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WEATHER. (U, §. Weather Bureau Forerast.) Mostly cloudy with slowly rising temperature today; tomorrow fair and warmer. 26, at 2 Temperature—Highest, lowest, 19, at 6 a.m. Full_report on page 7. No. 1,138—No. 30,203. 2 pm.; Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. b WASHINGTON, - CALLES, FEARING REVOLT IF U. S. BREAKS, WILLING TO TAKE ROW TO HAGUE ' ‘. ¢ other Holds Interests U rge America i0 Force. ~ OIL RIGHTS NOT TAKEN, HE SAYS Sacasa Claims in Nicaragua Are Defended. By the Ascociated Prees MEXICO CITY, January 8— Mexico would be willing to submit its new petroleum and alien land law differences with the United States to The Hague Tribunal, although that would endanger Mexican sov- ercignty, if such admission te The Hague were the only way of avoid- ing a still greater menace to Mexico. President Calles made this decla- ration today to a group of visitors from the United ‘States, headed by Hubert C. Herring, who are study- ing the 'relations between Mexico and the United States. The Americans who came here to get first-hand information on Mexi- €an-American relations comprise writ- ers, ministers of various religious, professional and business men and so- clal workers. Sees Danger of Revolution. The President asserted that with- drawal by the United States of recog- nition of his government would cer- tainly cause an immediate revolution in Mexico and woulg be interpreted by the enemies of the Mexican gov- ernment as an encouragement of such revolution. - Revolutionary efforts were under way at present, he point- ed ouf, but his ghvernment was sup- pressing such efforts and’ punisfing “those responsible; and would continue this line of ':ecflnn in every place out t R m::':onuttendedmt the issue be- tween the United slume -“fi“i(nezi:: the troleum Vi ':.!‘:l:‘e“x-ng fletitious leshe, because the oil interests were not deprived of any right, but, on the contrary, their subkoil rights acquired before 1917 €ould be extended for 50 years by rea- gon of the new concessions, and the law provided that at the end of 50 years they might be extended for an- 30 years. Thus all the rights of which the ofl men complained they ‘were deprived were, in fact, preserved O e ot the pertoa of 80 vears enough time in which to get out all the oll?" the President asked. “‘Has anybody evef heard.of an oil well lasting 80 years?" ° 4 Denies Real Differences. President Calles argued that there were no real differences between the ople of México and the people of the United States, the only differences being between the people of Mexico and a small group of American cap- jtalists, who weré “attempting to in- fluence the State Department to use force against Mexico in their favor. Declaring that Mexico was not Bol- eevik and that the Mexican govern- ment was not bolshevik, he expressed doubt that the members of the gov- ernment could even define bolsheviem, although they were accused of being bolshevists. The Mexican govern- v ment’s program could not be described as that of any political or scientific school or theory. It was simply Mexican. It was itself; it was born of Mexico's own peculiar problems and was not,a program borrowed from anywhere outside. President Calles received his visitors at the national palace; he sat in the reception chamber answering ques- tions offhand as his visitors asked e Herring. who is head of the social relations department of the Congregational Churches of the United States, addressing the President, ex- plained that the group who had called Pn him had sought to understand Mexico in human terms, to understand jts rebirth of national pride, to ap- jate the spiritual appeal of Mexi- | can culture. President Visibly Moved. ferred to the advantage which W:?l?flr:wu! to the people of North AmericA “if the day of exploitation gives way to a new spirit of willing Tess to share life and culture The President was visibly moved as he replied. The Erim lines about his mouth relaxed; his stern features Toftened into a smile, as he told his yisitors that it was 3 novelty to him 1o hear kind words, to hear anything except threats. rarely hear words of any spiritu- ality,” he said. “As a rule I always hear a discussion in the brutal form of material interests and menacing wores about th: interests. 0, when I héar words based upon justice apd. brotherly love, it makes e hope that true relations may at Tome time be established among peo- les, makes me think that there are P4lll people in the world working for {nternational harmony upon the basis % justice. Justice is all we want in Ofese moments so critical for Mexico. o long as nations fight only for Gterial things and neglect spiritual o the peace of the world will 3 bep:enldem Calles described the fes of the Mexican government ihe Roman Catholic clergy, some Jitical elements and some reaction. POl rces,” who, he declared, would ary (o evolution immediately on the tharawal of American recognitian, o, he added, “are attempting utionary disturbances at the Sent moment, although the govern- Jrent does and will dominate the SItUAton ered lengthily questions HE ging the religious situation, in_ t sereating the preéviously. “ex. ¢ position of the government. / PRESIDENT CALLE! Administration,, However, Withholds Comment on Calles’ Suggestion. President Calles’ suggestion that Mexico would be willing t6 submit its differences with the United States over the new Mexican petroleum and alien land laws to The Hague tribunal, made to a group of Ameri. cans in Mexico City yesterday, struck 1 responsive chord in some quarters here last night, although the admin- istration withheld comment. Secretary Kellogg of the State De- partment, when informed of Presi- dent Calles’ interview with the Ameri- :an visitors, declined to comment upon The Hague tribunal suggestion. He said that it had not been made tormally to the Government of the United States. If such a proposition is to be forthcoming, he indicated, it should more properly come through the regular channels rather than to unofficial American visitors in Mexico. Finds Favor With Borah. But while Secretary Kellogg was reticient about the suggestion, Sen- ator Borah, chairman of the foreign relations committee, said: “I think that the differences ot the United States and Mexico over the new land and petroleum laws are very fit subjects for arbitration. They are the kind of subjects which should bé arbitrated. They involve property rights and the construction £ law and the interpretation of {reaties and understandings.” No sovereignty of the United States would be involved in the submission of the claims of Americans to prop- erty in Mexico to The Hague tribunal, he pointed out. Senator Swanson, ranking Demo- cratic member of the foreign rela- tions committee, also took the view that the submission of the differences between the United States and Mexico over the oil properties owned by Americans in ' Mexico would be a proper avenue‘of settlement. Strange, Says Curtis. “If the report that President Calles is willing to submit these matters to The Hague is true,” said the Virginia Senator, “it indicates a disposition on ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) Specter of War Is Raised in Congress. HELP FOR DIAZ AGAIN ASSAILED Demand Voiced for Recall of U. S. Marines. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Opponents of the Administration’s policy in Nicaragua launched attacks from the floor of both houses of Congress yesterday afternoon. A specter of war with Mexico was raised. * A new resolution calling for the withdrawal of American Naval forces from Nicaragua was offered in the House by Representative Hudleston of Alabama, Democrat, and Senator Wheeler of Montana, another Democrat, urged the Senate to adopt his resolution expressing it as the sense of the Senate that the American forces should be with- drawn from the Central American republic. S Senator Curtis, Republican leader, counseled patience, pointing out that Secretary Kellogg of the: State De- partment was to come before the for- elgn relations committee early this week. Until the Senators were fully informed regarding the Nicaraguan situatifn, he #aid, it was improper to discuss the steps taken by the admin- tration for the purpose of protecting American lives and property in Nica- ragua. The attack on the administration was led in the Senate by Sénators Heflin_of. ‘Alabama snd Whesler of. Montaha, while Senator Reed of M souri, ,in caustic. eriticism of the “‘spoke - for the President,” ed that MPMM.flt speak hi“n-ax and kéép the Sénate and the people fully informed. Edge and Bingham Reply. Without entering upon specific de- fense of the landing of marines in Nicaragua, Senators Bingham of Con- necticut and Edge of New Jerséy, the latter a Republican member of the foreign relations committee, came to the aid of the administration. Sen- ator Bingham, addressing Senator Wheeler, asked if he did not belleve in the Monroe doctrine. This brought an assertion from Senator Borah, chairman of the foreign relations committee, that the Monroe doctrine was not involved in the present situ- ation in Nicaragua. Senator Wheeler replied in similar strain, declaring his bellef in the historic doctrine. ‘The Connecticut Senator announced that, in his opinion, the Monroe doc- trine was at issue and that if the United States did not 'bestir itself when revolution and, danger to for- eign citizens in the Central American republic threatened, then other na- tions might intervene. Senator Edge called upon the oppo- nents of the administration’s an- nounced policy to say whether they did not believe in the protection of American citizens and their property in Nicaragua or any other foreign country. No further statement regarding the Nicaraguan situation was forthcoming from administration sources. There was nothing to indicate, however, that the administration intended to change its announced policy there. Panama Arouses Interest. . Reports from Panama that difficulty was arising over the ratification of the new treaty between the United States and Pananva, with particular reference to the agreements giving the United States control in the event of war with a third nation, aroused interest here. The treaty is still be- fore the Senate foreign relations com- mittee of the Senate, and no action has yet been taken to report it to the Senate. In administration quarters the opinion was expressed that the new treaty with Panama gives to the republic of Panama the rights which it has requested. No connection be- tween the trouble in Nicaragua and the reported difficulty over the treaty with Panama was seen. In other quarters, however, the thought was expressed that the “intervention” of the United States Government in troubles of the Central American republic was arousing sentiment in Panama against the United States, as it has been reported in the press if has aroused adverse comment on (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) By the Associated Prese. PARIS, January 8.—Codfish and not the riches of India was the inspiration that led to the discovery of America, and it wasn't Christepher Columbus, but a Frenchman who made the dis- covery, anyway, says the well known French writer, Leon Sazie. The desire of the people along the Basque coast, Sazie says in an article published here, to eat codfish, not only on Fridays but on most of the other days of the week, led to America’s discovery. Any one at all conversant with his- | tory, he says, knows that the people of Spain and the French Basques got |into the habit of eating codfish long | before 1492 and the place where the | fishermen went to fetch their favorite food was off the Newfoundland banks. “The wealth of India myth as a de- termining factor in the discovery of America 1s exploded,” the writer says. In.fact, he continugy, it . ~ Basque Sailors Going for Codfish Led Columbus to America, Frenchman Says Basque fishermen who first took C lumbus across the ocean, having crossed it themselves long before. The next startling theory advanced by M. Sazie is how the Navajo Indians got their name. There were a lot of people, the theory runs, from Navarre and Gascony on the Newfoundland fishing trips and what could be more natural than that the Navajo Indians got their names from the Frenchmen ‘who hobnobbed with the North Amer- ican Indians long before Columbus ‘was born. Hardy Basque fishermen, in fact, Sazie says, knew their way around the world long before Magellan made his famous voyage of circumnaviga- tion. As proof he cites various names borne by members of the Japanese aristocracy, which he says are Basque in origin, with the added assertion that there are many Basque and Gas- con words and modes of expression in the-Japanese languages WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION sy D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, TRANSATLANTIC JANUARY 9, NCELY! /i FRIENDS USE THE 1927. —112 NEW PAGES. N N Y £ | NS RADIOPHONE. DAV SHYS HACAS HOUSE HALF RN Women Are Forced to Inhabit Flimsy Structures, Secre- tary Tells G. 0. P. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, January 8—Saying that he wanted to make one plea “which I know would appeal to the women of the country if they were familiar with _the real conditions,” Secretary of War Dright F. Dayis 2 ‘taday’ that (any - American Soldiers and their wives and. children are living in shacks unfit. for human habitation. . Oné-half of the Army personnel, he told women attending a luncheon of the Women's National Republican Club, is living eithér in tents or in these war-time shacks, hastily con- structed for temporary use. “Their spirit is wonderful,” he said, “especially the women. But we should not, either in justice or in decency, require them to live under such con- ditions. , Hospitals Are Flimsy. “In several posts our sick are being cared for in hospitals of flimsy frame construction, in constant danger of a horrible calamity. . “A beginning has been made with- in the last year to remedy this de- plorable state of affairs, but it will re- quire constant effort for several years. 1 urge you not to permit a slackening of the effort to improve our Army housing, which 1 have not hesitated to call’ a national disgrace.” Secretary Davis addressed the wom- engon the subject of national defense, norad\'ocallng any definite figure as the proper size for the Army, but fav- oring a ‘“definite, continuing policy adequately carried out.” For Middle Course. “The War Department is opposed,” he said in conclusion, “to comparative armaments, or to any policy which would seek to. militarize this country, but it is also opposed to defenseless- ness through unpreparedness. “Militarism, which properly means the domination of the civil state by military influence, i§ abhorrent to American ideals. It is utterly impos- sible under our form of government. Quite properly, we have always held that the military elements must be kept subordinate to the civil. This is sound American doctrine, with which the War Department heartily agrees. Heads Know War. “Both the civil and the military heads of the department know what it means to leave home, family and country and to endure the hardships, the sacrifices, theé horrors of war. “They know what war actually is, and they want no more of it, as long as war can honorably be avoided. But they also know from personal experience the terrible price in precious lives unnecessarily sacri- ficed that this country has always paid in the past because of its unpre. paredness. It is their duty, not only as public officials, ‘but as Americans, to so plan that if war is ever forced upon us, this unnecessary sacrifice of lives shall not occur again.” BOARD OFFERS REWARD FOR MISSING SECRETARY 8t. Louis Exchange Posts $1,000 for Official of Defunct Realty Concern. By the Associated Press, ST. LOUIS, January 8.—The St. | Louis Real Estate Exchange late to- day offered $1,000 reward for informa- tion leading to the arrest and convic- tion of Edward W. Grant, youthful secretary-treasurer of the defunct ‘Wagner-Grant-Bell Realty Co., who disappeared New Year day leaving a loss to investors and creditors es- timated at more than a million dollars. The reward was offered at the sug- stion of Circuit Attorney Howard idener, who has broadcast an order for the arrest of Grant, self-styled “worst scoundrel who ever walked the streets of St. Lou The Real Estate Exchange, in order to strengthen public confidence in real estate mortgage investments, today instituted free advisory service for holders of deeds of trust, Many of those sold by Wagner-Grant-Bell, of- fering returns a8 high as 35 per cent, were found to be fraudulent, investi- gators. TODAY’S STAR. PART ONE—14 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Pages 22 and 23. At the Community Centers—Page 32. Boy Scout News—Page 33. District National Guard—Page 34. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 38. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 39. Spanish War Veterans—Page 0. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 41. Radio News and Programs—Pages 42 and 43. PART TWO—16 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Reviews of Winter Books—Page 4. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 13. Around the City—Page 14. D. A. R. Activities—Page 14. News of the Clubs—Page 16. . PART THREE—14 PAGES. ‘Amusements—Theaters and the Phoje e Music—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 and 7. Serial, “Judy’'s Man"—Page 9. Army and Navy News—Page 9. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 9. Civilian Army News—Page 9. Fraternal News—Page 11. Veterans of the Great War—Page 13. PART FOUR—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page PART SIX—12 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Financial News—Pages 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12. ! GRAPHIC SECTION—10 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—i PAGES. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; High Lights of History. FIREMEN RESCUE THREE FROM LEDGE Smoke From Blaze in Rooming House Drives Occupants Out at Midnight. Three occupants of the rooming house at 1411 K street were rescued from a ledge on the third floor of the structure last night when fire which originated in the furnace room of the house shortly before midnight filled the halls with smoke which blocked their passage. Thrée other occupants of the house, living on the lower floors, groped their way through the clouds of smoke to 'safety. E. E. Posey, 25 years old, his brother Earl and an unidentified man were rescued from the third floor ledge by the rescue squad as fire- men of No. 2 engine company broke their way into the basement of the house to put out a blaze in the fur- nace room that was confined solely to the lower floor. Mrs. Lillian Marsh, the landlady, was out at the time, Her son, Welby Marsh, 11 vears old, ran to safety a few mo- ments after one of the occupants of the house, alarmed by Miss Ruth Shaw, turned in the alarm which brought two fire companies to the a0use, With masks over their faces Sergt, O. R. Anderson and Pvt. G. W. Mc. Gowan of the rescue squad climbped ladders to the ledge above the third floor windows and rescued the trio shivering in the chill air, thinly clad in hurriedly donned clothing. The alarm was turned in by F. R. Powers, a roomer in the house. Snowball, a collie dog owned by Mrs. Marsh, was rescued by firemen from the furnace room, where he had been tied, and was brought out un- conscious to the lawn of the house. He was revived by ammonia and wili recover. GOULD DENIES PART IN PAYING PREMIER Senator Savs Delivery of $100,000 in 1912 Was Without His Consent. By the Associated Press. During a grilling examination before a Senate elections subcommittee ves- terday Senator = Gould, Republican Maine, steadfastly asserted his inno- cence of charges that in 1912 he bribed a premier of New Brunswick, Canada, to-obtain a railroad contract. The new Senator reiterated that he construction company had agreed to pay $100,000 to Premiér Flemming, but that he did not know when it was paid and that it was done without his consent. 2 company’'s money, checks that he drew were turned over to Ross Thompson of Vancouver, dled the finances. “You might have signed the checks o pay Flemming,” suggested Senator ‘Walsh, Democrat, Montana, who is prosecuting the case. “I wouldn't say I did or didn't,” re- plied Gould. “You never inquired who paid it or from what fund it came?” pressed the Montana Senator. “No I didn't,” was the reply. “It came out of the railroad company's funds, somehow. a mistake.’” Carter Is Recalled. Recalled to the stand, E. S. Carter, a political organizer of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick, gave a dif- ferent version of the transaction. “We hadn't any doubt but that the transaction was entirely between Mr. Gould and Mr. Flemming,” he de. clared. “It is all news to me that his associates were supposed to have paid the money to Flemming. We under- stood that Mr. Gould was the whole company and’ controlled all of the mon‘!)'v y “Was it regarded as a contribution or a bribe?” asked Ghair man Goff, Republican, West Virginia. “We didn't know as to that,” Mr. Carter replied e Mr‘; Senator Gould stuck to his : of Friday that his partners d!hernga 1 to pay the §100,000 or lose all of their | investments in the railroad. Legitimate Business. “Isn't there any legitimate business | in New Brunswick?” asked Senator Goft. i “Oh, some,” Gould re “It's a rarity “I found it s 7 v as a Senator of United States,” Goff said, ~-ma:fnm::’ a strange thing that Yyou can't go up into one of the provinces of Canada and do legitimate business without giving a_premier $100,000." - t's the situ; I - ks ation, isn't it?" he “It was then," Senator Gould said Mr. Carter took exception to the | statement, declaring that legitimate business could be transacted in New Brunswick, and that Gould for years has been the head of ah electric power tompany doing business in the prov- lat;‘(;e‘.h‘andb!hflt he ““had never found vthing but hortor: - anything but hororable practices con- | The committee concluded the testi. mony late yesterday and adjourned | until January 24, when final argu- ments will be heard. “From Press ul: Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at Star. knew his assoclates in the -railroad the At no time did he spend any of the | he said, and all| Canada, one of his partners, who han- | | f When I heard about | it I told my associates they had made | i and service will - P) Means Associated Pr POWERS THREATEN WAR IF SHANGHAI HARMS FOREIGNERS U. S. Said to Pledge Protec- tion of Its Nationals, With Stronger Role Hinted. REFUGEES REACH PORT IN FLIGHT FROM HANKOW Temporary Improvement in Latter City Reported—Americans Leaving Kiukiang. By the Associated Press LONDON, January 8.—The Sunday Observer's Peking correspondent un derstands that the powers have agreed to regard as an act of war any threat to the Shanghai foreign settlements by the Chinese malcontents. Washington, the correspondent adds, has promised participation to the ex- tent of protecting its nationals, but, it is thought, common danger would remove this remaining ambiguity in the path of a positive policy in case of an attack. At Hankow- there appears to be a temporary improvement in the situa-| tion. A similar outbreak, however,| has occurred at Kiukiang, about 140 | miles down the Yangtze River from Hankow, and from both places women and children have been taken aboard warships and are proceeding to Shangha. Outcome Is in Balance. | Communications from Hankow re- main slow and uncertain, and the outcome trembles in the balance. Lat- est press dispatches received in Lon- don bring the record only to Friday | night, but the British government had | a dispatch this morning indicating that the British consul had arrived at an agreement with the Cantonese | foreign minister, Eugene Chen. By | this ,agreement the British conces- sion was freed of Chinese soldiers and the concession policed by natives un-| der British control. Business pressure seems to have brought about the amelioration. Chinese merchants complained of the impossibility of doing business while British and Amercan business houses were closed, and advsed the Chen| 2 e old ,-‘mu-l government . is planning fl%m ‘ the foreign concession at’ Tientsin. It is undeérstood that thé agreement | reached at Hankow stipulates that no | crowds shall be allowed to assemble along the bund and that British sub-| jects shall not be molested. Little News of Kiukiang. The. foreign office today had little news of the incidents at Kiukiang, but | admitted that events seem very simi-| lar to those at Hankow. Press. dis-| patches - report that when looting | took place, the gunboat Wyvern | landed men to preserve order, and it was believed that the Nationalists in- tended to occupy theé British conces- sions there. The women and children were taken out of Kiukiang on Thurs- day. Among many reports coming through Japanese sources one states that Chinese crowds occupied the municipal buildings, the premises of British firms and private residences | at Kiukiang and that the Chinese | troops were powerless to maintain | order. The customs officers took | refuge aboard an American warship. It is reported that the whole for- eign population of Kiukiang is with. | drawing from the town and that the | Japanese have begun their evacua- tion from Hankow. REFUGEES REACH SHANGHAL Hankow Group to Be Joimed by Those Leaving Kiukiang. SHANGHAI, January 8 (#) Aroused by antiforeign agitation Chinese mobs have been rioting and looting the foreign section of Kiukiang | since Thursday. Dispatches received here today stated that all foreigners were evacuating the city, which is 450 miles up the Yangtse River from Shanghai. Coolie mobs flung down the barriers before the British concessions Thurs- day and overran the district. Joined by Chinese soldiers, they looted the business district and dwellings of for-| eigners. Cantonese government au.| thorities helplessly looked on while | the mobs vented their anger upon the white people, the dispatches asserted. The British relinquished their dis. | trict to the rioters. On Thursday 258/ British women and’ children with a few men boarded gunboats and started | for Shanghai. | | Americans Are Leaving. Another dispatch stated that Ameri-| can residents of Kiukiang had been | taken on board the American gunboat | Penguin Friday. All women and chil-| dren departed from the city. Follow- | ing the rioting Cantonese troops téok | charge of the concession. Refugees began arriving here today from Hankow, where infuriated mobs | attacked the British concession Mon- day and Tuesday, and since have held | ers Dougherty lof a subcommitz 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 start immediately. FIVE CENTS. APPROVAL OF EIGHT DISTRICT MEASURES GRANTED BY HOUSE $600,000 Fund Allowed for Purchase of Produce Market Site. * CITY WILL PAY HALF OF $400,000 NURSES’ HOME Hospital, Howard U. and Street Bills Already Passed by Senate. Eight District measures were passed by the House vesterday, three of which have already passed the Senate. The House approved the Commis- sioners’ bill authorizing acqiusition of a new site for the Farmers' Produce Market with an appropriation of $600,000 for this purpose. This meas- ure now goes to the Senate, where it will be promptly enacted. It is the purpose to have the appropriation carried in the deficiency appropriation bil, s0 as to make the funds avail- able as soon as possible. The Com- missioners hope to have the new Farmers' Market ready for occupancy this Summer. This will be the first determining step in location of the new model municipal market center. The plans are to begin erection of the new Interior Department Bullding before March on the site now occupied in part by the Farmers' Market, for which a temporary location must be found. The House passed the Senate bill authorizing an appropriation of $400,000 for a new- nurses’ home at Columbia Hospital. The House bill which called for an appropriation of $300,000 was amended to make it identical in language with the bill as it pAssed the Senate. Representa- tive Blanton made a futile attempt to have the wording changed to specify that all of the cost should be borne by the District taxpayers, but passed the bill called for.the appro- priation on the sapse bisis as all other expenditures in the National Capital. The bill authorizing condemnation proceedings to aequire right of way fo_ra new street betweem Georgia for hie 3 T -a..,.. 56 approved Senate to corréct oné word in the act“providing for a new athletic field and stadium-at Howard University, by changing the word ‘“reconvey” to ‘convey."” Then a group of four measures sponsored by Chairman Gibson of the special subcommittee of the House District committee, investigating the municipal administration were passed These are to safeguard the estat of war veterans, non compos and infants for whom trustces, guardians or committees are appointed by the ourts. They grew out of the investi- gation that drove Frederick A. Fen- ning out of office as District Commis- sioner. Two of these bills limit to 5 per | cent the fees to be paid to committees or guardians, with specific statement that the 5 per cent i{s to be from money collected for the estate, if and when disbursed. The third bill linfts to fivé the number of non compos mentis estates that any guardian may have in his charge. A proposed imendment to exempt trust com- panies from this limitation was de- feated. The fourth bill in this group limits to five the number of estates of infants or minors that any guar- | dian may serve. COMMISSIONERS’ NAMES SENT TO SUBCOMMITTEE Three Senators Will Take Up Nominations of Dougherty and Taliaferro. A subcommittes of the Senate Dis- trict committee was named yester- day afternoon by Chairman Capper to give further consideration to the nominations of District Commission- and Taliaferro, in compliance with the request of Sens ator King, Democrat, of Utah. The subcommittee will be composed Senator Jones. Republican. of Washington, Senator Sackett, Repub: lican, of Kentucky and Senator King. The subcommittee may be ready to report when the full committee meety again Thursday. Senator Capper has indicated on previous occasions that no objections of a serious naturs have been re- ceived by him concerning the ap- pointments, but Senator King felt the procedure of referring the names to should be followed. POLI&“F[GHT POLICE. possession. Without money and wis only the clothing they were wearing, | Pittsburgh Suburb Row Causes Im- th portation of Officers. FALL, FIGHTING ILLNESS, REPORTED VERY WEAK Ex-Secretary Rests Comfortably at gome in El1 Paso, But Fails to Improve. DOLL CALLS FIREMAN. ‘‘Restuer” Feels Baby's Clothes in Crib and Hears Cry for “Mama.” JOPLIN, Mo., January 8 (#).—Fire. man Charles Foster was fumbling about in the semi-darkness of a water- soaked bedroom at a fire here yester- day when he came to a child's crib, He touched a child's garment. ‘Mama,” came a sound from the erib. ] “Quick,” Foster cried, “bring me a light."” Two or three other firemen rushed By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex., January $.—Albert B. Fall, former Secretary of the Interior, who has been ill at his home here since Christmas with pneumonia, was reported ‘“very wel;k tonight. . G. Clunn, personal secretary to Mr. Fall, in making: the announce- ment, said that although the patient resting comfortably, there had been no improvement in his condition since yesterday, when it was found necessary tqg inister stimulants to increase blogd pressure. Mr. Fall, §espite his 65 years, has t illne forward. “The light disclosed a lie-sized doll, the kind that cries- “‘mama.” (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) ASSAILANT STABS MAN He Walks Along Street—Con- dition Held Not Serious. Decatur was removed wound was not serious. AND ESCAPES IN AUTO| Ped.'-trhn Mysteriously Knifed as Police ywere searching last night for a mysterious assailant, who stepped from an automobile on Eighth street, between F' and G streets northeast, and stabbed William J. Decatur, years old, of 103 M street southeast, in the back. The man with the knife jumped back into the automobile and sped away. Casualty Hospital in a passing auto- mobile, where it was found that his 22 to PITTSBURGH. January 8 (®.— Burgess John Cavanaugh of Home- stead, a suburb, tonight summoned 12 State policemen and 8 deputy sher- iffs to the town for what he termed a ‘“cleanup.” The burgess said he took the action after borough police had failed to “check the sway of the underworld."” Cavanaugh's call for outside of- ficers followed a fight last night be. tween Homestead police, said to rep- resent two different political factions, Two patrolmen, the mayor said, were beaten by other officers. Warrants for the arrest of the attackers have been sworn out, he said. — s Quits U. §. Over Charleston. NEW YORK, January 8 (®).—Flor- ence Walton, dancer, turned her back on America today to shield her eyes from the sight and her ‘ears from ‘he sound of 'the Charlesto: Bottom, ' Saifing for Patis she -would - never - return. ul dances have gone, baliroom has ‘baekroom. been ‘tiied intd I-am through