Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER (U. 8. Weather Bureau Fe Fair today. c tonight; tomor fresh and northwest winds Temperatur vesterday: terday. . 23, at Full report on pa moderate jo orecast.) afternoon or i oa.m. yes- ge 7. he No. 1,090—No. 29,867. Entered as econd class matter post office. Washington, D. WASHINGTON, Sund ‘WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION D. C., - CALL FOR COOLIDGE COAL PEACE ACTION. " BEATEN N SENATE Copeland Resolution, Asking Presidential Move, Shelved by Vote of 43 to 38. G. 0. P. MEMBERS DENY FUEL EMERGENCY NOW | Congress’ Power to Act in Anthra- cite Dispute Is Questioned by Bruce. nmed Diebate on the coal strike h proportions in the Sen, that It nearly resnlt axide the tax bill olution ide A oset 1in lay the | wonld re 10 £ ter i to consider which endeavor about to ment Senat Lring b voted the 3 tax bill the i3 not to displ coul strike question was revived Luer {u the afternoon, with Senator Cope Denmocrat, New Yurk deplor his inability to get action amd Sen ¢ Oddie, Republics f Ciaring that in his opinion a Cergenc does not exist hitumine available in dance. | After the vote had been taken the | Senate resumed work on thestax bill | nntil shortly bhefore adjournment when Senator Copeland once mo wk the floor and chided the Senate having consumed 1 hour and onsidering #n amendment tc bill to lighten the fire insur #nce tax of the farmers by approxi-| mately $56,000 and at the same time | declining to take up the coal ques tion. of coal is abun Cites Miners' Wage Laws. Senator Copeland deciared he was | glad the Senate granted this relief to | the farmers, but said he wanted to | let the country know that the Sen-| wte was not willing to relieve people who are affected by the coal strike, he loss in wages from one day of the coal strike, he sald, exceeded a mil. lion dollars, which figure he compared to the amount of relief granted the furmers by the amendment to the tax reed to vesterday | he Senator then referred to com- ment he had heard that New York Democrats are playing politics” on the coal question. “We don't have to play ' he said. : he President has no reason to be- | lisve the™@enate wants the strike set- | tled. but I have no doubt that if we | pass this resolution he would be glad do i If the President of the United States cannot bring about arbi- tration. nobody can,” he declared. Senator Marrison, Democrat. of Mississippi, at this point inquired of | Senator Oddie, Republican, as to the | status of the coal legislation pending before the committee on mines and | mining. which would carry out the recommendations of the President in his annual message to Congress. Reveals Bill's Status. Senator Oddie replied he terved the bill to the Secretary of | Commerce for report, as is customary, | \d had not received the report. Sen: | or Oddie reminded Senator Harrison | that several weeks ago, during a yrevious debate, he had expressed the conviction that it would mot be wise press for wction on general coal! Jegislation “during this unfortunate Senator Oddie declared he sympa-| thized with any people wh fnx. but added he did not t national emergency exists as long there is an abundance of bituminous | 1 available.” | Reed, Republican, of Y'-‘nll—! read into the record tele- | had received. telling of the | of an ample. supply of | I in answer to the| enator Copeland that | gland were suffering xram he vailability bituminous tement_of pie in New B k of fue hinks State Should ator King, Demoerat Lrought the discussion to a the view that the legi Ivania, rather than - the power, and is the logical | deal with the anthracite | Act. of Utah| ose by | Ser to The resolution which Senator Cope- land has been trying to have adopted | merely would be an appeal to the President, but Senator Robinson of | 2 minority leader, introduced | a hill yesterday which would empower | the President to declare the e | of an emergency during such as the present one. The bill also would | provide for a board of industrial ad- justment, which could function only | When the President declared’an emer- | ceney. This board would hold hear- ings. inquire into the causes of the <rrike and endeavor to bring about ar- bitration. At the request of Senator Iiohinson the bill was referred to the committee on education and labor. In submitting the measure Senator | Robinson said he aware that some | persons feel it would be better to al low the miners and operators to fight the issue to a finish in the belief there would not be a recurrence. The Sena- recalled, however, that the pros- et of a coal strike has become an an- nual cause of alarm in recent vears nd that he does not believe Congress justified in refraining from taking &ome action. Questions Congress’ Power. Senator Bruce, Democrat, of Mary land questioned whether Congess has power under the Constitution to deal with the coal situation. When Senator Copeland made t motion yester: fternoon to ta up his resolution, Senator Edge. Re publican, of New .Jersey moved to liv it on the table. By a vote of 41 | 0 38 the Senate declined to lay the! question on the table. After declin- in table the motion, the Senate then reversed itself by voting 43 to 38 not to conslder the Copeland reso tion. Senators voting to take up the land resolution: Democrats—Ashurst, Arizona; Bay- ard, Delaware; Blease, South Caro- lina; Broussard, Louisiana; Bruce, Maryland; Caraway. Arkansas; Cope. lind, New York: Dill, Washingto dwards, New Jer rris, Michi: George, Georgia: Gerry, Rhode ind: Harris, Georgia; Harrison, AMississippl; Heflin, Alabama; Ke drick, Wyaming: McKellar, Tennessee; Mavfleld T Overman, North mtinued on Fage 6, Column 3.) “ope- | | anthrs | the lief in the present strike.” | pose | enter COAL MEN RETAIN {Act at Once After McCarl ! facts would “not give either the Senaie 'HUSBANDTS ACCUSED i ple PEOPLE MUST “BREAK HARD COAL TRUST” FOREVER, PINCHOT SAYS Defiance of Monopoly Challenge, Governor Asserts. Charges Gang-Controlled Legislators Defeated His Proposals for State Control. By the HAR The Associated Press 1 ISBURG, Pa. [ time has come th ite_monopoly in hand and to that in a contest of power | ple of this Commonwealth are | than any hard-boiled declared Gov. Pinchot statement issued tonizht., Supporting hi tive program for resulation of the hard coal indus. try. the governor said “the gang-con trolled legislative committce on mines and mining on Tuesday once more slammed the door in the face of the public and Yefused to afford any re- February “to take show it P mo- nopoly in One of the governor's two bills would have declared the unthracite Industry a public utility for the pur- of regulation. The other ¢ authorized Pennsylvania to into upacts with other to te coal sales. Both negatively reported the | committer, Phere is to my knowledze monopoly in America pubil hion. so scornful « tic i uiterly the ol anodern industrial thought the anihracite mo Aopuly Pinchot asserted. It holds that any consideration of the public interest is an impertinence nd it proposes to do as it likes with wntheacite without nee to the welture of the 40,000,000 Americans who have been taught to depend upon it. “My recommendation that the pro- measy Ates were hy o other deflant of the puh iected by + Mr | the mining duction of anthracite be public utility is suppor whole history of the anthracite ifidus try in its relation to the public, and st of all by the tremendous losses which this industry, now free public control, is gaily inflicting upon mmuniti Pennsyl upon the Common- Ith as a whole and upon the ite-using people of the tes this administration is not alone in urging that the anthracite monopoly be subjected to public regulation. In 1921 the late President Harding ap- pointed the United States Coal Com- mission. That body in making its re- port in 1923 found that there ‘is und can be’ no free competition in anthra- cite, ‘because the supply is limited and’ controlled The governor said that public regu | lation would assure fair trade pr: tices. “That means.” he said, “that the public will get the kind and size of coal it pays nd especialiy that it will get cle “There could he no better example |of the need for such assurance than the resizing plan unanimously by the ritors 1 miade live i1, 1 By this plan the hes Ot used for iz coul were changed from the zen Iy accepted old stindard to o new udard. Inaddition. lireer amounts unburnable skate il bone we uitted, and o ercentuge o TIII-&““I‘ Sz Nowed to xr‘l’ ‘I“: in the lurger sizes “There is no question, moreover, that this resizing plan is worth many millions of dollars to the operators in (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) ed by the n ) fc it of ATTORNEY IN FIGHT Asks Books—Demand Full | Audit or None. Toger J. Whiteford has heen re- tained as counsel by a group of lead- ing Washtngton coal merchants fol- lowing service of notice by Controller General J. R. McCarl yesterday that the Senate District committee, having requested his office to undertake an audit of their books, it had become his duty to demand free access for ac- countants from his office to their busi- ness records and ledgers. In his letter the controller general office pointed out that only informa- tion concerning specific matters was desired, such as statistics regarding the capital of the coal companies, the prices they had paid for coal at the mines, the costs of handling it and the price for which it was delivered Meeting Quickly Called. Immediately upon receiving this notice, leading retailers assembled in the offices of the Coal Merchants' Board of Trade and decided to seek as to their rights. Mr. Whiteford s retained by the merchants as a body and It was stated that individual.members would seek to have their personal at- torneys collaborate in a general con- ference, to be held tomorrow after- noon. Although it was the retail coal mer cided to defy the Senate district com- mittee and seek ways of restraining the_investi it was said that a majority of those at the meeting were of the opinion that no partial audit should be permitted, if it can be pre- vented lei Jesse C the Coal Merchans’ sid the coal men were “entirely” in favor of opening their books to a thorough audit, to be conducted either by an uninfluenced firm of commercial ccountants of a board of Washington business men, but that they were ‘“con- fident”” 2 mere examination for certain announced that hants had not de- uter, managing director of Board of Trade, of the public the truth as to whether there is profiteering here.’ Three Firms Notifled. Three local coal firms have been erved with the notices from Mr. Mc- Carl's office. Two informed the inv tigators, it was said. that the matter would first have to be presented to their hoard of directors, and that imme- diate answer could mot be given. The third, the Griffith Coal Corporation, ~(Continued on Page 6, ( OF FURNACE MURDER Man. 73, Faces First-Degree Charge Following Death of Woman at Sioux City, Iowa. ¢ the Associated Press. SIOUX CITY, la., February 6.-—-A4 ge of first degree murder was filed today against George Solomon, 3 vears old, whose wife was found burned to death in the furnace of their home Wednesday night. Solo- mon claimed she met death accident- ally. Solomon was arrested shortly after the body was found Wednesday night by his sons, who informed the police of circumstances they believe refute a suicide theory. The body was part- Iv_crammed into a furnace. The prisorer has been questioned vepeatedly and officials say they still 6. STILLMANS COUNT Think Briton Will Teach Them to Forget Five-Year Marital Quarrel. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, the darkness February which 6.—Out precedes the Olympic today toward marital recon- ciliation and a new day. They were en route to Europe on & “trial honevmoon.” which hoped would be the first step toward a permanent reconciliation. The “in- terests of the children,” they said. had directed this dramatic climax to their five vears of divorce litigation. On the passenger list they appeared as Ben Smith and Henrletta Fuller, which Mr. Stillman had amended a few days ago to include Mrs. Stiliman. same deck of the liner. Slate Wiped Clean. Before their departure they an- nounced that they had ‘‘cleaned their slat The suit for divorce brought by Mrs. Stillman, which was scheduled drawn. Mr. Stillman recognized as his son and heir, Guy Stlllman, now seven vears old, and the around whom Mr. Stillman’s unsue- cessful suit for divorce centered. He withdrew all allegations made in that suft that the boy was the son of Fred Beauvals, Indian guide, whom Mr. Stillman had named as corespondent. At a farewell dinner at the Stillman home In West Fifty-second street last nicht, which was attended by their 14-yeaf-old son, Alexander, they an- nounced that they were ‘‘through with outside advisers,” and that they were going to go straight with each other and themselves One outsider, however, still figured in their plans. They planned to see Dr. R. F. Bavnes, a young English psychologist, whose psychoanalysis of Mrs. Stillman at the time of her hus- band’s divorce suft “helped her to find herself again.” It was her be. be able to draw them permanently together, despite the allegations, re- criminations and contumely which has passed between the two during the vears of court battles. Will Visit Daughter. They expected to stop for some time in Paris, where their daughter, Mrs. Henry P. Davison, the former Anne Stillman, is now living. By colncidence, the Olympic, on which the Stillmans are making their second “honeymoon,” s the vessel on which Mrs. Stillman, embarking for Europe In_1920. was served with the papers in her husband’s divorce suit. Although there had been several re- ports in recent months of attempts at reconciliation, the sudden ending of the Stillmans’ embittered court fights and their departure together came as a surprise to the attorneys who have " (Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) WOMAN SLAYER FREED. Mrs. Farmer Acquitted After Jury Stays Out 31 Hours. MEMPHIS, Tenn. February 6 (#).—Mrs. Josephine Eva Farmer was acquitted tonight of a charge of mur- of Mrs. Mary Lee Scott, divorcee, rival of Mrs. Farmer for the love of James F. Farmer. her husband. The .jury reported its verdict at hore to ohtain a confession. They believe a quarrel cver money was re- sponsible. ing more than 31 hours. er claimed self defense. Mrs. Farm- Copeland Launches Boom for Al Smith, But It Runs Into Snag at Ouiset A presidential boom for Gov. Al Smith of New York was lannched in the Senate late yesterday afternoon. It hit a snag. Senator Copeland of New York, for the edification of his colleagues, pic- tured Senator Wadsworth as the Re- publican nominee for President in 1928 and Gov. Al Smith as bearing aloft the banner of the democracy. “Then we'll see whom the poor peo- of New York will vote for™ chanted Senator Cope [lm. ‘May I just ask the Senator from New York to allow the Democrats to name their own candidate,” snapped Senator Caraway of Arkansas, while Senator Copeland looked around in pained surprise. To pour oll on the troubled waters, Senator Heflin of Alabama suggested tjat perhaps Senator Copeland him- might be a candidate for the Dem- ocratic_nomination. All of which zave the Republicans & chance tv 3 declared a | from | 5 of northern | United | ON PSYCHOLOGIST | of dawn, James A. Stillman and Anne U, | Stillman sailed aboard the steamship | they | but they traveled on a joint passport ! They occupied separate cabins on the | to be heard shortly, was ordered with- | person | lief and hope that Dr. Baynes would | der in connection with the slaving 9:36 o'clock tonight after deliberat- ! (DAWES AGAIN HITS: AT SENATE RULES DESPITE CLOTURE Campaign in No Way Abated Since Court Debate Limit, Vice President Says. REVISION NEED IS MORE APPARENT, HE ASSERTS Calls on Public to Get Behind Fight ! to Bring “Desperately” i Vital Changes. i —— ted Press LPHIA, February s 1o wheth Senate in cuttin World Court sident Daw rdiment the dispelled by the subject DBy the a ©PHILAD | Any tion of the hate.on the Vie donbts won to still of L pro nounce from My Dawes. Addr ata dinn ficer make ent on 1 the Manufacty Club t nute’s presiding of said recent events in that body opportun the discussion "ot ! some immediate forward step” for rul changes “desperately needed in the | public intere: | While declaring that he still favored la rule whereby a majority instead of ltwo-thirds vote could cut off debat | Mr. Dawes sald he was willing to sup. port some plan “which may possibly invoke less determined opposition at present than does the proposition of | full majority cloture. Asks United Support. ‘If there is such a step.” he said, “all sincere supporters of improvement in the present defective rules should unite in support of it as being in’ the right direction. | "I believe recent occurences in the | Senate have made clear to the public “That the two-thirds majority neces. | sary to close debate under the pres | ent rules cannot be secured, the ma i jority of the Senate is largely at the mercy of minorities and individuals who may desire to obstruct its busi- ness “That while the closing of debate by i@ two-thirds vote under the present rules would sometimes protect the public interest against those who would obstruct purely business meas. ures like tax and appropriation bills, {it cannot operate when a majority less than two-thirds desires a vote in order to exercise its constitutional | right to pass such bills. Under these | eircumstances tax and appropriation i bills can be indefinitely postponed by minority obstructionists. Sees Vital Bills Stopped. “That if in the case of tax and ap propriation bills alone, which are purely business measures, a majority cloture rule providing for ample op- portunity for every Senator to be heard can be adopted it will prevent the holding up of appropriation and { revenue bills by individuals and mi | norities seeking to coerce the majority into legislative concesslons. “That such a rule will destroy the power of Individuals and minorities in the short session to force the President of the United States, as has often happened in the past, to call extra sessions of Congress in order to secure the gieans to keep the ma- chinery of the Government in func- tioning activity. “That in connection with the purely business measures of taxation and anpropriation, in which the American people have the greatest interest. their interest will not then be sub. jordinated to the right of minority Senators to prolong talk unduly and frivolously.” | Warns of General | The Vice President said public jignorance of the real situation, re. sulting in public {ndifference to cloture {in the Senate, “is the curtain behind which the minority works its will.” In concluding, he declared a minority in the Senate at times exer- cised “a power greater than the veto power of the President of the United States.” “Seven times durin sessions of Congres: it been necessary for the President to call an extra session of Congress in order to keep the machinery of the | Government n functioning activity, compelled to do so by individuals or minorities. “Whefi individuals and minorities in the Senate possess power under Senate rules to render impotent at times the Government itself, these rules should be revised in the interest of constitu- tional majority rights and the rights of the American people.” \BUILDINGS BILL DUE Ignorance. Includes $50,000,000 to Make Start on Five-Year Program in Washington. The $50.000.000 public building pro- gram for Washington, to make a start at housing important activities of the Government in Federal-owned build. ings and to remove the excessive fire hazard of the ramshackle temporary war work buildings which are tum. bling down, probably will be passed in the House a week from tomorrow. This $50,000,000 five-vear program 18 included in the $165,000,000 public building bill fathered by Representa- tive Elliott of Indiana, chairman o the committee on publi¢ buildings and grounds. The bill carries $150,000,000 and $15,000,000 for completion projects already authorized. The measure will probably come up on Monday, February 15, which is “Suspension day.” A careful ,poll of the House shows that there are very few votes to be mustered against the public building bill. There is no con- troversy over the fact that the build- ings should be erected. The only con- troversy is over the method of deter- mining which places shall get the buildings first. Advocates of the old “pork barrel” method are maintaining that Congress should retain the right to decide just where each bullding will be erected.and its cost. of SUNDAY MORNING, TO PASS NEXT WEEK | for new buildings all over the country | FEBRUARY 7, | v | Y Star, 1926.—100 PAGES. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 * | | | (#) Means Associated Press. and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. PROHIBITION FIGHT ONINFULLFORCEIN HOUSE AND SENATE “Youth Being Ruined,” Says Edwards—House Debate Waxes Personal. BILL TO GIVE DRY NAVY $10,000,000 MORE BEATEN Measure Introduced to Set Up Sep- arate Bureau in Treasury De- partment for Enforcement. BY G. GOULD LINCOL Prohibition was lambasted fended at both ends of the esterday. The be e by « s and g ‘ruined iling since tead act, s of the count under the e the en; the “wets" z " pre the V imed “The At of pre today is declared girl of was,” as good ns he ever Represen {tative Murphy of Ohio, on the floo: - COOLIDGE TOGO O WHITE GOURT EARLY | Hopes to Leave Washington| in June, After Adjourning | of Congress. RUSS YOUNG. | President plidge is going to spend | the coming Summer at White Court, Swampscott, Mass. | He does not intend to walt until (nearly the first of July, hut will leave Washington for the New England icoast as soon after (‘on djourns as is practicable. | This i learned from ! White House source. who added that | {already some advance de; concern jing the re-establishment cf the Sum- | mer Capital 5t White Court have been negotiated. There was never any doubt in the minds of those close to the President his Summer home. Both he Coolidge repeatedly have | said how happy and comfortable they were last Summer, and that they | hoped to go back in when warm weather returned. Moreover, both were henefited physicaliy by their 11 weeks on the North Shore last i Summer. a reliable | Has Many Invitations. There have been, however, any i number of invitations and suggestions received by the President, within the past few months to spend next Sum- mer in other sections of the country. | These have not been confined to re- | sorts in the North and East, but in { vitations to places of boasted climate {and scenery in the South, the Laké region, and even on the Pacific Coast, | have been recelved. F g | Hawaii and Porto Rico have joined in | {this almost nation-wide bid for the | Summer White House. But the President is not 10 be lured !away from the old-home State. First of all, Swampscott is only five | ! hours’ ride from Plymouth. Vt. the s home of the President's father, who has been in failing health for several {months. Mr. Coolidge wants to make | {short visits to his father every now {and then during his stay in New | England. Secondly the Massachusetts coast climate is beneficial to him. In the third place White Court, be- | cause of its secluded location on the | rocky shore-line affords the privacy necessary for conducting the Na- tion's business. Butler in Fight. There is still another reason which deals directly with the coming con- gressional elections. Throughout the country the campaigns will be on in full blast. The President's intimate friend and close political adviser, Senator Butler of Massachusetts, will be in the thick of a battle to retain his seat in the Senate. He is holding his seat now by appointment. | He was named by Gov. Fuller to suc- ceed the late Henry Cabot Lodge. Senator Butler enjoys life in the | Senate, and as chairman of the Re- publican national committee, is | anxious to maintain a Republican majority. President Coolidge, too, is eager to continue his party in_power at the 1 Capitol, and is hoping all of the Repub- lican Senators who come up for re- election in November will be returned, jor at least enough of them to make it possible for his party to keep its majority. But+he has more than an ordinary interest in the the election of Senator Butler. Besides his personal { fondness for the latter, he has a keen {appreciation of his ability, and he is not unmindful of the personal help Senator Butler has given him in his campaigns of the past. For example, Senator Butler personally managed the Coolidge pre-convention campaign in 1924, ran the Cleveland convention | that’ nominated him, and then per- i sonally directed the campaign that elected him President. Since then Sena- jtor Butler has been Mr. Codlidge's closest adviser about things political. In political circles here there is a “(Continued on Page 2, Column 4) FLYER HURT WALKING. ‘Woman Parachute Thriller Injures Ankle on Icy Sidewalk. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa., February 6 {#).—Eighteen times Mrs. Helen Sparks has leaped in a parachute from 2,000 to 2,500 feet in the air— and never was injured. But today the ambulance caught up with her—after she had fallen on an icy sidewalk and severely injured her left side. As a member of a fiying circus operated by | { her husband she has thrilled thou- | | Around the | At the Communit. | Spanish War Veterans—Page 37. | Army and Navy sands at county fairs by leaping from Joa alalane. " TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—10 PAGE! General News—Local, National .Foreign. *hools and Collezes —Pages 24 and and Current News Girl Scouts—F Boy Scouts—Page D.A. R. Activities— Radio News and Programs—Pages 3 and 33. Financial News—Pages 34. 35 and 36. 37 Centers—Page 37. PART TWO—14 PAGES. ditorials and Editorial Features. | Washington and Other Society. Notes of Art and Artists—Pa Reviews of Midwinter Books—Page 4 Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 10. P'arent-Teacher Activities—Page 11. News of the Clubs—Page 12, PART THREE—11 PAG Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music in Washington—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages and 8. Veterans of the Great District National Civilian Army 6, 7 War—Page 9. ard—Page 10. ews—Page 10. News—Page 11 News—Page 13. PART FOUR—! PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magmzine Section—Fiction and tures. PART SIX—8 PAGES. ed Advertising. W. C. A. News—Page GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAG World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—1 PAG! Betty: Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. OIL DEAL N VOLVES ABOUT SIGS00000 New York Bankers Get Con- trol of Associated Company on Pacific Coast. By the Associated Press EW YORK. February 6.—In one of the largest transactions of its kind in industrial history. involving ap- proximately $165,000,000, Blair & Co., Inc., and the Chase Securities Cor- poration today acquired control of the Assoclated Oil Co., one of the largest producing and refining companies on the Pacific Coast. Plans are being formulated to com- bine the company with one or more of the other oil enterprises in which the bankers are interested, including the Pan-American Petroleum & Trans- | port Co., the California Petroleum Co. and the Barnsdall Corporation. An early announcement is expected re- garding these proposals, which will result in one of the largest oil mer- gers irf recent years. A cash bid, of $59 a share won con- trol of the Associated Ofl Co. for the Blair group, and the same offer is be. ing made to all minority stockholders. In addition, an alternative offer will be made for the exchange of securi- ties of another company in connection with the merger plans. . With 2,240,000 shares of Associated Oil stock outstanding, acceptance of the first bid would involve a total cash outlay of more than $130,000,000. The bankers also agree to assume all obligations of the company and its subsidiaries, including $24,000,000 of outstanding notes. ¢ The deal ends a keen struggle be- tween competing banking and oil in- terests which began late in December, when the Pacific Oil Co. was acquired by the Standard Oil Co. of California and was forced to dispose of its 1,400,- 000 shares of Associated Ofl. In win- ning control Blair & Cb. bettered an offer made by First National Bank in- terests in behalf of the Tidewater Oil Co. This was reported to have been $60 a share, but not entirely in cash. The successful group announced that its purchase included the stock which would come to the Standard Oil Co. of California through its absorp- tion of Pacific Oil. Japanese Break Up Korean Plot. TOKIO, February 6 (P).—A dis- patch to the Jijl Shimpo, Japanese language newspaper. from Seoul re- norts the police broke up a- big plot among Korean malcontents to blow wa the government bulldings at Seoul. Fea- | SITUETBEORD.C, the House. While the discussion raged in the House and Senator Edwards of New Jersey was preparing and issuing 2 itement declarinz that sentiment in the country was ecryst ng for { modification of the Volstead act, twa significant and important steps were | {taken by the friends of prohibition. H Dry Bureau Proposed. First. an administration bill wa< |Walter Reed Hospilal Also Gets $2,000,000 Under Deficiency Bill. Carrying appropriations totaling £1,734.678 for the District of Colum- | bia, besides $140.000 for urgent re- pairs on temporary office building erected during the war and direct ppropriations of $1,050,000 and con- tract authorization of 0,000 to re- I to set | the Treasury Department for the bei- | ous | the | place temporary buildings at the Waliter Reed General Hospi $381 4 deficiency bill passed the House late yesterd: The temporary war work buildings which are to get emergency treatment are wooden structures resting on wooden piers. A recent survey i cates that the underpinning has rot- ted in many places to such an extent that it would be unsafe to continue longer without replacement. Tem- porary repairs have been made and will continue to be made pending the | substitution of concrete piling for the | | present wooden underpinning. | House Many Activities. | The buildings were constructed | during the vears 1917 and 1918, and | | house a very large number of perma | nent activities of the Government, | | They will have to be used until per- | manent structures are erected to re- | place them and should be kept in sate | condition. | " In addition to the $2,000,000 build- | ing program for the Walter Reed | Hospital, the sum of $900,000 has been | allotted by the Veterans” Bureau and | $150,000 will he expended by the Red Cross for its building, making the to- tal of the completed facilities $3,050,- | 000. When completed the hospital | will have a capacity of 920 bed: in permanent buildings, of which' 800 will be provided by the present ap-‘ propriations and authorizationss A total of $1,734,678.33 is carried for | the District of Columbia. The princi- | pal items included in this sum are as | follows: | For the Traffic Bureau, $41,755, to cover the re-examination as required by law of approximat: 00,000 motor vehicle operators’ permits, the pur- | chase and placement of spot lights for traffic officers at inadequately lighted intersections, parking signs, street markings, boulevard stop signs, dan- ger signals and traffic lights on Six- teenth street from Florida avenue to Park road and on Massachusetts ave- nut from Twelfth street east to Seventh street. $767,000 for Streets. For street paving, repaving, ing and widening, the sum of $7 is recommended, divided as follows: Paving under permit system, §: 000; specified streets, general fund $135,700; specified streets, gas tax fund, $462,000; repairs and resurfac- ing, $150,000. These sums include the widening of Connecticut avenue from K street to | Eighteenth street and of Eleventh | reet from Pennsylvania Avenue to ! ew York avenue and the assessment of 40 per cent of the widening cost against the abutting property. These street items were deducted from the 1927 budget and placed in this bill so as to divide up the street work and provide the funds at an earlier date than would be possible In the regular District appropriation act in order to take advantage of the full working season. For assessment and permit work in connection with building operations in the residential district the sum of $256,000 is recommended for sewer ex- tension and $125,000 for extension of water mains. A very large part of each sum will come back in the form of assessments ‘levied against properties affected. A fund of $20.000 is granted for main and pipe sewers to provide for the renewal of the sewer in E street from Fifth to Thir- teenth streets. Funds are available for the widening of E street over this exten, but it is demed advisaple to renew the sewer, which has been in for more than 50 vears, before the | widening and repaving takes place at an estimated cost of $95,000. Items for Schools. For the schools an item of $22,000 is included for completion of equipment for the enlargement of the Western High School; $25,500 for continuing construction on the eight-room build- ing at Fifth and Buchanan streets; $27,500 for the eight-room extensible building at Fifth and Sheridan streets: $30,000 for the eight-room building af Brightwood Park, and $55,000 for the wing to the Macfarland Junior High. A further amount of $260,000 is in- the | cluded for care of the insane to enable payments te be made to St. Elizabeths Hospital to the end of the current fiscal year. introduced in the Senate and House up a bureau of prohibition in ter enforcement law. of the prohibition ond, the Cramton bill placing all employes of the prohibition unit under the civil service was reported favor- | ably to the House from the committee on civil service. When these measures come before the House and Senate for considera- tion the stage will be set for a vigor- battle over prohibition. The "' today have the votes in both bodies to snow under opposition. But are counting on bringing the question again before the country. In this connection the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment the | IS planning a second “face-the-fac appropriation | conference at here Februar: Senator Edwarc in his statement praised Rev. Dr. James Empripgham, the Mavflower Hotel | secretary of the Church Temperance Society of the Protestant Episcopal { Church. Praises Dr. Empringham. “I am glad to learn of at least one high churchman of considerable re- pute who has the temerity to express his frank conviction that the Volstead act should be modified,” said Senator Edwards. “This is a happy symptom of renewed and healthy thought on a subject which for some unknown reason has been taboo since the Anti- Saloon League set up headquarters in ‘Washington and proceeded to intimi date members of Congress and dare tn interpret the convictions of America." Senator Edwards said there was “no need for the Anti-Saloon League or any other league or body in America | to pretend liquor is not being sold in every city, town and hamlet of the United States. a matter of fact.” he con tinued, “it is being sold in such ridic ulously large quantities and car obtained with such consummate ca by young and old that it is provi not only the ruination but the dam nation of hundreds and even thou sands of young boys and girls. Carry Rum in Open. “Right bere in dur own city of Washington young men and women under 20 years of age can be seen nightly under the influence of liquor and carrving hip-pocket flasks with apparently no attempt being made to conceal their illicit intentions.” Senator Edwards said he believed the only “remedy” for the situation was to repeal that act “which hus made criminals and drunkards.” The New Jersey Senator said that every reasonable effort to enforce prohibition was being made by As sistant Secretary of the Treasury Lin coln C. Andrew “If he has falled—and he has—ir is because of the fact that the pres ent reading of the Volstend act will not and cannot lend itself to a reason able interpretation of the eighteenth amendment,” said Senator Edwary A sharp prohibition debate was pre- cipitated in the House vesterday aftei noon by Representative John Philip Hill, Baltimore’s widely known ant | prohibitionist, and a candidate for the Republican nomination for Senator next Fall. Mr. Hill offered an amend ment to the deficiency appropriation | bill proposing the item for new rum chasers be increased by The bill carried $3,900,000. “Drys” Suspicious. The Hill amendment viewed with suspicion by the “drys,” and its proposal was followed by a discus- $10,000,000. | sion which at times threatened to re- sult in physical encounters. A dozen or more members of the House took part. Representative Sabbath of Illinois, Democrat, opposed the additional ap- propriation on the ground that the department had not asked for it. Mr. Hill wanted to know if he would favor guarding each ten miles of the coast, and Mr. Sabbath replied: “Even the sum proposed would not stop the smuggling that is going on, and for that reason it would be an unnecessary expense and place an ad- ditional burden upon the taxpayers. I pride myself on knowing the Ameri- can people and I know that neither the Volstead act nor any other simi- lar statute can be enforced, it mat- ters not how much money you spend.” “We have evidences from men of standing, men of reputation, men wha believe in temperance. They say that after a careful investigation, they are convinced the Volstead act cannot be enforced, and they make recommend:.- tions of what they believe would be wholesome and beneficial and would save thousands upen thousands of young girls and young men of America.” “I challenge the gentleman's state- ment that our young girls are any worse today than they ever were,” shouted Representative Murphy of Ohio. “That statement has been our type so many , Column 2)