Evening Star Newspaper, March 3, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair with rising temperature today: cloudy and warmer tonight: rain and colder tomorrow afternoon or night Temperatures: Highest, 42, at 8 am yesterday lowest, 34, at 2 pum. yester- ay. Full report on page he WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star's exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. (#) Means Associated Prass. No. 1,250—No. 30,987, Entered as second class matte: post office, Washington S D e WASHINGTON, D. It ] SUNDAY MORNING, a BN MARCH 1929—EI Sunday Star. GHTY-FOUR PAGES. - FIVE DRY WEATHER FOR PARADE IS DETAILS OF INAUGURAL ARRANGED:; PROPHETS SURPRISED BY HOOVER; ABILITY OF NEW CABINET PRAISED| Thousands Are in City for Ceremonies. TEMPERATURE | WILL BE MILD/ Time Rainfall Will| Arrive Tomorrow [ Uncertain. | A forecast of clearing skies forl today and the cautious prediction | that rain expected tomorrow | might not begin in time to mter-; fere with the inaugural parade | raised the hopes of thousands of | Americans who converged on/ Washington last night to wnness! the induction into office of Herbert | Hoover as the thirty-first Presi- dent of the United States. On one point the Weather Bureau was certain—there will be no snow and the temperature will be mild. Despite a day of drizzling rain, | flecked with large flakes of snow, Government officials and the in- auguration committee went through their “‘nal paces in re- hearsal for the quadrennial pag- eant and the weather alone last night was the indeterminable fac- tor in the plans. Long trains pouring into Union Station every few minutes last night discharged their thousands of passengers to augment the| crowds who arrived by automobile, | boat and bus. The weather forecast was given out by Forecaster Charles L. Mitchell when the final compila- tion of weather reports and maps was completed at 10 o'clock. Time Rain Wil Fall Uncertain. Mr. Mitchell declared that because of the uncertain conditions existing in the previously forecast “disturbance area” over North Dakota, it was impossible to | tell last night what time the rain will | pany of Mrs. Hoover, went for a long | comemnce falling tomorrow, or even' how heavy a rainfall it is likely to be. The central disturbance which is ex- pected to bring Washington its inaugu- ral day rain probably will not produce rain in the M! sippi Valley until this afternoon, and the time of tomorrow’s | rain here naturally would be determined by the speed with which the the dis- turbance moves eastward. The forecaster was enthusiastic over | today's prospects, however. The early morning temperature, he said, might be | in the vicinity of fgpezing. but as the | day progresses the mercury will climb | to 55 degrees, Task Is Well Done. As the inaugural erowds continued to pour through the Union Station and | converge on the Capital by automobile, preparations for their reception and entertainment-—the fruit of long months | of labor by the inaugural committee— | went fomward smoothly. and with | scarcely a halt in their stride, visitors found accommodations already awaiting | them. either at hotels or in private | homes to which they were sent by the | committee, - The inaugural committee, | under the chairmanship of Lieut. Col. | U. S. Grant, 3d, has done a thoroughly | satisfactory job, and the long months of work in preparation for the great event | found them well repaid today in the hearty glow of a task well done | Reflected in the mirror of accomplish- ment were the arrangements for the parade of 20,000 persons to march down lvania avenue tomorrow after- | noon; a projected sky parade in which | ntatives of the aerial might of | ation will soar above the heads of sands massed along historic Penn- nia avenue: the lengthy expanse of inaugu stands stretching along much of the thoroughfare, and the mul- inous mass of detail that must be nged in connection with an affair e scope of the quadrennial pageant \ the temporary flurry surround- ing the composition of his cabinet sub- sided, and his inaugural speech of 3,000 words ready for delivery. the chief actor in the pageant tomorrow waited quietly | for the hour when he will leave the red brick house at 2300 S street and mctor to the White House to take his place in | automobile beside the outgoing President and move up Pennsylvania ue behind an escort of Cavalry to ief Executive of the Mr Hoove moved t day as a privat his most intim 1 Reviews White House Stay. A little more than a mile away. un- bed by the hustle and bustle ast-minute preparations outside President Coolidge calmly reviewed his five and a half years in the Whitc House. the many accomplishments of his administration, and contemplated with no small pleasure, according 'o m, the hour tomor he will leave the Union Station to home in Nort »s for violators of « Last night Mr. Cool- to the members of nis \tc House, many of whom will t noon tomorro when he turns over the reins of Gov- ment to Herbert Hoover he official inaugural program map- Ped out by the in al committee be- A but the initial enter- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) Mr INAUGURAL CHE DULE TOMORROW The following is the calendar of events to take place tomorrow when Herbert Hoover is inaugurated Presid Curtis, Vice President ent of the United States and Charles 11 o'clock—Hoover and Curtis arrive at the White House 11:30 o'clock—President for the Capitol 12 o'clock—The Senate is conv 1 o'clock—Mr. Hoover is induc and then delivers his inaugural addre 2 o'clock—Mr up Pennsylvania avenue to the Whi to Union Station to entrain for Nort 2:30 o'clock—Parade forms at Pennsylvania avenue 3 o'clock. or shortly thereafter and Mrs. Gann and the presidential front of the White House to review t 5 o'clock, or shortly thereafter- tis and Mrs. Gann go to the vice Hotel. 8 o'clock—Fireworks display on Hoover will watch from the White H HOOVER, PENDING DATH, MOTORS AND RESTS AT HOME Last Few Hours as Private Citizen Being Spent in Quiet Places. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President-elect Hoover's few remain- ing hours as a private citizen are being observed by him today in a quiet and simple fashion in anticipation of the responsibilities that are awaiting him when he assumes the office of President. Since ' completion of his inaugral address and the selection of his cabinet | several days ago, Mr. Hoover has made it plain that he wanted to relax—to avoid as much serious work as possible. He has seen comparatively few peopie during the past day or so and has been spending most of his time in the com- pany of his family, within the confines of their S street home. Despite the threstening weather yes- terdey the President-elect, in the com- motor ride in the nearby country. It is understood that he and Mrs. Hoover will go for another motor ride this afternoon, following their tendance at the religious services at the Friends’ Meeting House, Thirteenth and Irving streets northwest. The remainder of today will be spent by them quietly at their home. It is thought likely that a few intimate friends will be received informally sometime during the late afternoon. In the evening they will be guests at dinner at the White House. Vice President-elect Curtis and his sis- ter, Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, will be the other guests at this last dinner of President and Mrs. Coolidge in the ‘White House. Home Has Lively Aspect. During the past day or so the big S street home of the next President has taken on a very happy and lively as- pect. due principally to the presence of Herbert Hoover, ir., and his wife and two little children, Allan Hoover. the younger of the two sons of the Presi- dent-elect and Mrs. Hoover. and Mrs Mabel Leavitt of Long Beach. Calif Mr. Hoover's sister, are expected to join the family circle sometime today. The two grandchildren, Peggy Ann aged 3. and Herbert 3d, have done their part in making things lively about the house. They are a source of great | amusement as well as pleasure to their | grandparents and the President-eleet has always found it easy to lay ‘aside | anything else for the moment to play with these voungsters. Peggy Ann strongly resembles him in appearance and Mr. Hoover never fails to beam when this fact is mentioned in his presence In between work and conferences during the past weck. Mr. Hoover has stood for measurements for some new clothes, The suit he will wear on the historic occasion of his inzuguration, however, will be the one he wore on the formal occasions during his good- will trip to South America. wear a high silk hat, although he detests them, a cutaway coat of ox- ford material and vest to match, and pin-striped trousers. A wing collar will complete this very dressed-up picture of Mr. Hoover on his inaugural day ©Oath Form Decided. Cont to first reports. Mr. Hoover wear. instead of affirm, when the administered to him tomorrow by istice Taft. It was thought by that because of his Quaker faith Hoover would decline to swear, but it has oeen learned definitely that he has no aversion to swearing under such circumstances. He did s0_when (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) and Mrs. Hoover, ball at the Washington attend. Other receptiol at- | He will| the | and Mrs. Coolidge Mr. and Mrs. Hoover. Senator Curtis and his sister Mrs. Edward E. Gann, leave the White House ened and Senator Curtis takes oath of office as Vice Presider:it and delivers his inaugural address. ted into office by Chief Justice Taft ess. Mr. Curtis and Mrs. te House. Mr hampton, Mass the Peace Monument and Gann return and Mrs. Coolidge go starts up —Mr. and Mrs. Hoover. Mr. Curtis party mount the reviewing stand in he parade. -Last units of parade pass the review- ing stand and Mr. and Mrs. Hoover return to the White House. Mr. Cur- presidential suite at the Mayflower the Monument Grounds which Mr. ouse. uditorium begin: and balls will begi Mr. (OOLIDGE EXTENDS ADIEUTOTHRONGS - ATWHITE HOUSE :President’s Last Work Day Is Marked by Tribute of Hundreds. By the Associated Press. The last work day in the White House for Calvin Coolidge was just that, a day of patient, persistent work. It was late in the afternoon sodden and gray with snow and rain when he turned at last from his desk to gather the men and women of his cabinet fam- ily around about him at dinner and bid them farewell. But his plans to spend the Saturday hours, which for Mr. Coolidge as Presi- dent have been almost invariably longer than those of working days, clearing his executive office desk of crowding last-minutes {@sks, failed to reckon with the esteem in which men hold him. They came thronging over the wet streets to gather 553 strong for a place in the hand-shaking line at the noon hour. It was the largest group of these plain folk, without claim to special privilege or the will to do more than clasp his hand and wish him Godspeed, Mr. Coolidge has been called upon in many months to greet. Welcomes Humble Folk. Since he first came to the White House office to take up the heavy duties thrust upon him by President Hard- ing’s death, Mr. Coolidge has felt keen- ly that his daily round of handshaking contact with the humbler folk of the Nation is a privilege of the presi- dency, not a distasteful necessity of public life. He has said that it has meant something more than a mere gesture ‘of democracy to him. It was always to this last day, a pleasure to him, and so, even with his desk buried under the mass of new laws that lacked only his signature and with important | men of the official life of the Natior waiting to bid him a personal farewell, he found time to greet the slow-moving line and smile back his greetings. Early among his official callers were Gen. Summerall, chief of staff of the Army, and Admiral Hughes, chief of naval operations. They have been the chief technical advisers to President | Coolidge under the constitutional pro- vision that makes him commander in chief of both Army and Navy. Each came to say his own personal word to the Chief whose work is now finished. Senator Robinson Calls. | senator Robinson of Democratic leader in the Senate, also | came to add his own touch to this unique, unstaged day of respectful last greeting to a President whose hand has | been steady on the helm for six strenu- ous years. Senator Edge of New Jersey was another caller, as was Maj. Gen. Jadwin, chief of Army Engineers. The ‘entire Massachusetts delegation in Congress followed, and in all more | than two score visitors who must be given a moment or two of precious time crowded into this busy last work day. All told Mr. Coolidge met more than 600 persons at his office. And between times, with steady ap- plication, he bored into a pile of bills awaiting his signature. They flowed under his pen in an endless stream, big matters that have been ground through Congress in all the storm and stress of political controversy, and little affairs like the authorization of bridge construction To each the retiring President gave the required attention without hurry or seeming thought of the fact that | “(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Late Arrivals for Inaugural Pageant Will Have Opportunity to Buy Seats Several thousand seats along the line of the inaugural parade remain unsold offering late arrivals to Washington an opportunity to find points of vantage the pageant, a check-up at the icket office in the Transportation Build- i cnteenth and H streets, revealed ght he ticket office on the first floor of the building, as well as the one in room 302 of the buiiding. will be open today from 10 am. to 10 pm. The offices also will be open tomorrow morn- ling, it was announced, There remained unsold last about 100 single $7.50 scats, hundred $5 two $3 seats. crected along Pennsylvania avenue north of the Botanic Garden, still re- mained available, and there were said to be 2,000 or more $4 seats unsold last night, in front of the War Department. Weather conditions yesterday morning definitely slowed up the sale of seats for the time, but, with the clearing of the sky late yesterday indications were that sales would pick up appreciably | todaws night Arkansas, | local | several | Independent in Selection of Aides. ' [FAILS TC PICK SOUTHERN MAN/ Every Other Section Is Represented, However. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, President-elect Herbert Hoover, | in picking his cabinet, has selected men of ability, qualified for the posts to which they have been chosen, in the opinion of official ‘Washington. He has placed a Democrat in the office of Attorney General, William D, Mitchell of Minnesota. His Secretary of the Navy, Charles Francis Adams of Massachusetts, | is reckoned a Republican, but a few years ago was an independent. | The President-elect has showni his own independence in filling| the cabinet offices. He has failed | to do several things which were | predicted. He has not picked a Southern man to fill a cabinet position. Nor has he placed in his cabinet a woman or a Catholic. At the close of the campaign it was freely pre- dicted that the political exigencies would bring Mr. Hoover to do, these things, but he has not. ! All But Two in Public Eye. ‘The men whom Mr. Hoover has se- lected for his official family are, with the exception perhaps of two, men who have been in the public eye. The two exceptions—Charles Francis Adams of | Massachusetts and Robert Patterson Lamont of Illinois—are by no means unknown. They have made their mark, and their selections, while not predicted, are said to be remarkably happy. Mr. Lamont’s name is familiar in industrial and engineering circles, and he has been a prominent member of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. ‘Two of the Hoover cabinet are hold- overs from the Coolidge administration— Secretary Andrew W. Mellon and Sec- Tetary James J. Davis. The other eight are new to the cabinet—except Henry L. Stimson, who served as Secretary of ‘War in the Taft administration more than 16 years ago. Mr. Stimson be- comes Secretary of State. It will be several weeks before he arrives in Washington from the Philippines, where he has been governor general. Every section of the country is repre- sented in the Hoover cabinet except the | South. The East has three members, Secretary Mellon of the Treasury from Pennsylvania; Secretary Davis from the same State, and Henry L. Stimson of New York. New England has a sin- gle representative, Charles Francis Adams, who hails from Massachusetts {and is to control the Navy Department. | The Middle West has four members, James W. Good of Iowa, to be Secre- | tary of War; Walter F. Brown of Ohio, |to be Postmaster General; Robert Pai | terson Lamont of TIllinois, to be Secre- |tary of Commerce, and Arthur M. | Hyde of Missouri, to be Secretary of | Agriculture. The Northwest has a sin- | gle member, William D. Mitchell of | Minnesota, to be Attorney General. The | Pacific Coast, too, has but a single )member. Ray Lyman Wilbur of Cali- ;(ornia, the President-elect's own State. { Omission of Southerner Halled. The omission from the cabinet of any Southerner is frankly hailed with | pleasure by Democrats of the South. They say that it will be regarded in the South as flat failure of recognition of the part which that section of the country played in the election of Mr. Hoover—four of the States of the solid South having cast their electoral votes for him and all of the border States so called. It is known that some of the most influential Republican leaders—not | from the South—recommended to Mr. | Hoover that the South be recognized With a cabinet office, frankly declaring that, if the Republican party is to retain a hold on that section, such an appoint- | ment would help to convince the people |ot the South that the Republican party | would give that section of the country | | greater consideration than it has re- ceived at its hands in the past It is a question, however, whether the appointment of a cabinet officer from the Soutk would in reality have | |had any real bearing on the matter. | Republican Presidents in the past have given cabinet officers to Southerners, but it is not on record that it had any effect on the results of the following elections. Doubtless, if Mr. Hoover had found exactly the man he desired for appointment to his cabinet in the South, the position would have been tendered him. It is believed that the cabinet ap- pointees of Mr. Hoover will run the " (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) TWO DIE IN SLED CRASH. | Virginia Studetn of Women's Col- | lege a Victim in Maine. POLAND SPRINGS, Me., March 2 ().~ Two students of Wheaton College for Women, at Norton, Mass., were killed today in a coasting accident during the | recreation hour of the Eastern New England Students’ Conference here. The students killed were Alice Merrick, Rich- mond, Va., and Eileen Walker, Edgar- town, Mass. The double-runner bob- | sled on which they and other students, | stream had been dammed until it was | | Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 15, i Notes of Art and Artists—Page 5. | Financial News—Pages 6, 7 and 8. | Aviation Activities—Pages 8 and 9. { At Community Cents CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS | UTLOOK ’N CENTS | TE ELSEWHERE A7 (# / Z AND You Youve NOT ONLY MINDED WELL YOUR OwN BUSINESS 5 BUT MINE Too, HAVE VENDORS OF LIQUOR “RETIRE,” FEARING JONES BILL EFFECT Flow of Rum Halted as New | Regulations Add to Boot- leggers’ Hazard. The Nation's Capital last night was | in the throes of the dryest period in | its history. i Every indication was that the liquor | little more than a trickle and there was evidence that those most concerned about the situation were fully convinced that the drought was not of transitory nature. In support of this was the known | fact that bootleggers and proprietors of “speakeasies” were fading out of the picture and expressing their inten- tion of “quitting for good,” and reports, fairly well founded, that those convivial souls who had seen the handwriting | on the wall in the last few days had | been laying in supplies much as was done before the legalized sale of in- | toxicants was halted by statute and, in- cidentally, were finding that prices were moving sharply upward. | The principal reason for the new era | was seen in passage of the Jones bill, sharpening the teeth of the national prohibition law, which went into effect yesterday morning with the signature of President Coolidge, but enactment of which had been in plain sight for sev- eral days. Officials More. Active. Other reasons were increased activity | on the part of Federal and local policing | agencies and the activities of the Gib- | son committee, whose investigation, it is | known, was the entering wedge that started the “big" operators on the run. And if anything more was needed, Representative Sproul, Republican, of Kansas, yesterday carried out a previ- ously expressed intention and intro- | duced a bill to further tighten-up dry | enforcement, locally, one of the princi- (Continued on Page 6, Column 4) | TODAY'S STAR PART ONE—16 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page 10. D. A. R. Activities—Page 14. District ‘of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 14. | and Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 15. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Review of Winter Books—Page 5. PART THREE—8 PAGES. Society. W. C. T. U. Activities—Page 8. PART FOUR—16 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Music. | News of the Motor World—Pages 5, 6 | and 7. Screen Fraternal News—Page 10. Veterans of Great War—Page 11. Serial Story, “The Ragged Princess"— Page 12. District National Guard—Page 12. Radio News—Pages 13, 14 and 15. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified" Advertising. D. A. R. Activities—Page 6. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 6. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 7. Around the City—Page 7. Marine Corps Notes—Page 7. | Indian War Veterans—Page 7. t News of the Clubs—Page 8. | —Page 8. PART SEVEN—8 PAGES. H Magazine Section—Fiction and Humor. Spanish War Veterans—Page 8. GRAPHIC SECTION—12 PAGES. World Events in Pictures, COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES. 1 | both men and women, were coasting. side-swiped a tree, Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; High Lights of History, | sian papers. Wife Asks Divorce From Chicago Man To Hang in 12 Days By the Assiciated Press CHICAGO, March 2—William Henry Hauke, who is under sen- tence to hang in 12 days. was sued for divorce today by Emily Josephine Hauke. Unless Gov. Louis Emmerson issues an unexpected commuta- tion. indications are Hauke will not be present to contest the suit. The man has been in jail since 1925 for the slaying of Mrs. Isa- belle Scheckley. Mrs. Hauke in her complaint charged desertion. BORAH AGCUSERS TAKEN IN BERLN Two Russians Are Charged With Forgery of Bribe Documents. By the Associated Press. FERLIN, March 2.—An attempt to sell to an American newspaper man fraudulent documents alleged to have come from the Soviet government, to- | day led to the arrest by Berlin police ot the alleged forgers of the notorious documents purporting to show that United States Senators Willlam E. Borah and George W. Norris had re- ceived bribes from the Soviet govern- ment. ‘The police said that they discovered a large plant equipped for forging Rus- The men held by the po- lice are Vladimir Orloff, former coun- selor of state under the late Czar Nich- olas, and Michael Sumarookv, a former employe of the Ukrainian Soviet Mis- sion in Berlin. Two others arrested as accomplices were later freed. Forgeries Are Found. Acting with the assistance of the newspaper man, the police raided the apartments of Orloff, where they said they found three chests containing hundreds of rubber stamps, official Soviet stationery, seals, a valuable chemical laboratory and about 500 por- traits of Russian and other Communist leaders. There also was evidence that the Borah-Norris documents originated here. Hubert Knickerbocker, Berlin corre- spondent of the New York Evening Post, was the newspaper man who aid- ed the authorities. He was approached some time ago by Sumarskov, who claimed to possess papers proving that the Borah-Norris documents purposely were forged by the Moscow secret po- litical police to conceal the existence of real documents even more incriminating for these Senators. Knickerbocker demanded to see one | of these papers. One was produced and he had it photographed and secret- 1y handed it to the Berlin police. They encouraged him to continue negotia- tions while they attempted to trace the accomplices. They shadowed Sumarc- kov on each of his visits to the offices | of Knickerbocker and finally traced him to the home of Orloff. Orloff was believed to have made much money _from_their_operations. He had PALWSTIN G NEAR WASHAGTON FOR EARLYRETURN Will Come Back at Bride’s ni Command to Aid Prose- cution Further. Mrs. Helen Blalock, acouser of Capt. ‘Guy E. Burlingame, did not return to | Chicago after leaving Washington last than three hours after it departed from the Union Station, according to infor- mation received last night by a per- son in close touch with the movements of the palmist. It is the intention of Mrs. Blalock, it was said, to come back at the command of Corporation Counsel William W. Bride, chief prosecutor at the trial of Capt. Burlingame to take the wit- ness stand again in the rebuttal which is expected to begin not later than Thursday. The whereabouts of the woman were not disclosed definitely, however, but she is sald to be “within 100 miles of Washington.” Mrs. Blalock told newspaper reporters she wanted to go back to Chicago as soon as possible after testifying against Capt. Burlingame because she had pro- cured employment there and also had several important business matters pending. And the information that she had not returned, but had again gone tion of coming in an effort to assist further in the prosecution of the vet- eran police officer came as a distinct surprise to every one interested in the case, Promised to Return. 1If Mrs. Blalock returns for the rebut- tal she will keep a promise made to Corporation Counsel Bride when she after a severe and gruelling all-day cross-examinatiop by William E. Leahy, the principal defense counsel. Nothing was said at the time that she planned to leave Washington, but shortly after her appearance before the grand jury the following day she packed her trunk and went to the Union Station, taking a westbound Baltimore & Ohio train. Bride appeared to be somewhat sur- prised at her action, and expressed his regrets that she would not be available for the use of the prosecution in the re- buttal. He has not indicated since that he did not know his star witness had located before the trial after an exten- sive search by Department of Justice agents. Bride Still Here, Corporation Counsel Bride, at whose | request Burlingame’s extraordinary trial board did not convene yesterday be- cause he announced that an important engagement would take him to New York, also failed to make the trip, it was learned, and this gave rise to re- ports that important develooments in the case had kept him in Washington. There also were rumors that Bride had gone to Newburn, N. C. to interview the ond husband of Mrs. Blalock. " (Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 4) 457 in Vatican Must Acknowledge They Are Subjects in Order to Remain By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, March 2.—Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary of state, to- day signed the decree which notified 457 inmates of the Vatican that they would not be allowed to remain within the confines of the new sovereignty unless they are acknowledged as papal subjects. The measure was so sweeping that it even reached Mgr. Giuseppi Pizzardo, undersecretary of state, and who, after Cardinal Gasparri, is the hest offi- cial living within the Vatican. Evidently the administration of the Holy See thought the present a good opponunn’ta make a clean sweep of ° many persons who had been living within the apostolic precincts for the reason that their grandfathers or some other ancestor had held some position in the papal administration. Many of them have been quartered in the an- clent papal mint. This is 2 picturesque structure, but because of its rather crowded condition it had become un- healthy. These quarters are now being evacuated. ‘The greater part of present occu- pants of the Vatican who are to remain consists of the personnel of the guards. There are 75 Swiss guards, 69 gen- darmes and 30 firemen in barracks within the Vatican. The Noble Guards and the Palatine Guards, reside outside. Tuesday night, but left the train less into hiding within & few hours’ train ride of Washington with the expecu-l left the witness stand last Monday night not returned to Chicago, where she was | GONGRESS T0 HOLD FIRST SESSION ON SUNDAY SINCE 1923 OVER ALIEN CLAUSE Attempt to Get Action on Bill Postponing Putting Na- tional Origins Proviso Into Effect Made in Senate. HOUSE DUE TO STUDY SIMILAR MEASURE Watson Sponsors Move to Recess Until Tomorrow, but Counter Proposal of Couzens for Conven- ing Is Adopted by 34-t0-27 as Opponents Marshal Forces. | By the Associated Press. Even though its major tasks are | finished and its party skirmishing over, legislation of lesser magni- 'tude will force the Seventieth | Congress to hold the first Sunday session on Capitol Hill since 1923. An eleventh-hour attempt to obtain action of a bill to postpone for another year the placing into effect of the national origins clause of the immigration act re- sulted late last night in the Senate agreeing to reconvene this morn- ing. The House, earlier in the eve- ng, abandoned plans for a |mgm meeting and recessed until {10 a.m. today to take up a similar {measure and opponents of the !nationnl origins provision in the {Senate successfully contended that the Senate should be in session to consider the bill if it should be | approved by the House. i The Senate agreed to meet at 111:10_am. after rejecting by a — | vote of 40 to 16 a motion to recess until tomorrow. ’ The move to obtain a vote on the national origins provision bill was initi~ ated late in the day after both houses under pressure of their leaders, had smoothed over differences on the two deficiency appropriation measures and | the long-pending Interior Department supply bill. Nye Leads Opposition. Senator Nye, Republican, North Da- kota, one of the opponents to the na- tional origins provision, started the ef- fort to prevent this section of the im- migration law from becoming effective July 1. The pending bill would defer operations of the clause for one year. The unsuccessful motion to have the Senate adjourn until tomorrow morning was sponsored by Senator Watson of In- diana, the acting Republican leader. A counter proposal by Senator Couzens, Republican, Michigan, for a Sunday session prevailed by a vote of 3¢ to 7. Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsyl- vania, is just as determined to prevent adoption of the postponement resolu~ tion as its friends are for its passage. If the national origins provision should become operative, it would re- duce the annual immigration into this country from about 168,000 to about 153,000, and Great Britain would gain considerably, while Germany, the Irish Free State and the Scandinavian coun- tries generally would be cut down. Action Mandatory at Present. Unless Congress postpones the proe vision, it is mandatory that the Presi- dent, on April 1, issue a proclamation putting it into effect. During the night session, which drew a large crowd to the Capitol, many of 1 them out-of-town inauguration visitors, Senator Norris, Republican, Nebraska, renewed his attack on rates charged for electricity by public utilities, and told his colleagues that by the end of the year, it was his opinion, the “bulk of the utility business will have been gath- ered into a relatively few hands.” Senator Stephens, a Democrat from Mississippi, for a moment diverted a tention from a District of Columb: park bill under consideration by offer- ing a resolution requesting an inve: | | i i i i | | | " (Continued on Page 6, Column 3.) DAWES EXPECTED T0 HEAD COMMISSION Dominican Republic Aid by Ameri- cans on Finance Revision and Budget Planned. By the Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO. March 2.—The minister of finance today announced that Vice President Charles G. Dawes soon would come here at the head of a commission of American financial ex« perts to revise the organization of the administration of the Dominican Re- public and prepare budgets on scientific principles. Gen. James G. Harbord was named as vice chairman of the commission, with Sumner Wells, H. C. Smither, T, W. Robinson, G. 8. Roop, S. T. Seide- man and E. Ross Bartley as the uother members. There was a possibility that James W. Wadsworth might join the commission later. ‘These experts were requested by President Vazquez to assist in working out national and municipal finances and to suggest means of more effective control over disbursements. The_re- public had sought the services of Edwin Kemmerer, but he was unable accept because he at present i1s ene gaged in a similar work for the Naliosm alist government of Chinas