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2 MAY EXPEL PAP ENVOY T0 MEXICO President Obregon to Probe Repos} © That Delegate Broke Federal Law. OPEN-AIR MASS CAUSE Constitution Prohibits All Reli- gious Ceremonies Except Those Held Indoors. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, January 13.—Presi- dent Obregon today intimated the pos- sible expulsion from Mexico of Mon- signor Ernesto Filippi, apostle dele- zate, for participating in religious cere- onies contrary to the federal laws. The President told the correspondents that if proper investigation proved Mon- signor Filippi had taken part in the open-air mass and other ceremonies held Thursday at Silao, state of Guana- juato, and the investigation In- dicated such participation was con- trary to the specific law to that ef- contained in the Constitution of 1857, the apostolic delegate could be expelled s “pernnicious foreigner,” under article 33 of the constitution. The question came up after the celebration at Silac Thursday in con- nection with the unveiling of a mon- ument of Christ. It was attended by more than 50,000 Catholics from ail parts of the republic. Photographs ap- pearing in the newspapers showed Mgr. Filippl celebrating mass in the open air and as directing head of the ceremonies. The section of the constitution to which Gen, Obregon referred provides that a1l religious ceremonies must be held within church edifices and pro- hibits open air processions. The president stated that the fed- eral attorney general had been in- structed to request complete details from the Guanajuato authorities whi according to Gen. Obregon, “were e’ idéntly weak in permitting t ices to be held as reportes The chief executive made it clear that the constitution was specific in its prohibitions and that the *law must be respected by all classes and all religious faiths.” He was emphatic in stating that all foreigners found xuilty of transgressing the law In this connection would be expelled and Mexican nationals amply punished. The president had little to say col cerning Mexico's refusal to partici- pate in the pan-American congress. In his opinion Mexico had just rea- sons for declining the invitation, but he was not convinced her absence would mean the breakdown of the congress or even jeopardize the suc- cess of {ts work. FEW BILLS CERTAIN TO PASS CONGRESS IN 7 WEEKS LEFT (Continued from First ers’ salary bill, the compulsor: catlon and school census bill, and the bill permitting the merger of the street railways of the District to merge have all passed the Senate and should be given attention by the House. Gas Tax BNl Awaited. One important District bill is eag- erly awaited by members of both houses—the bill establishing a tax on gasoline, through which it is hoped reciprocity in the matter of automo- bile licenses with Maryland can be finally established. It is expected that such a bill will be drafted by the District Commissioners and forward- ed to Congress within a fow days. The senators have already expressed thelr willingness to tackle this leg- islation and hurry it through. it 18 expected that the joint com- mittee on public schools of the Dis- trict will be able to submit its r port before long, containing not only recommendations of changes in the administration of the school system but also & comprehensive building program. It is very doubtful that any legislation will come of this re- port at the present session. But Senator Capper and other members of the committee will do their utmost to translato these recommendations into legislation when the next convenes. SOikica Surplus Agreement Soon. Final settlement of the question as to the surplus revenues of the Dise trict in the Treasury of the United States, it is hoped, will be made be- fore the adjournment of the present Congress. The joint commitice ap- pointed to investigate this surplus is to meet Thursday to consider the re- port of the expert accountants, who have sald that the “free surplus~ revenues of the District do exist in the sum of approximately $4,700,000, The joint committee is directed. by the law creating it, to report to Con. gress by the first Monday in February, It 1s possible that the committee may make & partial report and ask for more time. But it is the hope of many of the legislators that a final report will be made before March 3, The Senate appropriations subcom- mittee {s still considering the so- called reclassification bill for the gove ernment employes. It is reported that efforts are being made to effect a compromise moasure, and If this can be done reclassification legisla- tion may be hurried through before the close of the session. =Otherwise the matter will have to £0 over until the new Congress meets. Principles to Be Retained. In the compromise bill, it i the prineiples of the Sterling-Tohi: bach reclassification bill will be re- tained. It Is proposed, however, to set up & new allocating body in place of the Civil Service Commisssion, This new body will consist probably of a representative of the Civil Serv. ice Commission, a_representative of the bureau of the budget, and possi- bly a representative of the bureau of efficlency. Consideration s being given to the compensation schedules and it is belleved that with a few changes these will be adopted as In the SterlingLehlbach bill. It was last night that probably the bill would be ready to report to the Sen- ate within ten days, certainly by the end of January. e FIRE AT VASSAR COLLEGE. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., January 18—Two men were overcome by smoke tonight in a fire in North Hall, on the Vassar College campus. The bullding was damaged to the extent of $5,000. None of the students was injured, most of them belng out of the bullding. The fire was the sec- ond in North Hall in three months. FIRE CAUSES $250,000 LOSS. LORRAIN, Ohlo, January 13.—Fire tonight at the Lorrain plant of the American Shipbuilding Company caused @ loss estimated by fire officials at $250,- 000. The property destroyed includes lumber piles, the bulldings of the plant and the machinery. A $2,000-gallon tank of crude oll in the midst of the bullding burst when the flames ignite od it NAMES BROTHER AS HOODED RIDER (Continued from First Page.) drawing of his request for the inter- view with Attorney General Coco was due to state’s attorneys placing Wit~ nesses on the stand to dig into the activities of the klan. “If they care to go about it in this manner, I can see no good to be derived from a corference with Mr. Coco,” sand Capt. Skipwith, known as the exalted cy- clops of the Morehouse klan. Attorney General Coco declined to comment on Capt. Skipwith's de- ciston' other than to say that his withdrawal has not brought about any action by any members of his staff. He expressed surprise at the klan leader's withdrawal, however. Proud of Klan. Preceding Campbell, Braddock and Cobb on the stand was A. L. Smith, whose declaration that “I am a klans- man and am proud of it,” brought forth a round of vigorous applause from the spectators who were sub- sequently warned by the court to re- frain from any further outbursts. Mr. Smith, a stately old Loulsianian, sald he was president of the board of education of Cauchita parish and was willing to render any assistance toward the state’s investigation. The witness told of the kidnaping of Daniel, Richard, Harry Neells, J. L. Daniel, W. C. Andrews and “Tot” Davenport, having been reported to him, together with a report that Hugo Davenport, a member of one of the oldest Morehouse parish families, was “the brains behind the plot” to assassinate Dr. B. M. McKoln, former mayor of Mer Rouge, now under bond on an affidavit charging murder of Danlel and Richard. Mr. Smith said that if the reports were true he believed the Davenport family would be involved in a feud. To avoid this he hurridly informed the Davenports and a conference was arranged between citizens of Mer Rouge, Bastrop, Monroe and the the klan. Seeking Harmony. He said the conference was for the purpose of restoring peace and har: mony in Morehouse and to clear the Davenport's family name. The Wit~ ness said Hugo Davenport was ex- onerated by the klan. He told of the various discussions during the conference and 1ald emphasis on what Dr. McKoin, who was present, had to say. After having said Dr. McKoin had decided to “leave Mer Rouge and burn his bridges behind him,” the witness was asked whether 'any -of the anonymous- letters alleged to have been receivd by Dr. McKoin was dis- cussed. “They were not glven any credence,” said the witness, “because a man can write an anonymous letter to him- self. It was reported that the letters were written on a typewriter in Dr. McKoin's office.” Cobb, the Texan, told in detail of Laving been kidnaped by five men and taken into a woods and lectured and threatened with death if he did not change his method of living. The witness said his captors wore hoods covering the upper parts of their bodies over overalls and unionalls He sald he thought the proccedings were “funny” and that he recognized one of the men as being Laurie Cal- houn, He sald that at the scene of the cturs he had left a pair of shoes. | Several days later, he said, he wrote & inote to Calhoun and the shoes were left at the store where his son was employed. Believed He Was Marked. Leon Braddock, the farmer, gripped { the courtroom as he drawled out how | huppiness had been expelled from his humble home because his family be- lieved he was a “marked” man. He { dramatically described a raid made on his home at 1:30 o'clock in the morning, the raiding party breaking the lock on a door to gain admittance under the roof where his wife and four children were asleep. The witness named those in the party who entered his home, declaring that Capt. Skipwith was the leader and Marvin Pickett, “Cub” Pickett, Bert Pratt, Sam Cox, Sam Eldridge, and a man who he said was named MclIntosh were present. - Several of them were armed and Capt. Skipwith, he said, informed him they wanted him for “making liquor.” The witness said the band was unmasked and that be was taken to Bastrop and turned over to tho sherift. Sheriff Carpenter, he said, allowed him to spend the rest of the night in his home, but that another white man and ' four negroes seized by the band before it reached his home were placed in jail. Braddock sald the affalr had un- nerved his wife; that she was no longer happy with her surroundings and believed that an attempt would be made to kill him. He said that he himself felt unsafe and had de- cided If he could get a reasonable price for his farm he would sell odt and lea Names His Brother. ‘Walter Campbell in his testimony startled the court by naming his brother and Jim 7Tisdale, who Rich- ard had informed him were members of the black-hcoded band who kid- .“ naped him on the streets of Bastrop { in daylight on August 1, one week before his final disappearance. Campbell was one of the three men sald to have been named by Capt. Skipwith as having interfered with the operations of the klan in Mer Rouge and was ordered exiled. Camp- bell said that after W. L. Pugh con- sented to vouch for him in order that he might remain in Mer Rouge, he sent word to Capt. Skipwith he was willing to'put up $1,000 to pay for investigation to prove his innocence of the charge that he plotted with others to kill Dr. McKoin. The propo- sitlon, he sald, was not accepted by Skipwith, who sent word to him that he could remain unmolested. The witness testified that he had alded Dr. McKoin to conduct an in- vestigation after the physiclan had received an anonymous letter threat- ening him. Former Legislator Testifies. e sald that he examined all of the typewriters in Mer Rouge, including that of Watt Daniel. He said that he could find no clue, but Dr. McKoin came to him later and said that the letter was written on his own type- writer, explaining that his office was never locked and that it would be easy for any one to gain access to his typewriter. Willlam B. Stuckey, Mer Rouge lawyer and former member of the Loulsiana legislature, the first wit- ness of the day, testified that Dr. Mc- Koin “shot up his own car to gain support of the members of the Ku Klux Kla The former solon de- ls(‘l:rlh-d himself as an opponent of the an. ‘The witness concluded his testimony by saying that Dr. McKoin had in- curred the énmity of many people in and about Mer Rouge because of what he termed “bull in the china shop” methods of McKoin while he was mayor of Mer Rouge. ‘The court took a recess during the early afternoon until Monday morn- ing. —— ROYAL FLUSH FATAL. Player Falls Dead Holding Pre- mier Hand in Friend’s Home. DAVENPORT, Iowa, January 18.—“A royal flush!” exclaimed Charles Hass, while at the home of a friend, playing poker this afternoon. He had discarded two cards and picked up a jack and ten of spades, filling out & premier hand. As he reached for the chips he fell dead of & paralytic stroke. leaders of the Morehouse chapter of | {ous items the consideration necessary, | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. JANI.‘}ARY,'H. 1923—PART 1. CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS PROPOSED MODIFICATION' OF DEBT-REFUNDING ACTRUM FLEET NEARLY t Left to right: Representatives Theodore E. Burtom of Ohle, Frank W. Mondell, Wyoming; Everett Sanders, Indiana; Nicholas Longworth, Ohlo; Philip P. Campbell, Kansas; Horace M. Towner, Iowa; Martin B. Madden, Illinois; Frank L. Greem, Vermont, and William R. Green, lowa. SENATE FRIENDLY \Prospects Bright for Refunding 10 SCHOOL PLEAS Subcommittee Expected to Restore Items to D. C. Bill That House Cut. ! Driving ahead as rapidly as possible and at the same time giving the vari- the Senate appropriations subcommit- tee in charge of'the District appro- priations bill hopes to have the meas- ure ready for subunission to the Sen- ate within the next few days. The subcommittee, headed by Sen- ator Phipps of Colorado, held two sessions yesterday, practically com- pleting the heariags of the District Commissioners, the board of charities and Col Sherrill, the superintendent of public buildings and grounds. To- morrow morning the school authori- ties will be heard, and the committee hopes to be able to wind up the hear- ingse by tomorrow night or Tuesday. Col. Sherrill in his testimony be- fore the subcommittee yesterday afternoon strongly advocated increas- ed appropriations for the parks and reservations. He laid particular stress upon the need of acquiring the Piney branch and Klingle Ford valley tracts to be added to the park system. He pointed out the desirability of these tracts for park purposes and predict- ed that if they were not taken over soon, the cost of acquiring them would greatly increase, Col. Sherrill also asked the subcommittee .to in- crease a number of appropriations for the East Potomac Park and other res- ervations under his charge, appropri- ations which had been cut down by the House while it was considering the bill. When the school authorities appear before the subcommittes they will find the members very sympathetic to their appeals for increased appropri- ations for school bujldings and sites and for playgrounds. It is confidently predicted that the ftems, amounting to about half a million dollars, which were stricken out in the House on points of order, will bo restored to the bill by the Senate committee. POISON LIQUOR PLANT IN JERSEY IS CLOSED Large Quantity of Denatured Al- cohol Is Seized in Raid. By the Asociated Press. BAYONNE, N. J, January 13.—A central distributing station for “poison whisky” in New York and nearby New Jersey points was closed today, prohibition agents declared after a rald on a water-front house where they reized six 100-gallon stills, 25 barrels or denatured alcohol, 100 empty barrels, 500 cases of empty quart bottles, two rifies and eight re- volvers. Four men were arrested in the plant and before agents left a truck loaded with denatured alcohol drove up, which was seized, as were the dariver and his helper. Estimating the haul as worth $26,- 000, John B. Appleby, division pro- hibition chief, sald. “This place furnished a great deal of bad liquor, made from partly treat- ed denatured alcohol, which went iinto New York and other cities of this district during the holidays.” “WISE” GOTHAMITES SHY AT LOST MAIL BAG Bulky Pouch of Letters Lies in Street as Thousands Peer Cyni- cally and Pass On. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 13.—A United States mail pouch, sealed, and bulky with letters, lay unmolested for more than an hour today In the middle of a crowded downtown thoroughfare, while New Yorkers, justifying their reputation as sophisticated cynics, unwilling to take chances, walked around the bag, dismissing it from their attention with suspicious stares. The bag fell from a malil truck. Passers-by, remembering the dire punishment meted out for mail thefts, steered a wide berth; several bold individuals tested the sack with a furtive toe, then went their way. Policemen would have nothing to do with it; even postmen lost Interest when they saw the pouch's seal in- tact. Several thousand men and women had passed the sack when the jani- tor of & nearby building telephoned to the ‘post office, which sent out & truck to retrieve the lost batch of mail. % B DENY EMBASSY REPORT. Cubans Declare Raising Legation Here Has Not Been Authorized. HAVANA, January 13.—Reports that Benator Cosme de la Torreonts would be named first “Cuban ambassador to the United States” brought an an- nouncement from the state department today that the Cuban congress had not authorized—in fact, had not yet been Taising the Cuban legation at Wasning: ton to 3 pould an e The department Congress Expected Prospects for success of the debt| conference for refunding Great { Britain's four-billlon-dollar debt to the United States were never bright- er than now, according to those in close touch with the conferees. At the opening of this second, and probably the last week of negotia- tions, practically all preliminaries have been cleared away between the two commissions. Congress, both from the Senate and House side, has decided to postpone consideration of amending the restrictive debt fund- |ing act until atter the British leave. A tentative understanding has ibeen reached by the commissioners to proceed toward an agreement, which in the judgment of both can be executed not only at present, but carried out in the future. If this tentative agreement oversteps the bounds of the American law—and it probably will—a report on the mat- ter will be sent to Congress through President Harding. Plan to Safl Saturday. The British are still making plans to sail from New York on the Olym- pic next Saturday, with tentative prospects of spending two it Dossible, in New York. The next formal session will take place at the Treasury tomorTow morn- ing at 11 o'clock. Enough sentiment seems to have formed on Capitol Hill to assure &d- ministration leaders that there Wil be no considerable difficulty in ob-/ taining “ratification” by Congress of the terms laid down by the two com- missions. What Copgress will do, however, remains to be seen. d‘ A mass of data has been presente days, by Great Britain, setting forth the heavy British indebtedness, the bur- densome taxation and the state of the emplre’'s exchequer. Seek Easiest Terms. ‘While there has been no talk of cancellataion of Great Britain's debt, but only of plans toward its pay- ment, the British have presented eloquent figures showing why they are asking for the easiest terms of necessity, lest, in the words of Chan- cellor Baldwin's opening address, “an annual obligation be assumed Which it might be impossible to meet In years of bad trade and falling reve- nue.” Great Britaln is carrying water on both shoulders, the figures show, with a heavy external and internal debt, totaling about 7.700,000,000 pounds sterling, and loans to her allies, which_including interest accrued and unpaid total more than 2,000,000,000 ounds sterl 3 POWith the British debt to the United States listed at about £838,000,000, it is evident that Great Britain has loaned to her allies to date almost three times as much as she owes America, her only national creditor. A considerable portion of those war loans, Chancellor Baldwin described as “frozen” credits. Roberts Discusses Situation. The practical difficuities confronting nations in these days in paylng off great international debts was dis- cussed last week by an economist of national reputation, well known in ‘Washington—George E. = Roberts, former director of the mint and now vice president of the National City Bank. In the current issue of the bulletin of that institution Mr. Rob- erts has these very pertinent re- rks on the situation: T The real problem exists in the practioal difficulties that attend upon the payment of great sums from one country to another, and in a differ- ent currency. It is not simply a question of the ability of the debtor country to collect a given sum from its people by means of taxation. It will collect its revenues in the cur- rency of the country, but it cannot pay the foreign debt in that medium. Moreover, it is as true of the indebt- edness to the United States as of the reparations, that payment cannot be made in gold to any important ex- tent, but must be made in the prod- ucts' or services of the debtor coun- tries. Upon this point turns the ques- tion of thelr ability to pay, because we ourselves, by our nationai policies, are disposed to limit the amounts that may be paid to us in these ways. $500,000,000 Trade Balance. “Before the war this.country had an average annual trade balance in its favor of about $500,000,000, which was practically offset by the so-called in- visible charges running inst "us for services of various kinds ren- dered by foreign countries. Inter- est and dividends on foreign invest- ments in_ this ocountry, charges of foreign shipp'ng, insurance charges and commissions, remittances of for- eign-born residents and expenditures of American tourists abroad were the chief items, classed as invisible,” as distinguished from merchandise ship- ments. With the exception of the last two these offsets presumably will be relatiyely less than formerly. Our private investments abroad probably will offset foreign investments here and our own shipping will be a larger actor in our trade. Altogether, if we have actually become a creditor ocountry, we must expect to have an adverse balance on merchandise ac- count in order to square the whole sccount. Our foreign debtors urge that it will be impossible for them to pay unless we consent to take more goods than we sell. Our tariff policy is critioized on this ground. “That view is challenged by many in this country, with various argu- ments. It is maintained in some quarters that payments upon the debts may be accomplished through triangular transactions. by which the European countries will send goods to South America or tropical coun- tries in payment for products which the latter countries send here, these ucts being of a kind that we . free. as not..compe - with ours. This, however, Great Britain’s Debt to U. S.| Preliminaries Cleared Up in Discussions. to “Ratify” Terms Commissions May Lay Down. giving up our own aspirations for direct trade with such countries. Arguments Theoretical. “It it proves to be difficult for the debtor countries to acquire the credits necessary to meet the debt payments and also make their usual purchases in this country, exchange rates on this country will be high in all other countries and tend to divert purchases away from our markets. In reply to this argument, it is urged that Europe will be able to borrow largely by means of public flotations in this country, but that cannot help the exchange situation permanently, for it will increase the annual inter- est payments running this way. “Europe cannot in a complete sense settle its indebtedness to this coun- try by borrowing in this country. although it may be able eventually to settle its indebtedness to the United States government by re- funding in the public market here, but that would not relieve the pressure upon the exchange situation. 1If the balance of payments runs steadily to the United States it will be constantly difficult to find the means of making payments here and the competition abroad for exchange on the United States will put our export business lat a disadvantage. “These arguments pro and con are so highly theoretical as not to be convincing to the lavman, and even the experts are not agreed, hence the disposition to ‘wait and sce.’ The sections of the country most directly interested in settlement are the south and west, which supply most of the products that enter for- eign markets, those sections no_ doubt will deter- mine the policy of the country.” ——————— BOSTON COLLEGE PUTS LID ON “THE BEANPOT.” Students’ Comic Paper Must Ele- vate Quips, Sign Each Article and Conform to Other Rules. BOSTON, January 13.—The ban of the censor fell today on “The Bean- pot” a comic monthly published by the students of Boston University. The faculty committee on student publication summoned the staff and presented them with a list of require- ments, the alternative of which will be suspension of the paper. According to the committee the quips appearing in “The Beanpot” are not up to standard quality, and are “unfit for publication.” One require- ment is that each article must bear the initials of its author. Another relates to periodical audits of the paper's finances. An issue of the paper to be known as “The Devil's Own” number, was to have gone to press next Monday. e NEW SEARCH FOR FLYERS LOST IN DESERT ORDERED Maj. MacAuley, Famous Aviator, to Head Party Seeking Col. Mar- shall and Lieut. Webber. SAN DIEGO, Calif, January 13.— Determination of the government to 1ift if possible the vell of mystery surrounding the disappearance of Col. Francis Marshall, assistant chiet of cavalry, and Lieut. Charles Web- ber, air service, is seen In orders sent here today. The two officers left December 7 in an airplane from Rockwell Fleld here for Fort Hua- chuaca, Arizona, and have not been heard from definitely since. The orders direct Maj. Theodore MacAuley, famous transcontinental fiyer, to head a party of Army offi- cers and enlisted men in a search for the missing officers. Maj. MacAuley, accompanied by Lieut. Virgil Hine, Lieut. J. F. Richter and Privates Cicero Martin, Jesse King and-Herbert Butler, plan to leave Rockwell Field Monday for 'a search that may last two months and will cover an area from Morena lake, In this county, to:the desolate wastes of northern Sonora, in Mexico. —_— CONSTANTINE’S: FUNERAL TO BE AT NAPLES TODAY Nicholas Asserts Foes Are Not Sat- isfled Even in Death—Troubles Ended Life. By the Associated Press. NAPLES, January 13.—The funeral of tormer King Constantine of Greece will be held here tomorrow in the Greek Church. Prince Nicholas and his princ have arrived to be present at the de- barkation of the body tomorrow from the steamship which Is bringing it from Palermo, where Constantine died. Nicholas is deeply depressed over his brother’'s death, and declares that “his troubles killed him.” Even his death, Nicholas declares, will not satisfy Constantine’'s enemies, who wil]l not, he believes, either allow the interment of the body In Greek soil or t King George to come to Naples to pay ‘& last tribute to- his and_the attitude of | JUVENILE PLAN LED BY JUDGE SELLERS Local Probation Association Prepares to Welcome National Body. Judge Kathryn Sellers of the Ju- venile Court was yesterday chosen temporary chairman of a tentative organization of persons In the Dis- trict Interested in probation work at a meeting in Juvenile Court. The organization agreed upon yesterday will eventually become a branch of the National Probation Association and will be known as the District Probation Association, it fs under- stood. It was emphasized that this organ- ization will not function along the lines of the Juvenile Protective As- sociation or the Big Brothers and Big Sisters, but will carry on probation educational work and encourage pub- lic interest along this line. Recently many such organizations as that formed yesterday have been estab- lished In several large cities of the country. At the request of Judge Sellers Miss Jeanette Ezekiel was chosen secre- tary of the committee and Miss Sell- ers then appointed the following women as members of the newly formed body Miss Jeannette Ezekliels. temporary secretary; Mrs, Alfred Klein, Mra. Harry Lewis, Mrs Charles Goldsmith and Miss B. Israel, members of the Council of Jewish Women; Miss Nellle Reid and Miss Helen Bogle, members of the Child Welfare Association Mrs. M. C. Catlett, an attendance offi- cer of the public’ schools; Miss Rose McHugh _of the National Catholic Service School; Mrs. Edna L. John. ston, superintendent of the house of detention: Miss Sadie Lewis and Mrs. Ida C. Ross, chief attendance officers of the public schools, and Mrs. Glenn Plumb. Juvenile Court Cases. Elght thousand two hundred and two cases were handled by the Juven- ile Court between June 30, 1917, and the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, according to a report turned over to { Judge Sellers yesterday by Chief Pro- {bation Officer Joseph W. Sanford, for presentation to President Harding This report shows that 1,835 cas: were handled during the fiscal year 1921-22, as against 1649 in 1920.21, an increase of 186. Out of the number of cases handled in_ 1921-22, only _forty-nine were turned over to the board of children’s guardlans, as against 108 for the pre- ceding year. This is pointed out as an indication of the effectiveness of the work done by the probation offi- cers, whose duty it Is to confer with the parents of the children who are on probation and to exert their in- fluence to see that the boys or_girls do not get into further trouble. There were 522 cases put on probation dur- ing the last fiscal year. There were also ninety-five sent to the Natlonal Training School for Boys and forty- two to the training school for girls. Divorce Case Results. It is shown that over 50 per cent of the cases handled come from homes that have been broken up by divorce or_separation. In_addition to the cases recorded in the report, 408 were settled by the chlef probation officer. Lack of evidence resulted in dismissal of 105 cases. MORGAN FIRM BID WINS. - $50,000,000 CUBAN LOAN President Zayas Announces Signa- ture to Decree—Will Send Dele- gates to Parley. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, January 13—The bid for the $50.000,000 external Cuban loan submitted yesterday by J. P. Morgan & Co. of New York has been accepted President Zayas told the cabinet at a meeting today that he had signed a decree to this effect. He also announced his intention of asking congress in & special mes- sage to appropriate funds to meet the cost of sending a Cuban delegation to the Pan-American Congress at San- tiago, Chile. The members of the mission have not yet been selected. — TEMPEST IN HUNGARY. Franco-German Trouble Stirs Re- port of Premiers’ Conference. BUDAPEST, January 13.—The coun- try is nervous over the Franco-Ger- man imbroglio. There even Is a re- port that the premiers of the little entente countries are to meet at Bel- grade or Budapest for the purpose of fixing reparations sanctions for Hun- gary and that there is partial mobi- lization of the Jugoslavian and Ru- manian troops. Some trouble is being created on the Transylvanian border by the ac- tivity of Rumanian patrols. —_—— GUARD FOILS BANDITS. Bixty-Year-Old Watchman Beats Oft Robbers at Hawaiian Treasury. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, January 13.—Two hood- ed and masked bandits who attempted early this marning to break into the territorial treasury, the depositary of 3 y eka, sixty-year-old Hawallan -.:35 T bandits decaped without obtatn: ing any loot. CLEARS OQUT STOCK (Continued from First Page.) many places along the Jersey coast. Those who kuow somethlug of the gTest bootlegging ring say that fts horde of small boats is managed, thanks to its aimost perfect intelli- gence gervice, like a navy, the move- ment of, each unit being directed from shore through an elaborate signal service. So that when a boat has gone out and loaded with liguor the commander does not try to land until he receives directions indicating which one of a score of points along the coast has been selected for him as sate. Big Shipment Landed. There he finds trucks walting, and within & short time after landing the liquor is speeding overland to its destination. The main port of entry yesterday was Highland, but that point, having attracted so much at- tention, is expected to be “quiet” now and for some time to come. The gravity of the situation, from the point of view of the enforcement agents, is such that all sorts of sug- gestlons are being recelved. The National Congress of Mothers has sent a letter to President Harding suggesting that the United States|g po,/o . Navy be asslgned to fight the rum runners. The profits of the liquor landed yesterday are expected to Le enor- mous. At least $3,000,000 worth at Tetail bootleg prices is reported to have reached its storage places in safety. The whole rum fleet is re- ported to have brought $10,000,000 worth to be sold here or somewhere else along the coast. In the price cutting war yesterday Scotch sold for as little as 338 a case and rye at $34 a case. Acting Prohibition Director Moss of New Jersey said thé story that 35,000 cases had been landed at High- land or anywhere else was absurd and was only bootlegger propaganda to boost a falling market. Zone Chief Appleby added that to have cared for 35,000 cases it would have been neces- sary to use 140 trucks holding 250 cases each, or 1,500 touring cars car- rying more than twenty cases each. but it was admitted a large amount of liquor had been landed from the rum fleet. WANT GRAND JURY PROBE. Federal Officials Deny Stories of “Bottle Fishermen."” By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 13.—Offshore all was quiet today among the rum runners who have been landing large quantities of liquor along the Jersey coast since Thursday. Ashore prohibition officlals declared a twenty - four - hour investigation convinced them that dispatches tell- ing of a fleet transferring liquor to swarms of “bottle fishermen” at Highlands, N. J., were unfounded, and announced they would seek a special grand jury investigation of the whole affair. All day a stiff noreaster blew along the Jersey coast, kicking the Atlantic into sizeable seas, and the rum run- ning fleet sedately rode the waves. The heavy weather kept the landing parties, operating from shore, In their hidden coves, while captains of the “mother ships” paced briny decks, on the Jookout for the dry navy. Fleet Still Visible. At sundown the fleet was still visi- ble from Highlands, some of it riding at anchor with canvas furled, and others with a slight spread—but all were standing by just on the edge of the three-mile line. The stretch of angry sea between the shore and the anchorage was desolate tonight—a somber course compared to the running ground it had heen for the two preceding nights and days, when small craft swarmed about the big ships, fiitting to and from shore with alcoholic car- Boes. Desolate, too, was the water front, that a night before had echoed to the tread of strange men carting away, in heavy auto trucks, touring cars and wagons, load after load, of liquor. The little ports that dot the coast, all in hubbub since the big fieet arrived were dark early, as is the usual cus tom, and the sea-faring folk, who gain their livellhood with fish, closed their shutters early to block out the harsh wind. Whether the smuggling will be con- tinued so openly when the squall subsides was speculated upon tonight at the coast firesides. There was news of a dry navy blockade to halt the traffic, but the fleet of two steamers and six two-masted schoon- ers off Ambrose lightship and four two-masted schooners off Asbury Park spelled “hope” to the rum runners. Meantime, E. C. Yellowley, federal prohibition ' director for New York state, announced that he had been in- formed by Willlam B. Moss, who holds the same position In New Jersey, that a personal investigation, covering a night and a day, had convinced him that description of the rum-running activities carried in the Associated Press dispatches were without founda- tion. Called “Wet” Propagands. Mr. Moss announced he would ask the United States district attorney at Newark to call before a special grand jury persons responsible for the dispatches. “In taking this step,” said Mr. Mo: “it is not my intention in any way cast reflection on the news organiza- tion (the Associated Press) which handled the story, nor the reporter or reporters of that organization who got this story, as I believe that they were victimized and would not have printed such a yarn If they had known that it originated, as I since believe it did, with bootleggers .in spreading wet propaganda. “My sole object {8 to arrive at the truth. 1f we find that the story is true, all well and good. However, if we learn that it is aot true, we want the public to know about it, that story has spread all over the country in a very harmful manner. In re- questing that the reporters who got the story be summoned before the grand jury we hope to discover its ! source, and if we do we intend to prosecute.” Mr. Yellowley reiterated his declara- tion of yesterday that “all of these statements are very much exagger- ated and inflated, and some of them have no basis in fact whatever, It is simon pure propaganda given out by the bootleggers who want to dis- pose of quantities of synthetic and bad whisky.” At Hoboken, N. J., Emil Schwinn and Ole Lund, who have been living in & Brooklyn Y. M. C. A., were held in $5,000 bond each for a hearing January 22 on charges of rum-run- ning. Bnforcement agents satd they captured them in a motor boat off Highlands, N. J., when they tried to make shore with a’cargo from the rum-running fleet. POLITICAL LEADER KILLED LINCOLN, Neb., January 13.—George Griffith, forty-five, of Minneapolis, non- partisan league campaij leader in Nebraska, was instantly killed, and Miss Viola Graff, twenty-five of Minneapolis, his private m{;‘mwn. ;-.rlon-x: infured en a ssenger. traln l'lrucl their closed car at velock near here tonight. 1923 THRIFT WEEK OPENS WEDNESDAY Campaign to Be Launcher When D. A. R. Official Lays ! Wreath to Frankiin. ——— MANY SPEAKERS LISTED — Government Departments and Vari s Organizations to Co-Operate in Spreading Message. ‘ Wednesday a i when My, fternoon at 4:30 o'clock Livingsto: treasurer general D!nthf: \}::::;E::i Soclety, Daughters of the Americ Revolution, 1aws a w) ot ot the Benjamin Fri Pennsylvania street, T and Tentr enla act will be followed by remony, which win be pa ticipated in by the Ly Bt ton M1 Sl ¢ United States Ma Virtually every Professional an, tion in the cit fraternal, sociu d business organi. ¥ has promised co-oper ation with the general cummht’wf-’ the government will throw open irr various departments so that the en Dloyes may hear the thrit ’ t messag. arious bank: cal demonstration in the of banking a3 applied i aster Merritt O. Chancs has prepared a thrife meusa(:zo,( &;‘:" Will be delivered to 80,000 Washing ton homes and Third Assistant Poe. - master Glover is senditg the messag. throughout the land by means of ti ildr,)ooo Postmasters under his direc n. Maj. Guy Withers, who charge of the speakers burams, L nounces the following as the list .- speakers selected to carry the th message during the week: Eugene Adams, E. B. Adams, Benjamin | Adams, Miss Gertrude Arthur, Jame B. Archer. Charles A. Baker, A. 1 Baldwin, Mrs. H. Baldwin, Dr. ¥; Ballou, Mrs. Robert Bannermann, Barclay, Miss Helen Barnhart, H ris W. Barnum, A. J. Barrett, W. Bachelor, Charles H. Bauman, J N. Beck, Mr. Bedford, Mrs. Olg Beecher, Miss Anne Beers, . Ber Mrs. W.' P. Bird, John J. Boobar, Y &1 Bourns, C. T. Bowles, Thon. Bradley, Mrs. Charles Brand, Edw: {S. Brashears. Raymond Bresnahs jM!ss Mary Brighr, W. W. Britt, Me James Buchanan. Miss A ) |chanan, Mra. William Chan {John M. Cherry. Miss Florence |ering. Col. Edward Ciifford, Joh iCochran, E. F. Colladay. Charl Columbus, Mrs. vard Costig Mrs. Frederick . €oville, Johm ! Cremen, Edgar Czarra, Mrs New:.: {Dandiger. W. L. DeGast, W. L Daro iCharles Darr, Dr. D. G. Davis, A. © | Defenderfer, John B. Densmore, W A. Dexter,” Victor Delboer. L ¢ Drake, John Dolph, Gratz E. Dunkun B. F. Durr, 1y, Mrs. Joshu |Evans, sr.: Evans, Frederick Farrington, |Earl B. Fuller, Eugene Gailery, Isaa. Gans, P. M. 'Garrett, Frank Gh! selll,’ W.” 'L Glover, Mary indsey, ~Thomas B. Goodwi Charles G. Graves, George P Hamilton, W. C. Hazson, R. 1 Haycock, F. L. Hendley, T. 1 Hickman, Miss Helen Atwater, Mis Caroline Hunt, Mrs. Richard Jacksor Mrs. §idney Jacobs, Miss Harlea: James, C. C. James, Miss Mary ¢ Halcomb Johneon. H. . Rudolph Jose, Mrs. Earl lerman, H. G, Kennedy, Dr. E. G. K. ball, A' 5. King, Mark Lansburgh, Lafever, Ben Lafever. H. A. Latime Leo 8. Latimer, ir.; Mather Lewis, 1 T. Liles, Mrs. Katherine Locher, Her bert Lord, V. Lowrey, L. Luce, Rufu 8. Lusk, James A. Maloney, Joha - Mathias, A. T. J. Maurer, Arthur . May, C.'P. McCurdy, Mrs. James M. Neill, Robert L. McKeever, Mrs. Jul Merriman, Mrs. Garret Miller, Mr Leo B. Miner, Mrs. Ruby Lee Miner Mrs. George er, Mrs Raymon Morgan, Mrs. Katherine P. Morss. | W. Murch, J. Walter O'Boyle, Juds Mary O'Toole, Claude Owen, Mrs. N Paul, Ferdinand Pettit, John'A. Pett: H. B. Plandington, Herbert A. Poolr Willlam_§. Quinter, Mrs. Glle: Rafter, Maj. Joseph F. Randolph, bert Randolph, Mrs. L. F. Ransou: Miss Elizabeth’ Reese. J. Frank Ric- Mrs. Ernest Roberts, Capt. D, W. Rob ertson, H. L. Rust, Mrs. Edith Salir bury, Rev. W. W, Scherer, L. A. Schii ver. ‘Albert Schuiteis, H. T. Shaano: Edward D. Shaw, George Curtis Shin Phillip H. Sinclair, Mrs. Phillip ~ Smith, D, P. Smith, David M. Smith Mrs. Benjamin Smith, Miss Alice H Stabler, L. M. Stabler, Western Star Gen. Anton Stephan, Mrs. Eugen: Stophens, H. E. Stringer, E. R. Strunk Mrs. Lyman Swormstedt, K. H. Talke: F. J. Thiel, Elliott H. Thompson, W S. Ufford. Elliott Wadsworth, Capt Lew Waliace, Miss Gertrude Warrer W. B. Westlake, Frank White, Wholley, James M. Woodward, Woodward, J. T. Worthintgo Wright, Dr. Laura 8. Brennar Wilkinson and R. C. Bruce. MAY ABOLISH TAX ON AUTOMOBILE® (Continued from First Page.) for a practi principles o. thrift. Post | i be 1 cent or 3 cents per gallon. Tl tentative draft of the bill called for a l-cent tax and an annual regis. tration fee of $1. It Is probable, however, that the final draft wiif propose a 2-cent tax, which is the rate adopted for Maryland. It the Commissioners recommend doing away with the personal tax on automobiles it probably would be in conjunction with a 2-cent tax on gasoline. Maryland authorities al ready have promised to grant reci- procity to District motorists 1f a gos tax bill is adopted here, and every effort will be made to have Congres: act on this legislatlon before ad Jjournment in March. The Commissioners are havina figures prepared to show how mueh revenue the District would derive from a gas tax. It has been stated ‘that the gasoline tax would net ap- proximately the same amount re- celved from the present method of taking automobiles, CHILE AGAIN SHAKEN. Strong Earth Tremors Felt, But No Damage Is Reported. SANTIAGO, Chile, January 13.- A strong earth movement was felt here and at Valparalso and La Serena at 3:26 o'clock this afternoon No damage bas been reported. , LAUNCH AMERICAN OPERA. Chicago Opera Singers Give “Snow Bird” World Premier. CHICAGO, January 13.—The worlu premiere performance of the American opera “Snow Bird,” was given by the d?.'m.. Civic Opera Company here to- nl;;lt.m'l"o 'an- ‘Wh sung in "ln(ugg and_ the - X McCormick sn‘ m'wfifl fin Americans,