Evening Star Newspaper, December 29, 1922, Page 2

o2 * THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1922. |MRS. MITCHELL FATALLY MAY BE FIRST OFFICIAL "RUM HOUND." Surplus Alcohol - PARLEY EETTER BIG NEWS N LONDON President’s Words Taken as Indicating Necessity for European Action. DEBT PLAN PROPOSED Editor Appeals to U. S. in Fixing Terms—Congress' Demands Too Drastic. Br the Associated Prees. LONDON, December 29.—Although ‘ the text of President Harding's letter to Senator Lodge was réceived in Lon- don too late for any considered edi- torlal comment. it 1s° given great prominence in the news columns of the morning newspapers. which is an indication of the interést and impor- tance attached to it. Nothing has developed hers to in- dicate the extent-gr the character of | i the negotiations thé Iresident may | bave siarted regarding uropean financial problems. There is no off cial knowledge of them in London, and there seems up to the present time little inclination to speculate on | the matter. The Daily News, which alone of ‘he MOrNINg newspapers prints any com- ment. savs in a very brief editorial: “The one solid fact standing out «clearly from all the rumors of Amer- ica’s intention to assist ‘n the re- settlement of FEurope is that America { will do nothing with-ut very plain assurances that Eurol*s {s prepared to do something to help Merself.” Depends Upva Paris. Emphasizing the “very real im- portance” of the statement that the President is willing to call an eco- nomic conference, “assuming it is as authomitative as it appears to be,” the newspaper continues: “If .tife_confererice in Parls reaches another deadiock over reparations, or it France anuounces hcr resolve to apply the long-threatened sanctions, America will be more inclined than ever to wash her hands of European affairs and her rumored intervention will die a very speedy death” An _important article, supposedly reflecting in a broad way the view held by the British government, contributed to the current issue of the Spectator by i s week's its_editor, John St. Loe Strachey. Under the cap- tion, “An Appeal editor propounds settlement ur to America.” the a plan for world r three headings “First, get Great Britain's debt to America fundea “Second, ask America to assist in ascertain the amount of repara- tions Germany is able to pay and induce France to accept that sum by undertaking to co-operate in the d fence of France against German ag- gression. “Third. American and England then to inaugurate some system of inter- rational legal tender, permitting re- sumption of international exchange on a sound basis. “Must Fix Reparati On the prom that the new year holds a dark outiook unless the mechanism of commerce is stabliized. and that the essentfal to this is fixing the reparations irrevocably. without which he says there can be no re- covery for Germany. or indeed for the whole world. Strachey submits that the reparations problem is insoluble without a preliminary agreement in regard to the interallied indebted- ness. i He suggests that Chancellor qf the chequer Baldwin, who is on ais Wway to the United States, tell the ‘Washington government plainly that he has come to pay and, llke a bank official, ask the Americans “how they will take {t.” Thug it would be for the Americans, and not for the Brit- i8h, to propose a plan for funding the debt In a manner suiting them best and causing the least possible incon- venience to the world’s money mar- kets. i Having., by such funding, placed herself in the position of a creditor natipn, the editor continues, England should approach America with a re- quest for joint action to settle the interallied indebtedness and for a vice concerning the reparations prob. lem. England should frankly recog- nize, however, he adds. that the American system of government pre- ! «lud alliances and that America dreads diplomatic_entanglements. | Frange, ‘upder his plan, would be | induced to accépt the amount Ger- many is able to pay. ascertained by America, by a promise to cancel her indebtedness to England, as well as Italy's indebtedness. Further, England would prom %0 to the assistance of France if she were attacked by Germany. In view of the difficulty of the United States entering such an undertaking. it ‘would be suggested to the Americans that “they should virtually, if not formally, recognize the British prom- ise to France. and make it clear how they would view any attempt by Ger- ‘many to disturb the peace of the world, and in particular foreshadow the economic measures which they would take should Germany attack France. Sees America Agreeing. These steps would pave the way to the Anglo-American legal tender sug- gestion, and the editor expresses con- fidence that, once the American peo- ple realized the situation in its true light, they would agree. He concludes by appealing to the great organs of public opinion in America to place the plan before their millions of readers and tell them “The hour has come—the world waits— your duty is to hear and to decide.” In all newspaper comment on the ‘Baldwin financial mission to the United States hope i expresseqd that the terms fixed by the American Congress for re- payment of the British debt may be wnodified. They are universally regarded ‘hers as excessively onerous and in some quarters are described as “such as Great Britain would not dream of trying to exact from a debtor.” The perfod of redemption is particu- larly condemned and Otto H. Kahn's suggestion for a forty-seven-year term is thought far more reasonable than the twenty-five years set by Congress. Hope for Easter Deal. ‘The chief hope here for modifica- tion is based upon the American ‘bankers, who, it is trusted, may be able to influence Congress and American public opinion in effecting edsier terma. Some of the newspapers understand that the American funding commission will not be limited by congressional stipulations and expect that discussion ‘will result in an easier deal for Great Britain. The commentators maintain that { to May Serve as Motor Fuels Discovery of a possible outlet for the millions of gallons of al- cohol produced as a by-product In many factories of the United States was seen today in the approval by the Treasury of a special form- ula for denatured alcohol. Under the decision, announced by Com- missioner Blalr of the internal revenue bureau, the sale of alcohol “for use in the manufacturing of motor fuels” will be permitted when “to every one hundred gal- lons of ethyl alcohol there is added one gallon of gasoline of the qual- ity specified. Further than to say the formula had been approved on application of persons interested in the motor fuel industry, Treasury officials declare they had no information as to the intent and scope of the use to which the formula was to be put. . —_— SENATE PRESSED FOR PARLEY VOTE BY FOES OF PLAN inued from First Page.) gain floats the picture of orle’ Uncle Sam. warm-hearted and generous. opening his purse to the hand of need, whether meritori- ous or meritricious. They dream dreama of more loans of huge sums without either security or maturity. and in imagination they are already spending our money. not for the relict of national or_ individual suffering, but in preparation for more joy rides of tmperialism, militarism and ag- grandizement. It is true. sir, that our Department of State, in the event that this conference should be sum- moned, would draw_its agenda; but, like many a preacher, who having taken a text preaches from it, we would surely find the conference col- laterally raising questions which are not directly within its purview, and the result of which would be to en- tangle and embroil the United States in all the jealousies and rivalries of the old world. Our dread of this was the moving cause for our re- jection of the treaty of Versailles, and none who held to this opinion mi can ever forget or suffciently reward | the senior senator from Idaho for the valiant and successful leadership which he gave to our earlier action here, nor for the vigor and eloquence with which he swayed the minds of his fellow countrymen When the issue was taken to them in a great and solemn referendum. Divisfon Over Reparations. “The implications of what is now pro- posed cannot be winked out of sight. The letter of the President read here on Thursday contains some hint of tiem. If we engage In any conference such as is here outlined, or in any conference held prior to some earnest attempt cn Europe’s part to clean her own house. we shall find ourselves in the anomalous and disagreeable position of making de- cisions between two equally balanced groups of contenders. Our absence from the reparations table leaves the repara- tlons commission equally divided upon substantially every question which has thus far arisen. ‘The representatives of England and Belgium gencrally vote to- gether, with the representatives of France and Italy grouped in opjx ‘To us, if we sat there, or whene: sit_there. would fall the decisive vote and the decision of the umpire. Our national game. &ir, daily demonstrates the uncomfortable position which the umplre occuples: and 1 have no desire to see Uncle Sam ‘beaned’ by a pop but- tle thrown from the European bleaciiess. “The only conference which can ever be summoned to produce a satisfactory or efficlent solution for the ills of Eu- rope is a conference composed of the powers signatory and adhering to the treaty of Versailles with the purpose completely to rewrite its provisions, to eliminate the greed which marks its every paragraph. to recast the lilogical and impossible boundaries which it has set up, and to adjust the compensation for the foe's aggression in a fixed and possible sum and In a manner capable of execution. Until such a conference is called, I shall oppose the participa- tion of my country in any other.” Senator Borah vigorously replied to his critics. He insisted that his pro- posal provided for a safer and saner method of dealing with European problems than did secret diplomatic channels. “The President’s letter revealed un- mistakably,” said the Idaho senator, “that negotiations are being conduct- ed now to accomplish the same ob- jective as would the conference I have proposed.” Senator Borah declared that the only difference is over the method to be emploved. Question for Public. Continuing, Senator Borah said: “But for the power of public opin- ion, beating in on the Washington conference on limitation of arma- ments, I venture to say the serious differences which arose there would never have been adjusted at all. TUn- til the same power of public opinion is exerted—until the countless mil- lions here and abroad upon whom the real burden of the situation is imposed are allowed to employ their influence in deflning what shall or what shall not be done by their rep- resentatives—conditions are bound to continue from bad to worse and the world to be threatened with economic disaster if not by another conflict.” Senator Borah said that the situation cannot go on much longer without be- coming infinitely worse. Senator Borah said that there is ample prece- dent for the United States participat- ing in conferences with foreign na- tions. He cited the Russian-Japanese peace conference held at Portsmouth, N. H., at the instance of former Presi- dent Roosevelt. Senator Borah quoted from the pro- gressive platform of 1912 on which Senator Hiram Johnson ran as a can- didate for Vice President with Theo- dore Roosevelt as candidate for Pres- ident, to show that the progressives in convention had indorsed the “pres- ervation of world peace by gonference and the judicial method rather than by war.” He said that the republican party in its platform of 1920 took the same ground. — from which the United States would in no wise escape.” All the comment expresses good- will toward America, fully recogniz. ing Great Britain’s indebtedness, and adopting the phrase accredited to Mr. Baldwin, “the last word is with America.” U. S. MOTIVE SEEN IN LETTER. President Harding Wants Freedom to Act on Debts, Paris View. By the Assoclated Prees. PARIS, December 29.—President Harding’s letter to Senator Lodge is interpreted semi-officially here as showing the desire of the President to any impartial committee of bankers | obtain sufficient freedom to enable would under all circunfstances agree | 1hat twenty-five years isan unreason- | ably _short period. The comment of | vnle Post on the debt question is typi- cal. Called Business Matter. “It ig & business matter.” this news- paper says. “to be settled on strictly | business lines. It is as much to the jnterest of the United States as to Great Britain that the question be settled 60 as not to place too heavy a durden on this country, which, after all, constitutes one of the sound spots in shaky Europe, and which, if gver- wn.l.u‘ crushing a load, him to treat the debts question with a little more elasticity. Concerning the President's remarks regarding the proposed world econ- omic conference, it was commented that the French government has shown that it favors such a con- ference by insisting upon the holding of & meeting In Brussels for the dis- cussion of reparations and inter- allled debts, which, it is consldered, ‘would amount to the same thing as by Senator Borsh {f the represented, proposed Onited Statea were ENTIRE REPARATION ISSUE T BE SIFTED France Lays German Seizure Plans on Eve of Pre- miers’ Parley. DISAGREEMENT LIKELY Little Chance Appears of Reconcil- ing Views Held by Poincare and Bonar Law. PARIS, December 29.—As a result of exchanges of views since the London meeting of the premlers, the allles have decided to go over the entire the Paris conference to begin next Tuesday. 1t is expected now in offi- cial circles that it will require at least a week and perhaps two weeks to complete the discussion. The general situation in German the possibility of putting her on her questions. While the conference will go into the question of reducing. of reparations due from Germany, it is thought in French official quarters that little will be accomplished by this conference further than the fix- ing of the moratorium and reaching a decision regarding guarantees that may properly be taken, Will Seize Fores The French government has prac- tically completed its plans for the seizure of certaln German state for- ests as a result of the formal uction of the reparations commission last Tuesday in declaring Germany in voluntary default for her failure to deliver the specific amount of timber during the present year. Some of these government-owned forests are in the occupied territory of Germany, and others In Bavaria It was authoritatively stated last night that, apart from any general settlement’ that may be reached at next week's conference here of allied premiers, M. Poincare has made up his mind to take these forests n eco- nomic reprisal for German wilful refuse to participate in the operation. The French premier will insist that his plan of seizure be the first item {on the agenda of the premiers meet- 2g. He will ask the approval of the Mied powers. but {7 this is not forth- coming he is prepared to act alone. Many political observers express the belief that M. Polncare will use | this decision as the main support for { his contention that no relief must be granted Germany without the taking over of' economic guarantees. British Oppose Selzures. The French government is con- vinced that it has a right to act un- der the terms of the treaty of Ver- sailles, governed by the reparations commission. The British contest this right, and unofficial information has reached French officials that Andrew {Ronar Law. the British prime min- ister, will come to Paris opposed to ‘Bh) discussion of seizures or nomic guarantees until every p minds of some of the observers that the French and British premiers will ifind it most dificult, if not impossi- | Dl to aree The French, it is said, deeply re- sent the vote of Sir John Bradbury. the British member of the reparations commission, against Tuesday's deci- sion holding Germany in involuntary default. Tt is explained that evidence of Ger- many's wiliful default was beyond question and that the French demand for a formal declaration of such de- fault should not, in_good faith, have |been opposed by Great Britain. It s also asserted that this refusal kely would place next Tuesday's meeting of the premiers under a cert tain handicap because of French re- sentment. Members of the reparations commis- sion are declared to hold the opinion prevent France from seizing certain leconomic guarantees. According to {the bellef, these wlil take the form of a collection of a 10 per cent tax on all coal exported from the Ruhr re- glon and the strict collection of a 36 per cent ad valorem tax on all gen- eral exports from the Rhineland. Fig- ures are being prepared to show that the yield would turn the so-called penaities into productive guarantees, ithereby removing the chief British objection. On the other hnad. the thought is held that it may be neces. sary to carry out the plans with mili- tary support, at least in the begin- ning. French Oppose Reduction. French public opinion, it is maini- tained, is still as unprepared to ad- cept any reduction in the reparations total as it is to accept the idea of & ! moratorium without guarantees. M. Poincare’s attitude at the confer: ence will be that neither the present nor the future must be sacrificed, that there must be taken, as pledge: resources that will produce some- thing immediately on the reparations account, and that, if Germany is given & breathing spell, it will be time enough to decide what she can ultimately pay when her recovery has been effected. The French viewpoint is that a moratorfum without guarantees would likely turn out to be simply an en- couragement for Germany to demand an extension when it expired. GERMANS IN DEFAULT. Delivery of Goods Is Short of Wies- baden Agreement. (By Cable_to The Star and Chicago Dail i News. " Copyright, 1922} . PARIS, December 29.—The minister of the liberated region has informed the reparations commission that of the 950,000,000 gold marks' worth of goods which, under the Wiesbaden agreements, Germany contracted to dellver to France prior to January 1, 1923, only 175,000,000 gold marks" ‘worth has been received. The Wiesbaden agreements are in a sense distinct from the treaty of Ver- saflles, and this breach of contract cannot strictly be reckoned as a breach of the treaty. Undoubtedly, however, it will serve to strengthen the French position in the coming conference of the premiers, along|washed wool advanced almost 70 per dom had finally be ermany’s default in the deliv-|cent on the Boston market and there with G ery of wood, formally reported yes- térday by the reparations commission. French statesmen and experts who are watching Germany's affairs with |uniformly hawklike intensity all consider thatiaccording tc the survey, | question of reparations in detail at! {feet through an international loan| land a moratorium. and estimates of the length of the moratorium neces- lsury for her recovery, will probably | be the first items on the order of business. The allies have collected a great deal of data bearing on those the total { default,” even though the cther allles | avenue of settlement has been ex- | plored. This and other indications leave the distinct impression in the ) | i | | that only some unforeseen develop- | ment, such as last-minute interven- tion by the United States, now can l ! ! | Powerful German police dog, ow: U. S. MAY SET GERMAN POLICEDOGS ON BOOTLEG- GERS AFTER EXPERIMENT { | be tried in experiment here to test possibilities of us med by EX-MAYOR FEARS FOR LIFE IF TAKEN BACK TO LOUISIANA (Continued from First Page.) (Continued from First Page) him in English to no avail, it was ex- plained. A moonshiner would make small headway trying to call off a dog in English, when the dog under- stood only German. The dog was powerfully built, it was explained, and would be trained fo be feroclous- 1y aroused by the smell of liquor. His trainer explained Hhow this training would be accomplished case the government decided to give the animals a trial, as aids to prohi- bition asgents. ‘Tench Smell of Liquor. | The first step would be to bring the dog into disagreeable contact with two men whose breaths were strongly redolent with whisky. Two men of bravery would be required. it was explained. although_ the dog would be kept on leash. The men. breathing strongly of whisky, would be set on the dog to attack him Trained as a fighter, the dog. of course, would charge the men. The next day the samé men, or others, would be set on the me dog, with breaths smelling less of liquor.” Thus the dog would by habit become uc. customed to despise the smell liquor and aftack anv man carrying such an aroma. Little by little the smell on the men in the experiment would be lessened until it would be very dog would be even a faint But fight the by faint d to Py Taking such a powerful animal out after bootleggers, it was explained. would be dangerous for the boot- legger's person. And so, at first, the animal would be put through his first actual experience with actual boot- leggers on a leash. held by the pro- hibition agent. % The ability of the dog. prohibition officials admitted. had already been soundly established in certain chan- nels How well the dog could bel| adapted to a nation-wide campaign against bootleggers. moonshiners and their ilk was a question they thought. perhaps worthy of experi- ment But the government., it was made plain, could not put the dog himself on the payroil. The government, so far as prohibition officials knew, had never paid a dog a salary. Fo the best method to institute the experi- ment would be for the owner and the | trainer to becoine a prohibition agent and take out his dogs on the traii. Tt was explained further that the gov ernment could not promise to assume responsibility for the dog nor for tha damage he might do NATION ENDS BIG YEAR OF PROGRESS (Continued from First Page.) the farmer through the economic changes of the tweive months was the {ncrease in his purchasing power, ac- cording to the review, which called attention to a decline of 10 per cent in wholesale and 5 per cent in retail prices. while the agricultural prod- ucts were averaging 17 per cent more han in the previous vear. This con- | dition works to the advantage of the! consumer al<o in that it narrows the margin between p™ces on wholeua.lel and retali sales. it was explained. The department's survey showed that textile mills were about 20 per cent more active than last year; the iron and steel industry Increased its output between 60 and 70 per cent; production of nonferrous metals was 50 per cent or more greater; petro- leum production was about 15 per cent greater, coke, 40 per cent; paper, 20 to 30 per cent: rubber, 40 per cent; motor vehicles, 50 per cent: bullding construction, 52 per cent; lumber. 35 per cent; brick, 50 per cent; cement, 15 per cent; leather. 20 per cent: sugar, 45 per cent, and meats, about 5 per cent. Effect of Coal Strike. The only declines of outstanding importance were T per cent in bitum- inous coal and 47 per cent in anthra- cite. both of which were due to the strike, and therefore were not regard- ed as indicative of a fundamental| fault in the economic structure. They were more than offset, it was added, by the generally higher level of pro- duction in all other lines. The final estimates of the wheat crop showed it to have been about 41,000,000, or 5 per cent greater than last year. This was due, it was sald, to expansion in winter wheat grow- ing. Prices ranged generally higher. There was & decline of 38 per cent in wheat exports, a condition linked with the foreign situation. but ex- ports of wheat flour were almost the same as in 1921 Blg crops of corn and oats marked the year, each being larger than in the preceding season. The corn crop was 178,000,000 bushels greater, and that of oats about 137,000,000 bushels more than 1921. Exports of these commodities were larger by far than in the preceding year, and., in addi- tion, the prices were higher, the re- view stated. Cotton consumption rose nearly 14 per cent in the first eleven honths, as compared with the corresponding pe- riod last year. This increase include- ed the record month of November, when more cotton was used than in any month since 1917. Prices were higher by 12 per cent, on the average, than a year ago, while cotton cloths and yarns were 20 per ceat higher, the summary shows. The wool manufacturing industry was about 25 per cent more active in 1923 than in 1921, as represented by production, it was reported. Con- sumption of wool exceeded that of last year by 25 per cent on a ten months’ comparison. Prices of un- “as an Increase of about half that} Smount in finished goods. Savings bank deposits increased throughout the country,| and increases there is not the slightest doubt that|over 1921 also were reported in the ersailles Germany has been making systematic obstruction to the fulfillment of its terms with a view to_escaping the obligations imposed. ‘These French observers believe that the only way this obstruction can be overcome is through the application of strong economic pressure t’os the recalcitrant debtor. B ince the signing of the treaty!19: 22 life insurance business. Advertising in newspapers was 6 per cent less on the basis of eleven months than for the same period last year, but there was an increase, the summary showed, in the advertising in magasines. Postal receipts were 9 per cent greater for the first eleven gflm than -fer -the same period in . tona” s to understand that the sheri on his way with the proper papers for extradition. They knew that this was false, but the Maryland off- cials could not know it. The repre- sentation had a material bearing. I am confident, on the decision of t court remanding Dr. McKoin to th custody of the polfce.” More Arrests Predicted. By the Assoct ated Press. the necessary funds be made avail-|; . 5 ! MONROE, La., December 29.—Sher- | able not later than March 4. 1823 the Netherlands to the United States, | iff Fred Carpenter of Morehouse Par-| At present nurses in this hu»m(m fs in Washington and ru‘x x:.lmw Ish today declared there will be ar. |2T€ Quurtered in “D” building. which |up his new duties at the : rests in the Morchouse kidnaping in- | 18 d¢slkned for the use of patiente, 4% | gation immediately. expecting to vre- | yestigation upon the return of the | giT i gy siructiond Cnier the (#ent his credentials to President N;‘:.“"0,’]"‘,;‘:‘:“‘;:3{:”‘-‘;‘“ anere oD | Disabled American Veterans' proposed | Hurding at the earliest opportunity. “I have no official word of any ac- | " [pen o L0€ BOU et O e | Post here Dr. Graeff served as min- tlon of any kind" sald the sheriff.|girewged the necessity for the im- ister from the Netherlands to Japan “but T know that there are to be ar- rests on the return to Morehouse of federal Investigators. I have no war- rants as yet. but these are to be placed in my hands within the next few days. 1 have no reliable info ; ! stand the only structure for such uses ; 2 : % mation relative to the alleged confes. |is the 61d wosden Red Cross hut that | Lctveen the United States and the sions of two persons involving forty- (it was planned some time ago to|Netherlands her eolonics, in par-| fl‘:h\'“tb"; destroy. Because of the fire regula- {ticular of trade relations wnicn have | She: Carpenter said that \\hfle,uann the patients are not even al-{;... of riuch public interest xt vari- forty-five citizens might be invol.ed {lowed to have motion pictures. while & 5 ¥ e in the plot. e did not belleve that|there is no room or facility for the jOUs limes since the late war, the new jnany were actual participants in the (shows which the organizations from | minister said that he believes the anap and deaths of Watt Dan- {this city have wanted to produce for | % §1. % < 1 icls und Thomas Richards. {the. patients. jRsxse tuside Joullt Sup SEty e Sl Mount Alto is!United States and the Dutch East! huve talked with the surviving members of the Mer Rouge party wha were kidnaped,” he sald. “and ail sai there were no more than eighteen or twenty in the masked band.” Friends of Dr. B. M. McKoi tinued today to offer thelr assistan the former Mer Rouge mayor. 1t was stated plans are under way to rajse $100,000 to aid him. Friends of the phy cian expressed the opinion that Gov. Ritchie of Mar: :;”"J will not honor requisition p: ers.. Meanwhile efforts are going for- ward in five or six parishes a: thi end of the state to raise a great fund to defend not only McKoin, but pos- sibly other defendants. . BATON ROUGE, La.. Decentber 29.— Spec Deputy Sheriff Caihoun of Movehouse parish will leave here this hfi‘nll'"hfln for Baltimore with the re- auisition pupers for the return of Dr B. M. McKoin, charged with murder L connection with the Morchouse kid- pings. NEW ORLEANS, La.. December 29. ov. John M. Parker, Attorney Gen- eral Coco and the latter's assistants and investigators of the federal De- partment of Justice remained non- ommittal today as to details of their series of conferences in the attorney general's office yesterday and last night concerning ‘the Morehouse kid- naping case. The governor was in the conference several hours during the morning. He went to Baton Rouge in the after- noon, but late last night he and Mr. Coco held an extended telephone c versation, the nature of which not made public. The sole intimation of what took place behind the closed doors was that it was an intensive study of the great mass of documentary evidence turned over to the attorney general's office. This record, it was asserted. already exceeds in volumne that as- sembled in any criminal case in the history of the United States. Attorney General Coco announced today that “the state will be prepared with an amazing collection of evidence when earing begins in Bastrop, NEAR EAST PARLEY HEADED FOR ROCKS ON 2 VITAL ISSUES (Continued from First Page.) other tines. it is difficult to foresee Dbetter result than the world has ob- served in the recent cases of govern- ments which have attempted to pros- per on the policy of repudiation. “The position of Turkey toward the juridical status of foreigners and their property in Turkey. as we are now led to understand it, is that Tur. key asserts she possesses a juridical system—including not only laws, but their application in her courts—which will satisty the other nations and their nationals. “Unfortunately this satisfaction does not appear at this moment to be a fact. The fact appears to be that the other nations and their nationals, no matter how ready they may be for Means of co-operation with Turkey, are testifying that Turkey does not offer either continuance of the ex ing rights or the substitution for them of a system which will safe- guard forelgn persons and property in Turkey. “Security may exist in the mind of the Turkish government. but the vital necessity is that the foreigners them- selves must feel that it exists. To the representatives of the United States it appears clearly that, even it no question of obligation on Tur- Xey's part existed—as indeed it does —foresight would cause the Turkish sovereignty to express itself in a pro- gram dealing with the juridical status of foreigners in such a manner as would invite, and not repel, foreign- ers. Japan Acts as Mediator. Japan, which herself was obliged during a long period to accord the same extra-territorial privileges to foreigners as Turkey, intervened in the dramatic debate in the role of media- for. Baron Hayashi counseled Turkey to be patient and conclliatory. He re- called the many long vears which ssed before Japan succeeded in free- ing herself from capitulations. Free- attained with the help of the European nations. He pleaded with Ismet Pasha to adopt an attitude similar to that of Japan: he was certain Turkey would receive every help as she entered into her new relutions with the European powers, but such.assistance necessar- ily was dependent upon a more con- ciliatory attitude by Furkey. He urged the Angora statesmen to bring in coun- ter proposals, which would recelve careful examination, and concluded: ““The key to the solution of the prob- lem lies in the hands of Ismet Pasha; 1 hope that he will reconsider and en- deavor to reach a solu~ s VETERANS IN PLEA FORHOSPITAL FUND Request Made for $300,0 Allotment to Complete Mt. Alto Institution. NURSES’ HOME IS NEEDED Disabled Men Declare Fucilitiel! Here Are Inadequate for Needs. A plea for the allottment of $300,- 000 for the completion of the Mount Alto Hospital here was made today by the Disabled American Veterans before the subcommittee of the House considering appropriations for the Veterans' Bureau. The subcommittee is composed of Mr. Wood of Indlana, n importer of Washington,|Mr. Wason of New Hampshire, Mr. | Dickinson of Towa and Mr. Griffin of New York l M. M. Roege. representing the na-| tional organization of maimed former | service men and women. said bis as- | {sociatior had a particular interest in | the section of the bureaw's budget ! i which mtemplat an expenditure jof $4.000.000 to complete the perma- nent hospital building program al- ready authorized. It was from this fund that he would set aside $300,000 for the institution for veterans on Wisconsin avenue. Separate Home for Nurses. Mr. Raege outlined his general plan for the improvement of Mount Alto to make it a first-class unit by furnish- ing a home for nurses as well as a recreational building, which would afford a place for the entertainment of patients, with a center for occu- pational therapy and pre-vocational training. Furthermore, he urged that mediate providing of a builling for the socital use of patients and a place where the educational representatives of the bureau at the hospital may properly function. As matters now l While the rite at !rated one of the best in the District. ! Ithe incomplete condition of the plant | iis mald to be a distinct drawback to | both the staff and the patients { One of the policles of the federal hospitalization board, of which Gen. | Sawver is chairman, is to place pa- | tients as near as practicable 1o their | homes and friends, but as conditions just now are, there is & steady flow of disabled veterans from Washington going to Dawson Springs. Ky.. and other places far removed from this city. Veterans Need Treatm Recause of their refusal to accept such trausfers there are said to be | scores of former service men now {in Washington in dire need of hos- pitalization who cannot be accom-| modated. i tor of the Veterans’ Bureau. has sent out orders calling for the immediate discharge of patients who are be- lleved to be in physical condition to accept home treatment without hav- ing their monthly compensation af- fected. This is expected to bring about relief of the situation here. It has been complained that while Washingtonians have been told they must go to distant points in order to find room in a hospital, there are a number of patients in the hospitals here who have been here for months, but whose homes are elsewhere, and it is planned to move these closer to their families. This is also ex- pected to result in an improvement in the conditions so far as Washing- tonians are concerned. |GIRL DISAPPEARS, ELOPEMENT HINTED (Continued from First Page.) with her taking her clothes away she was informed that the girl was eighteen, of legal age and had a right to do as she pleased. After pleading in vain, Mrs. Holland was forced to permit her daughter to leave and has { not seen her sfnce. Today the heart-broken mother ap- pealed to the police, and a city-wide search is under way for both the girl and her companion. A warrant has been issued for the latter's arrest on bodily harm to Mrs. Holland the day she called at his parents’ home to persuade her daughter to return to their apartment. i COL. POWERS BURIED. Military Honors Are Accorded Late Surgeon of A. E. F. Funeral services for Col. A. Powers, Army surgeon, who died in Denver, Col., Saturday, were marked with military honors at the burial in Arlington national cemetery this morning at 11 o'clock. The ceremonies were under auspices of the local com- mittes of the American Society for the Control of Cancer, of which Col. Powers was the national president. The funeral cortege was met at the main entrance of the cemetery by a detafl from Fort Myer. A salute was fired over the grave and “taps” were sounded by the post bugler. The services were attended by | many of the officials of the A. E. F. {who served with Col. Powers over- {seas. The honorary pallbearers wire Dr. Joseph Coli Bloodgood of Balti- more, Postmaster General Work, Sen- ator Nicholson of Colorado, Surgeon General M. W. Ireland, Dr. James F. Mitchell, Dr. George Tuily Vaughan, Dr. W. C. Borden, Dr. George M. Kober, Dr. Frank Leech and Dr. Harry H. Kerr. Dr. A. S. Boswell, president of the District of Columbia Medical Soclety, with a delegation from that organization, attended the funeral. —_— DENIES HE SOLD RUM Frank Dillard Says He Unwitting- 1y Hauled Two Trunks of Liquor. Frank Dillard, colored, of 2206 I street northwest, who was arrested Tuesday while transporting two trunks containing whisky, was charged with the fllegal transporta- tion 6f whisky and not the sale, as stated in The Star of yesterday. Dillard explained he had gone to a house on Morrison street in response to a telephone call. and was taking the trunks to 29th and M streets when he was arrested. He said he did not know the contents of the trunks. —_— There is an animal cemetery in|number of speci: ‘where elaborate { evening. to monkeys, jorder will be in attendance. Music other house- jand-a banquet will round up the Montevideo, Uruguay, monuments sre dedicated | promitrent I During the week Col. Forbes, direc- | iN l a charge of having threatened to do | | Charles} STRICKEN AT SON’S HOME Widow of Former Senator Dies Suddenly While Visiting Brig. Gen. Mitchell. JMrs. Harriett D. Mitchell, widow of former Senator John L. Mitchell of Wisconsin, died suddenly yesterday at the home of her son, Brig. Gen. Wil- liam Mitchell, 1809 Phelps place northwest. Gen. Mitchell left Wash- ington last night with the body for Milwaukee, where the funeral and in- terment will take place. Mrs. Mitchell wax seventy years old. | She came to Washington in Septem- ber to visit her son. At the time of her husband's official life in the tional Capital as u United States se ator from Wisconsin, a quarter of a century ago. Mrx. Mitchell occupied i position in the congres- sional, official and social life of the city. She will he remembered by the older set of Washingtonians of the period in which she made Washing- ton her home as a woman of brilliant attainments. Despite her advanced age, she had been comparatively well up to a short time before her death. which was due to an acute attack of heart trouble. In addition to her son. Brig. Gen. Mitchell, she is survived by four brothers, one making his home in England, another in Brookline, Mass., | one in Milwaukee and another in | Waukesha, Wis. Her son. oJhn L. Mitchell, was killed in action during | the world war overseas. NEWNETHERLANDS ENVOY IN CAPITAL Jonkheer Graeff Will Take Up Duties at Legation Immediately. Jonkheer Dr. A. D. De Graeff. newly appointed minister from and earlier in his diplomatic career lie was vice governor general of the Dutch East Indies In speaking today of the relations Indies is of permanent and enduring character. “It is in no sense a niere product of the war." he explaind, | “but is the logical outcome of the | growing demand in the Dus, st | Indies for machinery and manufs tured goods and the requirements of | {the United States for the many prod- | {ucts required In modern civilized life | which the Dutch 1 Ind are in the best position to supply. in turn | st { Because of the Dutch Tast Tudics |of thoir continted faith ' thie prio securities held here. and becuuse of | ciples for which Mr. Wilson fought * the lurge trade with those isiands. 1! Wyth Mr. Holt were Judge Marti: beifeve that the present condition of | Manton, Rabbi Stephen 5. Wise. Mra | the Dutch East Indies is of especial | interest to the American peop! though the exvort trade of th ast Indies has been affected in the ast few years. as hias been the trade {of every country in the world by the economic crisis.” explained the new minister. “the cxports from the Dutch | { East ludies amounted in 1920 to more than $900.000.000, about one-seventh of the export trade of the whole United States in the same vear. “The authorities are ttking active steps to reduce expenditures where- ever possible” Dr. De Graeff stated, “and the expenditures contemplated b; the budget for 1923 are less than any of the preceding three years.” EW LIGENSES DENIED . FOURD. C. POOLROOM i lApplicntions for Renewal Rejected. Special Auto Tag Proposed for Cars of Diplomats. ' The Commissioners today turned down four applications for renewal of licenses to operate poolrooms next year. The places denied new licenses are: Mack A. Skiados, 1227 Wisconsin avenue; Charles Weinstein, 1219 Wis- consin avenue: Frank L. Walker, 3425 Georgia avenue. These applications were turned down following public hearings before the Board of Commissioners. Special Auto Tag for Diplomata. Hereafter a special tag bearing the word “Diplomatic” will be issued the Commissioners for the automo biles of all ambassadors. ministers and charge d'affaires in Washington from other nations. This tag will be smaller than the regular license plate, and will be displayed beside the reg- ular license plate. It is stated at the District building that this in in line with a simlar courtesy shown Amer- ican representatves in other coun- tries. The Commissioners will hold a pub- lic hearing at the District building at 10:30 Tuesday on the protests that have been received against the erec- tion of an electric light substation at 1614, 1616 and 1618 L street north- west. Headlight Regulations Proposed. The specizl committee appointed by the Commissioners last week to study the Washington traflic situation was {instructed by the Commissioners to- 82y to constder the question of head- light regulations in making its re- port. The city fathers granted the petition of the Brightwood Citizens' Associa- tion to permit children to ride their bicycles on the roadway that skirts the Brightwood reservoir. This road- way was closed to traffic several years ago because of the dust which was blown into the reservoir by passing vehicles, The Commissioners decided, however, that children on bicycles would not stir up enough dust to con- taminate the water. WILL ADDRESS MASONS. Past Grand Master Sisson of Mis- sissippi to Speak Tomorrow. Sisson, who ix Senator Thomas U. past grand master of Masons of the {state of Mississippi. is to address the Wahington Railroad Square Club to- at o'clock 8th a “Ethic: morrow evening at_§:15 Northeast Masonic Temple, ¥ streets northeast, on the of Masonry.” 5 President George D. Sullivan of the Railroad Square Club announces a jal features for the De Molay ‘The boys of the occasion. i to whom 1 had bLeen =0 | {Every few minutes unconcerned sengers drove up. left packuge: | subscriptions donated - Al-iSimonson and Miss utch | Rees, |residence for mearly an h upon leaving said their call had be purely informal. Mr. Wilson has made no statement and none wa called for, Mr. Holt said. Bevond thiat the former President desired that !the cur and pleaded for Kim to ope M street. and W. A. Bolden, 3914 BRAVEDOWNPOUR TOHEAR WILSON Drenched by Rain, Friends Wait in Vain for Birth- day Speech. CHEER AS HE APPEARS Dripping Umbrellas Waved En- thusiastically as Ex-President Leaves for Auto Ride. Undaunted by a drenching dowi« pour of rain, several hundred men and women waited patiently bu: valnly yesterday afternoon for Woor- row Wilson to deliver a birthday a dress from the little iron balcony of his § street home. Their disun- pointment over not hearing the fc mer President speak, however, did no: prevent the crowd from giving him several rounds of enthusiastic cheers when he appeared for a few m Jjust before leaving for an after bile spin Dripping umbrella wusly up ami dow hats, swung en dinirers, President m smiled, raised his ha and stepped » his car. Again and again b compelled to acknowl- edge the repeated salutes of tie crowd while he waited fur other mem bers of the party to come out and join him. Crowd Arrives Early. The crowd began to arrive as ear as 2:30 o'clock, the first urrivals ev - dently having expected a jarger gath- ering and seeking to occupy points By 3 o'ciock the impassable as @ re sult of cars heing parked on each iu and some even kept pluces in the ¢ ter of the street unt:l tramic beh insisted upon being permitied 10 pass Most of the crowd vecupicd autom biies, although about fifty were on fo and perbaps a score did ot even have umbrellas. A depressing s was nea; ¢ poured a steady rain upon the watchers for a fu'l hour and a half before they had a chance to see Mr. Wilson. Some mem- bers of the crowd were elderly wom - en, but they stood patiently in fron of the colonial brick residence cn street. anxiously watching the front windows for some sight of the mau flowers or telegrams and drove awa: again. puffing 1diy at cigareites, Ono- or twice figures appeared at the wir dows, but none turned out to be th: of Mr. Wilson Foul n Officers Arrive. Prompti 5 o'clock Ham Holt and the officers of the Woonr Wilson Foundation arrived to felivi- tate the former President on 1 casion of his birthday and announce that the $1.000.000 foundation. b ing his name and dedicated to the a¢ vancement of world democracy ar peace through justice, had been pe manently established yosterdas. probably w most treasured birthday gift, for toundation was made possible throux by persons a It the former President’s sver the world as renewed expr Mry J. Malcolm Forbes, They remained | uothing be said. Mrs. Wilson Cheered. Five minutes after the party had left Mrs. Wilson appeared at a front window and was enthusiastically cheered. She waved her handker- {chief in reply and a moment later there was a rush_for the side.en- trance when Mr. Wilson's limousin - drew up to the door. The former President's appearance was the sig- nal for enthusiastic cheers: those who hud umbrellas bobbed them up and |down and watchers who hud peeped from behind the protection of cur | tainca machines left their drs scats i precipitately. {"Mr. Wilson wore a dark overcoat 1and slouch hat. Aside from looking = [trific tired, he appeared 1o be in the {vest of health. An army of photo raphers went up to the windows « {the door and let them “ghoot” him i a birthday photograph. The forn Yresident only smiled, however. shook his head In the negative. A moment later he drove away and the street was soon cleared, URGES MORE PAINT T0 DIRECT TRAFFIC Eno Says Washington Is Best Laid-Out City in World. {SPECIAL PAY ARRANGEMENT. By special arrangement public school clerks and members of the custodian force, Including engineers, janitors and caretakers, will be paid at the Franklin School tomorrow afternoon between 1 and 3 o'clock, it was announced today by Harry O. Hine, secretary of the board of education,” who will dispense the checks. The teachers will be pald | Tuesday. Changes in the District trai ulations and more llberal paint on the streets to direct traffic, were urged yesterday afternoon by Wwilliam Phelps Eno, international traffic authority. speaking before the speclal subcommittee of the public order committee of the Washington Board of Trade. Mr. Eno, who was one of the fram- ers of the traffic regulations of Parix and London, said that the Natlona! Capital was one of the best laid-cut cities in the world and would lend iteelf easily to traflic managemen He predicted that with the prof dircetion & set of trafiic regulations could be put into effect in this city which would not only reduce traiic fatalities 50 per cent in six months. but would serve as a model to other cities of the United States 3 The specific recommendations of Mr. Eno were: Changes in the parlt ing laws: the method of obtaining permits to drive, and & general over- hauling of the Tegulations to bring them strictly up to date and adequate to take care of the growing needs the city. ol’rhe question of a headlight law for the District was brought up by W. Pearce Rayner, chairman of the committes and commander of the motor corps. Mr. Rayner pointed out that at the present time Wash- ington_really has no adequate law that all sorts of headlights are abl to “get by” while some of the light« which ard ctly adjusted are cailed illegal by policemen. 1t ix under- stood that the committee will take up this subject in the near future i ’