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EDUD- VOW t7 wJUU r. . , OREGON !Jl 1 Rain war MM moderate . XemDuaraLurt: strong southerly gales The shortest distance between buyer and seller. A StateirrtTan classified ad It pays to use and read thehi daily. M ft long the coast. Wednesday Max.! i I . n A . . . 64; Min. 41; Rainfall .83;' ! xii rer a. stationary since noon; Atmosphere cloudy; Wind South. IQfc I 1 : i I. h ! SEVENTT-FOUflTH YEAR SLIDE BLOCKS I RESCUE IRK; HOPE EBBING 'I i i, i . : ! 1 - i Second Cave-In During Day pauses i worjcer$ Jo pes pair of Finding Victim Alive m Cave v COLLINS PARTLY BURIED uNUER SHOWER OF ROCK Relatives , and Friends Dis heartened; Men Undecided ' As to Next Move ;:M I. SANp CAVE. Cave City, Ky.. eh. 4. (By the AP.r Flovd 'plilns has less chance of coming Out of Sand Cave alive than at any ilmp since he was trapped hy a ! &tl!ng boulder last Friday morn hgjdurlng1 an' exploration tour of. b'e jcayiB. . j Another, -cave-in occurred to night. 'blocking1 the passage' and" tiling loose stone 'on Collins' jj l Thwarted on every turn by one obstacle or, another, Jaded rescu ers Icante out of the cave at raid- hht tonight admitting defeat for jibe first time. . What was to be rion;e next had, sot been decided. Engineers went immediately into the cavern to consider the possl tyiliiy of timbering the passage liil i jjThf r. was. same talk! of again undertaking to drill a new hole, but that was all. i I ji! i i . : - ' ' jiXjAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 4. An Wther cave-In, the second of the jayi:! occurred .tonight. 'blocking' al I efforts of rescuers to reach Floyd I Collins, imprisoned cave Explorer, according to John Ger lalds. ' ' , ' Geralds had led, a party of six int the cave at . 10:19- in hope : of having Collins out in an hour. A.! jcave-in which t occurred this morning had been cleared out and jtoef way seemed clear , to reach tlie 'hapless victim. . ijil All hope vanished on the part of iColllns' kinsmen when they learned what had happened. Ho ftier Collins, a brother, started to go in immediately but was dis suaded by his aged father, Lee Collins, and members of the res cue party. i 1 1 Geralds, a friend of Collins, emerged from the cave shortly after midnight and announced that the latest! cave-in had occurred some 12 $r 15 feet from Collins. i;TI am through." he said, visibly Rejected over the latest turn of Ijevents. ' I Small rock has burled part of iCoHins"' body,1 Gerald said. He added that rock continually fell on him and the five men with him and said Collins shouted to him telling him to go home and to bed. What will be done had not been decided. ' j - I EIRLTELLSOF KILLING Canary poisoned By Flea powder as txpenmeni 01 Death Reaction IX) S ANQF.LES, Feb. 4. While Los Angeies city and county in vestigators today sought the slny- er of two little girls- found hud dled in ay shallow grave in the suburbs, another child, . younger than either of these was telling for the third time how she carried on a series of killings ranging from the poisoning of a canary Tilth flea powder to the Jnurder of her twin sisters with ground glass and the slaying of a woman ruardian with ant paste. She was eeven-year i old Alsa Tbomp3dn,' who last Monday night made a "confesion" to the police that was branded ty her father a absurd but- characterized by members of the family with whom she had, been boarding In keeping with her alleged poisoning at tempts . while under "their" obsr vatlon. ' ;r? .. :r i ' Through two hours of question ing sho clung to her original 'con fession." he told again how sne put grouud glass ; Into breakfast food eaten by her twin, slaters shortly before they nickened and dl 3d at Dauphin, Man., two years ago; how, after coming to Los Angeles, she put ant paste in the food of Miss Nettle Steele, who" nuns - . - - - . . . t (Contlaaed ytx 9) Charges Are Against Air Service During WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. A flood of Information on the con dition of the army and navy air services was turned loose today with unexpected suddenness be fore the house committee investi gating the aircraft , industry and after the committee adjourned the subject spread to the 'army and navy departments and the floor of the house. 1 ' .'. The committee members arous ed by charges that .army and navy officers had been ", "muzzled" to prevent their telling the truth aboit the efficiency of aircraft in war shifted rapidly at the hearing of one phase of the situation to another announced their intention to strt the matter to the bottom. i The x committee obtained and made public a "confidential let ter" in which ' Secretary Weeks asked that General , Mitchell fur nish, all facts on which he based recent statements "seriously re flecting" on, the army air service and its administration in his tes timony supporting unified control of the government's air 'services. It also considered in executive session a resolution to place it on record as regarding removal of general Mitchell from his present PIERCE ATTACK E Appointive Power Removed; Two Game Commission Bills Are Passed Carrying ?ts attack against the governor to the floor of the house, two bills sponsored by the game committee were passed, the first of these removing the power to ap pointment of the game commmis- sion from the governor and plac ing It in the hands of the board of COntrot.';" I':""" ' ' "In speaking' in: behalf 1 the measure. Representative Kirk- wood explained that it was follow ing out suggestions made by Gov ernor pierce in his message to the legislature, In which he recom mended the entire control to be invested in' the agricultural de partment of OAC under the direc tion of the board Of regents and to remove it from politics. In as much as the board of regents did not want to take the responsibility the committee then recommended that it be placed in the hands of the board of control, he said. The measure was passed with 12 nega tive votes being cast, 44 for the bill and 4 absent. This bill was offered Tuesday, but withdrawn In the hopes that a compromise could be made with the governor, who had verbally approved of the six main points set forth in the measure. In the event that he would oust R. W. Price, of Portland, and place some one agreeable to the sportsmen on the board, the bill was to be defi nitely tabled. .As this was not done, the measure was dumped upon the house to open the day's business. ' Another measure making sever al minor changes in the game code was passed. The age limit before requiring licenses was kept at 14 years, requiring girls and women to take out licenses, $nd the clause permitting pioneers who have been in the state from 1860 to obtain free licenses, was raised to in clude , the pioneers between that date and 1870 to obtain the same courtesy. I T GLIMPSES FROM BEHIND THE j SCENES AT THE PRISON SHOW By aj "Insider." It is little crowded behind the scenes here In the prison audi torium, though perhaps no more so than In a regular theater. An hour before the curtain, and no one seems hurried. Performers and stage hands loaf in the wings and at the barred windows, crack ing jokes and holding post mortem on last night's show. The mu sicians' tune their instruments; the comedians rehearse a varia tion on their act; the dancers practice delicately; at the sink the baritone, , Impervious to raucous witticisms,! gargles effeminately In preparation for the 1 night's work.;; -. j' Time wears on; the house Is filling; things quicken behind the scenes. The subdued voice of the stage manager becomes sharper. The stage hands perspire faintly. The electricians -Ue their posts. The orchestra troops out to play the overture. Then the curtain goes up for the first number 'The Brought Investigation post as deterimental to the army service, but action on It went over until tomorrow. Such a change In General Mitchell's status would return him to the rank of colonel. Representative Perkins, repub lican. New Jersey, the committee examiner, announced that three naval officers had asked not to be summoned for testimony as they could not give their honest views for fear of being disciplined and he stated later that he had been Informed unofficially that Rear Admiral Moffett, chief of the bu reau of aeronautics of the navy department, and Brigadier Gen eral Mitchell, assistant chief of the army air service, were to be transferred from their present as signments. Secretary Wilbur Issued alat denial that the navy department attempted to exercise any censor ship whatever over the testimony of naval officers testifying before congressional committees. Secretary Weeks, however, re fused to comment on the subject although he indicated that when General Mitchell's reply is before him be will make a public state ment announcing his decision and setting forth reasons for it. Assertion of Innocence Made Two Years and $10f 000 Fine Imposed CHICAGO, I-eb. 4. (By The Associated Press.) Statements denying their guilt of a conspiracy to defraud the government for which they were recently convicted and sentenced today to two years imprisonment and $10,000 fine, were Issued today by Charles R. Forbes, former head of the Veter ans' bureau and John W. Thomp son, wealthy St. Louis contractor. Asserting his innocjnce of con spiring wlth Thompson to give Thompson and his assistants, all the veterans' bureau hospital con tracts, Forbes declared he was a victim of circumstances and would fight to the last ditch. Thompson declared he was "incidentally drawn into the maelstrom of Mor timer's hate for Forbes." Elias H. Mortimer, one of the alleged con spirers, furnished the bulk of the government's testimony upon which the jury returned a verdict of guilty last Friday. Federal Judge G. A. Carpenter, in overruling motions for a new trial today said he was surprised that neither Forbes nor Thompson took the witness stand during the trial and refused to permit them to make a statement reviewing the case. They were privileged. Judge Carpenter said to their opinion of the Jury's verdict or the judge's fairness, before sentence was pass ed upon them but would have to go to the newspapers with stories of their Innocence, since they de clined to testify before the jury. "The better - Forbes' war rec ord," said Judge Carpenter, "the more severe' he ? will find this court. He offered bis life to his country and then when placed in a position of public responsibility he betrayed his countrys trust." Both Forbes and Thompson bit terly condemned the "malice of Mortimer" and Forbes denied hav- (Conttnaed on 7) 0. S. P. Syncopators, Jazz Expon ents." ' i 1 ;V;: IV ... ? .f The seven members of the jazz band are grouped about the piano cn the stage. There is color there" as well as the promise of melody; the black of tuxedos, the glitter of the Instruments, all harmonized and subdued by the soft glow of colored lights. Ah. you will sy, all this Is but a tawdry and mere tricious attractiveness, symbolical of that hectic and opprobrious quality in modern life regarded as the peculiar mental appanage of a ' hundred million morons the jazz mania. Well, we shall see. The cornetlst plays an overture, bar and with a crash they are off to God knows what goal of musical cal expression. The performers, waiting their turns in the wings, begin to writhe ecstatically. The music swells up, now numbing the very senses, .'then whipping to or giastic pitch, every physical, sen- (Crattaaad on psgt 7) FORBES DENIES FRAUD SCHEIE SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, POISON FOUND :; IN CAPSULES;! 10 ARE DEAD Students Die After Violent Illness; Medicine Received Through University Dis pensary STRYCHNINE CAUSES DEATHS; OTHERS ILL .. --', . r Crank Suspected of Intention' al Plot of Wholesale Murder at School COLUMBUS, Feb. 4. (By The Associated Press.) Definite trace of strychnine found late today In the stomach of David I. Pusken of Canton, Ohio, Ohio state univer sity student who died suddenly Sunday, strengthened the belief of university officials that the sudden death of Pusken and another stu dent in the last four days and the violent illness of other students was due to poison probably, inten tionally placed in medicine pre scribed on the -campus. As a result, university officials this afternoon- turned the official investigation of the situation over to Columbus police authorities. 7 University officials placed every facility of the institution at the disposal of the police and pledged heartiest cooperation. President Takes Charge President W. O. Thompson, af ter issuing a statement insisting that there was no cause for alarm or for parents withdrawing their children from "the university, die these things: 1. Directed that a complete chemical analysis of all remaining medicine of the kind issued to the students affected should be made. 2. Ordered that all further is suance of such medicine remain ing in the college pharmacy dispdk sary where it was made up should cease. Columbus police officials to night questioned Dean E. F. Mc Campbell of the college of medi cine. George D. Thompson, also of Canton, the last student taken violently 111 and arranged tomor row to question all students in the college of pharmacy who have been on duty in the dispensary in the last week. Discovery of defi nite traces of strychnine in the stomach of Pusken made it cer tain that the poison was involved in at least three of the five or six more serious cases which have developed since last Thursday. But chemical tests of nearly two thirds of the capsules issued for treatment of colds failed to reveal any trace of the poison except in one capsule. This capsule, one of a number issued to Timothy J. McCarthy of Fremont, Ohio, var sity football player, last week, was fConttnncd on paga 3) EDS ATTENTION Mayor- Gresy Names Com mittee to Provide Means Financing Work STREET (HUG With Instructions to see If some adequate method of ' financing a scheme to provide money with which to repair city streets. Mayor J. B. Glesy has appointed a large committee of representatives of the" four banks, citizens, and members of the city council. For some time it has been known that both Commercial and State were In poor condition and must be re surfaced in place and put in gen eral repair, while other streets de mand attention. It is to devise means of obtaining this money that the committee is appointed. The personnel of the committee consists of George J. Wenderotb, B. teJ Herrick and E. B. Graben horst, members of the street com mittee of the city council; L. J. Simeral, S. E. Purvlne and W. W. Rosebraugh, members of the ways and means committee of the coun cil; Walter Low, street, commis sioner; Hugh Rogers, city engi neer; Dan J. Fry, of the First Na tional bank; William Walton, of the La4d & Bush bank; S. B. El liott, of the ' Bank of Commerce, and D. W. Eyre, bf the United States National bank,' and the fol lowing representatives of the city at large: - B. Boise, A. N. Moores, T. B. Kay and Homer Smith. " ' : " . - . t ' ' i ll itti r mm n LITTLE GIRLS BODIES FOUND Sisters,. Age 9 and 12, Re ported Missing Since Aug ust 23; Remains Discov ered in Thicket CHILDREN STRANGLED, PHYSICIAN DECLARED Dragnet Thrown Around City; Degenerate Is Suspected of Crime LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4. Two little girls, who wandered away from home here on August 23 last with 65 cents taken from a baby sister's bank, were found today, dead, in a shallow brush covered grave in the suburbs with indi cations pointing to the conclusion that they had been attacked and then slain. 5" Their names were May Martin, aged 1 2, and Nina, 8. They ; were the daughters of Mrs. Paul Buus of Los Angeles. Their fathet is Eddie Martin, who was sought at the time of their disappearance and was located in Hoquiam, Wash., working In a lumber yard. Martin, when found at Hoquiam September 15 said he was unable to throw any light on the mys tery of their disappearance. He declared that he had not visited California or his former wife dur ing the past six months. Disappearance Unsolved Today the grief-Btricken grand mother of -the little girls. Mrs. Carrie Lovelace, for whose home they had set out on s their last journey, identified the badly de composed bodies by their cloth ing. . The gi-ls dropped from sight shortly after theyhad leftr home during their mother's absence. As they walked down the street they met two playmates, Dorothy and Daisy Seville, and gave each a dime from ; their hoard of money taken from -the bank. Then they walked on.' That night about 11 o'clock a neighbor, Mrs. Minnie Wideman, said she heard a child's scream. Another neighbor said that she had seen two children who looked like the little Martin sisters leav ing a school playground in a small automobile with two young men. There the trail stopped. Police and deputies combed the hills in the neighborhood with out result.! Citizens of the vicinity in which the missing sisters had lived and played, held a mass meeting to prosecute the search further. (Continued on paf 7) Representative Hammond to Face Federal Charges After Session Ends Phillip Hammond, Oregon City attorney and Clackamas county representative to the legislature, was arrested in Portland yesterday on a charge of violating the war risk insurance act. Representa tive Hammond presented himself at the United States marshal's of fice upon learning of the federal indictment; and posted 1000 bail. The charge will not be pressed until after the legislative session ends. : ?'.;' Overcharging by 30 times the maximum allowed for making out applications for compensation due clients because of the death of a son Is the; specific charge. He is alleged to have taken 9100 each from Thomas and Mary J. Mooney of F Clackamas county while the biggest charge under the law is $3. The son, John L. Mooney. died June 23, 1918, at Camp Fre mont, Cal. Representative Hammond is an ex-service - man, enlisting in 1917 and being discharged a year later with the rank of second lieuten ant, after which he was admitted to the bar. Though making his home in Gladstone, his offices are In Oregon City. He was graduated from the University of Oregon in 1912 and Is a, Mason. Elk and Odd Fellow as well as belonging to the American Legion. Representative Hammond was born in Seneca, 111 In 1890. v 0 G FT URGE 1925 Followers of Seer ess Await Destruction of j World With Calmness LOS ANGELES. Feb. 4. The belief of followers of Mrs. Mar garet W. Rowen, prophetess of the Seventh Day Adventist Re formed church, that the world will come to an end some time next Friday with the return to earth of Christ, at Hollywood, will result in no additional commissions to Los Angeles real estate dealers. Firm in their trust in the pre diction of Mrs. Rowen, they awaii the millenlum which they believe to be but a matter of hours, with out hysteria and without outward signs of preparation. No real estate will be sold and no hillsides will be mounted to welcome the arrival of the Savior, members of the Tteformed AdvenA tist church have made decisively clear. ; i ' "There Is no need for fear or anguish over the end of th world." asserted Dr. B. E. Fullmer,1 head of the church here, as he1 pointed out scriptural passages which he declared confirm Mrs. Rowen's prophesy. Right of President to Nego , tiate Paris Settlement Is Questioned WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. -The authority of President jCoolidge to negotiate the Paris reparations settlement without the sanction of congress was challenged today In the senate by Senator Johnson, republican, California, one of the irreconcilables Jin the Versailles treaty fight. j Moreover, Senator Johnson pre dicted that In the years to come statesmen would Insist on ' their view that the agreement carried the United States, in. the European affair despite the statement of Secretary Hughes that It had bound this country neither legal ly nor morally to take the steps for the collection of the German debt. 1 ; "And when they do," he added, "we have exchanged amity,: good will and friendliness for! perplex ity, confusion, ill-will and hostil ity. ; "That is what we got Sat Paris for 2 1-4 per cent of something that may not, probably never will, be paid. That is the, price we got for altering the policy of Ameri ca, If we did alter it then, as these Europeans claim. That is the price we got for changing the pol icy of America which had been America's policy ever since the United States had been a nation." With characteristic vigor and ardor, Senator Johnson! pleaded with the senate to make a positive declaration that the Paris agree ment did not bind his country to "go back 'over there' or to become in any way embroiled in European r affairs." ; ! J CHARGES DISMISSED 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.- A mil itary court martial of the district of Washington today exonerated Major Furman E. McCatnmon of charges of befng $25,000 short in his accounts as military attache of the American embassy at Santia go, Chile. ; I COOLIDBEM ";- i i : PHYSICAL CULTURE CLASS STAGES By AUDRED BUNCH Over four hundred girls took part in the physical education demonstration j last night at the Parrish Junior high school, with a throng of interested friends and parents completely filling the bal cony and all available seats, with entrances blocked with spectators Btanding. j The entire physical education group took part in the opening marching drill which was follow ed by folk dances and formal work in groups of forty-five and fifty, this by seventh grade girls. Every girl wore the uniform garb of the gym floor, dark . bloomers and white middies with a flash of red for a tie. Well executed com petitions were introduced, and dances on beautifully poised toes. Delightfully done was the clover leaf schottische by a group of forty-three girls In rhythm. The candle stick relay and the human hurdle relay had their thrills. The sixty-seven girls of period seven followed with folk dancing. : The sleighbell schottische was preced ed and followed by groups of typ ical gym floor games demonstrat ive the Immense possibilities - ia - "Every one expects to die some time, and it does not of necessity bring panic. . Then, why be pan icky, if It comes on.a certain day. Every: christian should' so have lived that he would be ready to meet his God at any time." - j - j Dr. Fullmer has " not Sold his home, for, he asks, why should he sell property which he believes that he will not be able to deliver to another. Nor has he counseled others-to sell, but he added that it mighjt be -right to sell and use the money to further the kingdom in. the brief time which remains. "But Friday morning what will you" do? How will you meet the day Will you gather on a hill clad in white?" he was asked. - ; "No, nor will we have motion picture cameras to take our pic lures,'' he replied. Some members of the church have talked of gathering together, but others think that the day should be met quietly at home, and4in the latter view both. Mrs. Rowen 'and Dr. Fullmer concur. SPEED LIT NOT CHANGED Attempt to Increase to 35 Miles Defeated; Road Bills Come Up ! Efforts to increase the speed, limit of -motor vehicles on public highways to 35 miles-an hour fell by the wayside yesterday when a motion to consider, the question as a committee of the whole, was lost in the house. Several" bills pertaining to highway legislation were approved,- the measure be ing introduced at the "request of the governor's special . committee by the roads and highway com mittee, -j." a'.,.---; Because of balloon tires vehicles f so equipped which traveled in ex cess of 25 miles an hour were breaking the law. The change In the law places motor vehicles de signed not to carry more than seven passengers at 30' miles an hour, the same asat present, while other pneumatic equipped ma chines with more than 14 and less than 28 inches of tire width at 25 miles an hour,. and those over 28 inches at 20 miles an hour. Solid-tired machines are placed in a separate classification. .' j Farmer operating trucks in certain sections of the state during seven months of the year owing to "road conditions will be able to Obtain a seasonable license fos two-thirds of the present amount. It was felt that this class needed aid to further develop agricultural sections off the main highways that are hampered by natural con ditions. The measure was opposed on the ground that it was class legislation. . '- ; The third bill of the groups re- ported upon- favorably by the com mittee regulates the weight of light trucks. Because Ford trucks bear the greater portion of their burden on the rear axle, the sec tion limiting the weight to 400 pounds for each inch of tire width was extended to 500 pounds upon an amendment made on the floor after it had been pointed out that by equipping such' a truck with (Continued on piga 7) FINE EXHIBITION euch work as Is supervised every day by Miss Etta White. vj Special orchestra features were given in the interlude before the final' "event" consisting of pictur esque folk 4ahces by sixty girls in costume costumes which they made, for the moat part, by them selves. A rainbow of pastel shades was shown in these quaint Kate Greena way .peasant frocks, their wearers. Interpreting In charming ly ordered succession, (a) "Tide-well's- Processional, (b) Rufty Tufty, (c) Sellenger's Round and (d.) The Old Mole. : '. The ocbestra of the school, directed by Miss Alice Thompson, contributed notably to the even ing's success. . Those playing" in the orchestra are: violins ilel vina Craig. Mildred1 Roberts, Joan Evans. Robert Needham, Donald Seigmund.. Ernest Mars, Clyde Cooley, George Stcner. Cornets Fred Remington, Clinton Standish Vernon Trahm, ' Marshall Snyder. Saxaphones Glen (Wilbur and George Bass. - Trombone Wesley Helse. - French horn Tom Downs and Clyde Strausbaugh. Zyla phone Barbara ' Barham and ac companist, Edith Fladley. - ! f PRICE FIVE CENTS SHERIFF BOWEB DECLARED LAX our law Several Other County Offi cers Show Little Interest in Enforcing Prohibition Cleaver Says COMMITTEE TO REPORT UPON FINDINGS TODAY Executive Session Called, for T O'Clock; Cleaver Makes Statement Sheriff Oscar D. Bower of Mar Ion county is one or the six sheriffs-and two district attorneys of the.state who have not vigorously enforced the prohibition law, Geo. L. Cleaver, state prohibition com missioner, told members of the joint investigating committee at the! conclusion of the proceedings Wednesday. Other county officials named were Sheriff Houser of Umatilla county; Sheriff Si Bing ham of Grant county; Sheriff Lowe of Klamath county; Sheriff Wilson of Clackamas county while some trouble was experienced with Sheriff Slusher of Clatsop county. District Attorney Truesdale of. Grant county and District Attor-" ney Moore of Jackson county were also very lax. Though complaints were received against the charac ter; of District Attorney Johnston of Lane county, he was vigorous in his prosecutions. Will Report Today In order to have an opportun ity; to consider the evidence and compile a reort, which will fol low the original wording of the resolution calling for the investi gation, no meetings will be held until h o'clock today when' the committee goes into strict execu-; tiye session from which the press is baTred.-ft fs expected that thl report will be completed In a shorl time, as it Is understood that a majority of the members havb ah ready made up their minds and a least one has prepared a writte report. If the opinion of the com mittee is harmonious the final report will be given in short' oft der. In view of the sentiment ex pressed, it is doubtful If any re commendations will be made re garding a change-in the law, as the committee will consider the activities of the prohibition com missioner and his enforcement of the law. In reporting upon an audit of Mr. Cleaver's books. Sen ator Johnson said that they were in order but that several amounts paid out from the special accumu lated fund should have been charged against the $25,000 al lowed by the state. . Asked About Politics Further questioning regarding political activities of Mr. Cleaver while in office, was made. The trip to Bend was made on busi ness, he said, but he attended a political meeting. Whed Mr. Gil bert announced his candidacy for office he made the public state ment that he hoped an ardent - (Oontinaed on page 2) WEDNESDAY IN WASHINGTON A new postal pay and rate in- . crease bill was reported to the house. 1 Additional government agents appeared before the federal grand jury In the Wheeler case. '. Investigation of the wheat, flour and .bread industry was asked by Senator Cameron of Ari zona. j A delegation of women urged the equal rights ; constitutional amendment before a house com mittee. .. A navy bill containing a request for a disarmament conference was sent to the White House. . 1 Senator Johnson of California told the senate that for 24 per cent of "speculative reparations" America had risked the good will of Europe. . j Republican senate leaders as sured President Coolidge that' earnest effort would be made to press legislation ricommeadai ty the agricultural commission. The senate voted after a wran gle to consider in open exec:th i session tomorrow the nomfr. tl i of Attorney General Stone to Le n supreme coiirt. Justice. UPON E 1 '