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DAWES’ ‘VIOLATION’
OF SENATE RULES
IS“OVERLOOKED"
Swearing In of New Members
Approved by Unanimous
Consent.
BRIEF SESSION HELD
WITHOUT FIREWORKS
Vice President Given Mild Spank
ing and Upper House Adjourns
Until Tomorrow.
At the request of Senator Reed,
Democrat, of Missouri, the Senate this
a Demon agreed by unanimous consent
to consider the Senators sworn in yes
terday in violation of rule 2 of the
Senate should be held to have taken
their office property.
The action of the Senate on this re
quest came after Senator Reed had
criticized the manner in which Vice
President Dawes conducted the cere
mony in swearing in the Senators.
Scarcely had the Senate concluded
with this mild spanking of the new
Vice President when Senator Under
wood of Alabama offered a resolution
to amend the Senate rules so as to
bring about cloture of debate by ma
jority vote. This is in line with the
i eeommendation of the Vice President
made in his inaugural address to re
form the rules of the Senate, which
now permit practically unlimited de
hate, although there is a rule provid
ing for cloture by two-thirds vote of
the Senate. Senator Underwood's res- j
olution was referred to the Senate :
rules committee. Senator Reed, in ;
offering his unanimous agreement
resolution, said that he did not wish
to be understood to be hypercritical,
and that his on;y object was to see
that the swearing of the Senators
yesterday should be regularized.
Meeting Irregular.
At the same time he had pointed
out that the Senate had met after the
inaugural ceremonies yesterday with
the Vice President absent and with
no one designated to preside over the
Senate in his absence. He asked that
the Senate should subscribe to the
action then taken, pointing out, how
ever, that the Senate merely set an
hour for the daily meeting after be
ing called to order by Senator Wat
son of Indiana. Senator Reed said
that it was important that nothing
sh ould be considered as a precedent !
for the holding of a session without
the duly constituted presiding officer.
He suggested that a rump Senate
might meet at some time if there
w as such a question.
Senator Reed said that he had meant
to criticize no one in what he had said.
He defended the high character of the
Senate, and declared that the body
would continue the high standards set
by the Senate in the past.
Senator Curtis, the Republican leader,
after Senator Reed had concluded and
offered his unanimous agreement re
quest, said that he hoped the request
would be agreed to, since Rule 2 of the
Senate did require the swearing in of
the Senators in the manner described
by Senator Reed.
The Vice President put the ques
tion, and without further debate the
request was granted, and after a brief
executive session the Senate adjourn
ed until nodn tomorrow.
Immediately following the prayer by
the Senate chaplain this morning, the
clerk began reading the Journal of yes
terday's proceedings. Senator Curtis,
Republican leader, asked that the formal |
reading of the journal be dispensed with.
Jn a second Senator Reed of Missouri,
Democrat, and Senator Hale of Maine
.Republican, were on their feet clamor
ing for recognition.
The Senator from Maine was recog
nized.
llale Offers Explanation.
“I have seen criticisms of the Vice 1
President of the United States pub- j
lislied in the morning newspapers,” he
gaid, “because he did not return to the
Senate chamber following the inaug
uration yesterday afternoon to preside
over this body. 1 can explain why he
did not return and I think it my duty
to do so.”
Senator Reed of Missouri made a
point of order that Senator Hale was
out of order because there was no
business before the Senate.
”1 am speaking on a point of per- j
sonal privilege,” returned Senator !
Hale, and Senator Retd withdrew his ]
point of order.
"After the inaugural ceremonies,” |
continued Senator Hale, "President
and Mrs. C'oolidge and Vice President |
and Mrs. Dawes were proceeding to ;
iheir automobiles. The Vice Presi- j
dent turned to me and said, T must I
return to the Senate to preside over j
i the session. How do I get there?’
|
Willing to Take Blame.
”1 replied that he was not to go j
back to the Senate but to go to the
White House with the President's par
ty. it was a misunderstanding on my
part. The Vice President was in the
hands of a committee on arrange
ments of which 1 was a member. If
there is any blame for his failure to
return to the Senate chamber, it
should be on my shoulders.”
At this point. Senator Curtis asktd
unanimous consent that the Senate
appoint a committee to wait on the ;
President to inform him that the Sen
ate was tn session and ready for busi
ness, and to receive any communica
tions h» might care to make, and that
the Senate then take a recess until
2 o'clock. He explained that the read
ing of the journal, which Senator
- Reed was demanding, could be taken
up at 2 o’clock. '
Senator Ashurst of Arizona, arising
to a point of personal privilege, said j
that lie had read in the newspapers |
strictures which he was reported to i
have made upon the Vice President. :
Cite* Cause of Criticism.
”1 disagreed with some parts of
the speech delivered by the Vice
President in the Senate yesterday,” j
said Senator Ashurst. “But I wish j
it understood that my criticism was
directed at the unseemly and untimely
interruption of the ceremony of tak
ing the oath of office by the Sena
tora-elect.”
With the understanding that the
reading of the Journal was to be
resumed at 2 o’clock, the Senate agreed
to Mr. Curtis’ request. A committee
consisting of Senators Curtis and
( Robinson. Democratic leader, was ap
pointed to wait upon the President.
Senate then recessed.
It is understood that Senator Reed
of Missouri and possibly other Sena
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Record Reports
Warren Confirmed ,
“ Scooping ” World
Rhe Congressional Record ”scoop-
I «d the world yesterday when it
announced that the nomination of
Charles B. Warren to be Attorney
General had been confirmed by the
Senate on March 3. Members of
Congress read the record with con
siderable astonishment, knowing
the contest over the nomination of
Mr. Warren, and that the Senate
had been in executive session only
a few minutes Tuesday.
It was explained today that the
I report of the confirmation was an
error, one of the very few errors,
ii may be said with justice, that
! the Congressional Record ever has
I made.
MOSES PRO-TEM
I SENATE PRESIDENT
New Hampshire Member Is
Successor to Cummins.
Other Officers Named.
Senator Moses of New Hampshire
was today nominated by the Repub
lican conference of the Senate to be
President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Mr. Moses’ nomination was virtually
an election, since the Republicans
have a majority in the new Senate.
He will succeed Senator Cummins of
lowa in that office. Senator Cum
mins was not a candidate for re
election and placed the nomination
of Senator Moses, who was chosen
by acclaim.
Senator Cummins, in a brief ad
| dress, expressed his gratitude to the
| Republicans of the Senate for elect
j ing him President Pro Tempore dur
ing the last six years. He said that
he wished to turn to an agreeable
duty, the nomination of a man as
well fitted to occupy the position of
President Pro Tempore as any man
in the Senate, if not better fitted. He
said that Senator Moses had made a
careful study of the rules of the Sen
ate and was well qualified to apply
them.
Senator Curtis of Kansas was re
elected Republican leader of the Sen
ate and Senator Watson assistant
leader. Senator Wadsworth of New
York was again chosen secretary of
the Republican conference and Sen
ator Curtis was authorized to appoint
a Republican whip. Senator Jones of
Washington occupied that office dur
ing the last session of Congress.
The Republican conference nomi
nated George A. Sanderson of Illinois
to succeed himself as secretary of the
Senate and David S. Barry to succeed
himself as sergeant-at-arms of the
Senate. It is expected that they will
be elected by the Senate to those
offices.
450 CLERKS TO LOSE
U. S. JOBS IN WEEK
Force at Adjutant General’s Office
to Be Cut—Temporary
Workers to Go.
Pour hundred and fifty temporary
clerks in the adjusted compensation
branch of the adjutant general's office
have been notified that they will be
released Tuesday, it was learned to
day.
Completion of the dispatch to the
veterans on March 1 of the Initial
installment of the adjusted compensa
tion, coupled with the fact that the
War Department is up to date on its
relay of certificates to the bureau and
the diminishing number of bonus ap
plications. it was said, are the rea-
I sons for the reduction in the clerical
I force. >
j Employes to be discharged, it was
announced, are not to be discrimi
nated against, as assurance was given
by the adjutant general that their
services have been satisfactory. Those
to be dismissed, it was pointed out,
are on the temporairy pay roll and ac
cepted position knowing that their
services likely would terminate with
in six months.
Others will be released in the future,
it was said, necessitating a reduction
in the grade of some remaining em
i ployes.
CHAMBERLAIN HITS PLEA
FOR COLOGNE EVACUATION
By the Associated Press.
i LONDON, March s.—Austen Cham
[ berlain, the foreign secretary, speak
! ing in the House of Commons today,
1 said that while the British govern
ment and the allies even now "have
not got considered appreciation of
the points on which Germany de
faulted,” they did know enough some
time ago "to know that Germany was
In default and not justified in claim
ing the evacuation of the Cologne
zone on January 10.”
He said the object of the British
government was to obtain "at the
earliest possible moment from the
German government and people the
j fulfillment of those things which
might justly be demanded of them
under the treaty in order that the
contemplated shortening of the 15-
year period of occupation may take
place as early as possible.”
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KELLOGG SUCCEEDS
SECRETARY HUGHES
JARDINESWORN IN
Two Cabinet Officers Induct
ed Simply—Both Confer
With Coolidge.
FORMER STATE CHIEF
TO VISIT IN BERMUDA
New Agriculture Department
Head Has Not Picked Assistant.
Receptions Held.
Two new members of the Coolidge
cabinet took office today.
Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota,
formerly American Ambassador to the
Court of St. James, and William M.
Jardine, president of the Kansas |
State College of Agriculture, were
sworn in as Secretary of State and \
Secretary of Agriculture, respective- |
ly, and immediately entered upon the
duties of their new offices.
Both Mr. Kellogg and Mr. Jardine !
held informal receptions at their of
fices after the ceremony of oath
taking was completed. Mr. Kellogg
took the oath in the presence of a
group of members of the Minnesota
delegation in Congress, visitors to
R ashington from Minnesota, the
State from which he was appointed,
and department officials.
***** Gift to Minneapolis.
With uplifted hand Mr. Kellogg
promised to "support and defend the 1
Constitution of the United States',
against all enemies, foreign and do- i
mestic”; to ’’well and faithfully dis- i
charge” the duties of the office on I
which he was about to enter, and I
added that he took “this obligation I
freely, without any mental reserva- •
tion or purpose of evasion.”
Justice Butler was the first to con
gratulate the new Secretary and was
followed in turn by Mr. Hughes and
most of the other officials present.
In addition to Mrs. Kellogg, the Sec
retary’s sister. Mr a. Austin, and his
niece, Miss Claire Ottis. attended the
ceremony. At its conclusion Allen J.
Furlow of Minneapolis asked for and
was given the pen with which Secre
tary Kellogg signed the oath of
office and said he would give it to his
home city for preservation. Charles
Evans Hughes, the retiring Secretary
of State, posed with Mr. Kellogg for
camera men, and a few moments
afterward left the State Department
Building to complete preparations for
sailing Saturday for Bermuda.
JardJge Gets Wrong Hat.
Mr. Jardine. whose inauguration as
Secretary of Agriculture was held up
for nearly an hour after the scheduled
time, conferred with the President
Just before he was formally inducted
into office. In his haste to be on time
at his office, he left the White House
so hurriedly he took away with him I
some caller's hat in place of his own
and had to retrace his steps, after he
had reached the White House gates,
to make an exchange.
Mr. Kellogg went to the White
House a short time after he had tak
en over the post of Secretary of State,
his conference with the President
lasting for more than half an hour.
Afterward he said it concerned State
Department afTalrs, but would com
ment no further.
Mr. Jardine was sworn in by R. M.
Reese, chief clerk of the Department
of Agriculture, In the presence of
members of the Kansas delegation in
Congress, friends from his home
State and officials of the department.
He made no speech after the cere
mony, but conducted an informal re
ception in his office.
Asked whether he had decided' on
an Assistant Secretary of Agricul
ture, Mr. Jardine said he had not dis
cussed the matter with the President.
The name of C. W. Creel, director of
agricultural extension work at the
University of Nevada, has been men
tioned for the post.
One Post Nat Filled.
The only one of the 10 cabinet posts
not filled is at the Department of Jus
tice. The nomination of Charles
Beecher Warren of Michigan to be
Attorney General has been held up in
the Senate. In the interim, since last
Monday, when Harlan Fiske Stone re
signed as Attorney General to be sworn
in the same day as associate justice
of the Supreme Court of the United
Stales, Solicitor General James M.
Beck has been acting Attorney Gen
eral.
All cabinet officers who had previ
ously been sworn in under President
Coolidge continued their tenure of of
fice without the formality of taking a
new oath.
INNOVATION AT VATICAN.
Cardinal Addresses American Pil
grims in English.
ROME, March s.—For the first time
in the history of the Catholic Church,
a cardnial archbishop. Merry del Val,
today addressed in English 500 Amer
ican pilgrims. The address was de
livered from the altar chair in St.-
Peter's after the cardinal archbishop
had celebrated mass and given com
munion to the pilgrims.
Cardinal O'Connell of Boston, who
headed the party on its holy year
visit, expressed his gratitude to Car
dinal Merry del Val for the honor be
stowed on the pilgrims.
WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1925-FIETY PAGES.
1 I
PRIEST,SLAYER OF MANY GERMANS
IN WAR, ASKS FRENCH DROP HATE
i Winner of Highest Honors as Hero, Thinks Sermons
on Brotherly Love Will Bent
Political Moves.
BY rOXSTANTINE BROWN.
B.t Cable to The Star »nrf Chicago Dally Newt.
PARIS, March s.—The congregation
of the Paris Church Notre Dame
d'Auteuil were surp/ised to see In the
pulpit Wednesday night a young
Dominican priest wearing over his
white heavy cloth garment the orders
of the Legion of Honor and the croix
de guerre.
They were more surprised to find
out that the priest, who spoke about
love among men, not more than seven
years ago was one of the most skill
ful leaders of a machine gun com
pany In the French Army and that in
May, 1918, by clever handling of his
12 machine guns, saved his regiment
from complete annihilation and in
| dieted heavy casualties on the Ger
mans.
The priest, whose name is Father
Guerin,.started life as a reporter on
a provincial newspaper. A year before
the war his wife and their only
daughter died in an accident, so he de
cided to abandon all worldly pleasures
I and take orders. He was ordained on
i MITCHELL’S POST
j TO BE FILLED TODAY
j
List of Men Considered fori
Place Limited to Three of
High Rank.
The list of those from which Sec
retary Weeks will recommend to
President Coolidge a successor to
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell, assistant
chief of the Army Air Service, and
storm center of the aircraft contro
versy, has been reduced to three offi
cers and a final decision is probable
late today.
None of the men now under con
sideration ranks below the grade of
lieutenant colonel. Previously sev
eral majors had been mentioned.
Secretary Weeks conferred today
with Maj. Gen. Hines, chief of staff
of the Army, and Maj. Gen. Patrick,
chief of the Army Air Service, but
after the conference it was said no
choice would be made until later in
the day. The recommendation then
will go to the White House so the
nomination can be transmitted to the
Senate for confirmation.
Friends of Gun. Mitchell, who have
given up hope of securing his reap
pointment to his present assignment
when it expires by limitation on
March 26, turned their efforts today
toward helping him secure a future
place In the air service which would
conform with the rank of colonel, to
which he reverts automatically, and
give opportunity to him for utiliza
tion of the long experience he has had
in aviation.
It was suggested that he might be
assigned to staff duty with one of
the corps area commanders, perhaps
In the Sixth Corps Area, with head
quarters in Chicago and comprising
the States of Illinois. Michigan and
Wisconsin.
U.S. IN WORLD COURT
PROPOSAL IN SENATE
Swanson Resolution Gets Issue Be
fore Specia’. Session—Hughes
Plan Favored.
I Adherence of the United States to
; the World Court is proposed in a res
j olution in the Senate by Senator
| Swanson of Virginia, a ranking Demo
cratic member of the Senate foreign re
lations committee.
Senator Swanson asked to have his
resolution referred to the Senate for
eign relations committee. He said
that he hoped the committee would
report it promptly.
This is the first move in the special
session of the Senate to bring about
action on the World Court Proposal.
The Swanson resolution is identical
with one Introduced by him during the
last Congress. It provides for adher
ence by the United States to the World
Court under conditions laid down by
Secretary Hughes and the late President
Harding and President Coolidge.
the eve of mobilization, but instead
of taking advantage of the situation,
he chose to join his regiment as a
corporal.
His heroic actions gained him pro
motion to a captaincy, in which ca
pacity he went through the re
mainder of the war. The military au
thorities, who appreciated not only
his personal valor but also the # un
derstanding with which he handled
men. offered him a permanent com
mission in the army, but Guerin
chose to return to the cloister as
soon as the armistice was signed.
Father Guerin is now devoting his
life to going from town to town and
village to village preaching brotherly
love among the people. Fashionable
Paris churches have made him tempt
ing offers to remain permanently
with them, but he prefers to stay
among the plain people. He intends
to ask permission to preach in the
Catholic Churches in Germany.
'•I am sure." said Father Guerin
today, "that Christ's words will reach
the hearts of our former enemies
more easily than the empty words
and promises of the politicians of
both countries.”
(Copyright. 1823. by Chicago Daily News Co.)
BEAUTY OF EBERT
RITES IS MARKED
, Million People See Funeral
Procession—Eulogized
by Officials.
BY EDGAR ANSEL. MOWREB.
By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily »w«.
BERLIN, March s.—"Jessner is a
great theatrical artist and he never
produced anything simpler, more
beautiful or more moving than the
funeral service of President Ebert.”
This is the common belief, con
firmed by the facts.
Nearly 1,000,000 people watched the
•uperblv organized funeral procession
move through the streets to the
Reichstag Building and then to Pots
dam station. Horsemen and lancers,
beautiful as medieval knights, a few
machine guns, light artillery, hono
rary companies of Relchswehr, ma
rines, then the bier. The simple coffin
was covered with a red and gold
presidential standard with the black
eagle of Prussia. Then came a few
carriages with the family, a host of ,
men in silk hats, including officials,
ministers and deputies, then repre
sentatives of student bodies, trade
unions and various civil services.
The parade was beautifully spaced.
The music of Chopin and Beethoven
was superbly rendered. The writer
never witnessed a more moving nor
more beautiful ceremony.
Yet, why'does humanity wait until
Its servants "are dead in order to
honor them?
(Copyright, 1823, by Chicago Dally Newi Co.)
EULOGIZED AT RITES.
Ebert Is Lauded for Efforts for t
Republic.
By the Associated Press.
HEIDELBERG, March s.—The body i
of Friedrich Ebert, first President' of
the German republic, was laid in Its
Anal resting place here today. The
burial occurred at 12:30 o’clock after
a sermon and prayer by Dr. Mass, the
Evangelical Lutheran city chaplain
of Heidelberg. President Ebert’s
funeral train reached Heidelberg
early today after having been re
ceived by sorrowing crowds at ail the
main stops along the route from
Berlin.
The oberburgomaster of Heidelberg
delivered an oration at the railway
station, which was draped in black.
Badenese militia acted as an escort in
the procession through the streets,
festooned with tannenbauni, on the
way to the Berg Cemetery.
All the shops were closed until noon
and the whole city was given over to
mourning. Rohrback street, along
which the cortege passed to the ceme
tery, was not only draped in mourn
ing, but the pavement was strewn
with pine twigs. All the church bells
were tolled as the funeral train ar
rived and during the procession to
the grave.
Space along Rohrback street was
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! HOUSE D.C. GROUP
TO BE COMPLETED
Reid of Illinois Suggested as
One Member as Republicans
Pick Committeemen.
The Republican committee on com- !
mittees. which started its conferences ,
today, will have to ft 11 at least two
Republican vacancies on the House
District Committee. The Democratic
members of the ways and means com
mittee, acting as the Democratic com
mittee on committees, will select at
least three men to fill vacancies on
the District commit’ee.
Representative Scuart F. Reed of I
West Virginia, who was chairman of
the District committee, has retired
from Congress, and Representative
Fred N. Zihlman of Maryland has been
selected under the seniority rule to i
succeed him as chairman. Repre- t
sentative Zihlman has surrendered !
the chairmanship of the committee on j
labor to take the chairmanship of the j
District committee. Then there ia a
Republican vacancy which has exist
ed during the entire Sixty-eighth
Congress.
Representative Frank R. Reid of
Aurora, 111., is expected to take one
of these Republican vacancies, and in
him the District should find a very
able legislator with extensive experi
ence in the problejns of municipal
government. He has bean engaged in
the active practice of law since 1901.
He has been State's attorney and
county attorney and president of the
Illinois State's Attorneys’ Association
and assistant United States attorney
in Chicago. While In the State legis
lature Mr. Reid was chairman of the
committee on statutory revision.
Reid Well Qualified.
Making him particularly sympa
thetic and well o.ualifled to legislate
constructively for the National Capi
tal. Representative Reid was secre
tary to the League of Illinois Munici
palities. He was also attorney for
thf* Illinois Police Association.
The three Democratic vacancies on
the District committee are
caused by the voluntary retirement of
Representative Henry L. Jost of Mis
souri and Representative Charles F.
O'Brien of New Jersey and the
defeat of Representative Everett Kent of
Pen nsyl vania.
Representative Sol Bloom of New
York has been urged to flu one of
these vacancies, and Representative
Bloom is deeply interested in Wash
ington affairs, and particularly de
sirous of helping to bring the best
business methods into play for get
ting the most important measures
passed for the District. But as Rep
resentative Christopher Sullivan, also
of New York, holds the ranking posi
tion, and under the seniority rule,
would be chairman when the Demo
crats come into a majority, it is ques
tionable whether the committee on
committees will put two men from
New York on this committee.
WARREN NOMINATION |
AGAIN BEFORE SENATE
President Asks Confirmation as At
torney General—New Renamed
Postmaster General.
i
President Coolidge today renominated
1 Charles B. Warren of Michigan to be
| Attorney General to succeed Harlan F.
Stone, and sent to the Senate the nom
ination of Harry S. New of Indiana for
another term as Postmaster General.
The nomination of Mr. Warren, which
President Coolidge sent to the Senate
during the last session, was not acted
upon by that body before adjournment
yesterday and the nomination today is
for the purpose of obtaining confirma
tion by the Senate, which is in ex
traordinary session.
Because of a statutory requirement
the Postmaster General was reap
pointed with each administration.
This is not held necessary in the case
ot .h. olh.r cabinet olllcera.
CARDINAL HAYES HOME.
NEW YORK, March s.—Cardinal
Hayes returned today from the
Bahama islands on the Munargo after
an official visit. He confirmed 60
natives. It was the first visit of • car
dinal to Die Island*.
“From Press to Home
Within the Hour ”
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
** TWO CENTS.
Paris Skirts Shoiv
Knees: Red Ears
Are Latest Vogue
By th# AmmclMted Vrem
NEW YORK, March s.—Skirts
above the knees, curled eyelashes
and red ears are the latest Paris
modes, New York has just been In
formed.
Some of the passengers return
ing on the Olympic yesterday had
skirts reaching: only to their knees.
Mrs. Bertram Parker, European
fashion editor of a New York pub
lication, a passenger, was asked If
these were fair samples of the
Parisian designers' latest.
"What? Those skirts?” she asked ;
"Why, they're way down to the |
knees. In Paris they are above
i the knees.”
Miss Nina Boldbin. speaking be- j
fore the Master Hairdressers' As- j
soeiation convention, said the new
Parisian make-up included red- ■
dened ears and nostrils, blue or i
brown lidded eyes, and eyelashes, '
with decided curls.
CAFE OWNER SLAIN
BY BLOW ON HEAD
j
Body of Tom Pappas Found;
in Restaurant Kitchen.
One Witness Held.
With the head completely rrushed In
and a 24-inch blood-stained monkey
i wrench lying a few feet away, the
i body of Tom Pappas, 40 years old, of
1202 Seventh street, was found today
lying In the kitchen of his restaurant
at the Seventh street address. Wil
liam J. Tappy, 64 years old, a dish- :
washer, who shared a room with the |
restaurant owner on the second floor
of the building, found the body.
Tappy Is being held at the second
precinct as a witness. No charge has
been placed against him.
The body was found lying at the
foot of the stairs leading into the res
i taurant from the sleeping quarters j
| occupied by the two men. Five feet
i away was the large monkey wrench
spattered with blood and hair, with
which, the police say, the murder was
committed. Pappas was dressed with
the exception of his shoes. His as
sailant struck him a terrific blow, po
lice said, apparently after a short
struggle. Pappas' feet were wrapped
up in burlap.
No Enemies Are Known.
There were a few signs of a
struggle in the kitchen of the dingy :
little restaurant, but the assailant {
left no clues. Detective Sandberg. I
finger-print expert, will take finger- ,
prints from the monkey wrench.
Pappas, according to Greeks who j
j knew him. had no enemies, as far as
1 they knew. A brother, Williafh Pap- 1
pas, is at Georgetown University
Hospital recovering from an opera
tion. Pappas was not married. He
came to this country about 10 years
ago after serving In the Greek army !
in the Balkan war.
Version Given by Tappy.
Tappy told police that both he and
the dead man slept in the same room.
He said Pappas left his bed just be
fore 7 o'clock this morning and went
down stairs. Tappy immediately after
going to sleep. Tappy claimed he
heard no sounds of a struggle In the
room below nor any indication that
anything unusual had occurred until
about 10:30 o'clock when he went
downstairs and found the body of
Pappas lying on the floor. Police say
the body was warm when it was
i found. Tappy ran out into the street
and notified passersby, who informed
the second precinct of the murder.
Pappas had apparently come down i
stairs from his sleeping quarters to
open up the restaurant for the day. J
The morning delivery of bread, usual- i
ly left before 7 o'clock, was found un
touched. Tappy said he usually slept
until late in the morning since he
worked late at night."
Tappy, according to Detective Sal
keld, told conflicting stories of his
finding of the body of Pappas and of
how he spent the hours before the
body was found.
| BROTHER AND SISTER
I WED AND DISAPPEAR
i
Pennsylvania Parents and Police
| Seek Stephen and Helen
Balough, After Elopement.
iSpeeisl Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md., March 5.
Married and missing, Stephen and
Helen Balough, brother and sister, are
fugitives from their parents and the
police. No trace of them has been
found since Tuesday, when they
obtained a marriage license here, rep
resenting themselves as first cousins,
and were united by the Rev. P. E.
Blacknev, pastor of the Second United
Brethren Church.
The local police yesterday received
a telegram from Stephen Balough of
Johnstown Pa., the father, asking
I that the couple be arrested. Their
ages were given as 19 and 17 years,
respectively, though the marriage
license records here gave them as 21
and 19.
Deputy Clerk Thomas A. Leonard,
who issued the license, stated today
that because of the names being the
same he questioned the couple closely
as to their relationship. He said
they bore no striking resemblance,
and although they first denied any
kinship and later said they were first
cousins, he did not suspect they were
brother and sister.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., March s.—Stephen
Balough and Helen Balough, who
were married Tuesday at Cumberland,
Md., are brother and sister. Chief of
Police Charles E. Brlney* declared
last night. He said their father.
Stephen Balough of Johnstown, had
requested their arrest.
The son is 19 years old and the
daughter 17, according to the father.
He said the marriage was a surprise
to him, as he had not observed any
thing unusual in their attitude toward
each other. The couple have not re
turned here.
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COOLIDGE AT DESK
EARLY; INAUGURAL
HOSTSLEAVECITY
President Shows No Sign of
Fatigue—Resumes
Norma! Routine.
I
RUSH OF CALLERS TAKES
UP MOST OF MORNING
I
Capital, in Retrospect, Agrees
Ceremonies Yesterday Were
Ideally Fitting.
Washington awoke with difficulty
this morning, gazed sleepily out upon
| somber, sodden skies and smiled ma
liciously. Inauguration day had pass
. ed under the benevolent radiance of
an unexpectedly warm sun, already
j ’-^ e city had returned to its normal
I routine, most of the distinguished
! visitors were well on their Journey
| back home, and as the National Cap-
J ital yawned contentedly it seemed to
I sa - v:
] "Let it rain.”
; Four more years must elapse before
; tt ashlngton will be called upon to
set the scenes once more for the
quadrennial drama of another admin
istration's induction. And whatever
else may be said pro and con as to the
virtues of simplicity, the Federal City
Is justly satisfied now that It' com
mitted itself well In the preparation
of yesterday’s ceremonies.
President Back at Work.
i
I President Coolidge was at his deek
at the White House at the usual
hour this morning, showing no out
ward sign of having been fatigued
by the tense activities of his inaugu
ration. While Washington and Its
guests had been dancing away the
closing hours of the long-awaited
day and pushing its festivities far
! ir »to the morning, the President was
sleeping restfully in preparation for
the work ahead of him.
But while most of the city showed
the strain of yesterday’s nervous en
thusiasm. it was not the tired Wash
ington of old. As the inauguration is
reviewed in more collected fashion
the general reaction now Is that the
whole program was entire, fitting
the occasion, and especially the man
for whom It was planned. The pa
rade was colorful and just long
i enough not to be tiring. In the opln
! ion of many persons.
President Ready for Rash.
I Remarking that he felt fine. Presi
dent Coolidge told those who saw
j him first this morning that he was
1 anxious to start his work early that
Ihe might, he ready to receive the
rush of callers who would visit the
White House to felicitate him, and
he was up shortly after « o'clock.
He plainly showed the beneficial re
sults of a good night's sleep in his
clear eyes and good color.
Inspect* Stands.
The President again walked about
I the stands In front of the White
House, bowing every now and then
to workmen who had arrived early
to start razing them. Before leaving
the structure Mr. Coolidge stepped
into the inelosura where he and Vice
President Dawes stood while they
reviewed yesterday's parade, and after
surveying it for a moment he walked
down to the very spot at the rail
where he had stood while the pageant
passed. He remained there for a few
minutes and then returned to the
White House, joining the members of
his family and the White House
guests, who had assembled downstatra
for breakfast.
While no one would have imagined
i it from his facial expression and from
I his lack of comment, President Cool-
I idge was greatly impressed with all
that transpired yesterday. One of his
most intimate friends said the Presi
dent felt very deeply the significance
of the- occasion and was very much
pleased with all that had been done
in his honor. Although the Presi
dent made only passing comment even
to his intimates, they have every as
surance that Calvin Coolidge was a
happy man yesterday and that ha
had a full realization of the place
he has won in the hearts of his coun
trymen—and of the tremendous trials
that h© must now face.
Callers Crowd Office.
! President Coolidge was correct in
j his expectation of a crowd of callers
j today. He had scarcely arrived at
j his office before the rush started,
j There were cabinet officers, Senators.
Representatives. Republican leaders
and old friends from various parts
iof the country’. They all wanted to
be among the first to shake the hand
of the executive on the beginning of
his new administration.
The President's first scheduled en
gagement was with Frank B. Kel
logg. his new Secretary of State, with
whom he conferred for nearly an
hour. Secretary Kellogg said, upon
leaving the President’s office, that,
they discussed a variety of subjects
dealing principally with international
matters and matters pertaining to the
administration of the State Depart
ment.
Secretary of War Weeks, too. was
among the early callers. The Presi
dent's visitors, however, were not.
confined entirely to those who wished
to extend greetings. The South Da
kota Republican congressional dele
gation, headed by Representative
Williamson, urged the President to
appoint Senator Sterling, whose tim*
expired yesterday, to the vacancy
existing on the International Bound
ary Commission between the United
Slates and Canada.
Women Among Callers.
Nor were the President's cakers
confined to those of the male sex, nor
to those in political and official cir
cles. There was a large number of
women. In groups and as Individuals,
who wished to extend their greetings
to the Executive before leaving the
city. Gov. Billings of Vermont, who
was among the governors who par
ticipated in the Inaugural ceremonies
yesterday, as an old personal friend
of the President, called and invited
him to participate, in the proposed
celebration of “Old Home day" in Ver
mont.
The Vermont executive told the
President that the matter of select
ing a date for this occasion would
be left In his hands. In other words,
he told the President that any day
next Summer that suited Mr, Cool
idge would suit the people of the
Green Mountain State. The Pre*l»
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