Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. late tonight or, tomorrow: ‘warmer; temperature slightly above freezing tonight. ‘Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today—Highest, 42, at 2 pm,_today; lowest, 27, at 6 a.m. day. Full report on page 4. 0- Closing N. Y. Stocks a'!d Bonds, Page 24 28,760. " FRENCH THREATEN STATE OF SIEGE IF ~ RUHRRIOTS REGUR Outbreaks Quelled, But Rail Strike Ties Up Valley Lines Completely. MORE STRIKING MINERS SWELL TOTAL TO 150,000 Nineteen Arrested for Duesseldorf Disturbance—Soldiers Are Operating Trains. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 26.—A state ©f siege han been proclaimed in the Aix-la-Chapelle and Kreus- nach districts by sult of yesterday’s demonstrations, according to the correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt at Alx-la- By the Ausociated Press. ESSEN, January 26.—Normal condi- tions. o far as street demonstrations or rioting are concerned. were re- Sumed throughout the Ruhr valley to- day after last evening’s ebullitions, but unemployment is steadily increas- ing. the railroad strike continues ef- fective throughout the entire valley, and navigation is at a stop on the Rhine between Wesel and Cologne. Tn addition, the coal miners are straggling out of the pits in various localities hour by hour, until now some 150,000 mine workers arc idle. Nineteen Arrests Made. Nineteen arrests were made in Duesseldorf in consequence of last night's affrays, and Gen. Degoutte has announced that the German security police will be severely punished for their failure to remain on post and maintain order. On the other hand, the general has congratulated the Es- sen police for the effective assistance they afforded the French patrols in quieting the disturbances here. International railway trains, which rnormally should cross the Ruhr val- ley, are being diverted by way of Barmen and Elberfeld. French mili- tary train crews are cient service to bring supplies for the troops, but are not handling trains with food intended for the civilian population of the valley. RUHR FACES SIEGE. by Cable to The Btar and Chict Copyright, 1923, ESSEN, January 26.—It s said that the French are preparaing to declare a state of siege, for the mob spirit seems to be growing, and an explo- sion is liable to take place if the dis- content is permitted to express itself freely. There is no doubt that the demon- strations yesterday were organized as the result of the high feeling de- veloped through the arrests of the industrialists. It is expected that the German resistance will strengthen and that the French will take severe measures to keep order. The French troops are to be reinforced and re- grouped around the most important industrial areas and lines of commu- mication. FRENCH HOPES RISE. ago Daily News. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 26.—A favorable tmpression, from the French view- point, of the situation in the Ruhr valley was presented to Premier Poin- rare today by M. Le Trocquer, the minister of public works, who return- ed last evening from his visit of in- spection to the valley. He planned to present a more detailed report in writing later to a meeting of the pre- mier and ministers particularly con- cerned with'the situation. Reports received during the morn- ing by the French government indi- cated the strikes in the region were still only partial. They showed 10,000 miners out in the Essen section, strikes by railway employes at Dues- seldorf and Duisburg and a threaten- ed strike at Treves, in the Rhineland area. Many Young Men Depart. The rallroad men still on duty were reported as showing little zeal in the performance of their duties, Reports have been received at the foreign office that a great many young men of arms-hearing age have left the Ruhr district. Announcement of Gen. Weygand's appointment as high commissioner of the Ruhr district now is sald on good authority to be waiting for the French cabinet to conciliate differences which have risen over the selection of an officer. not. directly under the war office for 80 important a post. It is understood _that Premier Polncare chose Gen. Weygand because he was recommended by Marshal Foch, who still is regarded as the head of the interallied forces. Not Fremch Action Alonme. A majority of the cabinet is with the premier in holding that the Ruhr occupation is not distinctly a French action, but an allied operation, and therefore properly under the direc- tion of an interallied organization. The movement of French troops, so far as they alone are concerned, will main under the direction of the ;“nnch war office and Marshal Petain and Gen., Degoutte, Gen. Weygand's mission will_be to co-ordinate the French and Belgian action. It is pointed out in well informe circles that Marshal Foch woul naturally ke expected to organize any extension of the military operations. Hence it is said to be quite natural to select Foch’s chlef of staff for a mission which, though chiefly economic today, may become chiefly military at any moment. TWO GERMANS SHOT. By the Associated Press. DUSSELDORF, January 26.—Des- ultory rifie firing, which was in prog- ress in. various parts of the city throughout the evening ceased at a late haur when French cavalry and cleared the streets. insuring suffi- | ; Belgium. Entered as second-class matier post oifice Washington, D. C. \FRENCH IN BAVARIA FLEE; CONSUL FEA to Leave BY GEORGE WITTE. By Wireless to The Star and oSpicage Daily News. Copyright, 1 BERLIN, January 26.—Anti-French feeling in Bavaria is running so high that the French consul in Nuremberg has advised the consul general, In Berlin, that he has sent all French women and children and as many men as would go out of the country, be- cause he feared a “massacre.” The Nuremberg consul in his tele- gram asked for instructions as to how to deal with the situation. which was too difficult for him to handle with- out outside aid. Consul General Pro- vost, in Berlin, advised him to carry on his business as calmly as usual, but praised him for havirt sent the | women and children out of the danger “As I see it personally, the situa- tion has improved in the last twenty- four hours and the crisis has been successfully passed,” said M. Provost to the writer. “At the same time the south German nationalists are far more given to anti-French demon- strations than are the Prussians. There have been a few attacks upon Frenchmen and Belglans, even in- cluding women, In the last few days, {and I understand that an American woman in the company of a French artist, was also maltreated in the subway here. French officials here realize only too well how excited cer- tain classes of the German people are, and have warned all French subjects to leave the country while this bitter GERMANY VOTED INTOTAL DEFAULT Britain Abstains From Ballot at Reparations Commis- sion Action. {ENGLISH CLAIM IGNORED Only France and Belgium Meftioned in Suspension of Deliveries. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 26—The allied reparations commission this atternoon | | declared Germany in default on all her reparations obligations to France and Belgium under the treaty of Ver- sailles. The vote was the same as in the previous default decision, France, Belgium and Italy favoring the decla- ration and Great Britain abstaining from voting. The German obligations to Great Britain and Italy were not mentioned in the decision, because Gbrmlny'!l announcement of the suspension of deliveries mentioned only France and The commission also refused to grant Germany a moratorium. PRESIDENT WITH CABINET FIRST TIME IN TEN DAYS President Harding met his cabinet at the White House today for the first time since he was attacked with the grip more than ten days ago. The President appeared greatly improved in health and appearance and besides conferring for more than an hour and a half with his official family he dis- cussed a number of matters with Brig. Gen, Lord, head of the budget bureau, and will late this afternoon see the Washington newspaper correspond- ents. It was learned after the cabinet meeting that besides a quantity of departmental routine business the cabinet meeting was devoted to con- sideration of several important for- eign and domestic problems. Attorney General Daugherty wa prevented from attending the meet- ing because of illness, and the only other members not present were Sec- retary Davis of the Department of Labor, who is in Florida recuperating from an illness, and Secretary Hoover of the Department of Commerce, wWho is confined in his home today because of a cold. By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 26.—After wan- dering nearly 10,000 miles through Asia and Europe, Rusceyl Pattenger of Roodhouse, I, who, according to Army record, deserted the American expeditionary forces in Siberia on January 17, 1920, is destitute in Lon- don. His latest attempt to surrender to the military authorities before the transport St. Mihiel sailed from Ant- werp failed. Pattenger has been trying to get into custody for two years. Last week, when he heard that the Ameri- can troops were leaving Europe, he oscaped from a hospital at Hartwood, iScotland, by scaling a high wall and swimming a moat. He then beat his way across England, but lacking funds, was unable to reach Antwerp. Deserted at Viladivostok. Pattenger letdthe American base at Viadivostok in the middle of the Siberian winter while 1l he claims. He had many adventures along the Transsibe- rian routs, which finally ended in a bolshevik Internment camp in Moscow, from which he .was freed with other Americans Tate in 1920, l | 1 Women Among Those Autacked in Qut- breaks—All Frenchmen Warned ' Yank Deserter, Circling Globe | To Surrender, Misses St. Mihiel WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION e Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C.,, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1923 -THIRTY-SIX PAGES. RS MASSACRE Country. feeling French con- tinues.” Mobbing Is Protested. Count de Magerie, the French am- bassador, and Gen. Nollet, head »* the interallied military mission, ha e sent notes to the German governmeat pro- testing against the mobbing of French officers in Munich and their expulsion trom hotels and restaurants there. Official notice that the French will e tablish a new customs boundary aroun the Ruhr zone occupled by them was served on the German government to- day. It is expected here that this new measure will take effect February 1 when France will start collecting taxes on reparations account directly from the German people and, if necessary, cut off the rest of Germany from coal sup- plies until certain payments are made and guarantees furnished. Given Chance for New Offer. It is reported here that France has given Germany until February 15 lol make a new reparations offer, but ln‘ circles close to the government it is| definitely asserted: that Germany will ' continue the present policy of passive | resistance and encourage general strikes | and counter measures by the people |n! the Ruhr territory if the French carry out_their threat. Thursday's demonstrations in Essen, Duesseldorf and other Ruhr cities are accepted here as indications of the un- flinching determination on the part of the Ruhr popul on to support the Ber- lin government’s policy despite threats or tempting offers on the part of the invade: ‘The prevailing opinion is that the situation in the Ruhr has grown worse since Thursday when French re- | inforcements arrived. TURKS GO HOME . WHEN ALLIES DO Will Answer Powers From Angora or Army Headquar- ters, Ismet Pasha Says. against the PASSPORTS ARE USED Will Not Tolerate Being Lett Alone at Lausanne to Further Weigh Peace Proposals. By the Associated Press. LAUSANNE, January 26.—The Turk- ish delegates to the near east confer- ence answered the allled project to adjourn the conference by the end of next week, whether peace was signed or not, by announcing today they were having their passports vised for their return to Turkey. At the same time the Turkish jour- nalists here forwarded to Constanti- nople a statement by Ismet Pasha that if _the allles left Lausanne Feb- ruary 2 as they have stated is their intention, his delegation also would depart the same day. If he were not glven sufficlent time to reply after the presentation of the allled draft of the peace treaty next Wednesday he would send his reply later from Angora or his army headquarters, he declared. Cites Causes of Diverge Ismet's statement added that un- happily there was divergence between the Turks and the ,allies on many points, including the disposition of the Mosul Oil territory and the ques- tions of the capitulations, war dam- ages and the disposition of the town of Karagatsch, opposite Adrianople. | Both French and Italians rallied rather reluctantly to the procedure laid down by the British, and they were careful to say last night that there could be no question of a defi- nite rupture which would lead to re- newed war, but all will depend on the nature of the answer the Turks give when the allied treaty is defi- nitely presented. Marquis di Garroni of Italy said that the door to peace would be left open, even after the adjournment of the conference without definite re- sults, because the allles stand ready to return to Lausanne if there seems any chance of reaching an accord. Both the French and Itallans are striving desperately to save the con-| ference. | Are Making Concessions. i The French have made many con- cessions in financial and economic af- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Then he proceeded to the Esthonian border, where he planned to report to the American occupational headquar- ters in Coblens, but iliness intervened and, after treatment in a German hos- pital, he was deported to Denmark and eventually was sent to Scotland. ‘Wrote Letter to Taft. Pattenger first came to the notice| of American officials here'.through a letter ‘written to Willlam lioward Taft, when the American Chief Jus- tice visited Aberdeen last year, but, as he is classed as a deserter In a foreign country the consular anrd military officials were unable to as- st him. He is probably Uncle Sam's most widely traveled prodigal and if he eventually gets home will circled the globe, but the only fat- ted calves he says he anticipates are “those of the guards who lead to the court-martial,” and these I'st. tenger declares he will be.glad to see. Not only a man without but without food and fun most without clothes. Patten, pre- sents a pitiul spectacle for a man who once wore the unmiform. The Red Cross is assisting him, while he hunts for a ship on which he can work his passage homeward and do proper penance as the cham- plon long distance deserter. i tective IVE ALWAYSE ABHORRED ANY OF SPEED SOMETHING' ASSAULT CHARGED INWINDOW LEAP John S. Larcombe, Jr., Ar- rested After Elizabeth Rhodes Falls Four Stories. WAS IN HIS APARTMENT Girl, at Emergency Hospital, De- (clares Tap at Door Caused Her ELIZABETH RHODES. John S. Larcombe, ir., was arrested this afternoon on a warrant charging him with assault in connection with injurles sustained last night by Eliza~ beth Rhodes, twenty years old, 1466 Rhode Island avenue, when she jump- ed from the fourth-story apartment of Larcombe, located at 1619 R street northwest. Bail was fixed at $5,000. Larcombe's arrest followed close questioning at headquarters today. De- Sergt. Howard Vermillion swore to the warrant. Immediately upon service of the warrant at police headquarters the prisoner was taken to the tenth po- lice precinct station house, where he ‘was locked up. Miss Rhodes s at Emergency Hospital today, her condition undetermined as the result of her fall last night. Detectives Vermillion, Darnall and Keck of police headquarters, who are investigating the case, declare that the girl at the hospital this morning made a statement to them to the ef- | fect that the reason she jumped was because a rap had come on the door and she feared policewomen were about to enter the apartment. Larcombe told the detectives he was not in _the room from which the girl jumped. He also said that he had met her at 15th street and Rhode Island avenue and that she had gone with him to the apartment. Lecked Door om Him. During an interview early this af- ternoon—with ‘Detective Fowler and a stenographer from headquarters— Miss Rhodes made the statement that after a scuffie with Larcombe she had gone into & room alone and turned | (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) l l SHoULD Hanihara Asked To Press U. S. On Immigration By the Associated Press. TOKIO, January 26.—Masano Hani- hara, newly appointed ambassador to the United States, who will sail for San Francisco Saturday, has been instructed to resume immigration ne- gotiations with the American govern- ment, according to a statement made in the diet today by Viscount Uchida, forelgn minister. Viscount Uschida, who made the announcement in reply to a question, said that Mr. Hanlhara would re- sume negotiations where they were interrupted between former Ambas- sador Shidehara and Roland W. Mor- ris, former ambassador to Japan, by the opening of the Washington arms conference and the illness of the Japanese diplomat. He added that detalled instructions to Ambassador Hanihara still were under considera- | tion and could not be disclosed at present. MAY RP 0P RALS | ANDRUNBUS LINE Street railway tracks on Bladensburg road may: be entirely removed and busses placed in operation if it be- comes necessary for the Washington Interurban Rallway Company to re- bulld those tracks in connection with | the paving of that thoroughfare. As passed by the Senate yesterday the District appropriation bill carried $110,000 for the surfacing of Bladens- burg road. The House bill contained $210,000 for that improvement. Should the conferees of the Senate and House leave a large amount in the act for paving the roadway, a heavy assessment burden would fall on the interurban company for pav- ing that part of the road between its tracks and for two feet on either side of them. ued at Only $62,000. William F. Ham, president of the! ‘Washington Railway and Electric Cvm-( pany, which operates the interurban company, pointed out today that sub. sldiary is only valued at $62,000, where. as it would cost more than $125,000 to rebulld the tracks at the time the street 1s paved. Mr. Ham made it plain that the Washington Interurban s a separate entity from the Washington Railway and lectric Company, d bear its own E.vfm'go- it T s Value 'of the ‘property " ‘e Physical definite decision has W'hg’a no bee to take up the tracks - tablish a bus route, officials of fl.::deo:x:- pany stated that this would be consid- ered as a solution of the problem if the * company is confronted with the alterna- tive of rebulldl prohibitive cost. ® (hO%e tracks at.a Confident of Legal Right. From a legal standpoint it is be- lieved the company would be within its rights in abandoning track trans- portation and substituting busses in such a financlal dilemma 5 the Ppres- ent situation presents. The Washington Railway and Elec- trel Company has been endeavoring for several years to have legislation enacted that would relieve street raliways from the requirement of - ing part of the roadways on whish tracks exist, and of paying the sala- ries of crossing policemen. The missioners . have recom- mended these changes in a pending bill to revise the method of taxing the treet rallways, but no action has been possible’in Congress up to this me. In the 5:30 Editi_on of The Funing Siar, Is printed TODAY'S last word news—of the sports, from all over the world—from the money market— and TOMORROW’S program in the Courts, For sale by newsboys and " mews dealers all over town > | l Im BILL PROVIDES U §. AGCEPT HOME GIFT Vice Presidential Mansion Will Call for Big Upkeep Fund, Is Main Objection. COOLIDGE OPPOSES MOVE Mrs. Henderson Commended in House and Senate for Offer. The President is authorized to accept, on behalf of the United States, the home for the Vice President, on 16th street, presented by Mrs. John B. Henderson, under the terms of a bill introduced today by Senator War- ren, chairman of the appropriations committs Senator Warren.is heartily in favor of the proposal and will do his utmost to have the bill passed, he sald today. The bill was referred to the com- mittec on public bulldlngs and grounds, of which Senator Fernald of Maine is chalrman, and of which Sen- ator Warren is a member. Senator Fernald has already declared himself in favor of the acceptance of the sitt. Bill Describes Property. The bill introduced by Senator War- ren describes the property which Mrs. Henderson desires to present to the government, containing approximately 36,000 square feet, bounded on the south by Fuller street, on the east by 15th street, and on the west by 16th street. It provides that this property, “together with the bullding or buildings thereon and the fixtures, furniture and fur- nishings, in such building or hulldlnil, be accepted as a memoral to John Brooks Henderson, ased, formerly & senator of the United States from the state of Missourl, and to John Brooks Henderson, second, deceased, formerly a regent of the Smithsonian Institution, to be used as a residence for the Vice President of the United States: Pro- vided, that the deed of transfer of sald property to the United States shall be unconditional and free from incum- brance.” It 18 understood that Vice Presi- dent Coolidge takes the sition that the White House should be the social center of Washington, as it has al- ways been, and that he would be op. posed to any proposal which would tend to change this situation. Must Provide for Upkeep. Members of the Senate, over which the Vice President presides, are strongly of the opinion, however, that a permanent residence for the Vice President should be' provided. It s understood, of course, that provision would have to be made by Congress for the upkeep of the proposed vice presidential mansion and such appro- priations would have to be carried annually in the executive appropria- tion bill In the last Congress Senator Elkins of West Virginia introduced a bill providing for the purchase or con- struction of a suitable building to be used for residential and office pur- poses of the Vice President. The bill provided for the appointment of a committee of Congress to arrange for the acquisition of such a home for the Vice President. It authorized an (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) The Star’s cit delivered to block and “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers ever; e regular edition is Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. 4 Yesterday’s MiseryRulingin Kaiser’s Home; Marriage Fails By the Associated Press. LONDON, January 25.—The cor- respondent of the Yorkshire Even- ing News, wiring to his paper from Doorn, says: “In spite of elaborate efforts to hide the truth, I have discovered that the second marriage of the former German emperor has been & complete failure, and that at the present moment he is living in one part of the castle, while his wife and her children are in another. 1 am told that a very few weeks sufficed to bring about the break- down. “Those who are near the ex- kaiser have been struck by the grave alteration, not only in_ his mood, but in his' character. He is 8ald to have been affected very un- fortunately by the operation for gland transference he underwent before his second marriage. His own children have not forgiven him for the second marriage, and his stepchildren avoid him. “His means are reduced and his private expenditure strictly limit- ed. He is living today under most unhappy family conditions. He can command nelther service, affec- tion nor companionship, and the breakdown in its domestic ar- rangments is painfully apparent to the very few who visit him. HOUSE CONFEREES 10 PRUNE D. . BILL Amendments to Appropria- tion Measure Made in Sen- ate Face Opposition. SCHOOL ITEMS TO STAY Representative Blanton Declares That He Will Raise No Further Objection. The House conferees on the District appropriation bill will stubbornly op- pose including some of the items added to the bill in the Senate. This does not mean that any objection will be raised against restoration of the items, totaling more than a half million dollars, for school-site and school-bullding program. The con- ferees on the part of the House will be glad to retain in the bill all items which it carried when originally re- ported to the House, Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas, through whose activity a half-million dollars in school building. appropristions was lopped off the bill in the House, told coll today that hé would raise mo further objec- tion when the measure is brought back ir the House. Members of the appropriations com- mittee, however, say that some sub- stantial reductions will be made in conference by cutting out Senate amendments. "They point out that if they accede to the Increases which are being placed in by the Senate on every lfimfll"on bill they will be soon above the budget estimates. GEDDES MAY NEGOTIATE FOR DEBT SETTLEMENT London Believes It Unlikely Stan- ley Baldwin Will Be Sent Back to U. S. By the Associated Press. LgNl'D()N.hJ:;lulr.V 26.—It ered improbable in official circles that Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of the exchequer, who 'headed the British debt mission to the United States, will return to America. The idea is ad- vanced that the negotlations for the debt settlement will be continued by Sir Auckland Geddes, the British am- bassador at Washington. Mr. Baldwin will report immediate- 1y upon his arrival in London tomor- row to Prime Minister Bonar Law, but it is considered unlikely that the cabinet will consider his report until early next week. BILL AGAINST SPORTS. Would Prohibit Money-Making Affairs on Memorial Day. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. January 26— The bill introduced in the upper house of the Indiana legislature by Senator Robert L. Moorhead of Indinapolis, to preserve the sanctity of Memorial day by prohibiting automobile and horseracing, sporting events, and all ts, which admission is charged, was ex- pected today to come up shortly on lecond reading in the house. It was passed by the senate last is cons| mendation for passag it is understood, is sponsored by the American Legion and other organi- ations of war veterans, although ome individual legion posts have adopte d resolutions pposing the bill, The Hoosier Automobile Association and a number of Indinapolis organi- zations also are opposed to the bill, which would eliminate the holding of the 60-mile automobile race in In- diana on Memorial day. Striped Lamp-Posts to Guide Auto Tourists Through City Lamp-posts along the main ar- teries of traffic in Washington will be painted in bright colors to guide automobile tourists in passing through Washington to reach other destinations. Streets running north and south will have a blue strips on the 1amp-post. East and west thorough- tares will have a red stripe and avenues running diagonally from northwest to southeast, a yellow there will be three from center of blue stripes will 16th u: Going from P-nn-ylvr.‘nh. avenue to Upper Marlboro there on the lamp- the District line. L2 D‘ll:.l Ar as Going from Pennsylvani: through Anacostia to uthern Maryland, yellow stripes on the lamp-posts’ will guide tourist: ‘The red stripes, running ea: west through the city, also will gulde tourists along Pennsylvanla avenue northwest to the new Georgetown bridge and thence into Virginia. On Connecticut and Wisconsin avenues the yellow diagonal mark will show the way to points in Ilundt[omery county, Md., and be- yond. In approving this scheme at their board meeting today, the C 1 oners made available the fund necessary to paint Maj, F. 5. Besson, assistant Engi- n Commissioner, who recom- mended the plan, said that eventu ally such color schemes would adopted in many states, so that lllo{’ofllll could follow a given color line for hundreds of miles to reach their destination. 5 Si% avenue Net Circulation, 94,742 TWO CENTS. IROBINSON MEASUR TOAIDREPARATIONS TANGLE 1S DROPPED Borah Renews Effort to Have Economic Conference Call- ed in United States. JOHNSON SAYS PRESENT STATUS IS ANOMALOUS Chalmers Sees War for America Inevitable in European Mess. TRe Senate foreign relations commit- tee 1aid aside Senator Robinson's reso- lutfon proposing full American mem. bership In the reparations commission today by postponing action indefinitely. As a result it appeared likely that the whole question of American rela- tionship to the reparations discussion would be debated again on the floor of the Senate in the next few days, Senator Borah having announced that he would renew the proposal for = world economic conference, called by the United States, early next week. While the Senate committee was meeting the House recelved a pro- posal in the form of a resolution by Representative Chalmers of Ohlo that a congressional committee call on President Harding and request a .world peace conference” in view of the fact that European nations “s to be rapidly drifting toward war. Committee Adjourns. The Senate foreign relations com- mittee adjourned, after a closed ses- sion, without action and without making plans for any future meet- ings, and administration leaders said the general consensus of committee opinion was that there was “nothing requiring any action at this time.” ‘Whether supporters of the Robin- son proposal would seek to bring the subject up in the Senate despite the view of the committee, was uncertain. Senator Borah, republican, Idaho. has announced that he expects to re- new his proposal for a world eco- nomic conference called by the United States, while other senators have expressed their belief that the Senate should declare for complete withdrawal by the United States from its present unoffcial connection with the reparation commission. Senator Johnson, republican, Cali- fornia. is understood to have told the committes today that the information supplied by Mr. Hughes had not changed his belief that the present unoffictal American participation the reparstions negotlat! 1 omolous and undesirable. the documents demonstrated more clearly than ever that Roland W. Boy- den and other unofficial American ob- servers were Involving the United States in the reparations tangle. Senator Borah did not attemd the committee meeting. He rald he would be unable before Monday to prepare his new resolution for an economic conference, but expected to ask for its consideration early next week. The Chalmers resolution, introduc- ed in the House, declared that &l- though the people of the United States were opposed to entering an- other war, no power on earth could keep this country out of such a con- fiict as seemed to be threatened in Europe. The congressional committee would be authorized to formulate the agenda for the conference “and issue the call in the name of the people of the United States “Civilization is approaching danger.’ 1d Mr. Chalmers in a statement. fight is brewing on the internation world campus. The United States is opposed to that fight. If it is to be stopped, it must be now. We must not sit supinely by and allow civilization s. The lives of your act vigorously and act now. DEPORTING IS APPEALED. Officer in Late Czar's Navy Held at Ellis Island. NEW YORK, January 26.—Leonid Blagovestcheusky, formerly an of- ficer in the late czar's navy, was held at Ellis Island for deportation today because his passage to this country, was pald by the Itallan vernment, by which he had been lecorated for relief work during the Messina earthquake. The case is be- ing appmsled to Washington. 8. R Landers, assistant commis- sioner of immigration, sald Blagov- stchensky's admission to the United States was prevented by a law origin- ally passed to bar undesirables from the country. The statute excludes forelgners whose transportation had been paid by any government. — AIDS TUBERCULAR YANKS. Enights of Columbus Offers $50,- 000 for Veterans’ Use. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.,, January 26— American Legion national headquar- ters announced here today the: the Knights of Columbus has set aside n fund of $50,000 for the rellef of thousands of tubercular former serv- ice men, who have migrated to the southwest and who at present are in destitute circumstances. The fund, which was authorized following . & recent joint survey by tie two or. zanizations, will be administered by the legion, it was said. The legion will provide finances to care for the veterans in tae communi- ties where the problem is the great- est, according to Claude J. Harris, di- rector of the legion’s national service division. READ ALL TESTAMENT. Church Workers, Working in Re- lays, Hope to Finish in One Day. PHILADELPHIA, January = 26.— Reading aloud of the New Testament in fifteen-minute relays to show that it can be read in _a day was being carried out in Soloam Methodist Eplscopal Church today. The reading began at 3 am. preceded by a short visit, and will be conclude: it was planned. The Rev. Bier{, pastor of the church, divide: the testament into parts, ‘each which, he figured, will take fifteen’ minutes to read. He read the part and during the day sat b the other readers checking the time ed. The church has been two-week revival afid' to- alled “New Testament day.” consum having a day