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v ; . ; : 3 ¢ e . A WEATHER. ‘ | Member of the Associated Press Generally fair tonight and tomor- , o The Associated Press s exclusively entitied to | | \ X row; little change In temperature. % 4 ::d":: for republication of all mews dispatches !1 apiaitise theitRent Toukl hea L 2 io it e ot athecwioy guoiion' 38 42 | ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 77 &+ A " paper and also the Jocal news published hereis. | | { 2 p.m. today; lowest, 52, at 6 a.mmfto 3 / ! Al rights of publication of speelal | i day. ~ ’ dispatches herein are also reserved. - / ) - £ Closing Stocks and Bonds, Pages 18-19 WITH SUNVAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday's Net Circulation, 89,675 R = e No. 28,510. Entered ns second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1922 TWENTY-SIX PAGES. * TWO CENTS. JAHOUR TERROR REIGN TAKES BIG | TOLL IN BELFAST Dozens Dead or Wounded as Cabinet Seeks ,Means of Relief. FIFTY IN ARSON GANG RAID AT TIPPERARY Trail of Fire and Murders Grows. Dail Factions Reported Agreed. By th:A“oc(l(ed Pre: 3 “ BELFAST, May 20.—Terrorism in Belfast and its environs are again assuming such proportions that Pre- mier Sir James Craig and his cabinet met this afternoon presumably to dis- cuss measures for dealing with the Tenewed outbreak of secular strife. At least half a dozen persons have met death at the hands of murder gangs within the last twenty-four hours and dozens of others have been wounded, These outrages have not been con- ! fined to the immediate vicinity of Belfast. but owing to the promiscuous cutting of wires and the paralysis of other means of communication it is impossible to obtain details of these ectivities in countles Down and An- trim, waere a number of bridges are reported to have been destroyed and several trains held up by armed bandits. Among the latest reports this after- noon from County Down was that an automobile containing a military of- ficer and his wife struck a tree that was blocking the road near the Bally- kinlar camp. The woman was killed and the officer himself found unconscious. Three Protestants Slain. Three men who were shot upon avowing themselves Protestants died during the night. Two men today entered the sawmills in the York street area, inquired the religion of the various workers and shot dead & Catholic, John Connolly, apparently in reprisal for a similar shooting in the case of a Protestant yesterday. Shanes Castle, the county .Antrim home of Lord O'Neill, whose son is | speaker of the Ulster house of com- | mons, was burned today by forty men, said to be from Tyrone. The caretaker ‘was wounded while d fending the castle. The raiders re- later was i tired after seiting the fire. Lord O'Neill, who 1s eighty-three years| old, and Lady O'Neill were rescued by neighbors. The Ballynane station in county Antrim, mear Portglenone, was badly damaged by raiders last night. The Martinsdown station on the Cushendall line, and also the po- lice barracks there, have been de- stroyed: Lay Trail of Fire. Within the last twenty-four hours armed raiders have laid a trail of fire from County Down through Bel- fast to morth of County Antrim, at- tacking police barracks, ambushing special constables, burning houses of loyalists, destroying railway lines and | cutting wire communications. A wild week end of outrages was feared in Belfast today. Within the city of Belfast the. num- ber of murders during the past week was brought to a total of twenty- three; as a result of today's shootings. Dispatches from northern Ireland say that Sinn Fein forces have cap- tured the police barracks at Glen- arm. Martinsdown, Carnlough and Cushindall, all in County Antrim. The garrison of the Martinsdown barracks put up a stiff fight and held off the raiders until its last cartridge was expended. The bank at Glenarm was captured in addition to the bar- racks. Bank Burned Post Office Raided. According to word received this afternoon the Northern Bank at Cushendall, County Antrim, was burn- ed and the post office raided. A num- ber of automobiles were stolen and several others destroyed. The An- trim coast road, one of the finest in Ireland, was blocked with huge bould- ers that had been rolled from the hill- sides. Raids also occurred In County Down, where the Castlewellan bar- racks were attacked, the railroad de- pot at Laurencetown was burned, a TIPS BARBER HE LOST $100,000 ON PONIES AND HURLS.SELF TO DEATH By the Associated Pre NEW YORK, May 30.—Charles E. Cash, once betting commission- er, today tipped his barber to “lay off the ponies” and threw himself under the wheels of a subway express. Hundreds of passengers saw Cash make his fatal leap at Lenox avenue and 110th street and a score of women fainted. Five cars passed over his body. Tuck- ed under the band of his straw hat was a note which said: “Please notify Mrs. McLaughlin I'm dead.” and gave her telephone number, Cash was said to have inherited a fortune #nd to have lost it all on the races. This morning, after :;elnz shaved he said to his bar- er: f vou ever play the horses take a tip from me and don't. Leave them alone. I lost my wife, my home and $100,000 trying to beat them. *“So long, remember my tip." Another employe of the shop said Cash told him a few days ago: “I'm disgusted with life. I wish I could drop dead. For the first time in twenty-two years I didn't Bo to the Saratoga races la summer. I think I'll end it all TACNA ROW TESTS 1.5 PEACENAKIG Seftlement May Establish Nation’s Prestige in World Mediation. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. America’s resourcefulness as a me- diator is being taxed to the utmost in the unprecedented situation which has led Chile and Peru to endeavor to settle their dispute of more than thirty years' standing. Theoretically Chile and Peru are negotiating directly, the United States is merely offering its “atmos- phere and good will.” but this is merely the preliminary. Everybody knows and has known that the public opinion of Chile and Peru, respec- tively, has been fanned into such intensity of feeling over the dispute that a direct settlement unassisted by the friendly advice of outside powers is improbable. The deadlock is still the same as it was. Chile insists that the treaty of Ancon is unfulfilled. Peru de- clares a referendum should have been ken in 1894 to determine the ownership of the provinces of Tacna and Arica,_and since it wasn't taken the whole treaty is invalid. And so | the controversy goes. There is no new angle, no new sug- gestion of equitable arrangement coming from the one which could be approved by the other. The two pow- ers are tired of the constant con- troversy and want a settlement. They have reached the stage where they would _welcome some compromise from the outside, offered in such a way that neither side can afford to reject. That's where America’s op- portunity arises. Shantung Haggle Recalled. Japan and China haggled for three years over the Shantung question They started direct negotiations again and again, but never got anywhere. Finally the United States and Great Britain conceived the idea of bring- ing the parties together in Washing- ton ostensibly for direct settlement, but in reality for mediation. The dis- pute was settled satisfactorily. The same situation has developed between Chile and Peru. The dele- gates are already trying direct nego- tiations and will soon reach the dea: Jock of past conferences. Then Amel ica will step in either with a con- crete plan or a proposal for arbitra- tion which, if accepted, would mean that both sides were committed In ad- vance to accept the award of the ar- bitration tribunal. American good faith, American fair- ness and judicial ability will be tested in the Chile-Peru conference. There is prestige and good favor waiting the United States if it settles the con- flict satisfactozily to both sides There is ill-will waiting if America makes & misstep. The Secretary of State of the United States happens to be a former justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. His ju- dicial mind is being applied to the dispute, which is essentially a task for the legal mind, anyhow. Selfishness Suspected. For years the Monroe doctrine, con- ceived as a means of preventing Eu- ropean aggression in this hemisphere, train “was held up and the road blocked. . Reports received here this after- noon said three of the raiders in the attack on the Castlewellan Harracks were killed and: ten others captured. In the same district, which is along the coast, the old court castle, the residence of Lord De Ros, holder of the oldest baronetcy in the British empire, was burned. Lady De Ros was in the castie at the time. MANSION SET FIRE. Band of Fifty Attacks Tipperary Place, Binding Servants. Ty the Associated Press. ROSCREA, Tipperary, May 20.— ¥ifty men attacked a mansion here today, and after binding and bilnd- folding the servants sprinkled oil about, set fire to the place and de- parted, firing shots through the win- dows. ~The servants succeded in' freeing themselves and after a long strug- &le extinguished the fire, saving the mansion. DAIL PEACE REPORTED. Free State and Republican Fac- tions May Have Agreed. BELFAST, May 20.—An agreement between the free state and repub- lican factions of the dail eireann re- garding the forthcoming Irish elec- tioris and other questions was reach- ed this afternoon, according to_ad- vices received in Belfast late today. DUBLIN, May 20.—Strong rumors were current here this afternoon that, an agreement had been reached between Michael Collins, head of the provisional government, and Eamonn De Valera, the repuolican leader. The rumors began circulating when at 3:56 o'clock this afternoon the dail eireann had not yet resumed Its has been so variously interpeted and developed that America’s designs in Latin America have not been Viewed as altruistic, despite the protestations of her statesmen. Chile in particular has through dip- lomatic channels shown on more than one occasion a fear that the United States was adopting a big brother at- titude for selfish and not unselfish reasons. Peru has played a little more closely to American policy. But Chile’s doubts are the same doubts as other South American nations have expressed. The opportunity of the United States in the premises is to show that she Is interested in the peace and welfare of countries far distant from her own boundaries and that she is willing to stop in the midst of its intense absorption im other prob- lems to lend a voice of counsel and (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) ‘GIANT SHAFT TO AIM OF ‘SMITH’ NICKEL CAMPAIGN. Special Dispatch to The Star. NORFOLK, Va., May 20.—The latest in “jitney” movements is to be launched in the United States. “Get a nickel from the Smiths” will be the war cry raised in every city, town and hamigt. "It will be sponsored by the Capt. John Smith Memorial Association, whose headquarters are in .this city. Each contribution will swell & fund for the erection of a gi- gantic monument to the meniory of Capt. Smith on the spot.at Cape - Henry where, in 1607, He and his band of colonists first set foot on American soil. With millions of Smiths, Smyth: Smythes, Smithers and all of sim- “ilar- cognomen contributing, it is ‘hoped. that_the. total will:be- POINGARE THROWS DOWN GAUNTLET ON REPARATIONS ISSUE Reiterates That France Will Act Alone if Agreement Is Not Reached. CITES BRITISH SEIZURES WITHOUT CONSULTATIONS Genoa Delegates Rapidly Deserting City—Lloyd George Optimistic on Departure. By the Associated Press. PARIS. May 20.—France, declared | Premier Poincare today, will endeavor to come to an understanding with the allies regarding the actipn to be taken against Germany if she de- faults in payment of her reparation: but If France is unable to secure an agreement she will insist on her right to act separately.” The premier said such action would be taken under those clauses of the | treaty of Versailles which give the| allies, in case of default by Germany, the power to take measurs such as conomic and financial prohibitions and reprisals, “and in general such other measures as their respective | governments may determine to be | necessary in the circumstances.” GENOA BEING DESERTED. Ry the Assoeiated Pres: . GENOA, May 20.—Genoa today was rapidly eing deserted by the dele- gates, who, for six weeks, have been participating in the discussions of the | economic confererice, which adjourned yesterday after having provided for the continuation at The Hague next month of its efforts to put European construction ow a more solid basis. Prime Minister Lloyd George of Great Britain hurried away to London last night, expressing optimism over | [me future, ‘even though the Genoa | gathering had not _accomplished | everything he had hoped for. The | German and French delegation, were the principal departures this morn- ing. Both were bidden farewell at| the railway station by Premier Facta and Foreign Minister Schanzer of Italy. The motor cars of the depart- ing delegations were filled with flowers as good-by tributes. Cites British Action. M. Poincare made his statement in replying to an inquiry by M. Klotz. former minister of finance, with. re- gard to declarations recently made by Austen Chamberlain, government leader in the British house of com- mona. on the question of allied action in case of a German default. In connection with discussion of the right of the allies to take separate ction, It was pointed out in French officlal circles today that Great Brit- ain had acted separately in renounc- ing. without consulting the allies, the right to seize German-owned prop- erty in allied countries to apply’ on {reparations, which affected, in a way, the Interests of all the allies. Germans Leave First. The Germans left first from one | station. Two hours later the French left from another. The farewells ex- changed between Chancellor Wirth and Dr. Rathenau of Germany and Premier Facta and Signor Schanser were cordial, as were those between M. Barthou and M. Colrat of France| and the two Itallan ministers, all ¢x- pressing wishes that the seed sown at Genoa might bear fruit at The Hague. Foreign Minister Tchitcherin of Russia and his delegation remained here today. Tonight they will give a farewell dinner in honor of Signors Facta and Schanzer. Mgr. Caccia Dominini, private cham- berlain to Pope Pius, arrived in Génoa today and exchanged views with several of the delegates, includ- ing the Russians, regarding the papal memorandum concerning the Catho- | lic Church in Russia. 23 WILL BE SUMMONED FOR NEW GRAND JURY President Signs Bill Authorizing Additional Body for District b of Columbia. President Harding having signed the bill authorizing an ' additional! grand jury in the District of Colum- | bia, United States Attorney Gordon announced today that he will make a written request next Monday to Chief Justice McCoy of the Supreme Court | of the District of Columbia to direct the jury commission to summon | twenty-three men to form the new grand fury. This will be the first time in the history of the District of Columbia that ¢wo grand jurfes will De sitting at the same time, This additional grand jury was re- | quested by Attorney General Daugh- erty to pass on the question of the complicity of certain persons high in the Wilson admiistration in alleged frauds on’the government in connec- | tion with war contracts. Mr. Daugh- | erty declared the evidence before him shows that if not parties to the al- leged frauds certain prominent per- sons had at least guilty knowledge of the assaults on the government funds. The Attorney General will use a portion of the appropriation of | $500,000 asked for prosecutions of persons connected with alleged frau- dulent war contracts in the prepara- tion of the cases to be submitted to the additional grand jury. CAPTAIN JOHN ficient to erect the tallest monu- ment in America. Stayding at the entrance of Hamptoh roads, it will be visible far out to sea, while a permanent concrete road will connect it with the Virginia beach-Cape Henry highway. i The ambitions of the association go beyond the erection, of the monument. They hope initiate a movement to bring thé bones of Capt. Smith from the old Skinner street cemetery in London to Vir- ginia, where they can be enahrin- ed. Virginia feels that the Old Dominion has given the founder of the first English colony in America greater recognition than .bas England and that for this reason his ashes, lying almost for- sotten in the old English church- yard, ought to be brought to these shores for final burial. And the great monument now being ‘plan- ned would mark-that Jast resting place, . 4 | controlled and paid by the central { willingness to aboli: NO SEATS FOR LADIE WU OFFERS PEACE PLANTOENEMIES Unification Scheme Would Recall Parliament Dissolved Five Years Ago. | By the Ansociated Press. - PEKING, May 20.—Solution of China’s tnternal problems, including unification of the north and south, awaits the outcome of the military ac- tivities north of Tientsin, where the armies of Gen. Chang Tso-lin and Gen. Wu Pei-fu face each pther. Gen. Wu, who defeated Chang in their recent campaign near Peking, has declared he will not fight agaig if Chang peaceably withdraws his forces north of the great wall, as the most important question to be consid: ered now s the establishment of constitutional government. (A Tiens tsin dispatch last night reported that Chang's troops had completely evac- uated Lanchow, and that Chang him- self and nineteen trainloads of sol- diers had already gone outside the great wall. The retreat was attrib- uted either to Gen. Wu's outflanking movement or to trouble in Man- churia.) Gen. Wu is convinced that Chang contemplates establishing an mde-l pendent empire in Manchuria, but be- lieves the republic is capable of over- throwing such a government. It is| sald that if necessary an expedition | will be sent Into Manchuria to reunite the province with China proper. Plan of Unificat Wu has announced that he is sup- porting a unification scheme which he believes will win the approval of the southern government headed by Sun Yat Sen, the seat of which is at Canton. The chief features of the scheme are: - irst—Recall tWe old parliament which was dissolved filve years ago and restore the provisional constitu- tion_adopted by the republic during the first_year of its existence. { Second — Create a national army, government. Third—The civil governors of the provinces to be responsible directly to Peking. Fourth—Taxes to be collected by the central government only. Fifth — Local self-government for each province. Sixth—The magistrates to, be elect- ed by the people. Seventh—The provincial police, not the national army, to be responsible for the maintcnance of peace in the Pprovinces. | 014 Parliament Important. | Importance is attached to the pro- vision for reassembling the old par- liament, as the majority of the mem- bers now reside in Canton, and it is believed that by inviting them to re- construct the” country Wu has re- moved any grounds for opposition on the part of Sun Yet Sen. It s understood if the parliament is convoked President . Hsu Shih- Chang will_resign. He took office after the digsolution of parliament and for that reason Dr. Sen has co: cluded that his election was illegal. Wu Pei-Fu is not committed to main- taining Hsu in office and has said he| favors removal of all obstacles to the peace of the eousm.ry. ;‘:‘:?.5:‘;";'1: Dr. Sun press quotes loclaring -his | it the president with- government AT, van-Hung, who retired from dency during the attempt to ::::3:: sldeney marchy in 1917, is be- ing urged to accept the office again should a vacancy occur. The Peking Leader in an editorial says: If Wu Pei-Fu could succeed in persuading Hsu Shih-Chang to resign and LI Yuan-Hupg to resume office, China could be ul ited, and with the convocation of the old parliament the Peking government ‘would be gonsti- tutional.” FEARS LONG CONFLICT. ONG. May 20, — Only & erfigff lgf policy on the part of the Peking regime ‘or recognition of the South China government by ° the foreign nations will bring the clvil war In China to an end, declared Wu Ting-fang, former Chinese minister to the United States, who was .ap- pointed foreign minister of the Canton gove! ent last year and re- cently was named civil governor of angtuni vince. K“(’!Ivfl u"‘r 'vri?fl, continue until the northern forces change their. policy and convene & liament legally Constituted and elect a new - pres! Sont” e said, “or until the foreign powers recognize the southern.gov- o S epatch from Fukien announces that ‘Hou-chi, military governor of Fuklen province, has arrestedGen. Chang ' Chi-ping, commander of the Amoy division, Who. was suspected of | engineers; SIX CHILDREN NEGLECTED. Found Living Under Straw Stack Nearly Starved. REGINA, Sask., May 20—On the! verge of starvation and practically nude, six childrén were found living in a hole buried under a straw stack covered over with brushwood near | Cupar, Sask., and brought here by an officer of the department of dependent | and neglected children. The voung- | est child, fifteen months old, Is under a doctor's care. The eldest is nine cears of age. Charges of neglect have been filed against the mother. REPORT FAVORABLY ON ARCHITECT BILL Commissioners Inform Sen- ate Committee of Approval of Registration. As an aftermsath of the Knicker- bocker Theater disaster, a favorable report on the Calder bill to provide for the examination and registration of architects in the District of Co- lumbia was submitted to the Senate District committee today by the Dis- trict Commissioners. The Commissioners in their report sald that they had given the matter careful attention. * The bill was referred to the Com- missioners February 6. “At that time,” says the report, “the collapse of the roof of the Knickerbocker The- ater and the best methods of insur- ing against similar action were being | considered, not snly by the Commis- | sioners, but by all the thoughtful members of the sommunity. One ob-| vious suggestipn of a remedy was ‘the registration or licensing of archi- tects, and of such engineers as might be connected with the design and con- | struction of thq various types of| buildings to be found in a large mod- ern city, and your reference of the above-mentioned bill was received just when study was being made of | the experience had with registration or licensing in other jurisdictions. Protection to Increase. “So far as can be ascertained, when properly supervised by competent and impartial registration boards, the { registration or licensing of archi- tects and structural engineers has proved to be a protection to the pub- lic against incompetent practitioners, and the measure of protection prom- ises to increase with the decrease in | the number of thése who originally | are authorized to register, because of | the fact that they have previously | been engaged in practice, and noti because they have demonstrated. the possession of the qualifications set up in_the virious registration acts. “The technical professions, particu- larly the various kinds of professional engineers, have, however; not agreed as to the desirability of registering engineers; and there is some doubt today as to the po. u%n of the lead- ing civil engineer society—the Amer. ican Society of Civil Engineers— which includes among its members most, if not all, of the structural engineers, who, for the purpose of protecting the public against im- proper bullding design, should be registered. “A further point that has been more or less discussed is whether a regis- ) tration should not include not only architects, as contemplated by the bill under consideration, but also the structural engineers, who are, as ahove stated, frequently assocdlated with architects during the desigh and construction of large and complicated ‘bulldings. N “As the'Commissioners were without much direct knowledge of the vari- ous points involved, other than gen- erally described above, they deemed it advisable to call the attention of the local architects and structural en- gineers to the proposed legislation; and, after allowing-a reasonable time for preparation, a public Rearing w: held by the Commissioners on Friday, May 12. At this hearing it developed that the architects were opposed to any plan for the-joint registration of architects and structural engineers, ‘while, on the other hand, the en- gineers present, while disposed to ac- cept separate registration for en- gineers as a step in advance, were unanimous that a joint registration bill would be .preferable. “After careful consideration, the Commissioners have come to the con- clusion that the¢ Senate bill, providing for “the separate 'registration of architects, 1s, on the whole, meritori- ous, and its enactment into law would be advantageous to the public. They belleve that legislation should be framed and passed provid- ing for the tration of structural they are taking steps ration of a suitable forwarded to .you by Commis- ' Board of Coth- to secure the 'bill which will at an early :lm." c Rudolph f ’ attend. {up ROOSEVELT DENES USEOF NAYY RADID Woman’s Party Claims Re- quest for “Broadcasting” Had Been Granted. Acting Secretary of the Navy Rose- velt today announced he had declined application of the National Woman's Party for use of naval facilities broadcasting addresses to be deliv- ered tomorrow at the dedication of the party’s new headquarters here. The application was denied, Mr. Roosevelt said, on the broad ground that such use would contravene the naval order against employment of the naval radio for political pur- Poses. The application Y partment for some time, and several days ago a protest against favorable action on it was received from the Massachugetts Public Interest League, l\:mf::sdeglall"ed that utterances of leaders of the party revealed com- Reasons for Refusal. Secretary Roosevelt said should an exception be made in the case of the Woman's Party it would set a pre- cedent, which doubtless would result in hundreds of applications f 1 Y ons for use gfmgge naval radio for similar pur- President Harding, it wa i 5] 3 s said at the White House today, plans to a tend the dedication ceremonies to- morrow. A number of members of ongress and other officials also will rusiien informed today usal of the radio members of th Woman's Party were at a loss l: understand the action, declaring that two weeks ago Secretary Denby had granted them use of the facilities, It was said the matter would be taken media v i D ammediately with the assistant In the meantime rehearsals h; s hav been under way at the headquarters With the equipment which has al ready been established, and it is bi lieved that the addresses to be de- livered at the dedication exercises will be audible to the Pacific coast. Try-Out of Amplifier. After working for several d; ays the experts in charge of 1nammnyg the great amplifier which the women. will use for their ceremonies tomorrow, ct::-mgu::i:; tlry-l?ul. and the speakers 00k turns ;Mce‘; puiak urns testing thelr as been connected with the govern- ment radio stations at Anacostia and Arlington, so that the voices of the women, relayed from various inland | points, could, the experts heard ‘In Pacific coast citles, ~o 0 °° The amplifier will car: the music and the speeches over a radius of about two miles, it is predicted. Preparations for a record number of participants and spectators at the ceremonies were in progress at the headquarters today. Seats are to be placed on the street between the Cap- itol and the woman's building, at Ist and A streets northeast, and the Dis- trict Commissioners wili have the arc in the neighborhood roped off, trafiic blocked and the street cars stopped for the duration of ' the ceremonies. People seated on the plaza of the aritol will be able to hear perfectly. s those occupy B, pying reserved rs. Marie Moore Forrest, director of the pageantry for the occasion, is- sued a last-minute bulletin to par- ticip: in the ceremonies, who will nu‘mber about 2,000: "All_ marcherg in state delegations (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) NEW YELLOW-BA in} of the re-' the amplifier, which | OLDEST ERIE ENGINEER, 65 YEARS IN CAB, MAKES 18,000 TRIPS IN 25 YEARS By the Associated Press. NYACK, N. Y. May 20.—From Jersey City to Nyack 15.000 times in twenty-five years—that will be the record of Engineer William A. Johnson, of the Erie railroad when he pulls in at § o'clock to- night, at the throttle of the Nyack | flier. Not only will it be the anni- versary run for Engineer Johnson, marking the end of his twenty- fifth year as pilot of the Nyack flier, ‘but it also Will mark his | siMy-fifth year locomotive on the Erie system. and | his fiftieth year as an engineer. As the oldest pilot on the sys- tem—both in years and in serv- ice—Johnson has been honored as | few engineers have been. His locomotive bears his name, “Wil- | liam A. Johnson,” in big gilt let- | ters, which entirley overshadow her ‘shop numeral, “No. 514." | The flier will leave Jersey City | at 4:59, arriving here at 6 pm. | Railroad officials and friends of the veteran will be at the station to receive Irer. CARAWAY DEMANDS DAUGHERTY RESIGN Il-'feproduction of Letter Given Senate in Morse Case ! * Charges. The declaration that Attorney General Daugherty should resign from office and not further embarrass the administration was made in the | Senate today by Senator Caraway, democrat, Arkansas. during a renewal iby the Senate of discussion of Mr.| Daugherty's alleged connection with | the release from the Atlanta prison of C. W. Morse, New York shipbuilder. Mr. Caraway charged that the| Attorney General had requested Thomas B. Felder. former Georgia attorney. to employ “the government's | chief witness” in the Bosch magneto | investigation as his assistant. in de- | ]'endlnx the Bosch Company. He reviewed records and documents in the Morse case, and exclaimed: Renignation Demanded. “T say that there is only one de-| { cent thing for the Attorney General to do—that i, to resign and not em- | barr: the administration any fur- ther. i |, Senator Caraway read to the Sen- ate from an alleged photostatic re- production of a letter signed “H. M. Daugherty." The letter heading was | as follows: “Law Offices of Daugh-; erty. Todd & Raray, Wyandotte building, Columbus, Ohio.” The let- ter was under the date of April 30, 1913. and is addressed to “C. W.| Morse, New York city.” It reads: i “My Dear Sir: I Inclose you here- , with copy of the letter setting forth {the contract you made of August 4, | 1911 with Mr. Feldee for his services and mine. You will observe that I was gorrect in the statement that there was a balance due of $25,000 when You were commuted 1 also hand You a copy of a paper you handed me in the prison some time after that time, and 1 have today | asked Mrs. Daugherty to send to you | by express the papers which 1 got from Harry and others from time to | time, which you spoke to me about. “Telegraphed” Mr. Felder. “As 1 advised you, I have tele- {graphed Mr. Felder and written him to meet there with you next Monday or Tuesday. I will advise you as soon as T have a confirmation from him of this engagement. Yours very truly, “H. M. DAUGHERTY. Senator Caraway also read to the | Senate a photostatic copy of an al- | leged contract made between Thomas | B. Felder and C. W. Morse for the | service of Mr. Felder and Mr."Daugh- | jerty in obtaining a release for Morse. | | The alleged contract was written on |paper headed “Anderson, Felder, {Rountree and Wilson. attorneys-at- | law.” It is dated Atlanta, August 4, 1911, and is vontained in a letter ad dressed to C. W. Morse, Atlanta, Ga. “Dear Sir: In further relation to the employment of Hon. H. M. Daugh- erty and myself, permit me to say that we will undertake to represent you in civil and criminal matters upon the following basie: “l. You are to pay Hon. H. M. Daugherty a retainer of five thousand (§5,000) dollars and the actual ex- pense incurred by him in looking after your matters; expenses exceed $1,000. D e Would Pay Expenses. “2. 1 will pay such expenses as I may incur in connection therewith. “3. You are to direct counsel here- tofore employed to withdraw your appeal in the habeas corpus proceed- {ings heretofore instituted. “4. We are to receive, in the event we secure an unconditional pardon or commutation for you, the sum of | $25.000, which is to be in full com- pensation for services rendered in connection” with your application for pardon. “5. We are to receive 25 per cent of whatever sums that we may be able to recover by compromise of litigation in_the matter of the Metro- politan S. S. Co., such transactions being fully described in your letter addressed to me dated August 2, 1911. 1f we find it necessary in the prose- cution of these matters to have as- sociated with us other counsel, we are to select such counsel, subject, of course, to your approval, they are fo be provided for out of our co;npenl?nuonl.' = . In all matters herein under- taken in your behalf we are. to here (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) in the cab of a | | erty” rights, | the byl drafted by i cept CK BILL BRINGS DISTRICT JOY AND PROOF OF PEACE The war is over! Washingto- nians had ocular proof of this to- day. The’ discovery brought joy to those fortunate emough to be in position to find it out. The banks are issuing gold cer- tificates—bright yellowbacks. Ab- sent since August, 1914, these won- derfully 'engraved . promises of Uncle 8am to pay “in gold coin” have been missed and sincerely mourned: This is a city where clean money holds sway. House- wives demand it from merchants. Merchants request it from banks. The tattered and dilapidated notes current in many outlying cities seldom were seen here in the old deys. Crisp, crackling certificates and notes were dispensed. When they began to show the slightest evidence of wear they were re- tired. This all was changed with the - war. in cates disappeared. had called them in, plained. The_ Treasury the banks ex- In their Stead came fed- eral reserve notes. The demand for them was so heavy that the presses of the bureau of engrav- ing and printing were unable to keep the pace. It became neces- sary to install a money-laundrying machine. The reserve notes were subjected to a fumigating end cleaning process when they be- came so grimy it was hard to distinguish their denomination. Today the ban has been lifted. The reserve notes, the majority hardly up to the high standard of workmanship the. government demanded for its money in pre- war days, are being retired. Re. placing them are the yellow- backed, picture-engraved bills which are a light to the eye and a stimulation to the pocketbook. Officials explain the necessity for retaining the enormous gold re- serve now in the Treasury has disappeared. All sections can Gave gold and gold certificates, as the federal reserve certificates are re- tired from circulation. . AOyciedt 102) o | EXPECT RENT ACT 10 BE SIGNED BY PRESIDENT MONDAY Senator Ball Calls at White House and Obtains Assurance. MINORITY REPORT MADE BY HOUSE COMMITTEE Expiration of Law Urged Due to Lack of Demand for Houses and Apartments. Assurances that the Senate would concur in the amendments to the House bill_extending the Ball rent act were given to President Harding to- day by Senator Ball, chairman of the District committee, who called at the White House to request the President to be in readiness to sign the rent extension act Monday even- ing. provided the bill is ready at that time. The President intimated. it is un- derstood, that if the bill is presented to him at that time he would sign it7 Senator Ball is understood to have urged the necessity of this legisla- tion by citing to the President sev- eral instances that he knew of where landlords were ready to increass rentals as high as 100 per cent if the extension act is not passed. House Demands Denfed. Arguing that there is no real de- mand now for apartmenits and houses for rental purposes and that the rent regulating legislation “is violative of every fundamental principle of prop- the sminority report on the House Dis- extend the rent was filed in the trict committee to act for two yvears House toda. The minority report was prepared Representative Frank C. Mills- paugh of Missouri and was signed also by Representative Benjamin K. Focht, chairman of the House District committee; Representative Elliot W. roul of 1llinois and Representative Warren 1. Lee of New York The rent bill is to come up for consideration in the House on Mon- day. which is District day. It will be'in charge of Representative Stuart Reed of West Virginia. Another bill considerably different in many essen- tal provisions has already passed the nate. It is understood that Sen- ator Ball, author of that measure, has arranged that conferees on the part of the Senate will promptly ac- the provisions of the House measure as amendments if this leg- islation passes the House. Propagandn Charge Disproved. In the minority report reference is ‘nade to the charge brought out at the hearings before the committee that many to-rent advertisements in the Washington newspapers were part of propaganda. The minority report disproves this charge by & comparison The minority report states that the four members signing it are con- vinced after.extended hearings that the emergency for which this bill was largely enacted has passed, and that it would be exceedingly unwise to grant any extension upon it what- ever. It points out that “the war has been over now for almost four years and we believe it is high time to re- peal such obnoxious measures as this and to abolish commissions of this nature which were created for war- time needs. “We do mot feel that we would be justified in compelling our consti- tuents through taxation to contribute to the expense‘incident to the mainte- nance of a commission to fix ren in the District of Columbia,” the re- port continues. It is a self-evident fact. the report adds, that scarcely any member of the House. “would recommend the enactment of such legislation in his own district. and if one cannot recom- mend such legislation for his own district, how can he be justified taxing the people of his district for the maintenance of such an act.” Expiration Time Ripe. In stressing the fact that the need for such legislation has passed, the report points out that “there is at this time no great demand for apart- ments or houses for rental purposes and inasmuch as the summer season is now close at hand when very many apartments and houses will be for rent, it would appear to us that this is a very appropriate time to al- low this act to expire.” The report declares that the pro- posed legislation “is violative of every fundamental principle of prop- érty rights and at this time should have no place in the statutes of our government. It has enabled real es- tate building promoters to reap a rich harvest and to profiteer to an unconscionable degree upon a helpless public, inasmuch as it has permitted thew to build hundreds upon hun- dreds of houses of questionable con- struction, for which they found réady market at exorbitant prices upon the installment plan, it being plainly evident that no builder would rent new houses for the reason that when once rented he could not ob- tain possession of them in case of failure and naturally they were with- held from the market for rental pur- Pposes. “A comparison of the lists of houses and apartments for remt in the rent ad columns of the daily newspapers at this time with the lists appearing in the same papers several months ago, when the act was “extended, should convince the most skeptical that the emergency for, which this act was created hes passed.” s Subleasers Accused. “It is our opinion that the hearings before the District committee de- veloped the fact that by far the greatest amount of trouble in the rental situation has been caused, not by the owners of the property, but subleasers, who have in reality been the worst offenders as profiteers. It seems to have been a practice for parifes owning no property what- ever, to lease a chain of apartments and install therein a minimum amount of very inferior furniture. and In many instances second-hatd furniture, and to double and some- times triple the original rent. “This situation was created by a provision of the Ball rent act which was construed to permit sub-letting even though It was prohibited in the lease existing between the landlord and the tenant. The operation of this act has in_very many instances worked a severe hardship upon widows whose only means of sub- sistence was the income from rentals of property owned by them which property represented their entire property holdings. In many of these cases where the income of widows ‘was involved, - tenants had takem undue advantage of technicalities in the law, and caused great distress. “The cimbegsome machinery of the rent comm %n of their docket with the