Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1923, Page 2

' 2 L HREE FARM BILLS | - PENDING IN HOUSE,_ Prophesied They Will Be! Passed and Signed by Presi- dent in Next Two Weeks. | HAS APPROVED —_— i Are Designed to! SENATE All Measures Make Finances Easier j cussed isince the occupition began some three NEW BERLIN ORDER STIFFENS RAILWAY WALKOUTS IN RUHR (Continued from First Page.) wall, and perhaps the whole struc- ture, will collapse. Yet you can cut a hole carefully through a house in fsuch a way that the wall and the building will remain firm. This simile 'was used today by a German civil engineer in Essen to sum up his impression of the Franco- Belgian attempt to obtain reparations in coal by occupying the Ruhr. The sentiment expressed by the engineer is typical of that of a majority of the Germans with whom the correspond- ent of the Associated Press has dis- the situation in this region | weeks ago. for Planter: BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The first milestone n ! ht for the same facilities of finance s the manufacturer and promoter of Industry been reached. Three bills pa Ly the Senate now will: be put through the House in the next| fortnight, and President Hardinz. i who pledged himsel! to those meas- ures at the agricultural conference at the White House last Thanksgivins. will sign them. Broadly speaking. the ffect of t farm credit legislation will be to re- duce interest rates to the e has been paving 7 and X 3 i some cases as hish 0 get money, while his mors ate fellow citizens the marts of ban fin: Lave been gelling ‘aoney for erations 4t % per ceut| ud less. discrimination has 10t been one of intent. but accident For the farmer has bad to machiner of credit built up for him whereby capital could be secured in an crierly fashion and under conditions tha would appeal to investors at large, “I_rcgard the Lenroot-Anderson hill” said Secretary of Wallace today, “as the Tespon the administration to the farmers’ de- snand for an effective form of inter- anediate credit. It will go a long way reducing interest rates ulti- and will give the farmer the me credit e needs in the turn- of his producis. Both the Cap- r bill and the Strong bills should also bave tremendous benefits, . Ar. Wallace estimated that even ift interest rates to the farmer are ve- duced only 1': per cent it would mean the equivalent of a 20 per cent reduction in freight rates. so far as comparative benefits to the farmer are concerned. He belleves that com- | mercial and manufacturing and finan- f I communities everywhere should | be enthusiastic the onew farm for | sgisiation, because it will tend to re- | ve the farme he farmer’s has 1 o e cey 10 pe in of many of his izoubles and enhance his productive and purchasing power. Concerned With Finance. “The three measures which have| passed the Senate are concerned al-, rios. entirely with new miethods of | ncing domestic markets. All the; bills which have for their object the financing of exports probably will be held in abeyance, as the administra- tion is no more certain of a way to insure an export trade for farm prod- ucts in the present disturbed condi- 1ions of foreign exchange than it is of a method to safeguard any cther kind of foreign trade. There Is a feeling in some quarters that the Capper bill ought to be suf- nicient legislation for the farmer, but | the farm bloc doesn't think so and neither does Secretary Wallace. The Capper bill is aimed to strengthen the | federal reserve system. { It authorizes the formation under | 1 interests would porary | this uew ¢ might i the first coal shiy jlivery of coal and coke { these The engineer review. from the practical standpoint When the military began the block- ing of coal and coke trains destined for unoccupled Germany, a number of these traius, as well as trains with other freight’ shipments, were brought standstili b ed @ picket fence around Appurentls believing their served by permit- comotives 1o he un- ned to the inte to bring back westward the occupition author- permitted the engines to be The locomotives never nd now there are scores freight trains drawn customs frontier heads chopped 0 the situation > halted driven came ba of snakeli at the new their engine gone with off Obstructive Tacties. he irench admitte A tem- dtiemua had cansed by phuse of obstructive ¢ and that they apparently conld 1y sit back and await the arri locomotives, either trom Rhine or other e a itime, locomotives within the the Germans Ruhr. tound ed, ins grasp of the bor- from Interference interior of the sped up the de- to factori and other consumers inside that are: The sit imated in Ce man cireles, is that if miitary force is not applied, this trafic can go on for a wonth until every plant in the territory has all the fuel stocks it possibly can accommodate. The A atter they di to come ontinued within the der guarcs. kFre of this kind in Rubr, the Germans mines themselves intended to pile up | L huge heaps of their output (o the limit of their available space. up to a point where a danger of starting smoldering heat fires can avoided The French have ation briefly in i about as follows: There a eral directions by which coke products can possibly leave the Rubr. One is to unsceupied Gern and the other to France and Belgiun The former outlet, they say, has been stopped up. even to the extent blocking xignals and by seu standing on the right of way, arm: with rifles and machine guns topped. the French say, jt is absurd to speculate on the direction exported fuel may take—that its only divection leads eastward. They declare, ever, that reparation shipments formal two g coal and Shipmen Thus. to Italy are beine allowed to proceed. as | well as contract supplies cousigned to_Switzerland and Holiand, The Germans. however. assert that shipments also are being stopped. They cite in this respect six_specific instances of stoppages Germans. faced of shipping only Belgium, are ¢ strictly to the by the alternative to France and to ntinuing to adhere erman fuel commis- the ring of bayonets | up outlined the situ- ' how- | THE EVENING .. AWAITS NEXT | NEAR EAST MOVE Officials Here Feel Concern Over Lausanne Parley Break. | Advices from Ambassador Child telling of the rupture between the Turks and the allies at the Laugamnt counference began reaching the State Department today, but pending a com- | Plete report there was a disposition to defer comment as to the effect of the j Turkey. No attempt was made, how- | ever, to disgulse the seriousness with which the situation is viewed in Wash- | ington | 1. & In Same Poxition, i Presumably the failure of the Laus- fanne conference leaves the United ! States in tha same position in which it stood when the decision was reached to send Ambassador Child and his coi- i leagu ers as observers. The Wash- ingzlon governmert then stood In a! { wholly different relationship to the | conference than any of the other pow- ers represented. alone had unbroken treaty rela- ships with Turkey covering the capit- | Jaiory rights of American nationals in ey ie Unitod States never has i 4t war with Turkey and except for action of the Turkish government in i ail the treaties of Jate been abrogated, the of American (reaty rights in tertitory has not been ch bee th lenged The United States i common - witl s Enropean powers promptiy not ‘Turkey in 1914 that the treaties of capit- | ulation we: not unilateral in charac- | ter and therefore could not be abro- | {gated by the uction of one of the signa- | | tories alone. ~ Under international law. 1it was held, the pacts could be abro- gated oniy by joint action of Turkeyv and the power with which the covenant had been made in cac « i apitulation Treatiex. When Turkey entered the war as the ally of y the German gov- 1 fernment accepted abr {ton of the Turkish-German ca jtions. To what extent snbsequent decl war against Turkey by Great Britain, and ltaly nullified | tiie treaties of capitulation between | those power Turkey is not u jmatter m which the United States s in- volved for it did not decl war | against Turkey It is to Le assumed that if the Lau- | {saune negotiations are not resumed ! !the United States will consider the | {question of negotiating such Lreaties | &% may be necessary with the Turk- | {ish government. that procedure hav- | ing been in prospect at the conclu- | sion of the Lausanne meet had | it been successful in producing a Lreaty of peace between Turkey and 1ies. United States would not have | a signatory to that treaty, but | jwould have shared in common with ! powers the benefits of the i R peace through « separate i it with Turkey ‘or Open Doo Whether it will be possible Ito negotiate a separate treaty ! now satis- factory to both powers no official of !ihe State Department was willing to ipredict. There is less difliculty in ithe way of such nego: ions, how- lever. than in the way of an allied- | Turkish peace treaty, inasmuch as the Washington government is not jat Dortmund. Dosten and Wesel. The |2nd has not heen seeking to obtain ratification by the Angora govern- {ment of any concessions in Turkish territory to American nationals, but has stood squarely for the open door federal charter of agricultural credit |sar's instructions not to hawille such !in the near east and equulity of com- corporations, operating with prlvntil capital under the supervision of the controller of the currency, and makes shipments under any circumstances. even for cash paymen! Interviews with labor leaders re- {mercial opportunily to all commerce. ! Tn the case of the allied powers there {have been certain concessionary possible the grant of advances on paper | veal their determination not to yield | rights which complicated the situa-} secured by warehouse receipts repre- senting nomn-perishable commodities ; and having a maturity not exceeding | nine months, on paper secured by chat- iel mortgages on live stock fattened | for market, such paper maturing in not | more than nine months, and on paper secured by chattel mortgages on. breeder, stocker or dairy herds and | maturing in not nore than three years. | The Capper bill authorizes the incor- | poration also of rediscount corpora- | tions under federal supervision, and ! through these companies undoubtedly | the agricultural corporations will have | access to city capital. The measure | also extends the life of the War| “inance Corporation nine months, and | permits federal land banks to lend a | maximum of $25,000, instead of $10.000, | to any one borrower. H mroot-Anderson Biil Urged But the champions of the other (wo bills, namely the Lenroot-Anderson and the Strong bills. while admitting the s of the Capper bill say it will Ip the live-stock industry <hlefly, and also those producers who | re organized now or are likely to| he organized in co-operative associa- tions. The latter can make advances | to individual producers because the | co-operative has a binding contract | to market the erop. The purpose of | the Leuroot-Anderson bill is to reach | the individual farmer who is not in | # co-operative and who needs money for farm improvements or to handle crops with a long turnover of credit. Under the Lenroot-Anderson bili credit departments will be formed in the federal farm land banks. The initial capital of the twelve banks will total $60,000,000, and further capital will be obtained by selling debenture bonds in the open market Ultimately these bonds ought to seil for about 5': per cent, at which fig- ¢ the present farm loan bonds used in starting the land banks are selling. The federal land banks at present. however, lend money on mortgages Which are secured, of course, the land itself. The farmer, however, in | the recent dapression, didn't have anything to offer as collateral be- cause he was already mortgaged to the limit. He had the skill to ralse a crop and the land, but not the capi- ; tal to sce him through. In the busi- | ness world he would get capital large- I¥ on the strength of his ability to ' produce and his character and relia- | bility. Fut the farmer who went to, the country banks found them fearful | of lending for any more than ninety | days. and frequently were unable 1o | renew because of apprehensions con- | verning the need of funds by the larger banks in other channels of | trade. i | i i i | i Plan Three-Year Credit. Under the new bills the farmer can in some caces get three years' credit. | There would be set aside capital for | agriculture purposes whicn cannot i-¢ disturbed by needs of other indus- triea. In order to make the new tarm loan bonds attractive it is pro- posed to make them tax exempt. Secretary Mellon doesn’t like this hecauss he save it s inconsistent with the administration's effort to abolish all tax exempts by constitu- tional amendment. But the answer if the farm bloc is that the farm loan bonds fssued for mortgage purposes new are exempt and that other tax cxempts are in the market now and until all tax-exempt securities are forbidden by the Coustitution, which may take two or three years to get through all state legislatures, farmers might as well borrowing market on terms as possible. “The Strong bill would correct cer- tain defeots in the farmland bank organizations permitting government supervision instead of allowing them 10, be_indifferently managed by pri- vate hands. On the whole, the administration is proud of the farm program and feels the agrarian movement in this as attractive country will ‘be considerably calmed | b¥ what bhas been done. (Copyrigbt. 1623.) —_— _WOMAN PHYSICIAN DIES. PHILADELPHIA, February 5.—The ath Saturday of Dr. Caroline M. rnell, widely known woman physi- , was announced last night. The [ will be taken to Annapolis Tuesday for interment. e 4 4 the | g0 _into the | on any point to the French determination apparently was as strong today as at any other time during the period of occupation. The leaders hold that negotfations must eventually be entered upon as the only feasible solution to the situation, i that these will be impossible as long as the Ruhr is occupied. Heads of the miners and of the trades unions expressed the opinion 1o the correspondent that the work men would continue to be willing to produce coal except under two conditions: They woujd cease wor immediately if a soldier set foot on mine property or if any trades union leader was arrested. PROBE OF OUSTING This WORKERS IN URGED | (Continued from First Page.) world should know were. I sincerely hope therefore, that no one will stand in the way of a full and free and thorough in- vestigation. The investigation goes farther than ordinarily would be re- quested, because of the fact that by the wording of the executive order and the extraordinary nature of the order, the country was led to belfeve that these officials have bLeen guilty of some wrong-doing. Therefore I say they have labored under a cloud of suspicion for a year. They are entitled to & thorough pub- lic examination of the causes of their removal; of their characters and re utations and fitness for the employ ment in which they were engage and since that is true and since it has been said over and over again that they were removed for political rea- sons and that those who succeeded thcm were the instigators of the or- der. that the character and reputa- tion and fitness of the people who succeeded them should also be gone into and the public made to know just what the facts w what the facts Referred to Committee. ‘L have been perfectly willing my- self. thoush the resolution has been drawn for weeks, to defer its intro- {duction until those people who were | friendly with the administration—I refer (o republican senators whom I have counselcd—should feel that the President has heen given all the time necessary in order to make retribution to these discharged em- ploves. The time has arrived, in their Judgment. when some action ought to be asked. The resolution is full. It gives every sidc of tne trover: a chance be It gives the discharged employes, they should wish it, the opportunity to be represented by them to pay for the cou those tunity to be represented by counsel, if they shall see fit to employ one, and by them to be paid as the others are to pay their counsels. “Iliere can be no political bias to| it. for each side shall be represented. | { Every one whose interests have been ijeopardized shall have his chance to {be heard, and nobody, I take it, can {object to its consideration. | therefore, that the committee to audit iand control the contingent ex {of the Senate shall sce fit to | back the resolution at once and have | the examination before the year shall i have expired and thesc employes shall have lost all their rights.” The resolution was referred t committee to audit and contro expenses of the Senate, - {HUANG FU TO GUIDE | CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY , By the Associated Press. PEKING, February 5.—Huang ~ Fu was appointed acting foreign minister today, replacing Alfred Sze as forelgn minister. 1t was unofficially stated that Sze's defeat was caused by his participation in an open letter that criticized the course taken by the min- ister of education in the investigation leading to the arrest of Lo Wen-Kan, former minister of finance, who was charged with irregular conduct In con- nection with a proposed loa o the 1 the | with | if | vho took their places an oppor- | 1 hope. | | tion at Leusanne. SNOW FROM SOUTH i - DUE HERE TONIGHT i i A snowstorm. accompanied by below- | {freczing temperature. is headed this| way from the south and is scheduled | to hit Washington some time tonight. | The north is gripped in the throes € a cold snap. some points along the | registering 30 degrees below {zero. The present cold wave started | {in Florida and is rapidly moving| {north, and this morning the snow-| storm was centered over the Vir-| ginias and moving this way at a pace which the forecasters estimated would put it in Washington tonight. No relief is promised for at least| hree or four days. ! A temperature of 26 degrees is es- | timated for Washington tonight. Justi !bow big a snowstorm this is going | {to be in Washington the forecasters ! were unabie to determine from the | regular reports. They sent out, how- ever, a call for special observations to be taken at noon, with instruc- tions to report by telegraph. Upon examination. the bureau expects to determine later in the day just what { Washington may expect. i SOUTHERN STATES SUFFER. t {lakes ! Coldest Weather in Years Recorded | All Through Region. { Br the Associated Press. 1 . CHICAGO. February While the | inorthwest and central west had relief ! !today from the cold wave that sent | thermometers to new low levels for ! {he season. the southern states were {suftering from the coldest weather in several years, attended in some d:_-.g Tn- tricts by snow, sleet or raln. usual cold penetrated as far as the icentral portion of Florida, where | freezing temperatures or frost were | forecast for tonight and tomorrow imorning. o | Vicksburg. Miss.. was covered with seven inches of snow and sleet to- {day. Street car service and telephone communication was greatly demoral- | lized. Louisiana and Arkansas were al- most an unbroken blanket of snow land sleet in the northeastern and ‘southern sections, respectively. The | mercury dropped to 20 degrees above {zero in some districts. Nome Are Slighted. i None of the southern states was to! i be slightea by tne cold wave, it ap- | | peared, the forecasters report warning | | Virginia, North Carolina. South Caro. | lina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis. sissippi and Louisiana of probable | {majority relief was predicted tomor- | TOW. i { " Weather reports indicated the break- | | ing of the cold wave before its arrival | {at the eastern seaboard states. | | In California sunshine yesterday routed the fear of citrus growers that | their crops would be ruined, although | | today’s forecasts predicted light to| | tieavy frosts ¥n the interior. i | Relief for Lake Reglous. H Today. the forecasters said, was to. bring forth rising temperatures in the | upper lake region, the upper Mississip- | pi valley, westward to the Rocky moun- tains, with a like reaction starting to- morrow in the Ohio valley and the east gulf states. General precipitation was slated for the Atlantic and east gulf states to- night and tomorrow, continuing dur- | ing Tuesday in the Middle and North | Atlantic states. | Early today Chicago temperature rezistered ten degrees below zero. a rise of mearly sixteen degrees in a twenty-four-hour period. STAR, WASHINGTON Joybells Ringing ForD.C.Autoists; TagsO.K.in Utah Full automobile reciprocity be- tween Utah and the District of Columblia is offered by Gov. Mabey of that state !n a letter to the Commissioners today. The governor said that he has already issued the proclamation, to run for a period of one year, under which District automobile tage will be honored in Utah and asking that similar action be tak- en here. Inspector Headley, chief of the trafic bureau, said that the law requires Commissioners to grant to motorists from other states the same privileges which those states extend to Washington motorists. PELLEW DIES STILL AN AMERICAN—SON TO TAKE TITLE IN ENGLAND ) ta Jay. the sister of his first wife, lll_e ceremony taking place at the Ameri- n legation, in Vienna, where the bride's brother, John_ Jay. was sta- foned as miniater. thls country in 1872, where he has continuously lived. He settled in Ka tonah, N. Y., and lived on the Jay e tate. With Theodore Roosevelt. father of President Roosevelt, he organized the bureau of charities in New York city. which luter developed into the Staie Charities Aid - Association. He wa so interested in municipal work and helped organize the Auchmuty Trade School. He was president of the =t Ceorges Society and one of the found % of the University Club itere. ser ing for a while on the houss commi tee. He was also president of Bedford Farmers' Club ut Katonal and mssisted in campalgns for farm legislation Long Realdent Here. fie came to Washington about thirty- five years ago, where he had lived ever €ince. His recond wife died about five years ago and was buried in Rock elc cemetery. When he fell hefr to the British title about six months ago, be was too strongly wed to the idesls of this country te give up his citizenshi here and go back to England, according to his son. who stated that the title and remuneration could not be declined despita citizenship in any count His son styted that citizenship outside of Britain kept the holder from sitting in the house of lords, but did not keep the title from being retained urviving Mr. Pellew are his son. Charles Ernest. who was former profes s York. and second marriage. Mi with whom he lived. 4 ter. Mr. Pellew was one of the last vivors of the old Victorian period davghter by h Marian Pellew a granddaugh | remembered seeing the Duke of Welling- ton, and delighted In reminiscing over his visit to the battlefield of Waterloo, particularly the points of interest point- ed out to him by several guides who ook part in the battle. Fuueral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church _Wednesday afternoon &t o o'clock. Rev. Robert Johnson will officiate. Burisl will be I Rock Creek cemetery TURKS SHY AT WAR DESPITE COLLAPSE OF PEACE PARLEY (Continued from First Page.) argued long and earnestly, but to no avail. Ismet picked up his'hat and de~| partad ‘Tchitcherin Appealed To. A few minutes later the British. French and Italian statesmen, rein- forced by Ambassador Child, Rear Admiral Bristol and Joseph C. Grew. jtue American observers, et out for the headquarters of the Turks. Mar- quis di Garroni made a hurried trip to the apartment of M. Tchitcherin. the Russian foreign minister, in the hope that he might be induced to sign the Straits convention, and there- by bring_a reconsideration from the Turks. But these conferences were fruitless, and Lord Curzon, after de- laying his train for a half hour, st out on his return trip to London. Be- fore leaving, however. he arranged an agreement whereby Turkey and Great Britain will endeavor to solve the Mozul controversy between thein- selves, Great Britain promising not to bring the question before the cague of nations for one year, pro- cd there i8 no change in the mili- situation in the oil region. sdlcrifices Claimed. The Turkish reply to the allies, presented yesterday. called attention to the Turko-allied agreement on fundamental points, which the Turks contended was sufficient for the gs- tablishment of peace. It emphasized the great sacrifices Turkey had made = ta: during the negotiations, in renounc- | ing the closing of the straits, aban- donment of a garrison in Gallipoli, acceptance of the Thracian frontier as proposed by the allies and with- drawal of their claim to Karaghatch. The Turks proposed the exclusion of the Mosul question from the con- ference and suggested that it be settled by England and Turkey within one year. The mode of repartition of the public debt and the railway debt im- posed heavy charges on Turkey, but { Turkey agreed to the sacrifices, be- {cause she did not wish to retard the conclusion of peace; agreed also to sign a declaration with reference to that portion of the debt not yet dis- tributed _and reserved the right to pursue this matter at an opportune moment, with a view to recovering that portion of the debt. She also agreed to engage European medical specialists for five years. No Obstacles See The note asserted that the funda- mental questions, constituting 80 per cent of the whole treaty, had been solved, and that therefore there was no serious obstacle to the conclusion of peace, and, 8o, proposed that sig- natures be affixed at the foot of the eseentlal questions on which there had been agreement and that further negotiations be held on the questions | left in suspence. In conclusion the note said: “It is quite natural that in the event of non-acceptance of our proposals we cannot consider ourselves bound by them.” Annexed to the Turkish reply was a declaration to bond holders of the Ottoman public debt, in which Turkey declared that cessations and all other PENses | rains, sleets or snows, accompanied by | dispositions stipulated in the Muhar- report | gropping temperatures today. For the 'rem decrec and the decrees of Septem- ber, 1903, and May, 1911, and also ail advanc concluded by the govern- ment of the former Ottoman Empire are confirmed and malintatned in force, provided they are not modified by the treaty of peace, notably with regard to the repartation of the Otto- man public debt. FINES CUT $7,000,000. Penalties Against Insurance Com- panies Reduced From $8,000,000. JACKSON, Miss,, February 5.—To- j tal fines of $8,000,000 assessed against | 142 fire insurance companies, which formerly operated in Mississippi and now are being prosecuted for alleged violations of state antitrust law, were reduced to an aggregate of less than_ $1,000.000 today- through a decision of the state supreme court. He returned to| of chemistry at Columbia University, | D. €., NOTICE TO RENT AGENT l SUFFICIENT, COURT SAYS Commission Not Forced to Hunt Up Absent Owner Under Decision. t Notice from the Rent Commission to a rental agent of property is”sufficient to meet the requirements of the Ball rent act and failure to notify the owner will not defeat a determination of the commission. The District Court of Ap- peals makes this ruling in an opinion by Judge Orion M. Barber of the United States Court of Customs Appeals, who sat in place of Justice Van Orsdel. l The oplnion was rendered in the case of Eloise M. Tebbs, who appealed from | a_ decision of the Municipal Court | awarding the Union Realty possession of Apartment 16 of the| Frince Karl, 1901 K strect northwest. | The court points out that the agent assumed the position of landlord and | was the only person known to the, tenant or to the Rent Commission | jagainst whom the complaint could be jmade or to whom notice could be | ;.l\'(‘". i | " If the agent had brought a petition | to the Rent Commission for an in- | increased rental from Tebbs, the court. | suggests could the tenant bhave in- | ivoked the title of the owner to de- at it. Chapin Brown, counsel for the Rent | :Commission, declared today_ that this | {finding by the Appellate Court will | {cause “the dismissal of a number of injunction proceedings pending in the District Supreme Court. It also prob- {ably will ‘dispose of the contempt! proceedings pending against the Rent ! | Commission's eountol growing. aat of | fone of thege injunctions, it is stated. : RHINE TRODPS' RETURN | DELAYEDSEVEN HOLRS i'!'nnsport St. Mihiel Now Sched- : +uled to Dock at Savannah I | Wednesday Afternoon. ! By direction of the War Dapartnient the cogmander of the Army transport | 5t. Mihiel, whick is bringing back the ! American forces from the Rhine. is endeavoring to reach the lighthouse | avannah harbor by % o'clock inesday morn pgram the ship ring the uight, however, <aid that it now ap- lDle'l‘d impiobable that the St Miniel would make port on that schedule. The messaze faid that, judging by {pro&ress the transport was making | Inot reach the lighthouse 1y \u'tlo{,k on Wednesday : i at s L\ ! trom received before In_connection with the at Savannai on arrival of the troops, the War Department has sent a raa celebration | mes<age to tha transport saying I passible it was desired that the ship | at the Savannah lighthouse ar 8| iudo'l\ on February 7 READY FOR WELCOME it i i |Savannah in Gala Attire to Greet Troops From Rhineland. | SAVANNAH. Ga. February 5—Sa- vannah is now in wirelegs communi- catlon with the steamer St. Mihiel. upon which troops from Germany are | | being brought here for debarkation. ! | The city is in gala dress in anticipa- | tion of the arrival of the soldiers. Representatives of the shipping in- | iterests in the harbor. the municipal- | |1ty and the American Legion will go idown the river in tugs to greet the| { soldiers. { The Red Cross will be represent- {ed in the details to meet the troops. and so will the Salvation Army. H The big outdoor event of Wednes- | day will be the parade in the after- noon. There will be about 1,000 men from the transport in line, a company of marines from Paris Isiand with the Marine Band. a detachment from {the Yamacraw, the 115th Fneld Artil- {lery. the Georgia Hussars and a se c- tion of veterans, including Confeder- | jatc Veterans, Spanish-American Vet | erans and world war veterans. After | the parade a barbecue will be served, in the evening there will be a ban- | {auet. L1ussE i RAND WOULD i FORGIVE GERMANS | (Continued from First Page.) | supposed to cover, viz., Germany's mil- | itary expenditure”—went to work. They bent their every energy to| “make good” and lift the burden they had shouldered. Because Germany has made no effort to fulflll her obli. gations, France has heen compelled to take measures to force her to do i so. Until the Germans admit_their| Built and express repentance for it, | “there can be no truce, and no reai | peace, much as France longs for real | peace. Ready to Negotiate. M. Jusserand quoted from M. Poin- care's speech on Sunday, in which the premier declared that France does not seek the destruction of Germany. |France is ready “to talk matters over.” All Germany has to do is “to let us know.” Germans must under- stand the French disposition in the present situation. France does not desire Germany's economic destruc- tion, though Germany desired the economic ruin of France. That prin- ciple, once understood by the Ger- Imans, there will be that peace for lwhich the French nation craves. The ambassador described France's situation as “very grave.” She had jrepaired, at her own cost, and by | heavy national borrowings from her | jown ~ patriotic citizens, devastation | wrought by the Germans to the ex- | tent of 50,000.000.000 francs. Not a centime of this had been repaid by | the Germans. Exactly 1,362,000 | French soldlers were killed. Some | 600,000 homes were destroyed. The | devastated provinces are peopled by | hundreds of thousands of tubercular | persons, including innumerable chil- | dren—the result of the havoc caused ! by the German invasion. Yet, amid | all the sufferings and wrongs she had endured, France was ready to “strike her breast” the instant her | former enemy revealed contrition | that is substantial, reliable and sin- cere. M. Jusserand left the platform amid | prolonged applause. |PRESS FOR SHIPPING BILL A possibility that the Lenroot- An- derson-Capper farm credits program may be blocked in Congress unless there is some assurance of action on the administration shipping bill was forseen’in some quarters today after a series of conferences to discuss the legislative outlook for the remain- ing four weeks of the Sixty-seventh Congrss. After a talk with President Hard- ing Representative Mondell of Wy- oming, republican leader of the house, declared there were so many “difi- culties” in the way of an agree- ment that it was entirely possible the farm credits measures could not ,that under the new restrictions clause | rived here. last be finally written into law before March 4, despite the fact that legisla- tion _on th lubkecl. had passed beth the Senate and Ho ] MONDAY, 'FEBRUARY 5, 1923. Company | ¢ {of Italian i considerable COURT RULES EDICT BY FORBES IMMUNE Van Orsdel Holds Law Does Not Give Tribunal Power to Review Bureau’s Decisions. A decision of the director of the Veterans’ Bureau fixing the degree of disability and the consequent com- bensation to a veteran of the world Wwar is not reviewable by the courts in mandamus- proceedings. The Dis- trict Court of Appeals, in an opinion | by Justice Van Orsdel, announced this today, when it reversed an order of the lower court requiring Col. *harles R. Forbes, director of the bu- reau, to rate as totally disabled Jack Floyd Welch, who was gdjudged in- #ane February 18, 1921. The court ordered the dismissal of the petition brought by Mrs. Magdalene Welch, wife of the veteran. “It is difficut to understand,” says Justice Van Orsdel, “just how in the face of the adjucation in lunacy, the director could justly find other than total disability. The case appears to be one demanding the _closest scrutiny and_investigation in_ order that the petitioner may not be de- prived of her rights. We are power- less, however, "in this proceeding o review the decision of the direc. tor or to compel such investigation.” ctor held that Weich was artiy disabled and rated him £55 compensation. Mrs. Welch clalmed he is totally unable to earn livelihood and asked for the high- est rating under the law — o ITALIANS PUSH LINES 10 SOUTH OF TRIPOLI tured, Two Towns Occupied as Result of Operations. ROME, February munique, recording —An official com- the continuation military operations near Homs, Tripoli, the Italians a vanced in three directions, occupy- ing two towns and extending their lines 100 kilometers south of Tripoli. Fifty natives were killed and many Arabs are said_to number ‘of have lost a men in the ther engagements. Airplanes par ticipated effectively. The Italians re- port only a few wounded. GOV. PINCHOT WANTS BAN ON HOME-BREWING | cuioeiet: Stringent Dry Bill Framed by Pennsylvania Executive Would Make State Sahara. HARRISBURG, Pa., February i.—A stringent prohibition enforcement bill, which is designed to prevent home brewin introduced in the legislature tonight at the request of Gov. Pinchot. “Not only is the manufacture, sale. nsportation, delivery or possession except when lawfully acquired ore this act goes into effect) of in- toxicating liquor declared to be un- lawful.” sald Gov. Pinchot, “but so is the advertisement, sale, manufacture or possession of any still or other contrivance, tablet or formula de- signed or intended for use in the u lawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor.” SEEK MISSING GIRLS. Police on Lookout for Two Who Left Home. A request has been made of the woman's bureau. police department. to locate Helen Sinclair, sixteen vears old. reported missing from her home in Rochester, N. Y.. since January 20. The policewomen were told she may use the rame Gloria Torrey or Gloria Long. She has light complexion, light blue eves and full round face. When she left home she wore a blue dres with red trimming, dark coat with fur t ( 1o {collar and brown shoes. The woman's bureau also received a request from Richmond to find Lu- ella Foley, nineteen years old. report. ed to have left Richmond last Thurs- day. She may be in company with a oung man friend in an_automobile, the policewomen were told. MRS. FANNIE M.GUNN DEAD Succumbs at Home Here After Ill- ness of Four Months. Mrs. Fannie Morse Gunn. for many years a resident of this city, died at the family home, 1303 Florivla avenue northwest, Friday last after an ili- ness of four months. Funeral serv. ices were held at the mortuary chapel of the J. W. Lee undertaking estab- lishment, ~ 332~ Pennsylvania avenue thwest. ~this afternoon a: 2:30 o'clock, Rev. J. J. Muir officiating. Mrs. Gunn was the wife of H. S Gunn, who survives her. She wa$ anarried in 1903 to Mr. Gunn. who came to Washington from Olney, il Mrs. Gunn was a daughter of John . and Delia_Morse and was born in Warsaw, N. Y., coming to this city with her parents when a child, where she had spent the greater part of her lite, DIES IN CHURCH. Baltimore Clergyman Succumbs to Attack of Heart Disease, BALTIMORE, February 5.—Seized with heart attack as he was attend- | ing the morning servic Methodist Episcopal Church yester- day, the Rev. Albert A. Bichell of this city died a few minutes later. He was fifty-seven years old. The morning service had just opened with the singing of the hymn “Gloria et Patria” " The Rev. Mr. Bichell arose with the congregation and his volce was leading the singing when he suddenly staggered. He grasped e at Grace the pew in front of him for support | and sank slowly to the floor. The Rev. Bichell has been a retired minister since he resigned from the pastorate of the Methodist Church at Salona, Pa. WOULD CUT IMMIGRATION. The total number of immigrants eli- gible to admission to the United States under the existing quota act would be reduced by more than half under a section of a new immigration bill approved by the House immigra- tion committee. Admissions under the propesed act would be limited to 2 per cent of the number of foreign born individuals of any nationality resident United States as determined by the census of 1890. tion is 3 per cent as determined by the 1910 census. 5 Members of the committee estimated the total of immigrants entering the United States in any one year would not exceed 168,837. Admissions under the existing law total 358,023 yearly. among other things, will be | in thef {Fifty Natives Killed, Many Cap- | LOST INDIANA WOMAN | Finger Printing | Urged for Buyers Of PistolsinD.C. Finger printing of persons who seek to buy revolvers is advocated by Detective Sergt. Fred Sandberg, Bertillon expert of the police de- partment, as an effective means of keeping weapons out of the hands of known criminals. “If we are going to have a sys- tem requiring a permit to pur- chase & gun,” said the deteotive, “it would be a good idea to put the applicant’s finger prints on the ap- plication. Then, if the man has a criminal record ‘we can find it out whether he gives his right name or not.” Sandberg also advocates the keeping of a police whistle in every home. As a rule, he said, a thief will depart instantly at the sound of that shrill whistie known to every policeman whereas it the | dweller attempts to pursue. the | burglar with a gun_ injury or death is lkely to result. l i | ’ | FOUND DYING IN FIELD. Succumbs Before She Can Be! Taken Home—Was Shoeless and Clothing Badly Torn. |the irregulars. By the Associuted Press. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. F Miss Esther Beck, twents )ld. daughter of James K. Beck mer superintendent of schools b i who disappeared from her home here | Thursday, was found in a cornfield yesterday cight miles from her home, | but died before aid could be sum- moned. Miss Beck found in the field by Melvin Reeves, a farmer, who was on his way to Sunday school, when he heard the girl's groans. After finding the voung woman Reeves went to a farm house and summoned aid, but when he returned with as- was | sistance the girl was dead, apparent- | | | ' { | i ] i i 1 i 1 The present restric-- I Iy from exposure For several daye searching parties have hunted for Miss Beck. and it was while they were preparing to 1 wn to take up the hunt that found. Miss Beck recentiy uffereq a_nérvous breakdown and it is believed that her mind had been affected. When found she was w out her hat and shoes and her cloth- ing was badly torn FORMER KING OF GREECE SUBJECT OF EULOGIES Honor of of Services Held Here in Constantine Attended by Large Throng. memorial__services King Constant eld vesterday T the Church of Constantine and Helen, fth and C streets northwest The ceremonjes were attended b representative Greeks, diplomats an high government officials. The culogy was pronounced by D. J. Theophilatos, chairman of the executive committee of the Loyalist League of America. Archbichop Pateleimon, head of the Greek Church in America. was present in his official capacity. He was as sisted in directing the ceremonies by | Rev. Thomas Daniels, pastor of the | hurch, and Rev. Le Coudas of the Baltimore church.. The prelates were | attired in the brilliant robes of their offices. A bier, draped in the Greek | and American flags, occupied the| center of the church and beautiful floral designs covered the bier. amons | them contributions from the Greck | school children of Washington. The | balcony was filled with Greek women | and girls. The main body of the hurch was filled with men who stood | uring the entire ceremonies. MILL WORKER SHOOTS | WIFE AND KILLS SELF! honor of fo Greeca were !he held at_the W. R. Burdell of Charlotte, N. C., | Accuses Spouse of Infidelity. Brother Is Held. CHARLOTTE. W. R. Burdell, N. C.. February thirty-five, a cotton mill worker, shiot and probably fatal- | 1y wounded his wife, and then Kkilled mself, at_their home here early to- day, according to police. His young- er brother. Silas Burdell, who was ordered held at the police station as a witness before the inquest. said, | according to police, that Burdell had | accused wife of infidelity, and despite her denials, had shot her. MAKES DRY LAW REPORT. Sullivan Tells Oyster of Police Ac- tivities in January. aj. Sullivan, superintendent of po- ice, today transmitted to Commissioner { Qyster a report of the operations of the | department in matters affecting dry law enforcement last month. Seizures included 1452 ! quarts of whisky, 68 bottles of gin. § quarts of alcohol, $00 quarts of alcoholic liquor not named. 1,332 gallons of wine, 432 quarts of assorted liquors, 124 bottles of “xtracts, 140 gallons of mash. two stills and four automobiles. Arrests numbered 280. PLAN D. C. GARDEN WORK. Association Will Sixty-Acre Plot. i As soon_as weather permits, the Potomac Gardening Association will plow the recently acquired sixty-acre 5 Potomac Plow | plot of land extending from Beénning to the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge southeast. 8 i The plot will be divided into nearly 600 individual lots. Residents from | every scction of the city are being | urged to become members of the association. Already the Department | of Agriculture is being swamped with | requests for pamphlets. i . J. Beattie, District gardening | agent for the Department of Agri- oulture, will distribute the literature | ! shortly through President Jacob Stulz ! of the gardening association. I i MISS DILLON DEAD. F. Djllon, sixty vears ashington all her life, died at her home, 1111 Rhode Island avenue northwest, vesterday afternoon. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning from the Church of the Immaculate Conception, when solemn requiem mass will be said for | the repose of the soul. The interment will be in Mount Olivet cemetery { Miss Dillon was born in County Kerry, Ireland, but had spent all her jife in this city. She had been promi- nently identified with the work of St. | Matthew's Church and the Immacu- | Jate Conception parish. She is sur-| vived by two sisters, Mrs. Terrence McMahon, with_whom she made her | home, and Mra. Mary Sweeney of Dal- | Miss old, a resident of " ESCAPE SINKING DREDGE. NEW YORK, February 5.—Ten soa- men from the dredge Fort Sumier, which was abandoned in_a sinking condition in the Gulf of Mexico, night aboard the | steamer Dean Emery from Tampi The dredge was being towed by the | steamer I. C.-White from Charleston to Tamplco. | national jHowth 2znd | comn | permitted iyond that i confusion and mi: | principle, IRISH REPUBLICANS PLEAD FOR PEACE Country Will Soon Be Wilder- ness if Present Conditions Go On, Speaker Declares. By n.: Associated Press. DUBLIN, February sesterday's convention of republicar amy members says that Diaramuid 'Hegarty, who was secretary of tle Irish provisional government, spoke to the delegates as follows: The sorrows which have befalle our country make it the duty of every —The report of {one to do what is possible to end the nal tragedy. Can we allow the conflict to continue until every name Which inspired us with hope and our enemies with fear during the struggl With Lngland becomes but an l.‘on On a tombstone? 1f we continue much longer on the road we have traveled for the past s, st seven months we shall be not a country but 4 wildernese. i ’b convention was attended by .:vgxn d‘{a of the old republican army Who have remained neutral in the Elruggle between the Free State ana t 1t was interpreted as another nove toward nezce‘ g x!ul\g’f:'ldsmd e m[’!nd one civilian were County Down, when thetr hem Free inserip- their boat can State of soldiers, while republican pri untered a bars The prisoners were o to remove the barrier, and whil gaged in this work a m ne exploded killing two and wounding seven of them s % Numerous a reported. residence Two cross escort ers near agross dered ts of destruction were tor O'Sullivan's summer at Killarney, was burned -channel cables were cut the courthouse county, Ser, laght, Dublin by fire. LLOYD GEORGE BLAMED. De Valera Declares Present Chaos Due to Former Premier. © Associated Press YORK, February 5 a, in a letter to the World, now made public. “the ‘greatest of al] the rimes English statesmen have ted against Ireland was thar ted by LI in D, 1921, w immediat editor comm cember, S 10 an imposs ‘The key to a proper understan of the situatio Ireiand today this fact,” eays leade uary 16, & Dlace in s. in part: “They (thie gone voluntarily te meet England’s demands to the far thest limit which the national I and the principles for which w By infamous Lloyd George forced the dele limit, and _h. any other singie indivi ponsible for the awfu is being enacted here today. H don_‘treaty’ has brougnt t ry upon of Ireland that the treaty « has brought upon the pe continent of Euroy is the same. Force, tice, or reason, was made and those who the champions of right President Wilson, and grew the immiediate presence of t to which they bad set themselv —_— COLORED CHURCH DRIVE. Rev. S. P. W. Drew Will O Campaign Plans Tonight Plans for a concerted c: finance the activities of Cosmopolitan Institutional Bap Church—including the free emplov- ment bureau and educational depari- ments—will_be outiined tonight by Rev. Simon P. W. Drew., pastor of the church. at a mass meeting of all th colored congregations of the city Cosmapolitan Chure street Letween 9ih The letter s delegate building, 10th streets. The drive the approval will of be conducted v the Ministers o { Deacons’ Union of the District of ¢ lumbia, and with the funds raised th church proposes only to clear present mortgage and make inves ments in capital improvements to | classrooms and equipment. e FACES FRAUD CHARGE. New York Broker Held in Lo- Angeles Over $3,000,000 Deals. LOS ANGELES, February 3§ Austin E. Montgomery, former New York stock broker, was arrested by county and federal officers here New York authorities on charges of stock frauds aggregating more than $3,000,000. Officers announcing the arrest said today that Montgomery admitted his identity and said h would wa dition and return 1 at once to New York to face the in- dictments. ONE DEAD IN FIRE. CHARLESTON, I, February Fire which broke out in the business section here yesterday resulted in the death of one man and caused damage estimated at $200,000. James Guiney, proprietor of a pool hall, one of the places burned, was overcome hy smoke and died later everal busi- ness houses were damaged by eh- blaze. January Circulation 92,494 District of Columbi FLEMING X BOLD. Business Manaz of THE NING and SUNDAY STAR, does solemnly swear that the sctual number of copies of the paper named old and distribute: during the month of January, A.D. 1923, was as follows: DAILY. Copies. Dags. Duys. 3t o A Capies. DIR41 8 9 0 FORESSennnAs Less adjustments... 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