Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1927, Page 2

HOUSE ORGANIZES AND BEGINS WORK |Four Women in Membership. Longworth Named Speaker Over Garrett. With four women seated as mem- bers of the National House of Repre- sentatives for the first time in his- tory, and with crowded galleries, the House organized today and proceeded to the transaction of business. More than 5,000 bills and resolutions have already been presented to the clerk of the House for consideration this session, nine-tenths of which are private measures. The four woman members are Mrs. Florence P. Kahn, California; Mrs. Mary T. Norton of New Jersey, Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts nndk Mrs, Catherine Langley of Ken- tucky. Also on the floor were many promi- nent former members of Congress, in- cluding Frank W. Mondell, former House leader, and Phillip P. Campktell, former chairman of the important committee on rules. William Tyler Page, clerk of the House, called the assemblage to or- der, following which prayer was said by Rev. James Shera Montgomery, the chaplain. Mr. Page then directed the reading clerks to proceed with a roll call of the States, to establish a quorum. This showed 417 members of the House present. Mr. Page then called for nomina-! tions for the office of Speaker. Repre- sentative Hawley of Oregon nominated Nicholas Longworth, and Represent- ative Greenwood of Indiana nominated Finis J. Garrett as the Democratic candidate. For tellers Stobbs of Massachusetts, Correll of Oregon, a Bell of Georgia and Combs of Missouri, the “baby” of the House, were appointed. The election showed that Mr. Long- worth received 225 votes and Mr. Gar- rett 187. Five members voted present, including Kvale of Minnesota and Carrs, Farmer-Labor members; Berger of Wisconhu, Socialist, and Longworth and Garrett. A committee consisting of veteran members of the House was appointed | to escort Mr. Longworth to the chair. This committee consisted of House Leader Tilson, Chairman Madden of the appropriations committee, Repre- DR. ERNEST H. CHERRINGTON. DRY LEAGUE LEADERS GIVE CHERRINGTON WHEELER’S SCEPTER (Continued from First Page holding accountable those intrusted with their enforcement, he regards voluntary observance of laws as vast- ly more important than acquiescence through fear of a penalty. First Meeting Tonight. It is not enough to demand that peo- ple obey the law simply because it is a law, he declared. The future of pro- hibition is in the hands of the next generation, he said, and this gener: tion must be made to know the “rai- son d'etre of prohibition.” He declared that scientific temper- ance instruction 40 years ago was re- sponsible for, bringing prohibition about and “education is the keyword of the immediate future for the Ameri- can and international movement against alcoholism. “It is well to write prohibition into the statute books of the States and into the fundamental law and statutes of the Republic, but abolition of bev- erage alcohol will be hastened if we can continue to write temperance in- sentatives Cooper, who has served 30 years in the House; Garrett, the mi- nority leader, and Garner of Texas, who is Democratic ranking membef on the ways and means committee. Representative Thomas S. Butler, Republican, of Pennsylvania, who has served consecutively longer in the House than any other member of the present House, was appointed to ad- minister the oath of office to the Speaker. In a speech of eulogy Representa- tive Garrett spoke feelingly of the fair spirit that Speaker Longworth has ghown toward the minority members, Members Take Oath. Speaker Longworth then delivered Ris address to his fellow members. “For_the second time by your woices I have been chosen to be your presiding officer,” said Mr. Long- ‘worth. “The Speaker of the House of Representatives is one of the great governmental offices of the world. It is, I think, generally agreed that it is gecond in dignity and importance, together with power and influence upon the future of America, poten- tally at least, only to the presidency. ‘My study of history and my experl- ence of two years in this office have eonvinced me, however, that no man, no matter how great his ability, cam be a successful Speaker unless he gains and retains during his-term the Tespect and confidencé of his col- “That 1 ' have been in a measure successful, as your reception would seem to indicate, is due,ip,a major . to the fact that I have gucceeded |, these two respects. i “To you of my party,” he said, turn- ing to the Republican side of the -House, “the great majority party of the United States, who have with unanimity cast your votes for my re- :;ctk:: t:) thlslhkg office, I tender ost profound and heartfelt ‘thanks, not so much for the office it- self, as for the evidence of your con- ception of my worthiness to fill it. am particularly blessed to have Teceived the votes of gentlemen who have been seated on my party side of the aisle for the past four years, but who on two previous occasions have preferred to vote for a candidate for Speaker other than the one pro- posed by the Republican majority. I ‘Welcome your return to the Repub- lcan party, where you rightfully be- dong. I like to row in the same boat with that find old veteran of 100 political battles, Henry Allen Cooper, and with Nelson and Frear and all of you. 3 Addresses Democrats. “To you, seated upon the present minority side of the aisle,” continued Mr. Longworth, turning to the Demo- crats, “to you who cast your votes as you were in honor bound to do for ‘your chosen leader, I am no less in- debted, because of the expression of the esteem and confidence you gave me at the close of the session of the last Congress and have repeated this morning. If there is one cloud upon my happiness today it is the thought that from the next Congress, of which I hope and expect to be a member, the leader of the minority, on his own motion and by his own will, will be absent. “During the more than 25 years that I have held public office I have known, often intimately, all of the out- tanding public men of the period, but among them all I have never known a finer character than Finis Garrett, student, scholar, debater of the first order, orator, a_master unexcelled in the use of the English language, pa- triot, a gentleman in all that fine old English word implies. He possesses all the qualities that make for my 4deal of what an American statesman ought to be, We are entering upon a session during which grave problems ‘will confront us. I hope most sincere- ly that we may be able to meet and solve them with as little bitterness |nd partisanship as possible. I hope that while we may be widely divided in our opinions upon which is best for the country, our differences will al- ‘ways be based upon fundamental eco- momic principles and never upon ques- tions of geography, race or, above all, religion. Thus we shall continue upon the path laid out by the fathers of the Constitution, which has brought to us a condition of happiness, pros- perity and world influence undreamed of by them, and in the future, as gen- erations succeed each other, will lead us onward and upward to heights that mo other country has ever at- tained or ever will attain. “But whatcver may eventuate, of this be well assured, that so far as it lles in the power of the Speaker the honor and dignity of this House will be at all times upheld, and the rights of the mirority and of each individual member of free and full debate and of making record upon all, important questions will be fully protected. And now, one word before 3 take the solemn ocath of office. In ¥he circumstances and conditions with which I find myself surrounded, pos- messing, as I believe I do, the esteem and good will of all my colleagues in the proportion which I similarly en- tertain for each one of them, I say, and I say it with the utmost sincerity, that I had rather be Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States than hold any other struction into the text books of schools and colleges and to get before college faculties and students the inexorable truths about the evils of liquor use and the liquor traffic.” The first general meeting of the con- vention will be held tonight at the Mayflower. Speakers will be Bishop Nicholson, Senator Sheppard of Texas and Mrs. Mary Harris Armour, direc- tor of the evangelistic department of the Natlonal W. C. T. U. Deny Wets Can Win. No candidate known to favor “nulli- fication of the eighteenth amendment” in the 1928 election will reach the ‘White House, delegates to the conven- tion were told yesterday by Senator ‘Willis, Republican, of Ohlo, and Wil- liam E. “Pussyfoot” Johnson, at a mass meeting yesterday at the May- flower Hotel. “The Victor Bergers, the Nicholas Murray Butlers and the Al Smiths of the country,” Willis declared, “‘are not going to write the party platforms in the coming campaign. Tribute was paid to the memory of the late Wayne B. Wheeler by Senator ‘Willis, who praised his “legal ability, kindliness, unfailing optimism and personal integrity.” Teaching the effects of alcohol to children in the public schools and the creation of a publicity bureau to keep the country informed on prohibition developments were indorsed by the Senator, Calls New York “Wickedest.” Johnson asserted that the number of arrests for drunkenness in large foreign cities far exceeded in propor- tion to population the number of ar- rests for the same offense in New York City, “probably the wickedest city in the United States.” “Six men. who have been implicated in the planting of that still apparatus on my farm up in New York. are in jail,” he said, referring to the recent discovery of a still on his farm. “Any one else who wants fo know what the inside of a jail is llke can just go up to New York and plant a still on my farm.® The eventual overthrow of prohibl- tion is inevitable if the opinions of leaders of the younger generation of America are not changed, Stanley High of the Board of Foreign Mis- sions of the Methodist Church assert- ed. He advocated an “honest” pro- gram to enlist the support of tomor- row's drys through a scientific presen- tation of both sides of the liquor ques- Y iho case for prohibition is only weakened by those who go bombast- ing about the country as though every individual who did not believe in the eighteenth amendment were a be- sotted degenerate,” he declared. Sees Problem for Young. «pemperance and sobriety rather than cofip}ete prohibition should he' the keynote of the dry organizations campaign to uphold the eighteenth amendment,” Assistant Secretary Sey- mour Lowman of the Treasury de- clared at a mass meeting in Luther Place Memorial Church. He warned that a crisis in prohibition is rapidly approaching. He warned that the work of prohi- bition has not been finished with the adoption of the amendment. This has not turned out as satisfactorily as had been expected, he admitted. He said the young men and young Women of the country are real ob- stacles in the path of prohibition en- forcement and that it they would join churches and temperance organiza- tions the task would be materially lightened. Dry organizations must “get on the fleld of battle and fling their forces into action against the wets, who are confident they will capture the Gov- ernment In 1928,” Oliver W. Stewart of Chicago, president of the Flying Squadron Foundation, declared. Plunge Kills Frederick Man. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md, December 5.— J. William Notnagle, 36 years old, of this city, died at Montevue Hospital, as a result of injuries received yester- day when he jumped or fell from the fourth floor of the building to the courtyard. Notnagle was confined to the institution for treatment for alcoholism, police said, and was under guard, charged with passing worth- less checks. By the Associated Press. READING, Pa., December 5.—The defeat ot Willlam C. Hoverter, Socialist candidate for city treasurer, at the recent election, will cost the munici- pality approximately $14,000 a year for the next four years. Believing that he had been swept into office on the Socialist landslide, Hoverter announced that he would accept only $6,000 a year of the $20,- office in the gift of the American people. Need I say more to evidence my happiness at aguin being called upon to serve you? I am prepared take the e - [ 000 annual fees, Charles H. Kershner, Democrat, the successful candidate, believes the job is worth all it pays and wil ontinue ;: accept the salary as authorized by Wy - PP S FLOOD GUR PLAN PRESENTS BIG TASK Congress Expected to Give Immediate Attention to Mississippi Problem. The gigantic engineering feat of curbing the destructive high waters of the Mississippi River is one immediate task in the new governmental policy for controlling the flood rivers of the country with which the Seventieth Congress, ~convening must wrestle. While the new Congress probably will shape up a national program pro- viding for the future checking of the floods of the principal streams of the country, it is conceded that the imme- diate legislation to be evolved at this session will formulate only specific remedies for the flood problems of the Mississippi, particularly the lower val- ley of that river. Expert Advice Sought. TIn the extension of the legislation to the entire national flood problem, Con- gress probably will seek advice from the leading engineers of the country. After meeting the lower valley prob- lems, the next step will be the solution of overflows in the upper valley and the Mississippi’s tributaries through reservoirs at the headwaters and re- forestation. A final task will be the curbing of the rivers in other sections of the country, including New England and New York, where recent floods have wrought devastation, and in the Imperial Valley of California, where the Colorado River's overflows are an annual menace. For the past four weeks Congress has been preparing for the formula- tion of legislation designed to solve the problem, through hearings of the House flood control committee. ~AS the bosis of the legislation it is charged with drafting, the committee expects to recefve at the opening of Congress the report of the Army engi- on methods- of checking the ssippl's overflows. The engineers’ report, as indicated in advance statements by Maj. Gen. Jadwin, <hief -of Army engineers, Sspecifically proposes remedies for the Mississippi River's control, including the strengthening of the river's levees, supplemented by spillways and diversion channels in the lower valley. Put Expense Up to U. S. In the mass of information gleaned from Senators, Representatives, gov- ernors and several national organiza- tions, including the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States, American Legion and the American Farm Bu- reau Federation, together with sev- eral score of witnesses from every section of the valley, a predominant trend of the House committee’s hear- ings was that the Federal Government should not only assume control of the flood problem, bug should bear the en- tire cost of the work. Representative Reid of Tllinols, chair- man of the committee, has indicated that the views of these witnesses will be regarded as the measuring index for the Army engineers’ plan. . NYE CHARGES PLOT FOR FARM AID VETO So-Called Friends Trying to Make “Political Foot Ball” of Relief Plans, He Says. today, In a statement demanding early action_on farm legislation, Senator Nye, Republican, of North Dakota, charged yesterday that .some advo- cates of the McNary-Haugen bill are working for a vote on the measure near the-end of the session and an- other veto so that the issue would be forced into the presidential campaign next year. Senator Nye declared that these “go-called friends of agriculture” hoped to make farm relief a ‘‘mere political foot ball.”” It is their plan, he said, to have late votes in the House and Senate In the belief that the bill will be vetoed again by Presi- dent Coolidge and no farm legislation enacted. The North Dakotan called for an- other vote on the McNary-Haugen bill before March and urged if it was passed again by Congress and vetoed by Mr. Coolidge that a straightout subsidy plan, now under consideration as a compromise, be passed. “The second choice,” hes aid, “might well be an out-and-open subsidy plan, acceptable to the farmer only as a last resort, Such a plan, operated for a single year, would serve to convince present McNary-Haugen foes of the wisdom of its acceptance in preference to continued drain upon the Federal Treasury.” . HAS SISTER ARRESTED. Brother Leads Police in Raid to Seize Alleged Liquor. Acting on information furnished by her brother, Edward Hower, Police- men Arthur Feeley and Stepps of the sixth precinct arrested Mrs, Pearl Stanley of 234 Tenth street yesterday for an alleged violation of the national prohibition law. She was released on $1,000 bond to appear in Police Court Saturday for arraignment on charges of illegal sale and possession of liquor. Hower, besides informing against his sister, went with the officers and made a purchase of a pint of liquor. A warrant was sworn out and the place was raided. The police found 213 bottles of alleged beer and four half-gallons of alleged corn whisky. Assistant United States Attorney David A. Hart sald that he would not press the charges if the brother did not appear as a wit- ness at the trial. R WALSH’S EYE INFECTED. Montana Senator Kept From At- tending Opening Session. An_eye infection will prevent Sena- tor Walsh, Democrat, of Montana from attending the opening session of the Senate today. The Montana Senator, whose name has been mentioned fr onnection with the Democratid presidential nomination, had pleaned to press again for an investigation of the financing of public utilities, and he hopes to be on the Senate floor within two weeks. City Will Lose $14.000 a Year by Defeat Of Socialist Candidate in Treasury Race The official tabulation of the vote gave Hoverter a lead of 74, but Kersh- ner, the incumbent, was found by a recount to have a lead of 86. ‘When the ballot box of the first pre- cinct of the seventeenth ward, a So- cialist stronghold, was reopened, it was discovered that more votes had been tallied than were cast. Hoverter lost 73 votes there by the recount, while Kershner gained one. Reports that the Socialists might contest Kershner’'s election remained unconfirmed today. The Socialists elected all thelr can- didates, including J. Henry Stump for Mayor, except Hoverter and one of the three members of the school board. nation and elestion | Repi’eflentatln Langley of Kentucky, photographed at the House Office Building with her daughter. Mrs. Catherine Bentley, PLANNING AVEN BUILDING PROGRAM Fine Arts Body to Pass on Types of North Side Structures. Moving toward a standardized build- ing program for the business section of Washington fronting on the Gov- ernment projects to be developed along the south side of Pennsy! ia ave- nue, the Public Buildings Commission today asked the Commission of Fine Arts to consider at its meeting on Thursday the type of structures to go up on the north side of the historic thoroughfare, opposite the rows of Government buildings which will stretch from Fifteenth street to the Capitol. A bill designed to give the Commission of Fine Arts and the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission authority to approve or disap- prove types of constructior of private structures which face on or impinge upon public buildings was introduced in the Senate at the last sesion of Con- gress by Senator Shipstead of Minne- sota, and is to be reintroduced at the session which began today. Supervision Sugggested. Although no formal statement is forthcoming from the Commission of Fine Arts in advance of the two-day meeting which begins Thursday, the commission is known to hold the view that some Government agency, either official or semi-official, should have supervisory powers over the types of buildings which front on or may be constructed opposite the monumental types which characterize construction of Government structures. The com- mission favored the Shipstead measure in principle, although its officials have not declared what agency should have supervision over private construction which affects Government building. The fine arts body points particularly to the lack of uniformity of building height and type of structure along lower Pennsylvania avenue, as typical of the kind of building which may go up opposite the imposing Government buildings if some form of regulation is not adopted. i Hearing on Bridge Schedule. Engineers of the Pennsylvania Rail- road are to appear before the fine arts body Thursday morning to submit drawings of the new railway bridge across Water street, proposed by the Pennsylvania as part of its develop- ment in the southwest section of the city. The bridge is to be ornamental in character and will harmonize with de- velopments in that section the com- mission has been told. At the same time & report on several school sites in Washington is to be submitted to the commission by A. L. Harris, mu- nicipal architect. Further study will be given the landscaping of the 1st Division Memorial to bring it into line with the plan of 1901 and the scheme for improving the east approach to the Arlington Memorial Bridge by constructing an underpass under the plaza between the bridge and the Lin- coln Memorial. . STORMS THREATEN AS 70TH CONGRESS LAUNCHES SESSIONS (Continued from First Page.) fluence felt throughout the session. Threats have been made to cast into the debates in the Senate and House the tradition which has limited Presi- dents of the United States to two terms and President Coolidge’s “I 10 not choose to run” statement from the Black Hills. Huge Crowds Assemble. Huge crowds assembled in both Houses to witness the opening ses- sions. In the Senate the atmosphere was tense with the expectation of an immediate contest over the seating of Smith and Vare. Up until the eleventh hour it had not been pos- sible to reach an agreement to post- pone these contests. Both Mr. Smith and Mr. Vare occupied seats on the joor of the Senate when that body was called to order by Vice President Dawes. The Senate session opened with a prayer by Rev. Dr. Z. B. Phillips, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, who was later elected chaplain of the Senate. Following the roll call, which established a quorum of the Senate, the Vice President directed that the Senators-elect, one-third of the Sen- ate, appear to take the oath of offi- ce.” The Senators-elect appeared be- fore the Vice President’s desk in groups of four, escorted by their col- leagues, to take the oath. The first group included Senators Barkley of Kentucky, Bingham of Connecticut, Black of Alabama and Blaine of Wis- consin. There had been rumors that Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, who is leading the fight for the seating of Mr. Vare, would challenge the right of Senator Black to be seated on the ground that in Alabama the fifteenth amendment was violated. But Senator Reed made no_such challenge, ‘When it came time for Senator Brookhart of Iowa to be sworn in he was escorted to the Vice Presi- dent's desk by Senator Stephens of Mississippl, Democrat, and not by his colleague, Senator Steck of Iowa. There has been a bitter feud between Senator Brookhart and Senator Steck, who was declared elected over Sena- tor Brookhart after a contest in the Senate two years ago. Senator Brook- hart subsequently defeated the late Senator Cummins of Iowa for the Republican nomination and _w elected to the Senate last year. Sena- tor Steck sat stolidly in the front row on the Democratic side while Mr. Brookhart was sworn in. ‘When the name of Senator-elect Smith of Illinols was reached he and Senator Deenan, his colleague, stood in the rear of the chamber while the Norris resolution, declaring his noni- talnted with fraud, P. & A. Photo. who represents the district served by her husband, John W. Langley, who will be her secretary. Perry S. Heath’s Portrait Adorns Capitol Gallery A portralt of the late Perry S. Heath was placed in the press gal- lery of the House of Representa- tives today. It is considered the best portrait painting in the gallery and a real acquisition to the art works of the Capitol. The portralt was painted about 15 years ago by a Louisville artist named Walker and until Mr. Heath's death it had a place at the head of the stairs in his home here. A plate attached to the portrait certifies that Mr. Heath was a mém- ber of the standing committee of Congress from 1889 until 1894, As- sistant Postmaster General from 1897 until 1900 and secretary of the Republican national committee from 1900 until 1904. In 1897, it further states, he established rural free delivery service. The portrait was a gift of Mrs, Heath to the gallel Louis Lud- low, president of the National Press Club and a friend of the Heaths, was the intermediary through whom the presentation was made. Mrs. Heath was present when the pleture was hung in the press gal- lery. —————————————— was read. At the request of Senator Curtis that Senator-elect Smith stand aside until the other Senators were sworn, they both kept their seats. When the name of Mr. Vare was called, meither he nor his colleague, Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, arose, realizing that the Norris resolution would be offered and having agreed not to press for action on the seating of Mr, Vare today. 225 for Longworth. In the House 417 members cast their votes in the election of a Speak- er, 225 voting for Speaker Longworth and 187 for Representative Garrett of Tennessee, and five voting present. Representative Butler of Pennsyl- vania, the father of the House, ad- ministered the ocath as Speaker to Mr. Longworth, The Senate Democr-ts in party con- ference before the Senate met decided not to make the vote on the seating of Senators-elect Smith and Vare party matter. Every Democratic Senator, therefore, will be at liberty “to vote his conscience.” as Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, announced following the con- ference. It was decided at the conference that resolutions challenging the right of Senators-elect Smith and Vare should be offered by Senator Norris of Ne- braska, Republican Progressive. Sen- ator Norris had his resolutions ready to submit. This was acceptable to Senator Reed of Missouri, chairman of the Senate slush fund committee, which investigated the primary elec- tions of both Smith and Vare. After setting forth various matters relating to the contributions and ex- penditures in the primary campalgns of Vare and Smith, as disclosed before the Senate campaign funds commit- tee, the resolution says: “Be it resolved by the Senate of the United States, That the acceptance and expenditures of the various sums of money aforesald in behalf of the candidacy of the said Frank L. Smith (William 8. Vare) is contrary to sound public policy, harmful to the dignity and honor of the Senate, dangerous to the perpetuity of free government and taints with fraud and corruption the credentials for a seat in the Sen- ate presented by the sald Frank L. Smith; and “Be it further resolved, That the said Frank L. Smith (William 8. Vare) is not entitled to take the oath of of- fice and is not entitled to member- ship in the Senate of the United States, The contest of Willlam B. Wilson, former Secretary of Labor in the Wil- son administration, against Senator- elect Vare, Senator Robertson said, was before the Senate privileges and elections committee’ and would be handled by that body. The expectation of the Democrats was that the Norris resolutions would provide for the handling of any further hearing that might be desired by the Reed speclal committee. Are Ready to Vote. The conference discussed the matter of better co-ordination of the minority HOUSE FLOOR OPEN ON FLOOD CONTROL Every Interested Member Can Speak on Conditions in Own State. By the Assoclated Press. Every member of the House inter- ested in flood control will be given opportunity to speak on the floor on the conditions in their respective States, Chairman Reid of Iilinois of the House flood control committee announced today. He said Speaker Longworth was given permission for such statements. Mr. Reld made the announcement at the meeting of the committee which was attended by more than a score of Representatives, malinly from Southern States. He said that it was highly essential to keep the flood issue prominently before Congress. The speeches on the flood can be made at any time, he added, so that Congress will be fully acquainted with the problem pending the draft of the measure. Other members, including Represen- tative Wilson of Louisiana, ranking minority member, Swing, California; Frear, Wisconsin, Republicans, and Whittingdon, _ Mississippi, George, Georgia, and Driver, Arkansas, also stressed maintaining of national in- terest in the flood issue. Among the numerous recommenda- tions received by the committee during the pre-session hearings were: 1. Creation of reservoirs at the head- waters of the main tributaries of the Mississippl, principally in the arid Western States, where impounded waters could be utilized for irrigation and power development. The reser- voirs, under the various proposals, would be established in Montana, Col- orado, North and South Dakota, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico. 2. Diversion of the Mississippi through its old bed in Missouri as a protection of the upper valley and to divert the flood waters of the Illinois and Ohio Rivers. 3. Shifting of the excess waters of the Missquri River through the Chey- enne River in North Dakota intd the Red River of the North, so it would empty into Hudson Bay. 4. Reforestration of the denuded timber lands of the Northwestern States to soak up the rains and snows which form much of the watershed that feeds the Mississippi. ‘While floods have wreaked devasta- tion in New England and New York State since the disastrous inundation of the Mississippi last Spring, the com- mittee devoted little of its hearings to those problems. And He Couldn'ts From the Boston Tranecript. Wife (with newspaper)—I notice, dear, that a post-mortem examination is often made in murder cases. What does that mean? Hub—A post-mortem examination, my dear, is intended to allow the vic- tim to state verbally his own testi- mony against his assailant, and Is taken down in writing. Wife—Thanks, darling! And you won’t look down on me, will you, be- cause I haven't your education? He said he wouldn't. members of the Senate committee with the Democratic conference. The Democrats, it was announced, were in readiness to proceed at any time with a vote on the organization of the Senate—at once, if that were practicable. Senator Robinson declared that the Democrats were willing to accept re- sponsibility of organizing the Senate if enough votes were cast for their candidates, for officials of the Senate and for chairmen of the standing com- mittees. The Democrats substituted J. L. Dobell of Montana, for J. S. Hartman of Montana, for their candidate as sergeant-at-arms of the Senate. Their candidate for president pro tempore of the Senate is Senator Pittman of Navada. They will put forwrad E. A. Halsay of Virginia as their candi- date for secretary of the Senate. The New Idea of Cancer Many Cases Can Be Cured If Reported Promptly BULLETIN NO. 9. American Society for Control of Cancer, 25 West 43rd 8t., New York City. THE PREVENTION OF CANCER. f It is probable that as many cases of cancer can be prevented as cured. Unlike most other diseases against which sclence is waging or- ganized warfare, there are no sanitary precautions which have any effect upon cancer. The disease occurs without reference to the health- fulness of the environment. The rich and poor are affected alike. The ignorant and intelligent are equally victims. Over and over again attempts have been made to connect the causation of -cancer with some article of food, either eaten to excess, insufficiently eaten, or harmful because of some property which it was supposed to possess or be deficient in. cancer was supposed to be tomatoes; Many years ago the cause of later. pork; just now it is salt. ‘When subjected- to the cold analysis of sclence, every theory which' has thus far been put forward to connect cancer with food has' broken down. can be prevented very simply. How, then, can cancers be prevented? Cancers in some locations It is sald by reliable authorities that cancer of the mouth and tongue never occur among persons who keep their teeth and mouths in good and clean condition. The jagged tooth, the ill-fitting dental. plate, rubs until it makes a sore which develops into cancer. pipe too much in one position. be due in part to stagnation of the natural secretlons. Sores upon the lip muy be produced by holding a hot Cancers of the breast are belleved to Cancer of the stomach may be induced bv too hot food, too much strong alcohol or any other abuse of that organ. lacerations at child birth. Cancer of the uteris may. result from Skin cancers may be caused by continual irritation of moles. The way to prevent cancers caused in any of these ways s to avold the conditions which lead to them. The Time to Cure Cancer Is When It Is Beginning. 1f you think you have any of the sypmtoms descrided in the: artl cles you should be ezamined by your doctor or at ashospital at once. Tomorrow's Article—"The Surgical Treatment of Cancer.* : BRITISH AND SOVIET PARLEY AT GENEVA ENDS IN DEADLOCK (Continued from First Page.) leave Geneva and not remain for meetings of the League Council begin- ning today. Russia is not a member of the League. M. Briand also saw Gustav Strese. mann, Germédn foreign minister; Dr Eduard Benes of i and Vittorio Scialoi interview with ticular attention because of M. and’s reported desire for a talk with i Premier Mussolini about Italo-foreign | relations The Polish-Lithuantan dispute is the | most important problem facing the | councl. | Premier Waldemaras of Lithuania said Lithuania would ask the League’s assistance on the claims that Lithu- anians in the Vilna area are being op- | pressed by the Poles, and that Poland is secretly engaged in a conspiracy to overthrow the Lithuanian govern- ment, He also said Poland’'s right to Vilna would be put before the league. A report that Poland would insist on unqualified recognition of Vilna or resign from the League was cate- gorically denied. Part two of a report by white slave experts of the League dealing with this traffic in 28 countries, including the United States, will be submitted to the League Council. The Council will decide whether It will be made public. The report has been kept secret to give various governments opportunity to refute, if possible, statements con- cerning conditions in their respective countries. Because of criticisms there has been some revision of the report. $205,000,000 ASKED IN DEFICIENCY BILL; MANY DISTRICT ITEMS (Continued from First Page.) $185,000 is asked for ventilation for the Senate chamber; $820,000 for en- larging and relocating the Botanic Garden; $128,000 for the Library of Congress, to include $15,000 for the register of copyrights and other per- sonal service; to enable the Library of Congress to keep open for referenc use on Sundays and holidays, $1,000; for printing and binding, $32,000; to enable the Librarian of Congress to undertake an index of legislation, $30,000, and for revision and extension of the index to the Federal statutes, $50,000. For the copyright office of the Library of Congress an increase of $80,000 is asked to be made available at the earliest possible date. Even with overtime work the clerical force is so inadequate to cope with the tremendous volume of applications, now amounting to 200,000 annually, that this work is very much in arrears. $90,000 for Executive Office. The executive office of the President asks for $90,000 for the protection of interest of the United States in leases on ofl lands in former naval reserves in 1928, pointing out that it was im- possible to complete this litigation prior to the close of the past fiscal year and that this estimate is to meet developments which bhave since oc- curred. The White House also asks that the availability of the appropriation for repairs on the Executive Mansion be extended until June 30, 1929. For public buildings and public parks of the National Capital $16,560 is asked for salaries. This supple- mental estimate is to provide for addi- i tional personnel to care for the Eniory Building, " which has been acquired for the use of the general accounting office for the fiscal year 1928, and for repairing and renovation of certain | rooms in the Winder Building for the Bureau of Mines. For general ex- penses for the office of Public Build- ings and Public Parks, 1928, $14,960 is asked, part of which is for laying wood flooring over the tile flooring in the court of the Pension Office Building. The District is to receive a portion of the $50,000 asked for preventing spread of the Japanese and Asiatic beetles. One of the most important items in the deficiency bill from a Dis- trict standpoint is the estimate of $300,000 for the purchase of land for a national aboretum, The purpose of this estimate is to enable the Secre- tary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of the act approved Mareh 4, 1927, which authorizes such appropriation for acquisition of the necessary land. ¥For power plant equipment for the Bureau of Standards, $§100,000 is asked. For Marine Barracks at Quantico, Va., $1,650,000 is asked. For the Naval Observatory for re- pairs’and improvements to the heat- ing system and the main building, $7,600 is asked. New Legislation Proposed. New legislation is recommended which- affects an existing appropria- tion for the mail bag repair shop in ‘Washington. This proposes that not to exceed $600,000 may be expended for personal services in the. District of Columbia. The appropriation for the purchase, manufacture and repair of. mail bags and other mail containers for the fiscal year 1928 provides $500, 000 for personal services in the Di trict of Columbia. The rate of ac- cumulation and repair of defective mail bags up to approximately one year ago averaged 12,000 a day. Since then there has been a steady increase in the number of bags needing repair, until the present rate of accumulation h%! reached 18,000 a day. This is 6,000 more than can be repaired with the personnel possible to be employed with the $500,000 allowed for that pur- pose for 1928. To eliminate the present accumula- tion of approximately 300,000 and re- pair 6,000 more bags each day during 1928, authority to expend not to ex- ceed $600,000 for personnel services in the District will be necessary. This authorization will not involve the act- ual appropriation of additional funds as an equal amount will be saved from other items of the appropriation. For the international radio tele- graphic convention held in Washing- ton, it is asked that the unexpended balance of appropriation under the act approved July 3, 1926, shall remain available until June 30, 1928. $950,000 for Walter Reed. For Walter Reed General Hospital 1928 an appropriation of $950,000 is asked as a deficlency, to provide funds to enable the Secretary of War to make payments on the contracts he ‘was authorized to make. For barracks at Camp Meade, $300,- 000 -is allocated out of the $6,166,000 requested for construction of build- ings at military posts. For the Tomb of’ the Unknown Sol- dler for the fiscal ,ear 1928, $50,000 is asked to carry out the provisions of the joint resolution to accept designs for completion of the tomb subject to the approval of the Arlington Cemetery Commission, the American Battle Moruments Commission and the Com- mission of Fine Arts. To carry forward the Federal build- ing program in Washington, Congress is asked by the President to include in the urgency deficiency appropria- tion bill the following items: For com- pletion of the construction of two ad- ditional stories on the Liberty Loan Building, $125,000; toward the con- struction of the central part of the Administration Bulldjgg of the De- partment of Agrictiture, $750,000; toward the eonstruction of extensible office building for the Department of Agriculture, $1,000,000; for water mains, removal or diversion of such sewers and other utilities as may be necessary Incident to construction of Federal buildings in the District, $228, 000 is requested, VIGILANTES FAIL T0 FIND PROWLER Cleveland Park Section Quiet After Floodlights Are Played on Homes. ‘With vigilantes on guard and flood. lights playing from numerous hom in the Cleveland Park section all dur. ing last night, residents reported morning that there had been no si; of any suspicious character or trouble. some prowler. In the Chevy Chase section the un. successful attempt of a prowler to enter the residence of Lawrence V Coleman at Thirty-ninth street was reported. The man s on the rear porch of the house between 3 o'clock in the afternoon and 7 o'clock at night and succeeded in prying open a window screen and cut. ting a pane of glass, but went aw without getting into the house. An unidentified white man was re. ported as having entered an apart ment at the Queensboro, 1614 § teenth street, at about 9:30 o'clock last night, by Mrs. Helen T. Albert who occupies apartment 501, she was awakened by a noise in her room and found a man standing abc five feet from her bed. He disap peared. William Bostick, 706 S street, re. ported the loss of $10 from his tailor- ing establishment between 2 and o'clock this morning. A glass panel in the front door was broken. A banjo, valued at $50, was stolen from Joseph Holmes, 1026 Twentieth street northeast, at a house on P street Saturday night. FOUR DIE, SEVEN HURT, IN HOTEL ANNEX FIRE Women Trapped by Flames—Other Bodies Sought in Ruins of St. Louis Structure. Ve By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, December 5.—Four women were known to have been kill- ed and seven pérsons dangerously in- jured in a fire early today which de- stroyed the rear section of the Buck- ingham Hotel Annex, with a loss cs- timated at $170,000. Police feared other bodies were in-the ruins. The dead are: Mrs. Luther H. Conn. Miss Bessie Groat, 33. Miss Marie L. Susanka, 45. Miss —— Fraser, a teacher. Three nurses, two of whom jumped from windows on the fourth floor, were in a critical condition. They were Miss Myrtle Morris, 39; Miss Ancezfll!!bam. 34, and Miss Bertha , 21, There were 118 guests in the two sections of the annex when the fire was discovered shortly before 3 a.m. Many ran to the street in night cloth- ing. Others had to be rescued from their rooms by firemen, who used gas masks because of the dense smoke. Among those sleeping.in the hotel were 32 girls, pupils at the Central Institute for the Deaf. They were led to safety. ONE SLAIN, 7 SHOT, IN BATTLE STAGED ON CAFE DANCE FLOOR (Continued from First Page.) ‘ and they shot their way toward the . exits and escaped. D. C. GIRL SEES SHOOTING. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, December 5.—Dorothy North, 19 years old, who came here from Washington, D. C., two weeks ago, will return there as soon as she has been questioned by police. and released, she declared this morning. Living with her mother at 1205 Fif- teenth street northwest, the girl came to Chicago two weeks ago to visit an aunt, Mrs. Bee Hogue of Cicero. She fell ill. soon after her arrival and, recovering, last Saturday accepted her aunt’s suggestion that they “see Chi- cago.” In company with . Bobby Meyers (alias Meyer Golden), a friend of the aunt, they started the sight- seeing tour at the Club, a North Side cabaret. They had been in the place only a few minutes, Miss North says, when she heard some one behind her say, “Stick ,your hands up.” All the table complied and immediately shooting began. One man was killed and several oth- ers wounded by the rain of bullets. When the police arrived they - took Miss North and Mrs. Hogue into cus- tody as witnesses. “This is the first time I ever was In Chicago,” declared Miss North, “the first time I have ever been in a cab- aret, the first time I ever saw a shoot- ing, the first time I ever rode in a patrol wagon, the first time I was ever inside a police station and the first time I ever had my pleture in the paper, and as soon as I am out of here I am going back to Washing- ton as fast as I can. Why, I would be afraid to come out of the house again in Chicago.” -— BOMB FOUND IN HOME. Woman Says Estranged Husband Made Threats. CHICAGO, December § ~In- censed becatise his Wife refuscq o on. turn to him after she had found him paying attention to other women, Henry A. Grady, Montgomery, Ala., is l;:l!l'evefld tobhav!: ?fl.empted to kill her erday by placing a bom! - \vfi' at éfle\‘dhome. i ey rs. Grady left her husban - cinnati, November 2, and clalgxo's g:t she was forced to go to the railway station under police escort because Grady had threatened her, ) Grady followed his wife to Chicago, and since that time has been tele- phoning every few days, begging to be allowed to return. Mrs. Grady said. o Don't Fo:flet‘ Your ¢ 4