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2 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1921 RUSH STATE GUARD T0 KANSAS MINES Women Terrify Non-Union Men Until Local Officials Appeal for Troops. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURG. Kan., December 14 Three companies of the Kansas Na- tional Guard are being mobilized for entrainment to Pittsburg for duty in the coal field. Orders for the mobilization of the «cmpanies followed a call Sheriff Gould to the governor morning. Drastic steps to curtail the activi- ties of a large group of woman coal strike sympathizers, who in the last two days have carried on a series of demonstrations to prevent nom-strik- ing miners from going to work, were tajen today. Women Terrtfy Miners. Judge Crawford late last night was visited by a delegation of non-strik- ing miners, who told him that they wished to work, but that they were afraid to do so. Judge Crawford told the men that the state expected them {0 this have the necessary protection, and that if state troops were necded they would be sen here at the request of Seriff G According to nere, the v demons majority ot or relatives of strik- were prepared today to continue their activities. On Monday the women succeeded in preventing the force at one mine from going to work. Yesterday they kept the non- strikers from going to work in five mines. Wwhom are wive: ing miners, Another angle of the tangled situa- tion in the Kansas coal fields being watched closely today was the sched- uled election of officers’by the deposed admir ration of Alexander M. Howat, former president of the Kunsa$ district. Causxe of Present Strike. Howat, who had been president of the district for many vears, recently| was_deposed on order of John L wis, president of the International Union. He. with Augest Dorchy. de- ed union vice president, now ing a rokee county jail at Columbus ng the state industrial court law by calling strikes. It was in protest against the incar- ceration of Howat and the present strike was declared by the miners. According to officials of the deposed administration the election wiil be held. with Howat as the candi- date for president. The balloting is secret and as far today the deposed district head has no opponent. Since the suspension of the Howat administration the distriet’s affairs have been conducted by officers of the international. Women Again Active. The women again were active this yrning. More than 1.000 of them d up to mine No. 49, of the Coal and Coke Company. Ex- Cent cept for bealing one man, there was little violence, however. The string of motor cars bearing the women to the mine shaft was more than a mile long. Sheriff Gould was at the 49 mine, but, with his small force of depu- ties. was powerless. The three national guard com- panies to be sent to Pittsburg will total about four hundred men. The mines of the Sheridan Com- from I is sentence of six months in! Dorchy that | s could be learned | was chairman of it. The other mem- bers upon the part of the Senate were Willard Saulsbury and John D. Works. No more careful, consclen- tious, painstaking senators ever sat in this body than those three men. On the part of the House there were Henry T. Rainey of lllinols, a man of long service; Warren Gard of Ohlo, and Henry Allen Cooper of Wisconsia. “As I said, I have not had the time investigate this matter and at- tempt to show that these men were | wrong. I may be neglectful of my duty, but I am willing to take their judgment with reference to the ques- tion as to whether or not the people of Washington are paying a fair and just rate of taxation, I belleve they are, and I believe it is fair to them and fair to the government and fair to the citizens of this republic that the government should say in plain, mistakable terms that it will pay 50 per cent of the necessary expenscs of the government and that the other 50 per cent®must be put up by the peonle of the District. “There are one or two other prop- ositions in this bill to which I simply want to call the attention of the Senate. Under the act of 1878 the Commissioners of the District are prohibited from submitting estimates to Congress of the needed appropri- ations for the District in_excess of the estimated revenues of the Dis- trict, one-half from taxes and one- half 'from the government. The re- sult of that we feel today. 1 remember—I think it was last winter—when the matter of increas- ed appropriations for the schools of the District was being agitated. My colleague, the senator from Kansas (Mr. Curtis), suggests that it was last spring when the Commissioners came before the appropriations com- to mittee. We asked them why they had not submitted the estimates which were necessary to put the school system here on the basis on which it should be. They said they could_not do it under the law. In other” words, the Commissioners of | the District of Columbia are prohib- lited by law now from submitting to Congress estimates of what they con- sider to be the imperative needs of the District of Columbia. This bill relieves them from that limitation and allows them to submit to Con- gress the estimates avhich they think gress to make appropriation for those needs or refuse the appropriation, as {it sees fit.” ‘Want Thorough Probe. { The contention of the opponents of the measure was that the bill should inot be passed until the whole ques- tion of taxation here had been inves- tigated and a fair tax rate fixed. They pointed out that the passage of the measure now would not prevent the ever-present controversy over the {half-and-half system when District appropriation bills come up. Senators Caraway and Glass Sug- { gested that there should be a local {income and inheritance tax here. use the $4,000,000 surplus now in the Treasury authority to use luses should they be developed. “We believe,” he said. “that in justice and equity the money belongs ilo tho citizens who paid it, upoa he theory and under the system that subsequent sur- |ouBht to be submitted to take care of ‘the needs of the District, and} then, of course, it leaves it to Con- | thorized by Congres: | Commission | pre Senator Jones pointed out that the | PTCPAT bill also would permit the District, o and would also give them | | required the government to contrib- ute $1 for every dollaw that they con- tributed, and should be used on that theory and on that basis. Then we provide, of course, that if in the fu- ture any surplus arises it can be tions for the District, Senator King itook the.stand that the District resi- them. Should Be Taxed Heavily. “The hundreds of thousands who re- side here should be willing—and I be- i er] credited on the succeeding year. and | dents should be taxed heavily for! Proposed Medal for Verdun From U. S. Citizens, i MEDAL FOR VERDUN UNDERINSPECTION President Receives Work of Artist, Which Conveys American Tribute. A gold medal paying tribute to the valor of the city of Verdun. from the people of the United States was pre- sented to President Harding today for inspection. The medal was au- in June, 1920. v of War intrusted the of Fine Arts with the ion of the medal. As a re- sult of a competition, in which the former sculptor members of the com- wission, Daniel Chester French and zerbert Adam. ted with the seven mbers as judges, John gan was selected to execute the The ecre Produced at Mint. The medal was cut at the United States mint in Philadelphia. The ob- represents two struggling nts, typifying the tremendous en- of the opposing forces. The his- toric phrase, “Ils Ne Passernot Pa. if there is any deflcit it fo e |crosses the field. The reverse repre- by raising the 1% per centy....s the Port Chaussee. behind o ” v £ S appear. While he favored liberal appropria- | \hich the ruins of Verdu Sppegi People of the United States to the City of Verdun.” John Flanagan, the ertist. was born in Newark, N. J. He studied with St. Gaudens in New York and with Cha- pu and Alexandre Falguiere in Paris. Among his works are the monu- mental clock in the Library of Con- lieve the overwhelming majority are | et 00T (08 e Wi ique Edu- PLEA FOR STARVING JEWS OF EUROPE Organization Details to Be L] . Discussed at Philadelphia Meeting. Organization of Jewish relief com- mittees for cities of the third zone of | 'the national system, arranged for the onduct of a nation-wide appeal for id of starving European Jews, will e discussed and perfected at a meet- Ilnx next Sunday at the Bellevue- Stratford, Philadelphia; under the chairmanship of Dr. Cyrus Adler. The third zone for the appeal includes Bal- timore, Philadelphia and Washington. According to J. D. Lit, member of the committee arranging the confer- ence, “it i{s not to be held for the purpose of raising funds—it will give first-hand information on the need:” Big Attendance Expeeted. More than 650 representatives from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and other cities in the zone are ex- pected to attend the conference. Twenty-six are expected from Wash- ington. 3 Simon Lyon, who headed the Jewish relief organization here during its seasons of activities two years ago, will probably be appointed chairman of the committee for this city. At the conference, it is understood. the question of raising funds to aid starving Jews in Russia will be dis- cussed only in its praliminary phases, and actual steps toward the raising of a budget will not be taken within the next month. “One-quarter of the Jews in this territor:; Mr. Lit said, “are not aware of the suffering of their breth- ren in Europe. When they will learn of the starving masses in Russia, of | the forlbrn, hungry and naked or- phans throughout eastern Europe. of the thousands of men who want only a chance to get back on their feet, it is impossible to imagine for a moment that the response will be anything ! but prompt and generous.” . Twelve Zones Forme The country has been divided into twelve zones for the national appeal to Jews for aid of their co-re- ligionists in Europe. In four zones— Boston, Chicago, St. Louis and_At- lanta—conferences aiready have been held and the work of the appeal has been apportioned. Simon Lyon will head the Washing- ton delegation. Among those who are expected to attend the conference are Lee Baumgartner, Emile Berliner, Fulton Brylawski. Rudolph Behrend Jacob Eisemann, Max Fisher, Fred § Gischner, Isaac Gans. Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, Hanry W. Hahn, D. J. | Kaufman, Simon Kann. Harry King. R. B. H. Lyon, Morris D. Rosenberg. Joseph Strasburger, Mrs. Abram Si- mon, L Simon. Harry Sherby. Leon Tobriner. Alexander Wolf. Stan- ley Lansburgh, Gerson Nordlinger. Simon Oppenheimer and Capt. Julius 1. Peyser. MICHIGAN INVITES LORENZ. ANN ARBOR. Mich., December 14.— {An official invitation to visit Michigan {was extended vesterday to Dr. Adolf Lorenz, the Austrian surgeon, b the executive committee of the Michigan State Medical Society In conferen ere. {DAIL PUTS TREATY ACTION OFF AFTER EXCITING DISPUTE |Addition of Ten Urged to Employe Staff of Ceneral Library Need for ten additional employes in the central Public Library was urged upon the subcommittee on District ap- propriations yesterday by Dr. George F. Bowerman, the librarian. Provi- sion for these new employes was con- tained in the recommendations sent by Dr. Bowerman to the District Com- missioners, but they were -not includ- ed in the budget sent to Congress. In presenting this need to the sub- committee yesterday Dr. Bowerman sioners by the trustees, based on the reclassification schedule: Smoot bill, which is being used by the the other scaled down comparable to The list follows: Trustees estis Smo basix. { Director library training class {«°hief fine arts division..... Supervisor of binding 3 mssintants at $1.5 8 assistants at § Shelf curator 2 pages at 2 pages at $660 Assistant_ engincer basis) Totals received with a storm of cheers. He was cheered again speak on the agreement. 0 agreement received so universal a welcome, he de- red. ] ¢ The agreement, said ‘the premier, had received wider publicity than probably any treaty which ever had been entered linto, with the exception of the treaty of Versaille: By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 14 perial parliament gathered in sy session today to consider the peace settloment. The ancient con- | voking formula summoned the body for consideration of “divers urgent and important matters,” h_\ll parlia- ment will, in fact. concern itself with the solitary subject of Ireland, there- by establishing a precedent in parlia- mentary annals. The session, rank among the most mome im- Irish which probably: will tous house of lords by King George It vas attended by all the brilliant dis e vt rking _ state play of pageantry Jopenings, with gorgeously arraved {guardsmen lining the way from Buck-| iament square. ingham Palace to Parl : |a colorful avenue through which roll-| {ed the state coaches, bea¥ing their ajesties and dignitaries of state.| flanked and trailed by the receded, i glittering household. King and Queen Cheered. cavalrymen arms,” military bands, stationed along | the route, blared “God Save the King, glimpse s the golden of tiptoe to catch a } George and Queen Mary {coaches rolled by. Several | ten vattalion for the occasion were massed about {the entrance to the house of lords. through which their majesties pa to the robing rooms, and thence to and jewels completed the i i { icusum ; spectacle. Pi¥hen the king led the queen up the dais and both were seated. the | members of the house of commons {moved in from an ac jand grouped themselves ahout the gave two lists of salaries for these| positions—one, as sent to the Commis- | in the Wood- | United-States bureau of efficiency, and | the salaries included in the budget.| mates (Wood- Budget | as he rose to| ever concluded between two peoples had in! the history of Westminst was | opened at noon with the reading of: the speech from the throne in the of the ro_\'al' The guardsmen snapped to “present | fand the cheering crowds stood ‘onj of King| the, of guardsmen paraded} the throne room. In the latter they | were greeted by the Deers. peeress and various offici whose rich{ djoining chamber | TIME OF MURDER 1S SET BY DOCTOR Prosecution Witness States Mrs. Eastlake Slain Be- tween 2 A.M. and 4 A.M. By a Staff Correspondent. MONTROSS, Va., December 14— Evidence for the prosecution was given by Dr. W. V. Carruthers, who lives near Colonial Beach, in the case of Roger Delano Eastlake, chief petty officer, U. 8. N., charged jointly with Miss Sarah Euphemia Knox, Balti- | more nurse, with slaying his young | wite, Margaret, at Coloni: Beach on September 20, at the opening of the second day of his trial here today, when he stated that Mrs. Eastlake could have been killed between 2 and 4 o'clock a.m., it taking six hours for rigor mortis, which had developed when he arrived, to set in. In response to questions submitted by Commonwealth's Attorney Watt{ T. Mayo, the physician, who was the first one called to the Eastlake home | after the murder, said that h't: ar- rived at the house about 7:10 o'clock on the morning of the murder, having been called about 6 oclock. After detailing the battered condi- tion of Mrs. Eastlake's body. he said had been literally hacked to KING AND QUEEN CHEERED. (picces. Dr. Carruthers said that he saw Miss Knox sitting on the porch. Asking her who she was, he said he nurse told him she was a nurse | M-! from Johns Hopkins University. No- secial | ticing a stot of blood on her whige collar, the physician said the nurse could net explain its presence there lat first, but later said she supposed it came’ when she went Lo assist Mrs. Eurtlake. Enstlake Goes Out Hatless. He s house, then go out and waik up and down on the opposite side of street, hatless. He seemed 1o be ! watching me talking to Miss Knox, the doctor said. In describing the condition of the body, Dr. Carruthers said that it looked as if some of the cuts had been done with a knife, while evidently a hatchet also had been used. Pieces of flesh were entirely missing from parts of the face and neck. He then that on turning the body over he had found a smoking pipe, which he handed to the coroner. He said that the body was clad in a night dress {and kimono. It was the opinion of the physician, when pressed on the point, that a knife must have been used. as several the cuts on Mrs. Eastiake's hand gave evidence of this, Dr. Carruthers then identified the pipe presented by the prosecution as the one he found under the body. Twenty-Nine Blows Delivered. He testified that Eastlake had vol- untarily made a statement before the coroner's jury in which he denied the pipe was his. Objection was made by the defense at this testimony on the ground that no warrant had been rved on Eastlake at the time. Judge Joseph objection. In cro: xamination. conducted by William W. Butzner. counsel for the defense. Dr. Carruthers said twenty-nine blows in all were de- livered, some with a hatchet and some with a knife. At this juncture the sharp-edged hatchet was presented | and identified by the physician. East- { Washington id he saw Eastlake enter the ! the | {ed tods that | DURANT AGAIN WITNESS. | Trade Commission Heard Regarding Packers’ Decree. W. Y. Durant, assistant chief econ- omist of the Federa Trade Comm sfon, today continued his testimony before the interdepartmental board conducting hearings on the adv bility of modification of the decree which divorced the meat ers from unrelated lines of b In his testimony yesterday Durant stated that in its investiga- tion of the meat industry the com- mission did not go particularly into the question of a combination among the big five in unrelated lines, so the commission had no particular evi- dence of it. Under questioning by‘the chairman, Mr. Durant testified tl so far as the unrelated lines concerned no combination or pack- sin con- spiracy in restraint of trade was found. Mr. Durant did tes however, that, in his opinion, Acation of the decree as proposed would open the way to domination of the coun- try’s food supply by the big packers. W. C. CLEPHANE TO SPEAK. 'Will Address Realtors on “Exclu- sive Agency Contracts.” Walter C. Clephane, member of the local bar, will add-ess members of the Real Estate Board on “Exclusive Agency Contracts” at the monthly meeting of the hoard tomor- row night, 8 o’clock, Wardman Park | ‘A general discussion of realty | Hotel. contracts is expected to follow. Chairmen of several standing com- mittees will make reports. John Petty, executive secretary, will out- line the activities of the board during which | the past month and will make recom- | mendations regarding the future plans to report | mbership | of the organization. Othe: include H. Clifford B committee; Thomas E. ntion club committe: . public affai ntertainment. president will be served. GIVEN STATE OFFICE. RICHMOND, Va., Economist ! court | s A committee. and Rob- of the| A buffet supper | DECISION BY JAPAN ON 553 PROPOSAL REFERRED TOKATO Recommendations of Tokio Generally Believed to Favor Acceptance. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, December 12.—The question of Japan's acceptance of the ratio of naval limitation proposed by the United States has been referred to Admiral Baron Kato at Washington. with recommendations by the diplo- matic zdvisory council. The nature of these recommendations is the sub- ject of much conjecture im the news- papers here, which generally assume that unofficlal reports saving accep- tance with gualifications was recom- mended are correct. The correspond ent, however, is advised by well in- formed persons that it would be premature to accept these reports as authentic. Seex Final Settlement. The recent approach to confirmation comes in a statement by Kenkichi Yoshizawa, chief of the Asiatic sec- tion, and temporarily of one or two other sections of the foreign office, through whose hands pass all affairs relating to the Washington confer- en nstructions have been sent 1o Ad- miral }uto,” he said. “This time 1 think the guestion of the naval ratic December 14.—Al-{ Will be settled once and for all.” bert J. McMath of Onacork has been! Charies B. Warren, American am- elected president of the Virginia & © | bassador, who had frequently con- Board of Agriculture and Immigration | Sl P to succeed Berkley D. Adams of Char- lotte county, resigned. NINE-POWER PACT ON CHINA PRESENT (Continued from First Vs | ferred witn otficials in an attempt to rify the position of the United tes in regard to the naval ratio and id: I the oth {ings now being reached CONFERENCE PLAN [« [treaty as received here. declared the on a higher ratio r, in my opinion, in the faction felt in Japan over azreements and understand- M. Yoshizawa, tract commenting on the of the fcur-power Pacific belief that roval it would meet with wide in Jupan. Incidentally, he = = ‘| id tribute to the American delegates s 2 iee | @t the Washingtor conference. a sen- lffl'n?“bh?;..ff i3 “;r-’-i\‘(“'(;v\"lf.{' reatie | timent which he declared was shared ST NS SO Ana e aB ok i | by all the officials of the government. China. Necessarily this system, w is inflexible and does not allow Clina to differentiate in dutiex, between iux- uries and necessit: factured articles and raw a great burden to China. The r: have been kept so low. also, that order to raise money for he wern- mental purpos pelled to levy heavy taxes on her own merchants and manufacturers, which makes the competition with foreign busi more diflicult for them. The customs question, it was learn- als 1 te subcommittee, and in a way that will be of distinet benefit to China. "The. Chinese are asking com © auton omy in the matter of customs duti Betterment Ix Seen. The prop: better the sed treaty, it is said. will situation with regard to b | contemy [ths between manu- | L8 i Eratulated on hav {10 represent the United State China has heen com. | deplored the efforts in some quarters | to create suspicion as to America’s in- | tention: There is nothing more pleasaut 1o te than the fair-mindedness id evidence of right purpose which American delegutes have shown in ry phase of the deliberations,” he i. “P’resident Harding is to be con- chosen su nd said that 80, and probably per cent of the Japanese people felt confidence in the sincerity of the United States, and appreciated its ef- while @ knotty one. is show- | 1OFtS to establish a basis for peace. Wilson Chinn sustained the |ing& signs of being unraveled by the “BIG THREE” MEET TODAY. e “big three Mr. Hughes, Mr. four and Baron Kato, are to meet cuin at 4 o'clock this afternoon to discuss further the naval ratio. Any adjustment made to aid the Japanese ‘to keep the Mutsu, it was i . illing— d heav- | cation,” on the public library in New- b = 5 pany at Mulberry did not work today. | Willing—to be taxed, and taxel cation, blic 2 he great hall. The | 3 East- | < My ik 11 explained _today. requires 4 great These mincs had been selected for |ily, for these municipal improvements, |ark; a tinted relief, “aphrofite. i (b ",}’;,’.’2":;,‘:,"",0‘-:;lnm”spcech trom.sa'l Jake satianmoyed B s NCHY “";‘D_i::e'";r“" e ""‘:’]“’]- That!deal of wobk by the technical exvais attack today by the women march-!ang for thesc great governmental and | . Al DN TR e s i esent conference will be able|so that the tonnage ratio shall b v by the the Bulkley - S PR uscript. i ~xhibits, and as the holes | s ] L e e ers. The whistles did not blow for{,;cia) -benefits,” maid +Senator King. | T Conns ARG, e ot meda- | —(Continued from First Page.) I addressed the houses of | duced ?‘fi.fi:('l;‘;; and kimono caused {10 settle all the Chinese problems, | aintained—in fact. it is 2 most com- peorc tastimight “We must understand, and the peoble ilion to Samuel Pierpont Langley in % t on February 15 last, the! b\ the instruments were detailed by {however, is extremely doubtful, | Phsited matter. T et frat i order To obe | om0 iuonian | Inatitution. Collec- |Fepublic of Ireland, with representa- |Partiament B8 FEOTICE D oy | Dr. Carruthers a pin could have been | ihough as much will be accompl it pal aftecment oo ttes: STAND OUT FOB 17 MEN. |riot ers e, ant and ail of the |ians of ‘his medals belong to the|tives of his Britannic majesty, a|king voiced his distress over (18 (P00, heard if dropped in the crowded court- | (@00 (0 be accomplished | ratio appeared today meroly to wai — advantages of 'modern civilization, | Musee de Luxembourg, Paris: to the L€ty or treaties or settlement asso-sitfiation. He then made What 18 ,qom {as possible. ; {unen some kind of adjustment whi R e heavy taxes must be paid by the peo- | Art Museum in Ghents Belgium: to the | Ciation or accommodation between ;1 . noped will prove a prophetic idently ruffied by some of the| 1In this connection. it may be said, | ;0ud allow the Japanese to retain WILK : Dle Y There are some who expect fine | Chicago Art Institute, the Carnegie In- | Ireland and community of nations | the Irish people to “show ! -examiner's_questions, Dr. Car- | the plan for further meetings of the, th¢iF new battleship. the Mutsu, Rl H"“.“{‘épl' December 14. 10, Lo the best of highways, school |stitute, Pittsburgh; the museums’in st.}'“,‘l?h“'" aehe PHL G mmoomeR appeal for the 1ris o repudiate ! Tithers answered rather sharply and nations mow = conferring which ix | Which they are very auxious to do. —Eight of the*li#teen collieries of | bufldings of the most approved style, \Louis and Newark, and to the Metro-} The dail, he continued, had full jtheir determination 1o ALe | laid: “If you want my opinion of | being gradually developed is calcu- | Three Ways Suggested. the Lehigh Valley “Coal Company in |sanitation that conforms to the hizhri‘palimn A\;uiaum\an‘? the Numismatic g?r:'ezfor‘e:;df“;li:;m!fl"d could relieve { yiplence and work for an :ul'l whxr(h ;!;?xv‘) rlonit‘: nosnu‘n::; i‘,.-.:;:‘ :‘fmt;uli;; }:;‘.;;1 !‘l’).z:h;::ll “xm: ‘)m- «-:wn‘—;o vrob- | AT st RYinee e s oti i - a tific . waterworksan Society New York. > % o | e oS sibilities for ing was ¥ 4 S ay not be settled at - the e inging & this section. are idle Decanse of w|S3E Sctentine Ionmcia BRICENOPRS S0 ) Soclety 9 President De Valera, in responding, ; CONIers upon them resporso .| was dead.” present conference. ol strike of approximately 5,000 men-ifiagrps oF S mn CraYhzation e Becogultion et Mexlt: did credentials quoted by Colling | self-government, and provides ma-j "op) . ) joody undergarments were | e et :,’,"“,luj::‘,‘ fi'{,l Tt The men claim that working condi. |oniy bortend but enjoy, without pay- i, ME Flanakun, fecelotl medajs Bt had mot, he believed. been accepted. |chinery wherchy thoy i s T | identified by the witiens | PROPCSAL CABLED HOME. |kivp th: alutsu and cul off older tions in.twe of the collieries do not|ing for the same. % 5 TS, aad the AMedal of Honor at San ,:;;1[“";"L'dwl;:‘“esl;:gn!ol DERY. hoiisala iiuteyd rv(-lusmu;‘";';‘%‘x“ T vas! Resembled a, Shambles. =T tleships: (2) Japan to keep the Lot St Y i I s, aad D i3 | the National Academy of Fine Arts, the| De Valera argued e B leter parliament has since | crime was described by the witness| The counter proposal “hina e, AiacasTiies ihe Mot MhE the men are seeking a minimum wage [and Philadelphia and Detroit and | {h¢ A rgued that the treaty |which the Ulster p ! proposal of China for|Mutsu, discarding the Metsu; the of 17.50 a day. and that they are mot |Cleveland and Cincmnati and other jATchitectural Lengue, the Academy ofishould not have been signed without | been constituted. happily al. | 48 resembling a shambles. e faid {(he purchase from Japan of the Kiao | L ited States 10 keep the Colorady willing to produce to get this pay. |cities of our country. know the tre- ! ihe SIS > o its having been referred to Dublin.| In other ways was the happily the walls were covered with blood | chow-Tsinanfu railroad in Sha land Washington and discard the Del- When eftgrts made to sdjust the|mendous burdens: which the owners|™ismatic Soclety. One reason why he had not been aftered situation manifested. l-\a‘: e el DA S e rar NS, e road in Shantung ware and North Dakota. and Great grievances of the seventeen men fail- | of property are compelled to bear in | - delegate himself, e expiained, - wis {for . thelr majesties safety | and|and wits of hair. Dr Caruiers alon | province has been cabled to Tokio by | firitain to e permiticd fo construct ed. the large body of mine workers!order to enjoy the blessings and ad-:FOCH SA".S FOR FRANCE :,ha!fl_andnvportunuy for delay might | threats of un!u\\.elil\ -|(\4(;mp‘n-v,|uli0‘n-‘lhe stove which Eastlake had said | the Japanese arms conference dele-|two additional ships of the Hood decided to support the claims of these | vantages flowing from progressive claforded: Njresulted in Ul Br¢ Che Tast | e had used that morning for shav- | gation. which has been carrving on {WRS Lo are understood 1 ew miners by staying away from the { municipal government. 2 E BaBURED P o . irect . ions wi e 5 5 apa 5 B o Collicrics. The company employs abont | ™ +a hreh Soctal state implies a vast| WITH AMERICA’S HONORS| , Mtoch Confusion Reaulta. [State opeming of parliament ftemiing. = Cion the waters | diTect conversations with the Chinese given conditional acceptance to 11,000 men in this district. oreantistion and calls Tor enormots There was considerable confusion at | months ago. Today. while (0 Cultor i here N O n. “and, to my way | delegates in an effort to settle the | the 533 ratlo proposed.”conditional ; 5 g 2" Imary escor ards 0 > s . . o | Sha side the con-iupon working out some of the de- expenditures. If we must have streeti this point, members speaking again |yera in evidence, there was no sug- of thinking. it could have not been | g0l o O of Nt Dreptan: b cinaliy whe FIVE MINERS ENTOMBED. cars and illuminated streets and mag- of extraordinary used for such a purpose.” (Continued from First Page.) and again and.ignoring all parlia- | gestion measures, | The Japanese are said to have (-nn_(preser\‘utiun of the Mutisu. The trial proceeded vesterday with | e disposition of hundreds nificent _public buildings, modern po- e entacs Enl Do s ithi ! sidered it necessary to receive - = I A e[ tome e e bintat oiosy md | ceived fromie, wwan taced/littls womari Sabothed uthe:w:::]::rbgr:;&:n:ar:{ of special constables and. sharphoot. | lightning-like | rapidity, " Only o | siructions from home on thix matter, |, oY Be s G S > advantages of the highest order, and | £ ute taken by oyal | venire: vel = = |ieTaction . ter, hat the naval Tatio proble i MORRISON, Col.. December 14.— ja potted geranium. ers along the rol Siee or expressed opinfon” and twen- | Which is deemed the most important ] have been disposed of before the clos One miner is known to have lost his Jife and five others still are entombed in the Satanic mine of the Colorado ny, where an ex- plosion occurred late yesterday. Other miners in the property when the ex- plosion occurred escaped or were res- cued. peace and law and protection, then we must be prepared to pay for the same. it also should be added that where | these great advantages are found to iexist, property values increase; so | that there is compensation to be de- rived by the property holders in the enhanced value of their property re- sulting from municipal improvements. “Take it,” she implored, “and plant it on the grave of my sop. He fell near Soissons The., geranium has been carefilly preserved and will be planted by Marshal Foch in his own garden “in honor of the son of the little woman of Indiana.” { neither “the British cabinet nor the delegates of the dail claimed the power to conclude a treaty. Dublin looks like a conventlon city. It is crowded with men and women seeking by their influence to affect the result” of the dail's action, ouat nobody will venture to predict the result. procession, reported on the last occa- sion. s = Tt was the program, from the throne had been delivered, ; {for both houses of parliament to sus- pend sessions until the afternoon. The | Pouse of commons. reconvening at 3 o'clock, when debate on articles of } the Irish agreement would begin im- ty men out of the first twenty-seven were impaneled by 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Ttilizing the privilege of exempt- ing four each, both the defense and prosecution were quick to remove the necess: eight from the panel. The Jury was formed and the proceedings were on. W. G. C. after the speech | jshould be given. in the negotiations. Ready to Furnish Bonds. China is understood to be ready furnish bonds as s ment, but the Japan, that some security further than bonds The consultation to {of the week was the general impre: i sion here tod curity for pay-|reached. e are said to feel | A plenagy session ef the conference is expected as soon as a decision on this matter has been ollowing the meeting of the “big three vesterday afternoon, _ Mr. Hughe: r. Balfour and Baron Kat in the State Department, it was said mediately after the transaction of the ! formal business. = The traditional “address” to he! moved in both the house of lords and | President Sends Farewell. Parting good wishes wired from ‘Washington by President Harding Plan Called 1llogical. “The plan suggested by the senator The Irish republican army took charge early this morning of traffic; in the vicinity of the National Uni- | iwuh Tokio may delay definite actioy | {hat only one very small point re- {on the railroad subject for a few days, "ained unsctiled. SENATE WIPES OUT i TEACHERS WOULD {from Washington is illogical and ar-| cersity, in th i s ations hav | DIVISION OF COSTS {bitrary and cannot be defended -upen | were read at a dinner last night, as|which the Gall W met Craman | 16, COMMOnS, BrobaDy e eaeh HALT EXAMINATION e et e A ' THRIFT BOND ISSUE | i FOR_THE DISTRICT (Continued from First Page.) this was true, because he owned no property here. “I know, however” he continued. “of some particular instances, and I have been impressed with the view that many judgments are formed upon individual experiences with reference to taxation. 1 know this: One par- ticular instance in my state wa: brought to my attetnion where prop- erty was assessed at $350 value. “That was the basis of assessment ‘The rate of taxation was 433 per cent. Now 412 per cent compared with 1% per cent sounds big, and we would at once conclude that the people of the locality where they are assessed 4% per cent are paying a much bigger tax than they are here, where they pay 1'%, and vet I know that while that property was assessed at $350 value it was sold for $2,000 cash. In other words. the tax that was paid upon that property was equivalent to 1o more than 1 per cent.” Cities Pay Lower Rates. Senator Jones pointed out further that the matter had been given thor- ough consideration by a congreasional joint committee, from the report of which he read. He expressed the opin- ion that the half-and-half system was just and fair. Citing figures from the Treport to show that the majority of cities paid a lower tax rate than the District, Senator Jones said further: “Senators may satisfactorily account for these figures, but they appeal very strongly to me when we come to con- sider the justice or the fairness of the tax situation in the city of Wash- ington at the present time. “It convinces me that the basis of taxation we have is fair and just and reasonable. not only to the citizens of the District by to the govern- ment of the United States and the citizens of the entire country, ‘I know there is room for coi troversy with reference to this mat- ter. I know it has been charged from time to time that the people of the District of Columbia were not paying the taxes they ought to pay, and yet every investigation which has been made has come to a different conclusion. I have not taken the time to try to controvert the conclu- sion arrived at by the joint committee we provided. The men who composed that joint committee were men of i bigh standing, men of great ability, and many of them were men of great husiness experience, and 1 want to say that I am satisfied to take their judgment. they having made the in- Nestigation they did. - Six on Committee. “Who composed that committee? i Hon. W. E. Chilton of West Virginia e any rational hypothesis. He urges a Why not 45-55, or , or why provide that the ratio of 50- 25-75, or 40-6 | people of the District pay any part of | jthe tax? If they are to be taxed at jall, there must be some reason for iimposing a tax. That reason is found lin the fact that justice and equity irequire that the people of the District :should pay for the benefits and bless- ngs and advantages which they en- joy. {"_“It is no answer to say that this is the capital of the nation and that the national government possesses valua- ble public buildings within the D rict. As a matter of fact, the build-{ ings, if they were not needed by the | government, would be comparatively | valueless. If they have any monetary value it is only because the govern- ment needs them. If the seat of gov- | ernment were removed to some other part of the nation, the government buildings within the District would i possess little, if any, value. The parks owned by the government are enjoyed by the people and are for the benefit of the people. The streets and high- iways, title to which rests in the gov- ernment, are of no advantage to the government; indeed, they are a source of expense to the government. They are valuable to the people who live in the District. to the property own- ers abutting upon the streets. Indeed, many of the streets have been opened up by the government over and across iprivate lands, and at the request of the owners of the same. The open- ing of the streets and their improve- ment by the District added millions of dollars to the value of abutting and contiguous properties. ‘Would Levy on Property. “The improvement of parks, great or small, has added materially to the valye of the properties abutting upon the same. The circles and squares and minlature parks sprinkled throughout the city add to the value of private property and enrich the people resid- ing within the District. 1s the gov- ernment to add to the wealth of the people and they be relieved from the cof't's which these improvements com- pel? “The rational and equitable course {to pursue is to levy upon the prop- erty of the District—real, personal, mixed, tangible and intangible—a. fair tax; a tax such as would be paid upon properties in the progressive cities of the United States, whose population was substantially the same as that of the District. In other words, the value of all private property within the District—real, personal, mixed, tangi- ble and intangible—the value of fran- chises, and all property which 1s sub- ject to taxation in progressive and enterprising cities and states, should be ascertained and then a levy should be made upon such property as would be fair and just.* were those of Secretary of State Hughes. The President’s message sent to Gov. Miller, said: “It will be a gratification to me, if on the occasion of the dinner, which you are giving to Marshal Foch on the eve of his departure from America, you will express to the marshal my_sincere good wishes and hope that he may have a pleasant voyage homeward. “The visit of Marshal Foch to America has done much to strengthen those traditional ties which have st long bound the French to the Ameri. can people in an indissoluble friend- ship. Our satisfaction that he has been the guest of the nation is tem- pered only by regret that he is now leaving us.” Mensage From Mr. Hughes. Mr. Hughes' message follows: Vhile it Is not possible for me to have the pleasure of being with you at dinner tonight, I cannot let this occasion pass without expressing my gratification at the visit to this coun- try of your distinguished guest, Mar- shal Foch. No doubt can exist In his mind as to the affection in which he is held by the people of all ranks throughout this country. After the evidences he has been given of the place he occupies in the hearts of our beople he will realize that we can never forget the gerat services he rendered to civilization in leading the allied armies to victory. Please extend to him my best wishes for a safe and pleasant voyage back to his own country and say to him that the pleasure and interest of his visit to us will be deeply cherished by the American people.” Many Regret Departure. Gov. Miller, Gen. Pershing and J. J. Jusserand, the French ambassador, also expressed their pleasure in the marshal's visit and their regret at his departure. The American Legion's farewell message to Marshal Foch, issued by Hanford MacNider, national com- mander, sald that the value of the distinguished Frenchman's visit to America “would grow through all the coming years—through our sons and their sons. “You have Seen and . heard our grateful nation’s welcome,” tinued, “our people hardly know how to express their feelings. Your very presence would have been a lasting inspiration to America. Your high, fine integrity, your personality and what you have said have endeared you to every American. “We salute you, and through you, France. You need no further pledge from us—we love you both. had gathered in the hope that the public would be admitted to the ses- islon, but this was decided against, as the chamber is only large enough to accommodate the 120 members of the dail eireann and 100 newspaper correspondents. Stern Expressions on Faces. ‘The members of the dail as they arrived all bore the attitude of men absorbed by the momentous task ahead of them. Michael Collins, who gince he had left London had shaved his mustache, was engaged in ear- nest conversation with Robert C. B ton, who did not have a smile even for his most intimate friends. Collins took his seat at the right of the speaker, where he was joined by Arthur Griffith. Both men pored over the notes for their speeches. The _other ministers, including Count Plunkett, Countess Markievicz and Desmond Fitzgerald, sat on_the front bench facing the speaker, Prof. John McNeill, typically professorial, with long locks and spectacles. Eamon De Valera entered the chamber at 11:30 o'clock and-‘took a seat to the left of the speaker, facing his chief adversaries, Griffith and Col- lins. In the absence of Father O’'Flanagan in America, Prof. Brown of Maynooth offered a short prayer in Irish, and the dail began business. One of Tenwest Moments. One of the tensest moments of the debate was when Michael Collins de- clared emotionally: “I have been called a traitor. Let the Irish people decide whether 1 am or not.” | The cnly sign of hostility in the vicinity of University College, where today's meeting was held, was in a Sinn Fein flag draped with crepe, which some one had hoisted on a telephone pole in front of the collegd. There was one exception to the serious mein of the arriving members, this being Countess Markievicz, who smiled with pleasure over the cheers given her by the university boys, who lined the foyer of University College, of which Eamon De Valera was recently elected chancellor, through which all the members had to pass on their way to the-main hall. OVATION FOR LLOYD GEORGE. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 14.—While rati- fication of the peace treaty between Great Britain and Ireland was being urged by speakers in the house of com- mons this afternoon, Prime Minister Liloyd George entered the house and was b “ I i from the throne, and contains the as- surance of parliament’s approval of The settlement terms and its readi- ness to make effective tie articles of F ment. A e address will be moved in the house of lords by Viscount Morley of Blackburn and seconded by the $arl of Dunraven. In the commons it will be moved by Sir Samuel Hoare. | unionist, and seconded by George Nicoll Barnes, laborite. " Members of the conservative party | house of commons who the with Ulster's in . sympathize to the address replying to the king's speech, and press it to a decision. The amendment will be moved by Tol. John Gretton, member for Rutland- Shire, who led the “die-hards” in their position | have decided to move an amendment | { ber, (Continued from Fitst Page.) v law limits the number of such promo- tions, to seven yearly. Previous ts Exhausted. The court is advised by the teach- ers that five previous examinations | have been held for such promotion, and it is asserted that in emch case the eligible list had been exhausted be- fore another examination was called. Prior to the examination of Septem- 1919, inquiry was made of the then superintendent of schools, Ed- ward L. Thurston, as to the status of those who passed the examination, and he gave assurance, it is stated, Tecent attack in the commons on the|that all teachers passing the exam- Fovernment's Irish policy. The amendment is framed in a manner Fhich its ponsors hope wil com- mana for it wide support among the Conservatives. It is_believed that ort the move. S lfament will probably be pro- rogued on Frivay, after the vote on the address, and the —usual oppor- tunity for debate on the king's speech will be afforded at its assembly early jn the new year. Early prorogation §5 said to obviate the attendance of emabers during the week preceding Clristmas. Urbain J. Ledoux, “Zero,” friend of the unemployed, today began picketing the Washington confar- ence, marching in the snow and rain in front of the Pan-American build- IP€i¢ 1'can find one true Christian within the conference, the confer- ence is saved” said Mr. Ledoux, waving a lighted lantern, which he carrled in one hand. L “] represent the spiritwal bread Yine,” he continued. “It is my job fo: help awaken the confererfce to the spiritual needs of the world and to use the 'people to influence mauggn!mnce to act along Chris- tian lines.” Mr. Ledoux, after parading be- fore the conference buijding for an hour or two, wis taken to police headquarters by Detective String- fellow, to be interview by Inspec- tor Grant. He made no objection to going to headquarters, and ex- plained that at the suggestion of the police sergeant guarding the Pan-American building he had sone to the east side of 17th gtreet ) to do his picketing. % 3 the members from Ulster also will, i reparable injur { ination would receive appointment be- fore another examination was held. Notwithstanding the provisions of { the organic act, the teachers say, the custom steadily adhered to since the ifirst of these examinations and the expressed promise and declaration -of Supt. Thurston, the board of educa- tion .has called this new examination and passed the alleged objectionable Tules concerning it, despite the pro- tests of the teachers now on the elig- ible list. Unless enjoined the exam- ination will be held and their status changed, if not destroved, to their ir- the plaintiffs claim. ’___——_—_—_-‘_——_' | POLICE HALT LEDOUX WITH LANTERN SEEKING ONE CHRISTIAN DELEGATE 4 l 1 Following _the questioning of Ledoux by = inspector ~Grant, a charge of disorderly conduct was preferred against him and $25 col- lateral was asked for his release for his appearance in courf to- morrow. As he had no funds, he said he would have to remain Jocked up all night and asked that his friends not put up the col- lateral. Mr. Ledoux carried his famous umbrella, decorated with hearts, which he carried during his cam- paign for the unemployed. He was dressed in the rough corduroy clothes which he wore in the old campaign, too. Under his arm was a Bible and in his hand a lighted lantern, symbolical, as he ex- plained, of Diogenes and his search for an honest man. Only Mr. ' Ledoux is searching for a real Christian within the conference, “he said. . «I shall be here every day from now until the conference ends,” he said, before being taken to . headquarters. countries’ holding their entire nego- tiations, which are replete with tech- nical details, in the English languag with American and British represent- atives sitting in as observe The adoption of the English tongue, it believed, will serve to prevent misun- | { derstanding, because differences have | arisen in the past between Japan and China as a result of a disagreement between them over the proper inter- pretation of the Chinese and Japanese texts of a given document or state- ment. STATEMENT OF MEETING. B the Associated Press. The following statement was issued by the committee after the meeting today on the Pacific and far eastern question: “The committee on Pacific and far eastern questions met this morning. December 14, at 11 o'clock. The committee took up the question ot| ‘spheres of influence’ and special in- terests in China. and the chairman stated that in view of the situation with regard to the matter of naval armament it seemed advisable to give an opportunity for necessary conver- sations and discussions and meetings of the subcommittee on naval armament. in order that an agreement on this subject should be reached at the earliest possible mo- ment. “It was also a fact that at this time the Chinese and Japanese delegations were concerned with the Shantung conversations and in order that the greatest progress the conference the chairman took the liberty of suggesting that the general committee on Pacific and far eastern questions should have a short session this morning and then should take a recess subject to the call of the chair. This suggestion was unanimously approved. i | s for | ould be made in! TO PAY WAR DEBTS (Continuad from ¥i alue, as was the lings stamps. | Redistributes Public Debt. | The new process doesn’t increase the public debt, but rather redis- tributes it. The intention is to create an army of new investors, touching a class which might not otherwise be disposed to save. The number of I plans to be used in retiring the war idebt as a whole will continue to in- | crease from time to time in order that all classes of investors may be reached. But in general the govern- ment has embarked on a policy that {looks toward the gradual retirement fof the war debt by borrowing from the public at stated intervals and off - ! getting those borrowings by gradual umulations of surplus from taxes {and imports. {"'In other words, the {must go on the assumption rope cannot pay America i billions of war debt, and that if a i thing is paid in the present genera- tion it will to that extent easc the purden and curtail the necessity for borrowing. The people of America will therefore finance ,their govern- ment by lending it money from time | to time until collections from regular sources of revenue can be piled up. Some opposition from small savings { institutions is anticipated, but gov- | ernment officials insist that the { effect in the end will be to help sav- ings banks. Anything that en- courages saving, it is contended, will help the general business of invest- ment. se with war sav government that ten (Copyright, 1921.) BRIEFLY TOLD STORY : 'OF ARMS CONFERENCE (Tbe Star-is publishing each day a sum- matized story of the developments of the armament conference. By reading it each day you will keep in touch with the out- standing events of the historic meeting.) The far east committee of the ‘Washington conference met at 11 am. today and continued discus- sion of the leased territory ques- tion as related to China. The naval ratio to be-fixed for the United States. Great Britain and Japan in the limitation of ar- mament treaty is exvected ta be settled at any moment. Japan is understood to have accepted condi- tionally the 5-5-3 ratio proposed by the United States. An attempt is being made to save to her the new battleship Mutsu. ‘The Japanese and’Chinese dele- gates are still working for a solu- tion of the Shantung problem, par- ticularly with reference to the Kiaochow railroad. M. Vivigni, head of the French delegation, left here yesterday afternoon and will sail for France todae.