Evening Star Newspaper, February 13, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER (U S. Weather Bureau Fi Cloudy. probably rain and tomorrow. warmer esl_temperature ahout 3§ Temperature—Highest, vesterday: lowest, late tonight: low- Full report on page 7. arecast.) tonight degrees, 39, at 1 am. Closing N. Y. Stocks and B onds, Page 22. ch ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star. service. Associated Press The only evening paper in Washington with the news Yesterday's Circulation, 104,529 tered as seco post office, Washington, nd cl matter D, C WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1926—THIRTY PAGES. (#) Means Associated FIRST MINE OPENS TODAY AS WORKERS RUSHBACK T0 088 Agreement May Be Ratified Tuesday—Digging Will Start Shortly After. COAL FIELDS REJOICING: HARD TIMES ARE OVER Grant, Who Engineered Peace, Gives Coolidge Credit for Settlement. By the Associated Press. Gratification here over settlement of the anthracite strike is coupled with a hope that Congress soon will legls- late to render less likely any future similar emergency. The agreement between miners and operators is expected to open the way to consideration of a flood of coal { bills in House and Senate, with Chair- man Parker of the Iouse commerce committee confident that compre- hensive legislation will be enacted dur- ing the present session. Chairman Parker agreed with Rep- resentative Tilson. Connecticut, Re- publican floor leader, that the recent emergency was not the proper time for consideration of measures to force settlement, both holding that the heat of the controversy would have prejudi lation. A score of bills sponsored by mem- bers of both parties from the coal region and the h Atlantic States, seeking permanent solution of diffi- culties in the mine industry, are pend- ing in the House, while in the upper chamber Senator Robinson of Arkan- sas, Democratic floor leader, has offer- ed a proposal to create a hoard of ad- justment o prevent threatened sus- pension: Dis 1 to sound and lasting sion over placing credit for |[BILLS TO CURE U. S. COAL ILLS FLOOD CONGRESS AS TIE-UP END Capital, Gratified at Settlement, Turns to Rendering ! Similar Emergency Less Likely in Future—Legis- | lation at This Session Is Expected. effecting the strike settlement remains in full swing, with members of Con- gress differing as to the part that body played in it. While Mr. Tilson main- tained that the refusal of Congress to intervene in the dispute helped to speed the solution, Senator Copeland, Democrat, York. contended that hurried by the Senate’s adoption of his resolution requesting President Coolidge to take action. The President, who regarded resolution as not changing the it tion. feels himself that the interested parties in the dispute largely were re sponsible for the settlement, in which he personally took no part. Public con cern over the situation also is widel credited as having constituted a big factor in the final peace negotiations. The settlement is regarded by Wil liam_Green, president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, asa “‘triumph for collective bargaining.” He expressed the hope that “the in dustrial peace which will be establish cd in the anthracite coal regions as the result of the settlement” wiil prove to be “permanent, constructive and of great benefit to all concerned.” The public at large,” he said, “will share in the beneficlal results which will follow, because the immediate resumption’ of mining operations means that within a short time an abundant supply of anthracite coal " (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) the a SOFT COAL SUPPLY Br i Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, February 13 Anthracite will be moving to market Wednesday or Thursday of next week as @ result of the strike settle P will move first and wiil be spread v order > cover as demands &3 possible. The pe ably will | w~ reached before nd of the month. The day the miners will be permitted o produce coal depends upon when! Ihe' unfon ratifies the agreement eached here yesterday. tri district convention will meet Tuesday morning in Scranton to ratify the vt 'Svhether it will take one or two days to do this depends upon thel delefites themselv The men will} 1eturn to work the morning after the, | | ratification The mines generaliy are in condition, due fto the 8000 mai tenance men who were permitted to] n: t work. The United Mine!l e permitti 1ditional | terground work ree the mines of One Mine Starts Today. I'he Scotch Vailey mine of thel v gal Co. probably will | Jliery to resume actual | oduction. This mine, located in| ver township, Columl County 8 { ng operations with its full 0 men today. Officials of the cor pany announced that they wd pel mission from the miners union to do| ~0. Repairs were made last weel There was a frenzy of delight) throughout the anthr: te region to- day, the only discordant notes being | the brays of mine mules being Il into box cars for shipment to 1 and an indefinite stay undersr after a vacation in sunshine. i Svery city and tiny “coal patch” joined in the celebration, at which | church bells were rung, impromptu | parades were started and wmen and women danced in the snow in joy fhit the days of soup kitchens had ended. | Business Nearly Paralyzed. | The suspension all bhut pa usiness in many localitie: ative estimates including the los: each $524,000, nes | und ! of production and 0. Not miners’ wages & life was lost through violence nor| #» person seriously injured in the strike. ' Peace came on the forty-sixth birth day of John L. Lewis, president of | the United Mine Workers. Maj. \ W, Ingits, chairman of the operators’ niegotiating committee, sent him a besket of American beauty roses, with a note ng it was the birthda the miners’ leader and “another American, Abraham Lincoin.” Mayor Hart of Wilkes-Barre cele. ! brated the strike settlement by mitting the fines 1 sentences of city prisoners held the poilce tion and county jail who are mine workers and couvicted of minor | offenses. He said most of them were | victims of bad liqu¢ Grant Remains in Background. ‘I'he man who set the machinery in | motion to bring about the settlement, | ], F. Grant of Cleveland, vice pr dent of the M. A. Hanna Coal Co., soft coal operat and president of 1o Susquehanna Collleries Co., an unthracite subsidlary, remalned in the ckzround today. Informed of the h praise heaped upon him by both parties, he lauded President Coc his “great common sense dom" in mot intervening in the and dis- pute. If the Presdent had ylelded to| ure, he said, the sirike would ve been settle | The miners go back 1o work under | a five-year the old wa, ract scale. ~ Optlonal s pro \Vided. The union leaders claim this is a victory. They have opposed com pulsory arbitration. | The miners also claim a vietory in eir demands for deducting union ues from wages. While the word check-off”” is not in the agreement, it 15 covered by the phrase providing for “a reciprocal pri am of co-operation and efficien: i Expect Stocks. Shortly. NEW YORK, February ) sentative coal dealers of th xpect to have stock of domes- anthracite coal on hand within three to four weeks after wor resumed at the mines. Pr ue- ions on soft coal and substitutes are E expected within this period. While the present price of foreig s uthracite 8 $28.50 per ton. the firs American anthracite to bhe receive will_sell at about $15 per ton, deal- ers believe. Won't Affect Bitumlnous Field. PITTSBURGH. F February 13 () —Settlement of the hard coal tie- up will have little or no effect upon ‘e bituminous coal industry of the Vittsburgh region. lLecause only a small amount of soft coal mined in this district has been sent Iast to replace anthracite, leading operators rald last night. Coke producers, how- ever. expected that the settlement would have some effect upon their product 00 Ohio Miners Strike. BELLATRE, Ohio. February 13 (#) — Seven hundred miners employed at | ithe Powhatan Mining Co.'s mine. one ' nf the largest in the State, went on strike vesterday. They objected to the company changing its method of paving by checks instead of in cash. SOFT COAL MINING HIT. Bituminous Operators Expect De- crease in Orders With End of Strike. CHARLESTON, W. Va., February 13 () —Many of the West Virginia aperators who furnished coal to the Fast during the anthracite suspen- sion, will make an effort to retain some of the business, even though the hard coal mines resume produc- | cave-ins have bloc INCAPITAL LARGE Dealers Caught by Sudden Ending of Strike—Anthra- cite Prices to Be Same. The sudden termination of the an- thracite coal strike has left Washing- ton dealers with large supplies of bituminous coal either on hand or un- der order. and one local merchant has been caught with a shipload of Welsh anthracite at sea and two others be- ing loaded for early sailings telephone and telegraph wires from Washington to the West Virginia fields were kept busy all da er. day with cancellation orders, but deal- ers are dubious whether these cancel- lations will be accepted. According to both the retail mer chants and representatives of the min- ing companies in Washington, at least a_monih will elapse before any appre- cfablé ‘quantitiex of anthraclte coal will begin coming into the National Capital. Scattered car loads may ar- ve within two weeks, it is said, but apacity production probably will not reached before the middle of o advance in the prices that 1 in September is anticipated prev Ly the mining company representa v however. Work to Start Wednesday. most reltable information reac! Washington is that the | miners will enter the workings again nest Wednesday morning. Because | f the extreme duration of the strike, veporis are that most of the mines are in bad condition, that numerous ed entrances and that machinery will need a complete verhauling. Even after these re sults of the strike have been over come, there wil remain the necessity of getting enough cars away from the bituminous fields and back into the anthracite fields to handle normal production. Wholesale deaiers pointed out today that ordinarily prices set for coal on eptember 1 continue through March. It s not believed there will be an: sxception to this rule this year, de- spite the strike. Last September, an- thracite stove coal brought $9.35 & net ton at the mines, nut, $8.96 and Tha 5 pea, $ This would indicate retail prices of about $11 to $15.50 a ton { for anthracite coal in Washington, provided the mining companies adhere to their statements that wholesale prices will be maintained as of Sep- tember 1. Dealers Face Problem. In the meantime, Washington re- tailers declared they face the dilemma of zetting rid of their large stores of bituminous coal for practically the same price. Although it will be pos- sible to definitely cancel soft coal orders that were not ready for ship- ment, the best the retailers hope for is that the operators will agree to ac- cept market quotations at the time of delivery for orders which could not be canceled. A tremendous drop in the wholesale price of bituminous coal is | expected within the next 24 hours. Ward W. Grifith, president of the Griffith Coal Corporation, sald he had ordered three shiploads of Welsh anthracite some time ago, and that one of these ships had already sailed, carrying 2,800 tons of the fuel. He \Wwas cabled to see if he can reduce the quantity of the subsequent shipments, hut has as yet received no reply. Mr. Grifith said_he would be obliged to sell this Welsh coal for $21.50 a ton to make a profit. e expects the coal about March 1. Coke Buyers Caught. As to coke, Washington dealers aid they were caught without a hance of escape. In giving orders | for coke, the merchants declared they were obliged to promise acceptance at a stated price. It will be impossible to cancel such orders or even obtain a reduced price, although the whole- gale price of coke, it was predicted, will be down to half its present level (Continued on Page Absent The record of Representative Davey of Ohio, who recently characterized Government_employes as *“time wast- ers and buck passers,” was attacked today in a statement by Charles I. Stengle, former member of Congress and a veteran worker in the cause of civil service. X “Touching on and appertaining to Mr. Davey’s great desire for publicity at the expense of thousands of faith- ful and efiiclent Federal employes, it is only proper that the public should know his record for ‘time wasting and buck passing’ in order 1o compare it with that of those against whom he (Continued o@ Page 4, Column 1.) 4 an unsupported and unprovable charge,” said Mr. Stengle, WAIL FLYERKILLED, PLANEHITS A TREE Art Smith, One of Best Known Pilots, Loses Life—Body Is Burned. By the Associated Press CLEVELAND, Ohio, Februa 13.— Art mith, one of America's best known aviators and widely known as a stunt flyer, lost his life while straight fiving last night. He was lled when his mail plane struck a tree and crashed to the ground near Montpelier, Ohio, & miles northwest of Bryan. His body and mail he wa. arrying from Chicago to New York were burned when fire broke out the wreckage. Details of the accident were lacking here early today. He was about 2 miles off the regular air mail route be- tween Chicago and Brvan, H. B. Shaver, acting division superintendent of the Afr Malil Service here, declared. Visibillty was reported good at Bryan. A committee went to the scene to investigate. A Veteran Fiyer. Although only 32 ) 2 was a veteran fiyer. s the orig inator of sky writing and {s said to be the first Amierican aviator to loop the loop. He was the holder of 53 medals. Smith began fiying when he was 16 He was encouraged by his parents, who mortgaged their home in Indiana for $1.500 to furnish capital to build a plane. He purchased his own ma- térials, while his mother prepared the cloth for the wings on her sewing machine. His first flight wiped out what i took Smith six montha to build. Un daunted by the crash, in which ever thing but the motor was wrecked, Smith rebullt another. This time he was successful and earned enough money from exhibition flights to pay off the mortgage. Instructor in War. In a few vearg he had acquired a national mpumu, taking the place of Lincoln Beachey on the program of the Panama-Pacific exposition when Beachey was killed. When the United States entered the World War Smith became a_civilian test pilot and instructor and helped in the design of several new planes. He joined the Air Mail Service April 1, 1923, flylng in the eastern division since. He was the second pilot to lose his life since the inauguration of the York-Chlcago n\'ermght Air Mafl Serv- ice July 1. Wher¥ Charles Ii. Ames crashed Into a mountain near Belle fonte, Pa., during a fog last October Smith took a part in the rescue of his mail and plane, which was not found for 10 da; Staged Air Elopement. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Februarv 13 (®).—Art Smith, air mail pilot, killed last night at Montpelier, Ohio, was a native of Fort Wayne and became prominent when he staged the first “alr elopement” in the history of American aviation. In & homemade plane he and his flancee started for Hillsdale, Mich., wh be ‘l;:‘mrrled. The pl;:.ns crashed ‘when ey were near their destina- tion. Both were badly hurt. but \lx:?e married the next day in a <Hillsdale hospital. Mexicans Execute Col. Pena. MEXICO CITY, February 13 (#).— It is unofficially reported that former Col. Napoleon Pena has been court- martialed and executed by a firing squad in Mexico City. The charge was implication in the recent abortive rebellion in Aguascalientes and Guada- lajara and the Guadalajara train out- rage. Davey, Critic of Federal Workers, at 528 of 1,036 Roll Calls He shows that in the Sixty-fifth Congress Mr. Davey was absent on 43 of the 103 roll calls; in the Sixty- sixth Congress he was absent from 319 of the 591 roll calls; in the Sixty- elghth Congress he was absent from 145 of the 309 roll calls, and in the Sixty-ninth Congress to date he has missed 21 of the 33 roll calls. “Mr. Davey is a member of the very important committee on foreign affairs,” ~ Mr. Stengle points out, “which committee has to do with all our dealings with foreign nations. In the Sixty-ninth Congress alone, with 11 meetings held, Mr. Davey was present only once attending to his public duty on this committee.” ! dor OMEN HIT BAN ON' COUNTESS OF CATHCART BY U.3. Twelve, Speaking for Na- tional Party, File Protest With Secretary Davis. AROUSEfi BY ADMISSION OF EARL OF CRAVEN Demand Mean Linked With Her Also Be Barred—Score Enforcing of Double Standard. The Natlonal Women's Party, rep resenting several million women throughout tha United States, today protested to Secretary of Labor Davis against barring the gates of the United States to the Countess Cath cart, English noblewoman, while the man with whom her name has been linked, the Earl of Craven, not only s admitted without question, but is Feing lavishly entertained in this| countr Twelve women from as many States, all of the National Women's Part presented a_petition to the Labor Sec. retary : him why the Earl of Craven had been admitted and the vuntess Catheart dented admission. 1 the law be enforced of Craven us well as the aid they spoke for the women of the country who be- fieved discrimination had been shown countess in favor of the man in the similar attitude is said t taken by an attorne who appeared before the board view yesterday. Text of Protest. The protest to & lows “On behalf of the National Woman's gation comes to you to ction of the immi- tlon authori 1t Ellis Island in xcluding the Countess of Catheart, while admitting without question the man involved in the same case, and while constantly admitting men to our country r dless of their conduct in such mat: “Thé stands unq ard of mor rule this decision, setting up @ moral censorship for women that does not apply to men. There is nothing in our immigration law authorizing such a discrimination against women. We de- mand that the law should be enforced in a way that does not discriminate { against women. Decision on Monday. At the same time it was announced the British government has asked that the facts in the case he presented to its representative and that the British embassy be informed of the dectsion in the Catheart cas The Labor De- partment yvesterday ruled that w de slon of admissability or non-admissa- bility in the case of the titled English woman would be mude Monda In the meantime the countess must re main at Ellis Island, where she is being held pendl learing up of a situation which b risen in connec h her reported acts abroad. r Esme Howard, British Ambassa- called on Secretary Davis lute terday and ed that he be kept ivised of the in the Catheart case pending before the department. He also asked that he he informed vhen the department arri at a d sion. It was made plain, however, that the British government has not “formally” entered the case. Said to Have Admitted Acts. The countess has heen held at Eilis Island since her arrival five days ago. She is said to have admitted to fmmi- | gration in tors acts _involving | “moral turpitude” abroad. Labor De-| partment officfals said the law is spe- cific on this point, larring from en- trance to this country persons who ad- mit such acts. Wilton ecretary Davis fol nbert is the Washing- ton representative of the countess. The hearing hefore the board of re. view next Mouday, which will be held hehind closed is expected to bring out all the facts in the case. As sistant Secretary of Labor Robe Carl White said the countess will be re- quired to remain at Ellis Island until her case is disposed of and will not be permitted her release on bail. She will thus remain at the immigration sta- tion with scores of other immigrants. COUNTESS KAROLYI APPEALS. rs. Attofueys Ask Court to Require Kel- logg to Show Evidence. Countess Catherine Karolyi by A torneys Howe, Swayze and Bradle: wants to know just what is the evi- dence which Secretary Frank B. Kel- logg, Secretary of State, declares i fluenced him in reaching the deci- sion that she should not be v to come to America and today the District Supreme Court to quire the Secretary to make his answer more definite and certain. The countess applied for a visa on a ss port to the American consul at 4 but was refused. She then through counsel brought a wpetition in mandamus against Secretary Kel- logg. The court is asked to require the provisions of the executive order of January 12, 1925, and general instru tions No. 926 of September 30, 1925, with which Secretary Kellogg alleges the countess has falled to_comply, and in what particular. She also wants to have the record show the provisions of the proclamation of President Wilson of August, 1918, | | i DEAD MONKEY IN “GUNNY” SACK LURES POLICE SEEKING LIQUOR Cops Astounded at Union Station When Sleuthing Reveals Body on Way to Johns Hopkins to Be Studied by Scientist. Owens of No. 6 at Unfon Sta- lookout for Detective W. E. precinct was on duty tion yesterday, on the suspiclous things, like leaky suit cases and peouliar bundles, when he spotted something that aroused his| innermost sleuthing instinct It was a “gunny” sacks with some- thing strange Inside. Wit made things ever more suspicfous to De- tective Owens was the fict that this curious-loaded gunny sick was car- T a well dressed youns man of excellent manners aid . rance. “Hanm.” mused Det Owens to himself. “What the dickens s} guy doing with a eunny sick filled with something other than| feed Casting a sly wink and a nod at his uniformed colleague. Foliceman Stevs Coggins, Detective Owens moved cautiously forward, and as he did the voung man started walking woward the ticket window. e halt- ed when about half way there and engaged In low conversation with an- other well dressed stranger. The other man smiled, looked around. and then whispered something to the owner of the sack and contents. Then the voung man went to the ticket window, placed the sack care- fully at his feet, and bought a ticket for Baltimore. Detective Owens nudged Policeman Coggins, cleared his thro: and de- cided 1o act. He walked straight up to the young man, tapped him the shoulder, and pointing to the sack, said what the devil have ck? Speak freely, v, buddy vou got in th: I'm a detective.” The young man swing around. dropped his eves, and replied, meekly: “A mor “A-a monke: Owens and Policen son. 'L’ heck “Pep, that's right “Where'd you get the astounded cops. “Out at the Zoo. . The officers, wide-eyed, bent ward. ejaculated Detective n Coggins in uni for- Sure enough. in the bug was a black monkey, cold end ibens. My name is John MeQuald,” the voung man laughed. *I'm ffom Johns Hopkins University. I come over here quite often for dead monkeys for Dr. Adolph hulz of the Johns Hopkins Medical hoo As he turned to the window 1o get his tickets from the man behind the window, he added: “What are you golng to this monkey?” There was Tio reply. The officers had slun the surging mass of hum about CHANGE IN LEAGUE COUNGIL FOREGAST! German Entrance Brings to| Head Demand of Three Nations for Seats. By the Associated Press. JENEVA, February 13— With an extraordinary League of Nations as- sembly simmoned for March 8 to con- sider Germany’s application for mem- bership, a situation has arisen which may involve remodelling of the league. The council, which issued the assem- bly call at its brief session vesterday, decided that the assembly should not only vote on Germany's application, but should also consider any proposal made by the March session of the council regarding the council's mem- bership. Spain desires that nations which remained neutral in the World War shall have a permanent place in the deliberations of the council, while Brazil is anxious that she or some other country of the American conti- nent should take the vacant seat of the United States until that country signifies its desire to occupy it. Like- wise Poland also would welcome a permanent seat. Move Causes Surpri To those who had hoped to conflne the election of permanent membership to Germany, there was surprise when Spain, Poland and Brazil came out in the open with virtual demands for such seats, and the belief prevailed that other states were likely to ad- vance their candidacies at 2 later date. Senor Alfranio Mello Franco, the Brazillan delegate, asserted that Bra-| zl would accept temporarily the seat given the United States under the covenant of the league. He called at- tention to the fact that when Ger- many is elected & member, Europe, out of the 26 members of the league, would have four permanent seats in (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) The Pope’s full literal translation of the and delivered by the pontiff ber 11, 1925. cause they deal with extraordinary situa (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Encyeclical For the first time in the history of a secular newspaper in Washington, The Sunday Star will tomorrow print the encyclical of Pope Pius XI, establishing the feast of “Our Lord Jesus Christ as King,” at the consistory of Decem- 1 S%noe encyclicals are issued usually at the time of con- sistories or on very special occasions, they are compara- tively rare documents, and are of unusual importance be- ons, or subjects. BIG DIAMOND RUSH ONIN MISSISSIPPI “Find” of Geologist Draws Hordes to Heretofore Quiet Little Village. By the Associated Press OSYKA, Miss., February 13— Pike County was in the throes of a diamond rush today. Osyka, normally a quiet country village of §00 persons, was made the headquarters of thousands of excited men and hoys from all parts of Mississippi and Louisiana. By train, automobile, buggy. horseback, muleback and afoot, the eager diamond hunters surged into Osyka to share in the wealth that they have been led to belleve awaits them. Reports that J. W. Deland of Chi- cago, known as a geologist, had found valuable stones while searching for oil on the property of E. C. Lee, mem- ber of the county board of supervisors, spread rapidly. “It also became known that mineral leases have been taken at_what are declared to be ‘'good prices” on most of a 2,000-acre tract of land where the blue-white diamonds were reported found. The leases do not specify dlumonds, it is said, but cover all “mineral deposits.” The con- tracts provide a “royalty” of 1213 per cent, payable to the owners for all minerals taken from their property. Stones Are “Size of Pea: Several of the precious “rocks” ex- hibited by geologists who made the “find” were described as ‘‘about the size of peas.” Mr. Deland was the only geologist here who would reveal his identity. One of the geologists is held responsible for the statement (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. on | | WILKINS SETS SAIL Head of Expedition Leavesi Seattle for Alaska—Snow Motors Fail Supply Train. ! i Victoria today for new aerfal advent gets under way. Capt. Wilkin aviator-explorer, h which plans to fly March ¢1 from Point Barrow. Alaska, into the unex plored reaches of the Polar Sea in | search of a new continent. Ma, Thomas G. Lanphier, ussigned to the expedition as an observer from the Army Alr Service, will ¢laim for the United States any land that may be found. Two monoplanes. one powered three engines and the other by a sin- | gle one, are lashed ahoard the Victoria | &nd will be assembled at Fairban i the end of the Government ralroad in | the interior of Alaska, and flown to- ward the northern coast base at Point Barrow. There supplies are to be as- | sembled for exploration fiights over the Arctic Ocean between Alaska and the North Pole, a region heretofors fnaccessible to explorers. eral flights a hop from Polnt Barrow | to Spitzbergen, on the other side of the world. more than 2,000 miles, may be attempted. { Hopes to Beat Amundsen. The route of the flight within 100 miles of the North outhful Aus is the expedition, passes Pole. flights before Capt. Roald Amundsen, discoverer of the South Pole, starts from Spitzbergen with his Italian air- ship. Despite the expericnces of Amundsen with planes last vear, Wilkins feels confident of success Lighter planes, of a type different from Amundsen’s, make the adv ture safer, Wilkins told an audier { here vesterday. { An ‘aviation station in the near the North Pole, within vears, was predicted by Maj. Lanph The polar service station, Maj. Lan-| phier said, would be useful when | ights from Europe to Asia and other routes are started. Capt. Wilkins asserted that the projected flight over the Aretic will be less dangerous than over m commercial routes operated tod It will be safer than a fiight from | Seattle to Denver, he said | SUPPLY TRAIN HALTED. Snow Motors Damaged and Party Re- turns to Starting Point. NENANA, Alaska, February 13 {#).—The Wilkins transpolar expedi- tion supply party was back in Nenana. today with its snow motors damaged. A delay of many hours was antici- pated before making a new start on the first 1ap of a trip to Point Barrow, the take-oft point for the aerfal expe- dition over the top of the world. The caravan left Nenana Thursday with 15 tons of supplies on its first lap to Point Barrow. The supplies were loaded on sledges drawn by the machines. After truveling up the Tanana River 3 miles the party re turned. as darkness would have over- taken it before reaching Minto. It was decided that moving at night on the ice would have bheen extremely dangerous. The snow motors and supplies were left on the river here, ready for " (Continued on Page 4, Column 3) Giant Waves Wreck Beach Structures, Kill Two in California Coast Gale By the Associated Pre SAN FRANCISCO, February 13.— Points along the California coast from San Francisco to the Mexican border today were reckoning damage wrought yesterday and last night by glant breakers that pounded the coast line before a driving gale. Taking a toll of two lives, disrupt- ing train and highway trafic and sweeping beach structures into the sea, the storm is the second to lash the California coast in the past two, weeks. Old-timers pronounced it as the worst in seven years. Two men lost their lives when a launch they were repairing capsized at Santa Monica. Santa Fe trains were held at Santa Ana until a sur- vey could be made of the tracks re- ported to be under water. At various points all the way down to San Diego the coast highway was.undermined and strewn with debris from the ountalnous waves. A Heavy damage was done at Santa Cruz, south of here, when the gale- lashed surf carried away two restau- rants, the sea wall, two bandstands and other shoreside structures. At Capitola, near Santa Cruz, the boat and bath houses were w ed away, ‘while at other nearby points sea walls were badly damaged, a gap of 100 feet being torn in the concrete wall at Seabright. A portion of the wall at Coronado was wrecked and several houses were undermined at Mission Beach, a pleasure resort. Along the San Mateo coast the waves took away three barns, a fish market and & Summer home. Five or more cabins at the mouth of Topango Canyon, near Los Angeles, were carried away. Shipping schedules were affected materfally, smaller craft being har- bor-bound, while the larger vessels i battled the heavy seas with dificully. ! the White ot | time the } FOR ARGTIG FLIGHT : After sev-|” Wilkins hopes to have completed his | TWO CENTS. PRESENT TAX BILL IS BELOW MINIMUM NEEDS, SAYS SM00T Senator Confers at White House Over Radical Slashes Made by Senate, Press. DECLARES $100,000,000 REVENUE MUST GO BACK Six Major C;;angés 7Madc by Up- per House—Measure Going to Conference. finally p was discu the reduction in prov this bill is $100,000,000 more than Government can st fon sh 000,600, ovided in ally reporter also i ed to the Senate. 3 < House He stated meet Mon- is very hope- re tion bill finall 11 he earer his f 1 $456.000,000 provided s told the Pres ts the conferees will 1 the compromise bi d have it for the President signature with the next two weks. Six Major Changes. th the Senator Smoot Sesides accepting all of the redur tions proposed by the House the Sen- ate made these major changes in the bill: Repealed the i Struck out the minated omobiles Repealed t creased th b ced furthe Final action b suddenly after | Democrats ov thy the mino he ce tax, tax on gdmissior the tax on passenge ital stock tax, bu per cent corpora n the surtaxes ¢ 000 and $100,000 ie taxes on cigars. the Senate came row among the ompromise made members of the th Republicans, ed to in return on the surtax er incomes. rates applying on the s Assailed by every merce from 1 to the man Senator Reed who has won b tly, shrewdly. sston of éffo by insidious seems to have under science of d own the cans “The poc being led in b ion's hand h Help From Insurgents. ids the ear Senator Reed Democrats had ciples of two ve: s ago’ the have received enough suppo: from Republican insur; s written this tax bill St us we wrote the last two bills ie added that there were no “cowards' among the insurgents. Vigorously mise, Senator & 20 per cent r in view of the | on the lower r lnm Democrats. made additional cuts s at the Insistence of This is more distinc v 2 Demo tic bill than e he last two reve nue acts,” S ons sald The Democrats g asked and more. “I have mo apologies to make,” he shouted. “The count demands no apologies. Neither have I a gies to make for not enteri ment with the insurgents on t side of the alsle. Never have I nor my party achieved such a victory as |in this bill. The public sentiment of | the country stunds me and ap- plauds the victory of the Democratic party.” ! Had “Yielded” Views. Previously Senator Simmon plying to a proposal by ris, Republican, of Neb ‘rease the maximunm per cent, told the Senate he was “hnpelled” to vield his views on that subject. . 7 “1 becanie satisfled he said, “from 'lhv' statements made to me by the | leader of the Democratic party on this side of the chamber and by other members that a large percentage of Democratio votes were In favor ot ot going above 20 per cent.” A yratulating _Senator Simmons and the other Democrats of the finance committes, Senator Glass said he did not think they had “sur- rendered.” “I don't think we are cowards,” he declared. The Virginta Senator sald that some Senators objected to coalitlons of one sort because they were not & party to them and yet demanded coalitions of another kind. E “The insurgents that insurged in 1524 have returned to the fold,” he continued. ‘“Thelr bark was on the sea, but it took them into the Coolidge and Mellon port.” After these heated exchanges the _(Continued on Page 4 Radio Programs—Page 9. ; e 0 o this evening, \