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| called. : chapged his mind as to the advi i financially than during the war, and | believed “that Con, New Hampshire, Sutherland (republi- TOw; moderate temperat Temperature for twent ending at noon today: H 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, today. Full report on page 15. WEATHER. Fair tonight and probably tomor- temperature tonight above freezing. ture; lowest y-four hours ighest, 62, at 38, at 8 a.m. Closing New York Stocks, Page 22. Y Yesterday's Net Circulation, 87,669 No. 28,008 post. SENATE PASSES FINANCE RESOLUTION OF PRESIDENT WILSON Immediately| PRESIDENT'SVETO Acts After Hearing Message. HOUSE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW LEAD Democratic Senators Join in Overriding of Protest. The resolution to revive the War Finance Corporation was passed to- day by the Senate over President Wilson's veto. The_vote to override the President was 53 to 5, or nineteen more than the required two-thirds majority. The vote was taken immediately after the President’s veto message was read-igpect to the financing of exports ex- Similar action by the House WasS|pire one year after the termination forecast by supporters of the resolu-|of the war. While we are technically tion, which was designed as an aid to farmers and others in the present veriod of declining prices. How Vote Steod. Those voting against the measure .were: Senator Kikins (republican), ‘West Virginia; Gerry (democrat), Rhode Island; Keyes (republican) of an) of West Virginia and Thomas (democrat) of Colorado. Senator Gronna, in charge of the resolution, secured unanimous con- sent for immediate consideration of the vet bill. Vice President Mar- shall saie that the question before the Senate was passage of the bill, not: withstanding the President’s objec- tions. Confer on Floor. During call of the Senate’s roll an Informal conference of senators from the agricultural states was neld on the floor. Senator Gronna and Sena- tor Harrison, democrat. Mississippi. | said privately that th-y favor>d un| 'mmediate attempt to ovecrrile the ete.. Lmmediately after reading the veto message, Senator Underwood of Ala- bama. democratic leader, said that the measure was of such importance to the country that he hoped there would be immediate action by the Senate, and_asked that a quorum be He gave notice that he would vote to pass tie resolution over the Presi- dent’s veto, saying that he had tl.u:t sabil- ity ‘of the measure becoming a law. | Underwoed Cites Distress. Senator Underwood declared the country “was in far greater dmressi ess should take what action it could to relieve the sit- uation. He recalled that a “rep:b‘; Jican President” it rgency ha withdrawn fun %Qfl ! to deposit fn New York banks that a stringent financial situation might be | averted, and continued: “There are certain exttemities to which we can and ought to go if con- ditions warrant. 1 belleve the time has arrived when Congress should take what action it can to correct and to remedy the conditions now con- fronting us. ““There iS no reason to fear that the powers conferred upon those who di- rect the affairs of the corporation will be abused. The same persons who so vival of the activities of the War! Finance Corporation. This corpora- | ftion is a governmental agency. Its Entered as second-class matter office Washington, D. C. OVER VETO MESSAGE IN TEXT SENT TO SENATE | The President's message follows: | “To the Senate of the United States: | “I am returning, without my signa- ture. S. J. Res. 212, ‘joint resolution directing the War Finance Corpora- tion to take certain action for the re-: Hef of the present depression in the! agricultural sections of the country, | and for other purposes.’ WASHINGTON, CONGRESS 10 CUT 8,000 FROM L. 3. PAYROLLS IN D.C. Wood Says House Will Not Provide Salaries for Them in 1922. WANTS JUSTICE AGENTS TO ENFORCE “DRY” LAW “The joint resolution directs the re-| capital stock is owned entirely by the United States. It was created during hostilities for war purposes. Th: temporary powers which it is now | Droposed to revive were conferred in | March, 1919, to assist if necessary in | the financing of exports. The general powers of the corporation expire six months after the termination of the still in a state of war. it unquestion- ably was presumed, when this added power was granted, that peace would have been formally proclaimed before this time, and that the limitation of one year would have expired. “In May, 1920, in view of the fact that export trade had not been inter- rupted but had greatly expanded, and that exports were being privately financed in large volumes, the War Finance Corporation. at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury and with my approval, suspended the making of advances. Fears False Hopes. “This resolution was passed by the Congress apparently in view of the recent sudden and considerable fall in prices, especially of agricultural com- modities, with the thought that some European countries to which certain products were customarily shipped before the war might again be en- abled to resume their importation, and that larger masses of domestic ex- ports to European countries generally might be stimulated, with the result- ing enhancement of domestic prices. 1 am in full sympathy with every sound proposal to promote foreign trade along sound business lines. I am not convinced that the method proposed is wise, that the benefits. if any, would offset the evils which would result, or that the same or larger advantages cannot be secured without resort to government inter- vention. On the contrary, I appre hend that the resumption of the cor- poration’s activities at this time would exert no beneficial influence on the situation in which improvement is sought, would raise false hopes among the very people who would expect | most, and would be hurtful to the natural and orderly processes of busi- ness and finance. “Large government credits were ex- tended during the war to certain ‘Europe: governments associated with us in the struggle. These ceased | several months after the armistice, except for commitments already made. They should not now be resumed, either directly or indirectly. The recent Brusseis conference, composed of experts from many European coun- tries and from other nations, itself j expressed the opinion that further credits could not be accorded directly by governments. 1 ‘do not believe that they should be accorded in- directly. K | priations for sularies of that number {war, and the special powers with re- | Thinks a Third of Expenses Will | Be Saved if Change Is Carried Out—To Cut Appropriation, Decrease of from seven to eight housand of the number of government employes ‘in Washington during the fiscal year 1922 will be effected by the | simple process of withholding appro- in the legislative, executive and judi- cial appropriation bill, which is ex- pected to be reported to the House on | ‘Wednesday. ! Representative Will R. Wood of In- diana, chairman of the subcommittee which is handling the bill, which car- ries the salary of practically every government employe in Washington, made that statement today. There will be no salary increases in the bill recommended by the committee. The only increases in personnel will be in the internal revenue service, where sal- ary provision will be made for about 700 new employes. Elsewhere through- out the government service there will be very large decreases in the number | of employes. H Would Transfer “Dry” Power. Transfer of the Volstead enforce- ment act to the Department of Jus- tice for administration, with the promise that at Jeast one-third of the expense will thus be saved, is ad- vocated by Chairman Wood. { Because this would be new legis- lation and therefore subject to a point of order, it will not be in- cluded in the legislative appropria tion bill when reported to the House on Wednesday. Chairman Wood has conferred on this subject with Chair- man Volstead of the House judiciary committee and will advocate the transfer on the floor of the House as soon as he gets an opportunity. The internal revenue bureau is ask- ing $7,500,000 for enforcement of the ‘The bill, however, when | reported carry only about| $5,500,000 for this work. Work Is Duplicated. | Represetative Wood says the Vol- tead eforcement act should never have been given to the 'internal reve- nue bureau for administration, as it belongs to the Department of Jus- tice, since it is purely & matter of enforcement of law. - The only excuse, he says, for, putting it inta.the in- ternal revenue serv‘;u: is becausé some revenue is to collected on the liquors meized. The Depariment of Justice could make a réport of such sejzure to the mternal revenue bureau and, the tax .could be thus collectéd. Mr. Wood points out, - AS a matter of fact, he says, neither the internal revenue bureau nor the Department -of Justice are properly enforcing the -act, because there is a clash of authority. The responsi- bility, h® says, should be placed on the Department of Justice und then | MONDAY, J. D0, HARDING HAS EYES ONTHE AMERICAS Will Strive to Strengthen Friendship Between U. S. and Sister Republics. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. MARION, January 3.—In his dis- cussion of international affairs with a number of visitors President-elect Harding has indicated very plainly that he will take a deeper interest in Central and South American af- fairs than any President of recent years. When it comes time to take up diplomatic appointments—and that time, it should be stated, still is far in the distance—Senator Harding will endeavor to pick the very best availa- ble men for the posts among the American republics. As usual. it is -expected that the Zreatest pressure will be brought to bear by those who would represent the United States at the court of St James. in London; at Paris, or:Reme, or Berlin, but in the Harding admin- istration there is every. reason_to be lieve tiat the Dostd’ at sueh capitals as Rio, Bpenos Afres, Montevideo and are o have the very first consideration. View Made Plain in Panama. Senator Harding is desirous of see- ing the relations between the United Statés and this hemisphere greatly strengthened. During his recent trip to Panama he made this very plain. The policy: he has in mind is not the result of that trip. He has given the matter serious thought for years. her ‘sister republics of | trouble, o 9y NUARY M CARDINAL TAKEN HOME; | STANDS JOURNEY WELL 1Reaches Baltimore From Union Mills, Md., in Motor Car 1 at Noon Today. BALTIMORE, Md., January Cardinal Gibbons was brought home from Union Mills, Md., today, reach- ing the archiepiscopal residence in a motor car about 12:30 o'clock. He | was reported to have stood,the forty- ;mile journey without discomfort, and i “to be fine.” | His two doctors and his secretary rode with him, and two other ma- chines bearing _friends, including Bishop O. B. Corrigan, accompanied. ‘The move was decided upon at a consultation of the dbctors at the Shriver home at Union Mills, where the cardinal has been staying for the last four weeks. The news had a cheering effect upon the aged church- man, it was said. He admitted that, hile he enjoyed the kindness of his friends at the Shriver home, he was ‘homesick. The ban on visitors was lifted tem- porarily yesterday to permit the cardinal to receive the priests of his Lousehold. They were with him only a few minutes. Three old-time friends o{ the cardinal also_were allowed to glve him their New Year greetings. it was during the celebration of 2 special church service at Emmits- burg-early. in Docember that he was £eized with the weakness that has’ since prostrated him. He was at once taken to the residence of his friends, Mi#s Molly Shriver, and her nephew, Robert Shriver, and has been there ever since. The cardinal's physicians say he is not suffering from any organic but simply the weakening effects of his advanced age—eighty- six years. He has always been a re- markably healthy man, although not of yobust build. His heart action was stronger Sunday and today. There has been no recurrence of the 1921 -TWENTY-SIX PAGES. CARRIAGE AND HORSES —~ PREFERS THE AUTO For. INAUGURAL MERCHANTS LOSE Won by Commissioners and Injunction Fails. avenue northwest, prevent through the center of the avenue. opinion by Just; jaflirmed the decision jof the District an inj Injunction Had Been Granted. court, ing, Sherby and to.the Court'of [ ssioners. forbjdd ther wofl(mmim the &% could heard and determined on appeal. condition for several weeke. gress of 1870, and g construin connection with 4 * it the restriction as to INPARKWAY FIGHT Loujsiana Avenue Litigation Commission merchants on Louisiana between 9th and 10th streets, today lost their fight to the District Commissioners from narrowing the sidewalks of that thoroughfare and placing a parkway The District Court of Appeals, in an ice Van Orsdel today. of Justice Gould : Supreme Court refusing unction asked by Harry Sherby and others against the Commissioners. After the District authorities had Wwon a favorable decision in the lower and while the appeal was pend- work was commenced on the Proposed improvement, and. the street Wwas torn up for some distance. Mr. his associates complained and that tri- ed-an injunction against the The roadway has remained in this JIn upholding the autherity of the Commisioners to change the condi- tions on Louisana avenue the Court of| Appeals goes back to am act of Con- in subsequent act of) 1881, the court says it is apparent that IDROP IN THEATER PRICES. |Producing Managers, New York, Announce $2.50 Top Figure. teduction ice of theater tickets in va- ‘has been followed in New by the productions ¢ Sam president of the Producing gers’ iation. Beginning to- night the top price will be 50 in- stead of $3 In_making the announcement Mr. arris expressed the hope that other gers would take similar action. D.C. INTANGIBLE TAX NEW YORK, January 3 of th rious ¢ York |Court of Appeals Sustains Justice Stafford in Hold- | ing Law Is Valid. The District Court of Appeals, in an | opinion by Justice Robb, today afirmed the decision of Justice Stafford of the District Supreme Court. which had held the District intangible tax law ‘lm be valid. The appellate court de- {clared that John C. Heald, George E. | Hamilton and Wilton J. Lambert, com- | mittee of Eugene Peters, were not en- titled to question the validity of the act on the ground that it unlawfully { taxed non-residents, since they did not come within the class alleged to be dis- criminated against. Property Within Distriet. The court points out that the ap- pellants are residents of the District jand the property taxed within the District, hence clearly subject to the provisions of this law. Should it ultimately be determined that Congress, disregarding the authoritative rul- ngs of the United States Supreme Court, Intended in this act to tax here property located elsewhere, it by Do means follows that as to persons and property clearly subject to taxation here the act would be void. The failure of the appellants to bring themselves within the class as to which, under this contention, the act is void deprives them of the right to maintain this suit. Certified on Two Points. st spring the Court of Appeals certied Phis case to the United States Supreme Court for a decision on two law points. The matter was argued in the United States Supreme Court, but that tribunal dismissed the cer- tification on the ground that the case, being one appealable to that court, DECISION AFFIRMED TWO CENTS. |LABOR NOT EXEMPT N BOYCOTT LAW, HIGH COURT HOLDS Supreme Court Sets Aside Decrees of Federal Tribu- nals in Injunction Case. FINDS NO IMMUNITY FOR “SECONDARY BOYCOTTS” -|Opinion Divided, 6 to 3, Justices Holmes, Brandeis and Clarke Dissenting. Federal court decrees holding that the Clayton act in effect legalized “secondary boycotts” by organized labor were set aside today by the United States Supreme Court. The opinion w read by Justice McReynolds. The court divided 6 to 2 Justices Holmes, Brandeis and Clarke dissenting. The committee report submitted to Congress on the Clayton act “clear- 1y and explicitly” said, the opinion stated, that no immunity was ex- tendeq for those authorizing or en- Baging in secondary boycotts. The court held, in the case of the Duplex Printing Press Company of Battle Creek, Mich., against the In- ternational Association of Machinists. 1o restrain the latter from boycotting its products, that the mmunity clause™ of the Clayton act could not be stretched to cover “illegal” acts of labor organizations. The decrees dismissing efforts of the company, an open shop concern. to enjoin its machinists from combin. ing to destroy the company’s business ‘were. reversed. The proceedings resulted directly from charges made by #he company that the machinists’ union was con- ducting a boycott against it by in- stituting or threatening to imstitute strikes wherever attempts were made to advertise, haul, unioad, assemble or operate products of the Battie Creek concern. the Court of Appeals lacked juris- diction to certify. Attorneys A. S. Worthington and Vernon West, for the appellants, will sue out a writ of error to take the case to the United States Supreme Court from the adverse decision ren- dered today. NAVY SEAPLANES REST - AFTER CLEVER FLYING Officers Sure NC Planes Will Over- " take F-5-L Sectom and Finish Race on Time, SAN DIEGO, Calif, January 3.—A day of rest for the crews and minor repairs for the planes was ahead of the F-5-L section of the Navy’s San Diego-Panama aerial _expedition at Banderas bay today. However, it Was thought likely the NC sections, planes 5 and 6, which were at Magdalena bay, on the coast of Lower California, Louisana and|yesterday, might attempt today to fly The circuit court of appeals unan. imously held that this case involved a secondary boycott, identical in prin- ciple with that in the Danbury hat- ters’ case, while.two of the three judges held that the Clayton act legalized secondary boycotts, thus re- pealing the doctrine of the hatters’ case. Special facts in the case should have been considered, the dissenting opinion, presented by Justice Brandeis. held. The defendants, of course, were punulngunfle?'llfie which would N;:Q the plaintiff, Justice Brandels said, but the union did %Mm any employ« t‘..nm break his ct or engage in vio- > Sy = - “Net Secondsry mx Recounting: the histoty of cave. Justice Brandeis said there were then only four plants making large printis presses. In 1909 unions attempted to establish in these factories. the eight- hour day, minimum wage and other conditions the unions deemed essential. By 1913 three of these plants had ac- cepted these conditions, but the Duplex company refused. The other plants then served notice that they would not agree so long as the act would be enforced. the fourth plant stayed out. Mr. Wood emphasizes that the De. The B sral he Panami trip A strike was called to force the Europe Unable to Pay. i “Exports of domestic products have | | ably and successfully administered it other avenues in the earlier act ex-|on to Banderas bay, where the twelve i during the stress of war will be in alarming sinking spells for three | go 90 only to a limitation in thejlighter craft arrived Saturday. days. merely confirmed his conviction that » charge again. I see no reason why an undue drain on the Treasury will result and I see no reason for alarm that it will not be properly and faith- fully administered if the Senators re- store the corporation, a living organ- isation Harrison Assafls Houston. Prior_to receipt of the veto message by the Senate. Senator Harrison bitterly assailed Secretary Houston, charg- . ing the Treasury head with having recommended the veto by the President. He said that Mr. Houston had indicated 1o the Congress that such would be his course and read portions of testi- mony by the Secretary before Senate committees, which the senator said did not show that there would be any such opposition by the Treasury administra- tion. Senator Harrison declared that “ongress had expressed its wishes al- most unanimously, and yet the Secre- tary of the Treasury had seen fit to “throw down that decision” for a course which the Senate and House had deemed wise. President Sees No Advantage. In returning the resolution his approval the President was not convinced that the method proposed to aid the farmers and others was wise, and that the benefits, if any, would offset the evils which would result, or that the same or larger advantages could not be ob- tained without resort to govern. ment intervention Revival of finanee corporation this time, the President declared, would exert uo beneficial influence on the situa- tion. would raise false hopes among “the very people” who would expect most. and would be hurtful to the atural and orderly processes of busi- ess and finance. Cortendirg that uncer t at law no ect advances could be made to pro- ducers by the corporation, the ex- ~cutive declared «ven if they could be they would not accomplish the ob- jects in view. ’ | | 1 | | i Senator Borah Proposes Additional Section to Rent Measure. Senator Borah of Idaho today intro- duced an amendment to the Ball bill dealing with the system of eviction of tenants in the District, which is de- signed to prevent the eviction of ten- ants who pay rent in accordance with decisions of the rent commission. The amendment proposes to add a third section to the substitute bill favor- ably reported from the judiciary com- mittee. The language of posed third section follow “The remedy provided herein shali not be available to any landlord as against a tenant who regularly pays or tenders rent at the rate at which he is occupying and who offers to pay ihereafter the difference between the amount thereof and any sum which the rent commission, appointed under Oec- and the pro- the act of Congress approved tober 22, 1919, shall find to be just reasonable rental of 1he premise: i e SPANISH SHIP LOST. VILLAGARICA. Spain, January 2 ‘'he Spanish steamer Santa lsa- bel has been wrecked at the entrance of the bay in the Island of Salvera, the northwestern Spanish coast, ar here. with considerable loss of according to reports received to- y. The vessel. which was of 2488 gross tons, will be a total Joss. not declined since the armistice. On the contrary, they have greatly in-| creased. From an aggregatée value before the war of Jess than two and one-half billions of dollars, and of about six billions the last year of hostilities, they rose in the calendar year 1919 to more than $7,900,000,000 and this figure will probably be ex- ceeded for the last calendar year. For the first eleven months of last calendar year we exported more than seven and one-half billion dollars® ‘worth of domestic merchandise. These have been largely privately financed. ‘The difficulty in the way of still larger exports does not scem to lie so much in the lack of financial abil- ity here as in Europe’s lack of means | to make payment. Her productive energies and the services which she renders have not yet reached a point where they balance the value of com- modities taken from this nation, and her ability to furnish for additional exports securities. which business men would feel justified in taking. is restricted. The experts of the Brus- sels conference reported that “‘one of | the chief obstacles to the granting of credits is the absence in borrowing countries of sufficient securities for ultimate repayment.” Until this ob- stacle is removed it is difficult to see how materially larger exports to Europe are to be made, even if ex- porters, aided or unaided by govern- ment finance, stand ready to do their part. It is remarkable that Europe is able to make an effective demand for as large a volume of our goods as she is making. It is gratifying evidence of her recovery and progress toward full production and sounder financial conditions. i Would Net Create Demand. “Under the law, if the activities of the corporation were resumed, no direct advances could be made to producers and if they could be they would not accomplish the objects in view. They would not create demand for’ our products. ' They :could be made only to exporters or to banks engaged in financing exports, and if they did in some measure stimulate exports they would probably not have the effect apparently most de- sired of substantially increasing those of agricultural commodities. Already, with the larger volume of exports which Europe is taking from us, she is_exercising her option of taking a smaller volume of some of our prin- cipal agricuitural products such as meats, presumably because she her- self has become more largely self- sufficient, or is again providing her- self with supplies from distant coun tries which, with the opening up of shipping since the armistice, have once more found their place in the markets of the world. | “It is highly probuble that the most | immediate and conspicuous effect of the resumption of the corporation’s activities would be an effort on the part of exporters to shift the finan- cing of their operations from ordinary ommercial channels to the govern- ment. This would be unfortunate. It would continue the government as an active factor in ordinary business operations. If activities of any con- siderable magnitude resulted they would necessitate the imposition of dditional taxes or further borrow- ng. either through the War Finance rporation or by the Treasury. In cither case new burdens would be laid upon all the people. Further borrowing would in all likelihood tap the very sources which might other- wise be available for private opera- tions or which the Treasury is now compelled to reach to meet current obligations of the government. There is no question that the borrowing of partment of Justice has a large force of enforcement officers which could perform this work. As matters now stand, he says, there is considerable duplication between the two govern. ment agencies. ! ASKS TO CONTINLE SAME PHONE RATES Telephone Company Wants to Prevent Cut in Charges on February 1. The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele- phone Company today applied to the Public Utilities Commission for con tinuation of its existing rates, which would automatically go back on February 1 to those in effect during the war. ‘These rates are: Individual line (business or resi- dence)—For fifty or less calls per month, $4; next 100 calls, 5 cents each, with a scale of 1. cent for} cach fifty calls thereafter. Two-party line (business)—Forty or less calls a month, $3; each ad- ditional call, 5 cewts. Two-party line (residence)—Thirty- | five or less calls a_month, $2.5 each additional call, & cents. Unlimited service (residence)—Flat rate of $5.50 per month. The charge for extension telephones in business places or residences with limited service is 50 .cents for each extension, to residences with unlij ed service 756 cents per month for an extension. The schedule also includes special rates for trunk lines, private branch exchanges and similar specfal service. Reduction in Revenue. The company sets forth in its appli- cation_that during the six months from June to November of this year, wit hthe present rates in existence, the telephone revenue in the District was 2,376,854.06. as compared with operat. ing expenses of $2,126,842.79, This leaves a balance of $250,011.26 after paying operating expenses. The petition explains, however, that dure ing that past six months the company entered on its books certain adjust- ments from months prior to June, which adjustments reduced the net revenue to $226,250.73. This amount of net revenue is equiv- alent, the petition states, to a return of only 3.62 per cent on the fair value of the telcphone property, as fixed by the commission at $12,500,000 in De. cember. 1919. This rate of return does not take into account additions to fair value which have been made since December 31, 1919. Returns Lower Than Elsewhere, In summing up its case, the com- pany tells the commission that this rate of return is “much lower than that fixed as reasonable in many cases by numerous regulatory bodies of high authority. An interesting feature of the peti- tion is the staement that the company proposed to establish lower rates of depreciation on its property and make these- reduced allowances retroactiye to January, 1920. 1 | the government should be limited to the minimum requirements, and that the government should not be called "2 Column 3.5 l This change, the petition shows, will reduce by $15.000 the allowance for depreciation during the past six months of existing rates. diplomatically well as commer- cially, the interests of the United States lie at this time strongly to the southward. ‘The glamour of the European courts has attracted most of the best Ames ican diplomats of the past. Mr. Hard- ing feels that real constructive work in the interest of the country offers opportunity to the biggest men we have, diplomatically speaking, in the South American ambassadorships. The reasons for this are many and obvious. For the last six or seven years, and even longer, our relations with the other Americas have all but been forgotten. The warld war, which began nearly seven years ago, natur- ally focused all interest on Europe and there it has remained. Europe, in the next administration. will be the great problem. but it will be a problem which involves imme- diate consideration by the President himself, by Congress. and by the cabi- net. Tho individual ambassador in Europe during the next four years will have little opportunity for. indi- vidual effort, his course, naturally. will_be directed step by step from Washington. In a sense he-will be under o system of wireless control. Wide Field in Sonth America. In South America the ambassador of the next four years will find a wide field of work. in which his personal- ity, his tact and, naturally, his diplo- maey. will count .for much. The United States always has posed as the “big brother” . of the ern hemisphere, but there is mo deffwipg the fact that some of our sister publics have been treated more like step-children. It it had not been for what might be termed the extra-offi- cial actlvities of the United States representatives in the Pan-American Union, more than one of the mations to the southward might have been tranged. These neighbor nations al ways have been found ready to do their part in any sort of arrangement with the United States, but this coun- try has been found more than often neglectful. At the_ beginning_of .his adminis- tration. President Wilson spoke of orming the Americas into'a sort of league of nations for disposing of matters affecting the western hemi- sphere but the worldswar upset this work, as it upset all the affairs of the universe, Secretary of State Colby is making @ notable, if somewhat be- lated, tour of South America, and. while his trip may be said to be wholly related to the Wilson admin- istration. Mr. Colby is personally a man of such tact and pleasing per- sonality. he Is certain to leave behind a favorable Impression which will pave the way for the efforts to be made by Senator Harding when he assumes the office of President. There has been considerable talk recently that the league of nations might win away to Europe the lo alty the South American countries would otherwise feel toward the United States, 1t must not be for- gotten that the South and Central American countries declared war on Germany only when the United States stepped in. They waited forthe lead of the big sister and protector to the north. These same countries became members of the league of mations, through a ratification of the treaty of Versailles, in the belief that Presi. dent Wilson and the UniteN States Senate eventually would reach an agreement which would take this country into the same league. Senator Harding wants South Amer- ica to feel it will have a large part to play in his proposed association of nations, the details of which are yet to he worked out. (Comxxight, 202L.), ' ‘The cardinal passed a comfortable night, and his condition was virtually unchanged this morning, reports from his bedside said. HARDING GIVES ATTENTION _TO DOMESTIC PROBLEMS President—méct Spends Part of Day in Conference at Marion With Senator Curtis. MARION, Ohio, January 3.—Again centering his attention upon domestic problems, President-elect Harding gave most of his time today to a minute canvass of the legislative situation in_conference with Senator Curtis. of Kansas, republican whip intie Senate. . Among other callers on his engage- ment list were Gifford Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, former chief of _the forestry service: Puul D. Cravath of New York, and Representative Towner, of Iow CHAMBERLAIN IS BETTER. Continued improvement in the con- dition of Senator ~Chamberlain . ot Oregon, who has undergone two oper- ations recently, was reéported today. Within a few days, it was said, the perfod of danger would be passed. Today’s News in Paragraphs District intangible tax law decision af- firmed by appellate court. Page 1 Louisiana avenue merchants lose park- way injunction case. Page 1 President-elect Harding considering ways to strengthen friendship between U. 8. and South and Central America. Page 1 From 7,000 to 8,000 government employes here are to be dropped in 1922, Repre- sentative Wood announce; Page 1 Police Court has zecord of 400 cases to dispose of, a host of which are auto- mobile license offenders. Page 2 John Harvey is appointed chief clerk of Interior Department to succeed ¥. J. Ayers, resigned. Page 2 Martens surrenders for deportation to Department of Labor, and will soon sail for Russia. Page 2 Three naval balloonists are en route via slow dog sleds. Page 2 Four hundred applicants for teachers’ positions in D. public schools are listed for examination Thursday. Page 2 Mutual declarations of friendship mark Argentine banquet to Colby. Page 3 D. C. allotment of funds for relief of starving children of Europe lacks $125,000. Page 11 Dr. Bowerman sees “distinct advance” for Public Library workers in Lehl- bach reclassification bill. Page 11 Pershing takes up plans for inaugura- tion parade. Page 13 Robert Howie, known to thousands of tourists in Japan, dies suddenly. Page 13 Von Bethmann Hollweg, former German chancellor, is dead. Page 13 Plea is made for retention of interde- partmental board of National Defense Council as part of reorganization plan. Page 13 Reported D'Annunzio will surrender to king all medals he won In war before forsaking Italy. Page 256 I | Germans width of the roadway on each the parking that the authorities, thereafter construet in Penns Louisiana and Indiana avenues. No Parkway Limitation. No limitation, placed upon the of constructing parking in conclusion that the ill exists, Following this view, the court sug- in the present Sary to s specifically the charml-rrif in:::o‘\’-uf but delegated to Power to repave the street in accordance with mlany gests that Congress. act. deemed it unneces: ment to be made, the Commissioners to be approved by the Commissioners. The reduction of the width of the to the sidowalks is incident only proper execution of t: court finds McGANNON RETRIAL SOON. Cleveland Judge Again to Face Jury on Murder Charge. CLEVELAND, Ohio, January Judge William H. McGannon will be brought to trial a second time on charges of slaving Harold C. Ka, 85 soon as County Prosecutor Edward C. Stanton. who took office this morning, completes his study of the case, the new prosecutor announces, Stanton will handle the trial. He will not seek the aid of Roland A Baskin, his_predecessor, who prose- cuted both John W. Joyce and Judge McGannon for the Kagy killing. Joyce was acquitted and the jury in the McGannon case disagreed late Friday, after nearly forty-cight hours' d. liberation. he plans, BY GEORGE WITTE. By o e . L y Cable to “’c:;:‘;:s;:: Glicago Daily News. BERLIN, January 3. — Berlin's “schilebers” (profiteers) spent 250,000 marks (normally $62,500) in the Hotel Adlon New Year eve in celebrating with champagne, oysters and dancing the advent of another year. The Ad- lon was only one of perhaps 100 other places in Berlin where huge sums were paid out for liquor that was almost as bad as the methylated spirits that killed scores of persons in the United States when prohibition went into effect. ‘At the same time hundreds of tons of coal were consumed by the heating plants in these places of amusement —coa) which, if confiscated by the German government, which is always complaining of the fuel shortage, would have sufliced to operate scores of plants of essential industries throughout Germany for a week or more. But these plants are now idle for the lack of coal. Last year not a single day went by without some German paper or politician lamenting over the harsh- ness of the treaty of Versailles. But while they were lamenting many of the suddenly rich and other wealthy were breakifig | important luws and refusing to do abeir duty ? ide of third of the southward fight with 4. ing under the general power, might|Derfect vivania, the court holds, was! authorities in respect thosq streets, the restriction being only to the width of the roadway. Hence. the 1 authority to con- struct parking on Ltmish.n{ avenue was conferred by the act of 1570 and Berlin Profiteers Spend Lavish | Sums for New Year Champagne The F-5-1i craft have covered about record. The “hop” made by the NC-5_from San Diego to Magdalena bay, 702 miles, without a stop, leads naval officers here to feel confident that the NC planes will overtake the F-5-L section and finish the flight on time. The ‘New Year day flight of the Ls covered the southern stretch If of California. The next stage will be south along the Mexi- can coast to Acapulpo, a distance of 439 miles. CHARGE REVENUE AGENT WITH EASTMAN KILLING NEW YORK, January 3.—Jeremiah Bohan of Brooklyn, an internal rev- nuc_agent, was placed under arrest at nolEa Readquarters today charged with the killing of “Monk"” Eastman, gangster, soldier, after, police said, ho had confessed to the shooting. Bohan, a prohibition enforcement agent, said by the police to be the mysterious “Mr. sought in con- nection with the recent killing of “Monk™” Eastman, gangster and world war hero, surrendered. From the Brooklyn police station at which he presented himself Bohan was taken to headquarters in Man- hattan. He left under guard, although no charge had been made against him. Joseph Pole, known to the police as “Joe the Polack,” surrendered “with Bohan. He told Brooklyn police he had learned he was being sought and was ready to be questioned. He also was taken to police headquarters. Both men denied any part in the Eastman shooting. Seventy-one policemen charged with delinquency in_performance of duty were tried at Brooklyn headquarters today. Most of the alleged offenses were absence from post. toward helping the country pay for the damage done in the war. Today there is more squandering of money in this country than anywhere else. | Liquor dealers are today advertising the sale of 2,000,000 bottles of Amer- ican whisky at ridiculously high prices. A local dealer told the writér that the stuff was finding a market, though it was very young and worse than Scotch whisky. The government taxes are so high that many persons rather than pay them spend their in- comes on bad champagne. Two months ago #his corresponds ent cabled a story about the con- sumption of champagne in Germany in 1919 as compared with the con- sumption before the war, it having, according to official figures, almost doubled since the armistice. Some of the newspapers commented se- verely on this state of affairs, but the fact remains that moneyed per- sons everywhere in Germany are spending more money on foolish amusements and drink than they ever did_before. And although the Ger- man mark may be worth only a tenth or a fifteenth of what it was before the war, it is indisputable that with the toleration of the government these people are spending 100 per cent more money, and, what is more important, 100 per cent more of coal for the upkeep of amusements and non-eesential industries than they did before the great conflict. \ Duplex plant to accede, Mr. Brandeis continued, “which was supplemented™ by the other actions objected to by the plaintiff. “It was a strike against product Mr. Brandeis said, “but was not a sympathetic strike, as I understand it. nor was it a secondary boycott.” ‘The strikes called in outside plants were called ¢o effect “those who had a common interest.” in the results to be obtained, the minority opinion believed, and was as much a primary boycott as was the strike called in the plant of the Duplex Company it- self, since they attempted to prevent the installation of the presses pro- duced by the company. Section 20 of the Clayton act clearly was intended to transfer from the courts to Congress determination of “what laboring men might do_te improve their conditions,” Mr. Brandeis asserted. Before the passage of the Clayton act, the courts were called upon to decide whether such acts might be against the public i terests, he said, and if Congress i tended to do anything, intended to take determination raway from the court through adoption of the im. munity clause. IMMIGRATION TAKEN UP BY SENATE COMMITTEE Suspension Pending Full Investi- gation the Issue, Says Chairman Colt. A temporary suspension of immi- gration pending a full investigation “with a2 view to passing some per- manent legislaton” is the “real is- sue” before Congress, Chairman Colt of tie Senate immigration comimittee declared today at tiae opening of heariLgs on the Johason bill re- stricting immigration for one year. “In_dealimg with 2n emcrger bill ¢t this kind,” Senator Colt sald, “we look at it, first from an economic stardpoint—how it wonld affect busi ness—and_secondly, we would con sider it with reference to the menace— the flood from Europe ready to pour in upon us.” Representative Johnson of Washing- ton, author of the House measure, was the first wiiness. “1 am told the situation immediately confronting us,” he said, “is such that aliens are coming over in droves. They are gathering at European ports in largest numbers vet reported. They represent a highly undesirable class.” Mr. Johnson dealt with the increas- ing unemployment in this country and presented much other information which he gave at House committee hearings. RENT HEARING DATE SET. U. S. Supreme Court to Hear Argu- ments on February 28. The United States Supreme Oourt today granted the motfon to advance the argument in the District rent law case and set February 28 for the hear- ing. 2 DROWN IN FOOT OF WATER. TRENTON, N. J, January 3.—a man and a baby were drowned in one foot of water, and Seven other persons were cut and bruised, whe: an automobi which they w riding skidded und turned over int & deeo ditch near here. kY