Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1922, Page 9

S FOSTERNEN- PROBKTIEN CHEF Police Court Judges Name Her to Succeed George " Heaney, Resigned.” HAS WIDE EXPERIEHCE For Twenty-Five Yegrs Identified With Social Service Work in District. MISS ESTELLE FOSTER. Miss "Efl.fll. Foster, a‘ native of ‘Washington, who since 1910 has been an’ assistant probation officer at the Police Court, was today appointed chlef probation officer, vice George Heaney, resigned on aocount of ill health. The appointment was made by Judges Robert Hardlson and John P. McMuhon. Miss Foster: was educated in the Publie-schools of this city and gradu- ated from Central High School. She . is a woman of a wide wocial welfare work. She s a member of.the board of directors of the Young Women's _Christian member of the Monday Evening Club, of which she was secretary for a long t the Zonta Club, which is_the woman's branch of the Rotary Clu the Indoor-Outdoor Club, an orgar ization of business and professional women of the city: the Alumni Asso- ation of Central High School. and a minunicant of the New York Ave- nue Presbyterian Church. She has taken an active interest and part in social welfare work of the city Following her graduation from Cen- tral High School. Miss Foster became a volunteer worker with the Asso- ciated Charities and later was ap- pointed: on the staff of that organiza- tion as a fleld worker. From that or- ganization she went to the board of children’s guardians. She went to the . volicé courts in October. 1910, as an assistant probation officer in the then newly organized probation office. where she hus remained as an active worker since. She has had twenty- five years' active experience In social welfire work. She assumea officially the ‘duties of her office today. The salary of the office is $1,500, plus the bonus of $240 annually. \ Miss Foster is succeeded as assist. ant probation officer by Mrs. : Mankin of Louisville, Ky., who for a number of years has baen a resident of thls city. Shé has Bad some exper) ence in social welfare work. especially among the church workers. CLARKE TO HEAD MOVE - TOPUTU. 5. INLEAGUE - | Former Supreme -Court™ Justice | Among Many Other Prominent ; Men Listéd by Committee. Dy the Associated Press, NEW YORK, December 16.—John H. Clarke, who last September re- signed . his post as justice of the United States Supreme Court, will head & national organization which ! will seek to bring this country into the league of nations, it was an- nounced last night by Hamilton Holt, ! chairman of & committee which is or- { ®anizing the movement. The program for the organization will be submitted at a meeting with other groups and societies in New York next January 10. At the head of the list of sponsors, as announced by Mr. Holt, w Charles W. E president emer- | of Harvard Universi Jane | 4 House. Chicas Samuel Gompers, president of the | American Federation of Labor: thej Rt. Rev. L. S. Llovd. suffragan bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church: | Rabbi Stephen S, Wise of New York. Willlam Allen White of Kan.; Oscar S. Straus, Mrs. Chapman Catt and Charles Gibson. When former Justico Clarke re-! signed, on his sixty-fifth birthday an- | niversary last September 18, he wrote President Harding he wished' to quit] the bench to devote himself to “some | vublic causes in ways in_which I{ cannot serve them while holding im- | portant pukjic office. ! i Emoria, Carrie Dana Suspected. i From the New York World, H The general manager entered the president's office mysteriously. i “That new assistant to the superin- rendent,” he said. “reports every morning on time, works hard all day. never flirts with the stenographer, attends strictly to business and is the last to leave at might” turned white and The president trembled. he exclaimed. { xperiance in | Association, & { {to the Protestant {olic, the Jew or the negro, because {it exists only whe: GOVERNORS TO SEE HARDING MONDAY disappear “the blazing cross and-the Pasture partiés, where the men mask themselves and put on a fantastic ceremony in the open field and ter- rorize an entire neighborivod. “In Kansas we are seeking to expel from the state,” Gov. Allen 1 note by the press of the country thet some misapprehension exists as to just what we mean by expelling the has been expressed that it is the in- tention of the state to drive out of the state the members of the klan. “This is not at all what the action before the supreme court presupposes. Under the law of Kansas every oi isation doing business within the state must be chartéred. The Ku Klux Klan has a‘charter under the la: of Georgia and the action now pending in the supreme court of the state is for the pur t securing a writ forbjdding the klan to do busin heveafter in nsas. “The essence af our opposition to this organization is not in the fact that it fights the Catholi¢ Church or expresses its antiputhy to the Jew or to the negro. but in the fact that it does this under the protection of a mask and through the process of ter- rorism and violence. “It is incredible that this country should have passed through its bap- tism of heroic devotion which was called into action four years ago, only to sag back now into this most entable species of disorder. Refers to Sacrifices. “Much human life has been sacri- l (Continued from First Page.) ilization. as America interprets it. I could take you to a place I know in France where the crosses rise row on row, and after a while we would stand before a cross which marks the resting place of James Fitzsim- mons. The record is that he was the first member of the American expe- ditionary forces to glve his life in the combat area of Toul. If I had the POwer to reincarnate him I oould say: ‘James Fitasimmons, you think you are w 100 per cent American.’ and I imagine he would look at me with i ‘I never t in America and when they told me this war was for the defense of our ideals and our civilization I didn’t wait for the selective draft. I hur- ried on to offer my life for the de- fense of the principles which Amer- fca had adopted as her own. “1f I should say, ‘You are not a on hundred per cent American. there You cannot be one-hundred ber cent American because you are a Chtholie.' I dare say he would say to me, ‘They never told me anything like that when 1 stood in line with my gun, walting to go over the top.' " Speaking of the appeal made by what they call one-hundred per cent Americanism. he said: In many places the appeal to creed has brought into the organization some excellent men who belleve that they are addressing themselves to a real problem when they draw lines of religious prejudic Sketches Klan Progress. Sketching the progress of the klan, he continued: “It grows very rapidly when it about & year of experience to con- vince its best members that the or- ganization has no real place of use- fulness Iin America. It arouses the intensest bitterness. “In some communities, where I am acquainted with its activities, friends of a lifetime have become estranged, families have been divided, men be- came suspicious of their neighbors, bigotry and intolerance have thrive taught to believe that their neigh- bors of-a different religious falth are plotting their destruction. “The old American spirit of enter- prise, co-operation and neighborly ®=o0d will passes away under the blight of its bigoted teachings and the spirit of religious tolerance, hatred and suspicion enters into every civic actlvity from the delib- erations of the chamber of commerce to the political primaries. Sermons of hate are thundered from pulpits where, in other years, was taught the doctine of the great command- ment After referring to specific crimes of violence alleged to have been committed by members of the klan Ynllhe south and the far west, he said: “The_organization Is as dangerous it 1s to the Cath the authority of government has been broken down destroyed. It brings chaos and jhatred and menace to every law- ablding citizen who may fall victim of the private quarréls and animosi- tles of the men who hide their identity behind a mask.” WHITE HOUSE PARLEY. President to Confer With Governors on Dry Law. President Harding will confer with a number of governors at the White House Monday afternoonm, at which time the prohibition enforcement sit- uation will be thoroughly discussed. This has been known at the White House, ment that the President has extended the {nvitation to the governors at- tending their annual conference at White Sulphur Springs has not been made. Tt is believed that when acceptances from the governors have been received at the White House the President will make the official an nouncement of the forthcoming con- ference. The President has made it known on several occasions recently that the increased violations of th= Voistead enforcement law have reached such wide proportions that something must be done to save the nation and .the states themselves from shame.” as he expressed 'Pre:ment is known to b on can bhe great assistance to the federal '035 ernment in making more effic enforcement of the prohibition :awi He has let it be known that he is anxious to exchange views and ideas With these state executivss on this subject. and he is‘very hopeful of material benefits resulting from his conference with the governors mext Monday. The conferénce will be of- an_informal nature and will be pre- ceded by a luncheon at the White House. It is thought President will in‘vll."kl:llz ul::"l:: governors-elect. — _ URGED FOR BENCH. Friends Push Representative Sisson for Place in Supreme Court, Senators and representatives of botn parti re urging President Harding to appoint Representative Thomas U. Sisson of Mississipps. te th on the Supréme Court m:i:::n g; the resignation of Associate Justice Mahl Pitney. The selection of appropriations committes. Harding is 8aid to have’expressed M{%nnrl for him as & lawyer and public man. Memberas of tha Missis- -aipp| delegation have called tion of the Preside: {ASKS COAL COST der. and the thought; flced to the cause of Clristian el\‘-l organizers of the klan along lines of | strikes & community, and it requires | ve; although formal "announce- ! PROBE AT MINES Col. * Keller - Urges Feder_af Commission to Investigate High Prices. The federal fact-finding. commi: sion should -at this time Investigate coal prices at the mines rather than in Washington, in the opinton of Col. Keller, chalrman of the Public Utili- ties Commisaion. The colonel voiced his belief in & letter to Dr. George Otis Smith, mem- ber of the. commission, made public {at the District buflding today. Correspondence also was made pub- lic to show. that the local commission has been endeavoring to have the Pennsylvanie fuel commission check up ‘om prices 10cal dealers say they have pald for coal &t the mines. Blamea Cost as Source. Col. Keller states in his letter to Dr. Smith that many local dealers are receiving only a small percentage of coal at the lower mine prices, which made it necessary for them to purchase higher-priced fuel from any source. ' Referring to certaln information which Walter C. Allen, secretary to [the local commission, gave the fed- eral comimission several days ago in | response to ! Keller states: 1 wish to confirm the tements which Mr. Allen made that the in- vestigations by this commission into the prices charged by local dealers show that in practically all cases no excessive profits are being made; also to confirm his statement that the high prices which some of the local dealers are charging seem due en tirely to the high prices prevailing in many of the mines from which coal is obtained for the District. ‘Would Probe Source. “The efforts of our commission have not been productive of satiafactory results. If you will permit a sug- gestion, I think the efforts of your commission should be directed to an investigation at the source of supply rather than at this time to the local price question. Hearings before the commission in- vestigating the recent rise in the re- tall price of coal in Washington were postponed today and will be resumed next Thuvsday, If the commission by that time has reached an agreement with the district attorney regarding the propriety of the local coal men indicted more than a year ago testify- ing before the commission. More than a dozen coul men were at the hearing in the Intertor Department today. and at least three of them were prepared to_testify. . Maury Dove, jr.. of the J. Maury Dove Company, who was the prin- cipal witness ‘at the initial hearing last Tuesday, asked the commission to leave out of the hearings any ref- erence to the word indictment in so far as possible. The latter firm was not indicted. Mr, Dove explained that the indictment against several local coal dealers was returned from ex parte evidence. He sald that the wrong impression is popularly con- yed by use in newspapers of the {word indictment, and indicated that a {reflection has been cast on local deal- | ers in coal by publicity regarding the indictment. ‘In_explanation of his statement Mr. Dove said his opinion was that the public generally regards the indicted men in any case as guilty. He added that to his own knowl- edge and belief the men in this case were not guilty. Await Indictment Clear-Up. Replying to Mr. Dove, former Vice President Marshall, now a member of the commission, said the commission has no opinion us to the innocence or guilt of any one. Mr. Marshall ex- ]plllned that ithe commission follows the long-established theory in Ameri- can law that every man is innocent until proved guilty. Mr. Marshall added, however, that the dealers call- ed to appear before the commission must consider the subpoena binding until next Thursday. If by that time the commission has not reached an agreement with the district attorney, Mr. Marshall sald, the men summo: ed to appear would be communicated with and a later date set for their ap- 'pearance. Mr. Marshall made it clear that the commission will not go ahead with the hearings on local coal prices until after the matter of the indictments as been cleared up with the District attorney. The United States coal commission has not decided what will be its course of action at the conclusion of the investigation being conducted by it into the coal industry in Wash. ington, Chairman John Hays Ham- mond eaid. Mr. Hammond made it plain that the commission {s not em powered to intervene between coal retailers and wholesalers and the consuming public, in the matter of price. and has no power arbitrarily to { Suggest or recommend a fair price for [ coal. telephone request, Col 1 The investigation under way into [the local coal situation, Mr. Ham- {mond said, will give the commission a groundwork on which it can base questions to coal ‘operators. While agents of the commission are ex- amining the books of local dealers, other fleld agents are going into the books of other retail dealers in other cities. Mr. Hammond said the com- mission had not decided whether in- vectigations into the retall price of coal would be made in other citles. %FRENCH WELCOME ANY U. S. PROPOSAL i ON REPARATIONS (Continued from First Page.) Wwe are to make fresh concessions we must receive some. consideration.” Arguing that Great Britain's debt to the United States was {incurred eat [solely in behalf of Britain's allfes, | heurs The fthe newspaper continues: “It can be pald provided the condi- tions are strictly just, although it can only be paid with extreme daif- ficulty and with a lasting strain on this country. It seems to the British people that interest at ¢34 which has been proposed is" altogether too high, as - Bri credit is unimpeachable. “* ¢ 3 How <an we pay if the United States tarift renders imports from our manu- facturers {mpossible?’ BERLIN GREETS NEWS. Pessimists, However, See Effort to Ald Christmas Trade. By the Amociated Prees. BERLIN, December 16.—Reports e e poseibiilty ot . Toan. of ing oan of $1,600,000,000 to Germany were fea- tured by big headlines /in today's papers, which found ready pu among the people in the streets, Much credence was given the re- nru. but_occasionally thére was to found the ‘who essed the opinion that they were fabrica- "tions, .gnl forth el the Dellat that e American Sants Beyond headlines and the read- ing matter under them the news- papers did not commit themselves on the Official nb{n!. q ed inquirers with the statement that the cabinet was wholly engaged in 1 the people of botir countri: TOAID FARMERS Nine-Month Lm on Sums Up to $25,000 From Land Wally Reid Puts Up Fight for Life Sans Cameraman| By the Aawociated Press. . LOS ANGELES, December 16.—Wal- 1ace Reld, film actor, is “fighting for his life” in a small Hollywood sanatorium, according to a story =y the Los Angeles § Times published to- PRESIDENT PLANS TRP T0 FLORIDA MARCH 6 Executive Expects to Spend Part of Vacation in St. Augustine. JERONT INTRAMLE, GREEN fication of tem was urged 1o meet special loan banks for nine-momth perivds and in individual sums-up to $25,000 il of Farmers' Co-operative Market- Banks Urged. Legislation making it posiidle for the farmer to borrow from the farm was advocated todsy in a legislative poli¢y adopted by the National Coun- ing Assoclations,” meeting In conven- tion here. It was adopted as a part of t'.e gen- eral policy of the council that the primary reliance of the farmer for ., for production or marketih believed “the big struggle e o that plans for the immediate future included nothing more hm back to heaith and his place in the motion picture world.” n local bankers. Mod!: T he federal resarve farm and day, Daveaport, and hi mother-in-law, Mrs. port. 'two physicians and WALLACE REID. two male nurses. said the; quoting his wife, known profes- 3] stonally as Dorothy was over,” than to “nurse President Harding hopes to siart March 6 on his long-delayed vacation Announcement to this effect was made 8| today by Senpators Fletcher and Tram- mell ot Florida following a brief talk with the President at the White House. It was understood that the Presi- dent will go to Florida, but just what place or places he will visit and the length of his stay has not been de termined upon. It is considered likely also that Mrs. Harding will have re- covered sufficiently to accompany her husband on this trip. Persons ‘close to the President =ay i he has selected St. Augustine as the place for the principal part of his stay in Florida. Invitations to visit d it was also Seesmmonded (hat the maximum limit for loans on agricultural paper to co-operative marketing associations. be incpeased. Florida Led Movement. The fact that Florida is the cradle of co-opc;ulbt r;urkeg:‘l asized r. . :fian lhlnyten years has been pre .| dent of the Florida Citris He pointed out that the Exchange {s a direct descend: the old union of fruit and v growers of Florida, organized in 1894, Since the thought of is being focused on the success of co- operative marketing, Foncyhe. fact that the T repara Wa B e has told ane hundred mil- | government bond coupons. Although | uras or7 to stopping. When the car s under way the gveen |1jon doliars in products In ten yenrs light b s when the car is slowing de the red green show, and the | 100t g single reta said this is due to consumer mdvertising, which cost In that pertodi of ten years less than $1,000,000. pport Ce-Operative Proponal. Allllrlnct: of lgp rt of co-opera- ive marketing o . by nemgen of the administra- ) cars of the Frement street. one-man cars, and, ff it s lights indicate when slows down red alome indicates stop. THE WEATHER | | District of Columbia—Cloudy. fol- | lowed by rain or snow late tongiht or’ tomorrow; little change in temper: ture, lowest tonight near freezing;| moderate easterly winds. { Mme. Formento, who, as Queen Boran, Society (Continued from Eighth Page.) &®i tive, Some time ago it was announced the | them trom actor's eyes wers troubl him and later that he had gone into the moun- tains for a rest. It was about a week after his return from the mountains that his condition necessitated his golng into the sanatorium, it was sald. BOND MYSTERY CLEARED. French Clerk Makes Canceled Cou- | pons Good as New. PARIS, December 16.—The ministry | Dr. Ross quotes| o¢ nance has solved the mystery of | paper publisher, to L8 o & MCis|repeated payments on the same was em- s, who for Exchange. orida Citris t from etable They » conference the coupons had been canceled by a | perforation process supposed to be a guarantee against second paymant. they turned up constantly, having been so skillfully manipulated as to| | deceive the post offices and banks. ' 1} salesman. He the efficiepcy of of mind.’ “Is that so?" was caught yesterday cashing such coupons. He confessed that he carri- d a lot of them off when he left the ministry and make one coupon as good as new out of two of them. In this manner he said he raised 30,000 wiil arm crops were \ yours legislat! and ve < the udlence with ix citles in that state have been received at the White House. the senators | #idered in connectlon with the sel | tlon of a successor to Justice Pltnex an existing vac: on the United States tarl¥ commis —_— His Innovation. From the Kansas City 8 “Mr. Meekingham has great presence —_— {, There are enough motor vehicles in the United States to take the en- May I pointment of O. K. Reeves of Tamp. for the southern districi intment Hough of Jacksonville, “Yes, while he was proposing to A former employe of the ministry | yyue” Stronghead instead of saying you be mine? he said b Day per cantum, n Ancflfi hoyt ulate th ristmas shopping., All in 0 Maryland—Cloudy, followed by rain | who brought peace to her waring or snow late tonight or tomorrow:| kingdom, wore an entrancing Persia not much change in temperature; mod- | costume of white with the veil cover- erate to fresh easterly winds. ing the lower part of her face. Virginia—Raln on the coast and | Suint Elizabeth of Hungary was the rain or snow In the interior late to- | figure _selected to represeat that night and tomorrow: not much change { country, Miss Margaret Blood taking in temperature: fresh easterly winds. the part. Miss Mabel Kingston took st Virginia—Snow or rain to-|the part of Anna Bijns in Holland, night and tomorrow: warmer tonight. | und Miss Katharine Dent, 85 Aspa: Records for Twenty-Four Hours. |represented Greece. - : 8 p.m., 3 Mme. de Sousa Leao Gracie, wife of 8 am. 32| the secretary of the Brasilian em- bassy, typified South America's wom- anhood in the character of Princes: Isabella of Brazil. and Bulgaria was typified in the character of Princess Sofla, Miss Bernadette Herman wear- ing the robes of ancient Bysantine princess with great dignity and grace. America without _her hontas p.m.. 8 pm. 30.15: 12 midnight, ., 30.84; 8 a.m.. 30.41: noon, 30. Highest temperature, 46, occurred at 4:30 p.n. yesterday. Lowest tempera- ture, 31, occurred at 2:30 a.m. tod Temperature same date last year— Highest, 38; lowest, 24. would, indeed, be poorly represented, and Condtilon of the Water. the part was racefally carried oot by ture and_condition of theiMies Janet Moffet. while Miss Katherine wator et im e G reat. Falls—Tem. | Thompson beautifully typified Columbla. perature, 31; condition, clear. ‘OE:‘;“ representative “figure was fol- : wed by a train of attendants, the Tide Tables. whole pageant, in costume, bearing and (Furnished by United States coast|otherwise giving one of the most bleas- | and geodetic survey.) ing and stately pictures ever presented Today—Low tide, 12:13 am in_the ballroom. 12:22 p.m.; high tide, 5:38 am. 6:34 p.m. ? i Tomorrow—Low tide, 1:07 a.m. : high tide, 6:54 2. and | and | Mrs. John C. Fremont was chairman for the ball committee, and Mrs. James and | Huntington Turner treasurer. Mr. and ! men well known in society as assistants. The pageant was directed by Miss Elsie Kernan, professor of dramatic iterature at Trinity College, and the sets 4:47 pm. ; y Proiogus was written by Mra. C. C. Cal Moon rises 5:01 a.m.: sets 3:40 p.m. houn. The costume effects were arranged Automobile lamps to be lighted one- | p, "y b "3 Nelight, director of Neigh- kalf hour after sunset. borhood Hous: 3 Weather in Various Cities. Boxhelders | and Guests. Mr. and Mry C. C. Calhoun enter- tained at dinner preoeding the ball for a large group of guests, among whom were the members of their own box party, which included the minister from Panama and Senora Alfaro, Senator and Mrs. William H. King, Judge and Mrs. William Bailey . Judge and Mrs. Charles Kerr, Judge John Barton Payne, re. Charles W. Wetmore, Princess Ghika. Mr. Clark Howell of Georgia and Mr. William Bowie Clarke. ountess Scsechenyi, Mrs. George D. Hope, Mra. Raphael Govin and Mrs Wiitred Du Puy were among other box- holders for the evening. sets sun Temperatare. timu ++ajamon *kwpaajsat rmYgol my bany Asbury DPark . Atiantic City 80.49 Baitimore .. 30.42 Birmingbam. 30.16 8028 38 EE43 133 Among the several hundred guests were the ambassador of Brasil, Mr. Cochrane de Alencar; the minister of Persia. Mirsa Hussien Khan Al the minister of Panama and_Senors do Alfaro, Senator and Mrs. Howard Sutherland, Senator and Mrs. Willam H. King, Mrs. William M. Calde: Princess Ghika, Mrs. Charles Whil man Wetmore, Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs Noyes Thompson, and Mrs. Mark Reid Yates, Mr. and Mrs, Louls A. Dent, Mi=s Carolvn Nash, Judge and Mrs. William Bailey Lamar, Mrs. James Huntington Turner. Judge and Mrs. Charles Kerr, Mr. and Mra. Wade © {c) e ssiseles 2522803 8538%3% bY s g8zsnzEes sgsubspurenyersasel 28, 98 08 H. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Geory = . ® McK. = McClelland. Mrs. Francols Berger 20 28 Moran, Mrs. Horace Macfarland, Miss 30 64 Mary Morgan, Mrs. Joel Heatwole, 2008 32 Mr. ‘and Mrs. Lewis Nizon of New m‘xg & York, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Rust. o830 o4 Judge John Barton Payne, Mr. and e Mrs. Peter A. Drury, jr.; Mr. or 14 14 . Drury, Mrs. H. Wilfred Du Puy, Mrs. 22 34 28 McCook Knox, Miss Madeleine Au: I tin, Mrs. John N. Speel, Mrs. Dillard, Miss Muriel Dillard, Mrs. Nu.lowlllu Marguerite Neale, Miss Evelyn Wads- worth, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lee Hardesty, Senor de Buenavista, M Frederick Stevens, the Rev. Meads Bolton MacBryde, . Frederick J. Chapin, Mrs. James Pryor Tarvin, Mrs. Kerngn and Miss K Ray Schindler, Mrs. Orm Mrs. Willlam Alexander and Miss Sternbergh. FOREIGN. » Greewich time. todaz.) Témperatare. Weather. 48 Part clondy Part cloady Births Reported. llowing births have been reported to mm?: ‘department in thy last twenty-four Andrew and Aznle . boy twins: A 328 Guterine Watall by jos and Katl erye Petmesce, girl. George W. and Isabel Ealin, boy. Jemes and Virgia L. Atz bor, Joseph 3. and Rachel M. Conceloss, girl. Bamuel A. avd Marie Markowits, girl. vid M. and Katberine Ellen Ai e ibeline L. Nasalla, boy. e Pataie Batas gt w. M. and Sadle Flax James G. and Mary 1. Weis! Virgll C. and Edith K. Krel Bernard R. and Neilie B. James and Laura ; Tariton and Rose Miller, boy, DEFINES PROPOSED PACT. Official Says Canada-Australia Reo- ' iprogity Will Be Broad, 5, Australia, December 18. mat i TeoiDrooity betwoan e m‘.fl:’:flp:A\llhfll:Iluh‘u ted to fruits, paper pulp, and_timber pulp is denied by J. Robb, Canadian minister of trade and commerce, who is hers resenting his country in_ the discussions. Mr. Robb-intimated that the scope B oaher, "adiug that when the Aus: ng - when the - o Doard submite fta report dations highly pleasink . to f branch second day’ ton, yest Eugene Meyer, § of the War Finance Corporation, Adolph C. Miller, member of the Fed- eral Reserve Board. told the conven- tion that commodity assoclations had done more toward restoring financial stability in the United States than had any other factor. and Senator Capper of Kansas, leader of the Sen- ate farm bloc, declared the prospects were growing better daily for action on rural credits legislation. Farmers’ Right to Demand Relfef. Secretary Hoover declared the farm- er had every right to demand relief from the depression into which his industry had fallen, becaure it hud suffered more than any other. Hae ex- pressed the opinion that the farmer: greatest hops for relief lay in co. operative marketing. and ho predicted that the sentiment of the country would guarantee taem the construc- tive measures they needed. Lack of transportation faciliti uc sald, ha caused the farmers gri r luss than high Sen en. r Capper declared “the operative idea offers more encoura; ment in pulling the farmer out of the hole in which he finds himsel?, due to financial and industrial conditions, than any other tor.” He sald the facts of the farmer’s plight were be- ing brought home to members of Congress and that more attention was being given in Congress to the farmer’s condition. Mr. Meyer joined Mr. Hoover and Senator Capper in praising the work of the several hundred associations represented by delegates. Such ganizations, he said, had provided an element of stability of which the financial world was greatly in need. He added that he believed all credit facllities of .the - Federal Reserve Board should be extended to farmers, and intimated that he tthought the Finance Corporation should cease to exist after expiration of its present authorisation fromn Congress, that its financing of farmers should be taken over by local banks. Mr. Miller expressed not only his individual sympathy with the co- operative movement, but that of the entire Reserve AUSTRALIAN PREMIER FACES LOSS OF POWER Hughes’ Government Majority Ex- || pected to Shrink—Country Party Is Strong. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 16.—It is con- sidered probable that the government of Premier Hughes will lose seven seats in the Australian federal elections to- day. says an exchange telegtaph dis- patch from Melbourne. giving the coun- | try party, the jculturists, the bal- ance of power. mier Hughes him- | welf has ncn re-elected to parliament. X x X francs, with which he had a time in the Latin quarter. B & .2 6.0 8 20 280 ¢ ¢ ¢.¢8.8.8.¢ ~ Shop Early - in the Day Use the morning hours for your shopping next week whenever you possibly can—and thus help to relieve the congestion of the after- noons. Store facilities and the clerks will be taxed to their utmost during the remaining six shopping days before Christmas—but you’ll find the best opportunity offered in the early ; g . You'll help out in a difficult situation for others at the same time you will be helping yourself. : ~ Mail promptly, too! livery, but those placed Ry > Any amount you can save Gives you the money you want for Christmas shopping. Or it establishes a permanent savings account for you. 39, Interest on Savings In sending your Xmas present to the Old Country get your Foreign Exchange at The Franklin National Bank Pennsylvania JOHN B. COCHRAN President “good Open Tonight —Until 8 P.M. in order to meet last minute demands for Christmas portraits. 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