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g < come to the parting of the ways and SCADOLPROGRAN - ENEN APPROVAL Beorgetown Association Fa- vors Original Proposal of ¢ Board of Education. Yndorsement of the original educa- tional program of the board of educa- contemplating an increase in hers in the public schools and additional school facili- ties, was given at a meeting of the Georgetown Citizens' Association last night at the Potomac Savings Bank bullding, Wisconsin avenue and M street. The assoclation first adopted a re- port from Prof. Benjamin. W. Murch, as chairman of the committee on education. outlining the needs of the schools and the s.uation in local public educational centers at- present, and then adopted an accompanying resolution calling for the indorse- ment of the program of the board of education in meeting the needs of the school Dincuss Macfarland Proposal. Selection of a site for a statue of Henry B. F. Macfasland was advocat- ed In another resolution adopted by the organization, which was present- ed by Rev. Irving W. Ketcham. The resolution pointed out the public service rendered the community by Mr. Macfarland and depicted the suit- abllity of a memorial for this service. Attention was called to apparent oversights in the budget of 1923, Al- bert Schulteis, acting president, B. A. Bowles and A. K. Parris taking part in the discussfon, with respect to improve- ments in Georgetown. Mr. Schultei: stated that aslde from a $140,000 ap- propriation for the enlargement of the Phillips School the only mentfonable items benefiting Georgetown were ap- propriations for a comfort station at ‘Wisconsin avenue and M street and for the improvement of Grace street. Mr. Bowles and Parris mentioned that no provision apparently had been made in the budget for the repaving of Wisconsin avenue or for additional street lights.. Instructions were given the commit- tee on publc’ improvements to renew activities to. insure passage of the Georgetown items included {n the bud- get and to céntinue work for the im- provements to the roadway of Wiscon- sin avenue and for adequate lighting improvements for M street and Wis- consin avenue. The association adopted mew boun- daries, covered in a resolution amend- ing the by-laws. as follows: Begin- mning at the mouth of Rock creek, to Massachusetts avenue; thence north to the observatory circle; thence to Cal- vert street, as proposed, to Wisconsin avenue, to Snyder's lane, to Tunlaw road, to 37th street, to Reservoir street, to Volta place, skirting grounds of the Georgetown Visitation Convent and Georgetown University, both sides of Prospect avenue to 36th street, thence to the Potomac river and along the north bank to the mouth of Rock creek. GRIFFITH IN CLASH WITH VALERA OVER SECRET METHODS (Continued from First Page.) she had been told her husband was never a republican, but she denied it. She had been told her constituents would vote for the treaty, but the Limerick people, whom she represent- ed, knew she would stand by her oath to the Irish republic. The delegates to London had been bluffed by the threat of war and had endeavored to work off the same bluff on the dail, she insisted. The objections to the treaty were fundamental, in her view. It brought Ireland within the British empire. TROOPS STAY IN IRELAND. BY the Associated Press. QUEENSTOWN, December 20.—Re- moval of the British troops from Ire- land, which was to have been begun today, has been suspended and they will not be withdrawn unless the treaty is ratified, it was stated here. A ‘transport which was to have taken on board troops at Queenstown today has been recalled to England, iand the special trains to convey troops from various places in southern Ire- land, which had been arranged for, have been canceled for the present. MORE RIOT VICTIMS. By the Assoclated Press. BELFAST, December 20.—As a re- sult of scattered shooting last night one man was killed and another wounded. A womangwho was shot Saturday died of her wounds yester- day. /The Irish Grand Orange Lodge has f3sued an address to its members, de- ! elaring that if an Irish free state is up loyalists will be compelled to end their lives and liberties by force. i This would be most distasteftul to fhiem, it is added, but force is the omly argument accepted by the Brit- i8h government. BITTERNESS STIRS LONDON. By the Associated Prese. December 20.—The first day of public debate in the dail eireann on Arthur Griffith’s motion to ratify the Jrish peace treaty made a somewhat unfavorable _impression upon the majority of the English cor- respondents in Dublin, thelr dis- patches indicate, but none of them takes the view that the treaty will be rejected. Several record their be- lief that it will be ratified, although they expect the majority to be small, ‘while others abstain from any sort of prediction. General emphasis is laid on the bit- terness displayed by Eamonn De Val- era and qther opponents of ratifica- tion and upon the similar feeling shown in the arguments by Griffith, Michael Collins and their followers. Opinions differ as to the possible effect upon the dail members of the speeches delivered by these leaders. SINN FEIN IN SPLIT. BY WILLIAM H. BRAYDEN. By Cable to The Star and Chica N . Copyright, 1921.‘v Tallsews DUBLIY, Ireland, December 20.—The main fact emerging from both the private and public -dail eireann ses- sions is the existence of irreconcilable differences between. the Sinn Feiners, who have hitherto been umited. It is now evident that the leaders have that the differences hitherto latent between the men anxious for a set- tlement and the men in pursuit of uncompromising idealism must per- manently divide the Sinn Fein party. For the past week Irishmen have been hoping_ to keep for use both Eamonn De Valera and Michael Col- lins, but it is now feared that the Irish revolution must again devour some of its children. The tone of the speeches in the dail shows that once the conflict is transferred to the cauntry reserve can hardly be main- talmed. De. Valera’s pointed remark that he wants peace for the people and not for the officials and his ref- erence to Arthur Griffith and. Michael Collins as administrators in Dublin Castle were as wounding as was Col- Hins' emphasis on his plain Irish stock, which always fought for Ire- land In contrast with his opponents’, ‘who cannot boast of pure Irish blood, and who, as Collins points out, start- ed their ers by fighting against Jreland. ves were still on, but the blows were there. Even the signatories of the London treaty are divided and Robert Barton satisfled his conscience by keeping his promise to recommend the treaty to the dail in a speech more effective than any of in, securing votes against ite i 4 | twenty-six years old, 1418 1st street, e e D D RPN T P N B R D LRl e Ugly Indian Contest Is Won By Mexican Without a Struggle MBXICO CITY, December 19. —Beauty contests are held fre- quently, but students at the National University recently held a comtext to discover the uglieat Indian fn Mexico. Jesus Memije won without a struggle. Denpite hin handicap, he ix xald to have recelved countlens dosena of proposals of marringe from “admiring readers” ever since his photograph was pub- lished in the Mexico City news- papers. COMPANY EXPLAINS HIGHER GASINCOME Revenue Figures Cover 31 Days and Expenses 30 Days, Says Report. The unusual increase in net income of the Washington Gas Light Com- pany for November, as compared with October was due principally to the fact that the revenue for November covered a thirty-one-day meter pe- riod, whereas expenses for November covered thirty days, It was explained today. The November report of the com- pany to the Public Utilities Commis- sion showed net corporate [ncome amounting to $76,489, while for _()c- tober the incomegwas only $32,127.29. At first glance I! appeared that the company had made a sudden advance in earning power. Took in 31 Days. Gas meters are read about the 18th or 20th of the montk. The November reading, the company explained, took in thirty-one days. In making re- ports to the utilitles ocommission, however, the company figures ex- penses on the calendar month, which, in the case of November, was thirty days. Thus, the report represented a whole day more of revenue tkan of expense. A similar instance oocurred last summer, when, the commission’s rec- ords show, the company reported in- come of $85,300 for June and only $11,461 for July. It is understood the company recent- ly obtained a reduction in the price of gas oil from 6% cents to a fraction less than 6 cents per gallon. The company, however, is still using some of the higher-priced oil which it had on hand. Sees No Lower Rates. 0il is one of the main items of ex- pense in the manufacture of water gas, and the inflation of oil prices during and after the war necessitated in large measure the incréase in the price of gas. The present rate of $1.10 per thou- sand cubic feet to households Is scheduled to continue until the meter reading period of March, 1922. Howard S. Reeside, president of the company, discussing the gas company’s finances a few days ago, expressed the belief that present conditions do not war- rant another cut in rates at this time. He called attention to the fact that gas rates have been reduced twice thig year, going from $1.32 to $1.25, and a few months later to $1.10. SEEK SPEED IN TWO PHASES OF PARLEY (Continued from Fi t Page.) ofsly constler the“question, “What is China?’ and that “he conference would become increasingly convinced of its responsibility In settling ques- tions in which the strong, intensely naationalistic Japan is so vitally con- cerned. It is understood to be the desire of the administration to wind up the| naval ratio and the Chinese-Japanese disputes as_speedily as possible, so that the other features of the con- ference agenda may be taken up. It is declared that there is no present intention of the administration to drop any of the main branches of the agenda, but to give all due attention. | L Would Lead Way. It would be highly gratifying, it is sald,, if definite results could be quickly attained on the naval fatio and recorded in an early session, to add to the progress already made. Appreciating the homely adage that nothing succeeds like success, the psychological effect of another signal victory in the overcoming of obstacles would vastly enhance the general prospects of the conference. While the stage has been passed where the danger of fajlure might lurk, it is held that the removal of points of irri- tation conduces to the general better- ment, while their existence threatens possible spread of disturbing conditions. COLORED WOMENACCUSED Lieut. Grove and Detectives Rone and Brodie of the sixth precinct early this morning visited 41 Jackson street northeast and arrested five colored women on suspicion that they were violating the Harrison narcotic law. Two of the women, Mary Harris, and Marie Bradford, residing in the Jackson street house, were held. It is alleged by the police that they found twenty-nine “decks” of cocaine in the house, explaining that a “deck” is a small powder used as a dose. Ar- rangements were made to give the women a hearing before United States Commissioner Isaac R. Hitt. o Longing for Peace l - 1d gladly see the scrapping of every gun and pike, I'd see no war flags flapping; no legions on the hike; glad lays I would be crooning if swords made hooks for pruning, or instruments for tuning pianos and the like. I see the big ships lying in-San Diego bay, their flags and pennants fiying in bright and brave. array; they seem in handsome fet-. tle, but, oh, what woes we'd settle, if all their tons of metal were used for mowing hay! Yon cruiser cost a million; that battleship cost four; and I, & mild civilian, am taxed un- til 'm sore; my burden greater waxes; I'm tired of paying taxes to buy more battle-axes and imple- ments of gore. The man who works for wages soon finds his name is Mud; the tax collector rages for money, in a flood; and nearly every shilling is spent for bygone killing or plans for future spilling of use- ful' human blood. The warships take our cousins, our uncles and our’ sons, take them away by dozens, to shoot oft silly guns; and ali these boys we're needing, for reaping and for seeding, and not for futile bleed- ing where some punk ocean runs, Scrap all the ships and cruisers that loaf along the wave; no nations will be losers when they have found their grave; it is an idle notion to think that ships in motion upon the brindled ocean will make the world behave. (Copyright) ‘WALT MASON, HARRIS Fsirr Left to right—Secretary of Treasury Andrew W. Mellon, Gov. W. P. G, Harding, Vice Gov. Edmund Platt, Charies 8. Hamlin, Adolph C. Miller, Con- troller of Treasury D. R. Crissinger CASH T0 BUY LAND FOR REED HOSPITAL Appropriation of $134,032 Proposed to Meet Increased Cost of Ground Needed. To meet the increased cost of land needed adjoining Walter Reed Hos- pital, an appropriation of $134,- 032 is contalned in a bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Wadsworth of New York, chairman of the mili- tary affairs committee. On these lands it is proposed at some date In the future to erect buildings for the Med- ical Museum and Library and the Army Medical School. Congress appropriated $350,000 two years ago for the purchase of this land, it was explained by Maj. Gen. Irelund, surgeon general of the Army, toda. However, since the negotiations were started for the taking over of the land it was found that it could not be purchased within the original appropriation limits, and in view of the fact that in ten or fifteen years. when it will be necessary to move the Army Medical Museum and Library from its present location in the mall. and the land will be much more ex- pensive, it was decided to ask for this additional appropriation now. The Army Medical School is to be the first building erected there, and although $500,000 has been appro- priated for’ this building it will not be used at this time. It was expiained turther by Gen. Ireland that it may be some years before the medical 1i- brary and the museum will be cen- tered there. but it was thought de- sirable to purchase the land now at the present pric EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, BOARD OF TRADE, MEETS Arthur Carr Elected Secretary and Twenty-One New Mem- bers Enrolled. Twenty-one new members were en- rolled and Arthur Carr was elected secretary at the first meceting of the new executive committee of the Washington Board of Trade, held yes- terday afternoon in the boardroom in The Star building. The new members of the board are: J. E. Brown, Lute E. Collier, J. M. Carter, E. Burton Corning, Ralph En- dicott, Chester J. Fitch. W. H. Gott- lieb, George F. Hoover, William T. Hopkins, S. A. Kimberly, Willlam C. Linton, Norman B. Lantreau, Sterling V. Mead, James M. Mason, Hubert Newsom, Raymond L. Schreiner, Charles V. Stiefel, John V. Sees, A. J. Voorhees, H. D. West and Henry C. Young. A change in the date of executive committee meetings was made, Here- after the committee will meet on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 3 o'clock. Members of the new executive com- mittee are: Chairman, E. C. Graham; Thomas Bradley (ex-officio), E. Brandenburg, Walter A. Brown, Ar- thur Carr, J. Harry Cunningham, E. F. Colladay, Charles F. Crane, Chris J. Gockeler, Walter H. Klopfer, E. J. Murphy, Theodore W. Noyes, Samuel J. Prescott, Charles J. Waters and Odell S. Smith. — DR. C. B. RGBINSON DIES SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME Veterinary Surgeon, Native of Canada, Served District Govern- ment for Thirty-Three Years. After thirty-three years of service as veterigary surgcon of the District government, Dr. Charles Barnwell Robinson died suddenly at his resi- dence, 222 C street northwest, in his sixty-second year. Dr. Robinson’'s death was a shock to District officials who had talked with him at the Municipal building earlier in the day. He arrived at home about 5 o'clock. As he sat at his desk he told one of his children he felt fine. A few moments later they found him dead. Dr. Robinson was born at St. Thom- as, Canada, July 26, 1859, the son of Jabel and Carolina’ Robinsoh. His father was at one time a member of the Canadian parliament. The veteran city official was graduate of the Ontario Agricultural College and MecGill University of Montreal. Upon coming to the United States Dr. Robinson settled in Wheel- ing, ‘\W. Va, and rendered valuable service in fighting an epidemic of hog cholera in that section. Dr. Robinson came to Washington in 1888 and was appointed immediate- ly to the office of city veterinarian, watching over approximately 800 horses for the municipality. Com- missioner Rudolph said today that he gave the District the use of his fa- clities for_ treating municipal horses. In 1894 Dr. Robinson founded the United States College of Veterlnary Surgeons. He was elected president of the board of directors of the insti- tution, which position he held at the time of his death. He also was in- strumental in forming the Veterinary Medical Association of the District and the Washington Veterinary Medi- cal Association. He is survived by his widow and three children, Mrs. Carrie R. Smith and Charles J. and Joseph Robinson, —_— STOLEN CARS RECOVERED. One Rescued From Four Men by Fredericksburg Police. Fredericksburg police last night re- covered an automobile belonging to Dr. Oscar B. Hunter, 31 East Oxford street, Chevy Chase, Md., that was taken from in rear of George Washington Univer- sity Hospital last night about 11:30 o'clock. Four men in the car werpg ar- rested. They carried two pistols. The automobile of Milton E. Ailes, 1620 I street, taken from in front of his home last week, was found abandoned on the road near Arcola, Va., yegterday. It had been there since Sunday, the police were told. Detectives Hughlett, Jett and Connors returned the car to the city. The car was bad! N and . R. Mitchell. BRIEFLY TOLD STORY OF ARMS CONFERENCE (The Star s publishing eack day marised story of the development ment conference. By resding It each ou will keep In touch with the out- the historie meeting.) The British delegation formally to- _day requested an open plenary ses. slon of the conference, which would be heid either tomorrow or Thurs- day, at which the British views on the submarine question will be pre- sented, As indicative of the importance at- tached to this question of submarine strength for the nations, the British _spokesman, in ennouncing the re- sum. he day standing events of quest for the plenary sesslon,” de- clareé that unless some definite agreement was reached on that phase of the question all that had- been accomplished go far by the con- ference might be upset. Lord Lee, a8 head of the British admiralty, probably wiil present tae technical features of the submarine question, while Arthur J. Balfour, who heads the delegation, will de- cribe the British viewpoint In a general way. The French modifications in their demand for a 3.5 ratio of naval strength were presented and dis- cussed by the naval suhcommittee of fifteen of the conference, meeting, as usual, I closed session.. SAN THELVE AN HANGED N FRANCE Former Soldier Tells Inves- tigating Commitee of Executions. George H. Taylor of Philadelphia, who served as a National Army man overseas, told a Senate committee to- day that he saw with his own eyes twelve = American soldiers hanged around Is-Sur-Tille, France, from April to June, 1919, but was unable to say whether any of them had been convicted by court-martial. One of the soldiers hanged, he de- clared, was tried for assaulting a French girl by a French court-mar- tial at which one American officer was present. Taylor gave the name of the Soldier, and said he was a sergeant trom Detroit, Mich., but the commit- tee later decided to omit the nas from its records. e Soldier Lynched. Robert A. Harrison of Wilmington, N. C, testified that in 1917 he wit- nessed the lynching of a soldier. The victim was a Mexican from El P oF, Eagle Pass, Tex, who was charged me inst a woma It et against a woman, and “I was told that the man had hanged to save some officers from Sing cashlered.” Harrison declared. Through a pair of field glasses Har- rison said he saw the lynching, in which thirty men took part. “Nice Necktie Party.” “It was a nice little necktie e party, he said. “I saw the boa. l}:opelaround the nel:k.“y R arrison told of another lyncl a.flor the armistice, which he 3’:;[2‘?';5 was directed by “Hardboiled” Smith. This wrist of mine,” said Harri- son, lifting his left arm, ‘was broken y&:i%b:filsgs:l Save myself from oiled"” th hl;hserg’eanm. and a couple of 6 witness said he saw m t to the firing line without g:xn mt‘.;i: Or guns as a form of punishment. Pressed as to the cause of the lynch- ing, Harrison said the victim had been ordered by Smith to sweep the stock- yard with a toothbrush, “and they had a !‘l‘:\l?l:r party when he refused.” e you court- e tor TS, YoU eourt-martigled? lina, asked. Mentions “Col. Holdbrook.” “Yes. The colonel cursed me and I cursed him back, and he had me sent to the firing line after trial. His name? Col. Holdbrook. If I ever get him I'll make him remember me. ‘nd’l‘)::)),v :Ioulhdln'!tgéve me & gas mask rouble today i the medical record shows ° ' 54 Col. Walter Bethel, Gen. Pershing's judge advocate gemeral in France, recalled today before the committee that in time of war court-martial death sentences did not require ap- proval of the President. Ques- tioned by Senator Watson, democrat, Georgia, who laid charges of executions before the Senate, Col. Bethel sald that after war conditions had ended the government directed that all sentences be forwgrded to ‘Washington for review. » Sol. eBe'.hel denied it was his in- erence, as suggested by Senator Watson, that execution - ug}n& . 8 Were con. fore going into the testimo: committee listened to the rald?:l’tz; scores of telegrams to and from wit- nesses respecting their attendance. many of them—former service men— telegraphed that they were without funds, and others replied that they could not come for $3 a day sub- sistence, the Senate allowance. “Gallows” Declared Crane. The statement of William Cowles of Minneapolis that Jhe picture at | Gevres purporting 5 be of a gal- lows was in reality that of a crane, was presented. Col. Bethel reiterated ‘that Ameri- can soldiers charged with crimes against Fronch nationals were “not Sena- democrat, North Caro- tried and could not be tried by French court-martial or civilian courts. Senator Watson asked for the records in the trial of the eleven Americans executed in accordance with military law and was told that they were ready for presentation to the committes. Col. Bethel was shown a picture and asked If it was a gallowa or a gasoline crane. He replied: “It looks like a gallows, but never saw a gallows in my life.” Objector Killed. The case of a conscientious objector named Fry, who refused to carry his pack and who was killed by order of the guard, was brought up. “The man who killed the soldier was tried and acquitted,” Col. Bethel testified. “It is our contention,” sald Senator Watson, “that Fry was killed by a sergeant, who drove a bayonet through his heart.” “Does the record show that?” asked Senator democrat, North Carolina. “I think not,” Col. Bethel replied. Called as the first witness in sup- port of the W: charges, or. declared he saw two executions. The illegal I ggked. NEW NEGOTIATIONS INVITED BY CHILE Answer to Peru’s Rejection of Plebiscite Plan Hopes for Solution. By the Asrociated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, December 20.— The Chilean answer to Peru’s note rejecting Chile’s proposal for a plebi- scite in Tacna-Arica invites the con- tinuance of direct negotiations in an attempt to find some solution of the difficulty under the terms of the treaty of Ancen, which, it says, can- not be ignoged by the countries sign- fng it. The latest Chilean note was cabled to Peru after being unani- mously approved by the foreign rela- tlons committees of both chambers of congress. It was first approved at a cabinet session at which President Alessandri presided. Any Means Arequate. “Chile considers adequate any means to find a solution of the diffi- culties with Peru,” says the note. It regrets that Peru's viewpoint dif- fers from that of -Chile in regard to a plebiscite in the disputed area, and in regard to alleged expulsions of Peruvians from Tacna and Arica de- clares that all Peruvians having the right to vote will be admitted to the plebiscite. The only ‘unfulfilled clauses in the treaty of Ancon are not due to any action of Chile, according to the note. Clause three, providing for _the plebiscite, it says, has been Impossible of fulfillment for many vears, and clause twelve, providing compensa- tion for damages suffered during the war by Chileans, has not been met by Peru. The note continues: Difference in Methods. “The only divergence dividing us is the difference as regards the manner of carrying out clause three. This makes it needful, before resorting to arbitration—which Chile does not re- fuse—to fix the precise points of the question, and determine the points which must be arbitrated to reach a rfect agreement. p‘:.’(fhlle invites continuance of direct negotiations to find in harmony so- lutions within the terms of the treaty of Ancon, which cannot be ignored by the countries signing it. ‘The offer is made in a-high spirit of cordiality and Chile hopes it will be received with good will, enhancing the welfare of both countries.” 3 The note marks the first acceptance by Chile of arbitration of points cov- ered by the treaty of Ancon in the lengthy history of trouble over Tacna and Arica. first was on April 1, 1919, at Camp Wilson, he said, and the entire com- mand was ordered to the gallows to ness it. w“!They had a double line of soldiers at the gallows,” he said, “and Maj. Ross was in command. The man hanged was a negro. A chaplain went on the scaffold and prayed and then they hanged him.” “\as the man hanged tried by court-martial?” Chairman Brandegee “J don't know.” “Was any announcement made to that effect?” Other Executlons. The second execution, a week later, he said, was precisély like the first. Taylor did not know if the victim of the second had been tried. “What. became of the bodies?” “They were taken to the hospital.” Taylor also told the committee he saw the body of a sergeant who had been hanged, but did not witne: execution. Proceeding, he identified a photograph of a gallows at Is-sur- Tille, on which, he “said, three sol- diers were hanged. Taylor gave the committee the surname of one of the three men, a sergeant of Detroit, Mich;, but the committee asked that it be not published. ‘Questioned by Senator Wafson, Tay- lor said the Detroit sergeant was tried by a French court-martial, at which only one American officer was present. The evidence against him, the witness testified, was given in French, but an interpreter was in at- tendance. The crime was rape, “Was the man allowed counsel?” Senator Brandegee asked. Heart Brain Removed. “One American officer was there. He asked some questions.” After the hanging Taylor said he saw the man’s heart and brain were removed, “to see if he was crazy.” “Who did that?" “A major in the American medical rps.” now his name?” “Now ; & There was some confusion in the minds of the committee as to how many men Tgylor actually saw hanged. He was pressed closely by members. Saw Twelve Hanged. “From April to June, 1919, I saw twelve men hLanged, altogether,” he declare The witness did not know if any or all of them had been convicted by court-martial. Y “Was the Detroit sergeant allowed to tell his side of it to the French son asked. r; he wasn't asked to testify, but he did say he wasn't responsible for the death of the girl concerned in the rape charge.’ SAYS THE INDUSTRY NEEDS2-GENT DUTY Beet Sugar Manufacturer Heard by Senate Finance Committee. A duty of 2 cents a pound on Cuban raw sugar, as compared Wwith the present emergency rate of 1.6 cents and the 1 cent in the Underwood tariff law, was asked of the Senate finance committee today by the United States Sugar Manufacturing _ Assoclation through ‘G. W. McCormick, a beet sugar manufacturer of Menomince, Mich. American beet sugar producers must have 5 cents a pound for the finished product, f.o.b. fuctory, Mr. McCor- mick said, and since Cuban raw sugar can be luid down at the refinerfes in this country at 2 cents a pound, a 2-cent duty is necessary unless the beet sugar industry is to be destroved. Charging that the Cuban sugar pro- ducers were responsible for “the debauch of high prices” last year, Mr. McCormick declared that by their “inordinate greed” at that time they had “pulled their house down upon themselves und now are asking the American Congress to extricate them from the debris. The witness explained that at the time when the Cuban producers were prices “beyond their wildest American beet sugar pro- ducers were compelled to keep their prices down by reason of the food control law and rulings of the De- partment of Justice. Tarif Rate on Cuban Sugar. Arguments in favor of a low tariff rate on Cuban sugar as a necessity for the rehabilitation of the industry there and against it on the ground that it were yesterday introuduced before the Senate finance committee during the tariff hearings. The senators were told by those rep- resenting American companies in Cuba that more than a mere tariff question was involved ; that the rehabilitation of Cuba depended upon the sugar industry and that the United States was morally bound to aid that country. They also argued that there was $1,000,000,000 of American capital invested in the Cuban industry as against $200,000,000 in the industry in this country. Senator Smoot, Tepublican, Utan, took exception to many of the statements of the witnesses presenting the case for the American companies. He declared that conditions in the sugar industry in Cubi were no worse than those in the’ sugar industry in this country and announced that he favored the pro- tection of American capital Invested in this country as against American cap- ital invested in other countries, be- cause it nclped to build up the United States. Spokesmen for the industry in the United States testified ' that the beet sugar industry had been developed in seventeen states; that there was in- vested in it $200,000,000, with ninety-five factories. It now is producing annually 1,000,000 tons of sugar, or nearly one- fourth of the domestic consumption, and 1is” reclaiming waste land, because the beets will grow where other produce Will not. The acreage now is 880,000 and the farmers raising tae crop num- ber 100,000, who give employment to an additional 85,000 hands. P WHITE CHRISTMAS AHEAD, IS WEATHER PREDICTION Cold Wave, Creeping East, Likely to Reach Washington for the Yuletide Season. Possibilities for 4 white Christmas for Washington are bright. Forecasters at the weather bureau today predicted that a snowfall would probably greet the holiday crowds during the latter part of the week and that a cold wave now creepin eastward from the northwestern par of the country may envelop Wash- Ington in arctic weather for the Yule- tide season. Tomorrow, in fact, may see the start of snowy weather. The latter part of the week, it almost is assured, uus will find appropriate reindeer an sledding weather. The winter is closing down in ear- nest through the western central states today and it is predicted that tomorrow the eastern central states of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and. Ken- tucky will feel zero weather. By Thursday, unless some wayward breezes get in some contrary work and turn back a frigid tide; the At- lantic coast and Washington, D. C, will need every possible stitch of flan- nel unmentionables available. How long the cold spell wil] last is at present indeterminate, it was said. The temperatures in the northwest i section this morning, as far east as Duluth and as far south as north- western Nebraska, were below zero. In northern North Dakota and Mon- tana it was more than twenty degrees below zero this morning. And the cqld wave looks like it wants to in- clude Washington and the east in its Christmas itinerary. SANTA TO CHEER KIDDIES. Christmas Tree at St. Ann’s Infant Asylum Arranged. Plans for a Christmas tree for the children of St. Ann's Infant Asylum were discussed last night at the an- nual meeting of the ladies’ auxiliary, of that institution. Co-operation of the Kiwanis Club, the Rotary Club and the Knights of Columbus 1l be enlisted for the benefit of the orphans. A Santa Claus, candy and gifts for each child are among features on the program of the Cliristmas celebra- n. Ho% the election of officers Siste~ Georgiana was electéd president of the auxiliary. Mrs. Sarah OCantley was named vice president, Mizs May Daly, secretary, and Miss Madeline Aughinbaugh, financial secretary. A joint meeting of the ladied’ aux- {liary and the men's auxiliary will be held in January, ‘When plans for a carnival for the benefit of the Insti- tution during the early summer will be mapped out. The annual tug day will take place on March 17, Man Thought Penniless Wills $15,000 in Cash and $30;000 Property W less 0ld man, he posxesned 000 in caxh and property valued A sister, Mra. at Marthn Ramp of Waterbury, Conn. » numed as principal A t December 7, wenk in the stree em A from fliness. He died it Mhursday. rags and paper for years. LYE ATTACK BURNS OLICEMEN'S EYE “\ Colored Woman and Husband Held—Patroiman Reid May Lose One Eye. C. E. Reld and R. C. Speith, mem- bers of the sixth precinct police com- mand, last night were burned with a lye solution thrown into their faces while at 723 Ball court, the home of Lewls and Caroline Wallace, rolored, where they went in response to a report of a disturbance. Caroline Wallace was arrested and charged with throwing the Ive. The policemen, suffering intense pain groped thelr way from the house to the street. Speith, whose right eye had been burned, practically carri his partner, both of whose €y stricken. Extent of Injuries. Dr. Danfel L. Borden police sur- geon, and Dr. William Thornwall Davis, specialist, were summoned to Emergency Hospltal, where the two policemen were rushed. The physi- cians found that only the right e: of Speith was burned and that the sight_was not impaired. In Reid’s case they reported that the sight of one eye was not de- stroved, but the other eve was o badly burned that it will be a day or two before the extent of the injury can be determined. It is feared by the attending physicians that he will lose the sight of that eye. Because of the necessity for close police supervision of the Ba beat, it is stated, Capt. Do Lieut. Grove had two men there, and it was about 10:30 o'clock when Reid and Speith went there, they stated, to quell a disturbance which had been reported to them. ] Husband and Wife Arrested. It was when they were about to leave the house, it is charged, that the woman picked up a pan contain- ing the solution of Iye and threw it into, the faces of the two policemen. Detectives Kelly, Scrivener, Thaver and Linton S. Evans, revenue agent, with Detectives Rone and Brodie of the sixth precinct, when they learned of the attzck on Reid and Speith, went to the Wallace house and arrest- ed husband and wife. The officers broke down a door to gain entrance to the house. and found Mrs. Wallace seated in an upper room, apparently unconcerned, while her would _destroy the American industry | pusband was nursing & burn on his face that had been inflicted with a portion of the lve solution. Mrs. Wallace denied having thrown the lye on the policemen, but her hus- band, according to the police, said she did it. Mrs. Wallace was taken to Police Court this morning, but the case was not tried, a postponement being necessary because of the in- ability of the injured men to appear. WANT SECURITIES BACK AND 74 CASES OF BRANDY Restitution Sought in Suits Against Alien Property Cus- todian. G. H. Mumm & Co., a French corpo- ration, today filed suit in the District Supreme Court against the alien property custodian for the return of securities valued at $600,000 and seventy-four cases of French brandy. which were seized illegally, it is claimed. The seizure was made, it is said, under the theory that the stock of the company is owned by German subjects. Attorneys Gregory and Todd appear for the company. The same attorneys also brought separate suits against the alien property custodian to recover property seized which, it is claimed, belongs to Oscar de Reinach, Pierre de Reinach and the late Gerardde Reinach, all of whom are citizens of France. Stocks and other securities totaling $300,000 are asked to be surrendered. CRUELTY TO CHICKENS. To the Editor of The Star: Many of your readers, I am sure, will join in the wish that needed re- forms may result here from Mrs. Min- nie Maddern Fiske's communication in a recent number of The Star. More times than I can well recount I have noticed in the markets about town the cruel way in which chicke: are crowded into coops not large enough for them to stand erect. Only today I saw chickens crowded into baskets and so massed together that, although in the open air of a Decem- ber day, they were panting as fowls do_in midsummer. ‘While we can believe that market- men do not intend deliberate cruelty, we could also ask why there is no regulation forbidding such a practice. Could there not be such regulations? M. W. DURHAM. Abe Martin Says: k3 TVER STAl Miss Violet Pash has returned from her vacation considerably disappointed as she only had one day o croquet weather while she wuz gone. Hereafter bootleggers are arrested 'll have t’ pay t’ the’r names t “Th’ Sliphorn, as if has long been th’ policy o’ that paper not t’ publish busi- ness addresses in its news columns.. : (Copyright National Newspaper Bervice.) who git » REACH FINAL STAGE AT EASTLAKE TRIAL Lawyers and Court Review Case, Which Will Go to Jury This Afternoon. From a Staff Correspondent. MONTROSS, Va., December 20.—The Eastlake case will go to the jury this afternoon. Picturing the defendant as the “most despicable type of man known to society,” Thomas Lomax Hunter of [the Virginta house of delegates of King George county opened the prose- cution’s closing argument to the jury in the case of Roger D. Eastlake, charged with complicity In the killing of his wife, at the trial of the naval petty officer here today. Mr. Hunter characterized the de- fendant as the veritable Dr. Jekell and Mr. Hyde, “uptown an exempiary citizen, impressing church people sc much that one of his wituesses de- scribed the sight of the teaching of the Bible to his children as the most touching she had ever seen—but downtown a clandestine lover, faith- false and treacherous to his s wife.” iyn He Was Party to Crime. Mr. Hunter accused the nurse of the crime, but sald that astlake was a party to it and that the astlake- Knox combination was still working. Mr. Hunter then summarized the evi- dence in the case, beginning with the first groans heard by outsiders in th morning of the day of the mur- jer and continued to the time the ac- sused officer and nurse were arrested. He emphagized Eastiuke's attitude on the day of the murder and stressed his indifference concerning the discovery of the murderer. He looked at the body of his young wife,” sald the lawyer, “and in five minutes was heard to say he was hun- Bry. Wllllam W. Butzner followed for the defense, and after appealing to the jury to give a “strange man in a strange country, belng tried by strangers,” a fair trial, bitterly denounced the prose- cution for insinuating that a conspiracy existed between the officer and the nurse, Mr. Butzner stressed the devotion be- tween the Eastlakes and said that both the accused and his wife had been doing ail in_their power to rid themselves of Mise Knox Charles W. Morse of Richmond, V followed the chicf counsel for the de . and after he has finished, ¥ Chichester will close for the defe and then Commonwealth Attornes Watt T. Mayo will present the closing ments for the state. cral witnesses were called in re- ¢ the prosecution vesterday ut for the most part their testimony was repetition of what had already been submitted. Coroner J. Ramsey Nevitt and for- mer Deputy Coroner Joseph O. Rogers, both of Washington, D. C., appeared on the stand for the prosecution and, describing the condition of Mrs. East- lake's body at 9:30 oclock on the morning of the murder, said that in their opinion the crime must have been committed from four to six hours earlier. Both witnesses qualified their testimony, however, when cross-ex- amined by Mr. Butzner, by admitting that approximating the lapse of time after the death for rigor mortis to set it was, for the most part, guesswork, W. H C. —_———————— JUVENILE SOCIETY PLEA RESULTS IN RESPONSES Protective Association Announces Gifts of Money and New Sup- " porting Memberships. Responses to the Christmas appeal of the Juvenile Protective Associa- tion have been received in the form of money and supporting member- s, the association announced to- day The Juvenile Protective Association outlines its work as being profes- sional service. Its officers make at least seventy-five calls a week from the headquarters at the Juvenile Court building at request of parents, school teachers, neighbors, or the Juvenile Court judge. It is their pur- pose to save unruly children in their ‘teens from “imminent airést” by helping them to find some whole- some form of amusement or empioy- ment. This work is being carried on by the Volunteer Big Brothers and Sisters who work under the as- 1 sociation. A gift of $100 from the employes of the Chestnut Farms Dairy. to be used for next year's expenses as been re- ceived, the ssociatiol announced. This sum_was raised after Henry Brawner, head of the dairy. and who has just become a member of the Pro- tective Association Board, appealed to the employes for a contribution, which was raised within a week. “This work appeals to me,” Mr. Brawner sald, “be- ‘cause it is really constructive and not Ichar able, and it gets permanent re- sults.” | Other contributions received recent- {1y were $50 from the Phil Sheridan Women's Relief Corps and $800 from the Tuesday Evening Club, which will be used to employ a part-time colored worker for the child welfare work among the negro people. During the last week the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Independent Association of Machin- ists, National Capital Lodge, took out a supporting memhershhv: and the Federal Employes’ Union, No. 105; the Tau Phi Fraternity. Beta Chapter and the local branch of the Painters’ Un- fon have also secured memberships in the association. DIRECTORS MUST RESIGN PLACES ON RAIL BOARDS Interstate Commerce Commission Rules Too Many Positions Cannot Be Held. William Rockefeller, Harold 8. Van- derbilt and George F. Baker, will have | to give up by December 3 certain places they mow hold on boards of directors of railroad corporations, under & ruling today by the Interstate Com- merce Commis % . Mr. Rockefeller, the commission said in passing upon his application to retain a number of places, may be an officer of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, but must drop out of either the New York Central board or the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western board. Mr. Vanderbilt may hold positions as officer of two west- ern railroads, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha, and the Chi- cago and Northwestern, but must re- tire either from the New York Central or the Delaware, lLackawanna and Western, ana Mr. Baker must choose, the commission said, with which of three competing railroad systems he desires to remain associated. He can- not retain his place as director of the Erie, of the Delaware, Lackawan- na and Western, and of the Lehigh Valley raflroads. The orders are is- sued under sections of the interstate - commerce act which require the com- mission to determine whether or not it is compatible with public interest ifor one official to retain more than ione place as director of interstate railroad corporations. Chauncey M. Depew, given permission to retain his place as director of nineteen different cor- porations, mostly identified with the New York Central sysiem, while A, H. Smith_of the New York Central ‘was permitted to hold places as dire tor or other officer of sixty-six tran: portation corporations. This is the largest number held by any one in- dividual so far applied to the com- mission under the law. Reginald C. Vanderbilt also was given sion to hold twenty-three directora==s