Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1922, Page 2

[y r o ® — GOVERNMENT WINS FIGHT TO ABOLISH CABLE MONOPOLY Revolutionary Change Seen in Communication With South America. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The gucceeded in its first effost to abol monopolies in -cable throughout the world. An agree- nemt has virtually been reached with the Wastern Unfon Telegraph Com- pany, All-American Cable Com- pany and the Bragilian, Peruvian and Ecuaorian governments which will mean a revolutionary change in cable communication between North and Scuth America, bringing with it un- questionably later on lower rates as well as improved service and estab- lishing ultimately freedom from ca- bie monopolies in the western hemis- phere. Basis of New The basis of the which brings to an end the spectac- ular fight between the Washington government and the Western Union over the landing of a cable in Miami, Fla., is this: First, the All-America Cable Com- pany shall surrender the monopoly it enjoys to the landing of cables in Peru and Ecuador while the Western Tnion, which is_afliated with British owned Western Telegraph Company. shall surrender its monopo- lies on the Brasilian castern shores of South Americ: and thereafter neither company shall have monopolies on either coast. Second. The Western Union will be permitted to land its cable at Miami, ¥la.. connecting the lsland of ~Bar- lLados, where the Brazilian cable had reached, with the United States. Third. Settloment is conditioned upon the consent of the Brazilian govern- ment and_the British company, the Western Telegraph Company. to the revocation of the original monopoly on the Brazilian coast. Evidence of Far-Sightedness. The willingness of the Western Tnion and the all-American com- panies to surrender their respective monopolistic privileges is an evidence their far-sightedness as well as thetr recognition of the fact that sooner or later, when the present monopolies did expire, the influence of the United States government, whether the administration be republican or democratic. was sufficient to prevent the renewal of such monopolies and that by an agreement at this time wmpetitive conditions could be brought about which would enhance aoc only the revenues of the cable tompunies, but help to build com- munication and commerce between North and South America. Trade in the western hemisphere has been hampered by poor communi- cation; indeed. before the All-America Company came into the field most of the cable trafic from the United States to South America was by way of Europe—necessitating delay on the one hand, and breeding a certain sus- pion on the other that European busi- ness men were able to outbid Amer- icans through prior knowledge of American offers. These charges have been denied again and again, but it has been admitted that the oppor- tunities for such tactics would be minimized if the United States has h Agreement. new agreement, of speedy communication with South| America. Fight of Long Standing. The fight for untrammeled com- munications in the western hemi- sphere began under the Wilson ad- ministration. Secretary Colby adopt- ed practically the same policy as did Secretar: Hughes—there was no politics it, simply a deliberate ef- in fort on the part of the American gov- | ernment to see to it that cable com- munication with the all-important continent to the south of us was not controlled by foreign-owned com- panies who might discriminate against the citizens of the United State: President Harding, however, has the opportunity now to go even far- ther and to use the example of what has been accomplished in the western hemisphere as a means of securing freedom from monopoly in _other countries with which "the United States has direct cable communica- tion, for admittedly world peace and extensive commerce depend largely upon communication. The Harding administration is saying nothing for the present about licenses to com- panies landing cables from European points, preferring to settle the South American situation first’ and offer an example of what can be done by abolishing cable monopolies. But the fact is that the Kellogg bill, enacted recently into law, gives the chief executive powers which may revolu- tionize the whole question of cable communication if properly exercised. It will be recalled that the Wilson administration. feeling confident of the constitutional rights of the exec- utice in refusing to grant permits to companies to land cables If the interests of the United States seemed adversely affected, found itself in the midst of litigation with the Western Union. Power Vested in Executive The federal courts never did get a | chance to decide whether the execu- tive had the power to grant or revoke cable licenses, for in the middle of the controversy Congress acted and specifically vested in the chief execu- tive all the discretionary power need- ed. It then became a matter for fur- ther negotiation between. the State Department and the cable companies. The Washington government made it clear that its views did not involve preference in cable companies nor was it attempting to dictate how these concerns should handle their business, but that, broadlr speaking, communication was a matter of policy as well as law and that th United States could not agree to per- mit the Western Union to land a cable at Miami, Fla., if that meant a con- nection with a_British company in Brazil which, having an exclusive monopoly on the Brazilian coast, vir- tually prevented an American cable mpany, operating on the west coast of South America, from reaching around the continent and developing its lines. The Western Union always replied that the All-American Company_ had similar monopolies in Peru and Ecua dor and that the Western Union was prevented from developing its lines north of Chile on the west coust of South America. Diplomatic Influence Felt. Thus the controversy dragged on, but it became evident to all con- cerned that it was only a question of time until the United States, through its diplomatic Influence, would see to it that monopolies were not renew- ed. So all the companies were brought Into harmony and the im- pression gained by investigation. of the subject in officlal circles is that the Whgreement aatisies all en and means a step forward in rapid -communication, as well as in the de- velopment of better political and commercial relations with South America. There are some monopolies in Central America which will in time also be abolished. The principle of the American gov- United States government has communication ! the | coast and the | | here brought the number of fatalities ! Officers After Denby On Charge of Hunting Without State License By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., January 9. —A communicstion has been addresscd to Secretary of the Navy Denby by the Virgin commissioner of game the Secre- ! in Virginia without a licens The communication was sent to the Secretary by M. D). Hart, aco.etary of the state depart- ment of game and faherie: Accompanying it wax clipping from =n mewspaper under u Fredericksburg, Vi date linc, declaring that Secre- tary Denby “enjoyed a sue- cessful hunt at Point Farm, in Stafford county, near Freder- fckaburg: that the cabinct wax accompanied by Col. Cutts and Mnaj. Kingsberr. ond took Lack to Washir, ton a fine lot of quail and wack, some of them for Presldent | Hurding.” | SCHOOL BOARD HEAD SHARPLY SCORED nued_from First Pag (Ce pupers were put after being bought from him. Representative Buchanan then ask- led: “Suppose you sold some of these {compositions to school children and | they used them exactly as prepared | fand the question of their expulsion | came up before the board of educa- | tion. would you vote to expel thel child?” | Mr. Edwards said he might not vote at all. Representative Buchanan then {asked him if he did not see that his! | position as president of the school| Ibourd and as owner of the concern | I selling these compositions to eighth- grade school children wus inconsi ent and that he ought to get out of | lone or the other. ! Likened to Book of Orations. Mr. Edwards said t in selling the papers to any one who wanted | them they were doing the same as a man who sold a book of orations. 1 Another item in the Edwards cir- cular which particularly interested the committee was the following: “Danger of duplication. “When one first thinks of ordering a copy of the paper prepared for -gen- i use, he thinks seriously of the | chances of some other | Ketting a copy of the {the same town. This of course is | possible, but not very probable. If we sold a dozen copies of the paper in a year we would consider it a very good sale, and yet that would make but one copy for every four states in ithe Union, %o that the chances of two ipersons in the same town getting each | { @ copy of the same thing is, to say the | least, very remote.” ! Chairman Davls directed attention | to the fact that D. A. Edwards in the jcircular stated that he was a member {of the board of education of the Dis- Heriet. | In the circular Mr. Edwards adver- {tised as having a large practice before he Supreme Court of the United tates. Questioned by I i person also same paper in i ison, he admitted that though the let- tepresentative John- ters “LL. M.” appear after his name as secretary of the Columbia Informa- ition Bureau, he had never tried but one case, in which he was an assistant attorney, where the amount involved was $50, and that they had lost that case. Another line in the circular which tnterested the appropriations commit- tee was this: “Teachers are held responsible for the quality of the papers read and speeches delivered by pupils.” Md. Edwards Defends Self. Tn a comprehensive statement de- scribing the work of the Columbia College and information bureau, Edwards today defended hims: against the criticism made against him by members of the House appro- priations committee. “I am sure we are conducting an honorable business and doing it in a perfectly honorable way, and that many thousands of pupils, including children, are being benefited | he said. Since the establishment of the bu- | reau in 1915, Mr. Edwards said, ad- | dresses have been written on about 1,300 different subjects. He pointed out that never has the bureau sold a ! paper to a Washington school pup “The people who purchase these dresses,” saig Mr. Edwards, “make use of them in a variety of ways. Som times they may be delivered verbatim sometimes the thoughts are used and diffcrent language employed. We do not know what use is to be made of these addresses nor do we inquire. We are simply the authors and publishers. “No one would question our right to print these addresses in book form and sell to all who wanted to buy them or hold us responsible for the use the purchasers made of them. The same is true where they are sold one | at a time. It would be ridiculous to} say an author should be held rtBDon-i 1 i sible for the use made of his com- positions. € “We treat all communications confidential, as purchasers often do not desire to have it known that they have had any help in preparing their address, “Special criticism has been made of ithe fact that we advertise papers for {eighth-grade students. In our cata- :lorzue we have eight subjects only |1isted underthis head. These papers are intended as models to guide the puplls in their compositiona They are used almost exclusively in the small cities and rural communities | where the library facilities are poor, | if there are any at all. In all the| years we have been in business, as; far as we know. we have never sold | one paper to a Washington pupil. i e XMAS TREE FIRE KILLS 5. Children Burned to Death in Try- ing to Light Candle. GALVESTON, Tex., January 9.—The death of Cooper Bavill, six vears old, {in a Christmas tree fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Biron here Satur- day to five. Four of the child's play- mates, inciuding a younger brother land two of the Biron children, died { Saturday from burns sustained in-the {fire, which started when one of the {children attempted to light a candle | on the tree and dropved a match into some cotton linters. A nurse in charge of the children had left the room a short time before the occurrence. PAY UP OR LOSE SERVICE. Water Registrar Warns Property Owners Bills Must Be Met. Warning was issued by Water Regis- trar Wallis today that unless property | owners south of Florida avenue and west_of North Capitol street pay their water bills immediately water will be !cut off until the payments are made. Mr. Wallis also announced that water I bills for the northeast section are now | being made out and will be ready for delivery about February 1 for all meter accounts in that zome. Property own- ers will have thirty days from the re- | ceipt of the bill to make payment. —_— ernment is that anytime any com- pany wants a cable permit to land in the United, States, it must free itself from monopolistic connections. Even- tually European companies which are connected with America by direct cable and which are not giving American ‘companies reciprocal privileges abroad will find their permits in danger of heing @:vokad unless they liveSup to the spirit of reciprocity. For the Kellogg law_removes all doubt as to the power of the executive and gives the President the right to grant or revoke permits at any time that the conditions are not fulfilled by cable companies in peace as well as in time of war. (Copyright, 1022.) i i { months of 1 | maintenance of equipment. iday, when the case of Mrs. Lydia G. i, ;eecuted a campal " THE E VENING FORD'S ROAD GAINS, 1921 REPORT SHOWS $217,47'l Increase in Operat- ing Income for Last November. Net earnings of Henry Ford's rail- road, the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton, show large increases for the last few months of 1921, and for the first elev- en months of that year over the same months of 1920, according to figures made public today at the Interstate Commerce Commission. Notwithstand- ing the increases shown during the ast year over those of 1920, there have been steady decreases in the net earnings of the road since last April, when carnings totaled approximately $270,00¢. For November, the net operating in- come was $5.335 against a defleit for November, 1920, of $212,136, a net gain of $217,471. The increases in net earnings took place while reductions were being made in rates on practically all com- modities and while the employes of the Ford-owned road were being granted Increases In wages. Figures for 1921. Operating revenue of the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton for November, 1921, totaled $681,452, an increase of $200.020 over November of 1920, and operating expenses for November, lust were §560,366, a decrease of $79,- This decrease is probably counted for by lessened cost of main- tenance and of materials. The maintenance item included a de- crease for eleven months ended with December of $787,007 in expenses. Cost of maintenance’ of way decreased $309.656 during the first eleven over the same months §162.408 w saved in y RIDGEOM, of 1920, and Senalor Ford road showed a net operat- me for the first eleven months of $852,931, an increase of over the same period of when there was a deficit of 9.401. Operating revenues totaled 56 for the eleven months, an increase of $1,922,713 over the first eleven months of 1920, and expenses for the first eleven months of 1921 he e.) sterling integrity, and waen he had been selected as manager of the sen- atorial campaign in Michigan, which was done without the slightest knowl- edge on my part, he insisted that be- fore he would even accept, much less undertake to enter upon, the work of tinued from_First totaled $4.852.784, a decrease of $787.- 007 ‘The ratio of expenses to revenue [ERN Speeds Up Freight. Since Henry Ford took over the De- troit, Toledo and Ironton he has | to'ent e brought to the road a much higher |ID¢ campaign he should and must claxs of frelzht, which is the main |leirn for himeell, becauye ot car difc business of the road. there being little | ferences in 1312, Whether ot flol B passenger travel, than was the case |TEnaKement of th stable before. A lurge part of the freight |PAiEn would be c business of the road is made up of e came to New York and we had | hizh-class steel commodities, w i SFVleiw thiene e take @ higher freight rate than coal | & briel interview there. \We did pot and stone. This accounts in part, | a7l of the campaign. 1 recall th railroad men say, for the increused | quring the conversation had at that earnings of the road. Another factor that has strensthened the revenues of the road is the prac- tice of the D., T. and R. to deliver freight in carload lots to a junction with other roads, and offer it to the time Mr. King, in answer to a ques friends of Senator Townsend, campaign Mr. King had managed, said it had cost approximately $20,000, and added that in view of the ‘sit- road which can effect the quickest|uation then existing in Michigan he service. 1In this manper freight move- | thought it would cost my friends ment is speeded up dnd the turn-over | approximately $50.000 to make a of freight cars is made quicker. comprehensive and successful cam- palgn. This is the only amount of money which, directly or indirectly, I ever heard mentioned in connection with the senatorial campaign in Michigan until after the primary election and the report of the com- mittee was filed. Denles Spending In 1018, did not solicit or expend, di- rectly or indirectly, one single dollar i1 the campaign for senator in Michigan in 1918, nor did I know of the con- tributions made until afterward. The two statements which I made under | oath to the Senate are absolutely and wholly true. The first is dated August 14, 1918, and, omitting the printed form with which you are all familiar, and to which 1 sincerely subscribed, 1 wrote in my own hand, follows: “The campaign for my nomination for United States senator has been voluntarily conducted by my friends in Michigan. [ have taken no part in it whatever, and no contributions TAKE GOTHAM FUGITIVE. Philadelphia Police Capture Negro Charged With Double Slaying. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., January 9.— Luther Boddy, negro, alleged slayer of two New York detectives. was cap- tured today in south Philadelphia. He gave himself up without a fight. The police said ht was heavily armed. Boddy was captured shortly hefore 11 a.m. as the result of a tip furnished Amos Scott, recently sworn in Philadelphia’s first coiored magistrate. Scott led a detail of police to a house at Rodman street, near 20th. The po- lice surrounded the house and ap- proached with caution, their weapons ready, expecting a desperate fight, but Boddy gave himself up without a struggle. FILTRATION PLANT MEETS BREAKDOWN (Continued from First Page.) my knowledge or consent. “The second, dated August 28, 1918, with the same omissions, and in addition to the printed form to which 1 sincerely subscribed, I wrote with my own hand, as follows, under the head of ‘Contributions'—None with my knowledge and consent.” And un- der the head of ‘Disbursements'— ‘None with my knowledge and con- sent. 1 have read a general public statement of Paul H. King, concern- ing expenditures made by a volun- tary committee of my friends, but these were made without my knowl- edge or consent. No Intention of Misleading. “Ag every senater knows, this form rofers only to campaign contributions, disbursements and promises, and to nothing else. “I had not the slightest intention of misleading any one in making thie statement, nor do I believe any fair- minded man was In the least deceived thereby. 7 “The form of report furnished by the Senate under the act of Congress then supposed to be in force (but which has since been declared to be void) called for a full, correct and itemized statement under oath, of all campaign contributions, names of con- tributors, all expenditures and the purposes for which the expenditures were made. “I haa not the knowledge required to make such a verified report. Had my affidavit so stated this fact, all eritlcist would have been avoided. 1 made the statement in the form it was imade in without consultation with any one, and it was literally true. I {Ead taken no actlve part in the cam- paign. I had not even been in Mich- gan. I had neither received nor ex- pended any funds, and had no per- Ponal knowledge to enable me to make the report called for. Cited Michigan Report. “In my statement filed with the secretary of the Senate I did call attention to the report of the cam- { paign committee of Detroit, which re- port as called for by the Michigan law includes a full statement of receipts and disbursements as reported by the surer of that committee. e tter our interview in New York, Mr. King went back to Michigan and ign, conducting it his own way. <He man- 1f this situation arises, the unfiltered water will be treated with chlorine, and, while it may be slightly turbid and’ taste of the chlorine, it is con- sidered safe for drinking purposes. i Bearing on New Conduit. Asked if today's breakdown bore any relation to the urgent necessity for the new conduit from Great Falls, Maj. Tyler replied that it did have a direct bearing on the need for an| additional source of supply. The fil- tration plant, he said, has been under a strain along with all other parts of the water system since the rapid growth of the city increased consump- tion. He explained that completion of the new conduit, which has been author- ized by Congress, will relieve great- ly this strain on the present filtra- tion plant for the reason that the water brought from Great Falls by | the new conduit will not have to be handled by the existing filtration plart, but will be filtered at a point near the District line and sent from there to the high lovel sections of the city. For a number of years citizens and officials of the District have been calling attention to the danger of postponing construction of another conduit with the city using close to the safe capacity of the existing con- duit, but fortunately, no- serious breaks in existing equipment have occurred. While the disabling of machinery at the filtration plant last night may not necessitate the use of unfiltered water if it can be repaired tomorrow, it shows, Maj. Tyler said. that breaks may occur. o MOLAVI MURDER HEARING. Assistant Uy S. Attorney Emerson to Conduct Prosecution. Capt. Bertrand Emerson, the new assistant to United States Attorney Gordon, will make his first appear- ance in Criminal Division 1 Wednes- | Molavi is called for trial. Mrs. Molavi, .,,,,;ely in : n war. e man v t 1d, is [aged a campalgn o 3 B4 for which 1 have frequently ex- degree in connection with the death of her husband. Abdul Molavi, a Per- sian antique dealer. = . The tragedy occurred April 14 last at 1314 Rhode Island avenue mnorih- west, where the couple were rooming. They had been married only eighteen months. When the body was found a | pistol was in the left hand of Molavi. | The wife claimed he had committed 1 suicide, it was said, but later ad- mitted that she shot him because she was deranged by his refusal to speak to her after a quarrel. Mrs. Molavl is at liberty on bail of $10,000. She will be defended by At- torney T. Morris Wampler. Assistant United States Attorney Presmont will aid Capt. Emerson in the prosecution. D. C. LOSES DAY IN HOUSE. District day in the House was set aside today when the House adjourn- publishing daily sum- marized story of the developments of the armament confereace. By reading it each day you will keep in touch with the out- standing eveuts of the historic meeting.) The committee on limitation of ar- mament today considered the ques- tion of aircraft, their limitation and use In time of war. A resolution was adopted carrying out the recom- mendations of the subcommittee submitted Saturday, which- declared (The_ Btar is d out of t £ . Kuhil f{.u.:.'fau%le, T ferritorial Jdell:lte that it was impractical to limit the from Hawaii, who died at his home in| number or size of aircraft other than Walkiki. lghter than air sircraft, and pro- tion as to how much it had cost the | whose | or expenditures have been made with | D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1922. Newberry Declares His Innocence Before Senate | pressed to him the gratitude which 1 feel. * = % Not more thun a half dozen times did 1 sce Mr. King | throughout the campaign, and_each | time it was in the city of New York. He kept me constantly informed as to the progress of the campaign in {which 1T wa: course, keenly in- {terested. * On one or two oc- |casions questions of policy were dis- f cussed between us, and in in- Istance the judgment of Mr. King | controtied. Sometimes Opposed Dey s 1 recollect the facts two instances his action was the ex- act opposite to what I felt was the ibest thing to do. I do not mean to #ay that I did not know generally what was going on in Michigan. 1 had constant knowledge, so far as information was concerned, regard- ing the progress of the campaign, but I had no direct participation In it. “I knew. as a matter of fact, a_campaign of publicity was being extensively carried on, and 1 realized hat such a campalgn must neces- sarily cost a considerable amount of money: but I did not have the faint- est idea as to the amount of money that actually was expended until after the report was made public. The cost of the campaign was about §195,000, according to the report, and when I learned of this amount I was regret. more than 1 had any idea was being led, and more than ought to be ¥ to <xpend in any ordinary campaign. But this was not an ordi- nary campaign. Regrets Large Amount. shall not dwell wpon the reasons which the committee thought imperak tively demanded a campaign of news. paper publicity involving this ex- penditure of money. 1 can only say that I regret exceedingly the fact 1 ther say that in the acquisition of that | money, in the solicitation of that { money, in the collection of | meney, in the use of that morey had nothing whatever io do. nothing whatever about it, not even the amount of It. make this cape any responsibility, the Senate. in the state How the money was spent of Michigan, how the engaged in this work or what they did 1 did not know; I do not know now, except from the accounts of the | hearings which have been held and | the report filed after the primary. i Believes Law Obeyed. “It 1s and always has been my understanding that in so far as the primary in Michigan is concerned, if the cost is not borne by the candidate himself the committee in charge of the campaign may spend whatever amount it pleases for the eleven enumerated objects which forth at length in the Michigan pri- mary law. the start, and I still believe, that the law was carefully obeyed by this in- dependent committee, which had the campaign _ fol in hand. * * made my statements under oath to the Senate, as provided by law, in the firm belief that they were tull and falr statements of the absolute truth, and 1 so believe to this hour. I made them without consultation and with- out legal advice, and with only the same facts before me, I would make exactly the same statements today that 1 made then. Ignorant of Fund, “As to the campaign fund, the ques- tion of its acquisition, or of its ex- penditure, was never called to my at- tention by any one connected with me or the campaign committee, and when 11 stated that no money was spent with my knowledge or consent, 1 en- deavored to convey the same impres- sion which I now endeavor to make clear, namely, that as for myselt, I was spending no money, and that I knew nothing about the expenditure of money in the campaign. 1 want to make this point just as strong as I am able to do because it has been -hinted that money which was con- tributed, without ‘my knowledge or consent, by relatives and friends of mine, was 8ubsequently, in some way, directly or indirectly, repaid by me, or BRIEFLY TOLD STORY OF ARMS CONFERENCE posed that the rules relating to their use in war should be taken up at & later conference. . ‘The naval limitation treaty, it was expected, would be ready to be laid before the full committee late today - or tomorrow, An open session of the conference on naval matters was predicted for Thursday. The question of Shantung was, still awaiting settlement. Secretary Hughes and Mr. Balfour, with whom tHe Chinese delegation conferred Sat- urday, were expected to confer with each other as to the best course to be pursued in bringing about a set- tlement of this question between the Chinese and the Japaness. are set | I therefore assumed from ! r my primary election | |CHILDREN ENJOYING FAVORITE WINTER SPORT ON HOUSE HILL IN ZOO GROUNDS. | |In spite of the fact that the whole H and whatever action the Senate of the United ates may take 1 shall| emember as tong as I live the stanch loyalty of the people of Michigan. who, with complete and full knowl- edge of every allegation made against ime and of the charges that were ade and placarded throughout the At once filled with astonishment and | jelect me “The amount expended was large, : Michigan. | {them to b ) | i that | Henry statement not to es-; but in order | addre that the actual facts in the matter. | his hand, entercd the Senate chamber as I know them, may be presented to ! : | slipped the manuscript of the s books of account were Kept, who were | | | i | LION S was to be repaid by me. There is not | even a shadow of truth or the slight- est foundation for any such state- ment. 1 did not know what amounts were given to the campaign. 1 did not ktm‘r’ by whom these amounts were given. I did not know either their source, their amount, or their use. I have mever agreed, either di- rectly or indirectly, to repay, or in any way to reimburse such contribu- tions, nor have 1 cctly or indi- rectly repaid or reimbursed such con- tributions. 1 have never made any agreement to do so. nor have I any intention of so doing. Contributed Only $1,500. “So far as 1 am personally cerned, I did not spend in the pri- mary campalign in Mickizan a dollar, directly or indirect! with the exception of a personal con tribution of $1,500 to the republican state central committes, equally true of the general con- this s setion people of my state were bombarded from every side by every means of | publicity and appeal. with ever tail of every charge made a me in connection with the pr 1 was elected fairly and ho enator from the state of M of my state knew the from beginning to end, a s “The people whole story state in connection with the primary ampaign, held me in such confidence and believed in me sufficiently to one of their senators from “1 can add nothing to th ment, to which the Senate w much patlence and courtesy h ened. It presents fully and all the facts in the case as 1 know TRAMMEL RESUMES. Florida Senator Continues Attack on Newberry's Claim. Truman H. Newberry appeared in that so large an amount of money |the Senate today for the first time in was necessarily expended. I can fur-)several months, prepared to speak in Lis own defense in the contest brought by his democratic opponent. Ford, for the senatorial seat 1{from Michigan, which was at stake 1 knew | in the 191§ election wonyby Mr. New- berry. Mr. ewberry, with a copy of the s whic! was make in he to five minut He peech in his desk, smiled at his colleagues, and immediately went out. The chamber, usually half deserted at noon, showed a quorum in attend- ance. The galieries were ed. Senator Newberrv, pushing back the ewinging doors to the republican cioakroom, bumped first into Senator Norris, republican, Nebras who had béen listed unofiicially as one of the republicans counted to vote against him. In a few moments the genator was surrounded by his col- leagues. There was no fixed hour for Sena- tor Newberry to begin his speech, and meanwhile the Senate worked on small grist. Senator Towrsend of Michigan tried to chop off the small business so that the way might be clearfed for Senator Newberry, who remained meanwhile in the cloakroom. before the opening. Senator Trammell Resume: Senator Trammell, democrat, Flor- ida, took the floor and began an ad- dress, urging adoption of a minority report holding that Senator Newberry was not entitled to hold his seat. Mr. Trammell continued the speech which he began Saturday, going ahead | with what he described as an analysis of the testimony in the record of the Newberry case. He devoted much time to the evidence concerning the selection of a campaign manager in an attempt to show that “from the outset it was planned as a ‘barrel’ campaign.” - The testimony as to the formation of the campaign committee, Mr. Tram- mell declared, contained 'convincing evidence that the committee was de- signed “purely as a means of evading the laws.” He added, that it “seemed to be a well thought out scheme” of campaign direction, but he felt that both statute and moral law had been violated. . Representative Alice Robertson of Oklahoma sat with the senators. Speaker Appeals for Order. ‘There was s0 much confusion that Senator Trammell demanded that the Vice President stop it. The hun circle around the chamber kept on talking, barely hearing the faint tap of the gavel. Reports from the floor were that Senator Trammell would speak for more than an hour. Senator Newberry remained in the cloakroom during the Florida sen- ator's attack on him. Nobody on the republican side seemed to pay much attention to Senator Trammell’s review of the evidence. House members swarmed in and women in the galleries kept on with their whispering and knit- ting. The jam outside the public gal- Jery doors was much like that pre- vailing at appearances of the Presi- dent before the Senate. CHAIRMAN HULL IS CRITIC. Chairman Hull of the democratic national committee, In a statement Jast night on the Newberry case, is- WILL VOTE ON NEWBERRY. Senator La Follette Returning to ‘Washington for Purpose. MADISON, Wis., January '9.—Sen- ator R M. La Kollette left Wash- ington today on receiving word tha | a vote on the question of seating Sen- ator Truman H. Newberry of Mich- igan was impending. While here the senator has been busy mapping out organization plans for the 1922 campaign, in which he will seek re-election ISEMIONOFF GIVEN iRIGHfl_fl ENTERU.S. Self-Styled Ataman of Cos- sacks May Remain Six Months. B. WOOD. been Semionoff, BY JUNIUS Permission has Gregorie granted to Ataman self- styled wack taman of all the Russian Cos- ter the United States for o to ing a sta of six months, acco) | definiie information from the ! Department tod Considerable { secrecy has surrounded the cfforts uring recent months to get him into this country, various countries in the far eust refusing him the right of residence in the meantime. A cable was fi ly addressed by the Btate Department, last Thursday, to Stuart J. Fuller, American consul gencral, in Tientsin, C} the fugitive's fust Blopping plaee authorizing him to vise Semfonoff’s passport. The de- pa t is not informed whether he is bringing any of his wives. He is not expeeted to arrive in Washington in time to participate in the present conference. Prof. Osien- dofski, nis representative, who claims !'to have been with the Ungern forces in the capture a f Urga, bas been here for several weeks | Will “Rent” Pending Loan. “Semionov's visit, according to an {explunation from K. W. Luchich, his representative in Shankhai, is 10 rest” in the United Sta while the negotiations are completed for a loan finance Accord- ican from New York ba rs to another revolution in Siberi ing to this explanation, the Am¢ bankers have agreed to raise the fund {for u resumption of hostilities, being satisfied that they will be repaid v'hen the uprising is successful The plan as sketched contemplates {that Gen. Wrangel, another armyless {savior of Russia, from the safety of 4 a neutral nation, will resume com- mand of his former soldiers, with the Serbjan army, and maks simultaneous attack in east and w Kussia. Semionov outlined the same wctor iplan with Ungern as an adde when I taiked with him in Via in June. As its working out vostok has %0 von Sternbe n of Baron Ungern ti nsistant fl nd Semionov's c ther from Siberia, the optimism of its latest backers is refreshing. It is explained that Semionoff has Iways been rep an enemy | bolshevism and therefore should be welcomed in the United States. An- other humanitarian motive advanced for bringing him is that as he has | Leen the cause for much of the dis orders and atrocities in Siberia: if he is in the United es that part of the world will be relieved, and 1 will not have any trouble mik opportunities here. Fled in Airplane. During the past year. Semionof has done most of his cam’ gning the | foreign settlements of China. After {his flight from Chita by airplane in i December, 1820, he lived at Tsingt under Japanese protection. He re- | turned to Vladivostok under the sapic auspices in June of this year and soon received A UNANIMOUS request from the foreign conguls’ and the i Merkuloff provisional govers 'nt to leave. He went to Japan and the | foreizn ~office. voicing the strong { popular disapproval of the Japanes { expeditious in Siberia and Semionoff activit announced that his stay 1} { would be limited to the sailing of the | next ship. { Shanghal was his mext stop. and Americans from there who now arc |in Washington say that he was re- I quested to leave the foreign settle- {ment, the Chinese authoritics forbid Ihim to enter their city, and he took jup his residence in the Freach con- | cession. | One of his vietims. a Mrs. A. V. ) {habov. liv hanghai, broug suit ainst hi the mixed court, charging treachery, brutality and al was cer then this time his latest wife and baby daughter were living in Tsingtao, hix original wife and son were retur: 1 to Ru s B larusya, the gypsy.” who had offi- ciated as Mrs. Semionoff while the American Red Cross was in Chita, was in Shanghai dispersing her sharc fof the gold which she had brought {from Siberia Wounded by Bomb. Semionofl is a short, stout, luxury loving leader. who never actually fought the bolsheviki. During the time of the allied intervention his force contented itself with pillaging the est approach to danger was when Russian enthusiast tossed a_gre into his box at Chita, wounding in_the leg, Bones of his victims still we her husband an oi Semionoff. He tsin. During | Zaibaikal district. and his near- a » scat- !h red in the flelds around Chita last | sumnzer while on his execution farm | the bodies of half a hundred men and women were in the bottom of a well, with horses and rocks piled on jtep of them. Flogging men and jwomen with red hot ramrods, al tuction and murder of girls, tying babies to fences to freeze to ceuth {and similar Semionoff methods of {fighting_bolshevism which were ported by American observers, were the strongest factor in uniting the Siberian peasants for self-preserva- tion. Semionof's followers were always avowedly anti-American. ‘though the cnly serious clash was when one of Lis armored trains fired on a sleeping Amerlcan camp, killing and wound- ing several American soldiers. Col. Charles H. Morrow, then command- ing the 27th and now tional Guard in Frank- e Infaniry instructor ort, Ky., captured the train and c: ducted “an investigation. but Sem noft forced him to release the offi- cers, who admitted their responsibi ity and recited their torturing and executions of Russians, including women amd girls. The reports are in the archives of the War Depart- ment here. (Copyright, 1922.) sued through the committee’s p |licity bureau here, declared that “al- most_incredible are the reports that {the President is even remotely using the moral influence of his great of- fice to seat Newberry by becoming a voluntary character witness and thereby to sanction the orgies of {election corruption.” The existence of such corruption was “solemnly ad judged” by both federal and state courts of Michigan, Mr. Hull added, and warned that the “partisan re publicans” may overlook the enor: ity of the charges and the of the offense. but that “the Ameri- can people will not close their eyes" | | to_them. The people will be made keenly aware, the statement says, that if Mr. Newberry {s seated it will not be due “to political necessity, but to brazen policy of political bargain and sale, long pursued by the reac- tionary leadership now in control of the republican party.” Declaring that the honor of the state of Michigan, the United States Senate and the entire republican is at stake in the senatorlal the Hull statement said it was “inconceivable” that progressive republicans can be led into “this ter- rific assault on decency, cleanliness, morality, law and popular govern- ment of America.” ¥ far resulted in the eapture and execu- | el ng far-| of | duction, on account of treatment when ; under | moved to Tien- | Na- | Eravity | . S. MITCHELL DIES - OF HEART ATTACK Had Been Editor-in-Chief of the Washingtor Herald for More Than Year. Charles 5. Mitchell, editor-in-chief ol the Washington Herald, died sud- den) om heart trouble this morn- ing about 10 o'clock at his home, 1521 Farragut street northwest. Mr. Mitchell had complained of not feeling well for several days, but had not taken to his bed until yesterda evening. His daughter, Miss Kl beth Mitehell, belicving her father's condition improved, left for New York city yesterdav. She was called back today by a telegram. Mrs. Mitchell had stepped out of the house for a moment, and on being summoned by the nurse found that her husband had red Came (o D. C. Year Ago. Mr. Mitchell, who was sixty < old. and had been edite terald for slightly more than a ) having come 1o shington from Duluth, Minn., where he had held the position of editor of the Duluth News-Tribune. He had been in news- paper work for more than a score of ¥ , starting first as a reporter. He had been connected at various timex with many of the newspapers in Minnesota. He was reared in St Cloud. Mi He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Kiwanis Club, hiving Leen affiliated with both or- ganizations while living in Duluth Mr. Mitchel] is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rizpah Mitehell 1wo daugh- ters, Elizabeth and Ada Mitchell, and Ly & xon. Scott. The latter two chil- dren were at school when their fath- er died and were not informed of the death until they returned from ‘hool. A sister, Mre. Burbank, who abroad survives. Funeral arrangements had not been completed toda LIMITING AIRCRAFT HELD IMPRACTICAL AT PRESENT TIME _(Continued from First Page.) ¥ i is also was laid down originally by Secretary Hughes { Under the agreement relating to | capital ships the British are aliowed i to construct several new vessels, an extent’ that t complene new s of the buil ringed upon. to this extent and to the the G ited States mn The the will day L aval experts prepared a chart for replucements. showing when they be und proposal of the French that v be allowed to beg replace- ments in 1 it is understood, will not be alio but will be offset by a prov t France and Italy ! cre the siz of their guns i Present vesse and increa suréngth of their armor. Under e PIC capital ships are limited in sze to 35,000 tons and their guns 1o 16-inch. It has been out that neither France nor | t have vessels of such 1z 16-inch guns. i was a report also in some | that some p ions of the {Boliday might extend unul 1937 | Study Five-FPower Trea H naval treaty lays down inter- s rules relating to the scrapping of naval vessels, which under the must be gotten rid of by the United States, Great Lritain and Ja- pan. v s may be scrapped by sink- ing breaking up, by conversion to commercial use, 1o harbor use, and may be used for target practice or (for seagoing gunnery practice. It is { provided that the scrapping must be im : that to say. the na- { tions = nediately remove from the vessels 1o be scrapped their guns, iition, torped: nd wireiess tus. vesscls must be mdae it for war purposes without delay But the nations, having so rendered them unfit, may then de as { what shall be dong with the huiie aceordance with the rules laid e The work of the conference, it ap= pears, will be contained in four-pow= er, five-power and nine-power treat- {ies. The first of these, relating to the Pacific Islands eliminating the Anglo-Japanese alliance. has already been agreed to. The last will be the treaty relating to China and the far east. The drafting of the nine-power 1y still waits upon important de- ms to be reached in regard to na and, probably. in regard to Siberia. Several Days' Discuss The draft of the naval limitatio i ix likely to requare a day o jiw ynsideration by the full com Imittee before it cun be approved | That beiug the case, the open ple- {nary sesson of the ‘conference mas inot take place until Thursday. At 4t time, it is possible that Mr. Bal- four, head of the british delegation and Lord Lee, also a British delegate, 1y undertake to discuss the subma- rine question. and urge the British view, which calls for the abolishmer of undersea naval eraft will be on the ber of the British dele left here, however, to work of the conference. What In Merchant Veswel? ation, carry i Notwithstanding the fact that the jconference cannot., it appears, wind fup its business by the end of this lweek, nir. Baifou nd Lord Lee, it fwas said today by British spokes- |men, will have to ve Washington {Jandary 13 or 14, preparatory to sail- ing for Ensland. Sir Auckland Geddes i British ambassudor and uixo a mem- | i The question of what is a merchant vessel, in view of the rules adopted by the limitation or armament com- mittee prohibiting submarines from attacking merchant ves have to be settied by the ence, it was said today. The contention of the American ation has_been that a merchant sel g well d fined by international law and long usage. The British, howe have maintained that if the constriftio of submarines is to continuc unre- stricted, then they do not propose to Jeave their merchant craft defense less, and are not willing to agree that they shall CATTy no guns The naval experts. it s understood. {in drafting the nav have at- { tempted to define what is a warship, which is a backhanded way of arriv- . Iing at a definition of a merchant vessel. But some of the delegates, it [\« as said today, are desirous of having |the matter of a merchant vessel | settled, and also what caliber of guns, if any, a merchantman may CArry There will be very great inte turally, in_the nine-pow relating to China and the The backbone of it undoubtedly wi be the principles laid down in the Root resolutions adopted early in the conference and under which the pow- s assembled | gree to respect a's territorial integrity and ap- s the open-door policy. ¥rom the point of view of the Chinese, this treaty will differ from many other tre ties which have been miade in regard to that nation, in that cight powers will agree among them- sclves to respect China and to help her help herself. That being the case, if one of these nations under- takes any aggressions toward China, China will be in a pesition to appeal to the oth seven powers. If an outside power secks to encroach upon China, it will be natural, even though the proposed treaty will not call for a defensive alliance, for China to Seck the gouod offices of the eight powers which will enter upon this treaty with her. - A member of the British delegation recently described proposed action of the powers assembled here with Tegard to China as the forming of a nursing ring about China, to give China every chance to work out her political and economic salvation.