Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1922, Page 36

NAVAL SCRAPPING HELD N ABEYANCE U. S. and Japan Await Pro- mulgation of Arms Treaty Before Wrecking Ships. Give Her - Hosiery Pure Silk, Full-fashioned Hosiery, standard brands, high- spliced heels, reinforced soles and toes, lisle garter tops. In all colors and sizes. b 1'.95- Other Silk Hosiery, $1.65 to $4 | BUILDING ENDS, HOWEVER British Have Disposed of Many Vess¢ls—Neither France' Nor Italy 'Required To. Although both the United States and Japan have stopped work on largé bullding programs of capital ships, neither nation plans to complete the scrapping of any existing capital ships, at least pending promulgation ot the Washington arms conference naval treaty. This I8 shown in a report made by Secretary Denby, in response to & House resolution calling for_informa- tion in the hands of the Navy Depart ment on the ‘status of warships scrap- ped under the terms of that treaty or otherwise disposed of by the signa- torles since the adjourhment of the conference. Great Britain is shown In Secre- tary Denby's report to have disposed of, ‘or to be disposing of. a very con- ulderlble number of other capital Sport Hosiery 7 Silk and Lisle Mixtures, Plain and Fancy Clocks ¥ $1.25 $1.65 $1.95 Women’s Slippers Ribbon Trimmed Felt Slippers with Moccasin Soles, struction, v Las decommlssioned Xhips affected excepl the battleship Counecticut, which soon 1 be placed out of commisgion, and hmm the \lllinlo and Missourl, ch are a being broken up. Great Britain, Vfr Denby said, had the time this information’ w at a gathered. but which was not ind ty all completed $1.00 Sn.tin Mules—all shades—$3.50 vated. broken ap three capital ships; 821d to be broke: en; sold, but on two, and was_engaged in muNIal 5 sIx others. The Aus- tralian government, he added, had declded to scrap the battle cruiser Australia. Preliminaries to Be Done. Through her ministry of marine, the secretary continued. Japan had stated that while work preliminary to scrap. ping will be done. the hulls will not be broken up or =unk until the treaty has been ratifie 1 the powers. Certain prelimi remqval of guns engiMes was bei seven capital Dbeen placed in ourth reserve, and work had been suspended on Six. Work on two others was procceding With the evident intention of complet- them as aircraft carriers, permit- ted under the naval treaty Neither France nor Italy was re- quired to mcrap any completed vessels by the treaty. One of the ships ance was permitted to retain, Mr. . had been wrecked and on proposed to complete as ft carrier one of the five bat- tleships it had under construction at the begnning of the war. Italy Disposes of One. . Mr. Denby said. had disposed battleshi ler construction and had annulled contrac others. In addition, -the Vincl, a battleship permitted under the treaty, had been wrecked and would noLbe reconstructed, not affected by Mr. Denby sald the United States had dizposed of twenty-five submarines, one destrover, two moni- tors, and one dynamite gun vessel. Great Britain, he added, had lost three auxillaries by sinking and had dis- posed of thirty-eight lighter vessels, | including twenty-four submarines {One Japanese battleship. he continued, and thirty-three smaller v had been removed from the effective list, and one light crusier had been wrecked. France had disposed of one battleship. four crusiers and nine torpedo boats. ITALY FAVORS TREATIES. Slipper Buckles and Ornaments $1.50 fo $29.50 _Ducen, Duatity)BootShor 1219 F STREET N. W. Ecciusive Agents i Washington for QUBEN QUALITY SHOES Shoes and Hosiery for Women and Children. Waltham Colonial *A” Riverside Cat.No. 164. 19 jewel movement adjusted to s positiors Vsl rcenor s cllow gold case Raised g)1d figure dial. 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By the Associated Press. GIFTS THAT LAST BRUSSELS, December The Bel- gian chamber of deputies has ap- |proved the text of the two treaties lconcluded at the Washington arms conference by the powers having in- terests in China. Intends to Ratify Arms Pacts, Statesmen Assert. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. (By Cable_to The Star and Chirago Daily News. e ght. 19: December intends to respect and ratify Washington _ agreements, including the Chinese 5 per cent customs duties provision. is the assertion of states- men here. It s truo that the Itallans and Chinese are now wrang- ling over the ownership of Austrian ships of the Austrian Lloyd line. These ships took refuge in Chinese ports at the time of th and were seized by the Chine The Italians declare that it was de- cided in Paris that all the former enemy ships shoufd be pooled distributed according to the the various allies. They the Chinese 16st no ships, and therefore should not keep any of the A craft. The Chinese do not Jook at the matter in that light and continue to hold the ships. Arbitration has been proposed by the Itallans, but =o far the Chinese | have refused to consent to it government here considers the ( attitude unreasonable, but it has no intention of attempting. reprisals in contradiction of the Washington nfi'rfiemenl, which it looks upon as| settled ROME, .—That Italy the BELGIUM 0. K.S PACTS. —_—r The treatle sreferred to were signed, besides China, by representatives of the United States, Belgium, the Brit- empire, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Portugal. The first was designed “to safe- guard the righl and interests of China and to promote intercourse be- Our stocks of WALTHAM WATCHES are always complete. We shall be pleased to have you inspect them here. A. KAHN Inc. 935 F Street N.W. Jewelers Silversmiths Buy Any Waltham Watch in. 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The ex- aminations were ordered by Dr. Charles 1.*Bartlet in recorder's court and sentences were withheld until the court had received the psychi- atrist’s report. Three of those exam- ined were pronounced inferior in in- telligence by Dr. Jacoby. They were ordered to return in one week for fufther examination. According to the physiclan's report. one man charged with' having driven his car thirty-two miles an hous found inferior in intelligence, h; hearing and pos ht. Another alleged speeder was unable to read English and told Dr. Jacoby he could not differentiate be- tween the “go” and “stop” mgn.lu at street mlon«-m(lun* Fourteen persons who were pro- nounced mentally sound were given jail sentences and fined. The sen- umvm were mostly for one or two “Mr. Bartlet said he had sio_inten- tion of intimidating the public or make'it appear that there are many mentally deficient persons driving tomobiles. but that it was desirable. for the suke of public safety, to weed out those who are mentally incom- petent and give them treatment, if neceesary, rather than send them to Jail e MORE URGED TO RIDE. Seattle, With Trolley Fare;Cut. Seeks Increase in Passengers. SEATTLE, Wash. December 21.— sipal_car system ng been reduced to 5 cents from 814 cents, effective March 1, Seattle officials are laboring to educate the public to ride more. Preseft revenues, according to om- 1 statements, are barely suff to operate and maintain the & tem and installments on its purchase price of $15.000.000. To make the system pay its way 46 per cent more riders must uge the cars after the tare is reduced, it is estimated. GRAIN SHIPS ICE-BOUND. ROIT, Mich. Decémber 31.— | steamers carrying grain were n Lake just below the mouth of the Detroit river, today, awaiting the assistance of tugs and ice breakers. while three other ves- were continuing _their battle againat fce floes in the St. Mnr\! r. None of the hips appeared to Tein danger and tugs may be ay to free them. Transmission Silencer KEBONITE will silencesa noisy trans- mission, be- cause its character and con- sistency ex- ert a cush- ioning effect which quiets noisy gear: E | v bodied shredded oil, | \Which forestalls leakage from i the gear case or differential iw® case under all operating con- ditions _likely to be encou »f the present day for ssions and. differen- i | TO~NIGHT l Tomorrow Alright KEEPING WELL=—An NR Tablet (a vegetable aperient) taken at night will help keep you well, by toning and strengthening your di- gestion and dlmln.llun. oSy % /70@1.«471) ey AR i mS IR J UNIORS-—Little hird the regular dose. same ingredients, then candy For_children "snd adults. Peoples Drug S(l. Inc. Im) nt, too. in combatin colds -u the hnfiv-‘*unltlu of TIHGLS' removes goneral four of the system to_natural’ healthy condition, Be smre when you ask for sspirin to ask for TINGLE'S LAXO Al A aspirin with the thres n quickl 1..2‘&3." l i ; l rg:ll latw At practielng me At " o RYLAWDEEAT SEN By 10 Asssciated Prate. NBW YORK, Deetinber 2.—To per- mit physicians to ube their discretion in ! presonbing liquors would be to deteat | the putposes of the Volstead act, As- sistant United Btates Atterney Clark yesterday declared ih Ahswers to actions ‘Brought by Df. Samuel W. Lambert #nd EdWAr and James Burke, Ltd., makers of Guiness' stout, designed to raise dd- ditional questions ‘as to the constitu- tidnality of certain provislons of the prohibitien ehforcement law. Dr. Lambert's suit attackéd the pro- viston of the law limiting the quantity of Aleohelic Hquer a physician may pre- ‘ncridé to a Patient within & glven time. | He maintained that Con| beyond its constitutional practicinj et sald \his part ut Congress orney Cl o8 Was going Powers in di- ph)mchll\ in ood :m hew tnuch or s he should mnnbe Dr La oLihepEnibilDy in the position of The. rk £aid Dr. Lambert's | succensful complaint would lead to giv. ing flcllllnhe wer to preserjbe for | the #alé of uniimited suppliés make enforcement of the eighteenth amend- an! an impossibility. swesing. the auit of Bdwra ana Tlllllk AWI“I' Of NEXT Clmstmas it St S | and Join our 1923 Christmas Club Now JSirn) anaarities Be enfo térterh;s with the eale of Guiness’ stout icinal purposes, Clark _denied it the beverage had any medical or The 3% interest we add makes 1923 Club all the more attractive for you. Begin NOW to provide next Christmas with ready cash. !flolh(lc utility. 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