Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1922, Page 1

Unsettled and rain tdnight and to- morrow; no ohange in temperature. Lowent perature tonight, about 32. Temperature for twenty:hours end- ed at 2 p.m. toda. Highest, 40, at 2 pm. today; lowest, 2§, at 4 am. to- ay. Closing New York Stocks, Page 27. No. 28,388. FIRST THREE POINTS IN OPEN-DOOR PLAN FOR CHINA ADGRTED Fourth Section of Secretary| Hughes’ Far-Reaching Pro- posal Still Considered. WOULD MAKE 0LD POLICY IN FAR EAST A REALITY Japan's 21 Demands Would Be “Knocked Into Cocked Hat” if American Scheme Carries. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, The committee on the far east of the Washington conference today adopted the first three articles of the Hughes “open-door” resolution, which defines the open-door policy in China and seeks to apply it more specifically than ever before. The fourth article, which is very far reach:ng and would provide for the consideration of past commit- ments by an international commis- sion, will be discussed further by the committee. French a Objections to the were made by the Japanese delegations, it was said after the meeting. They opposed having the international commission consier existing commitments. The Chinese delegation reserved the right 10 bring up again this fourth article for consideration. In the meantime the Chinese will seek to work out a formula which will meet the ob. jections of the French and Japanese. Any other nations desiring to bring up the fourth article also may do so. The first three articles were adopt- ed as presented yesterday with only one minor change. A resolution dealing with Chinese rallroads was laid before the com- mittee for consideration, and it is ex- pected, will be taken up tomorrow. Japanese Oppose. fourth article French and Entered as: second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. 0, WASHINGTON, D. PRESIDENT SEES PRESS TOO CRITICAL OF STYLE Thinks Reporters Ready to Jump at Small Grammatical Slip When Executive Is Worried Qver Momentous Questions. for the consumption of a small com- munity like Marion, Ohio. - “Main Street President.” Respons!bility makes a difference, BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Harding was in a solilo- quizing mood today on the arduous tasks of the presidency as viewed from within and without the White|gng Mr. Harding shows it. He ex- House. hibited no impatience with his critics, Mr. Harding was discussing news-|py¢ he used the occasion with spiendid papers, editorial criticism and .the|{.ct 1o take a fling at some of the executive’s job. He had been discuss- | yrjjers who have been characterizing ing a public question, and his reply | pin, .qva Main street President” with was 80 aptly phrased that the inquirer | a crude literary style. Mr. Harding asked permission to quote the Presl- | isn't particularly displeased with the dent. references to “Mm_n street.” J It he There was a twinkle in Mr. Hurd«l:"fifdw..fif"‘;‘o{ .("ffir,‘fa“"ra'f.f.}'{‘.fi'.'.fii ing's eyes as he explained that agun\-n-mg- for the American people oc- President really shouldn't be quoted | tasionally to sclect some one for the 0 often. that sometimes a phrase or i Preside Whoflknows|thejelmplictty, Bt Loy “oo proulems or Wi a sentence uttered in impromptu con- | common people of the United States. versation wasn't as well polished as ut there was just a touch of it might be, or at any rate wasn’t al- g:";g: Ll;l:?fsl'rgf;de';l\‘,: oll;f:r‘\r‘;‘“lrfi';! yavs grammatically perfect. and he | oy of man overwhelmed by the of some of the styl- | 51 fots who lately have been picking his | @Wful responsibllities of this era of utterances to pleces. :(‘OIIDYI'HC rficov;slrucuon. a m'ln torn i y the conflicting emotions of an ag- M O e tive 2U%ut | ricultural west and a manufacturing connecton. He gave the impression | €25t Inside the republican party, a that he rather enjoyed *he freedom | Man Who was struggling to make that an editorial writer had—saying | headway against almost {nsurmount- Just what he pleased. And Mr. Hard: | #ble obstacles in the way of govern- ing indulged briefly In reminiscences | MeNt expenditure—and with such a of the days when he. too, was an edi- | urden on his shoulders he was not torial writer and expressed himelf|2 little hurt that the oritics should with the utmost abandon aboat pub- | SPERd their time worrying about im- lic men and affairs. But he wacaed | BFOMPtu remarks made by the Presi- his " hearers, good-naturedly. - that|dent in conversation with reporters some day, If any of them happened to | And later sent broadcast as the ma- ey, O them aRpened 10| tured and deliberate utterances of & they would find it a vamtly differen: jnation’s’ chietfoxecutlve ob writing and saying things fin.ne- | “Li Vi Vi 2, diately sent brofld(’m!f to the :‘"‘m' HRS Meadraw, Willeen for the inspection and minuie criti- | In this respect Mr. Harding Is not cism of hundreds of millions of peo- | unlike Woodrow Wilson, who suffered ple. and writing newspaper articles Column 1) 1S NAYHAVEVOLE U . SEEKS TOEND N GENDA PARLEY CHLEPERUDPUTE WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C., MEASURE PROVIDES FOR INDEPENDENT FEDERAL OFFICES |Annual Appropriations Made ! by New Grouping Under Budget System. |AMOUNT $108,297,590 MORE THAN CURENT SUM Besides All Establishments Outside ’ ! Departments, Provision Made for | Executive Offices. ! The annual appropriation bill pro- | viding funds for the support of inde- pendent establishments was reported to the House today, carrying recom mendations for $494,304,238. This is| $108,297,590 more than the total of| the appropriation for 1922 and $9, 529,475 less than the amount request: ed In budget estimates. This bill embraces regular annual appropriations for the office of the executive and the various independ- ent establishments. The fitems ap- propriated for in this bill have here. tofore been included in the legisla tive, executive and judicial appropri- {ation bill and the sundry civil appro. | priation bill and a few emergency ems carried for a given fiscal yea in deficiency or special acts. The ar- rangement of this bill is in con- formity with the new budget system. Under the office of the executive appropriations are made for the sal aries of the President and the Vice! President as well as for the offices of | the President. There are also appro- | priations for contingent and travel-| ing expenseg, printing and binding | nd care of the Executive Mansion | and grounds. An increase of $5.000 is recommended for maintaining and improving the grounds and a new | paragraph _providing for the con-{ struction of an iron fence within the | ] i | i i | | i | i | i i i | FAVORABLE REPORT ON .. NEASRES Several Bills Urged by Com- missioners Acted on by House Committee. A favorable report was ordered by WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1922.-THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. - ——— b f;:h%(lfl A /’ 5N Yer ok Tardy Witness Sits In Prisoner’s Chair; Spends Week In Jail i | ciated Pre | RALEIGH, N. C., January 18. Wednendny J. W. Reeven | eume 1o Raleigh to appear in Wake county superior | court nx prosccuting witness in | a forgery case, not kmowing it | had been continued beeause of hin fallure to be on d the day before. A murder trial wan oxTens when Reeves reached m, and there was only one v.cant xeat, and that i Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is esclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the lo'al news published bersis. Al rights of publieaton of specisl dispatches heren are aiso reservid. \ 3 N i \ i # —_— ASKS NEW CONDUT BEBEGINTHIYEAR 1 iF. R. Weller Tells House Sub- committee of Growing Danger to City. The urgent necessity of beginning { i i 1 TWO CENTS. CITIZENS INPLEA FOR CONTINUATION OF BALL RENT ACT [Over 200 People Crowd Board Room in District Building at Hearing. INVESTIGATOR FINDS BUT ONE SATISFIED TENANT | i | | ‘Woman Witness Urges Law's Ex- i tension for Protection of Persons With Children. More than two hundred men and women crowded the boardroom of the District bullding today for the hear- ing called by the Commissioners to obtain an expression of opinton from the cltizens as to whether the Ball rent act should be continued for two vears or go out of existence in May. A brief colloquy between Charles W. Griffin, a tenant, end Louis Ottenberg. attorney, enlivened the morning ses. sion. Mr. Grifin had finished testifying concerning his rent and living condl- | tions in a northwest apartment house | when Mr. Ottenberg arose to ask him {if he knew what il cost the owner to maintain that apartment—to meet ! trusts, water bills and other ex- | penses. Commissioner Rudolph suggested to | Mr. Ottenberg that “we are not get- | ting anywhere.” Asks General Inquiry. Mr. Ottenberg replied that he want- ed to point out only that the Com- | missioners will hear many statements ! of personal complaints, and that at such a hearing arguments should be | directed along a more general ifne. Commissioner Keller interposed that | a witness can live in only one place at {a time and that such statements of in- { dividual experiences were good evi- { dence. | "All of the witnesses heard this morn- This resolution, which deals with all Rusta wie, | n. a —- 3 = 2 ARt st i 4 wan the prisone dock. . Nale = v e s T . . 2 & o e y H { 0 increase vashington's water | v 2 i 370,000 Is rec- 1 en cowt adjourncd Ia & the Ball act dies this May tenants wil n:z"gfi‘c);m;sgmll;:nn;;:-::::&.dfilgm‘:;o Not Seen How This Country Invites Nations to SendW,,{‘,:.‘,:g:’;“*,’;i‘;,’;,‘:{,,‘ and expenscs | District Commissioners after thel | Wednesdny Jailer Jordan es- L s was i iotors e DINA L e RiimiRy D i on - - 4 3 =y i | corte rinoners Kk to | 'eug i ; . . . 5 2 t lien property cus- | Commissioners had explained these subcommittee of the House appropria- | Charles H. Burke, the first witness, ore it would urge ultimate control j of the office of the al | thelr cells nnd locked R ppropria- | ! : ore It would urge ultimate control| Can Avoid Representation. | Plenipotentiaries to Wash- | foaian. which i 36450 iess than the | measures. [} the st lecksd Bowsen | Cions committes yecterday by Francis | 014 (e Commissioners be, had che. estimate and $5,000 less thun the 4b. 1 “rpe bill introduced by Chairman' | the impression ke had heem fm- | |R. Weller. chairman of the Water|months in connection with several far as possible. fiscal Strikes Heavy Blow. the current for propriation { year. prisoned on a Iate for trial civic movements, and had inquired at committee of the Board of ¥ | houses he visited for opinions on the supply Before Cabinet Friday. ington for Conference. [Focht which provides an appropria-, Dol il In proposing the resolution on be- half of the American delegation, Sec- retary Hughes struck another sledge- hammer blow to make of real effect the Washington conference. For years the powers have politely agreed to the principle of the open door in China. But - there has been litte actual application of the princiue when this or that nation saw an rtunity to obtain concessis e NeeTete. LN AR Now. *he American de lon poses, the ‘“open door” and equal op- portunity in China shall become a reality. It is proposed that the nine nations assembled here, ineluding China. herself, shall sign a solemn agreement to this effect, and, further, that an in- ! ternational commission shall be set up to pass upon questions arising (wheth- er in regard to past concessions or those of the future) in regard to the “open door” policy. The proposal came as & surprise to the conference. As great a surprise. almost, as the speech of Secretary Hughes on the opening day of the con- ference, when he presented 4 definite, specific plan for limiting maval arma- ment, instead of indefinite, platitu- dinous resolutions and formulas. Would Deal With Past Aets. The new “open door” proposal, If it is adopted, will deal effectively with past ommittments. It may knock the twen- ty-one demands of Japan “higher than a kite” nullifying the effect of those demands and the treaty of 1915 based on them in so far as they violate the open door. It may have a similar ef- fect upon past commitments of China to other countries. It is true that the proposed interna- tional commission is given no authority to enforce itsdecisions regarding mat- ters brought to its attention by this! or that nation. But It s a fact that the decislons of this board will have the tremendous weight of public opin- jon behind them. All of the nations egreeing to the proposed pact in regard 1o the “open door” will be morally bound to give assent to these de- cisions. ! _It is apparent that the effort of the United States as presentéd in this resolution is to put ap end to the economic division of .China. It has been pretty well settled that the na- tlons are willing o see further po- litical division of that huge country. But China presents today a vast un- exploited territory, rich in natural re- sources. It offers a great field of irade as the nation develops and the | people become more able to purchase the goods of other nations. Annexation Follows Penetration. In the past, it may be mentioned, 100 often economic penetration of one country by another has led to politi-| cal domination and finally annexation. This has happened in various parts of China, and In Korea. The Japa-| nese have followed this practice of| economic penetration with success. They carried it out in Korea, in Man- churla and in Shantung to a c Mderable ~ cxtent. In Korew 1t ‘has! finally - resulted in annexation. .In Manchuria, Japan is a dominant -fac- tor economically and politicay to- day. In Shantung. the return of which Japan is pow discussing with the Chinese, the Japanese economic penetration 'is far alomg. And now| apan is charged with econo; £ tration In Slneria oo omic bene- Japan, it has been sald in her de- fense, has been compelled to take Korea, to maintain herself in Man- churia, and to go Inte Siberia in or- der to establish buffers against the threat of Russia. But if the is to be followed to its logical i clusion, Japan must gather In and annex parts of the Asiatic continent one after another. I—limlllllon of armaments and Pacific i be undertaken on the initiative of | administration can, BY N. 0. MESSENGER. President Harding now has before him the formal invitation of the Ital- ian government to the United Slllel\I to send delegates to the economic co ference to be held in Genoa March 8! next. The message was placed in his hands this moruing.by Underseere- tary ‘of ‘State Fletcher, and It now arith. the adminipiunilon. 19 take action upon the igvitation. At next Friday’s cabinet meting it is expbcted that the subject will be! taken up for consideration. in the light of circumstances bearing upon | the suggested varticipation of the | United States in what may justifiably i be considered another epochal confer- ence of world powers. One of the| considerations s expected to be the speedy action of Congress on the for eign debt funding bill, and another is the scope und agenda of the proposed meeting. No later than yesterday it was! stated authoritatively that the! foreign debt bill as reported by the! Senate committee yesterlay i3 en tirely acceptable to the President in its present form. The measure still has to undergo the process of legi: lative perfecting, however, first by the Senate and afterward by the committee on conference between the two houses. ! In official circles the weight of) opinion seems to be that unless un-) expected developments arise operat- ing to dissuade participation, either in the unacceptability -of the scope! and agenda of the meeting or in the| foreign uebt legislation taking an unsatisfactory turn, it is difficult to see how this government can well} refuse to take part in the meeting. | Onme of Series of Meetings. 1t is pointed out that the Genoa con- ference is but another chapter in the Harding ideal of conferences among the nations to determine questions affecting the peace and material wel- tare of the world. In this connection, th: question is asked how the United States, after inviting a conference of world powers to discuss questions of prime importance to the United States and far eastern questions—could jus- tify a declination to attend a similar meeting to take up questions re- garded as of first interest to Europe. but, in which this government has concern, nevertheless. President Harding has consistently during the past weeks maintained that the economic conference should { Europe, but has never voiced dispo- sition to keep this government aloof from the meeting. It is accepted as a fact bevond dispute, t0o, that the re- | habilitation of European affairs is of | great importance to‘the material wel-; fare of the people and business of tie United States. 1t is seen. it is declared, that the without being subject-” to criticlsm, “make haste slowly” in accepting the invitation, | until it is prepared to go into the| | meeting with legislative backing for the debt settlement and until a def- inite idea is furnished of the scope of the conference. Acceptable to, Government. It has been declared officially here that the resolution adopted by the! allled council calling the conference was acceptable to this government. Especially one clause in the resolu- tion, which. was aimed at Russian soviet propaganda, was gratifying. Section five of the resolution recite «All nations should undertake to refrain from propaganda subversive of order and the established political systems in other countries than their By the Assoclated Press. The Amerjcan government has in- tervened in the controversy between Chlle and Peru, involving the execu- | Por the bureau of efficiency the | committee . yecommends an ap- | i propriaticn of $125,000 for 1923 for | salaries and expenses. and places; ! upon this the salary limitation car-| tion of $5,000 for a survey for a park connecting all the old forts around Washington and the purchase those through condemnation proceed- ings which are not now owned by the tion of the treaty of Ancon, inviting ! ried for 1922 in the deficiency .D'Esvvsmmflll was ordered reported. the two South American governments to send plenipotentiaries to Washing- ton for a conference. The invitations, it was said to BEWSeate e%l. efe for- warded to- the foreign ministers of Chile and Peru several days ago in the name of President Harding. The invitations declare that American government had been pleased to note the resumption of ne Botiations between the two South American governments over a settle- ment of the issues arising out of the | treaty of Ancon, and had observ with pleasure that those direc co‘x:g munications seemed toforecast a set- tlement in conference of the difficulty involving final sovereignty of the rlr%\{'lnces of Tacna and Arica, e message stated that President Harding would be pleased to welcome in Washington representatives of the two governments, and hoped that th, dispute could be settled in a e fl?rl;feahledlo both. e e sending of the communication was declared today by a high omcll: of the State Departinent to be the greatest step for American peace un- ;‘-:::‘:ken by this government in many Text is Made Public. The text of the invitations made pub- lic at the State Department indicated that it was the view of the American government that should the represen- | tatives of the two governments be unable at their conferenc in ‘Washing- ton to settle the points in contro- versy they would arrange for arbi- tration of the dispute. The text of the invitations follows. “The government of the United ]suten through the courtesy of the ambassadors of Chile and Peru in Washington, has een kept informed | gress of the recent negotia- | of the pro tions, etween the governments o i and Peru looking toward o sciois ment of the long-standing controversy with respect to the unfullfilled prov vizlons of the treaty of Ancon It has noted with the greatest pleas- ure and satisfaction the lofty ‘spirit of conciliation which has antmate the fwo Eovernments and that as 3 irect exch; views the idea of arbitration er tye pending difficulties is acceptable 1n principle to both. It has also taken note of the Sugges! e sentatives of the tw. named to meet in view to finding th O governments be t“!‘nD::":r'\':r“%! :\:lcfa have divided the ments concerned in fi Soyerns States would be pleased to welcome ! in Washington the representatives which the governments of Chi i Peru may see fit to appoint, to llh: ::g that such representatives may settle, existing diffi. or may arrange for the gettle if happily it may be, the culties, ment of them by arbitration. CHILE ACCEPTS OFFER. ‘Will Send Plenipotentiary to Wash- ington for Conference. By the Assoclated Press. SANTIAGO. Chile, January 18— Chile, it was announced today, h: accepted an invitation from the United the | carried on directly by telegram : tion that repre- | nding a way to| i propriation uct. " For the Civil Service. Commission ! an aggregate of 3519{15 o recom: mended. the e as the amaqun! T | the c..mflz nEml_ year, but $6,78 N itutiane on the number of péi who. may be employed from | general fund ate modified 50 a8 to [ incresse the nUmber who may be, | employed at specified rates above $1,800 per vear. A _new provision is recommended | requiring the Civil Service Commis- slon to include In its estimates for 1924 provision for salaries of that portion of the fleld force now paid by and detailed from the varfous depart- ments, and requiring the heads of the departments from which such details | are now made to deduct from their | estimates the amount thus submitted | by the Civil Service Commission. A decrease of $4,000 is made in the appropriation for the Commission of | Fine Arts. A limitation is placed upon the appropriation, prohibiting the employment of any person at a| rate in excess of $1,800 a year and permitting only one person at that, rate, A further limitation prohibits; | the expenditure of the appropriation | for traveling expenses other than. those incurred by members of the| commission, for actual travel only. in going to and returning from Wash-| ington to attend meetings of the! commission. ‘A decrease of $2,000 is recommended | the in' the current appropriation for} temporary employments under the employes’_compensation commission. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) N | BONUS BILL SECOND SENATE SLATE Decision to press first the allied| debt-refunding bill and next g sol-/ diers’ bonus bill was reached today by | republican senators in their first con-i terences of this session of Congress. | A second conference was called for: tomorrow to discuss details of the; two measures. H Opposition to a soldiers’ bonus bill developed, but it was announced of- ficially that the motion to place this| legisiation second in the list was; carried by “a large majority.” Elimi- pation by the finance” committee of} the requirement in the allied debt bill | for semi-annual payment of interest on the bonds to be accepted from the | foreign debter nations also was dis- cussed, but a decision on this feature of the bill was deferred. Senators attending the conference emphasized that the vote was to take | up a bonus bill. This means that the | { conference did not go on record as { approving the measure passed by the House and sent back -to the Senate finance committee last July at the re- quest _of President Harding. Much of the time of the conference ! i was understood to have been taken | Up with a discussion of the methods of supplying the money necessary to carry out the bonus legislation. 'No decision was reached, but the| discusion was said to have revolved largely around use of part of funds to be derived from the floating of | British bonds in the United States and the imposition of a sales' tax or some other form of taxation to bridge the gap until the British bonds could be sold. - It was announced that there was no division on the motion of Chair- Tan McCumber of the finance com- | ize winew m.“%\a'm? “street to relleve tra e POISON ANDDIE | then it goes to forty for two bloc 1 shall Authorixing New Street. The committe also ordered re- ported-the bill- whith would authors et £o0m G 2) & mtion te the base ball park. In th hill it I8 specifically pro¥ided thdt 116 street car tracks remain in Florida ! ntenue, but are no* ‘o be used by the | W. R. and E. Co. exc-pt in the event of emergency and that new tracks are to be installed in the new streat. Another bill ported for the improvement of 1st street northwest near Union Statios This street has a width of sixty fee! The bill would the and then to 110 feet make this street sixty feet all |way and it provides $20,000 of the cost come - from assessments and $10.000 from the public funds. Another bill was approved which would authorize the sale of the old country school property on Rhode ls- land avenue northeast. near 20th street. Sunday Observance. Hearings are to be held immediate- | of fumiliarizing themselves with it.: 1y on a bill introduced by Represen- tative Zihlman of Maryland for com pulsory observance of Sunday by em- ployers of labor in the District. The bill excepts janitors and watchmen and dairies and similar establish- ments in which the employes work less than three hours. The subcom- mittee appointed to conduct these hearings consists of Representatives Zihlman, Maryland: Sproul, Illinois, and Gilbert, Kentucky. 'A measure urged by Representative Ellis of Missouri to vacate M street between 26th street and the Chesa- peake and Ohio canal way voted down by _the committee. On_ths f Maryland avenue east of 15th street to Anacostia river the com- mittee declined to take action at this time. GERMANY MAKES FIRST OF AIER NEW PAYMENTS 81,000,000 Gold Marks 'Turned Over—Others to Follow Every Ten Days. By the Associated Press. of wag favorably re- Zihlman bill for extension | | | complaint. The mistake was discovered by his family yeaterday, how- v, and he was releascd. STUDENT TASTES | 4 i | Il After Making. Test of Aconotine. Eugene C. Neary, twenty-two Ity Medical School, died shortly after |8 o'clock last night in his room, at Eugene C. Neary, 22, Taken Trade. | Mr. Weller, along with represent | tives of other trade and civic organ | aations, is anxious to impress upon { Congrest the fact that the inadequacy tof the District water supply under | present conditions is a reality. 1" Although o accidents have occurred ‘lo the existing water ficient seriousness to cause a sh: “Fage, ‘these civic leaders called attens jtion today 1o the fact that the city is { now consuming h averdge of 65,00 000 galions of water a day. which is | so close to the capacity of the reser- voirs that neither the conduit from Great Falls nor the tunnel which car- ries the water to the filtration plant n be closed for repairs. While the cxisting conduit has | functioned for fifty-nine vears with- out serious mishap. Mr. Weller sa i today that this long service is {itself a forceful reason why the ) a break at this time. The Commissioners’ budget for the sear asked for $3.000,000 {of { next nscal tem of suf-! rent situation. ‘But One Satisfied Temant. He testified he found only one teu- ant who was satisfied with the rent i he was paying. all of the others with jwhom he talked feeling they were | being required to pay too much. { ®Samuel A. Pearl told the ecommis- ision that six months after his reni | had been fixed at $40 for an apart- ment, the agent asked for a $20 iu- crease. & Miss Marion Clark, & school ‘teach- er, related the difficulties she has | had in her apartment, and then sul- { mitted to the Commissioners clippings of advertisements tending to sh that the purchase of apartmer | houses is being advertised as & profit- able form of investment. Would Pretect Children, Mrs. A. V. Horstman, living i in a rears | tional Capltal shouid not be sub-|northwest apartment house, appealed i old. student in Georgetown Universi- | jected to the dangerous possibilities | to the Commissioners to recommend | to Congress that the rert act be con- {tinued for the protection of persons {1318 12th street, having been taken to begin construction of the new | with children, many of whom, she ; sick shortly after leaving school, where { conduit, to parallel the existing one Ifrom Great Falls to Georgetown. ! sal would be unable to find aces ihe tasted a poison htat was passed| Even if that sum is appropriated now to live if they were required to move among the students for the purpose An autopsy performed on the body ut Wright's undertaking establish- i ment this morning by Coroner Nevitt iand Deputy Coroner Martyn, showed that death resulted from an firritant poison, the coroner reported. i ‘jur,\‘ over the body at the undertaking i establishment late this afternoon, and will hold an inquest at the morgue at 11:30 o clock Saturday morning. A brother of the dead youth reached here this morning from Belleville, N, J.. home of the Nexrys, and will take the body to Belleville for interment. Aconotine, an alkaloid of aconite, sai to be regarded as a deadly poison, is what the medical student is reported to have tasted shortly before he was taken sick. Coroner Nevitt told a Star ireporter it was nothing out of the or- dinary for medical students to taste poisons. He dld So when he was a student, he said. Students Were Warned. 1t is sald that one-twenty-fifth of a grain of the particular poison is a toxic dose. The coroner said he was told that when the poison was passed among the students they were warned that it was deadly and told to be care- ful about handling it. Dr. Nevitt was told that the poison ‘PARIS, January 18.—Germany made | was tasted by Neary late in the after- her first payment today of 31,000,000 gold marks, in accordance with the recent decision of the reparations commission at Cannes, providing for such yment every ten days pend- S ) Paecision on the whole repara- { tions issue. Today’s News In Brief n bill for independent es- rted in House. Page 1 Citizsens make plea for Ball rent act extension. Page 1 Prominent tobacco ;:mplnlcl were charged :y the Fed- eral Trade Commission with con- spiracy to keep up prices. Page 1 Telegraph d ephoi sent simultaneously by radio. Page Engineer tells contractors consolida- tion would eliminate unemvh;,ymem’. age Appropriatiol tablishments repo! 2 tradition case of North Carolina n:olm'efl ‘man stirs up Canada. Page 2, United States receives invitation to Genoa conference. Page -3 Senator Ball, before Board of Trade, indorses representation for x;lnflcL age ‘ufacturing messages noon, and that he became ill some time after the class was dismissed for the day. Fellow students were with him when he was stricken, and, as soon as they realized that he wa ! seriously iH, they summoned a phy- sician. The physician was unable to save Neary's life. Neary, Dr. Nevitt stated, was a fine specimen of .manhood. He presented an apparently perfect picture of health and weighed mearly 200 pound; Inspector Grant, chief of detectives, was told of the death of the student by the coroner. Detectives will par- ticipate in an investigation and sum- monwitnesses to appear at the in- quest. A chemical analyeis is being made to definitely determine the ex- act irritant that caused death. —— THRICE DEPORTED; BACK. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., January 18.— ‘Beatrice Hebert, a youpg Canadian stenographer, three times deported by United States Immigration authorities as the result of her infatuation for ‘William Zinser, district manager of a tourist agency, today faces her fourth experience of the kind. She attracted attention by return- ing from ‘the first of her enforced Coroner Nevitt arranged to swear a | | work could not be started until July 1, and it would take at least three vears from that date to complete the { project. If the city continues to develop ! during that lime at the present rate. ! Mr. Weller said today. the situation with regard to water would be cor. respondingly more serious if the new conduit is not built within thal period. The representatives of the civic and trade crganizations are confident !that if the item is included in_the | appropriation bill the House and Sen- ate will not hesitate to authorize it, { knowing as they do the possible con- sequences of Dostponing longer this | project. | —_— i PRIE CONSPRACY SCHARGEDBYL.S Federal Trade Commission Accuses Three of Biggest Tobacco Companies. Three of the principal 1 manufacturing companies, the Amer- {ican Tcbacco Company, the P. Loril- 'l-nl Company and the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company were charged with engaging in conspiracies with numerous Jjobbers' associations ! the Federal Trade Commission. declared, in giving the results of an investigation ordered under a resolu- tion by Senator Smith, democrat, South | “tobacco trust” dissolved by the Su. {preme Court. The R. J.” Reyno Company, the rej iparty 1o’ the alleged conspiracies and was commended for been violations of law. the ecramis: depress the prices paid growers fol 1920 leaf crop. The commission add ed, however, that “it appears that a few large buyers had a dominent po- sition und each purchased only a cer- tain percentage of the offexings.” ‘Common buying sagencies to keep up jobbers' prices, in a report' transmitted today to the Senate by The three companies, the commission | Carolina, were formerly parts of the| port sald, was not a | sion. its opposition. | The commission promised prosecutions where the evidence discloses there has There was no conclusive evidence, n stated. of collusion to r | under. were | Ne5S, rom their present quarters after the | Ball act expires. ! F. G. Grifith. who said he was u retired minister, urged the commis- !sion also to stard for cortinuation | of the Ball act. ! " Julige O Counell, former solicitor for he Treasury. a tenant st 1869 Alintwood lace, told the Commissioners that the eut of the apartment oc.upied by hin {had been increase from $x0 in 1¥16 10 [ $150, now asked. xnd that the building | has ot been kept in good vepair. De | spite his eigity-two years, he waid, he | is able to cli 10 the fourth flcor. He ! expressed the hope that the Commis- sioners will reconumend the extersion of the Ball act, for “where wouid we be ~without it?" he akked. i Judge Declares Act Is Just. | “The act is just and fuir, wnd the ' rent commission has shown itself fa and just” Judge O'Connell said. Miss - Elizabeth Cross, a teacher who lives ut | the same piace. corroborated statements { made by Judge O'Connell. | Mrs. L. H. Boggs of the Rockingham {apartment, prescnted a petition,: coh- { taining a thousand names, asking for | the extension of tlie rent law, | “We ure passing through hades.in { our apartment at this time.” she sar [which statement wus greeted v |applause from the crowded hear Yoom. “The rent commission s o godsend to tais town.” he confinued ! “Without it there would be a riot tobacco | this city. I1n our apartment old ladiex | have to wrap up in blankets until the heat comes up.” Mrs. Boggs told how she had cofnbed the real estate agents, over the tele- phone, in an attempt to find another | apartment, and at last found one agent who had an spartment at a . price she felt she could afford. The agent asked her, she said, If she “had taken ‘advantagé of the Ball act. Diserimination Is Alleged. “I told hitm yes, and thep, he swid. ‘I wouldn't rent to you, then, under i any circumstances. Another witness, living in 3 two- family apartment on T street, testified . that “real estate men have a list of 1ds | those who went 'to the rent commis- * and I understand they declare 11 who went to the commission that | Wili find it hard to rent apartments D. Nolton of 916 Westminister street - { said he was partly in favor of the ex- | tension of the act, but thought that the act should have nothing to.do * with the rents of houses at $25. or He said there Is & great need ° i for_small houses. 1 "%pn you know that there is more | building going on here than ever?” | asked Commissioner Rudolph. {"*Do you know.” returned the wit- “that they are all for sale, and few for rent?” i t = States government to d hat it be the f the 2 Will Lengthen Patiey. o = esignate a|mittee, that sense of the ed,” the report said, with refe i very plenipotentiary at Washington to|conference that the allied debt re-!cCommerce chamber re-elects secre-! . N ras N ) Ak Ly 4 In view of the far-reaching cffect| Another Paragraph. section 6, of|3tudy the form of exeontios o th . forsing bill be taken up in the Senate | Cary. treasurer and general counsel | LriDS 16 Cxinda by swrplams & Yeer (o (0 Nollycer are raan ?fi'fou":fll e itk ol of the proposed “open door” resolu- | the resolution, is thought to be ac-|reaty of Ancon. under which the|and disposed of. ~Semstor McCumber Page 3 |ago, dodying'the authorities. Alienists | STeC FITIRSEE JL0C® i (e Miti- | sicio Ruduiph asked that all in the | ceptable to what might be called the | Tacna-Arica dispute between . Peru!aiso offered the motion that upon the |y pughes explains U. S. ylew of the | declare -she 1s sgne. except on the| .c. purchasers held off the market »n:;;:rhvlorlnv‘ the extension of the ° tion, it is expected that it will be given very careful consideration, and hen they had and Chile arose. It is said the United | ioner counted States has extended - e e a similar invita: assage of this measure, the Senate ke up a bonus bill and that the practically 80.” : Movement to Hold Up Prices. {Ball act arise, and peace spirit now dominating. the idone so the Comm World, It sald: “All countries should be pe * open-door policy in China. Page 3| subject of Zinser, whom she met on jor Ambassador Child and U. S. battalion | o trip to India. and who complalned } i leaving perhaps* l that it will lead to long discussion.|join in an undertaking to refrain ference declare In favor of the ¢ Some observers here insist that the | from aggression against their neilh-i ;".:-.ge of such . Bl ; honor Italy’s unknown dnah”" to the polige of her attentions. She Findings ot |“§:d reported by u-eimg;"p‘;rxn':“':m S o Daiaing 3 5 eporte at the vots , in, | commiss| ncluded: 3 end of the conference Will be de-|®frotmer phase bearing upon pos.|BIG-NOBWAY BANK SUSPENDS | 5orot pacsink » bonus bill 'was 51 | Kalorame Citizenst Association con- | BiSHct "oy R ont ok, SBom: | *That bewinning with the spring of |seuted. - indicated | that they wers . layed another month or more by the | sible acceptance i expected o be due| LONDON, January 18—The Tor. |to 2, With several cppenents of such demns Senate bill Which proposes | tf g P out had come {0 |192] thero was a nation-wide move- uguinst the extension. 1 e oF attempt of the United States delega- | consideration of the feeling in Amer- | vestad and’ Skaares Savings B ni okt | Jogiaiation ~withholdige their votes. | Sbalition of huif-and-half iz 1n! Shntacionia Thiraday under an | ment Raving for its oblect the organi: | thor, announced that'thE hearing of oblems of .. fcan politics upon the ject of the{ Ha: 4, 3 onference ‘did not a . C. fin ? X:and - obtained work |zation of jobbers’ associations to fix , the P e # and Siberia handied with ‘définite- | Unitea States participating in Juro. | est institutions ia thar coing, 18rE> N hlle the_ pending bill, some. repab | Washington Topham gives compre- iy m":@fim. el WO | tices by’ eltminating price cuiting usked for those opposing the e : ness. 2 Ll S pean affairs, but it is pointed out that | suspended payments save n Copons | lcan leaders said the measure i be| hensive history of Center market. |authoritles % 00" " Lamong. fol "This. movemen( st~ NE S g Once the “open-door”.-inatter has|the United States has invited a sec-' hagen dispatch o Do | passed undoubtedly would follow the Pag: 15| Mr. HugBesétmmigration comns. ! tercd R et &, TTQOMeEs oot learned to- been disposed of. it wa to- Column 2.) tion of Furope to join in the con- suleration of fir eastern couditions £ 3 the Exchan Telegr: The bank. had sy onh Company ©aDG O T000,000- Kt @y - £ wmeasars fantnab principlex of the € cou O Lo - “BRIMO mrernala. 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