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Evening star., 1925-02-28
CLASH DELAYS BILL
FOR WOMAN'S BUREAU
Hill and Blanton in Wrangle, Pre-
venting Action on Unanimous
Consent Measure.

A verbal clash between Representa-
tive Hill of Maryland and Representa-
tive Blanton of Texas prevented pas
sage in the House today on the
unanimous consent agreement of the
bill which would give the Woman's s
Bureau of the Police Department per-
manent status by law and increase
the personnel from 20 to 80 and ulti-
mately to As policewomen.
Yesterday Representative Blanton
objected to consideration of a bill ia
thered by Representative Hill which
would give Maryland an additional
Federal judge. When Representative
Blanton's bill to give legal status to
the policewomen was called up to-
day Representative Hill promptly OBJ
jected to unanimous consent consid-
Grafton, but assured Mr.. BIanton that
he would withdraw his objection if
he would accept as an amendment on
his bill the Hill proposal for an ad-
ditional Maryland judge.
refused to entertain this proposition,
and while he was yelling his de-
nouncement on the floor Representa-
tive Hill was trying to outyell him
in an appeal to the chair for order.
that the members might hear what
the Representative from Texas was
saying.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
TAXATION IS STUDIED.
France Wants to See What others
Pay.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associa ted Press
PARIS, February 2S.-The subcom-
mittee of the Chamber of Deputies
report of the government on the set
tlement of Frances foreign debts to
the United States and Great Britain
is Investigating taxes in foreign
countries.
The committee says that consider
ing figures recently published abroad
concerning taxes paid by Frenchmen,
Germans, Englishmen and Americans
do not correspond with facts" it has
asked Deputy Bedouce to prepare a
report on the situation, giving the
relative percentage of taxes paid in
each country, taking into account the
cost of living and the value of the
country's currency on the worlds ex-
change market.
Speaking before the Senate foreign
affairs committee yesterday evening
regarding interallied debts, Premie
Herriot said most cordial negotia- =
tons were being conducted with Grea t
Britain and the United States, but
that the status remained the same as
last year.
Relative to the question of security
from aggression, the premier said it
appeared that the moment was ap-
preaching when the allies would have
to get together on the procedure and
conditions of negotiations which had
become Indispensable.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
NEW CHARGES HALT
VETERANS INQUIRY
Nolan, Murphy and SiegaI
Refuse Further Testimony,
Fearing determination.

Confronted with new charges, Off
cials of the National Disabled Sol
diers' League today declined to tes-
tify further before a House investi-
eating committee on the ground that
it would tend to incriminate them.
Abner Siegal, counsel for the
league, withdrew from the committee
room after his name had been linked
in the testimony with charges relat-
ing to narcotic handling and fake
deal" to construct a hospital, and
later John T. Nolan, the leagues ma
tional commander. and Kenneth d.
Murphy, its adjutant, refused to take
the stand for further questioning.
AS he departed Siegal shouted that
the committee was unfair, that he
was being insulted by perjured tes-
timony and that he authorized all
league witnesses not to testify be-
cause it might tend to incriminate
them. Nolan and Murphy availed
themselves of that plea a little later
with the added declaration that they
could not submit to ques tioning in
the absence of their counsel, and then
withdrew.
Siegars name was brought into the
testimony by NJ. p. McInerney, a Vet
erans' Bureau Investigator, who said
he had been told by Walter A. Sher-
win, Washington real estate man, of
a proposal to undertake construction
of a hospital in the Capital, and then
abandon it after collecting money
through a Christmas hospital fund
appeal. The subject first was broach-
ed the witness said, by a man named
Ballou, who said he was connected
with the league, and who later intro
duced Sherwin to Siegal.
Ballou, according to the story, like
wise had talked about making money
by smuggling Chinese into the
country. McInerney added that
Siegal had been interested in narcotic
handling.
Sherwin also took the stand and
told of receiving the hospital proposal
from Ballou and of pretending to be
interested in it in order to secure
further evidence. He said Ballou
talked 1t over with him at a later
meeting at which Siegal was present.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
Conference Report Accepted
by Senate and Measure
Goes to President.
NO SPEED LIMIT GIVEN
FOR OUTLYING SECTIONS
100 Extra Police, 2 Judges and
Director Provided-Effective
60 Days After Signing.

After a stormy voyage the District
traffic bill has come safely into port.
The Senate today agreed to the CON
ference report, following similar ac-
tion by the House, and the measure
will be sent to the President for his
signature.
In order to clear up misunderstood =
ing regarding the new speed limit of
% miles an hour, contained in the
bill. Senator Ball of Delaware, chair
man of the Senate District committee,
today pointed out that while the
limit was % miles an hour in the
city proper, no limit was set for the
outlying section, and none was in
tended to be set by the conferees.
The reckless driving clause VIII
cover the speed question adequately
in the suburbs, Senator Ball said.
speed Set at ~ Miles.
Under the terms of the provision
relating to speed" said Senator Ball.
the limit will be % miles an hour
in the congested and thickly settled
portions of the city, but it was the
limit in the suburbs. and to give the
the city limit only on arterial high =
ways which may be created.
The joint committee in it's DELHI
erations set IS miles an hour as the
limit anywhere in Washington. The
Senate changed that to 80, while the
House cut it down to %.
When the conferees met il was my
contention and the contention of
others of the conferees that an arbi-
trary speed limit of % miles an hour,
as amended by the House, would not
be wise. On motion of Representa-
tive Blanton of Texas an amendment
was added, which reads: The speed
limit shall be % miles an hour, eX-
cept in the outlying sections and on
such arterial highways as the director
may designate"
In the press of Washington | have
noticed that this amendment has been
construed to mean that the director may
set higher speed limits in outlying sec
tions and arterial highways. but it can
clearly be seen by the proper interpreta-
ton OF the amendment that the direc-
tors authority covers designation of
arterial highways and speed thereon
only.
'It IS the intention of the conferees
that the reckless driving clause shall
control speed in the suburbs of the city
and l believe that this is the way it
should be. To my mind Mr.. Blanton's g
amendment was the solution of the con-
troversy on the speed question.
There are plenty Of places in the Dis
trict where a speed of 80 miles an hour
Continued on Page 4. Column IL
Evening star., 1925-02-28
FIVE CHILDREN DIE
IN FARMHOUSE FIRE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
EASTON, Md, February 2S.-Five
children of Benjamin Wilson, ranging
in ages from to years, were burned
in the Wilson home, six miles west of
here, last night.
Wilson and his wife and oldest child
a girl OF 10 years. had left the home
and gone to another part of the farm,
which is owned by Mrs. j. !. Taylor
1t is believed they expected to return
within a short time.
Thomas Lyons, a neighbor, saw
bright glow in the direction of the
small farmhouse about 9 o'clock, and
went there to offer aid. He discovered
the structure in smoldering ruins.
Investigation this morning revealed
the charred bodies of the five chill
dren. Officers and the Talbot County
coroner have gone to the scene. 1t is
reported that Wilson and his wife and
daughter upon discovering the havoc
of the farm went to neighbor's
home in their distress and are
stricken with grief
Evening star., 1925-02-28
NAME LONGWORTH
FOR SPEAKERSH|P
Republicans Pick TiIson, Con-
neCtiCut, to Succeed
0hioan as Leader.

Nicholas Longworth of Ohio will
preside as Speaker of the House in
the SiXty-ninth Congress and John
Q. Tilson of Connecticut will be the
Republican floor leader.
The present majority leader was
selected by Republican members
elect of the House in caucus last
night as their candidate for Speaker
on the first ballot by vote of 40
to s.. AS the caucus decision binds
the majority members to vote for
the candidate when the House organ
ICES and the Republicans have clear
cut majority, his election TO the
speakership is certain.
Martin b Madden of Illinois. for
whom S5 votes We're cast, immediate
ly offered a motion by which the
selection of Mr.. LongwOrth was made
The choice of Mr. Tilson
was by acclamation.
Insurgents Excluded.
Although a move. quickly squelched
by opposition, was made to permit
in the caucus of two of
the dozen followers of Senator La
Toilette who We're excluded, none of
the exclusion edict of Republican
leaders. Representatives Lampert of
Wisconsin and Keller of Minnesota
We're the two members for whom a
move was made to restore them to
good standing in party councils.
representative Britten of Illinois
proposed that Mr.. Lampert be ad-
mitted to the caucus. He said the
Wisconsin Representative was wait
ing in his office for word from the
meeting and had assured him that
during the recent campaign he had
shown no open hostility to the Re
publican national ticket.
Representative Newton of Mime
sofa urged similar treatment for Mr..
Keller, but opposition quickly de-
veloped to both requests, Chairman
Smell of the rules committee, intro
ducing a resolution proposing that
the roll al Republican caucuses in the
House be restricted during the Sixty
ninth Congress to members who sup
ported the Republican presidential
and vice presidential nominees in the
1924 campaign.
A point of order was made against
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Evening star., 1925-02-28
5000 OIL WORKERS QUIT.
Move to Break Strike in Mexican
Field Fails.

MEXICO CITY. February 2S.-Five
thousand workers are on strike in the
oil fields of the Huasteca Oil Co. in
Tampico and Vera Cruz.
The company arranged with the
Sindicato Unico de Petroleo a week
ago for men to take the places of a
few strikers at Cerro Azul, but the
workers in other camps Immediately
walked out
Evening star., 1925-02-28
WARS ON "AGRARIANS."
Mexico to Eject Fakers From
Seized Properties.

MEXICO CITY, February 2S.-The
department of the interior has order
ed a number of false agrarians"
elected from ranches they seized in
Aeuascalientes. A Investigation dis
closed that these persons had no
claims to the properties, and the mill
tary commander in Aguascalientes
has received instructions to recover
the ranches.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
WORLD COURT SHELVED.
Question Brought Up in Senate and
Is Quickly Put Aside.

Adherence of the United States to
the World Court came up in the
Senate last night, but was put aside
SO quickly that few Sena tors realized
the subject had been broached.
When the Court proposal of Sena-
tor Pepper, Republican, Pennsylvania,
was reached on the calendar, Senator
King, Democrat, Utah, suggested the
objection he had made against it's
copsiG Geration wou, be withdrawn IF
the original Harding plan is substi-
tuted."
Not my objection" interjected
Cha irman RoTah of the foreign rela-
tions committee, and the proposal
went back to the calendar.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
HOP FROM MICHIGAN.
Cold Causes Trouble In Starting
Engines

SELFRIDGE FIELD, Mich, Febru-
airy 2S.-Planes of the first pursuit
group, making a dawn-to- dusk fight
to Miami, got into the air at 6:34 this
morning. Because it still was dark,
orders were given to follow the De-
troit River lights to Toledo, then to
cut across country to Wilbur Wright
Field at Dayton.
The planes left the field in groups
of three, taking a V-shaped fornfa-
tion as soon as they got their bear
ings in the air. 1t was still so dark
when the last planes left that they
were invisible to the watchers as
soon as they left the rays of the f1oo6
lights on the field. The start was
without incident, except for slight
trouble in warming up the engines
because of the intense cold.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
MEXICO CLASH FEARED.
Troops Ready to Act in Strike of
Tramway Workers..

MEXICO CITY. February 2S.-The
government has ordered the police to
remain in their barracks. ready to
quell any disorders arising from the
strike on the Mexico City tramways.
set to begin at midnight tonight
The strike has been declared by the
Tramway Workers Alliance This
organization is opposed by the Tram
way Workers Syndicalst Union,
which is equally set upon keeping the
street cars running. Clashes between
the groups ase feared
The tramwayS are owned by
Canadian interests.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
CONFER ON D. C. BILL.
Committee Members Take UT
Lump-Sum Issue.

Conferees of the House and Senate
are resuming meetings this afternoon
on the District appropriations bill.
The only item now in dispute is
amount of the lump sum, the House
contending for 100000 and the Sem
ate for $11 ,000, 900 from the Govern
ment.
An agreement is expected to be
reached at today's meeting, in order
that the bill may pass.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
Refuses Holiday, Killed.

SCRANTON. Pa, February 2S.-
Joseph Gaughan of Archibald, Pa, be-
came 81 years of age today and his
parents suggested that he remain
from work and make 1t a holiday. but
the youth only laughed. few hours
later Gaughan was struck by a run
away coal car in a Hudson Coal Co.
mine and died as his father and other
workmen picked UP his crushed form.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
300 BELIEVED HURT
IN POWDER BLAST
Forty Tons of Explosive, Gasoline
and Kerosene Ignited
on Island.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
RIO JANEIRO, February 2S.-Al-
though it was impossible early this
morning to estimate the casualties,
1T is believed that more than 800 per-
sons were injured and several lives
lost in the explosion yesterday after
noon on Caju Island, near Ntctheroy.
Forty tons of powder, imported
from the United States, and quanti
ties of gasoline and kerosene were
stored on the island. and the eXplo-
sion is believed to have been caused
by ignition from the two lighters
which caught fire yesterday morning
while anchored near the storage
house.
A feet of ambulances was dis
patched last night from Rio Janeiro
TO Nictheroy on ferryboats.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
GUEST OF PRESIDENT.

Mrs r. B. Hills, an old friend of
President and Mrs. Coolidge, whose
home is on the opposite side of the
street from the Coolidge home at
Northampton, is a guest at the White
House, where she will remain until
after the inaugural ceremonies.
Mrs Hills accompanied Mrs. A. /.
Goodhue, mother of Mrs. Coolidge,
from Northampton to Washington.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
COOLIDGE APPROVES
TWOEXTRA STANDS
Sanctions Building of More
Seats for inaugural
Procession.

Authorization for thes construction
of additional reviewing stands has
been obtained from President Cool
idge. and work on two structures on
the south side of Pennsylvania avenue
in front of the White House, with a
possible total capacity of 5000 per-
sons, was begun today.
Tickets for these seats will be placed
on sale at the headquarters of the
Washington inaugural committee, in
the Gridiron Club room of the Willard
Hote, early Monday morning. Reser-
vations made before that time must
be taken up Immediately after the
sale of tickets begins, it was an
nounced.
The contractor in charge of the
stands has orders to build only 1000
additional seats now. If the demands
are as large as the committee expects,
however. another 1000 will be added,
and the plans are so arranged that
5000 more seats can be added IN time
for the parade Wednesday afternoon.
which promises to be one Of intense
attractiveness despite its compara-
lively limited size.
Stand About Sold Out.
Virtually the entire stand along La
fayette Square has been sold out now,
IL was announced. A number of per-
sons who asked for reservations have
been Informed that they must call for
their tickets by Monday noon or they
will be placed on sale with those for
the new stands. Out-of-town pur-
chasers who sent checks, however,
may call for their tickets later.
When the. sale of seats for the
first stand was opened Thursday
there was a long line waiting to
pick out the choice places before the
pasteboards even arrived The same
thing is expected this time and per-
sons who wish to get the best points
of vantage must be at the Gridiron
Club room early, members OF the COM
mittee supervising the stands an
nounced.
The decision to have additional
stands on the south side of Penn
sylvania avenue virtually makes the
space in front of the White House
court of honor. The north stands,
painted the inaugural buff and blue.
stretch the entire length OF Lafay-
White House on the south side will
be the Presidents reviewing stand,
with the south stands stretching out
on either side of it.
Cadets to Be Ushers.
The decision also gives the cadets
of the Washington high schools their
long delayed opportunity to take
some part in the inaugural ceremo-
nies. Officers of the cadet corps are
Continued on Page 2, Column S.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
Z CRIPPLED PLANES
DELAY MIAMI TRIP
One Crashes at Dayton, But
Pilot Escapes-Determin
to Finish Flight.
BIZ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WILBUR WRIGHT FIELD, DAY
TON, Ohio. February 2s.-Grim deter
mination was written on the faces of
10 Army air pilots of the first pursuit
group who took off here at 9:55 am
intent on reaching Miami, Fla, yet
today, thereby demonstrating the
ability of pursuit groups to function
as fighting unit under extreme cold
weather as well as in Summer tenn
peratures. all within day.
Fate did not deal kindly with Ma j.
Thomas G. Lanphier, commander of
the IL PW-S Curtis planes which left
Selfridge Field with the temperature
lowering near zero early today. First,
the ship piloted by Lieut.. E. c. White
head nosed over when it struck a rut
landing here. The plane was wrecked,
but Lieut. Whitehead escaped injury.
Second, with all of the II ships
serviced and motors of 10 of them
running, the 12-cylinder power plant
in Maj. Lanphier's plane proved balky,
due to a dead magnetic.
Delayed Nearly Two Hours.
+ After many mechanics had worked
franticalfy, a new magnetic was in
stalled, and 10 of the group left here
fully an hour and 40 minutes behind
the contemplated schedule. Shortly
before ~ o CLOCK a new snip arrived
here from Selfridge Field for Lieut..
Whitehead, who will resume the fight
with Lieut.. l.. c. Hurd in another
plane as a companion.
Maj. Lanphier was enthusiastic
over the prospects of success of the
flight on his arrival h9re at 7:15 am,
but with the delay this gave way to
determinat ton, which became more pro-
nounced just before the start.
I'VE will do it even if we have to
fly part of the way after night" he
declared. as he climbed into the cock
pit of his ship.
The next stop is at Macon. Ca, ap-
proximately 500 miles from here.
From there to Miami, it is slightly
more than 500 miles.
The first 200 miles were covered
in l hour and 45 minutes.
1t had been planned to substitute
water for an anti-freeZe solution in
the cooling systems of the motors here.
but as the temperature stood at 16
above zero it was abandoned.
The flyers will doff their fur lined
flying suits at Macon and don lighter
garments.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
APPROVES DEBT CLAIM.
Senate Passes Bill Awarding $131,

The Senate last night passed a bill
awarding $4,000 to the estate of
Haller Mutt, Civil War planter of
Louisiana and Mississippi, for de-
struction of a cotton gin mill and 700
bales of cotton while the property
was in possession of the Union forces
Mutt was a Northern sympathizer.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
CANCER IN MICE CURBED
BY DOSING WITH INSULIN
Prevents Recurrence of Disease in
Half of Gases, Vienna
Physician Reports.
BY the Associated Press

VIENNA, February 2S-SuccessfuI
use of insulin in preventing the re-
currence of cancer in mice is re-
ported in a paper read by Prof
Friedrich Silberstein of the Vienna
Institute of Experimental Pathology
before the medical association here.
He described how he had verified
by countless experiments on mice
that when they were treated with
maximum supportable doses of insulin
after the excision of their carcinoma
no relapse of the malady was OBJ
servable in so per cent of the cases.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
a CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE.
Parents and Four Others Escape
as Home Is Swept.

HOUSTON, Tex. February 2S.-
Four children of Mr.. and Mrs Merl
Corson, who live near Pearland. Tex,
were burned to death today when
their home was destroyed by fire.
The parents were injured in jumping
from a second story porch. Four
other children escaped
The origin OF the nre has not been
determined
Evening star., 1925-02-28
''Fair and Cool"
Qualified Pledge
For Inauguration

Fair and rather cool weather
was forecast by the Weather Bu-
reau today for President Cool
idges inauguration.
Although the forecasters said ii
was too early to make any definite
representation, study of general
conditions over the East prompted
them to include this line in the usual
weekly forecast:
Indications at this time are for
fair and rather cool weather in
Washington March 4.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
Osborne Wood Leaves Barcelona.

BARCELONA. Spain, February IS
Osborne c. Wood, the former Ameri-
can Army officer, whose financial ope-
rations have been the subject of wide
publicity recently, left Barcelona this
afternoon, giving Valencia as his des-
tination.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
HERR|OT CONVINCED
ITALY WILL NOT PAY
Says RumanIa Also Will Re-
pudiate War DebtS-CaIIS
for Concessions.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

BY Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily News
PARIS. February 2S-Premiar Her
riot gave the Senators of the foreign
affairs commission the somewhat
startling news Friday that neither
Italy nor Rumania intends repaying
its war debts Consequently, at the
coming debt-funding conference, he
said. France must be careful to see that
the debts of those two countries are
not written against her.
Premier Herriot emphatically re-
pested the statement that France
does not intend to repudiate her debts.
but said that before any settlement is
made the number of the Dawes an
nuities must be fixed, and the yearly
sums which France repay To her cred
itors must concur with the sums
France is TO receive from Germany.
Wants Debt Cut.
On the other hand, he emphasized
the necessity for Frances obtaining
from Great Britain and the United
States a reduction of her debts, sim
liar TO the one she granted Germany.
Regarding the German disarma-
ment problem. NJ. Herriot indicated
that Marshal Foch will have d report
ready Monday.
The French premier, who has been
informed that the opposition in the
dominions has made 1t impossible for
the British to sign a guarantee pact
for Belgium, France and the Eastern
allies. but that Great Britain is
willing to sign pact which should
include Germany, is now examining
the propositions made to France by
Germany when Herr Cuno was chan
cellor These propositions were:
The demilitarizati ton of the Rhine
border for a period of 80 years.
No aggression by either country
without a public referendum.
The recognition of the present
western frontiers of France.
Copyright. 1925, by Chicago Daily News Coz
TAXATION IS STUDIED.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
WEATHER.

~. s. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Increasing cloudiness and warmer to-
night; lowest tonight about % degrees;
tomorrow unsettled and warmer, fol-
lowed by rain Highest, SO, at pm.
yesterday; lowest. is, at am. today.
Full report on page Z.
Evening star., 1925-02-28

The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1925-02-28
Radio Programs-Page e.

Continued on Page ,, Column p
Evening star., 1925-02-28

CONTINUED on Page 2, Column s,
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CONTINUED on Page 4, Column 1.)
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