Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1927, Page 2

2 COOLIDGE FLOOD - RELIEF ASSAILED Recommendations Short of What Valley Expected, Hawes Declares. Br the Associated Press. The recommendations ministration for keeping waters of the Mississippi Senator Hawes, Democial, Missouri declared yesterday, have fallen short of what the people of the valley have been led to expect by fepresentati of th President Instead of embodying ies the present proposal mea ply that the “pork barrel, log-roll method” of r g the river proh n will be cor h term ing it a keen Appoint those interested in flood relief. “What An A demands continuance the pork b ing. vacillating and he nate program,” he continued new, definite. eomprehensiv effective policy of flood control Mississippi Valler.® Although con the administration plan had indicated in the #louse, especially among Southern and Western repre. | sentatives. none of the memhers of | the body’s flood control committee, | which is framinz the flood 1o commented yeserday They heen study the pgos e it was received of the the ad nood constructive In « said 1 1. shift nade and 1 the able opposition to heen have | Cost Plan Criti The criticism of its opponents in the i= ventered about the financial | mumendations which would diyide e cost of the project between the FPederal Government and valley States with the ernment paying 80 per cent. The Westerncrs object par- | ticularly to the refusal to permit con- | struction of reservoirs on he head waters of the M s tributaies in the arid Western § Senator Hawes especially disap. froved the contention that lunds ulong the Mississippi River should hear 20 ver cent of the cost of flood control work. He contended that this part of the report showed a misunderstand ing of the situation. and declaved the whole report a_makeshift of engine ing_recommendations. “The lnnds along the lower Missis sippi River are already heavily honded. and have expended over §131,000.000 for flood protection.” the Missourian maid. A large portion of thix amonnt | s been expended under the present fechinery. The United States Gov. | rnment has expended from its funds $71,000,000. House | Sale of Bonds Questioned. | “It i very doubtful if udditios ¥onds could be sold to raise the $37, 0.000 in addition to the money which ill be required for rights of way and mages, as proposed in the repori, rticularly when there is nothing in e report to indicate that protection if certain. Testimony shows that in ht counties of southeast Missouri affected by the recent flood one-sixth f the Japd has been sold at forced les in default of pavment of in Jebtedness upon it. This ix a serious :ftuation, but the engineers recom mend that these lands bear 20 per dent of the flood program designed to melieve them. { “If a problem which destroys prop drty 1o the value of a quarter billion dollars. takes a heavy toll in human life and drives from their homes three | duarters of a million people in the Meart of the Nation is not wholly na- | tonal in character, I do not know | what would constitute a natiopal problef.™ | Senator Hawes has introduced a res- | olution’ tunder which it would be de- | clared the policy of the Government to assume the entire charge, direc- tion and expense of flood control work and to view navigation and flood con- trol in the Mississippi and its trihu- | taries as conpected and correlated | subjects TELLEZ QUESTIONS SENATE'S RIGHT TO SUMMON MEXICANS | | “ontinued from First Page.) & the members had agreed among themselves not to giscuss the matter | in any way. Every inquiry, even that going 10 the question of the authority of the | committee to summon diplomatic or consular officers of the Mexican gov- | ernment, were met by ihe chajrman and other members with the same swatement, but there was no explana tion of why such an agreement had heen entered into. The Senate Sergeantat- 8. Barry, said he was und such character that offic not even know that there s Sy*a committee as the Senat ted Fri- | day after the publication in the Hegrst papers of the charges of a fund for | Senators Identities Are Secret. Aside from that as o the authority of the commitiee to symmon_Mexi- | can diplomatic and conkular officia there still was speculation as to the | identity of the fo nators for | whona ghe huge sum was created. At | least 1WH sels of names were going | the rounds As to the aut rms. David orders of ally he did s, ity of the commit- | tee summon lias and perhaps other consular ore there seemed | fon of opinion in some yu but among ¥enators who have suquired into the situation there was litile douht that sub; naes could be it ed for guch officers. Inasmuch s Mexican officials have repeatedly depied the authenticity of | he documents nuw being published by the fearst papers, there w indi cation that t would resist the op- | portunity to appear before the investi gators for questioning An informal statement that the ate Department has no mation o o the authenticity of the documents wirs suthorized erda at the depart ment. Committeemen declined to give their views on that in ad ance of the heard ich are for next Thursd: While the committee concerned with the was a fund Hen ca that 1 confined to that a broad field vould ¥ perhaps with reluti t question s primaril that thepe it was indi e b on alone opened d betwees v in Mexico. S 0§ IS PICKED UP. tors Vquiry not December 10 () halted tonight picked up ship off the Englixh const lio Corporation of Americi ve- d that efforts were being made to e identity of the vessel in 1 the would Kept udcasiing® until this had d help was on the way from The por establish t distress free of been done Failed to Send Delegates. Tn s ion Daug report of the the T t mven- umbia annual of £ the Confederacy print ed in venir Star of Decomber 8, it was incorrectly stated that Com e Matthew M one M. De Commodor ter, states no gates were sent tion and no pipment, [ iz wer cheek, | but | | States, | ment | electi | which s considering the budget [0 | th THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., DECEMBER 11, L GUARDIAPLANS NEW COURT LAW | Would Give Maryland Federal Bench Jurisdiction Over Capital City. fensex axainst the Government ruption of officials. or impairi | e from the couris of the f Columbia to the U'nited Rtates Dis I triet Conrt for Maryland ix proposed lin n b1t introduced in the House late sterduy by Representative La Guardia of New York, who has just en placed on the judiciary commit | | te district of the Court for Maryland shail include th embraced by the District of o Many Exemptions Here. ussing the difficulty of gettin t type of residents for jury duty., Mr. La ardia said “It ix apparent that. considering the | pupulation lumbia wnd the many from jury duty that must necessa exist i the Capital of the (nit it is mext 1o Impossibie to obtain the right kKind of u jury fn fportant cases involving officials or crimes agaly overnment. The ent Doheny, il and Sinclair cases speak for themselves, My Lill s very simple ind will remove these cases from the courts having the limited sphere from which to draw juries, Inasmu the Constitution of th United States cquires thut Federnl crimes he tried in the district in which the crime w committed, my bill extends the terri tory and jurisdiction of the United wurt of Maryland to embrace ict of Columbia crimex compitted in the District of Columbia will come within the constitutional requirement of he- ing tried within the district of the court. My Lill extends sole jurisdic- tion 1o the 1'nited States District Court 1l violations and offenses against stence of zovernment, offenses wiinkt neutrality, ofténses against franchise and civil rights of | offenses relating to official du- | against public justice. territory Columb Di t 70 ties, offcrse Would Enlarge Scope. “All these offenses are contained in the first six chapters of the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure, being Title 18 of the Code of Laws of the United States of America. “Inasmuch as the United States Dis- {trict Court for Marviund includes the whole State of Maryland. the court would have all of that territory from ich to select juries in cases involv- ing high officials of the Government or citizens committing in the District of Columbia any of the offenses & inst the Government or public justice, It is sincerely to be hoped that' we will | not have many such cas but the <periences in the Doheny, EFall and s surely indicate the ne- of making the changes sug gested in my bill.” oy LINDBERGH STARTS NON-STOP HOP TO MEXICO WEDNESDAY (Continued fr were such as’seldom have been dup: licated in American history—so un- expected and spontaneous. Col. Lindbersh was making prep: aration for his Mexican flight and happened to call on his friend, Awsist- Secretary of Commerce Mac- MacCracken was scheduled before a subcommittee of committee, ant Cracken. to app L the House appropriatio Department for th The hearing was de- voted largely to aviation matters and he took the transatlantic fiver with him to help answer questions. Iandbergh “sat in” on the hearing, unaware that his presence was caus ing excitement. Meanwhile “outside the committee room, word of Lind- bergh’s presence had spread. When the House met at 12 o'clock, the gal leries were crowded. House Leuder Tilson offered a motion that the House stand in recese and & com: mittee appointed to escort the di tinguished guest to the House. 1t was passed unammously. Led to Speaker's Desk. As the committee session ended, th vouthful aviator found himself being introduced to members of the Repub lican steering committee and almost hefore he knew what was happening, House Leader Tilkon had him by the irm and be was being led down the aisle of the House toward the Npeak- er's desk, while the members stood n his honor. Preceded by Sergeant atarms Rodgers and Doorkeeper Ken- nedy, Mr. Tilson conducted Lindbergl down the aisle with Representativc rett, minority leader, walking be side MacCracken. I have the extreme pleasure,” be- an Speaker Longworth, addressing standing members, “'of introducing you America’s most attractive the Commerce coming year. | citizen.' Then escorted out | Lindbergh was of the chamber, The House went into session ugain. Representative Snell chairman of the rules committee, on his fect at once, Medal 1s Voted. “There is only one more honor we can bestow on this young man,” he said, “and that is give him the Con- ssional Medal of Honor.’ He then presented for immediate | tion @ resolution introduced 1 months ago by Representative \ of Missouri, to award Lind the Congressional Medal of hergh Honor ~Adopted.” said Longworth. tappi desk with his gavel in the most offact fashion Thux entively unexpectedly, Lindbergh found himself a v that stender company of dead and liv ing Americ entitled to wear on their coats the pointed bron: surmounted by with its ipes, which th Wt asde for its outstanding heroes. A moment's pause followed the d Lindbergh. the one the flight from ? York to Parls, stood blushing like schoolboy in the vast chamber which years he frequently visited when his father was a Representative from Minnesota All Stand In Line. Titson then called to his colleagues to form a line and all of the.more than 200 members on the floor respond ed at o Lindber more oo wd collected, grasped the hand of cach as they filed hy’ After th members, the House pages scampered into line and with unrextrained enthusiasny nudged and pushed each other untll the last had passed by, AL the rear were offi- {eers and employes of the House Ameng them was Joseph J. Sinnott, a | Demoeratic employe, of the Witson administration had been doorkeeper of the Joe aviator's hand and said. fow. vou haven't forgotten | ihe day you used to hang around my desk 2" “wure, 1 recall ‘u very well.” “ sel iy it 13 red, hon white and bluc nouncement who braved i ‘ | His hill proposespihat “the judicicl United States Distriet ch s | o star | United States has | hoyish | who in the days | | | { | within the District of Co | exemptions | Above, Col. Charles A. Lindberg shaking hands with members of the House bergh, photographed with members. Left to right, Representative Representative Tilvon, Dr, MacCracken, father of Assistant Seeretary Ma fro 4. LINDBERGH ACCLAIMED ON FLOOR OF THE HOUS m the Speaker's stand in the House of Representatives. peaker Longworth, Asristant Secretary MacCraeken, jr., Col. Li and Representative Garrett, Tennessee, 1927—PART 1. Below, Lind- you'd for-|ery after dark and the weather is bad, he undoubtedly will push on to the via Mobile and New Orleans, where the chances of getting good weather after dark in the Winter silence in the galleriex to which dozens months is good. Aided by moonlight, of persons had hurried as seon as the | he would have no diffieuity in follow word: spread about the Gapitol that|ing the gull eoast all the way around Lindbergh would appear in the Jouse | to Point Isabel, and then contitue on shortly after he concluded testimony |into Mexico the final of his before the appropriations committee | flight. on civil aviation needs. All Flock inticipated have any di sired alitud: fuel abourd minimum sround s s will be nec The colon much_ bigg | York-Parls canteens of |of concent s forced do that maybe not, smiled Lindbergh in ‘ While this was going on, there was leg Engine Is Tuned Up. Lieut. H; been placed n uctive churge of the ground prepa- | For many of the young secret rations by Maj. Burwell, and he Is be- | and clerks it was the first chance to | ing asststed b Hooe and a see Lindbergh and they made the most | crew of three mechnnics. Col. Lind- of it. | bergh will use gasoline of Government Senator Hawes, Democrat pecifics le, and the ofl for his has introduced in the Semat engine will be warmed in advance. confer the medal on Lindbergh Inasmuch as the Wright “whirl- The medal approved by the House | wind” engine, which carried Col. Lind- J h from San DI to Parls, | Mexico City is similar to the one conferred by the 15t Congress upon ‘omdr. Richard h a part of Europe, and then |have the Byrd for his flight across the L000-mile flight in this country |COrpe and t on of the promotion of aero-| Two comj nautics, i xomewhat worn, its gaso. | carth induc line and oil consumption probably will [ 0f which h be a little higher than when it wag | Pioneer 1In first put into service. York, make Having this in mind, Col. Lind.|deviation v bergh has decided to carry 350 gallons |Plunges fart of gasoline and 15 gallons of oil, an |Scuthwest & amount considerably in excess of | asted what would be required if the pilot |Constant ren could be zuaranteed still alr through- out the journey. Col. Lindbergh's engine used only six gallons of oil on the New York to Paris flight and the gasoline con- sumption was slightly in_excess of 10 gallons per hour, By fying with the altitude control adjustment which zives a lean mixture, Col. Lindber believes he can keep his fuel umption down to the transoc ure, Around. ries Weather overlyoked cable huve } morrow Birmingt Jackson, Galveston, Missouri bill tc . Col. Lindbe will take off from Bolling Field Wednesday marning at 10.0'clock, weather permitting, for the flight to Mexico C This fact is embo hensive plan of preparation flight, worked to a tentative sta in co-operation with Maj. Harvey 8. | Burwell, commanding Bolling Field, | who has placed all. the Army Air | Corps facilities at the fiying golonel’s beck and call. Col. Lindb has plans with characte ness—thoroughness of a calls for the minfmum and points 1o a successful. thrilling and spectaculur aerial vovage between the Capital of teh United States and the Capital of Mexico, all within the period of 24 hours | Inspects Bolling ¥ In keeping with his polic ful prej fon, Col. Lindt paced every square foot of sod n Bolling ield that he is likely 10 use the gasoline-ladden Louis _ full throttle the field, and then 1 climh into the air. He knows just where the bumps ve, ju the shallow. undulat effects ave to be expecied and he knows which portion of the field he will utilize po matter which way the | wind blows. | The take- ff will add another glow- | ing page of history for Bolling Field Manv such epoch-making journevs through the skies have terminated at Washington military air field, but none has selected the base as i start- ing peint. The route to he followed has given | | the vouthful colonel the most study, and lest night he had not made up | {his mind just which of the two “as |the crow “flies” airways he would adopi, Should weather he in his it known he will adopt ight commiss course, cour: that will carry pim over Fredervicksburg, ie ity we Gap. Speedwell Knoxville, Bnglew northw corne northern Alabama | Bir ngham: Jackson ing on the Mississippi Pearl River and the A. allow Coast. When Jackson is renched, (ol vergh figures it will be nigh the remainder of the course to the | gulf_via Baton Rouge, or over Lake {Charles to Galveston, ‘would not fur- nixh ideal fving conditions. How. ever, fiying this course he would ar rive ‘at Point Isabel. near Brownsvil Tex. about 2 or o'clock in |the ‘morning, *provided his take-off | | trom Washingtan is & 10 o'clock | From Point Isabel the flight will be down the coast to Tampico where he | and following a river to ated in (he center of the state of Hidalgo. Krom this point, he would ave to flv hut u_comparatively short distance due south to the Mexi- can capital, ! Should bad weather and head winds | continue to lovm up in front. 1. Louis, Col. Lindbergh has | the alternative of staving this side of | outhern Applachian Mou | ding from Roanoke western North Carolina to and thence to Montgomery durknass would descend upo 1t he found himsek sver d in the compre i for the ‘southwes! drawn up his | may fc therouzh degree that of hazird | noint | flying | Letween t at Mo [when he fal the gulf, will he en standpoint n left and the m- anic eld. of care- rgh has | Wind is Big Factor. The take-oft will depend on the di- vection of the wind. Should the wind be either north or south, the pilot will utilize the full length of the field, { but if jt Is one of the frequent strong west winds, he will utiliz southeast section. To this Jatter the pilot has given much considera: |tion, a spec tion. He has found that by backing | will be used the tail of the Spirit of St. Louis al- | givery part most against the railroad tracks that | constant skirt the east end of the field heftnks would hate a run of exactly oneha mile Al the end the field Potomac River, offering bank of aic to which the wing of the plane could cling for lift. A speed bout will be in the water to pi up the pilot in case he finds it neces. ary to “put i down” in the water. b Once off the ground, however, the | ye plane climbs rapidly and it is not from The nigh | plane will he | No. 6. where ing hangar ce down -8 a steady, g The of the The lot. of is the Spir e | the curious. vy ht lor and no one excapt on wi ags New is a Ro So seems to v d and the int ing north of Misy., check River. & V. A pictured on t printed folder u Sale of Christmas Heal now in progress in support of the services of the Washington Tuberc tion, mcluding Lind- | 1 and playgrounds and camps. in Summer camp. ing occupational instruction and patients at Tuberculosis Hospit 1 for all. 847 Lives Saved in due to the 50% reduction of th stop half-way? livery Health Seal hought at helps to continue these community h ni where A 15 Telephone Main 992 Who have pawd for the &% 1022 11 from R m, listurbances he be several degrees away hangar - ground | guarded like a_military ¢ bulletin (leval noly, t i it Col. Lindbergh ulty n reaching his de With the 350 gallons of . the plune will require a un of 1,500 feet. 1€ the oft, then ‘at least 2,500 feet ar el will carry with him v larder than on his New flight. He will have tw water and a week’s supply ated food, this in case he wn in some isolated spot Weather Is Watched. conditions have not been Reports by telegraph ana been ordered, beginning to. noke, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Montgome: sburs, New Orle Cruz . The flye; assistance of th he Weather Bureau. % will be carried tor and a magneto wve Leen “swung” b strument Co. of New of the instruments. A 1! exigt as Col. Lindbergh her and farther into the and these degrees have on the darh board as a minder. ¥or example, al- s may be pointing to the magnetic 1l encounter, he from Vi ns, will gnal an the the compass course, he will huve to make only vne correction | Wi ashington and Tamy nigomery, or therabouts, % the shortest route to nder of the way the navigati « the water will he an his gull coast on his right. lane Is Guarded. before the take.off the > trangfecred from hangar it now is, to the engineer the last one on the fie is heated and in addi- sial airplane engine stove to keep the engine warm. of the plane should be at temperature when the ft of 8t. Louis” is being ccret against This guard Is as strong iz as it is during the day, i« ndmitted to the hanga ord from Col. Lindbergh. nce that Summer morning, a half when York Lindbergh set out ac the fog “Hurrah for Heal'th” shout the smiling. rugged lad with upraised arm, as the sed to advertise the th Seals various health ulosis Associa» he cover of Teaching of health habits to children in schools, Caring for children having sympioms of tuberculosis diversion to Health education for adults and free information 1926 ¢ tuberculosis death rate as compared with that of 1900, Why one cent each calth activities. BUY CHRISTMAS HEALTH SEALS sscciation for the Prevention of Tuberculosis th Stpget N.'W. | will | oth | | m | oe ventury he has re others. | be | Cal presc he et dat bee o cores pre to M paring slon The Al W. Mor dent Cal the F Castle. The a oi noted neople i ment of conseque other ne The known a a Water, I sites, th dicates thetic by the Sow out 3 sessme v th rary location. indicate because nearby. ington sl surance plant 1 —a spectal v hands of P bard medal cal Soclety, the Ln Smithsonian the embaesy v is bounded by range fr All of this information, | ported, will be contained in the report | {the Commi Congress, will not indicate a preference for any particular site, unless there are posi- tive indications that the Mall will not be permitred for a tem- location for at event, it was explained, the Com missioners, may be forced to recom mend a definite site, although they would rather not do commission merchants select a new chants favor the d history 1 sorts o in ceivy ey Institution, Ll AWAITS MEXICO CITY, December President Calles, it is e t at the landip: i %0 far kno fixed, the o n n as but Valbuena of te! sidenti ms ar . offic: fly there re not grante to see A The railro handle the la Mexican n Am! will have I s his gues 180 desires th man. meri oW les rmy aviation o of to some rmy flyers point i rt of the republic to aviator Mexico re thrilled at thy Lindbergh's proj ently this s ws Interest here. to ition medal dent Cooiidge. the Hub- f the National G Lindberg «sador. dey ring plans for the reception 1n on one of the most inspi of mankind, of decorations ffom the aphi { the many medal and FLYER 10 (@) xpeeted, will g field when A. Lindbergh, the Ame: | can lone eagle, reaches here hy not will flyin own s army + comiug te from towns and cities throughout Moxico asking Lindbergh requests will do the next best thing and ico City 5 air to crowds in d, If thes thousand« e meric ds rgest histor; Dwight Lindbergh at t. but Presi- hat the tor should spend part of the time a3 esident’s guest at Chapultepec partment is A will be dis- 1 the north- scort_the ty. The e announce posed flisht: clipsing all « FARMERS’ MARKET MAY BE PLACED ON MALL FOR TIME from Firs Eckington sites 1s squares 669 o nd North Capl Square 672 is bounded by and First One of the proposed Southwest sites is bounded by Tenth, Eleventh, E and | G streets, and the other by Eleventh, and North Ca hth and K st with the proj of th e Commission; , are inclined to he m tow | ites, chiefly becs onomical to acquire property uthwest. According District rd ove of th to informati officials the thwest sites 1 5 cents a square fo E a sq ent on the k om $1 to § will they oners ough the Information given Dist that the comn the South of the Those interested ites, however, ha that should a absolutely es4) and 67 ase it we refriger: t Page.) are filled with gasoline and oil, | TWo are in the southwest and the a_condition working to the advantage | other two are in Eckingion, and itol While the city planners and others concerned ment of the city have strongl the selection of orc develop. urged ington was in =ympa- touthwest d be mor in the D he 1 it e zathered jperty in wnessed at while the inton sites quare foot. it was re- n P transmit to most likely use of the | market. Ir 0 until the ict officials dasion mer- west 3oction tion plant in the I e given as- refrigeration ntial to the copduct of the commiss'or houses one probaht weuid be ersn(ci in the commiss ocals there. hat gee 01 men de- BUSINESS IN HOUSE - SHOWS 00D PACE | Smith and Vare Cases Delay Senate, but Session Gets Under Way. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Congress is one week old, with the Senate having accomplished little to-| ward action upon the many important matters of legislation -awaiting atten- tion, and with the Fouse making prog- ress on a carefully considered pro {gram that calls for passage of at least one appropriation bill, the tax-reduc- | tion bill and the alien property bill before the Christmas holidays. House Leader Tilson, after confer |ences with the Speaker and the steer- ing committee, is working toward ad- | ‘journment for the Christmas recess not later than December 22, the holi- day period to continue until January 2. Of course, the exact dates have to be | settled in conference with Senator Curtis, leader of the Senate, The Senate—a continuing body— with two-thirds of its membership re- taining seats and committee places from the previous Congress, devoted the week (o refusing admission to Frank L. Smith of Illinolg and William 8. Vare of Pennsylvania on account of charges of excessive use of campaign | funds. That body took yesterday off. Details of Proceedings. | A few bills were introduced in the | Senate on Friday. Concord, N. H., was confirmed; a | resolution was ‘adopted putting an wdditional Democrat on each of some {of the larger committees, and a reso |lution offered by Hemator Reed of | Pennsylvania, for an investigation of | charges that four United States Sena tors had received $1,250,000 of Mexi can money, was adopted with ings to start next Thursday. No com | wrecked One postmaster at | hear- | T JEWS ARE BEATE BY RUMANIAN OB Students Invade Synagogue and Attack Worshipers. Many Rioters Arrested. | By the Awsaciated Pross. BUCHAREST, Rumania. December 10.—Despite warnings of the govern. ment, several hundred students heid anti-Semitie demonstrations in Jassy today, in one instance attacking a syn | agogue while the congregation was at prayer celebrating the Jewish Sabbati, Thirty members of the congresat were beaten and severely injured The manifestants then invaded and two restaurants, terrifying their Hebrew owners. Police reinforcements were sent ard arrested and imprisoned 85 of th | rioting studen Troops Guard City. Similar demonstrations also | held here. where the government rushed troops to guard all streets of the city. ‘Fhe mob manifestations in the ¢ ital, however, did not turn to viole: being confined to fiery speechiey azainst the Jews and demands on fhe government for the release of 400 s dents now held in military barra of Bucharest. Because of the cen.iot of mestic newspapers the serious acter of the Transylvania disturbo is just becoming known to the manian public, which realizes the de plorable consequences such acts of | violence against one of the countiy’s principal racial minorities will have abroad | Violent differences are said to hive | arisen between cabinet members, cach {of whom disclaims responsibility {the outrages. Nicholas Titulescu has | complained bitterly to Premier Bruti {anu and J. G. Duca, minister of the interior. that such occurrences ruin Ap- | hip | mittee appointments were made, | The House organized for busines listened to the Pry nual me sage, received the get, autho and appropr s to get i, adopted an important re form when it abolished 11 minor com mittees and substituted one major committee, passed the first de- | ficiency appropriation bill carrying | mor than = $200,000,000, completed general debate on the $232,000.000 tax reduction bill, completed the ex- tremely difficult task of assigning 4 members to committees, and took n half hour off yesterday to give an ovation to Col. Lindbergh, voting him the Congressional Medal of Honor. With 59 new members and with the 11 committees abolished and the mem- of several committees en- the House faced a decidealy job in making up the commit- tee assignments, which called for traneiers and adjustments all ulong the line. This tremendous detaiied work of compromise. in an effort to get the membership on the commit. tees where they would give the best service and, as far as possible, where they would like best to be, was pruc- tically completed last night. The full committee on committees is to meet Monday morning to approve the siate on minor committees worked out by a rubcommittee and the resolution will be presented to the House Mcn- day afternoon, Flood Relief and Other Tasks. The committee system has heen strengthened to complete the budget |system and to handle specially im- { Postant Jegislation to come before this Congress, such as flood relief and prepavations for the 1930 decenntul census, and all of the committees will be ai'e to organize the first of (he week and ge{ down to the steady [ routine work of considering the more t 5,000 bills and resolutions tkat have heen introduced The appropriations committee, which has the most important special work ot Lhe present session in handling 11 ppropriation bills—the first de. the nine regular depaft- measures and u second de- 1 toward the close of the ses- wn—has its work well in hand and is working on a schedule that calls for breaking all previous records. The $198,576,264.91 deficiency bill was reported to the House late Tues- day and called up for consideration on Wednesday. Of course, some of the members ‘had speeches (o be delivered and so considerable time was given to general debate, but the bill was passed Friday, with the House add ing about $1,500,000 to the commit- tee’s recommendations. Other subcommittees of the House approprintions committee are hard at work on hearings on the budg the Departments of State, Commerce and Labor. The pro: calls for all of the nine regular ¢ artmental hills to be reported to the House before Murch 15. This would be as guod us, if not better than. any record on appropriation meas. | . especiaily as the number of Fed- | 1 activities and the amounts called | fcr are constantly growing. Tax Bill to Be Debated. The §. 00,000 tax reduction biil also offered opportunity for consider- able talk in the House under genera) | debate, but this has now been dis- posed of, so that the till can come up Monday or Tuesday for serious | debate, paragraph by paragraph. | This measure provides for ap esti- mated tax reduction of approximately $7,000,000 in excess of the maximum set by Secretary Mellon and by Pres. ident Coolidge in his budget message. It scems probable that the House will not make any serious change in the bill as it came from the ways and means committee, This week promises to be one of hard routine work in the House, | With all of the committees organizing nd going through a winnowing proc- ss on the g of bills that are awaiting consideration. EBERHARD T NEW ORL nd means re thoge The P and streets. M and N pitol streets. 0 COME HERE. | NS, December 10 (#). erhard, United S agua, now visith New Orleans while on leave of absenc from official duties, expects to leav for Washington within a few day Mr. Eberhard declined to discuss conditions In Nicaragua since he has heen away for three months i December 11 14 Days to Christmas | I Rzmembe’ to Bl‘y Christmas Seals new | |the good work that he has acce | plished abroad as foreign minister Titulescu s | paring a note of protest against utter- |ances in the Hungarian Parliament by Acting Premier Wass, who de | ciared the riots showed the inability of the Rumanian government to main- tain ovder and peace in Transylvania, where there are thousands of Hun | garians. M. Titulescu holds that these incidents hdwever, unfortunate, are of purely domestic concern to Ru. mania and give Hungary no right to | intervene. 1t is understood that the Rumanian minister at_Geneva has instructions to present Rumania's side of the cuse lin the event the Hungarians bring the | question of the riots before the League | of Nations' Council. Prisoners on Hunger Strike. All liberal newspapers today at- | tacked Hungary. saying the recent | race viots are being used by the Hun- | garjan government to provoke inter: | vention by the League of Nations. | The municipal council at Cluj di claimed ail responsibility for excesses of the students there, saying they warned military and civil authorities and the cabinet in ample time to pre- vent the disturbances. Four hundred students interned at the Bucharest military barracks for their share in the riots, went on hun- | ger strike today. They complained of (lack of heat, bathing facilities and | proper foad. Dr. Julio Maniu, head of the | National Peasants' party, today con- | demned the government in the bitter- est terms for allowing the outrages, saying they are a disgrace to the country at home and ahroad, { CONGRESS TO PUSH | BUILDING PROGRAM; EARLY ACTION DUE ued from First Page.) At pre. Columbia now under contract or ready to DLe placed under contract. The amount of $12.600,000 contalned In the bill which failed, for new buildings under section 5 of the act of May , 1926, the $100,600.000 authoriza- tion, has been transtersed in the same or slightly modified form to the 19 budget and will receive consideration in connection with the Treasury De- partment appropriation Dbill for the fiscal year 1920. This transfer means little, if any, delay as between the present deficiency bill and that one Appropriations Availuble, Public buildings appropriutions are immediately available under the gen- eral law and as the annual Treasury Wil will be brought up for early con sideration the difference in time be tween the two bills should be valy « matter of several months. The trans fer of these projécts from the de | ficiency bill to the regular annual bill will not use further material deluy in their ultimate consummation, The { public buildings program has alresd | been delayed nearly a year by the fi ure of these appropriations last Spri and other new projects which woujd in tne normal course of events le taking their turn now are also further postponed by that occurrence, This interruption in the program cannot be remedied by an increase in annuai appropriations, Under the general law not more than $25,000,000 can be expended in uny one year no muatter what the appropriations may be. The omly remedy, therefore, for expedition in the program would be a change in the basic law to provide an increase in the annual rate of expenditur: It ulnno’l ’urluler{ any circumstances be remedied by increasing appropriations over dnd above those recgrt;xrm‘mdcd in this bill und those to be carried in the annual T November Circulation y Daily . . .99,537 Sunday, 109,125 Distriet of Columbia. LERoY, W Wk Al axer of THE EVENING aind does solemniy swear i of covies of the g uted during 19 it o Aver named ‘sold and 1B month 9 27. was as Tollowa: . OF ' Novewhy: SS5gEsEtsEas Less adjustment. Total daily net cireulation. Average daily net naid eiren Dajly srerage number ot oy Daily average net cireulation.. . SUNDAY, itk Pave Day (3 1 3 110936 37 u Less adinstments, . Total Sunday net circul AVerace et paid ‘Sundas e tiov. Average nunihe ice el Average Sunday RPN e Advertising Manager Subaerib an;&“"... .‘é’.;.,:."z"L{fi.f Detors me this u Ry UNT,