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WEATHER. Woather Burean Forecast) cloudiness followed hy rain tomos rising temper peratures—Highest day: lowest, 19, at 1 pa 0 s Inery tomorrow. afternoon ing “ull report on tonight and w ure. t 11 am. to. 145 p.m. yesterday Closing N. Y. Mark’els, Pages 22 and 23 ch ¢ Foening Shat. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The only ev: service. ening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,244 == No. 30,538, Fe"Since Kntered as second ¢ Washi ss matter on. D C. WASHINGTON, N Uy D. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1927-TilIRTY PAGES ¥ (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CEN'TS. * LINDBERCH VOTED INHOUSE OVATION Congressional Award Highest | in Power of Government to Bestow. CHEERS GREET FLYER AS HE APPEARS ON FLOOR Regular Procedure Suspended as Members Pay Personal Tribute to Conqueror of Atlantic. h. Paris, w today as the Atlantic by after an e the younz Col. Charles A. Lindbs fly from New York to presented to the louse “conqueror of the air,” and the members, thusiastic welcome (o aviator, by unanimous n. voted him the Congressional Medal of Hon- or, the hizhest award which bestowed by the American ment. By unanimous consent the agreed to suspend procedure to pe a personal tribute to 1. Lindbe who already has received th of kings and the praise of h cials of foreign nations. Rep icut, the vet- se leader, and ett, minority House plaudits Representative a leader, were appointed to escort Lindbergh to the chamber. Members Cheer Flyer. As the aviator walked down the aisle, the members arose from their seats, cheered loudly and applaudec with enthusiasm as is seldom seen in the House. When the young flyer stood beside the Speaker, Mr. Long- ‘worth said: “I wish to introduce to vou ca’s most attractive citizen. Each member of the House and many of their friends had personally greeted the distinguished young avia tor in the House chamber while the House was in recess. Immediately after he had heen escorted from the chamber, Chairman Snell. of the rules committee. offered a resolution 3 ing: ““There is only one more honor that we can bestow on this young man, and that is the Congressiona’ Medal of Honor.” Speaker Longworth, without putting the motion to a vote, tapped with his gavel, declaring the resolution adopt- Flyer Arrives Unheralded. Col. Lindbergh came unheralded to the Capitol this morning, accompanied by Assistant Secretary MacCracken of the Department of Commerce in! ‘Ch#fe of aviation, and was IntFoduced o the subcommittee of the House ap- ‘propriations committee, which' is now drafting the Commerce Department budget for the coming year. The members of the subcommittee asked Col. Lindbergh a number of questions regarding his views and reactions on commercial aviation and the Govern- ment’s duty and opportunity in pro- moting aerial navigation. Col. Lindbergh was then introduced to the members of the Republican steering committee. who thought it was an opportune time for the House to meet him and pay their respects. House Votes Recess. ‘When the House met at 12 o'clock the galleries were crowded, because word spread rapidly that Lindbergh was 1o be feted. House Leader Tilson said, “There is today Visiting the Capi- tol a very distinguished young Ameri- can who thrilled the world by a nota- ble achievement. I refer to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.” In order that the members of the House might have an opportunity to pay their respects to Col. Lindbergh, Mr. Tilson offered a motion which was promptly carried that the House should stand in recess and the committee was appointed to escort this distinguished guest to the House. Preeeded by Sergeant-at-Arms Rodg- ers and Doorkeeper Kennedy, Mr. Tilson conducted Col. Lindbergh into the House, with Representative Gar- rett walking beside Assistant Secre- tary MacCracken. Mr. Tilson con- ducted Col. Lindbergh to a place in the well of the House just to the right of the Speaker’s desk. The mem- bers of the House were then invited to come forward and personally greet the distinguished young flyer. The moment that Mr. Til Lindbergh through the main entrance to the House all members stood up and applauded usly, this ovation continuing for nearly 10 minutes. Never has the membership of the House showed more enthusiasm in greeting any distinguished visitor. PRINCE’S TALK PROBED. Berlin Orders Ship Captain to Ex- plain Address. BERLIN, December 10 (f).—The commander of the German cruiser Ber-. lin has been asked to expl member of the former K family was invited to speak to his crew. Comdr. Kalbe of the Berlin invited Prince Henry, brothe Emperor, to deliver an addr the quarterdeck of the cruiser befor 1t left Kiel. The minister of defense has ordered Comdr. Kolhe to leave the ship at Cadiz and return at once to Berlin and explain. Pipe Fatal to Woman, 80. BENTON, 1Il.. December 10 (8).— Mrs. lsabella Hutchinson, 80, died to day of burns suffered when smoking her pipe. Secret Diving Bomb, | Naval Explosive, May Alter Warfare with a “div i, may 1 warlane the Successful experiments fRseiekplonive Siapien ing bomb,” which, it v revolutionize future were announced yests Navy Bureau of Aero Rear Admiral Moffett the bureau, disclosed 1 the ex- periments had heen carried on in fvcreey and that the resulls would of halguENaiged Wilh Ake uimost caps. <espital &b § 9'clocks Ameri- | By the Aceor 'BRITISH DIPLOM By the Assoviated Press LONDON, December 10.—The Ta- horite Daily Herald today prints exclusive interview by its Geneva co spondent with Sir Austen Chamber- . British foreign secretary, on the iropean and disarmament situation armament conference of last Summer, Austen said this wés an unfortu nate example of the da roof going into conference with other 1 vital question. without havin: first ascertained what sort of ment might be expected. The conference, he said, showed that while t Jritain and Americ: could agree, Great Britain and Japan the | | | i | | of the former from |z could agree and Japan and Amer first to | could agree, the three planks of th triangle could not be joined. Sir Austen, howe: r, encourag- ed by the fact tt failure had not embittered the very friendly velations of the three governments., He declined i0 advance a definite opinion whether a disarmament conference was possi ble in the near future. He insisted that time and serious preparations were ry if another failure was to t MEDAI. BF H[]N[]R iSir Austen Chamberlain Says Neither Has Changed Views: Urges Study and Care for Naval Confercnce. an | Discussing the tripartite naval dis- | powers on | ATIC PARLEY { be avoided and that there must be no disappointment if progress was slight | at first In confirmin, Soviet vice affuirs, sou with him wlined to 1 premature | asserted. had chan the questions m dispu Ino pr w | He did everythir declared, to di sentatives of Great Britain was plannin land te them, Minist Briand Stressemann of Germany, had en deavored to convince Liivinoff that | Great Britain had not made any over. |tures to them in that direction. In discussing Premier Mussolini of Ttaly. Chamberlain said it not his business to form any judgment of Mussolini's internal bu admired the force and r the man, who was a o canse he was an and would have been a matter where horn. Sir Austen did not b “(Continued on Page t Maxim Litvinoff, ymmissar for foreign the recent interview Austen he was cition as nment, he 1 its position on ind therefors tha | that to attack Foreign s ance, and dire af he whe 'k ne & Tta man of ieve that Column 1) BLIZZARD DEATHS MAY MOUNT T0 50 Scant Hope Held for Rescue of 21 on Lake Ship. Gales Subsiding. ed Press. CHICAGO, December 10.—Fear that | 21 more deaths might be added to the toll of more than 30 exacted by the Nation-wide storm and intense cold wave was expressed in word re here from Providence Bay. Onta Scant hope was held for the re of 21 members of the crew of the steamer Agawa, fast on a reef near anitoulin Island. since Wednesday. Shore watchers, waiting abatement of the storm to go to the rescue, feared the men either had died from ex- posure or had been trapped in the for- ward part of the boat by the sheet of ice. Ice incased the portion of the ship in view above the surface, and, with the temperature still below zero, was gradually thickening. . Rescuers Reach Other Ships. Rescue parties hastened to the aid of many other wind-whipped ships trom various Great Lake ports. The Coast Guard at Eagle Harbor, Mich., prepared to proceed to the scene of the wreck of the steamer Altadoc off Keweenaw Point. No word been received at Calumet of the crew’s res- cue, although such a report had reached Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. A cutter from Two Harbors. Minn., w: reported on the way to the Altadoc's aid. An unidentified freighter, with ice, was driven ashore in Lake Superior mot far from Marquette, Mich., but members of the crew could be seen from shore and appeared in no immediato danger. Most Gales Subside. The gales which had swept from coast to coast had subsided except in the lake region, and the Middle West :miay was greeted by milder tempera- ures. Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dako- tas continued their attempts to re- store rail and highway travel to nor- maley. although the mercury refused to budge upward in far Northern points. BLOCKADE FEARS REMOVED, coated Danger of Ice Jam on Lakes Now Called Remote. SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich,, De- cember 10 (#).—Immediate danger of | a repetition of last Winter's gigantic ice blockade that imprisoned some 150 freighters apparently was removed to- day with the liberating of three ves. sels that had become wedged in the ice of Mud Lake. The steamers Thomas Dritt, Brook- ton and Assiniboya were broken out late last night and were moving through lower St. Mary River today. No other vessels have passed down for 48 hours. The steamer Soodo which was stuck in Little Mud Lake vesterday while up-bound, cleared it. self and arrived here last night. An unconfirmed report has been re- ceived by radio at the Detour Station that the steamer F. B. Squier, report- ed vesterday to have foundered in Lake Huron, is safe in shelter. The advices did not give her location. Little anxiety was felt for the steam- er Altidoc, aground on Keweenaw Peninsula, and the E. W. Ogell azround on Shot Point, west of M quette. Coast guards expected to re both vessels today. | A steamer. whose identity has not heen definitely established was report- ed in dificulty in Thunder Bay. The vessel, whose wireless described her the “Martin" or “Morton,” reported she was taking water in two com- partments, Cold Wave Broken, Cloudy Tomorrow, | Forecaster Says The frigid spell of the past few davs was releasing its hold on the city today, after landing a final blow that sent the mercury down s morning for a count of 19 Increasing clondiness and rising temperatures will supplant the clear skies and below-freezing ther which came out of the rth suddenly Thu - ter I. Ilanson Weightman an- need. The warmin end in rain tomorrow noon, he believes. Tonight the thermometer is not expected to drop below the freezing point. The cold spell is broken definitely, Mr. Weightman asserted, o SENATE'S POWERS AROUSE QUESTION Probe of Hearst Charges Against Mexico May In- volve Immunity. afte By the Associated Press. With a Senate committee prepar- ing for hearings on charges in the Hearst papers that President Calles provided a fund of 51,200,000 for four United States Senators, the question of the Senate's power to summon cer- tain witnesses arose today in the spec- ulation surrounding the situation. Documents published by the papers were purported to be from official Mexican archives, and to prove their authenticity it might be necessary to call Mexican consular officials, or others, now in the United States en- joying certain immunities. The correspondence involved in the Senate investigation burports to be largely that between President Calles and his half brother. the Mexican con general in New York, Arturo M. as. Tmmunity Often Granted. As a general rule, where treaties of amity and commerce between two countries exist, they contain a pro- on that consular officers of either government serving in the other country n not be called or sum- moned hefore the courts of the country to which they are assigned. The treaty ion takes care of this aspect of »nal relations, since do not enjoy the diplomatic immunity that exfends to all ambassadors or ministers 'nd their immediate staffs, In the case of relations between Mexico and the United States, how ever, mno treaty covering consular relationships ts, so that there is pparently no strict legal prohibition linst a committee summons to a Mexican_consul, State Department officials appear to hold, however, that there is every rule of international custom and practice inst such an attempt to question a consular official. There has been no indication that Mexican officials would resist the op- portunity to appear before the com- mittee. inasmuch as they have re- peatedly denied the authenticity of the documents, SENATORS ARE CLEARED. officials ed Money Said to Have Been Offered, Paper Admits. \'{il!l(_ December 10 (). w York American, which, with “_”‘"“A”j"‘ l_nflm-rq bas been pub- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) i Never Rec Life came hack to Rixey Bridges as he in a bed at Georgetown | University Hospital today. After heing unconscious for 24 hours from arbon monoxide gas poisoning, dur- ing which time oxygen tanks and two blood transfusions were used in heroic efforts to keep him alive, Bridges woke up this morning and called for break- fast, Half a dozen nurses and sisters, ho had watched over Bridges ves- terday while he fought his fight, were smiling cheerfully tod confident that the hattle was won. And Dr. vald Scully, who directed the battle ntil the early hours of the morning. woke up and smiled too. Bridges, a chauffeur, was overcome vhile he was warming up truck motors in the garage of the Gulf Refining Co. at Rosslyn, Va., at 5 velock yesterday morning Police of the seventh precinct took him to the g Man, Near Death From Monoxide Gas, Improves and Calls for Breakfast ire Department rescue squad kept An oxygen mask over his face to keep the slender thread of life from snapping. At noon the hospital oxygen tanks were brought, and, while he labored for breath, Dr. Scully kept injecting stimulant to keep the heart and ¢ muscles working. In the rnoon, as the battle seemed to be = against Bridges, two junior medical students, John Foley and Joseph Hayes, submitted to blood transfusions, Lite in the afternoon there was a zht improvement and Bridges was ken to a private room. Throughout the night he labored to breathe and at midnight he was still unconscious, | hut early this morning he showed the first faint signs of awakening, Soon after dawn he called sreakfast for | Premier OQLISHLITHUANIAN ACCORD REACHED AT GENEVA PARLEY | Agreement in Principle An- nounced by Chilean Dele- gate to League. | WALDEMARAS FACES PILSUDSKI AT COUNCIL | Decision Provides That Both Coun- tries Recognize Existence of _State of Peace. By the Assaciated Press. GIENEVA, December 10.—An agree- the Polish Lithuanian dispute, rique Vil sue of Nations, declared today. The Chilean’s as: tion was made at the conclusion of a secret session of the League Council which considered the dispute. Premier Pilsndski of Poland and Waldemaras of Lithuania ed each other at the Council meet- ing, which was held in the office of Sir Erie Drnmmond, retary general of the League, Before entering the session, the Pol ish delegation said that br 1 lines had been established for the settlement of the dispute. They admitted, however, that the exact formula had not been found. Lithuania Aims Presented. that was s and the Lithuantan spokesman said what Lithuania really wanted documents signed by the powe Poland that the question of ty over the Vilna district is not setiled, and that Lithuania had the right to open pourparlers with Poland for definite determination of the Lith- uanian-Poli ) The spok red that Walde- maras was re to ask for such a jocument in case the Council pressed him to resume diplomatic relations vith Poland. Foreign Minister Zaleski of Poland said after the meeting that an accord had heen reached in principle that toih Lithuania and Poland should recognize that a state of peace exists between them. He added that TForeign Minister celearts von Blokland of the Nether- commissioned to inquire into the lispute, was now engaged on elabo- rating the formula of the settiement. Session Possible Today. I the text is agreed to by both par- ties, a public session of the Council will be held at 5 p.m. today, he said, otherwise there would be no session. Present indications are that diplo- matic relations will not be established at once. It is thought that as rela- tions hetween the two countries are 80 strained it would probab be hazardous to throw the boundaries open suddenly, because of the risk of clashes between the populations so long estranged. After the council meeting several delegates said that they did not think that Premier Waldemaras had proved his charge of conspiracy by Poland to organize hoetile bands on Lithu- anian soil and that consequently this angle- of the controversy no longer possessed importance in their view. FLYER CORBU KILLED WHEN PLANE FALLS Military Aviator and Mechanician Die When Making Test Flight By the Associated Pr PARIS, December 10.—Pierre Corbu, who participated in Leon Givon's un uccessful transatlantic flight last eptember, was lled today in a test flight. Mechanician La_Coste, who was with him, was also killed. The aviators. who were engaged in tests for the Farman Co., were only 500 feet in the air when their machine fell, plunging to earth from a cause that could not be explained. Both men were dead when rescuers arrived. Corbu was a military aviator who went in for commercial flying, identi- fying himself with the Farman Co. on the Paris-Rotterdam and Paris- Berlin routes. He had flown nearly 1,300 hours in commercial work. Corbu was only 25 and was given a military pilot's license when 19. He was cited for his services in the Moroccan campaign. In the Farman biplane Bluebird he and Givon started on their trans. tlantic flight from Le Bourget on ptember 2, but returned after hav- ing been in the air less than two hours. The heavy load the plane r- ried was given as the cause for the failure. PROMINENT REBELS SLAIN IN MEXICO 25 Generals, 4 Colonels and 2 Lieu- tenant Colonels Killed With- in Two Months, Ry the Associated Pr MEXICO CITY, December Twenty-five rebel generals, four eal- onels and two lieutenant colonels have been killed, mostly by exee since the beginning of the Gomez-$ rano revolutionary attempt, said Universal afico 3 The newspaper says that in the same two-month period the federals have lost only two colonels and two lieutenant colonels, who were killed in skirmishes in the mountains of the State of Vera Cruz No estimate has yet heen made, either official or unofficial, of the num- ber of casualties among enlisted men of either rebels or fedorals, but it is believed that the number will not be greater than two or three hundred, since there were no really big battles, 10.— before battles became seriou | Al morning he continued to im- | prove, and the atmosphere of the ) whole Bespital brighisneds _ . ., Radio Progspms—Pagé ¥ While the council was deliberating, | sover- | the rebels in most cases surrendering | ment has been reached in principle on | En- | Chilean delegate to the | | HAD Hoped [ ONE MESSAGE THAT WOULD PLEASE IT- THIS IS TERRIBLEY FOURD. G, BILLS OFFERED IN HOUSE Beautification of City and Civil Service for U. S. Workers Here Urged. Pills designed to protect the beauty of the National Capital, to pl the District employes under Federal Civil Service regulation, giving enlarged powers and personnel to the Police Women'’s Bureau and the anti-admin- istration insurance code measure were introduced in the House today by n nhers of the House District com- mittee. Chairman Gihson of the special sub committee authorized at the last session of Congress to make a com prebensive study of the municipal administration and to report remedial legislation introduced a bill to place all employes in the District govern- ment under the same Civil Service regulation as Federal employes. Has Strong Backing. This measure has the backing of hoth the Bureau of Efficiency and the Civil Service Commission. The meas. ure stipulates that three months after passage no person could be employed in the municipal service except those qualifying in a competitive esami tion, with promotions thereafter dete mined hy Civil Service rule: The District police and firemen are subject to the Civil Service. The District Commissioners have final con- trol regarding appointments. District employes are rated for promotion un der terms of the classification act. A measure which would prevent location or erection of any p building within 200 feet of a park or bhuilding without appro the Commission of Fine Arts was in- troduced 1 Representative Roy Fitz- gerald of Ohio. Enlarged powers and personnel for the Police. Women's Bur~au are pro- posed by Representative Gibson, who had a similar measure before the House District committee in the last Congress and which proved to be one of the most controversial bills ever taken up in his committee. Sponsored by Mrs. Van Winkle, Mrs. Mina C. Van Winkle, lientenant in charge of the I Women's Bureau and president of the Interna- tional Police Women's Bureau, has sponsored this legislation in the last two Congresses. The %Il was pressed in the Sixty-eighth Congress by Repre- sentative Blanton of Texa The insurance code bill was in- troduced by Representative Blanton, who stated that it is opposed to the bill which the District insurance de- partment has prepared and which is now in the hands of the District Com- missioners with the expectation that it will soon be introduced. Mr. Blanton said that his measure pro- vides better protection for the people than the one now being considered by the District Commissioners. INDICTED IN GIRL'S DEATH North Carolina Negro Must Face Murder Charge. GOLDSBORO, N. €., December 10 (A).—A true bill charging Larry New- some, 32, negro, with the murder of leula Tedder, daughter of Eric Tedder, farmer of Great Swamp town- hip, was returned last night by a Wayne County grand jury meeting to investigate the girl's death. ‘ A Dblood-stained knife was found at Newsome's home, and a boot worn by the negro fit snugly into tracks at the scene of the murder, witnesses at the grand jury investigation testified. The tracks were said to have been the same bloodhounds followed to the negro’s home soon after the girl's body was discovered. “The Amazing Chance” A Thrilling Serial By PATRICIA WENTWORTH Begins on Page 29 Of Today's Star PIRATES HOLD SKIPPER FOR HIGHER RANSOM | Whereabouts of British Ship Cap- tain Captured by Chinese Still Is Mystery. By the Associated Press. HA {AI, China, December 10.— | Mystery surrounds the whereahouts of | Capt. Lalor, who was captured and held for ransom by tes when the raided the British amer Siangtan nine days azo. Negotiations for the captain’s ran som 1 been carried on by a Scotch missionary named Tocher. hould have brought his hursday. Now, however, it is re- ported from Ichang that a letter from 1vs he was wounded in nd is Jiving in a sampan or e river boat. He does not say wher The missionary has hegun new ne- zotiations with the pirates. These in- volve an increase in the ransom, BRIBE HINT IN I HEARING IS DENIED Kidwell Made No Statement That Could Be So Con- strued, Counsel Declares. Following on the heels of a state- ment from the United ates Attor- '¥'s office that there was nothing in the statement given the prosecutors yesterday by Edward L. Kidwell, jr., alleged talkative juror in the Fall- Sinclair trial, to show an intimation of bribery or an offer of a bribe, S. Mc- Comas Hawken, Kidwell's attorney, declared that after a conference he had with the Government's at'orneys this morning, it was agreed that Kid- well made no statement “that by the wildest flight of imagination could be construed that he had received or had been offered, directly or indirectly, any bribe, or that he had ever heard of any bribe being offered. Questioned in Mr. Hawken said “the district at- torney’s office regrets that the press made any statement indicating that Kidwell had said that he had heard of any bribe being offered. It was learned authoritatively today that the nature of Kidwell's state- ment, which was made behind closed doors, while he was being closely guarded by the prosecutors, dealt with assertions by him that during the Tea- pot Dome trial he was conscious of the fact he was being shadowed. Kidwell will be called to testify in the Sinclair-Burns contempt preceed- ings when they are resumed Monday morning and there were indications that the general subject matter of his statement yesterday will be materially developed. Knew of Shadowing. Mr. Hawken confirmed a well estab- lished report at the courthouse that the subject of Kidwell's interview with the prosecutors yesterday, which they termed as being of the greatesf importance, related to the fact that he knew he was being shadowed while serving as a juror in the Teapot Dome o0il conspiracy case. “It is true that Mr. Kidwell was ccn- scious of the fact that he was being hadowed,” Mr. Hawken explained, hut he thought the Government was havimg it done because of the fact of the importance of the case and the further fact that the jury had not been locked up. “It opinion that the Gov- ernment had taken a wise method in having the jury watched £0 as to pro- (Continued on Page 5, Column 2) ret. Because Of POOI‘ By the Associated Press. December 10.—Boston’s will get their accustomed and roasts, if they insist, but hotels here have definitely decided to discourage their service until “price and quality return to mormaley That announcement, together with an expression of hope that their effort might attract Nation-wide attention and co-operation, was made after a meeting of the City of Boston Hotel Assoclation. The beef situation was assert: to “very serious.” Cards to he pladed on dining tables will add that “prices are higher and quality poorer than at These | release | THO NEET DEATH INCRASHONCURVE Comdr. James and Dr. Mun- son, Retired Naval Officers, Killed M-2r Indian Head. retired naval officers, Comdr. ames of Wiggins, Col., and Dr. | F. M. Munson, deputy health officer | of Maryland, are dead as a result of an accident last night five miles from Indian Head, Md., when the automo- | hile in which they were riding crashed | through the guide rail in taking a < irve on the dangerous Jen- Kins Hill, scene of many previous mis- Two Comdr. James, who was visiting in Washington, s belleved to have been instantly killed, and Dr. Munson died from a fractured skull and in- ternal injuries about an hour later in the dispensary at the Indian Head ProvinciGromnds. Found by Boys. Two colored boys, James and Powell | Grey, who passed the scene of the ac- | etdent in a car about 7:30 o'clock, no- | ticed the overturned machine in a gully alongside the roadside. They found Comdr. James dead, but Dr. Munson appeared to be breathing. The dispensary at Indian Head was noti- fied by telephone and an ambulance with Hospital Steward H. E. Gillette in charge hastened to the scene. Dr. Munson was injured so badly that he died soon after reaching the hospital. Except for bruises about his head. Comdr. James' injuries were internal. The two men were returning to In- dian Head from La Plata, Md., where they had gone early in the morning. When they left Indian Head, where Dr. Munson resides, Comdr. James was seen driving the car. Regarded as Dangerous. Jenkins Hill, where the accident occurred, is regarded as one of the most dangerous in that neighbor- hood, with several sharp curves and deep gullies on one side. Being un- familiar_with the car, it was believed Comdr. James lost control while taking a curve, for the machine had plunged over the embankment and turned turtle. The bodies of the two men were thrown from the car, so it was not known actually who was the driver or the return trip. Comdr. James had come East to witness _the _Army-Navy foot ball game in New York and was visiting his son in Washington, L. F. James, jr., of 1820 S street. He and Dr. Munson, was was retired with the rank of lieutenant in the Medical Corps, were old friends and Comdr. (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) CHECKS FOR $25,000 SENT FOR POPE TO FLOOD ZONE Catholic Bishops in Mississippi Valley Share in Gift of $100,000 Designed to Aid Sufferers. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 10.—Checks aggregating $25,000 have been sent 1o bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in the Mississippi flood zone as first distribution of a $100,000 gift of Pope Pius XI to the flood victims, Prof. Ed- mund A. Walsh, vice president of Georgetown University, announced last night Prof. Walsh was commissioned by the Pope to bring the gift to America when he visited the Vatican recently in the interests of the Catholic Near st Welfare Association, of which he is president. He said the money would be distributed through the parish priests . Boston Hotels Discourage Beef Eaters Quality and High Prices campaign asserted the blame lay in packers' haste to kill animals. Lean beeves have taken the place of the sleek, well fattened animals of former days, but prices not only have been maintained, but have advanced, it is claimed, It is said that cattle which last vear were allowed 90 to 100 days to fatten are being rushed to market in halt that time. Loeal distributors varied as to the probable effect of the hotels' action and on general public demand. One packing company representative con- ceded that quality was off and prices high, but said Improvement probably would come within a month. Another distributor, however, saw no justification for the hotel stand y time in many years.” The public will be requésted to refrain from beef orders. of the leading tepresentatives hguses Yoted to lnauguuale and deplored the probable result on general sale. The hotel men plan ta ask the local co-operation of cafes, restaucants and 1 MMOVE FOR DISTRICT REPRESENTATION 'S - BEGUN IN SENATE Score of “ther Local Meas- ures Are Introduced as Bills Pour In. MOUNT VERNON HIGHWAY IS AMONG PROPOSALS | Caraway Seeks 5-Cent Car Fare and City Manager for National Capital. joint resolution for a Constity mendment under which Con- gress would be empowered to give people of Washington representation in both branch of C «s and in the electoral was one of ore of local m ures introduced in | the Senate late yesterday. Although the began Mon the introduc t e had to awalit disposi ses of Senators-elect nois and Vare of Pennsylvania. As | as the Vare « was sent to committee ye: v. the flood of bills be n to flow to the clerk’'s offi he national representation resolu- m for the District was reintroduced [y Senator Jones, Republican, of | Washington. who has sponsored it in | previous yeirs. Tt |already has been p | House by Represer { Missouri. Highway Bill Introduced. Senator Swanson. Democi nia, introduced the hill for the p 3 from Mount Vernon to the new Arling- ton Momori; o ion on of bills in of ca Smith of * | 1 soon | e District comm ber of local bills, including the To preserve Great Falis and the palisades of the Potomac as part of the park systepn; to exempt from taxation the Octagon House, now tute of Archite rissioner ts; to autho to settle claims owing out of the sud. nee of First stroot northeast following the building | of the railrvad tunnel; to exempt en- | listed men of the military service from paying for operators’ permits to drive Government vehicles: to grant mem- bers fo the Police and Fire Depar ments a $300-a-year pay increase, and certain provisions of the id fire p ion law. Senator Caraway, Democrat, of Arkansas, reintroduced bills from the last Congress providing for a 5-cent street car fare, substitution of a city manager for the Board of Commis- sioners; to provide for the posting of price s In local hotels, and a bill defining the jurisdiction of the Di rict courts in civil suits against mem- bers of Congress. Land Bill Returned. Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, reintroduced the bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to complete the purchase of the land needed for new public buildings in the triangle south of Pennsylvania avenue. snator Copeland, Democrat, of New York, introducel a bill to establish a council of universities and colleges in the District, and a measure propused in the last Congress to remodel the Senate wing of the Capitol. The avalanche of national measures that likewise went into the clerk’s has- ket vesterday covered virtualiy every important question destind to come | before this session of Con; . such as farm relief, flood control and the (,uulder Canyon dam project in the West, Committee consideration of bills will not begin until next week, since the Senate has not completed its organi- zation, GASQUE SEEKS AIRPORT. Bill Calls for $650,000 and Specifies Benning Tract. Calling for an appropriation of $6 000 for a commercial airport in Wash- ington and specifying the Benning Race Track as the site, a bill was in- troduced in the House late yesterda by Representative Gasque, Democrat of South Carolina. This location is now occupied by the Washington Jockey Club. The estimated cost of the land is $378,000. The remainder of the proposed appropriation is in- tended to fit the fleld for commercial flyers. A number of citizens assoclations are said to be ready to support vigor- v the Gasque airport bill. e er of New Jersey, introduced a bill providing that ali Federal employes be allowed 15 days’ sick leave and 15 days' annual leave with pay, and authorizing the em- ployment of substitutes who are not on the Civil Service rolls. Under its terms, no Government worker would do more than eight hours’ work a day, or work more than six days a week, except when public necessity re- quired it P TWO FU3ITIVES SOUGHT. Alexandria Police Asked to Hurnt Escaped Training School Inmates. Special Dispatch to The Star ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 10— The Alexandria police have been asked to aid in the search for Joseph Murray and Marion Ellim, each 18 years old, who gscaped from the Training School of the District of Columbia Thursday night. o HOME IS DYNAMITED. Negro Had Been Forbidden to Woo Banker's Cook, Police Told. CLIFTON FORGE, Va., December 10 (®).—Because he was forbidden to pay court to the cook at the home of J: C. Carpenter, local banker, Mack Scott, negro, set off the dynamite blast which early Tuesday partly wrecked the banker’s home here, he is alleged to have confessed to the police. No one was injured by the explosion Prince William Sails for Home. NEW_ YORK, December 10 (#).— Prince Willlam of Sweden sailed for home last night on the motor ship Grisholm after a two-month visit, dur- ing which he made a 10,000-mile lec- -