Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1925, Page 2

B *¥% MARTINO ASSAILS A.F.OF L. CHARGES Italian Ambassador Denies Mussolini Attemots to Spread Views Here. The civeular made public last night | P the American Federaticn of Labor | containing charges that sm i | endeavoring to get a foothold in this | country and that Premier Mussolinf ind hisx fasclsime ave as great al menace 1o the peace of the world as | s communism” was characterized | By the Malian embassy today as “ab- | solnrely false Ambassador 4i Marting, while ex- | plainir Would not he proper for him tn enter inta public disenssions | While aceredited 1o the United States. nevertheless regarded the charges | with such serionsness that he felt it | necessary fn answer. in general terms, | the attack net the Tialian pre- | misr and Fascism by the American | organization The American he declared ¥ jevation of Labor, “partisan hac nterpretation of Premier Mussolini's policies.” Referrinz to (hat portion of the circular which asserted the nat uralization of Italians was to be dis couraged, he said one of the pren r's most emphatic doctrines is that lal fans, on coming to the United States. must he loval citizens. Bevond this comment, the Ambussador refused to discuss the charges Cireular fo Reach Man I The civenlar was made public by | Fresident eem at the divection of | the federation’s executive council | and it will e sant ta 110 natienal | and international unions. 1000 city | central hadies. 48 State federatinns of lahor and 35.000 lacal unions. The executive eouncil, it de- clared feels that the wagze earners and the people generally warned of the tactics und Dictater Mussolini and the mavement it affecis of America shonld he poliey of Faseist America The executive council hopes that none of the Italian members of trade vnions will suhmit 1o the threats of this dictator. He and his Fascisimo Are as greal a menace tn the peace of the world as is communism Trade unionists and the people cenerally are urged at all times to he prepared to meet the propaganda of Fascisimo with as strong oppo- they have made to com- sition as munism. Neither has a place in American life Asserting that “a serfous threaten Ing menace to liberty has arisen in Italy.” the cireular said it “is & power greater than that held by the rulers dethroned” hy the war, “a dictator ship of an individual maintained by tyrannical force over a population of 40.000.000 people.” After quoting Mussolini as writing in the Faselst Review Gererochi, April, 1323, that the black-shirted or ganization “has already passed. and. if nacessary. will again pass. without the slightest hesitancy, over the hody. more or less decomposed, of the God- dess of Liberty.” The circular cited the recent expansion of his powers by the Ttalian Parliament and the King. and, recalling his trade union policies, de- clared “In Moescow, when genuine trade Unieniste rebelled against Commun- ism. their leaders were stood against a wall and shot 1 death. Mussolini set out 10 crush the existing bona fide unions of Ttaly Sees Doctrine Spreading. | Not satisfied with the powers of a | dictater in 'taly, Mussolini, the ecir- enlar continned haz extended the tentacles of Fascisimo into other coun- tries.” while “hix dictum that ‘once an Italian, always an Italian to the seventh generation.’ prohibits Italian immigrants to the United States be- coming naturalized.” “If thev enter any organization opposed to Fascisi- | mo," it charged, “their property in Italy will be confiscated.” The circular said that organizations were being formed in this country to discourage the naturalization of Ital- jans, declaring failure of these immi Zrants to obey will subject their fam- {lie in Italy (o persecution “the same if they were real enemies of Faseisimo and were plotting aganist the dictatorship of Mussolini.’ Like the Communists who seek to overthrow all governments,” It de- clared, “Fascisimo s endeavoring to instill that blighting philosophy among the penple of every nation.” NINE MEN KILLED IN OHIO MINE FIRE; 68 ESCAPE UNHURT (Continued from First Page.) sted by the G. M. Jones Coal Co. of Pitteburgh Shadyside had planned a community | Christmas celebration until last night's | tragedy drove all thoughts of holiday merriment from the mind of the com- munity. Most of the men had been working only four days a week, but they were going to pool their wages for the celebration. Today's activities brought to light many instances of heroism among the ! miners trapped in the smoke-filled | shaft. Seventy-nine men were at work when the fire hroke ont. The alarm was telephoned from the mine to the main office of the companv, which In turn notified all active sections of the mine by telephone. By that time dense clouds of smoke filled the mine. Foreman .Jacoh Schram. 55, gathered 20 men in in Anteroom where cars were loaded, and determined that the most plausi. ble way of escape was through the main entry. Other miners, by devious ways, had made for the entry, and it was through there that they eventual- Iy _snecessfully escaped The other nine made for the main air shaft. They were suffocated in their efforts to climb the tortuous stairway, the bodles being found on the steps. WOMAN STRUCk BY CAR AND SERIOUSLY INJURED Knocked down Fourteenth street avenue last night, Mrs. Anna Till 54 vears old, of 1204 P street, is in Emergency Hoepital suffering from deep cuts and bruises ahout the head and body Mre. Tillay war rushed to the hos- | pital by & passing motorist and lapsed into unconsciousness, from which she by a street car at and Rhode Isiand | did not recover until this morning. | Dr. Grant Barnhart, the attending | physician. said today Mrs. Tilley's condition is serfous, although she has showed some improvement. Ars. Tilley 1= the wife of J. F.| Tilley, building contractor. Alhert Figola, 60 years old, of 736 Sixth street, was in a serious condi- tion with a fractured skull at Casualty | Hospital today, having been struck last night by an automobile operated by Francis Wells, jr. 926 Fourth strest, while croseing the intersection at Wifth and K streets. TWells was reieased on $100 hond on a charge of reckless driving. New Envoy to Spain OGDEN H. HAMMOND of Benardsville, N. J., who is to sue- ed Alexander P. Moore as the Am- bassador to Spain from the United States. Mr. Hammond has_been active New Jdersey politics for some years, and ix well known in the New' York real estate fleld COLLATERAL TAKEN FOR OVER-PARKING New Policy Saves Auto Vio- lators From Going to Traffic Court. Modification of the method of han dling traffie violators, ordered today Maj. Fdwin B. Hesse superintend ent of police, at the request of M. O. Eldridge, director of traffic, will save overtime parkers o “ourt Violators of parking regulations the future will he required to appear at the Traffic Bureau. where collat eral will be accepted. and com plete reversal of Mr. Eldridge's pol- icy in that regard When he first took office last Spring the traMe di- rector asked 10 have all offenders tak en directly to Traffic Court and to have collateral accepted for their re lease only when the court was not in session, after night adjournment and an Sundays and holidayvs. hy going is a Urged by Judges. The new procedure was urged by the judges of the court, Director ridge sald, in order to relieve crowded dockets. The judges of the Police Court have urged reinstalling the old system of leaving collateral at the various precincts in overtime parking cases to relieve the daily congestion of the courts and give officials an oppor unity to employ their working hours | to other business than that of making out warrants for those who fail to an- swer their summonses. The old code of allowing the depositing and forfeiting of collateral at the various precincts has never heen revoked. it was said, despite the order of Director Eldridge bringing all traffic cases into court, which has just heen modified. Allows Forfeits in Court. The judges maintain it is unfair to make citizens arrested for this affense sit during several hours. per- haps.”to he finally fined $3. which in < they would have forfeited many cas rather than lose so much time in | court. Lately, Judge John P. Mc Mahon, who has heen presiding over traffic cases for the last three weeks has permitted defendants to forfeit $5 in court, without waiting for trial. In one day the clerks of the court made out warrants for nearly 2.000 parking offender who had failed to mauke their appearance. This took the clerks away from other duties, and tended to slow up the regular routine work of the court. FENNING PROPOSES TO BAN ALL-NIGHT PARKING IN DISTRICT Fi (Continued from st_Page.) parking on any stree tain hours of the early morning is planned to make this prohibitive period from either 1 or 2 to 5 o'clock. Only machines with chauffeurs in at- tendance would bhe permitied to park during this period Before submitting - the sposed regulation to the Board of Commis. stoners for adoption, Mr. Fenning is anxious lo ascertain how the public regards such a plan, and asks that opinions be sent him. Traffic Director Eldridge also is in hearty accord with Commissioner | Fenning's plan. “Other cities have put a han on all night parking.” he declared. “and it is coming to Wash- ington ultimately.” Mr. FEldridze also helieves that aholition of all night parking may alleviate the parking evil in the busi ness section during the day. \When some of the 18000 motorists without garages are required to get storage <pace for them. he said. they may he inclined to leave their machines home during the day for family use. MANCHURIAN WAR LORD WINS DECISIVE BATTLE Paikipu and Positions Sinminfu — Tientsin Occupies Near Capture Not Confirmed. “hie Ausociated Press. TOKIO, December 23.—The ver nacular newspaper and war office ad- vices from Mukden today Marshal Chang Teo-lin, wy “war lord of Manchuria,” has defeated Gen. Kuo Hung-lin and occupied Paikipu and other positions near Sinminful. The advices are somewhat conflicting. but indicate that Marshal Chang obtained a declsive victory. Fired Upon Train. PEKING, December 23 (#).—An in- ternational train running from Tien- tsin to Shanhaikwan was fired upon at Hsinho yesterday by troops of the Kuominchun (National People’s army), and compelled to return to | Tientsin, according to a wireless mes- sage from that city. There is no confirmation of the re- ports that the Kuominchun forces have captured Pehtsang and Tientsin. Mrs. Clara C. Bruee, a negro wom. an, has been chosen chairman of the hoard of editers of the Boston Univer. sity Law Review. Traffic | hetween cer- | It | stated that | THE EVENING D. C. INCOME TAX BILL BEING DRAWN King, Drafter of Measure, ot Definitely Committed to It. | Senator stated today that he has not definitely committed himself 10 the enactment of such u law here. The Senator sald that he was fUng an income tux memnsure to be sidered by the Senate District com mitiee because during the past fe vears & number of persons have ed him why the District of Co- {lumbia_does not have a local fncome {tax. The Senator sald it had come I to hix attention that wealthy persons establish a residence in Washington !and give up the privilege in a State |in order to avold State taxation. “\While 1 am preparing the draft {of a hill, I have not committed myself ifinally to the proposition of an income {tax for the District,” Senator lsaid. “As a general proposition I | tavor income tax, but 1 have not ade up my mind definitely whether \ere should be such @ tax in the Distr Intangible Property Tax. King expressed the belief tax on intangible personal had not worked so well here {and that he thought It might be well to consider substituting an income | tax for the intangible tax, and pointed it that the revenue derived from the income tax might make possible some reduction in the real estate X. The Senator said that at this time he has only the rough draft of a bill prepared at his request by the corpo- yation counsel of the District, which he probabiy will revive hefore intro. Aucing in the Senate for reference to the Disrtict_commities Nenator King stated that ask that the bill he submitted to & subcommittes of the District committee for He added that he wanted to hear fully the Senator that the property he would i | \ 5 r | | | \ ; | residents of Washington and that hearings undoubtedly would be held | by the subcommittee. | Rates Suggested. “The tentative draft which has heen !given to Senator King suggests the | following rates: A tax of 1, per cent lon incomes of $1.000. 1 per cent on {2,000, 2 per cent on $3.000. 3 per cent lon $4000. 4 per cent on $5.000 and 5 per cent on &1l over $5.000. | Single persons. or those separate | from husbands or wives. would be al lowed exempfion of $1.500, while mar ried persons would be allowed $2.500 ‘There also would be an exemption of $300 for each child. Senator King hax not decided on the draft of the hill as it will be introduced DR. L. S. ROWE IS HOST TO MEXICAN EDUCATOR Notables Attend Luncheon at Pan- i American Union for Dr. Manuel Gamio. . Dr. Manuel Gamio. Mexican ar- icheologisi and educator. was ente Pan-American Unjon by Dr. s, Rowe, director general. The guests were the Mexican Am- bassador, Right Rev. the Minister of Guatemala, Thomas J. Shahan, rector Catholic University: Dr. William Mather Lewls, president George Wash ngton Univeraity; Dr. L. €. Clark, i chancellor American Univeraity: Rev Edmund A. Walsh, 8. of Foreign Service. Georgetown [ni versit Dr. John €. Merriam. presi {dent Carnegie Inatitution of Washing ton: Dr. Gilhert Grosven president National Geographle Sociery. Vernon L. Kellogg. secretary Na tional Research Council: Dr. Gufllarmo A. Sherwell. secrstary general Inte American High Commission: Arthur S. Riggs, secretary Archeological Se- ciety of Washington: Thomas Henry ! Healy. assistant dean School of For- elgn Service, Georgetown. and Dr. Franklin Adams, counselor Pan- American Unlon BUTLER TO RETURN TO MARINE CORPS; “FIRED” BY MAYOR (Contin .. regent School through no fault of the police depart- ment. and in order that they may know your reason is simply a camou flage, | am submitting to them the correspondence for their judgment.” With the dispatch of the letter to the mayor's office Gen. Rutler made public the correspondence he had heen having with Mr. Kendrick regarding padlock proceedings against the Ritz Carlion and revocation of certain darce licenses. The general In his letters urged action. The office of director and the keep. ing of the safety of the City of Phila- delphia was transferred from Butler » Elliott shortly after noon. Gen. Eutler threw his arm around Director Elliott’s shoulders, and in the presence of a room full of people said |te him: | “We have worked shoulder to shoulder for two years. and we are going to see each other often in the future.” The Marine Corps automobile was walting for Gen. Rutler as he lefi City Hall. He was given a cheer as he en- tered the car and sped away. Gen. Rutler said after a few days’ rest he would g0 to Washington to try to withdraw his resignation from the Marines. RESIGNATION OPPOS] Lejeune to Attempt to Keep Butler in Marine Corps. Efforts will be made by Maj. Gen. John A. Lefeune, commandant of the United States Marine Corps, to have Brig. Gen. Smedley Butler, reconsider his ¢ in Philadelphia yesterday. Gen. Buser now is on leave of absence to serve ax director of public safety of the Quaker City, but this leave expires on Jan- uary 1.and President Coolidge recent- Iy refused to grant further extension, | " Gen. Lejeune talked with Gen. But [ler over the telephone and asked him | to come here for a conference. The {commandant of the corps said he could not consider with equanimity the thought of Gen. Butler leaving the corps. hecanuse of his long friendship for him and the value of his services. The resignation, if insisted upon, wili he transmitted to Secretary with a recommendation by Gen. Le- jeune, and in turn sent to the White House by the Secretary with a recom- mendation. The presidential custom has been to accept resignations of Marine Corps, Navy and Army officers in peace time if approved by the heads of the departments. Marine officers had understood that n. Butler intended to return to the corps January 1, as ordered, and then be assigned to command the marine hase at San Diego. He was here urday and called upon Gen Lejeune to pay his respects, without intimat- ing that he intended to offer bis resig natiom STAR |PRESIDENT TO CURB MILITARY | Although Senator Willlam 11 King | of Utah Is preparing an income tax (bill for the District of Columbia, he King | atter it is introduced. | consideration. | views of business men and other | tained at a luncheon vesterday at the | Acting | signation, which was announced | Wilbur | WASHINGTON, HEADS’ LEAVE F BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Never again during President Cool- idge's stay at the White House will & high ranking officer of the Army, Navy or the Marine Corps be granted leave of ahsence ““to clean up” a town or city. The President has been de- cldedly concerned over the politice. reform imbrogliv which has arisen in Philadelphia ux result of the two- year leave of ubsence granted to Gen. Smedley D. Butler Gen. Butler has not only clashed with the Republican city “machine” In Philadelphia, but from time to time In the past it has been intimated that it “ousted” from the position of direc- tor of public safety, the scrappy gen- eral might make a Stute-wide issue of the matter by running for the United States Senate. It so happens that the Senator whom Gen. Butler would oppose next year, it he opposes anvbody, is George | | Wharton Pepper, one of the Presi dent's Intimate, or near-intimate, pc litical friends. Senator Pepper tried recently to get the President to 'ex- tend Gen. Butler's leave so that he | might remain another year as Phila- delphia’s stormy chief of police, but much ax he wanted lo please the Pennxylvania solon, Mr. Coolidge felt the Butler episode had gone too far and that the general should either re sign or return (v hix command | | | Gesture Had Purpose. Of course, if Gen. Butler had Leen granted another vear of leave and his | | ““enemies” in the Cliy f Brotherly {Love had not felt themselves strong 'flnuuuh to “throw him out.” he would ! not have heen in a position 10 be a anate possibility. and that would have pleased Senator Pepper mor [ than eve Gen. Butler has threatened to “make the fur fiy” in Philadelphia He has heen caught up in the polit ical whirlwind which always sweeps around the Philadeiphia City Hall, where Father Penn stands hizh above the municipality which e was | characterized as “corrupt and con |tented.” Tt is assumed Gen. Rutler feels he knows enough thoroughly to embarrass the Republican machine {1 he i« not treated right. Gen. Butler 0E OLDTIME YULET i | Costume Party at Arts Club Recalls London Observ- ance of 1745. Christmas as it used 10 he ohserved in Old England in the davs of 1743 was recalled in & costume Christmas party of dinner and song. given at the Arts Club, 2017 1 street, last night, with the choral and solo num- bera of old English airs receiving a fine ovation from an audience that packed the club The applause that greeted the con- cluding numbers by Ye Covent Gar- dens Chorus laft no doubt that the affair ade C role as success. od ¢ The festivities started with a Christmas dinner. with all the atmos. phere of the old English Yuletide dinner brought to life with the co: tiumeg and the club decorations of red candles and old hrass candlesticks and Christmas greens. When the traditional hoar's head wa in hy twe waiters, each candles, G. A. Johnston famous Boar's Head song, in 1670, A flaming plum included n the old Styron. who took a “Mrs. Delany,” leading was a great istmas Dinner. brought sang composed pudding also was glish farve. and was servAd by Arthur Franklin Mus. grave, who presided at the dinner with a spley sauce of repartee as the generous portion went aroun Riinging in of the wassail bowl which in the old days was brimming with rum-——wound up the dinner pro- | gram. Manners of ‘0ld Lond: After a foreword by “Mrs. Delany™ on the manners and morals of Han- Adel London. Ye Covent Chorus sang a group of songs. hegin- ningz with “Cherry Stones” hy Rland. ford ard concluding with 2n old faoik song—“Song of the Watch —rendered by the men of the chorns. Mrs. Robert LeFerve, impersonating another of the famous English char- acters of the day, Cecilia Young., won special applause in a group of songs that included Handel's aria, “A When the Dove Laments Her Love, from “Acis and Galatea.” Mrx. De. {lany's next group of songs, conclud !ing with Handel's “Air a la Bouree," also won prolonged applause from the audience. “The chorus concluded the program with | | with @ group including carols, | string accompaniment, and conclud- Ing vith the traditional song. “What Child Is This?” Members of the chor- s in-luded Mrs. Wilson, as Anastasia hinson: Miss Riley, as Cuzzoni: Mrs. “airf-x. as Faustina; Miss Edwards, as Gulli: Mrs. Wickersham, as Susan- D CUSTOMS PIGTURED arranged and directed by Miss| Garden | SDAY WEDN OR CIVIL SERVICE Butler Imbroglio With Philadelphia Political Lead- ers and Hints at Dire Reprisals Convince Coolidge Policy Is Unwise. comes from a political family s well as a fighting one and undoubtedly since he has been in the midat of the city hall storms the urge to enter politics has laid a hard hold upon him. So far as his superiors and “bud- dies” of the Marine Corps know, how ever, Gen. Butler has not indicated (0 them that he will pursue w polil- ical course in the near future. As commander-in-chiet of the Army and the Navy and the Marine Corps, President Coolidge does not relish the spectacle of officers threatening dire things to the Republic, to an indi- vidual commonwealth or to & city. The President found himself tod however. with both Gen. Butler and Col. William Mitchell on his should- ers, Politiclans Stand Clear. | Mr. Coolidge realizes he cannot prevent officers of the Army from erupting in the Mitchell fashion from time to time, except by ensuing pun- | ishment and example, but he can prevent officers, while still holding their commissions, from going into municipal or State service. Events of the past 48 hours In Philadelphia have shown that the politicians of that city respected Gen. Butler only while they regarded him ax an active ficer. Once he had announced his resignation they leaped upon him with hob-nailed boots. The President’s own chief military alde, Col. Clarance O. Sherrill, Is about to become the first city manager of | Cincinnati, but his case is totally dif- ferent from that of Gen. Butler in that he resigned his commission before finaily accepting the offer Although disliking to lose =0 capable an ofMcer from the FEngineer Corps. President | Coolidge accepted the Sherrill resigna tion and bid him godspeed in his im portant new undertaking Rrig. Gen. Dion Willlams of the Ma- rine Corps, tendered the position of public safety director in Cincinnati, declined the offer because it wonld have entafled the severance of his service with the Marines. Ax already stated, there are to be no more leaves of absence granted In such l.-a-n. (Copyright. 192 Bermuda Forbids Flying U. S. Flag Without British By the Associated Pr HAMILTON. Beérmuda, Decem. bher 23.— American residents of Ber- muda who in the past have flown the Stars and Stripes at their home here are forbidden do this by an act passed by the local House of Assembly. ['nder the act ne elgn flag may he flown un less Rritish flag of simllar size and_conditfon is alongside it on another staff, and if flown from the same staff the British flag must he run up frst It has been the custom of hotel and hoarding house keepers ta fly the American flag, perhaps ax an advertisement to attract the® ar. riving American tourist. Thix led to the passage of the act. {MUST SELL 700,000 to | | | SEALS TO MEET NEED: | Tuberculosis ~ Association Sees Campaign Fund at Goal Before Christmas. With hut twe days remaining hefore | Chrisimas. the Washington Tubercu- losis Association announced yesterdav DECEMBER 23 JOHN LOONEY GETS J4YEARS IN PRISON Former Editor of Rock Island Paper Convicted of Slay- ing Saloon Keeper. By the Associated P GALESBURG, Il December 28.— | John looney, ouce described a8 “king of the underworld” at Roc Island, was found guilty of the mu der of Willlam Gabel, saloou keeper by a jury here today. lle was im- mediately sentenced to 14 vears in prison. Looney formerly was edi- tor of the Rock Tsland New: The prosecution charged that the) killlng of Gabel followed his dla- closurex of the operations of a Rock Island vice ring of which it alleged Tooney was the head. The case was brought here on a chaange of venue. Pald Looney Tribute. Indicted with Looney were eight of his associates, including a woman, | seven of whom testified that thev | had operated saloons, gambling houses and houses of prostitution paving tribute to Tooney for the| privilege e State sought to show | that the slaying was planned aft | Gabel had given evidence against Loorey tu Federal authorit While these witnenses gave details | [ of the alleged tribute pald. none | could teatify aw to wctual eventx at | the slaving I | Looney, testifyinz in his own d fense. wept as he denied the charges of the prosecution and contended that he never had spoken to Gahel. | He also denied that he had accepted money for profection purposes. Slain In Viee Feud. The slayving of Gabel the night of | Julv 31,1822 was an upshot of viee | and factlonal feud conditions in | | Rock Island for several vears, during | | which Il.ooney's son Conner wasx Killed. T.ooney fied to the Southwest | and was returned to Rock Island to | face charges of conspiracy, on which [ he wax sentenced to from 1 to 5 vears | in prison | For the murder of Loonev's son George Butler was given 20 vears | in prison and Bill Burns. CGeorge Holtsapple Dan Dorst wers | given 14 vears each |SAKLATVALA AROUSES % ROW AT AMERICAN CLUB | Communist Member of British Par-| 1 | | | liament, Barred from U. S., Hustled to Safety. By the Associated Pro LONDON, December Sakiaivala, the only Communist mem- | her of the House of Commons. barred | from the U'nited States last Summer | as a member of the Inter-parliamen- | | tary Union. will long rememher his | recent visit to Oxford. where he ad- | | dressed members of the American | Club. The meeting hroke up in a | row and the speaker was hustled our | a hack door 1o safety. ! Well known figures are invited to | address the club. composed of Amey- | icans attending the university. from | time to time, regardless of their| | political faiths of religious heliers, | and Mr. Saklatvala was asked fo| speak on his favorite subjects. Brit- ish students were not invited, but a crowd of voung Englishmen gained | antrance toward the middle of the | ! Communist's speech, and by hooex | cat calls and college vells, hroke un | the meeting. When the-police ar vived Mr. Saklatvala was ushered |down a dark stairway and off toward {the railway station. }NEW POLAR FLIGHT | To START MARCH 21; | )3 —Shapuri | e A oTiaaiia aonolinest yestevoey WILL LAND ON ICE| sold to reach the? AT &oal of 3.500,000 (Continued from First Page) | receipts of which |~ | arsa 1o go to aid|and in the open sea. He believes that | tuberculosis ferers here. A happy fare well party was held at the Tuber ilosis Hospltat, Fourteenth and Upshur streets, by the patients there who are fighting to regain health, |'in honor of one of their number who has just received from Dr. Peabody a certificate of recovery. This “health graduate.” who two vears ago was admitied to the hospital In a serious condition with active tuhareulosis, ix cited ax an example of what good treatment and rest and the incentive and hope that comes from directed creative hand work can do. suf. | | The young woman is to go at once to the special training school for nurses maintained at Saranac Lake | | Sanitarium, with the expectation of !muklng work among the sick her life work. Her fellow patients here pre- | pared the tea party in the shop where the occupational work is done under the direction of Mrs. Agnes Stewart and Miss Helen Moses. Each patient had purchased or made some gift for the graduate,'and after these were presented there were refreshments for all All the hospital patients who are able to take part in the present sale of Christmas seals are hard at work na Arne: Lawrence Lee, as John (ryving to reach customers and, as | Reard. and Mr. Johnston, ax Seme- usual. they are having considerable simo. success, Vice Prexident Dawes sat at the head of the table in the Senate res- twurant today, with the pages and members of the Senate staff assem- bled as his guests, and heard two I iising young Americans debute in true senatorlal form the subject in | which he 1s so keenly interested, namely, the Senate rules. The debaters were Pagex Willlam M. Mclptyre and Willlam §. Cheat !ham, and the subject was: “Resolved. That the Senate Adopi Cloture.” Young MclIntyre defended the affirma tive and (‘heatham spoke on the neg- ative side. The committee of judges, comp d of Pages Gibson, Gunther and Ward, announced the following decisio “Resolved, that if cloture means less talk and more eats, we agree that the only way to ‘fll-mbuster’ s for the Vice President to give a dinner to the page boys every Christmas.” The Vice President in an address to the Senate pages advised them not to | be “hip flask boys.” It was his advice |10 all American boys. The Vice Pre: dent said: “It is & Pme thing to see young men these days standing up for what they believe right, and putting under their feet the habita which are causing such degeneration amongz so many young people these davs. “Don’t be hip-flask hoys and T should say It myself, I suppose; the Dawes Dines Senate And Hears Boys Pages and Staff Debate on Cloture chaplain should say it-—don't smoke, v 5 zero. This difference, no doubt, will] 1 don't swear, don't' chew. Be clean, |affect the performance of our planes. | be yourselves, stand against the| “Butitis my plan that the engines | crowd and you will amount to some- thing.” The Vice President congratulated the pages on declining cigars and cigarettex for dinner when they were passed around. “The chaplain claims,” sald the Vice President, “that I am not qualified, so far as an example goes. to make any remarks on this particular matter, but I do want to say this: It shows that these young men do set against the crowd. and there is no man who is worth the powder and shot to blow him up who does not set himself against the crowd, especially in hix younger life. It is the fellow who runs after the crowd and smokes and drinks and dissipates that does not amount to anything, and 1 think the pages of the Senate are going to amount to something.” Page Lawrence Gunther then ten- dered to the Vice President the thanks of the pages for the dinner, and the Vice President responded. The toastmaster was John C. Crockett, chief clerk of the Senate, and the in- vocation was delivered by the Senate chaplain, Dr. J. J. Mulr. Mrs. Dawes attended the luncheon and was presented with flowers by the pages. The Senate was net In sesajon to day and before the luncheory began | themselves | seals will be found as far north as the very top of the earth. Their flesh. he says. will supply food, their hides will supply material { for boats and clothing and their blub. | ber will supply fuel. In addition he expects to bring down | asional polar bear even in the ! | most northerly latitudes. Peary found | bear tracks in the far north. Amund- | ilnn and Elleworth. on their flight last ! | vear. saw a seal at latitude 8. | Wilkins himself has never heen as i far north as the ice pole. which is |1ocated at 84 degrees north. Rut with | Stefansson, he walked thousands of | | miles aver the moving sea ice off the I northernmost Canadian coast. Ste. fansson and he traveled without | thought of taking suffcient supplies | 1o get them back to their base. Often they were forced to go ahead because | they had steadily killed off the game | in the country behind. | “In the event we find land,” Wilkins explained today. “this fact need not halt gur planx for a transpolar flight. | We shall not need both planes or both flight parties to explore and map it unless it is very large in area. One; the planex can be used to %o on | with the Spitzbergen plan. i Will Keep Engines Warm. “Land in the Arctic Sea may mean | that we can establish a fiving base | much nearer Spitzbergen than Peint | | Rarrow. If we are able to do this, | we shall make a new hop-off arrange- ment. “Amundsen succeeded In starting | hig plane in the Arctic after a rather | unfaverable landing. We see no rea. | son why we cannot o the same thing | it necessary. Amundsen and June and found aworth flew in| the temperature shall never cool off from the time we leave the Alaskan railhead at Tenana. When we land at Barrow after our flight up from the railhead we shall blanket the engines with reindeer hides, and beneath the hides we shall burn amokeless lamps, which will de- feat the low temperatures. We shall follow the same procedure if we are forced to land on the Polar ice or at a new base in a new land. (Copyright. 1925, by North American News- Daper Alliance.) Japan Moves on Diploma Miils. TOKIO, December 23 (#).—The authorities today declined to identify alleged medical “diploma mills™ against which action was taken re- cently, but it is understood that they are privately owned institutions, smail and unimportant. It is suspected some medical certificates were forged in Japan. * the pages rehearsed the debate on cloture In the Senate chamber and also debated the question of whether the prohibition law should be amend- ed. The vigorous manner in which the hoys exchanged their views indi- cated the experience they have gained from their service as Senate pages. They voted 14 to 2 for cloture and | sewed up in_her garter. PRESS CLUB TAKES | of Detroit, the former owners of the Press Club, which represents news- ! paper men from ‘every part of the | country, a deed valued at $2,850.000 | can newspaper lasting six hours. | Those at Meeting. ! Those who attended the meeting| were John Hays Hammond, John Joy | | Edson and Edmund Brady, attorney, | ! which | great publications of the country have above zero. We expect to find a tem-| i 3 5 i trict Supreme Court to recover $85,600 perature at Point Barrow of 40 below | /i iciion on the sale of the Ebbitt Arrest Caused Furore t { MARTHE MOREU French girl, known as Mlle. Foxtrof, arrested with three Englishmen on charge of spying_on French aviation fields. Information about a flying fleld was contained in a tube found Both the British and French governments de. clined to countenance the affair, and all were released. | (From yesterday's 5:30 Star.) OVER EBBITT SITE Transfer of $2,850,000 Deed Effected—Building Work Will Begin Soon. Representatives of the National Pry Club yesterday received the deed making the club owner of the! historic site at Fourteenth and F streets where now stands the famous old Ebbitt Hotel and the Hooe Build- ng. Transfer of the deed, which was flected in the directors’ room of the ggs National Bank, marked the suc- [ cessful completion of the club's ven- ture into the realm of high finance. in the of the Lovely The transfer of this deed presence of representatives Press Club and Stormfeld & property, places into the hands of the and a site in the National Capital on which there soon will he built a huge building which will stand as a monu ment to the enterprise of the Ameri profession The formalities were concluded late in the afternoon after a conference representing the National Press Club; Col. Joseph Fairfax and Edward Stat ford, representing the Stormfeld & Lovely organization: Glenn Snider of New ork City, the first mortgagees, and ! ther officials interested in the frans. representing Chapmame & Cq 3 fer. Henry L. Sweinhart, president of the Press Club, is in New York City. | Immediately after the deed was signed and the transfer made Mr. Sweinhart was informed of the con. { summation of the deal. Mr. Swein hart then placed the purchase money on deposit in New York City and upon proper informatfon the Riggs Bank issued the check for the prop- erty 1o the former ownei Soon after the first of the vear the! familiar landmark at the southeast corner of Fourteenth ar F streets 1l disappear and in its place there will be erected a $10.000.000 building will be one of the largest and most beautiful structures of its kind in Washington. Theater Lease. The Press Club has made history Washington's realty transactions, with the affairs of the in In_connection building the Fox Theater Co. recently signed a lease for approximately $£.000,000 for the theater rights in the building. This ix the largest lease ever signed on property in Washington. The building will con tain a motion picture theater seating 3.600 persons, the largest theater in the city. In paying an annual lease of more than $200.000 for the use of the thea- ter the Fox Theaters Co. is piying the largest sum paid for any rotion picture theater house in a city the size of Washington. Several months ago the Press Club's intention and the announcement of its option on the F street property came as a complete surprise. At a meeting of the Press Club the idea was enthu siastically indorsed. Prominent men and Government officials approved the plan. The National Press Club Realty Holding Corporation was formed to handle the affairs of the club in con ection with the building After the expression of many doubts and ru-| mors in regard to the transaction, the | evection of the new building hax now hecome almost @ reality. he stores planned for the building already spoken for, and enthusi- c newspaper men representing the announced their intention of acquiring | offices in the building. It is under- stood that nearly 600 office rooms have been spoken for. BROKERS SUE TRUSTEI Claim $85,600 Commission for Selling Ebbitt Site. Randall H. Hagner and the F. H. Smith Co. have filed sult in the Dis- totel property to the National Press | Club. The sale price was $2,800,000 and the broke clalm & commission of 3 per cent. Numed as defendants are Edward A. Lovely and larry A. Stormfeltz, trustees, who held title for the sellers. The brokers are represent- 1ed by Attorneys Donaldson & Johnson, Daniel W. O'Donoghue and Arthur A. Alexander. i Writs of attachment were issued { against John Hays Hammond, as pres- ident of the National Press Club Building Corporation and as president of the holding corporation: R. L. Mar- clay, assistant secretary of the club, hia and Real FEstate Title Insurance companies to prevent payment of any money to Lovely and Stormfeltz pend- ing determination of the litigation. EDUCA;I'OR INViTED TOU.S. MELBOURNE, Australia, Decem- ber 23 (#).—Prof. Copeland of Mel- { bourne University has been invited to the United States by the Lura Spell- man Rockefeller Memorial of New York to discuss the possibility of es- tablishing traveling fellowships in American universities for Australian students in the rocfal sciences. The university council has granted him leave for the visit. In New York he will discuss the matter with Dr. { two months, and the record duct and the vice presidents of the Colum- | ‘CODLIDGE WILL ACT ON MITCHELL SOON Expected Get Court- to Martial Record About Mid- dle of January. Unless something not anticipatcd prevents, the record of the Mitchell court-martial case will be submitted to President Coolidge for action about the middle of January, Following the usual conrse, the record is now being considered by the board of review in the office of the Judge Advocate Gen eral, to establish the legality and of the proceedings before court. If officlally approved n those respects, the record will he suh mitted to the Secretary of War for transmission to the President, with or without comment, as he deems fit. Millio The trial covered a period of near including testimony hoth eral and documentar makes a veolume of about 1.00080 words. Officers of the Army law de. partment estimate roughly that it w take at Jeast two weeks' time to read it as carefully as its importance quires. Further time will then be consumed in itx separate consideration by the Secretary of War and the Pres ident before it can be acted upor Meanwhile there will be no speci; chuuge in the status of Col he Words of Testimony. M Who, has been under technical o since his (rial began and in receipt of his regular salary and emoluments hough the court-martial found Mitchell guiity of the charge of e« to the prejudice gond ord and military discipline, and sentenced him to suspension from rank and for five vears. with forfeiture of and allowances during that period. and apparently has conclnded work, it will not he officially dissol and discharged from further eration of the case until the Presidant takes final action. That is the opinian of law officers of the War Department who have looked into the matte: consid President Finai Court. According 10 them. onlv the Presi dent, who convened the court-mar has final jurisdiction in the Under the Constitution and utes, he may approve the as it stands he may set altogether reduce the penaltiss imposed he sees fit. The thing he may not do under aw is to increase the severity the sentence. His power is that direction limited to the right the couri-martial for tion the original sentence general ground that it was not mensurate with the offense of the officer had heen convicted court-martial could impose a sentence or modify the original as ix deemed fit and proper. hut coy d to do =0 matter the stat sente asida . reconsider the which The new not_be comp The impression ix zeneral in mil tary circles that the Mitchell case is losed so far as the conrt-martial itzel? i« concerned. and that the President will not deem it necessary to send the case hack to the court for re consideration, but will act on the sentence as rendered COOLIDVGiEi DECIDES TO ACCEPT LEAGUE ARMS PARLEY BID (Continued from First Page.) Jf some matters pending in Wisconsin He admitted. though, that the World Court hattle and the invitation i tne arms conference were among the suh. ed upon. He did not ears to discuss either, other than 1o sa that in the event the President asked Congress for an appropriation to send wonld jects tou the delegation to Geneva. it readily he granted. He gave the im pression that there will he practically no opposition to the President when formal announcement of his accept- ance is made. Developments at the White Honse during the past day or so regarding this Geneva invitation have not in- cluded the slightest hint as to the pos sible personnel of the delegation Pres- ident Coolidge will appoint. There have been guesses that Former See- retary of State Hughes and Col. FEd ward M. House. Democ and former confidant of Woodrow Wilson, wonld be among those finally selected. But There has heen no indication at the White House that has either in mind Mr. Hughes was a at the White House vesterday and later, conferred with Secretary Kel- logg. and Col. House was a giest the White House several davs ago. all of which helieved hay given rise 1o rveports rninz those in connection Wwith Amer- ican delegation Senator Rerah's name also heen included in the rumor list, he stated with much positiveness the White House today that he has not received anv inkling that he is being considered Elihu Root. former State, and Secretary conferring this morniy President for luncheon at the White House. Mr. Root is another whose name has been mentioned as a possi- Die delegate to the conference. ARLINGTON ECONOMY DRIVE HITS FOUR MORE Two Constables and Sealer ‘Weights Lose Jobs, and Deputy Sheriff Suffers cut. Special Dispateh to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., December 23— Starting out on a program of econ- omy the Board of County Supervisors, at a meeting at the courthouse yester- dropped two constables, Calvin of Washington district President Coolidze luncheon gnest is [ the has but Secretary of Kellogg, after ined the of da; Marcey and Richard Crane, and reduced the pay of Deputy Sheriff Archie Richards from $75 4 month to $50. The salary of Frank Dennis, sealer of welghts {and meusures, was ordered stopped |Tack of money in the county and Arlington district road funds was given as another reason for the action. The meeting was held behind closed {doors, and was attended by Sheriff Howard B. Fields, Commonwealth At |torney Willlam €. Gloth. Dr. 7. M { Chichester, county health officer; Capt {John T. Talman. county superintend ent of roads, and Robert L. Walker, sanitary officer, all of whom were re auested by the hoard to hold down the expenses of their offices to the mini- mum. About 10 members of the road force have been dismissed in the past week, and the hoard gave instruction te Capt. Talman to make further cur- tailments The Loomis-Wetzel Co., being the lowest bidder, was awarded the con- trace by the board for the construe tion of Frazier avenue from Mount Vernon boulevard to the Alexandria Washington turnpike. Its bid was $26,767.76. The road is to be of con- crete. Work of grading will begin in about a week, it was said, and the con crete poured in the early Spring. Lady Terrington, former member of the Rritish Parliament. has gone into 10 to 6 against amending the Volstead act. Bardsley Ruml, director of the fund. < Dbusiness as a beauty promoter.