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WEATHER.
laoreaatag cloudiness and warmer
toJtsoeed by rain today; tomorrow fair.
tW»V»or*turo for twenty-two hours
Leaded at te p.nv last night: Highest,
JMi toweet, 30.4.
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SEAPLANE PLUNGE
KILLS FATHER,™
, SONSANDANURSE
Wealthy Cuban Sugar Man,
E. F. Atkins, Jr., Victim on
Key West-Havana Line.
ENGINE TROUBLE FORCES
DESCENT IN HEAVY SEA
Ferry Boat Flagler Fights Big
Waves and Saves Five of Nine
Aboard Seaplane.
By thi> Associated Frees.
KEY WEST, Pla., January 13.
Four persons, three of them a father
and his two sons, aged three and live,
lost their lives when the seaplane
Columbus, plying between Key West
and Havana, crashed into the water
end sank near Havana thin afternoon.
Five of the nine aboard were res
cued by the ferry ship Henry M.
Flagler and brought hero tonight.
Those who lost their lives were: Ed
win F. Atkins, Jr., thirty, N’ew York
capitalist; Miss Grace McDonald of
New York, nurse, and Mr. Atkins’
two .children, Edwin F., 3d, five, and
David, three.
Mrs. Atkins. Pilot W. B. Miller, Miss
Julia Haverty of New York, Otto
Abrams of New York, and the
mechanician, Harold Thompson, were
rescued.
Sees Plane Fall.
Capt. John Albury of the ferry boat
Flagler saw the seaplane fall when
he was about three-fourths of a mile
distant and immediately turned his
iu it. 'Wie sea was running
very high, and several attempts had
to be made before a lifeboat could be
landed. Mr. Atkins and Miss Mc-
Donald were swept off the wreckage
to which they were clinging before
the lifeboat could reach them. The
two children, who were asleep In the
'abin, are believed to have been
killed Instantly when the wreckage
was carried on to the top of a huge
wave and then catapulted directly
Into the middle of it, nose first.
"We were flying about two hundred
feet in the air at the rate of sixty
five miles an hour, when I noticed
that the engine on the right side of
the plane was missing," Pilot Miller
said. "£ immediaieJy'va.ttempted to
Hdjust It, but couldn’t, and. reducing
the speed, forced a landing.'
"The seas were running very high,
waves fifteen or twenty feet In height
leaping up. Wo hit on the top of one
wave and then went into the middle
of the next one, nose first. The pas
sengers opened the cockpit of the
cabin and came out except the two
Atkins children, who were asleep at
the time amd evidently were stunned
and killed Instantly by the Impact
with the wave.”
The pilot said that Mr. Atkins
was clinging to a part of the wreck
age when a huge wave washed him
off, also carrying away Miss Mc-
Donald.
Tradition* of Sea.
True to the traditions of the sea,
women were rescued first. True also
to traditions, the pilot was the last
to leave the plane.
After Mr. Atkins and Miss McDon
ald had been swept away. Miller suc
ceeded In holding the others on to
the wreckage until the rescue was
effected.
A wave turned the plane com
pletely over, but by a strange bit of
luck the survivors were dropped back
on to the wreckage. The lifeboat
was launched about 150 yards from
the plane and on reaching the wreck
age several attempts had to be made
before the survivors could .be trans
ferred, the waves washing the life
boat back time and again.
The pilot praised the heroism of
'"apt Albury and tho crew for their
kerota efforts In. the face of great
difficulties.
Mrs. Atkins was the first to be
placed aboard the lifeboat and was
followed by the other woman sur
vivor, Miss Haverty.
Mr. Abram went next and then the
mechanician. After the rescue the
lifeboat had to wage what for a time
teemed a losing battle in order to
get back to the Flagler.
Placed In Hospital.
None of the survivors is believed
;o bo In a serious condition, although
they are suffering bruises and the
•hock. They were placed in a hospi
tal here.
Mrs. Atkins, it was stated, ap
parently is dazed and as yet does not
realize what has happened.
An effort will be made to recover
the bodies of the victims but the
part of the sea where the disaster
accurrcd Is Infected with sharks and
little hope was held out tonight that
t recovery would be possible.
Mr. Atkins, who waa spending'the
winter in Cuba, came to Key West
yesterday to join Mrs. Atkins who
had Just arrived from Boston. The
plane was on its regular daily voy
age to Cuba.
HAD BIG SUGAR INTERESTS.
NEW YORK. January 13.—Edwin
F. Atkins, jr., lost today in the acci
dent to the flying boat Columbus, is
a son of the former chairman of the
board of directors of the American
Sugar Refining Company. The father
is president of the Soledad Sugar
Company and the Punta Olegre Sugar
Company, both Cuban corporations.
The elder Atkins played a leading
part in the dissolution suit brought
against the so-called sugar trust un
der the Sherman anti-trust law.
Both father and eon were known
IbSre to have extensive interests in
sh* development of Cuban sugar.
Love Affairs of Rhine Troops.
Causing Endless Complications
Brides and Brides-to-Be Besiege Gen.
Allen’s Headquarters Seeking Data on
Sailing Aboard Transport St. Mihiel.
By the Associated Press.
COBLENZ, January 13.—Amer
ican military headquarters here
has been overrun In the last three
days by women bent on airing
their love affairs with American
soldiers jwho have departed or are
about to depart from Germany and
are turning the place into a sort
of domestic relations court. Some
of these women want American
soldiers already in the United
States to be returned her© so they
can marry them. Others want to
go to America to get married.
Still others say they are willing
to marry soldiers here, but first
want assurance that they will be
taken aboard the St. Mihiel.
Nearly every man unfortunate
enough to be In tho guardhouse
Is fortunate enough to have some
.German girl asking that he be re
leased so that he might marry her.
All sorts of complications have
arisen from these soldier mar
riages, or promises to marry, and
other domestic relations formed on
the Rhine.
To Issue Bulletin.
Headquarters is about to issue a
bulletin on the subject laying
down the law. The bulletin will
explain tb the soldiers, first, that
the laws of the United States do
not permit a woman to acquire
American citizenship by marriage
and calling attention to the law
limiting the quota of Immigrants;
second, that the quota of Immi
grants from Germany Is under
stood to be tilled; third, that a sol
dier’s wife must have a passpdrt;
and. fourth, the responsibility for
getting his wife to the United
States must be assumed by the sol
dier husband.
The chaplains have been trying
to straighten out these affairs.
They run across many romances
and some attempts by the older
REICHSTAG BACKS
GERMANAMIDE
Cuno’s Non-Partisan Cabinet
Given Free Hand to Pursue
Policies.
CHAMBER IN DEEP GLOOM
No Intimation as to Government’s
Future Course Hinted in
Proceedings.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, January 13.—8 y an over
whelming vote of 253 to 12 the reiebs
tag today registered its approval of
the government’s attitude toward the
Franco-Belgian invasion of the Ruhr,
thus according the non-partisan cab
inet, headed by Chancellor Cuno,
paMiamentary suppbrt of sufficient
caliber to assure it freedom of ac
tion, so far as tho consent of the
political parties is concerned.
Despite the unanimity of national
sentiment which Is being vouchsafed
the government, the situation grow
ing out of the presence of armed
French forces In parts of Germany
previously unoccupied is considered
a very serious one. and nothing is
suggested as to what line of further
action Is at the government’s dis
posal.
The feeling in political circles in
this connection was reflected In an
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WOMAN SLAVER FRED
BY SELF-DEFENSE PlfA
\
Clara E. Skarin Wins Verdict at
Seattle in Case of Death of
Ferdinand Hochbmnn.
By the Asiociated Preia.
SEATTLE, Wash., January 13.
Clara Elizabeth Skarin was acquitted
of the murder of Ferdinand Hoch
brunn by a superior court jury here
late this afternoon.
Miss Skarin, while awaiting the
verdict of the Jury, was extremely
nervous, but-at the words “Not guilty”
she recovered her poise. Jumped to her
feet, her face broke into a smile and
she seized her attorneys by the hands.
She then shook hands with the Jurors
and with a crowd that flowed about
her.
The Jury was out two hours and a
half. Three ballots were taken. The
four women on the Jury were for ac
quittal throughout.
Miss Skarin shot and killed Hoch
brunn during a scuffle at Hochbrunn’s
home here October 13, 1921, accord
ing to her story on the witness stand.
She shot him in defense of her honor
and her life, she testified.
The state alleged the wealthy real
estate dealer was killed for gold he
was known to have in hie possession.
More than two months after the
slaying a plumber who entered the
house to repair a broken pipe found
the body.
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and mercenary women to take ad
vantage of Inexperienced young
soldiers to force a marriage.
Love and marriage have often
given headquarters something to
worry about, for the American
doughboy has always seemed to
the German girls a good catch,
particularly since the depreciation
of the mark has made the Amer
icans millionaires.
Warning by Allen.
The soldier marriages caused
Maj. Gen. Allen last April to issue
a caution to the troops. It is esti
mated that a thousand soldiers en
tered into the married state in
the occupation area during the
year ending last June and some
outside of that area without the
knowledge of *the officers. Many
of these families proceeded to the
United States when the American
forces were reduced.
The St. Mihiel, it is announced,
will take with the troops only the
wives and families of officers and
enlisted men above grade 4. This
would Include the wives of only
about forty enlisted men and
twelve children, but it is under
stood that as soon as the space
available on the ship has been
allotted, whatever room is left
will be devoted to caring for the
brides. The wives of the officers
number seventy and the children
sixty-five, but many of these will
return cn commercial liners.
The Army regulations allow
officers to carry baggage ranging
from 8,000 pounds for a major
down to 3,500 pounds for non
commissioned officers above the
fourth grade, but privates can
take only a barracks bag full or
what they can stuff in a foot
locker. However, this order will
be liberally interpreted and the St.
Mihiel Is certain to be a crowded
ship.
■
France Orders
Two Destroyers
Sent to Memel
f By tbs Associated Press.
PARIS, January 13.—Two French
destroyers left Cherbourg today for
Memel, the scene of tho recent in
vasion by Lithuanian Irregulars.
Other naval units will follow soon.
NEARWRfIRLEY
PLUNGED IN GLOOM
Ismet Pasha Laughs in Cur
zon’s Face at War Debt
Proposal.
By the Associated Press,
LAUSANNE, January 13.—The voice
of far-away Angora, heard today
through tho mouth of Hassan Bey
who has Just returned from the cap
ital. was so discordant to the allied
representatives that many of them
( were wondering tonight whether the
Near East conference will ever get
anywhere after all in the matter of
peace.
I»met Pasha, who backed Hassan
Bey, could neither be threatened nor
cajoled Into seeing the financial ques
tions affecting Turkey as the allied
delegates wanted him to see them.
He said the Turks had been making
concessions and sacrifices ever since
they came to Lausanne and that it
was now about time the allies re
ciprocated.
As some of the allies feel they have
gone far enough In the matter of
conciliation, they did not seem to
know whether to accept this as a
serious declaration, but Ismet laugh
ed outright for the first time since
the inauguration of the conference
and most of the European diplomats
got the impression that Mustapha
Kemal Pasha’s favorite general was
having his little Joke.
French and English Agree.
Par from being split asunder by
the Paris reparations differences,
France and England seem to be
working even closer together at Lau
sanne, apparently with the supreme
object of settling the peace in the
Near East as soon as possible, so they
may be free to concentrate on the
greater problem of the reconstruc
tion of Europe as a whole. The
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POISON LIQUOR SELLER
IS ASSESSED DAMAGES
Syracuse Jury Holds Victim Did
Not Drink Rum at
Own Risk.
By the Associated Press.
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ January 13.
Vendors of liquor which proves to be
poisonous were held liable for the
consequences by a supreme court
Jury, which today awarded Mrs.
Elizabeth E. Goff a verdict of $8,500
against a case proprietor alleged to
have sold to her husband liquor
which caused bis death.
The action was brought under the
civil damage law passed prior to the
enactment of the Volstead act. The
defense contended Goff drank the
liquor at his own risk.
DAD’S UNBELIEF.
RUM FLEET NEARLY
CLEARSOUTSTOCK:
“Bargain Counter” Sales Re
ported Brisk in Channel.
Competition Keen.
DRY NAVY IS ON SCENE
Officials Hake Desperate Effort to
Prevent Further Business by
Bootleggers.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, January IS.—The Am
brose Channel "bargain counter,” as
bootleggers call the great whisky
fleet anchored out by the lightship,
was reported as “just about sold out”
tonight. Some of the vessels, after
more than twenty-four hours of brisk
selling and competitive price cutting,
were preparing to sail away for fresh
supplies.
Meanwhile the gloomiest public offl
cials to be found along the coast were
the prohibition enforcement people,
I who have heard from Washington and
• have been asked to report on the wild
orgy of liquor trading. In belated but
frantic efforts the enforcement agents
of all classes apparently made slight
progress toward tracing the huge
whisky importation. It was difficult.
There were no fingerprints on the
ocean.
Officials Demand Facta.
In spite of official inslstance that
yesterday’s stories of the wide open
market were "grossly exaggerated,”
the federal authorities are acting as
it they believed every word. The
whole prohibition navy under Section
Chief Appleby Is engaged In the fight
to prevent the landing of what liquor
the “bargain counter” still has for
sale. Appleby, according to the press
reports, has been ordered to cooperate
to the utmost of his ability with Wil
liam B. Moss, acting director for New
Jersey, and Acting Director Yellow
ley of New York has been instructed
to do likewise.
As for Moses himself, he has been
asked to “report the facts” about the
landing of liquor already accomplish
ed, and its shipment by truck out of
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POKEii RAID NETS 68
IH NEW YEAR FETE
Policemen Have Busy Time in
Midst of Throng at 816 H
„ Street Northwest.
One of the biggest poker raids In
Washington for years took place early
last evening, when police and agents
of the Internal revenue bureau de
scended on a big celebration of the
Greek New Year eve in the rear of '
the Zappeion restaurant, 816 H street |
northwest, where, the police say, six- j
ty-eight Greeks were making mfcrry
with cards and chips.
As the government agents broke in
on the scene there was a sudden rush
for the exits, all of which were
guarded. Crowds gathered outside the
restaurant, sensing excitement, and
the hour, about 8 o’clock, found so
many pedestrians in the vicinity that
about a thousand persons were on tho
scene. A traffic officer was called to
clear away for the patrol wagons.
James James, proprietor of the res
taurant, and the entire party was
taken in three patrol wagons to sec
ond precinct station house. James
was charged with operating a gam
bling bouse and the "customers” were
only listed as witnesses.
A mass of chips and other para
phernalia was confiscated. The raiif
was conducted by Lieut. Davis, Scrgt.
McQuade, Private Bauer and Revenue
Agents Ruby, Packard and Fowler. A
TODAY’S STAR
PART ONE—IO Pages.
General New* —Local, National and For.
eign.
New Eastern High School —Page 18.
Community Center Events—Page 24.
[ Aviation Activities—Page 25.
Schools and Colleges—Page 27. •
j Financial —Pages 31 and 32.
Classified Advertisements—Pages 33 to
38.
Radio News and Gossip—Page 39.
| Musical Mention—Page 39.
PART TWO—I 4 Pages.
Editorials and Editorial Features.
Washington and Other Society.
D. A. R. Activities—Page 12.
Art and Artists—Page 12.
Spanish War Veterans—Page 12.
Girls and Their Affairs—Page 13.
Serial, “A Son of the Sahara”—Page 13.
PART THREE—I 2 Pages.
Amusements—Theaters and the Photo.
P»sy.
Motorists and Motoring.
Book Reviews—Page 10.
Fraternities—Page 11.
World War Veterans —Page 11.
PART FOUR—I Pages.
Pink Sports Section.
PART FIVE—* Pages.
Magazine Section —Features and Fiction.
ROTOGRAVURE SECTION—B Pages.
World Events In Pictures.
COMIC SECTION—4 Pages.
Mutt and Jeff; Reg’lar Fellers; Betty;
Mr. and Mrs.
MAY MiSHTAX
ON AUTOMOBILES
Change in Connection With
Gasoline Assessment Said
to Be Considered.
Abolition of the personal tax on auto
mobiles is said to be receiving consid
eration by the Commissioners in connec
tion with the bill to establish a tax on
gasoline, it was reported last night.
The matter was brought up at the
conference which the city heads held
Friday morning with a group of citi
zens and officials of gasoline companies.
Under existing law automobiles are
classed as tangible personal property In
the category with Jewelry and house
hold furniture. The tax rate fixed each
year for real estate is applied to these
articles.
This year the tax rate is $1.30 per
$lOO of assessed value. Thus, a motor
ist whose car is valued at $5OO would
pay $8.50 personal tax in addition to
the annual horse-power charge which
he pays when he buys his tags.
Blit to Be Taken Up.
The Commissioners yesterday after
noon completed their testimdhy before
the Senate subcommittee on appropria
tions and will turn their, attention to
morrow to the gasoline tax bill.
The principal question to be settled
by the Commissioners before sending i
the gasoline bill to Congress Is I
whether the tax In the District should i
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Giving the latest news of everything—everywhere—
stock market, sports, passing events —and alsd
what’s on the court dockets for the next day.
For sale by newsboys and
newsdealers throughout the city.
NAMES BROTHER
ASHOODEDRIDER
Walter Campbell, Mer Rouge
Town Marshal, Says He
Paraded Bastrop Roads.
SKIPWITH PARLEY OFF
Klan Leader Declares Talk With
Coco Useless if Probe Is to
Continue.
By tfce Associated Pres*.
BASTROP, La., January IS.—Testi
mony of three witnesses—one naming
his brother as having been recognized
as a member of a black-hooded kid
naping band, another seized and lec
tuVetl by the “black hoods,” and the
third telling of his anxiety to leave
the community because of Ku Klux
Klan activities—with the collapse of
plans for a conference between A. V.
Coco, state attorney general, and
Capt. J. K. Sklpwlth, klan leader, fur
nished today’s thrills in the state’s
investigation of masked band depre
dations in Morehouse parish.
Fred Cobb, who hails from Texas,
where, he says, “men fight square,”
told of being seized by five hooded
men, one of whom he declared was
Laurie Calhoun, named by other wit
nesses as a klansman. Cobb said he
was taken to a woods and given a j
lecture by the men, who accused him I
of misconduct.
Walter Campbell, town marshal and I
superintendent of the light and water '
plant of Mer Rouge, named his |
brother, A. D. Campbell, as having j
been recognized by Thomas F. Rlch
and, kidnaped and slain with Watt
Daniel August 24 last, as having been
a member of a black-hooded kidnap
ing party that stalked the roads !
about Bastrop a week previous to the j
disappearance of Richard.
Anxious to Leave.
The kidnaping of Richard and Dan
iel was the culminating act which 1
brought about the present investiga
tion.
Leon Braddock added pathos and a
dramatic scene to the day’s proceed- :
ings. Braddock, a farmer, who said
ho has lived all his life In this section,
and by the "sweat of my brow have
secured a home, a farm of eighty
acres, seven mules and an automo- j
bile," told of hja anxiety to sell hie
property at a reasonable price and
leave to seek more peceful fields for
himself and his wife and four chil
dren. This, he said, is due to a raid
made on his home by the masked men
led by Capt. Sklpwlth, who accused
him of making liquor.
Just as state’s attorneys were about
to name the hour for the conference
requested by Capt. Sklpwlth to dis
cuss Ku Klux Klan affairs, the klan
leader announced early this afternoon
to the Associated Press that as far
i as he was concerned there would be
I no conference.
1 Capt. Skipwith said that wlth
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MAJ. GEN. ALLEN TO STAY
ON RHINE SOME MONTHS
American Commander Not Tet to
Turn Over Authority in His
Zone to French.
By the Associated Press.
COBLENZ, January 13.—Maj. Gen.
Allen is expected to remain in the
Rhineland for some months after the
departure of the AmerTfcan troops.
He will automatically transfer the
American zone to the .French mili
tary authorities. It is not believed
t» be the intention of Gen. Allen to
turn over his authority to the French
troops Immediately, as he is acting
now as military commander of 5,000
| French located within the American
zone, which is fifty kilometers deep.
The interallied supreme council at
Paris will decide at the proper time
what troops are to replace the
Americans.
It is known that neither the Brit
ish nor the Belgians desire to take
over this zone. The fate of the inter
allied Rhineland commission, of
which Gen. Allen is an unofficial
member, has not yet been settled,
! particularly with regard to American
j participation.
IMPORTSGROWING
UNOERTMIFFLAW
Value for October Fixed at
$319,000,000, Greatest
Month Since 1920.
GENERAL TRADE BETTER
Department of Commerce Report
Reflects Improvement in United
States and Abroad.
October, the first complete month in
which the new administration tariff
law was operative, witnessed a con
tinuation of the increase in imports
of merchandise into the United States,
according to the first official figures
for the month on the incoming for
eign trade.
The statistics made public yester
day by the Department of Commerce
fixed the value of October imports at
$319,000,000, the greatest monthly
i total since November of the banner
j year, 1920, despite the higher rates of
I the new law.
Complete figures for September
I show imports tor that month valued
at $298,000,000, of which $69,000,000
came in after September 22. when the
present law went Into effect. Im
ports for August were valued at
! $281,000,000, and those for July $251,-
000,000. Figures for 1921 included:
July. $178,000,000; August, $194,000,-
000; September, $179,000,000: and
October, $188,000,000.
Indicates Upward Trend.
The report was declared by officials
to be convincing evidence of the up
ward trend of incoming trade. It re
flects also. It was said, a generally
improved business condition at home
and abroad, and warrant for the
statement that the requirements of
the American people for such foreign
merchandise as they demand is being
satisfied regardless of what was de
scribed by those opposed to the ad
ministration bill in the congressional
debates as a tariff barrier.
No official comment came with pub
lication of the figures except a brief:
statement that scattering details, to- j
gether with customs receipts for the i
months covered, indicated the in- [
crease in importations had been gen- j
eral. It was added that the increase
was not confined to any one country
with which American foreign trade is
of consequence.
The figures themselves, however,
tell a comprehensive story of the
growing Import trade, since the total j
for ten months, including October,!
was $61,000,000 greater than for the I
full twelve months of 1921, when the
year’s imports were valued at $2,509,- ’
000,000. Imports for the first ten
months of that year were $2,060,000,-
000, while for the year 1920, when
the high record was established, the j
imports for the same ten months were |
valued at $4,691,000,000.
Higher Range in 1820.
In the case of the year 1920, a,t- j
tentlon was called to the higher
range in prices. It was believed by
some officials that if November and
December imports for 1922 show fur
ther increases, the volume of the In
coming trade for the year will not
bo so far behind the volume for 1920,
the difference being largely repre
sentative of the change In value.
This expectation would seem to be
borne out by the customs receipts
for those months, which went to
make up total receipts of $453,000,000
for the year, a heavy increase over
‘1921. November and December re
ceipts showed progressive increases
over the preceding months.
The department's statement ex
plained that the delay in compiling
the figures for October had been due
to the increase In the number of
items which must be listed under the
new classification. Changes in the
rates also necessitated renewed com
putations of units and other details.
Indications were given that further
statistics disclosing the imports from
the principal countries for October
would be announced early this week.
FRENCH PLANES LOST.
German Fog Confuses Sixteen and
Forces Them to Descend.
COBLENZ, January 13.—Sixteen of
thirty French airplanes flying from
Mayence to Bochu today were lost in
the fog and landed at various points.
Two of them descended on unoccupied
German territory, five at the old
American fields at Wlessenthurm, near
Coblenz, and two In the neutral zones
of tbs east bank of the Rhine.
FIVE CENTS.
FEW BILLS CERTAIN
TO PASS CONGRESS
IN 7 WEEKS LER
Supply Measures, Including
That of D. C., and Farm
Credits Most Certain.
NO BONUS, STRIKE, RAIL,
REAPPORTIONMENT SEEN
Compromise Reclassification Plan
Embodies Sterling-Lehlbach
Principles.
With the present Congress due
expire just seven weeks from lasi
night— the 4th of March this yeai
falls on Sunday— it is possible, thi
leaders say, to forecast with eomi
certainty what legislation will bi
enacted —and what will not b)
enacted.
The big annual supply bills will bi
passed. The legislation to extend tc
the fanners of the country addition: 1 !
credit facilities also will go through
'These measures, It Is said by leading
republicans and democrats, will com*
prise the principal legislation th*.«
will be enacted before adjournment.
About the administration shlppiitj
bill there Is a division of opinion
But there are not lacking administra
tion senators who say that there ii
really no chance of bringing th: )
measure to a final vote.
That there will be no special ses
sion of the new Congress next spn:
Is practically the unanimous opinio .
of both republicans and democrat*
Many Subjects to Be Left.
Many Important subjects will rut
be dealt with at the present session
and if there Is to be no special ses
sion they will not be dealt with unt
the next Congress meets In December
There will be no legislation reap por
tioning the representation of the state j
In the House. There will be no legis
lation dealing with the transporta
tion system of the country. There
will be no legislation designed to pre
vent coal strikes such as occurred
last year and which have brough!
about a great deal of suffering this
winter and extremely high prices for
coal. There will be no soldier bonus
legislation. All of these matters
must go over. It' is said. The Presi
dent in his addresses to Congress has
urged the passage, not only of the
shipping bill, but of legislation deal
ing with Industrial situation*, with
the railroads and with farm credits.
It appears that only the last of his
recommendations Is to be carried out.
Farm BUI Coming ts.
The Senate, it is expected, will taka
up for consideration tomorrow the
farm credits legislation. Two bills
have been reported favorably from
the banking and currency committee.
One is the Capper bill, designed par
ticularly to help the live stock pro
ducers, and the other the Lenroot bill.
It Is expected that the Capper bill
will be considered first.
These two bills, in the opinion of
some of the senators, fell far short of
giving th© assistance to the farmers
which they are entitled to. Senator
Norbeck, republican, of South Dakota,
j who has given much attention to the
| matter of farm credit legislation, is
| sued a minority report last night
[ criticizing the Lenroot bill as propos
j Ing "an awkward and unscientific
system" of extending aid to the
farmers.
Deplores Lack of Action.
Senator Norbeck, who offered a
rural credits bill which was not acted
' upon by the banking committee, de
! dared the Lenroot-Anderson bill, by
i allocating among the twelve federal
farm land bank districts a fund of
’560,000,000 as a guarantee for farm
loans, took no regard of "the well
known fact that shortage of credit Is
more acute in certain districts than
jin others.” He added that farm loan
| land banks had no facilities, and the
j bill would call for new and expensive
1 organizations.
j Senator Simmons of North Carolina,
democrat, also holds that the bills re
ported to the Senate do not give ade
quate relief to the farmers.
The proponents of the administra
tion shipping bill in the Senate have
agreed to give t‘he farm credits leg
islation the right of way. It appears,
therefore, that consideration of the
shipping bill will be delayed for some
time. It has been variously esti
mated that the Senate will take from
ten days to three or four weeks to
complete its work on the farm
credits bill.
Four Supply Bills t» Pass.
The Senate still has four of the
big appropriation bills to pass. They
are the Independent offices bill, the
War Department bill, the District of
Columbia bill and the legislative
bill. There may also be another de
ficiency bill. The House has still to
pass the War Department bill and
the legislative bill, and a deficiency
bill if one Is necessary.
The hope of the proponents of the
shipping bill Is that the farm credits
bill and the appropriation bills will
be passed by the Senate within a
few weeks, and that then It will be
possible to drive ahead to force a
vote on the shipping bill, holding
night sessions, and even continuous
session If necessary.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
is a legislative jam in the Senate ifi
sight, there should.be opportunity to
have finally enacted some Important
legislation for the District of Colum
bia. Much of this has already passed
the Senate and Is waiting Us turn
in the House. For oxampls, the teach
' (Continued on I’age 2,'dolumn 1.)
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