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Probably rain tonight row morning; fo change ture. Temperature for hours ended at 2 p.m. toda; 46. at 8 am. today; low: P.m. yesterday. Fall report on page 7. WEATHER. and tomor- in tempera- twenty-four Highes 41, at Closing New York Sto;h, Page 25. Entered as seco 28,323, O. post office Washington, nd-class matter D. he WASHINGTON, BRITAIN ACCEPTS IN PRINCIPLE U. S. NAVAL LIMITATION PROGRAM; BALFOUR TO OUTLINE POSITION Japanese Answer Also Expected Favorable. CONCLUSION NOT REGARDED FINAL Step of Two Nations Seen as Eventual Ship Agreement. By the Associated Press. Great Britain's acceptance “in prin- ciple” of the American propcsals for limitation of naval armament were definitely forecast today in a state-! ment on behaif of the British dele- gation. Great Britain's acceptance will be based on what are described as “cer-; “PUBLICITY” BATTLE WAGED AT MEETING OF PARLEY “BIG FIVE” ! By the Associuted Press. When the “big five” met in con- ference today to formulate their program of procedure for the arms conference there was the usual battle over “publicity.” One element, as forecast, was for the greatest publicity possible about the executive sessions, to which the public will not be ad- mitted. Another element, as also fore- cast, was for absolutely Sccret sessions #ltcgether. A middle ground, as usual, was found on which tae proponents of absolute secrecy acknowledged ¥ of satisfying public it was agreed that announcing the results of secret deliberations at the open sions later, a w munique should be issued after each secret session. All the statesmen engaged in today's session which arrived at these conclusions agreed among themselves that nothing should be made public about it. tain definite modificatons.” Consdered most important amoug the | British I a modification in the pro-| gram for replacement. Instead of a; flat ten-year holiday, during which no; new ships shall be built, the British/ Pave in mind that the replacement pro- | sram be carried on from year to year. | and thus keep the ship yards from go-| ing to rot. or allow each country a| one-ship building plant o Japan's acs n principle” at least has been forecast by statements by Baron Admiral Kato and others of the Japanese delegation. Great Britain's acceptance of the feneral plan and Japan's sympathetic | sttitude were openly forecart Satur- day after the delivery of Secretary Jiughes' remarkable presentation. but it remained for & spokesman, speak- ing for Arthur Balfour, head of the British delegation. to give official] outline of the coming developments. Mr. Balfour to Spenk. i Mr. Balfour will address the second | plenary session of the conference to- | morrow morning at 11 o'clock, it was | announced, and at that time bespeak | Great Britain's adherence to the fun- | damentals of the proposal laid down ! in behalf of the American delegation by Secretary Hughes. What might be | propased as a modirication or in the! nature of counter proposals for some | features of the American plan was; not disclosed today. The impression prevailed. however, that they might be in the main mat- ters of detail not difficult of assimi- lation with the cardinal points of the American program. “Acceptance in principle” is a diplo- matic phrase which, while markin 2n important mile post in an. inter. national nezotiation, does not by any | means assure its conclusion in origi-! nal form. No P usion. Acceptance in principle in this case is taken by cbservers to mean that Great Britain will not close her acceptance finally until tho conference has proceed- ed to conclusions in the cases of Fraice and Italy, and it may Indeed be fufther conditioned upon the developmorit of the discussion of far eastern affaifs, - Great Britain's acceptance in principle, how- ever, is regarded as a long step toward the success of the conference along the lines laid down by the American. dele- gation. Great Britain’s principa! considera- tion. it Is understood, in framing the reply which Mr. Balfour will make tomorrow. has Leen the question of | what was to be done to bring France ! | and Italy within the scope of the| plan for limitations. The American | delegates, it is understood. impressed | their British colleagues with the ad- | visability of first disposing of the | question as it affecis the three prin- ! cipals—the United States, Great Brit- ain _and Japan. | While naval experts of the forelgn powers today continued to examine the American proposals for limita- tion of naval armament, heads of the Amegrican, British. Japanese, French and Ttalian delegations conferred to | map out a plan of procedurc to ex- . pedite cons'deration of the whole| armament question. H American oflicials emphasized that! the plan presented to the conference Saturday by Secretary Hughes was | purely an American proposal and that | advance knowledge of it had been | kept carefully from all the repre-| sentatives of the other powers. Al- though it had become knuwn that] some far-reaching plan would Le pre- | sented early in the confercnce, it was | declared that no details eitier as to| the basis of the proposals or the ex- | act time of its presentation were per- | mitted to reach any of the other| delegates. | In consequence it was assumed that | scveral days would be required for the naval advisers of Great Britain and Japan. the powers chiefly con- cerned, to prepare any estimate of the | acceptability of the sweeping Amer- ican proposal. It was indicated that today's meeting of the five heads of delegations was not for the purpose of actually considering the plan, but rather w devoted to more or less routine discussion of a method of procedure. At the State Department there was every indication today that the public reaction from this government's first bold step in the conference had been | entirely reassuring, Messages of | praise and approval came to Secre- | tary Hughes' office by thousands, and | the White House likewise was del-| uged with congratulatory expregsions | on the opening of the conference. A synopsis_ of the proposal for armament reduction have been sent! 1o American diplomatic and consular agents throughout the world for such use as they may deem expedient. It: waa explained that this step was! another part of the effort of the American government to give the ne- gotiations the widest possible pub- Ticity. The heads of the delegations of the five principal powers arrived at the Pan-American Union building, where the committee dealing with armament limitation procedure was to meet promptly on_time. Secretzry Mughes was first to ar- rive, ba: zs was followed soon by Arthur Balfour, heading the British delegation. and a staff of technical experts of the army and navy; Pre- mier Briand of France, with a similar staff; Senator Schanger, heading the Itallan delegation, ard his technical advisors, and Admiral Baron Kato of the Japanese group, with Japanese officers. “Big Five” in Seasion. After greeting each other, the “big five” went into the directors’ room of the bullding on the second floor, ac- companied by the technical groups for each power, and the deliberations began. There was no crowd gathered before the building when these five most im- portant figures in the conference met. slow rain was falling and hardly person among the few passing un- der umbrellas up and down the street looked up to notice the dignitaries as they drove up in closed automobiles. The conference of the heads of the five principal powers was adjourned at 12:30 o'clock after having been in session for an hour and a half, pragi | 8¢5, | that lof useless expenditure for navies. ANGLO-JAPAN PACT MUST BE SCRAPPED Success of Parley Means; Doom of All Far East Com- binations, Latest Belief. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. America's naval proposals, as an- nounced by Secretary Hughes, are! predicted upon the confident assump- tion that the Anglo-Japanese alllance | as well as all other military combi-| nations in the far cast will be elimi- nated. ! The United States is willing to re-| duce the.size of its Navy. but insists | that the causes of misunderstand- ing which make navies necessary shall be removed. Emphasis is placed today u words of Mr. Hughes' origina tion to the powers in which he says:| “It is quite clear.there can be no final assurance.6f the peace of the world in the absence of the desire for | peace, and-~the prospect of reduced armament is not a hopeful one un- | less thfs desire finds expression in a! 23 efiort to remove the causes ! misunderstanding and to seek | groupd for agreement as te principles and Ahelr applications; it Is the ear- i nest 2wish of this government that through an interchange of views with the- facilities afforded by the confer- ence, it may be possible to find a solu- :l;-lx of Paclfic and far eastern prob- ems, Big Issacs Bound Together. In other words, the limitation ot armament 18 inseparably bound in the settlement of far eastern questions. This means that before an agreement | can be reached upon the one there must be an agreement on principles ; at least affecting the far east. This | is the crux of the conference at the faoment, for it seems likely that the naval proposals will be accepted and, of course, a reduction in the size of the Navy of the United States would | hardly be countenanced if there were immediate prospect of friction in the far east. The Jupanese delegates have care- fully refrained from saying that they would accept the American proposals upon condition that a_satisfactory agreement is later reached upon far eastern questions. This is truly sig- nificant, for it is far more advan- tageous for the Japunese to see the United States committed to a small- er navy at this time than to have held over them the lever of large armaments if they do not _gree to America's suggestions on fat east- ern problems. Since the Urited States is, however, not eager to see anything settled at this time except the main principles of the naval program, it is probable that nothing final will'be agreed upon which is actually binding 6n any of the nations until all the far eastern questions have beeir thoroughly cap- vassed and there i€ prospect of agree- ment on these matters, too. Alliance. Must Be Wiped Out. The United States is saying nothing about the Anglo-Japanese _alllance, but is taking it for granted that Great Britain knows, as must Japan realize. the American naval proposals | are ineffectual unless the alliance is absoluteiy wiped out. For a combi- nation of British and Japanese naval strength would violate the principle announced by Secretary Hughes, namely, that. in general, ‘regard should ‘be had to the existing naval strength of the powers concerne An__Anglo-Japanese combination would absolutely alter the ratio of! American to Japanese ses power. There is_a confidence, moreover, that the Canadiah strength at the conference here will be thrown into the scales on the side of eliminating the Anglo-Japanese alliance, for it is reasoned there that if the United States is_rid of an immense financial burden_the business revival here can- not_but help the economlc situation of Canada. Similarly the pressure for an ac- Ceptance of Mr. Hughes' proposals is ccming from all parts of the world, where the hope is that an economic revival will follow the abandonment { i 1 H n the | invita- | { | | ! 1 | Having made Drogress on the prob- lem of naval armament, however, the next step is to bring about something of the same spirit of concord on far eastern questions, admitted a more difficult task. The air is filled with expectations of another formula byl (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) U.S. TO CONTINUE | equation “Big Five” Confer To Map uture Proceedings. SECOND PARLEY ON TOMORROW Officials Flocoded With Messages of Con- gratulations. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. “The enterprise is now a going concdrn,” was the comment of one observer today on the conference on limitation of armament and Pacific and far eastern questions. The flying start toward progress which Secretary Hughes gave it Saturday was maintained in com- mittee activities today and in the con- ferring of members of national dele- gations and technical staffs. To- morrow the conference will be re- sumed at 11 o'clock, and it is ex- pected that a program, the result of today's committee meetings, will forecast the drift and scope of the work for the immediate future at least. At 11 heads French, gations met in o'clock this morning " the of the American, British, Italian and Japanese dele- the Pan American {Union building to shape a program on limitation of armaments. At 3 in the afternoon these delegates, to- gether with the heads of the delega- tions of China. Bel lands and Portugal, met to take uf a program for considering Padific and far eastern quzstions. At the same time the advisory com- mittee to the American delegates met to appoint subcommittees among whom to distribute its duties. Congratulatory Messages. The attendance for tomorrow’s ses- sion of the conference will be limited to practically the same official and governmentai set which attended the Satprday meeting. Invitations went out today for members of the Senate and House, the diplomatic corps, the foreign delegations, the Supreme { Court, the cabinet, the American ad- visory committee and technical staff. | The four boxes will be hela for those who occupied them Saturday. At the State Department and the White House today it was said that a deluge of congratulatory messages | and letters was pouring in. approving the action of the American delegation, through its hud._s-crou;y Hughe and acting with the President’s sanc- tion, making the concrete and definite proposal of a naval holiday and reé- duction. Issues Closely Allled. Discussion of the American plan ot reduction brings out the fact which is expected to become more promi- nent as negotiations develop that! there is very close connection between the proposed sacrifice of American naval strength and the disposition of the Pacific and far eastern questions. Many observers and commentators appreciate that also Involved in the is a question which is not on the agenda of the conference, but which 1s of potent influence—the maintenance or dissolution of the British and Japanese alliance. With such an alliance in existence, the combined fleets of Japan and Great Britain would overshadow the American naval strength and it is not belicved that American public and official sentiment would tolerate such a condition. Over this question, the conference lacks jurisdiction, how- ever. Next Steps of Agenda. Inevitably the Pacific and far easf ern questions will loom large ani attract more attention as their inti. mate bearing upon the limitation of armament problem becomes more ap- parent. After an agreement has been reached on the naval limitation, with its extent definitely specified and in terms set forth, the next item on the agenda relates to regulations for ful- fillment of the agrezment. That is regarded as an important considera- tion, how the terms are to be en- forced. When It comes to taking up the Pacific and far eastern questions, the first on the agenda will be “Questions relating to China,” as tersely stated in the official text of the agenda, which has been assented to by all the participating powers. The prin- ciples to be applied in their determi- nation must first be determined and next there must be found specifica- tions for their application. The subjects to be brought forth for consideration are outlined only in the broadest way. Under one head- ing comes territorial Integrity. under another administrative integrity; then comes the “open door” which is given official interpretation by the agenda text as meaning “equality of commercial and industrial oppor- ! tunity.” Concessions, monopolies or prefer- ential privileges must be taken up as a distinct branch of the delibera- tions of committees and of the con- ference. Deyvelopment of railways, including plans relating to the Chinese eastern railway is 'an im- portant topic, as also is the question of preferential rates. The status of existing commitments will engage serious attention. = Agreement Ex ed. Now, the foregoing topics relating to China are not confined to that country, but the same will apply in the case of Siberia, as they bear upon Siberia and are related to China. The Siberian problem, however, is not ex- pected to be difficult of solution as China's vexing questions. The islands of the Pacific which are under man- date will occupy further serious at- tention. TO BUILD SHIPS UNTIL AGREEMENT IS REACHED By the Associated Press. The American naval construction program, now progressing at only half speed because of reduced ap- propriations, will not be 3topped by the Navy Department unless a definite International agreement is reached, or except on direction of Congress, it was stated today by Secretary Denby. / The superdreadnaught West Vir- ginia will be launched Saturday at Newport News as arranged, it was said at the department, and work on the other twenty-eight surface ships and forty submarires now building or projected wiil go forward. - v While some sentiment exists in ~Congress for-immedipte cessation of ‘naval construction, the saving of construction -expense thereby, while it might amount to severai million dollars, dependent on the duration of the arms conference, would be but “a drop in the bucl of naval construction funds ved in the event of a complete toppage, naval experts say. -“The problem of canceling all naval ship construction contracts would be in itself a difficult one, naval officials say, and the depart- ment anticipates the loss of con- siderable more money at the out- t if it is decided to terminate the contracts on sixty or more ves- sels under construction. This, however, would be inconsequential, :lr c(:uru. ‘n comhd to ta.\fl:{; imate savings, same o ‘asserte e p s T e b ium, the Nether-|- D. C, TAKAHASHENEY OF MILITARY GROUP Waping of Japanese Army Program Predicted Under New Premier. BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. Whatever uncertainty may exist about the future polices of Viscount Korekiyo Takahashi, new premier of Japan, there is no doubt that he is an avowed anti-militarist. He has spoken right out in meeting on that without even waiting until his name was called. Recently after a life of steady plodding had esconsed him snugly In a berth of inaccessible of- ficlaldom, he threw his entire career into the stake against the military party. Strangely enough President Harding’s Invitation for the present conference provoked the viscount's outburst_and as a result of it the pld rolls of the ,'l.eo of fate finds him in four months the highest ap- pointive office in the island empire. It was a quick climax to a prosaic life of sixty-seven years. Cireuiates Pamphlet on Views. ‘When Japam; as Well as other na- tions, were hesitating over the tenor of the Invitdtion, Viscount Takahashi —“Taka” meaning high, ‘“hashi” meaning bridge. hence highbridge— then minister- of finance, had printed and circulated what he was pleased to call a private memorandum of his views. Such documents which are seen by everybody worth while and not seen by those who depend upon the newspapers for their information are a feature of Japan. However, the Tokyo Nichi Nichi, which had received one of the pamphlets for the advice of its editors, decided to take its ._.d- ers into the secret and printed it in full, After that it was only theoretically private and the viscount stood out like the Washington Monument in a thunderstorm. ‘The militarists sug- gested that the honorary orders of the Rising Sun, Flying Kites and other ascending grades be exchanged for the ribbonless one of the Rising Root. They demanded that the quiet minister of finance be noisily retired from the cabinet. However, the late Premier Hara steered his compatriot out of the storm and now another change of destiny which that wise statesman could not foresee has made Viscount Takahashi premier. Blames Army Staff. In the memorandum which Viscount Takahashi circulated among his friends, he contended at length that all the mistakes of policy and mis- understandings in which Japan was involved with other nations were due to the army general staff. He in- sisted that Germany's entry into and subsequent fallure in the war were entirely due to its general staff, and that Japan was following the same policy. Incidentally he advocated de- voting the funds which the empire is now expending upon armament to educational purposes and the consoli- dation of the ministries of education and home affairs on the grounds of economy and more efficient adminis- tration. The latter policies did not tread on &s many touchy military toes. To grasp the radical trend of the proposal, it must be realized that in Japan’s complicated governmental or- ganization the army general staff is not responsible to the ministry, tkough there is a high ranking army officer as minister of war, but directly to the emperor. The ministry may decide on one foreign policy, but the general staff, confident in the belief that it is beneath the digrity of offi- cers responsible only to the emperor to accept orders from mere ministers, carries ‘out its own policy. This is strikingly illustrated by the Japanese expedition around Vladivostok which the ministry has several times decided to withdraw, the general staff has had other plans and the troops remain. Lived in Peaceful Environment. The new premier’s life has been in an environment of peace and the con- servatism of finance. He came to the United States in 1867, to complete his study of English. A year later he re- turned and for thirteen years taught English in various public and exclu- sive clan schools. In 1381, he became an official of the department of agri- culture and commerce, being head of the patent bureau when he retired in 1890. He went to Peru for an un- fortunate venture in silver mining, returning to enter-the Bank of Japan. He advanted to president of that gov- ernment institution, also. was presi- dent of the Yokohama Specie Bank, resigning from the former to-become minister of finance in the Yamamoto cabinet of 1913, He resigned from that ministry but returned to accept the same portfolio in.the Hara cab- inet. In 1907 the emperor created him' @ baron and in 1920 a viscount. The new premier is not a party | ] i MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, SUFFRAGE ARGUMENTS FOR DISTRICT BEGUN Presentation of the arguments in favor of suffrage for the District of Columbia was begun before the Senate District of Columbia commit- tee shortly after 2 o'clock today. Edwin C. Brandenburg, on behalf of the joint citizens' committee franchise and a former president of the Washington Board of Trade, open- ed the affirmative. Some time was consumed after the jcommittee convened in straightening out the allotment of time. similar amount of time to the opposi- tion. During the course of this di opinion that if the organizativns in the District of Columbia had agreed on a definite plan for suffrage for came before Congress it would have had more force with the committee. To this Mr. Brandenburg replied that the civic organizations did have a definite plan, which would be pre- sented this afternoon. Following Mr. Brandenburg, others who will speak in favor of suffrage this afternoon, Mr. Brundenburg an- nounced previous to the hearing, are James T. Lloyd, representing the joint citizens' committee, the brief committee and the Chamber of Com- merce, and Paul E. Lesh, represent- g the brief committee, the Jjoint citizens' committee and the suffrage group of the City Club, of which lat- ter committee he is chairman. 160000 GARMENT WORKERS STRIK By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 14.—Sixty thousand garment workers lcalled out on strike this morning in Iprotest against the piece-work sys- to forty-nine hours a week, which their employers. that the struggle might be prolonged. The International Ladies' involved. All efforts at arbitration have failed. Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' Protec- lunion workers failed to aid the em- Iployers in their efforts to increase production and taus lower prices of woman's clothing. The strikers a trade agreement which left the question of working conditions to a bi-partisan commission which was to have reported November 1. The piece- work system means a return of the weat shop,” they declare. JUGOSLAVS SPURN BOUNDARY DECISION By tbe Associated Pre: BELGRADE, November 13.—Jugo- slavia cannot accept the decision of the the boundary line between Jugoslavia and Albania, the cabinet dccided at a ‘meeting last night. A note to this effect | will be sent to the allies. It is stated in official circles here that the Jugoslav: troops have not advanced bia. The council of ambassadors re- government demanding withdrawal of its troops from the ter- defined by the council. ‘The newspapers are unanimous in further meetin the subject. border. KELLOGG’S EYE REMOVED. Senator’s L‘efit Optic Had Been Sightless for Years. Senator Kellogg of Minnesota was recovering In the Epescopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital today from an operation in which ' his left eye, sightless for several years, was re- moved. said, because of the fear that the sight of the other eye, which now is impaired, might become affected.. The senator today ‘was reported in good ocondition’ with prospects of leaviag “.the hospital.in & fow.days. 1921 -THIRTY-T on Senator ! Ball chairman of the committee, said that six hours would be alloted to those in favor of suffrage and a cussion, Senator Ball said, it was his the District of Columbia before they: were tem and an increase from forty-one [Clinic, under the supervision of |was to be put into effect today by [that the nece: Indications were Garment | Workers' Union and 3,000 shops were | the Juvenile Court and a representa- Louis Lustig, president of the Cloak, tive Association, charged that lhel charged the employers with violating | Soldiers, allied council of ambassadors delimiting beyond the legitimate boundaries of Ser- cently sent a note to the Jugoslav immediate ritory within the limits previously declaring the council'’s decision un- just, and urge strong opposition to a g or consultation on ‘Thirty thousand troops are belleved | to be advancing toward the Serbian|Unanimeus consent, to take up the The operation was advised, it was bening Star. WITH SUNDAY MGRNING EDITION O PAGEs! —_— CONSIDERING BILL FOR COURT DOGTOR {House Debates Question qf Physical Examination for Juveniles. The measure, fathered by Repre- | sentative Underhill of Massachusetts | |providing for physical examination | {of those brought before the Juvenile | Court under the direction of Judge | Kathryn Sellers is under debate in | the House this afternoon. Vigorous efforts to get this bill passed is be- ing made by Representative Under- hill who, on the floor paid a glow- ing tribute to the efficiency of Judge | Sellers and the good influence she is | exerting 2s judge of the Juvenile Court. Equally vigorous opposition is being voiced by Representatives Sanders of Indiana, Representative ; Cooper 6f Wisconsin and Representa- tive Stafford of Wisconsin, who op- poscd the compulsory examination. Wounld Appeint Physician. Representative Underhill of Massa- chusetts, in charge of -this bHl, told ! the House that it provides for the appointment by the- judge of the court of & male physician at a salary | of $5,000 a year, who shall have had | special training as a psychiatrist in | the diagnosis of insanity and mental | cases. Also a psychiatric case worker | at a salary of $1,800 and a psychologist | at a salary of $2,000, all of whom | shall devote their entire time to such | work. He pointed out that it also! provides for the appointment by the | judge of the court of a female physician at a salary of $1,000, who shall devote part time to the work for the purpose of conducting a the | judge of the court. Representative Underhill expl: ity for this law outlined in hearings held by the Dis- trict committee. Chief Justice McCoy of the Supreme Court of the District and the present presiding justice of tive of the United States public health | service were among those who urged favorable action on this measure. Up to April 1, 1921, an experimental clinic for the psychiatric study of | delinquents was maintained in the Juvenile Court by the United States public health service, at the request of Judge Sellers. Owing to the large amount of work that had been as- signed to the public health service by Congres, mainly the care of disabled the surgeon general was obliged to close the clinic. A detail- | led report Iaid before the District com- mittee showed that between February 9, 1920, and April 1, 1921, 1,024 chil- dren were examined. A large percen- tage of these children were afflicted with serious diseases. ASKS MORE MARINES. City Postmaster Chance today requisitioned the Post Offica Depart- ment for twenty-five more marines to guard the local mails, following a conference With officials of the rail- way mail service and the postal in- spection service. These marines will be to the force of twenty-six men who already are on duty at Union station and on fourteen consolidated mail trains running west and south out of the terminkl. The new force, to come from Quan- tico probably this afternoon, will be placed on guard at various places around the main city post office buil ing, and perhaps at some of the i portant branch post offices through- out the city. —_— CLASSIFICATION HELD UP. ‘When House Leader Mondell asked unanimous consent this afternoon to ! take up the Lehlbach reclassification bill tomorrow, Representative Blan- ton of Texas objected. When House Leader Mondell asked | in addition | 1 maternity bill on Thursday, Repre- sentative Layton of Delaware ob- Jected. COUNTESS D’EU DIES. By the Ansociated Press. PARIS, November 14.—Countess a' Eu, daughter of former Brazilian emperor :Dom Pedro IL and former Empress Theresa, died here today at the age of seventy-five years. —_— BEARS CHARLES TO EXILE. CONSTANTINOPLE, November 13.— The British cruiser Cardiff, bearing former Emperor Charles of Austria- Hi e and his wife, Zita, to their a#r.';’.’." ‘the Island of Madeirs, left -here 1 e - B - l Member of the Associsted Press The Assoctated Press is exclusively eatitied to the use for republication of all news Gispatches credited to it or not otherwies credited in this paper and also the local news published hereia. All rights of publication of special dispatches bereln are aléo reserved. Sunday’s Saturday’s net circuiation, 97,851 net circulation, 91,663 Text of Address by President at Corner Stone Rite President Harding in his adaress at the laying of the corner stone of the George Washington Memo- rial, spoke as follows: There begins here today the ful- filment of one of the striking con- templations contained in the last will of the Father of his Country. It is an impressive fact, worthy of our especial thought, that in the century and a half since Washing- ton became the leader, the heart and soul, of its struggle for in- dependence and unity, this nation has so many times found occasions to record devotion to the precepts which he laid down for its guid- ance. So today, after more than a century's delay, we are come-to pay tribute to the foresight whicly, first encouraged and’ endowed the institution heré established—an institutjon which is to be alike 3 monument to those wio sacrificed in a noble cause and a beacon to shed afar the light of useful knowledge and grateful under- standing among men. For I need not remind you that Washington. in his last will and testament, first conceived the idea which we here see shaping into forms that shall combine loftiest sentiment and truest utility. He proposed, and gave a bequest to found an institu- tion to disseminate learning, cul- ture, and a proper understanding of right principles in government. In furtherance of that purpose patriotic women and men have made possible the institution of which we are now to lay the cor- ner. Very properly they have con- ceived Washington’s impelling thought to have been a gathering place for Americans, where Amer- ican minds could meet in fruitful exchanges. We can better ap- praise this thought when we re- call the limited publicity, the slow transportation and the difficult process of translating public senti- ment of his day. ¥ Mindful of this inspiration for the achievement of today, I have thought it might be well to direct attention to some phases of Wash- ington’s character which are not S0 well known as they deserve and which are wonderfully set forth in the provisions of his last will and testament. Too Much From Public Sides. It has seemed to me that our studies of Washington have been too much from those public sides from which we view him as the military chief, the inspired leader of the colonies, the statesman and guide of constitution-making times, welding force which hammered fragments of communities into a great nation; as the first President, and as the author of that body of domestic and foreign policies which he bequeathed in his farewell ad- dress. All this we know, but we have not gathered all of inspiration that waits to reward the contem- plation of the virtues und ideals that made Washington, on his private and personal side, a very model of good citizenship. Perhaps there has never been a nation which has owed so much to one man as our republic owes to ‘Washington. As a youth, filled with the spirit of adventure and ex- ploration, he came early to know the colonies and our nearest north- west. In the epoch of the seven years' war, or, as we call it, the French and Indian war, his leader- ship was perhaps the contribution which saved this continent to as- sured dominion of the English- speaking colonists. Indeed, I think it may be said that if on the one side Washington was the great per- wonal force that wrenched apart the two chief branches of the English- speaking race, he was on the other the greatest personal factor in sav- ing this continent to Anglo-Saxon domination, and, in doing that, he contributed very greatly to making possible the wide-flung family of English-speaking nations. If as leader of the revolting colonies in ’76, this time alded by France, he tore them from the grasp of Eng- land, it is equally true that two decades_earlier he had saved them from the possible domination of France. 1 am sure that today our faithful friends and trusted allies of France and England alike would agree that in both cases, viewed in the light of subsequent eveats, he served mankind well. Last Will Remarkable. With all these things we are rea- sonably familiar. We know his career as organizer and leader of colonial forces in the seven years' war; as generalissimo of the war of independence; as chairman of the constitutional convention; as first President, as author of that farewell address, whose fund of wisdom has contributed so much to shape our national policies even to this day. But among the documents which attest his wisdom, there is one to which little study has been given. 1 mean his last will and testament. On an occasion such as brings us here today it is not inappropriate to direct atfention for a few moments to this remarkable instrument. ‘Washington was not only a great soldier and a great statesman; he was also a man of great business affairs, and an eminent humani- tarian. Provident and always methodical, he amassed a fortune, which has been rated by many as the greatest of his time in all the country. Had it been his desire to found 'a monumental estate, the vast tracts of carefully selected land of which he was possessed, and in whose future value he had the utmost confidence, would have constituted its ample foundation, But plainly it was not his_ bellef that society is best served by the transmission from generation to generation of such imposing ag- gregates of wealth. Therefore his will, after devising minor and largely sentimental bequests to many relatives and friends, direct- ed that the residuary estate should be divided Into twenty-three equal shares, to be distributed among the heirs whom he named. Thus it comes about that an estate which, If held together and wisely administered. might have become very large, was deliberately so dis- tributed that in a few years its entity was gone and its portion had been absorbed into the general body of the country’s wealth. If that process of disintegration and absorption involved some loss, it is probable that in the sum of results the nation was gainer by the policy of Washington. Shines Forth as Model. ‘Washington as a model citizen shines forth with a peculiar radi- ance from this last testament. The first provision is that his debts shall be paid promptly. All the world needs the example of kept obligations. The second item makes generous provision for his wife; and then comes the direction that at her death all his slaves shall ~ (Continyeq on Fags 3, Columa 3) s 3 f TWO CENTS. VIGTORY MEMORIAL ‘SHRINE DEDICATED BY THE PRESIDENT 'Many Distinguished Guests at i Exercises Held in National Nuseum Because of Rain. 'FULFILLMENT IS BEGUN OF WASHINGTON'S WISH JMr. Harding Draws Inspirational Lessons From Life of Nation's First Chief Executive. Before a distinguished audience in the National Museum, in which were many representatives of the arms iparley delegations, President Harding this afternoon dedicated the Victory !Memorial building, at 6th and B streets, the corner stone of which is to be laid later in the day, as “a gathering place for Americans, where American minds can meet in fruitful exchange: Erection of the building, said the jchief executive, would begin the ful- fillment of one of the striking pro- visions of the last will of Washing- ton, which set aside a bequest for the founding of “an institution to dis- seminate learning, culture and a proper understanding of right principles government. Other Notables Take Part. Tpon the conclusion of the exer- cises the President, assisted by Sec- retary of War Weeks, Gen. Pershing, Admiral Coontz and other officials and Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, president of the George Washington Memorial Association, will lay the corner stone of the $10.000,000 edifice. Gen. Per- shing and Admiral Coontz will speak. The Presicent's address was de- voted largely to an analysis of some of the less well known attributes of Washington, those reflecting his character as ‘a citizen, husband and kinsman, rather than as a soldier and statesman. From Washington's last will and testament, & copy of which {he placed in the corner stone of the imemorial building, President Harding drew largely the inspiration for his remarks. Pays Tribute to Washington. The President said Washington's farewell address and his last will and testament should be studied as com- | plements of each other. since the first | was the “final adjuration of the sol- dier, the statesman, the foynder.,” and the other “the last word of the Chris. tian citizen, the Joving Husband, the devoted kinsman and the provident man of business. “I am prone to believe,” he said, “they contain a chart by which the captains and pilots of a world in dis- tress, seeking harborage from bat- tering storms and raging, unknown deeps, might well lay the course of clvilization itself.” President Harding's tribute to the republic’s first leader appropriately memorialized the sentiments that led to the formation of the George Wash ington Memorial Association., under | whose auspices the victory memorial i project has been developed. De- { signed originally to stand as a monu- ment to Washington and the sol- diers of the revolution, out of whose sacrifices the nation has sprung. the proposed building, since the world war, has been rededicated to a larger purpose—that of Serving as the na- tion's shrine of patriotiam, where the deeds of American heroes of all ages may be commemorated. Articles Preserved in Box. Evidence of its larger mission will be furnished when the President places in the corner stone box, along With the copy of the last will of Washing- | ton, a program of the services of Amer- ica’s unknown dead of the world war and copies of The Evenilng Star of November 10, 11, 12 and 13, 1921, giving the com- plete history of the tribute paid by the world to these heroes who died for the world's freedom, and accounts of the opening of the epochal arms confer- ence. There also will be placed in the metal contaner a picture of the gavel used by Washington in laying the corner stone of the Capltol, September 18. 1793; a brick from the house in which Washington was born and other arti- cles of historic interest, forming in themselves a tribute to the deeds of great Americans from the earliest days of the republic Secretary of War Weeks presided at the exercises, which were opened with an invocation by Rt. Rev. Alfred Hard- ing, D. D., Bishop of Washington. TIME LIMIT EXTENDED. Statute of Limitation Amended From Three Years to Six. The statute of limitation govern- ing attempts to defraud or defrauding the United States or any of its agencies was extended from 3 to 6 years in a House bill passed by the Senate today. The bill Is effective im- mediately upen its signing. The bill was reported this after- noon by Senator Nelson of the judi- jary com.nittee, who pointed out the urgent need of its {mmediate pas- sage. Senator LaKollette of Wiscon- sin in urging the immediate passage of the measure, expressed regret that it had not been reported to the Senate before and added that he had been in- formed that only last week more than 2,000 cases involving fraud Iu tbe Shipping Board alone had just passed lover the three year limit of the pres- lent law. The bill specifically pre- vents any action in cases on which the old statue of limitations had been invoked. SIX YEARS FOR “BIG TIM.” Judge Landis Also Fined Chicago Gang Leader $30,000. i By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, November 14.—"Big Tim"” Murphy, former state represen- tative, gang leader and president of the Gas Workers' and Street Sweep- ers' unions, was sentenced to six years in Leavenworth penitentiary and fined $30,000 by Judge Kenesaw M. Landis today for his part in plaa- ning the $360,000 Dearborn statiom mail robbery here last April i i { i 1 in N