Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1922, Page 1

night; " temperature ended at 2 today: 2 p. 0d: ‘ Cloudy and somewhat WEATHER. near Tomorrow cloudy and colder. Temperature for twenty lowest, 36, at 4 a.m. 'ull report on page 7. s colder to- freezing. four houts Highest, 49, Closing New York Stocks, Page 21. @he Foe WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ing Star. paper-znd also AN rights dispatches the use for republication of all ne credited to it or not otherwise eredited in dispatches is the local news published here of publication of special herein are also resersed. Saturday’s Sunday’s Net Circulation, 91,239 Net Circulation, 93,092 No. 28,428. Entered a3 econd-elass matter : post office Washington, D. C. C. H. LIVINGSTONE HELD WITH MORSE IN SHIP SCANDAL - District Banker Indicted With New York Man and Ten Others. ACCUSED ‘OF MAKING 'UNTRUE STATEMENTS Morse’s Three Sons Face Charges With Their Father—McAdoo’s Name Brought In. CHARLES W. MORSE. Charles W. Morse, New York ship- Benjamin, Ervin and Harry Morse, and eight builder, his three sons, other persons connected with ship- ping interests in which Mr. States and the Emergency Fleet Cor- poration in connection With war con- tracts with the Shipping Board. The others indicted are Colin H. Livingstone, former president of the Virginia Shipbuilding Company; George M. Burditt, attorney for the Morse interests, especially the United States Transport Company; Nehemiah H. Campbell of New York, treasurer of the United States Transport Com- pany: Rupert M. Much of Augusta, Me., former treasurer of the Virginia Shipping Corporation; W. W. Scott, a Jawyer of Washington and attorney for the Virginia Shipbuilding Com- pany; Philip Reinhart, resident auditor of the Fleet Corporation at Alexandria Va.; Leonard D. Christie, treasurer of the Virginia Shipbuild- ing Corporation, and Robert O. White, president of the United States Trans- port Company and director Groton Iron Works. Two Indictments Reported. Two indictments were reported, both eovering the identical transactions &nd accusing the same people. One COLIN H. LIVINGSTONE. charges a conspiracy to defraud the United States and the other a con- spiracy to commit an offense against the United States, by defrauding the United States Shipping Board. The conspiracy as charged by the government accuses those named of aking false statements as to the value of” their plant and assets and thereby obtaining loans from _the Shipping Board. They are also ‘said to have secured money for shipbuild- ing purposes and to have used the same for personal interests in_the way of improving their plants., It is also alleged that large quantities of material for shipbuilding belonging 10 the fleet corporation were-secured.| and then sold and the momey con: verted to the use of the alleged con- spirators. 7 McAdeo Name Brought I ‘The name of Willlam G. McAdoo, former Secretary of the Treasury, and of his law partner, Stuart G. Gibbony, are mentioned in the indictmeng as having conveyed the statemeat to the officials of the Shipping Board con- cerning the excellent financial con- ditions of the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation. It is not claimed that these men, although acting as law- yers for the corporatisz., knew of the alleged falsity of these representa- tions. 1t is stated in the indictment some of the alleged conspirators misrepre- sented the facts to cAdoo, MP. Mo ; caused him to submit to the Fleet|Safely Reaches Port After Fishing [¥lve important waterway Corporation and to John Barton Payne, its president, a paper writing containing a statement that over $i,- 000,000 in actual cash had been con- tributed by the Virginia stockholders and invested in its plans and assets; that an offer of $570,000 for each of three vessels, under conBtruction by the company, had been made and an- - other statement that, at least, $1, 400,000 was due the company. 28 Other Acts Set Forth. Some of the accused alswauthorized, it is alleged, Stuart G. hony, an } attorney for the comp to s{ate orally to the board of |lustes of the fleet corporation that irginia com- (Continued on- " hm k3] > 3 e Morse was identified, were indicted today by the federal grand jury on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United B the Assaclated Press. H LONDON, Februray 27.—Princess Mary and Viseount Lascelles spent the last morning before their wtd- | ding receiving a number of individu- als and deputations whose off%.‘ngs swelled the vast colection of gifts already overflowing the state rooms of Buckingham Palace. To each vis- itor bringing a gift the princess ex- pressed her thanks. During the past fortnight she has .voiced dozens of these adknowledgments daily, rush- ing from the receiving rooms from time to time to give her dressmakers opportunities for the necesary try- ing on of her many new gowns. Despite the fact. however, that Princess Mary has devoted so many hours to the ‘receiving of “presents the demands upon her time have been S0 great that hundreds of persons have been obliged to leave their gifts with her secretaries or, the palace attendants, and to Buch persons writ- ten acknowledgments will be sent. Among the gifts received today was a pair of silver candlesticks from Rodman Wanamaker of New York, presented for him by Col. George Wood, a. personal_ representative in London. Princess Mary thanked Col. Wood. and said the candlesticks would ! be placed among her choicest posses- sions and would always be greatly treasured. ! Most of the presents received by the bride are of a useful character. One mammoth necklace, loaded with CARFAREREDUCED TOSFORADCENTS Cash Fare Remains at 8 Cents, But Price of the Token Is Cut. The Public Btilities Commission this afternoon reduced the rate of fare on both street railway systems from five tokens for thirty-five cents to six tokens for fortyScents. The eash fare will remain at eight cents. The new rate of fare will become effective at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning and remain jn effect until otherwlse ordered by the commission. The, commission states in its order that ‘under the existing circum stances it should adhere to its past policy of maintaining the same rate of fare on both systems. 2 Cut of One-third. Cent. “The least amount by which the rates of fare can be reduced is from the present token rate to six tokens for 40 cents, a reduction of one-third of a cent on the estimates of 123,288,117 token passengers for 1922, or $410,960,” reads the order. “The commission be- leves it would be a hardship on many of the car riders if the minimum amount to be paid in the purchase of tokens is greater than 40 cents. The percentage of passengers paying cash fares has increased from an average of 11 per cent in the six months of 1919 and 1920, when tokens were sold at the rate of four for 25 cents to ap- proximately 16 per cent.during the past four months, when the rate has been five tokens for 35 cents. ‘The present rates of fare in the District of Columbia compares very favorably with those prevailing in other cities, as can be seen from a list of cities having a population of 50,000 or more where the rate of fare is 7 cents or more.” 2 One-man Cars Economical. In reference’ té one-man cars the commission has this to say: “In view of the economy effected and the additional safety to passengers pro- vided by this type of equipment, as well as tie Jmprovements which have been prompted by the experience gained in the experimental period of operation and which tends to remove the features which have been found /objectionable, the commission is of the opinion that the operation and deévelopment of one-man cars are in the interests of safety and economy and that the company” should be permitted to extend the use of such cars.” Would Save. Testimony at the hearing showed that the Washington Rallway and Elec- tric Company would save approximately $80,000 this year in operating expenscs with 8 present number of' one-man cars in use. A reduction of one-third of a cent in the charge for tokens will afford the Capital Traction Company a rea- sonable return, it is believed, since that company asked the commission at _the hearing not to go below four tokens for 25 cents. To the Washington Railway and Electric Company, however, even a reduetion of one-third of a cent will 5nvn more serious, it is said, in view . that company’s showing of slightly less tI | present € per cent return on.the te of fare. Effect on W. R. & E. 1t was roughly estimated today that a rate of ll; tokens for 40 cents would cat about $215,000 from the present annual income of the Washington Railway and Electric Confpany, which is carrying about 70,000,040 passen- gers a year. William F. Ham, president §¢ the Washington Railway and Electric Com- pany, intimated at the hearings that if the present rate of fare were cut -his company might find it necessary to come back to the commission for addition: rellef, possibly in the form of a zone| system. CREW ROWS 200 MILES. Schooner Founders. ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Febru- ary 26—The crew of the Newfound: land fishing schooner Howard Parks rowed 200 miles in an open boat after their vessel had foundered and reach- ed Barbados yesterday. Advices to- day said the vessel had'been driven far to the southward by contrary winds before she spragg a leak. § ———— Lieut. Col. Charles W. Van Way, cavalry, at Portlan: been ordered before a retirmc" examination. &7 WASHINGTON, " D.* C, A MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1922—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. GIFTS OVERFLOW PALACE ON MARY’S WEDDING EVE Princess Si)ends Morning With Fiance Receiving Individuals and Depu- tations and Voicing Thanks. Jewels, is so ponderous and heavy that it. has earned from Prince George the designation of “Mary's serlal neck- lace,” as it will have to be worn in installments. This gift recalls a re: mark made aside by the late King Ed- ward to a member of his party when glven a’similarly welghty present In India. “Now get a crane and lets take it home.” Curlous Throng Nelghborhood. The precincts of Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace | thronged today. with the curious. who took advantage of the springlike weather to look over the wedding ar- rangements or await the chance of sceing the bride and bridegroom ar- riving at or leaving the palace door- yard. Fireworks _displays be will morrow night. Elaborate set pieces which will picture the features of the bride and the bridegroom against the skies are among novelties. CHIMES PEAL FORTH. All Ovet Great Brifain Bells Ring | Out for Coming Marriage. BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. I Copyright, 1922, | LONDON, February 27.—Church and | chapel expressed themselves on Sun- | “tContinuea on Page 3, Column 6.) ITEIN D. C. BILL FOR WATER SUPPLY Senate Subcommittee to In‘ i sert Provisions for De- sired Increase. Provision will be made in the Dis- trict appropriation bill for increas- {nE the water supply of the District as the bill goes from the hands of the Senate appropriations subcommittee | to the full cofmittee, it was indi- cated today. ‘Just what provision for jthe water supply will be made has not been announced. Iir sonte Huar- ters it is believed that the item will be less than the $3.000,000 originall sked for the work thia yéa: bfi‘ that it will be as much money as can ! be used on the work during the comi- ing fiscal year. . The subcommittee in charge of the i bill met this morning and will meet again this afternoon. It plans to complete the bill this afternocon and to report it to the full committee tomorrow morning. Congress so far has appropriated only $200,000 irf this connectipn, the amount providing for & survey by en- gineers, which has been completed, The appropriation was made 2 part of the Army bill. and followed a se- ries of articles in The Star, setting forth the inadequacy of the water supply in Washington and the acute need of a new conduit. ‘ Serious Menace Seem. Complete demoralization of the leg- iglative, executive and judicial depart- ments of the United States govern- ment would inevitably result from a |break in thé Great Falls “conduit, | Washington’s antiquated, but, never- theless, sole source of water supply, it was stated today by Francis R. Weller, chairman of the water sup- ply committee of the . Washington Board of Trade. Mr. Weller, a consulting engineer of high: standing, foresees possibility of |a far-reaching .and disastrous “na- | tional crists, in addition to the potent danger of famine, dearth and plague locally, in the event of an interruption to VX;shl:xtnn's "‘vlner !;';:fle' “Absurd as s _pos: tyn may scom. 9 thoss ho. have nob Tovesil: gated the situation, the .likelthood of such a calamity looms forcibly to experts who know the condition of the conduit,” Mr. Weller sald. “The conditions are such that they must not be laughed at. Immediate action lodking to a supplementary water system is _essential, for every moment's delay means that' much more time for deterioratiiig influences to work their harm., , 2 But 18 Hours’ Supply on Hamd. “ConBider what would happen if the conduit should break,” Mr. Wel- ler continued. “There would be only enough water oh hand to 1 the city about eighteen howrs. ‘It would take at least three or four days to repair the conduit. As soon | as these facts were known- there would start a concerted .rush of resi- - dents away from the eity. vards, rallroads and _every . other (Continued on Page 2, Column A.) i —_— i ‘2w Today’s News In Brief Proposed bill would give work to navy yards. p ‘Will pay tribute to Grace Dodge. z 'age 2 Président to urge ship subsidy plan on Congress in message tomorrow. . age 3 Architects believe owners should pay for building inspections. Page Liloyd George and Poincare defer per- 1 sonal talks until after Genoa confer- i1 ence. Page 3 Bright, dainty frocks in princess’ trousseau. Page 3 U. S. rellef worker shot in street in Moscow. Page 8, Brgkerage firms ontreal 313 fail in New Yo and Philadelphia. Page 10 8 ol - here this '“rk.i-nln’ Page 11 14,000,000 women await state legisla- tion on equal rjghts bills. Page12 Maj. Wheeler-Nicholson admits givl: press letters attacking Army methbds. Page 13 Rev. Dr. D. A. Martin demands resig- natlon of Judge Moncure in Alexan- eal of {i in freight e Repx ncreases in freight rates rint and other ,f.n ::'l';l: from !n?ntltl{:’(g:n::lclt- sion. 13 A.'F. of L. urges joint fight on Vol- « stead act. -Page tions to meet By 13 were |- held |man is the situation which The Star throughout the United Kingdom to-iman found in South Brookland, that the pyrotechnic | cen | Afthough these sections are fast de- WOMEN MARQONED IN HOMES BECAUSE OF MUDDY STREETS = i Without Services of Grocer, Baker and Milkman for Weeks. - IMPASSABLE HIGHWAYS DANGER TO COMMUNITY sidents of South Brookland Com- bat Ruts and Mire—Other Sections Suffer Neglect. Women marooned in their homes for weeks at a time and denied the serv- ices of the grocer, baker and milk- section. bordering on Rhode' Island avenue. This-is a section of no re- t development, houses having been up there for as long as three years, but to reach them the people have to trample through square after square of oosy red clay. Automobiles cannot make it, and the children must be kept within the confines of their home propérty, un- less accompanied off it by their par- ents. For there {s danger of them dropping down into the roadways filled with gaping rum ready to draw them in beyond their ltren_slh to com- bat. Food Must Be Carried. Residents of this section who own automobiles have to leave them on & street three or four blocks away. Many of them have tried to get them home, but have been compelled to abandon them mired deep in the mud. They must carry all their food and any other materials which they need. Residents jn the vicinity of 16th and Lawrence streets northeast have pe- titicned the Commissioners for im- provements. They were answesed with a few truckloads of cihders. But these only mixed with the clay and made conditions worse. EBut the taxes continue. Any day in that section the -lghel may be witnessed of men and women, loaded down with parcels, rolling| from side to~side at the mire cros ings, struggling to get each foot out after it is planted in -the mud. Few Iskpreements Recommended. But few. rgcqmmendations for im- provements were made for the sec: tioyi of the northeast betweén East and - North _ Capitol streets. veloping, the so-called streets are werge , than many county roads in country. The Star man, in visiting this sec- tion, found the need for improvement of many streets. Michigan avenue, between North Capitol and 1st streets northwest, is in a bad state of repair, as also is North Capitol street be- tween MicKigan avenue and V street. This latter thoroughfare, a roadbed of macadam, is worn out. The Commissioners asked for and the bureau of the budget cut out an appropriggion of $10,500 for paving V street between North Capitol street and Lincoln road. Investigation showed this street badly cut up, full of small rolling stones, on a grade, an dangerous for any kind of tsavel. Lincoln road; macadam from Noth [ Capitol street to Glenwood cemetery, from ‘Bonle- enue it is nothing but red clay, deep- Jy cut and dangerous for {ravel. Slasked by Budget Bureau. " The bureau of the budget glso cut out the Commissioners' estimate of | Lincoln road to 1st street noflhelll-l This street is on a steep grade, is clay. : The estimate of $3.300 for paving: the short square of Channing street east from North Capitol street was cut in the bureau of the budget. Homes have been on this street for several years. This street, too, is of red cla: Adams, Ascot and Bryant street northeast, between 2d and3d streets is the scene of a recent building de- velopment, with practically all ‘of the homes occupled. , Adams and Ascot streets have a mixture of cinders an red clay for a roadbed, and on Adams street automobiles can get no further | than' & few hundred fee? west of 4th. street. o . Bryant street is «cut through from Lineoln road .to. 4th street, but auto- mobilists hesitate when they see the) evidences of others trouble there. Residents of section say that automobiles and vlu)mmo mired there several timi & day. In Dangerous Condition. Rhode Island avenue northeast be- tween 12th street and the District line, & thoroughfare connecting with the ribbonlike roads of Maryland, is in a serfous and dangerous condition. The Commissioners sought an appro- priation of $45,0@0 for paving the sec- tion from 12th to 16th street, but the House refused it. Just north of this thoroughfare i; the South Brookland section. 'l.‘hr- g section 'had to be inspected on foot by The Star man, and it was decided to be & wise move when he found evidences of automobiles having been mired, and was informed that the HOUSE REJECTS D. . PENSION BILL Zihiman Pleads - for Police and Firemen—Pawnbroker tired under the uchedule. iad on the floor of the House, the leadership of Represemtative James R, Mann of Illineix, Repre- scatative Mann meved to strike out the onacting o ndopted by In committee of the whole the House is considering this afternoon -the mest undeveloped sections of the, the Zihiman bill to increase the pen- slon allowance of 159 members of the police and fire departments with the annuities which would be allowed present members of the force under the increased pay schedule which re- cently became a law, and a bill, fath- ered by Representative regulate the business of pawnbrokers in the District. Representative Zihlman said there were 443 pensioners on the rolls, 307 of whom are from the police de- Y1 partment and 136 from the fire depart- ment. The total tost.of the proposed increase to put the veteran pensioners on the same annuity footing would cost is badly cut up and full of ruts, and | the District approximately $41,804.16 a the cemetery to Michigan av- | year. : yjiopresentative Zihman called atten- ion, number of men affected by the bili would grow year, i would be on the same basis. He explained that in 1916 Congress $3,200 for paving Todd place from |Passed the policeman's and fireman’s! jrelfef fund vided that vne and one-half per cent of the monthly salaries of members, lined on both sides with houses and | toBether with all fines imposed by for a roadbed has miry, sticky red|ibe of discipline, and all rewards, proceeds of gifts and pounded and the net proceeds of sales of unclaimed property should be paid into the Treasury, constituting a re-jgants and the remaining bourgeoisie, though it be on a scale of millions, 4| the soviet leaders are untouched and . ‘| rather indifferent. ‘Chairman _Focht reported to the - | surely House that his bill to regulate pawn. eir strongh brokers. in the- District 'lll(}&ermlt representatives sent to every part of honest and law-abiding pawnbrokers| Russia for food, report there is less o do business and permit them to|and less tovbe had, that beginning perform’ their legitimate business as Wi, thé poor man’s banker. the borrower, he said, to get loans at the lowest legitimate rate, and at the same time will give him full and com- plete protection against the .loss of his pledge by any trick or device by having had {untair means, such as are now resort- this!ed to by unscrupulous loan sharks, to{the summer months Is troubling the the misfortune of many small bor-|gsoviee leaders. 1f a big loan is ar- ugh’ police | Tanged, the ‘situation can be saved. It hat,_are. recomwd not, the hundred-milion or so dollars cials as & [(n the soviet treasury will have to go for 2004; and even ¢hat may not save the cotAtey:from anarchy. lief fusd for the police and firemen. es | rowers. The bill provides th regulations, he sald, t mended by the police material aid in the detection of crime and the recovery of stolen property. The rates are fixed at 2 per cent per month on loans over $35 and 3 per '“ cent _on loans less than $35. are demonstrated by the general ex- perience - ed States, Ch-lrmlnth:fll"rl'l?m’llo bs lowest at which legitimate an 3 ~ e o okers caw make loans | $ach month they have been: better and de business on a reasonable return and at the same. time give the borrower the protection and the insurance o ‘which he Is entitled. Chairman the existing law is known as “an ex periment in legislation. acted February 4. 1913, and under it ARE.SHARED By ALL THE ProPLES OF THE woRreLD By 1y Bill Also Discussed. By two decisive votcs the After the bill f ; i i Focht, to Zihlman Makes Plea. that however, to the fact that the! less “each succeeding and that all future pensions legislation, which pro- ment. The Commissioners on members ~ of police and fire department by wa: emoluments be com- ate is Explains Pawabroker Bill. But It will allow July, scant, e These throughout the. Unit ment Focht pointed out that It was ‘en- gin, (Contini on mn 1) . Copyight, 1oa “Sherlock Holmeses” and” “Craig * Kennedys” in Berlin are speculat- - ing as to Whether Peter ‘Grupen, the German Laadru, is employing' l _his hypnotic influence over women to. ‘prevent his recapture and ‘sxecution for the murder of his two little nieces. o - “Grupen( escaped receéntly from s Siesian prison on the eve of the . day:set for hip-death by hypnotiz- > ~{Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) SLAYER HYPNOTIZES CELLMATES W BARS AND AID ESCAPE saw out the iron bars ana assist- :u him to get away. After r - ng 1y did, aithough they could have escaped as easily as 5 It ‘was brought out at ‘Grupen's ggial gor killing his two micces ‘titat. / n. poEse: ’:l'" ‘:nd iml‘J‘:flllm ver wome rin over women. "ifi: .Dollee,luve lel{‘ehed high and lng for him since he escg and vinced some woman whom he has hyp- army d with thelp als their cells, which they ob the groun Grupen. gsed hypnotio: delighted in ped with- taining the slightest 'clue, the sleuths ‘tha being hidden “Lord’s Orders® to Fast Nearly Starve Family; Father Now in Asylum BLOOMINGTON, ary 27~—For obeying what he declared to be the volee of the Lord ordering him and his‘fam- mary comforts of life and Pontiac, 111, has been commit- ted to a hospital for the insane, 1t was learnwed today. Schloss- a SeBlossher after being taken to the hospital ward of the county FORLOAN BY ALLIES, 10 AVERT COLLAPSE Moscow Delegates to Genoa |t Wil Makev Every Con- By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, February 27. delegation to Genoa will carry in- jstructigns to grant all concessions demanded, provided a big reconstruc- tion loan con be obtained. loan cannot be arranged, then, from the Russian point/of view, the con- ference has only the moral .value ‘of recognition of the present govern- the famine starves to death the peas- ‘What may happen between now and et 15 shown_by its dally-changu attitude toward the Amefican Relief Administration. When the Americans, first came, in September, they were| received with scant courtesy, but with treat until now they are mlt(:d‘%hu‘t asked, to direct food ship- ts. F S The Caucasus has some food, but its attitude is_doubtful. In the Kuban,| ‘where. also is. food, hostility to out- ‘The soviet gov: dicated in another direction. time _its: pol been .. conference of the sm’ In Japan, Chin: was given b PUT ON, RETIRED LIST. ‘Warrant O&eer Jackson - Middleton placed. on the retired list the Associated Press. 1L, Febru- to demy themselves the ordi- Robert A. Schloasher of furniture, stoves, plumbing electric fixtures. Mrs. consented to take rish- T 70 GIVE ALL cession for Money, “The soviet If this basic reason for this attitude is the famine. It is only within the Y | 1ast few weeks that the leaders of the soviet have realized just how desper- the food situation. So long as the famine now is slowly and encroaching and encircling jold—Moscow—and soviet March the ored red army egin to starve, and that each sticceeding month will be worse, until when harvests, more or less may relieve the situation. Anarchy Threateds. ightened attitude of the .so- daily-cl not per- If the Moscow leaders do not obtain outside help they realize that their 1 power is doomed. {has shown its independence and has: w! flatly refused to let any of its food be jhe disa; drgined off to Moscow or for the red | which ‘l;h "Already the Ukraine stationed slsewhere. . Provinces Holding Food. mgny renouncéd her overseas posses. Ela%3.to the five principal allied pow- ers, she gave those powers nothing {mote than s “Joint trustegship” with which the Yap settloment is in har- mony. 4 ernment’s fears are in- For the gntire oriental policy has; thrown overl The recent r -eastern neonite:. e. third lnlum!lmle of stimulating fcommu- a and elsewhere, the scantiest attention delegates were poorly d turned over to foreign ‘of sability ‘in- bodying th tions regarding the four-power Pacific treaty, the naval limitation treaty, the submarine and poison gas treaty and the today was prepared for submissign to [ the Senate so that it could begin de- lhne on the pacts as soon as a ratifi- gest provide that “all powers claiming an interfst” in any controversy arising in the Pacific should be admitted by ni | the signato “conference. clare that stands that each of the high contract- ing parties will refrain from entering into-any secret treaty, agreement o- understanding with any other power or ‘powers treaty.’ never acquired the fith soveriegnty” over Yap as claim- ed by the State therefore was-not surrendering that right under the present settlemen man, ‘with that position. RESUMES DUTIES: MONDAY spending a short vacation at Hamil- ton, COMMITTEE ENDS STUDY OF TREATES iFar Eastern and Chinese Tariff Pacts Ordered * Reported to Senate. Committee consideration of the arms conféerence treaties was completed to- day when the Senate foreign rela- tions committee ordered favorably re- Pported, without reservations, the gen- eral far eastern and Chiaese tariff treaties. unanimous. In both cases the action was The committee acted-virtually with- out discussion after a statement re- garding the proposed Chinese customs revision had been made by Senator Underwood of Alabama, the democratic leader and head of the special arms conference committee which drafted | the tariff pact. - Report on All Recent Treaties. As a result a general report em- ¢ committee's recommenda- two treaties favorably acted on cation vote is reached in the separate treaty relating to Yap. The hoped to conclude the Yap debate dur- leaders today’s session and to bring up four-power pact tomorrow. Forecast of Ratification Vote. ‘White House callers who have talk- ed with President Harding on the four-power gained the impression today that Mr.| Harding, having assented to the pend- ing reservation to the pact, intends to take no further hand in the mat-| ter of ratification. Pacific treaty situation The President was represented by callers to believe that while’no reser- vations 'to the four-power treaty are necessary, the -one reported favorably by the Senate foreign relations com- mittee is agreeable to him in interest of speedy ratification and for | the sake of party harmony. the Some Senate republican leaders, while describing the treaty situation in the Senate ftself as still somewhat nebulous, believe that the four-power pact will be ratified with not more than six republicans voting against it. These leaders said today'that at least fourteen democrats are counted on to vote for the treaty, with the pos- sibility that there will be more when the final roll is called. Senator “Watson, republican, In- diana, called at the White House to- day and talked over the treaty situ- ation with the President, but declined to say anything about the details of the conference. Amendment. ‘While debate on the Yap treaty was proceeding on the Senate floor today. the first proposed reservations to the fou outside the foreign relations com- mittee were made public by Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, with the announcement formally present them at the first op- portynity. power pact to come from that he would On;!\af the two qualifications sug: by‘the Arkansae senator would nations to the resuiting ‘The second ;would de- he United States under- during the life of this Underwood Opeas Discussios. Today’s discussion of tHe Yap pact was opened by Senator Underwood, 0 favored ratification, but declared greed with the premise on e treaty was negotiated. , States, he declared, “undivided one- Depai ent, and t. e took the position that when Ger- Senator Robinson and Senator Pitt- democrat, Nevada, took issue Secretary Hughes, who has 'been Bermuda, has written friends ere that he will return to this coun- to resume’ his officlal d’timtut-i. State Department next uties at the 3 TWO CENTS. — 1 WOMAN SUFFRAGE PHELD IN DECISION BY SUPREME COURT Nineteenth Amendment Con- i stitutional View of High- est Judiciary. FAIRCHILD SUITDISMISSED ~ FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION Tribunal Holds to Precedent in Its Opinion—Settles Long Litigation. The woman suffrage, or ninetegnth, amendment was today declared con- stitutional by the Supreme Court. The court dismissed for want of jurisdiction the i brought by Charles S. Fairchild, New York, who sought to challenge the constitu- tionality of the woman suffrage amendment. Justice Brandeis® deliv- ered the court's opinion. Mr. Fairchild brought the case for himself and in behalf of the Ameri- can Constitutional League, to enjoin the Secretary of State from issuing and the Attorney General from en- forcing a proclamation declaring the ratification of the amendment, and by Oscar Leser and other citizens of Maryland. constitating an organiza- tion known as the “Maryland League for State Defense.” The former pro- ceedings were based on the ground that the amendment had not been validly adopted and the latter that the amendment was unconstitutional. Falled in Lower Courts. The federal courts in the District of Columbia and the state courts in Maryland, where the cases, respec- tively, were originally brought, ruled 2gainst the objections to the amend- ment. In the oral arguments in the i Supreme Court in the Fairchild case, the government contended that the Secretary of State having issued the ratification proclamation there was | nothing to restrain. and that the case | therefore became moot, not present- ing a controversy for judicial decision In the Leser case. the government | acknowledged that the proceedings ! had been instituted by voters who had | sufficient interest to warrant their presence in court, but that the issue ralsed was political, one for decision Ly Congress or for settlement in some other avenue than by adjudication in the courts. While the state of Mary- 1and had refuse@-to reiify the amen ment, it was pointed out the state also refused to guestion its constitu- tionality. 5 Congress’ Pow#r Assailed. The power of Congress to propose |the amendment to the state legisla- tures for ratification was assailed by its opponents on the ground that the people reserved to themselves in their state constitutions the right to regulate suffrage, and that the fed- eral government legally could not have anything whatever to do with changing the “sovereign powter” em- bodied in suffrage gualifications. “The people were not setting up an amending_agency for their own de- sgruction,” the opponents contended,« assertig that in limiting federal jur isdiction the “sovereign people” " did not intend that their agents conduct- ing the federal government should have the power to destroy them. Fol- lowing this line of argument it ws argued that the people alone by amendments to their state constitu- tions or by a constitutignal conv. tion called for the purpose could ex- tend or abridge their sovereignty. Fifteenth Not Precedent. The fifteenth, or race suffrage, amendment, adoptéd after the war between the States, was not a prece- dent, it was asserted by the op- ponents because it was an expression of the “results of revolution,’ ac- quiesced in by all the people, for the “reconstruction” of the nation, by extending to the negro race freedom and equality, “for which the war was fought.” Any other method “for per- manently registering the inexorable decree of the civil war would have ually effective,” it was argued. ool it be held, motwithstanding these objections, the Congress had con- stitutional power to submit the amend- ment for ratification hy state legisla- tures, the prescribed three-fourths of the legislatures, required for constitu- tional ratification, did not give their approval, the opponents of women's suffrage insisted, maming Missouri, Tennessee &and West Virginia, counted among the thirty-six’ states necessary for ratification, @s not having legally acted. Adheres to Postti Declaring the issues presented were “political,” seeking to obtain from the court an “opinion” or “construction” on the contentions raised, the govern- ment asserted that the Supreme Court. consistently had refused to deliver an nterpretation” of the law, because, it was beyond its power. It took this po- sition when requested for an “opinion” by George Washington, and has on re- Phated occasions adhered 1o it. Whether the government of g state was republican in its natufe and whether a proposed constitutional amendment had received the approval of the necessary number of state leg- islatures are not, the friends of the amendment insigted, judicial ques. tions. Replying, however, to the as- sertion that the amendment had not been legally ratified, the government asserted that Missouri, Tennessee and West Virginia had 'been properly counted, but that if Missouri was ex- cluded—that being ‘the only one, in the view of the government, open to the question, under any reasonable contention—it was-effset by #ermont and Connecticut, which had ratified fter the proclamation had been is- ued. Amendment Greatest Power. ‘The greatest power in the Consti- tution was that of amendment, Solici- tor General Beck asserted in the argu- ment. It conferred upon the people, he said, the right to change the form of government whenever they pleased. The nineteenth amendment, under his constryction, merely. added the word “gex” to the provisions of the fif- teenth amendment that there should be no discrimination on account of race, color or previous servitude. It would bg “political revolution,” he de- clared, for the court, after equal suf- frage had been acquiesced in for half. a eentury, to set it aside.