thomas Blanton, Democrat, of Tex Of this number between 200 and 300 are emploves of the District government recelving between $75 and $85 a month. Mr. Blanton said today that he pro poses to appear before various sub committees of the House appropria tions committee in an effort to secure . living wage for all these emploves whose salary is carried in a number of separate bills as they re employed by different agencles of the Govern ment. As a particuiar example of the class of employes for whom he expects to get a living wage, Mr. Blanton cited the guides at various Government buildings. Mr. Blanton has already introduced legislation providing for an increase in salary from $6,000 to $10,000 for the traffic ,500 for his assistant. intends also to appeal for an inc in salary for the District Commission- ers from $7.500 to $10.000. He savs he believes that the District Commission- ers should receive as fair a salary as the members of Congress, and he also points out that the salary of the super intendent of schools has already been raised to $10,000, and he believes that the District Commissioners should re- ceive as much. DEBAT_E;ON SENI&E RULES | Cloture of debate in the Senxte will be the subject of an intersociety de bate at National University at o'clock tonight, the first of the aca- demic year at the institution ce President Dawes’ proposal has been incorporated in the subject, which is: “Resolved, that rule 22 of the United States Senate should be amended to provide that mere ma jority may impose cloture instead « the present two-thirds.” The Samuel F. Miller Debating So- ciety. represented by William I Martin, Frank Verdi and Douglas A Seeley, will debate "the affirmative while the negative will be taken by H. Zeutzius, Robert W. M Cullough and Virgil P. Wallace, who were selected by the Richard V. Mil- ler Debating Society. Prof. Godfrey L. Munter will pre- side. 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