Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1923, Page 4

FRENCH CANADIAN - VOW RUHR BACKING “Germans Must Pay” Senti- '| ment of Meetings in Many } Villages and Camps. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. (Copyright, 1923.) MONTREAL, Quebec, January 26.— French Canada has thrown in her lot with France on the problem of the Ruhr. Throughout the province of Quebec, particularly in the rural sections, the French Canadians have vowed sup- port and their unqualified approval of France's action in using force in Germany. Upheralded meetings have béen held 1n 1ttle villages nestling in the val- leys of the Laurentian mountains impromptu gatherings in the lumber settlements have voiced their senti- ments, and throughout the province the habitant and his family have the e , “Vive la France.” o5 “Diontreal, - the third largest French cify of the world, the feeling .is unmistakable. The French language press echo in their headlines the feel- ing of their readers: “France is right; Germany must pay; | England must not interfere.” This is not surprising. When the government at Quebec undertook to enforce conscription during the re- cent war soldiers had to be constant- 1y on guard in Montreal to put down uprisings and to quell riots. Machine guns at one time § colored muzzles to and fro streets of Quebec and several detach ments of troops were needed to re store order. It was French Canada’s protest against conscription. Feeling Equally Evident. Today, with France having the bit in her ‘tecth, the feeling is equally evident albeit not so intense. The French Canadians have felt the throb of the blood of old France: the hatreds engendered by 1870 is as manifest in the Quebec French as it verseas. I Yorme Of the more remote districts especially in the mountains, there is a feeling that a new call to arms may come at any moment—from France rot England. Already, applications have been received by former officers of the French army asking whether France requires men to help her col- lect from the Germans. The lumberjacks, who discuss the matter In their own simple, but some- What flery manner, are ready to drop the canthook for the rifie and the moceasins for the hob nail color waves jauntily in outside many a habitant's house and the song of les diables bleus, “Le Madelon,” is heard. Call of Blood Stro: France's position is the dominant topic of conversation in French cir- cles. Quebec just now Is in the throes of election preparations, and nothing is dearer to the heart of the French Canadian than electioneering. But this time candidates and programs are forgotten, for the homeland is in trouble, and the call of the blood is strong. The bon entente is particularly no- ticeable in Quebec. with u French population of 80 per cent. The two nationalities live as amicably as do the United States and Canada, there- fore, it is not likely that any serious disruption will result from the Brit- ish attitude on the Ruht question. The fact remains, however, that the French people here are ail for France and France's justification. Swa The rural French go about their work _peacefully enough. The old “mere” spins away at her wheel or bends over the rag carpet and the “bon homme" tends to his cattle or reads his paper, exhuding a smoke screen of “le bon tabac canayen.” But the tri-color waves fresly over the whitewashed cabin and the strains of “Le Madelon” are broadcastcd through the community. THE WEATHER District of Columbia and Maryland —Rain late tonight or tomorrow; warmer; temperature slightly above freezing tonight; moderate southeast and south winds. Virginia—Increasing cloudiness, fol- lowed by rain late tonight or to- morrow; warmer; moderate variable winds: b‘rfomlng southerly. West Virginia—Rain tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—4¢ p.m., 4 86; 12 midnight, 32; 4 a.m. 30: noon, 37. Barometer—4 p.m., 30.06; 8 pm., 30.12; 12 midnight, 30.12; 4 a.m., 30.09; 8 a.m., 30.10; noon, 30.01._ Highest temperature, 42, occurred at 3:40 p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, at 6 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 30; lowest, 11. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at § am.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 35; condition, slightly muddy. 27, occurred Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States coast and geodetic survey.) Today—Low tide, 9:15 a.m. and 10:02 p.m.; high tide, 2:33 am. and 3:03 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 10:07 am. and 10:55 high tide, 3:25 a.m. Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 7:21 a.m.; sun sets 5:22 pm. Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:30 a.m.; sun sets 6:23 p.m. Moon rises 12:28 p.m. sets 1:37 am. utomoblle lamps to be light one-half hour after sunset. | oio0 Weather in Varfous Cities. Abilene, Tex. 29. Albany’ . A b ‘Atlantic Oity Baltimore 2R8I R2h22355 238 HE EERICEEY FFE PRI IS PR 13 33 5 BESG!shfi&.fi!:???fl!%n:‘s::fi!»fl SBORETZ NS N850 : E= geegssnEn = FALSE NEWS LAID TO U: S.| At the Bottom of the Latter. REPORTERS BY FRENCH Cabinet Considers Measures Aimed at American Correspondents in Buhr. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 26.—Inquiries in official quarters failed to bring any elucidation of the communique lssued by the French cabinet saying that its meeting yesterday morning was oc- cupled with consideration of meas- ures to be taken with reference to The only suggestion made by the Temps, which added note to the communique, saying: “The false news rcferred to has been sent from Germany by forelgn correspond- ents, principally American.” SEES FRENCH PACT WITH RUHR MINERS Capitalists on Both Sides Will Join Hands for Produc- tion, Says Italians. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Cable to The Btar and Chicay ily N Conyright, yozar e DM News. ROME. January 26.—Several Itallan business men have given the writer the following analysis of the present situation in the Ruhr controversy: German coal and French iron need each other. Sooner or later this need will draw them together. The Ger- man coal owners will offer to compro- mise, and the French fron owners will accept terms not tbo humiliating for Germany. The German miners, who already will have been starved into some kind of work for the conquer- ors, will iIncrease the output, the French troops will withdraw, and the French and German capitalists will fraternize, permitting _commercial competition with Great Britain and the United States. Italy must not be excluded from this agreement. These business men say that Ger- many cannot resist seriously. Bi varia hates France too much to break away from the empire, as the French hope. The Rhineland could be brought over in time, but before that time comes the German owners will reach 2 bargain with the French, Great Britain would Ifke to be isolated from the continent, but it cannot be, be- cause today French military superior- ity, particularly in air forces, not only cowes Germany, but threatens Great Britain, which will be unable to put any serious pressure on France. many days will elapse before the French and Germans get together. The Russian menace, say the Italians, is bluff and bolshevism. and is out of the question. Italy must be in a position to be included in the new agreement which will be made whether Great Britain likes it or not. Premier Mussolini, therefore, con- tinues his diplomatic overtures, hop- ing to hasten the day of reconcilia- tion. The French, it is noted, al- though they possess native coal, have received 62 per cent of what Germany has promised to deliver in a given time, Belgium has received more than 50 per cent, while Ttaly, which has no coal, has received only 29 per cent of the deliveries. Therefore Italy intend: to watch every move in the Ruhr in- dustrial battle, and will not permit itselt to be excluded from the final settlement. PROTESTS RUM RULES. NEW YORK, January 26.—Attorneys for the Association for the Protection of Constitutional Rights argued before Federal Judge Knox vesterday against the copstitutionality of that part of the Volstead act which limits the use of alcohol for medicine. 3 The association, whose membership includes a number of physicians, is seeking an order restraining prohibition and other federal officers from interfer- ting with the prescription of medical liquors in_any quantity that medical men may deem advisable. Counsel for the physicians declared the ings “because they felt that they should practice their calling as thelr best jud ment dictated, and not as Mr. Volstead and zealous ‘adherents prescribes It is only a question of how ! ysicians had instituted proceed- | “Pledged to Quality” Fourteenth St. at New York Ave. Goodman & Suss Rochester Tailored Clothes Every HAT IN THE HOUSE Borsaling —Crofut & Knapp —Schoble . $5.00 Grade, 2.50 %6.00 Grade, *3.00 $7.00 Grade, *3.50 $12.00 Grade, %.00 FRENCH RENOUNCE MORATORIUM PLAN Reparations Delegation Be- lieves Germany Has Render- ed Plea Void. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 26.—The French delegation of the reparation commis- sion has officially submitted to the commission the plan prepared by it in reply to the German government's demand of November 14 for a mora- torium. The plan is accompanied by a supplementary note. The French delegation believes many and that it make kngwn the conditions it judges Indispensible to the granting of a moratorium, in case the ' discussion of this question should be resumed. Barthou. and Nevertheless, M. Delacroix, the French and Belgian representatives, respectively, on the commission, in view of the resistance, more and more accentuated, that Ge: many is making to the penalties im- posed by the allies are in agreement in considering t! ce January 13, the date on which the reich notified the reparation commission that all deliveries in the nature of repa: would ‘cease. —By KESSLER. LAN'SAKER, WILUIE, YOUVE HAD 42 BUOKWHEAT CAKES® ALQEADY — THI® (2] POSPITIVELY THE LACT BATCH — VOU ARE ment has itself, by this fact, rendered its demand for a moratorium null and vold. 5 Under these conditions M. Barthou and Delacroix will bring before the commission a draft of Germany's gen- eral default in her obligat 8 with regard to reparations to France and Belglum. Under paragraph 17. an- nex 2, part 8, of the Versailles treaty, the French,and Belgian delegates will demand notification of this recog- nition of Germany's default to the interested powers and will ask for the maintenance in force of the schedule of payments of May 6, 1921. — UNDERTAKER GETS BODY, DESPITE FAMILY PLEA Coroner Holds Man Dead, But Rela- tives Claim It Case of Sus- pended Animation. By the Associated Press. PHOENIX, Ariz. January ~—The body of George Stevenson, declared dead by eight physcilans, but asserted to be in a state of suspended animation by members of his family, was in an un- dertaking establishment here today, in accordance with an order issued by Coroner Fred C. Bolen. The order, issued over protests by the family, provided that the body remain undisturbed for several days and mem- bers of the family are permitted to watch over it. RAILROAD MAN SUICIDE. SAVANNAH, Ga, January 26— Placing _a _double-barrel shotgun against his breast, R. G. ike, thirty- five, an employe of the Atlantic Coast line, shot and killed himself last night after a dispute with his wife. gflfllflllflfllfllfllllllfllfllilflflfllflfllflflflfllflfllflfllflllflflfl[fll 4 NO INVADERS SUFFER - BYRUHR SEIZURES |Alsace-Lorraine and Belgium Plants Without Coal -~ and Coke. | BY GEORGE WITTE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. BERLIN, January 26.—The iron and | steel mills in Alsace-Lorraine and Belgium are suffering far more from the Ruhr occupation than are the German industries, according to spe- clal dispatches from Cologne and Coblenz to Berlin newspapers. “Belglan and Alsatian factories, which have been receiving mepara- tlons coal from the Ruhr are com pletely cut off from these shipments, €ays a dispatch to Der Tag. “Now that not a single ton of coal has left the Ruhr in two weeks, these plants have exhausted their coal and coke supplies and In order to carry on they will have to buy from Great Britain. As British coal and eoke is so much higher in price than German coal and coke it is doubtful whether Alsace-Lorraine and Belgium will buy from Great Britain, as they will no longer be able to compete in the international markets.” Members of the German industrial league at a meeting decided to pool MISSING GERMANS SAFE. Officials Expelled by French Arrive at Darmstadt. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 26.—Dr. Schlu- tius, president of ihe state financlal derartment of the Rhineland, and Dr. von Ralffeisen, president of the state mines administration, expelled from the occupled area by the French, and yesterday reported missing, have arrived at Darmstadt. They were given suspended sentences of of imprisonment for one year by the court-martial at Mayence yesterday upon conviotion of refusal to obey the orders of the French authorities. ———— KLAN CHIEFS IN CHICAGO TO FIGHT ANTI-KLUXERS By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, January 26.—Imperial offiers of the Invisible empires Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, after publicly appearing here for the as- serted purpose of defending their Chicago members and issuing a state- ment that hereafter the klan would defend ftself from attacks, gave news- paper reporters a practical demon- stration of the word “invisible” in the organization's appellation. Hiram Wesley Evans, imperial wiz- ard; Edward Young Clarke, imperial glant; F. L. Savage, imperial klaliff, and Paul Btheridge, imperial klonsel, arrived here yesterday, went to a hotel, met newspaper men in an in- terview. and then disappeared. The four klan officials arrived pre- pared, they sald, to challenge press reports that the ‘city council had re- quested the resignations of all city ¢mploves holding membership in the an. Imperial Wizard Evans announced he would issue a statement in answer to published declarations of Louisiana. state officials after analyzing them. Willlam Wrigley, jr. a Chicago manufacturer and owner of the Chi- cago National League Base Ball Club, has denied he held membership in the Ku Klux Klan. $300,000 RUM SEIZURE. Drug Company Raided—Two Of- ficials Are Arrested. NEW YORK, January 25.—Prohibi- tion enforcement agents late yester- day raided the Cosmopolitan Drug Company in Chrystie street and seized liquors valued by them at $300,000. Alfred Tieman, president of the con- cern, and David Kahp, treasurer, were arrested. their resources and also to act joint- ly abroad in obtaining coal and fron, especially from Great Britain and the United States. Representatives in ted + States of the Krupp, nd other German industriai combines are already negotlating with the iron and steel interests there for short-term credits in case France carries out its threats and cuts off the Ruhr coal mines and steel and iron works from the rest of Germany. Similar negotiations are being carried on between German industrial in- terests and the Russian soviet com mercial commission in BeMin for coal and ore concessions in Russia and Siberia. The Germans promise to build up these interests in a short time if they receive help from Russia In Our Prize Essay Con- test, Which Closes Feb. 17. Full Particulars From All Mode Suits and =m=Overcoats—grouped at one remarkably low price The only exceptions—Full Dress and Tuxedo—otherwise every Suit and Qvercoat in the entire remaining stock is included. : Every Suit selling up to $60 Every Overcoat selling up to $70 Now at your choicefor. ............. $28.75 We shall have to charge for alterations at this price—but selections may be reserved upon pay- ment of moderate deposit. Final Reductions in Mode Cravats Cut Silk Cravats that were $1.00...... 3 for §1.25 Cut Silk Cravats that were up to $2.50 Cut Silk and Knit- ted Silk Cravats up 10 $3.50 evienrnnas Chamois Gloves $ 1 29 An odd lot of grades selling up to $3.00 '3 for $275 $145 3 for $4.00 Half 95¢ Bath Robes and House Coats Were $5 to $75 - Now-$2.50 to $37.50 Mode Soft Hats Were up to $5.00 7 . §1.9% Angora Reefers Were $3.75 $2.95 Domet Pajamas Were $3.00 ¢ 3 $1.95 Brush Wool Reefers Price Fine Fiber $10 Silk Striped Madras, up to $4.00....... Highest-grade Silk Shirts, up to Final Reductions in » Mode Shirts Madras, etc., up to C:leviot, s l .15 3 for $3.00 Madras and sl .95 "3 for $550 Silk, Silk and Linen and English Broad- clgéth. up to 2 s2'95 3 for $8.00 $5.95 3 for $1650 ALABAMA X SLAYER STRIES FOURTH TIVE Plumber and Cafe Proprietor Lat- est Victims of Crime Wave Sweeping Birmingham. By the Assoclated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, January 26.— {Police have Instituted a wide search over the city In a concerted effort to apprehend the perpetrator of -the fourth ax assault in the past three days in the crime wave sweeping Birmingham. No arfrests have been made yet, officers report. . The latest victim, W. C. Watkins, a plumber, attacked at his residence early today by a white man and beat- en about the head, supposedly with a blunt instrument. according to the story he told the officers, is expected to recover, hospital authorities an- nounce today. Costis Terkells, a cafe proprietor, attacked late last night at his place of business, frightened his assallant away by screams, and was not se- riously injured. Mrs. Josephine Vitellaro, attacked at her residence Tuesday night, and the deed discovered and reported to officers early Wednes: dled last night. Her husband, aleo a victim of an ax-man at the same time, iv in @ critical condition and may not live, it is reported at the hospital, The total of similar assault cases in the Birmingham _district now stands at twenty-five during the past elghteen months. Burglary is attributed by officers as the motive for the crimes. e ORDERS OIL PROBE. Texas House Favors Joint Legis- lative Committee. AUSTIN, Tex., January 26.—An in- vestigation into the ownership of all oil concerns operating in Texas by a joint legislative committee has been ordered by the House in pass- ing without debate a concurrent reso- lution by Representative Wintree of Houston. The committee would be required to obtain testimony as to how prices of ofl, gas and their by-products are fixed and ascertain “what agreements, combinations ‘and contracts” exist between Texas oil concerns and the Standard Ol Company “as to fixing of prices and the handling of oil by pipe line companies.” THEY SAW THEY BOUGHT We wish to express our thanks for the welcome extended by our friends’in Mt. Pleasant on the opening of our new Mt. Pleasant Branch 3100 14th St. (14th and Irving St.) Our own Fannie May Girls are ready to serve you the particular variety you want from our great assortment. THE FAN.IOUS 2727208/ HKoms rmade Gandiae Nationally known as the purest and finest homemade candies in America. 60 FRESH TODAY AND EVERY DAY Office For Rent in The Star Building 11th Street and Penna. Ave. . Rooms Large Second-Floor Room, 1,990 Sq. Ft.,, with private lavatory and running iced water in room. Large windows on two sides. 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