Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1922, Page 1

§ AR WEATHER. 4 Falr and somewhat warmer, tonight. lowest temperature about 24 degrees tomorrow, cloudy, followed by rain to- morrow night. Temperature for 24 hours ended a Py today. 2 p.m. today: Highest, &4, at 4 terday; lowest, 14, at 7 a.m. I report on page 17. bening credited to 1t All righ: Member of the Associsted Press The Assoclated Press fs exclusively entitled to the use for republicaffp: n of all news Jispatches or, uot otherwise credited is this paper and also the local news published herein. ts of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Closing New York Stocks, Page 26. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 117,873 No. 28,401 Enterst as second-clace macter WASHINGTON, 'D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1922.—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. . TWO CENTS. THEATER DISASTER PROBE BEGUN; D.C. BUILDING CODE BEING REVISED; PRESENT TOTAL OF DEAD IS 96 1 Capper Resolution Favorably| Reported in Senate-—Action May Be Deferred. - HIGH OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS THOROUGHLY EXAMINE RUINS Y U. S. Attorney Gathering Prehmmarv Details for Grand Jury—No Dis- crepancy Found Thus Far. Developments today in the various investigations under way to determine the responsibility for the Knickerbocker Theater catastrophe were: ... The resolution offered in the Senate by Senator Capper pro- viding for an investigation by that body of the disaster was reported favorably. Will probably be called up in the Senate this afternoon. The coroner’s jury, under direction of Dr. J. Ramsey Nevitt, made a close inspection of the scene of the disaster. .~ Maj. Cary Brown, assistant to Engineer Commissioner Keller, | investigated the ruins with a group of Army engineers. U. S:' ATTORNEY GETS DETAILS. Maj. Gordon, United States attorney, today proceeded with | preliminary details in conmection with the presentation to the grand jury of evidente. A survey of the stricken building was made yesterday by Maj. Gordon, Commander McKay. and Con- struction Engineers Besson and Michaelson, U. S. N. Building Inspector Healy announced that a comparison of plans of the theater and conditions found at the theater after the collapse reveals no discrepancy thus far. ; Experts of the bureau of standards are to test specimens of conctete slab roof from ruins to determine its strength. Senate Probe to Be Deferred. | Theodore L. Condon of Chicago. rep- Investigation of the Knlckerbocker{re!enllnx the American Soclety of Theater disaster by a committee of | Civil Engineers; C. W. Barber and W. the Senate, as provided for in the 'P. Darwin, local members of the American Soclety of Civil Engineers, N. D. Mitchell, W. A. Slater, J. Yssolution _introduced by Senator | An apper yesterday. will be deferred, CUf. L. N. Neel and W. G. Noll, all { structural engineers. it seemed certain this afternoon, Inspected by Coremer's Jury. Rumbling Preceding Collapse of Theater Reminder of Quake Important evidence in con- nectlon with Kaiekerbocker disaster was furnished tojday by a retired officer of the Ma rine Corps and his wife, who were in the Knickerbocker Theater Friday night; the night before the fatal aceidemt. The officer atates that he was wtart- led by a sudden rumbling sound which made him first glance at the eelling and, mext, ask his wife if she heard anything, The ofiicer is n little hard of hearing and therefore wanted his wife's opinion. The Intter, en through two e her husband wax stationed immedidtely ears it \had_been the wound of shearing of me n o his name published, but feels it incumbent t eatify ' as to ‘what he heard and to the above conversation if called on to do so. An investigation is mow derway at the Georgetown University to determine whether there was any local disturbance Saturday night. DEATHS N THEATER | HORROR NUMBER % Revised Police Figures Agree With Star’s List—Injured Are Improving. The long list of dead. the ghastly toll of the Knickerbocker Theater tragedy. is believed to be placed ac- curately today at minety-six. This figure, as reported today by the police department to the District Commissioners, tallies with that of ‘The Star after the list had been eare- fully checked over and each name and address verified. It is believed by District officials that ninety-six deal is the flnal official count of those who succumbed immediately at the less the list is swelled by those whose condition s considered still eritical, There have been no additional deaths among the injured during the last twenty-four hours, List of Names Reduced. There were certaln names previous- Iy announced as among the dead which are how believed to have been erroneously inserted, since no trace of them can be found, and they do not appear on either the lists of the po- lice department or of Coroner Nevitt. F. Albert Baker, H. Hall, Paulus Lamby and W. N. Crawford, all with addresses unknown, are now believed to have be>n included by some confusion of names or other mistake. The name of L. L. Lehler is now known to be a duplication of the name Leroy Lehmer, which appears among the victims. Jack McKimmie is now known to have been the nick- name of Wyatt McKimmle of the Burlington apartments, who was Engineer Commissioner Keller an- nounced :that they.had expressed a willinghess to submit - their findings o the Commissioners, so that the city authorities would have all infor- matfon availal in determining the cause of the ity. 2 These men include the- following: until after the several other, inves- Ligations which it w.s announced will e institute ave been completed. ‘s The Cappar ceeo i Sompleted. | The coroner's jury this morning made | sent yesterday to the committee on |2 Close inspection of the scene of the| :udi( and_ control ef (ontingent ex- | Knickerbocker disaster. The jury did enses, was reporte ac uring an txpcutive ssssion by Senaior Jonew of |1y om0t & technical fnvestigation Washington. It 13 now Before the{iNto the causes of the disaster, but Senate and Probably will be called { Simply went over the ground shortly me time this afternoon; after 10 o -1 Senator Ball, chairman the Sen- | tures ;r :-lnfi‘l:fi': ."l‘::hwg;( t;:".nb:llm?lc ate District committee. said that he | which will probably fgure prominently would do all in his power to gét the | in testimony to be submitted at the in. resolution referred to that commit- | quest which will start on next Tuesday tee, and said that there wWas a grow-| morning at 10 o'clock In the boardroer | ing sentiment in the Senate in favor iof the District building. 1 of a postponement of a senatorial 'he apparent unstable condition of | invéstigation until atter the other |tho walls of the theater today ramsey Drobes had been completed. If the|the fssuance of orders preventing sny resolultt!tnn :f uel;t,l ;o &he Di-:ilr!c: one except the jury, engineers and Dis- committee wi e discussed at | tri, f . e "f,“',“; mesiing tomorrow atter: e Icl:eomcln: from entering within the noon, but Senator Ball Indicated that | *Nay " Uy Brown, assi 5 he would make an effort to prevent | gineer Commissioner Teopor™ “Wens over its being reported by the committee | the ruins with a group of Atiey re. at this time. gineers and made a close inspection of Will Make Thorough Imvestigation. | the outside walls, at the same time that Senator Capper of Kansas, author | the jury and Coroner Nevitt were mak- of the resolution, said that while he | ing official inspection. is in favor of a prompt and complete apt. Lord of the tenth precinct and investigation to determine the exact|2 5quad of police from that precinct cause of the catastrophe and fix the| ar¢ In charge at the scene today. responsibility, if any, he said that Pl“';!'"s are all being kept at a he would not oppose the action of | Safe distance from the walls. Senator Ball in trying to get the U. S. Attorney Gets Detalls. resolution sent to the District com- | United States Attol 3 mittee. But, he said, he would in- |day is proceeding wit. tfi:r‘;‘;’;ll:_ sist that the Senate should look Into |inary details in connection with the’] $he matter from every angle. Dresentation to the grand jury of evi- Senator King of Utah said that he|dence from which it is hoped the also was opposed to having an inves- | grand jurors may be able to discover tigation by the Senate at this time, | the cause of the fall of the roof of the because of the possibllity that It may | Knickerbocker Theater last Saturdue interfere with other investigations|night. Maj. Gordon was present last being conducted by various agencles | evening when Coroner Nevitt swore x | of the local government. While he | jiry of inquest over the body of one favored an Investigation by the Sen- | of the victims, and the United States ate, he thought that it would be bet- | attorney will be represented probably ter to await the result of the other|by Capt. Bertrand Emerson, one of inquiries to see whether they brought | his assistants, at the sessions of the out all the facts on which Congress | coroner's jury, when the testimony js might base any action which may be | heard by that body. found to be necessarv. % aj. Gordon, in making a survey of Thorough examination of the bufld- | the building yesterday, was accom. ing code of the District of Columbia | panied by Commander McKay and should be made immediately in order | Construction gineers Besson and that it might be brought up to date, | Michaelson of the United States Navy. said Senator Calder of New York, | The engineers will make an Investiga- former building commissioner of the | tion and report to the prosecutor. clty of New York and Himself a uilder. He believes that it will be found that the local building code 1| SEPARATE TRIAL ALLOWED a,nflqul“ed ln‘ many l'Ql‘p;fl!!, lllld has not taken nto consideration the e ‘Bufaines Swnich are now con:| TOR GOV. LEN SMALL structed. He was in conference this i morning with the District building inspector. WAUKEGAN, Iil, —Gor. ‘The New York senator said that he |y 1t g Conn: 1l January 31.—Gov. would recommend later that there ) len Sm ay was granted a sep- ‘ghould be & thorough revision of the farate trial by Judge Claire C. Edwards building code of e District to bring POlldIpg cqfelot the Disriceobaing ;: the nh:rl:s of conspiracy to em- modern engineering knowledge, par-|bezzle state funds, for which he was ticularly with regard to the construc-|indicted with Vernon Curtls of Grant tion_of buildings where public as-|panc i), semblies are held. > Representatives of the attorney gen- Snow May Have Drifted. eral's office and Prosecuting Attorney Inspector Healy stated at noon that | Mortimer of Sangamon county strong- he would not be in a position today |ty opposed the separation of the trials to submit to the Commissioners alof the two defendants. report on his findings. The court overruled the motion filed Discussing the collapse of the ::yo l!.he Eovenior ::hdn ]t;r-nrted a similar on n of Mr. Curtis, building informally this morning, the decision having the effect of put Mr. Healy sald he was .inclined.to|ting the governor on trial first, believe that high piles of snow blown | Judge [Edwards galxl:edFtor the gov- to one part of the roof by the wind |2rnor's plea and C. C. Orgee, speak: y ing £ z 3 “ produced the strain which caused n}lrw!;l 'fi’,’:fl%fl'f;‘:&%’?fifl"fi?& the cave-in. for Mr. Curtis, who is confined to his He sald that while the roof was|home by quarantine. designed to; hold a stated weight of - snow per square- foot, there un-)F|RE APPARATUS, doubtedly were enarmous quantities of snow blown into mounds on cer- RECE"TLY DISABLED, tain parts of the roof. eld far more than proportionate The, Commissioners met in board ‘weight In snow -and gave way; it was £ inevitable that the balance of the roof| 2¢58ion today and took immediate would be affected and go with it, hel 8teps to have repaired the fourteen said. i pleces ‘of fire apparatus disabled Engineers Volunfeer Inspections. in responding to the Knicker- More engineering experts applisd to| Pocker disaster and the two bad tiie Commissioners to day for permis-, T;‘: Ao dcurped Bundaythorn. slon to Inspect the ruins, Whilethese = : Declaring this situation to be an men will actin an unofficial capacity, emergency, ‘the Commissioners d rectéd Auditor. Dono to have i the fire engines repaired out of the 000 cmergency fund appropriated Co 88 each year. . Fire ghl ‘Watson, realising th danger of having 30 much equip- S S “the | “ take some action, killed. " Mr. and Mrs. Russell Maine, who were reported to have gone to the Knickerbocker and to be still absent from their home the follow- ing morning, it has since been learn~ od, did not attend the theater, ' Owing to the manner in which the names and addresses of the dead and injured were taken on the night of the disaster, the many sources from which the information was obtained, tie hysterical and excited conditiort of friends and relatives, it was in- evitable that certain confusion of names and incorrect addresses result- ed. However, the list of the dead given here has been verified carefully and is belleved to be as accurate as thoroughness could make it Ne Additional Deaths. No deaths have occurred in the last twenty-four hours from the long list of injured in the Knicker- bocker. Theater disaster Saturday night. From all reports ascertained from those in a serious condition yes- terday, it is believed that all will recover, each person showing slight improvement at noon today. Nobile Tomasso Asserto, third sec- retary of the Italian embassy, 1803 California street, is resting much more comfortably today. Dr. James S. Mitchell, attending _physician. at mergency Hospital, stated that an X-ray. examination showed .multiple fracture of the pelvis, from which it will take him several months to re cover. Lacerations and abrasions are reported to be healing and condition is not regarded as critical. Miss Caroline Upshaw, niece of the Georgia representative, - whose leg was amputated, is in about the same 3 s ai leld Hospital. Edward ‘A. Williams, 301 C street, & member of the orchestra, whose co Shaughnessy Family Better. E. H. Shaughnessy and his wife and daughter -are improving. Mr. Shaughnessy, who is at-Walter Reed Hospital, was reported 46day to be holding his own, with good chances for recovery. His wife,, who is at the Emergency Hospital, suffering from broken ribs, is getting along well. The daughter, Ruth, also at Emergency, Wwhose two arms are broken, is ‘reported b t- -isfactory - conditfon, Sophesings lumbia Fosd: showen miny faes oce: 3 e - ment at - E; 10apital today although still; in’ Dr. James,F. Mit llclln; llhllu !hu 0 be amputated, that. he practically ;out of dlu:a.:. L B. Dodson of 1860 Columbia, road, ‘Wwho was badiy ccut and btuised, improving. No X-ray w. terday. to. determine bones. were 'broken, v | the rof to fall in, \ut | latan teet Regulations Soon Ready. THEATER RUINS | ARE EXAMINED Engineers Differ as to the Cause of Disaster. The entire code of bullding regula- tions of the District is in process of revision, it became known today. The redrafting of the regulations was not prompted by the Knicker- bocker disaster, but the collapse of the theater jn all probability will have the effect of making the new code one of the most complete and all-inclusive in the country. The building inspector’s office. it be- came known, began revising the code several months ago, with a view to striking out obsolete sections and writing in new ones made advisable by the steady development of new engineering methods. Inspector Healy of the building de- partment stated today that as soon as the revision is completed the code { will be submitted to the Commission- ers for adoption. This will afford an opportunity to { write into the revised ‘code any new | sections that may be found necessary j when the several investigations into | the Knickerbocker disaster are con- cluded. Pos le Defect Seem. Engineers and others familiar with building construction venture ' the opinion that the cause of the Knicker- bocker Theater cave-in was due to a in | They say, however, this may not be | vi definitely determined even after the| D! | found to be the case rather than the extra weight caused by the snow. Both Col. Keller, Engineer Commis- Geare, the architect who designed the Knlv.);vrboeker.h are of the bellet that a &' Tp-the plans tong there” was not w‘!‘filsl piled upon the roof to strain any part -0f the supporting truss sufficiently to chuse the break, in the event that|w every plece of steel in the network jn of supports forming the truss was perfect. & : 25 Pounds Per Square Foot. 1t is explained that the requirements of the building inspector’s office are that a truss support of this nature | should be of sufficient capacity to hold @ live welght of twenty-five pounds to the square foot—this in excess to the dead welght, meaning the roof and the structure iteelf. Col. Keller stated that assuming that there were twenty-six Inches of snow as reported by the weather bureau covering the entire iroof, it would fot have ‘been of suf- ficient live weight to in any way have icaused the truss to break. He bases his statement upon the fact that that iamount of snow would not have i weighed more than ten or twelve inounds to the square foot, and which tal cot ful of a ro th: is considerably below the capacity re- quirements. Besides, it is known that all builders construct such supports to a capacity two or three times great. er than required by law. Mr. Geare said that to his personal knowledge every requirement of the building inspector’s office was fulfilled In comstructing this theater. In his opinion it was one of the best con- structed buildings that ever came un- der his observation. offer some opinion as to possible cause th: en; co would be extremely difficult, nther than | of a defect In some of the materlal at the point where the break oczurred. Specifications Being Examined. Col, Keller and his assistants are of building, to satisty himself that every | ™ requirement in the Interest of safety | th was provided for. He already kas ex- the material in the wreckage and will ‘continue his examination with the view to satisfying himself as to the nature of the material actually used in the construction work and to sat- isfy himself that it came up to the specifications originally filed in the | ng building inspector's ofiice. o Mr. Geare said he was greatly shocked by the disaster, and that he |y, has offered his services to the Com- missioners to lend -any assistance in an effort to arrlve at some idea of the cause. Snow Frobably Weighed 50 Tons. Probably more than fifty tons of snow. rested on -the Knickerbocker Theater roof last Saturday. night when it fell, according to estimates made here today. Experts of the weather bureau gave a water-equivalent of 2 inches th to rei as ca ed| iny th with a weight of ten pounds to the square foot. Had the roof area of .the ill-fated | th theater been but 100 feet by<100 feet, | U3 it would have meant fifty tons of snow, upon it, it ‘was' declared, al- |so; though experts said they did not t know the exact area of the roof/] o‘:r I d could therefore has- |an: ard no guess as to the exact weight | the of the snow: a heavy as such a weight of snow | tel 3 d - have doubt was. ex- ‘pressed here that even such a welght 'éould of itself have caused tructed so that the roof can carry a welght of fen el*;t;- feet of s would ‘mean" such roéofs are capable .of dlndnu @ strain of & snow fall ¢en P the theater or later In the hospitals, un-|sioner of the District, and Reginald | washington. ‘apeeifica- | cape work for the building inspectol T SnoW | office. One of these men, James P.| many years his office has been operat- ing on that basis, but he said it was clude “he building inspector’s office, it engaged in a careful examination of|Was stated, formerly received a lump the plans and specifications for the|Sum of $2,000 a year for the employ- “is hardly a drop in the bucket for for the official snow fall of 26 inches, | ®8Sary and irks ; Some come to ing that competent architects and en- gineers have drawn the plans, and N DISTRGT INPECTOR FOREE INADEQUATE Safety of Buildings Here in Hands of Only Five Men. One outgrowth of spector's office. Five inspectors, with an allowance 1possible defect in some of the material [ of $2.50 a month for transportation, used in the truss supporting the roof. | are charged with the task of sups sing all building operations in the istrict, which is an area of more most thorough Investigation. but if|than sixty-nine square miles, it be-! the truth were known it would be;came known today. Three men are available to guard satety of all the elevators in Two men handle all of the fire es- Parry, although not paid for overtime|the report made by the committee in ork, devotes several nights a week 10 special Inspeetions of theaters.|ryary The fire marshal's office also main-!“then within one year $4.235.000 will ins a regular and systematic in- spection of theaters from a fire pre- | pacity of 8,976. The major portion of vention standpoint.’ Inadequate for Years. Bullding Inspector John P. uld not recall today exactly Heal, how lly fifteen years. The building regulations require, Mr. Healy said, that structures in course erection must be visited at least once week. That, of course, does not pre- an inspector from making the unds daily. It is apparent. however, at five men, with $2.50 a month for transportation, cannot very well do more an reach each job once in a week. The inspection force is not the only branch of the building inspector’s office | that would appear to be inadequately | manned. The office, Mr. Healy stated, has one gineering computer on full time and another who devotes half tae day to mputing and the other half to fleld When asked to|Work. ‘These men must go over and chéck for the cave-in, Mr. Geare said that|UP on the engineering cdlculations all buildings for which applica- to assume that there must have been | tions to build are made. One man is available for inspection concrete and structural materials. Appropriation Cut. ent of additional inspectérs during e busy séason of the year. Not long ago, it was said, this amount in the amined carefully great masses of | aPPropriation bill was cut to $1,000. But either amount, one official said, e TS, Mr. Healy observed today that it 'mployment -of building inspec- ‘quires such an appalling disaster ) the present one to bring the pub- lic to a realization of the importance the work of the building inspec- r's office. During the .past few years, when uilding activities have been handi- pped by high prices and the diffi- culty of getting materials, Inspector Healy asserted that his office repeat- ly has been charged with hamper- g construction 'operations with so- called “red tape.” Regarded as Routle, ‘When nothing happens for a long time, he sald, those who carry on building operations come to look upén e technical requirements of the building inspector’s office as unnec- ome. P, his office, he said, feel- at it is only a waste of time and eless delay to hold up permits until e specifications have been checked. There are.t!mes, he said, when per- ns connected with building opera- tions come to the office and endeavor speed up the computer in going er the plams. This became such’an noyance, he said, that the door:to e computing office had to be lotked d persons desiring to explain mat- to the computer required to inter- view him at the permit counter. ‘DOZEN BUILDINGS BURN. HCLAYSVILLE. Pa.; January 31— heat re, which started from 2n over- ted stove in the Knicker- bocker disaster may be an increase in the force of employes of the building | ris | D. C. BILL FOR $20,400,000 UNDER DEBATE IN HOUSE SENATOR KENYON ' MADEU.S. JUDGE lowa Member of Farm Bloc Once Acquired Title of “Trust Buster.” Committee Chairman, Comment- ing on Measure, Sees Great Ben- efit to Public Schools. The District appropriation bill car- rying recommendations for moneys to mect the expenses of. the National Capital during the fiscal year begin- (ning July 1 next, is under considera- tion in the House today. This bill i l Assurances have been gi 11 be made repeatedly during consider- .aliun of this bill to have amendments adopted which will more adequately care {for the needs of the District regard- iing street improvement. schools, :water supply, police and fire and other activities which were slashed out of the bill by the House committee, al- though recommended by the officials in charge of the work and indorsed by the budget bureau. The House gave over five hours! for general debate. Representative !Charles R: Davis, chairman of the | subcommittee which drafted this ap- propriation bill. was the first speaker, and held ermr more than thir- ty minutes, during which he reviewed the bill. bill goes through by Feb- said Chairman Davis, Isubmitting 1t 21 have been appropriated for new school buildings, with a seating ca- these buildings have not yet been Istarted.” I | PRESIDENT PRAIES | one of the leaders of the farm bloc in the Senate, was nominated by Pres- ident Harding today to be a United O - | States circuit judge. He is appointed Commission Gov | to succeed the late Judge Walter I Smith, who for a number of years presided over the eighth circuit. The senator had announced he. would ac- cept the nomination and the Senate confirmed it soon after it. was re- ceived. SEVATOR W [LLIAM S. KENYON. |Also Lauds ernment in District Dur- " ing Present Crisis. |, President Harding today paid.a high tribute to the efficiency in which all agencies of the District and federal governments handled the rescue and relief work at the Knick- erbocker . Theater and at the same | time expressed .the opinion that he considered the commission form of government as it functions in the | District of Columbia as coming as | near complying with what a commis- ! sion form &f government is. under- stood to mean than anywhere ‘else in the United States where such a form of government exists. The President also said that so far as he was able to observe, the local government handled the local storm situation in about as capable man- ner as was possible under the cir- cumstances. Reason for Expression. These expressions from the Presi- dent were in a response to an inquiry asking whether or not he considered the storm situation properly and effi- clently handled by the local gowern- ment and whether or not he consid- ered the\local form of government a practical one and, worthy of con- tinuance and operation. The President said that it Persuaded to Serve. It is known that Senator Kenyon was offered this vacant judgeship several months ago, but his friends among the so-called farm bloc of the Senate, reluctant to lose one of their leaders, and his friends among the suaded him to decline the offer and to continue his work as a legislator. However, President Harding, follow- ing a number of conferences with the Towa senator, the last one being at noon today, is reported to have suc- ceeded in obtaining his consent to ac- cept the place. Senator Kenyon is a native of Fort Dodge. lowa, and was born in 1869. He first came into national promi- of the Department of Justice during the Roosevelt administration, when he acquired the popular title of “Trust Buster,” because of his ag- gressive activities in pressing the government suits and investigations against large corporations through out the country. Succeeded Dolliver, He was e¢lected to the United was the | States Semitg ":I le'.l‘l 50 fl:‘l the va- o cancy causet ¥ the death of Sen- opinion of all experts and students |\ %y °p "poliiver, and was re-elect- of municipal governjpent that theleq in 1913 and .‘?ml ink191t v commission form of government such | Senator Kenyon is looked' upon as as operates in this city Is looked DoSSessing one of the best Shon’as the highest development of | Minds in the , and, aside from °f | divergent views regarding legisla- governmental administratioh, &7 that|tion at times with President Hard. il he was mot placing himself on | Ing, he has been classed as one of the latter's close friends. ;eoord 2 ;2‘\,'::'::'“‘0“[“ ;‘;’“"xfn’:i‘:,'[ The eighth United States circuit comprises lowa, @linnesota and por- el o oAl B e e ‘Hhiag e | tions of Oklahon'a, Missouri und' the akotas. knows of, and that he has been ad-, “iqy "bresident has known §ince our vised to thls cffect by olfer® WNO|service together in the Senate that are author political life did not appeal to me and e that my ambition was-to serve on the CHARGES BROKEN PLEDGE. federal bench,” said Senator Keayon. xofprmhflvo Kincheloe Says Ad- “When « vacancy occurred last fali ‘ministration Is Extravagant. in the federal district judgeship in my state some of my friends suggest- e EW YORK, January 31L.—Repre- sontative David H. Kincheloe of Ken-la my name to him and he indicated his willingness to ‘appoint me.. The that it seemed to me I could not ac- pt. - declared in an address at the! J‘Thé situation is somewhat differ- lgfignem Clob _that' the administra-{ent-now, as the West Virginia inves- tion of President, Harding had broken | tigation is out of the way: likewise its, ‘pledge of etonomy and had be-|the Newberry case. and a large por- come the most: extravagant in peace tion of the agricultural program has itime ‘the country ‘ever had. The|been put through. speech -opened the fight of the demo-; “The arutthlgn‘ is Ilzl:’u;nug’ t:; :ge g ; mmittee's congres- {again as to the circuit judgeship in the i nares B8 e Renth Judicial circult, and the Brest i The spe: serted that the cost|dent, knowing my ambition and desire of the Army is still. $100,000,000 too}for service on the federal bench, and ‘Wigh' &nd that there iz an ofiicer for|at the solicitation of some of my ‘qvery .ten.-men in the ranks, He slso| friends, has-tendered me the appolnt- ~ thie - Shipping Board ‘and |ment of circuit judge for that circuit, tife administra which I am pleased to accept and e i es: | Rave notified him. 1 am deeply appro: " (Continuéd on TweAGAArt Pass) usndiing) e unemployment e 5 farmers and in his own state, per-! inence as one of the special attorneys | legal | legislative situation was such then ! FINAL AGREEMENT ONNAVIES AND FAR EAST IS IN SIGHT !Conference Advances to Final Stages After Settlement of Article Nineteen. OPEN SESSION CALLED FOR TOMORROW MORNING | | Harmony in Pacific Reigns After All Agreé to “A Fair Proposition.” BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. After weeks of waiting the Wash- ington conference is on the eve of | completing the naval limitation ,ueuy and also the proposed nine- power treaty dealing with China. Agreement on article 19 of the naval limitation treaty relating to fortifications in the Pacific islands and on the Shantung question has made it possible for the conference’ to advance to its final stages. Following a meeting of the Chi- nese and Japarese delegates on the Shantung question this morning, it was formally announced that an agreement had been yeached in re- gard to the much discussed Shan- tung railroad, so far as all essential points are concerned. Official Statement. |- The official statement issued fol- |lowing this meeting was as follows: | “The thirty-fifth meeting of tne | Chinese and Japanese delegates re- jlative to the Shantung question was held in the Pan-American Union ! building at 10 o'clock this morning. An agreement hac been reached on all essential points in regarl to the question of Tsing-Tao-Teinansu rail- way and on certain other questions. The two delegations will meet agaiu 4t 5 o'clock this afierncon for the pur- pose of drafting.” The agreement on the Shantung railroad reached by the Chinese and Jupanese is understood to be in line with the compromise proposed by | Secretary Hughes and Mr. Balfour. This provides for the purchase of the railroad bLy the Chinese, with Treasury notes, and deferred pay- ments. “There is to be, it is under- stood, a director of the railroad who is a Chinese. The trafic manager, however, and chief accountant, are to be Japanese, it is understood, un- til the railroad has been entirely paid for. The details of the agreement have pot been officially announced. Open Seysion Tomorzaw. The stage was being set today for an open session of the Washington conference in Continental Memorial Hall at 11 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing. This is the first open session of the conference since December 10. It also appegred probable the open session | Would be continued during the afternoon. The open session hus been called particularly to pass upon the naval limitation .treaty. . At 3:30 .o'clock | this atternoon the committec on limitation of armament will meet tv pass on the treaty.- The article relating to fortifications in the Pacific was finally agreed to last evening at a meeting of the naval subcommittee, after the Japa- { uesa delegation had been informed that | the latest formula describing the is- {lands which were not to be fortified | had been accepted by the Tokio gov- { ernment. The agreement in regard { to the fortifications of the Pacific is- | lands was in line with forecasts al- | ready published. The only feature | of the agreement which contained an | element of surprise was that the { Aleutian Islands. belonging to the | United States, are included in the is- i lands which are not to be further fortified. A Fair Proposition. The agreement was characterized by spokesmen for the American dele- gation as “a fair proposition.” It establishes a reign of peace in the Pacific, so 4ar as the construction of fortifications is concerned, for the life of the nava) limitation treaty, a matter of fifteen years, and perhaps { for much longer, if none of the pow- ers give notice of abrogation. Under the terms of the agreement the island possessions which the | United States now holds or may ac- {quire _in the Paclfic ocean, except { those adjacent to the coast of the | United States, Alaska and the Pan- ama Canal Zone, not including the Aleutian Islands, but including the Hawaiian Islands, are to remain in status quo so far as fortification is concerned. The status quo is to be maintained so far'as the British are concerned as follows: Hongkong and the in- sular “possession. which the British emp! !pnow holds, or may hereafter acqifire in the Pacific ocean; east of {the meridian of 110 degrees, east | longitude, except those adjacent to ithe coast of Canada, the common- | wealth- of Australia and its terri- tory and New Zealand. So far as Japan is concerned, the status quo is to be maintained in the Kurileislands, {the Doin ismnds, Amami-Oshima, the { Loochoo islands, Formosa and the Pes- | cadores, and any insular - territories or possessions in the Pacific ocean which Japan may hereafter acquire. No Restriction on Repairs. Maintaining- the status quo. while no new fortifications or naval bases shall be established, there is no re- Striction upon repair and replacement of worn-out weapons and equipment. Such as 18 customary in naval and military establishments in time of | | I | i i N’:‘fi: far east committee still has to into_ shape the nine-power treaty on China. me:of the draft- ing work has already been done on this treaty. A number of separate conventions in regard to the opera- tion of submarines in time of war. the use of poison gas, etc., are still to be approved by the conference | 1 The conference is driving ahead as fast as possible in an effort to com- plete its work this week. However, in some quarters, it was sald today that it probably would be necessary to continue in session during part of next week at least. s The subcomm.ttee on the Chinese Eastern raliway met at noon today in an effort to Braft a resolution recom- mendicg international control of that railroad until its Russian owners are able to ume their control in. . ‘The f:z’el!t committee will meet at 4 o'clock this afternoon. It still has to consider the question of the Chinese stern rallway, leased ter- ritories in China and the twenty-one dewands of Japan -— l,