Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy and colder tonight; lowest temperature about freezing; toniorrow - fair. Temperature for twenty-four’ hours ended at 2 p.m. today—Highest. 45, at 5:30 a.m. today; lowest, 37, at p.m. vesterda: H Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 Entered as second-ciass matter post office Washington, No. 28,731. D. ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening .WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1922_THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. PRESIDENT ASKS SENATE TO REJECT BORAH PLAN FOR PARLEY OF NATIONS Text of President’s Letter Opposing Borah Amendment Fears Effect on‘ His Efforts to “Be Helpful.” CHIDES SENATOR ON IMPETUOSITY Says Administration| Has Matter Under Consideration. President Harding declared unequivo- cally today his opposition to the adop- tton by Congress of the Borah amend- ment to the Navy bill for an interna- tional economic conference. The President made his position clear in a letter to Senator Lodge, re- publican leader and chairman of the | forelgn relations committee, which was read to the Senate immediately after that body convened. It was ‘ransmitted in reply to an inquiry Ry Senator Lodge regarding the Borah amendment. In his opinion, the President stated, the adoption of the Borah amendment would be undesirable because it would create a false impression abroad and at home. Tn his letter he proceeded to “spank” Senator Borah verbally be- cause he had offered the amendment without first seeking information as to what the administration was at- tempting to do to help solve the economic troubles of the world. Should Have Inquired. The President said “the European Fituation has been given the most thorough and thoughtful considera- tion for many months.” He said that inquiry at the State Department “would have revealed the futility of any conference call until it is understood that such a conference would be wel- comed by the nations concerned, with- in the limits of discussion which the expressed will of Congress compels this government to impose.” 1f Congress is really desirous of fa- cilitating the taskd of the government in dealing with the European situa-: tion, the first practicp] step would be 1o free the hands oilhl world war debt funding commission so.thashalp- ful negotiations may be undertaken, the President sald. The President denied emphatically that the United States has been rep- resented on the reparations commis- sion. ! Againat Debt Caneeliation. In connection with the President's suggestion that Congress frece the hands of the debt funding commis- sion, Senator Lodge told the Senate e was authorized to say the admin- istration was opposed to the cancel- lation of the debts. The President's letter, Senator lodge said, was to be construed as asking the Congress to amend the existing act to give broader latitude to interest and terms of time, but did not intimate any possibility of cancellation. The President also warned the Sen- ate against the passage in the Navy bill of a proposal for a call for a further limitation of arms conference until the other nations have indicated their willingness to discuss and ac- ceed to such limitations. l The administration forces in the Sen- ate today were confident that the Borah | amendment would not be added to the Navy appropriation bill. The Pregi- dent’s letter was considered to have added great strength to the opposition. The assertion is made that the Borah amendment would go out on a point of order that it was general legislation. on an_appropriation bill. Senator Lodge later told the Senate that he could not state “explicitly”” the nature of the administration negoti: tions for a conference, but was author- ized to say they did not include cancel- lation of the ailied debt. Borah Quizzes Lodge. Senator Borah, discussing the Presi- " dent's let’cr briefly, asked for infor- mation regarding the admimstration negotiations. “I am not in a position to say pre- cisely what they include,” Serator | Lodge replied. “But I can say what they do not include. They do not in- clude cancellation of the forcign debt. I asked that question of the President. He said: ‘Why, this zd- ministration has been steadily against ncellation of the debt and is now.” “All his references to the question of greater latitude for the debt com- mission related to the time of amor- | tizatlon of the debt and the collection of_interest.” Senator Borah submitted his request for greater lizht on the President's request that tne commission’s hands e freed, and Senator Lodge reiter- ated that the President’s allusion re- rred only to interest and amortiza- tion. Senator Lodge said he favored a longer period of amortization than the twenty-five years now provided by statute, but repeated that he was vigorously opposed to cancellation. “The President says that the State Department has contended that the reparations questions and the foreign debt should be considered separately, t but the foreign government's con- tend otherwise,” Senator.Borah ob-) served. ] MeNary Backs Borah. The reading of the President's let. ter was followed by an address b: Senator McNary of Oregon, strongly supporting the adoption of the Borah amendment. I know of no provision of the Con- stitution that would permit tne dele- igates at a conference of this charac- " sald Senator McNary, “to obli- zate our country in respect to a re- .duction or cancellation of the allied debt, or to consider any other subject concerning our relations with foreign powers that are properly the subject of negotiation by the President, upon ratification or rejection by the Senate. “T am not disturbed, nor made to " tremble by the rumblings of the iso- Jationists that at an economic con- ference the traditional policies of our country would be overthrown, or disregarded, nor am I persuaded by the argument that-the best policy for 1his country to pursue is to leave the nations of Europe alone until thev (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) WHITE HOUSE, W: My Dear Senator Lodge: ashington, December 27, 1922. Replying to vour inquiry relative to the propbsed amendment to the pending na bill authorizing and requesting the President’ to call an economic conference to deal with conditions in the war- torn nations of Europe, I write to say that I know of no prohibition against such an expression on the part of the Congress, but I do frankly question the desirability of such an expression. I think it is undesirable because of the false impressions which may be con- veyed thereby to Europe, and even more undesirable because of the wrong impression it conveys to our own people. : On the face of things it is equivalent to saying that the execu- tive branch of the government, w hich is charged with the contluct of foreign relations, is not fully alive to a world situation which is of deep concern to the United States. As a matter of fact, the European situation has been given most thorough and thoughtful consideration for many months. Without questioning the good faith of the proposal T am very sure it would have been more seemly, and that the action of the Congress could be taken much more -intelligently, if proper inquiry could have been made at the State Department relative to the to be helpful. situation, in which we are trying . Of necessity, the communications of the State Department rela- tive to delicate matters among nations cannot be bulletined from day to day, but the situation is never withheld from members of Congress who chose to inquire for confidential information in a spirit of co-operation. Such inquiry would have revealed the futility of any conference call until it is understood that such a conference would be welcomed by the nations concerned, within the limits of discussion which the expressed will of Congress compels this. gov- ernment ta impose. In ratifying the treaty of peace with Germany the Senateamade a reservation that the United States should not be represented on the reparations commission without consent .of Congress, and no such consent has been given. Moreover, in creating the World War Debt-Funding Commission that body was restricted to explicit terms for rates of interest and ultimate time of payment. If Congress really means to facilitate the task of the government in dealing with the European situation, the first practical step would be to free the hands of the commission, so undertaken. . It is quite generally accepted that helpful negotiations may be that the adjustment of the ques- tion of reparations must underlie any economic rehabilitation of Europe, and reparations cannot be settled without the consent of the governments concerned. The United States cannot assume to say to one nation what it shall pay in reparations nor to another nation what it shall accept. In discussions with fore: : n ign_g_ovem_ments the previous admin- istration and the present administration have insisted that the question of European debts to the United States is distinct and apart from the questions of reparations but the European nations hold a contrary view and it is wholly inconsistent to invite a con- i;rencc for the consideration of the questions in dealing with which overment is denied all authority by act of Congress. o far as the limitation of land armaments is concerned, there séems to be at this time no more promising prospects of accom- plishment than when the conference was held in Washington a year ago. Here, again, I venture to warn the Senate against the suggestion to our own people, or a gesture of promise to the world, which canot be fulfilled until the nations directly concerned ex- press their readiness to co-operate to such an end. With respect to limitation of auxiliary types of naval craft, which are not limited by the that such an agreement is muc] resent naval treaty, it is to be said to be desired, whenever practicable, but we may reasonably postpone our further endeavors along that line until the agreements made at the Washington conference secure the final sanction of all governments concerned. HENRY CABOT LODGE, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. Very truly yours, WARREN G. HARDING. DISCUSS REORGANIZING | PLAN WITH PRESIDENT Secretary Wallace and Walter F. Brown Go Over Details Af- | fecting Department. ! i Secretary Wallace and Walter F.| Brown conferred for almost an hour | at the White House with President Harding today on the plan for reor- ganization of the government depart- ments. When the plan will be in shape to be presented by the President to the joint congressional committee on the| matter was not revealed, but Mr. Brown indicated that good progress had been made today. Problems relating to the Depart- ment of Agriculture were said not to have been entirely cleared up_and another meeting with Secretary Wal- lace probably will be necessary. The President, Mr. Brown and some mem- ber of the cabinet, as yet unan- nounced, probably will confer tomor- row on the matter. At the present stage of develop- ment the reorganization is under- stood to have run into a series of difficulties concerning _the depart- ments of Agriculture, Commerce and Interior. These three departments, it is understood, present more alleged duplications of function than all the other government departments com- bined. It is not only the placement of the forestry bureau, now in Agriculture, proposed for Interior, which is caus- ing concern among the conferees, but numerous alleged overlapping _of work is understood to be occupying the careful thought and attention of all concerned CUNNINGHAM MUST GO TO GOTHAM, SAYS COURT Orders Man Accused of Mail Fraud Removed to New York—U. S. ‘Warrant Against Another. By the Associated Press. S8T. LOUIS, Mo., December 28.—An order for the removal of William L. Cunningham to New York, where he is charged with using the mails in a scheme to defraud, was issued today by Federal Judge Faris. Simultane- ously a federal warrant containing & similar charge was issued against August Schlessing in connection with his alleged activities in Wilmington, Del., following information that a warrant for his arrest had been fis- sued in New York. Joseph 8. Knapp, Jr., receiver of the Community Finance Company of New Yerk, with offices in Baltimore and New Yopk, and Karl P. Steinberg, a lawyer, 'are en route, according to the police, to take Cunningham into custody. Cunningham {is held under $6.000 bond on a federal fugitive ‘warrant charging use of the mails to defraud in New York. D. C. Post Office Has Huge Trade In Money Orders The District of Columbia last Year did a greater postal money order business than nine states— Vermont, Rhode Island, Delaware, New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Arizona. Domestic money orders amount- ing to $7.466,856 were issued by the Washington city post office. Postal money orders to the amount of $16,462,695 were cashed here. A sum of 382,186 was sent from this city abroad. Payment on war risk insurance from men all over the country was partly responsible for the huge sum cashed here during the year. % —_— NINE KILLED IN BLAST. Shell in Italian Ammunition Dump Demolishes Fort. ! By the Associated Press. ROME, December 28.—Nine men were killed when a fort near Trent blew up during the night. The dis- aster was caused by the accidental explosion of a shell, which set off the other ammunition. The debris from the demolished fort was scattered for miles around. ASKS HUNDRED MILLION. Relief Worker Would Have Huge Sum Advanced to Russians. David A. Brown of Detroit, just out of Russia dfter two months spent in the interest of the American Jew- ish relief committee, called on Presi- dent Harding today to present a plan for Congress to appropriate $100,000,- 000 for the purchase of agricultural implements and seed for the Russian people. g TUnder Mr. Brown’s plan, the money would be placed at the disposal of the American Relief Administration and would be in the form of a loan to the soviet government, eventually £o be paid back through some arrangement made by the American.-Relief Admin- istration headed by Secretary Hoover. BILL FOR COMMUTATION. Provision Made for National Guard Officers. In response to a request from the adjutant general of Massachusetts, Representative Frothingham, repub- lican, of that state, introduced a bill today which would grant National Guard officers participating in en- campments, maneuvers or other exer- cises under the national defense act, the same compensation in o:;nmuu— jon of quarters lar Army officers. The measure’ would be retroactive io July 1, 1922, M 7] = /f/!’ .»: J CLAIMS SHE SHOT RAIDER AS THIEF Mrs. Tribby Declares She Thought Dry Agents Were Burglars. STORY DENIED BY POLICE Revenue Men Say They Stated Mis- sion Before They Seized Liquor. ‘Wide discrepancies in the stories of police and revenue agents and Mrs. Minnie Covell Tribby, 3935 Morrison street. Chevy Chase, developed today as a result of a raid on her home ye: terday afternoon, during which Gen- eral Prohibition Officer Ralph E. Ruby was shot and seriously wound- ed. Mrs. Tribby, who was arresied in connection with the shooting, and sub- sequently released on a writ of habe: corpus. claims that she fired one shot believing the officers to be burglars. The bullet pierced the right breast of Officer Ruby, passed through his body and came out at the shoulder. The police and revenue men, on the other hand, maintain that before en- tering the home they notified Mrs. Tribby they were officers and were armed with a warrant to search the house for liquor. She also claims that one of the officers fired the first shot, ‘while the police declare that they were fired upon before Private J. W. Stevens of substation T opened fire. Agent May Reeover. Revenue Agent Ruby is in the Emer- gency Hospital in a critical condition. Physcians, however, expect him to re- cover. Armed with a search warrant, Rev- enue Agent Ruby, accompanied by Lieut. J. L. Giles of substation T, at Tenleytown, and Privates Stevens and M. J. Dowd, went to the Morrison street house at 3:50 o'clock yesterday afternoon. They say they notified Mrs. Tribby of their mission and tried to| enter the house, but found the front door locked. While Lieut. Giles and Private Dowd guarded the front entrance, Revenue Agent Ruby and Private Stevens went to a rear door, which was open. When they.met Mrs. Tribby in the hall lead- ing to the kitchen, she is alleged to have fired a shot without warning, the bullet striking Ruby. Private Stevens, who was immediately behind Ruby, then one shot, which passed through the hall and’ front room and through a panel on the front door, nar- rowly missing Lieut. Glles and Police- man Dowd, who were stationed on the front porch. Woman Released on Writ. Officer Ruby was carried to the street and placed in the machine of Lieut. Giles, where he was given first- aid treatment by Dr. V. B. Jackson, 1801 K street, who was passing at the time. Later he was taken to the Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Tribby was placed under ar- rest and taken to the Tenleytown police station and held without bond. Several hotirs later she was removed to the house of detention, where, after considerable delay, she was released 2 on a writ of habeas corpus. Bond was! set at §3,000. After returning to ner home last night, Mrs. Triooy reported to the police that during her absence her house was ransacked and her dia- mond rings, valued at $750, stolen. Accompanied by her brother, Norman S. Bowles, she visited police head- quarters today and demanded that'an investigation be made of the rob- bery. lr)yurlnl' the raid the officers seized and confiscated sixteen five-gallon cans of distilled liquor, one five- gallon bottle of liquor, about sevén quarts of gin, a bag of corks, a cooper funnel and other paraphernalia used in the bottling of liquors. In his official report of the case to Maj. Sullivan today Lieut. Giles stated he received information about ten days ago which led him to believe that the law was being violated at the Morrison street hou: “About 10 am. on the 26th instant,” said the re- port, “a truck left the premises with two large steamer trunks and a large wooden box, which was sel: and taken to sub-T, and found to contain 180 quarts and 97 pints-of liquor. The driver, Frank Dillard, colored, forty- one years of age, residing at 2206 I street northwest, was arrested and ‘with transporting and illegal possession, released on $1,000 bond, at ‘which time application was made for a search warrant, which was refused.” Denby Overrides Dismissal of Middy Laurent By the Associated Press. ANNAPOILS, Md.,, December 28. —The verdict in the case of Fran- cis W. Laurent of Wisconsin, one of six midshipmen of the senior class recently convicted before naval court-martial and recom- mended for dismissal, has been set aside by Secretary of the Navy Denby, authorities of the Naval Academy announced today. In accordance with the Secre- tary’s edict, Laurent was released from arrest. It is said that cer- tain mitigating circumstances moved department officials to override the dismissal verdict in Laurent's case. Laurent was accused of compel- ling Wendell B. Allen, jr., a “‘plebe” from Oklahoma, to do cer- tain physical exercises. NEW BILL REQUIRES ' BOND OF AUTOISTS Surety: Up to $3,000 to Com- pensate for Accidents De- manded in Measure. Operators of motor vehicles in the District of Columbia would be com- pelled to furnish bond or adequate in- surance policies that any damage to persons or property done by them while operating a motor vehicle in the District would be compensated for in | a bill introduced today by Senator Ball of Delaware, chairman of the District committee. The bill was re- | ferred to the District committee. In addition to providing for bonds or insurance policies to cover dam- ages that may be done by operators, the bill contains stringent regula- tions and severe penalties for viola- tion of laws and regulations govern- ing trafic in the streets of Wash- ington. The measure was introduced by Senator Ball at the request of Herbert L. Davis, auditor of the Su- preme Court of the District of Co- lumbia. Provides Bond of $3,000. Within thirty days. after the ap- proval of the proposed law, the bill provides it shal] be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or associa- tion to operate any motor vehicle along the streets of highways of the District unless a bond or insurance policy, as provided in the bill shall have been filed with the District Com- missioners. The bond, or insurance policy, would be in the sum of $3,000 for each motor vehicle operated by the owner. the sum of $2,000 would be for the protection of persons injured and protection of dependents of per- oms killed throush reckless, dan- erous or negligent operation of mo- for vehicles; the sum of $1.000 would cover damages to property. In each instance the United States would be named as the obligee in such bonds. 1f at any time, in the judgment of the Dl jct Commissioners, the bond is not sufficient for any cause, they may require the owner .of a motar vehicle to replace it with another bond or in- e policy. ; S Fehicies owned and maiftain- led in the District by the United States ior the District government are to be Oxempted from furnishing indemnity bonds or insurance policies and are to be registered and furnished identifi- catlon cards without cost. Any per- Son operating & motor vehicle in the |Dlltrlel Without record evidence of a rate and a certificate Pevering an indemnity bond or insur- [ance policy shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not more than $100 or jmprisoned not more than three months, or both. Non-Residents Given Leeway. A tourist or non-resident owning or lnpmfinl a motor vehicle under a permit issued by any state is required to register at the traffic bureau of the 'police department within three days 1 after bringing his motor into the Dis- I'triot. No exemption from the payment of licensing registration fees from the fil- ing of an indemnity bond or insurance policy ehall be allowed a tourist or non- three months or 5 It shall be the duty of the Commis- —(Continucd on Page 2, Column 6.) FOUNDATION BOARD TOCALL ONWILSON Official Word of Permanent Establishment to Be 66th Birthday Gift. |HE MAY MAKE ADDRESS Senate Adopts Resolution Felici- tating Ex-President on An- niversary. Woodrow Wilson will receive today. on the sixty-sixth anniversary of his birth. the formal announcement that the $1,000,000 foundation, bearing his name and dedicated to the advance- ment of world democracy and peace through justice, was permanently estab- lished yesterday. It probably will be the former President's most treasured birthday gift, for the foundation was made possible through subscriptions donated by persons all over the world as expression of thelr continued faith in the principles for which Mr. Wilson fought. This promises to be the busiest birth- day the former President has spent in the two years since he left the White | House and went into retirement in his |S street home with the announcement that he would show the country how to be an uninterfering ex-President. Only once since that day has he broken his silence by making a public address and that was on Armistice day, when he ad- dressed an enthusiastic and insistent crowd that gathered in front of his home and called for a word of gresting. Second Address Expected. Whether Mr. Wilson will make the announcement of the establishment of the foundation today the occasion of a sccond address is unknown. The offi- cers of the foundation, headed by Ham- ilton Holt of New York, will call on him at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Wilson has canceled an engagement for an au- tomobile tour this afternoon in order to receive this committee and it is not con- sidered unlikely that he may have some public announcement to offer. Mrs. W. L. Trenholm Abrams, vice chairman of the local committee of the foundation, has been besieged with telephone messages from per- sons in Washington asking what time they might be in front of the Wilson home, at 2340 S street, to hear Amer- ica’s war President speak. In the ab- sence of any advice that Mr. Wilson might have something to say, Mrs. Abrams has been unable to answer her interrogators, and it is considered unlikely that any members of the Washington committee will be with the officers of the foundation when they make their formal call. Robert W. Woolley, chairman of the local committee, is ill, and Mrs. Abrams has not received sufficient information as to the plans of the visitors to know how she might et in touch with them. Health Is Exeellent. Mr. Wilson's health is said by those close to him to be splendid. They said he informed them this morning that he had quite a large calling list for today. Heretofore callers at the Wil- son home have been so few that it got the name of “the lonely house on S street.” The nares of the former President's birthday guests, aside from the foundation officers, could not be ascertained. A number of those who might ordinarily have been expected are confined to their homes by i1l health, Brominent among whom is former Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Wilson home literally has been flooded with telegrams and letters of felicitation. They came from every quarter of the world and from men (Continued on Page 2, Column §6.) MUSSOLINI MAY NOT GO. Interior Politics Likely to Keep Him From Premiers’ Parley. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 28.—Reports re- ceived by the French foreign office of conversations with Premler Mus- solini, in Rome, were said today to indicate that the Italian premler may be prevented by questions of interior politics, from attending next Tues- day’s conference of premiers in Paris. It was added that Signor Mussolini at the same time, expressed an earn- est desire to be assured that the Parij, conference would accomplish some- thing toward final settlement of th reparations problem. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are primted. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 88,931 Smuggled Liquor For Holidays Put At $4,000,000 By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 28.— Alexander Williams, who said he was an investigator for the De- partment of Justice, said today that more than $4,000,000 worth of liquor had been smuggled into New York through New Jersey coast waters for the holiday trade. This contradicts statements attributed to prohibition officers that the pro- hibition navy held most of the rum runners at bay outside the three- mile limit. Williams, who said he was on his way to Washington to report to Prohibition Commissioner Haynes, declared that a vast amount of liquor was landed also on the Vir- ginla coast to supply Washington, Most of the liquor landed on the New Jersey coast, he sald, was imported into New York in the usual burlap bag packages in trucks, and private police accom- panied most of the shipments. When prohibition agents stopped DENY SMUGGLING DATA. Prohibition officlals today sald they had not yet heayd from Alexander Williams, Department of Justice in- vestigator, who announced in New | York thatihe would come to Wash- ington with reports of extensive smuggling along the New York, New Jersey and Virginia coasts. The prohibition unit was known to have thrown a heavy guard into |strategic points during the holiday season, to guard against an expected flood of Christmas cheer, but would not make public the exact location of the increased forces. No admission was made by prohibition officials to- Ifl:}r'n!ofh the lmuxktllnl which Wil- charges took place in gigantic extent during Christmas week. EX-MAYOR DENIED FREEDOM IN FIGHT ONMURDER CHARGE Baltimore Court Refuses Plea for Bail—Holds Dr. Mc- Koin on Writ. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, December 28.—Dr. B. M. McKoin, former mayor of Mer Rouge, La., today lost his fight for immediate release on habeas corpus procedings. He was remanded “with- out prejudice” to give the Louisiana authorities opportunity to present their case. Dr. McKoln was arrested here Tues- day at the request of Gov. Parker of Louisiana, who accused him of mur- der In connection with the Morehouse parish kidnaping last August. Three judges of the Balttmore su- preme bench, siting in city court, de- nied Dr. McKoin the right to ball. 1 Papers Sent North. A dispatch from Attorney General Coco of Louisiana to State's Attorney Leach stated that Dr. McKoin formal- ly has been charged with the murder of Watt Daniel and Thomas Richards. The dispatch added that a deputy sheriff was on his way to Baltimore with the necessary papers in the case. For the first time within the recol- lection of local court attendants three judges presided at the habeas corpus. proceedings here today. Dr. McKoin, Wwho was arrested last Tuesday at Johns Hopkins Hospital, is being held in connection with the deaths last August of Watt Daniel and Thomas Richards, alleged victims of a hooded mob at Mer Rouge. The three judges presiding in city court were Chief Judge James P. Gorter and Asso- clates Carroll T. Bond and Charles F. Stein. Dr. McKoin was represented by Robert R. Carman, former United States district attorney, and he was accompanied to court by Dr. Hugh H. Young, noted specialist of Johns Hopkins, with _whom the one-time mayor of Mer Rouge has been asso- ciated since last October. State’s Attorney Robert F. Leach, jr., and Gaylord Lee Clark, one of his assistants, appeared in opposition to the writ. Doctor’s Friends Loyal. Many telegrams from friends of Dr. McKoin have been received offering moral and financial support. Among them are included some from persons associated with the medical profes- sion, as well as one from the Central Savings and Trust Company of Mer Rouge, offering to deposit in any Ral- timore bank sufficient funds to cb- tain the release on bail of ihe ac- cused man. Telegrams also have been received corroborating Dr. McKoin's statement that he was in Monroe, La., the night of August 24, when the kidnaping and murders were alleged to have taken place. One from Dr. J. B. Vaugha: Monroe stated that Dr. McKoin was with him in Monroe from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. the night of August 24. The kidnapings were supposed to have occured in Mer Rouge be- tween 7 p.m. and 10 pm. Dr. O, P. Gray, president of the Fifth District Medical Association, and six other physiclans also telegraphed that Dr. McKoin was in Monroe that night, Dr. McKoin was formerly president of that organization. More Arrests Expected. BASTROP, La., December 28.—Chiet interest in the Morehouse kidnaping case was shifted today to New Or- leans, where Gov. John M. Parker had an engagement for a conference with Attorney General Coco and St. Clair Adams, special prosecutor ap- pointed by the governor to assist the attorney general’s office in presenting the state’s case at the open hearing to be held here January 5. They in- tended to discuss policies to. be Daniels and. Richards was composed iof about seventy-five men, according |to one of the investigators who has been following the case closely for soveral months, Members of the mob, the investigators asserted, came from the parishes of Morehouse, Ouachita, * i ‘West_Carroll, Richland and Franklin |Cu TWO CENTS. BRITISHWARSHIPS RUSH TONEAR EAST; NEW CRISIS ARISING Negotiations at Lausanne Over Mosul Oil Fields Break Down. TURKS THREATEN FORCE TO LIMIT TO BACK STAND Curzon Refuses to Allow Topic to Be Brought Up on Floor the trucks the speclal officers of Parley. Wwould assure them all was well, Williams said. By the Associated Press. MALTA, December 25.—As a resuit of unsatisfactory news from Lau- sanne, it is understood that the ships of the British Mediterranean fleet which arrived here on December 23 for a three weeks' visit, have received orders to return to the near east. Naval authorities were reticent to- day, but it was believed that Admira! de Robeck, commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean fleet, was prepared to leave this afternoon with all available vessels, The understanding was that the dreadnaughts Iron Duke, Marlborough and Ajax, the light cruiser Concord and all the destroyers were to sall eastward at 4 o'clock. The sailing orders were unexpected. the officers of the fleet having made arrangements for various functions here up to the middle of January. PARLEY FACES CRISIS. Curzon Says 0Oil Row Must Be Set- tled by Private Conversations. By the Associated Press. LAUSANNE, December 28.—The near east conference was faced with a seri- ous crisis today, as the sharp and ir- reconcilable conflict between the Eng- lish and the Turks over the Mosul oil flelds reached a decisive stage. Lord Curzon's statement that “the turning point of the conference had come,” and that England would de- cline to continue the Mosul controversy, was in direct conflict with Ismet Pasha’s note, asserting that the Turkish peo- ple had decided “to employ to the last limit of its forces all means to obtain the return of Mosul to the mother- land.” Between these two extremes there is a gulf which secems likely to be diffi- cut, if. not impossible, for the confer- ence to bridge. Great Uneasiness Manifest. Great uneasinees is manifest through- out conference circies, because of the crisis, which, with the unsettlement over the straits and the status of minor- ities, indicates that the conference is fast approaching a climax and that both sides are preparing for a final showdown. The meeting of the commission of capitulations of the near east con- ference failed to make progress at today's sesvion. Some of the allied delegates, on l-aving the hall, said the conference had reached a dead- lock pending the arrival of the new Turkish instructions from Angora. The American ambassador, Richard ‘Washburn Child, and the allied dele- gates met last evening and discussed capitulations and the general situa- tion of the conference. Turks’ Temper Unimproved. The subcommissions are making lit- tle rogress. Riza Nur Bey iv less tru- culent in the subcommission on mi- norities, but the Christmas rest ap- parently did not improve the temper of the Turks materially, and the al- lied delegations are clearly becoming less tractable in preparation for a final and complete statement of the maximum they will yield. The indications are that tkis final roundup will come early next week, and the contending parties are so far apart on capitulations, control of the straits and rights of minorities that the outcome is uncertain. It iy clear that further meetings of the com- missions and subcommissions will be of little use. Seemingly every one is talked out, and every foot of ground between Mount Ararat and the garden of Eden has been traversed. Old Testament history has been reviewed from Gene- sis to Malachi: poets, historian soothsayers, who trace their ances. try directly back to Adam and Eve. have presented their claims; ecclesi- astics, soldlers and statesmen of many races, languages and religions have been heard. The hopper is filled to overflowing and now the mill is start- ing to grind. All Races Watch Eagerly. Kurds, Arabs, Assyro-Chaldeans, Armenians, Greeks, Turks, Bulgarians and Russians are watching with tense interest as the allied leaders meet dally in private conferences, which are really deciding what the map of Asia Minor shall be. Lord Curson, Marchis DI Gatroni and M. Barrere had a long discussion on capitula- tions, which, after Mosul on, & prob- ably the most stubborn question for settlement. This tendency was emphasized at today’'s session of the commission on capitulations, at which no progress was made and after which some of the allied delegates declared the con- ference had reached u deadlock pend- ing the arrival of fresh Turkish in- structions from Angora. At this meeting a subcommission presided over by Sir Horace Rumbold reported to the full commission that it had been found quite impossible to reach an accord with Turkey, which insisted upon trying foreigners in the Turkish courts. As the allies couid not accept this, the subcommission reported, the ne- gotiations had failed. The_capitulations meeting lasted until 2 p.m. and was described by the participating delegates as of a dra- matic character. Ismet Pasha termed the allies’ at- tacks on the Turkish judiclary un- Justified and said the Turkish judges Were quite capable of honestly and impartially applying the most mod- ern laws. There was no reason for privileges to tional adopted at the hearing. >, "°| granting excep reigners, he declared. as the pres- R \charie e eeord ::l “un-meeu are sufficient. FIRST CONVERSATION HELD. to The Star and Chi Datl, (By Cable b T Comrrignt. a8 ©> DY LAUSANNE, _December ~Lord note replying to the Turks' (Continued on Page 2, Column 38.) ‘Column 2.) e (Continued on Page 2, -