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e WEATHER. Tncreasing cloudiness, probably fol- Jowed by shiow late tonight or tomor- - _ erence to Austria. s e = p.. OdAY: 2:30 p.m. yesterday: lowest, Full report on page Closing New York Stocks, Page 21. ‘Temperature for twenty-four hours est, 41, at 18, at 8 am. he o nemng Staf. No. 28,030. AUSTRIVSPLGHT TOBEINVESTIGATED BY COMMISSON Supreme Council Rejects Proposal to Turn Problems Over to League. COUNTRY’S PREDICAMENT Entered as second-class mat post office Washington, T 6 U. S. AND JAPAN PARLEYS REACH SUCCESSFUL END By the Associated Press. Negotiations between Ambas- sadors Morris and Shidehara for the settiement of the California question and the definition of the rights of Japanese in the United _ States have been successfully con- cluded. Approval of the conclusions of the two ambassadors must be given thelr governments before any further action looking to a sett ment of the controversy t! arisen over the Californi: allen land law can be h: ] WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1921 -TWENTY-SIX PAGES. NN/ AR CONGRESS AROUSED OVER‘HARD-BOILED OFFIGERS' ACTIONS Pleas for Clemency for Army War Veterans Said to Fall on Deaf Ears. iPETTY CHARGES RESULT IN TSNS 1 NEW BORAH PLAN IN DISARMAMENT Another move looking toward a suspension or reduction of the naval program of the naval pow- ers was made in the Senate today by Senator Borah of Idaho. He in- troduced and the Senate adopted a resolution directing the Senate maval affairs committee to report to the Senate upon the advisability of a six-month suspension of the naval building program, so that it might be determined in view of the lesson taught by the world war what types of vessels actually constitute an eflicient navy, and also to enable the nations to look into the question of a reduction of their naval program. Senator Underwood of Alabama. SENATE ADOPTS)| TWO CENTS. COAL MEN ROBBED PUBLIC OF BILLION, SAYSN.Y. SENATOR Calder Pleads for Bill Putting Industry Under U. S. Regulation. REED POINTS TO FLOUR i CONCERNS ALL EUROPE‘ERRS 3“ YEARS JISHONORABLE DISCHARGE | ihadsmerni I PSS | AND SHOE PROFITS, T00 British, French, Italian, B:lgian and Other Representatives to Aid Inquiry. By the Astociated Press. PARIS, Japuary 25.—After rejecting today & proposal ‘to turn the Austrian financial problem over to the league of nations, the allied supreme council declded to appoint a commission to make & thorough inquiry into the entire question of the economic situa- tion in Europe, with particular ref- The council took' this agtion in view ©f the opinion of the conferees that as the Austrian situation involved the ent European _economic _ situation Itu:u advisable to have this situa- tion thoroughly inquired into through the most competent representatives of the allied countries obtainable. Countries to Ald Imquiry. These representatives, it was de- ‘cided, will be Sir Robert Horne, presi- dent of the British Board of Trade; Louis Loucheur, French minister of liberated regions; Signor Giahnini, the Itallan économic expert, and probably IN ENLISTMENTS Army’s Practice “Improper,” Says Controller, in Case of Disabled Men. Re-enlistments in the United States Army not in conformity with the law have been permitted for a period of more than thirty years, according to a decision by Controller of the Treasury W. W. Warwick, made pub- lic today, in which he holds that the regulation allowing disabled men un- dergoing treatment to re-enlist is not proper. The decision was given in reply to a query from Secretary of War Baker, asking if it was proper to pay the $90 re-enlistment bonus to men whose en- listment expired while they were un- dergoing treatment, and who were im- mediately re-enlisted under the pro- Private Who Borrowed Sergeant’s Shoes Gets Six Months and Dreaded “D. D.” BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Members of Congress who lately visited the War Department in behalf of soldier constituents who were dis- ciplined for trivial offenses have gone back to Capitol Hill incensed and in- dignant over what they term “hard- the: Regular Army. A smouldering controversy has just come to th. surface which either will be cured in legislation pending be- fore Congress or there will be a sweeping investigation to apprise the public of the severity of the punish- ment being meted out to men who served with distinction in the world war only to be given dishonorable dis- charges for unlawfully borrowing a blanket or a pair of shoes. Out of 16,000 cases, it develops that the efforts of a reform element inside the Regular Army have resulted in the restitution of more than 4,000 to the status of honorable discharge. Just how many more of the remain- boiled” treatment by the officers of’ Sending LOOKI1 Harding to Revive Old Custom; 'UEMUCRA"[}PARW Messages o Congress fln1Y 3% AROUND IN WASHIN { study of the subject, would be un- able to report to the Senate its recommendations. Senator Borah replied that if the committee was not able to submit a report on the subject desired he proposed to fol- low up his resolution with another, directing the Senate committee to investigate the whole question in- volved. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and Senator King of Utah, both members of the Senate naval af- fairs committee, expressed their de- sire that the resolution should be adopted. UCHIDA DOUBTS GTON. Other Powers Must Make Proposal, Japanese Min- ister Asserts. ARMAMENT CUT Movement “Only Starting” With Coal Trade, Author of Meas- ure Retorts. The opinion that the American peo- ple were “mulcted” of a billion and a~ half dollars last year “by the men in the coal trade,” was expressed today by Senator Calder, - republican, of New York, who was a witness before the Senate committee considering his bill for federal regulation of the coal !industry. | “Very well, how about the flour men, i the shoe men and some of the rest?’ asked Senator Reed, democrat, of Mis- sourl. ? “Yes, yes'” replied the New York senator, “but this trade is the one we are gtarting with. Coal is a neces- = Senator Calder is chairman of the Senate reconstruction committee which has investigated the coal trade, and which, it was announced today, will begin an inquiry next week into the lumber industry. Senator Calder appeared before the committee to reply to the statements yesterday of former Gov. Curtis of Maine, that coal men favored the measure. He read several letters from 1 : the ministers of commerce Of other|vigions of paragraph 862 of the Army | ing 12,000 are deserving of leniency is By line = allied cpuntries, including Beltl\am-m regulations. This paragraph, the co“{ hard to conjecture. Though both p ’-rox?g“}'.'::.. "‘4 R icti coal mer complaining about terms The commission was -W:““' ¢! troller points out, is identical with | sides in the controversy say the per- | Special Dispateh to The Star. feels there is much to be said in favor y 2 ry 24.—Restriction of iof the measure and others from con- forenoon. - It was expecled to :ie':. one in the regulations of 1895, which | centage will probably be small, it iS| ST AUGUSTINE. Fld., January 25.|0f the course Mr. Wilson has fol- jarmaments wiil be considered by the !sumers urging its enactment. ‘before the day was over and exp: was substantially the same as a rul- | to get justice for that small percent- | _ (u. L " lowed| The presence of the chief —_— Japanese government should it be| Senator Calder said. “The taxation its work in order that definite decl- l&onl ‘might be taken before the close of_thé conference here. During the discussion in the coun- ing made by the acting secretary of war in 1890. It says in part: Quetes From Raule. age which is agitating members of Congress who are trying to wade through the meshes of red tape to get at the bottom of the Army sys- G. Harding intends, as President, to return to the old custom of sending his messages to Congress, where they will be read to the Senate executive lends considerable emphasis to what he has to say, not alone in Congress but out of it. Mr. Harding, however, will follow the custom of His Friends Here Declare He proposed by another nation, but little foreign minister, that there will be hope is held out by Viscount Uchida, |4 provisions of the biil, upon which Gov. Curtis based his assertion, were rawn to drive coal direct from the coal mines to the retail dealers.” “We have found in investigating cil today the general opinion was de- | - “Enlisted men of good character and the older Presidents as more “becom- Still Holds Lead : that it was useless to\try to gitens 2 and Houme by the proper clerks. He 9 3 il Rolds Lead- any immediate movement toward dis- * - t Jolens. ‘from | faithful service, who, at the expira- Ne Evidence of Theft. 4 b B e ons, TN aaan the Brecs e S e e e do anything for Austria,apa the solutfon of the economic problems of the “ael 3 countr.l;;- with tion of their terms are undergoing treatment for injuries incurred or disease contracted in the line of duty, It sounds incredible, but the stigma of dishonorable discharge must be has not issued a formal statement on the subject, for h: does not feel that one is necessary, nor does the return This does not mean that in the event of an emergency Mr. Harding would hesitate for an instant to go ership. | interpellated in the lower house of parliament by members of the oppo- ers, accummulating in price by the profits and commission involved, and these tax provisions, which ~would igh! which Austris’s future is d to| oy be re-enlisted if th C g “Thy 1- | sitiol d admitted that the dimiti; be closély ind the sugges- ey 8o elect; |carried through life by one man Who |to normalcy in the matter of mes-|in person to Congress and place any e democratic party is still sol- n, and admitted that the dimiting Do Crot {he Mustsian section of the | and IC the disability prove to be per-|f L i\ i, France and whose offenve sagew Imply on Mr. Harding's part|ponding matter squacely bofore It.|vent: I do not despair because of its | Zf SOSments was belng dlacussed by take for the government ninety per ropuetin comsion, for (a3 R | Gi0itre ' on T2 cortipeta ot ala |on hi return to the Unlted States con- | £17 SIUEIS, of Frcudent Witap, t0r| B wiil rewere 1o himacls this briv |oresent e “Some Dractical men abroad. how, | Yhen ey wet-above © conte (o7 ved b ability.” r of-shoes from a | ing i bef the Cq 2 0 2o This is the attitude of foriner Presi- | ever,” he declared, “do not approve of intended to tax this kind of i- sists of taking a pai ng in person before the Congress and | gession, the date of. which has not fmmediate _disarmament, 'f‘mmu‘,, ness out of existence.” Tor ten years, guaranteed b ot ‘Autrian resources, was not act- d | the dat The controller’s decision points out that a section of the act of March 16. 1802. required that recruits for the Army must be effective and sble- bodied men, and then continue: “It thus appears that from 1802 until the ruling of the gcting comrade. It develops that the soldier wanted to go to a dance and asked his_sergeant of his company if he could borrow & pair of shoes. The re- quest was granted. A week later, when the same soldier wanted to go r Tdms his addresses to the member- p. As a matter of fact. Mr. Harding has become so accustomed to this practice on the part of the President that he himself inadvertently at times has referred to his forthcoming been definitely determined. will lack the presence of the chief executive. There i8 no likeljhood that Senator Harding will even attempt to aketch in outline his Inaugural address dur- ing the present houseboat cruise, has no stenographers on board with | dential ‘Caadidate Cox. s cxpressed t0 friends on the occasion of his pres- ent visit to Washington. His friends | prev X agreem i subject. Some people believe Japan get the impression from him that his | 3% %S00 0O TE0,® pegtrict. arma- faith. in the imperishabilily of the|ments because Viscount Ishii, Jap- | they agree in principle. The existing German situation is one factor which prevents a complete agreement on the | ers Senator Reed questioned the right of Congress to use the taxation pow- for such a purpose, a long constitutional argument resulted. 12 CENTS A GALLON DROP. PARIS, Jani '25.—S8ir Auckland s, “British ambassador to - the United called home from for conferences, lost no ¢ in ing to Paris the British Sair E 4 U:Hconnlt 'mhammlle Tad s trip ca. Reach eppoal by steamer yes- 3 . he left immediately T ,'and without delay there set out Paris, arriving here this - G e The minjsters that Sir Auckland ‘was summoned to consult with were the prime ister, Mr. Lloyd George, and the of state for foreign affairs, Lord Cu . ministers had come ‘to Paris Sunday. however, for the sessions of the allied supreme council, and Sir Auckland Geddes thus hastened here for his conferences ‘with them. . MRS. HARDING KEPT BUSY WITH HOUSEHOLD DUTIES Is m:-ednc the Removal of Ef- fects From Wyomipg Ave- z nue Home. Mrs. Warren G. Harding is spending a busy day at the Handing residence at 2314 Wyoming avenue, directing | the packing and removal of her houshold effects from the place where she and the President-elect made their | home during his term in the Senate. | The emergy and ability displayed in ! her trying tasks today spoke well for the management of the executive mansin’'s domestic program during the mext four years. Nothing hap shaken Mrs. Harding’s determination to‘make no formal so- clal engagements while in the city on her - present mission, and only by chance are her luncheon and dinner appointments learned. She showed up | unxpectedly at the New Willard for luncheon yesterday. in company with her cousin, Mr. Kling, and was recog- nized by so many of her friends that | the occasion developed Into a small | reception. - i It was noticed that she wore a hand- | some diamond pendant from a collar of black Pibbon, which, it is understood, | ‘was her Christmas gift from President. elect Harding. She was dressed in a | gown of blue and wore a large black | hat. While at the hotel she inspected the suite of rooms which she and Mr. Harding will occupy March 3. Mrg. Harding yesterday ~accepted | the invitation of the students of George Washington University to be come patroness for their Coalition | Club, and she has been made an hon- | orary member of the League of Ameri- can Pen Women. HARDING NEARING VERO. Expects to Reach Florida Town tn ,Time for Golf Game. ROCKLEDGE, Fla. January 25. Leaving here carly this forenoon, President-elect Harding's houseboat, Vietoria, fifty mijles to the south. in time to | i i% expected to reach Vernon | ® permit the passengers to go ashore | for » game of golf some time durin the afternoon. Schedule for the das | Bethlehem tSeel oflicial says $260,000 again called for leisurely sailing, and | it ix now expected that the party will Selay its fishing until after arrival at Miami. Mr. Harding reached here yesterday | Lloyd's register shows U. §. afternoon and spent the night as the of Mrs. Harding’s brother, Clif- | guest ford Kling, who is a' of Rockledge. The Victoria took her time during the day's sailing down the sleepy, semi-tropical reaches of the Indian | yiver. and did not efrive here until,| after 4 p.m. Mr. Harding a: the cruise played 3 round of golf, Rowever, before dinmer. 2 inter resident | “Your question is answered as fol- lows: “Paragraph 863, Army Regulations, 1917, I8 not in conformity with exist- ing lJaw. The Jaw does not authorize the re-enlistment of a soldier who is not in some degree an effective and ablebodied man. . ll.vvll1t;"l)-;‘l=¥ :;:Il'uken view of the s not an effective a *ablebodicd man’ has been ro enlisted on or after June 4, 1920, for & period of three years, payment of the $90 enlistment allowance should be deferred until the time, if ever, he becomes- effective and ablebodied.” If the disability which existed at the time of such re-enlistment continues until the date of his discharge th enlistment allowance is not payabl GLEAVES PROBES LANGDON'S DEATH AT VLADIVOSTOK BY A. W. CURTIS. KOBE, Japan, January. 25.— The United States cruiser New Orleans arrived at Viadivostok Saturday morning, according to the Osaka Asahia’s correspondent. A representative of Gen. Ol called at once and in the afternoon Ad- migal Gleaves returned the call and conversed for about an hour with Gen. Oi about the shooting of Lieut. Langdon by a Japanese sentry. It is believed in Viadivostok that the affair is in & fair way of being settied amicably. Admiral Gleaves is reported to have satis- fied himself that the Japanese in- quiry was an impartial one and was preparing to ieturn to Shang- hai. Gen. Oi was to return the ad- miral's call before his departure. Japanese opinion 18 veering and it is now generally held thac the sentry, a first-class soldier named Ogasawara, belonging to the 44th Regiment, was to biame for the shooting. However, the court-mar- tial at last accounts was still in progress. the meantime the red propa- gahdisus in the maritime provinces are seeking to make capital out of the affair and to foment trouble between the United States and Japan. Today’s News " in Paragr;aphs senator Calder says coal trade mulcted public of bilion and a half. Page Congressmen call Army officers *hard botled” in treatment of private accused of petty offenses. Page 1 When Warren G. Harding become: President he will revise the old cus. tom of having his messages to Con- gress read by a clerk. Page 1 Uchida tells Japanese diet world arma- ‘ment reductions are unlikely at pres- ent. Page 1 Fire in business section of Athens, Ga. is attended by loss of $2,000,00. Phge 1 Association votes to ask Congress to prevent D. C. heads from buying land for trash plant. Page voucher was charged his com- pany as “profit and loss” and not to United States ship construction. Page 2 led the world in merchant ship building l; Py 3 1920. Large donation pledged at Methodist Union banquet to famine-stricken peo- ple of China. Page 10 Mid-City citizens indorse tative Burroughs® bill urging national repre- sentation for District. Page 13 age d his companions on | Anti-bolshevist spokesman greets Presi- dent Wilson's note on Russia as wise step in fight on tyranny. Page 16 Jorth Capitol and Eckington Citizens’ | and charged with theft. There isn't a thing In the evidence to prove that the soldier intended per- manently to deprive the sergeant of the shoes, nor that he was a con- firmed thlef. His regord was good. Nevertheless he was given ¢i: months in the barracks as punishment. In civilian life, even if he were con- victed of petty larceny, he might be “lven ten or thirty days. But in this !instance, not only was he confined for |six months, but his record in the iworld war was stained by a dishon- orable discharge from the American Army. Regulations Are Rigid. Instances of this kind can be found {in the records, and, while a number of Army officers with kind hearts are distressed over the pitiful pleadings of friends and relatives for justice, they can't say a word to anybody but their superior officers. ‘Under a rule of the War Department, no of- ficer ‘can communicate anything of this kind to a member of Congress unless the suggestion goes through military channels. That often means going through the same officers who iare defending the practice compldin- e {to lie in one of those mischievous riders that are mysteriously attach- | ed to appropriation bills when no- body is looking. It so happens that in the act of 1915 a rider was tacked on declaring that all matters relat- ing to prisoners in disciplinary bar- racks should be transferred from the | judge advocate general to the adju- tant general. The provision of law And most of the trouble has devel- oped since last October, because the adjutant general's office simply acts upon a statement of facts without going into the record of the cases or the extenuating circumstances. The adjutant general's ofiice does |its duty as it sees it, and if a man's paper shows that he was convicted of thievery it does of difference whether a soldler stole a-pack %of playing cards or a suit of underwear or embezzled funds. The dishonorable discharge has been given just the same. ! Cases Date Back to Civil War. | Eesentially, the judge advocate gen- | eral's office is the place where mat- ters of law and evidence and justice are concentrated. A clemency board in the judge advocate general's of- fice constantly reviews cases and rec- ommends changes. The adjutant gen- eral's office is a huge clerical or- ganization, where no attempt is made to inquire into questions of penology. If Congress will put the power to handle dishonorable discharges back into the hands of the lawyers of the Army by repealing the rider that was put into the 1915 act, much of the trouble will be eliminated, but mem- bers of Congress are wondering what constituents to an honorable *dis- charge whose cases already have been finally ruled upon by the War De- partment. There are thousands of cases hanging over from the ;civil veterans who have been vainly | endeavoring for years to rid them- selves of the stamp of dishonorable discharge, but without avall. And it |is said that most of the offenses are | just as trivial as the borrowing of a | blanket or pair of shoes, without. any |idea of theft. . (Copyrig) i | |AUTO BANDITS ESCAPE WITH $30,000 IN GEMS L 1921.) |Bind, Gag and Rob Toledo Jewel- .ers and Customers in Daylight. TOLEDO, Ohlo, January 25.~Four bandits entered the Danlels jewelry store here teday, bound the proprietor and customers hand and foot, and es- caped in an automobile with jewelry. ‘valued.at more than $30,000, ‘IBurns One Business Block DENIESENGLAND CONTROLS SHPPING, Letter Written to. Former| Chairman Payne Sent to | Senate Committee. i John Barton Payne. Secretary of the Interior and former chairman of §2,000,000 DAMAGE "IN GEORGIA FIRE and Damages Adjoin- ing Buildings. By the Asmoclated Press. ATHENS, January 25.—Fife that for 2 time threatened the entire business | he will be found taking active im- | terest in party aftairs from now on; 0¥ Power should make such a pro- i o They do not admit that the defeat of | PORR 5 ! Hope for an early beginning of November was utter repudiation of |4 ot negotiations with _China in i Aue party e o mevor | TegArd 1O the restoration of Shantung J : *|\was expressed by the forelgn min- I b e O e dayor | | ister. ~ He declared the inauguration omo! iof trade with Russia might be con. Not Pleasure Jaunt. sidered after a stable government h: Mr. Cox’s trip to Europe is not to be | been established by the far eastern re- a pleasure jaunt. Believing, as he public at Chita. does, that European affairs will be of | Wints Japanese Out of Russia. paramount _interest to e Unite o = Btates for the next ten years, he is| Viseount T“k“kl (Rt ‘“‘" r‘:"":i" going abroad to equip. himself with |tion leader, in a speech in the diet first-hand information of actual con |attacked the government for keeping tions, so that when he returns and |iroops in Siberia. He “declared there hds economic und political conditions | 20PN T L e T g in Europe bearing upon political con- | ditions at home he will be competent | Japanese forces there end that their resence would never result in a to discuss and weigh them. P! To this end he purposes visiting all | gettlement of the Russian problem. the countries of Xurope, including the |~ premier Hara in reply sald that he new commonwealths established by | would like to withdraw these troops, the world war rearrangement. He|pyt that he believed their maintenauc. section of Athens early today de- stroyed one city block and caused the Shipping Board, sent today to Chairman Jones of the Senate com- merce_committee a copy of a letter will also take in Ireland, and make a special study of affairs in that most distressful nation. Every nationality in Siberia was necessary in the interest of Japan's national defense. * The house was packed in anticipa- d of. The whole trouble, however, seems | | from P. A. 8. Franklin, president of heavy damage to bulldings on ad- Joining_squares. The property loss | (e, Jnternagional Mercantile Marine | was estimated at approximately 32.-igiated that neither the British goy- 1900,000 by Selig Bernstein, president | Srate et e N e B o Tn 5f 'the Peoples’ Bank znd himself r ! {owner of & number of the bulldings | Likland had any control over the { destroyed. The losses are said to be ! “Tre Vi was dated Novemb v : b er 21. 1 well covered by insurance. 11919, and was addressed to Mr. Payne, ! Chiel George McGorman of the! :il% 50 5 : Athens firg department was the only | in e o Shipning Hoard. casualty reported. MaGorman fell; cloging coples of the i from a ladder in fighting the blaze! h the British government, dated | created by the Versailles treaty will | tion of Viscount Kato's speech. Prior he the subject of his interest and so- to the address, Kiyoshi Nakashoji, licitude. | former minister g‘fimculturle and commerce, continued his interpellation B e | oomeermini the failure of Japanese o Paris will be headquarters for his; y a4y penefits from the war which continental side trips, and he will get | PLaIL BASTIS O LS Vo 4™ ko into touch with the statesmen pre-|copcerning the situation in China and slding over the destinies of France.|Soncerning e LUt a™ o t™ varions which are so closely interwoven with SUeRte: Ke JCCI, Yt country politics and economics of other con-|gryve anxiety, but that the moSt im- tinentalmasichs. [ portant question was Siberia. Mr. Cox is conferring with leading | "Ufne ‘whole province,” he said, “is was ignored from 1915 until October. | {1920, whon it was suddenly applied. | t make a whole lot | they can do to restore some of their| and 18 in a local hospital in a serious condition. Block Wiped Out. The blaze centered between Clayton and Broad streets, two of the main business streets of Athens. It wiped lout the block - bounded by these streets, Wall and Jackson = streets, Jumping both Wall and Jackson streets for short distances in ad- ! Joining blocks. Fronting on Clayton street, between | Wall and Jackson, is the department store of Max and Simon Michael. They owa the entire property bounded by Clayton, Wall, Broad and Jackson streets, except for the corner at Broad and Jackson. Their department store, including both wholesale and retail | stores, is one of the biggest in the south. Directly across Wall them, on Clayton street, is the Max [Joseph building, a _three - story structure with a basement, and it was in_this building the fire broke out. This building is occupied by the Denny Motor Company, a small res- taurant, fronting.on Wall street, and several secret orders, which used a hall in the ugper story, these includ- ing the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World. Origin Is Mystery. The origin of the fire has not been accurately determined, but it is be- lieved to have started In the restau- rant, reaching quickly to the plant of the motor company and ignitng the asoline. « ” &4 he Athens fire department, which street from IAugu!l 1, 1803; October 1, 1910, and September 2, 1919. i It was to the first of these agree- ments that Senator Jones referred in his speech last week before the an- nual convention of theNational Mer- chant Marine Association, in which I he charged that the ghipping com- pany, although operating American | government-owned craft, had en- gaged not to pursue any course in- jurious o the British metcantile marine or to British trade. Mr. Franklin said at that time that he had sent a copy of the contract to Mr. Payne as chairman of the Ship- ping Board, but Mr. Payne declared in a formal statement that he had never heard “that such an agreement existed.” Mr. Franklin's lettey did not explain the agreement of October 1, 1910, but it did say that-the agreement of September 2, 1919, was “entered into” for the purpose of bringing the sub- sidiary British companies (of the Mercantile Marine Company) into line with certain British regulations, which require that the management and control of the operations of a “foreign controlled” British company shall be (except as regards the dis- posal of the profits of the company) in the hands of British directors; and with the ‘further object -of securing treatment for them on a footing of equality with British steamship_com- panies - which are free from: foreign control. - B “This &greement,” said Mr Frank- lin, “we onsider, is very auch+<o the company's advantage.” » democrats informally from time to fast being boishevized. ‘What will the ttime, and tomorrow night will meet do7 LG : et | government do? 150 of them at dinmer at the Chevy|SLIUEEE 0 oy (e o0 » Chase Club, to be given in his honor | Premier Hara answered that it was by Judge T. T. Ansberry. Thursday night he will be dined by the newspa- | impossible to prevent the bolsheviza- ition of an alien land. He said the per- correspondents who accompanied Lolshevization of Siberia was unde- him on his swing around the cirele in | the campaign. ! Mr. Cox wiil be received by Presi- | sirable, but that it could not be effect- dent Wilson tomorrow at 11 o'clock, ively checked. it was announced at the White| Again taking the rostrum. Mr. Naka- House. This will be the second visit |shoji asked: “Does mnot the govern- of the former .democratic presiden- | ment intend to take steps against the itial candidate to the White House, |bolshevik menace even if the peace of the first having been made soon | the far east is seriously jeopardized?” after Mr. Cox was nominated at San; Premier Hara responded that what- Francisco last July. ever the result of the bolshevik pre- ‘ {dominance there was no likelihood of W WITH th wers acting So long as the DITE(TALED COX. | vement was confined to Russian . —— territory. g rman | 'S¢ Japan had withdrawn her troops et ot Democratic National |, (% Y300 5*Crlen thie United States Committee Visits Here. |did she would not have been open to George White, chalrman of the {the charge that her ambitions were militaristic, declared Viscount Kato, democratic national committee, ar-|attacking the government's Siberian i licy. rived in town today and will stay PO ey Premier Hara in his reply de- over a few days on his way, to New |clated his belief that the maintenance York. He conferred with Gov. Cox |of troops in slb:lrl-dwlu SR to in the offices of' Jud Japan's nation: efense, scount his soralng. Me wl,,‘:p‘,};;‘:";"n“xazo rejoined with the declaration executive committee before leaving [that the premier's explanation was the city to take tharge of the af- | mot at all satisfactory. fairs of the democratic party until! Should Have Followed U. S. {the approach of the next democratic| In openins his address. Vistount i "Chairman White had no comment |Kato said that when America pro- to mrake on politics, past or future.|posed joint action in Siberla he had Hgq has his-hands.full.at present rais- | d that Japan would-determine the ing ‘funds to. meet the deficit in the | Sosnkth of her force after taking the | numbers * about ~_eighteen. men, was | soon on the job, but the fire raged too fast for them to control. 1p response to an appeal for aid Chiet W. F. Cody of the Atlanta department, with some apparatus arrived jhere this morning, | But he found the fire practically out. NEW HAVEN LOSS, '$1,000,000. NEW HAVEN, Conn, January 25.— ! pire, which destroyed the building of | Mendel & Freedman, & deparlmenl] store, in Chapel”street, and spread to several adjoining structures early to- day, did damage estimated at $1,000,- 000. SELECT_NAVY BASE SITE: Alameda;, on San. Francisco -Bay, Understood to Be Choice. 1 By the Associated Press. : Alameda. on San Francisco bay, is understood to have been seleéted by the joint congressional committee a8 the site for the main naval fleet base | on the Pacific coast. *SIGNS MESSAGE IN INK. President Breaks Precedent Since Illness of Using Pencil. The fire was brought under control after three hours’ hard work by fire- men in zero temperature. A five-story warehouse, occupied by the H. M. Bullard Company, furgiture {1ast'campaign budget. He mlet Treas- | urer :Wilbur Marsh in Chicago a few days. ag0 and the two went .over questions of ways and means. Mr. Marsh. who.has been quite ill since the campaign, is able to be up and around, though he still feels the ef- | 265 .of nis breakdown. Chairman White will meet demo- crats” of prominence in the. House and Senate while here. The national ters in the Woodward building, though not on a campaign scale. 000 gross tons in 1919 and only 2,476,- 000 in 1920. Great Britain, in 1919, ! turned out a tonnage of 1,620,000, and showed almost 100 per cent increase last year in the reported launching ot 2,066,000 tons. The shipyards of the world last committee I8 maintaining headquar- | dealers, was also destroyed. Other firms in nearby buildings which suf- fered heavy losses from fire and water were: ‘The .Charles S. Monsan ,Compapy, dry g00ds and .department store; clothing and Congress received from President | year, according to the register's tabu- Wilson today the first message signed | lation, produced a' total of 5,861,000 with pen and ink since the President | tons of merchant vessels, Germany was, taken ill a year and & half ago. | excluded. This was a decrease of 1,- The message hall to do’ with changes | 300,000 compared with the 1919 figure. in_customs districts. The United States led the world by | powers “into her confidence, but in stead of living up to the interna jonal agreement she had dispatche ithe disproportionately large number ‘of 45,000 men, creating a misappre- i hepsion abroad as to Japan's aim | Then, contrary to gemeral expec! jtions, Japan had withdrawn only par- jtially ‘when the repatriation of ‘the Cszechoslovaks in Siberia had been ef- | fected. s “When America withdrew,” the op- { position leader declared, “Japan should have followed suit if she really de- | sired to respect the spirit of joint ac- tion and really had in view at the time. it was decided to send an expe- ditionary force, the facilitation of the Czechosiovak withdrawal. The Amer- jcan withdrawal virtually deprived Japan of justification for the further maintenance of troops in Siberia.” Viscount Kato asked why, if Japan had stationed. troops at Kharbsrovak and Chita for the maintenance of politi- cal stability, as had been explained, she withdrew from these points at a time when the political conditions were equal- Besserichey Company, haberdashers; C. 8. Mersick Company, vlholi’ e hardware dealers, and Chat- fleld Paper Company, wholesale bapér dealers. Since his illness and up to this time |a hig margin in the construction of tankers, lJaunching 90 per cent of this .class of vessels last year, the report the President had used an' Mmdelible pericll ‘th’ signing ‘' ¢cdmmunications to Congress. % Al —ue SHOWS. > ¥ cing. b ver " he sald, “points to the ng. ‘conclusion that the’ stationing of troops Continued on Page 2, Columa 3.) Secretary of War in. 1890 it was uni- |¢o in, the sergeant wasn’t | message ta the extra session of Con-| him and is tryi to Kka: far | PATty and its principles is so .great|anese ambassador to. France, favored i heid that ong of the: n S ehSke, and, natersly. thinks | Bre is “address.” The use s S S B e b ¢ he '3 y - E X [ 2yt ay- from the: 8. iIs_encor 0. @evate hiimself to} the opiion of practigal men who ok tions or requisites for enli it orling there would bs oufiw« the | fre %04 By e Sonator Eute Fise casivle whtle T tne (hrsoe | a1 oI Teaeranin | Joct £0 Yodueuion. >= :d | N PRICE OF GASOLINE re-enlistmont in the Army fs_that Difvate borrowed. (hd shoes. . When ['Short time ago to the conjecture that|mile lfmil. The sénator wil) have iand efto democrats may be wills! “Japan's naval policy Is nct ome ofl- ,; . y e Person enlisted or re-eniisted | Ff Y55 cant. came e b geported | he weuld follow”the Wilson praktice | three weeks left i Harida vohen heing i el ot from him in the future. | €XHansion, but is one that cannot be| T IRt . must be an effective and ablebodied |yng¢"his shoes were wniseing) When |and deilver bis message in person, |muignsto nis NeR@iuarbersshereon | iy ‘triends anda_supporters hers|svofded in the interesis ¢Lesllopro = - 2 S st e sl the grivate who borrowed them eame | bl this was entirely erroncous. | | Fedtuary 7 and will devote & 8904 comtend ghat he i still the leader of {fection. Jupan, however. W read e CHICAGO, Januaty 25.—A reduction g 4. ] e was locked ul 7} 2 - | part of this time to-the preparation 2 = ! consider the subject of curtaliment, back from the dance he wa: | Harding's friends declare that he D bbedth of March sadtess : the demoCratic party and declare that j feRRAST PRSP, T Blgce: in of 2 cénts a gallon tn the price of | gasoling was aanounced heére today by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, as a result of decreases in the price of crude oil, At service stations the price dropped from 29 to 27 cents, and jat tank wagons from 27 cents o !cents. Kerosene was cut from 18% to 1514 -cents a gallon. “1f crude oil continues to go dowrr, gasoline and kerosene will naturally { g0 down with it,” said W. M. Burton, i president.of the company. There has been no order issued by the Standard OIl Company of New | Jersey, which operafes in the District jof Columbia and surrounding terri- | tory, relative to any decrease in the price of glsoline or kerosene, Johu Z. Walker, manager of the Washing- ton branch of the company, said today. Gasoline sells to the retailers from jthe tank wagons of the Standard Oil Company here at 283; cents. The majority of retailers charge consum- ers 31 cents a gallon, while kero- sene sells from tank wagons at 1% cents 2 gallon. = URGES STOP ON ALIENS. |Caminetti Favors Co-Operation * With Foreign rowers. Anthony Caminetti, commissioner general of immigration, who has just returned from a tour of Europe, told the Senate immigration committee to- day that the United States should co- operate with foreign governments io prevent the departure for this coun- try of aliens who could not qualify for admission at American ports. Mr. Caminetti discussed at length conditions in Europe as he found them and with the conclusion of his examination the committee closed its hearings On the House bill which would practically stop immigration for one year. The committee will meet soon to shape a bill for report to the Senate and members have predicted sharp changes in the House measure. CHAIRMAN BUTLER ILL. Because of the iliness of Chairman { Butler, the House naval committee I postponed today until Friday the | Rearing of Gen. Pershing on world | disarmament. | 1t was announced that Representa- | tive Butler was suffering from an at- tack of ptomaine poisoning, but that his condition was not dangerous. TRIES MURDER IN COURT. | PITTSBURGH, Pa. January 25.— Mrs. Lillian Bangham pressed the muzzle of a pistol to the side of Wil- iliam Wilson, a negro, charged with | agsaulting _her, at a court hearing {in Forest Hills borough, near here, to- day. She pulled the trigger, but the pistol did ‘not go off. . Forty or fifty women assembled in {the courtroom ~cried, *Kill him and | we'll stand by you.” | |16-CENT MILK IN | D. C., FEBRUARY 1, \SEEN IN NEW CUT The retail price of milk is ex- pected to g0 Gown again to 16 cents a quart on February 1 as a result of the action of the execu- tive committee ‘of the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers’ As. sociation in reducing the whole- sale price from 40 to 36 cents a gallon. When the producers came down on January 1 from 44 to 40 cents a gallon in the fll’le‘ charged local dairymen the latter took 1 cent off ‘the retail price, making the milk 17 cents An abundant ply of milk is said to have been cause of the redu T s,

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