Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and much colder tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 24. Temperature for tweniyafour hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 51, at 11 a.m. t a.m. today. lay; lowest, 40, a Full report on page 7. Closing New York Stocks, Page 27. Entered as second-class tt post office Washingtow, D, C. No. I Wanis His Son to Fight ONE-HOURPARKING || Sssenss * INCONGESTED AREA By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Neb., December 21.— ‘When Mrs. Daisy Vanscoy, 1 Citizens’ Body Makes Report on Proposed Remedies of Conditions. 28,360. mother of an Omaha world war veteran, told little Warren Per- shing she didn't want him “to Srow up to be a soldier,” while Gen. Pershing made a whort atop here yesterdny en route to spend the Chrintmas holidays with relatives at Lincoln, Gen. Pershing turned to her and sald: “Madam, I want my boy to Srow up so that it hix country needs him he will be willing to fight for it. We all want to cre- ate triendly relations with peo- ples of all countries, but i war | comes we must aceept the chal- lenge.” Mra. Vanseoy remarked that she hoped “war wax going to be RECOMMEND OPEN SPACE AT EACH STREET CORNER Would Provide for Loading and Unloading of Passengers and Merchandise. A one-hour parking limit and pro- vision for open spaces at the.ends of each block and in the middle of the Jonger blocks for the loading and un- loading of passengers and merchan- dise in the congested business. sec- tion are the outstanding features of the recommendations to the District Commissioners today by the citizens’ committee appointed by them to con- Extension Through Grounds sider ways and means of improving C automobile parking conditions. ! of wa"er Reed HOSDI'a' to Many other changes in the automo- | 3 : Be Reported. bile parking regulations are recom- ! Another step in the plan to open mended by the commttee, such as the removal of center parking onF street ; between 14th and 15th streets, a re-{14th street ‘northwest through the + duction of the space between parked | grounds of the Walter Reed Hospital \ehicles from five to three feet and |wag taken today- when the Senate the prohibition of parking in front df | District committee, at its first meet- the entrance of any church, theater, !ing this session, voted a favorable office building, public dance hall. club, [report on the bill of Senator Ball jotel, depot. treight entrances and |authorizihg this proposed new high- | i fuel intakes. way. Regarding the open spaces tq be| The committee also ordered favor- provided in each block of the con- | avor: Bested area the committee recom- |2DI€ T€POrts on two minor measures, mends that on all streets wl;ere park- (one authorizing the District Com- ing is permitted a twenty-foot Space | missioners to sell a be kept clear at all corners for ma- |y "oy B o oo 50 P‘f’é gfjeround chines to discharge or take on pas-|'® ¥ Grocery Company, at sengers or merchandise, and that on |$2 a foot, and the other renewing the 1l blocks of more than 200 feet in length an additional thirty feet in the center of the block should be kept | Relief_Ascociation of the District of T4TH STREET PLAN jact of incorporation of the Mutual| ciear on both sides of the street As to the parking time limit, excep- tions are made as to certain block: where two-hour parking is recom mended. Another important recommendation that the police be empowered to | chain the steering wheels of machines for major violations of the parking | +nies, making it necessary for the m torist to go to the nearest police st; tion to have the shackles removed. Street Widening Recommended. Widening of a score of downtown streets as an effective means of re- lieving traffic congestion was recom- mended. The committee urges the Commis- sioners to eéndeavor to obtain more trafic policemen and seek immedidte establishment of a traffic court. 1t is suggested that the officer—in charge of the traffic bureau—now Capt. Albert J. Headley—be given the rank of inspector and designated an_assistant to the superintendent of police. The committee redrafted in le drastic terms the proposed regul tion made public by the Commission- ers several months ago, which would have prohibited the parking of auto- miobilea in front of all business e iablishments in the downtown sec- tion. Publication of the proposed order ! stirred. up such a storm of protest hat the city heads appointed the | ent committee to cover the en- tire parking situation. The commit- 1-e's recommendation that parking | Le prohibited in front_of the en- trzaces to churches, theaters, office buildings, dance halls, clubs, hotels, depots, freight entrances and fuel in- i.kes is a modification of the orig- - t. in which the Commission- phrase, “or other places committee’s report gives the rintendent of police discretion- @ power to designate places other hun those mentioned where, in his opinion, machines should not be parked in front of the entrances. Should Encourage Building. The committee tells the Commis- sioners the erection of garages in the downtown Section, where ma- supe! chines ‘could be stored all day at| low rentals, should be encouraged. The - committee urges that physi- cians, calling on patients in the con- mested area, be given special con- gideration in the enforcement of the time limit on parking and provides a | method for issuing special permits to | doctors. he report recommends that the | chaining of steering wheels be re- | sorted to only for major violations of | parking rules. For minor infrac- | tions the committee suggests that| the police be supplied with duplicat- | ing pamphlets. On this pamphlet the ofticer would make note of the al- | Jeged violation, paste the original | copy on the windshield in front of the steering wheel and turn in the | carbon to his commanding officer. | The committee recommends that more | consideration be given by the Commis- | sioners to the revocation and suspension of operators’ permits for violations of the traffic laws. ‘The Commissioners probably will not | be able to give much consideration to the comnfittee’s report until after the hearings before the House and .Senate appropriations commitiee on next year's istrict bill have been concluded. The report of the committee, practi- cally in full, follows: “Your committes, after an exhaus- | ..7e study and careful consideration | ot all the questions involved, respect- | fully makes the following recommen- Aations, which are classified to cor- | vespond with the paragraphs of the ! order of the District Commissioners: “The committee recommends that the principal congested area shouls be bounded beginning at the south- «~ast corner of 7th street and Pensyl- vania avenue, thence along the south eurb of Pennsylvania avenue to the west curb of 12th street; thence to the south curb of D street; thence west along the south curb of D street to ihe west curb of 15th street: thence. rorth to the south curb of Pennsyl- vania avenue; thence west along the south curb of Pennsylvania avenue to the west curb of 17th street; thence north along the west curb of 17th street to K street; thence east along the north curb of K street to T7th street; thence south along the east curb of Tth street to the beginning point. The committee recommends that the nstruction of garages should be en- uraged in order that facilities may Le provided at a reasonable rental for the storage of cars of such persons 4s may transact bubiness in the con- sted area, and thereby materially duce the number of cars which would otherwise be parked in public <paces. ,'The committee’s recommendations are that the time limit for parking * sutomobiles in the public places within the congested area be not to (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | Columbia. A committee compcsed of Senators Jones of Washington, King of Utah, Stanley of Kentucky and Pomerenc of Ohio was duthorized to make an informal call on the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia during the holidays and as- certain the condition of the docket there. This action was taken when the bill, introduced by Senator Phipps, providing for an increase of two Jjustices in this court -eame up for consideration. Pending the report this committee. Senator King asked that the consideration of the bill go over until the next meeting. End of Long Controverdy. The measure providing for the open- was finally agreed upon between the highway commission, the District Commissioners and the Secretary of ‘War, following a long controversy. mittee, said that in view of th. that all parties c LSS to this measure, report it at this time. He pointed out tor King, that the land which would be used in opening the street now was the property of the government and would entail no additfonal appro- priations in that respect. The bill prevides that all public streets, except 14th street, and alleys included witkin the area bounded by 15th street on the west, Alaska ave- nue on the northwest, Fern street on the north, Georgia avenue on the east and Aspen Street, shall be aban. doned and closed. The streets specif- ically abandoned under the terms of the bill are 13th street, 15th street, Elder street. The measure authorizes the Commissioners to institute con- demnation proceedings in the Su- prems court for the land that may be necessary for the extension and wid- ening of 14th street, from Montague strcet to the southern boundary of the Walter Reed Hospital grounds; Nicholson street from 13th street to 16th street, Colorado avenue from Montague street to 13th street, Con- cord avenue from 16th street to its western terminus west of 8th street, 13th street from Nicholson street to Piney Branch road and Piney Branch road from 13th street to Blair road. The proposed law would assess the damages for the property needed for these streets against the holders of the property that would be benefit- ted thereby. It also provides for the transfer of jurisdiction from the War Department to the District Commis- sioners of that part of the proposed extension of 1ith street now within the hospital grounds, but contains a provision that the grade of the street through the grounds shall be sub- ject to the approval of the Secretary “of War. Retirement Bill Goes Over. ‘The bill to extend the retirement act for teachers of the public schools in the District of Columbia, of which Senator Elkins of West Virginia is the author, went over on objection ! from Senator King of Utah. Senator Ball, chairman of the com- mittee, pointed out to the members that a retirement act was now in force for the teachers and that the proposcd measire wys merely in- tended to bring within -the provis- jons of the act about twenty-five veteran school teachers who had left the schools about a year before the cost would be only about $7,500. Senator King said, however, that he was always opposed to pemsion Sys- tems and that he was particularly opposed to a bill of this kind, be- { cause it established, he thought, a (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Today’s News In Brief Star essay contest oren to pupils of private and parochial schools. Page 1 Committee favors 14th street exten- ‘sion in hospital grounds. . Page “Gentleman’ bandit” holds up pas- sengers on B. O. fiyer bound for ‘Washingtom. Page 1 High commissioners meet to discuss American finances. Page 2 Shantung session ends in deadlock. Page 4 Italian war cross bestowed on five Americans. Page 4 Urge maintaining of present pay of teachers. Pagel7 ‘Witness at hearing says he saw sol- dier killed by corporal. Page 17 School program approved by Pet- worth citizens. Page 17 Near East Relief committee issues Christmas appeal for hungry chil- dren. Page 17 Chinese premier named by reactionary parties in control. Page 23 Ing of 14th street is the one which | Senator Ball, chairman of the com- | oncerned had agreed ! he thought it wise to | further, following questions by Sena- | Dahlia street, Dogwood street and | law went into effect. He said the | = Che £p DUFFY 15 OPPOSED TOVOTEBY PEOPLE ~ ONIRISH TREATY Envoy Urges Ratification, But | Raps Lloyd George for Rushing Negotiations. IDE VALERA EXPLAINS DIFFERENCE IN OATHS \Both Sides Claim Victory—Vote | Not Reached—More Verbal Tilts | During Debate. | By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, December 21.—Opposition to referring the Anglo-Irish treaty to the Irish electorate was volced by George Gavan Duffy, one of its nego- tiators, in his argument for ratifica- tion of the pact delivered in this morning’s session of the dail eireann. He declared he opposed this course because of the high feeling a plebi- scite campaign would create. Such| a campaign, he asserted, would rend ! the country from one end to the other. Mr. Duffy also said that Prime Min- | ister Lloyd George had issued an ulti- matum to the Irish plenipotentiaries requiring them to sign the treaty un- der threat of immediate hostilities. He termed it a “monstrous iniquity” that the delegates, who had been in- vited under the prime minister's roof | for the discussion of a peaceful set-| tlement, should have been given only | three hours to decide the question of | signing without the opportunity of consulting Dublin. The treaty, how- | ever, should be ratified in the inter-! ests of the people of Ireland, he faid. | Eamon ‘J. Duggan, the last of the! |Irish plenipotentiaries to speak in| this debate, denied that he had| been “bluffed” into signing the ! treaty. He said he had signed it in calm_ seclusion and “with due con- | sideration to the country; the living | and the dead.” He warmly urged rat- | ification. De Valera Explains Oaths. { Eamonn De Valera took occasion | during the session to refer to what was printed in the morning news- papers as his alternative oath. “That oath,” he said, “was sug- ! gested by me vVerbally when I was | criticising not the oath in the treaty, | of | but another oath previously suggest- | the present-day economic conditions.” jed. 1 said the first oath was incon- | I sistent with our+ position and I ver- | bally indicated wi ;. | instead:™ A “The word ‘constitution’ occurs in| | both oaths, but in one of them it re- fers to a constitution in which there ' iwas not a vestige of British authori- ty. The other oath is one in which the British king must be recognized {as the head of the Irish state. There | }is a tremendous difference, though i the same words are used in both.” The dail adjourned at 1:35 p.m. un- L til 3;30 o'clock. i Final Result in Doubt. The dail eireann today entered the | third day of its public discussion of the | Irish peace treaty, with the outcome of | | the vote on the question of ratification | till in doubt. Claims of the opposing factions ranged !from a majority of two against the | treaty to ten in its favor. | The majority either way will be small, Laccording to the political carrespondent f the Freeman's Journal, who warns is readers that “it cannot be made too plain that the situation remains very | grav { Arthur Grifith and his supporters {in the struggle to secure ratification are directing efforts toward making { {clear their belief that the choice is | !not between the status provided in the treaty and that of an independ- ! ,ent Irish republic. ~They contend | | that Eamonn De Valera's alternative | proposals, which have not yet been made public, differ only in a slight | degree from the terms of Tthe treaty. | Press Defends Ratification. ‘Warmly supporting the advocates of ratification, the Irish Independent says: “In heaven's name let Ireland take the substance and not dissipate her energies in discussing shadows.” Both the Independent and the Free- man’s Journal feature the comparison of the oath of allegiance provided for in the treaty and the oath which it is said Mr. De Valera proposes. Both newspapers In their captions re- | fer to the two oaths as “Tweedledum | and Tweedledee.” = The Freeman's Journal asserts: “Government with the consent of the governed and self-determination of | peoples have vanished with the re- publican creed. That Ireland_should (Continued ‘on Page 2, Column 2.) THREE DEAD, ONE HURT AS MAN RUNS AMUCK PHILADELPHIA, Pa., December 21.| —Two women were shot and killed, a third was wounded, probably fatally, and the slayer ended his own life in a supposed ingane outburst today in a rooming house in West Philad phia. The dead are Mrs. Minnie War- rington, who conducted the house; Mrs. Bella Drake, fifty-five years of lage, a roomer, and Cornelius Coft, { the slayer, forty-five years of age, { who was a cousin of Mrs. Warrington. The wounded woman is Mrs. Agnes Borrell, also a‘roomer. Only two others live in the house, children of Mrs. Warrington, who were in school when the shooting oc- curred. * After a preliminary investigation, Hne police said they believe sudden insanity, induced by opposition to Coff’s desire to marry a niece of Mrs. Borrell, was the cause of tRe shoot- ing. Coft had no employment. VON JAGOW SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON By the Associated Press. S LEIPSIC, December 21.—Dr. Trau- gott von Jagggy, former Berlin police commissioner,$was sentenced to five years' imprisonment toda¥ by the fed- eral supreme court, for the part he played in the Kapp revolt of March, 1920, which temporarily overthrew the Ebert government. - (s ! | tee, who declared that American val- | chiefly | costs are low, said Mr. Fordney, who »|BLOWS BY AX MUTILATE Member of the Associated Press ‘The Associated Presy 16 exclusively estitled to the use for republication of all news dirpatches crediter to it or not otherwise credited in *his Papcr and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of peeinl dispatches herein are alse reserved. esterday’s Net Circulation, 89,767 ALL FORDNEY ACCSES INPORTINTERESTS Charges Attempt by Them to Mislead in Attack on Valu- ation Plan. | Charges that importers, through | misleading propaganda, were attempt ing to “delay or defeat” tarift legis- lation and to accomplish this end were centering an attack on the American valuation plan were made oday in the House by Chairman Ford- ney of the ways and means commit- uation was the “logical =olution o “Opposition to the pending uru!} measure is readily traced,” asserted p ey, ““mot to the Américan producer. ‘not to the man who deals in American-made products, but to the man who produces abroad and the man whose chief interest is in | bringing the product of cheap foreign | labor to the American market. Need of Valuation Plan. “Those interested in importing en- terprises are well organized and spending large sums of money in an | {effort to make you and me believe | that what they seek is for the coun- | try’s general welfare. The importer is” working to delay or defeat tariff legislation. and to accomplish his end he is centering his criticism on_the American valuation plan, without chich, on account of present chaotic world conditions, it will be most diffi- cult to write a tariff measure at this time that will afford the slightest de- gree -of protection against countries where protection is most needed.” Declaring that he had examined the propaganda in opposition to American valuation, Mr. Fordney | contended that a ‘‘valid argument| against the principle involved is lack- | e “The whole opposition is fbunded; on the question of rates and on al-| leged increases in prices to the con- sumers they predict will result from the new rates,” the House was told. Mr. Fordney declared he had “dis- covered” that the “department store that is leading the fight against American valuation,” and is “one of America’s_largest importing estab- lishments” retailed at $5 each knives bought in Germany at 9 cents. Tre- mendous profits also are made on a articles where imported | variety of other production from countries pleaded with members of the House “not to besled astray by the im- porters’ propaganda.” > Charges Misrepresentation. “It is true,” the committee chair- man confinued, “that the importer is exerting'a tremendous influence on the retailer -through -misrepresenta- tions and otherwise, and the retailer is exerting a tremendous influence on the press of the country. “Congress 18 endeavoring to write a tariff law and the declared object is to protect American industries, and our efforts are being opposed chiefly by importers whose interest ‘is mnot. in the furnishing of employment to | labor in American mapufacturing es-; tablfshments, but in unloading upon | the American market at tremendous | profits the product of poorly paid la- bor of foreign countries.” Advocating haste in the passage of the tariff bill, now pending in the Senate, Mr. Fordney declared he wish- ed “to assert very vigorously” that: the unsettled condition of the world today is not a reason for delaying tari action, but a very ‘“‘urgent” reason for hastening action. MAN AND WIFE IN HOME ‘Woman Dead ngui Husband Expect- ed to Die'as Result of Attack, Probably by Robber. By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala,, December 21.— Joseph Monteone. a North Birming- ham merchant, and his wife, Susie Monteone, were today found-in thel home, terribly mutilated by blows from an ax. The woman was deadj and surgeons said Monteone will die: Robbery is believed by police to have been the motive of the assailant. The Killing was discovered when | smoke -was seen issuing from. the Monteone store, which - adjoins. the home of the merchant. The place had peen set on fire, evidently to hide'the assault, police. declared. The assailant used an ax with the aandle cut in half, hiding the instru- ment under a stove. —_— BANKERS CONSULT HUERTA. MEXICO CITY, December 21,—Rep- resentatives of J. P. Morgan & Co, and Speyer & Co. held lengthy con-| ferences with finance minister de la " Huerta yesterday. s Widened Fiel Conference and Its Significance.” “The Evening Star today announces | from twelve to fourteen years of age. inclusive. the widening of the field for contest- s school essay contest on “The Arms Conference and Its Significance” through the inclu- sion of pupils of private and parochial schools of the District in the compe- tition. 2 The ‘enlarged scope of prospective timulate the interest of all children of Washington attending bona fide DRESSED UP AND NO PLACE TO GO. PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOL {PUPILSMAY ENTER STAR CONTEST d to Stimulate Interest of Contestants in Essays on “The Arms | the parochial and private schools was |commended by Rev. George- Kelly, S. p {ings carefully. essayists now presented will serve to | the advanced classes. public, private and parochial institu- { {tioas - i the proceedings of the con- ference on the limitatiod of arma- ment, it was pointed out by educa- tional authorities. Divided Into Groups. The students of private and paro- chial schools who enter The Star's es- say contest will be divided into senior and junior groups, or classes, to paral- lel the division-announced for the pub- lic schools. The senior class, corre- sponding to the high school entrants of the public schools, will comprise puplis of private and parochial schools trom fifteen to eighteen years of age. The junior class, corresponding to the elementary and junior high school group of contestants outlined fot the public schools, will include children LONE BANDITROBS FLYER D. C. BOUND “Ggntleman” Forces Men on i B. & 0. Train to Line Up and Make Christmas Gifts. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 21.—Police to- day invesitgated a report that a well dressed bandit with exquisite manners who single-handed held up observation car passengers on the Baltimore and Ohio night fiier for Washington in the héart of Chicago's southside last night had escaped in an automobile driven by a woman companion. Children skating on a pond at 67th street say the robber made his getaway in a car which had lbflen parked bemreath the railroad via- duct. Tae bandit boarded the observation car at the 63d street station and forced the passengers to stand in line. M. D. Taylor, a Baltimore and Ohia passenger agent, was first in line. He gave up his pocketbook. Considerate of Children. Three other men contributed, then the robber reached Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Stansbury of Tucumcari, New Mexico, and their three small children. “Madam,” he said, “will you please take the childrén to the other end of the car. I am not interested -in a | | Opening of the contest to pupils of 1 J.. who has charge of the Gonzaga Parochial Schaol and Notre Dame Academy. He pointed out that the students in the parochial schools are | intensely interested in the conference and have been following its proceed- especially those in | | Sees Ald In. Contest. Mgr. C. F. Thomas, in charge of St. Patrick's Academy, said that he be- lieved The Star’s contest would aid materially in stimulating the inter- est ‘of the children In the develop- ‘ments of the conference, and he would urge the students of that institution to compete with the essayists in the public and private schools. As previously announced, eighty- eight cash prizes, aggregating $1,000, will be awarded children submitting the best essays. The contest, accord- ing to tentative plans, will be divided into two distinct classes, and forty- four prizes, amounting to $500, will be awarded in each class. 3 Contestants in one class will be lim- ited to students in the senior high schools and the ninth grade of the Junior high schools and students. in the private and parochial schools be- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) BRIAND PROPOSES NEW GERMAN TAX Suggests Importing Coun- tries Collect Duty Fixed on Exports. By the Associated Press. ~ PARIS, December 21.—Premier Bri- and in his conferences with Prime Minister Lloyd George in London has refused firmly to consider any fur- ther reduction in the total amount of reparations due from Germany, it is understood in official circles here. The French premier, according to the information, has proposed a tax on German exportations to be collect- ed in the importing countries. * This course would be taken in order to facilitate payments by Germany, and at the same time protect British in- [dustry from German competition, which was represented as having be- come ruinous through depreciation of the mark. The aim would be to equal- ize the German selling prices abroad with British prices. Confined to Germany. From other official dispatches re- celved here the impression prevails in official circles that the conversations of the premiers will be confined to this one subject of Germany. The question of Turkey and Russia will be y valuables & woman may have,{Ppostponed for subsequent meetings, it and 1 do not want to frighten is understood. children. If you please.” As Mrs. Stansbury and the chil- dren obeyed his request he relieved Mr. Stansbury of his pocketbook. “Not much, put you look as if you could well afford to lose it, elso I uldn’ ‘it,”” the robber told F. W W llammson, another Baltimore and Ohio ticket agent. Greets Conductor Goolly. As he continued “down- the dine of passengers - the conductor appeared at the front end .of thé car ready to collect tickets. The bandit regarded bhim opolly. . e 's quite possible,’ he . told his victims, “that: the conductor is armed. ‘If he isn't he can call men who are. That would mean shooting, and some of you might get hurt. Ll con’t want that to happen, so I will leave you.” Covering' the passengers with: his ‘gun, he jerked the emergency -bell rope, backed through the observation platform door, and 8s the train slowed Jdown leaped ower the rail and ‘dis- appeared down the embankment. ' The expectation now is that all that will be done in London at this time will be to prepare the way for me: (Continued on Page 2, Column PARIS POST GIVES BUFFETED BY GALE, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER .21, 1921-THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. * BRITISH DELEGATION CANCELS SAILING DAY . AS ARMS TASK GROWS By the Associated Press. The British delegation today can- celed reservations it had made on 2 steamer sailing from New York on Decémber 31. It was stated members of the delegation think there is little chance of their be- able to leave before the middle of January.. The British delegation was said _ 10 feel that the action of the Jap- anese delegates in calling upon Tokio for further instructions in regard to Shantung would involve considerable delay in the settle- ment of that question, owing to the slowness of cable communica- tion between America and Japan at this time. In addition to Shantung, it was expected that there will be a num- ber of fag ends remaining to be disposed of, which might hold the conference in session until the mid- die of January. ROMA REACHES D.. Presented to U. S. by Am- bassador Ricci After Diffi 2 cult Landing Is Made. After bucking strong northwest gales, the Roma arrived at Bolling| Field from Langley FieW, Va. today shortiy before noon, with two of her six engines silent. The airship was officially dedicated to the service of the United States with ceremonies in which high officials of the American and Italian governments participated. The big semi-rigid dirigible showed her nose over the hangars at Bolling Field at 11:50 o'clock, almost three hours-after schedule time. Difficulty was experienced In mooring the ship on account of the high wind sweeping the landing fleld. As soon as a landing was accom- plished Maj. Gen. M. M. Patrick, chief of the air service, presented Ambas- sador Ricci of Italy to a gathering of invited guests in the center of the field, near the moorsng spot. The am- bassador made an address formally presenting the_ship to the service of the United States. Secretary of War Weeks made the reply, in behalf of this country, characterizing the dir- igible as a “material evidence of. the friendship existing between this coun- try and Italy.” Dedicated With Liquid Air. Immediately after the addresses, which were interrupted twice by the shifting of the dirigible into the group of speakers and guests, Miss Fonrose Wainwright, daughter of Assistant Secretary of War Wainwright, mount- ed a small ladder at the bow and broke a bottle of liquid air on the bottom of the gas bag, saying: “1 hereby dedicate this airship to the service of the United States.” More than one hundred distif- guished visitors had walted from 9 o'clock until nopn for the Roma to arrive. When she finally showed up she was somewhat to the east of her course, and headed toward the field from that direction. A trip over the city had been sched- uled for the official party, but it was abandoned on account of the condi- tion of the air and contrary winds. Secretary of the Navy Denby ar- rived at the field early and a number of members of the House military af- fairs committee also were present at the scheduled time. Battle Flag Preseated. After the christening, Lieut. Gen. Giuseppe Vaccari, chief of staff of the | Italian. army, presented a battle flag for the ship, in the name of the Sec- retary of War of Italy, M. Gaspa- rotto. After the ceremonies the official aLly was conducted on an inspection tour by Gen. Patrick, Maj. Scanlon, chief of Bolling Field, and Lieut. ‘Whitney, adjutant of the station. In the party were Secretary of War Weeks, Secretary of the Navy Denby, Representative Julius Kahn, chair- man of the House military affairs committee; Assistant Secretary of War J. Mayhew Wainwright; Richard Southgate, formerly secretary of the American embassy at Rome; Lieut. Gen..Giuseppe Vaccari, Col. Riccardo Moizo, Lieut. Col. A. Guidoni, mem- bers of the Italian military staff, at- ténding the conference on limitation of armament; Representatives W. Frank James, Harry E. Hull, John F. Miller, Harry F. Wurzbach, Fred C. Hicks and Philip Campbell, members of the House military affairs com- mittee; Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, acting chief of staff of the Army; Brig. Gen. Harry H. Bandholtz, com- manding the district of Washington; Lieut. Col.. C. DeF. Chandler, Lieut. Col. Frank P. Lahm, Benedict Crowell and S. O. Flhnel‘ock. Maj. Thornell in Charge. The crew of the Roma were con- gratulated by Secretary of War Weeks.on the completion of the diffi- cult flight immediately after they de- scended from the cockpit of the ship. The officers of the dirigible were Maj. John G. Thornell, Capt. Dale Mabry, Capt. Walter J. Reed, Lieut. Byron T. Burt, Lieut. James C. Gluck and Lieut. Ernest S. Moon. It was believed at an early hour this afternoon that a start for the home fl TWO CENTS. FRENCH ASK DELAY 10 FIX ESTIATES ON SHIP PROPOSAL British Also Preparing Com- ' plete Statement on Abol- ishing Submarine. WILL BOW TO DECISION OF NAVAL COMMITTEE Japanese Expected to Take Side of U. S., Italy and France in Submarine Issue. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. With France preparing her program for auxiliary naval ships. includi submarines, for presentation to the committee on limitation of arma- ments tomorrow, and with Japan and China waiting for word from Tokio in regard to the Kiaoehow railroad in Shantung, there was a lull in the ac- tivities of the Washington conference today. In view of the delay on the cables between here and Tokio it may be a week, it was pointed out today, be- fore the Japanese will be ready to consider further the matter of Shan- tung with the Chinese. Submarines Up Tomorrow. The submarine question, however. will come up for active discussion and consideration in the conference com- mittee when it meets tomorrow morn- ing. The French delegates asked the meeting set for today be postponed so they could prepare their estimates The British are preparing a very complete statement of their case. proposing the abolition of the sub- marine, and this will be submitted to the conference committee and prob- ably made public later. If the con- ference committee decides in favor of the British contention that sub- marines should be all scrapped, then the matter will be settled. except for the formal agreement on the matter in open session of the conference. But it is generally believed that the Brit- ish have no chance of winning suci a concession to their views. If the conference decides agains' the British, then they will seek t present their views to the world a an_open “session, which may be hel: Friday, or may go over until nex week. Wil Bow to Decision. The British, it was said, will bow the decision of the conference com- mittee on this matfer. The advisory committee to the American delegation has made a very complete report on the submarine question to the American delegation. and it is expected that it will be used in part by Secretary Hughes in lay- ing the views of the American dele- gation before the conference. This re- port has not been made public. But it is understood that the American ad- visory committee has reported against the abolition of the submarine, hold- ing that it is properly a naval weapon. Furthermore, it is understood, the committee has gone on record as be- ing opposed to curtailing the size of submarines, as has been suggested from British sources. The view taken is that the larger the submarine the easier it is for the enforcement of the usual laws relating to search and seizure of vessels on the high seas, and the less will be the inhuman acts by submarines, such as were perpe- trated by the Germans during the last war. Strict Rules Proposed. It is understood also that the re- port proposes very strict rules for the use of submarines in naval war- fare and proposes thkat if they do not follow these rules they shall be outlawed. ‘The report of the American ad- visory committee is considered a fair sample of the opinion of the coun- try, since the committee is composed of men and women representatives of the people. France and Italy have already manifested their opposition to the British plan for the abolition of the submarine, and it is understood the Japanese will do the same. There are other nations, however, which are reported to be opposed to any plan for the abolition of the submarine, which they consider particularly a defensive weapon, among them the Netherlands and Portugal, whose delegations are attending the pres- ent conference. It is expected that at_the proposed open session on the submarine question they will have an opportunity to express their views. All Decisions Unanimaous. The Washington conference reaches its decisions unanimously, or it does not reach them at ail. In other words. there will be no question of a vote, with a majority deciding the ques- ton at issue. France, it is reported, will ask for a considerably larger submarine and auxiliary craft tonnage than she eld of the ship at Hampton roads,:would be accorded under the ratio Va, would be made as soon as the officers and crew had lunched and made preparations for the flight. On the return trip it was not expected that any trouble would be encounter- | ed since the wind, which had ob- structed a speedy flight on her jour- ney here, would be at the heels of the-| ship .instead of at the nos The trip today was the first extend- decided upon for capital ship tonnage, in which France has acquiesced with reservations as to auxiliary tonnage. In some quarters, it is said, she will ask for 75,000 tons of submarines, or even 90.000, the tonnage allowed the United States and Great Britain under the original proposal of Secretary Hughes. If France's ratio of sub- marines was fixed in accordance with ed flight of the. Roma since she was reassembled at Langley Field, Va. after her shipment from Italy. FOCH AMERICAN WELCOME HE HAS “COME TO LIKE” By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 21.—Marshal Foch received a typical American welcome’ when he stepped onto the platform of the St. Lasare rallroad station at 1 o'clock today, return- ing from a long tour of the United States. With him was former Pre- mier Viviani, returning from ‘Washington. Almost the entire membership of the Paris post of the American Legion had assembled at the sta- tion to welcome the allied general- issimo home. As he alighted from the train bringing him from Havre there were thunderous cheers of the American variety. Marshal Foch stopped suddenly, smiled broadly, and turning to members of his party, he saig: “Pgris! Paris!.This surely cannot be Paris. It must be an American city I'm arriving at.” Marshal Foch thanked the legion- ers for their welcome, saying that since visiting the United States he had come to like the American brand of welcome. A large group of French military leaders, as well as a personal rep- resentative of President Millerand and other government leaders.were the station. Myron T. Herrick, the Ameri: ambassador, and. his embassy staff were present. Marshal Foch said his trip to America had been one of the most wonderful events of his life. the capital ship ratio, her allotment would be about 32,000 tons. Two Opposite Views. The conference has before it two opposite views, therefore —that of Great Britain, which wishes to abolish or at least to curtail the submarine, and that of France, whick wishes to build up the submarine. It appears reasonable that the conference should first determine the question as to whether the submarines shall be re- tained or not. After that has been settled, then it will be to determine the tonnage to beé fixed under the lim- itation of naval armament plan. In conference circles there is great hope that this matter of the subma- rines and auxiliapy €raft will be set-. tled satistactorily, The agreement has been reached as to capital ship ratio. and the conference, if necessary, could stand largely on that agreement, irre- spective of the submarine, it was said. This would leave the varlous “coun- tries to do what they desired regard- ing submarine building. But it is be- lleved that this will not be necessary, and that a complete agreement on all naval craft will be bad.