Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1925, Page 1

WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION N : ‘}\ EATHER. “From Press to Home (U. 8 eather Bureau Forecast.) . . . Rain today, falv tonight; tomorrow Within the Hour rajn, colder tomorrow night The Star is delivered every evening and |‘.u.,..-.‘.mm«. Il\fihv b :«: 4 pm Sunday morning to Washington homes at yesterday: lowea, 24, at 6 und 8 am . 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 *“Fall Report on Page * and service will start immediately, -/ _ No. 1083—No. 29818, B won.gem v WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1925.—120 PAGES. * O Means Assoclated Pr FIVE CENTS. PRESIDENT FINDS ;(;AII;IJI:]AB]\{J??I;?(?III:?QE?)}({ ivipe~ce LIGHT RATES CUT; g ——| PROSPERITY BEAWS LEAGUE PARLEY BID stouse mockes wiah vugher av e sareasm as e LOWER BUS FARE | BN & ON ENTIRE NATION KNOTTY PROBLEM ™ Sivter Wt oot s0om |~ CASE IS TACKLED. . I AT CHRISTMAS TIDE | With sarcastic comment reviewing | particularly against rd 0. Birg Opposition o Acceptance | i, i e oMeial record of how | (G0 Neer HHoter where v anivan | Utilities Body Reduces Cur- ) £ 5 Capital’s Golden Year But than $1.000 trving to trap two. em.| NIMSIL now resides) under the name 3 Manifest—Congress Assent the fashionable Mayflower | Of, Representative Theodore 13 Bur-| rent Cost to Lowest Level N W Lo Reflection of Country. - ton of Ohio (while Mr. Burton was in !otel for prohibition violations, Who | Geneva on important Government Likely to Be Asked. were acquitted in the Criminal Court | business), for 4 month masqueraded in City’s History. W v Survey Shows. last week, Representative James A.|[as wealthy clubman, entertaining ! - v Hlivan, Democrat, of Massachusetts, | Javishly with the taxpa money. POWER OF COOLIDGE | the ear iurtofmer fn & comam. | @uating from theoticlal estinony bl | @A DIy TRANSIT FACES & . | , FAITH IN ADMINISTRATION symposium on . the| e of the items In the expense ac TO ACT UNQUESTIONED |ty " theme tn the House yes-f count. TOKEN PRICE DECREASE ¥ | I IS OUTSTANDING FACTOR 3 “Entertained a lady for appear- AMr. Gallivan is a member of the|ance,” and her dinner cost $7.20. = subcommittee which drafted the| “Tip of $20 to the maitre d’hotel,” 2 i . Entrance of Russia Adds Compli- | Treasury-Post Office x.m,,.,,,,.‘anuns’ which Mr. Gallivan said was a “lie,” | Three for 25 Cents Instead of Five \ S Increase in Sales But Not in bill in which Congress is asked to|and the money was never paid. B o # cation—Col. House Confers appropriate $250,000 for the next fiscal| Item of $10.11 for printed invita for 45 Believed Due by : l 3 Money Receipts Reported by “actions such as I have de- | tions for a party to 13 guests, with an 3 £ A With Chief Executive. scribed.” said Mr. Gallivan, referring | €laborate menu, at which six bottles First of Year. i Local Merchants. to what he called the attempt to man-|©f Old Smuggler whisky and other e ; [ufacture or buy or procure e dence. | liquors were consumed, also some 70- 4 3 g c t t r GOULD LINCOLN. Bt e e | Blectric power rates having been Bringing to a close the most pros Ciration vesterday hucke | tYpe to solicit others to violite the| Mr. Gallivan also pald his respects | “ut to the lowest level in the history & perous vear in all its history, Wask ation of the in-| 1aW.” he added. in Turid language to Wayne B. Whee. | of the District, the Public Utilities $ B Ty {ington business is in the midst of = this conntry by He directed his scathing oratory (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) Commission now has turned its atten. N Christmas trade never before equaled Leasgt of Nations — tion to bus far confident that it will - in volume of sales and comparable i1 " {he preparation of | | . | be in a position to order a reduction value only to the record breaking R { on the lines of the Washington Rapid Yuletide boom of last yvear, an impar Chphes % the | | "ransit Co. with the birth of the New | R = AL tial survey of the National Capital's knotty problem. y | i | . leading mercantile houses has shown Slaics as Intwelldivec A preliminary examination of the In all lines there has been sure and Rl S | accounts of the bus company, the con steady progress, and statistics gath- o | trolling interest in which was ac ered from all over the country by id any movem . ! | quired last week by the North Amerl Government bureaus and business 1 peace. | i i he same time, it i just as wellf can Co. of New York, has revealed > LIMIT HERE urgan'iz‘ayuons show that the pros- Siseq hat Ahe Trnited)States sl oo ! 1o the commission’s experts, it is said, | perity Washington Is now enjoying is : e e witican arrange.| Miners and Operators Invit-|May Refuse to Testify at| it on s phvscal saluation. s ASKS ABEUUN“NG 'SANTA TO BRING BIGGEST LOAD [ torierce o revtorea pence- i ! from five tokens for 43 cents to three { 2 . = b tokens for 25 cents, without embar- —_— H Faith i K sretelyltie ceptance in Doubt. Quits City. E e ; T e 1-..4..‘1.".. "f:':"",‘:.?x s i g sk g i Hand of Charity Has Gone Deep Into Pockets in|vanced to expain this period of plen frence abroad at which security | PHILADELPHIA, December 19— statements, for which he was tried,| The commission hux scheduled o | Sl e that it has earned more than a fair but the reflection of an era of na- t Europe, and jtime stability. America, it is pre- wents of the nations of Furope, and - : figure that the bus fara can be cut | dicted, is on the threshold of its most L it conection with such | ed to Meet Tomorrow—Ac- | Hearing Tomorrow—nReid TO HAPPIER WORLD THIS YEAR i< ison security pacts as these nations may | e Jeeitieline s is e, i r likely | ; = ty, those who have given the subjec: lted States should it take part in a| 550 . ol. William Mitchell's San Antonio Clayton Files Complaint. | Prosperous America and Peace and Good Will most serious and impartial study are » ? 1 unanimous in declaring that the out e oo The anthracite strike, with 158,000 |convicted and sentenced Army | public hearing fo ber 3 = % : e e S i e an Army | public hearing for December 30 on the < sta acto almost ast e o hen o imitation of arma. | men and boys idle nearly four months, | general court-martial, will come un.| petition of William Mokt Clsion. | McCarl to Determine If U. S. Are Blooming Abroad. [FapooEeracionls thetalmioat saton % < & “ . i . of the whole Nation—from the laborer i encouraging sign that the long suspen-| row when the alrman ls called | ©f the Federation of Citizens' Associa- he labor torial quarters last mlBnt L e mew ear | batore. thn Srearamman o called | 3oL o e Teduction in 1ho fareeon| Has Claim to Any of o . secnics press top hat and putent leather putaps of |10 the fina: “the comm It is pretty wel® established from | . a DEe 2 2 ra “0.'s . 4 > yrosperity in jaunty style. The situa se Governme: rothe O 2 - wectnity treaties must| Miners and operators have received | quiry and given an opportunity to e v",f:"‘,”.,.i.’.}'»‘,,"i',‘m' g m“qm;kn(\i-],rn» $600,000 Refund Santa Claus is chuckiing with old- | Prosperity In Jannty style. The situs = Coran the Coolidge ' ',10 _similar in ma respects to| AN invitation from mayors and bur-|explain those portions referring to the | that the company is earning too high | * : |time mirth as he prepares for his |jmproved. France still is bothered | .g,ge 2 ’(‘f e : the Locarno treaties, guaranteeing the | Be35es of the hard coal flelds to meet | cause of the dirigible's crash a return i | vearly vistt to the chimneys of the |with its franc, which performs like a |, Sofe “nd sane” Is the way leading ther nations—-nefore they |11 Scranton on Monday and resume ne-| The session will be the fourth since| The reduction in electric rates from| G al McCarl has |world, because reports to him have |circus clown. England yet the L SeTusn aens explam theirinew B itation of armaments. | Sotiations where they were broken off | the court was created shortly after| 7% to 7 cents per kilowatt hour for| Controller General X et | e e el b the Les: |unemployment problem on its hands; | Prosperity. It holds none of the spec ¥ i N gl tor s ey ree to|last August, but the prospect tonight|the airship wreck on the morning of | "0th residential and certain types of | launched an inquiry to determin: Epindicated ithaty e " |other foreign countries have their all- | tacular suddenness of temporary in O tatives to the confer.|of any concrete result, if they meet, Eer fermter) 3 aral GOl el commercial consumers, ordered yes.|any of the $500,000 agreed in a Texas | Christmas since the Great War . But with the signing of the | flation, they d and to 4 man mendiy e et v decline. or | was not bright. : ¢ bt $0S APl terday by the commission, will be | court hy the American Road Co. to| Old Nick apparently has not been carno treaty there came an air of Yy are mal ns for even ence in G £ St 8 5 pearance tomorrow will be his sec-| computed on all bills rendered Janu. 2 ss hizhway profits” and due | uffected by the controversy on the |seacefulness that overshadows them may decide to send “observers.”| John L. Lewis, president of the|g q & - be “excess hizh I | s tever it does, it is expected | St i ioday o heanvi) onn he first time, on October 7, he | ary 1 and thereafter. back to the State of Texas belongs to | relative merits of the airship. The |and holds out encouragement to the L e asliealn 5| ToineLE, TeNponIsd SOCAVE OIS refused to make a statement and| Two entirely separate schedules for| " & Haki statament trom Tapiand trans. | X uletideispivit o kter o iaKing parc |tation by notifying Mayor £ %ho|there were indications last night | furnishing electric current were cre.| the United Staten = A |latest statement (rom Lapiand, trans | Vi 8 g " ocession of dances and : The ronference. unless, indeed, the | Durkan of Scranton, chairman of thel, ;o hig friends he would adopt the | 3ted by the commission in fixing the| At the sa Capt. P. St. J. Wilson, | would hold to tradition and use his | PArties. holiday festivities and society | through Jc W. O'Leary, president \inistration should deem it wise | Chief executives' committee, that thel ;o o) ce again. The airman, on | M®W rates. One is for dwellin nd | last night that Car S @ 2 fairs already is under w foods | of the United States Chamber of Com a - st of the Bureau of Public | yeindeer and sleigh for his annual : ; o i »art in the conference. | union leaders would resume negotia- e apartments called “residential” and | cheif engineer of the rich in content and soaked with | merce, reports reaching the Depart e P eulidze vesterday con-|tions only on the basis of considering - g “""""f{',‘"h"_"";{‘r' e '("‘f"“‘: the other for service to commercial |@oads, has just returned from an in- | voyage around the zlobe. Christmas lore are being preparsd for | ment of Labor ang tooabec iy Dorort with Col. E. M. House, unoffi- |Gov. Pinchot's plan for settlement. |55 SCOmnediet W ftepresents joq | Buildings, factories, hotels, etc., called | vestigation ‘of the road situation In| The slefgh will carry its greatest |the traditional Christmas dinner; the | organizations, adviser of the Wilson adminis {This plan was recently accepted by the |/ #70 & PO B TRRO® Who terved | “commercial) A new rate schedule | poxas and is compiling @ comprehen- | hupden, because of an indicated in. | call of home is heard around the| In one respect the Christmas busi ion_on_foreign affairs, and alse{miners asa “basis for settlement,” and | 33 <ONNSel Of (hat vcasion and luter described as “residential K" also was| g o' eport on the resuits of his trib. | crease in the baby population almost | Werld and for many the trek has | ness in Washington prese most Wit ‘Semator Underwood of |1tte it e o impractl. | became his chief defender before the | established to be used for separately 5% TePort on the resits O U5 (U0 | crease n the habs nopulation almost | (11, | unusual situation among Democratic member of the | To1¢ i S Army court-martial. | metered electric service furnished for| 4 R he contants Gt His Ui | e e G o Eobtls. e om fireside to community hearth | seven or eight of the sk lesdimg herican, delegation to the Washing. | cable. {heating, cooking, battery charging, | not reveal the e al y. he call of Christmas is evidenced in | mercantile houses oh A e Jimitation of arma.| The operators have not vet made a May Appear Alone. | SiBctriohmotars oic. finished report, he declared it Mis|started “hitching up” well in advance | un unparalleled effort to carry the | number of saies \nis venr are toe A0% mnents. While neither Col. House nor | formal reply to Mayor Durkan. Tl‘_‘?" At tomorrow's session it is doubtful | Replaces Old Schedule. | opinion that there were no WOCOMS jof former years spirit to others not so fortunate. Up- | above those of any previous vear. One Senator Underwood would ~discuss | will hold a Sunday morning meeting |;¢'ine oficer will be accompanied by a| It repl = i1 | funds involved in the “recovery ba He will find America wearing the | (Continued on Page 3, Column store has carefully checked this phase Cinversations with the President, | either in Wilkes-Barre or Scranton to b replaces the retail power sched.| funds invelved i fF CRCFSE o ns. e ) 1as e he. Invitation of |consider their answar. Mayor Daniel |legal adviser. Mr. Reld left the city lule B and the heating and cooking | {rom the - 4 inds that it is delivering better is understoo 4 = # ~hic: = x = el 3 ;. than 1,000 packages daily more than ehtue of Nations Council figured | L. Hart of Wilkes-Barre, a member of | yesterday afternoon for Chicago, and | rate of schedule I for electric service McCarl Enters Case. | 2000 vackages daily more tha o o the chief executives’ committee, said [ Col. Herbert A. White, military coun. | furnished to residences, and Maj. W. e At it dia last year. Similar conditions dntheficanterence: |today that Charles F. Huber of the|sel in the courtmarital, is not au-|E: R. Covell, Assistant Engineer Com: Controller General McCarl in a { | xist among the others Kellogg Meets Borah. | operators’ wage negotiating commit- | thorized to extend his legal assistance | missioner assigned to public utilities | ter to the Attorney General of Te: | o Prices Lower. ; Kellogg talked | tee, informed him the employers would | beyond the scope of the recent court | Work. suggested last night that small said, in view of the co-operative con-| Vet hthus) el . cretary of State Kelloms o e not negotiate on the basis of the|of generals. Col. Mitchell was at his | residential consumers now paving the | struction of public roads, it seems “de- ., thus far nome of them ver with Senator Borah, chairman of { 10t hegotlate o eatate; mear MARIENGYE, WAL dase|Tarés in old)schieRulas SISBE ATent ol e O e chomalhe rendsred ! | taken in more monev than they did L e Pt B saTate iR e night 'and was understood to be de.|Saving by transferring to the new to the United States an immediate r last Christmas. The fact that receipt | kit et e g ot 3 Sy termining personally what action he | schedule K. port and account of transactions in- i 2 0liday season of 1 apitol to tz che Senato | | WY ater. neither Secretary Kel-| Trom another authoritative source|would take tomorrow. The cowrt| The reduction will benefit more than | volved which have resulted in the re- broke all previous records in Was {ma .a r Secreta iextion x¥ediIn sena- |enters Christmas week without any |der official Navy cognizance tomor.| chairman of the utilities committea RS elr | ist but completely abiding fai . | 5 o = 500,000, as stated, ington does not furnish an explana- 3 L Juld disclose | it was learned that the operators will [ will meet at 10 o’clock in the ordnance | 80.000 electric consumers, 9 of | covering back of $600,000, as stated, | = i ¥Eouat : 15 :KKG"“””H““SE“":#”"('::\“l':“j("“ disclose | | aintain their position of being willing | room of the Bullding. whom are in the residential clas |so that there may be determined tion. Although most of the merchanta o details conversatio | = S 5 e < nited States all T . Fa | o : said they could not give a definite 3 3 irginia, rank- | L0 resume negotiations if production is| Maj. Henry Leonard, U. 5. M. C,, re-| lotal minimum saving to these con.| and returned to the United States all| 0ommission Finds Jumblin _|said they co give a t e ST o o for. | started at once; that they will not be | tired, judge advecate of the court, said | sumers will amount 10 $352.164.15, pro. | of its moneys involved. ) g }Admlnlstra’uon Backs Meas | sepianation o early, iney velleve i g 0 . _|antagonistic to Monday’s proposed |last night only two other witnes: vided, of course, that the consump-; The controller general also has . 3 due: 2 prices of many lines pEcnne T e inistration | meeting 1€ the doors are left open for | would be heard in addition to-Col.|ton of electricily the ‘coming vear |writien 1o the Denartment of Agrieui-| 0f Management of Agencies | ures to Aid Co-Opera- |of merchundise, and chev predice hatically Uj“~) B eitation of the |the discussion of any plan. Mitchell—C. P. Burgess and Starr|equals that of the closing calendar ! ture for information on any investiga. % i the percentage of profits will equa Bhould accept the i W arms confer.| . The Pinchot plan of settlement pro-| Trescott—who participated in the de.|Year. Utilities commission experts, |iions which the department may have | Here in RepOl’t tive Sellin those of last year. L«flm to the proposed arm | vides that the men return to Work|gign of the Shenandoah. These ex-{however, believe that the low rate in | made into the matter. 5 | = g. For the entire vear, however, s A nited States for the last six | &t the old wage scale, and that a board | perts have testified previously and are | the new ‘schedule K for cooking, heat-| In writing the Secretary of | and finances alike ‘have increased The United States for the 1ast 811 of investigation and award determine | heing recalled for «dditional technical | ing, etc., fixed at 7 cents per kilowatt | ture, the controller general r | | Taterlally over those of any previous .e;'nrn has :rnp"u:n‘m ‘L‘J",,'; on. ify |Whether the upel:ialors' an :nc\ “’fi points. Maj. Leonard feels that when hour for the first 10 hours and drop- | “vour full report thr{m\f. {:r;llml?:\;) The present administrative machin- ' By the Associated Press. ’\n":‘!m‘:l\f; ;;\;s;imm: the season (m ](v nent,” eaid Senator Swanso o- | wages without advancing prices. they are disposed of the court 3 cents per kilowatt hour for | to the consideration of such investiga-f o, g I oRElE oelfaraio. e Aeaie Al s inflation immediately follow Yope as a means of curta wages are not to be increased. The 3 o 2 . - [itiopias Ly . z v frk e or roposed | interviewed complained of a reverse feavy expenditures and reducing taX | ;oGRS proposal also provides for | ', di%ester and responsibility, - chat in month, will T R T TR gress appropriates $2.500.000 annually. | farm legislation bearing the indorse- | All were surpriced and perplexed ave burdens. It cannot wi rce decline | g il check-off plan. against Col. Mitchell by the court|pens, Maj. Covell predicts that ihe e ey s describediasy curious Jumbling | ment of the administration, will be in-| the failure o, finances to keep now to enter such a_conference. I}" Another peace proposal, known as | il G, -“Dione found fertile soil for| commission will find it possible to re.| The controller general referred to|of managing control, with overlapping |troduced in both hou of Congress Vith sales during the Christmas rush, hope the President will take the bit I | the Luzerne County plan, rejected by | jiscussion at the' Capitol yesterday |duce the rates again next year. | the act under which Federal financial| jurisdiction and divided responsibility” | this week and pressed for early ap.| 'L !BeY said «ll lines were moving his teeth and send a delegation to the | the miners and accepted by the oper- | ;e SO0 T The Capitol vesterday | : {aid is extended to States for construc- | i the Commission on Public Welfare | proval. Lpicly.and they slmply asoribed/the meeting In Genev: It is not a mat-| ,¢ provides for immediate resump- | _______ e o3 S5 o RS | tion of highways. This act provides |y iqation in the opening section of | Final terms of the Yiiiisere situation to reduced prices. ter which he must take to Congre: ion of work and the reference of all (Continued on Page 5, Column 3. | : | fox extension of Federal aid to States . *° E i s < s _were gone The merchants, however, do not find e Il nHity & Chisnior e T o et oen | Envoy to Meet Coolidge. ‘-h*m“xh e Secretary of Agriculture, | itS final report, a preliminary abstract [cver and approved at a White House |so much to be thanktul far o T e to negotiate all agreements time to a board of settlement. 1 = | NEW YORK, December 19 (#).— | ..Th‘; Secretary of Agriculture ma: nf_p(m:;r\;:: ng‘:iim::;i m.\‘th:mh; ;c(xnfer.:n.-r 1"‘ s‘_:-.-(m_v.l to which Pre: |"rnfi(:hu[ their be }m-r)_\e.lr as they eaties with foreign nation i § hak : Ogden H. Hammond, newly appointed | i, his discretion, from time to time,” 3 s condition, the com- |dent Coolidge invited Secretary Jar- |0 in the prospects for the future. The Jegislation enacted by Congress - Stop Delivery of Coal. MOTHER ATTACKS SLAYER | Qgden 1, Han Ambassador to Spain | 1 2500t in part, “make pavments | mission recommends the abolition of |dine and Senator McNary of Oregon | Ud€ O DIOsperity. they declare aith vent _the ~President from sending po,ding and sale of stored chestnut OF HER BOY IN COURT |} Jeaye Monday for Washington | onSuch construction or reconstruction | the boards of the three principal wel- |and Representative Tincher of Kansas, | QUL eXCeDtion is rinning steagily-but Americans to take part officially inj 2%, 0.1" of which a supply still is to confer with President Coolidge. | o work progresses, but these pay- | fare agencies—the Board of Charities, |both Republicans. s Yo 2nd under i such‘circum e pp] L as the prog: g stances, they have no fear that it gneetings of commissions created UL, gajjaple, was discontinued today at He said tonight he had set no date | ments, including previous payments, | the Board of Children’s Guardians and | The bill o orearthatdc . ; a proposes to set up ma-!lead to a sudden precipice hi fer the Versailles treaty without frst{ (e’ Cranberry Colliery of the Cran- | Man Pleads Guilty of Murder of |0 leaving for Madrid. {if any, shall not be more than the| ne board of trustees of the Training |chinery in the Department of Agricul. |peol. | Prosmerite, trm i o, Whirl getung the consen berry Creek Coal Co., near Hazleton, | United States pro rata par School for Girls—and the correlation |ture through which to extend Govern- | dent, is here to stay. mot cover this proposed conference.” | po iee of objections by the local Youth and Is Sentenced to calue of the labor and materials which e et S 0 Hd-C Think Step Unwise, | unions, officials of the company an- TODAY’S STAR Jale o e e hut into such con | Of thelr activities under a single new |ment assistance to co-operative mar. | N s Life in Prison. ; | board. keting organizations in disposing of unced. They said they decided on struction or reconstruction in con : posing . 5 Other Senators, while “"'\'y’"’{‘n"e'{ R s e e invite any | By the Asociated Prese. formity to said plans and specifica- Bill Already in House. Clfe i Bu:‘uu;9‘.‘}‘2,"2”;\",}:"l’,:”“,’,fl“*_;‘ ien{exnoats gree with Senator Swanson that the |, oyple, which had been threatened, - SE. VE—60 s. Secretary . of Agriculture of omics to aid in finding markets | ;) Ay be slight reversae iy resident has full authority to accept | gitiough the district officers of the | ¢ MILWAU *f,‘;:‘r-q”o‘;fi""“]’:;dfi""?";" I _0& S :::l“the"::;te highway department of | The commission’s complaint would |for the sale of surplus crops. Zhtre T '§m.“°’"lh§ oes Xow and the invitation of - the league and |miners’ union had given permission | (oGai"to the murder of Koy Tolzoans, | Ooneral News—Local, National and | 270 Ui te jointly may determine at|ne remedied in a bill already intro-| Provisions of the Capper-Volstead stance, was the most backward in men A e O et fno | (oF thie WoEk, whichiwas(kelsig aniei| sfian7i was sentencedto Tifelimarisont | Se o oaa Collopes ~Page 22 what time and in what amounts pay- | duced in the House by Representative |act, which permitted producers to sell | memory and saies fo1) off mhavard o aecting in: Geneva, Inpisted (uBL 80 lipy unfon fmien. ment and 20 years additional. The | Current News Bvents— Page | ments as work progresses shall be|zijuman at the request of the District |Froducts collectively, would be extend. | Yot the sear ox s ehor Jan now set T vall of Gongress in this |y e company also ennounced that feqirt saiditie. didiniot wantito ses ths!| Griibe it Mews: “Pagoitbs made under this act. Commissioners providing for the ap-|ed under terms of the administration DNeW records. With such evidences s< oo g Mist miight B || tue slatef (buclowhent (et the iy /omerimataoriaas | Parent-Teacher Activities—Page | Contract for Maiutenance. rointment and organization of a boarg [bill to the co-operative marketing or-|[hese, it is declared, there can no matter. ADY Healy el at the con.|colliery, which has been supplying al- |~ e agmitted assault, murder and|p Clubs—P: ; t public welfare which would have ' ganizations, longer be any doubt as to the sound miade or protocol signed at the con-| oyt the entire disirict with fuel since | areon “saying he entiosd the cnild o | NeWs of the Clubs—Pages 38 and 39. Capt. Wilson explained that his un- [ of public b sous . ness of American business and ference would, it was pointed out, xe-| the strike began, led to misunder- |go to a barn: and sfter mhe hoseidy 10 | Serlal, “Joanna"—Page 40. e aing of e Texas sult was| ccntralized control over matters affect- | A clear road for the bill in both the | Nmericass farmes. quire ratification by the Senate to be i ganding, it also would be stopped. |membered the Bodi s then burned it At the Community Centers—Page 41. that it involved only a maintenance | inz welfare conditions. Senate and House is predicted by pro There is practically no unemploy sifective. ‘The President would be in |~ Union miners patrolled the streets | A the priconer was leaving the | BOY Scout News—Page 42. contract, and that since the Federal| The full report of the commission, |Ponents, but a stubborn fight is ex-|ment in the country todsy, ceaviniic far stronger position if the approval|of plymouth, near Wilkes-Barre, stop- | courtroom, . Mrs, Emil - Tamany | Around the City—Page 43. jovernment was concerned only With | Fovever, deals also with mothers’ pen. (ReCted to be made by some Middle |ai the Department of Labor show of Congress were first obtained | ping all coal trucks and warning the | mother of the slain boy, attacked him. | SP2nish War Veterans—Page 43. the construction, and not with main-| gjons, the Juvenile Court, the regula- stern members of both parties for | This does not mean, it is pointed out. Gake Jart i the negotiations, WS | drivers not to make any dellveries a8 | Deputies rushed him & & e iag . | Fraternal News—Page 4. | i Year Sets Records. th e enactment of additional legislation t0 | (hat - overs " men’ oo S onn aid long as the suspension was in effect. | tomobile, where it was necessuey iy | Redio News and Programs—Pages 50 | lenance, there were no money tion of ckild-caring agencies and other | provide for an export corporation to S Some Senators frankly declared | Xo'irouble was reported. Because of | disperse . threatenine: crooy 5 : gaibn . T . America who can work has a job. It end bL U"l“;x:d Lo é;“t(t'x]e law referring to| Welfare problems of the District. It|handle surplus crops. means that 92.5 per cent of Amesican they wished first to know what would {1y watch of the idle mine workers, | Meanwhile police Started dragging | Financlal News—Pages 54, 56 and 56. [ (o8 P50 Jrce says that should | Wa# submitted yesterday to the Com- % ot labor, as compared with the rull year~ he the agenda of the proposed armS| ¢ was reported the coal was being |the Milwaukee River for the bod. of a | Army and Navy News—Page 57. any State “fail to maintain any high- [ inissioners. of the war when men, women and conference Defore agieelns 1o DATIC hauled in covered trucks. Committees |negro whom they believe agsaulted | CIVillan Army News—Page 57. Shy within its boundaries after con-| Justice Frederick L. Siddons of the Must Wear Garters. children filled shops, factories and of pation by this Government in such @ | gore on duty during the entire night | Michael Lecher, also § years olq. Struction or reconstruction under the District Supreme Court, chairman of fices, has steady work. This, it is said, pecting. They made it clear tat ifl,nq early today. They prevented the | boy was found locked In an abandoned | PART TWO—14 PAGE! provisions of this act the Secretary of [ the commission, pointed out that the | (o) g2y oicinl riing of e il is an extremely high average, particu thd conference were to deal With se-{qojivery of several loads railroad car after a two-day search, | Editorlals and Editorlal Features. i shall then serve motice | r.port probably is “the most import- | (ive con ) B ity pacts as well aClimitation of[' Xanticoke school officials announced | A’ negro answering the description of | Washington and Other. Socisty. S n the State highway department | 1ROG ProVaRly ls fthe most tmpor Musical Club members sust wese sul, | Hany_extra_ factorles were running wrments they would Ahine & o | that all buildings would be opened |the assailant fied from a patrolman | Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. | of that fact. and if within 90 days problems of the District of Columbia | ters when they make their annual| Lt joaaqeg” 48y and labor was o tichtion. “Thec held hat this | Jondiy % ronult of the decislon of |this afternoon onto the fce of the | Reviews of the Newest Books—Page 4. |after receipt of such notige sald high- | \Hich has ever been prepared. 1t | Lioemurs trin hie imtere g ol | highly ot et et cabitaioas participation. They held that (Wi he teamsters to haul coal to the |river. Both fell through, the police. | Tales of Well Known Folk— Page 10, | way has not been placed in proper con- | represents, he said, four years of in: | front row men who. e anncaii | e ea 0ce, Dot capIta sRINIngH of country has no proper 1‘.’\"’;"‘-|!v *ihe | schools and to the Nanticoke State iman being rescued. The Lecher boy |D. A. R. Activities—Page 11, dition of maintenance the Secretary) tensive investigation and study and |ment said, made it mecessary e uie Tk i(m: steady increase. 1n matters, which are distinetly the) gospital. is recovering. Y. W.'C. A. News—Page 12, | of Agriculture’ shall procced immedi.| th Joint effort of not only the 17 mem. | 1o be pircin cooh (AeCoary [t a | some cases this increase was as much e Sl ics oo Scnator said might) e e | ately werhflc‘;‘;dfl‘;g: highway 2laced | bers of the commission, but of the rep-| jege custom. When they sit down | smiayient o NosapiiS, Youme of SRt e League of Na- . . . . E—8 P S. in prop (Continued on Page 4, Columh 5.) they show the lack of garters. {was 8.3 per cent greater than Novem Just s well be i the Lewsue ot ved | Revival of Roman Emplre With Wictor: | amusmisis mnssicaca the Photo. | and charge the cost thereot agaimst | [ Eae onk ey, o tolls abin Hoss e s iopeeine S the Federal funds allotted to such oL i n such security pac oo ¥ S0 L & : X B it or cans it aearay May Enter Court Clash. On Throne, Reported Mussolini Plan | dusicin Washington—rase s. St A o eaeh State, sncort 24| Resolution Maklng December 26 Hollday[p:‘erals:pfl:l i e eadioE { the league to take Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 and 7. | P CiDter provided.” Certain ex- Der cent: Hor the whole vear employ The invitation of the leag! o tak . ] ided to take care of = . ment has increased 17.4 and employes part in the arms conference threaten: 9 PART FOUR—4 PAGES. C;Flw‘fintr:np;;:::dlal ;au!. Passed by House éfter “elay in 40!1011 e D ame ifvolved in the controversy | BS Cable to The Star and New York World. | It is further understood that the|Pink Sports Section. s \ was six-tenths of 1 per cent in one er Dow raging in’ senate over the| LONDON, December 19.—According |idea is viewed not unfavorably in Vat. Looked Into Complaints. ot the Siathins Cotzar S proposed adherence of the United[to persistent rumors in diplomatic :ve?:u;rllr:lzs‘;e vz:‘thcn;\"ir;gh‘ rll\r!unjlolini'sl PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Capt. Wilson also investigated dur-| mhe House late yesterday passed the | tions committee to get the Treasury Reflected in Post Offices. States to the World Court. Indeed |circles here, Premier Mussolini in-|}55 A0S SF% 50 Coriel that a new | yjagazine Section—Fiction and Fea- |ing his trip to Texas, it was under-|joint resolution, previously passed by | Post Office appropriation bill coneid:| . it has come at a time not altogether | tends shortly to revive the Roman | BRCY JOITE00, 08 the Roman ques-| ™ ¢y eq, stood, certain complaints that the|ine Senate, making December 26, 1925, | ered when it appeared that debate| Nowhere, e .o temen opportune for the administration, | pympire and invest, not himself, but |tne proposed change in the rolitin | The Rambler—Page 3. State was not paying out Federal aid | ; legal holiday in the National Capital | would be prolonged by those who O o ncussiino which is backing the proposal to ad-| o yioior Emmanuel with the im- | status of the penitaul political funds to counties which were bulld- | 3nq*specifically providing that all Fed: | wished to Temistor protests sgaines | truthfully reflected than at the post here to the court. Some of the op- s Pascist TR G| P D PART SIX—8 PAGES. ing roads as rapidly as the countiesiera] employes in the District of Co- | “creating another holiday for Govern. | offices. Although the officlals are still Jenents of the court are inclined to | perial purple, inciting Fascist Italy to| In government circles in Rome, as| dvertisi claimed they should be getting the|jumbia and all employes of the Dis- | ment clerks.” too busy getting the mall out, and Lhe ihon this invitation as evidence | transports of excitement well as in dlplomatic circles abroad, | Classified Advertising. =~ i clatme B o e e R Sftamit tidloe Ainani. | Wil bo o Beversl weeksatter Christ of what they term a concerted move| The Sunday Times states it under. the sreatest reticence is observed re.| District Natlonal Guard_Page 7. According to the court records in|ihe holiday. The measure now goes|mous consent. Chairman . Zihlman. of |mas, to determine the per cent of 10 get the United States into the|gtands this fact is an “idea which f:::efl';‘f’!b::l;g"(ir}e‘s;:‘ezhs;a‘x::‘n:f‘g::lel. Veterans of e Great ar—Page 8. | <" ase mqueg mmey )[fCTrl’fih; to the President for his signature. he Bouse DistrIcH commfties was suc. i,;c,;eagseinl}‘,:{cg;hz:fing:hv‘,fi:? :S:, cague itsélf. If the administration to believe was always | J bl V- Texas State Highway Commission ha Earlier, in the day action by the|cessful in getting the measure passed. | Y& : 4 Jnas, Y = Niula hecert the Invitation of the ‘“’{?;a’sbfiif"o'} Mussolini’s head, and | L Faselémo the matter {s being freely| GRAPHIC SECTION—14 PAGES. |;(iigeq contracts to the American | rrouse o this measure was biscked | Chaisman Snell of the coies chmant: fidently predict that when the figures league, and there was the slightest v d d both in | o A s, wasclst or | World Events In Pictures. Road Co. for resurfacing With an py objection of Representative Hud-|tee and Representative Kinchelooe of |#re available they will show Christ e of this country’s hecoming in. | Which lately gained ground both in|gans have discreetly given vent to the | asphaltum preparation at 30 cents a | dleston. Democrat. of Alabama. when | Kentucky . were among thocs % n | mas, 1925, to have broken all records o d Fascist circles, and it may hope that Fascismo may set up an MIC SECTION—4 PAGES. d 1 roads i otly for volume of parcel post busines: ol politicall hroad because of [COUrt an - 2 " D . g CO\N & S. square yard many gravel roads in|ypanimous consent was asked. This|wanted to have it distinctly understood L,,‘-‘;d p';m:'.'uin: et oy notibe ,h,“f‘,’m:","“:{;f":"d F e et pire worthy of its Roman | gy iy. Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; | Texas which h delay was provoked by the anxlety |that this did not set a precedent for| _In the Post Office Department, tao, sefors = o4 pe for its | ncestry. 3 3 18 .oy T (Cor ‘ 25 2 holidays."” ~(Continued on Page 3, Column 3. (Continege ea 'age §, Column 6.) | fulfillment.” v i (Copyright. 1925.) Mutt and Je;- L ] ° of Chairman Madden of the appropria- | “more holidays. 1 ¥ e ) -