Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Rain or snow and warmer tonight, with lowest temperature about 30 degrees; tomorrow, rain and warmer; much cold- er at night. ended at 2 p.m. tod: 2:40 p.m. yesterday ‘Temperature for 24 hours Highest, 34, at lowest, am. today. Full report on page 1. 23, at 4:30 Closing N. Y. Stocks gd Bonds, Page 24 No. 28,714 PARLEY ADIOURNS | OVER RUHR ISSUE T0 AVERT BREAK Eight-Day Recess Taken by Premiers as Open Rup- ture Threatened. BRITISH WARN FRENCH " AGAINST OCCUPATION | U. S. May Be Asked to Cancel French Debt if England i Does Likewise. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 11.—The cOn- ference of allied premiers, called to arrange the basis for an allied financial and reparations confer- ence in Brussels, has broken down. It was announced at 6 o'clock evening that the premiers h taken adjournment until January After the conference adjourned Premier Poincare said: “It ix fin- ished.” The conference January 2 will be held in Paris, it was night. LONDON, December 11.—Adjourn- EIGHT CARDINALS nounced to- | ment of the premiers’ conference to- night for eight days, in order to avert an open rupture between Eng- land and France over the question of German reparations, has been virtu- ally decided upon, it was learned to- day. The British cabinet rejected the measures of force for the Ruhr dis trict upon which Premier Poincare|g insisted. Prime Minister Bonar Law | informed Premier Poincare that Brit ish public opinion was overwhelm ingly opposed to any military meas- | ures against Germany. | Poincare had made a demand for | the occupation of the Ruhr as a!} guarantee for a German moratorium. ; Hope to Mend Crisis. The conference probably will re- sume its session in eight days in Lon- don or Faris. Meanwhile, it is hoped | that some guarantees may be found | which will satisfy the French and at the same time make military action unnecessary. 1 It was stated in French circles that the imminent adjournment was mere- Iy a maneuver to prevent an open break among the allies, particulaly between, France and England, and that there was little likelihood of finding a_common basis of agreement between England and France. Tt was further pointed out that in: spite of Premier Poincare’s desire to co-operate with the new British gov- ernment, he has been forced, largely by the political situation at home, to demand the Ruhr as the price of any concession to Germany. 5 The meeting_of the _premiers, scheduled for this mnoom, Wwas post-| poned until 4 o'clock. It was expect- ed that in the meantime private in-| terciews would take place among the premiers in an eleventh-hour effort to save the conversations from What| seemed this morning to be inevitable! postponement. # i May Ask Debt Cancellation. 1t was stated in an authoritive American quarter that the chief hope | of bringing the British and French 1ogether during the period of ad- journmet, to which the conference now seems doomed. lies with the It was said by this| 2ngland probably will ask the American government if it is willing to cancel the French debt 10 the United States provided Eng- land in turn cancels the French debt to Great Britain and at the same time enters a definite agreement with the American government to ulti- mately pay the British debt to Am"'i 1ca. This suggestion was made inform- ally last night to a certain important | ‘American now in London and it will| probably be presented directly to Mr. Hughes, the American_Secretary of | (Continued on Page MRS HUCK FALS TOGET ON DISTRCT CONMITEE Woman House Member Named to | Civil Service Reform Body, However. Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck of II- linois, who had announced a desire for appointment on the House District committee, because it would give her! a better opportunity to fight for suf- | frage for the National Capital, failed | of her desire today, when a committee | on committees made appointment to| various House committees. Mrs. Huck was successful, however, in receiving { appointment to the committee on re- forms in the civil service, where she can be of direct benefit to the army of government employes, in whose cause she was deeply interested. She as also appointed to the woman's suffrage committee and the committee on expenditures in the Department of Commerce. ‘Representative Fred N. Zihlman ot | Maryland was appointed chairman of the committee on labor, to succeed the Jate Representative John I Nolan of | California. Representative Schall of Miunesota was made chairman of the committee o alcoholic liquor traffic. Representative Jeffers of Nebraska was made a member of the judiciary committee which is considering the proposed constitutional amendment to xive residents of the National Capital national representation. Representative McLafferty of Cali- fornia was appointed to the commit-} 4ee on mines. Representative Humphreys of Ne- Lraska was appointed to the commit- tee on irrigation of arid lands. Representative Thorpe of Nebraska was appointed to the committee on invalid pensions and to the committee { bon. on expenditures in the Deportment of Commerce. H Representative Fred N. ZihIman of Maryland today resigned as chairman of the committee on expenditures in the Post Office Department. Repre- #entative Glynn of Connecticut was made chairman to succeed Represen- tative Zihlman. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. Britons to Build Two Battleships Allowed by Pact By the Associated Press, LONDON, December 11.—Prime Min- ister Bonar Law announced in the house of commons today that the gov- ernment had decided to begin the con- struction of the two new battleships :n:h;v;-l under the Washington naval CREATED BY POPE Urges Re-Estabilshment of Peace and Order Through- out the World. i i BONZANO IS ELEVATED| Pontiff Praises Those Raised to Purple With Consent of | Sacred College. By the Associated Press. ROME, December 11.—Pope Pius XI} held his first secret consistory for the creation ot new cardinals to- day. He also de- livered an allocu- tion and recog- nized the appoint- ment of several archbishops al- ready nominated. The ceremony oc- curred in the hall of the consistory, in the presence of all the cardinals living in Rome. They were headed by Cardinal Vin- cenzo Vannutelli. The pontiff delivered an address in Latin describing and praising those whom he intended to raise to the purple, and ending with the tradi- tional formula, wherein the consent of the sacred college for the appoint- ment of new members of its body is requested, New Cardinals. The eight cardinals created today were: Mgr. Achille Locatelli, nuncio in Lis- Mgr. Bonzano, apostolic { Rapidly delegate’in Washington. Mgr. Henriguez Rey y Casanova, Archbishop of Toledo, Mgr. Alexis Charost, Archbishop of . Arthur Stanislaus Archbishop of Orleans. * Mgr. Eugenio Tosi, Archbishop of Milan. Mgr. Giuseppi Morl, secretary of the Congregation Council of Jesuits, and Rev. Father Franz Ehrle, formerly the Vatican librarian, Refers to Parleys. In his allocution Pope Pius referred to the conference at Genoa and similar meetings, asserting that he would re- iterate to the forthcoming Brussels con- ference his exhortation to the Genoa delegates to consider remedies for the sad_condition of many of the world's peoples. He said_that conferences such as the proposed Brussels meeting were useless and likely to cause bitter and dangerous disappointment unless the governments decided to temper justice with charity. He protested against the conditions in Palestine, where the large Catholic interests were not being sufficiently safeguarded; pointed to the need for continued help for Russia, in view of the distressing conditions there, and urged re-establishment of peace and order throughout the world. Attitude on Palestine. In regard to Palestine, he recalled the allocution of the late Pope Bene- dict in the consistory of June 13, 1921, which charged that the Jews were “taking advantage of the sufferings of the inhabitanis due to the war” and deplored “the privileged position enjoyed by the Jews in Palestine, which is dangerous for Christians.” Pope Pius added that he adopted this as his own protest and that he would carry out his predecessor’s intentions as expressed on that occasion, so that “in the settlement of the Holy Land the rights of the Catholics and all Christians may be safeguarded.” *“Also considering how great the rights of the Catholic Church are there,” he continued, “we cannot but wish these rights to be safeguarded, not only against the Jews and infi- dels, but also against the non-Catho- lics, to whatsoever sect or nation they may belong.” Announces Encyelical. The Pope voiced his happiness at welcoming the cardinals, who were assembled for the first time since his elevation. He also delivered a eulogy of his predecessor, declaring that Benedict XV had governed the church during an exceedingly stormy period “in such a2 manner as evoked not only the applause of the Catholics, but also the admiration of his adversarie: He announced his coming Christian encyclical, containing the program of his pontificate, which he summarized in_these words: “The peace of Christ is the kingdom of Chris Voices Anxiety for East. The Pope voiced his great anxiety for the pitiable condition into which the eastern peoples were thrown “by the recent catstrophes.” He recalled what the holy see had done in the way of alleviation, “though remedies ‘Touchet, DEMOCRATS MAY | TURN TO LIBERAL VIEWS OF WILSON Former President Expected to Lead Progressive Move in Own Party. MODIFIED DRY LAW LIKELY TO BE ISSUE Increasing Physical Strength Points to His Re- turn to Power. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Talk of a third party and “progres- 1 sive” blocs has hitherto been confined to its effect on the republican party a revolt inside that party, but there is every reason to believe the “pro- gressive” movement will soon break out in the ranks of the democratic party. ‘Woodrow Wilson's recent decision to take an active part In democratic politics, or, rather, his rapid physical recuperation, which has enabled his physicians to permit him to dig Into his correspondence and see callers, is significant of a change in the mood of passive silence which has charac- terized the democratic party during the recent outcry of the republican “progressives” for a new deal in pol- itics, Works Two Hours Daily. Mr. Wilson is not by any means the active man that he was when Presi- dent. Probably he never will be. {But he is physically stronger today than at any time since his collapse. He 1is capable of at least two hours of sustained work every day and he takes advantage of it to write many | letters and to see people. He has been seeing an average of one caller a day and some days he has many more. Most of them have been old friends. but some have brought him information on the political state of affairs. Every one has gone away with the impression that the mind of ‘Woodrow Wiison is as alert today as it was when he was In the presidency and that his reasoning powers are as clear as they were in the days of war-time chaos. ‘The former President naturally holds | close to his heart the international sit- | uation, but he is much too good a politi- cal diagnostician to ignore the wave of sentiment on domestic affairs which made itself manifest in the primaries and the elections this year. The demo- ocratic party, under his leaderahip, prided itself on the name “pi ive.” Mr. ‘Wilson won his ‘nomination at Balt- more in 1912 because he Was a progres- sive, and because the democrats felt that they, too, must offer a progressive to win the seemingly popular support that was attaching at that time Lo the bull moose movement. Must Be Progressive. 1f hisotry is repeating itself and if the progressive bloc of today is en- deavoring to capture control of the re- publican party now as it tried in 1910, amd falling In that helped to form a third party, then the democrats must chart a course which will put them in progressive channels, too. ‘Woodrow Wilson considers himself the leader of his party and the spokesman of the progressive ele- ments in democracy, which he feels have dominated in the last eight years. Certainly the Wilson forces— namely, a combination of Palmer and McAdoo men—were sufficlent to con- trol the last democratic convention when the platform was under discus- sion. And the democratic nominee, James M. Cox, promptly went to see Mr. Wilson and won his indorsement. So that the Wilson view may still be sald to be predominant in the demo- cratic party. Now here comes the most important question of all—prohibition. The former President knows what a part it plays in American politics and probably agrees with President Hard- ing’'s recent statement in his address to Congr no means been cast out of politics, but is playing a vital part in local elections. Assatled by Drys. Mr. Wilson, it will be recalled, vetoed the bill which would have extended wartime prohibition after the armistice, but the drys were able to pass it in Congress over his veto. He was bitterly assailed for this by the “dry” organizations. His record on the prohibition question has not been what the drys would like. He started out in New Jersey by insist- ing that it was a moral and not a political question and declared for local ‘option. He agreed to wartime prohibition, or rather the making of 2.76 beer, chlefly because of the need for conserving the ingredients which were used in the manufacture of beer. And when the San Francisco conven- tion of the democratic party was in session, there is a well defined story that Mr. Wilson sent a beer plank to that city despite Mr. known attitude on prohibition, and despite the feeling of so many demo- crats that the issue had better be and has been looked upon really as that the matter has by, Bryan's | ignored in the platform altogether. he plank was never offered on Mr. ‘Wilson's behalf. (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Since those days, Mr. Wilson has (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) “Candy Jag” Chocolates, Filled “Well, have one more chocolate be- fore we go home.” “Really, old man, I think I better not. That last one was 80 strong, and be- sides, 1 know my wife is waiting up for me, and Iast night I ate nearly a dozen, which almost made me take the pledge.” The above conversation resuited from a novel method of obtaining good, real, honest-to-goodness liquor that was brought to light today. France, for a long time excelling in the manufacture of fine liqueurs, lately has been bemoaning the fact of the ces- sation of her exports to this coun since the adoption of the eighteen amendment. Finally, her manufacturers devised a scheme to partially supply the demand of those in America who still remain a little bit thirsty. 1 = v P F Iready tediou: Now a Redlty as French With Liquor, Slip In _There has now arrived in the United States a large shipment of candy, a part of which shipment is in the nation’s capital, and is add- ing serious complications to the al- task of the prohibition enforcement authorities. This candy, packed unsuspiciously in a small white box, contains thirty pleces of chocolate, each piece carefully wrap- ped in silver foil. Inside of each chocolate is a light hard sugar coat- ing which in turn covers about a teaspoonful of choice French liqueur. Each box is sald to contain about half a pint of the forbidden spirits, and is made in five varieties. The box retails for $2.50, but, according to the agents in Washington for the candy, the demand {s far excelling e present supply. Each box con- an ins assortment of anfsette, brandy, vermouth and benedictine. ‘Who said “There is nothing new under the sun?’ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION -\’VASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 M PATIENTLY TING T0 @he Fpening > SEE IF ANV A7 ONE HERE 7= ) CAN ADWANCE: BANK EX-OFFICIAL 1S SHORT $22.500 Alexandria National Accuses J. Lawrence Perry, For- mer Vice President. BOND COVERS $15,000 Balance of Shortage Will Be Made Up From Surplus and Profits. From a Sta® Correspondent. ALEXANDRIA, Va.,, December 11.— A shortage of $22,500 in the account of a former officer of the Alexandria National Bank was anpounced offi. clally today by President C. E. Nicol after a meeting of the board of direc- tors in the bank this morning. The official statement says: “The board of directors of the Alex- andria National Bank states to the public that rumors concerning the Alexandria Natlonal have been brought to their attention, concern- ing an alleged shortage on the part of J. Lawrence Perry, a former em- ploye of said bank. In this connec- tion that the alleged shortage on the part of said J. Lawrence Perry amounts to $22,500. This allegéd shortage Is covered by bond of U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company for $15,000, that in no event can there be a loss on the part of the Alexandria Na- tional Bank of over $7,500, which, in{ the event it should finally prove to be a loss, would be paid out of the surplus and undivided profits of the Alexandria National Bank.” The statement is signed: “The Board of Directors of the Alexandria National Bank, C. E. Nicol, Presi- dent.” Was Vice President. Perry was a vice president of the bank until November 29. He had been connected with it since it was organ- ized in 1904. At the time of his sep- aration from the bank he was in charge of the savings department there. A special meeting of a quorum of the board of directors was held this morning to determine finally upon what future actlon to take in the case. With the directors met a bank ex- aminer from the Treasury Depart- ment and a representative of the bonding company. No prosecution has yet been attempted. Possibilities for the restoration of the funds concerned in the shortage, according to officials of the bank, thus far have forestalled prosecutions. tomorrow or the next day President Nicol in a statement to The Star made it emphatically plain that the shortage would in no wise affect solvency of the bank. He de- clared that at present the surplus and undivided profits of the bank amounted to $25,000, which could be used in itself to cover the entire loss if necessary. Cashier Dudley said the loss could be cleared up with only six months’ earnings of the company. President Nicol also declared the suspect had confessed to his alleged shortage, but that nothing had been uncovered to indicate the cause of the act. Member of Leading Family. Perry is connected with some of the leading families in Alexandria and its vicinity. Within the second degree of kinship with him, it is said, are per- sons who have property and funds valued at more than $1,000,000. Perry hmself always has held a remarkably high place in the estimation of Alex- andria residents. His general reputation showed noj bad habits and the discovery that an alleged shortage was listed against his name brought a decided shock to many of his fellow residents. 'Officials of the bank said future ac- tion would be planned not only from the viewpoint of bank directors, but 2180 with the advice of officials of the Treasury Department and of the onding company. p PO eident Nicol expressed the view that the manner in which the funds are said to have been taken was by & 11 known method of crediting de- | ;’:-lu on the books of depositors, but ! iling to make record of the de- l]::)l‘;:l‘ ogl the books of the bank. Beyond making this statement, he would say nothing. Mr, Perry, at his home in Braddock, Va., told a reporter for The Star that had no statement to make. _Albert lfi?ynn, an attorney of North Fairfax, | Va., i8 in charge of his affairs, he} said. MANCHURIA INVADED. By the Assoclated Press. VLADIVOSTOK, December 7.—Armed Russians have crossed the Man- churian frontier at Aliauor and at- tempted to capture the Chinese coal mines, according to a report received here today. They attacked a garrison of Changsolin troops, who, with rein- forcements, repulsed the Russians. ONE SOUND .~ OBIECTION ¢ }its imperfections this new F i from the latter. the board of directors states| 80 | Definite _development along this line, however, is expected | RESPONSIBILITY FOR FREE EUROPE. Georges Clemenceau. [Copurisht. 1922, United States, Great Britain. Canada and New York World (Press Publishing Company) and North A Tiance. ~ All rights reacrved. Unlicensed prohibited.] The victory of 1918 was not on rope 1, 1922 -THIRTY-TWO PAGES. Star. = * |Wife and Slayer | Of Her Husband By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 11.—Frederick Bywaters and Mrs. Edith Thompson were found gullty ot the murder of Mrs. Thompson's husband, Percy Thompson, by a jury in Old Bailey to- day and both were immediately after- ward sentenced to death. Bywaters is alleged to have stabbed Thompson while the latter was es- er. The defendant claimed self-defense, but the prosecution has produced a mass of correspondence between Mrs. // Sunday’s Ci Sentenced to Diel Thompgon and himself in an effort to gro\'e that they planned the mur- er. Seats in the old Balley were at a premium, and several persons among the hundreds waiting in line offered as much as £5 for favorable places. The court could accommodate less ,mrnnc his wife home from the thea- than fifty spectators. of the unemployed took advantage of the interest in the trial by selling their places in the line. '4,457 DRY ARRESTS i HERE IN 21 MONTHS | Many = = Sullivan Submits Report Cov- ering Activities of Oyster’s Tenure Since March, 1921. 1,967 VIOLATIONS PENDING | Close to 35,000 Gallons of Liquor Are Confiscated as Result of Raids. South America by | w Kewspaper AL M} reproduction in full or in part ezpressly The Washington police department | has made 4,467 arrests for violations of the liquor laws since Commissioner , Oyster took office in March, 1921, ac- cording to a report submitted to the Commissioner today by Maj. Sullivan. Of that number the courts have dis- ly a reply to German aggression; it created a European order responding to national aspirations, and despite constitutes an improvement on the { old regime. France, by its historic effort, contributed in a large measure | toward the creation of this new order. To protect it she has certain duties to fulfill and certain responsibilities to act up to. The formation of modern Europe was marked by a struggle between the forces of domination and the forces of liberty. Nationalities, barely constituted, found themselves at grips with the former and sought support In 1914, from one peoples bowed to an authority they bent beneath the German yoke, but end of the continent to the other, did not accept. Alsace and Lorraine kept their French soul. The Danes posed of 2,500, or more than half of the cases, leaving 1967 violations pending. In making these arrests the police from high-class whisky of pre-Vol- stead days to the crudest of bootleg mixtures. Not Criticizing Prosecutor. Commissioner Oyster declared that of Schleswig were Prussians by force. The Poles lived in three particles | i, making public this record of police under three foreign nations, Austria, Prussia_and Russia. The czar’s | gcrivities it was not his thought to empire, in addition, imposed itseli upon the Finns, the Letts and the ize th ttorney’s of- Lithuanians. The Turks held under their control the Greeks, the Serbs, fi:lel,‘cb?: to eleglt';t‘:c;or;m:;ltyy know the Rumanians, the Armenians. Austria-Hungary inflicted the supremacy |that the police of a few million Germans on the Italians of the Treusino and Trieste. | effort to have exerted every make Washington as dry as in the count On the Czechs of Bohemia they imposed a like domination; also on the ‘n-x'i:“gommhdoner believes this rec- Rumanians of Transylvania, on the Poles of Galicia and on the Slavs|ord will show that the p of Croatia and Daematia. People have forgotten=too quickly what suffer- ing and injustice this former map transformed, late in the day, by our v _of Europe implied—and which we ictory. (Countinued on Page 9, Column 2.) GOLD WAVE HEADED TOWARD DISTRICT Sweeping From West, Is Ex- pected to Make Itself Felt by Wednesday. The coldest weather of the winter to date is headed this way, according to the weather bureau. It is not going to get colder stead- fly, but will get warmer tonight, with probable snow or rain resulting. Freezing temperature will arrive in the wee sma’ hours, Tomorrow morning will not seem very cold, either—but don't forget your overcoat, warns the weather man. By tomorrow night the ther- mometers will go down to a degree that the bureau was unwilling to pre- dict today. Cold on Wednesday. Wednesday morning will be mighty cold, though, unless fickle nature throws a monkey wrench into the weather works. Early today the offi- cial tube at the weather bureau showed 22 degrees, rising thereafter until 33 degrees was registered at noon. The cold weather will continue Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, at least, according to the experts. After that, no telling what will happen. The weather is the original “up-and- down” proposition—no sooner does it get cold than it warms up agafn, and when it warms up it surely will get cold again. Encouraged by Success in early akirmishes in the far west and north- ern states, winter was mobilizing its forces in the frozen areas of the northwest today for an advance ex- pected to extend over practically the entire nation by tomorrow night or Wednesday morning. Snow Barrage Expected. Accompanied by temperatures lower than recorded so far this season, the cold wave, now centered in Montana and western Canada, is expected by ! the weather bureau to spread east- ward and southward over the plains, states and great central valleys dur- ing the next thirty-six hours. A bar- rage of snow will precede Jack Frost's advance. Snow is falling now in the Rocky mountain region. A temperature of 24 degrees be- low zero prevails at Havre, Mont,, the forem point” in the advance of winter’s offensive in the United States. At Calgary, Alberta, 28 de- grees below zero is reported, ‘while 26 degrees below is the temperature at Edmonton, Alberta. An encircling movement is indicated by a tempera- ture of 8 degrees beiow zero at Northfield, Vt, and weather bureau officials say it is likely the cold wave will sweep on down the east coast from the northeast. This is the first real winter weather felt in the central eastern states, where unusually warm weather for this season of the year has prevailed for the past few weeks as a resuit of strong gulf winds. ° ILINE UP FOR FIGHT ON SUNDAY SINGS Community Music Associa- tion Meets Tomorrow on Church Protest. The Comraunity Music Association will meet tomorrow to comsider the protests against the Sunday night concerts being held in the Central High School Auditorium. referred to it by the board of education, and a bitter fight will formally be opened between those factions opposing and approving the so-called “commnuity sings.” Lines were drawn tightly to- day by those factions concerned in the impending battle, which will find on the firing line business men, cler- gymen and school authorities. ‘William Knowles Cooper, secretary of the Y. M. C. A. and chairman of the community association, returned to Washington today from Oklahoma and immedlately began preparations for the defense of the community con- certs. Meantime, the opponents, com- posed principally of ministers and Teligious workers, are assembling thejr weapons for the impending fight. The quiet movement which has been under_way for several weeks to close the Central auditorium on Sunday nights _to the community _concerts (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Dog pile of charred wood and twisted bed frames, Bruno, through whose sturdy veins flows the blood of probably all the varied species of dogdom, today howls a lonesome requiem for the souls of his little master and mistres: terday afternoon they were burned to death'in the bit of a shack that once was their home. Samuel and Charity, seven and three years old respectively, were the chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. James Dorsey, a colored couple living on River road, Bethesda, Md. While they were tak- ing their afterncon nap yesterday afternoon some unknown cause set fire to their diminutive cabin and be- fore help could reach them they had been wrapped in-a blanket of fiames. All Bora ia Same Room. Bruno and Samuel were born the same day and in the same room, ac- cording to old residents. Charity came later, but she immediately was made a welcome member of their fra- ternity. Inseparable during their short life, Bruno refused to be com- forted yesterday when he returned from a romp and found his home gone and his playmates dead. Throughout the night. after sorrow- ing” neighbors had returned home to —Samuel and Charity Dorsey. Yes-; rohibition de- partment of the federal government re- ceives as much, If not more, co-opera- tion from the police of Washington, as it recelves anywhere. This total of 4,467 arrests in twenty months is equiva- lent to approximately 225 arrests per ‘month. Record of Confiscations. Here is the record of wet goods con- fiscated since March, 1921: Whisks, 8,233 gallons; gin. 358 gallons; alcohol, 1,495 gallons; cider, 1,029 gallons; champagne, gallons: ~ wine, 3,494 gallons : home brew. 687 gallons; cog- alcoholic beverages, 23 cs, 870 gallons; brandy, 10 gallons; extracts, 14,592 bottles; beer, 1,504 bottles, and mast. 10,963 gal- lone; The department has taken in a col- lection of 130 stills, 79 automobiles, 4 wagons, 4 bicycles and 2 boats used in alleged violation of the liquor law. When Maj. Sullivan submitted his previous report on August 20 there were 1,607 liquor cases awaiting pros- ecution. Since that time 307 of those cases have been disposed of, leaving 1.200 pending. From August 20 to date the depart- ment has made 1,145 new arrests for violatlons of the prohibition law, of which 378 have been disposed of, lleaving 767 pending. GORDON PROUD OF RECORD. ac, 160 gallons; ‘gallons’ toni confiscated close to 335,000 gallons of alcoholic concoctions of every variety, n: 3 ! United States Attorney Gordon is proud of the record established by his assistants in the Police Court in the disposition of cases involving violation of the natonal prohibtion la He stated today that 442 con- viciions had been secured within the past five months out of the total of 556 cases, During the five months’ period a re- port to Maj. Gordon by Assistant| TUnited States Attorney Kelly shows: 610 violations of the Volstead act were reported to the Police Court. Jury trials were demanded in 43 cases, and in every one a conviction was secured. There were 408 cases tried by the judge, and only 9 of these were acquitted. It was neces- sary to nolle pros 23 cases, and 92 were dropped for want of prosecution. There remain 263 cases pending, in all of which jury trials have been de- manded. Mourns Child Playmates Who Lost Their Lives in Fire Crouching in misery before a pitiful | try and forget the awful ordeal of the afternoon, Bruno sat in the midst of the ruins. There, nose pointed high and forgetful of the biting cold, he sang his chilling requiem. Daybreak found him in the same spot and all efforts to coax him from the scene have failed. In his grief he refuses both food and sympathy, squatting shivering near the place where his master and mistress died. The fire is a mystery. Mrs. Dorsey had put her children to bed for a nap yesterday afternoon and gone to visit her grandmother, several blocks away. No one noticed the flames un- til they burst from the roof and by the time assistance arrived the little one-story shanty was sheathed in flames. Home Buras to Ground. Hope of rescue was gone, but Mrs. Dorsey, attracted by the fire, had to be restrained with force from dash- ing into the inferno for her babies. Number twenty engine company re- ceived special instructions to cross the Maryland line and do what ig could to help. accomplish, however, was to keep streams of water on nearby homes to prevent the flames spreading. After cooling the ruins of the Dorsey home they found the bod of the children beneath the twisted rema! of their bed. They probably had been mercifully smothered before the fire reached them. All the firemen could | Net Circulation, 89530 rculation, 95,433 TWO CENTS. SHP BILL FIGHT OPENS IN SENATE AS FOES LINE P Bitter Partisan Struggle Be- gins When Administration Measure Is Called. POINT OF ORDER RAISED OVER CALENDAR MONDAY Senator Jones Concedes Right and Postpones Introduction Until Later On. The fight to put through the admin- istration merchant marine government aid bill was launched in the Senate today. Almost immediately after the Senate met. Senator Jones of Washing- ton, chairman of the commerce com- mittee and in charge of the shipping bill, asked to havethe bill taken up. Furthermore, he announced his Inten- tion of moving a recess of the Senate until 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. an hour earlier than the usual time for convening, when the time comes for the Senate to halt its business this evening. At once the opponents of the ship- ping bill became active. Senator Norris of Nebraska called attention that hear- ings before the committee on agricul- ture, of which he is chairman, on_the agricultural situation, were under way. and that it would be ‘impossible to hold those hearings if the Senate was in session in the morning. Senator Fletcher of Florida and Senator Pomerene of Ohio also called attention that hearings before the Senate banking and currency com- mittee on farm credits were getting under way. Senator Jones replied that he would ask the Senate to re- cess until noon tomorrow instead of 11 o'clock. He did not say, however. that he would not insist upon an earlier meeting hour later on. Assafled by Robinson. Senator Robinson of Arkansas as- sailed the shipping bill, declaring that it was unpopular with the people. He said that before the recent elections the bill had not been pressed because the republicans feared that if it were taken up they would lose the election. He said that as a matter of fact the shipping bill was a campaign issue and that more than fifty re- publican members of the House and Senate had been defeated on account of that issue. “Now it is proposed by the admin- istration to take advantage of the short session of Congress, which must end March 4, and pass this bill in virtual deflance of the public senti- ment in the United States. It is pro- posed to use whip £pur to get the bill through before March 4. For you know that it it is not passed be- fore the new Congress comes in, its fate is duly sealed.” Senator Robinson said this was not his idea of representative government. He said he presumed the supporters of the bill had the votes to take it up. not- withstanding the measure had failed to receive the approval of the people. Point of Order Raised. Consideration of the shipping bill was delayed for another hour or two by a point of order raised by Senator Fletcher of Florida, to the effect that this was calendar Monday and, under the rules of the Senate, it was necessary to give the first two hours to the con- sideration of the calendar. Senator Jones, in charge of the bill. conceded the right of the Senate to take up the calendar and postponed his motion to begin consideration of the shipping bill, planning to renew it later, when he himself will address the Senate in support of the shipping i1l The contest over the shipping bill promises to be hard fought. If the bill can be brought to a vote in the Senate before March 4, it is expected to pass. though probably by a nar- row margin. The opponents of the measure are expected to use pariia- mentary tactics as well as debate to delay the bill. Moves to Call BHIL With few bills on the calendar to which objection was not ralsed, the Senate seemed to have disposed of the calendar, and Senator Jones renewed his motion to take up the shipping bill. After the call of a quorum the ship- ping bill was taken up on a viva voce vote. Senator Jones then asked unani- mous consent that the Senate should recess at the close of business today until noon tomorrow. By this pro- cedure the “morning hour” would be done away with and additional time glven for consideration to the ship- ping bill. Senator Robinson objected and then Senator Jones put his re- quest in_the form of a motion and Senator Robinson addressed the Sen- ate in opposition to the motion. DECLARES WAR FRAUD PROOFS ARE MISSING Representative Knutson, republican, of Minnesota, charged in the House today that probably 85 per cent of the documents necessary in the inves- tigation of war frauds had .been re- moved from the files of the Depart- ment of Justice before the republican party took over the administration in March, 1921. The charge brought an immediate demand from Representative Byrns. democrat. of Tennessee, for the name of Mr. Knutson’s informant, which the latter declined to give. “I submit,” said Mr. Bryns, “that so serious a charge should not be made unless source of the information is given to Congress and to the coun- try. Mr. Knutson said a “high govern- ment official” had given him the in- formation in the presence of two other members of Congress, but that he did not feel at liberty to divuige his name. TAFT WILLING TO APPEAR IN DAUGHERTY INQUIRY Chief Justice Taft informed Chair- than Volstead of the House judiclary committee today that he would ap- pear before it at the hearing of the Keller impeachment charges . Attorney General Dapugherty if the committee shouid see fit to call him.