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WEATHER. i, Partly cloudy and continued cold to- fiight; tomorrow fair, with perature. Temperature for ended at 2 p.m. toda; 2 p.m. today Fuil report cn page 7. twenty-four hours : Highest, 30, at lowest, 18, at 5 a.m. today. rising tem- ‘ , I i Closing N. Y. él_nclu and Bonds, Page 26 he Entere post No. 28,772 office Washington, as second-class matter D. C. WASHINGTON, D. ( WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION pening Star The Star's as the papers “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 94,976 .. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1923—-THIRTY-TWO PAGES. TURKS THREATEN. | ALLIED WARSHPS AS PARLEY FALS Smyrna Commander Says He Is Ordered to Force With- drawal of Vessels. ISMET PASHA LEAVES | LAUSANNE FOR HOME Worried, Paris Admits Chances of | Signing Any Peace Pact Are Remote. LONDON, February 7. h intend to pay no atten o the threatening Turkish ulti- matum demanding that the ailied Soviet May Avoid Fighting if Turk Attacks Allies BY By Cable F. A. MACKENZIE. The Star and Chicago Daily Ney Copyright, 1923.) MOSCOW February 7.—Now that the rupture of the Lausanne conference has been confirmed, a quick change has come over com- ment here. People, whether high of low in station, talk today. not of war, but of the necessity of avoid- ing war. Whether Turkey fights or not. Russia will in no event take an immediate part hostilities if she can possibly aveid it. There will be war,” high Russian authorities declare, and even the Turks here talk lhc\am.\ way “We must submit dr a time, as Russia h. submit Germany and Br Litovsk ~ treaty Turl “We must imitate our time will come. The lzvestia finds consolation in the idea that the whole tendency of present events must bring Turkey nearer to Russia, It says the presence of a British fleet In the Dardanellas is merely a demonstration and that Great Britain and Greece will not easily decide to begin a new war. no to st- to the the Russia a PLANTOCOMPLETE GREAT CATHEDRAL ATS10,000 000 COST Funds to Be Raised, Nation- ally for Hiige Edifice on Urged as American Shrine, Like Westminster Abbey, for Burial B the Associnted Press. Plans for immediate completion of great Mount St. Alban. BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE TO RIVAL WORLD’S BEST;‘ of Celebrated Dead. | | | i i | American national cathe- RECKON M JUST AS, o TWO CENTS. | | Text of Message | Of President on | British War Debt To the Congress You have been asked to assemble in joint session in order that I may subiit to you the report of the World War Fo n Debt Com- mission, covering its accepted pro- posal for the funding of the debt due to the United States from the government of Great Britain. This report, concluded on February 3, 1923, reads as follows: The President: The World War Foreign Dept Com- mission created under the act of Congress approved February 9, 1922, having received the mission appointed by the British govern- ment to RATIFY PACT ON DEBT, ASSIST U. S. i3 PRESIDENT’S PLEA SHIPPING, Mr. Harding Cites Needs in Message to Congress. SEES OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTION URGED Plenty Time Remains for Vote Before March 4. He Says. Congressional approval of the war- debt funding agreement negotiated with Great Britain was requested by President consider the funding of the demand obligations of that government held by the United States, reports as follows: The’ British government desig- nated as its representatives the Rt. Honorable Stanley Baldwin, chancellor of the exchequer, and Mr. Montagu Norman, the governor of the Bank of England, who have conferred with the commission in Washington and presented facts relating to the position of the British government. The commis- slon has also met frequently in separate sessions and has given the fullest consideration to the problems involved in the funding of the British debt to the United States. It became manifest at the outset that it would not be pos- sible to effect an agreement for funding within the limits of the act approved February 9, 1922, and the commission has. therefore, co sidered the practicability of a s tement on some other basis, and dral, larger than Westminster Abbey T b and rivaling the celebrated struc- tures of Kurope, were announced here today at the annual convention of the Episcopal diocese of Wash- ington. held in the Church of the Epiphany. Costing ten million dollars, and with its great central tower rising above the Washington Monument, the great edifice is planned to take in the hearts of Americans the place which the old abbey occupies among the British nation; to probably be- come the final resting place of Amer- ica’s celebrated dead and as “a wit- as a warships leave Smyran, It was atated au this after- noon. hing in the armistice prohibiting the presence there of allied wa ahips, it waxs added, and the Brith do not intend to leave. commitment of the English-speaking world to the validity of contract.” Coupled with this approval, the President added in an address at a joint session of the Senate and House Congress should enact into law the administration ship bill because “it tx as important to avoid losses as it is to secure funds on debts.” | Ample time for action on both of these measures, it was declared by Mr Harding, remains before the present Congre#s goes out of existence on ! March 4, ana e:mer, he said, was fit to be recorded as a chapter of great' achievement. Fair Play on Debt. The President made no specific recommendation as to the form the action of Congress on the British debt should take, leaving it to the leaders in Cong; s to decide what method | should be adopted to amend the pres- ent law so as to permit consumma- tion of the agreement recently reach ed by the American and British debt commissions. t was manifest from the begin- he said, “that Great Britain conld not undertcke any program of payment which would conform to the limitations of time and Interest rates which the commission had been au- thorized to grant. But here was a great nation ac owledging its obli- gations and seeking terms in which it might repay “So your commission proceeded to negotiate in a business way for a fair and just settlement. Your commis- sion went so far as it believed the merican sense of fair play would FRENCH EXTENDING Br the Associated P'ress CONSTANTINOPLE, February The Turkish commander at Smyrna has informed the commanders of the | CRIP UPON RHENISH oy do not comply wi he Turkish | . e ] v i Lo o M el el e Fair Companions Separate Bavaria From |1c% (o Christ.in the capita YANKS FROM RHINE s smons praseas st Rest of Germany, |, The vians contempiate more chan DUEK AT SAVANNAH' "kF\or’:ee - $10: B""‘S []FFERED IN l SENAIE_A!QHUUSE’ (e b ccs o e war of | a national shrine. ! NEW YORK, F construction of a : the law, to conclude negotiations, it which will | heights of Mount R i unanimously recommends for sub- Approves Settlement With at coercion by the | ch consul at Smvrna to attend the alone cas not until ! missiol ‘ongress a s e it w Historic Cannon Boom and Wit the Hetay e e loment England and Authorizes Other Agreements. i Lonely May Get | IR ANENDMENT addressed a strong this demand and uttered the gr follow o Wy atten Turks. The Fre reports the greatly turn of quested French steamship Peirr cruiser now at The Turkish ne lish an order issued b GonSegnEn S ruary T.—Lone- York who dislike theater and dinuer obtain desirable ompanions from agency just opened. The fee Advert e are a enjoy good company spend a pleasurable will introduce you to | { i of intelligence. guod to look upon. | with a pleasing personality. who | | | Byt Assoclated Press ESSEN, February 7.—The German! Although the Information Bureau announces that| catheral on the the French have occupied Lennep, a:St. Alban has been Rhenish textile eity. as well as Kreb- | Iy for time, | soege and Bergisch-Born, two small- | very recently that it w er towns noarby raise the funds to complete According Lo lthe: came immediately as a national Trench advance is app 1IN Lo an encircling movement wi nmander of “""\"‘““"'"\:,.“‘_'lfl‘::anludc the occupation of El s on both the active A9 lana Barmen. both of which are tex- ST e, | tile centers. b e Lennep, a city of 15,000 nersons e oreign warships | U¥enty-two miles southeas: of Duws- enter the | S€ldort. Iron and steel goods are also \t mo two | manufactured there. will be allowed | The extension of the French occupa- ime Cme was thejUon to the Wupper valley was accor- erence of the allied |plished by about 900 soldiers, the + result of which Germans assert. The Freneh traveled wie” “\William Nicholson, |in lorries, starting yesterday noon British cruiser Curacoa, |from the British occupled srea. | “"Phe population had been expecting high com- |the French for several days. it ap- here handed a note of |Dears, amd so far as the German re- - representative of the |purts indicate there was no trouble| e e erstood | Of anY kind. However, the actual ar- anent. SR 9D rival of the troops caused consider- Turks will require such ships asiable excitement, despite the fact the with their specifications |local authorities announced last week na harbor by midnight. the and embark aboard the Fre Loti and the Fre: disiurbed now the authorit by may 5 an is $10 tion situe to some subjects ients state ranger, it you if You wish to evening, voung lady you source. the| fice { dertaking Making the Rt has 2 funded oo Interest accrued an paid 1o’ December there as | as decided to 3 the edi- ' = lows ; Whistles Shriek Welcome cigal of notes <0 Le ro to Happy Soldiers, - we is rently art the announcement today. Rev. Alfred T. Harding. Lishop of Washington, pointed out that at_the last Genersl Convention | of the Epistopal Church both houses unanimously adopted a resolution which “commends the erection with {out delay at the capital of the Na- tion of a great cathedral to witnes to_the sniritual ideals of America.’ “This,” said Bishop Harding, “is the basis of the appeal we are now mak- ing to the churchmen and church- women of our land. We are con- vinced that this witness for Christ in the capital of the nation will be a potent agency in lifting the minds {of men to spiritual realities and thus counterget“the trend so evident in our time toward materialism.” Begun Under First Bivhop. Beginning in a comparatively small way. the first Bishop of Washington, the late Dr. Henry Yates Satterlee. made it his life’s work to acquire and pay for the site, which has grown until now it comprises sixty- on the heights of the section, overlooking the { Potomac, and with the National Capi- tal spread below in panorama. Al- ready on the property is a school for . it builidng the gift of the late Phoebe Hearst. There is also a 100!, the building for which was given by Mrs. Harriet Lane wn all offic will be a jolly dinner and theater lists companion. In calling us state preferences as to types and de- sired accomplishments. This is an invitation to only the well bred man_seeking a clean evening's entertainment.” The agency, which reports a good busine: says it requires the strictes al references from its young women. They must sign a contract, agreeing, among other things, to abstain from liquor and to refuse to allow their clients to escort them home. One newspaper sent to the agency posing as an out-c town ‘merchant. The reporters story today indicated he had found that the agency’s representations were correct. AUTO COLLATERAL - RAISED BY PoLIcE Deposits Greater Than Prob- Johnston. niece of President Bu-|ed the ship. They were vociferiously ! able Fine to Force Arrested Ghanan. in memory of Her (Wo sons. | grected by the doushboy<. 1 James Buchanazn and Henry Elliott. - 2 S = 2 The bishop's home, which stands in | AFrival of the transport atthe city | Drivers to Court. the Cathedral Close, was the gift of |limits was announced by the boom- | Mrs. Susan Evelyn Murra; ling of two brass cannon. The can- | i In the little sanctuary stands aninon, captured from the Brit at | xquisitely carved stone pulpit. which | Yorktown, Va., and presented to the | Chatham artillery in 1790 by George | retired present for immediate $4,704. Ey 1) Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. February 7—The last American troops to return from | the war in Europe touched home soil here at 2:40 o'clock this afternoon. For mary of the soldiers aboard the transpor& St. Mihiel who formed the American Army of occupation on the German Rhine it was the first sight of the United States for more than five years, While whistles and sirens sent up {a shrill welcome and thousands at the .dock cheered, the veterans, | crowding the rail of the transport, answered vell for yell. Great enthusiasm marked the ar- {rival. The din was terrific. The soldiers danced frantically about the deck of the ship and threw hats into the air l Deduct parments made Oc tober 16, 1922, and No- vember 15, 1922, with interest at 41, per thereon to December 1922 Immediztely after President Hard- is | ling had addressed Congress today a | Lill to amend the debt law to provide | ifor acceptance of the British settle- i and for settlements with other ldebtor nations on similar terms, was { jintroduced by Senator Smoot. rcpu\)-; okt o iaitoan {lican, Utah, a member of the debt} debtedness as : ! 5, which | commission | B merersmant Senator Smoot said that the House bonds are to ba fssucd probably would act first on the legisla- to the United States Tion, and that it would be brought be- Fovernment at par.. | fore the Senate immediately after the | House passes the bill, and ahead of | the shipping bill. | Senator Smoot's bill was referred to the finance committee, which is to meet on Friday. He said that the plan was to have the committee approve the principle of the bill and be in a posi tion to make an immediate report to the Senate as soon as the House bill | is passed. i A eimilar bill was introduced in the | | House by Representative Burton, r publican, Ohio, of the debt commis sion and referred to the ways and| s committee. | e Smqot-Burton bills provide for | a general' amendment of the allied | debt commission law, as follows: | “That the settlement of indebted- ness of the United Kingdom of Great jritain_and Ireland to the United | tates recommended by the commis- | on and approved by the President, | t forth by him in a message | d to Congress on February ereby approved and autho; . and scttiemdnts, similar erms, with other governments ! debted to the United States as e forth in this section are hereby | thorized to be made Subject approval of the President.” TUNNEL T WAREROLGE SPHON OUT WHKY Thieves Get 100 Barrels From | Stewart Distillery Company, Near Baltimore. 1000 tons may g means vastly mere funding and charge of the largest international loan ever contracted. It Is a re- {commitment of the English-speaking iworld to the validity of contract; it is in effect a plight against war and war expenditures, and a rigid adher- ence to that reductlon.and retrench- ment which enhances stability pre- cisely as it discharges obligations.” Alluding indirectly to proposals to attach to the congressional act of approval a soldiers bonus bill, the President reminded Congress that the ar-time authorization for the loans contained in itself a stipulation that when the money was paid back it should be applied to the retirement of liberty bonds and other govern- ment issues. more than the Ime the ultimate dis Smyrna To nation be paid in casu for ani the was ordered to Smyrna. addition the allied $4.600,000,000.00 3,000,000, The principal of the bonds shall be paid in annual installments on a fixed schedule. subject to the right of the British government to make these payments in three- year periods. The aumount of the first year's instaliment will be $23.000,000 and these annual in- staliments will increase with due regularity during the life of th bonds until, in the sixty-second year, the amount ment will be $1 £ ¢ gregate installments being equal to the total principal of the debt The British government shall have the right to pay off additional amounts of the principal of the bonds on any interest date upon ninety days' previous notice. Interest is to be payable upon the unpaid balances at the follow- ing rates, on Decembe: 15 and June 15 of each year: Three per cent semiannually, June 5. 1923, to Detember 15, 1832, inclusive; per cent semiannual June 1923, until final payment. May Defer Interest. For the first five vears one-half the interest may be deferred and added to the principal,'bonds to be issued therefor similar to those of the original issue. Any payment of interest or of principal may be made in any Tnited States government bonds issued since April 6, 1817, such bonds to be taken at par aund ac- crued interest. The commission believes that a settlement of the British debt to the United States on this basis is fair and just to both governments, and that its prompt adoption will make a most important contribu- tion to international stability. The extension of payment both of the principal and interest over a long perfod will make for stability in exchange and promotion of com- merce between the two countries The payment of principal has bee established on a basis of positive installments of increasing volume, firmly establishing the principal of repayment of the entire capital sum.” The payment of interest has been established at the approx- imately normal rates payable by strong governments over long terms of years. High Interest Opposed. It has not been the thought of the commission that it would be just to demand over a long period the high rate of interest naturally maintained during the war and reconstruction, and that such an attempt would defeat our efforts at settlement. Beyond this the commission has felt that the pres- ent difficulties of unemployment and high taxation in the United Kingdom should be met with suit- able consideration during the early years, and, therefore, the commis- slon considers it equitable and de- sirable that payments during the next few years should be made on *such basis and with such flexibility as_will_encourage economic re- (Continued on Page 4, Column 2. U.S.Navy Airship Berlin-Chicago, Flight May Be Madé in June BY GEORGE WITTE. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. BERLIN, February 7.—The 350- foot airship. which the Zeppelin Company is building for the United States Navy will start on her non-stop trip from Berlin across the Atlantic and direct to Chicago In the latter part of June, it was announced today. The construction of the giant diri- gible is nearing completion, and it is expected that the air cruiser . will be ready by April.. seveinl trial trips will be made reporter n mission: do not to leuve Smy e jthat the occupation was quite likely |to take place within a few days The populetion of the Wupper vai- {ley numbers about 500.000. Most of the worker. 2 the tex- !tile industrie ; . | The efforts of the “committee for Tear Angora Attitude Will Affect |, "% B 00S B (10 gt fo 7 jvnder Chancellor Cuno's direction. | Ismet’s Stand at Lausanne. are beginning to be seriously felt. | This committee was at o ne pre- sided over by Burgomaster Schmidt, who, however. was recently expelled from Due: ldorf. The French have abandoned h of the German rail- road men resuming their post: they are well supplied with money, which nables them to live on th same standard as when working. The transport St. Mihiel arrived at Tybee bar at 12 o'clock. Convoyed by the cutter Yamacraw and tug McCauley, she proceeded to quarantine. At 12:45 o'clock the transport again was under way, having been cleared by the quarantine office. While at quaran- tine the congressional party w aboard the cutter Yamacraw and new paper men on the tug McCauley board- four ~acres, { northwest part of his statement on the negotiations, the executive read a report from the American commis- sion, heade ecretary Mellon, de- >ttlement as “fair and to both governments,” and pre- it would “make a most important _contribution to interna- tional stability.” Mr. Harding’s appeal for action or the ship bill was prompted, he said by suggestions that its opponents were seeking to prevent a roll call on it before the end of the session “Mere avoidance by prolonged de- bate.” he declared, “is a mark of impotence on a _ vitall important public guestion, 1 plead for a de- cision. If there is a favorable ma. Jority "the bill should be enacted. If a majority is opposed defeat will be | decisive. "Then, if Congress fails in providing the requested alternative measure, the executive branch of the government may proceed as best it can to end the losses in liquidation and humiliation.” Volce Husky From Cold. President Harding's voice was husky from a cold, and he spoke in & conver- sational tone. which frequently scarcely carried to the corners of the chamber. All over the floor members could be heard coughing, which detracted from the gathering being able to hear clearly all_that the President said. The Congress and those gathered in the galleries sat unusually quiet, save for frequent coughing while the Fresi- dent was speaking. The first applause he received for telling paragraphs in his speech was when he said: “Only after submission to the Brit- sh cabinet was the proposal of your commission accepted, and I bring it to you with the earnest recommenda- tlon that it be given, so far as legis- lative proedure will admit, a cordlal and prompt approval.” Applause Is Frequent. When the President said: “It is a very gratifying thing to note the press “and public have uttered sub- stantially unanimous approval,” the applause against burst forth, Again there was applause when the President said: “Knowing there lis abundant time for ample debate, 1 would be recreant to my belief in the urgency of a decision on the mer- chant marine blll if I did not renew the request that it be brought to a final disposition. House members indulged in unu ually vigorous applause, evidently di- rected against their colleagues from the Senate end of the Capitol, when the President said, “mere avoldance by prolonged debate is a mark of {m- potence on a vitally important public question.” Both House and Senate members re- frained from any mark of approval when the President said: “If Con- gress fails in providing the requested aiternative measure the executive branch of the government may pro- ceed as best it can to end the losses in liquidation and humiliation.” The biggest applause was given to the President when, after saying, “I am not seeking now to influence the enate’s decision,” he concluded wi T am appealing for some decision,” with emphasis on the word “some.” When the President finished speak- ing the entire assemblage stood and extended to him the courtesy of sub- stantial applause as he left the leg- islative chamber. President Harding was vigorously applauded by a full House and crow. ed galleries, in which sat the highest officials of the national government, when he appeared in the House cham- ber before a joint session of the Sixty-seventh Congress to deliver his last message of the present session laying before the legislative branch of the government what he considers the more urgent matters demanding attention before Congress adjourns. The President was escorted into the (Continued on Page 1. Column Sey TUrges Ship FRENCH ARE WORRIED. are employed As a ated Press. bruary 7 Iir the Assor = PARIS, ¥ government over the sympt of tionalist action by the Angora Turks The news that r entatives of the A\ngora government have warned the lied warships to quit Smyrna is re- irded indicative of the spirit Brevailing in Angora and which is| L3 congidered likely to affect the dis position of Ismet Pasha with respect not only to the clauses of the near 1St peace treaty that remained con- tentious su at Lausanne, but also those hud aiready been agreed upon Tt is feared t after a e of Angora Lausanne some of The French ably worried extreme is cons; Exsen In Isolated. | | el sen is completely isolated ! telephonic and railroad communic tion and business men and bankers are motoring to Duesseldorf and Gel- senkirchen to iransact their affairs with customers. The proud house of Krupps has had to establish a mes scnger service to Gelsenkirchen to kandle the firm’s businee. The French aver that Hugo Stinnes’ visit to Essen is partly responsible for the renew The fight of Washington motorists and pedestrians to make the streets from ultimately will be placed in the com- pleted cathedral. It was presented by the archbishop, dean and chapter of Canterbury Cathedral, England. A great stone peace cross also stands in the grounds, erected at the close {of the Spanish-American war and dedicated by the late President Mc- Kinley. Design Called Most Beautiful. The cathedral has been designed by of the greatest English architects, the late George F. Bodley, and Lis American associate, the late { Henry Baughan, It has been pro- French Seriously Handicapped by.inuunccd one of the most beautiful : in the world. Tt will be seen that iVialkouts Iy OccundedsSres: | in its great proportions the cathedral ssociated Press, ! will be larger than Westminster Ab- ELDORF, February 7.—Gen.|pey, for its whole length, outside Weygand and M. le Trocquer, Frenchi o o oment will be 500 feet, its minister of public works, have arrived | wigin 135 feet. Its great central here for their third \’Isi‘l since the oc- | tower will rise to 260 feet and its cupation. They found the railrnad |twin front towers will be 195 feet motor from Aix-la-Chapeile. They e an elovation of 644 feet above were accompanied by Manager Boue|the city of Washington, making it of the Nord railroad. |the most conspicuous ana command- A conference at Gen. Degoutte's: ing object in the ,capital. headquarters dealt particularly with | Foundation Complete in Year. the situation created by the complete | The apse. already érected, was the | ™ (Continued ‘on Page 2, Column (Continued on Page 4, Column 7. Vast Italian Communist Plot To Operthrow Facisti Revealed that in official circles here | sojourn in the atmos- whither lie is bound Ismet may desire to the concessions he made as Turkish foreign minister and head of the Turkish | egistance of the German leaders. delegation to the neace conference. ce and Italy Agree. RAIL STRIKE EFFECTIVE. Ttaly are in accord as | - sitv ~ of reopening the | s possible, but now that be done until from Angora sious optimists admitted thut the prospects of signing Luusanne treaty between the the Turks appeared to into the distant future. . it seems, had another change nd almost before the train bearing the French delegation homeward from Lausanne was out of sight, abandoning the coneiliatory attitude which 8o impressed M. Jomparo. Thi; Turkes had an one it is anythnig Ismet r Even toda the powers B the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md, February 7.— Liquor thieves were found today to have tunneled their way into the warchouse of the Stewart Distilling Company, in Highlandtown, a suburb, { and to have robbed it of 100 barrels of | whisky valued at $245,000; bobtleg Ismet Ten Lost Lives in January. 3. Ten persons lost their lives in traf- fle accidents here during January, an increase of 100 per cent over the num- | Whisk ber killed during the same month last | irhe tunnel- was started from a house | vear, according to figures made public, on South 6th street, and ran 150 feet by the traffic bureau of the police de- | t0 the warehouse. A long rubber hose e attached to a suction pump showed | o £ > how the liquor had been siphaned The Zihlman bill carries the heartiest | from the barrels in the warehouse. indorsement of the District Commis-| Police say the robbers must have been { sioners, the police department, the Po-|& Mmonth in digging the tunnel. lice Court authorities, business associa- tions, organizations of chauffeurs, citi-| GEORGE A. DRAPER DIES. zens' associations and the public gen- MILFORD, Mass., February =) lerally. It is agreed that the Zihlman George A. Draper, president of the bill, if passed, will provide all the legis- | yraper Corporation, manufacturers of textile machinery, died in a Bos- lation necessary for the District authori- | ton hospital today. He was the last ties to attain traffic safety. to gurvive of thres brothers, which Reckless motorists may no longer | include en. Willlam F. Draper, evade appearing in the Traffic Court formerly ambassador to Italy and a by forfeiting small sums, under Maj. members of Congress, and Eben S. Sullivan's order. In the past prisoners | Draper. who was Governor of Mas- have preferred to forfeit their col- sachusetts. (Continued on #age 2, Column 2.) ex ting Curzon, the h forelgn secretary and even on friends of Turkey France. Therefore, when the British zovernment declared that Ismet must | put into writing the text of the clauses on which he and the allies| were in agreement, together with a detailed plan concerning those to be on Lord Washington, were fired by a_special | of this city safe today evolved three crew of members of the Chatham |outstanding developments, as follows: artillery, who served in that unit inj 1 ho Ziniman il whict ¢ the il and Spanish-American wars. 2 ‘n bill, which provide A salvo from a batlery of French|for the establishment of a Traflic| 7.3:; ;ollowed. * ni o } Court presided over b a judge \\'Ilo; Che crasl o e guns was e % . B signal for the Hinging St “Bis Dukes | Would devote his undivided attention {2 huge fire bell in the center of the |to trafiic violations, and makes other | clty. Immediately almost every bell, | much-needed changes in the handling | whistle and siryn in the city adde i i B o e | T last o the “weloome “or lhg | Of trafic in Washington, was favor ! troops, The medley of sounds con- |ably reported to the House by ‘the tinued: five minutes as the transport, | Houge District committee without a1 her rails lined with cheering dough- | gissenting vote. I boys ‘and their German war brides, | o : DERsed it the' civer it hex doclk: 2. Superintendent of Police Sullivan All Savannah gathered along a mile | ordered all police captains to exact of water front early to await the ar-{maximum collateral for violations of rival of the St. Mihiel. . , i e e uncer. | tFAflic laws as a step toward break- ome - o e X tainty as to the exact hour of the |iN§ UP the practice of drivers who arrival of the ship failed to diminish | evade the justice of the Traflic Court the enthusiasm with which Savan- | by forfelting small sums posted for nahians and visitors assembled 10 | yoiansearance welcome in behalf of America the last 3 contingent of the United States to leave Europe. The St. Mihiel, according to latest reports from her commander, was due to arrive off Tybee bar, at the mouth of Savannah river, at 11 o'clock. The coast guard cutter Yamacraw and the tug McCauley were lying in the river, steam up, ready to take the official reception committee and a horde of newspaper and camera men to meet the transport. Congress Party Arrives. A delegation of five senators and five members of the lower house, ap- pointed by Congress to greet the re- turning troops officlally, arrived early today. A party from Washington, consisting of several representatives and heads of various veterans' or- ganlzations, arrived here yesterday to participate in the welcome celebra- tion. Red Cross nurses were here fully equipped to attend to emergency calls (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) veserved for annexed _conventions, further asserting that the economic | questions ought to be settled at once, ! this viewpoint and communicated it Put Nothing in Writing. . {Hundreds Are Arrested as Police Make ing in writin, Instead he gave a " s erbal mes to Count Massigli, | e o contann | Widespread Effort to Frustrate appeared today to have created an NGirely new situation. Ismet declared ' Red Efforts. that Turkey was still ready to sign | asked postponement of the flnn:hen-g actment of the others, including 08e | covering the cconomic and financial | By the Associated Press. | "ROME, February 7—As a result ot [the numerous arrests of communists llnd agitators throughout Italy the police ave gained irrefutable evi- dence, they say, of a vast plot for the overthrow of the Fascisti government. The authorities are continuing to take into custody large numbers of communists on charges of plotting against the safety of the state. In the province of Ascoli alone 297 persons have been arrested. Those apprehended at various points include persons above the average station in life, among them being for- mer mayors, lawyers and professors. It was noticed today that, contrary to the siutation prevailing in 1920, at the time the anarchist Malatesta was arrested, when the government was com- pelled to release him under threats of a general strike, communists were taken into custody today in large bodies with- out anybody scemingly daring to pro- est. Documents seized in various: cities, ny of them in'code and others on ich invisible ink were used, are de- clared to show that a concerted terror- istic moveuient was contemplated. The center of the conspiracy was Triest, where efforts were to be made to incite the Slavs to revolt in Italy's newly ac- quired provinces. Arrests were continuing to be made throughout last night and today. Many of. those arrested were released after being questoined. % 3‘ the ‘The Mllan police searched the ment of Deputy Serrati, editor ,Amvnntl, the socialist organ, without re- tw - Premier Poincare hastened to indorse | The latter, however, put noth- )r transmission to the powers, which $0 per cent of the treaty clauses, but questions. Ismet expressed the de- And the“—What? To give you the very last word about everything that has taken place during the-day—World news, local news, financial news, sports news—out comes the 5:30 EDITION OF THE EVENING STAR. Another feature is the court firogram for the next day. : sire to consult with Angora. He said that the Mudania armistice would continue, inasmuch as the negotla- tions at Lausanne had not officially collapsed, and expressed his readiness to resume the discussions at the sug- gestion of the allies. The position of the Turkish delega- tion was summarized here today as follows: The whole treaty should be sub- jected to fresh examination; all ques- lons unsettled at noon last Sunday, or just previous to the break, shouid receive further consideration; the economic clauses should be separated from the treaty; it is not for the Turks to define the conditions under which they might sign the treaty, but rather for the allies to do so. Mean- "~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) in May over the Bodenze, where the Zepelin works are situated, and early in June the airship will be brought to Berlin, where Ambas- sador Houghton will inspect her and also be given a chance to take a trip in her. German pllots and mechanics wiil be in charge of the dirigible when she makes the voy- age across the Atlantic, but an American naval commission will also be aboard. From Berlin the airghip will fly across France, leaving the main-_ land at some point on the Spanish coast, when the most perilous part of the trip will begin. It is thought that the trip will take from four to five days. For sale by newsboys and newsdealers throughout the city.