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Evening star., 1925-01-21
SHOALS BILL WAITS
/. ON SENATE ACTION
House Committee Wants to
Be Assured ConfereeS
Will Be Friendly.

The House rules committee met today,
but held in allegiance action on a rule
to refer the Underwood Muscle Shoals
bin TO conference pending more def
mite assurance from the Senate that
friendly cOuferees will be appointed to
represent that body.
Chairman Smell said he looked for
some action this week to start the bill
on it's legislative course. He declared
the House leaders were anxious to get
final action on Muscle Shoals legislation
at this session
While the House leaders agree that
the next legislative step must be taken
by the House, they contend it would
be useless to send the bill to conference
unless the conferees felt friendly toward
the bill
Other Course Outlined.
The other course would be to
refer it to the House military COM
mttee but if this Is done Representa-
tive Longworth, the majority leader,
said sufficient time does not remain
to permit final action on the measure
at this session.
Although both Senate and House
leaders have agreed to attempt to
get the bill straight into conference,
the House leaders have expressed dis
satisfaction with the present status
of the question in the Senate.
Senate leaders have centered on a
plan which they hope will mean the
appointment OF supporters Of the bill
as Conferees, but the House leaders
wish TO learn if their plan will be
successful before making move.
IL the leaders succeed in their ef-
forts the bill win be referred to con-
ference composed of the following con-
ferees:
For the Senate: Senators Mckinley,
Illinois: Keys, New Hampshire, Re-
publicans, and Harrison, Mississippi.
Democrat, members of the Senate
agriculture committee.
For the House: Chairman McKen-
zie of the House military committee,
Representatives NORM, Pennsylvania
Quin Mississippi, ranking Republican
and Democratic members Of the COM
mittee.
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plicit. AS for the United States. IT
rejected all sections Of the Versailles
treaty which related In any way to
penalties for non-collection. Mr..
Hughes, therefore, does not consider
in view of the American record that
signature to the Paris agreement or
any other can supersede the treaty
of Berlin. which outlines the Ameri-
can position toward the penalty
clauses of the Versailles treaty and
embodies only those sections which
We're deemed acceptable to America.
Nothing in the Paris agreement re-
fers to collection of debts. The Yer
sailles treaty takes care of that and
the Preparations Commission provides
the machinery for deciding when pen
alties shall be imposed.
L. s. Grants Explained.
What did America obtain besides the
arrangement whereby Germany is to
pay sums due for the Army of Occu-
patton and other claims? The Paris
agreement uses these words: The
United States of America is recognized
as having an interest proportionate
to it's Il per cent interest in the part OF
the annuities available for reparations.
in any distribution of railway bonds.
industrial or other bonds, issued by
the Dawes plan, or in the proceeds of
all sales of undistributed bonds, and
as having the right also to share In
the proceeds of any sales Of bonds for
any arrears that may be due the United
States in respect to repayment of its
Army costs, as provided in the present
arrangement, and the United States of
| America is also recognized as having
an interest in any other disposition
| that may be made of bonds if not sold
or distributed"
The foregoing is construed as a
definite recognition at last by the
allies of the treaty of Berlin, which
! hitherto has been regarded as simply
a contract between Germany and the
| United States, but not as necessarily
! binding the allied powers. Techni-
| cally, the allies have not yet accept
ed the treaty of Berlin, but the Paris
| agreement follows an argument made
by the United States demanding rec
| ognition of its right, under the treaty
| OF Berlin, so all future controversial.
will start with the premise that the
allies have accepted Americas prin.
| cipaI contention
/ When the allies formally recog.
| nize Americas right to a share ii
| the Dawes annuity they may not say
| they are doing 1t by virtue of tht
| Berlin treaty, but to all intents anc
| purposes they are recognizing tha
| treaty, for since the United State!
| didn't ratify the Versailles treaty, tn,
| only other pact which embodies TIL.
| formal claim Of the United States t<
| O nsrticipation in the distribution o.
| Germany's assets is the Berlin treaty
see United States Victory.
On the whole, the lawyers in tn.
| Denartment of State feel America ha;
| won a great legal battle. AS for TIL,
endeavor of the 'frreconcilables" tc
read into he Paris agreement som,
| implied obligation to collect debts
| they will look long and have to built
up considerable hypothesis to bacl
| UP their Interpretation, and then i
will be open to American public opin
| ion to decide the merits of the issu,
| for the full text of the Paris agree
ment will soon be transmitted to tn,
Senate
Evening star., 1925-01-21
FEDERAL WORKERS
BILLS HAVE CHANCE
RecIassifying and Retirement
Proposals Hindered, How
ever, by Lack of Time.

Senator Sterling Of South Dakota,
former chairman of the Senate civil
service committee, who has been han
ding the Lehbach reclassification
bin in the Senate, said at the White
House today that It is his opinion
the measure has fifty-fifty chance
to pass this session.
The principal difficulty, according to
the South Dakota Senator, is to get
time allotted for consideration of
the bill, which, among other things
proposes the transfer OF the functions
of the Personnel Classification Board
to the Civil Service Commission. In
his opinion majority of the Sena-
tors favor the measure, and he has
no doubt about the passage If he can
ever get it 10 a vote He admitted
that Senator Smoot is strongly on
posing the legislation.
Senator Sterling believes that there
will be no difficulty in passing
amendments to the civil service re
tirement act, also known as a Lehl-
bach measure. There is little or no
opposition 10 this, and if the time
necessary for its consideration can
be obtained he is sure that it will
carry.
Senator Sterling did not discuss
these matters with the President to-
House had to do with a request for
the establishment of a veterans tn
bercular hospital at Hot Springs, <
Oak. He was a member of the dele
cation from his State, composed or
Senator Norbeck and Representative
Johnson, Christophersen and WI
Hanson and former Representative +.
w. Martin.
Congress appropriated $1,000. 600
for the construction Of a tuberculosis
hospital in the tenth district, which
comprises South Dakota and Mime
sofa. 1nasmuch as there is already a.
general veterans hospital at Hot
Springs, the South Dakota delegation
urged the President to direct the
Veterans Bureau authorities 10 build
a new hospital at Hot Springs.
Alexander Z. Moore OF Pittsburgh,
amba ssador to Spain, who is in this
country on a holiday. called on
President Coolidge today to pay his
respects. Mr.. Moore said afterwards
that he had nothing of any import
ance TO take UP with the President
and that he intended to remain in
this country until after the in
auguration.
William Green, who succeeded
Samuel Gompers as president of the
American Federation Of Labor, also
called At the White House today for
the first time since being elected to
his new office. He said he did not
discuss labor problems with the
Executive, but called merely to pay
his respects.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
French Expedition
again Goes across
Sahara by Tractor
BY the ssocia ted Press.

By the Associa ted Press.
PARIS, January 21-While Capt.
Georges Pelletier DOisy and his fell
low aviators Of the trans -saharan
aerial expedition are still held by
fog near Bourges, the automobile
magnate Citroen has received word
that his second caterpillar car ex-
pedition has reached the frontier of
Belgian Congo.
The motorists Travelled nearly $500
miles, studied chronological types in
the Lake Tchad region of the Central
Sudan and visited several of the
islands in the lake, photographing
the black pirates, the "Boudoumas'
who terrorized the region before it's
pacifieation by the French
The members Of the expedition
plan to remain few days at Stan
leysville before exploring the Bel
gian Congo frontier region.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
HERR|OT TO GIVE
VIEWS ON DEBTS
Pronouncement Is Expected
This Week-Issue Is
Raised by Deputy.
BY the Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 21.-An effort by
the opposition to draw forth a state
ment from Premier Herriot on the
interallied debt question failed In the
Cha mber of Deputies today durin &
the debate on the governments for
e1gn policy. The premier, however,
1t was stated, Will include the subject
of the interallied debts in the declar-
alton concerning his minstry's for
etgn policy, which he will make in
the course of the present discussion,
expected to last until the end of the
week
The subject was brought up by
Deputy Louis Marin, former under
secretary Of state, now member of
the opposition. He called upon the
premier to make "A formal declara-
tfon in order ito acquaint the entire
world with the French viewpoint"
In making this plea Deputy Marin
said:
In catastrophe such as the late
war the nations which had the good
fortune to suffer neither invasion nor
excessive loss of human lives should
contribute their money to the COM
mon cause. Money accounts cannot
be settled without taking into con-
sfderation sacrifices of human lives.
Parallel Is Cited.
"In 1928. England did not ask for
the reimburseme of any sums ad-
vanced to Germany and Austria for
the purpose of fighting France, while
her then allies occupied French ter
ritory and remained until entire pay
ment of war indemnities was made.
''In 1920, the Lloyd George govern
ment was ready to cancel all the
allied debts owed England, but re-
Trained merely because 1t was not de-
sirous of creating a precedent to
which the American Government
might object.
In America all thinkers who are
aware that during the war the United
States acted on behalf of the uni
versal conscience for the right favor
the cancellation of war debts
Deputy Marin read extracts from a
speech recently delivered by a mem
ber Of Congress from Massachusetts,
and emphasized the members sugges-
tion that France must be accorded
preferential treatment,
Evening star., 1925-01-21
IRRIGATION PLEA DENIED.
Secretary Work Refuses Extension
on Arizona Project.

Secretary Work today denied the
application of the Verde River irriga-
tion and power district of Arizona
for another years extension of it's
permit to finance and develop 100,-
000-acre project.
Secretary Work today said the ex-
tension does not appear to be war
ranted and would not be in the inter-
est of parties concerned, including the
settlers and land owners In the dis
$rict.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
HAYES IS INDICTED
IN MANSLAUGHTER
Accused of Killing Man With
Auto-Grand Jury Re-
turns Other Bills.

stuart = Hayes was indicted today
on charge of manslaughter growing
out of the death of Ralph Alberti,
January 10. Hayes is said to have
run his automobile into a group of
people waiting for a car at Fifteenth
and F streets, within the safety zone.
after he had been hailed by Police
man Howell d. Thomas for excessive
driving. Alberti was killed, whila
other persons narrowly escaped in
jury, it is charged
Police assert that Hayes had been
drinking, and that after disregardtnE
the poltceman's order to stop ran into
the group in the safety zone dragged
AlbeTti for some distance, then pro-
ceeded down Fifteenth street and
turned into Ohio avenue. Officer
Howell, commandeering another auto
mobile, gave chase and overlook
Hayes at Thirteenth street and ONO
avenue, where he placed him under
arrest.
Accused i'm Death.
Manslaughter Is alleged in an in
dictment against Percy Short, coIore6
in connection with the death of his
father-in-law Richard Chase. at First
and streets, August 81 last. The
men were engaged in an argument
and short knocked Chase down, it is
asserted. Chase sustained injuries
which are said to have been respon-
sible for his death.
Neil McConlogue was indicted for
presenting false claim against the
United States. 1t is charged that
March 10 last, he presented to Sidney
r. Jacobs, deputy commissioner Of
public debt at the Treasury Depart
ment. certificate for 81 900, pretend
cused, according to the police, claimed
to be movie actor, but is said to
have passed worthless checks in
various parts of the country The
Treasury certificate which he sought
TO have cashed, 1t was reported. had
been purchased by him with a worth
less check in another city.
The grand jurors ignored a statu-
tory charge against James Kirby.
List of Indictments.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are:
Frank Bird, assault with dangerous
weapon: Harry Clinton Allen. alias
Albert T. Shrein; James Mothershea
James Garner and James Solomon
(three cases), housebreakiug and lar
ceny: Della Smallwood, Mary Hawkins
Ctwo cases), grand larceny: Alvin Wash
ington, John II. Allen, Robert Th homp-
son, Robert Jackson (alias Red Jack
SOM, William Henry Bell and William
Bailey, joyriding; Medora w. Blake.
Hilda Mcdonald (alias Ethel Z. Rob
inson) and Carroll Buchanan, grand
larceny; William 5. Everhart, James
w. Barnes, John II. CarueIl, Joseph
H Smith, Obey Hersel Morgan, Fred
d. Norman and Morris Sisselman, non
support.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
DRIVER DRAWS z FINES.
Colliding and Leaving Scene
Charges Against Colored Man.

Robert Cook, colored, charged with
coIliding and leaving after colliding
was found guilty in Police Court to-
day and given $40 or 80 in jail and
$3.50 or so days by Judge Mattingly.
The testimony showed that Cook
collided with an automobile owned by
Charles W. Slade and hastened away
before he made known his identity.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
Luxembourg Cabinet Quits.

LUXEMBOURG, January 21-The
Luxembourg cabinet resigned today
and the Grand Duchess Charlotte
Adelgonde reserved her decision an
to whether she would accept or refuse
the resignation.
Evening star., 1925-01-21

dents of the District urging that a spe-
cial rule be granted for early considera-
ton of the compulsory school attendance
bill He explained that 1t is the policy of
the rules committee not to grant
special rules for any District legisla-
tion, except in an extreme emergency
as the steering committee agreed at
the beginning of the present session
to give the District all of it's regular
days on which District legislation
should be considered.
He pointed out that the people who
are urging early consideration of this
legislation should make the appeal
to the House District committee
rather than to the House rules COM
mittee.
Evening star., 1925-01-21

sincere regret for the massacre Of
japanese at Nikolaievsk in 1920.
The agreement provides for the
evacuation OF Saghalien by the Jap
anese by May, 1925, but grants fish
cry, coal and oil concessions there
and permits prospecting from Ave to
ten year periods.
Loans negotiated by the former
Russian government and private
claims will be adjusted at later CON
ferences
Evening star., 1925-01-21

Longmont, Colo, lays claim to the
largest plant in the world devoted
exclusively to canning vegetables
Evening star., 1925-01-21
Embarrassing Situation.

1t was indicated by responsible
persons that this places the general
committee in the embarrassing stu
alton of trying to meet with the
Presidents reservations for a mode st
inaugural ceremony and a the same
time trying to make the event as in
expensive as possible to Washington
businessmen. 1t is for this reason
that many members of the general
committee hope the President will not
Danish all hope of making the parade
a colorful pageant worth while see
ing.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
JAPAN GETS RIGHT
TO EXPLOIT RUSSIA
UNDER NEW TREATY

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Evening star., 1925-01-21
INAUGURAL PARADE
PROSPECT HOPEFUL
Committee Urges Participa-
ton of State Military
Organizations.

Still menaced by the possible dilem-
ma of a financial shortage, Washing
tons general inaugural committee
went ahead today with it's plan for q
ceremony next March such as Press
dent Coolidge's restrictions permit,
but with the evident hope that the
President would remove his ban on
the presence Of historic State military
organizations in the procession at
least
William T. Galliher, chairman OF
the general committee. visited the
White House again today. He an
nounced that he had called to discuss
the matter pertaining to the inaugu-
ration with C. Basoom Slemp, the
Presidents secretary. He was ac-
companied by James b. Reynolds, who
took prominent part in the Repub-
lican campaign last Fall, and Fred
erick A. Fenning, secretary of the
general committee.
Mr.. Galliher said he could not state
whether he would see the President
again soon, but declared that he did
not believe the matter of invitin <
such famous State military outfits as
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
of Boston and the Richmond Blues to
participate in the parade need yet be
regarded as closed He indicated that
ne SUN ndu nOpes OF receiving tne
Presidents approval of that feature
Of the contemplated program.
Limit Escort to 100
When Mr. Ga1liher saw the Presi-
dent on the same matter last week,
Mr.. Coolidge told him that he be-
lieved the number of men who should
accompany the governors of the sew
eral States in the procession should
be limited to 100 troopers at the most.
This would have limited the repre-
sentation of the various military or
ganizations throughout the States to
one key strength company each. 1t
was indicated at the time that the
committee was sorely disappointed
over the decision, but would accept
the enyitable.
Since that time it has been grow
ing more evident that the business
men of Washington would be obliged
TO shoulder at least two-thirds of
the expenses of the inaugural cere-
monies, placed approximately at
$66,000, unless the parade could be
made colorful enough to attract a
sufficiently large number of visitors
TO the city to fill all available review
ing stand spaces under Government
reservation. This, in view of the
fact that the entire proceeds of the
evening ball are TO be contributed
to charity, was regarded as the last
source of revenue available to the
committee
Evening star., 1925-01-21

Eighty-six per cent of the teachers
in the public schools of Louisiana
are women.
Evening star., 1925-01-21
SMELL ADVISES CITIZENS.

Letters on Bills Should GO to Dis
trict Committee.
Chairman Smell of the House rules
committee protested today because he
ts being swamped with letters from resi-
Evening star., 1925-01-21
SENATE REQUESTS
ALL DATA ON DEBT
PACT FROM HUGHES

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Evening star., 1925-01-21
OPIUM CONFERENCE
TENSION RELIEVED
BY FRENCH PROPOSAL

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Evening star., 1925-01-21
LESSER BILLS PUT
AHEAD OF SURPLUS
ON NEXT D. c. DAY

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-09
WILLIAMS ON
WITNESSSTAND
Important Person in De-
fense is Missing,
Court Told

The Disappearance of Joe Taulbee, i'm
portant defense witness. in the trial of
! HENLEY VIZ w ilfiams for TIE shooting
and killing Of Emilio Eadrazo, and the
going on the stand of Williams in his
own defense, were sensational features
of the trial today.
Attorney j. C. George of the defense
announced late in the morning the disap-
pearance Of Taulbee and declared that
the presence Of this witness was essen
tial to the completion Of defense testi-
mony.
Taulbee was in the, courthouse Thurs
day morning, officers said, and was
sworn along with all other witnesses.
He disappeared some time during the
morning hours.
The defendant took the stand in his
own defense at II o'clock this morning
and was still on the stand early this
afternoon.
Interested throngs continued to fill
the ciurt room last night and today.
Last night even .hc corridors were tax
ed to their capacity with persons who
strained to hear the testimony in the
county court ROOM Once filled. the
doors to The coUrtToril are locked, and
no further or wdi IL is permitted y
Laughter that followed the remark
of a witness, in reply to the question,
in English, ''Do roI understand Eng
lish," caused Judge Cunningham to
instruct officers to arrest the first Ter-
son heard laughing aloud. The wit
ness had replied mo" in answer to
the question, after which an interpret
! er was used.
Additional witnesses who have testi-
fled include T. G. Barber, George Hor-
ton, Lawrence Olmsted, Mrs. Rather
inc Root, A. c. Hipp, Cavita Warbing-
ton. Frank Goodrich, Miss Ruth AK
som, j. R. Copeland, John Thielen, joe
L. Putegnat Louis Hinojosa, Ignacic
Cavazos, E. r. Howard w A. Ross and
W. F. Egly, Gertrudis Avila, a former
servant in the Williams home, Mrs. @
B. Hedrick, Bert Neal, Clyde Burks and
Ricardo Garcia.
Many of these witnesses testified in
connection with incidents in rehearsals
that preceded the staging of The Mi
kado," a play given in Brownsville
two years ago, and also at dancing
club.
| The defense expected to conclude its
case when the defendant leaves the
stand, unless the witness Taulbee is
| found
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-09

"W0H of La Sale" Broken In HEALTH
Back Home to Divide Wealth and Die

police SIS in gold for a guard of five men, who
worked in eight hour shifts They thought he had
$500, 900 in cash and securities He really had,
he said, million and half.
Friends relate how years ago he was an AID
erman' IN Birmingham, Ala, and president of
twenty-seven Alabama banks Why he left no
one tells Then he was head of bank in Kansas
City Mo. Once he served thirteen months in Sing
ny prison.
S5 bet at race track started him amass-
ing money from gambling. He used the funds to
open brokerage office in ChicagO's financial
district and though cften in trouble, was never
convicted
The climax in 1923 when the govern
ment started investigation Of his operations
and convicted him charge of using the mails
to defraud He was sentenced to two years in
prison but in January of this year received a
stay because of i'll health. He fled.
In June he was arrested while patient in
Los Angeles sanitarium, it claimed he could
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-10-09
SHERIFF NAMES
new DEPUTIES
Men Resign from Force
To Better Financial
Condition

Appointments are being made by
Sheriff Sam Robertson to fill the va
cancies caused by the resignation this
week of five deputies from his depart
ment and also the resignation of Oscar
Norling who left Wednesday to take up
his new duties as immigration inspector
at Tucson, Ariz.
designations of Roy Collins, chief
deputy, Jim Collins, court deputy, D. H
Ferguson, traffic officer for the north
end of the county, Charles Wroten, dep
uty at Harlingen and R. K Smith spe-
cial deputy, were accepted by Col Rob-
ertson to take effect Oct. Is. "To bet
ter their financial status" was the Of
ficial reason given for all designations.
John Walton and Carol Steed have
been appointed traffic officers to take
effect at the time the designations be-
come effective. Pete Gam will be
transferred to Harlingen to relieve Dep
uty Ferguson on the highway there.
H. H. Kidder has been appointed
pound master to fill the place made va
cant by the transfer of Pete Gam to
Harlingen.
H. d. Lozano was appointed court
deputy yesterday and Immediately took
office. He was born and raised in San
Antonio, just recently coming to
Brownsville. He has had about two
years experience on the city force there