Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. what colier tomorrow; perature tonight about Temperature for twenty ended at 2 p.m. today 2 pm. today: lowest. 30, Tull report on page 4 Fair tonight and temorro lowest tem- Highest, some- degrees. four hours 46, , at 6 a.m. Ciosing New York Stocks, Page 22. he #p itered post offic second-class matter Washington, D. C. SUBMARINE 1SSUE HELDVITAL TOREAL AR AGREEMENT AL Delegates Faver Reaching Some Desision Now. Not at Future Meeting. AUXILIARY SHiP POINT BOUND UP 1IN L 1 Spirit of Compromise in Conierence 1 Indicates Accord Will Be Reached. BY G )L LD LINCOLN. G posiponerne ni—suegesied some quarters—of submarine ton- ' | to some luiure meeting i nage que of the nations we frv take with it the postponement of , were seen by the Chinese delegationence cuestions relating to the tomnage of | today as the subcommittee of the far ether auxiliny vessels, i id to- |east committec of the Washington in arms « 3 conference went into session after a.l Although the capital ship tonnage|two-week recess. The Chinese turiff of the five powers here has been!question has been one of the trouble- #ereed to and the plan for a ten-year|some questions of the far eastern naval building holiday has been ac-| discussions. cepted in principle. the W ington! The prospective agreement, it was conference would not be u success.|said in Chinese circles, would permit irom the dpoint of some of the' China to levy an effective 5 per cent| nations attending, if the whole matter’ cystoms tariff in lieu of the present ry o« subma- | yominal 5 per cent or effective 3iz! aside Lo tuture put [ fon. T the s i view. the Ital yme here aching so limitation of Solution Not S It may be said, with eon- siderable emphasis. that the solution | ! of the submarine quesiion and the |} other auxilizries has not been she Chinese revenues. 'PARLEY SUBCOMMITTEE TAKES UP PLAN FOR USE OF AIRPLANES IN WAR By the Associnted Press. In the effort to regulate the use of ziiplanes in warfare the”sub- committee of the arms conference Which is dealing with that sub- Jject today had before it, with pros- pects of adoption, a resolution de- claring that all aircraft, airplanes and dirigibles alike should be con- sidered military weapons only when manned by aviators who have Uleast two years' practical experi- ence as military flyers. CONPROVISE SEEN wsor NCHNESE TARFF atisfactory Settlement Is Hoped for of Troublesome Far East Question. 8y the Aswicluted Press, Prospeals of a compromise agree- :1d. in ail probabil- ment on the Chinese tarift questionitional financial and economic confer- cent. This. it was said. would It in a subsiantial increase in Position of Other Nations The Japanese delegation, it !believed by the Chinese, will announce | that the utmost Japan could concede n an upward rev Ived | tarift would be the 5 per cenf. ef- was | on of the Chinese | Lty up to the present time. that th has been talk of ab; ing this issue is bri The very fact | fective immediately. The Britis \don- | is understood. have expressed a will- {ingness to srant an effective 71; per icent. and while the American groupn zing reaction in wake. It is not believed that the ‘ e e harivi taveredsa . {ent, it was believed the Japanese fig- would be accepted. | What the Chinese attitude would [be was not disclosed, but somej Chinese officials said it might be; better to take what they get rather all. of the ak in the progres on conference the French delegation is still instructions from Premier Paris. The meeting of the | on limitation of armament | ury await Brian commi | than nothing at which to have been held today X wiif was posiponed until tomorrow. L AEne e tern: committee “has) The committee, it was pointed outbefore it a Chinese proposal —to today. has so far considered no modi- |Testore to China tariff autonomy in fication of the latest plan for tie!easy stages. the first to be an in- timitation of submarine to sub rease for a period to be decided upon, mitted by Secretary Huzhes last Sal- | and the question was referred to the nothing inflexible in | Subcommittee to work out details. put forward. Com: e — ns may be suzgested, and will be suzgestcd. There urday. the promise it is lik French Reply Forthcoming. The F . It wit"be Temembered sugestion pl |THREE HELD RESPONSIBLE IN THEATER TRAGEDY de no renly to the Hughes proposal on Saturday. but M rraut content ed himself with saying that he would | communicate with Paris in regard to! the matter. uilding Inspector, Manager and Owner of New Haven Rialto to Blame. Coroner Finds. While it is well understood that the | French have been prepared to ask a| NSEW HAVEN, Conn.. December 27. considerabla submarine tonnage, their | —City Building Inspector Joseph E. final word has not bren said.” At the gystin, Lawrence E. Carroll. manager e e e s tans “each. to be |Of the Rialto Theater, and Alfred S. canstracted in & weriod of ffteen ! Black, president of the Connecticut years, there was \}; same |nro‘_':\0t§li-"’[‘]xealurs Corporation, which owned aton o st | the theater, are held criminally re- se. |sponsible for the deaths of nine per- Spirit of Compromise. {sons in the Rialto Theater fire of No- There has been found in the con-|vember in a finding by Coroner ference. it was pointed out today. a'Eli Mix today. e ener. ‘riie.sil| The fcovoner)suysyihatiithe idirect believed that the de to tonciude cause of the fire was the burning of this did not prove to be the ir the tasks undertaken has lessened [{ncense to give “atmosphere” to a B e Japanese, . who. Tor) aeveraljmotion/pletures, flimsy stage draper. weeks were unwilling to accept the |ies being ignited from the incense. B-5-3 ratio proposed by the United| The coroner finds that violations of States for the mnaval armament of i, jaw in the theater included the v, Great B and Japan, | N = = s o e e “Biu | absence of the following safeguards: with some modifications, are now in| An asbestos curtain, “'fllel‘at'lll‘\;m:i, ) casks 3 an automa sprinkler, water on the stage, hose connections, fireproof scenery and woodwork. . The coroner says that had Building Inspector Austin done his duty in ap- the position of demanding a minimum submarine tonnage of 54,000. It may be said, however, that a feeling ex: ists in some Japanese quarters that | L s will be ad-! i ing the building code the fire could The last proposal of Secretary ROt have occurred. Hughes, which places the sabmarine —_———— tonnage of the United | S erttain at o000 ana wouia, NEW ENVOY TO BELGIUM. provide for the status quo of subm Tine tonnage £o far as France. Japan . and Ttaly are concerned, does ot give President Chooses Successor to he Japanese quite the 5-5-3 ratio L2 : which they had previously agreed to| Minister Brand Whitlock. in regard to the capital ships and | gejecti e sor toinrand HIGh thex would Nave under. the| Sclectioniofia & | Whitlock as ambassador to Belgium | {has been made by President Harding, {and it was learned today that the dip- £0.000 tons originally proposed for the United States and Great Dritain and 54,000 for Japan. The Hughes proposal of Saturday. it was suggested today. might be!lomatic query as to the acceptability e wnt give the Japanese |of tne new man has already been put a 5-5-3 ratio. which would bring the = anese age up to 36,000 on|before the Belgian government. Jananesc tonnage up o 36000 or) PAih, Minquiries as to acceptability | One suggestion, which has been for | of prospective appointments are likely | a posiponement of the submarine | to be made in_Austria and Germany ¢ oon, it was_indicated in official quar- i ters today. The administration’s selec- i tions for those two posts have been | made. WATCH COMPANY HIT. 'Bankruptcy Petition Filed Against question, which, in effect. would pro vide for the retention of the status Quo of submarine tonnage for all pow- til another conference on sub- could bevaited. does not meet @1 of the ltalians, it} This would leave | 1,000 tons of with some demand- while Ttaly i ing a ¥ with France in na- Fands ’ : = D e aom ihat pescinle g, | EopertiE-RIngesoli& e RobertalNodynas iakeniiojie Cax; :'r'.':"ml. ed by the conference, say | NEW YORK. December 27.—An in-iper of the Capitol police force for = 2 i voiuntary petition in bankruptcy was!about six months. e L {filed in federal court today against e he alternative plan for postpone- = ¥ meut of the submarine issue would | Robert H. Ingersoll & Brother, manu- ) - g _RUJSS TRADE LOOMS. be to leave to the po to build such | facturers of the Ingersoll watches, submarines and_auxiliary craft as|of this city. Liabilities were set forth| Changes in soviet governmental they desired until another conference | as $3,000,000 and assets, exclusive of |policies, recently made or indicated could be brought about. i good will, at $2,000,000. his, in view of the Italians, | Kdward H. Childs was appointed re- woula be depiorable. They point out!celver under bond of $25,005. at tiiey came to the Wa ference with the hope o being done to limit land This has been abandone military_advisers left Washington to: und_the British will leave Decem. The French have already gone. | the matter of capital ship ton- | are in the position ied upon to build still more | ships 1n crder to the parity with | France they dema under the agree- | By the Associated Press. The anoation o aushinrs cratt o ba{ s Somssbatibelated, butpiton on e qu xiliary ¢ e s left open, with competition to conll);lua. I authentic source, today came the This does not appeal to the Italians. | story of just what occurred in the meeting of the committee of the FIRM ON AUXILIARY CRAFT. |, s conference which, with closed doors, was hearing Premier Briand's President May Call Another Con- | statement regarding the French posi- ference if Issue Goes Over. tion on the subject of land armament. President Harding, it was stated |1t _Wa5 SR erroncous acoount of this anthoritatively todsy. fully expects|incldent csbled “to Burope by & that if the auxiliary craft question is f‘::‘;p,::?. :ZO:::;y"mr e not settled by the Washington confer- | f* i ence a formal call for another confer. | ACCOTding to this version, Mr. Bal- ence will be issued before adjourn- |four had brought the subject of re- ment of the present meeting. The|duction of land armaments before (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) !the coaference eovfiqitlfl& Senator ington con-| The company has plants in Trenton, something | N. J., Waterbury, Conn,, and Chicago. armaments. | The Italian | { [jusx FATAL RIOTS IN ITALY STARTED BECAUSE OF WAY BRIAND SPOKE WASHINGTO eni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o St Member of The Associated Al rights dispatches the Associated Press Press is exclusively cntitled o the use for republication of all news dispatches eredited to it or mot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. of publication of " special herein are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 69,842 D. C, TUES DAY, DECEMBER 27, 1921 -TWENTY-SIX PAGES. TWO CENTS. WANTU.S. PRESENT FOR DISCUSSION OF WORLD ECONOMIES Premiers Favor Inviting American Representative to Conference. {DECISION AS TO DATE TO BE MADE AT CANNES iSpongors Believe Every Great Coun- try Must Be Represented if Results Are Obtained. ! RIS, December | Stutes probabiy ! official representative: —The United | vill be invited to send to the inter alled by the al lied supreme council at its meeting in | Cannes early next year. | Premiers Briand and Lloyd Geors s said on the be; agreed on the neces: ing such a conference on sufficiently | hich is to be it i broad lines to grapple not only with | the European financial muddle, but| with the world's economic problems. I Date to BHe Fixed. | | The meeting at Cannes wili fix the | date for the conference, which it is ted will foliow somewhat the| | system of work adopted at the finan- | i cial conference at Brussels last vear. | but will be more in the nature of un | official body. It is proposed to make the forthcoming gathering a confer- }ence of governments so that the re- |suits will be more binding in char- i exp |acter. The Cannes meeting also will settle what nations shall be invited. General opinion among the sponsors | of the conference appears to be that| industrial ana agricul- tural country must be represented if anything definite is to be accom- . und the chances are that Ger- Austria_and the new states which so greatly need economic ad- vice will be included. Doubt as to Russia. ssia. there is still doubt in | come minds as to the efliciency of her participation in view of the present conditions in that country. London is mosi frequently men- tioned as the place for holding the conference. Holland, Switzerland and Belgium are also being talked of. re plan is to hold a confercnce as scon ag it.I3 found possible fo get the | delegates together. It mi 1 by the end of January or the beginning of February. ~ Premler Briand greeted Premier Lloyd George as he passed througzh Paris vesterday on his way to Cann for the meeting of the supreme coun- cil. 'The statesmen conversed for a Lkalf hour before Mr. Lloyd George's special train left for the south. ML Briand will leave for Cannes on Jan- vary 3. WANT AUXILIARY CRAFT LIMITATION APPROVED t every gre; As to Italian Delegation Will Be Disap- pointed if Conference Fails to Reach Agreement. By the Associated Press. Italian delegation spokesmen said today that Ituly would leave the con- ference very much disappointed un- less an agreement for limitation of auxiliary craft were reached. Should the attitude of FKrance and Japan| cause a postponement of a decision by the conference in the matter of submarine construction Italy, it was said. would be obliged regretfully to accede to that action and would be left free. as would other powers, to build as much as she saw fit. TAKES SECRETARY POST. Dr. Hawkling Yen Assumes Duties in Chinese Delegation. Dr. Hawkling Yen today nssum(‘d! his duties as secretary general of the Chinese delegaticn to the Washington conference, succeeding Dr. Philip K. Tyau, who resigned in protest over the treatment of the Chinese question by _the conference. Dr. Tyau. who is minister to Cuba, is expected to proceed to his post Sat- urday. —_— TRUCK KILLS OFFICER. Charles F. Roberts, thirty-five vears of age, 1226 F street northeast, a Capitol policeman, was struck by a motor truck on Bladensburg road this afternoon and killed almost instantly. Death was due to a fractured skull. as in prospect, may eventually bring about a resumption of trade relations between Russia and the United States, it was said today at the White House. Schanzer, speaking for Ttaly, had given the Balfour proposition earnest support, in principle at least. Then M. Briand arose to oppose the pro- posal. As he progressed, as is his custom in speaking, he showed a great deal of heat and emphasized his statements with strong gestures. But, according to the story, it was noted that M. Briand was turning to Senator Schanzer, whom he seemed to single out as the object of his ad dress.. This finally became so marked that the senator said: “M. Briand, what you say to me you should say to Mr. Balfour instead, because it was he that made the proposal for the re- duction of land armaments.” It is positively stated that from this slight incident grew the legend that M. Briand had sajd harsh things to Scnator Schanser. irailroad worker: | here. DEBSINNEW FHIGHT ON AL WARFARE Trade as Well as Armed Hos- | tilities to Be Included in Future Activities. | | | éMany Take Advantag | SfEalStupeslion compatisy (NvLeH theyaclicols janen xS gr ) aremtiade warfare ss well |8y, ending the Christmas holidays, | as armed hostilities—will be one of|'N€ children will resume their inten-4 the souls of Eugene Debs in his fu.|5IVe Study of the armament confer- ture activities, he announced today.|S"o® Proceedings in final preparation Mr. Debs re onfer with acquaint will leave tonight for Terre Haute, Ind.. where his wife awaits him after un absence of almost three years in Atlanta penitentiary ir. Debs said that he would not de- ide ‘on his future plans definitely un- 1il he had conferred with colleagues at home. He then will consider activi- ties for. the release of--ah political prisoners now confined and (o the in- auguration of a campaign against competition internationally. indus trially and commercially which place nations and national intere Washington to workers and and ahor Secretary Calis. Frank Morri cetary of the American Federation of Labor, calied upon Mr. Debs shortly after noon to- day. Mr. Debs apologized for his fail- ure to return the visit of President Gompers of the federation, who vis- ited him yesterday and chatted geni- ally on various topics. During the morning he had a con- ference with Frank Sperry of the Private Soldi Legion of America, with whom he had w ed in the interests of the striking in 1894, when the first large railroad strike in Am, was called under Debs’ leadership. In Sperry’s office is a life-size portrait of himself. It stands on the floor beside an cmpty frame. with a card on it, sayinz: “When Debs is re- leased, his picture will be placed Then we will hang togethe . Debs Views Picture. Mr. Debs saw t empty frame today. It had been placed there during the Wilson ad- ministration after Sperry had made an unsuccessful visit to the White House in behalf of the release of Debs. The socialist leader declared that in furtherance of his campaign for the abolition of warfare and compe- tition in_trade and between he intended to exact from every man. woman and child possible a vow that they would never take up arms in conflict or_contribute to the causes of war. That much is certain, he aid. What future plans may be de- vised will be the result of confer- ences with other workers of the so- ciallst party. Thinks Peace Unattainable. In an interview with newspapermen this morning Mr. Debs said he did not (Continued on Page 2. Column 4.) Today’s News In Brief I New poli® superintendent may be! named this week. Page 1 House Leader Mondell favors immed ate measures for betterment of Dis- trict schools. Page 1 Commissioners favorably report new sireet bill to Congress. Page 1 Compromise likely on Chinese tariff. Page 1 Rise in price of bread in Washington to be probed by Department of Jus- tice. Page 1 Debs to fight trade as well as armed warfare in future. Page 1 Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davi retired, dies. Page | Conference may name commission to set methods of computing submarine tonnage. Page 3 Four-power treaty may be amended to exclude islands of Japan. Page 3 Claims of France for submarines again scored by British press, . Page 3 Russian relief workers ask for dou- bling of aid for children. ~Page 3 Demand for_treaty ratification over- whelming in southern Ireland. Page 4 Key West mob attacks jail and hangs ‘man accused as slayer. Page 5 Storm in California causes six deaths and $100,000 property damage. Page § Clubman’s body found in woods. Page 10 Shipping men called to pass on pro- hosed subsidy. Page 11 $20,000 asked to aid Children’s Hos- pital. Page 13 Kansas court decides elght-year-old girl loses American citizenship and becomes German baroness. Page 13 District Attorney Pelletier put on trial in Boston. Page 13 Gen. Reyna executed in Mexico: al- leged to have planned revoiution. s picture and the | nations | for writing essays for The Star's prize on the subject. “The Arms {Conference and its Significance.” Va- | {ried programs designed to impress on | the children the developments at the | icontest v jnow being arranged b during the holiday period are I of the schools. private and parochial, as well 1as public. the With gradually thoughes ating, of Christmas the essavists f this week fire expected 1o devote some of their leisure moments at home to studyving the evenis occurring at the The home study, coupled in the clussroom. should be Newspapers Best Information. ! 1t has been pointed out by educa- | tional authorities that the best and | most comprehensive information rela- tive to the proceedings at the confer- | ence is contained in the daily press | Consequently the children have been | ’urgn(l to read the newspapers and to collect all the data from them which | Wwill aid in the wriling of the ess: 3 Rules for the contest. together with the personrel of the board of judges, will be announced by the close of the Christmas holidays. s be written until the definite rules are announced. As pre eight NEW POLIGE CHIEF 10 BE NAMED SOON Promotions Also Likely to Be Announced This Week or Early Next Week. Appointment of a superintendent of police and the promotion of several men to the ranks of captain, lieuten- lant ana sergeant probably will be an- ynounced by the Commissioners the latter part of this week or early next week. This was indicated when Commis- sioner Oyster let it be known that he was sending to the Civil Service Commission today for certification the list of iieutenants who recently pass- ed the examination for captaincies. In view of the fact that an official announcement is expected within a tew days. the Commissioners have lcarefully refrained from discussing !the question of who they intend to !make superintendent or of who is in line for other promotions. Captaincy Vacancy Exists. In addition to the position of super- intendent, there exists one vacancy for a captain, caused by the retire- ment of Thomas L. Judge. Capt. James Hartley of the ninth precinct has asked to be retired. and if his request should be granted there wflll be two vacancies. There is also a possibility that one or two more captains may be retired by the Commissioners before exist- ing vacancies are filled, as a result of the recent physical exemaination of all members of the police and fire de- partments who have passed sixty. 1f as many as four or five new cap- tains are named there will follow au- tomatically a’ corresponding number of appointments of. lieutenants and sergeants. Inspector May Be Retired. There also is a possibility that one inspector may be retired the begin- ning of the year. The Commissioners likewise are considering whether members of the fire department who are sixty years or_over should be refired. The Commissioners have not indi- _cated, however, whether they will (Contiuad 6a ¢ 1. Cotwnn 13 ] | I | | I S REALLY \DIDNT EXPECT CHRISTMAS CHILDREN STUDY ARMS PARLEY TO WIN THE STAR ESSAY PRIZES| days to Prepare for Contest—Pupils Re- sort to Press for Best Information. | eon sufficient to enable the children to pupils in the private | write an inteiligent composition on schools between the the topic chosen by The Star. ages of twelve and fourteen, inclusi |MUCH FOR | e of Christmas Holi-! will be awarded winners of the con- test. The prizes will be distributed | widely over the two separiate classes into which the contest probably will be divided in order that virtually alkl tants submitting meritorious es: will receive awards. There will ty-four priz amounting to | of the two probable 500 for each clas 1 Likely € Tie classes likely will be grouped as follow rst elass—Students in the senior high schools and the ninth grade of the junior high schools; students in the private and parochial schools be- tween the ages of fifteen and cight- een, inclusive. . Second cl and eighth g schools and % Grou, —Pupils of the seventh ades of the junior high grades of the ele- The first prize in each of the two classes will be $100. making a total of $200 in first prizes. The second prize in each class will be $30, making a total of $100 in second awards. There will be two prizes of $25 each class for essa Wwhose work is adjudged third best. Therc- i fore. a total of $100 will be awarded as third prizes The fourth group will consist of five prizes of $15 each for each cluss, making a total of ten prizes, or $150. here will be twenty prizes of $10 each awarded as fifth prizes, or ten prizes in each cluss, making'a total 0. b of $3 each will be awarded as sixih prizes. twenty-five prizes in eacu’class. making a’total of MAN BEATEN TO DEATH BY WOMAN WITH BAT Enocked Down When He Ap- proaches Her With Revolver and Demands Money. DENVER. Colo. December An unidentified man, believed by the po- lice to be Norman D. Gould, died at the county hospital last night as the result of a beating administered with a base ball bat by Mrs. Caroline Rossi| at her home here. The man, armed with a revolver, and displaying the badge of a deputy ‘ sheriff, according to Mrs. Rossi, ap-1 proached her and demanded money. He drew his pistol and flourished it in the air for a moment, and then struck Mrs. Rossi on the head, the| woman told the police. Mrs. Rossi said she seized the base ball bat from behind a kitchen range | and retaliated with a blow on the man’s head, following up with other |Cairo, the advices add, and attempts i have been madé to bring about wrecks | blows until he toppled over on floor unconscious. the The man died of | a fractured skull soon after being!succeeded, a train on the Heluan rail- taken to the hospital. lover the congested tr. Germany to Set Up % Marriage Bureau and Take Risk in Matches By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1821. BERLIN, Germany, December 27—The German government will take it upon liwelf mext Year to show unmarried folks w to be happy though mar- rled.” An official marriage bureau will be opened and will give forlorn bachelors and lonesome girly a chance to become mc- quainted and married at the minimum cost and without run- ning any great risk. The gov ernment will investigate the ife historiex of all the appli- nts, the inracter of thelr ancextors, and alxo their moral character and physical con- dition. Thusx, when the government approves an applicant and sup- pliex him or her with the namexs of other applicants, it gives a xort of guara hat the union will be happy eugenically nnd | otherwine. Thix plan has been worked out jointly by Protes! antx and Catholics, and hax ax | one of its principal aims the abolition of the numerous ex- isting private matrimonial bu- of reaus and the suppression matri; al advertisements newspapers and magazines. FAVORABLY REPORT | NEW STREET BLL INMEDIATE SCHOOL BETTERMENTINDC. URGEDBY MONDELL House Leader Declares He Will Give Support to Legis- lation for Improvement. FAVORABLE CONGRESS ATTITUDE PREDICTED Representative Confers With Presi- dent Regarding Legislative Pro- gram for Remainder of Winter Immediate school e betterment ndition cially the con of public in the District, espe- rue n of more build- ings and improvement of some of the present buildings in order ade- auately to meet the local demands, is strox favored by Representative Mondell of Wyoming, republican leader of the House of Represcnta- tives He made this ct known late yes- ¥ afternoon following a confer- with President Harding regard- ting flleg' lative plans to be followed CQmm|ss|oners Recommend by ‘tuv:lr:",i;::c.« Vl::-n nhil reconvenes. He New Thoroughfare Between [,.", [\, 20" Jiow, condivions: and 7th and 9th to Congress. The Commissioners today to| Congress with a few changes a favor-| able report on the bill authorizing the | pening of a new street between Tthy d 9th streets north of Florida ave-| sent nu The princi 1 of the bill is to| 4l obje provide a thoroug the 9th str rs of the Waslingto Railway and Electric Company mig reach Georgia avenue without p; da avenue from 9th to Tth streets. Would Relieve Congestion. “The objects of bill are relieve the constantly increasing tr: this [port o bring jattempt are through which | ge on Fior! that he is de srmined to lend his sup- bout the enactment of all legislation within reason af- ford the ne ary improvements and the zenera! development of the school system. He said it would 10 be poor nomy on the part of Congress to h. e at the ex National Capital a back of the public youth money of the on| Congress Support Scen. at | it 1o the city in which we |are living temporarily and which af- |fords us comfort and protec | Representative Mondeli stated. { e | we owe it o ihe capital of our nat. (o] 10 8¢¢ that it and its pers ©lulace are kept in a condition that | compares favorably with existing con- “We owe fic congestion in this vicinity at ufl'd”m“\ in other large ci T e times and particularly during the .o o o o 5 4 - £ b that Congress is desirou Eeason, ik {of doing the right thing by the Dis missioners’ letter to Congress, “and|, . = 0 to. |trict and that it intends to be gener to eliminate the joint use by thelous in its consideration of the nre Washington Railway and Eleetric | posed local school program providin. Company and the Capital Tracton | he ne improvements.” c e sl Florida | Represe ive Mondell said ompany o he n ““‘“ifllhl he is i9a ardent supporter avenue, and the co on of new |park development of the Distriet of tracks from $ih street and Fiorida |Columbia. During the many years he ayenue to the new sei, thence |Lus been # resident df this eity h along the new street to the pres- has made more or less of close stud. ent tracks on Ges avenue. It {of the park development of the eity is believed that the cks 10 bejand he is one of those who ar abandoned on Georgia avenue. from | the opinion that the plans. for Florida avenue north to the {future developments of the i street should remain to {should be such as to make the > possible future connec tional Capital the most pieturesqus the tracks of the two compunies. and beautifully arranged ¢ity in th <hould a m hese companies be effected, and for temporary or emergency usc. “The common use of the tracks on and for Florida avenue between treets largely responsible congested and dangerous dition! lar part of the line res e con- and a tie-up on this particu- | world. | ! ldeas of Future Development. In the future development of Ui park system Representative Mondeil aid he hoped to some provision for widening and improvement lox marcjof the line wesn {of I road and the construc- R b {tion of a beautiful public park on S 11;‘,‘»\ l:ml»: of that road from the ; ? 3 . LAqueduct bridge to the Chain bridge “Bills previously introduced in!ln fact, he would like to see ‘f.q Congress provided that not less than | development cxtend all the way alons one-half of the cost of the land and | the north side of the PPotomac river expenses be assessed th Washington Railway and tri and the Capital Traction and the halance against the property Further consider: tion of this matter, leads the Coni missioners Dbelieve that it wou ot be to secure a verdi to be benefited. two companies ent prop- | Some sort of wdjusted compen erty. Henee, in the bill forwarded | tian for former Sertice men om herewith, both the amounts 10 be as- [ 4t (he top of the Tegislntive program ed against the compan The beneiit to the & i conditic [l nd would appropriation to The total val justif ¥ an {part of the costs. of the land and improvements, based ; tariff essment. is $24,500.” on an z 11 EGYPTIANS KILLED. Disturbances Continue Attempts to Wreck Trains. in Cairy By the Associated Press. *LONDON, December Egyptians were killed others wounded in the recent natio ainst the rties are left open for the jury i it reasscmble pay — Eleven and fourteen s, he ! 1o Great ¥ | The Hou leader told the dent. among other things, that looks for an active and energetic ses- ‘n Congress again assembies belief that ail of the appro- bLills will have been passed by April 1. £0 as 1o give e time to consider tne ournmen:. which he antici- | pates will be June 1. resie . 1d ot for the Cou; to put through when Mr. Mondell said Legixlation on ¥ Eram. Legislation to encourage the mer- © ' chant marine. establishing permanent schedules, and the passage of | the regular appropriation bills for the | federal establishnients and co-opera- {tive work with the states are included iin the batch of mezsures to which the {administration will give its immedi- jate support with a view to getting tearly action in Congress. ! There no definite proposals on |the merckant marine or soldiers’ bonus which can be said to have i approval of the majority at this time, Mr. Mondell said. but the outline of 0. n- alist disturbances in Cairo. says a.gpjects to be taken un includes both foreign oflice statement today based matters. Every endeavor will be mads on a casualty list just received from |in the House. he zdded, to have all 5 ian capital. No British cas. | the appropriation bills ch origi- the Egyptian capital. No British cus-| .1, "(here enacted by 1. 80 as ualties occurred, it was stated to give the Senate time to consider Disturbances are continu in them on final passage and adjourn on the railwa; One such attem way being derailed Christmas day. GERMAN GOLD-MAKING TALLS STIR NO WALL STREET RIPPLE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 27.—Wall street was undisturbed today over persistent reports that a German scientist had succeeded in making synthetic gold. Certain chemists also were skeptic. Numerous other people recalled their copy-book maxim, “All is not gold that glitters,” and intimated disbelief in dispatches which hinted that the age-old quest of alchemists had reached its goal. It the Germans wait for syn- thetic gold to make reparation payments they will probably need a longer moratorium than they now seek,” said Dr. Horace G. Byers, head of the chemistry de- partment of Cooper Union. Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale was quoted as saying in London that if the synthetic gold process were true Germany might make a farce of the reparation payments by us- ing. synthetic gold. “Of course,” Dr. Byers added, “it would be a brave or an ignorant scientist who would propounce the syb\les!s of gold impossibie. I There is. however. no credible evi- dence that chemists are to ny nearer the realization of the dream of the alchemists than they were German kings were duped by the Knights in the days when the of the Black Art. ““Even were the speedy solution transmutation of metals promised, it is probable the prac- tical problem would be as distant from solution as is that of diamond one of the manufacture, which knows is possible.” every Both Dr. Byers and Dr. Harrison E. Howe, editor of the Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chem- istry, differed froin Prof. Fisher, who has gone to Germany to in- s in June Soldier Ro: The question of finding the sources I for funds with which to pay the sol- !diers’ bonus. the House leader as- serted, was the chief stumbling block of proposals for such a bill. Enact- the Congr vt 1 i {ment of such a measure, he added, {would probably require simultaneous {creation of a special tax to mect. the { outlay. Mr. Mondell said he did not with President Harding the remuneration plan” for subsidizing | merchant ship operation, and he ex | pressed the view that considerabie discussion would be required before | congressional leaders could adopt a { plan on such a measure. RAP EASY WEDDING PATH. Two New York Judges Would Halt Elopers and Bigamists. NEW YORK, December 27.—As- !serting that getting a marriage {license in New York was easier than uss 0 vestigate the reported svnthelic |buying a theater ticket, two judses gold achievement. in_statements |; 5 attributed to Prof. Fisher that [.» ‘ef“"',"“m“ 'ma’_’m‘:mc o synthetic gold might be worthlegs, ;in favor of a measure which wou “It one should succeed in what |require publication of the mames of '“e"“s “z""céo "’l‘;‘: V';‘:g'dil":"’r“vb’::}; persons obtaining licenses and pro- performance, 2 5 D, A thless. hs "Drng. | hibiting the ceremony for a month. Dr. Howe. “For all that we know, #t might be more valuable. Moisant 'of Paris demonstrated it was pos- sher is reported as fearing.” said This, it was asserted, would check runaways and bigamy. : “All you have to do to get married in News York,” said Judge Talle sible to make diamonds, but the |“is to go to a window in the mu small ones that he did make were |nicipal building and get a_license more costly .than the genuine {and then go to anotber window and — s oot married.” [ ]