Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1927, Page 2

i * isted all during the recess of Congress ‘Senator Goff, Republican, West Vir- R . THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D, O, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1927 ‘VARE AND SWITH PREPARE DEFENSE Barred Senators Get Ready | to Present Cases to Slush Fund Committee. By the Associated Pross, With the Senate doors closed tem. porarily against them, Frank L. Smith of 1llinois and William Vare of Pennsylvania turned their attention today to plans for presentinz tt cases anew to the committee which once turned thumbs | upon them. That committee was called together tod: by its cf . Senator Reed, Democrat, of M to discues pro- | cedure, but it is not likely to begin | hearings until after the Senate adopt a resolution reaffirming its authority | to act and to summon witnesses, books and papers, | Adoption of “| or this resolution w blocked late rday by o Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, after | he had lost his fight to have the oath | administered to Vare on a vote of] 56 to 30, He asked that the measure £0 over until the next session of the Senate Monday. Brief Hearvings Expected. While there may be some opposi- tion to adoption of the resolution then. the Senate by two separate Votes, onw each in the Smith case and the Vars case, has given forcible expression to jts own view that the committee ex when its right to act was challenged by some Senators and others “Further hearings in the Smith case are not expected to consume much time, as the issue there revolve - most wholly around the acceptance Smith’s campaign managers of Jar contributions to his primary campaizn fund from Samuel Insull and other high officials of public service corpora- tions which commonly had business before the Illinois Commerce Commis- sion, of which Smith then was chair- man. . There has been no suggestion of fraud or corruption in either the pri- mary or general election in which the Tllinois Senator-elect was first nomi- nated and then elected. When the Vare case is reached, a much broader field of inquiry will be opened, since therg have been charges of irregularities in both the prima and the general election campaigns. The committee already has gone into the primary campaign very exten- sively, but it was prevented from in- quiring into the general election when the resolution to continue it during the recess wag blocked by the filibuster at the close of the last session. Vare to Appear. As indicated in a statement which he issued after the Senate refused yesterday to give him the oath of office, Vare will go before the commit- tee to establish his own contention that all expenditures which he made in both the primary and general elec- tion were entirely proper and for legitimate purposes. Showing that it appreciated the magnitude of the job ahead, the Senate gave the slush fund com- mittee until February 8 to make its final report as to whether Vare should be seated. No limit is set on a report on the Smith case, but one is expected soon after the Christmas holidays, and final action on his case should follow within a short time. Vice President Dawes will be asked soon to fill the vacancy on the com- mittees caused by the resignation of ginia. Besides Senator Reed of Mis- souri, the committee now consists of Senators La Follette, Wisconsin, and McNary, Oregon, Republicans, and King, Democrat, Utah. —_— SAN FRANCISCO SEEKS DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Representative Here Asked to Start Canvassing Committee Members. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, December 10.— An effort to bring the 1928 Demo- cratic national convention to San Francisco was begun yesterday after the San Francisco Tourist and Conven- tion League had telegraphed to John Shea, its representative in Washing- ton, to start canvasking committee- men of that party for their opinions on_the matter. City Supervisor Warren Shannon, who also is in the National Capital, probably will be asked by Mayor James Rolph to act with other repre- sentatives of S8an Franoisco in the new convention campaign. The Democratic national committee will meet in ‘Washington some time next month to_decide on a convention city. H. H. McPike, chairman of the Democratic State organization, said he believed the possibilities of bringing the convention to this city were “fairly bright and worth working very hard for.” RUSSIAN PARLEY MOVE PREMATURE, BRITON DECLARES (Continued from First Page.) lations between France and Italy were as grave as had been represented in some quarters recently. He quoted Mussolini as saying to him, “France and Italy quarrel like brothers, but will never have a serious misunder- standing. He thought papers of both countries had been ag- gravating the differences. He did not believe Mussolini exercised the close control of the Italian press he was said in France to exercise. Chamberlain denied that his recent talk with Premler Primo de Ri Rivera of Spain was resented in French offi- cial circles. He said the French gov- ernment knew his views too well to regard suspiciously his meetings with the statesmen of other countries or to suppose that these would be used to any other purpose than to maintain good underetanding and smooth diffi- cuities. He hoped that his meeting with Primo de Rivera had contributed to this end. Shop Early December 10 15 Days to Christmas Use Christmas Seals— i “There Is No Wealth eed stush fund ! | expedition. | that it Fwill the news. | |Fair Reader of Star Tn Washir who w { compa hi i azil | than enir | sponded to Com. plucky & nts to n explorer and Comdr. George M. Dyott on weott reseue expedition into the She {g one of more ar readers who Dyott's call for a | volunteer. 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My ancestors tions were exp! rs or soldi Comdr, Dyott said in an interview that he preferved a man who did not talk much, This was stressed by sveral applicants, One said: O bo spends much time out of doo wouds, naturally quires in volubility, which, as you have sai 1 essentinl in a camp” A old lad wrote naively: Above all 1 ean keep ing practiced it lots during my school Qays. My parents often wonder if | in love, the way I quictly madic, st who is in New York s plans for the exy to 1 deep in the le in January, Col. T whom he will seek, jun 1- ation. With him nd Raleigh Rimell They have not heen i 19 vil his son of Los Av heard from LINDBERGH FLIGHT 10 GUBA PROPOSED Officials Are Unaware of Flyer’s Attitude in Regard to Invitation. By the Associated Pres Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has ceived a formal invitation to visit Cuba in addition to his invitation from President Calles of Mexico for the Washington-Mexico City flight. The existence of the Cuba invitation was learned today at the State De- partment, although officials said they had no knowledge of the aviator's plan in regard to a flight to that country. It was emphasized again that the | Government looked with favor upon | Lindbergh’s flight to Mexico, and that | if he desired it he would be supplied with official greetings to be carried be- tween the two capitals. In view of his expressed desire to make the trip wholly unofficial in character, however, it seems unlikely that he will bear letters either from the White House or the State Depart- ment to government dignitaries in Mexico or in any other Latin Amer- ican country he may visit. MEXICO TO HONOR “LINDY.” Flying Squadron to Welcome America's Aerial Ambassador. MEXICO CITY, December 10 (#).— The government has ordered a flying squadron to welcome Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, America's aerial ambasss dor of good will, when he flies here from Washington. dent Calles’ message asking the date of his arrival has not been received, aviation authorities have issued orders for an airplane squad to be ready to fly to San Luis Potosi, 200 miles north of here, to meet Lindbergh. They will escort him to the capital. Excursions are being organized by the National Railways to bring people to the capital from the countr: for Lindbergh's arrival, Instructions will be wired by the railway company to its men along the route to Lared Tex., at the border, to be prepared to give the flying colonel assistance in case of a mishap. The National Railways has decided to place a de luxe private car at Lind- hergh's disposal as well as to afford nim facilities for the transportation of his plane in the event that he decides to make the return trip by train. OBREGON GOING HOME. NOGALES, Ari —Advices to the terday said Gen. December 10 (). ales Herald y ro Obregon, on few days and return to his home at Nogales, Sonora, to spend the holida Gen. Obregon originally had intend- ed to forego being at home with Senora Maria Tapia de Obregon and their seven children over Christmas. Many Cases Can Be Cur: BULLETT Cancer is a disease against capable of producing an application. It is, therefore, neces: other way, The organized warfare against all civilized attention for the patient. proper kind. for it is obviously impossible for a the patient applies for it. Hospital and medi be found nearly everywhere. it may be prevented and cured. upon these subjects alread ncer researches are being records of all this work are printed are devoted exclusively to cancer, A hopeful outlook should exis! the warfare against cancer. The p engaged in this great conflict. Every If you think you have any of the but Health.” |tee was approved with final pa Although Lindbergh's reply to Presi- | countries aims to discover disease at the carliest possible moment and pri There must be hos The public must give full co-operation to the ‘The first thing then is learn the danger signals of cancer and report immediately to a medical man upon suspicion being aroused that cancer is present or impending. 11 men must he prepa with the patients who come to them. hospitals throughout the United States and competent surgeons are to A second important line of attack is research. cancer need to be discovered: How and why it occu There is a good bhut there is need of more. hospitals and by not a few physicians and surgeons pr physicians or surgeons in Ameriea which does not as par* of its program to the discussion of cancer investigations, FIRST DEFICIENCY ing $713,244 Appropria- tion for District. (From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star.) Including $713,244.35 for the Dis- | trict government and many other im- | portant items of general expenditure to be disbursed on Federal projects and Capital betterments, the $200.- 000,000 first deficiency bill for the cur- rent and fiscal was passed by the Iouse this afterncon. The House, in committee of the whole, had ap- proved the bill yesterday afternoin. The bill was the first to pass in the new Congress and the House then im- mediately started work on the $23: 000 tax reduction measure, The mensur more than $8,000,000 toward the first year's proj ects included in_the $100.000,000 fiv year public buildings program. building project recommended by the budget and the appropriations commit- 1z, Among the other important items ed in the bill are those for Army pensions and veterans' com- s well as an item of $940,- elevating the guns on the battleships Oklahoma and Nevada, The latter provision was voted in the ure afier a spirited fight and is contingent on the President’s decision as to whether it would violate the Washington arms treaty. An _appropriation of $300,000 for the Department of Agriculture to acquire the site for the matlonal arboretum was approved. Of the pub- lic buildings,allotment $2,100,000 is for work on buildings now under construc- tion in Washington or contracts for which are about to be let. THREE CHIL[;REN BURN Parents of Youngsters Severely Injured in Effort to Save Them. By the Associated Press. MOBERLY, Mo., Decemler Three children of Mr. and Mrs Stephens were hurned to death and the parents suffered serious burns in a fire early today which destroged their home, one mile south of Moberl The children, Maurine, 7; Barney, § and Martha Lydia, 11. we sleeping in a room adjoining the room occupied by their mother, who man- «d to escape only after being seri- ously burned about the face and arms. Stephens, who operates a small dairy, had avisen at 3 am., and after building fires in the stoves had left for the barn to milk. He answered his wife's ams and rushed to the house, which he found in a mass of flames. He burned horribly about the hady attempting to reach the children. 10.— The New Idea of Cancer ed If Reported Promptly N NO. 14, American Socicty for Control of Cancer, 25 West 43rd St., New York City. THE WARFARE AGAINST CAN which effect and per: improved sanitation is not omal hygiene has but a limited to attack this scourge in some eancer which is heing carried on in the individual cases of the ide competent medical ital and home care of a medical profession, v any help unless for the public to physis 5 d to denl effectively Fortunately, there are excellent More facts about . by what procedure el of information prosecuted in many finstitutes and tely. The in medical journals, some of which There s hardly an association of n a considerable t among those wh are engaged In ublic is becoming pidly aroused to the need of co-operating and giving financial support to the forces vbody should give it enger assistance. The Time to Cure a Cancer Is When It Is Beginning. sypmtoms described in these arti- cles you should be ezamined by your doctor or at a hospital at once. Monday's Article—"The Curability of Cance: in | 15 deadly | he wilderness in search of MEASURE PASSED House Approves Bill Contain- | TO DEATH AS THEY SLEEP | Barney | MALL ROAD PLAN ILL BE PUSHED Two Streets Running East and West Urged to Relieve Future Congestion. Moving tion on Pennsylvan men of i | operations in the trianzle for ny of the nd Fifteenth of Fine A National Capital plar trathic nue public to relieve conge vhen building clos com ment ing of m streets het Seventh street today the sub. Park for mmission itted ind Plannin to Commission a roadways East and West through t Mall, 1t ! man Moore and the work immiediately in order Tmay he available for use within a few | monils. Not only will opening of the serve the immediate pur- providing two alternate thor throush the Mall fo re- Flieve heavy traflic foreed on Pennsyl vani avenue by the el of strect within the teiangle, hut they will push forward Mall roadway development proposed under the 1901 plan and bring the highway plan of the Dis- tiet of Columbia near completion in the central portion of the Hoth roadways proposed are (leeady provided for on t or may be Prov minimum of expense and tion, Mr. Moore said. Even the planned to run through the jovernment buildings along 1I° Alf, Sixth and Seventh stre necessitate remoy my of the tructures now housing units of sev- eral Government ddpartments. These | structures ed during the war, were 50 p s to permit cs out the Mall highway plan without re moval of any portion of them. nt of Museum. t not to exceed $100,000, Chair f the IFine Arts hody said should he that the roads o pose af onghfaves either maps S0 in nsion of Fifteenth street, arallel with B street in front {of the National Museum. The south | roadway would parallel the other the north, and run immediately ne of the Smithsonian Institution. Curb lines are all ready for use in some parts of the roadways, Mr. Moore said. Many purposes will be served if these 1oadways are immediately\put in construction and _their guaran- teed before the immense Government pullding program gets well under u Mr. Moore foresees the duy not later than next Summer when many of th streets fn the triangle will be closed by huilding operatiol hunting much of the traffic to Pensylvania avenue | unless adequate and sui [ roads through the Mall Instead of using Penn Mr. Moore points out n‘x;; o toward the Capitol could ko down Fifteenth street to either road- and travel in a straight line to {heir destination, relieving traflic con- gestion von Pennsylvania avenue. He | proposed that the two streets be cut through the arvea of the old Botanic Garden direct to the west front of the Capitol. Road to Union Station. Another road is to be cut throush | direct from the Union Station to the | intersection of Pennsylvania avenue {and Second street, which will run |into the morth roadway and provide immediate and quick access through the Mall to the western portion of the city without running through the heavy traffic on Pennsylvania avenue. [ The plans for the two Mall roadways occupied much of the time of the commission at the final day of meeting yesterday. Members of the commission de- clared today that the buildings pro: posed for the civic center between Third and Sixth streets and Pennsyl- vania and Louisiana avenues, in plans [1ald before them by A. L. Harris, municipal architect, are Ideally suited for the purpose and conform in every way with the architecture proposed I for the north side of Pennsylvania fronting the Government structures on the south side. all be of modified clas SCHLEE-BROCK PLANE PREPARED FOR TEST Mechanics Ordered Out to Put Craft in Shape for En- durance Flight. By the Associated Press. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Decembe; 10.—Edward F. Schlee and William trock today ordered out a new crew | of mechanics to put their “Pride of Detroit” monoplane in perfect running | order for a hop-oft early next week | in an attempt to break the world's en durance record. The giant Tlow ship, brou_ht the two ¢ viators hers day for the flizht, recently was o hauled at Detroit, and they believe that only minor motor adjustments will be necessary before the first test flight with sandba. weights can be undertaker The exact date of the take-off will depend entirely upon weather condi tions and the success of the trinls. It is probable that either Tuesday or Wednesday will find the flyers ready to begin their actual test, which they hope to continue for 60 hours or more. The present record of 52 Hours and 23 minutes is held by the German avi ators Edzard and Rizticz, » provided. ania avenue, persons travel- way its. ic architecture. E. A. RULE CLUB HEAD. Chosen President of Cosmopolitans at Annual Election. Fdward A. Rule chosen presi- dent of the Cosmopolitan Club at the annual election at luncheon in the Lee House Thursday. Walter Gaw- ler was elected vice president. Other named were Michael D. , re-elected; Ed- . Gramm, treasurer, and Fred- J. Rice, Harry Hobart and Bonnette, members of the exccutive committee. Mr. Schaefer and Philip Buettner were chosen delegates to the annual convention of Cosmopolitan Clubs to be held in Duluth, Minn., next vear. The offi- cers are to be installed at the first meeling of the club in January. Announcement was made that a Christmas party will be held for the members of the club at the TLee House December 22, at which time each member of the club will get a ssent and a fund will be charity purposes, innounced that a children’s Chr mas party will be held in the House December 29, Robert M Chesney is chairman of t mmit- tee m cha nents for the latter, Booster gifts were won Crampton and Frederick J. Rice. CANTON CHIEF BANISHED. Ordered Out of France, Paris Paper | Reports. ARTS, December 10 (). —L'Hu manitie, organ of the Communists. | says that Sia Ting. secretary in Eu-| rope of the Kuomintang, Cantonese | political organization, has heen ordered | by the French foreizn office to leave the country within eight days. Roy ecn | L | immediate opening of two putallel | The rordways may be opened | undertaken | The buildings will | PAGT WITH PARIS T0BE SOUGHT SOON |President Tells ~ Women Treaty to Qutlaw War Will Be Discussed Shortly. | fss Jane Addams tion of the Women gue for i by President Cooli that he expected ne |twesn this conntry and Fr {toward o treaty to ontluw w begin shortly after Ambassador 1 vick returns to Snch a treaty w led by Foreign Minister Briand, and vhile it incurred no immediate re- ponse fr this government, * the | President recently lei he known that lie hopes some good ean come of such wotiations, decliring that the only nbling block appeared to he cer- tain provisions of the American Con- itntion. The league, of which Miss Addams is international prosident, desives arhi- tration for all pecuniary claims and fother Jegal issu % out of in- jury to persons or d:image to property ind for the submission to arbitration of all other disputes which diplomacy may fail o settle, | The President informed the dele tion, Miss Addams said, that he w doing all he could to promote inter tional peace and that he always was to listen to new propo: He called attention to his statem in | this conmection in his v mes- sages to Congress and his effort 1o reach an agreement for limitation of naval armament at Geneva last Summer. Miss Coolidge that e u International reedom, today Peace was told otiations first s s nt M the failure of the to the fa Navy men she declared plied: “Perhaps.” fts delegates than civilians the President were and that ather that 'WIVES SUE TO FREE ROBBERY SUSPECTS Mrs. Belson and Mrs. Donovan in Habeas Actions Charge Access to Husbands Is Barred. them acce to their husbands, are being held as suspects in connec- tion with the recent I street jewelry robheries, Mrs. Bettie D. Belson, wife of Edward Belson, and Mrs. Bernice Donovan, wife of Jeremiah D. Dono- van, both residents of Chicago, have filed in the District Supreme Court separate petitions in habeas corpus for the release of their husbands. The women say that they visited the and with their counsel sought an in- terview, which was denied by the po- lice. Justice Biiley, to whom the petl- tions were presented, divected that the men he produced in court, and fixed hearing for December 12. Release of the men was ordered if they furnish bail bonds of $10,000 each, which figure was fixed by the cour order. Attorneys George R. Sheriff and William A. Coome appearsd for the petitioners. The Detective Bureau recelved a telegram last night from W. . O'Con- nor, chiet of detectives of Chic asking that Nicholas Palmer, 35 old, who gave his address as 19 Smith street, Boston, Mass., and Donovan, 3 vears old, who said he lived at 4844 Madison street, Chicago, held. The other four en and the one woman taken in a raid this week have Deen charged with vagrancy. the police having failed to connect them with any of the recent robberies | in this cit HOOVER CHOICE OF TEXAS 6. 0. P., ASSERTS CREAGER Delegation to Kansas City to Be Solidly for [ecretary, He Believes. By the Associated Pre: Herbert Hoover is the choice of R. B. ( mitteeman from Te lican presidential nomination. In a statement issued here yesterday he said he believed Hoover would have the support of Texas Republicans and that the Texas delesation to Kansas | City would be “solidly for him.” Creager, who had urged the drafting of President Coolidge for the nomin tion until the President's “elimina- tion” statement of th week, d that Texas would he “a veal battle- and in 1928, and predicted the ry of Commerce would receive an “unprecedented vote” in the South, where he was said by Creager to be “intensely popular.” “I am for Hoover,” he said, cause he is an able executive and ministrator, worthy of high tradi of the presidency. He is a business man in the hest and finest sense of the word. He has a hroad knowledze of world affairs, gained by actual con- tact, and a characteristically soundly American point of vie BOARD OF TRADE DINNER SCHEDULED FEBRUARY 4 Tickets for Midwinter Event at Willard Hotel Already Placed on Sale. “be- d- kete for the dinner of the W Trade, to be hel February 4, th sale in the offices of the I Star Biulding and alread: dred reservations have I The capacity of the large ballroom the hotel limits the number of crvations to about 700 and the com- mittee in charge, of which Odell S. Smith is general chairman, has adopt- ed the policy of fivst come, first served, in the matter of reservations, it is announced. The committee will meet tonight to sider plans for the affair, which is the chicf social function of the hoard of the year. A number of local and Federal officials will he invited as honor guests at the banquet, as well as the Governors of Maryland and V ginia. Mid-winter Board of the Willard Hotel week were placed on rd in The annual hington of res co VETERANS TO GET FLAG. RALEIGH, N. C., December 10 (4) —Ten North Carolina Confederate vet- erans have been appointed by Gov. Angus W. McLean to go to Washing- ton December 16 and receive from a delegation of Civil War veterans from Maine the 54th North Carolina Infan. try flag, captuted in the War Between the States, it was learned today from the governor's secretary, The flag which the Maine delegation, accompanied by Gov. Brewster of that State, will tender the North Caro. linigns at Washington has remained in the Maine c-nwl for many years. Addams said she suggested to | Geneva conference was probably due | re- | | Declaring that the police have denied | who | stations where the hushands are kept, | be | ger, Republican natfonal com- | . for the Repub- | ms | and | SLATED FOR HOU left: Representative Jenk | sentative White, Republican, of Maine Democrat, of Missouri; right, Represe E D. C. COMMITTEE — Y FIRST COST 1S SE . INVALUATION GASE ins, Republican, of Ohio; and below, left, Represe niative Cole of Maryla: ight, Repre- tative Combs, WIDOW AND BEACH GIVEN TEN YEARS Mrs. Lilliendahl Weeps at Sentence—Move for New Trial Delayed. By the Associated Press. MAYS LANDING, N. J., December 10.—Mrs, Margaret Lilliendahl and Willis Beach, convicted of voluntary manslaughter for the Killing of the s aged physician husban@ Sep- ast, today were sentenced to 10 years each at hard labor in the a on at Trenton. lliendahl had to he assiste t by Attorney Phillip he rose to receive *hard labor for the widow's shoulders She breathed with apparent then burst into tears, face remained impassive. fense coun k for a new trial just now on new evidence said to have been discovered sinca the went to the ju When . Lilliendahl ‘and_Beach | were brought before the bar for sen- [tence today, Robert I McCarter of | defense counsel, told the court that | the new evidence was ‘not in shape’ which to base a motion for “We shall have to depend, | ter id. “on a writ of error. | stand that we have six months in heaved. which to take this action. The new evidence is not at the moment in such shape that we can base a motion for u new trial on it." GETS D:/ORCE DECREE. Justice Hit has_awarded an fn erlocutory decree of absolute divorce { to Mrs. Esther W. Marshall from Thomas A. Marshall, real estate broker and promoter. The wif2 iven the custody of the four children |and he is directed to pay the wife | £1,000 January 1 and $1,500 on March {1.71928, in addition to monthly mony of $425. They were mar September 16, 1922, and the wife s :d her in Novem Iredell Meares Plans Industrial Adjustments. “The ereation of a hoard of indust adjustments to deal with troubles in the coal mining industr was proposed in a bill introduced by Representative Lindsay, Demoerat, New York. The board, which would include the Secretaries of Commerce {and Labor, would be called by the President to function during the emer- geney. Wy not is | |Coolidge’s Uncanny President Coolidge’'s memory, noted for its retentive powers, and described by those who know him well as being almost uncanny, went back on him yesterday, just at the time when he wanted to announce somgthing to the Washington cor- respondents who had assembled in his office for their semi-weekly con- ference with the Executive. | When the conference had con- | cluded the President said he had something of importance to take up with the correspondents and after a pause of a few seconds his | face broke into smiles and he then | laughingly admitted that he couldn’t remember for the moment what it was—that the thought had entirely slipped his mind. | The President went on to say | that he had been giving some lit- tle thought to what he had intended to say and he considered the sub- ject as being quite important and - that reason was surprised at inability to remember what it He dismissed the subject by ving that he would try to re- member it when he meets the newspaper men again Tuesday. URGES SHORTER HOURS FOR POSTAL EMPLOYES Representative Mead Sees L‘egisln- tion Needed to Liberalize Working Conditions. Legislation embodying shorter hours and other concessions for postal em- ployes whose duties compel them to work at night was termed necessary | by Representative Mead, Democrat, {of New York, member of the Hoi 1 committee, who addre: he Washington local of the National ‘ederation of Post Office Clerks last t at Typographical Temple. The need for further liber he Civil Service retirement law s also outlined by Mr. out that postal employes should be entitled the option of re- tiving after 30 vears' service. reception and welcome was ten- 1 William Otte of Lincoln wly elected asurer of the N who is in Washinzton to ton officials tion during this session of id W Brief addresses also were made by o N. G president of the loc lents Weinstock of New York and former tt and Wilkin- on local. rendered several Joseph Hurwitz, idents ¢ son of the W selections. ry, presided. |Seven Bids for 25 U. Submitted; Cost | By the Associated Press. Seven bids for 'the construction of flying hoats of the PN type, with a uising range of 3,000 nautical miles nd a cruising speed of 100 miles an have heen received at the Navi 1 of Aeronauties. The from §$1,466 ifications for the new aireraft, ich Rear Admiral W. A, Moffett, chief of the hureau, said today we! not seaplanes but flyving boats, call fu 2 wing spread of over 80 feet and minimum gasoline capacity of 750 gal lons. As much as 1,300 gallons of fuel can be carried if the armament is_removed. With the exception of one war-time S. Flying Boats Will Exceed Million | order, this will constitite the largest | single purchase of aircraft ever placed by the Navy. e development of the air-cooled | | engine and the rapid construction of arge flying boats will make it pos: ble in the near future for commereial aviation to utilize the flying boat more r Admiral Moffett de- he fact that nature has provided perfect landing fields for the flying boat, the admiral said, would cause commercial interest to ze the usefulness of water flying o said the new planes would fly from the West Coast to Hawaii with- | out difliculty and in e of accident pilots would have an cven hreak if the plane came down on the sea. In the selections from the Congres- sional Club Cook Book. for use on the menu at the eook book luncheon, to be held at the Grace Dodge Totel Monday, there stands out a hy ! Seeretary Mellon of the Tr ¢ De- partment, who, it app put h an_excellent This will be eaten along with Mrs, Coolidge's corn meal muffins. The club is composed of the wives and daughters of the members of Congress, but the cook book contains recipes from others in the social and official Washington. The selections made for the coming luncheon, and their contributors, follow, it being dis- closed that not all the recipes were contributed by members: Alahama ambrosia, Mrs. Louis . Cramton; bouillon, Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall; anchovy sandwiches, Mrs. Duncan U, Fletcher; spinash mold, Mrs. W, A. Secretary Mellon's Curried Chicken In Menu With Mrs. Coolidge’s Muffinsn Oldfield; cole slaw, Mrs. George W. Norris; frozen caramel pudding, Mrs. Martin B. Madden; sponge cake, 3 Harry THull, and mint Schuyler Otis Bland. No one respon- sibility for the coffee Officers of the club are: Mr Goelet Gerry, president; Kelly, first vice president; Mrs. Finis J. Garrett, second vice pr Mrs. Alben W.' Barkley, third vice presic dent; Mrs. Wesley L. Jones, fourth vice president; Mrs. James B. Aswell, fifth vice president; Mrs. James S. recording secretary; Mrs, Chalmers, corresponding see- nd Mrs. Carl Mapes, . Peter Clyde The members of the cook book com- mittee are Mrs. Cramton, Mrs. Kelly, Memory Fails Him | At Conference lization | Mead, who | of the federation in fram- | | Three Federal Judges Decide | Against Reproduction Basis * in St. Louis Suit. By the Assaciated Pross. ST. LOUIS, Deccmber valuations she be on the b inal cost rather than ion new, a three Federal judges des mously today in the St. O'Fallon test case, involvir enee of $11,000,000 in valuati ion's r roads. The opinion was wr it Judge Kimbroush City, supported opinion by District Judge ¢ | of St. Louis and supporte | comment by Circuit Juc | Van Vallenburg of Kar special court appointed by United States Circuit C of Ay hore., ten one was Serves As Test Case. The case has held tion hecause of its o the Interstate and the | principles | ployed in a valuation of a | roads of the country bot | purpose of rate making recapture by the Fedel ) excess ear s defined transportation The commission in the O°'Fy rejocted the method of valu posed by the production new to the prudent inves national att eptance by Decree to Be Filed December 10, Judge Faris, in | ion, declared that n new nor prudent | usea as v | value, b the rey new thee would react “mons upon the 1, in oids themselve By refusing to overturn the ce 1's valuation fizure in the O the court rejected the chic i the road: The court set December 19 for of the decree and for the hearir | motions of appeal in St. Louis. IMMUNITY QUESTION RAISED IN M'30BE OF MEXICAN CHARGE (Continued from F: er 1 investmer sive v | lishing purported official Mexican doc- | uments, today the documents con- | tain no evidence that representatives | of the American Government received | money from Mexico. An investiga- tion of charges by the Hearst papers that President Calles had ordered $1,200,000 paid to four Senmators has been ordered by the United States Sen- ate The American says: “These documents contain evidence of an attempt on the part of the rep- itatives of the Mexican govern- ment to convey money in large sums to certain representatives of the | American Government. But there is no evidence that this money was ever received by the renresentatives of the American Government mentioned in these documents. “There is no evidence that these ze amounts of money ever got any rther than the pockets of certain Hearst publications, therefore minated all names’ of alle e of these funds, being ur inclined to place any confidence in the allegation of Mexican corruption- ists and wholly unwilling to run the k of doing injustice to men of good repute in our Government, . the documents dn legations and the docu- nuine documents from n governmental files.” per, after saying that it is the duty of the Senate to investigat: the allegations, says: “Whether the names contained in | these documents shall ever be pul lished must depend entirely upon th n of the United States Senate. The Hearst publications consider that the responsibility is too great for them Lo assume.” make these ments the McNAMEE COMING HERE. Graham McNamee, nationally wown radio announcer, will arrive in Washington today for special ac- {tivity in the Nutional Capital. M | McNamee was in Detroit, Mich. terday when ordered to Washington and had to arrange for quick railrond connections to reach the Capital late today. While in Washington, Mr. McNamee will attend ‘the annual Winter dinner of the Gridiron Club © rml held tonight at the New Willard otel. BAND CONCERT. TODAY. By the United States Soldiers’ Ho Orchestra. at Stanley Hall, 540 o'clock. March, “Chimes of Liberty,” Goldman Overture, “Pique Dame .Suppe Morceau, “Serenata”. ‘arenght Potpou Lake Svans | Fox Trot, * Waters of the | Waltz Popular, | _Perkiomen" .. Klickman Dixie,” { Finale, “Who Discovered | Silver | ‘The Star Spangledq Banner.” November Circulation Daily . . .99,537 |Sunday, 109, 125 of cobies of tributed | dur AD. 197 er named sold «_the month of Novem! as follows: DAILY. daily net circulation. ... . e puideircilition mber of copies for Daily average net circulation. SUNDAY. Copiex. 110, Less adjustments. Total Sunday net ¢ Avérage net paid tion 3 Average nimber o ice. ete. fing Mana Mrs. Clavence Lea, Mrs, Elliott W, Sproul and Mrs, James H. Mac- lallcnv.‘ o befora me this F. YOUNT, ER Ftary Public. s th ttay o \seal. ! Deceubery |