Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1928, Page 4

1 BRIAND FELICITATES MEDIATING NATIONS League Rejoices When Bo- livia Agrees to Submit Dis- pute to Conference. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 20.—Foreign Min- ister Briand, after receiving official messages announcing that Bolivia and Paraguay had submitted their differ- ences to the Pan-American Conference, in his capacity as president of the Council of the League of Nations, sent this cable today to the two gov- ernments: “The Council, and all whose efforts were bent toward preventing aggrava- tion of the dispute and toward facili- tating peaceful settlement by any method, can only rejoice at the halting | of the conflict between members of the Leagus united by race and common traditions, and that the generous offer of pan-American arbitration has been favorably received. “The Council also can only hope that, thanks to the procedure which these two parties have now adopted, there will follow as rapidly as possible a set- tlement of their differences which will re-establish between them good under- standing and pacific co-operation.” League Rejoices. Bolivia's acceptance of the good offi- ces of the Pan-American Conference caused much rejoicing in League of Nations circle. and there was particular pleasure in Bolivia’s declaration that she had accepted in pursuance of “the high-minded suggestions of the Coun- cil of the League of Nations.” The attitude of the two American states in recognizing and bowing to the peace prayers of the League and.Pan-American Conference is felt to have established a perma- nent link between the League and the Pan-American Union auguring well for future collaboration. Le Temps calls the result a moral victory for the League and another great personal victory for Foreign Minister Briand as president of the Council. The work of Sir Eric Drummond, secretary general of the League, in supporting M. Briand also was praised ‘highly. As he read that portion of the Boliv- ian note mentioning the League Coun- cil, Sir Eric said: “I am happy. I shall eat my Christ- mas dinner in England feeling we have done something worth while.” To Congratulate Kellogg. ‘When M. Briand received the Minis- ters of Paraguay and Bolivia during the discussion of the past few days he voiced his belief that the dispute might well be settled by such regional organ- isms as the Pan-American Conference, but added: “If you don’t succeed, come back to us and if you wish we will con- voke a special session of the council.” 1t is likely that M. Briand will ask Norman. H. Armour, American charge d'affaires, to convey to Secretary of State Kellogg the League’s congratula- tions on the success of the Pan-Amer- ican mediation. Latin | By the Assoclated Press. LA PAZ, Bolivia, December 20.—The Senate yesterday voted confidence in the government for its acceptance of the good offices of the Pan-American Con- ference in Washington in the dispute with Paraguay. There was a noticeable dimunition in the tenseness and patriotic fervor of the country as the result of the news that both parties had accepted media- tion. Offers of service in event that peaceful measures fail continue, how- ever, to be made to the government. FISH TO PUSH ACTION ON TREATY RESOLUTION Wants House to Express Cordial Approval of Anti-War ° Pact. By the Associated Press. Representative Fish, Republican, New York, announced today that he would ask the House foreign affairs commit- tee, of which he is a member, to take up tomorrow his resolution to place the House on record as expressing its “cor- dial approval” of the Kellogg treaty for the renunciation of war. Only the Senate is officially con- cerned with the treaty, but the Fish resolution would have the House ex- press its willingness to participate in any legislative move requiring joint action by Congress to carry out the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, SENATOR BINGHAM GETTING A LITTLE MAIL is shown with Senator Bingham. LIVING QUARTERS FUNDMAYBEVOTED Senate Committee Expected to Restore Provision for Hospital Employes. The provision to authorize the al- lowance of living quarters and other household expenses of Dr. Willlam A. ‘White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth Hospital, ani other employes who are required to reside at the hospital, was expected to be put back in the Interior Department appropriation bill when that measure was taken up in the Sen- ate this afternoon. It was stricken from the bill in the House on a point of order. A clause in the measure definitely covering these allowances is being fought as a result of the opinion ren- dered early in the year by Controller General McCarl that these allowances should be charged against the salaries of the employes. Testifyirg before the Senate appro- priations committee, Dr. White explain- ed that the employes who receive these allowances do not live at the hospital through choice, but because they are required to reside there. It was further stated before the committee that when the personnel classification board was classifying positions at St. Elizabeth’s. its representatives were advised and took cognizance of the fact that many of the employes had quarters and main- tenance at the institution. The Senate committee also was ready to offer an amendment to the Interior bill, appropriating $45,000 to complete a p] survey of the Shenan- National Park, soon to be estab- lished in Virginia. ‘The completion of this survey and the marking of the boundaries is deemed essential so that the work of acquiring the land, not under way, can be carried through. il Four Couples Licensed. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md.,, December 20.— Marriage licenses have been issued here to the following: Lester F Carter, 21, and Lillie Viola Boxall, 18, Dickerson, Md.; C. Williaza Miles, 21, Baltimore, and Velma Mathias, Damascus, Md.; Loyal Thompson, 21, Barnesville, Md., and Dorothy M. McDonough, 18, Clarks- burg, Md., and David McBain, 28, Gaithersburg, and Mary Narcissus Johnson, 18, Clarksburg, Md. Reappointments Confirmed. The Senate yesterday confirmed the reappointment nominations of Robert J. Grant, of Denver, Colo,, to be director of the Bureau of Mines and Sherman J. 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Her only comment when told of the pursuit was, “Most amusing, most fan- tastical, most absurd, a fine fairy tale, a pretty bedtime story.” After Dr. Meeker missed plane con- nections in Salt Lake he held a 15-min- ute telephone conversation with some one in New York, sent a dozen tele- grams, and dismissed newspaper men by saying: “It's all over for tonight. I'm going to catch the first plane out in the morning.” It was said in Omaha, where the girl boarded the train for San Francisco, that she remained in a hotel there for two days under surveillance of detec- tives commissioned by relatives, but that finally she outwitted the operatives. An Omaha hotel porter, who obtained her reservation, said she carried a large roll of bills and foreign passports. Meeker was 1uoted there as saying the girl “had plenty of passports” and that he was “sure she is heading for some foreign country.” BROKER NAMED AS SUITOR. Girl Says Trip Is to Escape Coulter’s Attentions. BERKELEY, Calif., December 20 (#). --Excited because of the publicity she has received and weeping occasionally, Miss Ruth McConnel, 26, of New York, arrived here today on" the Overland Limited and took a taxicab for an un- announced address. F. E. Lane, Pullman conductor, sald the young woman had confided that she was coming West for a vacation and o avoid mnrriy(ing Kenneth B. Coulter, New York broker. Miss McConnell was quoted as saying that Coulter was not her uncle, as dispatches from New ‘York had said, but was an acquaintance who had sought her hand in marriage. Lane sald the girl told him she expected to go to San Francisco and become a music teacher. Dispatches from New York and Omaha previously had said Miss Mc- Connell had been missing from home for three weeks. Miss McConnell dodged several re- porters and cameramen waiting at Oak- land to meet her by getting off the train here. COULTER CLAIMS KINSHIP. ROCHESTER, N. Y. December 28 (#).—Informed of the statement credit- ed to Ruth McConnell on her arrival at postal card traveled by air mail from Kansas City, Chicago to Cleveland, from Cleveland to Pittsburgh, and thence into Washington I:y train, J. Stone GROSNER’S of G > Kuppenhet 1325. The Connecticut Senator, who is president of the National Aeronautic Association, received a postal card three feet long and twe feet wide from the Kansas City chapter of the organization today. the 264 members of the chapter appear. On the reverse side the signatures of Mo., to Chicago, from Noyes, Senate page, —Star Staff Photo. Berkeley, Calif., that she had fled to avoid a marriage with him, and_that he was not her uncle, Kenneth B. Coulter, from his room in the Clifton Springs Sanatarium, where he is an invalid, blamed the girl's highly nerv~ ous condition for her confidences to a Pullman conductor and scouted them — | as “absurd.” “I certainly am her uncle,” said Mr. Coulter, “and I cannot understand her statement. She has been very ill and in a highly nervous condition, and I assume is not really responsible for what she said. Her father, Maj. Mc- Connell, is somewhere in the West, and I expect to have a statement from him at any time.” LITVINOFF HELD IN PARIS. Brother of Soviet Official Arrested in Forgery Case. —PARIS, - December 20 (#)—Max- tmovitch litvinoff, brother of M. M. Litvinoff, assistant commissar of for- elgn affalrs in the Russian Soviet Union, wes arrested in Paris today at the request of the Moscow government. He was charged with being implicated in issuing and passing forged drafts amounting to $1,000,000. Litvinoff arrived in Paris from Basle, Switzerland, a few days ago. 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Altchison of Oregon, who has been renominated as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, appearing as a witness today before the Senate interstate commerce committee, was told by Senator Wheeler, Demo- crat, Montana, that complaints made to him charged the commissioner with neglect of valuation cases assigned to The commissioner, called at the re- quest of Wheeler, was asked what the commission had done about telephone company valuation authorized by Con- gress in 1915, when Altchison replied that the commission had been too busy with other important cases, Wheeler said: : “I will be frank with you. Com- plaints have been made that valuation cases assigned to you have been ne- glected for an unreasonable time.” Not Conscious of Delay. “All that I can say is that I have not been consclous of that,” the com- missioner replied. “I belleve that the opinion of the commission is that my work has been kept up.” ‘Altchison told the committee that he had been assigned to revise the com- misslon’s statutes, but that he had not been relieved of his other work. The revision, he said, was a long and ardu- ous task on which he had spent half his time during the last year, includ- ing many nights and Sundays. . Upon request of Senator ‘Wheeler, the commissioner agreed to submit data giving a list of cases assigned to him personally When hearings were assigned when they were held and when the cases were disposed of, and the reason for the delay, if any. Altchison had testified that the tele- phone valuations had not come up be- cause the commission has been too busy with railroad valuation, and that “We have taken up within the limits of our appropriations the things of vital importance.” Claims Law Violation. Wheeler asked why, if insufficient money and facilities were at hand to take up the telephone case, the com- mission had not come to Congress for relief, and Aitchison replied that the commission “Is forbidden by law to ask for money.” “You don’t violate the law by com- ing up_here and telling us-the situa- tion,” Wheeler sald. “Yes, we do,” the commissioner de- clared. “We are told we have no right to go to committees of Congress. We have only the right to answer ques- tions.” Senator Smith, Democrat of South Carolina, a member of the committee, interpolated “oh, yes, this is the age of economy.” PRI SR Tuna fish that are found in the waters off the coast of California weigh fromr 150 to 500 pounds. 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