Evening Star Newspaper, December 2, 1922, Page 1

Increasing cloudiness rain late tonight and toi much toda Highest. 64, at 4 terday: lowes Full report on page 7. change in temperature. perature for 24 hours ended at 2 p.m. . 44, at 7:30 a.m. today. followed by morrow; not Tem- :30 p.m. ¥ ch Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 28,705. 0. Entered as s>cond-class matter post cffice Washington, D. C. ¢ Foenin _ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHID FIRST REAL TEST AGES TURKS AT LAUSANNE TODAY Question of Capitulations on Which Ismet’s Fate Hangs Before Parley. U. S. TAKES UNKINDLY TO ADMITTING REFUGEES Congress Fails to Respond to Plea of Venizelos for Home for 1,100,000. ted Press. Dec 2.—The ques- urkish capitulations is on r east conference program for today. lsmet Pasha and associates are preparing to ma «rd fight to sustain the claim that Kemalist zovernment has success- 1 pri eigners under the Con- mbe ne, @ ~cussion 1 ¥ terminated the spec orded 1o fo S S antinople regime. of the capitulations nference is being e The scussion in the ¢ atched with great interest #ora, as the more extreme n insist that the zalling to will never brand of tern powers, win progress e An- sts privites i Turk “n untry oa submit inferiority to ek Free Hand. he nationalists spoke WDt e prove to the con pitulations have been waived § Angora government, that Tur no longer be hampered by for- and finan- ¥ no consular men awill ai- ce thut eizn control of her custon o airs, and that the neces for foreign o exists <ourts to administer justice to other rationals living in Turk The Ottoman debt was also a iupic Ned h P toda 1es heavily over the con- Te-re most of the time, but there is zn oceastional smile. When Bulgaria and Greece were presenting rival | < aims for the possession of Dedeag- Bateh, Mjss Stanoioff, acting as spokesman for Premier Stamboulisky ©f Bulzaria, said in French “Bulgaria has only two ports on the Biack sea and outlet southward has scores f ports. Surely can spareus one.” Venizelos interrupted with great “God Almighty himselt placed Greece with water all around her. Please don't blame me for that.” Lord Curzon and who understood French laug Jeartily. Premier Stamboulisky join- @d in their mirth when Miss Stancioff explained what Venizelos had said. NO LOWERING OF BARS. no earnestness: Chairman of Frowns on Supplication. rere will be immigraticn bars Trom the near east, Chairman Johnson f the House immigration commitie aid today in commenting on the plea «f former Premier Venizelos of Greece a large portion of 1.100.000 person: Greece and Asia Minor be given entry to the United States. - Johnson House T no to lowering of the admit refugees ussian. Syrian. Armenian, Greek yrian refugees are scattered pund the worid,” Mr. Johnson a . “and when Mr. Venizelos appeals 0 the other delegates| d ! Longworth Hurt; Hit on Head With Goli Ball Reprexentative Nicholax Longz- worth of Ohio, probable cholce of the republican majority for Houxe lender in the next Congress, while playing a foursome on the links of ihe Chevy Chase ¢ thix morn- ing with President Harding, Rep- resentative Frothinghnm of Mas- sachusetts, and Reprexentative Wyatt of Pennsylvanin, wax hit by a golf ball and knocked out for a couple of hourx. The ball which «t sentative Longworth wentative Wyatt. in the hack of the ck Repre- stunncd him w0 that hix com- panions had him rushed to hisx home. By 1 o'clock. h had sufficiently res 2 roast duck dinne: e Longworth hax a lump on the wck of hix head about the size of the golf ball that struck him. PRESIDENT J0INS INHONORING MANN Cabinet, Supreme Senate and Diplomatic Corps at House Service. | | The highest legislative executives and judicial officials of the United Seates government joined today with plleagues in the House in paying most impressive memorial tribute to. Representative James R. Mann of {llinois, suddenly rem death ter twenty-s rs ervice in the House. The casket was placed lin front of the Speaker's rostrum. {banked by magnificent floral emblems sent by men and women of interna- tional reputs . as well as by em- ploves in the Capitol to whom Rep- resentative Mann had long been ifriend and patron. { The President of the United State i i members of his cabinet, Chief Jus- ‘(n'-- Taft of the Supreme Court and his associates on the bench, members {of the Se 1 hixh offi N and M rine_ Corps. occupied front seats the Hous ber when Rev. F sctor of the Church of ! the Epiphany, and Rev. James Shera | Montgo chaplain of the House. | pronounced eulozy and prayer ket, Diplomats Pay Respects. In the diplomatic gallery were rep- resentatives of the principal nations | of the world. jolning with the Ameri- can Congress in paying respect to a veteran legislator who has stood pre- eminently for a quarter of a centu s typi of devotion to duty, tire service and utmost bravery in anding for what he believed to be right A pathetic incident was when Uncle Joe « non. now eighty-four years of ge and about to leave Congr. jan unprecedented of century of service, lked with trembling feet to the bler of his dead friend and associate for a century and stood there weeping. Police Guard of Homor. Sefore the formal service members of the Capitol police force stood rigid as guard of honor at the casket. When the doors were thrown open for the rance of the big men of the gov- i ernment who had come to pay a 1 quarter of mark of respect, Vice Presideat Cool- | idge, escorted by the secretary of the Senate, entered, with Senator Lodge and Senator Underwood, followed i Court, ! over NEW GREEK REVOLT INCITEDBY KILLING OF G EX-MINISTERS Serious QOutbreaks in Patras and Missolonghi on Gulf of Patras. | {BRITISH FLAG REPORTED | RAISED ON CORFU ISLAND Trial of Prince Andrew Rushed. Expected to Start in Athens Today. g | v the Associated Press. tOME, December -A Greek counter revolutionary outbreak {has occurred in I'atras and Misso- jlonghi. the gulf of Patras. in western Greece, and on the island of Corfu, where the British flag is re- ported to have been raised, as the <ult of indignation over the Greek sutions, message received here from 5 serious on says a thens today. Prince’s Trinl Rushed. By the Associated Press. | | | ATHENS, December 2.—An an-| nouncement published by order of the | ! revolutionary leaders states that the | hearing of the charges a A |of ainst Prince | rdrew will be hegun today instead | fonday, the date originally fixed. Prince Andrew, brother of former King Constantine, who commanded a division in Asia Minor, has been held prisoner here since shortly after the | Greek disaster, on the charge of hav- {ing disobeved orders of the Greek | | general staff Pope Orders Protest. By the Associated Press | BERN. Switzerland, December | Pope Pius has ordered Mgr. Magilone, i the papal representative in Switzer- land. to intervene strongly with therios Venizelos, the Greek rep- resentative at the Lausanne confer- | ence. in order to prevent further exe- | tions of former ministers by the eks. The Press g | termed GREEK HERE RESIGNS. L. A. Coromilas of Greec sent to | this country on a special mission by former Premier Venizelos, has resig ed because of the recent executions of | eek officials, according to a-state- ment he made to the Associated Press. | In his letter of resignation addressed Greek minister of foreign af- i he said “Upon Mr. Venizelos' appeal 1 con- | i sented to come here to take charge of wiss pr reat ind the “political murders.” nd population ex- | ation over what are Greece's interests at the time when the greatest calamity has been visit- ed upon her. But I cannot co-oper- ate with a regime which dyes its hands with Greek blood, insults the moral sentiment of the whole world and which, if it does not disappear, If it does not call the people to the elec- | tions to appoint a lexal government, | | leads the country to disorder, to an- DEMOCRATS REVIVE i - SENATE FILIBUSTER {the other members of the te. ! Chief Justice Taft and Just Me- | Kenna and Vandeventer followed next. After a brief wait President Harding was excorted in by Doorkeeper Ken- | nedy and Sergeant Rogers. with Secretary Hughes, Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty. Secretary ' Wallace United States to lift its immi- | nq his private secretary, George #ration bars and admit @ great part of | hristian, follow ing. the 1100000 now in the far east it is' = 5 ide Cunki oo stazgering to be even considered. ot Bexlde ‘Canket: PLOT ARMENIAN ARRESTS. Turks Reported Framing Up Con- spiracy Scare. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. T Cable to The Star and Chicago Dail Copyright, 19: CONSTANTINOPLE, December 2.— Turkish newspapers have received instructions to denounce alleged S\rmenian piots against the Turkl d the leaders of the national- rnment An official _con unique was issued in Angora Thur miving details of the supposed with the names of the leaders, Heged to be in the service ot «f the Eritish or have ce 1 = ®b y denied Ly the Rrit in Con- stantinopie, Instigated by Nationalists. Reliable information has reached e writer that this newspaper cam- paign was instigated ist headquarters here 10 the wholesale menians re AWhile this provinees Jretests. Cons at the nationals arrest aining in the an be done in the without furnishing any the sitnation is different in utinople, w the presence ol so many foreizners has imposed a certain amount of reticence upon the rationalist; Plot Story Invented. The plot story was invented in or- er to find an excuse for arrests and it is stated that within the next few days the local papers will denounce indignantly the criminal intentions of 1he Armenians. Since last week the ilied police. who hitherto were in a ~ition to protect everybody, include of the city. 3 ang even the Turks, against persecu- 1ion by the new government, has re- linquished all control over Ottoman subjects and looking after their na- tionals only in a nominal way. Ac- «ordingly the Christian Ottoman sub- jects are absolutely at the mercy of ihe nationalist anthorities, who, ac- «ording to reliable information, are t disposed to handle them gently The allies at present are unable to interfere with wholesale arrests and ihe eventual deportation of the al- iezed culprits who are plotting asainst the safety of the state. Masters in White Massacres. It is true that so long as allled troops are in Constantinople mas- sacres are unlikely to take place, but viie Turks are past masters in carry- iz out the so-called white massacres 31 which men and women are deport- «d into interior and forced to walk until they die of exhaustlon. *rhis has occurred frequently in the last vea- and even now is happening Anatolia, where the snow-covered are covered with thousands of eeks and Armenians who “received ermission to_leav Continaed on Page s, Column 4 ) and is a prelude | Anatolia_within | roses The widow of the deceased veteran legislator occupied a front seat to the 1eft of the casket. The actual silence that prevalled in chamber in such strong House st to the no t: nt scenes in which Representativ Mann had been a central figure for the last quarter of a century was particularly impressive. When the casket was brought into ing there was an impressive scene as i several hundred employes ahout. the ! Capitol gathered and paid devout rev- erence to their friend who had gone. Floral Pieces Reautiful. The floral pieces were unusually beautiful. At the head of the ca: was a monster basket containing more than 200 American beauty roses, and on the casket itself was a plaque which foot of the casket was another largo basket of American beauties from the Minois delegation. Those who knew Representative Mann best remembered him at the ex- ercises today with American beauty roses, because that was his favorite flower. so_contained more than 200 i American beauty roses. both from {the members of the House. { _Also on_the casket was a large | plaque of 200 American beauty roses ifrom the House cmployes. At the! Servece Is Epitomized. The entire service of Representa- tive Mann in Congress was epito- mized in a large floral book designed by William Tvier Page, clerk of the House, who has been 'a_protege of Representative Mann during hig en- tire service in the House. The white pages of the book were {done in small chrysanthemums with a glit_edge and ucross the pages read: “Manual of the House.” White House Wreath. A large floral wreath from the Pres- tdent and Mrs. Harding was placed Jon the oflicial reporter’s desk imme- | diately behind the casket. This { wreath was of red radiance roses, maiden-hair fern and palm leaves and tied with a wide red ribbon, Other floral pieces were a plaque of Awerican beauty roses and ferns from ames M. Gox, white chrysanthemums {and ferns from Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Noves, from Frederico Alfonso Pezet, bassador of Peru, and Mme. Pezet, On Mme, Pezet's card was written, “Remembering the dear departed, our thoughts are all for you in your be- reavement.” Two large wreaths stood on either side of the casket, one of these*made of palms and begonla leaves with pink snajdragons and roses sent by Repre- sentative and Mrs. Ira C. Copley. The other wreath was of large white chry- santhemums against a palm background, sent by Senator McKinley and his niece, Miss Mattis. Flowers From Mrs. Huck. Among the many other floral trib- utes was a plaque of American beauty from Mrs. Winnifred DG Column 2) am- It - and even turbu- | the House about 11 o'clock this morn- | purple chrysanthemums | Mason j ure. and insisted that no sectional leg- The filibuster against the Dyer anti-lynching bill in the Senate was | resumed today as soon as the newly | clected senator. Mr. Brookhart of | lowa. was sworn in. The secretary | procecded to read the journal of yes- ! terday’s proceedings, when Senator ! Curtis of Karsas asked unanimous consent to dispense with the reading of the journal. | Democratic Leader Underwood, with an air of profound regret, said he | was sorry to be unable to agree with | his_colleague upon the unanimous onsent request, but that really the | state of the public business was so perilous at this time that he felt con- | strained to insist upon the reading | of the journal. i i Correction of Journal. After the journal was concluded Senator Harrison of Mississippi re- | ceived recognition and said it was ! nighly important that the journal of the session of November 29 should be | corrected. The journal stated that | the journal of the preceding day had i been read by the secretary while in i fact it had been read by Mr. Crockett, the reading clerk. “Therefore,” said Senator Harrison, with an air of great serlousness, “so that succeeding generations may | know who did read the journal, 1 i shall move to insert that it was read by Mr. Crocket{. Overman Recalls History. Senator Overman of North Carolina then obtained the floor, and he had before him an imposing array of books.- He started out by saying that when any substantial number of sen- ators are convinced that a bill is un-{ constitutional and transgresses the | rights of the state, they are warranted | in filibustering against it. Moreover, | he said, it did not lie in the mouths ! of the republicans to object to fili-| bustering against this bill, because they have shown “they would fili- buster against any old thing.” 1 Polnting to Senator Smoot of Utah, he recalled that he had filibustered | through a whole night against the pro- | posal to purchase German ships which | were interned. i “Yes, and successfully,” said Sena- tor Smoot. Charges Efforts to Get Votes. “That's right,” said Senator Over- expect this filibuster t He went on to re- call that Senator Jones of Washing- ton had conducted a long filibuster. | Also that the late Senator Gallinger, | “whom everybody loved,” had spoken for eight hours and was never a well man afterward.” Senator Overman charged that the republicans were urging this bill in order to cater to tHe negro vote, and declared that senators whe had been most prominent in supporting it had one to defeat in the late election. e denounced it as a sectional meas- | t i | i i istatioa should pass. [and their friends are no less enthu { mini CABINET BACKING “HARDING IN 1524" Statement of Hoover Believ- ed to Express Views of Other Members. SETS RUMORS AT REST Failure to Renominate President Would Be Considered Confession. Clark Case Cited. BY DAVID LAWRENC Secretary Hoover's remark in terview on the Pacific ceast that Pres- ident Harding “obviously will be the anin candidate in 1924 was hardly a casual observation. Other members of the cabinet here feel the same way. , For some time outside of Washing ton there has heen an idea that in Mr. Harding's cabinet sat at least two | or three potential candidates for the presidency—namély. Secretaries Hoo- ver, Weeks and Hugh All three have figured prominently in the presi- dential campaigns of 1916 and 1920, siastic for them today. But Mr. Hoover stated a truism—if Mr. Harding wishes to run again, he is the logical candidate. The repub lican party can hardly risk a public repudiation of its own administration by denying a second term to the man who has been stration. Champ Clark was one time in much the me P ion as Mr. Hoover. The venerabie Speake; of the House had nearly von the nom ination in 1912 and was looked upon by many of his admirers as a certain candidate for 1916, but he dismissed the idea with a wave of the hand. declaring that if Woodrow Wilson had made a good President. in the opinion of the democratic party. he deserved to be renominated and i had made a poor record then nomination wasn't worth having. at Nomination Is Logical. “That's precisely the meaning of Mr. Hoover's comment. If Warren Harding's administration ranks high in the esteem of the republican party —and Mr. Hoover evidently thinks 50, because he is a vital parh of this same Harding administration—then the party cannot do anything else but nominate Mr. Harding. If it { dosen’t wish to do so, it will be proof conclusive that the Harding record isn't strong enough on which any republican candidate can hope to win land the nomination would be an empty honor. There is, of course, the possibility, often discussed during the recent campaign, that Mr. Harding will voluntarily withdraw, and that he will not seek the renomination, but will let It be known plainly that he dosen't want to continue the arduous tasks and responsibilities of the pres- idency. In such event there would be little opportunity for the cry to be raised that the republican party didn't wish to renominate Mr. Hard- ing, and the field would be open to any member of the cabinet. Politics Thrust Upon Him. Mr. Hoover has had a rather curious political experience. He didn’t seek political attention in the first place, but had thrust upon him an over- whelming sentiment which command- ed him to get into the contest. He used to tell his friends that because he had had no previous political af- filiation of an active kind it was a (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) o Today’s Foot Ball Results in 5:30 Edition of The Star . Complete details of the Georgetown University-Lafay- ette College foot ball game at American League Park this afternoon will be found in the 5:30 edition of The Star, in ad- dition to the Army 3a Corps Area-Marine Corps game in Baltimore, and the results of other important contests on col- lege gridiroms of the counmtry and bulleting of developments in all branches of sperts. the head of that ad-| NEVER BEA'$) EUROPEAN § THANKSGIVING'S V%) gyt 177 M///// v Georgetown led Lafayette, 3-0, at the end of the first half of the game at American League Park this after. noon Malley booted from the 30-yard line in the early stage of the second period for the points, A run back of a kick for 1 32 vards by Flavin and a dash of 19 by Adams | put Georgetown in a position to count. Although holding the margin | points, Georgetown was considerably outrushed, Lafayette making eight ) first downs to the locals’ one. Period. Florence kicked for Georgetown. Deibel caught_‘the ball and was downed on his 36-yard line. made 2 yards, then Gebhard punted to Flavin, who was downed on George- town's’ 25-yard_line. The ball was recalled and Georgetown penalized for offside play, giving lLafavette | first down at midfield. Gebhard went through right tackle Gazella got 3 more. Gebhard just missed making a first down. bat on ithe next play he broke through to {Georgetown's G¥-yard line. Gazella slipped past left tackle for 15 yards and Gebhard broke through tie other | side of the line for 5 more. Gebhard jwas stopped at the line on the next rut Gazella failed 6m a double Drunner's forward pass to | nnor grounded. and it w: | Georgetown’s bail on its 9-vard line. | Flavin got 2 vards through left ta On <the ‘next play Lafayette was penalized for offside play. giv- ing Georgatown first down on its 28- {vard line. Flavin got 4 yards through | ieft tackle, but Lowe w ine. Filavin punted outside Lafayette's 25-yard _ line. zella plunged {hrough for 2 yards. but Flarence stopped him. ~ Brunner attempted an end run. Brunner also failed on a play from kick formation and Geh hard punted outside at Georgetown" {48-vard line. Lowe got 2 yards | through right tackle. Flavin's long { forward pass groundcd Adams took _ Gebhard" line. punt to George- vards for off- ide, but in two rushes Lowe regained i the distance. Flavin punted to b {nan, who was downed on his 25 line. Brennan got 5 vards through {risnt tackle. Gebhard “got 3 vards through the other side’s 30-yard line. | Brunner made his first down on the {35-yard line. Gebhard hit the line for 6 v but the ball was recalled iand Lafayette penalized 15 vards for holding. Gazella was stopped at the line. Gazella fell back to kick for- mation, but a line play was run and {gained a yard. Gazella failed to make any ground from kick formation. Brennan punted to Flavin, who got back 12 yards to Georgeton's 42-vard |line. Time was called for an injury to Flavin. The period ended with George- town holding the ball at first down on its 42-yard line. Georgetown, 0: Lafayette, 0. Second Period. i Georgetown’s Lowe got 5 yards through left tackle. Adams made 2 vards through center. Malley got another yard. Flavin punted 5 yards for a touch- back. Gazella got 3 yards through right tackle. On the next play Ga- zella fumbled, but recovered the ball after losing 5 yards. Gazella ran the ball again and made 5 yards through, right tackle. Brennan punted to Fla vin, who got back 31 yards to La MARINES LEADING ARMY BY 75 SCORE Deviltlogs, Outplayed in First Period, Ahead in the Second. .Center..........Greene (thp:‘-‘; | beyond its seating capacity of 40,000, Venable stadium, Baltimore's new municipal amphitheater, was opened jthis afternoon with the annual Army- Marine foot ball game. Brief dedl- catory ceremonies preceded the be- ginning of play, The respective team captains hoist- ed the Stars and Stripes to the top of the tall flagstaff. while the band played “The Star Spangled Banner,” and the vast throng stood at salute. Grouped about the flag pole with Gov. Ritchie and Mayor Broening were visiting notables and the 1st v Troop of Philadelphia. the second period uiifinished Brunner | for 3 yards. | s held at the | G. U. LEADS LAFAYETTE, 3t00 AT END OF HALF [0 Person Dead at New, Georgetown, Florence. “omatoc Left tackle. Chompson. .. .. Left guard. .. Wirts. ... & Sheehan. .. Sullivan. .. Snell... | Adams Q _ .. Brennan Flavin. Lot halfhack ~Brunner Lowe.....0.. 00 Right halfback. : Mailey - Fuliback .- Gebliard refe (G o). orzz I Adams slipped past left tackle for 19 vards, putiing | Bern and | the play on Lafayette's 15-yard line. favette's 34-yard line. Lafayette substituted Ford for Pren- | derga Lowe was stopped at the {line. Flavin got half a yard arou {1eft end. He was hurt on the pl ind Georgetown took time out. Byrne as substituted for Flavin. Lowe was downed without a gain. 3 stepped back to the 30-yard line and ! dropkicked a goal. i placed Adams with Du Four. Florence | kicked off to Gazella, who ran the ball back 15 yards to his 36-yard line. | Gebhard got 4 yards with a line punt. | Brennan got yards through right | tackle. Brunngr went 7 vards to first down on Georgetown's 47-vard line. Car- rying the ball again Brunner made a yard. Gazelle picked up 6 vards when he slipped past right tackle. Gebhard got 6 more yards for a first down on the 33-vard line. Ga- |zella ran 3 yards past right tackle. On a double pass play Gazella got around right end for 3 yards. Leib replaced Sullivan. Georgetown {le. Butler was substituted for Snell {Leib is playing guard and Thom- {son tackle on the right Georgetown's line. Gebhard made 4 | yards through the line. Gazella tried |a line plunge for the half yard need- 1 ed for the first down, but Georgetown {held and took the ball on its 24-vard line, Lowe failed to gain. He tried {again and got 2 vards. Du Four punt- ed to Brennan, who went outside at Lafavette's 40-vard line. Gazella got three yards through right guard. Lafayette sent in Mill- man for Brunner. Millman made 10 {yards for a first down on George- town's 47-vard line. Millman, with two more rushes, picked up 7 vards. | | Gebhard slammed center for a yard. On the next play Gebhard got 2 yards for a first down on the 36-vard line. Comstock stopped Gazella at the line. Gazella, on the next play, got 4 vards. [ Millman picked up 2 vards through the line. Brennan's forward pass to Mill- man was good for 7 yards and a first | down on the 20-vard line. Brennan imade a vard through the line. Brennan's forward pass to Gebhard was missed by the latter at the Georgetown goal line. Another for- ward pass grounded. With holding the ball Brennan tried for a | goal from the 30-vard line, but the | ball_sailed wide of the posts. With | Georgetown starting play from its | 20-yard line Malley made 3 yards in side right tackle. Lafayette substi- tuted Chick for Gebhard. Malley, on Byrne ground. The Georgetown in possession of the ball on its own 19- yard line. Score: Georgetown, 3; Lafayette, 0:4 | the next'play, could not gain. could not make any | period ended with | the score stooa: Marines, 7: Army, 6. | First Perlod. Marines received the ball on their {17-yard line. and then punted. Vidal was thrown for a loss, after catching the ball pn his 40-yard line. A forward pass. Vidal to Noyes, gained 7 yards. Vidal kicked to Marines' 1S-yard line just before:the period ended. Score—Army, 3; Marines, 0. Second Period. Goettge broke through center for vards and McMaines found the same | hole for 12 more. Goettge resumed carrying the ball, and in three dashes hrough different parts of the line | reached Army’s 35-vard line. Palmer advanced 10 yards more on a delayed pass. The Marines' line rallied and {:‘-ithl:l-. A.v’:xy. |a forward pass fail;d_ prck!(t then ¢ en: .Laurus | missed an attempted placement field Jeft tackls ......Vandergmit| goal from the 23-yard line. FOOT BALL SCORES. T ook s Bek | Georgetown, 3; Lafayette, 0; first Bimer. haifback *11111 Vil | half. Gaer seeeceeeo s HOYS | yopy 6; Marlnes, 7; first half; un- BALTIMORE, December 2.—Taxed | finished. Boston College, 10; Holy Cross, 6; rst half, —_— SIGNS SHANTUNG PACT. By the Associated F'ress. TOKIO, December 2.—The foreign office_announced the signing, at 9 o'clock this morning, of the agreement between China and Japan concerning Shantung. ‘The transfer. of all Japanese inter- ests in the province of Shantung will take place at noon December 5, when all sh' Japanese troops will be evacu- ated. Some matters, however, will be for settlement after the evacuation. Malley | Georgetown re- | Gazella | Goettge was stopped | let | o Star. GTON, D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1922_TWENTY-SIX PAGES. ! | | i tack- | the ruined district, i ! i ! whose neighbors The Star’s as the papers city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast e ———————————— “From Press to Home Within the Hour” | carrier system covers . are printed. Yesterday’s Net Cicculatior, 92,767 % Millions Facing Hunger as Bakers Start on Strike By the Assocluted I'ress PARIS, December 2.—The ma- jority of the bakers' shops in Paris and the suburbs closed at noon today in compliance with the de- cision of the master bakers to cease the production of bread as protest against the official refusal to increase the price 2 Sous per kilo, to 1 franc fifteen centimes. The government immediately or- dered a judiclal inquiry with a view to the prosccution of the association. One of the reasons for the mas- ter bakers' strike is their desire to force the government to do away with the law enacted during the French revolution, in July, 1791, under which the governmenthasthe right to fix the price of bread, ir- respective of the price of wheat flour. More than five million persons are affected by the closing of some 2.500 shops, 2,100 of which are in Paris and the remainder in the departments of the Seine and the Seine-et-Oise. The scramble for bread began early this morning when the newspapers printed last night's ion of the bakers to close at noon. 1800 HOMELESS IN'$2.000,000 FIRE Bern, N. C., and 500 Out of Employment. BY thie Associated Press. EW BE N December Property damage estimated at around $2.000.000. loss of emnloyment for 500 zella | persons. destruction of the homes of approximately 1.800 persons and one fatality was the toll of the fire that feld | gwept through this town vesterday, according to a check-up today. Numbers of persons suffered burns and injuries in attempts to save their belongings or to aid firemen of New nearby towns in fighting the flames, but none was believed to- day to be seriously hurt. A negress, said was 105 vears old. was forgotten in the excitement, it was reported, and left to perish in a little house on Cedar street. With the approach of dawn today the firemen. who had finally conquer- ed the flames, had retired and their places had been taken by three details of Battery D. 117th Field Artillery. The soldiers guarded the hundreds of piles of household goods dumped in- discriminately around the town after frantic householders had snatched them from the flames. but throughout the night and morning no reports ame of even attempted vandalism nor:g the 10.000 or more inhabitants. Crowds About Ruins. There were numbers of persons in some seeking to find remains of valuables, some mere- ; side of {1¥ walking around. Many had refused jto g0 to bed in the homes. churches | and buildings proffered them, but had stalked around or lain shivering on the ground near the devastated dis- trict. The church societies. Red Salvation Army and other orga tions were busy providing. United States Semator North Carolina obtained from Brig. Gen. Bowiey, at For: Bragg. Favetteville, last night that he would rush Army cots. tents and bedding here. and Mavor Edward Clark issued a call for mass meetings _to take definite action toward re. ing the sufferers Most of those who lost their homes and household possessions were ne- groes. probably 1.400 of these suffer- ing. since the flames started in the negro section of West New Bern. A $250.000 fire was raging at the time in the sawmill of the Roper Lumber Company’s plant across town. and winds of galelike force were blowing and continued until sundown. A fire in the kitchen of a negro house w said to have been the beginning of the great fire. and that in the saw- mill was believed to have been caused by friction from a belt. ross, niza- food mmons of a promise 200 Residences Burm. The blaze in the negro section gain- ied such proportions that it swept a | Robertson and Miss Ethel Smith. path almost through the center of the town, destroying around 200 resi- | dences, two negro churches and three | el large warehouses on the use river, jand threatened the union station and | nearby structures, but in some way | 1eaped across them. tailroad tracks were 80 warped by the heat. however, that train service through the town was suspended. Starting on Kilarmonic street, the blaze, despite the dynamiting of houses and pulling them off their foundations by a cable attached to a switch engine, was driven eastward almost on a straight line until it reached George street. Along here it {was bounded on one side by Queen {the hardest hit by | street and on the other by Court and On the south side of | Dunn streets. Cedar Grove cemetery the fire swept along for a block on New street as far as_Crescent street, then, leaping over the union station, attacked the warehouses along the water front. Citizens Raise Fund. Hundred of Newbern's more fortu- nate citizens who escaped the tavages of the fire gathered in mass meeting | at the courthouse to lay plans for re- lief of the others. “Put me down for $1,000,” shouted a voice as the meeting opened. “I'll also give $1,004 “Put me down for $500.” The calls came so rapidly that Harry M. Jacobs, general chairman of the relief committee, had to call the assembly down and beg the donors to go slower, so the individual gifts could be recorded. The city and county donated $1,000 each; Sudan Temple of the Shrine added_ $1,000, and it was estimated that $10,000 was raised before any organized effort had been started. Other_cities of the state sent offers of aid by telephone and telegraph, and Mayor Edward Clark sald these would be accepted if needed. There were hundreds of persons this morn- ing who had not tasted food since the fire started yesterday, and committees were soon at work supplying them with food, while another committee laid plans for housing the homeless. Wholesale concerns shut up thelr es- tablishments and put their trucks to gathering up household belongings scattered over town and storing them in wareaouses, ~ TWO CENTS. NEW PROCRESSIVE BLOG PUTS BAN ON PARTISAN POLITICS 1No Third Party to Be Organ- ized, Say Leaders, in Meet- ing Today. |WILL STICK TO PROGRAM REGARDLESS OF PARTIES People’s Legislative Service to As- sist Bloc by Supplying Legislation. Progressives from all parts of ihin {country gathered here today in con |ference determined to put their | shoulders to the wheel in the inter- | ests of progressive legislation. The conference was held under auspices {of the People’s Legislative Service at i the City Club. The formation of the new progres | sive bloc in Congress effected yester- |day was hailed as a great step for- ward when the announcement was made at the conference today by nator La Follette of Wisconsin chairman of the People’s Legislative Service. Senator La Follette acted us chairman and opened the conference today with a statement of the pur- poses of the progressive group in Congress. As at the meeting 1rnnmb>m of Congress yesterday, the jconference today tpok particular ! pains to indicute that its purpose was ifor the advancement of progressive legislation. and not for the organiza- jtion. of a new political party. To Aveld Partisanship. At the outset of the meeting toda, a resolution was adopted setting forth that it was the purbuse of the confer- ence to limit its proceedings to de- | vising means for co-operation and support for the comprehensive pro- sram of legislation decided upon at the meeting vesterday of the pro- | Eressive members of Congress. and not to give consideration to partisan | political affairs. In_ presenting the resolution, Basil M. Manly announced that many per- ons in public office and otherwise | situated had accepted invitations 1 i attend the conference with the under- standing that partisan political mat- ters were not to be taken up. | In expressing his graification at the gathering of progressives today, Sen- | ator La Follette described the need of i such an organization as the P'eople’s | Legislative Service, organized two Years ago to aid members of Congress with information and statistics deal- ing with economi matters for the preparation of progressive measures and for opposing measures advanced by special interests. Rexolution A ed. Senatord.a Follette said the progre sive members of Congress had wisely determined to undertake a thorough- ng investigation of certain sub- jects and had provided for the ap- of progressive { pointment of committees to in- | vestizate and report to the group. | time to time, on legisiative res. ch advanced step.” said Semator La Follette, “should be a well-ground- €d and sound step in the forward movement. We are not seeking t accomplish everything at one stroke When Senator La Follette read to the conference the resolution adopted by the prozressive bloc yesterday. de- claring s purpose to drive special privilege from the control of govern- ment. there was applause. A committee on resolutions and also & committee to deal with the matter of direct primaries and cor- rupt practices acts were appointed The latter committee was appointed on motion of former Representative Keating of Colorado. who declared that there was nothing so important as to give the people direct primaries in selecting cundidates for office. {Under such a svstem, he said, the people would be able to take care of themselves. committee on resolutions ap- by Senator La Follette in- Frederic C. Airman Andrew Furuseth, Granville F. Mac Farland of Boston. Herbert F. Baker of Michigan, Mrs. Edward Costi wan, Washington. D. C.: Miss Eliza- i beth Hauser 6f New York. Amos R. . Pinchot. New York: Senator Sheppard {of Te Representative Huddleston | of Alabama, Representative Nelson of Minnesota. George L. Berry of Louis- I¥ille; P. H. Callahan, Louisville; Wil- liam H. Johnston. this city: Tellx Plight of Farmers. The committee on primaries in- Zdward Keating, chairman: Benjamin Marsh Cunningham, Dante New Jer- S of North Dakota, {Mrs. Abbie Scott Baker. Mrs. Rose- gates Forrester, Frank Morrison, Samuel D. Montgomery of West Vir- ! ginia. T. ‘ashen, F. H. Klorzdao, | Howard Wurlitzer. ! " Senator-elect Frazier of North Da- {kota, discussing the agricultural lemergeney existing in the country. !gave a gloomy picture of the condi- Tions "of the farmers of the west |He said that the farmers had been the readjustment Although upon des | Warren S. iand Mr: [ sey. orge L. Record of nator Ladd i period after the war. agriculture depends the welfare of {all the industries of the country, he said that farming has not been ' es tablished on a paying basis, perhaps ion a business basis. *“We must have state aid and fed- teral aid to put the farmers on their feet today and bring about better times throughout the nation,” said Mr. Frazier. He told of hundreds of acres plant- 1 ed in potatoes in North Dakota which i had never been dug this year because the prices received for potatoes did not pay for the cost, yet potatoes, he said, are retailing here at $1.75 to $2 a bushel. The farmers of the north- west, he said, are compelled to pay 8, 9 and 10 per cent on loans made {to them, and the mortages run for {five years. It is impossible for the | farmers to do business at this rate {and live. The transportation situation, {he said, was very bad, with many cars tied up for lack of motive power. Weould Stabilizse Prices. “There thould be something don: to stabilize prices of farm product: sald Mr. Frasier. He added. however, that it would do Mttle good to fix the prices of farm products and not to fix the prices of things the farmer has to buy. Progressives were successful at the recent election because the people realized they had the necessary “in- testinal stamina” to stand up and fight in the interest of the people, Senator- elect Burton K. Wheeler of Montans declared in addressing the meeting. Mr. Wheeler sald that he had noticed 2 Cowmn 1) | ! (Couunucy ou Luge