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EATHEF Burean toud - and slizh . minim won today: lowe R. Forecast ) iy colder to- as sec Mhes, \Wa ond ¢ axhington matter T ch WASHINGTON, D. WEDNESDAY, ) JANUARY ¢ ithTfit WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g The Star’s every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Wash as fast as the papers are printe “From Press to Home Within the Hour™ carrier system covers ington hon Star. Yesterday’s Circulatien, 103,559 27, 1926—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. * ITCHELL RESIGNS; APPROVAL OF ACT BELIEVED CERTAIN Letter Gives No Explanation and Final Acceptance Rests With President. MOVE COMES AS SURPRISE | TO CLOSE ASSOCIATES News Given Out by Counsel at Court-Martial Without Any Comments. ol William the 1 day of Mi his spension f v in 1l n heil, year on 11 ¢ sentence < vk, command id <hia e Al submitted his Fehruary 1, to the Army, Davis brief lett Arm neral of o e Divis Seeretary Davis had thicial of Mite ion nor had ed the ik e w wment on the possibility of it n. Comment White House Acceptance Held Certain. heen his cor decline Tor n therefore ceptance also s withheld at the or vejec It was deemed i uthorit m would be <ihle Plination by "he letter da the however ~ that the resiz. accepted and the only was the lack of ex tehell for his action 1 January 27, follows \djutant General, Washing ton, D. C N “Throuzh Commandirs trict of Washington “Subject: Resignation T hereby tender my re flicer of the ke effect I “WIL ubstacie M General, Dis gnation as United States Army, bruary 1, 1 M MITCHELIL olonel, Air Service.” made public today by rank E. Reid of Il The letter w esentative e fore the Xrmy which tried, convicted the alrman for violatis xth Article of War. In announcing the action by Col. Mitchell, Mr. Reid suid it was “made public without com- ment from him or me.” He intimated that both would remain silent until the President had finally acted upon the tendered resignation Alr of Uncertainty. Iive dayvs are allowed by Mitchell for every aspect of his I step to be serutinized. was indi general court-martial nd_sentenced c the Ninety: a Col. atest An air of un- 3 d at the War rtment on the first report of the decision 1o leave the hi< dealt with the mamner in which the resignation would be accepted . Whether President Coolidge could ac. cept it “for the good of the service whether it could be accepted on its fice. or whether it -would be returned to the sender for some explanation. Mr. Reid explained no reason was advanced for sending in the resigna \;m s the War Department will put that in.” s argued in well informed il ircles that perhaps the request n would be zranted withou: an 'mpanying clause being added “for od of the service” or other rea- . as the cfficer’s record in the past or more bears several black ks, These could speak for them- ves and infer that the resignation wis accepted “for the good of the service,” it was contended. The matter will be ironed out in 11 respect if it is found to he a perplex inz problem, hy Col. Blanton W inshin, actinz judgze advocate weneral. (¢ Winship, an outstanding authority on military law, served as the law mem- ber of the Army sentenced the accused cause of his intimate connection with a1l phases of the “Mitchell case” Col. Winship was unab®e 1o discuss today what the final outcome would be will G far airman. Re- to President. as could be learned unoffi- Department today ng in favo vesident Cool- ion be rejected. 1ches As Iy there is recommending > that the the letter (Continued on P € 2, Column 7. chief civilian defense counsel be- ! Army. | zeneral court which | TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BY ENVOYS GIVEN TO KELLOGG FOR ACTION v Anache Drove 55 mites an Hour 1 APPROVE CAPPER etts Avenue—Ecuadorian ed Policeman, Reports Assert. ‘ Belgian Embas I on Massachu | \ ions of by s of the Eeuadorian flic regulatic Igian emb | ion we Lo the attention of the State Depar | ment today by the District Commis- | sioners, | The Commissioners transmitted to | the department reports | alleging that Bar Elst, second se | embassy, was caught A 0 ut the rate of | through trattic on M nue, and charging Senor Mauntillia ttache of the Senande with viols ns ulation. by Capt precinet Mantilia’s fattad | the sy of the peedin, Belgian Janu 1os ing | writt third the 4 that when tion was calle - police | | chine and 1 miles an hour | =cneral.” ve- | COMMITTEE VOTES " WELFARE MEASURE parking resula- eman | ul‘ Insu Senators Support Bill for Board Which Had Backing of Local Agencies. to his viokation of the tions, he replied to P 1f 1 choose to leave my car in the | middle of Sixteenth street, it would | be none of your damn business.” The Ecuadorian diplomat, the port added, als from the r kinguage concerning hi: that of the District police offic The ment on th out that Massiachuse important highway, and that recently a nlaints have been r sive speed of automobiles thorouzhfare Commissi s made no com- viokitions except to point | \wvenue is an | heavily | N wived of exces- | on that NEW OFFICIAL STANDING? House Body Agrees to Refer D. C. Legislation to Group as Well as | COPELAND URGES MINE PRICE PROBE Acts After Local Coal Deal- .ers Tell of Increases in Their Payments. The hes al commit rices in of the joint congression- Washington moved to new ields vesterday afternoon, when doc umentary evidence was produced by eal dealers showing that they had paid $10.7% a ton on the volatile bituminous coal from West Virgin nd that coke from Pennsyl vania. which cost but §$4.30 a ton in August, is now bringing $13.50 a ton at the ovens On the ba f this evidence, Sena tor Roval S. Copeland of New York |4 member of the Senate Dis ‘et com- ! mittee. which started the present in | vestigation, served notice that he would demand that the probe consider some of “the profiteering that seems | to be going on elsewhere thun among these little dealers here in Washing- 0. The declaration came almost at the very end of an afternoon fairly charged with possibilities in the hear- {ing. ! Agzree to Show Books. o uter, managing director ot Coal Merchants' Board ! of Trade. had corrected with personal- | 1y obtained information the statements {of L. C. McVann, attorney for the | Smokeless Coal Operators’ Association of West Virginia: representatives of | the coal dealers here agreed to permit | the committee members to scrutinize some of their personal books “in ex- ecutive session.” and Senator Neely of West Virginia, vigorously seeking to defend the ethics of the operators g e, sought to make the local dealers admit they had paid around $4.50 10 35 a ton for their coal. | Then Mr. Suter submitted sworn | statements from the dealers, giving the prices they had paid for coal dur- ling November and December. The { statement submitted by the J. Maury | Dove Co. showed that the wholesale { price at the mines had increased rap- |idly since early in November, starting { then at $7.62 a ton on the tracks and climbing upward without a break un- { til they reached $10.40 a ton in De- cember. These prices were consider- ably higher than those Mr. had said the operators we: i Shows Receipted Bills. Senator Neely objected that the fig- ures meant nothing, despite the fact that they were sworn to, because i neither the books from which they | were taken nor the man swearing to them were in the room to be heard personally. Mr. Snter agreed to en { deavor to have L. C. Marsh, secretary and treasurer of the Dove Co., appear | before the committee tomorrow. Then me the sworn sfatement of John 1*. Co., showinz that :his com n averaws of $1073 a ton latile West Virginia coal . in November, and §9 pany e | on the trac | in Decembe Again Senator Neely sought 10 have | the figures discounted for lack of sub- fon. At that minute, however, Arnold P. Raymond, Zormully rcpre- for low | | i | | been standing b to Commissioners. The District committee of the House | Col. House Refused | J\ll"lOl‘ilV to Pr nt .vm,l ! took I,umr.nhl.- .,‘,u.‘.. LC"t‘l'S of Wilson o the District of Columb The House committe | motion made Ly Itepr Leod, Republican, of District Cit just Senate on pproved M that ntative Mic n sferred to the neil for report slation in the past red for report to the Commissioners. The com e Col <hation he Ady House. who is soun to pub ns’ e lish hix memoirs, hus been denied | | has been ! District mittee took the step in « the opinion of the citiz L trict voiced by m | Advise uncil, representing 88 citi | zens Ations—as well the i opinion of the District Commissioners. | In effect, this step was construed as | miving an official standing to the | council, amovement which has been | e Commiss J. Franklin | Bell for some time While the House committer was | takinz this action the Senate District committee voted to approve the \ per hiil. providing fe board of pub. lic welfare, in preference to the Gerry bill. which would place public welfare | matters in the hands of the District Commissioners without any board The Capper measure is the bill which has the backing of District residents RESCUE OF 5 MEN Two Freighters Sinking. |Janei s " tesire of “'“"“““"‘"i Boats Standing by Help- | less in Heavy Storm. | roreanrt the Do e { it will not only have the advice of the = { officials of the District, but advice,| | which they are even more interested | NEW YORK, January te| to get. from the people themselves ! of 54 men, members of the crews of | O each legislative proposal. i the British freighters Antinoe and| Before "Mr. McLeod made his| : motlon, Representative Gibson, Re-! Laristan, which have been in distress | HOUOH. HERrosents i in a storm at sea for three days, was |} ¢ Tmonts sntesined fiat | torm {the committee had not regularly re- | still’ In doubt today. ceived the advice and counsel of the! Six men of the Laristan were res-| people of the District and that he had cued yesterday by the German liner | been advised that in some cases the Bremen, leaving 24 aboard. The | fecommendations of the citizens' ud- United States liner President Roose- | VISory council to the District Commis- | velt, which has lost two of its crew ' tIOners had been fsnored. Mr. Gib-| , son moved. and the committee acted | in efforts to ald the Antinoe, w vorably on his motion. that the cit standing by today. |izens’ advisory council should be asked Five of the doz 1o transmit to the House District com. | that have been battling toward At-|mittee copies of recommendations and | lantic ports from one to two days late reports that they have made to the in the teeth of the storm reached port | District Commissioner® vesterday. They were the Transyl-{ “We ought to give the people of the vania, Duilio, Giuseppe Verdi, Mount | District the utmost consideration in | Royal and Regina. matters of legislation.” said Mr. Gib- Tevisthss Die Today: on. “and afford them the largest pos: | ble measure of participation in local The Leviathan and Columbus are affairs.’” due today and the Aquitania and | Representative Blanton. Democrat, | France tomorrow. | nission to print letters writien rel L by® President Wilson, the ork World savs in « dispateh from Wi ton today The dispatch su that denial of permission is ucl to the s break in relations. As the dispatch mment has been shington, becanse at Wilson letters have apj the memoirs of William Bryan to have ! of the Dis. . mbers of the v result, ot e W Jennings ner Seeks People’s Advice. | In deciding to refer District legisla- By the Associated Press. n passenger line (Continued on Page 5, Column 2,) ! Lade of Tex: said that “the Citizens' Ad- The President Roosevelt sent word afloat doubtful. The Roosevelt The Bremen, which answered the ing the rescue of six of the 30 men | the aid of the Laristan, a storm out-| 1 Freighters Heavy : | 0. K.’s Rules to Govern Vot- | !visory Council is the real representa yesterday the condition of the Antinoe | the freighter in a | Laristan’s SOS Monday night, sent a of the Laristan. side Halifax preventing her leaving | Commission ! ing—Pershing Leaves. tive of the people. It represents the as serious and its ability to keep = i snowstorm since Sunday. | | radio to Halifax last night announc- TAGNA EI_E[;TURAL | ¢ | ! Further assistance was hampered by | '‘N! huge seas. | The Canadian government steamer | | Reindeer is ready at Halifax to go to | the harbor last night. \Pl 3 <. | Plebiscitary | The Laristan, with coal, was from Swansea to New York. The Antinoe was carrying wheat from New | York to Queenstown. 1 Capt. Fried of the President Roose.| velt sent a message by radio, in which | | would serve the same general purpose | authorization {of which you transmitted with your '™ / DiscovE RED DISCOVERED \ 1™ NOT Jy 1M — POSSIBLE POLAR PASTIME. CAUTION IS URGED | STARYING, WOLFLIKE CHILDREN ‘Fine Arts Body Head Ad-| vises Against Mothers’ Foundation Project. of the a letter Charles Moore. chairman Commission of Fine Arts, in under date of Januar notified Representative R. N. Elliott. chair- man of the committee on public build ings and grounds, that the commis. sion was obliged to submit an adverse report on a House resolution to pro- vide a site for the erection of a build- ng for the Mothers’ Memorial Foun dation at Washington. Mr. Moore pointed out that there already is in the Mall the foundation for a building to be known the George Washington Memorial, which us the building for the Mothers’ Me- morial proposed in the resolution. “The commission respectfully ports adversely. The Commission of Fine Arts in vited attention to the fact that {hu far it has been able to raise bu $300.000 toward the completion « the George Washington Memorial, | and “with this object lesson clearly | presented, the commission is com-| pelled to muke an adverse report on | any measure that proposes to charter | an’ organization which would use the of Congress to obtain funds for a project indefinite in il character and nebulous in its appeal re- | Text of Letter. The letter in full follows: “The Commission of Fine Arts at their meeting on January 7, 1926, gave careful consideration to House Reso- lution No. 90, ‘to provide a site for the erection of a building of service for the Mothers' Foundation at Was| ington, District of Columbia,’ a copy letter of December 21. “The commission would call atten- ! tion to the fact that already there is in the Mall the foundation for a building having the same general pur- pose as the building proposed in this joint resolution. Congress, having in view the desirability of providing a large auditorium and assembly room in the City of Washington, set apart a site in the Mall on which a_struc- ture bearing the name of George Washington Memorial should be built by private contribution. Originally the building proposed was to cost about | munism existed among them. One of ONVENORIALPLAN | With Assaults and Thefts lgnlil Armed Militia Restores Order—Have Own Government. mall Armies of Famished Urchins Terrorize Citizens | | B the Associated Prese MOSCOW, Januar: —Driven by hunger and cold, great crowds of va The urchins even grant children are descending on the | intelligence service large cities from outlying sections like | beforehand whenever famished wolves, robbing pedestrians, | raid on them. pillaging homes and destroying prop’| Mme. Kalinin declares |erty. roving unfortunates enjoy At Kharkov small armies of these dom and absolute abandon children have terrorized the popula-|possibic to keep them in asylums and tion for the last two days, with their | orphanages. The problem is bevond assaults on houses and thefts, and |ihe government, and she appeats for ter the greatest difficuly | public assistance. a 5 to shoot at them. that = . ;med militia restored order. Scores of | Rabies Kill Five. the vouthful marauders were arrested. | 3 —— Mme. Kalinin, wife of the chairman | , Five_persons are dead in Moscow of the all-Russian central executive ,inals suffering from hydrophobia. committee, visited the home in Mos- e gicense is spreading owing to plague of wolves and vagrant dogs {cow of one group of these pariah urchins, which consisted of a huge city Sur- tar cauldron. Remaining with the | #nd tats in the city and its sur i One man has been torn to pieces : gnome-like inmates throughout the a pack of wolves in the outskirts thousand: ast out. like drones from a have their own being informed the police plan that the: such fre it is im- Five persons are dead night, she learned much about their HaBitaand achivities. Moscow. It is estimated that of cattle have been killed Have Own Government. | She found a ial form of com- r-maddened wolves, which ked farmhouses and pres vely on cattle, pigs and poul- p their number, for instance, specializes in stealing ladies’ purses; another, in | snatching loaves of bread: a third. | fuel: a fourth, clothing, while a fifth | does general scout work. At the end of | the day the spoils are evenly appor- ' tioned. Those who refuse to work or CONFESSES HIDING DEAD WIFE INWELL Mailman Tells U. S. Agents He Hid Spouse’s Corpse After Finding Her Dead. People bitten by wolves, dogs and ts are coming 1o Moscow from all rts of Russia for treatment at the steur Institute, where there already are 15 patients afflicted with rabie: BRITAINAND ITALY SIGN DEBT PACT 4,700,000 Pounds a Year Said to Be Agreed To. Volpi Scores Victory. By the Associated Prees. LONDON. January ~The agree- ment for the funding of Ttal debt to Great RBritain, reached ye: terday between Chancellor of the Ex chequer Churchill and Count Volpi, |the Italian finance minister, was signed today. The agreement was signed by Mr. By the Ascociated Press NEWCOMERSTOW: nary After being half the night. Harvey Haver mail carrier, broke down and con- fessed that the body of his wife, Katherine, formerly of Sinking Spring, Pa.. could be found at the bot- tom of an abandoned well on his Ohio, Jan questioned 45, a (#) Means Associated Press. | l | TWO CENTS. MOSES LAUNGHES FGHT T ASSIRE COURTS PAGFIY Would Strip Tribunal Power to Enforce Rulings by Making War. of LENROOT SEES GESTURE TO BAR U. S. ENTRANCE Reservation Is Attacked From Both Sides of Senate Floor During Sharp Debate. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. & that he pro tn make Court “a re rosed N exte his proposed 1 adhere the adherence of tute t is conditioned up nding d agreeme ments, decrees ! opinions of the court s sreced by war under a form whatever.” the 1 the m the that nd advisor all not be « name or \ Wants Peace Assured. ) I want the ok { reservation 1 pose of United was made im: iroot of Wisconsin, { World Court resolu ator Underwood « { eratic member of i mittee, suppo: 3 or Underwood likened the propos nator Moses to the wooden horse h brought about the -, and said that he d how it was decorated witt s of peace, that he did not inten |to be decieved by though he wi |an ardent advocate of internatio: | peace. e cour jor Sees Court Destroyed. Lenroot His purpose is h s 7 iactx what will happen. Ti | natien hag the right !rights througN war. The Senut | position is that a nation. which | comes a member of the World Co {and assents to this proposition. su: Ever: | renders the right it now has. 4 | nation which sought to evade and do wrong could go into the cc absolute impunit for if a w given against it jcould not be enforced. 1 shield for wrong-doing instead court for proper adjudi i “Th E netiol | This court cannot ! ti or group of nations decree® The onl; | public opinion ! business, if other na ments have heen rendered, ! to enforce them. Every n has the right to use force. | Se or Borah ted iihore s not contained nant of the League of N tions for using force. Sena root replied that was added, however: “What busi the le: tions go to W terpose in foreigr Sees Force “Drag Senator Edge of Ne gested that the Mo could not give the Wor to prevent war “I wish to express to the Senator | the nk giving | said Senator Mc | from the background | court is for peace or it | Senator Und 1 {the real question before the was whether the United States | | ? | . from away Senate { senting John P. Agnew & Co., jumped !up. tossed a large stack of receipted { bills on the table and declared: “T'here, there is the documentary evidence. 1 $3.000.000. The sponsors of the bill in = | Jongress express their opinion that 27.—The | jych a sum might be raised, or at commission | jeast so large a fraction of it, that father's farm, 3 miles southeast of here. The body was found and an inquest Churchill and Count Volpi, check was handed across the table, R as was done at the conclusion of | OStensibly but no!to become a member of the Court or whether it wished to for peace and et he told of vainly maneuvering his ship | throughout the day in snow, rain and | sleet squalls and in high seas to gel ' Bs the Associated Press, ARICA, Chile, January | Tacna-Arica plebiscitary COOLIDGE INVITATION POINTS TO ROMANCE Gov. Mr of Friend of John's, to Visit White House. * and By the HARY January 2 ov. Trumbull and Mr: Trumbull will be the gues of Pr dent and Mrs. Coolidge in Washing- ton next week, after which they will g0 to Florida for a few weeks. The governor and his wife will arrive at the White House on Wednesday and remain through the week end. The invitation extended to the Trum- bulls by the President recalls the friendship which has sprung up be. tween Miss Florence Trumbull. the gov. ernor rughter and the President's son . Miss Trumbull is a stu 1t Mount Helvoke College, nd shn Coolidge is attending Amherst ege, educational institutions le than 10 miles ajpmrt. The two met on king the Connecticut delegatio the inaugural exercises in Wash- on last March. When the governor wrned that John Coloidge was a pas- senger on the train he invited the Yuung man to the compartment oceu- pied by the Trumbull family. ‘The President’s son was a guest at the Trumbull home during the Easter vacation last 3 MOVIEé RECORD TRAVELS. Camera Substitute for Diary by Va- ssociated Press dent train which was cationists. NEW YORK. January ). —A motion picture record of travels and adventures instead of the written diary is the latest hobby of vacation- i It was announced today that a ional cameraman was aboard (he steamship Republic which left re- cently on a_ cruise to the Mediter- ranean and the Holv Land. Activities of tourists and scenes at points of intarest will be filmed and assembled an miniature reels for projection on Bome mach.ne Trumbull, Parents | | Those are the receiptcd bills, showing {hat we pald the amoumts specified, and also the freight receipts, showing how much freight we pald.”” Investi- gation showed the original figures to be correct. i Difference in Testimony. Mr. McVann, representing the West ! Virginia operators, had told the com- | mittee last week that the average price the Washington dealers had paid ‘fur their coal was about $4.75 a tong |t the mines, plus a_freight rate of $2.84, which would have made the price to the Washington dealers on ihe tracks about $7.59. Such figures, it was declared, would have netted the | Washington dealers an unreasonable | profit. but the dealers denied the state- {ments¢ and promised to submit the evidence that was tendered vesterday. 1 “iThese figures, Mr. Raymond, are gely for November and December,” declared Senator Neely. “As a matter of fact. bituminous coal is much cheaper now, isn't it? | " “Most certainly not,” the vojunteer ! witness asserted. “L got a telegram {only today quoting the prices for West | | { Virginia low volatile coal. and it shows $6.50 a ton at the mines.” That price, it was developed. was for a short ton ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 1. into favorable position for a rescue. The sea was 00 rough to get a line aboard the Antinoe. An empty lir boat was launched and it drifted along- side the Antinoe, but members of the crew were unable to reach it, and later it capsized Capt. Fried described the Antinoe as riding sluggish, with the lee rail roll-|late today. His place as neutral chair. | NeVer s ing under and engine room reported flooded. He said he looked for 7 of the weather today. T O oment PLANE RACING TIME. Jacksonville-New York Pilot Stops in Savannah. ). — After spending more e hour here, a Fokker F-7 triengined monoplane, piloted by Lieut. George R. Pond in an_attempt to fly from Jacksonville to New York in 10 hour took off shortly before 9 o'clock for ‘ayetteville, N. C., on the secq pgr of the flight. seond dee The plane bore the pilot and three passengers when it took off, Herbert E. Ross, Jacksonville postmaster, re- | turning to that place from Savannah, By Radio to The Star and Chicago Dail ewn. BERLIN, January 27.—An anti-can- cer serum by means of which he has caused the disappearance clinically of | carcinomes and sarkomes—cancerous | tumors which resisted X-tay treat- | ment—is the latest announcement of Prof. Ferdinand Blumenthal, director of the Berlin Cancer Research Insti- tute. A vear ago Prof. Blumenthal suc- ceeded in discovering in human tu- mors certain_bacilli, which he culti- vated through infection of rats and mice to produce cancer. Blumenthal's word was confirmed by Profs. Reich- ert, Binz and Reath. Serum to Cure Cancer Claimed Found By Prof. Blumenthal of Berlin Institute Only a to the sii chagrin of L ) nce, the Eng- lishmen Gy ird were creq. ited with having discovered chicken a cancer virus, the existence of which had been supposed by other researchers. i Prof. Blumenthal connects his dis- covery with that of the Englishmen. His new cancer theory is that bacilli enter the body and produce irritations in the cells, which causes the produc- tion of typical cancer virus. The bacilli soon disappear, but the virus remains, by which the cancer con- tinues to develop. tCopy riaht. 1826, by Chicako Daily News Go.) in a| | today unanimously approved the elec- | | toral law which is to govern the ple- | | biscite ordered by President Coolidge | jas arbitrator in the dispute nver the | | province between Chiie and Feru | Gen. Pershing is sailing for the | United States on the crulser Denver man of the commission is being taken i by Maj. Gen. William Lassiter. | While Gen. Pershing’s physical (-orp] dition 1s not such as to cause imme- diate anxiety, the doctors here believe | ;11 best that he return home and sub mit to treatment without del | The general has been takinz daily | exercises, walking or horseback rid- | ing, after the long hours spent in his | {office. His appearance is normal, al-| ! though he is perhaps paler #nd more | worn than when he arrived. | care 'FIFTY WARSHIPS TO SAIL. i ! U. S. Vessels Leave Coronado Roads Monday for Panama Maneuvers. SAN DIEGO, Calif., January 27 | (®).—Approximately 50 warships of the United States fleet, including 25 destroyers, a division of submarines, the aireraft carrier Langley, with two fighting plane squadrons aboard, and several tenders, will mobilize In' Cor- onado Roads Sunday afternoon, pre- paratory to sailing at dawn Monday for the Winter maneuvers off Panama. SMITH AVERTS CLASH. Shell-Shocked Veteran Taken From Governor's Office. ALBANY, N. Y., January 27 (®).— The late arrival of Gov. Smith at the executive offices in the Capitol today is believed by officials of the executive department to have saved him from attack by a shell-shocked war veteran, seeking payment of his bonus, who penetrated into the governor's private office before being stopped by attaches of the executive. Radio Programs—Page 22. | George | political and social backing and vet | (ongress might vrovide for the com- pletion of the building. However, owing partly to increased costs and also to more ambitious ideas of the promotors, the plans as com- pleted call for an expenditure of $10,- 000,000. These revised plans were ubmitted to this commisison. Only Foundations Raised. “After years of earnest solicitation on the part of the promotors of the enterprise and after the expenditure f more than $100,000, as a contribu- tion toward promotion, the sum of $500,00 has been raised and expended on foundations. Here the efforts have ceased, at least temporarily, and humanly speaking there Is no pros- pect that the funds to erect the build- ing will be raised. Kither Congress must provide the means for complet- ing the building on the foundation or else the space must be cleared. The Washington Memorial was presented in a manner such as would seem to commend it to patriotically inclined givers. It had the highest it has come to a standstill. “With this object lesson clearly presented, the Commission of Fine Arts is compelled to make an adverse report on any measure that proposes to charter an organization, which would, of course, use the authoriza- tion of Congress in order to obtain funds for a project indefinite in its character and nebelous in its ap- peal.” “The commission attached to its letter for the information of the com- mittee of public buildings and grounds its report on the George Washington Memorial. This report was submit- ted to Representative John W. Lang- ley, then chairman of the committee on public buildings and grounds, un- i leging will be held this afternoon to de. termine the cause of death. Haver told of finding his wife dead in the basement of their home, hanging sus pended from a chain, following a quarrel. He said that he took her body to the farm and placed it in the well, as the last time they visited the old homestead she told him that the well would make a good place for her to_find everlasting peace. Haver told the authorities that he had nothing to do with causing his ‘wife's death. The investigation of his wife's dis- appearance was started by Federal authorities, who have charged him with tampering with the mails. He is alleged to have opened letters from his wife's relatives since her disappear- ance. Up until early this morning he maintained that he did not know his wife's whereabouts. On January 18, nearly two months after she dis. appeared, he flled suit for divorce, al- desertion. He also recently pald a premium on his wife's insur- ance. 958,461 Bibles Placed in Year. NEW YORK, January 27 (#).—The New York Bible Society during 1925 circulated 958,461 copies of the Scrip- tures, printed in 67 languages. the Italian negotiations in Washing- ton. It is understood Italy will make her fir: payment to Great Britain | on March 15. The signing followed short speeches by the principal negotiators. Count Volpi is leaving for Rome tomorrow. The terms of the agreement are to be made public this evening. ENGLAND NOT OVERJOYED. Still £21,000,000 Shy of Debt to the United States. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. LONDON, January Signature of the debt-funding agreement be- tween Great Britain and Italy, under ceive £4.700,000 sterling annually, took plice today at the treasury. Count Volpi. Italy’s negotiator, ap- peared rad Yy, and, d ing to British opinion, he had good reason to rejoice, because he had won on nearly every point. The financial effect of the agreement is by no’means satisfactory. It leaves the British treasury far short of the anticipated sum expected from Euro- pean_debtors, which Great Britain (Continued on Page 4, Column 5. Abolition of Marri By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. MOSCOW, January 27.—Abolition of individual alimony as well as mar- riages is advocated by Comrade Alex- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) Fom o Twelve New Pneumonia Cases. Twelve new cases of pneumonia and three deaths, from the disease were re- ported today 4o the District Health Department. The fatalities for the current month now total 118. ¢ » - andra Kollontay, Soviet Minister to Norway, the first woman to hold such rank, who now is in Moscow on a va- cation. She spoke before a great crowd in the Moscow Trades Union audi- torium. ‘“‘Severe laws induce people to tres- pass on them,” sald Comrade Kollon- tay. “It is impossible to attain fidelity amid our surroundings under existing marriage laws.” She referred to the present law, which makes mere regis- 4 age and Alimony Is Urged by Soviet Woman Diplomat try in a civil clerk's office a sufficient marriage ceremony. “The alimony law is unsatisfactor said she, “because it applies .to the wealthy classes of our society. The proletarian is hardly able to support himself and cannot support a divorced wife and children. Receiving alimony from a former husband also humili- ates the woman. It would be better to establish an insurance fund for moth- ers and children, supported by a pro- gressive tax upon workmen. The state then would be able to pay collective alimony only to mothers with depend- ent children.” , " (Copyright, 1926. by Chicago Daily News Co.) which, it is said, the former will re-| I some way of avoiding en | court. { He said that the Leazue of Nat | has force back of if hecause the r {tions which are members of the league have that force. T rowi out of the league. he th court to ameleorate conditi He | praised the 14 point Woodrow Wilson 1o | World War and said |nately animosities and vengeance = at the conference table and preventc | their adoption. | “I voted for the Versailles treat: uncorditionally,” said Senator Under | wood, “hecause T believed it contained the ultimate peace of the world. | have never regretted that vote. Nov Iwe have come to the question | whether we shall enter this court ¢ ganized for peace.” | Thinks Reservations Worthless | Senator Underwood said that he . not think the reservitions ¢ ¢ in the Swanson resolution ratificati were necessary, but that he would vo for them in order to bring about herence to the court. He said he wo never assent to the Moses resery tion, which, he declared, was design to prevent entry by this country | the c This court possesses no power ¢ war, no power to send armies to er force its decrees,” continued Senator | Underwood. “It does not lead the council of the league to war. Its tend ency is to keep the league on the sid of peace. The Senator from N | Hampshire now proposes that we a | these nations to enter into a new agreement so that no decree shall be enforced by their power. He proposes to make it impossible for these na tions to assent to our entry into the court.” ‘When the Senate assembled today it still had before it nearlv a score of reservations and two proposed substi tutes for the resolution of ratification to dispose of before it could reach a final vote. The hope was expressed, however, by leaders on both sides tha* a final vote on the World Court woull be reached today. Senator Pepper of _Pennsylvania said that he hoped the Moses reservi- tion would not be adopted. objection to_if " {(Continued 2