Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1922, Page 1

P Cloudy _tonight: and somewhat warmer. Temperature for twenty: ended at 2 p.m. toda; 3 p.m. yesterday; lowes! today. Full report on page 16. WEATHER. tomorrow showers Highest, 74, at , 46, at 6:30 a.! -four hours Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 No. 28,6_86- post office Wai Entered as second-class matter TURKS RESENT .S NTERFERENCE' N NEAR EAST TANGLE Nationalists Angered by Re- port of New Note From Washington. NO STATEMENT ISSUED, SAY OFFICIALS HERE Department Believes Instructions to Admiral Bristol Started Rumor. The impression apparently pre- vaillng in Constantinople, and re- flected in yesterday's news dispatches, that the United States has sent a new note to Europe regarding the near east peace Settlement was said at the State Department today to be based on a misunderstanding of the facts in the case. Department officials said the only American communication on the sub- ject, which is in the hands of Rear Admiral Bristol, American com- missioner at Constantinople, is al copy of the statement of American position Sent on October, 27 in the form of an “aide memoire” to Am- bassadors Harvey, Herrick and Child. Admiral Bristol, in common with diplomatic representatives of the government at other capitals, has authority to make use of his eopy of the “alde memoire,” and it is assumed he has done so to correct misapprehension as to AmericaL views. In the original publication of the American communication in Europe some of the points emphasized by Secretary Hughes, including the decla- rations regarding the capitulations and indemnity, were omitted. At about the same time garbled publi- jrounding the city. . Tl v sl £ "> WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1922—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. QUAKE DEATH TOLL 1,000, By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, November 13.—Re- lief forces to aid the thousands made homeless by the earthquakes through- out Chile early Saturday morning and the flooding waves which followed the shocks were being mobilized to- day. The death toll will probably be at least 1.000, it is estimated, and the property loss will run into the mil- lions, as several towns were almost entirely wiped out and heavy dam- age to buildings and communication lines, and particularly ships along the 1.400 miles of coast affected by the huge waves, has resulted from the violent upheavals of nature. Details Still Lacking. The extent of the casualties, prop- erty damages and distress wrought by the catastrophic disturbances has not yet been learned except in a gen- eral way, as many communication lines, both overland and underyater, were put out of commission. Five hundred persons were reported killed at Vallenar and in the districts sur- At Coquimbo at least 100 are known to be dead. The damage from the succession of earth shocks, which filled the population with terror, was heaviest in the northern provinces of Antofagasta, Atacama and Coquimbo. All along the coast little ships and big ships were swept on shore, pound- ed against the rocks or left high and dry. At many small ports wharves and quays were destroyed. Today naval ships were steaming up and down the coast, sfopping at various places to send landing parties to the relief of sufferers, many of whom are without food and shelter. Tidal Wave Follows. The tidal waves which followed the earthquakes indicated a gigantic dis- turbance beneath the Pacific. ' The waters first were drawn away shore, far below the low-tide mark, tion Is said here to have been made abroad of Secretary Hugzhes' remarks in h.s speech at Boston dealing with the American attitude on rear eastern questions. Deep Concern Here. It is believed in Washington that tuese incomplete accounts purporting to give the American viewpoint have been in circulation in Consiantinople and that Admiral Bristol has made use of his discretionary avthority to publish a correct text of the “aide memoire” and perhaps to hand a copy of it to the Kemalist authorities. There is no question that the demand of the Turkish nationalists for abolition of the regime of capitu- lations is viewed with concern in Washington, although State Depart- meat officials have been reticent in view of the complex and difficult situ- ation in which the allied governments find themselves in their efforts to work out a peaceful solution at Lau- sanne. Report Angers Turks. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, November 13. —The Turkish nationalist leaders yesterday expressed resentment over what they termed American inter- ference in Turkey's internal affairs contained in a note received from Secretary of State Hughes. The note was received too late for newspaper comment. The nationalist leaders are partic- ularly displeased over America’s in- sistence for the maintenance of capitulations, which they declare must be scrapped forever. Regard- ing claims for indemnity, they said Turkey could not accept responsibil- ity for damage caused American vroperty by foreign invaders. Turkey, they declared, always favored fuil freedom of tne Straits of the Dardanelles, provided adequate guarantees were given by the powers that such free use would not im- peril Turkish _ security. Kemalist authorities asserted that American schools would be accorded ample pro- tection, but that they must submit to Turkish laws and regulations. In British and American circles deep satisfaction was expressed to- day that Secretary Hughes had taken the opportunity to clarify the official attitude of the American govern- ment, but regret was evinced that the United States was not prepared to_identify itself more closelv in the solution of the difficult problems of the near east. TURK CAPITAL MENACED. Outbreaks Feared as Nationalists Threaten Reign of Terror. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 13.—Now that the Lausanne conference has been postponed to November 20 the ques- tion most urgently asked here fs whether it will be possible to main- tain peace in Constantinople in the interim. Restoration of communica- tions has revealed such an ugly sit- uation there that it is evident the utmost tact and skill will be neces- sary to prevent violent outbursts. All reports coming to London con- cur in saying that the extremists are! dominating the Angora government, which through its agents in Cqnstan tinople is following the policy of de- flance toward the allies and terrorism among the local population. Residents.of Constantinople are de- scribed as being in a state of extreme alarm, while the position of the allied troops is represented as one which soon may become untenable. An_incident which sharply shows the total change in the situation from conditions which have prevailed during the past year is reported by some correspondents whose dispatches say that an English book merchant who became involved in a street squabble was seized by the Turkish police, taken to the Alata police sta- tion and thrashed. The correspon- dents maintain that the establishment of martial law alone can make Con- stantinople safe. - Complete agreement among the al- lies and a display of unity in grant- ing full authority to their com- manders in Constantinople to co-op- erate in any emergency would remove anxiety, it is contended, and guaran- tee stability during tne discussions with the Turks at usanne. With- out such complete co-operation, i is argued, conference had better not be held. Further Delay Likely. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 13.—Although the Lausanne conference for the mak- ing of peace in the near east has been postponed for a week, being fixed now for November 20, official circles here take the view that an- other postponement will be necessary T iContinued on Page 2, Column 1) | ard then they came rushing back in a great wave which some observers MILLION DOLLARS LOST IN OIL FIRE Greatest Blaze in History of Guif Coast Fields Now Raging. By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., November 13.—The most disastrous fire in the history of the gulf coast oil flelds now is raging in the Humble sector, seventeen miles nortkeast of Houston. Three-quarters of a million barrels of oil are burning and with a stiff wind in the north, fully 2,000,000 barrels are endangered. During a terrific storm yesterday a bolt of lightning struck tank No. 21, of the Gulf Pipe Line Company, transporta- tion subsidiary of the Gulf Oil Corpora- tion. A column of flame shot skyward 200 feet, followed by a dense cloud of black smoke and an explosion that shook Humble townsite. Tank No. 22 caught fire this morn- ing, and now is burning flercely. The flames threaten tanks No. 11 and § of the gulf company and the Sun company tanks on the opposite side of the road. There are no means of combating the flames except to pump the oil from beneath the tanks. Virtually all officials of the interested com- panies are on the ground directing operations. The bolt which started the first fire put the pump for that tank out of commission and the oil could not be brought out from the bottom. The flames now are on the bottom of the tank. The pumps are working on tank No. 22 and removing the ofil, but the pump station is so far from the blazing tanks that the salvage is said to be small. Tanks No. 11 and $ also are being pumped out. It 1s considered likely that tank No. 21 will burn until tomorrow and tank No. 22 two or three days longer. Tank No. 21 is the largest earthen oil storage tank in Texas. The value of the 750.000 barrels of oil now burn- ing is around $1,000,000. GRAHAM TAKES STAND IN'HIS $500,000 SUIT Lieut. Lorimer C. Graham, U. S. N,, this afternoon began his testimony concerning the alleged wrong sus- tained by him at the hands of Augus- tus L. Humes, wealthy lawyer of New York, and which forms the basis of the alienation suit to recover $500,000 damages, trial of which was resumed today before Justice Hitz and a jury in Circuit Division No. 1. After Lieut. Graham had testified as to his courtship and marriage ad- journment was taken until tomorrow morning, when he will resume his testimony. Attorney Daniel Thew Wright, for the plaintiff, called to the witness stand Mrs. Hilda Portner Derby, sis- ter of the present Mrs. Humecs, and inquired concerning the circumstances of the visit to Reno in 1918, when the divorce proceedings were begun, and about the presence of a detective in the house where she and her sister resided in Reno, and where Lieut, Graham was induced to visit his The lawyer claims that Graham was induced to go to Reno on the pretext of seeing the children in order that ‘divorce papers might be served on him, Mrs. Derby admitted she had ac- | companied her sister to Nevada and also said it was true they had a de- tective on hand when Lieut. Graham visited them. On cross-examination by Attorney Wilton J. Lambert, for the defense, Mrs. Derby said her sis- ter told her she was going to Reno for a divorce because “she could not stand it any more,” referring to the treatment of her by Graham. Asked why the detective was present, she said they feared violence from Gra- i N | from | WITH MANY HOMELESS Relief Rushed From All Quarters-W ash- ington Scientists Explain Causes of Disaster Extending Over 1,200 Miles said was fifty meters in helght. At Antofagasta this queer and frightful movement of the sea was repeated five times, and at Coplapo the city battered almost to ruins and the entire population fled to the hills. ¢ The tremors were 50 severe that some of the seismographs were put out of operation. The total duration of the tremors was three hours and forty minutes and the estimated radius 1.200 kilometers, in a direction transversal to the Andes. The Meteorological Insti- tute announced that the earth shock co- incided with the passage of a sun spot | over the central meridian of the 'solar body. The sun spot made its appear- ance on November 5 and was the largest observed this year. Planets Blamed. At Valparaiso it was pointed out by | Rear Admiral Martin, director of the Navy meteorological service, that the earthquake came just as the conjunc- tions of Mercury and Jupiter and Nep- tune and the sun were approaching, and he declared this was significant. Gradual opening of the telegraph lines to the north is bringing in additional details of catastrophe, centering in Atacama province. The inland town of Vallenar is in ruins. with 360 dead and about 600 injured. In the collapse | of the prison, twelve inmates were killed Iand others injured. The entire popul: | tion is without food or adequate medi- cal assistance. Many Killed. ! At Coquimbo, where 100 were killed, earth tremors were continuing yes- terday, but the population was search- ing the ruins for bodies and succor- ing the injured. north of La Serena, early Saturday morn- ing swept away the entire district’in which the stores were situated and the inhabitants are without food. Ten bodies have been recovered. { Caldera is in ruins. The sea swept over the town, even carrying away railroad cars. QUAKE CAUSES EXPLAINED. | _Old mother ¢arth, millions and millions of years old, but still un- ! steady. striving hard once more to (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) HALL-MILLS CASE WITNESSES IN ROW “Pig Woman” and “Cow- keeper,” Who Contradicted Her, at Odds Over Pig: By the Associated Press. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Novem- ber 13.—A physical encounter be- tween woman witnesses in the Hall- Mills murder mystery was the latest development in the case today. Mrs. Jane Gibson, who raised pigs and says she saw the murder, and Mrs. Nellie Lo Russell, negress, who keeps cows and says Mrs. Gibson could not have seen the murder, be- cause she was at her house at the time, had an altercation yesterday over a pig. Mrs. Russell admitted the encounter in an interview today, but declared she was not the aggressor. adding that she harl‘)red no i1 will toward Mrs. Gibson. Declines to Comment. Mrs. Russell declined to discuss her afidavit, made public. yesterday by | counsel for the rector's widow, in which she sald she was positive Mrs. Gibson was at her home at the time the “pig woman” swore she was a witness to the double murder. She said she had been warned not to talk about the case to reporters. The negress lives in a one-room shanty built on stilts in the middle of a fleld not far from Mrs. Gibson's home. She keeps five cows, housing them in a dilapidated barn. ‘Tells Others Her Versiom. Patrick Thornton, a farmer, who lives in the vicinity, and Louis Saphyr, who boards with him, de- clared today that the negress told them her story about a week ago. Both admitted they had paid no at- tention to it at the time. John Sylvester, a dairy farmer liv- ing at Three-Mile Run, also said Mrs. Russell had told him her story recent- ly and that he had advised her to tell the prosecuting authorities. Mrs. Gibson laughed today when a state trooper, acting as message bearer for newspaper men, showed her a copy of Mrs, Russell's sworn statement. “That doesn't interest me,” was the answer she gave the.trooper for the waiting reporters. “I haven't any- thing to say about it—yet.” SHELL-SHOCKED BROUGHT {BACK TO HEALTH BY PAINT Primrose Yellow Helpful, Red Stimulates, Blue Brings Calm and Green Happiness. ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., November | shocked soldiers to regain their health | was the subject of a paper prepared by S. T. Rallinger of New York for the annual convention of the Na- tional Paint, Oil and Varnish Associa- tion here today. 7 According to the paper a young sol- tdier, a mental wreck; regained his heafth rapidly in a_room finished in primrose yeliow. Dark colors pro- duced melancholia, red had a tem. | porary stimulating’ effect followed by a nervous reaction, blue caused a parent calm, green resulted in hap- piness and vitality and yellow caused amiability. . —_— U. S.. JUDGE EXONERATED, FORT WORTH, Tex., November 13. —Federal Judge James C. Wilson ) was exonerated today of :charges ‘made against him by a church paper ulpits that he wa® lenient :v'i‘tlh!rgll;:)t?a verl. that he ate and drank with them and otherwise en- couraged them in their operations. The inve tion. was made twelve of the Tarrant County Bar As- #oclation and laster two months Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION BELLAMY STORER, EX-DIPLOMAT, DIES Cincinnati Attorney Formerly | Was U. S. Ambassador to Austria-Hungary. | CINCINNATI. Ohlo, November 13— | Bellamy Storer, attorney and former diplomat of Cincinnati, died in Paris, Fraace, last night, according to a ca- blegram received in Cincinnati to-| day. The cablegram was received by Philip Hinkle of | the Central Trust | Company of this; city, who was in ! charge of part of | the Storer estate; in this city. The circum- stances. <o%. the death of Mr. Storer was 1ot stated in_the ca- BELLANY STORER, biegram, but it is known that the former ambhssador had been in f{ll health for the past year. In Paris Three Years. Mr. Storer's wife, Marla Longworth Storer, also a former Cincinnatian, and an aunt of Representative Nicho- las Longworth, was with him at the time of his ceath. The Storers had been making their home in Paris since their last visit to the United States about three years ago. ‘The seat occupied by Mr. Storer in Congress in 1891, is now occupied by his nephew, Nicholas Longworth. It was while Mr. Storer was am- bassador to Austri-Hungary that lhe‘ incident relating to the exchange of letters between President Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Storer, which came ! to be known as the “Dear Maria” let- ters, occurred. They concerned a breach between Roosevelt and the Storers over an _interest in the pro- posec elevation of the late ‘Archbishop Ireland to a cardinalate. Also Was Minister. NEW YORK, November 13.—Bel lamy Storer who died in Paris, yester: day, was Ameritan ambassador to Austria-Hungary in 1902-06 and be-, fore that had been minister to Bel- ! gium and Spain. He represented the | first Ohio district in the fifty-second | and fifty-third Congresses. ‘He was born in Cincinnati, August 28, 1847 and was graduated from Har. vard College in 1867. He entered the law two years later and was appoint- ed an assistant United States attorney | of the southern district of Ohio. «My Dear Maria” Letters. Mr. Storer’'s death recalls the dip- | lomatic sensation of a decade and a: half ago when he was summarily re- moved as ambassador at Vienna by the then President Roosevelt. It was Mr. Storer's wife, who was Maria Longworth of Cincinnati, about whom revolved the strife lncldex‘flal to the dismissal. She was the “My Dear Maria” in the remarkable series of letters written by the late Presi- dent :and published by Mrs. Storer.in defense of her contention that her husband's removal had been an in- ju;:leve;‘. she, too, who was charged by the President with responsibility for the complications which caused her husband’s removal. Mr. Rooseveit ! 13.—The use of paint in helping shell- | in defense of his action accused Mrs. Storen with having delved too deeply into affairs of state and with seriously involving the United States with the Vatican in Rome and with the gov- ernments of France, Spajn and Austria-Hungary, The Storers and the Roosevelts had been intimate friends for many years. Mrs. Storer, aunt of Nicholas Long- worth, r. Roosevelt’s son-in-law, was godmother to Kermit Roosevelt, and Mr. Storer had served in' Con- gress when Mr. Roosevelt was a mem- ber of the Civil Service Commission. Dismissal a Surprise. It was March 20, 1306, that Presi- dent Roosevelt unexpectedly an- nounced the dismissal of Ambassador Storer. Secretary of State Elihu Root followed with a formal note to the Vienna government arunouncing that the removal had been sccomplished by cable and without the usual pro- cedure attendant upon such formali- uls‘ecreury Root’s note gave no hint of the actual cause of the dismissal. Ambassador and Mrs. Storer at the time were absent in Egypt. On their return to Vienna in April with the continental ~capitals seething with conjectures, the storm broke. Letter Was Feature. The forerunner was the publication by Mrs, Storer of a letter which she said Roosevelt, as Governor of New York, had written her in 1900, to be shown by her to Cardinal Rampolla, in order to convince the Vatican - of the friendly attitude of prominent Americans Archbishop Ire- (Continued on Page 3, Column 7.) _ i Board and persona n HOPELESS. BARUCH DECLINES TO WIELD SCEPTER OF “THIRD PARTY” By the Associated Prese, NEW YORK, November 13.—There is no need of a third party and he intends | to remain a demo- Bernard M. former of the Industrie: crat, Baruch, chairman War friend of forme President Wood row Wilson, de clared today. He made the state ment in reply 1 one by Col. Rober H. Montgomery, republican, form. general _ controlle of the Unitec States Shippi NEBERNARD M. BARUCH who { Board, and served with Mr. Baruch on the War Industries Board. Col. Montgomery had suggested that the manufacturers and farmers be brought together, with Mr. Baruch in charge of the organi- zation of a third party. —_— QUTLINES SCHEME: FOR REORGANIZING Senator Smoot Confers With President on Proposed Department Changes. Certain features of the plan for re- organizing the governmental depart- ments, as prepared by Brown, chairman of the joint commit- tee on reorganization, were discussed today at a brief conférence between of Utah, a member of the joint com- mittee. Senator Smoot expressed the opin- ion tnat although the bill providing for the changes as proposed by the! plans wili be introduced very shortly fter Congress assembles for the spe- 1al session on November 20, there are certain elements to be considered which may make it impossible for ac- tion during the special session or even during the regular session, which will immediately follow. Because of the lack of time and the urgency to handle other impor- tant legislation, the opposition to consideration of reorganization leg- islation may be sufficiently strong to cause its being temporarily pigeon- holed, in the opinion of the Utah sen- ator. He explained that it would not be necessary to conduct any héarings by the committee, in preparation for the legislation and that it has been generally understood the entire plan would be contained in one bill when brought before Congress. 180 10 LOSE J0BS AT THE NAVY YARD ‘Machinists Will Be Furloughed! ‘November 23 Because of Lack of Work. Lack of work will force another re- duction of the number of skilled me- chanics of the Washington navy yard, according to Capt. J. H. Dayton, com- mandant. Capt. Dayton explained to- day that it will be necessary to fur- lough 180 machinists on November 23, but said that no more reductions were i sight at this time. It is_understood that the machinists’ atfon will registér vigorous com- ';m!-nmn the discharge of skilled mechanics at this time senc df them over the ‘countrywhere it will :;‘t be possible for the ment to get i Te navy yerd work reguires 2 hurry.- The worl ires the highest class of mechanics, it was pointed out. HUNGER RIOTS SPREAD. BERLIN, November 13.—Advices from Cologne report that rioting which “began' Friday In the suburb Kalk. spread Saturday and Sunday to_ the suburbs of Kuelheim and Ehrenfried. Many " shop windows yors -muh" ed end_the mob stoned e police, outing, “hunger, _ger.”_Many arrests wero.made. Walter F.! President Harding and Senator Smoot ; as the papers far. Saturday’s Sunday’s | QUINTET CONFESSES TO MURDERING 108 ON ROBBER QUESTS MOSCOW, November 13.—Five men arrested by the Moscow police had ad- mitted murdering 108 men, women and children, their motive being rob- bery. In one instance zighteen per- sons attending a birthday party were all killed. Another time a family of eight were murdered and in other cases the rob- bers took the lives of four or five per- sons at the same time, so that no wit- ness was left to tell the tale of hor- ror. ‘The crimes were committed in vari- ous parts of Russia in a period cover- ing more than a year. " |COAL SHORTAGE “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier city block and the delivered to Washi - are Net Circulation, 87,133 Net Circulation, 90,819 " Two CENTS. JAPANESE BARRED ASGITIZENS OF .S, BY SUPREME COURT Ruling Made in Test Cases From Hawaii and the Pacific Coast. REAL ESTATE BUSINESS |15 NOW UNLIKELY Stocks on Hand Away Above Danger Point, With Sur- plus Growing Weekly. ANTHRACITE STILL TIGHT Dealers for Present at Least K\utl Continue to Supply But 1 60 Per Cent. URGES LICENSING - OF PISTOL SELLERS Likelihood of a national shortage of coal during the coming winter has passed and there is hardly a poseibility of any .section of the country lacking coal for either in- dustrial or household use, it is indi- cated by recent announcements from the federal fuel distributor and the geological survey. Coal loadings at the mines continue to mount, the total loadings for several days dur- ing the past two weeks showing large increases over the totals for the same days of the last three years. . Coal stocks are being increased at the approximate rate of 2,000,000 tons per week and the national reserve of coal is now over the 20,000,000-tun mark regarded during the late spring as| the danger point, below which coal stocks should not fall. The rate of output for soft coal during the week ended last Saturday was higher than in 1918 and much | higher than in 1921. The production of anthracite for the week ended No- vember 11 was estimated at 1,900.000 | | tons, a higher figure than in previous, i years. During September 6,000,000 tons of coal were added to reserve stocks, while during October at le as much more was added to reser: | | Police Chief Recommends $100 Fee and $5,000 Bond for Each Dealer. A recommendation that dealers in revolvers be required to pay a license fee of $100 a year and file a $3,000 bond upon obtaining the license has| heen made to Commissioner Oyster Maj. Sullivan, superintendent of po- | lce, it became known today. { The police chief made the sugges- | tion in reporting on the bill intro- ! duced In Congress a few months ago by Senator Capper of Kansas to regu- |late the sale and use of pistols in | Washington. Maj. Sullivan offered a further suggestion that no permit to carry a revolver should be {ssued by the Po- lice Court judges except upon favor- e recommendation of the superin- tendent of police, Referred to Corporation Comnmiel. Commissfoner Oyster has referred the Capper bill with Maj. Sullivan changes to Corporation Counsel Stephens to put the amendments in|prise the quantity in the hands of | legal form. Soon after Congress|commerclal consumers and does not. meets - the Commissioners probably | include coal in the cellars of domes- nsumers nor steamship fuel, nor | will forward to the Capitol their | tcai on the docks at the head of the | views on the proposed legislation. | Great Lakes, which is classed as coal Under the existing law dealers inin transit. i Notwlithstanding these facts, made | pistols must put up a $1,000 bond, but i | A ENSRICNE e Smcials of the | no Ycense fee is required. government in direct communica- e 1t SRR ol st O T e cpetont e 1t case o - dis 5 restrict to a greater extent than un-; :h:rge of priorities and coal car di- | der present ";'"l the promiscuous . versions, there remains still the prob- | on Whe Spernon!” wrote Mai. Sullivan | S it have o be. mads QUFnE A = = | cite W ave to in his report to the Commigsioners. | e 5 the winter at least. Anthra- | clause be Inserted giving the Commias | Cite will be distributed on the Basis ! sioners power and authority to make, 1;’,,’,,.“& B ho present at teast. imodify and enforce all usual, rea-™yypile it cannot be predicted how long a)nah]re and l;e?:""yt nofllce regula- | ¢nie condition will last, dealers are only Sions of the proposed ast, the provis i gistributing to consurhers 60, per cent it 'be provided that all prosecutions | o RO, SRRY 55 Lroaliction ncreases, | for violations of sald act or of the!{c'g) per cent figure will be raised un- police regulations enacted in pure |t} I : ! Biance Therefor be on behalt of the | il consumers can purchase an. un District of Columbia in the name of | the corporation counsel or one of his | Anthracite Stocks Increase. assistants.” i Penalty for Pistol-Teter. The Capper bill provides a penalty coal to supply all needs. But the of imprisonment for not less than janthracite situation is still serious. one year for carrying a revotver con- | gtocks of anthracite in the yards of cealed on the person or in a vehicle. | retail coal merchants on September 1, It does not prohibit the keeping of a | were very low, and on October 1, were weapon In the home or place of busi- | only sufficient for a seven days supply. ness. Since October 1, however, production 1t a person cammits or attempts to has been heavy and stocks have in- commit a crime while armed he shall be given five years for carrying the | gun in addition to the penalty for the s vey. 33,000,000 Tons on Hand. ©On Octgper 1. commereial consum- ers had In storage approximately 28,000,080 tons of moft coal, approxi- mately the same as in 19 The trend of productien, Federal Fuel | Distributor Spens announc is up- ward. Stocks on hand November 1 approximating 35,000,000 tons, com- "ty speaking, stocks in the wwern states are lower than those in and 1917. | {see no reason to differ. | that conclusion has become so weli : established by judicial and executive The bituminous situation is normal, | }in fact, there is more than enough soft | the other hand, are those clearly in- crime he was attempting to commit, Upon a second or third conviction the judge may double or triple the ven- alty. League Wi Democratic Leaders Doubt ne east, as a result of the coal priority srogram put into effect last August. The northwest is well supplied with coal, and New England has large stocks on hand INVOLVED IN DECISION Complainant Had Been Refused Incorporation in Washing- ton State. Japanese are not eligible for naturalization in the United States it was held today by the Supreme¢ Court. In its finding the court dis- Posed of two cases, one brought from Hawall by Tako Ozawa against the United States, and the otker brought by Takujl Yamaschita and Charles Hio Koko against the secretary of state of Washington. In the latter case both Japanese had been uatur- alized by a court of the state of Washington, but were refused incor- poration as a real estate firm on the ground that their naturalization haé been illegal. The lower federal courts denfed naturalization in both cases, but the ninth circuit court of appeals, in con- .sidering_the Ozawa case, suspended its decision and asked the Supreme Court for instructions as to whether Japanese are eligible for citizenship under the naturalization laws. The question largely turned upor whether section 2169 of the reviseé tatutes, restricting naturalization tc “free white persons” and those of African descent was still in force. The Court’s Opinton. The court stated that the questiont before it were: “l. Is the naturalization act of June 29, 1906, limited by the pro- sions of section 2169 of the Revised tutes of the United States? If so limited, is the appellant eligible to naturalization under that section?” The court answered the first of these questions in the affirmative, ané then, in discussing the phras white persons,” as it appe statute, sald: “Undoubtedly the word ‘free’ wat originally used in recognition of the fact that slavery then existed ang that some white persons occupiet that status. The word, however, has long since ceased to have any prac- H piles, according to the geological sur- | tical significance and may now be disregarded. “Manifestly the test afforded by the mere color of the skin of each in: dividual is impracticable, as that dif, | ters greatly among persoms of the same race,” the court “ever among_Anglo-Saxons, ranging 'by im. glrunuble gradations from, the fah lond” to thé swarthy brunétte, thi latter being darker than mahy of the lighter-hued persons of the brown o1 yellow races. Hence, to adopt the color test alone would result in & confused overlapping of races and i gradual merging of one into the other, without any practical line o ration. he federal and state courts, it an almost unbroken line, have helé that the words ‘white person’ were meant to indicate only a person of what is popularly known as the Caucasian race. With the conclusior reached in these several decisions we Moreover concurrence and legislative acquies- cience that we should not at this late day feel at liberty to disturb it, in the absence of reasons far more cogent than any that have been sug- gested. Individual Cases. “The effect of the conclusion that the words ‘white person’ means & Caucasian is not to e blish a sharg line of demarcation between those who are entitled and those who are not entitied to naturalization, but rather, a_zone of more or less de. batable ground, outside of which upon the one hand, are those clearly eligibles and outside of which, upon eligible for citizenship. “Individual cases falling within this zone must be determined as they aris from time to time by what this courl has called, in another connection ‘the gradual process of judicial in- clusion and exclusion.’ “The appellant in the case now un- der consideration, however, is clearly of a race which is not Caucasian, an¢ therefore belongs entirely outside the zone on the negative side. A large number of the ‘federal and statt courts have so decided, and we find no reported case definitely to the con. jtrary. These decisions are sustained by numerous scientific authorities which we do not deem it necessary t review. We think these decisions are Il Be 1924 Issue The democrats will think very seri- ously before attempting|to make the league of nations an issie in the 1924 campaign, it was indicated today in comments made by. leading democratic senators on the campaign just closed. Should former President Wilson: seek to force the acceptance of the league as an issue, it might result in party differ- ences and probably, judging from the sentiment at this time, would fail of effect. Harrison Scores G. O. P. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, who campaigned over a wide area prior to the recent election, said today : “The results of the election, giving a democratic victory, were due to the fail- 'ure of the republican administration to measure up to the expectaf{ns of the American people. The republican party had made certain promises and had not. kept them. The people have come to realize the republicans had made a mess of both foreign and domestic policies. “If’two elements contributed to the defeat of the republicans more than lany others, they were the manner ln,, 'which the republicans levied taxes and the increased cost of living.” League Partly Considered. In reply to & question as to whether the league of nations was an issue in the recent campaign, Semator Harrl- son said: 1 do. not think- the league - of nations played a dominant part. It was naturally considered in connec- tion with our decreasing export trade and depressed conditions. But very few campalgn speakers dwelt upon the league of nations as an issue.” Senator Walsh of Montana, who ‘was an ardent supporter of the league during its consideration in the Senate, said he thought the league of nations as an issue had been ‘“negligible” in the recent cam- paign: STEAMER IN PERIL. LONDON, November 13.—The steam- er Oscar II, which sailed from New York November 2 for Christiania and Copenhagen, went aground Sunday about 1,200 feet north of the Oksoe entrance to Christiansand, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. Two steamers have gone to the assist- ance of the ninety-five passengers still aboard today. It is not believed the ship was serfously damaged or in a leaky condition. NEW_YORK, November 13.—Agents of the Scandinavian-American line to- day received cabled advices from Co- penhagen that passengers aboard the Osecar 1I, once known Ford’s peace ship,” were be! ferred to another steamer the Oscar, fast on the shoal entrance to Christiansand, was rest- ing easily. ‘The Oscar II went aground last night with ninety-eight passengers. right, and so hold.” REP. RYAN TO MARRY. Youngest Congressman Will Wed Mrs. Keleher. Announcement was made today of the engagement of Mrs. Gertrude Dakin Kelcher, daughter of Mrs Benjamin Edward Dakin of the Cum- berland Apartments to Representa: tive Thomas Jefferson Rvan of New York city. Mrs. Keleher is & graduate of Holy Cross Academy, and Repre. sentative Ryan is a graduate of Ford. ham University. Representative Ryar is the youngest member of Congress MRS. HARDING BETTER. Dr. Carl Sawyer Says Five-Week Improvement Is Marked. Dr. Carl Sawyer of Marion, Ohio, sor of Brig. Gen. Sawyer, the White Hous physician, after a call at the Whits House today, sald that he was please to notice the great advancement madt in the physical condition of Mre Harding. Dr. Sawyer was one of the attending hysicians during the critical stage oi g(m Harding’s iliness more than twe months ago, and he had not seen hei for more than five weeks until today and he was therefore In a positiog to recognize her improvement. Dr Sawyer expects to return to o night. —————— ACCUSED PRIEST FREED. GREENVILLE, 8. C., November 13 —Rev. Constantine Garoufalis, Gree) church priest, of Augusta, Ga., why was arrested here on a charge pre ferred by the wife of another Greek was freed In magistrate’s court. Thi woman did not to proi He left at once for Augusta. | { A4