Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1925, Page 1

—_— WEATHER. Weather Bureau Forecast.) cloudy and colder tonight; wrrow fair and colder; lowest tem- rature tonight about 26 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 48 at noon today: lowest 42 at 6 a.am. today. Full report on page 7 I N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 Entered as s post othice. W Closing ond class matter shingron, D. € DRYS SWEEP HOUSE, 1397017, INFIRST PROHIBITION TEST Amendment to Prohibit Fraud in Buying Liquor Evidence Rejected. ),820. | | | | | | | | OFPONENTS CHARGE PLAN { TO TIE AGENTS’ HANDS| NOTED PUBLISHER Issue Brought Un by Representa- Tucker, Enemy of Rum. tive an Avowed EY Ir ton 1 wwept . fe the first showdown House f on is session ar aside by a vote of 139 to 17 to restrict the use of funds the purchase of liquor as evidence The proposal was in the form of appropriation hill amendment would have prohibited resort to aud, deceit or falsehood” in the ¢h | Philadelphia nse of any of the 3230.000 set aside WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. €., TUESDAY, ¢ DECEMBER ‘BUTLER DISWISSED BY KENDRICK WHEN HE QUITS MARINES General Told by Mayor He Is Not Wanted as a “Re- signed” Officer. | | | 1 | WHOLE ACTION OCCURS | | Deposed Director, Angered, De- clares Philadelphia Executive Is “Smoked Out” Br the Associated Pross PHILADELPHIA. December Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler wnnounced he had resizned from the | Marine Corps in order to remain in director of safety, and an hour later Mavor today as Ken ccept the general in the position “as IN COURSE OF AN HOUR! public | | drick made known that he would not | DIES AT AGE OF 72, 1925—FIFTY ¢ Foening Star. * PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 99,944 TWO CENTS. PURCHASERS PLAN COST" BUS SERVICE ANDLINE CHANGES Reorganize Routes to * (#) Means Associated Pri !Big Loss of Life ! Feared in Wreck Of French Express 4 By the Associated Press PARIS. Decembel Basel-Paris express is reported to have been derailed a1 Noisy-Le-Sec, department of the Seine, with some loss of life. One report says it is | feared 50 people have been killed. eet Needs Shown by CODUDGEISURGED v o s TOACCEPT LEAGLE e s meron PARI.EY INV”’A"’I[]N ON ACTUAL EXPENSES Senate Resolution Offered. Leaders Believe President Will Act Alone. | | | will M Expert Brought Here to Make In- tensive Study of Transporta- tion Needs. BY CHAS. P. SHAEFFER. The present transportation routes of Washington Rapid Transit Co. be modified and extended. as re- the transportation needs of District, and operated on a “'serv t by which the re according to the company w he definitely understood, with all “ex being utilized for extensions of — il essinz 1t as the ed by that President (olidze should send representatives ¢ the United States to take part in proposed conference on limitation of armaments was introduced resolution exp of the Senate the ice cost > turns in the w. {a resizned officer of the Marine Corp: senate today by Senator King, Demo. service or reduction in fares, F by the bill for buying evidence. | The amendment was offered by Representative Tucker, .. Democrat, | YVirginia, a dry. and was defeated by | ising vote. so that the attitude of individual members was not placed en record i Rose From Obscurity to= Enormous Wealth by Re- source and Courage. Drys Give Cheer. i \s opponents of the proposal rose, presentative Blanton, Democrat, Texas. gave a loud and the drvs applauded Wavne B. Wheeler Saloon Leazue watche in the zallery directly Syeaker's chair s Among those opposing the amend- ment Representative Barkley, Demo- erat. Kentucky, declared it had been a recognized practice that in order to detect crime and to uscertain its nature a disguise frequently must be | n By the Assnciated Press EW YORK. December 22.—Frank A. Munsey., owner and publisher of the New York Sun and the Evening Telegram. died early today in Lenox Hill Hospital from peritonitis that followed an operation for appendicitis nine days ago. Hope was held out for his recovery until midnight last night, when he had a relapse, from | which he only slightly rallied. He lost strength rapidly A second relapse came at 4 o'clock and his death followed two hours and a half later. His passing was peace- ful and apparently without much suf- | fering. Mr. Munsey was in his sev- enty-second vear. He was conscious until shortly be- fore he died. and his last thoughts were those of solicitude for his aged sister, Mrs. John M. Hyde of St. Petersburg, Fla. He asked that Mrs. Hyde not be sent for because of her age and weakened condition. The publisher made a valiant fight for life and. while realizing his condition, never gave up hope. Health Had Been Good. Mr. Munsey was in excellent health until December 13, when he became il at dinner. All last Fall he had ! maintained a keen and active inter- est in the conduct of affairs of his cheer } of the trom opposite Anti at the used Representative Schafer, Republican, Wisconsin, asked if he approved of officers using disguises in labor dis- turbances, and the Kentucky member replying he did if the ’aw had been violated. Describing the smendment as “an insidious” attempt to undermine the Volstead act, Representative Lineberg- er Republican, California, urged ! members “to look at the jokers” it contained. He declared Congress | might as well repeal the Volstead act | and the eighteenth amendment as ap- prove the proposal. Legitimate Practices. Representative Hill, Democrat, Ala- bama. said that “fraud, deceit and falsehood” were recognized as legiti- o mate practices in enforcing the law, | two New York newspapers, visiting the have been recognized since the exist- | offices almost daily and writing edi ence of law and always would be nec. | torials on the mayoralty campaign essary in its enforcement. Fraud and | On the Saturday that he was taken deceit are practiced by the bootlegger. ill he visited the Sun office and gave he asserted, and as the bootlegger does | several editorial directions He ! T tiaiye Wanor vyt (et canei eemed in the best of health for an azent to misrepresent himseif | After leaving his office, the publisher tn procure-evidence. went to his country home, at Manhas. | “Do hootleggers even fool you on!set, on Long Island, and in the eve-| the half a pint they sell?” Mr. Hill | ning came back to the Ritz-Carlton was asked. He replied he was not; Hotel. where he had an apartment. familiar with that condition, but as-| At dinner he complained of not feel- sumed that it was true. ing well and retired to his rooms.| An amendment offered by Repre-| Mr. Munsey evidently did not think | eentative Black, Democrat. of New | his illness” of moment, for he did| York to limit the use of enforcement : not summon his physician, Dr. Frank funds to cases not involving beer con- | Oastler until the next da: H taining 2 of alcohol or less, was| Dr. Oastler called in consultation Dr. | thrown out on a point of order. Sam Lambert and Mr. Munsey's ill-! A point of order made by Repre- | ness was diagnosed as appendicitis. | <entative Hill, Republican, of Mary-| He was taken to the Lenox Hospital, land against a provision authorizing |where an operation was performed. | £10.000 for repairs to Coast Guard ves. | Dr. A. L. Garbat assisted at the op-| sels was sustained. eration. Onslaught by Dr; Presant methods of prohibition en- forcement, which have heen under at- Recovery Indicated. The publisher came through the op- ! eration successfully, and his physicians tack from wet Senators and Repre- | were encouraged by his condition, that | sentatives almost daily since the new |indicated a recovery. During the week | Cangress convened. today became the ; he showed varyving changes of improve- tavzet for an onslaught from the dry | ment with counter changes of reac- side of the House. ¥ [tion. Last Sunday a sccondary op- I"rging an appropriation bill amend. | eration for _drainage was performed ment to prohibit the practice of “fraud. | and Mr. Munsey’s physicians were dccelt and falsehood” in procuring | hopeful that he would make a recov- evidence of Volstead act violation. | er: Representative Tucker, Demoecrat, Vir- cinia. declared the present practice of | sey suffered a relapse. and when he prohibition agents were based upon | rallied it was seen that he had lost | principles that lacked “an American | much strength, which so weakened' tinge.” him that when a second relapse came Although he had heen a dry through- | four hours later he sank quietly away | it the long prohibition controversy, | to his death. At his deathbed were Representative Tucker said he real.| William T. Dewart. fzed that some of the things now be- | ~(Gontinued on Page done in enforcing the law did more harm than zood. He referred particularly to the case in which a | prohibition agent spent nearly $£1.000, | partly for purchase of liquor, i ine evidence against two employes at the Mayflower Hotel here. One of Many The Mayflower case isn't the only &tar in the heavens.” he continued. “It i= just one of many." Such things are happening every community of the country t right. It hasn't an e to it Philosophers ear midnight last night Mr. Mun Mr. Munsey's| Column 4) | ARNSTEIN FREED: GOES TO JOIN WIFE Prison Term Cut 72 Days—Norman Bowles and Isadore Cohen Also Released. Cases. in It American and ministers are ' Bv the Associated Press. wondering what has happened to the, LEAVENWORTH outh of the country since the war. her 22.—Jules (Nicky) Arnstein. a idents iike the Mayflower cise are | central figure in a $5.000.000 New ! going on and they are responsible for | york bond theft, was released from think of prohibition. It is a question | MOrning. 5 . of whether Iying. stealingz and cheat.; Nicky left immediately for Kansas inz are necessary enforce the City. where he will board a train to Jaws Chicago to meet his wife, Fanny The Virginia Representative said Brice, starring there In the “Music he did not blame the azents them-| Box Revue.” There was no one to s=lves €0 much as their superiors, who | meet him at the gates. ordered them to make out cases bY | srnstein was received at the Fed LT O Gl ! eral prison May 16. 1924, to serve two | Opposed by Madden. | Vears for conspiracy. Seventy-two ! | days were taken from the sentence The Tucker amendment was opposed ' for good behavior. by Chairman Madden of the appropri-| Nicky, a distinguished-looking man ations committes, and Representative | \iith an aristocratic air, has been tvrns of Tennessee, ranking Democrat | shoveling coal and ashes in the prison on the committee, asked that the bill power plant for most of his confine- ' he passed as it came from their com- ' ment. mittee, including a $250.000 item for! Norman Bowles and Isadore Cohen, purchase of evidence. | convicted with Arnstein, also were | Mr. Madden said he voted against relensed today the eizhteenth amendment.. but since . \illiam Easterday, said to have | prohibition was law he wanted to en- heen the author of the bond theft force it | plot, remains at the prison. his sen- | “If people tence being for a period of four years. | tion.” he.said. “the manly thing to do| True to his profession as theater | i= to repeal the law. If you adopt this| napager, Arnstein was temperamental | amendment you won't have to repeal| this morning. “I do not care to make | f vou will just make it unenforce- i, statement,” he declared. * My ex- | ahle.” {perience with newspaper men has | He didn't approve the tacltcs pur-ihecn unfortunate. I have heen mis. | sued by the prohibition azent at the|qgyoted frequently and I must protect | ~{Continued on Page 2, Column 1) Imy wife and two children, if I can.” | / Kans.. Decem- | to "May, 1902, and the separation was confirmed by the civil tribunal of Paris the following June. Bandits Rob Car Barn. TOLEDO, Ohio, December 22 (£).— Three bandits armed with shotzuns entered the Starr avenue car barns of the Commurity Traction Co. ex today and forced employes to sur render $4.019 of the company’'s money. Radio Programs re opposad to prohibi- ! tion today The general was called into con- ference with the mayor after his res snation became known. When he left the mavor's office, the general hurried to his own room and an- ounced the mayor “refused 1o accept me as a resigned officer of the Ma- vine Corps.’ “Then vou don’t want me?” Butler id he asked the maxor. “Not as a resigned quoted the mayor as saving. ow we see who has been smoked Gen. Butler said. Resignation to Be Recalled. He refused to elaborate at the mo ment on this terse comment on the mayor’s action, except to say that his resignation from the Marine Corps could be recalled. The general announced his resigna before he came to his of fice. He said he had sent it to Wash inzton last night. Word of his action preceded him to City Hall and when he reached there he found a message summoning him to the mayor’'s office. Gen. Butler was accompanied to the m, conference by George D. El- liott, assistant director of safety and slated some time ago to succeed Mr. Butler if he returned to the marines. Announces Dismis: He had not been in the room more than three minutes when he came out with the remack, “I've heen missed by the ma Now we'r> out n the open.” Gen. Butler appeared to he angry “That's what T zet when I'm will ing to make the greatest sacrifice of officer,” he out, T. i my career in order to stay here,” he exclaimed later. The general then related what had urred in the mayor's office. ‘What is this in the newspapers about vour resignation from the Marine Corps?' the mayor asked me.” Said the director. “T told him it was correct.” ‘T don’t think treated me with proper tion.’ the mayor said. ‘This puts me in the hole, as I have arranzed to appoint George Elliott as director of public safety.’ Resignation Asked. “‘“Then vou don't want me? I asked, and received his answer that he did not want me as a resigned officer of the Marine Corps.” “Then I said to the mayor: ‘You dismiss me? You want my resigna- tion?” and the mayor repeated his statement he did not want me as « resigned officer.” Gen. Butler said he then left the room. He said he had told the mayor that he had made a last effort to see President Coolidge in regard to an extension of his leave of absence and the President declined to see him. He also said he received a letter from the President's secretary, in which he said any further conference would be of no use. RESIGNATION NO SURPRISE. oc that you have considera Marine Officer’s Action Had Been Expected Here. The resignation of Brig. Gen. Smed- ley D. Butler from the Marine Corps will have to be acted upon by Presi- dent Coolidge, but those who base their bellefs on the procedure in past s of a similar nature expect the White House will place no obstacle n the way of Gen. Butler's personal desires. Officers at Marine Corps headquar- ters, while having no definite knowl- | edge that the resignation was immi- nent, expresced no great surprise, a it had been apparent that the general wished to continue his Philadelphia work. The most recent instance which might be accepted as a precedent for action by the President was his ac- ceptance of the resignation of Lieut. Clarence O. Sherrill, who was made city manager of the City of Cincinnati. It has been the policy of the Government to curtail the activi- | tiex of Army officers in obtaining leave to enter upon non-governmental duties, but there has been no indica- tion that serious objection would he made to a peacetime resignation suh- mitted under circumstances surround- ing Gen. Butler's case. MONACO PRINCESS DIES. Former Alice- Heine bf New Or- leans Divorced in 1902. PARIS, December (#).—The Dowager Princess of Monaco, was Miss Alice Heine of New Orleans, died suddenly here today. She was born February 10, 1858, and was married to the Prince of Monaco Oc- tober 30, 1889. Their marriage was dissolved by the Monaco judiclary in | who LEFTI LE JACK'HORNER IN THE S | | i i i | | COURT 0.K. SEEN INDEBATE TREND | Friends of Adherence Satis- fied Solid Foundation for Entry Is Laid. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Friends of adherence to the World | Court, as the Senate was about to adjourn today for the Christmas holi davs, professed their satisfaction with the manner in which the considera- tion of the court is proceeding in that { body. has laid a solid foundation for | ence. So far, however, but one speech has been made in the Senate in opposition !to entry into the rld Court--by . Senator Borah, chairman of the for- | elgn relations committee—who insist ed that the court is in reality a component part of the League of Na- tions. It is expected that the opposi adher. | tion will gzet into action azain soon | after the holidays, with Senators Borah, Reed of Missouri. Johnson of | Californit and others of the old ir reconcilable zroup bearing the hrunt of the fizhting. Task Clear to Leaders. he task of the leaders supporting adherence to the court is to keep the iltepublicans favorable to such action and the Democrats constantly in line. So far this has been pretty well ac complished in the debate, although | Senator Swanson's euology of the | League of Nations and his prediction that eventually the United States would enter the league rubbed some of the Republican supporters of the |court the wrong way. But Swanson and Senator Walsh of Mon- itana, also a Democratic member of the foreign relations committee, have em- phasized in their speeches the inde- pendence of the court from the league. |nd this is the line of argument on which the Republican supporters of adherence have based their plan of campaign. A few more predictions by | Democrats friendly to the league that the United States will eventually be- come @ member of the league might have a disintegrating effect on the Re- | publican support of World Court ad herence, it was said today None of the Senators was ready to proceed with the debate on the league today. it was declared by the leader. and for that reason an early adjourn- ment was planned. Action to Be Pressed. The World Court proposal will he pressed for action in the Senate after ithe Christmas holidays, with every ! reasonable allowance for debate, it | was announced by Senator Lenroot of | Wisconsin. in charge of the matter, | before the Senate adjourned vester- day afternoon. Senator Lenroot said “When the Senate convenes after the holiday recess, and when | question comes again before it. en- deavor will be made to keep the meas. jure on the floor to a final disposition las rapidly as possible consistent with full debate. Whenever there is no Senator ready to speak it will be re- quested that the statute and protocol | be read for amendments and reserva | tions."” ! Senator Pepper Republican member of the foreizn relations committee, who has become i convinced that the Senate should sup- | port adherence to the World Court with the Harding-Hughes-Coolidge reservations, and who so stated dur- ing the debate yesterday, was quizzed i by some of his Republican colleagues. He said in answer to a queston b | Senator Kdge that he had prepared some amendments to the Swanson resolution for ratification. which | would, in hix opinion, make more |clear "the attitude of the United States toward advisory opinions ren- | dered by the World Court. These, it_is expected, Senator Pepper will ofter later in the debate. Authored Early Resolution. Senator Pepper was the author of a_resolution reported from the for- eign relations committee 18 months ago, which contemplated complete disassoclation of the court from the | League of Nations. He has de- termined, however, to support the President in his course with regard | to_the court. | With regard to the practice of the court of giving advisory opinions, Sen. of Pennsylvania, | established by the court itself to the | effect that no secret opinions shall be given the council or assembly of the League of Nations, and that no advis- ory opinion shall be given if a nation does not wish to appear before the court, shall be as binding as possible. He also suggests that the Senate de. Page 44 | | 7 (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) ! They insisted that the debate Senator | this | !ator Pepper is anxious that the rulea; Claims Aulhorily Of Riff to Start Peace Negotiations | B s the Associated PARIS. December Canning. a captain army reserves, arrived Morocco this morning hear credentials from Abd-el-Krim authorizing him to open prelimi naries to peace negotiations he tween the Riffian tribesmen and 22 —Gordon in the British here from claiming to France, Any peace proposals emanating from Abd-el-Krim must be simul- taneously presented to Spain and France Premier Briand said at the close of today’s cabinet coun cil. when questioned concerning Capt. Canning's mission, The Quai d'Orsay denies that Capt. Canning will be received by any authorized person connected with the foreign office. It expects that Krim's emissary will get in touch with some deputy who will acquaint the government of the nature of his credentials and propo- sitions. | | | AIRSHIP QUIZ ENDS; REPORT DUE SOON Rosendahi Defends ‘Lans- downe in Summing Up Shen- andoah Argument. After hearing from the senior the Shenando: Comdr. Charles E place the dirizible di category of an ‘“inevitable and relieve Cant Zachary Lans | downe of all responsibility, the naval | court of inquiry into the airship crash closed its investigation today to de- liberate on findings. The report of the | hoard is expected to be made by the | beginning of the new vear. | Comdr. Rosendahl was the only one of three “interested parties” in the e today to present a summing-up argument, the others—Comdr. S. M for the Burcau of Aeronau- | and Lieut. George V. Whittle, | for the commanding officer of the | naval air station at Lakehurst, N, declining to review their part of the | s Comdr. Kraus, however, calied | two technical points to the court’s at- | tention. an eloquent appeal | surviving officer of | disaster—Lieut. Rosendahl—to ster in the | accident™ | Defends Lansdowne. Comdr. Rosendahl, in a lensthy rief. reviewed certain classes of tes. timony, outlined the circumstances leading up to the flicht. and the facts as they occurred immediately prior to the break-un of the ship. He vehe- mently defended the ship’s command- ing officer against statements that he had undertaken the flicht against his wish, explaining that had this been the case. he would have “knowinxly and willfully jeopardized the lives of the crew.” In appealing for a_deci- sion of ‘“inevitable accident.” for which case there is a precedent, he explained, the officer declared: “By logical deduction from the evi- dence before this court, it is clearly established that the Shenandoah was destroyed by being broken in two and precipitated to the ground by the aero- dynamical stresses imposed upon her { by the vertical currents of the squall in which she had been entrapped with- | out warning. Upon finding the ship {in_this predicament, the commanding | officer did cvervthing known to air- | ship science to save his ship. Cu- | mulative evidence. as pointed out | heretofore, has been adducea to show that there were no positive danger signs to warn the commanding offi- { cer of impending danger. The analogy is clearly that of a surface vessel striking an iceberg | the | defendant |WOULD Hu I ‘SHOREHAM HOTEL RECEIVER NAMED Louis S. Levy Appointed by Court Upon Application of Stockhoider. Louis S Levy, vice president of the I'razee-Potomac Laundry, today was appointed receiver of the Shoreham 1iotel by Chief Justice McCoy and his Lond was fixed at $25.000. The action was taken at the request of Robert C. Dove, president and treasurer of the Shoreham, Inc Although declaring the company's assets to be more than sufficient to cover its obligations, Mr. Dove pointed out that the past season of waiting for Congress to resume had heen a severe strain and feared that the attitude of several smaller cred- itors would prove detrimental to the hotel if permitted to continue. In his petition. Mr. Dove said that he company owns the hotel building, ! Fifteenth and H streets. valued v Mr. Dove at $1.650.000. It cumbered to the extent of $3 1o which is added a tax lien by Giovernment of $40.000. Mr. Dove es timates the hotel's furnishinzs and cquipment to be worth $85,000 and stock in trade at $10,000. To this, said. is added notes and bills receivable totaling $30.000. The com pany’s unsecured aggregate indebted- " is 3181.120.90, the was dvised Through Attornevs Tobriner & Gra ham and_Simon, Young. Koenigs- herzer & Brez the court is told that if the assets of the company are con- served as a whole and judiciously man- aged the hotel business can be dis- poced of in a short time so that all creditors can be paid and the inter- est of the stockholders protected. A total of 7,730 shares of stock of the he | par value of $100 is outstanding. 100 shares each being owned by Robert €. Dove, the president. and J. Maury Dove, jr.. vice president. The remain inz stock belongs to the estate of the late J. Maury Dove. The unusually dull Summer season well as the absence of Congress since March 4 until recently are as- sizned as the reasons for the present financial condition of the Shoreham company. The court is also told that e necessity to maintain a high- priced orzanization in anticipation of ihe Winter and congressional season | has been a drain on the company's purse and it has also had trouble in collecting accounts due it, the com- pany declares. The Shoreham Co.. which is named I in the suit of Mr. Dove. filed an answer admitting the alle. sations of the bill and consenting to the receivership. The company is represented by “Attornevs John Lewis Smith and Julivs 1. Peyser. MANIZE “WAR.” Woman Proposes Light Be Used to Drive Out Birds. A proposal by Mary E. North, 1520 Jefferson place, that the problem o eliminating the starlings thut roost in the trees on Pennsylvania avenue be solved by light instead of water was considered today by the District Commissioners. In a letter to the Commissioners Miss North suggested that a more humane way toward driving the birds out of the trees would be to string electric lights in the troa tos. “Birds do not seek well lighted plices to sleep,” she said, “and this might be the means of theic making i home in some other trees less pub- c. The Commissioners promised to give her proposal further and mature con. sideration. Dawes Invites 60 to Luncheon. Vice President Dawes sent out invi without warning. It is granted that by Navy regulations the commanding (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) tations today to 60 Senate officials and employes to be his guests tomorrow at a luncheon. | | | A bill to make it unlawful to repeat false rumor respecting the character or standing of any person in the District of Columbia was introduced in the Senate today by Senator Wil- liam H. King of Utah and was re- ferred to the District committee. The bill provides as follow: Any person who shall within the Senate Bill Would Make Misdemeanor Of Repeating False Rumor in Capital District of Columbia willfully and ma- liciously make any false statement or repeat any false rumor or report tending to degrade or injure the char- acter or standing of another person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” The penalty fixed by the bill would be not more-than $100 fine or im- prisonment for not more than 100 days or beth. } > | American delegation. erat, of Utah, The resolution. at the request of Senator King. was laid on! the table, so that it mizht be called up | {at a later date The resolution points out that the United States has alwavs been inter csted in the prevention of war and the promotion of peace. It calls attention the invitation extended by the League of Nations to the United States to take part in preliminary plans for calling a conference of the nations to deal with the limitation of Jind. maritime and air armaments It the Senate should adopt the resolu tion it would be placed on record as “avoring participation by the United States in this preliminary conference .nd in the main conference which is follow President Studies Invitation. President Coolidge is anxious to ar rive at the hest method to pursue yeaching a decision regarding the vitation of the leazue. The President is known to have spent some time in the consideration of this subject. He has held frequent conferences with Secretary of State Kellogz and vari ous Senators and others wh views he iz anxious to obtain. and it is thought he will arrive at a decision shortly The President has intimated that there are a number of questions in volved in the consideration of this in vitation. the principal one being just how to zo about working out the | proper way to accept or decline. The President has siven the impression that he is willing to have the Govern- | ! ment represented and he also has inti- | mated that he would refer the matter o Congress to dispose of. explaining that it might be controversial action and that an appropriation would be neceseary to meet the expenses of the the | have talked with President within the past day or are inclined to believe that since “tudying the question the President no longer considers it necessary to have the sanction of Congress and that it i~ possible that he may dispose of the | matter himself Favors Principles Involved. President Coolidge has on various occasions expressed a wish that the !'nations of Europe %ould follow the example set voluntariiy by this coun- try and reduce their land armaments. | Also he has frequently expressed a | willingness to call another Washing ton arms conference to discuss further imitations of naval armament with a view to reducing aircraft and consid- ering the question of undersea craft His apparent hesitancy in the con- sideration of the invitation to the Geneva conference, which is coming through the League of Nations, therefore is not attributed to any lack of appreciation on his part of the possibilities of such a gathering in Europe. but from the fact that he < anxious to ynderstand thoroughly just what is proposed and to be sure ihat the conference will be free from any political discussion or entangle- ment. The President is kniown to have dis. ! cussed this invitation informally with | Senator Borah of Idaho. chairman of the Senate foreign relations commit tee. who is classed as one of the irrec- oncilables on the League of Nations, | and although the latter has declined {to discuss for publication the nature | of his talks with the President, it is | thought that he is willing to meet the President half way. Senator Moses of ew Hampshire, one of the Repub- lican leaders of the Senate, who also is one of the bitterest foes of the| League of Nations in that body, is | understood to have stated that he | would not disapprove the Washington | | Government participating in the pre | liminary conference. There are others | |in the Senate who feel that inasmuch as the preliminary conference is| | merely for the purpose of discussing) the course to be followed by the arms ! | limitation conference If. to map| jout a program, there seems to be no reason for opposing this country’s par-| | ticipation in such a deliberation. ome who i ! Acceptance Foreseen. | The expectation that the President will accept the Invitation was ex pressed in Republican senatorial ecir- | I cles today. | Furthermore. in the opinion .f some | | of these Senators, the resident would | !he wise to accept the invitation with. | jout consulting Conzress. If the United & States should deem it unwise even | tually to take part in the proposed | conference, it would be easier to with- | draw. - | Senaeys declined to speak for quo-, tation today, preferring to leave the matter entirely in the hands of the | President. However. they sald pri vately that they did "ot see how the | United States could decline such an| invitation in_ view of the fact that this country has for vears taken the lead in urging limitation of arma- ments. The belief that the President will not seek to send merely officlal ob- i servers, but that he will xend a dele- | gation with full authority to repre- | sent this country, also was expressed | today. 1 Mrs. Davis, Ill, Abandons Trip. | SAVANNAH, Ga., December 22| | P).—Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, Serre-{ | tary of War, has been forced by ill {health to give up the inspection trip | she was making with her husband and will return from here to Wash- Ington today. {require ! was already Doolittle, vice president of the North American which recently pur chased the bus route, declared this morning. First steps incident to putting the routes on a ‘“service at cost” basis will be the establishment of a prop erty valuation by the Public Utilities Commission on which the lines wil be allowed 4 return, understood un- officially and automatically set by pre cedent at 71z per cent To further the interest of maximum <ervice at minimum cost, the North American Co. has engased the serv- ices of Alexander Shapiro. an expert on motor bus transportation, who has heen brouzht to Washington to make a study of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. It is felt that Mr. Sha piro’s technical krowledze and wide experience in bus operation will prove zreat value in developing the bus mpany here Experiences in Wiscon hapiro was for several vears nsportation expert with the an Electric Railway Associa nd for the last four vears has enzazed in the operation of the Wisconsin Motor Bus a subsidiary of the North n Co. One of the largest fleets vehicles in the country by the Wisconsin route having over 1.000 miles of routes which cover the city of Milwaukee and adjacent territory within a radius of 100 miles. Mr. Doolittle's statement follows “The 1825 transportation survey has indicated the important part which bus transportation must play in sup. plying adequate transportation facili tios for the District of Columbia. The need for such service is particularly present in the Capital City because of its extended park and bou tem, which does not warrant the pres ence of street railway track It is the intention that the present trans. portation routes of the W i Rapid Transit Co. be modified tended as required by the transporta tion needs of the District and as the Public Utilities Commission may di rect, after a full determination that public convenience and necessify re- quire it. It is hoped that in time Washinzton will be provided with a bus transportation service which will not only compare favorably with any city here or abroad. but will actually lead the way in successful adaptation of this popular form of transportation. Service at Cost. Sixteenth street n M Amer ton heen husses for Lines, Ameri of passenger operated “The company's line is paying very well, but this hould net be taken as an indication of the profitableness of bus operation under existing rates of fare, as ade- quate service to the community will transportation routes upon which the same densit of business cannot be expected to develop. It intended that application will be made to the commission to prescribe a_serv- ice-atcost procedure, by which the re- turns which the company will be per- mitted to earn will be definitely un- derstood. this plan to provide that any excess earnings be utilized for ex- tensions of service or reduction in fares. Such a plan would assure the citizens of Washington the reason- ahleness of charges for bus transpor- tation at all times and enable the company to establish a basis of credit which will permit it to expand its operations. “Metropolitan bus service is still in an experimental stage. Much is re- quired to be done from the standpoint of equipment and in the methods of proper service to the public. Great credit is due to the previous manage- ment of the company for its pioneer- inx efforts along these lines. urder conditions of limited capital. We hope to bring into the Washington situa tion the best technical help which the country affords ta assure devel opments along the most economical and satisfactory lines. We have our own ide: based on the transportatiog survey, as to the nature of present and future developments. We expect tn present the results of our conclu sions on this matter to the commis- sion within the near future.” SEES U. 3.-BRITISH SPLIT. Tchitcherin Says Signs Already * Are Discernible. BERLIN, December 22 () —The Communist newspaper Rote Fahne (Red -Flag) quotes Foreign Minister Tchitcherin of Soviet Russia as de- claring he foresaw a grave conflict be- tween England and America, which discernible in_their_dif ferences over Chinese policy, Eng- land’s attempt at commercial penetra- tion of South America, and the fight over rubber prices. The real victor of the World War, he continued, was America, which now was “meddling in all the affairs of the world.” Corby Named on Board. President Coolidge today appointed William S. Corby of this city to be a raember of the board of advisers of the United States Industrial Institution for Women. Mr. Corby’s term will be: gin June 7, and will be for a period of five years. ‘This board was created by an act of Congress last year in connection with the authorization for a separate instl- tution for woman Federal prisoners.