Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1922, Page 2

STAR VOLUNTEERS SOLO FOR SUNDAY CONCERT Miss Hazel Huntington, Opera Singer, Will Appear at High School Singing. SEE EARLY RETUR - OF CHINESE GIRL Believe Bride-to-Be Will Soon ' Come Back to Parents. MAY BREAK ENGAGEMENT Prospective Bridegroom Declared Ready to Absolve Miss Wen From Nuptial Agreement. Belief existed today in Washing- ton's Chinatown that Mildred Wen, who vanished Tuesday afternoon to avold wedding George Nom Lee of New York, will return to the home of her parents, 316 9th street, within the next few days. - Abundant confidence is held by the parents and relatives, as well of the friends of the girl, in her discretion, and this is the basis for their beliet that she will put in an appearance shortly. Believed to Be Here. Despite reports that she is in hiding in Baltimore, the friends and relatives of the girl believe her still to be in Washington, staying with friends. A number of incidents cropped up to- day in the case which gave the drama surrounding the disappearance of thig American-bred Chinese girl an even more interesting tinge. From relatives it was learned that MISS HAZEL HUNTINGTON. Owing to the Christmas lay-off in ‘Washington: Miss Hazel Huntington, New York concert and opera singer, now touring the country with the Society 'of American Singers of New York, has volunteered to sing at the ninth Sunday night concert under the auspices of the Washington Com- munity Music Association at the Cen- tral High School Auditorlum Sunday her mother, Mrs. Wing Ling Wen, | tral ¥ overjoved at her appearance on . oyemioyal 84y "after Mer first de- | During the past winter season Miss Huntington sang the leading soprano role in 100 performances of the Wil- liam Wade Hinshaw production of Mozart's opera comique, “The Im- presario,” which has been one of the sensational successes of the past con- cert season. This production is al- ready booked from the Atlantic to the Pacific in both the United States and Canada for a twenty-week tour this winter, and Miss Huntington will again sing the leading prima donna role. It {s a_ part that requires a high, true coloratura voice of ex- ceptional range, all of which qualifi- cations the singer possesaes. Other special features for Sunday night will Include a violin solo by Ellena de Sayn. one of the most noted violinists in the country, and duets by Henry Kaspar and Cecelia O'Dey pianists. The customary recreational singing, under the leadership of Rob- ert Lawrence will conclude the pro- gram. WILL LAY CORNER STONE OF NEW CONVENT TODAY Sisters of Visitation ‘Will Have Simple Ceremony to Dedi- parture from home on the Friday pre- ceding, had given her ten of the rings, all of them valuable, which had ar- rived us wedding presents. These rings could easily be converted into cash, which would enable the girl to prolong her disappearing act indefi- nitely. Question of Chinese Honor. Chinese honor also has entered into the case in a definite manner. The parents of Lee, whose father happens to be Lee Quon, leader of the power- ful On Leong Tong of New York, had entered into a sacred betrothal en- gagement. The breaking of such an agreement | is held by Chinese custom to be al- most sacreligious. This the rea- son, it was explained today, that 8o much anxiety was at first displayed for the return of the girl and the carrying out of the pledge. The Chinese tradition, however, is to be sacrificed to the independence of per- sonality developed by Mildred's American training. The parents state that Lee is willing to absolve them from the agreement and all that is needed is the return of the symbolic engagement rins. Possibilities of strife among tongs 1s laughed at by Chinese here, who point out that the affair is all among members of the same tong, the On Leong faction. 1t will be remem- bered that New York's greatest tong war. ecight years ago, which em- broiled that city's Chinatown, was cate Home. centered about the On Leong tong and Hlp S facti The former emerged victorious after a number of killings and has taken its place as the most powerful Chinese fra- Laying of the corner stone of the new convent for the Sisters of the ternal organization in the United |Visitation of Washington, now being Gt erected near Bethesda, Md., will take Girl's Own Cholce. place this afternoon., The order for- George Y. Wen, a thoroughly |merly was housedsin the convent Americanized Chinese, talked long and fluently ay regarding the disappearance of his niece. For the first time he gave a clear outline of the stand taken by the family. o Much money was spent,” he sald, fn preparing for the wedding. It was & thing of Mildred's own choice. She had met Lee at least three times. She wanted to marry him, we thou, - And the reason we were goins o take | Gonstruction was pegun by the P. F. o o M o waraxo! Gormley Company this, fall and work might face together his rarlnhfi; 2na |18 progressing at a rapid rate. :al:x;‘@vpntmper and answer this ques- Ceremonies Will Be Simple. 1 8he saias f qunt,tomarry Lee? | The ceremonies conmected with the AnIHody 1 ORI T et o TBEEY laying oll lhehcorner stone will be ool s : simple in character. George E. gustom. All this stuff newspapers are sk 2 fonulias Nt o U eraieusiny o o g nese-Ameri Tight between customs is bunk. We | BUbbe conducted by Rev. Edward L. did not make arrangements.” She | Ciirch’ Kl Time for the wedding < Noor sven the | "It is ‘expected that the new buflding e et jrow she don't {will be ready for occupancy about the ing, we let it go. All the middle of ‘August of next year. money spent ‘on it—that's all right.|™ The convent site Is located on _the ents are walling for heg, [F Ber Par- | east side of the old Georgetown road, at e £ ez Alta Vista, just north of Bethesda. The 2 Ing Back, No Wedding. project will cost, it i{s estimated, about “When she sends back the ring, that | $260.000. The bullding will be of fire- breaks up plans. Wedding is then at | Proof construction, three stories high, an end. That is what vou call symbol j 314 Will be built of brick. The exterior of break-up. Ring comes back, no | {aCing will be dark red brick with lime- wedding g gtone trimmings. The structure will “Do you ink that her age of est andfadepth cducation has harmed hr. when con | Of 120 feet. sidered with what she would have be- Chapel Will Be Feature, (ome under a Chinese education?” he| A feature of the convent will be the e e A chapel, at the center of the building, in eI of merican girls who | the front, which will be the only room would not treat thelr parents how she | open to’the public. The chapel will has treated them. Her mother is sick. | measure 27 by 60 feet and will have a Wwhen the mother 1s. sick, it also|gallery with lofty trussed roof. ni..k es“}he' baby, who very young, About eight acres of the large tract, !.h(; . Ve want Blflflredlyack. Every- | formerly the Spates estate, will be in- A“' will ,be all right. closed by a high brick wall. A special ¢ n|-nempt was made to get Wen | sewerage and artesian water supply sys- o sign an open appeal to Mildred |tem will be installed. eading and heking hor to comn pack It was to have been printed in one of | BRITISH WARSHIPS " RUSH TO NEAR EAST; NEW CRISIS ARISING the local papers. (Continued from First Page.) which stood at Cénnecticut ave:ue and De Sales street northwest. The order decided to discontinue its school and become strictly a cloistered community. With this decision plans for a substantial and well arranged | convent were worked out by A. B. Mullett & Co. and Marsh & Peter, associated architects of this city. “I won't sign. You must take m: word. My word is good as my slen That's the way it stands. The fam- ily, Christianized, it is sald, refused to even think of taking a “dot” from the famlily of the bridegroom, which is customary in China. Girl Trend Eluded. On the day that Mildred disappeared, Margaret Soo. & Rirl friend, was placed as a sort of chaperon over her. There is no suspicion among the family of the girl who has run away twice to avoid a wedding, that the latter proved false to her trust, In fact, she cried for almost the entire afternoon after it was found that lit- tle Mildred had eluded her. Chinatown yesterday was alive with rumors and activity. Once there came a telephone message that Mildred was eut northeast. An address, was given and a general conference was held. ‘While the conference was in progress newspaper representatives shot out to the address given, only to find it a chain grocery store, and only one story. RITES FOR GEN. WRIGHT TO BE HELD TOMORROW Funeral services for Gen. Marcus Joseph Wright, Confederate veteran, who died yesterday morning at the family residence, 1743 Corcoran street northwest, will take place at the home some time tomorrow, the hour not having been determined by reason of the fact that a son of the dead general, Howard Paul Wright, a spe- clal agent of the Department of Justice, of Jacksonville, Fla., is on funeral. Interment will be in the Confederate section of the Arlington national cemetery. The services at the house and at in- terment will be conducted by Rev. C. Ernest Smith, rector of St. Thomas’ %flmfl Church, of which Gen. right was a commumicant. The lst of ?flbflu‘l has not been com- pleted, but it is said that they will ,wn from the venerable mem- Camp No. 171, United Confed- of this city, of which & member. reiterated request for the return of the Mosul oil flelds has led to another crisis in the conference. The British foreign secretary refuses to permit the question to be brought up in the committee, and insists that it be set- tled through private conversations, while the Angora delegates insist as firmly that the Mosul territory be re- turn¥d to Turkey. Silent on Oil in Notes. In the notes exchanged betwen the British and the Turks concerning the Mosul matter not a word is said about oil. The arguments are limited to trade routes. and ethnographic and strategic points. ‘Wednesday night the first delegates of the inviting powers had a lohg conversation, presumably to adopt the draft of the treaty clauses ready to be presented to the Turks, for it is felt that enough time has passed without accomplishing anything. The allies seem determined to push the conference and probably early sented with the preliminary protocol. However, many important questions, remain to be discussed such as Tur- key's eastern and southern frontiers, tions, payments for oocupation and capitulations. Go to Inform Assembly, On December 24 the, third Turkish delegate - left for Angora: with the object of iaforming the Turkish as. sembly: as to the terms Turkey apt to get and to ask for Angora's final concessions in the matters upon which the allles insist, particularly the Ottoman debt, tariff and the pro- tection of minorities. The ser! of deadlocks combined with the Anglo-Turk diplomatic con- test over the Mosul oil flelds-has cast a gloom over the comferemce. ————— It has been estimated that there are about 12,000 small towns in the United States, half of them with populations. of 500 or less. "~ e 2 THE EV. ELECTRIC GOMPANY REPORTS EARNINGS Return 'of - 9.38 Per Cent Shown During . Eleven Months Tfifs Year. The Potomac Electric Power Com- pany earned a return of 9.38 per cent| during the first eleven months of this year, according to a statement given, Col. Keller today by tha Public Utili- tles Commission, of whizh he {s chair- man. i Th return is based on the rates which the commission allows the company to charge. The statement shows that If the company had been permitted to keep the; money Wwhich is set aside during the period in com- pliance with the order’of*the District Supreme Court, the ¥eturn on fair value would have been:14.15 per cent. $3,000,000 Impcunded. The commission informed Col. Keller that the amount thus set aside; by the company during the past| eleven months for retynd to con-| sumers in the event the commission’s valution finally is sustained by the courts was $824,482.78. This makes| more than $3,000,000 now being held by the company for refund in case it loses the pending court suit. This money has been piling up since 1917, when the company filed objection in the District Supreme Court to the value placed on its property by the commission. In that year the com- mission, on the basis of its valuation, ordered the rate for current reduced from 10 to 8 cents per kilowatt hour. The court enjoined the commission from enforcing the reduced rate, but required the company to impound the difference between the 10 cents col- lected and the 8 cents which the com~ mission regarded as a fair charge. The case is now before the United States Supreme Court. The statement made public by Col. Keller today shows the operating revenues of the power company up to December 1 were $4,610,831.79. Figures in Report. Operating expenses, taxes and de- preciation amounted to $2,991,362.04. This left income available for return on fair value of, $1,619,469.75. The commission gives the present welght- ed fair value as $18,835,803.94. This makes the rate of return 9.38 per; cent. The statement to Col. Keller con- cluded with this reference: “The above figures are based upon the rates established by the commis- sion. If the amount set aside for re- fund to customers during this period | ($824,482.78) be added to the income available for return, the annual rate of return on the above fair value for the eleven months becomes 14.15 per cent, as against 11.39 per cent for th corresponding eleven months of 1921 Col. Kellar was not prepared today to commit himself as to whether a reyision of electric light rates would be considered at this time on the basis of the report. The commission at its next meeting probably will discuss the company's earnings to decide whether it is ad- visable to consider a rate change with the entire matter of the company’'s finances pending before the Supreme Court. REV. JOHN T. CROWE DIES AFTER LENGTHY ILLNESS Minister Was Formerly Active in ‘Religious Work in Brook- land, D. C. Rev. John Thomas Crowe, who about twenty-five years ago was ac- tive in religious work In Brookland, D. C., died at his home in Bramwell, W. Va., Tuesday, according to word received here today. Rev. Crowe had been in Washington since last May, undergoing special treatment and for a time showed evidence of improve- ment. About three months ago, how- ever, he took a turn for the worse and his physiclans gave up hopo for his recovery. His congregation In Bramwell, when informed of Rev. Crowe's condition, succeeded in get- ting him to Bramwell the latter part of October and devoted themselves to the work of making him as comfor- table as possible during his remain- ing days. Mr. Crowe, who was sixty years old and a native of Baltimore, M to religious work after he had out to follow a business career upon his graduation from Hobart College, | Geneva, N. Y. He entered a theologi- cal class in Maryland and devoted! three years of his ministry to mis- sion work in that state, Later he took Gharge of some mission work at Brookland and succeeded in helping the people to build the Church of Our Savior and in establishing the parish of Brookland. On the foundation of the dloceses of Washington out of the diocese of Maryland, Mr. Crowe was ordained to the priesthood by the late Bishop Satterlee of Washington. In 1898 he married Miss Annie L. Small of Washington, D. C. Rev. Crowe left Washington in that year, and even- tually settled in West Virginia Mr. Crowe was a Mason, a member of Washington Centennial Lodge of this city and for the past two years was prelate of Ivanhoe Commandery, Knights Templar, of Bramwell. He will be buried in Bramweil. Sur- viving him are his wife, a brother, William R. Crowe of Baitimore, and two sisters, Miss Annle E. and Miss Mary C. £rowe of Arlington, Md. .SUCCUMBS TO APOPLEXY. Mrs. Kate Almond of 1ith and K streets northwest died yesterday aft- | ernoon at Emergency Hospital from apoplexy, after having been stricken | earlier in the day in an F street store where she was shopping. in January the Turks will be pre-| NEW CONVENT FOR SISTE ENING _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH MOB KILLINGS AT MER ROUGE, LA. DR. B. M. McKOIN (LEFT), FORMER MAYOR OF MER ROUGE, WITH DETECTIVE, AFTER HIS ARREST IN Hilarious Newsies Lay Seige To Goodies and Gifts at Star Tree BY W. H. CLAGETT. Dear Folks: fancy! The tip had been broadcast for more'n two weeks that immediately Star's Family's"” party, which was held the night be- e e delivered and 0ld | this act or shall hereafter be convicted of and jedged by the outpourin’ that con- ' 1areeny, LD, ;‘wfigual;n - "h:‘}'a‘:.li gregated in front of the buildin’ fully | 7 "‘:g it Staten or AnsiEtate two hours before the proceedin’s got | °f the ¥ ¥ ) started, the information distributers followin’ “The sure done a swell job! They came, shouted! From the gy Bottom, over to No. 1, couple of coppers arount things in order man, ica that_way deep United States after all! el utse. Circulation Manager Galt | tion, except public hack stands - Burns was here, there and every. nen or ex: and once he give the signal Shonberg to let the if_you'll believe me %o be the skipper, there was some F\‘eg Cdook. dtord, at_the door, GO a bee-line for the in a cluster and it was turrible tall coaxin® long lines were formed and all hands viewed the sights in any where, to “oOld Bill” elevator shoot, kind of movin'! Rushin’ Col. C. 1ittle rascal: made huge tree only after some that six kind of orde: and down the bridge in front of e they scampered, and when Carl Herman Braatz, from down to Central Unfon Mission, who took the part of Santa Claus, was discovered, and the problem then was how to save the pleces They sang, they tche‘;rle(l‘i (he{ rbe- on presents doled out by Ponter g and when Mister ice cream would be served, the Asoclated Press workers rushed up to help save the the tree bedlam broke lose, Father Braatz, Burns _announced that buildin'! from the questioned. Did y: cream! & dive for the lunchroom “This is me ninth plate! frozen delicacy, “and I started!” lons. Nothin’ pleased the kids more than a impromtu song and dance pulled for their special benefit by Frank Wil- liams, the genial superintendent of The Star Cafeteria, and if Frank don’t show up for work today I'm sure nothin’ will be s: id—he danced until tired! And so_ it went until the big bell rung, and the tired and stuffed little ‘workérs, littered with present. luctantly found their way to the e! RS OF VISITATION ERECTED NORTH OF BETHESDA, MD. . BEING When Teddy Roosevelt was the big | Settin’ Bull of the Noo York police | youngsters, force, nothin’ used to give him keener dee-light than to disgulse himself as a Bowery drifter and mix it with the | in the gang! vast army of “newsles” who sold the ! great metropolitan dailies, and after attendin' the stoopendous Christmas | blowout staged last night by The|NEW Evening Star Company for its 700 route agents, carriers and newsboys, I can well appreciate just what it was that tickled the old warrior's they | 1llow | his vehicle to pass or approach within swamps of the Eastern branch to the | fitteen feet of any street car which hias Tollin’ hills of Georgetown Helghts, | from the green grassy plots of Cleve land Park to the sandy dunes of Fog- ‘they blew in, all smilin’, ) gers. £11 happy, all itchin’ for the gong that Would send them to their “mutton. and so great was the excitement in the neighborhood that Capt. Brown, finally had to shoo & d to keep they twitched, puss: Every “Nation” Represented. And what a gatherin’ it was! Italian, French, Roosian, Scotch, Irish, Ger- Scandinavian and just Anacostian was mixed up in the outlay, but once inside the blg hall and the band had struck up “Amer- atdn't take binoculars to see it aldn't take bineculars to, 8o |more than three months, or both, rough-shod hearts there was just one |1ic venicles for hire shall not stop or plain “What did the boss say, Skinny” anxiously cried one little freckled face “rooster” to his buddy. Dive for Lunchroom. “He says, I-C-E Cream!” came back “I-0-¢ cream! ever hear it bee-fore—i-c-e And with that the two made snickered another little pee-wee, as he literally buried his face in a huge dish of the ain't even And they got away with sixty gal- 28, 1922 INEW BUS ROU Proposed Line Would Paral- lel Trolley Tracks. The application of the 15th strcet and Maryland northeast to 21st and B streets b tles Commission today. The commission declared that route tween street cars and busses. First Application. by the new company, ficers of which is W. Rapid Transit Company. are now adequately served by i existing street railway lines. with the street but route of the busses pract railways, in direct competition with them. Policy Maintained. BALTIMORE. reaching the heart of the city, jvators and_then to their homes to dream of the 1922 Star party staged for thelr benefit! All told, it was a fine bunch of and I couldn't help | thinkin’ as I stood and watched ‘em ‘cut up that a future President or Chief Justice might have been mixed for street railway service. denc Good luck to Star kids, | honor to the paper! I thank you, DOPEY DAN. —_— BILL REQUIRES * BOND OF AUTOISTS you're 2| ble action on the application. FOUNDATION BOARD (Continued from First Page.) PRIVILEGE DENIED Utilities Commission Holds United ! Transportation Company to establish a new bus line in Washington, from avenue west, was denied by the Public Utili- 3 that if' there was a demand for service on' it should be operated in: conjunctjon with the stract railway | service, with transfer privileges be- | This was the first application filed one of the of-| Elking Reed. former president of the Washington “The sections of the District to be | served by this motor bus line” the commission said, “lie entirely within | the butlt-up portion of the city and the | Who received The testimony shows that the running | time of the busses may be less be- tween certain points than is the case the ally paral- lels the street car lines and would be “The commission has announced the policy regarding the establishment of motor bus lines and recently reiterated its position at length in order No. 492, holding that the legitimate fleld for bus service does not lie in the multiplication of lines or of vehicles but rather in providing service in the ex- tension of the street car lines into territory so thinly settled as not to justify the large Investment necessary The com- mission is of the opinion that no evi- has been presented in this case to show the need for this competitive bus service and that the interest of the general public does not warrant favor- TO CALL ON WILSON (Continued from First Page.) | sioners to revoke the license of any per- |son, emplove or agent operative of a motor vehicle in the District. who with- in two.years prior to the approval of big the Versailles peace conference. Protects Trolley Passengers. The bill prohibits a driver to permit of the foundation was expression of faith.” by Franklin D. Roosevelt. stopped or is about to stop for the pur- pose of taking on or letting off passen- ‘Wilson’s cabinet, sage said, This restriction is not to apply where street-car loading platforms are estab- lished, but In passing these car-load- ing platforms drivers shall not exceed a speed of twelve miles an hour. Any driver exceeding the speed limit as provided in the regulations of the Dis- trict, or driving in a reckless or dan- gerous or negligent manner, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Any lpman violating any provision of this national policies. from Charles W. FEliot, read: sacrificing labors.” side, the Senate today democrat, Georgia, expressing section shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not | President Wilson. Senator Harris The bill provides that drivers of pub- loiter upon any public street or reserva- | sixty-sixth birthday cept while actually taking on or dis-|grams of congratulation and felici charging passengers, Any hacker vio- lating_this_section may be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. May Imcrease Penalties. Another section of the bill provides that whoever operates a motor vehicle while intoxicated shall be gullty of & misdemeanor and that any person operating a motor vehicle who, know- ing that damage has been caused to a vehicle, leaves the place where the damage occurred without giving his name and residence and license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It is further. provided that any operator of a motor vehicle who has caused injury to a person and leaves the place without giving his name, resi- {dence and license shall also be gullty | of a misdemeanor. Violations of this last section are to be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not less than one year or by both. Trial judges shall have the power to sentence any person. who may be convicted of a second offense under any provision of the proposed law to double the penalty imposed, and to sentence any person who may be convicted of a third offense to treble the penalty imposed. —_— CLERK FOUND DEAD. Robert 8. Falls Belleved Victim of Heart Disease. Robert S. Falls, fifty-six years old, bookkeeper for P. H. Bishop, 448 New York avenue, was found dead in bed in his room at 422 3d street this morning. It is thought his death resulted from an attack of heart disease. Falls, it is stated, was employed as T clerk at the Tremont House for & number of years. the was passed before some Massachusetts, what it was all about. The text of the resolution follows: “Whereas. health of former President Woodrow Wilson; be it Board Raises $900,000. Permanent organization of llness. ~ Nearly $900,000 of is assured. through awards those render ‘“meritorious service democracy, public’ welfare, thought or peace through justice. nize Martin__Manton, Rabbi Ruutz-Rees. ——————— machine wi hour. and women In every walk of life. Practically every recognized foreign power Is reported to have sent a con- gratulatory message through the of- fices of officials with whom the for- mer President was associated during The trustees of the foundation sent a telegram declaring that the support “a splendid It was signed Newton D, Baker, Secretary of War in Mr. in his mes- Millions of Americans welcome you back to active leadership in our councils for progressive and helpful A third wire was president emeritus of Harvard University. It “May you live to see the full fruition of your strenuous and self- Without debate and with a chorus of ayes from democratic senators and silence from most of the republican adopted a resolution offered by Senator Harrns, “the, pleasure and joy of the Senat:" upon the recovery toward health of former in presenting the resolution soon after the Senate con- vened pointed out that today is thethe eloquence of the of the former President, spoke of the many tele- tation pouring in at the Wilson home here, and said it seemed proper and fitting that the Senate add its tribute. Unanimous consent for immediate consideration of the resolution was asked by Senator Harris and no ob- jection being offered the resolution senators who had been engrossed a few min- utes before in listening to President Harding's letter to Senator Lodge of on the Borah world economic conference proposal realized the Senate has heard with great. pleasure the announce- ment of the rapid recovery to g]z{oud on. “Resolved, that the Vice President be requested to convey to the Hon. ‘Woodrow Wilson the pleasure and joy of the Senate of the United States because of his rapid recovery to good health.” the foundation was accomplished yester- day at the home of Mr. Roosevelt, who is just recovering from a serious the $1,000,000 fund has been raised in the past year and the remainder virtually The toundation is pledged to recog-|, Jimitation of naval armaments, in Wwho | the Navy bill two years ago, had ham- tc | pered rather than aided the administra- Iiberal | tion in bringing about the Washington The committee to call on Mr. Wilson today is composed of Mr. Holt, Judge Stephen S. Wise, Mrs. J. Malcolm Forbes, Mrs. Charles F. Simonson and Miss Caroline In the early days of the Wright aeroplane, in lsgg. ‘th:h:peed olg their ey Iysenilos an ) tor Borah had of- Tour. Just recently the seropiane has'; 1 8810 that Berator B end- touched the mark of 212 miles an|yment without first consulting the muck- lnonre entative Jones, |Revenue Officer- | Shot by Woman IGERMAN EVASION UNITING ALLIES Drawing British’ Closer " to French Viewpoint on { Reparations. 1 England Declared Prepared to Wash Hands if Plan Is Again Refused. BY HAL OFLAHERTY. (By Cabtle to The Star and Chicago . News. Copyright, 1822.) LONDON, December 25.—Germany's continued evasive policy in the mat ter of fulfilling her treaty obligation has resulted in swinging the Britis slightly closer to the Freuch $iew point on reparations. When Premier Bonar Law arrives Paris next week will carry plans for a settlement, but Wit co: tinue to seek a rehsonably moderat method of coercing Germany to me the allied demands. If Germany refuses to agree to reasonable plan put forward after the Paris conference, Great Britain wi h her hands of the wholc proce ings and tell France to go ah-al take whatever measures sh advisable. PLAN TO SEIZE FORESTS. ! i no new RALPH RUBY, pistol wound when he, with other officers, entered the home of Mr; Tribby, 3935 Morrison street, PRESIDENT ASKS SENATE TO REJECT BORAH PLAN FOR PARLEY OF NATIONS (Continued from First Page.) France Ready to Act on Default of Wood Deliveries. solve thelr own problems, which s> |7 !he Asociated Press. much concern us.” 2 o PARIS, December i icare plans to follow up tie rejarati On Brink of Chaos.” commission’s decision declaring “The natlons engaged In the last|many in default of her w war have drifted _ | by presenting to the ail e, i hw‘de" and strange: meeting here next week a y apart, until they are now on the | taking over the German tite brink of chaos, and unless herolv]umfl guarantee. If the other premior will not agree to this step it is unier "‘x“:“"" are undertaken by them|giood France is preparcd to alo with the powerful assistance of this| It now is feared that the Hritish country, financial collapse to many | French attitudes will be as will follow, and to others instability | When the premiers reconven and internal turmoil will be gathered | ¥¢re when the recent London as the harvest of dissension. ference adjourned; and _the “This nation, powerful and rich, |T€Parations developme should take as much interest and dis- | SUPPOrt this view. Sir John play as much concern to bring about [ PUry has gone to Lon mutual accord among its debtor na- | %ith Prime Minister Box tions as does the private banker man. | Other members the go ifest in the welfare of thase patrons | the effect of repara who have created pecuniary obliga- (MIS8ion's action i 1 th tions in the institution of which he |Of the genc is the directing head. the premiers” ; “In a large way the cruel and un.| FTance's victory in the reparati fortunate plight of the farmer is due | COMMisSion vote is ascribed o to the fact that he is sigothering |PErsonal efforts of Premier Poincar: in a surplus of agricultural products, | Who i8 said to have fully pia A strong, brisk, foreign market, such | 1®d the coup. The action was « as he is entitled to enjoy, would life [quietly and swiftly executed th: the farmer from impending ruin to |one of the American unofic a_position where he could meet his |Servers had the opportunity of obligations and leave him a fair | Present. profit for his laborious work and his { Although the United States ha Suvestont: vote in the commission the vie The thing most needed by our farm- | ils observers have alw ing population is markets and these | WeiBht, especially when can be found, if Europe is at rest. once stabilized and the economic was before the commiss the case yesterday. It i declared in structure {s made safe and sound.” Scores Isolation. reparations circles that the positic of the American observers has an o { Senator McNary declared he thought prrfn‘emilf:m:h“’o#:”:seudl.(lr",“sgw the policy of isolation adopted by the { took not only the Americans United States after the termination|French political circles by surpr: of the world war “has been too se- |since it was generally understood t vere for the good of ourselves and the | the commissioners would take no welfare of the world. I have no doubt | cision until after the prem | that the great majority of the farm- | meeting. ers and laborers and business men of the country will look with favor upon any terms to bring about the gconomic rehabilltation of world af {HANNIS TAYLOR RITES K TOMORROW MORNING Senator McNary declared that he Body of Author and Former Diplo- had been in favor of the ratification of the Versailles treaty witn reser- mat to Be Placed in Rock Creek Cemetery Vault. Premier Poiy con vations. and said: “I shall never know whethe~ it was the stubbornness of our distinguishe 1 President, Woodrow Wilson, the per- versity of the able senior senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Lodie. irreconeilad isenators that prevented the ratifica- on of the Versailles treaty, vet I S sl fLon of the Versailles treaty, vet 1! Cleveland, author and internationa unrest and hatred existing amongz the | 18Wyer, who died Wednesday at nations at this time would not have the Washington Saniturium, Takoma occurre this treaty, containing the o ! occurred If thie treaty, containing the | Park, Md., following a short fllness with the Lodge res:rvaticn, had been | Wil be held tomorrow morning ai St. Matthew’s Catholic Church. The ratified.” Senator McCormick of Illinois. re-| services will Le conducted by Bishop Thomas J. ahan, rector of 9 publican, spoke in_opposition to the orah amendment. He said that since c ' University the armistice the government has ad- | Bearon S illiom 1. Kosset of trer vanced Europe a billion and a half [ ¢on?9® &7 S, RERRCIL oF Charies- dollars, and the private advances have | Buckey, yector of the cnun 0 ¥ reached five or six billions R T i e T “It does not follow that because the mrers United States declines to enter a con- | siles Poindexter of Washington. S Funeral servicés for Hannis Taylor minister to Spain, under President . f Henry F. Ashhurst of Arizonz ference without limitations that it is! 20T . © Arizona oblivious of our economic community | FEnator Georee H. Moses of New said Senator McCor-| Gambshire. c R Hin, Honorary pallbearcrs follow: Just George Sutherland of the United Sta Supreme Court, Senator John K. of Tennessee, Pnator scar W, vood of Alabama, Senator Harry € New of Indiana, Justice Wendell P Stafford of . the District Supremc Court and Raleigh Sherman. The body will be placed in a vault Charges Borah Changed Senator McCormick sald that Sena- tor Borah had departed from his rec- ord of the past. He said Senmar‘ Borah is now to be found in company with Woodrow Wilson, Otto Kahn and Col. House, ending in a common goal, in which Asla, Europe and Amer- ica would be bound together. in Rock Creek cemetery until ar During Senator McCormick’s speech, | rangements can be made for a pri- attention, was called to a provision of | vate vault, the sundry civil act of 1913, which URGES TARIFF RATE CUT. stated that ‘the president should not i Senator McKellar Wants Duties on cause the United States to enter into any international conferences in the TU. S. Shipped Goods Lower. Senator McKellar, democrat, Ter future without specific authorization from Congress, Senator McCormick was arguing that the adoption of the Borah proposal for nessee, Who recently introduces amendment to the administratior shipping bill to abrogate a score of discriminatory commercial treaties to which the United States is a party )’c!lerdldy Pro:in;ed another amend- ment under which goods imported in floor when Mr. McCormick concluded | pmerican vessels after the ul’:ugalim and sald that Senator Borah cculd notof the various treaties would be given be found in better company than thatieariff rate reductions of 10 per cent. of the greatest advocate of peace E!nflel The Tennessee senator recently ex- Christ, Woodrow Wilson. Sznator Hef- ! pregsed the opinion during debate ot the ship bill that the abrogation or the discriminatory treaties coupled with a grant of Jower tariff levies to American transported imports would provide adequate maintenance for & American merchant marine and make payment of any sort of a direct sub sidy unnecessar: EX-MAYOR DENIED FREEDOM [N FIGHT ON MURDER CHARGE (Continued from First Page.) conference. _ Senator Borah suggested that if the law of 1913 was really effec- tive the President could not have called such a conference without action by Congress. Senator Heflin of Alabama took the { a-mucks of the republican party. “Sounding Out” Powers. It is understood that through the State Department the President has been “sounding out” several powers | regarding the desirability of holding ian economic conference. Whether | fhe Hroposed conference would be i called by or held in the United States, or whether thig nation would® be a participant, were, however, impor- tant details not disclosed. Secretary | Hughes conferred with the Presi- jdent at the White House late yester- day for an hour, but no announcement | was made at its conclusion, and there w no intimation of whether it re- [lated to the economic conference j discussions. ¥ {“Senator Reed of Missouri, demo- ! crat, who is opposed to the Borah jamendment to the Navy bill for an {economic _ conference, offered an i amendment which would request | that the President withdraw from i Germany immediately the Ameri- {can troops now there. Senator Borah sald that so far as he was concerned he would favor the Reed |amendmenl. but added he did not and from two counties in Arkansar The identity of practically every member of the mob, it was said, I: known to the authorities and it was expected that many more arrests in addition to those aiready made would follow as the investigation proceeds. Governors in Conference. NEW ORLEANS, December 25.-- Gov. Parker reached here this morn- ing to take part in the conference which he will hold today with his le} gal associates and federal Investiga- tors to outline plans for the open hearing at Bastrop and to discuss other phases of the Morehouse kid- naping investigations. The gover- nor maintained his silence to news- per men, inaugurated when the in- vestigation began. 5 —_— belleve if it came to a vote it would be adopted by the Senate. —— ASKS FOR REPORT. The Presiden: was requested in a |resolution - introduced today by dempcrat, of Texas, to report to the House on the activities of the United States sugar equalization board, the salaries .be. ing paid, expenses incurred in thi iast two years, and what properi the_board now owas. z Flgures show that of men who have a trade_only one in a hundred thou-. sand has to go to the poorhouse, and that of men with a college educationy, the proportion is smsller still. |READY FOR SHOWDOWN ) [ ‘ .