Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1922, Page 2

. 2 WHITE MEMORIAL CEREMONIES HELD Resolutions of Sorrow for Death of Chief Justice Presented in Court. Recently adopted resolutions ex- pressing the sorrow of the bar of the \wountry upon the death of Chief Justice White were presented to the Supreme Court of the United States this afterncon by Attorney General Daugherty. They were received and will be preserved in the records. Attorney General Daugherty de- livered an appropriate eulogy of the late Chief Justice, which was re- sponded to by Chief Justice Taft, who. in the course of his remarks, made it known that the court had re- ceived and placed in its records ex- pressions of sympathy and apprecia- tion of the high standing of the late Chief Justice as a jurist before the world from the lord chancellor of England and the bar of that country. Chief Justice Ta Chief Justice Taft called attention to the fact that the twenty-seven Comment. COL. REESE NAMED. Will Be Assistant Director of Vet- erans’ Bureau. COL. R. I. REESE. Appointment of Col. Robert I. Reese of Houghton, Mich.. as assistant di- yearn of service on the beneh, ten of | Of Houghton. afich. a= assieant ai- which were as Chief Justice, made the | charge of all rehabilitation activities, term of Chief Justice White nearly as|was “announced today by Director y ¢ John Marshall. He | Forbes long as taat of John . Col. Reese was a member of Gen. vointed out that this span of service| Pershing’s staff during the war, and . 2 “a period of | Was in charge of all educational embraced two wars, and “a p torms | Work for the American expeditionary gerious soclal and. business reforma|jrors (OF the Amorican expeditionary irvolving substantial and necessary changes in our methods of govern- ment, with the application of which this court has had much to do. In the necessary adjustment, the opinions of Chief Justice White were the most able and helpful contributions. “The enormous material expansion of the latter half of the nineteenth century developed a corporate power and political control through wealth which threatened the welfare of the republic, and the abuses then existing led to the enactment of most far- reaching remedial legislation,” sald the Chief Justice. He reviewed briefly the work of the Jate Chief Justice in interpreting the anti-trust laws, the income tax, the railroad laws. in the latter of which he said_“the pioneer work of Chief Justice White in his field entitles him to_the gratitude of his countrymen.” Referring to the problems which came out of the Spanish-American war. involving the administration of newly acquired colonies for the ben- «fit_of the Inhabitants, he said: “Was there elasticity enough in our governmental structure to permit this t be done with the application of specific constitutional guarantles of liberty sacred to the traditions of our pecple, but dangerous and impractic- abie in a society untrained in their use Becomes Law of the Land. fter much difference of opinion between the members of the court. the distinction in the rigid application of these guaranties as between ter- ritory acquired by the United States and belonging to it. and territory thereafter incorporated by Congress into the Union, originally insisted on by Mr. Justice White, became the set- tled opinion of the court and the law ¢ the land. It enabled our govern- ment to do a beneficent colonfal work for retarded peoples. The once genu- ine fear of imperalistic tendency from the distinction has faded awa The opinions of the late Chief Justice in interpreting the’ selective service act and other acts of the world war were referred to by Chief Justice Taft. Eulogy by Mr. Daugherty. After reviewing the history of Chief Justice White's life from the who resigned to enter business. TWO DIE, MANY INJURED, IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS Mrs. Edna White Victim When Auto Crashes Into Electric Pole—@irl Killed. Mrs. Edna White, thirty-eight years old, Chastelton apartments, wife of L E. White, coal dealer, was killed early yesterday morning when an automo- bile in which she was riding skidded on the ice at Ashmead place and Kalorama road and landed against an electric light pole. Other occupants of the car, who were more or less hurt, were McCord Pearce, 1735 Con- necticut avenue, owner and driver of the car: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sinclair, 2620 Woodley place: Mr. and Mrs. Al- exander Gill, 1370 Columbia road, and Dr. Kurt O. Mentzel, 1330 Belmont road. The automobile was moving north in the direction of the bridge over Rock creek at Connecticut avenue, when the front wheels reached an icy surface, causing the car to skid George Lee, 36 Defrees street, reach- ed the scene in his automobile shor! Iy after the accident and assisted in taking the injured persons to Emer- gency Hospital. Mrs. White, who ceived injuries to her head and body, died before reaching the hospital. Mr. Pearce also received injurles to his head and body. He was taken to the hospital, where a policeman was detailed fo keep watch over him and have him at an inquest that will be held at_the morgue later. Mrs. White, daughter of a weaithy coal operator in Somerset, Pa., is su; vived by her husband and three chi dren. It is probable that her body will be taken to Somerset for inter ment. Three hours after Mrs. White was killed police of the fourth precinct were summoned to Delaware ave- nue and L street southwest, where an automobile had knocked down Ruth Washington, colored, twenty years old, 818 24th street, and killed her almost instantly. The young woman was crossing in front of 831 Delaware avenue when she was struck. George Holmes, colored, twenty-nine years old, 707 MAY PUT FARNER ON RESERV B0 President Favorable, "an Mandatory Clause May Be Dropped |Is Belief. By the Associated Press Creation of an additional direc- tor of the federal reserve board %0 an to pave the way for the ap- pointment of a “dirt farmer” by the President is proposed ia = substitute subamendment to the federal reserve mct offered today by Semator Kellogg, republican, Minnesotta, author of the original “furmer amendment.” BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Harding has assured the agricultural bloc that he intends to ap- point a farmer to the Federal Reserve Board. Senators Kellogg of Minnesota and Kenyon of lowa, who today dis- cussed with the President the propohals pending in Congress whereby the chief executive would be required to appoint a farmer, gave the impression as they left the White House that they would persuade their colleagues in the Senate to abahdon the profect. The basis of the compromise, if, in- deed, the concession of the White House to the agricultural bloc can be so de- scribed. is simply that the executive will do what the agricultural bloc wants, but the latter will, on its part, give up the idea of actually specifying by statute what the President shall do in the way of future appointments. On the surface, this has scemed to be a controversy between a powerful group in Congress which appeared desirous of usurping the domain of the executive, but the meaning of the movement lies far deeper than that and is sugnificant of one tendency of reconstruction which affects not merely the farmers of the west but the bankers and manufactur- ers of the east. In fact, the agricultural bloc owes its existence to the very fundamentals which are involved in the present con- teoversy. The farmers feel—and their attitude is completely refiected In the aggressive position taken by senators from agricultural states—that _the Federal Reserve Board was unduly severe on the farmer during the de- flation period, which began mearly two years ago. The banks of the n tion were advised not to loan money on declining markets. The farmer was caught in the maelstrom of rul- ings and advice by the federal re- serve system. On its part, the Fed- eral Reserve Board justifies what was done, claiming that deflation is pain- ful at best, and the farmer had to take his medicine along with the rest. But the farmer now points out that the process went too far, and that the Federal Reserve Board didn't help him in time of stress. The overwhelming demand from the rural districts for the revival of the War Finance Corporation, which Sec- retary Houston opposed under the Wilson _administration, and which was reluctantly accepted by the Harding administration, has worked out so well that the farmers are pointing to it as the best evidence of thelr {ll treatment. Praise Finance Corporation. Why should the Wan Finance Cor- agricultural groups, Reserve Board had comprehended the done some wonderful things, for which the farmers in those sections of the country which have been help- ed will be everlastingly grateful— and the praises of Eugene Meyer, Jr. head of the Finance Corporatian. are time of his birth to December 10,|Delaware avenue southwest, driver of |loudly sung in the north, east. gouth 1910, when he succeeded Chiet Jstice Fuller as the ninth man to be ap- pointed to that office, Mr. Daugherty “No greater eulogy can be pro. nounced upon Chief Justice White than to say that as associate justice for nearly seventeen years, and later as Crief Justice for more than, ten years, he responded in full measure 1o the requirements of that high of- fice. “Chief Justice White was deeply conscious of the great responsibility devolving upon this court,” the At- torney General continued. “He real- ized fully the transcendent impor- tance of its function and place in our| system of government. He gave un-| reservedly all the power of his mighty intellect to upholding its dig- nity, its traditions and its useful- nesa"” The Attorney General then gave a brief review of the more important opinfons given by the late Chief Jus- tice, declaring the jurist advocating the national government should “not be dependent upon the states to sup- ply funds for conducting the gov- ernment,” and in another instance of Mr. White's protests against any de- cision “that would enfeeble the na- tional government and make it a| ‘helpless prey to the whim or caprice] of the states.” One of Earth’s Noblemea. “Nature was kind to Chief .lusticel White,” said Mr. Daugherty, in con- cluding his address. “The elements ‘were so mixed in him that he was destined to_be one of the earth's noblemen. His profound mind in all its manifestations was supplemented by a largeness of personality and of life. He was no egotist. In every- thing that he has written about him- self, as well in his personal de- meanor, there is a significant ubsence of anything that would bear the press of self-glorification. “His great mind had penetrated far enough into spiritual things to un- derstand the smallness of man in the infinite purpose of God. Of him it could truly be said that his purpose ‘was to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with his God SENATORS FAVOR DEBT REFUND BILL (Continued from Second Page.) i with authority subject to the approval of the President, to refund or con- vert and to extend time of payment of the principal or the interest or both of any obligation of any foreign govern-| ment now owing to the United States on account of the world war. The Secretary of the Treasury would be chairman of the commission and the other members would be appointed by the President subject to confirmation by_the President. Chairman McCumber said it was the purpose to press the measure for age without waiting for the ad- journment of the arms conference. As forecast by Chairman McCumber last week, no soldier bonus provision ; was added to the bill. Members of committee sald that the matter of using interest on the refunded bonds to help pay the soldier bonus was not discussed. THROWS LYE ON MAN. Henrietta Smith, colored, thir three years old, 2046 L street, is under arrest at the 3rd precinct xmllee station charged with mayhem, t being alleged that she threw =a quantity of lye solution on George Johnson, colored. twenty-four years old, at the latter’s home, 2328 Vir- ginia avenue, yesterday afternoon. Police wero told that Johnson had been a former admirer of Henrietta. He was taken to Emergency Hos- pital, where physicians said he may lose the sight of one eye. the automobile that killed the wom an, was locked up at the fourth pre- cinat station to await the result of a coroner’s investigation. A collision between two automobiles at the Intersection of Pennsylvania avenue and 17th street last night about 6:30 resulted in Mrs. Andrew Lam- bert, 510 2d street southeast, suffering a fracture of her collarbone. She re- celved treatmeiit at Emergency Hos- tal. ‘While playing in front of his home, at 1014 Douglass street northeast, ye: terday afternoon, Robert Carlton, four years old, was knocked down by the automobile of George J. Young, 1365 Park road, and his left leg troken. He was given surgical aid at Sibley Hospital. Matilda Jenner, seventeen years old, 226 G street, received an injury to her hand Saturday night as a result of a collision between an automo- bile in which she was riding and a similar vehicle at 12th and G streets. Surgeons at Emergency Hospital dressed the injury. —_— B. & 0. TRAINS ESCAPE TRACK OBSTRUCTION| Express From Washington Believed | to Have Driven Bar in Crossing. Srecial Dispatch to The Star. RIVERDALE, Md., January 16.— Timely discovery of obstructions on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks here the other night averted a serfous wreck. W. A. Rogers found a heavy wooden tire, together with a portion of a steel bar, across the northbound tracks and a section of a steel bar was driven into the platform crossing so that an end projected above the rails on the southbound track. Upon discovering the obstructions Mr. Rogers summoned citizens and the track was cleared. It is belleved that the express from Washington passing Riverdale about 11 p.m. had driven a heavy steel bar, apparently from some part of the engine, beneath the wooden framework of the crossing, ripping up & portion of it and throwing the obstructions across the track. Citizens declare that electric lights at the crossing instead of the pres- ent “practically useless ofl lamps” Would have rendered the obstruc- tions visible to any passerby. FLORIDA FLYERS SAFE, REPORT TO NAVY SAYS Five Persons Arrive South of Ba- hamas—Subchaser Orders Rescinded. The commercial seaplane reported lost off the coast of Florida has ar- rived at the Island of Beminli, south of the Bahamas, according to & re- port received by the Navy Depart- ment. Naval orders directing sub- chasers to search for this aerial cruiser have been rescinded. MIAMI, Fla., January 16.—While verification of wireless messages re ceived last night telling of the find- ing at Bimini, an island in the Ba- hama group, of the lost airplane which put out from Miami last Fri. ernoon with five persons , is yet lacking, local offici of the flying boat company are con- fident that the plane has been found, and that all those aboard are safe. The wireless message received last night, relayed by the British cruiser, stated that the airplane Columbu: had found the lost flyers off Andros Island and had taken them to the hotel at Bimini. On the strength of this _information Manager ohlfe stated that possible doubt as to the safety of the five men is removed.” and west, wherever timely ‘financial aid has been extended through the “inance Corporation. The agricultural bloc argues that when the crisis came nobody on the, Federal Reserve Board seemed to realize what a terrible blow was be- ing handed the farmer. 1f there had been & man on the board experienced in agricultural ways this might not have happened. Men on the board had dealt with the farmers through their banking experience, but the, agricul- tural bloc contends that thé farmer viewpoint should have been obtained from the other side of the loan coun- ter. President Is Sympathetie. This much is admitted by admini tration officials: The crisis might have been better handled if the gov- ernment had known then what it knows now about farmer finance. President Harding is not unsympa- thetic with the wishes of the agricul- tural bloc that a farmer be appoint- ed to the Federal Reserve Board. He i has indicated that he will pick a farmer next time. This means un- questionably that he will fill the next vacancy “from the agricultural sec- { tions of the country.” ‘This geographical limitation is the President’s idea of the way the statue should read, but senators have point- ed out to him that the present act specifies that men of banking experi: ence shall be selected, and y pro- pose that in amending the act the President shall be required to select the board from the industrial, com- mercial and agricultural sections of the country and that the words “banking experience” be eliminated. Otherwise they will insist on the phrase men “of farming experience.” The opponents of the plan to_specify just what class the Federal Reserve Board shall be drawn from say that if farmers are mentioned there will be precedent for a demand for labor- ers, grocers, merchants, wholesale and retail, and so on throggh the list of trades and businesses. The compromise will be to name the geographical sections of the ooun- try—industrial, commercial, agri- cultural—and the informal assurances given by President Harding will be sufficient to satisfy the agricultural bloc, at least until the next vacancy occurs, when they probably will ex- ert pressure to have a farmer ap- pointed to the board. (Copyright, 1922.) —_— WILL EXPLAIN COURSES. McKinley Training Teachers to Hold an “At Home.” The faculty of McKinley Manual Training School will hold an “at home” in the school building, 7th street and Rhode Island avenue, Jan- uary 26, from 6:30 to 10 p.m., to pro- spective pupils, their parents and eighth-grade teachers, at which the courses of study will be outlined and elective subjects explained. In addi- tion to detailing the curriculum of the high school, Principal Frank C. Daniel will explain the requirements i questions from the thering. The shops and laboratories of the school will be in operation in order that the | Detroit parents and pupils may see the n ture of the work ahead. It is not the intention of the spon- sors of this plan, it is announced, to use it to the detriment of any other school or schools. It is designed as an agency to aid the parent in wisely selecting a school where fic kind of work can be obtained. Following the explanation of the courses of study, & musical program will be given. GOES TO CAMP ALFRED VATL Luthe: 17th: Service w‘g r Thomas, 17th e for duty graphic detachment. d for college entrance and will answer | € 0Old garments received today at the Schubert-Garrick Theater for distribution by the Salvation Army. AMERIGAN LEGION TO AID OF THE NEEDY. SWALLOWS AND TABBY PRIDG EON. The nuger of the playhouse, and Mrx. Taylor, who exchanged tickets clothing for the poor. éFiremen, Aldermen and Clubs Hunt Jobs for Unemployed PLANNING CENSUS Meeting at Indianapolis Will Arrange Details of Campaign. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, January 16—The most important meeting of the Amer- ican Legion ever heid between na- tional conventions will be called in this city January 20 and 21 to arrange for a census of every ex-service man and woman in the country. The plan that National Commander Hanford MacNider will present to delegates calls for personal interviews by legion canvassers of all veterans. C. R. Forbes, director of the United States Veterans' Bureau, will come a8 the personal representative of Presi- dent Harding. and Federal Judge K. M. Landis of Chicago will be one of the speakers. All state commanders, adjutants and _national _executive commitieemen, chairmen of standing committees and national legion offi- cials will be present. Representatives of the War and Navy departments will also attend. The national execu- tive committee of the American Legion Auxiliary. an_organization of poration have been necessary, say the | woman relatives of legion members, if the Federal | will meet concurrently. The census' will be known as a service and compensation campaign needs of farmer finance, The fact i8|ang is modeled after the “Iowa plan,” the War Finance Corporation has|successfully used in that state when Mr. MacNider was commander there. After approval by the convention, the census will jbe undertaken at once. The countrdf will be divided into dis- tricts, witld 2 legion committeeman to supervisp. Districts will be small enough so that thorough canvassing can be asyured. Legion volunteers will workjunder the committeemen and will it every house and inter- view everf veteran. Wil Issue Questionnaires. Questiohnaires will be used to as- certain, first, what form of adjusted compensation is preferred of the five offered in_the pending federal bill; veterans have the option of cash payment, paid-up insurance, voca- tional training, aid in buying a home or aid in settling land. Mr. MacN:der has a plan whereby veterans will he given the option of turning their compensation payments into & gen- eral fund, to be administered by the legion and out of which loans will be made to disabled, unemployed or needy comrades. He believes this fund will total several million dol- lars. Canvassers in the census will scertain how many veterans will lend money to this fund. The subject of unemployment also will be considered at the convention and some means devised whereby the legion can assist nationally in plac- ing ex-service men in jobs. A com- mittee will bring in a report on the memorial proposed in honor of the late F. W. Galbraith, who was killed while serving as legion national com- mander. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Cloudy, snow tonight or tomorrow; no change in temperature; lowest temperature to- night about 28 degrees; moderate east and northeast winds. Maryland—Cloudy, snow Iate to- night or tomorrow; no change in temperature; moderate easterly winds. Virginia—Cloudy, with snow in the interior and probably snow on the coast tonight and tomorrow; slightly colder in southeast portion tonight; moderate northeast and east winds. Records fér Tweaty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 54; 8 p.m., 46; 12 midnight, 39; 4 a.m,, 35; 8 a.m, 32; noon, 32. Barometer—4 p.m., 30.10; 30.23; 12 midnight, 30.31; 4 a.m., 30.34; 8 a.m., 30.43; noon, 30.31. Highest temperature, 54, occurred at 3 p.m. yesterday. Lowest tempera- ture, 32, occurred at 7 a.m. today. , Temperature same date last year— Highest, 42; lowest, 28. Cendition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 34; condition, clear. ‘Weather in Various Cities. Temperature. 5 8 pm., e e a0jemolng 8 aRRR R EBRNER i fi!:nt'e‘bitttt:St%fifilséfl.:l!!‘&!!t:!flt&s Q L LN TR T I L T T T @ m \ l Novel means are being employed by | the unemployed. and have established various cities and towns throughout | & central bureau of registration to the United States to provide work for | aot as a clearing house. Pittsburgh contractors and employ- the jobless, according to reports cole | ers have been urged to keep one or |two men in each family on the pay lected by Col. Arthur Woods, head of | the organization charged with carry- ing on work started by the recent national conference on unemploy- ment. Summaries of these reports show means used to be as follows: Chicago has made a house-to-house canvass under the direction of twenty-three battalion fire chiefs, to compel householders to remove from their premises all combustible ma- terial and refuse, as a fire-prevention measure. This campaign has created many short-time jobs. Dallas, Tex., took a church census of its population, and each house- holder was asked if some special odd | jobs—painting, carpentry, gardening or cleaning—could be furnished the unemployed, and a record was kept of the replies and addresses, with | that a large number of| days of work were secured for the| the result needy. Fort Wayne Turns to “A In Fort Wayne. Ind, advertise- nr:.enu were piblished in the news- pers. and the unemployed hvere asked to fill out and send in blanks: These were turned over to the local employment agency, and local indus- tries secured the help they needed. Kearny, has an agent out aft- ernoons, covering the town, with sev- eral helpers, in automobiles. They visit buildings under construction, look over streets being paved and call at all industrial plants and railroad shops, offering the co-operation of the local employment bureau and as- certaining exactly what kind of help is needed. In New York city 103 soclal agencies have co-operated in relier work for|is supplied from thi | |its own problem by bond roll, and to hire to a large extent those living in the city who have dependents. Each ward in Rockford, Tll, has & committee, with the two aldermen as chairmen. These committees in turn have organized precinct committees, with a member in charge of each city block. Personal contact like this has resulted in a very successful cam. paign to provide jobs and relieve dis. tress, the report sard. Schenectady, N. Y., has taken care of fssues for public improvements, and the city of- ficlals are enforcing rigidly such ordi- nances as snow removal, which is done under city supervision and charged on tax bills of all derelict property owners. Club at Atlanta. Atlanta has formed a club of 500 citizens, each of whom has pledged the building of a_dwelling, to be rented ut a reasonable figure, thus giving employment to many, and also helping the housing situation. BoSton has asked all employers to increase the number of their employes at least one, and as many more as s possible. New London, Conn.. runs speciul entertainments in the theaters with local talent. The unemployed were al- lowed to sell tickets and retain a g00d percentage of the proceeds. Civil service rules are suspended in Cam- bridge, Mass, o that many persons can rotate in the same jobs. Houston, Tex., maintains a_gang of laborers ranging in number from 200 to 600, paying them $1.25 a day. and if they have dependents, supplementing this by charity. Employers are urged to apply to the city for labor, which is gang. BRIEFLY TOLD STORY OF ARMS CONFERENCE (The Star is publishing daily & summs; ized story of the developments of the arm: ment conference. By reading it each day you will keep in touch with the outstand- ing events of the Ristoric meeting.) The coming week probably will see the naval program wiped off. the slate and the Shantung issue, if not finally disposed of. at least 8o far advanced toward that point as to permit the delegates to direct their attention undividedly to settlement of the remaining issues in the far east. FATE OF TREATY HANGS WITH IAPAN Senate Ratification Believed Impossible Unless Shan- | tung Issue Cleared. i One of the considerations, which, it | is hoped, may influence the Japanese to assist in clecring up questions re- lating to Shantung, Siberia and Man- churia is that unless points of pos- sible international friction in those quarters are removed, ratification of the four-power Pacific pact by the Senate may be embarrassed. It is pointed out that the Senate would view as incomplete the work of the conference if it failed to in- clude an understanding on all the far eastern subjects, and would consider the four-power pact as hardly suffi- cient to cover the case as long as the potentiality of trouble existed in those sections. The beginning of the week, which | may produce important developments in the direction of bringing the con- ference to a happy and an earlier con- clusion than seemed a short time ago to be close at hand, finds a spirit of optimism pervading conference cir- cles. It is hoped that a settlement will be found through mutual com- promise and concession on the ques- tion of fortifications in the Pacific. Japanese home politics, it is ap- prehended, continue to keep the ne- gotiations conducted by the Japanese delegation on a basis realized as deli- cate, but by no means hopeless. Comment is heard upon the fact that Great Britain and the United States have throughout been considerate of the political situation in Japan and disposed as far as possible to express recognition of political conditions in the homeland by adopting a broad olicy of concession on points close- y touching public sentiment in Japan. Freach Polities Have Infiyence. The conference is being affected, in a way, by French politics, too, and may be to an increasing degree until the new ministry either gets a firm footing or gives way to another. Fortunately, political conditions in the United States do mot show signs yet of assuming an acute bearing on the work of the conference. Tributes to the great value of the conference's achievements thus from the rest of the world continue to be echoed at Washington. No one is pessimistic enough now to fore- jto w Both the Chinese and Japanese today were awaiting further in- structions from their home offices in regard to the compromise pro- posals for settlement of the cen- tral issue, involving conditions for restoration to China of the Tsing- two-Tsianfu railroad. With the approval of Tokio this week of the articles of the naval Nmitation treaty dealing with Pacifie fortifications, the pact is expected to be approved by the full naval committee in time for its announcement at a plenary session of the conference before the end of the week. shadow anything but success, and success in overflowing measure. If the Genoa economic conference fails materialize, the record of the hington conference will still hold out glowing hope for the peace of the world and the lessening of its economic burdens. What steps will be taken for the rehabilitation of Europe are in the future and not easily discernible by observers here. The general thought is that necessity, the mother of in- vention, will incubate a plan. The United States stands ready and will- ing to participate in_ its formulation when a practical one is suggested. Will Tura to Europe. With reasonable prospects of peace in the far east, the outcome of the ‘Washington conference, the attention of France, Great Britain, Italy and the United States must inevitably turn to the European situation, it is argued here. The object lesson of the possi- bility of attaining results through con- ferences is regarded as a powerful in- centive to efforts along the line of iron- ing out Europes economic difficulties. This week, it is hoped, may also show progress in the direction of passing the foreign debt funding bill through Con- gress. With authority bestowed upon the executive to take up negotiations for the handling of the funding debt, it is thought that European statesmen will be encouraged to tackle the great difficult problems of stabilization of economic affairs in Europe. WILL HONOR ZIONIST. Washington District to Observe An- niversary of Pinsker’s Birth. Members of the Washington Zionist District will celebrate the 100th an- | niversary of the birth c sker, predecessor of T!?e‘og‘:: nflf::l founder of the Zionist movement, dt Ponnariveats . avenses reot, and morning at 8:30 o'clock. e e usual custom of Hobrew will bo forsgone b A5 afa Goldberg, member of the national Zionist administrative committee, who will make his address in English. ASKED TO MAKE DECISION. Attorney General .. Break Sena- tors’ Deadlock Over Judgeship. Attormey General Daugherty, it be- came known today, has been asked ta break a deadlock existing betw. Benators Cummins and K‘ony:n e:’; Towa &s to the {:mlmmem. of a fed- eral judge to fill a vacancy existing in the northern district of that state. Senator Cummlmws has recommended George W. Scott of Sfoux City, a for- mer member of the House, and Sena- tor: Kenyon's cholce is E. H. Morling of Emmettsburg. Neither senator has far {shown a disposition to change his e place. b e place ecame vacant whi Iudge Heed resigned December 1o IN DISPUTE IN TOWER | OF FRANKLIN SCHOOL A flock of swallows, numbering approximately 500, descended to- day on the Franklin School at 13th and K streets, and sought refuge in the chimney of the uundmf, The congestion in the flue threat- ened to seriously interfere with the heating plant, when Engineer George M. Hulse, with a club in hand, succeeded in frightening some of the birds from their new home. After leaving the chimney, how- ever, the birds found a new perch in the attic of the school build- ing. The Frauklin Schuol mascot, Tabby, a famed bird cat, w let loose on the feathery tribe. After a short interval, marked by a flurry of feathers intermingled with the feline fur, Tabby emerg- ed, negotiated four flights of stairs in as many leaps and was seer to disappear in the shadows of the basement. MAJ. C. S. MONTAGUE DIES AT AGE OF 85 Was Veteran of Civil War and Prominently Identified in Church Work. Maj. Calvin S. Montague, veteran of the civil war and prominently identified with three churches of this city, where he has lived for the last years, did suddenly Saturday morning at’ his residence, 2233 15th street northwest. He was eighty-five years old. Although failing somewhat, due to his advanced age. Maj. Montague re- tired the preceding night in seeming- 1y good health. He was found dead the next morning by his daughter, Miss Kittie E. Montague. forty IDENTIFY DEAD MAN AS VICTOR GIBSON Mystery Enshrouds Death of Son of Irish Lord in Hotel in England. By the Assoctated Press. LONDON, January 16.—The body of an Irishman found dead in a hotel at Horsham, in Sussex, on Saturday was identificd today @s that of the Honorable Victor Gibson, son of the late Lord Ashbourne and brother of the present Baron Ashbourne. His wife was an American girl, Caroline de Billier, dsughter of Frederic d- Billier of New York, whom he mar ried {n 1909. Find Glass and Liquid. Considerable mystery surrounded the case over the weck end. Gibson, uil arriving at the hotel Ssturday, asked to be allowed to remain in the smok ing room, where he was later found dead. He had previously stated a: the hotel that he was an Irishman and a rebel, known to the Irish press by half a dozen names and that he PLad lived with his father at the vic: regal lodge in Dublin fourteen years 2g0. Some broken glass was discovered in the fireplace and a small quanti of liquid had been spilled on t hearthstone. hose Two Ameriean Brides. Ernest Victor Gibson, who was born in 1875 and educated at Trinity Col- lege. Dublin, and Trinity College. Cambridge, married in 1905 Mary Wood Salisbury. daughter of Josepl L R. Wood of New York. She died Maj. Montague was born September i 1836, in Kalamazoo, Mich. He en- listed May 25, 1861, with the rank of sergeant, in the 2d Michigan Volun- teers, Company K. He served through the war, participating in many of the important engagements, includ- tug Bull Run and the siege of Vicks- burg. During the seige of Vicksburg he was wounded. He was mustered out September 30, 1865, with the rank of major, and for meritorious service was given the honorary rank by an act of Congress of brevet lieutenant colonel. Coming to this city in 1882, Maj. Montague entered the employ of the pension office as a clerk. He served continuously in that office until his retirement on account of age, Sep- tember, 1920. He was a member of the Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic. On January 14. 1864, he married Miss Louise Eldred. also of Kalamazoo. She died five years ago, since which time he had been living with his daughter. as she was his only surviving relative. Maj. Montague was a member of the First Congregational Church, and for 2 number of vears taught the busi- ness men's Bible class there. It was at his home that the plans were first thought of and perfected for the building of Mount Pleasant Congrs gational Church. He and his wife were afterward two of the original charter members of that church. Later Maj. Montague joined the Mc- Kendree Methodist Episcopal Church and there organized and taught the brotherhood Bible ciass. Funeral services will be held to- morrow morning at 10 o'clock, at the McKendree Church. Interment will be in Arlington cemetery. Services ZUL ‘be under’ the auspices of the G. A. R ALEXANDRIA BAR MEETS TO ACT ON JUDGE Reaffirmation of Election of Mon- cure to the Corporation Court Set for Today. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., January Members of the Bar Association Of the city this afternoon are in session in tke corporation courtroom. with James R. Caton presiding, indorsing the re-election of Judge Robinson { Moncure as judge of the corporation court. Already practically all of the {members of the local bar have in- {dorsed Judge Moncure, and at this meeting, it is understood. will reaf- firm the indorsement, which wiil be iforwarded to the legislature. | Judge Moncure several iwas nominated in the caucus for re- le]ecflon. }DEMANDS POINCARE MAKE EXPLANATION OF FOREIGN POLICY (Continued from Second Page.)_ tween Minister of Finance Doumer devastated regions. Doumer is allied with the great bank “Union Paris- ienne” and Loucheur with the Bank de Paris et Pays Bas. The former bank is largely directed by English interests and the latter largely by American. 0Old French Idea. The former's policy pre-eminently represents the old French idea of finance-—that of favoring small in- vestors seeking safe and conservative investments with fixed guaranteed returns annually. The latter's policy is based on the new idea—namely, that of assisting big industrials see! ing exclusive markets, unlimited raw materials and daring speculation for large dividends. Minister Loucheur was Briand's spe- cial confidant. representing the tel dency toward international finance, and_seeking a great industrial and financial combination with Germany. This plan was undoubtedly broached during the conversation at Wies- baden, but was checked by the gro ing power of the Poincare party. M. Doumer was retained in Briand's cabinet in order to placate the pre- mier's opponents, although Doumer represents the tendency toward con- servative nationalist finance. This financial rivalry has permeated all political contests for months. It looks as if the nationalist tendency had won definitely, pledging France { to the conservative policy of protect- ing fixed obligations. According to the analysis here given, the United States might have profoundly influenced the course of events if it had been willing, like some other nations, to engage In French internal politics. DRY LAW CELEBRATION. ! Chicago Homes That Ban Liquor to Display Flags. CHICAGO, January 16.—Star flags, similar_to the service flags of the war and bearing the inscription, “We are Americans; we support the Con- stitution,” will be placed in windows of homes tomorrow where no liguor {5 consumed. The plan is part of & celebration, to be held by the Chicago branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, of the second an- niversary of the ratification of the eighteenth prohibition amendment. HOGAN MADE SECRETARY. Lieut. Col. John P. Hogan has been pointed secretary of the military af- fairs committee of the American Engi- reering Council, the president of the Gouncil, ean Mortimer E. Coolgy of the University of Michigan has announced. He succeeds the late Col. A. . Snyder, and was appointed upon the recom- dation of the chairman of the com- Tfitec, Col. William Barclay Parsons. served in the Eleventh ‘which was the first engineer jment to g0 abroad at the outbreak of the War. 1 He served fn the days ago| and M. Loucheur. minister for the the same year and Gibson, four years afterward, married Miss de Billier uth African war and was an honorary lieutenant in he army and temporary commander in the royal nayal volunteer reserve He was admitted to the bar in Dub- lin_in 1899. The late Lord Ashbourne, who died in 1913, was Lord Chancellor of Ire- land under Lord Salisbury, first tak- ing the office in 1885 and holding also under Lord Salisbury's second and third administrations. WOULD PROHIBIT MORE TAX-EXEMPT SECURITIES Secretary Mellon Urges, Before Ways and Means Committee. Constitutional Amendment. Adoption of a constitutional amend- ment_prohibiting further issuance of tax-exempt securities was advocated today by Secretary Mellon at a hear- ing before the House ways and means committee. An amendment, he said. would have the tendency of increasing the interest rate on state and municipal bonds and would do much to check extravagance of state and municipality Contending it would be better if all kinds of investments were subject to the same principle of taxation, the Secretary declared that personaliy he favored a ban on future jssues of tax- free securities, o that a basis of uni- formity could be established. Mr. Mellon estimated that $10,660.- 000,000 in tax-exempt securities were outstanding. Members of the com- mittee said that others hag estimated jhe amount at as high as $16.000.000.- 00. WILL REVISE PROPOSAL FOR MUSCLE SHOALS Newport Shipbuilding Company Will Offer Change in Bid Submitted Recently. By the Associated Press. SHEFFIELD. Ala. January 16.—A revised proposal in connection with the recently submitted bid of the Newport Shipbuilding Company of Wilmington, N. C., for lease and op- eration of the government properties at Muscle Shoals will be made short- 1y, Frederick C. Engstrum. president of the company, announced here io- day Proposed amendments of the Eng- strum offer for completion and opera- tion of the Muscle Shoals, Ala., prop- lerties. now before Secretary Weeks and War Department engineers for consideration, will be made as soon as Mr. Engstrum has completed a ! personal survey of Muscle Shoals. Former Senator Marion Rutler of North Carolina. acting for the New- {port Shipbuilding Company of Wil- mington, N. C. of which Frederick C. Engstrum _is president, announced today that Mr. Engstrum had left here for Florence, Ala.. to inspect the !propertles before amending his origi- nal offer. Mr. Engstrum has in mind several amendments which, it is believed. will improve his proposal in the opinion and consideration given it by govern- ment officials. One of these is ex- pected to be a definite provision for the manufacture by his company of nitrates and commercial fertilizers in { the event the proposal is indorsed by { Congress. Secretary Weeks said today he had decided to send the Engstrum offer and that initiated by C. C. Tinkler of San Francisco to COngress as goon as they “were in shape to be sent.” This was accepted as meaning that the two offers would be submitted to Congress irrespective of action along that line on the Ford offer. which law ! officers of the War Department are idrafting in contract form. SUICIDE IS IDENTIFIED. Man Who Hanged Himself a Week Ago Was Israel Messe. Identity of the man who com- mitted suicide a week ago at 614 G street by hanging was established last night as Isracl Messe, twenty- one years old, son of a wealty im- porter at 62 West 38th street. New York city. Harry I. Wildenberg, an uncle of the dead man, identified a picture found in the room of the sui- cide. The body of the young man, who had registered here as Israel Essen, had been cremated and his ashes were taken to New York last night by the uncle. Relatives learned that the young man had been in this city when_they recelved a mail package from him, the package containing some of his personal belonginge. It appears that Messe left the pack- age at the postoffice January 6 and requested that it be not forwarded until January 11. His request was complied with, and when the pack- age was received it was suspected he had ended his life, as he had made an attempt with chloroform in Los Angeles, California, a year ago. e e CONCERT BY RADIO. Radio operators within a radius of 200 miles of Washington will have an opportunity tonight to hear a concert given under the auspices of the Chris- tian Endeavor Alumal Association of the District of Columbia. The pro- gram of entertainment, which will be held in the chapel of the Church of the Covenant, 18th ahd N streets north. west, will of several Shakes- pearean readings by Rev. Earle Wil fley, pastor of the Vermont Avenue Christian Church; George H. O'Con- nor, singer of comic songs; the Na- tional Quartet, composed of Mra Elizabeth S. Maxwell, soprano; Miss Lillian_ Chenowith, contralto: = Wil- liam_E. Braithwaite, tenor, and Har- ry M. Forker, basso, and an in- strumentaal trio by Miss Ruby Stan- ford, piano; Miss Ruth Jones, ‘cello, and Mrs. Olmstead, also piano. -