Evening Star Newspaper, December 19, 1925, Page 2

] * FARMI-LABOR PARTY FORMED IN DAKOTA Foundations of National Body Laid by Non-Partisan League Members. | | | | | i By the A BISM A third-party Dakota, in pre camp: ciated Proes | RCK, N. Dak.. December 19. | nent in North) the 1926 | ted here | status pro February third-party nd national plat- | Labor part lid nit to agricultu i other same ¢ terests o Is cor-| ree Commis Lo pre-war on the t the tuce of it of the between the Labor advo- ganization of FIGHT OVER COURT | ASSUMING STATURE E OF LEAGUE BATTLE Page) ag in | Mosul | said, | r nation nd the happen. he He safd Turke ion. This might the United State What I am saying we S L statuie ¥ that court may be infor ded, | the | renders | an ad-| ced | the | \ opinion. piniot s ent the e relutionship ¢ gue” Mr. Borah anged or moditied | ns ue members 1 it s to which 1 showing t the e court went on, the reservatic these its pensions, to call upe | followin, tions thus far o Walsh Rev Senator Walsh took excepti argument. Reviewing the controve some length. Mr. ended by saying “It is offered in excuse for this de-| talled referenc Affair that. among other ntations ning the court the questons referre won in editor pws Case. k-Mosul | Walsh | { who has charg I i Maj | clently under the temporary arrange | ment with Capt. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1925 PRESIDENT’S UNCLE A FIDDLER J. J. WILDER, Uncle of President ( lidge, aged fiddler of Plymoutn, Vt., laughs when asked about the fiddling ability of one “Mellie” Dunham and goes on to say, “I am sort o' going to scrape up a little on m old violin and then you can tell him Just how I play.” His neighbors call him the “Champion Fiddier of Vermont.” This photograph, made in the room where President Coolidge was born, shows Wilder with his fiddle. wh (Couyricht 1825, A ch is over 100 years 1d. Ne CITY HEADS DELAY FILLING GRANT’S POST Hesse Declares Present Adminis- tration Under Emerson Prov- ing Satisfactory. \ppointment of u succe Inspector Clifford L. ¢ ectives Lute of of the Police Depart Filling the the death of s this mornirn of the Public | -5 Commission. A report from twin B. Hesse, superintendent that the Detective Bureau functioning effectively and effi board sessic a wmeetin Ctilit I £ polic is Walter Emerson in aused the Comissioner to de ppointment of a perinanent the Detective Bu: With the Detective Bur under Capt charge ter the | | ] | son,” see 1o I be tal ison why ty n to fill Inspe Grant’s { placs stlon of | ot | | Uing Tom 1 or to Turke as never Leen asked to but judicial questions er attempted to do so, and i withority to enter any | Mhat s restricted is be- ric A unal | and yet be | other essly so Brital court with t has ne S not any it i question. ed a court thority ith t ur fron awers ¢ than | cloth its name that it has How Parties Must i Walsh poir statute of the 18 no jurisdi unless t \gree. out that un World Court the ion to proceed in | artics have there- | may determine | The court, con- teme widely er. 1t is invested should the United the protocol, to hale - of that tribunal. It wn volition or the court i no authority adhere efore the b “In this situation les the nswer 1o the suggestion th there to the ne will com come before the court ton. Tt will it tites consents to submit it se. It may even now k the court the United complete should the Monroe th for the United | . not other- g dealt with | if it is concelvable that ould agree to bring involving that of the court ¥ other ques. 1 will be in no ner affected by actlon that may be taken in re- spect to the resolution before us. Sees No Binding Agreement. 'rted, however, that the rine may e involved in a ntroversy submitted by two other nations. If so, those nations, being smbers of the league, may now sub. nit such u controversy to the court. The situation is not changed in the ist by our becoming subscribers to the protocol. But it is sald that in that event we should be morally bound 1o uphold the judgment of the court. 1 confess I find it impossible to under- stand what is meant by our belng morally bound when we have obligated ourselves in no to enforce the judgment of the court. If it should now take cognizance of a cause and render an opinion in which the Mon- roe doctrine came under review, we should be quite free to protest or take and other course that inight seem to us justifiable. and so we are equally free should we become subscribers to the protocol. “But, whatever perll we may be in should such a contingency arise, it is neither different nor greater than that to which we have been subject since we subscribed to the treaty creating the old Hague court, the Permanent Court of Awpitration, in 1899, 26 years 2go. Any éwo nations signatory to the treaty by which that court was created may submit to {t such & sup- positious controversy involving the Monroe doctrine. We were not alarm- ed in 1899 lest the Monroe doctrine should be shattered through a world court. Why should we now be timo- rous? The Monroe-doctrine argument is not an argument against the par- tlcular World Court under considera- tion, it Is an argument against any world court. ————— According to a recent estimate, no fewer than 7,000 different beauty prep- arations, for the skin, lips and hair, 2re now oD Sale in America. {ment CUT IN LIGHT RATE ; | FOR CITY ORDERED | ntinued from First ule. The r will be 7 ¢ te under this new schedule nts a kilowat hour for the | first 10 kilowat hours and 3 cents u | kilowat hour for electricity consumed | in excess of 10 kilowat hours i Th. reduction in commercial rates was the me as for the re dential consumers, from 7'z cents to| 7 cents a kilowatt hour for the first | 30 use monthly ‘of the con- d. In excess of that amount te will be 4 cent kilow: A cut of one-half & cent a kil watt hour, from 7Tls to 7 cent: made in the commercial C schedule This rate is for electricity used for publtc lighting and motors in upart- | buildings where no private | generating plants are installed. { Schedule D Adopted. A commercial schedule D, to re- place schedules A and D now in force, was adopted by the commis- on for commerelal use exclusivel This schedule provides a rate of 6 | cents per kilowat hour in place of | the former rate of 7% cents. It also | os the monthly minimum guar- | antee of $105 provided by schedule D and in other respects changes the form of such schedules as to gener- ally reduce rates for service. tle change w made in the edule 2 commercial rates except t u reduction was made in that step of the energy charges where the rate is now 2.2 per Kilowatt, this rate being reduced to 2 cents per kilowatt hour. The commercial G schedule for elec- tric service for industrial motors was reduced from 71; to 7 cents for the first 50 hours. The rate for electric service for heating and cooking pur- | poses under commercial schedule IT was reduced from 7% to 7 cents per kilowatt for the first 10 kilowatts and 3 cents per kilowatt hour in excess of that amount. To Increase Consumption. Utllities commission officials expect the new rates to Increase the consump- tion of electricity, which will lead to another reduction next year. The reduction was worked out in accordance with an automatic agree- ment_entered into between the Poto mac Electric Power Co. and the com- | mission a vear ago. The dgreement | was that the company should receive a return of 7% per cent on its physi- cal valuation of approximately $8 000,000, and that if the company earned morc than that return, half of the excess would be applied to a rate reduction and the other half kept by the company. ; -——— ITALIAN PRINCESS KILLED. Victim of Auto Crash—Husband Is Seriously Injured. MEXICO CITY, December 19 (#).— Princess Maria Victoria de Pignatelli of Italy was killed yesterday in an au- tomobile accident near Cuernavaca. Her husband, Prince Valerio de Pig- natelli, who is a descendant of Fer- nando Cortes, was seriously injured. The prince and princess recently arrived in Mexico from Italy for the purpose of taking over the historic Cortes palace at Cuernavaca. They were en route to the palace when their automobile skidded and turned turtle. The princess died while on the way to & hospital, B | hy | Walter | court . |the first $4,000 of FALL AND DOHENYS DENIED REHEARING| D. C. Court Refuses Appeal From Decision Reinstating Indictments. The District Court of lenjed the application all, former Secretary of rd L. Doheny, ofl Los Angeles, ward L. Dohen of the Gove; from the R. Mot u preme Court, quashir dictment in connection v of the Fik Hill Oil Res lifor he Court of Appeals ction of the lower snd reinstated the Indictment. Attorneys Frank J. Hogan for the Dohenys and Henry Wise of New York for Fall filed the motion for a re-hearing in which they asked the a] Appeals toda of Albert F Interior agnate of ¥ ppellate court to modify its opinion t_an affrm of McCoy's ction. While coun for de- fense may ask the United States Su preme Court to review the decision { the Court of Appeals, It Is gener © considered that their course will » let the mandate come down to he District Supreme Court, rei at ing the indictment, and then early in new year file a_demurrer attack the validity of the indictment which they may adse obje tions not betore the Court of Appex at_the recent hearing. No reason for the refusal of the motion for the rehearing was assign- ed by the Court of Appeals. The mo- tion was returned to the clerk, in- dorsed with the one word “denied. SENATE WILL ACT SOON ON TAX BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Page.) and dir the the ing un. «Wontinued from First ago—publicity of income tax returns and the gift tax It reliev: 500,000 persons of in- come taxes altogether by increasing to $3,500 for married persons. The normal income rates are cut, by the bill, from 2 to 113 per cent on able income: from 4 to 3 per cent on the next $4.000 and from 6 to 5 per cent on the remainder of income. The maximum income surtax and inheritance tax rates are cut from 40 per cent to 20 per cent, with cor- responding reductions in the lower brackets, and the 25 per cent credit for “earned income” may be claimed up to $20,000 of income instead of $10,- 000, while 80 instead of 25 per cent redit is allowed in settlement of the Federal inheritance tax for the amounts paid on simi State levies. No change is made in the corpora- tion or capital stock taxes, but: reduc- tions are made in the levies on clgars, alcohol, automobile passenger cars and admissions, with most of the remain- ing excise and occupational levies eliminated. Most of these new rates would take effect upon enactment of the measure, and others 30 days later. Administrative provisions are re- vised and the salaries of members of the Board of Tax Appeals are in- creased from $7,500 to $10,000. The bill also provides for creation of a_commission, consisting of members of the Senate and House and others to be named by the President, to in- vestigate the Internal Revenue Bu- reau with a view to working out o program for simplifying the law and correcting any existing evils. DR. KERBY CONFIRMED ON CHARITIES BOARD Nominations of Commissioner and Judge Still Pending in Senate. Reappointment of Rev. William J. Kerby for another term as a member of the Board of Charities of the Dis- trict was confirmed by the Senate in executive session just before adjourn- ment yesterday. Two other local nominations—Com- missioner Frederick A. Fenning and Judge Mary O'Toole of Municipal Court—are still pending, but may be acted on before the Christmas recess starts. It became practically certain yes- terday that the subcommittee named to consider the nomination of Com- missioner Fenning will make a favor- able report to the Senate. The sub- committee found it unnecessary to hold hearings and is ready to report. ] LEADERS SHAPING DISARMING POLICY Ketlogg Consults With Borah and Porter Respecting U. S. Attitude on Note. While their extent is unknown, con- i ferences already taking place be- tween administrution leade n- ling the probability American pa ation in the preparatory disens of disarmament at Genevi. At W p HL " vas said vester that the invitation of the Couneil ARG Nations for Amer presentation the commis sion was still i Lon re, at the S and in the Senate he only statement o8 to the nature of that consideration however, that the President pur posed to dispose of the question in ac- luid down n affairs s cotice as to participation {n F in his annual messaxe. Kellogg Starts Conferences. invitation informally with Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho. and Repre- sentative Porter, Republican, Fenn- sylvania, chairman of the Senate and House committee dealing with fo efgn affalrs and relations, who called together at the State Department The talk is said to have produced u suggestion that it would not be ne - sary to awalit congressional authority to appoint Minister Hugh Gibson wt Berne to represent the United St in the preparatory commission p ceedings, although it would strable to go to Congress hefore decisfon was reached to join any plenary conference on armaments which might follow. Some congres- sional leaders are described as shar- ing this vie though the attitude of the two chairmen is not known In the meantime there were signs that the wide differenc of view in foreign capitals as to the scope conference is attracting officlal atten tion here. Press cables have reflected this difference, particularly those from Geneva, where M. Paul-Boncour has outlined frankly the French att} tude as to necessity of consideration of land, sea and alr aspects of the whole disarmament matter at 1e time. Will Delay al Decision } It appears possible the final decision to the Washington policy will vwait word from American diplomats ationed at the various capitals as to attitude of each government, or. ast, until the full scope the preparatory commission’s work and composition is known. The latter in tion Is on its way by mall from and 1s not expected unt!l next xamination of the President’s | message shows that it left »pen 1o American participation in an | effort in” Furope to limit land arma- |.ments, although that question was de- |'scribed us “pecultarly Furopean in its | practical aspects When the mes- sage was delivered, however, the Geneva discussions had not developed and the President made it plain t he did not anticipate that both n ind land armaments would be dealt with in the projected conference Army Reduction First, President sald the would look “with The States United pecultar do to reduce its military forces. “This,” he added. “is in accordance with our policy of not intervening un- less European powers are unable to agree and make request for our as |sistance. * * ¢ It seems clear that {1t is the reduction of armies rather thun of navies that is of first'im time. 1f that can be settled we may easily consider further reduc tion and limitation of naval arma ments.”’ The President emphasized the will ingness of the United States “to call conference,” but added: er congressional sanction would seem to be wise to particip: in any conference of the great pow ers for naval limitation of armament proposed upon such conditions that it_would hold falr promise of being effective.” No Call Issued. It is this statement of policy by :th‘h the administration’s attitude to- ward the Geneva invitation, which it may have Inspired, is to be measured. In that connection, it is pointed out that the invitation itself is only to sit on the Preparatory and that no call has vef been issued by the league for a general plenary confer- ence or is to be expected until the commisston has worked out an agenda that, to use the language of the President’s message. may “hold a falr promise of being effective.” The com. mission has no function except dis- cussion in a round-able effort to find a basis for subsequent disarmament negotiations, and that fact is under- stood to have caught offictal attention here. 1t is hardly to be doubted that the Washington Government would pre- fer to deal separately with naval arma- ments, and to expand and complete the work of the original Washington naval conference. At the same time it is anxious to extend every possible en- couragement and assitance to FEu- rope’s effort to colve land and air armament. problems, and it is un- questionable that the trend of official thought at the moment is toward par- ticipation in the preliminary commis- sion work to that end regardless whether it would be possible to join in a_ subsequent world conference of all phases of disarmament. DENY DEMOTING CLERK FOR MISSPELLING NAME Col. MacNider and Gen. Davis Had No Enowledge of Reduction in Bonus Division. Neither Col. MacNider, Assistant Secretary of War, nor Gen. Davis, the Adjutant General of the Army, had any knowledge of the reported demotion of a supervisor in the Bonus Division until they read the story pub- lished this morning. An_investigation showed that Col. MacNider's application for the bonus was certified to the Veterans' Bureau in December, 1924, under his correct name, properly spelled. On a recheck of the bonus retords in the Adjutant General's office in December, 1925, an employe erroneously notified the Vet- erans’ Bureau that the certificate un- der the name “MacNider” should be spelled “McNider.” The error was dis- covered and no action was taken. At the War Department it is de- clared that no employe of the Adiu- tant General's office was reduced be- cause of the incident. Prior to that occurrence, however, there had been a reorganization of the Bonus Di- vision, due to decreasing work, and in such reorganization a number of the supervising clerks were reduced in classification, but that reduction had no relation to the subsequent fn- cident of the spelling of the name of Col. MacNide: Alberta Plowing Starts. LETHBRIDGE, Alberta, December 19 (P).—It's so warm here that farm- ers have started on next year's 8pring plowing, Secretary Kellogg has taken up the| f the | the | the door | the point reached in the invitation, | gratitude” on anything Europe might | portance to the world at the present | | i One evidence of pro POLICE CAR DITCHED BY RUM RUNNERS 'ment officers who got the worst of i i PRESENTD. C. RULE - SATISFIES COOLIDGE ! - President Openminded, But Advises Extreme Caution in Any Change. P'resident Coolldge believes there hould be no change in the present m of government for the District | of Columbla. In his opinion the pres | ent government Is proving satisfao | tory, and should suffice, and he would question the wisdon of making any drastle change. The President +ho are proposir ntirated that those he loca. d m no nbuses because of the present gover i he, t fore, i3 t at it would be erations s of the Board of E et elected Instead 1S 4 now the case, the admitted, » that he does nor know enough about the local sche it would be { board e lopen mind in | as he s:ated what could | school system {to have the I | the very best co. | standards. | the Dis | pointed, t after a chase early today. Replies to Que-tion. UM AUTO WRECKS POLICE CAR: 3 HURT Suspected Driver Makes Spectacular Escape .in Dash From Garage. i | archlight rum nd roc Flashing on posed two ng the morning the + pursu most vivi 1 the aff. over by one juring three policemen, and ing affray took « g | D wher | reinfore from fourth precinct, found one of the leged rum cars. Two men are under arrest for { stigation. Harry 23 ye: old, rittende 1 Russell Murray Maryland ar convoy speeding S d early jurlingame rted f the Dur was bowled » pursued cars, in | | | ana polic st tha of ir ge at police, the place at treet southwest detectives ars old, southwe pects and held for investigation levit, according t ling a bootlegger and talked freely | liquor transactions in which he and Mu; were inve rum-carrying car which escaped 242 g of corn whis to spread Christmas ches shington b Turn on Searchlight. police, & of one > gallons r Pennsylvania and Ala- . avenues southeast about 2:30 Capt. Burlingame and members iquor squad saw two cars, one vily laden, speeding along the hd road, showing only one front ch. A% they turned a search the cars turned and started Maryland e light « back toward With ¥ car _escaped pursuing the 1 it to Red's C and lice in Purs: the darkness, police fol. where 1t t Silver Hill, the | occupan gainst the police car, forc the road The three injured occupants of the overturned car were taken to u alty Hosp for treatment by othe officers. A tew 0. Rouse and C. fourth precinct, investig. ious moves at the D street found one of the alleged rnm ¢ the second floor. When they attempt ed to seize the car, the driver jumped $nto the vehicle and tri against the wall. Quickly the car spead down an ou into the street at « terrific speed, narrowly missing Sergt. Bobo and De- tective Howard Ogle of the fourth precinct, who had rushed to the gar- ag from the station. Shots were fired at the car, already damaged, but it did not stop. Treated at Hospital. Leo Murray, 41 years old, of 1401 Prinidad avenue northeast, attached to the eleventh precinct, was treated at Casualty Hospital for a broken arm and cuts and bruises about the body. John P. White of the seventh precinct, of 930 Emerson street, and Edward M. Brown, 28 years, of the fourteenth precinct, were shocked and bruised All were in the car overturned, which was almost destroyed. The rum car was reported seen at Florida and Georgia avenues about 5 o'clock this morning. Police broadcast a message describing the car and nam- ing the supposed driver, a man they know to be identified with bootleggers. Udelevit told police, they sald, that the heavily laden car carried liquor from a plant that was destroyed in southern Maryland yesterday by Rev- enue Agent Wheeler. One in doubled back 1 r an C. ng of the minutes later Polic E. Spauldi DRY CHIEFS INDICTED, WITH 18 OTHERS, IN WINE AND BEER PLOT (Continued from First Page.) of 30,000 gallons of whisky from the distillery in August, 1923. The liquor was purchased by George Remus, wealthy Cincinnati bootlegger, and as. soclates, Remus asserting that through the influence of several politicians the ring had obtained protection from the international revenue office. Indict- ments were returned In Xt. Louis the following month, but trials did not ma- terialize. Seizure of whisky here in 1923, identified as part of the St. Louis stock en route to Cincinnati, led to indictments against 37 persons, includ- ing Mrs. Imogene Remus, estranged wife of the Cincinnatian. Charges against her were dropped, however, when Remus took the stand. Remus, upon his return to Cincin- nati last night, telephoned for a police !guard, saying he was in fear of his life. Patrolmen on the beat watched the Remus premises through the night. g Sl P 650,000 Unemployed Public Charge BERLIN, December 19 (#).—More than 650,000 unemployed persons in Germany are receiving public relief. An announcement issued yesterday shows that those unemployed and receiving public relief have increased from 473,- 000 on November 16 to 664,000 at the present time, sup-| this | shoot- | Ude- | iitted be- | suspic- | Gold Nugget Gems | Worn by Stevedore Back From Alaska ! | Assoctated Press H BOSTON, December 19.—Patrick Quirk, former stevedore on the Boston docks, has returned from Alaska wearing a chain of gold nuggets worth $7,000 across his wide vest. More nuggets he wears , cuff links and stickpins, and has plenty of gold in his pock ets beside. | Playing the role of Santa Claus, he distributed some of his wealth to children of the West End and to old_friends. He up his Job on the docks | here 17 ve 10 to bunt fortune in the North. Three years ago he ‘struck 1t ric Now he is golnz | back to Irela from wh came 2 mothe 1 By th | as ri 'DR. PEDRO GONZALEZ, " FORMER ENVOY, DIES| + | Was Nicaraguan Minister to U. S. | Up to Time of Recent ] Revolution. th ' Dr. Pedro ( raguan ministe died here poisoning Dr. former the United States today of nic o early s ol r n xl.»l‘ ez, who was 6 1d been u sufferer d heart trouble, and poisoning inrecently | ot muster enough strengtt | off its effects. In diplomatic affairs of | Dr. Gonzalez was recogni IAP wder of the Liberal party. After th recent Chamorro revolution in Nica Ir which threw his party out of ! ership in « lition 1 Dr. Gonzalez resigned his post | er to this country. 11 he could to throw | set ry ed ment < mi He | was_attended at the end by jold physician, Dr. Jua | president | N shington on Ia & Nicur n il,n |ONE COURSE HELD | OPEN TO MITCHELL | TO ESCAPE PENALTY friend and | it recommended charge from the serv slon it reached, the way was paved for other agencies to put the finishing touches on it and thereby relieve the jury of generals from any reflection that 1t was not severe enough in handing down punishment after the finding of guilt. There are many other Army law authorities who de-'re the findings of the court are lex ¥ in every detall. At the White House it was made clear that no comment on the court’s findings could be expected until after the President had finally passed or the case. That it would reach him for action early in the new year, after the review board had concluded its examination of the papers and transmitted them to the Secretary of War, was indicated as reasonably cer- tam in other quarters. The normal procedure for transmitting courts-mar- tial findings through the various chan. nels requires about two months, but every indication at the War Depart ment today pointed to expedition of the Mitchell case. Capitol Is Stirred. Further reaction to the court’s deci- sion was expected from the Capitol, where supporters of Col. Mitchell are numerous. Yesterday afternoon an other resolution dealing with the case was offered by Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas. Mr. Blanton's resolution not only called for restora- | tion of Col. Mitchell to the rank of , brigadier general, he held as assistant chief of the Air Service, but would authorize his appointment as chief of the service. It also would place Mrj | Gen. Dennis E. Nolan, deputy chief o staff, and Brig. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, assistant chief of staff, under suspen. | sion from the Army for five yearr | cach, and would require two members | of the court, Maj. Gen. William 8. Graves and Brig. Gen.' Edward L. King, to forfeit half-pay and allow- ances for five years. Once Mechanic, Now President. YONKERS, N. Y., December 19 (P). —William Hetherington, who 38 years ago started work in a factory as a mechanic, 1S now at 66 president of one of the largest carpet companies in the world. Guesses at his salary range as high as $150,000 a year. Bond Issue Loses by 8 Votes. Specia’ Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSVILLE, Va., December 12.—The- $150,000 bond issue election held here recently was lost by a mar- gin of eight votes, according to the report of the board of canvassers. ‘Two-thirds _of the freehold vote is requisite. The proposed loan was for water and schools, | Snell | give .|and scting under its | settlements | by the House ways and means com- | and I These | dent, th regarding the the propos |local self-governnn during his biwes newspaper White House Th a8 to xpressi JONT COMMITTEE ONSHOMLS URGED - - i suffrage and local House Rules Body Favors Ac- | scho voard e’ . {an Interesting incident tion to Handle Power Rl e cert. Associated Pre The House decided in congressional of him whether rules « vor ¢ e ernment’s ttoh ties The committec pr i he Democt: 3 resolution designed to carr: purpose and to ution to the committes 4 tor consi The proposed joint co he empowered to led in disposing perties and report April Sees Many Difticulties. Although the ennessee, lea government sestion that he »ut the 1 He er, fes resuiting mitted to local having the t their own o has 1 Of course, he i self governmen people of t But has nough ought the 1 flicers he ntion what Di s back N m pinion that ibout to h sion > in the plight of t ant in one of the is country in questio jdent pointed out, has | whatever over the loc | never certain whett have proper police protection. Th foreign capital, he dded, is in th: city as matter of sufferance, but th United States Government could mit to anything of that kind HOUSE BODY DELAYS |“etsug o o e DEBT PACT ACTION President is of the opinion that th {latter must have absolute author | to properly protect itself. It shoul: | have something at least bordering « absolute authority over the local po lice, and in order to have this contr it must have gener: ithority the government of loc | question. not | 1d indepenc Jun have the constit clear title to the properties. the plan adopted by the com- believed that Congress will complete report the uation by a body appointed uthority. Unde is going 1 mittee it be give whole Ways and Means Committee Post- pones Matter Pending Hear- ing Until January 4. Is Federal City. | Moreover, the President looks { Washington as a Federal city, apart especially for the carrying on « the business of the United States Goy |ernment. In his opinion, Pennsy | nia, Oregon, Texas and all States : no less interested in the local Gove ment than are Maryland and Virgi and the people who live in the Di By the Associated Press the war debt funding negotiated during the including those with Italy Belgium, was postponed today Action on Summer, and mittee, pending a hearing. The committee, which must approve the agreements before they are sub- mitted to the House, called upon Sec- retary Mellon to ubmit certain dat: then recessed until nuary S| proper form of government ! when Mr. Mellon and some other |81 the morc complicated, the Pr members of the debt commission will | 4Nt believes. Therefore, unless the Mo It a. appear very seriou abuses of som While this step was an unusual |%ind or another, he would be inclined une, members insisted it was not in. |0 lét the present method of goverr dicative of any opposition t R s a cne s g Uicanve PP 0 the et | cyusion the President recalled that lo In the Senate also the settlements |3l Sovernment was tried in the Dis have encountered an indefinite delay. | Sieyrang it tos fon tae triorne AR e WILL GIVE 100 COATS. | Saks Store to Distribute Clothing To Needy Boys. 1se of this peculiar situatior tionship is made all the more dificult and the g ion a to . Forestry Bill Introduced. A comprehensive conservation is pro troduced yesterday by Senator Cap per of Kansas. The main features of the bill are that it would bring abo extension of national forests, provide for the raising of revenue from for est products, authorize Govern control over forest lands to insure new growth of timber, and it also deals vith plans for lessening forest firs hazard. system of fore ided in a bill in The customary Christmas donation by Saks & Co. of 100 overcoats to needy boys of the city will take place at the store at 10 o'clock Christmas morning. This will be the fortieth vear in which the Christmas distribu- tlon of overcoats has been made by the company. “Monte Carlo” A Brilliant New Novel By E. Phillips Oppenheim Begins in Monday’s Star - Here is the sort of story every one likes to read. A cleverly fashioned plot tells of the ad- ventures of a lovely English girl, who, by a stroke of good fortune, gets the opportunity to spend a two months’ vacation at Monte Carlo. This is First Publication of the Story Beginning in Monday’s Star