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“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- s delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature; lowest tonight about 36 degrees. Temperatures—Highest, 43, at noon today; lowest, 33, at 9 p.m. yesterday. “ . 4 DISHISSAL ASKED | Full report on T ge 5. e st *Closing N.Y. Stocks —e— o. 30,198. Entered as secol post office, Wa and Bonds, Page 10 nd class matter shington, D. ¢, b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1927—FORTY PAGES. (#) Means Associated Pr as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,878 TWO CENTS. INQUIRY IN'SENATE Maine Senator Reverses His Position by Secking to End Investigation. ALLEGED CANADIAN ACT DECLARED IRRELEVANT King Opposes Move, Insisting Probe as to Fitness Should Be Carried Through. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator Arthur R. Gould of Maine, | whose right to retain his t has| boen challenged on the charge that 14 years ago he bribed a Canadian of- | the suggestion of M. O. Eldridge, di- shington’s entire metropolitan police force tomorrow will be concen trating its attention on the wantonly reckless operators of light delivery trucks whose careless speeding usurpation of the rights of pede: and other motorists has turned the traffic stream of the National Capital into a menacing maelstrom. Along with the order issued today by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superin- tendent of police, calling upon motor cycle and bicycle officers and patrol men to bring a summary end to the hazardous situation now prevailing, rector of traffic, that employers can do much to assist toward this end. Declaring that the unbridled exhi- bitions of lawless driving by delivery car operators constitutes the grav traffic situation in the city today, M Eldridge believes t employel ficial with $100,000, appeared through counsel today before the Senate pmi»; los 1d clections subcommittee and | requested that the investigation be | dismissed. He claimed that the Senate | bad no jurisdiction in the matter on | the ground that it could not expel a | Senator for an act committed before | the Senator became a member of the upper house. To this proposal Senator King of Utah, Democratic member of the Sen- | ate committee, objected. He contend- 1 that the Senate had already ordered an investigation in the Gould case. e insisted the proper course was for the subcommittee to continue inquiry and report to the Senate. At the time the resolution for nquiry, offered by Senator Walsh of Mon ame up for consideration dn the Se Senator Gould joined With the request that the investiga- tion be made. In his recommendation to the committee today, he stated he had become convinced, after study of the precedents and the Constitu- tion, that the Senate had no jurisdic- tion in the matter even though he was willing to have the investigation made. Fleming Given Honors. Frederick W. Hinckley of counsel for Senator Gould during his argu- ment before the committee today de- clared that former Premier Fleming of the Province of New Brunswick, the official to whom Senator Gould is alleged to have given a bribe, had continued to live in New Brunswick and is now a member of the Canadian Parliament. Nothing, he said, has ever been done to Mr. Fleming in % connection with the charge that he had been bribed. { The charge that Senator Gould had | bribed former Premier Fleming im| connection with some railroad con- struction in which Senator Gould was interested was based on @ report made by Judge McKeweon as arbi- rator in a claim submitted by Gould of $400,000 to himself es. Mr. Hinckley told committee that McKeweon was eppointed to arbitrate this matter by the late Premier Clark, a brother-in- law of the judge. Clark, Mr. Hinckley said, had at one time tried “to hold up Senator Gould for. $50,000, wWhich was refused.” Mr. Hinckley told the committee that there was every evi- dence that the $400,000 should have been paid to Senator Gould and his essociates, but that had been prevent- ved by the finding of Judge McKeweon that there was bribery. Premier Clark is dead now, is he not?” asked Senator Walsh of Mon- tana. s, replied Mr. Hinckley. Argument Is Continued. Argument for Senator Gould on the request that the inquiry be dismissed was not concluded when the commit- tee adjourned to attend the session of the & e. It probably will continue this afternoon. In his request to the committee for a dismissal of the inquiry Senator Gould pointed out that the action com- plained of, if committed at all, was committed Jong before he was elected ‘and became a member of the Senate; that Senator Walsh, who presented tae resolution for an investigation, ad- mitted that the action complained of, if committed at all, was committed more than 14 years hefore the election of Senator Gould. Senator Gould also pointed out that all the essential facts contained in the resolution of inquiry were published in the newspapers of | Maine during the election campalgn and were fully known and understood by the voters before the election, and | that the voters of Mai upon the fitness of a Senator. contended that the authority under the expel one of its mem-| te has Constitutior hers even thou; some crime, w volving mo committed by (his election, 1 it should find that | demeanor or act in. turpitude had been | member previous to ‘ provided there was no| relation between the crime, misde- meanor olving moral turpi- tude and his election. He denled that he had committed any offense. Challenges Senate Action. itention Senator trained to chal- power of the! his ¢ ion and imittee to make the | rmly believes that in contravention of tate of Maine and teed by the arguing in investigation, 1 were te had no favor of id the convinced ght to expel 1d even if he were guilty d-against him, would f it went ahead with of Utah interrupted n if he were convinced had no jurisdiction in 1 believed the com. wke the inquiry and Senate. Senator man_of hortridge Be of oned the counsel, but 1id not indicate how they would vote on the proposal to discontinue the investigatic ques Distinction Ts Di Counsel fc phatic in Gould case has no conne ¢ clection or primary fraud therefore it was entirely separate and tinct from the cases of Senators- w uld was em ration that the tion with an 1 that his decl | dangerous violations. |-established, however, {5,230 in 1924. might help by demanding strict ol dience to the traffic laws and by invi ing the public to submit reports of These two moves consitute the most important steps in the campaign to deal drastically with these drivers until they are brought definitely and permanently within the law, which provides a maximum speed of 18 miles an hour for the pneumatic-tired truck POLICE TO SPOT TRUCK DRIVERS IMPERILING ALL OTHER TRAFFIC BY GOULD OF BRIBE| checke-p Begins Tomorronw to End Reck- less Practices—Public Is Asked to Report Offenders. and 15 miles an hour for those with solid tire There are no exceptions to these speed limits in the e of commercial vehicles nd they are rontinu; being driven at specds as high 22 to 30 miles an hour, the range allowed passenger vehicle Inquiri at the District Building and among citizens generally evok {not a single word in defense of the drivers who have left a trail of fatal or serfous accidents in all parts of the | city where the light delive vehicle | speeds iis deadly and destructive way, While 1 these transgr ons of the traftic gulations and the rights of others do not result seriously, the mental torture to which both pedes: trian and motorist are subjected b the practices of the commercial vehicle driver have brought his universal and vigorous denunciation. That one class should presume contemptuously to! terrigy and harass thou ds on the treets dail. is a significant trend t cal impe ively for action, observers declare. In the downtown area where these vehicles are concentrated during the ! rush hours of pedestrian traffic, they | contribute immeasureably to the dif- ficulty experienced by foot traffic in fety zones and car loading | While the passenger auto- mobile, the taxi and the bus also are factors in this particularly trying | sit it is the commercia’ " (Continued on Page 4, Column platforms. MINISTER TO GHINA CALLED TO GAPITAL MacMurray Coming to Talk Over Oriental Situation With Secretary Kellogg. By the Associated Press. PEKING, January 4.—Announce- ment was made today that John V. A. MacMurray, American Minister to China, has been called to Washing- ton for a conference with Secretary Kellogg regarding Chinese affairs. The news has created the liveliest in- terest_in diplomatic corps. Mr. Mac- Murray will sail January 25 from Yokohama aboard the President Cleve- land. Charge d'Affaires Mayer will act during his absence. HANKOW AGAIN QUIET. American Sailors Land to Aid British, But Chinese Desist in Attack. HANKOW, January 4 (#).—Han- kow was quiet today following the disturbance in which British marines held at bay several thousand Chi- ARMED GIRLAIDS ROBBERY INPARK Blonde Holds Pistol Againstg Victim While Companion Re- lieves Him of $72. A well-modulated “stick ‘em up” from the lips of a smiling blonde, who | held the muzzle of an automatic | against his side while her “gentleman | friend” robbed him of $72, lent some- | thing of romance to Antone Duarty’s first hold-up adventure early today in Rock Creek Park. “She was chic and pretty,” Duarty, a war veteran residing at 1215 Ken- nedy street, related today. ‘“Red pic-| ture hat, framing a laughing face; black coat, pink dress and light hosiery. And her voice was smooth and musical.” e s Duarty described the hold-up in de- tail. He was driving from Chevy Chase by way of Ross road, near the deserted park police lodge in the heart | of the park, he said, when the figure of a man emerged from a red road- ster just ahead and blocked his way. It was about 2:30 o'clock. nese coolies who attacked the British concession yesterday. American sallors were landed dur. ing the evening at the request of British authorities, but were held at headquarters and not used in_the scrimmage. The American blue- Jackets later returned to their ship. Incited by anti-British speeches at a New Year celebration on the banks of the Yangtse River, the horde of yelling Chinese moved against the British quarter. In their path were a few British policemen, and they stood their ground when stoned. Twenty sailors of British warships in the Yangtse joined the policemen. They fixed bayonets to their rifles, and they used their rifles as clubs in exchanging blows with the charging mob, but they did not fire. Marines, bastily landed, reinforced the small party. ks Twenty coolies bore down on one sailor, wrested his rifle 'l‘:‘b_m him and (Continued on Page 5, Column 2. o e CANAL PAYS $23,901,540. New Transit Record Set by Pan- ama Waterway. PANAMA, Canal Zone, January 4 (P).—Vessels passing through the Panama Canal during 1926 pald tolls the aggregate of which is second only to the record year of 1924. The total for the year just closed was $23,901,- 540, against $24,290,963 in 1924. A new high record for transits was 5,420 commercial the waterway, against ships using Since the opening of the canal, in August, 1914, tolls aggregating $154 064,037 have been collected from 37.- 599 commercial vessels. SR MISSIONS ARE LOOTED. Chinese Mob Raids Church, School and Hospital at Tayeh. LONDON, January 4 (®.—The Hankow, China, correspondent of the Daily Mail reports the arrival there of |an English missionary, Miss Booth, | from Tayeh, where on Saturday, she a mob looted the Catholic Church, the Wesleyan School and Hos. pital and hunted the foreigners. The fate of other missionaries at ayeh, an _Englisk couple nax Saw Man’s Features. The man, unarmed, approached his car as he came to a stop and said: | “Fellow, let's have your money.” Un. | der the iight from a lamppost he could see the man’s features, most promi- nent of which were his piercing black eyes. Denying he had any money, Duarty said he got out of his car, to be con- fronted by the girl and her smiles. With even tones she repeated the familiar hold-up phrase and shoved the blue-stel gun,”of about .3 caliber, against him. He “held 'em up,” as requested. Meanwhile, with few words, the un- masked stranger had rifled his pockets of all his money, the remainder of pro- ceeds from a Veterans’ Bureau com- pensation check for $100. Duarty was gassed by “mustard” a few days before the armistice, and has received regular war compensation since leav- ing the service. Pushed Victim Over. Completing the robbery, the bandit couple pushed their victim over, and, again to the roadway, injuring his shoulder. Unable to get up, they picked him up and.put him back in his own machine and then drove rapidly aw: Duarty drove his car to the police lodge, where he applied the brakes and fainted. The lodge is not occu- pied between midnight and 8 a.m. There he remained unconscious until 6 o'clock this morning, when a pass- ing motorist discovered his plight. Police were notified and Headquar- ters Detectives Weber and Talley and Police Chauffeur Hugh Robey went over the scene of the robbery, with- out finding a clue. GETS FINE ARTS POST. Benjamin Wister Morris, architect, of New York City, today was appoint- ber of the Commission of Fine Arts to succeed Milton M. Medary, jr., of Philadelphia, whose term recently’ ex- pired. Mr. Morris was born in_Portland, Oreg., in 1870. He educated at St. Paul’s School, Trinity College and Columbia University of New York and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, He is the architect of two of the halls at Princeton University, of the Mor- gan Memorial and several bank build- ings in Hartford, Conn., and of the Cunard Building in New York. He is connected with the school of architecture at Princeton and is a Simon and Miss Anderson, a Swede, is unknown. member of the Art Commission of the City of New York. | and Dozes Next Day By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, January 4.—Thomas A. FEdison dozes if he doesn't get eight hours of sleep. So says Dr. H. M. Johnson of the | Mellon TInstitute of Industrial Re- | search, whose experiments on the sub- ject of sleep have convinced him that toxins generated by muscular fatigue act as stimulants to the nervous sys- tem, including the brain. “Mr. Edison sleeps eight hours a night or more,” Dr. .Johnson said, terming a myth the story that Edi- =on sleeps only four hours each night. “When he doesn't get that much he et Vare of Pennsylvania and Smith ~ (Continued on Page 4, Columm &) dozes in his chair the next day. That legend bas been a standing joke A \Edison “Hits Hay™ Eight Hours a Night, If He Falls Short of It among his associates. stone always gets a good laugh out of it.” Dr. Johnson and C. E. Weigand started their sleep tests last Spring with 18 University of Pittsburgh stu- dents as subjects. Dr. Johnson de- clared today he learned there was no such state as sound slumber, point- ing out the 18 students tossed about to make an average restlessness of one movement cvery 13 minutes. A graph apparatus attaghed to their beds recorded the motion of the sleepers. § | intimation { Efforts as he attempted to rise, shoved him | ed by President Coolidge to be a mem- | larvey Fire- PERUMAY REJEGT KELLOGE PROPOSAL INTACNA QUARREL President of Republic Inti- mates Giving Province to Bo- livia Is Not Acceptable. fli;CHILEAN PAPER BITTER TOWARD U. S. MEDIATION Same Publishing Group Opposed Return of American Ambas- sador to Santiago. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIR January that Peru will refuse to accept Secretary of State Kellogg's proposal in the Tacna-Arica troversy is seen in a New Year message from President Leguia, pub- lished prominently by La Nacion. Secretary Kellogg proposed that Peru and Chile end their over the sovereignty of the provinces by ceding them to Bolivia. The Peruvian president’s message to La Nacion says: I hope that this year of 1927 will bring the so much desired solu- tion, although it far away. 1 say this because the ideal formula destined to settle this serious matter, maintaining peace ih America, is not that formula of con- venience which proposes to substi- tute money for the claims of right, but more in conformity with the spirit of our times and the mentality of our rtace, which subordinates the petty commercial ambitions to the superior ideals of justice and honor.” CHILEAN PAPER HITS U. to Arbitrate Bispute Are Called Useless. An attack on the attempts of the United States to settle the Tacna- Arica controversy between. Peru and Chile is made by the Ultimas Noticias, an afternoon newspaper published by El Mercurio. The latter is the paper which recently inveighed against the return to Chile of American Ambas- sador Collier. Referring to reports that the United States would offer a new propesal in case Secretary - of : Btate ~Kelogg's present plan fell through, the Ultimas oticias says this would be useless. Failure of the Tacna-Arica attempts thus far, together with the United States’ attitude in Nicaragua and the complications in Mexico, would de- prive any new move by the United States of interest and prestige, it as- serts. South America, would regard such a move as further evidence of the “North American im- perialism” displayed in the Kellogg proposal, inasmuch as that proposal, the paper charges, favors Bolivia, “be- ing an indirect manner of bolstering up the United States’ influence in that country, which is already dominated by the dollar.” The paper thinks Chile should de- clare the arbitral attempts at an end and announce her annexation of Tacna-Arica, or else take the matter to the Permanent Court of Interna- tional Justice. Expressing belief that the Chilean forelgn minister is capable of handling the matter and that he will soon put an end to “the hateful Washingtdn negotiations,” the editorial concludes with the expression: “For Chile's sake, enough of Kellogg!” BI-CENTENNIAL BODY T0 MEET JANUARY 13 Commission Headed by President Seeking to Celebrate Washing- ton’s Anniversary in 1932. i The commission, headed by Presi- dent Coclidge, ex-officio, to arrange for the bi-centennial of Washington's at the White House at 10 o'clock, aé cording to announcements sent out today by William Tyler Page, clerk of the House, who is executive secre- tary. Senator Fess of Ohio is the ac- tive chairman. President Coolldge is to deliver an address to the American people on |the subject of the bi-centennial cele- | bration, probably February 22, Wash- ington’s birthday. The commission is composed of 18 members besides the President, four members of the House, four of the Senate and others appointed at large by the President. The bi-centennial commission is asking for an appropriation of over $14,000 in the independent offices ap- propriations bill, which is now belng drafted. NEW REVOLT BREAKS OUT IN ALBANIA Insurrection Follows Condemnation of Six Insurgents for Parts I | in Late Uprising. By the Associated Press. 5 BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, January 4—A new revolt of Mussulman tribes in Albania has broken out, re- ports received here today state. The insurrection was the revolt of the condemnation yesterday at Scu- tari of six insurgents, who took part in a recent outbreak, which was put down by government troops. The new insurgents are members of the Puka, Shalja and Strupa tribes, which, with four others, have already raised their standards. Radio Programs—Page 34 | TInformed circles in Belgr sider the rising serious. ¥ e con- con- | dispute | appears yet very | another one which should be | SANTIAGO, Chile, January 4 (®).— | Europe and Asia birth, in 1932, is to meet January 13| i i | THE. I ‘:;’\’f:u”um: J}‘ i i BASE BALL T0 PAY 5200 FOR PROBE Players Hurry to Chicago to Face Risberg Before Landis Tomorrow. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, January 4.—Many ac- ceptances have been received by Com- { missioner K. M. Landis for the seance lat 122 South Michigan avenue to- morrow when Charles A. (Swede) | Risberg will dangle before the for- ! mer White Sox teammates and mem- bers of the Detroit Tigers the base ball skeletons of 10 years’ago. Poking up the dead embers of the late weeks of the 1917 American League season is expected to cost organized Wase ball at least $20,000. | Phirty-eight men have’ been asked to be present when Risberg materializes before them the ghost of diamond scandal. Some of the players and | former players will travel 2,000 miles |to reach the commissioner's office, with their expenses guaranteed. Two Scandals to Be Aired. Commissioner Landis' invitation to the ball players to appear at his office | indicated that both the 1917 and 1919 | scandal charges would be aired. “The commissioner will conduct a hearing,” said his telegram to the players, ‘“re- specting charges of irregularity in | connection with the Detroit-Chicago | series, September, 1917 and 1919.” Ty’ Cobb, whose departure from | base ball at the end of last season was shadowed by charges of partici- | pating in a “fixed” game, is ore of | those who will face Risberg, although he was given a clean bill by “Swede.” Tiis Speaker, who for a week past | has Dbeen conferring with Cobb and attorneys planning to fight charges involving the integrity of both Cobb and himself, is not connected with |the new scandal charges. | The list of men summoned before | Landis includes five who' have been jor are now managers of American i League Clubs. They are Eddie Col- lins, former manager of the White Sox; Ray Schalk, recently named as | Collins’ successor; Ty Cobb, who re- | tired from the management of the Detroit Tigers last Fall; Clarence Row- land, the American League umpire, who was in charge of the White Sox in 1917, and Donnie Bush, now man- ager of the Pittsburgh Pirates and formerly manager of the Washington Senators. Burns Also to Be Present. George Burns, chosen the ‘‘most valuable American League player of 11926,” also has arranged to come here. | Among those who were members of the White Sox or Tvger teams in 1917 and who up to toe v had not accepted the commissioner’s invitation to ap- i pear when Risberg repeats his story of the alleged “sloughed” series are Joe Jackson, Eddie Cicotte, Buck Weaver, Pill James, Oscar Stanage jand Chick Gandil. Gandil and Weaver have indicated | their indorsement of Risberg's state- ments, Gandil with the comment that “Risberg didn't tell the half of it” and Weaver by nodding assent while Ris- berg was telling his story to the com- missioner Saturday. George Cunningham, who pitched in two of the four games Detroit lost to Chicago Labor day week, 1917, said in Chattanooga, Tenn., yesterday that he received $50 from Bill James, au- other Tyger pitcher, some time after the Chicago-Detroit series, but he de- nied knowledge of any “frame-up.” Risberg has told the commissioner that Bill James was the Tyger pitcher who received a $1,100 pool, collected among the Sox players as a “present” to the Dretroit player | Players Dispute Risberg. Risberg said the money was for “sloughing” the Labor day week serfes, but the story of other players involved is that the money was paid the Tigers for winning a series from { Boston two weeks later. The Detroit victory over Boston was a deciding factor in assuring the 1917 American League pennant for Chicago. Oscar (Happy) Felsch, a member of the White Sox team, who was banish- ed following the expose of the 1919 world series, told Commissioner Lan- dis he would appear Wednesday and testify, provided Landis would pay him $1,000. This sum, Felsch con- tends, is due him as his share of sec- ond place money won by the White Sox in 1920 and withheld from him when he was involved in the scandal over the 1919 world serie Landis refused to pay Felsch the money. He was not paying out large sums for testimony, he said. Because of Felsch's friendship for Risberg, (Continued on Page 5, Column 8.) Two Men and Pony | Drift Three Nights On Lake Ice Floe By the Associated Press. SAULTE STE. MARIE, Ontario, January 4.—Two Rouhd Island fishermen, Alex McLeap and C. R. Draper, saved by chance from an ice floe in Lake Superior, told to- day how they drifted in the bitter cold for two days and three nights, with their pony and cart for warmth and shelter and frozen herrings as their only food. The floe was washed ashore on Isle Parisienne, and the lighthouse keeper there brought them back to Round Island. The men were taking in their nets when the ice, 8 inches thick, broke off and drifted away. The floe touched twice on Isle Paris- fenne, but drifted away the first time before the men, numb with cold, could crawl ashore, LATION PARKING VIO Accused of Occupying Re- stricted Space 2 Hours After Being Warned by Police. Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas ran afoul of the police of the Navy Building today when he parked his automobile at the main entrance in a restricted parking space and allowed it to remain for more than two hours. He informed Capt. M. H. Parsons, chief of the mainte- nance division of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks that he intended to park in front of public buildings any time and for as long a time as he wanted when he was conducting the ‘“people’s business.” When Mr. Blanton drove to the space in front of the Navy Building he was, informed by a guard that parking was. not permitted there. He told the guard that he was Repre- sentative Blanton and that he had important business to transact with the Navy Department. He left the car blocking the way for other ve- hicles intending to stop at the Navy Building. The guard reported the episode to Capt. Parsons, who remained at the main entrance for more than two hours waiting for Mr. Blanton. When the Representative appeared the captain courteously told him that his act was a violation of the traffic ation and. asked him if he would not in the future park elsewhere. Mr. Blanton accompanied Capt. Parsons to the car and pointed to one of the congressional tags, asking the officer if he did mot recognize it. Capt. Parsons said that he did, but that it was difficult to enforce the regula- tions if certain persons violated them with immunity. Mr. Blanton said that he was the Navy Department eonducting the “people’s business’ and that if he were required to park three blocks away it would interfera with his handling the ‘people’s af- fairs.” He added that he would con- tinue to park in any space in front. of any public building whenever he had business to transact and that he had the congressional tags issued for that very purpose. The episode attracted a_number of employes of the Navy Department who were out on their lunch hour and Secretary Wilbur and other offi- cials of the Navy Department were interested observers from the win- dows of their offices. Employes Take Over Paper. BRADENTON, Fla., January 4 (#). —The Tri-City Morning News, Braden- ton’s morning newspaper, was taken over by employes of the publication with this morning’s issue and is being published under the name of the Manatee River News. A. S. Hough is editor. INFANT DEATH RATE CUTTO BE SOUGHT Capital Welfare. Leaders Aroused by High Mortality Figures Here. Note—This is the first of a series of articles discussing the high infant mor- tality rate in the District of Columbia. The second of the series will appear tomorrow. The fact that 87 babies out of every 1,000 born in the District of Columbia | | was in no way responsible for the in 1925 failed to survive the first year of life, thereby giving Washington, with two possible exceptions, an in- fant mortality rate for that period higher than any city in the country comparable with it, has aroused wel- tare, business and sociaf Washington g " o, the, polnt wheggoplgns sve inithe = process of ‘consummation for an fn- tensive campaign against the high death rate. The situation here in 1925—the last available period for comparable sta- tistics for the entire Nation—had reached the stage where it would have been safer for a child to be born in a New York East Side tenement house than in the National Capital. The causal factors of infant mortal- ity in the District, as far as can be de- termined in the absence of an official and complete survey, both theoretical and practical, together with the reme- dial steps necessary to reduce the fig- ure, have been investigated by The Star with the view of not only assist- | ing those interested in the gigantic task of protecting the infant's first year of life, but also to emphasize the necessity for thorough education on this point by District of Columbia re!-! idents. Comparisons Are Explained. ! Although the National Capital has a rate of 87, it does not possess the highest infant mortality rate of any | city in the country, regardless of size. | Martinsburg, W, Va., is bowed down | with that handicap at.a rate of 156 deaths per thousand. Shenandoah, Pa., and Wilson, N. C., are tied for the | second highest figure at 145.2 each, | and Paducah, Ky., ranks third at 144. Statistics in this particular question can be juggled about at will and there- | fore no positive statement of the standing of this community in com. parison with others is made. To say | that the local rate is higher than any | city “of its size,” without qualifica tion, leads up to the question of what | cities are equal to Washington. The last official. census ranks Milwoukee thirteenth, Washington fourteenth, and Newark, fifteenth. Milwaukee has a population of. 457,500 and an infant mortality rate of 68; Wash- | ington has a population of 437, 500 nndl: rate of 87 and Newark has a_population of 414,500 and s Bl 500 and a mtei If all cities having a population be- tween 300,000 and. over are 1o bt; ranked as equal to the National Cap- ital, then the finger of scorn cannot. be pointed at the District of Colum- bia alone, for under that comparison New Orleans and Kansas City, Mo. would occupy first and second place. The first, with a population of 387,200, is given a rate of 95, and the second, with a population of 324,000, is - ited with 85, T Then, if Washington is to in- cluded in cities of 100,000 or m-'Zfr. ‘as it has by some statisticians, available | figures will show that for 1925 there were three cities with an 87 rate and nine with figures in excess of that number, San Antonio, Tex., leading with 125. The cities tieing Washing- ton and their population are: Wil. mington, Del., 110,100; Camden, N. J 116,300, and Scranton, Pa., 137,70 Those outranking Washington are: | Kansas City, Kans., 101,100; infant mortality rate of 88 per thousand: Fall River, Mass., 120,400, rate of 9 Norfolk, Va., 115,700, rate of 97: Rich. mond, Va., 171,600, rate of 9 - lanta, Ga., 200,600, rate of 10 " (Co d on Page Taxpayers emptied $6,094,319.28 into the coffers of the District durin, December, and thereby shattered all previous records for monthly pay- ments, according to figures compiled today by Chatham H. Towers, collec- tor of taxes. The previous high rec- ord was in December, 1925, when $5,679,209.37 was collected, and com- pared with Deecember of the preceding year this® was an increase of $1,679,209.87, Mr. Tow&-s also reported an in- § Taxpayers Pour $6,094,319 Into District Coffers to Set New Monthly Record crease in tax collections for the first half of the 1926-1927 fiscal year, which ended December 31. According to his figures, $13,402,600.46 was taken in during’_ this period, as against $11,834,724.82 in the corresponding period ‘of the 1925-1926 fiscal year, and $8,704,571.80 in the same period of the 1924-1925 fiscal year. The increase Mr. Towers attributed to the raise in the tax rate, which jumped from $1.40 in 1924 to $1.70 in 1925, and to $1.80 in 1926, SEMATEREQUESTS MELONTOSIPPLY DATA ON ALCOHOL Edwards’ Resolution Calls - for Correspondence With Anti-Saloon League. CELLER IS .DENOUNCED FOR DRINKING CHARGE Representative Underhill Defends Members of House—Gets Vig- orous Applause. By the Associated Press. The post-holiday outburst of prohibi- tion agitation again overran both Sen ate and House today. Within a few minutes after it con- vened, the Senate adopted the reso- lution of Senator Edwards, Democrat, New Jersey, calllng upon Secreta Mellon for any correspondence be- tween the Treasury and the Anti-Sa- loon League with respect to the pois oning of industrial alcohol to make it unfit for beverage purposes. The Edwards resolution went through the Senate without discus sion, but immediately afterward there was a burst of debate, during which Senator Heflin, Democrat, Alabama, took Senator Edwards to task for hav ing mentioned in his speech yester- day the recent incident in Alaban involving the arrest of former Gov. Brandon while on a hunting part The charge against Brandon later was dismissed. Senator Heflin told the Senate that the New Jersey member was “dis tressingly hard pressed for argument” when he brought this regrettable Brandon incident to the floor of the Senate. Regrets Use of Incident. “I regret ‘that the Senator from New Jersey saw fit to drag into his speech an unpleasant newspaper ref- erence to Gov. Brandon of my State,” he said. “The unfortunate occur- rence to which he referred is greatly regretted by the people of Alabama, as well as by the Governor himself. { “It is my understanding that the court held that the governor haa nothing to do with the ownership and presence of the whisky found in the camp.” The Edwards resolution calls among other things for copies of the laws under which the Treasury has required the poisoning of industrial alcohol, and Senator Sheppard, Demo- crat, Texas, a dry leader, protested b IR 2 employed in the text of the measure. Industrial alcohol itself is “poison,” said the Texan, and “you can't poison poison.” At the time the argument waged in the Senate the House, fre- quently applauding, was listening to a speech in which Representative Underhill, Republican, Massachusetts, denied the statement of Represent tive Celler, Democrat, New York, that Congressmen “drink, and drink to excess. “I have been a member of the House for six years,” he said. “During that time I have seen but four members intoxicated in-the House Building of- fices or corridors. Two of those are dead and the other two are no longer members. “In the hotel where T live there are more than 100 Congressmen residing. I have never there seen a member either enter or leave under the influ- ence of liquor. Praises House Members. “Of any group of 435 men which could be gathered together I do met think you could find one which n dulges less in drinking than the mem- bers of this House, even including those who advocate modification or re- peal of the dry statutes. In fact, T have never seen a single so-called wet under the influence of liquor.” Underhill also said that in six years he had seen but one member under the influence of liquor on the floor of the House and “he is no longer here.” Declaring that Representative Celler had softened his statements before they were inserted in the record, Mr. Underhill said nevertheless they had been broadcast, and he wished to brand them as “absolute and unquali- fied falsehoods. As he made this statement a grear handclapping went up from among the members, continuing long after the speaker had taken his seat. Representative Rubey, Democrat, (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) 30-MILE LIMIT ASKED- ON CONNECTICUT AVE. Eldridge Urges Increase on Sec- tions Between Klingle Bridge and Livingston Street. A speed limit of 30 miles an hour along certain sections of Connecticut avenue between Klingle Bridge and Livingston street was:- recommended to the District Commissioners today by Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge. In built-up sections along the aveaue the speed would be reauvea to 22 miles an hour, while a limit of 15 miles was proposed for the short stretch between Livingston street and Chevy Chase Circle. Connecticut avenue is one of the arterial highways originally chosen by Mr. Eldridge for increased speed. The 30-mile-an-hour limit is now in effect along certain sections of upper Sixteenth street, Massachusetts ave- nue, Bladensburg road and Central avenue northeast. It the Commissioners approve the recommendation, the speed limit will not be raised until the highway is marked with signs designating dif- ferent speeds. Erection of signs calling attention to dangerous grades also was ordered by Mr. Eldridge today. The signs will be placed at the top of the Thirteenth street, Fifteenth street, California and Tilden street hills. The signs will be inscribed with the ri:;]\;r:_m' “Drive Slow, Dangerous