Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and colder tonight, tomorrow in- creasing cloudiness, probably becoming ungettled by night. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 pm. today: Highest, 61 at 6:45 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 45 at 7:40 a.m. today. Full report on Page 7. Closing New York Stacks, Page 17. No. 28,342 post_office Wasl Entered as secund-class matter hington, D. C. The Fhening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1921 -TWENTY-TWO PAGES. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all mews dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. Al rights of publication of special dispatches Lerein are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 88,840 TWO CENTS. APAN AGREES TO GIVE UP LEASES IN SHANTUNG; BRITAIN AND FRANCE ALSO TO YIELD CHINA’S LANDS TOKIO REPRESENTATIVES RE TO DISCUSS QUITTING MANCHURIA; * NAVAL RATIO ISSUES RE Viviani, for France, Offers Up Her Leased Land. ‘ WEI HAI WEI PLAN BY BRITISH NEXT Proffers Contingent on China Carrying Out Conditions. Ry the Assceiated Press, Another important point in the far eastern discussion of the armament conference was won today by China in the committée of the nine powers, Great Britain, Japan and France agreeing to retire .'rom' much of the leased territory of China. Japanese representatives, it was said, agreed to give up their leased territorial holdings in Shantung and also were reported as offering to dis- cuss retirement from their special ter- ritorial privileges in Manchuria. i | M. Viviani, for France. expressed willingness to retire from Kwan Chow Wal, the French leased terri- tory. British spokesman, it was said. fol- Jowed with a proffermto give up the British leased territory of Wei Hai wi. The offers from Great Britain, Japan and France were said to be contin- zent on fulfiliment of conditions Which China was expected to meet. The committee on far eastern ques- tions adjourned until Wednesday be- cause of engagements of delegates and to give time for subcommittees o prepare work for the full commit- tee. Many of the delegates expect to accept invitations to hear President Harding address a joint session of 1 Congress Tuesday. Chinese delegates expressed them- selves as greatly pleased over what they described as the generous offer coming from all three o&(ha nower: and especially with the¢ breadth of that from Great Britain. The discussion of disposition of leased territories is expected to be renewed next Wednesday, with gen- eral expectations of an uitimate agreement greatly to the benefit of China and to the increase of her ter- ritorial integrity and sovereignty. The French delegation presented the position of the French govern- ment in a declaration reading: “After having taken note of the re- quest presented by the Chinese dele- gation December 1, the French dele- gation declares that the government of the republic is ready to associate itself with the collective restitution of the territorial leases in China to various powers with the understand- ing that the principle being admitted and all private rights being safe- guarded the conditions and details of the restitution will be regulated in accords between the government of hina and each of the governments interested.” IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES OF PARLEY FOR DAY BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED The situation today the arms conference is as follows: Great Britain, France and Japan, at the meeting of the far eastern committee, agreed to withdraw from much of the lehsed territory of China. Negotiations between Japan, Britain and the United States to endeavor to break the naval ratio deadlock have begun, and the pri- vate negotiations between Japan and China with regard to Shan- tung are continuing. There is a persistent rumor that some kind of “Pacific” alliance or understanding, to include Britain, Japan, the United States, France, and possibly Holland, is now being negotiated, which would serve to guarantee and supervise the exe- cution of the agreements to be reached, and in which the Anglo- Japanese alliance would ultimately be dissolved: In the naval limitation question, the chief issues, in addition to that of ratios, will probably be naval bases, submarines and the propor- tion of the French and Italian nav- ies. In the far eastern question, the chief issues will seemingly be Shantung, Manchuria and Siberia, including both the Viadivostok and Sakhalin areas. The status of the islands of Yap and Nauru, with the affiliated question of mandates, may also prove important. JAPANESE AWAIT WORD FROM TOKID Results of Yesterday’s Con- ference Are Under Study by Cabinet. By the Associated Press. Negotiations I the naval ratio ques- at [‘don were practically at a standstill today while the Japanese delcgates awaited further word from Tokio. By today the results of yesterd: conference . between the principal American, British and Japanese dele- gates were under study by the Jap- anese cabinet and the diplomatic ad- visory eouncil. All indications were that whatever had been proposed as a means of bringing the United States and Japan together did not involve any abandon- ment of the 5-5-3 ratio proposed by the United States and supported by Great Britain, but rather concerned other considerations which the Jap-| anese regard as necessary to them. Fortification Issue Arises. Chief amcug these was understood to bo the question of further for- tification of the American bases in the Pacific, which the Japanese wish ADY VEALED of Relation of 5-5-3 to 6-5-3. |U. 5. TAKES VESSELS [READY FOR BUILDING Reply Declares War Put British Types Behind Two Other Nations. By the Associated Press. The Associated Rress is able today to present some of the official figures involved in the exchanges between American and Japanese experts over the 3" ratio proposal and the Japanese counter claim for a “10-10- 7" status. In submitting their original ques- tionnaire to the American experts ask- ing explanation of the Hughes pro- posal on s=even specific points, the Japanese officers included this ques- tion: “Explain the relation between the | I replacement ratio of ‘50-50-30" and I the existing ratio of ‘60-50-30, me- spectively, of Great Britain, the | United States and Japan.” | Ask Means of Caleulation. This was supplemented by the in- quiry: “Explain means by which the exist- iMmg strength of the British navy has ibeen calculated as 600,000 tons." In answer. the American experts said: “Although (ireat Britain has not laid the keels of her four new Hoods, and the Japanese have not laid the keels of the Takao and the Atago, { they have spent money on all. In or- der to be entirely fair, therefore. these ships were inciuded’ in’ the lists of their ve nations, with the con- sequent - incréase - - their. strengths. ~ When was done: tonnage measure of naval strength between the United States and Japan was as follows: United States, 1,118,- 650; Japan, 588,800; ratio, United States, 100 per cent; Japan, 53 per + cent.” The American Reply. As to the *60-50-30" existing strength ratio calculation, the American an- swer explained: “The war conditions caused Great| | Britain to suspend her building pro-! gram. In consequence, her ships are relatively older in type than those of the United States and Japan. This; fact was considered in allotting her 604,000 tons for the present, but the standard allotted her on replacements was 500,000 tons.” In explaining, as asked by the Japa- nese, the method of calculation of ex- isting strength, the American experts said that the point taken was keels actually laid down as of November 11, the date of the opening of the confer- ence. The further explanations given above, however, show that this was not held rigidly against Great. Britain and | Explanation Sought : EXPECT DECISIONS FROM PARLEYSOON Discussions Reach Final| Stage Where “Indulgence and Tact” Is Required. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. __Today the arms limitation and far eastern conference is in the stage of negotiations significantly - described by one high official as, on account of | the interests’ involved. requiring ! “mutual indulgence, great tact andi reasonable patience.” Which would} seem to be the essence of the spirit of suchgs conference as:this one is the meeting of sovereign powers un- | hampered by charters pre-written. Discussion of what is thought to be going on must be based mostly upon inference and intuition in the | lack of purposely withheld details| from authoritative sources—withheld | for the very obvious reason of the delicacy of the situation. Important Conference. The public is told in an official state- ment that Mr. Balfour, Admiral Baron Kato and Secretary Hughes conferred lat yesterday. It developed that thereafter the Japanese delegation es- tablished eontact with the Tokio gov- ernment, and the natural assumption to see checked. The relation of for- tifled bases is such to fleet ratfo that there was a suggestion the Japa- nese might regard the 5-5-3 proposal as not inconsistent with their stand- ard of national security if detalls re- garding them could be arranged. There was a decided DECISION ON RATIO MAY BE DELAYED Japan in the American plan, but onlylwu that important suggestions and against the United States. Money spent by Great Britain and Japan on ships not isting strength of those navies, but not into American existing strength. The Japanese experts also required a specific list of the ships of the United yet laid down was figured into the ex- | | possible counter proposals had been {submitted during the conversation Inmong these three negotiators. Thereupon, a wide field of specula- tion was opened to view. Befoe en- impression | States and Japan on which the calcu-, tering upon it, comfort could be taken MURDER SEEN IN DEATH OF INSURANCE AGENT J. S. Willcox of Alabama Found Dead With Bruises on Head i and Throat. | By the Associated Press. b ! { EUFAULA, Ala.. December 3.—J. S. Willcox, sixty-two years old of Bi mingham, state agent of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, was tound dead here carly this morning_under circum- spances indicating murder. Willcox arrived here last night on the 8 o'clock train from Birmingham. Bruises_on hi: eated that heayy object and choked. The body was found on a bluff about four blocks from the heart of the town. A coroner’s jury was summoned to investigate the crime. A negress living nearby has been held by the police. "Physicians stated that death was due to choking. SN FEN CABIET TODISLUSS TERWS Little Optimism Felt, How- ever, Over Latest Brit- ish Proposal. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, December 3.—Members of the dail eireann cabinet assembled to- day to consider the British govern- ment's latest proposals for an Irish peace settlement. There is little op- timism as to its decision, and the Sinn Fein peace delegates, who have | head and throat indi- Mflmfi 1* { BRIAND'S CABINET ~ FAGES NEW CRISIS Paris Feels Premier Failed in His Mission to Arms Con- ference Here. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. 40 The ftar ant Chigago Daily News. Copyright, 1921. PARIS, Franece, December 3.—Pre- mier Briand has returned to face a difficult situatfon. Tt is felt here that he failed in".his work in the United States, first, because pe did not con- vince American opinion that the French military and naval policies are in harmony with the Hughes naval reduction program, and, second, because he did not secure American | support, at least passive, for the French pelicy in Europe. In well-informed quarters here it is being sald that the Briand cabinet must fall within a fortnight. Two men are mentioned a< most likely to be M. Briand's successor. One is ex-| President Poincare and the other is! Raoul Peret, now president of the! chamber of deputies. In a recent | speech in Italy M. Poincare announced | that his program was to act vigor- ously in making Germany meet her obligations, and at the same time try to restore the entente with Britain. It is considered that successfully to consummate both these objects at the siyme time will require statesmanghip of the highest order. Raoul Peret is supposed to_have n‘ less vigorous policy toward Germany | and generally te be closer to Briand. Political circles are profoundly ‘inter- ested in the future allied policy in the matter of the German reparatfons, and speculation is rife as to whether “Vicious Bees” May Roam Where E’er They Will, Decides Judge KANSAS CITY, Mo., Decem- ber’2—A bee hax a_right to ronm at will, Judge Nelxon E. Johnwon ruled todny in the cir- cult court here. Judge J: won wax b % an appenl in the cane of Lee Cooley, fined #50 in police court xome time ground that he un beex.” & witnens ax- Cooley’s heen a o a chil d Judge Ji tenfng to th nnounced he w five timex after lx- ad stung He held n dinanece rew ing the of hees was unce al and ordered Cooley's n had made n text case of the affair. FRENCH OFFICIALS DENY MORSE RIGHT - TOLAND AT HAVRE, { Benning bridge. Ministry of Interior Orders Him to Return to United States Monday. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 3.—The French ministry of the interior today issued an order denying Charles W. Morse the right to land in France, and re- quiring him to return to the United | States on the first availabie steamer. which would be the Paris, sailing Monday from Havre. Issuance of this order was con- firmed in a letter from the French foreign office to the American em- bassy. The interior department has the right to refuse entry. to any for- eigner whom it judges undesirable. The representations in the case, made by the American embassy, were regarded by the interior department as ample reason for its action. Ordi- narily the case would require pro- tracted negotiations, occupying prob- ably two or three weeks. The embassy cabled the .Washing- ton authorities that, in view of the interrior department's action, Mr. Morse could be expected to arrive at New York aboard the Paris on that liner's next trip. ASKS TO DELAY SAILING. Morse Does Ndt See Why He Should Be Indicted. By the Associated Press. HAVRE, December 3.— Charles W. Morse, American financier, cabled At- torney General Daugherty today, ask- ing permission to delay his departure for the United States until the sailing of the steamship George Washington, on January 5. Mr. Morse was detained by the French authorities on his arrival here yesterday morning at the re- quest of the American consulate. It was stated his presence in Washing- ton was desired in connection with the investigation of his transactions | quiring the United States Shipping ! with Board. Mr. Morse declared that he felt his cablegram vesterday to Mr. 1 i | | i OVERSIGHT IN BILL MENACES WORK AT ANACOSTIA FLATS Provision for Reclamation in New Measure Copied. From Current Act. INADVERTENTLY LIMITED TO SOUTH OF BRIDGE D. C. Appropriation Draft, Which Goes to Congress Monday, Cause of Situation. Through an oversight in the prep- aration of the District appropriation bill for the fiscal year beginning next July. that measure will be submitted o Congress, Monday, with a recom- mendation for estoppage of the work of the Anacostia flats at reclaiming This is just the reverse of what the Commissioners want and of what they will recommend when explain- ing the bill to the appropriations sub- committees having it in charge. It is contrary to what the War Depart- ment wants. The unusual situation grows out of the fact that Congress, on its own initiative, inserted in the present District appropriation act a provis- ion that all funds made available for Anacostia flats development work should be expended oniy south of Beaning bridge, and the Commission- ers,-in framing next year's bill, inad- vertently used this phraseology with- out removing the restriction. Statement of Si tion. Unless Congress comes to the rescue at this session, War Department of- ficials said today, this situation wifl come about: First. Work south of the bridge will be completed in two years or before another appropriation act is passed. Second. The development project will be halted at the bridge tor an in- definite period, since no provision will have been made for acquiring land beyond that point for continuing op- erations. Third. A $200,000 construction plant, owned by the govermment, will be thrown out of commission. It was indicated today that both the board of District Commissioners and Maj. Tyler, head of the District engi- neer office of the War Department, who is directing the Anacostia work will make strong pleas to the con- gressional appropriation committees to permit continuation of the work north of the bridge to the point laid down in the origmal plans approved by Congress. Discussion of Restriction. Why Congress inserted the restric- tion referred to in the current appro- priation act has never been explained. If it was for the purpose of permitting the Army to catch up with the work jsouth of the bridge before proceeding further, its object will soon have been accomplished, it is pointed out, and no valid reason will exist for continuing the restriction, unless Congress wants to stop the development of the flats at Anacostia bridge. 1t is not believed in federal and local government circles that Congress has any intention of this sort. ¢ engineers say the work of ac- land in connection with the Anacostia project should precede actual redging and other physical operations by at least two vears. South of the bridge this margin was maintained. Most of the land acquired was obtained Daugherty, in which he said he would | jhrough direct purchase, condemnation return to America when wanted was | ooeEa Dl somewhat vague, and in today's mes- [ vin only one or two been resorted to in sage he asked permission to consult lation of existing strength was based, | froin the reassuring thought that no Prof. Ettore Marchiafava of Rome. among other delegates, not repre- the degree of completion allowed for sented in yesterday’s conference of Britain is really proposing a mora- torium, or a long-time loan. . The jreturned from London, are reported Provision for Draws. Japanese Sees Finat Settle- ment Awaiting Abreement and Word From Tokio. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The final settlement of the ratio of naval strength of Japan and the United States, particularly with refer- ence to the capital ship tonnage, which the United States says should be in the ratio of 5 to 3, and the Japanese, 10 to 7. will, in the opinion of well-informed Japanese here, await not only word from Tokio, but also will wait upon Some agreement or understanding by the Washington conference as to important problems of the far east under consideration. The Japanese delegation, according to a Japanese statesman now in Washington, must reckon with the sentiment which has developed in Japan itself in favor of the 10-7 ratio advanced by Japanese naval experts as necessary for the national security. Must Be Convinced. The Japanese people must be con- vinced that the American proposal of 5 to 3 is correct. For that reason, this Japanese, who Is anxious to see the conference entirely successful and a Jimitation of naval armament brought about, suggests that the full- est publicity of the calculations of the American naval experts would go far to remedy the situation. At the same time, the Japanese figures, some of which have been put forward, should be laid before the public. In this way, it is contended, much of the difficulty could be obviated. It is contended, also, that if far eastern_questions can be arranged successfully, this would go far to allay sentiment in Japan for the 10-7 ratio. If the Anglo-Japanese alliance is to be done away with, and it is evident that it must if there is to be a final agreement by the United States to stop building naval vessels for a period of ten years and scrap many she is now building, then it should be made clear what is to take the place of that allidnce in the way of a friendly understanding by the powers in the far east. Fortifieation Also Issue. A decislon of the- conference, ac- cording to the Japanese point of view, to halt further construction of forti- fications upon naval bases in the far east, with the status quo retained, also would have a very beneficial ef- fect. The suggestion is made that if the “big three,” that a means of ap- proach to a settlement had been found outside of any alteration of the 5-5-3. Alliance May End. In the general discussion in con- ference circles which has been aroused by the secrecy which surrounds the latest stage of the negotation a number of considerations are being mentioned as among those which might accompany the agreement. Ore of these is the general feeling that the Anglo-Japanese alliance is being dealt with and that there soon will appear a plan, approved by both Great Britain and Japan, to abandon that much discussed agree- ment and substitute it with some other sort of agreement to which the United States might be a party. One sugges- tion is for a set of arbitration treaties between the three powers with a pro- vision that Japan would not be in- volved in a war without six months’ or a year's notice. Another consideration being discussed involves Japan's posi- tion in China. Fight for Intact 5-3-3 Pl The general feeling among déle- gates is that concessions to Japan, if they may be properly so termed, may.be made, which will cause her to accept the 5-5-3 intact. % ‘There were indications that the negotiations had come to the point where all parties Were considering a proposed agreement involving all the major questions of the conference. The outward evidence also indicated that in any such agreement the ques- tion of naval bases in the Pacific and the political problems of the far east, including the fate of the Anglo- Japanese alliance, might be bound up. In some quarters it was hinted that Japan might want arbitration of treaties as a part of her provision for national security. One opinion expressed in British quarters was that the complete suc: cess of th® Washington conference probably would depend upon the abil- ity of the American and British gov- ernments to satisfy Japan that she would be quite safe, in a military sense, in reducing her armament and in abandoning the highly important strategic positions she now occupies in Manchuria and Siberia and some parts of China proper. Questions Bound Together. In the British view all of these questions are bound together: The naval ratio, far stern questions, fortificatton: vertHing except Shan- tung, which is in a fair way to set: N, (Coutinued on Page 3, Column. 6.) \ (Continued on Page z, Column 8.) each ship building and asked whether | differences in methods of figuring ton- nage used by the fhree natlons were | allowed for in the calculations. This information was supplied in the Ameri- can reply, with the assurance that the tonnage figures of each foreign ship had been recalculated on the American basis to arrive at a fair comparison. Table Sets Out Relativities. On the basis of these figures and also ! using Japanese estimates of Japanese and American strength as furnished by the Japanese experts in memoranda, | the American experts then set out the naval ‘“relativities” of the two powers in_tables as follows: First, American estimate of American strength and American estimate of Jap- anese strength. United States. Japan. Ships building 346,374 100,392 Ships built .. 299,76 847,024 100% : n _estimate American strength and Japanese esti- mate of Japanese strength: United States. Japan. Ships buildiog . 346,374 330 Ships built 500,650 1700 Totals 847,024 418,030 Ratio 100% 49% Third: Japanese estimate of Amer- jican and Japanese strength: [ build e Ships building . Ships built 334,700 Totals 418,030 i Ratio 60% Mutsu on Completed Basis. The following note was attached to these tables: “In the tables as given under two and three, the Mutsu is Ancluded as of the Japanese tables as being completed and the Japanese tonnage of incompleted capital ships as given -in their memo- randum is raised to conform to -thé] American standards of measurement fn tonnage.” 3 ; In connection with the different methods of calculating tonnage the American answer said: ¥ -5 “The different . methods of esti- mating tonnage values were carefully considered by our bureau of construc- tion and repair.. Each.ship was care- fully gone over and made to reconcile with the American list so that ships of all_three navies, United States, Great Britain and Japan, were on the same basis for estimating capital ship tonnage.” ‘The Japanese experts asked the source of American figures on Japanese tonnage in the original Hughes proposal. They ‘were told these figiures were taken from “British lists” and raised to conform to American standards. o | States. deadlock has arisen, no impasse yet! confronts and that the orderly processes of composing differences are functioning. Speculation as to what constitutes the highly delicate subjects under consideration covered a number of ideas. It was taken for granted that the main issue is agreeing to the| basis for limitation ©of naval arma-f ment a8 proposed by the United Probable Japanese Declsion. It was also taken to be a strong probability that Japan has included im“the terms of final settlement of this question; considerations apply- ,Ing to the limitation of fortifications by the United States of bases in Pa- cific waters. Furthermore, it was suggested that some advantages desired by Japan in China might be included in the pending propositions. This would not be regarded as involving Shan- tung, however, which is being dis- cussed directly between representa- tives now ‘in Washington of China and Japan. The probability that resumption of conversations among the three nego- tiators, Mr. Balfour, Admiral Baron Kato and Secretary Hughes, would be deferred until the middle of ' next week was indicated by the departure of the British statesman for Rew York, with several of his colleagues, to* participate in social activities there. \ No Deadlock Feared. It can be stated upon authority that nowhere in high American offi- clal quarters does the feeling prevail that the negotiations are in a state menacing deadlock’ or failure. On the contrary, therd is sincere confidence that the trend of affairs forecast an agreeable outcome. R It is not denled anywhere that the issues now being subjected to megotia- tions are as delicate as they are ‘of realized vast importance, and it is that a spirit of immovable obstinacy maintained by any of the parties in- terested would ent serious conse- quences. But it is rted that no such spirit is yet in evidence. All officials and others interested in success of the conference are still on of the conferemce, which expec to zha in the limitation of naval arm- ifor which the Sinn Fein has been hold- as believing the revised terms will be unacceptable to Eamonn De Valera and his advisers. The exact nature of the propesals is not krown, but they are said to be based on an all-Ireland parliamentary | government, one of tie strongpoints ing out. Ulster, it is understood, would' be required to remain in. this parliament at least six months, when she could withdraw at her option. In case of withdrawal, Ulster's bound- aries as a separate government would be defined by a commission and she would be restricted to the powers she enjoys at present, while the south of Ireland would be granted fiscal free- dom. 3 Provides for Allegiance. One version of the new terms is taat they deal with the Sinn Fein's objection to swearing allegiance to the crown by providnig that allegiance be sworn to the Irish free state, the commonwealth of nations known as the Britich emplire, and to the king as head of that com- munity of nations. In the event tie new terms are un- acceptable to the dail cabinet it is believed the Sinn Fein delegates have been asked to present a proposal on behalf of the British government for a postponement of the negotiations, rot only to allow for a possible adjustment of views, but to_permit Premier Lioyd George to make a brief visit to the ‘Washington conference. Continuance i of the truce flso is thought to have been a consideration in preparing this alternative. Proceed Despite Accident. HOLYHEAD, England, Décember 3. | —Fears that the crucial Sinn Feini cabinet conference in-Dublin today would be delayed, with the possible postponement of an answer to the British government’s new Irish settle- ment, proposals, owing to the accident in' which the steamer Cambria, with three members of the Sinn Fein dele- gation on board, was involved early! today, were dissipated . when it was found possible to:transfer the Cam- bria’s passengers to another steamer. This vessel left immediately for Ire- land. 7 ‘The Irish envoys—Michael Collins, George Gavan Dufty and Erskine Chil- ders—who were brought back.to port; by. the Cambria after her ' cotlision place| with a schooner, re-embarked on the substituted steamer for the short pas- sage from Holyhead to Dublin, and ‘will, therefore, arrive in Ireland this forénoon. : = £ conviction is gaining ground that Germany is genuinely unable to pay, but the French government is not yet committed to any project for thej modification of the reparations pay- ments. It is studying how it can do this without imperilling the new bud- get or the entente With Britain. - Briefly, Premier Briand will face next week a combihation of all of France's knottiest problems. ATTACKS DRY AMENDMENT Defending what he described as his own “liberties and .the liberties of his countrymen,” Robert A. Widenmann of ‘e v ou brief in a case in which he seeks to have the national prohibition amendment declared unconstitutional. Widenmann in his brief contends this amendment exceeds federal con- trol over the internal affairs of the states, especially invades their police nowers, derives pegple of the liberty “to gratify their natural desires in the pursuit of happiness,” and of a hearing by jury before being deprived of their “rights,” and %hat it takes their “private property” without compensa- tion. The courts of the District of Columbia ~ decided against .Widen- mann. News Ev ents in Photographs _gether with pictures “of all important hap- penings in the news = , - dramatic, sports and history— l‘hlb.l'hly printed in the i ROTOGRAVURE SECTION OF Tomorrow’s Star consulting” physician to the late Pope Pius, in regard to a necessary opera- tion. Mr/ in the reports that he had been in- dicted. . . Explains Indictment. “The report of my indictment in l.connection with the Tunis ship deal,” he told .the correspondent, “must be unfounded, as I was indicted on that charge more than a vear ago in New York state, and the indictment was quashed at the request of the Ship- ping Board.” (Mr. Morse was indicted May 3, 1920, INew York filed in the Supreme Court|on a charge that, through an agent, he had sold the steamer John G. Me- Cullough to the government of Tunis in violation of the law proscribing sale of a ship registered under the American laws to any one mnot a citizen of the United States without the Shipping Board's permission.) “Concerning the reports of an in- dictment charging padding of pay rolls at our Groton, Conn., shipyard, this is also impossible, as full in- vestigation was made by government officials, who reported that there was no padding of pay rolls at Groton. Even had there been padding. inas- much as our contracts with the Ship- ping Board all provided for the de- livery of a certain tonnage at so much per ton, the government had no concern beyond the fulfiliment of (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Today’s News In Brief Decjsion on naval ratio may be de- layed. Page 1 Sinn Fein cabinet meets to discuss British proposals. Page 1 Oversight in D. C. bill threatens to hold up Anacostia flats work. A Page 1 Patent litigation declared increased by low pay of government em- ployes. Page 2 Pepco improves service to guard against breakdowns. Page 2 Local Salvation Army home dedicated toda; Page 2 Program is outlined for “Health ‘week"” exercises. Page 4 President to ask ship subsidy_policy. Page 4 Prohibition Commissioner Haynes to address mass meeting of dry advo- cates. tomorrow. Page Much-married Mrs. Drexler had seven- teenth husband chosen. Page & Farmers to fight red tape in loans. 3 Page 7 Japan. Industrial unrest reported in Morse expressed disbelief ! i Not only is there the necessity of acquiring land north of Benning bridge, but the problem of cutting draws through this bridge and the Washington Railway and Electric Com- ! pany bridge, paralleling it, confronts the engineers, as this must be done before the dredges can proceed to the upper reaches of the flats. Plans for constructing these draws, acquiring land and taking other pre- |liminary steps for the prosecution of the, work beyond Benning bridge sholild be in progress at present, ac- cording to officials of the War De- partment. At the earliest, however, they can- not be begun before July 1, the be- ginning of the next fiscal year, and then only in the event that Congress in the next appropriation act lifts the barrier holding expenditures to the area south of the bridge. Should this restriction, it js pointed out, be continued another' year, or until July 1, 1923, the comstruction plant would he tied up at least a year before operations could be resumed, and in that time the plant not only would deteriorate at a considerable loss to the government, but an efli- cient working organization will have been broken up. Exact Amount Not Disclosed. How large a sum is asked for the Anacostia work during the coming fiscal year will not be disclosed un- til the appropriation bill is made pub- lic by Congress Monday. It is known the War Department submitted an estimate of $300,000 for the work. The District Commissioners are under- stood to have cut the amount to $200,- 000. To what extent, if any, Budget Director Dawes has pruned the item is not: known. The amount appro- priated for the current year is $175,000. Operating under modest annual ap- propriations, the District engineer of- fice has made rapid progress with this big development enterprise, which has contributed on an enormous scale to the health and esthetic development of the capital. Approximately 4,500.- 000 cubic yards of material have been dredged from the Anacostia channel, at a cost of 9 cents a yard, which is said to be an extremely moderate cost. South of the bridge about 23,000 lineal feet of foundations for sea walls have been constructed, and about 10,000 feet of sea walls have been completed. The development immediately south of Benning bridge calls for the con- struction of a large artificial lake, the rough outlines of which may now be seen. This eventually will be im- !} proved with a public bathing hea“ er facilities formquatic sovesss