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WEATHER. (T, & Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and cold. with lowest tempera ture tonight 10 de row. fair and warmer Temperature—Hizhest yesterday: lowest, At Full report on page 0 ut T am £ ees: tomor- at 3 pm today. ! Closng N. Y. Stocks nndannds. Page 30 @h Entered post oftice, 29,87 s second class matter Washinzton, D C. TAX CUT THREATENS - TREASURY' DEFICIT, - MELLONDEGLARES Senate’s Slashing Orcy More' Than Department Can ; Stand, He Says. i = | VOTE ON BILL TOMORROW [ IS FORECAST BY SMOOT| $100,000,000 Added to Reductions Makes Total $125,000.000 Over Secretary's Figure. N redi the Sen 1¢ the addirional vesterday hy revenue hill. the new raising the total tax cnt than $450.0 Secretary of the lon teday declared thi the Treasury at the end fiscal vear inte a deficit. The Senate action. which went far| havond recommendations by the Sen ate finance committee and the Treas nry Department, repealed the taxes on automobiles and amusements, causing a loss of revenue to the Gov- ernment far beyond the ability of the Treasury to stand, in the opinion of | Secretary Mellon. Mr. Mellon indicated, however, he would make no formal adviances te Congress in the matter. that the Gov- ernment actuary, Joseph MeCoy was the expert adviser of both the Treasury and the Senate. and con sequently the Senate was as well ad vised on the prospects for a Treasury deficit as officials a1t the other end of _ Pennsylvania avenue Still Hopes for Change. Mellon feels that there till is a possibility of the Senitef changing its action of vesterday. or. ! failing this, a_possibility of cutting off | the threatened deficit when House and Senate conferees meet over the bill. | The Senate. in the opinion of the| Treasury Department. has gone much further than was justified by the best estimates available to both the Treasury Department and the Sen-| ate finance committee. Senator Smoot | had told the Senate that the maxinum tax reduction possible was abou £352,000.000, which had been reached vesterday afternoon when the com mittee’s recommendation to 1epeal the inheritance tax was adopted by the Senate. While hoping that some chanzes will be made in the bill to obviate | & deficit, Secretary Mellon today was represented as saving briefly that if | tome change is not made the Tr ury will “run into red ink.” Vote Due Tomerrow. A Senate vole tomorrow on the tax bill was forec: today Chairman £moot of the finance commitiae The final roll call planned for to day was postponed, while administra tion Republicans sought to recoup gome of the revenue losses voted yes terday by repeal of the taxes on au tomobile cars and trucks, admissions and dues. Chairman Smoot said a vote tomor- | row nizht would assure tay reduction by March 15, when income tax in- staliments are due. » In the Senate’s tax-slashing orgy last night $100,000,000 wa added to {rs $352,000,000 tax reduction bill after it had voted to repeal the inheritance | e hecomes el tn more 00, taw ey wenld hrin of he next | | i | | | hat Secretary of 16 pub- voted against x and then ! The sudden turnin: fcans who first had repeal of the inheritance joined an almost solid Democratic line-up in wipinz out the taxes on automobiles, admissions and dues, prompted a quick recess. as moved by Senator Teed. Republican. Penn: svlvania, “in view of the storm.” Beats llon by $125,000,000. The total reduction of $452,000,000 provided by the bill at the close of work vesterday is $125,000.000 over the fizure provided by the Iic measure and the maximum set Secretary Mellon, Chairman Smoot told the Senate its action in repealing the antomobile passenger car levy. involving a loss of $70.000,000 in revenu will ruin the bill.” while Senator Couzens. Re publican, Michigan, countered with the chirge that it was “a damnable out- rage if vou take the off dead millionaires and not relieve t} densome levies.” Ile had fo provision repealing the inherits levy, which was approved by the Senate, 49 to with 18 Democrats and 31 Republicans favoring it imination of the taxes voted yes may assure return of the in heritance tax to the bill when 1t reaches the conference with Rep sentatives of the Iouse, whose | ars already had served notice the would fight for its return to the hill. Repeal of this levy. and the active reduction in’ inheritance in effect since the increases voted two years ago. would involve A Ioss of $20,000,000 this vear, it was estimated Finance Committee Overruled. by Repeal of the taxes cn admissions and dues was approved. 36 to 34. on motion of Sepator Ki Democrat. of ¢ Utah, counter to the finance commit- | tee proposal merely to incry the ! tax exemptions on 50 and cent tickets. Elimination of the automobile p senger car tax, which the House nd Senate finance committee had voted to reduce from 5 to per cent, was proved, {2 21, while the tax on an tomobile trucks was stricken out, 54 ta 12. The House had voted to repeal this levy of 3 per cent, but the finance committee restored it to the bill ith a rate of 2 per cent to obtain $6,000, 000 additional revenue annually. Although the Democrats lined up ®olidly for repeal of these taxes, they were taken to task terday by Sena- tor Reed, Democrat, Missouri, ‘for their compromise within the commit tee on the surtax rates. He declared that by accepting the reduction in the maximum surtax rate to 20 per &ent! for greater reductions in the lower| surtax rates “vou swapped injustices for injustices with the Republicans.” | He suggested that “hereafter you let these matters be settled in the Senate on their merits.” 7 Roll Call on Amendment. | The roll call on the amendment to | repeal the inheritance tax was as! follows i For the amendment: Republicans — Butler, Cameron, Dale, Deneen. Edge, Ernst. Fernald. (Continued on Page 4, Column-4) I | named, Traction Head Change HAMURGES ACTION BY CONGRESS 10 AID MERGER PLANS W. R. E. Head Says Future Traction Policy Should Be Laid Down. DECLARES COMPI-\NIES | THEN COULD PROCEED | Tells House Committee City Could | Be Served Best by Unified Control, | But Scouts Fare Reduction. Phe hest basis for a merger of the reet railway companies in Wash ington would be for Congress (o adopt a constructive policy for the future o that the companies migh* Know on what condition the merged company would be allowed to oper- | ate and thus know exactly the ad-| vantages to the existing companies | in a merger. Willlam F. Ham. presi- | dent of the W. R. & E. Co., told a subcommittee of the House Dis-| trict committee today. | Mr. Ham's suggestion was made after intensive questioning and he made it clear that he had no inten- tion of criticizing the committee or Congress, but was giving his best Judgment Mr Ham explained that a sinzle company could be better plannir and the entire city could be afforded traffic facilities and emphasized t a merger should be looked upon as | building for the future by having one corps tion under control of Con- gress, either direct or by delegated Ruthority, to develop a unified ade- quate transportation service for the Capitai. Above: G E. i . i . eorge E. Hamilton. retiring s poies Rarel edustion: president of Capital Traction Co. Be- low: n H. Hanna, who succeeds Mr. Hamilton. HAMILTON RESIGNS AS TRACTION HEAD Capital System President Will Be Succeeded by John H. Hanna:™ Benefits to the public would come gradually, but it is unfortunate that' they have been led to believe that a merger would mean a reduced carfar said Mr. Ham. Neither of the existing street railway companies is now r ceiving a reasonable reiurn on a fair valuation of its property as fixed by | the Public Utilities Commission under - an act of Congress, he said. It ix futile at this time to look for &ny re- | duction in fare, Mr. Ham told the committee. AL another stage of the hearing, when asked régarding the prospect of a merger as explained by George E. Hamilton. president of the Capital Traction Co. at _the last session of this | subcommittee, Mr. Ham said that he had been in conference with Mr. | Hamilton some time ago. } He said that the North American | Co.. which holds abeut three-fourths | ington Railway and Electric Co., hax | made a fact-finding survey. He| knows that this same comnary has | for the last two or thres months | been in conference with an authorized 2. Column 6.) COOLIDGE MAY AID RETIREMENT BILL Georse E. Hamilton resigned today president of the Capital Traction to become effective March 11, the eighiteenth anniversary of his election to that office. His resiznation, pre- sented at a meeting of the board of directors of the company, Was unex- pected. It was accepted with the un. derstanding that he will continue to serve the company as a board mem ber, general counsel and chairman of the executive board. John H. Hanna, who has been vice president, in charge of operations of the company, for the past 10 years, elected unanimously to fill the created by Mr. Hamilton's | With Company Years. His election will become effective on the date of Hamilton's resignation. Mr. Hanna has been connected with the Capital Traction Co. for 32 r: He is u graduate of Princeton Un! versity of the class of 1892 and holds the degree of civil engineer. Mr. Hamilton zave as his chief reason for resizning his desire to de- vote more time to professional em- ployments and personal matters. His resiznation follows: hereby tender my resignation as lent of the Capital Traction to hecome effective March 11, Favors Raising Annuities of Civil Service Employes, But Seeks More Data. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. | President Coolidze may become the }, deciding factor in bringing about en actment at this session of Congress of liberalization of the retirement law | for Government emploves. The Pres. | ident has let it be known that he | would approve an increase in the an- | nuities now being paid emploves on | the retired list, but he is not clear regarding other details of this propos- ed legislation, and it is his intention | to confer with those members of the | Senate and House who are handling | this legislation so that he may be come more familiar with all the points involved. Senator Stanfield of Oregon, former chairman of the Civil Service com- mittee of the Senate, who has taken a leading part in the handlinz of this | lezislation at this time, said today that he expects to go to the White House within the next few days to discuss this legislation with the Pres. ident. Besides explaining the matter in de- tail, it is his intention also to learn the President's views. He was in- clined to think that the House and Senate will be ready to carry out any ideas that the President might ad- vance. Senator Stanfield expressed the opinion today that the joint meetings being held by the House and Senate civil service committees are making progress and that the prospects' of getting early action on this bill are bright. President Coolidge is known to‘have 10ld Representative Lehlbach, of New Jersey, chatrman of the House civil service committee. who has been championing the liheralization of the retirement -laws, that he would ap- prove a reasonable increase in the amnuity. The President, it is asserted. would ‘be disinclined to approve abol- ishment of the classification board. | elected president on of March, 1908, and rexfier re-elected in each succeed- ry, so that on March 11, ve completed 18 years ot consecutive service. Years Filled With Difficulties: he 18 < of my official life have been eventful ones in the his- tory of our company—years filled with difficulties %vercome, dangers avoided, and.With fair accomplish- ment_in sufe and useful direction, “While willing and desirous of contimuing s board member to work with” you for the welfare and prog- vess of the company, I am, and have been vou know. for some time, ‘nxious to he relieved of the exac- tions and responsibilities incident to the office of president in order that 1 may give more fully my time and energy to professional employments tion T " (Continued op Page 2. Column 5.) ITALIAN DOCTORS VBVARRED News. ebruary 11.—Feeling azainst Talians because of the Tyrol incident has caused Prof. M, of the University of Medicine et taat two i the clinie. The It aid their fellow them th + dociment ‘nz_that they of Premies Mussolini s Kighteen Italiay doctors are other clinies, by Chicagn Daily News Co.) | ! VIE ! | doctors fans lef: students n . dizappro speech atill in (Consrizht 1 Given List of Homes to Rob, Car to Use By Police, Burglar Says in Confession By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 11.—Two po- licemen have been suspended in Evanston, suburban home of Vice President Dawes, as the result of an investigation of vice and crime con- ditions made by William A. Wilt- herger, called the ‘“college graduate police chief.” The policemen. one a negro, were the chief said, in a confes- sion of Glen Kenley, held on robbery charges, who said they had aided him and three others in more than a score of burglaries in the exclusive suburb. ‘The burglars were not onl; ro- vided with lists of homes laye:l T, but a police automobile was furnished to help haul away the loot, Chief Wiltberger said the confession stated. Kenley said a plot was undertaken to diseredit Wiltherger and Mayor Charles Bartlett by simulating a crime epidemic. - nnis McEnery, former acting o= lice chief. mentioned as a rl!jfi?:l Kenley’s statements, denled any com- plicity with his operations.. Ofcials ;.l::. no action had been taken against T DEFICIENCY BILL {Comes Out of Committee | lumbia are included in the bill. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1926—FIFTY ¢ BN D e Star. PAGES. - ]\“ D e R T M/fl/f’%j/,/”/ ///7,////// Y Lkt ) i / ; 4 \ The o Associa service. nly evening paper in' Washington with the ted Press news (#) Means Associated .S, TAKING HAND - TOOPEN NEW COAL - PEACE GONFERENCE Federal Mediators Acting as Factions Gather—Strike Parley Looms. Senate Committee Asks New Inquiry Into Aluminum Co. By the Associated Press the Another of Aluminum Company of Americ in which Secretary Mellon stockholder. was recommended to- day to the Senate by its judiciarsy committee The committee divided. 2 with the seven Democrat enators Borah, Idaho, and Nr ebraska, Republicans, votin the Walsh report recommedin such an investigation. The other seven signed the Harreld nority port recommendin ainst Senate inquiry. The two repor will he presented 1o the Senate and the issue will be fought out there PERSHING RETURNS: y investigation is to Republic | {General to Entér Walter Reed as-Soon as Possible—De- .. clines to Issue Statement. STATE GETS RECLUSE’S ESTATE; 100 ‘WIDOWS.” 200 ‘BROTHERS’ SAD Thousand Persons Claimed John O’Connor’s 82’50, F[]R [}ITY TUNIGHI 000—“Wi ves takers Worked Overtime Exhusfiing Body. By Cen HASTI Nebr . February This town is josing one of its principal industries—entertajning claimants to the quarter-miilion-dollar estate of John O'Connor, whoe dieg13 years ago. A court decision harring all of 1,000 claimants throughout .the world, in- [ cluding 100 women "Who claimed to be O'Connor's widow, has caused an exod6us of would-be heirs and vers. The estate, by the court decree goes to the State of Nebraska The total spent by trving to get a part of the O'Connor estate probably exceeded the total value of the estate. For vears, since the aged man died in his humble home where he had lived the life of a recluse, claimants have swarmed into Hast. ings. The body of the recluse was kept in cold storage severel vears and after its burial undertakers took in sums for digging it up for id tion purposes. And almost 11,=" of the common stock of the Wash- time the undertakers’ customer ide: SERIFK In the Hu fled the body as that of a long-missing relative. At least 200 persons claimed ! O'Connor was a hrother. Five hundred | sought & part of the estate on grounds he was an uncle or cousin. The | told | Mary clatn seve e came from many States and 1l European countries One Michigan weman 1fter spending a large sum to have the body exhumed viewed it ar i “Oh, s poor John. my 1 wh 31 veurs ago! Five y + court hearing of ims continued throughout an entire Summer. with the result that all elatives” were declared out But larze numbers appealed, the recent final decision being that John B. Kirk man of Kan: City had no claim on the estate John O'Connor 60 vears ago my hus ba came to Hastings He opened a little shoe ahop. bought land at $1.25 an acre and watched it zrow into value of $2 an acre. He never spoke to a woman, friends he hadn't a relafive on earth and died without leaving a will Among those barred by late court ns are the O'Connors of Lapeer, BConnor of Watervitet N ’ e, hail-breed Indians, m Bay col Henry C. O'Connor, Miami. Fl O'Connor Tindell, London. England Virginia City, O'Conne fra. Covent Daniel Nev.. and Washington, Garden. O'Connor. Mrs. Mary D. C. READY FOR SENATE With $41,893,162 Added Since Passage by House. The deficiency” appropriation hill was reported to the Senate today from the committee on appropriations. car- rving $423.577.162.07. an increase of $41,803,162.31 over the hill as passed by the House. Many items for the District of Co- No changes in these items for the District were made by the Senate committee. They stand exactly as they passed the House, Of the increases made by the Senate committee, the Veterans' Bureau will receive $38,250.000, for military and naval compensation and for military and naval insurance. The Senate committee added $50.000 to pay the expenses of the American delegation to the preliminary arms conference, Items for Streets. Among the items for the District of Columbia are $136.700 for “street improvements” and $462.000 to be dis- bursed as gasoline tax road and street improvements,” and $20,000 for paving roadways under the permit system. Among the street improvements au- thorized and appropriated for is the widening to a total width of 80 feet and repaving the roadway of Connec- ticut avenue from K street to M street, and for widening by 15 feet on the east side to a total width of 65 feet and repaving the roadway of this avenue from M street to Eighteenth at a cost of $66.000. Another provision calls for the widening to 70 feet and repaving the roadway of Eleventh street from Penn- ylvania avenue to New York avenue at a cost of $93.000. For assessment and permit work on sewers the appropriation is $235,000. Public School Items. Among the items for the schools are the following: For the completion of the furnish- ing and equipment, including neces- sary repairs and remodeling of furni- ture and equipment. of the Western High School, fiscal year 1926, $22,000. The sum of $125,000, contained in the District ot Columbia appropriation act for the fiscal year 1925, for an athletic field for the Western High School is reappropriated and continued available until June 30, 1927. For additional amount for the- con- struction of-a wing to the Macfarland Junior Hfgh School, $55,000. For afiditional amount for the con- struction of an eight-room building on the site near Fifth and Buchanan ‘streets northwest, $25,500., For additional amount for the con- struction of an_ elght-room extensible (Continued on Page 2, Column 8) — Radio Programs-—f’age 44 public < DRY LAW “TEETH" INTWONEWBILS Measures, Considered by Treasury, Will Go to Con- gress Shortly. Two more bills to strengthen pro- hibition enforcement throughout the United States are under considera- | tion by the Treasury Department and | will be sent to administration leaders in Congress for introduction within a short time. They will follow the measure introducefl in both houses last week to establish hureaus of cus- 'toms and prohibirion The first new measure, which vir tually has been approved by Secre- of the Treasury Mellon, pro- vides for materially tightening the national prohibition act along several lines, including much more severe penalties. 1t may be forwarded Congress late today or within next few days at least. of Statutes. The other measure which pected to follow shortly, to become the third administration bill for bet- ter prohibition. will be a compre. hensive revision of the Revised star utes, including those relating to ¢ toms, marine and others whicn b upon the enforcement probleni. The administration thus is present- ing its program for more stringent prohibition, while the moderation ele- ments of the country are marshaling their forces for an attack on the dry regime, both through Congress and by a mass meeting in the Capitol here February 22. The wet and dry issue, it was esti- mated today, as a result of the three administration bills and the gathering of the wet forces, will probably be joined with more intensity within the next few weeks than at time dur- ing the more than six years of pro- hibition. Andrew J. Volstead, father of the national prohibition enforcement act, was closeted with Treasury officials for several hours vesterday in con- ference over the proposed revision of Revislon is ex- r | the Volstead law. The advice and counsel of Mr. Vol- stead, who was chairman of the judi- ciary committee of the House when the national prohibition act became a law, has been sought in several con- ferences relating to revision, it was learned today. The conferees at the Treasury, as a matter of fact. were busy on the pro- posed amendment to the Volstead act up until a late hour last night. Exactly when this bill will be sent to Congress was not revealed, but offi- cials indicated that it would be sent very shortly. The advice of Mr. Volstead was also understood to have been sought in connection with the third administra. tion measure which deals with the Re- vised Statutes. This bill is understood to be comprehensive and lengthy, dealing with a vast number of details and many statutes which Treasury officials feel have proved themselves ‘weak spots in prohibition enforce: to] the | ment. 10 ABOVE FORECAST From All Over World—Under- | | Rise in Mercury Tomorrow, With Thaw by Sunday. Is Prediction. cold nizht in a the he 1t's | Foreca chilly 1o he a cold Mitchell announced with the mometer flirtinz around the 10-de mark. but after that things will zetting much warmer. and slushier Last night's snow, which was sort of 4 hang-over from the eightanda halfinch fall of the ‘night before, brought the total snowfall for the whole period to ahout 10 inches, Mr Mitchell said. It was the heavie | fake precipitation since the “Knicker bocker storm’ of 1% Last night's low mark was 15 degrees. The temperature will rise some to morrow and will bezin to climb rapidly Saturday. the forecaster By-Sunday he expects to see ashington wading around in oceans of slush. COLD FOLLOW! ter vo STORM. (Death Toll in East, States Bask in Sunshine. W YORK, February 11 (P).— Bitter cold today followed on the heels of a second blizzard in a week that huried Northeastern United States un- der two feet of snow. took 16 lives |and held the section virtually snow | bound for 24 hours. Adding to the heavy snowfall of late last week, which took 32 lives in |the East. vesterday's snowstorm choked roads everywhere, delayed rail- road traffic, particularly in_suburban districts, and heaped up drifts 10 and 12 feet high in many sections of New England A storm in Chicago took three lives While the East the snowdrifts, Colorado. Montana and | Wyoming were basking in warm sun- shine. fanned by chinonk winds from the Rockies and noting increased flocks of robins. Alberta to Get Cold. Great Falls, Mont., usually a strong- hold of Winter, reported a butterfly Denver has had temperatures 10 de grees above normal for the first 10 days of February. They are plowing in Alberta, but forec s see a dis. | turbance headed that wa While a Lars ancher was catch- |ing a box or grasshoppers as indics | tion that Winter was over. 10 inchi lof snow was falling in Philadelphia | and Washington, with a foot or more falling further North. The storm, 16: Western huge seas and drove coastwise ships to shelter. Railroad trafic suffered heavily though energetic snow removal mas. tered the situation after some trains in | New England had been stuck in drifts At Brockton, Mass., public buildings were turned over to hundreds of per- sons unable to reach their homes. Sev. eral smaller towns were cut off the outside world by the drift Rhode Island a train of the Nar: sett Pier Railroad was snowed under till only the tops of the cars were vis- ible. Its 20 passengers walked three miles to Kingston, R. I Deaths From Storm. It was the second million-dollar snow for New York City. The $2,000,- 000 thus far appropriated this Winter probably will be wiped out. The street cleaning forces exceed 20,000 men. Death reported in the storm were: Gloucester, Mass., 3: Philadelphia, Boston, New London, Conn., New Haven, Conn.. 1: Greenwich, Conn., 1: Biddeford, Maine. 1; Trenton. N. J.. 1: New York, 1: Worcester, 1, and Pawtucket, | The storm was most south New England. Maine and New Hampshire today are feeling the effects. New York, New Jersey, Penn. " (Continued on Page 5, Column 3) severe in struggled through | now headed northeast- | ward in the Atlantic Ocean, whipped Gen. John J. Pershing came hack to Washington this morning. h zenial face a hit pale and d otherwise showinz no outward of the fllness that compelled him |drop his task of attemnting to sett ith America’s bitter territorial eement with ballots instead of bul lets and return home for physical re habilitation at Walter Reed Hospital The veteran commander of Am ica’s Great War armies stepped fr his Florida train to the form ion ation promptlhy i ock. It had been five months si he departed from the National Capital i his serious diplomatic mission. hut he came his own request with as little fuss as though. he had fust been away for a few weeks or husiness of no more than passing im e Pl Un at sen. Pershing station first by lozz. who engaged him in conversa tion on the entire march of the Presi dent’s entrance, where his private car w iting. Maj. Gen. John L. Hines. chief of staff. gave his former chief a warm welcoma a greeted him were Undersecretar tate Grew, Maj. Gen. Dennis E n. Dr. Leo 8. Rowe. director gen |eral of the Pan-American Union. and | Assistant Secretary of War MaeNider { Rejects Official Welcome. With Gen. Pershing was Lieut | Tohn G. Quekemeyer. his aide throt out the World War and also on | most trusted assistants with the Ameri | can plebiscitary commission at Tacna Arica. Maj. Gen. J. J. Morrow, other member of the commission, w also at the station. and Brig. Gen Samuel D. Rockenbach. commander of the district of Washington, was present to take charge nf the few arrangements that were essential and to welcome Gen. Pershing back to this distriet. Gen friends. small a as greeted at the of Ne. Pershing refusing delegation It old zreeted all as accept even in an official | pacity ad been planned to bring him out of the station through the President's room, but even this idea | was abandoned and Gen. Pershin | headed quickly for the President’s door at the far east end of the s There he consented to pose f | 10 minutes for photographers. 1a greeting those he knew, Tked briefly 1o newspaper men I am very glad to be back home. | he said. “There is nothing of an of- ficial nature that I can tell newspaper men except that I have an appoin ment with Secretary Kellogg. Until after that engagement. at least, [ must decline to discuss Tacna-Arica.’ Gen. Pershing had a short confer- ence at the State Department with Secretary Kellogg and later called on the President at the White House. and Declares He Is Sick. Although Gen. Pershing did not dis his health after his arrival in he told an Associated spondent on the train at Richmond that he was feeling very badly and that he would not delay h recuperation at Walter Reed a longer than it ry to wind the essential ial business of < is not expected to take - he ociated Press correspond Members of Gen. Pershing's party said the voyage from Arica to Kev West, thence to Florida, and. finally, to Washington adversely. He had Florida, and it was said the rest.was probably beneficial to him. Gen. Pershing arranged to make his home temporarily at the Metropolitan Club, {and soon after his arrival in Wash | ington went to his offic in the War Department. There, too, all ceremony was dispensed with at his request. When Gen. Pershing left for Tacna-Arica territory he closed up his Connecticut avenue home and no attempt is being made to reopen it. The general expects his treatment } Ar medical authorities to occu a considerable length of time, and it is understood that his rehabilitation will begin with a general physical “overhauling.” Besides medical at- tention, he will be in the hands of dentists for considerable time. short stop in the Scottish Scientist Drowned. DUNDEE, Scotland, February 11 (P).—James Fairlie Gemmill was found drowned in the Firth of Tau yesterday. He was professor of nat ural history. University College, and was widely known as a scientist. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., February 11.— Hardly more than half the 90,000 min- ers of Illinois are at work, despite the anthracite strike and the Winter sea- son, it is estimated by responsible of- ficials of the Illinois Mine Workers. Those who are still at work are em- ployed from one to six days a week, but 25,000 to 45,000 have quit mining in Illinois. Some have gone to Michi- gan automobile factories. others to occupations near home, and many to non-union flelds of Kentueky. This condition, mine officials ha: ve 25,000 to 45,000 Illinois Miners Driven ! To Other Jobs by Machinery, Say Leaders | soran nea s said, is due to increasing competition of non-union fields and introduction of machinery. Pointing to the great surplus of workers, Frank #arrington, president of the Illinois Mine Workers, has ad- vised local unions to refuse new mem bers other than sons of active miners. ar Ameringer, editor of the Illi nois Miner, said today he was advising young miners to find employment in another industry. Notwithstanding the effect of non-union competition, he sald, machinery eventually woul drive many of them away. . MET BY OFFIGIALS cretary of State Kel. | others who | had not affected him | a Yesterday's Circulation, 104,225 TWO CENTS. Pres: ‘TTILSON TELLS COOLIDGE’S CRITICS TO FIND CURE [“Put Up or ShutUp,” He Says, in | House=Da®is Chides News- paper Men on Issue Ry the Az ment are 12 the in the | Althe | parents I his policy | media th | posed plans ing verv car cial circles Pres ze an ahandon ention. the Department not of concerr La th hern ‘ | with the peace discussion: settle uting ul se in hizh off- in W Keep Close Contact ise propn eration < depart i the b declined, however President s tion was jiry to med Not in Conference. | Reports were in anthracite fields vester v Inglis and Mr. Lewis were in confer ence in Philadelp | Press was in touct | Lewis in Wilkes-Barre and Ma {lis in Philadelphia. and each stated that they had not se each other been in o ication since the recent Philadelp] conference. Mr. Lewis s headquarters in Wilkes-Barre last night with Mr. Ken- nedy without announcing their desti- nation It is known they wera not summoned by the operators, but came | to Philadelphia at the suggestion of | persons not on the operators’ nego- tiating committes During the marning the miners in- 12lly confe ed among themselves routine matters conected with the lis Today the | longest general the anthracite w lasted from suspension_equals the trike in the history of fields, that of 19 May 12 to C Plan Under Consideration. One plan of settlement which h eration in the dep: ides that the mine ope ate the union would agree to name hoa fix wage levels after two vears. with a five-year con- tract tentativelv completed The wage levels dur life of would sub et 1o n the industry by the board so created. A failure to settle a satisfactory w level would to the ient of three pi outside the pe which d be determ advance ary Dav Evans H s and Willi former f Pennsyivania tinve Taen whose joint award Satisfactory Whether the plar submitted to the oper apparently has not vet termined When ment pr s and be g later n e industry oup wo G s men he left the Davis blame the newspay White Hou proposals about newspans change in the sit While the Labe the about 1 can Lea President up or shut 1 Loose tal | men controversy newspaper for only tends to prolong Mr. Ti 1 ze in @ purposeles talkfest rega: a matter. Let us get down to specific proposals before we enter upon such a course. The greatest suffering caused by | the cessation of min is in the min ling districts, and the problem is one { for the State of Pennsvivania, in which the mines are located, and for the war- ring factions themselves to settle.’ | The only logical step the Federal Government might take, said the party leader, would be to call & con ference in Washington in an attempt to persuade miners and operators to settle their diff-rences There 15 no reason to helieve. how lever.” he added. “that such a confer ence would have any different than those already called.” Mr. Tilson said he was speaking for | himself only. He called on those who | think Congress or the President should | settle the strike to “take pad and i peneil and draft a law that is constl- {tutlonal and that will end the coal strike now.” WILL STUDY SITUATION. sad the strike unwill resuit enate Subcommittee to Deal With Coal Measures. Senator Borah of Idaho heafs a subcommittee of the Senate committee on education and labor which today was appointed by Senator Phipps | of Colorado, chairman of the tull com ! mittee. to deal with proposed coal | tegislation. The other members of the | subcommittee are Senators Metcalf of Rhode Island and Copeland of New ! York. The appointment of the subcommit- | tee was authorized at a meeting of the full committee today., when the coal situation was discussed generall (Continued on Page 2, Column