Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1921, Page 2

SOLUTION OF THRE - PROBLEMS, IAPAN'S ANTEPARLEY AIM Vigorous Attention Is Given _to Yap, Shantung and Siberian Matters. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, September 8.—Japanese diplomacy now is being vlsor?usly de- voted to the securing of a settlement of three outstanding problems before the opening of the Washington confer- ence on far eastern questions and the limitation of armaments, namely, those of the island of Yap, Shantung and Siberia. According to information received in Tokio, the main lines of a solution of the Yap problem seem to have been agreed upon in Washington, but im- portant details concerning lhe‘ rights ©of the various powers on the island it- self have yet to be worked out. It is understood Yukichi Obata, Japanese minister to Peking, has re- ceived explicit instructions concern- ing a renewed attempt to induce China to open negotiations regarding Shan- tung. The Kokumin Shimbun today interprets Japan's last move as a kind of ultimatum to China, being in the nature of a final opportunity for China to inaugurate direct negotiations. If China refuses, the newspaper thinks, Japan will stick to her fundamental ideas of settlement if the question Is brought up in Washington. Officials here describe the Japanese plans for restoration of Shantung as concillatory. They point out that Japan waives any request for inter- GRIFFITH TO LEAD ; ERIN PEACE ENVOYS (Continued from First Page.) tween the British government and the Irish republicans for a solution of the Irish question. The resolution said: “This_conference, representing &l most forty milllon adherents, watching with prayerful and deeply solicitous interest the present attempt at a satisfactory and permanent ad- justment of Irish affairs, and ferven 1y hopes that complete success may crown the negotiation: The delegates unanimously ordered that copies of the resolution be sent to Prime Minister Lloyd George and Eamonn De Valera, the Irish repub- lican leader. : ULSTER TO STAND FIRM. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, September 9.—Ulster vir- tually would be certain to be the sub- ject of discussien at the Invenness conference, while the northern cabi- net apparently would not be repre- sented. Ulster’s position was laid down definitely in a letter written by Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier, to Mr. Lloyd George on_ August 14, in which the premier declared that a meeting between himself and Mr. De Valera was impossible until Mr. De Valera recognized that the northern parliament would not submit to any other authority than that of the king and the parliament of the United Kingdom. There does not seer: to be the slightest intention here of reced- ing an inch from that stand. Criticism is included in the Belfast comment of what is termed ‘the Brit- ish cabinet's abandonment of the six essentials set forth in the British pro- posals. It is even declared in some quarters that if Mr. De Valera re- mains firm he might bring about a conference absolutely without condi- tions. TEXT OF BRITISH NOTE. By the Associated Press. national or exclusively Japanese set-; LONDON, September 9.—The text of tlement, being content to make Tsing- | Premier Lloyd George's letter, which tao an open port, but insisting on!Wwas dispatched to Dublin from Inver- D. C. MAN KILLED WHEN AUTO SKIDS 1. W. Minifee Fatally Injured as Car Rolls Down Bank on Beach Drive. James W. Minifee, twenty-five Yyears old, a public hacker, was kill- ed and three companions injured when an automobile in which they were riding at 6 a.m. today skidded and turned over down a bank on Beach drive, about one-half mile south of Military road in Rock Creek Park. The car, a large tduring model, had just turned a curve on Beach road, when Minifee, who was driving, lost "control of the machine, which skidded for more than 100 feet. Auto Turned Turtle. 'Turning turtle, the automobile crashed about four feet down the embankment, landing against a tree. Minifee’s head was crushed. - His companions were hurt, but_managed to crawl out of the car. They werp Earl Grant of 620 A street south- oot mot seriously injured: George ‘W. Bronson, 708 Taylor strect north- west, cut_about the face, and Wil- liam' E. Hammer, 2107 13th street southeast, slightly injured. Minifee, whose latest address was glven by the police as 113 4th street | Southeast, was pronounced dead by Dr. Bray at Emergency Hospital, | which sent an ambulance in responss {to a call from police of the tenth precinct, who were first called. Warned by Companions. “For God’s sake, be careful!” one of the companions is declared to have shouted to Minifee, as the big car rounded the curve and got out on the comparatively straight stretch of road where the accident happened. “I've lost control!” cried Minifee, when the wheels would not hold on joint management qf the railroad, |ness, Scotland, in answer to the latest mining_and other economic enter- prises hitherto directed by Germany. Under the Japanese plan China would regain full sovereignty over Shan tung, the Japanese troops being com- pletely withdrawn. ‘The negotiations with the repre- sentatives of the far eastern repub- lic of Siberia at Dairen, concerning Siberia, are being pushed actively, Japan apparently seeking an eco- nomic and commercial treaty with the far eastern republic, so that she can go to the Washington conference with an accomplished fact. M. Yourin, the foreign minister of the far east- ern republic, apparently has been re- placed in the conference by M. Pterov, who is described as being closer to the Russian soviet government than M. Yourin. Close to Soviet Officials. ‘The Far Eastern press agency, re- cently organized by Japanese and re- garded here as semi-official, says that M. Peterov told the Japanese. dele- gates in Chita that his government was on friendly terms with the soviet administration and that, therefore, in a sense, the conference could be re- garded as between Japan and soviet Russia. M. Peterov also is quoted as saying that the Dairen conference af- fords the only opportunity for Japan and Russia to co-operate economically and politically. It is said here that the Dairen con- ference is not making the progress Japan expected. The newspapers believe Japan will keep the United States government advised concerning negotiations with China concerning Shantung, and ex- press the hope that the American con- sul in China will open the negotia- tions. They predict, however, that, owing to the political instability of China the Peking government may decide not to accept responsibility for negotiations. Special dispatches from Korea say the leaders of the Korean independ- ence government have established headquarters in Blagovieshtchensk, Aslasgic Russia, and plan to send rep- resentatives to Washington to en- deavor to arouse pro-Korean senti- ment. LONDON MEETING DOUBTED. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September-8.—In Japanese circles In London, it was said today that nothing was known of any pre- fiminary conference in London to set- tle upon a program for the Washing- ton conference. It was added that the Japanese still were awaiting from Washington some indication of the views of the American government on the agenda and the subjects for discussion. WILL COME IN dBOUP& i i By the Associated Press. TOKIO, September 9.—The Japanese delegation to the forthcoming Wash- ington conference on limitation of armaments, numbering tearly 200, now plans to sail in three groups;| the first on tne steamship Korea! Maru, October 1; the second on the| Shinyo Maru, October 13, and the third and ‘most important on the Kashima Maru, October 1% The naval group of the delegation, headed by Vice Ad- miral Kanji Kato, will sail on- the Korea Maru. This group definitely in- cludes Capt. K. Yamanashi, Capt. N. Sutsugus, Capt. Y. Ueda, Commander T, Hori, three lieutenant commanders aid two lieutenants. i{The chief delegates to the confer- jce are understood to be Minister of Merine Kato and Ambassador Shide- { i i ra. It is believed that naval circles e urging the appointment of Min- ifter of Marine Kato as chief delegate, pdinting out that he ranks next to emier Hara, if the latter does not end. M. Kato will be accompanied | By Capt. Nomura, formerly naval at- tache at Washington. gewspaners here are devoting col- { ins of speculation to the personnel the delegation, Some of them al- leging that the choice of delegates 18 causing a profound stir in govern- ! ment circles. The Jiji Shimpo is lead Ing the movement demanding that Pr. mier Hara head the delegation, while her newspapers are in favor of reign Minister Uchida. The Yomi | Shimbun_clalms that Field Mar- | shal Prince Yamagata is opposed to the appointment of Foreign Ministe; Uchida, but describes Premler Hara as favoring this choice. The Kokumin Shimbun, in present- ing what it calls the story of Inslde | the dew-covered macadam, and in a : THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D.. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1921 : W SKIDS, TURNS TURTLE AND CRASHES AGAINST TREE IN ROCK CREEK PARK,(WILL DIVERT TRAFFIC £ |CENTENNIAL OBSERVED KILLING ONE %, AND INJURING THREE PERSONS. BOY IS BURIED ALIVE. Colored Lad Suffocated in Sand at -Smoot’s Wharf. Lewis Fletcher, colored, 4326 Wis- note from Eamon de Val leader, follow. era, the Irish “His majes i 'S government have considered your letter of August 30, and have to make the following ob- servations upon it: “The principle of government by the consent of the governed is the foun- dation of the British constitutional development, but we cannot accept as a basis of a practical conference an interpretation ef that principle which ‘would commit us to any demands you might present, even to the extent of setting up a republic and repudiating the crown. : “You must be aware that a confer- cnce on such a basis is impossible. So applied, the principle of government by consent of the governed would un- dermine the fabric of every demo- cratic state and drive the civilized world back into tribalism. “On the other hand, we have in- vited you to discuss our proposals on their merits, in order that you may have no doubt as to the scope and sin- cerity of our intentions. “It would be open to you in such a conference to raise the subject of guarantees on any points in which you may consider Irish freedom prejudiced by these proposals. His magesty'» government “are loath to believe that you will insist upon re- jection of théir proposals without ex- amining them in a conference. “To decline to discuss a settlement which would bestow upon the Irish people the fullést freedom for na- tional development within the empire can only mean that you repudiate all allegiance to the crown and all mem- bership In the British common- wealth. “If we were to draw this inference from your letter, the further discus- slons between us could serve no use- ful purpose and all conferences would be in vain. If, however, we are mis- taken in this 'inference, as we still Lope, and if your real objectioh to our proposals is that they offer Ire- |1and less than the liberty we have described, that objection can be ex- {plored at a conference. “You will agree that this corre- srondence has lasted long enough. Hi majesty’s government must therefore ask for a definite reply as to whether you are prepared to enter a confer- ence to ascertain how the association of Ireland with the community of na- tions known as the British empire can best be reconciled with Irish na- tional aspirations. “If, as we hope, your answer {s in the affirmative, I suggest that the conference should meet at Inverness on the 20th instant.” ——— trying to pull him down have no ef- fective organization. He rather grudg- igly admitted that Hara was the right man for the hour, but scolded the premier for not going to the Versailles conference. b “He could have done better for Ja- pan than Salonji,” the statesman sald. “He did not go because he thought more about himself and his party than about the state. DEMANDS VOICE HERE. By the Associated Press. PEKING, September 9.—Citizens of the Far Eastern Republic consider it indispensable that they be given un- official representation at the confer- | ence on limitation of armaments which will be held i Washington late this autumn. M. Yourin, foreign minister of the republic, has sent a note to Washington declaring that the geographical position of the coun- try entitles it to participation in the conference, and that such participa- tion is essential to a peaceful issue. The Chita government will not as- sume responsibility for decisions reached at a meeting where it is not represented, and will do_everything possible to’ oppose violation of the rights of the nation, the note asserts. Solution of questions concerning Si eria_is possible only through par- ipation in the conference by rep- ntatives of the republic, whose voice, M. Yourini declared, must be heard. TOKIO ASKS CHINA CONFER. Cablegrams regeived here from To- kio disclose that(the Japanese govern- ment has made another effort ta open egotiations with China looking to he relinquishment by Japan of Tsigg- tau and other parts of the Shantuhg Ppeninsula. The step was taken by Mr. Obata, the Japanese minister at Peking. whe events, claims that Premier Hara has by direction of his government noti- been trving to place the responsi- |fied the Chinese foreign minister that second the' car had spilled down the bank, bringing the left side of the machine against the tree. The head of the hacker was caught square on the tree, which was hardly a foot in diameter. Representatives of the Luttrell Motor Car Company, who. were called to take charge of the car. declared that there was every evidence that tutile efforts had been made to apply brakes, but that evidently the dew- soaked road made the thoroughfare oo slippery. The tires had dug per- haps three-eights of an inch in the hard macadam of Beach road. Auto Little Damaged. ‘The automobile was not much dam- the fall. The windshield was broken. The District coroner ordered the body of Minifee taken to the morgue. The hacker formerly lived at Apart- ment 24, the Victoria. His wife, living in Baltimore, was notified of his death. Her address was given by the police as 612 East 41st street, Baltimore. OVER MILLION IN CLAIMS. Suggestion Made Relating to De- cision by War Labor Board. Claims for more than a million dol- lars made against the government b; employes of the Bethlehem Steel Com- pany, resulting from a war-time de- cision of the War Labor Board, may be adjusted through co-operation be- tween the War Department and Con- gress. This is suggested in a letter Weeks, in which he concurs in the decisfon previously announced of As- acting Secretary of War that the de- pay these claims. this decision and suggesting a way in Secretary Weeks wrote ag follows: “There are, however, which have been strongly urged upon the department to consider and pay these claims. the government. 1 therefore desire to present the case to the Congre: for its consideration and for sucl action as it shall deem just and prroper.” FINE $50 IN EACH CASE. Nine Men Admit Harboring Na- tional Training School Fugitives. Nine men, charged with harbor- ing fugitives from the National Training School, withdrew their pleas ; of not guilty and demand for jury | trial upon their appearance in Police Court today and were fined by Judge i Hardison $50 each upon the Tecom- imendation of assistant United States | Attorney Ralph Given. = The ~ defendants were Walter | Bourth, Willlam Buckholtz, Louis { Gramich, Charles P. Rabbitt, Eimer . Wright, Raymond Dreyfus, Court- {land Zell, Albert Porter and J. F. Jett. “Attorneys O'Shea, Mangan and King represented them. Several other men under the same charge still upheld their plea of not { guilty and will be tried later, unless iupon investigation the charges aré dropped. —_—— ROCK HURLERS JAILED. Three Convicted of Attack on Rail Section Man at Leftwich. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., September 9. After a chase over portions of two states for a neriod of three weeks, {Southern railway detectives rounded up three Danville white men who were flned $25 each and sentenced to six months each {n jail in Amherst county on the charge of throwing rocks at a colored section man at Leftwich early last month. The con- | victed men are Irvin Holt, George Law and Julius Talley. The trial brought out charges against the trio which caused them to {be held for the October grand jury in | connection with the robbing of a freight car near Monroe. i aged, with the exception of the fender on the side which bore the brunt of to Speaker Gillett from Secretary ! sistant Secretary * Wainwright while, partment is now without authority to In formally notifying Congress of Wwhich the claim can be disposed of certainly equitable and moral- considerations These considerations are more properly directed to Con- | gress than to an executive branch of 1of the tonsils could be saved without !¥ville, N. Y., president; {C.;sDr. C. M. Sampson, New York; Dr, | ada bility of Japan's attitude toward th conference upon the diplomatic ad- | wisory council, but that the council | shoved the responsibility back to the | qabinet. ’ I8 appears certain that Viscount Chinda, former ambassador to Eng- 1and. has definitely refused to attend | as a delegate. The popular view concerning the delegation is that whoever goes must | be prepared to meet hostility. This | opinfon is the outgrowth of the be- | lief that Japanese public opinion will | expect results favorable to Japan beyond the range of probable attain- ment. Viscount Shibusawa, president of the American-Japanese Association, been advised by the body to his departure for the United States and remain there as a sort of dviser to the official delegation on dconomic and financial questions. The Kokumin Shimbun says that Viscount Ishil will decline to serve as a dele- te because he does not desire to itneas the “scrapping” of the Ishii- | Lansing agreement. i Says Hara Must Come. TOKIO, August 7 (Delayed).—“Mr. Hara, the premier, cannot escape go- ing to Washington without antagon- izing public opinion,” declared Masami Oishi, a veteran statesman now re- tired, whose views on matters politi- cal Japanese reporters like to have. The statesman added: “The premier is bound to attend in person by the nature of his position. Moreover, his presence will help to speed up the business of the conference.” Mr. Oishi predicted that the Hara ministry would last some time, cer- tainly until the Washington confer- Sace Is over, because the men who are he was prepared to comply with the Chinese desire to state the scope of the negotiations having such relin- quishment in view. China, according to the advices, has not signified her disposition toward this latest Japanese offer, and it is believed she may invoke the good of- | fices of the American government be- fore announcing a decision. The State Department here, it is understood, has been giving close attention to the de- velopment of this issue, ready to act at any moment as a mediator in pro- curing the relinquishment of Shan- tung to China in a way best calculated to protect the Chinese interests while insyring exact justice for Japan in the settlement of claims. ~ The general purport of the propo. sition submitted by Mr. Obata is un- derstood to be that Japan withdraw her military forces entirely from all of Shantung, including the port of Tsingtau; that Chinese troops or gen- darmes be promptly sent into Shang- tung to replace the Japanese troops and insure the security of property, and that the railroad system of China be operaved ynder the joint control of China and Japan. ‘The cable advices do not disclose what .arrangements are proposed for the definition’ of Japan’s ‘“economic rights” in Shantung and Tsingtau, but it is assumed in some circles he: that the Japanese propose that th shall be left to a commisson for ad- Justment. Previous attempts by Japan to open negotiations on this subject directly with China have failed, owing to _the latter's insistence that Japan first state the conditions upon which she would be willing to retire from Shan- tung. | 200 SOLDIERS DROWNED. Driven Into River in Heavy Fight- ing in China. PEKING, September 8.—A dispatch received from Ichang, in the province of Hupeh, reports heavy fighting be- tween the northern and souther; forces, wit the Szechuan left w!ng;h- { tacking the defenses of Ichang. The dispatch adds that reinforcements for the - northern army are arriving. Two hundred members ofs the north- ern forces have been driven into the Yangtse river and drowned, It is esti- mated there have been 10,000 cas- ualties on both sides. ‘ Steamers leaving Ichang are under fire, although crowded with refugees. Food in the city 18 running short. —_— THEFT INSURANCE HIGHER New York Robberies Cause Rates to Be Raised 10 Per Cent. NEW YORK, September 9.—New Yorkers who want to insure their be- longings against theft, beginning next Monday, will have to pay 10 per cent more than in the past, it was an- nounced today. Declaring_the Increased number of robberies here was playing havoc with profits, the Burglary Insurance Underwriters’ Association decided on the ‘increased rates at a meeting ye! The rate én wines and lguors was boosted to $75 for each $1,000 of in- surance. ¢ S consin avenue, loading his wagon with sand at Smoot's sand wharf on the riv- er front, saw a pair of human legs protruding from the rather small out- let from which sand was pouring into his wagon. The openng was made larger and the body of a smail colored boy, after- ward identified as Clifton Lee Rollis- son, 3062 M street northwest, fell through. The boy was rushcd to Georgetown University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead from suffocation. He had been playing in the sand when he was sucked down by the sand flowing through the out- let into the wagon. —_— CLERKS FACE NIGHT DUTY. Those Entering Postal Service Are . Under Seniority Rule. Postal clerks newly entering the service face might duty as their first step, according to orders issued to- day by the Post Office Department. 'As & matter of wide supervision it would seem proper for new men to take the least desirable night shifts with a regular line of promption open ; to them from one crew to another, | gradually advancing them to day | duty and preferred assignments in, the order of ‘seniority,” declares the department. The consigtent observince of the! seniority principle in post offices is| supported. Fitness and seniority ishould go together, according to the {announcement. Postmasters are asked | to cut night work ‘down as far as possible, consistent with proper han- dling of the mails, It again is pointed out that “in Jjust the proportion that the public does its mailing late in the day, will night work in post. offices be neces- sary.” | GET ULTRA-VIOLET DATA. Reading and discussion of scientific papers, with speclal time devoted to & lecture and illustration of the pow- | {ers of ultra violet rays, consumed most jof the time at the early session of the jthird day of the thirtyfirst annual convention of the American Electro- therapeutic Association at the Hotel Washington today. Demonstrations ané discussions will continue througkout this afiernoon's and tonight's sessione i Tonsils are being slawgntered un- necessarily by the wholesale, declared Dr. William D. McFee of Boston, former director of. physiotherapy at Walter Reed Hospital, in an address before the congress at yesterday's sessfon. He sald that ninety per cent danger by the use of electrical treat- ment. At the night segsion announcement was made of the following eleotion of officers to_serve during the ensuing year: Dr. Virgil C. Kinney of Welles- Dr. Elnora C. Folkmar, Washington, D. C.; Dr. Charles Read Collins, Washington, D. H. J. Plank, Chicago, and Dr. William T. Johnson, Philadelphia, vice presi- dents; Dr."Willard Travell, New York, treasurer; Dr. A. B. Hirsh, New York, setretary, and Drs. Byron Sprague Price, New York, and F. M. Morse, Hoston, trustees. A motion to change the name of the association was voted down. . ASKS UNDERGROUND RIGHT | Secretary Weeks has sent to Speaker Gillett a copy of a bill which would authorize the chief of engineers of the Army to permit the placing of underground structures, such as pipes, wires, conduits, cables, etc., in the public grounds under his control in the District of Columbia. Secretary Weeks urges in a letter to the Speaker that this cngressional authority should be given. * In explaining the necessity for such, action,-the Secretary says: “It is believed that public utilities should be permitted to extend their pipes, conduits, cables and similar instidlation under the public ground in cases where such action will not be objectionable, and where the de- tour necessary to pass around a pub- lic geservation would impose a large ional expense upon the public i both for the original cost and for ithe upkeep of the increased length i of installation thus made necessary. “Sueh_ privileges are likely to be ‘required in emergencies, and at times when Congress is not in session. As congrgssional authority has been granted to the District Commission- ers to permit such installations in public areas under their jurisdiction. it seems consistent, as well as likely to be of material public advantage. to commit to the chief of engineers like authority for the public areas under his control.” i | | JUDGE RESTRAINS MAYOR. PITTSBURGH, Pa. September 9.— Judge W. H. S. Thompson, in federal court here, issued an injunction against Mayor E. V. Babcock and Di- rector, of Public Safety R. J. Alderdice | restraining them from using the city | police force to suppress the sale of the Dearborn Independent on the streets of Pittsburgh. A héaring on the petition to make the' order per- manent was set for September 17. Counsel for publishers of the paper alleged that boys engaged in selling copies here had been unlawfully arc rested for doing 80. ——— - LAND CLAIMS FILED. OMAHA, Neb., September 9.—Filings for land set apart by the government for_ ex-service men in the Goshen Hole, Wyoming, district were ended at Lyman, Neb., and T¢ and Yo- der, Wyo., last night. ve thousand ex-service ‘men made filings, it was innounced. About 230 farms located in mewly irrigated districts will be drawn today at Torrington, COLOMBIA WOULD JOIN SOUTH AMERICA BOLT FROM LEAGUE (Continued from First Page.) the question of the guarantees Russia can offer for the sums loaned. Prince Dowleh of Persia, who spoke next, dwelt on the absence of results and the abundance of talk about dis- armament. He said all eyes in con- sequence were turned toward Wash- ington. The Persian delegate refer- red to the American State Depart- ment’s note on mandates and de- clarerd it was highly desirable that satisfaction be given the just claims of the United States on that question. He scored the council for doing noth- ing to halt the tween Greece and Turkey. President Van Karnebeek an- nounced that the election of judges for the permanent international court of justice would be held Wednesday next. The Venezuelan delegate an- nounced his government's ratification of the court. POINTS IN U. 8. NOTE. President Alone Has Binding. Power in Mandate Qeustions. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 8.—That a Fresident of the United States cannot alone, under the Constitution, bind hig government on a question of man- dates is brought out briefly in one of the paragraphs of the last American note on mandates, copies of which are circulating among the delegates of the assembly of the league of na- tions here. The note is dated August 8 and is addressed to the.French gov- ernment. ! Duplicates of the document were communicated at the same time of its delivery to France to the other man- datory powers. The note treats of ‘A" and “B" mandates. It expressly states that the Island of Yap belongs in_another category. The note begins with a restatement of the general American position on mandates. Mandates respecting the former German colonies, it says, were only made possible by the victory of the principal allied and associated powers, of which the United States was one. The American government, although the United States did not take part in the war agalnst Turkey, affirms the right to have a voice equal to that of any other power in deciding the mandates over former Turkish possessions, such as Syria, Lebanon, Mesopotamia and Palestine, because the distribution of these mandates was made possible only through the | victory over Germany, in which the TUnited States shared. The note makes various suggestions of changes in the terms of the Turk- ish mandates, some of them being that consular tribunals, under cap- itulations fromthe powers, shall re- {main in force until the governments are organized under mandates, and that if the mandates are surrendered the consular tribunals shall be re- stored. 3 Request is made in the note that the freedom given to religion also shall be extended to educational and char- itable organization workers, not only those in the territories at present. bub those who may go there in the future. The note in & clear and firm manner requires equal opportunities for concessions and commerce, not only for all citizens of non-manda- tory powers, but also the fullest equality with the nationals of man- datory powers, both of “A” and “B” mandates. The note stipulates that no mandate shall be agreed to With- out the approval of the American government, and that no mandate after its approval, shall be changed without the consent of the American government. - It was requested in the note that wheraver in mandates it is mentioned that equal rights are to be given to| “members of the league of ‘nations a phrase shall be substituted refer- ring to countries mentioned in annex 2 of the treaty of Versailles, among which is the United States. CONTEST FOR' LEAGUE POSTS. Campaign On for Choice of Inter- national Court Judges. / By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 9.—Flection- eering for the eleven judges of the international court. created by the league of nations, already has begun and is déveloping considerable ardor. This is particularly true among the South American delegations, which, | ‘basing their clalms on their numeri-} cal strength in the league, are asking for four judges. The four principal powers—Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan—are conceded one each by election fore- casters. It also is generally conceded | that one of them will come from the ! United States and one ‘from Holland. The difficulty of placing the other five in order to satisfy all aspirations is_becoming apparent. League leaders aim to give all- round satisfaction to the nations of | the world, which raises the difficulty in their object of giving one seat to Scandinavia, one to the Slav coun- tries, one to the British dominions and one to German-speaking coun- tries. This leavés only one for South America. John Bassett Moore, who now is in America, is the more often as the United States repre- ive. ethod of eleetion is now being and probably will be public. Th# assembly and council, it is un- derstood, will hold elections consecu- tively, after which the lists chosen by. each body will be compared and & ‘new election held for the seats not provided for by both bedies at the first. election. POCAHONTAS LEAVES NAPLES. NAPLES, September 8—The Ameri- can steamer Pocahontas, which has been held In Naples since early in June by for repair work, sailed this af- 2 Most. of the men engaged at NapDles were paid. off, they were as- suming a threatening aftitude. |OPEN TWO-DAY SESSION OF UNITED TYPOTHETAE TO REDUCE CONGESTION Police'to Prevent Crowding i’:f Ve- ‘hicles During the Rerouting of Street Cars. ? The police department #vill divert all northbound traffic on North Capi- tol Patierson t 0 and 9 o'clock™a.m. and and 6 o'clock p.m. to reduce conges- tion at North Capitol street and New York avenue during the temporary rerouting of street cars at that point. AllL vehicles going north on North Capitol street will be required to turn east on Patterson street and proceed north on 1st street east until they pass New York avenue, when they may return to North Capitol street. In order to make easier the job of rebuilding the trackage on North Capitol street. between G and M streets, the Washington Railway and Electric is operating the Brookland line over the New York avenue tracks. The rerouting, however, has necessi- tated a rather complicated switching arrangement at the intersection of North Capitol street, New York ave- nue and N street. traflic_as outlined is for the purpose of reducing danger of accidents at New York avenue. —_—e———— YACHT BURNS; SIX SAVED. Senator Newberry’s Son in Party Narrowly Escaping Death. By the Assoctated Press. DETROIT, Mich., September 9. men, including Phelps Newberr: Six of Senator Truman H. Newberry, and | several prominent Detroit business men narrowly escaped death last night when the fifty-foot oline launch Kismet, owned by F. Iter Guibert. burned to the water's edge in Lake St. Clair, three miles off Grosse Pointe, | a Detroit suburb. After battling for more than three hours against a heavy . sea the six men, in a small rowboat, early today reached the Grosse Pointe clubhouse. Guibert, badly burned about the hands and with his lungs The diversion of | Delegates of Fourth District Hold- | scorched by the flames as he fought BY CHURCH AT CULPEPER Services Conducted Last Evening by Masonic Lodge as Part of Week’s Celebration. Special Dispatch 0 The Star. CULPEPER, Va. September 9.—Ine jterest in Culpeper has centered this {week in the exercises incident to the centennial anniversary of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church and in the meeting of the Piedmont convocation. whic convened in that church on Tuesda: evening and adjourned Thursday. On Sunday the historic old church was crowded to hear a historical ser- mon by the Bishop of Virginia, Rt. Rev. William Cabell Brown, and more than half of this congregation was composed of descendants of the con- gregation of more than a century ago. On Monday there was a community service, when all of the ministers of Culpeper united with the rector in making short addresses on different Dphases of church work during the past 100 years. Speakers during the two days of the convocation were Mr. Woodward, formerly missionary to China, and Mr. Harari, a native of Beyreut, in Asia, who now has a charge in this country. The sermon on Wednesday morning was delivered by Mr. Hall of St. Paul's, Alexandria, and on Wed- nesday evening Rev. Berryman Green, dean of the Theological Seminary of Virginia, preached. Thursday morning all visiting min- iste uken by autos to the colonial of “Little Fork,” about miles from Culpeper, where a scrvice was held and com- munion celcbrated. The communion silver used was the same that was |sent to the colonies from London |early in the seventeen hundreds, and was preserved during the civil war by being buried in a cornfield mear the church. Last evening, by Special invitation |from the rector, the Masonic lodge here had charge in the services, and \the sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Lanier of Fredericksburg. : ?[NAME NATIONAL OFFICERS i ing Convention at Hotel ‘Washington. With delegates present from all cities included in the district, the first convention of the Fourth District Federation of the United Typothctae of America opened a two-day session at the Hotel Washington today. Following invocation by Rev. Henry Allen Tupper, pastor of the First i Baptist Church, the annual address of R. H. Williams of Richmond, Va., president of the fourth district, which comprises Delaware, Virginia. Mary- was read. This was followed by an- nouncements by the secretary-treas- urer of the organization, J. C. Par- ton, also of Richmond, after which William John _Eynon of spoke on “The Long Price List.” The value of organization to the businéss man and the Typothetae local program were discussed by Fred N. Shepherd, field manager of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and F. W. Randolph, field secretary of the U. T. A., respectively. After luncheon. the later session was devoted to ten-minute talks by the presidents of the different Dis- trict_branches, which included George K. Horn of Baltimore, W. Robert Beverley of Richmond, Eugene L. Graves” of Norfolk, A. R. Saylor of Wilmington, and Frank P. Howard of this city. . Other speakers to address the ron- gresyg at the late session included Norman T. A. Munder of Baltimore, {who took as his theme, *Quality plus | Service”; Oscar T. Wright, immediate past president of this city, “The Ap- prentice,” and George N. Voorhees, assistant_director, department of re- search,, U. T. A., who spoke on “The Guide Book." A-banquet will be held at the hotel | tonight. POSTAL CLERKS ELECT. Association Selects Buffalo for Next " Year's Convention. CHARLESTON, W. Va., September 9. —Buffalo, N. Y. was chosen as the meeting place for next year's convem 1 1 this city | the fire aboard his craft, is in a hos- pital. He is expected to recover. The fire was caused by backfiring of the Kismet's engine. A heavy sea threatened several times to swamp the rowboat in which the party escaped. Others in the party included James T. Lynn and Frederick Hanna, Detroit business' men; Jere H. Brooks of De- troit and an unidentified man who was engineer of the Kismet. Guibert is president of a Detroit manufactur- ing concern. DEPORTING LAW UPHELD. I . { land and the District of Columbia, |Judge Rules Immigrants Cannot ! Be Put Into Next Quota. NEW YORK. September 9. —The authority of the bureau of immi- zration to deport immigrants in e cess of the monthly quotas for their nationalities was upheld by Judge |Mack in the federal district court {The ruling was made when he di |missed a writ of habeas corpus ob- tained for a Greek immigrant ordered deported because he had arrived here jafter the August quota for Greeks | had been fillea. { This decision affects scores of other mmigrants of various nationalti awaiting deportation. Attorness fo the Gree: nded their clien should be allowed to land as part of the September quota. PRINTING EMPLOYES TO BASK AT BEACH 5,000 Bureau of Engraving Work- ers Expected to Go on Outing Tomorrow. Five thousand empldyes of the. bu ireau of engraving and printing have | been provided foff by the excu { committee of Plute Printers’ Union, {Local No. 2 fthat organization | Beach tomorrow. i _As guests of honor will be seventy- five conval to . for the annual outing of Chesapeake scent former service men | tion of the United Natianal As-!from Walter Reed Hospital. A sociation of Post Office Clerks, holding { committee has been appointed to look its final session here. It will meet]out after their welfare. September 4, 1922, | Amusements, entertainment and C. P. Franciscus of New York city!athlctics head the program. Races of was re-elected president, this being |all sorts, ranging from one hundred- his fourth term. vard dashes to egg races, will be Other officers elected were: among First vice president, Leo F. Neu, St. Louis; second vice president, John G. Thompson, Los Angeles; third vice president, Chilton Terrell, Memphis, Tenn.; secretary, John G. Grogan, Wheeling, Wa. Va.; treasurer, Thomas |Jacobs, chairman: Georse P. Bussier, Philadelphia. secretary; Benjamin Kroger, Charles Advisory board: George W. Payne,!C. Gibb, George Hutchinson, Daniel Cincinnati, chairman; C. J. Clark, | Hassett and Frank J. Coleman: re- Atlanta; E. C, Emmerfing, Pittsburgh: | ception: Andrew J. Fallon. Clarence ). Cook, Baltimore, and Ben | plate printers’ union; Frank 2 Jacobs, Brooklyn. vice president plate printers’ Finance committee: Richard Van|Thomas McQuade, William I. Fiske, Kolkem. Holland, Mich.; John J. Quil-{James H. McVey, James H. Windsor, ten, Waterbury, Conn.; P. W. Gatchell, { Thomas A. Jarvis and Frank J. Col Charleston, W. Va.; C. W. Foutz, Dal- | man, editor the Plate Printer; las, and R’ D. Flasner, Peoria, lils. |letic: Daniel Hassett, . jdohn J. Deviney, superintendent of PUBLIC HACKERS OBJECT |Drinting:" efereens willan HE ciime TO NEW TRAFFIC ORDER| athletic events. Commitices in charge of the excur- sion are. Executive committee: ovich, uniop: h- chairman; Idward Walsh, Charles Lord and F. F. Miller; judges, Thomas Blum- enauer and §. A. Clements; clerks of course, Edward J. Mahoney, starter: Fred Lipp, Tony Mavhew, assistant starters: Joseph Holleran, announcer: F. J. Coleman, Edward Schrack and C. Foyal, scorers; H. Gotthold. cus- todian of pri fi . J. Earley i G. Goldsmith, R. Hardie, D. Gordon {J. Garvey. J. Kehoe, S. Laut, F. Miller. Commissioners and Police Chief | Cited in Suit to Enjoin Enforce- ment of Regulation. B. Callahan, T. Reir, Justice Hoehling of the District Su-! icropke, M. McAulliffc, {preme Court today' cited the Com-{Glennon, S. Stanton, I. {missioners of the District of Colum-{Wood; R. Donohue —T. W. Von Glahn, A. Sommers, bia and Maj. Gessford, superintendegt | Thornette, G. Shimek end J. Haley of police, to show cause Monday why; The program of athletio events, an injunction should not be issued to | “'Rirer event, 50 vard dash (members’ prevent the enforcement of the new |daughters under iwelve years of age): traflic regulation concerning the stop- {Second event, 50-yard dash (members : <o-g¢ under twelve years of ag ping of public hackers on the street. event, 100-vard dash (apprentice except when loading or discharging jboys); fourth event, sack race (open passengers. ~The new regulation,jto ali); fifth event, 50-yard dash known as section 13 of article 4 of ; (members’ daughters under sixtee: the police regulafions, is to become |years of age); sixth event, shoe race operative Septeinber 13 and provides | (open to all boys under sixteen years that “a driver of a public vehicle for |of age); seventh event, egg race (open hire shall not stop or loiter upon a!to all ladies); eighth event, 100 rd street except at a public hackstand jdash (members Piate Printers'Union); or while actually taking on or dis-| nith event, 100-yard dash (open icharging a passenger.” {10 al). The plaintiffs are Herbert C. Cave, ecial the athletic features. Prizes will be awarded to winners of the president j William B. Nelson, James M. Hollo- way, Abe Livingston, Harvey L. Pat- ton, John Bissett, Norval Metcalf, Or- ville Cott, William F. Clark, Adam Luber, John McDermott and Zeph H. Cave. They claim the proposed reg- ulation " is -“unreasonable, unconsti- tutional and discriminatory” and if enforced will drive them out of busi- ness and deprive the public of a use- ful and lawful service. Through Attorneys Needham - C. Turnage and C. T. Clayton, the court. is advised that 982 public hackers have paid license fees, and the Dis- trict authorities have designated only thirty-five public hack stands, which can accommodate only 195 vehicles, and it is alleged that the-remaining 787 hackers, although licensed, would | be unable to prosecute their busines: The regulation also, it is claimed. dis- criminates in favor of the taxicabs, ‘which are allowed to stand in front of hotels and which, it is asserted, are engaged In business similar to the public hackers. CENTURY ROOF IS RAIDED. NEW YORK, September 9.—The Cen- tury Roof Garden restaurant, one. of the ‘most popular of New York’s night life resorts, was raided ‘l.;xe ll:‘: nl‘-l;t by prohibition agents, after they al- hy.eg they had purchased a half pint of whisky for $7. Sigmund Werner, the proprietor, and Joe Buck, his head ‘waiter, were arrested on charges of violating the VQmulA’i law, ?“vcvk for the alle selling of liquor an ‘erner for rnmnhx a public nuisance. The roof was crowded with diners when the arrests were made, but there was no disturbance. . PARLIAMENT IS CALLED. Columbian Woodmen, in Session at Memphis, to Select Headquarters. MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 9.— Lioyd T. Binford, Atlanta, Ga., was | re-clected " eminent president of the Columbian Woodmen at the opening session of the annual convention here. At the sessions today new headquar- iters for the order will be selected, it !having been decided to move the { general office from Atlanta. Memphis, {Little Rock, Ark. Jackson, Miss. { Jacksonville, ~ Fla, Birmingham, | Shreveport., Dallas and Nashville all ‘ | have delegations working for the selection of their respective cities as national headquarters. Other national officers elected were Judge W. Roane, Jackson, Miss. eminent vice president; George W. Clayton, Atlanta, secretary and Peter F. Clark, Atlanta, banker. | | ! iN. Y. SLUMS HEALTHIEST. Ghetto Has Lowest Mortality Rate of Metropolis. NEW YORK. September 9.—New | York city's healthiest district is {neither 5thavenue, Riverside Park, | Gramercy Park mor any of the other select residential quarters, but in the cart of the Ghetto, with its swarming { thonsands. The board of health proved |it with statistics. 1 In sanitary district No. 12, compris- {ing ten square blocks on the lower { East Side, with 1 population of 33.373, {or more than 3,060 persons to a_block. {the mortality rate was 6.4¢ per 1.000 gainst the city’s average of 12.93. The ict’s infant mortality rate was only {fifty-two in every 1000, compared lwilh the city rate of eighty-five. | WALKOUTS FOLLOW CUTS. Hundreds Quit Work in Chicago After Landis Wage Decision. {pf the Ascociated CHICAGO, September 8.—Unauthor- zed, sporadic walkouts of the va- irious building crafts resulted from {Judge K. M. Landis’ decision cutting ages and reforming working rules. Despite the efforts of union officials, hundreds of workers threw down their tools in protest against the decision of the arbiter. Both contractors and union officials, however, declared that the situation would adjust its#1f with- in a few weeks, as the men become more familiar with the operation of the new agreements. The electrical workers last night voted to accept the wage-cut ordered by Judge Landis last night, according to labor headquarters. This union is said to be the first to ratify the new seale. Electrical workers' salaries were cut from $1.25 an hour to $1.10. Wage Cut Effective Next Week. The new scale of wages fixed by Judge Landis will be put into effect j on next week's pay roll, it was de- cided at a_conference of Judge E. M. Craig, secretary of the Building Construction Employ- ers’ Association, and Andrew Lanquist and William Schlake, president and zeneral manager of the- Associated Builders. Judge Landis advised the contract- ors to attempt an early settlement with the nine unions which were not included in_ Wednesday's decision. The principal group is the carpenters’ union. “Get rid of their working rules first, then settle the wages,” the judge advised the contractors. Reports at headquarters of the hoisting engineers were that more than a score had quit work yesterday, and sixty-five plumbers quit work at the Speedway Hospital in protest against the reduced wage scale. Sheet metal workers, who were not included in the agreement, were or- dered yesterday to strike if contract- ors atiempted to reduce their wages below $1.25 an hour, the present rate. DREDGING IS FAVORED. redging at the expense of the fed- ernl sovernment of Poropotank bay and creek, Va., to provide a channel | depth of from 7 to 12 feet is inad- visable, Army engineers reported to- day to Congress. FATAL BOLT LEAVES NO MARK TAMPA, Fla., September 9.—Though instantly killed by a bolt of lightaing yesterday, L. L. McQuarrle, fourteen, living near St. Petersburg had no mark of any kind on his body. The i ress. 4 . ) dent happened while the boy and o companions were in a boat on Long bayou. The others were stunned, but not hurt. ‘ MADRID, September 9.—Announce- ment that the Spanish par open on September 27 Heraldo. ament will is made by El Columbia Mid-Month Records Now Emeady Crooning. Foz-Trot ek Listening. Fox-Trot 85c Paper Doll. When the Honeymoon Birds of a Feather. Peggy O’Neil. HARRY C. 1210 G Learn To Smile.Medley F. o:.:—Trot}l._i sl Medley Fox-Trotf ssc If Shamrocks Grew Along the Swanee. Shore Broadway Quartet Free Delivery Service! We now have free delivery service on one or more records. All Columbia records are back to pre-war prices. Was Over. GROVE, Inc. St. NW.