Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1923, Page 1

f WEATHER. Partly cloudy today and tomorrow,’ with local thundershowers; no change in temperature; lght to. variuble Winds. Temperature for twenty-two hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, 84; lowest, 67. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 Full report on page 18. No. ABANDON ALL HOPE FOR BALLOONITS WRECKEDINLAKE Navy’s Evidence Shows Bas- ket Torn From Craft Dur- ing Storm Above Waters. 954.—No. 28,922. ‘BROKEN’ IS TRAGIC NOTE, LAST ENTRY IN REPORT Heroic But Futile Effort in Face of Death Told in Log Found Near Craft. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio. July All hope that Lieut. L. J. Roth and his aide, Lieut. T. B. Null, pllots of the missing Navy balloon A-6698, which Jeft Indianapolis on July 4, in the national elimination air race, were living, was abandoned here tonight. The crew of the tug Frank H. Stanley found the {ll-fated aviators’ complete uniforms, leather coats, log, records and charts entagled in the drifting half-inflated balloon bag about twenty-two miles south-south- west of Port Stanley, Ontario, about} noon today On all sides the crew found mute evidences of a heroic struggle in midair. Evidently over- taken by terrific winds and an elec- trical storm, Roth and Null fought despegately to ship their ballast and rise abo the gale. Somehow, the basket was ripped from the buffeted | bag which found seared and waterlogged the crew of the Stanley. of the tug was by Engulfed by Storm. The log shows that the airmen had been safling at an average height of 800 or 900 feet before the storm en- gulfed them. Then comes the sig- nificant item: “Threw forty pounds of ballast overboard. Rose from 1,200 to 2.500 feet” Later on just one word appears: “Broken.” Entangled in the ropes attached to | the basket were found the complete outfits of the aviators—leather coats | and all, which they must have doffed before they leaped from the doomed | balloon, it believed. A letter ad- | aressed to Roth and some pencilings | on mewspaper clippings . also were | found. ‘“Am heading for can- | ada”” was the blurred scrawl of an | indelible pencil found on one newsr | paper. { The tug came upon the wrecked balloon about noon today after Capt. | John J. Cassin of the steamship Colonial had notified authorities at Port Stanley of its prekence in the lake | Late this afternoon Admiral W. A.| Moffett, chief of naval aviation, Washington, requested the Aeroma- rine Alrways, Inc, operating a fleet of flving boats between Cleveland and Detroit, to help in the search for the missing balloon and naval offi- cers, is Plane Starts Search. S. A. Bruno, vice president of the company, immediately tuned up the hydroplane Nina and started for Port Stanley, Ont., at 4:10 p.m., with t newspaper men and Filot Shiller at the wheel. They sighted the Canadian shore at 5:20 p.m. They the short ten miles out, and | landed alongside the tug| twenty-two miles ruulhwes‘.i tunley. The Stanlev had the | naval balloon A-6698 In tow, over the stern, Bruno and the crew of the flying boat helped pull the bal- | loon on board the Stanley, Th2 tug! already had the uniforms of Roth and Null on board. The Nina then cruised around in the vicinlty for nearly an hour, searching for trac of the missing officers, hut without | avail. The hydroplane then left for| Cleveland, arriving here shortly be- fore dark, bringing an envelope of | the National Aeronautic Association of the United States, containing (he" afficial log of the naval balloon trip, badly water aked and almost un decipherable, personal papers ad dressed t¢ Lieut. Roth, a palr of sauntlets, one leather coat and an American flag. Mr. Bruno said the ropes which held the wicker basket to the loon had been cut. No trace of the baskat was found. | Left Uniforms. “Both men apparently had stripped their underclothing,” Mr. Bruno| “It looked as though they had discarded their clothing and the basket in a desperate effort to Jighten the balloon sufficiently to get blown ashore. They probably cut away the basket, discarded their clothing and threw away all the weight they could when the basket first hit the water, clinging to the mesh about the tower part of the Lag in the hope it would carry. them lo safety.” Glenn L. Martin, airplane manu- facturer, expressed a similar view. A slight chance remains that the sirmen may be alive, it wasg id I)y‘ airmen here tonight. Life preserv- ers were said to be in the balloon when it left on the trip, and it is! conceded the two lieutenants might have been picked up in Lake Erie by some freighter which had no wire- less apparatus and could not inform shore stations of the resciie. Local airplane pilots said ‘the two navall officers might have worn life pre- gervers or a rubber suit containing air next to their underclothing. The last sight of the naval balloon efore the accidént by H. E. Honeywell, pilot of & balloon in the race, who came to earth east.of Buffalo. He said he sighted Lieut, Roth's ship over Lake Erle Friday. In & pocket of one of the leuten- t's unifofms found -a news- (Continued on Page J,~Column 8.} “ ce to said. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D‘ he WASHINGTON, ‘NAVY BALLOONISTS LOST IN LAKE FARM-LABOR STAND BLOW TORADCALS Rebuff of Reds at Chicago Convention Held Steadying Factor for 1924. BY N. 0. MESSENGER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, July 7.—One of the most Important and hopeful signs in the current drift of politics in this coun- try is the complete collapse of an ef- fort of the “reds” and the commu- nists, direct representatives in Amer- fca of the communist internationale, to secure the co-operation of the ex- isting farmer-labor party in their program of national destruction. The effort was made at a conven- tion held in this city this week, called | by the farmer-labor party, to which were Invited representatives of other independent political units, including some radical elements. It turned out that the radicals, coming as guests, outnumbered their hosts, took pos- gession of the meeting and started in upon a radical program. Intent on Reformn. ' The farmer-laborites were seeking to unify all political units into a har- monious effort to seek reforms through the ballot. The reds were intent upon seeking “reforms” which, from thelr way. of thinking, mean forcible overturning of the existing order of things. The first thing the red group did, by sheer superiority, was to give the movement a new name, under the ap- pellation of “the federated farmer- lubor party,’.and Invite the existing farmer-iabu#iles to join. - In the eafly stages of the meeting the reds threw off all emblance of disguise and bold- 1y showed themselves in their true | colors, declaring defiantly their pro- gram and policles, which afe nothing | more nor less than sovietizing the United States. Shock to Farmer-Loborites. This was & shocking revealment to the farmer-labor element, who have somé very liberal, if not radical, pol- icles themselves. The original farm- | cr-labor group is composed of gen- uine “dirt farmers” and a conserva- tive group In labor circles. In the northwestern states it is an impor- tant organization and has already elected one United States senator from Minnesota, with fair prospect; of electing another from the same state on July 16 next. As soon as the reds disclosed their hand the farmer-labor men withdrew from the meeting and set up another of their own, in which they vented their Indignation of_the methods of | the reds and announced their com- plete separation from them and de- nounced their policles and aims. Now the importance of all this is that there has been nipped in the bud a movement which, if it had been successful, might have proved a very serlous menace in the future. Politiclans agree that the farmer- labor movement bids fair to assume proportions of importance, especlal- ly if the senatorial election In Min- nesota goes that way. A working combination with any considerable labor element would present a tan- gible unit of voters” which might hold a balance of power between and congressional elections and in the two old parties in presidential Congress. Combination Net Pessible. But it Is apparent from the events of last week that no such combination i is possible. It is also evident that fu- ture developments resulting from those events are likely to be very im- portant. For one thing, those events show, first, that the farmers will not be drawn into communistic move- ments; ‘second, ‘that only an incon- siderable, and it might be said en- tirely negligible, element of labor is in sympathy with the extreme com- munists and, third, a line of sharp di- vision will_ be drawn in.the future between the reds and labor and farm- ers. What happened in’ Chicago last week may be regarded as having | JEUT. T. B. NUL | Right—LIEUT. L. J. ROTH. GUNO DISCLAIMS BLAME FORBOMB German Chancellor Tells Bel- gian and French Envoys Guilt Not Proved. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 7.—The French and Belglan ambassadors at Berlin, says a Central News dispatch from the 1German capital, today visited Chan- cellor Cuno and made known the con- tention of their countries that Ger- many was responsible for the Duis- burg bridge explosion. They asked the chancellor to disavow the act and to do his utmost to arrest the cul- pri > Herr Cuno replied that the govern- ment was not responsible for the out- irage and that there was no proof so far that the perpetrators were Ger- mans. He wou‘ld await the outcome of investigations and then determine what course to adopt. Policy Debate Blocked. BERLI July —Before adjourn- ing today for its summer recess the reichstag rejected the soclalists’ proposal for a debate on Germany's forelgn . polley. ~ There has been Strong gentfment against such a de- bate among the government leaders and the political parties generally. NEW VATICAN PROTEST. Plea Made to Modify Reprisals for Duisburg Blast. 1By the Associated Press. ROME, ' July 7.—A semi-official communique was issued by the Vati- can today as follows: “The holy see,. which has already deplored the Dulsburg outrage, be- cause such incidents render more difficult the work of pacification, has instructed the nuncios in Paris and Brussels to approach the respective | governments so that the rigorous measures proclaimed against Ger- many may be averted for the final purpose of obtaining an standing between Germany, and Belgium.” under- France BERLIN DENIES BLAME. French and Belgian Envoys’ Pro- test Coldly Received. By the Assoclated Press. | BERLIN, July 7.—The diplomatic representatives of France and Bel- gium called at the foreign office yes- terday with reference to the Duis- burg incident and declared their gov- ernments considered that the Ger- man government, by garding passive resistance and its j telegrams of condolence. was respon- sible for the active manifestations of resistance in the Ruhr. Therefore, the Belgian and French governments demanded that the reich show its disapproval and take steps to discover and prosecute the culprits. As proof of German par- ticipation, the Belgian minister de- clared that fragments of bombs were found on the bridge. Foreign Minister von Rosenberg replied that the Duisburg affalr was known to the German government only through the newspapers. All had been fruitless and the German authorlties on the spot had not been allowed to ascertain the truth. Denles Responsibility. Even if Germans had participated, the German government was not responsible, nor had it in any wise encouraged such - things. The Ger- man decrees since the occupation, he contended, were mnot the cause. but (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) (Continued on Page 2, Column" I. W. W. Threaten to Bankrupt Texas City by Filling Its Jails s By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July;7.—A threat to flood the jalls of Port Arthur, Tex., with passively resisting. Industrial ‘Workers' of the World and bankrupt the city by. compeliing.it to care for them, uniess alleged police brutality against I. W. W. members there was ended, was sent to Mayor Logan to- day by John Shuskie, secretary of the marine’ transport division of the organization. Shuskie recently wired Gov. Neft of Texas, urging an invéstigation of alleged brutal . treatment .of. thrée L W. W.s, which, it was declared, - ‘ended_in the : tUIing-OVer=0f ~the- prisoners to a mob, which was be- leved to have slain them. . “If you wish to'interfere ‘with our rights and treat’our.members bru- tally, we can—if :compelled to—issue. 2 call to our membership, and some 20,000 marine workers will pay your city a visit within-a few weeks,” today's message read. ““We have no desire to' bankrupt your ‘city by making such a call, but it is the only way we know to protect our rights. * We can flood your city with our members. Do you want us to do this? Or are you going to fulfill your 'oath” of ‘office *and leave our " FOCTADOIRBIOUAR'S s s i b PP T Sed b8, Badn D Lk > WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION its decrees re- | attempts to get at the facts, he said, ; D. HESHALLNOT PASS 0LD PARTY CHEFS DEFIANCE TOFORD Alliance to Block G. 0. P. or Democratic Nomination of Auto King Formed. C., SUNDAY MOR! UNDERWOOD WELCOMED AS DELEGATE GETTER | ! Determination to Have “Orgunizn-‘ { tion” Man as 1824 Nominee Seen in Both Camps. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. There is every evidence of a gen- tlemen's agreement being formed among democratic and republican po- litical leaders against Henry Ford for President—a sort of alliance which says “He shall not pass!” The republican leaders claim they | have little to fear from Henry Ford, at_least so far as the G. O. P. nomi- | nation is concerned. That momin tion, it is wgreed, shall go to Pres dent Harding. But the blast against | the flivver multi-millionmaire issued | last week by Charles D. Hilles, for- mer chairman of the republican na- tional committee, was not a shot in the dark. The republicans still have before them the bugaboo of a possible decision by Mr. Harding not to run| agaln. In that event the radical ele- | [ ments might get control of the con- | ventlon—and what then? Have Fear of Ford. The democratic leaders, while most of them talk big against Henry Ford, have a wholesome fear of him in their hearts. An attempted poll last week of the democratic national committee- men and committeewomen found a decided shiftiness in the replies re- ceived. ! “We don’t know that Mr. Ford is a, democrat.” sald a number of the dem- ocratic chieftains, but i their hearts they have a fine suspicion that Mr. Ford iy so regarded by the people at large. Mr. Ford, he is like Br'er Fox, layin’ low and sayin’ nothin’,_but it was as a democrat and backed by Woodrow Wilson that he ran fgr’the Senate against Truman H. Newberry. The democrat leaders, therefore. are looking around today for ways and means of encompassing the de- feat of any movement in the next natidnal eonvention to make Mr. | Fora the nominee. They are thank- ing providence for the long standing democratic rule which requires a two-thirds vote to accomplish a nomination. If the democrats were governed the republicans are in their convention, by a majority rule, the Ford “menace” would be far more | real than is actually regarded at fhe moment. Only Need Onme-Third. The democrats believe the cnn{ muster enough ‘“organization” votes to prevent a stampede to Ford, be- cause one-third of the delegates can bring about that consummation. If the_task were one of nailing down ! a Majority of the delegates it is| frankly admitted it would be next to an impossibility. As matters stand today there is a tacit understanding among the lead- ers of the two old parties that Henry Ford shall be stopped at all hazards. The situation is unique, to say the least. The republican leaders are more than anxious to help the dem- ocratic leaders create a mnational sentiment against the automobile king. Their motive in this is not wholly an unselfish move. The truth is they do not greatly fear Mr. Ford as a third party candidate, but they do fear him as the nominee of the democratic party. In these circumstances it would seem that the democratic leaders, through a desire to win the elections next year, would grab at Mr. Ford. Their position is, however, that a Ford victory would not be a demo- cratic victory and that the party itself, to say nothing of its consti- tuted leaders, would get little or no credit and have little or no influence in the Ford administration. In oth- er words, the democratio leaders do not belleve Mr. Ford would go along with them and they are not in- trigued by the idea of Henry Ford choosing the democratio party, rath- er than the democratic party choos- | ing Henry Ford. Welcome for Umnderwood. 4n their fight against Ford both the democratic and republican lead- ers welcomed last-week the evidence that Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama is about to toss his hat into the ring for the democratic nomina- tion. What has been particularly | feared in the democratic convention is the possibility of a stampede of | southern delegates to the Ford ban- | ner, provided the west and middle- | west place the Detroit. magnate in the running. If Senator Underwood can | get and hold & large block of the | southern delegates the leaders feel | their hand against Ford will be im- mensely strengthened, regardless of | what may be the Senator's fate in the long run. Senator Underwoods’ ability as a delegate getter remains to be seen. He will have a powerful organiza- |tion. Of that there is no doubt. There are evidences of it ‘here in| Washington already. Many of the powerful influences that were behind A. Mitchell Palmer in 1920 are to be found 'today allled with the Under- wood boom. Wet Issue Troublesome. The avowed wetness of Senator Underwood is likely to prove a big | stumbling block to his ambitions. A terrific fight will be made against him by the “dr of every loulhfl ™ (Continued on Page 3, Column-6.3 i | Tabert by a beating administered {HARDINGS TO REACH NG, JULY 8, CONVICT'S SLAYER | GIVEN 20 YEARS Florida Court Frees Higgin-| botham on $10,000 Bail | Pending Appeal. By the Associated Press. LAKE CITY, Fia., July 7.—Thomas | Walter Higginbotham late today was | found guilty of murder of Martin| Tabert of North Dakota in the second degree, by a jury here. He was sen- tenced to twenty years' imprison-! ment and released on $10,000 bond pending appeal. | The jury was out ome hour and twenty minutes. 5 The former whipping boss was ac- cused of having caused the death of | while the North Dakotan was serv-, ing a term Company convict leased camp. trial consumed thirteen days. The death of Tabert finally resulted in an investigation of the whole con- vict leasing system und its abolish- | ment by the Florida legislature. That | body also prohibited corporal punish- ment. Before the Florida legislature | convened the senate of North Dakota | adopted a memorial asking the| Florida lawmakers to investigate the | death of Tabert, in the Putnam Lumber | The No Court Demeonstratoin. There was no demonstration when the verdict was reported. Attorneys | for the defendant, who was in court, | made a motion for a new trial. { During the trial the state charged | Higginbotham with having whipped Tabert so severely that it brought| about traumatic pneumonia, which | resulted in death four days later | The defense admitted the whipping, but contended it was “within the! law,” basing this on testimony that | only from eight to ten lashes were | struck. The Florida convict camp | regulations permitted administering | ten lashes. The defense contended | Tabert died from lobar pneumonia. Slusk Fand Charged. Charges were made by counsel for the defense that one of the state's witnesses had been offered a bribe to | i testify and that a “siush fund” had ! been raised in North Dakota to ald | in the prosecution and pamphlets | distributed among witnesses to preju- dice them. i Tabert was whipped while a con- vict in the lumber company's camp, January 27, 1922. G. Grimson. as- sistant attorney general of North Dakota, Investigated the death, spending several weeks in Florida. On his return to North Dakota he submitted his findings to the North Dakota legislature, then in session, and which approved a resolution call- ing upon the state of Florida to in- vestigate the case. The Florida legislature appothted a joint committee and the Investiga- tlon that followed resulted in dls- missal from office of Sheriff J. R. Jones and County Judge B. F. Willis of Leon county, who arrested and sentenced Tabert. Tabert was ar- rested for riding a freight train and sentenced to three months. Sheriff Jones admitted he had en- tered into an agreement with the lumber company to supply prisoners at 320 each. ALASKAN PORT TODAY Radio Says Transport Henderson Will Be in Metakala Early. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash, July 7.—The TUnited States naval ‘transport Hen- derson, with President Harding and his party aboard, reported by radio late this afternoon that she would reach Metakala, twenty miles south of Ketchikan, Alaska, early tomorrow morning, | Se | Boy committed suicide yesterday, ay St 1923.—EIGHTY-SIX PAGES. and service will start immediately. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—31 Pages. General News—Local, National, Foreign. Maryland and Virginia News—Pages 14, 20 and 21. Financlal News—Pages 22 and 23. Classified Advertisements—Pages 26 to 3. Boy Scout News—Page 34. PART TWO—16 Pages Editorlals and Editorial Features. | Washington and Other Society. Veterans of the Great War—Page 12. Army and Navy News—Page 13. Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 14, | Girls and Their Atfairs—Page 15. Radio News and Gossip—Page 15. PART THREE—12 Pages. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music in Washington—Page 4. Around the City—Page 4. 1, “The Evil Shepherd "—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 to 9. Fraternities—Page 9. Around the World Flight—Page 10. Reviews of New Books—Page 10. The Civilian Army—Page 10, Spanish War Veterans—Page 10. and Glris’ Page—Page 11. PART FOUR—4 Pages, | Pink Sports Sectlon. PART FIVE—S8 Pages. Magazine Section—Features and Fiction. ROTOGRAVURE—S Pages. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—1 Pages. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Betty WOMAN “SUDE" SLAIN, SAY DOCTORS Suicide Theory Disproved by Examination of Mrs. Kepner’s Body. Special Dispatch to The Star FREDERICK, Md., July Mrs. Grace Simmons-Kepner, a member of one of the oldest and wealthiest fami- lies of Frederick county, and wife of B. Evard Kepner, was murdered and did not commit suicide, according to the | opinion of physicians here this after- noon at the conclusion of a post-mor- tem examination after the body of the woman had been exhumed. Drs. Willlam M. Smith and J. O. Hendrix of this city have reported to State’'s Attorney Aaron R. Anders that Mrs. Kepner “could not have committed suicide” because of the manner in which the bullet which ended her life entered the head. ‘Will Make Formal Report. Dr. Malteese of Baltimore, the other physician who made an examination, has not as yet expressed his opinion, but in a formal report which he will make to Attorney Anders it is under- stood tfMat he will corroborate the find- ings of the local doctors. Arrests in the case are expected to follow his report. There has been no intimation as to the suspects. The case thus fgr has been conducted with the strictest secrecy. Two Weeks Ago. The shooting took place more than two weeks ago at the country home near here of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Houck, parents of the dead woman. Neither heard the shot as they were seated on their front porch. The body was dis- covered by Mr. Kepner when he re- turned from Frederick and went to the room of his wite. Justice Alban M. Wood, presiding coroner, decided after consultation with Dr. Hendrix that an inquest would be unnecessary when the death of Mrs. Kepner was reported to the authorities. Mr. and Mrs, Houck, however, were not satisfied with - the suicide theory and yesterday ordered the body exhumed, without making any charges. 53 SUICIDES IN BERLIN. BERLIN, July 7.—Fifty-three cases of suicide have been reported in Greater Berlin in the past eight days. Fwelve/ Jiersons, ymcat s ot thiem foid people suffering through poverty, * OYSTER APPEALS FORPLAYGROUNDS Urges Cash Contributions as Well as Volunteer Child Leaders. An appeal for funds and for the service of volunteer workers to open more school playgrounds was made last night by Commissioner Oyster. Although Washington has sixty playgrounds in operation this sum- mer—more than ever before—Com- {missioner Oyster is anxious to place even more school yards at the dis- posal of the children during the pe- riod when they have the whole day | tree. Contributions should be made to Commissioner Oyster at the District building. Persons willing to serve as volunteers on school playgrounds also should communicate with the Commissioner. Need of Leaders. Of the sixty plgy spaces in opera- tion thirty are school yards. The opening of these school yards was made possible by a special appropri- ation of $15,000 contained in the ap- propriation act for the current year. There are as many more school yards that could be thrown open if the services of the required number of play leaders should be obtained. Prior to last year there was no ap- propriation for the maintenance of | the school playgrounds during vaca- | tion time. Commissioner Oyster two yearsago inaugurated a campaign for private [ contributions and received a sum |sufficient to open sixteen of the school { vards. the movement and granted the re- qust of the city heads for an appro- priaiton for the purpose. More Yards Needed. The Commissioner and Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of play- grounds, both realize, however, that there are thousands of children in ‘Washington who do not live near the grounds now in operation. This latest campaign to make pos- sible the opening of more school yards is the result of a desire on their part to give juvenile Washing- ton every possible chance to play in safety. Commissioner Oyster be- lieves that every playground opened takes that many more children off the crowded streets, where they con- stantly are in danger of being injured in traffic accidents. Receipts of several postal cards, | inviting Dr. Don Pedro Manuel | Arcava; the minister from Vene- ! zuela, to tramsfer his residence I from Washington to a warmer climate, and casting aspersions upon his diplomatic abilities, re- sulted in the officers of that lega- tion calling upon the police for protection last night. Last Thursday morning a gar- dener found a large golf cap with a big red brick in it lying upon the lawn of the officlal residence at 2800 Ontario road northwest. At first the representatives there were inclined to think some lover of the Scotch game had been a little “oft form” the previous afternoon. Card in Mail Friday morning’s mail, however, brought a card addressed to Dr. Arcaya, on which the writer sug- gested that the minister would “make a better cook than the minister of a legation.” But pa- tience ceased to be a virtue when a second card was received ves- terday morning inviting the diplo- mat to leave the city. Bearing & Congress then took notice of | FIVE CENT NAVY PACT ENEMIES ROUTED IN FRENCH VOTE OF APPROVAL {Poincare Jams Five-Power Treaty Through Deputies, Ending Long, Bitter Fight. BRIAND ASSAILED FOR ACTION AT CONFERENCE | | c | | Deputies Say Present Is Poor Time to Haggle Over Details With U. S. By the Associated Preas PARIS, July 7.—That part of the Washington naval accords dealing with limitations of armaments and capital ships, which created the most bitter opposition in French parlia- mentary and political circles during the past year, was jammed through |the French chamber of deputics to day in record time by the Ioi Briand alliance. The half-hearted opposition from the socialists and communists was completely mped and the treaty was adopted, 460 votes to 106. The arguments employed & mier Poincare and former Briand were that France 1 been | treated with the utmost fairness at { Washington, that limitation of arma- {ments was temporary, r as cap- ital ships were concerned, that thers was complete liberty of action by France in the building of light eruis ers, torpedo boats, destroyers submarines, and that France's fleet was essentially a defensive one, the speakers pointing out that the coun- try did not need battleships, which were offensive weapons. All Made Sacrifice, “We responded to President Hard- ing's invitation in the spirit with which it was extended; our sacrifices were not heavier than those of the other nations participating in the conference.” This was the reply of M. Briand when he was accused by the commun- ists of having “surrendered the in- terests of France."” Premier Poincare and M. Briand ha the chamber so well in hand that no time did it look as though the necessity might arise of making it a question of confidence, a favorabic vote being assured as soon as MM Guernier, reporter for the foreign affairs commission. abandoned the reservations contained in his report M. Berthon, communist, made a bit- ter attack on M. Briand in the course of the debate, because the former premier “did not take the opportunity at Washington to secure limitation of land armaments”” M. Briand Premier Poincare and M. Sarraut of the French delegation to the Wash- ington conference, took the commun- ists to task for ostensibly advocating complete disarmament and at the same time refusing to join in efforts to arrive at disarmament gradually. M. Raiberti, the minister of marine, then refused all further discussion and called for an immediate vote The chamber, which was virtually jempty at the beginning of the debate I now was completely filled, there be- ing one of the largest atten of the spring session. In the tribun reserved for diplomats, the Japanese {naval attache gathered up his vol- { uminous notes and departed. He was present since the sitting was opened | some hours earlier. Cites Other Losses. | Deputy Sevene, reporter imilitary and naval commission. | speaking in favor of ratification, said that without the Washington treaty Great Bri n and the United Stat | could easily have built 1,000,000 tons {of capital ships while France. owing | to her financial situation, had barel: | the means to enable her to reach the 175.000 tons allotted to her. M. Berthon, a communist deputy i heckled both the Ioincare sgovern- ment and the Briand administration concerning the original request of the French delegation at Washing- ton for 300,000 tons of capital ships To this M. Briand retorted: “That proposition was for the pugp pose of giving France a basic figure to apply to our defensive fleet, includ- ing large and small units.” re- P Premier and 1 1 for the Venezuelan Legation Guarded | After Threatening Postcards New York date, the card read as follows: i “All people know that you are a great dull. Instead to be on legation, you may be better in some kitchen pailing potatoes or washing -dishes or some similar work. Remember how you was looking at the steamship Mario ca’'l Lucre?” Police Detailed. Fearing some violence might be done the legation, the officers re- quested Inspector Grant, chief of the detective bureau, to investi- gate and give the house special police protection for several days. Several privates attached to the tenth precinct were detailed last night to guard the legation. Dr. Arcaya is mow in Atlantic City with his family, having left more than a week ago and before the semi-threatening missives be- gan to arrive. Don Luis Churion. secretary to the legation, also is away, attending a convention in Los Angeles. So that the vitriolic postal cards are likely to be sev- eral moons old before they for- mally reach the personages for whom they were malnly intended.