Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1922, Page 1

¢ Fair tonight, with lowe: about ng cloudiness, with WEATHER. 5 degrees: tomorrow st tempera- in- ri: slow’ | | emperature. Temperature for 24 i Tours ende p.m. today Highest, 42 at 2 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 29, at § || am. today. Full report,on page 14. | | Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 2 e = No. 28,732 Entered as zecond-class matter post office Washington, D. (@) or WASHINGTON, 4 NEAREAST PARLEY EADED FOR ROCKS ON 2 VITAL ISSUES Ownership of Mosul Oil Fields and Capitulations Bring Deadlock. ANXIOUS DELEGATES STILL CLING TO HOPE Turks Assert Allied Stress Upon Special Courts for Foreigners Is Mask for Real Dispute. LAUSANNE, December American delegates at this noon's meeting of the subcos tee on minoritics made an appe: in behalf of the hundreds of thou- sands of refugees from Turkey. They nwked the Turks te provide their amnesty arrangements for the retarn of these refugees to their former homes, If they ~o de- aired. with the assurance that they wor not be deprived of their property. LAUSANNE, December 29.—Ixmet Pasha went letter to Varquis a Curzon thix afternoon reaMrming hix demands that the Wosul dis- trict, with itx valuable oil fields, be turned over to Turkey. The nate denled the Writish tention that the Kurds whe district are not friendls to Turks, and want Mosul to rem under the Arab government Trak. inhablt the the of Eer of & lire eral canses, up facing it from sev- chiefly the contest over Mosul oil fields | s ~apitulations. August by & white-robed mob at Mery Uy Ham said that rding to his foi ‘. i, Rouge, La.. is not expected uniil noxi | ealeulations. the company’s return the capit |00 A that time, 10 n believed. | for e pust elever months was' 2 lations iss m stand | "% b <« state will | fraction above § per cent. against the o de e ae Iencea| SOy Atbext (Ricatieyolyhis atafehy Although the present rate to house- % ? g R ¢ the |aCt on the requisition for 1 Me- | polders as fixed by the commission in Turkey to the jurisdiction o i Koin preferred by Louisiana auth: lightly less than 8 cents per kilo- ‘rv;rm~’n res .rnt;l ins ~nm:‘ r‘lh“ Iities | watt lmuri users of current m}-‘» “I‘J e courts wit reign judges | ities. . . e - ually paying the company the ol sitting in them must pass upon cases | Dr. McKoin. a former mayor of Mer | 5 0, "rite and will eontinue to pay in_which foreixners a Rouge, was charged with tae murder | thae much until the litigation now The Turks are strongly resisting |,¢ Dapfels and Richards Wednesday | pending the United States Supreme ot R lOh | S a s miavic fonlthie Maneriio én Courtnaghceialipagetion thus he but their dele- | Moorehouse parish. The mutilated | Difference Held in Trust. it is not the ques- ns that presents of a conference . they declare. h the allies are and. ates ins tion of the gravest danger faiture. The ofl is the real one on whi prepared to make a rm on Oil Demands. which the allies are the capitulations ques- is to mask the rich oil ress n the Turks strong inter: sert in the flelds involved in the dispute over pos- on of the Mosul vilayet. which the British insist they never will sur- nder, and which the Turks are a m in declaring their inalienabl property The deadlock continued unbroken ‘oday, pending the arrival of fresh instructions to the Turkish delega- n from Angora. The entire situa- tion has been submitted by telegraph | o the Angora srities, while Has- | san Bey, the thire man plenipo- | tentiary, who left recently for Angora to outline the status of the negotia- | tions to Mustapha Kemal Pasha and | the grand national assembly, is due | to arrive at the nationalist capital to- | day. The allies meanwhi a _rough draft of ¢ which will contain th ! tion of the various clauses and speci- | £y also the counter views of the Turks on the disputed questions. : Sending of Fleet Stirs Parley. ‘The report that the British Mediter- | ranean flect had been ordered to re- | turn to Constantinople has stirred, Lausanne and has served to emphasize the delicacy of the situation i The impression n seems to exist | among the allies that the deadlock will drag on until the Turks see how the reparations conference of the pre- miers at Paris turns out Despite the critical state reached by the conference with hardly a single question of importance definitely set- tled, the delegates. although anxious | and apprehensive. have not given up hope that an adjustment finally will | be reached. ord Curzon Retorts. are preparing ! pe: treaty, | allied concep: rope and America insist that | special courts, upon which foreign ! judges sit. must administer justice to | foreigners in Mustaphy Kemal's re- Ismet Pasha declares that | s would be an infringement on Turkish sovereignty. In fact, he reiterated this declaration so often at yesterday's stormy meeting of the commission on capitulations that Lord Curzon retorted: “l beg that Ismet Pasha wrap up and place carefully away in a cup- board this question of Turkish sov- ercignty, which nobody wishes in the Jeast to offend Turkey is not the only country which enjoys sov- ereignty: many other powers have it and_frequently greater powers than “Turkey submit questions to interna- tional tribunals without fear of im- public. such cour pairing their sovereign rights.” Ismet had declared that Turkish Turkish courts were the urope so often, Lord that he had ac- Scores Turkish Court. Child Warns Turkey. Ambassador Child's warning that Turkey will align herself with other nations which have repudiated their obligations If she wipes out all the capitulations and does not grant something instead of a guarantee of her treaty pledges created a marked impression in the conference and was gratifying to the allled delegations, Wwho regarded the address as advice 10 Turkey not to isolate herself as Tussia has done. Among _other Child said: ne of these practical ends to which the sovereignty of Turkey would devote itself under the national development would be the substitu- tion of new treaties. with their rights and obligations, for old agreements which might not be considered to meet the need of the times, or of things Ambassador e! BALTIMORE { stated that Special Deputy Sheriff L. | ! be made to obtain a federal writ of | Uncle.Joe Quits ) ASHINELECTRIC RATES CONSIDERED ButOnly Too True, Here is the piece of near-news Capital today. Uncle Joe smoking! most important i in the National | Cannon has quit EE asterisks denote pause for amazement. consternation. pos- sibly incredulity. Everybody will be surprixed, the cartoonists will be appalled. the doubting Thom- ases will say, “It can't be done.” But it has been done—it has been ®oing on for a week. How did he do it? Well, he says he just up and stopped. er since Lie has been public eve he has been v with the inevitable cigar mouth. Al the cartoonists have 1o get a new angle on the old New York Sun used to ¢ “his early Assyrian features.” EX-MAYOR FEARS FOR LIFE IF TAKEN | The Recent Report Shows Com- pany Is Earning 9.38 Per Cent on D. C. Valuation. in the ualized in his i |APPEAL FROM LAST CUT it | BEFORE SUPREME COURT | t | Consumers Pay Old 10-Cent Rate. Difference Going Into Trust Fund. The Public Utilities Commission is considering a reduction in the rate: of the Potomac Electric Power Com- pany. Walter C. Allen, sceretary to the commission, announced today that a ublic hearing on electric current arges will be held in the boardroom F of the District building 10:39 Dr. McKoin Says He Would o'clock Wednesday, January 31. ' i . This announcement me oa the ‘ Rather D'e Than Go !h('vl.\ of a re rt filed with Col X\'n]r' jler vesterday by Mr. Allen, showini South. {that for the past eleven months the 1 a return powe ir r CONTINUE MURDER PROBE | . MORE ARRESTS EXPECTED | ,, ,, {eurrent to houscholds is company earn per cent on the ation of the propectw commission’s Rates Cut Year Axo. the rate for | and 67-100 {cents per Kilnwatt hour, or a fraction It More than a year {ago the rate was 812 cents, but shice | ssion has ordered | itwo 5 per cenf reductions. i | William F. Ham. president of the power company, Stazed today that in | considering the return on fair value { for the past eleven months it should | | be remembered that for the first three | ron | momths of this year higher rates were . fOT { {5y “effect. The point he made was | {the murder of Watt Daniels and|(hat if the existing rates had been in | Thomas Richards after they were al- | »ffect throughout the eleven-month leged to have been Kkidnaped ¢ period the return would have been | e present !Sherifl Waits on Governor—Iden- tity of Men in Mob Is Known. s than S cents ! that time the com | By the Associated Press Md., December | Further action in the case of Dr. E. 1 M. McKoln, arrested here Tues | bodies of the two men were diszov- It the commission. as a result of | lered in Lake La Fourche after the this hearing, orders another reduction | | {lake had been dynamited by GAlSen- |, "roiag it will mean that the com- [ e iintersiaw| Banyi will keepiless off the Holcents a4t foday that he ~would |and put more of it into the court A her @le forty times than be taken | fund, which now amounts to more | Tack o Mer Houge” He preaicted | an 53000000, | {that there “would ba more Ulovdshed | (HEl 850 N : ! ere Huer %56l | This impounded fund_has grown than ever” if he “ever put his f00tf,. T ijons since 1917 when the |on Mer Rouge soil again.” | McKolin in Honpital. Dr. McKoin declared his conviction | that his life would not be safe guarded | there despite the presence of troops.; | The jail at Mer Rouge, he said, was a | | one-story dilapidated brick building | | situated outside the town. The law-i| company obtained an injunction from the District Supreme Court restrain- ing the commission from enforeing an 8-cent rate for current until the courts have determined whether the commission was right in estimating the value of the company’'s property. A reduction in the commission’s rate at this time would serve to in- tensity interest in the decision of the United States Supreme Court, because | it would pile up a larger sum in the Coco | impounded fund, which eventually dded, | either will go to the company or be | returned to consumers in proportion | to the current they have used since i less element there, he sald, would not | stop at anything. sonal dealings with that there ‘would be many la; He had had per-| them and knew | who would v down their lives just to kill m; Gov. Parker, Attorney General @ all the officials there, he a annot—if they tell the truth—guaran- t my life will be spared in that ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., FRIDAY, GRLDISAEPEARS, FLOPENENT HNTED Mother Appeals to Police to Find Gwendolyn Holland, Eighteen Years. WARRANT OUT FOR MAN Declared Already Married—Daugh- ter Said He Had Strange In- fluence Over Her. A city-wide search is being made today for Gwendolyn Holland, eight-| een years old, who disappeared from her home in the Chastleton apart- ments. 15th and R streets, last night, and is believed by her mother to have eloped with a man believed to be married. According to Mrs. zabeth Hol- land, the girl's mother, Gwendolyn became infatuated with this man last autumn at a dinner party given by his mother. in this city. Mrs. Hol land and Gwendolyn were guests honor. and immediately after dinner; a close friendship between the man and Gwendolyn sprang up. on the young woman frequently at her mother's apartment, and when he was questioned as to his being a mar- ried man. he is said to have declared that he expected to get a divorce im- mediately. Declared to Be U When an agent of the Department of Justice informed Mrs. Holland that the man had not yet been divorced she forbade her r Influence. Hel i Mrs. Holland said R McKoin developed a cold after | -— | daughter from going h\vuh |;|xm_ he had been transferred from central | Gwendolyn admitted to her mother, police station to the ity Jail. - He com> WILL TAKE OATH TUESDAY the latter said, that she was under plained to the warden and was im- 1 = mediately transferred to the hospital.; RS his influence. < Otherwise he “felt splendidly.” i Pierce Butler, Recent Supreme| -Pplease keep me away from hiny A telegram rec ed from ttorney | % 5 K th other said her daugiter pleaded. < ~ocH puiss 2 ht | rt ointee, Arrives Here o General Coco of Louisana last nig Court App i Speesden bl it 2 Galhoun would leave Baton Rouge | Pierce Butler of St. Paul. recently for Batimore early today with the affi | confirmed by the Senate to fill the davit and extradition papers. He ls not| 0 " non the Supreme Court to arrive until late tomorrow. ! ;:Efi;.:;dand New Year day being holi- [bench made by the resignation of ington days. it ix not expected an effort will|(villiam R. Day, reached W. today and will take the oath of office be made to obtain Gov. Ritchie's sig- matureiin L when the Supreme Court meets next Tawyer Denounces OMcime | Tuesday. He called at the Capltol It was stated by former United|quring the day and was invited by States District Attorney Robert R.|Chief Justice Taft to be his guest at Carman, counsel for Dr. McKoln, that |dinner tonight. should Gov. Ritchie act unfavorably | e { QUAKE AT AVEZZONO. toward the doctor, an attempt would | Shock Does No Damage, However, Rome Report Says. habeas corpus in the United States! circult court of appeals. Dr. McKoin | was refused release on bail yesterday after hearing on the writ of habeas| corpus obtained In city Court Wednes- |y gpo Auociated Pres day. { 5 e : 2 or ® yesterday's heating, Gov.| ROME, December 26-—An carth. parker of Louisiana telegraphed |Guake was fefr Bt & TRzi000 Telock State's Attorney Leach of this cny.l{’g:’s"';‘a"er:gm{‘q‘;c“'r;ng e Sl asking him to ‘delay proceedings, | this aflernoon. T pending the arrival of the sheriff who “is leaving immediately” with extra- dition papers. The governor's tele- gram was read in court. After argu- ments were heard the court remanded Dr. McKoin to the police “without prejudice.” It is belleved the message influenced the court's decision. The tactics of the Loulisiana author- ities were bitterly denounced by At- torney Carman last night when he heard that the papers had not been dispatched to Baltimore. “A gross fraud was practiced on my client” he déclared. “The Loulsiana authorities gave the Maryland author- (Continued on Page 2, Column b5.) HOBO TAKEN OFF TRAIN IS HELD AS BERGDOLL Finger Prints of Suspect Seized in Florida Sent Here for Comparison. No damage was reported. Bootleggers, beware! German police dogs, of savage jaw and keen scent, may soon be on your trail. The government is investigat- ing the matter. The. first “rum| hounds” may be turned loose in! Washington. If successful here, it is possible, the government will con- sider using the powerful animals in a nation-wide campaign. Officials of the prohibition unit} have had the subject presented force- { fully to them by a Washington man who is an authority on dogs, an ex-* pert trainer, a writer, and importer | of German police dogs. He owns high- bred and specially trained animals {of his own. Officials of l;lle l;:n;fl:luol‘l unit (:‘; day declared they ha een impress By the Asesciater Eent. with the possibilities presented in TALLAHASSE, Fla., December 29.— | the use of such dogs for trailing Picked from a train as a hobo, police | criminals, and thought they might be H today are holding a man belioved to | 9f Value: at least 1o see what can be be Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the|“The Washington importer has not Justice, or of the new conditions. We can believe that in this attempt Tur- key would find fair and generous treatment from the other nations, in- cluding our own, in exchange for fair and generous treatment accorded by Turkoy. “But_if her policy should be along (Continued on Page2, Column 5.) Philadelphia draft dodger. The man gave his name as Bill Jones and his home as Erie, Pa. Po- lico sent finger prints to Washington today and will hold the man until an investigation| is made. Bergdoll_was reparted recently to have left Germany in an attempt 1o enteg the United Statem . ionly presented his arguments for a nation-wide campalgn by dogs against the bootlegger and his com- panions in law violation, but has of- fered personally to train the first dogs in the new science of “rum hound,” become a prohibition agent himself, and take the.dogs out on the frail. The application of.the - ing with him, but I can't seem to break away, because he seems to have an influence over me. Just give me time and I think I will succeed.” Mrs. Holland learned Wednesday that her daughter had not reported for work at the headquarters of the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion, where she is employed as a clerk. Investigation disclosed that the girl was at the home of the man! parents, but when Mrs. Holland went there, she says her entrance was barred by the man. Later she saw her daughter, who at first refused to re- turn home, but late thatsame night arrived at _her apartment in the Chastleton. Yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Holland says, the man called on the girl at her place of employment and persuaded her to go home and get her clothes. ‘Warrant for Man. Gwendolyn went to her apartment accompanied by a lawyer, and when her mother attempted to interfere (Continued on Page 2. Column 6.) U.S.May SetGerman Police Dogs On Bootleggers After Experimen porter, it was said today, is being considered. It has not yet been acted upon. but the impression is that favorable consideration in all likelihood will be given to the mat- ter and the importer taken on as a prohibition agent. perhaps in the Dis- trict of Columbia, to train his dogs, and demonstrate thelr effectiveness. Posatbilities Discussed. The German police dog, whose pic- {ture appears elsewhere in The Star today, was recently taken to head- quarters of the prohibition unit, where during a lengthy conference | the importer and the dry officials dis- cussed the possibilities of “rum- hounds.” The importer explained, it was sald today by prohibition officials, that the dog on exhibit was an example of the breed which has been trained by the Germans to track criminals success- fully when the trail is twenty-four hours cold, and to perform feats of marvelous strength, courage and daring. Although the dog lay on the thick carpet of prohibition headquarters in an apparently genial mood while the men were talking, it was said foday, at one word from his trainer, speak- ing in German, the animal leaped to his feet with a growl, assumed the offensive, and gave show of immedi- ate fight. ‘This dog, it seems, doesn’t “savvy’ English. You can say anything to (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) » = DECEMBER He called | | sanic aise -1 strain. PHAPPEN L ALL RIGHT ‘Deposed Sultan Will Soon Seek Re {18t Assoc ated Pross MALTA. 1 Mo understond | Monday aboard o British warship. He fwill, presumably, be 1a; d at Jeddah, the port of Mecca on the Red sea. b rmer Sul- | V1 of Turkey is | will leave for ) ftan anmed it | Shortly after the flight of Moh {med VI from Coustantinople, on No- | vember 17 escape threatened trial | by the Turkich nationalists, patches from Cairo announced ! {the king of the Hedjaz had invite ‘him to take sanetuary in M | it in ! ere he was promised treatme sping with his rank. e KATO DENOUNCED | ON CHINESE POLICY, Privy j:ouncil Resolution Un- | precedented in History of Japan. i i By the A TOKIO, government's polic atod Pross. December H 29.—The in its dealings with hing were condemned today | in a resolution adopted the privy council and| addressed to the| prince regent. Such | action is unprece- dented in the his- tory of Japanese politics. The privy coun- cil's resolution will_be presented to Crown Prince Hirohito. the re-| gent, with whom final decision rests. Ordinarily such a | resolution would mean the immediate resignation of the ministry, but under present dis- turbed conditions in China, and with the New r holiday imminent. the cabinet, which meets Saturday, may decide to present to the prince a counter resolution explaining _its policy and awalt his decision before taking action Premier Kato_and Foreign Minister Uchida, 1 New Vear messages, strongly support the policy of peace by com- promise exemplified by the Washing- ton agreements.In another message Minister of War Yamanash urges the people to pay attention to the national defense. Premier Kato declares that “if the fundamental spirit of the Washington agreements is duly respected by the people of the future, they will be freed from warfare.” - The foreign minister points out that while the Washington pacts have not been ratified fully, they already are bearing fruit, as is shown by the naval estimates for America, Great Britain and Japan, and by Japan's evacuation of Siberia and Shantung. Peace and Compromise. “Japan's policy in the future’” he added, “will be based upon the princi- ple of peace and compromise.” The minister of war considers the evacuation of Siberfa and Shantung a step forward in the realization of peace in the far east. He sees, however, “a situation in neighboring states far from stable, 8o that Japan is beset with diffi- culties which will be more ssrious if the people lack the spirit of loyalty and patriotism.” Minister Yamanashi, referring to the reduction of armaments, asserts that “it is earnestly to be desired that the ation should fully understand the im- rtance of the national defense, 50 hat what is lost in quantity may be made up by improvement in quality.” —_— BERNHARDT LEAVES BED. Stricken Actress Able to Have Luncheon With Household. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, December 29.—Mme. Sarah Bernhardt was distinctly better today. She was able to leave her bed and had luncheon with the members of her household. The physicians, it was announced today, have found no evidence of or- ase or chronic iliness and have come to the conclusion that the i PREMIER EATO. | recent collapse of the famous actress was _ due. only . to .overexertion and ny Sfar. 29, 1922—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. FULL RECIPROCITY chugein Mecea [} AUT0 DESIRED a next; Marylanders Would Remove | All Restrictions Between State and D. C. CONFERENCE IS PLANNED Time Believed Rive to Put an End to All Discrim- ination. That a fa uble sentiment exists in Ma: and among autemobile o for reciprocity with the District of Co- lumbia and that officials of that state may consider a plan to drop the bars unconditionally, even if the amendment to the agricultural appro- priation bill. virtually forcing reci- procity, does not pass Congress. and even if the gas tax is not put into effect in 1921, is the information given District motorists today by officials of the National Motorists' Associatio; . chairman of the ad- the motoring organi- conference today with field secretary, at tay mon, Kato | which time & plan was evolved to call | €181 countries, purticulurly a weeting of officers of the associa- tion and state highway and police oi- ficials of Maryland. Motorists Favor Move. The Maryland Automobile Club, prob- ably the most powerful automobile as- sociation in the state, and affiliated with the National Motorists’ Associa- tion, is said to have had a change of sentiment regarding reciprocity with the District of Columbia. H. M. Lucius, secretary of the club and well known in automotive circles both in the Dis- trict and Maryland., was reached on the telephone today after the confer- ence of Mr. Beck and Mr. Uilman. While not making any definite state- ment, Mr. Lucius Is understood 1o have said that he thought the time wa j about ripe for Maryland to grant the long-desired reciprocity, and to have stated that there were many motor- ists in the state who felt the same way. The Automobile Club of Maryland formerly an American Automobile As. soclation affillation, has always been bitterly opposed to reciprocity with the District. ment ascribed to it is borne oue Dis- uficv. motorists will have a powerful iy The conference with Maryland offi- cials, out of which the N. M. A. hopes to get favorable action for the Dis- trict, will be called at the earliest pos- sible moment. Those who will asked to attend are E. Austin Baugh- man, commissioner of motor vehicles of Maryland: John F. Mackall, state highway commissioner; Gov. Ritchie, officials of the N. M. A. and of the Maryland Automobile Club. Mr. Luclus sald that he would at- tend to the Maryland end of the con- ference. He will also take up the matter with the automobile club, it is understood. Trge Free Highways. Should the conference materialize. officials of the N. M. A. will lay before Maryland officials the situation of rec- iprocity as it has stood for many years, and ask that the bars be drop- ped unconditionally. It is understood that the conference has nothing to do with the proposed amendment of Rep- resentative Curry’'s or the gas tax| legislation, pro sed to go into effect on January 1, 1324, but will deal sole- 1y ~with ~ the growing throughout the country for free high- ways communication throughout the states. According to Mr. Beck, the news- paper_statement atiributed to him, to the effect that the N. M. A. would op- pose the Curry amendment, was & misinterpretation of his words. He stated that the N. M. A. favored any movement to bring about reciprocity between Maryland and the District, but that the organization had taken no stand on the Curry proposal, for the reason that it was something that could be killed with a single objec- tion, which would undoubtedly come from a Maryland representative. NEW WORLD AIR MARK. More Than 172 Miles an Hour Attained by Italian Seaplane MILAN, December 23.—The aviator Passalova., fiying an Italian machine, today made what is claimed to be a ) world record for speed in a seaplane. He attained an average speed of 277.992 kilometers (172.735 mliles) an hour, and a maximum speed of 281.250 kilometers (174.660 miles.) The pre- vious record held by a British avia. tor was 238 kilometers (147.886 miles). Curry | 1t the change of senti- | be | sentiment | city block delivered to “From Press to Home Within the Hous> . The Star's carrier system covers every and the regular edition is ‘Washington homes as fast Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 87,885 FF¥ No Hali Holiday Tomorrow for U.S. Employe npioyes will mnot be liday tomorrow d upon at tl | Federal granted a half This was decid cabinet meeting at the White House today, and it was made known from a high source that the President personally was unfavor- able to the suggestion that he is- sue am executive order granting the half holiday tomorrow, as he did for the Saturday afternoon preceding Christmas. It was explained, however, that the President and his advisers did not think it advisable xt thix time to grant thix holiday. and that they not look upon the ight as they d ding Christm, duy extended 1 0’ permit many to do i ug day in the same the Saturduy when the was nece the emploves minute sho It ix con member of own init iz of his ind Boliday tomorrow though this has time to time in the past ted out at the today by mof of the gathering that no de- partmental head has authority to grant half holidays, and that the controller of the Treasury could hold up the pay of employes given holidays unofficially. —— NATINENDS Bl YEAROF PROGRESS {Commerce Department Re- view Sees Cause for Opti- mism Over Future. of fasi- it cabinet meet than one mem- w 'MORE WORK, PRODUCTION {‘l’xade Depressed by Conditions Abroad. But Relief Is Al- ready Manifest. | Stocktaking of the na itie bu s for the “a feeling of progress made, satisfuact the Department res today in * as to the of an end and. from this ‘there are no Commerce of-the-yeur stz ent | dax’s position. it adde | serious obstacles in vight which [ should hinder further advanc in the carly year Optimism, Lorn of th »mplis | ments of the past months. which many {officialy of the government regurd {e remarkable strengilening of the economic fabric, is evident through- lout the statistics and details of the statement. which noted that the pro tduction of manufactured ties averaged 50 p ent larger than in 19 The farmer received approxi- mately 1T per cent for his prod- ucts than in 1921, total vol- ume of agricu vroducts worth a wuch greater sum than w that of a4 vear awo. “The unsetiled commodi- ro and the ural conditions however.” the statement continued, |to some extent, have no doubt kept the prices of agricultural product below the level of other commodities. ! But within the past two months thi {latter condition has been relicved to ! some extent.” No Serfous Export Decline. ! While dealing or briefly with iforcign trade. the review said that { American exports had dropped 16 pe cent as compar: {the comparison on a basis | eleven months. ang, in addition, !resented a “long climb | start. accordin {10 Septe w of »- from a poor to oftivials. Imports when the new tariff ive, were slightly above !last year. and indications are, it w: stated unoflicially, that the er law was effec year ! by a small margin. The total volume of building. ordi- Inarily a measure of the country's | business health. = per cent w larger in the first eleven months of {this year than in the same period {lust year, and the prediction wx | made “that the full year's record will exceed that of 1919. The 1922 con- tracts for eleven months also repre- sented a much greater expenditure of it_was said. | There was a genuine swell in the ! volume of general trade, according to ! the summary. which mentioned a 6 I per cent greater sale by mail order {houses and a 13 per cent increase in | business by chain stores as indicat of the business tide. declines appear- ing only in isolated lines. Increane of Production. Increases in production with the re- duction of immigration was said to have taken care of the unemployment situation and labor shortages were reported in many localities, although this condition was not general. It was added, however, that work ap- peared to be waiting for most labor- ers who sought it. " The year's progress was reported {to have changed a huge surplus of !freight cars into a shortage. This | shortage was general. it was stated, despite a lower percentage of cars | under repair than in many months. | Freight movements, however, were | described generally as satisfacto One of the chief benefits derived by (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) [ —_— THREE KILLED, ONE HURT. Automobile Crashes Inte Atlantic Coast Line Engine. WAYCROSS, Ga., December 29.— Three persons were killed and one serfously injured here last night when an automoblle crashed into the engine of Atlantic Coast Line train No. 56 at the street crossing In the suburbs of the city. The dead: Matthew Tatum, thirty-seven; Isaiah Tatum, twenty- four, and William Broach, twenty- five. teen, who also was a passenger in the car, was seriously injured and taken %o the Atlantic Coast Line Hospital here. The train was northbound from Jacksonville and, according to rafl- road officlals today, had crossed the street when the automobile collided with the tender of the enzine. The car was completely wrecked. > “are still depressing our trade, and, | with last vear, but ! | total may exceed last vear's imports | | money than for the full year of 1921, Miss Constance Hemby, aged six-: TWO CENTS. SENATE PRESSED FOR PARLEY VOTE - BYFOES OF PLAN Action Uncertain as Johnson, Moses, Watson and Oth- ers Flay Proposal. BORAH’S SUPPORTERS INCREASE BY 9 OR 10 | Defeat of Naval Amendment. How- ever, Is Considered Now as Certain. i | | | ! i | Senutor Borah late this after- noon a amendment to ¥ blll aeeking an inter- national economic conference. He did wo after tatements Senator Lodge of M. » which Senator Borah terpreted as meaning that Prexi ding out sentiment European tons In regard to a possible eco- nomic conference and a ances by those sena: orah pi would embarrass the Prexiden; A vote today on the Borah pro- Posal for au international economic rence Was problematical noon nator Hiram Johnson of Califor- republic when launched an attack “n the proposed economie conf ! i owhich he declared it would {into wferable 1o put the United Stat lons, with spec rather than to have it go indefinite conference such as « league of | fird rutes, {propusea of New Humpshire & ator Waton of in lican: Senutor Keilogg of | . Tepublican, and othe: followed Senator Johnsor Borah pre j | Borah Hitn Ba. | Seuutor Borah hit back at the i vigorously opponents of his plan for an ternational conference. He de- clared that apparently the only dif- ference between him and th. Presi- ydent was in the methods of seeking lto solve the economic provlem of irope. He nferences ef has the ted other international in which the United taken part as precedents Pproposed economic confer- or ence Hoying to bring about a vol ¥ bout a vote on the Bo amendment to the Navy bill u ining the proposal for an eco- inomic conference today. the admin- {Istration leaders dangled hefore the | Senat <al that the Senate “-r:".li;l this evening unti i e New Year holiday provid ould be hud =3 Defent In Expected. The defeat of the Borah proposal expecied, largely due to the drive .;uhlv h the administration has made arainst it in the lust two dgys, cul- B in the tter awritten by Harding and transmitted yesterday to Senator Lodge. How- ever. the number of republican se ors expected 1o supp mendment ha inereased io e o ten. It ded by supporters of an that this is mnot Johnnon Criticizes Plan. Johnson of Califor- . one of the “irrecon when the Versailles r consideration, eriti- the Boral proposal for an « nomic conf L and d ke would prefer a de | Mations, with rules att sed indefinite cconomic d that - of the er- 1 @ERInSt 1t for precise a8 against king nto the league of X ‘T am against it i because, in my opinion, it will do ex jacty what, thus far, we have dec- clined to do. 1am against it because in even greater degree and with jes: |safeguards than the league of na- | tions gave to ux. it will embroil us 1n { Buropcan and, finally make the Un . after a hun- d_r nd fifty a4 part of the Buropean system. 1'am aguinst tie amendment as 18 presented, and Ju as in the former contest., of the 1 which, in my judgment. it i h, LAt i but i I(‘on'luuh(lun. I am against it with {elther reservations or amendments, 1 J hav, been jamendment TV jamen reservatio B leaviug the ¢ ign. would :1\0‘1"[’“\1’:‘2’ pn:?nhl— mjurious consequence If we meet with the oth r nations of the earth to consider their world calling upon them with us unable 1o con © any or | i problems to reach the solution, and a solution be reached, we must be: subsequntly in carrying out that solu- tion. In good faith there can be no escape from this conclusion. Prefers League of ar our part “I prefer a league of nations with some rules of procedure, with the members bound by some preliminary agreement, to this general omnibus endeavor which has neither limita- tions nor specifications.” . Senator Johnson said that obvious- ly this country. in attempling to solve the economic problems of the world, would be compelled 1o cuter upon s revision of the reparations provisions of the treaty of Versailles. He sald that thes e the stumbling-bloc of Europe tos America can taks a just pride in its attitude toward reparations, he said. “I do not hesitate to extend to Pres. dent Wilson,” said Senator Johnson, “the fullest praise for his stand at Paris in this respect.” Declaring_that_he had no desire to see “Uncle Sam ‘beaned’ by a pop bot- tle thrown from the European bleach- ers,” Senator Moses of New Hamp- shire, another of the irreconcilabls group. voiced his oppoition also to the Borah amendment. He said: “But no permanent cure can be found in anything which we alone might do—and it 1s we alone who will be called upon not only to pre- scribe. but to administer whatever treatment an international consulta- tion held now shall determine upen In consequence of thexe views I can- not support the pending amendment. nor will 1 approve any similur pro- posal at any time prior to a sincere | effort on the part of Europe itself to | better its own condition. Already incalculable harm has been brggeht to Kurope by the mere fact of ‘This proposal being made. Fam- ished and voraclous peoples again visualize the United States as a geo- grapific Christmas_tree. _In_thelr tinued en Page 2, Column 2.)