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District of Temperature for twenty: ended at 2 p.m. today: 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 3 4. tod . For full report see Page WEATHER. Columbia — Generally cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Highest, 48, at -four hours 3, at 4 w.un. No. 28,352. NATIONS SIGN 4-POWER TREATY; U.S. APPROVAL GIVEN SUBJECT TO | CONSUMMATION OF PACT ON YAP Signatures Affixed; in Secretary of ' State’s Office. SIMPLE CEREMONIES WITHOUT FORMALITY Americans First to Sign| Under Alphabetical Plan of Powers By the Associated Press. The new quadruple treaty to pre serve peace in the Pacific was formal- 1y signed today by the plenipotenti- aries of the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan. The signatures were affixed in the anteroom of the office of the Secre- tary of State. There was no formal ceremony and no one was present ex- cept the plenipotentiaries, their sec- retaries and advisers. The American delegates, the first to sign under an alphabetical arrange- ment of the powers, put their names to the document and affixed their seals a few minutes after 11 o'clock. Subject to Understanding. The approval of the United smes[ ‘was given, however, subject to a written understanding with the! Japanese providing that the Ameri- can-Japanese treaty regarding Yap must be consummated before the four-power arrangement is binding. The reservation contained a pro- vision that domestic questions of the various powers are not to be consid- ered within the scope of the treaty. The reservation is in two parts, the first of which declares that the treaty shall in no way be binding as regards the policy of the United States toward the mandated islands of the Pacific. Iixcept for this reservation, which 1s expected to be erased within a few days by signature of the Yap treaty, the new Pacific agreement now re- quires only parliamentary ratifica- the various governments to : effective. The American official copy of the document now goes to the White e for transmission by President ing to the Senate. The new pact, was generally believed today, would be forwarded to the Senate within a very short time. Balfeur Sigss Twice. The American delegation began signing at 11:14 am. At 11:16 the British followed, Arthur J. Balfour signing twice, once for the British empire and once for the union of South Africa, which has no delegate e ; The French followed the British, and the Japanese, the last to sign, completed formal appfoval of the treaty at 11:20 o'clock. - Closing New York Stocks, Page 27. Entered as second-class matter office Washington, D. TEXT OF RESERVATION BY U. S. DELEGATES IN SIGNING 4-POWER PACT By the Associated Press. The text of the American reser-_ vation to the Pacific treaty fol- lows: In signing the treaty this day between the United States of America, the British empire, France and Japan, it is declared to bé the understanding and intent of the signatory powers: 1. That the treaty shall apply to the mandated islands in the Pacific ocean; provided, however, that the making of the treaty shall not be deemed to be an assent on the part of the United States of America to the mandates and shall not preclude agreements between the United States of America and the mandatory powers, respectively, in relation to the mandated islands. 2. That the controversies to which the second paragraph of ar- ticle 1 refers shall not be taken to embrace questions which accord- ing to principles of international law lie exclusively within the do- mestic jurisdiction of the respec- tive powers. LA FOLLETTE WARS ON 4-POWER TREATY Styles It Iniquitous and Will Do All He Can to De- feat It. By the Asaociated Press. Declaring that the new four-power Pacific treaty had “all of the iniqui- ties of the league of nations with none of the virtues claimed for that document,” Senator La Follette, re- publican, of Wisconsin, today an- nounced in a formal statement that he was prepared to do “all in my power to prevent its ratification.” Mr. La Follette declared that the document as it stands binds the United States to recognize the title of Great Britain and Japan to the “vast territory in the Pacific seized by these powers under the treaty of Ver- sailles,” which territory, he added, was divided in accordance with a secret treaty negotiated between Great Britaln and Japan prior to America’s entrance into tne world|at war. “Under the cloak of a conference made possible by a world-wide senti- ment for disarmament,” the senator continued, “the diplomats, represent- ing reactionary sentiment in Great Britain, I'rance, Japan and the United States, have hatched in secret a treaty of alliance which morally binds this WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Foening Sfar. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches eredited to it or et otherwise credited ia *his papce aud also the local aews publisbed hereln. AL rights of publication wf -peersl dispatches herein are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 90,429 * WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, “Big Three”Take Up Navy Ratio Issue Again Today. DETAILS OF PARLEYS VEILED IN MYSTERY ] iJapanese Urging Mutsu, | LONDON FORESEES CONFERENCE HERE ONWORLDFINANGE, Success of Arms Parley Arouses Hopes for Setting Europe’s Economics. ;nEPonTs SAY BRIAND .AND | LLOYD.GEORGE MAY COME {Suggestion Made That British Pre- mier May Lay Whole Question New War Vessel, Be Saved to Them. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The naval ratio of the United States, Great Britain and Japan will be con- sidered at a further meeting of the “Big Three Secretary Hughes, Mr. Balfour and Admiral Baron Kato, this afternoon. i The details of the conference of the | | jclosely held. The instructions which the Japanese delegates have received from Tokio also are shrouded in mys- | tery. i Japanese Want to Save Mutsu. Nevertheless from an authoritative | source today came intimations| that the Japanese are strongly urg-| ing that their big new vessel. the Mutsu, be allowed. them. Under the American plan it would be scrapped. The naval ratio, the ten-year naval building holiday, and the fortifica- 1 States—are closely intertwined, it was said, in the discussion now go- ing_on. Should the Japanese be allowed to retain the Mutsu, it was pointed out, and the naval ratio of 5-5-3, as laid down by the American proposal should be adopted, it would be nec- essary to allow the United States and Great Britain to retain or construct additional capital ship tonnage. How Situation Stands. Today it appears: That the 5-5-3 naval ratio will be finally agreed upon. That the status quo of fortifications in the far east will be retained, with the understanding that additional fortifications are not to be erected during the ten-year naval building period. That the ten-year naval holiday as “Big Three” on this subject are still; | ister tions in the far east—of the United | proposed by the Americans will | | Before President Harding. | By the Associated Press. | LONDON, December 13.—Rumors of |* | the possibility of an international | economic conference in Washington, { which havé been current here during | the last few days, were the subject of |comment in the London morning | newspapers today.” It is not assumed that such a conference has been de- cided upon, but the success of the |armament conference has aroused hopes that the economic troubles in | Europe may be settled by a similar gathering. Connected with the rumors are more or less vague reports that Prime Min- Lloyd George and Premier Briand of France intend to go to Washington together after the French | Premier's visit here next week. Reports Are Confiicting. The Daily Mail claims to have re- ceived official information from Down- ing street that Mr. Llovd George is unlikely to go to America for some months, but instead plans taking a vacation trip to southern France after the coming parliament session. On the other hand, the Times says: “The | suggestion is hazarded that after next week's conferences with M. Briand Mr. Lloyd George might not deem the moment nopportune to lay the whole { question of the needs of shattered Europe before President Harding, who undoubtedly has the warmest aympa- {thy for the stricken continent. Should | Mr. Lloyd George take the initiative in appealing to him to summon an- other conference to consider world economic and financial conditions, the | 0., SCHOOL NEEDS “Conditions Must Be Reliev- ed,f’ Says Senator Capper, After Tour of Inspection. First-hand testimony showing con- some of the grade and high schools of ; Washington and emphasizing the need | appeal, it is thought, 2 avpeal it ght, might not be un- | - asked by school authorities, was taken | Wide Range Indicated. today by the joint congressional! It is believed ! the conversation between the Brit- {ish and French premiers next week | will take a wider range than the| single question of German repara- | its members were conducted on a tour of the schools by Supt. Ballou and Asst. Supts. Kramer and Wilkinson. Sufrting shertly after 9 o'clock this jand-half system of paying the Dis- ‘nropriltlon bill. . {at.some length on his amendment. but | ager of the divislon of investigation, #A. D. Fairbairn was the first witne | tions, an@ this subposition Is largely the basis of today's press speculation conterning a possible hew. confer- ence in America. < be agreed to, slight details. Littls difficulty is expected over an eement on the ten-year naval with changes only in The signing was wholly without | country to go to war whenever the building holiday. The peoples of all three nations, it is said, have made themselves heard as enthusiastic in support of the plan. ¢ Discussion Detatls. There has been some discussion as to the details of the naval holiday and the practical manner in which naval construction is to be kept from The Dally Telegraph, while not re- | garding such a conference as yet more than an idea, says the idea ! {has very considerable popular sup- ! 129 i No _single European government | feels able to take the initiative, or ! confident that, if it should do so, its action would meet with approval,” says the newspaper, “but, fortunate- | ly, the progress of the present con- | ceremony, and devoid of historic! setting except for the portraits of score of former Secretaries of State! which looked down from the four walls of the anteroom. Hum of Conversation. The long table which usually oc- cupies the center of the room had been removed and a smaller one put in its place. The American dele- =ates first took their places at the table and signed their names, while the other delegates stood about informally ,chatting. There was a hum of conversation throughout. When the Americans were through they gave up their places to the British, and then” the French and! Japanese followed in order. At the shoulder of each as he signed stood Eddie Savoy, the picturesque door- keeper of the Secretary’s office, with blotter in hand for use on the newly made signatures. Seals Affixed Beforehand. The business of affixing the official scals had been performed beforehand, and each delegate as he signed merely touched the crest of sealing wax beside his name to signify formally that his seal been officially executed. Only one copy of the treaty, en- grossed on parchment, was signed. Authenticated duplicates will be gt en to each delegation, and the offi- cial copy will be deposited in the archives of the State Department. Before the signing began the Amer- jcan reservation regarding Yap was handed to the Japanese in English nd agreed to by them. As the sign- ing proceeded translators were busy making a French copy of it. and the delegates were kept together in the room for completion of the process. so that< the reservation would be available to every one in both the afficial languages of the arms confer- ence before they separated. Reservation Signed by AllL When the American reservation had been put’into final form in the two languages it was signed by all of the deiegates present and was placed with the official copy of the treaty itself, which is in French and English, print- cd in parallel columns. The only absentees among the dele- gates of the four powers were Am- bassador Jusserand and M. Sarraut, both of the French group. Arrangements had been made ear- lier in_the day not to have the cere- mony held in’ privacy. State Depart- ment officials planning to permit newspaper men to be present. Secre- tary Hughes, however, canceled the arrangements just pefore the dele- gates met. French to Sign Later. Blanks were left in the signature space of the French group. and Am- bassador Jusserand and M. Sarraut will put their names there later. All of the delegates except two signed with ordinary steel pens or with their own fountain pen. Senator Jodge and Elihu Root of the Ameri- can delegation used an eagle quill sent to them by Robert Underwood Johnson. former ambassador to Italy. It will be placed by Mr. Johnson in the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York. Senator Lodge went to the White House for a conference with President arding, presumably regarding the President’'s transmission of the treaty to_the Senate. Republican leaders,” while not in- formed as to when the pact would be submitted to the Senate, said that nothing would be done with the treaty until after the holiday recess. It was pointed out that both Senator Lodge and Senator Underwood Drvbl-l bly would be engaged as conference delegates until about the first of the! year, and as Senator Lodge is chair- man of the foreign relations commit- tee, to which the treaty will be re- ferred. any action before January was segarded as improbable. | | ‘ ias binding upon. the United States as rights of either of the high contract- ng parties in the Pacific are threat- ned. S iFor the United States to enter an alliance with the only great imperi- alist nations which survived the wur is a rash substitute for the peaceful, anti-imperialist _ American _ policy. tested by a century and a quarter. and based upon friendship with all na-; tions and entangling alliances with none.” % ¢ the Pacific treaty Artl ihed by the Wisconsin sen- was desc & other” of article X ator as “a half bre e of the league of nations covenan it is possible to bind a country by treaty agreement to participate in whatever “efficient measures” may be deemed necessary by the four powers party to the treaty. Mr. La Follette warned that the American people should be “ever mindful of the disas- trous consequences of the alliances which have preceded this one.’ 'his treaty will no more prevent| war than did the alliances consum- mated prior to 1914, the senator said. “It will provoke rather than prevent war, and when we ratify it we mor- ally bind this country in advance to participate in any hostilities which may arise in the Pacific, where im- perialistic Interests are in most heat- ed_conflict. | Mr. La Follette predicted defeat of | the: treaty, saying it was inconceiv- able to him that the Senate should consent “to such an act of treachery as the treaty contemplates.” WIND-UP OF ARMS SESSIONS IN SIGHT Conference May Reach Main Objectives of Meetings by First of New Year. BY N. O. MESSENGER. Progress -to a degree classed as re- markable continues to mark the ac- complishments of the arms and far eastern conference. Appreciating the complexity of some of the problems presented, and which are rapidly nearing solution, the delegates 1e- gard with mingled feelings of satis- faction and surprise the rapid devel- opment of events toward a success- ful conclusion of the epochal inter- national meeting. ‘The New Year, now so close at! hand, may find the main objectives achieved, with subsidiary issues in such shape that they may be relegat- ed to the consideration,of commis- sions or left for the resident ambas- sadors of the participating nations to conclude. Undismayed by Rumblings. Rumblings of protest on Capitol Hill do not.dismay the delegates, it is said. The minority whence they emanate is so small numerically as not to present a menacing aspect in comparison’ with the overwhelming affirmative sentiment known to ex- ist. It is expected that objections will give way under pressure from the country at larg. ‘The White House elving in 8.) vast_numbers _tele; ind _letters (Continued on m‘:fl(?fim [ iference has_ given much increased falling entirely into disuse. If the Japanese are allowed to retain the Mutsu, and the 5-5-3 ratio is agreed upon, then there will be opportunity for the United States and Great Brit- ain to go ahead with a certain small amount of naval construction to main- tain the ratio. The naval ratio to be fixed for the French and Italians is a question of extreme importance, it was said to- day, and will be given consideration immediately. The Britigh are partic- ularly interested in having this mat- ter determined. Submarine Question Vital To the British, one of the most im- portant questions to be settled In re- ! gard to the limitation of naval arma- | ments is the submarine question. They | are Insistent that something be done to | curtail, if not to abolish, the subma- rines. A British spokesman Insists that the matter is of such grave importance that his delegation will insist that it be given a day to discuss the question of the abolition of submarine warfare in an open session of the Washington conference. The submarine matter is regarded by the British as a thing almost apart from the other problems of limitation of naval armament. They say there is & prin- ciple involved In it which does not apply to the matter of capital ships, for in- stance. WOMEN HURL RED PEPPER AND ROCKS By the Associated Press. PITTSBURG, Kan., December 13.— The militant woman marchers of the Kansas coal fields went into action again before daylight today and stop- ped miners from working at three mines of the Central Coal and Coke Company. Several motor cars were wrecked in melees and several persons were in- Juread. Violence featured the attack of the women. This morning’s crowd was larger than the mob which stormed a Jackson-Walker mine, near Franklin yesterday morning. That mob was estimated at 2,000. This morning the women threw stones and red pepper. The dinner buckets of eighty-five working miners were seized and the contents thrown upon the miners and officers. The miners were driven away from thelr work. Pelt Sherit With Butt Sheriff Milt Gould and a -‘deputy ‘were at No. 151 when the mob reach- ed that mine. The women paid mno attention to the sheriff, éxcept to! pelt him with bread and butter. The i sheriff said that he. would report the rioting to state officials today. As on yesterday morning, & mob of men larger than the mob of women remained in the background. The men took no part in the attack upon the miners, except a few threw rocks at the buildings as they passed along| the road, trailing the women on the way. to No. 48 mine. & Another mob of women stormed several mines of the Sheridan Coal Company at Mulberry this morning and stopped men at work there. Mul- berry is ten miles from the Central mines, stormed. by. women early~ to- | 1 i jsuch action on Washingfon, and the | essential preliminary to a world set- GETAWAYWITH 120 {St. Elmo Post Office Robbed solidity to the conception of a con- ference under American auspices to examine the economic situation of the world. No European government can afford any appearance of urging least hint thereof would only tendl to defeat its own end.” Suggests U. S, Initiative. After discussing some of the dif- ficulties in the way of such a plan, the newspaper suggests that “any American initlative would be wel- comed wth enthusiasm by every en- lightened government.” The Morning Post's financial editor, forecasting some sort of international economic conference before long, says: “Such a conference, if participated in by America, would undoubtedly be a welcome development.” He does not| see much hope in such a step, how- | ever, urging that “the principle of self help is indispensable to working out the problem.” Sees Galn to World. The Westminster Gazette thinks that, provided an agreement can be reached between M. Briand and Mr. Lloyd George, there would be an enormous gain to the world if Amer- ica consented to become a party to discussions of reparations questions. “Such a conference as foreshadowed | by political gossips.” it says, “is an tlement, and such a conference would be comparatively fruitless if America is not prepared to take a full, if not chief, part in the deliberations. But, unless a real agreement is reached be- | tween Mr. Lloyd George and M. Bri- and, nothing could be less desirable than that France and England again| should go to America and reopen their controversies there.” BANDITS BLOW SAFE in Same Way It Was Year Ago Today. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 13. —Robbed—~of $607 exactly one year 280 today in identically the same Tanner, the post office at &t Elmo, Arlington county, was enter- ed early this morning by robbers, who blew open the safe with nitroglycerin and escaped with approximately $150 ‘worth of money and stamps. < Entrance to the store in which the post office is located was effected by breaking a window. No one living in the neighborhood was roused by the explosion. The robbery was dis- covered by T. Jomes when he opened his store today. 5 Postmaster A. F. Campbell noti- fled postal inspectors of the Wash- ington district, who today are inves- tigating the robpery and checking up the loss. The postmaster stated that the robbers it ut $100 in cash and $50 worth of one-cent and two-cent stamps. The robbery today, as that of a year-ago, is thought to have been the work of yeggs. Report of the rob- hery has o- to the police ) morning from the Capitol,, the party | 8ét out in machines and béfore nodn ¢ had completed a close {népection of a ! number of glaring examples of un-| satisfactody building types. The members of Congress were visibly impressed by the problems confront- ing school officials here, and the sen- timent of the senators and represent- atives was apparently expressed at the conclusion of the trip by Senator Capper of Kansas. chairman of the committee, who stated: Capper Declares Action Needed “There is no doubt at all about it. Conditions in the schools are bad. Something must be done without de- lay to relleve the situation. The committee intends to conduct a sec- ond tour this week and take in the schools in outlying sections, away from the downtown section, which was visited today. Following the sec- ond tour the committee will get to- gether and confer on what should be done and what can be done to help the situation.” Arrangements were made with Dr. Ballou for the second tour of inspec- tion before the end of this week. Those composing the congressional party today were Senator Capper of Kangsas, Senator King of Utah, Rep- resentative Woods of Virginia, Rep- resentative Oscar Keller of Minne- sota, Represntative “Walters of Penn- sylvania and Representative Mills- paugh of Missouri. Agree on Size of Buildings. In the course of a conversation be- tween Senator King and Supt. Ballou it was brought out that school au- thorities are opposed to the erection of less than sixteen, twenty or twen- ty-four-room schoolhouses in con- gested portions of the city. Senator King agreed with Dr. Ballou that a twenty-four-room school bullding was the most economical in the long run and, from the standpoint of sti dent expansion and educational f: was superior to any other size structure. S ‘The committee first visited the Web- ster School, at 10th and H streets northwest, where pupils are com- pelled to play on’ busy traffic thor- oughfares through lack of play space. The inclemency of the weather, with the lowering skies, brought forcibly to the mttention of the congressmen the absence of proper-lighting equip- ment in this and several- buildings subsequently visited. It was noted that the building abuts virtually on the two streets, with no room for playground or other recreational fea- (Contlnued on Page 2, Column 2.) Today’s News In Brief Additional arguments for D. C. votes made at hearing. Page 1 ‘Bandits blow St. Elmo post office safs and escape with $150. Page 1 Joint congressional committee shown needs of D. C. schoolg. Page 1 Craig’s Belfast speech angers Lloyd George, who will make correspond- ence public. Page 1 ‘Women hurl rocks and red pepper in new attacks on workers in Kansas mine. Page 1 Japan's premier says President has made big gain for peace. ~ Page 3 Commissioners may ask Congress to | revise D. C. wage scale to grant) salary increases. Page 4 Secretary Hoover in ‘annual report declares . government e"“’m{,“ are ago l i ! greatly underpaid. = 4 3,000,000 athletic stadium is propased ‘tor Potomac Park. D;. [3 Flowers swamp- casket of 'om Slaughter, slain bandit. Page 4| Northeast Citizens’ Associ#tjon u promotion from ranks to office of chief of police. Page 13 i Branch citisens start fund to P:‘:{t proposed tubercular school-at Upshur street. Page 13 Deflant measage furnishes clue to O'Connor, escaped gunman. Page13 ma Park citizehs indorse pro- T“::m for schools. Page 13 C:Ilo asks Peru to agree to early’, plebiscite on Tacma-Arica d 1921-THIRTY-SIX PAGES. SHERLOC CONGRESSMEN SEE 50:50 MEASURE IS MORSE ARRAIGNED: P IN&ESENME; Senator King Leads Fight to Make 60-40 Basis Permanent. Efforts were made by Senator King | | gested and insanitary conditions injof Utah to kill the Jones bill provid- .ping operator, ing for the restoration of the half- trict af Columbia’s expenses when | for immediate appropriation of funds;the bill was considered in the Senate | United States government. this afternoon. While the bill was in committee of the whole Senator King offered an in any case that|school investigating committee, when amendment striking out the wdrds,Up bond of $50,000 for his appearance fifty-fifty and inserting in placei thereof the ratio of sixty-forty, as at: present carried in the District lp~| Senator King spoke it was defeated on a viva voce vote.' He then announced that he would offer the amendment when the bill was taken up in the Senate. TWO CENTS. PLEAS RENEWED FORD. C. VOTEAND SEATS INCONGRESS ESenate bommittee Hearings i Resumed With Senator Jones Presiding. | |THREE MEASURES ARE | DISCUSSED BY SPEAKERS 'Several Organizations of City Are | Represented in Arguments | Made for Local Rights. Additional arguments for national representation in Congress for the District of Columbia, as well as for | suffrage in the District, were pre- sented by speakers to the Senate District committee today. at the re- { sumption of the hearings on the three measures now before it. The Jones resolution, providing for | representation of the District in House and Senate and in the elec- toral college, and the Capper and Poindexter bills, providing various {forms of suffrage for the District, were discussed until adjournment. | The hearing will be resumed at call ot the chairman. 1 i | Senator Jones Presides Today. Senator Jones of Washington, au- | thor of the Jones resolution, pre- ! sided today, in the absence of Sena- tor Ball, chairman of the committee, ! who is in Delaware. Thofe who spoke | at the morning session included Evan H. Tucker, representing the North- east Washington Citizens' Associa- tion, who argued for national repre- | sentation for the District; Donald Mc- | Pherson, who advocated national rep- | resentation; A. D. Fairbairn, speak- ing in behalf of the District press Pleads Not Guilty on Warrant Charging Embezzlement. |5 i, oc"shofaid e was in faver lof anything he could get; Prank Sons Also Named. {Sprigg Perry, who spoke in favor of | statehood for the District, and Mrs. ! Frank Hiram Snell, representing the 'Women's City Club, who advecated plead not guilty today |jgcal suffrage for the District. on a warrant charging him with con-| Twenty girls from the National spiracy asai iPark Seminary, Forest Glen, Md., Piracy and embezzlement against the |, (0 /"0 the class on American . He was government there, added a touch of arraigned before United States Com-!beauty and color to today’s session, missioner Hitt and after his plea put jlistening intently to the arguments. | Speaks for Press Committee. | stating that he appeared for the District press committee on suffrage and “a number of my friends in the press gallery, though not officially. GVES S0 BAL Charles W. Morse, millionaire ship- before the grand jury. The complaint against Morse made out on motion of Frank Burke, man- United States Shipping Board-Emer- gency Fleet Corporation, charges the millionaire” shipping operator with Senator Jones of Washington, made ' CONspiracy and embezzlement on sev- a strong plea for the passage of the bill at this time. He pointed out that the controversy over the pro- portion of expenses to be paid by the federal government -and the District came up annually and served to de- lay the District appropriation bills. eral counts. It says that Morse con- spired with his sons, Erwin A., Harry F. and Benjamin W. Morse and others to defraud the United States and to cheat and defraud a corporation in which the United States is a stock-: holder. namely, the United States 4n favor of suffrage. “It is a long process to get a gen- ator and representatives in the D. trict,” he said. “We want suffrage. Those who demand full suffrage do not want a voting delegate. Although we may get a delegate, that doesn’t mean. that we will be satisfied. We are going to fight until we get full representation. “We have in the District of Colum- bia one of the finest governments ever created, but that does not an- He said that the fifty-fifty plan was ShiPpPing Board-Emergency Fleet Cor- : poration. te. ‘?:c: 284 called ey Just and equitable and that the people ; of the entire country were in favor of it. He was joined in support of the measure by Senator Fletcher of Florida. Senators Lenroot of Wisconsin, King of Utah, Caraway of Arkansas, Nel son of Minnesota and McNary of Ore gon, during the course of the lengthy ! debate, indicated their opposition to | the measure. ] The bill was approved in the com- mittee of the whole without amend- | ment and when it was laid before the Scnate Senator King promptly took | the floor and announced his intention | of offering his amendment to replace ! the 60-40 ratio where the bill provides ! for fifty.fifty. However, prior to of- fering the amendment he suggested the absence of a quorum and at 2:50 o'clock the Senate was trying to get enough members to answer to their names to furnish a quorum. SNAG IN SENATE HIT BY BAD CHECK BILL Efforts to put through the Senate this afternoon the so-called bad- check measure for the District of Columbia struck a snag when Sena- tors King of Utah, Robinson of Ar- kansas and Reed of Missouri voiced strong objections. to the measure: as sent back from conference. The -conference report was made to the Senate by Senator Jones of Wash- ington, who moved that the Senate concur in several minor House amendments, changing the phrase- ology of the bill as orlginally passed. Senator Reed of Missouri said that the bill to his mind was utterly mon- strous.and injurious in its moral ef- fect and in every other way. Such a law, he said, as the proposed one would be a disgrace in the statutes in any civilized country. It would be an unthinkable thing in American Jurisprudence, he said, if 2 man could utter a check even with criminal in- tent, then if he was caught, could pay 4p in five days, and the crimi- nality be removed. He likened it to the horse thief who stole a horse and when detected gave it up and was not punished. No Distinction, Says King. Senator King objected to the bill on the grounds that there was no distinction for punishment betwaen the man who wrote a’check for 10 cents and the one who wrote a check for several thousand dollars. Senator Jones of Washing- ton said that that matter was left to the discretion of the court. He said said he couldn’t conceive that a court ‘would im| a fine of -$1,000 and give a sentence of a year in jail, the limit provided by the bill, for a man who issued a check for 10 cents. Both Senators King and Robinson told the Senate that in their opinion the bill looked like an effort to en- force & civil liability by threat of criminal action, and that plainly it was an eftort to use the criminal ma- chinery of the courts to collect the ivil debt. \ c;enlmr King -said@ that he realized the parliamentary situation into which the bill-hdd gotten “1:,'," but he asked to wi draw it from Sen be ‘al- until again o l':r {l for the present. consideration fo: ator Jones asked that -&e bl lowed to, li¥ uj on the tabl | Steuart “and George W. {Morse was arraigned before Commis Fraudulent Contract Charged. The charge is also made that Morse entered into a fraudulent contract with the government shipping or-| ganization, made fraudulent state- ments regarding such contracts, sub- mitted false bills and accounts in con- nection with such contracts and pre- sented in August, 1920, a false state- ment on a claim of the Virginia Ship- building Corporation. The complaints further state that on March 5 1920, Morse presented a worthless blank check for $55,000 to the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. Sons Not Arrested. The warrant further alleged a con- spiracy in connection with the carry- | in away with Intent to steal and pur- loin certain personal property of the fleet corporation which, however, was | not described. ‘While the two sens of the shipping operator were named in the com- plaint, Commissioner Hitt said they were not under arrest. Bond in the sum of $50,000 was put up by W. W. Ray. Mr. sioner Hitt by Peyton R. Gordon, United States district attorney for the District of Columbia. The war rant for his arrest was served on him in Commissioner Hitt's office by United States Deputy Marshal Fields. It was not known early this after- noon when the Morse case would be presented to the grand jury. —_—— NAVY ORDERS 10,000 CUT IN ENLISTED PERSONNEL By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 13.—Orders received today at the New York navy yard, which would provide for a re- duction «in the enlistment of the per- sonnel of the United States Navy of approximately 10,000 men, set forth | that any enlistment might be can- celed by resignation. A few hours after the orders had been posted yard officials were de- luged with resignations, coming from ; all classes of the enlisted service. ‘The drastic cut, it was said, prob- ably would result in laying u number of vessels and a reductio: the strength of the crews of many others. CUBA WANTS MARINES CALLED BACK TO U. S. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, December 13.—With- drawal of American troops stationed in Cuba will be requested by the gov- ernment under: a- joint resolution passed by both houses of congress. The resolution states that “it would be regarded as a friendly act” if the | American government acceded to the request. The troops referred to are marines who were stationed at Camaguey. in March, 1917, at the request of President Menocal. SAFE BLOWERS GET $2,800. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 13.— Safe blowers broke Into the offices of after wrecking the B swer the question. You may give us la tax-free city, take care of all the icity's expnses, but “you cannot h: any voice in your affairs.” This ¢ does not want to live on the charity . of the country, but wants a voice. | ““Senator Ball inclines to give us a delegate, but we want more. We want !a voting delegate and a senator. We want more. But there seems to be a | tendency in_the Congress to give us | a delegate. Some say it is not enough. '] agree with them. But if we cannot | get a loaf we will take the crumbs. “I'm for the Jones resolution, the | Capper bill or any measure that will | give the people in the District some i voice in that government which con- itrols them. But give us what you will. The citizens of the District ought, to have a, voice in voting for Presi- dent and Vice President.” Expects Just Provision. He expressed confidence in Congress |ana the beliet that it would do jus- | tice to the people of the District of | Columbia in providing for taem a | voice in government. Congressmen are busy with national affairs, he said, and the wonder is | that they have time to give considera- | tion to the affairs of the District of { Columbia. “The city should be given one or two men who would give their atten- tion and time to the affairs of the 1people of the District of Columbia.” | " He said there was a lack of civic | pride here, even with a beautiful city, simply because Congress had always 1looked after the District. The people I here, he said, should be given a voice 50 they would look after themselves. Mr. Fairbairn told the committee he as in favor of full suffrage. He expressed wonder that the sena- {tors had any time to give to affairs of the District. By providing repr: sentatives in Congress for the Dis- trict, he went on, the congressmen from other states would be relieved of these detailed duties of looking after a municipality. “Give us what you can, as much as {you can, and as quickly as you can,” he concluded. \ Association Head Speaks. Stating that the people of the Dis- trict should have a voice in electing the President for the reason that he appoints the Commissioners, Evan H. Tucker, president of the Northeast Washington Citizens’ Association, was the next witness. He said the asso- clation which he represented was in favor of the Jones resolution. He challenged the statement of the previous witness. that there was no civic pride here, and pointed to the work of the citizens’ associations. When Mr. Tucker presented a reso- lution of his association in favor of the Jones resolution Senator Jones. acting chairman, asked him how many members were present gt that meet- 1w ing. Mr. Tucker's reply was that there was between thirty-five and ffty members present. He extended a formal invitation to the members of thc committes to Join his assoclation, pointing out that the territory of his association took in the Senate District committee room in which the hearing was being held. Attention to District. He said that some members of Con- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) e BANDITS OBTAIN $13,000. Armed Men Hold Up Bank at Half- way, Mich. MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., December 13.—Two armed bandits today held up the Halfway State Hank at Half- way, near here, and with_ - sum estimated at $13,000. The bandits |;. an automobile, heading_ for