Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1922, Page 2

THE EVENING. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. ROBINSON ATEACKS " FOURPOWER PACT ;Urges Amendment Forbidding | Aggressions—Says Treaty | THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1922. DENESWALLALE INSPIRED BROTESTS ;Pack Sa?é Opposition to | Shifting of Forestry Bureau DEATH OF FRANK T. KNOCK. Active in Fraternal Circles—Was 30 Years a Resident Here. Frank T. Knock, local business man ap(l identified in fraternal circles, died vesterday at his home, 3423 14th street. following a protracted heart attack. He was forty-nine years old. Mr. Knock came to tnis city about thirty vears ago and entered the fur- niture business. He was in the em- Dlpy of Mayer & Co. at the time of 'hm death. He was an active member‘ “Sweetem”r Neighl;on ! Ta Insure Good Luck In Honey Production Neb., March 9.— hookkeeper” is at- y Hemry Cimy (“Honey”) Cook, retired police- man of thix city, to “being in Sood standisg with my nelgh- Bora” as a result of sweeten- ing thelr dispositiom teward the beexn.” | “When the honey is firat taken oft I give menr neighbors n gen- MAYFRLL CROUND INEASTERN BRANCH Officials Discuss Plan Affect- 7! ing Anacostia Parkway i Area. ;A plan to relieve the dumping Eround shortage in Was ston by sHowing the Distric: government to £l in with refuse part of the low- land along” the Eastern branch in- dended for the Anacostia parkway is being seriously considered. it became known today. The proposition has been put up to Maj. M. C. Tyler, en- Kineer officer in charge uf developing the Anac park, by the District Cominissioners. Maj: Tyter s day that he will go thorou) the suggestion before what action should be taken. The marsh land in the mind of the hly into €ommissioners extends for sbout two | miles north of Benning road on ihe Wwest side of the Eastern branch. The ity officials believe this stretch could | be fllled in with refuse that cannot be put through the trash inchierator 2nd topped off with good earth taken from the astern branch when the stream i dredged north of the ien- ning bridge, and dressed us a park. Eliminate Part of Lake. nderstood. however, that to rry this suggestion wouid mean elimination of part of the pleusure lake planned as a feature of the Ana- costia Park. Miscellaneous refuse is looked upon as good filling material when it can be covered with a substantial surface of earth. The principal question to be decided in this case is how far the lake project should be curtailed. :The engineer office IS now permit- ting private collecters of trash to| dump tin eans, hottles and ashes in one section of the lowland that is eventually to become a part of the vark. The engincer office keeps an | inspector on the ground, and the drivers are directed where to dump the various kinds of waste matter. ‘This cperation is being perm: in i order to slope off a hill leading to} the branch. i May Agree on Grounds. ! District officials have rea for | several years that the city is rapidly ated to- | conciuding | i FRANK T. KNOCK. of €race Reformed €hnreh. Mr. Knock was a-member of Washington Centennial Lodge. No. 14, F. A. A. M.; La Fayette Chapter, Columbiz Com- mandery, No. 2; Knights of Pythias Junior Order of United American Me- chanics and the National Union. Surviving him are wife and two sons, Frank C, and arrett Knock. Funeral services under Masonic and Junior Order of United American Me- chanic auspices will be held tomorrow afiernoon ot 2 o'clock at the resi- dence. Interment will be in Glen- j wood cemetery. 500 IN HOSPITALS U€ing ud all available dumping space and it has been a serious probiem for | them to meet. It is possible that | some agreemsnt may be worked out | with Maj. Tyler whersby dumping i could be authorized in some parts of | the area being reclaimed for parik | Jurposes. { The engineer office is making sub stantial progress on the park projec south of the Benning bridge, but Con- gress has prevented the carrying on of work north of that po; The District gppropriation bill for the next fiseal vear, now in confer- ance, carries $150,800 for continuation of work, and Maj. Tyler anuounced to- day that sum will permit completion af the reclaiming as far as Benning }Peared in Washington for some time," | bridge. It will not be sugficient, how- aver, to finish the sea wall long the hranch. SENATE GIVEN BILL RESTORING PENSION i RIGHTS TO 80,000 (Continued from Flrst Page.) aral order from the Secretary of the ' Interfor, who has directed that no fur- | ther annuity certificates be issued to | Ppersons affected by the decision. Must Be Corrected, Says Fall. ecretary Fall of the Interior Depart- mgng today expressed tne opinion that; rhe-sftuation-must be correcied by con-'| fessional action. In his letter to Sena- tgr Steriing and Representative Lehl- bach Mr. Fall stated that the proposed | Bill, it enactad, “wilt confirm the under- standing heretofore entertained by the Civil Service Commission and by this} department gs'to the status of employes now in the service in relation to tae rétirement act and will validate in that fespect the actions heretofore taken in its operation. i “It is believed that this bill will ap- peal to all as a very just and urgent Theasure for relief,” Secretary Fall said. “§t is hoped, therefore, that it may have the favorable consideration of your com- mgitte and early emactment by the Cor- L 2 Cheeks to Be Sen: Owt. | ‘In case no action is taken by Com- ! gress in the matter, it is up to the! disbursing officer of thie pension of- fice to draw up annuity chec usual, and send them to annuitants, and it will then be the duty of the controller general of the United States 10 decide if payment is 1®gal. It was stated at tha office of the centroller general today that the matter had not Teen brought to its attention as vet. .The whole matter. it became known thday, was brought up as the result af a test case, that of A. J. Bradforn, & plate printer of the bureau of en- mraving and printing, as to whether Ne was entitled to the benefits of the wetirement act. { As a concrete instance of what the ecision does. Secretary Fall pointed | THROUGH DRINKING POISONOUS WHISKY inued i Page.)_ It doesn’t Eill them, but it certainly knocks them pretty hard. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes today_took oceasion to congratulate The Star on its campaign sngainst poisonous liquor in Washington. It is the best thing that has ap. he suid. “It is exactly what we are trying to get before the public. The vast majority of the concoctions now being sold as whisky are full of poi- sonoas or injurious matter. The Star is to be congratulated.” Commissioner Hayvnes extended an ffer of all available co-operation in aiding The Star fo plaee before the public of Washington the perils of liquor now beiug sold by unscrupu- lous bootlegger: Conditions Are General. Instancing the fact that the faking ot liquor is not going on in Washing- ton alone, but is general throughout the country, is a statement issued to- day by the prohibition enforcement department. The statement details the fact that reports are reaching Commissioner i Haynes from all sections of the coun- try as to the “humbugging of the drinking public with.fake liquor.” The statement continues The director of tire state Washington tells of so-called whisky coming from Japan in refilled bottles, plastered with counterfeit lakels” (This 1= exactly similar to a. condition deacribed in Washimgton in The Star of a few days ago.) ‘Directors in the states along the Mexican border report the marketing of alleged Mexican ‘tequila,’ which, after being tested, proved to be doctored denatured, sold in misbrand- ed Dbottles with counterfeit labels | Al of which couples up with th discovery that several thousand cases, seized near Boston on a: alleged smuggling vessel, proved to be liquor of the same character. In addition, it is a well known fact that liquor alleged te be smuggled from Canada is simply bootleggers’ home- made product. Commissioner Haynes expressed gratification today at the receipt of reports which have come to him from directors throughout the country that pharmaceutical associations are unit- ing in eoncerted action against il- legal traflic in liguor. Action has tainted with the least suspicion, and preparations which may be used for beverage purposes WHENRY GRANTED been taken by hundreds of organiza- | itions banning prescriptions that are - Falis Short." Senator Robinsen of Arkausas. dis- cussing the four-power Pucific treaty in the Serate today, urged the adop- l'tion of hts amendment forbidding acts of aggression by parties to the treaty and in case of controversy re- quiriug that all Ihterested natlons shall participate. THe Arkansas senator eriticlsed the treaty, declaring that it fell far short of what its supperters claimed for it. “The problems of a domestic nature involving Immigration, ra equality and alien lund ewnership, which have disturbed friendiy relations between the Unted Stutes and Japan, are ex- pressly exxcluded from eonference and settlement under the treaty,” said Senator Robinson. "so that no progress i made toward amicable adjustment of the only subject about which real differences have arisen between the twe countries. These acute controversies remain and will continue. to vex. to Guarantee Change. “The forelgn quesilons which have interested the Unlited States in Its relutions with Japan do mot relate to the status ano cf Pacific ocean im- but to the Asiatic mainland. arize out of the manner in which E e ealt with Korea, Shan- ung, Manchuria, the Chinese East- a. Japanese ression in thdse spheres has been marked: -by political intrigue and economi¢ penetration, supported by fmilitaty control. The United States out her I ory Mas Lad avery reason to be friendly to both Chine and Russia. and has, therefore, ted every Insidious advance of Jaran againet them. “The four-power treaty not enly fails to guarantee a reversal of the ! Japa: e policy, but it strongly tends to commit tho United States to & sive aititude, and to block our op- portunity for securing falrness and | fostten in the da~ltnea with Japan, i with China and Siberia. Rusala Will Arvise. I “Russia, .. wrom. vear, lies wounded. biceding, famishing. Her encmies threaten from overy side. Her friends have disappeared. But Russ! will not always be stricken. i She will not long continue helpless. When she arises to defend her rigats she may be compelled to attack { Japan in order to expel Japanese | invaders. How shameful then would | be the position of the United States, bound by this treaty to give moral, if not military, support to Japan in her conflicts with Russia!” Senator Robinson Insisted that the j four-power treaty is really an alli ance, although its supporters imsist that it 1s not. In conclusion, Sepator Rob!nson said “It is apparent that treaty in fact constitutes an alliance the declaration in the Brandegee reservation that it is not an alliance, will not change its na- ture. Alliances have usually proved provacative of war. If this alliance is so framed as to permit aggress by its members, it will net promote peace, but on the contrary it will in- vite the formation of rival alliances that will lead to great harm.” DEMOCRAT DEFENDS PACT. ! Fletcher Declares Four-Power Treaty Basis of All Following Senator Lodge's expla- nation and defense of the four-power treaty yesterday afternoon, attacks upon the treaty were launched by Senators Reed, Robinson, Watsen of Georgla. Borah and France. Senator Fletcher of Florida spoke in support of the pact. the first democrat to také, the fiéér In’faver of ratifcation. “This bLody asked for a disarm- ament conference and not for a four- power treaty. not for a Chinese pact,” Senator Reed declared; “tha FPresi- dent saw fit to call this conference and to enlarge it” Senator Reed’s Position. “If we do not subscribe to what he and some other men in it brought {forth, is America failing? That is a {strange argument for -the Senator from Massachusette, for I remember ithat another President had a pla fand insisted that it was America" {plan, and he, too, I suppose, thought it ought not to fail. Yet with all the sagacity he possesked, the sen- {ator from Massachusetts soyght to bring that to failure because it was wrong." : Senator New, republican, Indiana, iinterjected that the Versailles con- ference was not called' by an Amer- ican President, and he added that the league of nations was not an Ameri- an proposition. Senator Reed re- lied that although drafted by Gen. | ! c I many druggists refused to handle|Smuts, the idea of ths league was| .. economic rights in Chin Mr. Wiison's main objective” and {way propesed by him months before !the Versailles conference. | Senator Fletcher ower measure, If rejected, would zreatly minimize, if not desfroy, the " Tweltth ntreet, Brookland, looking enst from Upshur street to Michlgnn avenue. It has n narrow center rondway of einders and mud, with a wide | of developed subdivision with many fine President Harding's reply to the; Senate resolution calling for informa- tion as to the binding effect and pres- | ent status of the Lansing-Ishil agree- ment upen the treaties now pending | ! before the Serate analyzes the rela- itlon of that understanding to the | recently negotiated treatles. I The President asscrts that the' agrecment has no binding effcct upony the nine-power treaty and that, as, the Tour-power treaty does not relate to China, it does not bear upen the agrcement. The President’s statement fs, in full, as tollows: The so-called Lansing-Ishii agree-! ment, signed November 2. 1917, was: not a treaty, but an exchange of notes betwoen the Secretary of State of the United States and Viscount: Ishif, ambassador extraordinary and lenipotentiary of Japan on special inission. It was demcribed in the notes themselves as a public announcement ! desires and _intentions shared - two eovernments with regard to China. This exchange of notes, In the nature of things, aid not constl- tute anything more than a declara- tion of executive policy. It is hardly neceseary to point out that such a declaration, or exchange of notes. could not have any effect whatever inconsistent with treaty obligations, whether existing or thereafter com- ing Into force. Quotatien Krom Agreement. “The statement in the notes {n ques- tion which apparently called forth | your resolution is as follows: “‘“The governments of the Unlted| States and Japan recognize that ter-; ritorial proplnquity creates special’ relations between countries, and, con- ! sequently, the government of the Unfted Siates recognize that Japan bas special interests in China, and' particularly in the part to which her | possessions are contiguous.’ ‘ “In the light of the other declara- tions of the notes in question, it has ! been the view of the government of } the United States that this reference; to special interests in China did not recognlze any right or claim incon- sistent with the soverelgnty or pollt-l ical independence of China or with our ‘open-door’ policy P “That this was not an erroneous| construction appears from the mean- | ing ascribed to the phrase ‘special! interssts in China,’ which s found in: the final statement made on behalf ! lof Japan at_ the recent conference! (Senate doc. 67th Cong., 2nd; sess., p. 223) nter- | preted to mean that propinquity gave ' rise to an interest differing only in! degree, but not in kind, as compared ! with the interests of other powers. It| was said to intimate ‘no claim or pre- | tenston of any kind prejudicial to China or to any other foreign na tion,’ and not to connote ‘any inten- +:on’of securing preferential or exclu- I H | | i Set Ferth in Treaty. “Happily. as a result of the con- consider any possible ambiguity in the expressions used in the Lansing- Apace o either aile as far as the curd, which is just mire. very bad condition and Inserted, an a Sei | Lansing-Iskii- Notes’ Effect Wi\ SEEK MEANS On Pacts Denied by President | each jwhich related exclusively the case of a legal adviser in his own department, who has been in edntinuous service for practically ! , tiirty-five years, who s not. under 1B opinion of the Attorney Gemeral, deemed within the classified eivil s@rvice and entitled to tlre benefits of 1Me retirement act. Competitive Examination Viak dwin S. Booth, solicitor for the I@erior Department, construing the oginion for the Secretary of the in- tapior, pointed out that the Attorney Gémeral by the opinion holds that no ofie is within-the classifled civil serv- RESPITE OF A WEEK (Con nued from First Page.) ful hands can such bounty come. we make you this last appeal. Not Nermal, They Say. “Venturing not upon the forbidden i ground of the alienist, we are con- vinced, nevertheless, that McHenry [is neither average nor normal. He is ide and entitled to the benefits of thef the offapring of an environment ive | lacking in all the conventions of mimation: unless by competitive| o "Giving. He is the victim of T General holds thart, | surroundings, and while he has States by executive order might fn-{to urge upon you, semething less clude within the classified civil serv- | than extermination. 'MHis youth an Jee particular positions and classes, Bis éhild's mind appeal to us even sueh executive order would mot em- |2s our reluctant eyes turn from the Ivace the person who holds the par- {Shameful pathway leading to the - Iscaffold, where even now sounds of "cg';l'x. ?,;':f:.‘u::”m UPOR COM- | o eparations are audible. while the ¢ machinery of man's justice is being Removes Presidemtial Appointees. |5y into readiness. For what there This removes. according to the so-|may be left of good in him we petl- lieitor’s interpretation, from the bene- | tion your mercy and ask that he be ntflat the retirement act all persons | permitted to expiate his sins this side Wi positions within the government and | by executive order are holding | of the grave. “Despite the record, we who have placed in the classified civil service |obeorved him mast believe there is yet | h El i ei it and carried in a motor car across the Mexican border and held on trumped- up charges, I and who did not enter such s-ervl-:ela flickering spark of manhood left in 1t is the opinion of the solicitor | full flame rather than be snuffed out ~th#it ~if the opinion of the Atterney ! forever save for your intervening'and tions frem salary which 80,008 In gov- | |y ufge upon you, assume respon erpment employ have been paying | bility for a life only badly begun and be refunded. | redemption is complete.” - Although failing to see Mrs. Hard- ‘QUIZZED BY COMMONS. - | where she callea yesterday, Mrs. Rice > | heard from the first lady of the land : | that she had to leave the city hur- $.ONDON, March §.—Cecil T worth, undersecretary of state | cr. She added that she could do noth- Tprmanors x !ing for Mrs. Rice, but suggested the hQuse of commons this afterioon bY | rested, was the place to go. . Sir Charles Yate, unionist member el o s?re. whether Mr. Harmsworth was cégnizant of statements made in described in_the press as “S. N.|: SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 9.— Gjose.” director of the American!muo reported kidnaping plots were fpment in India and what stevs|enorities. Geh. Francisco - Murguk ~whre being taken to prevent the dis- { who s living hére, was said to b tig of British rule in India and Inter-{ Guards have been thrown around fdpence by American citizens with|the Murgula residence and investiga- r. Harmsworth said his attention | band, with some political significance been called to Prof. Ghose's|was responsibié for the plots. the British- goveroment to influ- |of Houston recently reported. that e views expressed by newspapers they had been kidnaped and held in rding inatters concerning the|succeeded In sawing the jail bars an itish empire. 'Every endeavor, escaping. According to thelr story riake available correct information te persons in the United States inter- By competitive examination. him which might be encouragad into Gémeral is to stand, then the deduc- | merciful hand. Let the Jaw, we humb- i the reuren_nen( act passed must | deliver him not unto death until hi | mg personally, at the White House, Bi'me Associnted Press. through letter. Mrs. Harding wrote B.| rledly ana was unable to see her call- 1dr foreign affairs, was asked in the | j e rtment of Justice, where the case the Melton division of Lejcester- America by the Indian revolunmm'-;,-leNAPm—G—'i.rs FOILED. ission ' to Promote’ Self-Gov-|,nder investigation today by the aun. semination in -America of “calumnies | ypject of ono of the DPIote: the aftairs of a friendly nation tors sald they believed an organized tements, but that it was impossible 0. E. Courtwright and L. J. Velsit individuals in various countries|jail in Laredo for ransom but had hBwever, he stated. was made o ested: In” the subjeet, !value of the other treaties” | Washington conterence. Defended by Fletcher. | 1t would defeat the gound, policy Iying back of all—reduction of arma- yent and retief from the burdens of | AMBASSADOR AND MRS war," said Senator Fletcher, the first Qemocrat to speak in behaif of the four-power measure. Senator Fletcher !4aid the four-power treaty was simi- flar to the Bryan treatfes. % “Surely there can be no objection, s2id Senmator Fletcher, “to such an alliance as eliminates the probability of disputes and the causes of ‘war. “There is no agreement to resort to force, but only to bold counsel. There is no pledge, or obligation, or agreement of going to the assistance of any of the parties, much less any Sereement behind which lies force.” Senator Fletcher sald the situation in the far east had been one of “ap- prehension, suspicion and fear.” which, e declared, would be removed by the four-power’ treaty through elimina- tion of 2ll alliances of the far east. We surely do mot wiwh Great Brit- ain to continue her military allianee Fith Japan,” sald Senator Fletcher. Prealdent Makes Reply. While the debate was in - progress President Harding réplied to the Sen- ate's request for intormatior about the status of the Lansing-Ishif agree~ ment with Japan, declaring in & sp cial Senate message that no provi- sion of the agreement in conflict with the open door policy could remain in iforce after conclusion of the general ifar eastern treaty signed at the con- { ference. Senator Borah, who was the {author of the resolution of inquiry, told the Senate that the President’ iconclusions did not coincide with { those of Japanese statesmen, but add- ! ed that since the Lanstng-Ishii agres ment was enly an executive deelar: tion of policy Mr. Harding’s ore- nouncement ought to be sufficient to terminate it. H Reed Siandz Correeted. During the attack upon the four~ power freatly by Senator Reed. vesfr- ! lday afternoon, Scnator Reed denied that the four-power treaty providea for the elimination of the Apglo-Jap- anese alllance. (O mediately Senator: Lenraot of Wisconsin was on his feet and, Inter- rupting Senator Reed. read to the Senate the fourth section of the four- power treaty, which says: “This treaty shall be ratified as soon as possiblé In accordance with the constitutional metheds of the high contracting parties; and shall take ef- fect on the. deposit of -ratification, which shall take-place at Washing- ton, and, therefore, the agreement be- tween Great Britzin and Japan, which was concluded at London on July 13, 1911, shail terminate. Senator Reed sdmitted that he stood of the | Ishii agreement of 1917, as any ques- tlon which they might have raised has! been completely set at rest by the treaty now before the Senate, to pyrs { 3 they were arrested on a fake warrant| corrected. ‘This _coll , Which took place an the n.’,ofi".’:“%fi Senate, did not appear | The ambassader and in the Congressional Record today, MARY'S WEDDI “his wife are shown arriving a Princess Mary’s wedding. Note the omes. When the Senite which the Uniled States and Japan are parties. 1 refer to the treaty bes ween the nine powers, which ex 1y sets forth the principles and s to be maintained by the sig- relation to China. the It plic “It 'is thus agreed o respect sovereiguty, the independence and tervitorial nd administrative tegrity of' China: to provide the fuil- ext and most unembarrassed tunity to develup and maintain for herself un effective and stable gov- croment; to use their influence fcr the purpose of effectually establist- ing and maintaining the principal of equal opportunity for the commerce and industry of all nations through- out the territory of China; to refrain from taking advantage of conditions| in China in order to secure special rights or privileges which wouid abiidge the rights of subjects or citi- zens of friendly states, and countenancing action inimical to the security of such stat B “aure specinically, the signatory powers agree that they will not seek nor support their respective natlonals in seeking, any arrangement Which might purport to establish in favor of their interests any general supe- riority of rights with respect to com- merical or economic development in any designated region of China, or any such monopoly or privilege as would deprive the nationals of any other power of the right of under- taking any_legitimate trade or in- dustry in China, or of participating with the Chinese government or with any local authority in any categor: of public enterprise, or which by rea- son of its scope, duration or geogra- phical extent Is calculated to frus- | trate the practical application of the principal of equal opportunity. “And further the signatory powers agree not to support any agreements by their respective nationals with other designed to creat spheres of influence or to provide fo the enjovment of mutually exclusive opportunities in designated parts of Chinese territo Supernedes Any Understanding. ‘The negotiation of this treaty is in itsalf the most formal deciaration of the nolicy of the executive in relation to China, and supersedes amy executive understanding or declaration that could possibly be asserted to have any con- trary Import. If the Senate assents to this treaty, the principles and policies which the treaty declares will be sup- ported and enforced by a binding inter- national agreement. My answer, then, to your first ques- tion is that the so-called Lansing- Ishii agreement has no binding effect whatever, ecither with respect to the past or to the future, which is in any sense inconsistent with the principles and policies explicity declared in the nine-power treaty to which 1 have re- ferred. “As to your second question. I may y that the four-power treaty does not refer to China, and hence does not di- rectiy bear upon the Lansing-ixhil notes, to China. The four-power treaty, however, is an essen- al part of the plan to create condi- tions In the far east at once favorable declared the four- | ference, it Is not now necessary to . to the policies we have long edvocated and to an enduring peace.” Providence was the first city in the United States to have open-air schools. . HARVEY AT PRINCESS NG. B ¥ 1 extminater Abbey for amsbitnsador's silk knee breeches. { te amendment, the provision for $17,200 for paving it. oppor- | from | eroms ssmple and alwaye send | the fimest 1 have” wnys Mr. Cook, whe explafme that the them good | With his meighbors ax boest- ers Mr. Cook’s beew yield Rim from $1,200 to $1400 a yehr. WAR DEBT COMMISSION TO MEET VERY SOON Chairman Mellon Awaits Confirma- tion of Members by the ! Senate. | | { i Secretary Mellon, chairman of the | Allied Debt Refunding GCommission, will call the first meeting of that body as seon as poesible after its full membership has been confirmed | by the Senate, it was sald today at the Treasury. Confirmation of Senator Smoot of Utah and Representative Burton of 10nlo 13 expected by Treasury officials despite the challenge in the Senate 'of their eligibiiity. The absence of Secretary Hoover, | who leaves Saturday for Phoenix, { Ariz. Treasury officials sald, would ! {not interfere with the fir‘( meeting | Iof the commission. as once'it is fully | constituted, attendance of a majority its members would be sufficient for it to function. ‘The Senate judiciary committee, which has before it the question of the eligibility of Senator Smoot and Representative Burton, again today [deferred “decision. The committee | will meet agatn next Wednesday, and in the meantime individual members will study the opinion of Attorney Thix is n “feeder” street to a committee vixited it, they realized its | I8 General. Protests against the transfer of the forestry bureau from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of the Interior are not or have not been | inspired by Secretary Wallace or the Department of Agriculture, according to Charles Lathrop Pack, president ©of the American Forestry Associa- tion, who today issued a statement. The matter has been earried by the association to President Harding and to Congress. Mr. Pack says that no propaganda. is being earried on, un less the circulation of editorials of papers denouncing the proposed change and the statements of promi- nent foresters is to be called propa- ganda. We have yet to find an editorial expression favoring the transfer.” said Mr. Pack. “The public, it seems. bus is mind made up on the proposi- ion. Emportant to Farmer. “As President Harding well pointed out, forestry is of prime importance to the farmer. The association stands inst transferring the forest scrv- , because the interests of forestry are inscparable from those of agri- culture. More than 60 per cent of the forests i run will be small ownerships cither attached to tarms or interspersed among farms. The gdevelcpment of forests and agri- culture mugt go hand in hand and are interdependent. “The association opposes the pro- posed transfer because such a step would Jead to the division of the fed- eral work of forestry among two or more departments with a consequent duplication of work, weakening the leadership and lessening the effec- tiveness of that work in many direc- iGeneral Daugherty, which was re- | jceived yesterday from President ! {Harding. and briefs by Senator | | Walsh, ~democrat, Montana, whose resolution challenges the right of Senator Smoot and Burton to act. Senator Cummins, re publican, lowa, supporting Senator Smoot and Representative Burton, also has prepared a brief. REV. CLARENCE T. WILSO TOEND DISCUSSIO ;Exhaustive Study Planned to ! Remedy Evil and Keep Work Balanced. An exhaustive study of business de- | :r;ssmn and practical means to be iService Held at Eeith's Theater Is ; taken to mitigate or prevent this Most L. 1 Attended £ argely ttendes [ evil wiil be made by representatives of trade associations of the United Series Yet Conducted. Jesus did not call on the angels to : States who will meet in Washington March 21 with members of the United e help Him in His work on earth; He States Chamber of Commerce, the De. Proposed to risk the triumph of His church to tke custody of human bands partment of Commerce and a com it ot e sl s o and hearts, said Rev. Clarence True Gent's Conferemce | wijson, general secret of the on Unemployment, it was announced ! Roard ' of Temperance teday at the Department of Com-|Morals of the Methodist Episcopat merce. | Church, in an address here today at Fiftx thousand dollars has been | the midday lenten services in Keith's B et osearch bodias S | 8 ot meea thie angels i ividuals 2 y in plete within six monthe. Wosles or He has you and me charged with of Now York bue beenley &l the responsibility of carrying out His irector of the surves and B f | Work, of going on His errands, of ex Hunt of the President's confercnce | LeNding His sympathy to the needy, has been named socreinr, and building here the kingdom of The study will be along lines in.|G0d- We express His sentiments at tended to eliminate the eyelical pe.;the Dolls. and in the pulpits, in the riods of business depression and ipews. nanlddminzm;hnevgp:per: on xhr;e consequent unemployment, it was|Tanch and dowh with & carned. Recommendations made by \Cuse is golng up or down with us" the standing committee of the con.| rHe has thus Linked His glory wit ference on unemployment which met { OUf salvation.” concluded Dr. on in Washington last October will be| His throne with our free agenc |followied; ‘and probably ithe plan;put|depending on s &5 he visol of des forward ; since « the: -confersnéd Zor|Uny 1or the Mingfonkiand i(s king |?~’}Tx"€-‘-fl ",,"“2“; m:irk(! 1‘!"‘”3“'“"" o“{'h'“zl:e?':";ce:ulrudw were atiended by v ¢ adopted ane ollowed. i 4 Y = . e - i the largcst number of people since _ Would End Bepreasiona. |the midday exercises began. An- [, “We Lope” Mr. Hunt ssid today !drew Wtlson presided. | o arrive at workable plans by which! Homer C. Dennison. manager of the peak of booms may be cut down Babson's Statistical Institute of and the slackness of depression par- | Raltimors, is to be tomorrow's speaker. tially taken up. At the same tlme | His subject will be “A Young Man With iwe hope to reduce the evi) of sea- | Message for Young Men. {sonal unémployment, just &s some in- dustries and individual plants have i *Niirius agencies mave otterea tncir CADET CORPS DRILL SET FOR EARLY NEXT JUNE assistance in the study, including the | Federated American Enginsering So- icleties, the siaff of the Department of i Commerce, the Deparument of Labor, jmembers of: the conference on un gmployment, the United States Cham- 267 Coxtpanise fot ED/NC. FBtutents er o Commerce and the er- i jonnel of tie National Bureau off 1@ Competition for Coveted conomic esearch. Proposals | for co-operation have been cord. | Tleg. Il fopended ‘g“fg'a‘fxg;"g“fvg:;: The aunual competitive drill of the Economics, the Russell Suge Founda- | Washington High School Cadet Corps } tion, tie Harvard committee on econo- | will be held in the American League ;:‘f ff;:;“',‘_;".“h“\""”c‘g Association | pall park early in June. Detinite dates 3 slati A Syivanta. states industrial boors. T€R°ifor the drill, considered the salient event in high scnool activities, will be an- ! nounced soon. according to Stephen DEBS URGES AMNESTY. !E. Kramer, assistant superintendent oo e i of schools. i i Twenty-six companies will com- Issues Appeal Asking Release Otip![e in the event this year for the ¢ 5 coveted prize flag. An innovation in A1 Political Prisoners. this year's event will be a battalion CHICAGO, March §—The competitive drill, which is designed national Representative | | | MIDDAY SPEAKER TODAY | and Public | office of the soclalist party today be gan sending out an appeal from Eu. gene V. Debs to all of its members and affiliated organizations urging them to work for amnesty for all #o- called political prisoners. A state- ment, accompanying Mr. Debs' lelttr' said that all socialists who were fed-! eral prisoners now are free, but Nl.‘.\ll many L W. W. anq others still were, held in penitentiaries and that all{ must be freed. It is planncd through the appeal lu} obtain one million signatures to a pe- | titlon asking thelr release” H —_— LONG TRIP TO BE BRIDE. Alaskan Narse Will Go 700 Miles | of 1,700-Mile Journey on Dog Sled. | ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 9. {Miss Mary Conley, a trained nurse, formerly of gnaconda, Mont., s trav- eling 1,700 miles, 700 miles of the dis- tance by dog team, on her way from Akiak, in the Kuskokwim country, to Juneau, where, in April, she will wed Carl Thiele, acting governor of Alas- ka. Mr. Thiele is the executive in the absence of Gov. Bone, who s in Wash- ington. DIFFER ON ELECTION. Press Reports Contradictory on Choice of Brazilian President. RIO DE JANERIO, March 3.—Un- ofiicial newspaper réturns as to the result of the presidential election held March 1 are still contradictory and indecisive. The Journal Comer- cio, a_ semi-ofilcial organ gives the following _vote: Arthur Bernardes, 453,000; Nilo Pecanha, 305,000. The Correio de Manha, which is support- ing Pecanha, gives him 347,000 Bernardes, 331,000. UNFAIR TRADE CLAIMED. The trade name “Loulse” had been simulated in unfalr competition by Mary L. Hicks, conducting a hat shop at 17th_and H streets, the Federal Trade Commission ‘has decided, in ordering that the name belongs to Mary Baker, who also conducts a hat shop, at 1616 H street. The com- mission decided the latter had been conducting a hat shop under the name of “Marie Loulse” sufficlently previous to the establishment of the second shop to have exciusive right to the name. The complaint lodged against the second “Louise” shop charged umfair competition, that Mary L. Hicks had named her shop and placed the name “Loutse” in her hats, misleading the pubdblic, and that the owner of the | shop “Marie-Louise” suffered from the unfair competitien. i i | { | structicn o to popularize the cadet majorship. The drill will extend over a pertod of three days. The first two dayvs wiil be taken up cntirely with the indi- vijual company drilis. The battalion competitive drill will be held on the last day. All honors, however, will be awarded on the closing day of the event. HARRIS HEARD BY JURY. Municipal Architect Tells Knickerbocker Disaster. of Municipal Architect Harris tedi- | fied today before the grand jury in the probe of the cause of the Knick- erbocker disaster. Mr. Harris was chairman of a committee of the Amer- ican Institute of Architects, which made a lengmy report on the con- the theater and the causes of the collapse of the roof. The grand jury's investigation will probably occupy all of next week, Maj. Gordon stated. FRENCH PAPER BARRED. CHICAGO, March 9.—The ‘French magazine la Vig Parsienne did not ap- peat in Chicago bookstalls todey. Thé Chicagoe shipment was seized vesterday by Customs Collector Niels Juul, who explained that.the edition “bordered on | obscenity.” The magazine has been barred from the mails, it was stated. NOONDAY LENTEN SERVICES B.F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 o’clock i Speaker Tomorrow X Mr. Homer €. Denison Conducted by Rev. C. K. Ray Every One Invited—No l Collection ti ‘As a result of the stand taken by the American Forestry Associatio hundreds of organizations throughout the country are voicing their pro- test against the proposal to transfer the forest service to the Interior De- partment. Written Before Cabinet Picked. _ "It will be' of interest to some. per- haps, to know that the article hy eol William B. Grecley. chief of (I United States forestry service, 1o which Secretary Fall takes exception as ‘vicious propaganda’ againust him. {was written before President Hard {ing announced- the make-up of his { cabinet. |, “The American Forestry Associs tion, with thousands of members who ‘ citizens of every state in the n. represents the public and is quite willing to rest the propagand: question with the editors of the country and with the public. It at no time has consulted Secretary Wailace as to its pollcles nor did _he knorw what it was doing unless he saw it {in the newspapers. The article written by {for the American Forestry { following his return from AL | referred to above, follows. in part: ! “An effort is now being made create for Alaska a local com: or development board, whic} e over the duties and auth us federal ther with the admi public resources in Alaska, working solely under the direction of the Sec- retary of the Interior. This proposa imay well be challenged. After all, the inational interests in Alaska = are paramount. Alas! represents, in h marine fisheries, ier enormous agr ultural areas her resources for srowing meat-producing animals, one of the great food sources of the United States. In her vast forests lies a practical solution of our paper shortage. = Natio#kl Policles Built Up. he United States has painstakinz- by many years of effort, built up tional policies for the use of pub- owned timber, publiciy owned sources of food, coal and oii resources. dwater power. and migratory birds {from the standpoint of public welfare {in the lons run. it has built up spe- {cialized orzanizations handling these {varied resources with the best tech- inical experience and skill the coun- i try affords. Should it now, by one | stroke, cut off & vast region contain- ing_one-sixth of our total area from the uniform and consisient applica- ition of these public policies br the [ specialized organizations crested for the very purpose of their &ccomplish- {ment? I think not. 3 i “And from the standpoint cf Alasks herself. in order to bring about the {most eflective deveiopment of her re- |sources, it would be unwise to cut iler off from the direct applivation of {the energies, and from the technical and fimancial resources of several great federal organizations which are |experts in doing the very things that Alaska needs to have done. General Ameriean Policies. “The development board plan for Alaska is unnecessary Lecause the same results can be-accomplished by a deceniralized administration of na- tional affairs in Alaska. It is dan- gerous because it me: a partiai breaking up of the effective and umi- form execution of vital public policies {for dealing with natural resources. Let us rather develop Alaska in har- meny with American policy at ahi points. Make her a state &s soan as yshe is qualified. #ive her as rapidly as may be the local powers that go with statehood. At the same time handle permanent national interests in Alaska as they are handied else- where. both during Frer territorial ap- prenticeship and after she becomes a state, preserving the same policies and uniform direction, but with lo- calized administrative machinery adapted to Alaska's isolation. “The greatest evil is long-range ad- ministration. There is t00 much cen- tralization of administrative author- ity in Washington, 100 many delays in getting things done.” L. Greeley Magazine . an H ' i1, i i | [ROADS ASKED EFFECT OF | 3 TOKENS FOR 20 CENTS 1 Utilities Commission Believed Likely to Seriously Con- eider the Plan. The Public Utilitiss Commission hws asked the two street railway com- | panies to inform the commission what jthey believe would be the effect of ordering the sale of three tokens for { 20 cents, as requested by citizens’ as- } sociations. B Chairman Keller of the. commission said that the companies have been asked to' present their views and probably will compile figures to show the possible effects an their revenue of allowing passengers to buy three tokens instead of six. It is known that the companies do not look favorably on the suggestion, for the reason that they belleve it would create oconfusion and delay service if conductors had to sell tokeng in lots of three for 20 cents or six for 40 cents. Today's development is regarded as an indication that the commission will consher seriously the threec- token-fcr-twenty petition —_— WILL REPAIR SILESIA HILL. SILESIA, Md., March 9 (Special).— Owing te the recent heavy rains, which made the roads almost im- passable, there was a small gather- ing of members of the Broad Creek Citizens’ Assocliation at the monthly meeting held at the Silesia School. Saturday. Matters pertaining to schools, roads and transportation fa- cilities 'in_general were discussed. A number of the members of the asso- - ciation are flannln' to repair the hiil leading Silesia School within the mext few days. For some time this has not only been an - .m y an eye m;fl. | a menace to all vehicular