Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1921, Page 2

TILITIES 10 COVER EXPENSES Maryland Consideripg Change « in Method of Maintaining Public,Service Commission. Specinl Dispatel to The Star. BALTIMORE, December. .26—The financizl basis of the public service commission of Maryland may he radi- cally changed by legisiation at the ses- sion, of the general assembly in Janu- ary. At present the commission is malntained by appropriation from the eneral funds of- the state; under the nethod whick has been proposed the commissiow's expenses, with the ex- ception of the salaries of the three be paid by levy hich, commissioners, would b 3 upon the public utilftiés over w the commission has jurisdiction. Disxpoxed to Favor Pl ‘Phe public service commission, as at present constituted, §s known to be not unfavorable to the proposed method. Clairman Maloy of the commission went on record some mouths ago in av »f such leg ation. l »‘uurr;:u' the commission has already l.-Mn what mav prove the first step iniilfinstituting the new method of financing by having $20.600 paid this year by the major trio of public util iti < and Electric Company. the United Railways, which conjrols the trolley system of Baltimore; and the Telephone Company. Aporoved by Gov. Ritchie. ade with the ap- This levy was proval of Gov. Ritclie, and while the sovernor has not ingicated whether hie would favor extension of the application of the principle involved, there is some dil to believe thrat he at least would not be against it. Anyway, the bill i being prepared for introduction. and proponents of the plan claim that it will be passed. The bill Las been prepared by the commission’s general counsel along With other legislation intended to strengthen the commission’s control over taxicabs and jitney bus lines throughout the state. CELEBRATION OF HOLIDAY ORDERLY, POLICE REPORT Great Contrast to Christmas Eve Condition Before the Advent of Prohibition. Inspector Snllivan, acting superin- tendent of 7 on duty this morn- . was pl with reports from the several captains showing the holi- day celebration to have passed off quietly. Older officials of the de- partment recalled the difference be- tween conditions Saturday night and vesterday and similar periods during the time the indiscriminate sale of liguor was permitted. It was not an unusual thing for all police stations to he erowded Christ as eve, th ated, and even then reports I to indicate the nount of -nness during the Years ago there w. drunkenness, it the more is flagrant < were handled by the police. nst only nd locked up captuin re- occasions a intoxicated merely police many several Drunks until sober.” a marked. “and on single cell held rson Drunkennes: under the provisions however, and it is be intoxicated persons lance of the police. A During the forty-eight hours ended at 8 o'clock this mornimg the police made a total of 274 arrests. Vietims, ohn Barlevcorn™ arrested for in- ation numbered sixtisseven. TWo sons were arrested for driv biles while under the influence of liquor, three for selling, two for illegal possession, two for drinking in public and two for transporting. FORD PLANNING TO MAKE AUTOS PARTLY OF COTTON ere was made an_ offense f the dry law, eved very few ped the vigi- Tells Roger Babson He Is Testing Amazing Process to Produce Lighter Machines. EW YORK. December 26—The New York Times prints the following from Boston: - Roger Habson, from a visit with Henry Ford the latter's. laboratories, asserts he saw Ford at work on a proc- for the making of automobile bodies out of a composition consisting of cotton. Babson says he 8 mound of a stieky. putty-like substance in the Detroit experimental dispatch ek at establishment. “What is that stuff?” he 'says he asked Ford. “That is a mixture of formaldehyde, glue and cottén.” was the reply. And what aré you intendi with i “Automobil was the answer. “It is Ford's purpose to make a lighter and a cheaper automobile.” Jirf Babson asserted. “So he goes to cotton. He works out a mixture for cottonoid, a duruble, tough, long- wearing material. he is Success- ful, he will in time block out auto- mobiles much after the manner that a cook stamps out doughnuts. He believes his-ideas will result in a greater revolution of the automobile industry than has the flivver. The statistician says Mr. Ford dis- closed to him the helief that the day of heavy automobiles is about ever. His complaint is that an engine is jorced jo carry at all times a great superfiious load, a constant waste. “I was in Detroit at Thanksgiving time,” said Mr. Babson. “Before din- ner was served, Ford said ‘to his wife: *“ ‘Remember sev eent years ago, when vou and I trambed the streets to get' a chicken for our Thanksgziv- ing - and not a store would trus g “And after a moment he continued, “and I paid the United States govern- ment $76.000.000 in taxes last year.' " Ford wouldn't be surprised, he is queted as saying, if people lived in cottonoid houses, rode in cottonoid trains and worked in cottonoid shops seventeen years from now. “Every one thinks Ford wants Mussel Shoals to produce fertilizer,” says Babson. “It is my opinion that he wants it to turn out constituents for the making of aluminum for cer- tain parts of automobiles.” AUTO SKIDS OFF ROAD; TWO PERSONS KILLED Borrowed Machine Plunges Ove: Ten-Foot Embankment and Runs Into Tree. . r NOBLESVILLE, Ind., December 26.—{in the republic. a fersaken industry. | Two persons were killed and- another seriously Injured near here early to- day when an automobile in which they were riding skidded from the road and plunged over a ten-foot embankment into a fenc The dead are Ralph Day, twenty-six, and Miss Ruth Robinson, nineteen, both of No- blesville. Willlam Kattness of Cicero was hurt about the head. Miss Rilla Wright of Noblesville, another mem- ber of the party, was not Injured. Day had borrowed the automobile and the party was on its way to An- derson. Miss Robinson was pinmed beneath the steering wheel and was dead when rescuers reached her. Day ‘was crushed about the chest and died on the way to a local hospital. It was said ice on the road caused the car to skid as Day was making & sharp turn. ’ ng au- | & to do| MRS. F. M. CRAIGIE DEAD; WIDOW OF GENERAL Resident of Washington Since 1803—Born 'in Philadelphia of l?ntinguished Ancestry. Mry. Florence Mortimer Craigle, widow of Gen. David J. Craigie, U. S. A. died at her residence in the Rochambeau Saturday after an - ness of fifteen months. She had been a resident of Washington since 1903. Mrs. Craigie was born in Philadel- phia and was sixty.nine years of age. She was of distinguished ancestry and was connected with several historle familles prominent in Europe and in the annals of the earliest American history. She was a lineal descendant of Capt. Miles Standish, who satled in the Mayflower in 1620 for the shores of the new world; aleo of Gen. Run- yan. Coios Lawrence, Stevenson and Willett of American revolutionary fame. : Surviving Mrs, Crajgie are a son. Col. Wallace M. Cralgle, U. 8. A., and a_daughter, Mrs, G, D. Arrowsmith, wife of Col. G. D. Arrowsmith, U. S. A. and three grandchildren, Mrs. David N. W. Grant, wife of Maj. D. N. W. Grant, U. 8. A.; Capt. Cragie Kray- enbuhl. U. §. A, and Miss Grace Ar- rewsmith; also two great-grandchi dren, David and Cralgie Grant: a sis- ter, Mrs. G. W. Thompson of Broo Iyn, N. Y., and u brother, Lee S. Mor- timer of this city. Mrs. Cragie was a woman of brilliant intellect and a de- vout Christian. Funeral scrvices will be held at St. Fobn's Episcopal Church tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. Buwial will be beside her husband at Arlington cemetery. The honorary pallbearers will be Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth, U. Maj. Gen. John L. Clem, U. 8. A Paul 8. Halloran, S. A.; Lieut M Colg. M. A. DeLaney Charles E. Kilbourne, U. Commander Mark L. Hersey, U. 8. N.j Maj. Charles G. Mortimer, U. S and Ralph H. Thompson of Brooklyn, N. Y. The latter (wo are nephews of Mrs, Craigie. —_— CRISIS IN FIGHT FOR FREE INDIA BELIEVED AT HAND Message From America Express- ing Sympathy Will Be Posted Throughout the Country. The crisis in the fight of the na- tionalists in India against British rule will probably be reached with the at- tempted meeting today of the all- India congress at Ahmedabad. In giving this opinion last night Sailen- dra N. Ghose, director of the Ameri- can commission to promote self-gov- ernment in India. declared the meet- ing will take place despite the nu- merous arrests of nationalist leaders within_the past week< Of the mem- bers of the executive committee still at liberty, he said. more than 75 per cent have been instructed by théir constituents to vote for a declaration of independence for India. Mr. Ghose made public last night a Christmas message signed by a nun ber of American officials and publi- cists extending sympathy to the peo- ple of India_and pledging American support to the nationalist t campaign. The message.’ Mr. Ghose said, would appear throughout India today on posters. { “The United States of America has never failed to extend sympathy and support to all peoples who were .urm:;:xmlz for freedom,” the mes- s said. A short time ago our Army re- turned from overseas after having brought tory to the allied cause. Our entrance into the great struggle was predicated upon the principle that the just powers of Zovernment are derived from the consent of the governed and our aid was -accepted by the allics upon the theory that it the close of the war peoples every- where “should be permitted to®feter- mine for themselves that character of government under which they shall Hve. Our right not only to sympa- thize with the people of India and Ireland and Egypt who are struggling for the right of self-determi: ion but to give them active support is conceded by the promises of our as sociates in the great war and sealed by the blood of our xoldiers. “Accordingly we sent our sympathy to the people of India, and our as- surance that we will do all we may to promote the success of their strug: e & Among the names signed to the message were: Senators David 1. Walsh of Massachusetts and George Norris of Nebraska: Represent William _J. Burke of Pennsy vania and Gilson Gardner of the Scripps newspapers of Washington, D. C. —_— { NOTED BANDIT PAROLED. Eddie Estelle, Who Escaped With Tinfoil Gun, Released. LEAVENWORTH, _ Decem- ber 26.—Eddie Estelle, nine, con- vieted bandit. who has spent more than twenty vears in prisons and who gained attention in a sensational prison break in which he held off guards with a wooden gun covered with tinfoil, has been reieased from ate penitentiary at Lansing on cted v in January 1900. at Topeka, on a charge of breaking into g He escaped while awaiting trial and was appre- hended after two members of & pur- suing posse had been Killed. Estelle was sentenced to serve a vear and then to be hanged. The capital punishment order never was signed, and later Estelle, with Ben Cravesis, a_notorious Oklahoma ban- dit, escaped. Estelle carved a gun out of wood, wrapped it with tinfoil and forced guards to permit him, Cravens and another prisoner, who was shot and killed, to leave the 'prison mine. Estelle was captured in Illinois fol- owing a train robbery in which he s alleged to have taken a leading part. —_— ADDS TO EDUCATION FUND lfexico Allots Less to Army, More to Schools, in 1922. MEXICO CITY, December 9.—Less will be spent by the Mexican govern- ment in 1922 for the army and more for schools than ever before. The rmy budget for 1922 calls for $124,- 83,859, or more than $30,000.000 less than the 1921 budget. The estimate is based on a standing army of 50,000 men, to which_ strength the various units are now being rapidly reduced. The 1922 budget includes an appro- priation of $1.000,000, for the develop- ment of aviation. The appropriation for schools is $50,000,000. S WOULD STABILIZE SILVER. Mexican Syndicate Formed to Pre- vent Sudden Fluctuations. MEXICO CITY, December 9.—Steps have been taken, with government sanction, to form a syndicate of silver producers in Mexico to prevent the depreciation of this metal, or at least the sudden fluctuations which during the past year have made silver mining Jt' s pointed out that Mexico pro- duces more than 60 per cent of the world's supply of silver and that it is only logical that mine owners in the republic should exercise a stabil- ising influence on the market price of the metal. JAIL FOR KILLING DEER. Special Dispateh to The Star. MARLINGTON, W. Va., December 26. —J. Hinkle and M. Riddle, hunters, of this county are serving sixty days in jail here for killing a deer.. The law forbids the killing of deer in West Virginia_before 1923, and then only {tory of Santa Cruz, aithough rein THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0., MONDAY, DECEMBER 26 _1921.° SEVERAL WOUNDED INBELFAST RIOTING &hristmas in Other Parts of Ireland Passes in Quiet Manner. By the Aswociated Press. LONDON, December 25 —Christmas passed quietly “in Ireland. according to all reports, except in Belfast, where some shooting and other disturbances occurred. Shots were exchanged 1n Bellevue street between a number of men and two policemen, one of the latter being wounded in the arm. Three urmed men entered the house of Willlam Murdock in Glonallton street, Belfast, and shot him in the back. Another civilian w fired on while walking in the Marrowbone arca, and John Gill of Dublin road was held up and fired at, suffering serious in- juries. APPEALS TO PARISHIONERS. Bishop Browne Urges Public Meet- ings to Force Treaty Acceptance. By the Assoclated & CLOYNE, Ireland, December all the churches of the fort parishes of the diocese of Clo. letter from Bishop Browne was read today. recommending that publie meetings be held as xoon a8 poss by thoxe approving the with Great Britain. The pu hese meetings, the letter said, should be to indorse acceptance of the treaty and demand that the representatives In the dail eireann obey their con- stituents’ mandate. “You know it is contrary principles and practice to introduce a mere political subject into the U pulpit,” he declared in his church, “but this matter is in st sense national. The peo- the source of national au- and their representatives in the government are expected Lo voice ! the sentiments and convictions of the majority of their constituents, and. by providential arrangement, the ple have been given the oppo tunity of expressing their views to whether the treaty, which raises Ireland to the status of a free state, shall be accepted or rejected.” The bishop analyzed the treaty and laid stress on the powers it g to the Irish people. He then discusse saying: to the hideous con ions of the st two or three years—to the tyranny, bondage and slavery which our forefathers suffered —or become a free state with our parliament, invested with full to rule Ireland for | and's It is for the people to to my cathed own the alternative to acceptanc ck “Are we to go b own powe welfs choos In his_opinion 95 per cent of the ople of Queenstown favored ratifi- cation and he said also that Ireland friends throughout the world were strongly for the treaty. If there were any among the con- gregation who did not approve of he treaty, concluded the bishop, they had an equal right to follow their cenvictions e SUBMARINE TANGLE STILL BIG PROBLEM BEFORE DELEGATES (Continued from First Page.) tance in its consideration of prob. lems relating to China. It has adopt- ed the four Root principles, so-called, by which the principle of the open door in China is reiterated, and the nations pledg¢ themselves to:deal fairly with China. , It has been agreed to withdraw foreign post offices from China by January 1, 1923; to send commission to China to study condi- tions preparatory to g over ex- i traterritorial righ to ob- serve the neutrali i of war; to nes. of th governmen ving China to handle the ecommercial plants; not to make secret treaties ri {garding China which would infringe ny of the principles contained in the Root, resolution. Big Job Still on Hands. The conference still to settle the question of submarines and other iauxiliary craft, and problems relating toms duties to be charged by China, which is being considered by a com- | mittee; the removal of foreign troops from China, the return or retention of leased areas in China, the spheres of intluence, and, last but by no means least, the question of Shantung, | which the Japansc und Chinese have | been considering in sessions of their fown, attended by American and Brit- ish observers of whom advice may be asked. The conference, it is easy to see, has a big job on its hands still. But much of the preliminary work on the questions not yet settled hasealready been done. There is every inclination to move forward as rapidly as possi- ble. It was predicted today that the next two or three weeks would see the wind-up of the conference. Further negotiations between the Japanese and the Chinese are await- ing instructions from Tokio, which are expected almost any day now. PANIC FOLLOWS FIGHT. Four Italians Wounded Dufing Pistol and Dagger Encounter. NEW YORK, December 26.—The Italian colony on North« 8th street, Brooklyn, was thrown into a panic Sun- day night by a pistol and dagger duel in the hallway of a tenement house, where four wounded men were found after the smoke rolled away. The men, sev- eral of whdbm were said to be mnear death, refused to reveal the cause of the fight. Police reserves arrested one man, who also refusd to answer questions. The men taken to hospitals were Thomas Monteforto, James Cauci, Pe- ter Gaimoro and Salvatore Colette. —_— WIFE SLAYS HUSBAND. Turns Gun on Herself After Firing Fatal Shot. LONG BEACH, Calif., December 26. —Jewell Thomas Connolly, fifty-two, eald to have been a wealthy banker and farmer at Lockhart, Tex., was shot and killed here by his wjfe, who then turned the weapon upon herself, aying almost instantly, according to re- ports to the police. Mrs. Connolly, who was said to have undergone an operation some time ago, was believed to have been mentally de- | ranged, the police said. —_—— " 19 BANDITS KILLED. Many Wounded in Clash With Troops—1983 Captured. BUENOS AIRES, December Nineteen bandits were killed and many wounded when a group of more than 250 outlaws clashed wth cavalry- men in Matatapera, territory of Santa Cruz, according to official dispatches: published by the government organ La Epoca. The reports add that 198 bandits were made prisoners by the troops, who also took 2,000 horses. Unsettled condjtions continue to prevail to a great extent in the terri- under strict regulations. The men |forcements of marines, general troops were also fined $50 each by Justice |and gendarmes have been A. E. Smith. , ‘;*fi‘. sent by the federal government. - {to China Including the amount of cus- | 1 Kentucky Guardsmen in Complete cers at the { “DEVIL DOGS" HOSTS AT HAPPY CHRISTMAS DINNER. The marines at the barracks here yesterdny entertained nt dinner many guest; luded everything from soup to nut the right. The menu f xho are whown in the xecond row ol including three British marines, Christmas Festivities Cheer Patients at Walter Reed Individual Greetings From Mrs. Harding, Thirty Child Guests From City, Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus and Beautiful Degorations Are Features. 1 real Christmas at with appropriate serengdes. The “gray S P Pt Aas | Tad! beloved of the boys, who ar Nwltengiacd dipspital,y caterdays [regular ward visitors, were in tendance The men there. recuperating from | jgring the day. They have been con- | wounds and injuries received during |ducting festivit in the \.I] Y \k‘u]rd\ the world war, not only were pro | provided the cap for the climax of en- of Santa Claus, but also acted as|{ooin oo aries themselv Iy Those l.l"l\']r |n “"]17. Hard e i srestings come to | DONE teasured today. They were them m the White House —spe "\("“: (e i H;lflfld\;‘&' clully engraved greeting from Mrs | Walter Reed fin o huge stuck, lll\rlhnp{'wr:«rm\l v to cach one in- | ZREC TS ‘“w s s e dividuafly —but the big drab trucks (TeCaved one ol C saE of the hospital went down into the |Evod wishes and the autographed si city and brought back thirty young- |ture of Mrs. Harding on i sters or more to partake of the Christ- Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, mas festivities at the hospital, @hd |y 5 i the wounded and convalescents acted j o NoE QU S Tt aEyhosts, {vo ter the large room, but Compete for Tgee Prize. Mrs. Santa Clans—with a_cane—also The hospital Tooked like a comserva- | Was there. Forty “wheel chair cases™ tory for blooming Christmas trees. and “crute es"—as such convi- alled in v lescents are in formation in th rds—drew There must have been forty scatteredd | — »m, while throughout the varions wards and all of tham had entered a competition | Claus hobbled about’ distributing for which Mre. Henry Rea, the first|presents to them. g field director of the Red Cross to be| The day was overflowing with f stationed there, offered a pprize for|tivities. They started at the midnizht thy best three and most ppropri- | mass in the K. of €. Hu and were ately decorated Christmas shrubs. stilk merrily rolling along 6 o’ clock Surgeon General Ireland of the Army ) last night, when the concert and mo- and Assistant ceretary of War and | tion pictures held the stage. Mrs. Wainwri t visited the boys. Wherefore it was announced that Christmas carol singers were on hand | Christmas was a v al Christmas, n- bright and early to greet the inmate deed, at Walter Reed Hospitad. (Brleht g e e THREE DIE IN AUTO CRASH. Three Others of Party Hurt When HUNTING MRS. WINBORN Seattle Authorities Ask Search in Middle West. Car Hits Pole. CINCINNATI, Ohio, December SATTLE. Wash., Decembe Early morning automobile accidents {Police in Chicago and a number of aused three deaths, mmaking a total of | Michigan citios were requested Ly ninety-three deaths from such acei- hediio s il bt g dents in Hamilton county this vear. of Ferdinand Hochbrunn, althy retired real es e dealer, :. F. Pillars and Miss Addie Schaeffer | e | whose body was found in a room in were killed when their car struck @ pole | i “home here December 21, with a {on Vietory boulevard. Three others of {bullet wound through the head. = sEiE o i Henry | Officers indicated their belief that the party were seriously injured. e S eORteAT E Gullerman, fifty-eight. was killed when | |‘|'.r:. SR (::.-Iwn‘:u-'l o) Thome he was struck by a passing automobile | 5o s atter it was alleged Hoch- {just after he had stepped OUL Of & CAT| iy was slain, might have gone in which he was riding. east instead of to_Califorr & was fat first believed. No trace of her has heen found since she left Seattle, No- vember 25. 1 KILLED; 2 WOUNDED. Altercation Over Closed Road Ends in Fatal Shooting. MILLEN. Ga., man was shot ers wounded in which various kinds of firearms were used, near here yesterday. the result of a controvery over the closing of a road. o Roscoe Chance wa QUIET AT NEWPORT MILL.“ Control of the Situation. NEWPORT, Ky.. December 26.—Offi- wport Rolling Mill Com- where industrial disorders hav fe for two weeks, this morning absolute quiet in the VicinTty of the plant and no trouble of any kind was anticipated toda The plant is closed on account of th holiday, and there was no gathering of strikers at the mill environs. ] National guardsmen have been complete control of the situation sin. their arrival early Saturday mornin, ONE NEED SANTA OVERLOOKED. pany’. been ri tated there wa December 26.—One to death and two oth- L gun battle, in son Allen, a farmer, was killed. riously wound- in wrong with Santa’s think tank, beeau: pole Saturdny night he was shy ju ‘whieh, according to nccounts, were very badly needed However, he probably will be excused this time, ax he Here fu_what he did: Just ply the meed, the boys before Yen, something must when he departed from about -100 overcoats in Wawshington. corrected hiy mistake beforc it was too Iate. home he arranged with Saks & Co. to wi orning. The photograph shows one of - ed and Sidney Rowe slightly wounded. | GERMANY EXPORTS 1 SAYS WOMEN’S PROTEST WILL STOP BULLFIGHTING Otis Skinner Believes There Is Some Revulsion in Spain Against Cruel Pastime. Otis Skinner, the actor, in an inter- view yesterday told of the revulsion with which he viewed bullfights dur- ing his trip to Spain last summe preparatory to his presentation of a play based on a novel by Blasco Ibanez. He recommended abolition of the so-called sport. “The bullfight is one of the tions of Spain, second only to the church in importance,” Mr. Skinner stated. “It has endured for a thou- sand years and s patronized by the nobility and the lower classes alike.” What lends speclsl excitement to the spectators of a bullfight, he said, was not merely the fact that the bull i% sure to be Killed, but that one of the men in the inclosure may be kill- ed. The most pitiable part, howe in the opinion of the actor, is the fate the horses which the fighters ride. Five or six of these horses are killed by every bull, not instantly, but by cruel goring. Mr. Skinner declared that, if possible, & gored horse is forced to its feet and the gaping wounds in their abdomens are sewed up so that they may again be driven against the bull. At each goring there is always great cheering and handclapping, he asserted. The spectacle grew almost unen- durable to me after witnessing it for It an hour,” the actor sald, “but I was studying local color, and by dint of great exertion I stood the thing out. My wife znd daughter, however, had to leave after the first ten minutes, and, as they passed out, the doo keeper sald: ‘You don't like it? Well, 1 don’t either’ That shows .there is some revulsion of feeling against the national passion even in quarters where you least expect i Ireply to a que institu- ¥ a% to why any thing o deplorable can contine in Spain, Mr. Skinner advanced the theor that it may be due to the fact that women have “absolutely nothing to say as to what goes on in that country.” When they gain some measure of par- ticipation in national affairs the days of the cruel sport will be numbered, he_predicted. Mr. Skinner directed attention to the fact that a play founded on a recent book of Blusco Ibanez has done more I Sixteen Locomotives Deliv- ered at Petrograd; 600 Said | to Have Been Ordered. ' By the Associated I* MOSCOW, December Sixteen locomotives in all were deliveded b, Germany to Petrograd before the port was closed on account of ice the mid- {dic of November. It had been promis- port oflicials that Petrograd kept clear of ice until but the iccbreakers function. are would her to rumors as to the locomotives Russia has actually contracted for-in Germany. i Best info per fan many fnumber of med foreign commercial ex- 600 is the actual I that the deposits on these zre not to justify the Germans in large number of the rail- s say number, sufficient starting a way enzine Railway equipment o moving raw 1 materials. which Rus- sia may assemble at interiér points, that foreign re watching with {unusual interest the efforts of Russia {to met railway supplics. So far the foreign ‘trade agreements of the sishevist government have been lehiefly paper hicvements and the efforts of fore { Russia have been so hampered conflicting decrees and bureaucracy ’lhxl even the Germans, with their ad- | vantazcous geographical position and i superior knowledge of the Russian | markets, have been sble to do but Hlittle. Other imports nths of 142} to do business in for the totaled first nine aboyt 700.000 <. More than one-third of this wae i foodstuffs, chiefly from England. Fuel, which included coal from Aferica. { made up an er third of the impo ts. Various metal articles made up one- {fifth of the imports and came chiefl fr rom Germany. Machinery of var including locomotives, ste irs for railw u 2 cars and en- and _agricultu implements, {were included in the German ship- {ments, which are the only consider- able imports of such a’characier that they may be said to give evidence of the establishment of trade on a per- {manent basis. England Sent chiefly {=rain and foodstuffs of a sort which Russia would be exporting, rather ithan importing, in normal years. many received chiefly flax, and furs in payment for chinery. Without grain for exportation Rus- sia has little chance of buying exten- sively abroad. and the pressing prob- lem of the soviet .fovernment is how to get the seed grain and farming im- plements necessary to enable the peasanta who survive the famine to put in @ crop next spring. Ger- asbestos its ma- VOTE ON EXPOSITION. SM, Ore. December 26.—The legislature Saturday passed a constitutional amendment authoriz- ing an international exposition to be held in Portland in 1925 and provid- ing for a e on it by the people at an election in May. Under the terms of a bill passed the sum of $3.000.000 is to be raised for the ex- position by a tax on gasolin NES 0 RUSSIA is 50 essential | to arouse the feeling of the English- speaking nations against bullfighting than “all the humane propaganda agencies combined.” “But the efforts for its gbolition must originate in Spain, and there is now some evidence of activity in that direction. 1 heartily wish it Godspeed,” he declared. DEBS ARRIVES HERE AND CONFERS WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL (Continued from First Page.) {siderably aged from the days when he toured the country as the socialist candidate for President. Question of CitizennHip. thought in some quarters that Debs discussed with government was his status under the commuta- o cials tion of sentence, which while re- leasing him from the penitentiary does not operate to restore him to citizenship. Debs when he came un- attended and unheralded to Washing- ton last spring to confer with the Attorney General understood 1o have expressed himself as opposed to any extension of clemency other than a ‘parden which would ~restore his full civil rights and would in a meas- ure amount to recognition of his con- tention that he had done no wrong. This view government officials have refused to accept. and the attitude Debs will assume in consequence wa considered likely “to have been de- tailed in his confercnce with Attorney General Daugherty and possibly with the President A trip to Washington was made by the several times presidential candi- date in a day coach, he having sur- rendered the Pullman accommoda- tions reserved for him for other uses with the benefits to go to Russian re- tief work, On reaching his hotel leader went to the barber shop and was shaved and then ate breakfast He was unable to say when he would leave for his home in Indiana. Brother With Him. Debs left his hotel shortly before 11 o'clock to go to the Department of Justice. He was dressed in a brown suit, dark felt hat, dark overcoat and black shoes, which it was said by his friends were issued to him by the At- lanta prison authorities. After break- fast he mentioned that perhaps he had better change his collar, and one of the constantly increasing army of newspaper men_ dashed out and re- the socialist turned with a box of collars which were presented to him. brother Theodore, who came shington with him. accompanied to the Department of Justice, was immediately ushered him where he into the office of Mr. Daugherty. SHOT DEAD IN HOLDUP. Ohio Man \Zic;im of Highway Ban- dits—One Caught. CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 26— Emil Hermanson of Ashtabula, was shot and Kkilled here Sunday @uring an attempted holdup. A man giving the name of Jack Gray, one of the holdup men. was shot seriously wounded by a detec- during a chase in which shots Gray’'s companion al i were exchanged. escaped. Many Children Made Happy With Overcoats as Presents BY W. H. CLAGETT. Dear Folk: As a sort o' anti-climax to one of the most dee-lightful Christmas cele- Drations ever experienced by me and {my little side-kick Lon, we had, the i pleasure today of bein’ amongst them { present down to the annual Christmas Gift party of Saks & Co., when more'n {150 little “grasshoppers” was fitted out in new overcoat: I was about to wend my way home- ward Saturday night when my old friend Isaac Gans called up and invited me and the kid to cut in at his com- pany’s big blowout today, and we ac- cepted instanta! We went, we seen, and buh-lieve me, folks, we was thrilled, for never in all my days have 1 saw such real, downright, hones'-to- goodness happiness as was depicted on the faces of them poor little kiddies as they passed In their claim checks and backed away with warm garments! Line Up Early. And sich a bunch as it was! Startin’ at the Tth street door of the establish- ment, the line reached clean around on Market space, and included in its make- up was every kind and sort of Ameri- can youngster, bright-eyed, open-faced, towseled-headed and _bolsterous, poor, mebbe, in the world’s goods, but rich in the greatest of all riches—health and happiness—and evidently wise to the fact that opportunity plays o favorites, and would as leave hob-nob with them, no matter their condition, as with the more favored throughout our broad land! 3 The ceremonies wasn't scheduled to start until 10 o'clock, but as early as 9 o'clock little clusters of joy- onveyors began to congregate in ront of the store’s big windows, and for once durin’ the year old Mister Copper turned his head in_other di rections | when “Reds” from the “poodle” squared off for a set-to with “The Wop" from the “bottom'! Nuthin' serious happened durin’ the wait, however, and the nearest ap- proach to a cail for the “wagon” was when “Georgetown Erastus” back- sassed Lieut. Holmes! Once under way the proceedure was run_off like clockwork! Each kid on presentin’ his credentials to the committee in charge was decked out in a corgkin’ swell lookin' overcoat, and in more'n one instance, other articles of apparel that seemed very much needed! Wants “Injun Soot.” One little “onion” from 6th street southeast put up Somewhat of a bellow because there wasn't no plait in the rear of his warmer, but on be- in’ assured by Mister Gans that plaits were taboo in the new 1922 models, he choked off his snufflin’ and joined in the merriment! Another rosy-cheeked _little tad raised quite a rumpus when handed his coat-plece! I .wanna Injun soot!” he shouted so #hat all hands could hear, and ruther than have a prolonged argument on the matter, Mister Gans slipped one of them outfits into the pocket of his garment! And so it went, just a slight ripple here and there to disturb the smooth, generous course mapped t by the company! None was_ overlooked, in- cluded me, Don and all the policemen! All got what they come for and many a durn sightmore'n they ex- pected. and when it was over and the rear end of the last little mite swished around the corner, Christ- mas seemed brighter and all hands was pleased! 3 I thank you, DOPEY DAN. One of the subjects which it was!| alleged to | ._—_I.—————————_——————— PROSPECT OF PARK ONCAMP MEIGS SITE Hope That Congress Will Au- thorize Purchase of the Patterson Tract. Acquisition of the Patterson v on Florida avenue northeast, occup! as Camp Meigs war, use as a public park, playground an athletic stadinm will be authori by Congress at this session if the re port of a xpecial committee on deve ment of the National Capital appointed by the louse District con mittee is carried out. Representative recent| Millspaugh of Mi souri, chairman of the subcommiite said today he is heartily in favor « having the government acquire th tract, which comprises cighty-fo acres, and which is held by the he at a value of approximately $600 Mr. Millspaugh says three of the members of the subcommittee W visited the tract with him, acco panied by Chairman Moore of the | Arts Commission, the iistrict Engine Commissioner and Coldren, ch man of the Board of Trade com of fine arts, support him in Ui ciston. In Easily Accessible. They bel that the northern o of the Patterson tract, which is wot: cd. would m. excellent par easily uccessible from the nortie 3 of the city, which is lac) parks. The southern ¢ fromtiz on Florida avenue, would be id for a stadiwm and the swiwmn pool buiit tor the soldiers when Meigs oceupied this tract is stiil Bood condition and would supplein the stadium. Business ~and McKinley 1 schools are in thickly settled se without any ctiviti in the 1 tio space for d the cost off pro =i horhood b Millsp - belicves the loc letic erty ne: tract is such n reached on street car pupils of Business and M Kinley high schools and is in favo of having a stadium erected for then theme. He points out that it wou n lent drill ground for t 5 hem off the pub s, when maneuverin- ¥y impede traftic Present Development Doubtful. Bucause of the e« prosra; of the administr; n and the prosen Congress Representative Millspaus! i extremely doubtful if these de- velopments of Camp Meigs, or the Pat- ,h-y~-rn tract, can be made for som. {time. but he is’of the m ot }a measure could put through au thorizing the pu hase at such times as the financial arrangements coul be made. This would serv of the policy and intent of ! to tike over the Patterson U casonable cost. or. failing under condemnation procecdings Representative Millspaugh wa companied on this inspeetion trip by Representative Sproul of Hiinois, - {publican, and Representative Woods of Virginia. democrat. both members of the subcommittee and both favor- ing the parkway development p gram. The other twe members o the subcommittee are Representi- { tive Joe Brown of Tennessee and Re ntative Gilbert of tuck absentecs, accompanied by in Focht of the House District mmittee, will be taken on a special trip to inspect the Patterson tract as soun as they return from the hyli- day rece —_———————— | ALENANDRIA. Va, December (Special).—There wi a xeneral ob- ervance of the Christmas holiday {here today. Practically all lines of business was closed belated Christmas zifts were day Parties and “are uled for 1 ht. With church jees and family reunions, Al rday obscrved Chrisima Sermons appropriate o the obsery- jance wer delivered, At St Paul's Episcopal Church last night the church {was partially ¢ Kened, the only illu- i ation being wax candles. ] iservices in all of the churches we largely attended. Augmented choirs furnished the music. Large con gations nded. Th ers have been elected by Virginia Consistory, No. 2 ottish Rite Masons, to serve for the ensuins year: V. H. Pecle, prior: C. C. Batch- eller, preceptor: C. A, Gwinn. ch C H. L. Darnell, minister of state; Garner. almoner; F. W. Lathan, trar; Willi wis Allen, trea: K. S prelate: L. 1" . maste ceremonies: It n, expers assistant expert; T. of the guard: ¢ = steward. The newly d oflicers were installed by A grand total of edged by Capt. Me e of the Sal- tion Army as Christmas collectic of which amount $193.05 was by co! lection from individuals and §: from the street kettle A toast to the grund master of the 1 35 is acknowl- Grand Encampment of the Knights Templar of the United States wa drunk vyesterday afiernoon by th members of Old Dominion Command ery, Knights Templar of this cit The gathering was held in the Masoni Temple and was largely attended Rev. Dr. E. V. Regester delivercd toast to those depurted. The excr cises were attended by a large gather ing of members. Last rites for Nathan C. Davis wer: held yesterday at Pohick Episcop. Church. 1x county. and conduct {ed by Re W. Mellichampe, rector The Masons of Occoguan Lodge. to gether with a delegation of Masons from this city, attended. were, B. from this cit C. W. Fletcher, clift, T. E. Hali, W. W. Cook. Edward Higgins, forty years old, died vesterday at Staunton. Va. The body was brought here last night and taken to Wheatley's rgortuary chapel and prepared for burial. The funeral arrangements have not been com- pleted. The funeral of Oscar Suthard, who died Saturday, will take place at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from his late residence, 429 Wilkes street. The |interment will be in Bethel cemeter: There were six cases on the docket in the police court today, some of those arraigned being charged with drunkenness. The body of Capt. Bovd Mason Smith, who died in Charlottesville, Va., several days ago, was brouxht here today and buried in St. Paul's cemetery. Commitment services were conducted by Rev. Dr. S. A. Wallis. BRAVES SNOW HALF CLAD. Boy Summons Police to KXeep Father From Spoiling Christmas. CHICAGO, December 26.—John Ismrk. seven years old, ran two blocks through the snow early yesterday. clad only in underwear, to appeal to the police to restrain his father from breaking up the Christmas celebra- tion which was to take place when John's five wounger brothers and gisters should awaken. * After the police revived John by wrapping him in a blanket and pla. ing him beside a radiator, he told them his father had come home as his mother was decorating the Christ- mus trée. His father, he said, had be- F. W. Pullin, P. . Batchelior ‘an come enraged at the sight of the tree ant had torn the ornaments from it and thrown them away. The father then seized a knife and approached the crib in which the’ youngest child, a six-month-old buby, was sleeping. Mrs. Silick Struck her husband be- fore he could reach the child and felled him. The police hastened to the home and arrested Silick.