Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Snow tonight and tomorrow; not quite 8o cold; lowest temperature tonight about 22 degrees. Tomperature for twenty-four hours ; ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 28, at 0 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 19, at 7:40 ‘ .m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 28,771, Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. * TORKEY SUBNIT, G- Ledenderi A DyANGING FRENGH " AGREES 10 SGN | ALLPEACETERNS Clearing of Lausanne Skies Result of Mediation by French Envoys. DEPENDED ON REPLY BY BRITAIN TO NOTE No. By the Associated Press. VIE February Ludendorft is reported to have narrowly escaped lynching when his train was stormed by social- ists at Bruck, Kapfenberg and Weenerneustad, while on his way to Vienna from Klangenfurt, Karinthia, where his arrival on Siturday caused serious fighting between socialist workmen and pan-German irregulars. | . The police removed ‘ from his train at Setsendorff, just outside Vienna, and requested his | immediate departure from Ger- | many. The German general pass- | ‘ ed the night in Setsendorff, plan- — Gen. OVER NEW BORDER Occupation of Mannheim, Southeast of Ruhr, Hints Drive on Bavaria. Ludendorff GERMAN RESISTANCE TAKES ON NEW LIFE ning to_go to Munich without en- tering Vienna. He came to Au- stria_with the intention of ad- dressing the national campaigns at Langdenfert, peasant Sunday’s Break Now Attributed to Friction in Ottoman Delegation. Many Industrial Plants Operating, But Railroads Are Still Tied Up. By the Associated Press. The policy of resistance to the French occupation of the Ruhr val- ley has not been modified, but is growing steadily stronger, the Ger- man government declared today, through its embassy here. Managers of big industries in the valley express confidence in their ability to carry on, and at the same time prevent the French from get- ting anything worth while out of the district. The immense Thyssen plants in the Ruhr and vicinity, employing some 66,000 men, are declared work- ing full time. The railroad strike seems again largely effective in the Ruhr and important districts in the Rhine- land. Navigation on the Rhine from Ruhr valley points is reported at a complete standstill. Chancellor Cuno, head of the Ber- lin government, is on a visit to the occupied Ruhr area. Several persons were injured in a demonstration at Dorsten, Lroken up by the German polic No details have followed the re- ported advance of the French in a new area twenty-five miles beyond the German frontier into Hesse, where they were said to Have oc- cupied Goddellau. The move was in the direction of Mannheim, which the Germans momentarily expected the French would occupy, the dis- patch said. DY the Assoctated Press. LONDON, February 6-—A report that the French have advanced twenty-five miles beyond the frontier, occupying Goddelau, in Hesse, reach- ed London today In an Irsen despatch to the Times. The correspondent adds that the Germans momentarily ex- pect the- occupation of Mannheim. CUNO SPURS STRIKERS. . February 6. e has |- TTALY PUTS CURB agreed to sign all the peace terms. i Reuter's, Ltd. quoting a French | g § source, savs it is confirmed in wenl | Proclamation From Moscow informed quarters that the Turks > e to Fight Fascisti Draws Fire From Mussolini. ade Marquls Curzon's proposals for & separate peace between Turkey and Great Britain, No officlal details are avallable. By the Associated Pres LAUSAN ¥February 6.—Riza Nur of the Turkish delegation to the rear east conference said today that Turkey and the powers had reached an accord on LEADERS ARE ARRESTED A Militia on Duty First Time Since | the juridical capitula- . i there were still im- | Parliament | yortant financial matters on whichan «greement had not been effected. | Opened. Nur said Turkcy believed the = — objectionable cleuses could be elimi-| nated or revised. HBE (e Isinet Pasha early today telephoned | ROM the Amerlean delegution usking what | is taking firm measures to stamp out ish foreign minister desired to leave | publication of the proclamation by the the path for defi action open | third internationale in Moscow inciting MRt e last mor the workers of the whole world to Garroni of Italy 1 unite in fighting the fascisti More thun 100 sts alre have beea | made in parts of Italy. ted Press. February 6.—The government | Marquis_di t for Rome short- ¢ after noor et saw them off the statior mitted no deii- e plan for a settlemen ! The members of the Italian dele- |. ation. said that w e eco . 5 Faptors of the' treaty Feerved For | The authorities are sceking to atrest future negotfations. there seemed no | the leaders of the movement. Twelve feason why the Turks could not sign, | persons coming under this classifica- Qilegations haa dons Thadil French tion were arrested in Bologna. one be- | were hesitating to take formal action, | ing Slgnor Goudy, former mayor and The Itallans pressed the hops { member of the chamber of deputies. | Fourteen were arrested at Naples, in-| that an- amended treuty could be cluding the wife of the communist, | signed Lausanno elsewhere later when through regular diplo- matic channels a definite understand- | Bordiga, who was arested in Rome;| twenty-three were taken in San Bene- | detto det Tronto and netghbortng locali- | ing should have been reached. ENE B w0 SN TV | ties, sixty in Sarzana and the province | of Genoa and several in Milan. Reopenin, = 1 Simultaneously with the urrest of pening Reported Left to Reply |, 015 (01S " he police seized muny | to French. j important documents, including revo- | lutionary literature and discovered By the Associated Press. ! hidden stores of bombs and other PARIS, February 6.—The reopen-|weapons. ng of the near east conference at| Yausanne was said in officfal circles here this afternoon to depend upon the British government's reply to| Premier Polncare’s note of yester-| @ay. In this note the French pre-| mier made it known to Lord Curzon, the British forelgn secretary, that the Turks were disposed to accept the allied proposal for a settlement of the capltulations question. It is understood at the forelgn of- fice that the Turks are quito ready to resume the conference wher: it broke off Sunday evening, and this is t suggestion are made to London and Rome with th understanding that none of the ques tions already settled be reopened. 10! Lenders Are Arrested. Terroristic Attempts Occur. Various terroristic attempts have occurred throughout the country, no- tably at Perugia, where a bomb was exploded outside the barracks of the| carabineers and a similar missile was found outside the fascisti lheadquar- ters. Typewritten manifestoes were pasted on the walls of the city during the night, signed by “The Secret Execu- tive “ommittee and Inciting tne workers to revolt. They announced! the approach of a counter revolution | and exalted Nicolai Lenine and com- | munism. For the first time at the reopening | parliament fascisti national war on_duty, maintaining per- !fect order and in readiness for any surprises with which the subversive clements might be prepared. MEMEL NEUTRAL ZONE LIKELY IN COMPROMISE Lithuania and Entente Ministers French Find Resistance Stronger Because of Visit. 5 the Associated Pre DUESSELDORF, February 6.—The return to the Ruhr of Gen. Weygand and Minister of Public Works Le- Troquer to co-ordinate transporta- tlon without the employment of Ger- man labor finds the railway service demoralized and resistance generally strengthened presumably as a result of the visit of Chancellor Cuno. Rall- way workers and public officials, par- ticularly, appear to have been stim- ulated to further sacrifices in behalf of the Reich by the chancellor's call upon the occupled area, and hence the deadlock continues. A demonstration at Dorsten yester- day, occasloned by the expulsion of the burgomaster, was broken up by the protection police. Several persons were hurt. Teady to Resume Conference. The break at Lausanne Sunday is ettributed {n French offlctal circles to the fact that there was friction within the Turkish delegation, and that the Turks had not fully appre- ciated the extent of ground the con- ference had gone over and that the time had come to bring !t to an end. It {5 thought now that the Turks| &re ready to resume the conference with « disposition that promlses an early and successful termination of the negotiations. Resumption of tha conference in another month, after Ismet has re- at Kovno Provisionally Agree on Situation. B the Associated Pres LONDON, February 6.—A provisional WASHINGTON, D. C, By Sociaist Mob REPORTED BIMLES| turned from Angora, §s also said to have beén sugzested by the head of the nationalist delegation. M. Bompard, the chief French rep- resentative, declared: “It is not a rup- ture, the conference is interrupted.” In a conversation with Ismet Pasha before leaving Lausanne, M. Bompard is said to have learned that the Turk- ish leader stunds ready to accept the capitulation clauses which proved cne of the stumbling blocks at the Sunday session, NOT T0 ASK HUGHES BEFORE COMMITTEE The Senate forelgn rel mittee today decided to refer by Senator Robinson, kanesas, appointment of official tions com- to! Secretary Hughes the request made democrat, Ar- author of a resolution for American compromise has been reached between the Lithuanian government and the en- tente ministers at Kovno for the regula- | tion of the situation in Memel pending decision of that territory’'s future either by the ambassadors’ conference or the league of nations, says the diplomatic correspondent of the Telegraph today The writer adds that presumab) neutral zone will be creéuted. HENDERSON GIFT UP. Committee Discusses Offer of Home for Vice Presidents. The Senate committee on public butldings and grounds today considered the Warren bill authorizing the Presi- dent to accept on behalf of the United | States the gift of Mrs. John B. Hen- | derson of a home on 16th street to be ! used by Vice Presidents. The commit- tee came to no conclusion in regard to the matter today and is expected to take it up again at a meeting next Tuesday. The committee considered the ques- tion of maintenance of the proposed Stinnes Is Secretive. By the Assoclated Press. ESSEN, February 6.—Only an enig- matic smile was the response given a group of correspondents when they cornered Hugo Stinnes here in Essen last evening and asked this leader among the -industrial magnates of the Ruhr whether he was in Essen in connection Wwith negotiations with the French and the German magnates over a settlement of the reparation deliveries difficulty. The magnate was outflanked and surrounded by the newspapermen in a corridor of the Kaiserhof just as he had finished dining with one of th thres directors of the Municlpal Electrioc works and several other business friends. Herr Stinnes declined to reveal anything relative to the plans he had in mind in paying hls visit to Essen. i DN 60,000 STILL AT WORK. By the Associated Pres HAMBORN. February 6.—Sixty-six thousand workmen employed in the home for the Vice President at some various Thyssen plants at Hamborn, perng TUESDAY, MORSE BROTHERS ARRESTEDONTRAN Taken From Sleeper in New York on Charges of Conspiracy. i AWAIT BAIL IN PRISON: Sons of Charles W. Had Longi Fought Arraignment in South- i ern District Court. { By the Associated Press. { NEW YORK, February 6 -V of a sensational arrest in the sleep- ing car that was taking them to Washington for trial of war friuds, Benjamin and Harry F. Morse were| arraigned hefore Federal Judge Winslow here today on charges of consplring with Charles W. Morse, | their father, and twenty-one other| detendants, to use the mails to de- fraud steamship stock purchasers They refused to plead on the! ground that they had not had time to consult counsel, but the court or- dered a tentative plea of not guilty entered for them and sent them to! jail until they could raise $15,000 bail each. Arrested in Stati The arrests, staged at Pennsylvania | terminal, where they had been trailed | from New England by Department of | Justice agents, brought an abrupt end | to two strenuous court fights to es-| cape trial here. Removal proceedings begun in Bos- ton when Benjamin refused to come to New York for arraignment in the southern district court still were still' pending. Harry had defeated, at least tem- porarily, similar proceedings begun, at New Haven, Conn., to enforce his presence here. His removal had been ordered by & United States commia- sloner, but he obtained freedom on a writ of habeas corpus. Bench Warrants. The arrests were made on bench warrants issued several weeks ago after the brothers had refused to ap- pear for arralgnment. A similar bench warrant is out for Ervin Morse, who also has falled to put in an appearance here since the indict- ment was returned. Ervin lives in Maryland. Removal proceedings agalnst him are pending. The three Morse brothers, thelr fa- ther and the other defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury here on April 27, 1922, All the defendants save the Morse family put in prompt appearances and entered pleas of not Suilty. Charles W. Morse delayed for a long time his appearance here, but finally, on January 26 of this year, he appeared. He entered no plea, how- over, obtaining postponement on the ground that.a motion to quash the {fadictment and other technical moves wera as yet undecided by the court. He was released in $20,000 bail. TRIAL OFF TWO WEEKS. Justice Stafford in Criminal Divi- glon No. 1, District Supreme. Court, today postponed until February 19 FEBRUARY | counsers jmen dlspense justice instead of 2| 6, 1923—THIRTY “Bargain Counter” Justice Sndp For Traffic Law Violators {Two Policemen Hold Unique Court Be-| fore Big Show Opens; ' laximum Pen- alties Are Saved by Good Impression. Motorists who ave ™ urt for various have discovered there is ‘bargain counter” attached to the corporation !y two police- | Invitatt office, where regularly sworn judge. As rule motorists who intrust a in Traffic Court, but also severe penal- ties, if the declsions overheard by an ob- server today may be accepted as typi- cal. S The observer mingled in the crowd and was not recognized by any of the officials, sp that he was able to obtain a fair {dea of what a day In front of the Traffic Court's “‘bargain counter” i like. He followed this course to deter- mine whether or not the policeman’s frequent complaint that it s useiess to arrest reckless motoriets because he can't get “the papers,” is a just one. This observer learned in the hour or €0 he epent in the room that the poiiceman “Judges” not only refused in some cases to issue warrants or 1S HTS LEARUE HINT NEW CANAL PARTINPARLEY Opposes Body’s Official Rep- resentation at Pan-Ameri- can Conference. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The &tar and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. PARIS, February 6.—From a reli- able Latin American source the writer learns that the American gov- European ambassadors, has informed the league of nations that the pres- ence of representatives of this inter- national organization at the Pan- American Congress in Chile in March would be viewed with disfavor by the United States. On the initiative of assembly voted last September to place its technical services at the dis- | position of the forthcoming congress. ‘Will Not Be Represented. Owing to the opposition of the United States, the league will not be represented officially at Santlago, but the Chilean, Augustin Edwards, pres_ ident of the last league assembly, will perhaps be a member of the Chilean delegation to Santiago. The semi - official organization “France-Amerique,” in its publica- tlons has been pointing out the dan- gers of United States hegemony over Latin America. Emphasis has been laid on the fact that Mexico, Bolivia and Peru refuse to attend the San- tlago meeting. The popular antag- ivited down to | * fractions | i | documen their cases l')l j these policemen not only escape trial | :‘1’3"' {of Panama was expressed at | White House today, after the subject ernment, through one of its principal | | proposed routes. | Nicaraguan route, the rights to which the Latin American states the league | | route could be chosen, for the traffic policemen, but di@ issue the necessar: they immediately turned round and imposed fines so obvious- 1 * that they were almost open ns for the prisoner to go out and repeat his offense. instance of the latter s follows: A boy, about eighteen yeors old. was arrested last on” two charges of colliding, ing and driving without a Dis operator's permit. He and hi ses ware heard by Private Ott. hild, a member of the police department. ~The testimony showed that the prisoner, accompanied by two other. boys, was driving a road- ster up a ceptain busy thoroughfare. He ran intoshe rear of an automo- bils parked up against the curb, which had a parking light plainly showing and burning, ewung over and was still traveling with sufficient speed to craeh nto.a 'big touring car and completely turn it over. The first car he hit was- pushed fifteen feet, despite the fact that the brakes were on so tight that the wheels righ A class (Continued on Page ACROSS PANAMA White House Expresses Hope Profits of Present Water- way May Cover Cost. A hope that profits from the Pan- |ama canal ultimately may enable | the American government to build another waterway across the Isthmus the had been touched on at the cabinet | meeting. Officlals said that nothing definite had been done, but it was disclosed that consideration had been given to the question of deciding between two One of them is the already the United States Some of the difliculties yvet to be surmounted before the Nicaraguan it was said, by Costa Rica to ft through one of its are owned by included a claim a part of rivers. The impression was given by those | who discussed the subject that a decision might be far in the future. It was explained that many broad considerations of international policy were involved, and that should the plan for a second ¢anal, connecting the Atlantic and Paclific, eventually bear fruit, important readjustments of Central American questions might be necessary. Panama recently informed the State Department in connection with the preparation of a new treaty now being negotiated that she would look with disfavor on any effort to make the present waterway or the Canal Zone government a competitor in any commerclal field which would injure the industrial interests of Panaman- ian cities. Although the subject was i accumulating “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 94,951. 12,000 AreKilled InU.S.in 1922 Traific Mishaps By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 6.—More than 12,000 persons were victims of automobile fatalities in the United States in 1922. New York and Chicago had by far the larger number of accidents, according to statistics of the National Safety Council, made public today. New York led the list with auto fatalities, 785, which did not in- clude the month of December. Chi- cago had 736, and Los Angeles ranked third, with 321. Other cities ranked as follows: Pittsburgh, fifth, 188; Detroit, sixth, 146; Cleveland, ninth, 124; Baltimore, tenth, 122, and Boston, eleventh, 105. , In seventy-eight cities, over 50~ 000 population, 1,437 children lost their lives. Springfield, Ohio, and Holyoke, Mass,, had the best records, each with '2 fatalities. Death tolls re- corded by other cities included: Cincinnati, 73; Columbus, Ohio, 21 Dayton, Ohio, Grand Raplds, Mich., 23; Loulsviile, Ky., 29; Pat- terson, N. J, 16; Providence, R. I, 38; Toledo, Ohio, 46, and Washing- ton, D. 3. SENATORS PLEASED OVERD. C. SURPLUS, Senator Curtis Sees End of Long Controversy Over Fund. KANSAN URGES PROGRAM Senator Phipps Will Push Legisla- tion to Enable Use of Dis- trict’s Monies. The report of the joint committes on the surplus revenues of the Dis- trict was the subject of much fav- | orable comment by senators today. i Senator Curtis of Kansas, who more than two years ago declared that the surplus revenues of the District then in the Treasury was the sore spot, causing the trouble between the District and Congress and in a measure between the Senate snd House, over District affairs, ex- pressed hLis gratification that the matter was now in a fair way to be cleared up. Senator Phipps, chairman of the Jjoint committee, 1t was sald today, intends to get action by Congress at the present sesslon if possible, rati- fying the report of his committee, which held there 1s at net balance of $4.438.154 in_the Treasury, esurplus revenues of the District, which should be expended for the District. Sen- ator Phipps today was engaged In the work of the conference commit- tee of the Senate and House on the District appropraition bill foir the fiscal year 1924. He is chairman of that committee. As soon as the Dis- trict appropriation bill has been dis- posed of, Senator Phipps will take up the question of legislation regarding the surplus. T. §. May Augment Fund. The surplus which the joint com- mittee has found to exfst will, in the opinion of members of the Senate, be expended as have other funds raised by taxation for District appropria- tion. Curtis Urges Laying Plans. Senator Curtls in discussing the surplus revenues, government should put up its propor- tionate share of any appropriations made from the surplus. In the opinlon of the Kansas sena- tor, the District Commissioners should begin work on a program covering the most needed improvements for the District, including public_school buildings and playgrounds. He ex- pressed the belief that it would hard- Iy be practicable to get legislation through at the present session, act- ually appropriating the surplus funds, but he contended that a definite pro- gram should be made up as soon as possible, so that it could be given due consideration by the committees of Congress. He laid special emphasis on the advisability of having this pro- gram deal with essentials, like school buildings and playgrounds and new bufldings for the District govern- ment, needed to house activitles of the District government now conduct- ed in rented quarters. May Use Fund for Work Neglected During War Washington's surplus revenue fund of more than four millions should be made avaflable to meet the ur- gent need for new schools, better street paving, more lights and sew- ers, District officials belfeve. Commissioners Rudolph and Ovster were elated today over the report of the joint committee of Congress, which urged the Senate and House yesterday to recognize the existence of a free surplus of $4,438,154.92 as belonging to the District. They realize, however, that the fight s not vet over and refrained from discussing in detail how the money should be appropriated until Congress has acted on the report. said of course the | | mangled body was TWO CENTS. PUNISH TRAFFIC VIOLATORS, CRY RAISED IN HOUSE Congress Action Demanded Against Alarming Condi- tions in District. WOULD BAR COLLATERAL AND BRING TO TRIAL Motorists Denounced for Speeding and Careless Driving—Many Accidents Scored. “We never will have safety on the streets of Washington until courts punish traffio offenders,” said House Leader Mondell today during dlscussion on the floor of the alarm- ing trafo conditions in the National Capital. Representative Charles E. Fuller of Illinois, whose sister-in-law was recently killed in a trafic accident here, spoke vigorously regarding the need of protecting the people against wild-driven automobiles on the streets of the National Capital. Representative Fuller said he h, been told’that traffic conditions h are worse than in any city ir the country. He declared that automo biles here go as fast a8 railroad trains. Representative Fuller recommended that no permits be granted except to competent persons and that the prac tice of allowing drivers to put up collateral be abolished, so that ever. one guilty of traffic violations would be brought into court. Comments on Arrest “I noticed in one of the newspaper of the city last evening. an artic stating that there were 298 more rests made in this city in the month than in the month befo: cald Representative Fuller. report from the superintenden police it is stated that traffic violatiens in this city in the mout of January totaled 2326 and that « these 924 were for speeding, an i crease of 295'over the previous mont! ‘In my judgment it i{s time th Congress should take some notic traflic conditiona {n the city of Was! ington. They have become almost us bearabie. The number of arr stated by the superintendent of po might indicate that something v being done to prevent the daily an almost hourly violations of the spe regulations, but these arrests amour. to nothing. Agatnst Collateral, “The usual practice is to take a small deposit, and the person wl violated the law never appears in the Police Court at all. His deposit forfeited. and that is all there is o! it, and he goes on his way and com mits the same kind of violat again.” Kep. Hicks of New York, asked it it is not a fact hat a chauffeur obtaining his license in the District of Columbia, after once obtaining it never has to go before the Com missioners again to show whether he is_qualified. Representative Fuller _replied: “T understand that to be the case, that almost all that ls necessary in order to get a permit to drive an autc mobile is to make the application and pay the fee, and then it contin year after year without any renew. Representative Blanton asked, not most of the trouble due to the fact that irresponsible chauffeurs ployed on salaries who do not ow their cars are permitted to drive an | they do not care whether they hay accldents or not as long as they keep their own bodies whole?" Wite's Sister Killed. Representative Fuller replied: “I doubtedly that is frequently the casr One reason that has induced me make these remarks this morning is that a few da) ago the matter w: ‘brought home to me in such a w: not to be ignored. A member of m own family, the sister of my wife. visiting in Washington for a few days, had an errand on the street onls a block away. Fifteen minutes after she left our home, her crushed and in the hosp murdered by an irresponsible mobtle driver, who never ought to have been granted a permit to operate an automobile. And I say to you, my friends, now that it is just as dangerous to give a permit to operate an automobile to an incompetent or fmproper person as it would be to give him a permit to carry a loaded 7evolver, because one is a dangerous weapon as much as the other. “] have been told frequently that traflic conditions in this city a worse than in any other city in t United States. I do not know whether that is 8o or not, but I do know that in the past vear I have had to jump for my life at least a thousand times to get away from speeding automo- biles. “What I would like now is to have these facts made public, 8o that somo remedy may be found to correct thes. conditions. I know something of the speed at which automobiles go. I have watched the speedometers on machines and I krow when they are | going beyond the proper limit. No #utomobile upon the open strests of {a city should be permitted to run more than fifteen miles an hour. “Automobiles in this city are oper ated every day upon the public streets at a rate of speed as great as that of the average railroad train upon a track, and any one knows that that i« dangerous to human life. Rigid Examination Urged. representatives on the reparalion | jength, and declded to obtain some fur. | Muelhelm, Dulsburg and Dinslaken | tne trit of Charles W. Morse, promi- | ohism between Brasil and the Argen-) I Cles AUNOUST the subject was “In commission, that Mr. Hughes appear |ther information before acting on the before the committee. Chairman | bill. Lodge sald he would send Nenator | Robinson’s request to Secretary, Hughes without comment. Administration leaders in the Senate have indicated that they saw no reason for summoning Mr. Hughes, who al- ready has sent to the committee two batches of official papers dealing with the activities of the unofficlal American observers now serving with the commis- glon. It also has been said in adminis- tration circles that the Secretary him- #olf would hesitate to go before the com- mittee unless he were invited formally by a malority of the members. Senator Robinson's resolution fs on the committee's calendar with no.imme- dlate prospect of action, republican Jeaders taking the position’ that no ad- vice from the Senate on the reparations guestion is needed at the present deli- fate stage of international relationships. 5,000 FRANCS DISAPPEAR. PARIS, February 6.—The mysteri- bus disappearance of £00,000. francs from the safe in the Paris office of the American Express Company is re- norted by Le Matin today. 0 clue as to the whereabouts of ihe money has as vet been found, are working full time—three eight- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. LIFE TRIAL IN REGULAR COURT Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 6. —A dog will £o on trial for his lite in the corporation court here in the near future. He is the property of Willlam I. Petty, 505 South Fairfax street. He is at present under a cloud of suspicion. The finger of accusation 1s pointed at him by Dr. J. F. Gar- vey, deputy health officer, who, having investigated his mode of Itving, has officially characterized him as “viclous” and a menace to the community. Some time ago he was In a scrap with a dog owned by W. Evans. } colored, who resides near Petty's home. Mary Evans, seven years old, l time of the fight and Evans had Policeman Russell Thompson kil his dog: Then, Evans thought, the Petty canine should share a_simi- lar fate. Petty objected. Evans took the case before Acting Police Judge A. B. Nicol in the police court. Julige Nicol decided today that the Petty dog could live until the corporation court could pass upon its disposition, although he ad- vised that it be tied up. The necessary warrant is' to be made out in fhe next few days. Judge Howard W. Smith will make final disposition of the dog. Character witnesses are. expect- ed to be features of the trial. After their testimony ‘the future existence or speedy demise of the dog will be determined. Mean- while, he is eating regularly and proceeding in the even tenor of ~his wey, dsughter of the owner of the ol posing canine, was hitteo &t the “POOCH,” WHO BIT CHILD, FACES t New York shipbuilder, his three | Sons and eight others charged with conepiracy to defraud the United States Shipping Board by war c(m»' traots. 5 The government sought a . post- ponement until ‘Maroh 6, because of sickness of a number of their. asso- clate lawyers and ‘accountants now Working. on. the books of .the com- ny. P ”M(yzru and his associates demanded an immediate trial, charging the ar- Test of Harry and Benjamin Morse in New York today was only a subter- fuge on the part of the prosecution to secure thé desired continuance. e e —— MEET ON D. C. BILL. The Senate and. House conferees on the District appropriation bill held their first meeting today ‘sinoe the blll was sent to fonference. The Senate added many important amendments to tife ‘bill, ‘including appropriations for schools, play- unds, parks and new public bulld- figa rhe committee mada good progress at its meeting ‘this morning ond it 1s belleved that it will .be possible for the conferees to com- Dlate their work in a comparatively Fhort time. . tine Republic over the Martin Garcla Island, the strategic key to the river {Plata, has been fully explained and the admission of Canada to the Pan- American Union as a usefyl counte: polse to the United States hegemony has been urged. Influence of France. rance as the leading Latin nation exercises great cultural influence over the Latin-American. countries. One of the natural results of a large part of North American opinion to French policies s that certain elements of French opinion should become more and more hostile to certain United States policle G FLETCHER SAILS FOR HOME. Ambassador Coming to Head U. S. Delegation at Santiago. By the Aswociated Press. BRUSSELS, February 6é.—Henry P. Fletcher, ambassador ta Belgium, who will head the Amerlcan delega- tion at the pan-American congri in Santlago, Chile, next month, salled from Antwerp today for England en route to the United States. He will land at Harwich and proceed to Southampton, whence he salls for New York February 8. derstood that delegates to the Cen- tral American conference in progress here also have touched upon the pos- sibility of a second canal during their effort to revise the general intern tional relations of the Central Amer- fcan bloc of republics. Disclosure that the President hopes a second canal can be built followed Should Cover Negleet, { The opinion seems to prevail in the District building, however, that the money should be released from the Treasury to take care of those mu- nicipal projects which were neglected during the same years in which the a report made at the cabinet meeting | surplus was accumulate today by Secretary Weeks that re- ceipts for January amounted to $1,- 500,000, a new record. ‘Without going into the question of whether Congress should match the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) That The Star may All of “Today’s News” Today give its readers the most complete as well as the most reliable service, the 5.30 Edition is issued, containing the last word of news—sports finals, financial resume, etc. Also the Colrt Calendar for tomorrow. For sale by newsboys and newsdealers throughout the city. my judgment, three things should be done: First, perf.t.e should be granted only upon a rigid exam- ination and only to proper person: and under proper conditions; second the practice of taking a deposit from & person who violates the speed res- ulations and allowing him simply to forfeit that deposit, should be abol- ished. A man who violates the law and is arrested for that violation ghould be compeled to appear and stand trial and let it be a public mat- ter, and let him not only be fined, but if it is & willful violation, lef there be a jail sentence, and when {life is taken by a man who is violat- ing the speed law, the law presutie | him to be responsible for the neces- | sary consequences of his act, and ha ought to be indicted and punished for manslaughter or murder, because {that is what it is.” | Members Applaud. Vigorous applause at this _point interrupted Representative Fuller, showing that the Ilouse as a whole heartily indorsed what he had said. Representative Fuller then referred to @ clipping he held in his hand from last night's Star as to the conditions in_the city of Detroit. i | | House Leader Mondell interrupted to ask Mr. Fuller: “Have there been any cases where offenders have been given jall sentences for these viola- (Continued on Page 2, Column