Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1919, Page 1

Tow;"somewhat colder to’ Temperature for twent. ended 2 p.m. today: | High a.m. today; lowest, 26, at terday. Full report on page 18. WEATHER. Fair tonight and probably tomor- night. y-four hours jest, 42, at 11 11 p.m. yes- Closing New York Stocks, Page 18. No. - 27,642. JOHN E. PILLSBURY, REAR ADMIRAL AND ‘RENTS, DEAD President of National Geo- graphic Society Had Been Ul Several Months. REAR “ADMIRAL JOHN ELLIOTT RULLSBURY, U.S. X.. RETIRED. “Rear Admiral “John Elliott Pills- wurys U..S.N, fetired, president of the National Geographic Society and renowned both'as'4 gallant sailor and seminent. scientist, died at: his resi- ice, 1753. Q:street northwest, about 8 o'clock this morning. ‘The retired officer had’ suffered from | an‘ illness. of: severat months’ stand- ing. Lately he had Improved, how- ever. and his sudden end came as a GRAND JURY 10 HEAR ~— COURT LEAK EVIDENCE Svidence gathered by the De- rtment of Justice relative to the ged leak in decisions of the United States Supreme Court will | be submitted to a federal grand jury here in January, it was an- nounced today at the Department of Justice. The government's cawe is prac- tically complete. officials said. The nature of evidence obtained was not disclosed, except that officials predicted it would be “conclusive.” | _ Charges that there had been a vance information on the decisions of the court in the Southern Pacific oil land case and the prohibition cases, through which certain men made large sums in Wall street, have been under investigation by the department for two weeks. i FOR RR. TRAFFIC Committee Tells Reclassifiers Force Is. Being Decimated by Low Salaries. Only six applicants throughout the j United States took an ‘examination held by the Civil Service Commission |last summer for tariff clerks at an entrance salary of $1,500 a-year, a committee on traffic and. transporta- | tion rate work told the joint congreg- ional commission on reclassification of salaries in the District today at the hearing of the specialized business service. A special examination was held for |ex-service men in October and only two men appeared, James W. Carmalt, | former, chief examiner of the Inter- ASKSHIGHERPAY © | to ascertain what basis of compromise / TARE ADWUSTERS great = e | State Commerce Commission, told the SESRtatCRS Te was, found in. the | commission. L. £. Wiltberger of the bers: of “his“household, and evidently | Navy Department was chairman of had@ been dressing for the day when | the commitiee, and H. P.Peffers of death overtook tim. Physicians who|the Department of Agriculture sec- Ch o. Poe WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION of Sha Member ‘of the Associated Press | The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot othe: wise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Yesterday's Net Circulation, 92,364 Sf WASHINGTON, D. ENATOR WARY AND MR HITCHCOCK “CONFER ON TREATY |Mild Reservationist and Dem- | ocratic Leader Discuss Basis of Compromise. Senator Hitchcock, | administration forces in the peace | treaty controversy in the Senate, and senator McNary of the mild reser- vationists group among the repub- jlicans held an informal conference today, at which an effort was made on reservations to the treaty could be reached. |ginia was at the conference for a | time also. Following the conference the hope | was expressed that eventually a com- promise plan could be worked out. Both Senator Hitchcock and Senztor McNary said, however. that it was too early to make a specific statement. So many factors enter into the situation that it is likely a number of consulta- H working agreement ides before any can be reached. It is expected that Senator McNary will lay before the senators who stand with him on the peace treaty the sit- uation as he sees it, after talking with the democratic leader. Says People Want Treaty. Convinced that the people of the west desire to see the peace treaty with Grmany disposed of as soon as ssible, Snator McCumbr of North kota returned. to Washington today } expecting to confer with his colleagues as to the best means for bringing about the ratification of the treaty with reservations. ={T have been Arizona, southern California, Oregon. North Dakota and Minnesota since I left Washington,” said Senator McCumber. “I have talk- ed wtih a great many people. My understanding is that the great ma- jority of the people desire action on the treaty without further delay. They are willing to take the league of nations with such reservations as the Senate and the President may de- termine upon.” Thinks Senators Will Get Together. not yet had an opportunity to dis- were summoned gave as their opinion | retary that the immediate cause of his de- | mise-was a feart complication. “Unless some reclassification of this wood Aitcheson of Portland, Me.; by; it will not be long before the ranks a married daughter. Mrs. Edward B.;are completely decimated,” declared Riebardson of Boston, Mass., and by | the brief, which was read by. Mr. Urges Reclassifcation. four /grandchildren. No mene for the funeral have been made as yet, but: ceremonies, in accord- wits his expressed wishes, will mogt simple in character. ‘Was Born im 1546. ~Born at Lowell, Mass, December 15, ated - Seater a fe ‘States: Academy in’ . By 1898-he to the grade of commander, by 1902 to eaptal “by 1908 to rear admiral. Daring” Spanish-Ameri- ean war he commanded the famous dynamite .ship. Vesuvius, and naval officers who served with bim in the operations around Cuba still talk en- thustastically of his seamanship, gun- | nery-and bravery in the naval in- vestiture of Santiago. On numerous nights he would Work his yessel i toward the harbor mouth, maneuver | it so that it pointed in the right di- rection ‘anid let fly the charges from the three fixed dynamite tubes with stoundingly @amaging results to the fertifications of Morro Castle. Later he was in charge of the arrange- | Carmait. | Mr. Wiltberger told the commission that he feared further depletion of the government ranks when the railroads are given back to the railroad properties in. March. “The government must compete with the railroads and industrial con. rna for employes for this service, clared the brief. “It cannot expect mente come. here in the first or to'stry in the service, if the emolu- OS: employment are less at- tractive than in the commercial serv- ice, and it must be borne in mind that the government service requires a wider experience than does outside employment, because the govern- ment's transportation problem is na- tion-wide and necessitates a knowl- edge on the part of its employes of the itariffs. rules and practices of the | raflroads in all parts of the country, whereas the ordinary railroad or commercial rate man ni only to know the tariffs and practices of the particular section of the country in which he is employed.’ Changes Near 100 Per Cent. The labor “turnover” in the pas- equipment department of the Boston nevy~ and in 1901-2 commanded the 0.8. & Prairie. Following this he,'was..on duty in, Washington as 2 of the general board and assigtant to the chief of the bureau of mavigation. In 1905 he served as chief of staff of the north Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, and in 1908 became chief of the bureau: of naivgation. He was retired toward the end of that year | Soma a from active duty in July, Was Noted Geographer. Although Admiral Pillsbury's attain-| ments as a sailor and fighting man Were noteworthy. he is best known ai being one of the foremost geograp! ers af the world. He actively identified with the Nacional Geo. aphic Seciety for many years; held a long tenure of office as one of its vice presidents. and about a year ago was honored with the presidency of the. organization. His* best known work was in connection with the in- vestigation of the gulf stream, and his writings on that subject are ac- cepted as the most authoritative in the world. He served one year in the hydrographic office and for ten years in the coast survey service. He commanded the coast survey steamer Biake from 1384 until 1891; anchored his vessel for many months at.a depth of two miles, and under- teok the most careful and thorough itivestigation of the movements of the ‘water of this great ocean cur- rent all the way from the bottom to the surface. In these researches he used scientific instruments of his own invention. He established the pos: tion of the axis of the stream in the senger division of the zone of finance office of the War Department during the last two years approximated 100 per cent, according to brief.“That the percentage of employes the service in the last two years has not been larger is due primarily to the patriotism of the government em- ployes, who hesitate to leave the serv. ice during its period need,” was as- serted in the brief. “Furthermore, there has been a confident belief that the recommendations of this board will lead to a substantial improve- ment in present conditions.” ‘The expenditures of the government for transportation in the past- two| years have been enormous, running nually, the brief stated. | “When it is considered that the government transportation involves very many special features—such as special rates, land grant deductions and other matter not involved in the ordinary commercial transportation contract—it must be realized that the government cannot afford to have its transportation questions handled by other than the most skilled and ex- perienced rate men that_are available in the epuntry,” said the brief. Fig- ures were presented to show that rate employes in commercial and raitroad service are receiving higher salaries than similar workers sn the govern- ment service. Herbert C. Marskall Files Plea. Herbert C. Marshall, assistant chief of the bureau of markets, Department lof Agriculture, told’ the commission of the work being done by the bu- | Straits of Florida and off Cape Hat- teras and determined: many of the laws by which its flow is governed. He was a fellow of the American A sociation for the Advancement of Sciences and a member of the Ameri- can Academy of Arts and neces. Alded Dr. Cook Investiza' Admiral Pilisbury in 1909 was ap- pointed a member of jhe special com- mittee by the National Geographic Society to pass on the question as to | whether the north pole was discov- ered before 1909, as claimed by Dr. Cook. The other members of the commilttes were Prof, J. Howard Gore. ormerty fessor of mathematics of & Washington University, and Dr Willard Hayes, chief geologist of the United States geological sur- vey. " LIEUT. SCHUMAKER KILLED. ‘Was Passenger in Plane Which Falls at Montgomery. MONTGOMERY, Ala., December 30. Lieut. C. H. Schumaker, engineering officer at the aviation repair depot. - was aimost instantly killed yesterday noon, when a De Haviland Blue Bird im which he was a passenger, with Lieut. Lioyd Barnett as pilot, side- sped in making a right angle bank atid fell 100 feet to the ground. Lieut. Schumaker leaves a and two children, who were making their home here with him. Lieut. Barnett was only slightly injured. The body of Lieut. Schumaker will be sent to Washington state, his for-. mer home, for burial. An investigation into the cause of the fatal accident was made today by Army officials, but their findings were not made pub- lie. Orders Another Fiume Plebiscite. ; Monday. December 29.— Gabriele d’Annunzio has ordered a new plebiscite at Fiume to deter. mine the future of the city, accor to the ca. Two piebiscite have already n held., wife | reau in keeping the public advised lof the movements of fruits, vege- |tables and live stock throughout the country. da salary-scale request Senior marketing spe- cialist, marketing $5,400 to $7 ; associate marketing Specialist, $3,600 to $5,100: assistant marketing specialist, $2,400 to $3,260, and junior marketing specialist, $1,500 to $2,220. Query by Commissioner Hamlin. Commissioner Hamlin, who presided at the hearing, said that: he appre- ciated the splendid purpose of the work of the bureau of markets, but asked Mr. Marshall if the figures of fruit and vegetable . movements wouldn't help some dealers to advance prices. “Aren't you furnishing them the very material they need to advance Commissioner Hamlin ask declared Mr. Marshall. might seem- “Why isn’t Hamlin. ‘Mr. Marshall explained that a short- age in any-city would be known any- way, and the effect of the marketing service of the bureau was just the It 80?" interrupted Mr. opposite of that feared by the com-| nissioner. Commissioner Cooper jagreed with the witness. States Effect of Daily Reports. | The effect of the widespread in- i tinu is to equalize prices of com- |modities throughout the country. H, told the commission that “roilers, as they are known—cars filled with produce without any specific destina- tion—are stopped by telegraph as they roll along and sent to various cities where there is a deficency of any particular vegetable or .fruit. They are not sent to any city where there is a glut. Employes in the fine arts service of the government, including work- ers at the bureau of engraving. and printing. and employes in the fo#eign relations and history services are being heard by the commission this afternoon. # to hundreds of millions of dollars an- | P% specialist, | formation given out daily by the bu-! |reau of mgrkets, Mr. Marshall con-! . cuss the treaty situation wtih other senators since his return. “I believe, however, that it will be possible to get together and ratify the treaty with reservations. I think the Presi- dent should understdnd that reserva- tions insisted upon by the Senate, which is a part of the treaty-making power, should be accepted. In my opinion, with some slight modifica- tions, the reservations adopted by the Senate at the last session wiil have to be the basis of the final agree- ment on the treaty: King Reservations Completed. Senator King of Utah has completed bie draft. of fourteen. reservations which he wieureye to-offer as a com- promise to effect the ratification of he peace treaty whem the Sei te. He | i} Srontana. Lenroot and McNary. it is the opinion of Senators McNary and Lenroot that the reservations framed by Senator King yield too much, and that they cannot be accepted as a compromise unless they are strength- ened in some particulars. Senator King has the same number of reservations as were contained in the Lodge resolution of ratification, and a number of the so-called Lodge reservations he has adopted ,without change, including that exempting the United States from the labor provi- mer of the treaty. The main changes in the Lodge reservations made by Senator King relate to those reserva- tions.on article X of the league of mations, the Monroe doctrine, Shan- tung and the preamble of the reserva- tions. Article X Reservation. In modifying the reservation on article .X, Senator King found that there was an issue between the President and the Senate as to whether the United States was obli- gated to help European nations main- tain their territorial integrity by the league of nations. The reservation on this article ed by Senator King reads: “The United States so construes and understands article X that whatever | obligation arises under article X to | protect the territorial integrity and political independence of other na. tions, whether members of the league or not, it shall not become effective as to the United States unless Con- gress by affirmative action so pro- vides.” Senator McNary points out that the King reservation still leaves the ob- ligation with the United Stat He does not believe that the Senate’ will accept such a proposition. Senator Pomerene of Ohio is an- other democrat who has determined to take steps to ascertain whether a compromise on the treaty is possible, instead of waiting for the republi- cans to make a move. He has deter- mined to confer with Senator Lodge, possibly today, to see if it is not possible to reach some common ground upon which the treaty may be ratified. | SENATOR PAGE CONSIDERS SWEEPING MEDAL INQUIRY Chairman Page of the Senate naval affairs committee, who has asked Sec- retary Daniels of the Navy Depart- Pro~ {ment for complete dgta concerning | the awarding of medals in the Navy. returned unexpectedly to Washington to consider the advisability of a \ sweeping congressional investigation \into the entire awards system. Senator Page proposes to_ study carefully the report of the Knight board and other data: which Secretary Daniels has prepared upon the sen- ator’s request. ‘There will be no hasty action in calling for a congressional probe of the awards system, it was said. The facts in the case will be carefully weighed before it is decided to de- mand an investigation. Sengtor Page, who had not intended to return to Washington until Con- gress reconvenes January 6, said he would take up most of the time be- tween now and that date in confer- ring with other members of the naval | affairs committee. 1 | LA GUARDIA RESIGNS SEAT. | Will Be Sworn In as Head of Al- dermen January 1. NEW YORK, December 30.—Repre- sentative F. H. La Guardia an- nounced today that he had sent his resignatjon as a member of Congress to Gov. Smith. He will be sworn in New Year day as president of the board of aldermen. Missouri -to Elect Representative. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., December 30.—A representative to Congress will be elected from the third Missouri congressiona] district at a special election Saturday, February 14. The date for the election previously had been announced as Febru: 15, which the secretary of state today declared to be erroneous. leader of the! Senator Swanson of Vir- | tions must be held by senators on both | Senator McCumber said that he had {| ai Sar aan TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1919—-TW TY-FOUR PAGES. a | ARRESTS TOTAL 24 U.S. SALORS RELEASE ~ INLIQUOR DEATHS, BY Metco PROMISeD The unconditional release of 1 Twenty in New England—4 Harry V. Learnard and Harry O. Martin, members of the crew of the U..S. S. Pocomoke, arrested at Mazatlan, Mexico, November 12, on the charge of assaulting a Mex- ican, was promised for today, ac- cording to a dispatch to the State ~Department from the American - consul at Mazatlan. The consul said ‘there was no basis for press reports that the men had been neglected, as the consul and -vice consul had done everything possible in their in- terest. GEN. BARRY DES AT REED HOSPITAL ired-Army Officer,-West f Victim:ot’ Bright’s Disease. Held in $10,000 Bail in N. Y.—More Die. CHICOPEE, Mass, December 30— Twenty arrests had been made today in this state and Connecticut in con- nection with the distribution of liquor containing wood - alcohol, which caused the death of at least fifty- seven men and: women in this vicin- ity since Christmas. Five men ar- rested in New Haven charged with manslaughter were brought to this city early today. Another Death in New York. NEW YORK, December 30.—An- other death believed to have been caused by wood alcohol “whisky” was Rare oe ae ine Hospital before United Bt tary to violate: th icy to ‘vi ie wal hibition law and held in. $18,00 each. Commissioner Hitthcock was informed that far more serious charges were being contemplated by federal agents. Asks 825,000 for Husband’s Death. HARTFORD, Conn., December 30.— The first move in @ civil action as a resuit of the thirteen cena ere rom: drinking poisonous “whisky” en when ‘a suit for damages of $26,000 was brought against Frank Rose, saloonkeeper, under Arrest here charged with-murder. The suit was filed by Mrs. Ksenia Charkovitch, whose husband died Friday from the effects of liquor ‘alléged to have been purchased in Rose's saloon. ‘Would Have Congress Act. CHICAGO, December 30.—With thir- teen deaths recorded in Chicago since Christmas from the effects of drink- ing wood alcohol, city officials today declared that federal legislation will be necessary to stamp out the evil. ‘Health Commissioner Robertson sug- gested that Congress immediately enact laws requiring these provisions: Registration at wholesale drug houses of all wood alcohol purchases. Requiring. all dealers to use poison labels printed in every language on every bottle sold. Deaths Reported Elsewhere. JERSEY CITY, N. J., December 30. —Two deaths from “wood alcohol poisoning were reported here today. The victims were John Reynolds and Mrs. Mary Ward. DETROIT, Mich., December 30.— ‘The first death here from wood al- cohol poisoning since the wave of fatalities following its sale as a bev- erage. was reported by the police here today. The victim's wife. ac- cording to the polics theory, sent him a bottle of liquor from New York. Additional Law Is Assured, if Needed, for Regulation of Wood Alcohol Sales Under a special act passed several years ago, the internal revenue bureau | has sufficient authority to make strict i regulations for the control of the sale }of wood alcohol, but if the internal | revenue bureau feels that additional legislation is required to meet: the: present situation Congress will act promptly in passing such a law. Representative Volstead of Minne- gota, chairman of the House judictary. committee and father of the prohibi- tion enforcement: law, expressed this opinion today. Representative Volstead, however, does not want to see any action taken which will make it particularly difficult to get: wood alcohol for in- dustrial purposes or grain, alcohol for medicinal purposes. He believes they both have an important place in daily life. ‘Would Severely Punish Offenders. He is firm in the belief that these who concocted the fatal drink con- taining wood alcoho! should be se- verely dealt with and charged with murder in the first degree. “He be-: Heves that the manufacturer of the wood alcohol, if he did not know to what use it would be put, and the man who actually sold the concoction | on his return to the isiands was chief to the consumers without knowing its| of staff, Division of the ‘Philippines, ingredients are not as culpable as: from November, 1900, to July, 1901. [the man who mixed the drink know geri jing it was poison. Mr. Volstead be- Commanded in Cuha. In 1907 Gen. Barry was given com- |Heves that deploreble as the situa- |tion is, with so many fatalities, this! mana of Sse aan ¢ wood alcohol will hav 3 By te theese epidemic of ori purpose in impressing (tion, and on his return to the United upon the people throughout the coun- |States with his troops in 1908 he was appointed commander of ihe Depart- ment of California. In 1910 he was try the extreme danger of consuming any bootleg or moonshine drinks of- fered for sale. made superintendent of the Military s they| Academy, and later was assigned to command the Department of the Hast. “when they all find out, as that it is serous to sell wood must, He also sérved as commander. of the Department of the Philippines, and Bicohol, I believe they will be pretty cautious.” said Mr. Volstead. “When {’man gets down to selling poison to|was commander of the Central De- his fellows he will go pretty slow. 1) partment from 1915 to 1917, when he why the fellows who. have|was sent to Camp Grant. deer pales. fn aed = kil ‘ane Ged abetinel commanders) aren’ of murder ie nn. Barry mt to the western ie psiigd Pe iene for aroun: of: lmepection attes the “United States entered the world ort any additionat legislation is war, and on his return made strenu- ous efforts to obtain an active divi- needed, we will try to pass it, but I do not’ believe any will be necessary. I am sorry, indeed, that it took this}sional command at the front. He sort of 2 demonstration to make the} was examined physically at the time, people realize the danger of drinking and indi¢ations of the condition that wood alcohol.” ' "+s “(Continued on Second Page.y » MAJ. GEN. THOMAS H. BARRY. Maj Gen, Thomas Henry Barry, re- tired, United States Army, former commander of the Central Depart- died at Walter Reed Hospital, in this city, this morning at 2:45 o'clock. He had been a patient at the hospital for three weeks, suffering from Bright's disease. Mrs. Barry, a son, were at the bedside when the end came. have not been completed, the hospital authorities are advised that Mrs. Barry will take the body to New York for interment. The military honors due Gen. Barry's rank will be shown in. an escort of the body from the hospital to the Union station, and full wiilitary honors will mark the funeral services in New York and at the in- terment. oy Was Native ‘of New York. Gen. Barry was sixty-four years old, having been born in New York city October. 13, 1855. He was retired from the “Army last October 13, at which time he was commander of the Cen- tral Department, with headquarters ‘at Chicago. -Before that he organized and trained the 86th National Army Division, at Camp Grant, Rockford, | After his retirement the general .| came to ‘Washington, with Mrs. Barry, and was on retired duty at the War Department until taken ill. The fam™ ily lived at 2400 16th street. Gen. Barry was graduated - from the Military Academy in 1877. He served as adjutant general of the 8th Army Corps and Department of the Pacific in the Philippines from August, 1898, to February, 1900, and pote SCHOOL PUBLICITY - WILL BE OUTLINED Committee Aims to Tell Washingtonians of Vital Needs of Local System. Recommendations all Washington the vital, unfilled needs of the public schools, together vith estimates of expenses involved, will be worked out at a meeting to- morrow noon of the publicity sub- committee of the joint school commit- tees of the “big four” civic organiza- tions. The announcement was made today by Chairman Roland Robbins, who declared the citizens of the Dis- trict are going to witness and par- ticipate in a publicity drive on Con- gress the like of which heretofore hasn’t been staged in the National Capital... ‘When’ the: Joint sche! poempsen! of about 100 members of the of Commerce and Federation of Cit- izens’ Associations, meets in the Dis- trict build 9 be put defo Henda tics after cons which have been d Sultation with publicity experts and school authorities who have submitted a mass of data covering the situa- tion, past, present and future, in the city’s school system. Committee In Enlarged. At the instance of Roy C. Clafiin, chairman of the Board of Trade school \ committee, the ‘publicity subcommit- | tee late yesterday was enlarged from j the three to five, Mr. Robbins, Charlies I. Corby, chairman of the Rotary Club school committee; Mr. Claftin, Jesse Federation school committe. thur Ramsey, vice chairman of the ae of Commerce schoo! commit- eo. | Mr. Claflin, in a formal statement j issued today. said the campaign would be pressed vigorously. He added: “We are going to stand up, as red- ; blooded Americans should, take off our gloves, and impress our fellow citizens on the hill in good, old Yan- 'kée fashion that the people of the District of Columbia have rights that Congress is obligated to respect. Have Right to Sound System. “We have the right to a sound pub- lie school system for educating our children. If we were a self-goyerned city we would be able to rise to the occasion and put our schools on a re- spectable basts, which Congress has utterly failed to do. ‘Our general municipal government. ment station, but when it comes to looking upon our public school sys- tem as a plaything and allowing its efficiency as an. educational institu- ment and the Department of the East, } tion to die through sheer neglect, then the knife is getting pretty close to the hearts of the citizenship of “Washington.” ‘While the funeral arrangements|James 0. Monroe, Democrat, Files | twenty to twenty-five years. Petition in South Dakota. PIERRE, S. D., December 30.—James O. Monroe, democrat, of Maywood, 111. has filed an individual nominating petition with the secretary of state t jhave his name appear on the presi jGential preference list at the March primaries. The paramount idsue of his campaign will be “prevent coal, oil and transportation monopoly by tax: tion.” CHICAGO, December. 30.—James 0. Monroe, who filed an tndividuat-nom- democratic nomination for President of the United States, is a lawyer of Maywood, Hl., a suburb of Chicago. He has been a candidate at the demo- cratic primaries for governor and other state offices in Illinois on sev- eral occasions. At one time he was chairman of the Du Page county democratic central committee. VACCINATION DELAYS TRAINS Augmented Health Service Treats | Those Entering U.S. SARNIA. Ontario, December 30. — |The .volume of Yuletide traffic on! railways and ferries has: caused the | United States public health service to lincrease its staff at Port Huron to| vaccinate Canadians and Americans entering the United States. Trains | are being held up from ten to forty minutes while the passengers comply | with the medical law. H ‘A number of Sarnia citizens say| they have been vaccinated two and three times recently. They declare they will take a test case to the Unit- ed States Supreme Court if attemp’ are made to force thém to undergo another vaccination. Cecile B. Vester Located. KALAMAZOO, Mich., December 30. —Cecile Beai Vester, wanted in Mount Clem im connection with the death of J. Stanley Brown, was located here last night at the home of Ronald Nelson, whem she said ix her cousin. ¢ | 55 TWO CENTS. ERMANY INCLINED PICK MR. STEPHENS TOSIGN AT ONCE FOR CORPORATION ie Avene «| COUNSEL FORD. |Would Like Assurance of | Possible Cut in Harbor Material Demands. PARIS, Monday, December |Kurt von Lersner. head of the ( man delegation at Versailles. ¢ 29.— Named by Commissioners. Reared in This City. re Nea today on Paul Dutasta, secretary of the peace conference. Great reserve |was maintained as to the subjects | | discussed, and it is only known that | von Lersner did not bring the Ger-| [man reply to the last note to the |Berlin government from the allies. It is generally understood, however, | that Germany is inclined to sign the | | protocol to the peace treaty on condi- | tion that guarantees are given re garding possible reductions as to the quantity of harbor and dock mate-| rials to be handed over in compensa-| tion for German warships sunk at| Scapa Flow. This prospect springs from the con-| versation held yesterday between Mr. Dutasta and Baron Kurt von Lersner. It was said today that the chances were considered good that the Ger- mans would decide to sign the proto- col, now the subject of negotiations, ‘without waiting for verification of| the figures on harbor tonnage de-| manded as reparation for the sinking | of the German ships at Scapa Flow. | It is explained that the supreme council will satisfy German: de-! mand for a more specific deciaratio on-the reduction of the tonnage ask. ed for. through affixing to the proto- jcol the text of M. Dutasta’s verbal | declaration to Baron von Lersner on} | the subject. | | "Phe Rhineland commission, on | which the United States is not as yet! | represented officially, is expected to| | meet as soon as practicable after the : treaty ig promulgated. This commis-| The Commissioners today appointed sion will have jurisdiction over the | Francis H. Stephens corporation coub- rritory occupied by the allied troops ; In the Rhineland, including the Amer- | St! Of the District to succeed Conrad seat conuawent: | H. Syme, who resigned a Week ago. FRANCIS H. STEPHENS. | Mr. Stephens has been an assistant | corporation counsel for fourteen years, and news of his selection to head the legal department of the city. government was received with Assistant for 14 Years Is. covering plans, for a great publicity program to tell | 1 committee, TWO AIRMEN HURT ~ NAFOOT FALL |Airplane Drops When Engine | Trouble Occurs Above | Congress Heights. Two Army aviators were injured labout 1 o'clock this afternoon when an airplane in. which -they were rid- ing dropped suddenly a distance of about 400 feet and. buried its nose nearWitson: Park, Nich- jols avenue and Portland street, Con. ‘Lieut. Rotaky Club. Board of Trade, Chamber jgress Heights. George Vernon H. i PENEREER” Were assisted h® wrecked machine and taken Walter Reed Hospital in the Cas- ualty Hospital ambulance. It is re- ported both men received fractures jof.the right lex. ‘The aviators left Bolling Field for a flight about the city, it is stated, and were flying over Congress Heights, | when the engine suddenly went dead. | Almost instantly the machine dropped to the ground. It struck a tree and ‘The rown partly turned over. The nose of the machine was buried in the ground. Persons in the vicinity witnessed the accident and went to the assistance C. Suter, chairman of the eee the two flyers. They were assisted | enacted from the machine and the hospital ambulance was summoned. POLAND'S ENTIRE ARMY | Announced Aim Is to Form Barrier Against the Spread of Bolshevism. | -ROME, December 29 (by the As- jSeclated —Press).—Poland has her might be used as a political experi- | entire army marshaled along the Rus- | |sian frontier to form a barrier against the western spread of bol- shevism, according to an interview |with Cardinal Karkawski, Archbishop jot ‘Warsaw, printed in the Corriere that Polish detachments:are too weak Barry and Thomas|ENTERS PRESIDENTIAL RACE. |to witRstand the pressure from the | {! east, which he says may last from Bolshevism Wi: | “Bolshevism not understood, jeven by socialists,” he says. “So- lcialiste identify bolshevism as maxi- malism, which is a great mistake. laximalism is a positive program of govepnment aiming to the securing of |the maximum claims of the prole- !tariat. Bolshevism. instead, has no | positive aim. its program being mer ly a negative one—namely. to destro everything. like traditional Russian nihilism. The only ideal of bolshe- mat Positive Aim. norance. cries of the bolsheviki it ‘Down | with all who know how to read and write “France and Italy understand our situation, but England does not un- 80 well. We have our entire army drawn up along the Russian! frontier, but our forces are limited and cannot stand alone against the weight of- bolshevik Russia, which shows no sign of becoming ‘less. I believe the state of anarchy and up- heaval in Russia may last from twen- ty to twenty-five years longer. | Brute Klement Strong im Russia. | “I know Russia, having been for | | Several years director of the Catholic | the nation at this criticu! time wae Academy at Petrograd. The brute ele- ment there is stronger than generally believed. At.the very gates of Petro- grad ‘there are Finnish villages still in primitive condition, while along the Pechora river, on’ the western slopes of the Urals, there is territory which, according to census returns, belongs to the Orthodox religion, but which in reality is pagan, the people worshiping idols and making sacri- | fices like tribes in the center of Asia| or Africa. | PRESIDENT HAS IN MIND SUCCESS@R TO MR. LANE Although Secretary of the Interior Lane has not yet resigned, President Wilson has a successor in mind, it was said today at the White House. Secretary Lane a few weeks ago irf 2 published statement said that he intended resigning when he could do 30 without embarrassing or disturb- 2 Bresident | ON RUSSIAN FRONTIER approval throughout the District building. The greatest satisfaction at the | promotion of Mr. Stephens came from | the staff of other assistant attorneys |in the corporation counsel office. Mr. | Syme, who has. had an opportunity |to watch Mr. Stephens’ work, said j When he learned of the appointment | that no one was better pleased than | he at the selection. ‘ | Mr. Syme said that Mr. Stephens’ | thorough knowledge of the laws of the District, as well as of municipal law | in general, enable him ably to rep- | resent the city in legal matters. | Came Here When Four Years Ol The new corporation counsel was born at Sandusky, Ohio, on January 11, 1864 | His family moved to Washington when | he was four years old, and he has been a resident of the District «ines. His Wittam Wasa sol- + graduated 1880. from the local high school, He entered. ‘Wasb- ington Ui y, receiving the degree of master of arte in 1885. ~ In I88* by | was graduated in law and was admitte? to the bar a few months jater. | Mr. Stephens was appointed an as- sistant corporation counsel of the Dis- trict in 1905. During his term as an | assistant he has represented the Dis- trict man important cases before the local courts. For several years he has been the senior assistant and hi | appointment today is regarded as a logi- | cal moving up in the ranks. | pati, Stephens played, an important part in drawing up the loan shark and higher liquor license laws which were in 1918. He also aided in framing the law which created the | Public Utilities Commission. Like Mr. Syme, Mr. Stephens also will be general counsel to the Public Utilities Commission. The position: of {convene counsel pays $5,500 a year. Letters of Regret Sent Mr. Syme. | The Commissioners, in accepting the l resignation of Mr. Syme at their board meeting today, sent him a letter ex- | pressing regret at his decision to re- | turn to private practice. In addition, Commissioner Brownlown addressed to (Mr. Syme the following personal let- ter: t is with deep personal regret that I have recommended to the board of commissioners the acceptance of your resignation to take effect on the first of the new year. If it were not fer the fact that I have known for many months that you desired to return to the practice of the law upon the com- pletion of the valuation work under- \taken by the Public Utilities Commis- |sion, I would urge you to reconsider the action. “The six years of service that you have given to the people of the Dis- \trict of Columbia always will be ap- preciated by them. You have worked q@'Italia. The cardinal says, however, ‘hard and have accomplished much, and you have given to the District gov~ ernment six of the best years of your | A e to express my deep.appreciation of the very xbie work you have done in your capacity as general counsel of the Public Util- ities Commission, a work in which aft your friends feel great pride. *s “As our official relations thus come | to a close, I would like to say that I shall ever treasure the warm personal friendship tha arose with and has continued throughout these relations, and which I trust will continue now that you are returning to private yl Will Give Mr. Syme Luncheon. Officials of the District government are planning to give Mr. Syme a fare. inating petition as a candidate for the | Vism is the brutal blindness of ig-| well luncheon at Harvey's restau One of the most common! at 1 o'clock Saturday. Mr. Steph the new corporation counsel, also. w! be a guest. The following committee is arr: ing the program: Daniel E. Daniel J. Donovan, Maj. J. R. William P. Richards, Clifford Lanhai George W. Wallace and Walter Allen. : HAYS ASKS REPUBLICANS. TO AID NATION IN CRISIS INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., December 30. —Concentrated effort toward serving urged upon the republicans of Indiana by Will H. Hays, chairman of the re- publican national committee. at a hat- mony luncheon here yesterday. Tie luncheon ‘was given by Mr. Hays, ft was said in polit 1 circles together factions that giv disrupting the republican organize- tion in Indiana. United States Senators Harry New and James E. Watson. Goy. James P. Goodrich of Indiana and number of the most prominent repul licans in the state attended the luni con. Mr. Hays came to Indian from his home in Sullivan, Ind., he spent Christmas. 4 “This is no time for ttle thi: We have no tims for pullings or bank ings either as against democrats between ourselves’ declared Chatre man Hays. “We attribute ho to the opposition and urge that the cons test between the democrats and the republicans be a contest in effort of service to the nation. Our politics t to find out what is the very best for Cie wountfy and to do i: Gres 4