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port of the fact finding coal commits.
sion headed by John Hays Hammond
appointed by President Harding dur
ing the bitumnous strike in 1922.
The President in his message re
fers 10 the report Of this commission
as representing the mature delibera-
tions and conclusions of the best
talent and experience that ever made
national survey of the production
and distribution of fuel. His recon-
mendationS for commission with
authority to deal with future emer-
gencies We're drawn from this report.
At no time has President Coolidge
favored Government ownership or
operation of coal mines. He believes
the need is for action under private
ownership that will procure greater
continuity of production and greater
public protection. While he is bit
terlly opposed to Government owner
ship, he believes the Fderal Gov
ernment should have some regulatory
authority but to what extent he has
never made known. 1t is thought
likely that he will express himself in
this connection in the coal section Of
his Forthcoming message.
Those close to the President said
today that the President considers
the granting of authority TO appoint
a special commission to deal with
strike emergencies as being exceed
ingly urgent at this time. and essen
tial to the exercise of national
authority for the protection of the
people.
In this connection the President
let It he known that. in his opinion,
those who undertake the RESPONSE
bility of management for employ
ment in this country do so with the
full knowledge that the public in
terest is paramount, and that to fail
through any motive of selflshness IN
its service, is such a betrayal of duty
as warrants uncompromising action
by the Government.
Although the President is not ex-
pected to appeal to Congress for dras-
tic powers, 1t is intimated that the
language he will use in his MESA ge
calling attention to the present an
thracite strike will he Enthusiastically
plain and that the President is not
likely to consider the feelings of either
side in the dispute in the selection of
his words.
The President has received numer-
ous requests from those sections of
the country more seriously affected
thracite coal to take some action
The President. however. has not be.
come alarmed. but he fully realizes
that the situation as 1T presents itself
today is a serious one.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
DRY LEAGUE OPENS
CHICAGO SESSION
New Strategy to Be Planned
by Anti-SaIoon Men in
War on Liquor.
BY the Aksociated Press

I
CHICAGO, November 5.-A review
of the achievements of prohibition and
development of new strategy To sup
port the efforts of public officials is
the aim of the enforcement crisis
convention Of the Anti-Saloon League
opening a five-day session today in the
Chicago Temple. Actual present con-
ditions-the gains and losses, the
benefits and Weaknesses to be cor
rected-are the topics of scores of
speakers including congressman, pro-
hibition enforcement officials. prom
inent business men and leaders in the
unofficial dry army of the league and
| Womens Christian Temperance
Union.
At the opening of the session. dis.
trlct officials of the leagu are to hold
business meetings TO elect officers and
discuss their regional problems The
officers of the league will report TO-
night on the general aspect of the
crisis faced by prohibition.
The Nation is watching Chica go $
hGht against beer runners and their
protectors, Wayne B. Wheeler, gen
eral counsel OF the league said in a
radio speech prepared for delivery to-
day before the University of Chicago
DIVINITY school.
Two beer runners are justly serv-
ing their time in Jail now and the
public is watching to see whether the
! sentences of Jailer Wesley Westbrook
and Sheriff Peter NJ. Hoffman will be
executed when the case is called in
December" MIR. Wheeler said Boot
leggers and rum runners are the
criminal vermin of society, but the
public officials who protect them are
worse.
The Christian church has made
prohibition possible, although the
saloon made it inevitable. The same
forces which erected the signboard
away from debauchery and toward
sober prosperity today are rousing
themselves for a new crusade against
the organized forces of evil Public
opinion supports prohibition today
even more strongly than when it was
adopted
The reason why political candidates
still are asked the question ARE you
wet or dry" was explained today by
w. y. Bennett of Rockford. H., who
Will preside over the Saturday morn
inS session in a speech prepared for
delivery today before the kiwanis
Club.
THE attacks of the vets upon the
eighteenth amendment" he said. and
the attempts at notification By it's op-
ponents keep alive the issue. There
are politicians who pray that 1t will
be eliminated, but an issue it will
remain. Not the old question OF
saloons or no saloons, but the ques.
tlon' can the majority rule?"
Evening star., 1925-11-05
STOKES BOAT PREY
Of LASH|NG SEAS
D. c. Financier's Son, Guest
and Crew Saved From
Stranded Yacht.
BY the Associated Press.

WEST PALM BEACH. Fla. No
vemher 5-Aground of Vero Beach
Fla. the auxiliary schooner. Genes
see. $500 yacht, owned by Sylvanus
Stokes Washington, y. c.. financier,
is being lashed to pieces by a high
sea. coast guard members reported
in a telephone conversation with the
Associated Press.
After battling all day with the
heavy seas. Il coast guard cutter sue
Ceeded in taking from the craft Syl-
vanus Stokes. jr., OF Warrenton.
Va, and Washington; J. B. Clarke of
Warrenton, Va. his guest. and the
crew of nine members The rescue
was affected at $50 o'clock yester-
day afternoon. It was reported.
The craft went aground at $50
o'clock Tuesday evening. in a high
sea, but those aboard remained with
the ship believing that the vessel
could be fioated when the high winds
subsidized.
This morning, however. when the
seas became heavier and the wind
showed no signs of abatement dis
tress signals We're sent up and the
Coast Guard cutter started its fight
with the turbulent ocean.
The Genessee was Ell route from
Boston. Mass, To Miami, Fla. when
it went aground. 1t is steel yacht
l4S feet long with a beam OF 81 feet
= inches, a 110-foot water line and
a l3foot finch draft.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
FINE CHRYSANTHEMUM DISPLAY
OPENED FOR INVITED GUESTS
Sensation of Flower Show This Year Is Single Plant
of Japanese Variety, With More Than 500
Blooms-Choice Seedlings Named.

today as guests OF the Secretary and
Mrs. Jardine We're:
EXecutive-Mrs. Coolidge and Mrs.
Everett Sanders
Cabinet ladies-Mrs. Kellogg. Mrs.
Davis. Mrs. New. Mrs Wilbur, Mrs
Hoover and Mrs Davis
Supreme Court ladies-Mrs Taft,
Mrs. Holmes. Mrs. Van Devanter Mrs.
Brandeis. Mrs. Sutherland, Mrs. But
Ter and Mrs. Sanford.
Diplomatic corps - Sonora Dona
Alicia Ward de Riano. Spain: Sonora
de Matthew. Chile: Nine Tilmont. Bel
Padro. Cuba: Nine. Julieta NJ. de
Pueyrredon. Miss Julia Helena Pueyr-
redon and Miss Raquel Pueyrredor.
Argentina: Sonora de Gon2aleZ Prada
Peru; Sonora Emilia Benoit de TelleZ,
Mexico: Baroness Won Nathan, Ger.
many: Nine. Matsudaira. Japan; Nine
Bryn. Miss Inger NJ. Bryn and Miss
Laura Bryn. Norway; Nine. Narela.
Uruguay: Mime. Peter. Switzerland;
Nine SEE. China: Nine. Wallenberg.
Sweden: Nine KaZemi. Persia: Mrs.
Pelenyi, Hungary; Sonora Dona Lii
liam de Sanchez Latour. Guatemala;
Sonora Dona Amelia l.. de Alfaro,
Panama: Sonora Felicidad Soruco de
Jaimes Freye and Senorita Nolanda
Jaimes F-reye, Bolivia, and Nine. Pip,
Esthonia.
Nine Bizaiskiene, Lithuania; Sonora
Luisa julia de Aria. Dominican Re-
public; Nine. Simopoulos. Greece:
Nine. Ramirez, Paraguay: Nine. Price.
Haiti: Nine. Prochnik, Austria; Nine.
Seya. Latvia: Nine. Samy Pasha.
Egypt Sonora de Castro, Salvador,
and Nine. Bisseroff, Bulgaria.
of of n-I,
resentatives of the department and
additional guests included the follow
ing: Mrs. Dunlap. Mrs. Campbell
Mrs. Warburton. Mrs. Crawford, Mrs.
Stockberger, Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Balm,
Mrs. Reese. Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Mar.
vim. Mrs. Mohler, Mrs. Taylor. Mrs
Greeley. Mrs. Browne. Mrs. Whitney,
Barnett, Mrs. Macdonald. Mrs. Coo.
Marlatt, Mrs. Caine, Mrs. Cottrell
Mrs. Larson, Mrs. Coville, Mrs. Chill
colt, Miss Bertha Gericke. Mrs. c. r.
Ball, Mrs. Ray P. Teele. Mrs. Melvin
Merrill, Mrs. H. V. Harlan, Mrs
Edgerton. Miss Hessin. Mrs J. W.
Drake. Mrs. Frederick c. Hicks, Mrs
Cans, sister of Senator Curtis: Mrs
Adolphus Andrews, Mrs. Eugene
Meyer, Mrs. Merle Thorpe, Mrs Shell
don 8. Cline, Mrs. Homer Hoch. Miss
Hildegarde Kneeland, Mrs. f. S
Broussard, Mrs. Kyle, Mrs. Kinzer
and Mrs. A. f. Aldous.
The show will be open to the pub.
lie free each day from am. to pm.
as long as the flowers last.
Evening star., 1925-11-05

publlc, as the only debtor nation from
which concessions were withheld.
1t Is not beyond the range OF Dossi.
biiities that Italy's peculiar require.
ments. and some of her concrete nro.
posals, may induce the United States
to embark upon an entirely novel
form of debt liquidation by a debtor
country. One of Americas foremost
economic experts, Owen d. Young of
the Dawes Plan Commission, hinted
specifically at such a development In
public speech at New York in Nav
1925. He said:
The question Of discharging these
great international obligations with.
out impairment of good faith will, in
my view. he solved only by small and
simple and careful methods of expert
ment-wise and considerate action in
small fields. each one step toward
the goal. These will be much more
effective than the heated and contro-
versial debates which can lead only to
misunderstanding, consequent irrita-
tion and disaster"
Copyright, 1920
Evening star., 1925-11-05

The First Lady of the Land, Mrs.
Calvin Coolidge. surrounded by wives
of Cabinet members, exclaimed in de-
light todav AT The riot OF coloring and
beauty of blooms in the twenty-fourth
annual Mum" show of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. which will be
thrown open to the public tomorrow
morning at 2 O'Clock.
There was a private reception by
Secretary and Mrs. William NJ. Jar
dine this morning for an invited list
of some 100 leaders in Washingt on
society and families of prominent de
partment officials Mrs. Jardine was
assisted in receiving her guests by
Mrs. Dunlap. wife OF the Assista Mt
Secretary of Agriculture, Mrs W. A
Taylor. wife OF the chief of the Bureau
Of Plant Industry. and Miss Rita
Hume. niece of the Secretary and
Mrs. Jardine.
Mrs. Coolidge. accompa MED by Mrs
Everett Sanders. wife of the Presi
dents private secretary, and escorted
by Secretary Jardine. entered the
greenhouse where the exhibition is be-
ing held promptly at IL O'Clock. where
she found most of the Cabinet ladies
and a score of news photogra Pliers
awaiting her arrival.
Plant With 500 Blooms.
A novel feature of the show this
year is specimen plant of the
Smiths Sensation" Japanese variety
on which there are more than 500
blooms. This ia the first attempt made
To grow the big Japanese favorites in
bush form.
The Mrs. Calvin Coolidge" named
last year. proved to be one of the
most popular varieties in the show.
The Princess Adele" also named
last year. attracted much attention.
Mrs. Jardine named one of the
new Japanese chrysanthemums for
the Secretary. This is a maroon
colored bloom with an old gold re-
verse and tangly petals. She also
her mother. Della Lane Nebeker
apple shape with up-turning petals.
Mrs. Jardine named other pom
pom seedlings for her two daughters
for her niece and for the Secretary's
mother. The Marion Jardine' Is
blush pink flower with a silver
cast. and the Ruth Jardine" is
deep wine color bloom with a golden
heart The "Rebecca Dudley Jar
dine" named for the Secretary's
mother. is an enchantress pink of
rich fiorescence. The Rita Hulme"
is very unusual shade of bronze
yellow and one of the most beauti-
full of the new varieties in the show
this year for the first time.
Among those invited to the show
Evening star., 1925-11-05

think it over. But she hadn't fairly
started suspecting who could be caus-
ing all the disturbance when the
doorbell again buZzed. Out in front
Of the house stood three other cabs.
and once more the formula of Mr..
Foster-Columbia 297-J-3647 Thir-
teenth street" was gone through with.
And before 1t ended three more cabs
hove into sight and soon three more
puzzled taxi drivers were turned
away.
This was getting to he too much.
so Mrs. Stauffer called her husba nd.
but he knew nothing of the affair.
The end was not yet: answering the
bell once more. Mrs. Stauffer, her hat
Stili on and wearing a broad and eX-
pectant smile on her face. greeted a
tall, black CARRIED, solemn faced man,
who stood bareheaded and obsequious.
OUT in the street was parked nothing
less than an undertakers hearse.
Are you another taxi mani" Mrs.
Stauffer cried. laughinGiy.
Has Coffin Ready.
Startled, shocked by the reception
and at seeing face wreathed in
smiles instead of in tears and mourn
ing. the undertaken stammered. hesi-
tated, and finally said he was the man
who was sent by Mr.. Foster 4 us
ually bring the casket right on in
without ringing the hell" he said
but | wasn't quite sure Of the ad-
dress: is this 3647 ~
As the undertaken left. 4 neighbor-
hood grocer hustled into the yard car
rying what Mrs. Stauffer described as
barrel of groceries, all sent G. o. D.
BY this time there were large
number OF neishbors standing out in
their front yards. frankly enjoying
the situation. and many others secret
ly smiling from behind curtains. while
Mrs. Stauffer herself was forced to
laugh despite the lost days shopping
Real Coal ScOrned.
The climax came last night when a
chop suey restaurateur called to ask
IF it was 80 orders or IL orders of
chow meins that Mr. Foster had
ordered"
Then there was an anti-climaX thai
almost wax knockout blow to Mr..
Stauffer when he got home from. his
office: A coal dealer drove up with
TWO tons of anthra cite coal which he
attempted to deliver to Mr.. Foster:
There was one bit of sympathy.
however. on the part of the mysterious
Mr.. Foster. Some time last night he
left "a bouquet of American beauty
roses tied 10 the front door OF the
Stauffer residence bearing this note
we have sent YOU everything else
here are the flowers"
Evening star., 1925-11-05
CABS, CHOW MEIN, COFFIN, COAL
SHOWER PRACTICAL JOKE VICTIM
Fifteen Gallons of Ice Cream Is Sidetracked by Wari
ness Of Dealer, But Rest of testers Orders
Reach Home of Mrs. Ceve Stauffer

practical jokester, with a pen
chant for employing various and
sundry local merchants and taxicsb
concerns as tools in his machina-
tions. yesterday turned perfectly
lovely shopping day for Mrs. Cleve
II. Stauffer, 3647 Thirteenth street
into veritable bedlam. keeping her
distracted throughout the day, shoo-
ing away from her home all manner
of unwanted truCkmen. agents and
even solemnly insistent undertaken
Mrs. Stauffer had her hat all set
Tor trip to town yesterday morning
at o'clock when the jokester. who
posed as Il mysterious Mr.. Foster"
began his hewilderinE. irritating and
yet ludicrous tricks at the expense
of Mrs. Stauffer, the chagrin of local
merchants and the amusement of the
entire neighborhood.
\ determined search with the aid
oil telephone operators. local mer-
chants and Mr.. and Mrs. Stauffer to
uncover the identity of the one play
ing the trick had failed today.
Ice Cream Concern Wary.
The telephone rang Justify at the
morning and voice inquired lis this
Columbia Pol - 3647 Thirteenth
street? Well. did YOU order Is gal
Ions of ice cream" voice from an
ice cream firm asked.
why. no, don't know anything
about it," Mrs. Stauffer protested
But isn't this 3647 Thirteenth
street, the clerk asked Mr. Foster
gave us an order To send YOU IL gal
Ions of cream on COD. order We
called to make sure because of the
size of the order going to a private
residence"
Still pondering whether her hus-
band had given the order and the
merchant had gotten the name con
fused. Mrs. Stauffer cancelled the
order and again started to town. But
she was met at her doorstep by
driver of taNicab. who announced:
cab for Mr.. Foster" and again Mrs.
Stauffer was nonplussed
Isn't this 3647 Thirteenth street
num- the man asked Il was sent
for a Mr. Foster-and there will he
three more cabs along in minute
WHAT Mrs Stauffer gasped.
Why there is no Mr.. Foster here
and | didn't order
Ten TayiS Arrive.
But her words were cut off sudden
ly as she sighted a fleet of three more
taxis swerving around the corner and
heading for her residence.
Peremptorily. but smilingly. dis
missing the taxis, Mrs. Stauffer re-
turned TO the seclusion of her home to
Evening star., 1925-11-05
KELLOGG is REELECTED.
Continues Chairman of Pan-Ameri.
can Governing Board.

The governing board of the Pan
American Union yesterday reelected
Secretary of State kellogg to serve
another term as chairman of the body
Francisco Sanchez Latour. Minister OF
Guatemala, was elected vice chairman, n,
succeeding Minister Narela of Uru-
quay.
The date for the sixth Pan American
conference was set for January 16,
1928. at Havana, Cuba. 1t was de-
cided to call the eighth Pan-American
conference of directing heads Of
Public Health Services at Washington,
September 80 to October 2, 1925.
Evening star., 1925-11-05

of Italy to pay, the extremely unfav-
orabe exchange situation in which
Italy finds herself, and the problem
of getting, if possible, additional light
on the whole question.
Both Sides Hopeful
A joint session of the two commits
sions will not be called until the joint
committees have something to report
There was nothing definite this morn
ing to ipdicate when this would be-
There were elements on both sides
today which professed to see some
hope in the situation, as there exists
q high respect on the part of each
for the other, and the two commits
sions, it was further understood from
q reliable source, have come to a prac-
tical agreement over the general
problem of Italy's capacityS to pay.
The Italian documents presenting
Italy's capacity have practically been
agreed to by the American commits
sion as representing very similar
picture Of Italian conditions as have
been found by the American Govern
ment through it's own investigation.
1t has been taken for granted that
in any agreement there would be
more lenient terms during the first
few wears than have been included in
every other agreement signed.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
MITCHELL REDUCES
LIST OF WITNESSES
Papers Relating to Aviation
to Be Given to Defense in
Compromise.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Further compromises in the matter
of witnesses and documentary evil
dence were made today between the
prosecution and defense counsel of
the court martial trial of Col. VIII
liam Mitchell. accused of conduct
prejudlcial to good order and mill
larN discipline.
Col. Mitchell agreed Ia Withdraw
requests for subpoenas for Mai. Gen.
Robert G. Davis, Adjutant General
of the Army: Rear Admiral Hilary
y. Jones. head of the Navy General
Board and president OF the Shenan-
doah inquiry court, md Maj. a "
kroestad of Luke Field. Honolulu
AT the same time Lieut.. Col Joseph
/. McMullen, assistant trial judge ad-
vocate, obtained the consent OF the
White House and War. Navy and
Agricultural Departments that docu.
ments in their possession relating to
aviation he turned over to the defense
counsel.
PAY OWN ,E\PE\SES.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
400 FEDERAL WORKERS
LOSE JOBS IN SEPTEMBER
Greatest Number of Reductions in
Census Bureau, Civil Service
Report Shows.

Government employees in the Dis
trict of Columbia totaled 62,519 on
September 80. a reduction Of 490 over
the number at the end Of the preced-
ing month, the Civil Service Commits
sion announced today. During Sep
tember there were l,2S3 separations
and 793 additions to the pay roll.
The largest turnover came in the
Commerce Department. where reduc-
tions were effected in the Census Bu-
reau. The figures for the Commerce
Department showed 1874 additions and
262 separations, net loss of 12S.
Evening star., 1925-11-05

iiOlll dSSJ
Fine Arts Commission as to its suit
ability in the restoration of the old
equipment of the mansion.
G. A. II. Protests.
Protests Of what are described as
plans for establishing "a shrine to
Gen. Robert f. Lee in the National
Arlington Cemetery" have been re-
ceiyed at the War Department from
the Grand Army of the Republic, as
an organization and from the District
of Columbia department.
Attention of the Secretary of War
also has been directed to the recently
published statement of Mrs. John
Mason Of Leesburg, Va. that the
United Daughters Of the Confederacy.
already have the most appropriate
Lee Shrine" at Lexington. Va. 'in
the little chapel where Gen. Lee, being
president of the college, had morning
prayers daily with the students of
Washington and Lee College now
university. and in which his ma uso-
leum Is locat ted" In her statemen Mt
Mrs. Mason also pointed out that the
Arlington Mansion was never owned
by Gen. r. E. Lee, but was willed to
his wife by her father, G. w. P,
Gusts. and therefore could not be a
suitable PLACE Tor Lee Shrine"
Evening star., 1925-11-05
BRYAN MORSE LEADS
IN SCRIBE TOURNEY
81 Best Score Turned in So Far
in Newspaper Mems
Golf Contest.

Bryan Morse Of the Washington
Herald led a field Of 40 contestants up
to o'clock today in the annual Fall
golf tournament of the Washington
Newspa per Golf Club. Morse had a
score of 81 for the difficult course of
the Congressional Country Club.
where the tournament is being played.
Other early scores follow:
Avery Marks. 104; Guy D. McKin-
ney. 1os; John T. Lambert. 10: Roy
Roberts. 116: Edwin w. Cableman.
III: j. G. Hayden, 12s; W. J. Donald
son, 1876.
Evening star., 1925-11-05
Charge Murder Of Baby.
oecial Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, November s.
Charged with killing his 3-month old
son by throwing him on the floor.
September 2S last, Greenbury Thomas $,
coiored, was put on trial for murder
IN the local court this morning. The
defense will he insanity