Evening Star Newspaper, February 16, 1922, Page 1

Fair tonight and témerrow, colder tonight: lowest temperature about 10 degrees; continued cold tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m, today: Highest, 33, at 2 am. today; lowest, 18, &t 9 today. Full report on Psge 7. .~ am. Clasing New York Stocks, Page 27. No. 28417, Ziirrihss eomdceines maver 2 GENERAL SALES TAX FOR SOLDIER BONLUS, ' PLAN OF PRESIDENT Suggests in Letter to Fordney That Legislation Be Delayed if Proposal Is Not Feasible. CONSIDERS LEVY WILL NOT WORK A HARDSHIP TO ' READJUSTMENT Fully Realizes Great Difficulty Face by Congress in Problem—Opposed to Piecemeal Payment. President Harding informed Congress today he considered a general sales tax the only feasible method of raising funds for a soldier bonus. The executive, in a letter addressed to Chairman Fordney of the House ways and means committee, suggested that unless Congress saw fit to enact a sales tax passage of bonus legislation should be temporarily postponed. : “I believe.”. the President wrote,|I believe the American people will ac- the American people will accept the | €Dt the levy of a general sales tax to levy of a general sales tax to meet the | diic 'wo anbnts meotriome (Berene’ proposed bonus payments, and we|added difficulties to the problems of should contribute thereby no added ::11%’:“'::":“ I C‘n‘ntretlld peitimoc pe such & plan, it would be wise difficulties to the problems of read- | yo ot ‘the legisiation go over until Justment. 1f Congress will not adopt | there is a sjtuation which will justify such a plan it would be wise to let;the large outlay. We are driving for the legislation go over until there !s & | large economies, we are pushing the situation which will justify the large | disposition of surplus war property, outlay. ¢ and have ather transactions ; under . nsideration which ought to prove a Besivenement NSkt Be Wise. great relief to the federal Treasury. Déclaring that the government had | It is not consistent to enact legisla- under consideration the dispositien | tlon In anticip d of surplus war properties and other|gwalt the a.m%}-:&..’&f‘fli.’&’x‘l’.‘;’.’ see transactions, which should bring!in such a postponement no lack of “Ereat reMcf” to the Treasury, theFegard for fhe Sorvice men. in whom President said it would be wise to let | uinely interseiag PoOPIC 8FC 80 Ben- the legislation go over if Congress Concerned in ‘Restoratto: did not deem it advisable to adopt! I take it that u:':x. Revis men the sales tax. themselves are no less concerned than “It 18" tully realized how great Ia| others about the restoration of busi- the difficulty which confronts the A L Congresa in solving this dificult prob- | b yment, Those of their wounded .the letter said. *“1 am aware gr sick comrades \ho were impaired of the strong sentiment in Congress| for with the most 1Iberal wereramiiy in favor of this adjusted compensa- the nation can bestow. here are tion. I have spoken approvingly my- | here and there exceptional cases of self, always with the reservation that | neglect and attending complaint, but the bestowal shall be made when It we eking them out and 'cor- may be done without such’ injury to the country as will nullify the bene- i e recting with all possible speed. It fits to the ex-service men themselves has pot been possible to meet all the 3 demands for special hospitalization, which this expression of gratitude fs 1t designed to bestow. but we are building to that end, out counting the cost.” Wi Text of Latter. ;I’he letter follow: pending §400.000,000 sccordance with the promise | ¢ to yourself and your associates on the Senate and House committees, charged with the aeibility formulating the prep: Bbnus fegil- lation, 1 have carefully looked into the program of taxailo: "h'fll has been suggested. In additien thereto I have made inquiry ifito the feasibi are eg- as ‘ongress to act In pru- dence for the common good will have :‘;lflfin of unmindfulness or e. By the Associated Press. ation of tbese things,| o REPUBLICAN ARMY OFFICERS IN TOILS | OF ULSTER GUARDS Local Commandant and Two Others Captured and Rush- ed {o Barracks. — e 7 134 DEAD IN BELFAST; INJURED NUMBER 114 Effort to Burn WorkYouse Is Frus- trated—Evacuation to.Be Car- ried Out at Once. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, February 16.—Seumas Monaghan, local commandant of the Irish republican army, and two other republican officers, Patrick and Mi- " chael Murnel, have been arrested at Newry by Ulster special constables. The officers were proceeding from Kilkeel, County Down, in the direc- tion. of Killowen when captured They were taken to Lisnacree, where they were searched, and afterward were conveyed to the Newry military barracks, under heavy escort. The Murneys are brothers of P. Mur- ney, chairman of the Kilkeel board of guardians. £ tated that an automatic pistol wis found in the pésséssion of Mona- ghan and seditious literature in the Pockets of the two Murney 3 Subsequently, John McDowell and Richard Doran were arrested by other special canstables near the Silent val. ley reservoir, the source of Belfast's water suppl . . 34 Dead; 114 Injured. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, February 16.—The day opened with the death of a five-year- | old child, who was struck by a bul- let while playing iIn the street. A workman proceeding along Seaford street, In the Ballymacarsrett area, was. shot dead. Youthful gunmen held up workers in the Low Market MORE INSPECTORS, PLEA OF DISTRICT Congress Will ée.Asked to Provide for Three Field Men and Four in Office. ‘The Commissioners will forward to Congress immediately a supplemental estimate for seven additional em- | district, and wounded one of them. ployes for the building inspector’s | tionists are trying to recruit men in The authorities today commandeered | omoe, as the first direct step in im- | Chihuahua. BEPORT GENERALS REVOLT. Ulster Hall, the commodious struc- . Gen. R. L. Howze, division com- ture on Hedford street ord} proving conditions In that office| nander, said no orders for _ the used for concerts and assemb! for the use of the troops now en i saged in combating the here. Up té 10 o'clock ing the casualties had reached a total of 114, with. the deaths number. ing 34. A bomb was thrown in the dock | district last night, wounding Father McGrath, *Constable O'Rourke, Mary Hart and James Maxwell. Four men entered the home of Charles McMullen and shot him. He 13 in & dying condition. - Five young men, arrested at Hilitown, South “Dewn, last Friday the ! gnnl Sipn Felr commandaat, wiil tried at Rathfrylind tomarrow, of them charged with carrying a _rif ;:u\ the others with unlawful aSkepis. age. which were brought to light by the collapse of the Knickerbocker The- ater. Engineer Commissioner Keller to- day directed Maj. Brown. assistant commissioner, to prepare an estimate for four additional technical men in the building office and three more fleld inspectors. The colonel also ad- vised Maj. Brown to prepare to'ex- plain to Congress the importance of enlarging the personnel of that de- )grtmfi" of the oity ”v'_ngl;-n. 7 Wil Meet Benators. the District Cbmimissioners will | meet members of the Senats District commiitteé at the Capitol Saturday st 11 o'clock to disguss .the bullding Attempt 0 Burs Werkhouse. An ittempt was madeé this forénoon to burn the disused workhouse at Stra- . fffi; N _— pAN ol <. < Ry the Ansqciated Press. thousand troops at Fort Bliss were being held today ready for .any emergency which might arise along the border. They were mobilized last night when rumors were scattered in Juarez and El Paso that 3,000 men were assembling in the hills south of Juarez, and’ that movements of troops had been receiv- ed from Washington or San Antonio. He declived to comment on the report that the ealling in of the troops had any econnection with conditions Mexico. Charged With Setting Military Ex- By the Asvociated Press. ¢ éuu M 'ne AN b Btet missioner here today and held to the federal grand jury on charges of s ting on foot a military expedition HEWPIT IF IT JUMPS RIGHT, INTO HIS OAT! U. S. TROOPS MOBILIZE: HEAR OF MEXICO REVOLT | Mexico and conspiring to do so. Me- rigo's bond was placed at $10,000 and that of the others at $2,500 each. { Al are Mexican citizens. i Merigo, Hernandez and Rodrigues! | were taken into custody Sunday short- | Iy after they crossed from Mexico thirty miles southeast of El Paso, whither they had fled after an en- counter with Mexican federal troops 2t Samalayuca, Chihuahua. In a statement to the commissioner | Merigo denied he was the leader of the expedition into Mexico, but witted participation therein. EL PASO, Tex., February 16.—Five the Juares garrison was expected to “revolt.” Juarez military and ecivilian officials strongly denied each report, but admitted they are aware that revolu- Alvarado and Green Opposing Ob- regon, Revolutionists Claim. By the Aseciated Press. 3 EL PASO, Tex.. February 16,— The Mexican revolutionary - junta- in Bl Paso last night announced that it had | recelved information that Gen. Sal. vador Alvarado of Yucatan and Gen. Carlos Green, former governor of Tabasco, had revolted against the Obregon government. Alvarado was secretary of the treas- ury during the adrinistration of Pro- 16—Gen. | visional President de u;x'-.-::' in FIVE MEXICANS HELD. pedition on Foot in U. 8. \ EL PABO. Tex, -Februs 0] o ‘ ta, who 7 w. 18 l{olrl 4 Guell Ty in e Obr 3 - | knowa sotirce of thelr informa- to | tlon. nts. TeYolt here claim to e TR Mezxico .E", ut declined to make MAN ATTENDS HIS OWN INQUEST AND JURY THEN DECIDES “HE’S ALIVE” By the Associated Press. MONTREAL, February 16.—Jere- mie Belliveau enjoys the aistinc- tion of having been the central * figure at his own Inquest. The Jury decided he was alive. Six months ago a body found in the Lachine canal was ideptified as that of Belliveau, who had been missing from his home. A coro- ner's jury found a verdict of accl- dental death, and in time Mme. Belliveau made plans to remarry. Then Belllveau made a rearrange- ment of plans necessary by coming back. The coroner was called upon once more, this time to state what was to be done about the living. Bel- liveau explained that he had been unavoidably detained in jail for si ‘months. U. 3. HOPES PARLEY WLLBEPISTPONED America in Awkward Position Over Genoa Conference, Spars for Delay. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 16~—The probabliity of a delay of three weeks in the opening of the Genoa economic conferemce was comceded in British oficial circles today. This was the first intimation in such cireles that the Freach were likely te win their contention that it was impossible to start t_e com- ference em the date originally chosen, March 8. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. America would be immensely oblig- i vising ed it Italy, France, England or some- bedy would postpone the Genoa eco- nomic conference indefinitely, or, at least, until the Senate of the United States acts upon the several treaties negdtiated at the arms conference. The United States government doesn’t want to be in the positioh of asking for a postponement and would prefer to have the initiative taken from the other side of the Atlantic, but there are a half dozen reasons be done. Mystery of Missing Nete. The mystery of the missing note an- nounced in the cable news dispatches from Paris as having been given to the press by Premler Poincare is In- tertwined, in the American reluctance to ask a postponement. Although the Paris correspondents cabled the sub- stance of the note nearly a week ago, the Department of State ofMclally Nor are the ing any vig- he note. Ambsssador He: olal’ wnm?rv- the as to its attitude just about the e " “the correspondents and teflin; them about his mote. The note ha: probably never been délivered to Améric 8. comnection with the missing note was the anmounce- {why the United States hopes it will | wpivy o BUSINESS MEN ASK CONGRESS T0 ACT INREDUCING RENTS Merchants and Manufactur- ers’ Association Declares D. C. Prosperity Imperiled. 300 T0 400 PER CENT INCREASES REPORTED Failures Attributed to High Costs of Business Properties—Reme- dial Laws Asked For. Declaring that business prosperity in Washington is being imperiled be- caure rents on business properties have increased during the last five years as much as 300 and 400 per cent, local industrial interests, through the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Asso- clation, today petitioned Congress “to take immediate steps to bring about legislation correcting this great abuse.” The petition was in the form of a letter to Senator Bail, chairman of the Senate District committee, drawn up by a special committee of the as- sociation appointed by President An- ton Stephan, and was signed by R. P. Andrews, chairman; Louis Levy, George E. Hebbarq, George P. Kil- lian and F. W. Harper. This com- mittee was appointed following the adoption of a resolution by the board of governors Tuesday ad- Congress “of the necessity of tmmediately including business prop- erty in the provisions of the Ball rent act” Under an amendment to the act some time ago business property was excluded from the operation of the rent law. Corrective Legisiation Asked. Tke petition points out that while it is belleved that the control and supervision of business and the per- son “shouid be limited at all times.” the business men are nevertheless “‘conscious that when an extraordi- y situation arises, the effect of to impair the common L Congress should and must enact leg- islation to exercise a corrective in- fluence. The statement contains the opinion t “a substantial part” of business calamities for 1921 were due to the The | general impression prevails here that rrick yeceived unoffi- vernment hers “inordin e rents ‘were assumed by_retail merchants.” The petition further states that “information has reached this asso- ciation that during the last five years business property rents have mounted to helghts absolutely beyond reason, entirely out of keeping with the ac- tual value involved. “It must be borne in mind that in fncllully every business property lease the lessee must bear the burden of all improvements and irs, Indeesd, seme of th time A French premier Was Salling | " promere mvea e “The value of the dollar decreased the (50 per cent in the most trying period that we have passed through. But that situation long ceased, due to the ment from hlhe W‘hlntl-l:un; a week fact that practically everythinf ex- ago_that the reply of the American|cept property rentals has dropped. B teend the seonomic con. | Therefore, those who are disposed to ference at Genoa would be given out |interfere with the common welfar on Friday, February 10, but that day |through arbitrarily maintaining fi has come and gone and the only word { titious value should be made to per- from the White House was that|emptorily desist. The practice can American could not respond to the in- |only tend to operate to the disad- yitation until more information -was | vantage of the entire community. available as to the scope and program ne of the great mercantile agen- of the conference. : cies has reported that the total busi- ness failures, according to their Treaties First Consideration. records for 1521, were 13602, an in- Reduced to its simplest form, tne |crease of 155 per cent over the previ- situation here is one of anxiety about [ous year, of which 13,999, or 711-3 the various treaties signed at- the |per cent, were among retailer: arms conference, and until they are| *If business property owners are en- out of the way the administration |titled to a greater return on their does not want toenter another inter- | holdings they should have it, but we national conference. Evidence of this|submit that in instances where ten- 'to be found In the tendency of ad- {8nis make repairs and. indeed, have ministration officials to argue that|actually created entirely new h-;l‘— unless the pending treaties are ratl- {ings, with modern eq\llpn;em such as fled economic reconstruction will be no doubt will last for Afty yes: delayed. The Wilson administration |more, and did this upon the ru aiso employed the leverage of eco-|age-old buildings, abnormal and un- Romic necessity to compel action by |reasonable increases in rentals should the Senate on the Versailles treaty,[not be permitted. . and the probabilities are that the War Breught Sheortage. same will b the case with the arms| .rn. present admitted shortage of ity of issuing either aRort-time Tiea ury notes or long-time bogds to meet the -financial obligationa which umlot the national budget committee proposed legislation will impose. It!here for having put “squarely up to is not possible to comménd to you!Congress the question of raising either of the plans suggested. money to pay the soldier bonus.” It continues to be my best judsiaent! It was the first time a President that any compensation leginlation vn- | of the United States had Insisted that acted at this time ought to urrylcu.—ren assume some responsibility, with it the provisions for ralsing tnelsaid John T. Pratt, chairman of the needed revenues, and I find myself | pudget committee, at a luncheon unable to suggest any commendoble | meeting. He -urged -that -making plan other than that of a generul!Congress raise the money it v-ted to sales tax. Such a tax will distribute | spend would make that body “more the cost of rewarding the ex-service | circumspect.” men In such & manner tnat it will bo |~ Henceforth, sald members ‘of the borne by all the people whom they|committee, the question asked of served, and does not commit the Eov- | congressmen would not be “How ernment to class imposition of taxes much money did you get for your! or the resumption of the burdens re- conatituents?” but, “How much money cently repealed, the maintenance of | 3id you save the nation?" 4 which can be justified only by a great |~ Tne committee, formed to aid in ‘War emergency. | putting ,the government on a basis Difficulty Is Realized. of :lm:lency ln:l "::nflmx. ;ll;'hol‘d' It is fully realized how great is the ‘its first coavention here Apr! an difficulty which confronts the Con- 1% It was anuounced. ~Every.state gTess in solving this difficult problemr. ; Will be represented by delegates from I am aware of the strong sentiment | financial, professional and trade” or- ganizations, #t was said. -Fifty-one in Congress in favor of this adjusted v PARAL compensation. 1 ‘have spoken ap-|trades of this city “alre: have # oined the movement. Charles G. provingly myself, always:ivith the | J D e e NEW YORK, February 16.—Presi- regulations of the District, particu- dent Harding was lauded by officials larly in connection with the Knicker- Docker Theater disaster. Arrange- ments for the conference have been made by Chairman Ball of the Dis: trict committee. The committee de- sires to ald In framing such amend- ments to the existing law regarding o i L R ibnndlng regulations as may be neces- men entered the Strabane workhouse, !sary to safeguard the public. overawed the nurses and placed them| Senator Calder of New York, for- in a corner of the main room and cov- | merly & member of the District' com- ered them with revolvers. The band | mittee. belleves there should be a then seized the bedding, which was used | thorough overhauling of the building | in the attempt to set the building ablaze, | regulations in tho District. He believes The firearms act is now in force in|also that experts from other cities northern Ireland, and the authorities an- | should be employed to. make a sur- nounce that it. will be strictly adhered | vey of the situation snd to aid in to. The possession or ssle of firearms ing a mew code. - without p’::te. certificates is punishable fram 'r‘h & Not t of six more motor trucks with snow | Harding for full information regard- e Mot 19/ Be Clomed. plow attachment will be asked of|ing the negotiations of the four- by two years' hard labor. The period of grace for the surrender of arms expires| As predicted in The Star yesterday,|Con + Paeifl dopted b: a a " gress by the city government, | power Paéific treaty was adopte Yy fn::‘;r::r’;. S Tenuansa ‘:0 f"‘m:'";“"""' W‘:‘ ""i" Cl‘;l:b-:lluorn- Hacker, supervisor of street|the Senaté today after a dob-:ln lln theaters pending examination of their| cieaning and city refuse, stated to-| which the arms conference policies BLAME ULSTER OFFICERS. |structural condition. !a. As stated in The Star several| were discussed generally for the first Col. Keller sald today that asidelj,yg ago, the street cleaning depart- | time on the Senate floor. from the question of whether such ai. o 1”1 ready arranging to pur-| Although accepted bane, North Tyrone, which the military had signified their intention of occupy- ing this week. A police patrol noticed flames coming from the structure and tae entire force was mobilized and checked the fire. Examination showed that petroi had been strewn over the stairs and bedding. The district hospital SIXSNOWTRUCKS PRESIDENT ASKED WILL BE SOUGHT| FOR TREATY FAGTS Supervisor of Street Cleaning |Pacific . Pact Is Discussed Will Ask Motors of . Generally on Floor of Congress. _Senate. An appropriation for the purchase| The resolution asking President Friends Claim Republican Officers by Senator - ference pacts. a to a lack reservation that the bestowal shall [ Dawes, drastic ‘step is necessary, Corpora: t of the current appropria- |Lodge, the republican leader, in theSORISTeRre PRS0 1y gomestic | buildings is in no sense due be made when it may bé done without | inston, Will be a speaker. Were Abused. tion Counsel Stephens has advised the :::,‘.:e(waouzr:clorl 108 Fiow o amended form suggested by Senstor | redsons which would make & post. |of enterprise upon the part of the such _injury to the -country as will nullify the benefl2s to'the ex-service men themselves which this expression of gratitude is designed to bestow. It is not' an- agreeable thing to suggest that action be postponed again, but, frankly, I-do* not find myself favorable to the piecemeul payment plan, which is manifestly designed to avold embarrassment to the Treasury. The long-drawn-out payments will not afford an effective helpfulness to the service men. | Real Problem Is Cash. We have no serlous problem in'be-| public Commissioners that the are without authority to arbitrarily close all play- houses without having evidence to show that they are unsafe. Col. Keller said that if the inspec- tion of all theaters now being made by a committee of experts discloses any of them to be unsafe prompt ac- tion wjll be taken. By tbe Assoclated Press. DUBLIN, February 16.—Although no charges ‘were preferred against H | Seumas Monaghan “and Patrick . ana $67,000 1S ALLOTTED " FOR LIBRARY BRANC . - AR Michae! Murney, the Irish republican officers who were arrested at Newry Carnegie Corporation: Supplies| by Ulster special constables,” one nf the Murney brothers, it was alieged s R g | i e e T e S T Building in Southeast. brutally assaulted after his arcest|untll every engine and coach has been s i c“w"u'“ a1 | and 18 now under a doctor's cae | examined,” the Commissioner said, by e ot il LT et OF lotted the full $67,000 needed for the son, republican, California, and others y of emphasizing his belief that it for clearing gutters and open- Friends who saw him at-the Newry | v s o0 spent for clearing g) Darrashs yosterday Geclared hin mons| 1% I0L necessary to close all theater lands and the immediate issue of|CoRstruction of the southeast brdnch collap: pald-up insurance. The real difi-|of the Public Library, the District Irepiled that the American delegation X g , Ireport as ubmitted to the Senate did pend! an inspection when one has | Ing& crosswalks, leaving $24.000 whicl Imfl contain sufficlent information to asd: tace bore svidence.of‘severs: In: ed. was expended on actual removal of |guide action on so important am in- sldence of Commandant Mcna- | L DISCUsSInE the work of the investi-|snow. This was at the rate of 60 jternational agreement. th h ting committee, ‘ol. eller cents a cubic yard. S o f,‘;:,‘,’,’, les :?h::el:::n;:g:':: the cash . Commissioners haye been informed. | ghan ther, at Hflll‘olwn, swas twice o ommittee. DL iy |Coa s teuble tyard Ll aitd Amendmint Snguested. maximum eash paymsénts shall ex-| Georse F. Bowerman, librarian of ralded by armed speclals on Tucaduy gtructural weaknesses of importance.;all of its effort to clearing the im-| Senator Hitchoock's suggested tend over a period of {wo and one- ;hb Pn:ucs);sbnlry. today .l:(pl”"d h:. and again a »: according nAd 1:,;;";«:.:::'?:;(!?:“1-1“::;'h::n{ portant streets of the city to Dre-!lymenament changed the phraseology y e 'ore the nate appropri ons sub- made Bestowal it we souid awalt. he: day 7ihe result of the.report as to its condi- information in Dublin’ today. vent a tie-up of trafic. Today men ! 4 committee handling the District ap- 0 e snow that{of the resolution only in minor re: Sten e may saters undcriske i pay | bropriation DI und urged that the| WILL WITHDBAW TROOPS. |{ioh'made by the committee of ex-| Sas haniced to,the sige of the strcets spoots, and Senator Lodge amnounced at once In full. so-that the award|subcommitiee make full provision in perta in its first visit. vesterday by the plows. - liho revieed version was satistactory € pe e departmen as o € mx'-{;::.;c‘gn:: :fiar?rle:.g::; B bel of the new branch libfary and. the Conditions Net Revealed. loc:u;?:gr the department has only |, Bt i called upon to meet more than $6,-|bogks which are to go in it. Just what conditions the commit- I think it is only fair to say, tee found in that case have not been divulged by the Commissioners, nor t and twelve horse-drawn grad- 000,000,000 of maturing obligations! The branch library probably will e';':,c‘{;:. equipment yesterday opened | added Mr. Lodge, “that many things in the sixteen months immediately|be teady for use by October 1. The is it known at this time what action may be taken. ponement of the Genoa conference fit |y siness community, but came about in with the administration plans h n les of war, when to what | through the exigencles of war, there are serious doubts as to w S asiries o e o phog oot Hitchcock, the resolution became:the vehicle for a general debate regard- ing the negotiations that led up to the treaty. Both ‘Senators Lodge and Under- 'wood, democrat, Alabama, who were members of the American delegation to the conference, declared there was nothing to conceal, but Senator John- In view of the fact that the storm of January 28 demonstrated the in- adequacy of the street cleaning.de- partment's equipment, it Is believed Congress will be in a receptive mood to consider the request for more trucks and plows. In the big storm of last month the city moved 38,000 cubic yards of snow at a total cost of $29,328. Of this amount $5,328 was can be accomplished in any economic|the nect conference until the European coun-|the nation demanded thet there should tries themselves give evidence of a|pe a cessation of building to con- better spirit toward the all-important | gerve man power and materials for problem of German payments on war|the then more necessary undertak- reparations. If the United States|n, were required to answer the mvm-, xcessive and unreasonable rents tion to Genoa it-would base its note! have the effect of increasing prices, on the vagueness of the Genoa pro ’increuln‘ unemployment and of gen- gram, the necessity for some actuallerally creating a situation wherein manifestation of self-help by Europe idiscontent is nourished. and-the separation of economic from ‘We Dbelieve that in the former political questions. nmendm,er:t ‘:fl n:: "'h'.‘x:“‘{:i.. ;fl‘n: rave mistake was ma e Agaiast Foreign Entanglements. P v;obe;ty. 3 R Such topics as the “peace of Eu- ince the absence of coutrol, | yope" may be vital to the settlement | mands have been made on lessees for of economic questions, but the Hard- | increases, the undertaking of which ing administration stands committed | can only spell disruption of established inst the discussion of European i businesses and the increase of unem- to- ons ag: political questions just as mucl day as when the league of nal controversy was at its height. Any. economic conference in which the Harding administration does par- ticipate will have to be strictly eco- nomic, financial and commercial, and divo! from any of the enforcement provisions of previous treaties gov- erning the peace of Europe. The be- ent. D re is no reason why any busi- ness should be run solely for the ben- efit of the landlord or any one indi- vidual. ‘We trust that you and your con- freres in the Senate and House will take immediate steps to bring about legisiation correcting this great abuse of excessive rents for business prop- erty in the District of Columbia.” NOTED RESTAURATEUR DIES. PARIS, February 15.—Alexander Duval, proprietor of & well known chain of popular restaurants in Paris ! culled the -“Boulillons Duval," is dead. He was one of the most representative Parisian figures. of yesterday's snow operations at|be amazing that this treaty, which, |will in the end be rticipan Extra men were not em-|according to the President himself, | ihough the nesotiations for the fund. ing of the alifed debt may be carried on separately either in Washington or in London during the summer months. - (Copyright, 1922.) rates and stabilising the financial world, both vitally essential to the resumption of industrial and commer- cial actlvities. Believes People Will Agree. Granting that it is not fair to op- pose any. proposed plan without of- fering a substitute, let me repeat that British Expected - to - Carry - Out S e It tine| library, have been drawn. —(Continued on Page Z, Column Z)— truck plows from midnight to 6|no existencé as written documents” | FERITSE Co0, PYCTS O JCRIRE. Cl€ TR notes. 'urther excessive borrowing 0 3 . . days, he will ‘'submit its findings to .Evacuation at Once. By the Associated Press. up driveways on 300 miles of streets.| oo asked for there, in the form of *1£ 18 not possible to recom. | site. for which an appropriation was NDON, February - 16.: AL AL S L 5 Do e Heone nt seyoral hundred | made by Congress last year, has been | , O =4 Chael 2 memoranda..and minutes, which have o'clock this morning. “I hope the. sénator Is mistaken.” | ference wiil ultimately be changed in would likely undo all that has been ~— - = > Col. l“l“‘:c ::' ":l‘:? d“‘" ‘l"""‘ Mr. Hacker estimated the total cost | replied Senator Hitchco ol | e L e Bt i tubuising wne: amnciai) UNCANNY RAPPING, GHOSTLY SLAPS, |1 Sork: which wint 5t in v tow > ) i « 99 the full board of Commissioners and [ CONVINCE TWO OF “SPOOK” HOUSE |t tan voset of Commissioners and were put to work on snow. cluded * withqut similar minutes to The four motor. plow: working | those which were deemed necessary from daybreak until yesterday even- lin the consideration of the much L ing, cleared ninety miles of stréets.|important treaties relating to Chi Three of these trucks that went back | At least this resolution when sent to into service at midnight had covered | the President: will develop the exact 120 additional miles at 8 o'clock this | situation, and I trust will throw some morning. - The twelve horse-drawn | light on the debatable guestions in. in teams of two,.€ov- gathered by the committee are to e made public. Commissioner: Oyster expressed it as his personal belief today that the Commissioners should. - take no chances if the condition of any the- found to be doubtful. He millions__ of addition: short-time | purchased, and the. plans for ' the Collins' réturn to Dublin, after only working three of the four motor its work, Which’ will be in a few on one side of the living room and Dy the Associated Press. HALIFAX, N. 8., February 16.— The first person who can prove that supernatural causes are not Macdonald on cot on_the .appo- site side, when suddenly ghostly rappings were heard. = ‘Then the reporter felt a slap on Dog Stops RuMy- - pes lows, ‘workin Voived in construction of the treaty. z responsible for “uncanny " happen- | his arm' and asked the detective | 349 '°nowever, that he is mot yet|ored fifteen miics per team, or minety | - . ”» Horse by Taking Reins ings at Alex Macdonald's farm in. | 30t he was doing. The datective. | f,rmiliar. with the findings of the In- | miles, making a grand total of 95| . Mesclution Opposed. Ihe Sllent et In Teethand J ; Caledonia Mills will recolve $100 Presently Carroll felt a slap, and | Vestigating committee. miles foxalliequipment. ’ Senator Kellogs, republican, Minne - umping if an offer made:by Detective Car- told . the ‘Teporter to keep still. 5 Must Curtall Expemse. 30tp, ‘opposed the resolution, declar- The d S of the Week-End Fiction Series By the Associated Press. roll of the provinélal police and ‘Whidden® declared he had not Although the atreet cleaning de- | Ing .that if American plenjpotentiarie Secon tory e Week:! iction moved. The mysterious slaps were re- peated and detective and scribe arose and stirred up nald, who declared he had been “asleep. ‘The spook hunters spent the t of the night huddled in‘front of a roaring fire. % Macdonald left his homé in mid- ‘winter because, he sai un- seen hands played havoc with his cattle and started fires :in his BEVERIDGE WILL RUN. Announces Candidacy for U. S. Sen- ator Before Delegations. INDIANAPOLIS, February 16.—Al- dert J. Beveridge, formally announced his candidacy for the republican nomi- nation for United States senator for Indiana today. GENEVA, N. Y., February 16 —A runaway horse Harold Whidden, Halifax re holds good. . e After spending two days and three nights in the house with ‘Whidden, Detective. Carroll re- ported to his superiors his bellet that rieither - nor other strange happenings there were the work of human hands. While hunting for the spook alleged by ‘partment will have to curtail to some | couldn’t conduct conversations “with- extent its work this spring if_it buys|out a stenographer following them two' tractors, Mr. Hacker believesaround” he didn't think their efforts this step should be taken. The tract- ever would get .very far. ¥ ors, he explained, would not. be: idle| - Senator Willlams, democrat, Missis- between snow storms, because they | sipp}, also opposed - it because he are' nseded to haul “ash’ wagons. on|thought it was “bad policy. and off the dumpa iking up the discussion in favor The six trucks and demountable, gr_l‘bbthl. Senator Underwood said porter, Begins in Today’s Star Each story is complete in three installments, the last appearing on Saturday of each week Thrilling Detective Yarns by Arthur B. Reeve, the te the selwed Macdon: to be haunting his home. Friends who spent 3 3 bich tment wants,| with Senator Willlams that T, e ¥ (1) e Tt i e sout. weleas farm, Whidden and Carroil wers | with him. corroborates his. sun: | The i P Aty st Ly out of tha ex-]the palicy was bad, but he was will- The American Conan Doyle’ r -'e’ backward, bringing the lapped mysteriously, they say. Carroll is credited with having |Party & .- Beveridge’ ome, at-} iing appropriat! however, with-|ing'to yote for the resolution because orse l he wanted full publicity about what e . Jappened In the conference. hidden reported. that he and tended by visiting repubiican delega- the detective were lylng on a bed solyed many mysterious crimes in - ons from all. over Indinna; the last twenty-five years. out cripplin g 3 eaning work for' thé baldn 3 treet cl ¢t ot the fiscal year.