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" INDIA PUBLIC URGED T0 REMAIN GALM bongress Corfimittee Asks Natives to Refrain From Invoking Hartal. REGRET OVER MONTAGU Resignation in° Many Ciz"eleu Eclipses Gandhi’s Arrest—De- clared Popular Secretary. Br the Associated Press. BOMBAY, March 11.—An appeal to the public to.remain.calm, “as we shall show no regard for Gandhi, either by observing a hartal or going mad,” was issued today by the con- gress committee. The comymittee re- quests that the natives refrain from invoking a hartal and maintain “a Ppeaceful, cordial attitude toward all.” The resignation of Edwin S. Mon- tagu as secretary of state for India came as a complete shock to the In- dian public. Such action was totally ‘unexpected. Resignation Regretted. Among the non-co-operationists re- gret was expressed that India had Jost the services of the statesman who had done so much for her. The Bombay Chronicle suggests that his xesignation was due to his reluctance o0 agree to Gandhi's arrest. The extremists here expect his suc- cessor to be a reactionary politician and believe Mr. Montagu was sacri- ficed to thes alleged anti-Turk policy of the Imperial government. Little sttention is paid by these commenta- «tors upon the constitutional issue to “which his resignation was attributed. ‘The Advocate of India expresses re- Eret at the India secretary’s downfall &nd considers that the recocmmenda- tion of the government of India re- &Zarding Turkey should be acted upon. ‘The Anglo-Indian newspapers speak fwartly of Mr. Montagu's devotion to his ideals, but most of them think India is not likely to suffer by his Tesignation. ' Appreciation Expressed. CALCUTTA, March 11.—At a meeting ©f the Bengal legislative council today the Indian members gave notice that they had passed a resolution expressing yegret at the resignation of Edwin S. Montagu as secretary of state for India, and expressing appreciation of his serv. dce. The president of the council re Tused a request for adjournment as a token of regret, whereupon the Indian members, with the exception of eleven, ‘walked out of the meeting. The Calcutta Statesman says: “Mr. Montagu's policy has been bold, am- ‘bitious and ungrudging and his re- tirement will be sincerely lamented by Indians of all creeds and parties.” Held Sincere Friend. The New Empire declares that Montagu served India ‘“in a mag- nificent_spirit of devotion and con- fidence In her destiny of self-govern- ment.” The Bengali says: “Secretary Montagu has been the sincere friend of Tndia. He has proved to be by far the best secretary India ever had; he elevated the status of India to that f an equal partner.” The Swaraj speaks of the resigna- tion as “a bolt from the blue.” Resignation Declared Disaster. MARRAS, British India, March 11. ~—New India considers the resignation of Edwin S. Montagu a disaster sraught with serious consequences. 1t deplores that the British cabinet “has not realized the magnitude of | the Indian problem.” The Madras Mail declares that eat Britain's whole eastern position in danger of collapse unless she reverses her policy. In the opinion of this paper, Mr. Montagu's resignation lias done good in clearing the air and naking it imperative for the govern- ment to make a definite statemént of its policy. GANDHI'S FRIENDS PEACEFUL Follow Leader's Request—Gloom Over Montagu's Resignation. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 11.—The Bbmbay correspondent of the Exchange Tele- xraph Company says that generally Secretary Montagu's resignation #eclipses interest in Gandhi's arrest. The moderates take a gloomy view and await with anxiety announce- ment of his successor. The new3 of Gandhi's arrest, says the correspondent, has been recelved quistly throughout India, and., ac- cording to the reports, his admon 1ion to his followers to remain peace- ful is being followed. It is under- stood that the sedition charges are based on_ the recent congress res- olutions drawn up by Gandhi. The Amritzsar Patrika says it is SPECIAL NOTICES. Actors Demand Pay For Enlertainment For Radio Phones NEW YORK, March 1l—Ap- preciative, but non - paying, wireless amateurs who have been sitting nt home and list- %5 to world-famous enter- s face edict ot the Actors’ Equity Association that uch performers must be pald for their work. Announcement is made that the council of the assaciation ruled that the radiophone competing with the theater and that those who talk or sing in the transmittting apparatus must be compensated. In the last few months there have been numberless free con certs, free stage performance free lectures nnd other features supplied to the owners of radio- phomes. The ether waves car- rying_ thexe entertainments have been picked up hupdreds, even thousands, of mifes din- tant by receiving “sets,” which common ns home-brew EXPECT TO CATCH SHOWMAN'SSLAYER Police Seek Former Employe in Circus Owned by J. T. Brunen. By the Associated Press. RIVERSIDE, N. J. March 11— Authorities tonight were still without a direct clue as to the persons re- i sponsible for the death of John Theo- | dore Brunen, circus showman, who was shot and killed last night while reading near a first floor window of his home. 2 Baltimore police, it was said, had been requested to locate 2 man who had been employed there in the Doris and Ferrari shows, which Brunen owned. According to Col. Harry Mohr, a partner, Brunen and the em- ploye recently engaged in an alter- cation. Mrs. Brunen asserted today €hat she had an idea who was responsible for her husband’s death and had told the police. Her information was not made public, but she expressed the opinion that the slayer will be cap- tured shortly. Police also are attempting to_attach a robbery committed at the Brenen home in July, 1920, to the crime. Two men held up Mrs. Brunen and had compelled her to reveal where money and jewels were hidden. She recalled today that one of them said upon his departure that they would come back to “get” Brunen. The widow also said the showman had received threats through telegrams sent from different _cities bearing fictitious names, stating: “We haven't got what we want yet. Private de- tectives, sh: declared, had been put on the trail of the men sending the telegrams, but without results. The showman was said to have been an intimate friend of William Desmond Taylor, slain motion picture director of Los Angeles, but efforts to link the Taylor mystery with that of Brunen's death were soon aban- doned. ———————————— widely believed that Secretary Mon- tagu is really a sympathetic man who was unable to India his best owing to the hostility of the Anglo- Indian bureaucracy and English re- actionaries. “ { OPPOSES 4-POWER TREATY. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 11.—An appeal against entering the four-power treaty on the ground it was “an of- fensive and defensive alliance with Britain” which would “betray the trust of one-fifth of the population of the world regarding’ America” was v i T 4 ITWO MORE TEXTILE {MILLS CLOSE DOWN thdde’ Island Strike Enters Seventh Week With New” " Complications. By the Associated Press, PROVIDENCE, R. I,.March 11.— A new situation today developed in the Rhode Island textile strike, now at the and of its seventh week, when B. B. and R. Knight, Inc., owners of many textile plants in the state, an- nounced their decision to close their Natick and Pontlac mills indefinitely. While official confirmation was lack- ing tonight, it was understood that other cotton textile manufacturers were planning similar action. Natick has been the storm center of the strike in the Pawtuxet valley. 1t was there and ‘at the adjoining village of Pontiac that riots broke out KFebruary 20 in which the mill property was damaged. Troops sent to the valley at tHat time, are still guarding the two mills. The “iron battalion” of strike sympathizers, which took an active part in strike activities in the Pawtuxet area, has its headquarters at Natick. One of Largest Mills. . The Natick mill, one of the largest in the Pawtuxet valley, manufactures sheetings, shirtings and_twills and {employes 937 persons. The Pontiac plant, devoted to wide sheetings and | camibrics, has a personnel of 316, The only disorders of the day oc- curred in the Blackstone area, where stones were thrown by a crowd of strike sympathizers at & truck load of workers on their way from East Frovidence to the Jake Dunnell plant of the United States Finishing Com- pany in Pawtucket. Several workers were.cut, but none seriously. Three strike sympathizers were arrested. It was announced today that Mayor Gainer of Providence will extend a Wwelcome in the name of the city to Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, when he appears tomorrow night to speak on the textile strike situation at a local theater. Thomas F. McMahon, president of the Union Textile Work- ers, will be another speaker. “PLUMBERS’ CONVENTION” RAIDED BY OFFICERS Six Kegs of Beverage Declared to Contain Too Much Alcohol Seized at Shea’s. Elbowing their way through a large crowd in front of and inside the near beer saloon of James E. Shea, North Capitol and P streets early last night, Police and revenue agents raided the establishment on a warrant charging sale of beverages with an illegal content of alcohol. Upon entry they found, it is claimed, forty empty kegs and eighty emuty cases, with a half dozen kegs in which the beverage reposed Shea was arrested on a charge of illegal 10s- session of and selling of liquor. ‘When the ,pelice “arrived at the scene and asfed about the largeness of the crowd, they were informed that it was a “plumbers’ convention.” ion. Arrangements for the raid wers completed yesterday. Friday night Lieut. Davis, who headed yesterday's raiding party, with Sergt. Carlin, went to look over the establishment. By actual count there werz 105 per- sons in the barroom and thirty-seven automobiles had been parked out- side. In & few of these machines wer women to whom liquor was bein; carried out by male companions. The police arrived too late to get samples of the bottled goods being sold, but through an agent, some of the draught beverage was purchased. Yesterday, this sample was analyize. by -prohibition depirtment chemists and is said to have vontained .48 per cent alcohol. telegraphed to Senators McCormick| As soon as this was established of Tlinois, Borah of Idaho, France|a warrant was procured and the raid of Maryland, Johnson of California,{ was made. The crowd that greeted La Follette of Wisconsin, Norris of | the raiding party, which was com- Nebraska and Walsh of Massachusetts | posed of Detective Fowler, Revenue by Taraknath Das, international sec-|Agents Rose and Heims, in addition retary of the Friends of Freedom of [to Lieut. Davis and Sergt. Carlin, India. indicated to them that something The text of the telegram follows: |decidedly out of the ordinary was ¥With the arrest of Gandhi, Ing-|transpiring at the corner barroom. land enters into an unrestricted and | “What's doing here?” asked Lieut. most terrible repression in Ifidia. We |Davis of a bystander. fear the reign of terror like the Amritsar | _“Oh, nothing at al massacre of 1919 and using of bombs | plv. “It's only a plumbers’ from airplanes orf the civil popula- | tio tion, as was done during the period of martial law in 1919 in India. India’s struggle for liberty is iden- tical with that ofs the founders of |each of the six or seven barrels left, this great republic- and we expect |it was stated by the police, and the America mot to become the ally of {remainder of the beverage was dump- Great Britain under the pretext of ied into the sewer. As it swirled down ng peace by entering into an ! the gutter, foaming and seething, an e and defensive alliance un-|odor arose betokening the presence der the garb of the four-power pact |of malt and hops. and thus betray the trust of one-| Shea was released on $1,000 bonds fifth of the population of the worldlafter the charges had been placed regarding America. the champion of | against him to appear for & prelimi- human freedom. Kindly present this | nary hearing on the case, which will appeal to t = he 'beld, it is expected, during the early part of the week. SPECIAL NOTICES. the re- conven- “Is that 802" replied the lieutenant, and the raid commenced. The agentg procured samples from preser offen nate. ATY, CREDITORS OF THE. FIRM OF FLINN & Blount, 847 Water st. s.w.. are hereby noti- jied to sénd bllls to Austin Flynn, 620 B .w. GRAND AND UPRIGHT PIANOS FOR EEX inos taken in part payment on Victrolas. }iEG0 WORCH, 1110 G B.w. 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FERGUSOIY, Inc. @ 2hser Beath» Andante 1114 oth St. _Phone North 231222 doTorose: T "I‘" “'"‘3 T (¢) “Anitra’s Dance.” Tempo adies Instructed Free. mazurka. (d) “Dance of the Imps In e s e the Hall of the Mountain 63 pum, King:" Alla marcia molto frames, @Ge. Hats mazn"o e marcato. . e sl / 5 rder, ) mst .10 per yard. g 5 al Frervthing in the lipe of millinery trim- e e s ming at HARRIS HAT FRAMB SHOP, ‘The Star Spangled Banner.” \ 1010 F. ST. N.W. l l THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 12, 1922 PART 1. NIGHTMARE OF DEATH SEEN IN VOLGA VALLEY Tangled "Heaps of Frozen Bodies, Starved Dogs Attacking Co rpses, Disease and 5 Filth Described -in Report. Tangled heaps of frozen corpses, some attacked by starved dogs; sick- Tness, dirt and cold in the Volga valley are described to Secretary Hoover in a nightmare picture of the famine districts of soviet Russia drawn by Dr. Thomas H. Dickinson of the American’ Rellef .Administration In a special report on conditlons there. \ Dr. Dickinson made a month's tour of the Volga valley and the foothills of the Urals, traveling 4,000 miles by rail, auto and sled, inspecting 150 vil- lages on the snow-covered steppes. In his report to Mr. Hoover, Dr. Dick- inson gave the bare and gruesome details of his observations. . “Losses from famine in soviet Rus- sia,” he said, “come under the heads of emigration, disease and death. Emigration from the villages now rises to about 30 per cent. Houses are deserted, not a dog, cat or pig left, with snow breaking through the roofs and windows. Smoke comes from the chimneys of not more than half the houses. Traveling on the Toads one comes across pathetic cara- vans, father, mother, grandparents and samovar. When camel or horse falls sick they le: him to die on the open plain. Sick persons sit on top of the sleds and are taken to town to die. ‘Walt for Locomotives. “On sidings everywhere, from Po- land to the Urals, are freight cars crowded with refugees. The govern- ment has not the locomotives to carry them, so they are waiting. “The characteristic expression of childhood in Russia is that of a per- son ‘sore at life’ I have learned to dread going into a room full of chil- dren. They all look up at me ac- cusingly, bitterly, as if 1 had done it They are born with resentment in their hearts. “Diseases are well distributed be- tween summer and winter. Last sum- mer cholera, this winter typhus. Rus- sia lost 6,000,000 dead of typhus in 1919. One city of 200,000 lost 45,000. This year will be as bad. - *So many are already dying that they are burying them in wagon loads. They take off the clothes of the dead, throw them into boxes, put snow on the bodies to freeze them, then transport them in piles to the | | men, women and children. who_ had died of typhus and hunger. Dogs had been at some bodies and these were bloody. The dogs were driven away, all terribly emaciated and con- torted into all shapes of grotesque agony. Y “As one sees the lopsided houses of the Russian villiage, the gnarled skin-clad bones of the famine corpses, one seizes the dominant motifs of the glew Russlan act. There was an unreality about these corpses that made it seem appropriate to dis- cuss anything in their presence, cab- arets, soda water, futurist verse. “In’ piles they were madly tangled up/ and had to be released like stiff puzzles. Dropped into the graves they made noises like wooden things of the same weight and shape. They had been men, women and children. About fifty come every day.’ The psychological factor of relief work among these distressing condi- tions, Dr. Dickinson declared, was a factor to be considered. As a ruie, he explained, the relief agents work alone and the psychological effect of conditions around them is worth as serlous consideration as in arctic ex- ploration or in jungle travel. When a relief agent starts to con- voy 2 load of food, Dr. Dickinson re- ported, he says good-bye to his friends for ten days, takes blankets, grub, lives in a box car and “takes his luck with bugs and bandits. Transportation, the key to relief, he declared was aimost lost. Only Narrow-Gauge Line. “There are no rail ilnes except crazy narrow-gauge spurs set in some time past by some special Interest to reach a town or mining campn.” he said. “To get from Samara to Kazan, 400 versts, you have to go to Moscow and back 2,000 versts. Same with other cities in the valley. I have seen an American boy stagger in an American Relief Administration local headquarters after four days in a box car in which he had traveled 100 versts. “For north and south transporta- tion there are no resources but sleds. Under some conditions these can do up to twenty versts a day. Roads disappear under drifts. ~ Country takes on appearance of the arctic without landmarks. Horses can drag their loads only three days a week. A week's provision for a horse is worth as much as a horse. The re- cemetary. There, twice a week, they are thrown into great holes, cross wise, packed closely. Dogs have be- come a menace and attack piles of bodies in droves and dig into graves. Dead children, starved to death, are left outside in open ways In piles, covered with rags until they can be hauled away.” Gnawed by Dog! From his notes, Dr. Dickinson de- scribed burying ground near Samara, where the dead, gnawed by dogs. were piled in frozen mounds until; thrown info great excavations. | “There were three great holes” he | continued, “teg by twenty feet and eighteen feet ‘deep. Around these | were piles of frozen naked bodie: sult” is starving people who have horses are trading them for grain. eople also are trading agricul- tural machinery for grain; this is bad on next vear's crop. The number of horses over the entire area is but one- third of last spring: about one-tenth normal. Cattle and sheep are the same.” Russlan peasants, Dr. Dickinson reported. are living on bread made out of anything that can be baked and eaten. . “In late September and October, he said. “peasants began to live on libeda, a weed that Erows in the wheat and is thrashed with the wheat, on clay bread, dung bread, bread from bark and leaves and sawdust, and ! sunflower seed husk: Gold Shears Given Mr. Hughes By Washington Correspondents Washington rewspaper correspond- ents presented to Secretary Hughes pair of gold desk shears, their appreciation for his “kindly as- sistance to them in thelr work” since assuming office. The gift was sald to be unique in that it was the first ever given a cabinet officer during his incumbency by the newspaper men who come in daily contact with heads of administrations. . ift, which was appropriately en’?l::vgd. 'was presented on behalf of the correspondents by Matthew F. Tighe, who has been ‘covering” the State Department for more than forty years. In delivering the shears Mr. Tighe expressed the hope that the Secretary would make the use of the gift that Alexander made of his sword cutting the Gordian knots of international diplomacy.” to which the State Department head re-{ plied that he was quite sure the cur~! respondents would not permit any knot, Gordian or otherwise, to escape his attention Placed in Difficult Position. In his reply Secretary Hughes took occasion to remind the correspondents of the difficulty public offitials ex- nced in maintaining the proper ‘c’:;llict with public opinion. “It isn't always easy to decide what should be done,” he said, adding it should be realized that the government wi not “trylng to put something ove when it was found necessary to re- fuse lnl’nrm:tion b?p subjects prom- i e public eye. lner)\g{ lx'l‘g‘iu n‘;’ore‘dimcuh." he said. “than to maintain the proper contact on the part of a public officer, par- ticularly in the great departments, with public opinion. Of course, it essential that nothing should be done Which would impair administrative work by improper or premature dis- Clospres. You, as citizens, understand the importance of that, especially in connection with the work of the State Department. On the other hand, it is just as Important that suspicion should not be. allowed to get under Way because of an undue reticence and a lack of a prpper appreciation of the time and opportunity for a disclosure to which the public is en- titled. A public officer has always got to remind himself, and he ought to say every morning as he ap- proaches his task: ‘I am & servant and it is my business to see what I can do for the American people. am not a boss, and my little author ty or great authority that I happen to have for a day is not g personal perquisite.” Not Always Easy to Decide. «So, of course, it is obvious to you, with your intimate contact with the department, that we have to main- tain this balance. It isn't always easy to decide what should be done, and there has to be mutual confi- dence between those who represent in their contact with the department | the public opinion of the country, and the officer who is tryIng to administer the department, or else there will be a failure on both sides. There will be a failure of the public to under- stand and a failure of the public of- ficer properly to discharge his dyty. “That means that when I tell You that there are certain things I can't say, you will believe that atl last I have a conviction that -that is 80, and that I am not trying to con- ceal something which you ought to know. And it means that when I say a thing to you to guide you, so far as I can, in your interpretation of the work of the department, you know that I am not trying, in ‘the language of the street, to put some- thing over and get something to the public which will be in some personal interest of mine rather than making a straightforward statement of what we are actually doing. Appreciation of Relations. “I have been very happy to think, by reason of your generous relation to me since I have been here, that you have felt that I was trying to deal with this work in a manner compatible’ with our theories- of democratic institutions and to make our work as intelligible to the public, as thoroughly understood by the people, as the circumstances of the case would permit. Of course, that was especially difficult during the conference. 1 was in the position of chairman of the conference. I was a | | | | | lation. at the State Department yesterday & | knew T kne: in token of | a mere supposition. | peclally guarded that I should say responsible delegate. Anything 1 said was authoritative, not gossip or specu- knew the facts, and everybody that what 1 said was not 1 had to be espe- nothing which would give free course to inadvisable reports, or, on the 41House £ NEW CODE URGED 10 GOVERN ALIENS Committee Would Open Schools to Combat Red Propagandists. A complete new naturalization code, representing two years' work by the House committee on immigration and naturalization is proposed in a bill in- troduced yesterday by Chairman John- son. Plans for the establishment of schools for the fmmigrants to be edu- cated to United States principles and 1deals before the red propagandists can reach them is an important feature of this measure. Sweeping reorganization of naturalization bureau of the De meu‘(' of Labor, changing its name the “‘bureau of citizenship” for the pur- pose of extending- its scopa, and. mak- ing it more efficient and economlcal is proposed. Rules for Married Women Independent naturalization of mar- ried women and retention of American citizenship by resident American women who marry foreigners is pro- posed. It also would end automatic bestowal of citizenship through natu- ralization and marriage and require all to qualify and take the oath of alle- glance. Aliens admitted would be res quired to read and write and speak the English language. ‘The bill dr: ically excludes enemles of the government from citizenship. It requires each resident alien to regis- ter annually at some time between August and November, expenses of reg- istration to be paid from an annual fee of $5. Moneys collected as fees are 10 be set aside as a “citizenship in- struction fund” under control of the Secretary of Labor for proportionate allocation to publio schools to pay salarfes of public school teachers in citizenship classes organized for the purpose of teaching loyalty, citizenship responsibllities and the English lan- guage. Each community receiving such an aliotment is to contribute a like amount for support of citizenship classes. the Would Bar Witnesses. The bill would eliminate appear- ance of witnesses at naturatization hearings, thereby saving annually a cash outlay of "$7,250,000 by appli- cants, and the economic waste of more than $5,750,000, which is now mposed annually on more than 50,000 citizens, employers and em- ployes. Removal of technicalities in the present law which impose an un- necessary burden of about $1,000,000 annually through dismissal of appli- cations of worthy petitioners is also contemplated. In presenting this bill, Chairman Johnson sald: “This bill redeems re- publican platform pledges for the bet- ter economic guidance of alien resi- dents, as well as pledges for inde- pendent citizenship for women. The registration plan presented is a modi- fication of proposals made by Secre- tary of Labor Davis, and the fees charged are not more than the pres- ent cost of dragging two witnesses to court at the time of each naturali- zation. “If we can continue the present heavy restriction of immigration and put into effect the many details of this improved naturalization system, including separate naturalization of alien women, we can ‘clean house’ in the United States in a manner just to ourselves and satisfactory to the great bulk of our alien population.” ARMY BOARD COMPLETES ROMA INVESTIGATION Three Survivors of Ill-Fated Air- ship Questioned—Photographs of Wreck Taken. —g- WITHHOLDS DATA ON “VICE CLUBS” POLITICAL RIDDEES PUT . BY EDISON AND OTHERS TO NEW JERSEY WOMEN By the Associated Press. ORANGE, N. J., March 11.—Thom- as A. Edison, whose favorite in- door sport is propounding ques- tions for other people to answer, has invented a pair of new ones for use in a questionnalre of ten “stickers,” complled by the New Jersey League of Women Voters to test women’s political acumen. Besides Mr. Edison's two, the questionnaire includes two each submitted by Gov. Edwards, Presi- dent John Grier Hibbon of Prince- ton University, Dean Mabel S. Douglas of the College for Women at Rutgers and former Gov. Ed- ward C. Stokes. The league will distribute the list throughout the state, announc- ing a free railroad ticket to the Pan-American conference of wom- en at Baltimore, April 20-27, as the prize for the best answers. Hcre are a few of the questions: “Why should, or should not, women serve on juries?’ “Write one sentence on propor- tional representation, the short ballot or the city manager plan.” “What is politics?” “What was the chief force that St. Louis Official Will Tell of Immorality in School Only to Parents. By the Associated Press. March 11.—Victor , president of the board of po- T lice commissioners, today refused to submit to the board of education, in executive session. any information he , possessed on which he based his chirge that vice clubs existed among boys and girls of Soldan High School. according to announcement by J. C. Tobin, president of the school hoard. Mr. Miller, however, announced 1 he would submit ali data he had a “representative body of parent: Following the announcement (. Mr. Miller had declincd to give th board any proof of the charge t a club of boys existed which made its chief requirements of entrance that the applicant must have violai- ed the moral code and that a similar club of girls existed at the same school, a mass meeting was called for tomorrow at which it was an- nvunced the parents of the students will discuss what action to take re- brought about the eighteenth |garding Mr. Miller's refusal to divulge amendment?” his_information. Gov. A. M. Hyde and Mr. Miller were invited to the meeting, bu Mr. Miller declined, adding that he would present his information 1o 4 committee of parents. Gov. Hyde arrived late this evenins and it was understood weut into cor ference with several republican lcader but the subject of the conference not made public. The governor's pres- ence here, it was generally rumored indicated that he desired 1o familiariz himself with the matter before makiny any statement or taking any action. is understood that the parents will mak a personal appeal to him. The board of education dpent the afternoon in executive session, while hundreds of mothers, high school teachers, students and others crowd- ed the anterooms and the corridors of the building. —_— SEARCH BROKER FIRMS FOR UNGER EVIDENCE GEDDES URGES ALL 10 AID PEACE MOVE Declares Belief That Nations Honestly Seek Economic ~ Prosperity. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, March 11.—Declaring his belief that all responsible statesmen of the great world war powers are “honestly doing their best to restore economic prosperity,” Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambassador to the Tnited States, appealed to the Chi- cago Association of Credit Men in an address today to lay a “firm and true foundation of mutual interest, respect and understanding, on which world peace may safely rest for years to come.” Although urging the co-operation of nations in securing world peace, the British envoy avoided any direct reference to the arms conference pacts. He said, however, he could not allow the opportunity to pass without paying tribute to the spirit shown by the representatives of all nations at ‘Washington. “There was not a representative but did his utmost to lay the foundation for long continued peace throughout the world,” Sir Auckland said, “so long as the subject dealt directly or indirectly with that great human in- terest.” All Suffer Together. “The evils in world affairs now, however,” he added, “are more econ- omical than political. Much of pres- ent day unrest is based on the economic position in which various countries find themselves. If there is one thing the war has taught, it is that we are so interlocked that no one nation can suffer without other nations suffering also.” { _The ambassador cited the partic- iulagly close relations of the United States and Great Britain, adding that beca of the heavy purchases by Britain of American goods “the pros- perity of America’s foreign trade is i 1 Detectives Seek to Learn Extent of Speculation of Accused Uni- versity Official. . By the Associated Press, PHILADELPHIA, March 11 —De- tectives today were engaged in re- ewing books of several brokerage rms in an effort to learn the exten! of the speculations of Walter A. Un- former assistant treasurer of the funds of the Evans Dental Inst tute of the University of Pennsyi- vania, who is alleged to have used the institute's securitles in playinz the market. Securities valued at $190.000 arc missing, while Unger is in jail under $50,000 bond, indicted for the alleged theft of $12,000. A check for that amount had been drawn by Unger shortly before his flight, nearly tw weeks ago. When captured in = Philadelphia rooming house Thurs- day night he had $10,000 in cash i his possession. Additional indictments in tion with the loss of the qwhile Unger has asked that his mether and sister be not perm ted to see him, detectives said. am askamed to face them,” the police quoted him as saying. — _ADVERTISEME [MAKES A GAS RANGE other hand, would be in any way a breach of that honorable confidence without which my usefulness in the department would soon be at an end.” LEGISLATOR PREDICTS SPECIAL VIRGINIA SESSION Senator Goolrick Calls House Mem- bers “Ignorant Body of Leader- less Reactionaries.” By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va. March 11.—State Senator C. O'Connor Goolrick of Fredericksburg, in an address mude during the closing hours of the 1922 session of the state legislature, de- clared the legislators could not point to a “single constructive thing ac- complished,” and characterized the lower branch of the assembly as an ignorant body of leaderless, irrespon- sible reactionaries, who would wreck any constructive plan.” The senator predicted a speclal ses- on would be necessary before No- vember to enact “constructive” legs islation. —_— VIRGINIA FAILS TO VOTE ROAD BOND LEGISLATION Senate Refuses to Accept House Amendment for Referendum on Last Day of Session. Special Dispateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 11.—The bond issue bill for highways and the bill for a tax on gasoline went to their death today, after having passed the senate. The house declined to name a con ference committee on the bond bill, after adding a referendum amendment, and the senate refused to accept that. This means that the members will go back to their homes, hear what the people have to say and come back for an extra session to pass again on the meastre. 4 — e LEAVES FOR HONOLULU. NORFOLK, Va., March 11.—Col. P. ‘W. Guiney, commandant at the Army supply base since January 1, left to- day for Honolulu, where he will be depot quartermaster. Capt. ‘Woods, who has been next in com- mand to Col. Guiney, will be acting commandant until Col. Guiney's suc- cessor is appointed. NOONDAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30to 1 n‘dn{ g 7 Speaker Tomorrow Dr. Thomas E. Green Conducted by Rev. Charles E. Stech Eyery One Invited—N, Collection By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va, March 11.—The Army board investigating the de- struction of the semi-rigid airship Roma at the Army base here, more than two weeks ago, with loss of thirty-four llvex and injury to oth- ers, concluded it8 work at the Public Health Service Hospital at the Army base today. e board further questioned Charles W. Dworack, superintendent of aircraft construction at McCook Field, Ohio; Sergt. Harry A. Chap- fman and Walter McNair of the bu- reau of standards, Washington, D. C. and obtained all information possible regarding the disaster from these three survivors. After stopping a few minutes to inspect the reassembling of the Roma at the spot on which the Roma was wrecked, the board returned to Langley Field. Photographs are being taken of the Roma as section jafter section is being replaced and a photograph will be taken when the reconstruction is completed. These photographs will be used.in arriving at a conclusion of the cause of the ship's fall. = All three of the survivors of the wreck, who have been under the care of Dr. Quirk at the Public Health Service Hospital, Army base, are now recovering. HOUSE MEMBERS WON'T “BE BOUND AND GAGGED” Decline to Be Silent Before “De- ceptive Propaganda” for “In- iquitous Ship Subsidy.” “Respecttully retusing to be bound and gagged,” two democratic mem- bers of the House merchans marine committee—Representatives Pavis of Tennessee and Hardy of Texat—re- plied yester'ay to the written sug- gestion by democratic members of the Shipping Board to democratic committeemen that they withhold Judgment on ship subsidy legislation until after hearings. The _letter sent by Mr. Chamber- n, Mr. Thompson and Rear Ad- miral Benson, retired, members of | the ‘board, stated that ‘the board had { unanimously recommended direct and { indirect aid to American shipping, as proposed in the bill prepared by the board and_introduced immediately after President Har@ing's address to o s. Mr. Davis and Mr. Hardy conceded that the shipping problem should be 'solved upor merit and principle and not upon partisanship.” “It is generally 'understood,” they wrote, “that Chairman ker was appointed because of very shrewd and valuable political service rendered during the last campaign; he cer- tainly could not have been appointed because of any knowledge of ship- ping matters.” “Having, as he believes, successfully lined up “the_republican members of Senate and House committees,” the latter added, “Chairman Lasker has apparently assigned to you gentlemen the task of lining up democrats on the committes. However, you may tell Chairman Lasker that we are not as easily ensnared as some people he has come in contact with, and that we respectfully refuse to be ‘bound and gagged’ while he and the rest of you advocates of this iniquitous ship sub- sidy bill industriously disseminate your deceptive propaganda and lull the people and Congress to sleep while you | complete the job. GORDON M. McGREGOR DIES. MONTREAL, March 11.—Gordon, M. McGregor, vice - president, and: general manager of the Ford Motor Company of Canada, died in lhs Rflo‘l—l(\'lcmrl-. Hospital today. He underwent"an oper- a\uog for Intestinal trouble Wednesday. —_— Qrehids, Sweet Peas, Roses. The loveliest specimens are .to be found .at Gude's, ’16;“ F.—Advertise- ment. OF ANY COOK STOVE New Burmer Works in Any Stove i !lkg—ll om_Kerosene | A new burner, that works in any | coal or wood stove. is announced {by the International Heating Co. Dept. 826, 4552 North Broadway St. Louis, Mo. This remarkably simple and inexpensive burner heats stove and oven in half the time and does away with all the drudgery, dirt and smoke of cook- ing with'coal or wood. It can be put in any stove in a few minutes and is 8o simpie a child can oper- ate it—is absolutely safe and gives universal satisfaction. It is ideal for summer cooking. The manu- facturers are anxious to have {every housewife enjoy the |ed comforts of cooking with this |amazing new burner and are of- fering to send one on Trial to {any reader of t | want one user in every locality, to | dependent on British capacity to buy your goods and pay for them.” He painted a dark picture of British trade, depleted because of the col- lapse of Russia and the straitened condition of Germany and Austria, unrest in the east and the heavy tax- ation imposed on the British people as a result of the wal “Come Back” Will Be Slow. Attention was drawn to these con- ditions, he said, because some com- mentators believed trade would be ‘booming within a few weeks. “It is not going to be easy to get back the old volume of trade,” he continued. “It will come back, but it | will not be easy. The period ahead requires the greatest skill and care; ‘we are facing a disordered world, but 1 believe all difficulties will be over- come if our best interests and will are brought to bear. “Continental Europe- is shattered beyond the hope of immediate recov- ery and I appeal to you to do all you can to see that no unnecessary hin- drance is put in the way of interna- tional trade, because through inter- national trade alone can prosperity come back. “I believe there is a great world opportunity for the intelligent co-op- eration of the business men of all countries. —_— DEATH OF C. A. BARCHER. NEW YORK, March 11.—Charles A. Barcher, for many years editor and publisher of the American Commer- cial Traveler, died today of throat trouble. 'Dhe body will be sent to Cincinnati, where Mr. Barcher was born, for interment. ANY BOOK SUPPLIED Current or out of print. PEARLMAN’S BOOK SHOP G. 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