Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and much colder tonight; low- est temperature about 28 degrees; to- morrow fair and colder. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. teday: Hij 2 today: lowest, 43, al Full report on page ghest, 56, at t 12:30 a.m. ch dmg N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 28,708. To"ohee Wasnington: Entered as s*cond-clas: matter D. C. WAR CLOUDS HOVER OVER LAUSANNE ON ISSUES OF STRAITS Suggestion of General Cru- sade by League Against Turkey Is Offered. PASSAGE FOR WARSHIPS OBSTACLE TO AGREEMENT Russia’s Role as Spokesman furt Moslems Further Gomplicat:s ! Dangers. 1 Press. December 5. —Turkey ave apparently lll‘lfll'd‘ part on the great issues of | the near ecast conference that the pesimists have a fruitful field for unhappy prognostications of a com- picte collapse of the pourparlers and 1o resumption of war in southeastern Such so far a culmination of the confer- u, ms could easily be rong possibility, but! based on a e would leave out| hd | that Turkey has constantly proclaim- #d her need for building up intern: nal relations in acquiring capital to develop her immense resources. rzued as sueh a rzume: hypothes - fact that Europe needs neac: sonuble | ! 1 { i Th frenzied character f Yester- day’s proceedings, in whicn Russia came to the fore as the willing cham- pion of Turkish autonomy, i3 tndica- ve of the extreme nervousness of | furope and the general unsetiled cor.- | ditions which provoked elings of ) genuine despair on th2 pari of the| conference leaders. | | Hope in No Actual Break. long as no actual break occurs. | there is hope that time will bring conciliatory views. That the worst is anticipated, however, is shown by the appearance here of a suggestion | that a general war could be launched against Turkey by the league of na- tions, Such a resort to force, it suggested, might take the form of a sort of crusade through the issuance ; «f an appeal for the help of all nations | &0 that the war could end quickly. Tarks Walt on Power The Turks are insisting that ropean powers should b2 tha first to set forth their desires in the Dar- danelles problem, because the straits, after ali, belong to Turkey, and the! ‘furk should be the master of his n house. The nationalist delegates terate their conciliatory intention: Clara Phillips Saws Jail Bars And Escapes By tiie Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif.. December 5.—Clara Phillips climbed out of a window in the woman's section of the county jall and escaped early today. She was under a sentence of ten years to life Imprisonment after conviction for the hammer murder of Alberta Meadows. She was held in the jail pending for- mulation of an appeal. With the aid of several Saws her escape was eiected at 2 am. according to a report to the sheriff by tie jaller. Belief was expressed that she had been aided by other inmates. Bars were sawed through and after crawling out the window she dropped to the roof of an adjoining building, climbed down the fire escape and disap- Deared. . The escape was not discovered by jail authorities for several hours. The matron in making _rounds v the bed in Mrs. Phillips’ cell cant. The matron then discov- ered the sawed and twisted bars and notified the jailer. steel IRISH FREE STATE COMES INTO BEING ASTREATY EXPIRES Dail to Meet Tomorrow. King Names Commoner as Governor General. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 5. — King George this evening gave royal sanction to the legislation setting up the Irish Free State as a do- mion of the Britivh emplire. Official announcement was made thix afternaon of the appointment ©f Timothy Healy asx first govern- or-general of the Irish Free State. LONDO! December 5.—Without pPomp or ceremony the Irish Free State will come into being after mid- night tonight. By special order in council the fuil administration of the country already has been handed over to the pro- { visional government. Therefore, when | the constitution comes into esistenc tomorrow there will be no cerer:ony or any kind to mark the fuifi'lment of the treaty made between the British and Irish governments. Dall to Meet. The Anglo-Irish treaty expires to- morrow, when the provisional gov- ernment will cease to function-amd the Free State government will of- ficially take charge. The first meet- Although the entente nations & the I'nited States have not publicl stated their views, Russia's proposal the exclusion of foreign warsiips i the straits, which seers t - will not be acceptabli. b certain that the powers| st on the right of fre> pas-; sage of warcraft, although they may, perhaps be willing to restrizt tonnage. | POWERS AT ODDS. i | | Britain and Russia far From Agree- ! ment. BY A. R. DECKER. | ar and Chicago Daily News. | Copyright, 19: | E. December 5.—3¢ is ap- | a and Great Britain | have opposing views on the control of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus, while France, Italy, the United States and even Turkey seem to have no definite plan. Turkey, it appears, is| ready to accept any plan compatible | wi cceptable to e Foeey s atraid of both | i ussia and Great Britain, but at pres. perfers Russia for an ally because at Eritain seems the more threat- ng. Want Sea to Be Russian Lake. | Apparently the Russians. who are | foliowing a purely national policy. | want to make the Black sea a Rus- sian lake, with the Turks as door- | Loepers. At present the Russian and | British positions are opposed, Wwith hoth sides determined to fight vigor- ously for their views. Lord Curzon | accepted M. Tchitcherin's challenge. | and the fight is on. Both sides are trying to discover tne opposing vie and strength without revealing their own intentions. It is a sort of jockey- | ing for the start. | The Turks tell the correspondent today that at the next session they will again Imaintain the strictest si- lence and that they will wait until the ! allied views are known before ac-| cepting or offering a plan. Secret Sessions May Be Resumed. | William ithe Earl of Wicklow, Lord Glenav. | tha | Toy: ing of the dail eireann 1s the lower house of the Oireachtas, or Irish par- liament, has been fixed for 5 o‘clock Wednesday afternoon. Meanwhile the dall will sit private- 1y to choose thirly members of the seanad eireann or senate. The choice will be made from about 150 candidates and the selection will be announced tomorrow. The Daily Mail's Dublin corre- spondent says that the appointees of William Cosgrave, president of the dail. include the well known writers Butteryates and George Russell, also the Earl of Dunraven better known as Sir James Campbell, the former Irish lord chancellor—and possibly Lord Decies, the husband of Vivien Gould. Cosgrave Called to London. The business that brought Presi- dent Cosgrave to London suddenly yesterday is unknown, but it was ap- parently urgent. His hands are not only full of national business, but his wife is gravely ill and it is not believed he would have left if he could have avoided doing so. Timothy Healy, who vesterday con- firmed in an interview his acceptance of the governor generalship of the Irish Free State, returned to Dublin on the night boat afier consultations at the colonial office. which are under- stood to have been satisfactory to both parties. Tt is considered note- worthy that Mr. Healy is the first untitled person to be chosen as the king's representative in any Brit- ish dominion. It is also understood unlike those of all other vice- the prospective governor gen- eral’s aides will be officers of the Irish army instead of officers holding coin- | missions from the king. Arrangements for the evacuation of all British troops remaining in Free State territory are going for- ward, and it is understood that the Jast of the military will have left be- fore December 18. Vister Governor Unchosen. Although the appointment of the new governor general of Ulster has/ | not been announced. the report that! 7 ASHINGTON, | I | THE EW PRESIDENT DELAYS | ANNUAL MESSAGE Failure to Deliver It to COn-‘ gress Today Breaks Old | Practice. {Some Advisers Reported to Hold Position No Communication Is Necessary. ! the new session of Congress to pass; without delivering his annual message | reporting on “the state of the Union™} and outlining the administration’ recommendations for legislation. i 1t was =ald at the White Houxe that no date had been fixed for the Presi-: dent’s appearance before the Senate and House, but that he expected to be able to complete his message in time to deliver it before the end of the week. | Officials added no formal explanation for the delay, but indicated that pres- sure of public business had prevented compliance with the usual custom un- der which previous presidential mes- sages have been placed in the hands of Congress on the first or second day of the session. Not Required by Law. r | | i There !'s no provision of law re-! quiring that the President report to Copgress at the beginning of the an- nual short session. it was pointed/ out, the Constitution stipulating merely that the executive “shall.} from time to time, give to the Con- gress information of the state of the Uxion and recommend to their con- sideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedlent.” The custom of making this report not later than the second day of each session was established early In the history of the nation. however. and Senate and House attaches said to- day they could not recall when it ever had been broken. “Anmual Message” May Go. Since the regular short session ! which began yesterday is to deal |1argely with the annual budget and | with the administration shipping bill, !some of Mr. Harding's advisers are| | understood to have taken the position i that no “annual message,” as the term usually is applied, would be nec- essary. Only two weeks ago, at the ! beginning of the special session, the | President communicated to Congress |at length his reasons for asking for | passage of the shipping bill, and the | budget with its accompanying routine {letter of transmittal from the Presi- ident was sent to the Capitol yester- | day. Working on Message. After consideration, however, Mr. As the time of the next session has | the Duke of Aberdeen would be the|Harding is understood to have decided not been fixed a resumption of the |choice seems likely to prove accurate, | that & further message should be sent. secret group councils of war. which | Mr. Healy was interviewed by the It was indicated at the White House have been held continuously since the Russian delegation arrived, may be expected. Foreign Commissar Tchitcherin, at Monday’e session. in a rasping mood and voice, described the British as “can- tankerous.” He read a long declaration which he said was part of a fixed plan which he had brought from Moscow. T place is to have the Bosporus and the Dardanelles closed to warships and military aircraft at all times with per- manent liberty of commerce. Excepts Turkey From Plan. M. Tchitcherin excepted Turkey from the pian and sald that Turkey had the right to fortify both entrances to the straits, to possess a fleet, and, if neces- sary, to permit other fleets to enter the Black sea to protect Turkey. Briefly, the plan would restore the pre-war sit- uation. M. Tchitcherin added that Rus- sia had canceled all agreements by which she had been promised control cf the straits, but would oppose any ar- rangement which might be directed against Russia and would permit an enemy fleet to intervene. In a conference with newspaper cor- respondents today, M. Tchitcherin =aid that three solutions were possible: first. Westminster Gazette before return-|today that he had begun work on it, 1 { the occupation of the Dardanelles and ! the Bosporus by Russia, which Russia does not want; second, control by an international combination which would give possession to the strongest naval power, and, third, the restoration of the pre-war regime with the stralts in pos- sesslon of the Turks as the legal owners, A ing to Ireland last evening. Ife con- | firmed his acceptance of the governor generalship of the Irish Free State| and expressed satisfaction over the passage by parliament of the Irish constitution bill. Lauds Britiskh Course. | “The Brilish government has acted | but officials would venture no predic- tion as to its probable length or how much time would be required to com- plete it. In his message to the special ses- sion two weeks ago the President made brief reference to rural credits, and added that “to this problem and (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) ! (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. Club’Em, Send ’Em to Hospital, Fascisti Edict on Criminals By the Associated Press, ROME, December 5.—Criminals will be clubbed and sent to hospitals in- stead of being imprisoned, in the ad- ministration of justice under the f cistl regime in the province of Alles. sandria, Dr. Ramindo Sala, the sec- retary, said in an address to male- factors summoned before him. “Hereafter the fascisti undertake the administration of justice, adopting; difterent laws from those of the ju- dicial authorities,” Dr. Sala said.; “Whoever is guilty will not be sent to prison, but to the hospital—after being clubbed. “If, after such lessons, inveterate offenders still exist, the next time the clubbing will be such as to send them' not to the hospital, but to the ceme- tery.” After this warning the criminals, in- cluding murderers, thieves, forgers and black mailers, filed before Dr. Sala, who took their names and addresses and asked whether they were unem- ployed. If 80 he promised to find them work. A short time later two of the men | who had attended the meeting were found stealing in the market plac The fascisti clubbed them severely, bundled them off to a hospital, and then denounced them to the judici authoritie: I ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION R WRITER “THE GERMAN REVOLT” By Georges Clemenceau. [Cunyright. Neie York W Liance. ANl righ: prokibited.] Unlicenacd N May 17, 1919, fourth ar Aing Compary) and A rih Americ in full or Newspaper in port erpressly reproductior miversary of the torpedoing of the Lusitania we handed the German plenipotentiaries the peace conditions. bates, was too dearly bought by In presenting them 1 said: NO DATE IS FIXED YET |ond peace of Versailles, which is about to be the object oi our de- “This sec- the peoples represented here for us not to be unanimously resolved to obtain legitimate satisfaction by all the means in our power.” This satisfaction had been all would be sufficient? One may sanctions. After the war of 1870 France all her obligations. she could onl knows how she succeeded. Lve great succe: a moral revenge. s of her international exhibition, owed for in the treaty, and Ger- jmany had signed it. But whoever could have thought that that | i insert into a solemn pact all sort, President Harding broke a precedent {of clauses duly agreed upon: one cannot insert the will to respect wuday by permitting the second day of jand to execute them. That is partly a question of loyalty, honor and good will and partly a matter of confidence, guarantees and | scrupulously and rapidly fulfilled Pressing deep down in her heart the despair | caused by the loss of Alsace and Lorraine, she understood that ! 0 v get on her feet again by work, and she set about | working with a view to acquiring compensation in a more intense i production for the loss of her two rich provinces. All the world r since 1878, at the time of the she began to enjoy (Continued on Page 4. Column 3.) TEACHER PAY BILL PASSED BY SENATE Provides Community Center | Department in D. C. Public | School System. 1 | ‘The Capper bill, increasing the sal- aries of the public school teachers in the District of Columbia and au- thorizing certain reorganization, was passed by the Senate today without | a dissenting vote and practically | without debate. i Section 16 of the bill, authorizing | the board of education to conduct as part of the public school system a community center department. a de- | partment of school attendance and, work permits, night schools, vacation | schools, Americanization schools and other activities and to fix and pre- scribe salaries to be paid to such em- ployes, was stricken out of the bill at the request of Senator Smoot of Utah, who contended that it gave too wide a discretion to the board. Fixed Pay and Prmotions. The bill fixes the salaries of teach- ers and school librarians and also the salaries of administrative and super- visory officers. It provides also for the classification and definement of employes. Tt designates a method of promotion of employe: When Senator Capper reported the ! bill from the District committee he | presented a written report in which he said: “The bill provides adequate com- pensation for the teachers in the public schools of the District and also authorizes certaln reorganiza- tions which are vitally necessary for ! the betterment of the school system. “It is the’ belief of your committee that the salary of the school teacher in the District should be sufficient to make it possible for the teacher to make a living, to occupy a position of respect due such public service and to keep abreast with the educa- tional course and development of the times, “The Increases granted to the teach- ers of the District by successive ap- propriation acts have been of a tem- porary nature. Your committee feels that a salary schedule authorized by appropriate legislation is necessary in ! order to definitely assure those en- tering the teaching profession in_the District a compensation of a fixed character. Some Employes Unaffected. “The bill makes provision for the educational employes of the board of education. Employes of the board of education other than the educational employes are covered under the pro- visions of the Lehlbach reclassifica- tion_bill. This bill does not carry, (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) 4 PIERCE BUTLER’S OMINATION GOES TO SENATE AGAIN| ‘The nomination of Pierce Butler of Minnesota to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court, wnich failed of confirmation at the special session of Congress, was returned to the Senate today by President Harding. —_— GOVERNOR LOSES FIGHT | TO QUASH GIRL'S CASE Mississippi Executive Fails to Have Suit Against Him- Dismissed. By the Associated Press. OXFORD, Mi December | Judge E. R. Holmes overruled the de- murrer of Gov. Lee M. Russell asking that the petition of Miss Francis Birkhead be dismissed on the basis of no grounds for action when court convened this morning. Judge Holmes, that the demurrer of Gov. Russell had been overruled, ordered that the case €0 to trial on its merits tomorrow morning. Miss O. Birkhead is asking $100.000 damages from Gov. Russell on charges of seduction and breach of promise. Virtually all of yesterday's court {session was spent In argument on a demurrer flled by attorneys for Rus- sell. The demurrer contended that the charges set forth in the declara- tion were insufficient in law to con- stitute a cause for action. Gov. Russell sat with his counsel at yesterday's proceedings. Miss Birkhead did not attend the opening session. —_— CATHOLIC CHURCH BURNS. Fifth Recent Fire in Sectarian In- stitutions in Canada. OKA, Quebec, December b5.—The Suplician Church, seminary and priest's residence were destroyed by fire early today. The great monastery of the Trappist monks, nearby, was not touched. This is the fifth fire in Catholic institutions in the Dominion in the last few weeks. The fire today started in the furnace room «of the presbytery early this morning. It spread through the bullding with great rapidity, and the whole structure soon was in flames. A gale spread sparks to the church and seminary nearby. ‘The church was valued at $150,000. It dated back to the earliest times, and was erected by the Supliclan fathers as a mission house for the Indians. It was destroyed by fire in after announcing | a Star. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1922—FORTY-TWO PAGES. Differing Views “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition 1s as the papers delivered tc Washington homes | H fast are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 92,255 * Give Clemenceau Odd Welcome in U. S. Capital Wilsonian Democrats Not Enr wsiastic Over Man Who Opposed League, While Republicans Are Not Hostile. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Hixtory has probably recorded no stranger pilgrimage than that of Georges Clemenceau to America’s capital on this date. The atmosphere here Is neither hostile nor friendly to the aged statesman, who guided French policy in the making of the peace of Versailles. First there’s a curious mixture of admiration for the aggressive per- isonality of the distinguished visitor and wonder at the boldness of his ap- peal for American co-operation at a time when the dominant ¢lements in problems to the exclusion of matters external. Then there's the odd atti- tude of the democrats, who it would be supposed would welcome M. Clemenceau as the exponent of inter- national co-operation and as the champion of a policy on which Wood- row Wilson made his last stand in American pclitics. Meets Wilson Tomorrow. Tomorrow M. Clemenceau and Mr. Wilson meet In the home of the for- mer President. It have so little in common that the democrats find it difficult 1o act as the avowed champiocns of the Clemen- ceau mission. The former premler of France doesn't belong to the same school of thought on international af- fairs as does Mr. Wilson. He be- lleves in offensive and defensive al- llances and Mr. Wilson doesn't. He thinks strong military and naval preparation should be international S0 that peace may be guaranteed. In | other words, M. Clemenceau believes in a league to enforce p and his objection to the league of nations xactly what it was three years ago it was launched—he doesn't think it has teeth enough. He does not regard article X as binding enou He doesn't see how any nations can be compelled to offer TIGER' TOURS CITY AFTER BRIEF CALL UPON-PRESIDENT Four-Day Stay in Capital In- cludes Visit to Shrines and Zoo. | Georges Clemenceau. picturesque |“Tiger" of France, today opened a {program of multitudinous activities at the Nation's Capital. beginning with a conference with President Harding at the White House, which is expected to keep the former premier busy until Friday night, when he will leave for Philadelphia. Rising Lright and early this morn- ing. M. lemenceau spent the early part of the day at the home of his host, Henry White, former ambas- dor to France. Opening his offi- cial program. M. Clemenceau. accom- panied Dby the French ambassador. Jules J. Jusserand, appeared at the White House a few minutes before 10 o'clock, and. entering the private office of President Harding. remained in conference, which was said later by those In touch with the “Tiger” 1o have been most pleasant. for more than a half hour. At the White Ilouse there were gathered not only the usual aggre- gation_of newspaper men and pho- tographers, but quite a number of both men and women. anxious to glimpse the celebrated visitor. When he emerged from tie White House there was a lively round of applause He entered his car and started on a sightseeing tour. Nearly Forgot His Hat. i An amusing incident at the White House resulted from the absence of M. Clemenceau's faithful valet, Al- bert. After the conference with the President had been concluded there was a great stir in the lobby as the | newspaper men stepped forward to see the distinguished person leave. A passageway was formed and the distinguished visitor had almest reached the front door without his ! T Column 4.) (Continued on Page — the United States government werc| never more concerned about domestic, is because they war American flags tattered and torn b the wind, discolored by rain and dirt fly from the roofs of the majority of cannot be replaced, for there is no money to buy new ones. More than one-half of the class- rooms in the elementary system, Dis- trict public schools, lack flags. Little open their day's work chlidren who oD . line: fhe auibares aes cacenty ) | deavoring to instill in the children ! with the formal “saluate to the flag, have no flag to salute. Taught the principles of Americanism, they are forced to the conclusion in their im- pressionable young minds that the flag is to be revered, but is too rare an article to possesg, Congress Is Blamed. Such conditions, which the officials revealed today in an “Education week"” statement, are looked upon as bowlders in the path of efficient ad- ‘ministration of patriotic practices in the public schools of the nation’s cap- ital. The blame for them is laid di- rectly by the officials at the doors of the national Capitol. The reason for these conditions, said the statement, is: “That an ap- propriation made by Congress in 1919 ‘for United States flags of $1,350, was, 1875 and rebulit as a modern church. in the following year, reduced to $900, i or naval support for the pro- Indeed, his in- covenant view by military visions of the league. terpretation of the league is exactly opposite to that v which men like Senators Hiram Johnson, Borah and others made a successful fight against American ac- ceptance of the covenant In fact, even if the Wilson view that the covenant didn't interfere with |national sovereignty and freedom of action had prevailed in this countr: still M. Clemenceau would have been disappointed. His declaration that he favors American membership in the league of nations as it is at present framed is merely a declaration in favor of half a loat being better than none. As Far Apart as Ever. So M. Clemenceau and Mr. Wilson Istand as far apart today as they did {In Paris, except that the former premier would probably have to ad- mit that the American President did know American sentiment better than the French supposed when he argued hat even the league covenant was a | marked departure from American tra- ditional policy, and that the whole thing would fail to win favor if the !settlements between the nations at Versailles were unjust. nce the Versalilles conference Mr. predictions in the informal conversations with M. have come true. Th found many of the rigid provisions of the Versailles treaty unsatisfactory Mr. Wilson accepted the trealy Written because he didn't want to sec the negotiations prol rest stimulated—the world was cr. ing for an early peace. And he a cepted them also because he sincere- Iy be revised through the m; of the league of nations. Now It de- velops that France has prevented re- vision of the Versailles pact and the | league of nations has bLeen powerle: to change French policy. Lack of Enthi So the democrats who follow Wood- | can awaken 1o | row Wilson's doctrin (Continued on Page 2. Vessel Is Lost; Entire Crew Ill When Last Seen By the Associated Press. NORFOLK. Va. December The coast guard service today was making every effort to locate the three-masted schooner Rossa- peague. which left New York No- vember 13 for Georgetown, S. . and whoke crew was reported stricken with iline: Lieutenant Commander . ¥. A. De Otte, com- mandant of the Norfolk division. has ordered the cutter Modoc 10 search for the schooner, and the cutter Manning ix being held in readiness 1o rush to its assistance if the Rossapeague is located. he Rossapeague was lust seen by another schooner about Sixiy miles south of the Virginia capes. This schooner reported that all members of the crew of the Rossa- peague were 80 i1l as to be virtual- Column | Iy helpless. but the nature of the not stated. «oast said two Seamen probably could Lring the schooner safely into port. BANDIT ARG FOLED INDSTLLERY BAD By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE. Md. December Four alleged members of an armed bandit gang which last night unsuc- cessfully attempted raid the o Standard Distilling Company plant in | the Highlandtown section of Balti- more were turned over o the fed- eral authorities today. One of them the name of Harry Townsend, & west, Washington. The bandits were surprised ‘police while rolling out barrels o whisky from the distillery warehouse. They had previously overpowered the three watchmen, whom they had under guard in_the office. Two of the four men taken were iin an automobile inside the distillery inclosure. Police said they were masked. The other two were in the {office standing guard over the watcl men. Townsend was one of these | tweo. | | | D street north- No man known as.Harry Townsend is known to the police here. The ad- dress given above was believed to have been fictitious, as he is not known there. attered and Torn U. S. F lags Best That D. C. Schools Boast ; which is insufficient 1o provide a flag i for every schoolroom. Result: In a | total of 1.359 elementary schoolrooms | 690, or 50.7 per cent, have no flags. school buildings in Washington. They | and 218, or 16 per cent, have flags in | | poor condition. | Seek to Instill Patriotism. | With such handicaps as the lack of | flags. or a airty, flying from the top of a school build- that spirit of patriotism essental to “100 per cent Americanism,” the statement said, by: Observing Flag day; acquainting the children with the always interesting traditipn of Betsy Ross and the histo- rical fact that the flag was adopted by the Congress sitting in Philadelphia. on June 14, 1777, as the “flag of the| thirteen states”: floating the flag over every schoolhouse on school days and designating the holidays on which the flag_shall fiy; famlliarizing teachers, puplls and janitors, as far as practica- ble, with those portions of the code adopted and used by the Sons of the American Revolution and by the Army and Navy for the proper display of the flag on all occaslons; encouraging the possession and display of the flag in private residences: teaching the children to promptly rebuke any intended in- dignity that may be offered to it, and the singing of patriotic songs. -2 Clemenceau | people have | nged and un-| believed the Versailles treaty could | hinery | by shredded emblem | TWO CENTS. PLAN TO ABOLISH ELECTORS0.K'DBY SENATE COMMITTEE Resolution, Part of Progres- sive Bloc Platform, Report- ed by Agricuitural Body. 1 {STATE VOTING STRENGTH WOULD BE PRESERVED {Ashurst Proposal to Inaugurate President and Congress in Jan- uary Also Considered. solution proposing to amend i the Constitution =0 as to abolish tha | electoral coliege and to provide for the direct election of President and | Vice President and to bring about the meeting of the new Congress in Jan- |uary following its election and the | inauguration of the newly elected | President and Vice President the third Monday of January after their elec- ‘tion was favorably reported to tha Senate today by Senator Norris ot Nebraska, chairman, from the commit- tee on agriculture, This resolution is in proposal advanced at a conference ot progressives held here Saturday, and the action of the agricuitural com- mittee is considered a victory for thi newly formed “progressive bloc.” Ashurst Proposal Considere While the committee on agricuiturs e with the was taking action on the resolution reported by Senator Norris a subcon mittee of the judiciary committee wa> holding hearings on a resolution of- I fered by Senator Ashurst of Arizon: sing that the newly elected Con- should take office in Januars | following their election, and that the | President and Vice President should El:t inaugurated in January instead ¢! lin March. The resolution reported from the | committee on agriculture would keep | election day as at present. in Novem- |ber. While it does away with the [ electoral college and permits the | voters to vote directly for President and Vice President, it returns the pro- | portionate voling strength of 1h- states, so that a state would have a+ | many electoral votes for President o | Vice President as at present. | _The Norris resolution is now on i Senate calendar. Attorneyn Present Arguments. Arguments in favor of - i!iu:ml amendment providing that new - {1v elected Congresses and newly elec'- jed Presidents and Vice Presiden:s {shall take office in January follow- {ing their clection instead of waiting juntil March were presented befors the subcommittee of the Senate jud ciary committee by William Low Putnam of Boston, chairmau of & committee of the American Bar Asso- Levi Cook, & member of 1he Senator Pepper of Wallac ‘ederation ciation; {same committee; Pennsylvania and Edg represening the American ot Labor. Senator Cummins, chairman of th: ' committee, and Senator Brandegee, b their questions 1o the wilnesses. ap- parently favored the proposed change Senator Shields of Tennessee, the democratic member of the subcommii- lee, was not present. but sent word ihat he was opposed 1o the constiu- tional amendment Quicker Action on Sentiment. Mr. Putuam told the Senate coti- mittee that it was desirable to hai» the will of the American people as expressed at the polls translated into action through the newly elected Con- gress and President as quickly as pos- sible. He said that if the proposed constitutional amendment had beeu | operative in 1861, probably the civil war could have been avoided. With President lLincoln taking office 800n after his election, he said. the ce- cession of the southern siates might have been prevented. i Senator Brandegee of Connecticut suggested that if there had been no civil war part of the country might have slavery today., but with this suggestion Mr. Putnam would nat agree. Alr. I'utnam pointed out that | under the existing constitutional pro- | vieions. A'on;‘(ns\h iE law roviding that the s held In danuary instead of November, Congress should and that the new Meet March 4, after its election. The | newly elected President takes office March 4. he pointed out. L;;rnns way, he said, the desired re- sult might be obtained without a constitutional amendment. He a however, that the bar associat ad been in favor of the amend- o R the onstitution as the ber- {ter way af obtaining the result de- ! sired. ! Favors Direct Election. Senator Cummins called attention o (hie fact that there are pending befoi: his commiltee proposals to amend th» | Constitution =0 as to do away with th- | electoral college. He suggested that | is might be better to consider those Tes- | olutions along with the Ashurst resoiy- | tion, and he asked Senator Ashurst if he approved of the proposal to abolish oral collee:. ) e e izona_senator replied that he was inclined to favor the dirsct «lec- as of Tresident and Vice President L1o% that the electoral college does not | how accomplish any good purpose. lie 204, “however, that he believed tin | States should retain their present votiig Power. as expressed by elecioral votes. Tnany change that is made. i Short Session Not Understood. Mr. Cook told the committee that the people do not understand the present short session of Congress. At the short sessions, he said, little is accomplished beyond the passage of the appropriation bills. He said that Congress would be far more efficient With two regular long sessions be- Sinning each January. In the days Shen the Constitution was drafted travel was difficult and it took a long time to canvass the vote and to forward the results to Washington. The conditions have completely changed, he soid, due to the railroad train and the adding machine. He said that the argument that there should be a “cooling-off period” be- tween the election and the time when the newly elected Congress and ad- ministration take office, in his opin- fon, was idle. It might as well be said, he argued. that a jury, after trying a man, should wait for several months or & vear before deciding whether he was guilty or not. 1