Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1923, Page 12

7 S GOUNCIL AVOIDS DEBATE ON ITALY League Body Fails to Act on Repudiation of Competency in Corfu Incident. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 20.—The coun- cll of the league of nations failed to take definite action today on the question of Italy’s repudiation of the league's competency. to intervene in the Italo-Greek situation. The coun- cil decided, however, to proceed discussion of the interpretation the league's nant with the sistance of experienced jurists. The meeting behind doors. It was announced had decided unanimously gate, with the assistance of all questions tou of the the council 1t was learned that the council had privately determined to avoid the n open debate on Italy cognize the league's con petency to handle the Greco-Italo di pute. It wa d that ex-Premier landra of Italy at the private meet- ing opposed a public discussion, set- ting f that it would be liable to controyer now prac- to a of cov as- wa closed the council to sti- that inv jurists, in the i powers covenant and of th ate cally settled. Lord Robert this reluc to make ¥ tion of I the council’s dec that the gener situation s especially res ). especially occupation « ther sion wiction I European political & improving « rations, and that the presen not an opportune moment to insist upon ax open debate that might envenom the political atmosphére and even lead to Italy's resignation from the league. Wants Meanings Cleared. Viscount Ishii, presiding the council, in proposing in the open ses- sion the inquiry into the powers the council, made the following statement: “Certain qu tation of variou onant which deal with the the council and other auestions of in- ternational received the particular attention of several of my colleagues. 1 th necessary that these questions 1d be settled in order to avold in future difterence of opinion an the atters and in order to facilitate work of the league “For this T duty to pro the council that it should unde . with the help of legal experts, a studied and thorough oxamination of these delicate prob- lems, and that it should consider without delay the met ited to attts s end Signor Saland a members of the council 3 resolution embodying the of Viscount Ishii This _decision has integpreted diversely by observers “Ate. Some of them consider it a_victory for th Ttalian attitude, but the majorit the view that the council desires really to Interpret the covenant without cn- tering too brusquely into Itaio- eek controversy. The o msulted will probably be summoned before the end of the week Debate May Arise. The assembly of the I temorrow, and it is conside that some debzte on the leagu petency in Italo-Greek i may arise. The jurists who will eil at the forthcoming examin the covenant will probably a series of questions wkich will b Warded to the P ent Court of ternational tice for an opinion.t These question founded on the Italian affair expected to take the following How far is a state responsible political crimes committed within territory? How far is it territory as a gus What question the competency the league covenunt? Are questions involving honor and dignity excluded? All sorts of rumors were circulated in the corridors of the league S tAriat when the council announ its decision. They included one Prime Minister Baldwin, after a factory talk with Premier Poincare had telegraphed Lord Robert Cecil not to deliver a caustic réply to Signor Salandra, as'it would tend to embitter the general political situ- atlon at a most inopportune moment. Silent on Reparations. “Hands off” the parations prob- lem, for the moment at least, was the decision reached yesterday by one of the main commissions of the league of nations. This datision, it be- lieved, will affect the entire of the league assembly on this prob- lem. It was not reached without some murmurs ‘The reparations issue arose bhefore the commission on technical organi- zations, when Sir Henry Strak the financial expert represe South Africa, alluded to the sta ment at the opening of this yea assembly to the effect that the league was confronted with difficulties owing to the absence of a scttlement of the questions of reparatfons and inter- allied debts. But after consulting his French and_ Belgian colleagues, Sir Henry said, he was convinced of the advisability of not starting debate on this delicate subject, which might aggravate the situation and hinder eventual settlement. Hubert Lewellyn Smith of Eng- land deprecated allowing the im- pression to exist that the reparations question was outside the domain of this commission. He advocated that the commission make recommend tions to the league cuncil, as pre erable to a general discussion, which might cause unfortunate dissensions. over interpre the cov- on I think it is my remariks heen e will meet ed likely on tion of for its justified in rantee? excluded league seizing from under of the national satis- is Interpret Article X. A second important feature of to- day’s league activities was the adop- tion of a wesolution interpreting ar- ticle X ‘of the cover The com- mission adopted a mnew compromise formula replacing the Canadian amendment. It begins by emphas ing the existence of a general de- sire for precision of meaning of ar- ticle X and recommends that the as- sembly adopt several clauses in the form of a resolution. The first clause is that in case the council of the league deems it neces- sary to recommenid the application of military measures because of an aggression or a menace of aggression, the councll will take into account the ‘geographical situation and spe- cial conditions surrounding each state. The second clause declar that it is the right of the constitu- tional powers of each member state to decide the nature-and the extent of its obligation to maintain the in dependence and integrity of territg of members, and to what extent should furnish military assistance. The last paragraph reads: “How- ever, a recommendation given by the council will be considered of the nighest importance and will be taken into consideration by all the mem- bers, with a desire to eiecute in good faith their engagements.” Removes Many Feifrs. This interpretive resolution now goes to the assembly. It is generally regarded as removing many existing fears that article X would foree states (oo far into possible mili- tary adventures abroad without the sanction of the home parliaments. The question of mill 3 nee also was treated by the disarmament commission, which achjeved further progress in drafting thie text of a new international treaty of mutual as- sigtance,. which starts from the géndamental priuciple that the sig- it tation | CHARLES LATHROP PACK, President of the Amerfean Tree As- sociation, has been informed by the French embassy that the minister of of | take | ssist the coun- | that | attitude | of the | agriculture of France had conferred on him the title of “commander du merite agricole” in recognition of his service in sending millions of Amer- ican free sxeeds to France for re- forextation of the battle area. PRINARY CLASSES GIVEN FULL TIME Eighty or Ninety Groups Started on Five-Hour Pro- gram—~0thers to Follow. ty and ninety first and classes are attending first time this year on a-day program, it was by offic H primary classes attended half hours a day schoolhouse accommo- yme available it is the to lengthen the a half to grades Between eig second grad 1 for the 11l five-hour als. estimated today tofore the school three and As dations plan be the day of officials from in all the 1 system. three and hours the sch d th ond grades w five in primary First steps to school day in the first and taken last Febru- oard of education au- ising principals to y grad divisions where space made it possible Mother Protests. There has been { this plan by { plained her little son, of the John long and that * desk during the a been customary, the mother said, her boy to take & “nap” in the aft ernoon, and that the lengthening of the school ‘day deprived him of his needed rest. - Superintendent of Schools Ballou ex- plained today that it is mot compul- sory for the smaller ckildren, not af- fected the compulsory attendance law end school the full day. If parents want to keep them out in th afternoon. he said, the school authori- ties will not compliain. Afternoon Work e officials, on the ted out that the p en so arranged that ade pupils on a,full are given the intensive work in the morning. while the afternoon is de- voted prineipally to recreational work hich will not invite sleep. Washingt f the few cities in the Uni s where first and second-grade pupils do not attend school a fu ording 1o a survey made by the Unit ates bureay of edu- ion Supt llou said. Nashville, Tenn., is the only city having a pop- ulation of 100,000 or more where the primary grade children receive less than 31 hours a day instruction In many’ cities the length of the hool day for the first and second grade children s more than five ours some criticism of ents. One mother com- that the school day for pupil in the first grade Eaton_School too fell asleep pa today was on ¢ 1t 5. her hand, gram has the primar: a day schedule 1. . COAL PRICE ACTION NEARING "ede by The al Trade Commission ex- pects next week to announce its plans of action to carry out the re- quest of President Coolidge that it hold coal prices to a reasonable level under the new anthracite agreement. Publication of information as to the cost of transporting and marketihg { coal is expected to be one of the chief weapons of the commission. Data of the coal commission, which expires by limitation day after tomorrow, will be available to the federal trade body and it also plans to secure current in- formation for frequent future pub- lication The work of collecting information on coal costs, however, will be done under the handicap of an injunction which prevents the federal trade com- mission from requiring coal operators to produce their books and show the actual cost of mining coal. This in- junction w secured against the commission in the federal courts here wo_years_ago by Maynard & Co, West Virginia, on the ground that coal mining was an interstate functi nd not within the commis- E dic; n. An appeal has been taken from the injunction but pend- ing a final decision the commission’s and: to obtaining actual faéts as to mining costs. Interstate transportation and dis- | tribution of coal are regarded as clearly within the purview of the sion. It also has powers, un-. der -the Federal Trade Commission act, to prohibit unfair methods of competition or trade practices in- imical to the publie interests. Com- plaints may be filed under theése see- tions of the law. N o natories will really help one another [in the event of unjustified agereq. sion. - The commission approved the y of regional defensive aniances,m:}:-cg, iby adopting clause eight, set forth the conditions under which the signa. | tories would furnish military help. to parties to regional alliances when there was danger of regional diff- culties developing into more general confiicts. The idea advanced yesterday to hold two separate conferences to deeide upon plans for the battle against opium was not favored by the American del- egation. Representative Porter favors one conference as the best means of striking an effective blow at the world evil arising from the produe- tion of opium and the extensive man- ufacture of narcotic drugs. The American principle /that their ,use should be restricted {o medicinal and scientific purposes has been accepted as the basis for the. future fight against the drug habit 3 his | THE EVENING = ST U..5. AIDTO FARME BELIEVED AT HAND Some Relief Program May Be Evolved in Ten Days—Presi- dent Weighs Situation. The administration Is studying the agricultural situation in the west with the purpose of determining on some program of relief, if possible, within the next ten days. That. the problem during period will receive the energetic at- tention of President Coolidge and his advisers was stated by Senator Borah of Idaho after an hour's conference with the Executive last night at the ‘White House.. Senator Borah said he {told the President that from his ob- servation he belleved the entire agri- cultural situation west of the Missis- sippl had never been more serious than it Is at this time. As to the question of calling an extra session of Congress to deal with the situation, Semator Borah sald this had been discussed, but that he agreed with the President’s view that the effort to define a program for this purpose should be made before an extra session w; called. “It we cannot find a remedy before such a session,” the Senator said, Iy could not find one only the wheat ducers of other crops are icultie Senator Borah declared, adding that corn and sugar b 1 however, were “oases in the desert Situntion is Serious, Senator Borah told the he regarded the whol situation west of the Mississippi serfous as>any within h sllection or in his reading on the subject. He declared that not only the wheat growers, but producers of other crops were facing difficulties. The trouble is, he continued, that they are sell- ing on a pre-war basis and buying on a war basis, with the future neces- sity of paying many times the amount of taxes they did before the war. “Corn and sugar beets are oases in the desert,” the Senator added, “but taking the situatiéon as a whole it is just as serious as it can be, Senator Borah was the guest of the President at_dinner at the Whi House and thefr discussion of th agricultural situation followed. was their first meeting since M Coolidge became President. Senator facing gricultural |Borah declared party politics had not been discussed, the whole conferenc having to do with agricuiture and Kin- dred subjects. ¢ {D. C. FIRE PREVENTION WEEK TO BE PLANNED The committee named by the Com- | missioners to stage a Fire Prevention week in Washington from October 7 to 13 will hold its first meeting ir the rooms of the Chamber of Com- merce at 12:30 o'clock Monday, Chair- man Charles W. Darr announced to- d chief clerk of the fire department, will be secretary of the committee. and David J. Barry has been appointed treasurer. Mr. Darr said today that he would ar to arouse Washington as 1t has never been aroused before to the value of preventing fires in- stead of trying to stop them after they start. “Washington had a heavy fire loss last winter, including destruction of a considerable amount of government property,” said Mr. Darr, “which should spur our people to make Pre- vention week this vear a period of real activity teward the elimination of fire hazards.” ¢ Mr. Darr will recommend to his committee that it again send out to the business men and private house- holders the questionnaire used last lyvear. This question sheet was pr pared with a view to calling to the attention of every one the ordinary fire causes that lurk in cellars, at and other dark corners of the house ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 20 (Special).—Following a long illness; James Albert McCullough, aged twe ty-two years, died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Me- Cullough, Woodmont, this county. The funeral took place yesterday morning from the family residence the services being conducted by Rev. Hugh A. Curley, pastor of the Catholic Church at Tenleytown. Burial was in Rockville Union cemetery. Ball Fans to Celebrate. Rockville is arranging to celebrate | the achievement of its base ball team in winning the pennant in the Monte gomery County Base Ball which_closed its season last Satur- da It will be an open-air affair and will_be held on the playgrounds of the Rockville High School. A bonfire, addresses by prominent speakers, a program of vocal and instrumental musie and other features will be rendered. Gifts will be present- ed to the players, and there dward Pierce, | | will be an abundance of good things to eat. Miss Alice Cashell and Rev. P. Rowland Wagner are in charge of the arrangements and are being assisted by a large number of the peo- ple of the community. Rockville won the championship after the liveliest kind of a contest throughout thé season with the Boyds team. The final and deciding game was played lait Saturday at Boyds, between the Rockville and Boyds teams, which at the beginning of the contest were tied for first place. Rockville won, 5 to 2, making the final standing of the two teams: Rockville, won 21 and lost 4, and Boyds, won 20 and lost 5. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the circuit court here for the marriage of Samuel M. Taylor and Ruby Hammond; both of Washington; W. Sinclair Atkinson and Christina R. Robinson, John F. Bowers of Culpeper, Va., and Grace Ballenger of Washington; Sam- uel C. Smith and Bernice L. Wil- liams, both of Washington; Edgar Wynne and Gertride Brandon, both of Washington, and Frank A. Brostow of Washington and Elizabeth D. Wal- ter of Chevy Chase, Md. The county commissioners-have ap- proved the contract entered into be- tween the citizens’ committee of sec- tion 5 of Chevy Chase, this county, and the George B. Mullen Company of Washington for the improvement of Thornapple and Underwood streets, Chevy Chase, the price being $12,719. It is understood the work will be started at once. To pay the cost the county commissioners will levy a ‘special tax agalnst all property benefited. Adjudged Insane. Upon the advice of Drs. Barber and Broschart the county commissioners have adjudged Mrs. Nellie Benjamin of this county to be of unsound mind and have directed that she be com- mitted to Springfleld Asylum, at Sykesville, Md., for care and treat- ment at the expense of the county and state. The campalgn for funds for the Japanese earthquake sufferers which has_been in progregs in this county for the last<ten days, under the direc- tion of the Montgomery County Chap- ter of the Red Cross, has so far net- ted $861.97, but sevEral of the Red Cross branches are yet to be heard from and when all cantributions are in the total will, it is thought, be con- siderably in excess of the county's allotment of $1,100. According to’ Mrs. J. Somerville Dawson, secretary of the chapter, who is In charge of the drive, the amounts contributed by the various Red Cross branches are as follows: Rockville, $371.84; Sandy Spring, $288.13: Silver Spring, ‘§185; Garrett Park, $17. 3 5 » that | League, { both of Washington; | AR, WASHINGTON, D. HOLD DENTAL ASSISTAN . ON CHARGE OF THEFT Colored Man Is Arrested—Police Claim He Stole Gold Material. Harry P. Clayton, thirty-five-year- old colored dental assistant at the Mount Alto Hospital, was arrested by Detectives Cox and King yester- day, with Inspector M. P. McInerney of the special investigators of the Véterans Bureau, on charges of thefts of gold bridgework material. Clayton, who lives at 1748 Oregon avenue, i8 alleged to have confessed, telling the police and Investigators of five shipments of gold to a Buffalo dental concern. According to the detectives, the prisoner is alleged to have stated that he purloined a small amount of gold from each bridgework he constructed, nd it is believed that he obtalned approximately $1,000 worth of the precious metal during the last year, although the sale price recelved for it is alleged to be less than one-third of that sum. Investigation of the case is continu- ing, it was said today, with the aim of implicating others. RADIO STATION LOG WILL BE WITNESS Record of Signals Given to Wrecked Destroyers Is Ordered by Court. By the Axsoc DI ), Calif., September 20.— The log of a radio compass station, signals of the nevig of destre r squadron 11 yesterday testi- fled were disregarded on the night of September 8, when a change of course to the eastward carried seven vessels of the squadron squarely Into the rqeks off Honda, Calif., is sched- uled to appear as a silent witness before the naval court of inquiry in- vestigating the disaster when its ses- sions are resumed here tomorrow. Both the log itself, which shows what signals were sent and recefved at Pqint Arguello between noon and midnight on September 8, and the radio men on watch there during that time will be brought before the court for comparison with the previous testimony of witnesses concerning radio cdmpass signals, it was an- nounced today by Lieut. Commander Leslie Bratton, judge advocate of the | court A ording to the testimony of Lieut Laurence F. Blodgett, vigating offi- cer aboard the Delph flagship of the squadron, the bearings sent oat from | !'nHll Arguello were “entirely unsat- isfactory,” so much so, In fact, th. when they fndicated the sqgadron w north of Point Arguello, where would be perilous to turn st, he as| the commanding officer of the Delphy did not hesitate to decide on an e ward change of course in spite of themy secure in the belief that the radio station was “turned around” in | its signals and was sending them ex-| actly the reverse of what they might expect. Receipt of repeated bearings indi- | cating that the squadron still was north of Point Arguello did not raise any doubt in Lieut. Blodgett's mind as to the exact location of his ship, he testified, even though the last of such bearings, received about two minutes before the change of course {and seven minutes before the crash, | {showed them still several miles to the | north of the point, Is Made Defendant. In the midst of his testimony Lieut Blodgett was interrupted to be in- formed by the court that he had been found an “interested part o the in- quiry and should know that it was his right as a defendant to obtain coun- sel. His efforts to have his testimony stricken from the record after this announcement was overruled by Ad- miral W. V. Pratt, presiding member of the court. | Thirteen naval officers now stand | cited_as_“interested parties” in the | status of defendants with respect to !the destroyer disaster investigation Besides Lieut. Bodgett, they are Capt. Edward H. Watson, command- er-in-chief of the 11th squadron; Capt. Robert Morris, command ,divi- sion '33; Commander William S." Pye, commanding division 31; Commander L. P. Davis, commanding U. S. S. Woodbury; Commander William P jGaddis, commanding U. §. S, Somer; Commander William L. Calhoun, commanding {U. S. S. Young; Com- mander William H. Toaz, demmand- ing U. S. S, S. P. Lee; Lieut Com- mander John F. McClain, command- ling U. S. S. Farragut; Lieut Com- {mander Donald T. Hunter, command- ing U. S. 8. Delphy; Lieut. Command- er Walter D. Seed, commanding U. S. S. Fuller; Lieut. Commander Herbert O. Roesch, commanding U. S. S. Nich- olas; Lieut. Commander Richard K. Booth, commanding U. S. S. Chauncey. which it i { Two Vessels Escaped. The Farragut and Somers grounded the night of September 8, but escaped. | The other ceven ships were wrecked. | Lieat. Blodgett told his story lean-) ing over a large chart of the waters |about Santa Barbara channel, plotting with rule and dividers the Delphy’s course as laid out by himself and the commanding officer of the Delphy, Lieut. Commander Donald T. Hunter. About_him clustered the naval offi- cers conducting the inquiry, eagerly scanning the chart as the witness indi- cuted the course of the squadron, the {point which he thought the Delphy ! {was at 9 o'clock on the night of Sep- | tember 8, and the point where she | was at that time. se two points were more than ten miles apart, Lieut. Blodgett's tes- timony showed. Their supposed posi- | tion was well south of Point Arguello, where 1t would have been necessary to make a change of course to the eastward to clear San Miguel Island. Their. real position was some distance north of the point. Received Radio Bearings. 4 “Were radio compass bearings ob- tained from Point Arguello?” Admiral Pratt asked the witness. “Yes,” answered Blodgett, “just prior to 8:30, at which time we thought we were abeam of Point Argucllo, we ob~ tained a bearing which showed us to be to the nogthward; but the line was obviously so far out from the correct position that we immediately request- ed the reciprocal (reverse) bearing from the station, which laid down on the chart would show us down the channel somewhere south of Point Arguello.” Just before 9 o'clock, when the change of course to the east was made, the navigator added, two more bearings were received, both of which showed the Delphy, still north of Point Arguello. Asked if any of the bearings as first received showed the Dalphy south- ‘ward of Point Arguello, Blodgett re- plied that none had indicated they. were to the southward, except one at 6:16 p.m. and one early in the afternoon. Created No Doubt. “Did_the receipt of the radio com- pass bearings rafse any doubt in your mind as to the exact location of the ship?” “No sir,” the navigator replied. “Not after several radio compass bearings had been received and shown to be at so great a varlance with each other.” E “When you recelvéd these radio compass bearings, all of which placed you to the northward of Arguello iight,” he inquired, “did you take into account the possibility that these bearings might be correct in- indi- cating your general - position . to be northward?” “After the first four or fiv4, bear- ings had been received, all of which | set us to the northward,” replied the witness, the radio compass bearings sent out from Point Arguello were inaccurate bearings and not being |aground on San Miguel Island, and taken with all the a:curacy possible. room of the chief radio operator on watch that the bearings received from Point Ar- guello were entirely unsatisfactory and that I did not believe they were paying: as much attention to his re- peated request for bearings as they might. me that he had been for several minutes attempting to get bearings from that it was impossible for him to do C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1923 e et e, to the change of course to the east- ward at 9 o'clock. ' This swerve to the eastward, navigator testified, was regarded as ne to azvold striking San | Miguel Island, in Santa Barbara channel. I they continued much longer without turning to the it appeared to himself and the com- manding officers at that time, he ['said, there was danger of running aground 80, due to the excessive interference in’ the vicinity on" all wave lengths, that messages were coming to and from the steamehip Cuba, then Blodgett. “Lieut. Commander Hunt- er and T talked it over and we arrive at the conclusion that a ch course was neccssary.” “my conclusions were that s being the that these messages seemed to be getting precedence over his request for radio compass bearings. “Then, in fact,” exclaimed Admiral Pratt, “In so far as the navigation of the ship was concerned, no weight whatsoever was placed upon the radio compass bearings. Is that correct?” Quit Relying on Radio. “Some weight was placed on the first radio compass bearing,” repiied 1 the witness, “but after that none of |ficer to issue the order changing th them was used for the purpose of [ Delphy’s the eastward? determining the positive position of |asked the a “Did you advise the ship.” him to do t | shifted | The court’s “I dld mot advise it,” replied Lieut. and not to tear down; to construct and not to crumble, is the sincere policy of this organization. It is the personal purpose of our Branch Managers to build and to maintain YOUR COMPLETE CONFIDENCE CALA-HAMS 13c b MANAGERS AND CLERKS WANTED Here is an exceptional opportunity for intelligent, industrious, neat grocerymen and salesmen to con- nect with the largest and most progressive grocery house in the world. Call at 805 Channing Place N. E., Employment Department, between 1 and 2 P. M. daily. 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