Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1923, Page 2

TARIFF PROBE SCOPE AWAITS PRESIDENT Conference With Commis- sion Upon His Return Expected. Repiying to a request of the Fair Tariff League that the scope of the investigations under the so-called flexible tariff provisions of the Ford- ney-McCumber tariff act be widened, Chalrman Thomas O. Marvin of th commission sald, in a letter to H. Miles, chairman of the league: “The President’s attention has been | called to the question of broadening | the scope of Investigations to be| conducted by the Tariff Commission | and he has arranged to confer with | the commission on this subject upon his return to Washington.” Mr. Marvin referred to the law, which glves the President authority to modify tariff rates within certain limitations after the tarifft commis- slon has conducted investigations, and to the executive order of the President of last October, directing that all applications for investiga- | tions shall be made to the commis- slon. He made the point that until the | President approves the commission can- not_undertake investigations for which applications have not been recelved. Continuing, Mr. Marvin sal Commission Critielned. n the of instructions from the other than those contained in the executive order of October 7, the commission, by unani- mous vote of five commissioners pres- ent. authorized investizations of ar- ticles upon_ which application for changes in the rates of duty had been filed. You may rest assured when- ever other or additional instructions are recelved hy the commission that it will proceed thoroughly and ener- | getically.” i The Fair Tariff League, through Mr. Miles, addressed letters both to the President and to the Trafie Com- mission, criticising the commission. He says that the trivial” char- acter of the articles which the com- | misston proposes to investigate, as announced several days ago. He In-| pists that with the possible exception of sugar the other sixteen artieles are “utterly as affecting the cost of livinz and the public interest.” - hsence President Seek Lower Dutles. The Tariff Commission has begun work already to determine whether | changes in the rates provided in the new tariff law on seventeen commodi- ties are advisable. It is asserted by members of the commission that it will be several months before recom- mendations are ready for the Prei dent. who, under the provisions of the tariff act, has authority to alter du- tles, if he deems it necessary, follow- ing investigation by the commission. Cuban producers, it is said, have petitioned for a decrease in Sugar | duties, while & manufacturer of paint brush handles, with a factory in Can- | ada, is seeking a lower rate on this | product. A paper manufacturer, using casein as a Taw materiil, has request- ed a decrease in_the duty on it a lower rate also having been asked on mirror plates by furniture deal- ers. Applications for increased rates are | all from manufacturers. Higher) duties are sought on pig iron, oxalic | acid, diethyl barbituric acid and its derivatives, logwood extract, sodium nitrate, Swiss pattern files, cotton gloves made of warpeknit fabric, cot- ton hosiery for infants. wall pockets and artificial or ornamental fruits, | vegetables, graius, leaves, flowers and the like. Probe In Urged. An application for heavier duty on barium dloxide _was made by a manu- facturer, whild a request for a de- crease was recelved from a manufac- turer importing hydrogen peroxide. | A manufacture petitioned for an In- crease in the duty on potassium | chlorate, a manufacturer of matches | countering With a request for a de- | crease. Every trust and overprotected in- terest Is absolutely protected, not only from a correction of its rates but from Investigation, it in claimed by the Fair Tarif League. The | league suggests that the commission enlarge it Investigations. It urges | “investigations vital to the welfare, covering the basic steel in- | durtr! plate and pressed glass, the | aluminum trust, hoslery and knit goods, the file trust, the iIndicted window glass trust, the recently con- victed sanitary ware trust, etc.” Exces- ! sive rates on these and other prime necessaries are costing the puhl|(‘1 from $5,000.000 to $10,000,000 per day, it Ir asserted Expreesing regret in his letter to the President that “detalls of the tarift_and rate-making were added by Congress to vour infinite and | achoole public | ) greater responsibility,” Mr. Miles de- clares that now the Tariff l‘nnm\lssloni would have him determine the “proper_ tariff on paint brush handles, artificlal flowers and the wall pocket | in which some of us put our whisk | brooms.” and other petty commod- | itles, fle the heads of the great! nations are busy with world affairs, the Ruhr. Russia, central Europe | and other issues Mo different from paint brush handles and wall pockets.” Refers to Controversy. “Sugar excepted” says the Fair Tarift League in & supplemental statement issued with the letters to the President and the Tariff Commis- sion, “not a single public interest of Ierge moment is included in the in- wvestigation.” “Wae sincerely hope,” says the let- or to the President in conclusion, that you will quickly instruct the commission to address itgelf to the more important industries so long a matter of unhappy and general controversy. $500,000 MUSKRAT YIELD FOR COUNTY Trappers Attribute Big Success in Maryland to Paucity of Early Rain. | CAMBRIDGE, Md., March 26.—It is estimated that the muskrat catch of the season, which closed last week, will bring to Dorchester county $500, 000. The full output of this county | is sald to have been at least 100 per cent greater than that of any county an the eastern shore of Maryland and Delaware. The prices of pelts In the local mar- ket at the beginning of the season ranged from $1.45 to $1.50, but as the season advanced the price stiffened until $1.90 was pald for good sized pelts at the clos Last year the price decreased as the season ad- vanced from $1.80 to $1.50. Trappers attribute the good results to the paucity of rain at the begin- ning of the season, this making trap- ping easy, . INDICTED FOR MURDER IN SECOND DEGREE George Hall Accused of Killing Adam Cain—Other Charges Made by Jury. Second degree murder is alleged in an Indictment reported by the grand Jury today agalnst George Hall, col- ored, for the death of Adam Cain, also colored. The men quarreled in the basement of 1304 G street north- east, February 23 last, and Hall shot Caln. Bert F. Cornwell, formerly a clerk of Mount Vernon Councll, United Order of Junior American Mechanics, was indicted for alleged embezzie- ment. It is charged that he misap- propriated $277.80 of the funds of the order “May 5, 1921. Embezzlement and larceny after trust are alleged in an indictment against Walter W. Comings. He is sald to have misused 3500 entrusted to him by his em- ployer, Herbert C. Adler. Others indicted and the charges against them are: George E. Hicks, atealing from the malls; Joseph Ep- stein, false pretensw; Daisy Ander- son, forgery; Nellle Johnson, George Parker and Clarence Woods, violat- ing Harrison antl-narcotic law; Wil- bert H. Bond, Harvey K. Shane Charles’ E. Narrington, Adolph X Marsh, Warren P. Mercilllott, John H. Ridgeway, Allen J. Lloyd, James Willlams, John R. Purdy, Riven Stepney, Willlam Dodson, Walter Dy- son, pr.; George W. Welsh, sr.; Leon Koonin, George B. Miller, 'Jerry Bolden, Jerry L. Beach, Van Otey, Roddle Minor, sr.; James L. Robinson and Francls I. Wood, non-support. ROW PRECIPITATED IN NAMING SCHOOLS (Continved from First Page.) new achools, school authorities have prepared a report showing that of the 156 bulldings in the school system but thirteen are named after former Commissioners. This classification shows that— Thirty-nine of the schools are named for persons of local or national dis- tinctlon; twenty-nine for location; twenty-one for presidents of the United States; twenty-one for mayors of Washington and Georgetown: twen one for Presidents of the District; nine for members of the board of education: one for a gover- nor of the District: one for the nature |of_curriculum, and one unclassified. The schools over which the Com- missioners and the school board dis- agree regurding names are the pro- posed six-grade bullding to he erect- ed in_ Ingleside. the school to be erected in the vieinity of the Tenley school, the school to be erected in the Vicinity of Spring road and the old Eastern High School, which will be converted into a junior high school in September. Names Chosen by Board. The names for th bulldings chosen by the hoard are: For the Ingleside school-—John ‘B. Henderson, a former United States senator from Missourl, a delegate to the Pan-American Congress and au- thor of the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution. Senator and Mrs. Henderson were long identified with the development of Washington For the school to be erected in the vicinity of the Tenley—msernard T. Janney, who was connected with the | public schools from the early, seven- tics untll his death. January 14, 1916 Mr. Janney entered the schooi tem as principal in charge of the schools of Georgetown before those were combined with the schools of the city After a time he became supervising princtpal in charge of the George- town district. “For many years he was in charge of a schonl located in Tenleytown.” sald the board's letter to the Commissioners, “and it scems fitting that a achool in that vicinity should bear the name of a man who for nearly fifty years was an out- standing figure in this community.” For the &chool to be erected in the vicinity of Spring road—Joseph J. Darlington, who was resident Washington for many years and thor- oughly identifled with its interests. He was an influentlal member of the board of education, a respected leader of the bar, a Strong s&upporter of church work and a trusted counsel- lor of large business interests. For the old Eastern High School building—George Baneroft, who was a former Secretary of the Navy, am- bassador o the court of St and to Germany, a foremost American historian and a resident of Washing- ton during his later years. In lleu of the names selected by the school board the Commissioners recommended the following: For the Ingleside School—Garrett Leydecker, a Commissioner from arch 11, 1882, to April 1, 1888 For the school to be erected In the vicinity of the Tenley—George Trues- dell, Commissioner from Murch 10, 1894, to May 7, 1897, For the school to be etected in the vicinity of Spring road--Churles Ray- mond ~ Walker, Commissioner from January 21, 1888, to February 3, 1340 For the 0ld Eastern High Schoul— Lemon Galpin Hine, Commis: from May 21, 1889, to September 1890. 3 v, Prepare Arguments. ‘While the school board marks time in hesitancy about opening a new dispute with the Commissloners, some | of the friends of Mr. Darlington, it 18 | sald, are planning to protes: the nan.e favored by the Commissioners for the Spring road school. School officlals also are preparing arguments In support of tho names chosen by the board. CULBERSON CASE DETECTIVE SUED F. Ellis, Acquitted of Kidnaping | English Suitor, Files Action Against Agency. J. F. Ellls, who was recently ‘ac- quitted in New Jersey on a charge of kidnaping Alexander E. Robert- son, the Englishman, who was seek- Ing to marry the daughter of Sen- ator Culberson of Texas, today filed sult In the District Supreme Court to recover $50,000 damages for alleged false arrest and slander againat the Willlam J. Burns International De- tective Agency and D. G. Anderson, manager of Burns' Washiagton ofiiee. He 1s represented by Attorneys Henry E. Bolt and Edward C. Kriz. According to the afdavit attached to the sult, Ellis was arrested by An- derson at Union station March 11, 1923, and taken to tha Burns offices in | the ‘Southern bullding where he was restrained of his liberty for three hours from 9 p.m. to midnight, An- derson had no warrant for his arrest, the plaintiff says, but while he was in custody he was “questioned, tor- mented, harassed and grilled” by An- derson.” who in a loud voice In the presence of many pers accused Ellis, it is alleged, of stealing the files ‘and records of the Culberson case. Ellls says Anderson also accused Mm of blackmall, saying, "You poor, contemptible, double-crossing snea! thief, you are the only one who is going to the penitentiary in the Cul- berson case and 1 will do everything in_my power to send you ther Ellls says he suffered untold agon- ies and metal distress during the se- vere griling In the Burns offices and that he has been disgraced and humiliated in the eyes of his fellow- men, i of Washington. | of | James | oner | POLITICIANS GATHER ABOUT PRESIDENT “Col. Bogey,” However, Is Only Name on Harding Engagement List. By the Associated Pres ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, March 26. If President Harding had an engage- ment llst for today such as he has when at home In the White House, it would Rave on it only about one name, and that would be “Col. Bogey," | {a mythical gentleman highly esteemed by all golfers. The President early in the day left the Hotel Pence de Leon, where his party has established quarters for! the week, for the St. Augustine links to fill his appointment with “Col. Bogey” and the announcement was made that the engagement would run through sixteen holes Many Politiclans Gathe: | The deciston of the executive to de- vote today to golf removed for the time being, at least, the possibility of conferences with administration officlals and _political leaders, who secm to be finding that St. Augus- tine excels any other place in the United States as a spot in which to! spend a week's vacation. The President found several of those who would not object to a con fercnce with him to have arrived; | here before him, two or three others | { have come In wince, and more are ex- | pected. So far. howdver, there has been no important conference, as Mr. Harding, through the aid of Secretary { Christi is holding firmly to his program of rest and recreation, President May Step In. Several matters of official business are expected to be transacted during the week's stay here, but it was sald | today to be unlikely that the Presi- | dent would intervene until he gets back to Washington in the conflict of authority that has arisen between Secretary Denby of the Navy Depart- {ment and Controller General McCarl, {1 thelr differences are not settled between the two officlals it was ad- mitted that it would be necessary for the President to step in, not because | of the importance of particular Issue, [but because of the precedent likely {to be fnvolved. | | New customs often are established | throuxh the breaking of old ones, and | {St. Augustine yesterday was won- dering whether President Harding | will be able to turn the trick. Must Dress Up. Social rules almost as unaiterable as the laws of the Medes and Per- sians. as enforced in Florida winter resort hotels, decree that, howsoever warm the night, the male of the spe- cles must dress for dinner—that is, put on what is denominated by Sena- tor Brookhart of lowa as a “boiled shirt” and a dinner sult. The rules still stand here at S Augustine, but are rather wobbly. for President Harding, who is recog nized as meticulous about his dress, appeared at a motion plcture exhibi- tion Saturday night, in the Hotel Ponce de Leon, in a white flannel suit amd white xhoes Attends Church Service. The President attended church serv- fees yesterday and had lunch with! Mrs. Harding, and then they took a short ride. Mr. Harding attended service, ac- companied by the former director of the budget and Mrs. Dawes, at the ancient City Baptist Church, where he has always gone to church when In St. Augustine -The church is about three blocks from the hotel, and the President walked both to and from the services, pausing often along the {way to shake hands and “talk vith passers-by, some of whom proved to | be old friends HAMMER WIELDER BELIEVED LUNATIC (Continued from First O'Brien. her daughter, accompanied {the father and son to Union station, returning about 10 o'clock last night ir. O'Brien d been away on many other business trips” said the wounded woman in the hospital last night, “but not until last night did 1 ever feel nervous about being In the house all night without him.” Reaching home about 10 o'clock, Mrs. O'Brien went to the basement and fixed the fire for the night. She looked about the house to make sure the doors »B1 windows were fastened, and shortly afterward went to her bedroom, a large front room on the upper floor, the daughter occupying a amaller front room Mother and daughter were und ep when the intruder appeared in the former's room and beat her on her head with the hammer. There | was no light in_the room, and it was | impossible for the wounded woman to tell the color of her assallant, al- though she believes she was white. Nelghbors Hear Criea | Sereams of the mother awakened | the daughter, who hurricd to her asslstance. The screams also were heard by persons residing in houses opposite the O'Brien residence, and | four men responded. They saw the asaaflant leaving th O'Brien premises {and say she was a white woman. Dr. Grant Barnhart was sum- moned. Detectives and police reach- cd the house before the wounded i woman was taken to the hospital. They questioned Mrs. O'Brien and| !tho daughter and obtained from {them and neighbors a description of { the assallant. { The attacker is described as being | fivo foet, six inches tall and rather plump. ‘She wore a gray or light- | Colorod sport suit. dark turban, black ings and probably black satin islippers. This 1is substantially the same description of the woman who Was at Mr. O'Brien’s office Saturday. Mrs. O'Brien suggested that her skirt was darker than her coat. An_examination of the premises failed to disclose that forcible en- trance had been gained to the house, the doors and windows being locked. It is known that the attacker left by the front door, the spring lock fastening when the door was closed. Mald Questioned. In the absence of a definite motive dotectives are trylng to determine when and how the assallant gained access to the premises. The colored | mald employed by the family left the houss at 2 o'clock yesterday afterncon and no one was In the house when the four members of the family went to Unfon station early in the evening. Soon after the assault was com- mitted the police summoned the maid to the house to question her. She was unable to give any information, however, and Mrs. O'Brien and the neighbors declared she did not an- swer the description of the woman seen leaving the house after the aseault. The age of the assallant was given as about forty vears in a bulletin issued by the police this morning. RUNAWAY DAMAGES AUTO. Two horses belonging to George Hoover, ice dealer at 12th and D streets northeast, became frightened near 5th and A streets northeast to- day and ran north on 5th street, made a turn east at B streets, the wagon| damaging & new automobile belong- ing to Louis Wolfe, 263 Tennessee avenue northeast, parked in front of 1320 B street northeast. The animals, were stopped before any further dam-' was do; Damage to_the suto-| moblle was estimated at $160, { ! i stoy 1 iplans for the ndadition - K. Mitchell J. P on Dor Mrs. Mitchel ment on March in WITNESSES READY IN SMALL INQUIRY Ex-Saloonkeeper Says He Had $350 With Which to “Buy” Fellow Jurors. By the Associated Press WAUKEGAN, 1, March 26.—Wit- nes were gathered here today ready to go before the recalled Lake county grand jury to testify regard- ing alleged attempts to bribe the jury and veniremen in the trial of Gov Len Small, acquitted of state funds after a six-week trial lust year. A. V. ith, state’s attorney of Lake county, directed the Inquiry that led to the recall of the grand jurors Wi oK iam Rile: at Antioch, 1 charged that J. warden at Havana from an alleged influence ju hotel In a' N ing to reports. of the jury State’s “Attorney Smith said that he would go before Judge Clajre ¢ Edwards tolay for bench warrants dcmanding arrest of subpoena witnesecs who fail to appear. Among those subpocnaed are Les- e Small, the governors son: Col. 1. English, & sfon-in-law. and Werner W. Scroeder. his legal repre- sentative. Gov. Small sald the; would deny any knowledge of alleg- ed_attempis at bribery While State’s Attorney Smith con in his refusal to divulge th - of the investigation Gov. Small churged it was brought by eral Brundage, his opponent It was reported that sixty persons were called, some members of the jury and others who were venire- men. DISCUSS PLANS FOR NEW WESTERN HIGH ADDITION Citizens and Capt. Conference Over Projected Building on 35th Street. A committee from the Home and School Assoclation of Western High School conferred with Assistant En- gineer Commissioner Wood today on to the high school, for which Congress made the initial’ appropriation this year. It is the tentative plan of the Com- missioners to erect the new structure on 35th street, in front of the exist- ing building. he committee, headed by Clarence L. Harding, architect, asked Capt. Wood to conslder the possibility of locating the addition in the rear of the original building in order to pre- serve the spaclous campus on the 36th street front. It is understood Congress made the appropriation on the basis of the plans outlined in advance by the city authorities. The ultimate cost of the new bulld- ing wili be $550.000, of which $100,- 000 is made available this vear. The new structure will include class- rooms, an assembly hall and gymna- siums for boys and girls. ——— “BEST” PLAN FOR PEACE. former saloonkeepe . Teported to Birnie Field, game fund given him to was under guard in a yrth Shore suburb, accord- Fleld was a member political ‘World Association in Some Form, | Woman Voters’ View. Some form of internatfonal assocfa- tion 18 the best way to secure perma- nent peace, according to the results 80 far tabulated in a round table be- ing conducted by Miss Ruth Morgan, chairman of the League of Women Voters' committee on international co-operation to prevent war. Miss Morgan will not have her re- port ready until the league conven-| tion April 9 to 14 at Des Moines, but the above sentiment is deduced from replies of 600 persons so far received from fourteen states. The majority sentiment so far - is ainst the United States remitting war debts to any nation in exchange for disarma- ment agreements. ‘Old Posey,’ Piute Chief, Alone, Still Defies White Pursuers By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 26.—"01d Posey™ is making his last stand agalnst his white pursuers— alone. Posses under the leadership of United States Marshal J, Ray Ward have brought in twenty-seven of the renegade Piutes. Seven ot them were In irons. “Old Posey” eluded the posses, but he Is thought to be without 2004 and with but the scantlest supply of ammunitton. His cap- ture {s momentarily expected, al- though he ls credited with a de- termination to expend his last bit of energy—his last round of am- munition—in_efforts_to. eegepe.. . But the countryside is alive with (right), sonainelnw Morgan, and himxelf a millionaire, hax bee: thy Keenan, the | I | mishandling | | decorat 1lls., accepted $350 | ! Rudolph, will meet Wednesda | of Attorney | | Wood Hold | the convention | | i i | i | i | | 5 {of of Edward T. Stotesbury (center) identified ax Shrine Convention Notes. | | | Abdallah Temple of Louisville, Ky., | today made application for attending the Imperial Council session. The ad- dition of this temple brings the total number thus far registered up. to 130, | thirty-four in excess of those at- tending the Frisco Shrine conclave last year. Information nas peen reccived from the railroad authorities that those at. tending th session of the Mystic Shrine in June will be allowed the rate of a fare and a half. In other words, If the trip one way I8 to cost $100, the round trip under the new rate will be $150. Most of the rail- roads require, however, that the trav- eler return by the same route. It was stated to that already 13,000 Shrine posters have been dis- tributed. These posters, which are in the nature of decalvomanias, are fr to every one, whether a Shriner or not. They are, however, intended | for automobiles only, and not for hous It has been decided s commi P. Andrews is chairm lamp posts on Pennevivania avenue decorated in long streamers of red. green and yellow, the colors of Almas Temple. Oy these streamers will be badge with the name of the vari- ous temples. Small American flags will stick out from above. The cltizens' hundred, headed upon by the of which Ross an, to have the committee by of one Commlssioner After- noon at 4 o'clock in the Homer buil ing. It has been suggested that the committee arrange some big demon- stration during convention we the nature of a “Boston tea Drotesting against taxation ropresentation, calling t the thousands of visitors to voteless community without attention the Stunts such as miniature tles and smoke barrages are being planned by the Army and Navy air service, which will lend fits aid to the entertainment program June 5, 6 and 7. This probably be the g of the special flower beds that will in color depict the Shrine emblems throughout the various parks of the city. Col. Sher- | rill of the public buildings and grounds has stated that these flower beds will be one of the features of air bat- week will for the plant The housing and hotel and automo- bile committees are noting a large re sponse to the requests for rooms and the loan of automobiles. “The spiri of Washingtonians is indeed mo: generous,” Ellwood P. Morey, chair- man of the first named committee, commented today. Announcement is made the Shrine officlals that the Crescent Magazine, while a Shrine organ, is not authorized by the local temple as a medium during the coming con- vention. The only souvenir paper that awill be distributed during the con- vention that is backed by the iocal committee {s a program to be rotten up by Roe Fulkerson and will oon- | tain no advertisements. by Local stores are planning a Shrine fashion for women to be worn during the first week in June, it was learned today. Real Indians will be seen on some | the floats during the two large | parades, it was stated, to add to the picturesqueness of the pageantry. | — !1aborers in Norfolk have declared, if prosecuted many weeks, may prove disastrous both to the laborers and farm owners and landlords. The strike developed over a wage dispute iAvelving figures which reveal the desperate straits of British agricul- ture. To American farmers paying the maximum wages it may prove in- teresting to learn that British farm laborers now demand a minimum of 5 week,” while the farmers per week of forty-two hours. |Attempt to Wed, | Girl Too Young, Police Officiate Dan Cupld suffered at least a temporary setback today when the cruel hand of the law interfered with the granting of a marriage license to Emeral E. Dudley, twen- ty-six years old, and Maudlee Kennedy, seventeen years, both of Fredericksburg, Va. Detective Sergeant Embrey escorted Dudley to headquarters while a police- woman took charge of the young girl until her parents are heard from. The couple were all smiles when | they approached the desk of Col. ‘W. A. Kroll, the license clerk. Dudley filled out an application, which gave his age as twenty-six and that of the prospective bride as twenty-one. All would have been well If the parents of the girl had not telegraphed to police headquarters that the girl was under age and this information Rivalry for the city Shrine ‘convention next year has already =started, Denver, Co. and Kansas City, Mo., having announced their candidacies. ° have the The first meeting of the general committee, which includes the chair- men of all the committees, with the executive committee, will be held Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. It is expected that each chairman will make a report. The pageant and baggage committees will meet tomorrow night; the auto parking and grandstand committees Thursday night, and the registration and decoration committees Saturday. SUES WIFE FOR DIVORCE. Claudie Hayden today filed suit for an absolute divorce from Thelma E. Hayden. They were married March 11,°1918, and have one child. Miscon- duct is alleged and a corespondent named. Attorney George E. McNell appears for the husband. ranchers and cattle men, oil-well workers and citizens of the little towns of Blanding. Black Bluft and the neighborhood. Every pos- sible avenue of escape known to those most familiar with the coun= try 1s being guarded. So “Old Posey's™ hours of freedom are. numbered. The new prisoners have been: placed In the compound, where al- ready there were three score or more. The seven in irons, the bad men of the tribe, are held under |ice on the Nebraska side, ER-IN-LAW. s % Philadelphia multi-millionaire and the mynterious “Mr. Marshall” who , who wax found murdered in her New York apart- TURK CONFERENCE WILL BE RESUMED Sessions at Constantinople to Open April 12—Curzon Not to Attend. Iy the Associated Press PARIS, March 26—The peace con- ference aimed at bringing about peace with Turkey will be resumed at Con- stantinople about April 12, according the best information avallable in dplomatic quarters here Lord Curzon, the British forcign secretary, will not take part in this | renewal” ‘of the Lausanne meeting. represented by Charles Harington, the “aliied . and by Sir Britfsh high commissioner; n. Pelle, the French high commissioner. and_the United States by Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol as observer A message Ismet Pasha, v Britain Gen cemmander o | Constantinop Rumbel France by will_be ir received in Paris from the Turkish foreign the Turks hope a defi- made at Constan- tinople, but that they will not con- sunt to a peace of commercial cessions made at Turkey's for the benefit of forei interests. PERIL FROM ICE GORGE SHIFTED FROM IOWA [ expense n business | Farm Lands Threatened No Longer Endangered, But Nebraska " Town Now Menaced. OMAHA, of property lands from souri riv Nebr., March 26.—Danger damage to lowa farm flood waters of the Mis- opposite Onawa, lowa, near where an fce gorge formed, had passed this morning as the river cut a channel through the enace took its place current Wwas cutting the Nebraska banks so rapidly at Decatur, Nebr., that it was necessary for workmen to begin the task of removing a small number of houses and an abandoned grain elevator to prevent them from being swept away: BRITISH FARM LABORERS as the rapid Walkout of 15,000 in Norfolk May Prove Disastrous to Both Sides if Continued. Iy Cabie to The Star and Chicago Daily News. 3. Coprright, 1 LONDON, March 26.—The general individual guard. Meanwhile & corps of volunteers, most of whom saw service in France under Mar- shal Ward when he was a cap- tain of ‘the 145th Fleld Artlllery, are ready on a moment's notice to _take the fleld should the Indians manifest {urther. dapgerous signs .. of unrest, . .« \ B had not been relayed to Col. Kroll. The smiles disappeared when the license was refused and Sergt. Embrey had taken charge of the applicant. Before he was led away Dudley fondly kissed his sweet- heart, unabashed by the presence £ the officers of the law, the court attaches and newspaper men. forces at | Horace | con- | recently | but a new | STRIKE FOR $7.35 WEEK | strike which 15,000 unioniszed farm | IMAN IDENTIFIED AS THE "MR.MARSHALL" IN MODEL MUR- DER MYSTERY, HIS WIFE AND FATH FHERI — OF DIVORCE URGED Judge in Stillman Caze Would Al- low Separations and Annulments. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 26.—Complete abolition of divorce is urged by Su- preme Court Justice Morschauser, who presided over the Stillman case, In an article in the April number of Co- lumbia, official organ of the Knights of Columbus, made public today. Declaring that he belleved the aboli- tion of divorce shoyld be brought about by congressional legislation, he added: “But' that is a long way ahead, be- cause there are, unfortunately, o many middie-aged and elderly men— and ‘some young ones—who for one reason or another want new wives. “But one great practical step whict should be taken immediately is the passage of legislation making de- crees obtained in Paris or elsewhere in Europe invalid. It is all wrong to let rich men or women run off to Paris to get divorces. We should not allow a condition to exist which per- mits wealthy Americans to escape from the operation of American laws.’ Justice Morschau: would have divorce cases tried the open, be- cause he belleves publicity has a wholesome effect. He would permit separations and annulments. {FIGHT ON NAVY GUN RANGE PLANS SEEN Some Officials Fear Controversy Between U. S. and Great Britain. Despite the firm belief of naval authorities that the United State shoull proceed with the battleship modernization program authorized by Congress, some adminfstration offi- clals are preparing to oppose any steps by this government which might give rise to a controversy among the nations signatory to the naval treaty as it was written in the Washington armament confer- ence, Preparations submit the are being made to Guestion to President Harding final _ decision when he returns here from his vac tion in Florida. Provisions of the treaty are being carefully studiec and the conclusions reached will put before the Preshlent and prob- ably accompanied by an opinion written by Secretary Hughes. Those of the President’s advisers who oppose action to bring American ships to a basis of equality with those of Great Britain by correcting &un ranges believe a controversy with Great Britaln could not be escaped If that step were taken. The result of any such a controversy, it is miid, might be to create a competi- tive program for naval modernization all the powers. some officials believe, might be created hetween arfous governments which would ke ft impossible for them to ever participate in a conference with the ame degree of friendship and trust that attended the naval negotiations in Washington. WAR DEPARTMENT PLANS MORE SURPLUS SALES Property to Be Disposed of During April in Various Places. The day War Department announced t a program of sales of surplus properties for the month of April. The list fncludes April 7, salvage materials at Sava na. TIL; April 10, shells and comp quartermaster supplies in Chicago. buildings and improvements at Camp Funston, Kan power plant ment at' Watervliet, N. Y., and quar- termaster supplies at Schenectady, Y.; April 12. quartermas Boston; April 17, quartermaster &up- plies at Philadelphia and buildi and fmprovements at Camp Eustis, Va.; April 19, quartermaster supplies at New Cumberland, Pa.: { Charleston, 8. C.. quartermaster depot. Rallway equipment at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va., April 2; bulldings at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., April 5; bufld- |ings and improvements at Camp Eustis, Va. April 19; quartermaster supplies at Camp Jackson, S. C., April 24. and quartermaster supplies at New Orleans, La., April 27 —_— GIVEN 10-DAY VACATION IN LIEU OF RESIGNING Chinese Foreign Minister’s Suc- cessor to Be Sought in Meantime. By the Associated Press. PEKING, March 26.—Foreign mini- ster Huang Fu hae been given a ten days leave of absence in lieu of ac- cepting his resignation which he re- | i cently submitted. Meanwhile efforts to find a successor for him are con- | tinuing. C. T. Wang appears to have | declined the portfolio. Huang Fu offered his resignation bhecause, it was sald, of criticism of the government for ita fallure to pro- with Japan. C. T. Wang who formerly presided over the senate of the southern republic at Canton, was mentioned as a possible successor to Huang. —_— CHARGE OF ABDUCTION BY U. S. AGENT PROBED |annna Court Inquiring Into Con- i vietion in U. S. of Manuel Castro for Smuggling Immigrants. HAVANA, Cuba, March 26—Acting under a request from President Za: Dr. Ortiz Casasova of the local dis- trict court Is investigating published charges that an agent of the United States government sbduoted Manuel Castro and took him to Tampa, Fla., where he recently was convicted on a charge of smuggling immigrants. According to the local paper's story, after Castro's extradition had been 'refused by the Cuban govern- ment, he was visited by a man whose name 18 not given and a member of the Havana police force, and on the pretext of accompanying the callers to the looal chiet of police to fur- nish information, Castro was placed on a boat and forcibly taken to the United States. DENBY PARTY RETURNING. Henderson Will Make First Stop at Kingston, Jamaica. ABOARD. N. 8. 8. HENDERSON, EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON, March 26. —After two weeks In the Canal Zone, most of which was spent with the bat- tle fleet, witnessing the most extensive maneuvers ever held by the Navy, Sec- retary Denby and the congressional party accompanying him sailed on the Henderson today for Kingston, Jamalica, where the first stop will .be made on the trip back“to the United States. | mail nents at Philadelphia, miscellaneous | equip- | er supplies at | Arhil 20, the | NO END SEEN FOR ' RUHR DEADLOCK Both France and Germany Persist in Refusals to Yield Present Policies. BY GEORGE WITT. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Da.iy Vews. Copyright, 1023 March 26.—No end of the deadlock is in sight German been unofficially informed Premier Poincare will not negotiate un- tl the Berlin government has ended its passive resistance in the occupled area. To this demand Germany has re plled that she will not negotiate unt!! the last French soldler has left Ruhr district. Both sides, however, re iterated time and time agaln that they will not yield an inch. That Germany ha en up hops of outside Intervention at this time is evi dent fro he fuct that she ha r-’ mitted the reichstag to take a long vacation, and without pariiament Bovernment cannot take any decisive steps in the Ruhr question Warning by Newspapers. “Both the spirit and the basis for negolations are locking,” says aper. the Deutsche A tung We shall This paper warns n. try to interven ¥ that some day we negotiate with France,' T continues, “but to of- negotiate with France today mean complete submission to tatorship 6f of ti.e Rhi of the ) BERLIN, { Runr has the lor lege- never utral o Zd |mw in." in de have to the newspap | fer to | would the d the los an feiture atlon liberty rsen Zeitung ic & Ruhr e for al in Tho reports that among peo district the convietion is growing that the French will withdraw from the Ruhr in a few weeks. While express s belief in this connection, tha tung prints it as evidence of the unchanged faith of the Ruh population that their cause will win in the long run, GARY LIQUOR TRIAL OPENS THIRD WEEK Defense May Turn Direction of At- tack Against Government Testimony. By the Associated Pross INDIANAPOLIS, March 26 mony of the defense in the Lake county lquor conspiracy trial in fed- eral court, ch. up to the present, has been leveled at the evidence Eiven by Philip Ukman, a Gary dry warker and star government witne: may be turned in a different direction when the third week of the trial gets under way today. Defense attorn. indicated "they would begin an at- tack on the evidence introduced early in the trial of the government arding the alleged irregul hod r officials in handling r of the testimor submitted far by the defense has been aimed at the testimony of 7, who told of alleged attempts to “frame” himseif prohibition agents as- Gary district. The de- esses denied all the dry workers' charges. and declared clty officials of Gary had uncovered a plot by which Ukman planned to black- bootleggers by use of forged warrants. SEES CHINA UNABLE NOW TO MEET DEBTS Banker's View After Unsuccessful Effort to Collect Interest on Loan. and federal signed to th fense wi e Associated Press. ILA, March 26.—John Abbott, vice president of the Continental Commercial Bank of Chicago, who i has been in Peking for five months attempting to arrange for the collec- tion of the Interest on a $5.000,000 loan made by his bank to the Chinese vernment, safled for the United States vesterday on the President Cleveland. He sald he was convinced that nothing could be collected from China at this time. Abbott stated that he believed both nterest and principal could be col- lected after China puts into effect the 21 per cent interest tariff which was authorized by the nine-power treaty adopted at the Washington cenference. . The additional tariff, however, can- not become effective until all signa- tory powers ratify the treaty and appoint representatives to a confer- ence which will meet in Peking three months after its ratification. All natory powers. except France, ratificd the new tariff treaty. forthcoming conference — will mine how the additional duties may be spent _— {MUSICIANS IN THEATERS | BALLOTING ON STRIKE 1 cure abrogation of the treaty of 1915 | | New York Union Demands Wage { Scale on Parity With That ! in Chicago. NEW YORK, March 26—Balloting ion a proposed strike of musiclans in | theaters and motion plcture houses throughout the city to obtain a wage !scale on a parity with musicians in | Chicago, shcws that three-fourths of the 9000 members of the Musical Mutual Protective Union favor a walkout, the union announced. The {voting will end on Tuesday. { Muslclans In_theaters here receive 2 a week, union officials sald, whils in Chicago they are pald $75. The {union will demand an increase of| | from $12 to 325 a week. Michael J. legan, chief of the state board of conciliation, who is trying to avert a strike, will confer tomor- row vith. representatives of the Vaudeville Managers Assoclation and the union. ALL QUIET ALONG PLAZA. Mass Meeting of Guests at Gov- ernment Hotels Called Of. 1 The Plaza Council today reported “everything quiet” on the Plaza Ho- tel “front.” A &cheduled general meoting of the more than 1700 woman guests of the government ho- tels, which was to have been held to- night, has been canceled, Miss Martha Taylor, president of the Plaza Coun- cil, said. Nothing further in the nature of a protest against the increase of $4.50 a month in the rates at the hotels is planned in the immediate future, Miss Lillian Van Dalen, chairman of the protest committee, declared. Robert Watson, director of the United States Housing Corporation, has received a protest from the girls plied that the guests may either re- plled that the guests may eitherr res main or depart, as they see fit. The room rate will remain at $50 a month, *instead of $45.50, he added. q