Evening Star Newspaper, October 22, 1921, Page 2

BRINGS IRISH CRISIS TELEGRANITO POPE De Valera Criticised and De- fended for Communication * Sent o Vatican. | By the Assoclated Pross. { LONDON, October 22.—Michael Col- | lins, finance minister of the dail| oireann and delegate to the confer-| ence here with British government | officials looking to a settlement of the | Irish question, left London for Dub- iin this morning. It was stated that he was going to Ireland on private business, but in the hght of the -risis which was reached 1n the con- ference negotiations yesterday it was regarded provavie in political quar- ters that the chief reason unuenj- ing his visit was a desire to see Ka- monn De Valera and inform him of the effect his unexpected telegram to [ape Benedict had produced. It was reported today that the Sinn Fein had been asked by the govern- ment representatives for assurances thi the question of a repubpilc irel>nd be eliminated from the con- terence discussions. «No Wrong Seen. The point was made at Sinn Fein headquarters this afternoon that Mr. De Valera had said nothing in his telegram to the Pope that he did not say in his correspondence With Pre- micr Lloyd George while the latter was at Inverness. The Sinn Fein valled attention also to the fact of | Mr. De Valera's refusal to withdraw his statement of republican principles on_Mr. Lloyd George's demand. If it was wrong of the republican leader to reassert this principle at the present juncture, it was argued, it was equally wrong of King George's advisers to present their own view in the king's telegram to the Pontiff. Political Crisis Looms. Possible rupture of the Irish con- ference, & general political crisis in England and the cancellation of Prime Minister Lloyd George's visit to Washington were featured by Lon- | don newspapers this morning. It ap- peared that the telegram sent to Pope |, Benedict by Famonn de Valera, in f qr, 205 which there was adverse critic King George's recent message to the Pontiff, appeared to be considered as CYCLONE HITS SHIP CARRYING JAPANESE DELEGATES ON ARMS By Radio to the Associated Press. ABOARD STEAMSHIP KASHIMA MARU, October 22—A terrific cyclone, characterized by the ship’s commander, Capt. Itsuno, as the worst In his fifty yeurs' experi- ence at sea, Thursday struck this ship, carrying among other pas- sengers the principal delegates of the Japanese mission to the Wash- ington armament comference. Prince Tokugawa, head of the delegation, narrowly eecaped in- Jury. —_— CITIZENS' BODIES ' SEEKING MEMBERS ’Associations Open Campaign { i | for Additions to'Workers for Civic Betterment. { 'The campaign to register every man and woman in the District in the neighborhood citizens' assoclations {opened today, and will continue until October 31. buttons, canvassers went to work this morning in all sections of the city, seeking out those residents who here- tofore have been Inactive in civic af- fairs. | " In launching their drive to organize {all Washingtonians for service in ad- vancing the municipal welfare city. the citizens' assoclations have the support of Senator Ball, chairman of the Senate District committee, | Representative Focht. chairman of the !House District committee, and the i three District Commissioners. Although teams are at work today in all localities enrolling new mem- bers, Monday and Tuesday will be the i big days of the campatgn. Known as Registration Days. They have been designated registra- n days, when booths will be set up stations, fire engine houses, drug stores and other estabiishments. i On those two days men and women will be urged to visit the nearest booth n gns will be placed on a phase of the situatlon which threat- | pe oytside of registration places. aned a continuance of negotiations for finding a basis of peace in Ireland. 5 With one exception, the action of } Mr. de Valera was condemned by newspapers here today, editorials varying from hot denunciation to sor- owful regret. A view put forward n some quarters that the message to| Pope Benedict was merely a plece of | tactlessness which should not be treated too seriously was not adopted anywhere in the London press. Some } comments charged him with “insult- ! ‘ng the king, the Pope and his ow delegates now in conference here,” . and sald he had ‘“torpedoed the | chances of peace. Flayed by Supporters. Even where there was a dlSDOSi(ion! to make the best of the incident, it Was admitted the action of Mr. de! Valera had created a situation which would need the greatest tact to smooth ove The Daily News, one of Mr. de Valera’s warmest supporters, said: “This mischie proclamazion is a characteristic example of the activi- ties of the evil genius who appear. usually to preside over Irish affairs. Hope that Mr. de Valera's real in tentions would “prove wiser than formulas,” was expressed by the Daily Chronicle, a stanch supporter of M: Tloyd George, which declared its con- viction the prime minister would “ex- haust every resource of wise patience before abandoning the attempt to attain peace. | The soclalist view, as expressed by the Dally Herald, was that ng’ George began the latest controversy | by referring to the Irish as “my| people” in his letter to Pope Benedict. | The newspaper asserts that enly natural that Mr. X | should reply, and that nothing had\ been altered by telegram to Rome. The Journal said that “each | nide has merely relterated its known | standpoint.” - H It was regarded certain everywhere | that the ent would threaten the strength of the Lloyd George govern- | ment, as the unionists are in open; revolt against the coalition. | MOB AT EMBASSY WILL BE DISPERSED | (Continued from First Page.) i i United States to realize that in- numerable hearts throughout the world awalt with anguish the pardon of Sacco and Vanzetti and hope pas- ' sionately that great America will do | this, which all humanity would ap-| plaud.” { CAUSE OF MANY PROTESTS. ; Italians Convicted of Murder Aid-: ed by Thousands During Trial. iy the Associated Press. : BOSTON, October 22.—The manner in which the conviction of two men ' for killing a factory paymaster and his guard at South Braintree ten months ago has become the apparent | cause of radical demonstration in the apitals of Europe, has lea to a feel- | ing of amazement In iegal circles nere. The attempt to kill Ambas- sador Herrick at Paris by a bemb, and threats against the lives of Ameri- -an diplomats elsewhere in Europe, asc: to protestants against the death penzity for the murderers, Nic. cola Sacca and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. have come at a time when the ulti- mate disposition of the case is still npending, awaiting the filing of excep- _ions by counsel for the men. A mo- ion for a new trial also is to be 0 and Vansetti are nationals of men who have lived here for a ecade or_more without being natu- alised. Sacco was a shoe worker: Vanzetti, immediately before his ar- rest, a peddler of fish. Both, by their admissions during the trial, had been Actively engaged in disseminating | ¢adical propaganda by voice and by literature. After their arrest fellow members of radical movements rallied to_their aid. Others who thought there was a con- fusion of identity joined in organizing . defense committee. Addresses in their behalf were made widely, and a tund was raised, said to have amount- ed to $60,000, contributions to which were received from many parts of the country and from abroad. The part that Vanzetti took in radi- cal activities was stressed at his trial, the contention being made by his coun- sel that it was because of this that he feared arrest, instead of because of any part in the robbery and murders. Van- zett! also, it was asserted, was a sort of agent in Plymouth county for radi- «al literature. ‘The murders of which Vanzetti and Sacco were convicted were the killing | of Frederick A. Parmenter and Alles- i E Berardelli, ‘tively, the pa: shoe shop af Slater & Morrill at South Braintree. There were four or flve men in the automobile in which the! bandits fled, but search of the county and examination of several men re- sulted in the holding only of the two men who were tried. After his arrest at that time, Van- zettl was identified as one of a band previous that crime he was convicted, now under sentence of ten to years at state prison. and is twelve San Marine, the smallest republic, 8as s natiomal anthem second in length to of China only. To per- form it from Beginning to end would take several hgurs. “Washingtonians, being deprived of the right to vote, cannot register for ! election day. but they can show their desire for the franchise by register- ng next week in a_citizens' associa- tion,” said Don H. York, chairman of e executive committee in charge of the drive. The Federation of Citizens' Associa- ‘ions, which comprises thirty-six neigh- borhood associations, is directing the campaign and is distribrting hraasenst pamphlets telling what the citizens' as- sociations have donc in the past .nd hat they may accomp in the future ¢ all Washingtonians will look upon it as a civic duty to enroll. A special effort is being made in this campaign to get the women of the city active in the citizens’ associa- tions. With this end in view, the fed- eration created a woman's committee, with Mrs. Nanette 8. Paul as chal man, to direct that part of the can- vass. Assisted by Mrs. Anna E. Hend- ley, Mrs. Paul has succeeded in arous- ing the enthusiasm of more than a score of women's organizatiuns. Mrs. Paul made it clear today that women may join their neighborhood citizens' associations without interfer- ing in any way with their activities in women's clubs. “The women of Washington should look upon it as their duty to become active members of the neighborhood civie organization: d Mrs. Paul. | “They should not leave to the men the whole task of working for the im- provements that their respective lo- calities need.” JOINS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE. Arrangements for participation in it was!the membership drive to be conducted ! de Valera| by the citizens’ associations of the! District were completed by the Stan- ton Park Citizens’ Association at a meeting held in the Peabody School last night. Samuel B. Frantz, president of the organization, presented the follow- ing plans, which were unanimously adoped by the organization: In addition to establishing regl: tration booths in the association’s territory, a house-to-house canvass will be conducted for new members. | Booths will be in_operation during ' the period of the drive at 6th and Stanton place, and Stanton piace. The activities of the association reet and at 4th street during the drive will be under the| direction of Harry N. Stull, chair- man of the membership committee. —_— COMMITTEE CALLS - DISTRICT OFFICIALS FOR SCHOOL PROBE (Continued from First Page.) item. He also made it clear that to jestablish such a system would cost i practically as much or more than the building of additional schools to re- lieve the overcrowding. Many Changes Required. As outlined by school authorities here is what would have to be done ito platoon the Washington school system: The schools would have to be placed n a six-hour-day schedule, instead as at present, which woud in a strong protest by the teachers. . Every school building would have to be provided with a large outdoor playground, an assembly hall, equip- ped with motion picture machines, and other instrumentalities for giving visual instruction; a gymnasium, and a large indoor playground for u inclement weather. Few of Washington'’s schools, it was pointed out, have adequate out- door and indoor playgrounds, as- sembly halls and gymnasiums, as a platoon system would necessarily re- quire. Neither have the schools mov- ing picture machines required for the visual instruction. Therefore, school authoritiex contend, that this plan cannot well be adapted to the local system without an enormous cost. Disearded in New York. The platoon system, it was said, was first introduced in New York and dis- carded as impracticable. It is recog- nized for its economic value, it was 1 said, and not its educational value. The Park View School, it was point- ed out, is being operated on a platoon system, which has not all the fe: tures of the plan recommended in the bureau of education’s report. The six-hour day, however, has not been adopted at_this school. Another bad feature of the platoon system, according to school official, is that it requires the departmental izing of all children in the elemen- tary schools as in the high schools. Dr. Ballou said that he is opposed to the departmentalizing of children in the elementary schools, especially those in the primary grades. ‘Would Relieve Congestion. Under a platoon system, it was ad- mitted by school officials, about twice the number of children can be ac- commodated in a school bullding as are now quartered in the schools. But under this plan, it was said, the play- ground, assembly hall and gymnasium would be in_ use throughout the school day. There would be a new class on the playgroynd, in the gym- nasium and auditorium every period. Supt. Ballou and other authorities stated that they are not opposed to the work-study-play plan, but are certain that it cannot be adapted to the Washington school system. They indicated that they would make this cléear when they appear before the joint Senate and House committee Which i= investizating the schools. of the| in| THE EVENING. STAR, RETURN OF TROOPS | TOBEGININT4DAYS | ! Gradual Withdrawal From Germany to Involve Half ; of Present Forces. The gradual withdrawal of Ameri- {can troops from Germany, expected to start within two weeks, will involve a reduction of the American forces| lll\ere to about one-half of the present | istrength of 13,500 officers and men. | The reduction will be accomplished; by the middle of next March. 1 Details of plans for tke withdrawal were made public today, following a! iconference between Secretaries Weeks ; land Hughes. The forces to be with- | {drawn consist of 126 officrs and 7,873 ! {men of the total of 498 officers and | transports, the Cantigny and the Cambrai, will be | used, the first troops starting for this country about the middle of Novem- | ber. The men whose enlistments in the Army are nearing expiration will be the first returned. i On Inactive List. } The 50th Infantry has been placed on the inactive list and will be dis- banded, together with all provisional organizations except the headquar-| Armed with application books and jters troop and the headquarters staff | Armistice {of the Army of occupation. The or-| | Eanizations which remain will be re- | duced to a status sufficient only to! llmpose a headquarters, one brigade of ! linfantry and necessary auxiliary itroops.” They are the Sth_Infantry,! {8th Infantry, 1st Brigade Headquar- ters, 6th Field Artillery Battalion,! {Companies A, B and D. 18th Engi-| neers; company rallway engineers, air service detachment, signal com- | pany, Quartermaster Corps, medical| detachment, ordnance _department, finance department, and headquarters jarmy of occupation, totaling 372 of-| ificers and 5,217 enlisted men. i ] Formal written notification that the United States has completed ratifi- cation of the peace treatles with Ger- | many and with Austria has been for- warded to Berlin and Vienna, and the formalities of certifying to the com- { pletion of the treaties are expected {to be completed with the formal enemy powers in about ten days. Proclamation te Be Issued. A proclamation of peace, it was in. dicated yvesterday, would be issued to remove all legal technicalities which | might arise because of war laws, which contain clauses based specif- ically on the promulgation of such a proclamation. Administration leaders declare that President Harding would take no steps to establish diplomatic machin- ery until about the time the official | document signed by the German au- thorities, has reached Washington. .. ENTRY BREAKS TOPMAST INRACE Elsie of Gloucester Loses| - First of Series to Blue- ! nose of Canada. [ By the Assoclated Press. HALIFAX, N. 8., October 22.—Blue- | nose of Lunenburg today won thel first Internatlonal fishermen’s race in} a rip-roaring wind of twenty-seven | knots that carried away the foretop- {mast of her rival, Elsie, out of Glou- | cester, after half the course had| been covered. 1 i The accident occurred while Biue-' {nose was leading by about two min- | utes after half of the course had been ' jcovered. Beaten on the first three legs after having been first to cross !the line, Capt. Marty Welch was hop- ing to recapture lead on the last two * stretches of windward work. i With the stiff 25-mile wind still | blowing and rough squalls hitting | her every few minutes, kisie coa- ! tinued gamely, refusing to withdraw. ; Her crew could be seen scurrying | around the deck, hauling down her | i stay sall and cutting the wreckage. | { Observers estimated that the Nova ! | Scotian had increased her lead to a | { haif mile. Skippers and crews of the Amer- ican defender and the Canadian chal- ; lenger had risen with the dawn and | got their charges off long before the | time for the gun would send them across the staring ling in a best- two-out-of-three _seri to decide whetner the cup, which the Egperanto took to Gloucester last year, should remain there, or should return from j whence it originated, Nova Scotia. | “Both Capt. Marty Welch of the } Elsie and Capt. Angus Walters of | Bluenose were hopeful of a strong i breeze throughout the day and, al- though they were non-committal, ! their stolcal bronzed faces revealed a keen zest of the fray. ‘The series of races for the cham- i plonship of the north Atlantic fishing | grounds have for their starting point | the breakwater of the new Halifax | ocean terminals, not yet completed. The course i{s triangular ,and prac- | : tically entirely an ocean one. m | | the starting point to the inner auto- ‘ matic buoy a distance of six and | | & half miles. This buoy is situated ! almost on a line with the utmost | B2adlands of Halifax harbor—Sambro ¢ | Head and Devil's Island. The harbor here is very wide and differs littie from the conditions of the Atlantic ocean Into which it merges. Out- side the buoy, triangular courses are | 1aid out, one of which will be chosen ! fifteen minutes before the start of each race by the sailing committee, choice being based on the prevailing ! wind. The entire course for the race is roughly forty miles. To the winner of the series goes the international trophy, donated by the Halifax Herald, a purse of $4,000 and to her master, a skipper’s trophy. l‘l'ha loser receives $1.000. |~ The second race will be sailed Mon- . The third, if one 18 necessary, , probably will be held Tuesday. 1" The Elsie went out for the race with a damaged topmast. A new stick, ordered here, was delivered yesterday, but Capt. Welch decided to leave the old one in place. PRISONER SENDS MONEY FOR PRISON AID WORK | Citizens Give !"lylng Start to Cam- paign of Association Before Formal Opening. The Prisoners’ Aid Association cam- paign for $10,000 to carry on the work dur lt.!lllg c‘;amvljln" dy?tr has ltflfin‘ start, although the drive not been formally opened, nhwhwmm Jlocal residents and out-of-Washington sym- pathizers havi been forwarded to the secretary of the committee, One contribution that perhaps means more to the association than any other, and meant real’ personal sacrifice on the part of the sender, is that of a prisoner at Lorton, v_i%_ . lett addressed to Raymond Wo! worker, inclosed a one-dollar bill. .Th man in question formerly was cared for by the association, and while wait- ing in jail for trial was given ajd in| divers ways, the principal one being help given his family. - —— London has a “Nose CHil membership of which is determined by certain nasal measurements, and Lol licant falling short of the re- u 'q.'ludfirl. q{ 1vens, court |* standard of size is rigidly ex- Left to right: Admiral Beatty, Lady Beatty and their son Peter—at extreme right, Admiral Hugh Rodmanm, % _United St and was met by fiags in his hono: The admiral (2) to pay on Hmitatl Mars of armament. Lady 1l Fi BEATTY T0 RECENE (HONORS ON ARRIVAL Officials and Cavalry to Greet British Admiral and Diaz. Special honors will be paid the ad- miral of the British fleet, Earl Beatty, and party on their arrival in this city tomorrow afternoon about 2:30 o'clock. They will be received at the Union station by Third Assistant Sec- retary Bliss of the State Department, representing President Harding; Rear { ginia does not count.” The democratic | Admiral Coontz, chief of naval op- erations, and other naval officials, representatives of the British em. bassy and a committee of the Ameri- | can Legion. Admiral Beatty will be accompanied by Countess Beatty, Rear Admiral Hugh Rodman, U. 8. N naval aide, Capt. Spickerneli, R. A. D. C, and Capt. S. R. Bailey, R. British naval attach Quantico Band to Play. Upon leaving the reception room the marine band from Quantico will play the British national air. Under escort of cavalry and motor police the parties will procced separately. Escorted by a troop of cavalry, Ad- miral Beatty and his aldes, Monday afternoon, will call on President and Mrs. Harding at the White House, and then call successively on the Sec- retaries of State, War and Navy at heir departments, after which the istinguished visitors will return to the White House and have luncheon with the President and Mrs. Harding. Similar Courtesies to Diax. Similar courtesies will be extended Gen. Diaz of the Italian army and Lieut. Gen. Baron Jacques of the Belglan army, who also will arrive here from New York tomorrow aft- ernoon as the guests of the nation and make a round of official calls on the President and the members of his cabinet. Arrangements have been made by Maj. Gessford, superintendent of police, for a police detail at Union station when the distinguished visit- ors arrivi Fifty-Eight Policemen in Detail. Fifty-eight policemen from the sev eral precincts will compose the de. tall which will be in charge of In- spectors Daniel Sullivan and W. H. Harrison. From Union station the party will ail C. i reach Pennsylvania avenue by way of D, North Capitol, B and 1st streets nd proceed to Pennsylvania avenue and 14th street, where Gen. Diaz will enter the Willard Hotel by the 14th street entrance. Lieut. Gen. Jacques and Admiral Beatty will be escorted through east Executlve avenue and morth on 16th street, the former going to the Bel- gian embassy at 1780 Massachusetts avenue, while the latter will go to 2600 16th street. A uniformed police- man will be on duty in vicinity of the three places during the time the guests remain in the city. WASHINGTON HELD MODEL Combating of Vice in District Commended in Denver. DENVER, October 22.—Washington s a model to Denver in combating vice. The Women's Co-operative League of Denver is trying in every way to have the law enforced. Mrs. Mabel Stearns Noble, executive sec- retary of the league, has recently vis- |ited Washington and conferred with city and police officials, representa- tive men and women and heads of patriotic organizations. She present- ed the result of her Investigation at :. mass meeting in Denver Wednes- ay. “There is a big surprise coming to those who declare that no cities in the country enforce their anti-vice laws better than Denver,” asserted Mrs. Noble. Washington, Baltimore and Minneapolis have their lawless elements in marvelous control and are remarkably clean cities.” WOMAN HANGS HERSELF. Special Dispatch to The Star. FROSTBURG, Md., October 22.—Mrs. Clara - Anguin, aged sixty-two, wife of W. H. Anguin, a retired merchant, committed suicide yesterday morning by hanging in an outbuilding in the rear of her home, 88 Broadway. She used a piece of rope, from which a bunch of bananas had been suspend- ed. Her husband found the body, stil] warm, hanging at the end of the frail rope. She stood on a chair while she arranged the noose and then kick- ed the support from under her. Mrs. Anguin had been ill, and had grieved much over the recent death of her brothe: tes Navy. maval tug Vigilant, which brought him to the Battery. s respects to the “unkmown United States soldier” d (3) to act as maval . NEXWORA ALEXANDRIA, Va., October 22 (Spe- | cial).—Representative Allce Robert- Ison of Oklahoma last night made an {address at the opera house at the rally held under the auspices of the City Republican Club. The speaker told her hearers that at one time she was president of tte anti-suffrage as- sociation, and added that when suf- frage became operative she did not enlist, but was drafted and called to the colors and responded to duty. The { women, she declared, won the respect of others by their work. Miss Robertson urged the women to} and first attend | take part in politics the precinct meetings. Out in OKI homa her slogan, she said, was. {cannot be bought, I cannot be sold, 1 {cannot be intimidated.” Marion Butler, former state senator ffrom North Carolina, opened Lis ad- idress by declaring that today Vir- !ginia should be the greatest state in the Union, but he added: “Today Vir- jparty, he asserted, has got a halter {around the people, and, he said, they fdo not care about it and neither does the republican party. The people of | Virginia, he said, are worse than the |slaves of Europe, who left European ; {shores to get rid of the rule of tyran- {nical kings in order that they might enjoy freedom. Continuing, Mr. But- |h~r said: “Your people of Virginia {are slaves to a political machine. We {need to fight to make Virginia safe for democracy. One out of only ten | persons In the state vote. Only 89,000 | votes were cast in the last election for governor, and there are 45,000 of~ ficel olders in the state.” Today there is, he said, an office- ihold'ng oligarchy. Virginia, he de- jclared, had to increase her taxes to {pay the officeholders. The speaker also told his hearers that there are |dren in Virginia. The taxes that {should be for schools and good roads are used for the support of the of- ficeholders. The roads In the state, he asserted, are the worst in the United States. | Virginia has no education, no roads {4nd nothing except 45.000 officehold- ers. Concluding his address, he urged his hearers to vote for Henry W. An |derson, republican nominee for gov- tcrnor, ‘in the election which will be | neld next November. | The meeting was presided over by D. J. Wolfford, president of the City { Republican Club. Among those on the {stand were Capt. Fountain . Beattic, icandidate for clerk of courts; John Barton Phillips, candidate for clerk ¢ courts; Ferdinand De Vaughan, candidate for clerk of gas: Mrs. Henry Lockwood, candidate for the state legislature of Arlington county -|Ola V. Bell, Mrs. Alice Strau {Charles S. Stoler. | The body of John J. Dunn, thirty- 1four years old, of 527 East 10th street, Y jioliowing & six-diy stuper .u,.pus d poisoning, today was shipped to Ches- ter by Underlukers mcwaine & Son. The body was accompanied to that place by L. F. Clancy, a Chester un- dertaker, who came here this morning and identified the remains. According to Mr. Clancy, Dunn left home October 12, and efforts to locate his whereabouts were unavailing till his father saw an account of a man being in an unconscious conditiof in he hospital here. He at on-e wroe Chief of Police Goods and the chief wired a description of Dunn, which resulted in the father identifying him through the description. Accordingly he notified the chief last night by telegraph that Mr. Clancy would be here today to take charge of the body. Dunn is survived by his parents and soveral brothers and sisters. He was unmarried. He will be buried prob- ably Monday, in Chester, Pa. { George W. Henderson, sixty-one years old, dled shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his residence, 2 Rosemont avenue, Rose- mont. The deceased bhad been ill since Monday. Heart trouble was the cause of his death. Mr. Henderson was a Southern railway locomotive engineer. Besides his wife he is sur- vived by the following children: Mrs. A. C. Baker, Mrs. C. Dienelt, Mr: F. J. Davidson, Miss Kathryn Hende; son and Messrs. P. R. Henderson and Marshall Henderson. His funeral will take place at 3 o'clock Monday after- noon from his late residence. Nearly a thousand people last night crowded into the auditorium of the Alexandria High School and witnes: ed the entertainmente given by the pupils of that school. The entertain- ment was greatly enjoyed. PAINTING RULES MADE. CHICAGO, - October 22.—After Jan- uary 1, 1922, private vehicles in Chicago may not be painted with the same shade | of red used by the fire department. . The city council passed an ordinance fo that effect under the state law giving it authority to expedite the work of the police and fire departments. It was explained that traffic polic men have given the right of way to pri- vate vehicles under the mistaken belief hat they were going to a fire. WANTED—FURNISHED ROOMS For Government’s Guests, November 9 w.Nenmber 12 Only Armistice Name .. Address ...coccecsessvercsccoccscnne eseencsessssscscasissesssne Day Ce: coedsoscencrnncacss Number Of TOOMS. ccevveevenesseavis ceonsnocesnsesianison (One guest only to each room) s Fill out and send to: Washington R "Charge per day for each room $. eal Estate Board " 1319 F Street N.W. Do:not send in this coupon unless you intend positively to reserve your rooms for these guests. Sy 75,000 illiterate chil- | {to have been caused by wood alcohol | Admiral David Beatty came to the United States on the §. S. Aqui: ‘The city was decorated with British as come to the United States (1) to attend "QHA_."IE:I- Legion convention at Kansas City; the bur iser in chief to the British delegatiol n Arlington national cemetery on to the international conference tty, it will be remembered, was Miss Ethel Field, daughter of Chicago’s greatest “merchant prince,” ELDER STILLMAN'S HEIRS SHUN FIGHT Rockefellers Oppose Motion ‘That They Be Parties to Divorce Litigation. By the Associated Press. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., October 22. —Members of the Rockefeller family |lntcresled in the $37,000,000 trust funds created by the will of the late James Stillman yesterday opposed {efforts to draw them and all other | potential beneficiaries into the | divorce litigation begun by James A. i Stillman, banker, against the former Fifi Potter and Baby Guy Stillman. Through counsel, they argued Inra!nxt a motion which would have a1l potential beneficiaries show cause why they should not be made co- jdefendants with Mrs. Stillman and |two-year-old Guy. whose paternity {Mr. Stillman impugned. This move was made by John ack, guardian \for Guy. who told Supreme Court {Justice Morschauser that his purpose was to settle In the one divorce action both the paternity of the child and {his right to share in the fortune left by the elder Stillman. Denial of Interest. F. Jenks, counsel for Mrs A. Rockefeller and _Mrs. i Almet {Percy William Rockefeller, sisters of James | {A. Stillman, contended this would \bring _into the case a large number of persons with no Interest whatever in the Iltigation. save that under the jwill of the elder Stillman they were entitled to share at some time in the trust funds. He declared the court without jurizdiction to grant the motion, inas- much as the original divorce action, charging Mrs. Stiliman with infidelity and branding the child illegitimate, ‘was_statutor: | " “If they want a jury, we are satis- fled,” exclaimed Mr. Mack. “After all, the whip hand does not apply to a court of equity.” Mr. Jenks asked Judge Morschauser to_use his head, not his heart. Mr. Mack_ suggested that both be |employed. He charged that the New York banker’s sole object in bring- {ing the suit was to have Guy judged {illegitimate. Rights of Child. “If this child js found to be legiti- mate,” he added, “for God's sake jdon’t bring back this stain. This child has a right for his life. Through me he says in effect to this court: ‘The family of my father is against me in my efforts to pro- tect my good name, and that is all 1 !am trying to do. I believe I can pro- tect my good name if the matter is finally adjudicated at this time, but if it is not finally settled now, years later the witnesses by which I can now setablish the legitimacy of my birth may have died or become in- competent to testify.’” 1600 TO WALK OUT 100 PER CENT, LEADER SAYS (Continuad from First Page.) {by the four railroad brotherhood chiefs here this morning. Receipt of the cita- {tion elicited no further comment from them than expressed yesterday in news dispatches announcing the board’s ac- tion. Commenting upon agitation_for re- of the Adamson law, President today sald repeal of the law “would not change the situation in the |teast, so far as the daily rate of wages }is concerned, unless the railroad com- panies could’ compel their men to give ten hours' service for the present eight hours’ pay, which is hardly believable.” Mr. Lee contended that the Adamson law was not enmacted at the instantce of the railroad men, but “was due to the insistence of the business Interests of the country Sets Forth Causes. Causes for the strike of railway workers set to begin in general at 6 a.m. October 30, are enumerated by W.'G. Lee, president of the Brother- hood of Railroad Treinmen, in & statement to the Associated Press to- | day. The statement was issued, Mr. Lee explained, because “the public is rather confused” as to its causes, | some believing it is for higher wages. ‘Three causes were ascribed by Mr. Lee: | (1) The wage reduction of July 1. (2) Proposed further reductions. (3) Proposed elimination of rules which would mean still*further re- ductions. ‘The three local brotherhood chiefs, Mr. Lee of the trainmen, Warren S. 8Stone of the Brotherhood of Loco- mative Engineers and W. 8. Carter of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen, while preparing to obey the citation to appear before the Labor Board In Chicago next Wednesday, were also going ahead with plans to carry out the strike. L. E. Sheppard, president of the Order of Rallway Conductors, ar- rived last night. ————— BOTTLERS ELECT OFFICERS. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., October 22.—The Virginia Bottlers’ Protective Associa- tion at its-convention here selected Richmond, Va., as the next meetin, place. Officers and delegates elec to the national convention at St Louis are: President, George C. Bid- vice president, J. ; secretary treas- Johnson, Lynchburg; Pulaski; delegates to St. Louls con- vention, C. P. Nalir, jr., Clifton Forge; M. Brown, Newport News; G. Bldx‘fod, Richmond; 8 J. Allen, Rich- mond. Favors Short Skirts in Spite of Paris Decree—Discusses Com- ing Operatic Season. By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, October 22.—Mary Garden, director general of the Chi- cago Opera Company, returned from Europe yesterday with bobbed hair and a conviction that American girls might well ignore the Parisian sug- gestion that longer skirts are the mode. “Why should our girls give up short skirts?” she asked her interviewers aboard the Aquitania. “They have the prettiest feet and the prettiest legs in the world.” Then Miss Garden told of the new operas and singers the Chicago com- pany would introduce, and confirmed reports that she had become weary o: Thals and would not appear again in that role. Lina Cavalieri and Mar- garet Mamara would sing it, she added. Miss Garden will leave for Chicago next week. She sald she would stick to the job of director for one year at least. The success of the five-year subscription cam- paign among Chicago opera lovers pleased Miss Garden. She expressed happiness that next year it would relieve Harold F. McCormick and his wife of the burden of bearing the organization's financlal losses. DENY CRITICISING D. . DEPARTMENTS !Legislators Hope They Will | Be Able to Aid Police | and Firemen. There is to be no investigation of the police and fire departments of the District by the House at this time. This was made plain today in state- ments by House Leader Mondell and Ohairman Focht of the House Dis- trict committec. | They emphasize that instead of a | eritical spirit toward the local in- stitutions, the attitude of the House { now is one of the utmost co-opera- { tion to assist the local authorities !in_making improvements. { _*“The attitude and intent of the | House District committee in adopt- ing the motion by Representative O Brien of New Jersey was not to try 1o expose any supposed shortcomings or inefficiency in the police and fire departments,” but to find_out what | ney need,” sald Chairman Focht. “Ou, intention 18 to work with the Dis- trict Commissioners to see that all neceseary facilities are provided for the police and fire departments to build up en adequate and efficient force. We realize that in many ways they have been handicapped. We have no disposition to try to start any ex. poses, but to be eincerely helpfui where we can in bettering local con- ditions." WIIl Ask What Is Needed. Two steps were taken in the House which had been construed as a deter- mined effort to “show up” something in the police and fire departments. Chairman Focht and House Leade! Mondell have now made it clear that the House committee is not “afier” jany one nor out to “get” any one, {38 has been intimated. The District Commissioners will be asked what they need from Congress to develop an adequate and edicient police or fire department—and that is all there lxm be in the way af an “investiga- jtion.” Representative Fitzgerald of Ohio, a member of the District committee, several weeks ago introduced a reso- iution for an investigation of the po- Ice department. He pressed for hear- ings before the House rules commit- tee. On the advice of leaders the hearing has not been granted. Poor Time for Inquiry. Representative Mondell explained today that with the approaching con- ference on limitation of armaments, when the Disirict police will be called upon for extraordinary efforts in protection of visiting notables, it is no time to weaken the morale of the ;department by exposing it to criticism and investigation. The impending railroad strike is also cited by Mr. Mondell as another reason why an in- vestigation would be ill-timed now. He expressed confidence that the Dis. trict officials can work out any re- forms that may be found advisable. “l somewhat doubt the advisability, just at this time, of beginning the nvestigation,” said Mr. Mondell. “We are confronted with the possi- bility of a serious railroad strike in the near future, and then the fact that Armistice day is approaching. and following that the conference on the limitation of armaments, makes this an inopportune time. I don't suppose the Washington police de- partment is perfect by any means, but I doubt if it would be improved by a congressional investigation at this time. But if there are reforms needed, I am of the opinion that they can be brought about by the District authorities. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., October 22 (Spe- cial).—Zachariah A. Willlams, a well l known farmer and long-time resident of this county, died Thursday after- noon at his home, near Germantown, aged seventy-nine years. His death was due to a complication of dis. eases, of which he had long been ill. He is survived by his wife— Mrs. Vandelia Willlams, and two sons. The funeral will take place 1 o'clock Saturday morning from the Baptist Church, at Germantown, In compliance with the wishes of his daughter, the late Miss Mabel Shaw, Geor Shaw of this vicinity has presented a $500 liberty bond to the Montgomery County Socfal Serv- ice League, to be used by the league toward the establishing of a tubercu- losis institution. The publicity committee of the league is arranging to conduct an educational campaign concerning its work, and will provide speakers for | &ll church societies and other organ- izations interested. Paul Sleman, chairman of the re- publican state central committee fo: the county, has announced the itine: rary of Oliver Metserott, candidate for controller of the state treasury, and the candidates for county offices who will make a tour of the count: in automobiles next Wednesday. The candidates and party workers will leave Bethesda at 10 o'clock in the morning, and, in_the order named, will visit Takoma Park, Silver Spring, Kensington, Rockville, _ Colesville, Sandy Spring, Olney, Brookeville, Laytonsville, Damascus, Cedar Grove 1 and GAithersburg. At Gaithersburg a 1 big mass meeting will be held in the . evening, the speakers to include Mr. Metgerott, State Senator Willis B. Burdette, Edward L. Stock and Morti- mer O. Stablel Among the mugle married in Rock- ville within the last day or two were Miss Mildred V. Parsons and Charles 0. Wilver, both of Washington; Miss May Jessle Crockett and Milton Railey, both of Washington, and Miss Esther E. Hanes and John E. Hogan, 3r., both of Washington. B. Norman Jackson of Takoma Park has_withdrawn as the republican candidate for county surveyor, leav- ing the democratic candidate and in- cumbent, Cha: J. Maddox of Rock- wville, unoppos — The swallow’s mouth, in propor- | % larger tion to its size, is than that of any other bird. A’ Japanese wooer presents his leothlrfln with a boull’"u sash by way of an engagement token. MARY GARDEN BOBS HAIR; RETURNS FROM EUROPE ! EXPECT PUBLICITY AT ARMIS MEETING Secretary Hughes and Others Here Believe That Policy Will Prevail. Officials of this government and the American delegates, while not com- mitting the conference in advance of its meecting, entertain the belief that all the reasonable requirements of the public so properly entertained as to publicity of the proceedings of the arms limitation confercnce will by met. Becretary of State Hughes him- self is known to hold this view, and it is assumed that it is the sentiment which is likely to eargely actuate the conference. The first da: session of the con- ference, November 11, will be etrictly technical, to conform to the call, and immediate adjournment will follow announcement of the opening of the conference, all officials present then taking part in Armistice day eervic The next meeting, which probably will be on the succeeding day, or may be postponed until Monday, will be devoted to an address by President Harding and to the presentation of credentials and organization of tho conference by the election of officers. U. 8. Delegates’ Meetings. The American delegates to the con- vention, who are to assemble again ext Mandlf' will hold their meetings s frequently as the business In hand warrantr petween this time and the convening of the conference. Announcement was made by the State Department today of the arri tomorrow - at Union station at 4:39 p.m., of the first contingent of th Japanese delegation to the arms coii- ference. They will be met at the station by Robert Woods Bli third secretary of stat government of the United Statee ani the State Department. Mr. Bliss will be accompanied by Richard South- gate, Hugh Millard and Charles 1 Cooke, also of the State Department The Nav will he reprerented b Admiral Robert E. ( Hayne Ellis, Capt. Luke MeName Lieut. Commander H. W. Hill. Army will be represented by Bri Gen. Andre W. Brewster and Ma). Karl F. Baldwi; Accompanying the Japansse dele- zation will be Col. Benjamin_ Alvord U S A, and Commander Earl I will proceed, with cav- oreham and Pow where it will remai. during the stay in the capital. ese Party’s Personnel. Japanese cot- ; h ice Admiral T. Kato. Capt. K. Ya manashi, Capt. N. Suyetsugu, Capt. Y. Uyeda, Commander T. Hori, Lieu “ommander A. Kuragano., Clerk K Shima; army officers, Maj. Gen. K. Tanuka, Maj. K. Tashiro, Maj. T. Surushiro, erk T. Kalsuka, Cleri T. Furusawa. Powhatan Col. Hotel—Army . Morita, I J. officers, eut. K. Nishihara: n Commander H. . Kuwahara, Firs =ut. V. Mito, First ‘Jeut. Watanabe First Lieut. K. Morishima, Paymaster D). Takel. Clerk F. Ono, . First Lieut. Clerk T. Komatsu; foreign office, Secretary Gomyo, Secretary- translator C. Harada, Secretary Y. Okajlma, Becretary T. Tamaki, Secre- tary K. Inabara, Clerk T. Koorl, Clerk 3. Tanaka, Clerk T. Tanaka, Clerk T. Takaoka, Chancellor B. Sakurai, “hancellor _S. Kobayashi, Student Translator Y. Kimura, Student Trans- \ator M. Nakatani. MLK PRODUCERS N AT T0 FINSH Farmers Stand by Order 8us-_ pending 4e Shipments. D. C. Needs Assured. Maryland and Virginia farmers, wlo yesterday suspended large shipments of milk to the District and local dis~ tributors, today prepared for a fight Lo the finish, though assurances wers given that the controversy will not affect Washington consumers. “There is no danger of a milk fam- ine here,” said one of the largest dis- tributors. “Each household and busi- ness establishment will continue to receive its normal requirements, and it 18 not unlikely that cheaper prices will grow out o: the refusal of local dealers to sign the contract offered oy the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers’ Association.” Present Price in Washington. Washingtonians now 15 cents & quart for milk, while the price in Bal- timore and Philadelphia is but IS cents a quart. Dairymen have ex- plained this difference on the und that the Districts milk regulations entail a greater expense on tho pro- ducer. ‘Washington distributors today charged that the purpose of the Marx- land and Virginia assoclation in at- tempting to tle them up to contracts« is to give the association a monopoly. of the capital's milk business, and, consequently, th wer to regulato rices. It was & the contracts of- 'ered would proh'bit the dealers from obtaining milk from other source ‘Reports today indicated that all the. dealers who were shut off from their normal supplies vesterday were ably, to supply their customers with the usual deiiveries of milk today. It waa said that they have made arrange- ments to obtain milk from licensed sources, and that the action of tha Maryland and« Virginia association will” in no way restrict their ability to meet all normal demands for milk.. Have Outside Sources. s will have outsido sources upon Which to draw for milK. was indicated today, when C. J. An- derson, representing the Unit Company of Wheeling, WV C: at the District building to obtain per- mits for West Virginia farmers to ship milk into the District. Mr. An- derson said he would have 100 addi- tional applications to file Monday. The farmers whom he represents have tuberculin-tested herds. It developed thie morning that the Maryland and Virginia association has not suspended shipments to all the local firms that have refused ey ign contracts. .m‘n imates varied as to the amount of milk shut off, but the average oal- culation was that between 8,000 and 10,000 gallons of milk are being with- held daily by the sesociation. Washe ington eon!llmdels something like 30, llons a day. ' o%’n{‘deslar said it would be possible to bring in a carload of milk daily toom West Virginia, New York and other sources under conditions that would not impose increase in the retail price of milk. LUNAR RAINBOW APPEARS. Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘WINCHESTER, Va., October 22.—The appearance of & lunar rainbow late last night was reported today by mumerous people, who said they were attracted by the unusual spectacle while return- ing to town from points along the Shenandosh Valley pike. They said the moon shone with re- markable brilliancy, and that there w: a heavy mist between it and the west- horizon. The arch was as luminou- and as perfectly formed as the rainbow. following the appearance of the sun im- m-dhl:g after a storm in midsummer. . their cars I]M&!h ‘watched the arch an hour or more.