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WEATHER. Fair tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy and somewhat colde: ‘Tem- perature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 59, at 2 p.m. today; lowest, 36, at 2 a.m. today. Closing New York Stocks, Page 26. econd-class matter ashington, ‘Entered No. 28331. o DELEGATES DECIDE ONCLOSESTUDY OF CHINESE FINANCES Subcommittee to Study Na- tion’s Fiscal Affairs Will Be Appointed. Lodgt Seeing President Before and After Each Session of Conference By the Associated Press. # President Harding Is being kept in the closest touch with the progress of the armament conference. : as ofte to the ex tive men- and following them. President is gratified with the progress wo far, the wen- i The ator on leaving the White H la:-tu‘-y after an hour's conference. BRIAND CONFIDENT STANDIS APPROVED Will Take Back to France Record of Utterances in Conference Here. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Premier Briand, when he departs for Framce, will carry with him the record of words uttered in yester- day's session of the conference on limitation of land armaments which may be considered as of weighty im- port to his country, and carrying good cheer and encouragement. Secretary of State Hughes, speak- ing for the United States, and Mr. Balfour, for Great Britain, and others uttered them. M. Briand will not be able to re- port a decision by the conference on the subject of land armament, for that rests in the lap of the future, but he can tell his coutrymen that he tion of naval reduction. Proposed by Underwood. feels assured the conference will not propose to France a course which Senator Underwood of !h:A:'efl“" would leave her open to aggression. delegation brought forward the pro- ¥ posal today for the committee to ex-| U+ 5 Alive to Situatio amine China's fiscal affairs. His sug- | Secretary Hughes said: “No words gestion was said to have been adopted | €Ver Spoken by France had fallen unanimously, and Chairman Hughes|UPon deaf ears in the United States.” was authorized to appoint the sub-fAnd he might have added that the CobIte Iatar. ears of this country never will be The subcommittee is to take up |d¢afened. Mr. Balfour stated in terms China's proposal for restoration of | that Great Britain will never refuse tarff autonomy which would remove | to advance to the defense of inter- the present restriction limiting to 5 $ £ per cent the duty collectable on Chi- national liberty should the occasion again be presented. na’s imports. "In addressing the committee Senator | That France has no cause for ap- Underwood was said to have urged 2 | prenension that the conference will E ial study of O e O rth as {0 taxes and | SUEEest wiakening of her defensive tariff levies. The question of the|position without coz:pensating pro- present credit of China was ‘said 0| yision was shown in the attitude of have been discussed in connection |the nations whose spokesmen talked with the Underwood motion yesterday. i Japan ‘made clear her attitude SEtee RO S Rerinton, when Admiral Baron Kato said “the Little progress on other affairs re- | size, of the land armaments of each lating to China was said to have been | State shoul etermined by its made at today's Teeting. Much of the | PESUer Ecographical eituation and two-and-one-half hours of the com-| factors ‘::e 8o divergent and compli- ittee meeting was said to have' gfi; d__that _an rt to draw final Sevoted to GlooraeiBEToE p’ioce::-e’ mirieons te y -~ possible.’ devote: Which is interpreted to mean that with the varlous questions relating|Japan is in sympathy with France's to China. plea, and will not join in a proposi- China's undertaking in paragraph B | tion to essentially mitigate it. ! of the first point in her set of princi- Own Economie Problem. ples, not to alienate or iease any por- £ ton” of her territory, or littoral to| Nowhere in official or diplomatic any power, was touched upon in acircles in Washington is heard an meneral way at today's meeting, and|echo of a suggestion that a drastic! it is understood that will be one of | °% the problems to be wrestled with at plan of limitation of land armament the next meeting. will be proposed by the conference. Shantung was not discussed today|yf France contends that a large army is necessary for the present. that is her own economic problem over nor were Manchuria or Mongolia or any specific proposals other than the which the world is held to have no jurisdiction. fiscal. All the present indications point to No one thinks the Unitsd States would take a positioa different from an ‘“understanding” rather than a treaty as the form to be taken by the that maintained by France were the circumstances the same or similar. final far eastern agreement. Diplo- matically, such an instrument would be o €| Certainly the American delegation is classed along with the “gentlemen's| ;i expected to take the initiative agreements” of the past regarding| i, 5 movement to drive France out of her position. China, and would not require Senate Tt is the opinion here that M. confirmation. ‘ll‘herc have been hints that the naval reduction agreement|priand's exposition of affairs in the might also take that form, but that is| countries of Europe will have the effect of drawing increased attention UNDERWOOD PROPOSES " DETAILED INVESTIGATION Further Consideration of Naval Reduction Will Be Resumed Tomorrow. By thie Associated Press. Consideration of Chinese aspects of the far eastern problem was con- tinued today at a meeting of the ‘Washington conference committee on Pacific and far eastern questions, and it was decided to appoint a subcom- mittee to study Chinese fiscal affairs. No additional resolutions regarding policies affecting China were adopt- ed today by committee, and further conslderation of Chinese problems was postponed until 3 o'clock tomor- row, when another meeting of the delegates of the nine powers in com- mittee of the whole will be held. The conference committee compris- ing the five prinelpal powers will meet at 11 o'clock tomorrow, in ex- utive session, for further considera- said to be one of the details to be ad- Saniel to the entire European situation. All 3232 r nations are supplied with official re- e T ports showing the dreadful state of Comparison of China’s “bill of |affairs and the public, it is held, will rights” with the four principles|give increasing attention to condi- adopted by the conference yesterday, | 1on® hereafter. disclosed that the latter cover only Another Significant Remark. i two and a half of the “ten points”| Secretary Hughes made another re- proper and one paragraph of China’s|[mark in his address yesterday which introductory statement. is regarded as significant. in that it The resolution providing for the |forcast a way of securing peace alter- sovereignty, independence and terri- [ native to extensive land disarmament. igrial administrative integrity Of|He sald that in this conference “will China’s proposal under 1-A. The reso. | be enerated that disposition which 1s Jution providing for the ‘“open dool essential to national security, the final ssurance of security which armies deals_with the Chinese second point: (Continued on Page 13, Column 3.) and officers and men and material can never supply; that is, the disposition UPDEBS' FREEDON thie fact that if they desire it—most ardently and wholly desire it—peace | will be enduring among our people.” President Harding is considering extending amnesty to the 140 or more so-called political prisoners, includ- It cannot be denied that the entire ing Eugene V. Debs, the socialist tendency of the conference and its record as well is to foster the spirit leader, who are serving terms in the several federal penitentiaries. of peace among nations, and as-this increases the prophecy of Secretary Hughes draws nearer fulfillment and This fact became known today fol- lowing the cabinet meeting at the White House, at which the question gradual reduction of land forces will follow. of amnesty was thoroughly discussed by the President and his advisers. It The next steps to be taken in the consideration of the subject of land was made known that while the cabi- net has no authority in the matter, armament will probably be decided| Gpon at a meeting of the committee of | the executive exercises the right to obtain their opinions regarding the the whole of the five powers, Great | Britain, France, Italy, Japan and the!| practicability of this proposed step. Cases Belng Reviewed. United States. It is suggested that! The Department of Justice, in the the proble course will be to first! refer the subject to a subcommittee | meantime. is preparing a digest in the form of a review of each one of composed of the heads of those dele- | gations for subsequent report. the cases involved, and it is the opin- Sisson for Parent. H ion of those who know that the Pres- ! MAIL CARRIERS SEARCH | FOR MISSING LOCAL BOY | ident will consider each case sepa-| The entire carrier force of the Wash- rately apon its individual merits. It|Ington city post office, numbering 380 also is considered likely that the Debs | men. was set to work today searching | case will be treated entirely apart from 'the others. While the other|for Frank Klein Sisson, who has been missing since Noyember 4. cases are being considered individ- | £ ;:iuu{, I:Il‘.l lln:la::;ood that t:el Pr:- This is the first case of its kind in ent Wi real 'm as a whole, but in announcing the amnesty he wili | the history of the city, the orders not do so in one sweeping procla- [ 8oing out today to the carriers, under the new “port of missing men” order issued ite! y Postm: ler n- also will consider at the same time | ere] Hiave, asking postmasters to. aid amnesty for the many military offend- | persons in finding lost ones. or:m:ho::“::n t ;;;flfiul‘mgn are|, Postmaster Ehs:ce’ ",}“;"‘" the xe hope that with the full des: eiltary techniealities following the | oben toe mali mon of the sibeion armistice. . boy, who is the son of A. C. Sisson of Other Matters Considered. 60 New York avenue, the carriers will . A find him if in Washington. - The cabinet discussed also various| Carriers are asked to scan faces u' departmental matters, and the various thltw f: lbontl &"x’lfi."g'z'r"z ;::d clnhler- wise keep a missing members present gave the President [ W16, keep & 108 00 O e e Socat some idea of the principal features|post office that it may have the honor that will be contained in their annual | of being the first office in the country ort, which soon will be forthcom- |to discover a person under the new or- dng. Entire Washington Force of 380 Makes Effort to Find Frank K. | 1 A\ WASHINGTON, D. SUCCESS FORECAST IN CONFERENGE BY RESULTS ACHIEVED in Naval Arms Limitation ~ Very Fair Way of Being Accomplished. FAR EAST SOLUTION SEEN IN PLEDGES OF NATIONS Agreement on China Expected to Render Anglo-Japanese Alli- ance Obsolete. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Washington conference has progressed within the last twenty- four hours to such an extent that it is possible to make prediction as to its probable achievements. 1. The conference 8 in a very fair way of settling the question of the limitation of naval armaments at an early date. 2. The conference is not expected to bring about an arrangement for reduction of land armaments at this time, due to the stand taken by France that it s impossible for her to disarm to any very great extent with Germany and Russia menacing her. Solution on Far East Looms. 3. The conference has advanced measurably toward a solution of the far_east problems. The ways have been greased for an agreement among the powers assembled as to future dealings with China, which may re- sult in rendering the old Anglo-Jap- anese alliance “obsolete,” and there- fore no longer necessary. With the Chinese question settled—if it is set- tled—the conference will have dealt with the major part of the far east problem. It is known that delegates to the con- ference feel a long step was taken when, in committee of the whole, the conference late yesterday adopted res- olutions proposed by Elihu Root of the American delegation, setting forth gen- eral principles to guide it in its further work with regard to the Chinese ques- tion. Forerunner of Agreement. The adoption of these principles— { which specify the intentions of the powers attending the conference in Te- gard to Caina—may be, it is said, a forerunner of a final agreement among the powers. Such s final agreement, it is said, will make it no longer: sary, from the point of view of either Great Britain or Japan, to confinue the ‘Anglo-Japanese defénsive alliance. In this connection, it is pointed out, the conditions, whica brought about the negotiation of the Anglo-Japanese treaty of alliance no longer exist. In those days, according to high British aut3ori- | r east was men- | aced by imperial Russia, and also by ! ty, the peace of the imperial Germany. Neither Russia Germany is longer . “imperial,” neither is now regarded as a menace to the peace of the far east. Other con- ditions have changed, too. k Basic Friendship Underlying. Underlying the Anglo-Japanese alli- ance is the basic principle of friend- ship between the two nations. Tais triendship still will continue. But with the agreement which it is hoped to reach at the present conference—not necessarily In treaty form, but never- theless a distinct understanding that may be called an agreement—by all the. great powers interested in China and preserving the “open door” in that country, where. it is asked, will be the necessity for a renewal of the Anglo- Japanese alliance? Certain clauses of the Anglo-Japa- nese treaty were déscribed yesterday by a high British official as being al- ready “obsolescent.” due to the chang- ed conditions brought about by the recent war. The British, by the way, are carefully avoiding any sugges- tion that the Anglo-Japanese treaty ogated.” But the infer- their conversation is that the treaty is to be “eased” out of the way, since it will be obviously no longer necessary for the preservation of peace in the far east, its primary object. nor an Resolution en China. At this pcint it may be well to quote the resolutions prepared by Mr. Root and agreed to by eight of the delegations attending the conference —the agreement of China not being requested, as the resolutions merely lay down principles to be observed by other nations, agreed to among themselves, in dealing with China. The resolutions were adopted unani- mously by the delegations of the United States, Belgium, the British empire, France, Italy, " Japan,- the Netherlands and Portugal. They fol- “It is the firm intention of the pow- ers attending this conference herein- after mentioned, togpwit: the United States of America, Belgium, the Brit- ish empire, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Portugal: “(1) To respect the sovereignty, the independence and the territorial and administrative integrity of China. “(2) To provide the fullest and most unembarrassed opportunity to China to develop and maintain for herself an effective and stable gov- ernment. “(3) To use their influence for the| purpose of effectually establishing | the principle of and maintainin] equal opportunify for the commerce and industry of all nations through- out the territory of China. “(4) To refrain from taking advan- tage of the present conditions in or- der to seek special rights or privi- leges whidh would abridge the rights Qf the subjects or citizens of friendly states and from countenancing action inimical to the security of such states.” K Pledge China's Sovereignty. These principleg so laid down would appear to pledge the sovereignty of China; to leave to China the solution of her own domestic Problems; to provide for the maintenance of the “open door,” and to refrain from ag- gressions, either territorial or other- wise. ‘The conference still has before it, of course, the determination of what is to be donme regarding the old spheres of influence and leaseholds held by some of its members for many years. However, the adoption of the_resolution seems to put into ~ <Continued Jn Page 2, Column 3.) C., ARMIESIN BALKANS DISTURB ITALIANS Delegates Here Anxious as to Action to Be Taken by Arms Conference. There is great interest, coupled possibly with a little anxiety, on the part of the Italian delegation as to what the armament limitation con- ference will see fit to do regarding the armies of the Balkan states, {which admittedly are disproportion- |ate to their size. It is understood that it is the de- jtion that the armies of these states be reduced. As to whether this be practical or not, no opinions ve been forthcoming; but the Itfflan t, it is advisable, .is ent. Attention has been called to -the fact that the army of Poland is nu- merically, at least, bigger than that of France. Poland is not a Balkan state, but it is a recreated nation after a lapse of a century or more and, as far as this question is con. cerned, can appropriately be consid- ered with the Balkan countries, which have been frankly characterized as “little volcanoes.” Senator Schanzer, president of the Italian delegation, has made no spe- iific utterances on this point, but in a speech delivered at a plenary session yesterday he emphasized the fact that Italy has already reduced its land fories to the lowest possible point commensurate with internal public safety and that Italy sees a necessity for the careful consideration of the armaments of countries created or re-created by the war. 1 Italy’s Disarm: t Progra { The fact that Italy’s disarmament program began the day after the close of hostilities, it is pointed out, shows that Italy does not look to France to show the way in this re- gard. Italy, however, is not satisfied to see other nations K of Europe strongly armed, for she recognizes the ever-present danger when near neighbors are heavily equipped with war-making machinery. Italy has reduced her army from several mil- lions to 200,000, with further slight reductions planned; moreover this to- tal includes carabineri and other forces which would exist whethep there were any army or not. As for naval strength, it has been made plain that Italy feels it is a mat- |ter of life and death for her to have as ]arge a navy as any other Medit- terranean power, exclusive of Great Britain. It is a life and death mat- | ter because she imports a large part of her food, much of her raw ma- terials and all of her coal. Her eoast line is very long, much of it inde- fensible, and in many ways she is comparable with Great Britain, which, |as Mr. Balfour so feelingly pointed out, is a small island with never more than two weeks' food supply on hand jat a_time. i Italy’s position in the matter of naval strength in the Mediterranean does not come from the conference |officials. It has been openly stated by the present chief of staff of the { Italian navy and in the Italian press. | That the members of the delegation | concur therein is taken for granted. Use of Submarines. Submarines are necessary for Italy ias defensive weapons, first, because of thelr efciency, and second, be- cause of their economy. Italy is to- !day in no position to build any more |capital ships than absolutely neces- sary. The delegation has given no intimation of what it considery should be the naval strength to be assigned to thelr country by the conference. There has beén simply' laid down the broad general principle that she must not be inferior to other Mediterran- ean powers. 1f France or any other Mediterra: ean power brings about an increase in its navy, Italy must do the same; if the opposite, Italy will gladly fol- low. It has been stated that France desires a naval strength equal to that of Japan. Although only casual reference is ing from the Italian delegation head- quarters, well informed Italians an the outside are not so careful ™ stick to generalities. Correspondents {over here and the Italian press gen- erally hint that France appears to be aiming towards a solution as to how best she may increase her strength both on land and sea, and in France's persistence in this aim they foresee 2 possible failure of the whole con- ference. They take with a grain of salt French statements that Germany could raise army of 7,000,000 men, belleving that no such a recruiting or : conscription’ program would be possible even were Germany able to arm such a host. BRIAND TO GET DEG! NEW YORK," November 22.—Aris- tide Briand, premier of France, will receive degrees of doctor of laws from New York and Columbia universities Thuraday afternoon, it was announced yesterd: / A v bening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION sire and hope of the Italian delega- | ! made to France in anything emanat- | The premier will sail’ for - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1921-THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. [ 4/ PP 8000000 MEN UNDER ARMS, | 95000000 RESERVES| Present Military Strength of World Ap- palls—Shows Big Problem Before Con-- ference if Land Armament Is Tackled. Close to $,000,000 men are under arms in the world today, while 25.000.- 000 more are trained reserves capabl: of being mobilized whenever their countries need them. The imposing figures which come from official sources indicate the magnitude of the land armament topic and a glance at them explains why the present con- { ference, after the eloquent speech of Premier Briand vesterday, stepped | 1 have also been made showing the ratio of soldlers in actual service to inhabitants, one soldier from so many of population, men, women and chil- dren. In most countries this ratio is much smaller if the reserve fighting strength s considered, showing the en- tire man power taken from the nation in time of war. The figures, with the ratio of present mobilization, are: Other Statistics. Population Mobilized. per soldier. Reserves. 170,000 228 140,000 gingerly away from the subject of Guerrilh armies. 109,000 ‘When digonssing world nayies, the 445,000 fleets of Great Britain, United States’ o o and Jupan are so far ahead of the B0, B other nations in size that whatever = Zoom policy they agree on is sufficient to |} 2400000 settle the problem. When armies are taken up a different situation is faced, as the combined land power of the five powers is only a fraction of the world's total. The nations which are responsible for land armament are not represented in the conference. Twenty- seven nations in Europe and As have two und one half times as many | o, men as the five powers have under some of them fighting at the present time. Twenty more nations arms, some of them fighting at the !in Central and South America add ap- | preciably to the total. Either Russia or ! China alone has an army nearly’ equal |to the combined land forces of France. {Italy, Great Britain, Japan and the United States. Strength of Natiol The military strength of the armies of the world today is: Switzerland, which nominally has one soldier out of every 22.8 inhabi- tants under arms, gets its high rat- ing on account of the militia system of the country, where each man of military age is required to do certain military duty for a few weeks of the Five conterence power.. S s 3ieowis| vear. The figures for Russia include 27 other nations 7242 14636423 | Ukraine, Caucasus and the far east- Latin America ern (Chita) republic. ! Gepmany, Austria and Bulgaria are restricted in their mobilized forces by the Versailles treaty. They have the volunteer system, Austria and Bulgaria being below their allowed strength. Persia also has a valunteer system, while Holland has a combina- tion of militia and conscription. All the others follow conscription so that the size of their armies is fixed at what the governments desire. The figures for Turkey include the nation- alist party only, the totals for that country and Greece being due to their present troubles. (Copyright, 1921.) BOY DARINGLY HOLDS UP JEWELRY STORE OWNER Demands Money and Diamonds at Point of Pistol—Foiled in Attempt. Quick thinking and presence of mind of Harry Krick, proprietor of a jewelery store at 3063- M street baffled a robber about 12:35 fodiy, when he knocked a revolver from the ‘hand of an eighteen-year-old boy who was demanding “his money and digmonds.” The young man, clad in a chinchi)la blue overcoat, rushed out of the shop and down Jefferson street toward the water, front. A crowd pursued him, but he disappeared at the foot of the street. According ‘to Krick, the boy en- tered the store and asked for detalils on ciitting down a ring. “Come over here and let me see it,” said Krick behind the counter. The boy came over. He produced a revolver, leveled it.at the pro- prietor and said: “Let me have your money and dia- monds, now, quick.” Krick grabbed “his wrist, twisted it, and the would-be robber fled. . RECE{VES BEER BILL. rfaddeng:lohn_ Measure to Treas- The anti-medical beer bill passed by Congress last week came into the hands 6f President Harding today for executive consideration, and was at once “referred to the Treasury D partment for recommendation as to its approval or disapproval. The President has the usual ten days, commen today, in which to act upon the bil su 25,201,616 The combined total of regulars and | reserves—33,135,520 men—is far short iof the actual man power of the world | if all of it should be strained in con- } Totals .. flict. It could muster double that total, and with the stores of clothing, weapons and supplies on hand put that number into the fleld. | Detailed figures for the nations of Europe and Asia. exclusive of the five powers in the conference, are given, showing the men now in service and the millions who have been trained for milltary ‘service. Based on the population of each nation, compilations CHRISTINE NILSSON DEAD AT COPENHAGEN Noted Opera Soprano Was One of Brightest Luminaries of Stage a Generation Ago. | COPENHAGEN, November 22. —I Christine Nilsson, the noted operatic lulnxer, died here this morning. brightest luminaries of the operatic stage of a generation ago. Called by {'many the second Swedish nightingale, iu a fit successor to the marvelous {Jenny Lind, she won triumph after {trlumph in the famous lyric’rales of {her day, both in Europe and America, being a frequent visitor to this coun- itry from 1870 to the time of her re- | tirement in 1891. ; Born in Stockholm in 1843, she made her debut in Paris in 1864 as Violetta in “Traviata.” l Coming to America in 1870, Mme. ;Nilsson appeared in concerts and iopera under Strakosch until 1872, and | came here again in the winter season of {1873-74. During the 80s she toured in opera and concerts in Ri Austria, | Spain, Scandinavia and America, be- {ginning farewell concerts in 1888, and definitely \abandonigg public appear- ances three years lafer. married Auguste Rouzeaud of Paris in 1872. He died ten years later, and in 1887 she mar- ried Count Casa Di Miranda. PI{OBE ACTRESS’ DEATH. Empty Phials Found Near Body of | Countess Du Cella. _ LOS ANGELES, Calif., November 22. ~The authorities here planned to in- vestigate today the death of the Count- ess Du Cella, forty-five, film actress, ‘who was found dead in her apartments Sunday night. The investigation, it was Christine Nilsson was one of !hel 2 —_— - stated, would focus about emipty phlals and there was a said the police to have been found n the gDepartment of e body, s | Justice might .also LA called * upon Bunting of Buffalo, N. ¥, its before final action, . The countess was the wife of H, C !v:‘in opinion as to its constitutional {1i+d Cro: Member of The Associated All rights dispatches the use for republication of all news aimpatches credited to it or not otherwise paper and also the Jocal news published herels. the Associated Press Press is exclusively enmtitied to i \ credited In this of publication of special hereln are also reserved. Yesterday's Net Circulation, 91,754 Diplomatic Immunity Sets New Standard In Drinking Etiquette e dinners and lunch- | | 1o the armament I was phrased today { by one American official, as fol- lows: | “When I go to a friend's house i e in merved at dimmer | | very sparingly. beeaune I know his supply is very lim- ited., “Bat when Premier Briand of FOCH GIVEN MEDAL BY SCHOOL PUPLS, 1,500 Washington Children Pledge Funds to Build Two j Schools in France. | School children of America, repre- sented by 1,500 pupils of Washington's | public schools, today added their trib- | ute to the nation-wide homage that | has been paid Marshal Foch when they presented to the allied com mander a gold medal and a pledge to send to France funds for the con- struction of two schools for Frencly, children. Gen. Pershing, Ambassador Jusse- rand, District Superintendent of | Schools Ballou and other officials wit- nessed the presentation, which w: made at the base of the Lafayette monument in Lafayette Park shortly after 10:30 o'clock. Each public school of the District was represented at the ceremonial by ten or more pupils. High school cadet officers in uniform formed a guard of honor around the monument, which was draped with the colors of | France. A second line of honor w: formed by school girls, each of whom held an American flag. i Marsbal Praises Gift. | Marshal Foch, upon receiving the | medal, which was presented by J. M. Halsted, president of the French res- toration fund, expressed appreciation not only of the honor conferred upon | him, but of the desire of the school | children of America to help the school children of France. No finer gift! could be made, he declared, than one | contributing to the rebuilding of the schools of France. The marshal's speech was inter- preted by Ambassador Jusserand. After he had concluded, the military leader shook hands with the cade! officers and the school girls formed the honor guards around the monument. Officlals of the French restoration fund said they expected to be able t present Marshal Foch with a check for $250,000 for the construction of the proposed schools in France before he sails for home on December 14. This money is now being raised in schools throughout the coumtry and in Alaska. It is proposed to name | one of the schools the Washington- | Lafayette and the other the Foch- Pershing. “ ~ Medal Weighs 1 1-3 Pounds. The medal given to Marshal Foch is a solid gold one, weighing one and one-third pounds. It is engraved on one side with the shields of France and the United States and on the| other with a map of the United! States. Marshal Foch left at 1 o'clock this afternooA for a hurried visit to Bal- timore and Annapolis and will return | this evening to be the honor guest! at a dinner to be given by Hugh Wallace, former ambassador to France. This function will conclude the round of festivities arranged in| honor of the marshal's visit, as he| will leave tonight for a swing around | the continent and will not return| here before sailing for France. ! In Baltimore this afternoon he will be the guest of the American Legion. He will be presented by Mayor Broening with a silver key to| the city, which was made by wound- | ed men who saw service with the American Army in France Later | Johns Hopkins University will confer | upon him ithe degree of doctor of laws. A review of the midshipmen is on the program for his visit to the United States Naval Academy at An- napolis. | Praises Y. M. C. A. Work. 1 Marshal Foch conveyed the grati- | tude of France to the Y. M. C. A, last night, for the services that organiza- | tion rendered in the late war. At the | dinner given in his honor at the New Willard_Hotel by the international | (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Today’s News In Brief Foch glven medal by 1,500 school | who | TWO CENTS SENATORS' CLASH DELAYS TAX BILL, WORDS EXPUNGED Heflin and Penrose Attack Each Other’s States in Newberry Comments. ALABAMA MAN DISTURBED BY SENATE CONVERSATION Claims He Was Assured of Right to Continue His Speech on Mich- 1gan Contest Today. Disorder marked the beginning to- day of Senate consideration of the conference report on the tax bill, the climax being reached in the usual pro- cedure of expunging senatorial re- marks from the Record. The words stricken out were con- tained in a verbal clash between Sen- ators Penrose, Tepublican, Pennsyl- vania and Heflin, democrat, Alabama, in which Mr. Penrose referred . to the “black darkness of the state” rep- resented by Mr. Heflin, and the Ala- bama senator characterized Mr. Pen- rose’s state as “manipulated by preda- tory interests. Disturbed by The clash was precipitated directly by conversations among senators. which Mr. Heflin claimed disturbed him in a speech on the Ford-Newberry senatorial contest. He asked for order. Senator Penrose, who earlier in the session had declined to permit Mr. Heflin to have the floor to continue his speech from yesterday. interjected that he was 1ot “surprised that sena- icrs did not care to listen to the speech.” 1 The presiding officer called for or- der. “and 1 am not surprised,” Mr. Hef- lin resumed. “at the remark of the senator from Pennsylvania. He is known as the big boss of the state of Pennsylvania, and that no senator can come here from that state uniess 0. K.'d by him.” Again there was a demand business proceed in order. When order was restored Senator Lenroot, republican, Wisconsin, made the motion to expunge the remarks. Senator Poindexter, republican. Washington, argued it was useless to expunge the remarks since every one in_the Senate knew they had been said and that they would be printed n the newspapers. that Suggests Permission to Speak. But the motion, however. was adopt- ed by a vive voce vote, and, with the ismoke clearing, Senator Harrison. democrat, of Missiseippi, took the next Istep to restore peace by asking the Senate to adopt a resolution permit- ting Mr. Heflin to continue his speech | “in order.” had the Mr. lieflin and Mr. Penrose not gone along happily from start_of the day. Mr. Penrose had called up the tax bill report, and Mr. Heflin contended he had been assured last night that he would be able to continue his speech today. There were differences of opinion. the chair ruling Mr. Penrose had the floor, from which Mr. Heflin promptiy an- pealed only to have the ruling sus- tained by a vote of 35 to 25. Renews Newberry Attack. The tax bill was brought in then Twithout difficulty, but Mr. Heflin was first up after that action and re- newed his attack on Senator New- berry, republican, of Michigan, whose seat is contested by Henry Ford, democrat. Mr. Heflin also upset by an objection an attempt by Senator Spencer, republican, Missouri, to get a unanimous co: nt agreement (o vote on the elections case early in the regular session. Thus ti ate con- sideration of the tax bill, which was hoped could be rushed through to permit an adjournment, was ush- ered in. House Approves Agreement. erence agreement on the tax revision bill was approved by the House yesterday by a vote of to 109, and the measure was imme diately sent to the Senate in an ef- fort to get it rushed through before Congress adjourns tomorrow night. Before adopting the conference re- port on the bill, the House defeated, 202 to 141, a motion from the demo- cratic side to send the measure back to conference with instructions tu the House managers to accept the Senate amendment_increasing the in- heritance taxes. Forty-two republi- cans voted for the motion, while four democrats voted against it. Only eleven republicans bolted on the final ~vote, while six democrats voted for passage. The republicans opposing the bill were Beck, Browne. Lampert, J. M. Nelson and Voigt, afl of Wisconsin; James and Woodruff, Michigan; Michaelson, Illinois; Ryan, New York: Sinclair, North Dakota, and Keller, Minnesota. The six demo- crats were Campbell, Pennsylvania; Lea, California, and Dupre, Favrot, Lazard and Martin, all of Louisiana. ‘Would Yield $3,216,000,000. In the four-hour debate which pre- pupils. * Page 1 Armament conference making real progress. Page 1 Cut in armies depends on guarantees | to France. Page 2| Experts studying obstacles to Hughes ndval reduction proposals. Page. 2 Washington to welcome arms visitors | at great reception tomorrow night. Page 2| Holland - pushing her armament pro- | gram. Page 3 Britain opinion unchanged by Briand's | speech. Page 3| Berlin scofes charge of new aggres- sion from Germany. e Page Chinese delegates want definition of “What is China?" Page '3 District suffrage hearing continudd before committee. Page 4 Ex-Senator Thomas defends refusal to pay more rent. Page 4 Eleventh alleged flancee of “Blue- beard” testifies at murder trial. d Page 7 Unrest in Egypt forecast as resultof _fajlure of British negotiations. 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Page 20 Mexicans predict recognition by ceded voting, Chairman Fordney of the House managers said the measure in its present form would yield a to- tal revenue this fiscal year of $3,216.- 000,000, or $46,000,000 less than the amount the Treasury Department had estimated would be needed.- He thought this deficit would be wiped out by further economies by the vari- ous federal departments, Representative Mondel of Wyoming, the republican leader, told the House that best estimates were that the bill would reduce taxes by $70,00 calendar year and by $: the next calendar year. He praised the bill as “a splendid measure,” ex- cept that it did not reduce the maxi- mum surtax rate sufficiently. Representative Garner of Texas, ranking democrat on the ways and means committee, who made the prin- cipal attack on the bill from the mi- nority side, declared that at the pres- ent rate of federal expenditures the measure would not raise the required amount of revenue by from $600,000.- 000 to $700,000, He de- clared them easure was “a monstros- ity,” adding that a prominent repub- lican senator had announced thate. { would have to be rewritten within a ear. “It represents statesmanship gone to seed,” said he. |AMERICAN KILLED IN RIOT. LONDON, Nove:z:r 22.—A dispatch to the Morning Post today from Bowm- bay stated, that William Francis herty, an American engineer, was killed during last week's rio it kY verd United States governme Page 22 cannaige far vind cor- respending date last yz:.i », o