Evening Star Newspaper, November 12, 1922, Page 1

v e WEATHER. Partly cloudy and mild today; to- morrow showers. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, 62.6; lowest, 36.3. Full report on page 6. I “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. he Sunday Star NOVEMBER Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. * FIVE CENTS. 920.—No. 28,686. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNIN 1922.—NINETY PAGES 12, No. 200 DEAD IN QUAKE THAT ROCKS CHILE FROM END TO END Tidal Wave in Wake Adds to Destruction—Shocks Felt in Europe. THREE TOWNS WRECKED; HEAVY TOLL IN COPIAPO 'Sea Levels Hundreds of Buildings. Residents Flee to Hills. Thousands Homeless. By the Associated Press. COQUIMBO, November 11— One hundred persons were drowned here when a tidal wave, coming after the earthquake, swept in with a great roar. The inhabitants were panic-stricken and ran to the hills. The ad- vance of the sea was accom= panied by electrical discharges. SANTIAGO, Chile, November 11.— An earthquake of great magnitude and far-spread effect nocked Chile from end to end today. It was ac- companied by a tidal wave, and the combined force of the earth tremors and the sweep of the water did vast damage, the extent of which it is impossible to estimate, bacause tele- graphic lines were carried down at various places, cutting off communi- cation. The provinces of Antofagasta, Ata- cama and Coquimbo suffered most, the central points of the quake lying in the latter two provinces, and, <o far as advices show, Coplapo, Ata- cama, has the largest casualty list, with about 100 killed and many se- riously injured. ‘Tidal Wave at Antofagasta. It was for a time feared that the city of Antofagasta had suffered a great disaster, but mos’ :f the gam- age done at that place was due to a tidal w.ve, which drove the people out of their homes ovér a onsider- able area. No report of loss of life Nine Tidal Waves in 18 Hours Sweep Across Hilo Bay By the Associated Press. HILO, Island of Hawaii, November 11.—Nine tidal waves hit Hilo bay in the eighteen hours ended at noon to- day. The first six were the largest. They came between 8:30 o'clock last night and 1:10 o'clock this morning. | The others swept in shortly before; noon today. Sampans, belonging to Japanese along the water front, were ashore in numbers and ten were carried out to sea, where they soon sank. It is not believed any one was aboard them. Many Japanese packed thelr belongings and hurried inland when the first waves came, but a number of them returned to watch the second group of waves today. Crowds assembled on high ground saw the water rush through the breakwaters and sink back with a rush like that of a mountain torrent. Many Japanese children,” regardless of the danger, gathered up fish cast high on the beach by the tide. Cocoanut Island, in the harbor, is inundated. SWEEPING CHANGES FACED IN CONGRESS Leaderships in Both Parties May Be Aitered in Next Four ‘Months. | LODGE’S REINS COVETED Longworth Most Likely Possibility for Speaker if Gillett Fails. By the Associated Press. Probable changes in the leadership of both great parties in the next Congress took a predominating place today in post-election discussions here and in conferences among mem- bers of Senate and House as they ar- rived in iIncreasing numbers for the extra session which begins a week from tomorrow. Agreement was general that WILSON EXPECTED TOLEAD HIS PARTY IN 1524 CAMPAIGN Armistide Day Speech and Letter Indicate Revival of League Fight. ‘PUNY PERSONS’ BLOCKING PEACE, HE TELLS CROWD Common Understanding Needed, Not “Amiable Phrases,” He Declares. Former President Wilson is prepar- ing to play an important part in democratic counclls and perhaps again assume leadership of his party, if an interpretation placed upon two inci- dents involving Mr. Wilson yesterday 18 correct. The first was a speech before 5,000 friends who journeyed to his S street house to pay him tribute on Armistice day. In it Mr. Wilson declared the world peace could be brought about only by “active co-operation for jus- tice” and “not by amiable phrases.” The second was a letter to Senator Caraway, made public by the latter, in which Mr. Wilson said: “We nrust now clear our minds and purify our hearts to offer to the country in 1924 exactly the service it most needs and the candidate who can best render that service.” Raps “Puny” Persons. America always has stood for Justice, Mr. Wilson said in his speech, adding that the “puny persons” now standing in the way would find pr.s- ently that “their weakness is no match for the strength of a moving Providence.” The former President spoke stand- ing on the portico of his S street residence and without manuscript or notes. His remarks consumed about five minutes. They were the first he had made on public questions since he was stricken on his league of nations tour of the west three years ago. This was his third public ap- pearance since he left the White Tigers, Taking Advantage of Touchdown and Field Goal Scored PRINGETON DOWNS HARVARD, 1003 By the Assoclated Pre FORT MYERS. SQUASH CENTER ANALYZES ELECTION Big Man Hunt On for 11 Aliens SneakingIntoU.S. a. November 11.— A man hunt was on last night in the Fumbles, Repeat Victory of Last Year. peans landed near eral immigration laws. PLAYED WAITING GAME by Winners in Uphill Of the score who attempted evade thg laws governing the entry of aliens, nine were in jail here, hav- ing beenh rounded up by Sheriff Tip- e pins and his deputies. An immigra- | Marchers Ordered From Vicinity tion officer was due here last night from Tampa to take charge of the wilds of Lee county southeast ot this | Police city as a result of the escape of eleven of a party of twenty Euro-i Counter Demonstrator Dis- Naples Friday night by an auxiliary schooner out of Havana in violation of the fed- to PRESIDENT IS READ WITH ADMINISTRATION REORGANIZATION PLAN Far-Reaching Changes in Re grouping Government Bureaus for Efficiency and Economy. THEY 7, SASTALK ABOUT fIDANGEROUS? DEPARTMENT FOR DEFENSE WOULD UNITE ARMY AND NAVY Postal Service to Embrace All Communi- cation Agencies—Cabinet Officer for Education and Welfare. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. President Harding is ready to submit his recommendations for reorganizing the administrative branch of the federal govern- ment in a few days, it was authoritatively stated at the White House. In conferences with members of his cabinet, it was said, all important differences of opinion as between the heads of the various government departments over the tentative pro- gram had been reconciled and adjusted, although there were still several minor matters to be ironed out. Several members of the cabinet, however, cannot believe that the reorganization program is so near ready for consideration by the joint committee of Congress, which is headed by a personal representative of President Harding, who is not a member of - Congress, Walter F. Brown. A member of the cabinet said last night that he had not heard the reorganization plans mentioned for six months. Members of the joint congressional committee on reorganization said that they have not had a tentative draft of the proposed reorganization submitted to them by the President, by Chairman Brown or by any other member of the committee. Two Changes Unfavored. | resentative of the Department ot It 1s known that the proposal to|CCTmerce should probably be de- take the bureau of markets from the | t2i1¢d to the Department of State to Department of Agriculture and place | ‘'5UTe Prompi co-operation by those it in the Department of Commerce |d¢Partments in trade matters. and to take the forest service and| DePartment of Defense—It RESULTS. |AMNESTY-SEEKERS RIDICULED IN PARK When Intervene plays His Banners. PARADE IS STOPPED of White House for Lack has yet come from Antofagasta, sweeping alterations would occur f{n|House on March 4, 1921. . prisoners, of Permit, - - .| the office of public roads out of the recommended that the War and Navy Chanaral, in Atacama. has virtually | the roster of titular party managers| The text of his speech follows: Fight. One of the prisoners, Sherift Tip- Department of ‘Agriculture and place | dePartments be divested of all actlivi- been abandoned by the InhabitantsTufter March 4 [fi both Senate and| I am very much moved by this|. | pins sald, stated that the allens % them In the Interior Departmenti'i€8 not directly related to national as many bulldings were wrecked by |House, and it became apparent tnat|Wonderful exhibition of your friend- | gy (o Assoeisted Press. boarded the schooner at Havana and | BY the Associated Press. met with the acquiescence | 4fense and then co-ordinated in a the immense seas sweeping In when the earth shocks had ceased. The greater part of the town was de- stroyed. Throughout the province of Co- quimbo hundreds of houses were leveled, while the residents fled to the hills. At the port of Coquimbo a tidal wave beat over the entire sea front, flooding a large section and wrecking many buildings. From the southern part of Chile come reports of severe shocks, but little damage. Another earth shock was felt here at 4:45 o'clock this afternoon. It was of ten seconds duration. Reports from Concepcion and Talca- huan to the south, make no mention of damage or casualties. At Concep- clon a strong earthquake movement from esst to west was felt for about three minutes at midnight. At Tal- cahuano a tidal wave occurred, fol- lowing the subsidence of which the water level was lower than normal. The movement was stcady and caused no damage. The railway depots at Coquimbo were shaken down, railway cars were upset and the inhabitants epent the night in the hills nearby. A tidal wave carried away the great- er part of the mole. Fishermen’s Houses Destroyed. A message from Vilos, in Aconcagua, north of Valparaiso, says an earth shock and tidal wave at midnight destroyed eleven fishermen's houses and the greater part of the mole there.. Four children were injured. Advices from Yerbas Buenas, province of Coquimbo, sald the region toward the north s in rulns and that many houses have fallen. All telegrapbic communication with points north of La Serena, in the prov- ince of Coquimbo, has ceased. Advices telling of the disaster at Coplapo were recefved here by way of Bolivia and Buenos Aires. The tidal wave at Chanaral destroyed the greater part of the town. The in- habitants are without food. NORTHERN TOWNS HIT. Seventy-Five Killed, Thousands Homeless in Antofagasta. BUENOS AIRES, November 11.— Seventy-five persons were killed and ¥ thousands are homeless as a result of the destruction of Coquimbo and several towns north of Antofagasta, Chile, in today's earthquake. Great damage i3 feared in Antofagasta It- self, according to private advices from Valparaiso giving a summary of the Teports received there. Although the shock here was a light one many persons reported that their clocks stopped at 12:35 o'clock this morning. The. tremors temporarily disconnected the electric light wires. The @ispatches from Valparaiso say the wireless stations at Coquimbo and Antofagasta are not answering cslls. The cruiser .Chacabuco and a de- stroyer have been ordered to proceed north, their officers to investigate and report upon the effects of the earth- quake. TIDAL WAVE HITS CITY. Copiapo Overwhelmed by Water After Earthquake. By the Amoctated Press. ANTOFAGASTA, Chile, November 11—% of 100 persons were A« on Page 21, Column 2) the impending readjustments would be a subject for continual negotia- tion and jockeying throughout the next four months. Defeat of Representative Mondell of Wyoming, republican floor leader in the House, in his campaign for election to the Senate; retirement from the democratic House lcader- ship of Representative Kitchin of North Carolina because of ill health, and announcement by Senator Under- wood of Alabama that he would not accept re-election as democratic Sen- ate leader, make it certain that new selections must be made for three of the chief places of party responsibil- ity. That other changes may be made for political and other reasons con- tinues to be the subject of wida dis- cussion among senators and repre- sentatives. Aspirants Pleatiful. Already a plenitude of aspirants for leadership are springing up at both ends of the Capitol, and there has been much private sounding out of sentiment during impromptu oilice and lunchroom conferences. Some political observers will be surprized if the later stages of the canvassing do not develop heated rivalries and vigorous campaigning within both parties. The party caucuses in which the question of leadership will be set- tled are not to be held until the eve of the convening of the new Congress, but the situation is further obscured by uncertan. y as to when that will take place. Ordinarily the Sixty- eighth Congress would not meet until a year from next December. Should an extra session become necessary after the present Senate and House expire next March, however, the leadership shake-up would be ad- vanced accordingly. In the Senate Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican leader, was re-elected and his friends here ex- pect him to seek to hold his leader- ship. They express confidence of his re-election, but add that, like Sen- ator Underwood, he is not in the best of health and may finally withdraw his name and conserve his strength for other duties. Whether tne re- publican “Irregulars” of the progre: sive or radical type would oppose Mr. Lodge’s re-election is uncertain, but is regarded as an important factor in view of general opinion that they ‘will hold the balance of power in the next Senate, as well as in the House. Many for Lodge’s Place. If Mr. Lodge should relinquish the republican leadership a, half dozen candidates are in prospect. Among those prominently mentioned for the place are Senators Curtis of Kansas, ‘Watson of Indiana, Wadsworth of New York and Jones of Washington. One of these is sald already to have a dozen Or more senators virtually pledged to support him in event of Senator Lodge's retirement. On the democratic side the men mentioned as possible successors of Senator Underwood for the minority leaderst ‘p inclule Senators Simmons of North Carolina, Robinson of Ar- kansas, Walsh of Massachusetts, Harrison of Mississippl and Walsh of Montana. Under established prece- dents Senator Simmons has the ‘“call” for the place under the custom of electing as leader the ranking sen- ator in point of service, and word went about today that Semator Sim- “(Continued on Page ik Couba L ship dnd appfoval snd’ Trhave been reflecting today that Armisticé day has a particular significance for the United States because the United States has remained contented with the armistice and has not moved forward to peace. “It {s a very serious reflection that the United States, the great origina- tive nation, should remain contented with the a negation. Armistice is a negation; it is a standstill of arms; it is & c tion of fighting, and we are so bent on a cessation of fighting that we are even throwing our arms away. Armistice and Peace. “It is a singular circumstance to which Mr. Morgenthau has, in part, adverted that, while we prescribed the conditions of the armistice, we did not concur in the establishment of permanent peace. That, of course, was brought about by a group in the United States Senate, who preferred personal partisan motives to the honor of their country, and the peace of the world. “They do not represent the United tates, because the United States is moving forward, and they are slipping backward. Where their slipping will end, God will determine. “And I have also been reflecting upon the radical difference between armistice and peace. Armistice, as I have sald, is a mere negation; it is the refraining from force. But peace is a very positive and constructive thing as the world stands nowadays, because it must be brought about by the systematic maintenance of a common understanding and by cul- tivation—not by amiable phrases but the active co-operation for justice; and justice is a greater thing than any kind of expediency. “America has always stood for jus- tice, and always will stand fecr It Puny persons who are now standing in the way will presently find that their weakness is no match for the strength of a moving Providence. If you will pardon an invalid for put- ting on his hat I will promise not to talk through it Cheered by Livwd. “I think then we may renew today our faith in the future though we are oelebrating the past. The future nd if we are not equal to it, the shame will be ours and none others. I thank you from a very full heart, my friends, for this demonstration of kindness by you and bid you and the nation God- speed.” . The appearance of Mr. Wilson, who was assisted to the portico by a negro servant, was the signal for prolonged cheers from the crowd that packed the street and overflowed on nearby lawns and a vacant fleld. The war- time President responded with a smile and a raising of his conventional silk hat Mrs. Wilson did not accompany him, but as she appeared to sssist him back indoors at the conclusion of his address, she, too, received an ovation. Mr. Wilson's address was in response to one delivered to him by Henry Morgenthau, former ambassador to Turkey, who declared that the prin- ciples enunciated by Mr. Wilson dur- ing the war would prevail and that on last Tuesday it had been demon- strated that “the people of America are escaping from and selfishness and are preparing again to recognise their solemn and inexor- | Spaulding, substitute quarterback, in * CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 11. —A Tiger team that looked long be- fore it leaped, and then jumped ef- fectively when its adversary exposed himself by fumbles, won from Har- vard today, 10 to 3. It was another victory for the opportunist school of | foot ball at Princeton. It was a second successive defeat for the Crimson by players wearing the Orange and Black, and by the same score, and {* was the first time that the Tigers ..ad won a game in Har- vard's stadium. Princeton turned two Harvard tumbles into 10 points. Gehrke's muft in the second period opened the way to the touchdown scored by Crum and the consequent point on kick by Dinsmore. Another fumble by Each alien, learned it. the third period, made possible a field goal by Baker. This scoring by the Tiger team came after Harvard had gone into an early lead on a goal from placement, kicked by Owen in the first period. These were the scoring plays. Baker and Stout were the heroes, who jus- tifled the Princeton policy of wait- ing, waiting, through time after time of rushing opportunity, by pouncing on the balls let loose by Harvard errors. There were no Sammy Whites in the Princton line-up today to run for touchdown with a loose ball, al- though the opportunity for one was; ready made in the play that brough the ball to Baker, but the Tigers were alert and aggressive and gained the ball every time Harvard let go of it By the Associated Press. (Delayed near Chanak). from Constantinople. ish newspapers has Scored om .Fumbles. It was the frony of the foot ball fates of the day that the winning team's longest advance on its merits, one of sixty yards, made in the third period, went without score when Baker failed on a try for fleld goal, while its scoring was done on short advances after fumbles were so dis- astrous to Harvard. Similarly Harvard's greatest sus- tained advance, one of 40-yards in t;o second period, which ended with | BY the Associated Press. Owen’s unsuccessful attempt for a goal from the fleld, end 40-yards in the last period, when forward passes of last ditch strategy brought the Crimson along and then failed them, were without scoring reward. The goal from placement scored by Owen was the reward of Buell’s fair catch on Princeton’s 30-yard line. moned Omar Yaver court chamberlain, Bey, commander of guard, from ders from Angora. official cirgles that Continued insistence by the alists on the abolition of inter-allied ¢|control of the gendarmie, customs, railroads and censorship of the Turk- caused a re- crudescence of the crisis and the be- lief is voiced that it may be necessary to proclaim martial law. Rafet Pasha, the nationalist gov- ernor of Constantinople has sum- Pasha, first Ekrem imperial informing and _Col. the the palace, them that they must consider them- selves detached from the court and henceforth subject to or- sailed from that port Thursday night. They arrived at Naples Friday night and landed under cover of darkness. the sheriff said he was told, paid the master of the schooner $100 for bringing him to Florida. The authorities have not divulged the identity of the vessel if they have TURKS AGAIN ASK ALLIES T0 QUITGITY Reiterate Request That L.and and Naval Forces Leave Constantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE, November 8.— through cutting of cable The Kemalists have reiterated thelir request that the allies | withdraw thelr land and naval forces |y 010" Tve band thereupon disap- 'a PARLEY TO OPEN NOV. 20. 'LONDON, November 11.—It now ap- pears certain .from information in the Lausanne peace conference will open on No- vember 20, and conversations are ac- tively progressing betwden the allled capitals with the object of opposing a completely unified front Turkish claims at the conference. The supreme need for such unity The fead work of the Harvard| oo SRR olailed by Brit- captain, accounted the best in the| ;" miia1s as the only means of country, was lost to his team by a|.0ying tne near east problen:. leg injury soon after the second period. started The Crimson team Wwas in the hands of three other field | By the Associated Press. generals in the course of the re- mainder of the game, Wi ‘BUOCOSS. < Limping oft the fleld, Capt. Buell saw the Prinoston stands empty onto the greensward, fall in behind its Dband, and start the serpenfipe march of victory. This march, in which men and women joined, was carried'up and down the fleld, across the Anderson bridge and to the classic shades of, the Harvard yard, where the score wes shouted that those still held at academic tasks in Harvard halls might know of Princeton’s victory. 53,000 See Game. Fifty-two thousand persons had seen the Tiger triumph again. The crowd was as colorful as any that has attended the long line of con- tests between teams of the “Big Turkey; Maj. Gen. Buat and & n CHICAGO, November | Bacon, after his "L:lshtnln ane t author. to b:‘:t will be taken figure on the American sta; for forty-five years, was stricken to- appearance of which he-is the s FRENCH INSTRUCTED. PARIS, November 11.—At a half- vary] hour conference today, presided over % o by Premier Poincare, the instructions for the French delegates to the Lau-. sanne peace ‘conference -were dis- ‘The conference was:attend- ed by M. Bompard, ambassador to Marshal Foch, Weygand, of finan- clal, political and naval experts. FRANK BACON STRICKEN. : g the cause of opening the jail bars for e F":‘: )the anti-war gentlemen a la Debs. ] Kem-; imperial to the ':: I hired the boys and made the signs His {llness was said | myself in a butcher shop.” & serious nature and will| Mr., Mayer said further that he, “of compel his temporary retirement. east within the next md'or two, if possible, his famfly He have not ot ¥ Hieiey ©. Wallaeh of the | 5I1E1¢ department to be known as the Department of Agriculture. It is|DePartment of Defense, which, in also known that the plans for unit- | #ddition to the Army and Navy divi- ing the War and Navy denarunenu-:::::i fi:;l" include a division of na- into a great new department of na- 1 resources. tional defense are not receiving the c::u:_! :::f:ne: u'u; n.e’ pryoRay roval of the War Department. e e taken rom L] .p’lp'ho tentative yro‘rlm, drafted by |coast guard and merged in the Navy Chairman Brown, and which has been | division. Owing to the different sys- before President Harding for more '\!:; :tn dl"r_omlt;lion pr[e"am';z l;'-i the than six months, proposes a new < in the coast guard, officers department of education and weuan! in the latter service generally are ot and the enlargement of the preaenz;:‘l‘lca‘;pl:;; :;;; :::nl:':;y omee: Post Office Department into a depart- age. ment of comml':nluuon-. scems just, therefore, according to Members of the jolnt congressional | Mr. Brown's argument, that the coast committee on reorganization predict, 8uard fvmcierS. when transferred to that this tentative draft will undergo, the Navy, shouid be given rank com- very substantial changes before a|mensurate with their period of serv- favorable report for legislation to lc;—_ st 2o o carry it into effect i made to the reasury Department.—It Is recom- Ho,,:, and Senate. mended that the Treasury Department In the tentative regrouping, as|be divested of all activities not es- proposed by Chairman Brown, thesentially fiscal. Major purposes of the several de-| Department of Justice—It i partments are defined as follows: recommended that the control of federai prisons me removed from the lar affairs.| g':r::._.i"?.’ffin:fi:;ze" Department of Justice, but that no Treasury—Fiscal affairs % change be made with respect to re- Justice—Legal affairs. sponsibility for pardons and paroles It is further suggested that the Postal affairs, in- afizm".':',;','.fi:::“d m,‘n";',_ bureau of investigation, to be knowr Agriculture—Promotion of agrioul- |8 the United States secret service, mr: be expanded to include all sccret in- 3 vestigative agencles of the govern- Administration of public|Y®® d‘"“g":d onstruction of bublig|Ment: A chart of the proposed se- e cret service prepared by Director ‘”g;m‘;n" Promotion of foreign | BUrNS at Mr. Brown's request is sub- and domestic commerce, mining, man- | Pitted: ufacturing and fishery industries and Secret Service Control. transportation facilities. “It ma; y be urged that a large I‘—""::n‘e"‘r:"::’:mxme:“""“ .(.he‘l): centrally-controlled secret service wage may become a menace to American working ""“;’é“"“: and advancement | mstitutions.” says Mr. Brown's letter °I‘ °”°:““‘ eBLLOr D! © em-| ¢ transmittal. “That argument Ploymen though specious, in my judgement, Education and welfare—Promotion : J upon analy will prove unsound. ofieducation, """;“’ health 2nd 814 10| witn respect to the task in hand, 1 delinquentsixndidepsmarnts. am convinced that substantial success Other Establishments. can be attained only by first deter- In addition to these departments|mining a sound principle of orgaami- the following independent executive|$ation and then following wherever establishments are provided for: | that principle leads.” Budget bureau (Treasury), Civil| It is further suggested that the Service Commission, United States|8llen property custodian, now an bureau of eficlency, bureau of pur-|independent establishment. be at- chase and supply and the government | tached to the Department of Justice. fuel yard (Treasury), government| Fost Office Department—It iy printing office (Congress), United | Focommended that the name of the States Shipping Board and the United | Post Office Department be changed States Emergency Fleet Corporation, | t0 the department of communications, United States Tarlfft Commission, | " Susgested by the Postmaster Gen- United States Railroad Administra- |eral. and that his plan of organiza- tion, Interstate Commerce Commis- |tloD. as shown in an accompanying d the Federal Trade Commis- | Chart be adopted. :::: =5 Department of Agriculture.—The There is also the Library of Con-|Department of Agriculture should, of 85, under congressional directlon, | COUrse, have exclusive responsibilit: ‘rsmno of the proposed changes are for products of the farm and forest briefly explained, as follows: in the productive stages. To avold Department o'( State—To avotd | duplicating the work of the Depart- duplication of work In the promotion |ent of Commerce, the duty of of forelgn trade, it is suggestcd that | Which is “to foster, promote and de- the service of the State Department | ve!oP the foreign and domestic com- in trade matters be limited to repre- | erc® ® ¢ ¢ and transportation fa- senting the United States and its na- | Cilities of the United States.” It is tionals in negotiations with foreign |recommended that the activities of governments, and In the collecting of the Department of Agriculture in [ commercial information, and that re. | the commercial stage be limited to sponsibility for the subject matter of inspecting and grading perishable international trade agreements, as farm products and to research which well as- for forelgn trade promotion | Wil &1d production. and policles be vested solely in the{ This division of responsibility, ac- f Commerce. | cording to the Brown report, com- S pels a division of the services per. Merging of Work. formed by the bureau of market: Ich division of responsibility, | the technical research work, inspec- ll.:“nro:n argued, would indicate the “l::l lr;: md;u“::‘ ::flrl::;btla.hnr;n work now done by |Protuc ni - ::;:“:fl:l:e::‘m economist eent partment of Agriculture and the suls with the service performed by Petitloners for generil shiiaty' imprisoned violators of war laws to- day utilized the spirit of Armistice day in another endeavor to influence President Harding to pardon the six- ty-four men still serving sentences under the espionage act. ‘With a band of five pieces playing “The Marseillaise” and two color- bearers carrying American flags at the head, the amnesty seekers, more than two hundred strong and with banners, descended upon the White House soon after the President had returned from Arlington, where in the name of the American people he had placed a wreath on the tomb of the unknown scldier. They had ob- tained a permit to parade on Penn- sylvania avenue before the White House grounds but after doing this they turned into west Executive ave- nue toward the White House offices and then their troubles began. The procession proceeded quietly until it reached the entrance of the grounds nmear th Executive offices | when a husky park police lieutenant stepped out, choked off the band in the midst of “Onward, Christian Sol- diers,” and informed the leaders that they then were on government res- ervation ground and the permit was peared but those participating in the procession remained with their ban- ners about the grounds for an hour before adjourning to Lafayette Square, where an open-alr meeting was held. A Counter Demonstration. The meeting in Lafayette Square, opposite the White House, had barely gotten under way, when a young man accompanied by half a dozen negro boys appeared with new kind of ban- ners. These banners as soon as dis- played started a ¢ounter demonstra- tion as the amnesty seekers showed unmistakably that they resented the inscriptions, some of which ran as follows: “Treason Ain’t No Crime—Benedict Arnold Patriotic Association, Inc. “We Extend Our Sympathy.—Pick- pockets’ Association.” “Grecting and Good Cheer.—Sneak ‘Thieves, Inc.” “We Want Out, Too—Chicken Thieves® Soclety.” Police had to intervene between the two sets of demonstrators and when quiet was restored the head of the anti-amnesty group, Herbert B. May- er of New York city, who said he re- cently was honorably discharged from the 18th Infantry, 5th Division, after a long period of service, including two years overseas, explained his purpose. Decries Banner Parades. “Upon being informed this morning that the long-haired men and short- haired women behind this movement intended to parade on Armistice day,” he siid, “I communicated my’ views upon the subject to various patriotic organisations and-the response was such as to lead me to believe that L .{ was entirely wrong. “Overwhelmed by consclousness of my - error’ I determined’ to ' make amends by showing sympathy with Entirely at my own expense and rep- resenting no one at all except myself course, had no possidble right to rep- resent” the organizations named on oo Fage % Cotuma 1, _ news service and other work essen-