Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1922, Page 1

Showers tonight and warmer tonight. toda est, 46, d at 2 today end 2 pon, toda: 3 Full report on page 7. p.m. i low WEATHER. Temperature for twenty-four hours tomorrow; Highest, 64, at 6:45 a.m. | Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 No. 28,687. NN WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Tintered as sccond-class matter post office Washington, D. C. NEW EARTHQUAKES ROCK CHILE; DEATH TOLL NEARS 2,000 Horror Spreads With Ban- ditry and Disorder Threat- ening Panic-Stricken. ( ENTIRE TOWN VANISHES INTO BOWELS OF EARTH 600 Bodies Already Recovered in One City—Pacific Ocean Still Strangely Turbulent. R the Assoclated Press. SANTIAGO. Chile, November 14— Teports of banditry and disorder In 1he earthquake district, together with news of additional earth shocks and indications that the calamity has reached appalling proportions, causcd 1he Chilean government today to con- sider the advisability of sending 1roops to Coquimbo and Atacama to reinforce the regular garrisons, which iire too small to cope with the situa- tion and aid in relief work. Chile was again visited by earth shocks late last night. Severe tremors were felt at La Serena, capital of the province of Coquimbo, at 11 o'clock, and half an hour earlier the seaport Constitucion, capital of the . province of Maule, was shaken, ac- cording to advices received here by the National Telegraph. 600 Bodies Recovered. The 600 bodies already recovered from the ruins of the city of Vallenar were carried to the public square and after they had been identified were Lurned. The town of Carrizal, consisting niostly of underground dwellings and copper mines, is reported to have dis- appeared, but no mention of the loss of lives is made. The inhabitants number about 200 and there are 350 other persons living at the port of Carrizal. Outlawry broke out last night in the town of Vallenar, the chief suf- ferer from the earthquake, where it is estimated 1.000 of the Inhabitants perished. while reports of robberies and holdups came from other places in the affected region. Death List Mo The arrival of war vessels at the northern ports of Chile brought wire- Jess reports of disaster from towns and villages not previously heard from, including the large™Y¥éwn &t Freirina, augmenting greatly the number of reported casualties which are now variously estimated at be- tween 1,500 and 2,000 dead. with num- berless injured and homeless. The property losses amounting to millions of dollars which resulted from the earthquake will be a severe economic_blow to the country, it is feared. The town of Vallenar seems o0 have suffered the most. Only three nouses remain standing there and 700 of the inhabitants are dead. The dead counted at Capiapo so far number sixty and the injured 110. TThere are no lights in the town and the inhabitants are camping out. Even the telegraph is operating in the open air. te. Pitiful Scenes. The telegraph offices at Santiago present pitiful scenes. Crowds gath- er about all day seeking information about the fate of friends and rela- tives in the devastated regions. Such essages of inquiry are transmitted free by the national lines. Considerable uneasiness has been caused by the prediction of an Argen- Red-Haired Turks! Unsuspected as Lausanne Envoys By the Associated Press. LAUSANNE. November 14.—As a spectacle the Turkish delegation to the peace conference has been a keen disappointment to the peo- ple of Lausanne. Not a single member of the delegation wears the red fez. Most of the dele- gates have even lald aside their astrakhan caps and are so con- ventionally dressed in derbies and KEuropean overcoats and suits that the curious Swiss are unable to distinguish _the Turks from other guests at_the Palace Hotel, The only oriental touch about the Turkish party today was pro- vided by several Turkish news- paper men attending the confer- ence. They still wear bright fezes. Several of the Turkish delegates are red-haired and so unlike the stage Turk that curi- ous observers never suspect them of being with the Angora delega- tion. Dr. Riza Nur Bey, the sec- ond member of the delegation and a well known physician, has light hair and blue eyes. FRANCE IN ACGORD WITH FIRM BRITISH | LAUSANNE POLICIES | Paris, However, Puzzled by Memorandum Reported Coming From Curzon. TURKS IN ASIA MINOR EXPEL FRENCH CONSULS Ismet Pasha Due in Paris Tomor- row for Preliminary Confer- ence With Premier. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 14—Lord Har- dinge, the British ambassador, again | called at the foreign office today and ! informed Premier Poincare that a| memorandum from Lord Curzon, the | British foreign secretary, was on the | way here, giving the British view- point on certain questions involved in the near east peace negotiations. Meanwhile French foreign officials say they are at a loss to point out any details concerning the near east peace in which there is “@ivergence | between the London and Paris cabi- | nets. A British desire to remain .m-»{ manently at Shanak is suggested in political circles, but officlals here re- fuse to express any opinion on that point. Ismet Pasha. head of the Turkish nationalist peace delegation, who left | Lausanne this morning for Paris, | will have a talk with Premier Poin- care tomorrow. It is understood that the Turkish representative is mak- ing the trip here so as to be reas- sured regarding the allied intentions respecting Turkey. It was semi- officially stated today that there, would be no question discussed with Ismet on which France and Great | Britain were not in entire accord. SOLVED BY MESSAGES. Premiers to Talk Over Plans on ‘Way to Lausanne. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November*14—The trou- blesome question of how a meeting of the allies could be arranged be- fore tha Lausanne peace conference for the purpose of outlining the allted tine meteorologist that the earthquake would be repeated between December 5 and December 7. The depots of the American Smelt- sng Company at Carrizal were car- ed away when that town disappear- ed in the disaster of last Saturday morning. according to National Tele- graph advices. The steamship Aysen, which reach- ed Antofagasta yesterday from Val- paralso, reported that early Saturday morning a storm arose suddenly and the sea wys strangely agitated The ship was $haken violently, causing a ic among those aboard, but no damage was done. Missing Men Found. Operators of the wireless coast station near Antofagasta, missing since the tidal wave of Saturday morning. have been located in the hills, whence they fled. Having lost their stores, they were without food. Outlawry has broken out at Val- Jenar. Bullets were flying when the telegraph office there closed for the night at 7 o'clock yesterday evening, according to National Telegraph advices. President Alessandri will leave to- snorrow for Valparaiso, where he will embark on the battleship Almirante J.atorre for a visit to the ports stricken by the earth shocks. He will be accompanied by the ministers of war and public works and other officials. The battleship was reported 1o have steamed northward today, but was called back to await the presi- dent. La Serena was one of the clities geverely stricken by the earthquake of last Saturday morning. The mayor of Antofagasta has received a mes- sage from the mayor of Vicuna, a wvillage in the province of Atacama, g1ving the first news of the effect of The earthquake in that town. There was no loss of life in Vicuna, the mayor said. but public buildings, churches and the telegraph office ere badly damaged. The commer- «ial quarter is in ruins and so are Ihe schools. The hospital was dam- nged and the \dispensary destroyed. hools and public buildings at Paiguano also are in ruins and neighboring villages in the province of Coquimbo have been greatly dam- aged. Ocean Still Turbulent. The Pacific ocean seems not yet 10 have fully recovered its equili- brium as the result of last week’s terrific disturbances, or else there have been some new movements under the ocean bed. Antofagasta reports say that yesterday the gea ebbed and then came booming bick upon the shore three times, much in the strange manner of the tidal waves of Jast Saturday. The entire diplomatic corps called on the foreign minister to tender their condolences to the striken na- tlon. A message of sympathy was yeceived by President Alessandri from “{Continued on Page %, Column 3.) program, as Great Britaln has in-| sisted, has been solved as a result of an exchange of messages by the chancelleries at Paris, Rome and London. Neither Premier Poincare of France nor Premier Mussolini of Italy can leave his capital for a conference elsewhere before proceeding to Lau- sanne, it has developed, but Lord Curzon, the British secretary for for- eign affairs, has arranged to see Premier Poincare in Paris on the way to Lausanne, probably on Thurs- day, and the conversation will be continued by the two on the train i from Paris to Lausanne. Premier Mussolini has arranged to leave Rome for Lausanne Friday and join his colleagues for a preliminary meeting at Lausanne Sunday. No Ground for Protest. Reports from Geneva that the Turks would refuse to enter the Lausanne conference if the allies made any preliminary agreements evoked the statement in official circles here that little importance was attached to this. It was pointed out that it was the customary thing for the allies to have preliminary conferences under similar circumstances and that there was no logical ground upon which the Turks could protest against such a meeting now. Official messages from Constantinople today indicated the situation there was Somewhat easier. It was stated here that the Turks were not becoming any more unconciliatory. ‘The opinion is expressed in official quarters that in view of the easing of the tension the allies’ representatives at Constantinople have decided it is unnecessary for the present to pro- claim a state of slege. A news agency dispatch from Con- stantinople dated Monday said the al- lies had handed Rodosto over to the nationalists and that Adrianople would be turned over next Sunday. EXPEL FRENCH CONSULS. CONSTANTINOPLE, November 14. —The French consuls at Mersina and Adana in Asia Minor have been ex- pelled by the Kemalists. They ar- rived here Monday. 'hey were ap- pointed under the Bouillon pact to in- sure protection of Christian minori- ties. ‘The French consul at Brusa was expelled a week ago, but another con- sular official is returning to that city accompanied by a Turkish nationalist officer to superintend the removal of thirty French residents. A number of leading French mer- chants in Constantinople met at the French embassy Sunday and drafted a strong memorial to their govern- ment, declaring that French economic interests are threatened with ruin. it the Turks are allowed to continue their present policy unchecked. From Kharput come reports that the Kemalists are calling all ‘men liable to military service and dending them to Mosul, . P WASHINGTON MRS, MACSWINEY ARRESTED WITH 8 EMBASSY PICKETS Police Break Up Demonstra- tion With Banners Before British, Building. HUSTLED INTO PATROL . WAGONS BY BLUECOATS 'All Spurn Freedom on Bail—De- manded Release of Mary Macswiney. Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney, widow of Terrence MacSwiney, former lord mayor of Cork, who died in prison on a hunger strike, and eight women sympathizers—members of the Amer- ican Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic—were arrested today when they attempted to picket the British embassy with a demand for the release of Miss Mary Mac- Swiney. sister of Terrence, now held a prisoner by the Irish free state. Hustled Into Patrol Wagon: At number three precinct, where the womén were hustled in three patrol wagons, they were held in de- ult of $500 bond, the amount fixed by United States Attorney Gordon for their violation of a statute which prohibits picketing of foreign em- b Mrs. MacSwiney declared ‘decidedly would not” give bond. Her woman companions said they would follow her leadership. The women probably will be taken to the house of detention for the night. With Mrs, M i Mary Mrs. Fla. Ann N f amp- Sara Mrs. T street northwest; 1209 L street Louise Manning, 1460 Mrs. Muriel” Mac- I ry 1160 Cor- Mrs. Lenox apartments: . Washington: Claudia Geary, northwest; Mi: Corcoran_ stree Swiney, La Fayette Hotel: E. Bailhaus, 414 11th street and Miss Nora Hennigan, coran street northwest. Laughed at Police. When the picketers arrived in the neighborhood of the embassy, Capt Flather of number three precinct, ap- proached Mrs. MacSwiney and warn- ed her of the statute which forbids picketing embassies. The women laughed, and in single file, continued their march in the direction of the embassy. A few moments previously Ambassador Geddes had come out of the building to pass the time of day with Capt. Flather. He had gone back. however, and no one apparently witnessed the scene from the em- bassy building. ‘When the women reached the build- ing, they started down N street turned north and encircled the build- ing, coming back south along Con- necticut avenue. Meanwhile, three patrol wagons, with their complement of policemen, appeared on the scene and backed up to the curb. There the police ‘stood awaiting the ap- proaching marchers. Speed Away in Patrols. “apt. Flather stopped Mrs. Swiney, notifying the women were under arrest. A minute all of them, laughing and joking with the policemen. were placed in the patrol wagons, which sped away Mac- they lates ito No. 3 precinct. Mrs. MacSwiney "carried a banner which read: “England murdered my husband, Terrence MacSwiney. Wil Americans permit the Irish free state to murder his sister, Mary Mac- Swiney 2" Other banners carried by the wom- en. all of which were seized by the police, read: “English efficiency killed Terrence MacSwiney in seventy-four days. How long will it take to kill Mary Mac- ine ‘The Free State is England’s smoke screen.” “Will America_permit England to murder another MacSwiney.” Mrs. MacSwiney, who has been in this_country for several months, re- cently completed a lecture tour, dur- ing which she spoke in favor of the Irish republican movement headed by Eamon de Valera. 11 OFFICERS WILL HANG UNLESS W0OD PARDONS Sixty-Six Privates -of Philippine Constabulary Face Life Terms for Riot. By the Associated Press. MANILA, November 14.— Eleven non-commissioned officers in the Phil- ippine constabulary will be hanged unless Governor General Wood pardons them, since the Supreme Court of the United States yesterday declined to re- view their cases Sixty-six privates will serve life sentences. The Philippine supreme court will await the officlal mandate of the United States court before fixing the date for carrying out the sentences. The men were sentencd following a riot in which the constabulary members attacked the city police of Manila. —_—— AIRMAN IN CRASH DIES. Injuries at Hampton Roads Fatal for Lieutenant Commander. Lieut. Commander Godfrey de C. Chevaller, who crashed with his air- plane at Hampton roads Sunday, died today in the Naval Hospital, Ports- mouth, Va., according to a message to the Navy Department. Lieut. Commander Chevalier in point of service was one of the oldest avia- tors of the Navy. He was born in Rhode Island and was appointed to the Naval Academy from Massachusetts. —_— OIL FIRE EXTINGUISHED. HOUSTON, Tex., November 14.—The Humble oil fleld fire was practically extinguished today with the consump- tion of 750,000 barrels of gulf coast heavy crude oil entailing a loss of around $1,000,000, according to the Gulf Pipe Line Company, t6 which it_belonged. The oil bofled over seven times in the two tanks involved and this work- ed to advantage, as it served to empt: the tanks more quickly and give the filames quicker action in consuming the oil. < The Gulf Pipe Line Company is a subsidiary of the Gulf Oil Corpora- tion of Pittsburgh, in which one of the owners is Secretary Melloa of the United States Treasury.. o® LODGE HASNO 1D OF BEING UNHORSED Senator Will Not Surrender Leadership to a Younger Man. BACKS . SENIORITY RULE !Sees Worse Evil Than Any Exist- | ing Now in Effort to’ Change Things. | Special Dispatch to The Star. NAHANT, Mnss, November 14.— Senator Lodge has no idea of being unhorsed. as chairman of the com- mittée on foreign relations and the leadership of the Senate, to make way for a younger man. Senator Lodge, who is convalescing at his Nahant home after a severe attack of laryngitis and bronchitis, con- election three weeks ago, made it very plain today that he has no intention of relinquishing his lead- ership or the chairmanship of the forelgn relations committee. Mr. Lodge is a bit disturbed over the published correspondence by Sen- ator McCormick on the subject of abolishing the seniority rule, where- by the Senate committee ckaikmen are selected. The senior senator from Massachusetts fails to see any re- flection on him or his leadership in Senator McCormick's letter to him on the matter published. To Senator Mc- Cormick’s suggestion that g Senate committee corresponding to the House steering committee " be selected to work, the latter to car out the party program, which would be truly representative of the republican mem- bership. Senator odge stated that the Senate already has such a committee, and has had a similar com- mittee ever since he has been a mem- ber of that body. Stands by Seniority Rale. He is not in favor of any change of the seniority Tule, and feels that Senator McCormick’s plan would only substitute a worse evil for the pres- ent one. Under McCormick’s plan there would be a lot of pulling and hauling and bartering of votes, Senator Lodge fears, and he doubts if it would be any fmprovement on the time-honored custom of promoting trained and well informed men. He refuses to be disturbed or alarmed over the present newspaper attempt “to reorganize the Senate,” he stated, adding that inasmuch as the new Congress will not meet until a year from next December, unless called together in extraordinary session by the President, there is ample time for republicans to talk things over and arrange their political affairs in Washington. - Points to Recent Fight. The idea that Senator Lodge, be- cause now In his seventy-third yea has lost his usefulness as a leader In | the Senate is ridiculed by his inti- mates in Massachusetts. The sen- ator points to the greatest fight of hie life, which came after he had passed his sixty-ninth year, and that he emerged from it in better shape than some of his antagonists, who were younger. His tasks of leader- ship will be simplified in the Sixty- eighth Congress, because the repub- lican_majority will be so slender in the Senate that individual members of the party will not be under such strong temptation to “go off the res- ervation” when fancy moves-them. The changed personnel in the House will also aid Senator Lodge, he be- 1leved. During the last two years he has several times lost his patience with the republican leadership at the other end of the Capitol. nator trom the illness which incapacitated him during the closing ‘weeks of the Yesterday he was able to ign. ::ll:lep '-non walk®about the grounds of his Nahant home, and throughout the day he kept in touch with the recount of figures from various cities and towns of the commonwealth. He plans to leave Boston on the Colonial express next Sunday mormng, ar- riving at Washington that night, and he will be in his seat in the Senate on Monay. 2 2 BROTHERS’ FIGHT FATAL. CHICAGO, November 14.—A strug- gle over a box of matches today caused the death of Robert Teavener, nineteen years old, and the deteation by the police of his brother, Ken- neth, twenty-one, pending an inquest. Robert’s -neck was broken when-his head struck. & lamppost. . Kenneth is broken-hearted. \’\Eg&g\e’EVAT\V Es /! B i " N | ABORITES! : NS/ INDEPENDE -y tracted while campaigning for re-! Lodge is slowly recovering. —_— Lieut. Shroder Killed in Crash; March May Die By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md.. November 14.— Lieut. Edwin G. Shroder was in- | stantly killed and Lieut. Francis A. March was seriously, if not fatally. injured when their airplane crashed at Logan Field, near here, today. The two men had been aloft about two hours. When about fifty feet | above the earth their engine stalled jand the plane went into a nose dive. i Lieut. Shroder joined the air serv- | ice about two weeks ago. Both were | West Pointers and members of the 3d { Corps Area foot ball team. CUMMING TO URGE - RAIL LEGISLATIO Proposals to Amend-Trans- portation Act to Be Laid Before President. | Railroad legislation. amending the transportation act. will be proposed by Senator Cummins, chairman of the interstate commerce committee, at the coming session of Congress. Senator Cummins, who just return- ed to Washington today, called at the White House and made an en- gagement to see the President in re- gard t tomorrow or the next day. It is pos- ! sible that the President in his opening | message to the special session of Con- gress may deal with the railroad slmg-l tion. Asked to Retura. Senator Cummins was asked to re- turn to Washington by the President, it is understood, for the special pur- pose of discussing a program of rail- road legislation. The President, it is expected, will deal with the matter in a message to Congress, probably in his annual message at the opening of the regular session in December. ‘The administration is bent upon preventing a recurrence of transpor- tation strikes, such as hampered the country during last summer. While nothing has as yet been said to indi- cate what the program of railroad legislation will be specifically, it is believed that a proposal will be made to strengthen the Railroad Labor Board. It may provide for penalizing the railroads for failure to obey the decisions of the board. It*may also seek to enforce decisions of the board upon_the employes, which would be, in effect, anti-strike legislation. Board May Be Reorganised. Another proposal that may be made is a reorganization of the Railroad Labor Board, doing away with the existing plan under which one-third of the members of the board are rep- resentative of the railroads, one-third of the employes and one-third of the | general public, and making@he board i membership representative alone of the general public, Thgre is a strong desire to make impossible a recurrence of the trans- portation strike which took place last jsummer. It is considered likely that the legislation proposed by Senator Cummins will déal with that ‘phase of the matter. Farm Bloe Active. S A strong effort will be made by members of the farm bloc to put, through legislation repealing the so- called rate-making provision of the transportation act, and also repealing | the _ provisions which authorize the Interstate Commerce Commission to review decisions of state railway commissions on intrastate rates. “Farmers in the west are insistent that something be done to- bring about a lower freight rate. They in- sist that it is impossible for them to harvest and transport thier crops un- der present conditions. It is exceedingly doubtful that any railroad legislation can be put through in the short special and reg- ular session, between now and 4, when the present Congress expires. —_— CHILE PROTOCOL VOTE. SANTIAGO, November 14.—Although attention of the entire nation has been diverted from the Tacna-Arica question to the catastrophe caused by the earth quake. The chamber of deputies will vote today on the protocol with Peru. Government officials expressed i fidence that a strong majority, will be iven for ratification of the ~original Star. , D.. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1922—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. J. Bull—“Cousin Sam never had such a problem as this!” FEAR MARINE MET WITH TRAGIC FATE Appeal Broadcast in Search! for Corp. Porkolab, Croix de Guerre Hero. HAD BEEN AMONG FOES Recently Fired On by Sailor and ‘Went to Scene of Strike Trouble. Belief that corp. Victor Porkolab, United States Marine Corps, who disappeared from marine barracks here, November 1, has met with foul play today set the entire intelligence department of the United BStates matines to work o unravel his mys- terious disappearance. His buddies at the barracks have started on new clues. The Marine Corps broadcast an appeal for assistance in finding the youth. Porkolab, a model soldier, popular with his comrades, and without known enemies, wears croix de guerre, has two enlistments to his crefit and a character excellent after his name. He was one of four men picked by the Marine Corps to g0 to the Teapot Dome naval oil re- serve and drive squatters therefrom. Not long ago he was fired upon by o railroad legislation either |8 sailor whose elopment with a girl had been foiled by the assistance Porkolab gave the father, and later, it was learned. he had done some in- telligence work ‘on his own hook in searching for a man who stole his overcoat and had committeed other thefts at the barracks. An_official statement, requesting newspapers to broadcast the descrip- tion of Porkolab and points surround- ing his disappearance says: Fear Serious Fate. “Porkolab has been doing military intelligence work. and it is the feel- ing of his friends and family that he has been either murdered, drown- ed or carried off by deserters, whom he has been tracing, or has been taken seriously ill.” Porkolab was last seen by First Sergt. Harry Hutton on the night of November 1. Porkolab was starting out to see Mrs. Marion Dubois of 428 C street northeast, to whom he was engaged. At that address, it was said today, he never arrived, and no word or intimation of his movements ihas reached either the investigators or _his friends since that time. “Eight months ago,” Hutton de- clared, “Porkolab went with a friend to find the latter’s daughter, who, T understand, had run away to get married. The father brought the dJdaughter back. The man with whom she had run away became enraged at Porkolab and fired a shot at Victor. Sergt. Van Der Dusser wa: ‘with Porkolab at the time. As no harm was done Dusser did not think of the incident until this morning, when It is understood the girl married the sailor and subsequently returned to Washington with him. At Halloween Party. An aunt of Porkolab’s flancee, in whom Mrs. Dubois has found a confi- dante, declared that on Halloween Victor was at the house for a party. He wore a borrowed overcoat, because his had been stolen some short time previously. He told them, however, t he had been over in Baltimore searching for the.thief of his over- coat—who is suspected of a number of other thefts in the barracks—and that he found the suspect in a ‘“dive in Bal- timore.” & ' g “Find ‘that man and you will find Victor,” is the way that that aunt of Mrs. Dubois expresses her sentiments, for it was only a few days after he had’ told this story that he disap- peared. 5 Porkolab, it was stated, is the son of an Austrian family of Philadel- phia, reputed to be wealthy. He re- ceived an allowance, in addition to his pay in the Marine Corps, amount- ing to $100 per month, coming to him in quartefly instaliments. His mother is Bertha Porkolow of 1435 South 47th street, West Phllldelvhh. Mrs. Dubois is a widow/employed in a local downtown office bullding. She: became a widow during the war, and Porkolab was in the habit of calling upon her several times each week. She became alarmed after not seeing him for a week, and inquired of authorities for word of him, also notifying his mother of the disap- pearance. Extremely Fair Complexion. In the officlal communication from the Marine Corps Porkolab is described as follows: A man with extremely fair com- plexion; hair parted on the leit and gray eyes. age was given as twenty-two ears. When last seen he was wear- civilian clothes, a dark blue suit, g_fithE overcoat—borrowed from “From Press to Home Within the Hour” msur'lcrfiervyflmmen? city block and the regular edition is’ delivered to Washington homes as fast ‘ as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 91,007 | TWO CENTS. Liner St by | EAR COURTS For Aid at e [REED T) [LEAR JAMNED DOGKETS By the Associated Press. BOSTON, November 14.—The Ital- ian steamer Monte Grappa, which D. C. Charities Report Says Many Prisoners Are Un- justly Detained. sent out calls for assistance from midocean early today, was in need of no further aid after the White Star liner Pittsburgh had respond- ed to the call, according to radio messages recelved here. The Monte Grappa, which left Montreal on November 4 for Venice, gave her position as about 1,000 miles east of Halifax, N. . The Pittsburgh, bound from New York for Bremen, changed her course on picking up the calls and sent word later that she was standing by the Italian steamer and was able to handle the situa- tion. The early messages said the Monte Grappa was listing to port |NEW LAW GOVERNING PRISONS HELD NEEDED in heavy seas. The Itallan steamer registers : 4.661 tons and 1s in commana of |Early Action of Congress on Re- Capt. Bartoll. Capt. Jones com- classification of Employes Here Sought. mands the Pittsburgh, REORGANIZING PLAN FACING A REVISION Representative Moore Pre-l : : 3 k lunlorl\malc persons who cannot ob- dicts Extensive Hearings in |tain vail should receive prompt hear {ing in court. 1923 on Brown Scheme. A recommendation that the criminal | courts remain in session throushout |the year in order to avoid delay in disposing of cases is the outstanding | feature of the annual report of the board of charities, submitted to Commissioner Rudolph today. The board tells the Commissioners “The fact that a considerable num- ber of the prisoners who are held it {Jail for a long time awaiting triai wATcHwoRD (are finally declared by the courts 1o | be innocent of the offenses of which jthey are accused is striking evide) o {of the gross injustice inflicted in thi Opposition Expected to Develop B2- i p,rg. cause of Naming of Outsider “Many an accused person is kept in | jail for months and after trial is heid as Committee Head. - | ECONOMY ! ito be innocent, and yet there is {means of making reparation on | count of the period of incarceration Prediction that the tentative re-| Bor Xear-Rosad Operation. | grouping of the administrative offices| “We recommend that arrangeme of the federal government prepared be made whereby operation of the by Chairman Walter F. Brown of the criminal courts will be continued {joint congressional committee for throughout the year, in the summer IPrelldent Harding will undergo thor- | as at other periods, in order that per- ough revision and proposal that the|sons accused of crime may be given | committee hold extensive hearings!that prompt trial to which they arc | during next spring and summer so as entitled.” to have recommendations ready Ior“e]'l: e ;a‘;['eh:ggzecl;i:{nt;r:eb?:rg the new Congress in December, 1923, -chronic condition of congestion at the is made by Representative R. Walton ' jail.” Moore of Virginia. a democratic mem- | The building cannot properly house { more than 200 prisoners, the report as- ib" of the committee. ! serts. The fact that 300 persons fre- “Is It for Economy?” | quently ha!e sent there at one time means that in a great many instances Emphasizing that he speaks only ! two prisoners must be housed in one for himself and not for any olher“cell. "wh;rh is :comhlion that ought member of the committee, Represent- | POl 0 eXist in the interest of both the | physical and v s- ative Moore points out that some of | opars.” Enccalfwellbalng STl the proposed consolidations, such as| 4 Prise the joining of the War and Navy de-| el e partments into one great department | ‘The prisoners in the jail.” the re- of defense and the establishment of | POTt continues, “are largely those held a r'-ln aonn{me:l of education nndllfor the action of the courts. The welfare, are fundamental. In decid- | criminal cour v ais Ing such proposals Mr. Moore believes | cupes moe rantars, kel ',"“’:;'""‘g oE the committee will always ask, “Is it | e PAPIC Iy TN i Ehe My for economy? Does: it promise emA;bu! unfortunately. the records show ciency?" % A x that the number of prizoners held 1 c:‘r:;ri:t::eh‘nn:d,::';:l::nlt:‘:r} 9“,931:‘;]‘5 ‘w awaiting court action rapidly accumu- | lowing Chairman Brown's program , lates during the summer vacation { as a whole and promptly reporting it | months, when the criminal courts ure | to Congress. In this connection, it | ROt in regular session. pointed out, as several times! 'On October 31, 1922, there were 205 | is C 1 3 stated in the House and Senate, that | Prisoners in the jail awaitins action {of the grand jury, trial or further hear- Mr. Brown, the personal representa- T D 2 |ing. We recommend that every effort tive of the President, although not a | : member of Congress, was made chair- | Shoud be made to afford accused per- man of the congressional committee | S00S & prompt trial This should be by a divided vote. Senator Harrison | d0ne not only for reasons of ecenomy, of Mississippi and Representative | DUL More especially because prompi i the ground that | rmination of cases mukes b RIS T | for a more effective administration of ; justification for electin e % | the criminal law and because persons | an outsider chairman of a congres- sional committee. Representative Moore, in_explaining this. eaid: “We thought that, as contemplated by the resolution under which Mr. Brown was designated, he should not be put at the head of the committee, but should work actively in co-operation jaccused of crime are entitled to a | prompt hearing and determination of | the charges against them.” | The board states that it soon will submit to the Commissioners a bill providing for the indeterminate sen- tence and parole system for Wash- irmflor.:‘.i :’irh the request that it be Says He Worked Alome. orwarded to Congress for enactment. In discussing the reorganization New Legislation Needed. plan and program Reme“m““e! - The penal institutions of the Dis- Moore said: trict, says the report, have been de- “I have read The Star report of the | veloped without comprehensive statu- plan of departmental reorganization | tory direction. and it is very de- formulated by Mr. Brown, and which | sirable that a law should be enacted it is stated has the President's ap- | Soverning the workhouse, reforma- |Pf°\'l|- !!ory and jail, and provide for the “The committee has thus far been | Proper handling of prisoners. + = vas! The proposed bill has been drawn inactive, since the chairman, who was| The proposed bill has been drawn elected in the spring of 1921, has'the judges of the District Supreme thought best to do his work lnde-!Cuun‘-m‘l Supt. Moyer of penal in- v H ! stitutions. pendently of the committee irself, SUIAONS. =~ o L ol for which has never been called together | Girls has become inadequate, the re. {except for two or three very Zeneral | port states, and estimates have been ! conferences with the President, and |submitted for additional buildings. on one occasion in June of last year. | The board of charities recommends “It would not be proper for me to|that the appointing power over the express an advance opinion on any, ‘rustees of the Training School for with the committee. feature of the plan, but I believe I | know enough of the views of several jof my colleagues to feel warranted n saying that the committee will not ass on any of the recommendations | without such hearings as will develop | all of the material facts. Some of the | recommendations are of fundamental importance, as, for example, the con- solidation of the War and Navy de- partments, the creation of a new de- partment of education and pubiic health, and aid to dependents and de- linquents, and the curtaflment of ihe jurisdiction of the Department of \Agriculture by transferring the for- | estry service to the Interior Depart- { ment, and otherwjse. Will Hear Other Views. “With reference to these and other | very important matters, it is certain inquiry the question will be whether the change suggested will make for ecenomy and efficiency, and it is to be assumed that in answering that ques- tion the committee will expect to have the benefit of the views of members of the cabinet and of others who may wish to_be heard. It is, of course not conceivable that the committee would perfunctorily accept any plan and turn it over to the Congress with the ex- pectation of its- being finally adopted. No plan is going to be even seriously considered by Congress unless it rep- resents the deliberate conclusions of { the committee, based upon all the sub- stantial data that are available. May Go Over to New Comgress. “It is not probable the subject can be disposed of in the short time before the present Congress expires. The plan has not yet reached the commit- tee, which does not know when it will ; be asked to go to work on it, and no one can forecast what time will be re- quired for the hearings. It is altogether likely, inasmuch as the Sixty-seventh Congress is to be in session only a little more than three months, and very busy with the appropriation bills and pending legis- lation, that Mr. Brown’'s plan_ and | | (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) - ~ (Continued on-Page 2, Column 2.) that at every step of the committee’s | Girls be placed in the Commissioners At the present time these trustees {are appdinted by the President on { réecommendation of the Attorney Gen- eral. The board reports that the psy- chopathic wards of the new Gallin- ger Hospital are now being furnished 2nd will be opened about January 1. { These _buildings will accomodate | about 200 patients. | Early action by Congress on the reclassification of District employves is_urged by the board of charities, which points out that on present sal- aries the labor turnover in some of the charitable institutions of the city is so great that satisfactory organi- zations cannot be maintained. Increase Not Significant. Although there was a slight increase last year in the population at Occo- quan as compared with the previous twelve months, the board attaches no particular significance to that fact. The report points out that the aver- age daily number of prisoners at Occoquan is still only about half what it was in 1917. The board expresses the belief that decrease in the number of prisoners sent to Occoquan during the past five years is due both to the enact- ment of the prohibition law and the demand for labor of all kinds since | the war. “Now that four years have elapsed since the armistice Wi gned and we have passed through a period of general increase in unemployment without any noticeable increase in the number of prisoners it woull seem almost certain that the enact- ment of prohibition was the potent factor In lessening the number of petty criminals who were sent to the ‘werkhouse. “Unfortunately, we cannot cite a similar experience in relation to the criminals charged with more serious offenses. So far as we can ascertaln, prohibition does not seem to have lessened the number of felonies.” ORDERED HERE FOR DUTY. Col. George H. Healey, Infantry Of- ficers’ Banerve Corps, at Indianapolis, 1 ot ordered fo this city for "“““ T,Jupply division of thv