Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1922, Page 1

. WEATHER. Rain tonight and tomorrow; tonight; lowest temperature ing. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 61, at 3:30 poa. yesterday: a.m. today. lowest, Full report or: page 8. colder near freez- 44, at 10 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 18 No. 28,711 Entered as second-clavs matter post_office Washington, D. C. MORATORIUM GETS 0. K. OF FRENCH IF IT 1S GUARANTEED Poincare Longest on Floor at Opening of Premiers’ Ses- sions in London. FRENCH IN DESPERATION SEE ONLY TWO COURSES Say Immediate Cash Must Be Ob- tained or Will Act Alone in Invading Ruhr. By the Associated Pres | | LONDON, December 9.—Premier Poincare, toward the close of thel first session of the confer: allied premiers here today, is under- stood to have said that France would consent to a moratorium of two years for Germany if certain economic guarantees accompanied it. The premiers held a two-hour session this afternoon, adjourning for luncheon shortly before p.m. The heads of all four delegations— British, French, Italian and Belgian —addressed the gathering, Premier | Toincare of France holding the| floor the longest. i While Premier Poincare was re- ported not to have reached the point | ot defini osals, he declared the | T parations queation had. arrived at | something radical <t be done. He came prepared, he . to discuss with the others what | should be taken. — France's | Ereat interests, he insisted, must be | recognized i Those present besides the premiers were the finance ministers of Great | Britain, France and Belgium, Count | Aulaire, the French am- v . " Foreign Minister Jas- of Belgium and the Itallan mem- Pers’of the reparations commission. | Poincare in Good Spirits. M. Poincare appeared perturbed when he left his hotel for the con- ference, having just made a denial of | a charge that France intends to annex the Rhine reglon. He was in goo: spirits, however, when he returned, from which the French attaches drew the inference that the conference was| going well. i In connection with the conference it | was noted this morning that Karl Bergmann, the German financial ex- pert, had arrived in London. Premier Poincare, as the spokesman for the nation most directly concerned with the troublesome reparations | problem, was expected to take occa. sion at the first meeting with Mr.| Bonar Law to state definitely tha France has absolutely no desire tol take over the Rhineland. Members of the French delegation believed that the premier would point out that France, understanding the futility of| annexation of the Rhineland—a step | which has been suggested—knows | fully well that such action would only create another Alsace-Lorraine and eventually another war. | In the opiniion of the French, their nation would only control the Rhine- land along economic lines during the | term of a moratorium, collecting taxes ! and running the raiiroad lines as a guarantee of Germany's promise to carry out the reforms that would in- | sure payment of her bill. | reparations question a where May Have to Act Alone. If it seems impossible to reach an | agreement this time on the repara-| tions question, it is believed M. Poin- | care would say to Mr. Bonar Law, i effect: “We are prepared to agree to a| moratorium, but only on the condi tion that we take over administration | of the Rhineland and occupy with one | division certain parts of the Ruhr. We want England to co-operate with us, but if you don't we must act! alone.” The French premier, it is apparent, is prepared to examine all proposals, for settlement of the German ac- | count, but he is determined to exact ! guarantees. He will not look upon | failure to reach an agreement as a| collapse of the entente, believing that | the link between Great Britain and| France would remain unbroken, with France temporarily acting alone. Britain and Italy Silent. | A statement of the positions to be | taken by Britain and Italy in the| week end of conversations was eager- 1y awaited. Premier Mussolini, ar- riving here last night, gave no inti- mation of his views on the repara- tions question. Mr. Bonar Law, it is believed, may | present no program, preferring that he British government should main- 1ain a receptive attitude. The arrival of the new German pro- posals, which were reported yester- day to be on the way from Berlin, ited ith interest. Un 1 advices said that Chancellor Cuno's suggestions _included provi- sion for extension of the moratorium granted conditionally upon the recent payment of treasury notes to Bel- gium. The extension, the German gov- ernment is held to believe, should go bevond the Brussels conference, on the ground that reparations question hinged on the outcome of that gathering. - Shopping Efficiently and economically means careful reading of the “store news” of Wash- ington merchants each day in The Star. In no other way can you secure com- plete information, because almost daily more local ! “store news” appears in The Star than in all the other Washington papers com- bined. Shop early and thereby take advantage of the com- plete assortment which the stores now have—it also means less fatigue for you and those who are serving i you. !« SHOP EARLY AND . . MAIL EARLY, ____ ' e { invitation to the the future of the| 4 Known Dead, Several Injured, Due to Explosion SCRANTON, Pa., December 9.— Four persons are known to be dead and several were injured today in an explosion which destroyed the glazing mill ‘of the Blaek Diamond Powder Company, near Dupont, Pa., about eight miles south of Scranton. The explosion was felt at Car- bondale, Pa., twenty-five miles away. 1.3, SEEKS NOPART N LONDON PARLEY Information Here Sets at Rest Speculation on Visits of Ambassadors. JAPAN ASKS ADMISSION | Strong Views Recently Expressed by American Envoys Looked on as Infering Participation. By the Associated Press. It can be stated on the highest au- thority that the Washington govern- ment has no suggestion to make to the allied premiers in connection with this London meeting. American Ambassadors Houghton and Fletcher and Senator McCormick, Wwhose presence in London is referred to in the Rritish press as having some connection with the conference, all went to the British capital on! their own volition. Ambassador Houghton arranged his London trip from Berlin some time ago. His business was personal, | although it is hardly likely that he'powers. would visit the British capital with-| out seeing his colleague, Ambassador Harvey. Ambassador Fletcher's rea- son for going from Brussels to Lon- 4! don just at this time is unknown in | Washington. The trip was not made i by direction of the State Department. |delegation desires to assume the re- Not Pres Recommendation. So far as Senator McCormick's Lon- don visit is concerned, it was said at the White House today that President Harding has no personal representa- tive there or elsewhere. The presence in London of the two ambassadors and Senator McCormick just on the eve of the meeting of the: premiers was viewed in official quar- ters to be a pure coincidence. As the Washington government has no proposal to make and is not informed in advance of the premiers’ probable decision as to the Brussels economic and financial project, it is said there is no reason to attach importance to that coincidence. Doubt Over Brussels Parley. It is generally doubted in Washing- ton that the British, French, Belgian and Italian premiers would them- selves be able to say whether the Brussels conference would be called in advance of the conversations for | which they have assembled in London. Unless there is a strong conviction | among them that such a conference would be virtually certain to produce results it is not believed likely here hat it will be called. In Hands of Debt Commission, Pending the formal calling of the conference, and the extending of an United States to participate, there is nothing before the Washington government with re- | lation to the project. In that connec- tion it Is recognized generally by al- lied statesmen that the Washington administration cannot enter into a conference for discussion of European debts to the United States. as Con- gress has already placed that matter in the hands of the debt commission. It follows that the American answer to any invitation to a financial and economic conference could be . de- termined only when the purpose and | scope of the discussion has been for- mally outlined. JAPAN ASKS ADMISSION. Speculation on U. S. Participation Again Revived. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 9.—The possi- bility that Japan and the United States may be admitted to the con- {ference of the British, French, Bel- gian and Itallan premiers here this week end is discussed today by the diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. The writer says that Japan has already formally requested admission, and that although Amer- ica has not made the same request, “this fact need not preclude consider- ation of the point, especially having in regard the strong views enter- tained by Washnigton and vigorously | expressed by the American ambassa. dors upon certain aspects of the is- sues at stake.” { The correspondent suggests that the four participating delegations may i devote their first exchange of views to settling this question, the infer- tence from his statement apparently being that if admission is decided upon, the United States will be in- vited to attend. CHRISTY PORTRA ch WASHINGTON, D. C, STORM WEATHERED, POWERS AND TURKS NEAR SETTLEMENT Curzon’s Reply to Ismet Pasha’s Proposals Clears Up Lausanne Atmosphere. i TCHITCHERIN GIVES IN, BUT IS NOT SATISFIED 1 Japanese Adopt American View- point—Russians Barred From Committee Sessions. By the Assceiated Press. | LAUSANNE. December 9.—Op- jtimism reigned supreme in Lausanne today, for the near east conference had weathered what was probably its most difficult session to date. | Ismet Pasha's statement yesterday | of the Turkish views on the Dar- danelles question and the reply it |brought from Lord Curzon, on be- im.lt of the invited powers, resulted {in a general clearing of the con- |ference atmosphere. Turkey has |apparently broken away from Rus- isian control, and Foreign Minister Tchitcherin and his associates, al- though resentful of Turkey's failure to hold out for complete autonomy | 'in the straits, are accepting the situa- ’llon. Detalls Threshed Out. Details of the Dardanelles settle- {ment were being threshed out today {by the naval and military experts in informal meetings, and it was ex- jpected that several days would elapse i before another general conference {session would be held to discuss the imodified plan designed to satisfy both the Turks and the allied The problem of Turkish capitu }lations is being worked out by sub- | {commissions, which are said to be! making good progresa - Rumors of a possible vacation at jChristmas persist, but apparently no sponsibility of suggesting a ces- tsation of work, even for a few days, {while the conference is progressing 50 smoothly. PASHA ACCEPTS PLAN. Complete Solution of Strait’s Con- trol in Sight. | ks BY A. R. DECKER. By Cal Its N : y Cable to 'rmc:".'r'....: f;'_{-f"’ Daily News. } LAUSANNE, December 9.—A solu-| jtion of the straits control question appeared to be in sight. Ismet Pasha has accepted Lord Curszon's proposi- tion as prepared by Admiral Lacage with minor modifications, and even Commissar Tchitcherin accepted it in principle, although the soviet's dele- gates promised further attempts at complicating or delaying the situa- tion. Lausanne is almost gay because of the belief that the most important] problem before the conference has been solved. Ismet Pasha declares that he s happy, and Lord Curzon looks pleased. The Turks say that jother and lesser questions will be solved quickly with the straits ques- tion settled to their satisfaction. One After Another Accepts. One after the other, Rumania, Bul- garia, Jugoslavia and Greece accepted ithe allies’ proposition. Lord Curzon, replying to suggestions made by the Turks, sald: “Guaranties against surprise at- tacks and for the security of Con- stantinople, the Sea of Marmora, the Bosporus and the Dardanelles have been studled by the allles’ jurists. | We suggest that the Turks get to- gether with the jurists.” |®1t is assumed that this refers to a series of agreements between Turkey land the powers. To the suggestion jof the limitation of naval forces in the Black sea and the passage of small warships, Lord Curzon was willing to {nterpret the agreement liberally. At the suggestion of the Turks the objection to the mainte- nance of warships in the Black sea was withdrawn. Lord Curzon agreed to the suggestion that the merchant ships be given free passage, but sub- ject to visit and search in time of ‘war. I Disposes of Observations. The Turks made seven observa- tions, which Lord Curzon disposed of, as follows: 1. The method of the defense of the Sea of Marmora was referred to military and naval experts. 2. The demilitarization of the Bos- porus zone should be maintained with provision for the defense of Constantinople. 3. Lord Curzon saw no objection to the passage of troops through the zones. 4. The questions of arsenals was referred to the discussions upon the military and naval clauses of the treaty. 5. The width of the zones was to be referred to the experts. 6. The status of the islands was to be maintained; as to demilitariza- tion and sovereignty only Tenedos and Imbros were to be discussed. 7. The defense of Gallipoli against (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) — IT OF WILL HAYS VANISHES FROM P. O. BUILDING Who hid Will Hays? This was the burning question at the Post Office Department today, as visitors falled to locate the new portrait of the former Postmaster General, painted by the noted artist, | Howard Chandler Christy. ¢ Gone from the wall in the outer lomce of Postmaster General Work, i the portrait, In oils, which, many officials said, “did not look like H'gyl‘ is mord of an object of at-' tention than it was early in the week, when plainly visible to all. Benjamin Franklin d other for- mer Postmasters General hang each in their frames in appointed spaces on_the newly painted wall But the portrait of Hays hangs powhere. It is gone as clean as if" | the speedy “king of the movies” had come to life in the frame, jumped down with his customary vigor and “beat it” out of the building. Only there isn't even a frame to remember that portrait by. Frame and all are gone, the fragile picture embodiment of Mr. Hays vanished like the last rose of summer. The new portrait never was hung on the wall, as a matter of fact, but merely stood up against it. For- mer Postmaster General Wanamaker hangs securely in his frame by wire, but the Christy picture merely. stood. Postmaster General Work, who.re. turned yesterday from the postal ean< ference with Canadlan officials, a’ refused to make any comment it the portrait and other oMcials showed a disposition to talk about the :venhzr. or anything else except pic- ures, ; 3 ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION [l f TIGER SAYS PEACE 15 STILL FAR OFF America’s Aid Alone Can Stabilize Europe, He De- | clares, in Plea. CROWD CHEERS REMARKS Philadelphia Citizens Give Visitor Rousing Welcome at Big Meeting. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Georges Clemenceau, speaking today in the city where America's Decla- ration of Independence was lll‘n.d.' urged that America come back to Eu- rope and help spread independence throughout the world. He was given a long ovation as he appeared on the platform of the Academy of Music. The academy, pro- fusely decorated with the Stars and Stripes and the French tricolor, was packed. Senator Pepper, introduced by George W. Norris, president of the Philadelphia Forum, and governor of the Federal Reserve Bank, presented the Tiger of France as one possessed of “more than his fair share of the spirit of his fatherland—one of the immortals, with patriotic spirit un- quenchable. Senator Pepper evoked a burst of applause, when he asserted that, al- though America had made no pledges, France could feel assured that mil- lions of this nation would spring to her defense If she were endangered. Denies Militarism. The Tiger professed himself as “overwhelmed” by his reception. “I have no mission,” he began. “I only came to tell you what I think.” He sald he had found, shortly after he landed in New York, that the charges of militarism and imperial- ism had not been belleved. “Here 1 am in the glorious city of the immortal Willlam Penn,” he con- tinued. “A city of peace, and since Washington, also a city of war. Peace sometimes can only be gained by war, he said, asserting that was the case in 1914, when the Ger- man advance began. “If Germany had ever suspected that England and then America would have entered the war,” he declared, “there would have been no war. That's a strong argu- ment for your letting the world know now how you stand.” When the American troops came he continued, they. rejoiced ‘we're through.” “Alas, that is not true,” he declared. ‘What is the use of shutting the eyes and saying °‘All goes well? “I've been accused of pessimism, it's true—I think pessimism is good, for it helps you foresee the future. I never was a pessimist for action. Praise Prenident’s Message” “Do you think it's asking too much to let all of these insane folks (Ger- many, Turkey and Russia) know that you will not tolerate their machina- tions against peace?’ he demanded. Turning to the league of nations, he declared he “did not personally be- lieve In it as 2 means to prevent war, but he favored anything that would minimize the danger of war. A wave of applause swept the house. - The league, he said, had done some wood, and he would be glad if Ameri- ca came into it, though he would be equally glad to have her come into Europe on any other terms. 2 Referring to President Harding's message to Congress yesterday, he described as “great, important and noble words” the paragraph in which the President suggested that the idea of the four-power pact in the Pacific might well be extended to other parts orld. . o‘ll':“l:l’d he had told the President when he called at the ‘White House: “] believe that when you ponder what 1 have told you gour feeling will its way toward ‘us nn‘“’Ami 1 believe it has” he added; “but I don’t know what the diploma- tists will make of it. Duty of America. Liberation of the central European states was largely the work of Amer- ica, he declared,- arguing that the United States ought to help main- tain the freedoms she had created. Referring to America’s policy since the war, he declared the nation had a duty to perform. “Right without duty means domina- tion,” he declared. Clemenceau said he had been told by a high official at Washington that America ever would be, found on the side of right and justice. “That may be,” he continued, “but a lls;rd lll a :eed. We lon!hl.‘('he war (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) December 9.— SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1922_TW. Radio Marriages lllegal, Attorney General Declares By the Ansoclated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., December 9.—A marriage ceremony performed by radio is illegal, according to & construction today placed upon the domestic relations law by State Attorney General Newton. The words “in the presence” as con- tained in the law means an actual and not a constructive presence, the attorney general holds “It is za essential that the wit- nessex and persons officiating should be immediately at hand, as it is that the contracting par- ties to the marriade should be in view of each other,” Mr. Newton sald. Question as to the legality of the radio ceremony vas brought up by the proposal to have a San Francisco clergyman _broadcast the ritual to contracting partles in the Grand Central Palace in New York city. The bride and groom were to broadcast their responses in return, FIGHT IN HOUSE FOR BUREAU 10BS Plate Printers Oppose Item to Abolish Hand Presses. The House galleries were fllled with plate printers, members of their families and friends today when the fight started | on the floor of the House over the item in the Treasury Department apprepria- tion bill which proposes to substitute power presses for hand plate printing presses in the bureau of engraving and printing, and which directs the discharge of 218 skilled employes. Representative Fred N. Zihlman of Maryland, chairman of the House com- mittee on labor, promptly made a point of order “in that this paragraph is not | germane to the subject matter of the bill and that it is legislation on an ap- propriatfon bill.” He based his point of order as to germaneness on a decision by former Representative John J. Fitzgerald of New York, then chairman of the House appropriations committee in the Sixty- third Congress, in that an amendment must be “akin to or related to the sub- Ject matter of the bill.™ Representatlve Sanders of Indiana, presiding in the committee of the whole, said that as this was in regard to an amendment he did not think the point of germaneness would hold. Represen- tative Zihlman finished reading the Fitzgerald decision to the effect that “if the purpose is to prevent hasty or ill-considered legislation, or legislation for which the whole body might not be properly prepared.” Representative Zihlman argued that the paragraph concerning the bureau of engraving and printing seeks to repeal existing law. He pointed out that the subject matter i3 now before the committee on print- ing, which has considered a bill. in- troduced by the chairman of the com- mittee on appropriations. As there ‘Wwas no action on that measure, Rep- resentative Zihlman said the chair- man of the committee on appropria- tions has now brought it in as a rider on an appropriation bill. Represéntative Zihlman said it at- tempts to repeal existing law. It proposes to remove the hand presses from the bureau of engraving and printing _and to substitute power presses therefor. As regards his second point that it is legislation on an appropriation bill, Representative Zihlman quoted a de- cision by Representative Garrett of Tennessee when presiding in the committee of the whole House. That decision held that the committee on appropriations may not bring in as an integral part of an appropriation bill substantial legislation that, if brought in the usual way as a bill, would go to another committee, nor that any member could offer such legislation as an amendment to an appropriation bill from the floor, ex- cept as a .report of a committee or Joint commission with jurisdiction over such_legislation. Represerntative Zihlman also_quoted an opinion by Representative Hull of Tennessee as chairman in the"com- mittee of the whole that such legisla- tion must come officially from the committee having jurisdiction over the subject matter. Representative Bankhead of Ala- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) FOOT BALL SCORE. Geergetown Freshmen, 0; Sopho- ‘mores, 0 (end first half). ng Star. ENTY-SIX PAGES. WATER PROJECT COST CUT §730,000 Supplemental Report by Maj. Tyler Shows Estimate Reduction. 3 CONTRACTS APPROVED 2,800 Feet From Great Falls, Most in Tunnel, Remain to Be Let. Reduction in cost of the entire water project for the National Cap- ital, to which Congress last year committed itself in the District ap- propriation bill, is shown in a sup- plemental report sent by Maj. M. C. Tylér. engineer for the District projects, to Congress oday, as re- iquired by the District appropriation bill approved June 29, 1922. The total cost was at first placed at approximately $9.500,000. The supplemental estimates submitted to- day reduced this by about $750,000 to_$5.728,000. This total is made up as follows: New work within the District, $5.572,- 000: new work outside the District, $2,654,000; repairs to existing work {within and outside the District, $302,000. Three Contracts Approved. In explaining what work has already been done the report says that contracts were made with the low bidder for construction of so much of the new conduit from Great Falls to the Dalecarlia reservoir at the District line, as the funds appro- | priated would. permit. There were | three contracts approved July 28,1922, which provide for construction of 45.700 feet of the conduit from a point 2,800 feet below Great Falls to the Dalecarlia reservoir. Construction is simultantous under way at a number of points on this con- duit. There remains to be contracted for the conduit from Great Falls to the point of beginning of the existing contracts, 2.800 feet, most in tunnel, which work cannot be done until land and rights of way are secured. There also remains not covered by existing contract one-half of each cross connection foundation, and cross con- nection superstructures. Estimates of New Work. The work not contracted for and which is required to complete the! new conduit, and which must be done before additional water can be brought from Great Falls, it is esti- mated, will cost as follows: Gate chamber at Great Falls, $80,000; con- dult, section 1, $800,000; tunnel at | Great Falls, $300.000; cross-connec- tion gatehouses, $§0.000; land ana rights of wa $13,000; for superin- tendents, inspection, etc., $51,000, making a total of $562,000. Work Next to Be Started. The engineers' report says that work mroposed which should be put under construction at the earliest pos- sible date is summarized as follows: A filtration plant, complete; pump- ing station and power plant, on gov- grmment-owned land near the District ine. A distribution reservoir for the first high service, located on high ground about 1,300 feet northeast of the Georgetown reservoir. The_distribution reservoir for the * ‘ BaltimoreCaught, In‘Fogof London’; 1 Traffic Is Delayed I By the Associated Press, BALTIMORE, Md., December 9.— The “densest fog of London spread over the city and bay, ren- dering the eyes of travelers almost useless. Before the mist lifted at midnight two steamers had col- lided off quarantine, a woman was killed in the city streets, where many persons were injured, rail- road schedules were delayed and traflic of every kind was made slow and perilous. The dead woman was struck by | an_automobile. The steamers Coelleda of the Baltimore Steamship Company and the Glen Ridge, a Black Diamond boat, both outbound, stole up to each other like gray ghosts and sidewiped with a crash that ter- rorized their crews. Neither was badly damaged. SHIP BILL REPORTED 5 T0SENATE, 11105 {Madden Amendment Presi- dent Opposed Eliminated by Committee. jWILL COME UP MONDAY Chairman Jones to Call Measure. Ransdell Votes in Favor. | Minority Report Given. | The administration shipping bill was Teported todas to the Senate after its approval by the commerce committee, | 11 to 5. One democrat, Ransdell of ! | Louisiana, voted with the solid republi- can membership in favor of the measure. Principal changes from the House bill included elimination of the Madden iamendment which would have subjected jextension of government aid to Con- | gressional control through annual ap- propriations and which President Hard- | ing informed the committee this week would endanger the whole government aid program. Chairman Lasker of the Shipping Board, who called at the Capitol shortly {before the bill was ordered reported. !declared he was perfectly satisfied with the measure as presented to the Senate. Chairman Jones announced his pur- pose to call the measure on Monday. A minority committee report filed by Senator Fletcher, democrat, Flor- ida, declared the policy proposed in- volved the launching of the govern- ment “upon a sea of trouble and enor- | mous expense” and that the answer to such a measure “is and must be Tesistance and defeat. s “The proposed measure means sim- ply the establithment of a general subsidy system which will be fast- ened on the country for an indefi- nite period,” the report contends. “The | whole tendency of the administration |is against encouraging international ‘trade. We cannot have cargoes in the absence of foreign trade. Losses will not be eliminated, because only a small portion of the tonnage will pass into private hands, as proponents of !the bill admit, even if it should be- jcome a law, for years to come, and a costly overhead will continue. It is perfectly plain that the ships i which would be chiefly benefited are jnot the cargo ships at all, but pas- senger and ships of other types.” The minority also said the legisla- tion would give the Shipping Board power “to build up or destroy ports, to enrich or impoverish ships' lines, thus dominating localities, controlling ship owners. ship operators and financial institutions, and the insurance com- panies and all other connecting inter- ests” “This.” it added, “would make that bureau a political ‘autocracy and a dominating influence equipped to work its own will"” “The effect of a subsidy.” the Teport contended, “will be, not to create, but to retard the proper and permanent development of an American mer- chant marine.” Deadlock Is Ended Elimination of the Madden amend- ment attached by the House and sub- - stitution of the Willis-Lenroot com- | promise, and approval of half a dozen (other important changes practically jcompleted yesterday the work of the iSenate commerce committee on the {bill" The consideration of the meas- ure is expected to start in the Senate | Monday. The rejection of the Madden :amendment and the approval of the compromise substitute ended a dead- lock which had existed in the com- { mittee since it began consideration |of the measure Wednesday. The com- mittee acted after Chairman Lasker | of the Shipping Board had appeared I before it and had accepted the com- promise on being told that unless either the Madden amendment or the compremise were retained the bill could .not be reported. Mr. Lasker previous to his appearance before the committee had declared the proposed substitute unsatisfactory. The compromise, which was sug- | gested by Senator Willis, republican, {Ohlo, and_drafted by Senator Len- root, republican, Wisconsin, provides that the approval of Congress shall be required for an increase in the amount of government aid to ship- operating companies over the amount fixed in the initial contract. The Madden amendment, which President “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ?etl’ivered to Washington mhm as fast as the papers are printed. system covers every edition Yesterday's Net Circulation, 92,686 TWO CENTS. NEW 3-POWER PACT WITH U. 5. LIKELY FOR FUTURE PEACE Alliance Believed Possible Result From Clemenceau’s Visit Here. PRESIDENT GIVES HOPE IN CONGRESS MESSAGE Reference Made to “Model Treaty” Expected to Carry Influence in Future. BY DAVID LAWR Germany, France, the United States, Great Britain and Italy united to in- sure the peace of Europe just as the four powers banded themseives a year ag0 in a ten-year treaty to maintain the peace of the Pacific—this may ye: be the outcome of former Premier Clemenceau's visit to America. The aged French statesman did not venture to make a concrete sugges- tion to conform with the purpose of his mission until he read President Harding's address to Congress, in which Mr. Harding recommended the four-power pact in the Pacific as “a model for like assurances wherever in the world any common interests are concerned.” Ratification Impera When the Washington conference on limitation of armament was in ses- sion a year ago, the sume thought was put forward informally, but, so far as American aid was concerned, it was made clear that no such project could be considered until the four- power pact in the Pacific had been ratified. Twelve months have passed without ratification by France. But the pact is now being debated in the Frencif rarliament. and will be rati- fied very soon, thus paving the way for a revival of the idea of a Euro- Pean treaty. The French have not looked kindly on the idea of including Germany i such a tranquilizing pact, but if they are to follow Mr. Harding’s model. Germany must be included. The prin- cipal difference between the four- power pact and other offensive and defensive alliances is that the latter were usually aimed at a singie power or group of powers. Instead of ex- cluding Japan, with which natfon it had been thought friction would ulti- mately come, that country was in- cluded and made a guarantor of the peace of the Pacific along with France, Great Britain and the United States. Wording of Treaty. In order to provide an exact paral- lel, the wording of a treaty to tran- quilize Europe and yet conform to the spirit and letter of the document which had already been ratified by the United States Senate, with re- spect to one region of the world, would be as follows: “The high contracting parties agree as between themselves to respect their rights in relation to their inter- ests in Europe. “If there should develop between any of the high contracting parties a controversy arising out of any Euro- pean question and involving their said rights which is not satisfactorily settled by diplomacy. and is likely to affect the harmonious accord now happily subsisting between them, they shall invite the other high con- tracting parties to a joint conference to which the whole subject wlil be Te- ferred for consideration and adjust- ment. Conference Provided For. “If the =aid rights are threatened by the aggressive action of any other power the high contracting parties shall communicate with one another fully and frankly in order to arrive at an understanding as to the most efficient measures to be taken, jointly or separately, to meet the exigencies of the particular situation. “This agreement shall remain in force for ten years from the time, and after the expiration of said period it shall continue to be in force subject to the right of any of the high con- tracting parties to terminate it upon twelve months notice. ““This agreement shall be ratified as soon as possible, in accordance with the constitutional methods of the high contracting parties.” The foregoing agreement is, word for word, exactly what Mr. Harding proposed and what Senator Lodge and a two-thirds vote of the Senate ratified several months ago. The democrats joined with the repub- licans to accomplish ratification. M. Clemenceau doesn’t see why American interests in the Pacific should be guarded by a treaty of this kind and yet the much greater in- terest of the United States in Eu- rope ignored. He would insist, as did Mr. Harding about the Pacific, that such a treaty applied to Europe Would not involve America in any obligation to use force or in any commitment to a supergovernment. T. S. Active Abroad. is conferring and America today Harding a few days ago informed the! . mmunicating with other powers Senate committee would jeopardize the whole government-ald program, provided for government aid through annual appropriations by Congress. The other changes made by the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) COURT EXONERATES ROOSTERS OF CHARGE OF CAUSING INSOMNIAI ‘Will the ¢rowing of two young roosters in the wee sma’ hours of the morning produce chronic insomnia? This, with other weighty medical jurisprudence, scientific determina- tion and the rights of the keeper of the offending roosters and the com- plaining neighbor puzzled the ju- diclal mind of Judge John P. Mc- Mahon in. the District of Columbia branch of Police Court today. Mrs. Ruth Riston, residing at 216 5th street southeast, complained in an information against Mrs. George Johnston of 214 5th street southeast, a next-door mneighbor, of Kkeeping two young roosters, which she said commenced ewery ~morning _along about 3 o'eclock to crow, to the an noyance of the entire neighborhood: that the crowing of the roosters had given her husband chronic insomnia. Evidence was offered to show that the roosters were both a neighbor- hood nuisance and not a nuisance. Mrs. Johnston offered in evidence a permit for the keeping of chickens, including roosters, from the health department. The information was de- fective in that the chickens are the property of George Johnston and not Mrs. Johnston, and the permit was issued to Mr. Johnston, it was brought out. Judge McMahon asked the question, “Would it be possible to use a silencer to keep the roosters quiet during the early morning sleeping hours? As- sistant Corporation Counsel Gillispie Walsh countered with the suggestjon that & “muffier” be used, explaining that there is such a thing as a muf- fler to prevent roosters from crowing —a broad leather strap fastened around the neck of the fowl. 3 The case was finally dismissed. about the near eastern troubles of Europe and is playing a prominent part in the sessions at Lausanne. The advantage of a five-power pact along (Continued on Page 2. Column 1.) Enlarged Rotogravure Section WITH TOMORROW” Star Wonderful photo- graphs superbly re- produced —a section of special interest to every reader, Tomorrow's Star