Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (U & Weather Bureau Forecast ) Fair and continued cold tonight and tomorrow. minimum temperature to night aboat 21 dez-ees. ilighest at 3:45 pon. vestenday: Lowest, 25, b am. today Full report en page 9, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 29,897. Lintered as second elass matter o office. Washinzton. D. €. 1Girl Flees Orphan LUTHERTOREFUSE Fromer 5e tcebed in 10 BARTER STAND Po S Thoe Do ON GOUNCIE ISSUE : EL Locked in a box car 3 without food or water, Miss Dolores Castille, 21, of the EI Proposed Exchange Looking | to 0. K. of Poland’s C'aim Immediaizly Rejected. No. PASO. Tex.. Paso Sacred Heart Orphanage, wes found unconscious in Alpine, Tex., when the car was unlocked there, railroad officials reported here. The gzirl told L. B. Starns. Al pine agent after she had heen revived that she was running away from the orphanage. Mother Paz. in charge of the orphanage, 1id the girl probably suffered a mental lapse, as she had been tem- porarily insane and held by county ials two vears a3¢. She is returned to the orphanage. RESENTMENT MANIFEST TOWARD ALLIED PRESS, NINEKNOWNDEAD, 70 MORE TRAPPED \ | | | | \ I Spanish Delegation’s Threat to Withdraw Creates Fear of Embarrassment Later. Atel Prese GENEVA. March 9-—Anv ensses tian that France might offe: diminu- tion of the forces in the Rhineland, and reduction of the occupied arew in sxchange for German acquirscence to | Poland's admission to the Leasue of Nations coanell falls on barren INMINE EXPLOSION Fbebird ol oty {Rescue Squads Working Fe- i clear today by a Ger- | 3 1 o This was made clear totny Iy 2 fma.| verishly to Reach-Buried Victims. about hint along that line, conveved | through the columns of the Geneva | newspapers. The publisted article re | marked that Chancellor Luther and Foreign Minister semann could easily convince German public onin- fon that the withdrawal of additional French troops from nreferable to an uncomn tence that when Gen the council she must enter “The question of the Rhineland « cupation i a matter hetween th ales and Germanvy ° the Cerman spckesman said. ““The auestion of en larzing the league council s purely 4 eazue question, and all candidates for A :wrm:ms'm or hon-permanent council | hoping to find alive some of the seats have equal merit in our eyes.” | other miners who were egtombed by Br the Associated Press. ECCLES. W. Va. March 9—The known dead in the mine explosion here last night was increased to nine today as rescue workers broke through a barrier of debris and found eizht additional bodies near the shaft hottom of the Crab Orchard Improve- ment Cos No. 5 mine. Warkers re- doubled their efforts to press their into the damaged workings promising v enters lone h WASHINGTON, D. BRIAND T0 ATTEMPT 0 FORM HIS NINTH CABINET IN FRANCE Accepts Ca!l to Make New, Effort to Lift Nation From Financial Bog. HERRIOT REFUSES PLEA TO TAKE PREMIERSHIP Even Deputies Who Voted. Eight- | times Ministry Head Out Urge Him to Return. J | By the Assoiated Press, PARIS. March 9.—Aristide Briand, veteran French statesman, today ac- cepted a mandate from President Doumerzue to form his ninth cabinet, to succeed the one which fell last Saturday. Once more M. Briand proved to he the only French leader willing to at- tempt to lead the country out of the financial bog in which it has been floundering. As he left the Elysee Palace this | afternoon after notifving the Presi- dent of his acceptance, he said: “In view of the present situation of my | country I have told the President | that T did not feel T had the right to refuse to attempt the task he did me the great honor to offer me. I will do my hest to form a_cabinet and | hope to sive President Doumersue a definite answer. this evenin; | Herriot Refuses Post. e veteran statesman was called in after Kdouard Herriot. radical leader. had declined to attempt the | formation of a “concentration” min- istry of the left and had recommend- ed that Briand be sent back to the WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 1 Juy TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1926 —FOR ) OLD ONES IN THERE YET] THE VETERAN: ¢ Toening Sfar. TY PAGES. Il COOLIDGE FROWNS ON SHOALS CHANGE Hopes Amendments Will Be| Moderated Before Com- CHINESE MINE PORT AS NEW FIGHT RAGES | Gunboats Move to Scene. By the ated Procs | TIENTSIN. China. March %.—Taku was completely closed to shipping this morning on account of factional Chi- PARK BILL REPORT ISEXPECTED TODAY Capper Committee Favors {of | Federal Aid in Rock Creek- nese fighting and the Kuominchun The Sta Yesterday's (#) Means Associated TAGGERT, WET, SCORES | MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, Many Lack Courage to Take a Stand on Prohibition Question, Democrat Asserts. By the Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. March 0.— Many members of Congress “lack the | courage to take a stand on the pro. hibftion question.” Thomas Taggert. | former United States Senator from In diana, declared here today. Mr. Tag- ze¢t, an opponent of the Volstead act daclared he has seen much evidence | unpopularity of the prohibition | amendment throughout the country. | The South and other sections of the | country conld zet more legislation | passed for advancement if their Sena- | tors and Representatives were more cutspoken, he declared. He bhelieves the next President will be a Democrat. NEW WING TO JAIL TOHOUSE Z00MEN 1S URGED BY PEAK Two-Story Addition Would Give Permanent Relief, He Tells City Heads. Erection of a twostory brick addi. | tion to the present District jail build- | ing was recommended to the District Commissioners today by Maj. W. L. Peak. superintendent. as a means of | remedying the congested conditions exposed in The Star Sunday by “Pete | Martin." Maj. Peak said the addition should | be designed as a dormitory to accom- | modate at least 200 prisoners. With these additional facilities, he explain- | ed. overcrowded conditions would be relieved indefintely. The increase in the jail population | “From Press to Home Within the Hour™ carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion 15 delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Circulation, 104,454, TWO CENTS. HOUSE PASSES BILL CREATING WELFARE BOARD N DISTRICT Approves Measure Senale Voted for With Only Negligible Change. P [NINE MEMBERS OF BODY WILL SERVE FOR 6 YEARS v Commission to Control Twelve In- stitutions—Three Existing Boards Are Abolished. With a chanze of only two words, the House today passed the bill es- tablishing a Public Welfare Board in the District of Columbia by approv- ing the same measure that already has passed the Senate. The bfll, however. must return to the Senate for action upon the two words in- serted by the House. The bill abolishes the Board of Charities. the Boeard of Children's Guardians and the Board of Trustees of the National Training Schoolefor Girls upon the appointment and oy- ganization of the new Board of Pub- lic Welfare. This new board would consist of nine members appointed by the Dis- trict Commissioners for terms of six years, and no member would be eli- gible for appointment who has not been a legal resident of the District at least three yvears. This board is to serve without pay. Institutions Controlled. This board will have complete and | exclusive control and management of ithe following institutions: The work | house at Occoquan, Va.: the reforma- tory at Lorton. Va.: the Washington o the hlast. Resentment Manifest. o | People's) party has mined | ‘lum and jail, the National Train. The hody of the victim previously There is considerable resgntment at | recovered was found in the No & the German headquartersYover the mine of the same company, a quarter attitude of the entente press in De: of 4 mile away, into which gases from furing Germany as the Storm center ypo plagt swept through a connecting of the council membership CONire. passage. Thirty-nine other miners a working in the No. 6 pit escaped alive, a blanket veio even hefore becoming A SEEEMED GT tho eague: hough some of them were affected by fumes. Germany’s retort is that she is on the verze of enterinz the league and Hope for Others. that “a certain group of powers” is ; trving 1o get her to take sides and | Robert M. Lambfe. chief of the pronounce in favor of one of more | West Virginia Department of Mines, B idates for eauneil seats hefore | Who is directing the battle through the herself Is officially admitted to the blockade of wreckage in v!;ekbo. o fopeit 1o nd that some. of the en- “GGerman public opinion,” the ope: : man spokesman pointed out, *was {0mbed men were able to take ‘k““ .‘;‘ ot e Inyited to enter the! themseives by “erecting makeshift ol indor the'status quo. Now, | brattices ‘as "a protection againat = 0 5 Ses. at the last minute, an extra stipula- EA{0 i Around the mine mouth gathered flon is made that we declare oUr q0u1 twoscore rescue workers wait- Wit linion it ne or MOT® ing their turn at their task deep in special candidacies. Germany refUses: (e ground below. Further back, out: e or- ide a roped-off area, gathered groups of visitors, mostly from other nearby mines. The frantic search for news of the men below that followed the shock of the blast last night had sub- ed into redigned waiting today. Twenty in Mine. such 2 council with the permanent seat promised her.and she fails to understand why a ‘stop’ signal should he turned against her at the eleventh hour We find no o reason in law or equity why an a ’r;l‘r’aal "hh“hn;\ a‘:-hfc):h:);‘;;;le“\:‘n'r:: i onouncement should be asked officials showed to be in ver ,’."(":.r:_""r BShncement el believed to r. -r\an;l;ed Aham‘x;;h n: I levs, various entries. Nothing definite wa. Poluts to Past Parleys. known as to the nature of the ex- Heretofore when dealing with the piogjon, but it was believed to have allies, he pointed out. Germany had Leen only a local one. entered conferences with a 100 per Rescue crews were organized imme- cent program. but had to he content diately after the explosion, and worked with realization of only from 50 to 80 ynder direction of State mine inspec- per cent of it from sheer force of tors. One of the State’s mine rescue events and hecause of her poeition trucks stationed at Beckley, 12 miles as a vanquished nation. |away, reached here in a s That day is pa he said, and the and within a few hours Robert M. Germans in Ge have made clear | Lambie, chief of the State department that Germany no longer is ng 1o of mines, arrived from Charleston to give in at the last moment. | take charge of the work. ‘Our position on the enlargement of | Meantime the United States Bureau the council is not an endeavor to d of Mines rescue car assigned to West # barzain or to et anything special | Virginia was speeding In a special for Germa he concluded. “This | train from Gary, on the southern bor- lesgue que: hould be decided by 'der, by way of the Norfolk and West. the leazue itself. 3 i ern and Virginian Railway lines, and Sweden continues to hold the whip | arrived soon after 1 o'clock this morn- hand in the controversy, because. with inz. bringinz additional rescue erews unanimity necessary mlo council, and apparatus. her vote can prevent any enlargement, and it vemarked that a Kind of of Another Disaster. Giermano-Scandinavian bloc is forming ' Bes vas the scene of one of the REAinst 1 truction of the league's State’s worse mine disasters in 1914, administrative hoard when 184 men lost their lives in an The situation today is that five explosion. At least one of the miners members of the council favor the in last night's esplosion. Slim Rus- creation of one or e additional | sell. was also in the blast of 1914. seats, namely, Italy. . Mine No. 5. an electrically equipped Czechoslovak eden is | shaft operation. employs a total force openly ain. ' of 156 men and had a normal daily Japan. B zuay continue ' capacity of 700 tons. either reserved or open minded. ! The shaft is 520 feel deep. Great Britain apparently favors giving ¥pain 4 permanent chair, but is committed, her spokesman reiterated today. to do nothing whici will render Germany’s entrance to the league diffi- cult or impossible Spanish View Alarms. n openly fear is VALUABLE TIN DEPOSITS. SHOW SIGNS OF FAILURE Exhaustion Feared in ;ren Hereto- fore Yielding 10,000 Tons of Metal Annually. Some friends of Sp: that the Madrid deleg by their | threats of withdrawal from _lhs league unless their council ambitions | are satisfied are forcinz themselves| | o\ g prog. {nto an embarrassing position. ) These persons point out that with! BATAVIA, Dutch East Indies, many governments backinz her de | March 9.—The rich tin deposits on mand it would be illozical for Spain | the Island of Banka, which have yield- to dream of resizning from the league ied upward of tea thousand tons each if. for example. the soliary votes of |year, are showing signs of approach- Sweden made her & exhaustion. permanent seat Powerful dredging mills have been moment | ordered 1o commence operations off either the council nor the assem-|the coast to extract ore from the (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) |bottom of the {are known to sea, where the lodes continue, These ma- O | chines are able mldudge ;lno% deylbk‘h RO d bri 2 cuble INDIAN SWARAJIST PARTY | of, R0 foct and bring up WALKS OUT OF ASSEMBLY | er e e "wortal"i1e ‘rofuction. 1 1 unreal League meetings in Geneva will all | his former power. H The Briand ministry resizned Sat- | urday after failure of a vote of con- | fidence on the sales tax provision of | fts_budeet program H The demand that M. Briand suc- | ceed himself as premier with perhaps | another finance minister than M. Doumer. was insistent from all| quarters. All persons who were called | in by President Doumergue for con- sultation, advised him to request M. Briand again to head the govern-!| ment. | It is said that even deputies wrom M. Briand declared were “congenital- 1v incapable” of dealing with fi - cial. affairs, repent having | been instrumental in n\'erthrnwlngi his cabinet in the Chamber last Sat- | urday. o | It is declared that they will wel- | come him back to the prémiership | with open arms. Will Go Back to Gemeva. | M. Briand announced that he would | call on the President again at 4| o'clock this evening. By that time, it ! 1s believed in well informed circles. he | will be able not only to give M. Doumergue his final acceptance, but | also will have gathered together the majority of the members of his new minisery. It is considered likely that the new cabinet may he definitely formed by 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, and pre sented to the President tomorrow afternoon, thus permitting M. Briand to begin his return journey to Geneva for the league meetings at 8 o'clock that night. The nucleus of the new cabinet, ac- cording to the best information ob- tainable this afternoon, will be: Premier, and minister of foreign affairs, ‘Aristide Briand. War minister, Paul Painleve. Minister of marine, Georges Ley- gues. There is a strong probability that Raoul Peret, former president of the | Chamber of Deputies. will undertake the difficult task at the finance min- istry. M. Briand announced this afternoon | that he was leaving for Geneva Thurs day. This was interpreted to mean that the makeup of the cabinet was ready decided upon, with the excep- tion of the post of finance minister, and that this would be filled late this evening or early tomorrow. ICE GORGE STILL HOLDS. Montreal Thermite Expert Remains at Oil City to Study Jam. OIL CITY, Pa., March 9 (#).—Dr. Howard T. Barnes, montreal scientist, | who has been attempting to weaken | the ice gorge in the Allegheny River near here with thermite, a chemical! mixture, remained in Oil City this| morning, stating that decision as to whether his chemical assault against the jce menace would be renewed today depended on weather conditions | later in the day. He was scheduled to address a public meeting at noon. Of 10 charges of thermite placed in the ice jam since Dr. Barnes began his ex- periments only two have exploded, the failure of the others being attributed to defective fuses, g = Boy Sues Representative. | Representative Willlam Tho; Fitzgerald of Ohio was sued ";:: $20.000 damages today by Charles R. Smith, Jr., a minor, through his father, | Charles R. Smith, for alleged personal injurles. An automobile of Mr,_ Fitz- gerald struck the boy Februdy 7. The boy is represented by Attorneys | "r. M;l\rrln Wampler and Robert E. Lynch. hest in the world. Its production is a government monopoly and the labor Declares Country Will Never Be|ompioved is mainly Chinese. Satisfied Until Systep of Gov- ernment Is Changed. { Dry Air Corps to ‘;)IEL;{?Q m;:;x:m;iarcn 9.—Crowds th 5 Planes to which thronged the galleries of the legisiative assembly in anicipation| e e Nation's first Fight Rum Runners of a lvely discussion on the budget grants witnessed a dramatic scene yesterday when the Swarafist, or home rule, members wal body. They quit the house aft passioned speech by Pand| dry air corps was ordered today by Rear Admiral E. C. Billard, comman- Iked out in a [dant of the Coast Guard. The deficiency bill just signed by er an im-|President Coolidge allows $150,000 for it Motillal | establishment of the Coast Guard air Nehru, oné of their leaders. He de.|service. ‘With this fund Admiral Bil- r];red thyt the co-operation of the'!lard plans to establish five bases Swarajists' had been declined and |along the A}Ianlk‘ coast from New that they had been ridiculed and hu.|England to Florida, where patrol boat priliated. stations now are located. A plane Later the Swarajists sent a message to the people of the United Kingdom, saying that the contentment of In- dia was impossible until the present system of government was changed. ““The steny hearts of bureaucracy re- main obdurate,” the message added. N equipped with a crew of several men will be assigned to each of those places selected. Strategic points In the Coast Guard campaign against rum smuggling will be selected and Navy type seaplanes will be used. Alwnll_l':n will be given Be Established to navigation protection as well as to rum fighting. Y A board was named today by Ad- miral Billard to outline the policies of the new air service. It includes Lieut. Comdr. S. 8. Yeandle, aide to Admiral Billard; 8. V. Parker, commanding of- ficer of the destroyer McDougall: E. F.'Stone, who piloted the NC-4 in the first airplane flight across -the Atlan- tic, and 'C. 'C. von Paulson, command- ing officer of the Coast Guard base at Gloucester, Mass, Additional appropriations will be isked next year, Admiral Billard said, for air bases on the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Coast if the mew Air Service proves successful, lnhrlu. not only tafternoon adopted the re | States adjoining Alabama. ing to Him. : —— | Prasident Coolidge was gratified | to ses the Senate pass the adminis- | tration’s Muscle Sho: bill, but | while discussing it with callers today | he made it plain that he does not | favor the amendments included in | the bill providing for the making of contracts for the disposal of the properties. The President iz under- stood to be hopeful that the bill can be made more acceptable before it reaches him for his signature. The President is known to be prin cipally concerned at this time in the manufacture of nitrate, and he wants the members of Congress and the pub-| lic at large to realize the national im- portance of the manufacture of for the defense of this nation, but for the development of agriculture. The President is of the opinfon that the drawing up of contracts for leasing these properties will make it possible to attain the aims of the President, regarding the | manufacture of nitrate as well as the supplying of power. Two Amendments Made. Although the ate Sel yesterday olution a thorizing a joint committee of Con- gress to receive bids for Muscle Shoals, two amendments were added. which will require a conference with | the House. The resolution is umend- ed went through, 51 to 2. The purpose of the resolution is to lease the shoals plant primarily for the manufacture of fertilizer for farmers. One of the Senate amend- ments would require surplus power to be distributed equitably among the The sec- ond amendment extends the time within which the joint committee may report a lease hack to Congress from April 1 to April 2. Heflin Led Fight. Proponents of the resolution, led by enatotr Heflin. Democrat, Alabama, fought vigorously {or its adoption without amendment to aveid the necesity of a conference adjustmen: with the House and expedite dispo: of a lonz pending problem. Opponents of private operation fought fruitlessly, but with equal vigor, to attach amend- ments to the resolution that would nullify its object. The joint congressional committee provided for in the resolution woull comprise three members of the Sen ate agriculture committee and a like number from the House military com mittee, and would be authorized to ne- gotiate for private lease of the pron- rties for not more than 30 years, ani would be directed to reject any offer less remunerative to the Government than that made by Henry Ford several vears ago. Any bid approved by the committee would be subject to action by Congress before it could be made effective. Essential to Defense. The President's spokesman, while discussing this legisiation today, con- cluded that during the discussion of the Muscle Shoals project in the Sen- ate the development of power ha: somewhat overshadowed the manufa ture of nitrate. The spokesman e phasized that the President looks upon the letter as of infinitely more impor- tance to the Nation. In his opinion the development of power Is more or less of a local value, inasmuch as it would Serve only those States contiguous to the project itself, while the manu- facturing of nitrate is essential. It| was pointed out at the present time this country is manufacturing no, hitrate and at the same time going ahead with the production of materials and equipment for nation- al defense in which the use of nitrate is essential. Besides its importance o the. national defense the President considers the protection of this product as of great value to the | tarmers of the country. While he does not expect the Muscle Shoals project to produce a supply of nitrate suffi- clent to meet the agricultural needs of the Nation, it would at least be sufficient to materially influence the Drics of nitrate In the manufacture of fertilizer for the farmer. Also it would take from the hands of foreign countries the control of this commodity. ] Towed Ship Breaks Loose. . NS, Newfoundland, March 9 s(;)io::ter having made satisfac- ress to within about 65 miles of port, the French freighter Ken- tucky broke away from the steamer Silvia last night during a southeast gale. Latest reports were that she was drifting landward. The gale had subsided considerably this morning. tory prog | (Natic i the time. the bar in the river channel. extin- | guished all lights and forbidden pilots | to_function Numerous steamers are tied up, ting to come or zo. The foreign authorities are conferring and prob. ably will negotiate with the Kuomin- chun with the object of reaching an | agreement whereby hona fide mer- chantmen will he escorted across Taku bar. One foreign gunhoat alieady has | moved toward Pk from Tientsin and | others are expected to follow. EARLY ACTION SEEN ONUTLTESBL Full House D. C. Body to Take Up Plan for.Separate Board March 17. result of extensive hearings rilway problem in the Natfonal (apital, a House District committee bill providing for a new Public Utilities Commission. distinet ‘rom the District Commissioners is heing prepared and will probably be considered hy tHe full District com- | mittee at its meeting a week from tomorrow. At the hearinz today public _utflities subcommittee, of which Representative Zihlman, Re publican, of Maryland. is chafrman, Maj. W. E. R. Covell, assistant to the Engineer Commissioner. occupied the witness stand practically all of The hearing was adjourned until tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. Unless members of the committee de- cide to recall some officials of the street rallway companies for question- | ing, the only other important testi- | mony is expected to be produced by William McK. Clayton, appearing as counsel for the Federation of Citizens’ Associations and who has for more than 15 vears taken an active part in public utility problems affecting the public in Washington. A= a on the s before the Committee Seems Unanimous. The outstanding feature of today's hearing was the practically unarimous sentiment expressed by members of the subcommittee in favor of a new public _utllities commission _distinct from the Board of District Commis- sioners, and that a revaluation of public utilities is_very desirable in the public interest, but should not he made until a decision is reached whether or not there shall be a new commission. Representative Hammer; Democrat of North Carolina, suggested during the hearing today that a revaluation of public utilities should be made by an expert to be selected by Secretar) Hoover, who is one of the most famous engineers in the world and who would thus have public confidence. Mr. Ham. mer, in offering this suggestion. sald he thought such an expert would re- celve valuable co-.operation from the present force under the Public Utili- tles Commission on account of their experience in valuing local public utilities. Maj. Covell estimated it would cost about $200.000 to get a real valua- tlon of public utilities which would be fair and do justice to the people of the District. Demands Lists of Stocks. Just at the close of the hearing | today, Mr. Hammer asked both Wil- liam Ham, representing the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Co., and John Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co., to submit to the sub- committee a statement of what shares of stock are now held in the name of people who really do not own them, and the names of the real owners of this stock. Mr. Hanna replied that he knew absolutely nothing about such stock ownership other than the names as they appear on the official record. Mr. Ham stated that it would be impossible for any one to give the information asked by Mr. Hammer. While questioned by Mr. Hammer, Maj. Covell said that he believed the present public utility law is excellent, but that the commission is hampered | (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) e Radio Programs—Page 24 | completing [ Federal Government to pay half the | ing fiscal | time, although Congress during the Potomac Link. The unanimous decision of the Senate District committee yesterday afterncon that the Federal Govern ment should hear half the cost of the connecting link be tween tock Creek and tomac Parks may be reported to the Sen ate today by Chairman Capper. The measure will go to the calendar for consideration in its regular turn. | As passed by the House this bill | would have taken the entire $600,000 needed to join the two parks from the accumulated surpius of the local tax- payers. The Senate committee, after Hstening to a vigorous plea hy Sena. tor’ Phipps for equitable treatment of the people of Washington. not only approved hi= contention, but went further than he had requested of them in amending the bill to require the cost. Senator Phipps had requested the committee to put the legislation for this parkway on a 60-40 ratio, which is the substantive law govern- relations at the present past few vears has departed from it by appropriating a lump sum toward | District expenses. | During _his argument Senator | Phipps had pointed out that the sur- plus revenues of the District, which the House proposed to use for joining ' these parks was accumulgted during years when the 50-50 ratio was in ef- fect Unanimous Approval Given. | Senator Harreld of Oklahoma made the motion to adopt Senator Phipp's 60-40 amendment, but Senator Sackett | of Kentucky declared that if this sur- plus was accumulated while the 50-50 plan was in effect the appropriation of the surplus now should be on that basis. Senator Jones of Washington joined in this suggestion, as did Sen- ator Phipps, and Chairman Capper put the motion for the 50-50 amend- ment, It was carried unanimously. While Senator Phipps was explain- ing what he regarded as the injustice of taking the entire $600,000 from the District surplus, members of the com- mittee were prompted to discuss briefly the general question of fiscal | relations. Answering a question by one mem- ber of the committee, Senator Phipps said there are various contentions as to how the i should he di are some pedple who feel the District should pay everything. Senator Harreld asserted thaw if such a policy is ever adopted “‘we ought to remove the restrictions on the city, and let it become a commer. cial center.” Urges One Ratio or Another. | Later in the discussion Senator Harreld said that he thought there should be either a 50-50 or 60-40 ratio, or the city should be allowed to de- velop commercially. Before the amendment was agreed to Senator Jones said that he sympa- thized fully with the contention of Senator Phipps, but declared he was convinced that the House was de- termined not to vield by returning to a.fixed percentage ratio. of appropriat- ing for the District. Senator .Jones said_he was perfectly willing to adopt Senator Phipps’ proposal and let the nquestion be fought out In conference. Senator Phipps said it may be true that the House is unwilling to return to a. fixed ratlo_on the general ex- penses of the District government, but he declared he did not believe the Senate should sit quietly by and let | ehairman of the Board of Commission- the H have its way in this par- ticular case if the Senate recognized the injustice of taking all of the $600,000 from the District taxpayers In the last five vears was stressed by | y 1 he said, there was | { 243 prisoners, while | ¢ s 424. The rapid zrowth ot the city and the enactment of new laws, he told the Commission- | ers, has convinced him that there will | not be any decrease in the jail popu- | lation in the future, making increased facilities absolutely essential ‘Will Consider Plan. Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph, ers, who has jurisdiction over the Dis- trict jail, indicated that he was fm- pressed deeply with Maj. Peak's rec- ommendations and said he would refer | them to the other two Commissioners for consideration when the next seml- weekly board meeting is hald Friday. 1t is likely that Congress will be urged to provide funde for the addition In a special emergency appropriation, pro- | vided the cost of the building does ' not conflict with President Coolidge's | financial program. | ing School for Girls in the District and at Muirkirk, Md.: Gallinger Municipal Hospital. the Tuberculosis Hospital. the Home for the Aged and Infirm. the Municipal Lodzing House, the Industrial Home School. the Indus trial Home School for Coloted Chil dren and the District Training School in Anne Arundel County, Md. Amendments were proposed by Rep- | resentative Gilbert. Democrat. of Ken- tucky and Representative Hill, Repub. lican, of Maryland. respectively, to eliminate from the jurisdiction of the Public Welfare Board the National Training School for Girls and the Board of Children’s Guardians. Both amendments were defeated, the first by a vote of 46 to 29 and. the second by a viva voce vote. Representative Blanton, Democrat. of Texae offered an amendment pro- viding that the Mothers' Aid Board should not be consolidated with the Public Welfare Board after the Mothers' Aid Board shall have been Rased on the recommendations of Maj. Peak to the District Commis- | <ioners and on an authoritative esti- | mate of cost, Representative McLeod, Renublican. of Michigan today intro- duced in the House a bill authorizing erection of a new wing to take care of transient cases. mostly drunks. in the District Jail. relieving overcrowd. | ed and nitary cond!ti 3 posed by “Peta Martin An effort will he made by Mr. Me- Leod to get action on this bill by the House District committee at its regu- | that lar meeting tomorrow. Zihiman Seeks Estimate. In the meantime. Chairman Zihl man has written to the District Com missioners asking them to transmit first, an official copy mendations made by second. an estimate of cost of an ad- | dition to the jail sufficiently large to and that he was | against ! | mothers’ created. This measure has already passed the House, and a different bill s awaiting action on the Senate cal- endar. Amendment Opposed. A point of order was made by Chairman Zihlman of the District committee, in charge of the bill, the Blanton amendment on the ground that it was not germane and related to a board which has not yet been created. Mr. Blanton said he was acting for the “entire New York delegation” in offering this amendment. Representative Lehlbach, Republican. of New Jersey, presiding as chairman, overruled the point of rder. Mr. Blanton insisted that the aid hill contains the Mills plan for administration of the fund by a separate G agency. tecting Mr. Mills remedy the overcrowded and insani-|and the whole New York delegation tary condition. - Steps shonld he taken without de: to conditions unde ry to quarter pris- oners at the District jail, in the opin- ion of Senator Capper, chairman of the District committee. Senator Cap- per said it appeared from reading of the situation that the remedy is a of appropriation to provide pace. apparent,” Senator Capper . “that the present jail was not designed to handle the number of prisoners now heing received there. The city has outgrown the present institution Senator Capper said he was greatly interested in the presentation of the existing situation at the jail, and that | he felt it should be corrected. The committee of which Senator Capper is chairman deals with legislation for | the District, and any appropriation | that would be necessary would have to be handled through the District subcommittee of the appropriations committee. Senator King of Utah declared to- day he would ask the Senate District rommittee at its next meeting to in- quire into the situation at the jaii. Senator King also made known his intention of paying a personal visit 1o the jail as =oon as he has an oppor- tunity “1 ‘was somewhat shocked account of conditions at the tion." the Senator said, “and ask the committee to make into_them. I also propose to the jail myself.” Would Improve Sanitation. The Senator indicated he was es- pecially interested in improving sani- tary conditions under which prisoners are quartered. Maj. Peak accompanied his recom- mendations with a separate report the visit of The Star's “bum" investi. r at the fail. The report follows: “Feeling that 1 should make a in def h by the | institu. | 1 shal inqui ingpect President’s Father, Too Il to Work Farm, | | Mr. Mills would so consider it. Abandons Plan for Spring Sugar Making By the Associated Press. PLYMOUTH, Vt. March 9.—Col. John C. Coolidge, father of the Presi- dent, has leased the family sugar.lot Col. Coolidge in former years took personal charge of sugar-making op- erations when the Spring._thaws set the sap to running in the maple trees. this season, because he is too {ll to take charge of the sugar making. He has been, bedridden for several months since he lost the use of his legs as the aftermath of a heart affection. The President is the real owner of But this year other hands will tend the ‘“sugaringoff.” Although the roads are deep in snow, Dr. Albert W. Cram _of Bridgewater, the Coolidge family physician, pays regular visits to his aged patient. Each time the physician has found the condition of Col. Cooligge little changed. Although the ‘Coolidge sugar lot. which adjoins the family homestead at Plymouth Noteh. The land was willed to Calvin | when he urged the amendment. Representative La Guardia. Social- st, of New York. said that he feared the public welfare board would reach out and take over the work of the mothers’ aid board. He said he con- idered the public welfare bill un- sound and unscientific. “If there is no design for the Public Welfare Boa o0 take over the work of the Mothers' Aid Board, put this amendment in the b * La Guardia asked. He said that as chairman of the board of aldermen in New York. he was familiar with this kind of work and the Mothers' Ald board must be kept separate froin correctional work. ““We are dealing with human beings, not tariff schedules,” shouted Mr. La Guardia. Blanton Plan Defeated. Representative Cramton. Repuh lican, of Michigan argued that the amendment was unsound, and that On a rising vote the amendment was lost by a vote of 9 to 20, Representative Houston, Republi- can, of Delaware offered the only amendment which was adopted. This was with reference to protecting chil- dren placed in institutions from being brought up in a faith different from that of their parents. The amendment inserts the words “wherever practica ble,” in order that the following pro- 0 might be consistent: “Provided. that wherever the board shall for any reason place the child with any organization, institution or individual other than of the same re- ligious faith as that of the parents of the child, the board shall set forth the reason for such action in the records of the case. Mr. ‘Blanton vigorously opposed this amendment. which was adopted Lhy a vote of 17 to 14. HONDURAN DEBT PACT WITH BRITAIN RATIFIED By the Associated Press. TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, March 9.—Congress yesterday ratified the agreement signed at Washington on October 29 for the settlement of a debt to Great Britain contracted more than half a century ago. The people of Honduras are gratified over the settlement, because t! feel that it re-establishes the inte national credit of their country and insures an era of prosperity. The Honduran debt referred to amounted to £5,000,000, but before ttlement it had climbed to nearly '£30,000,000. The agreement, signed at the British embassy in Washing- ton last October, provides for the payment of Honduras of a total of unable to ve his bed, he suffers no pain and maintains an active interest in the affairs whe village. Coolidge and to his children after him by the President’'s grandfather, Galu- chia Coolidge. £1,200,000 in semi-annual install- ments without interest over a per- jod oi 30 years.