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WEATHER. w Snow, followed by clea morrow fair with slowl perature. Full report on Page Temperature—Highest, at_midnight; lowest, 31, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) ring toda: - v rising tem- 4 at 10 p.m. No. 1,144— No. 30,245. SUN RALLIES ARMY FOR FINAL BATTLE T0 SAVE SHANGHAI Stand to Be Made 28 Miles From City—Chang Trying to Come to Rescue. APPEALS TO WU TO LET FORCE PASS SOUTHWARD Americans and Other Foreigners Confident Defense Plans for Them Are Adequate. d Press SHAL Februa troops of Marshal Sun vuler of Kiangsu prov- ince, and the Nationalist army that forced them to retreat from the rich city of Hangchow yesterday, were re- organizing today to continue the struggle that will determine the pos- session of Shanghai, the “Paris of the Orient.” Forty thousand thrust from their mastel of Chekiang, were seeking @long the Hangchow-Shanghai way to make a stand against Cantonese preparing to drive nst them. Sungkiang, 28 miles from Shanghai, was believed to be the place selected defenders be- cause of its SHA 19.—The defeated Chuan-Fang, of Sun’ s province place Rail- 50,000 soldiers, | he Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. (., SUNDAY German Bankers To Lend Rumania 200,000,000 Marks By the Associated Pross, BERLIN, February 19.—Nego tiations for a loan of 200,000,000 marks by a syndicate of German bankers to the Rumanian govern- | ment are nearing completion. The loan will probably be on a 5 per cent basis, 40,000,000 marks to be 1 d in cash and the rest in in stallments. money of the proposed sum, which will be the largest foreign loan floated in Ger- many since the war. The consent of the German government to the transaction is vet 1o be given. The negotiations are regarded an indication of Germany’'s finan- cial rehabilitation, and are also in- teresting in view of the fact that Rumania was among German: enemies in the World War. TOKIO ACCEPTANCE OF ARMS {Reply to Coolidge Stipulates Only That Parley Be Held After June 1. By the Associated Press. Japan's acceptance of the American proposal for a five-power supple- mental naval conference at Genev: made public ear] * OPEN-MINDEDNESS | authoerities of those & | for TRIANGLE HIGHWAY SYSTEM QUTLINED BY CITY PLANNERS ! Boulevarding of B Street to Memorial Bridge Part of Beautifying Scheme. | MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA PARK AREAS CONSIDERED | National Forest Near Washington | Given Study—Recreation Needs | Kept in Mind. the Government | just south of the | the boulevarding of | t street to the Av-| Bridge, were made | National Capital | Commission, it at the con em through building triangzle venue, includin; treet from I lington Memorial vesterday by the Park and Planning was announced clusion of a The Comm its time yesterday to a study of metro- politan areas of the National Capital Iving just across the Federal city | boundarfes in Maryland and Virginia e | | Tentative plans for the highway | sy B 0 gave much of | MORNING, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION FEBRUARY 20, Sunday Star, The Star is “From Press to Home Within the Hour” delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. and service will start immediately. Telephone Main 5000 1927—-106 PAGES. * ATRaRRANY N as a starting point for regional park { development in co-operation with the ! tate It was decided by the Commission that in the improvement of B street boulevard purposes, which will| PART ONE—#4 ARBORETUM BILL | into | Democratic. (#) Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS. House Democrat: Abandon Present Plan for Tax Cut Br the Associated Pross House Deniocrats doned their fight for at this session of Congre Representative Garner of Texas minority spokesman in the House on revenue questions, d vester day there apparently remained no parliamentary way of preventing Republicans from carry ont their plan to apply tr surplus to reduction of the debt He declared would attempt ductions _desir ys and m fting a tax early Congress. have tax reduc reasury public Demoers to bring about re d when the House s committee begins duction bill in the introduction in the next CONGRESS CLEARS UP BULK OF WORK Program Never So Far Ad- vanced at This Stage of Short Session. BY G. GOULD LI The Sixty-ninth Congre the stretch” without need ¢ whip or spur. With almost two weeks of the session still remaining, prac- tically all of the importani and nec essary legisl < been digposed of. No special 1 of the new Con gress for this vg i in sight. None of the Republican 1l session. trunks and OLN. P leaders with a They plan to pack their or “eoning | CONFEREES 10 GET DISTRICT MEASURE EARLY THIS WEEK $60,550 to Provide More Teachers to Be Main Prob- lem for Members. {MONEY FOR PATTERSON TRACT ALSO AT STAKE Meridian Hill Park and Many ! Paving Projects Form ! Other Differences. ; Thavin, Afterne ared passed the Senate carrying $27 h the House total of $36,.- | 5, the District appropriation bill | is exnec conference early ! settlement of v | ch the two branches ‘u! Congress took different action | | yesterday 875, ns com- this week for the vie ous items on W ‘he conferees v have in their the f of several important amendments and adeitions to the House bill by the Senate, among | Which are the following dditional public school teach- ed by the scheol authorities, er pure of ail tterson trat at or a part Fifth street avenie rorthe for a ground. $6 Park Item Increased. | | | | i st ipark and pl 200, i | go home March 4. The annual appropriation bills, with the exception of the second deficiency | et . bill, have all passed both houses of | Streets, $137.000 add=d to the House . Congress. Of the others, only thi im-m. of 000, making $160.000 as | District bill, the Navy bill and the |aPProved by the Senate. rlArs: deficiency bill have finally to| For the widening of General News—Local, National and Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Pages 22 and 23, Around the City—Page 24. [Y. W. . A. News—Puage 24. | Spanish War Veterans—Page | Clubwomen of the Nation—Page Boy Scout News—Page sierid ith te Department. | provide a divect route between nm{ Making only one stipulation out- | Capitol and the ‘,\ru?\fimln. :\:l-.:.ml.‘;:‘ side the language of the American |Bridge, the street will hav l. el memorandum, it asked that the open- | Widened considerably. It was deter- ing of the conference be set not | mined that from First street north earlier than June 1, so a delegation | West to Virginia avenue the stree from instruc- Whangpoo Riv Chang Makes Appeal. Bach of the armies was reported to be receiving reinforcements. Mar- ghal Sun was said to be due in Shanghai tomorrow to personally di- improvin, an Hill Park en Kt and Sixteenth to Ignores Clerk and H street be- |tween Seventeenth and FEighteenth [Land Here Costing Not Ove will be widened to 80 feet beiween Bandit rect his troops. In response to Sun’s frequent appeals for aid, his ally, Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian dictator and head of the Peking government's military campaign against the Nation- allst invaders from the southland, be- stirred himself to enlist the aid of Marshal Wu Pei-Fu. . In a long telegram to his former ally, chang pleaded with Wu not to opposé the advance of the northern troops through Honan province on their way to attack the Nationalists an their strongholds at Hankow and Kiukiang and elsewhere on the Yang- Tse River. Unless his troops were al- Jowed to advance, said Chang, Bolshe- vism could not be combated. More- over, he had received several calls for aid from Sun, who was a former lieu- tenant of Marshal Wu. Wu Fails*%o-Reply. His aims and those of Wu are -the same, said Chang; namely, the sup- pression of Bolshevism. He reminded Wu that he had done nothing with bis troops since the Cantonese drove bim out of Hankow last August and wrfsled Central China from his con- trol. ‘Wu did not reply to Chang’s appeal. His troops remained between the armies of the north and south. What action Wu will take cannot be fore- told. Foreigners in Shanghai counted their armed forces today while 65,000 Chinese of various industries went on strike and stoned tramway cars. ‘The strike was political. It was engineered by Cantonese propagan- dists to celebrate the victory of their army over Marshal Sun at Hanchow und to weaken the position of the ruler of this province of Kiangsu to prepare the way for Cantonese iroops. Rain Disperses Coolies. An allday rain prevented parades and demonstrations that might have caused trouble. The scenes were like those that preceded the coolie mob violence in the British concessions at Hankow and Kiukiang early last month In those interior cities, Cantonese (Nationalist) governmept authorities assumed administration of the British concessions when the coolie mobs had driven out the British residents. The international settlement mobi- lized its volunteer corps of residents. Sixteen hundred of them donned uni- forms in readiness for the call to action 2 There was little apprehension, how- ever, by the many thousand white residents, including 4,000 Americans, that the 1,500,000 Chinese in the native city of Shanghai would dis- possess them. Lying in the Whangpoo River, off Shanghai, were 21 foreign warships of five nations. Five of the fighting ships flew the American flag. Other for warcraft were steaming to- ward Shanghai. More than 9,000 for- eign soldiers are in the international settlement and marines are aboard the ships. Other warships and other marines are coming. Tacties of Propagandists. The strike was described ine from within” tactics by National- ist propagandi Similar _tactics been employed by the Nation- sver since they 1eft their home- province of Kwangtung, in ina, last Spring in their drive that gave them half of China. The undermine the popu- Jace with seditious doctrines; then the Nationulist army moves in with iitle resistance The strike today caused a water shortage in some districts when water works emploves in the French concession struck. The seamen’s union called out its men. Persons attempting to get their mail had it snatched fr about the s “bor- Jand routheast ¢ northward control over propagandis post office, which te company in the | fonal settlement pxed fler 400 mill strikers and tried to intimidate i nds of workers. plants closed for trouble. ay's strike was regarded as e forerunner of a general cessation of work BRITISH TO B inter its factory tered thou the day AR BRUNT. Troops Will Be First to G if Riots Begi NDON. Fel ce of the ghai, couj with a _gener trike in the city itself, in which, ac iing to latest advices, 100,000 work. fnvolved, overshadows plomatic aspects of the tuation, and the cabinet are rem ary 19 (#).— The Tokio with adequate tions can reach Geneva to partici- pate. As expected, the Japanese govern- ment noted that the American’ sug- gestion did not “put forward rigid proposals as regards ratios of naval strength” to be maintained by each power in classes of war vessels not covered by the Washington treaty. Open-Mindedness Urged. To insure success of the negotia- tions, the Japanese note said, it was important that all parties to the negotiations *“should approach the sub- ject with an open mind,” being al- ways guided by the defensive re- quirements of each nation. The con- m their hands by pickets later en- Numerous to the Into Action itonese advance on the Chinese members of the | oounered. ining_in close touch (Continied on Pawe B, Colimn 5)_s#back tomorow fident hope was expressed that a "fair and satisfactory” agreement could be reached ‘“conducive to the general peace and security of the world.” The American memorandum, after expressing hesitation “at this time to put forward- rigid proposals” as to the ratios, added: “The American Government, for its part, is disposed to accept, in regard to those classes of vessels not cov- ered by the Washington treaty, an |extension of the 5-5-3 ratio as regards the United States, Great Britain and Japan, and to leave to discussion at Geneva. the ratios of France and Italy, taking into full account them speclal conditions and requirements in regard to the types of vessels ir question.” Kellogg Withholds Comment. That Japan would not be willing to accept the 5-5-3 ratio extension to other types of war vessels than battle- ships and aircraft carriers has been forecast in Tokio dispatches, al- though nothing has been said as to what changes in ratio she would seek at Geneva. Secretary Kellogg withheld com- ment on the Japanese note, but prob- ably will make a statement later, as he did in connection with the French rejection ot the Geneva conference proposal. = As yet the Washington Government has received no official word as to when the Italian and Brit- ish replies may be expected. Following is the text of the Japa- nese note: “The Japanese government has given careful censideration to the memorandum of the American em- bassy at Toklo, dated February 10, defining the attitude of the United States on the general problem of disarmament and suggesting that the representatives of the five powers signatories of the Washington naval treaty about to participate in the (Continued on Page 3, Column BANDITRY PREVALENT THROUGHOUT RUSSIA Nearly 150 Peasants Killed in One Town During Past Year. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, February 19.—Although the state punishes highw robbery with death, banditry is so prevalent throughout Russia that it has be- come a natfonal menace, and new outrages are reported daily. With the sole motive of stealing an |amount equal to $50, bandits in the town of Rlazan, near Moscow, mur- dered Theodore Kunin, his wife and | five children. In Tangrog., a group jof professional criminals, operating ! for more than a year, have robbed and murdered nearly 150 peasants. It was their habit to bind the arms nd legs of thelr victims and drug | them along the road by a rope. The | bodies were allowed to remain in the | fields, a prey for vultures. One Group Slays 7 to Get $60. curbs, and from that point westward | to the bridge approach it will be 72 feet. The present width is 60 feet from First street to Virginia avenue and 40 feet from that point westward. | Crossing of Avenue. Considerable time was spent by the | Commission in studying the question | Unncticed by of how the boulevard will cross Penn- ' on a customer ort, the firs Sylvania avenue, somewhere between | the jewelr: re at 61 *I l""-a"d%gul: ’ Nl":’e: lem(:‘rl\el 'n:‘;;slrepl vesterday afternoon about 4:45 street. No decision was reached. i b problem 1s to be further studied by | &.clock. Roy Richard Ruland, 35, 343 e e e i (il | Fourteenth _street, calmly enterod. ke o report later. It was pointed | Dlaced his umbrella in a corner and out that the crossing of the two im-| started to climb into the show se portant thoroughfares at an angle ! to the left of the door. may make it necessary to provide a| As ho put his foot on an empty ater widt box the box fell. Archie Engel, the feet between curbs at the point of In-| ;o\ "\ ycheq toward Ruland, who O i ‘of the strésts. i the tif: | drew. a revoives-and started again to Climbs in Window, But Flees at Bullet. the lone clerk waiting ‘angle, in which it is proposed to erect | climb into the show window. ‘Government bulldings, was given some | attention by the Commission in con- | Manager Opens Fire. ference with Louis Simon of the of-| In the meantime, Chatles E. Tribby fice of the supervising architect of!jr.. manager of the store, who had the "'.:’;,":{.".‘.’;‘;“2.‘;‘;‘;?“";;,, Was | been on the second floor with other suggest a v - Pected In this area requires special consideration before the bulldings are designed. i While no definite decision was made, according to the Commission's spok man it was determined tentativel that there will be five “through"| streets in the area, north and south. These will be Fifteenth, Fourteenth,| "Ruland then ran out of the store, Tweltth, Ninth and Seventh streets: |lcaving his umbrella, and walked They are to be B0 fe0t Wi otice | rapidly down Fifteenth street, turn- T T e I® eoploD olling east on Harry Fisher, another 70 feet wide between curbs and it was | clerk, followed him. = As Ruland was e | passing the Washington Hotel, Fisher se Sriwiee toives 2 | called Policeman W. J. Lynn, of the Present Plans for Plaza. {first precinct. and together the: David Lynn, architect of the Capitol, | SAUEht up with Ruland. = Flsher hit and William E. Parsons, presented the | L1e Man a bl o Jnnck plans for the treatient of the plaza | iy °ut several of his teeth and cutting between the Capitol and the Union lui{ell to. No. l‘ e Station and the plan for the estab I h lishment of the Botanic Garden. The Diamond Found on Floor. commission expressed itself as satis-| Charged with assault with intent to kill, and robbery, he was_relieved fied with these plans. The report on the vegional park sys- | of a 38-calibre revolver and $30. A tem dealt largely in generalities, and | far as could be learned, Ruland took while the commission discussed it at nothing from the show window, but |a diamond was found on the 'floor some length, it nevertheless took no action at this time, in view of its policy | near the door after he left. Tribby not to go across the District borders | said there was jewelry in the show for the purchase of park lands for the ' window and a show case nearby which reason that it is now spending the | he valued at $150,000. Police last night were questioning District taxpayers’ noney. $ “The future metropolitan v about : Ruland, who was said to be a sales- man for an electric Washington, if it is to be worthy of | its title as the National Capi " ‘said | company, to find if he was connected the veport, “must be provided with |with other robberies. A theory open spaces for tne recreation and,was advanced by the police that he health of the inhabitants and for the | may have been under the influence pleasure of visitors. | of liquor yesterd: “We naturally expect to include in | overturning and started down the steps, drawing a revolver. He fired at Ruland, the bullet passing through the plate glass front door and across Fifteenth street. Ruland fired back, the shot going wild and burying itself m_the wall over the cashier’s cage. the future regional park tem areas of scenic beaut: : beauty of ' Jittle before the matinee crowds came form, color and c We wish | pouring out to join hundreds of curi our parks and open snaces to include jous spectators attracted by areas of special beauty from historicil assoclations or because they are nrotable for their geologic, botanic or other natural | features. Choice of areas should be related té the probable use of the land after it is set hside, whether that use (Continued on Page 3. Column 4.) FISH USED AS BOOK- MARK ! Boy Finds n;inder of Last Sum- mer's Reading. Special Dispatch to The Star HOQUIAM, Wash., Febru: The fried egg book mark vival. This week John I family motored into the Lake Quinault region, where they have a Summer home. Inside, son Carl picked up a : fietion book he was reading last Sum- mer to find the vertebra and dried | scales of an eightdnch trout, theater and the shooting occurred a interfered for a time with automo- bile and street car traffic. PANIC ON PILGRIM SHIP AT COMO FATAL TO TWO COMO, Ttaly, February 19 P)— Two persons were killed and a few are missing through the sinking of a Pilgrim steamer on_ Lake Como, with 700 passengers aboard, within few feet of the landing stage at mo. The Pilgrims attribute their | escape to a miracle, owing to the nce on the steamer of the head Aloysius Gonzaga. Just before the accident the ves- sol skirted the shore of the lake with the populacg ashore marching in procession and singing hymns, As the steamer approached the land- ing stage it was observed that she was down by the stern. Shouts were He remembered placing the fish in the book while hurrying to do an| errand and came home without re. moving it. when the danger 2 a terrific scra many jumping in the water and swimming ashore. ated Press : February 19.—A mountaineer of a fanatical re- ligious set living near Ellija in Gil- mer County, received a_“divine mes sage a few days ago that he should take unto himself for w wife the spouse of a farmer living nearby. So he went to their home and ac- costed her, saying: “I've just recelved a divine mes- sage which ‘cu are to become 1 cife. ve come for you.' But., , “what will my husband That was “Where poser. is your husband?” he “He's away just now, but he'll be was the reply, A Farmer Beats Mountaineer Who Claims His Wife W_hen ‘Divine Mesgages‘ Conflict The Bishop of Como, carrying the relic, refused to move until all the others had left. Then he carried the | yelic ashore. The sinking was due to the over- loading of the steamer and the cap- tain was arrested. s e — “Very well, I'll drop in to sce him then JAILS AUTOMOBILES. He did. 2 “I have received a divine messag that your wife is to become my wife he told the farmer. came night before last and here I am to get vour wife.” The husband reflected 1 moment. | “There's a mistake somewhar's.’ opined. “Last night I got u to lick the tar out o' Traffic Violators. BERKELEY, Cabf., February 19 P).—Justice of the Peace Oliver he | Youngs, jr., has hit on a new scheme divine you.” rather than the drive: The justice order:l two machines taken over by the police for a 30-day period after their drivers had been found guilty of traffic violations. believes that this will than the customary jaii sentence of a few days imposed on erring drivers, s “divine mesage” wants the attorney general to prosecute the farmer for assault and battery. E. T. Grass, assistant general, heard the friend's took the case under advise attorney tory and it today, lclerks‘ heard the sound of the box| | the man u blow in the mouth, knock- | refrigerating The jewelry store is near Keith's| the | interest—extrinsic | shootidg and excitement. The crowds | Justice Finds New Plan to Punish { street for the punishment of traffic violators. | The scheme is to jail the automobile \; mediate abatement of the storm was forecast. He work better Veterans of the Great War—Page Parent-Teacher Acti age 26. Girl Scouts—Page 26, Serial, “The Murder royd"—Page 39. the Community Center: . T. U. News—Page 3 A. R. Activities—Page 33. News and Programs—Pages 34 of Roger At w D. Page <—Pages 38 and 39. PART TWO—14 PAG! 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 12. PART THREE—11 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters” and the Photo- play. Musis Motors and 9. “raternal News—Page 10. Civillan Army News—Page 11 District National Guard—Page 11. Army and Navy News—Page 12 District of Columbia Naval Reserveg Page 12 Page 5. and Motoring—Pages 6 PART FOUR—! PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tur The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTIO) World F —10 PAGES. vents in Pictures. COLOR SECTION— Mutt and and Mr GE: Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers: Mr. High Lights of History. CAPITAL WILL GET MORE SNOW TODAY Storm and Cold to Continue, Followed by Clear and Warmer Tomorrow. More snow today, with continued low temperature, is the official fore- cast of the United States Weather Bureau, which promises no relief until tomorrow from the storm that broke on the Capital yesterday. Once the snow stops a general clearing of the weather is assured, and the forecast for tomorrow is fair, with slowly rising temperature. There will be no relief from the cold today. how- ever, and the mercury is expected to reach its lowest point at about 26 degrees, Fresh strong winds, north and northwest, will make outdoors uncom- fortable enough today, but gradually these will diminish until moderate weather prevails tomorrow. As.soon as the snow hegan to settle to an appreciable extent, the street- cleaning apparatus was put into oper- ation by the District government, and the street railway lines also put sweepers and scrapers to work. In consequence. no trouble was an- ticipated, SNOW SWEEPS NORTHEA! YORK, snow NEW driving 19 (P).—A to the el put uary an end i Springlike weather of the past few days in the East. The storm was ushr-ed in ‘last night with falling temperature all along the north At- lantic seaboard and west into Penn- sylvania. Sleet in the morning turn- ed Into a driving storm of fine snow and soon settled down to a steady fall that in most cases was predicted to last from 24 to 36 hour: New York augmented its cleaning department with 10,000 additional workers mobilized to keep the streets clear. Pennsyl- vania from New Jersey to Ohio was covered in most places with 10 inches of snow during the night and no im- it The Connecticut valley was gripped in one of the worst storms of the season with the thermometer standing about 18 above zero. The storm was general throughout New England. Upstate in New Yeork, heavy snowfall was reported, $300,000 to Be Used for Long-Sought Project. A national arboretmu of the Fed- eral city, long sought of Congress, is about to become a reality, needing now only the signature of the F - dent. The House of Representatives yes- terday passed the measire which au- thorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire a tract of land in Wash- ington at a cost not to exceed $300,- 000, to be used as an arboretum. ‘While the measure has been amended to some extent since passed by .the Senate, it is understood that the lat- ter body Is ready to accept the changes, As the bill passed the Senate it - vided an appropriation of $500,000, and the figure was cut by the House. The House eliminated a provision making the tract available for park and recreation purposes, while a third amendment limits the purchase price at not to exceed 25 per cent above the assessed valuation of the land. Amendment Defeated. An amendment offered by Represent- ative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, | authorizing the establishment of the | arboretum anywhere within the United States was defeated. Among those who spoke in favor of the bill were Representatives Pur- nell, Indiana; Luce, Massachusetts; Ketcham, Michigan: Menges, Penn- sylvania, and Hill of Maryland, all Republicans; Linthicum. Maryland: Fisher, Tennessee; Aswell, Louisiana Almon, Alabama; Boland, New York, and Davey, Ohio, all Democrats. Those who spoke in opposition to the measure were: Representatives Black, Texas: Blariton, Texas: Hast- ings, Oklahoma: Kincheloe, Kentuck Green, Florida, and Sears, Florida, all Democrats. The arboretum would be a great ex- perimental station for the Department of Agriculture for the cultivation and study of trees and shrubs—an out- door laboratory, in fact, utilizing everything of a wood fiber. While the bill does not degignate a location for the arboretum, the Mount Hamilton tract, 350 acres, extending half a mile or so along Maryland avenue extend- ed, east of the Bladensburg road and Joining the great Government recla- mation work along the Anacostia River flats, has been designated as ideal by proponents of the measure. Value in _Sull Variety. ' soil in the tract, making possible the cultivation of many varieties of shrubs and trees. About 150 acres of it now are in_woodland, containing larger trees, mostly of hardwood growth. The land now Is in the hands of 30 owners, who have resisted the efforts of speculators to get it in order that the Goyernment might have it for an arboretum. They are holding it for a price considerable less than specula- tors weuld give them, it is said. Asa matter of fact some of the tract al- ready has gone to speculators for building purposes. originally offered several years ago the tract consisted of about 400 acres. 14 in Town, 28 Dogs. UM TROT, Ind., February 19 challenge to the world went m this Hamilton County village today to any community that can show a greater per capita ownership of dogs. An enumeration by health authorities gave the village a popula- tion of 14 persons and a dog popula- tion of 28. There are more than 30 varieties of | When the bill was | | millions of pass through the conference stage and go to the White House for ap proval. Never in the memory of offi fals at the Capitol e the supply bills been so advanced at this stage of a short session Danger of Jam Removed. The MceN: bill, the radio relief branch farm the augen bill and banking bill are finally out of the | legislative road, threatening they did to jam the legislative wheel Leaders at the Capital expect to have the farm bill back on their hands again within a few days, accompanied by a presidential veto. If the veto comes it may lead to some debate. There seems no chance whatever that the measure could pass gver the veto of the Presidlent. “A two-thirds vote in both Houses is necessary to over- ride a veto. The leaders expect little more im- portant legislation to get through at the present session. Many mino bills will be rushed to pa ever. Desperate efforts will be made to obtain action on the bill reor- ganizing the prohibition enforcement in the Treasury up a separate bureau for it. The wets apparently have decreed, how ever, that none of the dry shall pass. If they are taken up the will lead to debate and little else. the Senate the Boulder Dam of irrigation to i of arid lands in Arizona and neighboring tremendous power de- is the unfinished busi- California, States and velopment, ness. Johnson Makes Stirring Appeal. Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali- fornia, sponsor of the measure the Senate, delivered an appeal that was both eloquent and effective in that body yester It permitted to come to a vote it would J But a small group of Senator cluding Ashurst and Cameron ot zona, King and oot of Utah, Phipps of Colorado have their knive whetted for this measure. They will talk it to death if they In the House the bill has been reported fa- vorably, but so far no special rule has been forthcoming for its con- sideration. Other measures which ing at the door for both houses are the postal rate which may be sent 1o confer: to the House post office comt the public buildings bill tor the Dis trict and for the ites, the alien property bill, French ition claims bill, Mus Sh bill authorizing the Veter: u to make loans to former service ren (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) AMERICAN OIL FIRM GETS MEXICAN RIGHTS Concession Granted to Company Includes 6,200 Acres in State of Vera Cruz. By the Associated Pr MEXICO CITY knock- consideration in bill, February 19.—The government officially announces the issuance to the ns - Continental Petroleum Co.. an American corpora tion, of confirmatory concessions (o 00 hectares (about 6,200 acres) of oil lands in the State of Vera Cruz The rights for ofl exploration in_this territory were acquired before May. 1917, when the present constitution, undeér which the new petroleum s was enacted, became effective. This is considered an ecceptance of the new law by the Trans-Continental Co., S0 faras these properties are con cerned, although neither the govern- ment nor the company make ment on the official announcement. (By Cable to The Star and X Copyright, 192 PARIS, February high executioner and his lesser col- leagues want a ralse. The chief, ac- companied by two assistants, decided to appeal directly to Premier Poin- care, who, as minister of finance, is also keeper of the national purse. The usher who Introduced the three Olack-clothed figures began to an- nounce, “M, — then stopped and stammered. Deibler. the real name of the man who works the guillotine, sounded so unpleasant. Finally the usher made a quick downward chop- ping n with his arms, and Poin- care erstood. “‘Show them in,” he Detl explained the erisis. He is . mnother victim of unemployment adopted who slay executioner has long inter bare $100 a French Executioncr Démands a Raise As Tender-Hearted Juries Cut His Work He gets only a small retainnig fee: so he has to rely on the bonus “per head” allowed by the government. But as French juries having the habit of acquitting all the man or woman they crimes of passion are the: most kind of m er he ~the als of un idleness and earns a vear, which evidently is not a living wage. Besides, added Deibler ticularly dear for him love- frequent remunerative living is par hecause he is obliged to lead a secret existence in sage, how- | Department, setting | in | ny eom- | | dence { neea { taken in De i the | streets, “the entire cost to be borne { by abutting property, $10,000. For purchase of three school sites not in the House bill, $100,000. and to prepare plans for a school at Nine- street and Columbia road, | | | vepairing and e n of the sea v River, $25.000 public welfare work. $37,500, | consisting of 00 additional " for | the Lorton Reformatory and $15,000 for the Columbia Hospital For a water main in Alabama ave- {nue from Branch avenue to the Dis- rict line, to serve a community now {using wells, $42,800. Paving Projects at Stake. Besides these large. items the com- ferees wil' have to pass jodgment on a score of specific street paving items, {the Senate having eliminated a num- | ber of streets allowed by the House and inserted others not carried in the House mesgure. : The conferees also will have before jthem for decision the Senate pro- vision requiring the Commissioners to publish the list of properties to be sold for delinquent taxes in news- | papers instead of printing a pamphlet which owners can obtain only by ving to the District Bufldin Another interesting question { frontting the conferecs is the matter | of salaries in the corporation coun sel's office. The Sencte voted to raise the salary of corporition counsel from $6,000 to $7.500, but cut the total amount for salaries in that office from 1846000 (o $42.360, with the evident | purpose of bringing al.out a reorgani- zition in the personnci of the legal | department. Power Left With Commissioners. The Senate District committee origi- Iy intended to provide that after July 1 the Presidde.t should appoint a_corporation counsel, but on the floor of the Senate Chairman Phij subcmnmittee in cha ‘ure chan; leave the Comm col ntinuing con ail along the con- ndment so as to wer with the s of the sub- od during the debate that they expected tre Commissioners to nize the ofice. 1 he bill as passed by the Senate will be laid before the Hou e tomorrow aml the usual procedure i< for the House to ask or a conference on the dis agreein amendment Indications t the confe s will be named promptly as possible, since the ad- Journment is less t N two weeks off. Interest in the renort of the n- ferees will center und the school- teacher item and the proposed pur- Ichase of the Patterson t t. which as heen ad ed for a number of S lo organizations, Harrison Defends Request. Until the bill was taken up in the Senate vesterday no provision had been made for the additional school | teachers by the school au { thorities and ommended by the Budget Bureau, amounting to $121,000. Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi defended ‘the request yes iterday and after considerable debate Senator Phipps permitted the inses tion of an amendment offered by Senu tor Harrison for $60.550, which would employ approximately ' 35 teachers Whether even this limited increase i< to become law, however, will remain in doubt until the conferees report Senator larrison told the Senats the number of school children is in creasing rapidly not only in Washing- ton. but throughout the country aml that, naturally, more teachers are | needed to keep pace with added enroll ment. e said that if the estimate the school authorities gained the ap proval of the Budget Hureau he thought Congress should at least a! low half of the item. Not Convinced of Need. nator Phipps explained that the mmittee spent the better part of wo days considering the school needs, but was not convinced that the evi justified the increase. He | peated the promise made several days ago that if the forthcoming survey of the engire school system by the Bu reau of Efficiency demonstrates the for 74 teachers steps will be ember to appropriate for them in the first deficiency bill, which would be within a few months after next _school - starts. In defending the action of the com- mitttee In leaving out the item pend- ing the survey, Senator Phipps de- claved there is a lower average of pupils per teacher than in cities of comparable size Senator Smoot of Utah upheld Sen tor Phipps, expressing the belfef the hools will not suffer during the com ing yes sing the statement that Washington has a more favor able ratio of teachers to the number appoin | f ol order to avoid being recognized by the public. Poincare promised-—not to give him more work—but to raise his pay. of pupils than comparable communi- ties. n_replied that ho ge 6, Column 5.)