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¢ Foenin ) WEATHER. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” _The Star’s carrier system covers every oity block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast | as the papers are printed. I . U i ture. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 35, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 17, at 7:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and No. 28,722, EXECUTIONERS END | LIVES OF 7 MORE {RISH REVOLTERS, Four Railway Men, Three; Laborers Put to Death for ! Wrecking Trains. | ROADS BADLY CRIPPLED BY SERIES OF ATTACKS Nineteen Pay Supreme Penalty in | Little More Than Month—Four ‘Were Reprisals. Bx ihe Associated Press. DUBLIN, December 19.—Four rail- way men and three laborers were ex- ecuted here this morning for inter- fering with trains in County Kildare. The seven men executed were cap- tured November 13 by Free State troops in a house, the location cf which is unknown. With them a quantity of stolen goods, rifles and ammunition was found. The men were tried by a military | committee and sentenced to death on the charge of train wreckins. The sentence was carried out 8:20 o'clock this morning. Members of Republican Army. The men executed are reported to| have been members of the republican | army. The official army report of the exe- cntions gives the names of the men as Stephen White and Patrick Bagnel | at Bonds, Page 28 LOANTTO GERMANY Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. Veterans May Get Raise in Pension As Christmas Gift Voterans of the civil war, widows of veterans and civil war nurses probably will recelve Christmas Dresents from the government in the form of increased pensions, as the result of an agreement reached by conferees on the Bursum pen- sion bilL The bill was passed by the Sen- | ate last summer and by the House at the recent special session. Slight differences between the two houses have been compromised, and the author of the bill, Senator Bursum, republican, New Mexico, announced today that he hoped to obtain final congressional action and the presidential signature be- fore Christmas. Pensions of veterans are in- creased under the measure from $50 to 372 a month, widows' pen- slons from $30 to $50 and nurses’ pensions from $30 to $50. | HANGS ON FRANCE ACCEPTING TERNS Morgan Makes Plain That Bid of International Bank- ers Is Still Open. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. J. P. Morgan's statment that he told the German ambassador that prospects of a loan from international bankers were no better today than| they were last June, has cleared the | @) WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1922 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION === : = FAL TOFIND CLLE INBANT HOLDAP P S ILost Air Mail Flyer Located At Utah Ranch By the Associated Press B9 7/ 7, % % %/ NEW TREATYDRAF * READY FORTURKS Net Circulation, 90,598 ~FORTY-SIX PAGES. 10 Killed in Turin Rioting as - Communists and Fascisti Clash, By the Associated P'ress. TURIN, December 19.—Renewed conflicts between the fascisti and the communists here have resulted in the killing of ten persons, including two of the fasclsti. . Not long ago the local communists resumed their openly hostile attitude toward the fascisti, and yesterday two | tascisti parties were ambushed, with the result that one man was killed !aml others wounded. The fasciti]| {thereupon mobilized, attacked the j chamber of labor and stormed or set | i on fire the headquarters of other sub- versive organization, fnflicting pun- jishment according to what they ad- j judged to be the relative guilt of the communists. The punishments admin- | istered by the fascsiti included club- | bing and giving doses of nauseous medicines. Among the dead is Municipal Coun- | gella, & Turin socialist representativ cillor Feruto, while among the slight- Iy wounded is Deputy Vincenzo Pa- —— FREEZING OF RUTS . BLOCKS STREETS Many West of Connecticut’ Avenue Found to Be Im- passable. i 1 i [ i | i | | | | | | * . Clubs and Nauseous Doses of Medicine, Figure—Chamber of Labor Attacked. Organization Offices Burned. The chamber of labor was one of th buildings fired. The blaze was ex tinguished, but the building is still under fascisti occupancy., Amung the other bulldings set on fire were the editorial offices of the communist newspaper Ordine Nuovo and the buildings of several of the commun- ists’ clubs. Fascisti detachments gded by Brandimarte searched several resi- dences of communists and xeized arms and ammunition found there. Nittl's Son Rescued. By the Associated Pres NAPLES, December 19.—Viac cisti, who charged him ing a provocative attituda.while a band was playing the fascisti anthem. Nitti's assailants were about to ad- minister a dose of objectionable medi- cine when the fascisti consul, Duke Carafa, intervened, saving him from harm. Blueand GoldHue Garb for Police At White House Distinctive uniforms of blue and Bold will adorn the White House Police by the first of the new year. Distinguished visitors at the of- fice of the chief executive will then no longer be confronted by -attendants in the uniform of metropolitan police. Neither will Col. | tti. son of the former premier, was] attacked today by a number of fas-| vish assum- TWO CENTS. B ISLAND PARK WITH RONDPOINT INBRIDEE PLANS Beautifications Beyond Lin- coln Memorial to Include Branch Roads. 4 PRESIDENT’S SUGGESTION BRINGS QUICK RESULT | Six Surveyors to Work on Arling- ton and River Scenes for Ninety Days. Levelopment of a great park on Co- lumbia island will proceed with the { construction of the Arlihgton memorial bridge across the river from the Lin- coln Memorial, under the new plan as suggested yesterday by Presiden: Harding for a rondpoint on the island This was foreseen today as Col. C. O. Sherrill, superintendent of public buildings and grounds, marshaled his forces for immediate wors on the bridge plan, which will give the Na- | tional Capital something entirely new {in the way of bridges, with an encir- cling system of roads unique in the country. Survey of the environs of Arlington | national cemetery began today. pre- liminary to making borings to deter- mine how far down the piers of the memorial bridge will have to §o to rock. George F. Clark, junior engineer, under direction of Col. Sherrill, this morn- ing began making preliminary surveys | at_the Arlington mansion. | Six_surveyors. under directton of l | & 2 2 S, 5 CITY, Utah. De ver | of Kildale, laborers: Joseph Johnson | 4i:"o¢ rumors and fantastic theories ! SARG we CITy Ui Dot i |- there be a pompous overdisplay or | M Clark, are at work on the surveys, and Fatrick Mangan of Kildare. rail-i o o novican aid to Europe. ] ' 19.—Air Mail Pilot Henry G. Huunslra.;E i i ornate trappings of 100 much gora | WMich Will take about ninety duys. way workers: James ('Connor of : .| Sixteen Persons Quizzed Re- missing ~ince 1ast { EXpected to Be Presented to ! and silver bral 5old |it was estimated. The borings in the Mr. Morgan said what the Depart. braid, unbecoming to : Fansha, Tipperary, and l'atrick Nolan | M- Mors: Friday. when he NEED MONEY FOR PAV"‘G’ the leading democracy £& no river will commence.shortly, and will of Mathbride rallway workers, ang |ment of State was unable to say in INoT 0 vecame 1ost in a| Angora Del t t Sat- | ! world. ¥ o ® | be conducted from barges, pipes being Brian Moore of Rathbridge, laborer. |answer to the unfounded fears of the veal No Trace of benver Eiesii s gora Delegates at sat- | | Byt the White House police, re. |4Tiven down to rock botiom. €y were arrested with a number | «jrreconcilables” and others who be- = i ' cently constituted a special force s ! g “C fece.” of others at Rathbridge, in County i to Rock Springs, H : z etk ttut - E e uggestion of “Cemterplece.’ Rildare Savx the oMcial report, which ' lieve some radical departure In Amer- Bandits. fo Bociicorinen | urday Session. Repairs Are Fast Getting Beyond; under the bresident of the United |, "Gi0h ™ 0o omeiaia were m|limr_\'( ey weta foind eulioahyle | lcan poll A O e found alive and, i Control of City Road tinctively. The caps, blue serge |enthusiastic today over the great committee of possessing, | Without proper authority, ten rifles. 6 rounds of ammunition, four bomb: with detonators, and one exploder. 1 An unofficial report, however, states | that the men were captured in a dug- | Morgan's announcement really hasan- other significance. It means that he has told France that aid from the al- lled bhnkers cannot be given unless STORIES OF THEFT TOLD ranch, four miles southeastof where his wrecked plane well at the Rigby ) CURZON PROPOSAL MADE Gangs. | Freezing weather of last night and! with vellow braid and small gold buttons, arrived today. The uniforms will be ready. it was announced. by the firet of the new yvear. In navy blue, the uni- forms will be fitted with high lidea of President Harding, suggested by him yesterday while on the per- sonal tour of inspection of the pro- posed sites for the memorial bridge t : the program drawn up by the inter- pen 5 . : . : Jugiac “l'f;l.b::{;.m:e!a:he;he"elr\engu‘:: o ie e Ploommitiaellyat¥Tine Thrilling Experiences as Shots Fly. s s ;Connter Plans by Ismet Pasha today made travel in the decp ruts| Military color . Dearing on eacn 'rhe!rn-imcmu plan dul‘lll for ::he 4f.2 column of ten operating in that Difficult to Distinguish Rob- eaterday. @ i and Tchitcherin Fail to of @ number of streets in the s€c- | piorogram, “AYs I Arim Out, the | s e oot Ate Lincoln |is revived. ing to adv es re- | lumbia Island, opposite the Lincoln district and responsible for the am- tion west of Connecticut avenue par-! coats will bear gold buttons, in- bush of national s, .- N ture. Vi v i ; e H iz vhich shall diverge tions of gooda shipped by all And the gl ; bers From Others. St B Find Favor. |ticularly dangerous. The ruts were| scribed with the words “While |ihree. grear roade. The location of seizure of materials in shops. The key to the future lies in the day H !cut during the heavy rains, and in; House® and the shield of the |guch a place.of divergence on the ls- Ji: | caretully worded document issued then = | H. G. BOONSTRA. demw!r.l rport-i | some cages it was almost impossible | ™ S {land is entirely arlg(lnldl :\n‘nl the Railroads Badly D Mr. Morgan and his colleagues. | B the Associated Press. *d he was unable | B tie Assaciated Pross, to try to steer an automobile. The| President, and at once led officials to Ba lsorganized. | by & DENVER, Col., December 19.—Eight- | et away from the Rigby ranch be- | LAUSA! December 19.—It was 0:,, r:,-.c';( !mtdp by trafifc on some |see that President Harding had Traln wrecking, the tedring up of railway tracks and the blowing up of Lridges has been practiced on a large scale by republican sympathizers in Ireland since the irregulars began their operations. This has badly dis- organized the rallway system and hurt trade, dispatches frequently tell- ing of communication between Dublin and Belfast or between other impor- tant points in south Ireland being cut off by this reason. Today's drastic action, aimed at the interference with train operation, w under the blanket measure passed by the dail eireann last fall giving a thority to suppress disorder. Previou executions have been in connection with the use or possession of arms, | ept that the last infliction of capi- | punishment on December 3, when Tory O’Connor, Liam Mellowes and two other republican leaders were cxecuted, was officially announced as in reprisal for the assassination of Sean Hales, the deputy shot the day previous. The executions recorded have been as follows: Nineteen Are Executed. November 17—James Fisher, Peter assidy, Rlichard Tuchy and John tGiaffney, Dublin republicans, shot for ving revolvers in their possession. November 24— Erskine Childers, chief lieutenant of Eamonn De Valera, executed for having had an automatic pistol in his possession. November 30—Joseph Spooner, Pat- rick Farrelly. and John Murphy, exe- cuted for armed participation’ in a bomb attack. December 8—Rory O'Connor, Liam Mellowes, Joseph McKelvey and Rich- ard Barrett, executed in reprisal for the Hales assassination. Today's executions make a total of nineteen by the Free State in a little more than a month. HEAVY FIRING IN CORK. Republicans Use Machine Guns in Night Fusillade. By the Assoctated Press. CORK. December 19.—There was heavy firing for two hours during last night in the northern suburbs of Cork, the republicans using machine gun: one civillan was severely wounded. DE VALERA NEAR CAPTURE. apes From Dublin Church as* Will France permit her member on the reparations commission to vote with the majority and issuc a unani- mous invitation to a bankers' com- mittee again to devise wiys and mear= of assisting the general eco- nomic situation in Europe? The bankers in June incurred the distavor of the French by pointing out the obvious though unwelcome fact that until there was some meder- ation on the part of France toward the enforcement clauses of the Ver- | sallles treaty and some limitation of Geormany's liablility was made con- | sistent with the opinion of investors throughout the allled world it was hopeless to talk loan. Goverament Not Party to Talk. The United States government is not a party to these informal negotiations of the bankers. Mr. Morgan went abroad | as a private citizen and with to commis- i sion official or unofficial from the Ameri- can government. He was invited to sit { with the internstional bankers' commit- tee and render advice to the reparations commission. A dispute arose 2s to the ftext ®f the invitation to the bankers, {¢the English and French wording being | somewhat at variance. " Anyway, the | French saw the bankers' committee as {a body attemrting to usyrp the functions iof the reparations commission and en- aration liability. Under such "éircum- stances, the bankers' committee accom- plished nothing except to set forth to the world its views, which are as valid today as they were then. U. 8. in Complete Accord. Unquestionably the United States governmeut is in complete accord with | the statement made by the bankers' committee—namely, that the fixing’ of | the reparations must be done first be- fore any private loans can be consid- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) HOUSE FIGHT OPENS ONTAX EXEMPTION Body Votes, 118 to 52, to Jeavoring to decreace Germany's rep- | een hours of searching and question- ing of sixteen persons at police head- reveal any trace of the identity of the bandits who vesterday robbed a fed- eral reserve bank truck of $200,000, atter a gun fight in front of t United States mint here, “in which Charles T. Linton, one of the guards on the truck, was wounded fatally. The truck, in charge of J. E. Olesen, icashier of the local federal reserve ! bank, had called at the mtint to trans- | fer the money, all in $5 bills, from the {mint to the bank. The mint guards {just had taken the money to the curb- ling, turned it over to the bank em- { their car behind the truck. Dies From Wound. The bandits at once opened fire on the main door of the mint. Linton was shot in the stomach and dled two and one-half hours later. Employes of the mint, all of whom have guns near their posts of duty, seized their weapons and rushed to the doors and windows, but were handicapped in returning the bandits’ fire because the bank employes were between them and the robbers. While the gun fight raged one of the rob- bers put the money in their automo- bile and they drove away During the flight one bandit stood on_the running board to fire a final volley at the mint guards. A bullet apparently hit him, for; he crumpled up and was dragged inside the motor car, which continued or its way. Mint Riddled. So terrific was the gun fire during the clashes that forty bullet holes were counted today in the transoms above the Main entrance to the mint and in the windows of the second- story building. The granite walls of the government building ltkewise are,chipped where the bullets struck. Bulldings across the street ‘likewise show the intensity of the fire of the guards. Windows apart "“g'e vflddud and many narrow es- capes from bullets on the part of the Toomers were reported to police arters. he:;lql:lld just come out of the mint full of currency when to drove up beside our r, driver with a fl!“at.:k‘“ andits’ ::‘:cl‘:." sald Willlam Havene ployes and re-entered the mint when: the bandits drove up and stopped: cause of the deep snow. The ranch has {no telephone service and Boonstra { was awaiting better weather before periars. —— WARISDECLARED ONFALSEALARYS 1 I Six Months, Fire Chief Declares. The increasing number of false fire alarms being sounded in Washington has prompted Fire Chief Watson and Maj. Sullivan, superintendent of po- lice, to unite in a concerted effort to round up the individuals who risk the lives of firemen and pedestrians by bringing the apparatus out on useless calls. . Inquiry at the fire chief's office to- day disclosed the fact that there have been nearly as many false alarms during the past six months as there were during the entire fiscal year that ended last July. 135 Calls in Six Months. For the twelve months from July, 1921, to July, 1922, the firemen were Icalled out at all hours of the day and night on 181 ‘false alarms. In the short period from July 1 to date there have been 135 false alarms, and jif that ratio continues for the next six months the present fiscal year will show a total of 270 such alarms. The fatal accident last night In in various stores which a pedestrian was killed by a poslt? ment houses over the Stores w,gon {5 pointed out as striking evi- | tinued M. Tchitcherin. dence of the serious consequences which, may follow in the wake of a falsq alarm. . Aslde from the ever-present danger of loss of life of firemen or civilians, it has been unofficially estimated that it costs the fire department $50 every 135 Needless Runs in Past! iTeported this afternoon’ that a com- I plete draft of the peace treaty drawn quarters had failed early today to|going to Coalville to notify his su-{up as a result of the deliberations of ! the near east conference here would be presented to the Turks on Satur- day. _ ‘Today's session of the conference | body dealing with the question of the straits was adjourned at 2 p.m. until ’lomorro\\' without an agreement hav- ing been reached. The Turkish delegates were concil- {iatory during the discussions. but the | Russian representatives maintained lan attitude of opposition. Curzon Is Impatient. Lord Curzon announced that the dis- | cussions were dragging on too length- {11y and that tomorrow’s meeting must ibe the last for consideration of the { straits problem. Forelgn Minister Tchitcherin of Russia made an effort during the debate to draw fire from the Ameri- can delegation. He argued that the American statement as to,the atti- tude of the United State} on the jauestion of the straits should be in- iterpreted to mean that only war- ships on errands of mercy could go through the straits to the Black sea. The American representatives did not reply to the soviet minister. Anxious to Carry Out U. S. Idea. In his reference to the United States M. Tchitcherin said: “I regret the failure of the con- ference to give consideration to the Russian proposals, as Russia was anxious to carry out the American idea of beneficent warships and to afford protection’ to the powers bor- dering on the Black sea.” Although Ambassador Child, Ad- miral Bristol and Minister Grew, the American delegates, were all present they made no response to this ap- minister to twist the American state- ment of policy into a declaration that the United States favored the admis- sion of warships into the Black sea only on errands of mercy. “Lord Curzon has declared Russia o ally, and stands alone in its on on the straits control,” con- *“1 want to say of he Russia’s allies are the taxpayers all the world, who will assure tI triumph of the Russian ideas.” Compelled to Deny Request. Lord Curzon said that, upon the judgment of all the experts, the al- lied ,powers were compelled to deny “] heard | time the companies go out on a fake |the Turkish request for the right to | beei parent attempt by the soviet foreign | of the streets had to be followed. While Congress has been asked by | the Commisisoners and the bureau of the budget sllowed to pass an| appropriation for paving the west’ side of Connecticut avenue for sev- | eral squares south of the Dlslricl‘ line, where it connects with the smooth Maryland highways, there is | a long space of this roadway which | is not providéd for elther in the cur- | rent appropriation or in the esti-| mate, but which is in need of re- lacement in order to handle the Reavy trafic which it must bear into | and out of Maryland and points west.! Ruts Are Dangerous. In many places the ruts and breaks | in the macadam are very dangerous; near the car tracks, and it is known | that these ruts have been the cause | of snatching the control-of an auto- | mobile from the hands of a driver.| The roadway in some places is par-| ticularly narrow and it is necessary for one vehicle in passing another to take to the car tracks. In some places there are deep ravines on one side of the road. with the poles in the center. either of which might be the cause of loss of life and property should a driver lose control by having the front wheels swerved by being cut for an instant in a rut. | While there are a number of streets in this section which have been macadamized, they now are becoming worn and dangerous and are getting beyond control of the road gangs. They are reaching that point where it 18 a waste of labor, time and money to attempt to keep them up. As fast as the holes are filled up the traffic comes along and throws the fillir, | out, leaving the same holes to be cut ; Qeeper and deeper until the bottom of the road foundation is reached and destroyed. Gang Working Today. A large road gang was working to- day on Western avenue, north of Chevy Chase Circle, filling in many big holes in the worn macadam road- | bed. Belt road, connecting Chevy | Chase Circle with Tenleytown, is rough and in need of repalr, the ma- cadam being broken in numerous places. Forty-first street northwest, north of Jenifer street, is lined on both sides with fine houses, but the road- bed consists of cinders, which have n badly cut up by traffic during BALLOU IS BEFORE i text books in the high schoole. UBCONMITTE Superintendent Makes Plea to Representatives for More School Money. The District Commissioners. with Dr. Frank W. Ballou. superintendent of the District schools, and other school officials. are before the sub- | committee on the District budget of | the House apbropriations committee | this afternoon calling attention to the needs of the Washington schools for the next fiscal year. The importance of elrly enactment ' of the tehchers' salary and school re- | organization bill will be stressed. The District officials also will tell the sub- | committee of the need of adequate | appropriations for providing up-to- | date text books and for providing free | Wants More Money. Dr. Ballou also will impress upon the committee the need for inserting in the bill items cut from his recom mendations by the District Commis. sloners in obedience to directions from the pudget bureau. Consideration of school needs fs the first specific work undertaken by this_emergency subcommittee hegded by Represntative Cramton of Michi- gan. which is considering District estimates because the regular Dis- trict subcommittee has been broken up by sickness. The Commissioners, accompanied by | assistant engineer commissioners, Au- | ditor Donovan and Daniel Garges. secretary of the board of Commis. | sioners, in conference with the sub. | comimittee today completed their dis- cussion of the geeral provisions of | the District bill. | Wanty to Rush Hearing. Chairman Madden of the House ap- propriations committee and Repre- sentative Cramton, acting chairma of the District. subcommittee, express. ed the opinion that while most care | B 1 struck upon the very scheme to ob- viate the difficulties caused by the old plan for just one approach across the bridge. The memorial bridge, not to be higher than sixty feet and sixty-four feet in width, with no car lines upon it. will run across the river from the Lincoln Memorial, probably in » line with the center of the facade on the Lee mansion at Atlington. although this latter Is a detall now being worked out. The rondpoint, to be constructed on the island, will be the center plece, literally and figuratively. of the bridge scheme, as well as of the reat park being planned for Co- umbia 1sland by Col. Sherrill. Com- plete access to the rondpoint from all parts of the park will be a main idea_under the plan being developed by Col. Sherrill. City Fall of olnts. A rondpoint is nothing more less than a circle, Col. €herrtil point- nor ed out today. Scott Circle, Dupont Circle, Towa Circle, Thomas Circle these and others are simply rond- points. Washington is simply full of them. But to place one direcliy In con- nection with a bridge is something new. From the rondpoint on Columbia is land one road will continue direct] across the remaining portion of the is. land to narrow boundary channel small park bridge, scarcely more than {a culvert, carrying the road across this directly up to Militars road. This center road, in_effect continvation_of the memorial will end at the Military road. nificent memorial arch will be placed there, leading into the cemetery, and from this arch two encircling roads, one to the north and one to the south. will lead by winding ways up to the amphi- theater. g Equal with the main center road will | be two great roads which will encircla the Arlington national ceme- tery. these two encircling roads leading directly, off from the rondpoint. 17 the thumb and first two fingers of the hand are extended, the thumb and middle_finger widely curved, with the index finger held straight out between the thumb and middie finger a good idea is gotten of the plan of the three roads. The great knuckle at the b of the index finger will then represen the rondpoint. The thumb will be th road to the south around the cemetery. and the middle finger will be the road 10 the north around the cemetery. There two great roads are entirely outside the cemetery, and, of course. outside the two shorter_encircling_roads. winding (Continued on Page 2. Column 1.) the direct orid A ' p o Troops Arrive. '01 the federal reserve ' then | call. have a garrison of 5000 men on the | the recent warm and rainy weather. gl (050 SO0 OO armaib somebody say ‘Hands upt au i . lipolis insula for the defense has made one track, to be used eration will be given to all | By the Ausociated Prem. ! i there was shooting. 1 GI%ed iets.| Sharp Watch Ordered. SEUROLR BT he ACkean sen: - | both wave and It is impossible to|items In the District budgel, stenuous| GRAHAM FILES MOTION LONDON, Decémber 18.—A report Take Up Plan Against Imy car to escape the rain o e | d The allies must also, he added, deny | get out of it for pafking near the e to get the hear- from Paris that Eamonn De Valera They could have ‘shot me easlly| Maj. Sullivan stated today that helyyg Turicish request that the Sea of | Gurb. In fact, it would be risky for|{h€8 compicted within ten days, o that F CA had been captured by Irish Free State her | enough. It was all over so quickly: | has sent an order to all his men to|Marmora be considered a separate!the automobllist to get.out of it, un. | the bil] will be reported to the House | FOR NEW TRIAL OF CASE authorities lacked corroboration here | Further Issues. though it seemed a long time. be constantly on the lookout for per- | body of water, not connected With the | Jogs he favored getting stalled, for | MGy Speh, (AR SERUETS 00 L L L SR today. It is belleved that the report, which was printed in a Parls newspaper, may have grown out of a Dublin dis- patch saying that De Valera had na: Towly escaped capture while attend- ing mass in the Catholic University Church, Dublin, inasmuch as he left the church just before troops arrived. Grenade Bomb Is Found in Rear Of Buckingham By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 19.—A dis- . . turbing discovery was made at the rear of Buckingham Palace to- day when a grenade bomb was found in an ash cart which had just arrived to remove the palace refuse. How the missile got into the cart is a mystery and the police this afternoon were examining it 1o see if the charge had been re- moved. The authorities say they attach no special importance to the find, believing the grenade was thrown into the cart while it was on_ the way to the pslace by some one who merely wished to get rid of a dangerous souvesir. By a vote of 118 to 52 the House today took up for congideration the Green resolution proposing a constitu- tional amendment prohibiting the further issuance’ of tax-exempt se- curitles. y An hour .of starp debate preceded the vote in which the entire question was_discussed and the proposal con- demned and commended. In presenting a rule giving the meas- vre right of way Acting Chairman Snell of the rules committee declared tax_exempt securities now amounted to $15,000,000,000, and that there was no way short of a constitutional amendment that could keep wealth from hiding from taxation. ‘Representative Pou of North Caro- lina, ranking democrat of the rules committee, characterized the proposal “as the greatest farc on the American people,” ai cally declared he would drop his tracks before voting for it. Asserting that 90 per cent of the agitation for the measure was propa- ganda, Mr. Pou added: “Alexander Hamilton would turn over in his grave if he could read this thing and the people of the smaller communitjes would be amazed if told how thefr road and school and drainage bonds, issued at great privation, should be subjected to a rate of taxation to be fixed by some- body else. ! I dead in away and I came arove sutgmonte truck and got in under my ot fro e "afraid the mint guards would shoot me, as they were shooting in my direction at the band! In Precarious Position. J. E. Olson, cashier of the Denver branch bank in charge of the guards who were transferring the money from ‘the mint to the truck, probably had the most precarious position of any one participating. “We had just gotten the money from the mint when a car drove up Iheard some one say ‘Handsup! ‘l‘ngllr!ad to rush into the mint for help. .The guards inside the mint started to shoot at me. “I never held up my hands. After one of the mint guards had shot at me I scre ed for him not to shoot me but to shoot at the bandits. “Who are you? he asked. I told him, and then he directed his fire in the direc- tion of the bandits.” Mr. Olson collapsed shortly after the robbery and had to be removed to his home. —_— POSTMASTERS NOMINATED. President Harding yesterday nomi- nated Mary W. Tise to be postmaster at Hyattsville, Md., and James Gooch to be postmaster at Brentwood, Md. He also nominated J. N. Coffman of Edinburgh, Va., and W. 8. Spar- row of Olney, Va.. to be’ postmasters of those towns. A 3 sons with the perverted sense of humor that prompts them to “pull” | a fire box and then watch the firemen speed through the streets. Firemen responding to a false alarm run as much risk as though they were dashing to a fire; for they must regard every stroke of the bell as a call to save life and property. Maj. Sullivan pointed out that it is no easy task to apprehend the men and boys who sound false alarms, especially when they do so after dark and with automobiles. Polics officials suggest that every citizen can help in this campaign by watching for such offenders. Dol paris BANKRUPTCY PETITION FILED AGAINST PRODUCER Theatrical Man Declared to Have Liabilities of $1,000,000 By . Three Complainants. By the Associated Press. : 'NEW. . YORK, December 19.—Aileg- ing labilities of $1,000,000, three cred- R. |itors today filed an involuntary peti- Max tion in bankruptcy against E‘ple‘el, theatrical producer of this t; assets were -not mentioned in the petition, straits, and thus exempt from the de- militarization plans. 4 Ismet Pasha’s- efforts to have the waters for'twenty miles outside the straits considered as demilitarized that is what surely would happen. A small road gang was observed here today, attempting to smooth out vlhe Tuts by leveling @ number of wagon loads of cinders which had been (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) HARRIES AND WIFE BRAVE STORM TO GET ON SHIP Windows of Prench Cutter Blown Out as It Struggles to Reach Liner Bérengaria, for London. By the Assoclated Press. P CHERBOURG, December 19.—A vio- lent storm compelled the liner Beren- garia, from New York, December 11, for Cherbourg and Southampton, to remain off ‘shore near this port throughout last night to Insure her safety. Passengers for Cherbourg ‘were landed this morning. Maj. Gen. George H. Harries and Mrs. Harries, who wished to. board the Berengaria on their way to Lon- don, ventured out at midnight during the height of the storm on board & French admiraity cutter. The trip was a_dangerous one, the cutter bad] being buffeted and some of her windows blown out, but she finally made the Berengaria safely and placed Gen. wnd Mrs.-Harries on board, i | (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) —_— 36 Barns Burned. In 20-Mile Area, | Due to Firebugs By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., December 19.—Four barns were destroyed by fire early today in Montgomery ang Chester countles. The fires were gll within a radius of twenty miles/ Inj at least two instances there evidence of incendia- rism. At one place shots were ex- changed with three. men seen flee- ing from asbarn shortly after the started. e m;u!a policemen in large force are combing the roads in search the “barn burmers,” now be- lieved to be an erganized band. The fires today brought the total number of barns burned {n Mont- Chester and Delaware to thirty-six since early ‘The monetary loss now ut $400,000. October. totals abo i Assistant Superintendents of Schools Stephen E. Kramer and Garnet C. will present sHowing the imperative need of all the items in the school budget. He drawings showing the proposed sites for new school bufldings provided in the budget. SOLDIER AND WOMAN SHOT TO-DEATH IN HOTEL Wilkinson, armed with data, which he to the subcommittee also brought with him a number of | Charges Court Erred in Admitting Evidence for Humes and | Barring His. Lieut. Lorimer C. Graham, U, §. 3 through Attorneys Danlel Thew | Wright and Philip Ershler, today filed la motion for a new trial of his $500.- 1000 heart balm suit against A. L { Humes. wealthy lawyer of New York The plaintiff says the verdict rene | dered last Friday in favor of Humes {was_contrary to the evidence and Husband of Latter Asleep in Room |against the welght of the evidence. Nearby When Tragedy Takes Place. - i By the Assobiated Press. 5 1 SAN ANTONIO, Tex., December 19./ —Corporal James C. Huntington of} the 12th Field Artillery, Camp Travis, and Mrs. Ruby 8. Krenk of Youngs- town, Ohio, were found shot to death in_a hotel room here today, when police broke, open the door aftes hearing two shots. The woman was in bed and appear- ed to have been killed while asleep. Huntington's body was lying on the floor beside the bed. Army re- volver was near him. Police believe the man shot the woman, then killed himself. The woman's husband was asleep at the time in & reom nearbdy. The court also is charged with error of Jaw in falling to admit certain testimony offered on behalf of Gra- ham and in allowing testimony of- fered by Humes to which Graham's counsel had objected. Hearing on the motion has been set down for Friday, January 5, 1923, and notice served on Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert, Rudolph H. Yeatman and William E. Leahy, representing Humes. The divorce case brought by Gra- ham against his wife, in which he claims her divorce from him at Reno in l!lsé;‘llflcg before Chie neys Wright and Ershler for the plaintift were in court, but counmsel for the former Mrs. Graham, now Mrs. Humes, did not appear. The hearing in_the divorce case was con- tinued to January 22, 1923.