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WEATHER (D. 8. Weather Burcau I's Snow or rafn this afterr £1it; tomorrow falr; not temperature: lowest ~s. To 5 pm. at noon today. pe ve nuch change tol yrecast.) 100n and to- night about atures: Highest, terday; lowest, 33, Full repert on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered as seco post office, No. 2986 Washington, nd class matter D C WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, ¢ Fpening Star. 1926—FORTY-TWO PAGES. The Star * — (#) Means Associated Press. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” 's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes 1 as fast as the papers are printed. | Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,133 TWO CENTS. ARMS CONFERENCE | DELAY WINS ASSENT OF 0.5, ANDLONDON Probable Postponement Due to Russo-Swiss Dispute ! 0. K.’d by Others. FIGHT TO MOVE LEAGUE SEAT TO BELGIUM SEEN ¥ sitzerland Officials Charge Inci- | . dent Is Raised to Take Head- quarters to Brussels w ment wil tpone, B rmame: confer- | ed by Nations today e British governient sent a mes- in the same teror, saying that| sneral desire for post- ient, it will not oppose b ac Brazil and Bul Bave also | oed. 1 speed with which the Russo- s dispute over the Vor which brought at sal t¢ postpone the meetin; 3 doubtless will i v date e of su | ia vsky in the pro- is lh|u1-l fluence the fix or t nent session the Russlans attend th Geneva e they will be glven strong otection, as Swit nd de wvoid another hove all else to e of many antl | < before the| [T ¢ ! who later became S thers ers spec dispatehes » <wltzerland, allege th Berne t foreign polit- | 1 interests, taking advantage of the o 0-Swiss controversy, are intrigu-| = to have the seat of the League of “atfons transferred to Brussels. It is insisted that the Belgians, aided “a great power which is not vet a iember of the league,” are campaign- g for the transfer, belleving that| i(h Belgium disarmed, the presence | the Ieague of Nations on Belgian ! territory uld afford Belglum power- | ful protection In a menace of war 1 SEES DELAY ADVANTAGES. London Editor Thinks Deadlock Migh Cause U. S. Withdrawal. | LONDON, February 3 (P).—The| Vestminster Gazete, editorfally re- cretiing postponement of the prepar. | atory disarmament conference, says hat the French government has ob- lous reasons for desiring postpone nent, ! The paper says that if the confer: | nea brought about a deadlock | hrough ¥ ch opposition. American jon would har be lkely to! Fra an easy e the United serfousiy on world reduction’ of arma- ents, micht retire in protest and 1in ‘adopt a poliey of isolation $260,000 P. 0. R(;}BERY - TRACED TO BANK LOOTER {nspector Directing Inquiry Be- | teves They Were Connected With | Three Recent Hold-Ups. By Assoctated Press PAWTUCKET, R. L The four men «Hee here of s ere Febr 0 robbed th nps worth connected with three | in the opinion of | flice inspector stigation ¢ the | post | $260,000 | ed Pr base afier | varning that a welding tank used in i@ rohbery had been stolen from a *rovidenc age last October, but | s theory scounted when it wis i er tanks were ol ym Lonsdale and seorgiaville. The bank robheries with which he inected the men were at Rushville nd West Winfield. N, Y., and Seven alleys, Pa. Four men also were nown to have participated in the Pannsvlvania robbery, which occurred | t & month ago. The postal inves ors expget the Aevoie o the denomination disreputable | prices | ail order houses a TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT ACT CHANGES PROPOSED | Commissioners Send Bill to Budget | Bureau After Revising 4 Recommendations. \ bill proposing a serles of wmend- | \ents 1o the teachers’ retirement act, rafted by the Board of Education on | ccommendation of th achers' | ouncll, was sent to the Bureau of| tudget tod by the District Com-| tssfoners. The original bill provided increased | ontributions to the retirement fund the teachers, With a larger annuity on retirement, but it is understood + the Cominissioners make a num- + of changes in the school board’s «ommendations. The Commissioners will not trans- t the measure to Congress until ey are advised by the Budget Bu- cau as to whether it conflicts with ne fnancial program of President oolidge. —_— e New Mexico Senator Ill snator Andrieus Jones, Dern ¢ New Mexlco, is confined to © suffering from an attac cstion and grippe. Senato . « member of the finance cuin nd had expected to lead a fig -cveral changes in the pending reve- o bill. His friends expect him to tle to take his place on the floor, re the bill j¢ completed vey, b | points of n | | Nat | put down only with t] | agreement @roup of banken NINE SITE FOR IDEAL HOMES, SPONSORED BY THE STAR, CHOSEN Location: in Various Parts of City and Suburbs Are Announced—Architects’ Selection Is Next Task of ( A1tes offered hy tnost home: inounced th in \Wash Commlss r. chadrn of v ¥ ttee select: g1oup the com- lot on the stte bound by Va Warren, Thirty seventh elghth streets, submitted r Dunigan ¢ houses will Le lo und tion at ginia_avenue street northeast. 3 1 Co. The $9 000 row houses will be erect ed on the property of Cafritz tageous | ‘ommittee. Construction Co. un_Decatur street Letween Fourth and Fifth streets. The Maryland suburban exhibit will |be erected by the Stambaugh Con- struction Co. on a site submitted by ‘ynneswood Park, Silver Spring, 15 will be an $11,000 detached The Virginfa model Lomes will be ocated in Les Ielghts, on a site sub by Ruby Lee Minar., This will hed hous semtdatached house and eroup will range from $1 com- 00 imittee has taken more than w wark in considering the various sites ubmitted by the builders. A tour of varlons locations inspection number of meet to arrive at the all of it excellent i the choice kL u be limited o nine, (he committee had consid ul determining its ot The ¢ W to take Into con i accesstbility, the destrabflity of | Democrat, { the ‘site submitfed by the builder in ce to the type of residence he | d to bulld, the location of the | varfous types in' conformity with the surrounding_deve rection of each clas: 1 | i ttion many factors, such &s loca-, House ment of the site | YOrk Represe | | clded on his course beca dwelling in @ section that would | ministration’s studled and continued SEIZURE OF MINES BY U. . PROPOSED INHOUSE MEASURE Representative Boylan Would Force Federal Action in Anthracite Strike. | COPELAND ASKS COOLIDGE TO CALL CONFERENCE Pennsylvania Assembly Gets Reso- lution Calling Upon Presi- dent 1o Act cite the by Boylan The Boylan hill would authorize the Government to selza anthracite o iring an emergency, and the ative sail he had de of “the ad | serve to interest the most persons, the | refusal to intervene or use its influ | placing of the model } (Continued on Paga 4, Column 2 REVOLT INLISBON ~ QUICKLY STIFLED Radicals. Threatened With Bombardment, Surrender. Leaders Under Arrest. By the Assoclated Press. LISBON, Portugal, February 3.— An attempted revolution has been sup pressed by the government rebels, threatened with bombardment, surrendered. The movement began early day mgrning, when radical elements after distributing a manifesto throughout the city. at- tacked the barracks of the Republican Guard N They were quickly subdued and the leaders arrested, including three of- icers, one of them €ol. Estedes, and 2 number of efvillans Another force took up w position at Almada, a small town on the bank of the Tagus River, opposite the city, with six guns. Threatened with bom- bardment this group surrendered at 8 o'clock this morning. Revolt Discounted. declared the rebels mber and the move- Martial law has yester The governme: were few in T ment unimportant not been declared, Portugal has been in effervescence for several vears, with violent labor and radical agitations, bomb outrages and vevolutionary movements, mest of which have been the use of troops. Uprisings ascribed to the Commu- nists, in which several lves were lost, occurred in July, 1024, and again in September of the same year. The most serious incident in the last 12 months took place during the first fortnight in April, when an uprising in which the Communists again were declared to have been active partici- pants broke out in the capital. President Teixeira Gomes and sev- eral of his ministers were forced to refuge in the main barracks, while loyal troops marched against the rebals, who were led by Maj. Filomeno Camara and supported by mutinous cavalry, artillery and infan- try several hundred strong. City Scene of Battle. A regular battle was staged in the city, the loyal troops drawing a cordon arotind the rebels and opening shell- fire against their headquarters. After ‘llnight fighting, in which 12 were killed and 73 wounded, the rebels hoisted the white flag. Scarcely & month had passed before the head of the Lisbon police depart- wment ordered the deportation of all undesirables, and the radicals coun- ered by calling a general strike. Again in July elements working among the military engineered an up- rising, but the government quickly uppressed the movement with the loss under martial law. The last two months have been com paratively calm, the only trouble re- ported in press dispatches being_ the bombing of the archbishop’s palace, Wwith mo casualties, on January 2 GERMAN ENTRANCE INTO LEAGUE VOTED Reichstag Committee Favors Ac- tion by 18-8—Formal Appli- cation to Be Made. By the Associated Press. RERLIN, February 3.—The foreign relations committee of the Reichstag today approved Germany’s uncondi- tional entry in the League of Na- | tions by a vote of 18 to 8. Formal application for admission is heing forwarded to Geneva tonight. — DEBT PLAN EFFECTIVE. Calles Paves Way for Paying of Mexico’s Foreign Obligations. MEXICO CITY, February 3 (#).— President Calles has promulgated the recently entered into by ¢ of the Treasury Pani and oup international bankers for the pavment of Mexico's external debt. The promulgation makes the agreement legally effective. Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Mor- Co. of New York headed the The | revolutionary | tate of | of three lives and placed the capital | RUM RUNNING HIT . INLONDON MEETING |United States Appeal for Aid | Answered by Man and Wom- an Sympathizers. By tia Associated Press. There was a meeting yesterday in response to an appeal from the Amer- ican Citizens’ Committee of 1,000, which requested help to put down smuggling. Sir Austen Chamberlain, secretary of state for forelgn affairs, wrote the meeting that the govern- ment was doing all in its power to as- sist the United States Government in suppressing this traffic of which his majesty’s govérnment “‘entirely disap- proved.” Improvement Is Seen. The Bishop of London said there no doubt public health had im- wa America had increased since prohibl tion had been in effect. Twenty of rum runners seized by the American horities during the last six months re British, he said. Jie thought it an impertinence that Englishmen should attempt to over- ride a law that a slster nation had chosen for its own good. to_Great Britain Referring to lies” that had been received regarding the lack of effectiveness of prohibition in the United States, he sald: silly little fools who swagger dances with brandy flasks. mero bravado. the great broad effect upon the whole nation.” Lady Astor in Accord wrote she was convinced Rritish government felt it could take to reduce ‘‘these discreditable ac- tivities.” the meeting “share with feeling that nothing should you be to which you call attention.” to the American appeal. MASH GAS KILLS 2, ONE DROWNS IN VAT ‘Woman Is Overcome by Fumes Try- t ing to Drag Husband and { Friend to Safety. By thi Astociated Press. AUSTELL, Ga., February 3.—Two persons were killed and another was !rendored unconscious by inhaling a | deadly gas supposed to have been gen- 'aran-d by & moonshine liquor still, at the home of Jumes W. Freeman here today. Freeman and Joe Morgan, a neigh- bor, were killed, and Mrs. Freeman was overcome by the gas when she attempted to drag the two men to safety. The still was reported concealed in a cave beneath a chicken house at the Freeman residence. Drowns in Own Rum. ST. LOUIS, February 3 (#).—The body of Paul Berrittieri, 40, belleved by police to have been a bootlegger, was found late last night in a partly filled mash vat in a shed near his home here. Berrittieri is thought to have been overcome by fumes from the mash, toppled over into the huge 20,000-gal- lon vat and drowned in his own liquor. HUSBAND ASKS $250,000. MIAMI, Fla., February 3 ().—Suit for $250,000 a3 heart baim for the ul- leged alienation of his wife's ffection was filed in Circult Court here yester- day by Joseph L. Gumm, wealthy Detroit jeweler, against Sidney A. Raymond, Coral Gables realtor. Gumm 1n his petition charged thal his wife, Clara, left him In Janusary, 1925, for Raymond, and that since that time she has constantly refused to return to him. The Gumms have wintered for several years in this cfty. where both first made the ac- |proved and the industrial output of | | Shouts of | that will “shame” were heard when he sald|power on Wi rum running was most dishonorable fied ‘many manufactured | he would do s | The response sald that persons ut| been the | since July, and that only yesterday an laft | other conferenc undone to reduce still further the evils | Sen: mes 10 Serve apce {n bringing miners and operators together.” He Kking VOtes NecessAry to Curry o zes of his pro Dl is Parley Here Sought tha same ting President ¢ a res fdice to 1 raqu vite the cotimittee operators and miners off m the Wh Senutor Cc lative branch must the people who a: Boylan ttitude nt su r to end + neaded cans would be the LONDON, February Under the | pre- of the Bishop of Leudon| 7t 10 afford it. Has the Re can party lost all interest and con a largely attended meeting of {cern in the people, us distinct from | Mshnen and English women has gone | arganized {ndustry and commerce on record as being willing to aid in| “The issue {3 now squarely hefore | checking the flow of {lliclt drink from | Congress. and particularly” before | the British Isles to the United States.)the majority party. Th make good for the White House." Both Measures Delayed. Nefther move, however, bore any fmmediate frult. A majority of the House would be necessary to bring the Boylan bill out of committee, where ‘t has reposed since introduc tlon. The Copeland resolution also was lald aside in the Senate, when Senator Jones, Republican, Washin ton, refused unanimous consent for ita consideration. Senator Copeland’s resolution 5 somewhat similar to the one he pro- posed two weeks ago, and when he re- quested its immediate consideration, Senator Jones asked that it go over until tomorrow under the rules, point ing out that the resolution would carry no authority, but would be merely an appeal “If we are golng to take act s do it in lexisiative w enator Jones. “Let's pass give the President some ct. T am satls dert had th authority und Leads to Sharp Tilt. Although the resolution went over “"You cannot think anything of those | without action, it led to & sharp ex at| change between Senator Copeland and | 1 ‘That 1] Senator Reed of Penns You have to look atithe discussion closed. Senator Copeland declared that two other Republican Presidents did not hestitate in past vears to intervene in coal strikes and that he could not see Referring to rum ships, Lady Astor why the Senate was unwilling to pass public! his opinfon would support any action the ! Coolidge to endeavor to bring the two | resolution requesting President sides together in conference. “Does not the Senator know that the miners and the operators have in almost continuous sesston broke up? tor Reed of Pennsylvania. enator Copeland then read a letter of Pennsylvania and asked Senator Reed to join with him in through the resolution. Senator Réed replied that the Sen- ators from Penneylvania were the first ones o call attention to the fact that the only real sufferins resuling from the strike {s among the people of Pennsylvania. Senator Reed also as- serted that efforts to end the strike are not confined to speeches in the Senate. COOLIDGE MOVE ASKED. putting Pennsylvania House Resolution Action | Is Postponed. HARRISBURG, Pa., February 3 (#). —A resolution calling upon President Coolidge to take such action “in the interest of the health and prosperity of the people of the United States” as| may seem proper to conclliate the difference between anthracite miners and operators was introduced in the State legislature today. It was laid over until next Monduy without dis- cussion, PEACE CONFERENCE FAILS. —\ Break-up Followed by Mutual Attacks by Disputants. PHILADELPHIA, February 3 (®). —Fallure has marked the latest effort to end the long-drawn-out anthracite strike. Hopes of a settlement of the strug- gle, which has caused an unprece. dented shortage of hard coal and idle- ness and suffering among 158,000 miners since September 1, vanished when a conference of miners and operators ended in disagreement last night. It was the third conference since the strike began. Each side blamed the other. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, said the situation no longer was a_strike, but a lockout. Maj. W. W. Inglis, chalrman of the operators’ negotiating committee, as- serted that Mr. Lewis had rejected everything. Challenges Lewis’ Stand. “We shall submit our proposals to our employes and the people of the anthracite region and ask them to Jjudge of the fairness of our course,” MaJ. Inglis added. He would not (Continueg on Page 2 Columa 13 EJ P i | islation | | production ania before resolutic The meeting approved the response|telling of suffering among the miners | | ure, which would provide for the dis- I'tics has 1 SENATORS APPROVE SHOALS MEASURE Committee Indorses Resolu-| tion for Congress Board to Negotiate Bids. ated Press te agricultyre | wpproved, 11 to | creating a J | negoti sional for Muscle Sh Senator Heflt ) 10 led the in the committee adoption of resolution, delegated 1o report it to the Sen He plans to submit the report te and call it up at the earliest oppor- | tunity eo to Voted After Conference. The vote came & few hours after seven members of the commities had | been called 1o the White House for @ conference with President Cool- | idge. Those who were called to the White House were: Senators McNary, Oregon: Capper. Kansas; Harreld, Oklahoma; Deneen, lllinols: Sackett, Kentucky, Republicans: Smith, South | Caroline, and Ransdell, Louisiana, Democrats. When the vote | tion, however, S { Ransdell voted ngaln: to- Much Discussion Held. More than an hour was con: before the vote was cast in discusslon over the adoption of the Smith m tribution of power from Muscle] Shoals and experimentation on a large scale in the processes for the of nitrogen. Numerous ndments wer- offered to the n, but they were voted down. Senator Smith now plans to offer| his bill as a substitute for the House | resolution when it is called up on xhs‘ floor of the Senate. | other a1 WU, LONG INACTIVE, | AGAIN IN CONFLICT| { aueried | 74005 Under Him Engaged in Bat- tle With Forces of Governor of Honan. By the Associated Press, 12 February 3.—Marshal Wu Pei-fu, whose role in Chinese poli- been passive since he was driven from Peking a year ago, ap- pears to have returned to the battle- flelds. Severe fighting between troops acknowledging hls leadership and forces of Gen. Yueh Weichun, gover- nor of Honan, is in progress north of Sinyangchow, in southern Honan. Gen. Yueh is an ally of Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang and commander of one of the national armies, Recent Hankow dispatches reported extensive movements of troops of Hupeh province, in which Hankow is situated, northward along the Peking- Hankow railway. The Hupeh troops. appparently acknowledging Marshai Wu's leadership, have been joined by bodies of soldiers which revolted from the “national armies.” $150,000 SHORTAGE. Goodyear Company Treasurer Breaks Down, Newspaper Says. LOS ANGELES, February 3 (#).—A shortage of at least $150,000 in the accounts_of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. of California has been un- covered by auditors now working on the company’s books, the Los Angeles Times says today. The audit, the newspaper says has been halted tem- porarily by 8 nervous breakdown on the part Willlam F. Downs, treasurer of the company, in whose department the alleged shortage occurred. The company is said to be com- pletely protectsd against loss by in- surance. Downs came to California three years ago with other executives from the parent Goodyear Co. in Akron, Ohio. Rebel Leader Killed. MEXICO CITY, February 3 (@).— Francisco Tolentino, a rebel leader, has been killed by federal troops after a brief fight near Tepeaca, State of dadlige s ‘(knn.dhn Pacific Line, British Judge Asks | What Saxophone Is: Gets Wrong Reply! Br the Associated Press. + LOXN Februar: —Seen; nformatio concerning s of the ter world is fously late in reaching the urts, or the learned judges keep up a fiction that they Know ng of the world’s happenings. of the Chance; } t has fu «d the existence of th During a case the justice asked “What is & saxophone m told,” counsel replied trument resemblis OF TARIF BOARD Charge “Unwarranted De-' lay” in Settling Matters Affecting Agriculture. i By the Associated Press. Abolition of the United States T Commission and a congressional quiry into its record up to the present was urged in resolutions passed unani mously today by the board of directors | of the National Board of Farm Or ganizations. “Unwarranted delay” {n disposing of turlff questions affecting farmers was charged in the resolutions, and it | was declared also that the commis- on had taken secret testimony in at ! least one case after the interested parties had been given to understand that hearings were concluded Involved Butter Tariff. i While not mentioned specifically ir \he resolutions, the case involving | “mecret testimony” was that of the butter tariff. It became known that farm leaders had lodged a formal pro- test with the commission, declaring that after the public hearings on butter were closed last April an at- tache of the Danish legation appeared before the commissioners at a secret mession and was questioned about butter production in Denmark. Upon this protest the commission has made | no comment. ‘Without &pecifically indorsing the Dickinson farm surplus bill now be- fore Congress, the board went on rec- ord today in favor of some method of disposing of surplus production. A resolution adopted by the board said: “We ask of Congress a system whereby any surplus in agricultural products shall be so controlled that the producer may recefve for that portion of the whole crop required by the needs of this country for at least the cost of production, whils the bal- ance shall, under proper control, and at the expense of the producers, be either sold on foreign markets at the world's price, or else ba stored and held in reserve to meet future short- ages.” The Haugen bill, establishing a bu- reau of co-operative marketinz, was indorsed and the board asiced for lib- eralization of the Federal farm loan act and a congressional investigation of the operations of the intermediate credit law. ——— British Ship Sunk; Crew Saved. | €d to be drafted by FARMERS SEEK END WILL DRAFT ARMY AVIATION PROGRAM House Committee to Consid- er Conflicting Reports in Executive Session. tee in tin the present Congr a few ihe tire to executive session to puz ver the maze of conflicting re- ports filed by various investigating bodies in recent months. With the {mpending introduction of Ly Representative James, un, Michigan, to recommendations of the Lassiter board report wnd that of the louse atreraft committes of the last Conxress, the committee will huve before it in legis- lative form all proposals that have Leen submitted to build up aviation. Separate Alr Corps Bill. Foremost among thesa is a measurs by Representative Wainwright, Re- pubiican, New York {stant Secretary of War, designed to carry out the recommendations for a sepa rate Air Corps in the Army, as urged hy Maj. Gen. Mason M. P v [ air chief. There are indications that o i viewed sympatheticaily by & number of members, and perhaps represents the lmit to which the o ittee may go in recommending ization of the air defense. A number of Representatives favor a more material departure from the ¢x isting organization, but others belfeve the Patrick plan may be Incorporated in a compromise measure, on the theory that the press of legislation will permit adoption only of & pro- posal ng the unaninious indorse ment of the committes. Paul B. Fritsche, general manager of the Aircraft Development Corpora tion of Detroit. told the House naval committee vesterday that the Govern- ment had co-operated with foreign na- tions in aircraft development, but was loath to give financial encouragement to the industry in this country. Urges Government Aid. Mr. Fritsche told the naval commit: tee he considered it the Government's duty to put up $300,000 toward the cost of an all-metal airship which the corporation desires to build for the Navy An appropriation for this project was carried in the annual Navy De-| partment appropriation bill as re ported by the House appropriation naval subcommittee. Before passage, however, the measure was modified to withhold the $300,000 for six months. Chairman Butler of the naval com- mittee. in urging that thils fund be withheld temporarily. told the House that his committee, which had original jurisdiction in such matters, inquire into_the advisability of the proposal, and it was in this connection that Mr. Fritsche appeared. The all-metal dirigible proposal is understood to call for expenditure of $300,000 by the Government, with the remainder of the ship's cost to be borne by the corporation., and Mr. Fritsche, replying to an inquiry by Chairman Butler why “these business glants of Detroit” could not put up the entire amount, said: Much Sent Abroad. You have spent large sums with ANTWERP, Belgium, February §|Great Britain, France and Italy for (®P)—The steamer Marloch of the | aircraft being developed there. bound for|¥ou think it's time you spent some- Don't Canada, was in collision yesterday |thing to encourage American genius? with the British steamer Whimbrel, from Liverpool for Antwerp, off Flushing. The Whimbrel was badly damaged, and sank, but the crew was | l2OneY, eaved. Not a dollar has been expended for & purely American airship. “We are handling the people's Mr. Butler remarked, “and, (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) New Dance, Based on Waltz, Sought By Europe to Replace Old Fox Trot By tho Associated Press. PARIS, February. 3.—Europe is ready for a new dance, and the danc- ing masters are ready to pey a goodly sum for one. The “Charleston” has been tried and found “not wanted.” The fox trot has been endured for 20 years; the one-step has had its day. The tango has met with a mixed reception, but the waltz apparently has to be eternal. At the European dance congress, which meets at Brussels this month, a special prize of 10,000 francs will be awarded for “the dance most likely to replace the fox trot in popular favor.” The dance must be based on the waltz step. New dances, say the masters, are invenied 3t the raie of about ome P a day., FBach }'éar the congwesses of the various national and international dance organizations award prizes for the best danceé invention of the year. These dances, however, the masters assert, never are heard of again. So y are seeking this year one based n the waltz step which will endure. + “The itz is the universal dance,” is the advice given in the prospectus of the Brussels congress. “Orientals and Occidentals alike are stirred by its rhythm, a primitive, effortless rhythm that must have been old when mankind was young. To oust it or rival it & new dance must have some- thing of that irresistible appeal’ Radio Programs—Page 26. carry” out | would | CITY PLANNING BIL ‘[SGIVEN APPROVAL BYD. . COMMITTEE |Provides for Board™of Nine to Develop Park System in Capital Region. UP FOR CONSIDERATION BEFORE HOUSE MONDAY Program Would Prevent Pollution of Waterways, Conserve Woods and Enlarge Parkways. he Nu sl und of & ct or & to anl 4 Capital Parks Comm! rust to it the duties e House District committee toda by Chalrman (iibson of the su! tee. h has conducted extensi rities o he District committee, d this measure favorably repo 1e Houre, & be on t for Distr it were amended bill wor ou by the Dis °t comnmitiee, the subx nittee o s and plavgrounds and all wi which was originally nan Zihlman, troduc p 1 Capital Parks me: | Co the request of tha or provides for @ compre 2 park ar pla. tem of the Capita In the development of such & plo for the Capital and Its enviroms ir Marylund and Virginia. to preserve of water in Rock Creek, tion of Rock Creek an: ‘ preserve foresis and natu and to provide for systemut ment of parks, s, the bill creates n to ba known as the Nationa Park and Plans for a member: is was reduced to nin This commission would include the Engineer Commissioner of the Dis trict, the director of the national park service, the director of public bulld ings and public parks of the Nationa Capital, the chairmen of the House | ana Senate District committees and four eminent citizens “well quallfied | und experienced in city planning. An amendment provides that one of these shall be # bonafide resident o the District of Columbia and that in stead of four of these members he | ing selected from the American So | clety of Civil Engineers, the Amer: itute of Architects, the Ame: i of Landecaps Architec and the American City Planning In stitute, they shall ba selected by *he President of the United States. No Pay, But Expenses. The bill specifically provides that a memb £ the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be e tual experses, and that these experts are to te not in excess of £10 a day and cost of travel upon at anding meetings or engaged in inves tigations In addition to the duty of preparina plans as provided for in the origina hich includes p for sub parks, schools, pl grounds, water supply, housing, build ing and zonlng regulations, bridge: and water fronts, commerce and ind t nd other proper elements of city and regional planning, a_ committe amendment includes also 1 sites drainage and sewage. ‘Another emendment emphasizes that it is the purpose of this act to obtain the maximum amount of o operation and correlation of effort be tween the departments, bureaus an: commissions of the Federal and Dis trict governm 8. To this end planc &nd records are to be made availzbla tonal Capital Park and Planning Commission, and it is the duty of each member of the comn sion to adhere in principle to the of ficial plan of the commission. | To Act With State Bodies. The bill directs that the commissio: {may act in conjunction and co-opera jon with representatives of the tates of Marvland and Virginia who may he designated by those States ir the development of the environs of ! the District of Columbla. Chairman Zihlman of the full com: mittee and Chafrman Gibson of th | qubcommittee both emphasized tha: | the new biil has been drafted so as to provide for securing the advice a { direction of the greatest experts in the { country in planning for the Nationa Capital Mr. Gibson offered a motion tha action in the House should be de terred on the mothers’ pension bill which !s due to come up for consic eration next Monday, until action hau | been taken by the District ccmmittee on the general welfare bill, which provides for consolidation of all wel fare activities under the sdministra tion of the single board. The mot ers’ pension bill provides for adm! fstration of the mothers’ fension fund by a separate hoard. Representative Oscar E. Keller, Re publican, of Minnesota, chairman of the subcommittes which handled the~ mothers’ pension bill, argued tha: these two measures have no relatior ship and that the administration ¢! mothers' aid has mothing to do wit! charity. Urges Progress With Bills. AMr. Gibson explained that his mo tion was in the interest of making decent progress while these two meas ures could be worked out together and conflicts avoided. Representative Thomas L. Blanter Democrat, of Texas urged that action should not be delayed on the mothers pension bill but that everything should be done to make it operative as soon as possible. Gibson and Repre sentative Florian Lampert, Repub- lican, of Wisconsin emphasized that the general welfare bill passed the House in the last Congress and has already been favorably reported in this Congress by the Senate District committee so that it probably could be passed just as quickly s the mothers’ aid bill. Mrs. Norton also urged that nothing should be allow ed to interfere with the earliest pos sible action on the mothers’ penslor bill. Representative William C. Hammer “(Continued on Pags 4, Colums &y