Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Falr and warmer tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness, with mild tem- perature, probably followed by raln to- morrow night. Temperature for twenty- four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: High- est, 51, at noon today; lowest, 33, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. e = Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bunds, Page @b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Zoening Star. “From Press to Home Witkin the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast E as the papers are printed. Yext:nhy": Net Circulation, 96,364 :*A L Entered as sccond: 28,814 5ii"omee Wasnington. No. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 1, 1923 —THIRTY-SIX PAGES. * TWO CENTS. City Postmaster ERMANS WEAKEN 1\ Quits Post Her. NRESSTANET) ™ RURR OCCLPATION itelations Will Be Maintain-| ed in Certain Sections i With the French. POSSIBLE BY MOVES Industries, Public Utilities and Citizens No Longer Forced to Strict Boycott of Invaders. DECKER. ago Dails New: BY A T Star and Ch “opyright, 192 . March 21.—Indications tucreasing that the German policy of passive resistance to the French in- vasion of the Ruhr district has been pended, least tempora German officials have been ordered by the Germ regional government of Munster, according to information to maintain re- MERRITT 0. P CHANUS. imonston Photo. B at rom French source lations with the occupational authori- t provided the regional govern- ment is first consulted. May This mea Mean Armistice, - §20,000 600 YEARLY 1ta with the French | Payments Would Continue et el 12 Years, Eliot Wadsworth e Frehen | Declares in Paris. 3 permit | negotiate with the IFrench Geliveries. and. most fm-{ portant it wil rul the Ber- ! By the Ao lin N © punishing| PARIS, March 21 —Pa German collaborate With the| 000,000 a year for twelve years Brench D eietice | the United States in settiement ny is included | the the Am y nees of We ond the Ruhr are inj o with the regtonal govern- | P! and that authorities to negot A lines ings. It cities are permitted to a requisit d that offic r mitted orders of the Fr he order. if confir w e« coal barons to . telephone and Jads T and means also ment of $; of costs of army of Rhinelana sympathy sburg 1 n of Eliot cretary the opinion Wads- weats at Duesseldorf | Worth, assistant of the Munster. The lasti American Treasury, who received the named town is also a garrison tOWN. | ewspapermen in order that he might where 2.500 federal troops were or- o dered out and many former Ruhr po- | CXplain the present situation of the egotiations and remove what lice were expelled by the French. An order issucd from Munster would | uparger, i have the same significance as = Ak E oo pressions which seemed to j | regarding 1t issued from Berlin, because the re- gional governments are responsible the allied powers had not yet formulated definite proposais with to Berlin, CHECK BRESCUE MUNITIONS | regard to the method of payment of | the United States, Mr. Wadsworth | sald, there was nothing that could yet be sald in this respect, but he Work Stopped by Germans. expressed optimism with regard to By the Associated D'ress. - —mqdhie ultimate outcome of the negotia- PARIS, March 21.—1he allied coun-Ttjons. il o bassadors decided today to | .. . ond inetraetions to Gen. Notlet, head wQuite a little progress has been of the allicd military control commis- r‘"“ fd %‘ flrav\ n['\w ere we are,” de- sion in Germany, that the commission | clared Ar. Wadsworth. resume its duties of supervising tne production of military material ln‘ Germany . The work been suspended of the Ruhr occupation Germans had refused to give facilities to that body if the French and Bel- gian members were present. The Berlin government now has changed its attitude; hence the order for the resumption of the commis- slon’s work. BRITAIN WATCHING RUHR. rized revail French Commissioners Take Up This Is Last Controversr. Mr. Wadsworth sald the various of the commission hus | representatives of the allies who were since the beginning because the | | bursement were showing the best of feeling and working well and he had every hope that the ulti- | mate result would be the definite re- moval of what he termed the one pin- prick between the countries inter- ested. The points on which he was await- !ing definite propositions were on | number of installment payments; how s | they were to be paid; what priority ation. 5 French Occupat! | would be given the United States; By the Assaciated Press. | whether the United States should re- LONDON, March 21—-Ihe, policical jceive a certaln percentage of German i et Siare Cof Tord | reparations payments, 10, 25, or 50 T¥Abernon, the British ambassador |and how Belgium's priority in pay to Berlin, who arrived vesterday. Sehts woulllbe i Rachen Official clreles rather oddly profess | =y 'ywaqyworth said he supposed it entire lgnorance of the visit, saying | hat it is not concerned with govern- | Germany were granted a moratorium ment business. This suggestion, ac- | this would delay payments by the Goraing to ithe Malegrant m"n'r‘\";’:‘;“‘(’g;n-ngzh of time of the moratorium. correspondent, “does less stic to the ever-vigilant ambassador. The general assumption is thadeor IrAbernon, whether summoned to ! ¥CArs seem London or mot, has really come tolnclined to thinic sy report to the government on the sl;\:- | Germany could pay ation in Germany as regards possible | ;. S : developments in the Ruhr. He is! Answered Questions Freely. credited in some quarters with hav-| The American representative free- ing a warm sympathy for Germany |ly answered questions put by his and with disapproving of the l“ranco-ill; r;r :nws;t_ox;\f them in explanation Belgian policy. It is admitted that|of the situation. He ot no one {8 better equipped by experi- | expect the United States to take any ence than he to communicate to offi-ypayment except In cash. mor would cials here an inside view of the whole | the American government take part situstion. When his visit was first [ any messures Lo collect the money. 7 Se wis 4 disoni I'He suppose e allies, on receivin Tome Sircien to heticve e me was | the first billion gold marks, divided it from the Berlin government, but this | ¢ "0 continue regularly, when the e e naw to have been defi- | {nerican debt would be taken into ey e ansone account. e oopatch to ithe Daily it o Considerable interest was shown by ue: o . according to | tn information derived in French cir- :hc nature cles, Rhineland President Fuchs, who ! taken ove as expelled in February, and ‘since | sice and which the United States was then has headed the passive resist-|willing to consider as payment re- ance movement in Muenster, now has, cefved, Mr. Wadsworth said the value realized that the r:;.v«-n_\-rn{ rorhl'grll‘r;‘u;of mlsbmawrm [wasinot kr:nvtvn to the Germans to co-operate wi e{him, but was probably between French is reacting ominously upon!twenty-five and fifty million the Germans. Accordingly, he has|marks. It consisted of motor trucks, notified the German officlals that if | rolling stock, horses and mules, much any duties jn the public interest, they | Americans. may apnly to him for permission to co-operate with the French and Bel- gians, and, if their requests are con- sidered reasonable, the will granted a license. the Envoy Expected to Report 4 imillion dollars annually for twelve [ years seemed feasible, but he seemed ch payment v ntage of w Mail from at_the time of the armi- Mr. Wadsworth explained how the three or four million tons of Ger- | man shipping which the United States be|had seized could not be credited ‘against American claims. Women Repudiated as Town Officials After Year’s Reign By the Associated Press, DES LACS, N. D, March 21.—After a year's reign Des Lacs' woman admin- istration was defeated yesterday, the ~oters in the village election returning complete male ticket. Carried into office by a vote of two ) one a year ago, the women were Leaten by approximately the same ratio yesterday, according to unofficial seturns. Defore yesterday's election the out- come was doubtful, but by noon the women were worried and a late land- slide of male votes confirmed their fears that they had been beaten. Mrs. H. L. Holverson, chairman of the vil- laze board, was defeated by E. W. Aollenkoff. The feminine officers were elected March, 1922, and Des Lacs stepped to & unique place in the United States and probably in the world by clalming to be the only community that had elected a complete set of ‘l'qnman ocersfli and married women at that. The Women's Booster Club had announced that it intended to go into the campaign and put up a ticket on the platform of a “bigger, better and cleaner Des Lacs.” The men of the village scoffed at first and then final- ly “weakened” and went to the polls, electing the womea by a vote of about two to one. Mrs. F. H. Ward was elected. mar- shal at that time and she held the job for several months, but finally announced her intention of glving up the office to some woman who had tewer children to care for. She found ithe job was “too tough,” she said, and declared that “a woman's real place is in the home.” A section foreman, Danfel Olson, was appointed to the office for her unexpired term. He was not a can- didate for re-election ALIESMAYPAY US| to | tphalia | occupation in Germany seems feasi- | was | aken | conferring on the question of reim-! The suggested payment of twenty | He said he did not | e newspaper men with regard to! and value of materials | gold | of them desire to continue their!of which later had been sold by the CHANCE RESIGNS | AS POSTMASTER T0GOINBUSINESS Thirty-Five Years in Federal Service to Be Ended Arril 15—Will Join Coal Firnt. {HAS MADE ENVIABLE ! RECORD IN 8 YEARS Raised Washington Office to Level! Of Nation’s Model and Won Great Personal Tribute. Postmaster Merritt O. Chance today resigned as head of the Washington city post office to become first vie president and secretary of the newly | incorporated Griffith Coal Corporation of this eity. Mr. Chance's resignation will be- come effective April 15, thus ending thirty-five continuous years of service {in the postal system, with the excep- tion of three years spent in the War Department. He as been post- master of Washington for the past eight years iew Firm Incorporated. Papers of incorporation for the new | coal organization have been filed un- | der the laws of Delaware, W. W. Grif- | | fifth to be president, Mr. Chance first | | vice president and secretary, and Wil- | D. Grifith vice | president. The organization meeting | {is to be held April 1. The ma [fices of the corporation will ren |1st and N streets northeast branch yards will be est throughout the cit The resignation of Chance today hrought i front in postal circles question | of & successor. Among those men- | ed for the p te | | liam to be second n of-} ain at | and blished Postmaster ialy to the National Capl 4 Mooney, chicf clerk of the Post Office Department; Edgar M. Snyder, United States marshal for the District; I Graham, president of the N Electrical Supply Company . T. Galliher, chairman of t rd | )t the Federal-American National | | Bank, and Ralph Lee. N Pays Tribute to Workers. | It is understood that Mr. new position carries a considerable | | increase in salary over the salary| paid as postmaster of Washington, which {s $6,000 a year. High tribute to the supervisory officials, clerks and carriers of the Washington city post office was pald by Postmaster Chance, as he prepar- ed to lay down the reins of which he has been head since September 1, 1915, “1 have never worked with a more loyal set of people than those at the city post oflice,” Mr. Chance said. “It is With a deep sense of regret that I sever connections with the postal service. after thirty-five years in it.” He also expressed his appreeiation of the treatment recefved by him from the administration. Made Office a Model. Friends and associates freely gave Postmaster Chance the credit for taking a good city post office and in | cight years making it the model office of the country, the postal business of | which has increased from more than | 2,000,000 a year, in 1916, to more than 1$4,000,000 1ast year, the increase being {larger than the total receipts in the | former year. Since Postmaster Chance took charge, the number of employes has { increased from 950 to 1 persons, the clerical force of the Washington city post office having been increased from 695 to 946 persons. Carriers were | j increased from 339 to 396 men. Clas- | sified stations lave been increased from nine to thirty-two. Cancella- | tions have increased from 115.211.445 | in 1916, to 214.200,434 in 1922,"an in- | crease of more than 98,000,000, Chance's | | { i i i { i | | Population Incrensed. Especially striking in showing the | growth of the local post office aro] the records of money orders fissued! and paid here. In 1916, money orders | issued amounted to $2,614.853, while {Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) LIFEOF AUTO TAGS - WAY BE EXTENDED | Maryland Offers to Allow Us-| ing 1923 Markers in 1924 if Reciprocity Looms. Purchase by District autoists of Maryland license tags for 1924 need not be made at the beginning of the new year, but can be deferred even as late as Februarv, if the Maryland state highway commission can recelve | definite assurances in December that | the 2-cent gasoline tax bill, designed to bring about reciprocity in license | | tags between the District and Mary- land, will pass Congress shortly after it reconvenes. Arrangements also will be made whereby Maryland autolsts need not buy District tags until ac- tion on the bill is taken. This statement was received today {by M. O. Eldridge, executive chair- man of the American Automobile As- sociation in a letter from John N, Mackall, highway commissioner of | i Maryland, who assured the associa- {tion ‘that it “will have every co- operation” from the Maryland com- mission In its efforts to bring about the passage of the bill. Mr. Eldridge regards Mr. Mackall's letter as a “big concesslon from Maryland.” He stated that if this plan could be brought about, District and Maryland automoblle owners would be able to ride on 1923 tags in 1924, until definite action one way or the other were taken on the legislation. The association also received today a letter from Representative Fred N. Zihiman of Maryland, who stated that he will introduce the bill for the gasoline tax upon the reconvening of Congress and that he “feels quite sure” that early action on it will be taken by the committee. | Dorothy | erty OH YES, THE, ( PARTY SHOULDYFN SELECT A N NATION-WIDE PLOT T0 BLACKMAIL SEEN Keenan’s Death May Prove Knell of Sus- pected Organization. MANY ARTIFICES USED Slain Woman Believed Custodian of Jewels and Cash Extorted From Rich. Speciai Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, March 2 ers that prey,” whose blackmail ma- machination have made New York's underworld notorious throughout entire world, are worried today. Reve- latior:s impending through the fnves- tigation of the mysterious murder of Dorothy Keenan—or King as she pre- terred to be known—may reveal an organized blackmailing conspiracy which wl shock the nation. The mur- der. at first considered more or less ordinary in character, is taking on aspects which threaten to become far reaching in their effect Some of the more experienced in vestigators at work on the case as- sert that threads from many of the mensational murders, jewel robberies, blackmail cases d liberty thefts of the past months seem tan- xled up in the killing of this girl, whose blonde beauty w the shadowy night life of th Trace Source of Jewels. Where, these Investigators are en- deavoring to ascertain, did Dorothy Keenan obtain the sapphire and dia- { mond bracelet, the platinum and dia- mond pins and lavaliers which she has flaunted these last few months | in Broadway cabarets? Where are the bills of sale of these magnificent jewels? Exactly where did the lib- Bonds come from which she bousted about to her friends? What jeweler sold the gems to Dorothy or her friend, who, according to her story, gave them to her on such a lavish scale? Above all, the independent invest| gators demand, whose are the finger- prints with which the girl’s body, the chloroform bottle and the whole room must have been, and probably are, covered? And why, the friends of the dead girl ask, have the police failed to have their expert take im- pressions of them? Because of this situation they suggest that the evi- dent muddling of the case since the discovery of the murder would indl- cate thers is no real desire that it should be taken from the unsolved mysteries of underworld crime. Public Reacts Unfavorably. The general public is reacting un- | favorably from the careful mystery with which the police have surround- | ed the 1dentity of the “Boston million- aire,” partly because it is certain his identity is withheld simply because he is a millionalre, and also because there have been too many uhsolved murder mysterles here in which rich men were declared to have been con- ned. Ce;\'hlte‘ler the replies to these perti- nent questions, the Keenan case has directed attentlon to another under- World conspiracy of extraordinary di- mensions, whether the young and fair-to-look-upon model was directly connected therewith or not. Her death has lifted the curtain from the opera- tions of a gang who baited their traps with good-looking young girls, hun- dreds of them, and ensnared rich men sojourning in New York. These girls never were allowed to keep a tenth of what their victims were compelled to give up, in order to prevent expo- sure to their families and friends. Dorothy had at least $10,000 in cash, jewels and negotiable paper worth very much more. Just why she should have received sums large even for a world-famed courtesan, Such as seven caret diamonds which Would have graced the hand of a multi-millionairess, although she was only ordinarily beautiful and had reither grace or culture is something those trying to solve the mystery of her death would like to know. May Have Been Custodian. The suggestion is made that she merely was custodian of much of this property. This follows the sugges- tion she “tipped” off the mysterious millionaire of a plot- to blackmail him and received the penalty of the gang, death, as a result. Her case, however, also has called ‘\Continued on Page 2, Column 5) —The “pow- | bond ! still | list of | ( | CLOTHES CANDIDATE MAKE | | Rain-Making Futile Project W eather the official opinion s weather bur | is an “entirely futile undertaking.’ | the | 1 i [ | ing the sch, tor artifict ecting “atmospheric beh he govern nt's meteorolog tement by the bureau today. know of ar for the artificial production of rain on a scale of practical magnitude. nor for other- wise affecting atmospheric behavior. In spite of these facts, statements appear at interv in the pr her- alding ways of making rain, preventing or fog, or forestall- disastrous effects of storm. These ideas are not new other mes do not ¢ schieme new rain On Small Seale Only. “It is true that in the labor small amount of moisture can be pre- cipitated by the use of special equip- ment. But widespread drought is due to 1 of sufficient moisture in the atmosphere and the absence of other ¢ ‘aditions essential to the formation of rain. If there is little ‘molsture to bring down. obviously no device for causing rain artificially has any value, because of the’ absurdity of supposing that human agencles can supply adequate amounts of water for extended areas when the atmosphere itself is practically dry “To produce one inch of rainfall ove; an area of an acre, approximately 113 tons of moisture would have to be drawn up_into the air and_then precipitated. For a square mi tons of moisture would be reqvired square mile. however. would carcely a dot in the center of a RUM WITNESSES TAMPERED WITH Testimony Given at Indiana Trial to Show Some Al- ready influenced. 320 A be | By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. March 21— Extra precautions were being taken today by federal officials to prevent persons from attempting intimidation of witnesses who are to testify for the government in the Lake county liquor conspiracy trial, in progress in federal court here. The action of the officials, accord- ing to United States District Attor- ney Homer Elliott, is a result of in- formation which reached him. and which was introduced as evidence during yesterday’s hearing by Federal Agent Willlam Hays, that persons had succeeded in “zetting to” some of the prosecution’s witnesses. There is little doubt that some of the witnesses have been tampered with during the past few days, Mr. Elliott declared. Thelr memories ap- peared hazy regarding evidence which they had testified to during the grand jury Investigation, and they appeared unwilling to give testimony regard- ing activities of certain of the de- fendants. g Explains Reluctance. Testimony intended to explain the apparent unwillingness of certain government witnesses to give impor- tant testimony during_the last few days was introduced. William Hays, 'a federal prohibition agent, testified that at the forenoon recess of the: trial he had overheard a conversation in a washroom of the Federal build- ing, in which Andrew Wytow, ex- | member of the Gary police force and a defendant In the case, had sai “We didn't get to those witnesses soon enough.” The testimony caused a furore in the courtroom and attorneys for the defense made frantic efforts to have it stricken from the record, but Judge Ferdinand E. Geiger ruled that the evidence was admissable, adding “it speaks for itself.” The testimony partially explained various lapses of memory with which witnesses in the case were afMicted, United States District Attorney EI- liott said. On several occasions wit- nesses were unable to ‘“remember” testimony which they had’ given be- fore the grand jury. ‘Alexander Indrier of Gary declared he recalled a conversation between Luis E. Barnes, ex-sheriff of Lake county and Gaspare Monte, slain wit- ness for the prosecution, concerning money for the campaign expenses for Roswell O. Johnson, mayor of Gary and defendant in the case. Indrier recalled the conversation, but could not remember the details, although Mr. Ellfott declared he had been very explicit before the grand jury. Judge Gelger advised Indrier to go over the records of the grand jury with Mr. Elliott to “refresh his memory." ory a | Experts Declare section where drougit preva Arizona or parts of Texas be less than one-seventh of of t trict of Columbia. normous Forcex Required. “Enormous forces are required in nature to elevate moisture above the earth before it can be precipitated. 1 Billlons of horscpower are represented in the cloud that spreads over hou tops: und oven if some artifi means were found to cause the aggre- BALiO d fall as rain of the Infini- | tesimal drops of which it is made up, lculation shows that only a trifling amount of prec d result There must be by which the moisture-laden atmosphere can be lifted to a considerably tude to lower its temperature and thus precipitate a considerable part of its moisture content.” “Hall Shooting™ Scored. Among projects to the Lureau other hich bo of weather-controlling have been relegated the impossible, the called th “hail-shooting” scheme t excited Europe ten years ago, by Tops were to be pro- tected from hail or rain by the Shoot- ing of bombs into the air to dissipate oncoming Kiorms. A more recently profacted scheme fin this countr | which the bure to be “eco- ‘nom\t'fluy imj contemplated the use of powerful fans at the base ' of high towers for forcing upward | great ~ quantities of r and thus simulating conditions in rain-produc- ing storms or ecyclones. _As to the “man who contracted with farmers in drought-stricken regions to produce. by a secret chemical proc ess, an inch or more of rain w period of two or three montk | consideration of $1,000 an inch | bureau regarded the scheme as « \;‘—fr;»m h;s standpoint. If the rain came, it said, he collecte i it failed. he didn e PLANFORREVOLT . ~ BARED AT TRIAL | Book of “Theses and Resolu- | tions” of Communists Part of Foster Prosecution. By the Associnted Press, T. JOSEPH, Mich., March 21 —The state planned to read extracts from the “theses and resolutions” adopted by the third world congress of the { Communist Internationale at Moscow | | to the jury today in the trial of Wil- | liam Z. Foster, charged with vi the Michigan law | syndicalism. | _The state, which introduced the Russian book yesterday, attempted to show by it that the Moscow Interna- tionale, as governing body of Com- munists throughout the world, com- mitted the party in America to a definite program of force and violence | in an effort to overthrow the existing | Bovernment of the United States. The “theses” descrived in detail the strategy to be followed by legal com- munist organizations in those coun | tries permitting their existence, as in England, and the methods to be ! sued ‘b)_‘ the illegal orsanlza!hmgu{rn the United States and other nations where communism can exist only as an underground movement. i Must Be Militant. i “The communist party must develop into a militant organization capable of avoiding a fight in the open against overwhelming forces of the enemy, concentrated upon a given point; but, on the other hand, the | | very concentration of the enemy must | be so utilized as to attack him in a | spot where he least expects it,” the theses and resolutions say. “It would | be the greatest mistake for the party organization to stake everything upon | & rebellion and street fighting, or only ] upon condition of severe repression. “Every legal communist organiza- tion must know how to insure for it- self complete preparedness for an! underground existence and, above all, | for revolutionary outbreaks. Every fllegal communist organization must, on the other hand, make the fullest use of the opportunities offered by the | legal labor movement, in order to be- | come * * * the organizer and real leader of the great revolutionary masses. i “By the use of force, the proletariat destroys the machinery of the bour- geols state and establishes a prole- tarian dictatorship based on soviet power. “The revolutionary epoch upon which the world has now entered ~ (Contnued on Page 2, Column, 8 folating | against criminal | | { stitutions | therly Indians’ Dances As Good as White Man’s, Chiefs Say By the Associated Press YAKIIA, W Chiefs Homer Watson Barnhard of the Yakima tribe have sent a formal to Charles Burke, United Indian commissioner, recent order forbidding the usual tribal dances. ~ “You tell 100Kk to the declared. white ma the like Ind prote States agal n other the white man doe When you stop th man from daneing we may begin to think dancing an evil, and aiso stop dancing, but why should the poor Indian stop his dances when the white man doesn’t his?" dians say the tribal spring dances will this season HUGHES OUTLINES ATTITUDE OF U. . TOWARD SOVIETS States Fundamental Changes in Conduct of Government Vital to Recognition. us be lLe ia In a comprehensive statement cov- ering the American policy toward Russia Secretary Hughes today out- lined the attitude of the partment one of non-i with R detern 1ssia’s internal not to to recognition of nent until it has sound basis for concerns, atior enter into look gover ished itself on international interco The statement was issued conference had been held between the Secry i delegation repre- s committee for Russia ¢ cussions the soviet after a Ty ting the recognition o No Wish to Interfere. a women's “Not only do we not terfere with the Russia”; said the statement. not only do we recognize the right of the R to develop their own in- ut uti desire to 1 concerns of s- sian peopl suc interference salvation of contrived outside a a be cannot woul Ru |end injected “Russia’s hope lies in Russia's ac- tion. It is absolutely impossible deal with matters which are in control of the Russian people which, until they are adequately deait with, furnish no ground for helpfulness. no ground for Russian recuperation Charity toward Russia, the Secre- tary added, was not enough. So far as charity was concerned, he said it had been poured out lavishly o fair-minded person could doubt the 't of the American people or their e to give relief. e constant and dominant thought our minds” he said, ‘how can help that stricken people.”” Refers to Loan. Secretary Hughes referred $157,000,000 loan to Russia, the to the made after the first revolution and declared | the United States had been the first to recognize the Kerensky govern- ment, which did not profess a policy of repudiation. In the soviet decree of January 21, 191§, he said, all for- cign loans had been annulled by that government unconditionally and without exception “Now the United harsh creditor,” he States who ca But i men States is said. The not a United not p dulgenc, arc_one ther. vet to hear of any change in nnouncement of the soviet authorities. Suggestions which have been reported have always been coupled” with impossible qualifica- g is strikes at the hcart of some the suzgestions which you have made in the interest of the princ ples of religion, which we all have at heart—good faith is the very es- ence of brotherly Kkindness. “There is no hope for the Success your gospel—our gospel-—-of bro- kindness in a world of hatred and in a world which is not animated by the sincerity of good faith.” bevond their mean: and proper arrang thing, repudiation is of Hopes for Adjustment. Secretary Hughes concluded with an expression of desire that the s viet government abandon its old poli- cies and adjust itself on a basis where the United States could give it a helping hand “We want to help,” he saidg. “We are just as anxious in this department and in every branch of the adminis. tration as you can possibly be, to pro- | mote peace in the world, to get rid of hatred, to have a spirit of mutual | understanding. but the world we de- sire is a world not threatened with the destructive propaganda of the so- viet authorities, and one in which there will be -good faith and the rec- in- | to | and | and | not seeking to press debtors | 1NAVY DATA BRITAIN GAVE U. 5. SEEN AS REPLY TO COMMONS Admiralty Declares Ships Have Not Been Altered by Increasing Gun Range. TREATY CLOSELY STUDIED Attitude of Parliament and Con- gress Pact Given Attention. on The purpose of the British gover ment in informing the United States that its warships had not been alter- ed by increasing gun range and sive armament is interpreted rere as having prob ably been intended to answer charges in parliament that the admiralty was violating Washington trea Whether an intimation was intended s also purposed was ti speculation in Congress a avpropriati modermzing” Ameri the developments British disclaimer was being tion which Tt provided: Provisions of Treaty. ned capital ships reconstructed except for the purpose of providing means of defense agalnst alr and sub k. and sub- Ject to the fo | e contract powers purpose equip existing h bulge or blister or anti- protection, providing or displacement thus e | t exceed 3.000 tons for | de- 1t that violation ubject Tn view I the time was made can ships, brought by conusiderable today to the count of the agrcem of extensive of attacks a $6,500,000 for and th udy con 3 ratio se hail be narine atta owing rule P s far tonnage ircraft the in- ected d each “No in e armor, in or general type of n armament shall be alterations umber pe i Majority holds opinion_in the proh change in_“general type |ing" would not cover alterations the casement to permit higher eleva- There however, a was a decided disposition, g members of Con- gress during consideration of the ap- propriation to interpret the general limitation in the paragraph to reco | struction “against air and submarine attack” as perventing any change in the main batteries. Britixh Met U. S, aval estimates for 1981 1920, conforming in status to a co | gressional document in the U States, are said to have contained a large appropriation for “ships under i reconstruction” and stated the amount |already expended”for aif* or sub- marine defense on the battleship Repulse al have been £860,000 and on the Royal Sovereign £510.000. Estimates for similar_work during were given a. .000 for the enown and £197,000 for the Royal k A further item for ing large repairs" in the 1922 %esti- mates sct aside £230,000 fc Em- the peror India and %132 for the British sh indergo- authorities pointed these s evidence that Great Brita'n recent years gone far in car- ing out a program to fit her fleet to meet air and submarife attack Secretary of State Hughes and Act- ing Secretary of the Navy velt yesterday corrected public state- ments they had made to the effect that substantial alterations had be in British capital ships, which would increase their battle range and defensive armament, Both departments, acting on as- surances from the British govern- ment that Information at hand which had prompted such public comment was announced that it gave them pleasure to correct those remarks. Secretary Hughes and Col Roosevelt declared they had relied upon speeific information which had been furnished by the Navy Depart- ment and which was believed to be entirely trustworthy and thoroughly Secretary Hughes' Statement. “The of State,” said Secrctary Hughes, “has been advised by the Dritish government, cate- gorically, ‘that no alterations have been made in the elevation of the turret guns of any British capital ships since they were placed in com- mission,’ and, further. ‘that no add tional deck protection has been pro- vided _since February 6, 1922, the date of the signing of the Washing- ton treaty | . Secretary Hughes in his Ne | Haven, Conn., address of last Decem- {ber. miade the following statement with respect to alterations in the British capital ships “The result is that in a consider | able number of British ships bulges have heen fitted, elevations of tur- | ret guns increased and turret load- | ing arrangements modified to con- form to increased elevations.” Acting . Secretary R 1t m; made inaccurate, Department had (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) (Continued on Page 2, Column ) Confession Frees Prisoner After 25 Years in U. S. Cells How a half-breed Cherokee In- dian, Charner Tidwell, languished from his youth for a quarter of a century in federal prisons before being released on a baseless mur- der charge was revealed in a tragic story told today by the De- partment of Justice. Freed from the charge by a death-bed con- fession after his years of suffer- ing, the former prisoner is now enjoying the wealth of inherited Oklahoma oil lands. Three Presidents — Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson—denied pardons to Tidwell upon reports from for- mer Attorney Generals Knox. ‘Wickertham and Gregory that all evidence In the murder case point- ed positively, although circum- stantiaily, to his guilt. Friends of the prisoner, including Senator Owen. former Senator Gore and former Representative Alice Rob- ertson, pressed the investigation of Tidwell's continued protesta~ tions of innocence. Finally he was released from Atlanta penitentiary upon a com- mutation of sentence recommended by Attorney General Daugherty and Assistant Attorney General Crim, in charge of criminal in- vestigations. After President Harding's com- mutation a woman's deathbed con- fession in Oklahoma revealed that Tidwell had been convicted of murdering her husband upon per- jured testimony. “The Lord has been wanting me to tell it for all these years and 1 am afraid He won't forgive me for not teiling it reads the affi- davit of Mrs. James Brown, as the dying wife of the man for whose alleged murder Tidwell served a quarter century of a life imprison- ment sentence in the Ohio and At- lanta federal prisons. One of Brown's sons, himself be- hind prison bars today, was said to have supported the deathbed confession of his mother that Tid- well was convicted on perjured evidence. The man who commit- ted the murder was said to have been a former lover of Mrs. Brown and who also has long since died. i L]