Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1922, Page 2

ANIGIN TSINGTA OVER BANDIT PLOT Foreigners Gather to Foi Their Kidnaping and Loot- ing of City. HORDES OVERRUN PLACE Situation Critical on Eve of hp~f anese Evacuation, Despite Warship Guard. TSINGTAO. cember 8.—A Shantung. China, De- reported plot of Ch nese bandits. who are sald to have Deen Joined by 200 Japanese roughs, to Joot this city and kidnap all foreign- ers, today created consternation in the foreign colony. On the eve of the restoration by the Japanese of the Jeasehold of Kiaochow to the Chinese, which has been officially set for Sun- day, the situation is extremely criti- cal, and it Is not known how Tsing- a0 can be saved from the bandit hordes. The foreigners of the city held a iecting last night to discuss the sit- ation, and it was suggested that an appeal be made for British and American warships to protect nation- | als. It is believed the presence of warships would deter the bandits, with whom Shantung is overrun, from their agowed purpose of taking over Tsingt®o. : The Pepancse governor and Chinese omflils hei an all-dgy conferenge to deter: e ‘whay &n dones tozpre-! vent the tered-dnvasion. The Chinese h#Ye transfefred books, and ‘unds ’ sinag, of, g}fic« théth ix the <ustody of-theJapdrese. st of the prominent Chinese merchants are in Liding or have fled from the city. AMERICAN RELEASED. By the Assoclated Press. SHANGHAL December 8.—C. ¥orsberg, an American missionary, who was kidnaped several weeks ago ut Hsuchow by the bandit army of Honan province, has been released and is en route to Chenschow, accom- panied by a guard of Gen. Wu Pei- Fu's troops, according to reports which reached here today from Hankow. Another unconfirmed report wasi *hat A. M. Lundeen. also zn Amer- ican missionary. and Rolf Borgh- Breen, five-year-old son of the Rev. Einar Borgh-Breen, had also been re- | leased. Father and son were kid- aped together last month. The | ev. Borgh-Breen is an American. It | vas stated that the bandits, whni numbered _approximately 30,000, ara now battling with Gen. Wu Pei-Fu's troops. Diplomatic representatives, of the powers last week warned Gen. Wu that he is equally responsible with the Chinese government for the safety and release of the missionaries who are being held by the bandits. ‘i)INE ON “OFFICIAL CASH:”" By the Associated Pre: TIENTSIN, China, December 8.—A carrespondent returning yesterday from ‘Tsingtao declared conditions in the principal city of the Kiaochow lease- hold bordered on the chaotic. It was said large numbers of bandits had been esiding freely in the Japanese-con- trolled territory for several months, and during the past fortnight had come out openly and were living in the lead- ing Chinese hotels of the city. g Foreigners in the city are blam'i hoth the Chinese and Japanese officlals Zor the present situation. It is stated that the Chinese authorities, instedd of taking adequate precautions, at- tempted to buy off the bandits. When they apparently had reached an agree- ment they celebrated with a banqpet on November 30, which was attended by the bandit chiefs and the leading merchants. When it was thought everything was ®oing to be peaceably settled, z dis- agreement arose which resulted in.the bandits kidnaping the chairman of the | Chinese chamber of commerce., who as released only last Tuesday. At[ the time of the celebration the bandits ere openly patroling the streets and | d even surrounded the hotel in which { o dinner was held. It was said that A eu-‘lpanese police displayed little ac- vity. U. S. WARSHIPS ON WAY. By the Associated Press. PEKING, December 8—The Ameri-! can destroyer Asheville will arrive’at | Tsingtao tomorrow and it is under- stood here that the vessel will not hesitate to land marines if the bandits | infesting the district endanger the tves of foreigners after the Japanese | evacuation. i Japan is prepared to restore the! Kiaochow leasehold to China at noon | Sunday. The Japanese legation an-| nounced today that all the Japanese | troops would.withdraw immediately. | Teaving the district in the hands of Chinese goldiers. singtao is surrounded by bandits who threaten to invade the city as 800n as Japanese control comes to an end. Two Japanese destrovers which have been in the harbor of the port for several days are prepared to co- operate with the Ashevilie in “pro- cting lives and pry Eectingiit Pproperty of forédign The bandit activity is regarded here as in the nature of a .local re 1 It révolutiod military leaders fo purpose of obtaining control of Shan: | luns. =0 that the provifice might be | maintained independently of the cen- | tral government. i i A dispatch from Tsingtdo last night | #aid that the foreign population, fear- Ing a reported plot by Chinese bandits to kidnap all foreigners, had sug- gested an appeal for American and British warships to protect nationals. GEN. WOOD TURNS DOWN UNIVERSITY POSITION Developments in Phill;ipines Re- quire His Presence There, He Declares. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood has re- signed the office of provost of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, in order that ne “might comply with the expressed wishes of th in fon - main as goVeifpr general $pf the Philippine Islan ‘fi':";‘s “pmciafly announced today by ‘thg*War fepart- ment. Secretary Weeks made public a copy of a cablegram recelved from Gen. Wood. It said: *The situation here is going to re- quire my remaining on into the next yeéar. Reports of my returning lst of January should not be credited. Do not see how I can leave before the gislature adjourns and perhaps not antll afterward. As I have stated before, the situation here must take recedence over all personal and uni- Tsity interests. Am placing resig- tion in hands of university. 3 —_—————— An exchange wants to know what has become of the old-fashioned fam- ily doctor. He has gone to join the 1 }lh&ondl&l:nilm:lnul}l_lpllolfl_‘- S ] ! e T o EATS 4 GOOSE A DAY TO PAY COURT PENALTY By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., December 8.— Louis Pazoll will today start serv- ing his sentence of eating one goose a day for six days, following his arraignment in police court here yesterday because his flock of 8ix domestic geese kept neighbors awake with their hissing and honking. Pazoll, unable to sell his feath- ered flock, suggested to the court that his case be dismissed if he served one goose a day to his family. He expects to encounter no trou- ble in carrying out the sentence. TWO IRISH REBEL (Continued from First Page.) national prominence. that place with a comparative hand- | ful of men in the face of the artillery bombardment from the Free State guns caught the popular imagination on both sides of the Atlantic. The hopelessness of the situation with reinforcements lacking and the Free State forces bent on a prolonged slege, if necessary. finally induced him to surrender, and since that time he had been treated as a prisoner of war. Deputy Sean Hales and Brig. Gen. Patrick” 0'Maille, deputy speaker of the lower house of the new parlia- ment. were shot yesterday on their way to the parliament session. Hales died shortly afterward. 0’'Maille, shot in the head and arm, was operated upon, and it was stated late last night that his condition was not critical. Hales was one of Michael Collins' closest_friends. His brother Tom is on the other side—one of the most prominent of the irregular leaders, and i reported to have acknowledged himgelf responsible for. the ambush which resyited in Michae} Colling’ geath, Jast summer. . 3 ! ULSTER PLANS SECESSION. Address Contracting Counties Out of Free State Borne to King. By the Assoclated Press. BELFAST, December 8. — Premier Sir James Cralg, accompanied by the Marquis of Londonderry, leader of the senate, and Col. Spender, secretary to the Ulster cabinet, started for London last night, bearing an address to the king, contracting Ulster out of the Irish Free Statew - - e The dddress. was, voted unanimous- 1y by both. houses of the Ulster par- liament today, and so rapid were the proceedings that the entire business occupied less than half an hour. In the course of his explanatory ipeech in the house of commons, Pre- mier Craig declared it was useless to hold out any present hopes that Ul- ster would go under the Dublin par- liament, and added the moment such a question arose he would refuse to remain premier. The only possible course to secure happiness in Ireland was for the north and south each to €0 its own way. “Opposes Amy Compromise. The premier's whole attitude was against any accommodation with the south. He sald the northern parlia- ment ‘would have nothing. whatever to.doswith £hd. béundary, commission, provided for under an agreement which he described as a bargain en- tered into by the wrong people be- hind the back vf'u? gorthern gov- ernment. < - > T & °© 4 " He admitted that if the representa- tives in the northern parliament of the border counties could arrive at an agreement*that ‘something could bé& done here and there in the matter of the’ border arrangements he would nét stand in .the way -of approving such an agreement. He insisted, however, that nothing could be done in the way of bringing an amending act through. the British house of commons, because, “thanks largely to the' Ulster delegation, which went through the British con stituencles prior to the electicns, they had secured a majority for Ul- ster in the British house of com mons which would refuse to carry such an act.” CITES GREAT NEEDS IN FEDERAL SERVICE (Continued from First Page.) '|the finger at those falling below a reasonable degree of efficiency so that officials who exercise the functions of personnel management may consider either changes in.assignment to more suitable or less difficult work, or their separation from. the . service,” the Commissioner stated. “It is my be- lief that with improved classification | and adequate efficiency ratings the present serious problem of eliminat. ing inefficient employes will prac- tically solve itself. Pueholoslui Tests. Development of psychological test: for selection of civil service employes i was outlined by H. A. Filer and Dr. L. J. O'Rourke of the Civil Service Commission at the morning session of the convention. Psychological tests on skilled trades may be begun by the commis- sion at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, the Army airplane experimental sta- tion; Mr. Filer stated. L. L. Thur- stone of the Carnegle Institute of Technology said that the statement often-heard that the average mental age of the general public is fourteen years is an absurd misstatement. The league, in resolutions adopted. demanded the application of civil service rules to all appointments in | the prohibition enforcement service. Chiet. Justice Speaks. Chief Justice Taft of the Supreme | | Coutr spoke before the league at a meeting at the Hotel Washington last night. Mr. Taft suggested that the President be given the power to make | appointment to all local offices with- out Senate confirmation. Mr. Taft explained this would be of great assistance to the President, be- cause he could by executive order turn the entire task over to the Civil | Service Commission. Because of the importunity of patronage.seekers, he sald, the change which he suggested for postmasters, collectors of internal revenue, United States attorneys, fed- eral marshals and other field of- ficers of the government should be welcomed by Congress. Justice Taft declared that civil serv- ice reform would move forward at an accelerated pace because it is vitally necessary to the perpetuation of “the | kind of government we want in this country.;’ LS s .- Others Make Speeches: , “Other speakers*included Richard H. Dana, pr -l;h'm of tI Service Reform e; resenta- tive Frederick R. lbach of New Jersey, chairman of the House com- mittee on reform in the civil service, and William Dudley Foulke, eivil service commissioner under. President Roosevelt. President Dana made an appeal to the party in power to turn its back on the “spoils system” aud adopt a thor- ocughgoing epplication of the merit principle. One-quarter of the total of saalrfes paid, Mr. Dana said, is wasted in supcrnumerary employ unnecessary duplication of work. adequate management and antiquated method: ———— Machines are now in use which ‘wrap up 1,600 loaves of bread an hour, sealing them in.waxed paper without their :du touched by CHIEFS EXECUTED | His defense of | ARMS PARLEY HELD BIGPEAGEVICTORY Lecturers’ Conference Ad- dress Says Japanese War Talk Halted. IMMIGRATION DEBATED Australian Law Barring Entrance of Coloréd People Into Is- land Is Deplored. The Pacific ocean has been changed from the scene of perhans the world's Breatest international friction since the war to a model of international co-operation as the result of the dip- lomatic triumph scored by the con- jference for the limitation of arma- ments here, George H. Blakesley, an authority on Pacific problems, told the lecturers' conference on public opinion and world peace in Continen- tal Memorial Hall this morning. Mr. Blakesley is professor of history and nternatfonal relations at Clark Uni- versity and was technical adviser of the American delegaton at the dis- armament conference. “One year ago the Pacific ocean was the theater in which the scene of per- haps the world’s great conflict was ) being prepared.” he said. “Japan was i riding roughshod over one of Ameri- ca’s foremost policles— the open door in China. “But today conditions have totally changed as a result of the conference on the limitation of armament. Al- though the treaties of that confer- ence- have not yet been ratMed by France, its great outstanding achieve- ment has been firmly secured—tne bringing into the Pacific theater a spirit of moral disarmament. year ago it was thought the sol- diers of Japan would never pe driven | from Shaniung and Siberia without recourse to another great Interna ¢ lional war. Hut day afi tomorrow { the last Japanese trooper will sail from Shantugn. and Siberia slready has been cleared of the Japauese army of occupation. Australian Law Hit. Mr. Blakeslev discussed the -actal { prohibition imposed by Australia and i deplored the law that forbids a col- ored immigrant from entering that country. - | Edward A. Ross, professor of eco- {nomics at the University of Wiscon- !sin. predicted the time when the {United States and all other nations i would be compelled to erect stern ibarriers against immigrants, espe- v those of the *‘duller” races. Steamers made the movement of vast bodies of people so swift, safe and cheap,” he said, “that organized migraticn is proceeding at an alarm- ing pace. Companies are even send- ing agents into the peasant districts, of Europe and Asia, advertising the iwonders of America and other new ilands. If the peasants have not suffi- cient money to purchase tickets out- right these companies are accepting | mortsages and bond: The stage was all set at Continental Memorfal Hall for the address of i Georges Clemenceau, former premier jof France. who is to present “the case of France"” at 3 o'clock. Favor World League. Dr. G. H. Moulton of the University of Chicago and Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale University lddreut ’ dis- £ tinguished audience yesterd] ter- noon. - Although both speakers had no {knowledge of what the other would isay, they both agreed in their ad- jdresses that the first step netessary tfor restoring the world to..& sound leconomic and social basis is stabili- jszation. That plane c never be {reached, however, until the burdens of militarism are relieved, and that step, in turn, depends solely upon in- | ternationalsafety, guarant. through {“the league of nations, or ‘a’ Jeague of nations.” Dr. Moulton, speaking_ of ment. which he declared to‘be “eco- { nomically imperative,” states, “the iroad to disarmament obviously lies through Paris. Whatever may be our own personal views as to the peren- nial feud between France and Ger- many, we must recognize that unless iand until France is given some sort of genuine assurance that she {s not to be left at the mercy of a revenge- ful Germany, there will be no general reduction of military expenditures in {Europe. This involves either an al- {liance between England, the United |States and France. or else some kind iformer enemy powers, as well as the | United States, shall be represented. I {personally prefer the latter alterna- {tive.” Balancing of Budgets. If budgets are to be balanced in the various European countries, he con- itinued, they cannot be greatly re- {duced unless three major items are attacked simultaneousiy. He enu- I merated these as “interets on debt, {pensions and military expenditure.” i Prof. Fisher spoke on the fluctua- tions in the purchasing power of money, and stated that “the need of imes is stabilizatio “The first step,” he said, “is to stop inflation and no government will un- til it balances its budget. To do that it _must first reduce the burden of militarism. To do that Tequires in- ternational peace guarantees. In my opinfon, such guarantees can come only through the league (or a league) of nations. Thus the league, primari- 1y a political problem, is linked with money stability, primarily economic. Defiation Also Evil. “But,” he continued, “stopping infla- tion isenot enough. We must stop de- flation as well. Deflation as it should 1did justice to pre-war creditors, but | injustice to the much larger number of war and post-war debtors. We certainly have no right to choose our standard to help the few and hurt the |many. Every disturbance of our stand- t{ard makes it impossible to do justice to everybody. Dr. John H. Gray of the University iof Minnesota, and one of the best | known economists in the United States, flatly declared that not only must the United States renounce the {allied debt, but that all war repara- tions must be canceled if our eco- nomic basis is to be restored to any- thing like normal. Putting off pay- { ment until the future, he said, is use- {1ess, as Germany and the other Euro- ipean nations become more unable i daily to meet their international financial obligations. FOR BILL TO RECLASSIFY. Louis Merriam Supports Measure Before Senate Subcommittee. Louis Merriar of the Institute of Government Research was heard by the Senate appropriations subcommit- tee, in charge of the Bterling-Lehl- bach reclassification bill, yesterday afternoon in support of the bill. Mr. Merriam did not complete his state- ! ment. and will continue it at a.meet. ing of the subcommittee today. The hearings are behind closed doors. Senator Sterling is hopeful that the bill, which has passed the House and which has been approved by the Sef- ate civil service committee, will be reported soon to the Senate and acted upon. - Absentee Wasn’t There. e Tl B I o M. B Among the many distinguished - ple who assembled in the Ul — ital for- the Lands. isarma- !, of assoclation of nations in which the | WNBERW DD Maryland, when she was the guest of THE [EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1922. DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF MARYLAND HONOR| A. C. Ritchie of honor at a reception given yesterday by the Woman's Democratic Club of Baltimore at the Hotel Rennert, TURKISH PROPOSALS FOR STRAITS MEET MANY ALLIED VIEWS] (Continued from First Page.) FRENCH TO CONCEDE $7,000,000,000 CUT _ IN GERMAN AMENDS (Continued from First Page.) mark, but M. i evasivel . Duca, the Rumanian foreign min- | {ister, protested against M. Tchitcher- {in's remarks with regard to Rumania. {He said Rumania had never been | content with the former regime of closing the straits. Rumanfa, Serbia. Greece and Bul- garia announced their adhesion to the jallied proposition. U. S. Opposes Deportations. True to its traditional humanitarian | policy. the United States government itook a strong position at the near |eastern peace conference vesterday in| {protesting against expulsion of the Greek population from Constantinople. Apprehensions that the Turks would insist on deporting all the Greeks| from their sacred city proved to be iwell founded. when, at a meeting this lafetrnoon of the subcommission on ithe exchange of populations. a Turk- {ish representative arose and an- nounced definitely that departure of all the Greeks was one of the fea- tures of their program concerning the adjustment of populations. The American Positio: The American representative then took the floor and read the following !statement: | “The American delegation s not in accord with the proposals for new! compulsory movements of populations, junless it is clearly shown that good tpurpeses will be-served, as might be ithe case in the exchange of prison- ‘ers. or of populations where exchange | is mecessary to serve humanitarian ends. {““Without discrimination between | the parties to the negotiations for: exchange, the American delegation is unable to approve the movement from Constantinople of the Greek popula- | .tion_of that city, particularly under conditions which will send an urban ;people, used to artisanship and com- | to a rural district. will ‘not_hesitate to express, ‘in pursuance of our legitimate hu- imanitarian interests, our protest at any such dislodgement of human | i beings.” i Bulgars Want Conscription. { By the Associated Press. ! SOFIA, December 8.—The govern- ment has instructed Premier Stam- ; boulsky, who is at Lausanne, to raise ithe question of compulsory military ! service in Bulgaria at the near east conference. { It is declared in authoritative cir- icles that foreign officials, as well as | Bulgarian public opinion, are agreed that peace and order cannot be as- sured without compulsory service on at least a limited scale, and that the | volunteer system has’ shown itselt to be Ineffective. The instructions to the premier follow closely the recent incident at { Kostendil, which was seized by Mace- {donian autonomists. reinforced by members of the opposition bloc. The town was later reoccupied by a gov- ernment detachment. HUGHES AND DENBY CONFER. High Naval Officers Attend Parley on Lausanne Proposals. By the Associated Press. Secretary Hughes was in conference before the cabinet meeting today with Secretary Denby and a group of high naval officers and it was understood that the allied proposals at Lausanne as to the control of the Turkish straits, with particular refefrence to the passaye of warships into the Black sea, were under discussion. :.The State Department is maintain- ing close touch with Ambassador Child and the American delegation at | Lausanne, and there are indications | that the full text of the allied pro- rosals for the straits as laid down at | the conference by Lord Curzon has! been received officially in Washington. The officers who accompanied Mr. Denby to Secretary Hughes' office were Rear Admirals Robertson, as- sistant chief of naval Orenl-flonl, Mc- naval intelligence, Tchitcherin replied i | | | 1 i Namee, chief of and Pratt, of the Navy general board. The Navy Department {s known to have furnished to the State Depart- ment information relative to the straits problem, both as regards its peace and war-time aspects, and pre- Sumably instructions to the American delegation at Lausanne were founded, in part, at least, upon the naval views thus expresse ‘The allied proposals for the straits also contain many technical matters upon which the advice of responsible Navy officers would be desired by the State Department. SPECIAL SESSION ASKED. Gov. Trinkle . Urged .to Act on Roads Issue. RICHMOND, Va.; -December 8.—A resolution urging Gov. E. Lee Trinkle to convene the legislature in ex- ‘traordinary session “‘as early as pos: ble to provide ways and means to meet the emergency in- the state's highway construction program, leav- ing to the members of the assembly the method of meeting such emer- gency,” was adopted at a meeting here yesterday of the executive com- mittee and board of directors of the Virginia Good Roads Association, which was attended by several mem- bers of the legislature. The resolution was offered by Sen- ator C. O'Conner Goolrich .of Freder- icksburg and was seconded ay Del- 3‘1“ (r.d! C. Emg:.:‘ of ol"lolk. nly one vote was agains resolution,: the_single mu\-mfl & member of tha legislature, | lied debts depends tions of reparations and the interal- argely upon the proposals which Premier Poincare is expected to unfold at tomorrow's meeting here, according to an au- thoritative statement from the 8lan delegation, which arrived toda. Until these proposals have been made known and considered, the dele- gation sald it would be difficult to foretell what course Belgium would be likely to pursue during the con- versations over the week end. The Belgians have arrived without | any knowledge of,fresh proposals from Germany regarding reparation and it is indicated that the Belgian Spirit of distrust regarding Germany's desire to fulfill her reparations obl gations is second only to that of French. From a competent American ob- server it was learned that the reti- cence of the Belgian delegates to dis cuss the week end meeting was prob- ably due to Belgium's realization of the wide divergence of tne ailicd views regarding the questions discussed and the extreme d.fficu which were certain to be encount in reconciling the French and British Ppolicies. ‘The Belgians, it seems clear. appre- ciate the role they are expccted 1o take as medfator.s’ They are said by some close observers to be under strong French influence, natural inclination, as typified by the attitude of Premier Theunis, who is considered probably the best business man in any of the allied ministries, is that the economic and commercial re- covery of (iermany would be better in-the end fo- all concerned than the application of the drastic measures proposed by the French. Above all, the Belgians desire gold ies {marks for balancing their budget, and iboth official and unofficial opinion in Belgium is that little is to be gained by a policy of force. U. S. MAY TAKE PART. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. oprright, 19: LONDON, December 8.—Owing to the unusual significance of the state- ments made early this week by Am- bassador Harvey regarding the Amer- ican point of view on the forthcom- ing conference of allied premiers, in- timations have appeared that the United States might possibly take part in the negotiations. In official quarters nothing whatever has been heard of any American action. Mr, Harvey's statement upon which the greatest speculation is built was that Ithough the United States is unable to influence the decision taken by the premiers. there also might be decisions to which she is bound to take exceptions.” This, it is claimed, might be interpreted as a threat leveled at any allied country favor- ing too harsh or coercive methods against Germany. Another circumstance creating com- ment is the meeting of the American ambassadors from Germany and Bel- gium with Harvey at this juncture. Herrick Not to Attend. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 8.—Ambassador Herrick, contrary to reports printed here, said today that he had no inten. tion 'of being in London during the conference of premiers. A London dispatch to the Havas Agency, which was among those car- rying the report, said it was expected that Ambassador Harvey, after his conversations with Ambassadors Houghton and Fletcher, would ask opportunity to give his government's opinion of the matters under discus- sion. The dispatch added that there were indications that the British gov- ernment would not favor such pro- cedure. PUSHES POWER ACT FIGHT New York, through its attorney general, has filed in the Supreme Court a motion to amend its original bill of complaint in its proceeding to have the federal power act declared unconditiona: ‘The federal government. after the | filing by the state of the original bili, moved to have it dismissed on the grounds that it did not join essential parties, that it did not present any concrete question or a controversy within the original jurisdiction of the court, and that it was without equity. LOST ARMY FLYER SOUGHT IN WEST al TREASURY BILL { AMENDIENTLOSES iHouse Votes 98 to 2, After Bitter Wet-and-Dry Contest. The antl-prohibition forces stood shoulder to shoulder, two strong, in Ithe House today and shook hands 'amid strong applause as the House voted down, 98 to 2, an amendment to the Treasury bill offered by Rep- resentative John Phillip Hill of Mary- jland. Representative Hill, seconded by Representative George Holden {Tinkham of Massachusetts, were | storm centers of a bitter wet-and-dry { contest on the floor this afternoon. Representative Hill offered an amendment to prohibit publicity in the prohibition unit or any other bu- reau of the Treasury Department and specifically mentioned publicity di- rected by Sherman E. Cuneo. He brought out again the story of how the Ku Klux Klan had cleaned up a number of moonshiners and said that by inference the publicity of the prohibition unit placed that govern- iment agency behind the Ku Klux Klan. He argued that no government agency spreading such propaganda should be paid out of the federal Treasury. § When "he demanded 2 “division” he and Tinkham stood alone. Another amendment, offered by Representa:iv Blanton of Texas. is pending., whic provides that no salary shall be paid any employe or official who shall will- fully refuse to enforce the prohibi- tion amendment. An old-time liquor fight—short, but stormyv—flared up in the House yes- 'E:;;'Iduy during debate on the Treasury Representative Magee, republican, New York, a member of the committee which framed the bill, started the Tow when he declared that deflance of the Volstead law “was 50 preva- lent as to threaten our institutions. Representative Hill, republican. Maryland, a leader in the movement ght wine and beer legislation, brought it to a climax when he an- nounced what he propo. to offer in the form of amendmends when the grohlbi(lan section was reached to- ay 1 Meanwhile, friends of prohibi | overwhelmingly in control, took one shot after another at those who sought to attack the law. and by par- liamentary methods cut short AMr. Hill's attempt to connect the pro- hibition unit in a friendly way with the Ku Klux Klan. In urging Congress to give to the states the right to say what alco- holic content would make wine and beer intoxicating. Mr. Magee declared it probably would result in a bever- age made from pure ingredients and “the restoration of wholesume re- | snect for the law. ! Declaring the liquor traffic had j thrived on misery until the people. handling it as if it were a serpen had choked Representative ¢ hert ~ demor Kentneky. shonted {to the House that he was getting tire on, H it, are trving to see that the obeyed. “So determined and vindictive is the smaill minority that it nds out in open deflance of the Constitution,” law_ was but theirisajd Mr. Gilbert, adding that it was | backed by influential resources and that members of the House gave aid and comfort. Taking up the charge i that crimes against the United States {had jncreased since enactment of the | Volstead law, Mr. Gilbert asserted that . crimes ch flourished barroom days and which were h: }dled in the=tate courts had decreased jto the .ppint where many jails rural corumunities were empty. Half :a dozen members were on their fdet at once trying to break in with questions when Mr. Hill, with six minutes to close general debate. pro- | ceeded to explain the nature amendments. “In the _first place,’ above the hubbub, * that the House strike out of the bill of hi he shouted { [ tion unit’s publicity bureau: that the {sums of .from $135,000 to §150.000. a | heretofore. shall not be =pent here- after in open violation of the Vol- stead law for the purchase of boot- ileg liquor to be used as evidenc. | that none ‘of the government appro- . i priations shall be used to defray the expenses of stump speakers sent over missioner.™ All the time Mr. Hill was being iPombarded with questions as to | whether he was trying to tighten up the Volstead act “I shall also propose to strike out of the appropriation all fund: he went on. “for legal advisers, special counsel to the prohibition unit on the ground that its legal force does not know how to construe the law which exists today. Another amendment provides that no part of the fund shall be used by the commissioner for propaganda purposes. in an attempt to defeat members of Congress. and finally to transfer enforcement of prohibition from the Treasury to the Department of Justice, where it be- lone: Mr. Hill declared that anybody con- nected with the government “who approves the Ku Klux Klan should not receive Fovernment funds for law enforcement. hen forced to sit down by expiration of his time, Mr. Hill was attempting to read an ex- tract from a press bulletin by the prohibition unit's publicity bureau, which _said that “the fedgral prohibi- tion director of ArkanSas_ had re- ported ,that the Ku Klux Klan had organized a campaign against moon- shiners.” This, he said, was issued last April and printed. There was another flurry after the bill was taken up, item by item. The word “alcohol.” appearing in the list of the Treasury’'s cleaning supplies, tied the House up again. Representa- tive Blantol® democrat, Texas. con- tending benzine was good enough. wanted it substituted, but failed. Then he tried to make it denatured alcohol. and Mr. Hill insisted it should read “non-beverage alcohol” proposals were formally put to a vote and thrown out. Representative London, socialist. 'ew York, enlivened the debate. “I never took a drink in my life— unless 1 wanted it,” he said, and the House roared. Getting about half way through the bill, the House had reached the sec- tion relating to the bureau of in- ternal revenue, with the prohibition appropriation, when it quit work for the day. - Only one change was made. On a point of order by Representative Blanton that it was not authorized by law, the House eliminated the pro- vision for undersecretary of the Treasury, at a salary of $7,500. Mr. Gilbert, now holding that title by designation of. Secretary’ Mellon, will remain, and an effort ‘will be made to keep the title in the bill by other means. —_— MURDER SUSPECT CAUGHT Possee Seeking Another Believed Implicated in Slaying. VALDOSTA, Ga., December 3.— Posses pursuing the slayers of Miss Ruby Hendry, school teacher at Perry, Fla, last Saturday, arrested Arthur Young, thirty, negro, escaped convict, at Kindalou, Ga., seven miles west or here. late last night. Pursuit of Charlie Wright, negro, said to have been a pal of Young, is being pursued in this section, and his capture is expected within a few hours. The two negroes, according to the officers to whom Young was delivered, are accused of the murder. Young ‘4 was brought to the county jail here, but at midhight was removed to another jail for safe keeping. Officers ‘say thiat he has confessed to hlng.l!u | Perry, Fla., with Wright on last . urday. B " . |Lighting of Cigar While DrivingCar| Costs Him $1,500 One-arm automobile driving may be permissible under the ruling of Inspector Headley of the traffic bu- reau, but taking -both hands off the steering wheel may not only be dan- gerous, but expensive. Abram Elsner discovered the costliness of such pro- ceeding today when a jury in Circuit Division 2, before Justice Hoehling, rendered a verdict against him for $1,500 damages in favor of Miss Eliz- abeth Cooperman. And he was only lighting a cigar, too. - Miss Cooperman had been invited by Eisner to ride in his machine April |30 last, and as they proceeded along 16th street near Spring road Eisner wanted a smoke. He took a cigar iout of his pocket with one hand and sought a match with the other. The car crashed into a tree and Miss iCooperman was hurled through the windshield. She sued for $20,000, but the jury thought $1,500 would pay for her injuries. PRESIDENT COVERS OWNING CAR LINES New Senator Recalls Fight for Cause While Mayor of Detroit. TALKS OF 5-CENT FARE Deeply Interested in Suffrage and Other Questions of Capital. Senator James Couzens of Michiga believes that the District of Colun bia should own and operate its stree railways. The senator, who took hi seat yesterday, filling the vacaic: created by the resignation of Senate Truman H. Newberry, won a,dramat ALL MAJOR ISSUES of the constant attacks on me-n wno ! in_ the | the ftem of $150.000 for the prohibi- | the country by the prohibition com- | (Continued from First Page.) i the investment will be considered ml one branch of the Interstate Com- merce Commission and that another will fix wages on the basis of what the railroads can afford to pay- This is where labor enters thel argument with the cry that labo hould e given a living wage. even if there ism't as much profit as the | government now guarantees. Labor his fought the government theory of what constitutes a fair return on railroad investn.ent. terstate Commerce Act. Also there is every reason to be- lieve that labor is just as much op- posed to any tribunal which enforces jits decrees, whether it is called a ilabor board or a subdivision of the Interstate Commerce Commission, or janything else. The present interstate commerce act has enforceable pro- visions already. Simple amendment {to include labor disputes would be casy from a psychological viewpoint, as it would scem to place carriers and employes on the same basis, but {labor will fight that tooth and nail jIt always has insisted on the unre- stricted right to quit work in a body i The President hopes to soften the {effects of this enforcement policy by limiting the disputes to be consid- ered by the natfonal tribunal to those which “are likely 10 affect the public ! welfare.” Detinition of this phrase i wiil probably provoke considerable debate anc controversy Mr. Harding doesnt ignore the <entiment in favor of a change in | the tariff and promises that the flex i ble provisions of the law permiztin i the " executive to proclaim changes { will not become a d letter. lm- migration is touched on. too, with the suggestion that quotas be en- jlarged ultimately and that aliens be ! cxamined abroa®. £o as to prevent at ports of entry through the denial of admission to applicanuts who have already made the voyage to { American shores. Child Labor Legislation. | The proposal to submit a constitu- [tional amendment prohibiting child labor is nct unexpected. and will help | friends of the Fresident to point the ive” character of his admin- pecially at a time when progressve” bloc is advancing things. Mr. Harding frankly! the American people he isn’t op- !poscd 1o amending the Constitution | when the changes are for the bette: 11t had been reported that he wanted to | stand pat on the Constitution. k { ,he proposes that all tax-exempt jecuritics now be abolished. It willl take many years for an amendment | | i hardship: ftei shall propose like that to be submitted to the sev- | fore she had won recogn it will prevail. < { category of “pr doctrine, on ! which the radi-als have always thrived | —it_is a measure aimed at the| wealthy, something popular with the iradical poli the states. It/ has the sup: Mr. Harding. how- ever, because he thinks it will in- crease Rovernment revenues at a time { when ihe budget sorely neeas added sources of income, The prohibition portions of the ! | message contain a few surprises. The il'r?sldtnl had been reported weaken- i | ing on the Volstead law. It had bec d noted a shift of sentiment in* the last elections. He comes out in frankly says the provisions of the ' law are not in his opinion contrary | to public desire. He predicts that a {repeal of the eighteenth amendment | is not likely and asks for “literal; { enforcement { i Dry Law Conference. i Besides, Mr. Harding announces| Ilha! he will call the governors of all the states into conference here to: { consider ways and means of enforc- ing the prohibition laws through the {increased use of state machinery. The |s message is a complete victory for the dr: There isn't a hint of wetne: in it. Broadly speaKing, this means that Mr. Harding wants the repul lljcan party to stand pat on the pro- hibition issue, believing public senti- ment to be on that side. The demo- crats will naturally discuss whether to take the other horn of the dilemma. Their greatest strength in the eastern states has been acquired through wet votes. Some democratic leaders think a unfon of the solid south and the { populous eastern states is enough to lelect a wet President. They think the | south, which is dry. will not object however, to modification of the {Volstead act to permit the sale of, Both | wine and beer. This is all theoretical. | General Daugh: | What Mr. Harding has done, however, !is to align his party on the dry side | { by his message to Congress. i { "As for international affairs, the; President stiil maintains that America, need not take a concrete part in| European _affairs, proposing that ! American foreign policy be based = far as helping Europe iIs concerned on “sympathy fraternity and the| highest fellowship.” i (Copyright, 1922.) i SISTER SCREAMS WHEN COURT CONVICTS STRIKER Robert W. Sisson, Maurice Sullivan ' and Earl D. Dean, striking shopmen | of the Washington Terminal, were, convicted yesterday afternoon by I; jury in Criminal Dividion 2" of anj assault with a dangerous weapon | upon James R. Keeton, an employe of | the Pullman company, last September during the strike. Keeton was at- tacked by the three men, he said, on Brentwood road near South Dakota avenue northeast. He was struck with a plece of lead pipe about elght- | een inches long and his jaw broken in es. nv;lr’-.ufohn Orr, sister of Sisson, who, ; it is claimed, wielded the weapon,! startled the courtroom with a} screamed denunciation of the verdict when announced. “It will kill mother. {cent,” she shouted. The hysterical| Wwoman was removed from the court- | room, but kept up her screams as she Was led along the corridor by deputy | marshals, bringing clerks and witnesses in_other cases into the halls. The defendants claimed an alibi, de- nying they were near the scene of the attack. They were represented by Attorneys James A. O'Shea, John I. Sacks and Millan & Smith. Assistant United States Attorney Presmont con- ducted the H ! H ) He is inno- | {ing win : Piano Company or the Homer L. K | Company. l ! | declaration fight for government ownership of th. street railways in his home city Detroit, while mayor. Senator Couzens also is of the op: ion that the people of the Distric would be better off if they had voice in running their own affairs, it stead of leaving them to Congress Interested in Capital. new senator from Mich gs d that b s interdsted in the tional Capital. He recalled tha while police commissioner in Detroi he had kept in rather close touct with certain lines of the District gov ernment, throngh the late Maj. Ray mond Puliman, superintendent of th. metropolitan police. He sa:.d*that b had been favorably impressed with what he then knew of Distric government. When the street rail here was called 10 h.s tor Couzens said the go should buy the stree: operate them. This will be the be- solution, he said. of the situat which now confronts the people he with one company exc. profits at the fa; : Public Utilities Comm other company He wanted to panies were 5oz 1ates of fare. 5-Cent Fare Question. Senator Couzens sa:d that in Detr. the street car fare is now 5 cents, anc that it had never gon: zhove 6 “We had to meet a problem there « the factories turning out thousands o workers ab the same hour each after noon,” he said. reer cars ru: thirty seconds But handling the crowds in the rush hour is the real problem. We are trying to hav. the factorics closed on a ‘staggerci- hour’ schedule, so_that not all of the workers will need transportation the same time. 1f the Michigan senator goes on the District commitiee of the Senate .~ it s been suggested in a number o quarters he should, there is ever: reason to believe that he will make of District affairs an, give attention to legislation needed by the District. In appearance Senator Couzens is ¢ successful business man. He has i £trong personality, such as undoub:- edly would make his influence felt any gathering. NOTED MUSICIAN TO GIVE CONCERT TOMORROW Daisy Jean, the harpist and soprano. is to appear at the Masonic Auditorium tomorrow evening, under the auspices of th music department of the Natio: Council. She is one of the few Hv musicians to have achicved equal Su cess in ‘three branches of the art. Miss Jean won the gold medal fo playing the harp at the Brussels Con- servatory in her early childhood, be- ion as the world's leading woman c«llist. She w: playing the cello in public concerts x the ag= of nine and had graduated fro the conservatory at fifteen with the. highest honors in all branches During ihe war Miss Jean devoted her art to the task of raising funds for her n: land, and in this &ho was £0_succ that she was dec- orated by King Albert and presented by the Belg people with a fine o Italian cello in appreciation of he exceptional achievements in their be- half. After playing in England and Can; Misc Jean made her New York ¢ purely us a ceilist and received imu diate recognition from the Metropolita: press. Since that time. however. sl has specialized in programs display ing her versatil using both the harp and cello and Singing to her own accompaniments at the piano, as wel as_the harp. Miss Jean Wiswell will assist at th plano. This is the first of a serics of concerts of international importance which have been arranged for the com 'r under_the joint direction «* < and the Thesn ced at th riment =reat. f the fin.- The 8:i ¥ situatio tention Belglan cell the Homer L. rthur Jordan Pi arra the music dr Council 1o cre interest in musie ts are b may be either the £ s tad charge at Arthur —_— TRANSPORTATION VITAL ISSUE BEFORE U. S. NOW, PRESIDENT DECLARES (Continued from First Page.) rector of the mint, and her sis Brig. Gen. Sawyer and the naval i { to the President, former Postmasi General Will H. Hays and At'orne. rty. Mrs. Winnifred Mason Huck, t new woman men:ber of Congr »ss tracted much attention from the gal- leries, Representative Martin B. Mad den. chairman of the House apprc priations committee, who is in charg. of the Treasury Departmeat appropr - ation bill, consideration of which was interrupted during the Prasident 5 dress, bonored Mrs. Huck by invitin: her to sit beside him at toe Hous leader's table. Applause from all parts of the floor granted the President’s recommenda- tion that something be done to help solve the problems of the Americar farmer. The reading of that part of his message dealing with transpor- tation was followed with the keenest interest. His reference to the needs of connecting up “our rail lines witl our carriers by sew” was applaude« by the friends of the merchant ma rine bill now pending before the Sen ate and passed by the House. ‘Applause greeted the President’s that steps should b« taken to make the decisions of the Rallroad Leoor Board enforceable. Remark Approved. The present assertion that “it is an impotent clvilization and an inade- quate government, which lacks the genius and the courage to guard against such a menace to public wel- fare as we experienced last summer.” was the signal Cor prolonged ap- plause. His demand generally for law enforcement, touching the aliens r | within the United States and the en- forcement of the prohibition law, w well received. “There is need to magnify the na- tional viewpoint to American: throughout the land.” said the Presi dent. “More, there is a demand for every living being in the Unite States tnhrespu‘tb “-nd abide by the ws of the republic.” h'l‘he prohibitionists and the anti- prohibitionists clearly were interested in what the President to say about enforcement of the prohibition; law. COUZENSFORD.C. 5