Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1922, Page 1

Generally cloudy, 10 p.m est, 4 WEATHER. probably rains today; tomorrow generally fair: little change in temperature. Temperature for 22 hours ended at last night: Highest, 55.9; low- 3.4. Full report on page 18. local No. 923.—No. 28,706. Entered. as second-class matter post office Washington. D. C. WASHINGTON, D. 7 £ @, U.5. BACKS ALLIES INHOLDING TURKS T0 CAPITULATIONS Okliged to Take View of Powers, Child Declares, at tausanne. JAPAN ALSO LINES UP; RUSSIA BEHIND KEMAL System of Gradual Elimination of Privileges Seen as Only Solution to Issue. Br the Associated Press. LAUSANY December and Japan both lined up with Great Britain, France and Italy today when they took their stand against Ismet Yasha's contention that Turkey had wiped out all the capitulations, or extraterritorial rights for foreigns, by declaring them null in October, inls. Richard Washburn Child, spokes- man for the United States, said that 1f any legal dispute arises the Wash- ington government will be obliged to take the same position as the al- lied powers. He expressed the be- lif, however. that the common in- terests of all concerned in the Turk- | ish situation will make it possible to find satisfactory guarantees to re- place the capitulations which are so distasteful to Turkey. ees Turkey's Position. Baron Hayashi, had great sympathy for Japan, said he with Turkey's i dislike for the capitulations, because | his government once labored under the same system. Japan, however, had taken twenty years to build up a legal system satisfactory to the foreign powers, and Turkey, he be- lieved, would require the same timie | for the same work. He begged Ismet Tasha to consider this question with' great seriousness. Marquis Curzon, for Great Britain; Marquis Di Garroni, for Italy, and MM. Barrere and Bompard, for France, also spoke in opposition to| Ismet's contention that Turkey re- gards all the capitulations as void and will refuse anything in their place reflecting upon the sovereignty and independence of his country. Induced to Enter Trade. Marquis Di Garronl opened the afternoon session, which was devoted to the capitulations question, with the explanation that the sultans first induced foreigners to enter into trade with Turkey by giving them special privileges and guarantees. The sys- tem worked admirably and the capit- ulations later were: confirmed in reaties. ‘The Italian spokesman declared Armenians Fear Oiitrages Behind Turk Plot Charge By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, December 2. —The Armenians here are in a state hordering upon terror as a result of the publicity campaign begun against them by the Turks. Nothing since the Kemalists threatened to take Constantinople by force has caused more wide- spread despair and fear among the Armenian population than the re- cent publication by the official government news agency of the discovery of an alleged Armenian Pplot to foment a revolution and as- sassinate the Kemalist officials. It is declared by allied observers and the Armenians themselves that the Kemalists are preparing the ground for wholesale arrests and persecutions. They compare the present methods with those employed under the “red sultan,” Abdul Hamid, in 1915 and 1916, when, after the proclamation of the discovery of anti-Turkish plots, tens of thousands of Ar- menians were imprisoned, deported or executed. Brig. Gen. Harington, British commander-in-chief; the allied high commissioners, and the Ar- menian patriarch have protested to Rafet Pasha against the publi- cation of these reports, declaring them malicious, false and designed to arouse racial antipathies. AMERICA MUST G0 10 EUROPE'S AID SAYS CLEMENCEAU {“Take Care That It Is Not Too Late,” Tiger of France Admonishes. 1 | By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, December 2.—Re-entry of i America into European affairs, either |as a member of the league of na- | tions or on some other basis, was urged today by Georges Clemenceau, war pre- {mier of France, In the fourth of his | series of addresses in this country, de- livered at the Odeon before a capacity audlence that applauded him roundly at frequent intervals. The Tiger, summarizing what he thought he had accomplished 8o far on his tour of America, declared he be- lleved he had convinced the country that France was not militaristic or im- perialistic, and that she had every in- tention of paying ofl her debt to the United States. Sees Signs of Militarism Here. Just to make sure, however, he re-| | peated arguments briefly on these points | before he touched on the subject of Amerfcan participation in old world the allies were willing to do their | THE FirsT \&F% d‘uorcéoF O THE THRILL THAT COMES BUT ONCE. \GREEKS SENTENCE ANDREN T0 EALE Court-Martial Gives Prince Perpetual Banishment and Cuts Army Rank. LED TROOPS TO DEFEAT General Admitted He Was Not Dismissed Because He Was *King's Brother. By the Associated Press. LONDON. December 2—Frince An- drew has been sentenced to perpetual banishment by the court-martial sit- ting at Athens, according to & Reuter dispatch. In addition, he will suffer degradation in the army. The refusal of Prince Andrew to obey orders resulted in defeat for the Greeks in the campaign at the San- garis river, according to Gen. Papou- las. Had the second army attacked victory was possible. Gen. Papoulas admitted that Prince 2 Men to Wage Battle Against Feminism Tide Special Dispatch to The Star. X CITY. December j*“Mere man” u vet have his day. {for the “Association of Brothe Il'nder the Skin" is about to enter |battle against the invasion of fem- inism. It will be ¢ to the finis against the “modern Amazon,” say | the organizers, who have applicd for articles of incorporation. .“Men are willlng to sacrifice*all for the res the confines of which were fixed with lcreation, and is rushing headless to- ward sex supremacy, but certain d. struction. The application for incorporation states that it is the purpose of the agsociation to establish an educa- tional bureau of propaganda to stem the onrushing tide of feminism and woman suffrage. SCHOOL TEACHER jration of their domestic authori lthe charter members emphatically | dectare. | “Feminine domination must stop.” | i their battle cry continues. “Woman {has gyrated from her allotted sphere. | FIVE NATIONS HERE | iSalvador. Costa Rica, Guate- | mala, Nicaragua and Honduras to Meet. |WELCOME BY HUGHES i Measure for Limitation of Arma- ments to Be One of Chief Discussions. 1 Delcgates of five Central Ameri- lcan countrie: Ivador, Costa R ! Guatemala. Nicaragua and Honduras— {are in Washington ready for the {opening tomorygw in the Pan-Ameri- Ef'nn building $ the first of a series |ef conferences zt which frank and | friendly exchai.:es of views and ree- | ommendations are expected to result {in permanent regulation of the mutual |interests and relations of their na- i tions i Secretary Hughes of the State De- | jpartment. one of the two American FORAMITY PARLEY | ohe Swunday St Sees Labor War Hooper Char'gesj Wide Campaign to | Stir Hatred. Effort Made to Un;-f dermine Courts, | It Is Charged. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 2.—Ben W. ! Hooper, chairman of the Railroad La- bor Board, in a speech before the Tili- nols Bar Association here tonight, charged that many railway union leader are waging warfare against the roads with the purpose of de- stroying the industry and forwarding a political campaign for government ownership. “A large portion of the union maga- zines which reach me contain bitter attacks on the railroads, their man- agement and their nolici he gaid. | “These criticisms are not confined to i matters of direct controversy between the roads and the employes, but they | cover every ground of attack that| might be made by those outside of | railroad employvment. i “Nothing is left unsaid that seems | {to be calculated to stir up hatred | among the employes and distrust and hostility among the people. Committed to Plumb Plan. “Railroad labor ilargely committed to the Plumb plan | of railroad operation, which is gov- | ernment ownership with private op- {eration in which the employes shan; participate manageriaily and share i the profi be losses in G. 0. P. WILL BURY FILIBUSTERKILLED ANTHLYNCHING BILL org ad of pr the own- :Republican Senate Caucus ' Votes to Cease Battle for Dyer Measure. ! | I | | | | | ! ; The democratic filibuster has killed | | the Dyer anti-lynching bill. Senator Lodge, republi leader. will an-| © in the Senate when it resumes | | nounc. i its seesion at 10 o'clock Monday morn- | ling that the bill will not be further | pressed. | | Decision to take this action was reached in a caucus of republican |senators yesterday afternoon after the | | Senate had taken a recess until Mon- ¢ financially. If there should | The Star's city block a delivered to as the papers “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers every nd the regular edition is Washington homes as fast are printed. H SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 3, 1922.—NINETY-SIX PAGES. on Railways To Force U. S. Ounership BEN W. HOOPER.' ers—that is, the people—would dig up taxes to pay the deficit.” In their efforts to further govern- ment ownership employes are opposed | to the transportation act and the Railroad Labor Board, he said, because they ment of wages nd working conditions and the gradual but certain reduction of freight rates under that act will conduce to the postponement or pre- lumn 4.) Child Is Burned To Death When Saying Prayers Special Dispateh to The Star. FROSTBURG, Md., December 2.— “Now 1 me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep- There came a scream from little Alice Jackson. from whose lips had just come the prayer. She jumped from her kneeling posi tion and ran across the bedroom a shaft of flame: (Continued on Page 3, ( ) lay Her mother rushed from an- other room and threw a blanket | about the girl. The flames were | smothered, but when the cover- ing was unwrapped there lay the body of the child badly charred. It was the little girl's birth- ¥ anniversary. and she had just returned from a party before the fatal accident. Sparks from an open grate are believed to have ignited her nightgown as she was knecling before her bed in prayer. feel that the successful adjust-| FIVE CENTS. PROGRESSIVE BLO RECEIVES PLEDGES AT PARLEYS HERE Delegates From Many States Promise Aid in Congress Campaign. SEE SIGNS OF SUCCESS FOR PROPOSED MEASURES i | Administration Trying to “Steal Thunder,” Leaders in Move Declare. { | | i Progressive measures were outlined and pledges made to support the new- ly organized congressional progres- sive bloc at a daylong conference of leaders of the movement yesterday |and at a banquet last night in the City Club. The meetings, which brought together several hundred men and women from many states of the Union, rounded out the second day of the “drive” which progressives have staged in the National Capital to emphasize the victory which, they maintain, was won at the polls last i month for progressive principles. Members of the Senate and House and prominent government officlals were In attendance. The slogan of the progressives was “to place the | government in the hands of the peo- condt : ] ple; to take it from, the hands of vention of government ownership- He | special interests” The direct pri- i ihe_political program of the| ™27 nd the abolition of the ele | toral college so that the people ma | vote directly for President and Vire President were among the demands made Signs of Awakening. The reports that the present ad- ministration was about to undertake “progressive measures” for the relier of the farmers were regarded by the progressives as an attempt “to steal {their thunder.” They interpreted these reports as meaning that it is becoming more popular to be “pro- gressive.” andthat there s a scur- rying in certain quarters to make re- sponse to the demands of the people as expressed at the polls. | PROGRESSIVES LINE UP ON MANY ISSUES TO CO-OPERATE WITH BLOC Progressives of all political parties, meeting in conference here yesterdar { under auspices of the People's Legisl tive Service, laid the ground for thor | ough-going co-operation with the new | progressive bloc, organized Friday by { members of the Senate and House. In @ series of resolutions adopted yes- | terday afternoon, the progressive cun- SaBao S Gal e best to meet the Turkish objections | &ffairs—the point, he sald, that he has| Andrew had not been dismissed from representatives, who at the invitation | ce bt el e { ] { terence went on record in favor of: st to m i Sl i 5 3 {day. For nearly two hours a sp i 1. The abolishment of the electorate A | been most frequently advised he will|his command because he was the {of the Central American governments | % > : : : w the special rights and privileges | >*¢f most fredue jhis 1 fiof el amer “DS ! Giccussion prevailed, approaching at college. <o as to bring about the direct which foreigners enjoy in Turkey | SISO (RO ) | king's brother. i | were appointed by President Harding, | y;nq 5 acrimoniousn Senator { election of the President and Vice Presi- & In the midst of his discussion of mili- }will deliver the address of welcome to s < under guaranty of the treaties cnn-!la % h e B ! ! e & | Lodge and other leaders pointed out | dent of the United States. Srming the capitalations, but he ex. | LAFIST. he relterated his statement that [, (oo | the conference at 10 oclock e e e | den - America showed certain signs of mili- | 57 Tomorrow night the Secretars and ! i i ane enaciment folfnials Batll JRas . plained that the foreigners were | TErSa Shoved ceftain slgns | ATHENS, December 2 Prince An-|Mon be Eou Floridalne ! S i before the Senate in face of the de- e i e e i i T anxious for the protection of the en- | ‘3nioM herse | faunched INto A{ i ew's trial was the first instance of a | MAN=AUN oliows OriQQ | irs. Hughes will hold « reception for | iexmination of the democrats to fili- | people opportunity to register thelr will terprises which they have developed, | CTiticism of her naval pollcy. 3 Pt i . the delegates. at which all the Latin|puster, even o the extent of shutting | pEfEity ; P! y P “I do not intend to interfere jn|member of the royal fami eing haled c Wh h nerlcanlaclesates analieons 3 b = = in the naming of candidates for eiective He warned Ismet that the Turks will | before a court martial, but there rime, in IC Young i elegates and other mem-|off all legislation, including the ap- S require much foreign assistance in the reconstruction of their country and, therefore, must consider the at- titude of the foreign powers and financiers. Special Rights Unnecessary. Ismet told the delegates that Tur- hey's resentment against the capitu- lations system was beyond the com- i These spe- | ghts, he sald, were no longer | prehension of foreigners. wial necessary, as the nationals of other countries were given adequate pro- tection by the Turkish courts and other institutions and should not ex- pect different treatment from that ac- corded Turkish subjects. M. Barbere said there was every disposition on the part of France to search for means by which the system could be modified to meet the Turkish objections, but he emphasized the fact that the capitulations exist under treaty sanction and must be replaced by some system giving guar- antees. Curzon Supports Views. Leord Curzon supported the views of the preceding allled spokesmen und reviewed the legal aspects of tae situation. In 1871 and 1878, he said, Turkey signed treaties in which sne agreed that the capitulations could not be abolished without the consent of all the signatory powers. In 1914 the Turks denounced the capitula- tions, but all the powers enjoying them, tria, who were Turkey's allles, pro- tested on the grounds that Turkey could not act without the consent of all the signatories. The commission on capitulations decided at today's session to name three subcommissions to consider the various aspects of the capitulations problem and report to the conference. The first will consider a scheme cof juridical guarantees for foreigners as a substitute for the present sys- tem of foreign courts; the second will discuss economic questions, especially taxation of foreign property in Tur- key, and the third will consider the status of persons living in Turkey ‘who are under the protection of for- eign countries. Guif Difficult to Bridge. The gulf between the Turks and the other powers on the capitulations problem is so wide that it will be difficult to bridge. Ismet Pasha and all his associates, driven on by em- phatic demands from Angora, are in- sistent that the system has been en- tirely eliminated, while the present «fforts of the European diplomats are directed toward providing some sub- (Continued on Page % Column §.) including Germany and Aus-| | your policy,” he said. “However, you interferred in mine (referring to the | militarism charges) and I think I! ihave the right to say that sometimes |you were very much inclined toward ithe development of your military es- tablishments. Calls Capital Ships Obsolete. 1 “You have the best frontiers in the | world. They cannot be better. But the other day you said you could not leave one unprotected unless you had 500,000 tons of warships. That may be. I will give you a million tons it you want it. It is the way of spending your money which is, of course, at your disposition. I do not believe very much in capital war- ships now, because there are subma- {rines and airplanes which make war- | ships no longer capital. “England has increased her mili- tary power 19 per cent,” he continued, | “and Japan 7 per cent. Well, we will see. I doubt whether I will see !the effect of this, but it may be the | privilege of some of you. We will see what may come out of it." Plunging then into his appeal for America to resume an active role in Europe, Clemenceau recited the his- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) | were few spectators in the house of parliament when the trail opened at 9 o'clock in the morning. This was attributed, however, not to & lack of interest, but to the short notice on which the court was convened. The court-martial was presided over by Gen. Vlachapoulos. After the members of the tribunal had taken their seats Prince Andrew was brought into the chamber. He was wearing civillan clothes and was ac- companied by his counsel, Nicholas Damaskinos. He was given a seat facing the president of the court, with M. Damaskinos at his side. Prosecutors Designated. Col. Caloyeras and Nicholas Avraam were designated prosecutors. After the usual formalities, including es- tablishment of the defendant's iden- tity, the secretary of the court read the act of indictment, and Col. Calo- yeras formally charged the accused prince with disobeying orders given on the battlefleld. The first witness was Gen. Papoulas, former com- mander-in-chlef of the Greek army. Gen. Papoulas himself is a prisoner awaiting trail. Borah Fears War in 2 Years; | | | Near Riot Follows Speech By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 2.—Within two years, owing to the near east situa- tion, there may be another great war, Senator Willlam E. Borah of Idaho sald, in an address here tonight in Symphony Hall. His subject was “The Recognition of Russia,” and he advocated that step by the United| States as a means of averting an- other European conflagration. At the close of the senator's address the police guard at the hall was called on to prevent a riot When a i questioner, who said his name was ! MacDonald, and that he was a world i war veteran, mounted the stage. Amid shouts of “Put him out!” Senator Borah insisted that the questioner be heard. ¥ “Why is there no American flag dis- played here?’ MacDonald asked. Turmoil broke out afresh and many rushed for the stage to eject the stranger. Police intervened to protect him and the incident closed. Senator Borah said, when peace was restored, that wherever he ap- peared to speak there were “Ameri- can principles if not the flag.” s Calling for unqualified recognition of the present government of Rus- sia, Senator Borah told the crowd that filled Symphony Hall that the recognition of a government Gid not necessarily carry approval of that country’s institutions. “Just as we eliminate suspicion and fear of other nations we shall re- turn to conditigns of peace,” Sena- tor Borah said. “Every conference in Europe since the end of the world war has revolved about the Russian question. ‘Within two years the near east situation is likely to bring about another war. It is up to the people of the United States, whose boys will be called to fight in this war, to protest against the present policies at Washington in failing to try to avert such a catastrophe. Two resolutions were adopted al- most unanimously by the audience. One, proposed by Prof. Charles Skin- ner of Tufts College, called upon the President and Secretary of State to provide for the restoration of trade relations with Russia. The other, presented by John Codman of Bos- ton, urged Congress to recognize the Russian- soviet government., Woman Is Victim. By the Associated Press. PERRY, Fla, December 2 —The body of Miss Ruby Hendry. a young jschool teacher. was found alongside jthe railroad tracks between Perry and her home by a train crew this afternoon. Her throat had been slashed and her head beaten with a blunt instrument. The body was found just outside of town near a creek over which she had to cross in coming from her home to'town. The attack occurred about 4 oclock. A few minutes earlier she had left the home of her sister, Mrs. H. A. Miller, with whom she lived, to come to town, a distance of about one-fourth of a mile. Following an investigation. the au- thorities concluded the attack was the work of a flend. The news of the crime spread rap- idly and a man-hunt was soon on. Late tonight the authorities said they werg working on several indefinite clugl, but otherwise their search had been fruitless. TRAIL SLAYER OF GIRL. ! By the Associated Pres: HACKENSACK, N. J., December The authorities are on the trail of the murderer of Christina Hervish of Wallington, N. J, whose mutilated body was found yesterday in a field there, Psosecutor Hart declared to- day, in denying reports that a formal arrest had been made. He said that the foreman of the mill in which the murdered girl had been employed had been questioned. The police also finvestigated the tale of an aged couplé who sald they saw two men beat a young woman on a lonely road near Carlstadt Thanksgiving night. The couple said they saw the men beat and knock down 2 girl who arose and ran after them up the road to Wallington. The police declared the story pro- vided a time discrepancy, since the alleged assault was declared to have taken ‘place at about 9 o'clock, while the girl was said not to have left the home of a relative here until about 10:30 o'clock. ADMIRAL EDWARDS DIES. BRISTOL, R. I, December 2.—Rear Admiral John R. Edwards, U. S. N,, re- tired, died at his home here today. * Al- though retired in 1915, he served during the world war with the Brown Univer- sity naval unit. He was born in Potts- villey Pa, bers of the diplomatic corps will be | present. The representatives to the confer- ience are: Salvador, Dr. { Martinez Suarez, president of the supreme court of justice; Gustavo Guerrero and Dr. Hector David Ca. tro of the Salvador legation hefe, retary to the delegation. Costa Rica: Jose Andres Coronado. Dr. Don Octavio Beeche, Costa Rican minister to the United States, and Rafael Oreamuno, consul general at New York, secretary. Guatemal; Franc Sanchez Latour and Senor Don Marcial. Nicaragua: Senor Don Emilino Cha- morro, minister to the United Stat, Adolfo Cardenas and Dr. Maximo H. Zepeda. Honduras: Dr. Alberto Ucles, Dr. | Carlos Lagos, Dr. Salvador Cordova and Dr. Raul Toledo Lopez. Second U. S. Representa: Sumner Welles, formerly chief of the Latin American division of the State Department, is the other repre- sec- .. (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) MAN HELD FOR SLAYING OF WIFE AND CHILD Husband Recently Released From Insane Asylum, Captured on Roof of Home. By the Associated Press. SPARTANSBURG, S. C., December 2—Richard Garrett, white, thirt five, is in the Columbus (N.C.) jail, charged with shooting his wife and youngest child to death this morn- ing at the Garrett home, seven miles from Saluda, N. C., according to dis- patches received here today from Saluda. . Garrett is reported to have been captured on the roof of his hume, after exchanging shots wiih officers. The double killing is said to leave five motherless children, the oldest of which is ten years old. The body of Mrs. Garrett was found in a front room and it had been cov- ered with a quilt. The child's body was discovered in the reat of the house. Garrett, according to the reports here, was released from the state asylum for the insane last month, upon the request of his wife and relatives, s. Francisco | il I | propriation bills. | Friends of the bill resisted the pro- posed abandonment. and were in- istent upon keeping the bill befora the Senate until the country could ap- praise the nature of the opposition and lay the responsibility for it, pos- | ibly bringing the prossure of publ opinion to bear in its favor. Cunard Liner Runs Away. Couple of U. S. Dry Agents Also Aboard. { By the Associated Pross NEW YORK, December Z.—aect- ing on wireless instructions from the authorities the pilot boat New York took two deputies from the Axsyria at the three-mile limit and brought them back to the Battery shortly before midnight. NEW YORK. December 2 — Out- ! speeding the police tug Manhattan. The withdrawal of the Dyer bill|which had been ordered to overtake | will open the way for the Senate to|her. the Cunard liner Assyria tonight | |act Monday forenoon upon a number | flashed past Sandy Hook and headed | of nominations, before the extraordi- | for Scotland, carrying with her 11,505 | {nary session is adjourned sine die.|cases of whisky deported by federal | Principal among the expected con- |prohibition agents. and two deputy ifirmamtions is the nomination of,sheriffs, alleged to have been “kid- i Pierce Butler to be an associate jus- naped” while executing an order to tice of the Supreme Court. seize part of the cargo. The Senate is expected to adjourn| The Manhattan. which had been | shortly before 12 o'clock and then, |Sent out by Deputy Police Inspector upon the stroke of noon, to reassem- | Cahalane, with orders to rescue the Would Sidetrack Ship Bill. H Several senators are undersiood ito have urged keeping up the fight { for the bill even to the holding back of the merchant marine bill, but their | larguments did not appeal to Senator | {Lodge and other senators in the! | leadership. | Ible for the concluding session of the (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) SHOOTS MAN AND BOY iCoInred Hunter Ordered Off Prop- erty in Northeast Retaliates i i {’ With Shotgun. Dell M. Gunter, forty-four, and Leroy | Keiser, seventeen, were both shot by a colored man near their home at 28th and M streets northeast, last night, when they ordered the man off the property there, where he was hunting. Gunter was hit on the right side of the body, while Keiser was struck in the face. 'Both were treated at Cas- ualty Hospital, where their injuries were pronounced not serious. The colored man was about fifty years weighed 180 pounds. He was wearing a hunting coat and trousers and a dark cap. ‘:hen Gunter ordered him off the place he turned without a word and discharged his shotgun at Gunter and Keiser, who were standing less than ten yards away. Police instituted a search for him throughout the city last night, AND MAKES GETAWAY of age, five feet ten Inches high, and. sheriffs “by force if neces- was too slow for the liner, her | captain reported when he returned to i the Battery. He got 100 late a start, he said, and, lafter trailing the Assyria almost to | Sandy Hook, gave up the race as lost. | Two Dry Agents Aboard. Besides the deputies, who were aboard attempting to seize 4,000 cases of the whisky on a writ of replevin, the ship carried two prohibition agent jassigned to guard the liquid cargo. | The whisky had remalned in cus- { toms storage since 1921, when it was | shipped by Helborn & Co.. dis- jtillers of Glasgow, Scotland, to an| agent in this country. It was not seized Ly the prohibition officials, | {however, until recently it was con- signed by the agent of the Alps Drug‘, Company and another firm, both of | which had permits to import and dis- tribute wine. The deputies had gone aboard to execute a writ of replevin against the 4,000 cases, issued in behalf ©of the Alps Drug Company. Prohibition officials refused to honor the writ, threatened to arrest the sheriff’s dep- | uties, placed two prohibition agents {aboard to guard the cargo overseas and the Assyria pulled out. The chase of the Assyria lasted more than an hour. When the Man- hattan, empty-handed, returned to her berth, Sheriff Percival Nagle and a score of deputies, with as many prohibition agents, customs officials and attorneys for the Cunard line, (Continued on Page Z, <olumn 3.) | deputy {sary. 1 l 3. The enactment of absent vojers' laws by all the state legislatures. 4. The immediate enactment of a fed- | eral corrupt practices act, “with a suf- ficient supply of teeth 1o dispose pei- manently of Newberryism' 5. The appointment of a non- partisan committee for bringing about the co-operation of progres- sives throughout the country to aid in the advancement of liberal laws, upon a program which the committee 1s to draft and report to a subsequent meeting of progressives at Washing- ton. 6. The immediate release of all “free speech” prisoners who wers jailed during the war, the so-called political prisoners. Two Sessions Held. Sessions o the conference were held both morning and afternoon yesterday in the City Club, presided over by Senator La Follette of Wis- consin, chairman of the People's Legislative Service. Many members i of the congressional progressive bloc were in attendance. A resolution allopted at the outset of ihe confcrence declared that the proceedings should deal only with measures of progressive legislation, and not with partisan political mat- ters. The personnel of the non-partisan advisory committee of the congres- slonal progressive bloc, provided for at the organization of that group Fri- day. was announced yesterday by Senator Norris of Nebras who acted as chairman of the group mee:- ing. 1t is composed of four senators and four representatives. Senator Borah of Idaho 1s chairman, and the other members are Senators Ladd of North Dakota, Ashurst of Arizona and Sheppard of Texas, and Represen- tatives Woodruff, Beck, Collins and Logan. During the conference yesterday speeches were made by Senator Norris of Nebraska, Senator Brook- !nart of lowa, Senator-elect Shipstead of Minnesota, Senator-elect Wheeler of Montana, Senator-elect Frazier of North ‘Dakota, Representative Sin- clair ‘of North Dakota, Representa- tive Frear of Wisconsin, Gov. Blaine of Wisconsin and Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor. Resolutions on Primaries. At the suggestion of former Repre- sentative Edward Keating of Col- orado, a committee on primaries was appointed and later, as chairman of that committee, Mr. Keating present- ed resolutions which were adopted (Continued on Page 2, Onlllmn_ € )