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2 *wr GASOLINE TAX PACT ASSURED OF ACTION Senators Await Commission- ers’ Bill on D. C.-Maryland s Auto Reciprocity. TO OBVIATE LICENSES Committee Members Anxious to Dispose of Question at Present Congress Session. Members of the Senate interested in bringing about reciprocity in the mat- r of automobile licenses between the District of Columbla and Mary- land, are awaiting the draft of a bill by the District Commissioners pro- viding a tax on gasoline in the Dis- trict. It was promised by Maryland officlals before the Senate appropria- tions committee last week that the establishment of such a tax would result in complete reciprocity be- tween that state and the District. In the hearings on the agricultural| appropriation bill last week, W hen the question of reciprocal arrange- ments regarding automobile licenses was being discussed, Senator Jones of | Washington, member of the appropri- atlons committee, and also of the Dis- trict committee, said “The Commissioners will have to g this bill in shape, and if they wi send it up here we will act on it Maryland Fixes Two-Cent Rate. Early in the hearing John X. Mackall, chairman of the Maryland state roads commission, told the com- | mittee that Maryland was ready to| grant full reciprocity with the Dis- | trict if a gasoline tax of 2 cents a| gallon is established here. He said that reciprocity would be in effect | suffictently long before January 1. 1924, to make it unnecessary residents of the District to pur Maryland licenses for the year two two-cent tax on_gasoll effect in Maryland Januar Questioned by tor to what steps beer bring about u District officials. “We have m s Commissioners Rudolph, Keller and Oyster, and they have all accepted it | nsofar as it can be done—that they | will present to Congress and use their efforts to e passed a -cent tax on gasoline. If that is done, un- imited reciprocal relations wifl be | granted with the District ot nl! taken with ckall replied: | proposal to Curry Amendment Dropped. { It was upon this showing that the | committee agreed to drop the called Curry amendment to the agri- cultural bill which would have denied | o any state federal appropriations | for good roads when that state re-| used to recognize automobile licenses of any other state or territory or the District of Columbia The members of the committee are intent upon bringing about reciprocity between Maryland and the District. They are anxlous to get the matter cleared up. It was made clear at the hearings that they were favorably impressed with the ldea of a gaso- line tax to take the place license tax. With less than two months of the present Congress remaining, how- ever, they are desirous of getting the legislation ‘under way if there is to be legislation. 0. K. EXTRA POLICE BILL. Senate Passes Measrue for Protec- tion During Shrine Conclave. The Senate today passed a joint| resolution introduced by Senator Ball authorizing the appropriation of $25.000 to be used for the police pro- teotlon and convenience of the visi- tors in Washington at the time of the | annual convention of the Mystic Shri which is to take place in Washington i next June. —_— INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL BRINGS HOUSE TILT ON DISTRICT BILL | «Contir | { | 1ued from First Page.) Michigan, acting chairman of the sub- committee in charge of the Distriot bill, pointed out that $62.000 was esti- mated by the budget bureau for ac- Qquiring a site and erecting a bullding outside of the District for these white girls. He said that the appropriations rommittee lacks authority to make such an propriation, and that the matter should be taken up b the House committee having jurisdiction over District legislation. Chalrman Cramton said committee has allowed mount in this bill z propriation. He said that he hoped ! that the District of Columbia com- mittee will take up the question of providing a new home for white girls and will authorize such a project. As soon as this is done. he sald, he is sure the appropriations committee will appropriate the necessary money, [n regard to this particular project Chairman Cramton in his report eaid: | About one-third of the total re- ductions ($199,950) for charities and corrections is attributable to faflure to provide for an additional home for | delinquent girls. The committee 1is impressed with the needs for improv- ing conditions at the National Train- ing School for Girl: but is without jurisdiction to provide for extending the institution beyond its present confines. An increase from $26,000 to $30,000 n the appropriation for the National Training School for Girls, with a pro- vision which makes funds available for transportation and other neces- sary expenses incident to obtaining suitable homes for discharged girls, was made in an amendment by Rep- resentative Newton of Minnesota, which was approved by the House. Ropresentative Newton and his col- league, Representative Harold Knut- son, also of Minnesota, paid a tribute to Mrs. Fannie Morse, who has been superintendent of that institution for the last six months, coming here from Saulk Center, Minn. Representative Cramton sald: “We are making appropriations on & busi- ness basis, and not because scme one is a nice lady.” He said thut when Mrs. Morse came before the commit- tee she could give “no information as to the business affairs of that insti- tution,” and so the committee thought that the current appropriation was sufficient to intrust to her charge. Blanton for Segregation. Representative Blanton of Texas, in a vigorous speech, said he wanted the white and colored inmates segregate He charged that the District bi drawn by a great triumvirate.” He accused them of “passing the buck. of “camoufiage,” of “throwing up smoke screens,” but of including new leglslation in an appropriation bill when they wanted to. Representative Blanton said: “I am in favor of sepa- rating the whites and blacks if it costs all the money this House could hold.” Representative - Cramton replied that Mr. Blanton seemed to favor new legislation for building a home for wayward children today, while on Saturday he had sstricken from the bill a number of provisions which would provide schools for boys and girls who are not wayward. On a vive voce vote the. New: amendment was adopted. 3 | i i that his | the san the current ap- | {action are bound up in | will point out that w g lear the circumstances | tnde | show that of the ; By Cable to The jmans have to say Artist Who Assassinated The Polish President ELIGIUZ NIEWIADOMSKI, The Polish painter, who killed Presi- dent Gabryel Na v exhibition in Warsaw just after President Narutowicz's inauguration. Niewiadomskl has been condemned to death. FRENCH TO SEIZE ESSEN AS INITIAL STEP THURSDAY (Continued from First P: experts, which was set for this afternoon. The appe considered a mere formality, as their rguments are well known to the ommission The question would be decided, it was forecast, by the affir- mative votes of France. Italy, with Sir John Bradbury, probably abstaining 3 o'clock British member from voting Voting Time Uncertain. 1t uncertain whether the would be taken late this evening or tomorrow morning, this depending upon the length of the hearing given the Germans. The French plans for was vote independent the comm sion’s decision It was considered probable that Roland W. Boyden, the American rep- resentative with the repar. mission, would have somethin on the question before the final vote It is eustomary te. call upon the American unofficial delegates at times when important decisions are to be made, and Mr. Boyden, it is believed, ile the defa 1 £ Germany Is which it occurred were such as should cause the mission to accompany its decision with a state- ment of the facts. Mr. Boyden, it is also thought, holds the opinion that the facts of the case plete the remaining 20 per cent of her deliveries because of shortage at home and that her punishment therefore, should be tempered to the circumstances. FRENCH EXPERTS MOVE. Engineers Leave for Dusseldorf Preparatory to Ruhr Seizure. BY SCOTT MOWRER. Star and Chicago Daily News Copyright, 1923, anuary S8—Forty Fren ngineers were sent to Du: dorf last night preparatory to ta over the Ruhr coal mines when the order to act is given. Another group of engineers leaves Paris today. Al- though the French still plan to limit the military features of their move to the minimum, the army of occupation is being reinforced by regiments both of infantry and artiliery from Lor- raine. Thé withdrawal of troops from the Coblenz area at time, however, disguised in extenu ing speeches, would undoubtedly interpreted as a serlous protest against the French policy, and, per- haps, even as the final the United States from its war time ociates and would painfully im- press French opinion, especially If it should be interpreted by the Germans an encouragement to resistance. Practically, however, an American withdrawel would, if anything, be helpful to the French for it would enable them to occupy the Coblenz bridge head without more ado and would simplify the organization of their communications Entente Future Uncertain. reparations commission to hear what the Ger- regarding the de- fault of some 2,500,000 tons of the 1922 coal deliverfes.” The Germans were formally warned in this matter by the reparations commission on September 5, PAUL PARIS, ch minin the Amer be The his afternoon, nd have been reminded of it repeatedly | since then. If the default has not been proclaimed officially before now it is be- cause of the obstructionist attitude within the commission of the British delegate, Sir John Bradbury. But this time the French will tolerate no further postponements, and willful default will doubtless be announced by the commis- sion within twe or three days Despite continued protestations of lendship on the part of both of the rench and the British the future of the entente is uncertain. If Great Britain now leaves the French a free hand in the Ruhr, France will share with Britain for a time at least, all the funds collected from Germany and doubtless will continue to collaborate with her at Lausanne and elsewhere. If, however, Great Britain continues obstructionist tactics in the repara- tlons commission, if she tries to pro- voke American intervention against France, if she contests the French juridical case, if she tries to provoke the Intervention of the league of na- tions or if she attacks the franc in the world's money markets, then not only will the money collected from Germany be reserved for those who fr ¥ collect it, but the French attitude at ! Lausanne may be expected to change in a sense unfavorable to Great Britain. To forecast what is about to happen in Europe is, of course, impossible. At the same time, one of the more obvious possibilities in connection with the intention of the French to act in the Rubr may be envisaged as follows: After prolonged efforts and many difficulties, the French may find the idea of forcing payments from Ger- many to be impracticable. Disillu- sioned, they may then withdraw their troops and officials and resume nego- tiations with the British on the basis of something like the British repara- tions _plan. ~Obviously this is what the British hope will happen, but the writer considers it rather unlikely. COMMUNISTS OF RUHR URGE WORKERS UNITE Name Committee of Action, With France Represented, to Get Concerted Action. ESSEN, January 8.—A permanent international “committee of action” composed of eleven members, on which France is represented, was formed by the communist party of the Ruhr district at the conclusion of its congress here yesterday. An appeal was sent to the headquarters of labor organizations in the prin- cipal countries of Europe, including France, urging that the workers of all nations act together. The appeal ended as follows: . “Workingmen, the dan, which masaces Fon is gigantic. * Time -is pressing, Workingmen, to works” | s ance of the Germans was | 1t | rmany is unable to com- | i | an | everance of | meets | AGTOR RELEASED IN JEWEL THEFT Carman Agrees to Tell All Details of Schoellkopf Robbery. By the Associated Pre NEW YORK, January $.—Frank Barrett Carman, arrested in connec- tion with the robbery of $500,000 worth of jewels from Mrs, C. P. Hugo Schoellkopt of Buffalo at a New Year eve party here, was discharged today. The court acted on a motion of the assistant district attorney, who sald Carman had agreed to tell him all the details of the robbery. Carman, 4 former actor, who was Mrs. Schoell- kopf’s host on New Year eve, had been held on suspicion of having acted in concert with others in rob- bing his wealthy guest. Mrs. Schoell- {Kopf refused to appear against Car- {man, . Mrs. Schoellkopf visited the rogues’ gallery yesterday and picked = out three photographs as those of the men who occupied the apartment be- eath Carman’s, under the names of { “McGowan, ‘Marshall and Lew it | was learned last night. Asked for fur- \ ther information regarding them, In i spector John D. Coughlin of the de- tective bureau said “They're nationally known thieves and crooks. That's all T can say now." | MODERN DANCE DENOUNCED. A scathing denunclation_of the mod- ern dance was given by Dr. Clovis { Chappell of Mount Vernon Place Meth- jodisi Church last night in the sec [of two evening sermons, entitled Modern Dance. CHECK ON EMBASSY LIQUOR IS STARTED (Continu:d from First Pige.) Belgium and | the three years, although it was aid re- rorts that a person representing him- self to be connected with the embass ad ed embarrassment there, Senor Mendez later was arrested on & {statutory charge and when his name was called in Police Court it was not janswered, whereby $25 was forfeited | Guatemalan Legation Exonerated. fut. Davis sald today that in- quiry at the State Department had revealed that Mendez had no conn ec- { tion with the Guatemalan legation | Several recent raids by Lieut. Davis’ squad has uncovered “remark- ably good liquor,” he said. The pos | =ibility that this liquor at one time { was destined for the embassies has {‘he given consideration by the police | department, but to this date no exact connection between the originating | points of the liquor and its final des. itination {n bootleg tratic has bheen juncovered by the police. | Pootleggers in Washington for {months have made the whisper of embassy stuff” a convincing fi ure les talks. As far back as two ars ago this was a prominent fea- ure in bootlegging sales in Wa. ngton. according to prohibitio ment office: and slight credence up to this time had been given to re- rts of bootleg liquor ac ually hav- g come from the emba At Saturday's rald, however, Mrs. Hecht, according to the police, ad- {mitted that the Iiquor seized was jn tended originally f consumption at |an embassy here. Experts in the po. lice department testified to the effect that the liquor seized was one of the |finest brands of Scotch whisky seen { during the dry era. BALDWIN PLEDGES BRITAIN WILL PAY AS MISSION MEETS ‘ontinued from First Page.) {of making international that we are about to consult in order to accomplish the we both have In view. Here to Arrange Termn, “We mect today under extraordi- nary circumstances. We meet to set- tle the largest single financial trans- action, 1 believe, between two friendly nations, in the history of the World. We are here to arrange the terms of the payment of the British debt to the United States. That debt was contracted in a common cause. It was the firstcontribution made by the United States to save clvilization from being engulfed and free peoples being brought under the destructive rule of a military autocracy. It was followed by the contribution of the man-power of the United States, whose foldiers fought so gallantly with ours and those of our allies for the same purpose. hen we were enlisted in a com- ause: we still have common eco- The payment of our debt to you involves much more than the transfer of huge sums from Lon- don to Washington. It must affect the future well-being of both coun- tries, and on their prosperity de- pends to a large extent that of the entire world. ~ The settlement we make here will determine the condi- tion and material welfare of the great mass of wage earners in Great Britain and the United States, thelr wives and children. I do not, I belleve, ex- aggerate. 1 state this as my delib- ¥ with vou end which mon subject matured Must Levy Heavy Taxes. “The payment of our debt to you !will impose upon us the necessity of levying heavy taxes to meet those | payments. From the beginning of the war we were the heaviest taxed nation in the world. We financed our military operations to a greater de- gree than any other nation by mak- ing the present generation pay. It is our way to pay as we go, 50 far as we can. From that fixed principle we have no intention now to depart. The total annual per capita taxation in Great Britain is today still greater than that of any other people. It amounts to more than $100 per head of the population. “I invite you to consider my views as to what this means and how I fear it will affect your own wage earners no less than ours. Further taxation would decrease the purchas- ing power of the British workingman and reduce our consumption of Amer- fcan products. There would be a dl- minished export demand for American cereals, cotton, meats and other products of the soil, the mine, and the { factory. Desirous as we are to main- tain the social scale of our own warker, the effect of additional taxa- tion_would be inevitably to depress it. From the consequences of that, I do not see how America can escape. The social condition of the American workingman, raised to its present level in some measure as a result of the war, is now the highest In the world, but if we are unable to pur- chase’ from you, if we are forced by stern necessity to economize stiil further, to buy from you only those things we must have, but even these in greatly reduced quantities, the American farmer, as well as the American workingman, will feel the pinch. He likewise wiil be compelled to economize; he will have to do with less; he will be brought down to a lower standard of living. “Spotted Prosperity Impossible.” “Our modern civilization does not permit of economic Eco- nomic realtions are too closely inter- woven for one nataion to be ‘when other consideration. is owing to the practical difficultfes| erate opinion after having given the| lustrated the road makes lix firat | of the most dangerous wpotx he road straightened out. to connect with the Military rond. The accident has not been report but up to a late hour had not determi license for the ear was issued in Ale: bove, turn_ o in Ar | | Speaking broadly, phrase, ‘spotted possible. If on t the world ther persity surroun if T may use the prosperity’ is im- economiic map of is a spot of pros- A by distress that spot will not spread to bring health, but it will be wiped out by the poverty and misery that surround it. “In this spirit I address myself to the task before us. 1 shall now con- sider the subject more in detail “Had it been possible to find in the world a nugget of gold worth $4000,- 000 we would have spared no sac | to secure it, and we would { brought it with us, but, unfortu the limitations of nature put simple method of payment out of the | question, and we have to explore other méans. | “Let us examine how the debt came into being and see if that will us to a solution & | “Not u Debt of Dollars.” | “This debt a debt of dollars {sent to Europe, the |expended her wheat. food pr of war. Evers cent used for the pur- chase of these goods was spent in} |America; American labor received the | Wages; American capitalists the prof- lits: the United States Treasury the taxation imposed on those profits. “At the time these goods were bought, we were associates in a great {war. Out of $7,000,000,000 worth of | goods bought after the United States |came into the war, we paid for $3.000.- i 006,000 worth, leaving $4.000,000.000 which were supplicd on credit. Now {seeing that the debt is a debt for |goods supplied, it would be natural to ask, why not repay with goods? A moment's consideration is suf- {ficlent to answer that question is not mone; Prices Have Declined. | “These goods were supplied |time at war prices. Prices have f so far that thus (o repay $4.000,000.- 000, Great Britaln would have to send ! to America a far greater bulk of | |goods than she originally purchased | {with the money loaned, and laying lastde all consideration of the tariff |'barrier, would it be possible for i America to accept repayment in coal liron, steel, manufactured cotton goods jand so forth, a method of repay- {ment which would affect the emplo {ment of her people for years to com. | “We have now seen that immediate | repayment by gold is {mpossible and {that an equivalent transaction in di rect repayment by goods is full of difficulties so we shall have to explore {what remaining methods of inter: |tional payment are presented by the [markets of the world “Here attention will have paid to several considerations Assets Temporarily Frozen. We lent large sums to and estab ished large credits for our European al so that while we are deaiing with our liabilities we find a large proportion of our assets temporarily frozen “To balance our annual accounts in | times of -unexampled difficulty, we tave made great sacrifices. W are aftected by the terrible economic sit- vation in curope and are passiny through the worst period of unempioy ment in our history. 1 have alread referred to_the welght of our taxation which, with the prolonged unemploy- ment, is already bearing cruelly on our women and children. “So far from the war having left us richer by the acquisition of new terr tory, the acceptance of mandates in some of the most disturbed parts of the world has involved us in vast un- productive expenditure in policing and patroling territories in which we have no economic rights which are not open equally to other nations. Must Guard Steps. “Having regard to all these circum- | stances, the British government has to | consider very carefully the terms of | to be the liquidation of the debt, lest an an- nual obligation be assumed which it might be Impossible to meet in years of bad trade and falling revenue. “In common with the rest of the { world, we have watched with admira- tion the open-handed charity of Amer- fca to the stricken countries of Eu- rope, to the peoples of Belgium, of France and of Russia. The generosity of America is proverbial, but we are not here to ask for favors or to im- pose on generosity. § “We want, on such terms as will produce 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 asso- clates in the war. Seeks Business Solution. “Our wish is to approach the dis- cussion as business men seeking a bysiness solution of what is funda- mentally a business problem. “May I put it in this way? We in- tend to pay, but how-best can inter- national credits be made liquid when the creditor nation is unwilling to permit liquidation through the direct delivery of goods, and is also un- willing to see the current sale of her products to the debtor nation inter- rupted, and when the debtor nation is unwilling to be put in the posi- tion of being unable to buy the prod- ucts of the creditor nation? “The cordial and prompt agreement of the two greatest democracies of the world on & question of this in- tricacy and magnitude will be an ex- ample to the nations and a long step forward in effecting a solution of the economic troubles of Eudrope. T.et us never forget that until these trouble: are solved, there can be no general revival of international trade. “For myself, I look forward to the meetings of the commission with hope and confidence. I believe that I shall not be disappointed. Mellon Issues Statemen: Secretary Mellon, according to the official statement 'issued after the meeting, “extended official greeting in most cordial terms and expressed particular appreciation of the cour- tesy of the British government in having designated as its delegate: tiemen $0 notably distinguished. E:w‘r:» - first- time, he believed, made $200 | his son told him he recognized from | | to ha {him, he replied occurred at Picketts corne t m the hill leading down to Rosslyn. linkton county. Civie organizations ed to the county authorities ned h. xandria to Eiton M, HUSBAND “VERY CROSS AND UNKIND,” SAYS WIFE Seeking Divorce, Mrs. Ostmann De- Hendrick of East clares Spouse Called Her “Only My Servant.” M. Ostmann, a bride of four months, today asked the District Su- preme Court for' a limited divorce and alimony from George B. Ost mann. She also asks that her hus- | Rose band ke enjoined from selling his in- * rest in a meat business Center market to his brother, Francis Ost- mann. While on the honeymoon. she says. her husband was much distressed be- cause of his separation from his mother and other members of his family, and throughout the eleven y$ of their trip b ympained of ¢ absence of his family and was nd unkind to her.” Mrs s her husband deserted 30. { ained nurse and chiro- | bef. her marriage and | per month and had acquired 3 N k avenue north- w Mrs. Ostermann says, Her hus- band on the honeymoon importuned her to transfer the title to the house to him, she tells the court, and on her refusal was angered. When she to minister to his wants care for him, she avers, he placed his foot on her and said: “Down, ser- vant! You are only my servant R. F. Dowaing and Marie mith appear for the plain- 1 the practor premises FLAN LAKE SEARCH FOR MISSING BONES | | ction the early part of August, when | t Daniel was accoste¢ but un- harmed Hooded Men Unknown. J. L. Daniel testified Saturday that beneath their hoods J. K. Skipwith, exalted cyclops of the Morehouse Ku Klux Klan; Dr. B. M. McKoin, former mayor of Mer Rouge, and Laurie Calhoun, a Morehouse deputy sherift. However, of the the identity of members August 24 hooded band said been responsible for the kid- naping and murder of Danlel and Richards has not been revealed in testimony o far The eider Daniel and W. C. An. drews, both of whom were whipped by that mob, declared they could not recognize any of their assailants, Andrews sald he has been asked many times since the incident as to whom he suspected. When asked by an attorney Satumlay whether any whom he had under suspicion asked they had. He said he believed klansmen made up the mob. Witnesses during the present week were expes d to include many mem- bers of the Daniel and Richards fam- ilies, Including some women and children. lhoun declined to comment to- on the testimony of Daniel. Any statement I may make will be from “the witness stand, if I am called upon to testify,” Calhoun said. had left his country to participate in a mission of this nature. It indicated clearly to his mind a realization of the magnitude of a negotiation or transaction, not merely of the utmost importance in {tself, but bearing with it possible conse- quences so far-reaching that they could hardly be computed. Americans Also Anxious. He begged to assure the distin- guished visitors that the United States commission, of which he had the honor of being the chairman, was no less sensible than themselves of the extreme desirability, amounting 1o a virtual necessity, of effecting a definite settlement of the financial relationship of the two countries upon a basis entirely just to both. The purpose of the conference and the conditions bearing upon them were s0 well understood that he saw no necessity of stating them in detall. He wished at the moment only to say that the prompt payment by Great Britain of $100,000,000 of inter- est during the past three months, pending a definite arrangement, was to his mind conclusive proof of the right spirit of financial Integrity which he was proud and glad to say had always animated both of the two great English-speaking nations. The chairman also called attention to the fact that the commission had a limited authority under the appli- cable statute. Prepares Further Data. Following the meeting it was stated that the British mission has in course of preparation further data with ref- erence to the general statement sub- mitted. Both governments were represent- ed by the complete membership of their respective commissions. For Great Britain these were Chancellor Baldwin and Montague C. Norma: governor of-the Bank of Englan for the United States there were Sec- retary of the Treasury Mellon, Sec- retary of State Hughes, Secretary of Commerce Hoover, Senator Reed The wherifl’s office ix making ai the accident happened or who were the occupants of the car. jof these contracts had the effe. {and tended to create monopoly. he Clarendon-Ballston pike, where s hax long been felt to he one of Yhe county are striving to have They are proposing a road that would continue directly east from the above point investigation, The Fallx Church, Va. GURTIS CO. UPHELD INAGENT CONTRACT May Demand Exclusive Serv- | ice of Wholesalers, Su- preme Court Rules. Publishers are not prohibited by the | Clayton law from entering into con- tracts with newsdealers as agents to act exclusively as their distributing agents, the Supreme Court held today in a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission against the Curtis Publishing Com- pany A digsenting opinion Chief Justice Taft rged Unfair Methods. The case was brought by the Fed- Trade Commission Curtis Publishing Compar The commission charged pany with engaging in unfair meth- 0ds of competition because of con- tracts with wholesale dealers not to carry or handle at wholesale peri- odicals of competitors. The com- mission contended that enforcement of competition It di- ected the company not to enter into any contracts with wholesale agents which provided that they should not act as agents for, sell or supply others at wholesale prices any periodicals of competitors without the written con sent of the Curtis Publishing Com- pany. or to contract with wholesalers wholesale was delivered against the the com- substantially lessening Upheld in Court. The Curtls Company, alleging t the proceeding grew out of an tempt by two magazine publishing companies to obtain without expense to them, the services and benefit of its distributing organization, asked the circuit court of appezls at Phila delphia to protect it against the or- der of the commission. That court held that the contracts of the Curtis Company were legal because the wholesalers were acting merely as thcir agents. The Clayton act did not apply, it stated, to such forms of contract, but only to sales and con- trects for sale. To use the Curtis forms of contract with wholesale agents, the court said, did not amount to an unfair method of competition for the reason that should the Curtis Company permit its competitors to sell to its whole- sale dealers it would disrupt ite seil- ing organization, to which the court merce was not restrained, but was enlarged by such method: ndded, holding that Curtis competi- tors had other effective means of dis- tributing their publi Government The government Appeal in_appealing the that the form of contract complained of was not one of agency, as found by the lower court, but was. in fact.a contract of sale, and constituted un fair methods of competition. It was the government's contention that the Circuit. Court of Appeals in reaching its conclusion had made a finding of additional facts of its own, instead of referring_the case back to the Federal Trade Commission for fur- ther investigation. The government asserted that a publisher obtained no property right in an organization for the distribution of his periodicals through the expenditure of money necessary to its formation and main- tenance. Testimony in the case showed, the government claimed, that joint efforts of newspapers and that the Curtis Company was not the originator of the idea of ‘selling through such dealers. It had, how- ever, the government added, placed & number of these wholesalers, trained Dby others, under contracts exclusively to serve it in the wholesaling of its publications, “thus profiting by work done by others,” but_claiming exclusive right to profit by its own labors in that direction.” This prac- tice, it was argued, would “create a new monopoly, not in ideas, but in human labor. WILL VISIT MT. WEATHER. The proposed trip of a committee of the board of education to Mount Weather, near Bluemont, Va., to in- spect the government property there recommended as a site for a summer school for District girls was approved today by the District Commissioners when they authorized the expenditure of $30 as traveling expenses for the committee. Frank W, Ballou, Edwin C. Graham and Dr. J. Hayden Johnson. The date for the trip has not been set. 119 TEMPLES COMING. Boston, Mass., today signified its i tention to attend the Imperial Coun- Smoot and Representative Theodore Burton. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury ‘Wadsworth, who is secretary of the American commission, and the Brit- ish financial experts, Christie and Rowe-Dutton, were in attendance, and Mr. Wadsworth and Mr. Christie were | cil sion here next June, bringin the total of temples up to date to 118, twenty-five in excess of those attend- ing the session in ‘Frisco last year. The Boston temple will send its band, drum corps, etc, which will occupy as the official party about fifteen Pullmans. Aside from this number will be the nobility who % jerroneous found it had an exclusive right. Com- | the court | case to the Supreme Court contended | many | wholesalers “were established by the | e The committee is composed of Supt. | | Chamber of Commer BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. While ‘the Harding adminin!r;nmn,‘ Micawber-like, fs walting for some- thing to turn up, no fewer than three great private American agencies are | | a4t work on the problem ot construc- | tive American co-operation in Lu-i ropean rehabilitation. They are: 1. The United States Chamber Commerc 2. The National Civic Federatio 3. The Council of Foreign Relation: By the end of January the activities | of each of these organizations In the | direction of concrete action will be in full swing. They constitute an amalgamated volume of public senti- ment that can hardly be without in- fluence upon the administration's foreign policy. Th non-partisan and bi-parti M in their personnel and programs. The president of the Chambe: Commerce is Julius H. Barnes, a progressive republican. The president Civic Federation is Alton B. Parker, one-time democratic andidate for Presid of the United tates, and the chairman of its execu- tive committee is Elihu Root perhaps the most distinguished re publican in the country. The chalrman of the Councll of Foreign Relations is John W. Davis, democrat, formerly Amer- | ican ambassador to Great Britain All Three to Act. ee of the above tior bodles are about to luunch activiti designed to bring order out of Eurc | pean chaos. The chamber of com- merce's foreign affairs committee will meet in Washington on January 12 | to deal with the reparations question The chamber s not discouraged by i the courteous rebuff it has suffered at the hands of the administration in | respect to its proposal of a “business | men's inquiry” into the reparat The chairman of the cham foreign affairs committee is A Bedford, one of the Standard Oil Compa, iremost executives. He is an avowed advocate of the “right” of the world's business men to take | @ hand in adjusting the international economic sitaation During its meeting in Washington the chamber of commerce committee men will entertain M. Albert Thomas, former French minister of munitions and now in charge of the labor office ! of the league of nations at Geneva M. Thomas will detail the reparatio position from the French standpoi {and doubtless reiterate his expressed view that France is ready to consider | sympathetically definite plan America has to offer for unraveling | the reparations puzzle. The United | ates Chamber of Commerce will | d a strong delegation to the Rome clave of international chambers in March. The delegation will advo- cate there the scheme recently put forth by the American chamber in | favor of a world business commission on reparations. Noted Men to Speak. On January 16 and the init meeting of the National Civic Federa- tion's committee on foreign relations ! and national defense wiil be held in Washington. Eilihu Root is chalr- man of the committee, which includes 1100 of the most distinguished men and women in the country. The Wash- ington meeting has 1 called _to consider the questio “How far, and in_ what man should the United States participate in interna- tional affairs?” and “How far is i wise at this time to reduce our and Navy Alton B. Parker preside at the meeting and Mr. will deliver the opening address. | Other speakers will be: Robert Lan- | sing. Hays Hammond. Oscari of l en of Arn will ir: ! secretary { admin { America’s Three Big American Agencies To Sift International Affair ce, Civic Federation' and Foreign Relations Committee. raus, Samuel Gompers, corge Maynard Minor, Prof. miah W. Jenks (Who has recently re.- turned from four months' study of conditions in Iurope). James Brown Scott, Mrs. Horace Mann Towner, and Col. Alvin M. Owsl nation con. mander of the American Legion Within a week or ten days the Cou il of Foreign Relations, whose h quarters is In New York, will o] series of important “round tables signed to elicit public_opinion an direct popular sentiment on the out standing _fore problems of hour. The council's first ‘“round table” w appropriately deal wit reparations. It will be presided ove by Norman H. Davis, former unde of State Would Enter League. Davis is a firm believer | ne that reparations are e 4 political. rather than a pure omic. questior, taking issuc that score with the views of Harding admjnistrat N, The fin cial adviser of the American pea mission at Paris is understood to that the surest path I ing to Eur pean rehabilitation is by way o ague of nations. An initial step that direction, according to the Da view. is America’s entry into leagie on her own terms ur conditions that wiil at least signal diness of the 1 States to be of actual, tangible he Mr. Davis is spokesman of a body « opinon that seas the prime nee the hour in some form of Tican tion th i1l soothe Europe’s she tered nerves, encourage her to tice common’ sense and induce he quit plaving international polities The three gencies here under dis probably n at with to fort American co-operation in Europe undoubtedly i greement on general principles that action ot ina incumbent upor United When White He¢ spokesm December 15 annour, that America »uld longer I M. aoet tally one the country he: further statement emanat from the White House that even most irreconcilable” of Am could hardly affirm the disinter, ness of the United States, tionists” thoug detected hiealthy, if tard part of the admi Johneon-Feed-La tanglers” to the death Waiting Attitude Adopted. & the intervening three arent December ardor ration anent Europe's chi ity underg Janu At the te House and Deparim he attitude zed by Herbert H. Asqui politics—the policy of and has been adopted. cabinet assembled last Fridas held no meeting, for the stated re son that there was nothing urgen ing discussion three national which are moving th month toward a public sentiment regarding w fairs are obviously of opinion. It is not unlikely find ways and means of their views effectively to attention in Washington. On January 26 a prominent repu lican. former Gov. Frank O. Lowd of Illinois, will address the Coun of Forelgn Relations' dinner in Ne York. The strong contender for the 1920 republican presidential nomin. tion is a league of nations man. i has recently returned from Europe devout believer in the necessity disinterested participatic in 0ld world affairs (Copyright, In the has e 1 mortal British w T organizatior week and th obilization rid af differe they w bring competer. 1923.) _— PROPERTY NOT SOLD. Willard Building Not Included in Hotel Transaction. vesterd to discontinue the sale or distribution | ) ot competing publications. { In the announcement in iStar of the sale of the Ebbitt H {corner of i4th and F streets it was Iy stated that the Willa building, on 14th street, in which is housed the bureau of public roads, ! included in the buildings trans {ferred by the C. C. Willard estate (o ! -of-town investo a"‘f\:‘l‘-‘tp.‘gl\rrl acquired was misun- derstood as extending through. inc Stead of to, the Willard bullding ar announcement was made accordingly. The only buildings purchased. there- fore, were: The Ebbitt Hotel the, | Hooe building. and premises 1336-1338 | {F street northwest |U. S. AWAITS REPLY | OF FRANCE ON DEBT SETTLEMENT PLAN (Continued from First Paz. { i i ud f complete maintain an _attitude of comp friendliness toward all the allies Troops on Rhine. it appears that withdrawal of Gen. Allen’s command at this time would be interpreted in )-‘rb;m';‘ a expression_of disapproval o o ation of the French government, | it seems very unlikely that the ad- ministration will order return of the | force to the United States. ! It can be said that up to the mo- | ment of the Franco-British rupture | on reparations plans at Paris, the | purposes of the Washington govern- hent in Keeping American troops on the Rhine had little to do with the ations question. Any change in T which the breaking up of the souncil of premiers might have caused has not received official at- fention in any way that would indi- cate that the matter is considered im- portant. On the contrary, there is official warrant for the statement {that withdrawal of the troops as a reply to the French determination to proceed with reparations collection never has been discussed by the ad- | stration M ficials o not belleve that move- -ment of French forces into Germany through the Coblenz zone will create any difficulties for Gen. Allen or for the American government. It is point- “d out that orders which confined French detachments under Gen. Al- jen's command in Coblenz to their barracks, in order to prevent clashes | with the German population, did not originate with Gen. Allen himself, but Were merely a precautionary step on the part of the French military au- thorities. That Gen. Allen approved the course goes without saying. Tt seems not improbable that with French forces moving into Germany via Coblenz the presence of Frenc troops on the streets in that neigh- borhood and mingling with the Ger- man civil population would result in minor disorders. To relieve Gen. Al- Jen Jof whatever embarrassment he might have in maintaining order the French military authorities are said to have suggested that the French garrison forces remain in their bar- racks. FIRE LOSS, $81,740. Chief Watson Reports on D. C. Losses for December. Washington's fire loss during De- cember mmounted to $81740, accord- ing to the monthly report’ of Fire Chiet Watson. A total of 263 alarms were received during the month. Of the aggregato loss, $33,275 w. dxmags. 16 bulldings and $48,645 in | | shortly ROYAL E. WILBUR DIES AT CHURCH SERVICES Chairman of Board of Deacons of Bethany Baptist Congregation Suddenly Expires. ROYAL E. WILBUR, Royal E. Wilbur, fifty-eight 0ld, of 4315 New Hampshire northwest, chairman of the board deacons of the Betiany Baptist Church, died while attending service there last night. Earlier in the eve ing he had complained of feeling il and during services he went to tl social room, where he was foun afterward Funeral services will athislate res Thur: by Dr. Hugh T. Stever the remains w N. Y., for burial been employed in the internal nue bureau for thirty where he held a position of confidence and importance. All rulings issued | the bureau were first reviewed b him. He was born in Carthage, N, \ November 15, 1864, was graduated in law at Cornell University and w a member of the Phi Beta Kappa fri ternity. He is survived by his wife, M Royal E. Wilbur, and two sons, M ton R. Wilbur and Hubert A, Wilbur —_— SENATE HEARS BEQUEST:. Summer White House Gift Fo- mally Brought Up by Coolidge The Vice President today laid b fore the Senate a letter from tl officials of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Baltimore, executors of the will of J. Wilson Leakin, setting forth the terms of u bequest of $200. 000 to build a summer White Hous within automobiling distance Washington. The letter, which was addressed to the President of thy United States, had been transmitte to Vice President Coolidge by Secré- tary Christian, with the request that it be given proper reference. The executors of the will of Mr Leakin, who died December 26, 192 pointed out that if the bequest not accepted within eighteen months the money is o revert to the estate. and asks that they be notified of any action by the government. The wiil sets forth that the money is to be ex- pended five years after the death of avenue ! conduc ¢ mornit be dence Mr. Wilbur of Foreign Problems Will Be Considered by’ ( 4