Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Falr and continued cold tonight: lowest temperature tonight about 20 degrees; tomorrow cloudy and unset- tled, with rising temperature. Tem- perdture for twenty-four hours end, g 2 p.m. today: Highest, 31, at 4 p.m_ yesterday; lowest, 17, at 8 tod: Full report on page 14. Closing New York Stocks, Page 23. The No. 28,023. Entered as second-class matter post_office Washington, D. C. DEMOCRATS FORCE MOVE ONARMY AND NAVY COMMISSIONS Senate Sends List of Ap- pointments to Military Committee. UNDERWOOD AND LODGE IN CLASH OVER MOTION G. 0. P. Leader Says Some of Ap- pointments Will Bear Close Scrutiny. By unanimous consent the Senate agreed today that all nominations for original appointments in the Army| and Navy, now pending in the Senate, shall be referred to the committee on military affairs and the committee on| naval affairs. This action will permit eflor_ts_ to eonfirm the large number of original appointments in the two services, but leaves still pending in the Senate that class of nominations of higher officers to promotions in rank. The democratic members of the up- per house precipitated a lively clash With the republicans when the Senate convened, in an effort to commit the WASHINGTON, D. C, In ening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TUESDAY, JANUARY Sfar. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitied the use for republication of all ~ews &~patoh credited to it or not otherwise credited ia thi Puper and alss the local news publisked Leeéin. AN rights of pullication of speclal dispatches herein are aiso rescrved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 93,191 1 1921 - TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. WO _CENTS. HARDING RITES WILL BE SIMPLE AS LINCOLN’S The inauguration of Warren G. Harding as President will be as sim- ple, so far as the ceremony is con- cerned, as was that of Abraham Lin- coln, according to present plans. A small stand will be erected on the steps on the east front of the Capitol, from which Mr. Harding will make his inaugaral address. Elliott Woods, superintendent of the Capitol building and grounds, returned to ‘Washington today from Marion, Ohio, where he took up with the President- elect the plans for the inauguration. The stand will be large enough to accommodate the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who will adminster the oath of office, the President-elect and a few others. Mr. Harding has agreed to the plan to have amplifliers installed to enable his address to be heard. The joint congressional commlttee in charge of the inaugural ceremony is expected to meet tomorrow. and at time Mr. Woods will make his report, and the final arrangements will be perfected. It is understood that there will be no seats for any of the persons at- tending the inauguration at the Cap- itol, but that is a detail which will be attended to by the committee, OKUNA RAPS LS. ONDISARMANENT Proposal Selfish, Says Japa- Tit) ty to an attitude of seem- ice men of the country Senator Lodge, the republican leader, 1 denied that the republicans were seek- | ing to play politics in w thholding acAs tion on nominations, but said that he did not propose to have the bureaus| of the Navy Department, a few weeks | in advance of a change in administra-| tion, act for the next four vears; and | he felt that there were some of the ! . Army nominations of officers of high | fank ' which should be scanned very | carefully before being confirmed. i Party Leaders Clash. Senator Underwood, the democratic nese Leaders—Papers De- fend Langdon Shootirig. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, January 17.—American pro- posals that Japan, Great Britain and the United States “take a naval holi- day” is eloquent proof that, despite the fabulous riches of America, she wishes to curtail national expendi- tures, and therefore the proposals are intended morz to help America than Yeader, declared that it would be alto contribute to the peace of the crime to withhold action on the 6,000 |world, said Marquis Shigenobu Oku- commissions issued to young men who had_won their epauletts on the | field of battle. He said he realized | the political play in holding up civil ! nominations, and he was not disposed | to find fault with the republicans on the eve of the change of administra- | ma, former Japanese premier, in an interview here today. He asserted America should first consult Great Britain relative to the suggested sus- pension of the naval program. “Only when. an American-British agreement has been reached,” he add- tion for following such a course with the civil appointments. But, he said, | unless before March 4 the nomina- | tions of these young officers are acted upon they will be thrown out of the Army and the work of examination and appointment will have to be done | Belittle Langdon Affair. over. Charges that it appears the Ameri- Senator Lodge sald that all were|can government is giving the inci- e D eons ehould receive consids | dent arising out of the death of Naval eration and wanted to know if they ! Lieut. Langdon, at Vladivostok, undue could be separated from the other|jmportance are made by the Kokumin ed, “can Japan be in a position to con- sider this proposition. Japan's naval | program is fixed at the minimum nec- | essary for national defense.” pending nominations. i Senator Underwood said he would | like to agree by unanimous consent; that _all the pending military and naval nominations should be referred by the Senate as in open executive; sessiomw t0 their proper eommllteen.; Senator Lodge again pointed out the| necessity, from his viewpoint, of sep- | arating’ the nominationss¥> which | there are no objections from the oth- | ers. Senator Underwood retorted that he supposed the republicans could de: pend upon the republican majority of | their committees to carry out the de sired policy. Vote a Party Affair. The trouble started when Senator Robinson moved that the Senate pro- ceed to the consideration of execu- tive business, it being well under- stood that it was for the purpose of moving that the nominations be re- ferred to the committee. By a strict party vote of 36 to 35 the Senate re- fused to go into executive session. Senator Underwood and Senator Rob- inson attempted to prevent the hold- ing up of the nominations, but were cut off by demands for the regular order. Then by a vote of 37 to 34, a reso- ! lution offered by Scnator Fletcher of Florida that the Postmaster General | should report to the Senate the names | of all ex-service men or their widows eppointed to postmasterships, so that they might be confirmed, was referred to_the post office committee. This was a strict party vote, the democrats voting against reference to the committee and insisting that | { the resolution be adopted. Senator Robinson for the second time moved that the Senate proceed to executive business, and this motion was again lost. | Senator Lodge suggested that he would have no objection to sending Shimbun. “If, as believed,” the newspaper con- tinues, “America goes as far as to bring up Japan's Basic policy in 8i- eria, including-the question of the evacuation o that country by Japanese troops, it is likely fresh cause for discussion has arisen be- tween the two governments. -Mores over, such a question would cause a dispute between the Japanese foreign office and military authorities her. Surprise at what it terms the ‘timidity of the government” is ex- pressed by the Hochi Shimbun. Paper Defends Sentry. “The government is doing every- thing to apologize to America, when, according to information reaching for the Japanes The Yamato Shimbun argues the sentry was merely performing his duty. and asserts there is no reason | for the death of an officer in a foreign country being regarded as a serious irternational incident. Press advices from Vliadivostok de- clare Lieut. Langdon walked to the icruiser Albany, saluted the gangway guard and collapsed before making any statement. British Praise Officer. The Yo Roazu Niroku declares in today’s issue that the Japanese sen- try acted in accordance with his duty and that the blame rested upon the American officer. The Japanese offi- clals are open to criticism for their “apologetic attitude” to America, the newspaper insists, and that their “subservient demeanor” is likely to cause interpellations, in the diet. to committees the nominations for original appointments in the Army and Navy, which would take care of the officers about whom all senators are concerned. After conferring with Senator Underwood and while Sena- tor Robinson read the records of some of the higher officers whom he thought should be confirmed, the unanimous consent agreement was drawn up and adopted. Senator Norris sought to send to the committee on patents the nomi- nations relating to the patent office and read a communication urging the necessity of confirming these nomi- nations in the interest of efficiency in the patent office. . CROWDER SEES BANKERS. Holds Conferences With Cuba’s Leading Citizens. HAVANA, January 18.—Maj. Gen. Enoch Crowder, President Wilson's special representative in Caba, held further conferences with bankers and leading citizens aboard the cruiser Minnesota yesterday. The subjects discussed had to do with the financial and economic situation. The house of representatives so far has failed to take up any measures | dealing with banking conditions or the moratorium, but there i8 known opposition on the part of numerous congressmen to the Torriente bill passed by the senate last Wednesday, they holding that its provisions are too severe. It is, therefore, expected that the bill will be modified. Both liberal and National League copgressmen exchanged views with the president today. and it was agreed that no Session would be held in the Jower chamber until the parlia- mentary committees of both parties could meet and discuss the desired modifications. ——— JAIL. GUARD SENTENCED. Given Two Years for “Eloping” ‘With Woman Prisoner. MITLEDGEVILLE, Ga., January 13—J. W. Gans, a guard at the state Denitentiary, located here, Was yes- terday sentenced to serve two years for “eloping” with Juanita Weaver, & woman prisoner. The elopement occurred in Decem- ®er last and the couple was captured The Vladivostok correspondent of the British-owner Japan Chronicle sends a tribute to the high character of Lieut. Langdon, describing him as modest and unaggressive, a strict teetotaler, with a kind of physical dread_of alcohol, and a non-smoker, in official circles and was making rapid progress in learning the Rus- sian language, the correspondent adds. Gleaves Leaves China. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. SHANGHAL China, January 18.— The United States cruiser New Or- leans, with Admiral Albert Gleaves, commander-in-chief of the Asiatic ficet, on board, left here today for Vladivostok, where an inquiry into the shooting of Lieut. Warren H. Langdon by a Japanese sentry is to be held. Feeling among Americans here runs high against the Japanese. OMENS FOR DISARMAMENT. British Expect Issue to Be Taken Up by Geddes and Premier. By the Amsociated Prese LONDON, January 18.—The Daily News, in an editorial today, says that doubtless disarmament will be one of the chief points of discussion between Premier Lloyd George and Ambassa- dor Geddes. The newspaper discerns favorable | omens concerning disarmament in the United States and urges that no un- reasonable Suspicions of Great Brit- | ains’s sincerity snould be allowed to ! arise there. If the United States wants the big- gest navy in the world, says the | Daily Mail, it is very desirable that the premier should make a declara- tion that Great Britain will strain no nerve to rob her of her primacy. War with America {8 not a reasonable con- tingency, and a statement from the premier to that effect, the newspaper thinks, would do more than anything else to clear the atmosphere for a discussion of disarmament. Government officials are displaying unusual reticence concerning both the visit of Sir Auckland Geddes, the British ambassador at Washington, and Lord Chalmers’ mission to the United States, which has been post- poned. The coincidence of the am- bassador’s return with this postpone- ment points to the likelihood that the question of the Anglo-American debt will be chief subject of his con- in Tampa, Fla. Gans entered a plea ¢f Zuilty to a felony charge. ferences with the government. Japan,” the paper says, “no fault was | found in the actions of the sentry who shot Lieut. Langdon. Apparently the government has two stories—one for American consumption, and the other The lieutenant ‘spent most of his | evenings quietly with Russian friends | FUTURE S BRIGHT, FEDERAL-RESERVE BOARD HEAD SAYS, Gov. Harding Tells New York | Bankers Panic Possi- bilities Are Gone. IPESSIMISM HAS GIVEN | | AWAY TO OPTIMISM | { Declares Europe Cannot ‘Work Back | to Normal Without America’s Trade. By DAVID LAWRENCE. | W. P. G. Harding, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, doesn't talk about business conditions very often. But when he does he tells some sig- nificanc things about the entire finan- cial and business situation. That's why the address which he prepared for the New York state bankers’ meet- ing, complete copies of which were made available today, is worthy of study. . “I have always been impressed,” says Mr. Harding, “by the philosophy of an old saying_which, I believe, is one of the many bits of wisdom attributed to Confucius, “Things are never as good or as bad as they seem.’ While this philosophy is too often overlooked in {boom times, it should always be taken to heart in the periods of reaction which follow. I am sure that we have all heard more pessimistic talk during the last six months than we usually hear in ten years, and, if I may be per- mitted to use an overworked term, the ‘psychological effect’ of public sentiment has much to do with mold- ing actual conditions. S Changes Inevitable. “It s evident now that the read- justments which have taken place were inevitable and unavoidable, and in view. of world-wide could not have been long deferred in this country, no matter what ex- pedients might have been resorted to. Great wars have invariably caused great expansion, and the recent war was no exception. Periods of great expansion have always been followed by periods of reaction, and the reaction is usually most severe where expansion has been greatest. The readjustments which have taken place in this country since last spring have been painful, paper profits have been wiped out and in many cases those who have produced goods and commoditias at a high cost find them- selves unable to obtain cost of produc- tion for them, and are thus faced with loss of accumulated profits. “These conditions have been wide- Ispread. They have affected every section. of the country, and it is not unnatural that during recent months the spirit of pessimism should have run amuck just as in months preced- ing the spirit of optimism exceeded all_reasonable bounds. “But present conditions Sustify ‘some conciusions which ought-to én- courage and hearten us all. Banking Conditions Strong. “Qur barking position is sound and stronger than it has been for many months, and the business community which has been first overexhilarated, and then uniluly depressed, has re- covered its normal state of mind. “Public sentiment today undoubted- 1y approves of working back to mor- mal. “Whatever danger of crisis there may have been. has passed. “The gloomy forebodings which many felt a year ago because of the knowledge that readjustments were pending havq given way, in the as- surance that the most trying and critical stage of the readjustment period is safely over, to a feeling of conservative optimism, renewed cour- age and restored confidence. “We should keep clearly in mind the thought that our problems in working back to norn.al are not domestic prob- Jems merely, but they are problems connected with the working back to normal of a war-torn world. Europe cannot work back to normal without the help of America, and America can- not become normal unless and until the normalcy of Europe in some meas- ure i3 restored, and until the restora- tion has proceeded far enough to jus- tify the conclusion that it will be eventually completed. Must Sell Abroad. “There are produced in this coun- try every year goods and commodities in volume in excess of domestic re- quirements, and in many cases quan- tity production is essential to eco- | nomical production. In order to dis- pose of our surplus products we must sell them to foreign countries, and in | the present posture of world affairs| ! it is out of the question for foreign countries to pay for goods purchased here in the usual manner. We must buy their goods if we expect them to pay for ours, and pending restora- tion of the normal productive ac- tivities of the world and of Europe particularly, where those activities | have been most curtailed, it is neces- sary that we should devise some new means of financing foreign trade.” Mr. Harding seems to believe that the export corporations authorized by |the Tdge .law will be very useful, though his address doesn’t seem to in- dicate much faith in the revival of the War Finance Corporation over | which Congress and the chief exec- utive clashed recently. What seems to be feared is that a | tariff may operate as an embargo and trade relationships lost “while coun- tries which have been in the hab- it of selling to Europe, but which now, on account of Europe’s inability to pay and their own inability to ex- tend credit” will be shipping raw ma- terials to the United States in order to | gell for cash. Indeed,” the accumula- | tion of gdods in the United States! through the anxiety of countries oth- er than European to sell their goods | for cash is as much a factor in the ! present tariff controversy as the age- | old cry of cheaper European labor. (Copyright, 1921.) e | WHISKY IN COFFEE POT. Cafe Men Charged With Violufing Prohibition Laws. A coffee pot containing a drink such as was never brewed from a berry grown in Java or Central Amer- ica was discovered by detectives who last night entered a cabaret at 913 4th street northwest, where H. H. Simms was placed under arrest and charged with violating the prohtbi- tion law. The battered coffee pot with an |aroma of old rye was taken as evi- dence, and according to Detectives Guy Rone and L. S. Evans_ drinks were being served from it for 50 cents each. In addition, the detectives con- fiscated twenty bottles of rye whis- ky, which they said they found con- cealed in the place conditions permitted. SN . DONT BELIEVE % REPORTS THAT MR HARDIN 1SCoLD AND UNRESPONSIVE'} N RN S =y ) & SDELEG M PRESIDENT-ELFc A THAT THey WaNT NO OFFICE =S A x\\, > N HARDING DISCUSSES BUSINESS ON TRAIN Revives Custom Favored by Taft—Takes Visitors to Cleveland. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. MARION, Ohio, January 18.—Presi- dent-elect Harding's introduction of a novelty into his “best mind” confer- ences by taking two of these “best minds” and boarding a train for Cleveland with them, may be followed by the adoption of such a practice from time to time during his term in the White House. On the train the seffator had en opportunity to talk for more than three hours without in- terruption. There were no jobseekers on the train, and no one waiting in the ante- room. Former President Willlam Howard Taft frequently used to take advantage of a train trip to hold some of his more importent ‘conferences, and always contended thst the only real isolation ‘& chief executive could have was on & speeding “rattler.” Mr. Taft often would take several inet- with. Rim. when he wmfl! ;unrnay from Wash- Aw“o New York or Boston and ac- complished much public ;business while on the rails. On one occasion, when Mr. Taft was making a five-day voy- down the Mississippl river from . Louis to New Orleans, he carried four ‘members of his cabinet with him, and the whole state of the Union was discussed and digested.. Mind About Made Up, Mr. Harding went to Cleveland to attend to some personal business and in order to catch the train had to interrupt a particularly busy prog,m of conferences. The two men with whom he desired to spend the great- est amount of time were Charles Dewey Hilles, republican national committeeman of New York and former natlonal chairman, and Will H. Hays, the present national chairman and prospective postmaster general in the Harding cabinet. So he took them along, bag and baggage. The plan proved a great success and Mr. Hard- ing had a most saitsfactory time of it. He returned from Cleveland this morning. - Mr. Harding, it would seem at this time, temporarily has put the busi- ness of cabinet making aside. He is almost finally certain in his mind as to six of the more important posi- tions, and is content that the other four should wait, for he will not make any announcements until he is ready to name the entire official fam- ily Jjust before inauguration. Mr. Hays insisted yesterday that he knew nothing of Mr. Harding’s cabinet plane. This was prigr to the trip to Cleveland. After the trip the na- tional chairman wouid not discuss the matter. Declines Many Invitations. Mr. Hilles undoubtedly would be a member of the Harding cabinet if it were not for the fact that tne next Secretary of State, Charles Evans Hughes, comes from that state, and it appears likely Mr. Harding will ad- here to the old custom, which forbids the selection of two cabinet officers from the same state. To defy this old tradition, as Mr. Wilson did at times, would be considered in Marion as poor politics. Mr. Hilles helped to conduct the Harding campaign, as a member of the executitve committee of the national committee. He is greatly ad- mired by the President-elect. As the time approaches for him to leave Marion for the south, Mr. Hard- ,Ing is being deluged with invitations, | {all of which he has had to decline or will have'to decline, when he gets the time to write his regrefs. Most of the invitations naturally come _from Florida, but the only one the Presi- dent-elect has accepted is to spend two weeks on the houseboat of Sen- ator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey. After the houseboat jaunt is finished, Mr. Harding will settle down, proba- bly at a hotel in St. Augustine, where his time will be his own and where he can catéh up with the affairs which will accumulate during’the isolation of the voyage on the Indian river. A great many of the invitations have to do with possible stops on his way to Florida or on the way north for the inauguratfon. An invitation he particularly regretted to decline was to attend the southern tariff congress in Atlanta the last few days of the month. This invitation car- ried with it an opportunity to meet at an informal dinnef many of the editors of the southern newspapers. Still more attractive was the induce- ment of & golf game over one of the several fine courses in Atlanta, with Miss Alexa Sterling and “Bobby” Jones forming one-half of a fine four- some. Miss Sterling is the youthful na- tional woman's champion, a title sh has held for three years, and “Bobby" Jones was a semi-finalist in the last amateur championship and stood sec- ond among the amateurs in the na- tional open championship won by Ted Ray at Toledo last fall. Atlanta is the particular home of golfing stars and Mr. Harding would have liked to have played there if his plans had (Copyright, 1921.y ' FRENCH IN CLASH WITH MUTINOUS COSSACK TROOPS By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, January 17. —French black troops turned their machine guns on mutinous Cossacks of Gen. Wrangel's former army en- camped at Tchatalja, twenty-five miles nortwest of Constantinople, Saturday night after the Cossacks had disarmed their officers. The Russians returned the fire, killing ten Senegalese and wounding twen- ty others and two French officers. The French encircled the Cos- sack’s camp and ultimately got the mutineers under control. The lead., ers of the uprising were placed un- der arrest and are being court-mar- tialed by the French military. KEEP COMMITTEES IN SENATE INTACT Adoption of Resolution Pre- “~VEHtS Ay Changes Be- fore Next Session. On.motlon of Senator Lodge, the republican leader of the Senate, a res- olution was adopted continuing the present standing committees of that body until the next session of Con- gress or until their successors are elected. This action looks to the Sen- ate organization remaining intact during the special session of the Sen- ate, which will be called to consider aominations, prior to the extraor- dinary session of the Congress, which will be called for some time in April. President-elect Harding will be urged by members of both houses to give early intimation of his final se- lection of the date of the extra ses- sion, so that men may put their busi- ness and personal affairs in order and know exactly when their presence will be required at the Capltol. In view of the prospective approach of the extraordinary session of Con- gress, the special session of the Sen- ate will probably act only upon the more important nominations. The cabinet will doubtless be confirmed at once, together with some officials be- low that rank who may have been se- lected for appointment by that time. There are several vacancies in bureaus and on commissions which can pe filled at the outset of the new adniinistra- tion. Reorganization of the Senate commit- tees will require caucus action in both parties. There will be many changes in the personnel owing to the infusion of new blood in the Senate. Today’s News in Paragraphs Tariff hearings brings countercharges by sugar men. Page 1 Harding invites two of “best minds,, to conference on train en route to Cleve- land Page 1 Selective service boards to make sure innocent men not named on_list of wartime deserters. Page 1 Senate votes to continue all standing committees until next session or until successors are chosen. Page 1 Gov. Harding of Federal Reserve Board declares all dangers of financial panic have passed. Page 1 Commission _committee, back from Kurope, warns of influx of typhus to U. S. by infected aliens. Page 1 Red Cross may drop several divisions in reorganization plans now pending. ! FLAYED AT HEARING Tariff Revision Sitting Hears Charges Made on Situation US. AND SUGARMEN IWILL WORK IN HARMONY | IN REORGANIZATION AIMS Federal Employes Will Aid Jeint Congressional Commiittee in i | i | i Framing Legislation. Support be will given the joi Zressional commitice on reorgan- ttion of the departments by the Federation of Federal Em- the joint ence on re- classification and the joint conference on_retirement al orga 1 National i Ployes cor ion of the reor- on nears it be- | comes evident (o federal workers that {much aid can be given the committee lh\' the organized government e | Working L employe: closely the ssior ¥ with iree organizations are of much information jeoncerning employes and the work- P Ings ot the various departments, and it is expected that this will be made ilable to the congressional com- much interested in of the joi nferences on rec ion and retirement. both | informal organizations of employ I press for the legislation indicated by their names. 3 | There 1s some possibility. {that the two conferences | mately join hands as a ernment workers’ counc d that | this may take place with a main {idea of helping the congressional re- organization committee. CAMINETTTFEARS INFLUX OF TYPHUS Commissioner Finds Infected Aliens Are Anxious to Flood U. S. Unless remedial measures are taken to eliminate the diseased from ob- taining vises to emigrate to the 1 United States, immigration authori- ult o gov- may ort j board will be confronted with a large influx of typhus-infected aliens, An- thony Caminetti, commissioner gen- eral of immigration, who arrived in work- | the federal! s to| however. | 2| Reorganization of the National Red ties at points along the Atlantic sea- | During War. The tariff revision hearing before the House ways and means commit- tee today resolved itself into an open forum on the sugar question. During two hours of testimony there was a flux of charges directed alternately by witnesses against other witnesses and against the government for its direction of sugar distribution dur- ing the war. The claim was made that the gov- ernment had used the Louisiana sugar crop as an excuse to penalize the whole country on its sugar price during the war. Representatives of Louisiana producers answered the ac- cusation, which came from refiners, by claiming that refining interests were seeking to eliminate ail impert duty in order that they would be placed in com- plete control of the market. ““John J. Fitsgerald, former repre- sentative from New York, was the strongest critic of the government's war-time activities in connection with sugar. He declared that the whole nation: had been penalized in order to keep alive a few growers of Louisiana sugar. They produced less than 400,000 tons, he said, while the nation’ Sugar consumption ranges higher than 4,500,000 tons an- nually. “If the government had bought that Louisiana crop,” Mr. Fitzgersld added, “it could have given it away, saved those people whom it used as an excuse for the price fixed and saved the rest of the country millions of dollars.” R. E. Milling, New Orleans, one of the producers’ representatives, urged the committee to take the arguments of Mr. Fitzgerald and other refiners “with a grain of salt.” He asserted | their only purpose was to get a grip yon the industry “and make the peo- iple pay for it.” Mr. Milling asked for a duty of 3 i cents a pound instead of the elimina- tion of the duty, as proposed by the opposition. He also strongly defended the government’s actfon in the Louis- iana sugar case, saying it had per- mitted a continuation of sugar pro- duction in that quarter instead of al- lowing the refiners “to become a trust as insidious ss any.in the country.” Porto Ricans Heard. A delegation of Porto Ricans asked the committee to provide a duty of 2 cents a pound on Imported sugar. President Antonio Barcelo of the Porto Rican senate said Porto Rico was passing through a financial crisis that his people only wanted enough protection to offset the difference in transportation and labor costs as compared with the Cuban product. Cubans, he said, could lay down their crop in the United States at a cogt of 43% cents a pound, as compared with 63 cents for the Porto Rican product. Senor Barcelo also asked the com- mittee to consider a request for & duty of 5 cents a pound on coffee and tobacco when these commodities are reached in the tariff hearings, added that 65 per cent of the island’s population was engaged in the pro duction of sugar, tobacco and cofree, T FALSIFICATICN IS CLAIM. Lord’s Day League Protests Misrep- resentation of “Blue Laws.” BOSTON, January 18.—Resoluti protesting’ against “the propaganda Page 1[Of misrepresentation and falsifioa. High Japanese official terms American suggestion for disarmament a_selfish act. Page 1 Soldiers guard courtroom during inquiry into lynching of coal miner. Page D. C. business men joined by Gov. Ritchie on trade boosting tour in Maryland. Page 2 Naval aeronauts on stand before board of inquiry. Page .2 Appeal made to Commissioners for offi- cial inspection of motion pictures to determine their fitness for exhibition. Page 2 Witness at hearing alleges surplus clothing stored for Shipping Board Was sold for $80,000. Page 2 East Washington citizens elect Harding, Coolidge and new congressmen to membership. - Page 3 Samuel Gompers is bitterly criticised and ‘then re-elected head of Pan-American Federation of Labor. Page 3 Chicago bandits hold up mail truck, es- eape with small fortune., Page 11 Witnesses put blame for . high coal prices on mine operators. Page 13 President Obregon calls special session of Mexican congress; world news told in brief. + Page 19 Citizens' committee anngunces its choice “of new site for pérmanent _refuse plant. “Page 28 tion touching the so-called blue laws, which were never enacted or en- forced.” were adopted at a joint meet- ing of the Lord's Day League of New | England and the Evangelical i liance of Greater Boston. Rev. H. L. Bowlby of New York, general secretary of the Lord's Day Alliance of the United States, said his organization was not seeking a return to the strii.gent laws of the Puritans, but that its concern was to prevent commercial interests from ;pulung’ the dollar mark across Sun- ay.” He denied that the alliance desired | the closing of restaurants, stopping of railway traffic or suspension of newspapers on Sunday. He opposed Sunday theatrical performances or sacred concerts “because there’s noth- ing sacred about them:/it’s the dol- ar.” ‘WOMAN TO BRING UTAH VOTE. SALT LAKE CITY, January 18— After a deadlock lasting ten days it was decided that Mrs. Margaret Lewis Judd would carry Utah's vote for Warren G. Harding to the elec- toral college at Washington. Ever since the Utah électors met to cast the state’s votes there has been a Al- contest_between Mrs. Judd and War- | colonel, and Capts. Peter Petersonand | building on West Iren L. Wattis of Ogden for the place of messenger. B due to the low price of sugar and | He | Washington yesterday after a two- month visit to Europe, will state in | { his report to Secretary of Labor V son. Mr. Caminetti arrived in Washing- ton late yesterday afternoon and was at his office today working on his re- | port. The report probably will be transmitted to the Senate immigra- tion committee as an adjunct to the commissioner general's testimony b fore that committee. The commis- sioner general visited emigration sta- tions in practically all European countries. Dr. John H. Kerr, medical inspector at the Ellis Island immigration sta- tion, who was with the commissioner general on his European trip, found {sanitary conditions very bad among ithe persons who propose to come to the United States in the spring. A | very severe winter in Poland and in! {East Prussia hascaused sanitary ar- {ranagements to fail in those ceun itries and a serious epidemic of typhu: is feared. ‘Winter Ta" Severe. Mr. Caminetti said _he found the | winter very severe in Poland, and on jhis way to Warsaw he had to wrap {his feet in blankets and put them in though he said hé would not predict the number of persons who propose to emigrate to the United States in the spring, he found emigration ports in Europe “very congested” and pass- port officials swamped with work. He {¥ is expected to be called before the . ONBRUSA FRONT V-Shaped Formation Broken Up by Turkish Na- tionalists. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921. CONSTANTINOPLE, January_ 18.— The Greek offensive in Anatolia, which was intended to prove to the | allies that the Greek army was will- |ing to fight, appears to have ended in the defeat of the Greeks on the Brusa front. The Turkish nationalist communique of January 14, which has just reached here, gives a full account of the { military operation from the 11th to the 14th. The surprise attack on Jan- luary 11 brought the Greeks close to | Eskishehr, where the Kemalists were able | Thinking that they had overcome the | Turkish resistance, the Greeks ad- vanced in.a V-shaped formation, ex- posing their flanks and leaving the rear covered by only three cavalry regiments. Bad roads prevented the bringing up of sufficient artillery. Djemal Bey with a Turkish division attacked ana defeated the Greek rear guards in the plain of Ineumi while the reinforced division in front coun- | ter attacked. The fight lasted forty- eight hours, at the end of which the Greeks were compelled to withdraw. | They ,were closely pursued by the na- | tionalists, who .claim to have cap- ilured 2,000 prisoners and. ten guns ! and to have brought down four air- |planes in_action. The communique {says that Biledjik .and. Bassrdjik #ere iretaken and that heavy fighting had | | taken place before Ain el Gueul | It is probable -that the nationalist | figures as to prisoners and guns taken | are exaggerated, but at the same time seems certain that the Greeks have ! suffered a serious setback in Anatolia. | The last Hellenic communique is dated January 12. ‘It mentions that heavy fighting was going on, and that the nationalists were resisting stub- bornly. Frcni Augora it is_reported that the nationalist assembly there is dis- | cussing a suggestion ailéeged to have ! been made by Mustapha Kemal Pasha that peace would be possible | if the powers agreed to an American mandate in Smyrna, American con- trol of the Dardanelles straits, Ameri- can, French and British financial con- trol and complete autonomy for Thrace. The report is not believed in official' Turkish quarters here. THREE ARE PROMOTED. Three retired officers have just been promoted as follows: Capt. Nathaniel Cartmell, to the grade of lieutenant Horace E. Wilson to the grade of major.” ° Fa his traveling bag to keep warm. Al-1 to bring up reinforcements. | 'REDCROSS TO DROP - SEVERAL DIVISIONS INREORGANZATION ‘Return to Peace-Time Basis | May Be Effected in Thirty Days. POTOMAC DIVISION MAY | BEAMONG THE ABOLISHED Personnel to Be Greatly Curtailed in Immediate Future | Is Report. Cross. invoiving elimination of sev- eral divisions and a big cut in person- nel, may be eifected within the next thirty da | Decision i to put the organization's activities on a peace basis has been |reached and a special committee is devising plans o contract its work | The changes to proposed may | call for abolition of the Potomac divi- sion, whose headyuarters are in Washington, it is learncd upon reli- able authority. The central committee of the Red Cross, which is composed of eighteen | members, including Dr. Livingston { Farrand, the active head of the or- ganization, and Miss Mabel Board- man, Commissioner of the District of { Columbia, will meet within the next “rn day it is stated, to adopt a re- organization plan. | ‘There will be laid before this body !the recommendations of the special | committee as to the extent to which the present activities of the Red Cross should be curtailed. W. Frank Per- | sons. formerly director of civil relief of the Red Cross, recently was sum- |moned to Washington to assist the | special committee 1n making survey of the situaton. Mr. Persons concluded his work last week. Neither he nor his associates would reveal the extent to which their recommendations will go nor would they state whether abolition of the Po- tomac division would be proposed. There are thirteen divisions of the Red Cross in the United States and a division in Europe. It is considered probable the central committee will | be advised to eliminate at least five or |six of the American divisions, in line | with a policy to reduce overhead and curtail expenses wherever possible. | That the personnel of the Red Cross {18 to be greatly curtailed in the mme- diate future was indicated in the an- nouncement today of the resignation of F. C. Munroe, general manager. It i not likely that he will have a suc- cessor in the position, it being the in- tention to transfer the duties of the {managerial office to the general execu- (tive ofticers of the Red Cross. Mr. | Munroe was appoirted assistant gen- jeral manager November 11, 1918, and general manager March 1, 1919. He is going to Europe on a three months' rip, and will enguge in buysiness in this country upon his ret 4 BOARDS TO VERIY LISTOFDESERTERS Sooat, commiuee on immisTadion, b ot ficials Will Make Sure ! GREEKS w"-HBR Aw Innocent Men Not Termed Evaders. Former members of the eleven local draft boards of the District were re- quested today by Maj. Gen. P. C. Har- ris, adjutant gencral of the Army, to 80 over the Army's list of draft de- Serters, 8o as to prevent any local man from appearing on- the list wrongfully. Members of the local boards of this city showed willingness today to un- dertake this task, and meetings of former members of the board will be called beginning tomorrow to con- sider the matter. The adjutant general asks that board members report any facts or any specific information as to a man whose name should not appear on the list by reason of death, military service, etc. “As the department desires pub- lish the deserter list on the earliest practicable date, it is requested thi a prompt reply be made to this com munication,” the adjutant general asks draft board chairmen. The lists will be furnished to boards only with the understanding that they will be treated as confidential. The policy of the War Department with reference to men who are shown by the draft records to be in a status of desertion under the selective serv- ice regulations is to eliminate the names of such men as are not prop- erly chargeable with desertion, “when necessary steps will be taken to bring to justice as many of the men as can be located concerning whom no mitigating circumstances can be ascertained,” according to the com- munication to board chairmen. PENNSY WRECK SERIOUS. Relief Srains, Doctors and Nurses Rushed to Greenville, Ohio. RICHMOND, Ind., January 18.—A relief train, carrying doctors and nurses, was sent from this city to Greenville, Ohio,. this afternoon, fol- lowing a report that westbound Penn- sylvania , passenger train No. 7 had been wrecked and a number of persons seriously injured. The train was due to arrive in this city at 12:16 p.m. COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 18.— Pennsylvania railroad officials at division headquarters here refused to talk about the wreck, but admitted it to be serious. They said relief and wreck trains had been rushed to Green- ville from ‘Bradford, Ohio, and Rich- ‘mond, Ind. f I |CART AWAY $300,000 LOOT- Furs Worth $61,000 Taken From NEW YORK, January'18.—Thieves operating in the ‘wholesale fur di trict during the last two weeks have' carted away loot valued at more than, $300,000, merchants said, coincident’ with an announcement that police were investigating three burglaries which occurred Sunday. . Three establishments in a six-story 25th street were entered some time Sunday and furs valued at $61,000 taken.' ‘-