Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1922, Page 1

Avsoc inted Pres ely entitied to | Member of the Assoclated Press || the une tor rep Alnpatenes | condited to 1t or net otherwise credited in this The vaper aud also the local news published herein. Toening Star. = wrature for *4 hours ended at today Highest, 71, at 4 pm. day . lowest, 47, 4t § a.m. today. — Closing New York Stocks, Page 17 o4 dispatches b n are also reserved. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 94,739 TWO CENTS. ~] IBATILE IN SENATE - ON AGAIN AS NEW PACTISTAKEN UP Che WASHINGT Entered as second-class matte post oftice Washington, D. C. Pilot of Miss Miami Picked Up After Clinging -~ TOJOINBIG STRIKE g D. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1922—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. SWIMMING PLACES 3 URCENT ., NEED | TOGUARDHEALTH ’ = to Wreckage 50 Hours—All of Passen- gers Tragically Lost. Call to Go Out Next Week in Effort to Make Tie-Up Complete. FARRINGTON TO STICK TILL CRUMBLING BEGINS Chief of Engineers' Brotherhood Promises All Aid Possible. Plan of Action Peaceful. Ry the Axsoc ated Press. ~ CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 25.— §.caders in the nation-wide coal kirike, of union miners, set for April 9, turned attention today toward Avinning 200,000 non-union miners to ghe walkout, which seemed assured 4he united support of half a million union men. Calls for the non-usion uen to act will be issued in several tiates carly next week, probably on Alonday. The program of striking the non-| finion fields was decided on by the eral policy committee of the 1 nited Mine Workers' of America, avhich in concluding its formal meet- sug here yesterday also affirmed the wnion’s policy of a general suspen- sion of work, with no wage contracts Leing made for any soft coal district until an agreement had been reached gor the central competitive fleld- Poubt that the policy could long be ntained in some partly unionized fields was expressed by Frank Far-| the 1llinois leader, who voted 30 vupport it, but declared the Illi- nois union would make a contract Jvith operators whenever the strike began to crumble. Confers With Stone. In addition to laying plans for ex- Rending the strike, the committee yoceting was marked by a private con- Serence between John L. Lewls, the puiners’ international president, and Nvarren S. Stone, president of the Mrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. t ended with Mr. Lewis' announce- nent that Mr. Stone had ‘“proffered ssistance in any way that it can be itilized,” but the miners’ chief de- lited to define the nature of the roposed aid, and Mr. Stone refused ©o_make any statement. Mr. Lewis, who remained here to- an for conferences with various yington, ubordinate leaders in the strike, said e had no other conferences planned ith the leaders of the three other "Big Four” rail broth@rhoods, which have headquarters in this city. .None of the brotherhoods has yet formally Fatified the alliance between miners Mnd the transportation umnions to op- pose wage reductions, and the con- Jerence between Mr. Lewis and Mr. Btone was described by Mr. Lewis as & review of the “genmeral situation confronting the mine workers.” ‘William _Green, secretary-treasurer ©of the miners, also attended the con- ference, but none of its participants would say whether the financial ques- tions were discussed. Centers in Penmsylvania. District union officials remaining here after the committee meeting had conferences today with Mr. Lewis, the principal subject being the conduct of the strike. The union’s move to strike the non-union mines will cen- ter in Pennsylvania, where there are 100000 non-union workers. Special organizers of the union are to aid the district union officials in efforts to Jead these men from the coal pits. Other non-union flelds that are ex- vected to be invaded are West Vir- inia, Kentucky, Alabama, Colorado, aryland and Washington. Union leaders professed their plan ©f action in the non-union districts vas a peaceful one, asserting that no disorder was contemplated, and add- fng that if trouble developed it would be due to the mine guards that the wunion men said would be employed by operators. Mr. Lewis planned to leave here late a0day, for his home in Springfield, Iil., Sor a‘weck end visit with his family, Koing on Monday to the union’s head «uarters at Indianapolis: Vice Pres dent Philip Murray left today for New York, where he will take Mr. Sewis' place in conference with an- thracite operators on a new wage agreement. ACCUSED OF CONSPIRACY. 3By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 25.—That ®he refusal of the bituminous coal operators of the central competitive Field to enter into negotlations with the miners’ union is not because of wwages or conditions, but “is part of a wconspiracy of big financial interests to peek the destruction of the trades unions,” was asserted by Frank Mor- yison, secretary of the American Fed- eration of Labor, in Cincinnati to womplete arrangements for the an- nual convention in June of the Amer- fican Federation of Labor. Mr. Morrison, after reading messages ®nd dispatches about the coal miners’ situation, said: “The American labor movement as & whole will give its full support to the miners. “There is no reason,” said Mr. Mor- rison, “why the coal operators should rcfuse 1o .meet the miners in con- ference in an effort to frame a new agrecment as to wages and condi- tions. They have been making im- amense profits, as much as 2,000 per cent in 1917, according to William G. McAdoo, formeér Secretary of the Treasury. . “No conclusion can be drawn from ir action other than that they Tave been recruited in the campaigm of the great finanéial interes wreck the labor movement. In spi of all the forces now arrayed against them 1 am confident that the ‘labor organizations will emerge from this siruggle with a stiffened morale, an iron determination and certain in the year future to be stronger than ever ‘before.” FEARS NO SHORTAGE to te By tiie Associated Press. PROVIDENCE. R. I, March 25—Tt is unlikely that there will be any scrious shortage of coal resulting from the prospective bituminous mine strike, J. D. A. Morrow, ‘vice president of the National Coal Asso- ciation, declared here last night in a specch before an employers' associa- tion banquet. Non-union mine pro- duction, the possibility of production Tesuming within' sixty days after the part of the union ds and eoxisting accumulation of stocks, he considered, would assure * gn adequate suppln By the Asociated Préss. MIAMI, Fla., March 25.—Of the six persons who left here Wednesday for & forty-five-minute airplane trip to Bimini Island, two women died of ex- haustion after the flying boat was forced to land, owing to a broken propeller; a man and a Woman de- came panic-stricken, jumped over- board and were drowned, and a fifth slipped into the sea Thursday morn- ing from sheer exhaustion. Robert Moore, the pilot and tke sixth person on the craft. was picked up by the tanker William Green, after fifty hours clinging to the wreckage of his by a submarine chaser. The Willlam Greene. bound from Bayonne, N. J. to Tampico, up the wrecked plane and its lone survivor 130 miles north of this city and forty-one miles from the east of the Indian river inlet. Pilot May Die. The subchaser arrived in port this morning at 10 o'clock, after hav- ing transferred the delirious pilot from the William Greene. He & irushed to a hospital where, it is fear- ed, the exposuré will result in his death. machine and was landed here today picked | their deaths, jumped overboard ‘to the surviving » passenser fnally slipping quietly iiio the watery grave ¥riday morning as a result of sheer exhaustion. The incoherent story of the tragedy, as told to the members of the crow by the pilot before he lapsed into a semi-conscious condit is the effect that shortly Miama left this port morning a broken propeller forced | her down and she rod: +he waves in | safety. drifting northward in the | gulf “stream. | Hull Springs Leak. Nothing happened until Thursday morning, when the hull of the fiyer | Began to leak as a result of hitting | against something. Man and woman passengers took {Lrns using the | pumps until all became exhausted, and | one of the women on Thursday night— which Pilot Moore could not say— jumped overboard. A man, Wwho, | he thought, was her husband. leaped | after her and both disappeared, never | to be seen again. The fate of the tman and woman depressed the other [1wo women and they falnted away, | | but were supported by Pilot, Moore | for seven and a half hours. In the meantime, another man, com- | plotely exhausted, had slipped into | the raging waters and was gone for- | ever. After seven and a half hours the two women died in the arms of Acording to the disconnected story | the pilot and he gently dropped their which the exhausted delirious | bodies into the water, which had now pilot told during intervals when he|claimed four passengers. Yas ratlonal. the two women died in| _ This left only Pilot Moore and Au- his arms from exhaustion, two of the | gUst Bulte, vice president of the Lara- | passengers became panie-stricken and | ~ (Sontinued on Page 2, Column 7.) MONCURE CLEARED MEADE CEREMONY INDIVORCE PROBE | PLANNED TUESDAY Alexandria Bar Committee, |Program to Mark Beginning However, Sees Lax Admin- | of Actual Construction istration of Laws. ; Work on Memorial. | Clearing the corporation court of | A simple but impressive ceremony, Alexandria and its judge of any “cor- |to celebrate the commencement of the | ruption, lack of integrity or unfair- | actual construction work of the Meade ness,” but declaring a “lax and ir- regular administration of divorce laws” was apparent, the special com- mittee of seven of the Alexandria Bar Association, inquiring into the alleged divorce evil there, submitted its re- port this afternoon. The report, in part, follow: “The evidence and record did not and do not show any corruption, lack of integrity or unfairness in admin- istration of the divorce laws or any other laws of the state of Virginia on the part of the corporation court of Alexandria, or the judge thereof, but your committee reports that in its judgment there was a lax and irregular administration of divorce laws of the commonwealth due, in its opinion, to inattention or error of judgment on the part of the corpora- tion court of Alexandria or its judge. “Your committee believes there were irregular and improper practices on the part of some of the lawyers, par- ticularly those having the great bulk of the divorge business, and some ef- fort should be made to ascertain whether there has been any unlaw- ful conduct on their part, which was impossible by this committee, as wit- nesses refused to appear, and it had no power to compei. “Your committee recommends that Judge Moncure request the governor to designate some judge to hold the grand jury term and make a full in- Vestigation of the divorce question.” JOINT CONFERENCE - ON DISTRICT BILL Senate and House Hold First Meeting on Situa- tion Generally. The . conferees of the Senate and House on the District appropriation hill held their first meeting today, going over the situation generally. The conferees discussed the Jones rider, which strikes from the bill the 60-40 plan of appropriation. inserted by the House, and provides that here- after the revenues of the District shall be expended and from the fed- | eral Treasury there shall bz taken whatever sum is necessary to com- plete the remainder of the appropria- tions made by Congress. The Jones rider fixes the tax rate at $1.75 for the present. . After the conference it was said that the discussion bad been “entire- ly amicable,” but that no action had been taken. The effect of the Jones rider was discussed, and the propo- nents explained In some detail their idea of its operation. ‘The conferees, it was said, did not take up any items of the bill for ac- tion. Some time was given, however, to consideration of the public school situation and the needs of schools. Senate conferees are particularly anxious to have the school items in- serted by the Senate retained in the bill. ‘When the oconferees adjourned it was with the understanding that they would meet again Tuesday morning. All of the conferees were present at today’s meeting. WILL WITHDRAW TROOPS. {Italian Forces Will Be Taken Out of Albania. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 25.—The allied council of ambassadors today decided that the international troops occupying Scutari, Albania, should be withdrawn.. These forces are entirely Italian, although they are occupying the town in the name of the allies. The decision to withdraw the troo; s understood to be due to civil fe ] existing in Albania. memorial, which has been under con- sideration for ten years, will be held in the Botanic Garden Tuesday after- noon at 2:30 o'clock, Col. C. O. Sher- rill, superintendent of public bujld- ings and grounds, announced today. | Colncident with this announcement, | | the superintendent states that the di- | | rector of the Botanic Garden has con- sented to the removal of the iren fence around the garden as an initial step in the moving of the garden to a new site south of the Capitol. In this connection, Col. Sherrill said: “This has been a source of contro- versy between the advocates of a proper Mall development and the ad- vocates of the retention of the Bo- tanic Garden at the present site| waged for the past twenty years. It is now contemplated that the Botanic Garden will in the near future .be gradually moved to areas recently transferred by the chief of engineers to the director of the Botanic Garden on the site of the old James creek canal south of the Capitol. ‘Will Bifaish Eyesore. “In these areas it will be possible to develop a beautiful series of green- houses and flower gardens, to the great advantage of the area at pres- ent 50 horribly unsightly. There is no area within such a short distance of the Capitol that demands “improve- ment more than the area lying im- mediately south of the Capitol and the Botanic Garden grounds, and with the co-operation of the archi- tect of the Capitol, the director of the Botanic Garden and the office of pub- lic buildings and grounds, it is hoped that this evesore will be converted into a thing of beauty and joy forever. “We thus see another great step forward toward the realization of one of the most vital elements of*the L'Enfant plan of -the City of Wash- ington, namely the Union square with its beautiful areas of turf:and mag- nificent driveways and open vistas through which the Capitol can be seen through the entire distance of the Mall from the Lincoln Memorfal. Few people realize what a wonder- fully beautiful structure the Capitol will be when it can be seen through this open vista of several mjles along the Mall.” Features of Progra The program to be carried out at the garden in connection with tne Meade memorial will be announced later, Col. Sherrill said today, How- ever, it is known that Secretary ‘Weeks and Gov. Sproul of Pennsyl- vania will make brief addresses and that representatives of many Civil IWnr Veteran organizations, especial- 1y those from the Army of. the Po- tomao, will attend. Immediately after this ceremony the contractors for the memorial, Simon & Simon of Philadelphia, will commence active construction andl push the memorial rapidly to com- pletion. The full size model of the memorial has already been complet- ed, Col. Sherrill said, ami accepted the two commi harged with the work. oplong fiohsren The construction of this tribute is in the charge of the national Meade memorial commission, com of Sccretary of War John W. .Weeks, Senater Frank B. Brandegee, == man of the Senate committee on the Library; Representative J. Gould, chairman of the House committes on | the Library; Willlam C. Sproul, Gov- ernor of Pennsylvania, and the Meade memorial commission, appointed by the atate of Pennsylvania, which has appropriated $200,000 for the design and construction. Charles Grafley of Philadelphia, the sculptor, has surrounded Gen. Meade with six qualitles, which, he says, are essential to the character of a great general. They are, mili- tary courage, energy, fame, loyalty, chivalry and Progress. Sculptor's Interpretation. According to Mr. Grafley's inter- pretation of the memorial, the general stands, his' work accomplished, ready to step forth from the cloak of bat- tle into the future efa of Progress. Chivalry, at his left, and Loyalty, at his right, hold back the cloak, While Loyalty also raises aloft over Meade's | o ~(Continued on Page 2, Facilities for Youths Sadly Lacking as Warm Weath- er Nears. POOL IS URGED FOR EACH SECTION OF WASHINGTON 'Strong Sentiment Evidenced for Keeping Playgrounds Open 12 Months of Year. Spurred by the first warm day of spring and a holiday, too, the thoughts of young District of Colum- bia turned today to swimming. He remembers that it was with difficulty that he could find a suitable place last summer. There Is a great shortage of little swimming holes for the local young- sters, according to the children’s bu- reau, which urges that one be pro- | vided for each section of the city. In a clty where the summers are hot there cannot be too many privileges for this form of relief from the ef- fects of an enervating atmosphere, to say nothing of providing for the sheer joy of children, according to jthose who have made a study of the local playgrounds situation. ‘While local playground facilities now are taxed to their full capacity, and only a very small proportion of the children are provided for, the play spaces are not used to their full- est’ extent because they are open for only ten months of the year. The children's bureau experts have recommended as a result of the study of the local situation that in making plans for the future should adopt a system of supervised playgrounds for twelve months of | the year. They point out that the local playground department will never reach its highest point of effi- clency until the twelve-month season of supervision is brought about. Detriment to Best Results. During January and-February, the time when the local playgrounds are closed, they point out, children need guidance quite as much as during any other period of the year. They get into mischief quite as often. In fact, they continue, the lapse during these two months cannot be anything but a serious detriment to the best re- sults. In seeking to impress on those in suthority the immediate necessity of starting right now to provide ade- quate playgrounds for the present generation of youngsters, the bureau | experts say: *‘When playgrounds are patronized to twice and more than twice their capac- ity, the statement can very definitely be made that even though all possible ingenuity be used, there is not space enough to meet the demand already ,made on the District playgrounds, to 'say nothing™f being abie to accom- modate the numbers if all the chil- | dren of the brecincts should want to take advantage of the recreational | opportunities. 1In fact, the present situation is such that the playground staff cannot attempt to go out for new patropage as~they have all they can do to look after their present groups. So much by way of judging of the need of additional playgrounds if more children are to be reached and if a standard of playground effi- ciency is to be maintained. Heavy Attendance Taxes. “The figures which have been com- piled show that the nll)‘g’ounds are working at present to their maximum capacity. This statement means that | the average attendance taxes every resource of those in charge and that during the summer the load on the grounds fs altogether too heavy in section after section.” ‘While examination of the equip- ment on the new playgrounds here indicated to the experts that the money had been wisely spent by the local playgrounds department, they pointed out that, with some added expenditure, the effectiveness of the present playground areas could be increased. They referred particularly to the surfacing and drainage of the grounds, which, they said, leaves much to be desired and should be given fmmediate attention. Unless the grounds are scientifically graded, surfaced and drained, days of play- ground time are lost. After heavy rains many of the areas remain water soaked for forty-eight hours and more. Tennis and base ball grounds-cannot be used and the littie children do not find it pleasant to play in mud and clay. & Fieldhouses Needed. Another great need on the local play~ grounds are fleldhouses, it was pointed out. They should be constructed se as to be attractive, and should be of such size as to provide generous accommoda- tions for storage of equipment, office for the director and one or more indoor recreation rooms to be used in ex- tremely hot, cold or stormy weather. In the best type of fleldhouse, it was explained, shower baths, dressing rooms | and locker rooms should be included. At the present time, according to those who have exgmined the focat condi- tions, with tiie exception of Geoige- town and Rosedale playgrounds, the shelters on the eleven flelds which the District owns are not a credit to the city. The stone lodges constructed by the government on federal land, the in- vestigators said, were pleasing in ap-' pearance and generally satisfactory, but added that even these should have a larger congregating room for ind@or use. “If the standard playground {is one which gives to children an all-round physical development and that stimulus Which comes from varied Kinds of game rotation,” according to the report of the investigators, “then it is clear that the question of space per child has everything to do with the needs and re- quirements of good playground work. Children so massed on a given number of square feet that they cannot swing about are defrauded from the promise Which a play space holds out. It is true that a careful selection of equip- ‘ment and expert supervision will make possible the most advantageous use of 2 small area, but there are limits to ‘what equipment and leadership can do.” FORMER CONGRESSMAN DIES. LANSING, Mich., March 25.—Justice John W. Stone of the Michigan su- preme court, formerly a representa- tive from the fifth district, and United States attorney of the western dis- triet, died yesterday, after an .illness f several weeks. He was born at ‘Wadsworth, Yhto, in 1838, Washington | i { | i URGES MARYLAND - TOASKD.C.VOTE {Arthur C. Keefer Introduces Joint Resolution to Congress in House of Delegates. Declaring that the residents of the District have a constitutional right to take part in the affairs of the na- tional government, Arthur C. Keefer | of Prince Georges county introduced {in the Maryland house of delegates yesterday a joint resolution to Con- gress petitioning that body to grant i the right of suffrage to the citizens of the National Capital. Delegate | Keeter practices law in Washington and is intensely interested in the affairs of the National Capital. i Suggests State or Suffrage. | The resolution asks that Congress create a state out of.the District or to grant suffrage to its residents in any other feasible manner. It also contains an invitation, in that it pro- vides that if Congress does not see fit to give the residents of the District the right of suffrage then the state | of Maryland will be willing to take { back the territory and give the Dis- trict citizens the privilege of exer- | cising thelr volce in governmental affairs, and at the same time allow- ing Congress to retain its control over the government buildings. Explaining his reasons for intro- ducing the resolution, Mr. Keefer said ‘th:! Maryland bears a closer relation to the District than any other state. { When Maryland ceded a part of its territory to the District, he said, it was assumed at that time that the inhabitants here would have voting tights, and all other privileges and duties of the citizens of the mother state. ; Situation Seems Unjust. “Having in mind the Intention of | Maryland that the residents of the territory which she gave to the na- tion should always have the privilege of carrying out their obligations and assisting in the betterment of the state and nation, and the fact that all citizens should be entitled to a voice in the government,” said Mr. Keefer, “it seems now somewhat unjust that such a large number of persons should be refused their right of suf- frage, and for the aforesaid reasons it is only proper that the mother state—Maryland—should indorse a resolution asking that the citizens the District be given their suffrage. Mr. Keefer said. he felt confident that the Maryland legislature and governor will heartily indorse the suffrage resolution and will advance all steps possible to secure voting rights for the tesidents of the Na- tional Capital. U. S. SENDS NEW NOTE TO ALLIES ON WAR CLAIM By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 25.—The Amer- ican embassy sent to the foreign of- fice today a note supplementary to the recent note from Secretary of State Hughes concerning the cost of the American troops of occupation in Germany. The note amplifies some of the points dealt with in the orig- inal communication. 3 ROME, March 25—Richard Wash- burn Child, the American ambas- sador, today presented to the Itallan | foreign minigtry a supplementary i note from Secretary of State Hughes regarding payment of the expenses of the American Rhineland forces. of the Amerlcan R o What : . - Every Woman Should Know About legislation { pending in Congress ’ of peculiar interest to her sex. Read Winifred Mal- lon’s article tomorrow in the Editorial Sec- tion of imnloSyqnthomm TOWNLEY TO RESIGN AS NON-PARTISAN HEAD BECAUSE OF CONFLICT B the Assoclated Press. FARGO, N. D, C. Townley today announced he would present his resignation as president of the state Non-Partisan League to the meeting of the Min- nesota organization in Minneapolis March 31. This announcement was made by Mr. Townley to the National Non-lartisan League convention here today and was coupled with a declaration of his complete sev- erance of relations with the North Dakota league organization. It followed a speech in which he made an impassioned appeal for harmony in the party ranks. GUNMEN, FIREBUGS ANDBOMBERS BUSY Atrocities Continue in Bel- fast—Attacks Feared at All Times. By the Asmociated Press. BELFAST, March 25.—Guumen were busy again today. Three men am- March 25.—A. | | their own action on the theaty pend- | i i | JUST ONE AFTER ANOTHER! FOUR-POWER PAGT STILL FACES FIGHT Belief Held That France Also May Seek to Add Res- ervations. By the Associated Press. The feur-power Pacific treaty to which the Senate gave its approval | vesterday has still to run the gant- let of another legislative body. Diplomatic representatives of the four powers in Washington have been keeping their home govern- ments closely advised of every de- velopment in the contest over the pact in the United States Senate. Without any formal admission on that point, it has been tacity under- stood in diplomatic circles here that because of the genuine doubt that ex- isted up to the last moment as to the fate of the treaty in the Senate, some of these diplomatic representatives have rather advised their govern- ments that it might be well to defer ing developments in Washington. The British governrent, ir it fol lows the ordinary course, can give its assent to the trealy, without reference to parliameunt. by a mere order in privy council. The Japanese bushed John Breesford, a Protestant!government is clothed with similar and an employe of a morning news-| power, paper. He was wounded twice. Several men entered the home of a coal hawker in Georges street, East| Belfast, set it afire, and then shot a pony and a donkey belonging to the hawker. David Christie was stopped in the street by several men who in- terrogated him regarding his religion. He turned and fled, escaping unhurt, although a shot was fired after him. Men armed with guns entered a house in Altcar street last night and wounded- Peter Murphy, Sarah Mac- shane and a three-year-old girl. A woman was shot and wounded while walking on the street. A bomb thrown in Lisbon street caused no damage execept to windows, Street firing in the East End stopped tramway service for an hour tonight. An unknown man was found in a dying condition on the Ravenhill road last night. He had been shot. Wil- liam Allen, who was shot a fortnight ago, died in a hospital this evening. As evidence of conditions in Tyrone the correspondent of the Belfast Tele- graph there tells how in some of the rural districts families sit by their firesides throughout the night, and when_they hear the sound of ap- proaching footsteps 'or the slightest noise they dash away - from their homes. All personal belongings are packed in boxes and hidden in the flelds, while money land valuables are secreted in hollow trees. Today the final tie in the play for the Irish foot ball cup will be con- tested in East Belfast, and, out of fear. lest there be disturbances, all traffic except vehicles delivering do- mestic goods has been prohibited in the area where outbreaks occurred recently. For four and a half hours the residents will be confined to their homes. COLLINS READY TO LEAVE. Head of Irish Free State Pr:plms for London '.l'rip: By the Amsocisted Press. LONDON, March 25.—Michael Col- lins, head of the provisional Irish Free State government, was reported as preparing to leave Dublin for Lon-. ldon this morning I response to the imperial government's invitation to a discussion of the situation growing out of the recent grave events in Ire- land. Nothing has been heard from Sir James Craig, Ulster premier, who was also requested to come, except the statement overnight that he had not ‘yet received the government's mes- sage. It was assumed, however, that ‘he would be on hand for the confer- ence, which it is hoped will bring forth some means of restoring order. ~The invitation asked the heads of the two Irish governments to bring . with them such colleagues as they might deem necessary parties to the ‘discussions. . The Londén morning newspapers comment at length on the situation, especially expressing horror at the savage murders in Belfast of five members of the family of Owen Machahon.. They term the tragedy the 4vorst massacre in Irelamd since Dublin gunmen slaughtered fourteen British officers therc in November, 1920. DUBLIN, March 25.—The foreign office of the dall eireann has ap- pointed Dennis McCullough of Bel- fast. as a special commissioner to roceed to the United States and in- ‘orm the American public of the situ- ation in northeastern Ireland. McCullough sailed from Southamp- tania, for the ratification of that country may-be given by the council of peers, a very limited budy of high officials. The action to be taken by the French chambers is more doubtful, and yesterday's fiery debate in that body on the basis of a mere refer- ence to the Washington treaty is re- garded by some of the officials here as warranting the closest study of the situation in Paris. There have been some suggestions in diplomatic quarters here that while the French government will eventually give its approval to the treatles of Washington as a whole, it would not be surprising if serious at- tempts were made to place reserva- tions and even amendments upon them. The action of the American Senate in adopting - the Brandegee reservation is referred to in diplo- matic circles here acquainted with | the French viewpoint. as likely to be seized upon by some of the elements in Paris as a warrant for attaching further reservations to one or more of the treaties, if for no other pur- pose than to make it manifest to the world that France claims all of the privileges of any other nation in the construction of treaties to which she is a party. RATIFYING OF PACT HAS WORLD EFFEGT BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Ratification of the four-power treaty abolishing the Anglo-Japanese alli- ance, on the one hand, and formally placing the United States in the Pa- cifio league of nations has given d cided impetus to the growing mov ment for more international co-oper- ation instead of national isolation. The group in the American Senate which has insisted that the United States could get along without po- litical involvement with other nations was found to be less than one-third, so that President Harding now can count upon a two-thirds vote in any proposals he may make for closer understanding with other nations. The four-power treaty vote is a big precedent. Democrats and republi- cans who voted for it cannot consist- ently change their positions when Mr. Harding, for example, proposes that the United States become a member of the reparations commission to safeguard American rights in E rope. The vote in favor of American co-operation in _questions arising 00 miles away from one coast line considered ample justification for a similar vate in favor of co-opera- tion in maintaining American rights 3,000 miles from the other coast line. 'So the republicans are happy that they have put through the first big treaty of world-wide import, and the democrats are secretly joyful that the republicans have become committed to. international co-operation as defi- nitely as the phraseology of the four- power treaty indicates. The Harding administration stands today encouraged by the action of the Senate. More international co-opera- tion is imevitable, and, judging by significant statements made here and there in official quarters, the United States government will, from now on, assert itself affirmatively in world (Copyright, 1922) Supplemental Agreement Ex- cluding Japan Homeland Now Target. WHY SEPARATE ISSUE? ; HITCHCOCK INQUIRES Democrats Will Demand Explana- | tion Why It Was Not Voted on Yesterday. The contest over the four-power Pacific treaty, which seemingly bad been settled late vesterday. vy the ratification of that pact, raised its | head again in the Senate today. The supplemental agreement pro- viding that the homeland of Japan should not be included in the appli- cation of the four-power treaty was ! up for consideration. Senator Robin- son of Arkansas, democrat, an op- ponent of the four-power treaty, of- |fered an amendment to the supple- ! mental agreement, the purpose of which was to exclude from the appli- | cation of the treaty Karafuto (or the | southern portion of the island of {Sakhalin.) This island formerly was |owned by Russia, and the assertion | has been made that its occupation by {the Japanese will lead to war be- |tween Russia and Japan eventually. {and that if the four-power treaty ap- | plied to Sakhalin the United may be drawn into the war. Hitcheock to Demand Reply. | Senator Hitchcock, the ranking | democratic member of the foreign re- | lations committee, will demand an | planation as to why the declaration {of the representatives of the four powers at the Washington conference | regarding the mandated islands in | the Pacific ocean, and the applica- tion of the four-power treaty to them. ! was not acted upon by the Senate |along wich the four-power treaty. i The declaration in question was sub- mitted to the Senate by President | Harding along with the treaties. ! Senator Lodge, republican leader, {and other senators supporting the ! treaty point out that this declaration is not actually a part of the four- | power treaty, or actually a treaty at {all, but merely an interpretation of {the four-power treaty placed upon {it by the delegates attending the 'lW'alhlngton conference. Sigmned by Delegates. ! This declaration, which was signed | by the United States, British, French and Japanese delegates, says: “In_signing_the theaty this dav (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.} States HOLLIS GOT DIVORCE | INFRANCE, ISCLAIM |Former Senator’s Law Part- i ner Explains Decree’s Grant. By the Amsociated Press. NEW YORK, March 25.—Former | Senator Henry F. Hollis of New Hampshire, who married Miss Anne { Hobbs in Italy this week, obtained an absolute divorce from Mrs. Grace B. Hollis in the French courts within the last three months, it was said here today by his associate in law prac- tice, Edward Thomas Moore. Mr. Moore said the stategients is- sued by Mrs. Grace B. Hollis yester- | day through counsel at Concord, N. | H,, in which she declared she had not | been divorced from the former sena- tor, were “nothing but attempts to belittle Senator Hollis in the minds of the people” “If her lawyers would study international law they would find the statements wholly unjusti- fied,” Mr. Moore added. " First Plea Dismissed. He said it was true that by a de- dismissed the former senator's peti- tion, but explained that this was done on a technicality and that since re- turning to France from the United States three monihs ago Mr. Hollis {tatt-remerwed his petitton and had been granted an absolute decree. He sued on the grounds of desertion and “other allegations permitted te be made in the French courts” Mr. Moore said. The decree, he declared, had been made in strict compliance with French court rules and regulafiwns and the marriage later entered into was valid and legal. Made Therough Inguiry. Mr. Hollis is a noted international counselor, practicing in New York, Parls and Washington, Mr. Moore said, and he made a thorough inquiry before his second marriage, 50 as fiot to jeopardize the position of his sec- ond wife. “The question of bigamy laws is to be determined in the state of the sec- ond marriage, for that is where the crime, if any, is committed,” he added. 1f a man marries in Rome the con- tract cannot even be questioned here unless an_affected party is a_resi- ! dent of New York state, Mr. Moore said, adding that the first Mrs. Hollls claims Princeton, as her resi- dence. The New Jersey recognized legal divorces granted in any. state or_country, allowing sub- stituted service insiead of personal service. 3 Called Ridiculous. Mr. Moore called ridiculous the statement attributed to Mrs. Hollis' lawyers that “no diverce granted by a court of any other country of which Mr. Hollis is not a resident or in roceedings to which she was net a (Continued on Page 2, Column §. f cree of last July 12 the French courts law, he said. , 5