Evening Star Newspaper, December 6, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and slightly colder tonight, Tow- est temperature about 28 d i to- morrow increasing cloudiness, followed by _rain tomorrow afternoon or night. Temperature for 24 hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 57, at 2:15 p.m. yesterday : lowest, 36. at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 i h 2tter C. U.S. Army Aviat ~ Zntered as second-class 28,709. post omee Washington, & ARMY MEN DIE AS PLANES CRASH 250 FEET IN AR Maj. Gearhart, Capt. Doyle and Four of Enlisted Staff Langley Field Victims. No. l MACHINES IN FLAMES AS THEY FALL TO EARTH Bodies Caught Beneath Debris Burned Almost Beyond Recognition. Br the Assoviated Press. EWPORT NEWS, Va.. December 6. —Maj. Guy L. Gearhart, Capt. Benton A. Doyle and four enlisted men were killed at Langley Field today when a Martin bombing plane, carrying five of them, and a Fokker scouting ma- «hine, piloted by the major, collided about 250 feet in the air, both ma- | chines crashing to earth in flames. The enlisted were: Staff Sergt. Marsick. 3395 West 4lst street, Cleveland, Ohio. Private F. J. Blunka, 1018 Fry street, Chicago. Private Thomas Jordan, Ga. Private Leon Rolas, street, Philadelphia. . i Mzaj. Gearhart's home was at Leaven- worth, Kans., and Capt. Doyle was a| rative of St. Louis. Martin's Tail Cut Off. The bomber., piloted by Capt. Doyle. was leading a formation &nd WaS | peiue Asociated Press mwaking a banking when the Fokker | 'nUBLIN, December 6.—Ireland took arose in the air from a long take-off. | har place today among the world's The smaller machine struck the Mar- | commonwealths. The provisional gov- 1 almost amlidship, cutting off the|eryment and parliament ceased to il. Both planes hovered a moment. | ynction, their place being taken by then both broke into flames and tje permanent parliament and cabinet crashed to earth. Prviate Rolas leaped | of the Irish Free State and the new from the bomber as it neared the|.ommonwealth Leing formally pro- carth, but was fatally injured and{ i imed as an established govern- died while being placed in an am- |5 ° bulance. The others were pinned be- | "ppo ooicional regime whick peath the two machines. which felli ;0 {o exist today had such full in one place, and before atd could ' reach them their bodies were burned | POWers that the new one now inaugu- MAJ. G ERIN'S SUN RISES AS BRITISH FLAG UITSFREESTATE Irish Tri-Color Waves Over Land as New Government Is Sworn In. L. GEARHART. Decpsten. 451 North 4th almost beyond recognition. Rescuers Are Burnmed. dent happened over the ormal School farm. adjoin- & the flying station. Several per- sons who rushed to the scene, now marked by a mass of burned and twisted metal frames, men, officials at the fleld stated. The five other machines in the formation led by Capt. Doyle's plane effected a landing soon after the acei- dent. but thelr occupants, with the persons on the ground who rushed to the assistance of the imprisoned fliers, were powerless before the gasoline- fed flames. CRASH IS UNEXPLAINED. Maj. Gearhart One of Oldest and Most Trusted Flyers. Officers at the headquarters of the Army alr service in Washington are at a loss to understand the accident at Langley Field. Maj. Gearhart, they sald, was one of the oldest and most trusted members of the flying corps. During the war, when cadets were entrusted with alrplane: lisions in midair occurred frequently but seldom does a crash similar to that of this morning occur in the well trained personnel of the corps, it was pointed out. It was the first fatality Langley Field has suffered since August, 1921, when two cadets were killed by their planes becoming un- manageable and falling. In the absence of all details of the fatal accident, Maj. Gen. i would offer no officia] explanation. Blame for the crash will be fixed by a board of inquiry, which is to be named later. Helped Develop Radlo Control. Maj. Gearhart was one of the en- mineers, who helped to develop the radio-controlled airplane, which as- tounded aviation circles several months ago by fiying through the air without a pilot. He had been ordered to Langley Field only recently to con- tlinue experiments on the control of rplanes by wireless apparatus. Maj. searhart entered the service as a private in 1903. He was assigned to the coast artillery and commissioned a second lieutenant {n 1907. Nine Years later he won his captain’s bars and was appointed to the aviation section in 1917. During the war he gerved with the temporary rank of a lieutenant colonel and in 1920 was awarded the permanent rank of major. He was born at Wilton, Iowa. Me is survived by his widow, Mrs. Virginta M. Gearhart. Capt. Doyle went into the air serv- ice during the war as a first lieu- tenant and after serving throughout that struggle. was promoted to a captainey in 1920. He, too, was mar- ried. URGES DISTRICT BILLS BE CONSIDERED MONDAY Representative Fitzgerald Tries to Get House Members’ Consent to Petition. Members of the House were appealed to today by Representative Roy C. ¥Fitzgerald of Ohio to sign a petition to House Leader Mondell asking that Monday be set aside for District day, and that the so-called ‘workman's compensation bill, which is unfinished buginess on the District calendar, be miven its chance on the floor of the House. Representative Fitzgerald said to- day that he is receiving encouraging Tespon: from the members in this irive to secure the earliest possible nsideration of all pending District Jegislation which been held back for several months, owing to the fact that the workman's compensation hill ‘was unfinished business, and that ene- mies of that bill have been thwarting all District legislation by refusing continued consideration of the Fi gerald measure. Among the members of the ¥cuse District committee who have signed the petition ai Representitives On- car Keller, Minnesot: Anderson . ‘Walters, Pennsylvania; Fred N. Zihi- man, Maryland: Florian lerert. Wis- consin; Loren E: Wheeler, Illinois, and Representative Fitzgerald, Ohio. were badly | burned while trying to rescue the | col- | irated marks but little change except {in name. The program of the day i provided that the parliament meet at 5 o'clock without ceremony, and after its members had taken the oath, elected a speaker and nominated a | president. the order of the day call- jed for the maming of the executive council by the president, with a com- mittee of the parliament nominating the other ministers. The arrange- iments amounted simply to the con- firming in office of the men already there. Will Make King's Speech. The president's nomination of thirty senators was a part of the day's business. The lower house elects the | remaining thirty. For these senator- ships there were more than ecighty i candidatese. When the senate is con- | stituted later in the week both houses will be addressed by Governor Gen- eral Healr in the king's speech, which will be composed, according to constitutional practice, by the Irish | cabinet. The newspapers editoriafly refer to the birth of the Free State in a hope- ful spirit, the Freeman's Journal re- marking that the Irlsh Free State be- of TIrish manufacture” adds: intrigues to make trouble over th: new instrument of the Irish gov- ernment fell to the ground on the realization that the British parlia- ment, despite all the supremacy claimed for it, could not change a word or phrase in an Irish-made constitution without Ireland's con- sent.”” OId and Bad Order Gone. The Irish Independent says the old !and bad order completely disappears with the inauguration of the new government. The Independent considers that the men who were In charge of affairs during the transitional perlod, al- though comparatively young, have shown wonderful constructive ability. The union jack of Britain has ibeen furled officially throughout the Free State, giving place to the green, orange and white tri-color. The Irish banner will be raised today over the Viceregal Lodge in Phoenix Park, which is henceforth to be the official residence of the governor. Irish Stamps Circulate. The new Irish postage stamps go into circulation today, though to a limited extent, and British stamps surcharged for use in Ireland will continue to be sold for some time. This 1s the anniversary of the sign- ing of the Anglo-Irish treaty, and it is recalled that not a single signa- tory remains a member of the gov- ernment. Arthur Grifith and Mi- chael Collins are dead; Robert C. Bar- joined de ' Valera; George Gavan Duffy and Eamon J. ggan have retired; Erskine Childers has been executed. The only man, whose name is affixed to the articles of agreement and who still holds an offi- cial post is John Chartries, the free state representative in Berlin. De Valera Defiant. Eamon de Valera issued a procla- mation enjoining all citizens of tke “republic” to refuse to pay income tax, land commission annuities and other rents or dues to the congested districts board. The people generally are told to re- fuse to pay “all moneys demanded by { any, department, acting with or under i authority of the British government, either directly or through its servant or agents, the so-called provisional government or any other body pur- porting to _exercise authority derived from the British parliament.” ‘Citizens of the “republic” are “here- by notified that arrangements will be made forthwith by the government of the republic for the assessment, collection and disbursement, in the interest of citizens of the republic, of all taxes, rents, annuities and other Public revenues payable: to the gov- ernment of the republic.” SEIZE ARMS SHIPMENTS. Liverpool Police Take Munitions Bound for South Ireland. By the Associated Press. LIVERPOOL, December 5.—The local police. have seized large quantities of rifies, ammunition and explosives dis- covered on ships sailing for southern Ireland. gins_life today under a constitution ; “All} WASHINGTON, ion Officers Who Met Death in Crash of Machines CAPT. BENTON A. DOYLE. Army Air Service Photos. District Minister AmongEight Hurt In Train Wreck By the Associated Press SPENCER W, .. December 6. * —Eight passengers, including the Rev. D. L. Blakemore of Washing- ton, D. C. were injured when a Baltimore and Ohio local passen- ger train was wrecked near Reedy, W. Va, today. Two coaches turn- ed over. Rev. Blakemore is secretary of Baltimore cnference of ~ the Methodist Episcopal Church South. and left Washington three week ago to visit West Virginia parishes in the interest of the coming cen- tenary celebration of the church. He "bas recently been in Fair- mont, Parkersburg and other West Virginia cities and was expected to return here before the end of the With his family, he resides 1221 Harvard street. It was - here no word had been re- ceived from him regarding the accident. SSTILATLARGE By the Assoclated Press. 10S ANGELES, Calif., December 6. —The search for Mrs. Clara Phillips, convicted of beat- Ing Mre. Alberta Tremaine Mgad- ows to death with 2 . hammer, and who escaped early yesterday from the Los Angeles county jail. was in active progress today throughout southern - Califor- nia and Lower California, the Mexican state. Despite various HILLIPS, deputies gener- CLARLE ally held to their original belief that the murderess” had fled across the bor- der into Mexico, and plans were made to extend the search today for her as far south as Ensenada. on the west coast of the Lower California eninsula, about nine miles south of San Diego, Calif. They were not overlooking other directions. how- ever, and had asked San Francisco authorities to join in the hunt. Meantime the border between the Californias, from Tia Juana, near San Diego. to the Arizona lin: pecially at Calexico. Calf Lower California neighbor, Mexicali, was being closely watched. Husband ler Guard. Officers of border cities and towns were reported giving Los Angeles officials excellent co-operation in guarding possible means of leaving the state and country. Arr: our_Lee Phillips, the convicted woman's husband, upon whose story of his movements the twenty-four hours preceding his wife's escape “some doubt” had been cast, accord- ing to sheriff’s deputies, still was in technical custody early today. Although not placed in jail he was in charge of Frank Dewar, a deputy sheriff, with whom he slept, and with whom he was to take his meals “until ! further notice,” it was said. The exact whereabouts of Mrs. Peggy Caffee, former chum of Mrs. Phillips, when they were members of the chorus of the same musical comedy company and later star witness for the state at Mrs. : Phillips’ trial, was unknown to the au- | thorities early today. They said they were interested in learning where she was merely because they wanted to be as- sured of her safety. Various rumors were current about ldanger surrounding Mrs. Caffee after Mrs. Phillips escaped, but officials sald they were discounted by the discovery that she had sent a telegram from Los Angeles to her husband at Long Beach, itwenty miles from here, long after they were set in circulation. This telegram stated she was O. K. and promised she would “be home within an ‘This promise was not kept, however, according to the officers, but they ex- pressed no fears for her safety. Since the escape the sheriff's office and the police have received many re- ports that Mrs. Phillips had been seen at various places. e of the latest rumors, which at first was regarded ;'l"‘}r::::fim;;:oflflx by Sh:}'lll ‘Willlam ; A e In a telegram from Long Beach. calf It was from a man who withheld his name, but gave what he said was the street number of a house where he said Mrs. Phillips wi in hiding. A posse, headed by the sheriff, rushed to Long Beach, only to find there was no such address. Efforts to trace the call were begun. Relatives of Mrs. Phillips expressed surprise when informed of her es- cape, which, it was reported, was planned. during a telephone conver- sation Monday. afterncon; when she was permitted to use “a direct line from the Jjail without interference from the suthorities.. . ... Later that night, it was declared, she feigned illness to assure ‘herselY of as much privacy possible in filing through the bars of her cell window with flles smuggled to. her in some way. _ Mrs. Phillips oce ing that of M ynne Obenchain, with whom she’ is'said to have be- come more or less intimate. Mrs. Obenchain was released from the jail Monday, after the indictment charg- ing her and Arthur C. Burch of Evanston, Ill., with.the murder of her former sweetheart, J. Belton Kennedy, had been dismissed. l i ¢ i “HAMMER SLAYER™ “hammer | . v WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, STRAITS FREEDOM FIRM U.S. DEMAND - INTURK PARLEY Ambassador Child Advocates Open Waterways in Both .Time of Peace and War. PROPOSAL OF ALLIES SET FORTH BY CURZON International Commission of Con- trol, America Having Voice, Ad- vanoed as Solution of Problem. By the Associated Press. LAUSANNE, December 6.—The en- tente plan for keeping open the straits of the Dardanelles and the Bbsphorus in time of peace and war provides for the appointment of an international commission of control composed of the great powers, in- cluding the United States, as well as Turkey and the countries bordering on the Black sea. Lord Curzon of Great Britain, in the name of the allies, presented the de- tails of this comprehensive project to the near east conference today. A change of front on the part of the Turkish delegates was forecast while the conference was in session. ‘A Turkish spokesman outside the au- | ditorium sald the Turkish position | on the straits control would probably ibe found nearer to the allied plan than to Russian. The Turks. it appeared, had sudden- 1y realized that the Russian plan for control by Turkish warships would { force Turkey to build a navy. Hence ! doubts had arisen in the minds of the Turkish delegates, who seemed more disposed to negotiate a scheme for neutralization of the straits and the | Black sea with some form of interna- tional control. Limitation to Warship: The allled control plan sets forth a scheme for limitation of the number of warships and total tonnage to be allowed in the waters under control, and glves Turkey and the Black sea countries the right to say how long warships may remain in their ports. The plan suggests the demilitariza- tion of the straits. It also gives Tur- key the right to search neutral mer- chantmen in time of war. DeleBate Barrere of France said the Proposition represented an attempt to solve the straits problem without in- fringing upon the sovereignty of Tur- key or that of any country bordering upon the Black sea. The Ztmflrfllce session Richedd W. Child and Joseph C. Grew present- €d tha views of the United States. Forelgn Hel‘nll:;r Tehitcherin of Rus- g appoved -the allied prop: lom. Aiouramént Ras takdg until ?r‘a i to permit the Turks to §tudy the pro- posal. Ambassador Child sét: forth the view of the United States Independent of that of any other power. He sai the United States holds that the straits and the Black sea: must open to ships and warships of all na- tions in time of peace and of war, and that it opposes any plan which wauld give one power control, just as it would in any other international | water. U. 8. ATTITUDE MADE PLAIN. | i BY A. R. DECKER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. e, Copyright. 1922. LAUSANNE, December 6.—Ambassa- dor Richard Washburn Child made ft plain to the conference today that the United States was for the freedom of the straits. He sald that in the view iof Washington the Dardanelles and | the Bosporus should be open to com- | merce. in pece or In war, not only jof the bordering nations, but also of nations outside the Black sea region. There should be no control by any Black sea power, he said, because “ynlimited control of the straits and the Black sea is against world policy.” The freedom of the Black sea, Am- bassador Child declared was to be gained by disarmament. ““The trusteeship of the straits, said Mr. Child, ay be carried out, we believe, with greater guaranties of good faith and constancy if re- liance be placed upon agreements rather than upon force.” Ambassador Child’s statement, prob- bly responding to the sentiments of a majority of the powers, was recelv- ed with profound attention and made a deep impression because many had expected today’s conference to end in a deadlock. The debate was resumed with the delegates slightly less opposed to each other. In opening the discussion Lord Curzon, after again accusing the Rus- s of wanting to make the Black sea a Russian lake, outlined the British plan. “We want the straits to be free to all ships at all times with regula- tion: Lord Curzon said. “In the second -place we want demilitarized sones to be created.” George Tchitcherin, the - soviet forelgn commissar, made Russia's reply to Lord Curzon. “Your policy,” he sald, “leads toward war.” ‘This is a repetition of the threat con- tained in the Russian note of Novem- ber 27. When refused admission to al the discussions'at Lausanne Tchitch rin sald: “We refuse to take the responsibil- ity for the events that wiil follow.” It is considered here that Ambassa- dor Child’s statement of the Ameri- can plan for the control of the straits may change the issue of the confer- ence.' Once more Lord Curson agked the Turks, “Why don't you talk?” for had still refused to make the Turks any proposals. After a silence of two minutes Ismet Pasha replied: “T shall rca:ly after reading the te:k mysel? with Tehit- statement. Mea. 1 of 'I.l delegat d Several of the delegates expresse: the hope before Alll?ulld:r Hd made his statement that the United States would depart from its attitude of mere observation and try to har- monize the conflicting views before dehdloek forced .an adjournment. Mr. Child visited Ismet Pasha Tues day and a long conversation with him, in the course of which he said that the United States would object to any n reate: Amy interests. Ismet Pasha asked if Mr. Child ' intended to confine hi: %o objecting and if he had = plan to ‘er. The ambassador replied that he had a . The Turks were leased at the prospect of the United tes offerin ' ail o ‘a way out of the mma in which ihey found them: between: Russia, on the on e, and Great'Britain on the other. Q WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1922—-FORTY 'PAGES. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 92,453 TWO CENTS. TIGER BOWS HEAD T0 UNKNOWN HERO Noted Frenchman = Places Wreath on Tomb, Also Visits Washington’s Shrine. SPEAKS AT WAR COLLEGE Praises Part of America in World Confliot—Cheered by Officers. Georges Cldmenceau, with his sec- ond day's program in Washington calling for perhaps the most strenu- ous labors of his visit to the nation's capital, jaid ¢ magpificient wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier &t Arlington this morning, addressed an audlence of Army officers which ‘ctowded the auditoriur at the War College, and departed on the Sylph from the navy vard for Mount Vernon. Leaving the home of Henry White, his host in Washington, at 9:15 this morning, M. Clemenceau, accompanied by Lieut. Col. Stephen Bonsal. U. S. A. as aide, and also by his valet, Al- bert, motored direct to Arlington. A second beautiful day favored the “Tiger,” and he left his motor to ap- proach the tomb of the unknown soldier in bright sunshine, with the temperature not too cold for comfort. Goes to War College. There was a little gathering there to witness-the brief ceremony. A few persons, most of them women and many carrying cameras, stood about as the former premier approached the hallowed spot. All was quiet, save for the slight clicking of numerous, ever-present cameras. M. Clemenceau, attended by Col. Bonsal; took the wreath and slowly, reverently placed it above the spot where lies America’s unknown, sieeping on soil brought irom France, where he gave his life. As the white-haired old Frenchman bared his head and stood with bowed head in perfect silence, he looked in- tently at the wreath. ~He paused to reflect. And it seemed, to those who observed, that the lines of his face softened, as he thought of the sacri- fice of America in the great cause with France. Leaving Arlington, M. Clemenceau motored directly to the War College, where he was warmly greeted by Maj. Gen. E. F. McGlachlin, who presided at the brief exercises which followed, with the Secretary of War in attendance. Praise for the work of the Amer- ican forces'in tHe world war and a plea for the re-entry of the United States into European affairs were contained in the former premier's re- marks to the students and personnel of the War College. He told them that France and England were glad enough to see the war come to a close, but he “didn’t believe it would have displegsed the Americans if it had gone a little longer.” Damages Not Repaired. Applause greeted the remark of M. Clemenceau, when, in referring to Presl- dent Wilson's fourteen points, he said that one of these “provided that Ger- many should repair damages, and the terms of the armistice sald that if the points were not fulfilled, America and the allies would go on.” “Our damages are not repaired and you did not go on,” he sald. ‘When America withdrew, he said, Germany's courage was increased, They thought they could get the better of us, he went on, and continued: “And thus 'y seemn to have succeeded. “America’s heart is In the same place and some day we will meet again,” he told the officers was the message he was taking . back to France. _“And that day peace will be insured, not only in America, but in Europe, and you will have achieved one of the greatest heights reached by mankind.” ‘Three cheers and a given for the dllll:’\x the officers at. the he withdrew. . Cle ceau. spemed much pleased at the tribute, and smilde bright acknowledgment. With' Roses. The party. then moved swiftly . t the Washington navy yard, Whero- m: former War premier of France wi greeted by & company ‘of marines and the Navy Band. Going aboard_the “Sylph,” the ‘party- left the yard at 11316 o'clock for Mount Vernon. M. Clemenceau wus presented with & basket of -American - beauty - ros early. before leaving uvon h round of visits. The pressntation was made by & committes of colored citi- (Continued on Page 3, Column 8.) - PACKER PROBE 0. K.’D. Senate Votes to Seek Facts on Pro- posed Merger. The Senate today adopted the reso- lution of Senator La Follette. repub- ! lican. Wisconsin, calling upon the Secretary of Agriculture for full in- formation regarding the proposed Armour and Morris packer merger. BONUS OR RAISE FORU. 5. WORKERS If Reclassification Is Delayed $240 Addition -Will Be Voted, Says Madden. Assurances that the government employes will receive the $240 bonus during the next flscal year in lisu of increases in salary if the reclassi- flcation bill Is not passed before the beginning of the new fiscal year July 1 next. were given when Chalirman Madden of the House appropriations committee sald today that he will report a special bill carrying this bonus, and when members of the House generally said that such legis- jlation would pass “with a whoop.” Will Report §240 Allowance. | Chairman Madden sala today that ! he expects to report a bill for a $240 bonus for the civilian employes fin- stead of making any effort to cut this bonus to $180, as he did in submitting | the report of the appropriations com- mittee last year. At that time the House went emphatically on record |as opposed to any cut in this bonus. | which was Instituted as a custom during the war period in lieu of in- creases in salaries to the regular em- ployes of the government, when other employes under lump-sum appropria- tions and in private business enter- prise were being paid very substan- tial increases over the basic salaries in the federal service. “When the members of the House do not agree with me. I agree with them.” said Representative Madden in explaining that the House having gone on record last year as determin.. ed to continued the $240 bonus until the reclassification bill is passed, he will report a $240 bill this vear. Hopes for Reclassifying BiIL “Of course, I am hoping that the re- classification bill will pass before such bonus legislation is necessary,” said Representative Madden. He explained that no provision is made for the bonus or for salary increases generally in any of the appropriation bills now being claimed because such increases are all contingent upon the passage of the reclassification bill, which leaders in the House say they expect to see passed before the beginning of the memieRr Members o e House generall. - pressed their opinkon freely lodlyyt:;( there will be no ‘material opposition to passing the $240 bonus measure ‘when it comes before the House. {Counterfeiting and Rum Trade Are Allied, Says U. S. Official The bootleg liquor business has' brought about a big increase in counterfeiting, much of which is the work of amateurs, W. H. Moran, chief of the secret service, told the House appropriations committee at hearings made public today. “We are just now very greatly trou- bled with some counterfeit bills of fair workmanship in the eastern half of the country,” said Mr. Moran, “much of which is being used in the purchase of bootleg whisky. It is being done to a considerable extent. On the Canadian border the counter- feiter is defrauding the people on the other side of the border in the pur- chase of whisky, which he seeks to bring across.” Iligstrating the general use to which the spurious money is put, Mr. Moran mentioned two cases brought to his attention where $1,600 of coun- terfeit $20 and $50 federal reserve notes and $1,200 in raised federal re- serve notes were paid for liguor for smuggling. The Canadian authorities, he added, were putting forth every effort to suppress it. Mr. Moran sald that much cou,n!]e_;; feit money was being passed to ships bringing in liquor in violation of law. “I am getting information from various sections of the globe that same counterfeits e being in circulation at abroad,” -declared. ‘That would ' Indica Fl §. PRESIDENT FIGHTS PLAN T0 DOLE OUT US.SHIPAIDYEARLY Letter Supports Attack on Madden Amendment in Senate Committee. UNCERTAINTY OF FUTURE WOULD HAMPER PLANS Executive Declares Financial Con- cerns Would Hesitate Unless As- sured of Continuous Help. A sharp contest over the so-calied | Madden amendment to the adminis- | tration ship subsidy bill developed a: the first meeting of the Senate com- merce committee on the bill today when a letter was read from Pre: dent Harding opposing the amend- ment. The Madden amendment woul: require the Bhipping Board to com) back to Congress every year seekin; authorization for the appropriation= for government aid to the merchan- marine. The text of the letter, written Chairman Jones of the commitic- follows: Text of President's Letter. “My dear Senator Jones: “Referring to our conversation r lating to the merchant marine bill. - passed by the House, I am writin. to urge, with all the earnestness : my command, that the Senate coii- mittee will eliminate from the b: the amendment which makes t shipping aid fund subject to annu: appropriation by Congress. 1 u derstand that this amendment wa~ | added without any thought of emas- culating the bill, mainly to harmoniz: {1t with an accepted practice of Coui- DETECTIVE BUREAU | SHAKE-UP IMPENDS Commissioner Oyster Gives Official Day to Report on Office Thefts. | gress in making annual appropria- {tions in carrying out governme | commitment relating to improve- ments, reclamation and other govern- ment projects. It is a very differen: proposition so far as the shipping bill is concerned. “Our chief object is to establish an | promote the American merchant ma- rine The ten-year commitment is made for the purpose of giving th: plan the necessary period of trial t. ! prove its success or failure. Shippin: enterprise involves a very consider- | able investment of capital. Sees Plans Hampered. “Sometimes millions must be inves:t- ed in a single ship, and no shippius concern with ample ships to operatc definite lines in sustained service could hope to begin without enlistinx several millions of capital. Much of this capital will necessarily be ac- { quired through the processes of divec: i subscription, attended by bonding. ! Impedes Smaller Comcerns. articles | (he de.| “The outstanding objection to '+ { amendment lies in the fact that it iji- ! pedes the organization and financins |of the new and smaller shipping con- jcerns which, it is designed :flh ld 111,1 The Commissioner indicated :odn‘»};‘_‘_’"h"?:;};"ge‘ ;{'flf“;‘;‘.‘m - PRISONERS ARE ROBBED Police Blotter Record Shows Stolen Articles Erased, Contrary to Specific Orders. ! | | I | Commissioner Oyster has given of- ficials of the police department until tomorrow to submit a report to him of their Investigation into the disap. pearance of $68 and a gold tch from the detective bureau several weeks ago. It also became known today that Commissioner Oyster has been in- formed that the watch and money in question are not the only that have vanished from tective office. Would Protect Prisoners. that he does not believe the loss of ping concerns aireads organized and personal effects taken from prisoners ' financed to avall themselves of govern- when they are arrested should be|Went aid without any mote guarnice permitted to occur without some |carries for them. But our greater in- action being taken. terest. lies in the organization and e:- It has been intimated < tablishment and maintenance of new R R mf“,’;;‘“l"" dars | hipping lines, and it is inconcelvable to gating the | me that any project which wouid be de- affair are unable to establish definitely | pendent upon ‘government wifl Sor the who was responsible for th _{first_few vears of the difficult work of Nk St An b e df,’;“”“' establishing itself could attract any y there will be a|capital, either in stock subscription or shake-up affecting a number of men now | bonds, unless the government aid, which assigned to the detective bureau. {inspires <he enterprises. is substan- e e it tially assured for a definite period. econd Changed. Upset Is Possible. The watch and money, disappearance| “Of course, It iy & reasonable as- of which started the Investigation, was | Sumption that Congress, once pledged the property of a man who was arrested | 'O, ‘y‘“”,‘f’},‘;‘m“;""”’“;e"‘ - % carry o year to y n ac- for making handbook on the races. His | cordance with its enacted pledge. At effects were left at police headquarters, | the same time, it must be recognized but when he was released from Occo- | that & Congress B | pulicy of government ald might, for ~“"‘"h“"dd called for his property the | gne reason or another, interrupt the watch and money were gone. appropriation and bring about a col- The police blotter showed, it iz said, | 1apse of lhehelnllre |;ndert:lunx-fl The that the reco * | mere possibility of such a flasco e ':dl‘" the watch and $65 | i uia “undoubtedly deter the suc- el cated. Commissioner | cessful financing of shipping projez:s Oyster has ordered the detective office | and defeat lhe‘ very object which the not to use Ink eradicator. If a mis. | Merchant marine act sets out lo ac- complish. So long as we are under- take Is made in entering a case on the | taking this &reat experimeat in fos- books it must be ruled out with red |tering and upbuilding our merchant ink and a new entrr made, the Com.|marine. I think we ought to commit missioner has directed. ourselves to it unequivocally and to the ten-year period. | It will be a vast saving to the federal Treasury to embark upon this PRINCE ANDREW IN ROME. ' enterprise and liquidate our shipbuila- | ing accounts, through & policy which ROME, December 6.—Prince An- es the sale and operation drew of Greeco arrived here today svliichinre now | Meterto- from Brindisl where he landed yes- terday. It is expected he will be rating in ue in the hands of the government. AS & mere temporary ex- received by Pope Pius in private audience before leaving for London. pedient the enactment of the bill is altogether desirable and in seeking great comstructive results, we must keep in mind that a préject worth venturing on is full worth a ten-yeur commitment. ‘Worth Doing Right. “There was no limitation on the rc- bate through discrimination in dutiex | as provided in the existing law, and I i fail to see any reason why we should ! jeopardize the program by the threat iof conflict in securing an appropris - ition from year to year. The thing is worth doing right and with every pos- ible effort toward a definite policy for an ample trial period, else it is they were put into the hands of sail. ors and crews of ship: The secret service, the chief added, | (97, 201" worth doing at ali. | had had more different counterfeit x--i “it 18 not believed that %nydfln' ancial sues In the last year than i concern would support & bonding en- years pireviously. n the two | SO e With an uncertainty in the “The business is more intensive | CONtinuity of government aid through- than I have ever known,” he saiq, ©ut the ten-year period. Of course. “and the trouble for us is " | government aid may .cuu in a much violator. of the law. places. ihe|Zhorier tme It will only cease counterfeit in the hands of another | ROREYer In CRRE The BIRD g oAl tn Violator, and the latter tries to palm | meet its obligations under the terms on the innocent. of the bill, which provide for auto- H tic cessation rof xo;'e;nra:n‘t : id 1 d the return of excess profit to the BUTLER HEARING CALLED. |government. 1% cannot mip but feel 1 wouid rather the measure shoul entire.y p{::‘c';’mfi.}‘{.‘e;”g‘:"fi.fi"“&;:‘,",“‘“ ©of | than to have one enacted which wiil Plorce Butler, St Faul attorney. a3 Lring us to_ extreme disappointment Court, probably will be heard tomor- | Doons} ¥ halt hearted and rather in- row Behind closed doors by a Senate | Siforent way. Very truly yours, judiciary subcommittes. = Senator- | 97Tt WR¥, pEEX G HARDING st Suipstend: h:lm:"i::wgl!!; o2f| Senator Jones, chairman of the com- The judiciary committee met today | Foitoe, 130 0 ehat it the Sagden and appointed Chairman Nelson and | 2F &% ‘© returned he himpelf Senators Cummins, lowa, republicans, | AeRdment WErS = and_ Walsh, democrat, Montana. to|Would not feel lke pressing one hear imony regarding the qualifi- "“,',:;“0"{ ovzl:o:?r:nol'l(vh: '1‘4"3'1"" e ‘mendment content uld have cationy of Mr. Butler, who Is a demo- | 2 et of throwing a wet bianket It was not indicated whether Sen- |OVer the entire propossl for govern- > ment id to the merchant marine: aters La Follette. republican “Wiscon. | Ment ald 1o the Werrhant marine: i sin, and Nogris blican, N Who' prevented comsideration of iy |the shipping business when it was Butler's nomination during the recent | Uncertain what the government aid would be from year to year. (Continued on Page 2, special sesion of would pre- S2at Protests tg the supsommitiee 1. )