Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy and colder tonight and to- morrow, with rain, possibly changing to snow; Sunday fair and continued cold. Tomperature for twenty-four hours ended 1t 2 p.m. today: Highest, 59, at noon .oday; lowest, 36, at 9:46 p.m. yesterduy. Full report on page 10. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” _The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is defivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Hening Star. New York Stock Market Closed Today I] WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday's Net Circulation, 95,851 No. U. S-JAPAN CANGEL LANSINGSHI PACT Acticn Taken by Mutual Agreement Between the Two Governments. ‘ | SOURCE OF CONTROVERSY | Relations Declared to Be Based on New Understanding Through Nine-Power Treaty. By the Acsoclated Press The celebrated Lansing-Ishii agree- ment, by which the United States in 1917 recognized Japan's in- terests” in China. has been canc by mutnal agreement ington and Tokio goverr Diplomatic negotiations the two governments in a new understandin marily on the provivslons power pact, writter the Washing- ton ents conference, d re ®garding applying more eifectually “the principlts of the door or! equality #f opportunity in China.” “special rents between esulted based pri of the nine of £ at armon open ource of Controversy. ing of the Lansing-Ishii agreement stituting for it the principles of the document subscribed to by the nine powers—the United States, Japan, China, Great Britai France, ltaly, Portugal, The ) lands and Belglum—tie American Japanese goveram uccept a parity | of interest in China and ut the same time do away with an agreement that was a_source of controversy from the very day it was announc The nesotfations for ©f the agrcement wer carried ou in Tokio as one of the official acts of Charles B. Warre Detroit, the retiring ambassad Japan. Diplomat resacd schievemient as stoue o a long series of negot 5 conducted by the retiring an liave placed the diplomat the United States with far east in a more favorable tion than they have vecupied questions between the United S and Japan began coming troversy. Diplomatic Sensation. The Lansing-Ishii 4 signed by Secretary bassador Ishii in the form of ar standing,” and as such it beca mediately effective without the mality of ratification. Negoti with the ut St SeCTecy or of both governments, it the outstanding diplomat of the war days when news c reached the outside world i ports from Pekin on Novembe The Chinese government 1oL efved baforehand siight in- ation that the sgreement had beel proposed by Japan to Washington. Its first informatlon was om the Japanese ambassador Peking when he delivered translated coples of ¢ agreement at the Peking forelgn office. Tts first action was to inquire at the American legation | whether the reporced agreement was authentic. and. at that time, no lega- tion official had been informed « what lLad becn done in Washington The State De rtment, however, soon confirmed the report, and pro- tests were flled by direction of the Peking government in both Wash- ington and Tok Differences q v developed be- tween the Japanese and American translations, with particular refer- ence to the phrase, “special inter- ests.” The Japanese contended that the United States had reognized Japan's paramountey in China. Sec- retary Lansing disagreed with that interpretation. and the differences re- mnained unsettied throughout the life of the agreement. The controversial phrase was contained in the follow- ing paragraph of the agreement: “The governments of the United States and Japan recognize that ter- ritorial propinquity creates special re- atlons between countries. and, con- saquently, the government of the U'nited States recognizes that Japan has speclal inter 8 in_ China. par- icularly in the part to which her pos- essions are contiguous.” Ambiguity Removed. Cancellation of the agreement at | this time is regarded by American officlals as fortunate, for the reason that it removes all ambiguity the language of existing conventions between the United States and Japan respecting China. These are the Root- Takahlra agreement. which includes ! an arrangement that neither Japan nor the United States shall take any ! steps with reference to China without consulting each other and the nine- | cr treaty, which provides that: With a view to applying more effectually the principles of the open door or equality of opportunity in China for the trade and industry of 1l nations, the contracting powers, other than’ China, agreed that they | will not seek, nor support their re- epective natlons in seeking— | “Any arrangement which might purport to establish in favor of their | interests any general superiority of rights with respect to commercial or cconomic development in any desig- nated region of China; “Any such monopoly ‘or preference as would deprive the nationals of any other power of the right of under- taking any legitimate “trade or in-| dustry in_China or of participating with the Chinese government, or with | any local authority, in any category | or public enterprise, or which by | reason of {ts scope. duration or' geographical extent is caleulated | to frustrate the practical applica- | tion of the principle of equal oppor- funity:] ST e Lansing and Am- oveinbe under- e im- executive for- ted the part rected one of - sensutions of it first press re President's Stand. President Harding held recently, in a statement submitted to the Senate in response to a resolution calling for information concerning the Lansing-Ishii agreement, that the nine-power treaty would “completely set at rest” any question which might have been ralsed under that agree- ment. He said: “Happily, as a result of the (Wash- g‘ton) conference, it Is not now nec- sary to consider any possible am- biguity in the eexpressions used in the Lansing-Ishii agreement of 1917, as_any question which they might have raised has been completely set at rest by the treaty * * * to which the United States and Japan are par- tles. ‘The President also pointed out that | he indorsed the interpretation which Secretary Lansing had given the words “special interests.” “It has been the view of the gov- ernment of the United States. ne sald, “that this reference to epecial interests in China did not recoguize any right or claim inconsistent with the sovereignty or political inde- pendence of China or with our ‘open- door’ policy,” 4dding that the nego- tiation of the nine-power treaty was itself the moat forma! declaration of executive polley in relation to China. | i I but rather than give the French Fntered as second-class matter post office Washington T i | C. Lieut. Maitland WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1923—FORTY-EIGHT Flies 243 Miles Per Hour and Wins World Record {Bolling Field Aviator Makes 281.4 Miles An Hour on One Lap, Fastest Ever Traveled by Human. Py the Assoc'ated Press. DAYTON. Ohio, Lester J. Maitland, viator, winner of Mareh 30 —Lieut. United States Army second place in the Pulitzer cup races at Detroit last fall, today will be declared holder of the world irplane speed record, accom- plished yesterday when he piloted a Curtiss racing plane over a one-kilo- meter course four times at an average speed 8f approximately 243 miles an hour. The official speed will be an- nounced later today. tla # maximum for o trip across the course was 281.4 miles an hour. the fastest any human being has ever traveled, according to officlals of the United States Army alr service counecied with McCook and Wilbur Wright fieids h In attaining this speed he was alded by the wind, The record made by Maitland beats the previous record 233.01 miles pe: hour held by Sadi Lecointe of France. IVADERSTHRDTTLE 1S TRADEINRUAR Millions in American Orders, Some Partly Paid For, Held Up by French. speed BLOCKADE DUE TO TAX Louis Loucheur Believes U. S. In- tervention Will Take Place and Save Situation. BY A. R. DECKER. By Cable 1o The Star and Chicago Dally News Copyright, 1923, [ . March 30.—American trade with the occupled Ruhr area is at a Imports a taterfered because of the disturbed rail- trafic and exports ure Impos- to the French export tax stem. 1f Americans wish siness with the Ruhr Ger- m obtain permis irom French. Daily Americans are to the Ruhr district in rtiempta to obtain goods partly paid for und realyv for delivery, but held, duc to the Freach blockade. standstiil with road sible, d license € to do b mana t £ the coming Cannot Carry Taxation. In addition to the 10 per cent ex- X and 3 per cent stamp tee the German manufacturers must pay to the German government a 7 per cent social ‘welfare charge. They tell writer that the industry cannot car he 10 per cent export tax de- manded by the French, and even if it were possible to pay It they would refuse, as they deciine to let the French intercfere in German bust- ness. Besides the reich has forbid- len Germans to ask for French ex- port licenses or to accept them un- der penalty of a large fine and one year in prison Germans tell me that the French do mot want reparations, but wish to control the Rhine and Ruhr in dustry Sees Ruin to Factories. hold out for several weeks,” the owner of a chemical fac- tory said, “but eventually the bins will be full. When it is impossible to produce unemployment will come with grave danger of labor troubles, or of forcible French entry into the plants. If the present situation con- tinues it means ruin to our factories a interest we will let the tha “We can controlling plans die.” Milllons of dollars worth of goods destined for the United States are held because of the blockade. The manager of the coaltar products sales organization stated today that the creosote business with the United States runs to $5,000,000 a year, American Seeks License. An American agent is here trying to get permission from the French and Belglans to export tar products under a ruling made by the French vermitting _the _export of _goods As an officilal of the TFederation | Aeronautique Internationale, Orvills Wright, co-inventor of the airplane, is expected to certify Multland's record | today. The speed trials were held |over the same field on which the | Wright brothers perfected the first heavier-than-alr machine. Shortly before Maitland established | his record Lieut. R. J. Maughan, win- ner of the Pulltzer races last fall, es- | tablished a record better than that of Lecointe when he averaged 236.5 miles an hour i four laps A new propeller, designed and built t McCook Field. is sald to sponsible in piart for the record. Trials Spectacular. | Speed trials, in the opinion of many { persons interested In a re the most gpectacular of al | planes, due to the s wing vs]‘ll' ad and elimination possible resistance, are difiicult ., to ntrol. _In making ready for a dash (Continued on Page of the Column 6.) Sinks in Storm; the Associated Press. HIGHLANDS, N. J.. March 30.— The queen of the Highlands cum- running fleet was lost during the heavy northwest gule Wednesday. The queen ship, the largest and fastest putting out from Highlands to the rum armada off lost while making her second trip to the maritime liquor mart When she ted for shore with 160 cases of r. having an esti- mated value of she en- countered a forty-cizht-mile gale, which forced her to return to the Ister, a British steamer which once served as a yacht for Robert Goe- let, from which she had purchased her cargo. The runner mai alongside the Ister soaked crew werd boat, valued at with her cargo The Ister took care of the crew Then they d by a rum runner from shore, whs ged to and her w taken off 060, foundersd come | New vor FLYER HITS AUTO. WRECKED: SX DEAD Train Running Nearly Seventy Miles an Hour Goes Into Ditch at Columbus. By the Associated Press. COLUMEUS, Ohio, March 30.—Six persons are known to have been ! killed and many injured, some seri- ! ously, when a fast Big Four Pullman train, en route from Boston to Cin- cinnati, struck an automobile at a grade crossing at the mnorth city limits this morning. The engine left the tracks and turned over in the ditch, four Pull- man sleepers piling on top of it. All of the cars in the train, with the ex- ception of a dining car, left the track. The train, due in Columbus. at 7:30 o'clock, was more than an hour late, and was running at an estir.ated speed of sixty-five or seventy miles an hour. It is one of the heaviest and finest trains operated by the Big Four. The automobile was struck at the Oakland Park avenue crossing, Broadway crossing. The Known Dead. The known dead are: Earl W. Wilson, fireman, of Columbus; J. W. Klee, fire- man, of Cleveland; Mrs. Frank S. Hem- minger of Columbus, wife of an at- torney, who was driving the automo- bile that was struck; Robert Hem- minger. aged five, her son; Infant Hemminger; Horace Holbrook, War- |ren, Ohlo, publisher. Rescue ' workers 'sald that other dead may be found in the wreckage. Every avallable ambulance and (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) One-Piece Bathing Suit Ban to Continue at D. C. Tidal Basin One-piece bathing suits will con- tinuo to be under the ban at the tidal basin bathing beach. In making this announcement to- day. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, said he is determined that the regulations governing the style of costumes to be worn by the beach patrons is to be rigidly enforced. Modesty is to be the keynote, ac- cording to Col. Sherrill. He sald to- day that there is no reason in the world why bathing suits cannot be attractive” and comfortable and at the same time come wi!chin the pre- scribed bounds of modesty. Also, with the view to elevating the tone of the beach, as he express- ed it, Col. Sherrill has issued an order to the beach management forbidding the holding of beauty contests, beach parades and other spectacles. On the other hand much attentlon will be given to the holding of water sports as & means of increasing effi- clency amony swimmers and divers, and, at the same time, affording ad- ditional interest to those who go to the beach merely as spectators. It was announced that quite a few improvements have been made at the beach, and, as a result, a greater number of bathers and spectators can now be taken care of at one time. The beach has been extended, and an additional needle shower has been constructed in the water. The main_pavillion has been practlcally rebuilt, thus affording & greater seat- ing capacity for the spectators, and more room for the refreshment coun- tera’ The floor of the pavillion has been constructed of concrete, and the seats facing the beach have arranged in tiers somewhat after the fashion of the seats at the ball park. Strange as it may seem, almost as miany persons go to the beach to “look on” as do those who take to the water. This is borne out by records of the beach furnished today by Col. Sherrill, which show that while 294,200 bathers used the beach last year, there were 235,600 spectators. Attendance at Beach. These records show also that the largest number of bathers patronizing the beach in one day was 8,800, while the largest Mumber of spectators at the beach on any one day was 12,250. The average dally number of bathers was 2,699 and the average daily “look- ers-on” was 2,156. Swimming lessons were given to 1,416 and medical atten- tion was given to 1,342, Life guard service was necessary on 747 occa- slons. Last year the beach was opened to the public May 27, but it is planned to open it this year on May 15; that is, if warm weather has acquired a substantial hold on this vicinity by that date. The use of chloride as a means of purifying the water will be con- tinued. By the expert method adopt- ed at the beach the placing of the chloride in the water is entirely void of any ill effects. Col. Sharrill said today that the method used at the beach has been indorsed by sanitary experts throughout the country as being “perfect” and “harmless.” . Le re- | Speed | of all| Queen Rum Ship| Crew Is Saved, the wreckage piling up at the north| been | PRESIDENT PLANS 10 PUSH FARM AID Added Powers Given by Con- gress to Be Used to Best Advantage. CONTROLLER IS 'NAMED Henry M. Dawes Will Have Charge of Organizing New Agri- ! cultural Credit System. | D the Associated Press. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Congress having moved, just before adjournment this month, to ass!st to a greater degree the agricultural and live stock Interests of the country, >resident Harding, it was sald today by members of his vacation party, is giving considerable attention to the farm situation. The prompt selection of Henry M Dawes of Chlcago to be controller of the currency, which was announced last night, although it had not been expected for several weeks, was in- terpreted by some of those close to the President to be an indication of his desire that the government ren- der all pos: l¢ aild to the farmers d live stock men. As controller of the currency Mr. Dawes, who is a brother of Charles G. Dawes, a for- er controller and later budget di- | rector. will have supervision of the formation of the wgricultural credit corporations provided for in the re- cently enacted Capper-Lenroot derson bill Confer on Situation. March 30.— Pending the time when such titutions begin to fu tion, War Finance Corporation will 1tinue to make agricultural and live stoc to be can advances, and the policies pursued by this governmental agency were the subject of a cor ference here this week between the President nd Fred Sta acting | manager-director of Since leaving Washington more tha week ago, Mr. rek haw reviewed he work of the agricultural agencies of orth and uth Carc lina, and on leaving here Tuesday he { will’ visit Louisiana, Texa 4 New i Ate. Before returning to Wash- {ington he may visit Alabama, Geor- | gla and Tennessce | Will Give Full Aid, | Setting out the policy of the fina corporation respecting future to farmers and cattle growers, in re Ply to many inquirles, Mr. Starek sued the following statement: ““The policy of our board is to carry jout, in epirit and letter, the purpose and intent of Congress in extending | the authority and life of the corpora s T‘:e corporation has made ad- ances for agricultural and live stock purposes, through banking and finan- cial institutions. live stock companies and co-operative marketing assocla- tions, and it will_continue to do so until’ the end of March, 1924, on the same basls as heretofore. $291,000,000 Distributed. “Since August, 1921, nearly $291,000,- 000 have been distributed upon ade- quate security, and nearly $56,000,000 have been repaid, leaving $125,000,000 outstanding about ten days ago. Heavy payments are being made dally and we we do not anticipate many new appli- | cations for funds. But wherever the interests of the agricultural and live stock classes may be served in a manner consistent with the provisions of the | 1aw, it will be the purpose of the board to make advances under the usual safe- guards. It is not intended, however, that the advances will be made to country banks merely for the purpose of repaying city correspondents unless it can be shown that the welfare of ag- griculture is involved. “I have found thus far on my trip that agricultural conditions are rapidly improving in the south and I believe that if the ravages of the boll weevil are not widespread In the cotton sec- tions, not many applications for ad- vances will be received from this sec- tion during the coming year. 60 Per Cent Repaid. “Conditions in both the cotton and | live stock industries in the south and New Mexico have shown great im- provement since the War Finance Corporation began to operate, as in- dicated by the fact that nearly 60 per cent of the total advances of nearly $90,000,000 made in that sec- | tion have been repaid, and this is about the average throughout the United States. The cotton and to- bacco growers in North and South Carolina _are much heartened, and it seems to me that, with the powers of the finance corporation extended another year and with new credit machinery provided for iIn_ recent legislation, agricultural financing should be worked out Successfully in a short time. “The mechanism of the new finan- clal instrumentalities provided in the new legislation remain to be put into practical operation, and while this is going on It is the purpose of the War Finance Corporation to use its re- sources as far as may be needed in supplying credit to agriculture. But the operations of the corporation will continue to be separate and dis- tinct from the other organizations and when they are firmly established the corporation will enter a process of liquidation.” LeadersComing to U. S. Brings Stir Reports that Ludwig C. A. K. Mar- tens, former “soviet ambassador to the United Sta his secretary, Gregory Welnstein, and Mme. Kalin- in, wife of the peasant president of the Russian soviet republic, are com- ing to the United States have caused la deluge of protests to reach Secre- tary Davis. Orders have been issued to all immigration inspectors to watch for the three and if applica- tion is made by them for entry to | make a thorough investigation as to their purpose. Orders previously were issued to cover the entrance of Weinstein, who is on the list of undesirables. Mme. Kalinin, however, is said to be com- ing to America at the invitation of a children’s relief soclety to make a two-month _tour appealing for aid for famine sufferers. American consuls at Riga and Reval were instructed to vise her passports upon her assur- ance that her activities would be con- fined to Red Cross work. No infor- mation covering the movements and purposes of Martens have been re- ceived at the Labor Department. loan | loans t the corporation. | PAGES. 1T's NAB 2 HOTEL BOYS INRUM CONSPIRAGY Higher-Ups Sought as Liquor Is Seized and More Ar- rests Expected. ie first stroke y organized by ement authorities to hand higher up sentences and fines when convicted of using others as tools in distribut- ing syndicates was delivered today when police and revenue agents ar- rested two Raleigh Hotel “bell-hops” on charges of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States. The climax is expected to be reached it others in an alleged combination to supply hotel guests with liquor are arrested. Revenue agents and police were certain today that other arrests would be made and the case of con- spiracy rounded out. Specially detailed from prohibition headquarters, Linton Evans, agent. with Precinct Detectives Worrell and Jackson of the first precinct and Policeman J. H. Hunt of the tenth precinct arrested Philip John Camp- bell, twenty-two vears old, of 75 New York avenue northeast, and Raymond Walter Cave, twenty-one, of 310 Massachusetts avenue northeast, on charges of selling and transportation of liquor and conspiracy in violation of section 37, revised statutes. 5440, which stipulates a fine of $10,000, or two years in prison, or both as maxi- mum sentences upon conviction. Week's Investigation. Evans has been working on the case for several weeks, with the hotel management co-operating with the authorities In every manner, placing conveniences at the disposal of the officers. Cave was arrested early today, charged with an alleged sale to Pre- cinct Detective Worrell. Later this morning Campbell was arrested. TUpon a search of Campbell's rooms, under a warrant granted by United States Commissloner George H. Mac- Donald this morning, fourteen quarts of liquor were found in suit cases. The young man occupied & rear room at the New York avenue address with his wife. When the police and revenue men entered the wife broke into tears. At the first precinct later the of- ficers learned the identity of the man from whom the boys are alleged to have been obtaining liquor for ped- dling purposes and a search for him was begun. Dry Attorneys onm Scene. Attorneys from the prohibition en- forcement unit were on the scene at the precinct station. They reviewed the case from every aspect, in event of it becoming one involving the es- tablishment of a precedent in prohi- bition enforcement procedure, and finally decided that in addition to other charges the criminal code, sec- tion 37, regarding conspiracy would be the one on which the big fight for a conviction would be made. This action stipulates: “If two or more persons conspire either to com- mit any offense against the United States or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose and one or more of such parties do any et to effect the object of conspiracy, in a campaign re- prohibition en- | each of the partles shall be fined not Report of Soviet| more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than two years or both.” Evidence of Sale Unnecessary. By invoking this section, Agent Evans explalned, sala does not nec- essarily have to be in evidence against the wholesale distributor of liquor to the retail peddler. The simple establishment of the fact that the distributor was a member of the clique which ultimately brought il- licit beverages to the lips of vio- lators of the prohibition act is held by attorneys of the prohibition unit sufficient to insure his conviction under this section. 5 Police said today they obtained ad- missions from Cave to the effect that he had sold liquor at $16 a quart, who in turn Is alleged to have stated that he was supplied liquor at §120 a case and peddled it at $15 a quart. “This is the first move in a general campaign,” Evans declared. “What has struck me so forcibly in the en- tire business is the fact that while the wholesale distributor belongs to that class of higher-ups who ride around in large automobiles, the boy who was working for him, it seems, has been livlnfi in a small rear room and barely making a living. We want the men higher up, and this seems to be the surest way of getting them.’ STILL BLOOMING Winter Plans ““Come-Back” To Ruin Easter Style Parade "n:an} in the bootleg game stiff IN THE W who are getting jready to roll eggs in their Easter finer: iv\nuld do well to prepare for the possi- ible alte snowballs in |their fur caps. mittens and overcoats. | The gentle hint leaked out today from Ino less an authorit? than the govern- | ment's weather forecaster, who, appar- |ently full of exultation at having €ome- thing a little different in fo ts to offer, came out with following shivery proclamation : “Cloudy and. colder tonight and Sat- urday, with rain possibly changing to snow. Sunday fair, but continued cold, with temperature below freezing. Fresh northwest shifting winds children Cold Facts Chill Ardor. With these cold facts in mind, the probability of the National Capital teing treated to the annual style parade along Connecticut avenue, F street and other fashionable thor- oughtares looms rs remote, in so far as brightly colored hats, entrancing off feminine apparel for setting Leauty are concerned. the contrary, Forecaster Mitchell commented pertinently that furs, heavy wraps, Russian boots and other warm garments would be the proper outfitting for even the warm- est-blooded young women. True, it will turn fair Sunday, but warmer. Also, he added, get that extra ton ot coal, for this'is to be not merely a_ passing flurry. It looks like Washington is in for several dayvs of downright cold weather, served up with the compliments of Alaska and the polar regions, he empha- sized. Cold to Last Several Day: The very best consolation that the forecaster could offer with regard to his prediction was that it may not snow at all tomorrow. That depends on whether the cold winds and the rain comc into the proper juxtaposi- tion or something, he explained to HRINE WEEK AUTO RECIPROCITY FAILS Maryland Unable, Under Law, to Honor D. C. Tags During Conclave. Word reached Washington that the M. motor vehicles cannot under exist- ing law allow District motorists to drive into that state during the Shrine con- vention without Maryaldn tags. This statement was contained in a letter to the local division of the Na- tional Motorists’ Association. Ray mond Beck, field secretary of the N. 1M, A, took up the question with Col | Baughman, the Maryland commis- sloner, after Commissioner Oyster had announced that the District would permit Marylanders to cross the line without District tags during the con- vention. In response to Mr. Beck's letter, Col Baughman expressed regret that he !is without authority to take similar action for the state of Maryvland. today Commissioners Act Toduy. The board of District Commissioners are expected to take definite action this afternoon fixing the period of time during which Marylanders will be given free entrance to Washing- ton to attend the convention. In writing to Col. Baughman, the ed out that if he could reciprocate the action proposed by the Commis- sioners such action would tend to promote good feeling among motor- ing lines between the two jurisdic- tions. The M. A. took occasion to thank Col. Baughman for his action three-quarter-period so they highways ers to buy Maryland tags tomorrow might use the Maryland Easter Sunday. In reply, Col. Baughman thanked the association for its expression and voiced the belief that Washing- tonfans who buy three-quarter- period tags tomorrow would net use them until Sunday, April 1. 3 spring dresses and other bewitching | not | vland commissioner of | National Motorists’ Association point- | in permitting Washington car own- | OPEN. the lay reporter. If this something takes place as per possibility—snow: if not—no. At any rate Mr. Mitcheli | minced no words in stressing the fact ithat there is no hope for warm { weather until some time next week, !and the temperature is going to rise | but slowly then. | _Meanwhile the scientists at the Naval Observatory, hearing of the forecast, busied themselves digging into weather records since 1940 for comparative purposes. Wil Break Precedent. They established the fact that if the weather bureau's prophecy about | the thermometer falling several de- | grees below freezing is fulfilled, ft | will be the first Easter Sunday in “’ouncsn years that such has been the case, viz, since April 11, 1809, when the minimum temperature was 26 degrees—an unusually low mark for April. On two other | occasions since that the Easter Sun- day temperature has just managed to drop to the freezing point of 32 degrees—on March 23, 1913, and on_April 8, 191 The April 1 records for twenty- three years back disclose that a be- low-freezing figure was reached on four occasions; 1900 and 1807, when 9 was registered: 1911, when 30 | was reached. and 1919, when 28 was recorged. The maximum freezing mark of 32 was registere s AL 8! d in 1900 Thirty-Two Below in Manitoba. | Washington !s not the only city in | the east to suffer stormy weather on Easter eve and chill winds on Easter Sunday. The cold wave will sweep | over most of the States east of the | Mississippl, bringing rain or_snow toward the north tonight and Satur- | day, but generally changing Sunday | to fair skies, with continued cold and freshening northwest winds. Frost is | predicted as far south as Georgia. | Those who think they are being | treated to an overdose of winter here | may be interested to know that resi- dents of Le Pas, Manitoba, are thaw- ing out their thermometers today fol- | lowing a temperature drop to 32 de- | grees below zero, with a barometer | reading of 30.88 inches, Wilsons Given Serenade by | Princeton Club Tarmer President Woodrow Wilson [ and Mrs. Wilson were serenaded | last night at their home, 2310 S street, by the Princeton University Glee Club. Earlier days of his life as president of the university were | recalled, when the undergraduates, fifty strong, gathered in the street before his home and sang Princeton songs, closing with “Old Nassau.’ The Princeton Glee Club, off on the Easter vacation, was en 1oute to Hot Springs, Va., for a concert tonight. There was a Stop-over of an hour in Washington from 9:30 to 10:30, and the party took this op- portunity to motor to the home of their former President to pay their respects and entertain him with the college songs he knows so well. CARLIN’S SON PAYS $61 TRAFFIC FINE Alexandrign Was Arrested on Charge of Driving Auto Which Hit Wagon. | Charles Carlin, son of former Rep- resentative Charles C. Carlin of Alex- | andria, Va., paid into the Traffic Court | today $61 for violating traffic law and | regulations, Young Carlin was arrested in the early morning of December 29, 1922, at Washington Circle, following a collison between his car and a milk | wagon. He was taken to the third precinct, where he was charged with | operating his automobile while drunk, | and required to put up $500 collateral | for his release. | He was also charged with colliding | and put up $40 collateral for that of- fense. He was then charged with! leaving the scene of the accident | without making his identity known | | and put up $40 for that, and for hav- ing no permit deposited another $40 collateral. The case was called several times in Traffic Court, but for one reason or another was continued. Today Assistant Corporation Coun- sel Frank W, Madigan nolle prossed the charge of driving while drunk, and recommended fines in the other cases be taken as follows: For leaving the scene of the collision without making his identity known, $40: colliding, $20; no permit, $1. Five hundred and fifty-nine dollars of the $600 collateral put up by Car- Jin was returned today afiter he pald the $61°In forfeitures. TWO CENTS. U. . HAS ROW OVER SHIP SALES BANS Canada Refuses Entry to Two Restricted to Laws of This Country. ASK STATE DEPARTMENT Secretary Hoover and Attorney General Daugherty Aiding Ef- fort to Solve Status. A conditional clause in the con- tracts under which the Shipping Board s selling its merchant ves- sels has led to a controversy which already has reached into three gov ernment departments. The form of contract under whicl the sales are made provides that the ships shall not be operated in any manner which will constitute a viola tion of the laws of the United States —a provision understood to have been inserted originally as a barrier against use of the vessels as rum runners. Recently two of the ships purchased on that basis applied for Canadlan registry, with the result that the Canadian government noti- fled the State Department that It would not admit to registry any ves- sel purchased with such a condition attached. As a result, the State Department has asked Attorney General Daugh- erty and Secretary Hoover for their opinion, and meantime the reply to Canada'ls being held up. Question of Restriction. Secretary Hoover was asked wheth- or the United States would recognize similar restrictions to those contai: ed in the Shipping Board contracts in the case of vessels bought by American citizens from a forei government. It was pointed out that the Commerce Department would necessarily have to pass on that point, since it controls admiesion ot ships to American reglstry. Other questions of law involved and with which Secretary Hughes must deal in his reply to Canada must be passed on by the Department of Jus- tice in the opinion which Mr. Hughes has requested from the Attorney General. It developed today, however, that the contract stipulation under d: cussfon was suggested and drafted originally at the Department of Jus- tice itself. As a move against rum- runners the department last year pro- posed the limitation on sales, and the Shipping Board promulgated it A: the time there was no protest from tany quarter, and department official: predicted today that the Aftorn General would sustain and defend the policy. Commerce Department officials de- clined to discuss their end of the case pending a thorough investiga- tlon. The request for an opinion was referred by Secretary Hoover to Com- missioner Carson of the bureau of navigation, which controls issuance of registry permii<. and which is ex- pected to advise Mr. Hoover fully on the subject wit} fow days. No Real Impediment. Among Shipping Board officials the attitude was taken that the sale con- tract carries no real Impedingent to the customary service of a ship. Shipping men were s to hold the view that & much more sweeping inhibition is contained in the Ship- ping Board's decliration that no to forelgners will he approved unless the facts show that such transfer “will not be detrimental to the United States of America or its merchant marine.” The contract ds the purchaser not to use the vessel “for the importa- tlon Into or the exportation from the TUnited States” of anv cargo “in viola- tion of the laws of the United States.” Forelgn purchasers are left free to use the ships between foreign ports in any traffic they see fit, cubject only fo the limitation of lJaws there obtain- ng. For_this reason, the point raised by the Canadian government is not ex- pected by the Shipping Board to have any effect on the proposed sale of surplus tonnage to foreigners unless, as & member of the board remarked today. “a mass movement of rum run- ners to the Atlantic seaboard is being planned.” FINDS EASTER EGGS IN SHELLAC COVER bi IHealth Officer Fowler Issues Re- quest to Discontinue Sales in D. C. Candy Easter eggs painted with what the health department says was a solution of shellac to make them glossy have been offered for sale here, according to a statement in the weekly bulletin of the department. Health Officer Fowler said that nothing poisonous was found in the candy eggs analyzed by his chemists, but he said he felt the process was not a desirable one to be applied to candy. Dr. Fowler said he did not find any conditions to justify prosecution, but requested the dealers. he said, to dis- continue use of the substances found The health officer further stated | that his men found some expensive, | fancy eggs, decorated with gilt trim- mings to add to their attractiveness He sald he requested that this also be abandoned. The reference to Easter eggs on the eekly bulletin follows, in part: “During the past week the inspectors of the food service have been actively engaged in the inspection of candy goods offered for sale for the Easter holidays, for the purpose of deter- mining whether any deleterious sub- stances were used in the manufacture of the candy. Investigation has dis- closed that the practice of using cer- tain substances making the candy more attractive was being done by certain manufacturers, who were summoned to appear before the health officer <0 explain why the substances were being used. The manufacturers were ordered by the health officer to discontinue the practice of using these substances in the manufacture of Easter candles.” ¥ —_— MUSSOLINI SEEKS PEACE. MILAN, March 30.—Premier Musso- Uni had a prolonged conference here yesterday with Foreign Minister Skrzyn ski of Poland. They discussed the gen- eral political situation and economic questions affecting both countries, It {s stated that the meeting IS expected to have practical results.