Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1922, Page 1

- 2 “From Press to Home ! Cloudy and ti d 1d tonight, " - lowest temperature about 22 degree Within the Hour” tomorrow unsettled. with slowly ris- ing temperature, probably snow or rain The Star’s carrier lystzmunmfluz city block and the regular edition is- delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 92,068 ‘Temperature for 24 hours ended at 2 ' p.m. today: Highest, 48, at 5:10 p.m. yesterduy: lowest. 22, at 7 a.m. today. | | “ WEATHER. | 1 Full report on page 13. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1922—FORTY-TWO PAGES. Z ! i TURKS REFRAGTORY B Planes Searching UVER AI.'.Y PI.AN TU | Crash in Texas AT ASOSTMNRTES firm declaration 1 of war upon the "0 t Hugo 2 . o CRLd b Ismet Believes to Yield Will Be Against Honor of Otto- man Domain. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 28,716. . TWO CENTS. PRESIDENTURGED TO SEEK NEW CUT - Entered as second-class mattor post office Washington, D. C. U.S. HOLDS ALLIED DEBT IS SEPARATE FROM REPARATION Concord Between This and Previous Administrations Believed to Prove Sentiment. No. Cuno Opens War On ““Obstructive Stinnes Group”’’ By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 13.—Chancel- lor Cuno, addressing the general im- 1 By the Associated Pre: l EL PASO, Tex. 1 Three of the five airplanes which | left San Antonio Tuesday morning | to search for the missing aviators, | Col. Marshall and Lieut. Webber. | arrived here yesterday afternoon. ‘r The other two planes crashed on | their way here, it was announced | ! i i INWORLDF'*VIES - December 13.— House Committee Wants Re- duction in Submarine and Airplane Building. today at headquarters of the 12th Observation Squadron. Lieut. W. C. Morris and Paul Everett of the 12th Observation Squadron, who arrived at Fort Bliss yesterday after searching for the lost aviators, declare that fiyers place credence in the report declared was do- ing its utmost to hamper the cabi- net in its attempt to solve the repa- rations problem, says a _dispatch AMERICA READY TO HELP CHILD URGES PREVENTIVE | WOULD REWRITE RULES that Col. Sy rom ertin: Marshats and Lieat. Webber_was day from Berlin. i arshall an Lleut. ebbez ey ANY CONSTRUCTIVE PLAN/ Insisuing tnat tois| - MOVE, NOT MERE RELIEF | meeshe ekt e OF ARMS.CONFERENCE - as other sections h 1 vhen i A N Thinks Amount France Claims| Chancellor Cuno. & O &f;;};‘:.- Soviet Delegation Quits Conference landed said Licut, Morris. it |Bill Suggests Negotiations Be Re- an airplane, because the. country in which the aviators helleve it feil is wooded in places, and in other places contains long stretches of | old, dark lava beds.” Fly Over Mexico. he task. Chancellor Cuno said: here IS no central force within | cconomic circles strong _enough to | take the leadership out of the hands of the government under any circum- stances. Only an_active policy of I probably will never be se !1,, opened With Four Foreign Powers. Should Be Based on Germany's Ability. When Dardanelles Question Is Taken Up. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. conatructive co-operation for the set. | Bs the Amsociated Press. i Ariz. December 13. i"»":e Assaiated Pross. i ! tlement of the excessively difficult| LAUSANNE, December 13.—Turkey Additional flights over Mexican reanest that Pres Hardinz Reparations from Germany and the |, ;plems facing us can bring us any | S > =) territory in the search for Col. | seek to broade LR = ! refused at today’s session of the mnear | O e { d n the scope of th #1:ount that European countries shall America on the war debts owed profit.” The dispatch adds that the slenifi- s ab- | €ance of the chancellors challenge this country will be treated as ab-| appop ‘he overlooked and that it will stely separate and distinct QUes- | b interesting to see what reply Herr jrrespendent today, sheds light on informal overtures for American | - Stinnes and his friends make. course which the United States ip in the solution of Europe’s lan-i “his important fact, revealed to this i iy i /~ernment will pursue In all formal | PUINBAR[ Tfl SEEK ~d problems. val limitation agfeement so as to lude a limitation on constructio: of smaller types of war 1s a on militaty and naval aireraft. is in- cluded in the annual naval bill. a- reported today by thc House appfu- o priations committee. Under the bill. as brought into ti House. the President would be o open negotiations with Great I ain, France, Ttaly and Japan for : cast conference to assign any special | part of Turkey as a national homel for the Armenians, Ismet Pasha de- clared this would mean a new m-’ tempt to dismember Turkey. | Ismet Pasha was irreconcilable on district southwest of Nogales. other points concerning the treat-| PRy S B ment of minoritles in Turkey. Be-' sides declaring Turkey would not set [ 7 | Armenian .national home he said she ' L. Webber, missing aviators, have been made’ by four airplanes from | Tucson. Ariz, which joined the ‘ Nogales squadron, Two trips were made into Mexico, one a general l reconnaissance, while the second | l involved a careful search of the aside an inch of Turkish soil for an there would be no sympathy any- where in the world for Turkey if the conference broke down on the ques- i resident Harding has let it be| FREE HAND IN PlAY would not accept the regulation of NOT SENATORIAL COURTESY. agreement which would limit fut: \wn that the movern ere is | 4 5 building of all surface and submer s At i the rights of minorities by an in- LR el Emrope but it any respon: | ternational commission in Constanti- q ] ble types of warcraft having a t- .ible statesman in KEurope has the | aopleiocielsewhere; 2 ‘J R | nage of 10.000 or le and on ¢ that America will remit or can- | Lord Curzon warned TIsme; that . apa"ese egent | ) e classes of army and navy aireraf L A H any part of the allied war debt In ange for some adjustment in Eu- »e wheTeby France agrees to ac t a lower sum from Germany, or eby tireat Britain agrees to can- Smaller Types Not Limited. In its report the committee po: out that the arms conference did IlIl With Measles; tion of the treatment of minorities. After a long and unsatisfactory dis- FOR REPARATIONS n of the French debt to| cussion the entite question of minori- limit the number of types of sn French Premier Expected to Ask Full Power in Dealing With Germany. such an impression is en- | ¥ wrong. Ready to Use Influence. | America stands Teady to use her| influence in whatever way seems best. | but certain fundamentals mast be un- | derstood at the outset. The view here | may be summed up as follow: |iBxitue AssociatedEresa. : First the amount of money Ger-| PARIS. December 13.—The French any can. pay France is a question of | “ablnet this morning approved the at- cts and figures, Nobody is suggest- | titude taken on the reparations ques- ing—and least of all. the United States | t10n by Premicr Poincare at the re- | ties was referred to a subcommission. No Place for Armenians. In his declaration regarding the i Armenians Ismet said there was not a bit of territory in Turkey proper {or in its provinces or in Gilicia which | did not contain a Turkish majority and no territory tached in any way from the father- land for the Armenians. Ismet declared that if the Greeks and Armenians were unhappy it was which could be de- | SAYSHELLRETURN, No Com, BUTONLY AS GHOST TOKIO, Decem- ber 13.—Hirohito. the prince regent. s seriously ili ! wish measles. At noon today his temperature was 104.9, his pulse 108. This bhowever, the As- sociated Press was informed that Self-Imposed Mission Over, ¢ Tiger Declares U. S. Must | evening. | ~ REORGANIZATION 1Plan Submitted to President ; May Be Urged by Him ! No Complications% RE[:[]MMENI]EI] |N | UPUN_I]_AU_GHERW, Raiston, Keller’s Counsel in Impeachment Case, Engag- ed by Federation. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, frank- ¥ told the House judiciary committee --that Germany shall pay less than her «capacity to pa Second, n if France and Great | Tritain didn't owe the United States! 2 cent and asked for American advice 11 solving the reparation tangle. the ad- vice would he the same. namely, that ile Germans should pay to_the limit of their capacity. and that is a ques- : 1ion of fact to be determined. i Third. the American government ; “inder the preceding administration of | resident Wilson expressed through Secretaries of the Treasury Houston | d_Glass. the view that the capacity Germany to pay was separate and | «istinct from the question of allled | debtedness to the United States. | very effort to tle up these two ques- < has been resisted by American | officials in the last three years. and the , s.vesent administration will continue to | do the same, placing American policy on an abso'utely consistent basis. The fact that the two administrations agree | so entirely is offered as convincing ; oof that American sentiment is not | divided. | Not fn President's Power. i Fourth. the European powers who; are thinking of asking America to! make some reduction on allied In-| btedness—if, indeed, the press re- | ports reflect such a purpose on the ' vart of the European governments— | wust bear in mind that the adjust-. ment of the allied debt is not within | +he realm of the executive here any snore, but Is in the hands of Con- zress, which body delegated to the: nding commission certain powers negotiation, but with certain Jimits which make it impossible to reduce the allied debt without bring- ing the matter before Congress in the | rm of a treaty requiring a two- irds vote of the Senate. Whether American sentiment some day will favor cancellation or reduc. tion of the debt is an open question— i 2d anybedy can have his own pre- ion as to what the situation will - —but as for any agreement belng -hed to reduce the allied debt be- | -ere January 2, when the premiers \eet again. the thought is wholly out- | #ide the range of possibility. | Started at Wrong End. Fifth. The European governments | & re starting at thg wrong end of the <ilemma if they think a reduction of | illied debt to the United will help them. What is most desired here is 1hat the European governments fix +heir attention on Germany's capacity ‘o pay, and when once that is fixed 1here will be no more controversy. Pcople-here cannot understand the | suggestion that France should agree to a lesser payment from Germany. for | is would be giving up on the part of | France of something she could never llect or hope to get anyhow. If | rance were to get everything Ger-; any actually able to pay. the T'nited States government believes 1hat is all she can ask or expect. If' this government takes any part in ha discussion it will be to point that out and get an agreement on that one fundamental. After tuat it will Le time enough to determine what Is | the capacity of France to pay her! «ebts to Great Britain or to America ! 2nd possibly the American people will wish to consider the whole situation (Continued on Page 2, Column 5 | —_— 3 MRS. KUEHLING SEEKS TO DIVORCE CONVICT | Former Washington Girl, Shot by Her Husbanr, Now Asks i Freedom. Kpecial Dispatch to The Star. { after hearing M. Polncare’s report of : because they had put themselves In cent Tondon conference of Premiers. | (SRS STcY Bad DUC themecives fn this attitude has received support from other countries. Ismet Pasha and his assoclates are fearful that international regulations the meeting. It also expressed agrce- ment with him regarding the declara- tions to be made in the chamber of | wil] be imposed upon Turkey which deputies on Friday, when it is ex- ! will oblige her to protect foreign pected the government will be called | Sa','"'!&h living within her borders and i o anle 0 i Tt e cion. elleve that such conditions would Premier Poincare, it is forecast, will ask the chamber for a free hand in| the reparations negotiations with the allles and for like freedom Tegarding the seizure of such pledges as are|When Ismet declared that Turkey could not allow the league of nations permitted under the treaty of Ver-| %o look after the affas e affairs of - sailles if o settlement is not reached! ities. the minor. by negotiation before the next in-| stallment of Germany's debt s due on | January 16. ereignty and a slight to her honor. Ismet Pasha has never been so aggressive as {n his attitude on this issue, which in the session vesterday challenged the attention of the world, Tsmet Assalls Agitators. The Turkish statesman contends that the Armenians in Turkey would | be perfectly happy if agitators in To Quit Press Campaign. | other countries would only let them lone and if they would Keep out of The premier told his colleagues of | pojitics. Irmet made it clear that Tuv the cabinet that he had brought back ; key always would be a heven for non- from London the assurance that the ;1':;;3!2“5'1::;5':@?lhe(h)atv»d them- 2 : : L cribed to Ottoman laws differences between France and Great!anq jdeals. He also asserted that the Britain in the execution of the treaty | Greeks {n Constantinople would be of Versailles would henceforth be ! ailowed to remain there if they were discussed in an amicable spirit, un-| g0t 2 quik, % 81000 accompanied by press campaigns| It is estimated that only about 50.- against either country, and that a|000 of the 400,000 Greeks in Con- final disagreement would not menace | Stantinople have retained their Greek S e | citizenship, and it is hoped here that Considerable satisfaction was mani- | ony, which i$ 8o useful In the coms that the Balfour note on interallied | allowed to remain. war debts had been disregarded by the new British government in the|the minority question is negotiations, thus Giving hope of the | to the allies. The powers oo inE reopening of the way for a joint set-)to see Some definite understanding on tlement of the debts and reparations this troublesome question formulated questions. at the Lausanne conference, so that, The premier made it clear to In-ias Ambassador Child sald yesterday. terviewers last night that he would | the populations and races which sre speak either spontaneously in the now living in fear may feel the prec chamber or in reply to interpellations | ence of protective guarantees for il on “the fresh postponement of thefyuture safety. occupation of the Ruhr,” of which G Leon Daudet and others have given Urges Prevention. notice. Ambassador Child, in his address on “I never said I thought of occupy- | ing_the Rubr, or taking such secur- | ity,” the premier told his questioner. the minorities question said that the representatives of the United Stat believed that the ends nght “I do not, know exactly which we ! 0F0CVED 10 be sought would choose. If we did, we should | Wr€, “Prevention, rather than mere be very careful not to cry it from |rellef. and guarantees of safety for minorities, rather than mere succor to their misery, and permanence of joint action, rather than mere spas- modic_separate activity.” - “In this purpos: he continued, “the people of my country. though far re- the housetops. No Time for Threats. “This, however, s certain, whatever action we decide on will not involve the calling up of a single man. What | moved by distance, have a profound is no less certain is that the time for | interest, and will continue to stand o' | ready in’ their contribution, threats without acts has passed. We! “The American _representatives,™ {Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) continued Ambassador Child, “intend —_———————— i to hold aloof from affairs not our own, but humanitarian interest is as i much our right and duty as it is the right and duty of every nation. We claim no particular right to be heard | upon the subjects of refugees, the protection of populations and the finding of homes for those who are dslodged; instead of doing so we as- larly those represented at this table, | have an equal interest and an equal . { duty. . Indignant Countrymen Want State | *“The representatives of the Usited States believe that the ends to be Department to Take Strongest |sought are prevention. rather than iere relief, and guarantees of safety Action Possible. | for minoritics, rather than mere suc- cor to their misery. and permanence of Joint action, rather than mere spas- pose the people of my country, though far removed by distance, have a pro- found interest, and will continue to stand ready with their contributions. “The people of my country ask no return for this expenditure, unless it be assurance that this conference to (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) BY WILLIAM R. GILES. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. PEKING, December 13.—Americans here are urgently hoping that the State Department will take the strongest action possible in the shoot- ing last Monday near Kalgan, province of Chihli, of Charles L. Colt- man, American business man, by a squad of soldlers. Coltman and another American Prince Hirohito's today that the executive committee of | vessels under the 10,000-ton 1i tion, and that information had r j€d Congress “that already large {grams are p 1 of ve Ixhe maximum size permitted Ithe agreement, and that ne ! larger types of subsurface cr: begun to put in an appearance.” “In other words” the report - { tinued, “competition is pn aga ]lhe single direction to which the ratified agreement does not ext {be an infringement on Turkish sov- | iborn in that city and If they would | the great majority of the Greek col- | The determined Turkish stand on| Decide Where Duty Lies. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK. December 13—His | speaking mission ended, Georges Cle- { menceau, war-time prem’er of France, sailed for home on the steamship Paris today, declaring he would re- { turn again. “but only as a ghost.” | The aged statesman, who closed his | strenuous tour with a short speech i before the American committee for devastated France last night, ap- peared in fine health and rare good humor as he took his place on the up- | per deck to watch New York vanish { behind him. | Just before the Paris cast off the | Tiger kissed Mrs. Charles Dana Gib- ison on both cheeks, laughingly en- Jjoining her not to “dare to tell her | husband.” Mr. and Mrs. Gibson were | Clemenceau's hosts during his stay ! here 1ast month. Walks Three Miles. | Others at the pier to see him off in- | cluded Jules J. Jusserand, the French {ambassador to America, and Mrs. { Jusserand; Gaston Liebert, the French consul here; Col. E. M. House, who ar- { fested in official circles over the fact merclal life of the capital, will be|ranged the Tiger's American speaking {tour, and Bernard M. Baruch. | Clemenceau, who spent last night on !the Paris. was up at 4 o'clock this | morning and after a breakfast of | grapefruit, ham, eggs and coffee—the ifirst coffee. it was said, that he had { taken fn many months—took a prome- i nade of about three miles about the Gecks of the steamer. i His constitutional over, he spent the | rest of the time before the sailing of | the Paris. shortly before moon, in | chatting with friends who had come | to sec him off. ! Covered 5,005 Miles. { The elghty-one-year-old statesman iarrived in the United States on No- vember 18 for his extraordinary speaking tour. During his stay of a Jittle more than three weeks he traveled 5,005 miles in a private car, visited nearly a dozen cities and towns in the east and middle wést, and delivered sixteen addresses, long and short, in an effort to convince the nation that it ought to resume an ac- | tive participation in European af- airs. | T35 declined vesterday to say how much he believed he had accomplish- d. but declared he had been recelved “more warmly than I had expected and that “he hoped” much good might come out of his tour. Replies to Wilson. The Tiger's farewell message to Amer- fca was given in the form of two tele- ams—one to Woodrow Wilson, and | Ehe to Otto Kahn, banker, in answer | 0o farewell messages which were typical of thousands received at the last minute. The messages exchanged betwecn former President Wilson and Clemen- ceau follow : “Georges Clemenceau: «Allow me to b4 you an affectionate farewell and to congratulate you on the admiration you have won from our people. All good fortune attended ou Y2 Woodrow Wilson. Clemenceau’ Clemenceau replied: “I cannot but be most grateful for the kind message you were good Reply. e All your efforts for the best, 5:“;3 ‘did not spare in my country. Those are the principles of the French people, and may be summed | illness was fol- lowing the usual course of measles, and that there were no complica- tions. The prince regent is twenty- one years old. D.C. PSTOL TOTNG | BILLIS REPORTED Prison Sentence Provided for Persons- Carrying Arms | Without a Permit. E PRINCE HIROHITO. A drastic pistol-toting bill for the District of Columbia, introduced by Senator Capper of Kansas, was re- ported favorably to the Senate today by the Senate District committee. It now goes on the calendar. Every effort will be made to get the bill enacted into law at the pres- ent session of Congress. strongly recommended as a check upon crime by the District Commis- sioners and by the superintendent of police. Only one vote was cast against a report on the measure—by Senator Stanley of Kentucky, who did not approve of some of {ts pro- visions. During the discussion of the bill in committee, Senator Stanley took oc- | casion to criticize severely the third- degree methods adopted by the police, it is charged here and elsewhere. Prison Penalty Provided He declared that they were a stain upon clvilization and government. Several times, he sald, he had thought of iIntroducing a bill to pr hibit the use of the third degree by the police Stanley was led to make the charge against the police when he was told by Senator Bayard of Delaware that one of the provisions in the bill had been recommended by the police. ‘The pistol-toting bill was amended, according to recommendations made by a subcommittee consisting of Senators Capper, Jones of Washing- | ton and Bayard. As amended, it pro- vides that if any one in the District commits or attempts to commit a crime when armed with a pistol or revolver, and having no permit to carry the same, in addition to the | punishment provided for the crime he shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years. It is provided that no person shall 1carry in the District a pistol or re- | volver concealed in any vehicle or upon his person, except in his dwell- i1 ing house or place of business, with- out a license. A pistol or revolver is defined as meaning any firearm with a barrel less than twelve inches in jlength. Violations of this section lsha‘l be punished by imprisonment of not less than one vear. Exceptions are made in the case of marshals, po- licemen, members of the Army, Navy, enough to send me. Your feelings are ! Marine Corps and the National Guard ! when on duty, etc. Licenses to carry pistols or revolv- ers may be issued by the superintand- ent of police, for not more than one {year, upon application of a bona fide It has been | in the District of Columbia. Senutori | merchant had started from Kalgan | sert that other nations, and particu- modic_separate activity. In this pur- | Chile Expects General Participation up in these words—justice and peace D N R ese. France's principles, as | resident of the “District or of the United States, if it appears that the ! in Message. i Consolidation of the War and Na: departments into a department of na- tional defense, designed to function 4und0r a cabinet member with assist- { ants in charge of the Army and Navy, |respecitvely. has been dennitely recommended tq_ President Harding by Waiter ¥. Brown, head of the com- | misston appointed to prepare a plan of governmental reorganisation. The President is giving serious con- sideration to this and other recom- mendations submitted by Mr. Brown and may lay them before Congress within a week or two, accompanied by a special message expressing the opinion of the administration on each of the changes suggested. ‘ Full Scope Not Revealed. The full scope of the reorganiza- tion plans has not been revealed, but | 11t is known to provide for a long list of changes in the present augnmem; 1 of the various government depart-' {ments and bureaus. In connection with his message to Congress, the President is expected, among other | things, to renew his recommenda- tion for creation of a new depart-| ment of public welfare. The War Department would be one of the governmental divisions most affected by the proposed reorganiza- tion, but Secretary Weeks declined today to comment on the recommen- idation for the consolidation of the ) War and Navy departments, adding | that in view of the position he holds I his opinion might not be correctly understood. He Approves Changes. ! The War Secretary, however, said| he entirely approved that part of Mr. Brown's plan which recommended divorce from the War Department of certain duties it has conducted here- tofore, but which have no relation to national defense. Secretary Weeks believed, however, | that the Army engineers should re- | main in charge of the nation’s river and harbor improvement and main- tenance because no other agency, in his_opinion. could improve the work | now being done in that fleld. i President Harding is to_confer this | afternoon at the White House with Mr. Brown. This conference follows | | one with the President yesterday, and | it is expected to be followed up by another one tomorrow. The finishing touches are expected | to be placed by these conferences upon | the plan worked out by the committee | to be organized in the administrative | branch of the government. ¢ Plans Not Complete. i Mr. Brown declared the plans have | not yvet been completely worked out, | but were rapidly being given the final | touches at the conferences which | President Harding is holding, and had held, with various cabinet members. Mr. Brown said he and his com-| |mittee members were reasonably in {accord on the proposals thus far worked out, and said that the mem- bership of his committee included imen of forceful character and repre- | sented both political parties. The question of reorganization of | the forestry service has not been set- tled, Wr. Brown said. He favored, however, dividing the service into two parts, one to remain under the ;Department of Agriculture and the | beginning | the federation had authorized the em- piloyment of counsel to assist Repre- sentative Keller, republican, Minne- sota. in prosecuting impeachment proceedings against Attorney Generai Daugherty. Mr. Gompers' statement was madc in the course of cross-examination by Paul Howland of Cleveland, personal counsel for Mr. Daugherty. He em- phatically denied that he had firsi been removed by the stopping of wo suggested the impeachment proceed- ings, declaring that he had not known of the introduction of the Keller reso- lution in the House until he read about it in the newspapers. Nays Ralston Represents A. F. I. “Does Mr. Ralston (Jackson H. Ral- ston. appearing as counsel for Mr. Keller) represent the American Fed- cration of Labor?” asked Mr. How- land. “He does,” was the reply. “When was he first employed™” “The executive council met on November 14—last month—and during our week's ses- sion the question of the impeach- ment resolution was discussed, par-. ticularly in two phases” “I don't care about the phases; I want the time.” interrupted Mr. How- land. “I am trying to fix the date as best 1 can,” retorted Mr. Gompers. “By direction of the executive committee | 1 communicated with Mr. Ralston and asked him to represent the American ; Federation of Labor in two phases.” Protested Naming of Burns. At the outset of his testimony Mr. | Gompers, called as a witness for the prosecution. told of his visit to Mr. Daugherty in July, 1921, at the lat- ter’s invitation, at which the appoint- ment of W. J. Burns as chief of the bureau of investigation of the De- partment of Justice was discussed. The witness said he had shown Mr. Daugherty a copy of the report made in 1912 by Attorney General Wicker- | sham to President Taft on Burns' al- leged activities in the drawing of a jury in the Oregon land fraud in 1905 and that Mr. Daugherty had compared it with one brought to him by a departmental clerk “I told Mr. Daugherty " Mr. Gom- pers testifled, “that it would be a pub- | lic scandal and bring discredit to the department and the government of the United States if any such man were appointed to as important a position as was proposed for Burns. (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) COAL DEALER INDICTED ON CHARGES OF FRAUD Sale of Slate for Anthracite Coal Alleged Against Silas A. Condict. Silas A. Tondict, who traded as the Condict Coal Company. with offices at 1400 K street northwest, was in- dicted today by the grand jury as the result of the Public Utilities Com- mission inquiring into complaints of the sale of slate for anthracite coal. here | ases | 1and if it be allowed ! checked the purse str: be relaxed and this gover lall others, win con 10 =0 on again cnt, 3 rained aunch upon a new program te 1o i rXtent necessary to keep us at least labreast of any of the oiher power-. The committee prefaced its recon:- { mendation by a review of t plishments | ence. i burden of the Washington confer- claring that ar “enormous f expenditnre already h: | on the larger {ypes of warships, and {that much good had resulted from | the limitations placed upon gun ¢ ! bers and other building. 1 Competition Resumed. “The spiendid achievements of Lot conference,’ ii Teport con cd “need not he recited here. Alth £h the agreement entered into has mot been ratifled by all the participatine | Bovernments, America is looking for- ‘ward to that end. * % * “The conference did mnet, limit the number or typ: coming up to or under the ten-thou- sand-ton and eight-gun limits, either in the of surface or subsurfa craft, mor did it impose any li tion whatever on aircraft. “It is the committee’s information |that already large programs are planned of vessels up to the maximum size permitted under the agreement and that new and larger types of sub- i surface craft have hezun to put in an appearance. In other words, competi- tion s on again in the snzle to which the unratified azreeme: not extend. * * * “In view of the premises, the daty of the statesmen of the world seems i clear. They owe it to their respective peopies to new movement 10 ection does put a stop e and for ail to the needless diversion of 1th and | energy form the fi ul pur suit. The committee, therefore. is pro- posing in this bial that appropriate =teps be taken with the view to sup- | plementing the epoch-makinz waork i which the conference on the limitation of armament initiated.” No information w immediately {available as to the attitude of the Pr jdent and his administration advis>rs toward the proposal. which was pre- pared by Represent - repub Tican, Michigan. head of the subeommit tee that prepared It was | pointed out, how n attempt e limt smaller war eraft_would carr: forward an unsuccessful effort made by the American delegation in_the Wash- ifgton conference. This effort p: itated one of the bitterest debates of the conferences. the French taking the posi- tion that their national interests wouid be affected seriously by any curtail- ment of French submarines or other auxiliary strength. Original Propos The original American proposal i ithe conference contained a pro ! vision which would have limited new ! cruisers other than battie ecruisers i flotilla leaders and destroyvers and jall other auxiliary surfacc combat | craft to 3,000 tons' displacement, fif- | teen knots speed and an armament of | not more than four five-inch guns {The proposal also would have applied the *5-5-3" ratio to auxiliary surface {craft, a limitation of 450,000 tons { each being proposed for the United Secretary Allen of the commission re- | States and Great Britain and 270060 * ferred the matter to the District Commissioners, who, in turn, asked United States Attorney Gordon to present the evidence to the grand Jury. The indictment charges a violation RICH HILL, Mo. December 18—[,0, Urga, in northern Mongolia, by well as those of America. applicant has g00d reason to fear an | other to be placed under the Depart- ; tons for Japan. i As to submarines. the United States | proposed limitations of aggregate tonnage of 90,000 tons for the United States and Great Britain and 54,000 There was no sug- gestion for a limitation of sizc of sub- Another chapter in the Kuehling case ! .o\ or car, on business. Outside of will be written at the January term | g igan they were halted at a bar- of the Vernon county circuit court| jo; by Chinese authoritles, who in- at Nevada. Mrs. Roy H. Kuehlng !y g them that they would not be sceks a divorce from her husband,|.oweq to take momey with them, now serving a five-year sentence in They returned to Kalgan and told ihe state penitentiary for shooting | American Consul Soboken, who de- recently at the home of her par- | cided to accompany the Americans to near Eldorado Springs, Mo. At |the barrier. time of the shooting it was be- The party was approaching the iieved the wounds might prove fatal. | barrier when fired upon by the officlal | Kuehling met the present Mrs.!Chinese guard stationed ‘there. Colt- Kuehling, then Miss Kathleen White- | man stopped.the car and the guards . at a social function in Washing- ) fired another volley, one bullet 1on and, according to Mrs. Kuehling’s | penetrating Coltman’s shoulder and «lder sister, “hypnotized” the girl.severing the spinal vertabrae. The \fter Kuehling was sentenced he es- | guards would give no reason for the ~aped while being taken to prison.|attack. ile jumped from the train at Pilot Surgeons declare that Coltman has «irove, but was recaptured the fol-|oniy one chance in a hundred to live. Jowing dav. (Copsright, 1922.) in Pan-American Conference. Brazil Denies Rumor. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, December 13.—The to all the American nations to partici- pate in the Pan-American conference to be held at Santlago beginning March 20 next. By the Associated Press. RIO JANEIRO, December 13.—The Brazlllan government today authorized the statement that there was no reason of any kind to prevent Brazil's attend- ance at the Santiago conference. The declaration was the result of rumors from Washington that asibly Brazil rould not be represented at the meet- ng. . § o Chilean government has sent invitations ! * best wishes for your health and wfi{ire,’ and my kindest regards to Mrs. Wilson. “CLEMENCEAU.” Makes Last Speech. Surrounded by friends of France, in ia hall festooned with the intertwined flags of America and his own land, Clemenceau last night came to the end of his “peace mission” and took {leave of the United States. | The Tiger of France received ova- tion after ovation—first when he en- tered the grand ballroom of Hotel Pennsylvania to the strains of “The Star Spangled Banner”; again when he was referred to in an address by Jules J. Jusserand, French ambagsa- dor to the United States; again when injury to his person or property and he is a suitable person to be licensed. To License Dealers. Selling revolvers or pistols to mi- nors is prohibited, and any one found guilty of selling to a minor shall be fined not more than $100 or be im- prisoned for not more than three months, or both. | Provision is made for licensing dealers who sell pistols or revolvers. |2nd any one who sells without a 1i- cense shall be punished by imprison- ment for not leas than two years. One of the provisions of this section is that no pistol or revolver shall be he was introduced by Owen Wister, ~ (Contlnued on Page 2, Column &) ? (Continued on Page 2, Columa b.) ment of the Interior. Such a change, he explained. would leave the care of the forests of the public domain to the Department of Agriculture. of trust and is in four counts. Money| is sald to have been received from the four customers named to buy coal and it is charged that Condict either did not deliver coal or delivered the slate-filled run-of-mine product, It was in the Interior | which could not be burned. Assistant Department control over the disposal | United States Attorney Baker, who 10f thegtimber and over the land itself, | heard the customers' complaintx, said which be thought jt should have be- cause of the minerals underneath the ground and the potential water power of_the streams. Much interest was expressed today as to the outcome of the conferences, it being felt in some quarters that the reorganization scheme is as much “up in the air” as ever. Chairman Brown held two conferences this morning, presumably at the Capitol, but took care not to inform his own secretary as to the persons with whom he was conferring, according to the latter. about thirty people had paid money to Condict for coal and had not received what they ordered. About $800 was paid Condict by such customers, Mr. Baker declared. ‘The specific charges in the indictment are that Condict received $47.25 from William L. Austin, $60 each from John B. Harrell and Robert F. Saunders, and $40 from Louis G. Carmick. The money was intrusted to him to be used for the benefit of the customers, but was instead diverted by Condict to his own usc, it is alleged. - marines in this original American plan The effort to limit submarine ton- nage was met by the British delega- { tion with a proposal to prohibit sub- | marine construction entirely, and that {evoked a vigorous protest from the French. The attempt to impose limits { was abandoned finally as hopeless. | ""So far as the United States is con- {cerned, the existing hips and those | under construction included only « | very limited number of cruisers of jthe light type used during the war !to protect commerce and 1o screen battleship formations. The British navy has a tremendous preponderance in this respect, and Japan is buflding a large number of cruisers, having recently modified the program to in- crease the size of a number of these ships up to the 10,000-ton treaty limiw