Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1921, Page 1

Fair today and tem change in temperature. | t ended at,10 4 WEATHER. orrow; little Temperature for twenty-two hours w7 m. last night: Highest, No. 872.—No. 28,350. SENATORS ENTHUSIASTIC FOR PACT; IRRECONCILABLES PROMISE FIGHT; 5.5.3 ADOPTION LIKELY THIS WEEK 1 1 Four-Power Treaty Breaks Long Jam of Conference. DELEGATES TO SIGN AGREEMENT AT ONCE Question of Submarines Also Expected to Be Quickly Settled. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The log jam of the Washington conference was broken yesterday wien the four-power treaty on the Pacific islands was assented to for- mally by the delegates of the United tes, Great Britain, France and Ja- Other issués, before the conference « expected_mow to move forward v ith great rapidity. I But i:j\ e Washington conference ) 1 bring forth nothing beyvond the new four-power treaty it will Lave justified itself. was the view 1nken here last night, The new pact hrings assurance of peace in the farj t—it goes far toward the elimina- 2 of the ténsion which has waxed | .d waned and waxed again. It pro- vides for the termination of the Anglo-Japanese treaty of alllance, which, rightly or wrongly, was looked upon with suspicion in this country. | i 1 Events to Move Rapldly. The forthcoming week probably will see the settlement of the naval ratio question as between the United States, Great Britain and Japan, und probably also the naval ratio of France and Italy. The proposed ten-year naval holi- day and the question of submarines also will be quickly settled, it was declared on high authority last night. There remain the Chinese problems, which have advanced measurably al- ready. The progress of the discus- sions with relation to China has been very satisfactory. So far as the four-power treaty is concerned—the treaty of Washing- ton, as it probably will be recorded in history—it was learned on the highest suthority last night that it will .be formally signed by the pleni- potentiaries of the nations involved immediately. It will then .be for, President Harding to dete n it shadl be transmitted to the Senate for ratification. Must Go to Cabinets. The treaty must go te the British cabinet, to the cabinet of Japan and to the French 'senate and chamber of deputies for approval alsp hefore the final ratification can be exchanged. The ‘view last riight was unanimous that ratification would be completed. Senator Lodge in presenting the treaty yesterday said that the rati- fication by the United States was de- pendent upon the successful negotia- tion of an agreement between the United States and Japan regarding the mandated Island of Yap. At the State Department it was said yester- day afternoon that an agreement on Yap was now merely a “matter of hours.” g The Senate of the United States will ratify the new treaty when it is submitted it. This was confidently predicted last night. The great majority of expressions of opinion vaiced by senators yes- terday after reading the treaty was highly favorable. Semate Fight Organising. | i H | however, among some of of thexSgn- ganizing. the old “irreconcilables™ ate. But the indications are they will meant the rehabilitation of their | the importance to the document as a | not obtain sufficient votes to prevent [native land. The day brought noth- {peace measure that was claimed in favorable action. The dediocrats, who with few exceptions voted for the league of nations;,can scarcely be expegted to oppose the present weaty on the ground that it would accomplish the same end as that of the league, which 3o far has been the only argument advanced against the | new treaty by the irreconcilables. The tremendous sentiment in thel country in_favor of bringing forth om the Washington conference ac-; tual accomplishments looking to peace, and particularly peace in the: far east, is expected to have its in-| fluence on the Senate. ! Any effort to make it appear that the mew treaty in its article II ap- proaches article X of the league of nations covenant will fall flat. “I have deep sympathy for any one whose opinion is that there is any Llood relation between article II of this treaty and the league of nations covenant,” said the spokesman of the American delegation yesterday after- noon. Hangs on Word “Preserve.” He explained that- the article X of the teague of nations, which caused the failure of the treaty of Versdilles and the league covenant ip-the Sen- ate, provided that the “contracting parties should “resgect” and also “preserve”. (meaniig with force) the territories and’rights of the nations party to the pact. The kernel in that nut, he pointed out, was the ‘“pre- serve” 3 In the new treaty there is nothing that calls for the preservation of any righi or territory by use of force. It calls for consultation and for the giving of friendly advice. -There' is no obligation imposed upon the con- tracting parties to carry out any de- cision arrived at in such conference, and it will be a matter for the na- tions involved to determine through their _regulgr _constitution: roe- (Continued on Page 3, Colmin 6.) . lowest, 29. ‘ull réport on Page 7. . Entered as second-class matter. post office Washington, D. C. JAPANESE SEE NEW ERA IN RELATIONS WITH U. S. AS RESULT OF TREATY By the Associated Press. The linking of the Japanese em- pire in a formal agreement with the United States, Great Britain and France appears to have caused satisfaction among Japanese as- sembled at Washington. Many spokesmen referred feelingly last night of the new era which opens up for Japan in her relations with the United States, deeming it one of the most epoch-making develop- ments in Japanese history as a world power. Admiral Baron Kato, the senior Jupanese delegate, said: “I have feelings of deep satisfaction over the arranging of this treaty.” It is believed among Japanese here that the conclusion of the treaty will be received everywhere in Japan with content, especially among the younger elements, who have long been laboring for a concrete understanding with the American republic. IGHINESE LOOK 6N AS OTHERS REJOICE, | “Must Be Shotn,” Say Dele- gates of Promises to Re- spect Nation’s Rights.» CITE BROKEN PLEDGES Sincerity of Open-Door Stand Taken at Conference Here Are Se- riously Questioned. BY PHILLIP C. KAUFFMANN. The message of hope for future world underatanding and international co-operation that was flaghed yester- day noon from the plenary session of the conference to almost every country on the globe prohably struck of relief and gratitude In the breasts of countless thousands in all thé great nations of the earth except one. Far and wide to distant lands the telegraph and cables and ‘wireless have been burdened constantly with the news that the great powers of the earth had taken a vast stride| toward ultimate peace and concord, promising sane reasoning, replacing mad might by aggrandizementandag- gression. The agreement of the four ‘:wnrfu! nations to do away with cret diplomacy and to plan ways of getting together and talk things|ing to comment, locking himself in|they be brought here to testify in over and the abolition of the Anglo- Japanese pact was greeted as a con- !crete assurance that the minor de- j tails still to be worked out in the conference would certainly be adjust- ed satisfactorily.. China s{o! Thrilled. One country, however, could see nothing in the news of the day to pring rejoicing, if her delegates to the parley are representative of the feelings of her people. That nation is China. Her representatives, sit- ting at the conference dealing with Pacific and far eastern questions, ,Were present at the open session of | was absent from the capital, owing to A fight against Fatification is or-|Yesterday and voted assent-on all |the week end recess. the proposals, but no thrill passed through them at seeing the light that ing that could assure them of the realization of any of their hopes. According to an official view of the delegates, China’s status remained unchanged. In the words of one of the officials of the Chinese delegation, an Ameri- can university ‘man, “China has to be shown.” Whatever province in China corresponds to Missouri, that must be the home of the Chinese delegates to this conference, because at this time " their slogan is “seeing is be- lieving.” “What do these agreements to re- spect the rights of China mean?” ask members of the delegation. “Is there anything new that has been promised to China? Has not China been &s- sured many times that she should be allowed & free hand in governing her own nation and that the outside pow- ers would concede their privileges, guaranttee to her her sovereignity ‘and .give her the opportunity to de- velop normally, and has anything ever | come of it yet? I8 there any wonder he Sundiy Star, WASHINGTON, D. C, Traditional Policies of America Upheld, View in Senate. EXPECT OPPONENTS TO URGE CHANGES Sl e ey Bitter - Enders Showing Unfriendly Atfitude Toward Proposals. Great enthusiasm for the proposed Tour-power treaty on the Pacific is- lands laid before the Washington conference vesterday was voiced by members of the Senate who will have to pass on the pact. { Many of them listened to the read- ing of the trealy by Senator Lodge, chairman of the Senate foreign rela- !tions committee and republican lead- | er of the Senate, in Memorial Con- tinental Hall and applauded it vig- | orously. The general opinion appeared be that much had been gained the elimination of the Anglo-Japan. ese alliance, and that the treaty does | not commit the United States to an {alliance or to an agreement in viola tion of the traditional policy of the United States with regard to entan- glements abroad. Irreconcilables Thinned Out. That there will be opposition from some of the senators who fought the | |teague of nations covenant. the so- called irreconcilables, was evident. On the other hand. the irreconcilables | will find their ranks somewhat | thinned out. Senator Norris of Ne- braska, for .nstance, was one of those who indicated that he would not vote against ratification, and he Wwas a strong opponent of the Ver- sailles treaty. Some of the irrecon- cilables refused to allow themselves to be quoted. It is expected that in the fight which wili be made against the treaty reservations similar to those | offered by Senator Lodge to the Ver- | saflles treaty when it was before the Senate will be presented by senators | opposed to the new treaty. | to l Oppesition Develops Early: By the Associated Press. Indications of opposition in the! United States Senate to ratification| of the four-power Pacific treaty de- veloped today within a few hours after the new pact was announced 10 the world at a plenary session of the armament conference. Senators of the irreconcilable group, for the most part, withheld comment, but speaking privately, in- dicated an unfriendly attitude toward the treaty, while Senator Reed of Missouri, said he did not expect to make the fight alone, Senator Borah | of Idaho, leading Republican irre- concllable, was one of those declin- his office with a copy of the docu- ment. Republicans See Success. I Republicans generally, including | most of the leaders, however, predict- | ed ratification of the treaty by an overwhelming vote, and in this pre- diction to a greater or-less extent were jolned by a number .of demo- crats, including leaders on that side of the Senate chamber. Many sena- tors on both sides refused to commit themselves, declaring they' wished to study the pact, while a considerable proportion of the Senate membership Democratic senators in a number of instances said they did not attach republican quarters, and described it as “innocuous” and as having a great similarity to the league of nations| covenant. L Some democrats pointed to article T@of the new treaty, which binds to| |signatories if their rights in the Pa-! cific Islands “are threatened by sthe | aggressive action of any other power” to communidite “with one another fully and frankly, in order to arrive at an understanding as to the most efficient measures to be taken, joint- 1y or separately, to meet the exigen- cles of the particular situation.” This, they said, differeg but little from Ar- ticle X of the league covenant, which the republicans found most objection- | able. 3 ; ] Best Part From League. Senator Harrison of Mississippi, one of the democratic spokesmen in- the ! Senate, in his comment said, in this| connection: . | “The best parts of the treaty are those provisions taken from tie (Continuedon Page 3, Column 1.) EX-SENATOR GETS PAROLED AFTER TRYING 14 YEARS By the Associsted Press.” JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Decem- *ber 10.—Amalek Brooks, serving a life term on a murder charge, was paroled from the penitentiary to- day by Gov. Hyde as a Tesult of fourteen years of effort by former United' Stdtes Senator Burton of Kansas, who met Brooks when the two were confined in the same Jjail as fellow prisoners. 5 Amalek and his brother John ‘were convicted in 1807 ‘in Iron county for 'the murder of “John * Clemons, and ‘were séntenced be- hanged. The aemeéco luter was T oyearwater 7 (Continued ‘on Page 3, Column 7.) OLD CELL-MATE - i commuted to life imprisonment. ‘While confined in the Iron county -jafl, awaiting transfer to the pen- itentlary, ¢ the brothers became acquainted with Mr. Burton. who was serving six ;months on a charge ' of having' mccepted a fee for practicing law before, a fed- eral department while holdirg a seat in the United States Senate. The brothers told their story and . Mr. Burton sympathised with them, " pledging his aid in obtaining their paroles. Johh, who fired the fatal shot, was paroledsin 1913, through Mr: Burton's efforts. -He died two. {trial by court-martial. DELEGATES | TO THE ARMS CONFERENCE LU PLease CHECK THEIR. WEAPONS- HERE "MINSTREL FEATURES SENATOR WATSON WOULD ALL 10 Presents Long List of Wit- nesses of Alleged II- legal Executions. NAMES WILL BE SIFTED Ex-Soldier . Writes of 14 Being Thrown Overboard, While Another Would Tell of 600 Killings. The of more than hundred former service men presented yesterday to the Sénate committee by Senator Watson, democrat, Georgia, who asked that names one were the investigation of his charges that| American soldiers had been put tof death in France without the right of There was no intimation as to how | many on the list would be sum- moned, the committee explaining that it would sift through the names next weéek. Assurance, however, was given Senator Watson that every person would be called, if he believed they were prepared to give testimony directly bearing on the charges. Qompared with the turbulant meet- ing Frivay the session was extremely tame. Senator ' WatsoN, the only witness, read extracts from many letters in which soldiers declared they knew of numbers -of illegal executions. One soldier wrote that on a transport taking him to France fourteen then were thrown overboard and drowned, for no apparent reason. | ‘Shows Picture of Hanging. The Seorgia senator undertook to show, and indeed announced that he would prove that the War Depart- ment list Of eleven executions (il not include-all of the men illegally hanged or shot ‘to death by order of superior officers. A picture of what scemed to be a gallows in France, on which a rope was being hooked around the neck of a_condemned soldier, with several officers standing on the platform and scores.on the ground below, was-given to the com- mittee hy the senator, who testified that it was taken by a colonel, now in the service. The office’s name was not revealed, nor that of his son, who handed it to the senator Friday night, as the testimony showed. - Senator Watson stated that he de- sired to return the picture last nigtt, but, by direction of Senator Shields, democrat, Tennessee, it was retained for the Record, although Mr. Shields! . . T:Ebv?&_ \‘\g\\}{: OF THE GRIDIRON CLUB. DECEMBER DI} Smallest Gold Coin In World is Minted For League of Nations By the Associated Press. GENEVA, December 10.—~What is believed to be the smallest modern gold coin in the world as just beem minted here. It Tepresents the gold framec om which the budget of the league of naflons ix to be calculated. It is octagonal in form, a: om One side are emgraved (he. ini- tials *5, D. N.” (Saclets don-Ras tioms). Its weight fs 0333800 of & gramme, and is.valued at about 2 ecemtx. American money. It is estimated that ft Wwould require 13,200 of smch coins to make a pound aveirdu- Ppoin, Sir Herbert Ames, financial* director of the leagus of na- tions, has Ppresemted a unigue specimen of the coin to Erie Drum: d, the general secre-: tary. SO0 WHKY STOLEN ON TRUCKS Riot Call at - Baltimore Frustrates Robbery of 180,000 Quarts. i By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., December 10.— After 5,500 cases of ‘whisky, had been taken from the warehouse of the Can- ton Distilleries, 4th avenue and Clin- ton. street, and loaded on - motor. trucks. police of the eastern district, answering a riot call tonight frus- trated”the robbery of 180,000 quarts { of liquor. ! Three trucks. carrying 3,500 cases of the liquor, had left the warehouse when the police arrived and all roads | in Maryland and nearby states are. being searched for_ them. . Two trucks, on which were- loaded 2,200 cases, were ready to leave the warehouse when the police reached the scene, and meén .were busily en- gaged in loading ‘two! other ‘tnuchs. Sixteen men Wwho were in- chdrge of the! trucks were arrestéd and' are being held at eastern police station. The confidence of the guards at the distillery was gdined by means‘of a forged permit. This paper caled for 15,000 cases of half-pint “bottles of whisky. Prohibition Director, ‘Budnitz said tonight that the permit resembled what is known as a “carrier’s per- mit” No withdrawal permit was pre- sénted by the men. Roads leading to Washington from | declared that it was not worth whileiMafyland were under’ guird hére last as evidence if the man who made it!night and this morning, following re-| | could not be found to testify.’ jceipt of- word of the robbery by Col. assistantiL. G. Nutt, chiet prohibition officer for. Maryland and the District. The police co-operated with the revenue agents'in Col. Walter E. Bethel, judge advocate general, from whom| the committee obtained” the ‘list. of eleven legal éxecutions, was instruct- | patroling_the I_)mrlez line. : %0 to check over the Watson list -ana} Estimating the value of the whigky" at ee if any were ‘the 'same. ¥ $$100 a case, the total amount invelved PN ¥ }in the robbery was safd,to pe approxi- Biundered in Roosevelt Case. [magely $500,000. Belisf was exprissed " hens 2 the- lique At the outset oOf the hearing, after)nere by reventie afficials that, the liquor presentation of a letter from Asaist- ant Secretary Reosevelt of the Navy Department denying, tiat “he had| first-nand knowledge of the killing of a soldier by- an officer and, the subsé- quent- transfer of the officer to an- other command, Senator Watson ex- plninu{,tmt;nvu of - Mr. Roosevelt's name was 3ue ‘to a, blunder. The ey o Jetter, in fact, he stated, was wriiten :l‘l“’(':‘:” m‘:;l':“! reviewed. by Col. Willlam Haywood, United|y, . 4 gnort"stopover ‘an.'bi . (Continued on Page 6,sColumn 4.) , * Cauada. 4 < along the eastern shore of Maryland. The robbery wa# reported here to bs the largest recorded in this 'lelnl!k . FOCH REVIEWS CADETS. By the Associated Press. TS . WEST POINT, N.Y., December: 10.— i gotten out of Baltimore had been cached | SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1921. STADIUM PLANNED - FOR GEORGETOWN $350,000 Structure to Have Seating Capacity of 20,000. WILL CONSIDER FINANCING Trustees to Meet to Go Over Draw- ings and Seek Ways and Means of Securing Funds. A new athletic stadium, with a | seating capacity of 20,000, to cost $350.000, {s belng planned by George- | | | town University, Rev. John B. Cree- don,’ 8. J president of the university, announced last night. The trustees of the university will Jmeet in New York city in January to g0 over the architect’s drawings and to consider means of financing the project. John W. Kearney, local architect, has made a careful survey of the | university grounds and has selected a site bounded on the north by New Cut road, on the west by the hase ball field of Western High School and on the east by the college walks of the university. Will Have Two Entrances. The stadium will be of concrete and will have entrances from New Cut road and from the Cabin John car line, a distance of 1,000 feet away. . Among the trustees who will attend the New York meeting will be George E. Hamilton, dean of the l1aw .school. The other trustees are prominent residents of different sec- tions ofi.the country. When the stadium can be started will depend upon the plan of financing decided upon ‘by the trustees. Erection of the stadfum, President 4 Creedon 'said, would necessitate, with™ in “the next few years, a wide de- parture -from. the 'present athletic policy of ‘Georgetown. Efforts :will be made by the alumni to bring about such a change in the foot ball policy {that' would ‘place’ the Hilltoppers on the schedules of the ‘biggest univer- sities in the east. . that the university is considefing a jbiilding program that would maké possible * thé removal of ' the law, medical and dental schoels from their downtown locations to the George- town} campus. ~ This building pro- gram, however, has not taken on definite shape. 5 4 WOMAN KILLS:DOCTOR. |Shoots Physician as Patients Wait _, -in Outer Office. . NEW YORK, " December" 10.—While several patienta ‘were waiting their turn | tonight .in ‘the outerjoffice of Dr. sAbra- {ham L. Glciets in Bedford . &venu Brooklyn, an'unidentified woman: called on the’ physician, shot him to death and escaped. 3 i 80 Detectives were at a loss for the crime. for a néuve ‘ |WOULD MODIFY U S. PACT. ~BOGOTA; " Colombia, -December - 10.— iOlaya Herferra, a prominent leader of the . liberal party, today accepted the ffice of ‘foreign minister. Upon an- mouncing . his acceptamce he said .he 1 ” rt .the sentiment in the :'of' deputies, which is in favor of*modification ‘of ihe treaty Detween Colombia gnd the United States, ' e . It also,was mide known last night| ’ 1 | L Figure'Prim System To Identify Postal Savings Depositors Beginning December 15, a sys- tem of finger prints will be used for identification of postal savings depositors. Instructions for inaugurating the system al- ready have been sent to post- masters in most of the primci- | Pal eities, the Post Ofice De- partment has announced. r system will be used teo supplement rather than replace the present method of fdentifi- cation b means of the per- sonal history of a depositor, it wan explained, and postmasters were warned care must be taken mot to associate it with crimi- purposes . of the it was explained, are the protection of paying pest- elerks, on the ome e deponitors, on the Finger ‘prints must be taken when am account is open- ed and whenever interest or principal ix paid for compari- %on of imprensions. Finger prints of all present depositors will be takem whem they take their first depoait after the in- stallation of the system. SCORCH OFFICIALS ATGRIDIRON DINNER iSecretary Hughes Gets “Key to Back Door of League,” But Declines. 50 AUTHORS OF ONE BOOK Conference Single Serious Topic Before Journalists—Agricul- tural Bloc Target. | | Across the seven seas and trom the continents of two hemispheres came the guests of the Gridiron Club to honor the occasion of its annual win- ter dinner last night at the New Wil- lard. They assembled with many of the distinguished men of America— the President of the United States, the Vice President, the cabinet. the Chief Justice of the United States, the Speaker of the House, other offi- jcials of the government and men | prominent in the large affairs of the country. It was a novel experience, .no doubt, to some ‘of the old werl) statesmen snd diplomats to witness the spectacte of an organisation of writers playing good-natured battle- dore and shuttlecock with American politics, legislation and domestic is- ‘sues in such free and lively fashion. | They soon’ caught the spirit of the {event, however, and joined heartily in the proceedings, so devoid of | aught that could offend the most del- licate susceptibility and so replete with the American temperament -and {its expression in badinage and free { comment. Serious With Conference. In treating the subject of the arms conference the club for once aban- | doned its traditional forte and dealt !only in serious tone, as was befitting. !A dramatic tableau was presented i'by five members of the club, attired in the military ‘uniforms of the major powers constituting the arms conference, entering the hall while the band played a selection from the national anthems of the nations rep- resented. Grouped in the center. &e flags were entwined and a senior member of the club paid tribute: in gracious terms to the object of the conterence. Facing _the picture were the dele- Zates to the conference and many of the foreign newspaper correspondents, together with diplomats and delegates of other nations, including Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and China. In the realm of fun the club frol- licked throughout the evening. There was that Ku Klux scene, which was ‘made the purveyor of introducing two new members of the organization |and gave the visitors from abroad a | visualization of what 2 Ku Kilux Kian visitation is. They were all right—barring the white steeds—duly arrayed in ghostly white 2nd all the horrific paruphernallia which the rec- ollection of. some at the bgard and the popular imagination would de- pict. They dalled themselves the King Klux antics, however. Agnorant. on Prefame Histery. It developed that they were after Robert M. Ginter of the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times and William Clabaugh 'of Washington, .2 limited member. The Ku Klux warned them to leave at onte or suffer the conseguences. They appealed for protection, which was declared to be within, the prov- ince of Senator Penrose, then present, chairman of the Senate committee dealing with the tariff. The imperial® inquisitor examined Mr. Ginter as to his qualifications. “Who was Gamaliel?” was asked. on Page 2, Column 1 “The old gunboat Dolphin, one of | the plongers of the original steel ! navy, Is nearing the end of its use- fulness'as a warship. ' - s ‘While' ‘tommarided’ by ‘Admiral Dewey in the ‘early days of his brilliant career, she.was a member of - the - famous' “White- Squaiiren which made a memorable cruise to ! Europe and South America and - demonstrated beyond - cavil that those pioneer mteel ships were en- tirely seaworthy ‘urider “all ‘ con- ; L, e e e e FIVE CENTS. SOLDIERS' BONUS MUST BE PASSED, BACKERS DECLARE Ex-Service Men in Congress to Get Bill Through or Fight Other Measures. COUNTRY FEELS PLEDGE HAS BEEN GIVEN BY G.0.P. Supporters Bank on Sales Tax for Funds—Cost of Soldier Care, $489,000,000 a Year. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Determination regarding the so- called “soldiers’ bonus,” but, more ac jcurately, “a@usted compensation” for the former service men, must W made at the present session of Con- gress. The republican leaders are re luctant to discuss the situation—ir fact, they decline to be interviewed. _But a fiat—"Pass the soldler ‘wi justed compensation’ measure or you will not pass any measure cailing fo the appropriation of funds other thar those required under law for the s Port of the federal establishmen is made by the organized ex--ervice men in Congress. The people of the country feel that the United States government is In honor and conscience bound to make an adjustment to the men who served in the_ war. They feel that the re- publican party now in power has given its pledge that this would be done. If the republicans do not keep that pledge the people will give an- other party an opportunity to keep fts faith with the service men. That is | the reflex that the big percentage of men in Congress, irrespective of party ties, are getting from their visits “back home” and from the cor- respondence of their constituents. G. O. P. Leaders Worrled. - The republican leaders are admit- tedly worried about the situation. They realize that if an “‘adjusted com- pensation” measure is allowed to come up on the floor_of either house of Congress it wil®pass like wild- fire. Those who will be seeking re- election next year, and especially those who will be making a fight for the Senate, realize that their posi- tion with regard to a soldiers’ ad-- justed compensation measure will have a very powerfwd influence on their campaign. Those who some time since, when the President in a special message to the Senate asked thém to recom- mit the so-called “soldiers’ bonus™ bill, interpreted this as an assurance that the matter would be taken up 2 little later were grievously disap- pointed that he did not propose some such legislation in his message at the opening of the regular session. House Tader Mondell refuses to discuss what, if any, place on the House pro- gram is being reserved for the “ad justed compensation” measure. It is known that several very prominent party leaders have been in conference at the White House recently on this subject. The action of his home state, Ohio. in passing a soldiers’ bonus bill for $25,000,000 by a 3-to-1 vote is expect- ed to convince the President regard- ing the will of the people toward fix- ing up their accounts with the serv- ice men. Fordney Takes Hopeful View. 1 Chairman Fordngy of the ways and means committee, who, at the opening of the special session, introduced a soldier bonus bill as the first one to be dropped into the hopper, and to whose committee more than seventy bonus bills have been referred, will only say, “Personally I hope to take up this question soon after the Christ- mias holidays. I believe the commit- tee will report out some bilL” The ways and means committee hys before it a;demand for action signed by all the former service men who are. members of the House. Repre- sentative Roy G. Fitzgerald of Ohio, president of the Weterans Associa- tion of Cgngress, representing twen- ty-six ex-service men of the world war, twenty-four veterans of the Spanish-American war, and including Representative Osborne of California, a civil war veteran, is emphatic in déclaring that the present gession of Congress must see decisive astion taken. “The soldiers’ bonus legislation, as it is commonly called, must be passed at this session of Congress. We will serve notice on the leaders thit un-. less this is done no other legislation that involves expenditure of public funds, aside from the regular supply bills, based on -eubstantive law, will be allowed to pass. He admitted that he had particular reference to the recommendations of Secretary Mellon of the Treasury Department (Continued on Page 3, Column 8.) HISTORIC OLD GUNBOAT DOLPHIN SOON .ENDS ACTI VE NAVAL SERVICE pioned at the Washington navy and used by various Secre- taries of the Navy in cruises qf in- spection along the Atlantic coast and in taking distinguished foreign ‘visitors - to MNount Vernon and - Recently the Dolphin served the flagship of the special lvqud?vn operating in tral American ‘waters. She has just been placed out. of ‘commission at the Boston navy 1ist, probably permanently.