Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1925, Page 2

2 as DEBT PACTS SURE OF BEING RATIFIED D ra_%:prats Almost a Unit in or of Treaties Made ':'by United States. ¥ DAVID LAWRENCE. 6 &torm in the Senate over the fication the debt agreements wifh Jtaly and Belglum will soon bl -4r. "For, no matter how much nol thir€imay be, the votes are there t in of . ix dis 1inist convines unmuimous appro £ Americy ad been take: of estimated ca nost Zivén by the the propar cou £cttling on Ppakity to pay he reason why there are plenty of votes to adopt the agreements is that the Democrats are slmost a unit in favor of ratif They can hardly do otherwise Democra i President, Woo . who wus willing to forego a rearmistice debt ir n of half th aseribed to in the gn which didn’t come bu hecanuse of Mr. Wilso The Ttallan peol £ burden of what lttle ed States did exact the Democrats are not going to put themselves in the position of an tagonizing the Italian voters here who feel sympathetic with their kinsmen. Tndeed. It is doubtful whether many Republicans would care to do o either. At _best, therefore, the opposition to the Ttalian a, nt Is reduced to a handful of important Senators, but numeri they cannot prevent rati fication. In the . the adminls tration ca e debt ax trouble There may be sorie dalay in getting action in the e. but ultimatel oy will be pa espectally since w majorit Funding Cor given powe tain terms gress. Ma, When the B ment was made merely z the L debt the nature of alone would h: thirds vote w 1d be requ are enough Democrats to offset such Republicans as will vote against the agreement ) a4 substantial majority Is assured. Some members of the House have raised the question of precedence in the matter, contending that the Housa should originate the debt amendmeants, as they are relatad to ralsing revenue. There 1s much to be said on this sub- isct and tha constitutional lawyers in the Senate Insist thay have a right to Assured. ish-American \dministration mendment to v ratified the «reement In tha Senate act, and consider it in that body firet. but the | the administration will| chances are not quibble ubout it, but will permit the House to act fitst. ' Indeed, for moral effect, the adoption of the agres. ments by the Tfouss ahead of the Senate might be a wise bit of strutegy Advantage to Administration. The dobate, however, Is not whoily without its advantages to the adminis tration, for foreign governments did not always believe tha American debt commission was painting an accurute pleture of the congressional situation | that Congress would | when arguing not agree to reduce a debt of & coun- try which had the capacity to pay. When Congress does adopt the Bel- gian and Italian debt agreements, it will be after it has been conclusively | demonstrated to the majority in each house that no better have been exacted. As for France, her presont financial | o to| plight is attributed to her faflt sétile with the one country which could have helped her over the difi- cult course of foreign financing. The erisis In Parls, on the other hand, will lessen the pressure on the adminis- tration to force a settlement with France. (Covyright. 1026.) QUEEN MOTHER'S ILLNESS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING B the Associated Pross BORDIGHERA, Italy, December 17. —Dowager Queen Margarita, who is suffering from pulmonary pleuriey, was reported to be better thix morn ing, her fever having somew hat eubsided. The physicians in attendance on the voyal paiient rald the malady was taking its normal course. Telegrams of Inquiry are arriving not only from all paris of Italy but also from abroad. Her doctors think that the queen mother will have passed the acute stage within a few da. do not believe she will ba abl. anniversary next Sunday, as planned, nor for Christmas, as Is customa Margarita’'s temperature is slightly over 100. The King und Queen are Keeping in constant telephonic con tagt with the palace here. RICH MAN SENT TO PRISON Wite Implicated {Against Young Servant Girls. LONDON, December 17 (#).—Haley Morris, a wealthy British merchant and land owner, today was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, two of them at hard labor, for offenses against young servant girls employed in his country home. His wife was Ziven nine months at hard labor for conspiring with her husband in -— Favors Separate Air Force. MANILA Decenbe 17 (®P— Maj. Charles J. Browne, chief of the Afmy Afr Service in tiwe Philippine Islands, addressing the Rotary Club toflay, declared in favor of the creation of a separata ais forec occupying the same relative position as those held by the Army and Navy. He said he belleved such a &tep was essential in the ntereat f efficiencv. Only 7 Days Christmas is almost here HOP NOW there is only one 'S @ week left for you 2 terms shouid | , but | e to be | in Rome for her seventy-fifth birthday | Offenses | WASHINGTON FOOD COST CONTINUES ON UP GRADE Price Rise Shown by Figures for Month, October 15 to November 15. Still on the up grade, in a progres- sive increase thut has been uninter- | rupted for thae months, food prices | in Washington again showed a riso | in the month from October 15 to No- | vember 13, according to tabulations | announced today by the Labor Depart- | ment. The increase shown in the { mnonth was 2 per cent, while increases i ranging from 1 per cent to b per cent were shown in all of 51 cities in which prices were obtained. The increase in \Washington was one of the lowest | recorded during, the menth. At the same time food prices in the Capital were shown in November to he § per cent higher than in No- | vember, 1924, while all the 51 clties showed Incerases in price of food over the yearly period. Food prices here last month were 74 per cent higher than in 1818, one of the largest recorded increases, only | exceeded by the 76 per cent rise shown | for Chicago and Richmond. | Prices wore obtained for 43 staple | articles of food. with potatoes show- ' ing the greatest increase throughout the Nation, a rise of 41 per cent. |BANKING MONOPOLIES| ! Institution Head Tells Citizens' Body System Stimulates Inter- est by Small Depositors. Banking monopolies as a means of lating interest in banks by small cpositors were urged by Francis M. 2, president of the Central Sav. ings Bank, at a meeting of the Con- nectleut Avenue Citizens’ Assoolation in Al Souls’ parish hall, Connecti- cut and Cathedral avenues, last night. Mr. Savage declared that 100 banks control one-third of the money de- | posited in the United States, and he cited as Incidents favorable to mo- i nopolies the fuct that monopolies ex- ist in England, France and South | Atrica. two banks In the latter coun- try. with 50 branches, controlling the entire money deposit. Iive hanks. he said, control the deposits in Great | Britain, The McFadden bill, pending tn Con- . was commented upon and ref- made to section 9, which has sken out. This section, he said, provided that any bank establishing es forfefts its right to mem-| p in the Federal Reserve Bank- | System. Me opposed bank | | és mainly becauro of the stifiing effact upén the advancement of_emploves of banking Institutions. The banking operations of the Brotherhoad of Locomotive Engineers was cited as an example of mutual hanking which, he declared, is bene- ficlal to the small depositor and share- holder. Were it not for the activitles of Vice President Dawes when he was ontroler general the entire north- western sectlon of Washington would now have but one general bank. He urged the necessity for control and regulation if there is to be a bank monopoly here. A. J. Driscoll, president of the Mid- City Citizens' Association, addreased the meeting, stressing the practical results to be attained through a sys- tematic survey of the needs of a com- munity with consequent requests from the Commissioners und Congress for jmprovement. Action”wag taken to- ward obtaining adequate lighting equipment_for all streats ip the com munity. President \Willidm S. Quin- ter presided. i P H. E. COPENHAVER | DIES IN HOSPITAL Resident of District Since 1881 Succumbs After Month's Tllness. Henry Edward Copenhaver, §6 vears 0ld, who had served in the office of tha Adjutant General, War Department, more than 40 years and was a resi | dent of this city since 1861, died at a | hospital here yesterday after a month's {llness. 1le was born in Win- chester, Va. Mr. Copenhaver was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, §t. John's Lodge, No. 11, F. A. A. M., and of St. Thomas' Eplscopal Church. He leaves a widow, a daughter, Mrs. Edward H. Copenhaver of Rochaster, N. Y.. one brother, George Copen- haver, and a sister, Mrs. W. Crabbe of Pittsburgh. Mr. Copenhaver was lso the uncie of John and Henry | | Copenbaven, long in the stationery business here. i Tunernl services will he conducted | At Mr. Copenhaver's residence, 2239 eet, tomorrow afternoon at I Rev. C. Ernest Smith, rector of St. Thomas' Episcopal Churech, wiil officiate. Interment will be privats in Rock Creek Cemetery STUDEN} INTERCHANGE SYSTEM IS ARRANGED‘ Mutual Transfer of Scholars With South America Announced by Women’s Clubs Federation. o' interehange system whereby | students Wil be sent to South America for the study of domes- | {tie conditions und South American seholars will come to this country for | similar study was announced today by | the General Federation of Women's| Clubs. Plans for inauguration of the gys- | tem are being worked out by a com- mittae of the federation on the basis of scholarship awards. An American NAMED SWISS PRESIDENT. RN, Qwitzerland, December 17 Henri Hasberltn, vice president minister of justice for fhe last today was elected President of wiss Confederation for 18 new president was born in 1868 at Weinfelden, in the Canton of Thur gau. lle is a lawyer, a former pre- mier, and was elected to the Federal Council in 1920. By the Associstad Press. CONSTANTINOPLE. December 17. ~While the Moslem women of Con- stantinople now are énjoying almost ar much freedom as women of the far behind. exhorting the women to come out of | thelr vells and out of thelr secluded | past, but such is the force of tradition | in small communities that only a few of the most courageous are imitating their progressive sisters of Constanti- nly two towns of the interier, ’ jCurtis, | ment-—&ans THE EVENING, STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, COAL DISPUTANTS WAIT PEACE MOVE Miners and Operators to Be Invited to Parley, Prob- ably at Scranton. By the Assoctated Pre PHILADELPHIA, December 17.— Anthracite miners and operators to- day awaited formal invitation from & committee of mayors and burgesses to resume wage negotiations and end the strike now In Its sixteenth week. They will be invited to meet at Scran- ton next Wednesday, or at any other time and place convenient to both sidew, to take up dixcussion of wages and working conditions where it was broken off last August in Atlantic City. The latest proposition came from a meeting with Gov. Pinchot in Har- risburg vesterday of approximately 50 mayors and burgesses of hard-coal communities. Comment Withheld. Pending formal notification, miners and operators withheid comment. A plan submitted by seven of the eight Luzerne County members of the Pennsylvania House of Representa- . providing for an immediate re- to work while wage negotiations p ¥ was accepred yester- day by Lk 1 rejected hy the winers, Gov Jzress, tors an TOPa submitted re accepted by the Jected by the operators S plan also provided for tute resumption of work i board of investigation award would be created to de- termine whether an increase In wag could be granted without advancing the price of coal. In rejecting the legislator's pro- posals John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, declared it, “was simply the operators’ plan wrapped in u new package.” At Wilkes-Barre yesterday efforts to prevent the handling of coal, at ributed by the authorities to strik- ing miners, resulted in several calls tor police und the beating up of one man. John Oram was set upon by &e eral men and heaten when he re- fused to stop delivering conl at Ed- wardsville. At Kingston have Joh: an effort was made to a coal dealer, cease inous to the Grace Eplscopal Church of thut place. Ths men_ sttempted to chase drivers of trucks, away. but fled when Lacka wanna Rai 1d pol e arrived. Several drivers were prevailed upor to suspend huulin al and drive away after they were ready to shove the tuel Jown chutes at private resi- den: Ty Edwardsville the wagon « driver who refused to quit was upset. “TALES OF HOFFMAN" WCAP FEATURE MONDAY Opera in Tabloid to Be Presented on Radio by WEAF Company From New York. Offenbach’s ““Tales of Hoffman will be presented in tabloid form by the WEAF Grand Opera Co. Monday night for the audlences of WEAF, WCAP, WOO, WJIAR and WTAG “Tales of Hoffman“s-Ia am -Opera consisting of a prologue and three acts, the musle of which was com posed by Jacques Offertach and text by Jules Barbler, and & for the firat time in the clty of on February 10, 1851. Ita first pres entation In the United States took place on October 16, 1582, at the Fifth Avenue Theater, New York City. Since that time it was revived in 1907 at the Manhattan Opera House, and again in 1911 at the Metropolitan Opera House, when such operatic stars as Hempel, Bori, Fremsted and Rothler were heard in Important roles. The prologue of the opera presents a scene from a tavern in Nuremberg, facetiously named the Martin Luther Tavern, when Hoffman breaks rudely in upon a drinking party of students and for thelr entertainment tells of his three great love affairs, which are carried out in detall in the three acts lof the opera. VACANCIES FILLED ON SUBCOMMITTEE (Gontinusfrom TEItIERSS) ren, Smoot, Jones of Hale, Overman sard and Bayard Interior Department moot, Curtis, Phipps, eyes, Harris, Jones of New McKellar and Kendrick. Legis! stablishments— & t, Curtis, Key st Mexico, Washington, Gilass, Brous- nators MeKinley, Mexi rick. Department—Senators Hale, Phipps. Keves, Cameron, Glass, Jones of Nev: Mexico, 0Oddie and Swanson. Départments of State, Justice, Com. merea and Labor—Senators Curtis, Warren, Smoot, Hale, Lenroot, Over. man, Jones of New Mexico, McKellar and RBroussard. On diplomatic and counselor items, Senators Borah, Moses and Swanson. Commerce and Labor — Senators Jones of Washington, Lenroot, Me Kinley, Keyes, Cameron, Overman, Harris, Joues of New Mexico and Broussard. Treasury and Post OMce Depart ors Warren. Smoot, Tfale, McKinler, Key Overm: CGilass, McKellar and Brovssard. Post _Office — Senators Warren, Phipps, <inlev, Lanroot, Cameron. Harris, McKellar, Glass, Bayard, Moses, Oddie and George. War Department—Senators Wads- worth, Jones of Washington, Lenroot, Cameron, Harris, Bayard, Kendrick. Reed of Pennsylvania and Sheppard. Also on river and harbor items, Sen- ators Fernald, McNary and Fletcher. M Senate Recess Fixed. the decision of the tot for the Chrigtimas holidavs from De- cember 2 to Janunry 4. Final action on the question of whether id P. e is to be seated ns Se " from rth Dakots Is expected to g0 over until after.the holdays. Men Forced to Dance With Chairs As Turkish Women Dodge Modernity Angora and Balla-maden, have thus far heralded the appearance of Turkish women on a ballroom floor From Trebizonde comes the report that a hall was organized recently in tlon and consequently danced with each ofher or with chairs. Trebizonde has also built its first tennis court, but no woman has yet appeared on It. - The Angora govern- ment sports club, however, counts a number of women among its active members, the men Broussard, Pepper, | 'INSURANCE RATE CUT OFFERED IF WATER PRESSURE IS RAISED Underwriters Propose 5 Per Cent Reduction as In- ducement to Installa tion of New System Long Sought for City. As an inducement for installation of a high-pressure water system in the National Capital, the Board of Fire Underwriters hers, which repre- sents all the fire insurance companies in the country, has decided to reduce the premium rates on downtown prop- erty 5 per cent if the system Is tn- stailed. This offer, which has just been de- cided upon by the Board of Fire Under- writers, will cover all property within | the area proposed for a high-presaure water system—namely, from K street to the Mall and from North Capitol street to Nineteenth street, and will affect about $250,000,000 worth of private insurable property. U the high-pressure water system is not placed in downtown Washington, however, the National Board of Fire Underwriters, which has already made preliminary steps for its survey of conditlons here, will not only be un- able to reduce the rates, but, in the opinion of experts, will unquestion- ably have to raise them considerably. Praise Proposal. The offer to reduce the insurance rates here is considered by David Lee chairman of the board of trade’s In- surance and fire protection commit tee which has advoca high pres- sure system for 23 v 1% @ clenr indlcation that the nee com panies of the country are concerned in the situation here. Mr. Lee and his commitiee feel that the offer is the most important development that has taken place since the high-pres- sure system has been advocated The committee regards this action as a plain inducement to the officials nd business men of the National apital to “remedy a serious &nd acute condition here.” Approximately $3,102.000 was paid in fire premiums in the District last vear. Half of this amount was paid on property within the proposed high- pressure area. A reduction of 5 per cent would mean a saving of $75,000 If the system is not installed lt will mesn a ates greater than the proposed reduction und the busi-| ness mén will not only loose $75.000 | but probably will pay more than that | in increased premiums. If the high- | pressure svstem is Installed, it is pointed out by the committes, the IAIRPLANES SOUGHT (Continned from First Page.) of 1918, but no appropriation has ever heen made to carry out this work. One | Coast Guard station. which {over from the Nav | for a while at Morehes : | where there weére six old Navy planes Considered Obsolete Now. These planes. long in disuse, are considerad obsolete and are being sur- veyed by the Government for con-| | gemnation. The use of alrplanes in rum smug- gling, according to officials, s con- | siderad among the most hazardous | uses of aircraft at the present time. | Forelgzn rum ships operating at dis | tances 200 miles off shore must be lo- {cated from the air. The positions of | the hips are unknown. The fiyer at | times has been caught by fog or gales | and his fuel has run low at sea The danger in finding an “enemy” | ship in rum row, considering the pres- ent temper of the smugglers, with millions of dollars in prodts almost within sight, is considered by fiyers to amount_almost to war hazard. But the Coast Guard has within its ranks experienced aviators, trained in either the Army or Navy schools for fying. and would be prepared to op- erate planes along the coasts should Congress appropriate the necessary | funds. Among these men are Lieut. Comdr. Von Paulsen, the only one now on active flying duty: Lieut. Comdr. E. F. Stone, who was senior pilot of the NC-4 in the first transat- lantic flight by air, and Licut. Comdr. 8. V. Parker, in command of the for- mer Navy destrover McDougall, now {chasing rum smugglers, and who at | one time was in charge of the naval air station at Far Rockaway Beach during the war. Five naval aviation stations during the World War were under command of Coast Guard avia- tion officers. Airplanes Off Cape Cod. Aiready it is known that airplanes of the smugglers have been operating off Cape ("od, basing at Hyanis, Mas: off Montauk, Long Island, and out of Naragansett Bay. Most of the airplanes in the rum smuggling outfit now are known as the “messenger hoys of the bootleg- gers.” They are used to make con- tact between wealthy owners ashore and the big rum ships as they ply up and down the coasts jockeying for position Many of the smugglers’ airplanes are known to have been hired from private aviators at nigh prices. sume- {times running from $4,000 to §5,000 a trip, with perhaps a bonus of §1.000 additional if the “message” I8 prop- erly delivered. One of the dificulties of the Gov- ernmant has been in detecting the enemy aircraft, and further, in prov- ing that they have entersd Into a con- apiracy with the smugglera. For in- stance, it is sald, if the pilot of an air- plane company should’receive osders sealed in & bottle, with instrucetions [to iy oup to sen and drop the bottle {Into the oceun near ship V-T-34, how | | money saved soon would pay for the installation of the system and the lives. property and inconvenience incident to a big fire would at the same time be protected. In addition to this the Government would have a vastly greater protection for fite buildings and irreplacable records which are not insured by private con- cerns. The Board of Trade, which was somewhat irked recently when it dis- covered that the $3,000 which was to be appropriated for a water pressure system here was disallowed by the Bureau of the Budget, has instructed Mr. Lee and members of his commit- tee to do all they can to get some ac- tion during this session of Congress in respect to the installation of a high- power presure system here. Hit “Bird Cage” Fund. The committee on insurance and fire protection of the Washington Board of Trade is incensed over the fact that the Bureau of the Budget allowed an estimated item of $102,000 for a new “bird cage” in the Zoolog- ical Park and disallowed $3,000 for & survey of the situation with respect to the fire hazard here. “We feel that If the Zoo is entitled to spend $102,000 for a new bird cage the protection of the lives and prop esty of the private citizens, and the protection of millions’ worth 6f Gov ernment buildings and priceless rec ords, are at least worth $3.000," said Mr. Lee yesterday. “I am not exaggerating when 1 say that if a great conflagration starts fn’ downtown Washington with our present water system the Fire De partment will be helpless. During the Kann's fire all the Fire Department couldedo was to try to stop #preading The fire broke out right next door to an engine house. S0 alarmed were the fire officials at their helplessness that they telegraphed to Baltimore, Richmond and other cities to be in roadiness to come to thelr assistance All the engines in the world could do no more than a dozen when thore ir no water to pump. In a double fire some time ago the water was being drained o fast that all the hose being played on one of the conflagrations suc- ceeded in doing was to throw chunks of mud at it,” declared Mr. Lee, in ex- { pressing his hope that the dangerous situation here would «oon be realized PAUL B. DUNBAR GIVEN NEW POST Is Made Assistant Chief of Bureau of Chemistry Un- der Brown. Dr. Paul B. Dunbar, 311 Cumber- land avenue, Chevy Chase, Md., has been appointed an assistant chief of the Bureau of Chemistry of the De- partment of Agri- ~ulture, effective December 16, it ‘was announced to- day by Dr. C. A. Browne, chief of (he bureau. Dr. Dunbar will have supervision of administrative matters relating to the enforcement of the Federal food and Adrug act, the tea inspection act and the naval stores act. Dr. W. W. Skinner. who has been as- sistant chief fo- <everal years, will retain bis present position. An addi- tional assistant chief was needed, Dr. Browne explained, so that he may de- vote more time 4 attention to ai- recting sclentific Investigations con- durted by the bureau. Dr. Dunbar has been in sclentific and adniinistrative work at the bureau in connection with the enforcement of the food and drug act since it has been effective in 1907. He was ap- pointed assistant chemiat in that year and has served in various capacities ainca. He conducted scientific investi- gations in the food control laboratory and served for a time as assistant chief of the Eastern food and drug inspection district. Heé was promotad to tachnical administrative aasistant in 1817 and was assigned to the office of the chief of the bureau. Dr. Dunbar received B. S. and M. 8. degrees from Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg and a Ph. D. degres in 1907 from the Johns Hopking Univer- sity, Baltimore. He {a the author of & number of scientific papers on food analysis Dr. Paul B. Danbar. S O UNIFORM DIVORCE BILL IN Capper Also Offers Resolution for Constitutional Amendment. Legislation to bring about uniform divorce laws throughout the Nation was introduced in the Senate yeater- day by Benator Capper of Kansas. The Senator presented a resolution calling for an amendment to the Con- could the Government successtully cope with the work of a fleat of auch planes and capture them, except with the a ance of airplanes? Some drugs are believed to have been smuggled In by these aircraft. Sev- eral seaplanes have been captured by the Coast Guard. Telescopic cameras have been em- ployed in taking actual pictures from the air of the transfer of liquor from rum ships to smaller boats. These pic- tures have later heen used In court as evidance. | Mellon Cites Usages. “The work of the Coast Guard,” eta Mellon poln out to the President’s Air Board, “offers a wide field for useful utilization of alreraft | in the public service, and the aug- mentation of this corps with a reason- \hle number of seaplanes, of appro- priate character. would prove a most helpful auxiliary for increasing ef- clency and effectiveness in carrying on certain of the duties of the Coast Guard, and in addition, would provide a trained and instantly avallable body of officers and -men qualified in avia- tion for the national defense.” “The coastal stations maintained either hy a separate air force or by the naval Air Service,” Secretary Mellon mid, “gould be utilized by Coant Guard patrol aircraft, although the personnel should necessarily come from the officers and men of the Coast Guard who have speclalized 1 Occident, the interfor of Turkey lags|honor of some visiting Russlans, but|The operations of the Coast Guard The new government is ! that 0o women 1urned un at the func- | require that the planes should he |ehifted often from base 1o base. Tem porary shelter ud fuel could be ob. 1ained at xhore stations of the serv. ice and Army and Navy fying fields and stations. Buch aviation sta- tions as the Coast Guard might es- tablish would also be available to ‘uu planes of the Army and Navy.” | Lighthouses. stitution authorizing the Federal gov- ernment to enact a natiopal marriage and divorce law. He also introduced a pronosed uni- ‘orm marriage and divorce bill, which srovided, among other things, for two weeks of notice before the granting of a marriage license. The bill also would prohibit marriage of feeble- minded persons, those with incurable diseases and of persons within the Aegrae of blood relation The one plane at Gloucester was borrowed from the Navy. It is housed in a tent borrowed from the Army on an .island. known as “Ten Pound Island.” under jurisdiction of the De- partment of Commerce Bureau o’ Special trips in the ne by Lieut. Comdr. §. 8. Yeandle de to the commandant of the Coast Guard, have been taken to survey the emuggling situation. Wife of Former May Whose Love He Is By tho Assotisted Prees. CENTRAL FALLS, R. I, December 17.—A former mayor of this place s at liberty under $10,000 bail’ and the * woman whose affections he charged with having alienated ha bean taken by his wife Into the: home. Mrs. Bertha A. Jette today is stand- ing by Charles H. Lord, named in the $25,000 suit of her husband, Oscar A. Jette, wealthy shoe manufacturer, who, she says, barred her from their Pawtucket home. ‘With Mra. Jette are her two THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1925. ! PRATT MAY HEAD | DETECTIVE BUREAU/ Inspector Likely to Be Detail- ed Temporarily to Suc- ceed Grant. Inspector H. G. Pratt, assistant superintendent of police, is expected to be detailed temporarily as chief of the Detective Bureau as successor 0o the late Inspector Clifford L. Grant, 1t was reported today at the District Bullding. Although the Commissioners have not given official consideration to fill- ing the office of detective cklef and do not intend to do eo atil after Inspector Grant s funeral, intimations are strong that Inspector Pratt will be detailed to the post temporarily Inspector Pratt has served for sev- eral vears In the Detective Bureau and now s in charge of inspections in the second police district, which esmbraces all precincts east of Seventh street. District Government officials de- cline to comment on any potential &hift in the Police Department per- ®onnel, pointing out that it not only would be extremely nunpopular, but downright discourteous at this time Muj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, even refused to make public | Inspector Pratt's record with the 1'o- ice Department. | Does Not Seek Office. Inspactor Pratt, it is said, s not a candidate for the post of detective chief, and probably would not accept it if offered to him permanently. The Commissioners, it is reported, will not make a hasty permanent ap- pointment, and may wait untll the Senate takes action on the confirma- tion of Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning, who has charge of the Police Department. Commissioner Fenning, it is intimated, does not want to make any change in the police personnel that may interfere with his early con- firmation. Inspector Grant's popularity with members of the local Police Depart- ment and officials of departments of other cities is shown in the many mes- sages of condolence received by mem- bers of his family. Hundseds of friends of the dead chiof last night and today visited Hysong’s undertaking estab- lishment, at Thirteenth and N streets, where the body lies in state. Recall Outstanding Work. Officials of the department. speak- ing of the late chief of detectives, re- called a number of cases of much im- portance he had handled during his long career. One of the most sensa- tional cases he conducted was the in- vestigation of the Chinese murder case, which soon i& to he called for trial. Inspector Grant was scheduled to appear as an Important witness ir the trial of Wan, the accused. Tt also was recalind that Inspector Grant was rated as one of the best | handwriting experts in this part of the country, his services as such having been much in demand, both by the | District and Federal Government agencies. During the race riots, it i# rveécalled, Inspector Grant remained on duty more than 24 hours at a time, keeping in touch with conditions and members of his command in an effort to protect life and property. Members of the opposing tongs in Chinatown. where the inspector aid such effactive diplomatic work to pre- vent bloodshed durink the recent tong war, last night were visibly affected by the news. Some of them made known their intention of remember. ing him with a floral tribu Funeral Plan Changed. Owing to limited space at the under- | taking establishment, a change In the | funeral arrangements was made this morning to have services conducted | at Scotish Rite Cathedral, Third and E streets, at 2 o'clock tomorrow after- noon. It has been arranged to remove the body from the undertaking establish- ment to Scottish Rite Cathedral at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning and have it lle In state until the time of the funeral. A police escort will accom- pany the body. Services will be In charge of Scot- tieh Rite Masons. Practically every member of the detective force will at- tend the funeral, Members of the Board of Trade and other organiza- tions plan to attend the funeral in a | body. { The honorary pallbearers will be | Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police: Col. M. A Winter, preei- dent of the Tenuvus Club; Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintendent of local penal Institutions: W. A. Brown, Board of Trade: John Koons, vice president of the Potomac Telephone | Co.; Col. Willlam C. Harllee, United | States Madne Corps: H. R. Snyder, | United States of the Dis- trict: Judge I R. Hitt of Pollca | Court, and Roe Fulkerson, grand | master of the Masons of the District. | Tomorrow an honor guard of 50| policemen will be on duty, under com- mand of Inspector Pratt, at the Scot- giah Rite Cathedral Mugic at the Cathedral will be par- ticipated in by a quartet under the direction of Ambrose Durkin, member of the detailed force at police head- uarters, others being Beulah Brown, chie McLean and George Myers. lBm’lal will be in Rock Creek Ceme- ery. . BAN ON CHRISTMAS TREES IN TYROL IS RESCINDED Italian Commissioner Revokes Order After Storm of Protests From All Over Germany. By tho Associsted Press. FOOD KILLS WOMAN, 70. Second Death Follows Church Din- ner—Others Seriously Ill. LANSING, Mich., December 17 (). —The second death among the more than 20 persons who contracted ty- phoid fever alter a church dinner in Faton Rapids, November 18, was re- ported today. Mrs. Henry Post, 70, of Eaton Faplds, died early this morn- ng. Former Lieut. Governor Luren D. Dickinscn, one of those stricken, was reported in a serious condition. Elght co-eds at the Michigan.State College were said to be progressing tavorably. CHAMBER BACKED N COAL ATTUDE Bodies Throughout Country Concur in Support of Pres- ident’s Policy. As the coal strike is entering upon the latter half of its fourth month from all over the country comes al- most unanimous praise of the manner in which President Coolidge and the administration is refraining from in- terference and allowing the strike to settle itself along economic lines. The Washington Chamber of Com- | merce in a resolution recently ap-| proved the stand of President Coolidge. | the policy of the administration and the action of the United States Cham- ber of Commerce in advocating an attitude of “hands off” in the dispute between the miners and owners. To | most of the Chambers of Commerce througheut the country the local chamber sent a letter informing them of their action. Already many re plies have been received heartily ap- proving the stand of the local board and the present attitude of the Gov- ernment. From the Duluth Chamber of Com- merce comes the following: “We desire to state that our Chamber of Com- merce 1s in hearty accord with your resolution Praise Chamber's Stand. | From the Joplin (Mo.) Chamber: “I am instructsd to write to you that| the Joplin Chamber of Commerce ix heartily in sympathy with the reso- Tution laken by the Washington Cham ber of Commerce with reference to the non-intervention of the Federal Gov ernment In the present industrial dis pute.” | From the Minneapolis Civic und| Commerce Association: “This asocia- | tion s in accord in the hope that the| present’ anthracite strike may be set- tled along economic lines without po litical agitation or Government inter- | ference.” | From the Kankakee (IIL) Chamber | of Commerce: “We are in sympathy with the attitude of President Cool idge 8s regards Federal non-interven tion.” From the Portland (Me.) Chamber “l am hoping at this meeting that resolutions will be adopted. and if they are adopted, I am sure they will be similar to those adopted by vour organization.” From Charleston. W. Va.: “I beg tu| advise you that the coal oil and gas committes of the Charleston Chamber | of Commerce is in thoroush accord | with the resolutions passed at vour meeting on November 17 Fears Emergenc; From the Brookiyn CI Commerce: “This chamber fully indorses the| stand of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and i& naturally op- posed to Government _interference in private enterprise.” After reciting | the hardships in its community, this chamber concludes: “Yet, if the situa tion continues, we are wondering if Congress will not have to do some- thing as an emergency measure to bring relfet.” The Greater Waterloo Association, Waterloo, Towa: “1 have heard from various bus- ness men and officers that your reso- | lution will be heartily indorsed by the | Greater Waterloo Association.” From the Burlington, Vt., cham- ber: “The Burlington Chamber of Com- merce Is in sympathy with the idess you have mentioned.” From the Boston Chamber of Com- merce: “The active work of our epecial committee on fuel economy has tended toward the accomplishment of the ideas expressed in these resolutions.” St. Joseph. Mo., chamber: “The St. Joseph Chamber of Com- merce went on record December 11 favoring the settlement of the present strike along economic lines without political agitation of governmental &- tervention.” The Michigan City, Ind., chamber: “Our Chamber of Commerce is| heartily in sympathy with the ideas | expressed fh your letter of Decomber | 2 to ua” | For Economic Settlement. Jersey City Chamber of Commerce: “We feel that this matter should be amber of | increase | of the House, h settled along economic lines.” From the Moline, Iil., chamber: | GIFT TAX LEFT OUT OF REVENUE BILL Amendment to. Kill Entire Inheritance Section Is Thrown Out. By the Associated Press. The House refused today to place the gift tax in the revenue bill. Representative Frear, Republican Wisconsin, proposed continuance of the gift tax, created two years ago with rates equal to the inheritance levies, but his amendment was ve jected without a rccord vote. An amendment offered by Repre sentative Green, Democrat. Flo to kill the entire inheritance tax sec tion of the bill was thrown out on 2 point of order. Reductions In all cigar levies were acceantad wivhaut debate. An amendment proposing to cut the cigar taxes even further than provided hv this hill, affered By Renresentative Drane, Democrat, of Florida, was de feated, 47 to 89. Repeal of the 10 per cent admissior tax, proposed in an amendme b Representative Griffin, Demoers - Vork. was defeated, 106 to 42. The proposal by Representative McKeowr Democrat, Oklahoma, to exempt a missions of §1.50 & and to i crease the tax to ent al 0 p Auto Tax Up. The widespread reductions ir taxes provided by tne nue held the attentis g it neared th, h o ations on this measure Interest centercd in the passenger car levy which the b would reduce from 5 to 3 per cer with some members, supported by the American Automobila Association, d manding repeal of the tax. The bill provides for repeal of the taxes on automobiie trucks, tires an accesgories, and T of the measure, who have r seen all umendments varded off by overwhelm ing majoride:, were prepared to e mand that the reduced yassenger car levy be retained One of the most against the meaxure terday when amendments s its inheritance tax were mowed down after long sharp debate. The bill cuts the 1 mum inheritance rate from 40 to ° per cent and Incre per cent the or settiement of 1he amount paid on 1xes. During consideration of the inhe ance tax, repeal of which has been a by several ate tax clul Blanton. Democra would not supy of Texas club. hat Frank W. Mondell former an leader tax club: throughout the cou and now wa appearing 2s a “lobhyist.” Reductions xes also were up fo as were the proposed repeal of levies on jew elry, cameras, photographic films ‘and plates, firearms and munitons works of art, coinoperated devices smokers’ articles and mah-fong e revy Hou its the todz e automobi concerted arive: was defeated yes ing to rates Federal State tax theritance H demands charged Wyoming Sunday Dances Ilegal. HELENA. Mont., December 17 (® —Sunday dancing in Montana dance Palls was declared illeg the State Supreme Court vesterday. T opinion_affirmed a’ decision of the Silver_Bow County Distric Court in the against Ernest State law pre I heartily approve of the ac vour board as set forth in your letter of the 2d inst. * * * [ also believe that the citizens of the District of Columbia are entitled to the as stated at the head of your letter Battle Creek. Mich., chamber: “The information contained in your letter is, to sav the least, reassuring and we have the pleasure in telling you that we are in complete sympathy with the stand vou have taken.” The Buffalo Chamber of Commerce sent its own resolution in reply, which urges the use of substitu‘es and the non-intervention of the Government in the str'ke so that it may be settled along economic lines From the Springfield Chamber o merce There Is a feeling among the peo that this strike should continue it settled on a permanent = ple until basis.” Hartford Chamber Hartford, Conn.: “There is no disposition in this com- munity to force Government interfer- ence, nor is there any desire for set- lement upon other grounds than those that will make for lasting peace in the Penneylvania coal fields. Thos~ grounds, it is believed, should be nomic and devoid of political aspects. " Many other organizations have no- tified the local board they wi m take action and many cxpress their opinion that they will be favorable te the position of the President, the Fed eral Government and the local cham ber. is of Commerce. “By The Associated Press” “The firmest and which people can live is truth; the INNSBRUCK. Tyrol, Austria, Decem- ber 17.—The Italian Commissioner tor southern Tyrol has rescinded his order forbidding the sale of Christmas trees, which aroused so much opposition among the German residents of the territory. The southern Tyrol was awarded to Italy in the post-war settlement. News of the prohibition of Christmas trees in the former German territory provoked a storm of editorial fu; throughout Germany, many of the newspapers ecoring the Fasclst! for what they termed a “brutal violation™ of the cultural and religious rights of the Tyrolese people. or Harbors Woman Accused of Stealing youngsters. She brought them at the invitation of Mrs. Lord. 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