Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. 1 | [ Cloudy and warmer tonight, lowest temperature above freezing; tomor- | | | | Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 10w 98799, Entered as second-class matter | ended at 2 p.m. toda; | 3pm | today: yesterday; lowest, 33, at 8 a.m. Full report on page 10, RADICALS CRACKING 2 WHP OVERKENAL INPEAGE MOVES, Soviet-Inspired Group in An- gora Assembly Resent | Agreements With Allies. No. ‘Irish Consulate’ Closes at Time Setl By Death Threat| By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 26.—The office of the “Irish consulate.” from which Daniel J. McGrath di- rected the affairs of the dall eireann in this city before he re- ceived a letter threatening death unless he left the country before December 26, was closed today. Leaders in Irish affairs in the city claimed they did not know where McGrath was. McGrath received the letter, signed by “military au thority, Irish republican arm on December 14. In it he was told he would be shot on sight after the morning of December 26, be- cause the writers held him re- sponsible for the execution of Rory O'Connor and three other Irish re publican leaders in Novembe! TURKS PROTEST GIVING AUDIENCE TO ARMENIANS i At that cGrath de | 1‘1; was not actually Irish consul. . e A cted affair: Claim Ottomans Have Settled bY | sincethe resignation of Josenh Connelly, a few weeks before, but insisted he had resigned even that | slight office the night O'Connor was executed, Officials in the British consulate sald today that McGrath had not been officially recognized as con- News. Coprright, 1922.) sul here. CONSTANTINOPLE, December 26.— INMER ROUGE HOB Treaty All Differences With Them. BY CONSTANTINE BROW (Ry Cable_to The Star and Chicago Daily regarded with a certain amount of skepticism by all those conversant with the situation in Angora. Well intentioned Turkish leaders, | vealizing that they have galned far | more than they ever hoped for, are ! xlous to see peace concluded. Thelr | number, however, is small and they | Farmer May ldentify Some | a handicapped by the ignorant L members of the national assembly, i i e e g e:| - of Kidnapers Blamed for | ments may decide for peace, have | Lake Tragedy. given Ismet Pasha so little freedom ch WASHINGTON, D. C, FRENCH APPROVAL OF ARMS TREATIES NOW HELD CERTAIN Poincare Backs Full Ratifica- tion, Which May Come by February. JAPAN FOR 3-POWER PACT IF OTHERS BALK | Resumption of Naval Program! Certain in Case Washington Accord Is Not Carried Out. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. (By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1922.) PARIS, December 26.—Full, unre- served ratification by France of the Washington treaties at an early date is now virtually assured. The com- mittee report on the treaties will be submitted to the chamber of depu- ties carly in January, debate will ensue almost immediately and rati- tion should be completed by Feb. Doubtless there will be lively amentary attacks on the naval but the Poincare government | its acceptance and it appear: likely that all the treaties will pas: by large majorities. The constitution of the French re- public does not permit parllament to i 1 | i of action that he has been compelled | to refer every important question to Angora. touch a single word of the diplomatic texts submitted. Parliament must re- ject or accept them exactly as pre- sented. Hence no reservations in the DEPEND ON STATE CLUE ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, ny Star. 1922 _TWENTY-EIGHT ' PAGES. THE EATH VIGIL KEPT Senators Learn Who Dropped MISDIRECTED PACKAGE. The Star’s to Yesterday’s * |President Knows Nothing of Fall ' Resignation Plan Published reports that Secretary Fall of the Interior Department might soon resign from the cabinet resulted in a statement by a White House spokesman today that Presi- dent Harding has no information about such a move. It was indicated in other quarters that the Secretary himself probably would take notice of the reports and issue a statement regarding them when he returns to Washington from a holiday visit in Virginia. SURVEYTOREVEAL .. FISCAL NEDS School, Street and Sewer Requirements to Be De- termined by Officials. TALK BOND ISSUE, LOAN . Whether Special Financing Is to Be Asked of Congress Not Announced. Officials of the engineer department today began the preparation of an estimate of money the city will need to catch up in the paving of streets, “From Press to Home blodxand(here‘ularedm STEPMOTHER WIFE Dbuilding of schools and extending Isewers. Within the Hour” carrier system covers as the papers are printed. | ‘Washington homes as fast E | Net Circulation, 70,315. TWO CENTS. |SENATORSFAVOR BORAH PLAN FOR ECONOMICPARLEY Prepf)sal for Conference Here Expected to Be Written ~Into Navy Bill. FARMERS AND BANKERS URGE SENATE T0 ACT Lodge, Borah and Johnson May Confer on Possible Amendments to Bring Acceptance. With or without medification. the Borah proposal for an international economic conference in Washington is expected to be written into the Navy appropriation bill by the Sen- ate. The sentiment in favor of tha Borah amendment to the Navy bill has grown very considerably, it was said today. The senators from the agricultural districts are lining un | Pretty solidly for the measure. Also, senators are receiving urgent mes- {sages from farmers’ organizations. |farmers themselves, bLankers and {business men, asking that they get | behind the proposal. Will Be Attacked. ! The Borah amendment to the Navy { Lill will be attacked < opponenty first through a parliamentary move, . | . | Whether tho Commissione_are | Il wax prodicted today by Senat American sense are possible. How- 1 l I hav - ndiana, republica Anti-Kemalists Gain, A b U e e Whlsky Bott e i:‘“‘"’g thisuraey made anjthe basis | said “that undoubtedly & poins In the assembly the anti-Kemalist | z . . laffairs committee the speedy ratifica- or some special plan of financing to | der would be made to the effect that upoRted byiihe Russinn =0 Secret Service Men Expect Louisi- |tion of the treaties in their entirety, 4 The identity of the luckless walt- { 1be suggested to Congress was not re-|;h;p‘r5"‘rfl;| amendment was new and ah e B Premier Poincare requested that the 1 3 vh _— vealed. general legislation proposed on an is gaining strength daily and ana Authorities to Name ConmiTtiae A Tte ranp it cholaoms er in the Senate restaurant whos g e . | appropriation bin p ave : P . 3 - dropped a bottle of liquor on the 1t is understood. however, that the | - Senator B i fs able to have a small ma- phasize the point that I'rance under- | Qha Tells Police of Shoot- q 5 Romance of Stepson Blast- (s d. oy | , Senator Borah has submitted a mo- Bt b b e e e et Perpetrators. itands the Paciic treaty In the senae marble floor of the senators’ din- P [ T B n;nsr:w::ldl;; | thon in writing to”suspend the rules unreliable extremist clements. Even | R of the reservation voted by the Amer-| . b " ing room last week, thereby losing ormally by the city heads Sat .| to make his amendment rder, E ) v x : z 16 er, in case the presiding office the army, which <o far has appeared | - fcan Senate in connection with this | jng After Sitting All Night | nis christmas cheer, has been nx- | €0 When Law Declares jThe arst step in secking a bond issue | 005 Tt (iat ft it mot 1 order. to be devoted to the victorious na- | BY fhe Aswciated Press. & . i " ed, it was learned today. 5 or Joan of funds from Congress would | A motion to suspend the rules re- alist leades. i mot reliable ama| BASTROP. ‘La, December 26.— Finds Obfections Covered. | With Body. Senator Curtis of Kansas, chair- Marriage lilegal. !be to determine definitely how much | quires a two-thirds vote of the Sen- al twice has refused the sngges- | Secret service men who have worked | ch objections to the navall man of the rules committee, who money would be needed to make up &L . L a0int newever, as to m of his friends that he att-mpt a ! on the case several months say here' are sufficiently covered, M. | TS AR b {the ground that has been lost in the | e DAL, SIWEPEE, @5 ] ) = i ° o M. a tleggers |the & | whether the Borah umiendment can ba coup d by dissolving the = | ihat tho stute ouldibe abie to 1a 25 = ias igeclared, wat.on oo i past three 1 vears. § LIy by armed force. fearing that at! 2 : e to iden- | Poincare considers, by article 21, 4| ! and all liquor In the Capitol bufld- {past three or four vears. {ruled out of order. in view of prece- I e Wie gt find him- | Ufy several members of the maskediwhich provides that ratios and nmi-lCLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE ing. s further Investigating the ECOUPLE RECEIVE SHOCK | SehsellanaiMitieet Sesas dents o L poltee S rom @ well informed source the | "';Z:’ ;{';:‘g" ‘;‘“ld“"f“’: kl'd(;'.’""""“.'“i FEotinE mey L QIR ol (8 20w (es | G TG T RGN CeED | Commissioner Oyster. discussing iipe Do NlonraquEst e th o writer learns that stormy sittings| > °" e residents, {ncluding Watt | tions ar measures will be taken to prevent . | il $ e ¥ | ident to call a new limitation of nava take o oeh Umbly every | Daniels and Thomas Richards, whose| Deputy Guernier. chairman of tne | Declares Dead Man Had Broken Up | ot ree Ml e or e o o n | Judge Mattingly Performs Cere- Rl i e of the | armaments conference. | © e I H capi S Wi 0 i o W V. H . S, 1 = o Capital, voiced the opinion he Borah amendmen no only time (Seems 10 agree | decapitated bodies were taken from | commitiee which Will report on the ger Home—Charged With the Senate wing in which bootleg- mony Not Knowing of Be- | 11a1 anout taree millions for schools | provides for an economic conference. with 1 | the o miaE e ashington treaties, denies indig- | i e aaeams |that about three millions for schools | provides for an economic conference. zate is or hange his attitude |+ A€3 e { nantly that the delay In their rati- gers and their product have has B e a tirsaloritonr lilione for Bireets | LoLMIED lim n con Jmmediately (8 ifamcn will testify at the open|fication by France was due to a feel- | Murder- their part. lationship of Two. i sl g g:lht;l;“b.\”few;r;g‘rxl'""hg: Monul Is Pivot. }::;;n"f,a::?r‘;"ds"l’hfi““’;a ‘;‘;‘:‘:5:3 o Race natiiLel treaties It appears that the bottle of li- _— lbring these municipal necessities up | obened the Ydoor for amendments > - v . 2 " quor which smashed on the floor of - |the Senate and that Mr. Borah's The latest news from Angora In-|(he geizure and spiriting away of ”;J:t‘\’:s‘uq'e;t[:?nbg! ;:!:“};:;u?;‘ l;:: By the Associated Press. A eI Senate resfatrsntinndlicanasd A loveless, uncompromising law |to date. | amendment is a proper ome. Under dicates that the settlement of the the_guintet aud recognized some of | chamber of deputies in a spirit of pro- LOUISVILLE, Ky., cember 26.—| [ " yiiile excitement, was the gift |today wrecked the romance of Seba| Since the annual appropriations are : r\‘l’al:":fi:ll \;l\! h{:‘rn;;{‘" \;1:]; lrhr;:.g;:: minorities and strafts TORtrol qués- tions is entirely dependent regarding 1he Mosul ofl fields. Those in charge of the headquarters at Stamboul are | extremely pessimistic today, declar- | ing thet Angora has instructed Ismet Pasha not to azree to any modifica- tion of the national pact regarding | the Mesopotamiun territories claimed | the nat I On the other T nallsts here | that the new Grec tration | of troops In- western Thrace fs very suspicious, and that the Turks may Soon have to take measures to pre- vent any possible -surprise on the| part of the ener i The national in eastern | Thrace do not 00 at pres- ent, but_all_are picked men, and though the Mudania treaty provided | that the army should not be permitted ! 10 possess. fleld guns, the correspondent | learns that an adequate number has been smuggled in recently. TURKS PROTEST HEARING. Hold Armenians Are Not Entitled | to Separate Audience. i Br the Associated P'ress, LAUSA December 26.—A vig- orously worded protest against the | decision of the near east conference subcommlission on minorities to per- mit the Armenian delegates to appear | before the subcommission and set| forth thelr desires was forwarded to | the conference today by the Turkish | delegation. Thus a new discordant note marked the resumption of the peace negotia- | tions after the Christmas recess. The | <ubcommission on _minoritles had | planned to receive the Armenian and | the Bulgarian representatives this| afternoon—-the Armenians to explain | their demands for an Armenian na- | tional home and the Bulgarians to set | forth the position of the Bulgarian n Thrace, which is | passing to Turkish sovereignty. | The Ottoman protest was addressed | 1o President Montagna of the subcom- | mission on minorities. It read: ! i Text of Ottoman Protest. “In the official program for today, which was received by our delegation, I read, not without surprise, that the | {partment of Justice forces conducting jplans for the hearing will be out- ! dled. Department of Justice men are the abductors when they lifted their| Foods to drink water they had forced | him to get for them, the investi- gators said. The farmer was held up| by the band on the Mer Rouge-Bas- | trop highway, it was said, and sent| for water by the thirsty men. The investigators declined to dis- A_"[os@ the witness’ whereabouts, but! it was intimated he w: somewhere in Mississippi under protection of a federal agent. I Plans to Be Formulated. Plans for the open hearings here will be formulated at a conferehce in New Orleans next Thursday of those conducting the inquiry. The coroner’s inquest over the bodies of Daniels and Richards and the report of the New Orleans pathologists who conducted the autopsy will be dis- cussed. Christmas dinners were served yes- terday to the troops stationed here and at Mer Rouge. Officers of two companies of militia here and news- paper men were entertained at a dinner given by the chief of the De- the investigation here. A_conference of those conducting the inquiry was announced for Thurs- day at New Orleans. At that time lined and the findings of the coroner's jury which held the inquest over the bodles of Daniels and Richards will be discussed. The report of the pa- thologists will be carefully weighed. It is regarded by the state as going far toward clearing up the manner in which the two men met death. The bodies, lying at the bottom of the lake four months before being shot to the surface by unidentified midnight dynamiters, were said to have been well preserved. The heads and some limbs were missing. - The pathologists claim to be able to state whether these parts were hacked off by the executioners, or blown away | by the blast or eaten off by fish. Bones Broken in Life. The physicians dlsclosed that evi- dence indicated the men were beaten and their bones broken before they seeking to locate Dr. B. M. McKoln, former mayor of Mer Rouge, wanted for interrogation. The mayor quit Mer Rouge following an attempt Armentan and Bulgarian delegations | made to assassinate him. He went to Will be heard by the subcommission on | Monroe and then to New Orleans, minorities. At the end of the last|later going to Johns Hopkins Uni- with found States. The delay in submitting the treaties to parliament is due solely to the fact that until four days ago sympathy the United we had not received the necessary ! documents from Washington. These documents comprise 2,500 pages and until they were placed at my disposi- tion a report was impossible. I must have a few more days in which to study them, but I expect that our re- port wi Janua From another source, I am informed | that the usual French yellow book, although still unpublished, has been composed and is now ready for the press. M. Tardieu, M. Mandel other Clemencist deputies, who, a few days ago, gave signs of a desire to oppose the treaties, will be greatly handicapped, it is said, {f they persist in this design, by M. Clemenceau's recent speeches and articles in the United States. JAPANESE NAVY STRONG. BY JUNIUS B, WOOD. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1022 TOKIO, December 26.— Should France and Italy refuse to ratify the naval limitations treaty made at the Washington conference Japan pro- poses u tri-party agreement between | herself, Great Britain and the United | States, ‘according to announcement by Admiral 1de, vice minister of the! Japanese navy, as a preliminary to the covening of the Japanese diet. That plan failing, Japan will resume her naval buflding program, which has been discontinued since the Wash- ington conference. The Japanese diet met and named committees Monday, preliminary to the formal opening Wednesday, when the imperial rescript will be Tead.- It will then recess until the end of January, when it's actual work will ata We are confildent that France and Italy will ratify the Washington treaty declared Admiral Ide on addressing Japanese peers in a private meeting. : | Jones, | divorcee, announced when she enter- ed police headquarters just after day-| bLe ready for the chamber in| and | defense. count of the tragedy, became ang when he learned her daughter Clar; cinnati, daughter. affected through father with Clara. during the coming month,” | A woman's stery of & qQuarrel, a shot and her vigil from dusk to dawn over | the body of the man she killed was being checked up by police depart- ment investigators here today. “I killed my friend,” Mrs. Olive L. thirty-two years old, pretty light Monday. She was@disheveled, hysterical. The men on duty dis- counted her statement. “Oh, he's dead. I shot him; you'll find him out there on the floor. I left him covered up with his own over- coat. I know he's dead. He hasn't moved for hours,” she declared. Self-Defense Claimed. This was the first intimation of- clals had that O. L. Black, sales man- ager for a Loulsville automoblile com- pany, had been shot Sunday afternoon in Mrs. Jones' apartment. Mrs. Jones sdid she fired in self. Black. according tc lier a. ith her, and that her seventeen, was divorced husband, C. H. Jones, of Cin- now a Loulsville and Nash-; le baggage master, was to visit his Black feared, Mrs. Jones declared, that a reconciliation be- ‘ween the divorced couple would be the visits of the Says He Broke Up Home. ‘When Black, who, she declared, “broke up my home and caused me to geot a divorce,” reached for a pistol on a nearby table, she seized the weapon first and fired. Black fell. How long he lived she did not know. She cov- ered him with his coat and a qullt. Later she placed a screen of chairs before the body. All night long she kept the death watch. Britain, America and Japan will ne- | times, she declared, she went to the gotiate and carry out a treaty of their own. This failing, the impe- rial government will restore its naval program which existed before the Washington conference.” Auxillary warships being excluded from the scope of the Washington conference agreement, America's pro- gram has been unaltered. Consequent- ly Japan, in adhering to her program in constructing four 10,000-ton and ity at Baltimore f E = meeting of this subcommission I pre- versity or & post-grad wentea obsections to your plan to hear the Bulgarian delegation, and it Wlsl agreed that the Bulgartans would be veceived privately by, the allies. Now | 1 learn that you not only intend to re- the Bulzarians ,at the sessions of the subeommission,‘but also to hear the Armenians. 1 protest energetically | u st the audiences. i 17, dexpite the unchangeable atti-| iude of the Turkish delegation, which | has a direct interest in the proposed | discussions, your excellency insists upon listening to these two delegations, | 1 cannot agree that this meeting should be rezarded as official or that the declarations made should find a place in the offictal report of the conference. Wil Disregard Conference. “From the official standpoint and the standpoint of the Turkish delega- tion the session must be considered non-existent. The conference consists of two partles. The allles constitute | one party and Turkey the other, Therefore any session at which Tur- key is not represented cannot be re- sarded as official. uate course. Efforts to locate him there have failed and his whereabouts are unknown to officials.. Sheriff Fred Carpenter, on the advice of Attorney General Coco, early today addressed a telegram to Dr. B. M. M- Koin, former mayor of Mer Rouge, at| Johns Hopkins University, instructing him to return to Louisiana. The sherift has not received an answer. four 7,500-ton crulsers and a propor- | tionate number of destroyers will be maintaining the conference ratio of “three to five.” Replying to questions by Japanese peers as to whether Japan had been eclipsed by the American Navy, Ad- miral lde said that Japan alone pos- | sesses fast warships that are capable | of making twenty-seven to twenty «SON AT JOHNS HOPEINS.” | elght knots an hour, while Japanese | shipyards are far superior to those ot the United States located In Pacific coast states. Regarding fuel oil, he weclared that while Japan is destitute of oil flelds, she is storing a sufficient supply to meet any emergencies. MONROE, La., December 26.—In contradiction of the announcement last night by officials of John Hop- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) GERMANS OWE TRILLION MARKS AND MOUNTAINOUS WAR DEBTS what he owes the nation at present. ‘The sum of 1,000,000,000,000 marks does not include Germany's war debt 0£7132,000,000,000 gold marks for rep- BY GEORGE WITTE. less fo The Star and Chicago Bull By Wirelesy, ve. "Copyrignt. 1922 0 D) BERLIN, December 26.— Germany | He refused. | yesterday { tain of detectives, This Tack e indicated the | where the stationmaster told him to telephone, and three times turned way. 2 iaca returned from a plcture show. With her companion, the daughter pent some time in the hall. Later <he went to her bedroom on the sec- floor. Mrs. Jones finally called ond 1 %o come downstairs and sleep with her. When morning came the hter still was unaware of the :::-‘enco of the body in’the room, the mother said. Phones Former Husband. And then Mrs. Jones telephoned fo! her former husband to come to her. It was then she told iClara what had happened and sent; her for her father. In the girl's a ! gence the woman went to police head- quarters and told her story. She was charged with murder. Jones, it was sald hare, filed suit for naming Black petition was Mrs. Jones then filed cruelty and non-sup- sult, charglng CelY was said, this ested. Jones said !photographer, that he was going to use divorce four years ago, co-respondent. Later the withdrawn. rt. By consent, not cont: B sy he would do anything po sible to help his former wife. . Flaws iz Woman's Stor7, Already, clare, flaws have account of the traj Mrs. Jones. Black was he claimed, Never was she able to sum-| “If they should fall to do so, Great|mon courage to call the police. Three shot in the back, E. A, said. and that no effort was being made by the waiter to do a bootlegging business. NECK ONCE BROKEN, of a friend to one of the waiters | MAN NOW MISSING {William P. Carson Believed Without Clothing When He Disappeared. Believed to have become tempora- | Irily deranged from the effects of al broken neck which he sustained two ars ago in a railroad accldent, Wil- liam P. Carson, fifty-two years old, a visitor at the home of his brother, O. Fred Carson, 3508 O street northwest, disappeared some time after midnight last night, apparently leaving without his clothing. Police and hospital authoritles were notified to be on the lookout for him. Mr. Carson was last seen by his ‘brother and the latter's wife shortly be- fore midnight 2s he left the lower floor to retire for the night. He had been in poor spirits for some time because of lack of employment. It is the opinion of Mrs. Fred Car- son, the sister-in-law, that Carson left the house in the early morning i hours by way of the front door. His | apparel remains in the room, together with two locked suit cases. Mr. Carson came to Washington a | week ago to look for a job, his sister- in-law told a reporter. He was de- | spondent over losing his position as a |railroad motorman in the middle west, ‘and he seemed to have no success in finding work here, she said. However, he had been assured of a job as & { motorman on the Washington and Old Dominion railway, and was to have gone to work this morning. Opportuaity for Work. K. L. Prince, trainmaster at 36th | and M streets, sald today that Carson applied to him for a position last week and that he had him fill out an lapplication and suggested that he | have a photograph taken to attach | to the application. Further investigation revealed the fact that Carson went down M street ehortly afterward to the Georgetown Studio, 3221 M street, and had a sitting. He returned about 6:30 o'clock last night to the studio and secured the plc- ture, informing Mr. Wasserman, the b- 8- | it in applying for work at the office of the 01 Dominion Company. Mr. Prince stated that he virtually police - investigators de- {promised Carson & Job 25 a motorman, been found in the |providing his tryout today was satis- gedy as given by |factory. This promise, made on Friday, was followed up by a second visit of !Camn to the 36tn and M street term- ipal Sunday morning, about 11 o'clock, 'without being so decreed, L. Christie, twenty-eight years old, and his stepmother, Mrs. Bessie Lee | | Christle, forty-two, less than an hour *after they had been married by Judge Robert E. Mattingly in the latter's { office adjoining the Municipal Court. Their wedding, they discovered, was | prohibited by a District code, so that | land sewer projects are bound to be they were not married after all. Third Matrimonial Venture. 1t was Mrs. Christle’s third voyage on the balmy sea of matrimony Be- fore she married Seba's father she had been divorced from a previous husband in Ohlo. It was the young bridegroom’s first venture, however, and his craft was permanently de- stroyed almost before its moorings had been loosened. Christie and his stepmother, whose home address is 607 O street north- west, appeared at the marrlage Ii- cense bureau early this morning and obtained legal authorization to be made man and wife. They went im- mediately to the ouice of Judge Mat- tingly and walted paticntly for his arrival. When that official came in they presented their license and asked him to tie the nuptial knot. Law Discoveres Since there was nothing on the paper to indicate the relationship between the couple, Judge Mattingly willingly consented and gave the bride and bridegroom his official blessing before they departed smil- ingly for their home. A few min- utes later, however, it became known that the couple, before the ceremony, had been stepmother and stepson. Hurried perusals of law books dis- closed the following District code, in section 1283: “The following marriages are pro- hibited in the District of Columbia and shall be absolutely void ab initio, d their nullity may be shown in any collateral proceedings, namely, the marriage of a man with his grandmother * ¢ * stepmother, etc. * * * The marriage of a woman with her grandfather * ¢ * hushand's son, etc.” When shown this section of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) {just about meeting current needs, one District offictal pointed out, Washing- | ton will be many years in making up | the lost ground on municipal work during and after the war unless some special plan of financing is resorted | to. This official stated that new streets added each year to the list of urgent needs in a community that is grow- ing as rapidly as Washington is at present It is not believed the Commissioners will sugegst_any special plan of financing to Congress at this time in connection with or supplemental to the appropriation act for the next fiscal vear. Summary Being Prepared. However, the information that summary of accumulated needs is be- ing prepared indicates that they at least are thinking of what might be | done at some future time. That the budget of slightly more than $25,000.000 now before Congress for the operation of the city govern- ment next year falls short of what the Commissioners believe they nced is evidenced by the fact that their original estimates exceeded $30,000,- 000. ‘While the District subcommittee of the House appropriations committee followed closely the budget bureau's recommendations at the recent hear- | ings, the Commissioners have ex- pressed their appreciation of the fair treatment they received at the hands of the subcommittee. ONE DIES FROM BAD RUM BOSTON, December 26.—One man is dead, and more than thirty persons are in hospitals today as a result of drink- ing liquer_sold during the Christmas holiday. William, Brady, removed in an unconscious condition from his home in_the south end, died in a hospital today. i“MOONSHINE!” CRIES DRY AGENT AS AUTOS CRASH; COSTS HIM $10 The law versus the law—policeman prosecuting dry agent—was the scene set for enactment in Police Court this {the House had opened the doors with an amendment to an appropriation bill the Senate was at liberty to deal very generally with the subject, in spite of the fact that it proposed jo “m!prl matter in an appropriation bill. D. C. Bill an Example. When the District appropriation bill {wax under consideration last vear a similar guestion arose in regard to an it dealing with the fiscal af- the District, proposed by tha Senate appropriations committee, and notwithstanding a point of order, Vice President Coolidge sustained thae | committee. i Senator Watson said that if the | Borah amendment is held in order he { will offer an amendment to it. pro- {viding that no delegate should be ap- | pointed by the President to any cons | ference which was authorized to waive 2 any of the debts owed by European debtors to the United Stat { Want Senators to Confer. | Senator Lodge, Senator Johnson of “‘Bllfurnlfl and Senator Borah, it has heen suggested by some. should get | together on the proposal and draft such amendments to it as mayv be deemed necessary. This is the enator Curtis of Kan- i sas, republican whip, for example. | Senator McNary of Oregon, repub- { lican. declared today that he intended {not only to vote for the Borah amend- |ment. but to address the Senate in support of it. “I believe that such a conference as proposed by Senator Borah, would ba of benetit,” said Semator MeNary. I intend to support it just as it is. and see 10 necessity for any amendments or reservations. It is clear to me that un- {less something is done to ilize econ- omic conditions in Europe, this country is going to suffer. The farmers and tion taken b manufacturers must have markets for { their products, and unless conditions in {the world improve, they are not going { to have those markets. | Farmers Urge Support. Senator McNary said that niad {received some telegrams asking him | to support the Borah amendment, one Efforts to trace the source of supply | 5 o i T jasteris loquor were mnade by the mobay |0 them from a farm organization {and another from a small banker. Senator Ladd of North Dakota, re- publican, said that he would support the Borah proposal for an economig conference. He said that it seemed to have merit in it and to be a step in_the right direction. Senator Borah said today, when questioned regarding possible amend- ments and reservations to his pro- 5 is osal, that he was not averse to ac- missloner Haynes' prohibition en- | fepting amendments, but that he forcement = squad, temporarily at-|{would oppose anything that would tached to the second precinct.” emasculate the plan for a real eco- When Miskell declared he could | nomic conference. morning when the name of “Jonathan | not accept the badge as evidence of Paul,” an alleged prohibition enforce- ment agent, was called to answer a charge of disorderly conduct, prefer- red by Sergt. H. T. Miskell, a member of the park force. But the man who had given the name of Paul at the sixth precinct station last night failed |to respond, and $10 collateral was for- feited to satisfy justice. According to Sergt. Miskell, he was attracted to a collision between two automobiles at John Marshall place [and Pennsylvania avenue late yester- day. A touring car had run down a hacker's machine and, the damage be- ing negligible, both automobiles were driven to the curb for an investiga- tion. After taking the numbers of the cars, Sergt. Miskell declared he was about to continue his rounds when a man shouted: |its owner's authority as a federal officer the alleged “Paul” attempted to run away, the policeman declared, and he was placed under arrest as a result. A near-fight between the two is satd to have occurred at the patrol box and it was with difficulty that the prisoner was taken to the sixth precinct. Falls to Appear. There he repeated that he was “Jona- than Paul of the prohibition enforce- ment department,” and was charged on the “blotter” as such. Upon giv- ing collu7ral for his appearance in Police Court the prisoner was re- leased. When his name was called this morning, however, there was no response, and the collateral was for- feited In lieu of a fine. Sergt. Miskell had half a dozen witnesses on hand Brookhart Backs Plan, Senator Brookhart of lowa, republi- | can, and one of the newly organized progressive bloc, also announced him- self as heartily in favor of the plan for an economic conference. He said that he though confer- ences of such a character would do good and added: “Conferences of this character are just the difference betwéen civilization and cannibalism. When the Senate meets tomorrow the Navy bill will be up for con- sideration, and it is expected that de- bate on Senator Borah's proposal will be begun early. Senator Lodge, re- publican leader, is expected to speak. BORAH PLAN OPPOSED. Calling of Economic Parley at This Time Held Untimely. “-...l()fisnx‘“;un"!;.«hvd'ofi.-alnm‘::m&:;":: will begin the new year with the larg- :.‘;Tf“}'.',: '?h:":.',:ifg": ";'.l.'f.olx: 'l'ndl(’:g,sfl':‘z’lm“::s not taking the aggressive |come back and see Mr. Prince today. conshine! Moonshine” i:?oéf:‘é?f.'.fiihl‘r"?m:‘ifle":.‘.':."‘ = BY DAVID LAWRENCE. <upport of our position, you have de- | est national debt in the history of the! United States to figure out for him- ; when wounded. Also, his clothes were | Nothing had b“x" see?ha{ C_lonn‘-t R “M e! Moonshine: Miskell denied any liquor was found i cided now to hear the Armenians as | ,rig. Her paper money will exceed | self just what this means. It means|powder edbm;n:t‘i‘;”sh:l:g: the we-wn.r:mg office since that time, it Was| .y o .hine! Moonshine! They're {in either of the wrecked cars. “Paul,”| OPPposition to Senlt;)lr B;)rl s ,m;. S e e ATme: |1,000,000,000,000 marks or 1500000 {SXEUOR fTom the cradle to the grave was UfCh L facts also are unexplain- | Carson miraculously ~survived s |bootieggers:” Bejssiaihadicomplotelvissarohsd (e |possl Som B LS oRSoR RERRER U "subjects and it pretends to rep- |marks for each person, includingmans are taxed for everything—food, |ed. Clara has declared, police say,ibroken mneck about two vears ago.{ Miskell asserted he tried in valn | JOSKOE DO o e Were uncovered. conference is not & me‘ P 3 Vedent “Atmentans who are Turkish | wemen and children-one month old|clothes, = furniture, transportation, | that she did not sleep with her moth- |Since the accldent he has been melal- | ¢, quiet the man, Who by this time | He also denied any alleged bootleg: ciple of a conference to restore eco subjects. To enter into contact with marriage, divorce, liquor and tobacco. | er any part of the night. Ipvestiga- |choly an not appear to desire (0|, 2d begun a search of the hackers | gers had escaped while he and “Paul” [nomic normaley in Europe and the <uch a delegation would be equiva- ient to employing against a state sub- jncts of thls same state. Any initia- iive or step in this direction will only encourage us to suspect the assur- ances which have been showered upon nue in connection with the safeguard- ‘Whether Germany ever will be able to redeem this debt is a question which, at present, is unanswerable, but the odds seem {o be against her. Aoccording to the statisticlans, the average male person earns 120,000 marks in a lifetime or vne-eighth of This applies not only to the wealthy, but to everybody. G.AI a nt:ult. th:l leyolt. ‘ol v H ‘l= rmany is gradually gef as as it is in Austria, where it is higher than in Chicago, New York, London or Paris, although the Austrian ex- Vit 18 Way dowi . disclosed, it was claimed, that Hor' bed In the girl's room had mot been occupled. The investigators also are at a loss to account for the fact that occupant of the three-story e eard a pistol shot Jones claims the remain long In one place. Just before coming to this city, Mrs. Carson said, he suffered an injury to his right arm and this had aggravated his despond- enoy. ‘The missing man a daughter. none of whom resides this city, His wife Is dead, car without & warrant. Forcing the stranger to the pavement, Miskell de- manded his name, Flashing a badge, ! s declared to have replled that vt m-“i: :: was “Jonathan Paul of 338 C street northwest, .and a member of Com- were arguing. On the other hand, Miskell sald, the hacker waited for him to give him a note saying that his rear license plates had been los in the ocollision, Prohibition headquarters are inv tigating the case, world generally, but at the timeliness of the measure. Administration senators who are lning up against the Borah resolu« tl:n ."hlsll would authorize the Presis (Contlnued on e 2, Column 1.) s