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2 v MURE ULSTERITES ~ GALLEDTO LONDON Craig and Lloyd George Re- sume Efforts to Avert Irish Peace Break. T5 the Associated Press. . LONDON, November 7.—Further dis cussion of the plans devised by the government and the Sinn Feln for settlement of the Irish problem was on the program of Prime Minister Lloyd George and Sir James Craig at the resumption of their consulta- tions today, no decision or agreement having been reached at- Saturday's interview between the British”pre- mier and the head of the Ulster cab- inet. The plans under consideration have to do with the question "of fiscal autonomy proposed for the two ux(u- latures in Ireland, in connection with which Sir Robert Horne, chancellor of the exchequer, and Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, the secretary for war, both of whom are dealing. with the ‘financial side of the Irish-ques- tion, were present to take part in the discussion. More Ulsterites Summoned.- The Ulster premier has summoned %o London some of his colléagues including Lord Londonderry, rated as the most influential Ulsterite in English_political circles, who ‘is tc arrive Wednesday. The Sinn Fein does not believe:that a renewal of the conference with its delegation can take place before Wednesday. Michael Collins an¢ George Gavan Duffy are expected to return tomorrow from Dublin, where they .went over the week end, and will be prepared for another meeting ‘with the governmént representativer on Wednesday. . Sinn Feiners’ Viewpolnt. The situation, it is indicated, has not_been altered by their interview in Dublin with Eamonn de Valera, the Sinn Fein negotiators having pro- ceeded with their work in_ the con- ference according to a well defined plan. They are walting now to see how Sir James Craig takes the pro- posals submitted to Him by Premier Lloyd George and declare that it it the government's business to secure his agreement before asking conces- sions from them. FIND IRISH PRISON. Police Say Republicans Were About to Execute Young Man. By the Associated Press. BELFAST. November 7.—After raiding a place in Kent street last night, the police reported that they had discovered a prison maintained by the republicans. A young man who was foupd confined In the place, they said, had been condemned to execution today. Three armed men who were acting as guards were arrested and a quan- ty of equipment was seized, includ- ing a complete wireless set, te]ephone apparatus and signaling flags. SINN FEINER ARRIVES. EW YORK, jovember 7.—Rev. Michael O'Flanagan, vice president of the Sinn Fein, landed yesterday from the steamship Centennial State and was welcomed by crowds of Irish sympathizers gathered at the pier. A delegation, headed by Harry Boland, envoy of the Irish republic to the United States, and a picturesque group of children wearing green robes greeted him. My own personal wishes were an- ticipated.” he said; *when President De Valera asked mé to come here to keep the American people in touch with conditions in Ireland. I expect to speak publicly all over America and shall commence in Wuhih!lon next Wednesday.” C.&P. TELEPHONE WORKER MYSTERIOUSLY MISSING Frank Sisson Disappears After In- forming Girl Frlend He Had Lost Pay Envelope. Officials of the Chesapeake and Po- tomac Telephone Company are dis- turbed over the mysterious disap- pearance last Friday of one of its employes, Frank Klein Sisson, twenty yea. old, a telephone installer, brotler of Miss Ella M. Sisson, secre- tary to President A % Rerry of the company. and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Armistead C. Sisson, 60 New York avenue northwest. Two detectives in the company's employ were put to work on the case Saturday. when it was reported that the boy had not returned to his home after telling a girl friend he had losta waliet with his weekly salary of $40 received Friday afternoon. Inspector Grant of police headquarters was _notitied yesterday, and Detective Liv- ingston was assigned to conduct an investigation. The various precinct stations have been asked to aid. isson called a girl friend last Fri- day afternoon on. the telephone about 6 o'clock and asked her what she would do if somebody stole all her money. She made a light reply. Shortly afterward the boy drove up to-her home in his car, and the girl, Gives Army Supet-Hero the Title of "M. H.™ MRS, SAMUEL WOODFILL. Gen. Perahing picked Sergt. Samuel ‘WoodfiH as America’s bravest soldier to represent the infantry at the burial of the “unknown soldier” Armistice day. The sergeant says he's proudest of the “M. H” (model husband) title which his wife( shown above) hestows on him. FRANCE FOR PEACE, BRIAND DECLARES, ON ARRIVAL IN U. S. {Continued from First Page.) league. in limiting armament or set- tlirg other questions that the league copsiders as within its jurlcdlcuon. '}oond French policy is identical h_ that of the Unltad States to- &Ird equal commercial opportunities Thllfl The restriction of sea arma ient offers no difficulties peculiar to France. . Her navy is already below any fornrula likely to be adopted. Fourth. French interests concentrate upon land” armament. Their strength is oconditioned by Germany and the payment or non-payment Of Tepara- tions. German reparations and mil tary questions are considered to be closely related to when and how France can begin to meet her Ameri- can debt. Therefore, if Washington desires to raise the question of the debts in the conference, the French delegation would be prepared to dis- cuss them. Much Thought to Parley. These may be considered as the broadly drawn boundaries within which the French delegation’s thoughts are moving, but M. Briand goes into the conference with his customary philo- sophic attitude of not holding too close- 1y to prepossessions, keeping a receptive mind and disposed at any time to ex- amine fresh proposals or to re-examine old_ones under new aspects. His intimate associates during the voyage found that he had put aside reoccupations of home politics and llvedp for the time in thought of the conference alone. He had long and frequent conversations with Viviani, with Sarraut before he was taken ill with an affection of the throat, with| Berthelot, Casenave, Buat, de Bon, other members of the mission and newspaper cor!upondems. both French and Ameri- M. Briand suggested the second day out that the members of the several groups, military, financial, naval and diplomatic, should not keep to the tables allotted to them in the dining room, but should move about, ex- changing seats and tables, and obtain each other's points of view, so that by the end of the voyage men who had been brought together from vari- ous ministries or from outside the government widened thelr knowledge of the aims and possibilities of the conference. They thus arrived at a certain unity of thought.” Played Cards. M. Briand, in recreation, played cards with members of the delegation and formed in this way what might be called a social unity. His simplicity and constant easy humor was the model for his associatgs. The groups of specialists have worked out what might be called departmental policies which, although they have been presented to the prime minister and have been tenta- tively accepted by him, cannot be taken as flnally adopted. They are considered views strongly held, but still subject to revision and change. FRENCH ARIVE TODAY. The French delegates to the.arms conference will reach Washington on a special train from New York some time this afternoon. Assistant Sec- retary Robert Woods Bliss of . the State Department will accompany the party. Amhasuadur Jusserand, accom- nani!d the military and naval at- taches of the embassy, Maj. Dubreiul and Commander Rigal, met the visit- ors in New York and will come with them. Twe Portuguese representa- tives‘are also expected. In the party are the following: French—Delegate M. Aristide Briand, president of the council, minister of foreign affairs; Delegate M. Rene Vis viant, deputy, former president of the With Other Prominent Officials, He PRESIDENT WILL WALI PART WAY BEHIND ‘Will Leave Line West of ‘White House. day parade, nounced today that the President, his cabinet and the other notables will walk from the Capitol to & point just ‘Wwest of the White House, where they will leave the procession and ride in automobiles across the Highway bridge to Arlington cemetery. The funeral cortage will continue along Pennsylvania avenue to George- town and across the Aqueduct bridge through Fort X{ur to the cemetery. In this connection it is announced that the Aqueduct brkl:e will be closed to general traffic_shortly be- fore and during the parade. The President and the offictal party will follow directly behind the_cais. son durlng the march to the White House. e procession will leave the Capitol at 8:30 am. The presidential group, after taking to the machines, will meet the cortage agaln at the amphitheater. it was definitely an- FAILURE TO PAY BRINGS WABNING NOTE TO CHINA Mr. Hughes Tells Government That Financial and Political Credit Is Injured. By the Associated Press. PEKING, November 5.—Chinese of- ficlals today informed the correspon- dent that the American legation here on November 1 received a cable dis. patch, signed by Secretary Hughe: instructing the legation to infor the Chinese government that China's failure to meet the principal and in- terest on the loan due the Continental and Commercial Trust and Savings Company of Chicago, which ls due October 31, had strained China’s finan- chances at the far éastern confer- ence. The dispatch also is sald to have asserted that the American govern- ment, in view of the Chinese govern- ment’s failure to accept any of the various proposals made by American bankers for renewals of loans, might find it dificult to continue to rec- ognize the Peking government as the competent Chinese government. Officlals at the American legation, while .unable to show the correspo dent the dispatch of Secretary Hughes or the note sent by the American legation to the foreign office, admit- ted that the above was substantially correct. A dispatch from Washington, No- vember 2, said that through Minister Schurman at Peking. the attention of the Chinese government had been called to the seriousness of the failure of China to meet her indebtedness nn the loan of $5,500,000. The dllnAlch added that it was ‘Ihdicated at the State Department that the govern- ment did not contemplate any steps in the matter beyond the representa- tions made through the legation in Peking. SENATOR McKELLAR SEES PERILS TO ARMS PARLEY Believes Conference Will Be Suc- cess if Justice Is Done in Far East. Senator McKellar of Tennessee to- day placed in the Congressional Kec- ord “a statement expressing his earnest hope that the limitation of armament conference, about to meet here, may be successful. “The most perflous question for the conference is the far east question,” sald Senator McKellar. “The situa- tion with respect to China, Siberi: Mongolia, Korea, Siam and perhaps other far eastern countries is a powder magazine, speaking in terms ul world politics, and if not treated with fairness and justice may result in an explosion that will bring on another world war. “If the conference deals with these comparatively helpless peoples in an honest, humane and unselfish way and forbids every species of spollation, exploitation and overlordship, and provides for a rehabilitation and maintenance of their territorial in- tegrity, the greatest good will come. But if this conference undertakes to confirm the spoilation already made and to divide up these countries and apportion a part to one great nation and a part to another, either directly or indirectly, or through fears of in- fluence or otherwise, or to destroy their territorial or governmental in- tegrity, then It would have been bet- ter if these questions had not been considered.” CRIME WAVE RECEDING, SAYS MR. DAUGHERTY Tells House Committee More Fed- eral Judges Needeg, However, as Civil Cases Increase. Attorney General Daugherty, with Chief Justice Taft appeared be- fore the House judiciary committee today in connection with legislation 4 4 In view of conflicting statements a8 to method of locomotion to .be used by President Harding and other high government offciais In. the armistice cial and political credit in the United States and seriously injured China’ ‘who MME. YAJIMA DISCUSSES STYLES. POLITICS AND AIMS OF JAPANESE “Frances Willard™ of Flowery Kingdom Declares Japan Longs for World Peace. " Does Not Fear Yellow Journals. Bombarded with a barrage of ques- tions, ranging from what effect Pre- mier Hara's death would hgve on po- litical Jepan to whether flappers subscribed to the list, and when I left Japan others .were_coming in by the hundreds, and even bere they are still coming: » ‘were tolerated In the land of Nippon |the center of which was inscribed Mme. Kajl Yajima, the Frances Wil- lard of the Flowery kingdom, who has traveled thousands of miles to pre- sent to President Harding a “prayer for peace” from 10,103 of her. kins. ‘women, held her own with newspaper men at' the Grace Dodge Hotel today. Accompanied by her secretary, Miss Azuma Moriya, and speaking through her interpreter, Mrs. Henry Topping for more than twenty-five years a co- worker with her husband in Japan, the picturesque little Japanese wel~ fare worker gave expression to hen views on matters in this country and her native land. Mme. Yajima at ninety'years of age is unquestionably one of the most interesting women of her race, and to one unaccustomed with the cus toms and language of her country, it is not difficult to see that per- sonality has been the basis of the remarkable success achieved during her life. Founded Temperance Soclety. Born in Kumamoto, she remained in | her native city until fifty years old,} still thinking that the world was flat, | never hearing of Christianity and in- terested in little outside of her im-| mediate surroundings. At the death of her husband, who was an addict to k, she had a vision of work ahead for her, and, going alone to Tokio, she became acquainted with members of a Presbyterlan missionary pos where she soon plunged into study, after a few years of training by founded the first temperance: soclety in Japan. She served as its president for thirty-five years. Mme. Yajima qualified as a teacher, was_baptized into the Christian faith | by Dr. Thompson, a Presbyterian mis- | sionary, and afterward became head of a large school for girls, with which | she has been identified for more than | forty years, being the first woman in | Japan to receive a government certifi- cate to teach. Received by Roosevelt. Fon her patriotic and humanitarian service she was decorated by the em- | peror at the time of his coronation. On her first visit to the United States in 1906, she was received by Pres dnt Roosevelt at the White Hous and conveyed to him the gratitude o her countrywomen for his kindly at- titude toward Japan in her time of| nee: This remarkable woman, who hardly | looks a day over sixty, is making the long journey at her own expense, using the money given her on her eight-eight birthday by former pupils | as a fund to make her old age com- fortable. ‘When her friends learned she in tended to travel third class, if nece sary, they subscribed voluntarily to the project, contributing sums rang- ing from 50 to 500 yen. Movement Is Spontaneous. Before answering any questions to- day the little Japanese, insisted that the- fact be stressed that the move- ment on the part of her country- women to wish President Harding success In the conference was a spon- taneous one. “In two weeks,” she said, “after the suggestion had been made by a few, the idea spread like wild- fire. More than 10,000 names were PHELPS SCHOOL TO OPEN Work of Creating Manual Training Center Completed. The Phelgs school on Vermont ave- nue between T and U streets, which has ‘been remodeled into a modern manual training center at a cost of $20,- 000, will be formally opened tomorrow, it was announced today by Garnet C.} Wilkinson, assistant superintenden! in charge of colored schools. The building was turned over to school authorities by the Commissioners aturda; S Yew manual tralning center, which will serve pupils in the colored schools of the central northwest sec- tion, contains & model suite in house- hold economics, domestic art rooms and carpenter and printing shops. Congress appropriated $75,000 for adding a gymnasium and assembly hall to the Phelps building, but of- flicals are desirous of having (hls’ money transferred to some other school building project, believing that these features are not absolutely es- ntial in a manual training cente: PREPARING PLANS TO GREET OLYMPIA (Continued on Pm 2, Column 6.) ‘Wars, the Order of Indian Wars, lhxenhflllury Order of the World War and the Boy Scouts of America. Armistice day will be observed by the Natlonal Disabled Soldiers’ League, which expects to have 500 men in line in the funeral procession from the Capitol to Arlington Friday morning. The Takoma Park Band will lead the disabled soldiers. National Commander of the League John T. Nolan will be in The long petition was then shown, resolution adopted by the Japanese ‘women. It reads, “We, the undersign- ed, solemnly declare that we most earnestly desire that the coming con- ference which is to be held in Wash- ington shall prove to the means of promoting world peace.’ Reternng to the aseasination of Premier Hara, Mme. ¥ajima llld that it was the result of the war. “M: is easy for many today,’ “It s a great tragedy. Premier Hara was the first coming from the people to hold that office. ked as to the feeling of the Jap- nne!e lowl.rd America. the quaint little envoy smiled and sald: “There are yellow journals In my country as well as here. They, of course, engen- der 1ll feeling among many, but the real Japan, as the real Alnerlfl. still has a desire for world peace.” Seea Conference Success. Questioned as to what she thought would be the outcome of the confer- ence, Mme. Yajima said that she be- Heve if would sucoeed, “It is my hope, and the hope of all sane people in_the world, so why talk of failure. She then added that her mission was not only to do with the pehce confer- ence but to bring a message from the Japanese women to the womanhood of America. “We must be friends,” she said, “women the world over must be friends.” “Our women are bewildered,” she continued, “They are groping about in the darkness. They have heard of this great conference in Washington, but know little about it. They are {hoping end praying that it will prove to be the means of promoting world peace. Behind their potitmn are vast spiritual resources. This roll of rice paper I am carrying President Hard- ing represents the mobilization of thousands of hearts. “I come with no official title and with {no credentials. Of my own country’s delegates to the conference I can only say that they were not chosen directly by the people. We have much confi- dence in them, and Japan feels fortu- nate-in having such open-minded lib- eral representatives.” #“Good-for-Nothing Girls Smoke.” Mme. Yajima laughed when asked if Japan had flappers, and did women in ! Japan smoke? ‘Flappers in Japan would be silly,” she sald. “They could not wear short skirts. You see, Japanese women al- ways sit upon low cushions and they do not exercise as American girls, 1and, in consequence, their legs are not handsome to look at. Since the war there have been some good-for-nothing, ridiculous girls who have tried to copy European women in smoking, but it is not popular gen- erally.” ‘The mothers and grandmothers of these girls smoked their little pipes, a native custom,” said Mrs. Topping at this time. “But smoking has been go- lng] out among this generation of sir Mme. Yajima today_ presented her petition_to President Harding at the White House. She will remain in ‘Washington several weeks, and will then tour the country to become better acquainted with the many women's or- anizations of the United States. She will make the Grace Dodge Hotel her home while in the city. CHARLES AND ZITA REACH BLAGK SEA - |Residence at Funchal Now Assured, as Portugal Con- sents to Exile. By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, November 7.—Former Emperor Charles of Austria-’ Huns-ry and his wife, who were last reported to be at Galatz, Rumania, awaiting the British light cruiser Cardiff to carry them to exile on the Island of Madeira, were said today to have passed out of the Danube into the Black sea, on their way to the Bos- porus. With the former king-emperor be- ing carried to the island llplmt‘hn At- lantic ocean 440 miles from the Mo- roccan coast, after his latest up‘chc- ular attempt to regain his lo pire, an assembly at a special !h‘)ln d);(;‘;llerdlly ehn‘élcted into a I a roning him and ot engretlgpaburg dynasty. u'"n‘ the esterday Admiral Horth: i‘;’:}:fi: :oxcnlluwho l:omk v:rl"i:ln:fide eptin Uprising.e: 'Pting the leaders of the Portugal Gives Permission. LISBON, November 6.—Port: has granted permission for the da‘;%:} !{x&ig;lh.nf ex-Emperor Charles of cl’gldrer;,hlv l*‘(lxll;c -k Madeira Island where will tal o Taere ey ® up their resi. Their home hereafter will probably THE EVENTNG STAR WASHINGTON, D 0, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921 LEGION AID ASKEI] IN WATSON CHARGE| Mr. Weeks Calls on Com- mander for All Facts Known to Order. The Amgrican Legion was asked by the War Department today to lend its assistance in obtaining all facts re- lating to the charges made by Sena- tor Watson of Georgia that soldiers were frequently shot and hanged without court-martial during the war. Secretary Weeks appealed to Han ford MacNider, commander of the American Legion, asking for assist- ance of his organization in order to make public all records and informa- tion relating to the senator's alléga- tions, After quoting ‘the senator's charges as printed in the Congressional Rec- ord of October 31, the Secretary said: “The foregolng statement, coming 80 long after the commission,of the eged crimes, constitutes a reflec- tion upon the entire personnel of the American expeditionary force. I con- sider the public entitled to all the facts which it is within the power of my office to produce. If theres pos- sibly exists any basis for such an al- legaiton, the responsible persons should bear the odium. Otherwise, definite'refutation is desirable. “The War Department will make available all of its records, and such information as may come from per- sons under its control. However, such persons constitute but a small percentage of those who served over- seas, and who have been attacked. “I request that the American Legion lend its assistance toward obtaining all facts bearing upon the issue which has been raised.” —_— U. S. ARMS PARLEY DELEGATES AGREE ON NAVAL PROGRAM (Continued from First Page.) before the international body assem- bles tended to strengthen this view. It may be stated authoritatively that no advance outline of the Amer- ican attitude and suggestions as to ways and means of limitation of naval armament will be given, for- mally or informally, to other delega- tions prior to the assembling of the international conference. The view was expressed today that such a pre- liminary interchange of views would lead to what amounted to a pre- liminary conference and that there was no necessity for such preliminary discussion, since the coming confer- ence is all that the term implies and involves the mutual interchange of ideas around the conference table with the expectation that a unani mous agreement can be reached. The conference, it was added, from its very nature, cannot arrive at any- thing but unanimous conclusions and that fact makes inadvisable, in the American view, any preliminary in- terchange of views. Advisory Committee to Meet. * Tomorrow there will be held the first session of the advisory committee ap- and assist the American delegation and to furnish a ready way of bringing the knowledge of the American dele- gates the views of the American pub- the former empress and their lic on any or all of the matters to be discussed. It is assumed that a work- ing agreement as to methods of pro- cedure through which the aid of these advisors will be readily available to the delegation during the conference will be framed in the course of tomor- row's meeting. Interest is manifested in official and diplomatic circles over the possible effect upon the participation in the conference of China's delegation of the default of China upon the Amer- ican loan. If the present unhappy financial situation is not cleared up not only would China's credit be un- favorably affected, but her position as a nation be impaired, which would carry with it impairment of ‘her status in the conference on far east- ern questions. In State Department quarters the hope and, indeed, the belief is en- tertained 'that negotiations to take care of the loan are even now being pointed by President Harding to aid |1 Attempt to Double Power of Light Now Seen 19 Miles at Sea By the Associated Press. NEWPORT NEWS, Va, No- vember 7.—Experiments are beilng conducted at the Cape Henry lighthouse with & view of replacing the ofl lamps with concentrated filament electrie lamps. The Cape Heamry light “467 and is visible nineteen miles at sea under favorable conditions. It is hoped to double the power of the light by electrify- ing it and to attain three com- plete flashes a minute. COURT REVERSES OPINION UPHOLDING VALUE FIXED ON POTOMAC ELECTRIC CO. (Continued from First Page.) a plant valuation simbly representing a hypothetical cost of reproduction’ at a time of abnormally high prices due to exceptional conditions. Substantial Difference Noted. “There 18 a very substantial differ- ence in between considering the pres- ent cost of reproduction as one of the essential and important elements in the determination of present values and the acceptance as conclusive evi dence of such value of mere experts’ fsflmala of present cost of reproduc- ion. In his_dissenting opinion, Chiet Justice Smyth reaches the con- clusion that the Potomac Electric Power Company has not in the lan- guage of the statute clearly and sat- isfactorily shown that the findings of the commission are inadequate, un- reasonable and unlawful. He points out that the majority opinion does not disapprove the findings of the commission with respect to the value of the property on July 1, 1914, but holds in effect that since that there was substantial testimony that the cost of reproduction had greatly in- creased between that date and De- cember 31, 1916, the fair value of the property must also have increased and therefore that the commission erred in not having given effect to that increase. Duty Put on Commissioners. He points out that his associates im- pose on the commission the duty of saying how much should be added to the earlier valuation instead of telling them how much in the court’s view should be added. The Chief Justice expresses the view that there should be no increasé because such increase is not due to,any investment by the company, but results solely from the world war, which has demoralized mar- ket conditions and rendered property values unreljable. To accept such an Increase as a standard of value would be to adopt an unstable measure which would lead to injustice. I PIMLICO ENTRIES | RACE_ TRACK, PIMLICO, Md., No- vember 7.—Pimlico entries for Tuesday, November §: First race, two-year-olds, MORE LSTERTES, [P e it PR YAJIMA DISCUSSES STYLES. || ) ASKED |55z | THE ABOLITON OF WASHINGTON H. E. Davis Points Out the Meaning of the Statutes Affecting Capital. To the Editor of The Star: I have read with much interest the statement of Representative Ben Johneon . respecting the cities of ‘Washington and Georgetown, publish- ed in your issue of Friday, Novem- ber 4. Referring to the act of February 121, 1871, creating the entire District of Columbia into & government by that name, Mr. Johnson's statement concludes as follows: “Nothing can be clearer than that the two city charters were repealed and all offices abolished. It would be a strange city, indeed, without a charter and without offices. “The language of the act is so clear that the purpoges for which the names and even the charters of the two cities were to be continued were only ‘until the affairs of said cities, re- spectively, and of said Levy Court shall have been fully closed’ that comment to nake their meaning more clear is useless.” Mr. Johnson either does mot know or forgets the difference between a city and its charter. A city in one sense of the word, is a territory, & defined space of ground occupied inhabitants, or, as it is otherwise defined, a large number of houses and inhabitants established fn one place: and in another sense, it is a political subdivision of the state made for the convenient administration of gover: ment. The charter of a city is the instrument investing the people thereof with its local government. It is entirely possible for a city to exist as a territorial entity, but without a charter authorizing its inhabitants to govern themselves, as was once the well known case with the city of Memphis, whose charter was for = time taken from it, thereby tempor- arily declassing it as a city of the second sort, but it was still left « territorial entity, that is to say, a city of the first sort. Territorial Entity Not Abolished. This is just what happened to the city of Washington through the ef- fect of the act of June 21, 1871, cre- ating the government by the name of the District of Columbia: the city of Washington as a territorial entity was_ not abolished, but as a political subdivision of the state, with its gov- ernment vested in its own inhabi- tants, it did cease to exist It is difficult to see how any one can fail to understand this in view of the specific language of the act referred to, which is, as quoted by Mr. Johnson, “that the charters of the cities of Washington and George- town shall be repealed on and after the first day of June, A. D., eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and all offi- ces of said corporations abolished at that date; the Levy Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia and all offices con- nected therewith shall be abolished on and after said firstday of June, eigh- teen hundred and seventy-one: but all laws and ordinances of said citles, claiming; five and a half furlongs— *Freezy Sneezy, 96; Ai *Pretty Lady, 9 ‘Josevh Brandt, 4; *Dick Deadeye, Doves Roou 107 Rochambeau, Calistoga, Second rlce. Memorial steeplechase handicap, four-year olds two miles and a half—Sweep- respectively, and of said Levy Court, not inconsistent with this act, shall remain in full force until modified or repealed by Congress or the leg- islative assembly of sald District: that portion of said District included within the present limits of the city of Washington shall continue to be known as the city of Washington and that portion of said District in ment, 165; (a) Bulls Eye, 15 {Marsouin, 13 ® **Joytul, 13: 138; Shoal, 143; (¢) Flying Scout, 140; Peccant, (d) Lytle, 140; (4) Surf, 142 Keltie, 132; Jim Coffroth, 136. (a) J. S." Cosden_entry. Widener entry. (c) J. Lumsden-. vern Hill Farm entry. agan, jr.-R. C. Winmill entr; pounds claimed for _rider. pounds claimed for rider. Third race, two-year-old: *Ten *Five lette, 109: Alex H. patica, Prel 112; Bit o' Black, 112: Mannheim, 112 Relay, - 112; Sailing Along, = 109; Hephaistos, 112; Harmonius, 112; Tre- velyan, 112. (a)J. S. Cosden entry. resumed, and. that no untoward re- sults will follow. It is stated posi- tively at the State Department that there has net been any suggestion ot withdrawal of recognition of the Peking government by the United States. Held Technical Default. When notlfication came of the de- fault on the Chinese loan the State Department took the view that it was only a technical default and negotia- tions would be resumed for funding the loan. A new ministér of finance in China has succeeded the outgoing minister, and it is thought in Wash- ington that he will proceed at once upon refunding negotiations. ‘The State Department made strong representation to the Peking govern- ment upon the inevitable deplorable results of permanent default. While the loan was not made by this government, but by American financiers, the United States govern- ment could not fail to take co nizance of such an official situation' as was created by the default of the Chinese government. The judgment in diplomatic circles is that China will be compelled to}l take every measure to clear up this unfortunate financial condition, as her interest in the outcome of the con- Fourth race, three-year-olds and up; claiming; six furlongs—*Motor Cop, ; Carmandale. 124; The Boy. 118; innoul, 112; *Knight of the Heather, 113: Jyntee, 109; Pride of India, 11 Hobey Baker, 118; *Servitor, 119; *Cock of the Roost, 107; 109; *Helen Atkin, 104; *Ira Wilson, Fell Swoop, 112; ‘*Hard Guess, ma Frank, 109; *Moody. 107. Fifth race, the Catonsville Handl- cap; fillies and mares; three-year- olds and up; one mile and a sixteenth —Rubidium, 116; (z) Muttikins, 98; Bell Solar, 95; Lunetta, 102; ' Tody. 105; Polly Ann, 120; By Jiminy, 112; (z)Scotland Yet, 92. (2)Three pounds claimed for rider. Sixth race, three-year-olds and up; claiming; one mile” and a quarter— Travesty, 113; *Darnay, 113; ita, 107 Gilt Fringe, 102; *Huonec, 100; Bar Coy Reurat 07, Seventh race, Roland Park Handi- cap; claiming; three-year-oldsand up; one’ mile—Siren Maid, 110; *The Lamb, 105; Light Rose, 111; *Pastoral v 112; Tre Nephew, 103; Grenadier, 98: Runquo, 101; Camoufleur, 100; Irish Dream, Assumption, 108. 1'-1“"& pounds apprentice allowance c ‘Weather clear, track fast a (@) J. F. Flan-"| cluded within the limits of the city of Georgetown shall continue to b known as the city of Georgetown, etc. A Fallure to Distingulsh. And Mr. Johnson’s assumption that the cities were so continued only for specific purposes is due to his same failure to distinguish between a city as a place and a city as a political subdivision above indicated, to which latter, but not to the former, a char- iter is essential: what has led Mr. Johnson astray Is the proviso in the i the charters of said verally and the powers of said Levy Court,” which charters and powers are continued by the act, as Mr. Johnson says, “until the affairs of said cities, respectively, and of Levy Court, shall have been fully closed,” meaning, as the act distinctly shows, for the collection of debts due, the enforcement of exist- ing contracts, the collection of taxes accrued and remaining unpaid, the collection of all claims against the cities or the Levy Court, and the en- forcement of all legal contracts ag: st the same, with the distinct addition that “no suit in favor of or against said corporations, or either of them, shall abate by reason of the passage of this,act, but the same shall be prosecuted to final judgment as if this act had not been passed. This is in exact analogy to process of winding up a corporation and appointing a receiver. to collect {dues to and to pay debts due by. the corporation, as though it still exist- ed, until ail such debts should be settled Georgetown a Part of Washington. That this has no bearing whatever upon the question of the continuanc of the territorial entity is surely too obvious to_require more than men- tion, and Mr. Johnson is discreetl silent about the act of February 1, 1895 (28 Stats. L. 650), quoted by me. which in the plainest terms declares that instead of being known by its former name and title in law, the city of Georgetown, as embraced within the bounds referred to in the act of February 21, 1871, creating the ference on far eastern affairs is rec- ognized as vital, and it is admitted on all sides that her prestige in the de- liberations would be lessened by con- tinuation of the default. PROMOTION DEMANDED. ‘Woodfill’s Comrades Insist He Be Given Captainoy. NEW YORK, November 7.—Promo- tion to & captaincy of Sergt Samuel Woodfill, selected by Gen. Pe;-ant as the outstanding American héro of the world_war and designated to repre- ent the infantry at the burial of the nknown 8oldier at Arlingotn on Armistice day, was demanded in a tel- egram to Secreary of War Weeks. made blic today by the New York Clmp,%%clety of the Fifth Division. Sergt. terrnorlal form of government, and he subsequent act of June 20, 1874. abolishing that form of Eovernment and substituting therefor the govern- ment by commission, “shall no longer be known by the name and title in law of the city of Georgetown, but the same shall be known as and shall constitute a part of the city of Wash- ington, the federal capital” How anything can be made a part of some- thing that does not exist is & meta- physical as well as a material ques- tion, which, perhaps, Mr. Johnson can answer; certainly I caanot. HENRY E. DAVIS. THE WEATHER District of Columbia and Maryland —pPartly cloudy and colder tonight: tomorrow unsettled and colder; mod- erate northwest winds. Virginia—Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; colder tomorrow: moderate west and northwest winds. West Virginia—Partly cloudy and somewhat colder tonight; tomorrow unsettled and colder, probably rain. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 49; 8 p.m., 46 12 midnight, 44; 4 a.m., 47; 8 am,, 50: xo.n; 8 council; Delegate M. Albert Sarraut, senator, minister of the colonies; M. Phillippe Berthelot, secretary general to the delegatio . general staff; Admiral de Bon. Portugueseo——belegne Mr. Brnesto de Vasconcellos, Mr. J. Montalto. Keceiving Officials. The -rrlv!ng delegates lnfl staffs will De met at the -uRtgog Secre- tary of State Hughes, Richa Rl‘?; Henry Suydam, Philip Patchin. Charles Lee Cooke, Hugh Millard and Percy Blair of the State Deymment. The War Department will be repre- nted in !he -eceiving party b Gon. A, 25 °Brewster an Robert H Fletchar, ’l‘ and the Nav: Dep! tmam by A ! Robert Coontz, Luk jamee, Capt. Hayne Eln and Lleut. Commander H. W. 1. embers of the French embassy !tfi will also be nt the station, in- cluding M. Hell Hubert Guering, Jucques de éieyu de_ Vigne, ‘Laverne and Capt. Lombard. n escort of United States cavalry W| 1 u:eompnny the party to the New lll‘d Ho‘ riands Representation. ThQ Netherllndl delegation is head- ed by Jonkheer H. A. van Karnebeek, minister of forelgn affairs, With him ociated Jonkheer F. Beelaerts e, “Blokland, chief of the political dlvnlon of the forelgn ministry, and Moresco, secretary -general of plonial minlstry an ce presi- ltil::ltc:fnl';le councll of the Netherlands East Indles. Th.N‘rmlD of technical advisers included therlands officials fn closest touch with the colonial pa}- icies and p bloml of the government, among_ th Mr. de Kat Ange- lino, adviser tor C inese affairs of the Dutch. East Indian government. Jtaliass Jofn the Throns. xuu:n 'ghle‘t of staft, providing for additional federal judges, told the committee there was evidence, that the recent crime wave was grad-' ually diminishing. “When we get farther awdy from the war period there will be fewer thinking to help him forget his wor- jumped in the car and suggested they take a ride. Sisson, however, appeared unable to steer properly, and the girl took the wheel and ad- vised him she was going to drive to his home. “Better drive to the Potomac.” the boy wailed. Alarmed at this response, the girl, who is the daughter of a telephone company employe, drove toward the New York avenue residence. When within a door or two of the ‘boy's home he jumped from the, car and ran down the avenue to North Capitol street, disappearing down that thor- oughfare. The girl went in the house and told the boy's parents. Because of the previous model conduct and haracter of the son they did not be- come seriously alarmed at his ab- sence until Saturday, when the tele- phone officials were told of the in- cident. The young man, after receiving his pay’ Friday at 1 o'clock, went to several houses in the northwest | section of the city to install some telephones, and m?ulry at &hese Dllcel disclosed that, ter his work, he had telephoned charge. be in the wing of an enormous build- The Engineer School detachment|ing at Funchal which was intended at Camp Humphreys announced today | a8 a sanatorium when it was con- that Master Sergeant Burt Sapp has | structed some years ago by & gToup been chosen to represent the Corps |of German financiers. of Enigineen in the ceremonies to be | The building never was finished be- PLANS FOR BETTERMENT OF SIBLEY HOSPITAL Woman's Guild of Institution to Hold Meeting Wednesoday Evening. Arrangements for the improvement and betterment of Sibley Memorial Hospital will be discussed Wedne: ‘day night at 8 o'clock at Rust Hall, 1150 North Capitol street, when Dr. A. C. Christie will deliver the prin- cipal address at the annual meeting of the Women’s Guild of the hospital. A musical program, in wkich students of the Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School will participats, will be rendered at the meeting. During the past year, according to officials of the hospital, the gulld has done much to add to the improve- ments of the service there and for the comfort of patients. Among the improvements already accomplished have been the inclosure of the porch. on the third floor with glass, thus affording protection to nurses.and babies while passing from Robinson Hall to the - maternity building, and also the provision of a sun parlor for convalescents at a cost of $1,600. The latter improvement was made through membership fund ts. u’;‘;'a.m:l:lfldren- !und will_redeive primary attention this r. The fund was created elpseh.lly for the pur- pose of aiding children in need of hospital treatment Whose parents are un:gle t6 bear the expenses of such attention A et the sstabilian: & Fosu - e br the fund, and restored to om_various a{lmen hfi:‘hgflmn renewals, dues and do- ‘Woodfill earned a captaincy in the 6th Division by heroism, but rulnea it to re-enter the ranks after hy subscribers and asked if a pocket- book had been found. The boy is described as being about six feet tall, weighing 135 pounds, having the appearance of being thin, and possessing heavy black eyebrows, | 2 brown eyes, dark brown hair worn in pompadour fashion and promirjent He wore a khaki woolen shirt, black coat, blue tight-fitting overcoat, brown low shoes and blue cap. JUDGMENT IS AFFIRMED. Court Favors Award of ”0,&50 to Mrs. Callahan. The District Court of Al opinion by Justice Van .m 0.2 B a.m., 30.05; noon, 30. Highest temperature, §f, ocourred at noon today. owest temperatur: 44, oocurred at 10 p.m. yesterday 'l‘ampantnrs same date last year— Highest, 58; lowest, 41. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water, 8 a.m.: Great Falls—Tempera- ture, 65; condition, clear. (Furnished by United States coast and geodetio survey) Today—Low tide. 7:57 a.m. and § "5 pm.; high tide, 1:07 a.m. uld e a‘- ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 9 p.m.; high tide, 2 2:37 p.m.. the Fordney tarift bill on the ground that it is based on an unsound Sonoep- tion :‘: sforelnb‘:nag ul:n that Unit tates, Ing & creditor don. b be seriously injured it it becomes & | 3! W, ‘The result of the poll is giver as fol- gflmhl\:l l‘r’mec:tlonl h;l' our murm'a' ‘;:,‘;Efig".f,:,flgmfli'i'.%?‘fi”o“ e eaid, ut when we have returnes e Ger- to normal conditions the {ncrease in Amplifiers Duviaiied. mans and the place has been without civil litigation will more than make| It was announced this morning | ocoupants. {lx:; for less cflmllrl:ll prfi(lxedlnn, d| by the War Department that because e same congestion will remal ampl nstal Discussing. the bill by Representa-|©f the voice “fl“"hl lsdA!n WAR CAUSES REMOVABLE. tive | Walsh, republican, ' Massa- snd around e e Prosidont, —_— int, - | lin A oo afitional”Aistrist Judges, Ghst | the musio and the spoken words of |Dr. L E. Jackson Proffers New Justice Taft declared some steps|every one w| should be taken to help mu;-fui ceremony at Arlington may be heard Recipe for World Peace. whose cases could not come to trial| distinctly and clearly anywhere| A new recipe for world peace was becauss of the fush °‘ab“'“‘°" ang, "“htm-.",lm area. The announce-|, .yored by Dr. Henry B. Jackson, TR oat rcsision pe ks for| ““Oficial tests show that the best |president of the Natlonal community relief of the mlddle district of Ten-|places to hear are on the slopes east, |;,05rq, in his address befors the nessea. Southeast, south and southwest of| riengs' meoting yesterday, as & part Considering that they are appointed | the amphitheater. People who stand|o¢ the Armistice Sunday program, He for life, the Chief Justice said, some|a thousand feet away in the open|gyoted as removable causes for war, effort should be made fo cléar up e will be able to hear as Well as|which are obvious, the fallowing con- court dockets by temporary assign-|those within the amphitheater. ditions: Too many people, too much ments of judges from one Gircult to e (peasence [of Small: trees’ and dishonesty ‘and too small a sense of another. shrubbery mor. 'o remove em, he con- ssage, copies of whiclkr went Aer Daugherty declared that right|Bsound volume, and it is advisabla tolSi000 wiil make for world peace. w“;-mmgm,,:m D oS Benute ank after he took office he found that the | remain in the open and not try to| "Regardjng the first =removable | House committees on military affairs, court situation generally was seri- | hear in some spece where a tree OT|qgyse, he declared: doclared the United States would be ously congested. of trees intervene between the| «It g \nation's population were reg- | “parading her injustice before the [ — audience and the amphitheater. ulated by birth control so that 1itfeyes of the assembled allies” unless » \ “It will not be necessary to crowd haq only as many people as it could {Sergt. Woodflll were restored to hi GIVE ECONOMISTS’ POLL. |for posttions near the amphitheater. | gupport In decency and security, this | wartime rank befors he teok part in o e s 28 uwre lu more than enough room |yoyld remove the pressure of popula- | the Armistice day ceremonies. in the spaces to take care Of|¢jon and the consequent need to steal Members of Congress tod:y received 1e zhn g0 to Arlington.” rovide f the peop! ¥zner terrlltnry to p! e for its ne T coNRAD HONORED less surplus. ESCORT LFAVES NEW YORE. |'*8,h¥'550na topte quotas ne an- LIEUT. CONRAD H . nounced: “Almos sputes among s nations as among groups and indi- [Member of Guard at Rites in West- Five Destroyers Scurry Out to Sea | Jayais could be settled in short ord Mo ber to Meet Olympia. if the nsrzlu to them would sit minster Abbey. 0 i around & table, look each other inlc. . .. nicatch toThe Star. .—Five de-|the face and resolve to be honest with WINCHESTER, Va., November 7.— ac 1t is & long, slow proc- |, WINCHESHS Bryan’ Conrad, United B‘lnuly he sald that “too small a|States Army, statloned w! o arm; ocoupation in Germany, was sense of humor 18 the most buig of on.’o?'. '“::g R I ane eone tote '.!'no destroyers now -nurrytnr out|all cause: = Westminster Abbey, London, last ke Jois istinguished are the Bernadou, The essence of humor,” he added, month, when Gen. Pershing bestowed fl““’ ate .nma. Blskely, ;William ‘B, ‘Froston| s, the’ sansd ggtgglau';n"-l;;enmm the congressional medal of honor at and ma th a Barney. al y to dis ore ¢ the unknown British o | B 7 geatan, | 28 important from what is less so. War [ the 1000 8¢ J"Lurled thors, accord- win- firmed a judgment ol Tininee e Wasiingson: Rormidal Gom: e : 4 of settling disputes h nosions should be sent to Miss The Sun snd Moen. pany In favor of Mrs. g iy Callas]’ g as a method of settling disputes has|y, ', word recelved her: B Yerance, mi .mur.mp secretary, at| moday—Sun rose, 6:41, am.; sun M.~ Albert s:rr-nt. minister for the D, ROBB lell thm no value. It is not a solu- d was ,,m, a composite pan, adminlstratiix of the estate of Bar | dionlen of Frauce, 18 sohoduled to ar- BOUND, GAGGE ikt oy ED. but an aggravation. If humor |, LISt COROTNS Fom & hony ‘Tor | 1665 Harvard terrace. e emorrow_-Sun rises, §:43 a.m.; sun husband, Hugh R. Ci 1 * of signal helpers, who was killed .while| reopairing a switch in the yards of the company ndlolnlnl the Unlun station.- The court held that the death of Cal- Jahan was uulad by the negligence his fellow employes and that that nej employes mentioned wers the o “ of the engine which struck and killed | fLaliahan. 2 wcra turned on it it could be ridi- TOLEDO, Ohlo, November 7.—Syd-|culed out of human life.” ney Rayman, manager of the National Loan Com| , in the dnvnw dis- trict here, was bound, g '::-oh m TO m@! LOAN. tended Americans many courte- bed of $5,000.in diunomlg Jewels and ustralis, November 7.|sies mu appreciated. B .this morning. Scores of pedes- | —Prem! rl.G. Mon of Queens- | = Lieu s indson of the t,{m Un!t'd 1 n?olmlgn\'eu;d.." ‘:‘B]I::tor 2 under e Mo | Gukte of Went o emonies. In a letter to his 3:.:330«13. Mrs. Holmes Conrad, he states that British officers and Bol- fllm w.n very hospitable, and ex- rive. Ernesto de’'-Vasconcellos, Por- mnu:n d e. dw 18 wquem od-y‘ a8 this month S netaded Archur 3 Baiio of ‘the Bri hh delegation and Beu-wr T Foster Pearce, delegate for inister for|snd jots, 5:01 p.m. THIRTY_ARE DROWNED. Moon rises, 12:48 pm.; sets, 11:54 p.m. )NDON, November t—'l‘mr!y pgr- Automobile lamps to bo lighted lonlf w:fi :ro;ned i m y,l' 3 one-half hour after sul t.ho Finnis! ormer] a storm, ac: ized eovdl-x tco":dupnc:nt: Lioyds fn- Hango, wn-. Sovoral. tmportant HARPERS FERRY, W, V. the h ‘when ‘- ‘ber 7.—The Pot lor 1 Re Britiah and. Anst ‘"?vamfizfl’iea fi:: op an v R Y and Bhsatndor ory groups are to arrive atithe sume e