Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tom change in temperature. Temperature for twent nded at 2 p.m. today: H 2:30 yesterday; 1o 2:10 a.m.’ today. Full report on page 7. little y-four hours ighest, 72, at west, ‘50, at orTow; Clming_ N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 The No. 29,019, E ered as sec post office Washington, ond-class matter D. € WASHINGTON, ENTENTE TACKLES - REPARATION, USING BELGIAN PROPOSAL Powers Agree to Study Whole Issue in Light of Plan Sug- gested Last June. TOTAL INDEMNITY SET AT 40 BILLION GOLD MARKS Brussels Plea Shows Desire to Bring Entente to Joint Action on Question. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, October 13.—The Bel- ian government has invited the Freneh, British and Italian govern- ments to refer to the interallied reps ration commission the Belgian repa- ration. plan submitted to the allied governments on June 6 last, to be used by the commission -as a basis for a concrete plan of German reparation in the impending negotiations. It is officially stated that the three #lliecd governments have acceded to the Belgian proposal and that the reparation commission will undertake study of the Belgian sugsgestions. The Belgi: n was made known in a communique made public today by the Belgian official news agency, read- ing: “The Belgian government has called the attention of the French, British and Itallan governments to the tech- nical studies of the reparation prob- lem communicated by the Brussels government to the allied suggesting the ady bi be examined by th mission. These tech indicate methods by could pay her debt. May Serve ns Basis. “The Belgian government feels these reports are destined to serve, partially at least, as a basis for a concrete reparation plan. In sub- mitting them to the allies she had only one purpose, namely, to assist fn bringing about a practical solu- tion of the reparation problem. The Belglan government had thought that when the reich should have aban- doned its policy of resistance, fulfill- ing the condition upon which, cording to the French communique of June 6, the question of resumption of negotiations hung, it would be extremely desirable for the allies to be in accord concerning the solution of the reparation ques- tion 7 A “Doubtless the cessation of passive resistance may not yet be considered complete, but the Belgian govern- ment takes the view, owing to the technical character of the reports which It submitted to the allles that a preliminary examination should be made of them by experts:;"thus facili tating the task of the governments of the allies when they are again ealled upon to study anew the repara- tion problem Three Accept Offer. “The French, British and Italian governments have aecepted the Bel- gian ment’s proposal and the reparation commission will under- take the work.” ical investigations 1t would appear that Belgium. in again bringing her reparation plan to the attention of the allies, s revert- ing to her reputed desire, expressed at the Brussels conference with the French in June, that all the allies get together again and frame a repa- ration settlement with Germany. The Belgian plan submitted at the Brussels conference set seven billion gold marks as the figure Belgium was prepared to accept for her reparation share. The text of the plan was not made public at the time, but it is re- ported it fixed the total indemnity to be_ paid by Germany at 40,000,000,000 ®oid marks, with the payments se- cured by German bonds based on rail- way recelpts, industrial monopolies, etc. France, it was declared, while ac- cepting the plan in principle, asked that time be given for French perts to examine it, and ultimately’it appears to have been laid aside with- out any definite action. PAPYRUS-ZEV RACE DELAY PREDICTED British Turfman Says For- mer in No Condition to Run. Calls Event Unequal. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 13.—J. B. Joel, widely known British turfman, predicted today before sailing on the Majestic that the $100,000 interna- tional horse race scheduled for Bel- mont Park next Saturday would have to be postpened or canceled because of the condition of Papyrus, the British Derby winner, matched against Zev, the American contender. Joel, who released Jockey Steve Donoghue, now on his way to this country, from a contract so that he might ride Papyrus, said he had abandoned his intention of witness- ing the race because its sporting quality had been taken away by the inequality of the horses. Papyrus, he declared, was undertrained, was in bad condition and would carry a greater weight than Zev. “Trainer Jarvis will find Papyrus sore and unfit to run by the middle of next week,” Joel said, “and will probably have the race postponed or canceled.” Joel, who offered $200,000 for Papy- rus after the St. Leger race last fall, added that the animal was “a_good horse, but not a real Derby winner.” He asserted that cables showed that British racing circles were aware of Papyrus', bad condition. BLAST SHAKES WARSAW. Auuul at . Citadel Blown Up, Causing Great Damage. AW, October 13.—The fourth ton ot the Warsaw cltadel in Which explosives were stored blew up today cousing great damage in the city. which Germany ! and Belgian | Rumors Suggest Canada May Be Made a Kingdom | By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 13.—Curious rumors are in circulation regard- ing the Prince of Wales and Cana- da, according to the Daily Sketch. The prince's deciared attachment to the dominion - .d his promise to return there has' occasioned much speculation, the paper says, as to whether a change in the constitu- tion of Canada is contemplated. Some people seem to foresee great developments within the empire, the Sketch continues, one of them beinz the elevation of Canada from | the status of a dominion to that of a kinzdom The story is likely to arouse sk tical laughter here, but the news- | paper prints it seriously cnough. | STRESEMANN MADE * GERMAN DIGTATOR Reich Phsses Measure De- i signed to Give Cabinet i - Sweeping Powers. By the Associated Press. | BERLIN, October 13.—The reichs- | thie afternoon adopted Chancellor | Stresemann’s authorization bill giv- 1ing him wide authority in dictating | measures for economic refbrm, The bill was passed by a vote of 316 ! to 24, with seven members abstaining from voting. The coalition parties turned out in their full strength for the bill, the socialist party board having made support of the bill obligatory upon | each of its reichstag members. The German peopl party also| came to Chancellor Stresemann'’s sup- port with an almost full vote. A number of the industrial leaders cast jaffirmative ballots, but Hugo Stinnes abstained by casting a blank ballot. With only the nationalists and the communists opposinz the measure it is believed now that the chancellor will not encounter difficulties of an obstructive nature among the coali- tion parties in opposition to his dic- tatorial measures. President Ebert on Thursday gave Chancellor Stre authority to @issolve the reich ag if the authori- zation bill did not pass, and to carry jout rehabilitation measures by decree independent of the parliament. The bill required two-thirds majority. It gives the government of the reich authority to ta ancial, eco- nomic and social spheres, the meas- ures ‘'which it deems necessary and urgent, regardlcss of the rights spec- ified in the constitution of the reich.” The authorization, however, does not extend to the regulations governing the hours of labor or to decreases in pensions allowances. The bill be- comes law upon its promulgation and xpires with the present cabinet, or | in any event by March 31 next. SENSATION EXPECTED. | Reichbank Clean-Up Probably Will | Show Gigantic Frauds. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily ews. Copyright, 1923, BERLIN, October 13.—A general housecleaning of the Reichsbank, co- | incident with the establishment of a new and more stable currency— (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) STATE OF ANARCHY -~ GRIPS RUHR CITY Duesseldorf Shops Pillaged by Desperate Unemployed in Unchecked Foraging. | By the Associated Press, DUESSELDORF, October 13.~Dues- seldorf was thrown into a state ap- proximating anarchy today by throngs of desperate unemployed workers, who, during the early morn- ing hours, began a campaign of sys- tematic plundering. The pillaging started in the suburb of Oberlik during the night and spread to various parts of the city { when the plunderers found themselves virtually- unopposed. By noon scores of food and cloth- ing stores in the very heart of the city nad been forced open and emp- tied of their stocks. Most of the shops throughout the city were { closed, their iron shutters barred with | the uneasy proprieters inside trem- bling lest their property be the next to be attacked by the unemployed. Increase Refused. It was a campaizn of direct action jcoming on top of the refusal of the workers' demand that the unemploy- ment doles be increased to fitty bil- lion marks for each person without employment. Their determination to appease their hunger and clothe themselves and their families mét with no opposition from the authori- ties, as the city's police force was | dissolved a fortnight by the French after the separatist rioting here. Since that time the French troops {have kept up a semblance of police { protection, but thus far their efforts to stop the pillagers have been 1im- ited to a small number of arrests and a few charges through the crowds, - RESISTANCE CONTINUES. Charge Made That Rail Workers Refuse to Work. PARIS, October 13.—A Duesseldort dispatch to the Havas Agency today says it seems established that the German railroad workers in the Ruhr have been instructed to continue their passive resistance. Circulars from the German ministry of transportation and the railroad headquarters at Essen, ordering the men to continue their resistance and not resume work under any condi- tions, were read at a meeting of the railroad workers at Bochum, the dis- patch declares. The railroaders are said to be still receiving funds, |Casey Stengel won for the Giants with YANKS SCORE SIX IN'SECOND INNING OF FOURTH GAME | Batfest Compels McGraw to| Retire Scott and Ryan. One More in Third. SUN PENETRATES MIST; DAY IS SUMMERLIKE Bleacherites Doff Coats and Wait in Shirt Sleeves for What May Be Turning Point. HOW THEY FACED. YANKEES. GIANTS. Witt, ef. Bancroft, as. Dugan, 3b. Groh, 3 Ruth, 1b. R. Meunel, 1f. Smith, rf. Henarick, rf. Ward, 2b. Schang, «. E. Scott, Shawkey, p. Stengel, = Cupningham, ef. Kelly, 1b. Snyder, c. J. Scott, p. POLO GROUNDS, N. Y, October 13. —Witt started for the Yankees with a single, but his teammates were re- tired in order. For the Giants Frisch laced out a single and Young fol- lowed with anotker, but the side was retired when Mewsel forced Young, ‘Ward to Seott. The start of the second inning was a henrt-breaker for the Glants, when the Yankees fell on Scott, who was taken out of the box after thrce hits Lad becn chalked against him. He was the third Glant pitcher to be | went to the bench. Ryan, who succeeded him, was re- | tired from the box, in turn, after | Witt's two-bagger and Meusel's three-bagger. McQuillan succeeded him, and the scssion cnded when Pi; filed to Stengel, with six runs for the Yankees. The Glants failed to score in their half of the second. 1 In the Yanks’ half of the third Werd and Scott singled and Witt | doubled, bringing in one run. By the Associated Press, POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK, Oc- tober 13.—Back across the muddy Harlem today came the New York Nationals and New York Americans to do battle in the fourth game of the 1922 world serfes Awaiting at noon the appearance of the two teams on the ficld to strug- sle in the most crucial of the contests, s0 far, were between 15,000 and 20,000 fans, who completely filled the small bleachers and more than half of the reserved seats of the double-decked grandstand. Several hundred of them stood in line part of the night, and when the gates were thrown open the bleachers were quickly filled. Even Coats Dofled. It was the nearest approach to sum- mer weather that had been vouch- safed the series. The sun was warm, but it had to penetrate layers of mist and murk that settled over the oval inclosure in banks that obscured one end of the playing field to those in the other. But it was warm, and top- coats became a superfluity; some of the optimistic bleacherites got up perspiration on imagination and sat in shirt sleeves. There was not that feeling of abandon about the early crowd that prevailed among those who saw the critical third game yesterday, which a soul-lifting home run just beyond the reach of Babe Ruth, his rival among the current entries to the im- mortals, into the crowds of the sta- dium in right fleld. The feeling was more tense than on any other day, for the fans felt that if the Glants won today the Yankees once again would be battling for a lost cause temorrow. Nick ~Altrock and Al Schacht amused the fans until ‘a_squad of Giants, under the care of Coach Cozy Dolan,” came on the fleld, about quarter after 12. The ball play- ers went about their preparations listlessly and spent part of their time watching the comedians chase the rainbow. Foreboding Abounds. ‘Where the atmosphere on opening day was gay with anticipation, that of the second day suffocating with listlessness and that of yesterday charged with the most unbalancing of excitement, that of today was heavy with foreboding. en when a squad of Yankecs came on at 12:20 there was no T- ing. They began to toss the ball with all "the appearance of grim determination in their faces. They didn’t have the elasticity of yester- day nor the buovancy of the first day, when the greatest honors of the game lay unpicked for the best man in the lap of the gods. At 12:30 Wallle Pipp, the Yankec first baseman, who was forced out of yesierday's encounter when he in- jured a sprained ankle, came to his club’s dressing room to get into togs, but whether he would get into the line-up still was a question: He wanted to get back in and Manager Hugglns felt the same way. Other | Yankee players on the fleld said thai j,accordance with President Harding's ], Pipp was “walking all right.” Do, Fhenit WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 7 [ BUREAU T0 DROP 18 PLATE PRINTERS 47 Furloughed Men of Higher Rating to Be Recalled, Treasury Announces. One hundred and elghteen plate printers now employed at the bureau of engraving and printing will be dropped Monday or Tuesday, and forty-seven now separated from the bureau on furlough will come back to work, it was announced today by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Winston, The return of the forty-seven is due to their relatively higher status on the ratings made by the bureay of efficiency in a survey of the bureau when compared with the ratings of the 118. This will mean a net reduction, Mr. Winston said, of seventy-one em- oyes. The reduction is superabundance of from installation of the bureau recently. Exactly 462 plate printers will re- caused by the labor resultant power presses at | main on the rolls, which once listed 750 employes in the printing division, Work is going forward today at the bureau in arranging for the dis- missals of the employes who were rated lowest in the bureau of ef- ficiency’s survey. Union to Investigate. Officials of the Plate Printers' Union today announced that they would seek full details as to the method employed in rating the plate printers by the bureau of efficiency. They wish to know exactly how the bureau of efficiency considered the elements of non-spoilage of work, dependability, which includes no ab- sence without official leave, and ar- tistry in the production of paper cur- rency. An official statement issued by the Treasury Department last night was as follows: “Phe Secretary of announces that he has today ap- proved the recommendation of Di- rector Hill of the bureav of engrav- ing and printing for the reduction of the force of plate printers at the bureau. Under the act of Congress approved January 3, 1923, the Sec- retary was authorized to substitute power presses and plates of more than four subjects each for printing at the bureau, and the act required the Secretary 'to reduce the number of persons employed in the opera- tion of plate printing presses. Congress Orders Cut. “The installation of the improved facilities and methods at the bu- reau has reached the point where the force of plate printers in accord- ance with the policy of Congress may now be reduced to 462 plate printers, So that each employe should receive fair treatment, the United States bu- reau of efficiency was requested to rate the entire roll of plate printers as of March. 1, 1923.” The ~statement concludes by an- nouncing that such_rating has been given completely, but that, although the efficiency report has been adopt- ed as the basis for effecting the reduction in force, preference will be given to all ex-service men, in the Treasury executive order of March 3, 1923. Sunday’s Game - In the World Series Will be reproduced on The and by Radio, play by play. sylvania avenue to E street, Star’s Electric Score Board Eleventh street, from Penn- will be closed to vehicular traffic, so the crowds may enjoy the game in’comfort. To those who cannot come downtown, The Star will be glad to give the returns by telephone. Call Main 5000 mother and Had i B the Amsociated Prese {Plans for the deliberate slaying of prominent residents of Coos county with their families were laid by Ar- thur Covell, forty-seven, a cripple, famed as an astrologer, according to |his reported confession to authorities ew, Alton Covell, he is held in the county Jail after indictment on a mur- der charge in connection with_ the death of Mrs. Fred Covell, September 2 last. The nephew, police say, has con- fessed ho killed his stepmother while under the influence of his crippled un- cle. The confession, it is declared, telis. how the youth, hypnotized by the ‘bedridden man, crept up behind |his_stepmother on the morning of YN DENES SPLT HITH LOVD EORGE “Found He Could Not Help Any More,” Says Novelist, Explaining Move. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October i3.—Peter B. Kyne, the American novelist and friend of David Lloyd George, who accompanied the former prime min- ister to Canada as advisor {n plans for his tour of the United States, and who unexpectedly left the war-time premier's party, today announced he had done so because he had found he could be of no use to Mr. Lloyd George. He denies there was any disagree- ment. “I lett Mr. Lioyd George,” he says, “when I found I could not be of any use to him. Iam a busy man and I thought it best to come away. “Mr. Lioyd George thought the pro- gram arranged for him too heavy, considering “the condition of his throat, and he radically cut down_ hi speaking tour. He felt that he would break down under it. “He was deluged with requests to visit American cities, and I, too, re- ceived scores of telegrams of a_sim- flar nature. I was anxious to be of service to him, but, when I saw I could not be, I decided it was best to take up my own affairs. “There is no truth in , the rumor that we had a disagrecement over speaking arrangements in the United States. It would have been the height of presumption for me to have dictated to Mr. Lloyd George when ‘to speak and when not. We are on friendliest terms.” LAUDS LLOYD GEORGE. “Greatest Living Briton,” Says Birkenhead. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,, October 13. —David Lloyd.George was. character- ized as “the greatest living English- man,”, by the Earl of Birkenhead, for- mer lord chancellor of England, in an address ‘at the University of Min- nesota last night. “He was a man by disposition hate- ful of war,” sald the earl. “There is no'man in England who would have made or who did make greater effort to avoid the struggle. He was one of the most tenacious, resourceful and brilllant men._ I never knew him in low . spirit: He radiated confidence and gladness. It is for these reasons that, in my opinion, he is the greatest living Englishman.’ e POLES KILL RED OFFICER. vxed.m» Strayed Across Border “Accidentally.” “MOSCOW, : October 13.—According to a report from the Polish: border, Polish gendarmes have killed_an offi- cer of the red army who accidentally crossed the frontfer. q Sfar. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1923 _THIRTY-TWO PAGES. ‘Murder Series, Based on Stars, Traced to Bedridden Cripple| {Boy, Under Hypnotic Spell, Slew Step- “Orders” to Wipe Out Many Families, He Says. September 2 while she was at work MARSHFIELD, Oreg., October 13.—|in her kitchen and, clamping an am- t monfa-soaked cloth over | smothered her to death. The astrologer, according to his purported admissions and to the con- [fession of the nephew, based his schemes for the killing of Mrs. Co- | vell, and for wiping out at least a her face, | the stars. PLOTTED OTHER DEATHS. iCflmlnologist Says Robbery Was Motive of Murder Series. SEATTLE, Wash., October 13.—L. S. May, criminologist, returning from Marshfield, Oreg., where he investigat- ed tht death of Mrs. Fred Covell, said that Arthur Cov: under {ndictment (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) BANKISELOSED ~ INVCRAY CAS ilnstitution Governor Former- ly Headed Declared to Be Solvent, However. | By the Assoctated Press. | KENTLAND, Ind., Octotber 13.—The | Discount and Deposit State Bank of [ this city, of which Gov. McCray was president until shortly before his | financial difficulties became public, | was closed today. Judge Williat | Darroch, who succeeded the governor as president,” sald a reorganization was contemplated. Judge Darroch attributed the bank's closing to the “continued ana incessant notoriety” given the insti- tution “by the public press and gen- erally” in connection with Gov. Mc- Cray's financial difficulties. He ad- mitted that the bank's cash had been depleted as the result of lack of con- fidence on part of depositors, which {he declared was due to the publicity igiven the governors former con- nection with the Institution. The bank fs solvent, other officers de- clared. ‘When Gov. McCray’s retirement as president was announced it was said that all of the executive's notes which the bank had held had been taken up. WOMAN DRY AGENT SHO]. Declines to Explain Wound to Any But Yellowley. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., October 13. —Miss ‘Daisy Simpson, who gained prominence as a feminine prohibition enforcement officer, appeared at the Marine Hospital here with a gunshot wound in her shoulder, which she re- fused.to explain to any one except E. C. Yellow]ey, chief of field forces and her immediate superior. Police on Beats If you are strolling home about 2 o'clock some morning, after “sitting - up with a sick friend,” and you see the cop on your beat big cigar in his mouth, be not surprised. The new police manual;, which becomes effective November 1, authorizes patrolmen to break the monotony of those long and lone- some hours from midnight to day- break by taking a puff of his fa- vorite blend without fear of a “call. down" from the night in- spector lurking in the shadows. “‘Heretofore it has been unlaw- ¢ sauntering down the street with a ° o . The Star is 60 cents * PAY RAISES UNDER RECLASSIFYING ACT Lump Sum Appropriations in | Some Departments Cause i of Difference. | {U. S. POSTAL EMPLOYES’ | INCREASE UNDER AVERAGE Scientific Staffs’ Salaries Brings Percentage Up in Several Instances. The Post Office Department, with 1,852 employes In the District of Co- lumbla, covered by the reclassifica- tion law, shows a low percentage of {increase in pay, aithough it is the oldest statutory department unre- Heved by lump sum appropriations, because of its equipment shops, which are under lump sum appropria- tions, and these take care of about 25 per cent of the entire force, It was learned today. The summary of allocations made by the personnel classification board, which have been drafted into the bud- get for the next fiscal year shows for the Post Office Department as fol- lows: Present base pay, $2,341,109 Bate pay plus the bonus, 32,68 Appraised pay tion, $2,839,949. Amount of incrsase over base pay, $498,840. Percentage of pay, 21.31. Amount of increase over base pay, plus the bonus, $151,992. Percentage of net increase over base pay plus the bonus, 5.65. The Department of Agriculture, with 4,800 employes in Washington, ang the Navy Department with 2,100 under reclassifica increase over base embloyes, covered by reclassification | show another phase of how the aver- age percentage of increase for an entire department has been held up to a fair percentage increase by vir- tue of a mixed force. In the Department of Agriculture |here. With his sixteen-year-old neph- | dozen persons of Coos county, upon|practically all the clerical force is on statutory salaries, and yet there Is a considerable portion of the scientific force which is pald from lump sums. The summary for the Agriculture De- partment made by the personnel classification board is as follows: Present base pay, $7,915,598. Base pay plus the bonus, $8,870,532 Appraised pay under reclassifica- tion, and to be carried in the next budget, $9,316.008. Amount of increase over base pay, $1,400,410, Percentage of pay, 17.7. Amount of increase over base pay plus the bonus, $445.676. Percentage of net increase base pay pius the bonus, 5.02. Navy Increase Low. In the Navy Department, while the big percentage of the clerical force increase over base over military establishment brings in offi- cers to fill all the top positions, which tends centage of increase. Two things, however, tend to pull up the average: First, in the technical bureaus th:re are a considerable number of higner paid places on the civilian rolls, such as_engineering, construction repairs, yards and docks, all of which have technical civilian employes drawing salaries above the averags; and sec- ond, these are all paid from lump sum appropriations, 6o that the Navy Department runs fairly true to nor- mal. The summary of the Personnel Clas- sification Board for the Navy Depart- ment is as follows: Present base pay, $3,177.732. Base pay vlus the bonus (or what is now received), $3,646,963. $3,813,720. Amount of increase over base pay, $635,958. Percentage of pay, 20. Amount of increase over base pay plus the bonus, $166,752. Percentage of net increase, 4.57. State Repartment Illustration. The State Department is a good {llustration of where the bulk of em; ployes are statutory, but there has grown up a _small percentage of the force covered by lump sum appropria- tions. On this account the average percentage of increase for the State Department is a little lower than normal, due to these so-called “draft- ing offices.” The summary of the personnel clas- sification board for the 650 employes of the State Department is as fol- lows: Present base pay, $1,045,230. Base pay plus the bonus, $1,173,150. Appraised pay under reclassifica- tion, and to be carried in the next budget, $1,231,360. Amount of increase over base pay, $160.130. Percentage of increase over pay, 17.08. Amount of increase over base pay plus the bonus, $58,210. Percentage of net increase base pay plus the bonus, 4.97. Labor Department Near Standard. The Labor Department also has its force of 625 employes split between those on the statutory roils and those who are paid from lump-sum appro- priations and, therefore, are receiv- ing already pretty nearly the reclas- sification rates. The immigration service, the children’s bureau, the women'’s bureau, the federal employ- ~(Continued on Page 2, Coluimn 1.) Can Smoke increase over base base over - After Midnight, New Ruling ful for.a policeman to smoke at any time while on duty, but in re- vising the book of rules police officials have granted .a conces- sion to.the man who stands guard over the city while every one else but the milk man sleeps. Members of the force are prohibited from smoking between 6 in the morning and midnight. The new section states that when a superior officer gives a com- mand that conflicts with a prev- lous order from. another officer the private shall respectfully call attention to the conflict. Then, it the second officer insists upon his command being carried out the private shall obey, but the manual states that in such a case the offi- cer giving the second command shall bear the responsibility. is_statuatory. the fact that it is a| to reduce the average per- | Appraised pay under reclassification, | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. Yesterday’s Circulation, 95,366 TWO CENTS. CITIZENSHIP BODY CHALLENGES WETS WIDELY DIVERGENT; TO STAND-UP FIGHT Haynes and Bishop McDow- ell Urge Redoubled War on Lawlessness. < HALF DRUNK, HALF SOBER CONDITIONS DEPLORED | Dry Commissioner Cites Startling Data on Decline of Inebriety. Citizenship Conference Program The program for this after- noon's ses 2:30 o'clock in the Raleigh ballroom is as follows: - Address, “The Labor Organ- izations, the Eightecnth Amend ment and ti Volstead Act,” Warren S. Stone, grand chief, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Presentation of committes on recommendations and future plans. Presentation of on educational poiicy. Discussion, “Scope of the Conference and Suggestions to the Committee.” committee forcement,” Justice Florence Allen, supreme court of_Ohio. Messages from organizations related to enforcement prohi- bition laws: Women's “national committee of one hundred,” Mrs. Henry W. Peabody;_ de- nominational societies, ' Rev. Arthur J. Barton: the Women's Christian Temperance Union,” Miss Anna Gordon; the An Saloon League, Wayne Wheeler. The conference will hold a public meeting at 8 o'clock to- night in the Central High School Auditorium. The pro- gram for this meeting follows: Addr Integrity of Law Morality of Stephen S. Wise, D. D., rabbi, Free Syn, gogue, New York city. Address, “The Social Perils of Lawlessness,” Col. Raymond Robins, Chicago, 111 Sessions will be held tomor- Tow at 3 pm. at the Central High School and at 8 pm at the First Congregational Church. A special session will bs held at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the Raleigh Hotel for college, uni- Versity, preparatory and high school faculties and students and for college graduates. The citizenship conféerence, eon- ceived in the interest of “lJaw versus lawlessness,” attendéd by more than a thousand men and women of prom- inence from all parts of the country, today declared for a stand-up fight jagainst violations of the prohibition amendment and the Volstead enforce- ment act. Meeting in the Raleigh Hotel, the delegates were addressed at the open- ing session by Roy E. Haynes, federa! prohibition commissioner, and by Bishop William F. McDowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church at the morning session. Commissioner Haynes declared that President Coolidge and the entire ad- ministration are four square in favor of enforcement of the law. Bishop McDowell warned candidates for the presidency in the coming na- tional campaigns must declare them- selves unequivocally on the question | of the enforcement of the prohibition {law. Recalling Lincoin’s declaration of more than half a century ago that | the country could not exist half free | and half slave, Bishop McDowell said: “The country cannot today exist half drunk and half sober; half wet and half dry; half obedient to the law !and half in deflance of the law. No Class Exempt. “No class in the United States is ex- empt from the laws of the United States. In the next election for Presi- dent, there must be no doubt about our leaders. If they are for the Con- stitution, let them be for it and not half-way for it and half-way against it Commissioner Haynes described in detail the work of the federal pro- hibition enforcement service, and gave great praise to the service as a whole. No more loyal, patriotic group of public servants are to be found, he said, and they are deserving of the support of all citizens. The federal prohibition service, he said, has only 1,522 members, all told, including the civil service employes in Washington, with which to cover the entire United States. There ig a great potential army— 250,000 strong—consisting of the state and municipal police, sheriffs, etc., {which should be used effectively in suppressing all violations of the pro- hibition law, Mr. Haynes said. It is the duty of ‘the people of tue coun- try who believe in the law to see that this army of guardians of the law aid in the enforcement of pro- Ribition. Shows Startling Advence. Commissioner Haynes presented startling figures to show to what an extent drinking has been cut down in this country since prohibition went into effect. The available sources of liquor supply, he pointed out, have been reduced tremendously. “Before pro- hibition became effective, he said, there was produced and consumed ia this country annually 130,000,000 gal- lons of whisky and between 800,000, 000 and 900,000,000 galions of beer. In the last year the whisky released from bond for medicinal purposes was approximately 1,800,000 gallons. The total amount of whisky exported from Great Britain and Ireland in the same time was 1,400,000 gallons—to go to all nations, but some of which may have found its way to this coun- try, and total amount of whisky ex- ported from this country in accerd- ance with the law. under permits is- sued in the last six months was only 110,000 gallons. Adding them all to- gether, it made only 3,500,000 gallons j as possible sources of supply of prop- erly manufactured whisky for use in this_country, if all of it were used for beverage purposes. Mr. Haynes said that another source of supply was the liquor made from alcohol—from which the dena- turing matter had heen extracted by bootleggers. _This, he declared was " (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.)