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WEATHER. (U. & Weather Bureau Forecast.) v and sligh or snow. noon te htly colder tonight: [ @b ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ng Star. 'HIRTY-SIX PAGE With The Star's carrie every city block and % (#) Means Associated Press. “From Press to Home in the Hour” r system covers d the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,439 WO CENTS. FRANCE TO ATTEND NAVY PARLEYWITH RO RESERVES dent’s Invitation Will Be Drafted by Briand. TOKIO 0. K. UNQUALIFIED; Qoolidge Expects Favorable Action | Generally—League Officials See No Conflict of Aims. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 32.—France's re- Ply to President Coolidge’s naval d @rmament proposals, ‘it was under- #tood, after a cablnet meeting today, Avill constitute acceptance in form, but *under serlous reserves.” Forelgn Minister Briand will draft the reply ®nd present it for final cabinet ap- proval Monday. 2 Vicomte Yves de Kerguezec, presi-| dent of the Senate maval committee, believes the suggestion of a new naval conference is “extremely grave" for France. Sees Submarines Barred. “Evidently the aim of the new con- ference, whether it be brought about by Washington or Geneva,” he says in & statement to Excelsior, “is to sup- press the submarine. If that is ad- mitted, there would remain but two fieets in the world—the British for our hemisphere, and the American for the other. R “However, wé must go to Washin; ton or Geneva to speak out plainly, =0 that the whole world may under- stand that France desires no conquest, but means to keep the provinces re- | won by our blood.” That another naval conference would be simply covering the same ground as the League of Nations’ com- | mission working on the same problem was the statement made to the Pet Parisien by Deputy Paul-Boncour, who recently was instructed to draw up a plan fixing the place of parlia- mentarians in mobilization of the na- tion's strength. Press Comment Cool. “That is why,” he declared, “we cannot share the viewpoint expressed by President Coolidge, more 80 as the work of that League commission is in excellent shape, and will serve as a basis for the general disarmament gonference planned elither for the cur- Tént or next year.” | The newepapers, pending ox- pected statement from the government on President Coolldge’s suggestions, continue to devote much space to the disarmament. memorandum, notably the reaction of the various countries. Generally the papers, in their cauti- ous comment, have treated the pro- Posal with coolness and skepticism. PRESIDENT IS HOPEFUL. | General Agreement to Confer on Navies Is Expected. The belief is held by President Coolidge that all_the naval powers signatory to the Washington capital ship limitation treaty will look with favor upon his proposal to extend that treaty to lighter fighting craft. That Great Britain and Japan were favorably impressed with the over- tures. has been indicated in press ad- vices from London and Tokio. Official comment has still to come from Italy. The basis for Mr. Coolidge’s expec- tation of favorable consideration is e: plained at the White House as th reasonableness of the American plan; ‘because it proposes merely an exten- sion of the disarmament formula al-| ready agreed upon by the Washington | treaty powers. i Offers Means of Escape. The President febls his proposal of- fers a means of escape from the dead- lock in the Geneva preparatory dis- armament conference resulting from | & disagreement as to which branch of | armament should first be tackled in a | lan calling for curtailment of air,! nd and sea forces. He also belleves if the Geneva dele- gations are succensful in applying re. | uctions to crulsers. destroyers and submarines, as was done with capital | ships in the 1921 Washington confer- ence. removal of this angle of the' problem would pavilfthe way for | sgreements in other directions, i Officlal attention, however, is being | turned perticularly to Paris because of the belief that the success of a further five-power naval limitation | alscussions depends to a large extent | on_ whether France will modify its| previous stand for discussing all armaments and undertake the more | limited negotiations Mr. Coolidge his | suggested. | Paris View Is Hinted. ! Paris comment indicates that the! vernment decision may be enmeshed | n many precautionary conditions, | A semi-official statement in is indicated the French navy was eon- siderably below the quotas fixed at ‘Washington, due pr of the dreadnaught in 1922. The airplane carrier was still far below the auota of 60,000, and it was added that some of the capital ships counted the 195,000 present tonnage are re: for replacement. Latest Tokio dispatches said Japan | soon would make a favorable reply| 1o the Coolidge suggestion; a British | foreign office officlal announced that | the “general favorable press com- ment voices both the public and off cial opinion of Ggeat Britain,” while | twe Italian new®apers greeted the proposal with discreet approval, hint- ing that Ttaly’s principal objection is| against a codification of her’ m»nmn‘ whioh would leave no room for future | change in her status as a naval power. League Welcomes Move. Geneva advices say the opinifon in Jaague of Nations circles is that the roposal has strengthened the| League’s position on disarmament. | The secretariat voices profound satis- faction with it. { “President Coolidge,” said another| League offictal, “now definitely removed the naval conference fro Washington to Geneva. and more than that, he has put new life into the dis- ermament preliminaries by agreeing to accept the 5—5—3 ratio regarding wree tonnage shington | | effe League Denies Cantonese Envoy Will Be Accepted| Br the Assnciated Press. A. Sw rland, February reulation of a report that ions had assured to receive an en- to recognition | that government brought the st ment from League officials today that they had no knowiedge of such a move. The Chinese permanent delega- tion to the League aiso denied that the League had given any assur- ance of welcome to the Cantonese. In League circles it was stated that it the contending factions got to- gether and authorized Chu Chao- Hsin, Peking's present envoy, represent both Peking and Canton, lth League would have not objec- tion. INPERIAL VALLEY SHAKEN BY QUAKES Calexico Reports Buildings Hurt in January 1 Shocks Further Damaged. By the Associated Press. CALEXICO, Calif., February 1 series of earthquakes, starting after midnight and recurring at intervals of about a half hour until 6 o'clock, rocked the Imperial Valley today. The first tremor, described as the sharpest of the series, was felt at 12:58 am. It caused some damage to buildings here and in Mexicali, across the international boundary line in Lower California. Damage was con- fined to buildings under repair or con- demned as a result of New Year day shocks, which caused exte loss. The initial disturbance was followed a half hour later by two others which were light and a few seconds apart. Each successive quake diminished ifi intensity. El Centro and Brawley, respectively i 12 and 29 miles north of here, reported the quakes, the first being the sever- est. No damage was reported in the two localities. In Calexico the damage in nearly every instance consisted of plaster being shaken down. The Virginia Hotel, condemned as a result of the January 1 quakes, was damaged fur- ther. A cornice fell into the street. A few bricks were knocked off the rear wall of the Overland Hotel, which was undergoing repairs, Mexicall reported that pieces of adobe plaster were broken from sev- eral buildings. REPORT ON SITH | 1S CIVEN SENATE Slush Fund Committee Starts Possible Contempt Move Against Insull and Others. By the Associated Press. As a preliminary to possible con- tempt proceedings, the Senate cam- paign funds committee informed the Senate today that it had been pre- vented from learning all the facts about Frank L. Smith’s senatorial campaign fund in Iilinois because Samuel Insull, the public utilities op- erator: Robert E. Crowe, State's at- torney of Cook County, and Daniel J. Schuyler, Insull’s attorney, refused to answer questions put to them by the committee. Insull's contribution to Smith’s cam- paign fund has acted as a bar to his obtaining the Senate seat to which he was appointed last December by Gov. Small. ividence Is Cited. Pointing out that Insull declined to disclose the amount of his gifts to the Crowe-Barrett Republican organization of Cook County, and that Crowe re- fused to go into details as to that or- ganization's expenditures, the commit- tee said: “Without support of that organiza- tion, Mr. Smith would probably have been defeated at the primary. evidence sufficiently disclosed that this tion expended considerable of money, and that the whole of the money received by it went, with the exception of negligible defections, to promote Mr. Smith’s nomination. Tells of Difficulty. “The foregoing facts make it manifest that it was impossible for your committee to ascertain to what extent monev was used to influence the nomination of Mr. Smith, unless it could learn the amount of money expended by the Crowe-Barrett com- bination in conducting its general fight for the nomination of the county id State ticket--Mr. Smith being arly a direct beneficiary of all of influence of that organization and of all the money by it expended. * * + “Your committee respectfully re- The | ports that because of the recalcl (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) GHANG WIS CLASH T WU TRODPS AND DIHRHS THEN Latter’s Attempt to Block Ad- vance Against Cantonese Laid to Misunderstanding. AMERICANS DECLARED SAFE NOW IN SHANGHAI U. S. Reiterates Purpose of Not Landing Marines Unless Dis- order Arises in City. By the Associated Press. PEKING, February 12.—Troops of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, moving south- ward to engage the Nationalist Can- tonese armies in battle, won their first skirmish with the army of Ger. Wu- Pei-Fu in Honan Province, when they met and disarmed Wu's troops who attempted to block the advance of the northerners toward Chegnchow, re- ports received here said. Newspaper reports of the fighting said that it was due to a misunder- standing_of subordinate officers. The Peking headquarters of Gen. Chang admitted there was ‘“some truth” in reports of the clash in Honan. AMERICANS BELIEVED SAFE. By the Associated Press. Americans_in Shanghai are believed to be in no great danger In view of the latest Chinese civil war develop- ments, but United States naval vessels and Marines will be maintained off that port, it 1s officially announced here, until all possible danger is| passed. | The recent tensity of the situation, which caused additional Marines to be sent to Shanghai, is known to have been considerably eased as far as Washington officials are concerned | as a result of the breakdown of the supply line of the Cantonese forces advancing on_that city and the set- | ting up by Northern Chinese troups of a sirong line of defeuse 200 miles | south of the port. Distribution among the various American naval® vessels in Shanghai| waters of the 250 Marines recently | rived there was reported by thel| 2 Department yesterday to Presi- | dent Coolidge, who expects that none of the forces will be landed unless! the situation radically changes at Shanghal and endangers American lives. It was reiterated that the Washing-| Government has mo_intention to| to! " (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) BLASS PUNCHES SENATOR WHEELER Members Rush Between Pair in Encounter Over Branch Banking Bill. By the Ahsociated Press | Senator Glass, Democrat, Virginia, and Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Mon- tana, engaged in a fist fight on the floor of the Senate today over the branch banking bill. { During a roll call to determine if| the banking bill should be made the | unfinished business before the Senate, the two Senators met on the Demo- cratic side, and duiing a heated dis- cussion Senator Glass struck the Mon- tana Senator on each arm and invited him into the Democratic cloakroom | to finish the encounter, I'riends of the Senators rushed in between them and broke up the combat. . In debate before the roll call, Sena- tor Wheeler, who is opposed to the banking bill, accused Senators Glass and Pepper, Republican, Pennsylvania, supporters of the bill, with not living up to their agreement of yesterday to permit him to speak for an hour on the motion to call up the banking bill. Senator Glass replied that he was not in the chamber when Senator Wheeler made the request, and as soon as he heard about it, he made known that he would object to Sen- ator Wheeler discussing the measure for an hour. A series of points of order were raised against Senator Pepper's motion to_call up the banking bill, but Vice President Dawes overruled all of them, and deciding that the motion was not debatable, ordered a roll call, AGREE ON BU[LDI“GS. Postmaster General New and Secre- tary Mellon have agreed upon the! projects to be begun the first year| under the recently announced fiv 3 . R ve-ye public building program. e The list probably will he n within a day or two, oD, Tied to Bed Three Days While Fanatics’ By the Associated Press. BRIDGEWATER, S. Dak., Febru- fed to a bed for three days while members of a religious sect prayed and shouted around her, Mrs. H. Wollman of Dolton was recovering today after her rescue by a commit- tee of Bridgewater business men. The committee of four, investigat- ing reports of the sect meetings on a arm five miles west of Dolton, called physician, -Dr. G. H. Clausser of Bridgewater, when they learned that Mrs. Wollman, who is abouts 35 years old, had been without food for five days. The investigators were told that the meetings had continued day and night the United States, Great Britain and (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) for several days and that some of its members were hysterical. The pur- ;o pose of the meeting w: “ e g was to “extract According to Dr. ofhmen“und‘\\'nmen where Mrs. Woliman was bou; bed. With the aid of the r;g.;;,n:);: men he forced the sect members out- side and released the woman. Dr. Clausser said she was hysterical and was ‘“under the influence of hypnotism, and had been “in more or less the same state” for two weeks. The sect is composed of farmers and their wives living in_this nelghbor- hood. Headquarters are at Mitchel, Members of the business men's com- mittee, indicated that their investiga- tion into the affair would not go any further at present. The Wollman family has been in the community a number of years and is considered wealthy, Clausser, a score wore in the room | including 39 students, and - Coomy s £ oVZJ I s 1 [/(,’,’fl/,’t!/ R e e tien > s Qo 33 HARVARD MEN HELD AFTER RIOT Hundreds Fight Police After Midnight Show—Several Slightly Injured. By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., February 1 Several hundred Harvard students and other men battled with two police offl- cers who tried to quell a riot in Har vard Square early today. Both pol men and several rioters were bruised considerably, but no one was seriously hurt. Forty-one arrests were made, in court today all were held in small bonds for a hearing on February 18. 1t was announced at the court that Dean Chester' N. Greenough had re- quested a continuance of all cases against the Harvard stidents, but it was not indicated what actlon, if any, was planned by the college. Foot Ball Star Reported Held. The news that Arthur French, star foot ball piayer, was one of those ar rested spread rapidly through the col- lege and brought scores of hastily dressed students to the police stations, who pooled their resources to bail their friends. The battle in the square lasted only about an hour. At the end. after the patrol wagons had taken their load of prisoners to the stations, the square | was littered with policemen’s caps, a torn uniform overcoat and miscel- laneous debris. Witnesses of the midnight show at i which the commotion started said that cooler heads among the students at- tending tried to get the others to re- fraln from hurling eggs and other missles about the theater. Missles Start Fights. It was the unexpended pertion of this ammunition which started the riot. Students emerging from the theater peppered men they met in the square. This led to several scattered fisticuffs. Patrolman James Prior at- tempted to stop these and was set upon. The square was then fllled with surging students and others. Oliver Ferguson of Paducah, Ky., faced the most charges in court today. Tn addition to disturbing the peace he was accused of assaulting two offl- cers, Eye-witnesses said that a blow with a police club angered him and that he shook off and knocked down four officers before he was taken. Among those arrested in addition to French and Ferguson, were Willlam A. {Cartwright, Cincinnati; Alexander M.4 and Lloyd Vander SEN Duffield, Detroit, Horst, Baltimore. FLEHARTY CHO "PEOPLE'S COUNSEL Nomination to Utilities Com- mission Post Expected to Go Forward Today. Ralph B. Fleharty, local attorney, has been chosen by President Coolidge for appointment as people’s counsel in | connection with the newly created Public Utilities Commission. This nomination will be sent to the Senate some time this afternoon. From the advices President Coolidge had received, he is represented as feel- ing hopeful that Mr. Fleharty's ap- pointment will meet with popular ap- proval, and that no difficulty will be met in obtaining his confirmation by the Senate. Resident Here 30 Years. Mr, Fleharty has been a resident of this city for 30 years, during which time he has had no legal residence elsewhere, and therefore complies with tHat section of the law requiring the appointee to this office to have been @ bona fide resident of the Dis- trict for five years prior to the;ap- pointment. Besides this, Mr. Fleharty’s practice has been such that the restrictions regarding direct and indirgct relation. ships and interest with public utili- ties within five years of appontiment make is possible for him to qualify. X AN NN FEBRUARY 12, 1927. House Committee Approves $75,000 For Arms Parley In line with the recommenda- tion of President Coolidge, the House foreign affairs committee today approved a bill to authorize appropriation of $75,000 for further participation by the United States in the Geneva arms conference. The committee discussed the ad- visability of recommending that limitatlon of cruisers, destroyers and submarines be placed on the conference agenda, but took no action. A, E B, STEPHENS CLAIED BY DEATH Member of House From Ohio for Four Terms—Had Been Il Long Time. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, February 12, Representative A. E. B. Stephens, 65, of the second Ohio district, died after a long illness at his home at North Bend, Ohio, today. Representative Stephens was strick- en several months ago with an infec- tion and early in October went to the Mayo Institute, at Rochester, Minn,, for treatment. Upon his return to his home his condition became more seri- ous, and he was virtually confined to his bed since the early part of De- cember. Several physicians said they believed Represen‘ative Stephens received the infection while on one of the trips to tropical countries which he made as a member of a congressional com- mittee. Funeral services will be held Tues- day afternoon, with burial in Maple Grove Cemetery, at Cleves, Ohio. RE-ELECTED LAST FALL. as He Was Known, Had Served in Four Congresses. Representative A. E. B. Stephens, popularly %nown to his colleagues in Congress and to his constituents ‘as “Buzz,” had been seriously ill since last August. Members of the House, who learned unofficially of his death, prepared to move for adjournment out of respect for the memory of their late colleague. The adjournment will be taken after several scheduled matters of impor- tance arc disposed of this afternoon, it is understood. < Col. Stephens, a Republican, repre- sented the second Ohio district, em- bracing part of Cincinnati, in the Sixty - sixth, Sixty - seventh, Sixty- eighth and Sixty-ninth Congresses, and he was re-elected by a large ma- jority to the Seventieth Congress, al- though critically ill at the time and unable to conduct a campaign. Born In 1862. Born June 3, 1862, at Crosby Town- ship, Hamilton County, Ohio, Col. Stephens was educated in the common schools of Cincinnati and at Chicker- ing Institute. He was admitted to the {bar and began the practice of law in Cincinnati. He_ was elected clerk of the courts of Hamilton County for three years. Joining actively in military activi- ties of his home city, he served as captain and quartermaster of the 1st Infantry, Ohio National Guard, from 1901 to 1903, and was made colonel in 1910. He was elected national com- mander-in-chlef of the Sons of Vet- erans, U. §. A, in 1915. I Wanted to Bo Called “Buzz.” Col, Stephens always requested his | ifrlcnds to call him “Buzz,” which was the nickname given him by a sister who was not old enough to pronounce rother.” The sister died, but the nickname stuck with the brother throughout his life. i Col. Stephens is survived by his widow, his 88-year-old mother, a son, James Carroll Stephens, residing in | Florida, and three daughters, Mrs. Samuel Montague, Mrs. Albert Brun- ner and Miss Maude K. Stephens, all of North Bend. The children were by a former marriage. Col. Stephens was a member of the naval affairs committee of the House. ‘When in Washingtqn he lived at the Congress Hall Holel. 'Radio Programs—FPuage.14 NN Q\ |Capital Man Dies | In Florida After AN N SOLDIER IDENTIFIED AS MAIL BANDIT Private Held at Manila Ac- cused of Part in Slaying of Four in Train Hold-up. By the Assotiated Press, MANILA, February 12.-—Capture of a man positively identified as Hugh D’Autremont, one of three brothers wanted for the murder of four men killed when a Southern Pacific mail train was dynamited in an attempted robbery in the Siskiyou Tunnel of Oregon, three years ago, was an- nounced here today in an official statement issued by the Philippine post office department. The man was arrested at Los Banos as James C. Price, a private in the 31st Infantry. He was brought to Manila and placed in confinement under a heavy guard. He probably will be returned to Oregon on the first available transport. The statement sai “On April 22, 1924, James C. Price enlisted in the United States Army in Chicago and was detailed to foreign service. He arrived in the Philip- pines early in 1925, being assigned to Company B, 31st Infantry. Yester- day Price was positively identifled as Hugh D'Autremont at Los Banos by an _inspector of the United States Post Office Department, aided by Army authorities, He now is under confinement and heavy guard await- ing return to the States.” SOUGHT FOR THREE YEARS. Post Office Has Carried on World- Wide Hunt for Brothers. The three De Autremont brothers, of whom Hugh, 22 years old, was re- ported captured at Manila today, have been sought by United States postal inspectors and private detectives for more than three years. The other brothers, Ray and Roy, twins, aged 26, are still at large. r The search has been world-wide, the Post Office Department having broadcast circulars giving minute de- seriptions of the men. From time to time previous reports of the capture of one or mol the broth have "~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. TRAFFIC LIGHTS GO ON EARLIER IN MORNINGS Hour Will Be Changed From 8 to 7 0'Clock to Cut Accidents, Eldridge Says. The District Commissioners today approved a recommendation of Traflic Director M. O. Eldridge for turning on the automatic traffic lights an hour earlier in the morning. Hereto- fore the lights have been placed in operation at 8 a.m., but Mr. Eldridge discovered that a number of accidents have occurred on the tarffic-controlled streets between 7 and 8 o'clock, and urged the earlier time. The bill drafted by Mr. Eldridge to glve him authority to revoke a driver's permit in advance of trial and without a prior hearing of motor- ists arrested for serious offenses was taken under considération by the ‘Commissione; e Parking at all hours on the north side of II street between Fourth and Fifth streets also was ordered pro- hibited by the Commissioners. Recom- mendation for the ban was made by Mr. Eldridge due to the narrowness of the street through Judiciary Park. Thousands of Slashing Throat By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., February 12.—A man who said he was George ‘Alexander, 87 vears old, of Wash- fngton, D. €, dled at a hospital to- day from the éffects of slashing his thre here February While lying on the operating table he carried on a written con- versation with physicians, admit- ting the attempt to end his life. “How long will I live?” Alexander wrote. When told the time was short, he scribbled, “That's fine, I will be with my twin brother soon.” CAPITAL OBSERVES LINCOLN BIRTHDAY Two Services at Memorial and Mass Meeting This Evening Scheduled. ‘Washington and the Nation are pay- ing tribute to the memory of Abraham Lincoln today on the hundred and eighteenth anniversary of his birth. In the Natlonal Capital the observ- | ance took the form of two me- morial services at the Lincoln Me- morial in Potomac Park, a pilgrimage of Boy Scouts from New England to the Emancipator’s shrine here and a mass meeting at the Willard Hotel this evening under the auspices of the League of Republican Organizations | and various patriotic socleties. The silken chain of flags borne by 29 patriotic organizations gleamed from the Lincoln Memorial shortly after noon when the District of Col- umbla commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the ercises, which included the placing of floral tributes at the base of the great memorial by representatives of the various organizations participating in the ceremony. Halling Lincoln as a man of destiny, who was called to save this Nation in her supreme crisis, Dr. Thomas Edward Green of the American Red Cross delivered the memorial address. Dr. Green quoted some of the char- acter-revealing utterances of Lincoln | and referred to him as one of the He closed his address with a plea that his purposes,” “that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall' not perish from earth.” Marine Band Plays. The United States Marine Band played patriotic airs and O. A. C. Oetimler oficiated as chairman. Rev. | George S. Dudley, rector of St. Ste- phen’s Episcopal Church, pronounced the invocation and benediction was glven by Rev. William S. Abernethy, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church. A large crowd attended the exercises. which were held on the east steps of lhel Memorial facing the reflecting pool. Thirty Organizations Participate. | ‘The organizations this service follow: American Red Cross, American Women's Legion, American War Mothers, Aztec Club of 1847, Boy Scouts of America, Caravan Club, Chamber of Commerce, Colonial Dames of America, Dames of the Loyal Legion, Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution, Daughters of Union Civil War Veterans, Federation of Women’s Club, 1 Scouts of Amer- ica, Grand Army of the Republic, Kal- lipolis Grotto, M. O. U. P. E. R.; Knights of Columbus, Ladies of the ?. A. RR., Abraham Lincoln Circle, No. represented at Ladies of the G. A. R.. U. S. Grant Circle, No. 1; Military Order of For- eign Vars, Militar; Order of | the Loval Legion. Military Order of | the World War, the National Patriotic Council, Naval and Military Order of | the Spanish-American War, Order of Indian Wars of the United States, Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia, Sons of Union Veterans | of the Civil War, William B. Cushing | No. 30, Maryland Division; Sons | fon Veterans, Warren G. i Baptist Church and Women's Relief Corps, Phil Sheridan Circle, No. 12, H Herbert Rutledge Presides. William_B. Cushing Camp of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, had charge of the second services at the Lincoln Memorial, | beginning at 2 o'clock. The ladies' auxiliary of the camp assisted in | the program. Herbert W. Rutledge, camp _patriotic _instructor, _ presided " (Continued onPage 5, Column 2 | FIVE-DAY WEEK. OPPDSED. Master Builders of Wisconsin on Record Against Proposal. GREEN BAY, Wis., February 12 OP).—The Master Builders’ Association of Wisconsin went on record as opposed to the five-day week at the closing session of the annual] convention yesterday. In passing | the resolution the builders declared “The tendency s to reduce the hours of labor, and therefore cur- tail production, ‘and that, in view of | the fact that many hours are lost in the building industry due to unfa- vorable weather, they oppose the five. day week. ‘Women Have Pounded, Rolled and Starved Themselves In the Search for Beauty Now 12 officials of the American Medical Associa- tion tell why beauty is dependent upon health. They also will tell how weight ma; injury. | y be reduced without bodily Read the series of articles which begin in the Magazine Of Tomorrow’s Star United States sponsored memorial ex- | great symbols of American democracy. | the people of this Nation carry out | the | { determine HOUSE WILL SPEED FARM RELIEF BILL PASSED BY SENATE Haugen Asks Substitution of Adopted Measure for One Before Lower Branch. AMENDMENTS, HOWEVER, WOULD SEND IT BACK Insufficient Time Believed Left for Upper Body's Concurrence. Veto Bogey in 0ffng. Plans for expediting the final pas- sage of the McNary-Haugen farm re- lief bill through the House are being laid today. airman Haugen of the committee on agriculture appealed to the committee on rules for a specjal rule permitting the substitution of the bill which passed the Senate yesterday for the House bill now pending. Chairman Snell of the rules com- mi said today that he saw no rea- son at this time why such rule should not be granted. The purpose of substituting the Senate bill for the House bill ik merely to make the legislative ma- chinery run more easily. 1f the House passes the Senate bill and falls to amend it then the bill will go imme- diately to the White House for the President’s approval. If, on the other hand, the House passes its own bill it would then have to go to the Senate for action. Senate Bill Favored. Representatives of farm organiza- tions which have strongly backed the McNary-Haugen bill, today expressed the opinion that the Senate bill should be passed by the House without amendment. Chairman Haugen sald careful consideration would be given {to the amendments adopted by the Senate yesteraay and if it seemed ad visable the friends of the farm relief bill in the House would seek to pass {the bill without further change. | Personally, Mr. Haugen sald, he i would prefer to see the bill amended so as to make it optional with the { President whether or not he would be guided by the lists submitted to him by the nominating committees in mak- ing appointments to the proposed Fed- eral Farm Board. The Senate bill makes it obligatory upon the Presi- dent to make his appointments from those lists. Such a provision has been bitterly |attacked as invasion of the rights of ithe Chief Executive. Mr. Haugen also would prefer to see included in the bill the declarations of policy i which he has inserted in the bill as it now stands before the House. A Senate amendment offered by Senator Simmons of North Carolina, providing for State conventions whers less than 50 per cent of the producers of one of the basic crops are members of the co-operative -organization, to whether the equalization fee shall be applied, Mr. Haugem considers “merely setting up another debating societ; Debate May End Today. General debate on the farm relief bill may be concluded today. In that event a special rule substituting the Senate bill may be brought into the House on Monday before the bill is taken up under the five-rainute rule for amendment. Mr. Haugen looks for a final vote in the House by ‘Wednesday or Thursday. He belleves that the bill will pass with a margin of from 40 to 50 votes. Should the FHouse fail to pass the Senate bill in unamended form, it may be necessary to send the measure to conference. With only two weeks of the present session remaining after the passage of thve bill for the House, such a course might endanger final action on the bill by Congress. A filibuster in the Senate might prevent a vote on the conference report. On the other hand, if the conference were submitted to the Senate while any of the appropriation bils were still un- finished, supporters of the farm bill would be in a position to threaten to defeat the appropriation bill or bills it @ vote was not permitted on the farm ill. Leade. in hoth branches of Con- gress are strongly opposed to a spe- cial session of the next Congress this Spring. The failure of any of the an- nual appropriation bills would necessi- tate such a special session. Proponents of the legislation are being caused no little worry by the uncerta‘nty as to whether President Coolidge will sign the bill. If he vetoes it, they see the measure killed as far as this session is concerned, be- cause of the apparent impossibility of mustering In either house the two- lhllrdu majority needed to override a veto. Support Is Non-Partisan. Passage of the bill by the Senate came late yesterday, after many amendments had been added and others rejected. The vote was 47 to 39. A similar measure failed in the Senate eight months ago by a 45-to-39 vote. Twenty-four Republicans, 2. Democrats and the one Farmer-Labor voted for the bill, while 22 Republi- cans and 17 Democrats opposed it. ine Senators, all Democrats, re versed their position of last year, seven voting for and two agajnst. The roll call follows: For the bill: Republicans—Cameron, Capper, Curtis, Deneen, Frazler, Gooding, Gould, Harreld, Howell, Johnson, Jones of Washington, La Follette, McMaster, McNary, Means. Norris, Nye, Oddie, Pine, Robinson of Indlana, Schall, Stanfield, Stewart and Watson—24. Democrats—Ashurst, Bratton, Cara- way, Copeland, Dill, Ferris, Fletcher, Hawes, Kendrick, McKellar, Mayfleld, Neely, Pittman, Ransdell, Robinson of Arkansas, Sheppard, Simmons, Smith, Steck, Trammell, Tyson and Wheeler— 22, Farmer-Labor—Shipstead—1. Total—47. Against the bill: Republicans—Bing- ham, Borah, Couzens, Dale, Ernst, Fess, Gillett, Goff, Greene, Hale, Keyes, Lenroot, McLean, Metcalf, Pepper, Phipps, Reed of Pennsylvania, Sackett, Shortridge, Warren, Weller and Willis—22, 3 Democrats—Bayard, Blease, Bruce Edwards, George, Gerry, Glass, Ha ris, Harrison, Heflin, King, Overman, Reed of Missouri, Stephens, Under- t’fiffim‘m— '