Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Rain tonight an tonight; noon; much colder Temperatures—Highest, 47, at noon today; lowest, 38, Full report on 30,213. colder late tomorrow Bureau Foreeast.) d tomorrow; warmer after- tomorrow night. at 4 a.m. today. page 7. Intered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. @h WASHINGTON, ¢ Fn D. 411 & WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Joy WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, - WEXICO WELCOMES KELLOGE APPROVAL OF ARBITRALNOVE Tension Subsides Noticeably on Receipt of News of Stand by Secretary. ‘CALLES TELLS AGRARIAN GROUPS REVOLT FAILS o Need to Arm Them to Aid Fed- eral Troops, Executive Re- plies to Offer. By the Associated Prees. MEXICO CITY, January 19.—Mex- ico is breathing easier with the an- nouncement of Secretary Kellogs's willingness to submit the contro- Aversy over the Mexican oil and land laws to arbitration. The immediate reaction to publi- cation of the Secretary of State’s views was a subsidence of the extraordinary tension of the last week and expressions of hope that the preliminary negotiations for arbi- sration would be conducted in a con- ciliatory, spirit. There was speculation as to which side would make the official pro- President Calles having al- ready declared unofficially that he ght consider arbitration to avoid Agreater evil for Mexico. Calles Says Revolt Fails. “fanatical” elements Attempts by to carry out ¢ have thus declares in a reply to agarian com- munities asking for arms with which o assist the federals in stamping ‘uz the so-called Catholic rebellion. Since the Agrarian party ordered fts members to co-operate with the federal forces the presidential bureau has been inundated with petitions from the agrarian communities througout the country asking for arms. f President Calles refuses the peti tions with the declaration that the army is at present strong enough to queil the uprisings. Arms were dis- tributed among the agrarians of Jalisco and Guanajuato, he says, be- cause of the exceptional ‘‘fanatical” activities there. Report Sporadic Outbreaks. Spol revolutionary activities iyere reported yesterday In various sections of the country. Federal troops wero rushed to reinforce the agrarians defending. Ghinutia, Buebla, threatened by rebels under Victoriano Barcenas. A rebel group entered Comonfort. Guanajuato, after seizing arms, horses snd foodstuls. ~Another group en- tered Jalapa, Guerrero. Unexploded dynamite cartridges were discovered under two railway bridges on tbe Pachuca line at Temascalapa. The mystery as to the whereabouts of Bishop Pascual Diaz of Tabasco continues, with the department of the interfor asserting that it is without con- firmation of press dispatches that'he vas denied edmission to Guatemala. he bishop, who is secretary of the Mexican episcopate, was arrested in Mexico City a week ago and taken gway under guard. i, May Be Sent to Tabasco. There are unconfirmed reports that he is being taken to his diocese in the State of Tabasco, where he will be prevented from participating in religious activities, The state laws of Tabasco require clergymen to mar- Tv and the bishop’s refusal to comply vas given as the reason for his pro- tracted absence from his dlocese. ‘Archbishop Francesco Orozeo y Jim- fnez of Guadalajara is the central figure for the moment in the religious controversy. ‘The war department, \while not in possession of substantia- tion of the information it gave out Monday that the Catholic prelate was engaging M revolutionary activities ot the head of a band of rebels in the State of Jalisco, says it is certain that he is in hiding somewhere in the mountains of that state, surround- ed by foHowers. The Catholic episcopate continues to deny the war department reports con- cerning the archbishop and a news- paper statement that he has been located at the head of a “Rebel Cath- olic Army” in the village of San Jose de Graclas, Jalisco. Progress in Two States. alisco and Durango, two states where revolutionary activities have » been extremely pronournced, now are described by the war department as being rapidly pacified. The rebellious elements who were defeated at Tepatitlan are reported in special dispatches from Guada jara to have been reorganized Atotonileo, fortifying that town ¥ erreira, with 500 federal soldiers. iacked the rebels entrenched in on the outskirts, but th bat was suspended at nightfall. the govern ment forces upon the town. Te killed in the preliminary and an_officer and a wounded. 1t is reported that Ignac Medina, land owner, president of the olotlan branch of ghe Union Popular and leader of one of the most formidable rebel groups, has surren dered unconditionally with the men under his command. An attempt by 30 rebels, headed b Ricardo Anaya, to capture the to of Lagos De Moreno failed. The small garrison of 15 soldiers defended the town until reinforcements arrived, when the revolutionaries fled APPEAL TO PRI rebels en; soldier Gomez IDENT. Ymportant Persons Favor Arbitration | the of Mexican Dispute. SW YORK, ountr s the and women throughout the for arbitration instead of force best means of settling differences be- | en the United States and Mexico s forwarded to President yesterday. Among the signers were the gov ernors of two States, George W. P. Hunt of Arizona and J. E. Bric of Montana, and Newton D. Baker rmer Secretary of War: Dr. R: yman Wilbur, president, and David rr 1, o ntord president emeritus, 3 Junior University Fishop Charles 1. Mead of Colorado Vrof, Irving Fisher of Yale; Dr. V jeria H. Parker, presid Jord and S (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) nation-wide revolution | ailed, President Calles | s being unable to advance | were | wgement | Cpile knew what attitude Peru woula | were | Coolidge son ANTI-CHRISTIAN Manila—DBritish By the Assoclated Pr AMOY, January 19 anti-Christian feeling and trouble brewing. gandists are exerting every means to incite the populace to an up: ing. The situation is discouraging. Americans Go to M FOOCHOW, January 1 though the authorities here prom | protection to- foreigners and foreign | property, lack of diseipline among | troops and circulation of sinister | rumors has caused many women and | children to leave port. Fifty-nine { American missionary women and | children left for Ms The situ- | ation {s quiet at presen | British May Send Tanks. CANTON, Januar; flors from the British gunboat day began strengthen round the British concession here. They erected a barricade of building iron plates along the backbund of Shameen, the foreign settlement. It is understood that the British are prepared if necessary to send a U. 5. HAS NOT MADE Phe tide of is rising here Propa- | Ci Kellogg Expression on Senate Arbitration Resolution Giv- en Limited Meaning. By the Associated Press. Despite Secretary Kellogg's stat ment last night saying he “welcome: the Robinson resolution for arbitrz tion of the oil dispute with Mexico, the State Department gave evidence today of a desire not to commit itself 100 far on that subject. Department officials interpreted the Secretary’s statement as meaning only that Mr. Kelloggz would welcome an expression of opinion from the Sen- ate, and did not wish to express any opinion of the form of the resolution There was no indication of any move by this Government to initiate arbi- tration, nor has any official offer of ar- bitration come from Mexico. 3 Spotlight’s Sudden Switch. The sudden switch of the spotlight from the civil war in Nicaragua to Mexico cante last night-when-the. retary of State, after a half hour talk with the President, declared that for some time he had been giving careful consideration to the question of the “gdefinite application” of the arbitra- tion principle to the “existing contro- versy with Mexico.” The Arkansas Senator’s resolution has been referred to the foreign rela- tions committee, which plans tomor- row to take up resolutions seeking withdrawal of American naval forces from Nicaragua and to decide whether it would make public a “corrected” copy of Secretary Kellogg’s testimony on Nicaragua which was delivered be- fore it in executive session. Resolution in Senate. *The arbitration resolution, intro- duced after the Mexican-Nicaraguan debate had bobbed up with renewed Vi White House pronouncement on the subject, was said by its authors to have the indorsement of Chairman Borah of the foreign relations com- mittee, who favored arbitration in a speech last week, and Senator Swan- son of Virginia, ranking Democrat on the comgmittee. = It deblares that while it is the duty of the United States Government to protect the lives and property of its nationals in foreign countries, and that this duty should not be neglected, it is, nevertheless, “sound policy, con- sistent with the honor and best inter- est of the United States, and promo- tive of international peace and good will, to submit to arbitration, or to some impartial tribunal empowered to apply the principles of international law, the diplomatic controversies” with Mexico. PERU NOW ARMING, SAYS CHILEAN PAPER i | | { | | { By the Associated Pre SANTIAGO, Chile, January 19.— The charge that Peru, after refusing “to enter any form of settfement of {he Tacna-Arica problem,” s arming against Chile is made in the editorial columns of La Nacion. The paper says the problem has ceased to be one only between neigh- boring countries and now affects the tranquillity of the whole continent Sl Mer discussing the Toru vian note. says it contained nothing Which was not expected here, since the me e as tiations of by the assume. The newspaper | problem is now in the | before the diplomatic nego 1921, Ithough “aggravated | new ‘exactions of Peru. S’WBILL GETS 0. K. |MOTHER President From House. v the Associated Press The bill to author! - appropriation for the I"rowner maternity aid ac [ cont to President Coolidge today after Mouse had agreed to a Senate automatically repe when author e extension of Sheppard endment a act in 192 | the ) —An|for its funds expires. appeal, signed by 400 prominent men FAVOR RATION INCREASE. | House Tentatively Approves Plan to Benefit Soldiers. | By the Associated Press. Increase of Army rations from ap- sroximately 35 to 40 cents was gften approval today by the ¥ tentative Juse Action came on dé in amend ment by Representative La Guardia, ;| Republican, New York, which would have eliminated from the appropria tion bill £2,600,000 to provide for the Jucrease, and "Tanks t ng the defense | OVERT PEACE MOVE or in both houses and after another | to 1929 was FEELING RISES IN CHINA UNDER American Women Missionaries Sail for May Ship Planes o Shanghai. | | for 1ber of small tanks and additional lanes from England to China for the defense of Shanghai MAY STOP CANTONE | Other Chinese Factions in Powerful Position if They Act. PEKING, January 19 (®).—Most Chinese situation appear to take it for | granted that the Nationalists, or Can- 1ese, are cer n to continue their dvance and soon control Shanghai |and probably all of China. Such a | development is by no means certain | Marshals Sun Chuan-Fang and Wu | Pei-Fu are at least holding their own | against the southern. forces at present, {while Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian | dictator, has not vet entered the fray oreign _militarists all declare that Chang Tso-Lin possesses much the best military machine in China. Tt is superior to the Cantonese in num- | ber, munitions, training, equipment land staff organization. Hence, if a | clash comes the Manchurian_general (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) CHARLOTTE DIES: KING AT BEDSIDE One of Europe’s Most Tragic Lives Ends as Widow of Maximilian Expires. | | By the Associated Prese BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 19.— Charlotte, once Empress of Mexico as the wife of Emperor Maximilian, died at her chateau near Brussels at 7 o'clock this morning. Thus came to a | close one of the most tragic careers in | European history, for her mind had been clouded ever since she heard of the execution of her husband, Maxi milian, at Queretaro, Mexico, in 18 Several times in the last few year: her strong constitution enabled Char- lotte to withstand serious illness, but when last Saturday she was stricken with a severe attack of influenza the physicians took into account her age—she was 86—and held out little hope for recovery. Pneumonia Proves Fatul. At times over the week end she seemed to improve, then on Tuesday Hotning pneumonia developed. There was a hurried consultation of physi- cians, and_Charlotte’'s nephew, King Albert, and Queen Elizabeth and the others of the royal family were sum- moned to the sitkroom. They were at the bedside when she died peace- fully. P Throughout the ex-Empress’ illness, in fact through the years of her re- tirement, she -had a constant attend- ant in Baron Auguste Goffinet, who - friend of her brother, King Leopold II of Belgium. Baron Auguste, knowing that the Empress was soon to die, spoke wist- fully of his relations with the Belgian royal house, of the beauty and charm of Charlotte as a girl before she mar- | ried the Austrian Archduke Maxi- milian. | Fortune Had Shrunk. | It is my sad privilege,” he said, | “to bury the royal family. Leopold | was right when he told fne yvears ago ‘Empress Charlotte is to bury us ail, except vourself.’ " The baron, as administrator of Em- press Charlotte’s property, added that there was no truth in fhe report of her great fortune. While it was once something like 10,000,000 gold francs, he explained that it dwindled consider: ably the last few years because of the depreciation of Russian and Ger- man shares. Only July 27, King Albdrt and Queen Elizabeth paid a_special visit to Charlotte at her chateau, the oc- [ casion being the sixty-ninth’anniver- | sary of her marriage to Maximilian. | She talked a long time with the King and Queen, addressing them as prince and princess, as she had never been informed of the death of her brother, Leopold IT. Appeared to Have Recovered. Members of her entourage said at he time that she had entirely recov- ered her mental powers and that she (Continued on page 3, Column 2.) { reported. Mr. DEEDS OFFICEBILL ISGIVEN APPROVAL OF HOUSE GROUP Photostat Provision Would Save 100,000,000 Words of Typing Annually. BLANTON URGES FIGHT ON NAMING OF MALLAN | iz | Board of Education Probe Turned Over to Subcommittee Un- der Gibson. | = - The House District committee or- dered a vorable report to the| House on three bills today, heard a plea by Representative Thomas L. Blanton, Democrat, of Te that House members should use their in- fluence to prevent the Semate from confirming Blaine Mallan as people's counsel with the Public Utilitles Commission and took the investi- gation of Board of. Education ap- pointments away from the subcom- mittee on education, headed by Rep- resentative Frank R. Reid of Ili- nois and gave it to the subcommit- tee headed by Representative 1. W. Gibson of Vermont. On recommendation of Chairman Zihlman the committee ordered a favorable report, as urged by Engi- neer gommissioner Bell, on the bill providing for the widening of Nichols renue, between Good Hope road and S street southeast. The’ Zihlman bill. indorsed by the Gibson subcommittce. carrying out the recommendations of the Bureau of Efficiency for reorganization of the Recorder of Deeds’ office in the inter- ests of economy and efficiency and to make the work, current, was favorably Zihlman sald that this provides for photostat recording and | will save 100,000,000 words of type: writing annually. Would Preserve Mr. Zihlman, who s a member of the Natlonal Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, also brought before the committee a new bill, to be sub- stituted for one already on the calen- dar, in regard to condemnation of land for park and playground sites. Frederick G. Coldren, secretary and attorney for the Park Commission ex- plained the purpose of the new bill to brevént development of the land after condemnation proceedings have been started. Mr. Reld contended that _the measures drafted would establish a bad précedent. Representative Gilbert, Democrat, of Kentucky, contended that it-is an unwise innovation in condemnation proceedings. ~Repre- Sentative Houston, Republican, of Delaware also criti¢ized the proposed | draft, arguing that through a re- straining order the same purpose could be accomplished now. Amendment Held Desirable. It was agreed that an amendment of existing law is desirable, so as to fix the price to be paid under con- demnation as of the date on Wwhick condemnation proceedings are filed; | that any work done on the land after that date is at the owner's own risk and not to be considered in fixing the price, and that the Gov-| ernment should be obliged, after the condemnation price has been fixed by the court, to take over the property. The draft of the new bill, as pre-| pared by the Park Commission, wa rewritten in the subcommittee and | reported to be substituted for a more | drastic measure now pending on the House calendar. Rufus Lusk, president of the Oper- ative Builders’ Association, spoke in behalf of this legislation, saying that | most of the builders are co-operat-! ing with the Government, but that | they aré also anxious to protect thcl owner's property rights | Mr. Gilbert made a report from the| subcommittee on education, which held | a hearing last night on charges of cor- ruption in the appointment of the| Washington Board of Fducation. He | said that the purpose of putting the| appointment of this board in the hands of the justices of the District Supreme Court was to avoid intrigue or cor- ruption. He said that the testimony before the subcommittee has proved | conclusively that there has been no corruption, but proof has been estab- | lished regarding the existence of what “(Continued on Page 2, Column 2 | IN SPITE OF ons: i Wil ' Numbers Swarm fornia Cities ! By the Asso BAKERSFIELD, Calif, January 19.—State and Federal officlals, whose sought by residents of the of Kern County to repel i Press. help was | lowland 1 | gheppard-Towner Measure Sent to hordes of mice which have been mi- | grating to higher ground in search of food, decided today that Bakersfield and nearby cities were in no danger of an invasion of the rodents and i turned their attention to exterminat ing them. For several days the mice have been moving out of the old Buena Vista Lake bed, which had been turned into a grain field. The mice were robbed | of food when a great flock of sheep | was turncd into the field. The situ- | ation became so acute yesterday that | county authorities called for help | from the United States Biological Sur- vey and the State Bureau of Pest | Control. | Conditions Held “Unbelievajjle.” E. Raymond Hall, University of California zoologist, after inspecting | the infested areas, declared conditions | “were unbelievable.” All clothing must be shaken before |its cwner dare wear it, he said. An | vil field driller declared he arose one | morning and discovered that the mice had eaten all his clothes. The mice migrate over the land like a moving varpet and have -mads auto: MICE fiORDE MOVES FORWARD POISON AND GAS| s Killed, But Hige 0Oil Wells—Cali- Believed Safe. travel in certain places virtually im- | possible. he rodents are being checked by the scores of thousands with poisoned | grain sprinkled in newly ploughed | furrows across the path of their mi- | gration. They are being burned in | | huge piles. Whit C. Barber, horticultural com- missioner, last night received reports that the mice scemed to be headed toward the hills of the Midway oil flelds. Scouts sent out by Barber re- ported that the city of Bakersfleld and Stockdale, Belleview and other nearby places were in no danger. Hordes Forge Ahead. Despite the heavy toll taken by the poisoned grain, the mice have forged | ahead. Polson gas was also resorted to_in some instances. Mr. Hall declared that the plague was aggravated by the fact that for years an unceasing warfare has been waged on the natural enemies of mice, such as coyotes, wildcats, hawks and other predatory beasts and birds. He reported that hawks and owls| were swarming from far-off points.. | Thousands of ducks also were halting ' in thelr migrations to drop down on the rodents . Despite all efforts, Prof. Hall said, ! the invaders were swarming over oil derricks in the Kern il fields, making imperative & cessation of ail activi-l lody | i -concerniug ! spent in t 1927—THIRTY ny Star EIGHT PAGES. service. (#) Means Associated Pre: The only evening in Washington -wi Associated Press news dh the Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,376 TWO CENTS. ADMITS ACH NAME AT BUSCH TRIAL Justice Overrules Strenuous Objections of Defense Counse. Over strenuous objections of coun- ge! for the four defendants charged with first degree murder in connec- tion with the death of Policeman Leo W. K. Busch on September 28 last, the Government today put in evidence concerning Policeman Frank L. Ach, who was wounded at the same time. Justice Willlam Hitz, presiding at the trial in Criminal Division N ruled all objections to the presence of Ach’s name. & James B. Archer, counsel for John Proctor, led the fight against intro- duction of testimony and evidence “Ach; “declaring’ that the policeman, whg subsequently recov- ered and is the Government's star witness, is not even mentioned in the indictment against the quartet. He further told the court that réferences to Ach only served to prejudice the jury against his client and the other defendants, who are holas Lee Bagles, Samuel Moreno and John F. McCabe. Three Witnesses Heard. The proceedings moved slowly at the morning sessiof and only three witnesses were heard. Dr. Daniel L. Borden, police surgeon, furnished the most interesting - testimony, reciting his early morning visit to Garfield Hospital September 26, where he found Ach and Busch lying on operat- ing tables in the emergency room. It was over Dr. Borden's references to Ach that the started and resulted in many confer- ences with Justice Hitz at the bench. Dr. Borden testified he found Busch in a “critical condition.” His exam- ination of Ach revealed that the po- liceman had received a gunshot wound in the abdomen on the upper left side, another wound in the right elbow and a third in the leftgshoulder. Busch, he said, Rad received a shot in the abdomen and two in the chest. “Busch showed signs of shock and ex- treme excitability,” the doctor con- tinued. He added he decided to op- erate, but did not. Subsequently, he explained, his reason for not operating as being due to the precarious condi- tion of the patient. He then operated on Ach. Identifies Three Bullets. Dr. which he removed from Ach agd As sistant United States District Attor- ney George D. Horning, jr., conduct- ing the prosecution, succeeded in hav ing them received in evidence over the objection of Attorney Archer, who claimed the Government was attempt ing to prove a crime not included in the indictment. Dr. Borden's examination of Busch revealed _that assed “(Continued 6) 8 CENTS NETS BOY 250-MILE CAR RIDE Runaway - Travels on Elevated Line for 84 Hours Before Being Detected. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 19.—For the longest continuous trolley ride on one fare, Joseph Roche, a 15-year-old runaway from Wilkes-Barre, is be- lieved to hold the record. Since sepa- ated from a brother Saturday morn- ing until turned over to the police he had made the elevated trains his home. The police estimated that the boy had spent 84 hours on the cars and traveled 250 miles for 8 cents. Dur- ing that time he had had no food. Tie sald he had left Wilkes-Barre with a. 19-year-old brother, with whom he had planned to see the world. NEW YORK, January 19 (@.— ! Louls Schiesstein, 17, was at his home. ‘Brooklyn today, after five days he subway. Growing tired of school flve days ago, Louis quit and crossed to Man- hattan frem Brooklyn to find a job. But when his capital got down to 60 cents and two bars of chocolate, and in |the prospective job still eluded him, he boarded a subway train to sleep. He remained in the subway all that day and night, and then invested an- other nickel and switched over to an- other line. This he kept up for five days and nights. ‘Louis might have continued touring New York underground Indefinitely bad he not oversispt yesterday been found - com- s 1n s cer that had defense battle | Borden identified three bullets | School for Bandits Raided in Russia; Members Captured By the Associated Press VLADIMIR, Russia, 3 ——A “school for bandits,’ with a veteran chief, Gregory Ouvaroff, acting as professor, has been di covered in the depths of a forest near here. The students webe boys and girls, who were drilled in the use of weapons and instructed in the “sciences” of the underworld. The school was full when the po- lice made their raid All the members wére captured. Among the scholastic equipment seized were weapons, fleld tele- phones and other paraphernalia. HINES WOULD LEND {Takes Proposal for Direct Advances to White House. Extra Cost Small. By the Associated Press. Authority for making direct on veterans' bonus certificates will be sought by Director Hines, of the Veterans' Bureau, who made plans today to have the necessary legisla- tion Introduced in Congress. After a call at the White House to- day, Gen. Hines said he would confer immiediately with Chairman Green of the House ways and means commit- tee, and Chalrman Smoot of the Sen- ate finance committee. Under the plan discussed today at the White House, the Veterans' Bu- reau would serve merely as a supple- mentary agency to the banks, making the loans in localities where veterans are unable to obtain money from the banks. Would Place No Limitation. Hines, however, would place Gen. bureau to grant the loans in any in- stance, if the veterans preferred to deal with the Government rather than the banks. Tt would be necessary, the ditector said, for the bureau to charge a r: jeopardize transactions already en- tered intd by the banks at a_similar rate. He told the President that 17, 000 loans had been made by the banks on the 3,000,000 certificates which ac quired loan values on January 1. Gen. Hines said the bureau has money to make the loans and only slight additional appropriations would be required to'meet the increased ad- ministrative costs. * Hines our part to grant the loan: of the sald, “and that it is the pa bureau to carry out this duty The insurance certificates had a to- tal loan value of $215,000,000 on Jan- uary 1, and this will e increased to $341,000,000 by next January 1. ARKANSAS JUDGE NAMED ON TRADE COMMISSION President Coolidge today settled the troublesome question of select- ing ‘a Democrat from the South to serve on the Federal Trade Commis- McCulloch of Arkansas to fill the | vacancy caused by the expiration of i the term of Huston Thompson. Mr. McCulloch at the present time isa member of the Supreme Court of | Arkansas and his selection was made {upon the recommendation of Sena- | tor Robinson. of that State, minority leader of the Senate. EXTEND TIME FOR—TAGS‘. February 15 Set as Final Date for 1926 Plates. Extension of the time for the use of 1926 District automobile identification tags to February 15 was-ordered to- day by the Commissioners. The origi- nal limit of February 1 was set be- cause of the delay in the delivery of the tags. TIssuance of the 1927 tags will start Monddy, and Wade H. Coombs, super- intendent of licenses, has advised the Commission plete distrib on by February 15. TOWAR VETERANS - loans | te | of 6 per cent interest so as not to| We feel there is 'an obligation on | sion by appointing Judge Bdgar A.| $0.245CITY FUND Salaries, Uniforms, School Needs and General Ex- pense Covered. | _ Appropriations totaling $95,245, iden- tical with the budget recommenda- | tions for the District of Columbia, are NDEFGEACY BLL SVITH'S DEMAND FOR SENATE SEAT MADE AT GAPITOL Deneen Resolution Would Give lliinoisan Standing Pending Inquiry. REED ASKS IMMEDIATE Precedents in 39 Similar Cases Which Have Come Up Since 1849 Are Cited in Squabble. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Before crowds that had come to the Senate chamber as to a Roman holi- day, the credentials of Col. Frank L. Smith to be Senator from Illinels wers laid before the Senate today. The struggle over the first of the | “slush fund"” cases arising out of the |last campalgn was formally before | the Sepate, although Col. Smith came to the Senate under appointment by Gov. Small to fill the McKinley va- cancy. His right to be seated as Sen- ator-elect does not come up in the Senate until the next Congress meets. | Every indication was that Col. Smith { would not be permitted to take the oath of office, but that his credentials would be referred to the committee on privileges and elections and that later | the Senate would decide whether I should be seated. If its present temper continues, the probabilities are that Col. Smith will never be allowed to | tako his seat. Concerns State Rights. In a measure, the struggle over tI Smith appointment is between ti right of the States to be represented { by their appointed or elected repre- sentatives in the Senate and the power of the Senate to deny a seat to lany Senator designate or elect be- cause it considers him unqualified Bound up with the Smith case is that of Senator-elect Vare of Pennsyl- vania, although it will not come be- {fore the Senate until the next Con | contaifed in the first deficieney ap- | propriation bill for the present fiscal | vear, which totals $183,867,844.01, and which was reported to the House to- day. These District items are to care for urgent needs, Representative Will R. Wood of Indiana stated in his report to the House. They are as follows: Assessor’s office, salaries, 1927, 1927, Public $6,200. Metropolitan polies, uniforms, 19 schools, furniture, $39,320. Firs Department, | $30.000. Public Utilities . §8.500. General expense: Juvenile Court, Jurors, 1927, $1,500. Mr. Wood explained that the items | for the Assessor's office, the Juyenile | Court and the Public Utilities Commis- sion are due to'laws recently enacted and carry out the express wish of Con- gress in those acts. The amount for furniture for the Macfariand Junior | High School is due to the early com- | pletion of the addition to that building and its occupancy poses. The amounts for uniforms for the Police and Fire departments are in accordance with the act of last 3l and provide the allotments for thyse for’ the lam six months of r, following a de- uniforms, mmission, salaries, 1927, $2.000. compensation of 1 tailed the full year. The principal other items in the bill are the refund of taxes illegally col- lected, $1 hting forest fires in national forest: 1155,000; forest roads and trails under contract, $1, 400,000; naval air station, Pensacola, Fla., on ac $800,000. | Naval Station, | Lake Denmark, | depot, Yorktown, V: | Ing fires and rep San Diego naval station, J.. $347.000; mine . $380,000; fight ing flood damage ir | ways Corporation, $2.000,000; | ments of courts, $374.946 dited claims, $538,199.39. % Judg- 9, and au %7425 for Assessors. 3' for employment of addi personal services for the As The tional February 1, 1927, and June 30, 192 | covers the compensation of two sistant field men at §1,860 each and five clerks at_$1,500. These additional positions are pro- vided for in the budget for. the fisc: year 1928. The need for the positions arises as the result of the passage of the act of Congre approved July 3, 1926, providing for the annual a: ment of real estate in the District of Columbia, as against the requirement for biennial assessments of real es- tate. . Section 10 of this act of July 3, 1926, authorizes an appropriation for the employment of additional personal services to enable the Assessor to carry_on the work of annual assess- ment of property. During the period between the first Monday in January—that is, this month—and the first Monday in June the Board of Equalization and Review, composed of the A or as chai man and the three assistant assessors in charge of real estate and the three | assistant assessors in charge of per. sonal property is required to sit as a board for the purpose of hearing and considering appeals of property owners. against the assessment of their real estate. It will be necessary to have a fleld\ force operating between now and the end of the present fiscal year for the purpose of bringing on the tax roll all new buildings erected between July 1, 1926, and June 30, 1927. The Assessor states that it is prac- tically impossible for him to carry out the annual assessment of property and to make a thorough assessment, effec- tive on the 1st of July next, unless he has this additional force to render the necessary assistance. See Revenue Increase. It is estimated that the annual as- sessment of real estate will represent to the District a return of $109,000 to $150,000 more in taxes a year than has been received under the biennial as- sessment. ‘While the present six assessors will 'be constantly hearing appeals between now and the end of June, the three | | | | 1927j for classroom pur- | survey of the requirements for | ount of hurricane damage, | sesor’s office for the period between | essors at $3,300 each, two | gress, The same Senate committee, {headed by Senator Reed of Missouri, { Which investigated the primary cam- {paign of Col. Smith, investigated the { primary campaign of Mr. Varc and has reported to the Senate large ex- penditures @f money in both cases I Col. Smith, undaunted by the at- tacks which have been made upon him because of his campaign expendi- tures and because his campaign bene- fited by contributions from Samuel Insull and other public utility ma: nates, sat in the rear of the Senate chamber when his case was calied up. As Senator designate and Senator- elect he is entitied to the floor of the 'széme, though not to speak in that y. Chamber Is Crowded. As evidence of the keen interest is {the Smith case, the Senate was filled | with its own members and with many | members of the House, who had com to see what would happen to a forme: colleague. Col. Smith served a term in the House several years ago Speaker Longworth was among thoss | who came from the House. The spectators in the galleries be- {gan to assemble in the Capitol as learly as § o'clock this morning. When | the “doors were finally opened, the | seats were quickly filled and long queues stood in the corridors waiting !for a chance to peep in. The Senate met 2 whole hour earlier | today, to get a running start on the Smith case, which some fear may so delay the work of the Senate as t force a special session. The lead- ers, however, do not share these fears. Immediately after the formal open- ng of the Senate, Senator Deneen of Illinols was recognized. He offered the Smith credentials and moved that he be sworn in without delay. Reed Offers Substitute Motion. The Deneen motion provided that | no limitation upon the power of the | national parks, $235,000; Inland Water- | the Smith credentials should at the same time be referred to the Senate ommittee on privileges and elections |along with any contest that might lie jagainst Col. Smith, and that the com- | mittee should hold an inquiry and re- port back to the Senate at its earliest convenience. As a substitute for this motion, | Senator Reed of Missourl, head of the |slush find committee, offered the fol- lowing resolution: “That the question of the prima facie right of Frank L. Smith to be sworn in as a member from the State | ot Illinots, as well as his final right {to a seat as such Senator, be referred |to the committee on privileges and | elections: and until such committes shall report upon and the Senate de | cide such question and right, the said Frank L. Smith shall not be sworn in or be permitted to occupy a seat in the Senate. “The said committee shall proceed promptly and report to the Senate at | the earliest possible moment. The Reed resolution is expected to prevail. Moves for Seating. Senator Deneen of Illinois laid be- fore the Senate the credentials of Col. Smith, signed by Gov. Len Small, and after they had been read by the ! clerk the Illinois Senator moved that oath of office be administered to Smith. “Col. Smith is present,” said Sena- tor Dencen, 4nd I ask that he be now sworn in.” The Illinofs Senator then launched into a detalled argument to convince the Senate, if possible, that Col. Smith, by practically all the prece- dents of the Senate, was entitled to take his seat, since his credentials were in due form. He contended that if an inquiry into the qualifications of Col. Smith was to be made, it should come after he had been ad- mitted to the Senate and not before he took the oath. Senator Deneen said: “It has been the practice of the Sen- ate (with a very few early exceptions) to administer the oath to the Sena- tor-elect or designate when he pre- sented himself at the bar of the Sen- ate with credentials in proper form, regardless of a pending contest. This has been the unvarying practice in the Senate for nearly a quarter of a century. Cites Past Cases. additional assessors will not only be Senator Deneen referred specifi- t he expects to com. | employed going throughout the Dis- v b e hwe o8 ety ne:v,”"’ 10 the cases of Senator Smoot * | buildings on the tax roll on the st of | Smith of Maryland in 1908, Senator of Utah- in 1903. Senator John W. L1 {duly next, but they will also be em-| william F. Krby of Askansas in 1916. ms—Page 18/