Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight; tomorrow _mostly cloudy; not much change In tempera- ture: lowest tonight about 30 degrees. | Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 47, at y; 1o today. st, 25, at 6 a.m. Full report on page 7. | 3 p.m. yesterd ing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 2 No. 28,72 post office Wi FRENCH TURN DOWN: AMERCAN SCHENE TOFI REPARATIN Hold Total Has Been Set by Commission and Paying Entered as second-class matter ngton, Gimmies Malady HauntsU.S. Ship; Liquor Cures It By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 22. Surgeons on ships flying the American flag have discovered an insidious disease, the “gimmies.” It was described today by Dr. E. S. Kippel of the President Gar- field, which made port yesterday. “It's terrible,” he declared. “Its ravages appear beyond contro). It starts soon after the ship leaves D. C. c ‘WASHINGTON, IN QUEST FOR MEN KIDNAPED BY MO Alleged Victims of Hooded Gang Were Drowned in D. C, TWO BODEES FOUND) J've 3 GoTTo DO Ty SUMETHING % FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1922—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. . N Yesterday’s WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Red American Eagle Dies Rather Than Go Down in Defeat SALISBURY, Md., December 22.— That the American eagle would fight to its death rather than suffer the humiliation of defeat, was borne out yesterday when Charles A. Taylor of Quantico told of his battle With an eagle which as- sumed the offensive until it was killed. " The bird, which was of the bald-headed species, measured six feet, seven inches between the tips Net Circulation, 89,982 TWO CENTS. FIRST STEP TAKEN FOR ESTABLISHING ONE-WAY STREETS Commissioner Oyster Directs Headley to Investigate . 3 port and continues almost until P f i 3 bl Cannot Be Estimated e 15 docked. “Afen-ana women Louisiana Lake. / for exnibitign ! Pe mounted | Feasibility of Change. e ulfilnplek ~d,§:m" all ;,‘."k flrm [ % .Txylor. who was driving along m s D ey say. Aas! them count d, READY TO ACT ALONE GRUESOME FIND FOLLOWS nolee In & clump of pushes. Coon | FIRST OF VITAL TRAFFIC IF GERMANY DEFAULTS Unofficial Progrm of United States Still Awaiting Results of what {s the matter. They tell me have headaches, thelr ears ache, their bones creak with pain—ev- ervthing. “And then, when I am properly sympathetic, every one of them shows the one common symptom. “‘T must have a drink.' they Bodies Brought to Surface by Dy- | namite—Troops on hog. Before Taylor could realize what was happening, the bird started an onslaught against him. In the struggle the eagle was knocked to the ground several times, each time recovering and they are feverish, they are suf- H Investigati fering with stomach pains, thay e e e GlecomEreliahe SEARCH OF FOUR MONTHS i feavoring 1o rlee In the | REFORMS CONTEMPLATED Widening of Tenth, Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets Suggested say.” Dr. Kippel said that on the ki P ) cavt bl odla it ‘ resuming the attack. Only after 4 . e L Sone: receiving a blow upon the head as One Solution. ek ‘ from a club rendering it uncon- ; : ‘ scious did the eagle give up the BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. | By the Associated Press. i i o Gean Special Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily SHREVEPORT, La.. December 22.— n trame ‘resuationsIn changes in traffic regulations In SENATORS SWINGT0 News. : The badly decomposed bodles of two 2 (Copyright, 1922.) 3 Washington was taken b: 1 o ' 22, ; v tt Danlels and y Commis- VARIS, December 22.—The French men; beliayeditoflc JWEtTIDL 3 X sioner Oyster today, when he directed government has declined the informal American suggestion that a neutral commission of cconomists und financiers Le formed to fix the reparations total on the basis of Germany's capacity to pa The French position is that the total has been fixed by the experts of ent thought of issuing C bonds and Borah Navy Bill Amendment * ECONDMICPARLEY Thomas Richards, missing victims of {the Morehouse mob of last August, were found this morning near the Eastland ferry on Lake La Fourche. ! which separates Morehouse and Rich- land parishes, according to the spa- | cial correspondent of the Shreveport Journal. The limbs of the dead men night by unidentified persons. % v W% PASSES $30,000,000 . ART BUILDING BILL Inspector Headley, chief of the po- lice traffic bureau, to investigate im mediately the feasibility of establish- ‘ng permanent one-way strects in the city’s more congested districts. This is one of the first questio: the newly created Washington Safety Council announced it would consider rules to govern the movement of both the reparations commiss.on, that Ger- | T s - X were tled with wire. They came to s O 'sli‘:lr:‘11c:nm:a‘ie"acgz’ral{el‘;"n::i!orm:zi‘ Finding lncreasing ,thl: esur‘;ace as ‘l‘h: rrsultyu! a big Senate Told Millionaires ;"' the improvement of conditions St sl charge of dynamite exploded last i ere, and it Is belleved to be only ent conditions: that there is no pres l harge 2 Pl Back Plan f0r |ndustr|a] She Dorinning Of eareal ks ok | msequently, all that the allies demanding from Germany is 50.900.000, 000 gold marks ($11,900.000,000). of which the French share is only 26.000,000,000 are | Support. The bodles were nude, except for belts and a portion of the trouters. One man's head was gone. It s | thought that those who used the ex- INTERIOR BUDGET PARDONS FOR TWO LIFEGUARD ASKED Classic Center. vehicles and pedestrians. “I am afraid we will have to come to it sooner or later,” Commissioner S 1as.00 SOME FOR L | ° ece = e " Y e TMEEATION picif s hoet sithone mamine iné AS YULETIDE GIFTS| NO GOVERNMENT COST |Somer commimes. “ana we may s :h:s nl‘aldlu;lésl!‘!d:x to arbitration by dis- o e lfll'r‘r;x-ae.y?:rrrnn !:;‘&omzsrxm:d‘ezt“a:rl‘\:;‘ “Christmas pardons,” it is undgr- :ell begin to collect data, so we will st el Would Curb Subjects to Be Dis- | across the jake. The ferry boat had | y 1 stood, will be glven to only & iy o hrre sas Dhe-way Sule Shoul Ready to Act Alone. { broken from its moorings and drifted ! 14 - : : ederal prisoners by Dresident i i . It Should be added na. aithougn | cussed—Interallied Debt Con- inl c:;side';:n.nebaa?n:x;:ar down ths Hashine 2 AN | Congress Action Provides Com- May Widen Streets. the French government has abandon- s - & el Sabanic Vi . . el e = = Inspector Headley inf d th f the idea of undertaki; lone the sideration Likely. boat was accustomed to land was . The pardons are said to have . mission to Consider y ormed the afieheyidtmiofmidestanini alanc the y. e o Bill Reported Today in House I , (0. Praons ate o ident na Chevy Chase Resident Afraid = Commissioner chat hie report woula basin, the French program in other i Searchers. announcement as to the recipients " ” . 3 completed in January, and it is not respects has not been changed since| Qutstanding features in the situation | e e e Less Than Amount Asked is expected prior to Christmas day. Children Will Drown With- unlikely a trial, at least, will be made the recent conversations in London. nearest point where soldiers T e e soon afterward. Both the Commis- The crux of this program is no mora- torium without new pledges. France. | in the Senate wing of the Capitol brought about by the introduction by Senator | | The were reported stationed !s said to be several miles from the place of the in Estimates. extend clemency at this time to persons still imprisoned for viola- out Protection. The Serate today passed the Fernald resolution reported from the public sloner and the traffic director would prefer to solve the traffic problem as following Germany's almost certain|Borah of Idaho of an amendment to B T e v | 2 tion of war-time laws, but it is z 5 French action was indicated yester- | the President to Invite foreign nations | jo.jy 78 10 the ponditien ottt | CARE FOR D. C. BUILDINGS | pirss, ™t receive @ chrisimes 'PLEA TO COMMISSIONERS the broposal of the American Arts P DrhereaT n 2IDR NIk rauuguten in a much-applauded speech bY |to a conference in an effort to solve the | remove them; also that jlentification i =4 px;a::strie: Association, Inc., to "“”": ;;r ::ullg‘gi 15;:.':; : Francois Marsal, former minister of finance, before the senate. Hold Rubr Gateways. economic difficulties of Europe and the world today, were: will be difficult unless there are marks on the belts. The entire Natiohal suard company Seven Residences for Physicians at DEMOCRATS WANT | Further - Examples Are Cited of erect in Washington a $30,000,000 buflding as a national center for ap- The reso- ing off scveral feet of the sidewalks. It would entall considerable expense, however, which the District can fil afford to bear at the present time. | | | 1. Much support was gathering “The Ruhr basin,” said M. Marsal,| & | which has been on duty here while . . 1ied and industrial arts. e I et aal duche we a'mong the senators behind the sugges- | :‘h‘arelgkssx surrounding Mer Rouge St. Elizabeth’s Are | Neglect to Thoroughfares in fu“on now goes to the House for ac- |y, On--wuyhstreeu north and south, 2 = tion: | we ragge sear or 5 2 owever, have f 4 already hold all its gateways in a| bodies of the two men who were kid- Authorized. i Washington. tion. among motorists. °"1'-’:nu:'.mfim“.v:5 military way. Coal goes out and iron (2) Proposals were made on the | naped by a band of masked men on N.Y. SAFE FOR1924' Senator Fernuld of Maine, chairman of the committee on public buildings 13th streets are used by motorists who wish to avoid the congestion and i ;;};s";:"xe"',;, N hy Lot institute o |part of some of the leaders that the | August 24 last, and Who have not : manufactured goods either going in|language of the amendment be modi- | been seen since, was ordered to v = i D and grounds, formally reported the|street car lines on 14th street. n: ured & er going when guards | CArrying appropriations for the sup. Assignment of a lifeguard to pro-20¢ EXOURC ONCh e immediately | have suggested that all r‘;;mfi:;y_ or coming out a sort of turnover tax such as we all pay in France? It will be objected that German manu- facturers may then cease work in the Ruhr. I do not belfeve they will, for the Germans are too practical. Rut even if that happens we have merely to say that the conflict is be- tween the German workmen and their employers and that it is none of our busine: h)lor‘_:o;fl,d:f ‘lndu:t”d.\lyn?c. alu;‘lutlun of the economic difficulties Shortly after 1 o'clock seversl men tivity in the Ruhr district is n- | of Europe. ? v ported to the House today. sidewalk might conceivably slip off Cvas backed by an association e e CE corsaponding wala Tor the Moves to Suspend Riles. | brce, e maima Sbout i o ohallaw | The amount recommended to be ap- | e, the curb and be drowned in the mire | Whien® Incjuded in_its membership | 40d 10th streets for south-bound traf e o ot s alltes When the Navy bill was taken up |spot. They paid no attention to or- |propriated in this bill is $294,215.300. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. of the street. many ’“"""J"{'{:';,,,','.'.dy ;::1“:9""2:‘} Should this regulation be put in e! There are about thirty homes in the | heen assure fect, parking at an angle probab! NEXT STEP AWAITED. Hope Expressed Here to Get Ele- ments Together. By the Associated Pres Despite what progress may have been made toward extending Amerl- can aid in composing the reparations disagreement in Europe, there was| evidence here today that much re- mains to be done before all the in- terested elements can be brought into agreement. There is no assurance so far that France, whose interest in the repara- tions settlement is a very direct one, will find it possible to agree to a pro- posal for an American commission to survey German economic conditions and fix a basis on which & ne.w repa- rations program might be framed. Acting Only Unofficially. Tn this situation officials in Wash- | fied s0 as to limit the subjects which { might be discussed at the proposed { conference. (3) A desire®was expressed on the the attitude of the administration be- fore taking action on the Borah pro- posal, including a wish to prevent an embarrassment of the administration in its present effort looking toward in the Senate today Senator Borah, mindful of the fact that his amend- ment might be held subjéct to a point of order on the ground that it new legielation on a general appropriation bill, submitted a mo- tion in writing to suspend the rules should it be necessary to make the amendment in order. suspend the rules requires a two- thirds vote of the Senate.- It was admitted today by Senator Borah that under the terms of the i proposed conference on the economic problems of Europe the question of j the interallied debts might be con- sidered at the conference proposed. need not necessarily be considered at the conference. The question of the reparations which must be paid by Germany is one that he regards as | inevitable in the consideration of ways and means to relleve the situa- tion abroad. That question would have to be dealt with. in his opinion, whether the allies owed each other any money or not. part of some of the senators to learn | A motlon to| He said, however, that that question ; i Cooper lake early toda: | stationed there discovered a number of men mioving about in the shallow water of .the lake and fired upon | them. Eight men had been stationed at | Cooper lake, which was partially dragged vesterday. They had been given Instructions to fire on any per- sons seen about the lake who could not give an account of themselves. ders to surrender given by guards- men, according to a report to the officers of the company here. Sev- jeral shots were fired at them and | the men disappeared. It is believed they made. their escape in a boat through one of -the bayous opening into the lake. Two of the guardsmen were sent to report to headquarters here, mak- ing the eight-mile trip on foot, much {of the way through a dense swamp. They arrived at Mer Rouge soon |after 3 o'clock. The entire militia company was at_once sent to the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) LIQUORBANILLEGAL, SHIP LINES CLAIM port of a number of institutions in the National Capltal, including St Elizabeth’'s Hospital, Howard Uni- versity and Freedmen's Hospital, and the Columbia Institution for the Deaf, the annual appropriation bill for the Interior. Department for. the fiscal year beginning July 1 next was <e- Compared with the regular annual appropriations for the current fiscal year, this bill is $2,996,765.10 less than the current fund, and it is $1.143,952 less than the amount requested in the budget estimate. $148,000 Decrense Shown. A net decrease of $148,000 has been effected in the estimates for the per- sonnel of the pension office, with the approval of that bureau. The bureau last year asked for $436,000 for a temporary roll to bring the work of the office up current. The Housz appropriations committee recommended $306.800, a reduction of $129,200. The pension commissioner ad- Vised the committee that the purpose sought would be achieved before 'the Close of the fiscal year and that $50.000 of the amount given under this lump sum for & temporary roll will be turned back and the temporary roll will not be 1 {New Governor to Put] Through Program Fulfilling Pre-Election Pledges. i According to concurring and seem- | ingly authentic reports from New York, Gov.-elect Smith, who will take office January 1, and the democrat leaders are framing a definite pro-| gram for carrying out the pledges the | democratic party made in the recent; elections, with the object in view of soliditying all factions and making “New York safe for the democratic party in 1924 Tammany, it is reported. enough contracts ahead in port de- velopment and city projects to flush times for the intervening period and even beyond. Upstate democrats ex- pect. in the development of wuer! power under state control, to share in an era of prosperity. Mr. Hearst and Mayor Hylan are to have full meas- | ure of home rule, by which Albany will divest itself of the burden of the seas tect the lives of children in the 5300 I block of 41st street, Chevy Chase, D. C., was asked of the District Commis- ioners today by Arthur E. Cook of 5302 41st street. Mr. Cook, in & letter received by the Commissioners, point- ed out that the condition of the street is so bad that children playing on the block, in many of which are children, whose only place for play is on the sidewalk, Mr. Cook’s letter said. The mud and water along the curb, he added, is so deep that children might drown in it if help were not sum- moned quickly. IHe suggested that one of the lifeguards from the mwu- nicipal bathing beach be assigned to the block. Mr. Cook is private secre- tary to Secretary of Labor Davis and formerly was a United States vice consul in Japan. Examples of Negleet. Additional glaring examples of early neglect of street improvements, and which are still being continued, were found today in the northeast section of the city, particularly that territory lying to the northeastward of Lincoln Park. after that body met today and asked for consideration. He was closely questioned by Senator Caraway of Arkansas- and Senator McKellar ‘of Tennessee, as to whether the govern- ment was to be asked to bear any of the expense of erecting the proposed bullding. Backed by Millionaires. Senator Fernald replied that the tion of the building would be forth- coming and that the government would not be asked to erect it. He said that he thought the government <hould provide a site in Washington for the building. Senator Fernald characterized the project as philan- thropic and for the purpose of estab- lishing in the capital a temple to American art and industry. He said that any city in the country would be glad to have the building erected within its borders. He pointed out that it has been some time since Con- gress has done anything toward the beautification of the National pital. and said that he thonght the erection of this proposed $30,000.000 building would be a distinct addition to Wash- on. I first 1 thought that possibly this was a visionary project.” said Sen- ator Fernald, “but on investigation I felt that the proposition had much be- hind it, and was worthy of attention by the government. “The committee on public buildings and grounds has looked into the mat- fares running north and south with- in a radius bound by Massachusetts avenue on the north, the Mail on the south, 7th street on the east and 14th street on the west be made one- way streets. ¢ exceptions in this sone would be 9th street and 11th street, whlclh have car tracks_and are little used. That would leas th street and 12th street for north-bound traffic and 13th would be abolished and machines would be allowed to park parellel on the left hand side only. The right- hand side of the street would be kept free for machines to stop, discharge passengers and move on immediately. May Change Parking Rule. Another suggestion under consider- ation of the Washington Safety Coun- cil is the abolition of angle parking on 14th street. Complaints by the score have been received that modern automobiles are 80 long. that iives ars endangered every time a motorist ig obliged to pass between one of these parked automobiles and a street ca because there is not sufficient room. Pedestrians waiting for street cars are obliged to remain on the side- walk and rush out before oncoming automobiles when their cars come along. If motorists were compelled to park parallel plenty of room would be left for the creation of safety zones in front of cgr stops and moving ve- hicles still would have enough room to drive with a greater degree of ington are seeking to minimize as! The proposal that the United States far as possible any direct connection | invite the other powers to a confer- | continued for the next fiscal year. transportation situation in the great-| Homes have been on many of these | ter carefully and has had before it|safety. 4 y with the discussions in which they |ence on the economic problems of The budget estimate for Army and!er city. strente Sboth sldes, for years, but the | Frederick E. Bradley of New York.! Commissioner Oyster's move for Deople have been forced to continue | director general of the American Arts|one-way streets is reganled as the have taken part. and to emphasize that in what has Been done they have acted only in an “unofficial” capacity. At the State Department again to- day a sharp demarkation was lald down between the activities of Amer- jcan and other industrial leaders, on the one hand. and the official posi- tion of the government, on the other. There was no clear-cut denial, how- the world coming from Senator Borah, {an frreconcilable!opponent of the Ver- | sailles treaty and to the United States becoming intangled in Euro- { pean_affairs, suggested that Senator | Borah might have changed his posi- tion. 3 anging Fron Denies e denied emphatically today, how- International Mercantile Ma- rine Files Brief to Sup- port Appeal. Navy pensions was $253,000,000, which is $1,000,000 more than the current law, and that amount is recommended by the committee. Patent Office Loses. ! The total amount recommended for the patent office is $131,443 more than the current law, and $9,200 dess than Gov. Smith will lay before the leg- islature upon its assembling the iex- islation which the party ~will aim to get through early in the naw yeur. One outline of his plans, presented | with some show of authoritative statement, embodies these features: ‘Amendment of the state constitu- tion granting to cities and villages adequate power of self-government, Vear after year living with nothing but a muddy outlook in fromt. The streets are in many cases very dan- gerous to life and property, and year after year they have been allowed to continue in such condition. Holes and Ruts. Sixteenth street northeast from 2nd Industries Association, and others. The original resolution provided for the appointment of a joint committee of Congress, consisting of three sena- tors and three representatives, to 1ook into this project. The committee pro- poses amendments 50 that the com- mission shall be composed of two sen- ator and two members of the House 21d four members to be appointed by first permanent benefit to be reaped from the lessons of Safety week, out of iwhich grew the Washington Safety Council. In_addition to ti organization, the District Commi sloners have created another com- mittee of prominent business men and Women for the consideration of traffic conditions. William P. Eno, the in- ternationally known traffic expert, already has accepted chairmanship ever. that the whole proposition of “plea that American ships cannot The personnel has been igh o e S ever that his position has been modi- Atpl ps cannot | the estimates. e pel nel en | including the .right to amend their | East Capitol to B streets is full of 3 o B i O mediineen nea - justly be prevented from servin |enlarged somewhat, but there are mo(OWn charters and to own and operate [geep holes and ruts, while on A street efErealden R ‘:’:;‘f:d to know | of the committee and Engineer Com- Gutstanding representatives of in: | .Never. lie said, has he opposed the |liquor on the high seas under the |salary increases. The total increase publIcuSttIcs today between 16th and 17th streets| SENator CAtATEy Tol *C feq "or | missioner ieller announced todas dustry in the United States and d es extending Its commer- | rohibition l3ws is set forth in a|for salaries over the current year is New Transit Siatate. | the rondway had much the appear-{ihe erection of the D ‘,‘;‘.;,-‘"af";‘&m:i.‘;’;‘“?«n‘;“b"mg . lied that he not thinl abroad, or that those with whom he cial relation with foreign nations or The additional employes wiil Enactment of a statute which will ance of a public dump. Many wagon- Fernald rep! meeting of the Board of Commission- D aved had gained the . wimime [opposed the consideration of eco- | brief filed in the Supreme Court to- | $125,645. Tl A about $100.000 Convietion that the commission plan | nomic questions. His opposition has |day by the International Mercantile |enable the patent office {o render better f supplant the present transit commi loads of ashes were being dumped | there had. SUCRER (o "plans He | €8 tomOrtow mortINEL s 1s ex would meet with satisfaction here. | centered against l;dwm‘”';{!c;?hfihm Marine in support of its appeal from |service to manufactyrers and other busi- | sion, act and give to all cities un- | there, and many people were engaged had et it was his opinion the gov- pe::"efi wonk ot B o Hope for French Ald. called " attention. to the fact tha:|the interpretation given the Daugh- |ness interests throughout the country, | divided power.in connection with all " raking over them for cinders. B crnment should have a hand in super- | ge¢ of traffic regulations in the countrs. Neither was there any atlempt to|Gtorge \Washington, while warning |erty bone-dry ruling by Federal | fees from whom are now considerably in | transit matters within thefr “own | Street northeast, from 15th to 16th|vising the erection of this building. | TV will affect motorisis and pedes. deny that ip the same way those most | the country against becoming en-|judge Hand, at New York excess of the entire cost of the service. | borders. streets has a mud roadbed, the holes | Senator Caraway wanted 10 FAOW.[trians alike, making both riding and interested In the plan had satisfieq | tangled in political foreign alliances, 86 s 8L NEW TOTE. < the | today being filled with fce! also, whether it was propose ex- | U ng safer and more enjovable than {angled In polivical forelgn alllances L rne brief also declares it is not un-| The number of applications for| Grant to citles and villages the| North Carolina 'avenue from B|empt this building from taxes. To|Ulic fesent "strained conditions. It SR Senator Fernald replied that | BASSE PICTCR 1 ™ hose who have the themselves that it was acceptable also to Great Britain. There is every hope that France also will give the sug- gestion her backing. making it pos- sible for the formal stages of the negotiations to begin. Meantime many conflicting reports have gained currency as to the pre- cise origin of the commission plan, which appears to have taken form only after an extensive exchange of among industrial leaders and here and abroad. So far as ted States is concerned, the proposal appears first to have been suggested to Secretary Hughes by of- ficials of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, who still are in touch with State Department officials regarding it. Disturbed by Disclosure. There is every indication that high sdministration officials are much dis- turbed by disclosure of the commis- sion plan before it reached the stage where .public and formal diplomatic exchanges could take place on the subject. Preliminary discussions al- ways precede any written diplomatic correspondence in negotiations on del- jcate questions, and until the attitude of all the parties concerned has been ascertained the government as such ordinarily does not move. It was reiterated authoritatively at 1he State Department today that the American government had not pre Sented to the allied capitals any pro. posal for an_ American commission, the commercial relations of this coun- try with the rest of the world. There seems to be little doubt but what Senator Borah's proposal for an economic conference here has struck an answering chord. A strong de- sire that something be done which shall relieve conditions abroad and put an end to the falling off in mar- kets for American goods is mani- festing itself. Senator Borah, it will be recalled, months before the Washington con- ference on limitation of armaments was called, proposed a conference on the limitation of naval armaments, and eventually his proposal was em- bodied in the naval appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1922 ‘When he first made his propgsal for the conference on the limitation of naval armaments opposition was in- dicated in some quarcers, but the popular demand that something be done finally overrode this opposition. It Is believed that the same demand with regard to 2 solution of the eco- nomic situation may have its effect in connection with his present proposal. Senator Borah's attention today was called to the fact that it had been suggested his amendment should be changed so as to limit the subjects which might be discussed at the con- ference. He pointed out that the matter would be largely in the hands of the President, who would frame the agenda which would go with the call of the conference. lawful for vessels to bring their ship stores of liquor into American terri- torial waters. In this respect the pesition taken by the mercantile ma- irine is similar to that set forth by the foreign shipping concerns in a brief filed recently with the court. Only by the adoption of a fiction is it possible by constitutional construc- tion to hold, the brief adds, that the word “territory,” as used in the pro- hibition act, includes vessels of the Jnited States upon the high seas and in foreign ports. Such a construction “would lead to an embarrassing in- ternational situation,” it is declared, Neither the history nor purpose of the amendment or the enforcement act indicated, it is argued, any inten- tion on the part of Congress to ex- tend prohibition to vessels of the United States while on the high seas or in foreign ports. The brief sets forth that examina- tion of congressional debates does not disclose “a single word which would indicate in any way that any one in Congress ever contemplated that pro- hibition would apply to vessels of the United States,” the brief stated. It seemed “hardly conceivable,” it is added. “that Congress would place an additional obstacle in the way of the establishment of an American mer- chant marine when the additional bur- den imposed was not essential to carry out the fumdamental purposes of the prohibition reform.” patents filed this year is constantly growing. The usual appropriation, $1.700, for the international bureau at Berne has not been included in the bill reported today, for the reason that it has been transferred to the bill making appropriations for the State Departmen| Will Bufld at St. Elisabeth’s. The committee has recommended for St. Elizabeth’'s Hospital the same amount as carried in the appropria- tions for the current fiscal year. and in addition an appropriation, $46,600, for the erection of seven four-room brick bungalows for residences for right to own and operate bus lines. A constitutional amendment which will permit the reorganization of the state government in the interest of efMciency and economy, not susceptible of being overturned by chance par- tisan legislatures. . Resortation of the direct primary system and provision for the equal participation of women in the work of all party committees. Gov. Smith is reported as feellng confident that the republicans, witl their scant majority of six in the lower house—the state senate is demo- cratic—will be unable to prevent these reforms being carried out, as the pressure of public opinion is held to be back of them, represented by the (Continued on Fage 2, Column 4.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Sent Marvel of Marvels! Photographs Picked From the Air! Wonder Invention of Washington Man—First Reproduction of :Pictures Radio—Exclusive Story of street east to its terminus is red olay in the roadbed, and houses line either side. E street northeast, 13th (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) thing definite had been decided, but RothinE (s a matter the proposed commission could look into. FAIR PORTIA PLEADS AGAINST MAN SHE CLAIMS KISSED HER Mrs. Alma C. Smythe, who caused a sensation in Alexandria, where she is sald to have drawn a pistol on Charles E. Petty Wednesday night and caused his arrest on the charge of spying on her, appeared today before Justice Hitz in Circuit Divsion 1 of the Dis- trict Supreme Court in support of her suit for $100,000 damages against Leighton Taylor, former private sec- retary for the late Boles Penrose, sen- ator from Pennsylvania. Mrs. Smythe charges that Taylor kissed her when she went to the senator’s office to se- cure an interview with Penrose May 1, 1921. Mrs. Smythe is titian-haired and pretty, and held the attention of the lawyers assembled in court while she pleaded with Justice Hitz to overrule the motion of Attorney J. T. Taylor, representing the defendant, for the claring he might be “bought off.” She told of alleged persecutions Which she claimed emanated from Taylor ever since. “He thought he would like to kiss me, and I did not think I wanted to be kisped.” She advised the court that operatives of the De- partment of Justice had followed and hounded her, and she was not allowed to leave Alexandria until she had se- cured the ear of Commissioner Oyster, who gave her protection from the local police, who also were harassing her, she stated. Special Dispatch to The Btar. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 22.— A warrant has been sworn out by | Charles E. Petty against Mra Alma C. Smythe charging her with carrying a concealed weapon. The pistol al- leged to have been carried by Mrs. Smythe is now In the hands of the rolice and the case is scheduled to be investigated tomorrow morning in the police court by Justice F. G. Duvall. proposals in charge that Washington's regulaticns may soon become the basis for a national automobile code, 8o thit motorists en tour will not be constantiy breaking laws every time they drive into a state or town that is new to them. FIRE GUTS CHURCH, FOLLOWING THREAT By the Associated Presa. QUEBEC, December The fire which destroyed the historic $1,000,- 000 Notre Dame Church early today is belleved to have been caused by an incendiary, according to Daniel Lorrain, chief of the provincial police, who sald he had received a letter in- forming him that the edifice would be burned on December 28. First report said it was belleved the blaze w: caused by a short circuit in the elec- trical wiring. The rectory adjoining the church also ‘was destroyed. The umlnvr’{“bufldlnn were threatened when the Was at 22 and it was added that no such sug- gestion had been made “formally or T e S 1 dismissal of her suit. Mr. Taylor| Mrs. Smythe caused Pettey to be K formally, directly or indirectly. DAY OFF FOR CABINET. Marvelous Achievement. In the el o ertute. of " Iimitation, | bromght Iao. the Dolice court, yester- | iy DolSht and the students were e Suggestions Considered. S M ine of claiming that as the suit was not filed |day morning, she alleging that he| ™ The flames leaped the narrow street 'flume until October 1922, more than a|spoke to her on the street, which he | geparating the church buildin from year after the aileged assault, it can- { emphatically denled and he was ac-|he business section of old Qu and At the same time it was pointed out that_the government spokesman was President Orders No Meeting of Next Sunday’s Star not be entertained by the court. Mrs. Smythe's dog occupied a chair at the quitted of the charge by the court. During the course of the investiga- caused slight damage to the offices of the Telegraph and the Chronicle, the speaking _ strictly of Intergovern- Tental matters and not referring to Programs ,of Christmas Advisers Be Held Today. B T ‘tabis while she addressed the | tion of the case Pettey told the court | English newspapers, Other establlsh- Ve R Susiness music Infthe Waskington Ersstisnt Harding Isitodsy, givicg s e ltaxinglthe fcase |Loormile) S A R [T s have been exchanges among business men and any of the countries in- volved. Such tentative suggestions of ways and means to deal with the veparations problem, which wi sgain_described as the most acute churches will be published on The Star's church page tomorrow evening. {Continued on Fage 2, Column 3.) - the members of his cabinet a holl- day. At least he called off the uswal bi-weekly cabinet seseion in order that those members of his official family who have not left the city may clean up their routine business preparatory to the Christmas holidays. Order Your Copy of The Sunday Star From Newsdealer Today- under advisement, sajd to counsel for Taylor: “Your client kissed a lady and now wants to plead the statute i of limitation, does heT™ Mrs. Smythe refused to have a law- yer asslgned to conduct her case, de- i pulled a pistol on him when he started to leave Duncen's garage after baving waited a reasonable length of time for the apperancs of an officer, whereupon he remained until they did arrjve. .. . . i Dame, said that the art treasures and documents, dating back to 1674, which the church held among its greatest pos- sessions, had been destroyed. Famous sacred paintings by Van Dyke and Le- brun were last. . a5 o