The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 1

83D YEAB-NO. 281. QALVESTON. TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1925. ESTABLISHED 1842.

IKTERCOASTAi CANAL COMPLETION TO GALVESTON BAT CALLED FOB. PROVIDES 9-FOOT DEPTH Authorizes Surrey of Galveston Bay Channels, Colorado and Guadalnpe Rivers. BY HARK I- GOODW1X. Special to The Neva Washington. Jan.

only six negative votes, the huuse late today passed the river and harbor authorization bill, calling for a series of new projects, the total of which is slightly more than $39,000,000. The Improved project of the Intracoasinl canal for depth of nine feet from New Orleans to Galvcston Bay. which would also give the waterway contact i Houston. to cost $9,000,000, was approved without objection. Managers of the bill Indicated that the canal would yst be finished to the nine-foot depth to Corpus Chrlatl.

project received favorable comment from Chairman Dempsey of the honse committee and from Representative Burton of Ohio, lone a waterway expert of corigress. Another project approved was for expenditure of $88,000 for deepening Houston ship channel to ton feet, with sixty feet width from the turning banln at Port Houston to the foot of Main street. Houston. Authorisation Mraanrr. The bill Is only an authorization and by Its provisions there will be no expenditure i tho next fis- cnl year, thereafter a maximum' of $10,000,000 authorization originally proposed wat meet ib jictlo'nXr of Oib ministration.

There. voted the army- appropriation bill a 1 total of $40.000,000 for existing projects. Some- opposition to the luithnrtm- tlon has, been Indicated. where sentiment Is expressed for completing: the existing projects before adopting new ones. Is declared that with the proposed new authorizations the government's i for rivers and.

harbors not yet finished amounts to J204.000.000. of Channels. Qrand Jury Frees Woman Charged With Shooting Husband to Death FORT WORTH, Tex, Jan. IS Vindicated by the action of the Brand Jury, which voted this morning a "no" bill," Gladys la allogred to have shot and killed her husband, Bernard Fezlcr, yesterday' afternoon, walked out of the county jail a few minuted after the grand jury's verdict had been announced, a free woman. The action.

of the grand jury followed a few minutes after Mrs. Fezler had testified before that body that she shot it her husband yesterday afternoon after he had threatened to kill her, and during- the time he was making- the threats that he had a pistol pointed toward her a a shot twice. Mrs. Fezler's mother and father and M. M.

Eskew, a friend, present at the time of the shooting, were alao examined by the grand jury and corroborated the statements made by the accused woman. DISLODGING PAIL HANGING IN TREE, THEY ATE ITS COMTENTS. DUfllHL IN ONE COFFIN ENGINEERS ASK ADDITIONAL ALLOTMENT FOR TWO 8- HOUR SHIFTS. In the Limelight Special Caiket Is Hade to Contain the Three Bodies of the Little Tots. In addition to thr authorizations the bill today Included- 16C separate surveys of streams and harbors, for navigation and flood control to be made by the board of army engineers, and applying to nJI sections of the I i Alaska and Rico.

A Kcnordl survey of TKXRM City channel was voted, one for Galveston a with a view of Increasing the project to i i feet. These projects now support a large proportion the country's foreign tonnage. Surveys for the Colorado and rlvorn of Southern Texas and of HogJty Hlver. Oklahoma, wens adopted for purposes of navigation. Opposition lo the legislation was expressed In the- house today when speakers brought Into the debate the fourth section of the fiommerce not, dealing i the long and short i by railroads.

Tt WHS declared that effort to produce waterways for the country's transportation relief was boinsr neutralized by granting of long and chort haul applications. Representative Mc- TCeown of Oklahoma said the rall- rosds had been bltte.r ever since the Government completed the Panama Canal, and that one railroad execu- i hnd declared that the canal ought to bo "filled cloned up." PRICE OF BREAD HERE EXPECTED TO ADVANCE WITH RISE IN WHEAT The price of bread Is likely to advance throughout Galveston i i a few days, according to local bakers. An advance of from 1C to 2c on pound loaves Is expected, and a comparative increase In larger sized loaves. According to one dealer, who explained the Impending Increase, flour hag advanced from $6.00 a barrel to $10.25 a barrel i i the lost months. Many local bakers wcro well supplied before the.

Increase had been made and i to sell bread at thn old price. i the exhaustion of their stock at tho price Increase must be met by advance In bread prices. It was claimed. THE WEATHER For Galvcston nnd Vle.lnity--Fri- day cloudy: occasional rains; colder Friday i moderate to fresh southeast winds, shirting to west nnd north. For lEn.fi Texas--Rnln i a In south and rain or snow In portion; colder; cold wave In thn In- te.rior; temperature, will fall 20 to 30 degrees or morn.

Saturday fair; colder In southeast portion. For Went Texas--Friday cloudy; colder, except In cold wn.vft In southeast portion. Saturday not so cold. For Louisiana--Friday rain; colder In west portion, Saturday clearing; roldor; cold wave In North portion Friday night. Winds on Texas Coant--Moderate lo fresh southerly, shifting; to westerly.

An additional allotment of $110,000 has been tisked 'by Major J. Schley, 'United States district engineer, in order paving of the east end seawall extension i on government property may be con- i at tho present augmented rate of 100 linear feet per day, it was stated yesterday. With a view to getting all paving laid before tho hurricane season of next year, two eight-hour shifts are now being worked and the frontage per day Increased from i lo 100 feet. The present allotment for pav- tng, which was based on but fifty feet per'day. will be only sufficient to run through the present month going at the double rate.

It was stated. It is expected that an early iniwrr will bo received In connection, with the additional allotment juil icquentcd, as engineers dnera advisable all.caving 'aid before the next reason, i 8 can cnt rate is kept up. A track now being- laid to coimty''section of the fill In order that plant may'be set up and concrete sheet piling placed at the top of the back slope In that section, provided In the county 'specirica- Major Scblcy stated that: It hoped lo start another brick lay- Ing gang at this point nnd work westward to tho old seawall as soon ai sufficient, piling has been driven to warrant such a start. The county secllnn of the Till Is 3.300 feel long and will be entirely blocked off with concrete sheet piling. Tho government 9.160 feet In length, will not have feature.

Paving hits already been laid for a distance of 2,800 feet, beginning at the eastern terminus of the seawall extension fill, It was stated, and i paving i i at the rate of 100 feet per day the entire paving should be complete by May. OWNER OF MOTORBOAT EMMA FACES CONSPIRACY CHARGE. By Fren. Crawford. Jan.

children were burled here this afternoon in one coffin, the sequel to their finding of a bucket of "sugar" yesterday afternoon. The "sugar" was white arsenic, hanging in a tree after part of It had been used last i for poisoning grasshoppers. The' victiniH, children of and BILLS INTRODUCED PROVIDE FOR $10,000,000 FOR SCHOOLS. mil LAWS UPOSEO Governor Sends on State Song; Committee Considers Neff's Appointments. By AiwoclmtAd Preii.

Austin. Jan. appropriating $4.000,000 for the public schools for. the' next blennlum were introduced In the senate- today, making a total of $10,000.000 for the same period which the legislature has been.asked this season to set aside for the cause of elementary education; A bill Introduced yestor- Mi-fi. Tom Hurst of Ocec.

were Dcro- ay cm approprla- lliy Elizabeth, 2 years old; George, 3 I yeur.s old. and Joe, yearn old. The a i had moved to their new home near Ocee- only a few weeks before. Yesterday i the children discovered a bucket In a tree, and succeeded in diu- lodging it. When It fell to the si-ound a package of white powder tumbled out at their feet.

"Sugar," us they thought. Two bourn after they hnd tasted the" poison the two youngest children were taken sick. Their mother, with her fourth child, a fi-months-old baby, sent the oldest, boy, Joe, after her husband. was at i the field. Joe violently 111 when he returned with his futhar.

At 8 loot night the younger two boys died and 2-year- old died before midnight. Tho I older, boy, WBJ, to ihe Baptist Sanltarlutn'a't' Waco, where he died i at 3 thin morning. A special casket was to hold bodies three. tlon of $3,000,000 for Today's school appropriation bill was introduced by Senator Charles R. Ployd of Paris.

Senators drew lots for the short and long- terms i Vhe i session, passed a resolution against the principle of federal aid to states but excepting federal aid for road projects; listened to a from Governor Pat Neff recommending the (election of a state song and i i "Texas, pur Texas" as a suitable composition. Holbrook Prenentu Mearare. At the short afternoon session, the time was taken up with the Introduction of bills. That which stood out from the common run. with the exception of the school appropriation bill, was that of Senator T.

J. Holbrook of Galveston, whose' measure would require automobile drivers to stop at a maximum of fifty ifect and a minimum "of twenty feet from the "nearest rail" of (Lny railroad crossing which they, mar approach, and liw" says they must 100 -feet of by, Senator ArclwrVParr would forfeit Authority HUP CHARLES II. WAHREK. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE. has ap- pointed Charles Beechor Warren, former ambassador to.

Japan and to-Mexico, attorney, general, succeeding Harlan appointed' to the supreme bench. Rumors' In nro to 'the effect that Mabel Walker Wlllebrandt, assistant -attorney general, may be named 'by the president as the first woman judge on federal bench In tho United LED FIRST ARMISTICE OFFENSIVE IN WOULD WAR IN FRANCE. MISS IDA BELLE WOOLFORD ACCEPTS PLACE AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY. Ma Belle, Woolford will become assistant secretary of (lie Galveston Community Chest. It was announced yoitcrtjij by J.

-I. Byrne. preRldr.fit -of chest, following action of the board Wednesday In deciding to create the position. Sho will 1)0 the only salaried employe of chest and will keep office nnd detailed reports. Xonc of the other officials or directors will receive compensation.

C. E. Hidden Is executive secre- tnry of the clicst and will he in charge of the administrative affairs. I The following: report vrns given by! I the Community Chest officials terday: "We wish lo assure all donating that the results of the recent campaign Indicate beyond question that Galvcston is generally favorable towards the chost plan, although the total quota has not as yet been realized. The amount sub- granted-In railroad to construct additional track unless "the railroad exercised such authority Ithln a given time.

Senator John Davis, of In'! troduced a measure would prohibit the "Incarceration of persons of unsound mind in city county jails where there are asylums or hospitals provided for their care. A bill introduced "by request, by Senator-A. E. Wood of Granger, re- OFFICIAL NAMED IN SCANDALS IN KANSAS RESIQNS By Asiocltte'l Press. Topeka, Jan.

J. Peterson, state bank commissioner Involved' with Governor Jonathan M. Davla in an alleged pardon trafficking; ring-, presented his resignation to Governor Ben S. Paulen today and demanded that his accusers meet him in court. a with the demand by Attorney General C.

B. Griffith that he quit his-offlee or answer to ouster proceedings In the supreme court Mr. Peterson elected 'to withdraw, but denied the ouster threat I enced his decision. Governor Paulen had hot acted on. the resignation tonight.

He-said a successor probably; would not be named for several days. The bank commissioner, who has been former Governor Davis" chief political adviser, declared he would take up the fight and defend Davis against -the malicious and vicious attacks of his political enemies. Meanwhile Volney Johnson, convicted Aulne bank embezzler, was being sought by the state In an effort to link up Davis and Peterson In the alleged sale of executive clemency. Johnson is charged In a i a i by C. H.

Bartholomew of Wichita i having been an Intermediary for the former governor and Peterson In the sale of a parole to Bartholomew's son. Ernest Bartholomew. The older Bartholomew states ho paid Johnson $1,250 and received the parole. Bribery Is Charged IS CHARGED WITH UTTERING DOCTRINES CONTRARY TO THOSE OF CHURCH. CASE is TO BE era Houu of Bishops to Hear Reports at New Orleans and Pass Final Judgment.

FORMBR CONVICT BUYER OP PARDONS AJfD PAROLES, SAYS By AmocUted Press. Wichita, Jan. C. H. Bartholomew, Augusta merchant.

In a signed statement tonight quoted Vplncy Johnson, as say- IntS" that hft-Vhad pardons and paroles for several Inmates in the state penitentiary Lansing. Bartholomew Is, alleged 'to have recently paid Johnson- 11, 2EO to ob. Erneot. Bartholomew, convicted and-sent to thef-penltentlary for motor car theft (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Tfl RETIRE FEB. 1 PRESIDENT'S SECRETARY TO BE SUCCEEDED BY MEMBER OF CONGRESS.

MANY BILLS AND ONE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT OFFERED. New York, Jan. General Robert Leo Bullard relinquished Johnny Gambino, owner of the motorboat 15 mm a. which was captured i tho motorboat E-301. three trucks and 600 cases of liquor by customs officers Monday night about twelve milen down the Island, retirement after forty-four years of service.

His passing removed from active to date Is approximately scribed $98,000 and new subscriptions arc being received dally. "In view of the late start of the campaign and the newness of the was arrested yesterday afternoon on a charge of conspiracy In connection i the rum seizure. Gambino was brought before. United States Commissioner Brantly Harris yesterday a about 5 o'clock by A. F.

Scharff. special agent for the customs service, and after waiving preliminary hearing ho wns released on $2,000 bond. United States CommlMloner Harris announced the other two defendants, Albert And Clement Roublon, arrested enrllor In the week on charges of Importation and possession of Intoxicating liquors, i also face charges of connplrncy. They are now out on $2,000 bond each nnd warrants for their arrest were Issued out of tho commissioner's office yesterday afternoon. Other arrests In the cnne nro expected to follow, Mr.

Schnrff announcing Wednesday thn( it scoro or more persona aro believed to have been Involved In tho affair. M.VCOI.N C.OKS Ofi TTUAI, FOR MUTIDI5R OK WIFTB A.NDBROTHKn By Annnclatocl Geneva. Jan. J. Lincoln, the Aurora, 111., lawyer- florist who.

two years ago. killed wife and Byron Shoup, her brother, and scaled their decapitated heads In a block, which he used for porch on trial frr the murders and at once asknd a change of vonuo. command of the Second Army Corps Idea, our city has made a splendid Area at noon today and went Into to the appeal ot our charitable and phllanthrrplc institutions and we sincerely believe that when the fairness, efficiency and economy of the chest plan are fully realized, service the last ot America's war- i will have the unqualified support time military "big four." The six- of the people of Galveston." ty-year age limit whir.h forced him to step down today had previously eliminated General Pcrshing and Major General Hunter Liggett. Major General James G. Harbord.

who completed the quartet, a i retired to become president of tho Radio Corporation of America, Major General Bullard i remain as a citizen of New York, although the nature of the business he will enter has not been announced. Ills successor as commander of the Second Arrriy Corps, Major General Charles P. Summerall, who. like Bullard, was a lieutenant general In the world war. will take formftl command tomorrow.

In his letter to Billiard. Secretary of War Wpoks recalled that It was he who led tho first American division to enter the front line of battle In France, the first to fire on German forces, the first to take a German prisoner, the first to pierce the hostile positions In the battle of Cantlgny--the first American i of the war. Official announcement of the sum contributed to the first Community Chest camp-aign held in Galveston gave the total of $98,000. The chest Is working toward the goal of $125,000. There has never been a completely successful campaign first Community Chest among tho 210 staged throughout the country.

It was declared. YOUXG GIRl, CONFESSES TO MOTHER TO HEATH CONVICT RADIO KlXCi GETS TWO-VRMI JOB By AtMio Jefferson City. Jan. With morn than $3,600 In his pocket and a engagement as one of the "headline" acts on one ot tho largest vaudeville circuits In the nation awaiting him. Harry M.

Snofl- -By Apioclnted Prcn. San Francisco, Jan. IB. Dor- -othy Klllngson, 18-year-old confessed to police today that she shot nnd killed her mother lost Tuesday morning In a i of anger. The girl, who was arrested in a rooming house, where she hnd registered an assumed name, told police she hnd no deep-seated grievance against her mother, but that she shot her In n.

moment of anger and resentment because her mother demanded rho cease "running around so much late at night." Judge John 1C Newhall, who Lin- grass, the "king of tho Ivories." will coin, through counsel, said ho had learned yesterday wns prejudiced, at once assigned the case to Judge William J. of Sycamore, 111, who came hern to It and the examination tarleil. of vcnlremcn was etep out of tho Missouri prison tomorrow a free man. At ths'gates his wife nnd (-year-old son will greet him. Under the prison merit system lie will out tomorrow with the benefit of time earnei! by good conduct.

W. URBUORY IIATCHKR IS SWORX IX A3 TREASURER By Associated Austin, Jan. IB--W. Gregory Hatcher, lawyer of Dallas, today was sworn In as state treasurer, succeeding S. L.

Staples, who has hold tho office Cor about five months, Tho oath was administered Judge Leo Hawkins, Judge of court nf criminal appeals, in presence of the office by the. tho to mandamus county boards and power to By Associated Austin. Jan. of the Indeterminate sentence law, abolishment of the board of prison commissioners, and a renewal of the fight to prohibit ownership of land in Texas by unnaturalized residents of the United States were among the molt Important measures Introduced at the afternoon session of the house of representatives today. To date fifty-six "bills and one joint resolution to amend the state constitution have been introduced and referred to committees.

Additional authority to the state tax board In effecting a statewide equalization of taxes Is favored in a bill introduced by Representative Claud Teer of Gransror. This Uill would give tax ooai'd iiuthorlty equalization remove any county commissioner or judge who willfully falls to comply provisions in rendering county assessments to the state. Rendering of lots and improvements separately for tax purpose is also provided. Texiia Sonic Adoption. Governor Pat M.

Neff. In a special message, urged the house to adopt "Texas, Our as tho official state song. He pointed out. that the song, out of 286 submitted, had been approved by special committee. The second verse, which mentioned the Alnmo and the Battle of Son Jacinto, which wns eliminated by tho selection committee, had been rewritten and wns Included.

The words were written by Mrs. Gladys Wright and set to music by W. J. Marah of Fort Worth. A second message from tho governor In regard to an interstate treaty governing the distribution of water In tho Pecos River wns read.

A resolution providing: $30 for postage stamps for each member, and for other Incidental expenses, was adopted after a prolonged fight upon an amendment offered by Representative George Purl of Dallas Including $10 for each member for telegraph and telephone tolls. A motion to table the amendment wns lost, 71 to 60, and the amended resolution "carried. Lawyer Proofreader. The house immediately plunged Into a second controversy when Representative K. M.

Chllwood of Sweetwator Introduced a resolution By Aiioclated Preu. Washington, Jan. In President Coolldge's official family. following- closely one upon the oth- cr. brought today the announcement 'of the resignation of C.

Bascom Slemp of Virginia as secretary to the president and the selection of Everett Sanders, a member of the house from Indiana, as Mr. Slcmp's successor. The announcement of Mr. Slemp's Intention to retire did not come with the startling suddenness that has THE former governor of Kansas, recently retired, and his son, Russell Davis, face charges of accepting bribes in the pardon and parole of convicts. DISTRICT JUDGE IN SAN 'AN -'TONIO-DECIDES AGAINST STATE POLICE.

By AMOclated-Prmii. San Antonio, Whether'all ranger i Jan. IB. in Texas must cease at under the Injunction granted by Judge.R. B.

Minor of the fifty-seventh district court restraining state officials from recognizing the ranger service on the groynds that the law.creating the service is unconstitutional will tie decided" Saturday. At that'time Judge Minor will hear a motion by Assistant Attorney' General W. A. Wheeler to -suspend' the- 'perpetual Injunction pending appeal. Wheeler asked for a suspension of the writ was rendered' today and it was- overruled.

Wheeler'then Tiled motion and Judge Minor said that while he doubted If 'the'court had the authority to suspend the writ he would pass the until Saturday to srive counscl'ari to study Lhe question: Judge Minor made it plain that he wanted the matter settled-before the present state officials go of of- 'ice, and to wait would make I necessary to the" new officials attended some of he "recent I Parties to the. suit. Judge Minor changes, for hte resignation had been to avoid a I attorneys on By AModited Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. from the 'ministry was announced here today a. fitting ishment for the William Montgomery Brown, retired bishop of the-Protestant Episcopal dloceso of Arkansas.

'The finding; came from the church's board of review after three days of argument on the action of the trial court -which last May found Bishop Brown guilty of uttering doctrines contrary to those held by the church. The reviewing body discovered error in the trial, affirming those proceedings without exception. Sentence to Be Bishop William A. Leonard Cleveland, presiding elder of the review court, explained that the power to put the sentence Into effect restj- ed with the house of bishops. Thai body, which meets at the general convention of the church in New Orleans next September, will hear reports'of the trial and review courts and approve or disapprove them.

Apr proval can be given only by a two- thirds vote of all the 130 bishops entitled to cast, ballots. If this majority is obtained In New Orleans sentence will be formally pronounced by the presiding bishop of the church, a post now held by Bishop B. Talbot of Bethlehem, Pa, Failure to obtain a two-thirds vote In the house of blsbopi would, it said. In effect be, a reversal of both the courts. Believe nis-htii A possibility that 1 the'New Orleans might npfi.bo- called on to vote 'on tho was', agreed upon when'Joseph of Dayton, Ohio, chief counsel for Bishop his client's Intention to petition the bishops selection- of a court; or.

to 'case. miglit' be- further referred. Such court Is provlded'for In the constitution oT the church, but It has never been 'constituted. The "board of review held in tha proceedings concluded today that the'considera- tion which the house of bishops was give the case was a sufficient safeguard Bishop Brown's Unless the house of bishops grants Mr. Sharts' proposed petition the open hearings, of the case have ended.

Debate by the house wllf; bo held like all its proceedings, behind closed doors'. Concluding scenes In' the trial wers marked by the personal participation of Bishop Brown. At the morning session he addressed the court In affirmation of his beliefs and at brief afternoon session told Ills fellow bishops flatly he had no desire to retract one word of teachings. Inability to Wear Silk Hose Brings Suit for $11,500 regarded In Washington as more I terest of time, than a probability since the Novem-! Tnc court's probability since the November election. He will give up the secretaryship about the 1st of February and will resume the practice of law.

The selection of Representative Sanders was more unexpected. The Indiana congressman, one of the younger members and yet one of the leaders in the house, did not stand Bv fn-r e-n Associated both sides -said; entirely''abolishes the ranger which'has been in oxlstance form since the days of the Texas'republic. WILL ADHERE TO RULING RANGER FORCE for re-election last fall and had announced his Intention of returning to Indiana to practice law. He served during the campaign as director ot the republican national committee speakers' bureau and as such attracted the attention of the president. He will take up his duties at the White House a the adjournment congress.

March 4, a it is probable he will spend some time prior to thin at the executive offices acquainting himself with the secretarial work. Mr. Slomp wns actuated In deciding to retire by a feeling that much of the constructive work he had entered upon In the office of secretary had been accomplished and also by a desire to return to the profession he loft In 1917 to serve sixteen years in congress. He will be asso- the (Continued on Page 1. Column 4.) his low practice i .1 W.

Good, former member ot housn from Town. Intimates of the retiring seerelary, however, declare there wern other factors crowing out of friction be- tween Mr. Slcmp and some of closer advisers of President Ooolldge, Austin, Jan. of the fifty-seventh district In regard to the injunction restraining Governor Patt M. Neff and Adjutant General Thomas D.

Barton from organizing, paying or equipping the ranger force, will be adhered to religiously, Mr. declared here tonight. However, future will depend largely upon whether tho injunction Is set aside pending appeal to the higher courts or put into effect immediately, Mr. Barton said. He Intends to confer tomorrow morning with Attorney General Dan Moody and Assistant General W.

A. Wheeler, who argued the motion for appeal this afternoon. Mr. Barton indicated that the state intended to carry the fight to the supreme court. Staff Special to News.

Houston. Jan, scar on her leg; is so unsightly that she can not wear silk stockings. Hiss Blanch Reneer. 20 years old'of JFort Arthur, has filed suit against the -International-Great Northern Railroad for $11,600 damages. Sho alleges that she was injured while a passenger on an N.

train. The- petition sets forth that Miss Keneer was a student' at the Sam Houston State Teachers' College In 1923. Her mother and father came to visit her. The mother became ill. and the daughter went with her' to the train.

The two women boarded the train and Miss Blanch helped her mother get settled in a seat. As the daughter started to alight, the train gave a violent lurch and Miss Reneer, her petition states, was thrown violently against the side of the- platform. The young' woman received Injuries to her spine and a large triangular gash was cut on her left leg, half-way between the ankle anrt knee. "This scar Is exceedingly painful and unsightly," the petition states, "and the plaintiff can not wear thin hose, even of the best, quality, because said scar is plainly visible, and causes her great em- i barrassment. discomfort, anxiety.

pain and anguish." nf harmony between Mr Slcmp and Chairman Butler of the republican rommitteo developed oppnly at the Clm-olam! convention and almost resulted In the resignation at that time of the secretary. Day in Washington The house passed the $39,000,000 rivers and harbors authorization. C. Bascom Slemp announced would reslg-n as secretary to the president. Representative Everett Sanders of Indiana will succeed him WOMEN LEADERS SAY CHILD The Isle of Pines treaty recog- I.ABOR AMENDMENT UNWISE nlaslng sovereignty over the territory was taken up by the senate By Amrnclatctl Prera.

after more than twenty years. Austin. Jnn. In I Railroad executives continued women's club activities In Texas to- th A testimony before a senate com- on a bill to' reduce the Inter- day abandoned efforts to hnve the Texas legislature a i the child labor amendment to the federal constitution. "Wo do not think It wise to ask for ratification." Miss Jane Y.

McCallum of Austin, executive secretary of the women's Joint legislative council, said In announcing tho legislative program of the est charged on government loans. A plan to transfer to Washington thn legal proceedings instituted in Montana against Senator Burton 1C. Wheeler was placed before officials. A hill to make mandatory Imposition of prison sentences for violations of the. prohibition law was by the house judiciary commlttct.

Sarcophagus of Woodrow Wilson Almost Finished By AHoeiated Washington, Jan. on the sarcophagus of Woodrow Wilson in the national cathedral here nearlng completion. The top, bearing a cruiader'a cross, beneath which are the and dates of the birth and death of the war pdesldent, has just been put In place. The'sides of the sarcoph- nguft. which fit Into a window In Bethlehem Chapel, beneath which the body now lies, are of Minnesota limestone.

An Iron grill and a can-' opy will complete the.