Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. lowest temperature tonight slightly above freezing; tomor- row unsettled, probably rain, e T rature for twenty-four d at : dighest, 40, at Cloudy _tonight, 2 p.m. today: lowest, 30, at ended at 2 noon today; terday. Full report on page 9. 9 p.am. yes- Closing N. Y. Stocks ?Ed Bonds, Page 18 The WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION = No. 28,742. post office Fntered as second-class matter Washington, D.,C FRENCH T0 SEIZE " ESSEN AS INTIAL STEP THURSDAY Occupation Slated to Begin With Force of Troops, Engi- neers and Customs Men. BELGIAN AND ITALIAN EXPERTS WITH PARTY Reparations Commission Expected to Rule Today That Germans Have Defaulted Payments. B the-Assoclated Press. PARIS, January 8.—The occupation of Essen by a small French foree, fccompanying engineers and customs wcers is now slated for Thursday morning, it was stated on good au- thority today. Belgian and Italian engineers and technical experts will accompany the ‘Virench, but only the Belgians, it is inderstood, will contribute to the force of occupation. The meeting of the reparations ommission today to determine whether Germany defaulted in her Aeliveries of coal in 1922, found the French government going ahead with its plans for a coercive movement in the Ruhr valley. * Louis Barthou, replying to Ger- many’s objection that her experts might not reach Paris in time to ap- pear before today's session of the commission, asserted that that body was not obliged to hear the German spokesmen anyway. It was regarded 18 certain, however, that the experts, err Walmischratte and Herr Lubsen, would arrive in good time for the meeting. Renson for Rush. One of the difficulties is Whether the engineers and mine man- 1 be retained, in view of the would take French of- least month to master details of administration. Ap- it was with the idea of los- ng no time this respect that the first contingent of forty engineers was rushed to the Rhineland last even- ng. rance is going just far enough in action in the Ruhr to show Germany “he is in earnest,” it was said in of- ficial circles today In connection with this declaration, t was pointed out in military circles hat calling out additional troops for ihe occupation was not necessary, be- ause not more tHWR 60,000 of the 50.000 or more French and Belgian roops on the Rhine are being actu- lly utilized in service of an impera- tive nature. The remainder are avail- sble for any use Marshal Foch may have for them under the French-Ital- an-Belgian action. German gers sha $ract at ficlals at the a parently in ngineers All Reads. The occupation of Dusseldorf, Duis- berg and Ruhrort was effected by a force cquivalent to two divisions, or about 35,000 men, and, in the opinion of the military experts, it will require certainly no. more than twice that number to occupy the points in view the Ruhr. Fhe engineers, coal mining experts and other men of the mechanical branches required for the control of the mines and customs services that Premier Poincare has planned already have been in consultation at the head- quarters of the French forces oceupy- Yng the outlet from the Ruhr valley and are ready to go in and begin ap- Dlication of the scheme whenever they ave furnished the protection thought to be neces at the beginning, until the Germans get accustomed to 1heir presencs At present there are French troops ~quivalent in numbers to a division n Duesseldorf and vicinity. These iroops have been where they are now stationed since the beginning of the occupation of the Ruhr valley export points a year and a half ago. M. Poincare told his collegues of the cabinet this morning just what he intended to do. The cabinet members contented themselves with taking note of the plan, considering it no more necessary to give express ap- proval of the details of the operation than to approve formally the.pre- mier's action in the allied conference, \hich approval they had also regis- tered without specification. in To Give Program Thursday. M. Poincare explained to his col- leagues that he would inform the chamber of deputies and the senate on Thursday of the French program. {rhe premier will ask for the adjourn- ment of any interpellations on the subject of the seizure of guarantees until some future date, when he will be able to give a better idea of the result of the action undertaken. Opinion in political circles and among those coming In close contact ith the premier is that he will in- Sorm the chamber Thursday afternoon ihat the occupation of the points re- warded us necessary for the allies to Told already has been accepted. It seemed certaln this aftsrnoon [ the reparations commission would vote Germany in voluntary de- “ontinued on Page 2, Column 2. OPERATION SAVES LIFE OF HAROLD McCORMICK American Financier Stricken With Appendicitis While Attend- ing Paris Theater. PARIS, January 8.—Harold F. Mc- Cormlick of Chicago was apparently on the road to recovery today after un urgent operation for acute ap- yendicitis performed at his home here jast night. Mr. McCormick was stricken while attending a theater Saturday night. He was taken home immediately, specalists were sum- moned and 'an operating room was set up in his home. The operation was performed by the eminent surgeon, Picot. Mr. Mc- Cormick is being attended by Dr. Ed- mund Gros and Dr. Joseph Landow- sky, assisted by American hospital nurses. It was stated this afternoon that JMr. McCormick is entirely out of dan- wer, but that he will be unable to return to the United States for prob ibly three weeks. He had planne 10 sall with his wife, Ganna Walska, s garly this montl German Experts Avoid Paris Mob With Police Aid By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 8.—A crowd of some 500 persons gathered belore the allled reparations commission bullding this afternoon awaiting the arrival of the ten German coal experts, headed by Dr. Fis- cher, chairman of the German war debt commission, who were to ex- plain to the commission Germany's default in coal deliveries for 1922, on which France is expected to base the further occupation of the Ruhr, _There was talk of a demonstra- tion at what was regarded as the German final appearance in Paris before the Ruhr operation, but the Germans were forewarned by the police and smuggled in through a sidedoor which was, well guarded. U. 5. AWAITS REPLY OF FRANCE ON DEBT| SETTLEMENT PLAN Hughes’ Proposal in Repara- tions Tangle Is Now Before Paris Government.- By the Assoclated Press. The plan for settlement of the rep- arations controversy between France and England outlined by Secretary Hughes In his New Haven address has been communicated to the French government through official channels. No final reply has been made by Parls, although it was learned today that a preliminary answer had been received here from the French for- eign office. It was sald at the State Department that the proposal was re- garded as still before the French gov- ernment for decision. It was not stated when the Amer- ican communication was sent, but {n- dications were that it was transmit- ted through diplomatic channels be- fore Mr. Hughes delivered his address at New Haven. Freach Consider Reply. 1t was said authoritatively that the! transmittal was “perfectly definite” in character, and it was indicated that it revolved about the suggestion that international financiers be called in to formulate a reparations payments lan Pl ticial comment as to the nature of the reply already received from Paris was withheld. The statement that the American suggestion still was Qefinitely before the French govern- ment, however, was interpreted to mean that the French answer was not an unqualified rejection of the scheme. Officials would not indicate whether they had any reason to expect a turther communication from Paris prior to the actual occupation of the Ruhr by French forces. It evidently was desired in Washington, however, that the American public should un- derstand that the Washington gov- ernment had lost no opportunity to present its conclusions and sugges- tions on the reparations difficulty in such fashion that the French au- thorities fully understood what had been proposed, including the direct intimation that adoption of the Amer- ican plan might well lead the way to economic help for Europe from the United States. Conversations between President Harding, Secretary Hughes and Am- bassador Harvey with relation to the Kuropean situation are continu- ing, but at no time has any light been thrown by officials upon_the specific nature of these talhs. There is no question that the American govern- ment js planning to keep the way alway$ open for American aid, direct or indirect, through the plan sug- gested, or in any other manner which may appear practicable. Action of the administration in re- gard to the Senate resolution favor- ing withdrawal of the American troops on the Rhine probably will be determined in the light of the ef- fect such a withdrawal might have on later possible opportunities of rec- onciling French and British views on reparations. It has been indicated in every way by Secretary Hughes and other administration officials that the desire of the government was to (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) __(Continued on Page 2 Cowmn ?) _t?’f o ———r8 ———— 10,000-GALLON URNS, TONS OF MEAT, FOR GOVERNOR’S By the Associated Pre OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., January 8.—With fires burning steadily in the mile of barbecue pits at the state fair | grounds here, Oklahoma is slipping into 1a garment of festiveness reminiscent of plains days for the inaugural celebra- tion of Gov.-Elect J. W. Walton, The new executive took his oath of office at noon today in the chamber of the house of representatives. Tomor- row he will again take the same oath. The second will be out of doors, on a platform constructed of roughly hewn logs. 200,000 Persons Expected. Only officials of the state will witness the first ceremony. They will also be present at the second, but back of the group on the platform will be all the color of life in Oklahoma. Indlans, cowboys, farmers and herd- ers, city men and country men, old- timers and the newest comers will stand shoulder to shoulder 200,000 in number, is predicted, to witness the ceremohy. e celebration will last until mid- night Wednesday, according to the program. Tons of barbed meat will be, served tomorrow noon after the open- alr inaugural. Nearly 200 freight carloads of wood will have been burn- ed in the pits today, according to the plan, leaving great beds of coals and hot stones, on which the meat will be roasted. Beef, mutton, bear, ante- lope, squirrel and rabbit will make up the list of meats on the menu. One hundred thousand loaves of bread and 100,000 buns will be used in sand- wiches for the multitude. 10,000-Gallon Coffee Urns. Two 10,000-gallon coffee urns have been erected at the fair grounds, heat- ed by a steam engine. Every visitor has been invited to dance at the capitol Wednesday night. Is has been estimated that & thousand |Final Treaty Expected to Be ~ TURKS MUST SIEN | OR TAKE PENALTY, NEW BRITISH EDICT: Presented at Lausanne Within Fortnight. HOPES FOR PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT FADING Greek Regiment Takes Town Near Adrianople Despite Protest of French General. { By the Assoclated Pres ! LONDON, January 8.—A draft of | the near east treaty will be presemted ; to the Turks at Lausanne within a | fortnight, it was sald in official circles | today. The Turks will be told to| sign the document or to tear it in pieces and take the consequences. GREEKS OCCUPY TOWN. Believed to Be Move to Recover | | 3 Eastern Thrace. LONDON, January 8.—A dispatch to the Daily Express from Constan- tinople says the Greek eleventh divi- sion has occupied Karaghatch, op- posite Adrianople, nothwithstanding | the protest of the French colonel in | | charge of the town in behalf of the alies. Karaghatch is within the neutral zone along the Maritza river, which¥ divides western Thrace from eastern Thrace. The eleventh Greek division until recently was eleven miles away from the neutral zone. The Daily Mail says the Greeks are reported to be preparing for im- mediate action in case the Lausanne conference results in failure. It is believed they contemplate a new campaign to recover eastern Thrace. WAR CLOUDS GATHER. British Not Expetced to Bow to; Turk Terms. | BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. H By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. ! CONSTANTINOPLE, January 6 (de- {layed).—Even the most optimistic of the allies in Constantinople are giving up hope of & peaceful settlement of the eastern question. Every day it becomes more and more evident that | the Turks have decided to keep up| their intransigeant attitude, and"1t'Ts difficult to believe that the British will bow before the Turks and accept | all their peace conditions. Hassan Bey left Friday for Lausanne carry ing new instructions from Angora for the Turkish delegates. Ismet Pasha | may give in on certaln points regard- | ing capitulations, but is instructed to | remain firm on the minorities and es- pecially the Mosul question. The Turks hold that they must have Mosul at any price. i Among the allies, and especially the | British, @ _certain nervousness is felt | because the Turks have ordered that !all refugees and the archives of the various ministers should be trans-| ported to Scutari, on the Anatolian | shore of the Bosphorus. The calpih | has also .announced his intention of taking a short rest in his palace at! Beilerbey, on the Anatolian side of Constantinople. The remaining Brit- ish families are preparing to leave! the city, fearing that a sudden break- i up of the Lausanne conference may | produce an unpleasant situation here. | It is expected that the French troops will leave Turkey soon, and it is on these cards that should the confer- ence at Lausanne end without a definite result the British will follow the example and withdraw the Con- stantinople garrison to the Darda- nelles, where it will be safer against an eventual Turkish attack. On the other hand, in Thrace the Greeks are rapidly reorganizing their army under Gen. Pangalos. Though the troops have not yet re- covered completely from the disaster in Asia Minor, some of the units are in good fighting trim and capable of action against the Turkish army in eastern Thrace, which is not yet or- ganized, and is lacking especially in artillery. The morale of the Greeks §s much improved and the division from Karagatch at the gates of Adrianople is anxious to reoccupy the ow. INAUGURAL FETE ! Vets, 82, To Settle ; Civil War On Mat Special Dispatch to The Star. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, January 8.—The outcome of the civil war, the subject of endless controversy ever since Grant and Lee shook hands at Appomatox, and all collateral sub- jects of a controversal character to date, are to be settled here tomorrow. The medium will be an old-time wrestling match. The actors will be two' eighty-two-year-old veterans, Sam H. Hargis, who sported the gray with Lee, and Samuel C. Armstrong, who wore the blue of Grant back in the 60s. Veteran comardes are to liné the side lines and cheer for their respec- tive champlons. And all questions in dispute are to hinge on the result, the contestants and their friends have agreed. Hargis is here to attend the Walton barbecue. There is to be no running in the match, as Hargis admits Arm- strong s the fleetest of foot, basing this on the fact that he got away unscathed from the first battle of Bull Run. It is to be a two in three falls match with no holds barred. (Copyright, 1928.) couples will ind room to dance on’| each floor of the bullding. After the barbecue has been nerved tomorrow, Gov. and Mrs. Walton will receive at the fair- ground: The following is a list of the meats ‘which will be barbecued, as announced hogs, 70; sheep, 30; rab- iquirrels, 2,000 pounds; pounds; deer, 15; turkeys, 110; geese, ¥ otk ‘reindeer 1,500 chickens, 1,427; - 18, ducks, 34, e lone of the principal railway statios Foening Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” || . The Star’s carrier system covers city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Net Circulation, 89,597 Sunday’s Circulation, 94ill FOR Y ou BOTH To GET 7 \BETTER ’ Effigies of Deity Are Burned in Grotesque Moscow Carnival Communists Launch “Attack on-Heaven With Great Public Burlesque on Religions _of World. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, January S.--The communists, observing the Christmas of the Julian calendar yesterday, launched their widely heralded “at- tack upon heaven” in a grotesque carnival procession that was a mock- ery of the world's great religions. As American college merry after a foot ball vietory, so thousands of Russian students did a glgantio snake dance around a great tonfire, the kindling of which before brought the day of revelry to a clof.. The climax of the celebration came, however, when the young people glee- fully tossed into the flames straw and paper figures representing the deities of the Christian, Mohammedan, Jew- ish and Buddist religions. Few Religious Reminders. The Russlan Christmas had been especially chosen by the young com- munists as the occasion for shattering by mockery the ancient Yuletide story and the traditions which their organization hails as ‘“religlous myths.” Hence the procession that threaded the streets of Moscow Sunday |held few reminders of the old-time Christmas celebrations of the Russian Church. Flaring stars of red, burlesques of | the star of Bethlehem, were held aloft at the head of the parade, followed CHECK ON EMBASSY LIQUOR S STARTED Dry Forces Fear Diplomats Are Getting More Rum Than They Need. A close check has been inaugurated by federal prohibition authorities on liquor shipments consigned to for- elgn embassies and legations here with a view to determining whether disproportionate supplies are bing brought through the American cus- toms to these favored destinations. 1f the investigation discloses that an embassy is Tecelving supplies out of proportion to the needs of its staft for personal use and official enter- taining the State Department will be asked to call the situation to the attentlon of the foreign governments involved. Charge Against Embassy. The watch on liquor supplies of for- eign legations was an outgrowth of charges that some legations in Wash- ington are being used as the medium of supplying the local bootleg trade, it was said officially today. Federal authorities declared, however, they had not received an official report on the recent police raid, which is said by police officers to have developed evidence indicating some definite basis for these charges. The arrest of Mrs. Elizabeth Hecht at the Tuxedo Apartments Saturday Tesulted in police of the vice squad receiving decidedly more than a hint that the liquor seized had come from a local embassy. Deny He Is Minister. The local police, as represented by Lieut. O. T. Davis, chief of the vice squad, are taking no direct initiative in running down embassy “leaks” as a result of this case, the licutenant said today, but he declared he would «ake anything coming his way whether from embassies or not. With Mrs. Hecht, who was known as “The Spanish Queen,” the police took into custody & man, who sald he was Joaquin Mendez, and Wwho handed them an engraved card Wwith this ame and the title, “Envoy extraordi- Aary and minister plenipotentiary,” of the Republic of Guatemala. Inquiry at the Guatemalan legation revealed the fact that no Senor Mendez had been connected there during the past by posters and banners upon which young |Were daubed cartoons of deities and saints. No ikons, no reminders of the church processions that in the past have marked the advent of the Christ- mas festival were in evidence. There was music and singing aplenty, but |the songs were jeering parodies wof | | the splendid carols or chants of the boys make | Russian Church. Carleature Church Dignitarfes. Goblinlike burlesques of the gods of all peoples alternated with motor trucks upon which rode students and young women dressed as caricatures of religious dignitaries. Placards proclaimed such communist doctrines as “Religion is the oplate of the people” | and “Man made God in man's image, not God man in His.” - One truck car- ried an infant wearing a red cap. He was placarded _as “Young com- munism.” b Lost in iheir long coats and army caps, young children from the or- phanages and institutions tramped through the snow led by their teachers, to watch the bonfire, which their communist elders had decreed should take the place of the chimney- side vigil in wait for Santa Claus. There were no disorders, neither were there any attempts to prevent regular Christmas services. But here and there a street beggar, evidently oblivious of the travesty, wandered through the crowd whispering “Alms :in the name of Christ on Christmas ay. PLAN LAKE SEARCH FOR MISSING BONES Parts of Bodies May Throw Light on Mer Rouge Tragedy. By the Associated Press. BASTROP, La., January $.—With a iapse of a day in the open-court hear- ing in observance of a state holiday, Attorney General A. V. Coco and his corps of assistants directing the state’s investigation into the kidnaping and slaying of Watt Daniel and Thomas Fletcher Richards and other masked band depredations in Morehouse parish turned their attention today to a digest of evidence intended to establish by scientific deduction and physical ex- hibits that the two men were subjected to extreme cruelty before they were put to death. Meanwhile federal and state investi- gators continued the assembling of evi- dence on which, it is expected, a score or r:;’m of men will ultimately be laced on trial Blacic-hooded band allcged to have been responsible for the kidnapls slaying. g May Drag Lake Again. No announcement was made by At- torney General Coco In advance of conference with his assistants today as to the next move to be made and how far presentation of testimony would proceed before anticipated ar- rests will be made. It is generally expected, however, that issuance of warrants will come before the week's end. A visit yesterday to Lake La Fourche by pathologists, who. examined the bodies of the men, accompanied by a representative of the attorney general and department of justice agents, gave,rise to reports that efforts would be made to drag the lake in which the bodies were ‘discovered floating two weeks ago for missing parts of the bodies, but it was stated today that the trip to the lake was to obtain measurements and make observations as to the effect on the shore of a dynamite explosion set off by un- identified persons shortly before the headless and mangled bodies were found. Testimony implicating others as members of hooded bands who have operated in this parish was expected to be developed during the next few days. The names of three prominent Morehouse citisens already have been mentioned as participating in a mob, Continued on Page 2, Cojumn b.) WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1923—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. CREST OF WATERS RACES TOPORTLAND Willamette River Rising Two Inches an Hour at Oregon i Metropolis. LOGGING CAMP WRECKED Several Smaller Towns Are Re- ported Still Inundated : by Floods. By the Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore., January 8.—Flood | waters drew a closer Portland today, while reports from all sections of western Oregon and southwestern Washington pictured large areas under water and many towns and communities isolated. Rush of streams tributary to the Willam- ette and Columbia rivers caused them to rise rapidly, but a cessation of the torrential rains of the last few days gave promise that the crest of the flood was about over. Although the Cowlits and a few other small streams late last night still were ris- ing, reports from Willamette valley points were that many rivers tribu- tary to the Willamette were falling rapldly. Logging Camp Wrecked. A cloudburst on the east fork of the ‘Tilton river, four miles from Morton, Wash.,, Saturday wrecked the west fork logging camp. A five-foot wall lof water rushing down the Tilton river overturned nearly every build- ing in the camp. two-year-old son were reported miss- ing. As the situation stood early today, the crest of the flood pouring down Portland and the river here was ris- ing nearly two inches hourly Trains were running in and out of the city in haphazard fashion or not at all. Highways were blocked to a greater extent than since the storm began and mails were held. Most Serious Since 1890. Reports from Salem were that the country round about was experfenc- ing the most severe flood since 1890. With raflway service closed and highways flooded, the city virtually was isolated, Convening of the state legislature there today was not ex- pected to be interfered with, as most of the members had arrived. Traffic between Portland and Cali- fornia is at a complete standstill. The Southern Pacific main line across the Santiam | its ‘lines on both sides of the Wil- lamette river. ated south of Salem. The Oregon electric railway was unable to oper- Inle beyond Salem. places. Yamhill River Crest Passes. Water was running in the streets Ore., but the crest of of Sheridan, | the Yamhill river flood had passed. The business section of Lebanon was flooded, Water was running in the streets of the southern part of Eu- gene. Sclo was partly under wafer. Scores of slides i a number of towns have been damaged by the flood waters. In the rural districts the property aamage was confined mainly to losses of live stock and fences, with a few outbuildings. The rain ceased about noon, after having fallen steadily for more than forty-eight hours. In West Salem water was standing today to a depth of eight feet, and a number of houses were inundated. Many people were compelled to move out of their homes. SEEK TO SAVE DIKE. Hundred Men Rush to Coweeman River to Fight Floods. By the Assoclated Press. | KELSO, Wash. January 8—One hundred men have been rushed to the | Coweeman river dike With orders to I reintorce it with sandbags and i pos- sible prevent its breaking under the weight of flood waters, which seemed imminent. The new town of Long View is be- Ing established on the lands protect- &d by the dike, TWO CENTS. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL BRINGS HOUSE TILT ON DISTRICT BILL Would Prevent Placing Chil- dren in Boarding Houses at Present. L1 Move to Lock Up New York Cafes For Liguor Sales Stringent application of the padlock provisions of the prohibition laws are to be invoked in an effort to turther clean up the liquor situation in New York. It was said today that a number of nationally known public houses were included in the list pre- pared by Acting State Director Yel- lowley for observation. Director Yellowley was said to hav obtained no less than 200 injunction: and, before leaving New York, he in- structed the prohibition agents to pay .particular attention to the places named in these court orders with a view of closing them on first evidence of violations. BALDWIN PLEDGES BRITAIN WILL PAY |ited contest over the provision in the DECLARE MOVE WOULD CHANGE EXISTING LAW Zihlman Says Provision Should Have Been Made for Building for White Girls. cordon about | One man and his the Willamette had not yet reached | bridge river has gone out, and there was other damage to No trains were oper- The. Pacific high- way was flooded at a number of | i Mellon Calls Attention to| Limitation on U. S. Board | by Congress. ' Great Britain today officially pledged payment of her war debt of | more than four billion dollars to this country, Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of the British exchequer, declaring at the first formal session of the Amer can and British debt commissions: | “We want, on such terms as will pro- |duce the least possible disturbance in the trade relations of the two countries, . a fair business settlement, a square deal, a settlement that will secure for America the repayment to the last cent of those credits which the United States government estab- lished in America for us, their as- ociates in the war.” Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, chairman of the conference, in greet- ing the foreign delegates, expressed the feeling of the Americans, ac- cording to an official statement is- sued later, as sensitive to “the e treme desirability amounting to a virtual necessity of effecting a defi nite settlement “of the financial re- lationship of the two countries upon a basis entirely just to both.” Sec- retary Mellon also significantly call d_“attention to the fact that the commission had a limited authority iunder the applicable statute"—in and twenty-five-ye Britivh Misyion Retires. Following a general discussion of the problem, the British mission re- tired, leaving the Americans for fur- ther discussions. The next meeting was set for Wednesday afternoon at 2:30. Chancellor Baldwin outlined the pressing r period. in his addre: taxation, un- facing Great Britain; immediate repayment is_impossible, how European countries ““we find a large proportion of our assets temporarily frozen,” and declared that “with re- gard fo all these circumstances the British government has to consider very carefully the terms of the liqui- dation of the debt, lest an annual ob- | ligation be assumed which it might be impossible to meet in years of bad trade and falling revenue.” Text of Baldwin's Address. The text of the address follows explained how in gold or goods through loans to to the American government people our heartfelt appreciation the warmth and courtesy of our re- ception—a reception so characteristic of the generous hospitality great nation. “We have come with the express in- tention of repaying our debt (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 23,000 INCREASE and Appropriation Inadequate, Commissioners Present Item for Maintenance. street lighting is inadequate became apparent today, when it was learned that the Commissioners have asked for a supplemental item of approx- imately $23,000 to maintain the light- ing system for the balance of this fiscal year. And while the District bill for next year as reported to the House car- ries an increase from $430,000 to $450,000 in the lump sum item for maintenance of street lights, it is doubtful if that amount will be suf- fictent to carry the electrical depart- ment through the twelve months be- ginning July 1. $472,000 Recommended. The bureau of the budget recom- mended to Congress that the lump sum for upkeem of existing lights should be increased to $472,000 for next year, but the House cut that figure to $450,000. It is hoped that some increase in this item may be obtained when the bill reaches the Senate. In the current appropriation act Congress allowed a special item of $20,000 for setting up new lights, and the House has inserted a similar sum to be spent on new lights during the next fiscal year. Must Increase Maintenance. District officials point out that the lump sum for maintenance must be increased proportionately as money is appropriated for putting up new posts. 1t that is not done the obvious re- sult will be the erection of new posts in various sections of the city, .with insufiicient funds available to put lights on them. Tn this connection it is interesting to note that between $7,000 and $8,000 is iu this year's estimated bill for replacing broken lamp posts, pre- sumably caused by street accidents, & 7 {man argued, fact, a limitation of 4% per cent rate | employment and economic difficulties | “On behalf of the British delegation, | I take this opportunity of expressing | of | of this| and it| OR LIGHTS ASKED | today. That the current appropriation for | District appropriation bill designed to reopen the Industrial Home Sc on Wisconsin avenue near the Naval Observatory, and which would pre- vent any children intrusted by the courts to the Board of Children's Guardians from being placed boarding homes until this Industrial Home School was used to its full ca- pacity. Representative Fred N. Zihlman of Maryland made the point of order against the proviso on the ground that it changes existing law. He quoted from the act of 1892, showing that the judges of the Police Court land the Criminal Court were author- ized to appoint a board of children’ guardians and that that board w: given authority to place children in boarding homes, according to their own discretion. This proviso, Representative Zihl- is an attempt to take from the board of children’s guard- ians the children over whom they have been given jurisdiction under the law as guardians and to place them with another board. Objection Sustained. Representative Tilson, republican of Connecticut, upheld Representative Zihlman's contention. Representative Hicks of New York, presiding in the committee of the whole, sustained the objection. . Representative Cramton igan, in charge of the bill, fered the following amendment “Of which not more than $20,000 shall be used for board and care of | children in boarding homes.” Representative Zihlman again made a point of order and pointed to the act of 1892 as giving the board ef childrens’ guardians care over all |children committed by the courts. | This amendment attempts to change | existing law and makes mandatory | that all children be placed ‘in an_in- stitution instead of in boarding | homes, he said. | Point of Order Overruled. | Representative Hicks ruled that, as the amendment is framéd it is “very proper limitation” on an appropria- tion, and he overruled the point of order. Representative Zihlman then took ‘the floor to oppose the amend- ment Chairman Cramton pointed out to the House that the District at present “owns an excellent institution known as the Industrial Home School, situ- ated on Wisconsin avenue near Massachusetts avenue, completely equipped and in readiness to take care of from 100 to 125 children. “Thus far during the present fiscal vear,” Representative €ramton said. “this institution has not been availed of, the practice having been to place practically all of the children in boarding homes. The committee is proposing that the board of children's guardians may not use their appro- priation fow the board and care of ildren unless the Industrial Home { School is used to its full capacity, and for that reason the appropriations committee proposes to put a limita- tion on the use of the funds provided for the board of children’s guardians.” The provision in the bill for as- sessing jurors’ fees against unsuc- cessful litigants in all the courts was stricken from the bill today on a point of order made Saturday by Rep- resentative John Philip Hill of Ma land, republican. Representative Hic of New York, presiding in the com- mittee of the whole, reserved his de- cision on this point of order until of Mich- then of- Representative John Q. Tilson of Connecticut made a_comprehensive statement in which he argued that the point of order was well taken and he was supported in his conten- tion by Representative Snell of New York. ~Representative Hicks sustain- ed the point of order. Committee Action Criticized. Representative Fred N. Zihiman of Maryland criticized the action of the appropriations committee in reduc- ing to the extent of $67,800 the recom- mendations of the budget bureau for the National Training School for Girls. He emphasized that the Commis- sioners and the director of the budget had urged that a new site for a build- ing and the erection of a bullding to house white girls should be included in the District bill. He descfibed con- ditions at that institution as impera- tively needing such relief. - Representative Louis C. Cramton of (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) WOMAN FOUND BEATEN T0 DEATH IN SHACK Police Arrest Suspect in Tragedy of Oxon Hill Dis- trict. Special Dispateh to The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, January 8.— Beaten to death with the butt end of a double-barreled shotgun, the body of Ida Pimpleton, colored, was found today in an upper room of a shack located on the old Burgdorf farm, occupied by James M. Bell, in Oxon Hill district, about four miles from the District line. Charley Pim- pleton, colored, forty years old, @ monthiy hand on the farm and sup- posed to be the dead woman's hus- band, is in jail here charged with the murder. ‘He was arrested on the farm by Deputy Sheriff E. E. Pum- phrey. The officer said Pimpleton admitted %illing the woman on account of 7