Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1921, Page 3

Tardieu Criticises Conference for Locked Doors. BY ANDRE TARDIEU. Captain of the French Army, Fi ! Commissioner to America, Cle Right Hand at the Conference of Versaille CHAPTER XXIL SECRETS OF SECRECY. Fault has also been found with the four heads of governments who have been accused of assuming a i which was not theirs, and having thus de- layed the settlement. “The armistice was signed November 11, say these| crities, “and the conference did not begin until January 12, two months later. If delegates had been chosen who were neither heads of states nor prime ministers, if it had not been necessary to wait first tor Mr. Wilson, who was oblized to prepare for hi departure, and then for Mr. Lloy George, who was held up by his ele: tions, two months would have been gained.” Does any one really believe that the private conversations of the month of December were not of im- portance? Does any one really belicve that without them certain of th ‘rench claims which were oppo the British delegation would found that moral support in American quarters which insured their ultima success? But, above all, does any one veally believe that it would have heen possible to do the work that had t be done except by those who had full responsibility and sovereign power ¢ decision? Would the ablest and m, distinguished of officials have been ep: 10 it? This question can be answcred by experience. Half of the commis sions when they really got to th heart of the problems they were asked to solve hesitated to make de cisions of principle which it was per- Fectly evident could only be taken by the heads of governments. “Legend” Is Attacked. In connection with these prelim- inary discussions in December, 1918, it is only right to destroy a legend which has found almost as many be- lievers as that of “peace was possible in 1817” and which is quite as untruc. 1 refer to the Soscalled deal, suid to have been made in London, beiween Mr. Wilson and Mr. Lloy -l of have | Georse | _- " THE EVENING ECRETS OF WORLD WAR| M. TARDIEU COMES TODAY TO A CONSIDERATION OF THE AIE OF MYSTERY WITH WiICH THE PEACE CONFER- SURROUNDED ITSELF Says Wilson Asked French to Censor AND " DECLARES THAT IN 0 THIS RESPECT A MISTAKE W REALLY MADE. - his U' S‘ Dlspat(‘hes. RY OF THE SECRECY IS ILLUMINATING, HOWEVER. ity extended to them by France en- S titled them to special protection. A hundred times prior to the signature of December, 1919. An jmpressive array Jjournalists accompanied them; ymore than 300 from the United States {alone. The press, thus mobilized, had | tremendou pectations. = Were not the events of vesterday and of to- morrow of unprecedented Importance; had not the fullest publicity been {promised? Did not the first of the | fourteen points, explicitiy accepted by all the powers as the basis of peace. read: “Open covenants of peace, | openly arrived at after which there shall be no te international un- nding: kind, but diplo- shall proceed al frankly | and in the public view?” Before nego- tiations cven began, the conference backed water. The President of the United States—he said it® himself— had never intended open negotia- | tions. but only open debates upon all { decisions arrived at before the latter became final. There was no question of full publicity of the negotiations. The first care of the conference in organi its relations with the press % to strike an even balance between the need for silence and the j need for ne peace, wrom the greatest to the least. they showed this spirit. The censor ship made things worse. M. Clemer ceau on assuming oflice in November, 1917, had said: “No censorship of ar- s; they may attack me as much as they li a’right of which full ad- vantage was taken—*"but suppressio news dangerous to th erior and terior security e never unders| I add tha we could take action, the. sensitive to criticism and tacks against which we were powerloss. First Friction Arixex. On January 15 tho first friction riges.” Mr. Lloyd George complains of insinuations published in certain French newspapers. President Wil- son_goes even further and, although representing a4 country in which censorship had been abolished im mediately following the armistice, asks that the French censorship should be exercised not oniy over the French newspapers, but also over dispatches sent fo . foreign pape | M. Clemenceau opy, friendly re- i fusal. and the ne hint for borhearance, lay: tbie an extract from the Tribune even French Powition Delic At once—us earl January Clemenceau, who had “supported the of the Press Club of the ccs to facilitate the work stand: n and Il the subjects . published st in show s of our work. t then, and before agreement had been reached on an official text, the difficulties began which for six months grew and multiplied as one incident fol- llowed another. The conference was {held in Paris. If it had not been, the rench government would have been used of not properly defending our Be it was held in Paris, n of France was singularly distinguished member of d press said to me one day: (Te your guests. Whenever the catisfied it will put the 1. triie of the press. It Iso the men who were making | Tacy felt that the hospital- upon_the W York rticles in L'F nal and Le Temps, A indignantly denounc nd demanded cone He added f this kind of thing is to go on T shall cease to take part in the work of the conference. M. Clemenceau, it may be contended, ad but (o take him at his word. But what would have been said if, with Germany lookimg on, the head of the French government failed to smooth over incidents of this kind or had displayed that “impu 85" for which he was always being iticised when he ‘was not being ac- cused of “weakne (Copyrighted by th wris, Le Lloyd | Rigt i o fac | right s Merrill Company.) AMMORROW STAR, WASHINGTON, 4 Dr. H. A. Van Ka president of the general aftairs of the Netherlnnds By the Associated Pross. Japan enters the week of the open- NETHERLANDS DELEGATE ARRIVES FOR CONFERENCE. ebeek and Vrouw Karn ssembly, league of nations, and minister of foreign | the D. AT ek. Dr. Karnebeek Is JAPAN COMING TO ARMS PARLEY BURDENED BY MANY PROBLEMS| Cooling of U. S. Friendship, Failure t Renew British Alliance and Industrial Demands Cause Worry. (o] /to get in touch with the west be-|returned alone. The police claim to cause Japan, associated with the oc- cident for scarccly moge than a half C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1921.7~ |“Bluebeard” Arraigned To- l I LANDRU ON TRIAL FOR 11 MURDERS day at Versailles, France, to Face Accusers. By the Associnted Press. ’ VERBALLES, November —Court officials gathered herd today for the opening in the Sein-et-Oise assizes of the trial of Henri Desire Land!‘u. the “Bluebeard of Gambais”" who is charged with eleven murders. Ten of his alleged victims were women to whom he is said to have promised marriage, and the cleventh the son of one of them. He is alleged to have burned his victims’ bodie: M. Moro-Giafteri, who defended former Premler Joseph Caillaux and former Senator Charles Humbert at their_sensational triale, will appear in behalf of Landru, Prosecuting At- torney Godefroi conducting the case for the people. Judge Gilbert of Versailles will preside. The case has attracted greater Abe Martin Says: £ " &~ “I'd know th’ name if I heard it,” is one o’ th’ worst six bone- head remarks. Next t’ gittin’ drunk t’ be af attention than any other criminal case in the annals of Frenchecourts.| In Prison Two and a Half Years. Landru was arrested in April, 1919, and has spent his time for the past two and a half years in answerin or evading que: pol investigating and s of the magistrate fable, th’ worst thing is paintin your face so you kin wear gray. (Copyright National Newspaper Bervice.) WOMEN TO DISCUSS ARMS other court officials as to the fate(Two Addresses to Be Delivered at of his eleven fianc He has prov a most stubborn as well ag a very clever prisoner, and the palice admit that their case against him is not as strong as they should like it to e. The so-called Bluebeard rented a small villa at Gambais, & few miles from Paris, and it is there that the police charge he did away with the eleven women, all trace of whom has been absolutely lost. It is alleged that he advertised in various matri- | monial agency papers and chose| from the letters received those signed | by women with a little property and | no near relatives g A short courtship would * follow then a journey to the Gambrais villa in the company of the fian The | accusation says that Landru alwaye have proof that women were seen| to enter the villa. but none was heard Mass Meeting Sunday. Addresses by Mrs. Thomas G. Win- fr and Mrs. Eleanor Franklin Egan, two of the advisory delegates to the international conference on limita- tion of armament, will be delivered Sunday. afternoon’ at the New Ma- sonic auditorium hefore a mass meet- ing of women, under the auspices of the District of Columbia women's committee on limitation of armament Among those in charge of a rangements are Mrs. J. W. Frizzell, president of the District Federation of Women's Clubs: Mrs. Kate TFren- holm Abrams of the United Daugh- ters of the Confederacy, Miss Eliza- beth Eastman of the Young Woman's Christian _Association, Mrs. Basil M. Manley of the College Women's Club, Miss Harlean James of the District of Columbia League of Women Voter: Miss Emma Wold of the women! | { | | IFRE P3‘ It’s toasted to seal in the delicious Burley flavor— Rent a Ford or Dodge Drive it yourself North 122 Ford Car Rental Co. Cor. 14th and W N.W. E LECTURE Auspices Y Auto Club . ins of the armament conference with : X A bt i 1 \ T v “freedom of the | century, has of afterwagrd. A few weeks later [committee for world disarmament oN the former giving up “{reedom of (ho 2,000 CHILDREN PARADE |SEVENTH ANMNUAL FREE a eritical political situation at home, | that 1 Knowiedge of the ocrident | Whatever bonds, stocks. furniture, Sire. George T. Odel) of the Women's | of the league of nations. It is a =5 with a national economic situation and all that it stands for is insuf-jjewelry the women possessed wou nternational League for Peace and &« o td | lpihe feasue of nations It ix.21 IN CHURCH CELEBRATION INSTRUCTION COURSE |1t o e o o Rerent. Sne s Tt e aernond, Tenas | e s01d. Frecdom, Miss Gertrude van Hoesen || Traffic Regulations” [ mancin; as M. Clemenceau said. | RS —— = and with her relations awith | 10 Submit her case frankly to the re- Few Bones Dincovered. of the Home Economics Association, There was not in London in Decem- | | ension, and with her relations with! presentatives of the powers assem- Mrs. Alexander Wolf, Council of The villa at Gambais has been By CAPT. HEADLEY ber, 1913, any deal or negotiation on|Episcopal Sunday Schools Take |Prog: foreign powers, particularly the|bled at Washington. The Tokio €Or-| geqrched, ransacked, practically de-|JeWish Women, Miss Ethel M. Smith: the’ subject of the “freedom of the! brocor P ake | Program Completed by the Poto- |ywjieq States, Great Britain and {respondent of the Associated Press has Halianed by the polide in an effort |of the Women's Trade Union League, Chief of the Metropoliian ~ ki s —_— 8 # 3 4 o v . s were found A P esor. Z v there would be no more neutrals and| Exercses. Nationally Observed. to Open Tomorrow. A3 at least open to improvement, may be indulged in by sensational| some hair: but not emough to form | Kins of the Congress of Mothers and Tuesday, Nov. 8, 8 P.M A . 8, M. that the problem of newv cussed for centuries in conncction with the freedom of the s no longer arose and could not arise. The President of the United States, more- over, made a public statemgnt on this ‘subject in the spring of 1319 Besides, agreement was complete be- tween the three heads of the govern- ments of the United States, of France and of Great Britain on the subject of the decisive services rendered by the naval power of Great M. Clemenceau said so plainly or September 26, 1919, in the chamber of deputies, in the following words: “Mr. Lloyd George said to me: you admit that without the Rrit fleet you could not have continu the war?” And I answered: ‘Y Mr. Lloyd George had added: You disposed to prevent us in of war doing the same thing a; And I answered: ‘No.' Well, now repeated this conversation to Pre: dent Wilson. It did not in_ the le; disturb him. President Wilson an- swered me: ‘I have nothing ask you which could displease or em- barrass either of you.'” Already then Mr. Wilson was convinced that the league of natlons by itself sufficed to solve the problem. Mr. House, in a letter of October, 1920, was so Kind as to confirm that no negotiatior whatever took place on this subject in London at the end of 1918. Supergovernment Needed. Theorists may deplore the “super- government” set up in Paris in 1519 to their hearts’ content. it was a necessity. Such was the work of the four. the part she played, ever firm friendly. No one ‘has ever that the methods adopted were perfect. But that they were ac Qquate to a tremendous task is proved by the results. It was cheap and easy to caricature this immense un- dertaking to suit one's own purpose. The truth stands by itself. Iam try ing to tell 1t here. 1 have_perhaps waited too long to tell it. It would have been better to have spoken earlier. Another of the faults found with the conference in Paris was that it surroundede itself with_mystery. I am inclined to the ‘belf€T that, in this respect. a mistake was_really made. I hold that the conference was weakened by its -\ alocfness. Here again I feel impelled, ality dis- f France may well be proud of and even though I might prefer other-| wise, to relate exactly how this came | about. The representatives of the powers.: great and small, arrived in Paris in SPECIAL NOTICES. sritain | N the cathedra More than 2,000 Epitcopal Sunday| Arrangeme ! )L children of Washington |);4rule-dl:';\'"l;|'€ il' ton |from the ipse past the White|free courcn np { House to the Church of the Epiphany | to admission | vesterday afternoon in celebration of | PoWer Sauad Been “ venth annual | . preparator United Stat 1006 e its of instructic to the 1t the entennial of the | o'clock. ¢ ch church, observed nationally. | ceeding Tu ning to Decembe: i the Epiphuny Church Rev. J. E.|[13. An invitation (o att been Teeman. rector. emphasized the value "extended to all boat ow of mission work. ers inte; d in power i About forty of the ty Sunday | course of instruction schools of the local Episcopal churches | ot piioting, ? wok part in the demonstration, the !t and other naviza ation in- Many of the ablest Japanese are now either in Washington or in other parts of the United States engaged in the task of helping their country find its true place in the world. Blame Industrial Situation. The present situation is frankly at- tributed by responsible Japanese to the fact that.in her rapid absorbtion of western civilization Japan has not | realized the inevitable effect of that civilization upon her own countrymen, | ho have awakened to a_spirit of liberalism and are demanding more from the state as individuals. De- yeloped into an industrial nation from an agricultural one, Japan, more Ifirst of its kind ever staged here. nts and other subj { Reetors of the ious “churches of | The Potomac River Power Squadron | the denomination made the mission- org 1915 to promote a lar: iry the subject, of ser- | oL _acqy tmong the own- | “of power s to high standard of skill in t £ power bouts and 1 terd children assembled north of the ent grounds under the super- chers and of second r of the F and tieu- stern Corinthian Y tenant, E. G. K: Power Boat Club, Telary- treasurer. J. T. Bresnahan, vice com- Ichurches and carried American flags. | The parade hegan at 3 o'clock and the route followed was around the Ellipse, in_front,of the White House | modore of the Corinthian Yacht Club. and down Pennsylvania avenue to the | Church of the Epiphany. on G street. T S A police escort headed the parade, {HERE ON CROSS-U. S. RIDE| the marshal - of the pro Boy Expects to Visit Every Gov- ernor to Win Scholarship. staff, Andrew J. Abell. jr. eightesn v old, who says he is scheduled to visit| the governor of ry state in thé! {Unlon as a prerequisite to winning a | {scholarship to a university, arrived in| Washington yesterday on 'horseback. | completing about haif of the 12,000 | miles he intends to cover. With him | s his fox terrier, “Grip,” who has| ridden the distance from San Fran- | cisco, the starting point, in a leather container strapped to the saddle. | v called | 1 Ly the Boy Scout Band and rmin ion ¥ the main body were the brigade 1 : the Bishop of Washing- jton and the Sunday schools. —— WEST TO BURN CORN. Large Quantities to Be Consumed | Unless Prices Go Up. i quantities of corn will be{ | burned as fuel on western farms this winter unless the prices should material- Iy advance. according to the belief of | Sec Wallace. Corn at 32 cents a bushel is equal in value to coal at! $16 a ton, and at 20 cents a bushel, he | would be equivalent to fuel i Large Abell claims he has alread: on twentv-nine governors and ob. tained their signatures to a vflrrnh-i orative document. He will add the | signature of the chairman of the board of District Commissioners to | the list while here. Abell declares ! that five Young men started from the | Pacific_coast May 1, but that he is! the only one left in the race. Onnl died of pneumonia, he said; one of snake bite, and three turned back. NEW SUR MOTIVE PLANT. Planned Type Combines Gas and | i 7l 1 said, cor coal at 0 a ton. “In districts wh |now the coal is of a rather fand is selling at high price: .ry of Agriculture said. He declared grain as fuel I | ability was rot an arrence in other cereal- | corn having been ntina under such condi- / on farms, but in power - very cheap poor grade "’ the Sec- SPECIAL NOTICES. ROCH: g SONABLY. =226 W. —T0 PURCHASE FOUR TICKETS o DO e | for Auuy and Navs foot bail game fn New| A mew tvpe of submarine motive PLA FOR FIVB_OR_SIX_ROOM | Xork, November ress Box , Star | plant, comprising a combination of m...’n“?n'l',’um LESTER BUR: L gas and electric propul 45 Adams st. n.w. 53 § installed in_ three Ame sub- ©OUR TRUCKS LEAVE WASHI Philadelphia and New Friday. SMITH'S TRANS A A Headnche. CLAFLIN OPTIC. Glasses May Stop That DISTINCTIVE AND UND ent copy for Christmas. R tar office. N RS YOUR OLD WOOD FLOORS made new, planed, scraped and repolished ; new floors laid. Call any hour. C. ADAMS, Franklin 6347. 1210 C St. SW. 8* w York, Nov. 15th. THE BIG 4 TRANSFER CO., INC.. 1125 14th st. n.w. Ma Electric Propulsion. The Shade Shop W. STOKES SAMMONS. Phode 830 13th St. & You Get the Lowest Factory Prices on Window Shades Here Doing a Big Business —in Lumber, Fencing, marines of the V type, two of which have just been laid down at the Portsmouth, N. H., navy vard. Naval engineers are said to be watching construction with great interest, be- cause of their expectation of improved operation of submarine wareraft to result from the new installation. A | cruising radius of 10,000 miles Is said to be one possibility. ‘The latest submar ines are to be Blinds, Wall Boards,)2025-ton boats. measuring 200 feet in “te.. for fall repairs about the |1ength and equipped with electric en- honse. LOW CASH PRICES. gines of 8,500 horsepower. They are designed for surface speed of twen- ty-one knots and a submerged speed of from nine to ten knots per hour. —_— MEDALS FOR LIFE-SAVING. Barker Co., Inc. 649-651 517 Tth. Tel. M. 1348 ANNUAL M TING OF THE SHARE- holders of the Perpetual Building Association, at 11th and E &ts. n.w., on Monday, November 14, 1921, at . By order of the board of directors. J. W. CARR, Secretary. Geo, M. N AND AFTER NOVEMBER 4. 1921, 1 WILL ot Be responsible for any debts’ contracted by n mysel any ope other S WILIOK,, 15 GRAND 33D UPRIGHT PIXNOS FUI REN i taken in ss part payment on Victrola PItG0 WORCH, 1110 G n.w. Kranich & Bach and Emerson_pianos. Secretary Denby'Awards Honor to Three Seamen. FRAN MME. DENISE FROM LONDON. 1400 L ST. 70 Gowns, Hats, Smart Dance Frocks, From $18 up. & MRS. B. BOWARD WISHES TO ANNOUNCE 1 Life-saving medals have been awarded Chief Machinist Mate Theo- | dore Baumann of Pittsburgh, Pa.; for- | mer Fireman Edwin Ray Elting of | A New Roof With a Brush When you use Liquid Asbestos Roofing Cement. I will apply same and guarantee roof five ’ 1331 G st. o d floor. 11 leaks. Also sold in bulk. 2 b g e bee alf athorme Gogr. | years from L e b nee Lins. 4215; | Macomb, TIL, and Cook Edgar Arthur |an sutomobile whils walking 8long Andirons, Flre. WAXED, 32 UF: TOLISIIED, | inecbone of Judith Gap, Mont. Bau-|the roadway in the Monument Fireplace Goods 2%5%% i | FLOORS 31%0y: icaned ‘or refnished | Mann, rescued Seaman G. M. Lumbat- | grounds . vesterday afternoon and Fires, Gas Logs, by electric machine. s of the destroyer Hogan, when a |slightly injured. at SHEDD'S Eimsien-eie! motor ‘hoat was swambed I San |* Ghor (40 Boligeman 3. H. Fling N | e T WADNOR IBIGHTS_LARGE | s ooy narbor last April. Elting |of the Tenleytown district received a SKILL, BRAINS inality are mixed with your and orlEindly TiNG NEEDS. HIGH GRADE, BUT NOT HIGH PRICED. _THE SERVICE SHOP BYRON S. ADAMS, ZB4rens. . 512 11th Bt Electric Wiring' x5, SRR 2o, o, “Capable Roof Repairmen to repair your leaky roof. Have it done CAS"%"YG" 3507 14 sT. N.W. ROOF WORK? Phones Col. 155 and 1331. Place your order in the hands of prac- tieal roofers who personally supervise every job. Prompt. eflicient service at moderate cost. Call us up! IRONCL. Roofing, 1416 F st. n.w. Company. Phone Main 14. _ b Aftractive Displays in Printing— —LET US DEMONSTRATE. National Capital Press 4210-1213 D st. n.w. and Kneebone, while in the crews of the submarine chaser 277, rescued Seaman Foulke, when he fell over- board at sea. Secretary Denby has officially com- | mended Seaman Claud E. Peterson of Schenectady, N. Y. and Painter Al- fred Racine of Portsmouth, N. H., for rescuing Engineman C. Lovel, who fell overboard from the gunboat Dolphin at Port Limon, Costa Rica, last Au- > between Ft. Myer and Washington: ad- ]I‘?l(y:uxe of new Key bridge; overlooking whole {city: rensonably term. | OTTENBERG, T 3. Dr. KUHMERKER Surgeon ist Now at Room 204, American Bank Bldg. 1315 F St. N.W.—Main 6633 Commodore, 1 com. | € and when the count: I modore of the Corinthian t Club; i 7 ured products are witht first lioutenant, 'of the | difficulty finding a world market in I8 iduce upon jand {press of Japan where politicians claim i{pants of Mr. Copeland’s automobile, and more dependent upon her indus- trial workers, is finding them almost ble their demands, and trant at a time when the cost s higher than in any other! competition with those of other coun- ries where labor is cheaper, where thrift has become a habit, and where the workman's efficiency’ is_greater. The industrial situation in Japan is believed to be a cause of the prevail- ing unrest In foreign political relations, the Japanese people, as a whole are en- ssatisfied with the trend of fTairs between their country and the United States. Evervbody seems to realized the vague estrangement that has developed since the epoch of the Russo-Japanese war when the Japan- ese felt that they enjoyed the sym- pathy and approval of the American peopie. Believe U. S. Opposes Growth. One great cause of that estrange- ment. Japanese explain, is the fact that it was the United States that consistently protested as Japan, from to time made political moves in con- nection with her expansion in the far east. The effect of this was to pro- Japanese minds the im- pression that America, and America alone, was becoming jealous of Japan’s swift ascendency in the world, was attempting to check it. This idea is frequently voiced in the that their country has done no more than other nations in the past. There is reason to believe that the coming of So many representative Japanese to the United States repre- sents, for one thing, a sincere effort EX-COMMISSIONER IN CAR HIT BY ANOTHER AUTO J. W. Copeland Injured—Other Trafic Accidents Reported to Police. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Copeland, Ar- lington Hotel, and Oliver P. Newman, former District Commissioner, occo- were shaken up and bruised last night when & machine collided with them at 15th and I streets northwest. Mr. Copeland's car was going south on 15th street and was struck by a ma- chine goimgg west on I street, the driver of the latter car, it is stated, not sounding a warning. “A horse-drawn vehicle on the hack- stand was_also struck and damaged, and the alleged speeder continued on his way. His identity was learned, the police reported, and a warrant for his arrest will be procured. Mr. Copeland drove to Emergency Hos- pital and had his wound, a cut on the head, dressed. Samuel Soper, fifty-two years old, | 419 6th street, was knocked down by. broken finger and injury to his left leg yesterday afternoon, when his motor cycle was struck by an auto- mobile at the Brookville road and Western avenue. Identity of the oc- cupant of the automobile was not {learned. | "B. W. Tiger, 1303 7th street, was |knocked down' by an automobile at 11th and E streets last night and in: gust. r —Hair_Coloring 1s_an. ATt Tadies, A RENCH, HAIR SHOP Gives' FREE advice of HAIR TROUBLES. Hair Co(l‘arlnt. %;llmll.!fli_le:‘;. sflb'l.ir Goods. n: e 2 709 ]’.’l‘?‘t :‘l nw. Frank. . no27* Tin Roofs—Slag Roofs lll‘“lirlfl :N‘D_’lgl“m - S Toan & Grafton&Son,Inc., T g .70, —_— SETTLE PARAGUAY ROW. Rivals May Resign and Factions Unite on New President. ,BUENOS ATRS, November 5—Po- o cal conditions in Paraguay appear “Heating and Roofinz Exnerts 35 Years. to be approaching an O rwtaant: : through a compromise agreement be- Heating Plants Made New |{yoush 5 compromise agreement bo- —More hes less foel will be the result of | patch from Asuncien to La Razon. An an overhanling by Ferguson. Phone us. lr’:‘lx}\‘ger;’xent has been reactaed by which President Gondra and Vice R. K. FERGUSON, Inc. [ e o e, ‘ard 1114 9th St _Phone North 231232, that the different factions of the radi- cal party would unite in the selection of Dr. Eusebio Ayala. former minister of foreign affairs, as president. Vice President Paiva, who assumed 500 Letterheads . 500 Envele the post of acting president follow- 500 Billheads. c} 59’50 ing the bloodlegs_revolution which ted President ‘Gondra from office THE UPLI¢ OFTIOB, o Ly SATING & few days ago, has already resigned. 14th and Pa. ave. Main' €271 jured about his head. Surgeons at Emergency Hospital found his in- jury was not serious. —_— HELD IN ASSAULT CASE. Five Men Charged With Beating Labor Organizer. RIANNA, Fila., November 7.— Five men, said to be employes of the St. Andrews Bay Lumber Company, which operates mills at Millville and other points in Bay county, were at | liberty today on bail of $500 each for their appearance in federal court at Pensacola this week as a result of the assault upon John E. Win- stanley, a labor organizer of Mobile, who was taken from & train at Foun tain the night of October 29 and .se- verely beaten. v X ‘Winstanley 1s confined to his bed here and is said to be in a serious condition, ————— Japanese, the real Japan knows the necessity and urgency of removing any feeling of estrangement and of returning to the earlier days of triendly co-operation. Declare War Unthinkable. Business leaders, during the voy- age across the Pacific_en route to Washington, said: “War with the United States is unthinkable ' for us. For one thing, our lack of natura: rescurces would make it impossible.” Others frankly referred to the absurd ambitions of Japanese chauvinists and said that they were so insular that they judged all world problems from the standpoint of Japan alone. The leaders insisted that the motto of present-day Japan was that ex- pressed recently in Tokio by Viscount Makino, minister of the imperial houschold, when Crown Prince Hiro- hito returned from Europe; namely. jthat the recognition of the interna- tional interdependence of Japan must be her guiding principle and that Japan isolated and alone could not prosper. Concerned Over Alliance. The third matter of concern to Jap- anese is understood to be the failure of Britigh stdtesmen to agree upon a renewal of the alliance. or military pact, with Japan. Irrespective of the question as to what powers or power the alliance was directed against, the agreement was deemed of great moral strength of Japan because it made her an ally of a great white |Sickness. power. The old agreement contin- ues automatically until denounced by elther party., but both have®agreed that whenever its terms are not in harmony with tlle covenant of the league of nations it Is the covenant, |Secretary Hoover to Keep Public and not the alliance itself, whichehall prevail. Japanese publicists already call the alllance a “dead letter” and consider that a powerful prop has been removed from under Japan. Japan's relations with China_have not materially improved. and China, in its state of disorganization, is ba- lieved by Japanese to be a vital prob- lem because the future of both as the great oriental powers is closely and intimately linked. The official Japanese delegation has spent the last days in organizing®for the serious work of the conference. There are indications that the tragic death of the premier, while causing temporary panic, will not be permit- ted to Interfere with the spirit of unity, patience and perseverance which always characterizes the Jaj anese when confronted with a cri: KENSINGTON’S MUNICIPAL BUILDING IS BURNED | Local Firemen Aid Fruitless Ef- forts to Save Struc- ture. Special Dispateh to The Star. KENSINGTON, Md., November 7.— The municipal building was destroyed this morning by fire, which broke out shortly after 1 o’clock. Loss was es- timated to exceed $20,000. The build- ing, a frame two-story edifice, one of the handsomest structures of its kind in the state, was bought by the town about three years ago. It was former- 1y used as a public school, but at the present used for meetings of the town council, Kensington volunteer fire department, armory headquarters for the-Kensington company of the Maryland National Guard, meetings of the Boys’ Club and a motion picture theater, run by John T. Williams. All; equipment of the various organiza- tions was lost. ‘The origin of the fire is supposed to have been caused by an overheated furnace. There was no one in the building at the time of the fire. Ald in fighting the flames, which gained considerable headway before being discovered, was given by the local fire department, volunteer com- panies from Rockville and Silver Spring, Md. and from the District of Columbia fire department from Cleveland Park and Tenleytown. the Parent-Teacher Association, Miss Gertrude McNally of the Women's! Union of the bureau of engraving and printing, Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt and Mrs. Frank H. Suell of the Wom- Club and other: RESIGNS FROM G. P. 0. ° Jolin W. Powers, 414 6th street; northwest, who has begu connected | with the government printing office for a number of Years, resigned re- cently to take a position on the Manu-} | facturers' Record, Baltimore, Md. Mr. ! Powers will maintain his residence in | jthis city. “Rabbit_and mut- “Why don’t fiances a “corpus delicti ton bones,” says Landru. you bring vour former forward?" asks the judge. “How can 1 when you keep me in jail for years?” counters Landuma. “If Vou and your hundreds of detectives| cannot locate them, how can 17 A dark-visaged man. with shining bald head and long biack whiskers Landru has become a familiar figur: by impersonations on the stage. He is already under sentence of five years' imprisonment for forger: growing out of one of the cases wher murder is also charged. Jury Quickly Chosen. Within half an hour after rourt convened the jury had been selected. i accepted and sworn in, and the actual trial_had begun. The indictment for murder on eleven counts was read, as well as fifteen charges for forgery and swindling. Landru was pale and hag hig thirty-one months of detention as he entered the courtroom. but he ap- peared self-possessed and calm. He had pleaded illness early this morn- ing. but the court physician pro- nounced him able to attend the hear- ing. Tpon the government's motion, was decided to sclect one supple mentary judge and two suppicmer- | tary jurors, who should act in ease of | Circulating Library - frnm! All the Latest Books !PEARLMAN’S BOOK SHOP 933 G St. Only No Branch Stores. MT. VERNON Alexandria & Ariington National Cemete Btop-over allowed at Alexandria on Mt. Vernon Tickets Cars_Leave 13th St. and Pennsylvaais Ave, K.W. every 6 and 35 minutes after the hour. Rynning time, 50 minutes. Mt, Vernon opén daily, exoepting Buaday Bound ey te Aingien 30 ing ip to Arlington Cemetsry ‘Washington-Virginia Railway Compasy AUTO DRIVING At Hours Convenient to Studants, Day or For informa Call 1736 G st. n.w. it —_— COAL STOCKS SURVEYED. Informed as to Congitions. Survey of coal stocks on hand throughout the country has been be- gun by the Department of Commerce, Secretary Hoover has announced. Similar surveys, he said, would Dbe made every sixly days, as it was believed, in view of the approaching i biennial discussion of wages by miners | and -operators, it was “vital” that the ! country should know the amount of | coal it had above ground. It was| hoped, he said, to complete the first! survey and publish & prelimindry re-| port within a month. The survey, Mr. Hoover said, was being conducted by means of ques- tionnaires sent to many consumers of | bituminous coal, inquiring as to their| stocks on November 1. “Soft coal production up to October 1" he said, “was 112,000,000 tons be- hind last year and from 75.000.000 to 90,000,000 tons below normal. The de- crease is in part to be expected be- cause of a decline in censumption and in exports, and it does not necessarily mean that consumers are unwisel burning up their reserves, but if there is any possibility that the above- ground reserves are below the safety line, the best way to settle the point. the government thinks, is to take ac- count of stocks and lay all the facts before the public.” P —— PICK REGIONAL DIRECTORS Thirteen to Act as Co-Ordinating Agencies. Regional directors for thirteen tricts under the national unemploy- ment conference's emergency relief program have been selected, Sheretary Hoover announced last night. The directors will act as co-ordinating agencies between the conference and mayor's unemployment committee in various communities. Thos selected are: Mortimer Fleish- backer, San Francisco; C. F. Ran New York city; E. Sherman, Chicago: Evas Woollen, Indianapolis; John Hallowell, Boston; William S. Rossi ter, Concord, N. H.; C. M. Babcock, St. Paul, Minn/; Jackson Johnson, St. Louis; Roy Dickinson, East Orange. N. J.; Winslow B. Ayer, Portlan Ore; Ernest T. Trigg. Philadelphia; A. L. Humphrey, Pittsburgh; James S. Gibson, Seattle, and J. E. Edgerton, Nashville, Tenn. or address “I¢s delicious” Cinderella Bldg. 14th at G St. is sixty. About all the companies could do was to prevent the flames from spreading. The municipal building was valued at $15,000, but has been recently ‘im- proved and remodeled. Together with the equipment, including the fire ap- paratus, boys’ bowling alleys, Nation- al Guard paraphernalia and motion picture machines, place the entire loss over $20,000. The building was insured for $10,000, there being no in- surance for the equipments . located therein. —_—— STRASBURG RANKING TOWN. Special Dispatgh to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., November 5.— Judge Henry W. Holt of Staunton, sitting as special judge in the an- nexation proceedings pending in the clrcuit court of Shenandosh county, Va., has had entered an order in- creasing the limits of Strasburg, re- sulting in a gain of mearly 1,000 pop- ulation. This makes Strasburg the largest town In Shenandoah county. NAMED NAVAL INSPECTOR. Lient. Commander Robert E. P. Timer at New York city has been detalled as naval inspector, aircraft FIT TO FIGHT Life’s, greatest battles are -between strength 1 Scott’s Emulsions a high-powered tonic- | nutrient, nourishes fi and fortifies the whole body. oM ARERS OF I-M0IDS (Tablets or Granules) £on INDIGESTION 20-199] Followed by an Illustrated Lecture on Automobile Lubricating Systems| By E. A. 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