Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1927, Page 2

.2 PRESIDENT SILENT N HAUGEN BILL White House Visitors Predict Veto—Secretary Jardine Studies Measure. The American farmer's only hope | of getting relief legislation from this | session of Congress hangs on the slender possibility that President | Coolidge might sign the McNary Faugen blil, according to congres. sional leaders who called at the White | House today. It wae generallr pre. dicted by these visitors, however, that the President would vetn the measure and return it (o the Senate late this week Represen e Cri Georgia, author of another lief bill, declared afrer lea | President’s office tnday that there is no hope whatever that Congress might substitute in its waning hours his bill for the McNary-Haugen measure. Tt had been rumered that President Coolidge would be willing 10 accent this measure in place of the one that is now before him for his official action, which will efther kill it per- manently or make it a I Crisp Was Disappointed. “The agriculiural committee voted 10 fo 11, for renoring my bill out as a substitute for the ) iausen b Mr. Crisp said prise, the North Carolina the committee voted bill, which rgave it a ma gingle baliot. As a result ported to the House as t tee's farm relief leg:slation “Farm legisiation ‘s a dead issue. £o far as this Congress is concerned. The McNary-Haugen people are detar. mined to have their hill or no bill at a Therefore, they will get no bill at all. T have no fear that the Presi- dent will chanze his mind and sign the Haugen bill." Mr. Crisp added that this view was based on a long study of the situation and not upon anything the President said to him teoday. He said that he had called on the President on another matter. Another caller at_the White House today was Senator Robinson, Republi- can of Indiana. who told the President very bluntly that the farmers of the West, and particula: the farmers of Indiana. want the MeNary-Haugen bill signed. &nd that he believed it should be signed Senator Robingon said that he could see nothing objectionable in the measura and that it would give the farme: at le: temporarily, a measure of relief that they simply must have if they are to continue farming. The President was described as displaying deep interest in Senator Robinson's argument in behalf of the bill. but he gave no indication at the conclusion of the interview what course he would pursue. Edge Sure of Veto. On the other hand, Senator Edge. Republican, of New Jersey, who also called on the President today, de- clared upon leaving that New Jersey is solidly against the Mc! v-Haugen bill. It has not even the support of the farm elements and agricultural bureaus, he saild. and he freely pre- dicted that after the bill has pursued the usual course through formal channels and has been returned to the President’s deek sometime this week, President Coolidge will lose no time In vetoing it and returning it to the Senate with the assurance that Congress will sustain the veto. Besides those who called in person to discuss this situation with the Pres- ident, the White House continued to receivs a rush of telegrams and letters from all parts of the country, each urging the President one way or the other as to his views on the measure. It was said that the West is solidly for the bill to become a law, if the sentiment there is to be judged by the communications received from that rt of the country. On the other | nd, the East is disposed toward reeing the measure vetoed. Officials of the Farm Bureau Federation. how- ever, claimed that their organization was behind the measure 100 per cent and pointed out that they have many locals in tho Fast, particularly in New England Jardine Studies Bill. In the meantime the bill presumably is under the close scrutiny of Secre tary of Agriculture Jardine. It was sent to Mr. Jardine late Saturday and had not been returned to the White House by noon today. When it does come back it is heid probable that it will be sent at least to Secretary of Commerve Hoover and Attorney Gen- eral Sargent hefors it rests on the President’s desk for permanent final disposition Since the oill originated 4n the Sen- ate, President Coolidge would eend his veto message to that branch should he decide upon such a course Members of Congress while at the| White House today expressed the | opinion that the House would never | be called upon to test its ability tol override the President’s veto on the question, since they held it 10 be cer- tain that the Senate would eustain the veto and end speculation and con- | troversy definitely &0 far as this ses. | #ion of Congress is concerned. ROBERT L. ANDREWS DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS sp. Democrat, the Haugen of the was re. s District Assistant Building Inspec- | yvears ago expires March 31. tor Succumbs in Hospital—Fu- neral Services Tomorrow. Robert L. Andrews, 60 assistant building inspector for the District government gince August 6, | 1925, died in Providence Hospital Sat- urday after a short illness. Mr. a sister, Miss Anna Andeews in Saffell's chapel, Fifth and H streets, | tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. | Jason Noble Pierc Congregational Chu Interment will be in ¢ tery. . will nmv-;aw.l »dar Hill Ceme- | Appointed Governor of U. S. Sol-|for a | the Jacksonville agreement of 1924 diers’ Home, Effective May 1. Maj. Gen. Henry P. McCain, United | ference to recognize the. “inadequacy States Army. retired, has been ap pointed governor of the I'nited States Soldiers’ Home here. It was nounced incorrectly in The & yesterday as Maj. Gen. Henry P. Mec Kain, Mi station May 1, succeeding Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, who was not a candidate for| reappointment. He resides in th city at 2019 Kalorama road UTAH SNOWSLIDE FATAL. SALT LAKE CITY, February 21 ). —At least one man was killed and five seriously injured in a !Il()\\'!l!dg‘ str Friday afternoon near the Alta Tun- nel & Transportation Co.’s mine at Silver Fork, 25 miles southeast of here. The slide and subsequent ones destroyed all telephone communica- tion and word of the slide did not reach here until yesterday morning, when an appeal was brought to the city for physicians. Names of the Jmown dead and injured were unavall- able ¥ {Mayor Who Aided { wage scale for the central competitive {day and appointed the subcommittee | Western | conference announced that vears old, | conference An-|on the conflicting proposals presented drews was a member of the Knights of | by Pythias of Norfolk. He is @urvived by |tors took the position that the failure | of the body to reach a common ground Funeral services will be conducted {meant the adjournment of the pastor of the First | United Mine Workers of America de- {port of the subcommittee to the main | body an. | requested a ar of ({0int conference would remain in ex- |ment to make adjustments in the in- Genr. McCain will assume his | dusiry and settle disputes. 8| continuous wage agreement on com- Spinsters Refuses To Pay for Photo By the Assoeiated Press WALLASEY. England 21.—Full of gratitude, ladies of thi= Adamless dered a portrait painted of J. W. Houldsworth, who leaped into fame overnight when as mayor he opened a matrimonial burean in the town hall for “the 2,000 eligi hle unmarried women of the bor ough.” Thelr enthusiasm outran kethooks and they could of the 100 guineas they 1o pav the artist. They asked Houldsworth to stand half e bill. He declared the scheme “monstrous’ and announced that he would publicly burn the portrait if !t was presented Now the spinsters are jooking for a way out of the difficulty 0.K BLLADNG OLDU S EMPLOYES . February spinster Eden or- their raise House Passes Measure to Correct Provision in Retirement Act. To correct an injustice heing done to many veteran employes of the Gov- ernment under the civil service re- tirement act the House today pass ed a bill favorably reported from the civil service committee fo correct a| technical provision. The retirement act providés that upon the arival of an employe at the age of retirement, when he would ordinarily be automatically separated from the service upon annuity, he may make application for retention in ac- tive service. May Be Retained Two Years. _8hould he be found by the head of his department to be competent and efficient, and so certified to the Civil Service Commission, he may be re- tained in active service for a two. year period upon certification hy the Civil Service Commission The retirement aot directs that the certification by the head of the de- pariment be made 30 days before the arrival of an employe at the age Of retirement. and by construction it has heen held that the certification of the Civil Service Commission must he made hefore the actual day upon which the employe reaches the age of retirement, othersvise the con- tinuation in active service is invalid. Forfeit Retirement Payments. From this it follows that such em- ploves forfeit whatever salary re- mains unpaid and also forfeit what- ever contributions to retirement they have made from their salary during the period of invalid employment. It also follows that they may not in clude the period of invalid employ ment within the length of service upon which their annuity is com- puted. 1 Many instances in which the sig- natures of the officials ere not affixed to the certificate within the time limit working hardship upon the emploves affected were brought to the attention of the House civil service committee, As the actual time of signing these certificates is of no importance and it is unjust to impose losses on these veteran emploves for reasons over which they have ne control, the civil service committee urged the passage of this measure which was approved by the House today, extending the period in which certificates may be re- turned by the heads of departments and by the Civil Service Commission. MINEWAGE GROUP UNABLE T0 AGREE Subcommittee to Report Deadlock Before Con- ference Tomorrow. By the Associated Press MIAMI, Fla., February 21.—The subcommittee of the joint wage con- ference after a two-hour session here today suddenly adjourned without reaching an agreement on a new field. Representatives of the miners and operators went into session last Mon- to confer on a new wage” agreement for the bituminous fieid which in- cludes Ohio, Tllinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania. The agree- ment reached at Jacksonville three Rice Miller, chairman of the joint the “sub- mmittee would report a failure to reach an agreement before the joint at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning Conferees announced that the sub- committee was hopelessly deadlocked the miners and operators. Opera- joint wage conference tomorrow. . President hn L. Lewis of the clined to comment; he said no state- ment would be issued pending the re. tomorrow morning. Asked Two-Year Contract. e negotiations were deadlocked the Lewis and Haskins proposals new wage contract to replace Th The Lewis proposal asked the con of wage reduction lem to solve the prob- onfronting the fndustry and also two-vear contract. The istence during the life of the agree Outcome in Doubt. The Haskins proposal sought a petitive basis with the non-unfon fields of Kentucky and West Virginia. It would have set up a commission of miners, operators and mediators to fix_wages, handle all problems and mediate differences. Whether the conference would in- t the subcommittee to resume its labors* over the two proposals or last minute concessions would be made by either side tomorrow, was a matter of speculation among the conferees, though it was generally agreed that only a compromise or concession after | iy |ing’s assallant, | tives believe the crime may THE EVENING WILL QUIZ SUSPECT IN'WOMAN ATTACK District Detectives Go to Sil- ver Spring, Md.—Victim Gains Ground. The police- net which has spread | aver the city for the assailant of M Daisy Welling of 137 D street south- east. who was attacked on the Capitol grounds late Friday night. was ex tended into nearby Marvland today Six detectives from police headquar- | ters, especially assigned to the case hy Chief of Detectives Pratt, went to Silver Spring. Md.. early this after neon tn question an unnamed colored man whose description fits that given Mre. Weiling as her attacker. Meanwhile Mre. Welling was gain- ing ground at Providence Hospital, to which she was removed yesterday from Casualty Hokpital. A slight im- provement noted by attending phvsi cians today led them to believe she may recover Seven colored men, some of whom answer the description of Mrs. Well ara held in varions Other arrests are ex pected hourly All members of the police force were urged today by Supt. Hesse to arrest any person to whom suspiclon points, and were re- quested to “spare no effort or ex pense” in the search. police precinets. Held for Tnvestigation. While police haoks list none of the seven suspects as held for more than investigation in the case, the detec be fasten ed to one man. He answers the de- seription given by Mre. Welling and was taken hefore the young mother vesterdav and identified by her as 2 man fitting the description except as to the clothes he wo; Ingpector Pratt said the man probably had no more clothes than those he now wears. A man named Price, who was driv- ing through the Capitol grounds with his wife about 9:30 o'clock Friday eve. ning, confronted the suspect vester. day and positively identified him as the man he gaw lurking in the grounds the night of. the assault. Message Is Broadeast. The following message was broad- cast to the police force today by Supt. | Hesse: “An atrocious and revolting crime was committed in the United States Capitol grounds the night of Friday, 17th inst. *'A reward of $300 is hereby offered for information leading to the arrest of the guilty person, and every mem- ber of the force, regardiess of grade or assignment, is hereby directed to energetically apply himself to the task of apprehending the criminal.’ ; The rest of the message related to the need for arresting any one {0 whom guspicion points and gave a descrip. tion offered by Mrs. Welling. Deteo tives Wilson, Kuehling, Messers, Cole, O'Dean and Cullinane have heen as- slgned exclusively Lo the case. I. C. C. IS UPHELD _ IN RAIL VALUATION BY SUPREME COURT (Continued from First Page.) making purposes which s distinct from its exchange or sales value. Wide Difference in Figures. Congress having declared the per- centage of earnings to which railroads are entitled and having provided for the recapture of surplug earnings from the excessively prosperous for the aid of the impoverished com panies, the basis used by the com- mission in rate-making became of prime importance, crucial not only to the railroads as the measure for their earnings, hut also to the shipper and the traveling public as the measure of rates, Under the valuation act passed by Congress in 1913, the commission in October, 1925, placed a final valuation of $45.200,000 as of June, 1914, upon the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Rail- road “for rate-making purposes.’' The company went into the Federal District Court for Southern California contending that it was entitled to an exchange or sale valuation; that i what the property would bring as the result of fair negotiations hetween an owner who 18 willlng to sell and a purchaser who desires to buy. It con- tended that in June, 1914, its value was not less than $70,000,000, and that when the commission’s final val. uation was made in 1923 it was not less than $85.000,000. It asked that the commission he permanently en- Joined from using its valuation figures for any purpose whatever, and this was done, the Government appealing to the Supreme Court. Pointing out that Congress had re- quired a valuation of the 1,900 rail- roads throughout the country, oper. ating 250,000 miles of road, represent ing property estimated considerably over $20,000,000,000, the commission declared that while only § per cent of its work had reached tie final stage, the effect of the decision of the Dis triet Court if sustained would be to render practically valueless work which, extending over a long period of re, had cost the Government many nillions of dollars. Not oniy would it be necessary for tha commission to change its rate-making fabric, should the lower court be upheld, the Gov- ernment asserted, hut it would he necessary for the commission, should a new basis for rate making be pro muigated by the court, to revise rate schedules throughout the country. Declared Values Overlooked. The wide difference hetween the commission's and the raflroad’s valua- tlon arose in part from the refusal of the commission to include some ele- ments which the railroad contended entered into a legitimate valuation of its property, and in part from material differences in' the valuation of items both agreed should be included. The rallroad insisted that earnings were not properly reflected, nor the appre- clation of its roadhed, the develop- ment of its physical property, its oper. ating organization, its favorable con- tracts, its established and profitable business, or going-concern value, its connections with other rallroads, the development of its territory, the in- creased demand for the use of jts property, its strategle location, and other elements. The final valuation was not only im-. possible for rate-making purposes, it ingisted, but was harmful in causing the depreciation of the market value of its property, was injurious upon the sales price of its honds and stock, and caused impairment of its credit’ and ability 1o borrow money for additions and betterments. COMMUNAL RIOT FATAL. Three Killed, 23 Hurt in Sikh-Mo- hammedan Bombay Clash. BOMBAY, India, February 21 (#).— Communal rioting between Sikhs and Mohammedans outside a mosque to- day resulted in the death of a Hindu, a Sikh and a Mohammedan and in: the committee report is received will save the present wage negotiations from faflure. There were no indications that either side would recede its position. juries to 23 others, among them 6 con- stables. [overweening ambition i Newport News Bid Wins Contract. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1927, SCENES ALONG STORM-SWEPT LONG ISLAND COAST EMANUEL BALKING AT DUGE'S DECREES Tension Evident in Refusal to | Give Up Appeal in Death Penalty Law. The growing temsion hetween King Tictor Epianusl and Dieiator ssolint. which led to the propogal o muke Mus solini chanrel erehonge Tor 'm partial veturn o more liheral governmen s expiained in ihe fo'lo tor life in ng disparch the second on the subject Bich Mr. Moderweil hos filed by way of Sicitzerland to_aroid rensorship BY HIRAM K. MODERWEI By Cable 1o The Star and the Chicago Daily . 127 ROME, Februar Courier to Switzerland).— The proposal to define permanently the relative positions of King Victor Emmanuel and Dictator Mussolini in the new i“ascist state, ag reported by the correspondent in a previous dispatch. was necessitated by the Increasing friction and appre- hensions hetween the Royalists and the militant Fascists in the past threa months These conditions are not due to per- sonal hostility to the King nor to the of Mussolini, inevitahle conse quences of the Duce's rise to abso- lute power in a country where the King is nominally supreme head of all the functions of government. Guard Details of Tension. Details of this growing tension have heen carefully guarded. It was known that the King objected to signing the death penalty law, regularly passed by both houses of Parliament. The King had previously loyally supported all of Mussalini's measures and signed promptly all decrees sent him. But he flatly refused to sign away the right of his subjects to appeal to him under the defense of state law. Coolness hetween tne King and the Fascists was first publicly noticed when he was absent for the first time gince the war from the religious cer monies on Armistice dav and later was absent from the gcvernmental com memoration of the anniversary of the queen mother's death. He also re fused to sign the decres depriving for- mer Premier Nitti of citizenship. Ap- parently the extreme Fascisti took alarm at this. Plot to Destroy King. The alleged Repuhlican Fascist plot to dethrone the King last December probably did not go further than the hrains of a few extreme F isti, but the King's supporters certainly took adequate measures of defense against any possible coup. Under the Italian constitution the army is under direct orders of the King and unquestionably is loyal to his person, especially Gen. Badoglio, chief of staff. Last month the cabinet approved a law creating a “chief of the general staff.” dependent on the ministries of national defense @il held hy Musso- 1ini) and reducing Gen. Badoglio's of- fice to a subordinate technical one. Mussolini was appointed to the new office, but the appointment was quickly revoked—following, it i said, repre. sentations hy the chief army gen- ernls—and Gen. Badeglio was given the post. but rather to the Friction Is Acnte. 1f any of the extreme Facists cherished the hope that the army would side with them in an attempt to diminish further the King's prerog- atives, their hopes were shattered, But the friction has become sufficiently acute to necessitate a radical compro- mise and efforts at pacification. It is this compromise—including the appointment of Mussolini as chancel lor for life and the partial return to a liberal government—which the wiser heads of hoth fartions now are en- deavoring to promote. NEWSPAPERS OF BERLIN GIVE OCCASIONAL RAPS Above: A section of Long Beach concreate walk, showing how it collapsed in the storm of Saturday night and yesterday. Below: One of the houses tossed about hy the waves. 16 DEAD IS TOLL OF STORM THAT SWEEPS COAST STATES (Continued from First Page.) Guardsmen off Provincetown was fought a Ti-milean-hour gale. Blinker lights from their frail eraft told their tale to persons ashore, who were powerless to aid them The storm destroved the last hope for the rescue of Lieuts. Willard .J Harris and Willlam A. Gray, Army aviators, who were lost Thursday in a fog off the New Jersey coast while en route from Mitchel Field, Y., to Langley Fleld, Va. The greatest havoe in the New York district was caused at Staten Island, where the high tide carried the waters three-quarters of a mile inland and drove 1,300 from their homes. Dam- age there was estimated at a miliion dollars. Ahout 200 families were res: eued from their dwellings hy police and others. Sleet and slush caused many traffic accidents in Manbattan. Three on Tug Saved. Three men aboard the tug West Point, which went aground on Little Beach Island, near Atlantic City, were rescused by Coast Guards by means of a breeches buoy. James Imbie, New York banker: his wife, their three children and threa other persons were taken in a row- hoat from thelr Summer home at South Reach, Seabright, N. J., where they had been trapped. Twenty blocks of Atlantie City were under water. which at places reached A depth of 3 feet. Two $12.000 air- planes were destroyd in a hangar. BOY FROZEN TO DEATH. Five Pittshurgh Fatalities Snow and Cold. PITTSBURGH, February 21 (#).— Deaths, traceable to the abundance of snow and the cold weather, reached a total of five in the Pittsburgh dis- trict today. Among the victime was a 13yearold boy, who was found frozen to death in a large tool box in which he had sought protection while on an errand. The 15-inch fall of snow, said at the Weather Bureau to have hroken all records since 1913, made many high- ways impassable and forced raflroad and trolley companies to call out all available. lahorers to keep tracks clear. Some southwestern sections reported 24 inches of snow and ‘in northern West Virginia the depth ranged from 17%s to 24 inches. SEA GIVES UP TWO BODIES. Laid to Pennaylvania Six Others, Coast Guardsmen, Lost in Flerce Gale, PROVINCETOW Mass., Febru- ary 21 (). —Somewhere in the churn- ing sea off High Head today were the bodies of ix members of the crew of the Coast Guard Picket Boat 238, who lost by a single hour a plucky all-night fight against death in one of the wildest northeasters that has } scourged Cape Cod In nearly 30 vea Horse-Drawn Vehicles, Held Up to: The hoat had been out looking for Ridicule, Will Disappear Next Year. By the Associated Pre RERLIN, February 21.—Berlin para- graphers and newspaper illustrators don’t mind giving their city a gentle knock once in a while, One of the leading evening dailies prints a two- picture exhibit of the “here” and Cthere” order under the caption “Is Rerlin a Word Capital?’—one of them a photograph of the ln}urpsn!vp downtown skvline of New York and he other a snapshot of a_couple of antiquated horse.drawn cabs outside the Lehrter Bahnhof, the station at which most foreign travelers arrive in Berlin. The legend heneath reads: “First glimpge of Ne York—and first glimpse of Berlin by the traveler arriving from New York. It seems only fair to add that the horse.drawn cab is not at all typical of Berlin, whose taxi service as a whole is up to date. Furthermore, this is the last vear the old horse- drawn cabs are to be allowed on the gtreets, notice having heen given that expiring licenses for them would not be renewed. e NEW YORK, February 21 (#).—The Newport News Shiphuilding & Dry Dock Co. of Newport News, Va., with a bid of $1947,000 and completion of work in 300 days, was the lowest bld- der among four concerns whose bids were opened today for the condition- ing of the liner America, which was damaged a year ago hy fire, Former Senator Baird Il CAMDEN, N. J., February 21 (®).— The crowd was so unruly and the situation became so threatening that the pollce had to fire twice befors order was restored. David Baird, former United States Senator, is near death in his home here. He s 87 vears old and h been {ll for a year. rum runne s, Ashore tiefr comrades, who had watched helpiessly the tragedy on a bar a few hundred yards from the beach, walted to reclaim them. Two bodies were pulied from the Today in Congress SENATE. The Senate continued debate on Boulder Canvon Dam bill, with Senator Johnson of California ex- pected to speak. Senate will hold special session this evening to consider bill au- thorizing Veterans' Bureau to make loans to former service men and also the alien property settle- ment bill. Special campaign expenditures committes met this marning con- cerning witnesses who failed to give certain testimony during the hearings of the committee last Summer. Judiclary committee held execu- tive session. Public lands committee con- tinued hearings on the sale of tim- ber in a national forest in Oregon. HOUSE. The House today takes up unani- mous consent calendar. Subcommittee on second defl- clency appropriation bill continues hearings in executive session. Rules committee conducts hear- ing on war minerals legislation. Military affairs committee in ex- ecutive session on reports from sev- eral subcommittees. Committee on agriculture in ex- ecutive session on Gilhert tobacco bill, Ways and means committee con- tinues hearing on under-cover ap- propriations for prohibition enforee- ment. raging surf late vesterday a few hours after the craft. disabled in motor power and radio, had been swept to | destruction. Combers Break Over Sandbar. The gale. which attained a velocity of 75 miles an hour at its height Sun- |day. today lashed a pitiless sleet he- | fore it that stung the beach patrol |and coated the shore with a treacher- | ous covering of ice. nt combers broke over the sand- bar where the 75-foot picket hoat went down and no trace of her remained. At 5 o'clock Saturday afterncon the craft_was sighted through the murk of the blizzard. Flashing blinker lights told observers ashore that the engines had gone dead and its radio was powerless, Soon two destroyers were steaming to sea from Boston under forced draft and with two cutters following closely. At that time the 238 was 3 miles off shore, with two anchors overhoard and a tremendous sea running. Crews from thres. gnard stations paced the shore with guns and breeches huoys, waiting for the chance to rescue that was never to come. Hope Soon Fades. The appearance of a large steamer but a short distance away gave momentary hope to the anxious watchers on shore. The guardsmen signaled frantically to the steamer, which kept itz course and soon dis- appeared. Then the storm swallowed the 238 and she passed from sight of those on shore. Twelve hours after she first had been sighted, and with the racing destroyers less than an hour away, the picket boat and those ahoard met their fate. A watch on the hody of one of the two men swept ashore had stopped % 5 a.m. The vietims were Roatswain Jesse K. Riverback, Oak Bluffs, Mass., com- mander of the hoat: Ravmond H. Clark of Boston and Charles A. Freeburn, Philadelphia, whose bodies were foun Cornelius Shea, Boston; Frank C. M Causland, Waterville, Me.: Joseph V. Maxim, Boston; Len S. Krzyanowski, Clarence Alexander, The €G.23% had bean in commission less than a year and cost $41,000. FISH WANTS PEOPLE IN CARIBBEAN FREE Speaks at Maine Memorial Exer- cises of United States Spanish War Veterans. Citing the free nation of Cuba as an example of the liheral policy of the United States, Representative Fish of New York, in an address before the United States Spanish War Veterans, at exercises commemorating the twen- tv-ninth anniversary of the sinking of the battleship Maine :n Havana Har- bor, last night declared that, “in spite of the fact that we hold the Philip- pines. the United States is not an im- perialistic Nation.” The exercises wera held in Pythian Templete, Twelfth and U streets. “When we went to war with Spain and announced that at the end of the war we would free Cuba, the other nations did not belleve us. But when we had straightened out the internal troubles of Cuba we gave her her In- dependence and established a free country right at cur back door—a thing unheard of before in the history of the world.” Mr. Fish also said that he hoped the work begun in the whr with Spain, to free the Caribbean Sea from all foreign control, would be continued, and that other nations owning lands in that vicinity could be presuaded to sell them to the United States or give seem their freedom. Mr. Fish urged support of the bill pending in the Senate for the erection in France of a Memorial to the 93d World War Division, colored, and mentioned the fact that it already had passed the House. Charles W. Abdelle was master of ceremonies. Music was furnished by the Scott-Ross Orchestra. 2 e Hits “Begging” for Rides. The Police Department was urged today by Traffic Director M. O. Eld- ridge to co-operate with school author- ities in discouraging children from standing in the streets and “begging’ rides from motoriats. . Mr. Eldridge said that the practice Is a dangerous one and should be broken up. Hugh R. Wilson Is Ill. Hugh Ri Wilson of Chicago, chief of the current information division of the State Pepartment and Min! designa Bwitzeriand, is {11 here with scarlet fever. President Cancels Noon Reception to General Public President Coolidge has been obliged to cancel his usual noon- hour receptions to the general pub- lic for several days because of the press of official business This s one of the few occasfons since President (oolidge came into office that the White House has not been the scene of a crowd of tourists from all parts of the coun try waiting to pass through the executive offices and shake the President's hand just before he &oes to lunch The President’s desk is piled high with bills from Congress, which he must study before he either signs or vetoes them, and in addition the international situation is demand ing a tremendous amount of his attention. It is believed. however, that the neon receptions may he resumed the latter part of this week. MUANE GETS 0.K. AS .S, ATTORNEY Senate Committee Favorably Reports Nominee for Middle Tennessee District. By the Associated Press A favorable report on the renomi nation of District Attorney A. V. Me- Lane of the middle district of Ten nessee was orderad today by the Sen are judiciary committes after a r soma Tennessea Republican leaders. A judiciary subcommittes conduct ed extensive hearingm of the protests against McLane, which were lodged by party opponents of Representative J. Will Taylor, Republican, of Ten- nessee. Fred Arn of Chattanooga, H. Huston, former assistant to Sec- retary Hoover, led the fight against McLane, but the hearing was devoted principally to the procedure of Mc- Lane in his grand jury investigation of charges against Representative Taylor of soliciting campaign funds from postmasters. Taylor was not indicted The subcommittes was composed of Senators Robinson, Republican, In- diana: Overman. North Carolina, and Caraway, Arkansas, Democrats. Tt reported unanimously in favor of Mc- Lane. The committee also ordered a fav- orable report on Alexandey C. Birch as district attorney for southern Ala- bama. INDIGTED FOR FIRST and C. Parker Hugh Lee, Colored, Accused of Killing Wife. Other Indictments. Parker Hugh Lee, colored, was in- dicted today by the grand jury on a cherge of murder in the first degree in counection with the death of his wife. Enola G. Lee, February 2. The couple had been separated, and Lee went to the wife's home, 1108 R street northeast, and a quarrel ensued. She is sald tn have shot the woman. Murder in the second degree is al- leged in an indictment against John Wiggins, alfas John W. lefferson, col- ored. in connection with the death of James Sturdivant, iso colored, Jan- uary 7. The killing occurred in a room of the Summit Hotel, Seventh and N streets. following a quarrel over the wifs of the accused. Clerk Faces Larceny Charges. Speight B. Bruton, former clerk in the Merchants' Bank & Trust Co., was charged in four indictments with grand larceny, embezzlement, larceny | after trust and forgery. One indict- ment deals with alleged peculations | from the bank, totaling more than $20,000, last September: the other thres charge specific acts of forgery. Rruton is alleged to have appropriated 10 his own use funds of the bank, $500. Septemher 14; $610, September | $10,000, September 24: $6.000 Sep- | tember 25, and $3.568, September 25. Under the forgery Indictments, it is | claimed, he forged the name of Mary | S, Stone to a check for $§350. Septem- | ber 23: the name of Alice F. Brown to a check for $747.84, September 23. and | the name of V. L. E. fipos to a check for §6.000, September 25. Young Woman Indicted. Frances M. Pyle, a young woman. is charged in four indictments with forging and issuing bad checks for small amounts at department stores. In one of the indictments Albert Sun day is joined as a co-defendant. The grand jurors ignored charge of homicide against James Henry Cheek and Anthony Sesso. (heek was driving a taxicab which collided with a truck driven by Lewis P. Leap- ley at Third street and Maryland ave- nie southwest December 23 and caused the death of Leapley. Sesso struck Thomas Leigh with his fist February 4 while they were on build- ing operations at 483 Ridge street. Leigh had threatened to strike Sesso’s dog. it was said. when the blow was struck which resulted in his death. Indictments were also refused by the grand jurors in the following cases: Ruby Hughes, grand larceny: Maggie Parker. William Parker, Nor- man Howe and Paul Minor, violating Harrison anti-narcotic law: Bernard A. Sparks, joy-riding. and James Set- tles, assault with dangerous weapon. Other Indictments. indicted and the charges them include: Walter M. Fowler, Leroy Savoy, allas William Harris; Paul E. Jones, Augustus B. Winston, Cornelius Johnson and John T. Gross, housebreaking and larceny. Charles M. Martin, Willlam R. Sny der, James Johnson and Emrich Scott, grand larceny; Edgar Smith, Joseph Smothers and, Johnnis Jones, assault with dangerous weapon; Grace Chapman, alias Others against Grace Lucas, forgery and uttering; Raymond T. Bland, violatihg postal laws; Joa Bak Ping, false pretenses: Terrell Baille, Manley Maxey and Willlam Calhoun, robbery; William A. Calhoun, Conrad R. Corum and Willlam Wieson, joy-riding; Raymond W. Keller, allas William R. Kelle William H. Morris and Swail non-support: Lawrence Harris, alias J. 8t. Lawrence Harris, larceny after trust; Lee A. McCann, false pretenses. g iin 20-Inch Cumberland Snow. Spacial Dispatch to Tha Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., February —Twenty inches of snow s reported in the mountalns west of Cumber- land, with 12 inches here, tapering down to a light fall about 100 miles east. The Natlonal Highway was closed between Clearspring and Hagerstown by the heavy fall, the State roads officlals having been de- layed in opening the thoroughfare ba- cause of two tractors breaking down. view' of the contest against him hy | DEGREE MURDER REEDRAPS TREND OF CONGRESS NOW Missouri Senator Addresses Holy Cross College Alumni Group Here. Vigorous censure of Con straining get far the Constitution of the I'n In lawmaking as possible, an earnest appeal to the college men of the country to assume leadership in bringing the minds of the people hack to serious study of the fundamentals of our Government as laid down by tha founding fathers were le by Senator Reed of Missour! at n an nual banquet of the uth Atlantie Club of Holy (‘ross College alumni in the Hamilton Hotel Saturday night Service as Citizens" was t} logan of the gathering, and Sens sounded the kevnote of a that this club has undertaken mote a hetter understanding United States Government and duties and obligations of citizenship. Senator Walsh of M sachusetts spoke as an alumnus of Holy Cross College in pointing out the basic training that institution has heen giv ing throughout its entire existence in preparing the vouth for fulfiliing the hightest ideals of citizenship. 1ia announced that the pre. paring to enlarge riotic service. to as from ted States and colleg, this p Stobbs Is Spealeor. Representative Stohbs of chusetts, in whose distriet 1age is lncated, discissed of the college in recent vears, the high esteem in which President Din. and is held as “a real |e; der, bhuilder and counselor in eivie develapment and of the example given hy the res of the country by the way in which & industrial “establishments and educational institutions in Worcagter are co.operating in 1 ro A%, Greperating in a well rounded Others who =poke on the suhjeet of educated leadership in civio and gov. ernmental affaire included Judge Daniel Cohallan of New York: Dp Constantine McGuire, William F. Leany. prominent Washington law. o gand Mgr. T. J. Shamnon of A new feature o Masssy the eni the growth a f the annual gather- ing was the presence of fa!hz:rnh :f Students now at the colisge, with Curtis Dozier of Richmond, speaking for the father and Harry Kane, a young Washington lawver speaking for the younger alumni Connery TIs Toastmast Messages from the college were brought by Rev. Michael J. Earle, prominent Jesuit litterateur and au thor, who is vice president of the college: Foster Stearns, librarian and a son of Frank Stearns, and . Bow- man Strome of Wilkes Barre, newls appointed executive alumni secretary Martin J. McNamara, prominent Washington attorney, president of the South Atlantic Club, was in r. and Representa tive P. Connery, jr. was toastmaster Senator Reed ~expressed ‘sincera regret that the dominant spirit in Congress is not tn preserve in fts original strength the Constitution, £0 as 1ar in making laws as Constitution let them go, regarding the Constitution rather as a chain that restricts their Hghts of legislating for whatever they please The effort today is to find some wa; in which the will of Congress can bw worked out and not have the law declared unconstitutional. Laws On Habits. “There isn't a subterfuge that human ingenuity can invent,” he con- tinued, “to get past the Constitution and avoid it that hasn't been resorted to. The people are in intellectual stupor and over.confidence and they do not examine what is heing done It is a disgrace to the ['nited States. We have utterly lost sight of the proper domain of civil law." He explained that moral law regu- lates human conduct, but that man- made law ‘“should protect human rights that God Almighty gave us.” And vet, he emphasized. “we are pil ing up laws to regulate human hahits The best thing that could happen in this country today.” he said, “‘would be to repeal two-thirds of the laws on our statute hnoks. Senator Walsh said that “the neces- sity of the hour in America today inculeation of the fundamental princi ples of our Government in the minds et and hearts of the young people who are being trained today to take the leadership in the future. If the col leges of America had more men like Senator Reed laying bare to thae fi ture leaders of America the dangers facing our country and the necessity of harking hack to the founding fathers they would be doing a won- derful thing toward preservation « human liberties.” he said Will P. Kennedy of The Washing ton Star staff, was elected president of the South Atlantic Club, which in cludes the District of Columbia, Mar land and Virginia. Other officers el ed are: Viee president, Timothy A and secretary-treasurer, Rob. . Gallery. PHONOGRAPH SHIFTS RECORDS BY ITSELF Special Dispatch to The Star. CAMDEN, N. J., February 21.—A self-operating talking machine. which changes records automatically and gives an hour of music with ona filling of the record magazine, is the latest development in the field of musical reproduction. Announcement of the perfection of this ingenious device which is expected to have far-reach ing effect upon the industry, was made today by the research labora tories of the Victor Talking Machine Co. most from the day when the first practical talking machine was built inventors have dreamed of an instru ment which could change records au tomatically. Realization of this dream represents five vears of intensive ex- periment in the Victor lahoratories, according to E. E. Shumaker, presi dent of the company. The new Instrument performs an Intricate operation in a surprisingly simple manner. Twelve of the familiar type of disk records are placed in & magazine which is suspended at an angle above the turntable of the ine strument. A touch on the starter button sets the mechanism in motion A mechanical “hand” takes the first record from the magnazine and places it on the turntable, the tone arm swings into playing position and th music starts. When the first record played to completion the mechanical “hand” removes it, transfers it to a velvetlined drawer, takes the sec- ond record from the magazine. places it on the turntable and the process is repeated. When the last record in the magazine has heen played the mechanical “hand” removes it and the instrument stops automatically. A complete symphonic recording, requiring 12 record surfaces or 12 as- sorted selections, may be placed in the instrument at one time. An electric motor drives the mech. anism of the instrument. The mu- sical reproducing system emploved is the ort og)lonk‘ talking machine in. troduced by the Victor Co. a little more than & year ago. has heen |