Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1926, Page 2

3 THE EVENIN( EDITORS INVITED 10 GENEVA PARLEY « ! Americans Asked to Attend World Press Conference Next September. SUPPERT IN FIGHT 1 | Civil Service Leagues Offer; Aia in Abolishing Classi- fication Board. An invitation to attend the world press congress which will he held at Geneva. Switzerland. next September 14 to 18, was extended 1o the mem- bers of the American Soclety of News- paper Editors today in sesslon ai the Willard Hotel, The fnvitation was ziven by Kred M. Snyder, who rep resented Dean Walter Willlams of the University of Missouri. who I presi- dent of the Congres The Geneva conzress is to prom # hetter understanding of the prob lems of Europs and their celation (o MURRAY G. the newspapers of the world An address on the modern reaction 10 the modern newspaper was de livered «i the morninz session by Dr. George Barton Cutten. president of Colgate University. who zave a PRUMINENI | comprehensive outline of the advances made by modern newspapers in the presentation of news ) those noon’s forum against the lmount of crime news that in Amevican newspapers. He sald: Men zenerally are good wnd law | abiding. ‘and. as Josh Billings sald. ‘helng 2000 #in't news' hecause it nsnal. 1 in good deeds as well as in bad ones in Virtue ax well as In vice. There is no reason why 4 paper should ap peal 1o the worst class or 5 characteristies of any class newspuper must have honor 15 enterprise. convictions as well courage and & willingness to make finsncial sacvifice for the right rather than profit through the wrong. People are looking to their leaders today and are esponding 1o the iight kind of leadecship. and no other institution hwis the opportunity vouchsafed to the modern newspaper A techaicsl ad on wire proh me of The newspapers was given hy 1art H. Peiry. editor of the Adrian elerr ze B. Armstead. man azins the Hartford Courant “overing the City and the and Walter M. Harrison. man editor of the Duily Oklahoman on “The itorial Advertising Problem annual election of business will come. editors this afiernoon hananet will be held this evening rzinz the Per wrd with havir and Herbert D. Brown the Buredn of Efficiency. with succosstully worked toward bitter opponent™ of the | Representative Lehibach. | Bepublican. Jersev, last night \ sedzed the support of the Civil League Washinzton and | tional Civil Service his bill tion Board 1o the Civil The Lill is now committes hibach nnel Classi vrecked” chief ¢ to and turn its func Serviee Com in the eivil Huonse | of the princi A dinner at the Wom Tl the Civil e not eartain «... m\ of the DR, 1 ohtain passis thre Y.u\! Con Bt dtid not | would ey ve House the Ser Hits Crime News, added his A1 yesterday i Cutten delivered protest af eports White House V Report of the recent visit of a dale 1o 1o Presi made i 'Dr " D, Murray Motter Was For- who wevealed the vt mer D. C. Commissioner of Pharmacy. from the lncal le 5 Ml P made on the present <onnel management by ind something obtained the Az This was view of n his annual had that e <ific he im ol [ nld Murray Galt a0 commissioney Moiter, venr ensie the mer of phar- in as miaey for the District of Columbis and 1 ohie ind deputy health afficer heve, died of hesrt dis- ease al his residence. 314 Nineteenth His lest important Tib, cress said ater: inspectar o hends ot an im Lehihach il came from Dy Lea of New Y National « in sup Stowell and rk vil Thursday Wi divector of for the Public Health Sery- where he worked until regiving in Coming this city in 1846, Dr Matter ince that time had heen con- 10 nected prominently in medical circles nille was permanent seereiary of the 20 | Medical Society of the District of Co- vhich [lumbix. and he wes twice » delegate toward a 1o the conventions for the revision of wil. & svstem the pharmacopeia of the United justice and | Siates. In 1900 he wa< one of the the Fedsral of the articles of incorpora for him the tion of the convention snd served and pro- lassistant secretary waile a delegate. | At the conventlon in 1910 he hecame ' | secretary and was listed in the re- ports of the conventinn xx one of hose “who have heen of especial ax- sistance during the work of revigion.” | In 1968 Dr. Moiter served as® sec terary 1o the Natfonal Confederation of State Medical Examining Bonrds. Born in Emmitsburg. in Emmitsburg, Ma. 26, 1866, Dr. Motter was tutored until he entered Pennsyl- vania College, Gettyshurg. where he eceived an A. B. degree in 1885, He was awarded a RB. S, degrea a vear ch had been ovdered | jurer and received an M. A. degree | hased on the “skeleton™ | |, 1889, In the Jaw for| He was graduated in medicine from V"NP !the University of Pennsylvania in the chief of the Bureau jgag and practiced for several years for he sald, having i Lancaster Pa.. and then in Phila deminated the Classification Roard o | daiphia before coming to this eity. evade w. Mr. Lehlhach charged A venr after coming here Di. Mot- the chief of t G “had resorted ., ‘hecame a lectuiar on applied | to mi: the disiortion apatomy, and in 1901 became a pro- of facts And evasions 1o fessor of physiology at Georgetown e who placed confidence | Injversity. and taught there con- [ tinuously until 1805 He was made comminssioner of pharmacy for the District ana served ! until 1908 and from that vear until| 1908 he was chief inspector and! deputy health officer for the Distriet, | He entered the [nited States Public Health Service during 1908 and served ' until retiring as dfrector of library service in 1924, H Dr. Motter was married 1o Miss | Ellen Sitgreaves Vail in Philadelphia in 1847, He leaves his widow: his rting he was mother, Mrs. James T. Motter, both| mot cervtain whether his bill conid be | of this city: a daughter. Mra. E. G.' passed through the House a second | Miller, jr.. of New York, and two sons time. Ar. Lehlbach declared: “It's up (. H. Vall Motier and James T.; 1n vou tn take up the fight.” Motter haries P. Messick. chief examiner Funeral services cretaiy of the New Jersey State @1 (he chapel at Oak Hill cf Comimission. said he had rthis afternon at 2 o'clock hoped tn tnrn the Federal lewis Higbee of Emmitsburg. Government for help in forwarding Wil officiate, the eivil ce in his State. hut fonnd that as mich has heen accom plishad here as In some lacal govern ments Mr. Messick said he dfd not helieve in such “mystery and secrecy” as he | nunderstood ‘had heen thrown around | the records hera by the ('ivil Service | Commission when Dr Stowell at tempted to obtain tain records. He hoped there would he found some meane to get rid of “secreey and dis trust so that work could he ‘ahn\pl the tahle. Classification was de. clared by Mr. Messick to he the hasis | of civil service aperations. as proper compensation plans. exarinations promations. appropriations and eff clency serviee ratings were founded upnn the elassification schedules. Marsh f the W Reform 1.4 Iehlbach i review of classification went back 2wk of the ecommis ident Taf the steps vice to working provide with officers and hefore the and the annual the Willard ~signers se in pay Charged Law Vielation. Treatment of Officials. William Hard. Washington politicai | writer, speaking At vesterdav a:ter I noon’s session on the political fol of the American newspapers. assailed in frank and vizorous manner the actices of some newspapers of the country in tearing down the charac ters of public officials and feaching the public to despise them the editors (o exercise more conserva tive and fust freatment of the Na tion's public servants. It % our duty (o exposs their wickedness when it exists.”" he said but It I8 also our duty 1o preserve their good reputations when they de. serve it It 18 our duty to hold up before the voung a vislon of government, politics. of public life. which will &t tract our noblest and ablest men and romen into the political arena and the eCt service of their country “Do we do It? All of uk fall far short. We pour out upon politicians not only vials of needed wrath. but also whole torrents of totally unnec. essary invective and contempl. We teach the voung 1o despise politicians and politick &nd 1o fear 1o plunge intc & work we loathingly descrih that o effort when it seemed all this ahout 1o coms 1o fruition fn A classification built on the recent law. Mr. Lehlbach said. the Classifica tion Board had violated | the law and . annulled classificatior The he sa had o set up the proper classes within the grades of the sery and ind the act gress A the by oo st the werately i ked and hoard first Born Augusi privately | fres < salaries under eported to Con «nd ha £ classification for up by o District of Colu e 1 ths i measure succeeded in | in the minds of some upright ientinus men xfous in full m prblic a the rerms of the an nunfounded fseal conse. ssification aet. and apprehensinn ol auences " Foreign Writer Speaks. Wilmott Harsant Lewls, Washing correspondent of the London Times. in speaking on the political job of the continental newspapers, protest ed against the “dangerous tendency in English newspapers to fall into the hands of a few capitalists—men who Inck x sense of public responsibility wnd who use their pow support ends more personal thar etor of # great group of tends to become & poli id, pointing to Northeliffe Snglikh newspaper owner and director, as an offender in this re gard, adding that he once publicly pro tested against the passing of papers into the hands of “mere million.’ hix danger | some extent. Mr. Lewis sald, by the steady growth of economic independ- ence of the news writers :hrough bet- {ter pavment for their seryices. David Lawrence. head of the Con solidated Press. spoke briefly on the purpose of the American Association of Newspaper Syndicates, of which he is president. Crime Routine News. Up {0 Rill's Supporters. | time Lehlhach ming un his cha present svstem. and as deciared ges against the ha will be conducted Cemetery | Re Md and 2 ser 0 Two Women Suffocate. LAKEWOOD. J. Janusry 16 (R —Twa women were suffocated as they slept today, when fire destroved | portion of the Lortaine Hotel. The Victims were Mrs. Mary Schedoff of Brooklyn, mother four children who arrived at the hotel last night, | and Flora Harris, & mald. i 18 Killed in Train Wreck. TOKIO. Januacy 15 UP), - Eighisen | | persons were reported to be killed and : injured in # rallvoad wreck near ivanoshitu tod: Cone of the vie tims are foreigners. The (rain jump od the track and fell 200 feer. Crime news was discussed at the #lternoon session in an open forum which followed an address by Harvey Ingham. editor of the Des Moines Register-Tribune. which recently ex perimented with the publication of {news of crimes. placing it on an inside page. "“We have wearied our read he said. front page. on the the the most important should be for the crime certainly is of it should be treated ;= routine ma- terial. not made « sensmation of. Other editors present. however. voiced vigorous wbjection. Edmund W. Booth. editor of the Grand Rapids | Press and proprietor of the Booth pa- pe f Michigan. declared: “A real Bory murder, with lots of blood mystery in it. is a Arstclass story any paper. and it is one that will do litlle damage (o (he public, even in cluding the child readers. Much mo harm is done in the handling of scan- dal news. such as the case.’ E_ . Hopwood. editor of the Claye. land Plain Dealer. pointed out that the Rhinelander story. the imprison ment nl' Floyd Collina in the Kentucky cave and the race of the dog team to Nome. Alaska. with diptheria serum Shonld Fix Responsibilits, 16 p3st performance garded as a eriterion.’ Swormstedt weve distributed at the dinner. lohn Joy Edson, the Civil Service L and now honorary present body. sald service should be made so at that it would no longer lose fdaily some of the best men in It. The vetirement lew was characierized by | M. Bdson asx “wotiderful” but as not going “far enough.” Mr. Edson sald {that when he left (he Government em ¢ i the CUreasury Department “go “on Account of many un ir things thuse spolls da he resolved to devole part of his time the resi of his life 10 the improve- meat of the civil service. Should Repeal Law. is tn he re sald Mi. Mes the classification of ihe Federal service cannot he satistectorily done by the Personnel Classification Board, ne ronstituted. with the siivision of authority and the confiiet of in terssts which have heen so apparent fn 1< veported deliberations. The re v for the development of & ciassification plan should he placed upon the agency which is expected to ¢ Rdminister it “We hear nnhusineas ness R to ter. 1 lic thinks Dr ence the that it was The front page unexpected TH who inaugurated ague in Washing president of the Govern | | ' | | on, the ment active now its £pons a zreat deal ke methads in Government and of the Government fn my aptnion me as the system helieve an the A he e Stowell in reviewing the confer vith the Pr dent. in which Chief Executive had heen asked A Might not be abolished take the lead in 2 mavement to | Ung off its centralize the personnel work of the : hach veplied Government in the Civil S ice Com- proper way missinn. sald he had told the Presi- | nal law authorizing it or creating it dent that the work the Personnel <hould be repealed. if the abolition is Classific Roard had constituted desired. sald Mr. Lehlbach. “the most fAagrant vielation of law | Membersy of Congies 1 had ever seen.” & gulded very lavgeiy by ynmittee on appropriations chaltman of that committee Smoot. Dr. | understand, is impressed by certain President | services rendeved by that bureau. It not only | doex get certain useful information the will of Conzress. but had | Evidently, the commiitee is more in- G Rean instrumental in having Senator torented fn (nls service than it 4 in | Son_of the Toledo Dlade oueted aa Smoot violate his position in the legis- | the disservice of the buveau to some | 'I°% 10 SHOW (BAL merican newspa- e hranch of Government hy reach- | one else.” DRIl e el of crime than Inz over intn the executive hranch.' Members of Congress would hesi ;"‘p‘e’:' so-called conservative English <enator Sment's power was flaved hy rate. sald Mr. Lehlbach. to protest ; PABEC r N o \ ' 1HS lcemacka to \Ne against the item of the Bureau of -“"'dol" E. ?\"dked' ’glm'r Washing. fnfluence “that tervifies Ffficiency in the committee of the ";," "d ‘r\(:‘ nr::l:‘p'u r'mt_u crrh:r‘\: news his evervthing in Washing- «whole House. and then have 12 or 15 ’5 fl|“ A Dmm: f«m c"vlm- The efforts of the Civil Service | members of the appropriations com (']‘“’-R A e e _Nr‘; n;'e ziue which were <aid 10 have “fix- mittee. acknowledged to be leaders in | CRICRED DR P Sxpamsg fhe ed the opprobrium™ on Senator Smoot | the Houre, get up #and make a strong 'O_' e i o mroerae ‘:fhur. were predicted by Dr. Stowell 10 he-| defense of the item. and an attack | Move TEEEEC (D LS MOLE Wwhole: come an influence which eventually ' on those who opposed it. ~"":l‘ bis eteved aine tentns :,fn"l» an‘d would “whittle down the power” of | Dr. Stowell announced he had re- | fald he belered BBCLent o) Fenator Smoot in Congress celved a letter trom Harlan Wood, | b® pr "r‘E) o umelyitype on fomide I'v. Stowell said that in spite of the chairman of the veterans’ joint com- pages of pape fact that he personally was compelled | mittee, in which Mr. Wood expressed 10 “lke" Herhert D. Rrown for his| sympathy with the views of the “daying and effronterv.” the league | league. The veterans' committee. Mr. | mot enly carried its campaign against | Wood pointed out further. would be Rrown o the President. hut declared | in favor of consolidation of the Civil Brawn's work was such as to “Instify | Service Commission. Bureau of Eff- hi= immediate dismissal.” clency. Personnel Classification Board Coples nf the memarandum present lr\m\ United States Emploves’ Compen- ed tn Preesident Conlidze hy Dr. Ste-]zation Commissfon Into a single per- v Hill and Mrs, Lyman G. sessgl agency about for the busi the ineff emplove. he is not s much He is het eraze pub. the | In response 1o A whether the Bureau auesi A% 1o of Efficiency | imply by cut- | appropriation, Mr. Lehl | that this was not the| 1o abolish ii." The origi- ment of contest in them. Criminals a« Heroes. .. Wiliiams, jr.. editor of the Boa- ton Kvening Journal, defended publication of crime news on theory thal crime s « potential threat | 1o every home, every individual, and that the public had a right to know and had an Interest in knowing it the police were on the joh. Grove Patter. | X he ndded the House | and the Again Attacks Smoot. who, 1 Azain attacking Senator said he told the Herhert 1. Rrown had Stowell that defind Protest Manchurian Invasion. NTON, January 16 (®).—The newspapers are expressing indigna- tion hecause of the recent sending of troons to Manchurla. A mass meeting has heen called 1n register a streng protest. The situation thus far is uneventful. . o ' is belleve people are interested | as! and urged | i« heing minimized to| “by putting crime on the | xpected and much | and | Rhinslander | were gieat stories. because of the ele. ! the | the STAR. WASHINGTON, D. ., SATURDAY. {GOODS VALUED AT THOUSANDS SCHEDULED F()R D]STR[BUTI()N Radm Sets Listed Amung Articles to Be G Away at Food Show of | Reveral thousand dollars’ worth food and groceries, an automobile, gas range. electric vacuum cleaner, five | 1nbe radio sets. coaster wigons, dolls, etc.. will he given away at the food show which is to open tonight at the Washington Auditorium under tha auspices of the Retail Groeers’ Pro-| | tective Association "aod exhibits and other attractions are being brought from all parts of (the country for the affair, which will continue until January Large auantities of food will be presented to the pairons of the show throughout the perfod of the exhibition. Once » day n coaster wagon and a walking and talking doll will be presented to some of the lucky children attending. he show will include an exhibition ) all sorts of ediblex from soup to nuts. The show will open tonight st 7:30. and ev other dayv at 230 p.m.. except Sunday, when the exhibit | 1 will he eclosed. i Every affort has heen made 10 make the food exhibit campleie in every de. 1ail and the hest vet given in Wash- | ingron, Among Anhenser the firms taking pari are Buseh. Inc.: Joseph Atkin COURT FOES FACING TASK OF CONTINUING FILIBUSTER A WEEK' from large | is found . Wontinued First Page) has not gol the muney to buy liguor | and everybody hLnows it Senator | Hlease sald. 17 he does not know it it will not take him long to find out if he will jusi walk slowly along the street and look like his lips wre div. | “Why. they haie sollciting agents all aver the citv, and they come into | the Senate Office Building. and they 20 1o the Honse Office Bullding, and | they come under the dome of the Cap- ftol: und vel some people stand up #nd talk about: prohibition. Quoting from Washington's {ment that foreign 1 would open the door ence and corruption state entanglements | 1o foretgn influ « Senator Blease ‘We have It in this country You opened the do to foreign Linfluence.” he added. “and God Knows have the corruption of it right | here in Washingion liquor sent over trom Baltimora under protection for {foreign embassies. that they and their people might have » big Christmas. | {irink lquor, drink wine snd cham pagne. frolic, have dances. But the poor little devii who rode A street car all dav in the snow. or drove a hack. or worked down here in 2 ditch somewhére. and quletly <lipped out and got his half-pint, put i in hix pocker and <lipped around in semebodv's closet navhe slip ped home and took litle drink some scoundrel paid the Govern- ment in ihe shape of A nasty. dirty spy. calling himself & prohibition fagent. looking in rhe Svindow. runs {in and grabs him znd slaps him in jall for 30 davs. while the embassy people. in their uniforms and their tripes and their fine hats and clothes. | | drink w1l the liguor they want te and do everything they can at wari ance with the laws of the Natlon. “Great God. whai & country! What an enforcement of law charged up to | somebody. I don't know whom." Senator Blease argued that Iaw and | order was hampered because “our “higher officers in many instances don't obey 1t “Our churches are divided” he con- | tinued. “some of them teaching those | fool doctrines like evolution.” Reverting again to Woodrow Wil son. the Senator said that when James M. Cox. the democratic candidate for President in 1920, “went up to the White House and knelt down and | <4id: ‘1 consecrate my all to thee Mr. Wilson. not my country.’ the people <lapped him in the face, and proper because George Washington told them to do it." a by | ASKS RETROACTIVE ANNUITY MEASURE AT JOINT HEARING 1 (ontinued from First Page.) ordered a vear ago. before he wonld, reach any decision. The two plans which have received | most attention at the hearings—the | .ehlbach-Stanfleld and the Garber- eld bills—hoth woeuld ® (he | imum annuity from $720 to $1.200| v The Garber Harreld bill. belng sup. ported by the Pension Ru u of the Imerior Department, would give low sularied emploves & larger annulty | | than the Lehibach bill, but borh bills | | would incrense the annuities all along | the line np to the proposed maximnm | of $1.200 Near 1l of the organizations of | amploves are supporting the Lehlbach- | Stanfleld hill and more than a score | of members of Congress have indorsed | that plan before the committee. The emploves are opposed (o the | provision of the Garber-Harreld bill which would take away the privilege emplo e now have of obtaining tow year ~xtensions of time If they are still : hle to perform efMclent service when they reach retirement age. Anviher pofut of difference to be given careful consideration by Con- | | Gress is whether emploves should be the option of retiring after | of service regardless of age or whether there should he a minimum age that would have fto he attained hefore the 30-vear option could be exercised. Groupe of postal employes from 41l over the country testified vester- Aay In support of the Hudson hill. which would fix annulties on a slid- ing scale in proportion to the amounts pald in hy the amployes. This plan Ix designed to give greater consideration to supervisory workers who get more than $1.800 a vear sulary. In the Garber.Harreld bill | ! the maximum salary 1o be used in computing annuities is $1.600 and in the Lehlbach-Stanfield bill the muxi- mum 1% $1.800. i | BURGLARS CHALLENGED TO ROB CHAIN STORES | Have But Two Days Left Before | Automatic Poison Ga Patlowed 30 vears Devicer Bo Into Operation. By the Associated Prea TAMPA. - Fla.. January 16.—Safe crackers, “‘not the soda variety,” a chain store advertised here, have but Lwo more days to rob any one of its 17 local places. Beginning Monday | night each atore will be equipped with isutomatic poison gas, sald the an- nouncement. In the meantime, the advertisment states. all stores and safes will be un- locked. adding that “we feel this ar- rangement will save us both consider- able time. trouble and expense. It won't require your cutting iron bars and drilling hole in safes, all of which we have had to replace, due to your unethical methods.™ | chine Co., | Tibbets | anired Opening Tonight. Brew-Snyder o, Edgar k& Sons. Browning & Baines. Capace Cunada Dry Ginger Ale Co.. Tea Cream Co.. Cheek-Neal . C-1t Products Co.. W. N Clark Colgate & Co.. Conn cut-Copperthite Pie Co.. Corby ing Co.. Farwell Baking back Co. France Milling ftand Manufacturing Co Baking Co.. the Jello-Co., ) Kidd, Inc.;’ Kirkman & Cheese Co., McCormick & Co. top, Ine; Martin Gillet Mueller Co.. Muffets Corporation Orlental Show-You Co.. Peerless Fooc ducts Co., Plezall Cookie Co., Post ucts Co., Roval Baking Powder F. Sauer Co., T. Schroth & Sons, William Schwartzmann, Shred ded Wheat Co., Soft Wheat Miller's As. sociation paz Donghnut . Vege- tarian Food and Nut Co.. Walker-Hill D Washhurn Crosby 7 John Wilkins € Wilkins-Rogers Mill Peoples o-operative Realty Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Ma- IR Hi ing & Co., Inc.: Washington Gas Light Co. Hill & Delco Light Co. Washing. Electric Corporation. 0. 1. Da- 4'(\ \nx nM (homhul Co. Br o Havenner . E. G n).. . Ton Moll ENGINEER IS NAMED | BUS COMPANY HEAD E. D. Merrill. Prominent in Trac- tion Field, to Assume Direc- tion of W. R. T. V. Mervill. for the past two vears traffic engineer for the Chicago n ¢'oach Co.and the Yellow Coach Manufacturing Co.. has been appoint ed president and general manager of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. it was announced vesterday hy F. W. Doolittie. vi president of the North American Co. which recently ac the local bus organization Mr. Merrill s graduste of Grin nell College and of the Mussachusetts Institute of Technology. He was an wssistant engineer of the Unlon Pacific Railroad from 1909 1913, and the following vear joined the Puket Sound Traction Light & Power ('o. of attle. At the time he resigned from that or ganlzation in 1914 he was traffic engi neer. He then was ldentified with the Milwaukee lectrie allw & Light Co.. a subsidiary of the North Amarican Co.. and became assistant superintendent of transportation From 1920 to 1922 he was with the Philadelphia Rapld Transit Co. trafMe engineer and assistant superin tendent of transportation During 1973 ha was called upon to make spe cial studies for the Boston Klevated Rafiway Co_ upon the completion of which he joined the Cincinnati Trac tion Co. as superintendent of rhed nies. In 1924 he joined the « cago organizations. FIGHT AFTER SERVICE FOR DECEASED QUEEN: Italian Deputies in Brawl Follow- ing Memorial for the Late Margherita. IMEL January 18 red in the Italian Chamber Deputiss again todav. this time tne close of & solemn memorial serv ice for Dowager Queen Marzherita The Popular Party Deputies. mem hers of the opposition. entered the chamber and 100k Part in the sarvics, The ceremony ended, Premier lini proposed that the chambe: meet tomorrow to discuss a #uestion.” thix alluding 10 the ous statement of the Popula: ies that they would not re-enter the chamber until Mussolini fell. owing 1o what they termed hix responsi hility for the murder of the Socialis Deputy Matteorti The premier's pr #d with such enthus; ening acclamation Deputies attempted fo ieave. They were pursued by the Fascist member: and a stiruggle ensued, in which th of the apposition Deputies are re. poried 1o have been slightly injured. Disorders o of Musso should moral previ Depu posal was accept- stic and threat that the Popular ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES. TODAY. The lntecnational Associgtion of Avie and Letters will entertain ai a tea from 4 10 6 o'clock, at the Hotel Gordon. Mrs. William Wolff Smith. honor guest, will speak of ““The Value of Literature in Home Life.” M Clara McCrone and Miss F. Wolfson will he hostesses. The Ari and Archeology l.eagus members will he at the Freer Art Gal |lery at 3 o'clock 1o hear Mis. [.. MacD. ¢ | Sieeth tell of ““Personal Recollectinns | of James McNeill Whistlar." TONIGHT The Biological Society ton will meet, 8 o'clock, in assembly hall of Cosmos Club. Speakers: O. .J Murle, C. E. Chambliss and J. W. Gid- | ley. Visitors ure welcome. | of Washing “The ‘Tennessee Society of Washing- ‘ ton will give a ball and entertainment. 8:30 o'clock, at New Willard Hotel AMlisk Mary Frances Glenn of Tennes see will sing. The Milton Lifesaving and Swim- ming Club will meet, § o'clock, at_Ho. tel Harrington. Mra. Susie Root Rhodes, director of playgrounds, will | speak. Federation of Citizens' Associations will meet, § o'clock. at District Ruild- ing. The Holy Name Society of St. J. seph's Church will hold a reception. 8:30 o'clock, in the school hall, 313 Second street northeast. The Washingion City Chiropractors’ Association will meet, 8 o'clock, at 1914 Neventh sireet. All chiroprac- tors are invited. The Red Triangle Outing Club will | give a dance at Blue Triangle Hut. Twentieth and B streets. at 8:45 ] o'clock. Admission charged. Garnett January. assoclate minister of the Unity Society, will address the League for the Larger Life, 8 o'clock, at it headquarters. 1628 K street. Subfect. “Your Keynote of Life.” There will be a social hour with re- treshments. music and dancing. Ad- mission free. 2 3 D. Lightfoot, chairman of American citizenship, District Fed- eration of Women's Clubs, will speak betore the Woman's Auxiliary to the Rallway Mall Association, §:30 o'clock, at the Capitol Park Hotel. The ways and means committee of | the Knights of Pythias will give a 500 card party at Pvthian Temple, 1812 Ninth street. The National Fellowship Club will give an informal dance at Hote] Waah: | Ington. Visitors welcéme. .JA | Attack on Dinlomatic lmmu- | | executive UARY 16, ENVOYS ANGERED 1926. nity Following Liquor Raid | Causes Sensation. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Membhers of the diplomatic corps were plainly amazed loday when thev read the speech of Senator Cole Bleass | of South rolina, who attacked the idea of diplomatic immunity, | In offici | quarters it was stated to- | day that the idea of & formal apology i by the United States Government 10 the foreign diplomats was under con gideration. Whether it finally will hv‘ sent depends 1o some extent on whether the American Government | wonld care to give the incident offi i cial recognition by writing an apelogy There ix, on the other hand. a bhe- lief. particularly among South Ameri- | can diplomais, that i1l feeling will be stirred up in their part of the world #ux a result of the Senator's remarks Remarks at Iasue. What Mr. Blease ~aid to which oh- Jection I taken by the diplomats ;«IO‘ the following sentences | If the authorities keep on right here in this great city of Washington allowing people to live most disgrace- ful lives, to debauch if they possibly can the women of this country, to feed liquor to the women of this country, and claim protection of for- eign embassies, 1 tell vou, Senators, that who make the laws of this country are goink to be responaible | when the common people of the coun te rise and take the law into thelr own hands Why has not the cotton- mill boy the same right carry liquor around In his pocket) as some little half negro from & foreign coun try coming over here should have? The cotton mill and other working sent to the ['nited States' from South Carolina, and they 1o have, whether they have or not. and without interference. the | same rights and the same privileges that any man has in this country 1 do not care whether he is in the city of Washington where he is or un- der what flag he sleeps The Senator's remarks werg ed by 4 recent Incident in restaurant which the police raided finding liquor on the tables in the ossession of certain aitaches of South American embassies. The diplomatic attaches ere permitted go free while some Ame were ar Jested A« & general rule the bianch of the Government <peeches attacking foreign countries which may be made in the Senate. | i tically all of these ulterances however, are in the nature of attacks on policy. Old-timers hers cannot i« call when any member of the Senate attacked the personal character or moral behavior of members of the diplomatic coips If the Department of State did | wpologize it probabiy wonld he in th form of % communication to the dean it the diplomatic corps with copies 10 Jiher embassies, pointing out that the branch the Government responsible for the opinions by individual members of ought prompt local 1e executive ignores all was not expressed the Senate Nevertheless the incident will have its effect on the whole question of diplomatie fmmunity. It is frue that American diplomais abroad enjov “ven greater privileges in many cases than are enjoyed‘here by foreign dip lomats. The principle reciprocity is a1 the hottom of the immunity prob. lem. If America did not wish her own diplomats and attaches freed from the irritating restrictions which are forced npon travelers, particularly In Asiatic and Oriental countries, then there would be no difficulty. hut not a single administration here has ever leaned in that direction. Somwe FE ‘e the eighteenth amendment to the American Consttution. however. the conflict hetween the privileged status of the diplomat «nd the Ame jcan citlzen has been conspleuous, Many diplomals have recognized this and out of deference 1o the spirit of the American 1aw have confined the nse of their privileges to their own homes and have even abolished the practice of a few vears ago of giving gifts of liguor 1o their Ame friends. Also the Depariment of has secured informally the recall those attaches . who have violated American laws in a flag. way. This s an even sreater punishment to most of them than the sentences that would Le meted out to the aver age American offender. The Depactment of State has kept itx exes on the immunity problem and has on more than one oceasion soliclt ed the cooperation of the embassies and obiained it. The speech of Sena- tor Blease will unquestionabiy the Issue in some forni once more. Railroad Pioneer, 100, Diss. HAMILTON, Ontario, January 16| UP).—Adam Brown, one of the pioneer | rallway men of Ontario, and known s the “zrand old man” of Hamilton, died during the night in hie 100th | vear. ys Recalled. Si ise Today in Congress Senate. Senator Norrix of Nebrasha is ex- pected to address the Senate today on the Tarift Commission. It consideration of the World Court is resumed. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, ix scheduled to speak The finance committee is in ses- sion winding up its work on the tax bill. The agriculture committee is holding & hearing on the Caraway cotton bill. Hearings on the new railroad labor bill were continued before the interatate commerce committee. A joint committee of hoth houses continued hearings on A more liberal civil service retirement law. Houne. Forelgn debt agreements under consideration. ! House inteads to take up late | today President’s recommendation for $50.000 to pay expenses of American representation at the neva disarmament conference. Subcommittee of post office com- mittee starts hearings on Sproul bill authorizing the department to negotiate for group Insurance for its_emploves. Recommendations of suhcom- mittee on District_budget for ap- proval of some 30 projects for | street improvement In the District of Columbla at a total cost of about $650,000, to be made immediately avallable, reported to subcommit- tes of House appropriations com- mittee, which is drafting deficiency appropriation bill. Other subcommittees of appro- priations committee are consider- ing State and Justice and Army appropriation bills. Committee on agriculture con- tinuing hearings on legislative re- lef for the farmers. The rivers and harbors commit- | tee continues hearing on Califor- nia project. The committee on irrigation con- tinues hearing on Hudspeth bill | that ! to Congress | my | Detroit Kanean Cit L Pupilless School Run by Teacher To Collect Salary C00LIDGE UPHOLDS - PERSHING RULING By the Associated Press LAKENAN, Mo., January 16.-= A school with a teacher, but no pupils 1% being operated north of Pilot Grove. The teacher goes to the school every day. although she has no one to instruet, The school board. wishing to be on the safe side at the opening of the term, emploved a teacher, although there had heen a short aze of pupils for <ome time It was learned late that available pupils had enrolied in schools at Pilot Grove. The teacher, the classroom every filling her contract LANGLEY LEAVES 10 SERVE TERM Reiterates Innocence Board- ing Train to Go to Atlania Penitentiary. [ Makes Decision on Appeal of Chile From Plebiscitary Commission. Mlesident Coolidge has sustained the nterpretation placed on the Tacna | Arica arbitral award hy Pershing who has just retired as head of the Tacna?Arica Plebiscite Commission. ir his decision on the appeal of Chile !from the actions of the piebiscitar commission. The President reiterated that Chile sovereignty was not involved interpretation of the award phasized that bhoth Chile had pledged themselves resources and authority to A fair plebiscite The tions of the which h aled 1o Presider Caolidze rator. December had with the determination « Aates and preparations for the voring which, under hix award de termine the sovereignty twe provinces, long in n the two nations. The general's stand that gave the commission “al necessary for the determinat the prerequisites of a fair plebiscite was sustained by e esident. The decision stated thai Chile and Per e were bound by their pledge to give as NNATI, Ohio, Junuary 16| Gooioin every way to the commis mer Representative John W. Lang- | Got and upheld its application of the who left here for tlanta peni ]»‘ » conditions which it justiy tiary over the Southern Railroad at i, -0 0 U800 X 6:45 o'clock last night. today Vvfi;.nll] The decision was handed to the (*hi his two-year sentencs on a charge of | Peruvian diplomatic repre conspiracy to violate the national pro. | fapm 400 Feruvian d cabled hibition law |G *ershl at rica, wherg When Mr. Langles boarded the train | ooy Pershing ac Ari " he was accompanled by Oscar Flan | nery, his nephew. who made the antire = . B il Tnied Sonise disirier ar.| 21 MINERS RESCUED TRACE SALVATION TO PRAYER FOR HELP however, day, goes 1o thus ful- In and and Per ring commission. from 16 do the herv s of dispute the ward By the Associated Press ley, torney. who escorted the former Rep isentative to the penitentiary. Mre Langley also met her husband at Lex inzton and hade him zood-bye Langlex was convicted several manths ago after a sensational trial at Covington. He appealed his case and the Supreme Court a few davs ago declined to review his appea Just before hoarding the (rain night Langley reiterated his statement thai he was innocent time would prove the falsity the charges against him The people of my distriet hove stood solidly hehin me in all this, trouble.” he sald. They re-elected me by A bix malority after myv conviction. thus showing their eon- fidence in me. And T hope they will eleci Mrs. Langlev as my successor, for I feel thev still have confidence in wife and mvself.” The train on which the former Rep resentativa left Cincinnati arrived at Atlanta at 25 o'clock this morning. # EMPEROR'S TRIP OFF. Japan from First Page.) ’ “Wentinued | Whether a combin vice 1ast { hetd or r \ducted for formet | iqia) has not heen definitely and DEATHS INCREASE will ¥ h ind of TO 93. Five Bodies Found Where B Were Thought Lost. WILBURTON (#).—The death Wednesday at the Degan mine. No. 21. last hud heen increased workers late vesterday said they located five hodies when only previously had been thought ered. All five were nesroes Forty-five convicts from penitentiary at nearhy, vesterday the graves for the | night a long row by side in a in a valley Okla.. . list the in S0y X MeConnel the MeAl epared most tims, and last of 30 ranged side little country cemetery near the mine homa Monarch Suffers From Fever on Eve of Departure. TOKIO. January 16 (#) —The honse- | Journey to the Winter villa #«t Nu IN COAL D'SPUTE BY SENATOR COPELAND mazu owing to the physicians having found a slight recurrence of fever, al- though his appetite is not changed First THE WEATHER District minimum srees ‘ontinued from Page condition two intolerable where an | country tonight, | in a great arganizations of ! men controlling # great national re 2K de-| cource can o demean themselves Cloudiness } o hecause of their auarrel 100,000 Tollowed hy | IP% \aze bt ansi afiamel 1) to moderate | 909 People can he ma SSuiTe | He deciared that the Semate and | the House should take the responsi bilitv and enact legisiation in deal with such a situation. He said that a conspiracy to freeze the people of the { United States oughi 1o he made a xh crime and misdemeanor. Why don’t we do it?" demanded senator Reed. He said that it w cause of the power of organiz ital on one hand lahot other | Avoids Delay. | The resvlution was presentad shortl after it explained at the \ hite House yesterday that the President vegards the Government as unable i« 32, el et in the controversy until Cons 3. provides legislation permittir | vention in industrial dispuies Senator Copeland first offersd of Columbia —Fair temperature about Lomorrow increasing With rising temperature. vain at night: gentle <outheast winds. Maryland—Fair tonight: temorrow increasing cloudiness with rising tem perature. followed by rain in extreme west portlon: gentle to moderate | east winds Virginis—Increasing cloudiness. not quite =0 cold in west portion tonight tomorrow elondy and slightly warmer followed by rain in south and extreme west portions: southeast winds, in creasing. Weat ness. not morrow 1 cap and on the Virginia —Increasing cloudi- quite =0 cold tonight: to rain, rising temperature. Records for 24 Hours. Thermometer Y 42: § p.m., 37 day, 4 am., ? terday midnight 8 a.m.. 3. noon Barometer— Vesterday. 4 p.m.. 20.92 S pom.. 30.05: 12 midnight. 30.15. Ta. bRl s P S resolution empowerinz the Presi o to uct. but he scrapped it Highest temperature. 48, occurred|favor of the simple request because « at 1530 pm. vesterday: lowest tem.|the delay which would be entailed i perature, 23. oceurred at 7:40 a.m ssage of the resolution through the today. usual legislative channels both Temperature xame date lst :"",;flff’r“;_fl‘,j"\\l',,‘"‘ e S e B situation lso 18 evident in the House Tide Tables. five of whose members. representing (Furnished by United States mining districts of Pennsylvania. con and Geodetic Survey.) ferred vesterday with Secretary Davis s s At the Labor Department. “They did 9 not ask for specific Government action "'1:3;\‘::“""“{:"_”,‘.‘:‘& i i | declaring they doubted the efficacy of e g e o | Federal intervention. A number of e hills and resolutions seeking a solution -m. of the coal problem are pending in The Sun and Moon. am.: 4 pm., vear Cos and 10:08 am. $:13 am. 11:01 the House UNION'S RE] Today Sun rose, 5 se1s. 51 p.m Tomorrow 12 pm. Moon rises, 9:23 a.m.: xets. 8:14 p.m Automobile lamps o he lighted one- € hour after sunset. Condition of the Water. ‘Temperature and condition of the whier at Great Falls today at & a.m. ‘Pemperature, 32: condition, clear. Weather in Various Cities. sun ORT ISSUED, Sun rises, 7:25 a.m.: sun ue HAZLETON. Pa. January 16 () Local unions throughout the anthra- | cite region today received in the mails the report of the miners’ subscale com- mittee. which was in conference with the havd coal operators in New York. in the futile attempt to draw up a new wage contract. The report was read at the full scale committee meeting | here on Thursday, but was withheld from publication until it reached the local unions. | The report states that the operators {in the New York conference “did not change their attitude which they as. | sumed on July & at Atantic City, und they persistently insisted that no * settlement that did not provide for a continuous and permanent arhitration of wages and conditiona would he con- | sidered The refusal of the operators ta join in a pefition to Congress to pass legislation to regulate the industr gave evidence “that their only desir | for arbitration is to reduce the wages of the mine workers and permit their | profits and pricex 1o be regulated by themselves.’ t this writing,” the report sava, “negotiations are off, despite ever. effort_of your negotlating committee to remain In session in its desire to bring about an honorable settlement. From now on we can expect that the anthracite operators will continue in their propaganda ~intended to d moralize our forces and create di trust and dissension among our mem- bership. They have gone to every extreme in their mad desire to di vide the forces of the anthracita mine workers [n thiz struggle. but our lines remain firm and our membership ie determined that no settlement shall he made or will he made thai is not honorable and does not glve our peo- ple that measure of justice to which they are entitled.” Tz Temperature, 1wy Staticos. amorl, 131w wn carw g o1 we Clouds Clear Clear Ahilens Tex. Albans "~ Atlanta Atlantic City Baltmore Birmingham Bismarck Boaton Ruffalo Charleston Chicago Cineini Clevel Denver SRR RS El Paso. Galvestou Helenn .. furon. £.'D. Indianapolin Iacksonville Bohsesooy Omana Philadelohia Phoenix ... 2 Pittaburen.. | Portiand. Me. | Portiand.Ore 20°82 Clands C. 30 Clear Clear Foxgy Clear © Cloudy Glear 2 foudy oko an Dlotr, 2508 0:00 Riin 02 Snow * Clear Storekeeper Bound and Robbed. CUMBERLAND, Md. { . A. Bricke vears old, manager of the Family Shoe Store, was held up by an unmasked bandit. tied 10 a post and robed of $43. The man pur | chased a pair of hose in the store Horta (Fayal). Azores... Cloudy ahout 7 o'¢lock and tendered a.$1 bill Hamilton, Rermllfl-m o in payment. When Bricker went to v'.’&m Cannr Tomiy,. Part cloudy the cash drawer to make changs e [J FOREIGN. (8 am. Greenwich time. today.) Stations. Temperature. Weather. London. England. 28 t elouds Paris _France. art clouds Vienn: uatria “¥ Snowing Copenhagen. Denmark... Part_cloudy January 16