Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1922, Page 2

- PRESIDENT GREETS DISTRICT PIONEERS 'Oldest Inhabitants, About 100 Strong, Pay Respects at Big Reception. Approximately 190 members of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia went to the White House this afternoon to ex- tend a New Year greeting to Presi- ient Harding. The scene at the White House was a familiar one to these pioneer Washingtonians, who, until the administration of President ‘Wilson, had made annual pilgrimages to the Executive Mansion on New Year day. The oldest inhabitants met at 11 &'clock in Union Engine House, 19th 4pd H streets, and after a short meet- & marched in a body to the White headed by Vice President Henry L. Bryan and Gen. Charles H. rand, the marshal. Recall Buch: Party. n the delegation was John B. Mc- irthy, corresponding secretary, who 1d his associates that he had at- nded every New Year reception at e White House since the admin Fation of President Fillmore. There Were others in_the party who could §0a|| baving been to these recep- o House, ns as far back- as the days of uchanan. AL the br %;\‘snf‘lxflnn fewly-vle rom Albion undy and W Vice President Bryan, who presided. %m his fellow members that they £ business listene 1 Jrom Matthew pic ssion_the cw Yeor Trimbte ould take as guide for the ne ear the first article of the associ ion’s constitution, which read; lows: 2 Guide for New Year. & “The objects of this association are & cement and strengthen the inter- ts and associations arising out of a ~eommon residence for a long period i e same locality, to keep alive and |admini; preserve matters of local historic value, eminiscences of the past and ocial and fraternal communion of the present and the future. @iistrict, we the greatest olicitude for its prosperity, it will be For the association to lend its aid in f#every way to its advancement and §mprovement in good order. right Fovernment, social intercourse. hos- ality and patriotic loyalty in all Zhings. and in courtesy and respect 0 all public functionaries, authorities Znd visitors, without regard to sec- Tional or poiitical distinction.” DRAFTS NEW TAX-PLAN. Form for Incomes of $5,000 and Less Is Prepared. simplification board. 1. Beal of Pittsburgh . has completed drafting of 1921 income tax return form tax ¥ Thairma Zhe new For incomes of $5,000 or less, it wa Said today at the Treasury. I The new forms, which are regarded 9 much more simple and less confus- dng than those in use last year. one to the printer and probabl $e ready to distribute about January 35. From fifteen to twenty million Toples of the new forms are bein rinted and it is estimated that thirty ive freight cars will be required to iend them to internal revenue col- Jectors throughout the country. The nternal revenue bureau estimates 70 r cent of the persons using the 5,000 form have incomes from only $alaries and_wages and possibly in- erest and have few deductions to ake from that income. The new o list on the first page the amounts ¢ income received from a number of Pources and then from the total of 2hese amounts to deduct the amounts 0 which they are legally entitled. the alance being net income. The work heet has been eliminated, but enough orms will be printed to allow dupli- ates to those who wish them. —_— WOULD SUPPRESS DRUGS AND LIQUORS United States of India Undertakes First Reform, Says Commis- sion Director. - Suppression of the drug and liquor #rafiic has been undertaken as one of rst reforms of the “United States f India,” proclaimed yesterday, ac- ording to a_statement issued today y Sallendra N. Ghose, director of the merican commission to promote self- overnment in India. Mr. Ghose declared that within the ast month 70 per cent of the opium hops and 60 per cent of the liquor hops in British India had-been closed hrough the activities of the nation- list volunteers’ pickets. “Suppression has now been de- -reed,” he added. “and in_districts here the provisional government is unctioning _drugs_and liquor will nly be obtainable for medicinal pur- pose: Mr. Ghose said that re; . from which * ere cut off by the decree. —_— CAMPAIGN IN 20 STATES. peakers to Proclaim Objects of So- cial Hygiene Board. The federal interdepartmental social ygiene board announced today that -Jt would be represented by speakers t almost all of the health Institutes o bo held this year in twenty states inder the auspices of the boards of Lealth of the various states and the ‘nited States public health service. Dn Valeria H. Parker, executive ecretary of the board, will speak at Pittsburgh, Newark and Miss Jessie BinfoFd ill speak at institutes To be held in “hicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Min- eapolis and Kansas City: Miss Grace . Chase at Portland, Ore., and Spo- ane, Wash., and ‘Alan Johnston of Baltimore aiso at Portland, Ore., and spokane and at Denver. NAME FOR PETROGRAD. ommunists Propose to Rechristen ;’ the City “Leningrad.” REVAL, Esthonia, December 11.— bmmmfln leaders propose to hange the name of Petrograd to Only Baby Buggies And Rugs Are Taken In These Robberies NEW YORK, January Ze— A mew type of robber, with a venchant ounly for rugs namd baby bugxies, Is Lawrence Finn, say the police who arrested him today while rolling seme of the former In one of the latter. He s alleged to have viaited a number of apartments, first » bells te ! PENROSE FUNERAL WILL BE PRIVATE (Continued from First Page.) the administration allied debt funding and other bills. The chairmanship mantle.falls upon Senator McCumber, who wae tke sponsor of the last soldiers’ bonus bill, by virtue of the Senate seniority rule, unbroken for many years. Mr. McCumber is the ranking republican, and party leaders say that he un- doubtedly will be chosen. He is chair- man of the republican ‘steering com- mittee” and comes up for ri ection next November. It The Republican vacancy on the finance committee, according to party | spokesmen, probably will go to Sena- tor Frelinghuysen of New Jersey. under the seniority rule. Senator Penrose also was a prominent mem- ber of the immigration, naval and banking committees, all of which will _have vacancies. Senator Mc- Cumber’s position as chairman of the pensions committee, it was said, prob. bly would go io Senator Elkins of West Virginia. Senator Penrose’s death deprived him by a few months of that distinc ion of & smanship of having hi me attached to a general tariff re vision bl He has worked nonths on ure. which is scheduled for enact- ment during the present session. His constant devotion to it and the re- cent tax revision law was said by his s S| handled n | Gerwood the [ House will one grea | hi form will require taxpayers | friends to have taxed his waning strength greatly. He also personally the present emergency tarift act, together with commitiee direction of the allied debt funding bill. He was 2 powerful factor in the framing. of the Payne-Aldrich tariff act and leader of the opposition to the Un- aaw of the last democratic strcion, At an early date both Senate and hold memorial services for Senator Penrose and possibly Assuming [ simultaneously for his late colleague, hat, as the oldest residents of the|th ormer Senator Knox of Pennsyl- vania, who died only last October. lences. President Hardin; t ses condolences o the. 52‘1 fni“:l’ffl senator in a telegram addressed to Dr. Charles Penrose of Philadelphia. The message follow: ¢ 1 have been: greatly shocked and deeply grieved to learn of the sudden death of your dlsll,}lui!hed brother, Senator Penrose. he shock is_all the greater, since it is only a-few days dgo that he expreased the hope; during a’ personal call at the White House. that he soon expected to give his full energies to the solution of pending public problems. From ‘my long atquaintance and my term of last ni fal v ot! public service with him I came to is| have a very high regard for his ex- ¢ | €eptional ability and his fine estimate of public duty. " His personal side was delight to all who knew m well.” ’ RITES TO BE PRIVATE. By the Associated Press. . PHILADELPHIA, January 2.—Ar- rangements for the funeral of Sen- ator Penrose were rtill Incomplete today. It was definitely decided, howeéver, that it 'should strictly private, in accordance with his oft expressed \wish. In . making: this announcement, Leighton C. Taylor, for many years the senator’s pff¥=te secretary, sald that only members of the family land friends would attend the serv- ices and that a congressional dele- gation probably would not come here for the burial. The date for burtal would be fixed, Mr. Taylor sald, after hearing from relatives in the west. Meanwhile the body of the former Senator, incased in a metallic coffin, covered with purple cloth, lay in his bachelor, home here. No crepe or flowers marked the presence of death in the old-fashioned brick house, where from a sick bed he had con- ferred by telephone with national re- publican leaders at tha Chicago con- vention which nominated President Harding. Every wish of the sen- ator for simplioity has been respected. Expressions of regret at his death continued to pour in today from all sections of the country. None gtem was made public by his rela- ves. Gov. Sproul said that he had not decided upon Senator Penrose’s Buc- cessor. Under the law the governor is empowered to make an appoint- ment to fill the vacancy until the next general election, which will be held in November. ' DEATH SHOCKS BROTHER. By the Associated Press, COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Janu- ary 2.—News of the death in Wash- ington of Senator Boles Penrose came as a shock to his brother, Spencer Penrose, a mine operator. Mr. Penrose was at a hotel at a New Year eve party when he ge- teived word that his brother had died, through an Associated Press 4 patch. He left at once for his hom District of Columbia—Fair and col tonight; lowest temperature about 1! degrees; tomorrow r, with risin, temperature; moderate northwest winds, becoming variable. Maryland—Fair and cold tonight: tomorrow fair, with rising tempera- ture; moderate northwest winds, be. coming variable. Virginia—Fair and cold tonight; to- morrow fair, with rising temperature; diminishing northwest wind West Virginia—Fair tonight and to- morrow; rising temperature tomor- row. Records for Twenty-Four Heurs. Thermometer—4& p.m., 32; 8 p.m., 2 12 midnight, 31; 4 am,, 18; 8 am., 1! Barometer—4 p.m.. 29. m. 30.03; 12 midnight, 30.12; 4 a.m., 80.31 8 a.m., 30.29. Highest temperature, 34, occurred §t 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest temperature, 18, occurred at § a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 64; lowest, 38. Condition of the Water. ‘Temperature and condition of the 8 am.: Great Falls—Tem- condition, cloudy. 1! #Leningrad.” according to Russian|As Ziewspapers received hLere. Built by the Caar'Peter the Groat,|B jthe former Russian capital was fnamed by him St. Petersburg. By mperial decree at the commence- ent of the great war in 1914, the icity was renamed Petro the ZRuesian equivalent of '8, s the original name was nd thus considered unpatriotic when E{u—h and Germany were at war. $25,000 BUYS STEAMSHIP. NEWPORT NEWS, V. 2 —The steamship Ocon auction, in Norfolk, Thursda 25000, Moore & McCormick_of York being her purchasers. In A 1920, she brought ugc.zn. for the pending tariff meas- | O DELAS FOR INDEPENDENCE Republic Proclaimed, With “Violence for Defense” Per- mitted, Cablegram States. The republic of India has been pro iclaimed aund “violence for defense” is lto be permitted, according to & cable: |8ram received here by Sailendra N. | Ghose, director of the commission to promote seif-government in India. The boycott now has been extended to individuals. The text of the cable follows: “Republia declared. American mes. sage declded. Armed defense sanc. tioned. Boycott extended to indi- vidual ‘Women, children safe. The “American messuge” referred to was said to be that signed by Sena. tors Norris of Nebraska and ‘valsh of Mussachuetts and a number of other jtruminent pubses and jurists, {1ledsing American support to the In idian “campuign for independence.” Credit to Amerieans. “Proclamation of the republic of the United States of India 1s due to the ledge which was sent to the national- sts of India by a groun of linerty-lov- ing Americans,” Mr. Ghose said in a statement last DigOt. ““Lue picupe wud read at the meeting of the all-India national congress and that of the all- India Moslem league. Simultaneously it was posted throughout India, both in English and in the dialect of the district in which it appeared. Proviaional Govermment Fornred. sibie to announce now tion for the uectaration f inue,endence, a provisional govern- ment has been formed with Ghandi at its head, which means that as long as Britain remains there will be a state within a state. —_— “SECRET” ALLIANCE TO BE GIVEN PARLEY (Continued from First Page.) considerations we consider the evacu- ation as premature. Atm to Restore Russia. “Japan must also participate in the restoration of Russia. We are roady for the downfall and restoration. Well disciplined and equipped armies are now stationed in Hungary and Jugoslavia, whe are ready to invade the country at any moment to restore ordér and to Eive their assistance to the. old monarchic regime. “When ‘that has been done, our aims shall be accomplished: Russia will be frée and our common inter- eds enn‘craa.umdA The French gov- ernment | rpd that at this moment, when.'the fate of new Russia is ing decided, Japan will not put any obstacles in the way and the French government will readily defend the interests of Japan in every respect (Signed) “THE MINISTRY OF 3 FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Another of the documents, dated Tokyo, September 7, said in part: “The Japanese Imperial govern. ment considers itself under great ob- ligations to thé French government and Is not less interested in regulat- ing the important problem which has been put forward by the French government. Freach Declared Obligated. One document, dated January 14, 1921, gives the text of an alleged pro- tocol, declared to have beéen drawn u? in Paris at a gemeral conference |of Japanese delegutes and the French military mission, declaring that France “feels greatly obliguted to Jupan for. the oposals made to the dele- gates,” but that “the first consideration of the French government is that the relations between the United States and France should not be injured.” It puts ing the Siberia” by Japan, provided there should be no oceupation or annexation intentions on the part of J. and provided Japan should use in alding those parties who would come out openly or secretly against the bolsheviki and the social revolu- tionists. The French government is alsé repe resented in this document as express- In case Japan favorably receivéd this proposal the French gov- of | ernment is credited with a willingness to support a project that the Japanese government have freedom of action in | M Siberia and that the former Wrangel army, undér the leadership of Semenov, should liberate the territory occupied by the boishevists. Japanese Centrel. The protocol continues liberation is aécomplishe ese _government may m: in such a manner that the .le-nl:; will be positively suppoflo?e by the s other document is an alleged of a treaty concluded be French, Jepa T acte as ol ing stipulation beration of the (& 8iberlan territory from the bolshevists Japan would receive complete “domi iberia; that would _be under Japafnese supéfvision; That ‘Russian milltary forces. sa well as militia, will be under Japaness t all coneessions be- Japan, under the treaty. JAPAN'S HOPES “BLASTED.” ‘VLADIVOSTOK, Décembér §.- Nikoforoff, president of the Far Bast- ern Republic of Siberia, declared be- fore the-national assembly at Chita, Acearaln{ to_advices received fro there, that Japan's menace to th ts and territorial in- ic had W 28 they cAp m ‘our seve Sy éreign rights and our tesritarial 1 ty.” phesident of '".Bd.lh. stad mmm SCIENTISTS OF EUROPE AS THEY APPEARED ON RETURNING - TO THE LOWER SLOPE OF MOUNT EVEREST. FIRST WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION IN YEARS IS BRILLIANT EVENT (Continued from First Page.) n 8000 feet of the “to) eader of the mountain 'CROWDS START owds started gathering in front of the White House long before the wore a small brown hat to match Mrs. Denby wore blue chiffon with a black hat; Mrs. Wallace was in black brocaded crepe de chine and a small hat of black velvet and tulle; Hoover wore black velvet with a ha of the same material, and Mrs. Davis was in dark plum-color4d velvet with a hat to match. Mrs. Taft, wife of the chief justice {and former President, wore a gown o iLondon smoke satin with a panel back and front of s Grant. daughter-in S. Grant, Frederick Dent law of President U, black satin simply @rant administration. Other Handsome Gowns. Mme. Jusserand, wife of the dean wore Kking's of the diplomatic corps, blue chiffon_and satin, with a smal black hat; Mme. Pezet, ambassador of Peru. wore black vel vet with deep side panels, edged with broad bands of krimmer fur and gold d a small hat of black Lady Geddes, wife of the jor of Great Britain, was in and a henna chiffon, small LeBreton, wife of the ambassador of Argentina, wore black velvet with and her niece, to the same material; the minister of S8witzerland, 'B: match: Mme. Wallenbersg, wife of the minister of Sweden, wore baize Can- ten orepe, with & biack hat. and Miss in black velvet, trimmed with jets, and wore a large Panaretoff, wife of the minister of Bulgaria, wore a hat to match, wife of the minister of Rumania, wore black velvet, with panels lined with cerise, black velvet and hat a Wallenberg was black velvet ha Mme. brown velvet, with and Princess Bibesco, and a black velvet hat. Mrs. Harding’s Assistants. Mrs. Harding was assisted in_the Mrs. ki y Mrs. Coolid, Hughes, Miss Mellon, Mrs. W Mrs. Denby, Mra. Waliace, Mrs. Hoo Mrs. Mc. ter, Mrs. Pitney, . Mrs. Rufus Day, Mrs. Frederick Gillett, Mrs. Jaseph 8. Frelinghuyse! Mrs. Eugene Hale, Mrs. John B. Kend rick, Mrs. T Pomerene, Mr; Frank B. Willis; the Misses Cummin; rs. John G. Cooper, Mrs. Finis J. QGarrett, Mrs. Patrick H. Kelley, Mrs. Mrs. James R. Mrs. Frederick C. Hicks, Mani Frank W. Mondell, Willlam A. Rodenberg, Mrs. John J. cob Rogers, Mrs. Joseph Walsh, Mi Harry C. Woodyard, Miss Helen C: Mrs. Henry P. Fletcher, M Robert W. Bliss, Mrs. Fred M. De ing, Mrs’ J. M. Wal Theodore Roosevelt, Harbord, Mrs. Rob John A. Lejeune, rs. James Woodbury Blair, Miss Mabel Board man, Mrs, Marshall Field, Mrs. Fred-: erick Dent Grant, Mrs. Paul Hender- son, Mrs. R. S. Holmes, Mrs. Fred eric A, Keep, Mrs. Albert D. Lasker, Edward McLean, Mrs. Charles E. Sawyer and Mrs. James Marwick, Mrs. Mrs. Clarence O. Sherrill. Parley Delegates Received. The -delegates to the conference ived among the first, he me! their wives, after bein into the behind the President and Mrs. ing. The Rt Hon. Arthur Jai Balfour went into the great foom, where he attracted no went into. the red received, and thencde tte their _respects to of his own. £ The children of the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. Du‘v!l ‘were among th ency, their | §eners] of the United States Mras. | quins in the same | color, and a small hat to match. Mrs. wore made with loose sleeves of rose-point lace and no hat, mccording to the custom during the wife of the! 8. New, Mrs. Atlee ames K. Watson, Mrs. inwright, Mrs. M G. E. Coontz, Mrs. Mrs. Richard H. Tewnsend, Mrs. John W. Wilkins, Mrs. imbers of the Supreme ambassadors, ‘ministers and room back blue room, where they u‘r:d i tion among those waiting to pay the chief executive and where he held a small reception appointed hour for civilians, and Capt. Flather started with the first arrivals to place into effect regulations for the prevention of confusion. The cold breezes did not sfop the crowds at all, and once the gathering started a steady stream from street cars and automobiles, as well destrians, commenced the throngs. 1| t as 14 augmenting 1 The grounds south of the White House early took on the appearanc of an open-alr garage. Cars of the idiplomats, under the direction of Capt. {Alfred J. Headley and a group of traffic speciallsts. were first parked on the roadway surrounding the Whit ous= after entering at the south- {west gate. and continued around in a circle, ready to go up to the south entrance of the building to take on leaving guests via the east entrance. After the roadways became filled a small overflow was parked on the lawn. The parking rules issued by Col. Sherrill worked out nicely in arranging the ‘arrivals. It was ex- pected that no confusion would re- sult in the departure. employed, Is expected te be among those in line for the reception later in the day. Rumors started trickling along the lines of police early that| oux was expected to put In an appearance at 3 o'clock. Whether he would attempt to stage a street gemonstration could hot be learned. Police orders, however, are that per- sons who show the slightest tendenoy toward disorder or fomenting a cause for disorder will be taken out of line. Fifty reserves from various pre- cincts, all muffied up in the regula: tlon overcoats, were on hand under Capt. Flather to guard against any much interest and color—as the rep- resentatives of the Army and Navy and the Marine Corps filed past the receiving line shortly past the noon hour. Because of the tremendous growth in the numbers of officers since the last reception was held it was necessary to confine those in this section to only officers down to and including lieutenant colonels of the Army and Marine Corps and com- manders in the Navy. With them were officers of corresponding rank in the public health service and the coast - |and geodetic survey. Army Menm in Full Dress. High ranking officers of America's fighting forces were attired in the regulation full dress uniform, which, since the days we entered the wo! war, little worn in this country. There was {n evidence much gold braid, varied colored sashes, hat- bands and trouser stripes; there were brightly shining dangling swords and §ingling spurs. Besides all of these outstanding features there were the many-colored and varied shaped decorations and service bars and honer medals, adorning the breasts io'x“"" high officers. t when the departmental heads, mem- bers of the various federal commis- sions and other agencles of the gov- ernment and others high in the fed- ‘nrnl“olllcill circles reached the recelv- ng line. | "rhis section of the callers included the solicitor general, assistant attor- neys general, assistant secretaries of départments, assistant postmasters general, the regents and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the civil service commissioners, the interstateé commerce commissioners, the mem- bers of the Federal Reserve Board, the federal trade commissioners, the Uhited States tariff commissioners, e commissioners of the United tates Shipping Board, the United States employes' compensation com- missioners the members of the Federa for Vocational Education, the directors of the War Finance Cor- ration, the controller general of 7 | PRe Unitea Btates, the director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, the Commissioners of the Pistrict of Co- I\Luml. the treasurer ‘of the United States, the chief of the United States bureau of efficl the director Raliroad . Administration, the alien property custod! the publi¢ printer, the heads of bureaus in the several de- ru-uunu. the president of the Co- nnmlln Inlfltu.uon for the Deaf and um s t e 4 e Many Clubs ted. Asidé from the general public sec- fltu! the ealling line there probably the greatest interest in the represental officers of the tive an v‘!lwl patriotie, military, civic and other or the Urbain Ledoux, helper of the un-| was well after the noon hour | was omploym‘mt T o answer Inqu! meazn‘ law and | N. jons Who Were next |Las o8l i > Standing, left to right, Dr. Heron, grologist, (. Wheeler, photographic D of the expe Hnber; EARLY RUSH FOR WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION disorders in the crowds. With the twenty-five men regularly detailed by the police department to the White House, and augmented by reliefs of six men apiece from the headquarters detective bureau, ‘they represented the total number of law guardians for the reception. Sixteen reserves and four detectives | al%0 were detafled to the Pan-American | building for the ceremonles during the from pe- | The mercury -was flirting with the twents-above zero mark ail morning n cutting wind made the full force of the | chiliness feit to the bone. When the crowds started streaming the temperature had’ moderated somewhat, but the {reezing mark was |not_passed in the upward creeping of he “thermometer. The north entrance of the White \ House during the morning reception was used only by members of the cabi- | net, justices of the Supreme Court and la very few specially distinguished |guests. The automobiles of these | members filled the roadway almost ffrom gate to gate. Secretary of State | Hughes and Chief Justice Taft were among the first arrivals. Secretary of State. Hughes left early ceremonies at the Pan-American build- ng. Representative Joe Cannon. muffied |up to his ears in a long ulster, was | north grounds to the reception. {was in g0od humor and apparently | ®ood health and exchanged courtesies | With the attaches at the front door. About 250 members of the general stafl of the Army and members of the Army War College, headed by Maj. Gen. Harbord. acting chief of stail, enteed the 1aceiving line short- 1y before noon. They were followed by officers of the Navy, headed by Ad- iral Coontz. and by officers of the Marine Corps. headed by Maj. Gen. Lejeune. Ao B others specially invited had passed along the receiving line, they gath- | ered about the large east room, where | they remained until the President and Mrs. Harding adjourned the recep- tion for luncheon Real American Handelasps. A particularly interesting feature of the greetings exchanged by the President and Mre. Harding was the personal note expressed~. by the President and Mrs. Harding as they extended their hands to give a real American handclasp. They each had no difficulty in varying the words used to_each person as they passed along. There was no mistaking, too, that . the individuals themselves, especially the foreigners, were highly pleased at this form of greeting. GRAND ARMY RECEPTION. ot Ceremonies’ Following Visit Members to White House. Following their visit to the White { House to attend the New Year re ception. members of various veterans' organizations affiliated with the G. A. R. will be received by officers of the Department of the Potomac, G. A. R., this aftefnoon from 1 to 4 o'clock, in G. A. R. Hall, Peansylvania avenue between 14th and 15th streeta. The second reception will be in the nature of a reunion of comrades who fought for the Union, and also their friends and relatives. ' Mrs. Wil- liam Emerson, chiet of staff, Depart- ment of the Potomac, assisted by Department Commander McEiroy, will head the receiving line. Refresh- ments will be served by a committee of ladies. Among organigations whose mem- bérs will be represented are the Daughters of Veterans, Sons of Veter- ans, the various relief corps and the World War Veterans. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS ANNOUNCED FOR LAWYERS Connection With Newspaper to An- swer Inquiries Concerning Law 1s Held “Objectionable.” NEW YORK, January 2.—It is “ob- Jectionable” for an attorney to accept from ‘a newspaper to legal rights, the commitfes on profes- sional ethics of the New York County ? tion decided in an opin- lation . of {atriot | voree actien o e biciiding. for |2 And the Picture was ut: or 0 jon, hatu. i it | IS el in iy win b front of the White House, and a: to attend | among those who walked through um! nespecting tion Tailoring Firm Head Proposes 5-Day Week and Raise to Workers. By the Associated Press. INNATL Ohlo, January 2. —A proposal for a five-day and forty-hour week, with a 10 per cent Increave in wages, will be made late today to the em: of the A. Nash Company, Ime. the eompany s eperated on “the golden rule system™ and that all questions ot gemeral policy are referred 10 the 3,000 workers of the fme- tory. i 1 ATTACK ON FRENCH RESENTED IN PARIS Press Declares Delegates Should Not Have Delayed Giving Naval Views. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 2.—Members of the French delegation should have lost no time in giving their views of the American plan for limitation of naval armament, it was declared by neds- papers here today. “Pertinax.” poli cal editor of the Echo De Paris, ro- sented with indignation charges of imperialism and tarism France, and retorred bitterly conduc’ ol Engiand. Should Not Have Waited. “Obviously. the American program implied,” lhe declared, “that all navies should be of the same type. and that the same ratio fixed for capital ships should apply to small units and submarines. Without walting we should have asserted our right to & navy built according to-other con- ceptions. “We postponed such action, con- tenting ourselves to answering pres- ent questions and taking every Op- portunity to flatter our transatiantic friends, who were accepting every- thing given them at its face value. They were afterward astonished to find how our ideas were full of tucks and folds. Our leaders made the same mistake in 1919 in dealing with President Wilson. and were similarly w thel he asserte realising a European hegemony. such as no nation ever has known, and has thrown on rance the suspicion of imperialism.” Declared “Joke.” Alluding to the plan outlined by Secretary Hughes at the Washington conference. St. Brice remarked: “It is a joke to present it as a reaction against militarism. as the Hughes program simply results economically in the domination of the world by three great powers. colonial population of 70,000.000. have an adequate navy to defend sea routes. A navy is an essential con- dition to freedom, and would threaten only those who would wish to strike Jat that freedom.” ALEXANDRIA. A. Va., January 2 (Spe- cial).—Ernest Lloyd. colored. allas Mutt Grooms, twenty-five years old. charged with fatally shooting Her- bert McCray. colored. last Thursday morning. walked into police head- i quarters late yesterday and gave him- . He claims that McCray fired :the first shot. The prisoner was ar- {raigned in court today and the pre- Tliminary hearing was postponed till ’Wadnosd-y morning. A coroner's jury { ! t th i ALEXANDRI will probe the shooting at 7 o'clock tomorrow night at Demaine’s chapel. The January term of the United States court for the eastern d of Virginia, Judge D. Lawren ner presiding, will convene tomorrow morning. A large docket is ready for this term of court. among the cases & many for violating the prohibi- tion Iaw. 7 AJl of the schools in this city will reopen tomorrow morning after the annual Christmas holidays. The Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia will rcopen also this week. Many students attending out- of-town colleges and schools left last night and today for their respective M‘::ol- most of which wiill reopen |anher tomorrow or Wednesday. Practically all business here was today in observance of A number of Alex- andrians tod ent to Washington and participated in the public recep- tion given by President and Mrs. Harding. A number of parties and dances have been planned for to- night. Robert E. Wade, fifty-one years old, & bricklayer, died shortly after & o'clock last night at his residence, 22§ North Alfred street, following a stroke of paralysis about a month ago. Mr. Wade, besides his wife, is survived by three children. He was a member of the bricklayers' union. Civil and Police Justice F. G. Du- vall held his first court today. He ‘will try both civil and criminal cases tomorrow. There were only a few cases called, among them being those of three white men suspected of hav- ing broken into Farley's store, 500 King street, who were acquitted. Willlam F. Webster has been ap- pointed constable for the second ward by Judge Moncure. HYATTSVILLE. HYATTSVILLE, Md, January 2 (Special).—The following officers for the ensuing year have been elected by the Prince Georges county Red Cross chapter: Chairman, Guy 8. Meloy, Lanham; vice chalrman, Prof. C. P. Close, College Park; sec- retary, Mrs. A. .B. Gahan, Berwyn (re-elected), and lrlellul‘eri:l’lllel:‘n.:’g. o Thomas E. who has irman, and Prof. HIL Mr. Meloy succeeds Dr. uunfler of !!uluvnc fved two Year :"NA C. P. Cl ucceed: X Charles 8. Richardson of the Uni- versity of Maryland. The following were elected to the board of directors: Prof. Charles B. Richardson, E. B. Burroughs, Mr Edgar Brewn, Mrs. Charles O. Apple. man, George F. Von Osterman, Mrs. . M. Harrison, Dr. Franklin G. Nalley, Mrs. Arthur Bowie, Claude Gllbor!b?!. A. F. Woeds, Mrs. ‘Ward Davis, . Harry M. Bow Fillmore Summerfield . Howard Close, Mrs. Frank Wells and Prof. Nicholas Orem. The board is to meet at an early date to make plans for the years work. MASON QUITS MINES. Resignation o8 Bi Fihamnwt &t of s, Fas beeh sacepted by Ditector Bain, it was announced Mason will become «l:lon roc l=uo|.ur Pprod- m'iu Humble 32 ason inan :f:;“‘:am nthly u;:"u'n the pro uc tion and consumption of the vari- ous refined petroleum products. ' ABSIGNED TO 3D CORPS. oavalry, "fi gy ouston, Tex., now gfl and Refining Co: Three years &go X H agamst | Austrian rrance. with aifOreign minister, Gottlei must | L0 bring about teacher in 14 ?n. call SR of POINCAIRE CHARGED WTH SEEKING WAR “Confidential Reports” Russian Ambassador to France Make Expose. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, Jaguary 1.—Under the title “The Poincalre Affair,” Theodor Wolff publishes in the Berliner Tage- blatt what are sald to bLe the con- fidential reports to his government of the late Alexander lswolsky, sian ambassador to France from 1912 to 1917. These reports, written in 1912-1913 and recently secured from the archives of the former Russian overnment, purport to show that M oincaire “foresaw the war and did nothing to prevent it, but actually sought to further it to France's in- terests.” of Poincaire’s election . the Iswolsk ports suy, he c d on conversations and developed France's policy witis regard to Russia over the heads of bix responsible ministers rt to Subsidizse Press. During this period, M. Iswolsky mentions money sent by Russians for “subsidizing” the Freng 55 and diplomatic and_political circles. and reports that this was distributed “under the supervision of a French minister,” and that it al desired effect M. Iswolsky 29, 1913, with r attitude toward the nd iroubles in th Al Ponecaire, Iswo paasized in @ ion ne was able to exe controlling influence on the country’s foreisn policy and had declared ihat he would work for the closext harmony betwecn Russia and France He indicated that it appearcd most important to the French government to prepare French opinion for French participation in a war which might arise out of the Balkan situation. M. Poincare was also represented as urg- ing that Russia should not enter a undertaking on this matter without previous commitments with France Commitments Demanded. After previous conversations with M. Poincare and Foreig: i Charles Jonnart on Janua 'l)w Russian mbass to Foreign Minister 3 French government n French and conversation that y 425 i had report zanoff that the French public opini would not admit the necessity of su D‘lrih‘lpifl ion. n conclusion M. Iswolsky reported efforts by the German cabinet to en- ter into special negotfations with France over the Bulkan situation. Poiucare was quoted as saying he recognized the inclination of Jules Cambon, French ambassador to « many, to concede the German request out that he had impressed on M. Jon- part the advisability of muk end to the attempts of th von Jage in amicable under- jstanding. Further Revelations Predicted. In commentin, 3 5, Wil ommenting on the reports, Herr “When Poincaire reached the hi igh- st office in the ®ift of P’runl‘»‘hv saw from this elevation coming war as an obvious occurrence. H. does not suppress such sentiment and con- viction. howeve he cold-blooded and merely asks and demands of Rus- {8ia not a policy of peace, but that he lbelprompuy “tipped off” to what is lo.ml' on. - In this he is not actuated by the desire to avert the catastrophe. but by f;?r that he otherwize will not be able to prepare e I Deople for war. " 0ur¢ he French Horr Wolff says M. Iswolsky's re- ports contradict M. Poincaire's as tien that he had no hand in effect the removal of the French ambassi to Petrograd, George Louis, who w :’;ca)h‘\’i because of his alleged passiv- ¥ and replaced by M - Lty and rep} ¥ M. Theophile Del “There is today,” concludes Herr Wolff, “an affair Poincaire. He must rest Anur{-d that hidden archives will bring to light further revelations.” THE GREATEST OF PLAYS. To the Editor of The Star: Standing at the entrance of Néw Willard a few days ago. I enjoy b the fullest the first act of the play that was being given by the Rotary Club. And I wondered if the men:- bers of the club realized what great play were giving. The curtain was up and the play on! The light seemed to come from the eves of the vast number of children rushing on stage to play their part. The orchestra of clanging car bells and automobile horns anml sirens played well their part. There seem- ed to be no end of children. The play progreseed. And then so quickly som. came tiipping back azain, all laden with all that makes glad f n. As 1 asked, really know wl it wax? Possibly, Iy. Did they rcturn to the childhood get the same ings of joy and happiness. expericnce the old, old_thrills that only childhood knows? Could they see with eyes of youth the tree of a thousand candles laden with the most wonder- ful and gigantic toys, and dolls that looked like their own brothers and sisters? And was the world one great big playhouse? Perhaps not. But you can wager your last gove: ment thrift stamp that iz the way the children felt. From that spark of love placed within the breasts of thewe little children will burst forth a fire of ungquenchable gratitude. Perhaps not today, but surely morrow. And who knows but wha these Rotarians, and all such associations, will be puid thousandfold in the lives of the next generation. The play went on. The actors became tired, but alwuys happy. No doubt when the curtain went down they felt they had given a sucoessful play. But they had done more. They had given thé Great Play as it was given nineteen hundred and twenty-one years ago when other wise men staged their play and brought ®ifts to another homeless child. IRVING M. GREY. tais of MISS ALICE 68 TODAY. ficpruenhdn Robertson of Okla- homa Has Birthday. Representative Miss Alice AL Robertson of Oklahoma, the only woman member of Congress, s 68 years old today. As the daughter of missionaries to the Creek Indians, Miss Alice grew up_ in the west, fighting for the Indians, for the territory and later for the stati She s born and spent her early days qounty, Okla., but came east to com- plete her education. After being graduated from Elmira College, she became the first domestici sclence New York state. of the west, however, was 80 strong that she was soon teaching day school for the Creeks in mull In 1900 she became United States supervisor for Creek schools. It was “Miss Alice” whom Presi- dent Roosevelt appointed post- mistress of Muskogee against the ad- wice of the republican leaders of the state, and it was of her that Mr. Roonevelt once raid “Wherever she is, whatever her ! surroundings, she is one of the great- jost pombs of America. COMMANDER 18 ASSIGNED. L% ! ! l