Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Thunderstorms this afterncon or night; cooler tonight; tomorrow fair and cooler. ‘Temperature for twe nty-four hours Highest, 89, at - WHARF COMMERCE :llln.‘l £ If You Can't Go to the - £ WORLD SERIES 2 You'll Get a Lot of = Fun Out of It Anyway i | " ended at 2 p.m. tod: 8: p.m. yesterday; 6:30 a.m, today. Full report on page 24. lowest, 6, at Closing New York Stocks, Page 29. Entered as second-class ttes Dous ofica Washington, o o - (ITY HEADS DENY 28,278. AGTION HOSTILE TO Desire That Channel Be Used fo Maximum Capacity, Says Letter Issued. ONLY TRANSSHIPMENT ON WHARVES THEIR PLAN Commissioners Object to Certain Kinds of Work on Water Front. Public Use Is Wanted. The District Commissioners today declared in unmistakable terms that they have no intention of abolishing commerce along the water front of Washington channel or of converting the District side of the channel into a’parkway. - The city heads made clear their position op all phases of the wharf controversy_in letters sent this morn- ing to the National Rivers and Har- bors Congress, the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, the Wash- ington Board of Trade, the Coal Mer- ehants' Board of Trade and the Ran- dle Highlands Citizens’ Association. Declare Whart Unsafe. ‘The letter addressed to the rivers and harbors congress follows: “In further response to the letter of September 23, 1921, signed by you and Mr. S. A. Thompson, concerning the use of the water front of the Washington channel for commercial purposes, the Commissioners of the District of Colymbia beg to advise You as follows: d _“The recent action of the Commis- sioners in_refusing to_renew the lease Wwith the J. Maury Dove Company was due. primarily, to the fact that the wharf was so badly decayed as to be unsafe. Mr. Dove has occupied this part of the water front for many Years, his last lease expiring on June 30. About six months before its expiration Mr. Dove was notified that the lease would not be renswed, So that he has had ample opportunity 10 move his business elsewhere. “The only other change of water- front occupation that is contemplated at this time is embodied in the no dated August 12, 1921,.to the Roberts Lumber Company and L. A. Clarke & Son to vacate, on or before October 31, the water front occupied by them at the foot of 10th street southwest. This notice contained a statement that it was the intention of the Com- missioners to no longer rent this property - for commercial purposes, which has been construed to mean that it was no longer the intention of the Commissioners to permit its use for commercial purposes. On 4| the effect of the prop R dar, | dect s wi harf is concerned, will e mi vaty trolled. wHatf to & public wharf,_open to all Carriers on equal terms. Only for Tramsshipmen “In comnnection with the proposed changes on the water front, the Com- «sioners have voiced their objec= 1 on to the use of water front property . tne Wasnington channel for pur- ses otker than the transshipment freight between water and land rriers or vice versa. They pbject to ¢ maintenance on this water-front wertv of mills for the conversion of cordwood into kindling; for the main- | ¢! .anc: of garages and stables, and r use as a general storage site. As the leases for the water front ecoperty expire, it is the intention i the Commissioners to renew them «nly upon’ condition that the objec- tionable uses cited above shall be scontinued. ‘Many of the existing buildihgs on| the water front project some-twelve feet beyond the established building line, so that a further condition in the new leases will require the. removal «f that portion of existing structures which project beyond that line. Want Channel to Be Used. _ “Neither the action in the case of the wharf at the foot of 10th street, . nor that in the case of the Maury. Dove wharf can properly be consid- cred as an effort on the part of the Commissioners to interfere with water-borne commerce. On the con- trary, they fully realize the large sums that have been expended by the federal government in the improve- ment of the Washington channel, and it is their desire to see that channel used to_its maximum capacity. This can be done only through logical and appropriate use of the water front property. “When the city was zoned the Georgetown water front and a large section o fthe Anacostia water front, were zoned for industrial’ purposes, but the Washington channel water front was zoned for commercial pur- poses, and in the opinion of the Com- missioners, wood-sawing and cutting machinery and garages and stables should be eliminated from the com- mercial water front. The Commission- ©ers have no desire to restrict the char- acter of materials transshipped on the Washington channel, nor do they object in any way to the establishment ing or unloading devices which tate the transshipment of freight. “Referring to the last paragraph of your letter, the Commissioners have No thought of converting the city side | of the Washington channel into a pub- lic park.” —_— ANCIENT CANNON ARRIVE. BOSTON, September 30.—Two an- cient cannon, used in England about the time the Mayflower sailed in 1620, were delivered to thé Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, at ex- ercises at the navy yard yesterday. They are the gift of the British &overament, and will be set up in the old fort, which is being restored on Burial Hill, Plymouth, in connection with the tercentemary of the Pil- s’ landing. If You Read Ring Lardner’s Wire Stories Every Day IN THE STAR . H v FH Beginning Three Days Before ¥ the Series. ely con | M D. C. * lcok. kutz AssiGNED TO OHIO RIVER AREA D. €. Commissioner to Take Charge of Very Important Work Around Cincinnati. Col. Charles W. Kutz, Corps of Engineers, after more than Isix years’ particularly eflicient service as Engineer Commlssioner of the Dis- trict, has been assigned to duty in charge of the engineering division embracing the Ohio river and its tributaries, with station at Cincin- nati. Orders to that effect were is- sued today by Adjt. Gen. Harris, on recommendation of Maj. Gen. Lansing H. Beach, chief of engineers. The Cincinnati division has been vacant since tl recent transfer of Col. William W? Harts, Corps of En- gineers, to this city as a student of- ficer at the -Army War College, Washington barracks. Gen. Beach says there are several big engineer- ing projects under way in the Cin- cinnati division and that the div. is one of the most important country. It has been arranged that Col. Kuts shall formally transfer the of- fice of District Engineer Commis- sioner to_his successor, Col. Charles Keller, Corps of Engineers, next week ‘and then take up his new duties at Cincinnati. KLAN CHIEF URGES CONGRESS TOACT Col. Simmons Tells Senators and Representatives He Wants Complete Probe. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, September 30.—William J. Simmons, head of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, announcéll today in an official statement that he had transmitted telegrams to all members of Congress urging their support of the Tague and Ryan resolutions, which propose a sweeping congres- slonal investigation of the activities of the “invisible empire” throughout the United States. Col. Simmons said he wired the con- gressmen that the klan would “ap- preciate the opportunity, of proving by unimpeachable witnesses” the fal- e, | sity of charges preferred against the organization. - POST OFFICE BEGINS PROBE. ‘Will Determine Whether K. K. K. Used Mails to Defraud. Investigation of the Ku Klux Klan to see if the order” has in any way used the mails to defraud, under the {exms, of the laws covering u;e sub- Y ' n by the jnspec- tion service of the Post Office Depart: ORE: ot i NI ik \Afé:rmtklng a prfe)n:lulry inves- 2 one of the in: {ors. B"!he Kervlce 1eft last night Tor At lanta, Ga. and a report Is expected from him shortly. The department is making its ewn investigation on general ptinciples and its own in- itiative, it was stated. Kinnamen Offer Aid. Nothing derogatory of the klan has been discovered to date, it was intimated, but a_thorough investiga- toin will be Sonducted in relation to the mails and the $10 secured from each in- itiate of the klan. 3 The jnvestigation at Atlanta will be “in the open,” it was stated, and the fullest co-operation of high klan officials there is anticipated. Grand Goblin Terrell of the local domain visited Chief Inspector Rush Simmons and offered every aid in the investigation. ¥ d Inspector Gramt Criticised. Announcement that four separate klans are under way in the District of Columbia, which will be chartered in the near future with a membership of 1,000 in each kian, and r€sults and comments upon the interview Between Inspector Clifford L. Grant, head of the detective bureau of the metro- politan police department, and Harry B. Torrell, grand goblin, are the new developments concerning Yhe exist- ence of the Ku Klux Klan in this city today. Mr. Terrell stated today that several applications had been received in the morning’s mail from various repre- sentative citizens in the capital, ask- ing that they be allowed to join the organization. The letters stated in generdl that the Writers were influ- enced by the interyiew published yes- terday and were led to believe that if such affairs existed—namely, that the police department refused to in- vestigate or offer police protection to any man who had received an anony- mous letter of threats—it was high time that an organization made its appearance in the natjon’s capital that was for the principles stated. Mr. Terrell withheld the names of the writers. Explains Position. In commenting upon yesterday's in- terview Mr. Terrell stated that these letters .were exactly in accordance with the comments and statements made by many citizens with whom he came In_ contnact yesterday. “I did not ask for police protection, it is true, and furthermore personally I am not afraid. I merely thought-the right thing to do was to turn the let- ter over to the police department, and am met with the statement that I am liable to receive many threats, and that the police cannot take cogni- zance of the matter.” The grand goblin further stated the aims of the organization here. “We are not opposing Catholics, Jews, ne- groes or foreign born. We believe they have the right to worship and all the freedom given to them by our (Continued on Page Z, Column 5. NOTES TOLEAGUE DONOT MEANU. 3. CHANGE OF POLICY Officials of Bddy May Attach Too Much Importance to Act of ,Politenesg. AMERICA STILL CLASSED AS NON-MEMBER STATE IAdmini:tntion; at Same Time, Hopes Attitude Will Not Be Construed as Hostile. i BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Spokesmen of the governnient here explained today that if officlals of the league of nations think the United States has changed its at- titude toward that body simply be- cause several unanswered communi- cations from the league have sud- denly -been answered, they are atf taching too much significance to an ordinary act of politeness. Geneva, dispatches tell of the great gratification of officials of the league Ibecause Secretary Hughes has entered into correspondence at last with their organization. The vfact is the Unit- ed States government learned a few weeks ago, through the press, that the league® of nations secretariat ! was criticising the United States for |lnlling to answer letters. Secretary Hughes promptly had a ‘search made of State Department files gnd dis- covered that since many of the com- munications were in the form of printed circulars they had been pigeonholed without replies. He or- dered that all the letters and circu- lars and notes be rounded up and promptly acknowledged. - Terms of Replica Identieal. The terms of the replies are identi- cal, and set forth the American gov- ernment's attitude in a single sen- tence, which says. 'Note is taken of this information for any purpose of relevancy to the United States, which is not a ‘member of the league of na- tions.” In ofher words, the American gov- ernment does not wish to be disre- spectful to the.league, but it has ex- plained . that so far as the United States is concerned it must ed as “a non-member stat. Washington government has anything jto take up with the league it will do s0 by sending notes to the individual powers which make up that body. Un- der na- efrcumstances will the league e A4 righta or Atght that the ar@ing hopes 1ts attitude will not be miscon- strued as oneé of hostility to theleague of nations in such parts of the world and with ielpect to such nations ‘as do accept its jurisdictian. Any'thought' that the Harding administration has set out on a deliberate course of “kill- ing the league” is absolutely without foundation. There is the highest au- thority for that statement. The United States government is compos- ed of many persons, some of whom like the league and others of whom dislike it. But the traditional policy peace. Not a person connected with the administration is authorized to raise a hand, either here or aboad against the success of the work unde: taken at Geneva. This declaration cannot be too strongly worded, for it is a fact. Hope to Help Nations. Indeed, the hope here is that the league of nations will so thorough- ly establish itself that it may help the league of old world nations solve provlems which are ely their own. It is recognized that & stabil- ized Europe means a revival of American trade and industrial pros- perity here. But aside from that, there is enough altruism and idealism to want to see every international organization succeed with respect to jthose nations which belong to it. As for the new world, the Central tand South American republics are! tied to the United States by bonds of friendship stronger than any formal institution. The United States is not urging South American coun- tries to withdraw from the league. For old world problems it may be convenient for the nations to the {south of us to have a point of con- tact with the league. but most as- suredly the United States will pro- ceed hereafter on every Central and South American question affecting the United States exactly as it would have proceeded in 1914, when there was no league of nations. Monroe Doctrine Holds Firm. ‘Even the covenant of the league as accepted by Woodrow Wilson con- tained a phrase to the effect that nothing in the league should “affect the validity of regional understand- ings, like the Monroe Doctrine.” Some objected that; this wasn't broad | enough, but inasmuch America didn’t join the league, the fnterpre- tation of that clause is superfluous. 8o far as this government is con- erned the Monroe Doctrine remains and the league of nations is a re- gional understanding itself, in which | the United States will not' interfers. Purely European questions can be settled by ‘the league of nations. American questions will be settled by the United States in consultation with her nearest neighbor: (Copyright, 1921.). STUBBY, FIGHTING PUP OF A. E. F., WILL BE MASCOT OF G. U.-ELEVEN Stubby, the fighting bull pup of the A. E. F.,, who sports three gold chevrons and a wound stripe, is going on- active duty this year as official mascot for Georgetown University. He'll make his initial appearance at American -League Park tomorrow afternoon, when the Hilltop team clashes with the Lebanon Valley eleven. He is here in custody of J. Robert Conroy, hMs “buddie” in France, who has just matriculated at the Georgetown Law “School for the coming scholastic year. Inci- dentally, Stubby is holding down a side job as magcot of the “Carry on Club,” at 1600 Rhode Island ave- nue, where several of his former pals in the Yankee division are billeting. — Stubby has changed his familiar blanket, decorated with. an as- sortment of medals., for a “blue and gray” one, as more betfitting ' A e ,.’L. his new position as mascot for the Hilltop institution. The last time ke was in Washington Gen. Persh- ing_decorated him with a gold medal presented by ‘the Humane Education Socfety of Washington. In addition to his other decora- tions Stubby boasts of a victory medal with five bars, representing the offensives of tiie' Champagne- Marne, the Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, the Meuse-Argonne and one defen- sive sector. ]t was at Seicheprey that Stubby carried away some pleces of German shrapnél in his bre: He “mobilized” unexpect- edly with the 102d Infantry of the Yankee division on Yale field back in 1917 and followed Conréy throug] all the campaigne of that division. ‘One of his, most coyeted posse: stons is a life membership card in the Y. M. C. A. entitling him to . “three bones & day and a bunk.” He’s happy in §is new job as mas- cot for George! n and intepds to 4 i. test during the season.. of the United States has been to en-| courage all organizations which have | long after they fnoved here Mrs. xnox$ | for their object the preservation of | came to Colonial Beach and took &| | i d i fallow the -pigskin at- every con-. -|- 'WOMAN MURDERED ATCOLONIAL BEACH Her Husband and Neighbor Held by Coroner’s Jury. Special Dispatch to The Star. | OGOLONIAL BEACH, Va., September 30.—Roger Eastlake, a chief petty of- ficer stationed at the lower naval proving grounds at Dahlgren, Va., and Mrs. S. M. Knox, both living at Colo- {nial Beach, Va., were held by a coro- iner's jury for the murder of Mrs. Roger Eastlake, wife of the petty offi- cer. Her head battered from the blows of a hatchet, throat cut with a razor and a bullet wound in her chest, Mrs. i _pext doar Reighbor, ‘nox, ‘who ~said ‘ehe made -the Qfegtey = little~ while aftep;iantisky had fef€ his home for thé proving Two Children at Home, In the home at the time ‘were the two. little Eastlake children—Roger, elght years old, and Catherine, five years old. Neither was able to tell authorities, summoned immediately, about their mother Eastlake was ass! ing! grounds about fifteen months ago | @nd is sald to have come here from | Ghiladeiphia. He rented a cottage on the outskirts of Colonial Beach. Not | cattage next door. The friendship be- tween Mrs. Knox and her neighbors was said to have been intimate. Blood-Stained Coat Identified. Mrs. Knox told police authorities she went over to pay a morning call on_ her neighbors between 5 and o'clock #his morning and discovered the body. .Authorities were notified and a search revealed a hatchet, vazor and pistol, all stained with blood, con- cealed beneath the porch of a vacant house nearby. A search of the bushes around the house disclosed a blood- stained raincoat, whose ownership is sald to have been established by the police. » CHINA PROTESTS YAPAGREEMENY Note to U. S. and Japan Says It Violates Peking’s Sovereignty. 1hy the Associated Press. PEKING, September 30.—Agree- ments between the United States’' and Japan relative to the future status of the Island of Yap as represented in press dispatches constitute a violation | of China’s sovereignty and the prin- ciple of national equality, says an identic note transmitted to the Amer- ican and_Japanese legations by the Chinese foreign office. The Chinese inote maintains the American-Japa- i nese agreements cannot authorize Ja- pan totay a cable between Shanghai and the Island of Yap unless she se- cures the consent of China. The Chinese government takes this stand on the ground that Germany's rights to this cable lapsed when China declared war, and that Germany has not been succeeded - by any other power. By the Associated Prer¥ i The protest flled by China today against Japanese control of the cable formerly running from the Island of Yap to Shanghai, but during the war diverted by the Japanese on its west- Orn ens to Naba, one of the Loothoo Japanese system, is simply carrying forward a movement initiated during the past administration by Dr. Wel- lington Koo, then Chinese minister to ‘Washington. Dr. Koo' submitted to Secretary Colby ,a_memorandum claiming that China should control this cable as originally lald; that the German rights had lapsed as an incident of the war, but that they had not passed to Japan. Furthermore, the Chinese government suggested that if this Yap-Shanghai cable could not be re- stored then the United States govern- ment should join China in the laying of ant6ther cable from the Island of Guam to'Shanghal, thus giving. direct connection between China and ‘the | United States. As at Guam, the con- nectien could be made with the Amer- ican which runs from San Frah- cisco to. 1a, touching &t Guam. ‘The Chinese protest mnog- reached oday. 2 the State Department bening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION- stlake Was t:::d‘,u Ter; hogua hapal « -k . BELIEVED N SIGHT Islands, where it connects with the P AN UMY, 2ABHE. \ ) Taking as their slogan the greeting) of American doughboys to France, “Lafayette, we are here” fifty un- lcmployed men, under the leadership of Urban Ledoux, otherwise known as “Mr. Zero,” visited the President’s unemployiment conference this aftei noon at the Department of Commerce | in an attempt to bring home to the conferees the immediate need of alleviating the unemployment situa- tion. Hailing from twenty states, the men ranging in_age from seventeen to fifty-five, first marched from the Service Men's Club at 1004 £ street | to Lafayette Square, where they grouped themselves about the Lafay- ette monument, and then procecded to the Department of Commerce. The nemployed men did not attempt to accost any of the conferees, but grouped themselves - about the en- trance to the department building in & silent protest against the condition that keeps them ‘out -of Jobs. At least half of the | Wumn.mya_t mé& < B St o i e Bar e men, according to a count by Ledoux ! shortly before the contingent of un- employed started on its march. In- cluded in the group wére three men in Navy uniform, who had just been discharged, and one man in Army uniform. Ledoux eaid he would inaugu a bread iine in front of the White House tomorrow at noon if the police did not interfere with hls plans. He sald he would give soup cards en titling all unemployed men to_soup at his expense at the Service Men's N Unemployment Conference Steering Committee to Re- port Emergency Plan. Practical emergency ~ relief | for America’'s four million unemployed was believed this afternoon to be in sight when the President's unem- ployment conference met at 3 o'clock in the Commerce building to receive fhe report of. its steering committee. Although declining to make an ad- vance statement of. the conclusions reached, out of respect to a request by Secretary Hoover, members of the committee made no effort to conceal the fact they belleve they have diag- nosed the principal causes of the un- employment malady, found the: prop- er remedy and the means for admin- istering it. ; The report, it was said, would con- sist of probably more than a dozen resolutions, which have been adopted by the several subcommittees. Takes Day to Assemble Report. The steering committee, which is serving as a clearing house for the subcommittees, devoted the greater part of today in assembling a report Which would be acceptable to the working bodies. It held numerous conferences with the subcommittees. In many instances it was necessary to condense the recommendations of the subcommittees In order that the report might not be topheavy.and Star, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1921-FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. \‘N\\\ \ EDOUX, WITH JOBLESS, BESIEGES CONFERENCE | Club, and added that he expected nearly four-score unemployed to ap- pear before the White House to- morrow. Surprised at Local Conmditions. 1004 i€ street this morning at Le- doux's expense. he said. and beds were obtained through him for eighi- een unemployed. While he was lin- ing_up his “army of unemployed” for a photograph several men approached Ledoux with an appeal for a meal and were sent into the dining room of the Service Men's Club. ‘Conditions In your city are even worse than my first survey revealed,” | Ledoux told a representative of The Star. “These men refused to go to the Municipal lodging house. because | they found conditions so bad there.” One boy from Michigan, asked what the trouble with the Municipal lodg- ing house was, said there were too many insect “friends” in .the beds to permit him to sleep. “They made me get up at 6 o'clock in the morning and wait until & o'clock for a breakfast of thin sou; g said. - “Then 1 il it Whs too Iite to seck a job." New Panhapdiiag Tricks. Beveral of the men said they had been sedkiug jobu in, Washington fo more *than~two months and had not found anything. Thirteen of the elghteen who posed for a photo said they had mo home and were depend. ent on what they could make or panhandfe for a living. Ledoux baid the unemployed men in Washington had taught him some ! new panhandling tricks which he had | not seen in his many years on the Bowery. He said he had no intention of attempting to auction off any of his unemployed in Washington, as he did recently on the common in Bos- ton. ' SINGS AS HE WAITS Wanderer, Triple Murderer, Speeds End by Song to “Chum.” By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 30.—Singing a popular song, Carl Wanderer, con- victed of the murder of his wife, her unborn babe and a “ragged stranger” whom he hired to stage a fake hold up., was hanged at the Cook county jail at 7:19 o'clock this morning.. ‘Wanderdr walked to the gallows with firm step, and as he took his place on the scaffold repeated a short prayer after a minister. Asked if he had anything to say, he veplied in the affirmative, and as the | shroud was adjusted on his head started the song, “Oh, Pal, Why Don’t You AnSwer Me?” He was singing when the trap dropped. The chorus of the song Wanderer choee is as follows: “The long night through I wait for Forti: - O pal, why don’t you answer me? My arms embrace an empty space, ‘The arms that held you tenderly: 1f you can hear my prayer away up there, © pal, why don't you answer me?" Kills Dupe In Fake Hold-Up. The crime for which Wanderer was hanged was the murder of his dupe in the fake hold-up, who recently was identified as Edward J. Ryan. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of ull sews dispatches credited to dt or mot otherwise credited in this paper and also the loeal news prblished bereia. Thirty-four men obtained meals at | 10 BE EXECUTED, All rights of publication of special dispatches Lereln are also reserved. | | Yesterday’s PRESIDENT ISSUES PROCLAMATION FOR | NOTING ARMISTICE DAY The President today Issued the following proclamation in connec- tion with the ceremonles of No- vember 11 (Armistice day): By the President of the United States, a proclamation: Whereas the Congress of the United States, by a concurrent resolution adopted on the 4th day of March, last, authorized the Sec- retary of War o cause to be brought to the Unlted States the body of an American who was a member of the American expedi- tionary forces in Europe, who lost his life during the world war and whose identity has not been estab- lished, for burial m the memorial amphitheater of the national ceme- tery at Arlington, va.; the remains of this , unknown American to be brought to the United States in pursuance of the said concurrent respltion will be buried in said mémorial amphitheater at Arlington on the 11th day of November next; And whereas these remains will be representative of all unidenti- fied American dead who in the world war gave their lives in their country’s cause: And whereas it-is desired that grateful recognition of their loyal devotion to country and of their sacrifice should be appropriately shown with due solemnity by their God-fearing and patriotic fellow countrymen;; Now. therefore, 1., Warren G. Harding, President of ®the United States of America, do hereby call upon all devout patriotic citizens of the United States to pause from their accustomed occupations and labors on Friday, the 1ith day of November mext, from 12 o'clock noon to two minutes past that hour for a period of silent praver of thanks to the giver of all good for these valuable and valorous lives | and of supplication for His divine i mercy and for His blessings upon our belcved country. Furthermore, 1 hereby direct that the national flag be display- aff upon_ all the pub- of the United States stations of the Arm Navy and Mari out the world, American cm { 28 well as upon all es, legations and consulates from sunrise until sun- set on November 11, 1921. In witness whereof I have Lere- unto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ! affixed. Done in_the District of Colum- bia, this 20th day of ptember, i ri one thou { sand, nine hundred’ and twenty one, ‘and of the independence of { the United States of Amcrica the one_hundredth and forty-zixun. (Signed) ARREN WA CHARLES E. HUG Secretary of { in the year of Our | . HARDING. ate. BLOCK AGREEMENT - FOR TREATY VOTE ‘Senate Supporters of Anti- Beer Bill Prevent Pro- ‘ posed Consent. An agreement for a vote’ on th peace treatles with Germany, Austria and Hungary was blocked, at least temporarily, by supportere of the anti-beer bill in the Senate today. Senator Lodge, republican leader, submitted the proposed unanimous consent agreement immediately after he Senate met today, explaining that | he had discuste | Leader Underwoud and members of the foreign relations and finance committees. The proposed agrecment was to the effect thyt the Senate should continue the consideration of the peace treaties to the exciusion of other business, except such busi- ness asgnight be unanimousiy eonsid- ered nécessary, and that after 11:3 am. Friday, October 14, no senator should speak on any of the treatics or any amendment thereto for more than thirty minutes, in the aggregate. Later Reaches Agreement. Later Senator Sterling conferred with Senator Lodge and other repub- standing with them, that after the treaties and tax revision bills have | been disposed of the conference re- | ! port on the anti-beer bill should be! given consideration in the Senate. He said that he had a definite under- standing with the point, and that, iherefore.’ | proposal - for unanimous | agreement | o'clock .this afternoon he will not object to it. leaders on when derstanding with the Jeaders was suf- ficient, and he would not ask to have any matter concerning the anti-beer bill inserted in the unapimous con- sent agreement on the peaice treaty. The assurance given Senator Sterl- {ing by the Senate leaders that the | anti-beer bill should come up has | considerably dimmed the prospects | for an adjournment of Congress on | November 10, as has been suggested | for several days. Tax Bill to Be Taken Up. it with Minority | lican leaders and reached an under- | this | ne | consent ' is submitted again at 5| enator Sterling ®aid that this un- ' Net Circulation, 87,079 TWO CENTS. ‘GERMAN REICHSTAG RATIFIES TREATY OF . PEAGEWITH UL . Importance of Renewing Diplomatic Services Is Im- pressed on Members. |ONLY COMMUNISTS ARE OPPOSED TO MEASURE Pact Termed “Indefinite, But Com- prehensive”—G. 0. P. Sen- ators Gratified. By th> Aswociated Press, BERLIN, September 30.—The reich- Stag today passed the bill ratifying the peace treaty with the United isunes. Only the communists voted against the measure. An explanatory note which was isupplied to the members of the reichstag with copies of the text of the peace treaty defended.the gov- ernment’s action in signing an in- definite but comprehensive agree- ment, on the ground that Germany was severely restricted by tents of the Porter-Knox peace re: tolution, but lays stress on the im- iportance which may attach to the future negotiations through which definite relations must be established. | Advantages Polntea tin:. Particular emphasis is laid on the advaniage of re-establishing the dip- {lomatic services in the two coun- *|tries, the lack of which has serious- | 1y handicapped business. Admitting the €ierman government has becn un- jable to secure an expression of the {policy of the United States regard- ing confiscated German property, the memorial asserts the United States has.indicated a desire for & just and | satisfactory adjustment of this ques- tion. which, it says. “the American {government held could be hest ob- |tained through the signing of peace, iwhich will break the way for further { negotiations.” | _Answering criticism made on the | Score of vaguenese, some of the op- penents of the treaty holding that it {18 not certain whether Germany b jcomes respeneible for more indem- | nities, the note excuses the language ion the ground that the United Stat | does net know whether it will par- { ticipate in_the deliberations of the i reparations commission, and therefore 115 unable to state its specific policy. | z Proceedings Explained. xplaining the proceedings leading to the signing of the trea - ot u;. the me. | _“The negotiations from the st | were circumscribed by the fact that |the American government was bound 1by the peece resolution and therefore i was unable-to consider any German |demands "going bevond this. Conse- quently thie Germun government was !faced by the question whether it should decline negotiations on that ibasis, in which event peace doubtless iwould have been postpoped indefi- nitely. “After mature deliberation on all spects: of the situation, the govern- ment came.to the conelusion that it “weuld be unable to assume responsi- | bility therefor; hence the government was only able to direct its efforts to {nsserting German Interests to the ex- tent made possible within the previ- onely determined compass. As a mat- {ter of fact, however, these efforts did inot remain fruitless.” U. S. SENATORS PLEASED. Senator Lodge Gratified by Reichs- tag’s Prompt Action. | By the Associnted Press. Republican leaders of ‘the Senate ex- pressed gratification today at the prompt ratification by the German reichstag of the peace treatf with | Germany. | “I am very glad that the German government has acted so promptl said Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, | republican floor leader. GERMANY'S PART ENDED. | Both Branches Have Now Ratified Peace Treaty. The passing by the German reichs- !tag today of the bl ratifying the | treaty of peace with the United States completes the legislative process nec- | essary to ratification on the part of Germany. The reicherath, or -upper i chamber of the German parliament, | ratified the treaty on September 17. The treaty 1s at present before the United States Senate for debate, With ian effort in the making to expedite ratification through an agreement to take a vote on October 14. The agreement further proposed that ! ! 1f no senator was ready to speak on { the peace treaties at any time between inow and October 14, the tax revision ! bill should be taken up. It was fur- { ther proposed that there should be no | interference with the vote on October 110 on the Panama canal tolls bill. | After the #greement had been read, | | Senator Reed of Missouri, democrat, | Today’s News in Brief .’Wuman ‘brutally murdered at Colonial i Beach. Page 1 Agreement for rate on peace treaties blocked in Senate. age 1 | Leader of K. K. K. urges Congress to probe organization. Page 1 | Ledoux _besieges unemployment con- | “ference with fifty jobless. Page 1 3 s would bear a\ Wanderer also was convicted for the | asked that it might lie over for an . o league do not indicate that the- resolution 1 N i iNotes to leag! t t jonal- relationshi urder of his bride of less than a | xamine it, 1 T, ttitude. ~ Page 1 proper proportiol D R e e “unbora chila. but the {hour so that Tie could examine it, and " change in U. S. & ¥ the whole. Henry M. Robinson of Los Angeles, chairman of the steering committee, directed the placing of the finishing touchéd on the report. He was sanguine that the agreements-reached would receive the approval of % ma- jority of the members of the con- ference. Practically all of the subcommittees, it was understood, would be repre- sented by one or more resolutions in the report. Those that are not repre- sentgd will continue which will be utilized when the con- ference takes up the problem of find- ing permanent measures for prevent- ‘While no official intimation has as practically certain the report would week, partial employment, completion i~ Recommendations of the construc- great measure as one for local action, of public works is said to be urged.’ belieye that no_emergency_ fmieasures jury in that case fixed his punish- ment at twenty-five years' imprison- ment. Mrs. Wanderer and the “poor boob™ ‘were murdered in the hallway of the ‘Wanderer apartment house in June, 1920. Mrs. Wanderer's mother, at- tracted by the shots, found her daugh- ter dying and Wapderer seated astride the body of the “poor boob,” methodically beating him with a pis- | Senator La Follette of Wisconsin ‘sug- | gested that it go over to § o'clock. 1°7At this point, Sendtor Sterling of beer blll, ddclaring that he was loath to object to the unanimous consent agreement, insisted that unless the anti-beer bill conference report was given its day in.the Senato he would ment to vote on the treaties. | South\Dakota, in charge of the anti-| faterpose an objection to the agree- their - studies, |- Disposed to Object. 3y disposition is to say that T shall object, and I have good reasons for it,” sald Senator Stirling. He said that he understood -it was proposed ol ‘Wanderer said the stramger had at- | tempted a hold-up in the dark hall- | way and shot Mrs. Wanderer and that ‘he in turn killed the hold-up | man. Police praised him. Quietly, however, they traced the | to press the peace treaties and the 1 S a ! Carl Wanderer, convicted’ wife mur- 'Cderer. sang as he waited on gallows to be hanged. Page 1 ! Reichstag ratifies peace treaty with U. S Page 1 Unemployment conference believed to “have found way for emergency re- lief of the jobless. Page 1 Lewls S. Pilcher new head of G. A. R. Page 3 Wife given divorce in dual love case. Page & Dry agents say Arbuckle party caused uncovering of large whisky ring. Page 7 . | Washington hotels perplexed because of indefinite information regarding e e e "}::f";‘; fX | ta¢ revision bill. and then take an ad-| gize'of foreign delegations to arms Wandersr's cousin. - The cousin. ad. | journment of Congress without tak-| conference. Page 10 mitted ilending the weapon to Wan-!ing action on the anti-beer bill. He|Storekeeper indicted on charges of derer on the day of the shooting. After -days_of grilling Wanderer signed a confession. Was Tired of\Family Life. Tiring of family life, he sald, he decided to get rid of his wife and her‘* expected child so he could“return to the Army, in which he had held a lieutenant’s commisgion during the said he would never consent to such a proposition. y Aptugo(nnher discussion of the pro- posed agreement, in which ‘Senal Lodge urged the importance of d! posing of the peace treaties, and Senator Underwood had warned the republicans that if they attempted to force the treaties through in night sessions they might be endangered. war. He hired Rydn to accost him{genater withdrew the unanimous and ‘Mrs. Wanderer, explalning he | sonbeor lae b ement, saying he would wanted to play a joke oh his wife.| ofrer it again at & o'clock. This was ‘When the vagrant approached, Wand- erer'shot both the “poor boob” and his wife, The vagrant remained un- satisfactory to Senator Sterling. In the meantime an effort will he made to patch up the differences among the ing unemployment. 3 Outline of Rtcommendations. been given of the conclusions reached by the subcommittees, it was regarded | ladvocate rotation of labor in manu- 't.ct\mnz industries, the shortengd i of repair and clean up as some of the means of increasing employment. | tion committee are understood to re- gard the construction problem / in because of the different factors exist- ing in various localities. Acceleration e committees on mining and ship- | ping, it jis learned, were inclined to - (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) eenators. 3 murdering ‘four persons. Page 13 Boston Jawyers ask impeachment o; district attoraey. Page 17 Ambassador Warren at Tokio says U, 8. will mot be im on at arms parley. Pz:;l‘l bridge lines now clearly defined Kleny wzrk'of construction. Page 17 Traction nrerger in New York under municipal control believed certainty. Page 22 can Engineering Council meets A'lnlegnlIBOI (glu . ®. Page 24 Arfi;l..un crews being put on .l.l’wet‘l