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WEATHER. <. Weather Bureau For tonight, miminum tes 28 degrees. nd warm 0. at €7 am. on’ page 4. s Falr about ing cloudiness hy rain. Highes terday: lowest, Full report Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 intered as second postoffice, Washi 29,905. o, Tomorrow, increas- ecagt ) mperature followed p.m. yes. toda; class matter ngton, D. C. [EAGUE AD]UURNSJMann 84, Official | WITHOUT ACTING ON GERMAN ENTRY DUE 10 BRAZIL'S JIAND Latter “Says National Hon-, or” Is at Stake and Re-| fuses to See Berlin Take! Council Seat Alone. - | SESSION IN SEPTEMBER [ WILL TACKLE QUESTIONJ Effort to Be Made in Meantime to | Reorganize Geneva Body—Pros- | pects for Later Harmony Are | Seen Even in Stormy Session| Today. Chamberlain Moved. Br the Accaciated Prese NEVA, March 17.—The Lcague of Nations assemb’y today voted 1o adiourn the question of Germany's election to the league until the Sep- tember session. The vote came after announcement | by Afrance Mecllo-Franco. Brazilian | representative, that the decision of | kis country not to vote a permanent | council ~cat for Germany unless Rrazil was given one at the same time, w irrevocahle. “Ir is a question of national honor. Rrazil cannot change her attitude.” President Bernardes is said to have told the French Ambassador to Rio de Janeiro when the latter. on hehalf of Premier Briand, urged that Brazil abandon her decision to veto Ger- many’s election to the League of Nations council. A brief session of the council had heen held during the forenoon. and rumors were flving regarding the chances for a last-minute settlement when President da Costa called the momentous meeting of the assembl: to order at 10:32 a.m. Prevails. Extraordinary excitement prevailed In the Hall of Reformation as the delegates assembled. and the galleries were jammed. Sir Austin Chamberlain, the British Excitement foreign secretary. took the rostrim* and said that the announcement which he was about to make depended upon e statement made to him by the rep- senative of Brazil. Senhor Mello Franco thereupon went to the tribune to explain Brazil was convinced. he said. that the reconstruction of the council in- terested all s*ates and that all view points shauld he made Brazil was deeply interested in the work for peace _accomplished at Locarno, hecause she was one of the pioneers in arbitration and con- cilliation. but she thought that the ad- mirable work of Locamo should find its place in the fabric of the league and not that the league should be made 1o exist as part of the political machinery of Locarno “We regret sinceely that the sreat fierman natlon is unahle immediately to enter the league, hecause would eontribute great things to the ! league.” the Brazilian spékesman raid Then, referrinz 1o Brazil's projected veto of Germany for permanent council seat. he made the pronounce- | ment “The ment Sir Ing instructions of are irrevocable and final.” Austen Chamberlain in propos postponement of Germany's elec- tion until September described Ger man demand for assurance of a permanent council s it the present Rmession as just and reasonable, but he added: “"The statement by the repre. sentative of Brazil shows that the members of the council are not in a position 10 zive that assurance.’ He evoked a lonz outhurst of plause when he paid tribute 1o generosity of Sweden and slovakia in offerin non-permanent seats to ajd in a settlement “It is a dy.” he said, “after that manifestation of nobility. that unanimity of the council conld not he achieved. This is a bitter disappoint- ment ta me. but I am sure that ad- journment of this request for the ad- mission of Germany will be an ad- Journment oniy.’ Sir Austen apparently was in the grip of deep emotion as he depicted this disappointment. but he recovered at the end of his speech, asserting his stronz conviction that the Sep. tembher assembly would see that great nation, Germany, assume her right- ful place within the League of Na tions. in Rri really past two my govern- the "zecho. to give up their in the council of his address d it the conurse h foreign secre tr now that of seeing Kurope divided into camps and with the certainty rno reconciliation would that a new difficulty not connected with the Locarno agree- ment had made unanimity for Ger- many impossible. the was Anzer was reizn. Briand Wins Ovation. Premier Briand of France epeaker, received a great ov as=ociated himself with Sir statement and expressed regret over the situation, the allies’ efforts for order to realize Germany's entry into the league with the promise of a permaneat council seat. “My colleagues, M. Unden and Dr. (the Swedish and Czecho- akian foreign minister). offered themselves spontaneously he said. “Thus all our dificuities seemed solv- ed. but now we find ourselves power- less to realize our aims. 1 am pro- foundly convinced that we will emerge from this impasse without diminishing our work of peace.” He cecalled the league's peace-mak- ing successes of the past and declared that in the course of recent events no serious blow had been struck at the gue. ‘Germany, with six other nations, =igned a sincere peace pact,” he said with reference to the Locarno accord, “and it is in the serene atmosphere of the League of Nations that an ac. “{Continued on Page 5, Column 2) the next tion. He Austen’s the same recalling known. | she | ‘Many Times, Told He Is Not Citizen By the Assocrated Press. TON. March 17, times an of 1 since the Charles Angus, 84, deputy clerk and recorder of Park found that he is not an ‘an citizen. When he ap- peared before a naturalization ex- aminer here vesterday on behalf [ a friend who was seeking citi- zenship papers, Angus was in- formed, after questioning. that he was not entitled o citizenship rights. Angus, who is ‘land and a s well mpaigns A native of Kng veteran of the Civil as numerous Indian under the late Gen. Milex. said he under. hecianse of service dur r of the Rebellion he became u citizen. However, he never received the certificate from the Government. and, because of this, the examiner ruled he wiis an alien. Although it will be possible for him to get citizenship papers bhe. fore 1 Angus will not get them hefore the November elections, and consequently will miss cast- ing a ballot for the first time in half a century. ing automatic AMERIGANS DECRY FORGE IN CHINA | e | Group in Peking Asks Mac- Murray to Seek U. S. Neu- trality in Taku Demands. By the Assoc PEKING. March 17.—A group of 10 American residents of Peking, repre- |senting the TRockefeller Foundation. Yenching University. a joint mission- ary institution and the Presbyterian and Methodist missions, called on John V. A. MacMurray, the Amerjcan Min- Ister, today and urged him to prevail on the Washington Government to prevent American participation in pos- sible armed action to reopen naviga- tion of the Pei River to Tientsin. | The protocol powers yesterday de- {livered an ultimatum to the Chinese | factions engaged in hostilities in the Tientsin-Taku region. demanding that | the blockade of Tientsin be raised. The | ultimatum declared that if the Chinese ad not complied by Thursday noon the naval authorities of the forelgn i powers avould take such measures as {they found necessary. ~ | The Americans who visited the, &fin !ister today asserted that armed ac {tion - would constitute a_-departure | from America's traditional policy ot friendship toward China and would re- sult in a marked increase of anti- foreign feeling and injury to American interests in China. Chifa Remains Silent. | Up 16 late this afternoon the Chi nese foreign office had given no indi cation of its attitude toward the [ultimatum of the foreign powers. The headquarters here of the Kuo- i minchun (national armies), controlling the Peking government, showed an in- ! clination to view the matter from the standpoint of China's national dignity. | In unofficial circles there was much | talk of a Chinese appeal to the League {of Nations. 36 HOURS ALLOWED. Senior Officer of Foreign Fleet Ordered to Present Demands TIENTSIN, March 17 (P).—The senior officer of the forelgn warships at Taku has been instructed to pre- { Sent demands to the Kuominchun (national peoples army) commanders that they cease interference with shipping. N hianeously. the blockading Irengtien warships of Chang Tso-Lin. Manchurian dictator opposing _the | Peking zovernment, will be notified that they will no’ be allowed to cross Taku Bar, thus neutralizing the Pei Xver mouth. The time lmit is 36 hours. The action was take of conferences of cons authorities, whose dec proved by legations. Ships Go to Taku. ench. Ialian and American gun- (s have gone.down the Pei River Taku from Tientsin, 37 miles dis- tant. Numerous other ted Press n as ‘a result lar and Naval lons were ap- | foreign war- ships already are assembled off Taku Bar outside the harbor. Tt is generally believed that the helligerents will _comply peaceably with the demands of the forelgn | powers. It is understood, however, that the Kuominchun commanders have Inquired whether the foreign al vessels were prepared to warn Fengtien warships not to interfere with ships carrying ammunition for the Kuominchun at Tangku. near Taku. They contend that the Soviet steamer Oleg recently was prevented from entering the river owing to the presence of a Fengtien gunboat out- side Taku. Meanwhile the situation Is changing as the result of a victory of Chang | Tso-Lin’s army from Fengtlen on the Lanchow front. The Fengtien troops have crossed the Lan River wnd serfously threaten the whole position ‘of the Kuominchun, who are en- deavoring to hlock thelr way to Che | and Hugh Tientsin and Peking. WASHINGTO, COOLIDGE CONFERS WITH U. S, ENVOYS ON SSUES ABROAD Sessions to Shed Light on Postnoning of Germany’s Entrance to League. HOUGHTON AND GIBSON GIVE PRES'DENT FACTS Latter Will Be Instructed as to Position of U. §. With Regard to Arms Conference. BY G. GOULD LINCOL With Alanson B. Houghton. Unitea | States Amoassador to Great Britain, D. Gibson. Minister to Switzerland. the President and Sec retary Kellogs today began discus- sions of the Kuropean situation, par tieularly with reference to America. Botk of these diplomatic officers of the Government had been summoned to Washington for such a conference, | and they are expected to throw much light on the matters which have brought about the temporary break- | down, at least. of the plans to take Germany into the League of Nations | and carry through the Lorcarno se- curity agreements in full The prospects now confronting the | preliminary arms conference called | by the League of tions, and to which the United States has accepted | an invitation, will be the subject of thorough discussion. Minister Gib- | son is here to give the administration the fullest information he can with | regard to this matter, and at the same time to receive the instructions of this Government with regard to the position of the United States on the various subjects which are ex- pected to come up for consideration a1 the conference, where he will rep- resent this country. Another Conference Slated. Ambassador Houghton is a guest of President and Mrs. Coolidge at the White House, and Minister Gib- son it at the home of Secretary Hoover of the Department of Com- | merce. The Ambassador was in; conference with Secretary Kellogg | for a short time this morning and| their -discussions will be resumed | this”~ afternoon. Mr. Gibson also| visited the State Department this/ morning. | The events in Geneva, culminating | in the adjournment today of the as- | sembly of the League of Nations and the postponement of action on Ger- | many's entrance intg the ' and the possible 'enlargement the council of the league until mnext September, and their effect upon con- ditions in Europe generally and umn[ the arms conference in particular, | were the subject of much specula- tion in officlal quarters here. The council of the League of Na- tions is under instructions to set a: date for the preliminary arms con-| ference, and these instructions origi-| nally were that it _should be set not | later than May 15, and May 6 has| been talked of as the probable date. The question today, however, re- solved itself first into whether the ! league would now go ahead with the arms conference as planned. in view of the failure to adjust the differences | at Geneva over German admission to | | the league. On the one hand. it was suggested | here, a failure to go ahead with the | arms conference would be interpreted | as @ sign of weaknes on the part of | the league, an admission that the re- cent ructions in Geneva had been so serlous as to threaten the league It self. On the other hand. it was also sug (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) 2NCTORS NANED INLQUOR CHARGE Six Druggists and Four Dis- | tillery Salesmen Also Are | Among Accused. i By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 17.—United | States Attorney Buckner today filed | complaints against 27 doctors, 6 drug- | gists and 4 distillery salesmen, charg- | ing conspiracy to violate the prohibi- | tion law. Mr. Buckner described th accused as “prescription bootleggers. The Government investigation re- ' vealed, Mr. Buckner sald. that signed blank prescriptions had been sold hy doctors to distillery agents, who in ; turn sold them to druggists for use when customers bought liquor without legal prescriptions. He said It also was learned that | legal prescriptions which had been filled were stolen from drug stores, the original writing removed and then | resold to other druggists. | Wanted: Miliion Gallons of Salty Ocean! For Sea Fish at Chicago’s Aquarium conciliation in | By the Assoctated Press. CHICAGO. March 17.—A bit of the sea—1,000,000 gallons of genuine ocean water—is to be transported to Chi- AR orze . Morse, director of 000,000 Shedd aquarium to be erect- |ed in Grant . is making a pre- |liminary survey of the Atlantle, | pacific and Gulf coasts in search of a tavorable spot from which to obtain sea water which will mean life to the salt-water fish of the aquarium. Synthetic salt water lacks the or- ganic content and chemical constitu- ents of real ocean water, without which salt-water fish cannot live, Mr. Morse said. The entire shipment will reauire 25 raflroad tank cars having capacity of 8000 gallons each. The million allons will be stored in a huge reser- voir. “Once we have our full supply of | | | salt water,” Mr. Morse stated, “we will .be equipped for an indefinite | period since the water can be used over and over again by virtue of a process of filtration and aeration. | Evaporation will take place, but this | affects only the water and not the | salts. We will simply add filtered water."” Some difculty surrounds the search for an ideal spot from which to take the supply from the ocean, said the aquarium director. Water from an unpolluted place along the shore line is wanted, and the {deal location calls for a pler with rallroad trackage so that the water may be pumped direct into the tank cars. Otherwise, an additional handling by boats would be necessary. “We will select the shortest and easiest route available, all other things | bulletin, { ment, hend WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, MARCH 17, COLONEL COOLIDG CRADUALLY SINKING Had Restful Night and Feels Comfortable, But Eats With Difficulty. By the Associated Press PLYMOUTH. Vt. March 17.—nl John C. Coolidge rested well during the night and was comfortable this morning, Mrs. May Johnson. hix nurse, reported at 8 o'clock. She said the patient was bright and cheerful and was suffering no pain. Few slept last night at the Ply- mouth general store, where are housed those who came here to watch Col. Coolidge's condition. Last night's igsued by Dr. Cram. at veiclan, showed gradualy ity on the *part of the All night the rooms of teflding pl ebbing viu: sick man. the lower floor of the Coolidge home | were brightly lighted. and this un usual circumstance added to the anxlety of the watchers. Fuller Bulletin Later. Usually Deputy Sheriff Angus Mac aul bodyguard of the colonel, has delivered the first bulletin of the day to the neighbors at the general store. but this morning -~ Mrs. Johnson brought the message. The nurse said Dr. Cram would pay a visit later in the forenon, when a fuller bulletin would be given. Doctor Comes Earlier. Cram came over from Bridge water earlier than usual today. He reported that his patient appeared comfortable and his condition ap- parently was unchanged from night. It has become almost impos- sible, he said. to administer nourish and medicine ls taken only with great difficulty, but the lungs are free from congestion and the heart action normal. The physician made known that the President had a_telephone conversa tlon last_night with Mrs. Johnson. the nurse. The President is watching de- velopments here very closely. Dr. Cram sald. BLOOD TRANSFUSION PLANY Dr. NED. Philadelphia ) to Report Upon Call® PHILADELPHIA, March Howard M. Kennedy. of this city (). last night he had been ordered to hold | himself in readiness to go to Ply. mouth. V' fusion for Col. John C'. Coolidge. Although dispatches from Plymouth did not indicate Col. Coolidge's physi- cians were contemplating a trans- fusion operation on their patient, Ken. nedy said he had been ordered by doc- | tors attending the patient to be ready | to leave for Piymouth on short notice. Kennedy, known here as the “trans. fusion king.” has submitted to nearly forty such operations. 'MEXICAN OIL LAW 1S NEARLY COMPLETED Petroleum Men Aided Making Regulation, Department of Commerce Says. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, March 17.—The PDepartment of (ommerce announces that the regulation for the petroleum faw has heen almost completed. It says that it was formulated in a apirit of good will for the oil inter- ests and that through the Depart- ment’s courtesy the oil men were in- vited to participate in the conferences preparatory to the formulation of the regulation. ~ The announcement adds that the points in the regulation which at first seemed Insurmountable difficulties have been overcome, showing that eriticism of the law was premature and unjust. = Ul $150,000 Waterside Fire. TAMPA, Fla., March 17.—Fire of undetermined origin early today de- stroyed a wharfside warehouse of the Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. and ‘dam- aged’ the steamship Point Lobes. which was alongside. Damage, was 2stimated at $150.000. being equal, and ship the water ahout 10 cars at a time,” Mr. Morse said, l—‘;dio P;ograms——Page 28 last | and submit to blood trans. |- 1926— FORTY-SIX ng Star. PAGES. FRE 'Ex-Soldier Declares He With New Set of Digest Can’t Stay Sober in BY JOHN K. EMGE. ANGE Mareh 17 physiei, he me in- tensely interested in the strange ca |of Vietor Murdock. former soldier, whe claims a French stomach which | he secured he result of tion followin se tnjury World War has him & for_liquor. They have ter a hospita’, fully observed Special Dy LOS ~Local alif have s an oper in the desire s iven sked Murdock to en- here he can he care- and possibly rea ted %0 that he will have less trouble in Hving with his “lizht wines” diges- [ tive orsan in this Volsteadian coun- 2 {8 Ganuntantta’ antetite. tor alcos | holie beveruge nxformation of a former Anglo-Saxon temperament | into one awith French proclivities—is e resulted Mur- ted, told hacked the judze was “seri- oper: . arrested while intoxie; straightforward a sto by medical records, that hefore whom he appeared | ously impressed The judge said he was convinced that a foreign and apparently wine- |loving stomach which Murdock had o *H STOMACH CRAVES LIQUOR' AGAINST AMERICA OWNER’S WILL Acquired Gallic Appetite ive Paraphernalia, and pite of Inhibitions. rired had ven the man an sutiahle taste for liquor. which A4 not possessed when he was isfying the desires of his natural- inherited nrgan In other words. former Briton and heen partially wallicized. the judge helieved Murdock told the court that when he was about to die from wounds the Army doctors made h ic efforts to save his life. They took out my stomach. which was punctured by bul lets,” he said. “and replaced it with that of a mortally wounded French- man. When I zot well 1 had a desire for liquor that 1 have. fought. hut which often % the hest f me. French liguors have a very irresti- ble appeal me." Murdock's Army discharge papers included a record of the operation he desorihed. The judge. expressing bolief T~ the range story. suspended a 90.day sen- | but zave the possessor of the French stomach # bit of advice, too. ‘Hereafter.”" he said. “1 would at tempt little Americanization work and teach my interior some of the lezally accepted wavs of the U nited States.” Murdock promised to do so, and physicians now want to study his d help him Americanize his RETIREMENT BILL CTION IS RUSHED 5 Measure to Be Reported Next | Week Whether Figures Are Given or Not. The Senate subcommittee in charge of liheralizing the retirement law for i ce emploves will complete its | work next week and report a bill to | the full civil service committee, Sen- an Ordered to Prepare #tor Stanfield of Oregon, subcommit- | tee chairman. stated today “We are anxions tn have the figures of the actuaries as to the cost of the various plans hefore completing the bill,” said Senator Stanfield, “hut we cannot delay longer than this week." The Senator added that he expected | to get the report of the actuaries be | tore the end of this week, “ut he indi cated the subcommittee wowd proceed | next week regardless of whether the cost charts are ready. The suhcommittee conferred yvester- day afternoon with J. 8. Mc( Government CTLuAl but no action was taken. The cost tables are haing | prepared by accountants in New York {and will be transmitted to the sub- | committee b | Bureau of Efficiency The purpose of the suhcommittee in {desiring to conclude its work within ia few days 1s to make it pos {enact the legislation at this session. A" subcommittee of.the House also is at work on retirement legislation and the plari is to go forward with the | measure simultaneously at hoth ends of_the Capitol {Ing law is §720 a year. It is practical 11y certain the new hill will raise that [1jmit to $1,200 after 30 vears of ser: ice. The two important questions still to he settled are: ‘Whether the annuity should be computed from a maximum salarv of $1,800 a year, using 45 as the divisor, or $1,600, using 40 as the divisor. Whdt the age limit should e at which employes could voluntarily re- tire after 30 years of service. | | STRAW HAT TO CHANGE. This Spring’s Models Last Contain- ing Italian Material. FLORENCE. Italy. March 17 (). —This Spring’s American straw hats will be the last to contain Italian straw in consequence of an 85 per icent increase in import duties. Mean- |time, every available serap of raw has been rushed to the United States In_an effort to get it to the markets hefore the new tax is ef- fective. 1t is estimated that 100,000 workers in Tuscany will he out of employment with the collapse of the industry. Herbert D, Brown of the | ible to | The maximum annuity under exist- | JAIL PLAN FAVORED | New Dormitory Wing to House Woman Prisoners Is Approved. The House Distriet day faverably reported bill authorizing | committee to- the McLeod | erection of a | bill_authorizing pure of land at Cockpit Point. Va., for a | sarbage disposal plant for the Dis- | trict government, and the hill amend- | inz the zoning act so as to permit |erection of a roof garden on top of the new Press Club Building at Four- teenth and F streets. These tills will come House next District day. The committee also definitely the time for voting as between Underhill and Fitzgerald workmen's compensation measures at 11:30 o'clock next Wednesday morning. There was no opposition in the committee to the hill authorizing the new wine for the District Jail, to carry_out the recommendations of the ‘District jfailer for correction of the overcrowded and unsanitary sit- uation expo ¢ “Pete Martin" in { The Sunda Cost Limit Removed. i which Mr. Me- had written into his bill was en out in the subcommittee on motion of Representative Thomas L. Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, who ex plained to the full committee today that the purpose of this was to pre- vent work heing stopped it it was found that a suitable buildinz would cost more than $125,000. Repressnta ; tive Willlam . Hammer, Demoerat (of North Carolina alse pointed out e of 63 acre up in the set the The Leod | limit of cost | (Continued on Page 5. Column 5.) he | .C. COMMITTEE new | | wing at the District jail. the Zihlman | The ol Associal service. Yesterday’s nn Alienists to Give Yes or No Reply. to 4,500-Word Query By the Assoctated Pre OMAHA, Neb March 17. Alienists testifving in the trial of Frank Carter, “sniper handit." must be prepared to answer “yes' or “no’ to a 4.500-word hypotheti cal question. John Baldwin. public de- fender, announced that he had pre pared a question of that length covering Carter's rase. Early phases of the trial have moved with rapidity. In two days the jury that can give rter the death penalty on the harge of first-degree murder in connection with the mysterious slaying of _Dr. A. D. Searles ‘elwuary has heen obtained and testimony is well under wav But *around the testimgpy of three allenists, one for the prose cution and two for the defense probably will hinge the punish ment. Counsel .for the defense frankly stated to the jury, their plea was insanity DISPUTEING. 0.P. Leaders of Party in South Ac- cused of Subordinating Party’s Power. e controversy hetween Representa- tive Wurzhach, the only Republican member of the House from Texas; Chairman Will R. Wood of the Re. | publican congressional committee, and Representative Tilson of Connec tieut. majority of the House n the one hand. and Republican na tional committeeman €. R. Creager of Texas and the Republican organi zation of that State, on the ather served 1o bring into the limelight the dissatisfaction which has been felt by the congressional committee gardinz the situation in several the Southern Niates The charze is made by members »f the committee that the Republican State organizatios mthern States of re more interested in handling the Federal patronage | than they are in electing Republi cans to Congress The recent declaration hy Republi can National Committeeman Creage: that because of the charges made by Mr. Wurzbach in the House against | the State organization the organiza- tion would seek to defeat Mr. Wurz bach in the coming campaign aroused Chairman Wood and Mr. Tilson sharp criticism of Mr. Creager. i Investigation Sugzested. “It Tooks to me that some investi gation of conditions existing in the Southern States regarding the activ. ities of the State orzanizations should be had,” said Chairman Wood today. Such an investigation, it wanld appear. should come from the Re. publican national committee. T any of the members from the Southern States are failing to take advantage | of opportunities to advance the in- terest of the Republican party through the election of members of Congress, | it would seem th> duty of the na | tional organization to look into the matter. Members of the congressional com- the party has a majority. and as large a majority as possible. in the House, are aroused over the matter. The attention of Senator Butler of Massa- national committee. will he called to the matter. ir is said. Indeed. al- ready Senator Butler's attention has heen called to the situation of Florida, which Chajrman Wood regards as par. | ticularly bad. Because of the recent | large influx of population. Florida fs Inoked to by members of the congre sional committee as the next South- ern State which should he counted upon to send one or more Republican Representatives to Congress, Admits Dissatisfaction. Chairman Wood admits that he is | dissatisfied with the Florida situation. The charge has heen made hy some of the Republicans of the Stat the old organization there is not giv. ing the full assistance needed to elect At least one Representative to the House in the coming election. It is obvious that if Republican members of the House were elected or a Senater from one of the Southern States. the control of the patronage or part of it would go from the hands of the State organization. 1o be the only explanation why there should he a failure on the part of the State organizations to do the utmost to elect Republicans to Con- Bress, On the other hand. not only do the State organizations—which are headed by the State chairmen and the Repub. [lean national committeemen—control |the Federal patronage, but they also control the delegations to the Repub. lican national conventions. This raises still_another question—the desire to control these delegations during the tion for President at the national con- ventions. It is not difficult to see that the |chairmen of the Republican congres. sional committee and the Republican national committee, because of these various questions, might find them- selves in conflict over this matter of disciplining members of the national mmittee. Republican National Committeeman (Continued om Page 5, Column 7.) Argentina First in Davis Cup Drawing Held by Challengers of American Team | By the Associated Press. | Argentina was the first country drawn in the Davis Tennis Cup draw- ing, held at the Pan-American Union today, with Secretary Kellogg taking the first number from the Bowl. The pairing for Argentina, swhich was {drawn in the Eurgpean zone, will be with Hungary |~ The other pairings in the Europecan | zone will be: Spain and Ireland, Great Britain _and Poland, Rumania and i Italy, Holland and Belgium, South Africa and Portugal: Austria, bye, to meet the winner of South Africa and Portugal: Sweden and Switzerland, | France and Denmark, India ‘and Czechoslovakia. In the American zone the Phity- pine Tslands will meet the winner of 4 the Japan and Mexico match. the oth- er pairings being Cuba and Canada. The drawing arrangement places Rumania-Ttaly, Holland-Belgium and South Africa-Portugal in the first round, the others coming in to the second round. Argentina was placed in the European group by her own election. The drawings were made by diplo- matic representatives of all the coun- tries participating in the match, which will result finally in determina- tion of the challenger nation to meet the American Davis Cup defenders in Philadelphia in September, this year. 'The Davis Cup committee will meet in New York tomorrow to com- plete arrangements. : { (/) Means Associated Press. MAY BRING INQUIRY has | re- | in some of these | 1o mittee. whose duty it is to see that | chusetts, chairman of the Republican | ate that | That seems | contests for the Republican nomina- | nly evening paper in Washington with the ted Press news Circulation, 104,050 TWO CENTS. HOUSE ROW STARTS OVERTUITION PLAN /IND.C. MONEY BILL Points of Order Made as New Legislation in Appropria- tion Measure. FUNK DEFENDS ITEM | BARRING OUTSIDE PUPILS {Sunday Law “Sermon” by Lank- ford Attacked by Treadway During Wrangle. The whaole Honse ¢ eng in committee of the in another vigorous :lich' on a provision in the District | appropriation bill today concerning | school attendance by Distriet and ryland pupils Representative erat Maryland order inst ! erence require child Virginia atten to pay tultion was sustained Chairman Funk tee that drafred | priation hill Gambrill, Demo. de a point of atfon in ref- provi; which would from Maryvland and ng the District schools This point of order 1 on of the subcommit the District appro- then offered an amend- ment which provided that children | from other States may be admitted | to the District on payment of tuition. | Mr. Gambrill also raised a point of order against this amendment. which was sustained New Amendment Offered. then offered an amend ment that no part of the appropria- tion shall be used for instruction of pupils who dwell outside of the Dis- trict. Again Mr. Gambrill made a point of order which this time was overruled. Representative Walton Moore, Democrat, of Virginia then pointed out that suhstantive law directs that children of Government employes <hall he admitted and taught free of charge” in the I schools. He tressed that the Funk amendment would have the effect of destroving this statute and would deprive the very class of people for whom the statute was enacted in 1915 Representative Black. Democrat, of | Texas. then offered a proviso on the “unk amendment that children of of- |ficers and men of the United States {Army. Navy and Marine Corps and |children whose parent or parents are {emploved by the Federal Government shall be admitted to the public schools without payment of tuition. Mr. Funk made a point of order. but later with- drew it. Holds System Unfair. During the debate on the Black proviso, Mr. Funk declared that it is “unfair, unworkable, unjust and un- economic™ for the people of Maryland land Virginia to have their children educated free in the District schools. | Mr. Funk told of one school in T: | koma Park where there are 800 chil- dren enrolled. 396 of whom live in the | District and 404 live in Maryland. while just over the Maryland line there is a splendid modern school | hause. two rooms of which are empty. ‘\Why don't the people of Maryland !educate their children in their own ! schools and not graft on the District {of Columbia?" he asked Representative Connall of Texas. spoke vigorously in support | of the Black amendment. Answering him, Representative Simmons of Ne- hraska, 2 member of the subcommit- tee on the District budget. insisted | that the appropriations committee is not attempting to legislate but that it is trying to fulfill a duty of proteet {inz the taxpavers of the Distriet | against being forced to pay for the | education of children from Maryland and Virginia. Consideration of the school items {was delayed at the outset of today’'s | session by a fight over the Sunday closing law. brought about when | Representative Treadway. Republic- an, of Massachusetts moved to ex |punge from the Record a lengthy sermon by Rev. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo I‘V( the New York Avenue Presbyterian |Church, inserted as part of his ex- tension of remarks on the Sunday !blue law hill by Representative Lankford. Democrat, of Georgia. Mr. Treadway claimed that Mr | Lankford had abused the privilese i granted him by the House by insert- !inz a lengthy sermon. the printin | of which, he claimea. rost the Gov- ernment $300 Mr. Lankford was defended by Representative Crisp. Democrat. of Georgia. a former parliamentarian of the House. The row ended when Mr. Treadway withdrew -his motion. Three Lively Fights. There were three lively fights yes- terday over pha of the bill—one between Representative Begg, Re- | publican, of Ohio. who threatened to | make points of order against new leg- islation in an appropriation bill, and Chairman Madden of the appropria- tions committee; another between Mr. | Madden and Representative Linthi- | cum, Democrat, of Maryland. when | the latter protested against new legis- {1ation in the bill which would make { children from suburban Maryland and rginia pay tuition in the District schools, and the third, when Rep: sentative Lowrey, Democrat, of Mis- sissippi. proposed to restore to the bill an anti-evolution provision which had been knocked out in committee. Representative Cramton. Republic- an. Michigan, who originated the lump-sum plan of contributions by the Federal Government toward the e penses of the National Capital, o fered an amendment making the $5.000.000 Jum m provision in the | “ontinued on Column 7. | TREATIES APPROVED. Committee Reports Favorably Pacts With Hungary and Esthonia. Favorable reports were ordered to day by the Senate foreign relations ~ommittee on commercial treaties with Hungary and Esthonia and the rum | treaty with Cuba. Because of the absence of several members the committee deferred further consideration of the Borah bill repealing the war time laws under which Countess Karolyi was excluded { from this countr l‘ For the same reason, the committes | postponed action on the Wheeer reso- lution proposing an investigation by the Senate inio the cxclusion of the | countesa. My K | Demoerat v | 1 i \l