Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1921, Page 2

DAUGHERTY SOUNDS WARNING OF REDS Amrney General, in Report, Says Moscow: Movement Has Met Success Here. The movement launched by Moscow to gain centrol of the tra and industrial unions throughout the world “is meeting with marked suc- cess in 5o far as it relates to syndi calist unions in the United States, <ays the first annual Teport today ot Attorney General Daugherty. Communist parties in this country, Mr. Daugherty says, have united to| more effectively Carry on propagan- da and the policy is to endeavor to «ain control of the labor organiza- | tions through the control of the executive committees or other gov- erning bodies therein. Many Leaders Americans. “Many of the leaders of this move- ment are American citizens,” he & “though they are subject to orders from Moscow as to their action and activities in the United States.” The Attorney General says there has been a noticeable effort “upon the part of various so-called defense socleties to prepagate amd Carry on agitation in behalf of the ultra-rad- icals in the United States.” “Inconspicuous individuals in ultra-radical movement apprehended locally, he asserts, “are martyred and anda started in their be- o Pt fonly within the United States, but threughout the entire In many instances the so- called defense _organizations = &re found to be merely a camouflage for <uch movements as the united com- munist party, which must conduct its activities underground.” Foreign Propagand! Flock In. Foreign propagandists still are flocking to the United States, accord- ing te the report, which notes that 427 of them arrived in the last fiscal year. The movements, the nature and ihe extent of the sctivities of these individuls have been carefully ob- served, it is stated, and the govern- ment has been kept “intima ely in- formed.” “During the past fiscal year,” the report continues, “the activities of foreign propagandists in the United States have been particularly notice- able and careful attention has been given to this pernicious form of work Vithin this country. It is impossible to accurately estimate the vast ameunt of money spent in the United States by the foreign agents engaged in exploiting the American people and in creating interest in a support for movements and schemes entirely Jforeign to the interests of the Ameri- can people.” States Enacting Laws. Calling attention that activities of the federal governmeat in dealing with ultra-radicalism are limited by law to aliens, Mr. Daugherty notes that practically all of the states now have enacted laws defining and pun- ishing criminal syndicalism and an- archy. These laws reach the citizens as well as the alien. The dealing with ultra-radicaligm is only one of the many activities of the Department of Justice during the past fiscal year whichyire reviewed in the Attorney General's report. He calls attention that while the department eaged last January its -activities in the enforcement of prohibition, it is continuing to co-operate in this work. No Decrease in Dry Cases. The Attorney General observes that “there has been no decrease in the number of illicit distilling cases since the enactment of the prohibition laws,” and that “the court calenders in some jurisdictions have been over- taxed by this class of cases.” “Where the facts warrant,” he says, “the offenders have been vigorously prosecuted, and it is hoped that this will result in a material reduction of such violations of the law.” Selective service act cases disposed of during the year numbered 1,803, the report says. the convictions num- bering 148, with 130 pleas of gullty. (‘ases pending at the beginning of the last fiscal year numbered 28,087 and 1.331 new cases were begun. Violations of the so-called disloyalty sections of the espionage act have greatly decreased, according to the report, which notes that only six cases were begun under the entire act during the fiscal year, while for one cases were disposed of, 130 cases having been docketed at the begin- ning of the year. White Slavery Broken Up. Mr. Daugherty declares that as an organized system the white slave traffic has been broken up, but adds that a great many individual cases <till exist, with the department mak- ing every effort to break up this prac- tice also. Comp! ints arising under the peon- age act increased during the year, the report continues, “and peonage was found to exist to a shocking extent in Georgia, Alabama and some parts of Texas.” Several convictions have been obtained and several prosecu- tions are pending, it is added. Among his specific recommenda- tions, the Attorney General asks for enactment of legislation: Urges Judges at Large. Authorising the appointment of two federal judges at large for each of the nine judicial districts, in order to as t in clearing the congested court dockets. Making it a criminal offense to send through the mails letters threatening injury to life or property. Authorizing the presence of steng- raphers in grand jury rooms. Making it a crime for a single in- dividual to defraud or attempt to de- fraud the federal government in any manher, as the lew now provides for the punishment of “two or more per- sons who conspire to defrapd.” Making criminal an attempt to com- mit a crime against the United States. Limiting the compensation to be re- ceived by referces in bankruptcy. the | Third or Commanist Internationale at the , Cow Adopts Kittens When Motor Wheel Is Fatal to Mother PORT DEPOSIT, December 8 (Speeial) —Bettle Cat was the pet of the Shanahan family, up ia the Octoraro valicy. She was the of three littie eats. As she led her little ones for mm airing, she became en- tangl in the fromt wheel of an automebllie and was no more. Attracted by the wails of the motheriens waifs, Bussle, the prive cow of the place, weat to i | thelr waveor. i By ¢l Baperanto of animal life Bussie made it clear tha whe we ta all things be tond Mrs. Shanahawn, whe had been an interested spectater to the adoption, avers that the orphans were led to n quiet spot in the barayard and Bussie used eve tielng the little her bout | i rent. breakfast was te be The veraeity of this family is mpeached. { | not to be 1 ONLY JAJL SENTENCE URGEDINDRY CASES Senator “Tells Anti-Saloon League How to Stem De- mand on Increased Court. Let the courts of the country pro- nounce only jail sentences on male- factors of the law and the cry for in- |creased judicial appointments will | soon die away, declared Senator Len- root of Wisconsin before the twen« tieth nationsl convention of the Anti- ‘&loon League of America at the First Congregational Church today. Touching on prohibition law en- forcement from the standpoint of the legislator, Senator Lenroot said that Ino special credit was due the United States Senate for upholding law en- | forcement measures. “It is no longer {a question of prohibition or anti-pro- lhiblllon.“ he said. “dut simply a mat- ter of the members of that body living up to their sworn duty of supporting the Constitution. I am not here to criticise those who voted against such law enforcement measures, but that had I done so, I would have been violating my oath of office.” Citisens’ Duty to Ald. The senator said further that the mere passing of laws without public sentiment behind them to see that they were not enforced practically made such legislation useless, and that it was the duty of every loyal citiwen to see that such sentiment was crystallized. Regarding appointments of en- forcement officials, which, he said, fre- quently came before individual sen- ators for indorsement, the Wisconsin legislator said that the only efficlent material was the kind that “a million dollars couldn’t buy.” Frederick Fosdick called the session ' by Rev. C. Morgan Compher, pastor of the First Methodist Protestant Church, Prohibition Commissioner Don Parker of Ohio detailed the work now being accomplished by the pro- hibition forces in that state. The convention will. gdjourn. Jater, today to go to the White House, where the members will be received by Pres. ident Harding at 4 ¢'¢lock. Prohibition Commissioner Roy A. Haynes will be the principal speaker at tonight's session. Lax Oficials Scored. Flaying newspapers antagonistic to the prohibition enforcement and con- demning those officials who were lax in fulfllling their obligations, Rev. Purley A. Baker, general superintendent of the ':5‘.'" addressed the convention yes- terday. ‘Behind these obstacles.” he said, are “judges, sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys, ‘and city solicitors, who seem not to have learned that the eighteenth amendment has been adopted.” The speaker was followed by United States Commissioner Isaac R. Hitt, who declared that “the people will not long stand for the insulting insinuation that a law which had large opportunity to be voted down, but which the people said must become a law—should be called ‘a joke." They will demand that their rep- Tesentatives shall see to it that money | | enough is appropriated by Congress to mbllke its ccessful enforcement pos- sible.” Dr. James M. Doran, chief of the in- dustrial alconol and chemical division of the internal revenue bureau, said the elimination of alcohol as a beverage had quickly resulted in its increased use in constructive industrial lines. —— HOUSE SOON TO ACT ON BAD CHECK LAW (Continued from First Page.) are in need of personnel and equip- ment and that the committee was| desirous of co-opersting to make adequate provisions. - Representative Zihiman pointed out that when that committee was meet- ing there was every prospect of a change being made in the superin- tendent of police. Both he and Rep- resentative Fitzgerald of Ohfo, who introduced the resolution of investiga- tion, agreed that they expected soon | something of constructive assistance could be done by Congress if “an able and efficient man .is selected to com- mand the palice force.™ Representative Lampert of Wiscon- sin, chairman of the subcommittee of {five on the milk supply for the Dis- }trict, said that hearings were still in progress, but that he expects to make a report within a week. EX-KAISER_ WRITES BOOK. Compiles Comparstive Historical Tables From 1878 to 1914. BERLIN, December 8.—Former Em- peror Willlam has published a book en- titled: * rative Historical Tables mn 1878 !:mtha Oulhr‘!htk of War in " "~ according to the newspaper Achtuhrabendbiatt. In addition to (.’;- ulated matter, the book contains in- formation regarding events immediately preceding the great war. & BRIEFLY TOLD STORY : OF ARMS CONFERENCE (The Star is vnh:l‘nll.-; each day .:3 the. ament conferemce. By esch day yeu will keep in touch with the outstanding events of the historic meetiag.) The Washington conference was still awaiting word from the Tokio and London governments today re- arding the proposals for limiting Lv-l armaments and for a four- power treaty providing for thor- ough discussion of any dissensions that may arise in regard to the far cast before there should be war. The four powers concerned are the United States, Great Britain, Japan and France. . The far east committee of the Washington confersnce met at 11 . today and continued consider- fon of the question of leased ter- ritory in China. The conference committee at a mession yesterday adopted a 'rlélo- lution ‘providing that China’s neu- trality be fully ted in. future rs in whlx she is na‘tu ! participant. This is in accordance With one of the te o ciples or deman China at the tonference. ‘The subcommittee on draft .y terday afternoon considered the question of forelgn troops sta- tioned in China, but reached mno conclusi nd -will consider the matter again today. The Japanese and Chinese dele- gates met again on-tl retufy. of Shantung to China, and discugsion. was had on pubdlic property in’the former German leasehold. “The J-rnu- agreed to turm over all this N:rfi! to Chins, but with the understanding that China should pay for any improvements that have been made by the Japa- 1t vioperties. o THE : EVENING _STAR, PEACE INIRELAND TOBEFELTNULS New State Entitled to League Membership—Article X Her. Protector. ! BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Peace between Irelind and England means far-reaching. effects, not only upon the arms conference in sesslon here, but possibly upon the foreign policy of the.United States in respect to the British dominions. The settle- ment mean: d First, that Ireland f{s entitled to membership in the league of nations along with. Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the British dominions. The British now will have seven mem- bers in the league of nations’ assembly instead of six. . Second, Ireland’s territorial integrity will be guaranteed as against external aggression by all the members of the league of nations under the famous article X of the covenant. Originally, the Irish viewed this article as & guar- antee of British control over Ireland, but in view of the fact that Ireland now assumes the constitutional status of Cfnada, the members of the league are obliged to recognize Ireland’s ter- ritorial entity as well as that of any other member. ‘Will Be Found Aggressive. Third, Ireland will unquestionably find herself as aggressive about for- eign policy as Canada and Australia and South Africa have been. The peacc treaty just signed between Ire- land and England does not specify exactly what shall be the relations of the Irish free state with the other governments of the world. This is a delicate point and has never been de- fined in the case of any British do- minfon. In fact, Canada went further than_ any other British state had previously gone when Premier Meighen notified the British government at the last imperial conference at London that if the Anglo-Japanese alliance were renewed he might submit it to the Canadian parliament for ratifica- tion or rejection. This was the first time a dominion premier essayed to place an issue of foreign policy before his parliament. 1t led indirectly to the calling of the Washington conference on far eastern questions. Canada Strived Long. Ever since that occasion Canada has been striving for more individuality. The general elections in Canada which were held this week resulted in a vic- tory! for the opposition to Premier Meighen. Some of the opposition speakers discussed Canadian partici- pation in matters of foreign policy that were of direct concern to her, and a controversy was waged in the press as to whether Sir Robert Bor- den, & member of the British delega- tion to the armament conference, was a representative of Canada or of the crown. The Washington government was freely criticised for not issuing a direct invitation to Canada, to which the United States officials have been replying informally that the Wash- ington government dealt only with the London government at the latter’s request. The movement for a Cana- dian commissioner at Washington has been squelched—at least so official ‘Washington understands—by the dis- inclination of the British foreign office to permit the foreign policy of any of its dominions to be handled separately, and by the argument that Canadian officials can confer fre- g\ul’llly with the British ambassador, ir Auckland Geddes, who happens in- cidentally to have lived a long time in ada and is familiar with the Canadlan viewpoint. May Produce Complications. On the other hand, Gen. Smuts, the premier of South Africa, issued not long ago a statement declaring that Carada should have received a direct invitation from the United States and should have the rignt to send an am- bassador to any foreign conference at which matters affecting her are d cussed. The South African statesman was_instrumental in drawing up the covenant of the league of nations, which gave the six British dominions an equal voice in the assembly of the league along with sovereign states, even though,in the council of the league all the British states are re- garded as & unit and their votes cast as one. The linking up of Canada to Ireland in the new peace treaty is regarded here as likely to produce complica. tions for both countries. No righ! would be granted to Canada presuma- bly which England might consider it indiscreet to grant to Ireland. On the other hand the pressure within every British dominion for more of a voice in determining British external policy is growing, and the unity of the Brit- ish empire in the councils of the world will depend largely upon the skill of British statesmen in working out a common foreign policy. Frequent Meetings Foreseen. Frequent meetings such as the im- perial conference of dominion P! miers last June are seen as an inevi- table result with the prospect in th future of a union of British staf under a federal control more or le: analogous to the Washington govern- ment's powers over the sovereign states of the American union. Peace between Ireland and England means, however, many other things for the United States in the imme- diate future. It means a slow but sure withdrawal of the Irish ques- tion from American politics. It means a_ certain’ visit by Prime Minister Lloyd George to the United States, even it the issues of the armament conference do not in themselves demand his pres- ence. The opportunity it might give him for a triumphal entry to this coun- try following upon the heels of the Irish peace is_too an _occasion to miss as British spokesmen here have felt for some time that Llogd George ou:hl to visit the United States and Canada be- cause of the value such a trip might h‘lva upon the Ec,::l"el):dn‘ :{m‘m ::’eluA tions between sh-spe: Peoples. (Copyright, 1921.) —_— ROCK CREEK PARK LIGHT ESTIMATE PUT AT $14,000 Gen. Beach Says Present Darkness “Conduces to Immorality.” More Police Wanted. Estimates have been submitted to Congress by Gen. Beach, chief of en- ineers, to provide for lighting Rock ‘reek Park and to insure better po- lice protection in that resort of pleas- ure seekers. A special estimate of $14,000 is made for lights. “The narrow unlighted, roads in the park,” says Gen. “make driving after dark dangerous.” “In addition.” he adds, “the of light conduces to immoralit: Estimates are made for the pay of one additional sergeant and t ad- djtional prival ven of whom are to be od to duty Creel Park and two to the White Lot and ‘Washington Monument grounds. Au- thority is asked also for the pu chase of additional motor cycles rep- resented to be necessary “to properly dle heavily increased motor traffic in the parks.” RETURNS 14 INDICTMENTS Grand Jury Makes Report—One for Joyriding. & Fourteen indictments were reported th . Those '1;:-. it mu-iuun rif drews. housebreakin, Nt Arlia bigamy, o | a parliament e F] the free state of ind, 1t e signed in behalf of the Irish fact| It wi this room that Great ) D500 WEST PONT CADETS REQUESTED | Increase From Present Num-l| ber of 1,334 Recommended | by Gen. MacArthur. i An increase in size of the Cadet| Corps at the West Point Military [ Academy from 1,334 to 2,500 is recom- mended by Brig. Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur, superintendent of the academy, in his annual report to the Secretary of War, made public today. The! academy at the present time, the re- port shows, can train only one-third| of the officers nended even for a peace- | time army of 150,000 men, and would fall short, it was said, of providing the nucleus of officer material desired for training civillans in time of emergency. Expansion of the Cadet Corps to 2,500 would necessitate new construc- tion, the cost of which, excluding the two proposed memorial buildings and hotel, was estimated in the report at $6.000,000. In this connection it was pointed out that less than $20,000,000 has been spent for construction work since the academy was founded in 1802 | While the United States, Gen. Mac- Arthur sa. has followed a course re- sponsive to the reaction against war by diminishi the size of ita Army, this country “must, if wise, increa: the small leaven of professionally trained experts to train the great masses of the citizen soldiery which must be improvised in time of strife. “As our standing Army goes down in numbers.” he continues, “the en- rollment of the Military Academy should go up. The basic fdea which led to the foundation of the academy was the desire to have a nucleus to train the great body of our citizens in tinfe of emergency rather than to be forced to keep large bodies of men continually under arms. Over a cen- tury ago, with a population of scarc 1y more than 5,000,000, the American government authorized a cadet corps of over 250. Today, with that popu- lation increased twentyfold, the num- ber of cadets in training Is scarcely four times the original number au- thorized.” DAIL LEADERS TAKE UP PEACE TERM (Continued from First Page.) lead, as if not quite certain what at- titude to take. Possibly today's re- turn of the Irish delegates from Lon- don may evoke some tangible expres- sion of the popular view, but mean- while the leaders keep their own! counsel and evade questioners. This attitude was shown when Mr. Valera arrived at Mansion house yes- terday; a small group of admirers be- gan a welcoming demonstration, but the republican leadsr hurried inside the building as if eager to escape no- tice. In business and agricultural centers throughout Ireland the opinion seems to be generally favorable ‘for setting up the Irish Free State. Trade con- ditions are poor and everybody is looking to the settlement to improve matters. Officials of the Dublin Cham- ber of Commerce said that e would bring enormous relief and ben- efit to the commercial community, which in late years had hardly been able to keep going. They expressed the hope for an earliest possible set- tiement. B Officers of similar organizations in other cities expressed similar opin- jons and pregicted a period of pros- perity such as the country has not seen for a long time, if the agree- ment is ratified. They believed, how- ever, that there must be some read- justment in the praising of the eco- nomical and finaneial arrangements. As an instance, they asked if Ireland would be empowered to adopt free trade or protection as it pleased. They pointed out that the terms, as published imply full fiscal lu!omolx. with power to establish tariffs against d if wished, but this, they said, is not explicit enough, and ds elucidation. CRAIG GOING TO LONDON. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, December 8.—The mem- bers of both houses of the Ulster par- liament considered the Irish agreement at a meeting this morning. After two hours of private conference it was an- nounced that Sir James Craig, the premier, would leave for London to- night. . n & message from Sir James Craig, recelved by Lady Craig at Ratheiland, County Down, today, the Ulster premier =ald: “Itghow appears to me that sibly be within sight if all work together to that end with patience and good will.” There were demonstrations of re- jolcing and bonfires in the streets of the Sinn Fein districts of Belfast last evening. There was also some shoot- ing, but nobod‘ ‘was reported injured. At two points the police were attacked by armed men and in one instance returned the fire, 4 Cardinal Logue, primate of Ireland, said today that he thought the Irish Deace terms very satisfactory. He added: - “I would like to see unity, and no division of the country, so that all could pull together for the good of lulu«[ 1 would like to see the peo- ple of Ireland living in peace and charity with each other.” The cardinal expreased the fear that the expense of the northern govern- ment would, weigh Iolvur on the people of six counties. Replying to a query as to Whether he thought it wise for Ulster to retain her own - liament, he said: "I think it would be a blessing if we could all pull to- gether and give up the old battle cries. It is satisfactory to be given gl our own; A% i revents 'rom ng flee Y inlluul .:: paying to her far beyond our taxable caj In conclusion, he said: “T think it will be a biessing. and I think it will promote tradz, if there is concord.” \ WASHINGTON, D. C, 5. Now that the centi the same plane as Canada and Austral FIVE CHRISTMAS SEALS PER CAPITA, SALE GOAL PR | Tuberculosis Association of City | Already Has Record of 700,000 | Disposed of in Campaign. | | With more than 700,000 Christmas seals sold and paid for. the aim of the Washington Tuberculosis Association is to dispose of at least five seals per | capita during the campaign. To ac-| complish this the association has of-| fered. as a prize. a bangle pin carry- | ing the double-barred cross to every | school child who sells this quota of five seals at 1 cent aplece. The association reports these pins to be in great demand, as over 40,000 have been distributed to the schools as awards. The patients, employes | and staff of the Tuberculosis Homm! have already taken 3,965 and have called for more, the association said. The classes in occupational therapy established by the tuberculosis as- sociation at the hospital are proving very popular. Opened on the 15th of October, the patients have made sixty finished articles up to Decem- ber 1. Three of these were crocheted, sixteen were wood corving. fourteen were reed and rafia work and thirty- | seven were woven or knitted of wool or sllk. There were thirty-eight patients enrolled in the two classes, one for white and one for colored. Samples of the handiwork of thej patients are on display in the store; window at 1222 F street. The superintendent of the hospital, Dr. J. W. Peabody, at the last meet- ing of the board of directors of the tuberculosis associgtion- spoke of the influence of these classes in improv- ing the morale of the hospital. Patients hitherto restless and un- easy, worried about their own con- dition, have become igterested and have gained new courage in finding that they were able still to accom-! plish something useful for them- selves and others. The need, Dr. Peabody sald, was for an extension of the work by the employment of additional teachers,! so that patients unable to go to the} workshop may be given light work in | the wards for their mental diversion and profit. The workshop itself has become a real recreation and social center, 1 —_— TELLS OF HANGING OF 11 A. E. F. MEN (Continued from First Page.) tempted to get a canteen of water from a spring, after being without water for twenty-four hours. Chairman Brandegee, announcing that Golden would be summoned, de- clared the committee could not deal with glittering generalities. “If anybody was murdered, we want his name,” Mr. Brandegee said. ‘If| we get the name of the murderer, wé'll | send him to the pen.” ‘ H The chairman insisted there was no spirit of antagonism toward Senator ‘Watson, as the latter, he said, had implied, nor would there be any toward witnesses summoned by the Georgian.. Promises to Ald Watsen. “T told Senator Watson,” the chair- man sald, “that I would’summon wit- nesses from ahy part of the world that he, on his honor as a senator, be- lieved could present evidence to sup- port the charges. Senator Watson declared that he was prepared to prove his charges that soldiers were hanged without | {trial. “T made no indiscriminate charge in the Senate against officers and nurses,” said Senator Watson. “I said too many officers were guilty of bru- tality toward soldiers.” The senator read a story from a ‘Waco, Tex., paper, which ?\W.d John J. Forbes of Cleveland, Ohio, a former service man, as saying the Watson charges were true, and that “the half had not been told about cruelties in- flicted on soldiers by officera.” “Senator, do you belleve any Amer- foan soldier was executed when he was innocent?” Chairman Brandegee A THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1921 -old struggle ix over, harm uin alse signed the decree, making the American colonies free th No. 10 Downing street, :lvltn Lioyd George, in behalf of his government, signed the pact which established | di Arthur Grifith, the Irish leader, y is looked for. independen! WARNSAGANSTCUT INTEACHERS PAY Commissioner Tigert Says Such Action Would Impair Efficiency. There must be no retrenchment in teachers’ salaries at the present time if the schools are to maintain their pre-war efficiency, sald a statement| issued today by Federal Commission- er of Education Tigert in connection with the bureau of education's pro- gram of education week. “Any reduction in teachers' salaries at this time,” said Mr. Tigert, “will continue to impair the efliciency of the schools.” A recent study of the bureau of education, it was pointed out, shows economically the teacher is no better off than before the war, and that the teaching profession has actually gone backward in the war period, 0 fur as training and preparation are concerned. Advance Is Same. “In 1916 the average annual salary of public school teachers in _the United States was $563." sald Com- missioner Tigert. “In 1921, high school teachers' salaries were 80 per | cent higher than in 1913. This is the| exact ‘pamnule of increase in the. cost o living, in 1921, over 1913, mo | that from an economic standpoint, the | teacher is really not quite so well off | as before the war, because elemen-; tary school teachers have not fared | as ‘well as the high school teachers. | In 1919 and 1920 the cost of living was 99 per cent and 100 per cent greater, Tespectively, than in 1913, so that the teacher was relatively much corse off than at the present time. Meantime, according to Burgess figures, labor's weekly wages in-i creased 130 per cent from 1913 to 1920 and artizans' weekly wages increased | 102 per cent. We do not claim that i these tncreases were too great, but | we want those who think that teach- ers' salaries can be reduced at this; time to understand that in spite of the apparent great increases in sal- aries, teachers have not relatively held their own in comparison with other occupations or in comparison { with their own occupation previous to | the war. Consequently. the schools { CONGRESS SYSTEM HELD U. S. DANGER (Continued from First Page.) ! of Representatives. The power of| actlon, which had largely rested with | the Speaker and through him with the committee on rulez, was taken away and divided among committees. The | result—I think it has been ciearly’ demonstrated—is that it is impossible to get the type of legisiative action which comes party regularity and responsibility.” “I can recall,” sald Mr. Weeks, “in the days of so-called Cannonism, when Mr. Cannon was called a czar, @s would have been any other man of strength filling the Speaker’s chair under those conditions, that the Speaker found ways, perfectly legiti- mate under the rules, to prevent the PROMPT TARIFF ACTION IS URGED |Cotton Goods Manufacturers’ Spokesmen Point Out Uncertainties. Prompt action on the tariff bill was asked today by spokesmen for cotton £00ds marufacturers appearing before the Scnate finance committee. Frosent uncertainties, it was said, are pre- venting the active operation of old enactment of a vast amount of per-|enterprises and the stimulation of sonal and irresponsible legislation.|new ones. More than that, he had the DPOWer, | .couon manufact o . and he used it, to prevent appropria- bited 0o L s £ d ::r'x.h intended for d;.,a.l w,,,;:; operating on a day-to- asis and are ch were not needed and Wl unable to look ahead and make plans were not for the general good. for future activity,” saild Arthur N “Irresponsible Legislation.” “The slightest examination of the increase in governmental expendi- tures during the last fifteen years for the ordinary requirements of the, government will indicate to what ex- | tent this change in the method of legislating has affected the Treasury. “To my mind, the change has had a tendency to weaken effective gov- ernment, has resulted in irresponsible legislation, prevented both parties from carrying out pledges made in platforms, and, in time, will de the legislative branch of the government into groups, each group champloning a special cause, and we will see one group combining with another to bring about a control of legislative action fn the interest of a particular faction. “While we may not degenerate to the level of some countries in this respect, carried to its logical con- clusion, we may eventually find our- selves divided into hostile factions or groups, one class plundered by an- other, and the country powerless to defend or maintain its interests, na- tional or internation Returaiag to Normaley. Not only the United States, but the whole world “is slowly but surely re- turcing to normal” the Secretary of War declared. This country, he said, is “emerging from a condition of chaos.” after passing through a period of men- | tal and physical adjustment as a logical resuitant of the war. ““The great need for tae present emer- gency 18 clear thinking,” Mr. Weeks con- tinued. “basing our actions on facts, not fancies: putting our faith in work in- stead of words: relying on accomplish- ments, not promises, and not mistaking license for liberty. The world is sur- feited with cure-alls offered by irre- sporsibles. These quack political doctors | prociaim loudly and promise much. They even devise remarkable cures for ilis that do not exist. The real cure, how. ever, ic #0 old-fashioned and so reddily within our reach that some of us fail to recognige it. It is work. Tne people who are recevering most rapidly from the effects of the war are those who are working instead of talking, who are practicing economy instead of indulging in extravagance, and in putting their own houses in order they are solving the problems confronting their country.” Danger in Quacks. “We do not hear of strikes in Ger- many,” the Secretary remarked, “but they seem rather popular everywhere else. The selfishness which comes from the desire to get something at the expense of one's fellow man is having a potent influence in prevent- ing the restoration of the country’s needs. These influences have more or less effect on government. and it is in this connection that the quacks and unthinking are apt to do serious harm. 1 undertake to say that the government—and it is largely due to the influences that have come from the war—has done many things which would not have been given any con- sideration whatever had we not drift- ed from our moorings.” The farmer—*the backbone of the country”—was the first to feel the ef- fects of post-war deflation. the Secre- tary said, but added that “the farmer could not be entirely absolved from blame” for his present situation, as he should have foreseen the inevitable collapse of values. Scores Farmer Legislation. Lowe, spesking for Association of M ufacturers, both north and south. meet the Keenest competition in our markets from Japan, E: and other sections of k long-established industries are paving low wages” Present Protection Inadequ: Declaring that the present Und act does not afford proper protection to the industry, Mr. Lowe said Congress must look at the question in a broad <5 ‘The textile industry one,” he added, “and 1 100 strongly upon this commiitee the importance of its prosperity not oniy of all the eastern states, but for the spreading of prosperity throughout the country.” Favoring the American valuation &s said that unless this was the Fordney bill would have to be rewritten as to rates “If a duty is put on dyes there should be a compensatory duty on fabrice in which those dyes are used.” the witness declared. “It is reallyv not a very scientific law which trics to assist an industry by a method which regulates importations of a1 article in its original form. but en courages fmportation of the same article in a combined form.” Will Continue Henrings. _Hearings on the proposed tariff 1e- vision will be continued through the | Christmas recess, with a view 10 com- pleting them by January 1. Chairn Penrose of the Senatc fi mittee announc Rewriti bill will start immediately new vear begins, he said ing dates have been arranged i cordance with this, and the cotton schedule will occupy the remainder of the week President Harding's flexible tariff rat for apparen by many of Congress chari Ing of tariff legislation. but a formal decision on them by the Senate finance committee is likely to be d ferred until the actual rewriting of the House tariff measurc is started probably next month Conference In Planncd. Chairman Penrose of eommittee plans to confer soon with the leading republicans of the Housc ways and means committee regard- ing the subject. Senator Penros said carcful thought would have to he given to the manner of delegating authority to the ident to change the rates or pr aim American valuation as the bass for assessing duti changing con- ditions might warrant. Amendments to the House bill prescribing the means of making the rant of au Senate and these we given study by members of the cor mittee as well as other senators and by _some members of the House. Chairman of the House ittee, who 1 v yesterday. s time to st hie had not President’'s suggestions and wo withhold comment. He did say, h ver, that from the first he had vored drafting a bill fixing min and maximum rates, with autho: for the President to fix the amount of duties between those figure 1 such intervals as counditions mig warrant a change House Hearings Resum Hearings on the House measure were resumed yesterday by the Senate com- mittee under a_ schedule which will keep it in session almost every dav from now until the Christmas holi- days. have suffered. I “It did not please him.,” said Mr. Fewer Graduate Teachers. Weeks, “to find that combinations of Although there is no actual teacher ;i ; ehortage at present in the sense of{1S00T or combinations of wnyihing empty schools, as was the case during ; ¢lse Were able to keep up the prices the war, vet we have not been able to of his necessities, and he turned to attract teachers whose average train- | .giglation to bring about a condition ing was as high as in pre-war days. {which would give him a chance to ad- For example, among high school | jiet his situation. teachers at present the percentage of |” ¢] ghall not take the time to criti- decrease ’of college graduates since.;igse the legislation Congress has en- 1918 is 8.9 per cent, and the increase | cted for the benefit of the farmer. It of non-graduates, those who have not graduated from a college or normal school, has increased 36.6 per cent.” JUSTICE McCOY 62 TODAY. | ‘Walter I. McCoy, chief justice of lhe! Supreme Court of the District of Co- lumbia, is sixty-two years old today. The chief justice had been detained in his mpartments in the Wyoming | since Sunday with a severe cold, but ! was able to resume his duties today. Many_felicitations were extended 1o | him both on his recovery and his! birthday. Chief_Justice McCoy was born in Troy, N. Y., and studied at Princeton | and Harvard universities, receivingi from the latter degrees of B. A, LL.{ B. and LL. M. He began the practice | of law at New York city, in 1886, and | took up his residence in New Jersey, | where _he entered actively into poli- ! tics. In 1911 he was elected to Con- gress, where he was serving when appointed to the bench as an asso- | ciate justice. On the resignation of | J. Harry Covington, as chief justice, in 1918, President Wilson promoted | Justice McCoy. CONSIDERING RACIAL CASE. Justice Hitz of the District Supreme Court Tuesday took under advise- ment the argument of counsel in the case of Paul C. Peters, alleged colored youth of this city, who is wanted by the Maryland authorities on a charge of having married an eighteen-yeai old white girl in Elkton, Md., last July. Peters was arrested here two months ago on & warrant issued by the Maryland authorities and tested their right to hold him by means of & writ of habeas corpus. Justice Hitz announced that he would decide the case tOMOITOW. —— J. A. BAXTER HEADS CAMP. John A. Baxter was elected com- mander of General Nelson A. Miles mp, No. 1, of the United Spanish War Veterans by unanimous vote at a meeting Tuesday night in the Per- | ] aindin A8 do,” Senator Watson shot back. fl:;:e B g o LT G e officers elected are: C. A. 5 ill,” said the Georgia senator, ‘T will) e “but you have asked me to rea s | M. PaSo ahead then” the chairman ke in, and the senator proceeded Poread Forbee® statement that ho had man ""nb:yon ::::‘ Forbes summoned?” Chairman Brandegee asked, and - tor Watson d di The newspaper printed & picture of t was purported ¢o be the gallows At ek Forves alleged he saw the soldier put to death. f Given, Carte Blanche. Discussing procedure as to calling witnesses, Senator Watson said there were some men who were injured in the war and now drawing compen- sation who were afrald their com- pensation might be affected by thelr appearance before the committes. " ““They will be pretected.’ frman Brandeges ed. . “This commit- declare ?!!! {teo "gives you carte blanche to”say lfrom the soldler. senior vice commander; 5 jaune, junior vice 'com- mander; H. Fowler, officer of the day: Robert Cullin, ‘officer of the ard; Frederick Zulch, trustee; Clai- forn & Close, adjutant, and Jesse F. Sprinkle, quartermaster. = ————— ‘what you plelllo and to call any wit- esses you please.” -Al -E\hvlt signed by George H. setting forth that he saw twelve soldiers hanged in France, and that he did not know whether all were convicted by court-martial was presented. The soldier said he oes and & white ser- aves t‘?fim the latter after con- Belkna Bel gean Viction by & French court-martial, on eh:rlu o'l rape. The sergeant, Tay- Il ided at Detroit, Mich., and e ‘f'nr:'hln rother be nlla-l: that ¢ influenss, A to a“.‘tl.m -':- no lnlflflnfiau‘ for WAS seven- as the girl ‘Ig: ®aid, resided at Detroit, Mich., and ia few individuals.’ i would be similar demand: all, 11th and B | form pled was brought about by a combination of members of the two great political parties which had sufficient votes to obtain the result desired. Some of this legislation may benefit those for whom it was enacted. Much of it is unsound, however, from an economi- cal standpoint, and I very much doubt it it will be of any benefit even to the farmer. “One of the least excusable of the laws passed, it seems to me, was that increasing the interest rate on farm loan bank bonds to 6% per cent and leaving the rate to the farm bor- rower the same as it had been. Un- der the present law, as I see it, the government is financing the farmer and is producing vast volume of non-taxable securities, 8o thai fect, the farmer is borrowing his money at a much lower rate than the current ‘market warrants. What would be =aid as an offset if the gov- ernment undertook to finance all the manufacturing industries of the United States by loaning them money at a fixed rate and no taxes were paid on this indebtedness, and thén extend- ing that policy to every industry? We should soon find ourselves without taxable property and complete trans- ferral of the investments of large es- tates into non-taxable securities.” Discusses Legislation. Mr. Weeks then reviewed “the further legislative program” of the agricultural bloc, characterizing as “unwise” the so-called pure wool bill, declaring that the proposed law to regulate cold storage would “make of many articles of food the pr hi‘he’r' and describing the federal highway bill being designed to con, llruc"‘loldl purely local in chara ter” for the benefit of ‘“'one or at best The demand of ntative of ag- Reserve Board, as worthy as m “man- commerce or any the bloc for a rep: riculture on the Fede! Mr. Weeks said, wi ufactures, ax single great industry. The revenue law recently enacted, the speaker sald, was drawn in con-} formance with a specific party pln.l ge to reduce taxation. In his opinion, he said, “it did not go A |far enough. Conflicting views asto any increase in the duties on tobacco were expr ed by spokesmen for manufacturers and growers. Senator Fletcher, demo- crat, Flori speaking for the Cigar Manufacturers’ Association of Tamp: and Joseph Cullman. jr.. of New York city, representing cigar manufactur- ers and the leaf tobacco trade ger erally, opposed increases in_existing rates, while M. L. Floyd of Hartford Conn., representing the New England Tobacco Growers' Association, urged an advance in the import duty wrappers from the present $1.55 p pound to $2.50 a pound. _———— STREET PAVING URGED. Anacostia Citizens Declare Esti- mates Fail to Include Item. Inclusion in District appropriations of an estimate for the paving of 11th street sout from P'otomac ave- to the Association and Board of Trade night. A committee consisting Robert Thompson. J. Frank Camphell and Maurice Otterhack was appointed to appear before the District commit tee of the House and call attention to the omission of that item A resolution adopted by the as- sociation also requested that Minme- sota avenue be widened in order provide for center parking. A mov ment was initiated to form a central committee of association south of the Anacostia river to act on larger problems of the section. —_— LEAVES $125,000 ESTATE. Widow of J. B. Dahlgren Says She Is Unable to Lecate Will. The estate left by John Bernard Dahlgren, lawyer, clubman and turf- man, who died November 22 last, is estimated at $125,000, according to the petition for letters of adminis- tration filed by the widow, Mrs. Luisa ahlgren. Through Attorney Whar ton E. Lester, the widow sayse she was informed that her husband had made a will but she has not been able to locate it. Justice Hoehling directed the issuance of letters of administration, and fixed the widow's bond at $10,000. Included in the mssets of the estate is property in New York c nd on the island of Nantucket as well as Washington real estato. Mr. Dahl- gren also owned three race horses stock in a mining company of Cali- fornia and other securities. noewtht e e e SEES CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE AS FACTOR FOR PERMANENT PEACE By the Amsoclated Press. BALTIMORE, Md. December 8.— Efforts to abolish the Chemical ‘Warfare Service must be thwarted, Brig. Gen. Amos A. Fries, chief that service, told the members the American Institute of Chemical Engineers during their BEdgewood Arsenal yester- This branch of service, he said, allowed to remair in exist- ence will become & factor for per- s number killed, he added, and the had man injured by gas alone twelve time: many chances for recover: man wounded by y a bullets or high explosives. “We are not pleading for war.” he said, “we are pleading for peace. To the practical man the only way peace can be brought about in the world—we mean per- manent peace—is to make war so powerful and so quick and certain that it will become intolerable. “The most scientific peoples mament co. But 37.3 per cent of the men ad- must use the most scientific meth- mitted to hospitals during the war of‘ or else .lhe{ will fast be.an- wul from gas injuries alone, he nihilated ' by those with _more said. The deaths from were only two per cent alone of the total s brute strength and less fine’ feelings.” 3