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2 * THE KVENING CODLIDGE TO AVID | [_servee o1 . |, COLUNBS . BACKING RAIL BILL Will Sign It Under Protest, Putting Responsibility on Parties Involved. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ! Vresident Coolidge sign the Watson-FParl railroad bill under Protest. eans that he believes he presidential veto should not be in- terposed to prevent an experiment in ‘hie handling of ralroad disputes, but the experiment is unsuccessful he ill teel free to recommend an amend- ent such tor Curtis of Kan tried to get <. therefore, the raflroads and | s if they ghould get in((v[ have hed if | approved of the| puts the re- Iroad executives labor unions for mak- work successfuliy. tefr emp ' tangle whole-he: Watson T an he ng the « Objects to Eliminating Board. The Presigent’s objection to the « that in abolishing the Rallroad or Boar ermits aries te ontroversies namely b 1. two | i1 a he prolong rortatior oup, namely ra | oppor- | ally as | | Allen of i<ansas has of the third part” from the Wat- > the efforts of ansas and others provision inserted. spokesman of the Cool- has made it clear i that the Watson- 5 not an administration 1at no responsibility for If, of course, the tho White House and in the next ¥ text book it W as one of the achieve- epublican party. ened to Dawes Plan. the case when the Dawes-You Fhurope. laimed r plan wa pon the until the Dawes cess, where- 1 text book prompt- with prige to the part the ation had in bring- 1 into operation. mary way in_ poll- it that both the -|and fill furnish the greatest amount of Arkansas, cer Bl s it was ap- and Senate : number of Democrats, s of Loth po- it, nobody jponsible except the the labor lead- «ll parties will claim tive hievement. BILL AWAITS SIGNATURE. Vote for Measure as ssed by House. Senate tod Press. - of peace,” ugreed upon ves of u number of large leaders, awaits t Cool- the Senate as it vigorous e of its provi- mployers and woriers in the indu: is provided for in the measure. Public Ifeld Slighted. the put proved | and the raliroad | position was regis- of some of the nl nufacturers’ h Leld that shlppers" - were not | n the constdera- | | | tting of an ‘i’ In: the end, ca negative bal- Jrov establichment | Loards o justment to s in lal disputes | If these fail to agreement, it authorizes to appoint a Federal tion of five members tion. Should no settl hed in this way and a Shoeuld no settle- i in this way and a atened, the President vould set up un emergency board to | study and publish the facts involved ispute, which would be held for 30 days after the 3 Debate Grows Spirited. 'he <l - of debate on the casure br ited clashes, vith an aflirmative answer from Sen- ator Robinson, the Democratic leader, o the oft-pur question of Chairman Watson of the interstate © would favor compulsory In explaining his position ator Robinson he did not believe in compelling men to work aguinst their will, but added that the Nation could not live if there was u general strike on its railroade. A surprise was sprung by Senator Norbeck, Republican, South Dakota, with an amendment Droposing to re- peal the rate-making soction of the rans That was refected. 5 to of the proponents of *the record for thls amendment, while some opponents voted against it.” Adoption would have sent the mensure to conference. Title Change Move Fails. After the measure had been pass- @4 Senator Norbeck proposed to amend the title. but that effort fail- d without a roll call. Under his pro- posal the title would have read: *'A M to tnerease tho farmers’ working ‘day from 14 to 16 hours und to re- duoe the railroad men’s working day from § hours to 7 hours.” B S Nicaraguan Rebels Routed. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May 12 (@), Government advices say the revolu- ionists have been badly routed in & \attlo near the extinct volcano of Mo- acho, in the vicinity of Gra Many were kil ARz~ EWING | CHARLLES J. COLUMBUS, Secretary of the Merchants and Mann- facturers’ Assoclation of W ington, today resigned to become general man- ager of the Board of Trade and Trans- portation of New York. PRESIDENT STANDS FIRM ON FARM BILL Veto Seen of Any Measure In- volving Price Fixing or Federal Control. The teeling among those who have discussed farm relief legislation with the President recently 1s that the lat- ter, while anxlous to sec some reme- dtal legislation enacted at this session, is strongly opposed to the so-called radical principies involved in the Haugen Lill now pending in the House and that he very ltkely would not sign this measure if it was passod. President Coolidge has frequently told members of Congress and others who have sought his views regarding this measure that he was opposed to the Haugen bill principally because it provided for governmental control and price fixing. He also locks with disfavor upon the creation of a re- volving fund of $375,000,000 to be ad- vanced from the Treasury to dispose of farm surpluses. It is the contention of those under- stood to be in the President's confi- dence that he will sign no farm rellef legislation unless he is satisfled in his mind that it {s economicaly sound of rellef to the greatest number of people. Gives Views to Leaders. He has made his position verv clear to the administration leaders, both in the House, where the farm legislation is now belng considered, and in the Senate. The administration forces are opposing the Haugen bill, and doing all they can to advance the Tincher bill, which is looked upon by the ad- ministration as belng more conserva- tive, and which, with some modific: tions, would be signed by the Pr dent if it 8 passed. President Coolidge is particularly interested in this legislation and is closely watching the developments in the House, He also is especially in- terested in the legislation pending to regulate the radio industry. The Pres- ident is opposed to the efforts being made to get through the Senate the legislation that would create an in- dependent board or commission to control this industry. He wants to see the control of the radlo industry maintained by the Department of Commerce us is provided in the White | bill passed by the House. Besides this, the President is ‘opopsed to cre- ating any more independent Govern- | ment bureaus. As a matter of fact, he is anxious to see the pruning knife used by Congress on the number now in existence, and has recommended the reorganization and abolishment of nearly all of them. G. 0. P. Senators Entertained. Legislation was discussed in an in- formal manner at another breakfast conference held at the White Iouse this morning when the President had as his guests 11 Republican Senators. It was stated afterward that nothing of any great importanc was discussed, and thet no significance should be at- tached to this gathering. This con- ferences, like the other breakfast gatherings preceding it this Spring, waus more of social nature than any thing else, according to the White House viewpoint. Those who attended today's con- ference were Senators Johnson of California, Keyes of New Hampshire, ‘Willis of Ohbio, Cameron of Arizona, Harreldand Pine of Oklahoma, Couzens x of Michigan, Butler of Massachusetts, | Means of Colorado, Bingham of Con- | necticut and Robinson of Indiana. Senator Bingham later saw the | President in his office and presented a. large delegation representing the Con- nectlcut Chamber of Commerce, who invited the President to attend the annual meeting of their organization to be held in New London, Conn., June 23 next. The President took the invitation under advisement. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR ALTON B. PARKER By the Associated Press. 1 i ventions. LEAVESHL DM Will Take Position in New York After 13 Years in Local Post. Charles J. Columbus, for the past 13 years secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association of this STAR, WASHINGTON i ! city, this afternoon tendered his resig- { nation to the hoard of governors of that organization at meeting in The Star Building. Mr. Columbus is leaving to become general manager of » Bourd of Trade and Transporta- tion of New York He will as- e his ne bout June 1, During the period that Mr. Columbus has been secretary of the iocal organ- izatlon he has worked tirelessly and successfully for the improvement and veloprent of { ditions in the Natfonal Capital, and, it was said by those familtar with his work, that it was his activity in_the National Capital that decided the New York organization to reach out for him as its general manager. Was Born in Washington. Mr. Columbus was born and has spent all his time hLere. He was edu- cated in the local schools and early aspired ¢o enter tho business world, starting as a bundle wrapper in a local mercantile house. He later be- came n messenger, and_subsequently entered a newspaper office as office boy, going into the composing room and learning the trade of printer. Desiring to become & writer, while serving his apprenticeship. he obtained a chain of trade papers and wrote for them from here, and also promoted many local mercantile shows and con- It was Mr. Columbus who put on the first style show ever held here. During the course of his work for the trado papers he became ac- quainted with many local merchants, and a short time after the Retall Merchants’ Assoclation was formed he was appointed its secretary, and remained when that organization was changed into the present body and its scope was widened in July, 1918, During Mr. Columbus' regime the organization of which he was secre- tary brought advertising vigtlan t Washington, and organized its first vigilance committee, to insist upon truth in advertising in Washington. Mr. Columbus, for the instituted the first organized credit bureau in Washington, which now has developed a list of 150,000 names and has branched out into a separate organization. Fought for Leogislation. Mr. Columbus has been most active and successful in oltaining legisla- tion on behalf of the buelness in- terests of Washington, whicn also was of benefit to the entire pcpula- tion. Among such may be mentioned the so-called Lad check law, the law against fake euctions predominant here a few years ago, when wveople were mulcted of thousands of dullars the false advertising law and the regulation limiting the time in the city for itinerant shows. Along about the war period the a soclation, through the efforts of Mr. Columbus, became interested in behalf of the Government in urging pre- paredness. He has conducted nua- erous trips of the local merchants in the adjaceut territory in the interest of bringing trade and business to Washington, establishing the fomous slogan of “Buy in and Boost for Washington.” During the war these booster trips were turned iuto re- cruiting campaigns in the adjacent territory as an aid to the Govern- ment in helping to obtain recruits. On Charities Committee. In addition to being secretary of the local trade organization, he is secre- ta of the charities indorsement nmittee, which determines what arities should be approved as recipi- ents of contributions for local work. He wus the first secretary and active worker for the Washington Audi- torfum. Civic affairs have not been lost sight of during his regime, although the organization primarily is a buei- ness organization. Many civic proj- ects, such as street lighting in the business areas, b oped He was th ‘Shop Barly—Mail ' slogan, and co- operated with the Post Office Depart- ment in developing it to its present cffectiveness, in getting the Yuletide work done well before Christmas, so that the day is a real one of rest for 'he local organization recefved his gnation withe onsiderable regret, HAUBEN ACCEPTS $200,000000 CUT res Would Levy Equalization Fee at Once. By tue Associated Pre Important changes in the Haugen farm-reliet bill, including reduction of the price stabilization appropriation from $375,000,000 to $175,000,000, were NEW YORK, May 12—Funeral services for Alton B. Parker, noted jurist and presidential candidate, were held toduy in St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Fifth avenue. Political and business leaders served as honorary pall bearers. Tollowing the service the cortege proceeded to Kingston, where the Ma~ eonic ritual was read over the grave in the Parker family plot. Represen- tatives of 20 organizations with which the deceased was connected, were rep- resented at the funeral. The honorary pall bearers included Charles Kvans Hughes and Charles M. Schwab. Judge Parker died Mon- day while driving through Central Park. He was 73 years of age. WILBUR LAUDS CHILDREN. Praises Washington's Work Ironsides Campaign. Gratification over the showing made by the children of the Wash- ington schools in contributing toward the $500,000 fund for the rebuilding of the frigate Constitution was ex- pressed today by Secretary of the in agreed upon today by supporters of the measure. One of the amendments decided upon was immediate imposition of an | equalization fee on sales of basic crops to furnish funds for handling the surplus problem. As drawn, the hill ;:mld have deferred this fee for two ars. Offered as Compromise. In announcing the changes, Chair- man Haugen of the agriculture com- mittee, author of the bill, explained that he would offer the amendments tomorrow in an effort to reach a com- promise with opponents of the legis- lation. One of the principal attacks o bill has been based on the ln.rl’; ;‘:fi propriation and postponement of the equalization fee. By levying the fee at once, Mr. Haugen said, there will be no ground for charges of subsidy, because the funds advanced will be secured by this assessment on the pro- ducers. ‘The decision to amend the bill was reached after conferences of many House members and delegates from Middle Western farm organizations. Acceptable to Corn Belt. Mr. Haugen said the bill in fts Navy Wilbur. The children in the local schools raised $8,004, according to advices received at the Navy Department today. “T am very highly gratified at the contribution made by the children of the Washington schools,” said Secretary Wilbur, “and the partfci- fonof the children in the campaign, ‘e are very grateful for the co- operation of the school authorities. “We think that the efforts of the ‘Washington children will be most helpful throughout the country in raising the necessary sum. ““Fhe amount rajsed at naon yester- da; was §100,000 4 amended form would be acceptable to the corn-belt delegation. Another amendment to be offered by Chalrman Haugen will provide that the maximum amount to be charged cotton growers to repay loans would be $2 a bale. There would be no equalization fee on cotton, but members of co-operative associations would be asses to secure funds ad- m by the proposed Federal Farm The new market place of Ovideo, ‘will cost nearly $600,000 and will have modern equipment includ- vefrigerating plafi. ] g o luge association. | Compromise on Farm Bill Also| I i | 1 i «ivic and business con- | | ! Upper, left to right: Representatives Leonidas G. Dyer of Missouri, chairman; Charles A. Christopherson of Richard Yates of Illinois, Nathan Strother of Weet Virginia: gamacl (. Malor of Missour trof yest Vi ; Samuel C. Major of Missouri. - r‘h ntatives Royal H. Weller of New York, William B. Bowling of Alabama, Zebulon enry St. George Tucker of Virginia. South Dakota, wer, left to rig] Weaver of North Carolina and H D. O, Pearlman of New York. VOIGT'S 63 LEADS GOLF TOURNAMENT District Champion Shoots %! Sensationally in Chevy Chase Medal Round. George J. Voigt of the Bannock- burn Golf Club, performing {n charac- teristic championship style, shot a score of 69 to lead & field of 118 golf- ers in the qualifying round of the Chevy Chase Club Spring invitation tournament today. Voigt, who s the amateur golf champion of the Dis. trict, was out in 3G, exactly par, and back in 34, also par figures, for his card of 69. The score made by the Dis- trict amateur champion today s a new amateur record for the Chevy Chase Club course. Voigt's rcore follows: Out 4 4 4 3 4 6 4 5 835 In 4533344 4¢ 0 Voigt played hie qualifying round with Harry G, Pitt of the Manor Club, whose card was 79. Other Scores Today. The next score to that of Voigt was a 76, made by A. L. Houghton of the Maror Club, while Walter R. Tucker- man of Chevy Chase, scored 77. Other scores follo’ Henry D. Nicholson, ‘Washington, 83; Roger Coombs, Kirk- side, 84; John Maxwell, Merion, 85; R. J. Morman, Washington, 85; J. L. Hopkins, Washington, §7; Dr. T. M. Foley, Chevy Chase, $9; Marshall Morgan, jr., Manor, 90 M. John- ston, Bannockburn, 90 G. Brant- ley, ir., Chevy Chase . 8. Pope, Indian Spring, 91; nockburn, D. Kirkpatrick, Washington, 95; W. L. Hillyer, Chevy Chase, 93; G. H. Llewellyn, Bannock- {burn, $3; M. H. Robb, Bannockburn, | 99. Chris J. Dunphy of Columbia, a | previous winner of the tournament and a former District champlon, withdrew from the event and will not play. { Four flights of sixteen each were { to gualify in the Chevy Chase classic today, with the sixteen making up the first flight competing tomorrow and Friday at match play for the Presi- dent's and Vice President’s trophies, presented to the club by President aft and Vice President Sherman. Although the rolling fairways of Chevy Chase have been baked out, the putting greens, carefully groomed, under the direction of the golf com- mittee, headed by Morven Thompson, have attalned their usual Springtime perfection and ave true and fast. The entry list is unusually small |because of the handicap restriction. | Desiring to keep the size of the fleld down, club officials last year set a restriction on tournament guests of a club handicap of 14 or less. Three (Canadlans have entered the tourney, put George £. Lyon and Frank Thom- son of Toronto, outstanding tourna- ment flgures in other years, are not entered this year. Carroll Loses Plea. NEW YORK, May 12 (#).—The de- murrer to the indictment charging | perjury agasnst Earl Carroll, theatrical | producer, in connection with grand |$ury investigation of his “bathtub i party” was denied by Federal Judge Goddard yesterday. v | Evidence that joy-riding has extend- ed to the younger set who operate “gkooters” or ‘“scudder-cars” will be presented Saturday at the police sale of unclaimed and abandoned property at the Notes auctioneering house, 633 Loulsiana avenue, when three skooters will be placed on sale, to- gether with a baby carriage, a safe, six automobiles, a motor cycle and a vast array of miscellaneous articles. These skooters were found aban- doned on local streets evidently after the young joy-riders, who “pinched” them, had deserted the vehicles which cheered their dissipating hours. The safe, however, which has not yet been opened, is the mystery of the sale. It may contain liquor. It may contain drugs. At first consideration was given to placing it on sale with its “‘contents sight unseen,” but after Property Custodian McGrath, with his assistants, Policemen Wall and Mountgomery, went into conference over the possibilities that an investi- gation might lead to, arrangements were made to have a good cracksman open the safe before the sale, so as not to distribute any contraband articles into public channels through the abetment of the Police Depart- ment. The possibility that liquor or drugs may be behind the locked doors of this large safe. which measures six feet by tour feet, was enhanced 9 R. M. Brown, Ban- | } | perpetrator of the crime. that the evidence submitted by the 20 to Attend Tea Served in Plane Flying Over City By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., May 12.—Twen- ty guests will be entertalned at At- lanta’s first “aerfal tea,” several thousand feet above the city to- morrow, when Mrs. Roscoe Turner, wife of Capt. Roscoe Turner, noted air pilot, will be host in & gigantic Sikorsky elirplane piloted by her husband, it was announced today. Tea and tarts will be the princi- pal iftems on the menu and they will be served by a walter from the Biltmore Hotel. Tea trays, cups, saucers, spoons, sugar bowls and napkins will be used in the service, according to plans. WAN MAY LEARN FATE BEFORE NIGHT Arguments of Counsel to Con- tinue Today—Jury Then to Get Case. Ziang Sun Wan, Chinese stucent, charged with killing Ben Sen Wu, undersecretary at the Chinese Educa- tional Mission, in 1919, may know his fate by nightfall. Arguments of coun- sel were started when the court met at 9 o'clock and will continue until late this afternoon. Justice Hoehling will then instruct the jurors and sub- mit to the 12 men the question of the guilt or innocence of the accused. This i3 the third time the question has been submitted to an American Jury. Onee, in January, 1820, a jury quickly reported a verdict of gullty and Wan was sentenced to be hanged. A new trial was granted by the United States Supreme Court because of “third-degree”’ methods of the police in securing statements from the pris- oner. A second trial was held last January and a jury, after deliberating about 24 hours, reported a disagree- ment. The jurors are understood to have voted 10 to acquit and 2 to con- vict. The third trial was started just one month ago. The opening argument for the prose- cution was made by George D. Horn- ing, jr., assistant United States at- torney, who submitted a strong plea for conviction. Attorney A. Owsley Stanley, former Senator from Ken- tucky, in the opening argument for the defense, urged the acquittal of the ac cused. He was foliowed by Attorney Wilton J. Lambert, chief counsel for the Chinese, who pointed out that the prosecution had failed to sustain the burden of proof to show beyond a reasonable doubt that Wan was the He urged Government might as well apply to some other person as to Wan. TUnited States Attorney Gordon con- cluded the argument for the Govern- ment. He drove home the points of the prosecution which were outlined by Horning and asserted that there could be no doubt from the evidence that Wan was guilty of the charge. ABANDONED SCOOTERS LISTED IN UNCLAIMED PROPERTY SALE Automobiles, Tires, Pedometer, Cots, Drug Store Safe and Bushel of Jewelry to Be Sold Saturday. when fts origin was cheked up, and it was found it was an unclaimed article which had been set in the street dur- ing dispossession of a drug store. The contents, if legitimate, will be sold with the safe. There's a bushel of rings and watches which will go under the hammer of the auctioneer. As usual, bicycles which had been stolen and abandoned, thus falling into police hande and unclaimed by the owners, will form a considerable part of the inventory of goods to be #old, more than 76 being listed. There are more than 30 automobile tires on the list and four shotguns, one of these being a double-barrel affair, Two lonesome piano rolls and a deserted baby carriage will also go under the hammer. Several hoys’ wagons, also suspected of having been part of joy-riding escapades, are also listed. “ A set of drawing instruments and a batch of stone cutter’s tools will go on the block, in addition to six cots and a pedometer. A large number of vanity cases, handbege, satchels and valises are among the other articlés The sale this Jeaz il fnclude o sale heretofore. It is expected, h?l tatal of 00 WEDNESDAY, urtz of Pennsylvanis, John J. Gorman of Illinois, James ¥. MAY 12, 1926. | i i i N T | | NEW BILL PROVIDES FEDERAL GUARDIAN HELP SHRINE FUND Smithsonian and Labor De- partment Employes Give $238.22 for Memorial. Twao more groups of employes the Capital's public buildings h: contributed substantial sums tows the fund of $£200.000 being ralsed the Dist 14 War Memorlal Potonac Employes of the Smithsonian Tnsti tution joined in ralsing a total of $143.90 as their share in the campafen. and employes of the Departr of Labor responded to the eity-wide ap- peal by contributing $9 Both donations were acKnowledged today by John Poole, treasurer of the | memorial drive. One of the interesting individual gifts reported today was that of a gold etar mother, Mrs. Willlam . Bagley of the Dupont apartnent, who sent her check for $10 to the n.emorial | commission. Mrs. Frank J. Bell sent in a similar sum in memory of Lieut. George W. Seibold. Others whose subscriptions have Just been recelved included J. Sanders, who contributed $23, and H. W. Fisher and son, $10. COPELAND REPORTS FEDERAL COAL BILL Senate Measure Gives Wide Powers to President in Event of Emergencies. One for Each State and D. C. to Handle Cases of Men- tally Il Veterans. Establishment of a Federu! Board of Guardians in the Veterans' Bureau to supervise the handling of cases of mentally incompetent soldiers both throughout the country and in the 1 District of Columbja is provided in ! & bill introduced in the Senate today | by Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania. The board would consist of a chair- 1 AN to be appointed by the director of | the Veterans’ Bureau and 49 members, one for each ftate and the District of Columbia. Each member would be appointed by the director of the bu- reau from & list of not less than three names of residents of the respective localities, such names to be submitted by the governors of the States and in the case of the District, by the Dis- trict Commissioners. Members of the board would be pald under the classi- flcation act and in all other respects be considered officers of the bureau. Meet Three Times Yearly. The board would be required to meet at loast three times a year at a place to be designated by the chairman and it would be the duty of the board to consider all prob- lems in respect to the protection of mentally incompetent veterans, their estates or the estates of their minor dependents, to make such recom- mendations to the director of the ! bureau for transmittal to Congress | for remedial or corrective legls! ‘uon and to formulate plans for in | creasing the efficiency of the guard- { fanship service. | _Each member would be required | ‘mlmolmgl to co-top&rnle with the | | onal officers o e bureau for | each State and the District of Co- | lumbia, to supervise all matters re- lating to guardianship of veterans and beneficlaries in each State and to make recommendations in re- spect of such matters to the chuir- man in accordance with the regulu- tions. The last section of the pro- posed law reads as follows: Protection for Patients. “Any member may, after recom- mendation to the chairman and with the approval of the dircctor, intervene in any guardianship case if he be- lieves that such cuse is not being properly handled, and cause the pay- ment of compensation to Lc withheld until the matter is adjusted to the satisfaction of the director and such member. If the member belicves that the guardian appointed for any vet- eran or beneficiary is not properiy per- forming his duties, he may recom- mend that a new guurdian be ap- pointed and submit evidence to the court of local jurisdiction. The di- rector is authorized to require the ap- pointment of a new guardian to per- form all dutles for such veteruns or beneficlaries authorized under this act in accordance with regulations hore- inafter issued by the United States Veterans’ Bureau.” The bill will be referred to a com. mittee for report. E.A.GRANT HEADS | EPWORTH LEAGUE Ernest A. Grant of the Rosedale Chapter of the Epworth League, who was al%f;tm pnd“ &en;s of the Wash- ington district e Epworth o last night, will be installed me closing session of the annual meet- ing tonight at the Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and Al- | lison_streets. ! Other officers elected were: \Miss Mary Lommis of Calvary Chapter, first vice president: Miss Jessie Hol- land of Waugh ClLapter, second vice president; Miss Lols Connell of Mc- Kendree Chapter, third vice president; Arthur Stred of Union Chapter, fourth vice president; Harold Dennison of Congress Helghts Chapter, treasurer; Miss Elizabeth Main of Lincoln Road Chapter, corresponding secretary; Miss Celia Boley of Dumbarton Chap- ter, recording secretary, and Miss Mary E. Kenniston of North Capitol Chapter, Junior League superintend- ent. The officers will Le installed by Rev. Dr. J. Phelps Hand, District superin- tendent of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Bishop H. Lester Smith of the Mon- tana area of the church, who for many years was pastor of the First M. E. Church of Detroit, will deliver a sermon upon his elevation to the Episcopacy. Bishop Smith attended the session of the Board of Bishops of the Methodist Church, which has just been concluded here. Rev. 8. Carroll Coale, pastor of the McKendree M. E. Church, will tell of the Summer institute at Mountain Lake Park, ‘The meeting last night, attended by nearly 400 members of the alstrict league, which bas a membership of about 5,000 in churches in the District of Columbia and nearby Maryland and Virginia. was presided over by the vutgoing president, Themas Kidwell. | | Machinery for dealing with future coal emergencies is provided in a bill favorably reported to the Senate today by Senator Copeland of New York from the committes on education and a subcommittes of which made reful study of the problem fol- g the recent anthracite strike. measure would accomplish the following things: Authorize the Bureau of Mines of the Department of Commerce to es- tablish and operate a fact-finding bu- reau to collect all possible data re- lating to the production, distridution and sale of coa! Mediating of Disputes. Authorize the President to employ officers or existing agencies of concilia- tion to mediate disputes when the parties are unable to agree directly. The Chief Executive also would be authorized to endeavor to have the disputants submit to voluntary arbi- tration. This portion of the bill is modeled somewhat along the lines of the railroad labor DLill just passed by Congress. B Should all such efforts fail. the President would be empowered to create an emergency coal board, which would be required to report within 30 days whether or not jt be- lieves the public was lfkely to be deprived of an adequate supply of fuel or whether interstate shipment of fuel was about to be seriously in- terrupted. Shlguld the emergency board reach such conclusions, the President would be authorized to proclaim the existence of an emergency threatening to Impair the health, safety and welfare of the people. Revises Law of 1922, The declaring of such £n emergency would authorize the President to revive the law of September, 1922, “' act to declare ¢ national emergency to ‘exist in the production, transportation and distribution of coal and other fuel, granting additional powers to the TUhnited States Commission, providing for the appointment of a Federal fuel distributor, for the declaration of car service priorities during the emerg- ency and to prevent the sale of fuel at unjust and unreasonably high prices. These powers to deal with the coal problem, the committec reported, would continue and remain within the discretion of the President unless Congress should provide otherwise. The committes states in its report that the proposal originally contained in the bill which would have author- ized the President to take over and operate coal mines, was considered unwise, aud eliminated from the measure now recommended. Discu: ing the striking out of this feature, the report savs: “The aim of the proposal was to make provision for an adequate supply of fuel at reasonable prices, and to get it by this unusual method if it could be had in mno other way. It need not be pointed out that grave constitutional questions are in- volved in this suggestion. No one can doubt that in extreme emerg- encies it might become necessary to face the legal issues involved in such an act. Tt was the opinion of the majority of the committee, how. ever, that no good end could be served by forcing such issues in the absence of immediate necessity. “In all human probability, if the people of the United States should have forced upon the country a con- dition so critical as the menace of a coal famine, the Congress would be convened. In the face of dire neces- sity, it would not take long to pass the laws essential to seizure of the mines for operation during the emergency. _On this account, there seems no predent reason to precipitate a debate on & measure so advanced as_this.” ‘The committee included in its report an excerpt from the statement of Pres- ident Coolidge last year, in which he urged upon Congress the need for coal legislation. The report also con- tains the recommendations of the },;r:lsted States Coal Commission of Today in Congress Senate. The Senate began consideration of the branch banking bill. ‘The special committee inquir- ing into the Tariff Commission resumed hearings, with Henry H. Glassie on the stand. Agriculture committee contin- ued hearings on the milk and cream bill Irrigation committee met to consider a number of Western ir- rigation projects. Public lands committee is meet- ing again this afternoon on the bill for the acceptance of the Shenandoah and Smoky Moun- tain national parks. Indian affairs committee is meeting this afternoon on pend- ing bills. House. The House after passing 21 bills in 45 minutes today took a brief recess in order to go ahead with naval affairs legislation. ———— Eyeglasses and spectacles from America, that were fitted in South Americ Tnat vear had a tote! vatwe of 0 b ITWO MORE GROUPS | SCHOOL FIRE PERI JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE OF HOUSE FOR FENNING PROBE ! * TROUBLESBOARD 'Conference Held With Com- missioners to Remove Hazards Reported. Admittedly appailed and nonplusse over the fire marshal's report of fire hazards in the District public schools members of the Board of Educatior and school authorities conferres with the Commissioners today in ar effort to determine definitely wha procedure to follow In making the necessary corrections The three jproble tie school officials submitted to the Com missioners for solution were: Whether school auditorfums shoul« be clasvifie] as theuters and required to Install expen steel curtairne and other fire pre n_apparatus Whether the dr: reg tions governing public garages shou he applied to auto mechanic shops in the technical high schools What steps should be take remedy defeetive structural tlons in the schools as o the fire marshal’s report. Questions Debated Long. These questions were presented Dr. Henry B. Learned. ch the committee on build and equipment of the ¢ 1s which th fu 3 | making a defl be applicable to the o &hop 1 th k | | are emptied of g taken into th Frank W. } would be diff] quirement, work a lard test the m them. possible to separ: the main sct would be a costly proposi Consideration of the que: whether the Cent torium is a theater - debate DLe ] Supt. Ball that it is a simflar fros and asser to classify that school not in accordance with tions.” gene Might Use Ashestos. i heavy stek] curtains the Fire Department recommend for the high scheol stages, Dr. Ball emphasized, constitute e hazard themselves as theyr are likely to fal Chief Watson id that an asbestos curtain with a steel me would be acceptable. Fire Marshal Leonard V. Seit however, told the Commissloners tha the Central stage is ot properl: equipped for fire protection | of the Fire Deparunent’s com nt that it comstituted a fire ha Dr. Learned advised the Commis sioners that the Loard “‘was rathe appalled” at the numerous recon mendations of the fire marshal fc structural changes in the schools an that its members were not famiila with such technical detalis and coul not proceed to correct the criticize conditions. He urged that the District e gineers classify the recommendation: in the order of their importance s that steps could Le taken to carrv them out. Dr. Ballou also emph: sized that there is no one on the school staff competent to determine the comparative importance of the recommendations. Those who attended the conferenc: besides Chief Watson, Fire Marche Sefb, the Commissioners, Dr. Ballo and Dr. Learned were Edwin C. Gr: ham, president of the School Boarc Muniecipal Architect Albert L. Harric Garnet C. Wilkinson, first assistar superintendent of schools: Mrs. How ard L. Hodgkins, member of th. board; Maj. Raymond O. Wilmart! business manager of the schools, and Deputy Fire Marshal Charles ¢ Ashstetter. PR A — NANCY HOYT SAI LS. Miss Nancy Hoyt, ! 1 elist of this city, is sailing from Ne York for Europe today—to collect nev materfal for a novel—according tu word recelved here. She is accon panied by her mother, Mrs. Henry M Hoyt, widow of the Solicitor Genere durlig President Taft's administr: tion. Miss HMoyt's first “Rour { about,” has been on the market eral weeks, and she is now prepari to write another one, and s going to Europe to collect material for it l PIMLICO ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. ¥IRST RACE—-] and up: claiming Miss Fayetto . *Cobra . +De la Sabl *D, ream Make: *Steel Ribs Dr. Chus. Wel *Contract’ ... . $1.3 searolas 6 furlone. *Fred Dubner. 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