Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1922, Page 1

Fair tonight and tomor: tonight; colder tomorrow night. Temperature for twent: ended at 2 p.m. today. Hi 2 p.m. today; lowest, 31, today. Full report on page 7. WEATHER. TOW; warmer y-four hours ighest, 50 at at 6:40 a.m. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 No. 28,707. Entared_as s>cond-class matter post office Washington. D. C $25.043.973 PROVIDED IN BUDGET; | 'MANY ITEMS SLASHED $5,920,062 Less Than the Commissioners Asked of Bureau. NEW SCHOOLS FUND REDUCED $1,096,000 $1,500,000 for Water Supply Is Provided. Funds for Parks. Fstimates on which appropriations are to be made by Congress for the upkecp and development of the National Capital, which were sub-; mitted by the bureau of the budget today, show a total for the District of Columbia of $25043973 for the next fiscal year, as compared with appropriations totaling $25.990,050.80 for the current fiscal year. This includes all public service en- terprises and all trust and special funds. The total for the District, including water service and excluding perma- nent and indefinite appropriations, is $23.531.130, as against $22.151,199.80 for the current fiscal year. Excluding water service and per- manent and indefinite appropriations, the total for the District is $22,490.110, as compared with current appropria- tions totalling $21,123,179.80. $5,920,062 Less Than Asked. The District estimates of $25.043.973 | rlaced before Congress today are $5.920.062 less than the amount asked for by the Commissioners when they submitted the city's needs for next year to the budget bureaa. As forwarded from the Distr| building to the Treasury Department the estimates for next year totaled $30.964.035. Although the budget sent 1o Congress today is nearly six mil- lions less than the city heads sough it represents considerably more thar the budget bureau at first decided to allow the National Capital. Told to Cut to $23.500,000. When the bureau of the budget learned Several months ago that the preliminary estimates of the Com- sioners would exceed thirty l n.illions, Gen. Lord's office notified the local authorities that they would have to slash their figures to | approximately $24,500,000. The director of the budget agreed, however. to permit the cll{ fathers to submit the items thus eliminated in the form of a supplemental bud- zet and advised the Commissioners that he would hear arguments from them in support of the supplemental tist. In cordance with those directions ular estimates amounting to $24.532. 515 and supplementals to the amount of $6.421.520. giving a total of $30.964.035. Bureau Adds $311,000. While the Commissioners did not succeed in convincing the budget of- ficers that more than thirty millions should be allowed, their representa- tions bore some fruit. lnsleat:l of standing pat on the orig- inal limit of $24,500,000. the budget hureau actually recommended to “ongress $25,043,973, which is $511,o 000 additional. Bonus Is Left Qut. It was brought to light today that| the estmates as transmitted to Con- gress do not include the item of §1,- 704.000 for the bonus for District em- ployes for the next fiscal year. The original estimates of the Com- missioners contained this item for the bonus, but, it is understood, the bud- zet bureau decided not to make al- Jowance for this additional compensa- tion in the estimates. What they did was to apply that /$1,704.000 to other projects which the «'ommissioners asked for in the sup- plemental list. The effect of this change was to increase by that amount the sums needed for new streets. additional school buildings and similar municipal improvements. Carried on Amother Bill. Just what significance should be at- tached to the ommission of the bonus estimate could not be foreseen today. Of course, the authority for the pay- ment of the bonus has been carried! in the past in the executive. legisla- tive and judical appropriation act. But even if it is carried in that act the payment of it to District employes will have to be flgured as a charge agalnst District tax money. This question probably will be ad- justed as the appropriation acts are in process of enactment. The District estimates sent to Con- sress this December are in round numbers $3.300,000 less than the bureau of the budget transmitted a year ago. At that time the budget sent to Congress was $28,442,496.75. ‘This year it is $25,043,973. The_original estimates prepared by the Commissioners for next year in- cluded $1,200,000 for street paving. The budget bureau has allowed $730.000. ‘The Commissioners sought approxi- mately $2,500,000 for new school build- ings and sites. The budget bureau has transmitted to Congress $1,200,000. The Secretary of War asked for $1.- 750,000 to continue work on the new water conduit from Great Falls. The budget bureau has allowed $1,500,000. Comparison With Current Year. Tn the following statistical com- parison the figures given first are of the appropriations recommended for the next fiscal year, and the second figures those for the current year. They show the apportionment for various branches of public service: General government, $1,478,923, $1.- 700.458.69; protection of, life and prop- erty, $3,937,918, $4,160,109.79; health and sanitation, $2,672,667, $1,969,345.55; highways, 49,000, $1,828,013.61; charities and corrections, $2,662,062, $2.888.557.66; education, $6,867,432, $8,- 151,396.29; recreation, $1,060,900, $981,- S11.60; ‘miscellaneous, ~$311.208, $243.- 196.2. Total general fund, $21,040,110, $21,922,890.01. Public_service enter- prices, $2.541,020, $2,582,560.79: _trust and special funds, $1.462.843. $1.484,600. Total, $25,043,973, $26,990,050.80. Among the approptiations made for on ) umn by FOR D. C. !City Heads’ Report Stresses Needs for Fund I PUBLIC WORKS LAG i AS DISTRICT GROWS i H Buildings Overflowing, | Equipment Lacking, i Park Sites Going. | Modification of the Borland law iwhich requires property owners in the District to pay half the cost of !street paving, is urged upon Cor}- | gress by the Commissioners in their { annual report, laid before the Sen- ate and House today. The city fathers do not outline in detail just how they believe the ob- jectionable law should be rev but they characterize it as i equitable” in its present form. i Enacted in 1914. ! This burdensome street paving tax has aroused the opposition of prac- tically every trade and civic organf tion in the city since it was enacted as a rider to an appropriation bill in 11914 o Necessity for larger appropriations ! for maintenance of i Library and for development of the 1 branch library service is called to the {attention of the lawmakers by the | Commissioners. In reporting on the activities of the { police department the city heads in dorse the recommendations of M. | Sullivan for a more stringent law to curb the sale and possession of deadly | weapons. ! Hospital Bulldings Urged. Under the heading of clarities the | Commissioners pass on. 12 Congress i these four recommendations: i “Enactment of a comprehensive | statute governing the penal institu- | tions and providing for an indetermi- i nate sentence and parole system. i ““Additional appropriations for build- {ings at the new Gallinger Hospital. | The first buildings, recently com- ! pleted there, will care only for persons Ineld for obscrvation and treatment because of mental condition. Addi- tional bulldings should be erected un- itil all the patients housed in the old Washington Asylum Hospital are pro- ed for. “It is urged that a nurses’ home be erected at the Tuberculosis Hospital, as the nurses and staff must now live in the general hospital building where | the patients are housed. be given the Commissioners to receive pay patients at the Tuberculosis Hos- | pital and at the psychopathic wards {of the Gallinger Hospital.” Ask Highway Repal Prompt_improvement of the main suburban highways with sheet asphalt Commissioners to be the only adeguate correction for the present unsatisfac- tory condition of these macadamized arteries of travel. » The members of ("ongress again are reminded that unless steps are taken soon to acquire park sites in the newer portions of the District all of the desirable land beyond Florida ave- nue will have been subdivided for building purposes. The time has come, sioners tell Congress, when the Dis- trict building must be enlarged either by the construction of an addition to jthe present building or by the pur- chase of adjacent property. With the growth of the city, the 1 i | I | l | ment of the municipal government have increased, and floor space in the building is now at a premium. With- in the past year each of the three Commissioners has given up a part of his suite of rooms to make way for the growth of various bureaus. Sewer Extenalon Lags. As evidence of the fact that Dis- trict appropriations have been inade- quate in the past few years, the Com- missioners declare in thelir report that extension of ‘the sewer system has been allowed to lag considerably be- hind the growth of the community. Touching upon the continuous and rapid Increase In automobiles, the Commissioners say they are studving closely engineering problems which will make the regulation of traffic easier. It is understood they have in mind the appointment of an advisory committee of District officials and citizens versed in traffic problems to handle the situation. The report states that the fire de- partment Is badly in need of more pressed that Congress will ke gen- erous appropriations for this purpose in the near future. for the fire department to maintain sixty horses for emergency service when the motor engines break down {or become In need of repalr. While |zll but a few of the companies have been motorized, the department has { no relief motor ‘engines. ! Would Centralize Authority. | The Commissioners teil Congress i they believe a lack of centralized au- 1 thority at the District building was the cause of the controversy during the year between the Board of Chil- dren’s Guardians and the Industrial Home School trustees, which resulted in the closing of the latter institu- tion. They recommend that all charitable and correctional work, including the work of these child-caring agencies, should be co-ordinated under the di- rection of the Commissioners, =o that when differencies arise it will be pos- sible for the Commissioners to secure harmonious action. The Commissioners incorporate in their report the contention of the Board of Charities that “it was a fatal error” to provide for the erection of the proposed institution for feeble- minded at Blue Plains, adjoining the Home for the Aged and Infirm. It is recommended that Congress recon- sider its decision in this matter. Cash Receipts, $33,104,798. The report shows the District gov- ernment was in excellent financial condition at the close of the fiscal year on June 30 last. On that date the city had a net bonded indebted- ness of only $156,234.38 and surplus revenues amounting to $4,677,347.9 after making all bookkeeping adjust- ments. The cash receipts of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1922, amounted to $23,104,- 798.60, made up as follows: Revenue of the District of Columbia from taxes and miscellaneous sources. $13,917,- 005.62; amount paid by the Uniteq Sy | = g @h the Free Public ' “It is recommended that authority | - 1 ton a concrete base is declared by the the Commissioners transmitted reg- | the Commis- ! ! activities of practically every depart- | motor apparatus, and the hope is ex- | At the present time it is necessary | o WASHINGTON, GREATEST REFORM. SAYS PRESIDENT OF ANNUAL BUDGET Believes Financial Recon- struction of Past Two Years Biggest in History. FURTHER CUTS DEPEND i ON FEDERAL AID CLASH | ‘Lowest Figures Declared About i Reached, Although Further Slight Reductions Are Expected. President Harding in_transmitting the annual federal budget for the | next fiscal year frankly told Congress today that whether there was to be any matbrial reduction in govern- ment cxpenditures and in taxes in future years would depend largely on whether there was to be a curtail- ment or expansion of federal aid in lines of research, improvement and development. Placing the estimated government outlay in 1921 at $3.180,843,224, a de- crease of about $500.000,000 as com- {pared with estimates for thls fiscal :year, Mr. that two-thirds of this total was on laccount of practically fixed charges, | such as the public debt, national de- | fense, pensions, world war allowances jand federal ald. There was left, he said, only about one billion dollars {in charges subject to administrative control, and against which, ke added, the retrenchment policy of the go {ernment had been directed. Farther Reductions Likely. While expressing the opinfon that some further reduction undoubtedly would result from a reorganization of government establishments on a more scientific basis, the President said this alone would not affect such a material cut in operating costs as would justify the expression of hope for a considerable lessening of ex- }penuuures in the years to come. | Taking up the question of federal {aid. the executive declared that this was a rapidly broadening neld of e: penditure and that there was a que should participate in it. He added that it did not pertain to the normal | functions or operations of the busi- i ness or government President Harding's j mitting the budget to Congs | To the Congress of the United States: I transmit herewith the budget of the United Sates for the fiscal year ending | June 30, 1524, which is-summarized In | the following statement: i Budget Summar;. | (Exclusive of postal revenues and { postal expenditures paid from postal revenues.) Toial receipts estims §12.309; estimated, 1923, '$3,429,562,959; actual, 1922, $4,109,104,150.94. Total expenditures (including reduc: tion of the public debt required by law to be made from ordinary receipts), es- timiced, 1924, $3,180,843.234; estimate 423, $3,703,80L671; actual, 1922, $3,795, 99.44. expenditures : estimated, 1922, estimated, 4, $180, tual, 1 estimated, 19: . $313,801,651.10. Excess of Receipts. * | ending June 30, 1923, transmitted to Congress December 5, 1 the es- 1922 were $3,943.453,663, and the es- timated expenditures $3,967,922,366, thus forecasting an apparent excess of expenditures over receipts of $24,- 468,703. At the close of business on June 30, 1922 actual receipts for the fiscal year 1922 were $4,109,104.150.94 and the actual expenditures $3.79 an excess of receipts over expendi- tures of $313,801,651.10. That we closed the fiscal year 1922 with a | surplus of $313,801,651.10 instead of due in no small measure to the fact that at the beginning of the fiscal year 1922 a system of financial coa- trol was established in the executive branch of the government under the budget system. Immediately upon the commencement of the fiscal year 1922 executive pressure for the ~loscst | economies was brought to b2ar upon the business organization of the go- ernment. For the first time in the history of this country co-ordination was established in the routine busi- ness cf the government and the de- partments and establishmen:s thus brought together in a common effort for economy. While the estimate of receipis and expenditures for ‘the flscal year 1923 as made at the time of the present. tion of the budget in December, 1921, indicated that the receipts would be $3,338,182,750 and the expenditures $3.505.754,727, a revision of the pro- | spective receipts and expenditures made on July 1, 1922, the commence- mert of the fiscal year, indicated ‘kat the receipts would be $3,073.825.311 iand the expenditures $3.771,258,542. That revised estimate indicated an excess of expenditures over receipts | of $697.433,231. Revived Estimate. | As a result, however, of the opera- i tions of the first five months of the current fiscal year, a revised estimate | of receipts has now been made show- ing a total of $3.429,862,959. The con- siderable increase over the July esti- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.} | |Daugherty Holds Klan Charges Are | States’ Problems Alleged illegal acts attributed to the Ku Klux Klan fall within the po- lice power of the several states, At- torney General Daugherty has in- formed Senator Walsh, democrat, of Massachusetts, in reply to an inquiry, and the United States has no juris- diction over such matters. The Department of Justice has had the conduct of thé ‘“so-called Ku Klux Klan” before it for more than a year, Mr. Daugherty said, but had not begn able to find a single case which would bring the organization within the jurisdigtion of the tade{ll government. He assured Senator Walsh that if any such case arcse the government would proceed to vigor- off ¢ Fn | Harding called attention | tion as to how far the government | ed, 1924, $3.361.- | ,938,- | In the budget for the fiscal year! timated receipts for the fiacal year| , 1t was found that the: 302,499.84, making | an estimated deficit of $24,468,703 was| D. C, News Note: 1. S. ASKS BUDGET OF THREE BILLIONS Exact Figure, $3,078,940,- 331, Is Slight Decrease Over Cost of Current Year. i Few Pay Raises Proposed—Num- ber of Present Jobs Abolished in Department Reports. Estimated appropriations of the government for the fiscal vear ending June 30, 1924, as submitted to Con- ; Bress today by the budget bureau. !through the President, total $3. {940,381, The actual appropriations for the current fiscal year are put down at $3,274,238,690, or $1 more than the estimated appropria- tions for the coming fiscal year. These figures are exclusive of postal recelpts and expenditures. The expenditures of the postal service and department are pald from postal receipts. The total estimated receipts of the government for the fiscal year 1 are $3,361,812.359. The total estimat- $3,429,862.959. Figures as Submitted. Here are the figures as submitted: RECEIPTS. 1924, s 5 Bpecial repairs ex- ccative mansion. Dept. Agriculture. Dept. Commerce Dept. Interior. Depz. Juatice, Dept. Navy Rtate Dept. Treanury Dej War Dept.. 1 ing Panama canal Dint. of Columbl Veterans' bureau. Shipping_Board Other _independen 296,934,025 15,058,238 146,888,862 offices . .. 28720159 Total ordinary..$1.783,843.331 $1,844,149,890 Publie debt— Reduction of prin- 845,097,000 830,088,800 ‘debt 950.000,000 *: 000 Grand total.....$8.078,940,331 $3.274,238,600 eIncluding $125,000,000 discount accruals of { wae savings stamps. eries of 1918, due Jan- uary 1, 1823, Post Office Department. The estimates for the Post Office Department and the postal service payable from postal revenues are 1$590,166,191.50, and the expenditures for the current fiscal year, as esti- mated, are $564,524,766.50. The estimates for the departments of the government show decreases as compared to appropriations for the current fiscal year for the legislative establishment, the executive office and independent establishments grouped, the Department of Com- Herce, the Interior Department, the Department_of Labor, the Navy De- partment, the Treasury Department, the War Department and the District of Columbla. Increases over the ap- propriations for the current year are found in the estimates for the Depart- ment of Agriculture, the Department of Justice, the Post Office Department ond postal service and the State De- ent. !”.{tnm examination of the detailed | fgures for the various departments of the government shows that the pruning knife has been-used to a Sonsiderable extent. Comparatively few increases in salaries are proposed, and, while some new jobs are sug- gested, some old ones are eliminated. Increases for Library. ‘Under the legislative branch the prin- cipal salary increases are found in the estimates for the Library of Congress, where virtually a complete new ‘schedule of compensation 18 recommended. The government printing office esti- mates total $3,341,136. The estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year total $3,280,274. ; The cut in government expenditures started in the office of the President, except for the salaries of the White: Houss police and plans for fire- hmmm and repairs to the Executive cipal Interest on public | | the expenditure will be slight- “Toestianek oa Yige 11, Colima ¥ INTEREST TOTAL DROPS | ed receipts for the current year are | Internal revenue..$2,425,000,000 $2,400,000,000 Customs -7 '423/0001000 450,000,000 Miscellaneous 511.812.339 579,862,950 Totals 5.429,502,960 | APPROPRIATIONS. Legisiative estab- lshment ....... 14.504.183 Executive _office. 396,395 ‘ | 204183111 MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1922 _THIRTY-TWO PAGES. LT [T g N‘h-\mfl&\mfllumn R DT — )y, - Widow of Nolan Labor’s Choice to Succeed Husband SAN FRANCISCO, December 1 Mrs. May Hunt Nolan, widow of | Representative John I. Nolan, has been unanimously indorsed as a can- didate for the office her husband held | by the labor party in San Francisco, }it was announced here. SCHOOL SALARIES District Teacher Legislation Called Up in House. Focht Absent. The bLill to establish a new salary ployes of the public school service in the District, which would reor- ganize the school department, came up in the House today on the unani- mous consent calendar, but failed of action because Chairman Focht was not on the floor to explain its pro- visions. When this measure was reached Representative Blanton, democrat, of Texas, endeavored to urge its passage. Objection way made by Representa- tive Snell of New York and Repre- sentative Curry. Both said they were not antagonistic to this legislation and believed thai it should be passed. Representative Curry said that there are some objectionable features and he desired to offer some amendments. Ho then said: “The chairman of the committee is not here. and we have no one to explain the bill. It is a long bill and, 1 believe, should be carefully considered.” In view of these facts. the measure was passed over without prejudice. The bill introduced by Chairman Focht of the House District committee, on which a favorable report was pre- pared for the House by Representative Millspaugh of Missouri, who has just re- signed from Congress to become com- missioner of finance of the state of Missour, which proposed to regulate the sale of milk, cream and certain | milk preducts in’ the District of Co- lumbia, also was reached and passed over without prejudice when objection was made by Representative Snell of New York. The bill fathered by Representative Gilbert. democrat, of Kentucky, for_the prevéntion of social diseases in the Di trict_also was passed without prejudice and relegated to the foot of the calen- dar. CHNESE GERERAL SWARNED BYU.5. By the Associated Pre: PEKING, December 4.—Gen. Wu Pei-Fu, the military power of north China, has been told that he is equally responsible with the Chinese govern- ment for the safety and release of a number of American and other for- elgn missionaries who were kidnaped by a bandit army of 30,000 in Honan province on November 1. Nations Protest Joini The warning came from Peking diplomatic representatives of Amer- lica, Great Britain, France, Italy and Sweden, who telegraphed to Wu Pei- Fu, through the Chinese foreign of- fice, and pointed out also that the governor of Honan prevince and oth- er high officials are responsible for the safety of missionaries kidnaped. “The telegram anmnounces the ap- pointment of a joint commission to roceed to Honan to work In con- funcllon with a delegation from Hafkow consular bodies in Inducing Gen. Wu Pei-Fu to use his influence with the sionaries. Foreign Office in Sympathy. The Chinese foreign office cites to | Wu Pel-Fu the lack of results from Ithe request for the release of the mis: bandits to release the mis sionaries made by the Peking dipla-.| matic representative on November 16 and adds that it is in entire sym- pathy with the action taken and in- sists that measures be taken to re- P VOTE IS DELAYED! schedule for teachers and other em- | Americans returning from abroad report that Uncle Sam is almost universally hated. GONGRESS OPENS Merchant Marine, Farm | Credits and Appropriations Bills on Program. ev ssion of the Sixty opened at noon today. ‘The outstanding tasks which confront the Congress are the enactment into law of the adminisiration merchant marine bill. a bill providing for an jadequate credit system for the farm- {ers and the aunual supply biil for the government during the next fiscal ! vea i The shipping bill has been passed by the House. It will be resisted by {mauy of the senaiors. however. and {it is doubtiul that the mcasure can i be brought to a final vote. If a vote reae i will pas | The President, in his last address to |Congress, announced thut at the open- !ing of the new session he would make | recommendations for the relief of the farmers. particularly along the line of added credit facilities. May Speak Wednesday. The President, it is expected, will deliver his recommendations to Con- few days, possibly Wednesday or Thursday. Although members of Congress are anxious to amend the transportation act, some of them to strengthen it and others to repeal certain sections of the act. it is unlikely that any legislation dealing with the railroads will be serious present session.” which must close March 4, 1923, Predictions have been made that a special session of the Sixty-eighth Congress next spring will be forced by progressives in the Senate and House, through the delay in the pas- sage of the annual appropriation bills. The Congress which met today is holding its fourth session. the first Congress In history which has held four sessions. of Congress today was without un- usual incident so_far was concerned. That body had ad- journed sine die at 11:50 o'clock this morning, closing the special session iwhich started November 20. Sixty-Two Senators Present. ate to order promptly at noon and after & prayer by the chaplain the roll was cailed to obtain a quorum. sixty. names. On a motion of Senator Lodge. republican ieader, a_commit- tee was appolnted to notify the Presi- dent. with a similar committee from the House, that Congress was in ses- sion and ready to receive any com- munication the President desired to make to it. The Vice President ap- pointed Senator Lodge and Senator Underwood, the democratic leader, members of the committee. The Senate then adjourned until to- morrow at noon. The House met today at 11:30 oclock and on motion of House Leader Mondeil, adjourmed sine die immediatedy after the chaplain’s prayer and reading of the journal The fourth session of the Sixty. seventh Congress, which is the regu- lar “short” session, met on schedule time at 12 o'clock, when the chap- lain, Dr. James Shera Montgomery made his second prayer in one day, at the opening of the House. 2096 Members on Hand. . The.roll call by states followed and 296 members responded to their names. The House then passed a resolution authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee of three to wait on the President, notifying him that the House is in session and awalting | any recommendations for legislation he may think desirable to send them. Speaker Gillett Leader Mondell and Representative (Conunued on Fage z, Column 1.) GERMAN WETS IN RIOT. Attack “Sfidwich Men” Carrying : Drys’ Placards. By the Assoclated Press. b vl __BERLIN, December. 4—The prohi- bitionists of Schoemberg, a Berlin suburb, having been prevented by the Police from holding an open-air meet- ing yesterday, engaged a flock of sandwich men to parade the stregts with placards denouncing the evils o alcohol. This aroused the ire of the saloon- keepers and distillery employes, who pounced upon' the sandwich men and gave them a severe beating. The police finally intervened and restored order, but enly after the placards had FOURTH SESSON ed it is expected that the bill} gress for legislation within the next | The opening of the regular session | as the Senate|y;tners in the form of a political and | The Vice President called the Sen- | Wwo senators answering to their | appdinted House | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers ivered to Washington homes as fast del as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Net Circulation, 89,581 Sunday’s Circulation, * |Pierce Butler Fails to Gain 0. K. of Senate The nomination of Pierce Butler, St. Paul attorney, to be an associate Justice of the Supreme Court failed of confirmation by the Senate today in the close of the extra session, and a renomination in the regular session Was made necessary. Senators La Follette, republican, Wisconsin, and i Norris, republican, Nebraska, objected to immediate confirmation and forced over the nomination. A statement opposing Mr. Butler's confirmation, filed recently with the Jjudiclary committee. was referred to by Senator La Follette, and he was Joined by Senator Norris in demand- ing that the persons making the Statement be given a hearing. Under thesa circumstances the leaders de- ! clded to attempt no action today. The statement filed with the com- i mittee related to Mr. Butlers al- leged connection with raiiroad and { other corporations and also with po- | litical leaders in his home eity. After passing over Mr. Butler's nomination the Senate confirmed about 1,700 other appointments, in- cluding about 1.500 Army officers. Among the latter were seven majors and eleven brigadier generals and about 60) officers of lower grade. Among other nominations con- firmed was that of Miss Luclle Atcherson of Columbus, Ohio, to be | secretary of legation. She is the first | woman ever appointed to the diplo- matic corps. The Senate also con- firmed the nomination of Augustus T. Sevmour to be assistant to the Attorney General. GENTRAL AMERICAN SIATES URGED T0 REUNITE N UNION Honduran Delegate Outlines Hope as Conference of Republics Opens Here. With the United States not ouly act- |ing as host anad sponsor but taking the part of a full participant, the con- ference of Central American repub- Illcs—Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador. Nicaragua and Costa Rica—began to- lday in the Pun-American Union build- ng amid mutual expressions of con fidence that its discussions wouid in- augurate a new era of Central Ameri- can peace and stability. Secretary Hughes. as pres.ding of- ficer of the conference and head of jthe delegation representing | United States. welcomed the delegates {cf the other five nations in the name | of President Hard:ng, but did not am- plify the program of the conference {as already outlined in the invitation {sent out from Washington. i _“The government of the United ! States.” ‘said_Mr. Hughes, “has no ; ambition to gratify at your expense, {no policy which runs counter to | your national aspirations, and mo purpose save to promote the inter- | eAls of peace and to assist you in such manner as you may welcome to solve your problems to your own proper advantage. The interest of the United States {is found in the peace of this hemi- { sphere and in_the conservation of your interest i Delegation Heads Reply. { The heads of each of the five Cen- jtral American delegations responded. | Francisco Sanchez Latour speaking Ucles for Honduras, Emiliano Cha- i morro for Nicaragua and Jose Andras | Coronado for Costa Rica. i AIll of the Central American speak- | ,ers_expressed aprreciation of Amer- !jcan initiative and co-operation to- | ward peace and stable government in i Central America, and Dr. Ucles, for | Honduras. indicated that he and his colleagues hoped to make the confer- 1ence a stepping stone toward “the re- establishment of the country of our federal unit.” The question of r { turning “to the union with the coun- {tries which formerly constituted the Federation of Central America, or at ileast with two or more of them,” Dr. { Ucles said. “should receive first can. | sideration” at the conference under | the general provisions of the invita tion. Holds Union Vit “This is a matter upon which it is 10 be hoped that the delegations of |Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua |and Costa Rica will agree.” Dr. Ucles i8aid, “for as in the case of the United States of America we realize that only through federation can the sepa- rated states of the isthmus find a solution of their problems: only in their manifest destiny.” In addition to the megotiation of | treaties which will make effective the { treaties between the five countries {signed in Washington in 1807, 5o far | as experience has shown thess agrec- ments to be helpful in maintaining friendly relations in Central America, ithe conference under the formal terms i of the American invitation vould deal {also with the question of limitation of armaments in Cantral America un- der precedents established by :he | Washington naval irmaments confer- ience. In this conn:ction Mr. Hughes { told the conference that it was “ear- nestly hoped that means may ba found at least to curtail, and if posafble to end. unnecessary and unprodvctive outlays, as there can be no stability he absence of a sound ior progress in t| i economic basis. Dr. Ucles, who amplified the desire jof the Honduran delegation to work for the ~union of Central America | through the agency of the present conference, declared such a union “would do everything in its power to promote agriculture, industry and comrherce, and would not merely add to, but would muitiply” the wealth d credit of the Central American ates. ‘Want Right ‘to Prevail. “Mere " unification, whether of tarift or finance, or Weights or measures, de- spite the existence of an international bureau, he said, “would not bring about ! the union: the sole object of which is to make ‘right’ prevail over ‘might’ and it alone is salvation. “The truth of the matter is that only in union and despite the created inter- ests (not always legitimate ones), do the people see any possibility of an hon- orable administration and _adequate i form .of government: free suff: and lnuuon of power; the security of per- « on 23] the} | union will they find the formula of | - TWO CENTS. TURKEY DEMANDS MILITARY CONTROL OVER THE STRAITS Soviet Backs Kemalist Pro- posal for Closing Dardanelles to Foreign Warships. | LAUSANNE CONFERENCE HAS REACHED ITS CRISIS Allies Stunned by Virtual Ulti- matum of Turkish-Rus- sian Group. | By the Associated Press. December 4 —The clos- ing of the Dardanelles to all war- ships except those of Turkey and {Fiving Turkey the right to forufy the straits were advocated by For- j€lgn Minister Tchitcherin of Russia {at today's meeting of the Lausanne jconference. called ta discuss the {question of the straits. Ismet Pasha, leading Turkish dele- gate, asked for absolute Turkish control of the straits, without de- militarizatios. The preliminary exposition of the question by representatives of the great powers had not been completed when the meeting was adjourned. x-Premier Venizelos of Greeca was accompanied by four guards te the meeting. The detectives are constantly with him now wherever he goes. owing to fear of an attempt 110 assassinate him. Soviet With Tarks. The American delegation included Richard Washburn Child, Joseph C. Grew, 'Rear Admiral Bristol and Sec- | retaries Belin and Amory. Tchitcherin insisted that Turkish 1 sovereignty could only be guaranteed { by the presence of Turkish warships in the straits, while the warships of other powers should be prol ited from entering them. He continued also that Turkey should have author- 1y 1o fortify the strails as a meany of safeguarding her independence and particularly for the protection of her ! capital, Constantinople. ! " His speech caused such a commo- jtion in the ranks of the allies that jlord Curzon arose and remarked iron- {ically that the conference was inter- ested to observe that the Russians who came to Lausanne representing three countries, were now ®cting ss the mouthpiece for a fourth, namely, Turkey. 1n this he referred to Russia iTesenting Georgia and the as well as Russia herself. All delegates to the near east con- ference approached today’s session | with the conviction that the critical imoment of the discussions was at { hand. | Feeling runs so hizh between the i Moslem and the Greek Jdelegates that it is difficult to accept the stateme: {of either side without liberal allow |ances, because of the bitterncss of the |charges and counter charges. Th ! Turks insist that the Grezks are w necessarily panicky, whil. the latter retort that wholesale massacres and persecution make life absolutely in- | supportable 1o Christians in Moslem | territories. | Six hundred thousani €reeks have {already fled to their native :Lores {from Asia Minor and Nunsea est.- mates that there are at least as many {more in Turkish territory. Ismct | Pasha regards this estimate a< too {high. Nansen is persuaded. after ex- | tensive investigation of conditions in i Turkey, that the Greeks cannot re- re Ukraine attempted at the | for Guatemala. Francisco Martinez main there. | Suarez for Salvador, Dr. Don Alberto | Lite is o difficult for the Greeks in Asia Minor that it does noi take |any official mandate to move them; | they simply cannot stay.” Nansea toid {the Associated Press. ! Food Shortage Threatemed. The Turks, on their part, charge [ that Moslems in Greek territory find life insupportable. They have ap- parently agreed to plans which Nan- sen is working out. for the exchan {of 480,000 Moslem civilians in Greece | for 600,000 Greeks in Asia Minor. More than 100,000 Greeks and Turks lare also held as prisoners of war or hostages, thus there are well over 1,000,000 persons whom Nansen is { striving to transplant in the interests of peace in Whe near east. These gures do not include between 300.- 00 and 400,000 Greeks in Constan- inople. whom the Turks want to expel. Many Greeks in Moslem ter- ritory are hundreds of miles inland and far from the railway . The Turks are anxious that all {exchanges be made at once so that | transportation will not be’ hampered ! indefinitely by a disorganized move- { ment, which they insist would make { reconstruction work difficult in Asia Minor. The danger of great hardship through a food shortage exists if the | exchanged populations are not put on the new lands by February in time ifor the planting. Meantime there is no money lable for this great task and the |danger of a rupture of the negotia- itions at Lausanne threatens collapse !of the entire scheme. PARLEY IN DEADLOCK. i Lausanne Delegates Struggle With Many Conflictng Claims. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copsright, 1822, LAUSANNE, December 4.—In three committees and a dozen subcommit- |tees the Lausanne conference has {struggled with the near east prob- lems for two weeks without formu- jlating a single clause which could {be incorporated into a peace treaty | with a chance of being ratified. How- | ever, something has been accom- plished. The enemies in the late war ha: been brought together. They a tired of fighting, even if they are not quite ready at this time to make peace. After two weeks of discus- sion there atill is a wide chasm be- i tween the opposed nations and to har- monize the conflicting interests wiil not be easy. Here are the problems which seem the most difficuit to solve: The disposition of western Thrace. The inviting powers seem inclined to give that territory to Greece while the Turks demand a plebiscite. Capitulations. The powers appar- ently insist upon maintaining the pre-war regime of similar guarantiea while the Turks are firmly resolved to_abolish cap'tulations. Minorities—The Turks want ex- changes of population, but the powery « on kage z, Cotumn 1.)