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/ WEATHER.: Rain gnd sbmewhat colder tonight; tomorraw partly cloudy and colder. Tempperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: 3 pam. yesterday; lowest, 49, at 4:45 a.m. today. Full report on Page 4. Highest, 66, at Closiag New York Stocks, Page 29. ‘No. 28341. 1. DELEGATION EXPECTS ADOPTION « OF NAVY PROGRAM Members Highly Pleased With Progress as Summed Up at Session Today. FAR EAST PROBLEMS STIR NEW INTEREST Much Speculation Over Possible Combining of Naval Ratio and Political Discussions. Ty the Assaciated Press. Negotiations over the naval gram, according ' to the fecling American arms conference quarters today, are proceeding satisfactorily. The four American delegates meet- fng today went over the situation as 1t stands. Afterward it was said the Americans were very well satisfied with the turn that the naval discus- sions were taking and were hopeful that the American limitation program would be received favorably. A more definite status, however, was said to be improbable before next week. To what extent the discussions over the naval ratio and the politi- cal problems of the far east may be- come intertwined became a subject of increaling speculation today as the two negotiations develop simul- taheously toward the point of im- portant declsions. May Seek to Bind Isaues. The whole physical procedure of the conference thus far has contrib- uted to absolute separation of the two questions, and on the surface there has been no indication of a change. On the other side, various elements of the situation have led to an impression in some quarters that in the final stages of the nego- tiations there may be an effort, at least, to bind the two together. It was suggested today in British circlgs that the Anglo-Japanese al- liance inevitably would come into the naval discussions, if it had not already done so, despite the apparent intention of the British delegation to press for a naval agreement not de- pendent on the outcome of the far eastern questions. The naval ques- tion is said to have been considered at a conference yesterday between Baron Kato and Arthur J. Balfour, and it is regarded among the dele- gates as entirely likely that the alliance was one of the important questions of their discussion. From the Japanese ther me. from time to time many Buggestiors that the general far eastern situation had a close relation to the reduction of Japanese naval armament. It is recalled also that in his first an- nouncement of the calling of the Washington conference President Harding declared it was ‘‘manifest that the question of limitation of armament has a close relation to Pa- cific and far eastern problems.” British Favor Separate Aetion. For the British it was said by an authoritative spokesman today that they saw no reason why the present procedure of the conference should not be carried forward to a naval agreement without waiting for the ovtcome of the far eastern negotia- tions. The same attitude appeared to be held by the Americans, but the position of the Japanese was a more difficult question. The last official word on that sgbject came from Baron Kato a few days after the con- ference began in the form of a declaration that Japan saw no reason at that stage why she should not proceed to a solution of the naval {luestion independent of the political dituation in the far east. While the far eastern conversations are referred to by all the principals 25 having accomplished important re- Sults, it is pointed out that in none of the concrete questions dealt with has there been a binding and uncon- ditional agreement. In each case the actual determination of courses of ac- fion has been left largely to the in- dividual nations, under a promise to be guided by a blanket declaration of principles. s In this situation, it is asserted by those connected with the conference, that it would be well within the diplo- matic possibilities for the real point of the far eastern negotiations to be- come so interwoven with the naval Question as to prevent a final deter- Ihination of the one independent of the other. LLOYD GEORGE TO SAIL FOR U. S. DECEMBER 12 pro- in British Premier Definitely Ar- ranges to Attend the Arms Lim- itation Conference. Ty the Associated Press. LONDON, December 2.—Prime Min- ister Lloyd George, it was learned tais afternoon, is definitely planning to leave ¥ngland for the United States Decem- ber 12 to attend the Washington arma- ment conference. DELEGATES NOT ADVISED. British Premier’s Sailing Date Not Communicated Here. By the Associated Press. 5 Members of the British delegation to the arms conference said today that no report, official or otherwise, had been veceived from London as to the inten- lion of Premier Lloyd George to sall for Washington December 12. IN U. S. WITHOUT FUNDS. Move in Madrid to Repatriate Un- employed Spaniards. MADRID, December 1.—The position |. of unemployed Spaniards in the United States was the subject of an interpella- tion in the chamber today. Deputy Ju- Jiano Iglesias requested Foreign Minis- ter Hontoria to take measures for their repatriation, explaining that they were without resources. Senor Hontoria replied that the gov- ernment was studying the question, but that as repatriation would cost 000 pesetas, which exceeded the total funds in the hands of the foreign ministry for purpose. he would be compelled wuch a 1o ask for a special appropriation to bring the men home, Entered us second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1921—-FORTY-TWO PAGES. U. S. NAVAL OPINION QUESTIONS DEFENSE IN JAPANESE PROPOSAL Additional Tonnage Sought in 10-10-7 Program Falls Within Category of Offensive Weapons. By the Associated Press. American naval opinion finds it difficult to reconcile Japanese claims to a higher fleet ratio than the Amer- ican ‘“§-5-3" proposal on the basis of Japan's needs for her own defense, when the additional tonnage sought by Japan is all in offensive, not de- fensive ships. So far discussion has been largely confined to capital ships, battleshipg | all and tle cruisers, in navies as purely This is true particularly of the cruis. ers with long-cruising radius to per: mit operations far from home waters. The Japanese experts brought up in discussions among the experts, how- ever, the question of additional air- plane carriers for Japan. It has been indicated in Japanese circles that Ja- pan desires equal tonnage with Great B‘rnain and the United States in car- riers. regarded Alr Forces Defe: It is asserted by American officers that airplanes themselves might be classed as defensive weapons as long as no means was provided to carry them to distAnt waters. But when air- plane carriers are provided, the air- craft become potential weapons of offense for bombardment of enemy cities and fortifications. Another aspect of the airplane car- rier problem in the fact that th e, offensive weapons. | American fleet must be divided and | kept equipped for operations in two far separated seas, the Atlantlc and Pacific, even if American obligations as to the Phidiipines are disregarded in the calculations. That makes nec- essary, American officers argue, air- plane carriers for use with each fleet. Great Britian, it is pointed out, has even wider responsibilities in all the | seven seas. Her national life depends keeping the seas open to her trade ships and her equipment in air craft | and carriers must be equal to that | of any other power. Jnpan In Defenxive Position. Japan, in the American view, Is {not similarly situated. Her navy | operates practically, for defensive purposes, as a single unit. The Sea of Japan, which lies between Japan and Korea, is susceptible of such de- fense that it would be almost im- possible of access by an enemy fleet in wartime. Over it lies a road to Korea, held by Japan, and to Mon- golla and Manchuria, under Japanese Influence, that makes the raw mater- ials and other resources of those countries available to Japan without fear of interruption in_ war times, American naval opinion holds. For these reasons it is reganled as certain that the American conference | delegation will not be disposed to ac- cept the Japanese proposals of equal | tonnage in airplane carriers for Ja- pan in the replacement agreement. | The question has not been reached as t for debate. PLAN FOR MODIFYING HOLIDAY GAINS GROUND IN NAVAL QUARTERS By the Associated Press. An impression is growing in Ameri- can naval circles that it may prove expedient to modify the ten-year naval holiday proposal of the Ameri- can plan sufficiently to permit build- ing of capital ships to continue dur- ing the holiday on a very restricted basis. There is evidence that both the British and Japanese feel the necessity of such a modification, it is sald, and American officers to some extent share that view. The question of the navyal holiday has not been discussed by experts of the five powers, although it may have figured in the conversation between Secretary Hughes, Arthur J. Balfour and Admiral Baron Kato. At the beginning of the conference, when the American plan was made known, British rep- resentatives indicated that they were immediately struck by the probability that some arrangement to continue naval lhlg_hulldlnz_ @uring the period would be neces- sary both for economic reasons and because of the desirability of keep- ing up with the development of warship designing and similar na- val eagineering technical knowl- edge. The British representatives sug- gested a “ship a year” program in an informal way, but later it was stated that they had no inten- tion of proposing that each nation would lay down a new capital ship each year. It has occurred to some American naval officers that a more logical modification would be to provide that each nation should have one capital ship under con- struction throughout the ten-year period. This would mean for Great Britain, the United States and Japan the production of three new capital ships each during the holi- day to take the places of ships which would pass the twenty-year priod of use during that time. Each of the retained fleets under the American plan includes vessels which will become twenty years old before the end of the naval holiday. 1S NOERSYNARK FRMNESS SHOWS All Delegates Beginning to Realize They Must Answer to Public. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Officials of this government, weeks before the Washington conference as- sembled, sensed one possible misap- prehension which might find lodg- ment in the thoughts of some of the participants and took steps to fore- stall it. It was foreseen that the wave of typically American emotional support of the ideal of “disarmament” which swept the public might be mis. construed in forelgn quarters as put- ting the American delegates in the position where they would feel justi- fied .in assenting to practically any- thing proposed in ‘order to secure ces- sation of war preparedness. President Harding and Secretary Hughes found means to disseminate the suggestion that there should be abatement of the over-enthusiasm of the public in its expectations in this irection and to soft pedal the ac- iy of 'some_of the civic bodies functioning in behalf of the general idea of disarmament 50 as not to em- EASTERN COUNCIL OF NATIONS SEEN Association of Powers Likely to Take Care of Oriental i Questions. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. An eastern council of nations now appears as the objective of the gov- ernments gathered here to discuss far eastern questions. The same nine powers who are try- ing to establish a set of principles to guide each other in their commercial, financial and political relations with respect to the Pacific will be ulti- mately grouped in an organization to see to it that the principles adoptedat, ‘Washington are fairly applied. The United States government in its original invitation endeavored to in- clude all nations which might possi- 11y have interests in the far east, with the exception of Russia. When the Russians get a stable government they, too, would be invited to join. Embodies President’s Theory. In other words, this development of an association of nine or ten nations for a precise object—the tranquilisa- tion of the far east—is in line with President Harding's theory that inter- national conference can bring about co-operation not merely for the mo- ment when the problems are laid on the table, but subsequently when dis- putes arise as to the meaning or in- terpretation of principles. Mr. Harding's idea is that world peace can be materially assisted by regional understandings as well as by periodic conterence of all nations. He summoned five powers to partici- pate in the limitation of naval arma- ment, because they alone seemed to ibe the factors in such a problem. Sim- ilarly, the nine powers called to dis- cuss the far east were the only ones to whom the far eastern settlement was vital. In the same sense Mr. Harding has taken occasion to refer to the organization created b§ the Versailles treaty as league of nations.” May Lead to End of Pact. The President has let it be known that he believes the league should abide, because it has a definite value for Europe. Probably if he were ask- ed to define his attitude toward Cen- tral and South America he would say that the Monroe doctrine and the pan- American understandings of the last generation had developed an associa- tion of the nations of the western hemisphere. . But the greatest thing that may de- velop out of the eastern council of natigns is the formula it may furnish for the graceful abrogation of the Anglo-Japanese alllance. ‘The state- ment of the Japanese opposition lead- er that the Anglo-Japanese alliance | should be broadened to_include the United States is similar to the utter- {ances of Prime Minister Lloyd George, who has been urging a special agree- | ment of Japan, United States and the British empire to_take care of far eastern matters. To this the United States government cannot agree. High oficials have made that clear. ‘Would Cancel Agreements. { So the logical dévelopment which [will come at the psychological mo- iment is a grouping of nations in an ! eastern council. The compact uniting them would automatically cancel all “the European (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) D. C. HEADS REJECT PLAN TO CALL M STREET “PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE” The Commissioners today reject- ed a request of the Georgetown Citizens' Association that the name of M street between 28th and 36th be changed to Pennsylvania ave- nue. The Commissioners based their @ction on a report of Surveyor Melvin C. Hazen, who told the city heads that to approve the request would establish a precedent which « could be used as an argument to _change the street names in all sections of the city. 3 “In the original city plan,” the surveyor said, “the avenues were designed with greater width than. the streel=uSim all leading in dlag- onal directions. This action would deviate from such a plan and might lead to requests for other streets to be designated ds a pro- longation of avenues, which cer- tainly should not be considered. Pennsylvania avenue is 180 feet wide, one of the widest in the Dis- trict, and it would seem that it should not be bottled at one end by a width of 80 feet. “It is the ‘parade avenue’ and is known all over the world for its magnificence. To have it run into an east and west street of less dignity would detract from its im- portance. It is believed that the Commissioners would be without authority to change this name ‘without a special act of Congress, and it is recommehded that the Commission tion." C. W. MORSE LANDS ON PROMISE T0 SAIL FORU.S. ONMONDAY French Police Permit Ship- builder to Leave Liner Paris at Havre. AMERI.CAN EMBASSY SENT ORDER FOR HIS ARREST Willing to Return, He Says, and Insists Trip Abroad Is for Health. By the Associated Press. HAVRE, December 2.—Charles W. Morse, the American shipbuilder, who arrived here on the Paris from New York today, was permitted to land from the steamer this afternoon. The French police, however, insisted he must promise that he would return to New York on the Paris next Mon- day. Mr. Morse declared his willingness to go back to the United States by the next returning steamer, provided he was not arrested. “I am willing to return to America by the first boat, and I have so wired the United States district attorney,” he told the correspondent on board the Paris early this afternoon. ists Trip Is for Health. “I am over here because of ill health,” he added, “but I am willing to return even at the expense of Jeopardizing my life.” Police Commissioner Fabiani, who was enjoying luncheon in the lux- urious dining room of the Paris as a guest of Mr. Morse, told the corre- spondent during the noon hour that he would take Mr. Morse ashore at 3 p.m. and deliver him to the American consul general. Morse declared that he was unaware his presence in Washington might b desired in connection with the investi- gation of his wartime activities by the federal grand jury at Washing- ton until he was informed by w less last night that several operatives from the Paris police department; were watching for his arrival. Morse took up quarters in the Conti- nental Hotel here, escorted by French Inspector Aigouy, and he will remain there until the Parls is ready to sail ORDERED TO MAKE ARREST. i | | French Ministry of Interior Sent Instructions to Police. By U6 Aevociated Prees. henit WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 0 NEW IRSH OFFER MAY AVERT BREAK Sinn Feiners Agree to Take Latest British Proposals Before Dail Cabinet. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 2.—The: British government's latest proposaly for set- tlement of the Irish question will be considered by the cabinet ¢ the dail eireann in Dublin tomorrow. The new terms, which were handed ‘to the Sinn Fein delegates in written, form, show some advances over the zwernment's previous proposals, anu e delegates felt the necessity of giving them full- est consideration at a cabinet ses- sion. The terms, it is said, ‘woncede from the begining the Sinn Fein's claim for the unity of Ireland.’ Ulster must . PARIS, December 2.—The Havre|be included within thq scheme from police were instructed by the secret |the start, according to:the plan as it lnl_-vlee of the French ministry of in- |now appears to have been framed, terlor this morning to arrest Charles {and must remain in for six months. W. Morse, American shipbullder and |After that period, and before the end financler, as soon as he landed from the liner Parls. The instructions were sent by telephone. The French police acted upon re- quest of the American embassy, which received belated cable instrue tions to obtain the arrest and de- tention of Morse. The French au- thorities say they will hold the American financier 'until the embassy receives papers formally demanding his extradition. It was impossible for an American warship to intercept the Paris as there are no American naval vessels in French or British ports, all on this side of the Atlantic being in the Mediterranean. Instructions for such | { interception may have been sent to Admiral Niblack, at Constantinople, | but American naval officers in France received no word from him. MORSE CONCERN FAILS. Groton Shipbuilding Works Go Into Hands of Receiver. By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., December 2. —The Groton Iron Works, a Charles W. Morse shipbuilding concern, with yards at Groton and Noank, Conn., went into the hands of a Tecelver yesterday when Federal Judge Edwin 8. 'Thomas accepted a petition filled by James Swan, president of the company. Counsel for, the comcern asked the court to name Mr. Swan as receiver. After an examination of the paper Judge Thomas named Mr. Swan as temporary recelver, under a bond of $5,000. Tt was said the action was taken in accordance with a vote of the direc- tors of the concern. A hearing on the receivership petition will be held today before Referee Thomas M. Shields in Norwich. The schedule attached to the peti- tion gives the liabilities of the com- pany as $4,028,504 and the assets as $16,353,018. Listed among the assets is the sum of $13,153,000 which the | company says is due from the United States Shipping Board. A suit brought by the Groton Iron Works against the Shipping Board for this amount is now pending In federal court, the action having been filed In New Lon- don last February. The schedule gives the amount of cash on hand as $18.07. It lists more than 1,200 secured claims, totaling $1,015,701, and more than 200 unse- cured claims, aggregating $1,042,616. Mortgages outstanding are given as $1.843,355, Including one of $716,666 | held by the Shipping Board. Among! the creditors listed are: Jennie ! Morse of Bath, Me., $96,688; Travelers' | Insurance Company, Hartford, $86,44 C. W. Morse & Co., Boston, $14.000: T. G. Bostwickamp, Hartford, $11,609. WANT MORSE AT ONCE. By the Associated Press. Provisional detention of Charles W. Morse, shipbuilder and financier, who reached Havre today on the steamship Paris, has been requested: of the, French government by the Ame? it . embassy at Paris, it was said tod/ay by officials of the State Departm: Coincident with this stateme mer Schiessinger, general cou the Shipping Board, announ the board has been advised tention of Mr. Morse, who New York last Friday, & f¢'y days be- fore it became publicly /known that his shipping contracts Wy're to be made the subject of investiga/iion by trict of Columbia Mr. Schlesinger . El- -el for -operation ‘of th'e Department of State snd the Deyartment of Justics the Shipping and el!-g "tn h‘:‘t‘:;/ the return of l:om to coul soon as possible. | Ho, 1ike oth fiéials, would mot dls: of a vear, Ulster is to be given the option to withdraw. and if she. goes there must be a boundary commis- sion to determine’ the exact area! which is fairly ertitled to go with her. ’ If Ulster goes under this plan she would preserve only her present pow- ers and not obtain the fiscal freedom that would be left with south Ire- land. Final Action Tomerrow. The Sinn Fein has neither accepted nor rejected these proposals, but has promised to consider them finally to- morrow. The question of alleglance is still the crux of the situation, but efforts are being made to devise some form of declaring allegiance which, it is hoped by the government, the Sinn Fein will accept. The Sinn Fein's reluctance to ac- cept the government's plan to draft the terms offered in treaty form and place the treaty before the house of commons, _as advanced early this week, has been caused, it is explain- ed, by the general belief that the ne- gotiations must end if that plan is followed. It had been suggested this treaty should embody an all-Ireland parliament, but give northeast Ulster, as defined by a boundary commission, the right to withdraw at a stipulated time. The Sinn Fein delegates, who arg still in London, indicated little hop: today that the new version of tV.e plan would be accepted, but 8o far 7.0 one among them has declared for §b- solute rejection or has cared to myike a prediction as to what would be’ the decision of the dail eireann cabir;et. Arthur Griffith and George /iavan Duffy of the Sinn Fein delegati'on left for Dublin this morning and ’sichael Collins and Eamon J. Duggan’ will go tonight. Mr. Grifith will ret'urn Sun- day morning, probably withs the defi- nite decision of the dail cab¥ set, which will be communicated to F-rime Min- ister Lloyd George at fhe earliest possible moment. / Great Care in Pr¢/ aration. The government's 1f test proposals were the result of Fneetings of the cabinet members W hich lasted the greater part of the<day yesterday and were continued lV-ough the evening| and until after dql‘h;, the written version reaching’ Mt. Gfiffith at 1:30 o'clock this morv'ing.” During the cab- inet discussions Xir. Griffith and his collegues were' csnsulted. As first Drosynted the terms were utterly unsatisfactory to the Sinn Fein, but af’.cf some of the Sinn Fein, suggestion?. Liad been adopted the plan | reached S/1fi a stage that the dele-: gates tho'ught it had assumed a form| which V;yuld make it worth while present’r/g the dail cabinet for con- sultatio, Uls¥ ef will not be officially informed of V.g nature of the proposals until the/ finn Fein has signified its accept- anics, if such bé ‘forthcoming. In the e, Znt of total rejection on the part of J'pe dail the terms will only be made / known when the full correspondence is published. HOUSE FIXES SALARIES. First Important Vote Taken in New Pnr’lhment Session. * By the Associated Press. BELFAST, December 2.—The first important vote in the Ulster lower house occurred yesterday, when the select fixing the salaries of the premler £3,200 and the prin- ciple ministers at £2,000 each, was ap- proved by twenty votes to eleven. An amendrient in favor of reducing - 1 i Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches eredited to it or 1ot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published hereln. ALl rights of publication of wpecial dispatebes Lerein are also reserved. Star. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 90,758 Army or Navy are credited to Mrs. | L6 federal authorites who had her parts of the country, divorced Mrs. D. W. Hand, her daughter and Government agents who arrested D i nde o el lomarts Irobbed and molested by rioters in the her trail. | {of the War Department and Maj. R. war veteran husbands. office. "’CREDITED T0. WOMA RIUIERS |N VI[NNA the: Associnted Press. CHICAGO, December 2.—At least twelve husbands who served in the Helen Drexler of Waukegan, Ill., | the champion collector of govern- i ment allotment checks. according ;w'fe and Daughter of Col. 15 custiny bty | Hand Lose Furs as Hungry She is alleged with having mar- A ried husbands from many different Mob Runs Wild. Done and received approximately 00 a month from the government > S - v ) $190 s monthifrom)the g0 Col. and Mrs. 5. W. Miller of Wash ington are mentioned in Associated Mrs. Brexler say she devoted her 'l'reun dispatches as having been spare time, not needed to marry checks, to traveling over the coun- {outbreaks in Vienna yesterday. Mrs. }l’)‘—n’ll government expenSe—evad- iliflnd'l husband, Col. D. W. Hand, is ng secret service men, Who Were ON | iationed In the munitions building At the federal building the woman :‘l?:l midt u;‘ hak:e{‘ldmltlfd uflshln‘ { W. Harrison, son-in-law of Col. Mil- Mctoran husbands | “VeR 402N ljer who was previously stationed {here, is also on duty in the same The first word of the robbery Col. Hand received was in the Associated . | Press dispatches. He said this morn- g 4 ’u: that his family had been in Eu- BRI i) ias he had heard nothing from them {recently, he believed they wcre on their way to this country. as they had planned arriving here about De- fecember 20. So far, Col. Hand said, Members of the Independent Petro- leum Marketers' Association were!wirh his family by cable, but he has charged by the Federal Trade Com-|asked the War and State departments . “ | tp open negotiations with Col. J. W. mission today with having agreed | £, SRS REROCSLERS TOTL LAY Core- among themselves to maintain the : sentative in Austria, to arrange for prices and selling pracgices establish- | their immediate return. ed in the state of California by the Few Americans in Vienna Etandard Oil Company of California. There are not many Americans in The charges of the commission were | Vienna, Col. Hand said, and the few contained in the second section of ‘its! who are doing food-relief work are report to the Senate on price .and|given protection by the government competitive conditions in the Califor- | there. Col. Allan "Briggs. the mili- nie oIl SRdUAEY. tary representative of the United Notified of Prices. The commission in its letter of sub- mittal declares that Los Angeles of- ficials of the Standard Oil companies were notified “promptly” by a mem- to Americans there, the colonel point- ed out, as there is no embassy in the city. ‘When in_Washington the family apartments. The Col. Miller, who, with his wife, ber of the marketers' association of!was also mentioned in the dispatch | understandings and agreement relative | as having been saved from attackers to price maintenance within that as- | bY the display of the American flag, soclatinn, “thereby placing the Stand- | tirer its sopiniasy Mop A W, ard in'a better position to know when | Harrison, said this morning Col. a nefv price advance would be fol-| lowe/1.” T'ie commission also asseried that regords since 1915 disclose that the Standard’s prices in California have b/zen followed generally by all mem- Fers of the Marketers' Association. It declared that the association had prepared a list of peddlers and other retailers who refused to sell at the agreed prices ' and held the di: tributers responsible, so that this class of trade would not receive sup- plies until the retailers malnulnedl director of the bureau of civilian marksmanship shortly before the was later given command of training camp at Fort Niagara. In Vienna a Month. Col. Miller was retired from the Army last February, and in May left for Europe for a tour of the battle- fields and the continent. He has been in Vienna for over a month. 'As was the case of Col. Hand, Maj. Harrison's first word of the riots was in press dispatches today. He said a letter was received from Col. and Mrs. Miller {a few weeks ago, describing the sit- uation in Austria as very unfavor- able, due to the low rate of exchange. Maj. and Mrs. Harrison reside at 1320 21st street northwest. LEAVE TRAIL OF RUIN. the the “list prices.” Sales Managers Comfer. “Since the fall of 1915, the commis- sion continued, “certain sales mana- gers and local representatives of large marketing companies, particu- larly of the Standard Oil Company and the Union Oil Company frequent- PN = ly conferred and usually arrived av Vienna Rioters ‘Wreck Buildings an understanding as to the differen- tials in the prices to be charged Indi.| ~ 2nd Debris Litters Streets. vidual customers . and_to variou iated Press. classes of purchasers. Presiden: a.|“";;’§§:': Do maber nis e ) diner ed |¢ity of Vienna today looked as though it had been struck by a tornado as tices we, 3 Known o by ey piopsented Lo OF 'the result of yesterday's widespread their respective companies.” (Continued on Page 2, Column SNAEARERENRRRANGREREI Macmillan Heard From! Intrepid arctic explorer sends to The Sunday Star from Baffins Land an exclusive account of the first stages of his dash into the frozen north. His story thrills with the romance of the waste places and makes a stirring appeal to the imagination. Separated from civilization by a desolation of snow and ice, their little wireless outfit keeps them in touch with the happenings of the world. - READ HIS ARTICLE IN . The Sunday Star PATETARETRINADARIREANAIRANY {he Ras been unable to get in_ touch | States, is in no position to give refuge’ made their home at the Westmoreland | |10 the provosal by an official Miller was on duty in Washington as| United States entered the war, andj - ey r— | ing comission at the !ing, during which, he jcussed the park control question in TWO CENTS. MORE PARK POLICE, INCREASED DUTIES, SHERRILL REQUEST Public Buildings Head Wants White House and Grounds Added to Jurisdiction. PROPOSAL IS SUBSTITUTE FOR MERGER OF FORCES Federal Police Described Primarily as Watchmen to Kees Order on U. S. Reservations. largement of the present force of United States park police so that they may take over the policing of the White House and grounds, taking the place of the present fifty-three members of the metropolitan police force, was proposed to the District Commissioners toda by Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public® buildings and grounus. This proposal was submitted as a substitute for the plan of Senator King of Utah, to consolidate the pres- ent park police with the metropol- itan police and turn the policing of the parks over to the latter. The colonel made known his views after leaving a meeting of the zon- District build- said. he dis- an iniormal manner with the Commis- sioners. Difference in Duties. _Col Sheriill said he opposed merg- ing the park police with the city de- partment because the duties of the former are different from the duties of the regular city guardians of the law. “The United States parka police,” the colonel said, “are primarily watchmen to keep order in the parks and to prevent depredations in the federal rescrvations. Instead of be- ing merged with the city police de- partment, the park force should be increased and Kept as a national or- ganization. “1 wouid like to sce the park police force enlurged and given authority to police the White House grounds. 1 do not believe the President of th. United States should nave to obtain police protection from a munici- pality.” Col. Sherrill said the park police force is too small now for the large arca of driveways and beauty spois throughout the city which it must patrol. The park force consists of only fifty-six men and has not been increased, the colonel said, since the federal government tvok over the control of Rock Creek Park. Col. Sherrill said he hopes to get from Congress next year an appro- priation for eight additional men 1o police Rock Creek Park. e officer in charge of publi buildings and_grounds was not pre- pared Lo Say that he would take steps to have the city police relieved from duty at the White House, but the interest he has shown in the matter may result in bringing about the 1f Col. Sherrill's plan to police the White House grounds can be brought about it will be welcomed by local police officials, who could use the present White House detail to good advantage clscwhere. For several years past. since Washington's war growth began, the city police de- partment has been inadequate to meet municipal needs. Discussed by Citizens. Citizens' associations from time to time have suggested that some otber means of patrodling the Wiite House grounds be devised. but this is the first time any impetus has been given Col. Sherrill said he is opposed to making the park administration a municipal function, because experi- ence in other cities has shown that a separate park administration is the t course. Wren park systems are placed un- der municipal authorities,” said the colonel, “there is always a tendency L0 eUTOUCH UPUN Uiv PACKS wied® building of public necessity. 1 do not { mean that this would apply particu- larly Lo the present board of Commis- sioners, but it is a tendency that would exist under any city adminis- tration.” The proposal to transfer control of the parks and park police to the Commissioners was made a few days ago by Senator King, and the Com- missioners indicated their approval of the suggestion. Today’s News In Brief Plan to call part_of M street sylvania avenue” is refused by Com. missioners. 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