Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1922, Page 2

= 'COURT POSTPONES TRIAL Music Week Concert |OF MISS KNOX FOR MURDER Johnson - Powell Community, Center. tonight ‘at 8:15 o'clock. “America”—Salute to the flag, HALE'S FAMOUS KAISER INTERVIEW, BURNED AT SEA, DISCLOSED IN PART URGES ADDITION EADERS SEE DELAY S10982 (S POLICE ISAYS FORD WOULD oath of allegiance to the flag. | i nlE B s Speciat Dispatch to The Star. & (2) “To the Sea and Song.” g By the Assoclated Press. | MONTROSS, Va., February 17.—The 2 cell's St i, by the As: 3 . only repeat that it was unfavor- o ! ol Do Al Seai Hlcoes CHICAGO, February '17.—Wil- | able. Other than that I remember | e e g e | | Josephine” Leonard, pianist, | \iam Bayard Faie's famous- inter. | DOthing A‘,"‘d";:,gr‘;,",,‘,:!',:"fin;";}‘g; {of Mrs, Margaret Eastlake at Colo- % ferareopaoibot bl acten: - view with the German Kkufser, Wil- | the interview was takon 600 milen ST I I S < e | Ttec singing. . . A o {was scheduled to begin he pru- Home and School Association| | ervhous. | IDiscussion of . President’s | Deim iL sold vo tne Century magn- | ot N0 S 1A R bleked Setach Current Non-Statutory E 7 s been postponed fo March Tennesseean Declares 1,- | . : Rogers 000" 2 ¥ k p announced today by Judge e o i | “The Blackbird” Weatherly | : T z printed before it was suppressed, ment Lof HUerman; mival ‘ofMesth, z Wilson Chinn. Rodger D. Petitions Senate for $550,- | | “Hiiily BESh-VEIEY | | View Puts Definite Action | rinted beforo it was supprossed, | wiio spent the day.in the turnacs | penses Cut to Bone to Fin- il oner peity omeer. T & 000,000 Hp. Could Be De- pupil of Paul Bleyden. Helen Burkart, accompanist. Recreational singing. .. _Everybody. Planélogue— charged Jointly with Miss Knox in conncction with the crime. was ac- quitted shortly before Christmas. Postponement of the Knox case was ordered on account of the bad con- Mr. Ellsworth told how William Bayard Hale obtained permission to interview the kaiser and how the latter spoke freely to him on world last night by William Web- ster Ellsworth, former president of the Century Publishing Com- pany and descendant + veloped on Upper River. J. W. Worthington, ish Fiscal Year. District Police Court funds total ex- 0DO Building Appropriation. Weeks Away, Is Belief. The President today sent to the representing E “Leét it simmer for a while” ap- = £ Semate a supplemental entimate of | | (1) “The Tost Chord”. Sallivan | | pears to bo the presalling thought | Webster of Noah | scores of subects while pacing the | actly 310082 for current non-statu-| iiion e ing. morihern neck roads, |26 Tenuesses River Improvement $350,000 for the conatfuctidn of an “,Ml"lnec -lmmallv:\rlpl:t.“ in the rank and file in Congress Portiébns of the famous inter- He told how the Century peopld, |OTY eXpenses for the rest of the fiscal ;vl::’cer; are virtually impassable in|ASsociation in the hearings before the Weatern High concerning the bonus bill, following | Jiew were told to the students of | bhought It and suppressed it after |year. ::. :{I::- 5 e rpd e e osition ef the government's addition to accompanied by Mrs. Beck. the Medill ‘School of Journalism School. including an sssembly Rall | | Recreational singing. | | Prestdent 1arding’s communication | after reporters had promised requests to do ‘this poured in on: | A survey of the amount of coal and ———e =g v not P s and a zymnastum. The estimate | | .o o E‘;’;‘l'_::“':; Brother | |UPOn the subject to Chairman Ford-| to make them public. g‘.,',’,'{fl‘,"h:'," the Longon Telegrabh | suppltes ‘on hand is being made to| JPROAR IN HOUSE Muscle Shoals, Ala., power projeet, to- 4 Nad heew approved by -the butean ' msw}" s Lisa Leyman ney of the ways and means com- Ro:nlrl\‘l"\::nic-cn;;l‘tlecs;‘er‘:.“::g{:? :um;,- that arousend much {11 feel- |determine how much economy is :::vc:'!:!m:jud that 1,000,000 horse- of the hudget. () “Wind Sohg".. Rogers | | miltce. The ways and meand com-] of john I Rackefeller, at the con- | many’ England and also in Ger. |needed for the court fo continue ON SOLDIER BONUS |22rer, could be deseloned in the un Thin extimate will now be tatd be- Pap e peoonts. sepranc. | lmiuee will have the question be-| clusion of the addres: nat the | Roosevelt was. given & copy and |oPeration for the rembinder ot the per Temnesse river in addition t» fore the Senate approptintionn com- D. G. Pfeiffer, accompanist. |- | fore it, but it is thought definite| kalser sald about my father? Do how all the other printed pages |Vear. . ¥50.000 at Muscle Shoals. st tell me, even though it was unfas were placed 1 Salaries Are Safe. It was the witness' opinion that Announcements. (@) “O God_of by ©) in a safety deposi vAult and Jater were turned ove to the German government, which sent & warship here to.get them. action by the Congress on i bill will !nlll be consummated for some weeks to come. For one thing, it is explained, thel lawn akers on the Hill are disposed to allow a little time to elapse until they can gauge the reaction of the country on the President's letter, and particularly the extent of the current wave of ‘onulnr opposition | to any bonus legislation at ail. Un- | questionably, the “country ls belng heard from t this time. It is sal (that in the past week or §0 a tres mendous _volume of protest hus { reached official Washington -against legislation. It has come not mittee, whieh has beforr it $he Dis- trict approprintion hill. An c@ort will he made to have the commit- . tee Include this ftem Ia the bill when it reporia the measure to the Senate. T . An appeal to the Distriet subcom- mittee on appropriations of the Sen- ate to insert in the appropriation bill an item of $530.000 for the erection of an addition to the Western MHigh School has been made by a committee of the Home and School Asséciation Western, headed by Duncan Brad- Ford a power develo r river as well as 1 event his offer f <e of the propertic was accepted by Congress. Mr. Worthington summed up his testimony by_reminding the ecommit- tec that Mr. Ford had made his offer June € last, and while he was ot impatient” he was very busy man.” He also reiterated that Mr Ford had been invited to make the offer and had not =ought Muscle Shoals himself. First consideration by the Senate agriculture committee of the Ford of _{Henr und arth and Al jocd Night, Ladiex' Star Spangled ;Banner' cerybody. Recreational singing directed by Robert Lawrence, assisted at the piano by Helen Burkart. Admission free. Music week headquarters, 1210 G street northwest. Telephone Main 4 DIRECTORS OPPOSE: Salaries are safe. They ar2 siatu- tory and provided for by-check. liut electric light:is under the lump sy for current cxpenditures, and it 2as been cut off-except in cases >f abso- lute necessity ‘for the conduct of dear lady,” replied Wobster's Mreat-grandsdn, FREE STATE BILL j recent raids across the border Trom thie | south, have been reieased.’ Michael Col- , by Chief Clerk Frank PASSES ITS SECOND | 1ins, head of the provisional government, .cf;;éb';l":;‘z: tnu : m:;: “:::r‘ "COMMONS READING |Churh et e had metod i o 1475, 3 Sppropriation hes best it (Continued from Firet Page,) provi revenu Feasibility of reducing or elim- inating entirely the cash payment provisions of the five-option bonus bill sponsored by Chairman Fordney was said to have been considered at today’s session. War Veterans Quizsed. ‘Two representatives of war vet- berans’ organizations-—John Thomas Taylor, vice chairman of the Ameri- can Legion legislative committee, and RFichard Jones. spokesman for the Veterans of Foreign Wars—were to furnish neces: to the bone. And this is nedc neces- toining the liberation of tils number of | sary bécauss . of lack 0f approp prisoners. t-che ria- tions despite the: fact tha Dis- | Last night was th e | trict Police Courts turned $334.000 in | nag eXperl'e:md since ?n.,"%{}ffi,&"{,},’;} fines gnd other items over to the ted- day night of disorders that have taken eral Treasury during the last fscal conceer! and police advisere congeralng . year, an increase in revento of more « i the . e . H * | quirements for bringing the struggle | more than thirty lves. The only ifci- 3 = :ng. | questioned as to how for erv fer for purchase and lease o y ley. To support its elaim for thel iy to Congress, but to '”"\‘w“u-fl" o ivcessful conclusion. He #aid |dent réported early. today was (ne fir- | than $35.000 over the year preceding. | BRCHLOFT, &7 (0, AW iam’(,fnf.fl,,.f. ernments propertios o need of an addition, the committee! ] tministcationgyguartis ' asen s [ the governmont was prepared, If no ing of u shut at @ watehman in the Mills May Hold Up Jury Triais. | were authorized. Roth werce sajd 1o sterday in the presents- ho subeommittee a brief de-i e mall. it is o’ i { Other way was possible, to ratse 100, | Falis district. He escaped injury. - eitals al may be held up, have taken the position that sinee]tion to the H B O autaiy the congested con- | ance O egls | 009 . men"In addition to putting alli BT L unt of the} their organi in conventions | iNg authority hing in de i { determined opposition to the lable troops into lIreland and to May Step Car Service. i ah Shiginor $10,000 ap-; had § five-option bill, | mit : i virtumd exhan propriated for this purpose. The con tingent expense fund for cugrent ¢ penditu £4,500, of which $4.- 391.18 has been used, leaving the bal- ance of $109.82. In case the coal runs out before the advent of warm weather, officials at the court expressed doubt today that the building even could be opened on account of the pelrll _wtthh- health of those having business there. Chief Clerk Sebring wouldn't talk about the situation today, exoept to refer inquirers to Judge McMahon. Judge McMahon as soon as the morn ing period of court was over at 12:30 rushed out to lunch in order to be|understanding that the majority mem- back in time to start afternoon ses-|bers of the ways and means commit- stons at 1 o'clock, and he could not be | tee would mcet today 1o consider the located. {legislative features of the bonus the xchool. due to the lack | cquate accommodations for the present student bo 2 Lack of Spuce for P “We have been officially advised by Dr. E. S. Newton. the principal of Western High School.” said the brief. “that the actual enrollment (and meaning thereby those in actual at- tendance at school. or whose ab- sences were prunnr\x accounted for) on February 13, 1922, was 945 stu- ents. These figures eliminate all pupils %ho have been absent for more than three days as, by the rules of the board of education, they are car- ried as ‘dropped’ and not counted as enrolled students until their actual return to school. Generslly speaking. almost all of these pu according 1 lation. e Another Amgle of Situntion. In the face of this state of mind at the Capitol are the repeated state- ments of leaders in legislation that something will be done before the session ends. Another angle of the situation is the thought which is find- ing expression among the doubters that the obvious state of uncertainty surrounding_it’ forecasts the possi- bility of nothing being done. Every- body admits that the question is “up in the air’ and the morg ‘doubttul prophecy that it will not *lalight.” - As was expected, the suggestion of the imposition of & sales tax met with instant objection. Yet it was ap- parently the only alternative left the President in the exercise of his con wage this most cruel form of war month after month il necessary. Therefore, he argued, the governme | had a right to try and ‘see if the were other honorable means of ac- cord open. B Speaking for the labor members of the commons, J. H. Thomas urged rapid passage of the bill on behalf of the treaty, asserting that the chief difficulty confronti: Michael Collins and Arthur Grifith was not to fol- lowers of Mr. De Valera, but the ad- vocates of & soviet republic. ‘ Calls Craig’s Claims False. The exeoutive board of the Sinn Fein in Belfast, after a meeting last which would of either s their ent position. CONSIDER BILL'S FEATURES. sh the any payme it foro The local president of the Transport and General Workegs' Union, in a let- ter to the Belfast Telegraph, says: “If there is no change in the situa- tion on or before Saturday we will consider the withdrawal of ull tram- Wey men, motor drivers and carters from the streets for their protection. There was further incendiarism last night in County Tyrone, where early Yesterday an unsuccessful effort was made to destroy the Strabune work- jhouse, which the military had com- |mandeered for barracks purposes. A large mansion near Ballygawley, night, sent a telegram to Prof. John |owned by a Belfast firm, was destroy )y Represe Washingto House military committeemen whe are investigating the offer also visi the properties was tentatively con sidered by that body, but no formal action was taken. The Senate resolution was referred to the auditing committee with the explanation by Senator Norris, repub- lican, Nebraska, chairman of the ag- riculture committee, that it was not his intention to request immediate ac- tion. Members of both the Senate and House committees believe that a visit to Muscle Shoals would enable them to comprehend better the question and work out more intelligently its solution. Chamber of Commerce Men Vote on Parent Body’s Refereridum. Referendum, No. 38 of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, dealing with the soldier bonus dllbl-' tion. and submitted to the local Chamber of Commerce for action, was Opposed last night at a meeting of the board of directors of the latter | American Legion’s Officers Invited to Give Views to Committee. After considering the President' letter the House nnd Semate subcom- mittees adjourned yesterday with the g 5 ¢ do re. | OTBanization. The meetin, 5 e o : s led by e = e { measure, particularly in relation to ex- | the Congres in Dublin, as follows: et ne e e o hwith etz olih: | cash payments be in 1 lun m with | Appropriations would be necessary wcted with emphasis, accompanied by easons deemed by him sufficient, the i proposal of a bond issue and likewise had opposed the specizl taxes pro- posed by the ways and means com- mitteemen. . The saler tax was regarded as inher- ent with possibilities of more general application, reaching all alike: of course, including the beneficiaries of the bonus. It has been supported by !a group of menators, with Serator Smoot, an influential ‘member of the finance committee, at their head. The so-calied “farmers’ bloc” has stoutly resisted the proposal, however, and as so0n as the President’s letter was made public there arose objections fram prominent democrats. View of Democratic Leaders. Leaders Garrett and Garner of the ats of the House and Senafor of Arkansas, in the Senate, statements that the proposal allocating the cost of the bonus n a way far less acceptable than the school, thus materially increasing the number giver above as being actu; enrolled on February 13, 19 ; {the payment the American vited 10 prese i proposal. Jt was statead that the joint confer- ence between the resubiican com- mitteemen of the House and Senate would not be resumed until the House members had thrashed out the whole problem and were ready with the program. Chairmen Fordney of the House waye and means commictee. and Mc Cumber of the Senate financ> com- mittee said they did not think the bonus would be postnoned, but were silent as 10 a sales tax. Leaders of the agricultural bloc outspoken. however, against tax and threatenei to counter with a program which would include re-enactment of the ex profits and higher income slrtaxes =znd an in- crease in inheritance and some other such taxes. This plan also was favor- ed by some @emocratic leaders postponed. press purpose of considering i ; erendum. veted uynanimously | all-propositions. utlinen by “The actual number’ of seats in | tional body, with the exception of the the Western High Schopl, at proposal Tavoring aid for the ex- present time is 825:.thys’ necessi- | sefvice men in obtaining vocational tating two sessions of school. Owing | training. i o the fact that high school classes | The provisions which the directors necessarily vary somewhat fn size. ! opposed are: A national system of 2 minimum deduction of at least 16 ) reclamation to be initiated through per cent of the actual number of | adequate federal appropriations and “eats—which In this case would | carried out for the purpose of «f amount (o sixty-three, leaving the | fording ex-service men an oppor- practical seating capacity only 562— { tunity to cuitlvate the soil: national has to be made in order to allow i legislation and appropriations to en for what Is frequently called ‘flexi- | able ex - service men to build | Tty } homes. and national legislation for a general bonus paid In cash imme- i diately or with payment deferred through use of certificates. The meeting was addressed by Capt. | Watson B. Miller, department com- | mander of the American Legion. who | outlined the stand of the legion on | | to mect the expenses of the two groups and it was said to be princi- pally because of that fact that the House committce reserved decision on Mr. Miller's suggestion. Chairman Kahn said he believed it would b possible for members of the House and of the Senate to visualize Musci Shoals by use of motion pictures. He accordingly arranged to give 8 movie show in the House office building {caucus room and invite all who werc nterested. J. W. Worthington, chairman of the executive commbttee of the Tennessee {River Improvement Association, and adviger 10 Mr. Ford en the Muscle |Shoals transaction, was the emiy {itness heard yesicrday br the mili- tary committee. He offered the use of a film which, he said, depicted the development of Muscie Shoals from }ghe time the first coil was turned to its present stage of completion And the ref- against the na WOULD KEEP OUT OF LEAGUE. n ; r :ws on this | “On behalf of the religious and! From these incidents the infercnce ! political minority in Belfast, forming {Ix drawn in police quarters hiers that 1700,000 citizens, we protest against !the Tyrone Sinn Feiners arc attempt- the misleading, and lying statements |Ing to see to it that the crown forces wontained In the telegram addressed |shall not have temporary barracks i by Criag (Sir_James Craig, Clster that county. premier) to the premier of Bng- 2 land in which he states that the re- | START FREE STATE PAPER. cent murderous atrocities to which our people have been Bubjected were the outcome of raids in Tyrone and Fermanagh, and the affray at Clones station. We assert that it can easily be proved our people were being mur- dered almost daily for a week before Jeither of the oocurrences mentioned. {Furthermore, we are convinced that Craig deliberately made this misrep- gsentation for the purpose of ex- leusing or. justifying the cruel and jcold-blooded murders being inflicted on the minority in this city, on Whose behalf we speak. Border Teusion Still High. Return to their homes of a large | number of the kidnaped unionists has had a stimulating effect on publio opinion in Ulster, but the situation on the ‘border continues to be .one of danger owing to the proximity of ‘rival forces at some points. News of the arrangement for liaison Irish Editor Opposes Entry by Free State—Backs Collins. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 17.—John Devoy, editor of several Irish publi- | cations, has made public a cable mes- i 8 eage to Michael Collins, that he can- | DUBLIN, February 17.—The Brit-|not accept the view that England's| ish military evacuation of Ireland is!wish to have lreland in the league of | expected to be resumed today or to- | nations is worth anything as an ac: motrow, it was declared by Michael { knowledgment of Ireland’s independ- i Collins, he ‘i ent statehood. g head of the provisional Irish i 0} 0" representatives would be | government, on his return from Lon- | ytterly powerless in_a body abso-| don, where he interviewed Winston jlutely controlled bv England for her Spencer Churchill, secretary for .{own purpose: the message =2y onies, retary for col- | 3114 would be only pawns in her im- jeae 5 < perialistic_game. The published ea-} iBn,m». Sir C. Nevil MacReady, | blegram that MacWhite had npp\&!di i e piteg P ritish military commander in Ire-|formally for admission justified the! gy : .x<. | Fevealed the various plants and po: 3 ponents of the sales tax profes: < 5 land, visited Mr. Collins in the after- | 33sumption he acted under inSUUCied (o be confifent that hrcause ok | SF SIS e Sy ina :;l;ure; noon nd their conversation, it hvas | an®no wecret afreement with TAovd | bad Srenl feSit Throusn ‘the honas|the committee and action on the suE assumed, was in connect B i - : jgestion for a visit was deferred at lon with' the | Georg. E {bill at this session a majority of the withdrawal of the troops. Up to last| Mr. Devoy assures n‘rv Colling lhal‘memberfi’ wougd come ;‘o ;c pt this l':::lt until after the picture had been Z “although _uncompromising republi- | levy rather than see the bonus pro- 3 night the troop movement had moty 4 0°CH" pest ‘men here, under ex-|gram defeated. The counter offer of the Alabama been resumed, but preparations were under way for the jmmediate ship- in the i i i By the Associated Press. Trespass on Laberatery. ) “Moreover. at the present time one chemical laboratory and the recita-! tion room used in conjunction there- | with are now being used as general recitation rnam!,l A ve ”sm-n ";- crease in attendance will necessi- | the soldiers' adjust I h, tate the use of this laboratory and!lu.,,mm jasted compensation O et for the specific pur- | It was announced that W. B. Callo. pose for which t are designed. | way, passengor traflic manager of the ay far ] and the meating ca y of the schopl| Baitimore and OFlo Tall ke sa” [Blan of texing excess peofits and (he o i be reduced by at I means of the wealthy, forecasting a 1»4‘::' ::&:s-;‘r‘:l{z “:u_w'"“ ¥ i dreesed the meeting last night on {partisan attack upon the suggestion. steps being taken by the rallroad to seventy-five pupils can be i Capital, would be a speaker at the |2 J care of In each recitation period by [ next full chamber meeting. to be held | the 1ast ‘”If;“,""_”‘;:”:_'j]”,‘uzgl‘nh"““ them to three other j March 14. Tsnac Gans, first’ vice presi- | ¢ht: would have RErt S 00Ume (o por- e iTepacs e e gthelehpmber pResiig; o Thene comaitions It 15 easy to ac- e, would only ac- | So, s S :;;.nmc:;altnh :h(‘.‘\l.’- paplls enrglied’ count for the growth of the sentiment | commirsions on each side of the fron- und mot actually attending ~ schooly o let .tha subject hang fire until the | tief also was received with satistac- i dditioful 139" seatn With awmakers can view it from all its dis- | tion, and the hope is widely expressed wo Sssions of school in operation. ‘that they 'will become operative as Vi ’ |quickly as posible. Apparently, how- Bhrdiiter o R ever, considerable preliminary’ work “A conservative estimate of the en- sty hafare the commissions roliment in September of 1922 is can begin to function. given by Dr. Newton as 1,180.. Such i Ulster's army of special constables an enrollment would necessitate th on the border has elaborately equipped use of the chemical laboratory and defenses, including. strategically recitation room for their special pur Henry Abramovitz Alleged to Have | ! placed positions protected by barbed poses, thus reducing the seating ca-; Schauer of the bicycle squad record- wire entanglements and sandbags. pacity by sixty seats and leaving only | €4 (Wwenty-gix arrests and twenty- Killed George Moore. much ifke the defenses used in the D0s Seats for practical use. There:lhree convictions. Detectives Bradley | Henry Abramovitz was placed on [MUch ile The Corenees oo dpplie O T he oy et result “following, | 4nd Keck led the force With a total | trial yesterday before Justice Siddons with plenty of firearms. It is believed ey a third or might session for |Of thirty-four arrests and thirty-one janq a jury in Criminal Division 2 to|that the Itish republican army is it . !convictions. Property valued at| . equally well armed and stationed, and e ofthie atudenteii . 1860713 was recovered answer an indictment for manslaugh- | ULy Hell AT td o & e 18 em- - Members of the committee in addi-{ | He is alleged to have shot and{ phasized as a reason for quick estab- :fir“‘“ 'y‘;n:’:érx:rx:fi:”er!::‘;g;rfe{i‘;f;:er i i killed George Moore in front of 35 H ' lishment of the liaion commissions. ustice Charles H. Robb of the m,.pEsPflnnm, TARES POISON. | strect southwest June 15 last. The | S e teiom ot torror whion aan rrict Court of Appeals, Milton E. Ailes., Suffering from poisoning, Roy W.|assault followed a dispute over a|heid Belfast in its grip for a week. Judson C. Welliver and Mrs. H. Foster | Carter, thirty-twe years old, s e ioa |but_the hendeful element, @espite its Bain ! Columbia road. this morning was| Y 5 = general relief at the comparative Attorneys M. F. Mangan and S. Mc- i taken to Garfield Hospital by Police calm, has little confidence in a com- WARRANT CHARGES man McGregor of the tenth precinct. .‘f‘omu Hawkens are representing the | plete cessation of the hostilities until Carter told the policeman he was ' accused, while Assistant United|the temper of ~the rival factions |, WOMAN WITH FALSE DIVORCE TESTIMONY 293 ARRESTS IN MONTH. Members of the detective corps {made 293 arrests last month. accord- {ing to a report of Inspector Grant,: | citief of detectives. submitted to Maj. | Sulllvan, superintendent of police, yesterday. & Datectives i I turbing angles. ———— ON ;l'RIAL FOR SHOOTING. Fitzgerald and Flei- jter. {Irish Independent and Freeman's Journal Taken in Cork. tired ‘of living and had taken four | States Attorney Bilbrey is conducting | further cools, Another British regi- poison tablets. He gave no reason | the prosecution. Counsel for the ac- |ment arrived yesterday, and was !for being despondent. When the cused asked the prospective jurors if | quartered in Ulster Hall. f rick man reached the hospital he was | the fact that a whisky transaction | suffering intense pain, and physicians | figured in the homicide would pre-| FORTY ULSTERITES FREED. ! <aid his condition was serious. !vent them giving Abramovitz a fair! 7 5 isting _conditions, favor giving the Plan to Move Slowly. Power Company submitted for purchase “Free State’ a chance to do what it > jand lJease of the properties Wednesday ment of hundreds of tons of arm: > of the whole problem and a possible ! agh Micial joeats ":ar:‘;;;;:;m:‘} 10 De Valera's attempt i furtner reaction from’ the SOuntry, | Ingioators. Bt was ranemitied ROW. o £l 2 L i - o CollinsliaNt MiERL war D iilate thercfor shat la m res| o> ocemsi iio be & Siposition 9 | £ven. Sk the S DD S0 S m to the British coloaigl secre- L zenerally, both republican tary declaring that the best help the | Jeaving Ireland attached to the em- and Gomochatic, satd 1t whs 100 early | bus e tie ] provisional government could have in | pire and in effect giving to England | e undertake any prediction a8 tolslight atiack of cold. land 10 Carry Ut the Anglo-rieh | Bl e e ou for eoneeang n&lo-Iris 2 !down to that, the bonus bill with a treaty in ail‘ite particulars. -1 "“The defeat of De Valera's s [ e provision would he defeated. | Mr. Worthington agreed at the sug- rospects of the Irish parlia- | campaign &: nbsoh‘nely ne(‘l:sshlr)'din Some thought that many of those now gestion of Representative W. F. James, !Treland's dearest interests.” he de- {are now much discussed, and it is|clares H e ment in the committee’s record which ! : {it rather than vote against the bill eaid that 2 daily newspaper devoted but asserted that it probably would { Would show tho number of minimun e ests of the Free State, ulPAT'E"T FLEES HOSPITAL be several days. at least. before there | ton® of fint PRInGnr WA Do | public of Ireland, the organ of the | . 2 Muscle Shoals. Several members asked De vValera party, 'will be established | Sigurd Johnson. twenty-six - sears RECLRLENES T o whelber Mr. Ford would agres definitely o e O e loave “ng [4t| Represatative Garner, = ranking e R TS i ni oL St . : e . ARMED MEN SEIZE PAPERS. | Elizabeth Hospital, where he was a|comnittec, and Representative Gar- f[minsii:im R oo Al e i e | patient, escaping while an entertain- | ett of Tennessee, the democratic| anufacturer to do. & ¢ the patients. leader, declared in a statement yes. : 3 ju 3 | “irs. €. 0. Johnson. mother of thelqent Hardlng for a ales tax or post- | s ducy wanied a clause written it { young man, temporarily reslding at|ponement of soldier - bonus legisla- ! quction of fertilizers at a Eiven figure , F e from England to take her son to that{those of us who have watched the et sl = “cl:lz:c mehI;u:!y 17, Wel:len themall| oiniry, where he was born. The ‘wiggling and wobbling’ which hl!l:"x‘;‘«?:fl'l’;:!y of muogeed w:n:md ?;]1’ F atn from Dublin arrived here this) young man had been a student at|been going on for the last two weeks ! componnds. It was intimated that s all the copies of the Irish Independent | OEY- » in the legislative an@ ‘executive{ihe committee when it finally reported and the Freeman's Journal. both | The potice were asked by the young | branches.” | the offer to the House for a vote on the - both na-| ,an's mother to make an effort to; “As a matter of fact.” the !xlle-lummueorm}ecfin of the Ford plan Pending m - Free State a chance 10 30,evhat it Pending more careful consideration | received general attention at the Capitol, Mr. Collins last night sent a tele- v tary W i = d e 1y. pudiation of the independent republic, | * y,oiqees “emeral mlomy. retary Weeks' residence 8o that it might its present difficylties wae for Eng- ther, if the issue finally came he condemns you fof conceding.” . i s, Estimate of Preduction. elfigh mentary elections being held in April Spposed to a saies tax would accept |TéPublican, Michigan, to put a state- t s counteract the influence of the Re- D rahe a trystalization of sentl. |be produced annually by Mr. Ford at in preparation the campaign. old. veteran of the world war. last | old. democrat on the ways and means | i thelr completed forma. and were in. | ment Was being held for the benefit I 5 Eordas that the snuEonion of Presic] o s e Wil s et By the Associated Press. 116 2nd street, recently came hereltion “was not at all surprising to | as 2 xubstitute for the existing languag: ‘morning .a party of armed men seized | Massachusetts Institute of Technol-|by the republican organization both|s provision would be recommended tionalist newspapers, and drove off in {locate him. The fugitive patient has|ment continued, “there is evéry rea. | ————————————— 1t was said at his home that Mrs. |and impartial trial, arter, wife of the patient, was visit- | talesmen declared that it would. At- ! torney Mangan challenged for |and the juror was not accepted. & relatives in Or a the truth, and that this will be borne out when the facts and records have | been Investigated. The local divorce evil is attributed | by Rev. P. F. Hall, pastor of St. Paul's | Episcopal Church, chiefly to what he | e “low =tandard of public! morals.” He believes that public | opinion should be better organiged | i it is to be effective, and that mo time should be lost in bringing the fi full weight of organized public opin- ion down hard on “this evil,” if it is| soon to be obliterated. Mr. Hall, in an addr afternoon before the Kiwanis Club of “this citv, condemned the local divorce situation. His subject was “The Power of Public Opinion discussing this so-called evil utated that he did not col present law governing divorces being especially at fault, but that h believed its enforcement and ob- ! servance have not been what they | should be and, therefore, had resulted in an undesirable and shameful con- dition. yesterd s e i Expects Good Reaults. ! “The court has been too easy in | the matter of divorcee.” Mr. Hall said | in_ explanation of this statement. “The time has arrived when the situ- ation has become such as to cause the | court fully to realize that' it has been hoodwinked by some membera prac- ticing before it. However, I believe the present rule adopted by the court | governing the hearing of dlvorce cases in the future will have a splen- | did_effect. Also 1 believe that the committee of lawyers probing into the divorce practice is composed of honorable men, who honestly and thoroughly terest of this city, and that the mo-' ple of this community will make no mistake in placing their fullest con- | fidence In the integrity of these men.” % . R. Y. HOME DAMAGED $2,000. Fire Department Called to Extin- guished Two Blages. e of undetermined origin yester- afternoon caused about $2,000 dam- age in the home of Lavinia Hillman, 3212 Sherman ayenue. Considerable headway was gained before the arrival of the fire department, and it was some time before firemen were able to ex- tinguish it. received a call from box 6112 for a fire Two hours later the fire department in_the house of Ralph E. Day, 307 15th street northeast. The fire did §500 dam- uge to the house and contents. WILL ADDRESS WOMEN. _fudge_Charles S. Iobinger of the United States Court in China, author and educator, will address the Wash- ington branch of the American Asso- ciation of University Women, at their h:‘gq‘“cr!h" 16]01d:{ = at 3 o'clock. Judge Lobinger will "on"qs erican Education The pudlic is invited. street, tonight ange, Va., and she s notified. - HISTORIC TA and one of the| | BELFAST, “Feb! use | Ulster unionists, BLES NOW U By tlie Associated Press. automobiles. light hair and eyes and wore a light The copies of the unionist Irish{gray suit, green sweater. black-and- imes and the English newspapers|white striped shirt, gray cap and ‘were not touched. black boots. OU ruary 17.—Forty-two {¥p. kidnaped during the SED BY H son to believe that from the very { beginning there was a fixed purpose land a distinct understanding among the republican leaders that a situa- tion should be brought about whereby the bonus would be paid with a sales tax or there would be no bonus. The eighg-point plan of taxation sug- gested by the republican members of the ways and means committee was evidertly put forth eimply as ‘feelery They realized that it would bring jmmediate protest from per- sons who could promptly visualize the burdens that would be thereby im- posed. I “The sales tax burden cannot be fuily realized until the people begin to pay 1it, hence protests will not begin com- ling at onve, and, after it shall hav. once been adopted, it will then be too_late to Otest. “There has been from the beginning ia purpose on the part of the republi- can® to engraft the sales tax system upon the country, so that there may be a gradual reduction of the taxes lul’mn wealth. West! Will Fight. Representativa Dickinson. republican. i Town, leader of, the House agriculturai {bloc, declares thit republicans from the ! western states ould fight any effort {on the part of jbarty leaders to hav with a sales tax pyovision could be put Ilhmu(h the House without amendment. land that with the 4id of the democrats l With the bill open’to amendments. he said, there Would lye proposed a tax Ipm‘fam including & levy on gifts, in- {and re-enactment of ‘the excees profits Representative Gamer said _th | democrats would joln in _the fight against the rule and \ould pro- amendmen! ng o foan Tatfuding those on liquors. Senator Capper. republican. Kansas, 3 leader of the Senate agicuitural bioc tax all along, and still am, either for a bonus or any other measuve.” He said he was not speaking for ithe bloe, al members were against a -E tax. “] would rather vote foP an excess profits tax.” he asserted, w believe, as I believe, that th. sales tax is based on & wrong (principle. Called Rick Man's Scheme. the Senate, Senator Garawas\. demo crat, * Arkansas, declared the sales fax was “a rich ma “They are going to take monty out of one pocket of the service he contipued, “put it in his They’ll make hir. pay for every un! form and gun he used in France.” * Former service men now memiers ber—at a meeting called soon affi~r Mr. Harding's letter reached t Capitol, discussed the gquestion McCumber urging that emactment wfl the bonus bill be not postponed. . —_— luxury that can be placed before a guest is & pot roast of boa-constrictor. There are about 1500 glaclers in {adopted a rule unfer which a bonus bill they pught to be sucessful. creased inheritance lgvies and surtaxes {tax. pro- many present taxes, stated that he had been * inst a salex though he was sure that y of its ‘would much rather have Discussing the President's \letter in to avoid the burdens of govermment. Jet him put it in the other of the House—about a score in nAn- writing_a formal letter to Senator In southern Guinea the greatest Switserland and the totsl area they